May 25, 2023 School Board

[1. CALL TO ORDER IN PUBLIC SESSION]

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SPHAOEU GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TONIGHT'S MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

IT IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 4:09 P.M. IN OPEN SESSION. TONIGHT WE DO NOT HAVE REQUESTS

[2. CLOSED SESSION]

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

>> THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 4:09 IN OPEN SESSION AND THEN ADJOURNED TO CLOSED SESSION AT 4:09. WE WILL RECONVENE THE MEETING IN OPEN SESSION AT 6:00 P.M.

THE BOARD WILL UPDATE US. >> THE TOPICS DISCUSSED WERE STUDENT MATTERS, PUBLIC

EMPLOY -- EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE AND CONFERENCE. >> AGENDA ITEM 10.2 IS ON THE BACK TABLE. TONIGHT WE HAVE REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

[3.1. PUBLIC COMMENTS – AGENDA/NON-AGENDA ITEMS]

INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON EACH AGENDA OR NON-AGENDA ITEM. THE BOARD WILL LIMIT EACH ITEM 21 MINUTES AS PER BY LAWS.

COULD WE HAVE KERSTIN CLINTON TO THE PODIUM. >> ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD AND CABINET. I AM ACTUALLY HERE ON BEHALF OF A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT.

SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT. SHE IS CHAPERONING GRAD NIGHT. I WANTED TO READ THIS.

CHRISTOPHER, WE WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE. I WILL THANK YOU PERSONALLY LATER, BUT I WANTED TO READ HER LETTER TO YOU. CHRISTOPHER MENDOZA, WHAT ARE YOU DOING SITTING UP THERE TONIGHT? SHOULDN'T YOU BE AT DISNEYLAND RIGHT NOW? AS A SENIOR AT MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL WITH ONE WEEK BEFORE GRADUATION I BELIEVE YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN -- SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXCUSED.

I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD YOU WANTING TO BE WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND CLASSMATES FOR GRAD NIGHT. INSTEAD YOU CHOSE TO BE HERE TO YOUR COMMITMENT AND VOTE ON A VERY IMPORTANT ITEM THAT WILL AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STUDENTS AND THE FUTURE OF BUSD.

THE FACT THAT YOU ARE SITTING UP THERE SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT YOU, THE KIND OF PERSON YOU ARE AND THE KIND OF LEADER YOU ARE. WHEN THIS COMMUNITY STARTED ADVOCATING FOR A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER IT WAS PART OF AN EFFORT TO HAVE A BOARD WHO TRULY REPRESENTED THE COMMUNITY.

IT WAS HOPED THAT GIVING A VOICE FOR OUR STUDENTS WOULD ALSO SOMEHOW CHANGE THE DYNAMICS AND CULTURE OF THE BOARD WHICH IN TURN WOULD HELP CHANGE THE DIRECTION THIS DISTRICT WAS GOING. PERSONALLY, TO BE HONEST, I THOUGHT A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER WOULD BE A PERSON ALONG THE LINES OF A HIGHER LEVEL ASB PRESIDENT.

I WAS WRONG. WE GOT YOU AND WE ARE SO LUCKY. YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION.

YOU ARE INTELLIGENT, ARTICULATE, THOUGHTFUL AND HARD-WORKING. YOU DIDN'T JUST ADVOCATE FOR STUDENTS. YOU ADVOCATED FOR ALL OF US, PARENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF.

I THINK YOU WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND YOUR DUTIES AS A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER.

MORE THAN TIME AND EFFORT, YOU GAVE YOUR FULL HEART. YOU ARE AMAZING.

IN THIS CRAZY MIXED UP POST PANDEMIC WORLD I SEE A HOPE FOR A FUTURE AND YOU.

THANK YOU, CHRISTOPHER MENDOZA FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR BELLFLOWER SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMUNITY AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR UPCOMING GRADUATION FROM MAYF FAIR HIGH SCHOOL AND GOOD LUCK AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MERCED. I HOPE YOU STAY TRUE TO YOURSELF AS THAT WILL SURELY BRING YOU HAPPINESS BECAUSE UH-HUH BUFF ALL -- BALLS -- BECAUSE ABOVE ALL ELSE I TRULY WISH YOU HAPPINESS.

COULD WE PLEASE HAVE OUR NEXT SPEAKER, ETHAN ORC. >> GOOD EVENING, STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS AND FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

MY NAME IS ETHAN ORC AND THE MAYFAIRASB PRESIDENT AND THE PTSA MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT

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CHRISTOPHER MENDOZA HAS DONE SO MANY THINGS FOR ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS OF THE BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. HE HAS GOTTEN US METRO GO PASSES THAT ALLOWS FOR FREE TRANS -- TRANSPORTATION AND PUSHED AND PUSHED FOR QUALITY MAINTENANCE OF OUR ATHLETIC TURF AND MOST IMPORTANTLY ADVOCATED FOR ALL STUDENT LEADERS OF THE DISTRICT. CHRISTOPHER HAS PAVED THE WAY SO NEW GENERATIONS OF STUDENT LEADERS LIKE MYSELF HAVE A VOICE.

HE INSPIRES ME TO USE MY VOICE TO SPEAK UP FOR THE COMMUNITY WHICH I LIVE, I LEARN AND I LOVE. THANK YOU, CHRISTOPHER, FOR BEING THE CORNER STONE OF ALL STUDENT VOICES. LET US ALL BUILD ON THAT TOGETHER.

FOR WE ARE ALL TEACHERS AND WE ARE ALL STUDENTS. WE JUST HAVE DIFFERENT PLATEAUS

OF LEARNING. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MR. ORC.

IF WE CAN HAVE ROBIN BALOW. >> GOOD EVENING. CHERYL SANDBERG STATED, LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT MAKING OTHERS BETTER AS A RESULT OF YOUR PRESENCE AND MAKING SURE THAT IMPACT LASTS IN YOUR ABSENCE. I BELIEVE CHRIS MENDOZA HAS DONE EXACTLY THAT. HE HAS MADE OUR BOARD BETTER BY HIS KNOWLEDGE, QUESTIONING AND ADVOCACY FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND FAMILIES ALIKE. I AM THANKFUL THAT LAWMAKERS HAVE THE FORE SIGHT TO ENSURE STUDENT VOICES ARE HEARD THROUGH ED CODE 35015.

I AM THANKFUL TO THE BOARD FOR KNOWING THAT OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER IS NOT RESTRICTED BY THE BROWN ACT AND GIVING CHRIS MENDOZA THE FREEDOM TO COMMUNICATE WITH ANYONE WHO THEY FEEL HAS INSIGHT IN HELPING OUR DISTRICT IMPROVE. I AM THANKFUL TO THE BOARD FOR ABIDING BY ED CODE AND ALLOWING OUR STUDENT MEMBER TO BE PRESENT ON THE DIOSCE AND LISTENING TO HIS LEGALLY MANDATED PREFERENTIAL VOTE. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE BOARD CONTINUES TO FOLLOW ED CODE WHICH STAEULGTS -- STATES THAT THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBER CAN QUESTION WITNESSES, DISCUSS ISSUES, RECEIVE ALL OPEN SESSION MATERIALS, PARTICIPATE IN ALL MEETINGS AND MAKE MOTIONS. I CANNOT THANK CHRIS MENDOZA ENOUGH FOR ALL THEY HAVE DONE FOR THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. HE PROVIDED THE DISTRICT WITH VALUABLE INFORMATION ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND PHEP -- HELPED OPEN THE WORLD FOR STUDENTS WITH THE BUS PASS PROGRAM. CHRIS HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF MAKING SURE ALL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO CHROME BOOKS, ESPECIALLY WHEN OUR OWN STUDENT BOARD MEMBER WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO CHROME BOOKS TO BE ISSUED TO HIM. CHRIS MENDOZA HAS SPOKEN UP ABOUT FOOD ISSUES WE HAVE ON ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES AND THEY EVEN ADVOCATED FOR LESS PIZZA, ALL THE WHILE APOLOGIZING TO HIS FELLOW CLASSMATES, BUT WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT IS SERVED NUTRITIOUS AND APPETIZING MEALS AND BEING MINDFUL OF THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF WHAT WE ARE PROVIDING. CHRIS MENDOZA ADVOCATED FOR HIS TEACHERS TO BE PAID AN EQUITABLE WAGE AND SPOKE TO HOW HIS TEACHERS SUPPORTED HIM IN HIS EDUCATION AS WELL AS LIFE JOURNEY. I CANNOT THANK CHRIS ENOUGH FOR ALL HE HAS DONE FOR US.

I KNOW HE LEFT A LASTING IMPACT ON ALL OF US AND A LEGACY FOR FUTURE BOARD MEMBERS TO FOLLOW.

GO INTO THE WORLD, CHRIS, AND MAKE US PROUD. YOU HAVE GIVEN ME SO MUCH HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. HERE IS A SMALL GIFT, I HAVE TO GRAB IT, FROM ALL OF THE TEACHERS AT MAYFAIR. AS WE SEND YOU OUT INTO THE WORLD CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THOSE WITH A LITTLE OR UNHEARD VOICE. THANK YOU, CHRIS.

[APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU, MS. BELLOWS. CAN WE HAVE JENDON EVANS COME TO

THE PODIUM. >> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, BOARD, FOR HAVING ME HERE. I TOO WOULD LIKE TO THANK ONE BOARD MEMBER IN PARTICULAR AND THAT'S OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER, CHRIS MENDOZA. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO START BY TALKING ABOUT THE POSITION ITSELF AND EXPRESSING MY GRATITUDE AND TOTAL SUPPORT FOR THIS POSITION TO CONTINUE AFTER TODAY. I BELIEVE THAT ANY GREAT BOARD IS ALWAYS TRYING TO CREATE A NEXT SUCCESS -- NEXUS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND ITSELF.

THIS POSITION HAS PROVEN TO BE AN INVALUABLE METHOD OF DOING SO.

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SO TO ME, MOVING FORWARD IN ORDER FOR OUR BOARD TO CONTINUE TO LIVE UP TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL , I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO HAVE A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO CONTINUE ON WHAT -- ON WITH THE POSITION. PART 2 IS ABOUT CHRIS.

I DID NOT KNOW YOU WELL AT ALL BEFORE YOU BECAME A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER SO I WASN'T SURE WHAT TO EXPECT. AND FROM DAY ONE I HAVE BEEN SO OVERWHELMINGLY IMPRESSED BY YOU.

WHEN I WATCH YOU UP HERE, IF YOU HAD TOLD ME OR ANYONE THAT YOU WERE A REGULAR ADULT BOARD MEMBER -- OR EVEN THE BOARD PRESIDENT, NO ONE WOULD QUESTION IT.

YOU HAVE BEEN AMAZING FROM DAY ONE. YOU'VE HANDLED YOURSELF AND YOUR DUTIES WITH A MATURITY AND AN EFFICIENCY THAT IS JUST TOP TIER.

I WOULD SAY WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AS A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER, AND WE ARE, BUT THE REALITY IS, WE'RE JUST LUCKY TO HAVE YOU IN THIS DISTRICT IN ANY CAPACITY, STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AND STUDENT WHEREVER YOU GO, AND WHATEVER YOU DO, THEY ARE GOING TO BE SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AS WELL.

AND I JUST WANT TO FINISH BY SAYING THAT I CAME HERE TO THANK YOU AND TO ADVOCATE FOR THE ROLE TO CONTINUE ON, BUT THE REALITY IS WHILE THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AFTER YOU, THERE IS ONLY EVER GOING TO BE ONE CHRIS MENDOZA FOR SURE. THANK YOU FOR LETTING US HAVE YOU FOR A BRIEF TIME. AND FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR BUSD.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU, MR. EVANS.

DR. ROBINSON? >> THANK YOU, BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT AND CABINET.

MR. MENDOZA, MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE? THIS IS ALL ABOUT YOU.

I GOT TO SEE YOU WHEN YOU FIRST CAME IN. I DIDN'T GET THE HONOR OF BEING YOUR KINDERGARTEN TEACHER. I WATCHED YOU ON THE PLAYGROUND AND I NOW GET TO WATCH YOU WALK OUT OF THE DISTRICT AS A PRODUCT OF THE WORK WE DO HERE. I WANT TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY.

AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING AS YOU GO OFF BECAUSE I'M ALL ABOUT THE STUFF.

ANOTHER JAR. YOU ASKED ME FOR 50,000 AND I'M SORRY, BUT YOU DID NOT DO ENOUGH NEGOTIATIONS TO GET ME MORE THAN 15% THIS YEAR SO THERE IS NOT 50,000 IN THIS JAR.

GOOD LUCK WITH WHAT'S THERE. THAT'S ALL I CAN SPARE. IN THIS JAR ARE SOME MEMORY STONES. THEY REPRESENT THE THREE AREAS IN THIS DISTRICT THAT STARTED YOU, THE FIRST IS AISLE C. THERE IS A STONE FROM WHERE YOU BEGAN.

AND THEN MAYFAIR. THERE IS A STONE WHERE YOU WILL GO FROM AND FROM THE BOARD, THE DISTRICT OFFICE BECAUSE THESE ARE THE THREE PILLARS THAT STARTED YOU IN THE DISTRICT.

WE DIDN'T MAKE YOU WHO YOU ARE BY ANY MEANS, BUT WE CERTAINLY CONTRIBUTED TO WHO YOU WILL BECOME. AS YOU MOVE FORWARD I DON'T WANT YOU TO FORGET THE STONES YOU STEPPED ON TO GO FORWARD. AND GATHER MORE AS YOU GO. THIS IS YOUR STORY AND YOUR LEGACY. AS YOU MOVE FORWARD, EVERYONE CAN STAND AND SAY GO DO GREAT THINGS. HAVE YOU DONE GREAT THINGS. THIS IS THE END OF YOUR LEGACY AND IF YOU JUST LIVE A SIMPLE LIFE, YOU HAVE DONE ENOUGH. YOU HAVE DONE MORE IN THIS LIFETIME THAN MOST PEOPLE DO IN A LONG, GROWN UP LIFETIME. YOU WERE A CHILD WHEN YOU CAME AND YOU ARE AN ADULT AS YOU LEAVE. AND WE ARE SUPER PROUD OF YOU.

I DON'T WANT YOU TO FORGET TO RECORD YOUR MEMORIES. YOU CAN EITHER PUT EACH OF THE STONES IN A PICTURE AND THEN ALL OF THE PLACES THAT YOU GO. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO FAIL.

FAIL FORWARD. GO AND DO THINGS YOU DON'T THINK YOU CAN DO.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AND LEARN. I BELIEVE WE WILL SEE YOU IN THE FUTURE DOING SOME REMARKABLE THINGS. EVEN IF YOU DON'T, YOU ARE ENOUGH. YOU ARE ENOUGH. YOU FOUND YOUR VOICE HERE.

YOU FOUND YOURSELF HERE AND YOU HAD THE COURAGE TO STAND UP AND REPRESENT WHO YOU ARE.

THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT PEOPLE FORWARD FOR GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS THAT YOU DON'T EVEN LIVE TO SEE. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE, CHRISTOPHER.

[APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU, DR. ROBINSON. CAN WE PLEASE HAVE GILL FREED --

FRIEDMAN COME TO THE PODIUM 123? >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS GILL FRIEDMAN AND THE

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THAT. THANK YOU. >> [APPLAUSE].

>> THANK YOU, MR. FRIEDMAN. >> DO WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA?

[4. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA]

>> AT THIS TIME WE ARE GOING TO WITHHOLD THE PRESENTATION ON A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AND STUDENT VOICE STRUCTURE AND POLICY AND WE WILL BRING IT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING.

AT SOME POINT CHRISTOPHER AND I WILL BE MING WITH YOU -- WILL BE MEETING WITH YOU ONE ON ONE TO GO THROUGH SOME THINGS AND IRON THROUGH TO BOLSTER THIS POSITION.

SO WE WILL POSTPONE IT TONIGHT, BUT WILL BRING IT TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR SURE.

IN BETWEEN WE WILL HAVE A MEETING WITH YOU GUYS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SEE THE VISION

BEHIND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO. >> THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE

AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> ROLL CALL PLEASE. >> BOARD MEMBER MENDOZA. >> I.

>> MS. ARMSTRONG. >> I. >> DR. ELHESSEN.

>> I. >> MS. STEWART. >> NO.

>> MR. CRIHFIELD. >> I. >> MRS. GARZA.

>> I. >> THANK YOU. >> OUR FLAG SALUTE WILL BE DONE

[5. FLAG SALUTE ]

WELCOME, MR. TURNER. >> THANK YOU. PLEASE STAND TO JOIN ME FOR THE FLAG SALUTE. YOU CAN REMOVE YOUR HATS. PLEASE PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAPPENED OVER YOUR HEART. READY. BEGIN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDERGOD INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

PLEASE BE SEATED. >> THANK YOU, MR. TURNER. WE NOW HAVE RECOGNITION OF

[6. RECOGNITIONS FROM STUDENTS / STAFF / COMMUNITY]

STUDENT, STAFF AND COMMUNITY. >> AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE BOARD TO COME DOWN IN FRONT OF THE DYE -- DIOSCE WHILE WE RECOGNIZE THIS EVENT -- WITH THE RECOGNITIONS.

I'M SORRY. >> THIS EVENING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE OUR VALEDICTORIANS AND SALUTATORIANS AND MID-CITY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS DURING THE SPRING STARTS -- SPORTS SEASON. THANK YOU, BOARD, FOR JOINING US UP FRONT.

WE ARE GOING TO START OFF WITH OUR TOP SCHOLARS FROM BELLFLOWER'S HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2023. REPRESENTING BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL SALUTATORIAN DANIEL PASCAL MALDANADO. DANIEL MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES IN THE FALL OF 2016.

HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ECUADOR. HE HAS BEEN ENROLLED IN BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SINCE 6TH GRADE BEFORE COMING TO BELLFLOWER MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL. DANIEL MANAGED TO BE RECLASSIFIED FROM ELD WITHIN A YEAR OF HIS ARRIVAL TO THE U.S. HE ENROLLED IN RIGOROUS COURSES INCLUDING SEVEN AP AND VARIOUS HONOR CLASSES DURING HIS TIME AT BELLFLOWER HIGH. DANIEL IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP FEDERATION AND LATIN X UNITED CLUB.

AND HE IS A MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY PROGRAM OF EXCELLENCE, LINK CREW, NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY ANDER IS RAM -- CERAMICS. HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN

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VERY NICE JOB. [APPLAUSE]. WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING TWO VALEDICTORIANS RECOGNIZING BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL. COULD CHRISTINA MARIE DIAZ AND MARY JULIE COME FORWARD. CHRISTINA HAS BEEN ENROLLED IN BELL TPHROU YES, SIR -- BELLFLOWER DISTRICT SINCE KINDERGARTEN. CHRIS -- CHRISTINA HAS MADE AN EFFORT TO MAINTAIN ABOVE A 4.0 G PA. SHE HAS TAKEN EIGHT ADVANCEMENT PLACEMENT CLASSES AND A CERRITOS COLLEGE COURSES AND FOUR HONORS COURSES.

SHE IS INVOLVED IN MANY CLUBS PHRU -- INCLUDING APECS, NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY, TROOPS 1414 AND KINDNESS TO ANIMALS AND KEY CLUB. SHE WAS ACCEPTED TO CAL STATE LONG BEACH, FULLERTON SAN DIEGO STATE, CAL POLY POMONA, UC SAN DIEGO, UC IRVINE AND UCLA.

WOW. CHRISTINA HOPES TO ATTEND CAL POLY POMONA IN THE PAL OF 2023 AND DOUBLE MAJOR IN ANIMAL AND PLANT SCIENCE. SHE HOPES TO BECOME A VETERINARIAN AND ONE DAY OPEN HER VERY OWN VET CLINIC. LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE]. AND STANDING NEXT TO HER IS MARY MARY HAS BEEN ENROLLED IN THE BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SINCE HER FIFTH GRADE YEAR PRIOR TO ATTENDING BELLFLOWER MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL. MARY IS THE TEAM CAPTAIN FOR THE GIRLS'S TENNIS TEAM, WON THREE MVP AWARDS AND THREE MEDALS AND FIRST PLACE IN HER LEAGUE WITH A RECORD OF 24-0. HER MOST PRIDE. -- PRIDEFUL ACHIEVEMENT IS WINNING ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AT BELL TPHROU -- BELLFLOWER IN BOTH HER 8TH GRADE AND JUNIOR YEAR. CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. AND MARY HAS BEEN A PART OF THE VOCAL PROGRAM FOR SIX YEARS AS WELL AS THE THEATER PROGRAM BECOMING PRESIDENT AND CO-PRESIDENT AND LANDING HERBZ -- LANDING A ROLE OF YOUNG FIONA AND SHREK AND HAMILTON AND BELL AND BEAUTY AND THE BEAST AND MOST RECENTLY DELORES FROM "SISTER ACT." THE OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDED HAVE ALLOWED HER TO BE THE FIRST STUDENT IN THE BELLFLOWER SCHOOL DISTRICT TO WIN THE PRESTIGIOUS MUSICAL WEST SCHOLARSHIP. MARY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN MANY CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS ON CAMPUS, THE FILIPINO CLUB, KEY CLUB, LINK CREW AND THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM OF EXCELLENCE, CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP FEDERATION, THE SCHOOL SENATE, NATIONAL HONORS SAW SAY TEE -- SOCIETY AND THE DANCE TEAM. MARY JOINED AND EXCELLED IN AP HONORS CLASSES AND ATTENDED SUMMER CLASSES AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.

SHE IS PROUD TO HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED TO UC BERKELEY AND PLANS TO ATTEND THE SCHOOL THIS FOLLOWING YEAR. CONGRATULATIONS, MARY. TPWR-PB APPLAUSE -- [APPLAUSE].

VERY NICE JOB. AMAZING YOU HAVE THE TIME TO DO ANYTHING ELSE ON YOUR PLAY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW HOMEWORK GETS DONE. LET'S GIVE THEM ONE MORE ROUND

OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU, LADIES. >> IF WE CAN HAVE BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL SWIM COACH COME TO THE FRONT. JOINING HER WILL BE OUR SENIOR IRVIN GARCIA. COULD YOU PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT.

WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SENIOR IRVING GARCIA FOR EARNING THE INDIVIDUAL GATEWAY LEAGUE CHAMPION IN THE 100 FREESTYLE AND 100 BACKSTROKE EVENTS. THIS WAS THE FIRST SEASON BACK FOR THE SWIM TEAM PROGRAM AT BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL SINCE THE PANDEMIC AND ERVIN DID A GREAT JOB REPRESENTING THEM. CONGRATULATIONS, ERVIN. [APPLAUSE].

AND THANK YOU COACH FOR ALL YOU DO FOR YOUR STUDENTS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]. COULD WE PLEASE HAVE THE

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[APPLAUSE]. AND JOINING HIM COULD WE PLEASE HAVE JUNIOR SAMIA HOPKINS AND SOPHOMORE ROBERT BOLLER, PLEASE COME FORWARD. WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOPHOMORE ROBERT BOLLER. HE EARNED THE INDIVIDUAL MID-CITY 400 CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE].

AND THANK YOU COACH WILLIAMS FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR STUDENTS. TRULY APPRECIATE THAT.

[APPLAUSE]. >> COULD WE PLEASE HAVE MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS COACH CHRIS TRAN PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT. MR. TRAN WILL BE ACCEPTING AN AWARD ON BEHALF OF SENIOR JACOB ARSE. HE IS UNABLE TO MAKE IT HERE TONIGHT.

HOWEVER, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE HIM AS HE IS THE BOYS' INDIVIDUAL GATEWAY LEAGUE CHAMPION. COACH CHRIS TRAN IS HERE TO TAKE THE AWARD FOR HIM.

JACOB IS MAYFAIR'S FIRST SINGLES PLAYER. HIS RECORD ON THE SEASON WAS 30 WINS AND FOUR LOSSES. HE HAD TO BEAT ANOTHER MAYFAIR PLAYER TO WIN THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP. THAT'S TOO BAD. HE QUALIFIED FOR CIF INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AS WELL. WE ARE HAPPY TO RECOGNIZE JACOB AND THANK YOU, COACH TRAN FOR WHAT YOU DO AND ACCEPTING THE U. [APPLAUSE]. IF WE COULD PLEASE HAVE MAYFAIR SWITCH COACH MATT PRICE COME FORWARD. COULD THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS PLEASE COME FORWARD. JUNIOR EMMA DOUGLAS. [APPLAUSE].

FRESHMAN JOSH PRICE. [APPLAUSE]. AND FRESHMAN ALLIE BARCHI.

[APPLAUSE]. EMMA IS A SUBURBAN VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPION IN BOTH THE 200-METER INDIVIDUAL IMMEDIATELY AND 100 METER FREESTYLE. SHE WENT ON TO CIF PRELIMS AND CIF SOUTHERN SECTION FINALS AND PLACED THIRD IN THE DIVISION FOR 200-METER INDIVIDUAL IMMEDIATELY. MEDLEY. CONGRATULATIONS, EMMA.

JOSH IS THE SUBURBAN VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPION IN BOTH THE 200-METER FREESTYLE AND THE 100-METER BUTTERFLY. HE SET A LEAGUE RECORD FOR THE BUTTERFLY AT 53.63 SECONDS.

HE WENT ON TO CIF PRE -- PRELIMS AND CIF SOUTHERN SECTION CHAMPIONSHIPS WHERE HE TOOK SECOND PLACE IN DIVISION 4 IN THE 100-METER BACKSTROKE. NICE JOB AND CONGRATULATIONS.

[APPLAUSE]. ELLIE IS THE SUBURBAN VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPION IN THE 100-METER BACKSTROKE. SHE QUALIFIED FOR THE CIA PRELIMS AND THE CIF SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION 4 FINALS FINISHING 6TH IN THE 200 FREESTYLE.

CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE]. ONE LAST ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR SWIMMERS. AND TO COACH PRICE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO YOUR STUDENTS. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, STUDENTS.

IF WE COULD PLEASE HAVE MAYFAIR TRACK AND FIELD COACH IRVING GRANT COME FORWARD.

AND CAN THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS COME FORWARD, ADRIAN ROCO MERCADO.

SOPHOMORE JOVAN AND JOSEPH AGUILLAR. WE'LL GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT HERE TONIGHT. [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU, COACH GRANT, FOR ACCEPTING THEIR AWARDING -- AWARDS ON THEIR BEHALF.

WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ADRIAN WHO WAS THE MIDCITY LEAGUE CHAMPION FOR SHOT PUT AND DISCUS. HE QUALIFIED IN SHOT PUT AND DISCUS.

HE WAS MAYFAIR'S PWEFBG DISCUS AND TOOK SECOND PLACE FOR THE LEAGUE ALONG WITH THE LEAGUE'S

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE STUDENTS, AND FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR STUDENTS. WE APPRECIATE YOU. [APPLAUSE].

>> WE STILL HAVE SOME RECOGNITIONS, HOWEVER THAT'S THE END OF OUR STUDENT RECOGNITIONS THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH TONIGHT. IF THERE ARE ANY FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT ARE HERE WITH THEIR AWARDEES, PLEASE STAND UP.

WE WOULD LOVE TO GIVE UH ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR SUPPORTING YOUR STUDENTS AND AWARDEES.

[APPLAUSE]. ALL RIGHT! THANK YOU. IT TRULY TAKES A VILLAGE.

IT TAKES THE STUDENT, TEACHER AND FAMILY TOGETHER TO MAKE SUCCESS HAPPEN.

WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL. TONIGHT IS VERY SPECIAL AS MANY OF YOU HEARD IN THE BEGINNING OF OUR SESSION. WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER, CHRISTOPHER MENDOZA. THIS IS HIS FINAL MEETING WITH US, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO START OFF WITH CALLING MS. KERSTIN ROBINSON UP TO THE FRONT TO REPRESENT BELLFLOWER TEACHER'S ASSOCIATION TO RECOGNIZE CHRISTOPHER. I SEE MS. ARNT JOINING HER SO LINDA PLEASE COME FORWARD AS WELL. AND KAREN MCDANIEL, COME ON

FORWARD. [APPLAUSE]. >> TONIGHT WE COME TO THE END OF A DEFINING CHAPTER IN OUR DISTRICT'S HISTORY. AS WE SUNSET THE INAUGURAL RUN OF OUR BOARD MEMBER CHRISTOPHER MENDOZA, BEFORE YOU GO, WE AS THE TEACHER'S AOUPB STKARB -- DASH UNION WANT TO CELEBRATE YOUR COULDN'T PWAOUGSS FOR UNPARALLELED COMMITMENT TO THE BOARD, THE MEMBERS, CONSTITUENT -- CONSTITUENCY AND YOUR BUSD FAMILY.

WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTED BY OUR STUDENTS AND WHILE WE HAVE BEEN DIS -- DISCOURAGED BY WHAT WE HAVE SEEN INTERNATIONALLY, THE ADD SRAU KAE -- ADD SRAU KEY, CAPACITY AS THE STUDENT BODY. WE SPEAK CANDIDLY WITH CONVICTION AND COMMON SENSE.

LAST YEAR WE WITNESSED THE SAME SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY RISE AS YOU AND YOUR PEERS SUCCESSFULLY RALLIED FOR THE RIGHT TO STUDENT REPRESENTATION ON THE BOARD. AS ONE OF THE LOWEST POINTS OF OUR DISTRICT'S HISTORY WE WITNESSED ONE OF THE MOST PROFOUND DEMONSTRATION.

THE RESULT WAS YOUR BEING ELECTED AS THE FIRST STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD. NO ONE COULD HAVE IMAGINED HOW INFLUENTIAL YOU COULD HAVE BEEN, BUT TURNED INTO A VIABLE PLATFORM FOR STUDENT VOICE. YOU DID THAT, CHRISTOPHER.

YOU STEPPED INTO UNCHARTED TERRITORY AND DEFINED FORWARD THE ROLE YOU HELPED CREATE.

YOU SERVED THROUGH UNPRECEDENTED TIMES IN OUR DISTRICT, THE RELEASE OF FORMER SUPERINTENDENT, A SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION AND THE SEATING OF TWO NEW MEMBERS, MR. CRIHFIELD AND MS. STEWART AND THE FINAL SELECTION OF DR. DEROTI AND THE REDESIGN OF THE CAL -- CALENDAR.

THIS WAS NOT THE BOARD YOU RAN FOR, BUT IT WAS THE ONE YOU STEDFASTLY CONTRIBUTED TO.

YOU SPOKE OPENLY AND FREELY ABOUT YOUR CONCERNS, STUDENT NEEDS AND THOSE THINGS THAT BAFFLED YOU. YOU INNOCENT STATED THE THINGS THAT DID NOT MAKE SENSE.

YOU BROACHED TOPICS FOR STUDENTS ON THE THRESHOLD OF ADULTHOOD. YOU LOOKED AT HOW THE EDUCATION OF THOSE OCCUPYING THE SEATS IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE ONES THEY WILL BEQUEATH THEM TO.

YOU NAMED THE EL TPEPT IN THE ROOM. -- ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.

AND LIKE IN -- LIKE THE EMPEROR, YOU SPOKE UP AND KNEW HE WAS UNCLOTHED.

YOU WERE ALWAYS LEANING INTO YOUR DEFAULT OF APPROACHING THINGS FROM A VANTAGE POINT OF COMMON SENSE. YOU WILL NOW VACATE YOUR SEAT, BUT BE MINDFUL THAT NO ONE ELSE CAN TAKE YOUR PLACE. YOU TOOK YOUR SEAT AT THE TABLE AND FOUND AND USED YOUR VOICE HERE. WHEN YOU DID, YOU EMPOWERED THE REST OF US TO FIND AND USE OURS.

AS YOU SRAEU -- VACATE YOUR SEAT, WHILE SOMEONE ELSE MAY TAKE THE SAOELT, NO ONE ELSE CAN AND WILL TAKE YOUR PLACE. GO FORWARD TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN AND EMBRACE EVERY OPPORTUNITY.

TRY, SUCCEED AND FAIL AND TRY AGAIN. REACH FOR MORE THAN YOU THINK YOU CAN STKPWRAS -P -- GRASP. LIVE WITH SCARS AND NOT REGRETS. OTHERS MAY NOT TELL YOU, BUT WE

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THAT'S THE SECRET TO LIVING INTENTIONALLY AND PURPOSEFULLY WITHOUT REGRET.

GO WHERE THE PATH MAY LEAD AND STAY CURIOUS AND WANDER EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE.

NOT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO, BUT BECAUSE YOU CAN. THIS, THIS TIME, THESE PEOPLE HELP SET THE TRAJECTORY OF YOUR FUTURE, BUT YOU GET TO BE THE ARCHITECT OF YOUR DESTINY TO DECIDE WHERE YOU CAN GO. YOU GET TO CHOOSE WHAT YOU WILL DO AND WHAT YOU WILL BECOME.

REMEMBER US FONDLY FOR HOW YOU HELPED US SHAPE YOU AND REACH BACK WHEN YOU NEED US OR YOU WANT SOMETHING TANGIBLE TO GIVE BACK, BUT NEVER TURN BACK. LIVE LOVED AND FIND KIND AND SPEAK LIFE OVER YOUR AMAZING LIFE. AFTER THREE YEARS OF BATTLING CANCER WITH MY LATE HUSBAND I WAS SPENT AND WONDERED WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.

I WENT TO A PHARMACY TO PICK UP THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF MEDICATION THAT WAS NOT READY.

I MUTTERED I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT. I WAS ASTONISHED WHEN IN THE STREET IT WAS A FABLE. THE ENDING OF ANYTHING IS THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING NEW.

HOLD LIFE IN YOUR HAND WITH A VERY LOOSE GRIP. NOTHING LASTS FOREVER.

TREASURE WHAT YOU HAVE WHEN YOU HAVE IT. BE PRESENT AND GRATEFUL.

WHEN CHAPTERS CLOSE, THANK THEM FOR WHAT THEY GAVE TO YOU AND WHAT THEY TOOK AWAY FROM YOU AND LET THEM GO. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP AND HOW YOU CHOSE TO SHOW UP.

WE VALUE YOU AND WE WILL MISS YOUR FACE AND VOICE IN THIS BOARDROOM.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONTRIBUTION. WE VALUE YOU AND WE WANT YOU TO GO CONFIDENTLY IN THE DIRECTION YOU NOW CHOOSE. STEP BOLDLY FROM THE END OF THIS TO THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING NEW. OUR INVITATION IS THIS, LOVE, LAUGH, LOSE AND LEARN.

THROUGH IT ALL, LIVE LIFE, CHRISTOPHER. LIVE YOUR PURPOSEFUL, VALUABLE, BEAUTIFUL, MEANINGFUL, NECESSARY , WONDERFUL LIFE. [APPLAUSE].

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> OKAY. NOW MAYBE WITH HIM STANDING IN THE MIDDLE. STAND IN THE MIDDLE, CHRIS. THERE YOU GO.

[APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE FINAL RECOGNITION FOR YOU ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE CHRISTOPHER MENDOZA FOR BEING THE FIRST EVER STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. CHRISTOPHER WAS SWORN IN AT THE JULY 14TH BOARD MEETING AND REPRESENTED THE STUDENT VOICE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

ENSURING THAT THE PERSPECTIVES AND THE CONCERNS OF FELLOW STUDENTS WERE HEARD AND VALUED.

CHRISTOPHER'S INVOLVEMENT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL HAS FOSTERED POSITIVE CHANGE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. CHRISTOPHER'S JOURNEY WITH BUSD STARTED ON AISLE D AND WILL CULMINATING AT THE TKPWRAPBLG -- GRADUATION NEXT WEEK. HE WILL ATTEND UC MERCED IN THE FALL. ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BUSD COMMUNITY, WE EXTEND OUR WARMEST CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, CHRISTOPHER. WE ARE IMMENSELY PROUD OF YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO WITNESSING THE FUTURE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT BOARD MEMBER. [APPLAUSE].

AS YOU ARE GETTING YOUR LAST HUGS, JUST A REMINDER OR SOMETHING SPECIAL, YOUR PLAQUE WAS MADE FOR YOU FROM OUR SOMERSET STUDENTS. YOU'RE WELCOME.

YEAH. THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR RECOGNITIONS FOR TONIGHT.

[7. PRESENTATIONS FROM STUDENTS / STAFF / COMMUNITY]

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>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. PRESENTATIONS, DR. DROTI. >> YES.

WE WILL HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING. THE FIRST ONE WILL BE LEAD BY MRS. SALUMA AND SHE WILL GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE PRESENTATION ON FACILITIES AND JUST TO SET THE CONTEXT SO WE FRAME THIS CONVERSATION WELL ENOUGH, THIS IS WHAT WE CALL A STUDY SESSION.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO ASK FOR DIRECTION OR ANYTHING HERE. THIS IS MORE OR JUST ABOUT PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR YOU. IN THE FUTURE WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT SOME DECISIONS WE HAVE TO MAKE. INSTEAD OF COMPACTING THAT IN ONE MEETING AND WE WOULD BE HERE FOREVER WE NEED TO CHECK THIS CONVERSATIONS. WHEN WE SEEK DIRECTION NEXT TIME AROUND WE WILL POSSIBLY ASK FOR ACTIONS TO TAKE PLACE. THIS IS MORE OR LESS AN ESTABLISHMENT OF OUR FACILITIES THAT WILL THEN LEAD US TO SOME POSSIBLE FUTURE DECISIONS WE

HAVE TO MAKE. >> THANK YOU, DR. TKR-RBGS R -- DR. DROTI.

TONIGHT WE ARE PROVIDING YOU A FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE UPDATE AND JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND HERE AS I DO KNOW WE HAVE SOME NEW BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE JOINED US SINCE SOME OF THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED. BACK ON MAY 4TH, ALMOST A YEAR AGO, WE PROVIDED THE BOARD WITH SOME DISTRICT HISTORY IN REGARDS TO OUR FACILITIES. AT THAT TIME WE DISCUSSED THE FACT THAT BELLFLOWER UNIFIED WAS ESTABLISHED BACK IN 1956, AND WHEN I SAY IT WAS ESTABLISHED AS A UNIFIED DISTRICT. HOWEVER, WE HAD SCHOOLS THAT WERE ALREADY BUILT AND BEING USED. FOR EXAMPLE, FRANKY WOODRUFF ACTUALLY ORIGINATED IN 1948 AND -- I'M SORRY, 1943 AND TOMAS JEFFERSON IN 1948. ON OCTOBER 4TH, WE HAD MR. NICHOLSON HERE FROM EHNA WHO PRESENTED A FACILITIES NEEDS ASSESSMENT WITH DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION TO THE DISTRICT REGARDING PRIORITIES THAT THEY EVALUATED TO SEE THED INS WITHIR FACILITIES. AND LAST MEETING WE PROVIDED YOU AN UPDATE WITH THE BOND AND THE PROJECTS WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE THROUGH THE BOND MEASURE.

TONIGHT WE ARE HERE TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE AND SOME INFORMATION REGARDING WHERE WE ARE AND SOME CHALLENGES AND THE NEXT STEPS WE ARE LOOKING TO TAKE FORWARD.

FIRST OF ALL LET'S START WITH PROJECTS AND POTENTIAL PROJECTS. CURRENTLY WE ARE AS YOU WELL KNOW COMPLETING OUR ESTEEM BUILDING EVEN THOUGH WE HAD A DEDICATION CEREMONY THAT WAS WELL ATTENDED AND WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THAT BUILDING TO THE COMMUNITY.

THE ACTUAL NOTICE OF COMPLETION HAS NOT BEEN SIGNED. WE HAVE LAST-MINUTE THINGS WE ARE WORKING ON, BUT WE ARE HAVING OUR STUDENTS IN THE FALL OF 2023.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF OUR FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS, THE PHASED DESIGN OF THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS SO THEY ARE ON THE SAME PANELS AND UPDATING. THERE ARE UPGRADED FILTERS AND THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE FUNDED. IF YOU RECALL ONE OF THE ITEMS FOR A BOARD ITEM APPROVAL IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE COW SHAPE AWARD.

WE WERE RECIPIENTS OF THAT AWARD AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE THROUGH THAT AWARD. AND ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE THREE PROJECTS YOU SEE WITH AN ASTERISK. AND THOSE ARE PROJECT THAT'S WE ARE CURRENTLY WAITING FOR APPROVAL TO POSSIBLY BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF OUR ONE TIME ESSER FUNDING AND THAT IS TO RENOVATE OUR PLAYGROUNDS AT OUR ELEMENTARY SITES CURRENTLY. THEY ALL HAVE WOOD CHIPS AND THERE IS ACCESSIBILITY CONCERNS WITH THEM. AND LOOKING TO BE ABLE TO UPGRADE WITH THOSE ESSER FUNDS THE POSSIBILITY OF GERMS BEING PASSED ALONG.

THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT AND UPDATING THAT FOR COMMUNICATION AND THAT WAS ONE AREA WE WANT TO ENHANCE WHEN THE CLOSURES HAPPEN AND HOPEFULLY NEVER DO HAPPEN AGAIN.

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WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME OF THAT AND THE RELOCATION OF PORTABLE CLASSROOMS. AS OUR STEAM BUILDING WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED WE HAD SOME PORTABLE CLASSROOMS THAT WERE BEING USED AT THAT TIME TO HOUSE OUR STUDENTS WHILE WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION.

WE BOUGHT SIX OF THE PORT PORTABLES KNOWING WE HAD PORTABLES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AND NOW THAT THOSE PORTABLES ROBERT GOING TO BE USED WE ARE RELOCATING THEM TO OTHER SITES THAT HAVE OTHER -- OLDER PORTABLES THAT NEED TO BE DISPOSED OF. THAT'S CURRENTLY SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE HAVE GOING ON. THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND AND THE STEAM BUILDING AND THE COST FOR THAT BUILDING AS WELL AS OUR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND OUR BOND STARTED WITH THE STEAM BUILDING AND ES -- AND ESSER FUNDS.

AND NEXT ARE PROJECTS WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST OF CURRENTLY BEING PROJECTS ON HOLD. THESE WERE POTENTIAL PROJECTS ON OUR BOND.

AS SHARED IN THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAVE COME TO THE DEPLETION OF FUNDS AND THEY ARE ON HOLD AND READY TO GO OUT TO BID. BUT IT WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY 25 MILLION TO COMPLETE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. BEFORE WE GET INTO MORE INFORMATION ON WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE HAVE BEEN I WANT TO GIVE SOME BACKGROUND IN CONNECTION WITH THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS FOR A FRAME OF REFERENCE.

BASED ON TWO SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND THIS IS CSBA SCHOOL FACILITY REPORT THAT EMBEDDED IMPROVING SCHOOLS IN CALIFORNIA. AGAIN, THIS IS CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE. 38% OF STUDENTS ATTEND SCHOOLS THAT DO NOT MEET THE MINIMUM TPAU -- FACILITY STANDARDS 25% OF STUDENTS OFFEND -- ATTEND SCHOOLS WITH DAMAGED WALLS.

15% ATTEND SCHOOLS THAT HAVE AT LEAST ONE EXTREME DEFICIENCY AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EXTREME DEFICIENCY, THE WATER LEAKS, POWER FAILURE AND EMERGENCY INFORMATION NOT BEING ACCESSIBLE. AND 70% OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE OVER 25 YEARS OLD.

BELLFLOWER FALLS IN A CATEGORY, BUT IT IS 70% OF OUR SCHOOLS FALL IN THAT.

AND THE FACILITY INSPECTION TOOL LOOKS AT THE AREA SCHOOL SITE. IT IS KNOWN AS THE FIT REPORT.

THOSE ARE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE THROUGH OUR ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT CARD.

THE FIT REPORT IS A VISUAL INSPECTION. IT LOOKS AT THE STANDARDS OF BEING CLEAN, SAFE AND FUNCTIONAL. DISTRICTS HAVE SCHOOL BUILDINGS AT VARIOUS STAGES AS SHARED PREVIOUSLY. AND THEN FINALLY BECAUSE OF THE STATE FINANCE, THE WAY THEY FAN THE SHARE OF SCHOOL FACILITY, FUNDING OF STATEWIDE BONDS AND AS SOME OF YOU KNOW IN 2020 THERE WAS A PUSH FOR A STATEWIDE BOND FOR FACILITY THAT'S DID NOT GO THROUGH. THE UNPREDICTABLE NATURE OF SCHOOL FUNDING HAS LEAD TO DRAMATIC UPS AND DOWNS IN REGARDS TO WHAT THE STATE IS ACTUALLY ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR FACILITYIES -- FACILITIES HAVING THAT FRAME OF REFERENCE AND LOOKING AT WHERE WE ARE FOR BELLFLOWER, SO LOOKING AT OUR CONDITIONS OF BELLFLOWER SCHOOL FACILITYIES FIVE HAVE EPL DARK DARK EXEMPLARY GRADE. WE WILL BE UP FOR OUR NEXT ONE -- WE ARE NOT IN JUNE YET.

NEXT WEEK. AND THEN WE HAVE 14 SCHOOLS THAT HAVE A GOOD GRADE.

REMEMBER AGAIN THAT THIS IS JUST A VISUAL INSPECTION FOR GOOD REPAIR OF BEING SAFE -- CLEAN AND SAFE. AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS IS DUE TO THE HARD WORK THAT OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM AS WELL AS OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT DO.

WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE SOME OLD BUILDINGS. WE HAVE SOME RESTROOMS THAT DON'T HAVE THE MODERNIZATION LOOM AND FLOORS ARE HARD TO GET TO THAT LEVEL OF NEEDS TO, BUT BASED ON THIS THAT IS WHY THE REPORT CARDS LOOK AT THE EXEMPLARY GRADE.

>> I LOOKED THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND I TOLD HER I'M GOING TO PIPE IN HERE ON SOME OF THESE BECAUSE I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU AND THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THAT FROM MY

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THE FIT -- PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE FIT RESULTS. THE FIT RESULTS, THEY GRADE YOU ON WHAT YOU ARE AT. IF I HAVE RESTROOMS THAT HAVE PEALING PORCELAIN THAT QUALIFIES AS GOOD AND IF IT IS NOT DANGEROUS AND CAN BE USED THEY WILL SAY IT IS GOOD.

YOU KNOW VERY WELL WHEN STUDENTS GO IN THERE AND SEE THAT, WE DON'T CARE HOW MUCH YOU SCRUB IT, IT WILL STILL LOOK NASTY AND NOT CONSIDERED GOOD. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT ALTHOUGH WE HAVE FIT RESULT THAT'S ARE GOOD BECAUSE OF A CUSTODIAN DOING HARD WORK, THERE IS NOT MUCH THEY CAN DO WITH PEALING PORCELAIN AND PEALING WALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AS A COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS ON HOW TO TREAT OUR

BUILDINGS IN FUTURE CONVERSATIONS. >> YES.

THANK YOU. AND THEN BUILDINGS AS WE SHARED BEFORE, BUILDINGS WITH AN AGE OF OVER 40 YEARS, FRANKY WOODRUFF BEING A SCHOOL SINCE 1943. AND NOW SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IS THE WAY THE AGE OF A SCHOOL BUILDING IS ESTABLISHED IS THAT ONCE IT HITS A MODERNIZATION, IT GETS A NEW BIRTHDAY, BASICALLY. IT IS LIKE KNEE SURGERY.

NOW OFFICIALLY YOU HAVE A NEW ONE AND YOU START ALL OVER. HOWEVER, WITH MODERNIZATION, YOU ARE TO THE REPLACING EVERYTHING. YOU ARE UPDATING IT TO THAT AND EVEN THOUGH IT GETS A NEW LIFESPAN, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT AS DR. DROTI IS SAYING ALL OF THE BONES DON'T NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. WE ALSO HAVE BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF OUR BUILDINGS WE HAVE REGULATED BUILDING MATERIALS THAT POSE NO HEALTH RISK WHEN LEFT ALONE AND IN TACT.

HOWEVER, DURING MAINTENANCE RENOVATION, IT MUST BE P-G -- MANAGED.

AN EXAMPLE IS ASBESTOS. WE ARE AWARE THAT BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF OUR BUILDINGS, THAT COULD HAPPEN. THAT THEN DETERMINES WHETHER WE ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING BECAUSE THAT MAY INCREASE THE COST. AN EXAMPLE IS CHANGING THE TILE IN SOME OF OUR BUILDINGS. ONCE YOU CUT, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING UNDER THAT. YOU REMEMBER FROM MR. NICHOLSON'S PRESENTATION, THOSE ON THE BOARD, THAT ALSO GOES WITH CODE REQUIREMENTS. ALL OF OUR FACILITIES CURRENTLY ARE UNDER COMPLIANCE BASED ON THE TIME WHEN THEY HAD A MODERNIZATION AND UPDATE.

IF WE WERE TO DO SOMETHING NOW, WE WOULD NOW HAVE NEW REQUIREMENTS.

LATER ON YOU WILL SEE THAT SOME OF OUR BUILDINGS DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE ADA ACCESS PWEULTD TKAUB -- ACCESSIBILITY. AT THE TIME WHEN THE BUILDING WAS CHANGED THE CODES WERE NOT IN PLACE. AND NOW IF WE MAKE A CHANGE WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE NEW CODE REGULATIONS. AND THEN FINALLY FACILITY THAT'S BEAR THE QUESTION AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE MORE AS TO WHETHER WE REPAIR, RENOVATE OR REPLACE.

SOMETIMES THERE COMES A POINT AND MAYBE WE HAVE ALL EXPERIENCED THE HOUSES WHERE PEOPLE START FROM SCRATCH AND START WITH A NEW BLANK SLATE. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COME TO MIND. AS I SHARED EARLIER, WE HAD THE PRESENTATION IN OCTOBER WHERE WE HAD OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS COME AND PROVIDE US WITH FACILITY NEEDS AND MORE INFORMATION.

WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THE FACILITY IT WAS UNDER FOUR CRITERIA. PRIORITY NUMBER ONE, LOOKING AT THE MISSION -- KNOWN AS THE MISSION OF CRITICAL CONCERNS. AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY IDENTIFIED SOMETHING AS A PRIORITY 1, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH MODERNIZING AND RENOVATING WE ARE NOT OUT OF COMPLIANCE.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE IDENTIFIED. WE WOULD RECOMMEND LOOKING AT THESE THINGS FIRST. THEY ARE REQUIRING TPHAOEFR-TERS EVE -- NEAR-TERM CORRECTION.

ROOF AND WINDOW REPLACEMENTS AND CLASSROOM STRUCK STAOUR -- STRUCTURES LIKE THE SCIENCE LABS. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A NEW STEAM BUILDING THAT IS ADDRESSING THAT AT ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS. WE HAVE IT AT OTHER SCHOOLS WHERE WE MAY NOT HAVE THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES. THAT WOULD FALL UNDER AN AREA THERE. AND SHORT-TERM CONDITIONS AND THESE THINGS CAN ELEVATE TO ANOTHER LEVEL OF PRIORITY WOULD BE PLUMBING DEFICIENCIES AND THEN FINALLY LONG-TERM REQUIREMENTS KHR -- WHICH MEANS IT COULD INCLUDE CABINETS, FINISHES, PAVING AND EDUCATIONAL ACCOMMODATIONS AS WELL. THESE WERE THE DIFFERENT CRITERIA THEY LOOKED AT WHEN

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HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES IN THE REPORT WHERE THEY BROKE IT DOWN FOR US.

UNDER PRIORITY NUMBER ONE, ADA ACCESSIBILITY AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED BEFORE.

SOME OF OUR CAFETERIAS NOT HAVING WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY. LOCKER ROOM MODERNIZATION AND HVAC IN THE KITCHEN AND WINDOW REPLACEMENT. UNDER PRIORITY 2, LOOKING AT THE CONCRETE AND ASPHALT REPLACE -- REPLACEMENT AND RESTROOM MODERNIZATION AND ADA ACCESS AS WELL. DEPENDING WHERE THE LOCATION WAS IT IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHICH IS USED MORE AND WHICH HAS A MY -- HIGHER PRIORITY. LOOKING ALT CAMPUS WIDE DRAINAGE ISSUE AND WE ARE AT THE UNFUNDED BOND PROJECTS. YOU WILL SEE A HIGH AMOUNT THERE FOR IDENTIFIED FOR MAYFAIR AND THAT'S DUE TO PRIORITY 3. AND THEN LONG-TERM REQUIREMENTS.

THEY ARE MORE PORTABLE CLASSROOMS AND WE ADDRESSED THAT WHERE WE ARE RELOCATING THE PORTABLES AND THE PAM WALL -- PANEL WALLS NEEDING UPDATING AND EXTERIOR FINISHES.

HERE, THIS WAS AGAIN SOMETHING THAT MR. NICHOLSON REVIEWED WITH YOU IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT IDENTIFIED. WHAT YOU SEE IS THE IDENTIFIED FACILITY NEEDS BY PRIORITY FOR EACH OF THE SITES. WHAT I HAVE DONE IS HIGHLIGHTED THE AMOUNT AND WE CAN SEE THAT BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL FALLS UNDER PRIORITY ONE AS THE ONE WITH THE MOST COST ASSOCIATED.

WHAT WAS IDENTIFIED IS THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WITH ADA ACCESS.

EVEN THOUGH THERE IS ACCESS, IT IS NOT AN ACCESS CLOSE ENOUGH, BUT YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL AROUND WITH THAT. AND THEN UNDER PRIORITY 2 THAT IS KRAEUBG WILLIAMS AND -- CRAIG WILLIAMS AND THEY IDENTIFIED A LOT OF MODERNIZATION ESPECIALLY IN THE KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOMS. PRIORITY 3 I BRIEFLY TALKED ABOUT THAT. WE SEE A HIGH NUMBER THERE FOR MAYFAIR. A LITTLE OVER 14 MILLION. THEY GAVE AN ESTIMATE OF 12,000,025. THE LATEST ESTIMATE IS 15 MILLION 250,000.

UNDER PRY -- PRIORITY NUMBER 4 IT IS TOMAS JEFFERSON AND IT IS CLASSROOM FINISHES AS WELL AS FIELD RECEDING AND CAMPUS PAINTING GIVING AS YOU GRAND TOTAL OF $1 TWOE -- $132, 357, 717.78. OKAY. SO WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THOSE PRIORITIES, THE COST AND HERE JUST SHARING SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT -- POTENTIAL FUNDING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE IDENTIFIED NEEDS. THERE IS A REQUIREMENT TO BUDGET 3% ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO THAT. ONCE THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2013, FOR A TIME DURING THE RECESSION IT WAS NOT REQUIRED. BUT IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT DISTRICTS CONTINUE TO KEEP THOSE COSTS. WE DID AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SOME IN THE ENDING FUND BALANCE. THIS YEAR WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER A MILLION LEFT IN THE YEARS ENDING IN JUNE AND WE HAVE PROJECTS GOING ON. WE WILL MAKE SURE ALL OF THAT IS EXPENDED AND ADDRESSING SOME OF THE NEEDS. FOR NEXT YEAR AND WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING OUR BUDGET WHICH IN THE NEXT MEETING WE ARE LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED BUDGET. BASED ON THE ESTIMATED NUMBERS WE HAVE, WE ARE ARE LOOKING AT A LITTLE OVER 7 MILLION FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. THE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE HAS TO DO WITH PAEUFPTING AND ONCE -- WITH PAINTING. YOU HAVE TO GET ON A SCHEDULE AND CONTINUE TO DO THEM. WE HAVE THE TWO CAL STATE AWARDING AND IT IS 3.5 MILLION.

REMEMBER, THOSE AWARDS ARE SPECIFIC ON WHAT WE CAN USE THEM FOR, HVAC UNITS AND THE OTHER AWARD FOR YOUR -- URINAL AND FAUCET REPLACEMENTS. AND THEN FOR THIS CURRENT BUDGET WE HAVE, WE COMMITTED AN ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR DELAYED FACILITY REPAIRS A LITTLE LESS

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IT IS A REQUIREMENT WE COMMIT THE ENDING FUND BALANCE AND SO WILL BE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS.

IN WHAT WOULD BE IDENTIFIED FUNDING OF WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A LITTLE LESS THAN 37 MILLION. HOWEVER WE ARE LOOKING AT 132 MILLION WORTH OF COST.

SO A SHORT FALL OF A LITTLE CLOSE TO 96 MILLION RIGHT NOW IN BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE FUNDING.

A LOT OF THIS IS WE DON'T RECEIVE THE FUNDING FROM THE STATE IN OUR OUPB BUDGET WE RECEIVE -- OUR OWN BUDGET IF WE WANT TO INCREASE THE MAINTENANCE, SAY IT IS 6%, THEN SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE. WE ARE TAKING FROM OTHER -- FROM OTHER AREAS.

THOSE ARE THINGS WE ALWAYS HAVE TO LOOK AT AND CONSIDER. WHAT STEPS HAVE WE TAKEN SO FAR -- THUS FAR TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE IDENTIFYING NEEDS? AND MR. BUFFING TON AND MR. TURN ER HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH ME ALONG AS WE HAVE BEEN DOING SOME OF THIS.

WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS CONDUCTED SITE VISITS AND MET WITH PRINCIPALS TO PROVIDE SOME OF THIS INFORMATION AND ADDRESSED THE AREAS FOR WORK ORDERS TO ADDRESS THINGS THAT WE CURRENTLY, AS SHARED EARLIER WITH THE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE BUDGET THAT OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT HAS TO ADDRESS THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS. WE IDENTIFIED -- WE'VE IDENTIFIED ITEM THAT'S WE ARE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR GRANTS AND RAOUR ROUTINE -- AND OUR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND WE ARE WORKING ON SKED -- GETTING IT ON A SCHEDULE.

AND WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING ESTIMATES FOR ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.

ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WAS IDENTIFIED WAS THE SCIENCE LAB AT BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL AND BEING ABLE TO PRESENT WHERE THE -- WHETHER THE SREPB GNAW VAGUES IS SOMETHING -- RENOVATION IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AND THOSE ARE THE OPTIONS WE WANT TO LOOK AT. WE PROVIDED INFORMATION TO THE ARCHITECT FIRM TO GIVE US A PROPOSAL AND LOOK AS TO WHETHER BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE REPAIR, RENOVATION -- RENOVATE OR REPLACE. THERE IS A PLAN OF ACTION FOR THINGS OUTSIDE THE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE STEPS. WHICH LEADS US BASED ON THIS INFORMATION IS DO WE REPAIR, RENOVATE OR REPLACE? WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATIONAL FACILITY PROJECTS THEY TYPICALLY FALL INTO TWO CATEGORIES. YOU WILL DO COMPLETELY NEW CONSTRUCTION OR -- AND YOU START WITH A BLANK SLATE. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF THAT? YOU ARE IMPLEMENTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES AND THE MATERIALS GO FOR A LONGER LIFESPAN, BUT THEY ARE MUCH MORE COSTLY. OR YOU LOOK AT MODERNIZATION OF PROJECTS.

IT DOES EXPAND THE LIFESPAN, HOWEVER, YOU CAN RUN INTO CHALLENGES THAT EVEN THOUGH IT MAY BE A SHORTER TIME PROJECT YOU MAY RUN INTO DISCOVERING THINGS THAT MAY UP THE COST AND THEN DEPENDING ON HOW YOU BETTER UTILIZE IT IS IT BETTER TO START FROM SCRATCH? THE QUESTIONS WE ASK OURSELVES IS HAS THE FACILITY WILL BE -- BEEN PROPERLY MAIN TAUPBED? MAINTAINED? WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD BONES IN OUR FACILITYIES.

I WILL SHARE PROJECTS WHERE WE ENGAGED AND RENOVATED AND ASKING OURSELVES ARE THERE HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES SUCH AS ACCESSIBILITY CONCERN, STRUCTURAL IMPLICATIONS.

FOR EXAMPLE AT RAMONA WHEN WE REDID THE CAFETERIA THERE, ARE THAT WAS A RENOVATION AND IT DID NOT HAVE A WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY, BUT WE ADDED THAT.

THAT'S AN EXAMPLE WHEN THAT DECISION WAS MADE. AND CAN EXISTING FACILITIES BE ALTERED TO ACCOMMODATE THE CHANGING EDUCATIONAL APPROACHES? THAT'S A BIG QUESTION.

SO HERE ARE THREE EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS WE ENGAGED IN WHEN WE LOOKED AT RENOVATION VERSUS STARTING WITH NEW CONSTRUCTION. TWO ARE AT BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL, CULINARY ARTS.

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THESE ARE SOME OF THE RENOVATION PROJECTS AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT WITH THE CTEG FUNDING.

SO NEXT IS CHALLENGES AND THINGS TO CONSIDER FOR THE STRATEGIC PLANNING.

WHEN WE ARE MAKING THE DECISIONS AND WORKING WITH ARCHITECTS SOME OF THE THINGS ARE WHAT ARE THE CONSTRUCTION CONNECTED TO THE FACILITIES? DECLINING ENROLLMENT.

WE SAW THAT WE CONTINUE TO DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT. AND IF SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL, MR. NICHOLSON PROVIDED US A USAGE INFORMATION OF OUR SCHOOL SITE.

ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS WERE BEING UNDER UTILIZED WITH THE EX-- EXCEPTION OF MAYFAIRR.

AND REASON IT WASN'T IS WE HAD THE CONSTRUCTION TAKING PLACE AT THAT TIME.

WE HAD ONE SCHOOL THAT WAS ONLY USED 36% THE CAPACITY OF THE SCHOOL FOR ACTUAL INSTRUCTION.

THAT IS DUE TO THE DECLINING ENROLLMENT. OUR ANNUAL ROUTINE DOES NOT EVEN MAKE A DENT ON THE IDENTIFIED NEEDS. FUNDING RESTRICTIONS.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE STRUGGLE WITH. WE HAVE THE PRINCIPALS WANTING TO DO THINGS BECAUSE WE RECEIVE CATEGORICAL FUNDING AS WELL AS SUPPLEMENTAL AND CONCENTRATION.

THESE ARE TO THE -- THESE ARE IF THE FUNDS WE CAN USE FOR THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS.

IF EVER AUDITED WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE MONEY BACK. ANNUAL FUNDING DOES NOT SUPPORT THE MODERNIZATION. INFLATION COSTS AND CHANGES IN THE COMPLIANCE REGULATIONS, WE SAW THAT WITH THE STEAM BUILDING AND THE CHANGE ORDERS AND CURRENT ONE-TIME FUNDING WHICH SUPPORTED SOME OF OUR FACILITIES. WE ARE LOOKING TO REPLACE OUR PLAYGROUND HAD WITH POSSIBLE ONE-TIME FUNDING. MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS GOT OUTDOOR SHELTERS WITH SOME OF THE FUNDING. THAT IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE AVAILABLE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE TO CONSIDER WHEN WE DO THE STRATEGIC PLANNING. FINALLY SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS WE ARE ENGAGING IN AND LOOKING AT FOR BRINGING SOME APPROVAL PROCESSES TO THE BOARD IS MEET WITH POTENTIAL ARCHITECTS FOR FUTURE FACILITY VISIONS FOR THE DISTRICT AND TO PROVIDE US SOME SERVICES IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS BASED ON THE FACILITY'S ASSESSMENT AND DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY WE RECEIVED.

WE WANT TO LOOK AT FURTHER DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS THAT INCLUDES THE BOUNDARIES AND A FACILITY INVENTORY AS WELL AS OLDER BUILDINGS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED.

WHICH AGAIN, WE ARE ALREADY DOING SOME OF THAT AND REPLACING THE PORTABLES THAT NO LONGER HAVE A LIFESPAN. DOES THE DISTRICT NEED TO CONSIDER A CLOSURE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT OR REPURPOSING? AND THEN ORGANIZING THOSE INTO EXISTING FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN IDENTIFY BOND FOCUS SIGNATURE PROJECTS. OVERALL DEVELOPING A FACILITY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN INCLUDING EXECUTION OF PROJECTS AND POTENTIAL REVENUE SOURCES BECAUSE AS WE SAW TODAY, THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING. >> I WANTED TO JUMP IN HERE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GLOSS OVER SOME OF THESE NEXT STEPS. THESE ARE NOT EASY DECISIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AS WE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AND IN THE DISTRICT WE CAN'T GLOSS OVER SOME IMPORTANT ISSUES. I THINK OUR DECLINING ENROLLMENT IS AN ISSUE.

IF WE ARE GOING TO BE EFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE BUILDINGS, WE NEED TO LOOK AT IF THEY ARE

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I WANTED TO REITERATE THAT BECAUSE IT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE HERE.

>> QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? >> ALL RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS, BUT THE NEW BUILDING -- THERE IS NOT AN ADA DOOR OPENER AT THE FRONT.

>> THAT WAS NOT A REQUIREMENT WHEN THE BUILDING WENT TO DSA FOR APPROVAL.

>> ANY NEW ARCHITECTURE UNDER THE ADA OVER $1 MILLION NEEDS TO HAVE ACCESS AND THAT IS TO THE

ENTRANCE. >> NOT AUTOMATIC DOORS. THE DOORS HAVE TO HAVE A 5PSI OR 5 POUNDS. AUTOMATIC DOOR WAS NOT REQUIRED AT THE TIME IT WENT TO DSA, BUT

IT MEETS ADA COMPLIANCE BECAUSE THE DOOR IS LESS THAN 5 POUNDS. >> OKAY.

I WILL HAVE TO GO AND TEST IT. >> AND BY THE WAY, OUR DSA INSPECTOR HAS INSPECTED EVERY

DOOR AND FAILED DOORS THAT EXCEEDED THE REQUIREMENTS. >> YOU HAVE AN ADA CONSULTANT.

>> WHAT FACILITY WAGS UNDER USE? >> I REMEMBER THAT VISUALLY FROM THE PRESENTATION SO I WILL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. I THINK IT WAS FOSTER. LET'S GET BACK TO YOU.

>> I WAS CURIOUS IN YARDS TO LOOKING AT THAT. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR

QUESTIONS? >> YES, MADAM PRESIDENT. IN ONE OF THE SLIDES WE MENTIONED THERE WAS 14 FACILITIES IN GOOD CONDITION AND FIVE IN EXEMPLARY.

HOW MANY -- WE HAVE 19 FACILITIES? >> THEY LOOK AT OUR DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. SO THEY DON'T JUST LOOK AT THE SCHOOL SITES, BUT AS A WHOLE AND

THEY IDENTIFIED THEM AS 19 TOTAL. >> WITH DECLINING ENROLLMENT WHY

DO WE HAVE SO MANY PORTABLE CLASSROOMS? >> WELL, WHEN WE HAD AN INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT, THAT'S WHEN WE ADOPTED OR GATHERED PORTABLE CLASSROOMS. WE HAVE SINCE THEN REMOVED SOME. HOWEVER, WE OWN THE PORTABLE CLASSROOMS SO IT WOULD BE HARDER TO GET RID OF THOSE. MR. BUFFING TON, DO YOU WANT TO ADD MORE SINCE YOU WERE A PART

OF THAT WHEN IT HAPPENED? >> I WAS AROUND WHEN WE HAD DECLINING ENROLLMENT PREVIOUSLY.

THEY SOLD OFF FACILITIES IN THE BABY BOOM AND OUR FACILITY WAS IMPACTED AND WE HAD ALOT OF RELOCATABLE CLASSROOMS ON OUR SITE. THAT IS WHEN WE STARTED HAVING RELOCATABLES BACK ON OUR FACILITIES. WE DEEMED SIX THAT ARE IN POOR CONDITION THAT WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON THOSE BUILDINGS.

WE HAD 17 CLASSROOMS AND WA*E -- WE PURCHASED SIX. THE OTHER 11 WERE RENTED OR LEASED. WE IDENTIFIED QUITE SOME TIME AGO SOME BUILDINGS WE FELT

NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. >> IS THERE AN ADVANTAGE TO HAVING CLASSES IN THE PORTABLES? WOULD THERE BE ROOM IN THE OTHER CLASSROOMS OR DO WE STILL NEED THEM?

>> WE STILL NEED THEM AT CERTAIN SITES. MAYBE YOU CAN SAY ONE OF THE SITES IS 36% AND MAYBE THOSE OTHER CLASSROOMS COULD BELOW INDICATABLES, BUT WHAT DO WE DO

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TAKE THEM FOR FREE BUT NOT REIMBURSE THEM. >> SO WE CAN'T KEEP THEM OPERATIONAL SO WE DON'T LOSE THEM? OR HAVE TO GET RID OF THEM?

>> WE DON'T HAVE TO GET RID OF THEM. WE OWN THEM.

THERE IS NO COST TO KEEP THEM OTHER THAN GENERAL MAINTENANCE. >> ARE THERE SITES WHERE THERE

IS A FREE CLASSROOM FOR THEM TO BE IN? >> SO YOU ARE SAYING IF THEY ARE USING A PORTABLE BIDDING -- BUILDING, BUT NOT USING A CLASSROOM IN ONE OF THE

PERMANENT CLASSROOMS? >> THAT'S THE DECISION OF THE SITE.

THEY MAY WANT TO KEEP THE GRADES IN CERTAIN AREAS. >> I THINK YOUR POINT WAS IF WE HAVE PORTABLES AND WE ARE NOT AT CAPACITY WITH SOME OF THE BUILDINGS THEN WHAT IS THE DEAL?

>> AND IF YOU SAW IN THE PRESENTATION THOSE WERE SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE ENGAGE WITH ARCHITECTS IN LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHANGES AND HOW CAN

THAT SPACE BE UTILIZED IN A BETTER FASHION. >> THANK YOU.

>> IT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD. >> I HAD A COMMENT.

>> IT WAS ON THE WREN -- RENOVATION OF THE SCIENCE LAB. IT IS IN THE OLD LOCKER ROOM WHEN I WENT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND IT IS A LONG HALLWAY. FOR TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO TEACH IN THAT LAB, STUDENTS CAN'T SEE THE SCREEN. SO I WOULD SUGGEST WE THINK

ABOUT REPLACING THAT. THANK YOU. >> ONE QUESTION I HAVE IN REGARDS TO FACILITIES, THAT I THINK HAS BEEN A MYSTERY FOR MAYFAIR STUDENTS DURING MY TIME IS ABOUT THE FIRE ALARM THAT FREQUENTLY GOES OFF. ACTUALLY I SPOKE TO YOU AT THE START OF THE YEAR ABOUT HOW IT WOULD BE OPERATIONAL AND HOW THE SYSTEM WOULD BE REPLACED WITH SOMETHING THAT WAS LESS PRONE TO RANDOM GOING OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THIRD PERIOD.

IS THAT STILL THE CASE AND ARE WE LOOKING TO RENOVATE THAT SYSTEM?

>> THE NEW STEAM BUILDING HAS THE LATEST FIRE ALARM SYSTEM. THE KITCHEN AND THE CAFETERIA BECAUSE WE HAD THE FIRE ON THE STAGE SOME YEARS BACK, IT IS A NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM.

IT IS A NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM THAT MEETS CURRENT CODE WHICH IS EVACUATION.

THE ISSUE IS WE HAVE -- THE PULL STATION LIKE IN THE BOY'S LOCKER ROOM THAT WE HAVE THEM ACTIVATING THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM WE RARELY HAVE A FAILURE OF A DEVICE.

THE KIDS ARE MESSING WITH THE DEVICES. I HAVE SEEN THE DISPLAY, CHRIS.

I HAVE SEEN THE DISPLAY. IT SAYS BOYS LOCKER ROOM. WEST PULL STATION.

>> SOMETIMES IT IS LIKE OVER AND OVER. IT STOPS AND THEN IT GOES AGAIN.

>> THAT'S RIGHT. IT HAPPENS IN THE GYMNASIUM AND IT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE GIRLS'S LOCKER ROOM. ALL OF THESE PULL STATIONS, THE CURRENT SYSTEM DOES NOT HAVE ALL OF THE PULL STATIONS BECAUSE IT IS FULLY AUTOMATED. SO WE HAVE LESS ISSUES.

WHEN WE PUT IN THE TWO-STORY CLASSROOM THERE WERE PULL STATIONS UPSTAIRS AND DOWNSTAIRS AND WE CONTINUALLY HAD THE FAILURE OF DEVICES BECAUSE KIDS WERE PULLING THEM.

WE WENT BACK AND GOT AUTHORIZATION THAT HAVE THEM REMOVED BECAUSE IT WAS JUST

HAPPENING ALL THE TIME. >> I UNDERSTAND. DURING THIS PRESENTATION THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT COULD BE DONE.

THERE WAS THE CONVERSATION OF PORTABLES AND IN OCTOBER WE SAID A PORTABLE HAS A LIFETIME OF 10 YEARS AND THEN AFTER THAT IT STARTS GETTING EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN.

MAYBE THAT WAS SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. MAYBE I GOT THAT WRONG.

THE POINT IS I WAS THINKING ABOUT LONG-TERM PROJECTS. WE HAVE THIS HUMONGOUS PRICE TAG OF 132 MILLION SO I DON'T THINK NOW IS THE TIME TO SAY WE SHOULD DO THIS AND ADD ON THIS PROJECT.

HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE WE CAN OUGHT MATE THE SYSTEM SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.

AS WE DO PROJECTS IT REQUIRES US TO EITHER DO ADDITIONAL ADA COMPLY YEN SEE -- COMPLIANCY,

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WHOLE CAMPUS WITH A VOICE ACTIVATION SYSTEM. >> SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A

THIRD PARTY THAT SAYS IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE. >> NO.

I AM WORKING ON MULTIPLE SCHOOL SITES OF UPGRADING THE COMPLETE FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS AND SECURITY SYSTEMS. WE ARE WORKING ON IT AND WE WILL HAVE TO WORE -- WORRY ABOUT IT

WHEN WE FINALIZE THE PLANS. >> I KNOW IT SAYS LOCKER ROOM PRY YOUR TAU -- PRIORITIZATION.

IS THAT BELLFLOWER, MAYFAIR OR BOTH? >> BOTH SCHOOLS.

THE CONCERN WAS NO AIR CONDITIONING. THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH SUPERVISION. THEY WOULD LIKE SHORTER LOCKERS AND THEY DON'T NEED AS MANY WITH THE STUDENT POPULATION AND THE OVERALL SUPERVISION WOULD HELP OUT IF THEY WERE AROUND THE

EXTERIOR. >> ARE THE LOCKER ROOMS, THE ACTUAL LOCKERS, ARE THEY ABLE TO

FIT THEIR BACKPACKS IN THERE WHEN THEY GO TO PE? >> I COULDN'T TELL YOU.

>> SO STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THOSE LOCKERS TO PUT THEIR BACKPACKS AWAY FOR PE?

>> THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. >> AND THERE IS A CAGE ON THE SIDE AND ROWS OF LOCKERS.

THERE IS ONE ROW THAT IS ANEN -- AN ENCLOSED FENCE AND IT IS A FREE FOR ALL.

THAT'S WHERE THE MOST THEFT AND STUFF HAPPENS. IT IS HARD WHEN STUDENTS WALK UP TO A BACK -- BACKPACK AND PULLING SOMETHING OUT. IS IT THEIR BACKPACK OR THEIR

FRIEND'S BACKPACK? BUT THAT'S THE CAGE. >> AND THE CAGE IS ONLY USED WHEN THE LOCKER ROOMS -- WHEN THE BACKPACKS DO NOT FIT IN THE LOCKERS?

>> NO. YOU CAN JUST CHOOSE TO GO INTO THE AGE -- THE CAGE.

>> THAT'S AN OPTION? >> IF YOU DON'T WANT TO REMEMBER THE PASS CODE FOR YOUR LOCKER,

YOU CAN THROW YOUR BACKPACK IN THE CAGE. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. I'M A BIG FAN OF REPLICATING SUCCESS.

I NOTICED A FEW OF THE SLIDES WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE NUTRITION BUILDING AND THE -- WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? NUTRITION AND AUTOMOTIVE. I BELIEVE THAT IS IN PARTNERSHIP

WITH THE CAL APS? >> AND LISA ALSO DOES SOME OF OUR FUNDING SO IN PARTNERSHIP

WITH THAT FUNDING. >> I MEAN, THOSE ROOMS ARE BEAUTIFUL.

IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN EXPAND TO OTHER AREAS AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT?

IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS WORKING. >> WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT PARTNERSHIP.

LISA LOOKS AT WAYS TO ENHANCE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS. WE SAW SOME OF THEM WITH THE

STEAM BUILDING. >> AWESOME. THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALT THIS TIME -- AT THIS TIME, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A 5-MEN -- A 5-MINUTE RECESS, PLEASE.

COMING BACK AT 7:28. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOARD, FORGETTING BACK IN A TIMELY MANNER. WE WILL NOW CONTINUE OUR MEETING THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE. DO WE HAVE -- WE DO NOT HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING.

>> WE ARE ON THE SECOND PRESENTATION NOW. >> SECOND PRESENTATION.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> THANK YOU SO. THIS IS THE -- THANK YOU.

THIS IS THE SECOND PRESENTATION OF THE EVENING AND THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE RESULTS *FT -- THE RESULTS OF THE SAFETY COMMITTEE WE HAD. I WILL FIRST PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT OF THIS PRESENTATION WHICH WILL LEAD TO OTHER POSSIBLE FUTURE CONVERSATIONS AROUND SAFETY. IN RESPONSE TO THE UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS OF ANXIETY, FEAR AND FRUSTRATION CAUSED BY THE PREVALENCE OF GUNS AND MASS SHOOTINGS IN THE U.S. POST PANDEMIC, WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO PUT TOGETHER STAKEHOLDERS WHO CAN DISCUSS SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM MEASURES TO PROTECT STUDENTS AND STAFF FROM POTENTIAL HARM.

AFTER GATHERING INFO FROM CONSTITUANTS, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS BEING ASKED TO

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PHAO* -- THAT IS UNTIL ALL APPROVED MEASURES ARE PUT IN PLACE.

AFTER THIS MEETING WE WILL SEE RECOMMENDATION THAT'S WE WILL MAKE TOWARD YOU.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ONCE YOU GIVE STAFF DIRECTION WE WILL START THE PROCESS OF TAKING EACH RECOMMENDATION AND PROCURING THE NECESSARY PLANS AND STEPS TO IMPLEMENT THE PLANS.

THE NEXT STEPS AFTER YOU ARE PROVIDED DIRECTION WILL BE THE ITEMS BEING PRESENTED OR APPROVED AT A FUTURE BOARD MEETING INCLUDING ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BUDGET UNDER CONSENT, APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS IN ACTION OR POSSIBLY CONSENT AND POSSIBLY OTHER DISCUSSIONS SO YOU CAN HAVE A MORE DETAILED UNDERSTANDING OF THE SPECIFICS OF THE RECOMMENDATION.

FOR NOW I WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS WE USED AND THEN PRESENT THE INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS BEFORE I PRESENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE INPUT.

REMINDER THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO TRY TO SOLVE OR ANALYZE EVERYTHING TONIGHT.

WE WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS AND THEN WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, I'M SURE THE STAFF WILL SAY WHAT DO ALL OF THESE P -- PARTICULARS MEAN. I I WILL EXPAND ON THIS AND SAY ARE YOU GOOD WITH THIS APPROACH OR NOT? AND THEN WE WILL GO INTO OTHER FUTURE CONVERSATIONS AND WHAT YOU WILL SEE MORE DETAILS ON. SOME OF THAT STUFF IS INRAW -- INTRICATE. WE CAN'T DIVE INTO DETAILS TODAY RIGHT NOW EVERY DISTRICT IS TALKING ABOUT SAFETY. I TALKED TO A BUNCH OF SUPERINTENDENTS WHETHER IT IS BUSINESS OR SOCIAL, BUT THIS IS THE TOP OF MIND FOR EVERYONE. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES DEALING WITH THIS.

EVERYBODY IN THE NATION IS. I'M SURE YOU ALL WATCH THE NEWS AND SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING OUT THERE. HOWEVER, EVEN WITH ALL OF THE STUFF THAT HAS HAPPENED, WE DID HAVE SOME ISSUES THAT OCCURRED IN THE COMMUNITY AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND PARTICULARLY THE SECOND SEMESTER AND THAT REALLY ENCOURAGED US TO HAVE A HUGE TOWN HALL MEETING AT BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT WHY DID YOU HAVE A MEETING AT BELLFLOWER AND NOT MAYFAIR AND OTHER PLACES. IT IS NOT THAT DR. DROTI LIKES BELLFLOWER BETTER THAN THE OTHERS. THE TWO INCIDENTS WITH THE LOADED GUNS WENT TO A SEPARATE LEVEL IN WHICH WE NEEDED TO MEET WITH COMMUNITY TO REALLY UNPACK THE SITUATION SO THAT WAY WE CAN RELIEVE THE SOCIETY. WE KNOW THERE IS A PREVALENCE OF GUNS EVERYWHERE. THERE IS FEAR AND ANXIETY WE NEED TO ADDRESS, AND OBVIOUSLY THE MASS SHOOTINGS OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE NATION IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH.

ANY -- KNOWING THAT SAFETY MEASURES ARE SENSITIVE AND OVER -- AND OFTEN INFRINGE ON THE PRIVILEGES OR RIGHTS PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE BECAUSE A LOT OF IDEAS WERE THROWN OUR WAY AT THE TOWN HALL MEETING AND OTHER CONVERSATIONS AND SOME ARE PRETTY INTRUE TIFF -- INTRUSIVE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. AND IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE THINGS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE STAKEHOLDERS ARE OKAY WITH SOME OF THE MEASURES PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT. SOME OF THEM I PERSONALLY DIDN'T LIKE MYSELF, BUT THEN AGAIN IT IS NOT ABOUT ME. IT IS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT THEY NEED.

IF THEY NEED SOMETHING MORE INTRUSIVE, AND IF THEY WILL ALL COME OUT AND SAY, YES, WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO THAT. THE IDEA WOULD BRING THE STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER AND IT IS TO REALLY BRING THE PEOPLE THIS WOULD IMPACT AND HAVE THEM DISCUSS SOME OF THE ITEMS. SO IF THERE ARE TWO OPPOSING VIEWS THERE IS AN UNDERSTANDING OF PEOPLE EMPHASIZING IT THROUGH CONVERSATION. THE IDEA WAS TO BRING THEM TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT IT AND SAFETY MEASURES FOR THE SUPERINTENDANT WOULD RECOMMEND TO YOU ALL.

AND SO TODAY WE WILL INTRODUCE A CONVERSATION. IF IT GOES FAST, THEN THIS MAY BE IT. IF PEOPLE AREN'T QUESTIONING ANYTHING WE CAN FINISH IT TONIGHT OR WE CAN SAY LET'S HAVE TWO PASSES AT THIS. TONIGHT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME YOU SEE THE DATA AND THE COMMUNITY SEES THE DATA. I'M SURE PEOPLE WILL HAVE QUESTIONS AND WE WILL DEBRIEF ON HOW WE MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. THE PROCESS, WHAT DOES THE

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WHAT I TOLD THEM WAS WE WANTED A TEACHER, WE MENTIONED THERE WAS A CLASSIFIED MEMBER, AN ADMINISTRATOR, A CERTIFICATE -- CERTIFICATED MEMBER. IF YOU WERE A MIDDLE, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, AT A MINIMUM THOSE PEOPLE, BUT IF YOU CAN GET A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT IT, THE BETTER OFF WE WILL BE SO EVERY SCHOOL IS ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS IN APRIL AND MAY.

IT IS POSSIBLY ADDED WITH A FEW OTHERS THAT WE DIDN'T CONSIDER. AND THEN I WILL ASK THEM TO REACH CONSENSUS ON THINGS THAT THEY THINK THEIR COMMUNITY WILL ACCEPT.

NOT ONLY THEM, BUT THEY NEED TO REPRESENT WHAT OTHERS MAY FEEL. SO THAT WAS THE CONCEPT THERE.

AND THEN -- I THEN ASKED THEM TO SEND TO A DISTRICT MEETING WITH ME ONE PARENT -- ONE CERTIFICATED STAFF MEMBER AND CLASS MEMBER, IF YOU ARE A STUDENT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL TO BE A PART OF THE DISTRICT-WIDE COMMITTEE. WE HAD ABOUT 65 PEOPLE THAT CAME ON MAY 8TH. IT WAS AN INTERESTING MEETING. I THOUGHT THE PEOPLE DID AN AWESOME JOB IN DISCUSSIONS. THE COMMUNITY DISCUSSED ISSUES AND DELIBERATED ON PERSPECTIVES AND PRIORITIZED WHAT THEY THOUGHT THE COMMUNITY WOULD SUPPORT.

AND THEY PROVIDED INPUT ON A SURVEY THAT WE SENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN WHEN -- SO WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY PRIORITIZED SOME OF THOSE THINGS, SOME OF THOSE MEASURES. WE TOOK NOTES ON THAT. AND THEN WE SENT OUT THE SURVEY FOR PEOPLE TO FILL OUT. THE SURVEY CLOSED LAST SATURDAY AND I THOUGHT THE RESULTS WERE PRETTY INTERESTING. I WILL RIGHT NOW GO THROUGH SOME OF THE -- SOME OF THE RESULTS THAT -- FROM THE SURVEY. HERE YOU CAN SEE A GRAPH, A PIE GRAPH OF THE DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS THAT PARTICIPATED IN A SURVEY. WE HAD PARENTS IN YELLOW AND THE STUDENTS IN ORANGE AND STAFF IN THE BLUE. 64% OF THE PARTICIPANTS WERE PARENTS AND 20% WERE STAFF AND THEN 15% WERE STUDENTS IN TOTAL THERE WAS 4,115 PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATED. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. THAT'S ALMOST HALF THE DISTRICT.

A LOT OF TIMES YOU DON'T GET THAT. THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING.

IT SHOWS ME THAT PEOPLE FIND THIS VERY IMPORTANT AND I APPRECIATE THEM DOING THAT.

LET ME REVIEW THE DATA. SOMEBODY KNOCK ON WOOD. SORRY.

BEING GOOFY HERE. WHAT YOU SEE HERE TO THE RIGHT IS THE KEU -- THE COMMITTEE'S RANKING OF THESE PARTICULAR PROO THE LEFT IS THE DATA THAT WAS -- THAT RESULTED FROM THE SURVEY THAT WE TOOK. THIS MEASURE HERE IS ABOUT THE IDEA OF IMPLEMENTING A VISITOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS SCHOOLS TO SCAN A VISITOR'S ID AND PROVIDE THEM WITH BADGES PRIOR TO ENTRANCE. ADDITIONALLY THE SYSTEM SHOULD SCAN INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY AND THEN THEY WILL BE AN ID PRINTED OUT FOR A VISITOR AND STAFF WILL THEN BUZZ THE STUDENT OR THE VISITOR IN DURING THE DAY. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS NOT AT THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL, BUT THIS IS WHEN SCHOOL HAS STARTED AND PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE FRONT OFFICE. THIS WAS RANKED IN THE COMMITTEE CONVERSATIONS.

THE SURVEY 7LY -- THE SURVEY HEAVILY, HEAVILY SURVEYED THE COMMUNITY.

17% IS NEUTRAL. IF YOU ADD THEM TOGETHER, MAN, IT IS ALMOST -- IT IS ALMOST THE WHOLE PIE. THEY EITHER ENDORSE IT OR THEY ARE NEUTRAL TO IT.

>> WHAT RANKED SECOND IN THE COMMITTEE IS THE DISTRICTS THAT REQUIRED A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. THIS OFFICER WOULD BE TASKED WITH FACILITATING THE SAFETY DRILLS AND TEACHING STUDENTS AND STAFF AND PARENTS ABOUT SAFETY AND REGULARLY REVIEWING THE DISTRICT SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND PROVIDING SAFETY SUPPORT TO THE DISTRICT AS REQUIRED. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IS HUGE SUPPORT, BUT FOR A SECONDARY WE

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BUT IT WILL BE A PERSON THAT WORKS FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. WHAT RANKER -- RANKED THIRD WAS K-9 DOGS WITH A LICENSE TO DETECT GUN POWDER AND DRUGS AT SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

THE K-9'S, WHILE ACCOMPANIED BY A TRAINER, CAN VISIT SCHOOLS AND CARRY OUT RANDOM SEARCHES AND CLASSROOMS AND COMMON AREAS AND RESTROOMS. THIS IS RANKED THIRD.

THERE IS SUPPORT FOR THIS IN THE SURVEY. MOST PEOPLE WANTED IT FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FOR SECONDARY ONLY, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THE COMMUNITY RESPONDED SAYING MAKE IT FOR AN ENTIRE DISTRICT.

THAT'S CONSISTENT TO WHAT THEY TOLD ME. FOR THOSE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, MANY, MANY DISTRICTS HAVE THIS. IN FACT, OUR STUDENTS ARE AT DISNEYLAND RIGHT NOW.

IF IT IS LIKE WHAT I WENT THROUGH WHEN I WAS A PRINCIPAL, THEY GET SEARCHED BY DOGS BEFORE THEY GET ON THE BUS. IT IS THE SAME DOGS THAT WOULD DO THE SAME THING.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO SNIFF A PERSON, BUT YOU WOULD SNIFF BAGS CARS AND IT COMES RANDOMLY. THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF THIS IS IT GIVES A REASON FOR SUSPICION FOR A STAFF MEMBER TO CHECK ON SOMETHING IF THERE IS A DETECTION.

THAT WAS RANKED THIRD. WHAT RANKED FOURTH WAS THE POST SECURITY GUARDS AT EACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND COVER THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS. YOU CAN SEE IN THE SURVEY THERE'S WAS A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THAT. THAT WAS FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT AND THERE YOU GO. RIGHT NOW OUR ELEMENTARY DON'T HAVE SECURITY.

SECONDARY HAS FOUR OR FIVE. MAYFAIR AND BELL TKPHROU -- BELLFLOWER HIGH, BUT THERE ARE NO SECURITY GUARDS AT THE ELEMENTARY. WHAT RANKED FIFTH WAS A MORE STREAM LINE PICK UP AND DROP OFF PROCESS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

FOCUS OWED CLEAR COMMUNICATION AND TRAFFIC FLOW AND SAFETY AND ESTABLISHING A CONSISTENT SYSTEM FOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS TO REDUCE FRUSTRATIONS AND OUTBURSTS DURING PICK UP AND DROP OFF. THIS WAS NOT ORIGINALLY A PART OF THE MEASURE I INCLUDED.

IT CAME FROM THE COMMITTEE CONVERSATION AND THEY WANTED TO INCLUDE IT AND IT HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT. THEY KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING AT DROP OFF AND PICK UP.

I HAVEN'T CASED IT OUT ENOUGH. THERE MUST BE SOMETHING GOING ON THERE WHERE IT RANKED 5TH AND PEOPLE SUPPORTED IT SO WE NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT. I KNOW OF AN INSURANCE DEPARTMENT THAT OCCURRED WHERE THERE WAS A FRUSTRATED PARENT THAT DIDN'T BEHAVE PROPERLY.

I WON'T DESCRIBE WHAT IT IS. IT COULD HAVE BEEN A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

I SEE WHERE THIS CAN REALLY HELP. WHAT RANKED 6TH WAS EACH SCHOOL WOULD HAVE AN ARMED CONTRACTED SECURITY GUARD STATIONED AT THE EXTERIOR TO OBSERVE AND MONITOR THE PERIMETER. THIS WAS A SUGGESTION BECAUSE I KNOW OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT ACTUALLY USES THIS EFFICIENTLY. THIS COMPANY HIRES RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS TO SERVE AS SECURITY GUARDS. THEY ARE ARMED AND THE CONCEPT IS YOU PUT THEM IN THE FRONT TO HELP, YOU KNOW, BE A PRESENCE AND ALSO TO RESPOND IF WE NEED, BUT THE CONCEPT OF THEM HAVING AN ARMED SECURITY GUARD IS REALLY WHAT IT IS.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE LOOKED INTO HOW MUCH IT WILL COST AND WE THINK WE CAN DO THIS

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IT SEEMS LIKE IF YOU ADD IT ALL UP, 22% SAID THEY WOULD BE NEUTRAL ON IT.

7TH WAS ESTABLISH A COMMON LANGUAGE FOR SAFETY DRILLS. THERE WAS HUGE SUPPORT FOR THAT.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING I WAS NOT CONSIDERING UNTIL THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER AND THEY SAID THIS IS A NEED. IT IS SUPPORTED BY THE SURVEY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED THIS.

IT DOESN'T COST ANYTHING, BUT WE NEED TO BE COORDINATED IN CONVERSATION.

WHAT RANKED 8TH IN THE COMMITTEE WAS IMPLEMENT MORE EDUCATION ON LOCK DOWN DRILLS FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS SO YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A HUGE SUPPORT FOR THAT AS WELL.

THIS IS CONSISTENT TO THE PREVIOUS SURVEY RESULTS WHICH IS A COMMON LANGUAGE ABOUT WHAT SAFETY DRILLS ARE AND SAFETY PLANS ARE. SO THIS DATA SUPPORTS THAT.

9TH, METAL DETECTORS AND WANDS AT SCHOOL ENTRANCES. THAT WAS 9TH.

YOU CAN SEE THERE, 48.9% SAY THEY LIKE IT. 20 PRESIDENT BUSHES -- 20% WAS NEUTRAL. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS. I HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ON THIS ONE AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS. WHAT RANKED 10TH, TRAIN ALL STAFF ON SAFETY PROCEDURES.

I THINK THIS IS CONSISTENT TO OFFER AS A TRAINING PIECE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE SAFETY COMMITTEE AND IS SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITY WITH THEIR RESPONSE. THAT'S A HUGE RESPONSE. PEOPLE MUST KNOW ABOUT SUBSTITUTES. YOU DON'T KNOW WHO IS COMING IN THAT DAY, BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE -- WE ARE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT MORE SUBSTITUTES RIGHT NOW AND IF WE CAN GET SOME OF THAT AND WHAT WE ARE SUPPORTED WITH FINANCIALLY, HOPEFULLY WE HAVE DEDICATED PEOPLE WE CAN WORK ON. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE IDEAS ON POSSIBLY SECURING SUBS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THAT WAY WE WOULD HAVE TO CHASE PEOPLE -- WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO CHASE PEOPLE DOWN ALL THE TIME. RANKED 11TH WAS INSTALLMENT OF LARGER FENCES TO DETER STUDENTS FROM CLIMBING. YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS THERE. 49% WANT THAT.

15% WERE NEUTRAL AND THE REST IS THERE. 12TH HAVE A ROW DUST -- ROBUST STUDENT AND PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM. IT WOULD HAVE STUDENTS HELPING EACH OTHER AND SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER AND MORE COMMUNITY-BUILDING EXPERIENCES.

I KNOW -- I KNEW I HAD MORE THAN ONE OF YOU BOARD MEMBERS WHO LIKED THIS IDEA.

IT WAS BEFORE I BROUGHT IT UP TO THE COMMITTEE, SOMEBODY BROUGHT THIS CONCEPT UP ALREADY.

I TAGGED ON TO IT AND SURVEYED IT AND THERE IS SUPPORT FOR IT. WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, IT WILL BE IN FUTURE CONVERSATIONS, BUT I HAVE SEEN CONCEPTS LIKE THIS IN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS FOR PEER SUPPORT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

I CAN'T GIVE YOU MY RECOMMENDATION YET. I'LL KEEP NEW SUSPENSE.

AND 13, INSTALL A PANIC BUTTON AT THE ENTRANCE OF EVERY SCHOOL. THIS WAS ANOTHER ONE BROUGHT UP AT THE SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING WE INCLUDED IN THE SUR -- SURVEY.

THEY WERE RIGHT IN THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WANTED IT. YOU CAN SEE IT FROM THE DATA THERE. 14, HAVE REGULAR ASSEMBLIES FOR CONSEQUENCES.

I DON'T THINK STUDENTS KNOW WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE IF THEY ARE DOING THINGS.

IT WAS PREF -- PREVALENT IN OUR CONVERSATIONS IN OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND TOWN HALLS.

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WHEN WE HAD THE REPORT, IT WAS VERIFIED AS IN ENGAGING THE STUDENT AND I THINK THAT CONCEPT , WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT FREAKED YOU OUT, RIGHT? SO THAT ONE -- THAT WASN'T -- IT WAS BROUGHT UP AND AS YOU CAN SEE THAT IT PROVIDES IS CERTAIN -- WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS THE RESULT THERE. AND LASTLY, RANKED 16TH, IMPLEMENT A POLICY TO USE CLEAR BACKPACKS AND ENABLING STAFF TO VIEW THE CONSCIENCE INSIDE. THAT RANKED LAST.

AS YOU CAN SEE HERE THERE IS -- PEOPLE DO NOT SUPPORT THAT. WITH THAT I'M GOING TO JUST GIVE YOU MY RECOMMENDATION ON THIS. LET ME GIVE YOU MY RATIONAL OF WHAT I AM RECOMMENDING AND THEN TO QUESTIONS. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ABOUT CONVERSATIONS.

I REALLY DO TAKE CREDENCE TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY, THE COMMITTEE CAME TOGETHER WITH.

WE WERE ABLE TO FOR TWO HOURS TALK THROUGH THINGS AND GET PEOPLE TO SEE EACH OTHER'S PERSPECTIVES. I TAKE WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY TO HEART.

THE SURVEY, THERE IS A -- THERE IS NO DELIBERATION. YOU CAN MAYBE SEE IF OTHERS SUPPORT THAT. YOU TAKE THE COMBINATION OF BOTH AND THE WISDOM WE HOLD AS STAFF AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT SCHOOLING AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR SCHOOLS TO EXIST, THE CULTURE WE WANT TO BUILD IN SCHOOLS. YOU TAKE ALL OF THAT AND YOU ADD FINANCIALLY CAN WE AFFORD THIS STUFF? I USE ALL OF THAT TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE CAN GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. WITH THAT, I WANT TO SAY WE NEED TO INCREASE SECURITY, PARTICULARLY AT THE ELEMENTARY. IT DOES MAKE ME NERVOUS THAT MY YOUNGEST STUDENTS SOMEBODY THAT COULD COME IN THERE WHETHER IT IS A TRANSIENT OR HOPPING THE FENCE AND WHO IS THERE TO GUARD THE GATES? THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK INTO. I LIKE THE CONCEPT OF THE ARMED SECURITY.

I THINK WE HAVE CASED IT OUT AND I'M COMFORTABLE THAT IT IS EXPOLICE OFFICERS AND NOT JUST ANY OLD PERSON THAT IS TRAINED AND IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN AFFORD.

DR. AVILA AND I ARE GOING TO VISIT BEVERLY HILLS THIS SUMMER AND TALK TO THEM.

THE COMPANY ASKED FOR THEM TO COME HERE. AND SO WE FELT COMFORTABLE AFTER TALKING WITH THEM AND I'M RECOMMENDING THAT. THE BUZZ IN SYSTEM AND THE PANIC BUTTON, I COMBINED THOSE TOGETHER. AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE WHOLE RATING OF MAKING SURE WE PROCESS VISITORS. SO I AM RECOMMENDING I DO THAT.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO. I THINK THE COMMUNITY HAS TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE WILL HAVE TO VERIFY YOU BEFORE YOU HAVE ACCESS. I AM HOPING BECAUSE PEOPLE SURVEY AND THEY SAY THEY LIKE IT, THEY WILL GET LESS TROUBLE. IMPLEMENTING K-9 DOGS, I LIKE THE CONCEPT AND I AM RECOMMENDING IT. IT IS A POWERFUL DETERRENT.

I USE IT AS A HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. A LOT OF SCHOOLS USE IT AROUND US. WE ARE NOT HERE TO CATCH ANYBODY.

WE ARE HERE TO SAY IF YOU ARE GONNA MESS AROUND, DON'T DO IT AT SCHOOL.

WE DON'T WANT TO YOU MESS AROUND AT SCHOOL, BUT IF YOU ARE GONNA DO T DON'T DO IT AT -- DON'T DO

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YOU WILL BE IN A MEETING AND YOU HAVE TO TAKE THEM WHERE YOU NEED TO TAKE THEM.

THEY COME IN FIRST PERIOD AND BY THIRD PERIOD YOU CAN FIND DUMPSTER FULL OF STUFF.

IT CLEARS OUT. THAT'S ALL WE WANT. GET RID OF IT AND DON'T DO IT HERE. I LIKE THAT CONCEPT. INSTALLMENT OF LARGER FENCES TO DETER STUDENTS FROM CLIMBING. NOW, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING EASY. THIS IS A BOND CONVERSATION IN THE FUTURE. IT IS NOT A 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR THING.

I AM MIXED ON THIS PIECE. DON'T GET ME WRONG. I JUST THINK PEOPLE ARE THINKING THE ISSUES ARE INTERNAL, BUT WHEN A POLICE OFFICER GETS THERE TO TALK ABOUT SAFETY AND HOW WE RESPOND TO VIOLENCE OR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED ON CAMPUS RUNNING IS A PART OF IT.

RUNNING IS A PART OF IT. IF WE ARE THINKING LET'S JUST MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE COMES IN, SOMETIMES WE NEED TO GET OUT. WE NEED TO CONSIDER THOSE THINGS.

ANYWAY, MORE TO TALK ABOUT. I'M MIXED ON THAT ONE, BUT I DID PUT IT THERE BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKED IT. SECURE A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER TO SUPPORT AN ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THAT'S ONE I THINK WE ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.

IN TALKING TO ALL OF THE SUPERINTENDENT FRIENDS OF MINE OR PEERS OF MINE, WE MEET REGULARLY AND CATCH UP ON THINGS AND COMPARE NOTES, I THINK I WAS THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE LAST MEETING I HAD WITH THE NEIGHBORING SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS DID NOT HAVE A RESOURCE OFFICER DEDICATED TO THE SCHOOL. WE HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. I DO. I'M JUST SAYING SOMEBODY PAID BY US AND WORKS WITH US ON A CONSISTENT BASIS. I WAS THE ONLY ONE AT THE TABLE OUT OF FIVE THAT DIDN'T HAVE ONE. I THINK WE NEED ONE.

IT WOULD HELP US. EDUCATION OF LOCK DOWN DRILLS. THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING.

I WON'T EXPAND ON THAT. WORKSHOPS FOR PARENTS. I THINK OUR PARENTS NEED TO BE EDUCATED TOO ON THIS MATTER. I REALIZE THERE IS MISTRUST WITH OUR PARENTS ABOUT AUTHORITY RESPONSE BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED IN TEXAS AND ALL OF THAT.

WE HAVE TO COMMUNICATE HOW WE ARE APPROACHING THINGS AND MAYBE THEY WILL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. WE WILL NEED THEIR COOPERATION WHEN WE ARE GENERALLY STUCK.

THEY CAN'T INTERVENE IN THE POLICE PROCESS OR OUR PROCESS WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH AN ISSUE. IF WE DON'T EDUCATE THEM ON THAT AND I AM A PARENT AND I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, I'M GONNA GET MY KID AND THAT'S THAT. WE HAVE TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT

THAT. >> IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULAR SETTINGS FOR EXPECTATIONS AND CONSEQUENCES. OUR STAFF WILL TELL US RIGHT NOW POST COVID AND NOT JUST WITH US, BUT ALL SUPERINTENDENTS ARE TALKING ABOUT BEHAVIOR OF STUDENTS AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE LOST TWO YEARS OF SOCIALIZATION, BUT KIDS WATCHING ADULTS ACT IN THE WORLD AND THEY ARE ACTING UP. I THINK THE CONVERSATION AROUND EXPECTATION IS IMPORTANT.

AND THEN KEY CARDS FOR STAFF TO ENTER AND EXIT DOORS IS ANOTHER CONCEPT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP.

I THINK WE ARE CLOSE TO HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THAT ALREADY, BUT THAT COULD BE ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE DO. AND ESTABLISH A STUDENT AMBASSADOR PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM AND THEN LASTLY, THERE WAS INTEREST IN GETTING PARENTS TO HELP, VOLUNTEERISM.

I THINK THIS IS A PERFECT SPOT WHERE WE CAN USE THEM IN AN EFFICIENT WAY.

SOME PEOPLE WANTED PARENTS TO SERVE AS SUPERVISORS ON CAMPUS. IT ALWAYS CAUSED ISSUES IN MY EXPERIENCE BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES PAPA BEAR AND MAMA BEAR COMES OUT AND A LOT OF TIMES IT IS ABOUT PROTECTING YOUR OWN KID. I HAVE SEEN ADULTS GO AFTER OTHER KIDS BECAUSE THEY THINK THE OTHER KID IS MESSING WITH YOUR KID AND IT LEADS TO ALL KINDS OF ISSUES. IF WE WANT TO INVOLVE PARENTS, THE BEST WAY TO DO IT IS THE DROP OFF AND PICK UP AREA AND WE CAN DO SOME GOOD WORK ON THAT. THOSE ARE MY RECOMMENDATIONS.

WITH THAT I WILL SEE IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. >> QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

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>> I HAVE A QUESTION AND COMMENT SOME OF THEM WERE DUPLICATED. THE KEY CARDS FOR STAFF GOES

WITH THE BUZZING. >> YEAH. YES.

>> YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM CAN BE COMBINED. >> YES.

>> I CAN SEE THAT. >> AND I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT AN ARMED SECURITY, ARE ESPECIALLY -- ESPECIALLY A FORMER RETIRED POLICE OFFICER. NOT THAT THEY WOULD BE GOOD, BUT I HEARD STORIES AND THEY HAVE BEEN PRESENTED WHERE SOMETIMES THEY BECOME ABUSIVE OF STUDENTS.

THE OTHER THING IS WHAT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF THEM PULLING THE GUN IF THEY ARE TANGLING WITH THE STUDENT WHICH I HAVE HEARD THAT HAPPEN TOO. I PERSONALLY AM UNCOMFORTABLE.

I KNOW IN THE SURVEY THERE WAS CONFLICT WITH THAT. HAVING A SECURITY PERSON UP FRONT WAS SOMEBODY FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ON SITE. OEU WOULD NEED MORE DETAIL -- I WOULD NEED MORE DETAIL. A LOT OF IT IS REALLY GOOD AND FITS INTO WHAT I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO YOU ABOUT, ABOUT THE MODEL I CREATED, A MODEL ON STUDENT SAFETY WHERE IT INCLUDES ALL OF THESE COMPONENTS YOU MENTIONED, AND I STILL WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH THE BOARD AS WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. I DON'T THINK YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SPECIFIC STRAIGHT YES OR NO

RIGHT NOW. IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES.

I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO HEAR COMMENTS YOU MAKE ABOUT YOUR CONCERNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AT THE END OF THIS, I WILL NEED TO KNOW WHERE I SHOULD SUSPEND MY INTERVIEW.

WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A DEFINITIVE RIGHT NOW, BUT IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE SECURITY GUARDS, THAT IS HOMEWORK I NEED TO DO TO BRING YOU BACK AT A FUTURE MEETING.

THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IT -- IF WE DO IT. >> SO THINGS MORE STREAM LINED.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT EDUCATION ON LOCK DOWN DRILLS, THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT AND STREAM LINED WITH ANOTHER POINT. I WAS LOOKING AT HOW SOME OF THESE AREAS RELATE TO ANOTHER COMPONENT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT MORE STREAM LINED WHEN IT COMES TO THE RANKING ORDER AND THEN HOW THIS WOULD AFFECT OUR OVERALL COST AS WE ARE LOOKING AT THE DETAILS AND LOOKING AT AN ARMED SECURITY GUARD WHO IS GOING TO BE ON.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WHAT HOURS WILL WE HAVE THEM THERE? IS IT JUST SCHOOLTIME? IS IT THE WEEKEND? I DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST ASKING QUESTIONS.

I'M SORRY. I'M NOT LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE -- THAT WERE GOING THROUGH MY HEAD IN REGARDS TO HOURS AND ALLOCATION OF TIME AND SCOPE OF WORK AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DOGS. ARE WE LOOKING AT THAT ON A DAILY BASIS? ARE WE LOOKING AT THAT ON TWO DAYS A WEEK? THREE DAYS A WEEK? THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I WAS KIND OF THINKING ON A MORE DETAILED LEVEL. SO IN REGARDS TO THE FENCE, I HEAR THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL COST AND SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT LATER. WHEN YOU STREAM LINE THESE, WHAT WOULD BE THE PRIORITY THAT YOU WOULD BE LOOKING FOR US TO EVALUATE AS A BOARD BASED ON NOT ONLY THE SURVEY, BUT THE RANKING AND THE FEASIBILITY OF IT BEING IMPLEMENTED.

>> THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER ELHESSEN. >> I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY RANK 7 IS ESTABLISH COMMON LANGUAGE FOR SAFETY DRILLS AND PROCESSES. WOULD THAT BE COMMON LIKE KEY WORDS AND PHRASES WHEN REFERRING TO OUR PLANS? THAT DOESN'T ACTUALLY MEAN A

LANGUAGE, LANGUAGE, DOES IT? >> FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS A DISTINCT BETWEEN AN EVACUATION AND -- EVACUATION AND LOCK DOWN. SO DISTINGUISHING THE OPERATIONS OF THAT AND THE RESPONSE OF THAT. WE NEED TO BE CLEAR. I THINK PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED ABOUT THOSE THINGS. WE NEED CLARITY. THIS IS A LOCK DOWN.

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PAGE OF WHAT THOSE THINGS R-FPLT. >> THAT MAKES SENSE.

THANK YOU. >> AND IF I MAY ADD, HAVE YOU BEEN -- HAVING BEEN A SCHOOL TEACHER IN THE DISTRICT, IT WASN'T ALWAYS CLEAR TO US AS TEACHERS, NOR DID WE HAVE THE -- LIKE A CHEAT SHEET IN ORDER FOR US TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING. SOMETIMES THE CHEAT SHEETS WERE OUTDATED AND OTHER TIMES THEY NEEDED TO BE REPHRASED. SO THERE IS A LOT OF KIND OF UPDATES THAT NEED TO BE GIVEN TO TEACHERS. THEY NEED TO BE TAKEN TO PHYSICALLY WHERE ARE WE TAKING OUR KIDS AND IS THERE A CHILD OUTSIDE? ALL OF THOSE DETAILS AND COMPONENTS THAT AS A TEACHER WE ARE THINKING ABOUT.

I KNOW THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT. IT IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO CONTINUE TO REFRESH THESE IN EVERYONE'S MIND. AND BY LAW, I BELIEVE WE ARE COMPLIANT -- WE SHOULD BE COMPLY

KWREPT IN THAT AS -- COMPLIANT AS WELL. >> AND I CAN SEE HOW IT FACTORS INTO TRANSITIONING INTO MORE INFORMATION ON LOCK DOWN DRILLS FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS.

IT IS JUST TRAINING IN GENERAL ON PROCEDURES. THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> MADAM PRESIDENT IF I MAY? THANK YOU FOR THIS.

IT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE COULD BE DOING AND SPENDING TIME ON SO SO I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT WENT INTO IT. I HAVE ONE QUESTION AND HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME OUT. I FIND IT ODD THAT RANKED SECOND WAS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.

YOU TOUCHED ON IT, BUT IT WAS 73% APPROVAL, BUT ONLY FOR SECONDARY.

BUT THEN FOR POSTING SECURITY AT EACH SITE WAS 73% FOR BOTH SECONDARY -- SO IT SEEMS LIKE -- WHAT DO YOU THINK THE ISSUE IS THERE? WHAT DID YOU PULL FROM THAT?

>> THAT'S A PIECE I NEED TO KIND OF DIG DEEPER INTO. IT NAY BE -- IT MAY BE

INTERPRETATION OF WHAT PEOPLE THINK. >> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER, IT IS THE ONE PERSON WHO IS PATROLLING THE WHOLE DISTRICT AND ACTING AS A

CONDUIT. >> YES. >> WITH THE SHERIFF'S STATION SO

WE ARE NOT JUST CALLING 9-1-1 AND GETTING IN A QUE. >> THE WAY I AM ENVISIONING IT AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS CLEAR AND I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THE QUESTION.

THE FEAR OF A RESOURCE POLICE OFFICER, THEY THINK WE ARE GOING INTO POLICING AND ALL THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE WITH POLICING AND ALL OF THAT. NO.

WHEN ISSUES OCCUR ON CAMPUSES, WHEN PRINCIPALS BY THEMSELVES AT WASHINGTON OR AT MAYFAIR, IF AN INCIDENT IS HAPPENING, WE DON'T WANT THE PRINCIPAL TO SAY, LET ME CALL 9-1-1 AND SEE IF WE CAN GET A POLICE OFFICER HERE OR GET INFORMATION OR SOMEBODY NOT ABLE TO UNDERSTAND OUR CULTURE IN RESPONSE. IF WE HAVE A DAY-TO-DAY POLICE OFFICER THAT KNOW WHAT'S WE NEED AND IS PART OF OUR PLANNING PROCESS WHEN WE CALL ON THAT PERSON, THAT PERSON CAN HELP SUPPORT WITH THE OTHER OFFICERS. I WILL SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE AT SANTA MONICA HIGH WHEN I WAS SUPERINTENDANT THERE, WE HAD LOCK DOWNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I REMEMBER THE PRINCIPALS WERE PRETTY FRUSTRATED. ONE OF MY PRINCIPALS WAS FRUSTRATED BECAUSE WHEN THE POLICE OFFICERS GOT THERE, THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A BOMB OR SOMETHING, A BOMB SCARE OR SOMETHING. THEIR RESPONSE WAS I THINK WHEN THE OFFICER CAME THAT WE CALLED AND WAS DEDICATED TOWARD US, THERE WAS AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE NEEDED.

THEY WANTED THE CUSTODIANS TO SEARCH FOR THE BOMBS. NO.

WE ARE NOT TRAINED FOR THAT. THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS DO. DON'T YOU HAVE DOGS OR SOMETHING THAT CAN SNIFF AROUND THE CLASSROOM? SO THOSE KIND OF THINGS IMPACT US. AND THERE WILL BE STUFF -- YOU DON'T WANT THE PRINCIPAL ARGUING WITH AN OFFICER WHO DOESN'T KNOW. HAVING SOMEBODY DEDICATED TO US AND BEING A CONDUIT. WHEN THEY COME, THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH. THERE COULD BE CONFUSION ABOUT WHERE THE KEYS ARE.

THERE CAN BE A LOCK BOX WHERE THE KEYS ARE. >> AND THAT GOES TO DR. ELHESSEN'S POINT TO THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS CAN FOLD INTO EACH OTHER AND COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER. IF ONE OF THE DUTIES IS TRAINING AND ALL THAT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT KIND OF COVERS A COUPLE MORE OF THESE. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ASSESSMENT.

HOW MANY OF THESE THINGS CAN BE FOLDED INTO THE SAME KIND OF A PACKAGE.

ONE MORE QUESTION ABOUT THE K-9 DOGS. I HEARD THE K-9 DOG FOR DRUG

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THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG?

>> THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY TOOK THE SURVEY. I AM THAT PARENT AND YOU WOULDN'T LET ME ON THE SAFETY COMMITTEE. IT IS OKAY.

I AGREE WITH DR. EL -- WITH DR. ELHESSEN. IF WE HAVE A PERSON THAT IS GONNA BE HOLDING A GUN AROUND OUR CHILDREN, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE TOTALLY STABLE IN THE MIND BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE, AS YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE BIASES AGAINST CHILDREN FOR NO REASON. THEY DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHY THEY HAVE THE BIASES.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, A BIG BLACK STUDENT, SO TO SPEAK, WHAT DO YOU AUTOMATICALLY THINK? DO YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN? IF WE GO THERE WITH ANYBODY CARRYING A GUN AROUND MY KIDS, I NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE TYPE OF BIASES, AND EVEN IF THEY DO, WE NEED TO MITIGATE THAT. AND IT GOES FOR TEACHERS THAT IS TEACHING CHILDREN TOO.

IT GOES FOR EVERYBODY. BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE CARRYING A GUN AROUND CHILDREN.

I STILL THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA. I I KNOW HOSPITALS HAVE A SYSTEM TO WHERE ONCE YOU COME ON TO THEIR PROPERTY, SOME HOSPITALS WILL SCAN YOUR ID. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY DO A REAL QUICK BACKGROUND CHECK OR NOT AND IT PRINTS OUT YOUR PICTURE.

THE DOGS FOR SNIFFING OUT GUN POWDER, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. WE HAD PEOPLE WHO KEPT DOGS BY THEIR SIDE BECAUSE THEIR LIFE WAS BEING THREATENED ON A REGULAR BASIS.

SO THEY HAD THE DOGS. >> GERMAN SHEPHERDS TOO. >> AND GUESS WHAT I HAVE SEEN.

HAVE I SEEN SOME SCHOOLS, AND YOU KNOW WE HAVE THE LINK FIT? AT BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL, THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE DOING SOMETHING WHEN THEY MADE THE FENCE HIGHER.

WELL GUESS WHAT. THE KIDS CLIMBED IT HIGHER. THAT'S JUST TO GET ON CAMPUS WHEN IT IS CLOSED. BUT I SAW THESE CHAIN LINK FENCE THAT EVEN A LITTLE KID COULD BARELY PUT THEIR FINGERS THROUGH. YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS -- WELL, I'M STILL YOUNG, BUT I USED TO CLIMB FENCES AND SCALE THEM AND EVERYTHING.

BUT THEY DO HAVE FENCES TO WHERE IT IS HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO CLIMB.

IF YOU HAD THE CHAIN LINK FENCE THAT ARE SMALLER AND STURDIER AND YOU CAN PUT THEM HIGH.

THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO CLIMB THOSE. THEY CAN CLIMB THOSE, YOU KNOW, THE BARS. IF WE ARE GONNA HAVE A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER, WILL THAT PERSON -- AS LONG AS THEY ARE ABLE TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED AND CAN SUGGEST UPGRADES OR SOMETHING, THAT WOULD BE GOOD. IT WILL BE LIKE, HEY, THEY HAVE A DEDICATED STAFF AND THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA. PARENTS, OH MY GOODNESS.

PARENTS NEED TO PARTICIPATE. WE PARTICIPATED IN THIS ONE. THANK YOU, PARENTS.

WE HAD OUR NUMBERS. BUT A LOT OF TIMES WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EDUCATING PARENTS AND THEY DON'T -- SOMETIMES THE PARENTS DON'T ACCESS IT. I DID A WORKSHOP ONLINE.

WE HAD TWO PRESENTERS. WE HAD TWO PARENTS -- WE HAD THREE PARENTS AT 6:08.

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AND THEN AT 6:28 WE HAD 6 PARENTS IT STARTED AT 6:00. I SAID ARE YOU GOING TO RECORD THIS? IS IT AVAILABLE TO THE PARENTS? IF WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE PARENT EDUCATION, PLEASE MAKE IT TO WHERE THE PARENTS CAN ACCESS IT AT A LATER TIME AND AGAIN, I THINK I MENTIONED IT LAST TIME, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN KEEP UP THE DATA AS TO IF THE PARENTS ARE ACCESSING THE TRAINING OR NOT. AND CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, MONTHLY BEHAVIOR AND EXPECTATIONS. WE HAVE TO REALLY HELP OUR TEACHERS WITH THIS BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TEACHERS BEGIN THIS EDUCATION WITHIN THE CLASSROOM. IT STARTS WITH CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT TO HELP THE KIDS WHEN THEY GET OUT ON THE PLAYGROUND OR OUT IN THE LUNCH AREA, THE QUAD AREA.

GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO WORK WITH, TO REINFORCE GOOD BEHAVIOR AND GOOD SOCIAL INTERACTION.

KEY CARDS. WE HAVE CHILDREN THAT LEAVE THE CAMPUS AND HAVE TO COME BACK ON.

THAT COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE. I CAN REMEMBER PARENTS SAYING WHO IS ON THE CAMPUS AFTER? HALF THE TIME WE DON'T KNOW. IT IS IMPORTANT WE GET ID CARDS FOR OUR CHILDREN WHO NEED TO BE ON CAMPUS AFTER SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY ARE IN SPORTS OR THE EXTRA EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER AFTER SCHOOL. BECAUSE THEY LEAVE CAMPUS AND THEN THEY WANT TO COME BACK.

SOMETIMES THEY WON'T LET THEM COME BACK ON IF THE FRONT OFFICE DOESN'T KNOW THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. LET ME SEE. I THINK -- OERPBGS -- OH, AND THEY DO HAVE WALKY TALK -- WALKIE-TALKIES. THE TEACHERS NEED SOME TYPE OF WAY TO COMMUNICATE. THEY HAVE SOME TYPE OF WALKIE-TALKIES THAT IF YOU PUT THEM ON A CHANNEL, THAT WOULD BE A WAY FOR THE TEACHERS TO COMMUNICATE SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN AND THEY HAVE TO RUN OUT OF THE CLASSROOM. BY THE TIME YOU TRY TO TEXT AND CALL, THAT MAY TAKE TOO LONG OR MAYBE THE PHONE BATTERY IS NOT CHARGED.

FOR THE STAFF, THE TEACHERS AND THE STAFF. SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN, I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A WAY FOR A TEACHER -- BECAUSE IF I JUST HAVE MY KIDS AND I HAVE NO WAY OF COMMUNICATING, I MEAN EVEN IF I HAVE MY PHONE, I MAY NOT HAVE ANYBODY'S PHONE NUMBER OR TAKE TOO LONG TO TEXT. I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THAT AND KEEP IT CHARGED AND HAVE IT.

YOU CAN PRACTICE A DRILL USING THE WALK H*EU E-TALKIES. YOU CAN FIND OUT WHICH ONES I AM

TALKING ABOUT. >> THERE ARE WAYS AND WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THAT.

WE WILL LOOK INTO A NEW PARENT PORTAL. IT IS CALLED PARENT SQUARE.

IT IS VERY, VERY POWERFUL TO COMMUNICATE WITH PARENTS THROUGH TEXT CHAT OR CONVERSATIONS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE USE IT AS A SAFETY ASPECT TO PUSH OUT INFORMATION.

>> YES. THAT IS EXCELLENT, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN AT BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY HAVE TO LEAVE THAT CLASSROOM, THEY NEED TO HAVE -- THE TEACHERS REALLY NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING AND TO RELY ON THEIR PHONE MAY NOT BE GOOD ENOUGH.

THEY NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING TO WHERE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE.

AND THAT'S THE WALKIE-TALKIE. I CAN GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THAT OR YOU CAN RESEARCH IT.

>> THERE IS A COMMUNICATION ON OUR CAMPUS AND THAT IS OUR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION WOULD HAVE THOSE. TO YOUR POINT, YOU ARE REQUESTING WE LOOK BEYOND THAT FOR HOW CAN WE MAINTAIN COMMUNICATION WITH CLASSROOM TEACHERS IN AN EMERGENCY.

>> AND YOU ARE OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM WITH THE KIDS OR MAYBE IN HIDING, ARE AND THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO TRY TO TEXT OR CALL. I MEAN, JUST LOOK INTO IT.

THIS IS INITIAL, BUT IT CAN BE DONE. IT IS A SPECIAL TYPE OF WALKIE-TALKY THAT IS ON A CHANNEL JUST FOR THE SCHOOL, FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL SITE.

OR IT COULD BE DISTRICT-WIDE. I MEAN, WHATEVER. JUST LOOK INTO IT.

THE POINT IS IF THE TEACHER HAS TO LEAVE THE CLASSROOM THEY NEED A WAY TO COMMUNICATE.

THAT'S ALL. EVEN IN CLASSROOM. THAT'S IT.

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>> BOARD MEMBER MENDOZA, IT LOOKED LIKE YOU WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING.

>> NO. I WATT NODDING OVER TO AMIE. >> I JUST HAD A FEW COMMENTS.

WE USE PARENT SQUARE IN MY DISTRICT AND IT IS AMAZING. 2, PART OF SAFETY I HEARD SOME OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT THE TEACHERS DON'T HAVE PHONES IN THEIR CLASSROOM.

TO ME THAT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE TEACHERS HAVE PHONES IN THE CLASSROOM.

NEXT, AS FAR AS IMPLEMENTING ASSEMBLIES, I THINK -- IT'S OKAY.

I'LL WAIT. I WAS TOO VISITING THESE CLASSROOMS. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. I NEVER HEARD OF THAT. AS FAR AS IMPLEMENTING ASSEMBLIES I SUGGEST QUARTERLY. MONTHLY SEEMS TOO MUCH FOR ME. BUT QUARTERLY AND THE BEGINNING OF A SPH*SER WHEN -- SEMESTER AND THE STUDENTS NEED THE GUIDELINES.

I THINK YOU HAVE GREAT SERVICE BECAUSE OF THE REMINDERS YOU SENT.

I GOT SEVERAL REMINDERS AND THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ELICITING THE RESPONSES THIS IS SOMETHING I AM ENJOYING AND I SHOEP YOU CAN CONTINUE TO DO MORE OF THAT. I WOULD SUPPORT MORE SECURITY, REGULAR SECURITY GUARDS AT OUR CAMPUSES. IF YOU THINK ABOUT 4 OR 5 AT MAYFAIR OR BELLFLOWER, THAT HAVE 2,000 STUDENTS AND THAT'S 1 PER P 550 KIDS.

I KNOW WE ARE COMPARING IT TO NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH EITHER.

THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD ASK FOR AND I WOULD BE NUMBER ONE ON MY LIST IS BEING ABLE TO CONTROL THE LUNCHTIME AND THINGS LIKE THAT WITH AIDS AND -- AIDES AND SECURITY OFFICERS.

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

I AGREE. I HAVE A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS AS WELL AS MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. I WANTED TO TALK OR ASK A LITTLE ABOUT HAVING A SEPARATE COMPANY COME ON OUR CAMPUSES AND JUST LOOK AT EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS.

I KNOW THEY ARE NOT ALL THE SAME. I KNOW WHEN I WAS WORKING FOR BELLFLOWER UNIFIED, WE HAD KINDER TEACHERS WHEN WE HAD LOCK DOWNS BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMEONE IN THE VICINITY AND MAYBE IT WAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH WAS CLOSE TO THE SCHOOL ITSELF.

WE WOULD HAVE TO GO ON LOCK DOWN TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT IS GOING ON OUTSIDE OUR SCHOOL.

BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THOSE KIDS OF 25, 26 KIDS INTO A SMALL ROOM WHICH WAS ADJOINING BOTH CLASSROOMS AND IT WAS TWO CLASSES, BUT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HEAR A LOT OF THE REMINDERS BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THERE AND THIS DID HAPPEN TO A TEACHER WHO RETIRED.

THEY WERE IN THERE AN EXTRA HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF AFTER THE WHOLE SCHOOL WAS ASKED TO COME BACK. SO MAKING SURE AND HAVING TELEPHONES LIKE YOU SAY OR WALKY T -- WALKIE-TALKIES PROBABLY IS A GOOD IDEA. AND THEN ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING -- OR GIVING OUR CLASSROOMS SOMEWHERE OUR STUDENTS CAN RELIEVE THEMSELVES IF THEY ARE IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION. MAYBE HAVE SNACKS FOR THEM.

IF WE CAN THINK ABOUT THAT AND HAVING THEM SELF-CONTAINED IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT AT THAT TIME AND KEEPING THEM SAFE. GOING BACK TO HAVING A COMPANY WALK THROUGH OUR CAM PUT -- CAMPUSES, ONE OF THE DRILLS WE HAVE TO PRACTICE AS EDUCATORS IS SHELTER IN PLACE.

IT REQUIRES US TO KEEP THE KIDS AWAY FROM THOSE WINDOWS. WHERE DO WE PUT THEM 1234* WE -- WHERE DO WE PUT THEM? WE NEED SOMEBODY TO SAY WHAT IS REALITY FOR THE TEACHERS? AND THEN ONE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO ASK IS I AM ALL FOR FENCES, BUT I KNOW THE CAMPUS I WAS ON, IF I'M STUCK MYSELF AS AN EDUCATOR OUTSIDE WITH STUDENTS I AM THROWING KIDS OVER THE FENCES. EVEN IF THEY ARE GOING OVER AND LANDING AS THEY GET HURT, BUT AT

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I KNOW IF I WAS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND I HAD A HOUSE NEAR ME THAT HAS A BACKYARD, I'M CLIMBING THE FENCE AND I'M GOING RIGHT OVER. THAT'S GOING TO KEEP ME SAFE.

THAT'S GOING TO KEEP OTHER KIDS SAFE TOO IF THEY SEE THAT AS A RESOURCE.

WITH REGARD WITH THE DOGS THEMSELVES, I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT COMES BACK WITH WHAT BOARD MEMBER CRIHFIELD SAID. MAYBE THERE IS AN UPDATE WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

I KNOW MY SON GOES TO A SCHOOL WHERE IT HAPPENS. IT IS NOT EVERY DAY.

IT IS RANDOM AND PERIODICALLY. IT HAS CURBED A LOT OF VAPING AND IF IT IS A RESOURCE THAT WE CAN USE TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE, YES. WITH REGARD TO THE OFFICER, THE ARMED OFFICER, I AM VERY CONCERNED WITH THAT. ONCE YOU INTRODUCE A GUN ON SOMEONE, WHAT STOPS THEM FROM PULLING IT OUT WHEN THEY ARE IN AN ALTERCATION WITH AN ADULT? I AM NOT EVEN THINKING SAFETY FOR OUR KIDS AND USING IT AS A LOCK DOWN OR IF SOMEONE COMES ON CAMPUS WE SHOULDN'T BE THERE. BUT IF THEY START GETTING INTO A HEATED ARGUMENT WITH AN ADULT HOW DO WE TRAIN THOSE OFFICERS TO KEEP THEIR COOL? I I WOULD QUESTION WHAT ARE THE PROTOCOLS -- PRESIDENT ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE RESOURCE OFFICER OR ARMED GUARDS ON THE CAMPUSES? ARMED GUARDS?

>> YES. >> THANK YOU. >> I'M ASSUMING -- WELL THAT IS A QUESTION TOO. WOULD THE RESOURCE OFFICER BE ARMED STP.

>> SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD REALLY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT AND I HAVE HEARD OF INSURANCE -- INCIDENTS WHERE THERE WERE HEATED ARGUMENTS WITH THE STUDENTS AND THEN THE PARENT STEPS IN AND AWFUL THINGS HAPPEN. WE DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF THAT.

AND ANOTHER THING THAT CAME TO MIND WAS -- I'M SORRY. I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.

IT'S OKAY. I THINK WE ARE ALL REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT WE HAD SO MANY PARENTS REACH OUT AND GIVE THIS INFORMATION TO US. GOING FORWARD, I AGREE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO SEE HOW WOULD THIS ALL PLAY OUT BUDGETARY-WISE AND HOW MANY OF THESE THINGS CAN WE REALLY CONTINUE FROM NOW UNTIL -- FOR ALL ETERNITY, OR UNTIL WE CAN'T DO IT ANY LONGER.

>> MADAM PRESIDENT, ONE MORE QUESTION? >> YES.

>> SO WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT TO LOOK AT. I AM NOT TRYING TO ADD TO THAT.

I KNOW WE HAVE A TIP LINE, RIGHT, ALREADY IN PLACE, IS THAT CORRECT?

IS IT AN ANONYMOUS TIP LINE? >> I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THAT AND I THINK IT IS A GREAT TOOL. CAN WE GET DATA ON HOW THAT HAS BEEN USED IN THE PAST AND IF IT IS EFFECTIVE? THA*SZ -- I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING TO LOOK AT AND SEE HOW MANY TIPS WE HAVE GOTTEN AND WHAT THE RESULTS OF THAT ARE.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> AND LASTLY BECAUSE I WROTE DOWN THINGS FROM WHAT YOU GUYS SAID. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. DURING YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU SAID YOU HAD SOME PARTICULAR FEELINGS ABOUT METAL DETECTORS AND WANDS.

CAN YOU ELABORATE ON WHAT THOSE -- WHAT YOU HAVE IN MIND? >> YEAH.

THE OPTICS OF US AS A DISTRICT TO ME -- WE ARE CURRENTLY STRUGGLING WITH KEEPING KIDS HERE IN THE DISTRICT AND NOT GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE. MY PERSONAL FEELING IS THE

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DON'T CHASE THEM OUT. >> THAT MAKES SENSE. I DIDN'T CONSIDER THAT HOW OTHERS IMPLEMENTED THE POLICIES HOW WE LINEUP. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SOME BOARD MEMBER STEWART BROUGHT UP WHICH IS THE BEFORE SCHOOL AND AFTER SCHOOL LIMBO OF THE GATE BEING OPEN. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY A THING AT MAYFAIR.

YOU SHOW UP AT A ZERO PERIOD WHICH I DON'T THINK IT EXISTS THIS ACADEMIC YEAR, SO AFTER SCHOOL THEN. AFTER SCHOOL THE GATE IS OPEN AND YOU CAN WANDER ON.

I COULD LEAVE WITH MY FRIENDS FOR PAPER RECYCLING AND THEN COME BACK.

I KNOW THERE ARE SOME STUDENTS WHO LEFT MAYFAIR BECAUSE OF BEHAVIORAL REASONS AND A LOT OF TIMES YOU WILL SEE THEM OUTSIDE AND THEY COME BACK INSIDE AND START TALKING TO PEOPLE.

I PERSONALLY HAVE KNOWN STUDENTS WHO COME BACK AND THEY WAIT FOR THE PERIOD WHEN THE GATE IS OPEN AND THEY COME IN. THERE IS LESS SUPERVISION AFTER SCHOOL.

SO WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO SECURE HOW PEOPLE COME IN AND OUT, MAYBE THE GATE SHOULDN'T BE WIDE OPEN TOWARD THE END OF THE DAY. OFFICE STAFF LEAVES I THINK AT 4:30 AT MAYFAIR AND IT HAS TO BE OPEN FOR ATHLETES TO LEAVE, BUT IF THERE IS A WAY TO STAFF THAT ENTRANCE WITH SECURITY THEN THAT IS PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA. AND THAT LEADS TO ANOTHER THING THAT AMIE BROUGHT UP WHICH IS EXTRA SECURITY. FOR SURE SECURITY IS STRAINED.

I KNOW TONY AND VIRGINIA AT MAYFAIR, OH MY GOSH, THEY DO A LOT.

AND I HEARD FROM MY FRIENDS AT BELLFLOWER, THAT THE SECURITY OFFICERS ARE OVERWHELMED TOO.

THAT IS A LESS AGGRESSIVE FORM OF ADDING SECURITY THAN AN ARPBLED POLICE OFFICER.

THAN AN ARMED POLICE OFFICER. IT IS LESS THINKING ABOUT THE WORST CASE SCENARIO AND MORE EVERYDAY CAMPUS LIFE. A FEW EXTRA SECURITY OFFICERS AT CAMPUS WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.

SOMETHING BOARD MEMBER -- PRESIDENT GARZA BROUGHT UP -- THIS IS INTERESTING.

HOW STUDENTS RELIEVE THEMSELVES DURING LOCK DOWN. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY A THING.

I REMEMBER IN 5TH GRADE AND LAST YEAR, MY JUNIOR YEAR, YOU JUST GET A BAG.

THE TEACHERS ROLL AROUND THE CAMPUS AND THEY GIVE YOU FOOD AND A BAG.

THAT'S OUR HOLE FOR THE NEXT HOUR. IT GETS GROSS AND IT IS NOT SAN TERRY FOR -- SANITARY WITH CUSTODIANS AND PEOPLE ARE NOT COMFORTABLE USING THE BATHROOM THERE TOO. IF WE CAN FIND A PRODUCT THAT MAYBE EXISTS TO RELIEVE YOURSELF AND STORE THOSE IN A CLASSROOM -FRPGS -- THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. AND THEN LASTLY I WANT TO TOUCH ON SOMETHING THAT I THINK ALL OF US HAVE TALKED ABOUT IS ARMED AOFRPS -- ARMY OFFICERS AT THE GATE. WHEN I HEARD ARMED OFFICER I WAS SHAKEN AND WHEN YOU SAID RETIRED POLICE OFFICER, AS A COME -- CULTURE WE HAVE RE-EVALUATED LAW ENFORCEMENT.

AND YOU THINK OF SOMEONE WHO HAS RETIRED AND NOTE NECESSARILY BEEN AROUND TO -- NOT NECESSARILY TO SEE THE CHANGES IN THE CULTURE AND BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG TALKED ABOUT RACIAL PROFILING, AND THAT IS I THINK REALLY PROBLEMATIC. I WOULD DREAD -- I WOULD SAY PERSONALLY IF I WAS GOING BACK TO MAYFAIR, I WOULD DREAD WALKING THROUGH THE FRONT GATE IF THERE IS AN OLDER GUY WITH A GUN. I DON'T TRUST THAT GUY.

IF THE DATA HERE SAW PORLTS -- SUPPORTS THAT PEOPLE WANT AN ARMED GUARD, ALTHOUGH I DON'T THINK IT WOULD MAKE ME FEEL MORE SAFE, IF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ASKING FOR IT IT IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO LOOK INTO, BUT WE HAVE AGREED THAT THEY HAVE TO BE TRAINED AND VETTED AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE STABLE FIRST AND FOREMOST. THAT'S EVERYTHING I WANTED TO

TOUCH ON AND LEAVE IT TO YOU. >> BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG? >> I KNOW WHEN THE SURVEY WAS TAKEN, IT WAS TAKEN AS A PARENT AND AS A STUDENT. IS THERE A WAY TO BREAK THIS DATA UP SO WE WILL KNOW HOW THE STUDENT FEELS ABOUT THIS AS OPPOSED TO THE PARENTS?

>> YES. WE CAN. >> PERFECT.

ALSO, AGAIN, THERE ARE PRODUCTS. ALL IT NEEDS IS FOR US TO KNOW HOW MANY CLASSROOMS WE HAVE AND EVEN SERVICE -- EVEN OFFICES. THEY HAVE THESE SURVIVAL KITS THAT ACTUALLY DOUBLES AS A TOILET. WE CAN HAVE THOSE THINGS. WE CAN HAVE THOSE THINGS.

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THERE ARE THINGS. THEY HAVE FOOD IN THERE. THEY HAVE WATER AND IT IS IN A CONTAINER AND IT IS ACTUALLY A TOILET SEAT WITH A TOP. THERE ARE PRODUCTS.

I DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT IN OUR CLASSES RIGHT NOW?

>> WELL, I WAS GOING TO COMMENT. WHEN WE DID THE WALK THROUGH AND SAFETY PRESENTATION WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE NEEDS BUT I HAVE SEEN AT SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT THEY DO HAVE -- I THINK IT IS LIKE A RED BUCKET AND I HAVE SEEN THEM AND I THINK IT WAS FUNDED THROUGH THEIR PTA OF SOME SORT.

THERE ARE PRODUCTS OUT THERE LIKE YOU MENTIONED, MS. ARMSTRONG.

IT IS A MATTER OF FINDING THE PRODUCT THAT WOULD BEST MEET OUR NEEDS.

AND IF WE CAN HAVE A CONSISTENT STRUCTURE ACROSS THE BOARD. EVEN WAS -- EVEN AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR SAFETY, STANDARD PROCEDURES FOR LOCK DOWNS, WE RECOGNIZE THE TEACHER CLASSROOMS HAVE THE UP RUB -- HAVE THE RUBBER THINGS ON THE DOORS AND SOME HAVE LOCK BOXES AND SOME DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. AS WE CONTINUE TO EVALUATE OUR SAFETY NEEDS WE ARE LOOKING AT IT AS A WHOLE AND HAVE CONSISTENT PRACTICE ACROSS THE BOARD.

>> THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG. THANK YOU DR. AVILA.

I REMEMBERED. AS WE GO FORWARD AND MAYBE EVEN GOING INTO HAVING THESE DOGS ON CAMPUS AND HAVING ARMED OFFICERS ONE OTHER CONCERN THAT BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG BROUGHT UP AND BOARD MEMBER MENDOZA BROUGHT UP, YOU KNOW, THE RACIAL PROFILING THAT CAN OCCUR.

I WOULD HATE FOR US TO START HAVING INCIDENTS ON THE CAMPUS WHERE THERE IS A LARGE NUMBER OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS OR BROWN STUDENTS WHO ARE BEING STOPPED OR RANDOMLY SEARCHED.

THAT IS A BIG, BIG CONCERN FOR MYSELF. I AM NOT SPEAKING FOR ANYONE ELSE. I AM I THINKING THAT IS SOMETHING WE COULD PROBABLY LOOK AT AND MAKE SURE. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HAVE THAT -- NOT NECESSARILY NOT OCCUR BECAUSE IT IS IT IS -- WE CAN'T TELL SOMEBODY -- WE ARE NOT WITH THEM ALL THE TIME TO OVERSEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING. MAYBE SOME TYPE OF TRAINING.

>> THIS FEEDBACK IS VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE ASSUMING WE GO WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF K-9'S ON OUR CAMPUSES, AND LOOKING AT -- THERE ARE BOARD POLICIES THAT WOULD REQUIRE UPDATING.

FOR EXAMPLE, CSBA HAS AN UPDATE FOR WHEN YOU HAVE TO CONDUCT SEARCHES OF STUDENTS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UPDATE THE BOARD POLICY, AND ALSO UPDATE OUR ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS. WE CREATE THAT STANDARDIZED PROCESS FOR CONSISTENCY AMONG ADMINISTRATORS A SEARCH AT MAYFAIR WILL LOOK LIKE A SEARCH AT BELLFLOWER AND HOW WE GO ABOUT CONDUCT -- CONDUCTING THE SEARCHES AND COMMUNICATING TO STUDENTS AND COMMUNICATING WITH PARENTS. THAT'S WHERE THE FEEDBACK IS HELPFUL AS WE APPROACH THOSE THINGS. THERE WILL BE A NEED TO UPDATE SOME OF OUR POLICIES TO MAKE

SURE WE HAVE CONSISTENCIES. >> THAT WAS SOMETHING I WAS SHARING WITH THE BOARD PRESIDENT, A SYSTEMIC PROCESS. I WAS SHARING WHAT YOU SAID. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A SYSTEMIC PROCESS IN PLACE THAT LAYS THE FOUNDATION BASICALLY THAT EVERY SITE WILL BE ABLE TO FOLLOW AND IS CONSISTENT. SO THAT WAY WE ARE NOT SAYING SOMETHING IS HAPPENING A MAYFAIR THAT IS NOT HAPPENING AT BELLFLOWER AND THEN AN INCIDENT HAPPENS.

IT IS JUST A WHAT-IF SCENARIO. A LOT OF THE INFORMATION AND I HOPE TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE SOON MAYBE AT OUR NEXT MEETING AND I WILL TALK TO OUR BOARD PRESIDENT AND DR. DROTTI SO SEE HOW WE CAN COORDINATE THAT. A LOT OF THE COMPONENTS WOULD FALL UNDER ADMINISTRATION AND WHAT ROLE THEY WOULD PLAY. THE TRAINING WOULD BE THE SAME ACROSS THE SITES.

THE ONLY THING DIFFERENT I WOULD SEE AND I WAS SHARING THIS WITH OUR BOARD PRESIDENT AND WANTED

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CONSISTENCY AND ALSO HAVING SPECIFIC RULES ACROSS THE BOARD IS SO IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP AND ALLOWING ME TO SHARE THAT.

>> SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE FEEDBACK. I AM ASSEMBLING EVERYTHING YOU SAID. EACH OF THESE HAS IN -- INTRICATE DETAILS.

I HEARD GO AND LOOK AT IT AND BRING BACK INFORMATION SO WE CAN ANALYZE IT MORE.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO. THERE ARE SOME NUANCES.

IF WE BRING UP THE ARMED OFFICER CONVERSATION, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WOULD REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THEY WOULD OPERATE AND THE PROCEDURES AND THE THINGS LIKE THAT. WE WOULD EVEN BRING IT TO A BOARD MEETING SO YOU CAN QUESTION AND THEN MAKE A DECISION ON THAT.

WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO MAKE ANY RIGHT NOW. I HAVE THE DIRECTION TO DO RESEARCH AND SEE WHERE WE ARE. THE OTHER COMPONENT IS BEING IN CHARGE OF A SCHOOL, I REMEMBER ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT KEPT ME UP AT NIGHT AND I HAD 3,000 STUDENTS, AND WE HAD A DEDICATED POLICE OFFICER ON OUR CAMPUS THERE, BUT WHEN YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF THIS WHOLE MASSIVE ORGANIZATION AND PEOPLE AFTER SCHOOL AND THIS AND THAT AND ANY DAY YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE, YOU FEEL ALMOST NAKED OUT THERE. I I KNOW HOW OUR PRINCIPALS ARE FEELING OUT THERE WITH PEOPLE COMING ON CAMPUS AND HOPPING FEN-PHENESS AND ALL -- AND HOPPING FENCES AND HOW VULNERABLE YOU FEEL. IF YOU ARE A LEADER YOU CAN'T EXPRESS IT TO ANYBODY.

BUT THAT IS A REALITY. THAT ASPECT OF HAVING SOMEBODY THERE TO HELP AND THAT IS TRAINED. WHAT WE CAN'T IMPACT IS WHEN THE SITUATION HAPPENS WHEN YOU NEED THE OFFICER TO RESPOND LIKE AN OFFICER AND THEY ARE NOT THERE. THERE IS NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO AT THAT POINT AND IT IS TOO LATE. A LOT OF THIS IS TALKING THROUGH THE THINGS AND LETTING EVERYBODY SEE THE FULL PICTURE SO WE CAN DEAL WITH IT. EVERY SCHOOL IS HUGE.

YOU HAVE PERSONALITIES AND ALL KINDS OF FOLKS AND TO JUST SAY, I'M HERE AND THERE IS A HOMELESS PERSON RUNNING IN HERE AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, THAT'S A SCARY THING.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE IN CHARGE. ALL GOOD POINTS AND I'M GLAD YOU GAVE THE FEEDBACK AND WE WILL DO RESEARCH AND WE WILL BRING BACK CONCEPTS AND YOU CAN SAY YAY OR

NAY AND WE WILL GO FROM THERE. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, IF I MAY, ONE COMMENT ON THAT AND I WAS GOING TO SAY EARLIER, I APPRECIATE US HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.

I KNOW WE ALL WANT THE EXACT SAME THING, ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TO BE SAFE.

I DO KEEP IN MIND AND REMIND MYSELF THE CLIMATE IN WHICH WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION IS VASTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE CLIMATE FIVE, SIX WEEKS AGO AFTER THE TENNESSEE SHOOTING.

WHEN THINGS HAPPEN AND WHEN WE REALLY START IMAGINING OURSELVES THERE, WE SPARK THAT EMOTION THAT SAYS WE HAVE TO ACT. AND THEN HERE WE ARE JUST A COUPLE MONTHS AND WE ARE STILL HAVING THIS VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND I AM PROUD WE ARE DOING IT, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE A POINT THAT NONE OF THIS IS FOR COMFORT. IT IS FOR SAFETY WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN.

NONE OF THIS IS OPTIMAL. IN AN OPTIMAL WORLD NOTHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS.

THESE ARE CONVERSATION THAT'S ARE HEALTHY AND -- CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE HEALTHY AND MAKING SURE THE THINGS WE PUT IN PLACE DON'T ADD TO IT BEING LESS SAFE. JUST ECHOING THEIR CONCERNS WITH THE ARMED GUARDS. REALLY DIVING INTO THIS AND MAKING SURE WE TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS NECESSARY BEFORE WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS AND HAVING A COST ANALYSIS.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WE WILL GO AHEAD -- THAT WAS THE END OF THE PRESENTATIONS, CORRECT? WE WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC

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REGULAR MEETING. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. >> I HAVE A COMMENT AND A QUESTION.

PRESIDENT GARZA, AS FAR AS THE MINUTES GO, I KNOW LIKE -- I'M GONNA GIVE AN EXAMPLE.

DURING THE NUTRITIONAL SERVICES PRESENTATION, THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS ASKED FROM BOARD MEMBERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE NOT IN THE DOCUMENT AND THAT IS A PUBLIC DOCUMENT.

SHOULD THOSE BE IN THERE OR IS THAT JUST ASKING TOO MUCH OF PEOPLE TO WRITE?

I GUESS WHAT IS THE CRITERIA FOR THAT? >> COULD YOU REPEAT THAT QUESTIONS? THERE WERE QUESTIONS NOT INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES?

>> FOR INSTANCE NUTRITIONAL SERVICES, THE LAST MEETING WE HAD A BIG PRESENTATION AND IT WAS VERY LONG. ALL IT SAYS IS A BRIEF SUMMARY. IT IS TWO SENTENCES, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE ALL OF THE QUESTION THAT'S WERE ASKED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SHOULD THAT BE IN A PUBLIC DOCUMENT CONSIDERING I SIGNED OFF ON THEM.

I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT SHOULD BE IN THOSE MINUTES? >> GOT IT.

I THINK I NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT IS ACTUALLY WRITTEN. >> I CAN ANSWER THAT.

IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE A WORD FOR WORD RECITATION OF EVERYTHING THAT IS DISCUSSED.

IT IS REALLY JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF WHAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING.

>> THANK YOU. >> THERE IS NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT IT BE VERBATIM.

>> THANK YOU. >> THERE IS NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT, IS THERE STILL THE LIBERTY FOR US TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL POINTS ABOUT BOARD EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT OR --

>> YOU CAN ALWAYS AMEND THE MINUTES TO INCLUDE THOSE THINGS. TONIGHT IF YOU WANTED TO ADD

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, YOU CAN DO THAT. >> I THINK MINUTES ARE A GOOD WAY WITHOUT HAVING TO WATCH THE WHOLE VIDEO YOU CAN SCROLL THROUGH AND GET AN IDEA FOR LIKE, WHAT WERE THE CONVERSATIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM AND CHECK IN ON WHAT WAS

TALKED ABOUT. IS THAT OUR SECRETARY? >> IT WILL COME OUT OF MY OFFICE. I WILL REVIEW THOSE MINUTES AGAIN AND SEE IF WE CAN IMPROVE ON THAT. IT CAN'T BE TOO VERBATIM BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. WE WOULD BE DOING THAT ALL DAY. THESE MEETINGS ARE TWO, THREE HOURS. THE SALIENT POINTS IS WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.

SALIENT POINTS LIKE YOU ARE ASKING ABOUT AND ALL THAT, WE CAN INCLUDE THOSE THINGS.

>> I BELIEVE THE MEETINGS ARE ALSO RECORDED, CORRECT? >> YES.

>> SO THAT IS ANOTHER WAY TO GET THAT INFORMATION. >> SO AT THIS POINT DO WE

NEED -- COUNSEL, DO WE NEED TO AMEND THE MOTION? >> IT IS UP TO THE PLEASURE OF

THE BOARD. YOU DON'T HAVE TO. >> NO.

I'M NOT TRYING TO AMEND IT. I'M JUST ASKING FOR MY OWN BECAUSE AGAIN I'M THE CLERK AND I SIGN OFF ON ALL THESE AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOWDY TAILED THEY WERE -- HOW DETAILED THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE. I DON'T WANT TO AMEND IT. I WAS JUST BRINGING IT UP.

>> PERFECT. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND HAVE ROLL CALL.

>> BOARD MEMBER MENDOZA. >> I. >> MS. ARMSTRONG.

>> I. >> DR. ELHESSEN. >> I.

>> MS. STEWART. >> I. >> MR. CRIHFIELD.

>> I. >> MRS. GARZA. >> I.

>> AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS WHICH IS APPROVAL OF BOARD POLICIES.

DO I HAVE SOMEBODY TO MOVE? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND?

>> SECOND. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? BOARD MEMBER MENDOZA?

>> I HAVE NOTHING ON THIS ONE. >> BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG? >> I'M GOOD WITH THAT ONE.

>> BOARD MEMBER ELHESSEN? >> MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT AS FUTURE BOARD MEMBERS COME ON, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS BOARD OR DISTRICT CASH DASH -- LET ME SEE. WHERE IT SAYS ASKING QUESTIONS OR SEEK CLARIFICATION ON MATTERS. IS IT PROVIDED THAT THE INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER RECEIVES VERIFICATION. THEY WOULDN'T BE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL CHANGE, JUST FOR

CLARIFICATION. >> COULD YOU PROVIDE -- >> FOR EXAMPLE, IF A BOARD MEMBER WANTED TO SEEK HOW THEY WOULD INCLUDE A POLICY -- SPECIFICALLY A POLICY ON NOT HAVING CELL PHONES, FOR EXAMPLE, ON CAMPUS. THAT'S SOMETHING NEW.

ARE WE LOOKING AT ONLY EXISTING LIKE ISSUES OR NEW ISSUES THAT COME UP? NEW TOPICS? DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? THEY ARE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION

TO CHANGE OR IMPLEMENT SOMETHING AND WANT LEGAL COUNSEL ON. >> COUNSEL?

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>> I BELIEVE THE IDEA OF THE POLICY IS TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TO CONTACT OUR OFFICE TO SEEK CLARIFICATION ON AN AGENDA ITEM OR ASK ANY SORT OF ROUTINE QUESTION THAT MAY COME UP. THAT WAS THE INTENT OF THE POLICY.

>> [INAUDIBLE]. LIKE YOU SAID, AGENDA ITEM. I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO INCLUDE. I THINK THE MORE SPECIFIC WE ARE, THE BETTER.

WE HAVE NEW -- PEOPLE WHO MAY COME ON BOARD AND MAY NOT HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OR UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROLE. HOW WOULD THAT -- I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD BE PERCEIVED.

I GUESS THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN. >> I'M SORRY. I'M STILL NOT UNDERSTANDING.

>> LET ME GET A CRACK AT. IT ARE YOU WANTING TO KNOW UNDER WHAT PARAMETERS SHOULD A BOARD

MEMBER CONTACT LEGAL COUNSEL? >> RIGHT. >> THE WAY -- YEAH.

>> THE WAY I CRAFTED IT WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT IS THAT THE IDEA IS IF ANY BOARD MEMBER HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT ROUTINE ITEMS, ROUTINE LEGAL ITEMS THAT APPEAR EITHER ON THE AGENDA OR THINGS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE ON IN CLOSED SESSION, THEN THE POLICY WOULD ALLOW THE BOARD MEMBERS TO REACH OUT TO LEGAL COUNSEL TO GET, YOU KNOW, THE ANSWERS TO THEIR QUESTIONS

OR CLARIFICATION ON SOME KIND OF A LEGAL ISSUE. >> SUCH AS THE BROWN ACT.

>> IT COULD BE THE BROWN ACT. IT COULD BE QUESTIONS CONCERNING PENDING LITIGATION MATTERS YOU ARE GONNA HEAR IN CLOSED SESSION. IT COULD BE A CONTRACT THAT APPEARS ON THE AGENDA AND MAYBE YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE LANGUAGE AND YOU WANT CLARIFICATION ON IT, THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES. BUT I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHAT IT IS NOT FOR IS FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO CALL OUR OFFICE FOR PERSONAL, LEGAL ADVICE.

EVERYTHING, OF COURSE, HAS TO BE RELATED SOMEHOW TO A LEGAL ISSUE WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER

JURISDICTION OF BELLFLOWER. >> YES. THAT WAS ONE OF MY CONCERNS.

>> SO MY CONCERN ALSO WITH THAT -- EXCUSE ME -- IS IF ONE BOARD MEMBER HAS A CONCERN AND THEY CONTACT YOU, HOW WOULD THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS FIND OUT THAT INFORMATION? WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION.

>> YEAH. SO THE WAY WE ARE GONNA DO THIS IS IN SOME FREQUENT MANNER WHETHER IT IS MONTHLY OR WEEKLY OR EVERY TWO WEEKS THE FIRM IS GOING TO SEND -- -- TO SEND MY OFFICE A SPREADSHEET OF WHO & CONTACTED AND WHY THE QUESTIONS ARE ASKED AND HOW LONG.

WE WILL POST THAT REGULARLY FOR PEOPLE TO SEE. THAT WAY YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS

HAPPENING AND ALL THAT. >> SHR -- IS THERE SOMEWAY TO PUT A PROTOCOL IN HERE WHERE THEY ASK STAFF BEFORE THEY GO TO LEGAL COUNSEL? IT'S ALMOST LIKE, GO TO THE SUPERINTENDENT BECAUSE THAT'S OUR EMPLOYEE. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

BEFORE. I JUST WANTED TO STATE IT. GO TO THE SUPERINTENDENT FIRST.

AND THEN IF ARE YOU NOT SATISFIED GO TO THE LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THEN LEGAL COUNSEL NEEDS TO LET US KNOW BECAUSE THEY ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE BILLING US.

>> THE REASON WHY WE -- WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO IS CURRENTLY -- AND I THINK THERE WAS A CHANGE OF WHAT IS CURRENT TO WHAT IT IS NOW -- LOOK, THE WAY BOARDS WORK IS IF SOMEBODY IS GONNA VIEW SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THE REASON THEY HAVE A WEEKLY FRIDAY MEMO IS TO BASICALLY PUT IT OUT THERE BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG IS CALLING BLANK, BLANK, BLANK, SIX, SEVEN TIMES COMPARED TO EVERYBODY ELSE. THERE IS AN INTERNAL ACCOUNTABILITY SO WE WILL BE TRANSPARENT ON WHO CONTACTED WHO. WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD HELP US POLICE OURSELVES AND NOT ABUSE THIS. I AM SURE IT COULD BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS. I COULD SEE WHERE IF IT IS ABUSED WE WILL KNOW.

YOU CAN WAIT ON ME, BUT I'M MOVING AROUND. YOU CAN HARDLY SEE ME IN MY OFFICE. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL TRIES TO MEET WITH ME.

TO CALL ME AND THEN SAY -- I CAN SEE WHERE YOU CAN GET INTO GRIDLOCK.

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TO BE IS HOW I AM THINKING ABOUT IT. >> THANK YOU.

BOARD MEMBER CRIHFIELD? >> I THINK I WAS NEXT. >> SO SORRY.

>> THAT'S OKAY. THAT WAS MY QUESTION OF ABUSE. IF I DECIDED I JUST WANTED TO TALK TO THE LAWYER ALL THE TIME AND WE KEEP GETTING CHARGED, HOW DO WE STOP THAT? SHOULD THERE BE A CONSEQUENCE IN THE POLICY SO IT DOESN'T GET ABUSED?

>> MY OPINION ON THAT IS SOMETHING I TELL MY STAFF. LET'S LEARN BY DOING.

WE WILL KNOW WITHIN A MONTH IF SOMETHING IS WRONG. OUR ABILITY TO STOP IT AND SAY LET'S GO BACK TO WHAT WE USED TO DO OR WE TALK DIRECTLY TO THAT ONE BOARD MEMBER AND SAY WHAT IN

THE HECK ARE YOU DO STP-G WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? >> AND ONCE THIS POLICY GOES INTO EFFECT, IS THERE A PERIOD OF TIME WE CAN CHANGE IT? WE CAN CHANGE IT IN TWO MONTHS

IF WE CAN SEE IT IS BEING ABUSED? >> YES.

YOU CAN. >> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> WAS THERE CLARIFICATION NEEDED, COUNSEL? >> NO.

I THINK I ANSWERED HER QUESTION. >> BOARD MEMBER CRUTCH -- BOARD MEMBER KREFP FIELD.

>> I APPRECIATE YOU CRAFTED IT AND WORKED TOGETHER. MY ONLY CONCERN AND I HOPE IT CAN BE AGO -- FIGURED OUT. THE WORDING, I KNOW YOU ARE OUR GENERAL COUNSEL, BUT THE POLICY DOESN'T SAY WHO IS THE GENERAL COUNSEL. WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT OUR GENERAL COUNSEL, OR ARE WE SAYING BOARD MEMBERS CAN GO -- NO OFFENSE,

BUT THERE IS A LOT OF LAWYERS -- >> MANY LAWYERS, ACTUALLY. >> THE WAY I IMAGINE IT IS WE HAVE GENERAL COUNSEL, AND MOST OF THE TIME YOUR INTERFACE WITH THE BOARD IS WITH THAT GENERAL COUNSEL. WE HAVE COUNSEL FOR SPECIFIC THINGS THAT EXIST OUTSIDE.

SOMETIMES I DON'T WANT TO CONTACT THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS TOO INKRAU -- INTRICATE AND MY ASSISTANTS DO THAT. IF IF -- IF I HAVE TO CONTACT THE LAWYERS I HAVE TO.

YOU ARE EVEN FARTHER REMOVED THAN ME OF THOSE SPECIFIC THINGS.

I IMAGINE THERE WAOEPBT -- I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY YOU WOULD SAY LET ME CALL THIS PERSON FOR

THIS. >> THAT'S MY CONCERN. IF WE HAVE MULTIPLE LAWYERS THE POLICY DOESN'T DEDICATE THAT PERSON AND IF YOU HAVE WORKED OUT WHICH I APPRECIATE YOU HAVE A SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES TO BE TRANSPARENT, BUT ARE YOU GOING TO GO TO EVERY COUNSEL AND

FIGURE THAT OUT? >> IF I MAY, WHAT WE COULD DO IS SPECIFY JUST GENERAL COUNSEL FOR

THE DISTRICT. >> I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

>> WHICH WOULD INCLUDE MYSELF AND THE TEAM AT THE FRONT. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER CRIHFIELD. STAFF, WOULD YOU MIND REFLECTING THAT DR. ELHESSEN HAS WALKED OUT AT 9:00. I LIKE THIS AND I AGREE WITH BOARD MEMBER CRIHFIELD. WE NEED TO BE SPECIFIC ON THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE STRIKE OUT THE PART THAT IS PROVIDED THAT THE INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS RECEIVE CLARIFICATION PRIOR TO CONTACTING COUNCIL. THIS IS THE REASON WHY.

WHEN SOMEONE GOES AND NEEDS HELP AND GUIDANCE FOR AN ATTORNEY -- SAY FOR MYSELF INDIVIDUALLY, I DON'T GO THROUGH SOMEONE ELSE. I GO DIRECTLY TO THE ATTORNEY AND I SPEAK TO MY ATTORNEY GENERAL COUNSEL IS COUNSEL FOR THE BOARD. THEY WORK FOR THE DIRECT AND THEY REPRESENT US I WOULD NOT WANT -- IT IS LIKE A BROKEN TELEPHONE SYSTEM WHERE I AM GETTING MY INFORMATION FROM A STAFF MEMBER OR MAYBE EVEN A SUPERINTENDENT AND THE ACTUAL MESSAGE IS NOT CONVEYED CORRECTLY TO WHAT GENERAL COUNSEL WANTED TO IMPART ON US.

ALSO IN ADDITION IF WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL AND CAN ASK SEVERAL QUESTIONS

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YOU ARE VERY BUSY. I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL I GET TO YOU AND YOU COME BACK TO US.

IT WOULD AVOID ALL OF THAT AS WELL. THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION.

IF WE CAN BRING IT BACK. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE TO STRIKE THAT FIRST PART THAT INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS MAY NOT SEEK ADVICE FROM DISTRICT LEGAL COUNSEL IF WERE

YOU TO ADD THE SECOND PIECE. YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THAT AS WELL. >> YES.

MAKING IT SO WE ADD WHAT YOU HAD WHY -- WHAT YOU HAD REQUESTED AND MAKING SURE WE SAY IT IS GENERAL COUNSEL AND MAKING IT SO IT DOESN'T CONTRADICT EACH OTHER IN THOSE SENTENCES AND WE DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY GO TO A STAFF MEMBER OR -- WE HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE GENERAL

COUNSEL OURSELVES. >> WE'LL MAKE THAT CHANGE AND BRING IT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING. I ALSO WANT TO JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT MAY SEEM LIKE, OH MY GOSH, IT IS GONNA GET OUT OF CONTROL, BUT MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN THAT MOST BOARD MEMBERS RARELY, IF EVER, CALL ME. WHEN THEY DO CALL ME, IT IS USUALLY A QUICK QUESTION BRRRR -- ABOUT A LEGAL ISSUE OR A CASE OR A CONTRACT TERM. THEY ARE VERY ROUTINE, BASIC QUESTION THAT'S COME UP. OF COURSE IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO HAVE A 35, 45, TWO-HOUR CONVERSATION I WILL HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE SHOULD AGENDIZE THIS FOR A

MEETING SO WE CAN ALL DISCUSS IT. >> ONE LAST QUESTION, HOW DO YOU BILL? 15 MINUTES INCREMENTS? 30-MINUTE INCREMENTS?

>> I THINK I'M -- I THINK WE BILL IN 10-MINUTE INCREMENTS. I CAN ALSO SAY TO YOU THAT I

RARELY IF EVER BILL FOR PHONE CALLS FROM BOARD MEMBERS. >> YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT.

>> WELL, THEY ARE USUALLY TWO TO THREE MINUTES AT MOST. >> SO IF WE KEEP IT UNDER FIVE

MINUTES IT'S ON THE HOUSE. >> THAT'S A DEAL. >> PUT THAT IN THERE.

>> THAT'S A DEAL. >> WHAT IF WE CALL 10 TIMES IN A WEEK.

WHAT IF YOU CALL 10 TIMES IN A WEEK? >> I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

I KNOW THIS IS SPEAKING -- SEEKING CLARIFICATION AND MAYBE I AM NEW AND I WOULDN'T IMAGINE SOMEBODY WOULD RANDOMLY CALL YOU ALL THE TIME, BUT WHAT ABOUT SEEKING CLARIFICATION FROM THE

BOARD PRESIDENT? >> YOU'RE SAYING TO ADD THE BOARD PRESIDENT ON HERE?

>> NO. I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT OF, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO CONTACT SUPERINTENDENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I FEEL PERSONALLY LIKE THERE SHOULD BE SOME AUTHORITY NOT TO JUST LET US ALL LOOSE TO CALL THE LAWYER ANY TIME WE WANT.

THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL FEELING. INSTEAD OF SEEKING CLARIFICATION FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT, WHAT

ABOUT FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT? JUST A THOUGHT OR IDEA. >> USUALLY THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE WE ARE A TEAM. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED, IT IS BEST TO CONTACT THE PRESIDENT. IF YOU WANT TO CONTACT BRAD OR ME OR SOMEBODY ELSE, THAT'S GOOD TOO. IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO CONTACT THAT PRESIDENT.

THE PRESIDENT IS WHAT KEEPS -- IS THE GLUE. AND IF THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T HAVE AN ANSWER, THEN THAT PRESIDENT CAN GO TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THEN IF THIS PRESIDENT IS NOT SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT, SHE CAN PROBABLY COME BACK TO YOU AND FIGURE OUT, HEY, I HAVE TO CALL GENERAL COUNSEL. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LET'S GET THIS RELATIONSHIP

BUILT. >> AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE -- IT IS WONDERFUL ADVICE WHEN IT IS NOT PERTAINING TO LEGAL ISSUES. I'M NOT A LAWYER AND I'M NOT IN ANY CAPACITY ABLE TO GIVE YOU ANY CLARIFICATION ON LEGAL ISSUES.

THAT'S WHY ACCESS TO OUR GENERAL COUNSEL AND A FOLLOW-UP BY OUR GENERAL COUNSEL THAT GOES TO OUR STAFF THAT WE ALL SEE ON A PERIODIC BASIS IS GOING TO HELP US AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL GETTING THE LEGAL MATTERS ANSWERED. I'M SORRY, BUT I DO NOT FEEL

COMFORTABLE ANSWERING ANY LEGAL ISSUES. >> I DON'T MEAN THAT.

I MEAN CLARIFICATION TO GO AND TALK TO THE LAWYER. >> OH, THAT IS COMPLETELY

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I WOULD RATHER HAVE HIS ADVICE. >> SHE CHARGES IN 10-MINUTE INCREMENTS.

>> NO. MORE. >> I THOUGHT IT COULD BE AN ALTERNATE THAN GOING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT IS GOING TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. >> I WOULD RATHER WE JUST FUNNEL ALL QUESTIONS THROUGH GENERAL COUNSEL. I DON'T WANT TO MISINTERPRET ANY QUESTIONS LIKE I JUST DID RIGHT NOW. I WANT THAT INFORMATION FROM THE ACTUAL LAWYERS.

>> MADAM PRESIDENT, IF I MAY? I THINK ONE POSSIBLE SCENARIO WOULD BE THAT WOULD COMPLICATE BROWN ACT LIKE IF THAT PERSON WHO IS HAVING THAT ISSUE HAD TALKED TO ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER AND WANTED CLARIFICATION, IT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND WE HAVE A

VIOLATION. >> YEAH. I WASN'T REFERENCING LIKE THAT.

I WAS SEEKING THE CLARIFICATION AND WHAT IS STATED IN HERE. WE WANT TO SEEK CLARIFICATION FROM SOMEONE AND I WAS JUST GIVING AN ALTERNATE. THAT'S ALL.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO POSE A QUESTION FOR LEGAL COUNSEL. I KNOW FOR THE NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR THERE IS UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBER POSITION, BUT SINCE IT IS VIABLE THE NEXT AGO TKEPL -- ACADEMIC YEAR AND STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS ARE DARK -- MEMBERS HAVE

ACCESS TO THE BOARD MEMBERS -- >> STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS CANNOT RECEIVE ANY LEGAL ISSUES -- THEY CAN'T ATTEND CLOSED SESSION. ANY MATERIALS PREPARED FORECLOSED SESSION YOU ARE NOTTEN TIGHTED -- NOT ENTITLED TO RECEIVE THAT. AND YOU HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD. ARE YOU NOT A MEMBER OF THE BOARD.

YOU ARE A STUDENT. THERE IS NO PRIVILEGE BETWEEN YOU AND ME.

THERE IS A PRIVILEGE THAT EXISTS WITH THE BOARD AS A WHOLE. >> THAT MAKES SENSE.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

VERY GOOD QUESTION. IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY. ARE YOU SAYING THAT THEY SHOULD

ASK THE BOARD PRESIDENT -- GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE SO I UNDERSTAND. >> I THINK WHAT THEY ARE ASKING, MADAM PRESIDENT, IS THAT IF SOMEBODY HAS A QUESTION OF LEGAL COUNSEL THEY GO TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND THE BOARD PRESIDENT SAYS, YEAH, GO AHEAD AND CALL LEGAL COUNSEL.

OR HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHY DON'T WE WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION IN CLOSED SESSION. KWR*FPBG -- I THINK THEY ARE GIVING YOU THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THE CALL ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN CALL OUR OFFICE. IS THAT CORRECT?

>> IT WAS IF WE NEEDED AUTHORITY FROM DR. DROTTI, THEN WHY NOT -- IF WE NEED AUTHORITY FROM SOMEONE I WAS USING IT AS AN ALTERNATE. YES.

>> SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION IS DR. DROTTI IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE BOARD.

NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF DYNAMIC EXISTS BETWEEN THE BOARD MEMBERS HE HAS TO ANSWER OUR QUESTION.

IT GETS COMPLICATED WHEN THE BOARD PRESIDENT HAS TO AUTHORIZE ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL, IF THOSE PARTICULAR BOARD MEMBERS DON'T GET ALONG THEN THERE IS ADDITIONAL COMPLICATION AND THAT BOARD MEMBER IS DENIED A RESOURCE. IT IS BEST TO TAKE THAT -- IT CAN GET POLITICAL ON HERE, SO HAVING AN APOLITICAL ARBITRATOR IS PROBABLY A BETTER IDEA.

>> I AGREE WITH YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHRIS. IT WAS JUST AN OPTION.

>> THE ONLY THING I WANT TO ADD IS WHEN YOU HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT THEY ARE NOT PRIVILEGED CONVERSATIONS. IF YOU WERE TO CALL OUR OFFICE OR MYSELF, WHATEVER YOU SAY TO ME IS PRIVILEGED. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT A PENDING LITIGATION MATTER, FOR EXAMPLE, AND I HAVE A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT SAY STRATEGY OR WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD SETTLE, ALL OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE ARE PRIVILEGED. THEY WON'T BE -- THE CONTENT OF THE CONVERSATIONS CAN'T BE SHARED OUTSIDE OF THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD.

THE ONLY WAY THE PRIVILEGE CAN BE WAIVED IS BY A VOTE OF THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD.

YOU ARE THE HOLDERS OF THAT PRIVILEGE. THERE IS THAT ADDED LAYER OF

PROTECTION WHEN YOU TALK TO US VERSUS THE SUPERINTENDENT. >> WHAT I AM SENSING IS A FEAR THAT IT MAY BE ABUSED. REMEMBER, WE HAVE CHECKS AND BALANCES.

THIS IS NOT DOING WHAT WE THOUGHT OR WE DEAL WITH THE BOARD MEMBER ABUSING IT.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> IF I COULD, BECAUSE THIS IS

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>> OR TREAT IT AS A FIRST READING AND YOU JUST BRING IT A SECOND READING.

>> BUT IT IS AN ACTION ITEM? >> I RECOMMEND THAT WHY DON'T WE BRING THIS BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING. THAT WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO FINE-TUNE THE LANGUAGE GIVEN

ALL OF THE COMMENTS WE HAVE HERE. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A

SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM. >> SECOND.

>> THAT WOULDN'T BE THE APPROPRIATE MOTION. I THINK WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD. WE DON'T NEED A MOTION FOR THAT. WE NEED DIRECTION.

>> THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND. >> FOR WHAT?

>> NO. >> THAT'S ALL IT WAS. WE JUST WANT TO GIVE THIS BACK TO THE STAFF SO THAT THEY CAN RE-DO THIS AND BRING IT BACK FOR A SECOND READING.

>> CORRECT. IF WE WERE TO TABLE IT IT KILLS IT AND THAT IS THE -- THAT IS

NOT THE INTENT. >> NO. IT IS NOT THE INTENT.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION THEN. SO HOW -- YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND THINGS FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE. HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHAT TO BRING BACK TO US?

>> WELL, WHAT I WAS -- I THOUGHT THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD WAS LOOKING FOR US TO MAKE THE CHANGES THAT YOU HAVE DISCUSSED AND THEN BRING IT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING.

IS THAT NOT THE DIRECTION? >> AS A SECOND READING. LET ME MAKE A MOTION --

>> IT DOESN'T NEED A MOTION. >> NO. WE JUST NEED DIRECTION.

WE HAD A FIRST AND A SECOND. WE CAN RESCIND THE FIRST AND THE SECOND AND THEN IT -- WE WILL

JUST GET DIRECTION TO BRING IT BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING. >> YES.

WE ARE RESCINDING THE FIRST AND SECOND MOTION AND WE WILL DIRECT STAFF TO TAKE THIS BACK WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD IN THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING.

THANK YOU. ROLL CALL PLEASE. >> WE DON'T NEED A ROLL CALL FOR

THIS ONE. >> SORRY. >> WE ARE BRINGING IT BACK.

>> YES. WE ARE. THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS -- DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA EYE -- ITEM 9.2.2 A POLICY ADMINISTERING MEDICATION.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS?

ROLL CALL PLEASE? >> BOARD MEMBER MENDOZA. >> I.

>> MS. ARMSTRONG. >> I. >> MS. STEWART.

>> I. >> MR. CRIHFIELD. >> I.

>> MRS. GARZA. >> I. >> GOING ON, DO ANY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HAVE ANY REQUESTS TO WITHHOLD ANY AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING?

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? >> ACTUALLY, THERE IS.

I SEE THAT WE ARE GOING TO HOLD 9.3.5.3. >> DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA EXCEPT 9.3.5.3 WHICH IS PULLED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> AND POINT OF ORDER WE HAVE

9.3.5.4 THAT IS BEING PULLED. >> 9.3.5.4. >> YES.

RESOLUTION FOR BOND REFINANCE. >> OKAY. THAT'S RIGHT.

OKAY. COUNSEL? >> SO THE APPROPRIATE MOTION WOULD BE TO APPROVE ALL THE ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE TWO ITEMS THAT WERE JUST PULLED.

>> THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OF THE ITEMS EXCEPT FOR

THOSE TWO ITEMS, 9.3.5.3 AND 9.3.5.4. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> WE ARE KPWOPB GNAW DO THE --

WE ARE GONNA DO 9.3.5.3? >> YES. >> AND 9.3.5.4.

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>> ARE WE GONNA HAVE -- >> YES. WE ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT T BUT

YOU NEED TO APPROVE -- YOU NEED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT. >> PROCEDURALLY, WE NEED TO DO

ROLL CALL FIRST AND THEN CALL EACH ITEM INDIVIDUALLY. >> ROLL CALL.

>> BOARD MEMBER MEN -- MENDOZA. >> I. >> MS. ARMSTRONG.

>> I. >> MS. STEWART. >> I.

>> MR. CRIHFIELD. >> I. >> MRS. GARZA.

>> I. >> SO GOING BACK TO THE ITEMS PULLED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION, FIRST AGENDA ITEM 9.3.5.3, ACCEPTANCE AND REVIEW OF INTERNAL CONTROL AUDIT WHICH

HAS BEEN PULLED BY ADMINISTRATION. >> YES.

THANK YOU, MS. GARZA. CAN WE GET A FIRST AND SECOND ON THAT?

>> SORRY. IS THERE A MOTION FOR THE ITEM? >> MAKE THAT MOTION.

>> SECOND. >> ROLL CALL PLEASE? >> IT IS DISCUSSION AT THIS

POINT. >> IT IS GETTING LATE. >> YES.

OKAY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT GARZA. TONIGHT WE HAVE HERE THE AUDITOR , SHELDON SHEVON FOR THE ACCEPT AND REVIEW OF THE AUDIT THAT WAS CONDUCTED AS PART OF OUR SETTLEMENT. I WILL TURN THE MIC OVER TO MR. SHEVON.

>> GOOD EVENING. >> GOOD EVENING. >> IT IS GETTING LATE.

YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. IT IS TOUGH TO BE A BOARD MEMBER.

I HAVE BEEN ON THAT SIDE A FEW TIMES IN MY LIFE. MAYBE NOT AT YOUR LEVEL, BUT A STEP UNDER. IT CAN BE TOUGH. I WILL SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF WE WERE HIRED TO DO A VERY UNIQUE AUDIT IN TERMS OF FOCUSING ON THE CONTROLS OF THE FINANCIAL REPORTING. MOST AUDITS WE ARE DOING THE FINANCIAL AUDIT AND LOOKING AT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN ADDITION TO JUST DOCUMENTS -- DOCUMENTING THE CONTROLS. THIS PARTICULAR AUDIT WAS DONE AND PERFORMED IN GENERAL STANDARDS. OUR FOCUS AND OBJECTIVE WAS TO PROVIDE AN OPINION ON THE INTERNAL CONTROLS OF THE FINANCIAL REPORTING WHICH I JUST MENTIONED.

KEEP IN MIND THAT WAS WITH A REASONABLE ASSURANCE. IT IS NOT A 100% ASSURANCE.

ALL AUDITS ARE PROVIDED WITH REASONABLE ASSURANCE. IT IS A HIGH LEVEL OF ASSURANCE AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO TEST EVERYTHING.

WE HAVE TO SAMPLE. WE IDENTIFIED POPULATIONS AND WE DO RISK ASSESSMENTS.

IN DOING THAT WE IDENTIFIED THE SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTION CLASSES. PAYROLL, HUMAN RESOURCES, PERSONNEL, DISPERSE -- DISPERSE PHEPBTS AND -- DISPETTER -- DISPERSE MEANTS.

AND SO WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A LOT OF HIGH-LEVEL AREAS. ONE THING THAT IS UNIQUE WITH THIS AUDIT, THE IDEA OF REACHING OUR OBJECTIVE WHICH IS TO ISSUE AN OPINION WE WERE ALSO GIVEN SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS ON A THICK MAT EVALUATION OR INDEPENDENT INVOLVE SEN -- SOLVENCY TO THE AREA WE TESTED. WE CREATED AND PROVIDED AS AN ATTACHMENT TO THE REPORT A SURVEY THAT COMPLETES THE TASK LIST. THERE IS ESSENTIALLY 10 AREAS, 10 BROAD AREAS WE LOOKED AT AT A VERY DETAILED LEVEL. WE HAD ABOUT 7 AUDITORS WORKING OVER ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF, MAYBE TWO MONTHS. DRIVING YOUR TEAM CRAZY.

WE DID A LOT OF REMOTE WORK. WE STARTED WITH A LOT OF REMOTE WORK AND SCHEDULING ZOOM INTERVIEWS AND THEN WE SCHEDULED FIELD WORK. WE WERE PHYSICALLY HERE AND THEN WRAPPED THINGS UP FOR THE MOST PART. AND WE HIRED AN I.T. CONSULTANT.

WE HIRED AN I.T. CONSULTANT TO COME IN AND LOOK AT THE ACCESS CONTROLS WITH YOUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND NOT JUST THE FINANCIAL REPORTING SYSTEM, BUT OVER OVER ARIES AND A COUPLE OTHER SOFTWARES THAT YOU HAD. THAT WENT WELL IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING AREAS OF RECOMMENDATION. IT WAS OBSERVATION THAT'S WE HAD PROVIDED IN THE REPORT.

WITH THAT BEING SAID LET ME GIVE YOU THE RESULTS OF THE MAIN OBJECTIVE WHICH AGAIN WAS TO ISSUE AN OPINION ON THE INTERNAL CONTROLS OF THE FINANCIAL REPORTS -- REPORTING.

WE ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED REPORT. THAT MEANS UNMODIFIED OPINION. IT IS A CLEAN AUDIT.

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A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THIS. THERE IS A SCHEDULE IN THE TR-PT AND IF YOU WANT TO SCROLL DOWN TO THAT PAGE, THERE YOU GO. IT GOES OVER THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS AND THE OBSERVATIONS THAT WE HAD AND A FEW RECOMMENDATIONS IN THERE. REALLY NOT TO GO CASE BY CASE GASH -- I SHOULD SAY NOT TO GO POINT BY POINT UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE HERE A LONGTIME, THE IDEA BEHIND THIS WAS TO GIVE THE DISTRICT SOME FEEDBACK. THESE AREN'T FINDINGS NECESSARILY. THIS IS AN AREA TO LOOK AT AND HERE IS AN OBSERVATION.

INSTEAD OF HERE IS THE FINDING AND A RECOMMENDATION IT IS HERE IS AN AREA AND AN OBSERVATION.

WE WANTED TO SAY IT IS SPECIFIC TO THICK MAT. THE THICK MAT SURVEY WE FILLED OUT, LACO WILL LOOK AT THIS IN DETAIL. WE PROVIDED THIS SCHEDULE TO HELP THEM SEE THOSE AREAS WHERE MAYBE WE DIDN'T ANSWER YES TO SOMETHING.

MAYBE SOMETHING WASN'T APPLICABLE. MAYBE WE ADD NO ANSWER AND THERE WERE A FEW NO ANSWERS TO SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS. NOW IN LOOKING AT THIS SURVEY WE FELT THAT ONE SECTION WAS NOT WEIGHTED FAIRLY. YOU HAD THIS FOR 10 YES' TO BE AN OVER ALL LOW RECEPTION. IT DOESN'T WORK IF SOMETHING IS NOT APPLICABLE.

YOU ENDED UP WITH A MODERATE RISK WHEN YOU COMPLETE THE FORM FOR THE DISTRICT.

IN ESSENCE IF YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SECTION THAT'S WERE NOT APPLICABLE, THEN YOU MAY HAVE BEEN A LOW RISK. WE FILLED THIS OUT AND WE MADE AN OBSERVATION AND A COMMENT ABOUT THAT. WE FEEL THAT WITH THE WORK WE HAVE DONE IT WILL HELP IN FISCAL INDEPENDENCE. WE HAVE THE ADDITIONAL SURVEY IN THE BACK AND I WILL JUMP INTO THAT. THAT IS A FEW MORE PAGES DOWN IF YOU WANT TO SCROLL TO THAT.

IF I'M MOVING TOO QUICKLY WE CAN GO BACK UP AND WE CAN DRILL DOWN SOME OF THESE PAGES.

THE ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS IT IS SUPER DETAILED. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS REALLY HARD TO READ. THERE IS A LOT IN THERE. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME -- AND THIS IS REALLY A SUMMARY OF THE WORK WE DID TO BE HONEST. THERE IS A LOT THAT WENT INTO IT. THE THING I FELT THAT WAS THE MOST BENEFICIAL TO THE DISTRICT WOULD ACTUALLY BE THE I.T. RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MADE WHICH IS ON PAGE 13 OF THE REPORT. IT IS REAL DIFFICULT TO SEE. LET ME JUST READ ONE OF THESE.

I THINK IT WILL BE USEFUL. IN TERMS OF EMPLOYEE ACCESS AND IN TERMS OF BACK UP PLANS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WE HAD ONE OBSERVATION WHERE WE RECOMMENDED THAT THE DISTRICT FORMALLY DOCUMENT THE ANNUAL TESTING OF THE PHONE TREE RECALL SYSTEM INCLUDING INCIDENTS THAT ARE USED TO TEST THE DISASTER RESPONSE PLAN. THE DOCUMENTATION SHOULD INCLUDE THE INCIDENT -- WHAT CAUSED THE INCIDENT AND HOW IT WAS RESOLVED AND WHAT PART OF THE DISASTER RESPONSE PLAN WAS TESTED. MIND YOU, THROUGH OUR DOCUMENTATION AND OUR INQUIRIES, WE SUMMIZE THAT THIS -- SUMMISE THAT THIS WAS DONE AND THE TREE WAS THERE AND THE ANNUAL TESTING WAS THERE, BUT IT WAS NOT DOCUMENTED THE WAY WE FELT IT SHOULD BE.

IT IS NOT A FINDING. WE CHECKED YES THAT THIS IS AN EFFECTIVE SYSTEM.

IT IS JUST THE DISTRICT COULD BENEFIT. I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO THIS ALL NIGHT. YOU MAY HAVE QUESTIONS AND I THINK WE CAN GO INTO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. IF YOU WANTED TO TOUCH ON ANY OTHER PAGES OF THE REPORT IN MORE DETAIL, FEEL FREE TO POINT TO THAT AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.

>> BOARD MEMBER MENDOZA? >> YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC.

THIS IS A VERY THOROUGH REPORT. I WAS JUST TELLING AMIE BEFORE I CAME OUT HERE I WENT THROUGH IT AND SAID I WOULD GIVE $30 TO WHOEVER DID THIS BECAUSE IT IS CRAZY.

>> SAY THAT AGAIN. >> YEAH. I GUESS THE ONLY THING I CAN NOTE HERE IS ON PAGE 13 WE RECOMMEND DISTRICT ESTABLISH A MANDATORY CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE COMPLETED ANNUALLY BY ALL EMPLOYEES.

DO WE NOT HAVE A CYBER SECURITY TRAINING PROGRAM FOR OUR STAFF AS OF NOW?

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>> SORRY ABOUT THAT, MR. MENDOZA. CAN YOU REPAET THAT AGAIN?

>> ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS THE DISTRICT ESTABLISH A MANDATORY CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING PROGRAM COMPLETED BY ALL EMPLOYEES. THE PROGRESS OF THE TRAINING WILL BE TRACKED. TO ENSURE ALL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES HAVE THE TRAINING.

SO EVERY EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT, EVEN CUSTODY STOWED YENS?

>> WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY HERE TODAY SO I WILL ASK HER TO RESPOND BECAUSE THIS SOMETHING WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT. I WILL HAVE HER TALK TO THAT.

>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. CYBER SECURITY IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT FOR A LITTLE WHILE. I HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING SOME PROGRAMS. NEXT YEAR WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAM THROUGH CHUBB SECURITY.

IT DOES ALLOW US TO TRACK. I AM LOOKING AT OTHER PROGRAMS BECAUSE I WANT TO BE ABLE TO PULL REPORTS IN A FORMAT THAT IS EASY TO SAY THIS SCHOOL SITE AND THIS TEACHER AND THESE STAFF MEMBERS HAVEN'T DONE IT. CHUBB SECURITY -- AND THAT IS THROUGH THE INSURANCE POLICY.

THEIR SYSTEM ALLOWS YOU TO PULL REPORT REPORTS, BUT WE HAVE TO DO A LITTLE MORMANULE WORK.

MORE MANUAL WORK. WE WILL IMPLEMENT THAT NEXT YEAR.

FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR I WILL INVESTIGATE SOMETHING THAT WILL ALLOW US TO PULL REPORTS THAT DO

A LITTLE MORE AND GIVE US A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION. >> IF WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT PROGRAM BEFORE IN THE PAST DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW EXPENSIVE IT WILL BE TO TRAIN EVERY EMPLOYEE

IN THE DISTRICT? >> I'M STILL INVESTIGATING THAT. I'M LOOKING AT PROGRAMS AND TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS GOING TO SUIT OUR NEEDS.

WE'LL LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT. >> AND IT IS ACTUALLY PART OF OUR INSURANCE POLICY. SO JUST LIKE WE HAVE OTHER TRAININGS WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR EMPLOYEES LIKE MANDATED REPORTING TRAINING THAT COMES THROUGH OUR INSURANCE, THESE ARE THINGS THEY OFFER BECAUSE IT WILL HELP MITIGATE THE POTENTIAL OF ANY ADDITIONAL LIE --

ADDITIONAL LIABILITY. >> THAT'S ACTUALLY I LEARNED TODAY.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. YOU BOARD MEMBER MENDOZA.

BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG? >> YES. I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

I LOOKED ON HERE. YOU KNOW, WE WERE RECENTLY AUDITED.

YOU REVIEWED THE 2021 AUDITOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA REPORT. >> YEP.

DID YOU ENJOY THE TITLE OF THE REPORT? >> I'M JUST GONNA ASK MY QUESTION. IN REVIEWING THE AUDIT, I DID NOTICE THAT AS PART OF THE OBSERVATIONS YOU DID REVIEW THE STATE CALIFORNIA REPORT AND THE DISTRICT'S RESPONSES TO THE

STATE AUDITORS, RIGHT? WE HAD TO RESPOND TO THAT. >> CORRECT.

>> BY THE WAY IT WAS A WELCOME TIME AND I WANTED THE AUDIT SO BAD.

THINGS WERE NOT GOOD AT THE TIME. SO YOU READ OUR RESPONSES, THE

RECOMMENDATIONS, RIGHT? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> I STARTED WITH THE TITLE OF THE REPORT. I THOUGHT.

I HAVE NEVER -- I THOUGHT, I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE TITLED LIKE THIS AND I HAVE SEEN THOUSANDS OF REPORTS. MY ULTIMATE CONCERN WITH THE WORK I WAS DOING IS THAT THE DISTRICT RESPOND APPROPRIATELY AND I THOUGHT THEY DID. THAT WAS MY GOAL.

LOOK AT WHAT WERE THE FINDINGS. AND THEN WE LOOKED AT THE BUDGET AND SAID DOES THE BUDGET MAKE SENSE? DOES THE BUDGET METHODOLOGY MAKE SENSE? WHY DOES THE STATE NOT THINK THAT MONEY IS BEING SPENT THE WAY IT SHOULD BE? THAT MADE US THINK HOW IS THE BUDGET PROCESS. WE DID SOME DETAILED WORK IN THE BUDGET AND MAKE SURE TO TIE IT TO THE AUDIT REPORT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND LOOKING AT FIRST INTERIM AND SECOND INTERIM AND MAKING SURE THERE WASN'T A THIRD INTERIM.

THAT LEAD TO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND A MEETING WITH THE MANAGEMENT TEAM AND WENT OVER METHODOLOGIES AND COMFORTABLE WITH THE -- SORRY, TPEPLT COMFORTABLE -- FELT COMFORTABLE WITH THE ANSWERS TO OUR QUESTIONS. ULTIMATELY WE FEEL THE ISSUES YOU HAD AND THAT WERE REPORTED SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AT LEAST WITHIN THE CURRENT MANAGEMENT TEAM. THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT WITH AN AUDIT STANDPOINT.

THAT RISK HAS BEEN ALLEVIATED, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.

THINGS CHANGE. THE REPORT HAD A PURPOSE AND IT CAN BE A USEFUL TOOL.

WHILE I MAY JOKE AROUND ABOUT THE TITLE OF IT AND SOME OF THE THINGS IN IT, THOSE TYPES OF

AUDITS CAN BEAR GOOD FRUIT AND RECOMMENDATIONS. >> SO DID YOU SEE ANYTHING

WITHIN THAT REPORT THAT WOULD ALERT FRAUD OR DAB -- OR. >> I COULDN'T TELL YOU THAT

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MY PERIOD IS SPECIFIC AND A SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE. SO WHEN I LOOKED AT THAT, WE ARE ASSESSING RISK AND WE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING THAT WOULD MAKE US THINK WE NEED TO LOOK SOME -- SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE THERE MAY BE FRAUD. SO THAT ANSWERS THAT.

AND IT DIDN'T CHANGE OUR AUDIT PLAN RELATED TO THE WORK WE WERE DOING TO BE ABLE TO ISSUE AN OPINION ON INTERNAL CONTROLS OF THE FINANCIAL REPORTING. THERE IS THE SECOND QUESTION.

WHAT IT DID DO IS HELP US CHECK A BOX ON THE THICK MAT LIST WHICH IS LOOKING AT THE REPORTS AND THE FINDINGS AND THE COMPLIANCE AND MAKING SURE THE DISTRICT FOLLOWED UP ON THOSE.

THAT CHECKED THAT BOX. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT.

I WAS SOMEWHERE YESTERDAY AND NEVER MET THIS PERSON BEFORE IN MY LIFE, BUT THEY KNEW WHO I WAS AND THEY CAME UP TO ME AND I TELL YOU, THEY BROUGHT UP THAT AUDIT FROM 2021.

I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU HEAR OUT THERE IS JUST IN A SENSE IS A LOT OF TIMES IS OPINIONS OR -- AND SO YOU DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION, BUT THIS PERSON WAS JUST LIKE OH, YOU

KNOW, AND I'M LIKE, YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION. >> PERCEPTION.

>> PERCEPTION. >> YEP. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> BOARD MEMBER STEWART? >> HAVE I NO QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU -- HAVE I NO QUESTIONS, THANK YOU. >> BOARD MEMBER CRIHFIELD?

>> REAL QUICK, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK YOU DID. UH PREACH KWRAEUT -- APPRECIATE

IT. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> I KNOW YOU MENTIONED IT, BUT THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS AUDIT THAT WOULD STOP US FROM BECOMING FISCALLY INDEPENDENT?

YOU FEEL THIS WILL SUPPORT OUR FISCAL INDEPENDENCE? >> I THINK SO.

THE FACT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ISSUE AN OPINION ON THE INTERNAL CONTROLS OF OUR FINANCIAL REPORTING WITHOUT MODIFICATION ITSELF SHOULD BE A BIG BOOST TOWARD FISCAL INDEPENDENCE.

>> AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. >> AND I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.

>> CAN I MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT? >> YES. >> ARE YOU GOING TO COLLEGE?

>> YES. >> ACCOUNTING MAJOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THAT IS SCARY. >> THANK YOU. AND AGAIN I WANTED TO ADD THAT THIS WAS AN AUDIT THAT WAS REQUIRED AS PART OF OUR SETTLEMENT, AND THAT THICK MAT WE HAD TO COLLABORATE WITH REGARDS TO THE SCOPE OF WORK AND IT WAS PER THEIR REQUEST IN

TERMS OF COMPLETING THIS AUDIT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> BOARD MEMBER MENDOZA.

>> I. >> MS. ARMSTRONG. >> I.

>> MS. STEWART. >> I. >> MR. CRIHFIELD.

>> I. >> MRS. GARZA. >> I.

>> AND NOW THE NEXT ITEM PULLED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION IS AGENDA ITEM 9.3.5.4.

IS THERE A MOTION? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> SO THIS AGAIN WAS PULLED BY ADMINISTRATION. JUST AS A -- IT WAS SHARED AT THE LOST BOARD MEETING AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BOND AND OPTIONS AND PULLED IT IN CASE THERE WERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. MR. BORELL IS HERE SHOULD THE BOARD HAVE QUESTIONS THEY FEEL NEED TO BE ANSWERED BEFORE MOVING FORWARD.

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

>> I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. NO REALLY, REALLY, ONE SIMPLE QUESTION.

IS THIS THE TIME FOR US TO MAKE OUR MOVE? >> WELL, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS WE WOULD RECOMMEND THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD SO IF INTEREST RATES WOULD CHANGE I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND THE BOARD MOVE FORWARD IF THE SAVINGS PERCENTAGE DROPS BELOW THE 5% LEVEL.

WHEN WE WERE HERE TWO WEEKS AGO IT WAS 8.5%. TIMING-WISE, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO LOCK IN INTEREST RATES UNTIL JULY WE WILL KEEP IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH STAFF, AND IF INTEREST RATES WERE TO START TO MOVE UP AND WE ARE GETTING TO THAT 5% LEVEL WE WOULD RECOMMEND

THE DISTRICT WAIT AND SEE IF THERE IS A BETTER TIME. >> THAT WAS IT.

I PROMISE. >> GOOD QUESTION. BOARD MEMBER STEWART?

>> MY QUESTION IS ACTUALLY FOR COUNSEL. I WAS JUST WONDERING -- THIS IS

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OVER THESE CONTRACTS, OR NO? >> WE DO NOT. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SEPARATE BOND COUNSEL FOR THAT. IT IS A VERY SPECIALIZED AREA OF LAW.

WE DON'T DO THAT. >> THAT IS CORRECT. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE CONTRACT MATRIX THERE IS SPECIAL COUNSEL THAT IS PART OF THAT CONTRACT MATRIX TONIGHT AS TO SUPPORT THAT. THERE ARE ATTORNEYS THAT JUST SPECIALIZE IN ALL OF THESE

CONTRACTS. >> THANK YOU. >> BOARD MEMBER CRIHFIELD?

>> ONE QUESTION. WHAT IS THE FIRM WE USE FOR THE BOND?

>> SORRY? >> WHAT FIRM DO WE USE FOR THE BOND TO LOOK OVER THE CONTEXT?

>> THE FIRM'S NAME IS JONES HALL. THEY WERE THE FIRM THAT WAS BOND

COUNSEL FOR [INAUDIBLE]. >> THANK YOU. >> AND I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.

ROLL CALL PLEASE. >> BOARD MEMBER MENDOZA. >> I.

>> MS. ARMSTRONG. >> I. >> MS. STEWART.

>> I. >> MR. CRIHFIELD. >> I.

>> MRS. GARZA. >> I. >> THANK YOU.

[10. INFORMATION ITEMS]

DR. DRATTI, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS THIS EVENING? >> I HAVE NO COMMUNICATIONS WITH

ME, BUT WE -- THAT COMMUNICATIONS WITH ME. >> THANK YOU.

BOARD MEMBER MENDOZA? >> OKAY. HELLO, EVERYONE.

I DID NOT KNOW IT WOULD BE MY LAST MEETING AND I SPENT THE LAST 24 HOURS ON THE PRESENTATION I WASN'T ABLE TO GIVE SO I DON'T HAVE A BOARD MEMBER UPDATE THAT IS SCRIPTED AND READY TO GO, BUT IT IS MY LAST BOARD MEMBER UPDATE SO I'M JUST GOING TO WING IT.

I GUESS I'M GRADUATING. THAT WAS A GOOD 12 YEARS. I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT AND SPECIAL PART OF IT ALL WERE THE PEOPLE I MET. I THINK MORE THAN ANYTHING, MORE THAN THE EXPERIENCES AND MORE THAN THE PLACES, ALL OF THE COOL ADVENTURES, I THINK IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO I WILL REMEMBER THE MOST. SOMETIMES EVEN -- YOU KNOW, PEOPLE -- I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW ALL OF YOU AND MR. BUFFINGTON OVER THERE AND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE SPOKEN TO ME. I HAVE THIS LITTLE WORLD THAT I WILL BE LEAVING BEHIND FOR THE CENTRAL VALLEY IN A FEW MONTHS. I TRUST THAT WE ARE ALL IN GOOD HANDS HERE AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE INSPIRE ME. SO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD, A LOT OF YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME VERY IMPORTANT LESSONS. I KNOW DR. ELHESSEN IS NOT HERE, BUT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT SHE MADE ME VERY CONSCIOUS ABOUT HOW AGO -- ACCESSIBLE THINGS ARE AROUND HE.

I AM A LOCAL HISTORY FAN AND THERE IS THE PACIFIC ELECTRIC DEPOT ON BELLFLOWER BOULEVARD.

IF I WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO RAMP TO GET UP TO WHERE THAT PLAQUE IS THAT HAS TEXT WRITTEN ON IT. THE CARTON HER -- CARPENTER HOUSE WHERE I HAVE BEEN WORKING THERE ARE STEPS TO GET UP THERE AND NO RAMP.

THAT'S SOMETHING DR. ELHESSEN HAS GIFTED ME THAT I WILL CARRY WITH ME FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.

THERE IS ALWAYS TO THINK CAN MY FRIEND IF A WHEELCHAIR ACCESS THIS? I THINK HER RELENTLESS ADVOCACY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WILL STICK WITH ME.

I THINK THE KINDNESS AND SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD WILL STICK WITH ME.

I WANT TO PERSONALLY RECOGNIZE BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG. OH MY GOSH.

IT HAS BEEN AWHILE. YOU WERE ONE OF MY EARLIEST SUPPORTERS.

IT WAS FUNNY WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD. SHE DROVE ME TO LOS ANGELES AND THOSE WERE SOME OF THE WEIRDEST CONVERSATIONS I HAVE EVER HAD IN THAT CAR.

IT WAS FUN. I WAS SPEAKING TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT AT THE TIME AND SHE WAS JUST TALKING TO ME ABOUT HER DOG. I THOUGHT, OKAY, I GUESS THIS IS WHAT BEING A BOARD MEMBER. EVERYBODY HAS GIFTED ME SOMETHING, ALL MY TEACHERS AND STAFF. I APPRECIATE THE SPEAKERS FOR SUPPORTING ME TODAY.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE DR. DROTTI, YOU'RE GREAT. YOU INSPIRED ME A LOT.

AT THE END OF THE DAY IT IS THE PEOPLE. I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT I CAN STILL MAKE GRAD NIGHT. I HAVE TWO HOURS. IS THAT YOU? YOU ARE GIVING ME A RIDE. NOT YOU. UNLESS YOU WANT TO COME.

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>> SO RITA IS TAKING MY JOB AND SHE IS DRIVING YOU NOW. OKAY.

WAY TO GO. >> IT IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE. IT IS THE PEOPLE I KNOW AND THE PEOPLE I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH. I GUESS WITH THAT, SEE YOU GUYS.

[APPLAUSE]. >> BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG. >> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I'M GONNA JUST START OFF WITH -- I'LL START OFF WITH MY STUFF AND THEN I I WILL HAVE -- THEN I WILL GO BACK TO MY CHRISTOPHER. I MENTIONED EARLIER DURING THE BOARD MEETING THAT I PARTICIPATED IN THAT PARENT TRAINING WHERE IT WAS A MAXIMUM OF SIX PARENTS I THINK IT WAS. JUST KEEP IT COMING BECAUSE OUR PARENTS, THEY WILL CATCH ON AND JUST KEEP SENDING THE NOTICES SO WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION. THE TRAINING WAS ACTUALLY VERY GOOD. I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME BECAUSE IT -- BECAUSE IT IS NOT IN FRONT OF ME. THESE PEOPLE ARE QUALITY PEOPLE THAT'S GIVING US GOOD INFORMATION. THE ONLY WAY TO FIND OUT IS IF YOU PARTICIPATE.

I'LL MAKE SURE I LOG ON FROM NOW ON BECAUSE I'LL EVALUATE THEM. I'LL COME BACK AND TELL YOU IF IT WAS A GOOD SESSION OR NOT. BUT IT WAS ON MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE AND THE MENTAL HEALTH IS HOW IT COMES TOGETHER.

YOU KNOW I'M AN EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER. AND SO I DO WORK WITH CTA AND IT IS GONNA BE A BUSY MONTH FOR US. WE ARE GETTING READY TO GO TO THE REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY.

WE WILL BE IN ORLANDO IN JULY, WON'T WE, LINDA? OH BOY.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. TO SEE WHAT ISSUES WE WILL BE TACKLING.

I ALSO COMPLETED MY WATER EDUCATION AND I GRADUATED. I HAVE MY WHALE PIN AND I HAVE MY WHALE BOTTLE. AND I TELL YOU, THEY SAY GIVE US AN EXAMPLE, ONE WORD.

AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, D.A. -- ONE WORD ABOUT THE PROGRAM. ARE YOU LISTENING? I SAID PLEASANTLY INTENSE. HONESTLY, YOU WILL LOVE EVERY MINUTE OF IT.

ANYWAY, I GOT MY CERTIFICATE FROM THE LEGISLATORS FOR MY COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION.

THIS IS REALLY JUST THE BEGINNING ABOUT LEARNING ABOUT THE SYSTEM AND I NOTICED -- NOW THAT I'M INTO IT I NOTICE THE NEWS WHEN WATER -- YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WATER A LOT.

WE JUST DON'T PAY ATTENTION. YOU WILL FIND THAT OUT TOO, MYRA.

I DON'T REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MY DOG, BUT I DO TALK ABOUT MY DOG A LOT.

I WAS SO PROUD. I SAID LOOK, TELL THEM TO BACK OFF IF I'M ACTING LIKE A DOTING MOTHER. I AM THAT MOTHER. I WAS SO PROUD OF HIM.

HE BELONGS TO ME. I MEAN, HE GOT SO MANY -- DIDN'T YOU GET A WHOLE BUNCH OF PHONE NUMBERS AND CONTACTS? PEOPLE WERE SO IMPRESSED. I WAS LIKE, YEAH, A BELLFLOWER KID. HE KNOWS HOW TO THINK. THE OTHER GUY THAT JUST LEFT, HE IS NOT THE FIRST ONE THAT TRIED TO RECRUIT HIM. THEY ALWAYS WANT TO COME AND GET HIM. CHRIS, YOU GO AHEAD AND YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO FOR YOUR LIFE. HE IS GOING TO MERCED. I HAVE A NEPHEW IN MERCED SO YOU ARE NOT GETTING RID OF ME. I ACTUALLY WENT AND PICKED HIM UP FROM THE STORM.

I WISH YOU NOTHING BUT THE BEST. STAY TRUE TO YOURSELF AND YOU WON'T GO WRONG.

OKAY? ALL RIGHT THEN. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR GRADUATION IN A COUPLE MORE DAYS. ALL RIGHT THEN.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT. >> BOARD MEMBER STEWART?

>> I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A BOARD REPORT THIS WEEK AS WELL. I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH SOME

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SO I DIDN'T GET OUT TO TOO MANY EVENTS. I AM SORRY AND I'M SAD THAT I MISSED SOME OF THE EVENTS. THE STEAM BUILDING OPENING, I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE MAYFAIR SOFTBALL BANQUET AND ALL OF THE AWARDING RIGHT NOW I AM MISSING, I THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING WHY AND APPRECIATE THAT. CHRIS, I THINK YOU ARE AMAZING.

AS YOU ARE, I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR PRESENTATION WITH YOU BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO BE TALKING WITH OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER ABOUT OUR FUTURE STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS. I HAVE WATCHED YOU EVEN BEFORE I WAS ELECTED AND YOU ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. YOU EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY AND YOU EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS.

I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE DONE HERE IS AMAZING AND I THINK WE NEED MORE OF IT.

I LIKE HAVING A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AND I THINK YOU ARE AMAZING AND I THANK YOU FOR

EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> BOARD MEMBER CRIHFIELD?

>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. FIRST, THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF CABINET FOR ALL OF THE WORK ON THE SAFETY SESSION. REALLY APPRECIATED THAT. A FEW THINGS.

I DID GO TO THE MAYFAIR AWARDS NIGHT AS WELL AS THE SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP CEREMONY.

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE DONORS WHO OFFERED THE SCHOLARSHIPS.

THAT WAS A REALLY COOL EVENT. THE COOL THING ABOUT WHEN YOU ARE GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL, EVEN A SMALLER SCHOLARSHIP IS A LOT OF MONEY WHEN YOU ARE ABOUT TO BE ON YOUR OWN.

THAT WHOLE LIFE THING IS PRETTY EXPENSIVE. THAT WAS REALLY COOL.

I HOPE YOU CAN DO MORE OF THAT AND FIND WAYS TO ACCEPT DONATIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OUR STUDENTS IN A MORE STREAM LINE WAY. I HOPE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE AS A DISTRICT CAN MOVE TOWARD. I ALSO ATTENDED THE LACO BUDGET PERSPECTIVE WORKSHOP.

THAT WAS INFORMATIVE. I'M GLAD I WENT. DEFINITELY A LOT OF INFO.

AND THE STEAM BUILDING RIBBON CUTTING AND I KNOW IT TOOK A LOT OF PEOPLE TO MAKE HAPPEN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO YOUR ENTIRE TEAM WHO MADE THAT HAPPEN.

I WROTE NOTES HERE. I ALSO WANT TO SINCERELY THANK THE -- OUR PREDECESSORS WHO MADE THAT HAPPEN BACK THEN. ONE THING WHEN I WAS SITTING AT THE CEREMONY IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT HOW SOME OF THE DECISIONS WE MAKE TODAY, A LOT OF THEM WE ARE NOT SEEING THE RESULTS IN REALTIME. AND IT MAY TAKE SOME TIME, BUT THAT DOESN'T DIMINISH THE EFFORTS AND THE WORK WE PUT IN AT ALL. JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO VOTED ON THAT WHICH WOULD BE BOARD MEMBER JERRY CLEVELAND AND LAURA SANCHEZ RAMIREZ AND PAUL HOUSER AND DR. ELHESSEN. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THEIR WORK EVEN THOUGH IT HAPPENED HOW MANY YEARS AGO? 10 KWRAOERBS AGO -- 10 YEARS AGO? SO EVEN THOUGH IT HAPPENED 10 YEARS AGO AND I KNOW I SAW THE PLAQUE AND THAT IS AMAZING, BUT I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE THE ONES WHO MADE THE BOLD MOVE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN SO THANK YOU TO THEM. I KNOW OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IS ON JUNE 8TH AND THAT IS THE LBCC COMMENCEMENT AND THAT IS THE FULL TIME JOB AND I HAVE TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON. SO I'M GOING TO BE RUSHING OVER HERE AS FAST AS I CAN.

THE ONLY THING I WILL SAY IS I KNOW THERE IS THE SAFETY TOPIC AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS.

I'M HOPING WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY I CAN BE A PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND THE BOARD MEMBERS CAN HAVE THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON THE CONVERSATIONS AND THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

I KNOW WORK MUST GO ON, BUT I'M HOPING TO MAKE IT BACK BY THEN. AND CHRIS, I KNOW I DON'T JUST SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I KNOW WE ARE ALL VERY PROUD TO BE YOUR COLLEAGUES.

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THAN THAT, WE ARE PROUD OF YOU. YOU ARE SUPER IMPRESSIVE, YOU'VE MADE ME HAVE TO ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT I AM GOING TO SAY BEFORE I SAY IT, AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO THAT FOR A LONGTIME. AND I MEAN THIS WITH ALL MY HEART. I THINK YOU ARE GONNA DO GREAT THINGS.

I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO NEVER STOP BEING YOU AND NEVER STOP TAKING RISKS.

IT HAS BEEN A GREAT THING BEING YOUR COLLEAGUE AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT.

>> THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER CRIHFIELD. I ALSO ATTENDED THE STEAM BELLING -- STEAM BUILDING OPENING. I AGREE WITH BOARD MEMBER

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WE PLACE ALL THIS KNOWLEDGE AND PUT OUT OUR BEST PROGRAMS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND WE SEE IS TO TRUE WIGS -- TO FRUITION UNTIL THE 12TH GRADE AND IT IS AN EXCITING TIME TO SEE THAT COME FULL CIRCLE AND IT BE USED FOR FUTURE STUDENTS. AND IN SAYING THAT, I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT BOARD MEMBER MENDOZA HAS BEEN PART OF THAT AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR STUDENTS AND TO OUR BOARD. YOU HAVE DEFINITELY ENLIGHTENED US WITH YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR QUESTIONS. NONE OF US HAVE YOUR POINT OF VIEW. SO WE DO DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS POSITION IN THE FUTURE. DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE GOING FORWARD. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE MAYFAIR AND BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIP NIGHTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THAT INVITATION. VERY PROUD OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

THEY WORKED SO HARD ESPECIALLY TO BE ABLE TO PUT THOSE CLASSES IN ORDER EVERY SINGLE YEAR FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR YEARS. IT TAKES A LOT OF JUGGLING AND A LOT OF WEIGHING IN WITH COUNSELORS AND CONSTANTLY BEING ON TOP OF THEIR STUDIES AND THANK YOU TO THE TEACHERS AS WELL BECAUSE YOU HELP OUR STUDENTS GET TO THE END OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL CAREERS AFTER THOSE FOUR YEARS OF BEING WITH YOU. SO ALL-AROUND I THINK THAT AT THIS TIME IT IS A MOMENT OF CELEBRATION FOR ALL OF US. YOU KNOW, TEACHERS, PARENTS, STUDENTS AND EVEN AS BOARD MEMBERS WE KNOW THAT THE POLICIES THAT WE MAKE HERE DIRECTLY IMPACT OUR STUDENTS' SUCCESS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I'M ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A SPECIAL NIGHT FOR OFFICIAL -- FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS IN OUR AREA WHERE WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM COME ON TO OUR C BUILDING AND HAVE THE SPECIAL WALK THROUGH IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS MOMENT IF STAFF DOESN'T

HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD? >> TODAY WE INCLUDED A PTA PRESIDENT, PTA COUNSEL PRESIDENT TO DO A QUICK COMMUNICATION AS WELL.

>> HI, GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GARZA AND BOARD MEMBER AND SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF.

I AM RITA RE -- RIVERA AND THE CURRENT BELLFLOWER COUNCIL PTA PRESIDENT AND EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE SOME UPDATES ON THE WORK THAT PTA HAS BEEN DOING THIS PAST YEAR.

WE ARE CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST SAD RAW KAU SEE GROUP -- ADVOCACY GROUP WORKING POSITIVELY TO IMPACT THE LIVES OF ALL CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND WE HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO PRESENTATION OF WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING THIS PAST YEAR. ♪

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>> AS YOU CAN SEE OUR PTA UNITS LOGGED OVER 24,617 VOLUNTEER HOURS.

WE CONSIST OF 10 ELEMENTARY UNITS AND TWO MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL UNITS THE SLIDE SHOW PRESENTATION PROVIDED SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE DONE THIS PAST YEAR SUCH AS NATIONAL DRUG FREE RIBBON WEEK, REFLECTIONS ART PROGRAM, MEMBERSHIP FOAM PARTIES AND POPSICLE PARTIES, FAMILY READING NIGHTS AND AFTERNOON STORY TIME, LUNCHTIME WITH FAMILIES AND FAMILY DANCES AND MOVIE NIGHTS. WE PROVIDED BUSES FOR EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIPS TO MUSEUMS, AQUARIUMS, ZOOS. WE HELD ASSEMBLIES FOR BULLY PREVENTION AND THINGS LIKE REPTILE AND BIRD SHOWS. WE ALSO HELD A MATH GAMES DAY. WE PROVIDED FUNDS TO PAY FOR ACCELERATED READING, SKOL LASS STICK -- SCHOLASTIC NEWS LEAD -- LETTERS AND PUT TOGETHER CARE PACKAGES FOR LITTLE HOUSE. WE HELD TOY DRIVES FOR THE COMMUNITY AND WE HONORED OUR VETERANS FOR VETERAN'S DAY AND THE COMMUNITY ALSO HONORED OUR VOLUNTEERS THROUGH HONORARY SERVICE AWARD CELEBRATIONS. WE HOSTED MANY FAMILY FUN NIGHTS AND WE PROVIDED SCHOLARSHIPS BOTH AT THE UNIT LEVEL AND THE COUNCIL LEVEL FOR MANY GRADUATING SENIORS.

WE ATTENDED WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES AND CALIFORNIA STATE PTA CONVENTIONS TO EDUCATE OUR PTA ON OUR POLICIES. WHAT A GREAT YEAR WE HAVE HAD AND WE ARE ALREADY EXCITED AND READY TO BE PLANNING FOR THE 2023-24 SCHOOL YEAR. AND JUST A REMINDER TO PLEASE SUPPORT OUR PTA AND JOIN AGAIN BEGINNING JULY 1ST. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO

A PRESENTATION. [APPLAUSE]. >> SORRY, MS. RIVERA.

I TURNED THE PAGE. NOW, IF STAFF DOESN'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THEN IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION TO THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. IT IS 10:01 UNTIL THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, JUNE 8TH.

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