May 11, 2023 School Board

[1. CALL TO ORDER IN PUBLIC SESSION]

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>> GOOD EVENING, WELCOME TO TONIGHT'S MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. LET'S CALL TO ORDER FOR 2 PM.

AN OPEN SESSION. TONIGHT, WE DO NOT HAVE REQUESTS THAT DOESN'T CLOSE TOUCH AND ITEMS.

[2. CLOSED SESSION]

AND WILL RETURN TO OPEN SESSION AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30 PM.

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

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS. TONIGHT'S MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WAS CALL TO ORDER AT 4:02 PM IN OPEN SESSION.

AND THE BOARD OF JAUNT CONCESSION AT 4:02 PM.

WE WILL RECONVENE THE MEETING AN OPEN SESSION AT 5:51.

>> THE TOPICS DISCUSSED AND CLOSE OPTION WHERE STUDENT MATTERS, PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE, DISMISSAL RELEASE, PENDING LITIGATION, ANTICIPATING LITIGATION AND LABOR NEGOTIATIONS. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN CLOSE

SESSION. >> REPLACEMENT PAGES FOR AGENDA ITEMS, 10.3 -- ARE ON THE BACK TABLE.

NON AGENDA ITEMS, AGENDA ITEMS, TONIGHT WE HAVE REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. WHILE MEETINGS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD ARMED PUBLIC MEETINGS, THEY'RE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

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

OR NON-AGENDA ITEM. AND THE BOARD WILL LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME FOR PUBLIC INPUT ON EACH ITEM TO 21 MINUTES PER BOARD BY A LOT -- COULD WE PLEA HAS DR. KRISTIN

ROBINSON COME TO THE PODIUM. >> I FELT OUT TO CARDS, I'M I SUPPOSED TO SPEAK ON BOTH ARE ONE AT A TIME?

>> HE WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES FOR EACH ONE.

>> CAN I DO THEM CONSECUTIVELY? >> YES, ONE AFTER THE OTHER.

BUT ONCE THE TIMES UP FOR THE FIRST ONE WE CAN RESTART THE

TIME. >> OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU, BOARD, SUPER ENTRAPMENT CABINET TO ADDRESS THE WAR TONIGHT. I'D LIKE TO PRESENT A CONCERN THAT WE AS A UNIT HOLD. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE TEACHERS UNION HAS BOTH AN AMBASSADOR AND ADVOCATE FOR OUR MEMBERS. AND FOR ISSUES.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE SEEN WRECKER.

WE FEEL THAT IT'S TIME TO PUT SOMEONE IN PLACE THAT STANDS UP INTO SPEAKING INTEREST THINGS THAT ARE CONCERNED.

-- ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TRUST WAS DISMISSAL OF EMPLOYEES, OR ACCEPTING RESIGNATIONS AND RETIREMENTS. FOR US AS A UNION ONE OF OUR CONCERNS AS THE MATTER WITH WHICH SOME OF OUR MEMBERS CURRENT AND COULD'VE BEEN FUTURE MEMBERS LEAVE OUR DISTRICT. AND OUR DISTRICT, OUR EMPLOYEES AND TEACHERS ARE ALLOWED ONE OR TWO YEARS WHERE THEY CAN BE LET GO WITHOUT CAUSE. THE REALITY IS WE ARE FACING A TEACHER SHORTAGE IN THIS STATE. AND WHILE IT ISN'T HERE HAPPENING TODAY, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN A YEAR OR TWO, OR THREE. WE'LL HAVE DIFFICULTY FINDING QUALIFIED. PEOPLE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WHAT OUR DISTRICT HAS HAD AS A PRACTICE OF HOW THEY THAT PEOPLE. THEY DON'T HAVE POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND PROTOCOLS. IT'S NOT JUST WITH LOOKING AT OUR EMPLOYMENT. IT'S WITH A LOT OF OTHER THINGS. SO, PRACTICES, WHATEVER ANYBODY DID, EVERYBODY CAN DO. SO, THAT'S PROBLEMATIC FOR.

AS WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAD TENURED RESIGNATIONS. AND THEY'RE HIGHLY QUALIFIED PEOPLE WITH MASTERS DEGREES IN ADMINISTRATION, A FULL CREDENTIALS. AND WE'VE HAD PEOPLE, IN SPECIAL LAD AND DUAL IMMERSION. THESE SHOULD BE PROTECTED CLASSES OF TEACHERS. AND OUR CONCERNS ARE, WE DON'T WANT TEACHERS THAT AREN'T GOOD ANYMORE THAN THE DISTRICT.

IS OUR CONCERN AS WHO DECIDES WHAT GOOD LOOKS LIKE.

THE FIRST TWO YEARS IT'S REALLY MY PERSONAL OPINION, IF I LIKE YOU CAN STAY, IF I DON'T YOU CAN GO.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO PROTOCOL.

WE LIKE THE BOARD TO DO IS TASKED THE DISTRICT WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SETTING UP CRITERIA, I DON'T GO INTO MY CLASSROOM AND TEACH, AND IT'S A WHILE THE KIDS GOT IT, YAY THAT. I'M GIVING THEM TESTS.

I'M LOOKING AT DATA. THERE'S SOME KIND OF METRIC TO MEASURE WHETHER THEY'VE GOTTEN OUR.

NOT THAT SHOULD BE IN PLACE FOR EMPLOYEES TO.

WE SHOULDN'T BE LETTING REALLY GOOD PEOPLE GO BECAUSE MAYBE SOMEBODY DOESN'T CARE FOR THEM. WE ALSO HAVE NEW ADMINISTRATORS. THEY NEED HELP, SUPPORT IN KNOWING WHAT GOOD LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE.

TEACHERS CAN BE NON REELECTED, SO CAN ADMINISTRATORS.

AND THEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESIGN.

BECAUSE THAT DOES NOT MAR THE FUTURE.

BUT A LOT OF DISTRICTS NOW SAY, WHERE YOU NON REELECTED, YOU SIGN SOMETHING, CHECK A. BOX PEOPLE WHO WENT THROUGH AN ENTIRE PROGRAM MIGHT NEVER GET A JOB AGAIN, AFTER THEY DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO KIDS, AND TO OUR DISTRICT.

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NO ADMINISTRATORS GOOD WHEN THEY START, THEY'RE GOOD ENOUGH. I LIKE US TO HAVE A PROCESS, PROCEDURE, AND PROTOCOL PUT IN PLACE.

>> THREE MINUTES ON THE CLOCK PLEASE.

>> THE SECOND THING I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS.

I APPRECIATE THE BOARD IS FINALLY LOOKING AT SCHOOL LUNCHES. AS A TEACHER, AND AS A PARENT, STUDENTS WHO HAVE ARTICULATED THROUGH THE DISTRICT, I'VE BEEN APPALLED BY WHAT I'VE SEEN. WHEN I STARTED IN THIS DISTRICT 24 YEARS AGO. I COULD EAT IN THE CAFETERIA.

IN FACT IT WAS WONDERFUL TO DO SO, I'D WALK IN AND IT WAS GOOD OR BETTER THAN GOING OFF THE CAMPUS TO BUY FOOD.

NOW, I WOULDN'T NEED FOOD IF I WAS HUNGRY ON MY CAMPUS FOR THE MOST PART. THE REALITY IS OUR KIDS, MANY OF OUR CATS ARE FOOD COMPROMISED.

THEY HAVE FOOD INSECURITY. I TEACH IN A SOUTH AND SCHOOL.

SO, THE SOUTH AND SCHOOL IS PRETTY MUCH WORKING CLASS FAMILIES. AND OUR KIDS EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE WORKING CLASS FAMILIES, AND OUR KIDS WHO ARE GETTING ASSISTANCE, A LOT OF TIMES THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE FOOD THAT ENABLES THEIR BRAINS TO WORK IN MY CLASSROOM.

SO, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FEEDING KIDS.

BUT WE DO HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EDUCATING THEM. AND OUR STATE HAS GIVEN US THE OPPORTUNITY TO REQUIRE US TO FEED ALL THE CHILDREN.

SO, CLEARLY THERE'S A CONNECTION BETWEEN WHAT CHILDREN EAT AND WHAT THEY CAN DO.

AND HOW THEY CAN PROCESS INFORMATION.

I WOULD LOVE THE BOARD TO VERY CLEARLY AND CAREFULLY LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON THE PLATES OF CHILDREN.

WHEN THE STYROFOAM CONTAINER THAT THE FOOD COMES ON LOOKS MORE APPEALING, UNAPPETIZING THAN THE FOOD THAT SITTING ON IT, THAT'S A CONCERN. I'VE SEEN PICTURES OVER AND OVER, AND OFTENTIMES I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT SHOWING UP IN MY SCHOOL. AND WHAT I WANT TO BE CLEAR TO SAY IS THAT THIS IS NOT ABOUT MY CLASS -- WHO'S SERVING AT. THEY DON'T HAVE A SAY IN WHAT THEY'RE SERVING. THEY PUT IT ON A PLATE.

AND IT'S GOTTEN BETTER, AND BETTER, AND BETTER BUT SOME OF OUR CHILDREN DON'T GET ANY FOOD EXCEPT THE FOOD THAT WE GIVE THEM. SO, THE FOOD THAT WE GIVE THEM SHOULD BE NOURISHING FOOD. IT SHOULD BE FOOD AND NOT JUST FILL THEIR BODIES BUT EMPOWERS THEIR BRAINS TO WORK.

AND WHEN WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF STAFFING PACKAGES, HOW DOES THAT WORK, LIKE AN APPLE THAT LAST FOR A WEEK.

MY APPLES DON'T LAST FOR A WEEK WHEN I CUT THEM.

BUT WHEN THEIR PACKAGE, THEY FALL UNDER THE TABLE, A WEEK LATER THEY STILL LOOK LIKE THEY DID A WEEK PRIOR, THOSE ARE CONCERNS FOR OUR KIDS. IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO PUT SOME FOOD ON A PLATE IN FRONT OF THEM.

WE NEED TO PUT FOOD THAT HELPS THEM, OUR GOAL IS TO EDUCATE THEM, PUT THEM OUT INTO THE WORLD, AND WE PUT IN THEIR BODIES RIGHT NOW IS GONNA DETERMINE THE KIND OF HUMAN BEINGS THEY ARE LATER. I LIKE US TO LOOK WITH SOME FORCE ITEM OR TAKING THEM. AND I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU, INSTEAD OF HAVING WHATEVER THE DISTRICT SERVES YOU, WHY DON'T WE SERVE YOU SCHOOL LUNCHES EVERY SINGLE TIME.

AND IF YOU'D EAT THOSE LUNCHES, THEN LET'S GIVE IT TO OUR KIDS.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT TO BE DISRESPECTFUL OR RUDE.

THE REALITY IS, IF WE HAVE STAFF WOULD INDEED IT, WHY WOULD YOU PUT IT IN THE MOUTHS AND VALLEYS OF OUR CHILDREN?

[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, DR. ROBINSON.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE -- >> GOOD EVENING, I'M PART OF EDUCATION, PRESIDENT GARZA, AND CABINET.

SEVERAL MONTHS AGO I WAS HERE CONCERNED ABOUT EARNING A SALARY AT A 20% DISCOUNT. AND EVERY MONTH I WANTED TO COME BACK AND SAY, THANK YOU. AND I WAS OVERJOYED.

I WIPED. I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS GOING TO WEEP, IT WAS SUCH A GREAT APPRECIATION.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR HARD WORK FOR FINDING THE MONEY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. BUT I'M ALSO GRATEFUL THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO A WALK IN. THAT I HAVE TO STAND ON THE CORNER WITH A SIGN. THAT I HAVE TO BE HERE EVERY NIGHT EXPECTING. THAT'S WHERE MY TRUE GRATITUDE AS. THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO THAT EXHAUSTION LEVEL AGAIN. THANK, YOU I'M EXCITED AT ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO.

AND KEEPING THE MOMENTUM GOING. AND I LEAVE YOU WITH.

THAT HAVE A GREAT EVENING. [APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS TO

THE AGENDA? >> NO, AMENDMENTS.

>> THEY HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE

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AMENDMENTS -- >> SO.

MOVED >> SECOND. >> WE DON'T HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS THIS EVENING? --

[5. FLAG SALUTE / INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE]

MISS MCDANIEL, WILL BE LEADING US IN THE FLAG SALUTE.

>> GOOD EVENING, AND I HAVE YOU PLEASE STAND.

PLAYED A RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.

READY, HE BEGAN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND

JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> THANK YOU, YOU MAY BE

SEATED. >> THANK YOU.

AND NOW WE WILL HAVE THE INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE FROM MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL COUNCIL. LET MURRAY CONTRERAS, AND HONESTLY PERIODS -- HE HAS COME FORWARD.

AND WELCOME. >> THANK, YOU GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. A LITTLE TIRED.

MY NAME IS ANA SOPHIA, ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELOR AT MADE FOR MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL. AT THE PLEASURE OF BEING ONE OF THE TWO COUNSELORS THAT RUN THE WELLNESS CENTER, ALONGSIDE MARIA, WHO COULDN'T BE WITH US TODAY.

THIS, WEEK WE CELEBRATE STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH, SO GREEN RIBBONS IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY THEY'RE WEARING THEM, THIS IS.

LASTED A MENTAL HEALTH WEEK IS A WAY THAT WE HONOR OUR STUDENTS, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL. LEAVE YESTERDAY AT MAYFAIR WE HOSTED OUR MENTAL HEALTH FAST WHERE WE PONDERED UP WITH CONNECTIONS, AND TO OVER ON CAMPUS MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY.

WERE WE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH STUDENTS.

WE SHERISSE OR SAYS, HAVE MUSIC, GAMES.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WERE ABLE TO UPLIFT THE MENTAL HEALTH.

THIS MORNING I WAS MET BY A SEVENTH GRADE STUDENT IN THE WELLNESS CENTER. SHE SHARED WITH ME THAT SHE'S BEEN STRUGGLING FOR A COUPLE MONTHS NOW, BUT WASN'T FULLY BRAVE ENOUGH TO REACH OUT FOR HELP.

SHE KNEW THERE WAS SUPPORT ON CAMPUS, BUT SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE SCARY TO REACH OUT. SHE SHARED THAT SHE WENT TO A MENTAL HEALTH -- AND I'M NOT THAT SCARY.

AND SHE SHARED WITH ME THAT SHE FELT SEEN, HER, SHE FELT READY TO ASK FOR HELP. TO ME, THAT WAS A REMINDER AND I VALIDATED THE HARD WORK OF ALL OF OUR EDUCATORS AND WHAT WE DO. SHE SHARED WITH ME THAT THROUGH THE MENTAL HOWELL THOUGHT RESOURCES AND COPING SKILLS AND YOU HAVE TO REACH OUT. I SHARE WITH THIS, BECAUSE OFTENTIMES AS EDUCATORS WERE TIRED, EXHAUSTED, WE HAVE DAYS WITHOUT LUNCH. CARRYING HER STORY AND THE HARD WORK WE PUT AND REMINDED ME WHY WE DO THE WORK THAT WE DO.

OUR WORK MATTERS, OUR STUDENT MATTERS, I LEAVE YOU WITH ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES FOR DR. MAYA ANGELOU, AT THE END OF THE DAY PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID, OR DEAD, THEY'LL REMEMBER HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL.

THAT STUDENT LEFT ARE -- CENTER FEELING VALIDATED, READY TO TAKE ON THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU. -- LET'S GO ON TO OUR BULLETIN BOARD, ME FOR A MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL SEAN DIAZ WILL SHARE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BULLETIN BOARD. WELCOME, MISTER DIAZ.

>> GLASS, IT'S GONNA HAVE. I'M ALL RIGHT, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. PRESIDENT GARZA, MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, DOCTOR -- DISTRICT COLLEAGUES AND ALL THOSE IN ATTENDANCE. IT'S TRULY ALWAYS GONNA BE -- COME AND SPEAK IT'S AN HONOR TO SPEAK ON THE BEHALF OF MAYFAIR.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE B UST, BOARD OF EDUCATION, OUR EMERATI DEPARTMENT AND THE BOMB COMMITTEE FOR THE WORK THEY DID TO MAKE OR BUILDING A REALITY. YOU LAY THE FOUNDATION, AND BUILT AN AMAZING PLACE TO TEACH, LEARN.

AND NOW OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE GONNA BREATHE LIFE INTO THAT NEW BUILDING. AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR.

AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL, GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DOWN TO GET US TO THIS SPOT. COMMUNITY, STAFF, ALUMNI, STUDENTS PLEASE JOIN US ON MONDAY, MAY 15TH JUST COMING MONDAY -- AND BUILDING DEDICATION CEREMONY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR BOARD

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THAT REMAIN THE PROUD PRINCIPLE.

OF WHAT OUR TEAM HAS ACCOMPLISHED, WHAT ARE STUDENTS OF ACCOMPLISH, AND ULTIMATELY OUR FUTURE.

TO THAT, POINT I WANT TO OFFICIALLY SHARE WITH YOU OUR FOCUS AND THEME OF THE 2023 2024 SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH IS FULL STEAM AHEAD. OBVIOUSLY, THE PARALLELS WITH OUR NEW BUILDING ARE CLEAR, BUT WHAT IS ULTIMATELY -- THERE WE GO. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STAY FULL STEAM AHEAD OF COURSE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN NAVIGATING THE CHALLENGES OF BEING A SCHOOL, AND A CONSTRUCTION SITE SIMULTANEOUSLY. WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL ACCREDITATION IN NOVEMBER, THESE ARE BOTH AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT WHAT I'M TRULY MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS THE WORK THAT OUR STAFF, AND STUDENTS DEDICATED THEMSELVES.

DO THE WORK OF REFLECTION, THE WORK OF LOOKING AT WHAT WE DO, HOW WE DO IT, AND HOW THAT IMPACTS STUDENTS.

WE'VE HAD TO EVOLVE, ADJUST, CHANGE TO MEET THIS CHALLENGE, CHANGED INEVITABLE AND I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY FOR MANY PEOPLE.

BUT OUR STAFF, HAS EMBRACED THE CHANGE AND I'M SO PROUD OF IT.

OUR BOARD HIGHLIGHTS THE THEME AND THE WORK OF MANY PEOPLE.

AS YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE BIGGEST SHIFTS FOR US, AND IT'S AT THE BOTTOM THIRD OF THE BOARD.

AS WE'RE HAVING AN ADJUSTMENT OF OUR SCHEDULE.

AND OUR BATTLE SCHEDULE IS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN PRACTICE FOR THE WAY THAT WE'VE DONE THINGS AT MAYFAIR.

FROM MANY, MANY YEARS. YET OUR STAFF RESPONDED UNFAVOURABLY WITH AN 80% APPROVAL OF OUR NEW SCHEDULE.

I CAN HARDLY GET 80% OF YOU IN THIS ROOM TO AGREE ON ANYTHING.

[LAUGHTER] WE HAD A BASKETBALL TEAM, FOR THOSE THIS EVENING THAT TEAM, GOT UP EARLY SOMETIMES EVERY WEEK FOR THE LAST 14 MONTHS I'D LIKE TO -- BECAUSE THEY REALLY WORKED HARD TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.

IF YOU'RE IN ATTENDANCE, PLEASE STAND UP.

♪ ♪ ♪ [APPLAUSE] THAT TEAM WAS MADE UP OF STUDENTS, SOME STUDENTS NOT REPRESENTED TODAY. BUT STAFF, TEACHERS, COUNSELORS ADMINISTRATORS AND WE INVOLVE OUR PARENTS AS WELL.

AND KEPT THEM UPDATED IN THE PROCESS OF THE STAGE.

LASTLY, WHEN I WANT TO TALK ABOUT AS ANY GOOD BUILDING YOU SEE, THE BUILDING PICTURE OF OUR STAFF IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING, OUR BUILDING HAD TO HAVE A SOLID BLUE PLANET.

THE BLUEPRINT HIGHLIGHTS THE HOW AND WHAT LIST DO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS, STAFF ARE SUCCESSFUL.

THE BLUEPRINTS FOR THE BUILDING ARE THERE.

WHAT'S ON THE RIGHT IS OUR THEORY OF ACTION.

THAT'S OUR MAYFAIR BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS.

THE BLUEPRINTS -- AGAIN, SPEAK TO THE HOW AND WHAT WE MUST DO TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE COLLEGE AND KARATE, AND OUR BUILDING FUTURES AMANDA.

AS I CONCLUDE, TONIGHT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO LIZ PHAIR, FOR THE WORK SHE'S DONE -- FOR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, LIZZY, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.

[APPLAUSE] I WANT TO THANK MIRABEL, HERNANDEZ AN HONEST AFFILIATE TORRES, WHO YOU HEARD FROM EARLIER TODAY TO PROFIT FROM THIS BOARD TO LIFE.

LASTLY, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW I RARELY FAIL TO MENTION THE IMPORTANCE OF MY GUIDING PRINCIPLE LEADERSHIP WHICH IS TO BE -- FIND A WAY TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND STAFF. YOU'LL HEAR ME SAY IT EVERY TIME WE TALK. IT'S SO CRUCIAL, CRITICAL TO OUR MISSION. SO, MAYFAIR FAMILY, STUDENTS, COMMUNITY, GET ON BOARD, THE WATER, FULL STEAM AHEAD, LET'S GO. [APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU, MR. DIAZ. WE HAVE STUDENT

[6. STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE SCHOOL SITE REPORTS]

[APPLAUSE] >> GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT CARS, ON MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT DIRECTLY, COUNSEL AND EVERYONE ELSE IN ATTENDANCE.

MY NAME IS BIANCA AGUILAR, THAT'S THE FINAL TIME I WILL BE SAYING IT. AND I'M HERE TO REPRESENT A BELLFLOWER ICE-COLD. AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR LET ME HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY THROUGHOUT THE.

OR FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR OF -- BORDER PRESENTED A.

WE APPRECIATE. FROM THE FIRST SLIDE AS YOU CAN SEE ALL OF OUR ESPN SOME OTHER STUDENTS UNITED AS ONE.

AGAINST OUR MEMBER BACKGROUND. I THOUGHT THAT PHOTO WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT SINCE THE YEAR IS ENDING.

AND OF COURSE, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

WITH OUR PROM. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE WE HAVE OUR

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WE HAVE OUR PROM KING AND QUEEN.

-- WHO ARE AMAZING, AS YOU COULD SAY, YOU CAN ALSO SEE ON THEIR THE WHITE HOUSE THAT WE WANT TO. WE GOT A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK.

WE HAD PEOPLE TURNOUT WITH THE MASQUERADE -- MATCHING THE MASQUERADE THEME. IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT.

PEOPLE HAD FUN AND IT WAS A GREAT EVENT OVERALL.

NEXT, LIKELY. SOME UPCOMING ROUNDS OR SOME SENIOR EVENTS WERE HAVING, OR HAVING OUR SENIOR BONFIRE, WHICH WILL BE ON TUESDAY MAY THE 30TH AT -- AND EVERYBODY'S VERY EXCITED FOR THAT.

WE DID A SENIOR SUNRISE, WE'RE -- AND IT ALL TOGETHER. AND IT'S VERY AMAZING, VERY GREAT. WE ALSO ARE SEEN YOUR PICNIC.

WHAT IS FRIDAY MAY THE 26TH, WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO HANG OUT AND SPEND TIME WITH OUR FELLOW PEERS, AND HAVE A MOMENT WHERE WE'RE ALL TOGETHER AND WE CAN ALSO SHARE SOME WONDERFUL MEMORIES. WE HAVE OUR DECISION DAY, WHICH IS TOMORROW, WHICH WE ANNOUNCED WHERE WE'RE GOING TO.

IT'S VERY EXCITING. WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHERE EVERYONE'S GOING. ON OUR INSTAGRAM WE'VE BEEN POSTING THE SENIORS WHERE THEY'RE GOING, AND WHY THEY'VE DECIDED A TANNED. AND WE ALSO HAVE GRAD NIGHT WHICH WILL BE NEXT WEEK FRIDAY THE 19TH AND EVERYONE IS REALLY EXCITED. NEXT SLIDE,.

PLEASE AND OF COURSE WE HAVE A GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR THE CLASS OF 2023. WHICH IS ON MAY THE 31ST.

IT'S A WEDNESDAY. WHICH IS INTERESTING.

[LAUGHTER] BUT NONETHELESS WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, HEY, IT'S EARLIER SO I MEAN WE'RE GRADUATING OR JUST REALLY EXCITED TO GO TO COLLEGE [LAUGHTER] AND GET ON. NEXT SLIDE.

AND OF COURSE THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN STAY CONNECTED WHEN BELLFLOWER MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL.

THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH AND I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE TODAY.

ESPECIALLY TO THE LAST. WANDA THANK YOU AGAIN FOR LETTING ME TALKING LET ME SPEAK ON BEHALF OF BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL. HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING AND I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE ALL SAFE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PART.

REPRESENTING MAYFLOWER -- LIZZY, WELCOME LIZZY.

[APPLAUSE] >> GOOD EVENING BART MEMBERS.

THE SUPERINTENDENT, -- AND THERE IS AN ATTENDANCE.

BEFORE STARTING THE PRESENTATION I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MANY TEACHERS WOULD BE IN ATTENDANCE.

I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT AND THANK YOU.

IT'S TEACHERS APPRECIATION WEEK.

FOR ALL YOUR TEACHERS OUT THERE, YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING.

YOU COME READY TO TEACH, HAVE THE MATERIALS, LESSONS READY.

SCHOOL WOULDN'T BE THE SAME WITHOUT YOU GUYS! THANK YOU TO ALL YOU GUYS! HAPPY TEACHERS APPRECIATION WIG! MOVING FORWARD, THIS IS MY FINAL AND LAST MONTH.

I'M SAD TO SAY THAT THIS IS COMING TO AN END.

NOT JUST FOR THE FINAL BOARD REPORT, BUT FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR OVERALL. AND I THINK WHEN THINGS COME TO AN END, THERE'S ALWAYS A CORRELATION OF SADNESS WITH A.

BECAUSE WHEN THINGS ARE, AND THERE IS NO LONGER GOING BACK AND IT'S JUST FINAL. I WANTED TO TAKE IT AND INTERPRET IN ANOTHER WAY. AND CHOOSE TO FOCUS ON CELEBRATION. FOR MY FINAL BOARD REPORT, I CHOSE TO CELEBRATE ALL OF MAYFAIR'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

WHETHER IT BE OUR EIGHTH GRADERS THEY'RE PROMOTING HIGH SCHOOL. OUR WEATHER BE OUR SIXTH GRADERS THAT ARE GOING INTO MAYFAIR BRAND-NEW.

THE STEAM BUILDING GRAND OPENING ON MONDAY THAT'S GOING TO OPEN DOORS PHYSICALLY AND METAPHORICALLY FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE GONNA FINALLY GET THE OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE NEWEST TECHNOLOGY, BRAND-NEW CLASSROOMS, AN OVERALL SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT THAT STUDENTS WILL GET AN IMPACT THAT WILL SET THEM UP FOR A GREAT FUTURE LIKE MR. DIAZ SAID BEFORE. I'M SUPER PROUD TO CALL MAYFAIR MY SCHOOL, THAT ALL BE GRADUATING FROM AS THE CLASS OF 2023. SO, I MADE A LITTLE CERTIFICATE TO CELEBRATE ALL OF OUR AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

WE COULD MEAN FORWARD TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THIS SLIDE TOOK A LITTLE TIME TO MAKE, AND I WANT TO GIVE A THANK YOU TO MR. ELAINE FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR HELPING ME GATHER THESE PHOTOS. THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN 12 YEARS AGO, OF OUR SENIOR CLASS BACK IN FIRST GRADE, FROM ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT.

, SO WE HAVE LINDSTROM, JEFFERSON, AND RAMONA, I'LL SEE AND FOSTER. JUST SO IT IS DAUZAT TO SEE.

I SHOWED SOME OF MY PEERS THESE PHOTOS AND THEY GOT EMOTIONAL AS WELL. BECAUSE WE REALIZE THAT WE'VE COME SO FAR AND IT'S ENDING IN A FEW SHORT WEEKS.

AND REALIZING WE'VE GROWN UP WITH PEOPLE FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS, AND WILL EACH GO ARE INDIVIDUAL PATHS TO AN AMAZING FUTURE THAT I KNOW THAT EVERYONE WILL HAVE.

IT WAS A LITTLE NATIONAL MAKING, THIS BUT I'M HAPPY I GOT TO PUT

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IT'S NOT EVEN THE BEST PART. IF YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I WENT AHEAD AND TOOK OUR SENIOR PICTURES. TO KIND OF SHOW HOW FAR ALONG WE'VE COME A SENIOR. IS WE REALLY ONLY HAD TWO REAL YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL. BUT WE MANAGED TO ACCOMPLISH SO MUCH WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME. WE'VE MANAGED TO MAKE SO MANY MEMORIES, ALREADY, AND I FEEL MAYFAIR HAS PREPARED ME MORE THAN ENOUGH TO HAVE AN AMAZING FUTURE.

I'M SO EXCITED TO BE GRADUATING FROM THIS HIGH SCHOOL.

WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THIS I MADE WITH THE HELP OF ALL MY SENIOR CLASS.

I ASKED THEM TO SUBMIT PHOTOS, VIDEOS OF THEIR FAVORITE MEMORIES OF SENIOR. AND I WANTED TO PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE CAUSE, BECAUSE HONESTLY THE MAIN MEMORIES THAT WILL BE WITH US, AND LAST A LIFETIME IN OUR HEARTS, MINDS.

I'M HAPPY, GRATEFUL TO BE GRADUATING WITH SUCH AMAZING PEOPLE. WHO HAVE ONCE AGAIN AND WONDERFUL FUTURES AHEAD OF THEM.

AND I'M SO HAPPY TO ADD ADDITIONALLY, THAT OUR SCHOOL ORGANIZED AN HBCU COLLEGE TRIP. SHOUT OUT TO MISS WALKER, WHEN ARMIES IN HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR, SHE ORGANIZED THAT.

AND TOOK OUR SENIORS, AND GOT A TOUR FIRSTHAND TO SEE ALL THESE HBCU SCHOOLS. WE HAD ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE THAT GOT ACCEPTED, COMMITTED THERE AFTER THE TRIP.

SO, WE HAVE OUR SKULL PREPARING US FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL FUTURE.

AND BUILDING US UP FOR SUCCESS. AND WE'RE READY, WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD. IT'S ALMOST HARD NOT TO CELEBRATE EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE MOVED FORWARD AND PREPARE TO BECOME. AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE LAST SLIDE. EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE SO MANY CHANGES GOING ON IN MAYFAIR, SO MANY AMAZING THINGS IN OUR NEAR FUTURE. THAT WE SADLY AREN'T GONNA BE A PART OF BECAUSE WE'RE GRADUATING.

I'M STILL ALWAYS GONNA CONSIDER MAYFAIR A SECOND HOME.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CHOOSE TO TAKE WITH ME, AS A REFLECTION FROM THE PAST SIX YEARS AT THE SCHOOL.

IT'S THIS ONE FINAL QUOTE. ONCE A MONSOON ALWAYS A MONSOON. THANK YOU, THAT CONCLUDES MY FINAL QUARTER REPORT. HAVE A GREAT SUMMER.

[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MISS VERA. REPRESENTING SOMERSET HIGH

SCHOOL IS A MANUAL. MORE >> WELCOME -- MEMBERS OF THE CABINET, AND TO ALL OF OUR GAS.

ATTENDING THIS EVENING. MY NAME IS A MANUAL MORE.

I'M A SENIOR AT SOMERSET HIGH SCHOOL.

AND I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO BE HERE THOUGH I'M GLAD I WAS. IT'S VERY NICE TO SEE HOW THIS WAS THE PLACE THAT CHANGES THE THINGS WE SEE IN SCHOOL.

AND SINCE I WILL NO LONGER BE IN SCHOOL SOON I'D LIKE TO SAY, IT'S VERY NICE TO GET TO SEE HOW THE SCHOOL CHANGES -- AND ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS HAVING CHANGED MANY OF THE SENIORS. SOME HAVE STRUGGLED, SOME WHO DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY WERE GONNA MAKE IT.

THE SCHOOL REALLY. HOBBES WHEN I CAME HERE FOR THE FIRST FEW MONTHS, BACK IN 2022, I WAS NOT THINKING I WAS GONNA MAKE IT AT THE TIME. THROUGH ALL THE HARDSHIP, WORK, AND TEACHERS WHO HELPED IT'S VERY NICE TO SEE THAT I WAS ABLE TO MAKE A. AND VERY MUCH SO.

I THANK THE SCHOOL FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S DONE.

SPEAKING OF, WHICH WE DO HAVE OUR TEACHERS APPRECIATION WEEK.

AND IT'S NICE TO SEE ALL THE STUDENTS THAT GIVE BACK TO THE TEACHERS, TO WHAT THEY GAVE TO HAVE.

VERY NICE THING TO SEE WHEN A LOT OF TEACHERS DON'T THINK THEY'VE BEEN APPRECIATED FOR ALL THE WORK THEY'VE DONE.

ALONG WITH ALL THE STUDENTS THEY FILED.

AND YOU GET TO SEE THE STUDENTS SHELL, AND APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY'VE GOTTEN FROM THE TEACHERS.

AND THEN ASKED FOR THIS, WE HAVE ALL THE TEACHERS NAMES, -- MARK JOHNSON, ALEX -- AND IAN MACKENZIE.

THESE TEACHERS THROUGHOUT SOMERSET, WHETHER YOU'RE THERE FOR A FEW MONTHS, ARE THERE FOR THE WHOLE TIME THEY ALL HELPED.

AND ALL SUPPORTED US AT THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITIES.

EITHER ON CAMPUS, OR OFF. AND I ALSO GET -- HELP THIS ACADEMICALLY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

YESTERDAY, WE HAD HER SPRING AWARDS CEREMONY AT BELLFLOWER CIVIC CENTER, STUDENTS WERE RECOGNIZED AND HONORED FOR THEIR ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, ATTENDANCE, PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND SERVICE TO YOUR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY.

A -- COLLECTIVE GROUP OF STUDENTS

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ICELAND LOWS, A COMRADE MAXWELL, MARRIOTT KRYSTAL ZAKARIA,'S LOGAN GILCHRIST CRANDALL, JACQUELINE FINNEY, KAREN DUQUE, NATHAN CORRAL, AS AN DEFINITELY DUVALL.

EVERY YEAR AT -- STAFF MEMBER THAT'S CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO SOMERSET. THIS IS KNOWN AS THE AILEEN EMMERSON AWARD, AND THE STAFF MEMBER SELECTED WAS MISSED BELINDA -- ♪ ♪ ♪ [APPLAUSE] NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I'M A, SECOND OF 2020, THREE SCIENCE TEACHER MISTER MARC JOHNSON AND TEACHER MR. BRYAN A MADDOX DIDN'T ON A FIELD TRIP LEARNING EXPERIENCE TO KRYSTAL CLOTHES PART IN NEWPORT HARBOR. STUDENTS WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A REAL WORK AND SCIENTIFIC MONITORING TO COLLECT DATA -- AND HEALTH -- CONSERVATION AREA. ON THE TOP RIGHT PHOTO YOU'LL SEE THAT STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING INSTRUCTION AND DEMONSTRATION INTO VIDEO FISHING. IT WAS VERY FUN, I DIDN'T THINK I'D GO ON A FISHING RIDE ANYTIME.

WE GOT TO SEE HOW THE WILDLIFE WAS UNDER US.

AND SEE ALL THE FISHES, WHICH THERE'S A LOT OF, BUT THERE'S MANY OF THEM DOWN THERE. [LAUGHTER] THIS VIDEO ALLOWS US TO COLLECT DATA WITH THE FISSURES, OF DIFFERENT SPECIES I SHOULD SAY, AND PROTECTED AREA.

UNEXPECTEDLY, WE GOT TO SEE DOLPHINS COME RIGHT UP FOR ABOUT. AND SWIM ALONG WITH ABOUT.

AS WE'RE GOING BY. IT WAS VERY NICE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. FOR OUR UPCOMING EVENT, SOMERSET HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE PRESENTING A YEARLY BALL FROM CELEBRATION ON THURSDAY MAY 25TH.

AT THE MAIN EVENTS CENTER RIGHT HERE.

IN ADDITION TO A NIGHT OF DANCING, MINGLING, STUDENTS WILL GET TO ENJOY A TALLY AND BUFFET DINNER, OH, I CAN'T WAIT. PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY, A DJ, AND DESSERTS. AND LASTLY, A GRADUATION FOR CLASS OF 2023 IS TUESDAY MAY 30TH, AT 7 PM.

ADDERALL A YARN STADIUM, ONCE AGAIN I WASN'T HERE FOR THE ENTIRE TIME. BUT I'M GLAD I WAS ABLE TO SEE EVERYONE WORK HARD TO KEEP THIS DISTRICT SAFE.

AND SECURE ALONG WITH HELPING STUDENTS.

IT WAS NICE BEING HERE. AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING. THAT INCLUDES MY REPORT FOR TONIGHT. [APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU, MR. MOORE. AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE FOR YOUR REPORTS. EACH OF YOU HAVE ALLOWED US TO HAVE A PEEK INTO A DAILY LIFE THAT YOU LEAD.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE BACK FROM NEO-AND HOW MUCH YOU'VE ENJOYED THESE 12 YEARS BEING HERE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. I THINK I COULD SPEAK FOR ALL OF US TO SAY THAT WE WILL BE VERY SAD TO LOSE TO SEE YOU GO, BUT WE'RE EXCITED ON YOUR NEXT STEPS IN YOUR JOURNEY.

WE WISH YOU ALL LACK! -- AT THIS TIME I WILL WELCOME YOU TO REMAIN AT THE BALANCE OF OUR MEETING. BUT I RECOGNIZE THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME OTHER ACADEMIC OBLIGATIONS, I NEED YOUR ATTENTION. SO, YOU'RE FREE TO LEAVE AT

THIS TIME. >> PARDON ME, PRESIDENT GARZA, PARDON ME PRESIDENT GARZA. CAN I PLEASE ASK THAT THE STUDENTS REMAIN JUST SO THAT WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE.

>> CAN YOU ALL, YOU REPRESENTATIVE.

ELAINE, PLEASE TAKE A PICTURE OF OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE SO WE CAN HAVE IT FOR ARCHIVES. OUR ARCHIVES.

>> YES, LET'S GO ON.

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[APPLAUSE] >> FOR THE STUDENT RECOGNITION,

[7. RECOGNITIONS OF STUDENTS / STAFF / COMMUNITY ]

ONE AND TWO GUYS GO AHEAD AND STAY DOWN THERE.

[LAUGHTER] WITH THAT, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT BONNIE CARTER WILL DO THE PRESENTATIONS.

AND HERE WE GO. >> THIS EVENING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S PLEAS TO RECOGNIZE SKILLS USA RECIPIENTS WHO QUALIFIED FOR STATE, REGIONAL STATE MADELEINE OR, MESA REGIONAL WINNERS, AN FCC ALLY REGIONAL AND STATE WINNERS.

AS STUDENTS COME FORWARD TONIGHT TO BE RECOGNIZED, PLEASE REMAIN WITH THE BOARD FOR A PICTURE.

AFTER BEING RECOGNIZED, WE ASKED THAT ADDITIONAL PHOTO OPS ARE CONDUCTED OUTSIDE. SO, WE CAN BRING FORWARD THE NEXT ROOM A STUDENTS TO BE RECOGNIZED.

AS THERE ARE MANY OF YOU HERE TONIGHT, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO RECOGNIZING YOU ALL, AND THERE'S GREAT OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE TO DO THOSE EXTRA PHOTO OPS.

WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH FIRST AND FOREMOST, SKILLS USO ADVISER, BRIAN AMATA, FROM SOMERSET HIGH SCHOOL, PLEASE COME FORWARD. [APPLAUSE] AS I CALL THE STUDENTS NAMES, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN, DARLENE MALIK WEST, JOSCELYN RUIZ, -- EDUCATION ACADEMY SOPHOMORE ANGELINA SANCHEZ. [APPLAUSE] THE STUDENTS QUALIFIED FOR STATE IN THE AREA, CHAPTERS DISPLAY WHERE THEY REQUIRED TO BUILD A THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY ARTICULATING THE SKILLS USA COMPETITION THEME.

OUR TIME IS NOW. CONGRATULATIONS, STUDENTS.

[APPLAUSE] AND MR. AHMAUD, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION WITH THE STUDENTS.

NEXT WE LIKE TO BRING FORWARD SKILLS USA ADVISER, VICTOR PLACIDO FROM MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL -- [APPLAUSE] TONIGHT, TO JOIN MR. PLACIDO, IF MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS AND THE MARINO AND DAVID SADAT.

OH AND SENIOR, ERIC'S AYALA CAN COME FORWARD.

[APPLAUSE] THE STUDENTS QUALIFIED FOR STAY, AND THE AREA OF VIDEO NEWS PRODUCTION WHERE THEY PRODUCED AN AVATAR VIDEO, NEW SKETCH USING WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED IN MAYFAIR.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU VICTOR PLACIDO FOR MAKING SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL AND FOR YOUR -- CONGRATULATIONS.

[APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT ADVISER WILL BRING FORWARD A SKILLS USA ADVISER, LUIS GONZALES FROM -- PROGRAM. [APPLAUSE] JOINING MR. GONZALEZ, CAN BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL DANIEL MORALES, SENIOR CAROL OUR TAKE A, AND MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR, KARLUS GOMEZ. AND SOFT MAYER, DORLAN GOMEZ VAZQUEZ. PLEASE COME FORWARD.

[APPLAUSE] THE STUDENTS ALL QUALIFIED FOR STATE. AND THE AREA OF FIREFIGHTING.

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♪ ♪ ♪ [APPLAUSE] JOINING MRS. MARTIN, CAN WEAR FOR A HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR, ANGEL CHAVEZ, PLEASE COME FORWARD. [APPLAUSE] ANGEL EARNED GOLD AT REGIONALS, AND THE AREA OF BAKING AND PASTRY, AND QUALIFIED FOR STATE.

NICE JOB, ANGEL. [APPLAUSE] WE'D LIKE TO THANK OUR ADVISER FOR THE DEDICATION AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

[APPLAUSE] THE NEXT ADVISER LEAVING FORWARD A SKILLS USA ADVISER, JUDITH PHARMA FROM THE CALL OUT PROGRAM. [APPLAUSE]

>> JOINING MISS OF OUR, MARKET BELLFLOWER HAS SCHOOL FRESHMAN, KAYLIN VERA, AND MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR, BETHANY SOTO AND AMBER SILVA PLEASE COME FORWARD. [APPLAUSE] THE EASTERN QUALIFIED FOR STATE IN THE AREA OF HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, STUDENTS COMPETED IN A TIME TASKED WITH THEIR TEAMMATES AGAINST OTHER STUDENT GROUPS. GROUPS MOVE FORWARD BASED ON THEIR SPEED, AND ACCURACY. CONGRATULATIONS, STUDENTS.

THANK YOU MISS FARGO FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

[APPLAUSE] THE NEXT ADVISORY WE LIKE TO BRING FORWARD AS JULIO GOES MAN, AND I'VE EATEN OF OUR OIL FROM THE CLAPS PROGRAM.

THAT'S OKAY, WE'RE HAPPENED. OVERCOMING THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS COME. FORWARD BOTH OUR HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN, JULIA LUNA, MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR, CHAN WON DO R&D. [APPLAUSE] BOTH OF THESE STUDENTS QUALIFIED FOR STATE IN THE AREA OF COMMERCIAL U.S. FIGHTING. AND IF WE CAN'T HAVE JOINED THEM -- MESA HILES SCHOOL JUNIOR, MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR, -- BECERRA.

[APPLAUSE] AND MAY FOR HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR, OR A STELLA VAZQUEZ. [APPLAUSE] WE -- DON'T HAVE SILVER RIDGE AND BRONZE AT STATE. IN THE AREA OF COMMERCIAL U.S.

DRONE FIGHTING. AND A STELLA, EARNED SILVER AT REGIONALS AND BRONZE AT THE STATE IN THE AREA OF INTERNET OF THINGS SMART HOME. A STELLAR DEMONSTRATED THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO INSTALL VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE IN OUR HOME. [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS, STUDENTS. AND THANK YOU TO OUR ADVISERS FOR SUPPORTING THEM IN THEIR EFFORTS.

[APPLAUSE] OKAY, OUR NEXT ADVISOR THAT WE'D LIKE TO BRING FORWARD IS MELISSA ALICE FROM BELLFLOWER

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IF HER STUDENTS CAN PLEASE COME FORWARD, BELLFLOWER I SCHOOL -- AND CATHERINE TORONTO. [APPLAUSE] CAN WE PLEASE ALSO BRING FORWARD BELLFLOWER HIGH.

SCHOOL SOPHOMORE RAIN ACCOLADE YES.

-- [APPLAUSE] BOTH BOTH QUALIFIED FOR STAY IN THE AREA OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.

AND RANA, EARN GOLD AT REGIONALS AND THE AREA OF COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECT. WHERE SHE HAD TO DOCUMENT HOW HER COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT BENEFITED THE.

SCHOOL AND OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS, STUDENTS. GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF YOUR STUDENTS. [APPLAUSE] THE NEXT ADVISER WERE BRINGING FORWARD, AS ANNABEL -- FROM MAYFAIR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL.

[APPLAUSE] IF THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS CAN COME FORWARD, MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS, HE HAS LEANED

GARCIA, SEURAT HE -- >> AND VALERIE REYES.

[APPLAUSE] THE STUDENTS QUALIFIED FOR STATE IN THE AREA PROMOTIONAL BULLETIN BOARD.

WHERE THEY CREATED A DISPLAY ABOUT THE SCALES USA COMPETITION DAME. OUR TIME IS NOW.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU,.

STUDENTS IF OUR ADVISER CAN REMAIN, THANK YOU STUDENTS SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] AND MAYFAIR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AARON LUCIO, AND DAISY TEN YEN TODAY, I'M JOSH NATHANIEL TORODA, PLEASE COME FORWARD. [APPLAUSE] THE STUDENTS PLACED GOALS AT REGIONALS FOR THE TEAM ENGINEERING CHALLENGE QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE COMPETITION.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS,, STUDENTS THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] AN ACCIDENT THAT WE CAN BRING, FORWARD IS MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN, -- [INTERPRETER] BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR, AND DANIEL CHEKA.

[APPLAUSE] AND MAKE THEIR HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR, LEAH SIMONE. [APPLAUSE] MAN PLAY PLACE BRONZE AT REGIONALS, AND STAY IN THE AREA OF EXTREME IN AREA -- SHE HAD TO SPEAK TO A TOPIC WITH ONLY FIVE MINUTES OF ADVANCED PREPARATION.

TANYA, LEARN GOLD AT REGIONAL FOR EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION PROCESS AND QUALIFY FOR STATE COMPETITION AND LEAH PLAYS GOLD A RETURN, AND QUALIFIED FOR STATE IN THE AREA OF PREPARED SPEECH, THAT CONGRATULATIONS, GREAT JOB.

[APPLAUSE] THANK, YOU STUDENTS.

WE HAVE FEW MORE STUDENTS TO BRING FORWARD.

IF MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, MADISON MATHIS.

[APPLAUSE] KAREN'S UP ON.

AND EMILY PAYING, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

[APPLAUSE] THESE STUDENTS EARN GOLD AT REGIONAL AND QUALIFIED -- OUTSTANDING CHAPTER.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS, STUDENTS.

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[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

THEN WE HAVE MADE FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, AIDEN GUERRILLA. JOSH MATHIEU SURREAL.

AND REALLY AM -- PLEASE COME FORWARD.

[APPLAUSE] THESE STUDENTS ARE INSULAR AT REGIONALS FOR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY, DESIGNED THAT QUALIFIED FOR STATE. [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS, STUDENTS. CAN WE NOW HAVE MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS, ALEXANDER TORRENT.

DAVID NEWSOME. AND JASMINE TORRES, PLEASE COME FORWARD. [APPLAUSE] THESE STUDENTS EARNING BRONZE AT REGIONAL UNQUALIFIED FOR STATE IN THE AMERICAN CATEGORY. WHERE THE OUTLINED A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT AND HOW IT IMPACTED THE COMMUNITY.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS, STUDENTS.

WE'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF -- THE SKILLS USA STUDENTS. LET'S GET THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL SKILLS HE WAS A CHAPTER RECEIVED ITS SILVER MEDAL IN $2,000 FOR THE 2023 CHAPTER OF EXCELLENCE PROGRAM. VERY NICE JOB.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS.

WE ARE GONNA ASK -- TO CONTINUE TO STAY UP HERE.

WE ARE GONNA RECOGNIZE OUR NEXT GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL FROM THE MESA COMPETITION.

MESA'S MATHEMATICS, ENGINEERING, SCIENCE, ACHIEVEMENT.

AND IT'S A COLLAGEN CAREER PREP PROGRAM SPONSORED THROUGH CAL STATE LONG BEACH'S ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

AND THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS PLEASE COME FORWARD.

MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, MADISON MATHIS.

[APPLAUSE] GASBUDDY BROWN.

[APPLAUSE] EMILY PLAYING.

[APPLAUSE] MAY FOR HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN, MAN PREET BAINES. ROMAN DIAZ.

[APPLAUSE] AND MAY FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, EIGHT AND BURROLA. JOSH MATHIEU CERRILLO.

AND ISAIAH FLOYD. [APPLAUSE] MADISON, DESTINY, ANOMALY, THEY ARE IN SECOND PLACE IN THE THINK TANK COMPETITION. MAN PREET AND ROMAN AND FIRST PLACE IN THE THINK TANK COMPETITION.

AND AYTON, JOSH, AND ISAIAH PARTICIPATED IN THE NATIONAL ENGINEERING DESIGN POPOVICH OR THEY PLACED THIRD IN DESIGN BRAVE AND -- PROTOTYPE PITCH.

CONGRATULATIONS.

WE LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR, STUDENTS AND THANK YOU MISS AND RADICAL FOR YOUR HARD POOR AND DEDICATION TO OUR STUDENTS.

CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD JOB, VERY.

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CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A -- PANDEMIC COME FORWARD.

[APPLAUSE] ONLY RECOGNIZING MISS SEAMSTRESS CULINARY STUDENTS THAT PLACED AT THE ANNUAL COMPETITION. CAN FILE FLOWERY SCHOOL FRESHMAN, DAVID GARCIA AND JUNIOR, LEONARD MASSIE US PLEASE COME FORWARD? [APPLAUSE] DAVID EARNED THIRD PLACE IN CULINARY DISPLAY.

AND LEVEL TEA FOR APPETIZER. AND LEONARD EARNED THIRD PLACE IN CULINARY DISPLAY. AND LEVEL THREE APPETIZERS.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS, THANK YOU MISS EASTER FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS.

ALTHOUGH NOT ON THE SCRIPT, AND PROBABLY OUTSIDE WITH STUDENTS I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK MISS ACEVEDO FOR HER HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE PROGRAM.

[APPLAUSE] THERE SHE IS RIGHT THERE.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, I LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK, DEDICATION OF OUR ADVISERS, AND STUDENTS IN THE COMMITMENT OF OUR PARENTS, FOR SUPPORTING THEIR CHILD SUCCESS, LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR STUDENTS, ADVISERS, PARENTS, AND MISS ACEVEDO FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, MRS. ACEVEDO.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING.

>> WE'LL TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE BREAK FOR>> THANK YOU FOR THAT .

SO, LET ME JUST MAKE SURE I PICK UP AT THE RIGHT PLACE.

[8. PRESENTATIONS FROM STUDENTS / STAFF / COMMUNITY]

PRESENTATIONS. >> YES.

>> SO, IT'S TIME FOR PRESENTATIONS, DR. DEAR ABBY?

>> WE HAVE FOR PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING, LET'S BEGIN WITH NUTRITION SERVICES. AND I'LL BRING UP MRS. COAL GENE AND LEADERS IN THAT DISCUSSION.

>> THANK YOU DOCTOR. TONIGHT, OUR DIRECTOR OF NUTRITION SERVICES, MISS CANDACE CRUMP WILL BE PROVIDING THE BOARD WITH INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION REGARDING OUR NUTRITION SERVICES. SO, MISS CRUMP?

[APPLAUSE] >> HI, GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GARZA AND BOARD. MY NAME IS CANDACE CRUMP, I'M A REGISTERED DIETITIAN, AND YOUR NUTRITION SERVICES DIRECTOR.

AND TODAY LET'S TALK ABOUT SCHOOL MEALS.

AS YOU KNOW, THE USDA ARE UNROLLED STUDENTS IS A LITTLE OVER 10,000 STUDENTS. SO, WE SERVE ABOUT 1200 PRACTICES, 4000 LUNCHES, 540 SNACKS SUFFERS FOR A LITTLE OVER 1 MILLION MEALS PER YEAR. OUR DISTRICTS ALSO CONSIDERED 80% OF LOW INCOME, I'LL TALK TO YOU IN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY THAT IS IMPORTANT. SO, WE HAVE 12 SCHOOL SITES TO WITHOUT, THAT'S LOST FOUR IS IN SUMMER SAND AND, OUR PRODUCTION CAJUNS IN OUR WAREHOUSE THIS IS OUR MUCH MORE ALL OF THE CATERING MEALS ARE COOKED, ALL OF THE SCHOOL LUNCHES FOR OUR ELEMENTARY SITES, AND SOME OF THE MEALS FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL SITES, AND OUR SUPPORTERS ARE ALSO PREPARED, PACKAGE, AND DISTRIBUTED, ALL THESE MEALS ARE DISTRIBUTED FROM OUR CENTRAL KITCHEN. THIS IS OUR WAREHOUSE, FREEZER, AND WE ALSO HAVE SIX LOADING DOCKS WHERE WE LOAD OUR TRUCKS TO BE DELIVERED TO THE SCHOOL SITES.

EVERY DAY. SO HOW ARE WE ABLE TO FUND THESE MEALS? WERE ACTUALLY FUNDED BY THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO, USDA AND CSEA, PROVIDE US

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THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO SERVE MEALS.

SO, UNDER THE SCHOOL BACKERS FOR, RAM IN THE NATIONAL SCHOOL HUNCH PROGRAM, WE ALSO SERVE SUFFER UNDER THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AS PER THE USDA. BEFORE WE GET INTO WHAT THE GUIDELINES ARE LET'S TALK ABOUT WHY THESE GOD LINES WERE CREATED. BACK IN 2010, THERE WAS RESEARCH THAT CAME OUT THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE POOR EATING HABITS OF OUR STUDENTS, PRIMARILY ADOLESCENCE THAT WERE CONSUMING MORE CALORIES, FROM SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGES, AND MORE THAN HALF OF THESE BEVERAGES WERE BEING CONSUMED AT HOME, ALSO THE SNACK SIZES WERE GETTING LARGER AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT IN FRONT OF THE TV SCREEN WAS LONGER, SEVEN HOURS A DAY OF TV, COMPUTER SCREENS DAILY.

THAT WAS BEFORE THE CELL PHONE USAGE INCREASED.

BECAUSE OF THIS, THEY STARTED CHILDHOOD OBESITY RATES CLIMBING ASTRONOMICALLY, SO FROM 1982 ABOUT 2008.

IT SHOT UP. AND SPECIFICALLY MALES AGES 6 TO 11 AT THE HIGHEST RATE OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY.

AND IN THE PAST 30 YEARS THEY SAW THAT IT DOUBLED.

IN THE PAST 40 YEARS FOR THE AGES SIX THROUGH 11 IT QUADRUPLED. AND THEN FOR ADOLESCENTS IT TRIPLED. AND THE MOST ALARMING TO THE USDA, AND CTE WAS THE AMOUNT OF CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH TYPE TWO DIABETES IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

IT HAD INCREASED TENFOLD. SO, WITH ALL OF THESE INITIATIVES, CAME THE HEALTH RISK ASSOCIATED TYPICALLY WITH CHILDHOOD OBESITY. IT WAS AFFECTING PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES, MENTAL HEALTH, SLEEP APNEA, BREATHING PROBLEMS, STROKE ALSO 70 -- HAD AT LEAST ONE RISK FASTER RELATED TO HEART DISEASE. AND THEN OF, COURSE YOU SEE THE TYPE TWO DIABETES, IN BONE AND JOINT ISSUES.

WHAT THEY WERE SAYING IS THAT MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT THE CHILDREN HAD, OR ISSUES THAT WE TYPICALLY GET AS ADULTS.

SO, THIS WAS ALARMING AND THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT, IT THEY KNEW THAT THEY COULDN'T CONTROL THE FOOD THAT THE KIDS WERE EATING AT HOME, BUT THEY CAN CONTROL WHAT THE KIDS WERE EATING IN THE SCHOOL. SO, THEY CREATED THE GUIDELINES. THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES WERE STARTED, WHERE THE PIONEERS OF THE IDEA BEHIND NUTRITIOUS MEALS. IT WAS IN 20, TANDEM SHALL OBAMA CAMPAIGN, IT WAS HONORED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA, AND THE WHOLE IDEA WAS THAT HIGHER INCOME COMMUNITIES WERE EATING HEALTHIER FOOD, THEN LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES, SO THE GOAL IS STABLE TO BRING IN FRESH FRUITS, VEGETABLES, WHOLE GRAIN, FAT FREE DAIRY PRODUCTS, BECAUSE WHAT THEY WERE SEEING WAS THAT LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES WHILE GETTING THAT THE SAME TYPE OF FOODS, AS HIGHER INCOME COMMUNITIES, AND THAT'S WHERE WE COME IN AS WELL.

THEY ALSO, THE HEALTHY HUNGER FREE KIDS ACT, IT INCREASES THE AFTER SCHOOL BEAL'S. IN THOSE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. SO, THIS IS WHAT IT TURNED INTO, THEY WERE MORE FRESH FRUITS, VEGETABLES, WHOLE GRAINS, LOW FAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS.

AND THE MY PYRAMID BECAME THE MY PLATE.

WHERE HALF OF THE PLAY WAS FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

THAT WAS THE GOAL OF THE HELP FREE AND KIDS ACT AND WE'RE TIED INTO THAT ONE OF THE SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAMS. , SO THIS IS WHERE WE COME IN, THIS IS WHAT WE FOLLOW, NOW THIS IS OUR SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM.

WE FOLLOW THE OFFER VERSUS. SERVICES WHERE WE OFFER'S -- FOR BREAKFAST. AND THE STUDENTS ARE TO CHOOSE A MINIMUM OF THREE. THEY CAN CHOOSE ALL FOUR, BUT THEY CHOOSE A MINIMUM OF THREE. AND ONE OF THE THREE NEEDS TO BE A FRUIT. SO, FOR BREAKFAST ONE OF THE THREE HAS TO BE A FRUIT IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE A REIMBURSABLE MEAL. WHAT IS A REIMBURSABLE MAN? -- ACADEMICS, ATHLETICS BECAUSE WE'RE FUNDED BASED ON FOLLOWING THE NUTRITIONAL GUIDELINE FROM THE GOVERNMENT. IF WE WEREN'T TO SAY, LET'S SERVE THE KIDS KFC, THE DISTRICT WOULD HAVE TO FUND THE MEALS THAT DID NOT MEET THE NUTRITIONAL GUIDELINES THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS REQUIRING. SO, IF WE MEET THE NUTRITIONAL GUIDELINES, WILL WILL BE UNIVERSE BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR EVERY MEAL THAT WE SERVED. IT ALSO TIES INTO THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM, WHERE WE OFFER FIVE LUNCH COMPONENTS.

AND THREE OF THOSE FIVE, THE STUDENTS CAN CHOOSE MINIMUM THREE. ONE OF THE THREE NEEDS TO BE A

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THIS IS THE POSTER THAT WE HAVE UP IN THE KITCHENS, CAFETERIAS, BASICALLY SHOWING THE STUDENTS THAT THIS IS WHAT BUILDING A HEALTHY LUNCH LOOKS LIKE AND REMINDING THEM OF THAT GUIDELINE FOR REIMBURSABLE MEALS.

THIS IS ALSO JUST A QUICK CHART, I'VE ALSO THE GUIDELINES WE NEED TO FOLLOW BASED ON THE CALORIES, SATURATED FAT, SODIUM AND TRANS FAT. WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SERVE ANY TRANS FAT, AND WITH AN, A AVERAGE FIVE-DAY WEEK WE NEED TO SERVE FOR NINE THROUGH 12TH GRADERS UNDER 850 CALORIES ON AVERAGE FOR THE NUMBER OF CALORIES AND OUR MEALS.

SATURATED FAT, UNDER 10%. AND SODIUM, WHICH YOU'LL SEE CHANGE FROM 14 20 MILLIGRAMS TO NOW 12 80 MILLIGRAM.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES AS WELL.

THE U.S. THESE WELLNESS POLICY TIES AND WHO THE NUTRITIONAL GUIDELINES AS WELL. AS A, DISTRICT WE ARE AGREEING THAT ANY SNACK, BROUGHT ON TO THE CAMPUSES ALSO FOLLOWS THE HEALTHY FRUITS, VEGETABLES, WHOLE GRAIN, THE HEALTHY GUIDELINES TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY ARE EATING HEALTHY MEALS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR LUNCHES, USUALLY WHEN WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THE LUNCHES, WE TRY TO, WE TRY TO HAVE A BE INSPIRED BY WHAT IS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.

AND WHAT THE KIDS ARE GOING TO EAT.

WHAT ARE THEY LEADING SCHOOL TO EIGHT, WHAT ARE THEY EATING AFTER, SCHOOLS SO SOME OF THE ITEMS WE PUT ON THE MENU ARE BASED ON WHAT'S AROUND THIS IS PANDA EXPRESS INSPIRED. WE'VE GOT ORANGE CHICKEN, BROWN RICE, BROCCOLI, A COOKIE FOR FRIDAYS AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS, AND WE OFFER VEGETARIAN OPTIONS AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS.

THIS IS OUR ORANGE CHICKEN-LESS PADDY.

WHAT YOU'LL SEE, THERE'S ORANGE CHICKEN, FRIED ORANGE CHICKEN ON THE PLATE, BUT IN ORDER FOR OUR VENDOR TO BE APPROVED TO SERVE THAT CHICKEN ON A SCHOOL LUNCH PLATE, THAT CHICKEN HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO MEET THE NUTRITIONAL GUIDELINES BASED ON WHAT THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES, OKAY? THE OTHER PART IS THE THREE COMPONENT MINIMUM I MENTIONED.

IF A STUDENT CHOOSES THE ORANGE CHICKEN, BROWN RICE, AND THE BROCCOLI, THAT COUNTS AS A REIMBURSABLE MEAL.

THEY CAN CHOOSE ALL FIVE, BUT IF THEY CHOOSE THE THREE, IT COUNTS AS A REIMBURSABLE MEAL. IF THEY CHOOSE THE ORANGE CHICKEN, THE MILK, AND THE ORANGES, IT COUNTS AS A REIMBURSABLE MEAL BECAUSE IT IS THREE ITEMS, ONE OF THE THREE IS THE FRUIT. OKAY? LET'S SEE, KFC INSPIRED, ANOTHER KFC INSPIRED CHICKEN DRUMS TRICK WITH OUR REQUIREMENTS.

THIS IS WHAT THE PLATE LOOKS LIKE WITH ALL FIVE ITEMS ON.

AT SOME OF OUR STUDENTS ONLY HAVE TO TAKE THREE OF THE ITEMS FOR IT TO MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REIMBURSABLE MEAL. YOU'LL SEE A CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE THERE, AND THAT COOKIE IS ALSO MODIFIED TO MEET THE DIETARY GUIDELINES FOR WHAT THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES.

HERE ARE SOME OF OUR OTHER POPULAR ITEMS, SPAGHETTI WITH ME EXHAUST, CHICKEN NUGGETS, PIZZA HUT TODAY WHICH WILL TALK ABOUT IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES AS WELL, I WANT TO POINT OUT, FOR PIZZA HUT TODAY, IF A STUDENT GRABS A PIZZA, AND APPLESAUCE CUP, THAT MEETS THE MINIMUM THREE COMPONENT REQUIREMENT BECAUSE THAT PIZZA COUNTS AS PROTEIN AND GRAIN.

THE PIZZA COUNTS AS THE PROTEIN, THE GRAIN, AND APPLESAUCE COUNTS AS THE THIRD ITEM WHICH IS YOUR FRUIT.

SOMETHING TO BE MINDFUL OF. HERE ARE SOME OF OUR OTHER WHEELS, THE CHEF SALAD WE'VE ALSO OFFERED TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

HERE'S A PICTURE OF A FEW OF THE STUDENTS PLATES AT VHS.

CORN DOG DAY, WE OFFER FIVE ITEMS FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THESE ARE FIVE ITEMS, SPICY -- CHEESEBURGER, AND OUR VEGETARIAN OPTIONS.

SHARED TABLES. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY, A SHARED TABLE AT B H S, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STUDENTS TO, WHATEVER PACKAGED ITEMS THEY DON'T WANT, THEY COULD PUT ON THE SHARED TABLE FOR THE STUDENTS TO HAVE MORE OF IF THEY'RE STILL HUNGRY. WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS, TYPICALLY, WHAT'S ON THE SHARE TABLES IS VEGETABLES AND FRUIT.

SOME DAIRY PRODUCTS. THIS IS A PICTURE FROM RAMONA

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THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE GRAB AND GO FOR DINNER VEGETABLE OPTIONS. SHE SET UP STATIONS WHERE THE STUDENTS CAN GRAB HOWEVER MUCH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE THEY WANT AND CHECKS TO SEE THAT THEY HAVE THEIR OTHER TWO COMPONENTS. PIZZA HUT, PIZZA HUT WAS AN ADDITIONAL VENDOR THAT WE ADDED.

IT INCREASED OUR PARTICIPATION, AND THE KIDS ENJOYED THE PIZZA HUT AS AN OPTION. ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND, THIS PIZZA HUT IS NOT THE TYPICAL PIZZA HUT HE WOULD GET IF YOU ORDERED PIZZA HUT AT HOME. THIS IS THEIR A+ PIZZA.

AGAIN, IT'S BEEN MODIFIED SO IT FITS INTO WHAT THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIRES US TO SERVE.

51% WHOLE WHEAT THOUGH, NON FAT LIGHT CHEESE FOR THE PIZZA AND REDUCED SODIUM, -- SAUSAGE ON THOSE PIZZAS.

IT'S NOT YOUR TYPICAL PIZZA HUT PIZZA.

FOOD QUALITY. WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT FOOD QUALITY, A FEW THINGS WE LOOK AT FROM DELIVERY FROM BENDER TO DELIVERY OF THE SITE. WE'RE CHECKING DATES, STOCKING ITEMS FIRST IN FIRST OUT, PULLING ITEMS FOR, PREPPED CHECKING THIS AGAIN. WE ARE REQUIRED TO RECORD TEMPERATURES BEFORE IT LEAVES OUR CENTRAL KITCHEN, WE REPORTED TEMPERATURES WHEN IT ARRIVES AT THE SCHOOL SITE AND BEFORE IT SERVED TO THE STUDENTS.

WE ENCOURAGE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS THAT, IF ANYTHING DOESN'T LOOK AS IF IT'S BEEN QUALITY CONTROLLED TO BRING THAT RIGHT INTO YOUR KITCHEN MANAGER.

OUR MANAGERS HAVE BEEN TRAINED AND INFORMED ON WHAT TO DO ABOUT THOSE ITEMS. DISTRIBUTION.

SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES OF 2022. IT WAS PREVALENT THROUGHOUT THE U.S.. IT AFFECTED OUR FOOD SUPPLY.

BECAUSE OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, MANY OF THE ITEMS BECAME PACKAGED FOODS. MANY OF THE ITEMS WE WERE ABLE TO GET READILY AVAILABLE NOW BECAME THE PACKAGED FOODS YOU SEE NOW. MOVING FORWARD, MOVING OUT OF THE ISSUES OF COVID AND SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, AND BECAUSE WE WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO BUILD FUTURES IN THE TERMS OF NUTRITION, SCHOOL NUTRITION, AND REVAMPING THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND SCHOOL NUTRITION, WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT THE LATEST IS THE USDA HAS PROPOSED.

IN DECEMBER, 2020, THEY CAME OUT WITH NEW NUTRITION STANDARDS. NO ONE HEARD ABOUT IT BECAUSE COVID WAS GOING ON. THEY HAD A THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON AT THE FOREFRONT. NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT THEY DISCOVERED. THEY ACTUALLY FOUND, IN THIS RESEARCH, THAT LUNCHES CONSUMED FROM SCHOOLS ARE THE MOST NUTRITIOUS. THEY USED IT BASED ON WHAT'S CALLED THE HEALTHY EATING INDEX.

100 BEING THE HEALTHIEST MEAL YOU COULD EAT, SCHOOL LUNCHES SERVED SCORED 80, AND WATCHES FROM HOME OR OTHER PLACES SCORED 65. WITH THAT BEING SAID, EVEN THOUGH SCHOOL LUNCHES ARE THE HEALTHIEST, THE OTHER ISSUE THEY SAW WAS FOR STUDENTS AGES TWO THROUGH 18, THEY WERE EXCEEDING THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNTS OF ADDED SUGAR, SUCH RAGE BAD, AND SODIUM. THIS BLUE LINE SHOWS WHAT THE RECOMMENDED LIMIT IS, AND ORANGE SHOWS HOW MUCH OF IT THEY EXCEEDED WHAT THE RECOMMENDED LIMIT IS.

ADDED SUGARS, THEY'VE EXCEEDED BY PHASE 61%, SATURATED FAT IS 88%, AND SODIUM, THEY'VE EXCEEDED THE RECOMMENDED LIMIT BY ALMOST 100% FOR SODIUM. THIS, AGAIN, NOW, IS VERY ALARMING TO THE USDA, AND C D E.

THIS IS INFORMATION ON VEGETABLES.

FOR AGES NINE THROUGH 13, THE PURPLE SHOWS THE AVERAGE INTAKE OF WHAT THEY SHOULD BE TAKING IN, STUDENTS SHOULD BE TAKING IN ORDER TO LEAD HEALTHY LIVES. THE BLUE IS THE RECOMMENDED INTAKE. THE PURPLE IS THE AVERAGE INTAKE OF WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY TAKING IN.

THEY ARE NOT QUITE MEETING THE STANDARDS OF WHAT THE DIETARY GUIDELINES DISPLAY. SO, THESE ARE THE PROPOSED NUTRITION STANDARDS. THESE ARE THE DIETARY GUIDELINES OF 2020 AND 2025. REQUIRED BY LAW.

IT'S USDA'S NEXT STEP TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING HEALTHIER SCHOOL MEALS BECAUSE OF THE SODIUM BEING 70% OF WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE EATING, NINE AND TEN CHILDREN ARE CONSUMING MORE

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SODIUM, THEY'RE LOOKING AT DECREASING SODIUM ANOTHER 30% FOR THE FOOD. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE NOW.

AS YOU COULD SEE, THIS IS THE SODIUM.

RIGHT NOW, WE ARE AT 12 80 MILLIGRAMS FOR OUR NINTH THROUGH 12TH GRADERS. THAT'S EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2023. WHAT THE USDA IS LOOKING AT IS, WITHIN THE NEXT SIX YEARS, THEY WANT TO DECREASE AT 10% EVERY TWO YEARS. BY 2029, THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF SODIUM THEY WANT TO HAVE IN GRADES NINE THROUGH 12TH GRADE IS 935 MILLIGRAMS, TOTAL, FOR THE DAY.

AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU COOK AT HOME, WHEN YOU TAKE THE SODIUM OUT OF SOMETHING, EVEN FURTHER THAN WHAT IT IS NOW, BECAUSE WE ARE ALREADY IN THE HEALTHIEST SCHOOL LUNCHES, OR HEALTHIEST MEALS THAT STUDENTS EAT, WE ARE AT THAT MINIMUM FOUR SODIUM.

THEY'RE REDUCING IT EVEN MORE SO THAT NOW IT'S GOING TO HAVE LESS SODIUM. WHAT'S NEXT? WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT INFORMATION? THE GOAL IS, BEING THAT MY REGISTERED DIETITIAN BACKGROUND, I KNOW IT'S POSSIBLE, AND IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO WITH INCORPORATING MORE FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES INTO THE MEALS.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S POSSIBLE.

SO, WE HAVE, ACTUALLY, WE'VE BEEN AWARDED, WERE FUNDED FOR NEXT YEAR TO BE ABLE TO SERVE 40% FRESHLY PREPARED MENU ITEMS FOR BREAKFAST AND LUNCH. WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, IT'S GOING TO BE HOLE INGREDIENTS IN THEIR MOST MINIMALLY PROCESSED FORM, COOKING FRESH, RAW, WHOLE INGREDIENTS WITH READY-MADE PRODUCTS. THEY'RE ALLOWING US TO PUT THESE TWO THINGS TOGETHER TO HAVE 40% FRESHLY PREPARED MENU ITEMS FOR THE WEEK. THIS IS GOING TO TAKE SOME CREATIVE THINKING AND CREATIVELY PUTTING TOGETHER THESE MEALS. WE'VE STARTED SOME OF THIS, LIKE OUR CHICKEN BROCCOLI ALFREDO WHICH IS SERVED AT ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOLS. THIS IS ONE OF OUR FRESHLY PREPARED MENU ITEMS. WE HAVE THE BROCCOLI IN THERE, WE'VE CREATED THE ALFREDO SAUCE, AND THE NOODLES, AND THE DICE CHICKEN IN THERE. IT'S A MIXTURE OF READY-MADE AND FRESHLY PREPARED. YOU'RE GOOD PARFAIT, WE ARE LOOKING AT BRINGING IT FOR OUR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

THIS IS GOING TO TAKE, BECAUSE WE'RE IMPLEMENTING MORE FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, AND SODIUM IS GOING TO BE DECREASING POTENTIALLY, THE NUTRITION EDUCATION PART OF IT.

REMINDING STUDENTS OF WHERE THE FOOD COMES FROM.

THE FOOD DOESN'T GROW IN YOUR GROCERY STORE.

THAT GETTING THEM RECONNECTED TO FARM TO SCHOOL, INITIATIVES FOR URBAN FREIGHT FARM. WE VISITED MORGAN HILL, AND LOOK AT THEIR URBAN FREIGHT FARM, GROWING DIFFERENT TYPES OF LETTUCE IN A SHIPPING CONTAINER, LOOKING AT WHAT THAT WOULD BE FOR NUTRITION EDUCATION, MAKING IT FUN FOR THE STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT WHERE THEIR FOOD COMES FROM, PUTTING THIS FOOD INTO SALAD BARS, AND SALADS FOR THE STUDENTS. OF COURSE, YES, NUTRITION EDUCATION, REINSTATING HARVEST OF THE MONTH BECAUSE, IF WE ARE GOING TO INCORPORATE MORE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, IT TAKES THAT EDUCATIONAL PIECE OF UNDERSTANDING WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR YOUR BODY AND WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF EATING HEALTHY, AND THAT TIES INTO HEALTHY TASTE TESTING, I'M SURE. WE'VE ALL SEEN THE POWER OF A TASTE TEST AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COSTCO, RIGHT? EVERYONE CROWDS AROUND. THAT'S ANOTHER PART OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR 2023, 2024, AND BEYOND.

OUR SUMMER MEALS, REAL QUICK, WE DO INTEND TO SERVE FREE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH TO ALL K THROUGH 12 STUDENTS THROUGH THE

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[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, THAT'S A DETAILED REPORT. I APPRECIATED IT A LOT.

WE WILL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

WE WILL HAVE ONE MEMBER MENDOZA.

>> YES, THAT PRESENTATION WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE.

I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK GOING INTO THIS, AND A LOT WERE ANSWER DURING THE PRESENTATION, LIKE HOW COME A LOT OF OUR FOODS ARE WRAPPED IN PLASTIC? WE HAD A CHEESE QUESADILLA, AND IT WAS IN A PLASTIC WRAP.

I THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY. NOW WE REALIZE IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.

I UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER NOW.

I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I'M -- I WROTE DOWN HERE. THEY'RE DISJOINTED, SO I'M SORRY IF THEY COME OUT OF NOWHERE.

FIRST, WE TALKED ABOUT SCHOOL BREAKFAST IN THE PRESENTATION.

AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, WOULD THAT BE HIGH SCHOOL SNACKS?

>> YEAH, THAT'S A CONSIDERED SNACK.

>> OKAY, LET ME GET BACK TO THE BREAKFAST ONE.

WE SAID THERE WAS -- JUST A MINUTE HERE.

OKAY. SO, WE OFFER -- FOR THE SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM, FOR ITEMS AND STUDENTS CHOOSE UP TO THREE. AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, WHAT SNACK LOOKS LIKE CURRENTLY IS, YOU -- FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE HERE, AND YOU GET IN A LINE, ON MOST DAYS, THERE'S ONE ITEMS, AND ABUSE YOU GRAB.

THERE IS A SMALL BOX OF ORANGE JUICE, APPLE JUICE, OR VERY MIX, APPLE AND VERY MIXED TOGETHER, AND THERE'S ITEM OF THE DAY.

TODAY, IT WAS A WAFFLE, AND SYRUP.

THAT IS THE SNACK. OTHER DAYS, IT IS A BUTTON, AND ON OTHER DAYS, WE'VE HAD A DONUT, A CHOCOLATE DONUT, SO YOU GET THAT AND THE JEWS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT LINES UP WITH MORE ITEMS, OFFERING MORE ITEMS AND CHOOSING THREE. WHEN YOU TAKE TWO ITEMS, NOT THAT YOU HAVE TO DONUTS, BUT IF YOU'RE TRYING TO LUNCH STUFF, AND THEY'RE NOT MAKING UP THE RULES, THEY'LL TELL YOU THAT YOU ONLY ARE LIMITED TO ONE ITEM.

DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT HAPPENING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL

LEVEL? >> NOW.

WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GET, OR WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GET, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GET THAT TWO ITEMS. ON THE BREAKFAST, TWO ITEMS, THE GREEN, RIGHT, THE CONTRA AND THE WAFFLE, OR THE DONUT, THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN ITEMS. YOU HAVE THE FRUIT, AND THERE'S A CHEESE STICK, AND THE FRUIT JUICE. DOES THAT --

>> YEAH, A LOT OF TIMES, THE ITEMS ARE THERE, LAID OUT, BUT LUNCH STAFF TELLS US TO PICK ONE.

IF WE COULD GET THE YOGURT AND SHE STICK COUNTED TOGETHER, THE APPLE JUST COUNTS AS YOUR FRUIT, YOU CAN'T TYPICALLY GET A DONUT OR WAFFLE AND GET SOMETHING ELSE.

YOU GET THE ONE WAFFLE, AND YOU GET THE APPLE JUICE.

>> OKAY. >> THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S

GOING ON IN MAYFAIR. >> YEAH, THAT TAKES THE TRAINING THEN BECAUSE, YES, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET ALL FOUR, IF YOU WANT IT ALL FOR. IF YOU WANTED THE CHEESE STICK, THE YOGURT, THE CONTRA, AND THE WAFFLE, YOU COULD GET ALL OF THAT. YOU ONLY HAVE TO TAKE A MINIMUM OF THREE, AND ONE OF THOSE HAS TO BE YOUR FRUIT.

AS LONG AS YOU GET FOUR DIFFERENT ITEMS, AND ONE OF THE ITEMS IS OF FRUIT, AND THAT MAKES A REIMBURSABLE ILL.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE NEEDS TO BE TRAINING THERE, IF YOU ARE

ONLY BEING OFFERED ONE ITEM. >> YEAH, I KNOW FOR CERTAIN, I HAVEN'T EVER TRIED TO TAKE MORE THAN ONE, BUT I KNOW STUDENTS HAVE TRIED TO TAKE MORE THAN TWO OR THREE, AND TOLD THEY COULD JUST PICK ONE ITEM. AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO PUT TOO MUCH BLAME ON LUNCH STUFF. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO SERVE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND HIGH SCHOOL AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S INTERESTING MIX. THERE'S A 12 WORLD THAT WANTS AN ARMFUL, HAS TO TAKE A BUNCH FOR THEIR FRIENDS.

I UNDERSTAND THE STEP HAS TO DEAL WITH THAT SOMETIMES.

IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THEM. THEY HAVE TO COME UP WITH ROLES. IT SLOWS DOWN THE LINE PROCESS, THEY PUT OUT ONE ITEM AT A TIME, ONE PERSON GRABS, IT PUT OUT ANOTHER. IT'S A MESSY SITUATION AT SNACK, AND IT'S SURPRISING THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE OFFERING UP TO FOUR ITEMS. TYPICALLY, BY SECOND PERIOD, I HAVE A ZERO PERIOD, I EAT AT 6:30 IN THE MORNING, AND BY THE TIME IT'S SNACK, THAT'S 10:40. I'M PRETTY HUNGRY BY THEN.

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THAT IS IT FOR AS FAR AS BREAKFAST GOES.

THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION.

>> THANK YOU. >> AND THEN, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS YOU ANSWERED DURING THE PRESENTATION WAS ABOUT THE COMPONENTS FOR LUNCH. WHAT HAPPENS ON PIZZA DAY IS SOMETIMES TO GET A PAPER TRAIL THAT HAS AN APPLE AND SLICE OF PIZZA, AND THAT'S YOUR LUNCH. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE PROTEIN AND GREEN IS INCLUDED IN THAT. IT PASSES.

SMART SNACK RULE. I WROTE DOWN SMART SNACK ROLE ENOUGH TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT WAS.

>> YEAH, THAT IS YOUR ASPE OR ANY SNACK THAT YOU ARE GETTING THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM.

ANY SNACKS BEING SOLD ON CAMPUS.

>> OKAY, I REMEMBER WHY I WROTE THIS DOWN, I FELT KIND OF GUILTY WHEN I WAS WRITING IT DOWN BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF CLUBS AND PROGRAMS RELY ON THE SALES THEY MAKE ON THOSE TO OPERATE. THOSE FUNDS ARE HELPFUL FOR THAT. IT IS TRUE THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT DON'T, LIKE SOUR PATCH, CHIPS, AND THOSE TALKIES, THE JERITA ONES, THOSE ARE SOLD AND I FEEL THAT BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH SOME OF THOSE CLUBS RELY ON THOSE TO SUPPORT THEIR OPERATIONS. THOSE ARE ON CAMPUS.

THEY TAKE IT AWAY FROM PEOPLE WHO GET THEIR SCHOOL LUNCHES OR SNACKS. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT GOES ON

ON OUR CAMPUSES. >> YEAH.

>> MAKE SENSE -- >> THE SMARTS NEXT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE, ANY SMART SNACKS THAT WANT TO BE SOLD ON CAMPUS, WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IS, IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN SELLING A SNACK, THEY SEND THAT TO ME, AND I DO THE CALCULATIONS TO DETERMINE IF THAT MEETS THE GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS.

>> OKAY. >> SOMETIMES I GET BOTH EMAILS,

SOMETIMES I DON'T. >> AGAIN, I THINK, I FEEL BAD HAVING TO SAY THAT IT HAPPENS, BUT IT DOES CONTRIBUTE TO A LOT OF -- YOU SEE CHIP BAGS ON CAMPUS AND IT WAS TOLD BY A CLUB. IT IS AN ISSUE THAT, ALTHOUGH DIFFICULT TO SAY WE KIND OF HAVE TO ADDRESS IT, IT WILL BE A PAIN FOR A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO SAY IF I DON'T GET THIS CHIP FROM HERE, AND I HAVE TO -- LET SCHOOL STUFF, AND I DON'T LIKE EATING THAT.

I THINK STARTING TO ENFORCE THAT RULE COINCIDES WITH IMPROVING OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS TO GET FROM THIS NECKLINE.

THEN WE JUST WOULD BE LEAVING THEM WITH NOTHING THEY WANT TO EAT, YOU KNOW? PRETTY BAD.

LIVING ON FROM THAT QUESTION, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

LET'S SEE. WE TALKED ABOUT, IN ONE OF THE SLIDES, THERE IS A LIMIT ON THE CALORIES STUDENTS COULD CONSUME, RIGHT? IS THAT UNIFORM PER GRADE?

>> YEAH. PORTRAYED, YEAH.

>> MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF CALORIES YOU COULD GIVE, I THINK 980?

>> 870. >> OKAY, THAT GETS -- SEE? MY CONCERN WOULD BE WITH ANYONE HERE AT THIS LEVEL, THE STATE LEVEL, BECAUSE FRESHMAN WHO IS 14 YEARS OLD, IT'S VERY DIFFERENT NEEDS FOR NUTRITION THAN A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR WHO IS 18, LIKE FOOTBALL PLAYERS.

THEY BOTH GETTING THE SAME MEALS, THAT SLICE OF PIZZA AND APPLE, SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE SAME KIND OF NUTRITIONAL VALUE OUT OF THAT. THERE'S NOTHING I COULD DO AT THIS LEVEL HERE. SO, GOING TO CROSS THAT ONE OUT.

>> YEAH. >> YOU TALKED HOW STAFF ARE OVERWHELMED WHEN IT COMES TO DISTRIBUTING FOOD.

IT HAPPENS AT MAYFAIR. I KNOW IT HAPPENS AT BELL PARK, SOME OF MY FRIENDS HAVE TOLD ME ABOUT.

IT IS KIND OF A FREE-FOR-ALL, EVERYONE RUNS TO THE DOOR AND PICKS OUT THEIR ITEMS. WHAT -- INSTEAD OF OFFERING THE OFFERING, THEY WANT TO INCLUDE THIS WITH YOUR MEAL, WHICH I THINK IS IDEAL, WHAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING, THESE ARE THE REQUIREMENTS, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SELECT, WHAT HAPPENS A LOT IS THE CORE ITEM FOR THE DAY AND SOMETHING ELSE. TODAY, BUT WAS IT? IT WAS BEEF AND TORTILLA CHIPS? THERE ARE THESE BINS THAT ARE ALONG THE STAFF AND BECAUSE IT'S SO CROWDED AND MESSY DISTRIBUTION, YOU ARE EXPECTED TO KNOW YOU COULD TAKE ONE, OR SHOULD TAKE ONE. AGAIN, NOT REQUIRED TO, BUT YOU ARE RECOMMENDED TO HAVE A COMPLETE MEAL.

STUDENTS GET THAT BEAR REQUIREMENTS.

SO, THIS IS A DISTRIBUTION ISSUE.

IT'S IDEAL TO HAVE LUNCH STAFF RECOMMEND STUDENTS THAT YOU CAN PICK OUT THIS ITEM. IT'S PART OF A COMPLETE MEAL.

THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE, GIVEN THE WAY DISTRIBUTION HAPPENS. IT'S REALLY RUSHED, IT'S REALLY MESSY, STAFF IS OVERWHELMED, SOMETIMES THEY HAVE A STUDENT

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>> THAT CAN BE COORDINATED WITH PRINCIPLES.

I WAS TALKING WITH ONE OF MY LADIES TODAY ABOUT THAT, THE AMOUNT OF TIME BEING GIVEN FOR LUNCHES IS SOMETHING WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT BECAUSE, YES, THERE ARE LONGER LINES, AND BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF STAFF THAT WE HAVE SERVING THE, KNEELS THERE MAY BE SOMETHING THERE WHERE WE MAY NEED TO TWEAK A FEW THINGS AS FAR AS HOW IT'S BEING DISTRIBUTED, AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME KIDS HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE LINE AND GET THEIR MEALS, AND EAT. AFTER WAITING IN THE LINE, YOU

HAVE TO HAVE TIME TO EAT, RIGHT? >> YEAH, AND I -- OWE, YEAH, I AGREE. THE STOPPING ISSUE, I KNOW VIRGINIA, ONE OF OUR SECURITY OFFICERS AT MAYBE, OR IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE HER SERVING FOOD BECAUSE THEY ARE THAT SHORT STAFF AT SNACK. LUNCH LINES -- SNACK LINES CAN BE SO LONG, THE BELL RINGS FOR THIRD PERIOD, AND GET YOUR SNACK AND YOU'VE GOT TO RUN IT NEEDED AT THE START OF CLASS. SUDDEN -- TEACHERS ARE BECOMING LENIENT, LIKE, OKAY, I KNOW IT'S BIG, SO YOU COULD EAT NOW. LIKE YOU SAID, YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE -- IT'S NOT CERTAIN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO EAT YOUR FULL MEAL, ESPECIALLY AT LUNCH, IF YOU HAVE A CLUB MEETING OR IMPORTANT CONFERENCE WITH YOUR TEACHER. AT THE END OF LUNCH, IF THERE IS EIGHT MINUTES OR FIVE MINUTES LEFT, YOU RUN DOWN TO THE CAFETERIA AND LUNCH STAFF SAYS SORRY, ROB STUFF, YOU COULD GRAB A CARROT BAG FROM THE VINCE WE HAVE YOUR BECAUSE NO ONE GRABS THEM, AND YOU GET THAT, AND THAT'S YOUR LUNCH.

YOU ARE NOT GUARANTEED A LUNCH GUARANTEED ON WHEN YOU ARRIVE.

IF YOU WERE ALIVE -- HAPPENED SO MANY TIMES.

WE ARE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES, SETTING UP COURTS, COURTS AROUND CAMPUS, SO IT IS NOT YOU JUST GO TO THE CAFETERIA TO GET YOUR FOOD, BUT MAYBE THERE IS A CART ON CAMPUS. THAT WOULD TAKE ORGANIZING WITH THE PRINCIPLE, AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE CORRECT STAFF FOR THAT, AND FOOD, TRANSPORT AND ALL, TO MAKE SURE WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE ARE LOOKING INTO FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

>> AT MAYFAIR, WE HAD SNACK SHACK OFF THE SLIDE, BUT IT'S A WELLNESS CENTER, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.

UNFORTUNATE THAT WAS THE EXPENSE AT SNACK SHACK.

WE COULD HELP FOR THOSE ITEMS STUDENTS GET, LIKE PEOPLE GO FOR THAT YOU CAN SAY MUCH WE'VE GOT, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, PEOPLE GET THAT SANDWICH, AND THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT, BUT THEY'RE WAITING IN THE SAME LINE AS THE PERSON WAITING FOR SPAGHETTI, AND THEY WOULD EXPEDITE THE PROCESS IF THEY HAD THEIR OWN CHECK TO GET THAT ITEM.

THE CONVERSATION IS TO BE HAD WITH THE ADMINISTRATORS.

THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT, LET ME CROSS THAT OFF.

[INAUDIBLE] POPULARITY OF ITEMS. THERE'S SOME SCHOOL LUNCH ITEMS THAT NEVER GET TOUCHED, LIKE THE SLOPPY JOE, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE THREE, I GUESS, BOTH WHERE YOU GO TO PICK YOUR MEALS, THE MIDDLE ONE IS FOR ROUTINE ITEMS, CHICKEN -- BEAN AND CHEESE BURRITO, AND A BUNCH OF SLEEPY JOE SANDWICHES THERE, AND NO ONE GRABS THEM.

A LOT OF IT, I'M ASSUMING, GOES TO WASTE BECAUSE IT'S PREPARED RIGHT THERE. I THINK THAT'S HAPPENED SINCE I WAS A FRESHMAN. I DIDN'T HAVE A TENTH GRADE YEAR, AND I DIDN'T HAVE SCHOOL LUNCH THAT OFTEN IN JUNIOR YEAR, I REMEMBER MY FRESHMAN YEAR GETTING ALLEGES, AND NO ONE TOUCHED THE SLOPPY JOES. HOW CAN WE GAUGE THE POPULARITY OF ITEMS AND NOT ELIMINATE THEM IN ORDER TO SEEK OUT THE ONCE

MORE POPULAR? >> THE SLEEPY JOE WE STARTED

THIS YEAR. >> I REMEMBER IT SINCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. HAS THERE BEEN A DIFFERENT

VERSION OF IT? >> MAYBE IT WAS YOU REMEMBER IT

BEFORE COVID? >> I REMEMBER IT SINCE I'LL SEE. IT'S BEEN AROUND A WHILE.

>> SO, YEAH, IF IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE, MAYBE THAT

WAS BEFORE I CAME ON BOARD? >> EVEN SETTING ASIDE THE SLOPPY JOE, THE POPULARITY OF ITEMS, HOW CAN WE GAUGE THAT, AND GET FEEDBACK ON WHEN IT'S TIME TO SWAP OUT AN ITEM?

>> USUALLY, WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO GAUGE WHAT ITEMS ARE POPULAR, AND WHICH ITEMS ARE, NOT WE WILL EITHER DO SITE VISITS TO KIND OF SEE, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A NEW ITEM, SITE VISITS TO SEE HOW THE KIDS LIKE IT, HOW ARE THEY TAKING, IT WE CHECK FOR PLATE WASTE, WE WILL LOOK IN THE TRASH CANS AND SEE WHAT'S THROWN OUT BY MOST, AND CHECK WITH OUR MANAGERS AT THE SITES,

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BASED ON THOSE PICTURES, WE COULD DETERMINE, LIKE THE FIRST TIME WE SENT OUT THE SLOPPY JOES, IT WASN'T AS SAUCY AS WE WOULD'VE LIKED IT TO BE. IT DIDN'T HAVE THE INITIAL LOOK THAT WE HAD HOPED FOR. THINGS LIKE THAT WE USUALLY MODIFY. FOR THE MOST, PART WOULD BE THE SITE VISITS, WE ASKED STUDENTS WHEN WE DO THE SITE VISITS, AND WE CHECK IN WITH OUR MANAGERS. THE PRETZEL DOGS, THAT WAS ONE OF OUR NEWER ITEMS. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? THAT WAS SOMETHING WHERE BECAUSE IT WAS A NEW ITEM, WE HAD A MEETING ABOUT, IT WE DID THE TASTE TEST WHERE YOU GUYS CAME IN AND TASTED IT BEFORE WE ROLLED IT OUT.

YOU'VE GOT TO CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT YOU COULD HAVE THE CHILI OR THE MIXED ONIONS ON THE PRETZEL DOG.

WE WENT WITH MIXED ONIONS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WAS VOTED FOR. WHEN WE ROLLED IT OUT, THE PICTURES I GOT BACK WHERE TRASH CANS FILLED WITH PRETZEL DOGS BECAUSE WE PAIRED IT WITH SHIPS.

SO, WHEN THE MEALS WERE TAKEN, MANY OF THE STUDENTS ONLY WANTED THE CHIPS. THEY WOULD TAKE THAT CHIPS AND THROW AWAY THE PRETZEL DOG. IT WAS INTERESTING.

>> -- >> I DON'T KNOW.

>> WAS THIS AT A SPECIFIC SITE, OR WAS IT --

>> IT WAS AT MAYFAIR, ACTUALLY.

OUR LADIES WERE DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE THEY WERE LIKE, OH, THE KIDS ARE GOING TO LIKE THIS, AND THEY SENT PICTURES, LIKE, I GUESS NOT. I UNDERSTAND.

IT IS A JUGGLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DO THE KIDS WANT TO EAT? WE COULD DO SURVEYS, WE COULD HAVE SERVICE ON NEXT YEAR TO KIND OF SEE WHAT ARE THE FOODS THAT ARE OF INTEREST TO THE STUDENTS. PRINCIPLED OK WAS ONE, LIKE, WE TRIED THE TASTE TEST AND EVERYTHING, AND IT JUST DIDN'T

PAN OUT THE WAY WE HOPED. >> I TRUST THE JUDGMENT OF THE LUNCH STUFF THAT I WAS REPORTING TO YOU GUYS, IT WASN'T A POPULAR ITEM. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY MY PERSONAL ANECDOTE OUTWEIGHS WHAT STAFF WAS REPORTING.

I WOULD'VE SAID THAT I HAVE SEEN IT BE PRETTY POPULAR, AND MY BROTHER GETS TWO OF THEM, HE COMES BACK AND LOOKS DIFFERENT WHEN HE GETS ANOTHER DOG. I DO, IN MY EXPERIENCE, IT WAS POPULAR, OLD LET MY PERSONAL ANECDOTE OUTWEIGH WHAT STAFF SAID. I'LL TRUST STAFF ON THAT ONE, AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT HAPPENED.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. LASTLY --

>> MEMBER MENDOZA -- >> YOU HAVE SOMEONE TO TALK,

I'M SORRY. >> I'M SO SORRY.

WOULD YOU MIND IF WE LET OUR NEXT BOARD MEMBER COME ASK QUESTIONS AND I PROMISE I WILL COME BACK AROUND TO YOU.

>> YOU ARE UP. >> THANK YOU.

>> REMEMBER ARMSTRONG? >> THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, I HAVE FIVE KIDS AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF GOD KIDS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS SCHOOL. I PROMISE I WILL NOT WRITE THEM OUT FOR WHAT THEY WOULD DO TO HAVE A GOOD MEAL ON CAMPUS, NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS, BELIEVE IT LIKE THAT.

ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'M GOING TO START WITH THE HARVEST -- I LIKE THEIR PROGRAM IF IT'S STILL AS IT WAS PRE-COVID. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW THAT WOULD WORK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL? DOES EVERYBODY KNOW ABOUT THE HARVEST OF THE MONTH? THE HARVEST OF THE MONTH USUALLY COMES THROUGH L.A.

COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, AND EVERY MONTH, THEY GET FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, EVEN WITH ALL THE CONDIMENTS, WITH WORK BOOKS, ET CETERA, IT'S A WHOLE CURRICULUM, EVEN FOR KINDERGARTNERS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I TEACH, YOU KNOW, PRESCHOOL, KINDERGARTEN. IT EVEN COMES WITH A PLAINTIFF'S, DIFFERENT MATERIALS HE MAY USE, IT'S A CURRICULUM EDUCATING KIDS ABOUT FOOD AND IT'S PREPARATION.

I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE THAT COME BACK.

THAT DOESN'T CROSSED THE DISTRICT, DOES IT? DO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT? IS IT COUNTY SPONSORED?

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THERE'S >> NO. IT DEPENDS.

THERE IS A GRANT RIGHT NOW THAT TEAM NUTRITION HAS OUT FOR NUTRITION EDUCATION. TYPICALLY SPEAKING, NO.

THAT IS GOVERNMENT FUNDED BECAUSE THEY WANT TO PROMOTE THE HARVEST OF THE MONTH. I WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE HARVEST OF THE MONTH PROGRAM PRIOR TO COMING TO BE EU STI, WORKED FOR THE -- NUTRITION MANAGER AND OVERSAW 15 DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND HELPED THEM IMPLEMENT THEIR HARVEST OF THE MONTH PROGRAMS. I SAW FIRSTHAND WHAT IT CAN CREATE, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE PRINCIPLES SUPPORT, TEACHER SUPPORT, PARENTS SUPPORT, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY SUPPORT IS NECESSARY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO WORK. YEAH, THE TASTE TEST AND EVERYTHING GOING INTO THE CLASSROOM, INTRODUCING KIDS TO THINGS LIKE PERSIMMON,'S GETS HADN'T HEARD OR SEEN OF PERSIMMON, AND HAD A RECIPE WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, IT DOES

SOMETHING. >> THANK YOU.

I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT PROGRAM COME BACK.

I KNOW YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT BEGINNING TO FRESHLY PREPARE FOOD. I'LL TELL YOU, WELL, I DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL THAT LONG AGO, BUT WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL, WE HAD WORKING KITCHENS TO WHERE FOOD WAS COOKED.

FOOD WAS AS CLOSE TO HOME AS YOU COULD GET.

HOW FAR AWAY HOW WE'VE BEEN REMOVED FROM THAT? ALL THIS PACKAGED STUFF, BECAUSE WE COULD GET CHEESE SANDWICHES, RIGHT? GIRL CHEESE SANDWICHES, BUT SOMETIMES THEY'VE BEEN IN THE OVEN SO LONG, NOW THAT JESUS BURNT. OR THE FRENCH TOAST STICKS.

THEY GET SOGGY. YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE GOOD EFFORT, IN THE END, IT DOESN'T FARE WELL FOR THE CHILDREN.

ALSO, I'VE BEEN GETTING PICTURES, AND I KNOW SOMETIMES THEY COULD JUST PICK WHAT THEY WANT, TO TAKE A PICTURE, AND SEND IT TO ME, AND IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD IT WOULD BE NICE THE NUTRITION SERVICES TO LET US, SEND US PICTURES ON HOW IT SHOULD BE LOOKING AS FAR AS WHAT YOU'RE GETTING.

WHAT WE ARE SEEING, BUT I AM SEEING IS, MY KIDS ARE NOT EATING FOOD. THAT'S THE HONEST TRUTH.

WHERE ARE WE AT? HOW FAR REMOVED ARE WE FROM FRESHLY PREPARED FOODS ON CAMPUS?

>> GOOD QUESTION. BEFORE COVID, WE HAD 50% OR SO OF OUR MENU WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I HAD A LOT OF THE FRESHLY PREPARED MEALS ON THE MENU, THE ORANGE CHICKEN, THE FISH TOP OH, WELL ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS TO BRING IN MORE FRESHLY PREPARED MEALS. COVID HIT, NOW WE HAVE PACKAGED FOOD. ANOTHER THING COVID CAUSED WHERE THE STAFFING ISSUES, OF COURSE, RIGHT? WITH THAT, BECAUSE WE HAVE LESS STAFF AT THE SITES, IN ORDER FOR US TO LOOK AT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TWO FRESHLY PREPARED MEALS AGAIN, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, AGAIN, WHAT IS NEEDED STAFF WISE AT OUR SIGHTS. MY NUTRITION QUARTER METER AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS TODAY, LOOKING AT THE MEALS PER LATER OUR, AND BASED ON NUMBER OF MEALS WE ARE SERVING AT ALL OF OUR SIGHTS, HOW MANY STAFF DO WE NEED TO SERVE THIS TYPE OF MEAL? RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE'RE SERVING PACKAGED FOOD, WE CAN SUSTAIN THE MEALS WITH THE STAFF WE HAVE NOW. LOOKING AT, OKAY, IF WE BRING IN FRESHLY PREPARED MEALS, WE NOW HAVE TO LOOK AT BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL STAFF TO RULE THAT OUT.

THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE ARE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS COVID AND HOW IT'S AFFECTING STAFF ATTENTION.

IS IT THAT WE NEED MORE HANDS, MORE STAFF? DO WE NEED THE STAFF WE HAVE WITH MORE HOURS.

THAT IS WHAT WE ARE PLANNING TO LOOK AT DURING THE SUMMER.

HOW DOES THAT WORK. TO TRY AND PREPARE, TO GET US TO THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH THE FRESHLY PREPARED, WHAT WE STARTED DOING IS LOADING OUR CENTRAL KITCHEN WITH OUR STAFF SO THEY CAN PREPARE AND COOK MANY OF THE MEALS FROM OUR CENTRAL KITCHEN, AND OR COVER SOME OF THE SITES.

WE STILL HAVE QUITE A LOT OF CALL OUTS ON A DAILY BASIS.

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THAT'S A POSSIBILITY AS WELL. THE IDEA OF THE IDEAS TO START IN THE CENTRAL KITCHEN, PREPARING FOODS IN A CENTRAL KITCHEN, AND DISTRIBUTING THEM TO THE SCHOOL SITES UNTIL WE CAN GET MORE COVERAGE AT THOSE SCHOOL SITES.

>> OKAY, SO, I HAVE ABOUT 30 -- >> CAN I ADD SOMETHING TO THAT? THE KITCHEN WISE, DO WE NOT HAVE ENOUGH INFRASTRUCTURE TO DO THE SCRATCH COOKING AT THE SITES? DOES IT HAVE TO BE AT THE -- IS THAT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO

INVEST IN TO BE ABLE TO DO? >> WHEN I STARTED I THINK, WHAT IT WAS, THE CENTRAL KITCHEN, AND THIS IS USUALLY HOW IT WORKS AT MOST DISTRICTS, THE CENTRAL KITCHEN IS THE KITCHEN WHERE MOST OF THE FOOD IS PROPPED AND DISTRIBUTED FROM WHAT THEY CALL THE SATELLITE. THAT'S WHERE THE PRIMARY AMOUNT OF FOOD COMES FROM, THE CENTRAL KITCHEN, AND YOU DEAL WITH TRANSPORTATION ISSUES AND HOW THE FOOD HOLDS.

THE MEALS CAN BE COOKED AT THE SITES.

HOWEVER, THAT DOES TAKE, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, INFRASTRUCTURE, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND INCREASED AMOUNT OF TRAINING, TRAINING OF THE STAFF AT THE SITES, KNOWING HOW TO COOK THE CERTAIN PROJECTS TO A CERTAIN LOOK. WHEN I FIRST STARTED, THERE WAS COOKING BEING DONE AT THE SITES AND MEALS LOOKED DIFFERENT AT EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL SITE.

PEOPLE HAD DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES, ONE PERSON WAS COOKING IT THIS WAY, OTHER PERSON COOKING IT THAT WAY.

IT TOOK TRAINING THEM MY NUTRITION CORDON LEADER AT THE TIME WAS TRAINING THEM ON THE PROPER WAY TO COOK THE MEALS SO THEY MATCHED. WE DIDN'T WANT A STUDENT AT ERNIE PILOT GETTING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT A STUDENT AT LINDSTROM WAS GETTING. IT DOES TAKE TRAINING.

>> FOR RIGHT AHEAD. >> BECAUSE THAT'S THE ISSUE.

IF WE WANT TO GET BETTER FOOD, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COOK AT

THE SITE. >> I'M HEARING INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD CHOOSE TO ADJUST.

IN TERMS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, HOW DO WE QUALIFY FOR IT? IF WE COOK OUR OWN, WILL PUT MORE SALT AND TAKE, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T TASTE RIGHT WITH MORE SALT.

WE'LL PROBABLY GOING TO SUPPRESS WHAT THE STATEWIDE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTS US TO DO.

HOW DO WE PROTECT OURSELVES AGAINST THAT?

>> EXACTLY. THAT'S PART OF IT.

IF WE START LOOKING AT THE SITES AGAIN, OUR STAFF WOULD HAVE TO BE TRAINED ON THIS. YOU'D HAVE TO USE THIS AMOUNT OF SALT. YOU'D HAVE TO USE THIS AMOUNT OF FLAVORING, YOU'D HAVE TO USE ONLY THIS SERVING SIZE OF ALFREDO SAUCE. IT'S VERY CONTROLLED.

IT'S EASIER FOR US TO CONTROL IT AT THE CENTRAL KITCHEN BECAUSE OUR COOK THEIR KNOWS THE MEASUREMENTS AND ALL.

IF WE BRING IT BACK OUT TO THE SITES, NOT SAYING IT CAN'T BE GUN BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE WOULD FACE, IF WE BRING IT OUT TO THE SITES AND HAVE THE SIGHTS RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING THIS. ALL OF THOSE MANAGERS WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE EXACT CONTROLLED AMOUNT OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE SERVED TO MEET THESE GUIDELINES AND HAVE MEALS BE REIMBURSABLE.

>> DEVIATING FROM THAT MEANS WE LOSE FUNDING?

>> YES. >> OKAY.

>> SO, HOWEVER, I HAVE ABOUT 30 LETTERS RIGHT HERE WRITTEN BY SOME OF OUR ELEMENTARY CHILDREN.

I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE YOU GET A COPY OF THESE LETTERS.

>> PLEASE. >> AND AFTER YOU READ THEM, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE READ THESE AND COME BACK AND TALK TO THE STAFF TO SEE WHAT YOU NEED TO PREPARE BETTER MEALS.

THE KIDS ARE -- I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT COULD BE MOLD. EVEN DURING THE SUMMER, DURING COVID, WE WERE GETTING COMPLAINTS ABOUT -- THEY JUST BROUGHT THE TRUCK HERE, I'VE SEEN IT, AND THE FOOD RUNS OUT THE NEXT DAY. SO, YOU KNOW, FOOD BEING COLD OR OVERCOOKED, SMELLING BAD. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THIS.

I'M NOT GOING TO BURDEN YOU WITH MORE QUESTIONS.

TAKE PICTURES SO THAT WE KNOW HOW IT LOOKS.

I GET PICTURES, AND IF IT IS THE PICTURES THAT I RECEIVED, IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. PICTURES FOR US, I'LL GIVE YOU THESE LETTER SO YOU COULD READ ON IT, AND SAY, HEY.

ONE LAST THING, VENDORS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BRAND NEW

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OKAY? IT'S A LOT.

I KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO AS FAR AS FOOD.

WE COULD PUT OUT DELICIOUS FOOD. I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT ALONE.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG. PORT MERCER?

>> I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS, SORRY, I WAS GOING TO SAY -- SO, I HAVE A QUESTION. IS IT THAT -- IS IT THAT THE MEALS ARE NOT FLAVORFUL? IS IT THAT THE MEALS DON'T LOOK APPEALING?

DOES IT BOTH? >> I'M SORRY, IT'S BOTH.

SOME OF THEM, THEY SAY THE PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY IS TASTELESS. HOW DO YOU HAVE PENA BUTTER AND JELLY THAT'S TASTELESS? FRENCH TOAST IS SOGGY, GRILLED CHEESE BURNT, THE CHICKEN MAKES YOUR BREATH SMELL BAD, THE RICE IS COLD, AND GRAY, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S DEAD.

THE VEGETABLES DON'T TASTE GOOD. THE -- MATH GOODNESS, I WANT TO SAY THAT --

>> WAIT A MINUTE. THEY LIKE THE CHICKEN NUGGETS! THEY LIKE THE PIZZA HUT. THEY LIKE THE NACHOS.

THEY LIKE THE TERIYAKI, BUT PLEASE DO SOMETHING WITH THE PRICE. THE TOMALES, ORANGE BEGUN, THE WAFFLES, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH. A LOT OF TIMES, THEY SAY THEY HAVE THE GOOD FOOD WITH ALL OF THE ELEMENTS, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO GET THEM FULL. THEY WANT THE SUGAR COOKIES BACK. THEY LIKE WATERMELON, BUT WATERMELON IS SEASONAL. I HAVE THESE LETTERS.

>> THAT'S WHY I ASKED BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO SEE WHERE WE ARE AS A DISTRICT BECAUSE TYPICALLY, YES, IN OUR COMMUNITIES FOODS HIGHER IN SODIUM, SALT, SUGAR, HIGHER IN BUTTER, FROM FROM NEW ORLEANS, I GET IT, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW NUTRITION, I DON'T KNOW WHAT NUTRITION WAS UNTIL I MOVED TO CALIFORNIA WE.

I GET THAT. I HAD TO CHANGE MY TASTEBUDS.

AT FIRST, YES, BROWN RICE, I WAS LIKE, WHY DOES IT LOOK LIKE THAT? UNTIL I LEARNED ABOUT WHAT BROWN RICE IS, WHAT IT DOES TO THE BODY, AMOUNT OF FIBER IT DOES, AND HOW IT CLEARS OUT, YOU KNOW, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, DIABETES, ALL THAT STUFF, THAT'S WHAT I'M WONDERING, WHERE ARE WE AT AS A DISTRICT? ARE YOU WILLING TO GO TO THE NUTRITION EDUCATION AROUND AND EDUCATE KIDS ON WHY THIS LOOKS THIS WAY? DO WE WANT TO SERVE THEM EXTRA SALT AND JUST PAY FOR THE EXTRA SALT WHEELS. WE NEED TO EDUCATE.

>> WE NEED TO EDUCATE. AT ONE POINT, I WENT WITHOUT EATING SALT AT ALL. IT WAS BECAUSE OF HEALTH REASONS. I DID IT BECAUSE I HAD TO, I LEARNED TO TASTE FOOD FOR WHAT IT IS.

THESE ARE CHILDREN, WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE ONES THAT I NOW, IN A WAY OF STARTING A BUSINESS, SO --

>> YEAH, I KNOW. >> [INAUDIBLE] TOLD ON MY KID.

>> DOING A TIME CHECK. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THE PRESENTATIONS MAYBE -- BRING THIS ITEM BACK ALSO -- VECTORS POINT ABOUT WHERE WE WANT TO BE IS CLEAR, RIGHT? WE KNOW THE FOOD DOESN'T TASTE GOOD.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS IT THIS WAY.

WE COULD IGNORED, BUT WE HAVE TO KNOW WE HAVE TO REORGANIZE THE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE WANT.

IS THAT THE RIGHT THING TO DO BY OUR KIDS? WE WE KNOW -- IF COVID EXPOSED ANYTHING, DIABETES, ALL THESE HEALTH ISSUES WERE IMPACTED.

NEIGHBORHOODS THAT STRUGGLED WITH COVID AND ALL THAT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH NUTRITION AND FOOD SAY SERVED.

IT'S A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS. I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO BRING THIS CONVERSATION BACK IF WE NEED MORE TIME.

IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS. I'M NOT STOPPING US FROM ASKING QUESTIONS. I'M SAYING THE MIGHT OF TIME FOR ONE PORTMAN BERLANGA WAY, WE HAVE TO MONITOR.

>> BOARD, I'D LIKE TO OFFER SOME TIME TO BOARD MEMBER STEWART AND CHRISTFIELD. I WILL ABSTAIN FROM ASKING QUESTIONS FOR NOW. DO YOU FEEL WE WOULD WANT TO

HAVE THIS COME BACK? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, AT LEAST

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WOULD THAT BE AGREEABLE? >> IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, WE SHOULD NOT GET BACK TO THE QUESTIONS, WE SHOULD GET BACK TO THEM VERY NEXT MEETING. YOU COULD GET BACK TO US WHEN WE CAN ABOUT THIS. I FEEL GOOD FOR GOING TO ASK THE QUESTIONS WITH NO DIALOGUE, WE NEED THE ANSWERS THE VERY NEXT MEETING, NOT JUST A BROAD RANGE OF WHEN THEY GET BACK TO

US. >> WE COULD ASK THE QUESTIONS AND MAYBE, IF IT'S OKAY, MADAM PRESIDENT, SHORT THE PRESENTATION? THESE ARE A LOT OF FUN AND WE

WANT TO COME BACK. >> THANKS.

>> PERHAPS, AN OUR BOARD MEMO, FRIDAY MEMO, IF THEY COULD HAVE THAT, MAYBE, A DOCUMENT WHERE WE COULD PLACE --

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> HAND THEM OVER TO OUR SPECIALIST. BOARD MEMBER STEWART?

>> SORRY, I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS.

I WILL ASK THE QUESTIONS AND WE COULD COME BACK TO THEM.

MY FIRST QUESTION IS, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN CHARGE OF THIS

DEPARTMENT? >> FIVE YEARS.

>> OKAY. SO, FOR WHAT I'M HEARING, THERE IS NO COST TO US BECAUSE IT'S FUNDED BY THE STATE AND FEDERAL

FUNDING, CORRECT? >> NOW, YES.

>> DOES THAT MATTER WHETHER WE COOK OURSELVES OR SERVE THEM FOOD AND PACKAGE? WOULD WE GET THE PACKAGE NO

MATTER HOW MUCH IT COST? >> COOK OURSELVES?

>> IF WE PREPARE FOOD IN THE KITCHEN VERSUS, YOU KNOW, IF WE MADE THE CASE IDIOT IN THE KITCHEN VERSUS THE --

>> WE STILL GET FUNDING, AS LONG AS IT MEETS THOSE

NUTRITIONAL GUIDELINES. WHAT >> OKAY.

MY QUESTION IS, THERE IS A MINIMUM OF THREE, AND, WHAT IF THEY DON'T WANT THAT? ARE THEY FORCED TO TAKE THAT?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF SHE SHOULD BE --

ANSWERING THE QUESTION -- >> KEEP ASKING THE QUESTIONS?

OKAY. >> ARE THEY REQUIRED TO TAKE

THE THREE? >> YEAH.

THERE IS A MINIMUM OF THREE, OR A MINIMUM OF FOUR OR FIVE, I'M ASKING WHAT IF THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE THEM? ARE THEY FORCED TO TAKE THEM?

>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT FOREST, BUT THEY'RE ENCOURAGED.

IN ORDER FOR THE MEAL TO BE REIMBURSABLE, IT HAS TO BE A MINIMUM OF THREE ITEMS, AND ONE OF THE THREE ITEMS TESTED BE EFFORT OR VEGETABLE. IF THEY ONLY WANT ONE OF THE ITEMS, THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED AND À LA CARTE, WHAT WE CALL THEM, À LA CARTE ITEM, TYPICALLY CHARGED FOR SOMETHING SEPARATE THAT DOESN'T MEET THE REIMBURSABLE MEALS BECAUSE WE DON'T GET FUNDING FOR SOMETHING NOT REIMBURSABLE.

IT'S BETTER FOR THEM TO JUST TAKE THE THREE ITEMS AND PUT ONE OF THE EXTRA ITEMS ON THE SHARED TABLE FOR SOMEONE ELSE WHO MAY WANT MORE FOOD. IF THAT MAKES SENSE --

>> I GUESS I WAS CONFUSED BECAUSE OF THE CHOICE OF ITEMS. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PRETZEL DOG AND THAT SHIPS, AND THEY TOOK IT FOR THE CHIPS. IF THOSE ARE PARED, HOW DO THEY

HAVE THE CHOICE OF THE ITEMS? >> IF THOSE ARE REPAIRED, THE PRETZEL DOG COMES, YOU KNOW, TOGETHER, AND THEY HAVE THE CHIPS, AND HAVE THE FRUIT OR VEGETABLE.

THE PICTURES I GOT BACK, AND FEEDBACK I GOT BACK FROM MY MANAGERS WAS THERE TAKING THE PLATE, AND THEY'RE ONLY TAKING THE CHIPS, AND LEAVING THE PRETZEL DOG ON THE PLATE WITH WHATEVER OTHER THIRD ITEM THEY HAVE WHICH WAS SOME SORT OF

FRUIT OR VEGETABLE. >> THEY TOOK THE ITEMS BUT DIDN'T WANT THEM, BUT THEY NEED TO TAKE THE ITEM SO WE GET

REIMBURSED? >> EXACTLY.

>> MY THIRD ONE IS, DO WE HAVE ANY PROTOCOL FOR LINES BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD IT AT EVERY SINGLE SIDE THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH LINES AND KIDS GETTING ACCESS TO FOOD.

DO WE HAVE ANY PROTOCOLS OR THINGS IN PLACE FOR THAT?

>> AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE ARE VISITING THE SITES TO KIND OF SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN AT THE MILITARY SITES, WE ARE NOT SEEING ANY ISSUES AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THOSE STUDENTS ARE EATING.

AT BELLFLOWER AND MAYFAIR, WE ARE SEEING THE LINES, AND I'VE BEEN THERE QUITE A FEW TIMES WHERE I'VE SPOKEN WITH MR. LONGER WHO TOLD ME, YES, IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE ABLE TO GET THE KIDS THROUGH THE LINES FASTER.

WE DO RELY ON OUR KITCHEN MANAGERS.

MY KITCHEN MANAGER AT BELLFLOWER, SHE UPDATES US AS WELL, LETTING US KNOW, OH, NO, WE'RE FINE, WE ARE ABLE TO GET THE KIDS THROUGH THE LINE. FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM HER, IT'S IMPROVING, BUT EVEN WITH HER SAYING THAT, WE ARE WORKING ON WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IF WE ADD CARTS OUT ONTO THE CAMPUS TO GET MORE KIDS FED OR HAVE THEM OUTSIDE OF THE CAFETERIA

SOMETIMES. >> WE DON'T WANT THE KIDS MISSING INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET FOOD, THAT WOULDN'T WORK. MY NEXT QUESTION IS HOW DO WE RECEIVE CONCERNS? IF SOMEONE HAD A CONCERN, IF SOMEONE SAYS THEIR FOOD DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THIS, HOW DO THE ACCESS? DO THEY SEND EMAILS? IS THERE A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE? IS THERE ANY WAY ARE PARENTS OR COMMUNITY COULD GIVE FEEDBACK ON LUNCHES?

>> FOR PARENTS, THEY COULD SEND US AN EMAIL.

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SOMETIMES RECEIVE EMAILS THROUGH THERE.

IF IT'S THE STUDENTS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR QUALITY OF THE FOOD, WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO BRING THAT PRODUCT TO OUR KITCHEN MANAGERS ATTENTION SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS IT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED. USUALLY, IS IT AN ISSUE FROM THE CENTRAL KITCHEN? IS IT AN ISSUE FROM THAT PARTICULAR SITE? IS IT A VENDOR ISSUE? IS IT IS SOMETHING WHERE THEY OPEN THE PACKAGE AND IT WAS LIKE THAT ALREADY? YOU KNOW, WHEN THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN, WE HAVE TO CONTACT THE VENDOR IMMEDIATELY AND LET THEM KNOW, SEND PICTURES, SEND SAMPLES, AND THERE IS A WHOLE PROCESS THAT GOES WITH A TYPE OF COMPLAINT FOR THE QUALITY

CONTROL. >> ALMOST FINISHED.

I AGREED WITH MY BOARD COLLEAGUE.

I'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF PICTURES, AND OUR PICTURES THAT I REALLY DON'T LOOK LIKE THOSE PICTURES. MY QUESTION IS ALSO, I'VE HEARD IT A LOT OF SITES THEY RUN OUT OF FOOD, AND THEY DON'T GET WHAT'S ON THE MENU, WHICH SOME STUDENTS PLAN AHEAD TO BRING THINGS AND SEE THAT MANY BEFORE THEY DECIDE I'M GOING TO BRING SOMETHING FROM HOME. WHAT IS OUR POLICY AND PROTOCOLS WHEN WE RUN OUT OF FOOD?

HOW DOES THAT WORK? >> WE RELY ON THE MANAGERS AT THE SITES. THE MANAGERS HAVE ALL BEEN TRAINED THAT, AT ANY POINT, IF THEY RUN OUT OF SOMETHING, WE HAVE THE DAILY OPTIONS. AT THE ELEMENTARY SITES, WE OFFER THREE FREE ITEMS DAILY. IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE MAIN ENTRÉE, THEY HAVE ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE DAILY OPTIONS MENU. THERE'S THE BEAN AND CHEESE BURRITO, THE QUESADILLA, THEY HAVE THE CHICKEN SANDWICH.

OUR SIGHTS KEEP THAT IN STOCK AND AVAILABLE IN THE EVENT THAT THEY ARE SHORT ON THE COUNT. IF THEY AREN'T SHORT ON THE COUNT, AND RUN OUT OF MEALS, WHAT THEY'VE BEEN TRAINED TO DO IS INCREASE THAT MEAL FOR THE NEXT RUN OR NEXT TIME WE SERVE THAT ITEM SO THEY DON'T RUN OUT OF THE MEALS.

THERE'S SUPPOSED TO INCREASE AND CUSHION THE CAMPS SO WE DON'T RUN OUT.

IF THEY ARE RUNNING OUT, AGAIN, THAT MAY MEAN MORE TRAINING AND SEEING WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING THERE.

THERE SHOULD ALWAYS BE A MENU ITEM AVAILABLE.

>> DO YOU GUYS KIND OF FOLLOW A CERTAIN TREND OF SEEING, HISTORICALLY, THIS IS HOW MANY PEOPLE EAT ON MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY'S, THERE'S A, SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

>> IT'S BASED ON WHAT THE MENU ITEM IS.

WE KNOW THAT THE SPAGHETTI AND MEAT SAUCE IS A POPULAR THING AT SOME OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

WE KNOW WHICH ITEMS ARE MORE POPULAR AND WHICH ONES ARE NOT.

THE MANAGERS, SINCE THEY ARE AT THE SITES, THEY NOW, OKAY, ON THIS GIVEN DAY, I WILL TYPICALLY SERVE THIS MANY STUDENTS AND CUSHION THAT NUMBER.

THE ISSUE MAYBE, THIS IS A WHOLE OTHER SITUATION, THE ISSUE MAY BE WHY THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF FOOD.

THEY CUSHION A NUMBER, LET'S SAY, ASSUME THEY'RE GOING TO SERVE 300, THAT IS CUSHIONED. BECAUSE OF THE MEALS ARE FREE, AND WE AREN'T USING A POINT OF SALE WHERE THE STUDENT IS PUTTING IN A PIN NUMBER. SOME OF THE STUDENTS ARE COMING UP TWO, THREE TIMES. SO, WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD AS A COUNT OF 300 HAS NOW DOUBLED OR TRIPLED AND THEY RUN OUT OF FOOD ON THE POPULAR FOOD THEY.

IT'S MONITORING THAT BECAUSE, TECHNICALLY, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MONITORING THAT WITH CLICKERS OR SOME SORT OF POINT OF SALE TO MAKE SURE THAT ONE STUDENT GETS ONE BREAKFAST OR LUNCH EACH DAY, AND ONE STUDENT DOESN'T GET THREE BREAKFASTS AND THREE LUNCHES IN ONE DAY. THAT MAY BE PART OF THE ISSUE FOR RUNNING OUT OF MEALS. IT TAKES LOOKING INTO WHAT'S

GOING ON THERE. >> SOUND LIKE THE KITCHEN MANAGERS ARE IMPORTANT. CAN YOU TELL ME HOW OFTEN YOU

MEET WITH OUR KITCHEN MANAGERS? >> ONCE A MONTH IS USUALLY WHEN WE DO OUR MONTHLY TRAINING. I CHECK IN WITH THEM THROUGH EMAIL, MY NUTRITION COORDINATOR CHECKS IN DAILY, SHE DOES SITE VISITS. WE ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM AND UPDATING THEM AND TRAINING THEM ON THE LATEST ONE

SAMANTHA. >> TWO MORE QUESTIONS.

>> I'M WONDERING IF, ON THE FRIDAY MEMO, WE CAN BE PROVIDED LUNCH SCHEDULES. IT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT TO COME BY AT LUNCH AND SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN PERSON, BECAUSE, AGAIN, THE PICTURES WE SEE LOOK DIFFERENT.

LAST, I KNOW YOU SAID THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO ANALYZE WHERE WE ARE IN THEIR DISTRICT. WHEN IT'S A LOST TIME PARENTS OR STUDENTS WERE SURVEYED ON SCHOOL LUNCHES?

>> PROBABLY MY FIRST YEAR HERE. I DID A SURVEY AT MAYFAIR AND BELLFLOWER BECAUSE WE WANTED TO BRING IN NEW ITEMS. WE DID A SURVEY, WE HAD A TASTE TESTS, TABLES SET OUT, AND THEY

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FROM THOSE POSTER BOARDS, WE STARTED IMPLEMENTING THE NEW WERE ITEMS THAT WE PUT ON TO THE MENU BEFORE COVID HIT.

>> FOUR YEARS AGO? >> PROBABLY ABOUT FOUR YEARS IS THE LAST TIME WE SURVEYED, OFFICIALLY SURVEYED, STUDENTS

AND PARENTS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> I'M GOING TO FOLLOW SUIT HERE, MAYBE CITY A TRIP OF COMING BACK.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK, I APPRECIATE IT.

ARE YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FOOD, THE CATERING?

>> YES. >> GREAT JOB.

MOST OF THESE QUESTIONS WILL BE FAST, AND SOME COULD BE YES OR NO. FREIGHT FARMING, I'VE HEARD OF, I'VE HEARD CASES OF THAT, AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

DO YOU THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD SUPPORT AT BUSD.

THIS IS A POSSIBILITY FOR OUR DISTRICT?

>> OF COURSE, YEAH. >> POSSUM.

OUTSIDE VENDORS, DO WE CURRENTLY ALLOW OUTSIDE VENDORS TO SELL FOOD, FRESH FOODS, ON CANVAS?

>> NOT WITHOUT APPROVAL. >> DEWEY?

>> NOW, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO. >> THEY DON'T HAVE ANY APPROVED VENDORS THAT, FOR STUDENTS AT WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THAT

CAN AFFORD IT -- >> NO, IT HAS TO BE APPROVED.

BASICALLY, OKAY, LET'S SAY THERE'S A PIZZA PLACE ACROSS THE STREET. IF WE WANT TO START BRINGING PIZZA ONTO CAMPUS, FOR THE KIDS TO HAVE THAT, THEY HAVE TO MEET

CERTAIN GUIDELINES -- >> FOR FUNDING?

>> YES, FOR FUNDING. >> ABSENT OF FUNDING, JUST AS AN OPTION FOR STUDENTS TO BUY FOOD?

>> YEAH, SO, THAT WOULD BE ANY FOOD SOLD ON CAMPUS HAS TO MEET THE GUIDELINES, THAT'S IN OUR WELLNESS POLICY.

IN THE BUSD WELLNESS POLICY. >> LEGAL THING, OR BORDER POLICY? BOARD POLICIES CAN BE LEGAL, AT CODE, OR JUST BE IT'S WHAT WE DO IN --

>> I KNOW -- >> IT'S NOT LEGAL.

IT'S MORE OF A BOARD POLICY. >> YOU SAID IT'S NOT LEGAL?

>> LIKE, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY --

>> RIGHT -- >> THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE ANY FUNDING OR ANYTHING TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE IT'S NOT OUR --

>> RIGHT. DISTRICTS THAT HAVE FRESH FRUIT CARTS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ABNORMAL, RIGHT?

>> ANYTHING THAT THE KIDS ARE PURCHASING, IF THEY'RE PURCHASING MEALS ON CAMPUS, IT HAS TO BE PREAPPROVE THAT IS FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES.

IF IT'S SOLD SEPARATELY, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? IF IT'S SOLD SEPARATELY? THEN, NOW, IT WOULD JUST FOLLOW OUR BUSD WELLNESS POLICY. IT WOULDN'T BE PART OF THE

NUTRITION SERVICES. >> OKAY.

>> DOES THAT -- >> YEAH, REMARKABLE, -- MY QUESTIONS NOW. DANG IT.

YOU MIGHT HAVE JUST LOCKED OUT. SHOOT.

OKAY. DO WE HAVE A WASTE PROBLEM WITH

SCHOOL ENGINES? >> I BELIEVE WE DO, YES.

>> OUR STUDENTS IN THE ELEMENTARY IS ALLOWED TO HAVE SECONDS IF THEY ARE STILL HUNGRY?

>> YES. THERE ARE POSTERS UP, SIGNS THAT IF THEY WANT A SECOND MEAL, THIS IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED GOVERNMENT TERMINOLOGY, BUT YES, IF THEY WANT A SECOND WHEEL, THAT SECOND MEAL IS TO BE PURCHASED.

THE REASON FOR THAT IS IF WE WERE TO BE AUDITED, AND AN AUDITOR COMES IN AND SEES A STUDENT GETTING A SECOND MEAL FOR FREE, THAT MEAL IS THEN ACROSS TO THE DISTRICT AND, USUALLY, WHAT THEY DO, IF THEY SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY CHARGE THE DISTRICT FOR ALL OF THE MEALS SERVED AT THAT SITE FOR THAT TODAY BECAUSE THERE IS NO PROCEDURE OR PROTOCOL MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES.

>> IF WE GIVE SECONDS A FREE MEAL TO A HUNGRY KID, WE WILL

GET CHARGED? >> IF AN AUDITOR SEES IT --

>> HOW OFTEN DOES THAT HAPPEN? >> ONCE EVERY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, I'M STILL WAITING ON THAT TO BE CONFIRMED.

THE LAST SCHEDULE IT TOOK A LOOK AT WAS WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GET AUDITED NEXT YEAR. I EMAILED THEM TO CONFIRM THAT,

AND I'M STILL WAITING -- >> BUT AN AUDITOR HAS NEVER WALKED ON CAMPUS SPONTANEOUSLY, AND SAID, THEY, GET, SLAPPED OR

TRAYS -- >> OFFERED STORIES, BUT --

>> IT HAPPENS. >> DOES IT? I'VE HEARD STORIES, BUT I, PERSONALLY, HAVE NEVER SEEN IT.

YEAH -- >> OKAY.

>> MR. PITCH FIELD, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE SHARED TABLES BECAUSE WE DO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT TABLE, WE ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO PUT ANYTHING

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>> YEAH, OKAY. THERE IS ONE MORE.

FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I WILL JUST ADD IT IN THE EMAIL.

OKAY. >> APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PORTMAN.

BRAZIL AT MY QUESTIONS TO THE FRIDAY MEMO DOCUMENT.

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

[APPLAUSE] THE NEXT PRESENTATION IS ON BOND EIGHT. AND I WILL TURN IT OVER BACK TO

YOU -- >> THANK YOU DR. DERIDED.

I APPRECIATE IT. TONIGHT WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THE BOARD WITH THE BOND UPDATES AS WE ARE REACHING THE BONDS TENURE MARK. SO AS PART OF TONIGHT'S UPDATE WE CAN BE INCLUDING INFORMATION REGARDED THE BACKGROUND OF THE BOND. THE BOND COMMITTEES RESPONSIBILITIES. THE AUDIT FOR THE 2021, 2022 FISCAL YEAR. THAT IS PART OF TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO

REFINANCE BOND FUNDS. >> MAY I USE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE PLEASE? YES.

>> SO, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY HERE.

THE VOTERS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF OUR DISTRICT APPROVED A 79 MILLION DOLLAR BOND BACK IN 2012 HIM BELLFLOWER UNIFIED'S HISTORY. THE FULL TEXT OF THE BALLOT MEASURE KNOWN AS B.B. INCLUDED LANGUAGE THAT STATED THE FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO BE FINANCED BY THE BONDS INCLUDED THE MODERNIZATION, THE REPLACEMENT, THE RENOVATION, CONSTRUCTION AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FACILITIES OF THE DISTRICT. THE TEXT OF THE BOND CLEARLY RESTRICTED THE USE OF FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SALARY BENEFITS OR PENSION. I APOLOGIZE.

AS REQUIRED BY LAW, AND INDEPENDENT CITIZENS COMMITTEE HAD TO BE ESTABLISHED TO ENSURE THE FUNDS WOULD BE PROPERLY SPENT. THEREFORE, THE BOARD PASSED A RESOLUTION ALLOWING THEM TO APPOINT A SEVEN MEMBER COMMITTEE TO FULFILL THE RESPONSIBILITIES REQUIRED.

THE COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED AND HAS BEEN FULFILLING THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES BY HOLDING QUARTERLY MEETINGS, REVIEWING EXPENDITURES TO DETERMINE THE BOND PROCEEDS HAVE BEEN EXPENDED FOR THE PURPOSES SET FORTH IN THE MEASURE.

REVIEWING THE ANNUAL AUDITS, AND PROVIDING A PUBLIC PRESENTATION TO THE SCHOOL BOARD DURING THE SESSION, WHICH WILL BE DONE TONIGHT, THE MANUAL REPORTS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE COMMITTEE DOES NOT REVIEW DISTRICT EXPENDITURES OF OTHER FUNDS, WHICH MEANS, ONCE ALL BOND FUNDS ARE EXPENDED THE BOND COMMITTEE WILL NO LONGER BE IN EXISTENCE ONCE ALL THE RESPONSIBILITIES RELATED TO THE BOND HAVE BEEN FULFILLED. THEY ALSO DO NOT SELECT THE AUDIT FIRM, APPROVED DESIGNS, PLANTS, SCHEDULES, OR PROJECTS, CONTRACTS, OR CHANGE ORDERS. ALL OF THE LEGAL PUBLICIZING ACTIVITIES AND UPDATES TO THE WEBSITE ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DISTRICT. ADDITIONALLY, IT IS THE BOARDS RESPONSIBILITY TO APPOINT OR REAPPOINT COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO THE BOND WHEN THERE IS A VACANCY.

>> I SHARED PREVIOUSLY, THE TEXT OF THE BALLOT CALLED FOR PROCEEDS TO BE USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON FACILITIES AND THE DISTRICT. WHICH INCLUDED MODERNIZATION, REPLACEMENT, RENOVATION, AND CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS.

BASED ON THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, THE LANGUAGE OF PROJECTS THAT IDENTIFIED INCLUDING DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ITEMS SUCH AS ROOFING, HVAC UNITS, FIRE ALARMS, CONCRETE AND ELECTRICAL NEEDS. PROJECTS THAT INCLUDED ARCHITECT ESTIMATES, AND EDUCATIONAL UPGRADES TO FACILITIES. INCLUDED PROJECT LISTS FOR HVAC AND LIGHTING RETROFIT AT BOTH OUR HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUMS. THE SOCCER FIELD, A STEM BUILDING WHICH WILL ACTUALLY BECOME A STEAM BUILDING WHICH YOU HEARD EARLIER TODAY, IT REGARDS TO OUR DEDICATION CEREMONY THAT IS GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE ON MONDAY. FOR THAT BUILDING.

MAJOR SPORTS FIELDS, REMOTE A ELEMENTARY MULTI PURPOSE BUILDING. ADDITIONAL BUS PARKING FOR THE MAINTENANCE YARD. -- TRACK AND FIELD. CRAIG WILLIAMS ROCK REPLACEMENT AND THOMAS JEFFERSON PARKING LOT.

WE WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHILE ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ARE IDENTIFIED AS ALLOWABLE WITHIN THE MEASURE FOR BOND PROCEEDS TO GO TOWARDS THE -- TO BE ABLE TO FUND, WE DID USE SOME OTHER FUNDS, AT TIMES TO HELP STRETCH THE FUNDING MONEY.

WE HAD SOME PROP 39 FUNDING THAT HELPED US TO DO SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. WE ALSO HAD SOME ERASED FUNDING THAT HELPED US TO COMPLETE SOME OF THESE.

ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY OF BELLFLOWER, THROUGH A JOINT

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PRIORITY OF PROJECTS WERE DETERMINED BASED ON THE NEED,

AS WELL AS FUNDING. >> NEXT SLIDE.

>> SO, THE PROJECT LIST WERE CREATED WHICH INCLUDES ARCHITECTURAL ESTIMATES FOR COSTS.

THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS PROJECTS THAT WERE ON THE LIST TO BE COVERED WITH BOND FUNDS. THREE OF THE FOUR PROJECTS HAVE BEEN STARTED DUE TO THE -- I'M SORRY, THREE OF THE FOUR PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN STARTED TO TO THE FUNDS FROM THE BOND BEING DEPLETED DUE TO OTHER PROJECTS.

THIS ACTUALLY OCCURRED DUE TO COSTS OF PROJECTS INCREASING AS WELL AS CHANGES AND SCOPE OF WORK.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE STEAM BUILDING, ORIGINALLY WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 29 MILLION AND THAT WAS BECAUSE, AT THE TIME, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A STEM BUILDING.

ONCE IT BECAME A STEAM BUILDING IT WENT UP AND WHEN IT WENT OUT TO BID IT WAS AT 39 MILLION JUST GOING OUT TO BIT AND THEN WITH CHANGE ORDERS WE WERE OVER 43 MILLION.

SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT THEN DEPLETED SOME OF THOSE ORIGINAL FUNDS WHICH HAD LEFT SOME OF THE PROJECTS NOT TO BE COMPLETED. THOSE DECISIONS, WHETHER OR NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT COMPLETED DUE TO THE BOND IS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOND COMMITTEE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE EDUCATION

BASED ON RESOURCES. >> NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE AND TURN IT OVER TO MARK DAMERON.

WHO IS OUR BOND CHAIR. TO PREVENT OUR ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE 20 TO 23 YEAR. THEN THE MORGAN, OUR SECRETARY, I KNOW IN HER ROLE HELPED PRODUCE THE ANNUAL REPORT AS PART OF THE BOND COMMITTEES OBLIGATIONS.

THAT THE COMMITTEE MUST REPORT AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE BOARD IN PUBLIC. WHILE THE FULL FISCAL YEAR HAS NOT ENDED, THE REPORT MAY BE PRESENTED AT ANYTIME AS LONG AS THERE IS WHEN ANNUALLY. AND BECAUSE THE FUNDS ARE PRETTY MUCH DEPLETED AND THE LAST PROJECT THAT WILL BE FUNDED WITH MEASURE B IS ALMOST COMPLETELY WANTED TO PRESENT IT TONIGHT, ALONG WITH OTHER BOND -- TO HELP PROVIDE A FULL PICTURE OF THIS JOURNEY.

FOR NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. DOWN OR.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING.

PRESIDENT GARZA. AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.

AND MEMBERS OF COMMUNITY WHO ARE HERE.

THE CITIZENS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE OF THE VOTE IDENTIFIES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WOULD PURSUE IT TO THE PURPOSE OF ACTIVELY REVIEWING THE EXPENDITURES OF THE MAJOR BE BEYOND PROCEEDS. THE CEO C IS REQUIRED TO ADVISE THE PUBLIC AS TO WHETHER THE DISTRICT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ARTICLE 13 HAY OF THE CONSTITUTION.

MAJOR B B AND THE PROVISIONS OF THE EDUCATION CODE 278 AND ON.

THE COMMITTEE WILL INFORM THE PUBLIC, BY ISSUING A WRITTEN REPORT, ON THE RESULTS OF ITS ACTIVITIES ONCE A YEAR.

WHAT SHALL BE PRESENTED TO THE DISTRICT BOARD IN A PUBLIC SESSION AND WOULD MAKE AND BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE.

THAT IS OBVIOUSLY WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT.

THE CURRENT MEMBERSHIP, THIS IS OVERSIGHT.

CONSIST OF THE CHAIRPERSON. AND LINDA MORGAN, SECRETARY.

BRICK COMPANION, MEMBER. YOLANDA BLENDS, AND -- MEMBER. THE SUMMARY OF THE PROCEEDS AND ACTIVITIES IS THE C O C AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO RECEIVE, DISCUSS, AND REVIEW INFORMATION PERTAINING THE BOND EXPENDITURES OF THE PRODUCTS ON THE FOLLOWING DAY TO THE 27TH 20 2022, GENERATES 26 2023, AND MAY 4TH 2023.

THE COMMUNITY REVIEWS AND REPORTS ON EXPENDITURES OF THE MAJOR BB PROCEEDS BUT DOES NOT PROVIDE DIRECTION OR MAKE DECISIONS. THE PUT THE BOMB FUND BEING DEPLETED THE COMMITTEE'S WORK IS COMING TO AN END.

THE COMMITTEE WILL MEET ONE MORE TIME, ON APRIL 18TH, THE 24TH, TO RETRIEVE THE FINAL AUDIT REPORT FOR 2020 TO 2023.

AND PRESENT THEIR LAST ANNUAL REPORTS AT THE MAY 24TH SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE WRATH

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MEANING MINUTES HAVE BEEN TAKEN, APPROVED, AND POSTED ON A DISTRICT WEBSITE. WHICH IS W W W W DOT ESTY DOT K-12.CA DOT U.S.. LIKELY FOUND ON THE WEB WEB AND ON THE WEBSITE UNDER GOVERNANCE AND THE CITIZENS ON OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. BOND PROCEEDS HAVE BEEN USED ONLY FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES AND NOT FOR ANY TEACHER OR ADMINISTRATIVE SALARIES OR COMPLIMENTARY EXPENSES.

THE DISTRICT HAS CONDUCTED AN ANNUAL IN THE POEM'S PERFORMANCE AUDIT TO ENSURE THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN SPENT ONLY ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS LISTED. THE DISTRICT HAS CONDUCTED IN ANNUAL AND FISCAL AUDIT OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THE BOND. THE FINANCE REPORT FOR 2022 AND 2023 FISCAL YEAR IS AS FOLLOWS. THE BEGINNING FUND BALLOTS ON JULY 1ST 2022 WAS 6 MILLION $323,583.

THE TOTAL REVENUES WERE $65,130.

TOTAL EXPENDITURES WERE 5 MILLION $25,209 AND THE ENDING FUND BALANCE, AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2023, WAS 1 MILLION $363,511.

ONCE COMPLETED THE DISTRICT WILL PROVIDE THE C O C WITH A COPY OF THE 2020 TO 2023 ANNUAL BOND FISCAL AUDIT AND PERFORMANCE AUDIT. AS STATED ON MAY 4TH, 20 2023 MEETING SUMMARY, THE 20 2020 -- 2022 FISCAL YEAR FINANCIAL AND PERFORMANCE AUDIT WAS COMPLETED AND A FULL COPY OF THE AUDIT WAS PROVIDED TO ALL REMAINING MEMBERS.

BELOW BRINGS THE SUMMARY OF THE AUDIT REPORT FINDINGS.

BEGINNING FUND BALANCE ON JULY 1ST 2021 WAS 21 MILLION $409,330. THE TOTAL REVENUES WERE $137,780. TOTAL EXPENDITURES WERE 15 MILLION $223,527. AND THE END OF YOUR BALANCE WAS 6 MILLION $323,583. THERE WAS NO FINDINGS RELATED TO THE FINANCIAL AUDIT OF THE BUILDING FIRM FOR THE YEAR THAT ENDED IN JUNE 30TH 2022. THE AUDIT ALSO REPORTED THAT IN REGARDS TO LAST YEAR'S AUDIT FINDINGS, REFERENCES FOR 20 2021 THAT 001, CLOSING PROCEDURES, CONSTRUCTION, HERE AND ACROSS. THAT THE RECOMMENDED PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED. THE AUDITOR REVIEWED 27 TRANSACTIONS, TOTALING 14 MILLION $805,651.

WHICH REPRESENTS 97% OF THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF 15 MILLION $223,527. THE RESULTS INDICATED THAT IN ALL SUFFICIENT RESPECTS THE DISTRICT HAS PROPERLY ACCOUNTED FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF THE FUNDS HELD IN MAJOR B BE BUILDING FUN AND THAT SELF EXPENDITURES WERE MADE ON AUTHORIZED RELEVANCE. THE REMAINING PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL CURRENTLY UNDER THE BOND ARE THE MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL STEAM BUILDING, THE MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS FIELDS, THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARKING LOT, AND THE BS YOU THE PROVISIONAL BUS PARKING.

I REPORTED AT THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING THAT WHEN THIS THEME BUILDING IS COMPLETED THAT WILL DEPLETE THE 79 MILLION DOLLAR APPROVED BY THE VOTERS.

THIS IS STILL THE CASE. I AM DUE TO AS EXPLAINED EARLIER -- TO TWO UNEXPECTED SUPPLY CHAIN SHORTAGE AND RISE IN PRICES THE OTHER REMADE PRODUCTS WILL GO BEFORE THIS BOARD IN THE FUTURE MEETINGS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND THAT, OF COURSE, WILL BE THE SPORTS FIELD AT MAYFAIR, THE PARKING LOT AT JEFFERSON, AND THE --

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THEY HAVE TOWARD THE BUILDING AND ARE VERY EXCITED TO GET THEIR CLASSROOMS READY FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR IN THE FALL.

SO, IN CONCLUSION, I HAVE TO FORMALLY SAY THAT THE C O C CONCLUDES THAT THE DISTRICT HAS COMPLIED WITH ARTICLE 13 A SECTION ONE B THREE OF THE CONSTITUTION, THE MEASURE, B B AND EDUCATION CODE 50 TO 7 A AND FOLLOWING IN THE BOND PROCEEDS SPENT TO DATE HAVE ONLY BEEN SPENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, OR REHABILITATION, OR REPLACEMENT OF SCHOOL FACILITIES, INCLUDING FURNISHINGS AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOL FACILITIES OR ACQUISITION OR LEASE OF PROPERTY FOR SCHOOL FACILITIES.

NO PROCEEDS WERE SPENT ON TEACHER SALARIES, ADMINISTRATIVE SALARIES, OR ON OPERATIONAL EXPENSES.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU MR. DAMERON. AS HE SHARED WITH THE WITH PART OF YOUR ANNUAL REPORT YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO PRESENT INFORMATION REGARDING THE AUDIT.

HOWEVER, TONIGHT'S AGENDA IT IS ONE OF THE CONSENT ITEMS. THAT YOU ARE PROVING. SO I WANT TO JUST TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO REVIEW SOME OF THE INFORMATION ON THE AUDITS.

IT IS A 17-PAGE DOCUMENT. YOU RECEIVED A HARD COPY OF THAT AS WELL, TONIGHT, AS WELL AND WAS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA AS WELL FOR TONIGHT. SO, HERE, YOU SEE THE TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE AUDITS. AGAIN, THIS IS STRICTLY FOR THE BOND. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR NORMAL DISTRICT AUDIT. THAT WAS PRESENTED BACK IN JANUARY. THIS IS STRICTLY FOR BOND PROCEEDS. SO, HERE YOU SEE THAT IT IS MADE 17 PAGES. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MEATS, I SHOULD SAY, OF THIS AUDIT.

CONTINUE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. HERE, YOU WILL SEE THE SCOPE OF WORK WHICH CLEARLY IDENTIFIES WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PERFORMANCE AUDIT ARE. THIS IS A COPY TAKEN STRICTLY FROM THE AUDIT THAT YOU HAVE THE HARD COPY IN FRONT OF YOU.

FOR THIS AUDIT IT IS VERY SIMPLE.

AND THAT IT DETERMINES IF THE EXPENDITURES THAT WERE CHARGED TO MEASURE BIBI WERE APPROPRIATE.

BASED ON THE PROJECT LIST AND -- AND AGAIN THIS SCOPE OF THIS AUDIT IS ONLY FOR THE FISCAL PERIOD OF JULY 1ST 2021 TO JUNE 30TH 2022.

WHICH IS WHAT WAS DELIVERED TO THE BOARD AND THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, AGAIN, TONIGHT AND TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

HERE THIS PAGE, AGAIN, THE MEAT OF THE AUDITS PROVIDES FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEING AUDITED.

SO, THE REVENUES ARE BASICALLY COMPOSED OF INTEREST, EXPENDITURES ARE BASED ON ALLOWABLE PRODUCT EXPENSES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, AND PROVIDES INFORMATION REGARDING THE INCOME BALANCE THAT CHANGE OCCURRED BASED ON REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE YEAR ROUGHLY STARTED AT A LITTLE OVER 21 AND A HALF MILLION AND ENDED WITH ABOUT 6.3 MILLION, AGAIN, MOST OF THOSE COSTS WERE DUE TO THE STEAM BUILDING. THEN THE NEXT PAGE PROVIDES THE READER INFORMATION REGARDING THE PROCEDURES USED AND THE CONCLUSION REACHED BY THE AUDITOR.

SO, WHAT THEY DID IS THEY TOOK 27 TRANSACTIONS, WHICH BASICALLY REPRESENTED 97% OF THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES.

THEY SAMPLED INVOICES AND REVIEWED DOCUMENTATION LOOKING AT PROJECT LISTS TO SEE IF THEY FELT WITHIN THE VOTER APPROVED BOND PROJECT LISTS. THIS, AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THE CONCLUSION THERE, THAT ALL OF THE REVENUES WERE USED APPROPRIATELY AND OUR NEXT SLIDE HERE AT THIS PAGE IS AN IMPORTANT PAGE BECAUSE IT WILL SHOW WHETHER THERE WERE ANY FINDINGS. HERE WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT, AS MR. DAMERON HAS ALSO SHARED IN THE ANNUAL REPORT, THAT THERE WERE NO FINDINGS FOR THE 20 1:22 FISCAL YEAR FOR OUR AUDIT.

THE NEXT PAGE THERE, THE NEXT SLIDE, REPORTS ON THE PRIOR YEAR FINDINGS AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.

WE DID HAVE A FINDING IN 2021. AND THAT WAS AN OVERSTATED EXPENDITURE BECAUSE THE AMOUNT WAS BASED ON RETAIN ITCH FOR THE ENTIRE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

VERSUS ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION COST JUST FOR THAT HERE.

SO, WE HAVE SINCE CORRECTED AND YOU CAN SEE THERE AT THE BOTTOM THAT IT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED. SO, WHEN A FINDING IS FOUND IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR WE GIVE YOU CORRECTIONS.

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WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE NO FINDINGS, AND THIS IS NOT AN ONGOING FINDING. FINALLY, AS PART OF OUR PRESENTATION, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER.

WE WERE TRYING TO PUT THIS WHOLE PACKAGE TOGETHER AND WE ARE ON THE TEN YEAR MARK SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFINANCE OUR BOND FUNDS. WE HAVE INVITED MARC FARRELL TO SHARE WITH US A POTENTIAL ACTION ITEM FOUR ARE MAY 25TH BOARD MEANING THAT WOULD ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO REFINANCE BOND FUNDS AND PROVIDE AN OVERALL COST SAVINGS TO OUR TAXPAYERS WITHOUT COSTING THE DISTRICT MONEY. MARK FARRELL IS HERE WITH DYLAN SCOTT AND THEY ARE OUR BOND FINANCIAL ADVISERS.

THANK YOU SCOTT FOR BEING HERE, IN ALTERED OVER TO YOU.

>> GREAT, THANK YOU PRESIDENT GARZA AND BOARD MEMBERS.

SO I AM MARK FARAH WITH DALE SCOTT COMPANY -- FOR MAJOR B B. HELPING GET IT PLANNED, PASSED, AND THEN ISSUED. SO, THE FULL $79 MILLION WAS NOT ISSUED ALL IN ONE TIME IT WAS ACTUALLY ISSUED IN TWO DIFFERENT SERIES. THE FIRST IN MARCH OF 2013.

THE SECOND IN JULY OF 2015. GENERALLY WITH MUNICIPAL BONDS THERE IS A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS ONCE THE BONDS ARE SOLD WHERE THEY CANNOT BE REFINANCED. SO BOTH THE FIRST AND SECOND SERIES HAVE HAD THAT PROVISION. NOW THAT WE ARE IN 2023 THE DISTRICT HAS THE OPTION TO POTENTIALLY REFINANCE TO SERIES A BONDS. HENRY FINANCING A BOND IS, AT A HIGH-LEVEL, VERY SIMILAR TO RE-FINANCING A HOME MORTGAGE.

WHEN INTEREST RATES ARE LOWER, TODAY, THEN THE INTEREST RATES ON THE EXISTING BOND YOU CAN REFINANCE THE BOND AT A LOWER INTEREST RATES AND THE SAVINGS, INTEREST RATE SAVINGS THAT YOU GET, ARE PASSED ON TO BE YOUR COMMUNITIES TAXPAYERS AND THE FORM OF LOWER TAX RATES EVERY YEAR.

REFINANCING THE BONDS DOES NOT EXTEND THE TERM, SO, WE ARE NOT CHANGING THE LENGTH OF PAYMENTS.

WE ARE SIMPLY SOLVING HIGHER INTEREST RATE BONDS FOR A LOWER RATE INTEREST BONDS COST ASSOCIH RE-FINANCING THE BONDS ARE ACTUALLY PAID FOUR OUT OF THE PROCEEDS.

THE SAVINGS NUMBERS THAT WE WILL SHOW YOU OUR NET OF THOSE COSTS. THEY WOULD NOT IMPACT THE GENERAL FUND, AND THEY ARE CONTINGENT.

FOR SOME REASON, THE FINANCING DOESN'T MOVE FORWARD THERE IS NO COST TO THE DISTRICT. LASTLY ONLY THE PORTION OF THE BONDS THAT ARE ECONOMICAL CAN BE REFINANCED.

THIS IS A DIFFERENT SAY FROM A HOMEWORK A TRAIT.

YOU DO A 30 YEAR HOME MORTGAGE, WE HAVE ONE INTEREST RATE FOR THE ENTIRE 30 YEARS, WITH BONDS WERE ACTUALLY OVERSEEING A 30 YEAR BOND. YOU'RE SELLING BONDS EVERY SINGLE YEAR. AND EVERY SINGLE YEAR YOU'LL HAVE A DIFFERENT INTEREST RIGHT.

THOSE RATES ARE FIXED, WITH A LIFE THE BOND.

BUT WHEN WE ACTUALLY GO TO REFINANCE THE BONDS, WE LOOK AT EACH INDIVIDUAL INSURED AND MAKE SURE YOU CAN REFINANCE AS MAJORITY. IT'S GOING TO SAVE THE TAX PAYERS MONEY BY REFINANCING? IF NOT WE WILL LEAVE IT OUTS.

AND SO, WE'LL HAVE A SUMMARY OF WHAT KIND OF ECONOMICS ARE TODAY AND, RIGHT NOW, WHERE INTEREST RATES ARE IT WILL MAKE SENSE TO NOT REFINANCE THE OLD PORTION OF THE SERIES A BONDS.

ONLY REFINANCING ABOUT 20.2 MILLION.

WE'D BE REFINANCING THE MAJORITIES FROM 2025 TO 2038.

THE MAJORITIES FROM 2039 TO 2042, AS AN INTEREST RATES EARLIER THIS WEEK JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE, DIDN'T KIND OF CROSS THE THRESHOLD FOR IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE DISTRICT AT THIS TIME. SO, THE AVERAGE INTEREST RATE ON THE WHOLE BOND IS THAT THE BONDS WERE REFUNDING, IT'S FOREIGN QUARTER PERCENT. CURRENT RATES ARE ABOUT 3.2%.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OVER 1% OF SAVINGS.

ESTIMATED ISSUANCE WILL COST AROUND 250,000.

BUT THAT IS EVERYTHING THAT IS RVS, UNDERWRITING FEES, INVESTMENT BANKS THEMSELVES, THE BONDS, THE LEGAL FEES.

THE RATING AGENCIES. SO, LIKE CONSUMERS YOU MISS SOME EXPENDITURES YOU HAVE A CREDIT RATING.

SO WE'LL GET TO THOSE REDDIT AGENCIES AND WILL BE GETTING UPDATED RATING FOR THE DISTRICT.

ALL OF THOSE COSTS ARE PUT IT IN THAT LINEUP.

SO, AFTER ALL THOSE COSTS ARE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE INTEREST RATE SAVINGS. ALMOST TWO POINT $2 MILLION OF SAVINGS TO THE COMMUNITIES TAXPAYERS.

>> IF WE LOOK AT THAT THOSE SAVINGS ARE GOING TO BE REALIZED EVERY SINGLE YEAR BETWEEN 2025 AND 2038.

THAT IS ABOUT 145,000 OR SO DOLLARS A YEAR ON AVERAGE.

SO IF WE TAKE THAT AND SAY WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TODAY'S DOLLARS? IT'S EQUIVALENT OF ABOUT 1.7 MILLION IN TODAY'S DOLLARS. REALLY, THE REASON WE ARE LOOKING AT IT IS MORE OF A BENCHMARK TO DECIDE IS THIS A GOOD TIME TO REFINANCE THE BONDS? SHOULD WE BE THINKING ABOUT WHETHER WE NEED TO RATE UNTIL

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THE INDUSTRY STANDARD MINIMUM IS 3% SAVINGS IS WHEN WE CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD WITH THE REFINANCING.

WE TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN THAT.

SO PROBABLY MORE LIKE 5% IS WHERE WE'D RECOMMEND UP TO 5% TO GO AHEAD AND BEFORE IT. SO, RIGHT ALMOST EIGHT AND A HALF PERCENT. RELATIVELY HIGH.

A RELATIVELY HIGH SAVINGS PERCENTAGE.

LASTLY, LOOKING AT THE SCHEDULE, WITH THE DISTRICT'S DIRECTION AND THE BOARD'S DIRECTION IF YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WE WOULD HAVE A COUNSEL PREPARE THE RESOLUTION THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE BOARDS CONSIDERATION ON MAY 25TH.

IF THE BOARD DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD ON MAY 25TH WE WOULD GO TO THE RATING AGENCY, THE DISTRICT'S CREDIT RATING, START PREPARING AND FINANCING A PRELIMINARY STATEMENT COUNCIL.

LEGAL COUNSEL PREPARES A DOCUMENT.

IT'S BASICALLY THE OFFERING DOCUMENT THAT DISCUSSES ANYTHING THAT INVESTOR WOULD WANT TO KNOW.

BEFORE THEY PURCHASED THE DISTRICTS PONCE? AND THEN LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY PRICING, SELLING THE BONDS, LOCKING IN INTEREST RATES AROUND JULY 25TH.

SO, INTEREST RATES WOULD FLUCTUATE BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN THE DISTRICT ITSELF SPAWNS THERE IN LATE JULY.

THEN, OF COURSE, AUGUST 1ST WE HAD POST THE FINAL OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON AUGUST 16. AS WHEN THE FINANCING WOULD CLOSE. SO INTEREST RATES WILL BE LOCKED ON IN AROUND JULY 25TH. AND THAT WILL JUST TAKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO DO ALL THE LEGAL DOCUMENTATION FINALIZE IT.

>> AGAIN, AT THIS TIME, THIS IS JUST INFORMATIONAL.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE BOARD SHOULD THE BOARD WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.

IT'LL BE BROUGHT BACK IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION.

HOWEVER YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU HERE SOUP AND HAVE THAT BACKGROUND.

REGARDING WHEN THE ITEMS BROUGHT UP TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING BROUGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.

AND THE QUESTION FOR MARK BEFORE HE LEAVES?

>> I THINK INTEREST RATES, MILEY EXPERIENCE WITH THAT, IF THE ECONOMY SO I'M NOT QUITE AN EXPERT IN THIS REALM.

BUT FROM THE SOUND OF THE PRESENTATION THERE IS NOT INCENTIVE -- WHAT THE INCENTIVE IS BECAUSE THE INTEREST RATES ARE REALLY HIGH RIGHT NOW.

THAT IS WHY IT'S THE RIGHT TIME --

>> IT'S KIND OF TWO THINGS. A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE MARCH OF TIME. SO WHEN YOU ISSUE THE BONDS TEN YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, THE BONDS THAT MATURE IN 2038 TO TRY TO DO THE MATH IN MY HEAD. THOSE ARE ABOUT 25 YEARS OUT INTO THE FUTURE. NOW THERE'S ONLY 15 YEARS OUT INTO THE FUTURE. SO JUST BY BEING TEN YEARS DOWN THE ROAD IT JUST WRITES ON THAT 15-YEAR BOND IS GOING TO BE LOWER THAN A 25-YEAR BOND. SO THE REASON TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY NOW IS THE INTEREST RATES TODAY ARE LOWER.

INTEREST RATES WILL BE LOWER ON THE BONDS, TODAY, IF YOU REFINANCE SOMETHING THEY WERE BACK IN 2013.

>> OR THAT MAKE SENSE. THE QUESTION ASKS ONE IS THE RIGHT TIME TO TAKE THIS ACTION BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS NOW SO IT'S VERY CLEAR I FEEL LIKE I'M OUT OF MY LEAGUE KHERSON LEAVE INTO THE ROOM AND MY COLLEAGUES.

>> MEMBER ARMSTRONG? >> YES, JUST ONE.

CAN YOU GIVE ME ONE REASON WHY THAT WOULDN'T BE A GOOD TIME? SOME ARGUMENT, ANY ARGUMENT AGAINST IT?

>> I GUESS THE ARGUMENT WOULD BE IF YOU THINK INTEREST RATES ARE GOING TO DROP OR FALL IN THE NEAR FUTURE YOU COULD PLAY THE WAITING GAME AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

WE TYPICALLY DON'T TRY TO TIME THE MARKET, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE SOMETIMES WHERE LOOK AT THINGS AND SAY IT'S REALLY NOT A GOOD TIME BUT WE TEND TO LOOK MORE INTO THE BENCHMARK LEVELS AND SAY, OKAY, ARE WE ABOVE THE 5% LEVEL AS OPPOSED TO TRYING TO SAY, WELL, WE THINK INTEREST RATES ARE REALLY GOOD RIGHT NOW

LET'S TAKE ACTION RIGHT NOW? >> IS THIS A REGULAR OR A COMMON THING FOR DISTRICTS TO REFINANCE THEIR BONDS?

>> YES. >> >> COOL, THANK YOU.

>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION. IF THE INTEREST RATES GO DOWN IS THERE A TIME WHEN YOU CAN REFINANCE THESE AGAIN?

>> TYPICALLY WE WOULD SET ANOTHER, BETWEEN 8 TO 10 YEARS, ON THIS PARTICULAR SERIES. BUT THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE SERIES B BONDS THAT ARE ABLE TO BE REFINANCED IN 2025.

SO, AGAIN, ASSUMING FAVORABLE MARKET IN 2025 YULIA TO REFINANCE A SERIES B BONDS. A LITTLE BIT OF, YOU KNOW,

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FROM NOW YOU DO. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU MARK, I APPRECIATE IT.

SO, FINALLY, WE WANT TO CONCLUDE AND PROVIDE SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS AS YOU'VE HEARD TODAY.

WE ARE AT THE TEN YEAR MARK JOURNEY FOR THE BOND COMMITTEE, AND I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK ALL OF OUR CURRENT ACTIVE BOND MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE BOND COMMITTEE.

BECAUSE THEY DO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND THEY HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS. MOST OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ON THAT BOND COMMITTEE, WITH US THROUGH THE JOURNEY.

I JOINED THEM TOWARDS THE END, SO I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UNFORTUNATELY, TWO, WE LOST TWO GREAT MEMBERS ON THAT COMMITTEE THAT WERE WITH US.

KIRK REAL AND EDDIE MCCONNELL DURING THAT TIME, BUT THEY ALSO CONTRIBUTED A LOT OF THIS TIME TO US.

WE STILL HAVE ONE MORE MEETING AND THAT IS COULD BE THE MEETING WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE REVIEWING THE FINANCIALS FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR. AND AS STATED EARLIER THAT TARGET APRIL 18TH MEETING AND THEN DOING OUR FINAL PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD SLATED RIGHT NOW TO BE ON OUR MEETING NEXT YEAR WHERE WE ARE ALREADY PLANNING THAT WAY.

IT COULD CHANGE. THEN THE DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THE WEBSITE UP FOR THE BOND. SO ALL THE INFORMATION PRESENTED TONIGHT AND REGARDS TO THE ANNUAL REPORTS WILL BE THERE. BUT, AGAIN, BUT WE WANT TO THANK OUR BAND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

THEY REALLY HUNG IN THERE WITH US AND I HAVE REALLY STEPPED UP. SO THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> TEN YEARS IS A LONG TIME TO SIT IN THE BOND COMMITTEE. I'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF PLACES WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF BONDS IN PLACE THEY'VE BEEN IN.

SO THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN THERE.

IN THE FUTURE YEARS, IT'S NOT GONNA BE THAT LONG.

HOPEFULLY. SO I THINK WITH A PAUSE HERE, BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS.

I DON'T THINK I SAID THIS A PROPERLY.

SOME OF YOU MAY THINK WHY ARE THESE RANDOM CONVERSATIONS AND THE BOARD MEETINGS AND ALL THAT? THERE'S A RATIONAL BEHIND THIS.

AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AS A DISTRICT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE DISTRICT ON.

AND UNLESS WE STUDY WHAT THEY ARE THERE IS NO WAY TO BE ABLE TO KNOW WHERE TO GO NEXT, SO, ALL THESE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE PRESENTED TONIGHT'S ARE ABOUT COMING AFTER THE COMMUNITY, EXPLAIN WHERE THINGS ARE IN SOME OF THESE AREAS, BECAUSE IN MY MIND HAS SUPERINTENDENT I'M THINKING ABOUT GOING FORWARD.

HOW DO WE TAKE THE SITUATION AND MOVE FORWARD.

AND WHILE I'M FORMULATING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE DISTRICT NOW THAT, I WANT TO KNOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE.

SO THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE GONNA HELP UPS AND SOME DO MY LISTENING I WANT TO POINT THINGS OUT.

FOR EXAMPLE, I WANT TO RE-TALK ABOUT BONDS THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE OUR FACILITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AHEAD OF TIME, WOULD HAVE TO LAST BOND? WHY DID IT TAKE TEN YEARS AND IS THERE STUFF OUT THERE AND RATHER HAVE AIRED OUT SO WE COULD PLAN AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.

SO THAT WE AT LEAST HAVE CONTEXT AS TO WHAT THE STRUGGLES ARE AND WHAT WE ARE FACING.

WITH THAT WE TALKED ABOUT NUTRITION SERVICES, BECAUSE I HOPE WE HAVE SOME IDEAS ON HOW TO IMPROVE THE NUTRITIONAL SERVICES, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME DECISIONS WE HAVE TO MAKE. WE TALKED ABOUT, WHAT WAS THE FIRST MOVE TALKED ABOUT? YES, YES, THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE. SORRY.

THE THING WE TALKED ABOUT IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT.

THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE BONDS BECAUSE, AS I MENTIONED, I WAS THINKING ABOUT FUTURE IDEAS. THE NEXT ITEM WE WANT TO BE TALKING ABOUT HIS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS PROGRAMS. THIS IS A AND ISSUE TIP THAT IS THROUGH THE COUNTY'S SPEARHEADED BY L.A. COUNTY OFFICER EDUCATION.

IT'S PROVIDED WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO THE FAMILIES IN THE STUDENTS AND ALL OF THAT.

AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME LESSONS OF THAT IN THIS DISTRICT, BUT I WANT TO DO IS INVITE DR. HAVILLAH TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL PROGRAM.

HOW LAKE OKEECHOBEE ARE THIS AND THE L.A. COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION CAN SUPPORT. THIS AND THEN WHERE WE WANT TO GO. OKAY, WHERE WE RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF OUR PROGRAMMING AND WHERE WE WANT TO GO NEXT SO WITH THAT I HOPE I'LL INVITE DR. TO LEAD US IN THAT CONVERSATION.

AT THE TIME I LIKE TO INVITE DR. MICHELLE FLOWERS TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION TO PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH AN UPDATE.

WE'VE HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLEMENT THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY INITIATIVE MODEL AT THE BELLFLOWER MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THAT FURTHER DISTRICT.

SO WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE.

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, GOOD EVENING.

FOR PRESIDENT GARZA, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT SHODDY, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE THERE THIS EVENING AND REALLY HONOR TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE.

MY NAME IS MICHELLE COSTELLO FARIS, I'M HONORED TO SERVICE A DIRECTIVE TO LOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION'S COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INITIATIVE. SO, IN THIS PRESENTATION THIS EVENING I WILL BE JOINED BY MY WONDERFUL COLLEAGUES WHO ARE HERE WITH ME. DOCTOR DANIEL -- A COMMUNITY SPECIALIST AT BOTH ARE MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL AS MISS ASHLEY LU CASEY, WHO IS THE DEAN OF CLIMATE AND CULTURE. AT BELLFLOWER.

AND SO THIS EVENING DURING YOUR PRESENTATION WILL BE SHARING ABOUT THE BACKGROUND OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS HERE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FRAMEWORK.

FROM THE STATE, AS WELL AS WHAT THE WORLD LOOKS LIKE ON THE GROUND AT BELLFLOWER AS WELL AS NEXT STEPS AS DR. ABDULLAH JUST MENTIONED. SO WITH MICHAEL COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INITIATIVE, OUR MISSION REALLY IS TO DISRUPT INEQUITIES AND BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY TO TRULY TRANSFORM SCHOOLS INTO BEING HUBS OF A COMMUNITY. REALLY, UTILIZING COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP AT THE CENTER. WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT STUDENTS, STAFF, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES ARE ESSENTIAL PARTNERS. THEIR VOICES, THEIR AGENCY IS IMPORTANT. SO THAT ALL ARE SEEN, VALUED, AND SUPPORTED. REALLY, WE USE THIS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP FRAMEWORK AND YOU SEE THE ACRONYM, CCS C P.

ONLY BECAUSE IT'S A REALLY LONG TERM.

AND NOW YOU SEE CCP THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING.

REALLY THE WAY THAT IT IS THE FINDING COMMUNITY SCHOOLS IS IT IS A SCHOOL THAT USES A HOLD CHILD APPROACH WITH AN INTEGRATED FOCUS ON ACADEMICS. HEALTH, SOCIAL SERVICES, YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, RATHER THAN THINKING ABOUT IT AS A PROGRAM IT IS REALLY A STRATEGY AND A FRAMEWORK. AND I WILL GET INTO THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. SO, BACK IN 2019, THIS REALLY IS AN UNPRECEDENTED PARTNERSHIP THAT STARTED IN SEPTEMBER OF THE 19. AND IT REALLY IS A PARTNERSHIP AMONG LAKE OH, THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

THE COUNTY AGENCY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS. AND, REALLY, LEVERAGING BACK IN 2019 PRIOR TO THE INVESTMENT. FROM THE STATE.

BUT LEVERAGING THE PARTNERSHIP AND INVESTMENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH. AND SO, FOR THREE YEARS, THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH FUNDED THE FRAMEWORK IN OUR SCHOOLS AND NOW WITH THE INVESTMENT OF CC AS CPP WITH A 4.1 MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT IN THE STATE.

THERE HAVE BEEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLANNING GRANTS, IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS, AS WELL AS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS.

SO, WHILE HERE AT BELLFLOWER AND REALLY WHAT HAPPENED IN 2019 AS WE WERE ABLE TO FUND COMMUNITIES SCHOOLS PROGRAMS IN 15 HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTY.

BELLFLOWER BEING ONE. YOU CAN SEE THE LIST OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS. THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, AND SOME OF OUR PARTNERS. SO, AS L.A. COUNTY, AS MENTIONED BEFORE I, HERE AT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INITIATIVE.

WE ARE GRANTEES OF THE IMPLEMENTATION GRANT.

SO THEY MENTIONED BEFORE THEIR THREE GRANTS, PLANNING GRANT, IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS, AND ALSO A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS.

SO THROUGH LIKE OH WE RECEIVED AN IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS TO FUND SOME OF OUR 15 ORIGINAL SITES THAT WERE FUNDED BUT NOW WITH THE GRANTS WE ARE AT HERE ONE OF THE GRANT, WHICH IS FIVE YEARS. AND SO THE PROGRAM GOES FROM THIS YEAR, ALL THE WAY UP TO 20 6:27, IN TERMS OF FUNDING.

AND WHAT THAT PROVIDES IS STAFFING OF A ONE FULL-TIME COMMUNITY SPECIALISTS. ONE FULL-TIME COMMUNITY WORKER AS WELL AS SAOIRSE WORK IN AND REALLY THEIR ROLE AS TO HELP TO COORDINATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS FRAMEWORK.

WHICH INCLUDES, AND I'LL GET TO IT IN JUST A MOMENT COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP PRACTICES AND AGENT ASSETS ASSESSMENT AND REALLY FOCUS ON THE INNOVATION OF PROGRAMS AND

SUPPORTS AND SERVICES. >> HERE IS THAT CC ESPY FRAMEWORK THAT I MENTIONED. AND YOU WILL SEE HERE I WON'T GO INTO A LOT OF DETAIL AROUND THE FRAMEWORK.

BUT I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE FOUR, WE CALL THIS THE FOUR BY FOUR. SO THERE ARE FOUR PILLARS, FOR

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SO IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THEY ARE DIFFERENT PARTNERS THAT ARE ON CAMPUS THAT ARE INTEGRATED THOSE PIECES TOGETHER.

FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND LEVERAGING UP THE WORK THAT IS ALREADY BEEN IN PLACE AT THE SCHOOLS.

AND STRENGTHENING THAT. COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP AND PRACTICES, SO AGAIN, REALLY LEVERAGING AND ENHANCING THE VOICES, AND NOT JUST THE VOICES BUT ALSO THE AGENCY OF ALL EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS. TO HELP MAKE DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS IN THE SERVICES. THEN EXTENDED LEARNING TIME IN OPPORTUNITIES. THEN BEFORE AND AFTER THE SCHOOL AND REALLY RELEASING THAT.

SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE DR. DANIEL CBO. OUR WONDERFUL COMMUNITY SCHOOL SPECIALIST AT BELLFLOWER WHO WILL REALLY BRING TO LIFE WHAT THIS WORK REALLY LOOKS LIKE. SO DR. SEPIA?

>> BUT THANK YOU DR. ALVAREZ, GOOD EVENING.

I STARTED MY ROLE AS A COMMUNITY SCHOOLS SPECIALISTS IN JANUARY 2020, SIX WEEKS PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC SCHOOL CLOSURES. SO THE DATA THAT WE HAVE HERE IS REFLECTIVE OF THE IMPACT OF THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL FRAMEWORK THROUGH MARCH 2023. I WON'T GO THROUGH EACH DATA POINT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE 21 COMMUNITY SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT ARE REFLECTED OF THE SHARED LEADERSHIP PRACTICES.

AND A HALLMARK OF THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS APPROACH.

THE BELT OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL COUNCIL INCLUDES SOME OF THE PARTNERS THAT YOU SEE LIFTED TO THE RIGHTS OF THE SLIDE.

ADDITIONALLY, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE DATA ON THE WORKSHOPS. 120 WORKSHOPS, 316 ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, THAT ALSO CAPTURED THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL PILLARS OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND EXTENDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS. WHICH WE WILL ILLUSTRATE IN THE NEXT TWO SLIDES. SO THESE PHOTOS SHOW THE FRAMEWORK AND THE DATA FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE INACTION.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE BUCK FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED TO INCREASE PARENTING ENGAGEMENT BY DISTRIBUTING A MONTHLY PARENT NEWSLETTER. POSTING MONTHLY PARENT WORKSHOPS ON TOPICS LIKE SUBSTANCE USE, AND TO HOW TECHNOLOGY, AND COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.

AS WELL AS OUR COFFEE WITH THE BUCKS, WHICH IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND SCHOOL SUPPORT STAFF TO ENGAGE WITH PARENTS. IN 2022 WE LAUNCHED OUR BARGAIN THRIFT STORE WHICH IS A STUDENT-LED EFFORT TO DECREASE THE STIGMA FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE IN NEED OF CLOTHING.

OUR WELLNESS GARDEN AS ANOTHER STUDENT-LED EFFORTS TO PROVIDE A SPACE FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF TO DECOMPRESS.

THIS YEAR WE IMPLEMENTED A UNIVERSAL REFERRAL FORM FOR STAFF TO BE USED TO REFER STUDENTS THAT ARE IN NEED OF MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL, AND BASIC NEED SUPPORT. WE HAVE A WELLNESS TEAM THAT MEETS MONTHLY TO GET THROUGH THE DATA TO HELP INFORM OUR DECISIONS AROUND THE INTEGRATED STUDENT SUPPORT THAT MICHELLE MENTIONED. AND IT IS ANOTHER PILLAR OF OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. SOME WAY TO PASS IT OVER TO -- WHO WILL SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK NOW.

BUT >> THANK YOU DANIEL. AS DANIEL MENTIONED, LEVERAGING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS TO THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FRAMEWORK. THESE PHOTOS HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE EVENTS HELD IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY SCHOOL PARTNERS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE KICKED OFF THE YEAR OF BREAKING DOWN THE WALLS.

A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS TO BUILD EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING. WE HOSTED STUDENT WORKSHOPS AND SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION, FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND TEEN DATING VIOLENCE. THIS MONTH WE HOLD THE BALL AND RESOURCE FAIR WITH OVER 20 PARTNERS.

PARTY ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING SOME THAT OFFERED INTERNSHIPS AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

ALL OF THESE EVENTS WERE IMPACTFUL BY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HOW HAVING EVENTS LIKE THESE AND FOCUS ON ISSUES LIKE SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION AND TEEN DATING VIOLENCE HAVE MADE SOME OF OUR STUDENTS COMPORT ASK FOR HELP.

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS, BECAUSE IF YOU RECALL, YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE RECEIVED THE CC ESPY GRANTS THROUGH THE CTE. WE'VE BEEN ABLE BECAUSE OF THE INVESTMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY WITH MENTAL HEALTH THAT WE DO HAVE RESOURCES. AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO OFFER EXPANSION SITES TO THE DISTRICTS THAT WERE CURRENTLY IN. AND SO, THROUGH COLLABORATION AND DISCUSSION AND DIALOGUE, BY LOOKING AT DATA AS WELL THE DISTRICT HAS IDENTIFIED MAYFAIR MENTAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE AN EXPANSION SIDE FOR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN IF THAT WOULD MEAN BRINGING ON SIMILAR TO DR. CBO BRINGING ON A COMMUNITY SCHOOL SPECIALIST.

AS WELL AS AN EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY WORKER FULL-TIME.

WE'LL BE WORKING ON THESE SPECIFIC AREAS HERE.

WHICH IS REALLY BUILDING AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL FRAMEWORK IS. AND PAT LEARNING, FOR THAT COMMUNITY, FOR MAYFAIR. AND DEVELOPING A COMMITTED TO SCHOOL COUNSEL. SO YOU HEARD BY BRINGING TOGETHER HE -- AND REALLY DEVELOPING THAT COUNCIL THAT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS.

CONDUCTING REALLY COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS AND ASSETS ASSESSMENT OF WHAT IS ALREADY ON SITE AND ON CAMPUS.

AND EARLIER THIS EVENING WE HEARD FROM PRINCIPAL DIAZ ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

SO LIFTING THOSE PIECES AND THEN THROUGH THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT. IDENTIFYING WHERE THERE'S SOME POTENTIAL GAPS OR AREAS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN.

FINALLY, DEVELOPED COMMUNITIES PLAN, HOPEFULLY WITH THE INTENTION OF APPLYING THEM FOR THE CC ESPY GRANT IN SPRING OF 2024 THAT WITH LEVERAGE AND PROVIDE FIVE ADDITIONAL YEARS OF FUNDING. AGAIN, THIS FIRST YEAR BEING FOR FUNDING THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH.

AND THEN AGAIN WITH THE INTENTION.

SO WE ARE JUST THRILLED AND GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATIVE OF THE PARTNERSHIP WITH BELLFLOWER.

AND JUST REALLY EXCITED TO CONTINUE ON WITH THIS JOURNEY.

BUT [APPLAUSE] >> MEMBER MENDOZA?

>> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> MEMBER ARMSTRONG?

>> THANK YOU PRESIDENT GARZA. MY QUESTION TO YOU, WHAT ROLE DOES OUR TEACHERS PLAY IN THIS MODEL OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS?

>> ONE OF THE PILLARS FOR THIS CC ESPY FRAMEWORK AS MENTIONED EARLIER IS A COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP.

AND REALLY, IT IS THE FOUNDATION.

ALL EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS, INCLUDING TEACHERS ARE SO BE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE. THAT IS THROUGH, TYPICALLY, WHAT WE'VE SEEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND IT DEPENDS ON THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL COUNCIL. OR SOMETIMES THEY REFER TO IT AS A COMMUNITY SCHOOL ADVISORY. SO WE HEARD A LITTLE BIT FROM DOCTOR -- ABOUT WHAT THAT IS.

BUT A REALLY IMPORTANT VOICE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE FEEDBACK IN INPUTS ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE SEEING IN THE CLASSROOM, WHEN THESE IT MIGHT BE SEEING FROM STUDENTS AND HEARING FROM

STUDENTS. >> THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE I THINK WE WANT TO DEVELOP THESE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. THEY ARE ACTUALLY OUR FRONTLINE TO OUR PARENTS. HOW ARE OUR TEACHERS BEING USED, RIGHT NOW, TO CONNECT WITH THE PARENTS FOR OUR CHILDREN? TO BRING IT BACK TO US. BUT HOW DOES THAT LOOK?

>> I THINK THAT BERRIES. FOR EVERY COMMUNITY SCHOOL WE HEARD THE WORD COMMUNITY SCHOOL.

UK C ONE COMMUNITY SCHOOL, WHO SEE ONE COMMUNITY SCHOOL.

I ACTUALLY OUT EVENT DOCTOR CPH MAYBE SHARE ABOUT WHEN SOME OF THOSE TOP THINGS ARE ABOUT HOW IT LOOKS AT BELLFLOWER.

>> THINK YOU. >> SO, LAST YEAR WE ACTUALLY HAD TO TEACHER CHAMPIONS THAT WERE HELPING SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL FRAMEWORK. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'VE ALSO HAD TEACHERS THAT PARTICIPATE REGULARLY ON OUR ADVISORY COUNCIL. SO, ONE EXAMPLE I COULD GIVE IS MRS. ALICE WAS HERE TONIGHT WITH SOME OF HER CTE STUDENTS.

WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH HER, I HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH CLUB. AND WE WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE A WELLNESS GARDEN. SO THAT IS ONE EXAMPLE, ALSO, WE HAVE SUCCESS CLASSES. WHICH ARE SEO CLASSES AT BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL. AND IT IS ALSO ON MY COUNCIL.

AND IT'S BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE A LOT OF FINANCIAL LITERACY WORKSHOPS, FOR THE TEEN DATING VIOLENCE WORKSHOPS IN THEIR CLASSES. LAST WEEK WE HAD OUR RESOURCES

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SO WE PARTED WITH THE TEACHERS TO MARKET THE RESOURCE FAIR AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT WAS AVAILABLE SO THEY CAN BRING

THEIR STUDENTS OUT. >> THINK, YOU THANK YOU.

BUT >> ONE FULL-TIME COMMUNITY SPECIALISTS, ONE FULL-TIME EDUCATION COMMUNITY WORKER, AND SOCIAL WORK INTERNS ARE ALL OF

THESE EMPLOYEES OUT OF LAKE OH? >> THEY ARE LIKELY EMPLOYEES,

CORRECT. BUT >> AND THE ASSOCIATION DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING -- WE HAVE GREAT TEACHERS.

THE ROUTE THE DISTRICT. AND, OKAY I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW ARE USING IT BUT YOU GUYS ARE ALL EMPLOYEES DOING THIS.

>> I THINK I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT, GETTING THE IDEA. HOW DO WE KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. MAINLY BECAUSE WHAT I KNOW ABOUT IT. THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND THE WHOLE THING IS TO ADDRESS THE SOCIAL ISSUES THAT WE DEAL WITH THAT IMPACT LEARNING? WHETHER IT BE FOR INSECURITY, POVERTY, LACK OF RESOURCES, BULLYING, ANXIETY, GANG ISSUES OUT THERE. ALL KINDS OF STUFF THAT IMPACTS LEARNING. I GUESS YOU HAVE THIS COMMUNITY SCHOOL, IT IS A WRAPAROUND SERVICE.

BUT THERE'S NO WAY TWO OR THREE LIKE OH PEOPLE CAN SOLVE THESE HUGE ISSUES. HOW DOES THAT, WITH THE LAKE OPP, KNOW THAT YOU ONLY GOT TWO PEOPLE SERVING 10,000 STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. HOW DO WE COORDINATE THIS THING TO WHERE IT DOES IMPACT THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO SEE? WHAT IS THAT IMPACTS? WHAT IMPACT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

>> I AGAIN. YOU GOT A REALLY GOOD POINTS ABOUT TWO EMPLOYEES. WE THINK ABOUT COMMUNITY SCHOOL. THE IDEA OF COMMUNITY, WRITES? THAT IS WHAT ESSENTIAL TO THIS FRAMEWORK.

COMMUNITY SCHOOL SPECIALIST IS REALLY THERE TO HELP TO ORGANIZE ITS, COORDINATES AND IMPLEMENTED ALONGSIDE THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. SO, REALLY LEVERAGING ALL VOICES, AGAIN, ALL EDUCATIONAL PARTNER STUDENTS, TEACHERS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, SO THAT WE ARE ALL COMING TOGETHER.

BUT THAT ONE PERSON, I'M SORRY, THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL SPECIALIST REALLY IS HELPING TO ORCHESTRATE THAT? BUT NOT NECESSARILY PROVIDING THE DIRECT SERVICE.

SO I THINK A MISCONCEPTION MANY TIMES THAT PEOPLE HAVE AROUND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS IS THAT IT IS A PLACE, IT IS A PROGRAM, AND YOU SENT THAT PERSON TO COMMUNITY SCHOOL ROW.

REALLY, IT IS ABOUT A HOLISTIC WORK AND THAT INVOLVES

EVERYBODY. >> MY EXCITEMENT COME FROM THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE RESOURCES HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE COUNSELORS BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT AGENCIES. WHAT WE NEED, WHEN I MENTION THIS WHOLE THING. BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE ISSUE A FRAMEWORK THAT IS GONNA COME CURATE ALL THIS.

REESTABLISHED THE ENTIRE PHILOSOPHY OF UTILIZING YOUR PEOPLE. WHETHER BE PARENTS OR JUST MAKING SOME COUNSELORS OUR PARTNERS TO GET COORDINATED.

>> AND IF I CAN ALSO ACT DR. JORDY.

THE STAFF AT LIKE OH. IT WORKS REALLY CLOSELY WITH OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE WORKERS WHO ARE DIRECTLY IN CONTACT WITH KAREN CONNECTIONS. OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS.

EVEN OUR DEAN OF CULTURE HAS A REAL BIG PART IN THE WHOLE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FRAMEWORK.

AND IT IS JUST BRINGING EVERYONE TOGETHER TO HELP SUPPORT STUDENTS AND STAFF AND PARENTS.

ELICITED EVERYONE YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT.

>> I WANT TO ADD THAT THE STAFF AT THE SCHOOL REALLY DO INTEGRATE THEMSELF WITHIN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL CULTURE AND CLIMATE. AND REALLY ARE, WELL, THEY'RE TECHNICAL EMPLOYEES RIGHT? THE PURPOSE REALLY IS TO INTEGRATES ALL THE PIECES TOGETHER.

SO YES, THANK YOU. >> WHEN WE APPLIED FOR A GRANT FOR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. DID WE APPLY FOR GRANTS?

>> IT IS AN MOU THAT WE ESTABLISHED THAT IS PART OF

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SO, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER. 15 HIGH SCHOOLS WERE SELECTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. BELLFLOWER BEING ONE OF THEM, TO BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH THIS PARTNERSHIP AND IMPLEMENT THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY INITIATIVE FRAMEWORK.

WE ARE JUST NOT GIVING THE FRAMEWORK TO EXPAND THAT BEYOND HAIR IN THE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND EXPANDED TO

MAYFLOWER MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL. >> WAS MY QUESTION ANSWERED? MY QUESTION IS, -- TELL ME AGAIN.

>> THEY DIDN'T APPLY FOR A GRANT?

>> SO WE DON'T APPLY FOR GRANT? SO WHAT MICHAEL IS DOING IT HAS STEPPED UP AND STARTED IMPLEMENTING THIS COMMUNITY

SCHOOLS FOR US. >> IF I'M CORRECT, CRIME IF I'M WRONG, YES IT IS THE ONE THAT HAS THE GRANTING CREDIT THE MOUS OF THE 15 SCHOOLS AND ACTUALLY GOT MORE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO ADD MORE SCHOOLS ON. THAT IS WHERE THE EXPANSION OF

OTHER SCHOOLS IS HAPPENING. >> BACK IN 2019, THIS IS BEFORE THE GRANT WAS EVEN AVAILABLE. SO THE CC AS PPP GRANT WAS AVAILABLE LAST YEAR AND THE FIRST YEAR OF THE IMPLEMENTATION GRANT THAT WAS AVAILABLE.

SO BACK IN 2019 THREE YEARS PRIOR L.A. COUNTY THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF MIDDLE MENTAL HEALTH REALLY LEVERAGE THOSE FUNDS IN BEING ABLE TO IMPLEMENT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AT THE 15 HIGH SCHOOLS. SO, WHEN THE GRANTS CAME OUT THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DISTRICTS APPLIED.

SOME OF THE DISTRICTS DECIDED TO APPLY ON THEIR OWN.

SOME OF THE DISTRICTS SAID, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE MODEL AND REALLY REAPPLIED FOR SOME OF THE DISTRICTS WHO IDENTIFY THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIP.

SO WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO APPLY FOR THE GRANTS, GOT THE FUNDING, CONTAIN THE WORK AT BELLFLOWER FOR CONTINUITY PURPOSES AND THEN FOR COMMUNITY PURPOSES THEY STILL HAVE THE FUNDING THROUGH THE MH AND ARE ABLE TO OFFER AND EXPANSION WITH THE IDEA AND THE THOUGHT THAT POSSIBLE LEE EXPANDING BUT THE INTENT OF APPLYING FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION GRANT IN SPRING 2024.

THERE ARE TWO MORE CLARIFICATIONS.

THERE ARE TWO MORE IMPLEMENTATION GRANT CYCLES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. NEXT YEAR THEY WILL BE RELEASING ANOTHER APPLICATION IN WINTER 2024.

BUT THEN ONE MORE TIME IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

>> OKAY, NOW I UNDERSTAND. I KNOW SOME OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE APPLIED FOR THEIR OWN AND, EXCUSE ME.

THEY'RE UTILIZING KIND OF LIKE THE RAS ROOTS BOTTOM UP INSTEAD OF TOP DOWN. BUT ANYWAY I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING I JUST REALLY WANT TO INTERFACE OUR TEACHERS.

THEY ARE THE FRONTLINE TO OUR PARENTS SO THAT WE CAN ENGAGE

EVEN MORE WITH THE COMMUNITY. >> ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT COMMENTS. ALSO TO SAY THAT LIKE A WEARS A COUPLE OF HATS IN THIS KIND OF SPACE WHERE WE ARE ALSO NAMING ONE OF THE REGIONAL TECHNICAL ASSOCIATION CENTERS.

ONE OF EIGHT ACROSS THE STATE. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH SOME OF THOSE DISTRICTS WHO ARE APPLYING ON THEIR OWN AND PROVIDING SOME OF THAT SUPPORT. AS THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING COMMUNITY SCHOOL. ABSOLUTELY, HAPPY TO SUPPORT ALL MODELS OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND TEACH THE ABSOLUTELY

ESSENTIAL. >> AGAIN, I APPRECIATED, THANK

YOU. >> BOARD MEMBER STUARTS?

>> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO.

I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, AND AGAIN, THE DEAN OF CLIMATE AND CULTURE OTHER SCHOOLS. I SEE WHAT IT'S BEEN DONE OR FIRST HUNDRED DAYS AND SHE'S MAKING A HUGE DIFFERENCE ON OUR CAMPUSES AND FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.

THE WELLNESS SUPPORT FOR DATA, IS THAT DATA SENT TO THE

DISTRICT? >> NO, WE JUST STARTED THIS YEAR WITH OUR WELLNESS REFERRALS SUPPORT FORM AND IT IS REALLY A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO REFER STUDENTS FOR COUNSELING, TO SEE THE COUNSELOR, OR FOR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, OR BASIC NEED SUPPORT.

SO WE STARTED IT IN, I, THINK OCTOBER.

SO WE JUST STARTED COLLECTING THE DATA MONTHLY.

SO THAT WE, AS A WELLNESS, TEAM CAN KIND OF LOOK AT IT.

IN FACT, THAT IS HOW -- I THINK YOU ALL KNOW.

WE HAVE -- ON OUR CAMPUS.

A SUBSTITUTE PROVIDER. AND WE NOTICE THAT A REFERRALS, IN THE BEGINNING, WERE HIGH AND THEN THEY CAUGHT LOW.

SO IT'S A WAY FOR US, INTERNALLY, TO SEE WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE. BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO PROVIDE IT

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IF THE DISTRICT WANTS IT. >> I THINK IT'LL BE IMPORTANT FOR A DISTRICT TO SEE WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE.

I WOULD LOVE TO GET A COPY OF THAT ON THE FRIDAY MEMO AS POSSIBLE. DATA IS VERY IMPORTANT, WE NEED

TO START LOOKING AT MORE DATA. >> CAN I STEP AWAY, THANK YOU?

>> YES, GRANTED. >> BUT BOARD MEMBER CHRISTFIELD?

BUT >> I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK TO DO FOR STUDENTS BY DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

BUT THE FUNDING, RIGHT NOW, COME FROM THE GRANT THAT WE HAD. RIGHT?

BUT >> FOR BELLFLOWER MIDDLE HIGH.

BUT >> WHEN WILL WE BE THINKING ABOUT EXPANDING TO MAYFAIR?

IS THERE A TENTATIVE TIMELINE? >> WE ARE HOPING TO EXPAND STARTING NEXT YEAR. AND BRING IN THE SERVICES.

>> YOU MENTIONED HOPEFULLY UTILIZING THE ADDITIONAL GRANT IN 2024. WHAT COVERS THE EXPANSION UNTIL

THAT GRANT? >> SORRY IF I MISSPOKE.

THE EXPANSION IS ACTUALLY 20 3:24.

FOR THE 20 3:24 SCHOOLS AIRS, LEVERAGING THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH FUNDS THAT WE ARE RECEIVING.

BUT >> OKAY. BUT I WATCHED THAT TAPE LATER.

>> WOULD THAT INCLUDE, POSSIBLY, I KNOW WE HAVE A WELLNESS CENTER ON AT THE CAMPUS. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD PROBABLY HAPPEN THROUGH THAT? I KNOW, RIGHT NOW IT'S BASICALLY THE CAFETERIA. IT WOULD BASICALLY BE NICE TO

SEE ANOTHER ENVIRONMENT -- >> IT'S A STEAM BUILDING?

>> AND PREPARATION FOR THIS EXPANSION CONVERSATION MR. DIAZ AND I AND THE STAFF DID TALK ABOUT THE EXPANSION.

RIGHT NOW, YES, THE KEPT AREAS BEING USED AS A WELLNESS CENTER. THAT WAS JUST TEMPORARY AND SO WE COULD STEAM BUILDING CAT IN PLACE.

GO AHEAD AND EXPAND MORE. I KNOW AS PART OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WE DO BRING EVERYTHING TOGETHER IN REGARDS TO THE SUPPORT FROM OUR COUNSELORS -- I'M SORRY, SIESTA BEUSE. ALL OF OUR TEAM TO BRING IT TOGETHER AND AT THE WELLNESS CENTER IS A PHYSICAL VOCATION.

AND WHICH WE COULD ENGAGE STUDENTS IN TO HELP THEMSELVES REGULATE, CORRELATE, USE THE SKILLS AND THE LAKERS TEAM HELPS COORDINATE THAT WITH OUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE IT IS SYSTEMETIZED TO HELP SUPPORT STUDENTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS? >> JUST A QUESTION.

HOW HAS THAT INTEGRATION BEEN SO FAR OVER AT BELLFLOWER? HAS IT BEEN SEAMLESS AS FAR AS WORKING WITH EVERYBODY?

>> IT HAS. I MENTIONED I STARTED SIX WEEKS PRIOR TO THE SCHOOL CLOSURES SO I GOT TO GET TO KNOW EVERYONE, VIA ZOOM MOSTLY. BECAUSE I WAS THERE FOR SIX WEEKS. BUT IT HAS BEEN SEAMLESS.

WE ACTUALLY CREATED A VIRTUAL FAMILY RESOURCE ENTER DURING THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE WHEN I STARTED THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WAS DONE THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ASKS.

WAS THAT THEY WANTED A PHYSICAL FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER BUT SINCE WE COULD NOT DO THAT WE DID IT VIRTUALLY.

AND THEN WHEN WE RETURN WE HAD A PHYSICAL SPACE.

>> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE WORK YOU ARE DOING.

>> NO PROBLEM. >> THANK YOU.

BUT I MYSELF DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

LET ME GRAB THEM HERE. THANK YOU FOR DOING ALL THIS WORK FOR US. IT IS OBVIOUSLY IMPACTFUL FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR CAMPUSES. I APPRECIATE ARMSTRONG'S QUESTION THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WAS ASKING.

BUT AND IN GOING FORWARD YOU DID MENTION THAT WE WOULD BE HAVING A FULL-TIME COMMITTEE SCHOOL SPECIALIST.

AND FULL-TIME EDUCATION COMMUNITY WORKER.

WOULD WE BE ABLE TO GET, MAY BE, UPDATES FROM THEM TO THE BOARD JUST TO SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING THAT WAY WE COULD KIND OF, IF MAYBE SOMETHING IS NEEDED WE COULD COORDINATE WITH YOU?

HOW WOULD THAT BE DONE? >> ABSOLUTELY.

JUST TAKING THE LEAD FROM OUR WONDERFUL PARTNERS IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE. AND THE EXECUTIVE STAFF AND WE WILL BE HERE WHEN YOU WOULD LIKE THOSE UPDATES.

>> SO I'M HEARING WANTING REGULAR UPDATES REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCHOOL INITIATIVE.

AND I HEARD FROM MISS STEWART REGARDING DATA MATRIX AND WE COULD PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION AS PART OF THE MEMO.

AND THEN ESTABLISH SOME DATES AND WHICH WE COULD PROVIDE

QUARTERLY UPDATES BUT. >> PERFECT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> BUT I BELIEVE YOU MENTION

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THIS INCORRECTLY, 20 4:25? >> I THINK IVAN WAS MISSPOKEN.

THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THERE'S CONFUSION.

THE EXPANSION FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR 20 3:24.

I, AGAIN WITH THE INTENSE OF, HOPEFULLY, APPLYING FOR THE CCSPP GRANT BECAUSE THAT ONE EXTENDS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THERE IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH, FOR EXAMPLE, WORST-CASE NOW WE DON'T GET THE GRANT THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO CONTINUE UNTIL, HOPEFULLY, WE DO GET THE GRANT TO EXTEND IT FOR FIVE YEARS.

>> OKAY, SO WE DON'T GET THAT GRANTS IN THE 20 4:25.

>> YES, CORRECT. >> I'M SORRY, AND THOSE CASE WE RECOGNIZE THERE IS A POSSIBILITY.

IF WE COULD CONSIDER THE IDEA OF STARTING A FRAMEWORK AND THEN, AT THAT, POINTS IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN RECEIVING FUNDING THROUGH THE GRANT. GREATS, OR THAN WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO WORKING WITH DOCTOR GERARD E ON SEEING AN AREA WHERE WE WOULD WANT TO CONTINUE TO FUND IT AS A

DISTRICT. >> AS I REMEMBER THE DESIGN OF IT WAS TO START THIS OFF AS A PILOT AND IF THINGS WORK THE DISTRICTS CAN TAKE OVER. SO THAT WAS THE INTENTION.

AFTER THAT THEY ASKED FOR MORE MONEY, BUT WHAT I KNOW INITIALLY AS IT IS ABOUT TRAINING YOU AND THAT WAS THE

WHOLE CONCEPT. >> PERFECT, THANK, YOU THAT IS GOOD TO KNOW TO. IF THAT DOES HAPPEN WE WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT BEING FUNDED THROUGH US.

AND, SO, YOU ARE SAYING THAT IT IS GOING TO BE EXPANDED INTO

BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL. >> WE ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT OUR.

>> CORRECT. >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER SITES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED? OR IS THIS JUST FOR HIGH SCHOOL

AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS? >> HAIR AT BELLFLOWER WE UNFORTUNATELY DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDING TO EXPAND AT THIS POINT TO ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS BEYOND MAY THERE.

SO MAYFAIR IS THE SITE THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED.

YOU ARE TALKING SPECIFICALLY HERE, NOT ANOTHER DISTRICTS

CORRECT? >> THANK YOU.

>> ARE THERE WAYS TO REGIONALIZED THE SUPPORT BECAUSE WE ARE NORTH SIDE AND SOUTHSIDE SCHOOLS.

THE TWO HIGH SCHOOL IS THE MAIN FOCUS.

BECAUSE SOME OF THE TRAININGS AND ALL THAT, WITH THE PARENTS AND ALL THAT CANNOT BE EXPANDED IN TERMS OF JUST HAVING SUPPORT FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AS WELL IS THAT A POSSIBILITY?

>> THROUGH THE FUNDING. THE FUNDING IS IDENTIFIED FOR THOSE SPECIFIC SITES. SO BELLFLOWER IS THE SITE THAT THE FUNDING IS INTENDED FOR. SAME WITH MAYFAIR.

BUT I WOULD SAY TO THAT POINTS OF SPECIFIC SCHOOL SITES.

IN ORDER TO DO COMMUNITY SCHOOLS REALLY AUTHENTICALLY AND TO DO IT JUSTICE, REALLY, IT IS ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC SCHOOL COMMUNITY. SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE SCHOOLS, MAYBE IN THE SAME DISTRICT, OR THE SAME REGION.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT NEEDS AND ASSETS THAT EACH SCHOOL COMMUNITY. SO, HENCE, THE FOCUS ON THE

FUNDING FOR SPECIFIC SITES. >> MADAM PRESIDENT?

>> ON A PERSONAL PRIVILEGE? >> YES.

BUT >> GO AHEAD. >> WITH THAT THAT IS JUST A WAY OF GROWING METHODICALLY. YOU START WITH ONE SCHOOL.

YOU START WITH ANOTHER. YOU CONTINUE WITH ANOTHER.

SO WE CAN GROW INTO OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

ALL I SEE IS GROWTH. >> CORRECT.

>> YES, OF COURSE, REITERATING THE FACT THAT THIS CCS PPE.

THERE ARE TWO MORE ROUNDS OF FUNDING.

ONE NEXT YEAR AND WINTER OF 2024.

AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR. AT THIS POINT, RIGHT NOW, THE CITY HAS NOT SAID OR HAS RELEASED ANY MORE POSSIBLE COHORTS BEYOND THAT. AGAIN, A COUPLE OF YEARS OF THE

OPPORTUNITY. BUT >> WITH THAT, FOR INSTANCE THERE MAY BE A COMMUNITY BUT OR SCHOOL BECAUSE THIS IS PER SCHOOL. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT -- IT DEPENDS ON HOW FAST WE WANT TO GROW.

I DON'T WANT TO JUST GROW AND IT BECOMES NOTHING, YOU KNOW.

IT HAS TO HAVE MEANING IT HAS TO HAVE SOME MEAT BEHIND AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE DEVELOPED.

SO IF LEGO IS DOING ONE AND IF WE SO DESIRE TO APPLY FOR A

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>> ABSOLUTELY. DIFFERENT DISTRICTS ARE TAKING DIFFERENT MODELS. SOME ARE GOING FULL ON, WE ARE GOING TO GROW THIS. SOME ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE WE'LL START WITH A DIFFERENT PATTERN.

WE CAN JUST START WITH THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS, THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE CAN APPLY FROM SOME ADDITIONAL SITES.

ALL THINGS TO CONSIDER, AS YOU THINK ABOUT THE GROWTH MOVING FORWARD. AND WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU ALL THE WAY IN WHICHEVER DECISIONS YOU MAKE.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. WHO WRITES THE GRANT TO EXTEND

THE PROGRAM? >> FOR THESE GRANTS WE, AND COLLABORATION WITH THE DISTRICTS RIGHT THE GRANT.

>> SO DO WE HAVE A GRANT WRITER? OKAY FOR ME NEXT QUESTION.

HOW MUCH IS IT TO RUN THIS PROGRAM IF WE DID NOT GET A GRANT?

>> THE DESIGN FOR THIS IS TO REACH PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND THIS AND TO HELP US CURATES ALL OF OUR RESOURCES.

THE RESOURCES WE DO HAVE, WE DO HAVE A LOT IN THIS DISTRICT.

TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING IN CONCERT FOR THE SPECIFIC OUTCOMES THAT WE WANT TO SEE.

THEY WILL HELP US WITH THAT. ON TOP OF THAT THEY WILL HELP US IDENTIFY AREAS THAT WE DON'T HAVE AND THEN FIND RESOURCES THERE. SO THE MONEY, THE MAJORITY OF THE MONEY IS NOT REALLY FOR THE PEOPLE HERE.

THE COUNSELORS THAT WE HAVE, THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES WE HAVE THE CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE OUR THE BULK OF THE RESOURCES THAT IS NOT FROM THIS GRANT. BUT THE EXPERTISE COMES FROM, THE WAY I SEE, IT THIS EXPERTISE DOES COME FROM LIKE OH. SO, EVENTUALLY, IF YOU WANT TO EXPAND ON THEIR OWN AND THEY'RE IN A GOOD JOB HERE.

THEY JUST WANT THOSE PEOPLE TO TAKE OVER.

WE CAN GO BACK AND ONCE WE KNOW THE INFORMATION IT'S A MATTER JUST HAVING SOMEONE WILLING TO COORDINATE WITH ALL OF US.

REAGAN KEEP TO THEM OR WE HAVE SOMEBODY IN IT.

WE HAVE TO DO ALL THE STUFF BECAUSE OF -- SO WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE NEAR US.

SO WOULD DEPEND ON STAFFING SOIL ASK A FOLLOW-UP NOW.

HOW MUCH WAS THE GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED FOR 2023 IN 2024?

>> THE GRANT IS FIVE YEARS AND EACH YEAR, ANNUALLY, BASED ON THE ENROLLMENT OF THE SCHOOL SITE SO WE CAN GO ANYWHERE FROM 250 TO 500,000 PER YEAR PER SCHOOL.

I THINK WE ARE LOOKING AT 500,000.

BASED ON THE ENROLLMENT FOR BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL.

>> THANK YOU. >> OF COURSE.

>> KEEPING IN MIND THAT THE END GOAL WAS TO MAKE US INDEPENDENT AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR OUR OWN COMMUNITIES. DO WE HAVE SOMEONE ON STAFF WHO IS KNOWLEDGEABLE AND CAN CONTINUE TO PICK UP AND

CONTINUE THIS? >> THEY ARE WORKING WITH SOME GREAT STAFF THAT WE HAVE HERE. EVEN THOUGH THEIR ROLES ARE DIFFERENT THEY ARE GAINING EXPERTISE.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO SAY WE NEED A COORDINATOR, DIRECTOR, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE'LL HAVE OTHER PLACES SUPPLYING THAT SUPPORT FOR US. WHERE WE HAVE TO INVEST IN ITS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

AND FOR YOUR SERVICES. THANK YOU.

BUT -- >> OKAY.

THE LAST PRESENTATION IS THE REVISED BOARD POLICY 5141 POINT 21. ADMINISTERING MEDICATION AND MONITORING HEALTH CONDITIONS. I WILL BRING BACK A DOCTOR TO

PRESENT THE PRESENTATION. >> GOOD EVENING AGAIN YOU ARE LIFESAVER. I'LL BE WRITING AN UPDATE REGARDING THE RECOMMENDATION TO UPDATE THIS BOARD POLICY.

I'LL BE PROVIDING A PRESENTATION TO PROVIDE THE BOARD IN THE COMMUNITY WITH AWARENESS ON THIS PARTICULAR

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THIS HAS LED US, AS A DISTRICT, TO REVIEW OUR PROCESSES, OUR POLICIES, OUR PROCEDURES. AND LOOKING AT THIS WE REALLY ARE GOING BACK TO REFLECT ON OUR POLICIES.

AND THIS PARTICULAR AREA WE DO HAVE A POLICY THAT SPEAKS TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATION AND MODERN HEALTH CONDITIONS.

SO THIS IS IN WHICH WE WOULD UPDATE THIS POLICY TO REFLECTS AN ITEM THAT WE WILL BE SPEAKING TO SHORTLY IN THE NEXT SLIDE REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MAKING THE LUCK SON OFFICIAL AND AVAILABLE AT A SCHOOL SITES.

WHICH IS A LIFESAVING MEDICATION THAT CAN REVERSE THE EFFECTS OF AN OVERDOSE FROM OPIOIDS, HEROIN, FENTANYL, AND PRESCRIPTION OPIOID MEDICATION. SO, WE WANT TO DO, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER. UPDATE OUR POLICIES TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THIS MEDICATION SHOULD WE NEED TO.

AND THAT PROCESS THE BOARD POLICY ALSO SPEAKS TO CURRENT PRACTICES WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT THAT NEED TO BE REFLECTED IN THE POLICY. SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF

BACKGROUND FOR THE BOARD. >> I SHOULD'VE MENTIONED, EARLIER ON THERE WILL BE A SECTION WHICH I'LL BE ASKING FOR INPUT FROM THE BOARD. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP ME TO.

I WANTED TO PROVIDE THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE POLICY UPDATES. SO, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE AWARE THAT WE DO THEY POLICIES AND IN THAT'S, FOR THE BOARDS REFERENCE TO, WILL STRIKE OUT OLD MIND WHICH AND ADD NEW LANGUAGE. SO, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE POLICY A LOT OF THE POLICY IS UPDATED TO REFLECT THE CURRENT THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO BE REFLECTED.

THESE ARE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE POLICIES FOR THE BOARD AND COMMUNITIES AWARENESS. SO THE FIRST BULLET HAS TO DO WITH THE EDUCATION CODE. THIS IS THE EDUCATION CODE, WHICH IS 49 4 TO 3, WHICH PROVIDES THE AUTHORITY FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO BE ABLE TO ADMINISTER MEDICATION DURING REGULAR SCHOOL DAYS, AS PRESCRIBE BY PHYSICIAN.

THIS MAY BE ADMINISTERED BY A SCHOOL NURSE OR OTHER DESIGNATED SCHOOL PERSONNEL. WE ALSO -- THAT IS ONE SECTION THAT WAS UPDATED IN THE BOARD POLICY.

ANOTHER ITEM THAT WAS UPDATE IN THE POLICY WHICH IS A CURRENT PRACTICE. IS THAT WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO MAY REQUIRE THE USE I -- WOULD HAVE TROUBLE SAYING THIS ONE. OF EPINEPHRINE AUTO INJECTORS IN CASE OF AN ANAPHYLACTIC REACTION.

SO WE HAVE THIS CURRENTLY IN PLACE.

WE HAVE STUDENTS WITH HEALTH CARE PLANS.

WE HAVE TRAINING OF STAFF. BUT OUR POLICY NEEDED TO BE UPDATED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS MEDICATION. THIS IS THE ONE ITEM THAT WE WANTED TO REALLY SPEAK. TWO NALOXONE.

THERE WILL BE A SLIDE IN THE PRESENTATION TO SPEAK THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE. NALOXONE IS A NASAL SPRAY THAT IS NOW AVAILABLE AT OUR SCHOOL SITES.

TO BE ABLE TO ADMINISTER, SHOULD WE NEED TO USE IT.

ALSO, WE WANTED TO ALSO TAKE A POSITION, NOT TO CREATE ANY MIX CONFUSION ON OUR CAMPUSES, ABOUT PROHIBITING THE ADMINISTRATION A MEDICINAL CANNABIS TO STUDENTS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. THE POLICY ALSO SPEAKS TO PROTOCOLS FOR TRAINING AND ADMINISTERING MEDICATIONS BY OUR STAFF. WHETHER THEY ARE LICENSED OR UNLICENSED. BUT ENSURING THAT WE HAVE PROPERLY DOCUMENTED TRAINED AND SUPERVISED THE ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION. THESE ARE THE MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BOARD POLICY UPDATES. AND WE WANT TO PROVIDE THAT AWARENESS.

REALLY FOCUSING MORE ON THIS. THIS IS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND UPDATING OUR POLICY. IT IS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO ESTABLISH POLICIES. IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE NALOXONE AVAILABLE OTHER SCHOOL SITES WANTED TO MAKE SURE OUR POLICY REFLECTS OUR ABILITY TO ADMINISTER IT.

SO, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED GUIDELINES THAT WILL GOVERN THE UNIT EYES A SHUN OF NALOXONE NASAL SPRAY.

OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO TREAT SUSPECTED OPIOID OVERDOSES, AND GET THOSE WHO MAY BE IN THAT NEED TO THE TRANSPORT TO EMERGENCY ROOMS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF FATAL OVERDOSES.

THAT WAS THE MAIN OBJECTIVE. LET'S HAVE IT AVAILABLE ON OUR CAMPUSES. ABLE TO ADMINISTER IT IF NEEDED AND TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

AS PART OF THIS PROCESS WE HAVE IDENTIFIED OUR DIRECT HEALTH SERVICES WILL BE OVERSEEING THESE PROGRAMS. AND BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE SUPPLIES AT OUR SCHOOL CAMPUSES, AND ALSO TO OVERSEE AND -- OUR DIRECTIVE HEALTH SERVICES HAVE ALREADY BEGAN THE PROCESS OF TRAINING RIGHT ADMINISTRATION.

AND OUR HEALTH ASSISTANCE WILL BE ADMINISTERING THIS MEDICATION. IN ADDITION, SHE'S ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING RECORDS OF OUR TRAINING AND

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LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS WAS THE DRIVING FORCE FOR UPDATING OUR BOARD POLICY. AND IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLICY, WE REALLY ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS WORK.

WE MET WITH OUR WELLNESS COMMITTEE.

WE MET WITH THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, DISTRICT STAFF WE TOOK IT TO STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCILS AND WE ENGAGE IN OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS FROM L.A. KATYA AND COMMUNITY FAMILY GUIDANCE. WE ENGAGED MEMBERS OF CITIZEN TASK FORCE. PTA THAT CLIPBOARD.

WE REALLY RECEIVED THEIR IMPORTS REGARDING THIS.

AND TO SUMMARIZE. A LOT OF THEIR INPUT THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS BUT RATHER WANTS HIM TO KNOW WHAT ARE WE DOING TO SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR AREA. I WILL GO AHEAD IN THE NEXT SLIDE AND SPEAK TO THAT. BUT REALLY IT WAS ACKNOWLEDGING OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PROVIDING A SAFE CAMPUS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND REALLY APPRECIATING THE FACT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE, AND PREPARED, SHOULD WE EVER BE FACED WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM ON OUR CAMPUS.

NOW, AT THIS POINT, BOARD I WOULD LIKE TO PAUSE AND TO ASK IF YOU DO HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR UPDATES FOR ANY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE POLICY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING ADDED TO OR REVISED. YOU CAN SHARE THAT WITH ME AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENTS. OR, IF YOU LIKE SOME MORE TIME TO REVIEW THE POLICY AND THEN PROVIDE US WITH SOME FEEDBACK THAT WE CAN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION FOR ANY REVISIONS FOR THE NEXT TIME WE BRING THE POLICY BACK TO THE BOARD.

>> SO WE ARE CONSIDERING THIS IS A FIRST READING? JUST TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO THINK THROUGH IT.

POSSIBLY WEIGH IN IF YOU WANT TO.

AND THEN THERE WILL BE A SECOND READING AT THE NEXT BOARD

MEETING BUT. BUT >> I APPRECIATE THE PROACTIVE MISS. I KNOW IT IS PREVENTATIVE.

HAVE WE HAD HIDDEN OPIOID CAMPUE WERE NOT ABLE TO ADMINISTER?

>> NO, I'M LOOKING AT DIRECT HEALTH SERVICES.

>> NO. >> OKAY, THANK YOU.

CONVERSATION AT THE MEETING. I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS OR

CONCERNS ABOUT IT. >> REMEMBER ARMSTRONG?

>> I REALLY WILL NEED TO LOOK AT THE EVEN IN MORE DETAIL, MY MAIN CONCERN IS ALWAYS STAFFING.

FIRST I REALLY DO, I KNOW WE HAVE OUR TWO SCHOOL NURSES, RICE? TO SCHOOL NURSES, BUT WE HAVE EMPLOYEES SITTING IN THE NURSES OFFICE, THAT IS NOT EVEN A CERTIFIED NURSE OR ASSISTANT, LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSE, THAT'S WHAT I'M FIGHTING FOR. THAT'S FIRST.

WE NEED TO HAVE A CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS, OR CERTIFIED VOCATIONAL NURSE IN EACH SCHOOL, IN EACH SCHOOL NURSES OFFICE TO BEGIN WITH. AND THEN WE HAVE THE TRAINING.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY STAY ABREAST ON TRAINING FOR A.D. ALSO, ALL OF THAT.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO MY THING IS, LIKE I SAID I KNOW FOR A FACT PEOPLE SITTING IN THE NURSES OFFICE THAT SHOULDN'T BE SO, MY ISSUE IS STAFFING.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT MISS ARMSTRONG, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND AND ADD AN ADDITIONAL POSITION, WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR STAFFING MEANS ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO SUPPORT

THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ONLY BECAUSE THEY NEED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF MEDICAL BACKGROUND, YOU KNOW JUST SO THAT WE WON'T BE TOO LIABLE, YOU KNOW? WE HAVE TO BE TRAINED AND WE SHOULDN'T BE PERFORMING ANYTHING THAT IS BEYOND OUR DISCIPLINE.

THAT IS ALL. >> MAYBE SPEAK TO THE DISTRICT SCHOOLS ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT THIS ITEM.

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>> THIS PARTICULAR ITEM CAN BE ADMINISTERED BY A TEACHER, AN ADMINISTRATOR, HEALTH ASSISTANT, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AS LONG AS THEY ARE PROPERLY TRAINED, THEY'RE ABLE TO ADMINISTER THE MEDICATION. I BELIEVE MS. ARMSTRONG YOU ARE SPEAKING GLOBALLY, ALSO. SO OUR DIRECTOR OF HOW SERVICES WORKS WITH THE HEALTH COORDINATORS AND HEALTH COORDINATORS WORK WITH THE HEALTH COORDINATORS TO ADMINISTER HEALTH PROCEDURES WHICH DEPENDING ON THE PROCEDURE, THEY ARE ABLE TO. WITH BEING PROPERLY TRAINED.

THERE ARE CERTAIN PROCEDURES THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A -- THERE ARE CERTAIN -- ARE AND IT ALL GOES BACK TO WE NEED TO ASK STAFF TO DO THINGS WITHIN THEIR CREDENTIAL AND ANYTHING BEYOND THAT, THAT WILL

PUT US IN A POOR POSITION. >> IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I WOULD ADD TO THAT?

>> THANK YOU. >> OH, OKAY.

SO AS FAR AS WITHIN OUR CAN TRAINING WE RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED THAT PROGRAM WE DID TRAINING WITH ALL THE HEALTH OFFICES AND WITH ADMINISTRATORS AND AS FAR AS 80 TRAINING WE RECENTLY HAD 80 TRAINING WITH ALL OF OUR HEALTH OFFICES AND WITH EPINEPHRINE WE DO THAT YEARLY, WITH ALL OF OUR HEALTH OFFICES, SO THEY ARE ALL VERY AWARE.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION I KNOW YOU DID THE NARCAN TRAINING, I HAD THAT TRAINING AT MY SITE AS WELL, FOR TEACHERS IT WAS OPTIONAL TO OPT IN, TO AGREE TO ADMINISTER, ARE WE DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR LIKE THAT HERE?

>> RIGHT NOW WE IDENTIFY OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND HEALTH ASSISTANCE THOSE ARE THE TWO CLASSIFICATIONS THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO ADMINISTER THE MEDICATION, YES IT CAN BE EXPENDED FURTHER BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO GROUPS WHICH WE HAVE

CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED. >> IS THERE ANY PLANS ON FUTURE EXPANSION OF THAT AND WHAT IS THE TIMELINE, THE TEACHERS ARE IN THE CLASSROOM WITH THE CHILDREN, IT MIGHT BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO GET TEACHERS TO AGREE TO ADMINISTER THIS AS

WELL. >> WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT, MISS STEWART AND DISCUSS THAT FOR CABINET AS FAR AS HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT THAT BEYOND THOSE TWO GROUPS.

>> THANK YOU. >> NUMBER.

>> NO QUESTIONS. >> SO, I AM LOOKING AT YOUR ADMINISTRATION OF -- SLIDE, I'M PRONOUNCING THAT CORRECTLY. ONE OF THE BULLET POINTS SAYS YOU WILL BE ASSURING THE MINUTES OF TRAINING, INSPECTION AND OTHER PROGRAM RECORDS, HIGH WILL THE INSPECTIONS BE CARRIED OUT? HOW OFTEN? WHAT, DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF THAT RIGHT NOW?

>> YES, SO WE JUST IMPLEMENTED THIS PROGRAM NOT VERY LONG AGO SO I DO HAVE RECORDS AND LOGS OF THE TRAINING, I PLAN ON DOING IT YEARLY AS FAR AS RETRAINING JUST LIKE WITH APPEASE AND 80S, IT IS A YEARLY TRAINING AND AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE OF NALOXONE, WE HAVE NOT HAD TO USE ANY BUT IF WE HAD TO USE ANY THEY KNOW, THE HEALTH OFFICE KNOWS TO REPORT BACK TO ME BECAUSE THERE IS AN ADMINISTRATION OF RECORD.

ALL OF THAT HAS TO BE FILLED OUT, DOCUMENTED AND THEN I HAVE

TO REPLACE THEM. >> SO WHAT IS THE SHELF LIFE OF

NALOXONE? >> I BELIEVE IT IS 36 MONTHS, BUT IT CAN BE, AS LONG AS IT IS KEPT IN A ROOM TEMPERATURE, OUT OF THE SUN, IT CAN BE EXPANDED TO MORE YEARS.

>> BUT AT LEAST 36 MONTHS. >> SO, ARE WE LOOKING MAYBE ADD TO THOSE SUPPLIES WITHIN THE TIMELINE?

>> YES. CORRECT.

I HAVE A LOG OF WHEN THOSE EXPIRE SO THAT I CAN GET THEM REPLACED BEFORE THE TIME. AND SAME WITH OUR APIECE AS WELL, I DO THAT ON A YEARLY BASIS.

>> THANK YOU, NO MORE QUESTION AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> OKAY.

JUST TO EXPAND ON IT, WHAT ARE WE DOING ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO

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WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND AND OFFER ADDITIONAL COUNSELORS AT THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, WE HAVE OUR GLAAD PROGRAM AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO EXPULSION AND ALSO IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE, BECAUSE WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A WORK GROUP, I KNOW OUR STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO UPDATE THE CURRICULUM, TO UPDATE THE FORMAT OF THE PROGRAM AND REALLY AT GUESS PETERS AND OTHER ASPECTS TO THAT, ADD MORE RESTORATIVE PRACTICES AS PART OF THAT.

WE DID BRING A WORK GROUP TOGETHER WITH SCHOOL COUNSELORS, ADMINISTRATION, OUR DEANS AND ALSO IT IS LED BY OUR PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR GUIDANCE, MISS STACEY WILLIAMS WHO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEM DIRECTLY. THEY RECOMMENDED SOME REVISIONS AND ALSO, RE-BRANDED AND REFERRED TO AS RISE WHICH IS RESTORATIVE INTERVENTION EQUALS SUCCESS IN EDUCATION, REALLY WANTED TO ADD SOME ELEMENTS TO THE PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE IT IS ENGAGING OUR STUDENTS AND HELPING THEM BE MORE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. I MENTIONED THAT, SO NOW IN REGARDS TO BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE ARE HEARING FROM OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS, WE WANT TO ADD MORE GAS SPEAKERS, STUDENT PRESENTATIONS AND PARENT WORKSHOPS. WE DID OFFER TO PARENT WORKSHOPS THIS YEAR AND -- ONE IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY, WE BROUGHT IN PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE DEA AND COMMUNITY FAMILY GUIDANCE TO DO A PARENT WORKSHOP, IT WASN'T AS WELL ATTENDED AS WE WOULD'VE LIKED TO BUT WE WILL OFFER PAIRED WORKSHOPS IN THE FUTURE TO ENGAGE PARENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE AWARE WHEN THINGS ARE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE WORKING WITH SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE THEIR KIDS ARE SAFE. IN ADDITION WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ADDING ADDITIONAL INTERVENTIONS PRIOR TO STUDENTS BEING REFERRED TO THE RISE PROGRAM AND WE WANT TO CONTINUOUSLY EVALUATE THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND HOW THE DISTRICT RESPONSE TO THEM. WHETHER IT IS TO INTERVENTION, COUNSELING OR EVEN THROUGH OUR CONSEQUENCES THAT WE ADMINISTER TO STUDENTS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS FROM A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND CONTINUE EVALUATING WHAT WE'RE DOING TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS AND WORKING WITH FAMILIES. THAT IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING IN THE DISTRICT RIGHT NOW TO BEING SUPPORTIVE IN THAT AREA TO THE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

SO, IS THE BOARD -- DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS IN THAT AREA?

>> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. ESPECIALLY PROVIDING THE WORKSHOPS IN TRAINING FOR THE PARENTS BECAUSE WHAT WE HEAR -- I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT YOU ALL OFFER THESE TRAININGS FOR THE PARENTS BECAUSE I GET THAT NOTICES, BUT THEN YOU GET THE NOTICES AND YOU DON'T HAVE A TURNOUT, BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE COMPLAINTS THAT YOU NEED THE TRAINING, SO, IT WOULD BE SO NICE, YOU KNOW I'M NOT WANT TO GIVE ASSIGNMENTS BUT IT WOULD BE SO NICE FOR US TO GET FEEDBACK ON WHEN -- WHEN YOU GUYS ARE OFFERING THESE TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS, LET US KNOW HOW MANY PARENTS ARE REALLY ATTENDING.

AND SO, WHEN WE GET THAT, WE PUT IT A VIRTUAL, WE PUT IT OUT IN PERSON, ONLY TEN PEOPLE SHOWED UP.

OUT OF OUR 10,000 FAMILIES, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

SO, KEEP US ABREAST ON THAT. >> YES MISS ARMSTRONG, THE FEEDBACK I GOT FROM THE FIRST PRESENTATION, THAT WAS IN-PERSON, IF YOU MAKE IT VIRTUAL WE WILL GET MORE PARTICIPANTS, SO WE LISTENED TO OUR COMMUNITY WE MADE IT VIRTUAL BUT I RECOGNIZE WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT ARE WE'RE GAINING AND WE TRY TO FIND IT, WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY TRYING TO WORK WITH THE FAMILIES AND ENGAGE THEM IN VARIOUS WAYS BUT WE WILL KEEP THE BOARD AWARE OF THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN THESE PRESENTATIONS MOVING FORWARD.

>> THANK YOU, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, SOMETHING ELSE I DO KNOW SOMETIMES, I DON'T REALLY KNOW TECHNOLOGY BUT I KNOW THAT YOU

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TRY TO COVER ALL BASES. BECAUSE, WE WORK TOO HARD, YOU KNOW? WE WORK A LITTLE BIT TOO HARD TO HEAR LIKE YOU ARE NOT DOING IT.

THAT IS IT.

>> HI DOCTOR, HOW IS IT THAT WE ARE GETTING THE FEEDBACK?

>> YOU MEAN IN THE POLICY DEVELOPMENT?

OR IN THE PARENT WORKSHOPS? >> THE PARENT WORKSHOPS.

>> WELL THE ONES THAT ATTENDED AS PART OF THE SLIDE WE DID A QR CODE FOR THEM TO SCAN AND GIVE A FEEDBACK OF THE PRESENTATION. IT WAS VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF

ATTENDEES. >> OKAY.

>> SO WHEN YOU'RE GETTING THE FEEDBACK ARE YOU GETTING AN

EMAIL, KIND OF -- >> IT'S THROUGH GOOGLE.

SO MONDAY'S CANDIDATE IS A GOOGLE FORM, IF I'M DESCRIBING GOOGLE PROPERLY, AND THEN WE WILL GET AN EMAIL NOTIFICATION, NOT EVEN, I GET AN XL SUMMARY AND THEN MYSELF WILL LOOK AT THE DATA AND SEE WHERE WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND PLAN FOR

FUTURE TRAININGS. >> IS IT A POSSIBILITY TO INCLUDE MAY BE A QUESTION ABOUT CAN YOU PROVIDE YOUR EMAIL, JUST BECAUSE TO KIND OF TRACK IT WHATEVER MISS ARMSTRONG IS SAYING, IF THEY GO IN PERHAPS WE CAN TRACK IT THROUGH THEIR

EMAIL? >> YES, MISS GARZA, I CAN UNDERSTAND ABOUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE DO WANT PEOPLE TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS SO THEY CAN PROVIDE TRUE INPUT, BUT, I GUESS WE COULD ALWAYS LOOK AT DEPENDING ON THE TOPIC, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE LEAVING THEIR EMAILS, LEAVING IT AS AN OPTIONAL FIELDS, I WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH STAFF BECAUSE I'M NOT A RESIDENT EXPERT ON GOOGLE SERVICE BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUOUSLY EVALUATE THE NEED OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND THAT IS USUALLY THE FORM WE GO

THROUGH. >> YES, THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER, SOME PEOPLE DO WANT TO KEEP IT PRIVATE.

>> I BELIEVE, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> MAY I USE THE POINT AGAIN? >> JUST THANKS, THANK YOU TO OUR DIRECTOR HEALTH SERVICES, TO OUR PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS, FOR THEIR HELP AND ASSISTANCE IN THE AREA, AND THE STAFF WHO ARE INVOLVED IN WORKING IN OUR GLAAD PROGRAM.

THANK YOU. >> I BELIEVE THAT BRINGS US TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. AND WE DO NOT HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING. SO, WE WILL GO ON TO THE

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>> YOU HAVE THAT MOTION. >> SECOND.

>> SECOND. >> DID YOU GIVE A SECOND?

>> I WENT FIRST. >> MEMBER ARMSTRONG SECOND.

>> I MADE THE MOTION. >> MENDOZA.

>> THANK YOU. >> MEMBER MENDOZA.

MISS ARMSTRONG. >> I.

>> MRS. GARCIA. >> I.

>> SO LET'S MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA.

DO THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE REQUESTED TO IT HOLD AN EYE

GENDER ITEM TONIGHT? >> I BELIEVE THAT BOARD MEMBER STEWART HAS -- IS GOING TO BE PULLING ITEM TEN

POINT 3.7. >> AS SOON AS SHE STEPS IN.

>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT WE ARE PULLING TONIGHT?

>> I ACTUALLY WANT TO PULL MYSELF, I DON'T 10.3 POINTS

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ANY OTHER ITEMS? PERFECT.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WITHHOLD THESE ITEMS, AND -- ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED? DO I HAVE A SECOND TO APPROVE?

>> SECONDS. >> QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ROLL CALL PLAYER. BOARD MANAGER MENDOZA.

>> I. >> MISS ARMSTRONG?

>> I. >> MISS STEWART?

>> I. >> MR. CIRTSVILLE?

>> I. >> MRS. GARZA?

>> I. >> THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE ITEMS THAT WERE WITHHELD FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, THE AGENDA ITEM WITHHELD TONIGHT'S AGENDA ITEM --

DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> MOTION.

>> AND -- DO I HAVE A MOTION.

>> I MAKE THE MOTION. >> SECOND.

>> QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> ROLL CALL.

>> SORRY. >> I DO HAVE A COMMENT, I DO PULL THIS MOTION, WE'VE BEEN CELEBRATING ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES, WE CELEBRATED OUR TEACHERS AND OUR CCA WORKERS AND I JUST WANT TO PULL THIS ITEM AGAIN TO CELEBRATE OUR ADMINISTRATORS, WE HAVE SOME ADMITTING ADMINISTRATORS, YES.

[APPLAUSE] WE HAS A BOARD ASKED A LOT FROM OUR EXECUTIVE CABINET THEY ARE ALWAYS PROVIDING THINGS AND DOING A GREAT JOB OUR ADMINISTRATORS, THE ADMINISTRATORS THAT I HAVE SEEN AND THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH VISITED THE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN AMAZING AND I JUST AM REALLY EXCITED THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALSO BEING VALUED AND WE ARE PAYING COMPARABLE WAGES TO OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO, YOUR LEADERSHIP IS AMAZING AND SO I AM JUST HAPPY TO CELEBRATE YOU GUYS TONIGHT AS WELL.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR MOMENTS? PERFECT, I THINK WE ALL ECHO

THOSE COMMENTS, WE'LL CALL. >> BOARD MEMBER MENDOZA?

>> I. >> MISS ARMSTRONG?

>> I. >> MISS STEWART?

>> I. >> MR. CIRTSVILLE?

>> HOLD ON, SORRY. YES I'M SORRY ONE MORE ITEM.

MY FAULT. I WANT TO GET US ALL OUT OF

HERE SOON. >> POINT OF ORDER.

>> POINT OF ORDER WOULDN'T WE VOTE ON THIS ONE AND THEN GO TO

THE NEXT ITEM THAT WAS PULLED? >> YES.

WE HAD IT RIGHT. ONE OUT OF TIME.

>> YOU'RE GETTING TIRED. >> SO WAS THE MOTION FOR TWO

ITEMS AT ONCE? >> YES.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

SO ROLL CALL. BOARD MEMBER MENDOZA?

>> I. >> MISS ARMSTRONG?

>> I. >> MISS DEWART?

>> I. >> MR. COACH?

>> I. >> MRS. GARZA?

>> I. >> THANK YOU THE NEXT ITEM WITHHELD IS 10.3 POINT 5.4. [APPLAUSE]

>> SO I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE P O'S REGARDING ERIC BATON, SO CAN YOU, CAN SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT WERE THE SERVICES RENDERED FOR THE AMOUNT THAT IS ON OUR CURRENT PO.

WHAT ARE THE DATES THAT HE PROVIDED THESE SERVICES, PLEASE?

>> WHAT PAGE IS THAT? >> POINT OF ORDER MISS GARZA.

CAN WE GET A FIRST AND A SECOND BEFORE QUESTIONS.

>> SORRY. >> MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL.

>> I'M MOTION. >> MOTION.

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>> SECOND. >> THANK YOU.

>> NOW, LOCAL. >> POINT OF ORDER, NO ROLL

CALL. >> COMMENTS.

>> QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, YES. JUST GO WITH MY GUT.

OKAY. SO IT IS ACTUALLY, YES --

>> PAGE 14. >> SO I WANT TO RESTATE MY QUESTIONS, ON OUR PO CURRENTLY WE HAVE ERIC PROVIDING SERVICES, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR THIS INVOICE THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US, WHAT SERVICES -- PERHAPS NOT ALL OF THIS CAN BE DISCLOSED AT THIS TIME, HOW ARE

WE TRACKING THOSE HOURS. >> WE GET MONTHLY INVOICES FROM ANY OF OUR FIRMS THAT WE WORK WITH SO WE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH A COPY OF THAT INVOICE AND IT WILL TAP THE BREAKDOWN OF THE

ORDER FOR THOSE SERVICES. >> SO WHAT TIME PERIOD DOES

THAT COVER? >> THAT ALSO WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DETAILED COPY SO I COULD PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.

>> IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THIS YEAR, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THIS HERE, I KNOW THE OFFICERS ARE FINALIZING A FEW THINGS THAT THEY WERE INVOLVED IN BEFORE, I BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS PROBABLY

ONE OR TWO -- >> WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH THE FEW CASES THAT WE ARE TRYING TO RESOLVE, AND THEY ARE SUPPORTING THE DISTRICT IN THAT AREA, WE ARE WAITING FOR THE HISTORICAL INFORMATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO SUPPORT OUR

STUDENTS AND STAFF. >> TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION MOVING FORWARD, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE PROVING VENDORS FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR, YOU GUYS WILL NOTICE THE OFFICES NO LONGER PART OF THE VENDOR LIST, THIS IS A MATTER OF CLEARING OUT THE REST OF THE STUFF THAT YOU DO, OUR PLANS ARE NOT TO CONTINUE WITH THAT FIRM MOVING FORWARD, THE FEW LINGERING THINGS THAT WE CAN HAND OFF TO OTHER PEOPLE, WE ARE FINALIZING THOSE THINGS.

>> SO HOW OFTEN DOES HE SUBMIT A PO?

>> HIS INVOICES ARE SUBMITTED MONTHLY, THE PO, REMEMBER WHEN PO'S ARE OPEN THEY ARE OPEN FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BASED ON THAT AMOUNTS THAT IS APPROVED ON THAT THE INVOICES ARE SENT

MONTHLY. >> SO TO CLARIFY THIS $32,602

IS FOR THE WHOLE FISCAL YEAR? >> NO IT WOULD NOT BE FOR THE WHOLE FISCAL YEAR HOWEVER I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU MISINFORMATION WITHOUT HAVING THE ENVOYS IN FRONT OF ME AND THE PBO, IT COULD BE FOR ONE MONTH, OR TWO MONTHS, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN OF THOSE INVOICES.

>> OKAY. >> SO HE DOES SEND INVOICES ON A MONTHLY BASIS? RIGHT? INVOICES ARE RECEIVED ON A MONTHLY BASIS?

>> THAT IS CORRECT. >> SO WHEN WE RECEIVE THESE INVOICES ARE THESE -- WHEN WE GO AHEAD AND PAY THEM OUT ARE THEY GOING TO HIS LAW FIRM AND THEN -- BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HE HAS A PARTNER, IS THIS ALSO TO PAY THE PARTNER THAT HE WORKS WITH OR IS IT JUST FOR HIS LEGAL

SERVICES? >> THAT IS CORRECT.

WE PAY HIM DIRECTLY AND THEN IT WOULD BE HIS RESPONSIBILITY BASED ON THE PAYMENT HE RECEIVES TO PAY PARTNERS THAT WORK UNDER HIS FIRM, THAT IS CORRECT.

>> DO WE ALSO GET A LOT OF HOURS FOR HIS PARTNER?

>> YES. THE INVOICES PROVIDE A BREAKDOWN IN REGARD TO THE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR THEIR FIRMS DIRECTLY, SO AT THE BOTTOM IT TALKS ABOUT -- THE BOTTOM OF THE INVOICES PROVIDE A BREAKDOWN OF WHETHER IT IS A PARTNER OR PARALEGAL

SERVICES. >> THANK YOU.

>> IF STAFF COULD PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.

>> SURE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND IF WE COULD BE PROVIDED WITH THE CONTRACT ALL THE NEW LEGAL COUNSEL PLEASE, BOTH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO, CORRECT?

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>> IF I MAY JUST REQUIRE CLARIFICATION I MAY JUST BE NOT MY SHARPEST BUT DID YOU SAY WE ARE NOT RENEWING OUR CONTRACT

WITH THEM FOR THE NEXT YEAR? >> YES.

WE -- HE HAS FINALIZED THE LAST FEW THINGS THAT HAS WORKED ON FOR YEARS, OR THIS YEAR, I GUESS YEARS, THE WINDS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HAND OFF TO THE NEW LEGAL COUNSEL WE DID, IT'S JUST THE -- THERE ARE A FEW THAT WE COULDN'T JUST LET GO BECAUSE IT WOULD INCUR MORE MONEY HAD WE ALLOW THAT TO OCCUR, SO WE JUST SAID GO AHEAD AND FINISH THESE THINGS WITHOUT MONITORING, BUT MOVING FORWARD STARTING WITH THE 20 3:24 YEAR WE HAVE A NEW

LEGAL COUNSEL THAT WE USE. >> I LOOKED AT THE CONTRACT LISTINGS AN AGREEMENT ON PAGE 67 IT SAYS THAT HE IS THE ATTORNEY AND RENEWAL FOR 20 3:24 AND PAYCHECKS THE SEVEN.

>> COULD THAT BE BECAUSE, I'M JUST ASKING, COULD THAT BE BECAUSE HE -- WE COULD HAVE HIM --

>> CORRECT. >> RIGHT NOW.

JUST IN CASE WE NEED HIM, DO YOU KNOW, FINISH UP IN THE 20 3:24 SCHOOL YEAR. BUT AFTER THAT, NO MORE

ASSIGNMENTS. >> SOMEONE COULD CORRECT ME, WE HAVE THAT THEY'RE IN ORDER TO PAY HIM WITH HIS UNFINISHED

WORK. >> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> WHAT MRS. ARMSTRONG SAID THAT IS CORRECT IN REGARDS TO BEING ABLE TO DISCONTINUE SERVICES AT ANY TIME WHEN THEY'RE NOT NEEDED, MOST OF OUR CONTRACTS WITH ANY OF OUR LEGAL FIRMS TALK ABOUT BEING ABLE TO DISCONTINUE SERVICES WITHIN 30 DAYS IF NEEDED BUT THAT IS WHY HE IS ON THERE TO BE ABLE TO FINISH THOSE ON FINISHED CASES THAT HE IS CURRENTLY WORKING THAT WE MAY SEE GO INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

>> THAT MAKES SENSE, THANK YOU. >> MR. SERENA, A QUESTION FOR YOU IF WE PROVIDE A DOCUMENT, THAT SAYS THAT A BOARD HAS APPROVED TO SEPARATE ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH MR. HAPPEN GOING FORWARD IS THAT APPLICABLE ON THE DATE THAT HE RECEIVES IT OR WILL HE BE ABLE TO FINISH OUT THOSE PIECES THAT

WE NEED TO CAP OFF? >> ACTUALLY, THAT IS UP TO THE BOARD. IF THE BOARD WANTS TO SWITCH COUNCIL IN THE MIDDLE OF A LITIGATED MATTER ANY TYPE OF MATTER, MORE THAN AT LIBERTY TO DO SO, THAT IS A DECISION OF THE BOARD HAS TO MAKE. THE ISSUE WITH CHANGING COUNCIL IN THE MIDDLE OF A MATTER IS THAT GENERALLY NEW COUNCIL COMING IN IS COMING IN TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT COULD BE A SITUATION THEY ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH, THEY ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THAT HISTORY SO THERE IS SOME CATCHING UP TO DO WHICH ADDS TO THE COST OF THE LITIGATION.

BUT, HAD THE END OF THE DAY THAT POWERS RESERVED FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE THAT DECISION AT THEIR DISCRETION.

>> WHAT IS A TIMETABLE ON HOW LONG WE THINK HE WILL BE CONTINUING ON? IF WE HAVE TO GO 20 3:24 IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WILL BE THERE FOR A WHILE.

IF WE COULD GET TO THAT IN WITH THE CONTRACT.

>> IT DEPENDS ON THE MATTERS HE IS WORKING ON.

IF THE MATTER GOES ON FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, HE WILL BE ON THAT MATTER FOR THREE YEARS OR AS LONG AS YOU KEEP HIM THERE.

SO, AGAIN, THAT DECISION IS LEFT UP TO THE BOARD.

YOU CAN DECIDE TO GO EITHER WAY ON IT.

>> SO THERE IS NOT -- I MEAN, YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING THERE IS NOT AN ANTICIPATED TIMETABLE, IT

RANGES UP TO THREE YEARS? >> SO, WITH THAT, YOU GUYS KNOW HOW THESE THINGS GO, YOU KNOW WE TRY TO SETTLE CERTAIN THINGS WE CAN GO BACK AND FORTH WHAT IF SOME OF THOSE CASES WE ARE DISCUSSING CONTINUE ON, WHAT HE IS SAYING IS YOU COULD SAY CUT HIM NOW OR BRING YOU COUNSEL, THE WAY I'M LOOKING AT IT IS IF THE CASES HERE IN WERE 95% DONE I DON'T WANT TO BRING A NEW COUNCIL MIDWAY AND THIS COUNCIL HAS TO START ALL OVER.

IT COST MORE. SO THE WAY I'M LOOKING AT IT IS HOW CLOSE ARE THEY TO THE END? CAN WE JUST WRITE IT OUT TO THE END. AND IN THE CONTEXT OF THE KNOWLEDGE THAT HAS TO BE GAINED FROM A NEW COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THAT, BUT LIKE YOU SAY, LIKE THE COUNCIL SAID IF THE BOARD SAYS NO CUT THIS OFF, WE DON'T WANT IT WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. WHAT I TRY TO DO IS BE LOGICAL ABOUT THE SITUATION KNOWING WHERE WE ARE IN THESE CASES.

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COUNSEL IN. >> MADAM PRESIDENT?

>> IF I MAY YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE SAY, AND AGAIN WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE TALK ABOUT THIS BUT IF WE WERE REALLY CLOSE TO, YOU KNOW WRAPPING THAT UP YOU WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO JUST ALLOW HIM TO FINISH BUT IF IT WASN'T THE CASE AND IF IT WAS GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME HE WOULD TAKE THE ADVANTAGES OF SWITCHING OVER?

>> IT DEPENDS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF WHAT WE DO, IT'S A COMPLEX SITUATION, AND MULTIPLE ISSUES GOING BACK SEVERAL YEARS BACK BEFORE ALL OF US WERE HERE. SO, IT'S JUST TO BRING IN A NEW COUNCIL ON THAT, I JUST DON'T THINK -- I THINK IT'S A WASTE OF MONEY AND RESOURCES AND ENERGY.

>>. COULD WE POSSIBLY GET A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THAT FINANCIAL COSTS WOULD BE FROM OUR CURRENT LEGAL COUNSEL? WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE? I'M SURE IT WOULD BE AN ESTIMATE, BUT I'M SURE CASES SWITCH OVER ALL THE TIME, RIGHT? DON'T WANT TO SPEND MONEY FOR NO REASON, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I THINK IS ALWAYS THERE AND FOR A LONG TIME THE BOARDS GIVE IT A SENSE OF DIRECTION JUST GET TO THE POINT OF THE LINGERING THINGS THAT ARE NOT WRAPPING UP, SO I JUST WANT TO SEE SOME ACTION TAKEN, IT'S ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AT SOME POINT.

THAT WOULD BE MY FEELING ON IT. >> I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON MY RESERVATION JUST MAKE IT HAPPEN YES WE HAVE THE ABILITY YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT I THINK WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT THERE ARE SOME CASES, THE ONES THAT THE STAFF HAVE COME TO ME AND SAY THAT THEY HAVE KICKED IT OFF TO A NEW LEGAL COUNSEL, LET'S FINISH IT OUT RIDE IT OFF IN THE MONETARY, IN TERMS OF THE SALARY AND PAYMENTS AND ALL OF THAT TO BREAK DOWN WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE INVOICES THAT ARE TURNED INTO SEE OKAY, DID THEY MEET FOR AN HOUR HERE, WHAT DID THEY DO HERE. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

>> IS IT A POSSIBILITY, I'M SORRY, IS IT A POSSIBILITY TO HAVE OUR CURRENT LEGAL COUNSEL JOIN MR. BABIN SO THAT HE CAN START GETTING ABREAST OF WHAT IS GOING ON, GET A PICTURE OF THE LAYOUT, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND EXPEDITE IT?

>> OKAY. SURE.

I GUESS THAT IS ASSUMING THAT EXPEDITING IT IS A NATURAL COURSE THAT WOULD HAPPEN DESPITE A NEW COUNCIL -- THAT IS AN ASSUMPTION THERE. IF IT IS, YES, THAT COULD HAPPEN BUT WHAT IS THE LEGAL COUNSEL COMES IN AND SAYS, BABIN WILL CONTINUE TO FINISH IT BUT THEN THE NEW COUNCIL IS LEARNING ABOUT THE CASE AND NOW WE HAVE TWO LEGAL COUNCILS ON THE SAME CASE, US PAYING BOTH, RIGHT? IF I WAS TO SAY YOU COME IN AND TRAIN, COME IN AND LEARN THE NEW CASES AND ONCE YOU ARE READY TO TAKE OVER WE PULL HIM AWAY, THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE, BUT THAT GOES BACK TO WHAT I WAS SAYING EARLIER WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT, IS IT PRUDENT TO DO THAT NOW, YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT MORE EXPERIENCES THAN I DO, I THINK I'M COMING IN FROM AN OBJECTIVE POINT, NOT THAT YOU ARE NOT, WHAT I SEE IS HAPPENING AND WHAT COULD HAPPEN OR NOT HAPPEN, AND, AS BRINGING A NEW COUNCIL IN ANY TIME, IT IS WITHIN OUR ABILITY, IF IT'S GOING TO BE A WASTE, OR SHOULD WE JUST LET IT WRITE OUT, THAT IS THE NEW QUESTION? BUT I CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THOSE CASES AND BRINGING YOU COUNSEL TO LOOK AT IT AND THEY COULD WIN IN THE COUNCIL THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, THERE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY DON'T HOLD ANYTHING BACK IF THEY THINK WE ARE MAKING A MISTAKE THEY WILL TELL US THAT.

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>> WOULD YOU PLEASE, YOU KNOW, GET TOGETHER WITH THE CURRENT COUNCILS AND REPORT BACK TO US, WHAT ARE OUR BEST OPTIONS GOING FORWARD? SHOULD WE HAVE ONE OF OUR CURRENT COUNCILS, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO WORK WITH GAP AND SO THAT WE CAN EXPEDITE IT AND MAKE THAT TRANSITION, SHOULD WE JUST LET BABIN GO AHEAD AND FINISH IT OUT? WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS AT THIS POINT?

THANK YOU. >> I WILL GET ON THAT AS SOON

AS POSSIBLE. >> PRESIDENT, I'M ALSO WONDERING ARE WE ALLOWED TO GET THE INFORMATION OF WHAT CASES ARE BEING HANDLED AND WHAT PERCENTAGE WE THINK WE ARE AT?

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? >> YES.

WE CAN. I THINK THAT IS NATURALLY GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE PROCESS I'M ABOUT TO ENGAGE IN.

I HAVE TO FIND OUT WHERE WE ARE, AND I WILL BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO ALL OF YOU AND SAY THAT THIS IS THE CASE WE ARE WORKING ON, THIS IS HOW FAR WE ARE. THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO -- WE WOULD HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF THE FINANCES AND ALL THAT STUFF.

>> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR

COMMENTS? >> I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION, I'M SORRY, ON PURCHASE ORDERS, THE RESPONSE THAT I WAS LOOKING AT AND IT WAS SOMETHING FOR THE STEAM BUILDING, DO ALL OF THESE -- ARE THEY ALL COMING OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND OR ARE SOME OF THESE BONDS, GRANTS, HOW WOULD WE KNOW WHERE THIS MONEY IS COMING FROM IN THESE PURCHASE

ORDERS? >> YOU CAN ALWAYS REQUEST A COPY OF THAT PURCHASE ORDER FOR US TO SHARE WITH YOU WHERE THE FUNDING COMES FROM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IT'S MULTIPLE FUNDING, IT'S BASICALLY ALL THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED AS PART OF THE BUDGET AND THEN IN THE BUDGET YOU HAVE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT FUNDS WHICH INCLUDED A GENERAL FUND, INCLUDE OR CATEGORICAL, ALL THE DIFFERENT FUNDING PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.

>> THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE?

>> ROLL CALL. BOARD MEMBER MENDOZA?

>> I. >> MISS ARMSTRONG.

>> I. >> MISS STEWART.

[11. INFORMATION ITEMS]

>> MR. CRIHFIELD. >> I.

>> MRS. GAZA? >> I.

>> INFORMATIONAL ITEMS AS THE BOARD HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE INFORMATIONAL ITEMS THIS EVENING? WONDERFUL. BOARD MEMBER, STUDENT MEMBER, STAFF COMMENTS, DOCTOR DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS THIS

EVENING. >> WE KNOW COMMUNICATIONS.

>> IT'S TIME FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS AND STUDENT MEMBER COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS, LET'S BEGIN WITH BOARD

MEMBER MENDOZA. >> HELLO, BEFORE I START I AM SORRY FOR TAKING LONG IN THE NUTRITION QUESTIONS, I DIDN'T TIME MYSELF SO I WILL BE MORE CONSCIOUS OF LETTING YOU GUYS SPEAK NEXT TIME AROUND. OKAY, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A CHANCE TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO Y'ALL SINCE LAST MONTH, LAST TIME I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE HAD BOARD MEMBER UPDATES SO I DIDN'T WRITE ONE. THERE IS A LOT THAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE LAST TIME I GOT TO SPEAK, TONIGHT I WILL SPEAK ABOUT WHAT I THINK ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT SUBJECTS FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT. SO, FIRST OFF, I INTEND DID TO THIS SCHOOL FESTIVAL, THE EVENT WAS KIND OF THE ULTIMATE FAMILY REUNION FOR ONE OF MY FAVORITE PERFORMING ARTS COMMUNITIES, I WAS REALLY MOVED BY THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE.

THE CORAL FESTIVAL IS APPARENTLY A LONG-STANDING TRADITION, IT WAS CUT OFF BY THE PANDEMIC, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME ATTENDING ONE. AND THE PERFORMANCES WERE BEAUTIFUL IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL TO SEE MR. RON WILLIAMS WHO DID A COURSE SHELL, AND MR. SHOU WHO WAS MY GUITAR TEACHER IN MY FRESHMAN YEAR, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY GINA, IT WAS COOL SEEING THEM TOGETHER, IT WAS COOL TO SEE MY FRIENDS, WATCH MY FRIENDS PERFORM AND WATCH THEM PERFORM, IT WAS COOL SEEING WORLDS COLLIDE, I'M PROUD OF THOSE PERFORMERS, THEY DO A LOT OF WORK IN AN OUTSIDE OF THE PROGRAM, TOWARDS EVERYONE THAT MADE IT POSSIBLE, THANK YOU.

THE EVENT MOVED ME TO TEARS. AND A THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS WHO ATTENDED, CRAMMING IN THE SEAT SO I COULD SIT DOWN WITH YOU GUYS, AFTER THE EVENT TIME MET WITH THE HISTORY CLUB ADVISOR, WE ARE POSTPONING THE PROJECT, WE POSTPONED IT UNTIL AFTER AP TESTING, AP TESTING HAS ENDED THOUGH WE WILL BE RESUMING WORK IN THE COMING WEEKS AND I WILL SHARE WHATEVER OF DAYS I HAVE WITH THAT PROJECT WITH YOU GUYS AS SOON AS WE PICK UP AGAIN. TEN DAYS AGO WAS MAY 1ST SO

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I MYSELF HAVE COMMITTED TO ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, -- JUST BEFORE THE MEETING, HE WAS

TELLING ALL ABOUT THAT -- >> WE ARE AT A BOARD MEETING,

MAN. >> NEVER MIND.

WHILE I'M STILL HOPING, YOU SEE RIVERSIDE CAN ADMIT ME FROM THEIR WEIGHTLESS I'M CONTEND WITH THE NEXT CHAPTER OF MY LIFE BEING SPENT IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY, I WAS A LITTLE UPSET, I CAN ENJOY ALL MY CLOSE FRIENDS WHO ARE GOING TO UCLA, ALL OF THEM ARE GOING TO UCLA, I HAVE A UCLA WATER BOTTLE I REALLY WANTED TO GO. OKAY.

BUT, YES, MY ENGLISH TEACHER MRS. BROWN SHARED A FEW WORDS WITH ME THAT HELPED ME COME TO TERM WITH HAVING TO GO OVER THERE, SHE SAID THAT SOMETIMES IT IS UP TO SOMEONE TO LEAVE ON A MISSION AWAY FROM HOME SO THAT THEY CAN COME BACK WITH A SPECIAL KIND OF EXPERIENCE AND DO A JOB ONLY THEY CAN DO BACK HOME, SO THAT IS HOW I AM TRYING TO VIEW THIS DEPARTURE AND I THINK THIS HOME IS IN GOOD HANDS, I THINK ALL OF YOU GUYS WILL TAKE CARE OF IT WHILE I AM AWAY.

ONE LAST EVENT I ATTENDED WAS CONGRESSMAN GARCIA'S ART SHOW AT THE LONG BEACH MUSEUM OF ART OUTSIDE -- AND I WAS GLAD TO SEE TWO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THERE WITH THEIR PIECES, IT WAS MY FIRST MEETING WITH THE CONGRESSMAN, I WAS UNABLE TO MEET WITH HIM WHEN THE REST OF THE BOARD MET WITH HIM BECAUSE I HAD SCHOOL THAT DAY, BUT I THINK THAT WE HAVE A GREAT CONGRESS PERSON TO WORK WITH AND I'M HAPPY THAT YOU ESTABLISH A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.

LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE FUTURE OF THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBER POSITION, THIS IS BEEN THE SECOND MEETING SINCE I MET WITH BORDER LEADERSHIP IN THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PROPOSED A NEW COMPREHENSIVE STRUCTURE WITH STUDENT LEADERSHIP WITH ALYSSA, AT THE END OF THAT MEETING IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BOARD WAS GOING TO REVISE OUR POLICIES TO BOARD MEMBERS AND ONE OF THESE PUBLIC BOARD MEETINGS I KNOW IT HAS BEEN PACKED AND I KNOW THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN TIME BUT I AM COMING TO THE END OF MY TERM AND I'M VERY -- IS MY LAST AS AN OFFICIAL STUDENT SO I'D NOT CLEAR WHEN MY TERM ENDS BUT I WANT TO TACKLE THIS BEFORE MY TERM ENDS AND SO I WILL BE SPEAKING WITH THE DOCTOR ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT MEETING IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE BUT I AM EXCITED A LOT OF STUDENTS TALKED ABOUT COMING TO SPEAK ABOUT IT AND THEY -- WE MIGHT HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS ON THAT MEETING.

SO THAT IS IT FOR ME AND I WILL PASS THIS OFF TO MY COLLEAGUES.

>> THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER MENDOZA.

BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT AND THAT I AM GOING TO GRADUATE FROM MY WATER EDUCATION CLASS SO I WILL BE GRADUATING MAY 24TH SO CONGRATS TO ME. [APPLAUSE] I DON'T KNOW WHEN OUR PRESIDENT IS GOING TO START HER PROGRAM BUT IT IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH FUN AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT WHO KNOWS WE MAY HAVE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WHO MIGHT WANT TO JOIN US AS FELLOWS IN ANYWAY, YAY ME.

MORE TO COME ON THAT AFTER MY GRADUATION I WILL BE PUTTING ON AN EVENT AND IT'S LEADING ME THE WHOLE WAY THEY WILL BE.

YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT IT, ALL THIS HARD WORK IS GOING TO COME AND YOU GUYS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT IF YOU SO WISH.

ALL RIGHT, THAT IS IT. >> THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG. BOARD MEMBER STEWART.

>> GOOD EVENING. SO I HAVE HAD A PRETTY ROUGH WEEK I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH SOME PERSONAL ISSUES, MY DAD IS IN THE HOSPITAL AMONGST A LOT OF TRAUMA THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON SO I WAS ABLE TO GET TO FOUR EVENTS WHICH MAY SOUND LIKE A LOT BUT IT IS NOT A LOT FOR ME, I LIKE TO GO TO MORE PLACES.

I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ITS NATIONAL SCHOOL NURSES DAY, THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR NURSES AND ALL THE NURSES EVERYWHERE, MY DAD HAS AMAZING NURSES RIGHT NOW THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO. THE FIRST THING I DID IS I ATTENDED THE AWARDS WITH THREE OF MY BOARD COLLEAGUES AND WITH MY COLLEAGUES FROM FORT UNIFIED, THANK YOU -- ON THE AWARDS FOR THE EVENING. [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS TO LINDA AKINS ON HER RETIREMENT AWARD.

AND OF COURSE, HAPPY TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK, EXCUSE ME, I

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I ATTENDED THE PTA HONORS BANQUET WITH PRESIDENT GUARDS THAT, THIS WAS A SPECIAL EVENT THE HIGH SCHOOL BAND IN THE CHOIR WERE OUTSTANDING OF WAS JUST THANKFUL FOR ALL OF THE AWARD WINNERS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO HELP OUR FAMILIES, PTA WORK SO HARD AND THEY JUST HAD A BEAUTIFUL AND EVENT, I APPRECIATE BEING INVITED TO CELEBRATE THEIR MEMBERS. I ATTENDED OPEN HOUSE AT RAMONA, I REALLY ENJOYED THE STAFF AT RAMONA, MISS WITH ME IS A GREAT LEADER SHE WAS MY -- MY DAUGHTER LOVES HER, SHE WAS BIDEN'S VICE PRINCIPAL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WHEN SHE WENT THERE, SO I'VE HEARD AMAZING THINGS ABOUT HER BUT I ACTUALLY GOT TO SEE HER RIGHT THERE DOING IT AND SHE IS AN AMAZING LEADER AT OUR SITE, WE -- THEY HAD GREAT ENERGY REALISTIC VIEWS ON EDUCATION, WE DISCUSSED MANY THINGS AND I LOVED HER VISION ON THAT. THEY WORK TOGETHER AND HAVE A GOOD COMBINATION OF VETERAN TEACHERS AND TEACHERS THAT WAS PRETTY AWESOME TO SEE THE KIDS WERE ENGAGE, THEIR NEW TEACHERS WERE DOING A GOOD JOB I WOULD'VE NEVER GUESS THAT THEY WERE NEW TEACHERS JUST LOOKING AT THEIR TEACHER -- THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB, THEIR COSTUMES WERE BEAUTIFUL I ENJOYED THE FRESH NEW IDEAS, THE TEACHERS THEY WERE TECH 70 AND I LOVE SEEING THAT, I REALLY LOVE THE STUDENT PROJECT THEY HAD AMAZING PROJECTS ACROSS THE CURRICULUM AND ACROSS GRADE LEVELS I LOVE HOW THEY WORKED AND COLLABORATED TOGETHER FOR THOSE PROJECTS, I LOOK THERE CLIMATE AND CULTURE I COULD TELL BECAUSE THEY HAD SO MANY OF THEIR OLD STUDENTS COME BACK AND FOR ME THAT IS A HUGE INDICATION OF TEACHERS MAKING CONNECTIONS, DOING GREAT THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, I REALLY LOVE SEEING ALL THE STUDENTS COME BACK AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT VISIT, I THINK RAMONA'S DOING AN AMAZING JOB, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE DOING, LAST, I ATTENDED A MEETING WITH OUR LABOR MEMBER, I MET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE NEW LABOR WRAP I WILL MESS HIS NAME UP AND HE ALREADY KNOWS I WILL. AND I ENJOYED LISTENING TO THEIR CONCERNS HEARING WAR ABOUT THEIR CONTRACT AND THE PERSONAL COMMISSION, IT'S 144 PAGES I HAVE YET TO READ ALL OF IT BUT I WILL, AND THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR DISTRICT AND WE SHOULD BE HEARING FROM THEM EVERY WEEK IN AN EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVE RECORDS, AND MOST DISTRICTS HAVE, I HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDING THIS AND I THINK IT SHOULD HAPPEN ARM PLOY SHOULD HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE REPORT WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO BRING THE POSITIVE AND CONCERNS TO OUR BOARD SO THAT WE CAN LISTEN TO THEM, THEY REPRESENT A LOT OF EMPLOYEES SO I HOPE THAT AT SOME POINT IN MY TURN HERE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET IT DONE I JUST HOPE WE CAN BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE FUTURE AGAIN THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOUR RACE AND APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE]

>> BOARD MEMBER CRIHFIELD. >> THANK YOU ALL FOR STICKING AROUND. THE GREAT THING ABOUT SITTING UP HERE AS I CAN SEE ALL OF YOU, AND THERE ARE AT LEAST SIX OF YOU THAT HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP AT SOME POINT, I'M NOT CALLING YOU OUT, BUT YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT YOU ARE.

>> IT'S BEEN A BUSY MONTH BUT JUST A COUPLE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WITH BOARD MEMBER MENDOZA WE WANT TO ROBERT GARCIA'S ART COMPETITION AND CONGRATS TO MELANIE AND JULIE JOHNSON, THEY HAVE MADE SOME AWESOME PIECES OF ART AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HOW THEY WILL BE DISPLAYING IT. I BELIEVE THEY WILL BE DISPLAYING IT IN THE CITY HALL, MAYBE.

THAT'S WHAT THE CONGRESSMAN HAD SAID.

THAT WILL BE VERY COOL, THEY ARE EXCITED TO STUDENTS, THE OPEN HOUSE WAS GREAT, DOCTOR RIOS DID A FANTASTIC JOB, DR.

ROBERTSON AS ALWAYS GREAT JOB. I'M EXCITED ABOUT -- WE HAVE DONE ABOUT THREE PLUGS FOR THE EVENT, I WILL GIVE ONE MORE, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE STEAM BUILDING RUBBER BUILDING ON MONDAY, THAT WILL BE SUPER COOL.

AND THEN ALSO MANY OF YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THIS BUT I HAVE A SPECIAL DAUGHTER AND IT HAS BEEN A VERY EXCITING COUPLE OF WEEKS BECAUSE SHE HAD CANCER, AND WE HAVE OUR MRIS AND IT CAME BACK ALL CLEAR. [APPLAUSE] SUPER EXCITING, THAT WEIGHS HEAVY EVERY YEAR AND IT JUST FEELS GREAT WHEN THAT IS OVER, AND SPEAKING OF WHICH MY OWN PLUG, JUNE 4TH IS A WALK FOR KIDS FOR THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE AND WE HAVE A VICTORY FOR VICTORIA, WE HAVE A BIG TEAM SO IF YOU WANT TO COME OUT SUPPORT A GOOD CAUSE.

JUNE 4TH, IT IS GOING TO BE GREAT.

SO I WANT TO SAY THOUGHTS ARE WITH OUR COLLEAGUE WAS NOT HERE TONIGHT, I KNOW SHE'S NOT FEELING WELL SO DOCTOR I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER SHE HAS A VALUABLE VOICE AND I AM SURE SHE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HEAR EVERYTHING THAT WE HEARD

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ALSO, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE MADAM CLERK STEWART BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE HERE TONIGHT FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH BUT YOU SHOWED UP ANYWAY AND I AM VERY PROUD TO BE YOUR COLLEAGUE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION.

THAT IS ALL. [APPLAUSE]

>> YOU GUYS WILL MAKE ME CRY. SO, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE OPEN HOUSE ON THE NORTH SIDE, MY APOLOGIES TO SELF SIDE SCHOOLS I DID NOT MAKE IT THAT THEY HAD A PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT.

BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING THEIR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

ALSO, I ATTENDED THE AWARDS TO CELEBRATE DR. ROBERTSON AND ALSO THE UNION PRESIDENT LINDA ARMSTRONG, CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH. AND THE PTA HONORARY SERVICE AWARDS AS WELL THAT WAS A VERY NICE EVENT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING US WE GET TO SEE HOW INVOLVED ARE PARENTS ARE, A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT WE DO AND THAT WE GIVE TO OUR KIDS DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT THEM, WE NEED THEIR HELP WE NEED THEIR SUPPORT SO IT WAS VERY NICE TO SEE THAT, SO THANK YOU.

>> AND THEN, ALSO HAPPY TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK, A LOT OF US HERE, SOME OF US ON THE BOARD OUR TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE IN EDUCATION SPECIFICALLY AROUND THESE TIMES. IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS GETTING A LITTLE BIT HARDER AND HARDER EVERY TIME, BUT I'M VERY HAPPY LIKE MY FELLOW MEMBERS HERE WHO ARE EDUCATORS TO BE AND GIVE THAT SERVICE AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE APPRECIATED AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND I BELIEVE THAT SOON WE WILL BE DOING THAT, I'M NOT SURE IF IT CAME UP OR NOT BUT WE WILL ADDRESS IT. SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYBODY ATTENDING THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH US, THAT IS THE END OF MY REPORT. IF THE BOARD, ACTUALLY, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION TO THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 10:25 PM UNTIL THE REGULAR BOARD

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.