Aug 10, 2023 School Board

[1. CALL TO ORDER IN PUBLIC SESSION]

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>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO TONIGHT'S MEETING AT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

THE MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 4:02 PM IN OPEN SESSION. TONIGHT WE DO NOT HAVE REQUEST ADDRESS IN CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEMS. AT THIS TIME THE BOARD I'M SORRY LET'S TAKE ROLL CALL TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM FOR THE RECORD.

MS. ARMSTRONG?

[3. CLOSED SESSION]

>> WELCOME BACK NUMBER ONE TIMES MANY OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 4:02 PM AND OPEN SESSION. THE BOARD ADJOURNED A CLOSE SESSION AT 4:02 PM.

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

UPDATE US ON CLOSED SECTION TOPICS. >> THE TOPICS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION WERE STUDENT MATTERS, PENDING LITIGATION, ANTICIPATED LITIGATION AND SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION AND PERFORMANCE THE BOARD TOOK ACTION IN CLOSED SESSION TO APPROVE STUDENT EXPULSION CASES NUMBER 22 Ã16 Ã0011. AND NUMBER 23 Ã17 Ã0026.

THE BOARD ALSO TOOK ACTION TO APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT FOR THE CASE NUMBER LA ÃCE Ã673 FIVE

E. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU CLERK MR. WORK? REPLACEMENT PAGES FOR ITEMS 10.1, 11.3, 11.4 AND 11.12 ARE ON THE BACK TABLE.

TONIGHT WE DO HAVE REQUEST ADDRESSING AGENDA ITEMS WHILE THE MEANS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD ARE NOT PUBLIC MEETINGS THEY ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON EACH AGENDA OR NON-AGENDA ITEM.

THE BOARD WILL LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME FOR PUBLIC INPUT ON EACH ITEM TO 21 MINUTES AS PER BOARD BY LAW 22.2. CAN WE PLEASE HAVE CAROLYN MENDOZA TO THE PODIUM?

THANK YOU. >> I'M HERE TO ADDRESS YOU ALL ONE LAST TIME FOR MERCED AND IN SIX DAYS. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO SWING BY AND SAY A FEW THINGS BEFORE I LEFT. I DID NOT WRITE DOWN WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY TODAY. TYPICALLY I HAVE A SCRIPT I READ OFF OF BUT I WILL BALLPARK IT TODAY. I JUST WANTED TO SAY AFTER ALL MY TIME HERE NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE SCHOOL BOARD BUT TIME IN THE DISTRICT I CAN SAY AFTER ALL THAT DEFINITIVELY KIND OF POSITIVE WORDS COME I BELIEVE IN THE BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I TRUST THE BOARD AND TRUST THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE WORKING TOGETHER. I'M SUPER GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE OPPORTUNITY THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ME. I KNOW THE REASON I'M GOING TO MERCED NEXT WEEK IS BECAUSE OF THIS DISTRICT. I JUST WANT TO SAY I KNOW EVERYTHING WILL GO GREAT. EVERYONE HERE IS IN GOOD HANDS. YOU GUYS ARE IN GOOD HANDS BECAUSE WE HAVE GREAT PEOPLE HERE ARE. I'M NOT GOING TO SEE YOU GUYS FOR FOUR YEARS. MAYBE WHEN I COME BACK I WILL BE LIKE A TEACHER LIKE THEM I DON'T KNOW. OTHER THAN THAT I WILL SEE YOU GUYS.

MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU. I HAVE TO CATCH A WEBINAR FOR MOVING AND SO I WILL SEE YOU

UYS. >> THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE ON TO AMENDMENTS

[5. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA]

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? >> MOVED.

>> THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA?

>> SO MOVED. >> SORRY. WE WILL MOVE TO THE PLEDGE OF

[6. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ]

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WILL LEAD THE FLAG SALUTE. >> GOOD EVENING PLEASE RISE. PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION

UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> THANK YOU.

WE NOW HAVE TWO STUDENTS AND DUAL IMMERSION PROGRAM THAT WILL RESET THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND SPANISH.

>> THANK YOU. THAT WAS WONDERFUL. NOW WE WILL HAVE DOCTOR MONTA

[7. PRESENTATIONS FROM STUDENTS / STAFF / COMMUNITY]

>> GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT GARZA AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DOCTOR AND CABINET MEMBERS.

I'M DOCTOR MONTA LONGO PRINCIPLE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE. I DO DEDICATE THIS MESSAGE TO OUR STUDENTS. AS WE EMBARK ON THIS NEW SCHOOL YEAR I AM REMINDED OF THE TIMELESS TALE OF THE HERO'S JOURNEY DUTIFULLY ARTICULATED BY THE LEGENDARY JOSEPH CAMPBELL JUST AS CAMPBELL'S HEROES FACE CHALLENGES DISCOVERED STRENGTHS AND ULTIMATELY EMERGED VICTORIOUS SO SHOW EACH OF YOU EMBARK ON YOUR HEROIC PATH DURING YOUR TIME HERE. IN OUR SCHOOL HALLWAYS OF LEARNING YOU ARE NOT MERELY STUDENTS. YOU ARE HEROES IN THE MAKING LIKE THE HEROES OF THE OLD YOU WILL FACE THE TRIALS THAT MAY SEEM UNSURMOUNTABLE. BUT REMEMBER THIS.

EVERY OBSTACLE YOU ENCOUNTER IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH. EMBRACE THE MOMENTS OF STRUGGLE. FOR THEY ARE THE TRIALS IN WHICH THE CHARACTER IS BUILT.

JOSEPH CAMPBELL SPOKE OF THE CALL TO ADVENTURE THE INITIAL SPARK.

DOES THE HERO INTO THE UNKNOWN. AS YOU BEGIN THIS NEW SCHOOL YEAR YOU ARE ANSWERING THAT CALL. EACH CLASS YOU ATTEND EVERY CHALLENGE TO OVERCOME BRINGS YOU CLOSER TO BECOMING THE HERO OF YOUR OWN NARRATIVE. LET'S NOT FORGET THE MENTORS YOU ENCOUNTER ALONG THE WAY. JUST AS CAMPBELL'S HEROES FOUND GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT FROM THE WISE MENTORS ARE FACULTY, STAFF, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ARE HERE TO GUIDE YOU, INSPIRE YOU AND HELP YOU TO YOUR FULL POTENTIAL. REACH OUT TO THEM FOR THEY ARE THE MODERN-DAY MENTORS OF YOUR JOURNEY. AS YOU PROGRESS TO THIS ACADEMIC YEAR CELEBRATE YOUR SUCCESSES. BOTH THE LARGE AND THE SMALL EACH TEST CONQUERED IN EACH PROJECT COMPLETED AND EACH GOAL ACHIEVED IS A TESTAMENT TO YOUR DETERMINATION AND YOUR ESILIENCE.

REMEMBER THE HERO'S JOURNEY IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE DESTINATION BUT THE TRANSFORMATIVE PROCESS THAT LEADS YOU THERE. I ENCOURAGE EACH OF YOU TO EMBRACE THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH AN OPEN HEART AND UNWAVERING SPIRIT. YOUR HERO'S JOURNEY HAS JUST BEGUN. THE PATH AHEAD IS FILLED WITH INFINITE POSSIBILITIES.

TOGETHER WE SHALL CELEBRATE YOUR TRIUMPH AND LEARN FROM YOUR CHALLENGES AND WITNESS THE REMARKABLE INDIVIDUALS YOU ARE DESTINED TO BECOME. MAY YOUR JOURNEY EPIC.

YOU ARE VICTORIOUS ABUNDANT AND LEGACY INSPIRING. HERE'S TO A YEAR OF GROWTH, DISCOVERY AND EMBRACING YOUR INNER HERO LET'S LET THE ADVENTURE BEGIN.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU DOCTOR MONTA LONGO NOW WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR

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CAN WE PLEASE HAVE THE PRESIDENT COME UP TO THE BOARD MEETING PODIUM AND WELCOME.

>> GOOD EVENING. IT IS MY FIRST TIME BEING HERE SO I'M NERVOUS.

GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT GARZA AND BOARD AND SUPER INTENDED AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE BELLFLOWER TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AS THE NEW PRESIDENT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME THINGS THAT ETA DID LAST YEAR AS WELL AS THE THINGS YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR.

YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. MY PRINCIPAL MR. DEAS SHARED WITH ME THE ONLINE PLATFORM MORE SO BTA ADOPTED FOR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER EVERY MONTH I ASKED FOR PICTURES ON TOPICS TO SHARE WITH MEMBERS AND TEACHERS AND PICTURES OF LIFE ON CAMPUS DRESS-UP DAYS. OCCASIONALLY I GET PICTURES OF THE OTHER FUN THINGS TEACHERS DO LIKE RACE CHECKS AND THROW BABY SHOWERS FOR TEACHERS OR EVEN SUPPORT THEIR COLLEAGUES WHO ACT IN LOCAL THEATER GROUPS. SMART HAS BEEN A VIABLE TOOL TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH OUR MEMBERS. GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

THESE ARE SOME OF OUR TEACHERS DOING THINGS IN THE CLASSROOM AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM.

NEXT ONE. THANK YOU. WE ATTENDED THE SOUTHEASTERN SERVICE CENTER SCHOOL BOARD IN JANUARY WERE MANY OF YOU ATTENDED.

WE ALSO INVITED SUPERINTENDENT DURRANI AND CSA PRESIDENT MICHELLE CUELLAR WAS A NICE EVENING OF CONVERSATION AND COLLABORATION. FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS BTA APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT GRANT FROM CTA WHICH HELPED US TO PLAN EVENTS FOR OUR MEMBERS.

HAPPY HOUR AT BJ'S HAS BEEN POPULAR AS WELL AS THE OF THE TEACHER CELEBRATION AT SIMMS PARK. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE OUR RETIREES WITH THE ARTS AND CERTIFICATES AND A BTA CONGRATULATIONS IN MAY. WHAT YOU DON'T SEE ON THE SLIDES ARE TEACHERS WHO ATTENDED CONFERENCES, BARGAINING MINIS AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEES AND THE DAY-TO-DAY TEXTS AND EMAILS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE YEAR AHEAD SOLVING PROBLEMS TOGETHER AND NOT LETTING THEM BUILD UP. ATTENDING EVENTS THAT SUPPORT TEACHERS AND SITES AND AT THE HEART OF IT ALL HELPING OUR STUDENTS SUCCEED.

IN BELLFLOWER WE BUILD FUTURES AND IT TAKES A TEAM AND COMMUNITY TO MAKE THOSE FEATURES THE BEST POSSIBLE. I'VE BEEN A TEACHER IN THE U.S. DEEPER 15 YEARS AND I GOT INVOLVED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE I PREFER THE TIME AND DEDICATION EACH OF YOU HAVE GIVEN WELL SERVING ON OUR SCHOOL BOARD. I HOPE WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD BRIDGES AND MAKE THIS DISTRICT THE ONE EVERYONE WANTS TO WORK IN, PARENTS WANT TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO AND STUDENTS ARE PROUD TO ATTEND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVE A GREAT REST OF THE .

>> THANK YOU MS. MCDANIEL. NEXT PTA COMMUNICATIONS WELCOME MS. MORGAN.

>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LINDA MORGAN. FOR THOSE THAT DO NOT KNOW I'M THE CURRENT PTA BELLFLOWER COUNSEL PTA PRESIDENT. AS COUNSEL WE SUPPORT OUR PTAS AT ALL 10 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AS WELL AS THE TWO MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS.

THEY ARE ALL LISTED RIGHT THERE. WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

I'M GOING TO DO WHAT I AM NOT SUPPOSED TO DO. WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEER PARENTS, GUARDIANS, TEACHERS, STAFF, MINISTERS AND STUDENTS AND MISSION IS TO ENGAGE FOR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES SUPPORT TEACHERS AND STAFF AN ADVOCATE FOR ALL OUR CHILDREN. WE ARE COMMITTED TO STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITY BY ENCOURAGING FAMILY ENGAGEMENT PROVIDING AND SUPPORTING QUALITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND CREATING FUN EVENTS THAT ENABLE ALL STUDENTS ACADEMIC SUCCESS, HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.

AS FAR AS COUNSEL WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. HERE ARE A COUPLE SAVE THE DATES AND THINGS THAT WILL BE COMING UP THIS YEAR WE ARE WORKING ON.

BELOW LISTED ARE COUNCIL WHERE WE CAN SEE THE PROCESS FROM

[9. DISCUSSION ITEMS]

TODAY WAS THE GROUNDING AND FOR YOU TO ASK QUESTIONS AND THERE WILL BE MORE TO COME AFTER THIS. AT THIS POINT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS OR

COMMENTS FOR THE STAFF TO HEAR. >> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO ASK FROM SPEAKING ANOTHER LANGUAGE MYSELF, WHAT DIALECT ARE YOU FOCUSED ON TEACHING?

>> WE ARE TEACHING OUR STUDENTS SPANISH BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENT DIALECTS I WILL LEAVE THAT TO

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ADD? MS. ELMO DOCUMENT. >> WE HAVE A COUPLE TEACHERS THAT HAVE THE DIALECT OF MEXICAN OR FROM PERU. WE HAVE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES THAT COME IN. BASICALLY WE ENSURE OUR SPANISH IS ACADEMIC.

STRICTLY ACADEMIC. >> THAT IS MY NEXT QUESTION. YOUR PILLARS OR GOALS YOU IDENTIFIED, THE FIRST ONE ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH, HOW IS THAT EVALUATED?

AS FAR AS NUMBERS. WE ARE LOOKING AT SUCCESS. >> CAN YOU TELL ME MORE?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN HOW DO WE EVALUATE THE LANGUAGE? >> THAT WAS ONE OF YOUR GOALS IS TO DEVELOP ACADEMIC SUCCESS ARE YOU TESTING. YOU GET ENGLISH TEST BUT SPANISH? IF YOU'RE TESTING THIS COMPETENCY IN HISTORY YOU ARE DOING IT IN ENGLISH? I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS IN EVALUATING ARE WE MEETING THIS GOAL? HOW ARE YOU DOING THAT?

>> WE HAVE THE WEA ASSESSMENT. THE DUAL IMMERSION STUDENTS K THROUGH SECOND SS IN SPANISH BECAUSE THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF PERCENTAGE AND SPANISH HOWEVER ONCE THEY GET TO THIRD GRADE WE TEST THEM IN BOTH LANGUAGES TO MEASURE. NWA SPANISH ENGLISH FOR READING FLUENCY AND MATHEMATICS AND FOR EXAMPLE SOUND LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF OLDER UDENTS.

NOT NLY COME ONCE WE GET READY FOR THE ASPECT ENGLISH STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO TAKE THE LAST PART OF THE HE NWA. TWO EMERGENT. THEY GET READY FOR US PACK AND ALSO GIVE THEM THE NWA IN SPANISH TO MEASURE HOW THEY STARTED FROM THE BEGINNING TO

THE MIDDLE TO THE END OF THE YEAR. >> OKAY THANK YOU.

>> I HAVE A COMMENT. I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

I THINK IT'S AMAZING AND I THINK THE PROGRAM IS AMAZING WE TALK ABOUT THE KIDS BEING GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I GUESS I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT WASHINGTON KIDS HAVE TO GO TO MAYFAIR WE DON'T HAVE THE PROGRAM AT BELLFLOWER.

I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE THIS AT BOTH OF OUR SCHOOLS. IT IS THAT IMPORTANT AND I HOPE WE CAN DISCUSS THAT IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU.

>> MADAM PRESIDENT IF I MAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH I WISH I HAD A PROGRAM WHEN I WAS YOUNGER BECAUSE I SPENT A LOT OF YEARS AS AN ADULT TRYING TO LEARN.

THERE IS HOPE FOR ME. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION I'M CURIOUS WHAT IS ENROLLMENT WITH DUAL ENROLLMENT OR IMMERSION PROGRAM? WHAT'S WE STARTED WITH TWO OOMS WHICH WERE 98 STUDENTS AND CURRENTLY LAST YEAR WE HAD AROUND 487 UDENTS IN THE THE

PROGRAM. DISTRICTWIDE. >> AND I SAID THE DAYS EARLIER

BUT 98 TO 47 OVER HOW LONG? >> IT IS ABOUT 10 YEARS. OUR COHORT IS GOING INTO 10TH

GRADE. >> ANY FAMILY IN OUR DISTRICT CAN OPT INTO THAT PROGRAM RIGHT

AND MAKE IT THEIR HOME SCHOOL? >> THERE IS A ENROLLMENT PROCESS THAT TYPICALLY THEY ARE ENROLLING INTO THE CANDOR YEAR AND COMMITTING TO BEING IN THE PROGRAM FOR A DURATION.

WE DID ADD KETK THIS YEAR AT ILC. >> ONE LAST QUESTION.

HOW DO WE MARKET THIS PROGRAM OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT TO ATTRACT NEW STUDENTS?

>> SOMETHING WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT. WE DO HAVE INFORMATION ON THEIR WEBSITE. WE HAVE INFORMATION ON THE BU ST WEBSITE BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE ADDITION ITH DR. DRATI'S COMMUNICATION PLAN TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW WE HAVE

A VIBRANT PROGRAM JUST LIKE OTHER DISTRICTS. >> AWESOME.

THANK YOU. >> IT WAS FUNNY I WAS WAITING FOR YOU TO CALL LIKE YOU

NORMALLY DO. >> ANYWAY. I DO AGREE THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US AS A DISTRICT TO PROVIDE A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS AND I KNOW THE BENEFITS OF BILINGUALISM MYSELF. I MYSELF COULD NOT GET A JOB AT MARTIN LUTHER KING HOSPITAL IN COMPTON BECAUSE I COULD NOT SPEAK SPANISH. ANYWAY THAT IS ONE OF MY STORIES. I HAVE A LOT OF STORIES. HOW MANY CLASSES PER GRADE

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LEVEL DO WE HAVE AT EACH SITE? >> I WILL SHARE BUT THE PRINCIPLES WILL CORRECT ME IF I GET THAT WRONG. ILC WE HAVE A TK THAT JUST STARTED AT EACH GRADE LEVEL WE HAVE ABOUT THREE CLASSES PER GRADE LEVEL WITH ONE TRADITIONAL AT WASHINGTON.

WE HAVE K, ONE AND I BELIEVE FOUR, FIVE AND SIX NOW. AT MIDDLE SCHOOL WE AVE SEVENTH

AND EIGHTH GRADE PROGRAM. >> ABOUT HOW MANY CLASSES PER GRADE LEVEL?

>> MIXING THEM ALL TOGETHER? WHAT'S I'M JUST WONDERING. >> ON.

FOR K. I'M SORRY FOR K AND FOR FIRST, THREE SECOND AND THREE THIRD.

FOUR FOURTHS. 4/5, 46 AND SEVENTH GRADE THEY HAVE TWO COURSES THEY TAKE SO THEY TAKE THEIR SPANISH COURSE AND OUR WORLD HISTORY COURSE THAT IS TAUGHT IN SPANISH.

>> OKAY OKAY. I KNOW YOU JUST MENTIONED WHEN THEY SIGN ON YOU ARE LETTING

THEM ENTER THE PROGRAM AS EARLY AS TK NOW. >> THIS YEAR.

>> IF THEY MISS TK WILL THEY STILL BE ABLE TO ENROLL IN CANDOR?

>> YES. >> THEY HAVE TWO YEARS TO ACCESS THE PROGRAM COULD.

>> CORRECT. >> AFTER THAT? >> IT IS NOT A DONE DEAL THAT THEY CAN'T BUT THERE IS A ASSESSMENT PROCESS TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE AS FAR AS THE LEVEL TO

MAKE SURE THEY WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE PROGRAM. >> ARE THE NUMBERS COME DO THE NUMBERS HOLD PRETTY STEADY AND HOLD FIRM FROM GRADE LEVEL TO GRADE LEVEL?

>> SOMETHING I'M ANALYZING AND I THOUGHT I WOULD FIND ONE PATTERN AND I WAS NOT SEEING THE PATTERN I THOUGHT I WOULD. WE DO HAVE SOME MOVEMENT OUT AND I HAVE SOME NUMBERS.

SORRY. 22 23 SCHOOL YEAR WE HAD 32 STUDENTS THAT DID LEAVE US DAILY FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. WHETHER THEY MOVED, MOVED OUT OF THE PROGRAM BUT STILL IN THE

DISTRICT OR GONE TO A DIFFERENT DISTRICT. >> OVERALL ARE WE DECLINING IN

OUR ENROLLMENT IN THIS PROGRAM? >> WE ARE DECLINING IN OUR ENROLLMENT IN ALL PROGRAMS.

>> OKAY THAT IS FAIR. THE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THIS PROGRAM, IS IT MOSTLY OUR STUDENTS WITHIN BELLFLOWER OR ARE WE GET IN STUDENTS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS?

CERRITOS, WE GET MAIL FROM CERRITOS ALL THE TIME. >> WE ARE IN COMPETITION WITH THE LAW. A GOOD MAJORITY OF STUDENTS ARE FROM OUR AREA BUT WE DO RECEIVE

STUDENTS FROM SURROUNDING DISTRICTS AS WELL. >> OKAY.

I KNOW YOU SENT WE HAD LIKE ONE CLASS AND THE KINDERGARTEN ONE CLASS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> KETK HAS ONE BUT KINDERGARTEN THERE ARE FOUR CLASSES.

>> WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE HAD ONE GRADE VEL? WHAT APPENS WHEN STUDENTS GET

TO THE UPPER GRADES? ARE THE CLASS SIZES BIGGER? >> YES 24 TO 1 SAME AS

TRADITIONAL TK THROUGH THREE IS 24 TO 1 AND 456 34 TO 1. >> THEY HAVE THE SAME RATIO,

OKAY. DO WE GET SPECIAL FUNDING? >> THE DUAL IMMERSION PROGRAM IS FUNDED AND THE OUTCOME AND THERE IS NOT SPECIAL FUNDING FOR IT.

>> NO SPECIAL FUNDING. >> THERE IS ACTION AND THE L CAP THAT'S A DUAL IMMERSION

CTION. >> WHAT IF CLASSES GET SMALLER? I'M NOT TRYING TO BE CYNICAL BUT TRYING TO PREPARE WHAT IF CLASSES GET SMALLER? HOW ARE WE GOING TO HANDLE

THAT? >> IT IS AN INTERESTING QUESTION.

OUR OTHER CLASSES GET SMALLER THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT MAY HAVE TO BE DONE.

WHETHER IT IS A COMBINATION OR MOVING STUDENTS AROUND. NOT THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO DO.

>> WE WOULD DO IT IF IT IS NECESSARY. >> IF NECESSARY.

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>> LET ME ASK YOU THIS. IT IS ONE OF MY LAST QUESTIONS IF WE HAD A FULL IMMERSION SCHOOL WOULD THAT HELP WITH OUR ENROLLMENT? WOULD THAT HELP IF WE HAD A

FULL IMMERSION SCHOOL? >> I CAN'T SAY HAVING A PATHWAY IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU CAN FOCUS ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS INTO THAT ONE SPACE BECAUSE THAT IS YOUR FOCUS FOR THE SCHOOL.

>> DO YOU THINK IT WOULD HELP OUR ENROLLMENT IF WE HAD FULL INCLUSION FULL IMMERSION

SCHOOL? >> I THINK IF WE ADVERTISE WE WILL GET MORE ENROLLMENT TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE PROGRAM IS ALL ABOUT. WORKS OKAY I'M JUST ASKING I WANT TO GET THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M XCITED.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU A TORY AND I WILL LET YOU HAVE IT PRESIDENT GARZA.

I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. FIRST OF ALL LET ME TELL YOU HISTORY WE ARE BLESSED TO TO HAVE SUCH A PROGRAM. BECAUSE NOT THAT I'M DATING MYSELF HISTORY OKAY, HISTORY STATES BACK IN THE 70S, 60S, 70S, 80S THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE EMBARRASSED AND ASHAMED OF THEIR CULTURE. THEY REFUSED TO SPEAK IT. IT CAUSED LOTS OF PROBLEMS WITHIN THE FAMILY DYNAMICS TO SEE THIS SHIFT TO WHERE WE ARE SO PROUD AND WE ARE JUST REALLY EMBRACING IT AND WANTED TO GROW AS REALLY A BEAUTIFUL THING. BECAUSE I HAVE KNOWN PEOPLE WHO REGRETTED NOT SPEAKING THEIR NATIVE TONGUE BECAUSE SOCIETY HAS MADE THEM SHAME OF IT.

WHERE YOU ARE AT NOW, THERE IS MORE HISTORY OF DIFFERENT CULTURES TO SEE THIS PROMISE AND YOU EMBRACING DIFFERENT CULTURES IS A BEAUTIFUL THING. THAT'S IT.

I CAN TALK FOREVER. CUT MY MICROPHONE OFF. ONCE I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION I USE THE OF THE PROGRAM STARTED 10 OR 11 YEARS AGO.

DID WE START WITH ALL THREE SIDES OR HAVE ANY BEEN ADDED SINCE THEN? BOOKS WE STARTED WITH THE ILC WITH TWO KINDERGARTEN CLASSES AND WE ADDED WASHINGTON IN THE

1718 SCHOOL YEAR. >> WHY DIDN'T WE DEVELOP A PROGRAM AT BELLFLOWER HIGH

SCHOOL? >> I CAN'T GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION I WASN'T PART OF I RECENTLY HAD THE E PROGRAM BROUGHT TO MY DIVISION I WASN'T PART OF THE BUILDING OF THE DUAL IMMERSION PROGRAM IN THE BEGINNING BOOKS THANK YOU I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE AS I TELL YOU ALL THE TIME YOU ARE ON TOP OF ANSWERING ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS SO THANK YOU SO

MUCH. >> YOU'RE E WELCOME. >> THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS.

I HAVE A COUPLE LET'S THINK AS WE GO FORWARD. I THERE IS SB 1127 THAT OFFERS RS MONEY ABOUT $20 MILLION FOR DUAL IMMERSION PROGRAMS. PERHAPS WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT.

EXCUSE ME. I KNOW THAT FORTHCOMING WILL BE GLOBAL CALIFORNIA AND MAYBE SOMETHING PERHAPS WE CAN LOOK AT TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL. I ALSO KNOW SOME PARENTS CONTINUE TO CALL ME AND TALK TO ME ABOUT THEIR STUDENTS AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M HEARING A LOT AND I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO EXPLORE AND LOOK AT NUMBERS AND THAT DIRECTION IS MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SOME OF THEM, MY FEAR IS WE WILL BECOME OF THEATER DISTRICT TO A DIFFERENT DISTRICT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT KEEPING P WITH OUR TRAINING OF TEACHERS AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR ADMIN IS FULLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE NEEDS ARE. THAT THEY HAVE A PULSE WITH THE FAMILIES AS WELL. I KNOW THIS IS, WE ARE DOING THIS FOR 10 OR 11 YEARS NOW BUT IT IS A PROGRAM THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE A LOT OF FUNDING AND SUPPORT WHEN IT STARTED. I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT OUR PARENTS DID START WITH US AND THEY ARE STILL HERE UP. THANK YOU PARENTS FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING AND GROWING WITH US AS ALWAYS AS WE GROW A NEW PROGRAM THERE'S GOING TO BE THE STUMBLES.

WE GET BACK UP AND WE MAKE IT BETTER FOR OUR STUDENTS. I ALSO WOULD LOVE TO SEE GOING FORWARD SOME INCLUSIVITY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE IN OUR DAILY ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR

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YOU CAN REALLY FIND IT IN AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND FIND IT FROM MIDDLE EASTERN CULTURES.

IT IS REALLY EVERYWHERE. I THINK WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE MORE DIGGING.

IT IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE HARDER BUT I KNOW WE ARE UP TO THE CHALLENGE.

JUST MY THOUGHTS AS WE GO FORWARD. THANK YOU.

>> PRESIDENT GARZA I HAVE ONE MORE, I WILL MORE INQUIRY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, HAVE YOU GUYS THOUGHT ABOUT REACHING OUT AND HAVING A PARTNERSHIP WITH AN ORGANIZATION OR SOMETHING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY? THE REASON WHY I SAY IT I KNOW SOMETIMES IT CAN BE ANY ORGANIZATION. THEY CAN PROVIDE EXPERIENCES FOR THE STUDENTS.

I WILL PUT IT LIKE THIS. I WAS IN A DISTRICT THAT WE PARTNERED UP WITH A COMMUNITY CENTER AND IT WAS A MANDARIN PROGRAM. MANDARIN DUAL ENROLLMENT.

THEY WOULD GO OFF AND THE ORGANIZATION WOULD PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES AS FAR AS LEARNING ABOUT THE CULTURE. EVEN GIVING THEM MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO FREELY PRACTICE THE LANGUAGE. MAYBE THAT COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE YOU ALL COULD INCLUDE.

WE HAVE IT AT THE SITE BUT FOR THEM TO GO OFF SITE. JUST A THOUGHT.

>> THANK YOU WITH THAT I BELIEVE WE CAN GO ON TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION.

>> YES. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE GEO BOND AT THIS POINT WE WILL GO FROM

THERE. >> MADAM PRESIDENT. >> GRANTED.

>> BOARD ARE WE OKAY WITH REORGANIZING THE AGENDA FROM CHANGING 9.3 INFORMATIONAL BOND PRESENTATION RIGHT AFTER DUAL IMMERSION 9.1 AND MOVING ITEM 9.2 EXPANDED LEARNING

OPPORTUNITIES FOLLOWING THE GO BOND PRESENTATION? >> YES.

>> THANK YOU. >> ONCE AGAIN AS STATED EARLIER WE INVITED MR. PHARRELL FROM DYLAN SCOTT TO PROVIDE THE BOARD INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION ON THE TIMELINE AND PROCESS REQUIREMENTS FOR GETTING A BOND MEASURE ON THE OT.

. AGAIN THIS PRESENTATION IS STRICTLY INFORMATIONAL AND DELL LL HAS ALL REQUIREMENTS FOLLOWED WHICH WOULD INCLUDE TONIGHT'S TATION IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SURVEY SHOULD THE BOARD D DECIDE IN THE SURVEY PROVIDES PROVIDES INFORMATION OR WOULD PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE BOARD ON MOTOR SUPPORT AND DOES NOT COMMIT THE DISTRICT TO ANYTHING. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR.

PHARRELL.HANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING RESIDENT GARZA AND BOARD MEMBERS AND DR. DRATI AND CABINET. WE WILL START OUT ON THE FIRST SLIDE.

I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND IS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS ARE ESSENTIALLY ALONE THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS TAKE OUT AND IS REPAID BY POVERTY TAXES. TAX PLACED ON ALL PROPERTIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT'S BOUNDARIES SO RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AGRICULTURAL IF THERE ARE ANY LEFT IN BELLFLOWER. IN THE COUNTY IS OBLIGATED TO PAY THE TAX ON THE BONDS OF THE COUNTY FIGURES OUT WHAT THE TAX IS AND LEVEES THE TAXES AND PASTE THE BONDS.

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THE TAX DOES NOT START UNTIL THE BONDS ARE ISSUED. WHEN A SCHOOL DISTRICT PASSES A BOND MEASURE THE VOTERS APPROVED THE BOND MEASURE AND TAX DOESN'T START UNTIL THE BOARD DETERMINES IT'S TIME TO ISSUE A SERIES OF BONDS. THE BONDS ARE SOLD AND PLACED ON THE TAX RULES THERE IS NO SUNSET DATE. IF YOU PASS A BOND MEASURE IN 2024 THERE'S NO SET DATE BY WHEN YOU HAVE TO ISSUE ALL THOSE BONDS.

AND THEN TYPES OF BONDS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR PROP 39 BONDS AND THIS IS THE SAME AS IN MEASURE BB. THEY HAVE A 55 PERCENT APPROVAL THRESHOLD REQUIREMENT FROM VOTERS. THERE IS WHAT WE CALL A SOFT TAX RATE CAP OF $60 PER $100,000 VALUE SO WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT TAX RATES WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DOLLARS PER HUNDRED THOUSAND. BASICALLY THAT SOFT CAP MEANS WHEN THE DISTRICT GOES TO ISSUE BONDS WE HAVE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT WE DON'T EXPECT THE TAX RATE TO GO ABOVE $60 FOR THAT PARTICULAR ELECTION AND BASED PER ELECTION SO MEASURE BB HAD $60 LIMIT AND BOND MEASURE WILL HAVE SIX DOLLAR LIMIT ON IT. ULTIMATELY THE COUNTY WILL LEVY THE TAXES NECESSARY TO PAY BACK THE BONDS. CITIZEN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS REQUIRED. PROPERTY BONDS CAN ONLY BE ON REGULARLY SCHEDULED ELECTIONS.

THE EVEN YEAR ELECTIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT TO PROVIDE A POINT OF COMPARISON IS TRYING TO GET A SENSE FOR THE AMOUNT OF BONDS DIFFERENT DISTRICTS IN THE AREA VOTERS HAVE APPROVED WHAT WE DID IS LOOKED AT THE TOTAL BONDS THAT HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMUNITY GOING BACK TO 2002 THE BEGINNING OF PROP 39. IN DIVIDED BY CURRENT ENROLLMENT. KIND OF GIVES US A LOOK AT IDEA OF THE SIZE OF BOND PROGRAMS RELATIVE TO THE ENROLLMENT OF VARIOUS DISTRICTS IN THE BELLFLOWER AREA.

FOR EXAMPLE SAY DOWNEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT VOTERS APPROVED $870 MILLION IN BONDS DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME. THE ENROLLMENT IS AROUND 22,200 OR SO STUDENTS AND THAT'S AS OF 2021 AND 2022. LOS ALAMITOS 223 MILLION WITH 9100 STUDENTS COMPARED TO BELLFLOWER $79 MILLION MEASURE BB WITH 10,000 STUDENTS. SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BONDS THEY ARE PAID BY PROPERTY TAXES AND ONE THING TO LOOK AT HIS DISTRICTS ASSESS VALUE HISTORY. IT VERY STRONG CONSISTENT GROWTH AND WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS. THE AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH IS 4.8 PERCENT.

WE WILL BE MORE CONSERVATIVE IN OUR ASSUMPTIONS GOING FORWARD ASSUMING DURING HALF PERCENT FOR ALL THE NUMBERS WE WILL TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. REALLY PUTTING TOGETHER SOMEWHAT GENERIC EXAMPLES OF WHAT A BOND MEASURE MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN BELLFLOWER BASED ON LIMITS WE HAVE WITH PROP 39. IN THIS CASE WE ARE ASSUMING THE FULL $60 TAX THAT YOUR LOAN UNDER PROP 39. WE ASSUMED THREE SERIES OF BONDS EACH ISSUED THREE YEARS APART. THAT WOULD GENERATE A BOND PROGRAM TOTALING $136.5 MILLION. THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL SERIES AND TIMING OF INDIVIDUAL SERIES IS NOT SET AT THE TIME OF THE ELECTION ONLY TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT WOULD BE 136.5 MILLION. THE BOARD WILL MAKE THE DETERMINATION ON WHEN TO ISSUE BONDS IN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF EACH BOND SALE GOING FORWARD AND THAT WOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD AT THE TIME. FOR EXAMPLE 2025 WAS THE RIGHT TIME RESOLUTION WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD IN 25 AND AGAIN 28 AND AGAIN 2031 IN THE SCENARIO. ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT ROUGHLY WITH ASSUMING FIVE PERCENT INTEREST RATES WAS A LITTLE HIGH IN TODAY'S MARKET.

ROUGHLY LOOKING AT A DOLLAR OF INTEREST FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF PRINCIPAL THAT IS BORROWED.

TAKING THE OPPOSITE APPROACH TO THE PRIOR SCENARIO SO THE PRIOR SCENARIO WE ASSUMED WE WERE ISSUING BONDS BACK OVER 25 YEAR PERIOD. THIS ASSUMES EACH SERIES OF BONDS IS PAID BACK OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. TWO THINGS HAPPEN WITH THAT.

THE BENEFIT BY PAYING OFF THE BONDS SO QUICKLY IS IT REALLY REDUCES THE INTEREST COST TO

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$12.8 MILLION OF INTEREST 10 $1 MILLION OF SAVINGS THE CHALLENGE FOR DISTRICTS IS UNLESS YOU HAVE SMALL OJECTS WHAT HAPPENS IS NOW IT TAKES UNTIL 2042 ISSUE ALL THOSE BONDS SO WE ARE NOW NOT TALK ABOUT ISSUING $45 MILLION EACH SERIES BUT TALKING ISSUING $20 MILLION SERIES. IT WOULD INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TIME TO ONSTRUCT OR DO THE SAME AMOUNT OF PROJECTS. THIS CAN WORK FOR SOME DISTRICTS.

TYPICALLY DISTRICTS THAT HAVE LARGE ASSESSED VALUES OR HAVE SMALLER PROJECTS AND TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS. MIGHT WORK FOR THIS TYPE OF BOND STRUCTURE.

THEN THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE. IN THIS CASE WE ASSUMED TO SERIES OF BONDS PAID BACK OVER 15 YEARS. REDUCES AMOUNT 94.25 MILLION AND LOWER INTEREST COMPARED TO THE FIRST SCENARIO BUT HIGHER THAN THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD REALLY WANTED TO LAY OUT A FEW DIFFERENT SCENARIOS SO YOU CAN SEE HOW ULTIMATELY THE BOND MEASURE COULD COME TOGETHER. THERE IS ALSO NOTHING TO SAY YOU HAVE TO DO ALL OF ONE OF THESE TYPES OF SCENARIOS. FOR EXAMPLE YOU CAN DO A BOND MEASURE THAT WOULD INCLUDE 25 YEAR BONDS AND SOME SHORTER TERM BONDS ULTIMATELY THE GOAL IS TO GREET A BOND PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE THE FUNDING YOU NEED AT THE TIME YOU NEEDED TO COMPLETE YOUR PROJECTS.

AS WE START THINKING ABOUT TIMING AND A LITTLE OF THE POLITICS OF PASSING A BOND MEASURE THE DISTRICT HAS 46,500 REGISTERED VOTERS. HAVE REGISTERED AS DEMOCRATS AND 21 PERCENT REPUBLICANS 29 PERCENT OTHER DECLINE TO STATE. A LITTLE BIT HIGHER DEMOCRATIC ILLUSTRATION THAN THE STATE AVERAGE. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS AND WE SEE THIS CONSISTENTLY ACROSS THE STATE WHEN WE LOOK AT VOTER TURNOUT.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE DARK GRAY ARE THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS SO 2016 AND 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. LIGHT GRAY ARE THE GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS IN 2018 AND 2022 AND THEN WE HAVE PRIMARY ELECTIONS YOU CAN SEE THE DRAMATIC INCREASE IN VOTER TURNOUT IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. THAT IS VERY HELPFUL FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN PASSING BOND MEASURES. THE HIGHER VOTER URNOUT.

WE SING THE PAST 20 YEARS IS A VOTER THAT IS LEAST LIKELY TO VOTE AND ONLY VOTING IN THE PRESIDENTIAL IS LIKELY TO VOTE YES ON THE SCHOOL BOND MEASURE. RESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, NO SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS LOST THE ELECTION ON THE RESIDENTIAL BALLOT.

GUBERNATORIAL IS ABOUT 85 PERCENT. WE SEE THAT STATEWIDE.

REALLY MORE ABOUT THE TIMING AND THE PROCESS. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS TO DO ASIDE FROM THE WORK THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN DOING ASSESSING THE FACILITIES AND DETERMINING WHAT THE NEEDS ARE FROM THE BOND PERSPECTIVE IS START WITH VOTER SURVEY TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY FEELS IS IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF PROJECTS AND WHAT THEY MIGHT BE WILLING TO SUPPORT IN TERMS OF DOLLAR AMOUNTS AND TAX RATES. IN THE SURVEY WE WOULD ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROJECT THE DISTRICT IS CONSIDERING.

WOULD YOU BE MORE LIKELY TO VOTE YES FOR THE BOND IF IT INCLUDED REPLACING ROOFS OR BUILDING STEAM CLASSROOMS OR VARIETY OF POTENTIAL PROJECTS THE DISTRICT MIGHT BE LOOKING AT. WE WOULD ASK THOSE TYPES OF QUESTIONS WE WOULD ASK ABOUT SENSITIVITY TO TAX RATES SO $60 TAX RATE SOMETHING PALPABLE MAYBE HAVING TO ASK ABOUT A LOWER TAX RATE AND ASKING ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE BOND THE GOAL IS TO GET THE BOARD MORE STATISTICALLY VALID INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE VOTERS ARE THINKING.

KNOWING THAT PROBABLY HALF YOUR VOTERS DON'T CURRENTLY OR HAVE HAD STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT ALL THE VOTERS THINK BUT NOT NECESSARILY THOSE WITH STUDENTS AT BELLFLOWER. WITH THE BOARD'S DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SURVEY WE WOULD WORK ON THAT AND DRAFTING THAT AND PUTTING THAT INTO THE FIELD.

SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER TIMEFRAME. GETTING THOSE RESULTS BACK TO THE BOARD SOMETIME NOVEMBER THROUGH JANUARY. ALSO IN HERE IS THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH THE DISTRICT HAS COMPLETED MEASURE BB PROJECTS. ALSO HAS NEW NEEDS SO STARTING

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IN MARCH AND APRIL WE CAN WORK WITH LEGAL COUNSEL TO DRAFT THE RESOLUTION AND PREPARE THAT FOR BOARD ACTION. TARGETING APRIL AND MAY FOR BOARD ACTION.

IT IS A LITTLE AHEAD OF GIVING OURSELVES PLENTY OF TIME. THE DEADLINE TO FILE THE RESOLUTION WITH THE COUNTY IS AUGUST 9 KNOWING JUNE YOU START WORKING ON BUDGET IN JULY A LOT OF TIMES ARE DARK. WANTED TO GIVE OURSELVES PLENTY OF TIME TO GET THAT TO THE BOARD IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND WE NEED TO EXTEND THE TIMELINE WE HAVE THE ROOM RATHER THAN PLANNING FOR SOMETHING IN JULY IF SOMETHING HAPPENS WE ARE SCRAMBLING BEFORE AUGUST 9.

THE ELECTION DATE IS NOVEMBER 5. EARLY 2025 IS WHEN THE BOARD COULD ACTUALLY AUTHORIZE THE FIRST ISSUANCE OF BONDS AND YOU WOULD HAVE MONEY IN THE BANK TO START PROJECTS. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THAT IS ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF TRYING TO GET THE BOARD APPROVED THE RESOLUTION APRIL TO MAY TIMEFRAME.

AFTER THE BOARD APPROVED THE RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE ELECTION IT SHIFTS OFF THE DISTRICT AND OFF TO A LOCAL CITIZENS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE. AFTER THE BOARD WOULD START AUTHORIZING IN MAY YOU COULD GET THE COMMUNITY ESTABLISHED AS TO THE FUNDRAISING AND START THE CAMPAIGNING FOR THE BOND MEASURE AS EARLY AS MAY OR JUNE.

>> WE THINK THAT IS FROM THE AC. THAT'S WHY WE NEED THE BOND.

>> PLUMBING REPAIRS ALWAYS TEST HIGH ON VOTER SURVEYS AS DO ROOFS AND STEAM CLASSROOMS.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING.

>> I HAVE KIDS AND IF THEY WERE HERE I WOULD LIKE THEM TO GET HOME EARLY TOO.

>> BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG ANY QUESTIONS? >> TO THE CABINET ACTUALLY.

WE HAVE A MASTERS FACILITY PLAN. AS LONG AS WE CAN MARKET IT AND PUT THE SURVEY OUT WE NEED A LOT OF MONEY. WE HAVEN'T HAD A BOND SINCE 2012. AND WE WERE BEHIND ON THAT. WE DID NOT EVEN ASK FOR ANYTHING COMPARED TO THE OTHER DISTRICTS. WE HAVE TO CATCH UP.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A SERIOUS MARKETING CAMPAIGN. WE NEED A LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE WE HAVE A MASSIVE FACILITY PLAN AND WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO FUND IT.

WE NEED WORK. >> THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG.

DR. SUE ELHESSEN? >> I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. ONE IS YOU KEEP REFERENCING THE $60 TAX. EXPLAIN THAT TO ME. IS THAT SOMETHING LEVIED ON THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY LIKE RESIDENCE OR SOMETHING BASED ON THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY?

>> THE $60 PER $100,000 OF ASSESSED VALUE TAX RATE IS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED UNDER PROP 39 WHICH IS THE 55 PERCENT APPROVAL THRESHOLD. ALTERNATIVELY DISTRICTS CAN STILL NOT HAVE THE $60 TAX RATE LIMIT BUT YOU HAVE TO GET TWO THIRDS APPROVAL FROM VOTERS.

MOST DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO NOT TRY TO GO FOR TWO THIRDS ROUTE BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A MUCH MORE INSURMOUNTABLE LEVEL. THE $60 TAX RATE IS SET IN THE CODE FOR PROP 39 BONDS. IT IS A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED BUT ESSENTIALLY YOU TAKE THE ANNUAL BOND PAYMENT AND DIVIDED BY YOUR TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE IN THE DISTRICT SO THE SUM OF ALL THE PROPERTY VALUES FOR EVERY HOME IN EVERY BUSINESS AND EVERY PROPERTY IN THE DISTRICT.

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THAT IS THE GIST OF IT. >> PROBABLY MORE THAN $60? >> NO.

WE WILL WORK CAREFULLY TO MAKE SURE THE TAX RATE STAYS AT OR BELOW $60.

FOR EXAMPLE WITH MEASURE BB THE $60 LEGAL LIMIT WAS IN PLACE. THE DISTRICT SOUGHT A LOWER MAXIMUM. $55 THAT WAS PROMISED TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE TAX RATE HAS BEEN WELL BELOW THAT. MORE IN THE $50 RANGE. SINCE MEASURE BB BONDS WERE ISSUED. EVEN STILL WANTS TO GO TO ISSUE THE BOND WE ARE TRYING TO BE CONSERVATIVE AND MAKE SURE THE TAX RATE DOESN'T GO ABOVE WHAT IS PROMISED TO THE COMMUNITY THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE LOOK AT THREE AND HALF PERCENT ASSESSED VALUE GROWTH RATE RATHER THAN IT IS GOING UP 4.8 PERCENT FOR 25 YEARS AND LET'S ASSUME THE HIGHER GROWTH RATE BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IF WE ASSUME THAT WHEN WE ISSUE THE BOND AND HAVE A COUPLE YEARS WERE ASSESSED VALUE DOESN'T GROW AT 4.8 PERCENT AND THAT TAX RATE TO GO ABOVE $60 LEVEL.

WE TRIED TO BE CAREFUL TO KEEP IT AT OR BELOW THE $60 MARK. >> MY SECOND QUESTION OR IT IS A COMMENT MORE THAN A QUESTION. CERRITOS CITY COLLEGE CAST A HUGE BOND THAT MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE LIQUID AND CERRITOS THAT WE COVER. IT GOT HIT MANY COMMUNITY NITY MEMBERS WERE NOT HAPPY WITH TH IT. HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THAT?

IT IS ALREADY BEING ASSESSED AMONG THE COMMUNITY. >> THAT'S ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THE VOTER OPINION SURVEY. WE WILL ASK JUST IN THAT SURVEY YOU WILL SEE THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAT BELLFLOWER HAS FOR PUTTING A BOND MEASURE ON THE BALLOT.

WE KIND OF JOKE A LITTLE BIT THAT A VOTER THAT GOES TO THE BALLOT BOX WITH PROPERTY TAX BILL IS A NO VOTER YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME VOTERS THAT SAY NO I WILL NOT VOTE FOR TAX NO MATTER WHAT. OTHERS WILL VOTE YES ON ANY SCHOOL BOND MEASURE BECAUSE THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF SCHOOLS IS THOSE IN THE IDDLE IF YOU CONVINCE ME THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY WISELY THERE ARE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE AND YOU WILL DO THE PROJECTS ON THE PROJECT LIST. IF WE AGREE WITH THE PROJECTS OF THE PROJECT LIST.

YOU ARE DOING THINGS WE THINK ARE ESSENTIAL FOR STUDENTS AND NOT LOADING TAJ MAHAL AND HAVING THE WISH LIST OF PROJECTS THOSE WOES ARE LIKELY TO SUPPORT.

YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT WITH SOME OF THE DISTRICTS ON THAT LIST.

MOST OF THOSE DISTRICTS PAST TWO OR THREE OR FOUR BOND MEASURES IN 20 YEARS.

THOSE DISTRICTS AND THOSE TAXPAYERS ARE DEFINITELY GETTING HIT WITH MORE TAXES EVERY YEAR BUT THEY SEE THE VALUE IN IMPROVING THEIR SCHOOLS.

I'M NOT OVERLY CONCERNED WITH THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FUND TAX TYPICALLY IF YOU WERE TO HAVE A LOCAL SCHOOL BOND BELLFLOWER ON THE SAME BALLOT AS COMMUNITY COLLEGE BELLFLOWER WILL PROBABLY DO BETTER. MOST VOTERS THINK ABOUT THEIR LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS FIRST BEFORE THEY THINK ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

>> WHEN WE WERE IN SANTA MONICA ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HELPED US WAS WORKING ON THE TAX RATE AND AMOUNT TO WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN MONTHLY OR SOMETHING. 600 OR 700,000.

WHAT WOULD THAT BE? >> I THINK I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER.

I BELIEVE THE AVERAGE SINGLE-FAMILY HOME IS AROUND $300,000 AND BELLFLOWER I THINK WE WORKED OUT ABOUT FIVE DOLLARS A MONTH. THE BIG DIFFERENCE WITH PROP 13 IS HOMES THAT HAVE NOT SOLD FOR 10 OR 20 YEARS. THEY ARE STILL ON THE TAX RULES AT EXTREMELY LOW LEVELS YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED AT THE NUMBER OF HOMES UNDER $100,000.

RIGHT NEXT DOOR SOMEONE BOUGHT LAST YEAR AND THAT COULD BE 700 OR 800 MILLION OR WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS TO LOOK AT THE AVERAGES. I WILL GET THE EXACT NUMBER BUT THAT'S ONE THING YOU TALK ABOUT TO SAY THIS WOULD COST THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER $10 A MONTH.

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>> SAYING IT THAT WAY HELPS. >> THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER DR. SUE ELHESSEN.

>> THIS IS NOT MY FORTE SO SPEAK TO ME LIKE I DON'T UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I DON'T TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. I SEE THERE'S THE THREE OPTIONS.

THE POTENTIAL INSURANCE WOULD BE OVER SIX YEARS AND OTHER LOOKS LIKE OVER 15 YEARS AND

LAST ONE IS THREE YEARS. IS THAT CORRECT? >> CORRECT.

>> MY QUESTION IS WE HAD A BOND 10 YEARS AGO AND ONE OF THE FRUSTRATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY AS IT TOOK SO LONG TO FINISH THE PROJECTS WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF EACH OF THESE BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT RUNAWAY THERE'S $114 MILLION OF INTEREST.

IF YOU LOOK AT TAKING 15 YEARS THAT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST PLAN IN MY MIND.

HOW DO WE CONVINCE THE COMMUNITY THAT WE JUST FINISHED A PROJECT FROM 10 YEARS AGO

THAT WE ARE GOING TO FINISH THESE PROJECTS? >> IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. ONE OF THE BIG DRAWBACKS WITH THE SHORT-TERM BOND SCENARIO WHERE IT TAKES 15+ YEARS TO ISSUE THE BOND YOU HAVE CONSTRUCTION COST INFLATION HAPPENING DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME. GENERALLY SPEAKING IF YOU HAVE PROJECTS THEY ARE ABLE TO DO MORE QUICKLY PROBABLY YOU'RE GOING TO GET MORE PROJECTS DONE IF YOU DO THE 25 THE FIRST SCENARIO WHERE WE ISSUE THE BONDS WITHIN SIX YEARS.

IF YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY TO COMPLETE ALL THE PROJECTS IN A 6 TO 10 YEAR TIMEFRAME IF YOU DON'T YES WE CAN LOOK AT DOING SOMETHING MAY BE IN BETWEEN THE TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO TRY TO BRING OWN THE INTEREST COST A LITTLE BIT BUT THEN STILL ALLOW THE DISTRICT TO GET

PROJECTS DONE QUICKLY. >> THESE ARE THREE OPTIONS YOU GAVE US BUT THERE'S ALSO OTHER

OPTIONS AND TWEAKING IT THE WAY WE WOULD LIKE TO. >> EXACTLY THESE ARE ILLUSTRATED TO GIVE YOU IDEAS ON HOW THE NUMBERS WORK. ULTIMATELY WE WORK WITH THE BOARD AND WITH STAFF TO COME UP WITH THE BEST OPTION FOR THE PARTICULAR PROJECT NEEDS YOU HAVE. AND BALANCING THAT WITH HOW WE WANT TO APPROACH THE COMMUNITY

AND ASK THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT. >> WHEN WE ARE DEVELOPING PROJECTS AMONGST STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION, I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WORKS SO AGAIN WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY OVER WHAT WE ALLOCATED FOR THIS. IS THERE A WAY TO LOOK AT IT TO WHERE YOU OVERESTIMATE SO YOU DON'T SPEND $40 MILLION OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND TO FINISH A PROJECT:DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? HOW DO YOU WORK WITH INFLATION CAN YOU LOOK AHEAD SO THINGS LIKE THAT DON'T HAPPEN AND YOU CAN FINISH THE ROJECTS THAT WE

ARE PROMISING THE COMMUNITY WE ARE GOING TO O FINISH. >> ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH PROP 39 BONDS AND BONDS IN GENERAL AND EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT FACES THIS.

YOU HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER A PROJECT LIST. LET ME STEP BACK.

WHEN YOU DO ANY PROJECT WHETHER MEASURE BB OR THIS YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE PROJECT LIST INCLUDED IN THE BALLOT AND SAY YES HERE'S THIS PROJECT WE COULD SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON THIS PROJECT PROJECT LIST TEND TO GET WRITTEN A LITTLE BIT MORE BROADLY THEN LET'S SAY WITH THE 106 MILLION DOLLARS YOU COULD POSSIBLY SPEND ECAUSE WHAT YOU KNOW IN 2023 OF MY CHANGE BY THE TIME YOU GET TO 2030 AND WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE LAST SERIES OF BONDS YOU CITE INITIALLY YOU THOUGHT WE WOULD DO THIS PROJECT THE REALITY IS WE NEED TO DO THIS PROJECT.

THERE IS SOME LEVEL OF FLEXIBILITY OR INCLUDING MORE PROJECTS ON THE PROJECT LIST THAT CAN BE PAID FOR OUT OF THE ONE BOND MEASURE THAT IS A CHALLENGE DISTRICTS HAVE TO MANAGE AND COMMUNICATE TO YOUR VOTERS AND COMMUNITY. THE INFLATION IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD WORK WITH YOUR FACILITIES TEAM AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT TEAM AND ARCHITECTS TO HELP YOU BUILD IN INFLATION FACTORS TO ALL THE PROJECTS SO HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE ENOUGH MONEY ALLOCATED TO COMPLETE THOSE PROJECTS AND MAYBE IF INFLATION COMES IN LOWER YOU CAN GET AN ACTUAL PROJECT AT THE END. THE OTHER POTENTIAL IS TO LEVERAGE STATE FUNDING.

LIKELY WE WILL HAVE A STATEWIDE SCHOOL BUDGET ON THE BALLOT IN 2024 SO THE DISTRICT HAS ELIGIBILITY FOR MATCHING MODERNIZATION GRANTS AND NEW CONSTRUCTION GRANTS FROM THE STATE YOU CAN LEVERAGE THOSE DOLLARS AS WELL SO THE BOND PROVIDES LOCAL MATCH.

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>> MYSTERY Y SOMETHING THAT IS ALWAYS TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN BUDGETING FOR THE PROJECTS IS THE 10 PERCENT STANDARD CHANGE ORDER RATE THAT IS SEEN TO INFLATION IN DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT ARCHITECTS PUT IN FOR A CHANGE OF SCOPE OF WORK THAT MAY HAPPEN.

WHEN WE ARE BUDGETING WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE FACTORS AND NOT MOVING FORWARD FOR SOMETHING WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW MUCH FUNDING IS LEFT ON THAT AND WE SEE, THAT CAN INCREASE BY 10 PERCENT. DO WE HAVE ENOUGH AS MR. FARAH WAS SAYING FOR THE NEXT PROJECT. THOSE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT ARE TAKEN INTO PLACE.

>> THANK YOU. I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND I THINK THIS IS AMAZING WE NEED THE MONEY FOR FACILITIES I WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITY WE ARE DOING WHAT WE SAY WE ARE GOING TO DO AND IN A TIMELY FASHION. WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT 20 YEARS

FOR BUILDING. THANK YOU APPEARED. >> THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER AMIE

STEWART. >> THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. YOU MENTIONED ABOUT LA PASSING

THE SCHOOL BONDS DID YOU SAY 100 PERCENT? >> I FORGET THE EXACT NUMBER BUT SOMETHING LIKE 90 PROP 39 BONDS FROM ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITHIN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES PLACED ON PRESIDENTIAL BALLOTS. 100 PERCENT PASSED.

THE PURPOSE OF THEM MEASURES PLACED ON GUBERNATORIAL NOVEMBER BALLOTS.

>> THAT'S IN THE PAST? >> 20 YEARS GOING BACK TO 2002. >> HOW BIG WAS THE BB BOND?

>> 79 MILLION. >> WHAT WOULD A BOND LOOK LIKE IN TODAY'S CLIMATE?

WOULD THAT BE CONSIDER A SMALLER FONT OR LARGER GYM. >> MR. BRAD CRIHFIELD WHEN YOU TAKE INTO OUR CONSIDERATION NEEDS FACILITIES AND WE SHARE WITH YOU GUYS WAS 132 MILLION.

THAT'S NOT INCLUDING ANY MODERNIZATION JUST NEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.

>> SOUNDS LIKE A SMALLER BOND. >> CORRECT. >> I KNOW A CERTAIN POINT THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE IMPORTANT AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT. AT A CERTAIN POINT IN THIS PROCESS DISTRICT WOULD NOT BE INVOLVED IN THIS AT ALL. AT THAT POINT YOU SAID IT WOULD

BE HANDLED BY? >> IT IS CALLED THE CITIZENS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE SOMEONE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY SOMEONE WOULD STEP UP TO BE A CAMPAIGN CHAIR. THERE IS A PROCESS BY WHICH A CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE GETS FORMED AND YET TO FILE PAPERWORK WITH THE PRACTICES COMMISSION I GET THAT COMMITTEE SET UP.

THE RULES ARE BASICALLY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ALLOWED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHOOL BOND MEASURE SEEK AND TALK ABOUT WHAT FACILITY YOUR FACILITY PLAN AND WHAT FACILITIES ARE FUNDED. AND TALK ABOUT THE BOND WOULD POTENTIALLY BUILD THESE PROJECTS AND TALK ABOUT YES BUT IT WILL HAVE A TAX RATE OF Y CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE CAN JUST BE ADVOCATING. THEY CAN MAKE THE CASE FOR WHY THE BOND IS IMPORTANT AND IT WILL DO THIS AND THIS. IT CAN PUT OUT MAIL AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT ARE EXPENSIVE SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE BY THE COMMITTEE.

YARD SIGNS, WALKS GOING TO EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND HAVING TABLES OR THEY CAN BE THERE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS. SOCIAL MEDIA THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

PRIVATE CITIZENS ARE FREED FROM NOT USING PUBLIC FUNDS AND RESOURCES SO THEY CAN BASICALLY

SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR THE BOND MEASURE. >> MAKES SENSE TO ME.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER BRAD CRIHFIELD.

CAN YOU DEFINE LOCAL MATCH? WHAT IS THAT EXACTLY? >> THE STATE FACILITY FUNDING PROGRAM, WHEN THE STATE PASSES A STATEWIDE SCHOOL BOND MEASURES AND HAVE MONEY AVAILABLE TO MODERNIZE FACILITIES OR CONSTRUCTING NEW FACILITIES THEY HAVE THE PROGRAM TO HAVE ELIGIBILITY AND I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON HOW THAT WORKS.

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BUT THEN THEY SAID YOU QUALIFY FOR $8 MILLION. THE DISTRICT YOU HAVE TO KICK IN $8 MILLION OR $10 MILLION OR WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS. YOU WILL JUST HAND DISTRICTS THE MONEY UNLESS THE DISTRICTS COME UP WITH THE LOCAL MATCH. THE OPTIONS ARE GENERAL LITIGATION BONDS WHICH IS PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE AND CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION WHICH ARE BASICALLY LOANS THE GENERAL FUND PAYS BACK OR GENERAL FUND DOLLARS THAT HAVE

BEEN SET ASIDE FOR FACILITY PROJECTS. >> IN ESSENCE WE WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH WHATEVER THE AMOUNT WOULD BE TOO MATCH THE FUNDS WE ARE RECEIVING WHETHER

FROM GENERAL FUND OR FROM? >> CORRECT. IF YOU TRIED TO GET FUNDING IN THE STATE FACILITY PROGRAM DISTRICTS HAVE TO HAVE FUNDING FOR THE LOCAL MATCH.

TYPICALLY DISTRICTS USE JOB OBLIGATION BONDS. THERE IS NOT EXTRA FUNDING FOR CAPITAL FACILITIES. GENERALLY DISTRICTS DON'T HAVE BOND MONEY AND DON'T HAVE BOND

AND THEY DON'T PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. >> ADDITIONALLY MS. GARZA IS ALSO AN APPLICATION PROCESS YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH SO YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY GUARANTEED AS MR. FARAH WAS SAYING, FOR TIME BEING THERE WASN'T FUNDING SO THERE WAS DISTRICTS ON THE WAITING LIST. THE PRIORITY OF HOW LONG HAS THE DISTRICT NOT RECEIVED THAT

SO NOT SOMETHING THAT IS NECESSARILY GUARANTEED. >> DO WE KNOW WHAT THE PATTERN IS OF AWARDS OF BONDS THAT GO OUT TO DISTRICTS? LOOKS RECENTLY THERE HAVEN'T BEEN MANY AWARDS IT WAS ON THE STATEWIDE BALLOT TO APPROVE STATEWIDE BOND.

THAT DID NOT GO THROUGH. WITH THAT THERE IS THE LIKELIHOOD OF IT NOT TAKING PLACE. IT HAS BECOME SOMETHING THAT THE LOCAL AGENCIES AND LOCAL COUNTIES ARE MORE INVOLVED IN OR CURRENTLY FUNDING VERSUS WHAT THE STATE IS FUNDING.

>> ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU ON THE LAST BOND? >> YES.

>> THIS IS MORE TO STAFF. AS A RESPECTFUL REQUEST IF WE COULD HAVE SOMEONE WHO IF WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS AND WE ARE AWARDED THIS BOND, CROSSING OUR FINGERS, THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS NOT PART OF OUR STAFF TO OVERSEE THIS BOND AND HOW IT IS ALLOCATED AND KEEPING TO OUR TIMELINES. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE TERM IS FOR THIS PERSON EXACTLY IT ESCAPES ME RIGHT NOW. I BELIEVE IT IS A BOND MANAGER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IS THERE A TERM FOR IT? OR PROJECT MANAGER I KNOW WE HAD SOMEONE ON OUR STAFF FOR THE LAST ONE. I THINK THEY DID A GREAT JOB. I WOULD HATE TO TASK THAT OUT TO THAT PERSON. THEY ALREADY HAVE SO MUCH ON THEIR PLATE.

>> YES YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A BOND MANAGER. SOMEONE TO HELP US MANAGE THE BOND ALL THE WAY THROUGH. DISTRICTS DO THAT. TODAY'S CONVERSATION WAS HEARING FROM LEGAL COUNSEL AND ONCE THAT IS DONE WITH TIMELINE YOU WILL NOTICE IN THE TIMELINE THEY DID NOT INCLUDE SUPERINTENDENTS BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE.

IT TALKS ABOUT HOW SEPTEMBER AND NOVEMBER THAT THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMPONENT IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE ESTABLISH A COMMITTEE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND AND LOOK AT SURVEYS WE GET. THAT COMES FROM OUTSIDE BUT ARE WE NOT GOING TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY OF STAKEHOLDERS HELPING TO ANALYZE THAT STUFF. WE NEED TO ESTABLISH THAT COMMITTEE AND ALSO SOMEBODY TO HELP US MANAGE THE ENTIRE BOND AND GET THINGS LINED UP AND ALL THAT. TODAY WAS MORE TO HEAR FROM LEGAL COUNSEL.

THE NEXT STEP IS AFTER THIS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT STRUCTURES WE NEED AND WHAT PROCESS WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING ON THE TIMELINE. THAT INCLUDES HAVING SOMEONE

MANAGE THE BOND FOR US. >> DR. DRATI FOR CLARIFICATION MR. PHARRELL WORKS IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROCESS THAT WORKS WITH LEGAL COUNSEL OF BONDS WHICH IS COURTNEY JONES WHO REPRESENTS. IF YOU WANT TO SHARE ANYMORE ON THAT.

>> OFFICIALLY THE TITLE IS CALLED FINANCIAL ADVISOR OR MUNICIPAL ADVISOR IS THE NEW

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WE HAVE WORKED A LOT WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BONDS WE CAN HELP WITH SOME OF THE

MESSAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS AND STRATEGY AS WELL. >> YES?

>> WHAT ARE YOUR COSTS AND OTHER COSTS THE DISTRICT, THE BOARD NEEDS TO CONSIDER BEFORE

WE MOVE FORWARD? >> THE SURVEY COST WILL PROBABLY RUN IN TOTAL MAYBE AROUND $25,000. THAT'S A GENERAL FUND ITEM. IF THE BOARD DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ELECTION WE HAVE A PRE-ELECTION AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT IS 10 AND 15,000 I THINK. IT PAYS FOR ALL THE TIME TO HELP THE DISTRICT PREPARE AND GET ON THE BALLOT. YOU WOULD HAVE BOND COUNSEL THAT DRAFTS THE RESOLUTION.

THE FEES ARE PRETTY SMALL FOR DRAFTING LEGAL DOCUMENTS. THE COST OF CALLING THE ELECTION. IF THE ELECTION IS SUCCESSFUL THAT CAN BE PAID FOR OUT OF BOND PROCEEDS. IT WOULD NOT IMPACT THE GENERAL FUND.

UNFORTUNATELY THE BOND FAILED THAT WOULD BE A GENERAL FUND COST.

I DON'T HAVE THOSE ESTIMATES FROM LA COUNTY BUT YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR BOARD OF ELECTIONS AS A BENCHMARK FOR THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WOULD COST. THOSE ARE REALLY THE COST IN

TERMS OF PUTTING THE BOND ON THE BALLOT. >> PART OF YOUR FEES ARE THE

ASSESSMENT OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH: >> CORRECT.

>> I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION. I KNOW YOU SAID THE MATCH AND THINGS LIKE THAT COULD BE BASED ON WHEN THE DISTRICT WAS GIVEN FUNDS. MS. HOLGUIN? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MS. HOLGUIN. COULD YOU TELL ME WHEN WE LAST

RECEIVED FUNDS. >> I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK. BEFORE MY TIME.

>> MAY WE HAVE THAT ON THE FRIDAY MEMO PLEASE. DR. RATI?

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> JUST ONE MORE.

I THINK THE PRESIDENT GARZA! I UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS CONVERSATION IS EXPLORING THE OPTIONS AND GETTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING GOING FORWARD WITH THE CONVERSATION IF WE WERE TO SUPPORT BOND HOW THAT PLAY OUT AND HOW THE LAST BOND WHEN I WILL COULD BE CHANGE IN THE HE FUTURE DICTATES HOW FOR MYSELF I WOULD FEEL ABOUT A GOING FORWARD.

I AM GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE BUT THOSE CONVERSATIONS WHEN THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES WOULD BE

GOOD TO HAVE. >> THANK YOU EVERYONE. NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AGAIN AND FOR YOUR GRACIOUSNESS AND ALLOWING US TO MOVE YOU AROUND.

THE NEXT PRESENTATION DR. DRATI? >> THE NEXT PRESENTATION I WILL INVITE MRS. CARTER TO DO THE HONOR. THIS IS LIKE WE DID WITH THE EMERGENT PROGRAM. AND ALSO THE BOND PRESENTATION. MIGHT BE FUTURE CONCEPTS WE NEED TO CONSIDER WHAT THE PROGRAM WE WILL OFFER IN TERMS OF EXPANDED LEARNING.

WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITH THINGS AND THEN ESTABLISH WHERE WE NEED TO GO FROM THERE.

TODAY IS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR EXPANDED LEARNING PROGRAM. >> I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATIVE BEVERLY SWANSON WHO OVERSEES OUR EXPANDED LEARNING PROGRAM AND SHE'S HERE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE TO HOW THINGS ARE GOING.

>> GOOD EVENAND MEMBERS OF THE DR. DRATI AND CABINET. I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT THE EXPANDED LEARNING PROGRAM AND PROUD TO SHARE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR AS WELL AS INFORMATION ABOUT THE UPCOMING YEAR. THIS IS THE SLIDE ARE PRESENTED LAST YEAR ABOUT THE BASIC COMPONENTS OF OUR EXPANDED LEARNING PROGRAM BEING WE PARTNER WITH THE YMCA AND WITH THINK TOGETHER. AS YOU NOTICE IN BOLD THOSE ARE ITEMS WE ADDED THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. WE HAVE THE BEFORE SCHOOL PROGRAM AT ALL THE ELEMENTARY SITES AND AFTERSCHOOL AT 10 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND MIDYEAR

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BEFORE SCHOOL PROGRAM HAD 110 STUDENTS ATTENDING. AFTERSCHOOL 920 FOUR SPRING BREAK WE HAD 500 STUDENTS ATTENDING. VERY FIRST FIELD TRIP WAS SPRING BREAK WE WENT TO THE CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER AND TOOK THREE AND 50 STUDENTS FOR SUMMER CAMP WHICH JUST ENDED WE HAD SEVEN OR 60 OUR PROGRAM COMPONENTS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR WHENEVER WE ISCUSSED YELLOW P PLAN AND THOSE REMAIN CONSISTENT.

HIS HOMEWORK ASSISTANCE IN WHICH ACTIVITIES AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AND BALANCED MEALS AND ACADEMIC NTION AND WE DO FOCUS ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND D LEADERSHIP WE ALSO INTEGRATED SOME ASSEMBLIES. WE ALSO HAVE THINK TOGETHER FOR AFTERNOON AND SITE COORDINATOR IS ON-SITE AT 10:30 EACH MORNING. THE IDEA OF THE SITE COORDINATOR IS THEY GET TO KNOW THE SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL CULTURE AND THE INTERVIEWS THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM WITHIN THE SCHOOL CULTURE ITSELF AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE COLLABORATING WITH THE TEACHERS AND FOCUSING ON STUDENT INTERESTS. EACH PROGRAM WOULD BE TAILORED TO THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS. THEY MIGHT BE SIMILAR OR DIFFERENT BASED ON STUDENT INTEREST IN THE SCHOOL CULTURES BUT WE DO HAVE CLUBS THAT FOCUS ON COOKING ORIGAMI STEM ALL CLASSES HAVE A THEME SO THE STUDENTS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING THAT THEME FOR THEIR CLASSES AND LEARNING ABOUT DIFFERENT CONCEPTS. WE HAVE SEL LESSONS AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. SOME OF OUR SITES HAVE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS AND DANCES AND ALSO HAVE PARENT NIGHTS AND STUDENT SHOWCASES THIS YEAR WE HAVE A SERVICE OF

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>> BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG. >> NO, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. YOU WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE PARENTS IF THEY WERE ABLE TO PICK THE KIDS UP EARLIER ?

>> YES, EARLY RELEASE. >> YES, SO, IN THE PAST, WE WERE PENALIZED IF WE LET THE KIDS GO HOME EARLY.

>> YOU ARE REPRESENTING REFERENCING OUR ACES GRANT. WE

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WITH OUR ELOP, WE DO NOT HAVE TIME CONSTRAINTS. WHAT WE DID FIND WAS THAT THAT WAS IMPACTING THE PROGRAM AND THAT OUR STAFF WAS CONSTANTLY HAVING TO GO TO THE GATE. I INITIATED ANOTHER LAYER OF STAFF CAN THAT PERSON DOES LIKE THE DATE, THE MEAL PREP, THE ACTIVITIES PREP. WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT PERSON NOW THAT IS ABLE TO HELP WITH THAT EARLY RELEASE AND THEN IT DOESN'T IMPACT THE PROGRAM.

>> THAT IS GREAT. IT DOES INTERRUPT A LOT OF THE PLANNED ACTIVITIES. THANKS SO MUCH. I ENJOYED IT. MY CHILDREN WENT THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM AND I STILL HAVE GRANDCHILDREN GOING

THROUGH IT NOW. >> I'M GLAD YOU ENJOYED IT.

>> YES, THANK YOU. >> A DR. ELHESSEN.

>> I JUST HAVE A COMMENT . THERE IS LOTS OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK. I KNOW THE ONESIES DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB. I'VE SEEN SOME OF THEIR WORK. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> BOARD MEMBER STUART.

>> MY FIRST QUESTION IS ON PAGE 3 AND FOUR. WHEN IT SAYS PROGRAM COMPONENTS, THIS IS THE ELOP COMPONENT, THIS IS BOTH OF THESE YMCA AND THINK TOGETHER TOGETHER, RIGHT? THIS ISN'T AN

INDIVIDUAL ONE? >> SORRY, I'M GOING BACK JUST TOO SHORT AND LUCKILY WHAT YOU ARE REFERENCING.

>> THAT IS PROGRAM COMPONENTS AND THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE TOGETHER PROGRAM ENHANCEMENTS. BUT, THIS PROGRAM COMPONENTS, THIS IS BOTH YMCA AND THINK THAT TOGETHER COMBINED, CORRECT

? >> THIS IS OUR ACES GRANT AND OUR ELOP . IT IS MAINLY THINK TOGETHER BECAUSE USUALLY, WE ARE GOING TO DO THE ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES OF THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, THE MEALS, WE HAVE MORE TIME AFTER SCHOOL. WHAT WE TRY TO DO BEFORE SCHOOL IS WE SERVE BREAKFAST. WE MAKE SURE THAT THE CHILDREN DID GET THEIR HOMEWORK DONE. DO THEY NEED THAT LAST-MINUTE HOPE TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE PREPARED FOR THE DAY? THEN, WE HAVE INTEGRATED 30 MINUTES OF AN ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY. THE WAY THE YMCA IS DOING THAT IS IT IS ON A ROTATING BASIS. THEY MIGHT, AND THEY WERE DOING DRUMMING. SO, THEY MIGHT DO DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES. THEY HAVE THE LEGO BRICK LABS. IT IS JUST 30 MINUTES. IT IS A LITTLE BIT TRUNCATED 40 BEFORE SCHOOL PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE

THE TIME. >> CORRECT ME, BOTH THE YMCA AND THINK TOGETHER, WE YOU WAS BEFORE SCHOOL, DURING SCHOOL,

AND AFTER SCHOOL, CORRECT? >> CORRECT.

>> MY NEXT QUESTION, I GUESS THE ENRICHMENT CLASSES, ON THAT, HE SAID WE HAD 23 CLASSES, ELOP CLASSES AFTER SCHOOL, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS FROM ALL OF OUR SITES?

>> YES. >> I WANT TO PLUG THAT I FEEL LIKE TEACHERS SHOULD BE DOING THIS BECAUSE IT IS ENRICHMENT FOR OUR KIDS, WHICH IS AMAZING. LET ME KNOW THIS. WHAT IS THE PAY FOR THAT, IS IT REALLY, IS IT PER DIEM ? IS THERE A

DIFFERENT PAY FOR ELOP? >> WE ARE FUNDING IT THROUGH ELOP BUT WE ARE FOLLOWING THE TIMECARD RATE. I BELIEVE THIS YEAR, $46.42, CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG. WE ARE USING THE

TIMECARD RATE. >> OKAY AND THEN, WITH THE PARENT SURVEY RESULTS, THE RESPONSE IS, THIS, AGAIN, IS BOTH PROGRAMS COMBINED? OKAY. SORRY. ON THE NEXT PAGE, I KNOW IT ASSISTANT HAVING A FREE STRUCTURED PROGRAM , FOR BOTH THE YMCA AND THINK TOGETHER FREE FOR STUDENTS?

>> THE BEFORE SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR YMCA IS FREE AND THINK TOGETHER IS FREE. I PRESENTED AND WE HAVE OFFERED IS FREE. WE

DO NOT CHARGE OUR FAMILIES. >> OKAY AND JUST I GUESS ON THE LAST PAGE, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, AND, WHERE I AM GOING WITH THIS IS IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE DUPLICATING SERVICES. WE HAVE NEW DUTIES FROM BOTH, WE GET SSAS FROM BOTH. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AS A BOARD MEMBER WHAT THE ADVANTAGE IS TO HAVE TWO PROGRAMS WE ARE PAYING $1 MILLION FOR EACH WHEN THEY DO THE SAME THINGS, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT FOR ME, PLEASE?

>> WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY CONTRACTED WITH BOTH THE YMCA AND WITH THINK TOGETHER. THEY ARE BOTH OFFERING DIFFERENT SERVICES TO US. SO, YMCA IS OFFERING THE BEFORE SCHOOL COMPONENT . AND, WE HAVE NOT CONTRACTED WITH THINK TOGETHER FOR THE BEFORE SCHOOL COMPONENT BEFORE. SO, THINK TOGETHER, WE WERE USING FOR THE ACES GRANT AT OUR SEVEN TITLE I SITES.

BECAUSE WE WERE ALREADY CONTRACTING WITH THEM AT SEVEN OF OUR SITES, WE MIRRORED THAT CONTRACT AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO

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>> SO, AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND TRADITIONALLY. I EVEN UNDERSTAND POLITICALLY. AS A COMMON PERSON, A BOARD MEMBER, I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT ARE THE MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE TWO THAT WE SHOULD PAY AND FUND BOTH OF THESE

PROGRAMS? >> THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE WE HAVE WITH OUR THINK TOGETHER PROGRAM IS THAT THEY DO MEET MORE OF THE ELOP REQUIREMENTS, A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY. THEY ARE MEETING THE ENRICHMENT PIECE MORE. THEY CONTRACT WITH DIFFERENT VENDORS. THEY GET DIFFERENT PLANS WHERE THEY CAN ADD THE PROGRAM ENHANCEMENTS THAT DEFINITELY MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR ELOP FUNDING. AND THEN WITH OUR YMCA PROGRAM, THEY WERE ABLE TO PUSH HIM, ESPECIALLY LAST YEAR AS WE WERE TRANSITIONING INTO THE BEFORE SCHOOL PROGRAM AND REALLY PROVIDE THAT STAFFING THAT WE NEEDED FOR THE BEFORE

SCHOOL COMPONENT. >> I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND COVID-19, I UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS. I AM ASKING RIGHT THE SECOND, 2023-24, WHY DO WE NEED TO HAVE BOTH PROGRAMS?

>> AT THIS POINT, THIS IS THE MODEL WE HAVE IN PLACE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, WE COULD

LOOK INTO THAT. >> LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION, IS THINK TOGETHER IN THE MORNING ALSO?

>> IT IS NOT. >> YMCA IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE

MORNING? >>, DESPERATE

>> WHAT ABOUT AFTER SCHOOL, IS YMCA AFTER SCHOOL ALSO ?

>> THE YMCA IS NOT PART OF OUR EXPANDED LEARNING PROGRAM AFTER SCHOOL. IT IS ONLY THINK TOGETHER.

>> THEY ONLY DO THE MORNING ? THE DIFFERENCE, WHAT MEMBER STUART JUST WANT TO GET AT IS THINK TOGETHER IS FOR THE AFTERNOON, YMCA IS FOR THE MORNING.

>> YES. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT IS NOT, THAT IS HOW WE HAD IT CONTRACTED BUT THEY DO OFFER

THE MORNING . >> WOULD HAVE TO SEE WHAT OFFERINGS THEY WOULD HAVE AND THEN WE WOULD CONTRACT WITH

THEM FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES. >> I THINK THAT WAS MORE THE QUESTION. IF THEY BOTH OFFER BOTH THINGS, WHY DO WE DO BOTH IF THEY BOTH OFFER VERY SIMILAR THINGS? THE QUESTION WOULD BE WHERE IS THE REDUNDANCY AND IS THERE A COST SAVINGS FOR THE

DISTRICT? >> LET ME JUST INTERJECT. I DO UNDERSTAND YOU. WHY DO YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT COMPANIES. I KNOW IT HAD A LOT TO DO WITH STAFFING. IT WAS A MATTER OF GETTING THE PEOPLE. YMCA WAS ABLE ACTUALLY TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE IN ORDER TO HELP US OUT AND HELP THINK TOGETHER. IT WAS A STAFFING ISSUE. THINK TOGETHER DOESN'T HAVE AS MUCH STAFF AS WE NEEDED. YMCA, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY PARTNER ALSO, WE DIDN'T WANT TO EVEN TRY, WE DIDN'T WANT TO DAMAGE THAT RELATIONSHIP EITHER. SO, IT WAS A WIN-WIN. YMCA ACTUALLY HAS EXPANDED ABLE TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE. AND, THINK TOGETHER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN. AUNT, NOT ONLY THAT, YMCA ALSO TAKES CARE AND PROVIDES SERVICES FOR SOME OF OUR CHILDREN THAT HAVE UNIQUE NEEDS, EVEN UP TO THE AGE OF 22. THAT IS SOMETHING

THINK TOGETHER DOES NOT. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, IF I MAY. I

TOTALLY, ARE YOU GOOD ? >> I'M NOT FINISHED. GO AHEAD.

LOVE WHAT THE YMCA DOES. ANYONE AROUND HERE THAT GOES TO EVENTS KNOWS THEY ARE EVERYWHERE. I KNOW THEY WERE A HUGE SUPPORT TO THE DISTRICT. I THINK THE QUESTION REALLY IS ON WHERE THE REDUNDANCY IS AND WHAT IS THE MOST FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISTRICT. BUT, THEN AGAIN, I ALSO WOULD CHALLENGE IF THEY, IF THINK TOGETHER REALLY DOES HAVE A STAFFING ISSUE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS THE CASE. SO , I JUST THINK IT IS WORTH LOOKING AT. I THINK THEY ARE BOTH GREAT COMPANIES THAT DO GREAT THINGS FOR OUR KIDS. THAT IS A VALID QUESTION.

>> ABSOLUTELY. I WAS GOING TO SAY I LOVE THE YMCA, I LOVE THINK TOGETHER. I HAVE A PERSONAL PREFERENCE. WHEN I SEE $1 MILLION FOR EACH AND WE HAVE STUDENTS WORK I HAVE WERE FOOTBALL COACHES TELLING ME FOR THINGS IN THE WEIGHT ROOM AND WE ARE DUPLICATING FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. THAT IS WHY I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE PROGRAMS. DO WE NEED THEM BOTH? I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE AMAZING PEOPLE, THEY HELPED US, I GET IT. $1 MILLION COULD HELP HER STUDENTS. THAT IS WHAT I AM

ASKING THAT QUESTION. >> WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT

FURTHER. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, THAT WAS

IT. >> CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A COST ANALYSIS OF THE PROGRAM AND WHERE THE MONEY IS REALLY

GOING? >> WE'LL HAVE, I GET THE POINT.

I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT BOARD MEMBER STUART WANTS

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I KNOW THAT YMCA ALSO HAS FEE-BASED PROGRAMS AT SOME OF THEIR SITES. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS IMPLICATIONS ON THIS OR NOT. WE WILL TAKE ALL OF THAT AND COME BACK.

>> I'M NOT NECESSARILY SAYING WE HAVE TO GET RID OF ONE OR THE OTHER BUT ARE WE DUPLICATING AND, IF WE ARE GETTING THE SAME SERVICES, I GUESS THAT IS MORE MY QUESTION.

IF ONE IS ONLY DOING BEFORE AND ONE IS ONLY DOING AFTER, WE NEED BOTH OF THEM. WHEN I SEE THAT THERE IS NOT A LOT OF DIFFERENCES AND THE AMOUNT WE ARE SPENDING, THAT IS WHY I AM

ASKING THAT QUESTION. >> I THINK IF WE WERE TO TO THINK TOGETHER AND SAY CAN YOU DO THESE THINGS ? LET'S TAKE THE ARE NOT DOING THAT YMCA ARE DOING, I'M SURE THEY CAN COVER THAT. SO, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHO WE WANT TO USE BOTH? IS THERE A NEED FOR BOTH BASED ON WHAT THEY OFFER? IS THERE A COST SAVINGS IS WE NEED TO GO TO ONE.

>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THANK YOU

SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. SO, I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.

>> MAY I USE A POINT OF CONFLICT? WE MOVE ON TO MAJOR

[10. MAJOR ACTION]

ANY INFORMATION ON THIS ITEM? >> AT THE LAST REGULAR MEETING, YOU DELIBERATED ON THE BOARD POLICY 5121 HAS A FIRST READING. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MISSES CARTER TO BRING THE POLICY FORWARD FOR A SECOND READING BEFORE WE ASK FOR A

VOTE. >> THE SECOND READING DO HAVE, IS IT A REPLACEMENT PAINT ? IT INCLUDES THE UNEXCUSED ABSENCE, WHICH WAS STRICKEN. THE OTHER THING YOU ASKED FOR LAST TIME WAS INFORMATION ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCE, THE CIVIL RIGHTS LETTER GIVING US SOME GUIDANCE ON PROVIDING DISABILITY ON REPORT CARDS VERSUS TRANSCRIPTS. THAT WAS

PROVIDED IN THE FRIDAY MEMO. >> THANK YOU.

>> AT THIS TIME, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, ARE YOU CHANGING

ANYTHING OR APPROVING? >> DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? FROM THE BOARD? NO? SO, NOT HEARING ANY, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA 10.1, SECOND READING OF BOARD POLICY 5121, GRADES, EVALUATION OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ?

>> SO MOVED. >> I SECOND.

>> ROLL CALL? >> MS. ARMSTRONG.

>> YES. >> DR. ELHESSEN PETE

>> YES. >> MISS AS TO WHAT COULD

>> YES. >> WITH RICHMOND.

>> YES. >> MISS GARZA.

>> AYE. >> NEXT ITEM IS 5116.1, INTRA-DISTRICT OPEN ENROLLMENT. STAFF, DO WE HAVE ANY

INFORMATION ON THIS ITEM? >> SORRY. WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD A REVISED BOARD POLICY ON OUR OPEN ENROLLMENT PROCESS.

THAT IS MORE IN LINE WITH OUR CURRENT PRACTICE AND PHILOSOPHY. I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO STAFF TO INTRODUCE A REGIMENTED CHANGE TO BOARD POLICY 5116.1. THIS IS A FIRST READING BUT WE ARE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE THIS IN THE FIRST READING JUST BECAUSE OF THE PRACTICES WE ARE CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN. WE NEED TO BE IN LINE WITH THE BOARD

POLICY. >> WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD TO WAIVE THE FIRST READING AND APPROVE THE REVISED BOARD POLICY. TO CHANGE IS SIMPLY TO INCLUDE DURING REORGANIZATION AS DESCRIBED IN OUR PERMIT. SO, OUR PAST PRACTICE WAS AT HOME STUDENTS AT ANY TIME DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR COULD BUMP A INTRA STUDENT, STUDENTS ON A PERMIT FROM THE DISTRICT COURT ENTER STUDENTS, OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT AT ANY TIME IN THE YEAR. FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT WAS MARCH AND A GREAT LEVEL, A NEW STUDENT ENROLLED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT GRADE LEVEL WAS AT CAPACITY, WE WOULD LOSE THAT STUDENT THAT WAS ON A PERMIT TO ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT HAD SPACE. WITH THIS, WE ARE SAYING

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WITH OUR PERMIT. >> JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE LITTLE NUGGET TWIT. WE ARE NOT SAYING THEY WILL ALWAYS BE AT THE SCHOOL, WE ARE JUST DECIDING TO, IF THEY ARE MOVING IN MARCH TO FINISH WHERE THE SPACE IS AND WE WOULD LOOK AT THE SITUATION AGAIN IN THE SUMMERTIME .

>> IS CORRECT. IF SPACE WAS TO OPEN UP AT THEIR HOME SCHOOL, WE WOULD CALL THEM BACK IF SPACE WAS TO OPEN. WE ARE NOT GOING TO MOVE A STUDENT WHEN THEY HAVE ALREADY GOT ACCLIMATED AND HAVE BEEN IN THAT CLASSROOM ALL YEAR LONG TO

OPEN UP THAT SPACE. >> BOARD MEMBERS, ANY

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? >> I READ IT AND I AGREE. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS READING IT RIGHT. I THINK IT IS A VERY GOOD, SIMPLE CHANGE. WE DON'T WANT TO DISRUPT ANOTHER KIDS JOURNEY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR WHEN ANOTHER KID COMES IN. I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT YEAR TO GET THAT IN LATE IN MARCH FOR THE NEXT YEAR COULD VERY WELL BE AT THEIR HOME SCHOOL THE NEXT YEAR. THE ENROLLMENT CHANGES, YOU KNOW. SO, I AM, THANK YOU, THAT WAS A GOOD CHANGE. IT WAS AN ISSUE.

>> I GUESS MY QUESTION ONCE, I LET HIM KNOW THERE IS JUST A CONCERN THAT THIS IS KIND OF DRASTIC AND NOT ADVANTAGEOUS FOR A STUDENT WHEN WE ARE MOVING A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN THREE WEEKS TIME. I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT. CAN YOU KIND OF JUST EXPAND ON THIS PROCESS AND HOW THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY TO MAKE THIS BETTER?

>> SO OUR CURRENT PRACTICE, THE REORGANIZATION IS PRACTICED MOST ALL DISTRICTS DEAL WITH. EACH COMMUNITY IS UNIQUE. IF IT REALLY HAS TO DO WITH GETTING COMMITMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO BE IN SCHOOL. RIGHT, SO, IF I AM AT CLOVIS UNIFIED FORT WASHINGTON, WHERE MY KIDS WENT TO SCHOOL.

THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF SCHOOL, EVERY DISTRICT IS LOOKING AT WHEN USED TO COLLEGE COUNT THE WHITES OF THEIR EYES. WE HAVE THE ENROLLMENT ON THE COMPUTER BUT WE NEED TO KNOW THAT IT'S ACTUALLY IF THE ARE GOING TO BE THERE OR NOT. A LOT OF TIMES, THINGS HAPPEN OVER THE SUMMERTIME, PEOPLE MOVE AND WHEN YOU ARE MOVING, SOMETIMES YOU ARE SCRAMBLING AND YOU DON'T CALL, LET'S SAY YOU CALL PGE. YOU HAVE TO CALL YOUR SCHOOL AND SAY I'M NOT COMING TO SCHOOL ANYMORE. WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS, WE HAVE NEW PEOPLE COME IN AND ALL OF THAT. WE DON'T KNOW WHO IS HERE THAT WHILE WE ARE COLLECTING STUDENTS. DURING THE FIRST THREE WEEKS, WE HAVE TO CALIBRATE WHO IS HERE AND WHO ISN'T. THE WAY TO MAKE IT BETTER IS IT HAS TO DO WITH, IT HAS TO DO WITH CLEAR COMMUNICATION WITH THE PARENTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT TRY TO GET AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO GET COMMITMENTS EARLY ON TO GET PEOPLE TO COME. THAT IS SOMETHING I'M GOING TO STUDY THIS TIME AROUND. I THINK I NEED TO EXPERIENCE IT. I HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT NEED TO EXPERIENCE IT AND GET A DOSE OF INFORMATION. WE'VE COME UP WITH SOME CONCEPTS ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE ON IT. HUMAN NATURE, WE DON'T KNOW WHO IS MOVING WE ARE. BUT, CAN WE GET CONFIDENCE, CAN WE SOMEHOW GET CONFIRMATION EARLY ON, MAYBE DURING THE SUMMERTIME ? I'M GOING TO EXPERIENCE IT RIGHT NOW. I AM SORRY WE WILL TAKE NOTES AND TRY TO FIX IT FOR THE

NEXT TIME AROUND. >> THANK YOU.

>> BOARD SECRETARY, RHETT LET THE RECORD REFLECT DR. ELHESSEN HAS LEFT THE BUILDING, 10:00 P.M.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. HOW MANY TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR

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FOR A ? >> I KNOW IS I WAS AS SOON AS I GOT HERE, I THINK THERE ARE TWO CASES THIS SPRING . IT WAS ON MY DESK I NEED TO MOVE SOMETHING. I JUST SAID WE CAN'T DO THAT. I KNOW IT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS. SO, WE NEED TO.

>> IS THE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS?

>> WE DO EXPERIENCE AT ABOUT 3 TO 5 TIMES DURING THE YEAR. IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE, AGAIN, YOU HAVE STUDENTS WHO HAVE GOTTEN USED TO THEIR CLASSROOMS.

>> RIGHT. I KNOW THE WHOLE REORG PROCESS IS TOTALLY NECESSARY. AND, I DON'T ENVY ANY OF THE DECISIONS YOU HAVE TO MAKE BECAUSE I KNOW IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO, AFTER THE FIRST FEW WEEKS, TO KIND OF LOOK AT THAT DATA AND HOW MANY STUDENTS WE HAD TO MOVE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO HAVE A SOLID UNDERSTANDING ALONG WITH YOU AS WE IN THE

PROCESS AS WELL? >> THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER CRUTCHFIELD. THE QUESTION IS, AS WE ARE MOVING NOW TO AN EARLIER START, YOU SAY THAT WE WILL BE COMPLETING THIS REORG BY THE THIRD FULL WEEK OF SCHOOL, I AM ASSUMING THAT NOW WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IT LIKE IN THE THIRD WEEK, LIKE YOU SAY, IN THE THIRD WEEK OF AUGUST? NOT NECESSARILY OCTOBER ANYMORE, CORRECT ? THAT TIMELINE WILL CHANGE?

>> CORRECT. THAT IS LABOR AGREEMENT WHICH PEERED THAT IS AN AGREEMENT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW. IS THREE WEEKS FROM THE START

OF SCHOOL. >> OKAY, PERFECT. JUST WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT. IT IS NOT STILL OCTOBER. OKAY.

I DON'T THINK I. OH. CAN YOU JUST DEFINE FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES AND MY OWN CONFIRMATION, SCHOOL OF CHOICE? WHAT IS A SCHOOL OF

CHOICE? >> WE HAVE THE TIME WHEN PARENTS CAN APPLY FOR THEIR STUDENTS TO ATTEND A CERTAIN SCHOOL THAT ARE OPEN FOR SCHOOL OF CHOICE. IT IS A LOTTERY SYSTEM. IF THEY ARE SELECTED, IT BECOMES THEIR HOME SCHOOL. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ILC IS A SCHOOL OF CHOICE. WHEN STUDENTS START GOING THERE, THAT BECOMES THEIR OWN SCHOOL.

OTHER SCHOOLS, THROUGH THE LOTTERY THEY GOT A SPACE AT WOODRUFF, THAT NOW BECOMES THEIR HOMESCHOOL VERSUS THEIR

BOUNDARY HOME SCHOOL. >> THANK YOU. I THINK THOSE ARE

ALL MY QUESTIONS. >> JUST ONE FOLLOW-UP. WHAT MAKES A SITE OR A SCHOOL A LITTLE TO BE A SCHOOL OF

CHOICE? >> WE LOOK AT ENROLLMENT AND AVAILABILITY BASED ON THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT TO SEE IF THERE IS GOING TO BE ENOUGH SPACE TO ALLOW STUDENTS THAT MAKE THAT NOW THEIR HOMESCHOOL.

>> OKAY. IT IS BASICALLY IF THERE IS SPACE, THEY CAN APPLY?

OKAY, THANK YOU. >> HOW MANY SCHOOL OF CHOICE SCHOOLS DO WE HAVE? CURRENTLY?

>> CURRENTLY, OUR ONLY FULL SCHOOL OF CHOICE IS THE ILC.

EVERY STUDENT IS THERE IS NOW TECHNICALLY A SCHOOL OF CHOICE AND THAT HAS BECOME THEIR HOSE HOMESCHOOL. AND THE OTHER SITES, WE HAVE STUDENTS THERE BASED ON THE LOTTERY SYSTEM. IT JUST DEPENDS EVERY YEAR WHICH SCHOOLS WE SELECT TO BE SCHOOL OF CHOICE BASED ON THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT THAT IS THERE AND WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS GOING TO ROLL OVER TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL AND SEEING IF THERE IS GOING TO BE ENOUGH SPACE. SO, IT IS NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME SCHOOLS EVERY YEAR THAT WE

SELECT A SCHOOL OF CHOICE. >> WOULD ILC BE A FULL SCHOOL OF BECAUSE IT IS A SPECIALIZED PROGRAM ?

>> THAT IS ORIGINALLY HOW IT STARTED. YES.

>> THERE IS NO SCHOOL BOUNDARIES WITH ILC.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.

>> SOME OF OUR PARENTS, BY THE REORGANIZATION PROCESS SELECT ILC AS AN ALTERNATE, WHEN WE HAVE SPACE, WE GIVE THEM AS AN ALTERNATE AND THAT BECOMES THEIR HOMESCHOOL.

>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.

HEARING NONE. >> NO, I MENTIONED SOMETHING ALREADY ABOUT THIS. OH. BEFORE YOU MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SESSION, I MEAN, SECTION, I NEED A POINT OF PERSONAL

PRIVILEGE. PLEASE EXCUSE ME. >> YES. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO

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>> YES. >> SECOND.

>> ROLL CALL PLEASE. >> NOTED.

>> I WILL PUT HER DOWN AS A YES. MISSES STEWART.

>> HAS BEEN >> MR. CRUTCHFIELD.

>> YES. >> MS. GARZA.

[11. CONSENT AGENDA]

>> MOVING ON TO CONSENT AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WITH REQUEST TO WITHHOLD ANY AGENDA ITEMS ON THIS

EVENING? >> YES. I WOULD LIKE TO WITHHOLD ITEM NUMBER 11.11, PURCHASE ORDERS FOR APPROVAL.

>> STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED THAT. SO, I KNOW ON THE SCRIPT WE HAVE THAT. YES. I WILL EXPLAIN THE RATIONALE.

>> ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE WITHHELD? HEARING NONE, DO I

HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND.

>> SORRY. YES, NEED TO MAKE THE MOTION FIRST BEAT

>> THERE IS NO NEED FOR A SECOND. ANY MEMBER CAN PULL THE ITEM THEN THE MOTION CAN LEAD TO SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVE THE REMAINING ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

>> SO, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA,

WITHHOLDING ITEM 11.11? >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> THANK YOU. ROLL CALL.

>> AYE. >> MR. CRUTCHFIELD.

[11.11 PURCHASE ORDERS FOR APPROVAL]

>> MRS. GARZA. >> AYE.

>> TO THE FIRST ITEM, THE ONLY ITEM, 11.11, PURCHASE ORDERS FOR APPROVAL. DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS ITEM?

>> YES, SO, THE REASON WHY WE ARE DOING THIS IS BECAUSE PO NUMBERS P 230-4058 AND P2304060, I HAVE ASKED THE STAFF, I ASKED THE BOARD AND STAFF TO PULL THAT FOR NOW. I NEED TO DO FURTHER ANALYSIS ON THE REQUISITION TO, FOR IT TO MAKE BETTER SENSE. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING.

WE WILL EXPLAIN NEXT TIME AROUND.

>> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, CLARITY, NUMBERS? P23, THEY BOTH INVOLVE WHAT ORGANIZATION?

>> ERIC VOTHAM ASSOCIATES. >> SO, I BELIEVE , DO I HAVE, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBER STUART.

GOOD. >> NO, SORRY. ALL RIGHT. SO, ROLL CALL PLEASE. OR, SORRY. I NEED MOTION.

>> THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THE TWO ITEMS THAT WERE LISTED. THOSE ITEMS WOULD NEED TO BE LISTED IN THE MOTION AS WELL. SO, IF YOU HAVE THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF YOU , GREAT. IF NOT, THEY CAN BE PROVIDED BY STAFF. THE POINT BEING, THE MOTION HAS TO EXCLUDE THOSE TWO ITEMS OR TABLES AND FOR ACTION AT THE

NEXT MEETING. >> WE ARE TABLING IT.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE ORDERS, EXCLUDING P2304058 FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION AT THE

NEXT MEETING. >> SECOND.

>> ROLL CALL . >> MS. ARMSTRONG.

>> THING. >> MS. STEWART.

[12. NEW BUSINESS]

>> AYE. >> MR. CRUTCHFIELD.

>> AYE. >> NOW WE GO ON TO NEW BUSINESS. DO ANY BOARD MEMBERS WISH TO ADD A NEW BUSINESS ITEM

ON A FUTURE AGENDA? >> I BELIEVE DR. ELHESSEN WAS GOING TO ADD SOMETHING. SHE HAD TO LEAVE. I AM SURE WE WILL

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DO IT NEXT TIME AROUND. >> THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE BOARD LOOK INTO A BOARD SELF-EVALUATION AS WE ARE TAKING A STARTING OUR SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION AS WELL. FOR CONSIDERATION. AND, ALSO, IF NO, ONLY WILL WAIT.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? >> FOR CLARIFICATION, YOU WANT US TO BRING THE BOARD SELF-EVALUATION, WHICH IS A 360 EVALUATION FOR DISCUSSION AT A LATER MEETING?

>> YES, FOR DISCUSSION AT A LATER MEETING. IF POSSIBLE, LIKE ABOUT HOW MUCH TIME WOULD WE NEED TO GIVE STAFF? MAYBE

THE NEXT BOARD MEETING? >> I WOULD SAY ABOUT THREE MEETINGS FROM NOW. THERE ARE SOME OTHER MEETINGS WE WANT TO TRY TO HAVE TOGETHER WITH THE SUPERINTENDENCE VALUATION THAT WOULD CONNECT TO THIS HERE. TELL YOU WHAT. LET ME THINK UP A TIMELINE AND I WILL PUT SOMETHING IN A MEMO AS TO WHEN WE CAN DO THAT. I NEED TO GET MY THOUGHTS TOGETHER.

>> OKAY. PERHAPS THE SOONEST WOULD BE IN ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF? SO, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. WE WILL AT LEAST HAVE AN UPDATE IN A MONTH AND A HALF ON HOW YOU ARE DOING ON THE 360 EVALUATION OF THE BOARD SELF-EVALUATION ITSELF. THANK

YOU. >> I KNOW THAT THE POLICY HAS NOT YET BEEN PUT IN PLACE. BUT, GENERALLY THAT WOULD BASICALLY COME IN AS A MOTION. AND, THERE WOULD BE A SECOND AND THERE WOULD BE A VOTE THAT BASICALLY PUTS IT ON THE FUTURE AGENDA.

NO DISCUSSION TAKES PLACE AMONG THE BOARD. IT IS SIMPLY TO PUT THIS ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA AND DIRECTS STAFF TO DO SO.

>> THANK YOU. POINT OF ORDER QUESTION. DO WE DO, DO WE JUST INTRODUCE THOSE ITEMS ON THE DAIS AT THAT MEETING?

>> IS. >> I MOVED TO HAVE A BOARD SELF-EVALUATION AND UPDATE WITH INFORMATION FOR THE BOARD TO DISCUSS IN A MONTH AND A HALF, THREE MEETINGS FROM NOW, REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS TO SEE IF WE CAN BRING IT ONTO THE

AGENDA. >> SECOND.

>> ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >> MS. ARMSTRONG.

>> AYE. >> MS. STEWART.

>> AYE. >> MRS. GARZA.

>> AYE. >> THANK YOU MEMBERS. WE GO ON TO INFORMATIONAL ITEM, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE INFORMATIONAL ITEMS THIS EVENING? HEARING

NONE. >> I'M SORRY. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE NEW BUSINESS ITEMS? NO YOU ARE MOVING ON. WAS THINKING OF WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING HERE.?

>> IS IT A DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM OR A QUESTION IS A NEED ? ANYTHING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT IS A NEW BUSINESS ITEM JUST BEING ASKED TO PUT ON. NOT TO TOUCH THAT UNTIL WE HAVE A DISCUSSION. AND, SHE ALREADY STATED SHOULD BE GETTING INFORMATION SO WE CAN STUDY IT BEFORE WE COME BACK ANYWAY,

RIGHT? >> THE MOTION WAS TO BRING IT BACK IN A MONTH AND A HALF FOR DISCUSSION.

>> THAT MONTH AND A HALF, WE WILL HAVE INFORMATION AND

DISCUSS IT IN. >> THAT WILL BE START PROVIDING

THAT INFORMATION. >> THIS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

I DON'T WANT TO PASS THIS OPPORTUNITY. I WANT TO BRING ON THE AGENDA CONSIDERING OUR FACILITIES. I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER BRINGING ON ANOTHER LAW FIRM WHO SPECIALIZES IN FACILITIES. I JUST DON'T WANT TO WASTE WHAT OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE DONE IN THE PAST. BOARD MEMBER BRAD CRITCHFIELD AND DR.

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>> DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION FOR US TO DO THAT?

>> SO THAT WE CAN REVISIT THAT. JUST TO HAVE THEM IN OUR

POCKET. >> MEMBER ARMSTRONG, WOULD YOU

STATE THAT IN A MOTION? >> COULD WE, CAN I, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE BRING TO THE BOARD CONSIDERATION TO OBTAIN ORBACH AND HUFF LAW FIRM IN OUR REPERTOIRE. CAN I HAVE A

SECOND? >> POINT CLARIFICATION, ARE YOU

REQUESTING AN RFP? >> WE ARE RELATED THE RFP.

BOARD MEMBER BRAD CRITCHFIELD AND BOARD MEMBER DR. ELHESSEN, THEY INTERVIEWED A SLEW OF LAW FIRMS.

>>, SO, THE ISSUE WITH THAT BEING IN ORDER TO BRING BACK ANOTHER LAW FIRM, THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE ANOTHER RFP PROCESS THAT IS GOING THROUGH. YOU WOULD BASICALLY HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO BRING FORTH AN RFP TO HANG ON LEGAL COUNSEL FOR WHATEVER SPECIFIC ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE THEM TO PRESENT IN, WHETHER IT BE FACILITIES OR ANYTHING ELSE. THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER RFP PROCESS SINCE THE LAST ONE WAS CONCLUDED WITH THE DECISION MADE AS TO THE NEW GENERAL

COUNSEL. >> WHEN WAS THE, ONE WAS THE WHOLE PROCESS CONCLUDED? BECAUSE WE BROUGHT THEM ON LIKE

ONE AT A TIME. >> IS SO, THIS IS, I THINK MISSES ARMSTRONG WANTED US TO THINK ABOUT BRINGING ON A THIRD LEGAL COUNSEL, THE ONE THAT WE INTERVIEWED. SO, WE INTERVIEWED SEVERAL DIFFERENT LAW FIRMS. WE SELECTED GENERAL COUNSEL AND APPROVED AALR. MR. ARMSTRONG WANTS TO PRINT ON A THIRD ONE.

WE HAVE BEEN THERE ALREADY. IS THIS A MATTER OF BRINGING SOMETHING ONTO CONSENT ? IF THEY SO, BRINGING THEM BACK ON

CONSENT AS A PART OF THAT. >> THE REQUEST CAN BE MADE AND YOU CAN DIRECT STAFF TO BASICALLY FUND THE BEST MODALITY TO BE ABLE TO BRING ON AN ADDITIONAL FIRM, WHETHER IT IS THROUGH AN RFP, WHETHER IT IS THROUGH EMPOWERING THE SUPERINTENDENT TO SIGN THE LAW FIRM AS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THAT SPECIFIC THING. IN YOUR MOTION, YOU CAN DIRECT STAFF TO BRING THE SPECTRUM BACK. WHETHER IT IS DISCUSSION OR ACTION. ULTIMATELY, THEY CAN ADVISE ON WHAT THE BEST METHOD OF BRINGING ON WHAT THE LAW FIRM WOULD BE. AT THIS TIME, THE REALITY IS IT IS NOT CLEAR AS TO WHAT THAT PURPOSE IS.

SINCE THERE IS AN RFP CONDUCTED AND IT WAS SPECIFICALLY 40 CONDITION OF GENERAL COUNSEL, IT WOULD REQUIRE ACTUAL BASIC LEE LOOKING INTO WHETHER THEY CAN BE BROUGHT ON ON THAT

MATTER. >> OKAY. I IT WASN'T, OKAY, IT WASN'T MY MAMA MAYBE I JUST FORGOT. IT WAS ONLY FOR GENERAL COUNSEL. I DID, I WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WORK THEY DID SAY HEY, LET'S RETAIN AS MANY OF THESE LAW FIRMS AS WE POSSIBLY COULD, JUST IN CASE. MY ONE THING FOR THIS OTHER LAW FIRM IS THEY ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR FACILITIES INVOLVEMENT. I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS JUST FOR GENERAL COUNSEL. THAT IS WHY I

WANTED TO BRING IT UP. OKAY. >> THE MOTION CAN BE, AS LEGAL COUNSEL JUST STATED RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION FOR US TO BRING OTHER LEGAL COUNSEL. IF YOU WANT TO NAME , AND ORBACH AND HUFF, WE WILL LOOK INTO IT . I NEED TO TALK TO LEGAL TO FIND OUT IF WE NEED AN RFP OR IF YOU CAN EMPOWER ME TO HANG ON LEGAL COUNSEL AS PART OF THE DISTRICT. OTHER DISTRICTS,

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WHERE TO GO. >> POINT OF ORDER, ISN'T THE NEW BUSINESS JUST FOR US TO GET IT ON THE AGENDA ? WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS, ISN'T IT JUST THE FACT THAT SHE WANTS TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AND WE AGREE WHETHER WE ARE GOING TO

TALK ABOUT IT OR NOT? >> THAT DISAPPOINTED

>> I WAS TRYING TO CLARIFY THE PROCESS BY WHICH WE DO IT BECAUSE THE MOTION IS THE IMPORTANT PART. SO, THE MOTION TO BE IN ORDER TO DIRECT STAFF, TO BRING FORTH INFORMATION AND TRAINING FOR TWO ADDITIONAL OFFER.

>> I WITHDRAW MY MOTION. >> ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS?

[13. INFORMATION ITEMS]

>> IF SO, WE MOVE ONTO BOARD COMMUNICATIONS. IT IS TIME FOR BOARD COMMUNICATIONS. BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG.

>> I ENJOYED MY SUMMER. I ENJOYED MY SUMMER BUT HOWEVER I DID, I AM A DELICATE FOR THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.

SO, I HAVE THAT DUTY FOR ANOTHER YEAR. SO, WE HAD OUR ANNUAL MEETING IN JUNE, JULY THE FIRST PART OF JULY. I ALSO, SCHOOL BUSINESS RELATED, I ATTENDED ANOTHER CONFERENCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF BLACK SCHOOL EDUCATORS AND OUR TEAM IS THE THE EDUCATION OF BLACK GIRLS. AND, DEFINING THE ONE. WE HAVE ANOTHER SERIES FOCUSING ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN GOALS. WE JUST FINISHED A SERIES FOCUSING ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN BOYS AND WHAT THEY FACE IN THE SCHOOLS. NOW WE ARE DOING GIRLS. AS FAR AS SCHOOL, SCHOOL MATTERS, THAT'S ALL I'VE DONE AND ENJOYED MY SUMMER. I'M BACK AT WORK.

>>, BOARD MEMBER STUART. >> IT HAS BEEN A LONG MONTH AND I HAVE A LOT TO SHARE. ON JULY 11TH, I ATTENDED THE LAKEWOOD CELEBRATE. IT WAS NICE TO HONOR OUTGOING MAYOR STEVE KROFT AND WELCOME OUR NEW MAYOR. ON JULY 13TH, TOOK A STEAM BUILDING TOUR WITH MR. DIAZ AND WENT ALONG WITH OUR CSA PRESIDENT AND NOVELLA CAMPOS. THAT BUILDING IS BREATHTAKING. I LOVE THE DESIGN, THE OUTSIDE GARDENS AND ALL THE CTE CLASSES. THEY ARE AMAZING. I AM REALLY EXCITED FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO USE THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.

FROM JULY 14TH TO THE 16TH, I ATTENDED THE CTA PRESIDENT CONFERENCE WITH MY COLLEAGUE AND PRESIDENT, RESIDENT APRIL O'CONNOR. THIS WAS THE BEST CONFERENCE I'VE EVER BEEN TO. I JUST ATTENDED SEVERAL ACCEPTS. I ATTENDED RULES WORKING WITH THE PRESS, UNION TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS, FINDING GOOD SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES, AND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES BEHIND WORDS AND THAT WAS AN AMAZING CONFERENCE. I GOT TO COLLABORATE WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT PRESIDENTS AND DIFFERENT UNION WORKERS. THAT WAS PRETTY AMAZING. I JUST TOOK QUITE A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE WITH THAT. ON JULY 25TH AND 26TH, I ATTENDED PROFESSIONAL THE FILAMENT, HOSTED BY DR. TOPEKA JONES AND OUR REACTIVE TEAM IN PERMANENT. IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES THROUGH CULTURAL COMPETENCE. I REALLY ENJOYED JUST LOOKING DEEPER INTO THAT MYSELF AND HOW WE CONNECT WITH CHILDREN AND THAT WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT THING. JULY 31ST AND AUGUST 9TH, I HAD MEETINGS WITH DR. DROTTY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS, INCLUDING ATHLETICS, ARTS, ETC. I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRESS WE ARE MAKING AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE HERE. I HEAR THE COMMUNITY AND I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE TO BE PATIENT. THIS IS A PROCESS. I TALKED ABOUT HOW LONG THINGS TAKE. I TRULY BELIEVE IN OUR

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I ASK AND I MAKE THAT CHALLENGE FOR EVERYONE TO JOIN ALL OF THE PTAS. AND, YESTERDAY, IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL FOR US. WE DID SOME SITE VISITS DURING THE STAFF MEETINGS. WE WENT TO WOODRUFF, BELLFLOWER, BAXTER, RAMONA, SOMERSET, JEFFERSON, M, FOSTER, ILC, CRAIG WILLIAMS AND MAYFAIR. WE STOPPED BY TO SOMETHING TO WHICH STAFF A GREAT 2023-24 SCHOOL YEAR. WE WERE VERY TOUCHED AND WE JUST HOW APPRECIATIVE OUR EMPLOYEES WEAR. WE FELT THAT LOVE. WE GOT THE SAME THING. WE WERE VERY TOUCHED TO BE THERE AND WE WANT TO CREATE A FAMILY ATMOSPHERE IN BUSD. CULTURE STARTS FROM THE TOP DOWN AND IT STARTS WITH LISTENING, LEARNING, BEING KIND AND SUPPORTING EACH OTHER. WE ARE HERE TO DO THAT TO SUPPORT YOU. I DO APOLOGIZE WE DID NOT GET TO LAS PALMAS, BASIN, ADULT SCHOOL OR WHITE WOOD. I HAD A MEETING WITH DR. DRATI. WE WILL BE VISITING IN THE FUTURE.

I PROMISE. TODAY, PRIOR TO OUR MEETING I ATTENDED THE RESCUE GENERATION AT BUFFALO HIGH SCHOOL WITH DR. AVILA, MR. CRITCHFIELD, DR. DRATI AND MYSELF. ANYTIME WE CAN INTEGRATE MUSIC, ART, FUN AND OUR STUDENTS LIVE, I BELIEVE THAT IS A GOOD THING. IT WAS EXCITING TO WELCOME THE STUDENTS AND JUST BE ABLE TO SAY GOOD MORNING TO THEM. WE WERE GREETING THEM OUTSIDE JUST SUPPORTING THEM. THAT WAS A REALLY AWESOME THING TODAY. I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE UPCOMING YEAR. I WISH YOU GUYS ALL A GREAT YEAR AND THANK YOU

SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER

STUART. >> THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.

BEFORE I HOPPED IN MY BOARD REPORT, MY COLLEAGUE DR.

ELHESSEN ASKED IF I COULD READ SOME OF THE MESSAGES SHE WANTED TO SHARE. I WILL JUMP INTO THAT. SHE WANTED TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW IS A BACK-TO-SCHOOL SUPPLY GIVEAWAY, HOSTED BY ANTHONY RENDON HAPPENING SATURDAYS ON AUGUST 26TH FROM 9:00 TO 12:00. THAT IS AT PROGRESS PARK PLAZA IN DOWNEY ON DOWNING AVENUE. DR. ELHESSEN AND I SIT ON THE CAL APPS BOARD. SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE I BROUGHT UP OUR NEW AVIATION PROGRAM WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON. THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT SHE HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR QUITE A WHILE AND I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY COOL AS IT STARTS TO TAKE SHAPE. I WILL MAKE SURE I PUT ALL THE INFORMATION OUT AND GIVE IT TO YOU AS WELL. SO, WE DID VISIT A LOT OF CAMPUSES YESTERDAY. WE DIDN'T MAKE IT TO ALL OF THEM BUT WE WERE THIS CLOSE. WE COULD HAVE DONE IT. I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY BACK. I, LIKE I MENTIONED, I DIDN'T GET TO GO TO ALMOST EVERY CAMPUS. I EVEN TOOK A SELFIE OR TWO. THERE IS LOTS OF POSITIVE ENERGY ON OUR CAMPUSES AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS SCHOOL YEAR. FOR STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, STAFF, AND ADMINISTRATION, LIKE MY COLLEAGUE STUART SAID, DISTRICT CULTURE DOESN'T CHANGE OVERNIGHT. IT DOES TAKE SOME TIME. I AM INSPIRED BY A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT THAT I THINK PUT IN THE EFFORT AND THAT ARE INCHING US TOPOSITIVE THINK THAT IT WILL MAKE DISTRICT THE MOST EFFECTIVE, INCLUSIVE PLACE , DISTRICT OUT OF ALL THE DISTRICTS AROUND US.

IT IS GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME BUT I KNOW WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY. I HAD A VERY BUSY SUMMER. I THINK I SHARED A LITTLE UP ABOUT THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I WON'T BORE YOU WITH EVERYTHING. THE REORGANIZATION MEETING FOR LAKEWOOD, WE WELCOMED OUR NEWEST LAKEWOOD MAYOR, MAYOR PAY AND VICE MAYOR TODD ROGERS. I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THEM AND ALSO THANK YOU YOUR PAY FOR ATTENDING OUR BUSD TEACHERS BREAKFAST THAT WE HELD HERE. ALSO, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN

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THIS MORNING I LIKE SO MANY OF OUR BUSD SOUND OFF TO THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND THAT MOMENT TO REFLECT ON HOW FAST THEY ARE GROWING UP. FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL SPECIAL FOR MANY REASONS. FOUR., IT CAN BE REALLY DIFFICULT AT TIMES. I KNOW HAVE A FIRST AND A FOURTH GRADER IS KIND OF A GUT CHECK.

TODAY , LIKE EVERY YEAR AS I WATCHED THEM WALK INTO THEIR CLASSROOM AND TAKE THEIR SEATS, THAT FEELING OF NERVOUSNESS I HAVE FOR THEM WAS FILLED WITH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PRIDE FOR WHO THEY ARE BECOMING AND THE CONFIDENCE THAT I HOLD IN THEIR JOURNEY HERE AT BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. I WILL END BY SAYING I AM NOT BLIND TO THE CHALLENGES THAT LAY AHEAD FOR THE DISTRICT BUT THOSE CHALLENGES, I BELIEVE, ARE NO MATCH FOR THE RESOLVE I SEE THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BUSD'S BEST DAYS ARE YET TO COME AND I AM EXCITED TO BE ON THIS TEAM AND HONORED TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY THE BEST WAY THAT I CAN. CONGRATULATIONS EVERYBODY ON A BRAND-NEW YEAR AND I HOPE WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS YEAR FULL OF SUCCESSES FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU MR. CRITCHFIELD. I ALSO ATTENDED ALL OF THOSE EVENTS BUT I DID NOT ACCOMPANY MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS ON THE VISITS. SO, I AM PUTTING YOU ON NOTICE. I WILL BE SEEING YOU NEXT WEEK. SO, I ALSO WAS ABLE TO ATTEND TO TAKE ORIENTATION.

WONDERFUL ENERGY ROBINSON HAS TO CONVINCE EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, TO JOIN HER ON HER PATH. I ALSO WANT TO, AS A WAY OF TRANSPARENCY, LET THE PUBLIC KNOW I HAVE WITHDRAWN MY CANDIDACY AND INVOLVEMENT WITH WELL ON TOP . THERE IS A PENDING REFUND THAT WILL BE COMING TO THE DISTRICT. SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF ANYONE WANTS TO KNOW, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND REACH OUT TO ME VIA EMAIL, TEXT, PHONE NUMBER, IT IS VERY PUBLIC. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, IF THERE IS NO OB

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