Jan 18, 2024 School Board

[1. CALL TO ORDER IN PUBLIC SESSION]

[3. CLOSED SESSION]

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

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GOOD EVENING, WELCOME TO TONIGHT'S MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. THE MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER, AM I IN THE RIGHT PLACE? SORRY, CLOSED SESSION, FIRST TIME JITTERS, GIVE ME ONE SECOND. THERE WE GO, WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE, TONIGHT'S FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 4:03 P.M., WHAT ADJOURNS TO CLOSED SESSION AT 4: 03, WILL RECONVENE AND OPENNET 6:02 P.M.

CLOSED SESSION TOPICS? >> THANK YOU MISS PRESIDENT, TODAY THE BOARD DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION RELATED TO STUDENT MATTERS, PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISMISSAL RELEASE PENDING LITIGATION AND ANTICIPATED LITIGATION, LABOR NEGOTIATION BEEN THE BOARD TO ACTION TO APPROVE EXPULSION

CASE 24- 17- 0001 . >> BASEMENT JUST FOR ADAMS WITH 13 40.4 AND 14.8, ON THE BACK TABLE .

>> TONIGHT WE DO HAVE REQUESTS ADDRESSING AGENDA ITEM , ON AGENDA ITEMS AND WHILE THE MEETINGS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD ARE NOT PUBLIC MEETINGS, THEY ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON EACH AGENDA OR NOT AGENDA ITEM. THE BOARD WILL LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME FOR PUBLIC INPUT OF EACH ITEM TO 21 MINUTES AS PER BOARD BY LOT 9322.2. MAY I HAVE ANNA

ARVIZO. DID I GET CLOSE? >> YES .

>> OKAY. >> NOT SURE WHAT THIS IS FOR.

DIRECTORS, AND AMOS ON ARVIZO, MOTHER OF THE STUDENT AT LINDSTROM ELEMENTARY. MY SON ATTENDS SPECIAL DAY CLASSES AND I WILL REFER TO THEM GOING FORWARD AS BC. HE ATTENDS THESE CLASSES, AND AUTISM A PRAISE WILL LEASE IS A, EXPRESSING MY CONCERNS OF THE OTHER PARENTS AS WELL. WE BEGAN LOOKING AT THE DISTRICT PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS WITH A CRITICAL EYE STEMMING FROM THE TRANSITION AND PLACEMENT OF OUR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN, SORRY, EXCUSE ME. SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN FROM PRESCHOOL TO THEIR NOW DECAY AND KINDERGARTEN CLASSES. WE FEEL THAT THE TRANSITION WAS VERY POORLY EXECUTED AND SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO OR FOR OTHER PARENTS NOT TO EXPERIENCE IN THE FUTURE. WE ALSO NOTICED SOME DEFICIENCIES AND MISSTEPS WITHIN THE DISTRICT , EXAMPLES OF THESE ARE WHAT WE FILL ARE EXCLUSION OF SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS IN YOUR EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLANS, WHERE IT IS NOT CLEARLY DEFINED WHAT EVACUATION LOOKS LIKE FOR SDP CLASS. MINIMALLY TRAINED STAFF SPECIAL VOLUME ] WITHIN STDS , BUT ALSO THE STUDENT TO AID RATIOS ARE A CONCERN TO US. THERE IS SOME FREQUENT INTERRUPTION OF THE CONSISTENCY THAT OUR KIDS NEEDS AS WE KNOW OUR KIDS IN PARTICULAR THRIVE WONDERS STRICT AND CONSISTENT STRUCTURE. LAST WE HAVE BIG ONE, MISSTEPS AND IEP PLANS. BE FULLY AWARE THAT YOU HAVE OUR CHILDREN FOR 12 MORE YEARS AND BE A THAT YOU HAVE THEM IN THEIR FORMATIVE YEARS, WHAT WE WANT TO EXPRESS THESE CONCERNS TO YOU NOW AS WE ALSO HAVE NOTICED YOUR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT POPULATION IS GROWING .

WE DO NOT JUST WANT TO PRESENT ARE CONCERNS, BUT ALSO OFFER SOLUTION AND SUGGESTIONS. ONE OF THOSE IS THE FORMATION OF THE DISTRICTWIDE SPECIAL NEEDS PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF US, THE PARENTS. COMMITTEE THAT COULD POSSIBLY

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YOU . >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> ALL RIGHT, C CABALLERO , COME ON DOWN.

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>> OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS COMING OUT OF PROGRAM DEMONSTRATED AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I AM NOW CURRENTLY SUPPORTING THE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE HR SEES.

I HEAR THE PARENT CONCERN AND MY GOAL -- ACTUALLY WHY I'M HERE, BUT IT IS MY GOAL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, GIVING THEM SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED. I KNOW THE NOTE SAYS AS BEFORE 907 SO I WILL START WITH THE QUOTE AS WELL. FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, HE SAYS THE FOLLOWING, OUR LIVES BEGIN TO END WHEN WE BECOME SILENT ABOUT THINGS THAT MATTER. I AM SO HAPPY FOR WHATEVER CIRCUMSTANCES I ENDED UP BEING AT WHITE WITH, I AM VERY HAPPY, BECAUSE THAT PROGRAM IS YOUR BLESSING. I WILL TELL YOU WHY, BECAUSE IT GAVE ME A CHANGE OF HEART. I WANT TO TELL THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT WHO DID NOT HAVE ANY TIME TO MEET WITH ME EVEN THOUGH I TRIED AND END AND TRIED THAT A PLAN TO STAY HERE AND PLAN TO SUPPORT THESE TEACHERS. I HAVE A MASTERS OF EARLY CHILD FORMER DIRECTIVES EDUCATION, FORMER PROGRAM SPECIALIST, FORMER DEAN OF STUDENTS AND ALSO QUITE A LITIGATOR AND QUITE IN NEGOTIATED, BECAUSE I ALSO WORK FOR TSA, SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT . AS BEFORE 9-7, BASICALLY INTERESTING IN A, USE AND BROUGHT IT IN OCTOBER, OCTOBER IS WHEN THINGS STARTED TO BE FUNNY AROUND HERE. IT IS BASICALLY AS BEFORE 9-7, EXTRA PROTECTION AND EQUAL PAY AND ANTI-RETALIATION ACT. I WANT THE EMPLOYEES ARE TO KNOW THAT THIS IS AT A PREDICTION. WE ALWAYS HAVE PROTECTION, BUT THIS IS ADDED PROTECTION, THE GOVERNOR SO THAT WAS NECESSARY.

I WILL ALSO DO ANOTHER COAT FROM BRAD, JUST BASICALLY TOUCHING, FOCUS SHOULD BE ON BUILDING A POSITIVE VOTE CULTURE AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M A BUILDER, SOMEBODY THE BILLS PROGRAM, SOMEBODY BILLS PEOPLE, SOMEBODY THAT HELPS PARENTS. WHILE OTHER PEOPLE TALK, I ACT. I HAVE BEEN THERE ONLY ONE WEEK AND ALREADY MADE POSITIVE CHANGES.

RATHER THAN FOCUS ON THE NEGATIVE, I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE. I AM GOING TO GIVE THIS ORGANIZATION THE GRACE AND SUPPORT THAT IT WAS NOT OFFERED TO ME BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND ONE HAS TO WONDER HIS INDIFFERENCE TO SPECIAL EDUCATION CONCERNS IS WHAT ALLOWED MALIBU SANTA MONICA $45 MILLION. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS GREAT. I TALKED ABOUT EARLY CHILDHOOD, BUT I WILL LOSE TIME SO I WANT TO TOUCH ON THE NURSES. WENT OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT BELLFLOWER IS WE HAVE AMAZING NURSES ADVOCATED FOR STUDENTS, VERY HIGH NURSE TO STUDENT RATIO HERE AND WITH THE NEED VERY VERY HIGH. THESE NURSES SOMETIMES ARE AT MEANS THAT IEP IS, THEY'RE THE ONES ADVOCATING FOR STUDENTS. THEIR THE ONES ASKING FOR EQUIPMENT. I ASKED 72 PLEASE HELP ME FIGURE OUT THE BUDGET FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD, BECAUSE THEY ARE TELLING ME THERE HAS ONLY, SOMEONE TOLD ME THERE'S MONEY SO I KNOW THEIR IS MONEY SO PLEASE HELP ME SO I CAN HELP THESE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS GET WHAT THEY NEED. THANK YOU MUCH THEN I HAVE A BOOK CALLED TEACHER LIKE ME, IT IS FOR OUR PRINCIPAL AT MAYFAIR.

ADMINISTRATOR, BUT AM A TEACHER AT HEART AND ALWAYS WILLING TO

TALK THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU.

>> AMENDMENTS TO THE EVENING'S AGENDA WAS ?

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>> ALL RIGHT.

[6. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

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RIGHT HAND 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 UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. MOVING ON TO RECOGNITIONS. DO WE HAVE

[7. RECOGNITIONS]

>> YES. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE BOARD TO COME DOWN IN FRONT OF THE DAIS, WHILE MRS. CURTIS IS BY RECOGNIZING THESE NAMES, RECIPIENTS. IF YOU CAN, COME TO THE FRONT. THIS EVENING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE THE MAYFAIR VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM WHO EARNED THE DISTINCTION OF CIF SOUTHERN SECTION CHAMPIONS AND CIF STATE SOUTHERN REGIONAL CHAMPIONS.

>> FOOTBALL IS DEREK BEDELL. ALONG WITH HIM ARE TEAM MEMBERS, CAPTAINS , SENIOR, SEAN JAMES, JONAS JR. REBECCA JEREMIAH CALVIN AND JR. DEFENSIVE LINEMAN MICHAEL MET CASAREZ. THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE 2023 FOOTBALL SEASON WAS ONE FOR THE RECORD FOR THE MAYFAIR PROGRAM ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 25TH, MAYFAIR MONSOON DEFEATED THE EL DORADO GOLDEN HAWKS TO WIN THE DIVISION SEVEN CHAMPIONSHIP . THIS SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP GAVE THE MONSOONS THEIR FIRST EVER STATE PLAYOFF WIN. A WIN THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY AND SOUTHERN REGIONAL JUMPED IT OVER MIGUEL FROM THE SAN DIEGO SECTION PROPELLED THE TEAM TO THEIR FIRST EVER STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME VERSUS MARION CATHOLIC. THE 2023 CIF DIVISION SEVEN CHAMPIONS, CALIFORNIA, SO THE REGIONAL CHAMPIONS AND THE CALIFORNIA STATE 3A RUNNERS UP FINISHED THE SEASON WITH A 12- QUARTER OVERALL RECORD. CONGRATULATIONS

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>> TEAM MEMBERS, ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE YOU WOULD LIKE TO

RECOGNIZE? >> OUR PRINCIPAL .

>> ATHLETIC DIRECTOR . >>

]. >> ALL THE TEACHERS.

INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] >> THANK YOU COAT AND ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND THANK YOU, TEAM. NICE JOB,

CONGRATULATIONS. >>

>> NEXT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ERNIE PYLE STAFF, IF THEY WOULD PLEASE JOIN US AS I CALL YOUR NAME AND REMAIN

FOR A PICTURE. >>

>> REPRESENTING ERNIE PYLE IS PRINCIPAL JESSICA COMMENTS, COUNSELOR CAMILLA NEVAREZ AND TEACHERS KEVIN GAFFNEY, CHEMICAL WORK, KIM ASHTON, CYNTHIA COSTA. THIS EVENING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE ERNIE PYLE ELEMENTARY FOR BEING AWARDED RECOGNITION FROM THE CALIFORNIA PBI S OR POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORT COALITION FOR IMPLEMENTING PBI S WITH FIDELITY TO THE NATIONAL FRAMEWORK . PART OF THIS IMPLEMENTATION INCLUDES ERNIE PYLE STAFF TEACHING STUDENTS ABOUT BEHAVIOR EXPECTATIONS AND STRATEGIES TO BE SUCCESSFUL BEHAVIORALLY. THROUGH USING THESE STRATEGIES, STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO OVERCOME CHALLENGES AND FOCUS ON ACADEMICS AT SCHOOL.

SCHOOLS CAN BE RECOGNIZED THAT THE BRONZE, SILVER OR PLATINUM LEVEL. WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE PRINCIPAL TEACHERS, STAFF, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY HAVE COME TOGETHER TO IMPLEMENT AND SUSTAIN PBI S AT THE GOLD LEVEL. CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE AT ERNIE POLL, BARRY NICE JOB.

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LIKE TO SAY OR INTRODUCE? >>

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THANK YOU FOR YOU DO AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

>> ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD CONGRATULATIONS THIS TO EVERYONE TONIGHT. THIS CONCLUDES THE RECOGNITIONS FOR THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, BOARD.

>> DEAS WILL BE GIVING INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE AND SHARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN BOARD.

>> HELLO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OF THE BOARD, ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES AND HUNDRED GUESTS. I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH A VISION FOR THE FUTURE FOR THE DISTRICT THAT EMBODIES THE PRINCIPLES OF COMPASSION, UNDERSTANDING AND INCLUSION. I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THE IMPACT OF PBI S AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATING AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. IN AN INCLUSIVE SCHOOL EVERY CHILD COMES AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. THEY LEARN SIDE-BY-SIDE , SUPPORTING AND LEARNING FROM ANOTHER ANOTHER, INCLUSION IS NOT JUST A CHAT BOX ON THE LIST OF INITIATIVES , BUT A FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF THAT EVERY CHILD HAS THE RIGHT TO LEARN, GROW AND THRIVE IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT SEES THEIR POTENTIAL AND SUPPORTS THEIR UNIQUE JOURNEY.

I AM DELIGHTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP AND HOW IT HAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND THEIR GENERAL EDUCATION PEERS. THE CONCEPT OF A CIRCLE OF FRIENDS , EXCUSE ME, HAS PROVEN TO ENCOURAGE INCLUSIVITY , FOSTERING A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT BENEFITS ALL MEMBERS OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. THROUGH CAREFULLY STRUCTURED ACTIVITIES AND SHARED EXPERIENCES, STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES WELCOMED INTO A COMMUNITY THAT VALUES THEIR UNIQUENESS. THIS IN TURN HAS LED TO AN INCREASE SELF-ESTEEM AND CONFIDENCE AS THE STUDENTS DISCOVER THEIR OWN ABILITIES AND TALENTS. IT HAS NOT ONLY IMPROVED RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND THE GENERAL EDUCATION PEERS, BUT ALSO CREATED A MORE COMPASSIONATE, EMPATHETIC AND INCLUSIVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS QUOTE. THERE ARE NOT MORE THAN FIVE MUSICAL NOTES YET THE COMBINATION OF THESE FIVE GIVE RISE TO MORE MELODIES THAN COULD EVER BE HEARD. THERE ARE NOT MORE THAN FIVE PRIMARY COLORS. YET IN COMBINATION THEY PRODUCE MORE HUES THAT COULD EVER BE SEEN. THERE ARE NOT MORE THAN FIVE TASTE YET COMBINATIONS OF THEM YIELD MORE FLAVORS THAN CAN EVER BE TASTED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR COMMITMENT AND YOUR DEDICATION TO THE FUTURE OF OUR DISTRICT . LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE A LASTING IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS AND CREATE A LEGACY OF INCLUSIVITY, COMPASSION AND EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AS WE BUILD FUTURES.

>> THANK YOU. >> JUST TO TOUCH ON THE WASHINGTON PRIDE BOARD, IT IS AS PART OF THE PBIS THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT TOGETHER NOT JUST OUR GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, BUT THEIR COMBINED TO CREATE FRIENDSHIPS AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS.

THANK YOU. >> AWESOME, THANK YOU.

[8. PRESENTATIONS FROM STUDENTS / STAFF / COMMUNITY]

>> FROM THE STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY TONIGHT. IT IS NOW TIME FOR OUR STUDENT BOLD REPORTERS, REPRESENTING BELL POWER HIGH SCHOOL IS TRISTA PETERSON. ,, TRISTA .

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PRESENT INCREASE, DR.DRED, HONORED GUEST MY NAME IS TRISTA PETERSON A SENIOR AT BUTLER HIGH SCHOOL AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING OR ALLOWING ME HERE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING HAPPY SCHOOLBOARD APPRECIATION MONTH. ON BEHALF OF BOTH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR

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NOW WE HAVE OUR PREVIOUS EVENTS INCLUDING THE WINTER FESTIVITIES WITH THE PARADE, SEPARATELY AND SPIRIT WEEK.

ALONG WITH OUR TRANSITION INTO SECOND SEMESTER. WE ARE FOCUSING ON EXCELLENCE IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY. TO WRAP UP THE PRIDE FOCUSES WE ARE ENCOURAGING ALL STUDENTS TO SHOW EXCELLENCE IN WHATEVER THEY DO. IN ADDITION TO ENTERING THE SECOND SEMESTER WE HAVE BROUGHT UP A NEW INCENTIVE FOR STUDENTS. LONG WITH THE FOCUS OF P.R.I.D.E., WE HAVE THE P.R.I.D.E. POINTS FOR STUDENTS, THEY ARE ABLE TO EARN THESE POINTS THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER AND PURCHASE PRICES WITH THEIR POINTS. SOME THE PRIZES INCLUDE REASONABLE STARBUCKS CUPS, SCHOOL HOODIES, SHIRTS, VARIETY OF BRACELETS AND MANY MORE. MOVING INTO THE CURRENT EVENTS, WE HAVE OUR SPRING MUSICAL REVEAL FROM BELLFLOWER THESPIANS. THIS YEARS THEME WILL BE YOUR MEETING GIRLS. ADDITIONS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS NEXT WEEK. ON MONDAY JANUARY 15, WE HONORED MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND SCHOOLS PS YOUNG BUCK SCHOLARS WILL BE HOSTING UP MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

LUNCHTIME TRIVIA EVENT. TRANSITIONING INTO THE FUTURE EVENTS, WE HAVE EDUCATION NIGHT, BLESSED OFF AND SENIOR GRADUATION WE PACKAGES., BUT BLASTOFF IS INTRODUCTION TO BOTH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL FOR POSSIBLY INCOMING SOME OF GREATEST WITHIN THE UNIFIED. STUDENTS CAN LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT CLASSES THEY WILL BE TAKEN, ELECTIVES, EXTRACURRICULARS, SPORTS AND MANY MORE. FOLLOWING BLASTOFF WE HAVE OUR NAVIGATION NIGHT TAKING PLACE JANUARY 23RD, FROM 6:00 UNTIL 8 P.M. THIS EVENT SHOWCASES MANY EVENTS WE HAVE AVAILABLE. IT IS NOW THAT TIME OF THE YEAR WHERE SENIORS ARE PREPARING FOR THEIR GRADUATION WEEK. WE HAVE ANNOUNCED GRAD PACKAGES AND PRICES RANGE FROM $240 TO $280 AND EACH EVENT CANCEL OR BE SOLD SEPARATELY. WE HAVE THE SENIOR PARENT INFORMATION MEANING WITH THE GRAD VOLUME ] ALL OF OUR PRESENTERS, WHICH IS ALSO TAKEN PLACE ON NAVIGATION NIGHT FROM SIX -- 6:30 UNTIL 8:00 P.M.

WITH NAVIGATION WHICH WE HAVE THE CLUB RUSH, OPTIONS, FROM GRADE 7-12 AND POSSIBLE REQUIREMENTS. OUR FUTURE, BUT THE TEMPTATION FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT CLASSES AND SHOWCASE THE DIFFERENT ACADEMIC COURSES AND ELECT LIVES. THAT CONCLUDES THE HIGH SCHOOL WOULD REPORT AND I HAVE WAYS TO STAY UPDATED WITH SOCIAL MEDIA. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT NIGHT.

>> AT REPRESENTING MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL IS MY -- LET SCOTT.

GOOD EVENING, TO ALL >> I JUST WANT TO EXTEND MY THANKS TO YOU TO ALLOW ME TO COME TODAY TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON THESE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS NOT A FULL MONTH YET. NOW TO START OFF WE HAVE THE JANUARY 2024 CALENDAR, HAPPY NEW YEAR. AS A CONCEIT WE STARTED SCHOOL WEDNESDAY THE 10TH . WE FOLLOWED THAT WITH HAVING MONDAY OFF TO TO MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY. THE REST OF THE EVENTS HERE WILL BE FEATURED IN THIS PRESENTATION. NOW ON THIS SLIDE IS ON THE CALENDAR WE WILL BE HAVING THE GREAT KINDNESS CHALLENGE THE 22ND-26 DURING THE LUNCH TIME ARE. WE DO THIS, BECAUSE WE LIKE TO STRESS TO OUR STUDENTS THAT KINDNESS MATTERS, BECAUSE MONSOON MATTERS. NOW ON THIS LIGHT WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME RECOGNITION WITH MAYFAIR RECEIVING THE FEMALE DIVERSITY AWARD FOR AP COMPUTER SCIENCE.

NOW WE ARE ONE OF 834 SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD AND WE JUST WANT TO POINT OUT HOW WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR YOUNG LADIES. JUST REALLY AN HOUR AND ARE TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE COLOR REPORT FOR SOMETHING THAT WE DO.

COLLEGE REPORT FOR SOMETHING THAT WE DO. ON THIS SLIDE IT TALKS ABOUT THE UPCOMING SCHOOL MUSICAL, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS WHICH WOULD BE PLAYING ON THE FOLLOWING DATES TO YOUR RIGHT. DISPLAY IS BEING OVERSEEN BY MR. BRIAN SAUNDERS AND HE IS REALLY EXPRESSED HIS GRATITUDE FOR THOSE COULD -- KIDS AND ALL THAT OF HELP TO PUT ON THE SHOW. WE ALSO HAVE THE PRICES ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT SO JUST IN CASE ANYBODY IN HERE WANTED TO PURCHASE TICKETS AT THIS TIME, WOULD JUST HAVE TO SCAN OUR YOUR CODE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT.

GOING ONCE , JUST KIDDING. ON THIS SLIDE WE WOULD LIKE TO SHOW MORE RECOGNITION WITH RECOGNIZING OUR ATHLETE OF THE

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>> HIGH SCHOOL IS SARAH RIDGWAY, WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD, MEMBERS OF THE CABINET, ALL THE GUESTS IN THE ON ITS MY NAME IS SHIRA INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] HERE IS WHAT IS HAPPENING SOMERSET. ALL OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE RETURNED FROM THEIR WINTER BREAK AND ARE GETTING BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS SOCIALLY AND ACADEMICALLY. IT IS GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE WHILE I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT IN THE WAY OF ACTIVITIES, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE UPCOMING IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR CAMPUS. CONSTRUCTION ON PHASE TWO OF THE GARDEN BY MARSHALL LAKE BEGAN TODAY. UPON COMPLETION TEACHERS WILL NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THEIR FULL CLASSES TO THE GARDEN FOR INSTRUCTIONAL AND HANDS-ON ACTIVITY AS A GARDEN WILL CONTAIN AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM. WITH FEATURES , AMENITIES SUCH AS A SINK, PICNIC TABLES AND A CHALKBOARD.

WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HOW THIS IS GOING TO ENHANCE THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM AND INCREASE STUDENT LEARNING.

SOMERSET HIGH HAS CONTRACTED WITH NEURO'S FOR SCHOOLS TO PAINT THE SCHOOL LIGHT BURNER OUTPUT. THE FOR CES ON INTERPORT FOR THE CAMPUS, THE WORK IS GOING TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK, BUT HERE IS A DESIGN WHAT THE CAMPUS WILL LOOK LIKE. THIS IS A MAJOR STEP IN ENHANCING THE LOOK OF CAMPUS TO FURTHER INSTILL THE MINDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. OUR SCHOOLWIDE LEARNER OUTCOMES AS IT IS A GOAL OF ALL SOMERSET GRADUATES TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY, COLLABORATE , THINK CRITICALLY AND USE CREATIVE MINDS. LAST, PLEASE JOIN US FOR A VISION NIGHT. WE RENAMED OPEN HOUSE TO VISION NIGHT AND ALSO MOVED THIS EVENT TO EARLIER IN THE SCHOOL YEAR TO GIVE OUR ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS AS WELL, OPPORTUNITY TO DISCOVER AND EXPLORE SOMERSET UNIQUE CALENDAR. SCHEDULE AND ACADEMIC PROGRAMS, WE ARE AT A YEAR-ROUND SCHOOL THAT HAS GREAT DEAL TO OFFER TO OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. SORRY.

ONE PART OF SOMERSET MISSION IS TO PREPARE OUR STUDENTS FOR ON-TIME HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, CHANCELLOR BECKS TO THEIR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL. THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR THIS

EVENING. THANK YOU . >>

>> AMAZING JOB, YOU THREE. YOU KNOW I WILL SAY THE CAN SPEECH, YOU CAN STAY IF YOU WANT TO, BUT IF YOU HAVE OTHER

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>> ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD, EVERYONE, HAPPY NEW YEAR. BEFORE WINTER BREAK I WAS INVITED BY DR.

CONNIE TO GO WITH THE TEACHERS, IS CARTER, IS A LOT OF, MRS. LANE TO VISIT THREE SANTA MONICA SCHOOLS EDISON ELEMENTARY, JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SEND MONICA HIGH.

THEIR FULL EMERGING PROGRAMS. HOWEVER WHILE IT WAS REASONABLE FOCUS FOR BE IN THEIR I QUICKLY NOTICE AND ESPECIALLY LIKE THE COLLABORATIVE SEATING. NOT ONE CLASSROOM WE WANT TO HAD ROSE.

I REALIZE THAT COLLABORATION WAS A SKILL TAUGHT ALL THE WAY FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL AND EACH CLASSROOM KNEW WHAT WAS EXPECT IT OF THEM. IT WAS AN EYE-OPENING EXPENSE AS TO WHAT CAN LOOK LIKE. TEACHERS RETURN TO WORK LAST TUESDAY TO A STUDENT FREE DATE WHERE ACROSS A DISTRICT WITH DATE WAS USED TO PREPARE FOR ALL OF THIS TO MR. RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM AFTER WINTER BREAK. THIS PAST MONDAY WE CELEBRATED DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORY AND COMMITMENT TO RACIAL EQUALITY AND THREE DATE WE CAN IS ALWAYS A TREAT. THIS WEEK SOME OF ARE TO TEACHERS ATTENDED THE SUPERINTENDENT STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETINGS AT LES FLOORS AND STEPHEN FOSTER.

I WENT TO THE WENT LAST NIGHT AT LOSS FLOORS AND SO DID OTHER TEACHERS. THEY FOUND IT TO BE VERY ENGAGING. I APPRECIATE THE TIME DR. GIRARDI IS GIVING TO THIS MEETING THAT ONLY TO SHARE HIS IDEAS FOR ADDITIONS TO THE NEWBILL CAP, BUT ALSO TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK ON WHAT IS WORKING OR NOT WORKING FROM A TEACHER PERSPECTIVE. LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING OUR DISTRICT FUTURE TOGETHER. TEACHERS HAVE A BUSY SPRING IN THE NEAR FUTURE, AS AND WEA ASSESSMENTS, DISTRICT WRITING IS AND UP AT THE VALPAK AND IS PACKED ARE HEADING OUR WAY, BUT AS YOU SEE IN THE DASHBOARD WHERE TRAINING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND HOPE TO CONTINUE THAT FORWARD MOVING WITH ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. HAVE A GREAT EVENING, THANK YOU.

>> HAVE TT PRESIDENT MRS. MORGAN COME ON UP?

>> WELCOME, MRS. MORGAN. >> THANK YOU . I DO NOT HAVE A WHOLE OUT SO I APOLOGIZE THIS EVENING THAT DID NOT WANT TO PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY. I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE HOLIDAYS AND THE BREAK AND WISHING YOU ALL HAPPY HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS 2024. NEW YEAR, NEW OPPORTUNITIES, VERY EXCITED.

FIRST HALF OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, I KIND OF SPENT GETTING THE LAY OF THE LAND, FAMILIARIZE MYSELF WITH THE SCHOOLS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, HELPING PTA UNITS AT THE SCHOOL SITES. WE ARE NEVER -- WHENEVER POSSIBLE. WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT BTA, BUT HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT A CALL LIKE YOUR PICTURE PROJECTS. I MEET WITH DR. DRAWDY MONTHLY, HE ATTENDS THE OF THE COUNCIL MEETINGS AS WELL. THEY INCLUDE THE UNIT PRESIDENTS AND WE ALL APPRECIATE THAT HE IS ABLE TO DATE IS, RECEIVE FEEDBACK AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT WE MAY HAVE THAT HAPPEN ON THE SITE. THIS WEEK'S MEETING WITH DR. DRAWDY WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE.

CAN FORWARD TO COLLABORATING AND INTEGRATING OR EMPLOYING SOME OF THE MUTUAL GOALS, TO INCREASE PARENT ENGAGEMENT, STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY AND HELP OUR STUDENTS THRIVE. THE FACT THAT I DO NOT HAVE A LOT TO PRESENT, STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOME THE DETAILS ON THE PROCESSES, I AM EXCITED THOUGH. ANOTHER PTA PERSPECTIVE, JUST WANT TO THANK AND HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE WELL OVER 2200 MEMBERS, VOLUNTEERS, EVERYTHING THAT OUR PDAS ARE DOING AT THE SCHOOL SITES, ALL THANKS TO THEM. APPRECIATE OUR VOLUNTEERS LAUGHTER ]. AS FOR ME, COMING UP I WILL BE ATTENDING THE 33RD DISTRICT PTA LEGISLATION SUMMIT NEXT MONTH. AS WELL AS THE THE CALIFORNIA STATE PTA LEADERSHIP CALL TO CONTINUE TO LEARN AND HOPEFULLY GAIN MORE EFFICACY SKILLS AND INFORMATION TO SHARE. OUR NEXT COUNCIL ASSOCIATION MEETING IS ON MARCH 5, 6:00 P.M., WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING OUR STUDENTS FOR THE REFLECTIONS ART PROGRAM. WE WILL BE SENDING YOU GUYS A FORMAL INVITATION , BUT MARK YOUR CALENDARS PLEASE, MARCH 5.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT SAME EVENING WE WILL BE ELECTING OUR NEW PTA BOARD FOR 2024 -2025 TERM. SO YOU WILL NOTICE THAT SOME OF OUR EUNICE, STARTED TO RECRUIT NEW LEADERS AS WELL SO ANYONE INTERESTED IN TAKING THE NEXT STEP IN BE -- NOT ONLY PTA MEMBER, BUT ALSO SERVING ON THE BOARD, LET US NO, AS ALWAYS THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING AND

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>> FROM CERRITOS COLLEGE, BOARD OF TRUSTEE LISA PEREZ AND CONNIE MCKINLEY, SHARING A PRESENTATION, WELCOME .

>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD, AND ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING WITH CHRISTINE DOGAN, CHRISTINE MARIA PEREZ, THIS MCKINLEY AND MISS WICKER. CHEERING ME ON. I WAS REALLY HOPING TO GO AFTER THE STUDENTS, EVERYTHING WORKED OUT JUST FINE, THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB. LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVE THEM BECOME STUDENTS IN THE BEAR -- VERY NEAR FUTURE. SO TONIGHT I HAVE A PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING TOGETHER WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HOW THE STUDENTS ARE BENEFITING FROM THE PARTNERSHIP AND FOR THE EFFORT WE ALL JOINTLY PUT FORWARD. WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IS REALLY INCREASE THE VELOCITY OF COMPLETION OF THE STUDENTS MAKING SURE THAT THEY COME INTO THE COLLEGE, THEY GET INTO A PATH AND CHANCE FOR OR THE INTO THE WORKFORCE IF THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR.

WE EXTEND THE LOSS OPPORTUNITY OF SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME IS COLLEGE, IT IS NOT BENEFICIAL FOR THE STUDENTS IN THE LONG TERM SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING QUITE HARD TO ENSURE THAT THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED AND WE HAVE BASICALLY OVER DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE COMPLETING ENTERING TO YEARS OR LESS. IN TWO YEARS OR LESS, WHAT WE CALL COMPLETED IN 100% OF THE TIME, HOWEVER THE MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS COMPLETE WORKING 150, 200% OF TIME, EVEN THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE STUDENT POPULATION ENROLLED PART-TIME , LESS PART-TIME. HER GOAL IS OBVIOUSLY TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER AND STREAMLINED THE WAIT THAT WE SCHEDULE CLASSES SO STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE TO TAKE LESS UNITS, BUT ARE ABLE TO TAKE MORE UNITS AND STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK OR PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES , SPEND MORE TIME WITH FAMILY. OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS , YEAR AFTER YEAR WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES. THE ONES THAT WE AWARD. LAST YEAR 2023, WE AWARD AT THE LARGEST NUMBER OF DEGREE CERTIFICATES AND THE HISTORY OF THE PROJECT OR THE COLLEGE. 300. TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, WE BEGAN ALL THE WORK IN 2015, WE WERE AWARDED RIGHT AROUND 2600 DEGREES AND CERTIFICATE SO WE HAVE OVER DOUBLED THE NUMBER THEIR OF WHAT WE AWARDED, WE SEE THAT AS POSITIVE MOVEMENT AS WE CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND OTHER STUDENTS. SO AT CERRITOS COLLEGE WE UNDERSTAND IT IS NOT SIMPLY A MATTER OF ENSURING THE STUDENTS ARE DOING WELL IN THE CLASSROOM. WE UNDERSTAND IN ORDER TO DO WELL IN THE CLASSROOM, STUDENTS NEED TO BE IN A PARTICULAR SET OF MIND. IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO DEMAND A HIGH ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE WHEN A STUDENT WHO DID NOT HAVE BREAKFAST OR DOES NOT HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE OR DOES NOT KNOW WHERE THE NEXT MEAL WILL COME FROM, SO WE HAVE LED WITH A NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY AND THE STATE IN ORDER TO MEET SOME OF THE BASIC NEEDS THAT MANY OF THE STUDENTS FACE. WE DO THAT AT A PLACE THAT IS CALLED THE FALCON NEST. WE FOCUS ON TRAINING INITIATIVE, EDUCATION, INCLUDING RESOURCES. THIS YEAR WE HAVE ANCILLARY SERVICES THAT INCLUDE MENTAL HEALTH, FINANCIAL WELLNESS AND SUPPORT, AND RAPID REHOUSING FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT DO NOT QUALIFY TO LIVE AT THE STUDENT HOUSING AT THE VILLAGE. SO TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PARTNER WITH L.A. METRO, IMPLEMENTING THE METRO GO PASS TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH FORMER SIMPLY MEMBER CHRISTINA CORSAIR,'S A CRANE OVER $700,000 TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT, SUBSIDIZE MANY OF THE STUDENT PASSES. WHICH THEN HELPED OR INNOVATED THE STUDENTS TO DO A SELF INCREASE ON THEIR FEES

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AND TWO, WE HAVE FRANK WAS MARKET, LIKE TRADER JOE'S, BUT WE FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOP, WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE A FOOD PANTRY IN THE COLLEGE WITH THE SECRET CODE FOR THE STUDENTS TO GO IN, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE INVITED AND, LIKE A GROCERY STORE, THEY SHOP WITH NO CHARGE. THERE IS HOWEVER ONE CATCH, THEY HAVE TO GO AND REGISTER AND MAKE FRIENDS WITH SOME OF OUR WORKERS AT THE FALCON 'S MARKET. THE REASON TO DO THAT IS, BECAUSE WE WANT TO ENGAGE WITH THE STUDENTS AND UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY FACE, TO DETERMINE WHATEVER THEY NEED FOR ASSISTANCE, WE OFTEN HAVE FOUND STUDENTS ARE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, HOW THE BILL THE CONNECTIONS, OPENING UP TO THOSE CONNECTIONS THAT THEY HAVE MET, IN THE FALCON'S NEST OR FRANKL'S CLOSET. FROM THAT POINT ON WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND SERVICES. FLOATING RESOURCES, WE HAVE A FULL CLOSET IN WHICH STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO SIT CURB PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE OR MEDICAL SCRUBS AND SO ON FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN HEALTH SCIENCE IF THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO AFFORD THAT. PART OF THE REASON OF HELPING STUDENTS WITH THIS IS THAT WHEN YOU'RE GETTING READY FOR THE INTERVIEW, WE KNOW THAT FIRST APPEARANCE MATTERS SO WE WANT THE STUDENTS NOT ONLY TO BE PREPARED FOR THE INTERVIEW WITH THE SKILLS, THE RESUME, BUT TO BE DRESSED FOR THE PART AND WE DO THAT. THANKED PHILLY WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP LOCAL SUPPORT TO THE POINT THAT THEY HELP PUT STUDENTS TAILORING , TAILORING THEIR OUTFITS, CLEANING THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY LOOK SHARP FOR THAT SPECIAL DAY. LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, ALWAYS WE HAVE STUDENT HOUSING PROJECT THAT WE OPENED IN 2020, THE VILLAGE. THIS IS THE FIRST PROJECT THAT IS BEEN FOCUS OWNED ON THE STUDENT THAT ARE HOMELESS OR HOW -- HOME INSECURE. WE PARTNER WITH HOGANS AN ORGANIZATION, NONPROFIT, WE HELP PLACE THE STUDENTS IN THESE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. SO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MISSION, THEY WERE ABLE TO SET THE DOLLARS ASIDE AND LET OTHERS CHOOSE TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS HAPPEN. FROM THERE THEY HAVE THE INCREDIBLE APPLICANTS , ON THIS PROJECT.

SO, BECAUSE OF THAT AND SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM, WE ARE SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE $68 MILLION FROM THE STATE. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAVE SECURED ANOTHER $12 MILLION FOR MORE GENERAL FUND TO BE ABLE TO BUILD 396 ADDITIONAL BITS ON CAMPUS, HOPEFULLY WE WILL BEGIN THIS PROCESS SOON.

HOPEFULLY THE BUDGET DOES NOT GET ANY WORSE. THINGS CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD POSITIVELY FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO , BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SORT OUT A LOT OF THE BASIC NEEDS, FOR THE STUDENTS, WE SEE THE STUDENTS REBOUND QUITE WELL IN THE CLASSROOM AS YOU'VE SEEN GRADUATION RATES HAVE INCREASED. TIME TO COMPLETION HAS DECREASED. STUDENTS ARE MOVING THROUGH THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM . ANOTHER THING THAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT WORKING VERY WELL, IS DUAL ENROLLMENT.

DUAL ENROLLMENT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE EMPHASIZING AT OUR DISTRICT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DATA ON THE DUAL ENROLLMENT, IT FAVORS THE STUDENT WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY READY TO GO TO COLLEGE OR WHO ARE NOT THINKING TO GO TO COLLEGE. THOSE STUDENTS NOT ONLY GRADUATE AT A HIGHER RATE OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, BUT HAVE A HIGHER RATE OF COLLEGE GOING, AND HIGHER RATE OF COMPLETING ACADEMIC PROGRAMS. SO FOR THE MOST PART, DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS ARE DEVELOPED, TARGET TO TARGET COLLEGE READY, BUT AS WE BEGAN TO OPEN OUR PROGRAMS, WE NOTICED THE BIGGEST IMPACT WAS

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THAT IS WHERE WE WANT TO FOCUS AND MAKE SURE DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS ARE OPENED TO EVERY SINGLE STUDENT. EVERY STUDENT WILL SEE AN INCREASE ON THEIR GRADUATION RATES AND THEIR RATES OF GOING TO COLLEGE. YOU MAY BE THINKING, WE HAVE AP CLASSES, BUT THEY DO NOT NECESSARILY HAVE THE SAME IMPACT AS DUAL ENROLLMENT. FIRST, AS WE KNOW, THE VARIETY OF ENTRANCE IS THE COST, OR PARENTS HAVE TO PAY THE COST, DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES ARE FREE OF COST. TWO, IN ORDER TO GET THE CREDIT, YOU HAVE TO PASS THE EXAM TO A PARTICULAR LEVEL . AND EVEN IN THOSE INSTANCES, SOMETIMES THE CLASS IS NOT TAKEN AS A FACE BIOLOGY OF THE CLASS, TECHNOLOGY, TAKEN AS AN ELECTIVE. WHEN YOU TAKE DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASS, IT IS FREE OF CHARGE, BUT IF YOU PASS YOU EARN COLLEGE CREDIT.

NOT ONLY DO YOU EARN HAULAGE CREDIT, BUT THE COLLEGE CREDIT IS TRANSFERABLE TO ANY YOU SEE OR SEE IS YOU AND IS A PART OF OUR DEGREE PROGRAMS. IT IS NOT THAT I DO NOT LIKE AP. I REALLY DO LIKE IT, I SUPPORT DUAL ENROLLMENT, BECAUSE IT IS THE BEST ENROLLMENT FOR THE STUDENTS, THIS POINT OF ENTRANCE FOR THE STUDENTS AND A WAY TO REMOVE SOME OF THE BARRIERS THAT STUDENTS FACE IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE COLLEGE DEGREES.

PARTNERSHIP WITH BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN PRODUCTIVE OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS. WE HAVE GONE FROM ENROLLING 85 STUDENTS, TO ENROLLING 325 STUDENTS IN ENROLLMENT CLASSES. AS YOU CAN SEE THE SUCCESS RATES, THEY ARE VERY HIGH. THESE ARE CLASSES THAT HOLD THE SAME LEVEL OF STANDARDS, SAME EXACT MATERIALS THAT YOU WILL SEE IN REGULAR COLLEGE CLASSES. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, 83% FOR INSTANCE OF THE 2022-23 ACADEMIC YEAR OF 325 STUDENTS, PASSING THE CLASS, WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ARE ROUGHLY 300 STUDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY INCREASING ONLY THE CHANCES OF GRADUATION, HIGH SCHOOL, BUT CHANCES OF GOING TO COLLEGE AND GRADUATING TO COLLEGE. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM, EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY 46 UNITS. YOU SEE THEY ARE TRANSFERABLE UNITS MEANING THAT THE STUDENTS WOULD BE ABOUT 15 HOURS SHORT OF COMPLETING ASSOCIATE DEGREES .

THIS IS JUST ONE STEP AND OUR WAIT TO ENSURE THAT THE STUDENTS HAD A ROLE IN THE EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM ATTAIN 60+ DEGREES, WHICH ESSENTIALLY WILL ME THAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO GRADUATING STUDENTS FROM CERRITOS COLLEGE AT THE SAME TIME AS THEY GRADUATE FROM BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STUDENTS ALREADY DOING THAT , DIFFERENT DISTRICTS THAT WE PARTNERED WITH, SO WE KNOW IT IS POSSIBLE, BUT JUST NEED TO CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE WORK THAT WE DO. BEST OF ALL, IS FREE.

WHEN WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT TUITION INCREASES, CSU AND UC, THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF COLLEGE, MUCH SAVINGS, FOR THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS, OBVIOUSLY OPENING THE DOOR TO HIGHER EDUCATION. SO MAYBE SAY, OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD, WHAT IS HAPPENING AT BELLFLOWER UNIFIED ? WE ARE PARTNERING AND CONTINUED TO WORK VERY HARD, ADDED A THIRD YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION AT THE COLLEGE PROGRAM. BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN LEADING THE CHARGE OF THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE. WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS OBVIOUSLY EXPAND THIS TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR SERVICE AREA HIGH SCHOOLS AND ONLY TO DO THAT WITH INCREASING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE ABLE TO ASK OR ACCESS THIS. ONCE AGAIN IT'S BEST WAY TO BEGIN YOUR ACADEMIC HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMIC CAREER. WE ARE COMPLETING UNDER THE PROGRAM, VARIOUS PARTNERSHIPS WITH BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL . IT IS A PROGRAM THAT IS BASED ON THE PROMISE CONCEPT THAT EXISTS IN CALIFORNIA. WE TOOK THE OPPOSITE APPROACH OF THAT . WE DO NOT FOCUS ON PROVIDING FREE TUITION TO THE STUDENTS, BUT WE FOCUS ON WE PROVIDE ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND RIGOROUS THIS FOR THE STUDENTS AND RETURN FOR THEIR EFFORTS WE PROVIDE FREE TUITION. SO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE YEARS IS THAT STUDENTS

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ALL THESE, WHICH ARE POSITIVE CHANGES. THE NUMBERS OF THESE PROGRAMS KEEP GROWING YEAR AFTER YEAR AND THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THESE INITIATIVES CONTINUES TO GROW. OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, 822 BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ENROLLED AT CERRITOS COLLEGE COMPLETE. WE HAVE ABOUT 14% OF GRADUATING SENIORS THAT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM. DOES NOT MEAN ONLY 40% OF REGRET JUST GO TO CERRITOS COLLEGE, BUT IT MEANS THAT 14% OR 40% TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM. IN THE FUTURE, WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS FOR ALL THE STUDENTS AT GRADUATE AT THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS, GOING TO CERRITOS COLLEGE, TO BECOME PART OF CERRITOS COLLEGE COMPLETE, BECAUSE THE ADVANTAGE IS THAT THE PROGRAM OFFERS VERSUS TRADITIONAL ENROLLMENT, THEY ARE SUBSTANTIAL AND OBVIOUSLY MAKE A BIG CHANGE IN THE OUTCOME OF THE COLLEGE CAREER. EVERYTHING THAT WE INVEST IN OUR CERRITOS COLLEGE STUDENTS, LARGELY IN OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS, GENERATE ABOUT $11.70. ON REVENUE TO THE COMMUNITY. I WANT TO KEEP THIS IN MIND , BECAUSE AS YOU LOOK AROUND THE ROOM, PULLING YOUR FRIENDS, YOU PROBABLY WENT TO BELLFLOWER UNIFIED OR YOU WENT TO CERRITOS COLLEGE AND HE CAME BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY OR YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO CAME OR WENT TO A LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, WENT TO CERRITOS COLLEGE, WENT BACK OUT AND CAME BACK . IT IS MORE THAT WE FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THAT THE STUDENTS AND ACADEMICALLY ARE SUCCESSFUL, MORI FOCUS ON THE ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES. I KNOW YOU KNOW SOMEONE OR YOU MAY BE THAT PERSON, BUT IS A SHOW AND TELL, I BROUGHT SOMEONE WITH ME, ANDREA NOT ONLY A GRADUATE OF BELLFLOWER UNIFIED, BUT ALSO GRADUATE OF SEVEN WHO NOW WORKS AT CERRITOS COLLEGE AND HAS HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL CAREER WITH US. I KNOW THEIR ARE MORE EXAMPLES, BUT THE MORE THAT WE INVEST IN LOCAL COMMUNITY, THE MORE WE INVEST IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

ONE THING, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PROGRAM. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PROGRAM AT CERRITOS COLLEGE. WE WILL BE OPENING A BACHELORS OF SCIENCE AND MENTAL HYGIENE. IT WILL COST $11,000 OR LESS. IT IS LESS THAN A SINGLE YEAR OF CLASSES AT A CSU, SEMESTER, AT UC. ARTICLE IS TO CAN EXPAND THE NUMBER OF BACCALAUREATE DEGREES GRADUATING AT TOOK SEVEN WITH A FOCUS ON PROGRAMS THAT ARE HIGH DEMAND, HIGH WAGES WHEN HELPING LOCAL COMMUNITY. YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.

>> THANK YOU, DR. FIERRO. APPLAUSE?

>> SAW IT SAID 6% OF B USD STUDENTS ARE DUAL ENROLLED, IS

THAT RIGHT? >> NO, 6%, WE BEGAN WITH 6% OF THE GRADUATING CLASS AND NOW WE ARE AT 14% ENROLLING IN

CERRITOS COLLEGE . >> JUST CURIOUS, OUT OF THAT, BECAUSE I ONLY SAW BELLFLOWER HIGH FOR THE EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM SO OUT OF THAT PRESENT, HOW MUCH IS IT FROM

BELLFLOWER HIGH AND -- >>

OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> CURRENTLY WE ONLY HAVE BELLFLOWER AND THIS IS THE FIRST SCHOOL OF IMPLEMENTATION AND THE IDEA OBVIOUSLY IS TO EXPAND IT TO ALL OTHER SCHOOLS, BUT I ALSO HAVE TO SAY THAT BELLFLOWER HEIGHT WAS THE PIONEER IN THIS, BEING I BELIEVE THE FIRST OF ALL SCHOOLS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM .

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>> CORRECT. >> DUAL ENROLLMENT .

>> OKAY . >> OKAY.

>> WE DO HAVE STUDENTS IN CERRITOS COLLEGE COMPLETE AT MAYFAIR AS WELL AS BELLFLOWER .

>> WHICH DO NOT HAVE MOST WHAT WE HAVE EARLY COLLEGE OF

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>> CORRECT. THIS IS A SLIGHT OF EARLY COLLEGE OF BELLFLOWER

HIGH . >> OKAY .

>> HERE IT IS DUAL ENROLLMENT. THAT DUAL ENROLLMENT IS

EXISTING ON ALL. >> OKAY TURNING IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE DOCTOR TO TALK THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I

HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. >> ONE OF THEM, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS COMPLETE THE DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM IS A FOR

YOUR -- >>

OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> BELLFLOWER HIGH?

>> YES . >> I WILL HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU ANNETTE SO SPECIFICALLY THEY GRADUATE FROM BELLFLOWER

UNIFIED. >> NO, IN GENERAL THOSE ENROLLED IN THE DUAL ENRICHMENT, DUAL PROGRAM, YOUR ENROLLMENT PROGRAM . THOUGH STUDENTS --

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>> ALL THE DISTRICTS THAT WE SERVE.

>> YES . >> DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY GO ON TO FOUR YEAR VERSUS COMPLETING A CERTIFICATE PROGRAM?

>> I WILL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU . HOWEVER, I DO REMEMBER THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO ARE IN DUAL ENROLLMENT HAVE A HIGH RATE OF ATTAINMENT NOT JUST AT THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE LEVEL, BUT AT THE BACCALAUREATE DEGREE LEVEL .

>> SO I ALSO WANT TO ASK, AS PART OF OPENING UP THE PROGRAM , I KNOW THAT STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES HAVE DROPPED IN ENROLLMENT AT CERRITOS COLLEGE . I WANTED TO KNOW HOW WE COULD START CREATING THAT BRIDGE PROGRAM TO SUPPORT ALL STUDENTS AS FAR AS INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY , BECAUSE I KNOW ONCE THEY GET A TASTE OF COLLEGE OR UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS, MORE LIKELY TO GO ON WITH THEIR CERTIFICATE PROGRAM.

COMPLETING THE TWO YEAR . WONDERING WHAT STEPS ARE BEING

MADE NOW FOR THAT. >> DURING THE PANDEMIC, ALL STUDENT GROUPS ACTUALLY DROPPED. THIS YEAR PARTICULARLY THIS SEMESTER, I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE ACROSS-THE-BOARD, ON ALL CAMPUS, WE ARE ONLY ABOUT 300 FTE SHORT, PRE-PANDEMIC. SO WE HAVE VIRTUALLY BROUGHT BACK ALL THE NUMBERS BACK TO THE CAMPUS, THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT EFFORT MADE ON OUR STUDENT DISABILITIES, RAS OR SAS DEPARTMENT , WITH THE NEW DEAN, ISABEL , HE HAS CHANGED SOME OF THE PRACTICES. SOME OF THE OUTREACH, HAVING THEM. I THINK THE PANDEMIC HAD SOME DISPROPORTIONAL IMPACT SOME OF THE STUDENT GROUPS BEING STUDENT WITH DISABILITY, BUT THE NUMBERS ARE NEARLY IDENTICAL AT THIS POINT AS THEY

WERE PRE-PANDEMIC . >> OKAY. AS YOU KNOW I ALSO WEAR THE HAT FOR COMMISSIONER ON PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES WITH APPOINTED BY JANICE HEIN, BUT I WANT TO MENTION, BECAUSE IT OFFERED SOME OF THE SERVICES PROGRAM. I KNOW I WAS IN A MEETING THIS MORNING AND WE REALLY PRINTED WITH THE COLLEGES, BPS AS. THEY ARE OFFERING SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS IN COLLEGE TO GET A CAL FRESH CARD TO SUPPORT IN REGARDS TO FOODS AND SUPPORT WITH BOOKS AS WELL. WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE PARTNERING WITH THE DPSS DEPARTMENT TO L.A. COUNTY SO OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED CAN BEGET THOUGH ORKUT THOSE RESOURCES, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WOULD GREATLY HELP MANY STUDENTS IN RETENTION AT

THE COLLEGE . >> ABSOLUTELY. WE ARE HAPPY WITH THE TO PARTNER OR PARTNERING WITH ANYONE THAT WOULD MAKE LIFE FOR THE STUDENTS BETTER. WE HAVE BEEN DOING SOME WORK WITH THAT SO VENDORS, FILLING THE DIFFERENT CAMPUS AREAS FOR FOOD, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS TO EITHER HAVE THE ABILITY TO RECEIVE CAL FRESH OR BEGIN THE APPLICATION PROCESS TO THAT. WE ALSO UNDERSTAND WE ADVOCATED FOR SOME OF THOSE CHANGES, RECENT CHANGE IN LEGISLATION, IT IS GOING TO REQUIRE VENDORS AND PROCESSES AND SO ON, BUT STILL IN THE WORKS, TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT, CAL FRESH SO YES, WE

ARE HAPPY TO PARTNER ON THAT. >> YOU HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE

ON SITE? >> FOR CAL FRESH?

>> PARTNERING DSS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS GETTING SOME OF THE SERVICES THROUGH THE CAL WORK PROGRAM --

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>> WE DO HAVE THOSE WORKS, BUT I WOULD SAY WE PROBABLY DO NOT HAVE A CAL FRESH REPRESENTATIVE. PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME, BECAUSE I COULD CONNECT YOU WITH PEOPLE LIKE DPSS THAT WITH BE GLAD TO HELP. I'VE HAD POOR STUDENTS WHO APPROACH ME WHO GRADUATED FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY ARE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE AND THEY NEED HELP .

>> ABSOLUTELY . >> I HAVE TO PARTNER UP WITH

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>> MISS GARZA? >> SORRY . COUPLE OF THINGS APPEAR. THANK YOU. DR. FIERRO, THANK YOU TRUSTEES FOR COMING OVER AND REALLY HIGHLIGHTING THIS PROGRAM THAT LOOKS AMAZING. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO CERRITOS COLLEGE COMPLETE , HOW DOES THAT WORK? YOU SAID YOU TURNED IT UPSIDE DOWN, BUT CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE MORE DETAIL, BECAUSE I'M REALLY INTERESTED WHAT THAT LOOKS

LIKE. >> UP?

>> YOU DID THE REVERSE. >> YES, SO MOST OF THE PROMISE PROGRAMS ESSENTIALLY ADVERTISE FOR COLLEGE, COME TO SCHOOL, GIVE YOU FREE COLLEGE, WE SAY COME TO SCHOOL AND ENROLL IN THIS ACADEMIC PROGRAM AND IF YOU ENROLL IN ENGLISH, MATH, MEET WITH THE COUNSELORS, BRING YOUR PARENTS, TALK TO A SAHARA AHEAD OF TIME SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE KNOW, HELP THE STUDENTS TO STAY IN COLLEGE AND GRADUATE IN TIME, WE WILL WAIVE YOUR TUITION. IF YOU DO NOT DO THOSE THINGS, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO EARN THE FREE TUITION. IT HAS LARGELY WORKED . STUDENTS KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE FREE TUITION AND SOME OTHER SERVICES, THEY MUST TAKE MATH AND ENGLISH AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE. THEY HAVE TO HAVE AND EDUCATIONAL PLAN AND ENROLL IN A COLLEGE PREP CLASS BEFORE THEY ENTER THE FIRST SEMESTER.

THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE SCHEDULE AND BOOKS AND SO ON SO THEIR BASIC BEST PRACTICES THAT WE HAVE ON THE SCHOOL WITH THE STUDENTS, FORMED THOSE PRACTICES, DO BETTER IN SCHOOL.

THEY DO THAT, WE GIVE THE TUITION, BUT WE DO NOT DO THAT IN ISOLATION. WE HAVE A TEAM THAT IS LED BY COLLEEN MCKINLEY. THEY DO A LOT OF FRIENDLY REMINDERS , WALK THE STUDENTS THROUGH THE PROCESS. WE DO NOT LEAVE THEM ALONE, BUT WE SHEPHERD THEM. ALONG THE WAY. WHEN I USE THE OR I WILL NOT USE THE WORD NAGGING, BUT A LOT GOES ON UNTIL WE GET THE STUDENTS TO THE POINT. THE SITE FOR INSTANCE WE HAD OUR PARENT NIGHT AT CAMPUS, NEARLY 300 STUDENTS AND PARENTS, FAMILIES THERE , LEARNING HOW TO BE PART OF THE PROGRAM, BECAUSE WE WANT THE PARENTS ALSO TO KNOW WHAT IS IT WE ARE DOING. SO ADDITIONAL DICTATION AT HOME .

>> SOAP PARENTS ARE ALLOWED TO COME WITH THEIR STUDENTS JUST WANT TO THE PARENT NIGHT, YES. THEIR ONLY ALLOWED -- THEY ARE NOT ONLY ALLOWED, BUT EXPECTED.

>> THANK YOU . OF APPARENT OF SOMEONE WHO IS GOING THROUGH COLLEGE RIGHT NOW, THANK YOU . ALSO, DO ANY OF THE STUDENTS ACCRUE ANY FEES WHILE THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AT

THE BEGINNING? >> NO, AS LONG AS THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY DO, WE WAIVE THE ENTIRE TUITION .

>> WONDERFUL. I WILL MOVE OVER TO THE DUAL ENROLLMENT. SO AM I CORRECT IN HEARING THAT ONLY TOOK ONE HIGH SCHOOL HAS THIS

CURRENTLY ON THEIR CAMPUS? >> NO, DUAL ENROLLMENT, ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS ARE PART OF IT. EARLY COLLEGE, BELLFLOWER HIGH IS THE FIRST SCHOOL THAT HAS IMPLEMENTED IT .

>> OKAY. I GUESS THIS WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR OUR STAFF.

WHAT PROGRAMS IS MAYFAIR PART OF RIGHT NOW MOST ONE MAYFAIR DOES HAVE DUAL ENROLLMENT ON THIS CAMPUS, BUT JUST DO NOT HAVE A FULL EARLY COLLEGE AT THIS TIME. SO THEY ARE OFFERING SINGULAR CLASSES FOR DUAL ENROLLMENT TO THEIR STUDENTS .

THOSE CLASSES AVAILABLE TO GET THE CREDITS PRIOR TO GOING TO

CERRITOS COLLEGE ? >> ABSOLUTELY. THEY HAVE ENGLISH THE 100 AND SOCIOLOGY AVAILABLE TO THEM.

>> SO I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY DR. FIERRO, EARLY COLLEGES COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THE DUAL ENROLLMENT?

>> EARLY COLLEGE IS A DIFFERENT PROGRAM. ALSO DUAL ENROLLMENT, BUT EARLY COLLEGE IS A PROGRAM THAT IS A MEETING, GETS REQUIREMENTS OF THE STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLETE EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO ENTER THE UC FOR THIS YEAR'RE USE. DUAL ENROLLMENT, THEY CAN TAKE CLASSES FROM A VARIETY OF OPTIONS. THEY MAY OR MAY NOT NEED THOSE TO GET THE REQUIREMENTS, BUT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN PARTNERSHIP IS AS IT WAS MENTIONED, FOR INSTANCE, ENGLISH 100 OR

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>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING, AS A TRUSTEE, MY ROLE OF A 12TH GRADER, MAYFAIR. MY 12TH GRADER WHO WOULD BE GRADUATING IN A MONTH HAS COMPLETED, COMPLETED EIGHT AP CLASSES BY THIS MAY AND HE HAS 18 CERRITOS COLLEGE COLLEGE CREDITS THAT HE HAS ALSO COMPLETED. POSSIBLY 20, AGAIN, 20 CREDITS THAT HE WOULD HAVE BEFORE EVEN GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL. I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS REALLY THE APK CLASSES, REALLY STRUGGLING WITH. I WAS TALKING A LITTLE BIT WITH COLLEEN, AS WE KNOW, DR. FIERRO MENTIONED TO GET A CREDIT FOR THE AP CLASSES YOU REALLY HAVE THE SCORE FIVE OF THOSE AP CLASSES. ONLY REALLY PAST ONE, RIGHT? SO THE ONLY CLASS HE WILL GET THE CREDIT FOR FOR AP CLASSES, AP WORLD HISTORY. SHOUT OUT TO MRS. GORDON, AT MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL, BECAUSE SHE REALLY DOES PREPARE THEM, BUT AGAIN IT WAS REALLY, REALLY HARD VERSUS WHERE HE WENT TO CERRITOS COLLEGE, HE JUST COMPLETED ENGLISH 100, MISS CARTER MENTIONED THAT. AT MAYFAIR HASKELL, FIRST, SECOND PERIOD, BUT HE HAS TAKEN A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES ON HIS OWN. MY MIDDLE SON, HE ALSO COMPLETED HISTORY OF ROCK MUSIC , WHICH MAYFAIR OFFERS. HE ALSO COMPLETED CULINARY ARTS WHICH MAY BE OFFERED NEXT YEAR , BUT THE CHALLENGES WE ARE NOT ABLE TO TAKE THE FULL 46 CREDITS IT MAYFAIR, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT ALLOW THAT AND MAYFAIR. AS HE MENTIONED THEY ARE ABLE TO TAKE ONE CLASS EACH SEMESTER LIKE THIS SEMESTER AT MAYFAIR WE ARE OFFERING SOCIOLOGY. SO AGAIN, ONE CLASSROOM , SO AFTER THE CLASSROOM WAS WILL, THERE IS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO ROLL IN THE SECOND CLASS OF STUDENTS AGAIN. SO A LITTLE MORE LIMITED VERSUS VOLUME ] WE HAVE THE WHOLE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE 46 UNITS. AGAIN IT WOULD BE GREAT IF MAYFAIR COULD GET CONSIDERED

FOR THIS ONE. >> THANK YOU. THAT WAS A GREAT PICTURE OF WHAT IS GOING ON. I THINK I DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE

QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW. >> THANK YOU, IS GARZA. MISS

STEWART ? >> THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY HAD A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS COME TO ME ABOUT THE CONCERN OF THE MAYFAIR PROGRAM AND NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THE 46 IN FACT SOME OF OUR KIDS ARE ACTUALLY TRANSFERRING TO BELLFLOWER, BECAUSE OF THAT WHICH IS ABSURD TO ME, BECAUSE THEY COULD LIVE TO THE MAYFAIR AIR AND TRANSFER TO BELLFLOWER FOR PROGRAM WE CAN IMPLEMENT. YOUR QUESTION OR MY QUESTION, YOUR PENNY, ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO AS A DISTRICT AND STEP TO COLLABORATE TO START THE EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM AT

MAYFAIR? >> KIND OF PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

>> OR IT COULD BE FOR STAFF, BUT EITHER WENT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM BOTH OF YOU SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHY WE DON'T HAVE IT, WHAT WE CAN DO TO GET IT AND WHAT ARE THE COMPLICATIONS FOR THE REASON THAT WE DO NOT HAVE IT, BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS SO POSITIVE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.

>> I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE IS INTEREST IN THAT. THERE IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN CERRITOS COLLEGE AND BELLFLOWER . AS FAR AS BUILDING THAT EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM OUT THERE, THERE WILL NEED TO BE SOME PLANNING THAT'S INVOLVED IN THAT. THAT IS GOING TO CONSIST OF WORKING WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND ALSO WORKING WITH COLLEEN AND CERRITOS COLLEGE TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT A REALITY .

>> THE OTHER PART WITH THAT IS IT IS IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN BELLFLOWER HIGH, BECAUSE BELLFLOWER HIGH HAS BASICALLY BEEN A PIONEER NOT JUST HERE, BUT ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO USE A LOT OF WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED THERE TO APPLY IN OTHER PLACES. SO WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO AS PART OF THE WORK AND COLLABORATION THAT WE ARE DOING, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WORK AND BEST PRACTICES, REPLICATING THOSE PIECES, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE IS NO DOUBT BY OFFERING THE FULL GAMUT OF THE CE CLASSES, IT WOULD BE A BETTER OUTCOME FOR THE STUDENTS, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO ITEM SOME OF THOSE IRON SOME OF THOSE DETAILS TO ENTER THE FULL PROGRAM. THE LAST THING WE WANT IS TO ROLL OUT THE PROGRAM AND NOT HAVE THE SUPPORT, THEN EVENTUALLY IT DOESN'T HAVE THE JEVITY IT SHOULD HAVE FOR THE PROGRAM.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS. IS A MENTIONED EARLIER, THE GOAL IS NOT JUST SIMPLY TO OFFER IT, BUT TO

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>> I'M SORRY. >> GO AHEAD.

>> THE PROGRAM IS AMAZING, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A STRONG PARTNERSHIP SO I AM SURE THOSE CONVERSATIONS KEEP GOING AND MAYBE GET INFORMATION, FRIDAY MEMO, WITH MORE BACKGROUND ON THOSE PROGRAMS , BOARD MEMBER STUART ' IS QUESTION. WANT TO

ADD SOMETHING ? >> YES, THANK YOU, BECAUSE INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] I APPRECIATE THAT. SEEING THAT WE WENT THROUGH THE BELLFLOWER AND WENT THROUGH THE HICCUPS, BUT IF WE WERE TO PLAN AND DO THIS, AT THIS POINT WOULD YOU GUYS BE READY TO START SOMETHING AT A FAIR HIGH SCHOOL

IF WE COULD ? >> YES, WE ARE ALWAYS READY TO PARTNER AND WORK TOGETHER. AS SOON AS WE ARE GOOD, WE ARE

ALSO GOOD . >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.

>> THANK YOU. >>

>> BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG? >> THANK YOU , THANK YOU , PRESIDENT. SO BELLFLOWER HAS JUST ENTERED ITS THIRD YEAR ON THE EARLY COLLEGE , OKAY, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I'M SURE WE WILL HAVE TO COLLECT THAT DATA TO SEE WHERE THOSE CHILDREN SPAN OUT. SO ARE WE READY TO DO THAT, BECAUSE THERE IS TRAY, COLLEGE ALSO STAYING WITH YOU. SO I AM

REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT . >> THANK YOU. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TOO. LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE PARTNERSHIP . WE DO TRACK ALL OF THE DUAL ENROLLMENT STUDENTS AND MAKE TWEAKS AS WE GO. WE ARE IN THE THIRD YEAR, SOUNDS BIG WHEN YOU SAY THREE YEARS, BUT THE ROLLOUT IS VERY SLOW PARTICULARLY IN THE INITIAL YEAR. JUST NOW IS WHEN YOU START SEEING , YOU KNOW, THE FRUITS OF THAT LABOR. WE HOPE IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

>> THE DIFFERENCE, BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER HAD ENROLLED INTO THE

DUAL PROGRAM. >> YEAH.

>> IN THAT DUAL PROGRAM, IT WAS AS IF SHE WAS INDEPENDENT AND LIKE THE PARENTS REALLY COULD NOT BE INVOLVED. SO WITH THE EARLY COLLEGE, ARE THEY GETTING MORE SUPPORT ? THE PARENTS REALLY, REALLY BE INVOLVED AND HELP TO PUSH THEM?

>> THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS, BUT THERE IS A WAY FOR THE PARENTS TO GET MORE ACCESS, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY WHEN THE STUDENT SIGN A WAIVER. WITH MOST OF THE STUDENTS UNDER AGE, THEY WILL HAVE TO SIGN THE WAIVER SO THERE WOULD BE AUTHORIZATION FOR US TO SPEAK WITH THE PARENTS. THE STUDENT IS 18 YEARS OR OLDER, IF THE STUDENT DOES NOT WILLINGLY SIGN A WAIVER, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK WITH THE PARENTS. AT THAT POINT THEY ARE ADULTS AND PRIVACY RIGHTS APPLY. WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS ENGAGE THE PARENTS AT THE BEGINNING, PARENT NIGHTS, CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE. WORK COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY. WE ALL SET A LEVEL OF EXPECTATION ON COLLABORATION AND ALL THAT.

>> ONE LAST THING. ALL OF THE POSITIVITY, I REALLY DO HATE TO ASK THIS QUESTION, BUT WHAT IS THE DROPOUT RATE?

>> FOR THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS ?

>> IT IS VERY LOW. COMPLETION RATE THIS PAST YEAR, DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES I BELIEVE IT WAS 83%. I THINK THE LOWEST IT HAS BEEN IS SOMEWHERE IN THE 70S. SO THE STUDENTS THAT ENTERED DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS , THEY DO WILL AND DO FINISH. THE SPREAD OUT OF THE GRADES , I DON'T KNOW IF COLLEEN REMEMBER THEM, OFF THE TOP OF HER HEAD, BUT THE NUMBERS OR B, A, PRETTY CONSISTENT. NOT JUST PASSING

WITH C . >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> NO PROBLEM UP THE TOPIC YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS. BEFORE WE GO, ANOTHER ROUND OF QUESTIONS, I WANT TO GIVE OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THE QUESTION IF YOU HAVE

ANY. >> SORRY LOW VOLUME ] BEFORE I TALKED DURING MY DESIGNATED TIME, DO YOU STILL WANT ME TO HAVE THE REQUEST?

>> YES. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. HELLO DR.

FIERRO . MY FIRST QUESTION IS NOT ACTUALLY QUESTION, BUT MORE OF A REQUEST. I AM FINALLY DONE WITH MY COLLEGE APPLICATION SO

PLEASE ACCEPT ME. >> YOU HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED .

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>> EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS WITH HOPEFULLY CREATING A BRIDGE BETWEEN MAYFAIR AND POSSIBLY CERRITOS COLLEGE AS IT HAS BEEN OR SEEMS TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH BELLFLOWER THESE LAST FEW YEARS. I WOULD LIKE A BIT OF CONTEXT OF HISTORY AS YOU MENTIONED BELLFLOWER PIONEERED THIS EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM WITH CERRITOS COLLEGE . SO WHAT WAS THE OR SORT OF THE HISTORY BEHIND THE PROCESS? HOW DID IT HAPPEN? WAS IT SPECIFIC PARENTS OR STAFF THAT ADVOCATED FOR THE SODA PROGRAM? FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THIS IS NOT OR HAS NOT BEEN DONE IN THE DISTRICT BEFORE.

>> I WILL DO WHAT THEY USED TO DO IN THE TV SHOW , PROBABLY TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER, BUT GAVE YOU THREE OPTIONS.

ELIMINATE SOMETHING, CALL A FRIEND AND SO ON SO I WILL CALL A FRIEND TO HELP ME ANSWER THAT QUESTION. THE SHOW WAS CALLED WHO WANTS TO BE A BILLIONAIRE OR MILLIONAIRE?

>> IT IS SO GREAT TO SEE A STUDENT JUST REMEMBER BY THE WAY, PART OF THAT STORY IS THAT I WAS FORTUNATE TO WORK FOR BELLFLOWER UNIFY 22 YEARS BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO CERRITOS COLLEGE . WITH THAT RELATIONSHIP MR. LUNDGREN APPROACHED ME WITH STARTING TO BUILD AN EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM.

SO WE HAD BEEN IN COLLABORATION ABOUT HOW WE COULD GROW THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS, BUT IT REALLY WAS MR. LUNDGREN APPROACHING US TO START THE PROGRAM AT BELLFLOWER HIGH .

>> I SEE, THANK YOU. IF A SIMILAR PROCESS WERE TO HAPPEN FOR MAYFAIR, IT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE A LACK OF RESOURCES OR TIME, BUT JUST NEED TO BE PLANNING FOR EXAMPLE WITH MAYFAIR PRESIDENT, THEY WOULD HAVE WANTED TO GO FORWARD

WITH THAT DEPARTMENT ? >> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK CERRITOS COLLEGE PARTICULARLY MY DEPARTMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS, WILL LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN, BUT EVERY SCHOOL IN EVERY DISTRICT HAS APPROACHED THIS DIFFERENTLY SO THE DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN FOR

COLLABORATION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I AM NOT SURE IF YOU WOULD HAVE AN INFORMATION SINCE IT WOULD BE ANOTHER SCHOOL, BUT WITH MAYFAIR HAVE ANY SIMILAR COLLABORATIONS WITH LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE ? I'M JUST GOING OFF OF REFERENCES. A LOT OF MY MAYFAIR FRIENDS ARE GOING TO THE CITY COLLEGE SO WONDERING IF THEY ARE IN COLLABORATION

WITH ANYTHING. >> THAT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OFFER ANY DUAL ENROLLED IN COLLEGE UNLESS WE ARE ABLE TO TO DO THAT, BECAUSE YOU'RE CONSIDERED A LOCAL DISTRICT.

HOWEVER, SO, BECAUSE LIQUID ISN'T VOLUME ] BOTH PLACES OF COURSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS SO EVERY STUDENT IS DIFFERENT, BUT WITH REGARDS TO DUAL ENROLLMENT, IT WOULD BE EXCLUSIVELY WITH CERRITOS

COLLEGE . >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN QUITE A BIT OF SUCCESS WITH STUDENTS WHO COMPLETE THE CERRITOS COMPLETE PROGRAM AND EVENTUALLY MOVING ON FROM CERRITOS COLLEGE TO ATTEND EITHER A BACHELORS DEGREE OR HIGHER EDUCATION. FOR ME SINCE I AM A SENIOR I HAVE BEEN IN A LOT OF TALKS WITH MY OWN COLLEGE COUNSELOR ABOUT FOR EXAMPLE THE TRANSFER PROGRAM. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD JUST MENTION A FEW SCHOOLS THAT SOME STUDENTS WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY TO AFTER THEY RECEIVE ASSOCIATES FROM CERRITOS COLLEGE .

>> LARGELY OUR STUDENTS GO TO CAL STATE LONG BEACH OR LOCAL CSU, BUT OUR SCHOLARS HONORS PROGRAM HAS 97% TRANSFER RATE TO UCLA WHERE WE HAVE A TAG AGREEMENT AS WELL. WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT GO TO BERKELEY, STAMFORD, ALL OF THE ELITE UNIVERSITIES. WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THAT AS WELL AS OUR TRANSFER CENTER THAT GIVES SPECIFIC GUIDANCE TO STUDENTS ABOUT HOW TO NAVIGATE THE TRANSFER PROCESS.

>> THAT IS REALLY GREAT. THAT GIVES ME A LOT OF HELP. ABOUT EARLY COLLEGE, I KNOW IT IS THREE YEARS AGO, BUT I WAS SAD THAT IT COULD NOT APPLY, BECAUSE I MISSED THE YOUR FREE MUCH, BECAUSE I WILL BE A SENIOR NOW, BUT ARE STUDENTS IN IT FROM FRESHMAN ALL THE WAY TO SENIOR YEAR OR A PERIOD OF TIME

THAT THEY ARE IN? >> CURRENT MODEL IS THAT THEY START THE SUMMER BEFORE THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR BY TAKING ORIENTATION TO COLLEGE CLASS. THEN THEY TAKE ONE CLASS PER SEMESTER, FRESHMAN YEAR. ONE CLASS PER SEMESTER, SOFTWARE THEN TWO PER SEMESTER THEN JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPING TWO YOUR PROGRAMS AS WELL . REALLY IS NOT A PARTICULAR ROLE THAT WE HAVE

TO! TO. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK JUST FROM A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE I UNFORTUNATELY DID NOT GET TO DO EARLY COLLEGE, BUT I DEFINITELY WOULD'VE IF I WAS YOUNGER, BUT I WAS IN THE FEW DUAL AROMA COLLEGE WITH CERRITOS COLLEGE , I WAS IN ONE LETTER, BUT COULD'VE ALSO TAKEN ENGLISH 100, BUT DID NOT FIT IN MY SCHEDULE, BUT I TOOK ECONOMICS SINCE I WOULD'VE HAD TO TAKE IT IN THE SUMMER. I FIGURED I COULD TAKE IT DURING MY SPRING SEMESTER THEN I COULD

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>> CONGRATULATIONS, YOU HAVE A VERBAL ACCEPTANCE FROM DR.

FIERRO . >> THAT IS BINDING. GOING BACK

AROUND, DR. SUE EL HESSEN ? >> THANK YOU. I WANT TO ASK BASED ON YOUR TRANCE WHEN STUDENTS DROP OUT, DO YOU SEE THE REASONS WHY THEY ARE DROPPING OUT? HOW IS THE COLLEGE ADDRESSING THAT? HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS WENT READY TO TRANSITION SO THAT WE HAVE CERRITOS COLLEGE WITH A HIGHER RETENTION RATE FROM THE STUDENT BODIES?

>> ACTUALLY I HAD A CONVERSATION EARLIER THIS WEEK.

CURRENTLY WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE SOME ADMISSIONS AND WORKING TEAM AND SOME COUNSELORS LOOKING AT THE STUDENTS, THAT DROP , PERSONALLY COLLEEN. SO A PERSONAL OUTREACH THERE . WE HAVE FOUND A VARIETY OF REASONS . HOWEVER SINCE THE PANDEMIC , ONE OF THE REASONS, ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE SEEN CONSISTENTLY, WE HAVE IT QUANTIFIED JUST YET, HAVE TO DO WITH MENTAL HEALTH SITUATIONS.

SECURITIES RANGING FROM FOOD INSECURITY TO HOME INSECURITY , FAMILY ISSUES, WERE CONFLICTS. JUST LIFE IN GENERAL, TEND TO BE SOME OF THE THINGS WE HEAR MORE CONSISTENTLY SO AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THESE, WE ARE LOOKING INTO POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF KOHLS WHEN THE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO DROP CLASSES. SO THEY HAVE TO ANSWER A SURVEY AS TO WHY THEY ARE LEAVING. THEN A HOLD TO EITHER CONTACT THEM OR A TIME FOR THEM TO THINK, BECAUSE SOMETHING OR SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS, AGAIN WE'RE TRYING TO QUANTIFY HER FREQUENTLY, THERE IS A SETBACK. THE DEFAULT IS THEY WILL DROP . WHEN YOU COOL OFF AND YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE AND SEE OTHER OPTIONS, YOU HAVE ALREADY DROPPED. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN SEPARATE THE TIMING TO MAKE THE DECISION INTO THE OFFICIAL DROP HAPPENING THEN GIVE US A LITTLE MORE TIME TO DO OUTREACH. THE OTHER PART ON HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO PARTNER IS THAT HANDOVER DURING THE TRANSITIONS , THE RESEARCH USUALLY WHAT IS PRETTY CONSISTENT IN THE RESEARCH IS THAT STUDENTS TEND TO DROP DURING TRANSITIONS . BASICALLY MEANS FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL, FROM HIGH SCHOOL INTO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE INTO A FULL FOUR YEAR. SO PART OF BEING ABLE TO CONNECT ON DUAL ENROLLMENT IN THE EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM IS TO ENHANCE THAT WARM TRANSITION BETWEEN THE INSTITUTION SO THAT THE STUDENT THAT ALREADY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TEACHERS OR THE COUNSELORS OR THE PRINCIPLES, THEY ARE ABLE TO CONNECT RIGHT AWAY IT WAS SOMEONE FROM OUR TEAM. ESTABLISHED A NEW POINT OF CONTACT THAT IF WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT, I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE DROP-OFFS THAT WE SEE.

>> THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS ?

>> THANK YOU . >> THANK YOU. MR. PRESIDENT, I WAS THINKING THAT YOUR PROGRAM CAN ALSO PERHAPS HELP US WITH OUR ADA ISSUE. AS WE ARE LOSING STUDENTS, STAFF , I THINK THIS WOULD BE MORE FOR YOU, BUT HOW CAN WE KIND OF REMOTE THIS, THAT THE DISTRICT HAS THIS? IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF WE HAD IT AT BOTH OUR HIGH SCHOOL SO THAT WE COULD INCREASE PERHAPS OUR ATTENDANCE AND OUR ENROLLMENT.

I AM THINKING ABOUT IT AS YOU WERE SPEAKING . SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT.

>> THANK YOU. >> DR. FIERRO, YOU HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK, SIR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, RATE JOB.

THANK YOU . >> THANK YOU, EVERYONE, APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP AND THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD. FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO PARTNERSHIP SO THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

>> LUNCH IS ON ME NEXT TIME. >>

>>

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[9. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT]

>> GOOD. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO THAT EVERY TIME A VERY GOOD.

>> WANT ME TO GO? >> I CAN SAVE SOME TIME HERE.

>> WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

>> SO FIRST AND FOREMOST QUEBEC EVERYBODY. STEP, TEACHERS, I KNOW WE ALL DEFINITELY NEEDED THE BREAK. I THINK THE TIME NOVEMBER, DECEMBER COMES AROUND, PEOPLE ARE EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY EXHAUSTED. THIS IS THE TIME FOR US TO TAKE A BREAK SO GLAD PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT.

SECOND SEMESTER, IT IS REALLY THE RACE TO THE END AT THIS POINT. USUALLY THINGS HAPPENING IN THE SECOND SEMESTER , WITH EVERY DISTRICT. YOU HAVE TO FIRST REVIEW WHERE YOU ARE. IN TERMS OF ACADEMICALLY, FISCALLY, EVERYTHING ELSE . WE GET TO NEXT THURSDAY, AT RAMONA, WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR THE PRINCIPALS TO COME AND PRESENT WHERE THEY ARE IN TERMS OF STUDENT LEARNING , ALSO ACADEMIC, ALSO SOCIAL AND SO ON. FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO SEE THAT, IT WILL BE THERE . THE REPORT WILL BE ONLINE IF YOU CANNOT MAKE IT, BUT THEY WILL BE PRESENTED WITH SOME OF THE STAFF MEMBERS. THAT IS MORE OR LESS A REVIEW OF WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING. AT THE SAME TIME EVERY DISTRICT RIGHT NOW GEARING UP NOT FOR THIS YEAR, BUT FOR NEXT YEAR. SO PART OF THAT IS REALLY ABOUT PLANNING AND IT STARTS WITH LIKE TOMORROW THERE'S A BIG MEETING WITH THE GOVERNMENT OR GOVERNOR SUPPORT ON THE BUDGET, THE PROCESS GOING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THAT TIES RIGHT INTO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.

AT THE SAME TIME WE ALSO HAVE TO PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR AND EXCITED THAT WE HAVE SOME DATES ON THE CALENDAR FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING , THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED. SIX DAYS NEXT YEAR OR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. I WILL ASK THE PRINCIPAL TO REALLY ENGAGE WITH THEIR STAFF, BECAUSE THOSE DAYS ARE EMPTY RIGHT NOW. WE KNOW IT IS FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING , BUT THAT NEEDS TO COME FROM THE SCHOOL SITES. I'M ASKING FOR ASKING THE PRINCIPAL TO REENGAGE WITH HER STAFF TO COME UP WITH SOME OR WHAT THEY THINK THEY NEED FOR THE SCHOOL TO BE SUCCESSFUL SO THAT WE CAN RALLY AROUND AND SUPPORT THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. MORE TO COME ON THAT. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING THIS SEMESTER, BUT ALL OF THIS IS REALLY ABOUT US WORKING TOGETHER TO GET THE RESULTS.

SO PLEASE BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT ARE BEING -- I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT. I DO NOT WANT PEOPLE SAYING, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IS NOT SOMETHING I EXPECTED. ONLY WAY THAT COULD

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ALSO THERE WILL BE A SURVEY THAT WILL BE SENT OUT. WE NEED PEOPLE TO SEND US OUT SO BETWEEN THE SURVEY RESULTS OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING NEEDS, ALSO OTHER NEEDS, AS WELL AS A CONVERSATION, BESIDE THE TWO SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER SO THE -- WE HAVE A GAME PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR. THAT CONCLUDES

[10. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS]

THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT . >> THANK YOU, DR. DRAWDY .

MOVING ONTO BOARD COMMUNICATION, ANY BOARD

COMMUNICATIONS TODAY? >> BOARD MEMBER GARZA?

>> AS FOR MYSELF, I JUST HAVE BEEN TAKING IT VERY EASY. THANK YOU FOR THEIR BREAK. I ENJOYED IT WITH MY FAMILY, BUT I DID WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON WHAT DR. DRATI WAS SAYING. DR. DRATI WAS SAYING. I WORK AT A DISTRICT THAT OFFERS TRAINING AS WELL FOR THEIR TEACHERS. AND I WANTED TO EXPRESS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR OUR TEACHERS WHO NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR TRAINING PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND SOMETHING THAT COMES FROM YOU. WHERE I AM WORKING, WE ALWAYS ARE TOLD THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL GO AND TRAIN ON. THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL GO AND TRAIN ON NOW SO TO HAVE THAT KIND OF LIKE OPEN AND FOR YOU AS TEACHERS TO DECIDE, YOU KNOW AS YOUR SCHOOL COMMITTEE, TOGETHER, WHAT YOU WANT TO BE TRAINED TO, WITH THE FOCUS ON, I THINK IT IS REALLY, REALLY AND OPPORTUNITY THAT PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE , DO NOT MISS THAT. THERE IS A LOT OF TEACHERS OUT THERE THE WHO WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TOO. THANK YOU, STAFF, THANK YOU COLLEAGUES AS WELL, FOR EVERYBODY ELSE TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THAT.

>> THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER GARZA. BOARDMEMBER ALLISON ?

>> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO REPORT THAT I WAS ATTENDING A NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION WEBINAR , SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR BOARD MEMBERS. THE WHOLE PREMISE IS THAT INFORMED GOVERNANCE FOSTERS STRENGTH AND ADDRESSES COMPLAINTS. ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT WAS INCLUSION ENGAGEMENT WITHIN A COMMUNITY WHERE EQUAL WORTH AND INHERENT COMMITMENT OF EACH PERSON IS HONORED AND INCLUSIVE COMMITTEE AND SUSTAINS SENSE OF BELONGING AND - LOW VOLUME ] IDENTITIES OF ITS MEMBERS. THAT IS THE OVERALL DEFINITION. IN REGARDS TO SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, IT INVOLVES INDIVIDUAL LEARNING GOALS, ACCOMMODATIONS, MODIFICATIONS, SO THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO EXPRESS, ENJOYED GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM AND THE CLASSROOM AND TO BE HELD IN THE SAME EXPECTATION. AS A RESULT OF THE WEBINAR, AND THE KNOWLEDGE I GAINED FROM THE TEARS AND THE FELLOW GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERS ACROSS THE NATION, I WANT TO FORM AN ADVISORY GROUP THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY A PARENT HERE FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, PARENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY ON THE ISSUES AND GAPS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS AND HOW TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SPEARHEAD THAT PROCESS WITH THE STAFF. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHARE SOME OF THE POWER POINTS AND ACTUALLY QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE FOR STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE COULD START WORKING ON. IN ADDITION I BEEN TALKING TO OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS. IN REGARDS TO LOOKING AT PART OF OUR WELLNESS AND SAFETY MODEL WHICH HAS TO DO WITH THE STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, AND HOW IT REALLY HAS VARIOUS BENEFITS AND SUPPORT, EACH SITE AND ENROLLMENT GOALS AND ADMISSIONS. ONE OF THE AREAS THAT IT BUILDS TRUST IN, AMBASSADORS AT A LAYER OF AUTHENTICITY TO ADMISSION EFFORTS WHILE STAFF MEMBERS ARE SEEN AS AUTHORITY FIGURES .

STUDENTS ARE OFTEN SEEN AS INVESTORS, PEERS AND EQUALS.

FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IN ASKING THE TO QUESTIONS ABOUT DAY-TO-DAY CAMPUS ISSUES. IT FOSTERS RELATIONSHIPS, PROVIDES CANDIDATES AND THE FAMILIES A WINDOW TO THE REALITY OF YOUR SCHOOL BY OPENING UP THE PROGRAM TO STUDENTS WITH VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS AND VARIOUS STRENGTHS , WE CAN ENSURE THE ENTIRE STUDENT BODY IS PRESENTED. THE HONESTY UNSCRIPTED VIEWPOINTS WILL HELP PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS AND PARENTS FEEL MORE CONNECTED TO THEIR INSTITUTION , ADDITIONALLY THEY CAN ALSO ACT AS PERSONAL -- OF CONTACT. THIS REALLY SUPPORTS IN REGARDS TO ELIMINATING THE BULLY SITUATION ALSO , ALSO BUILDING

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PROVIDES LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS AND ACTING AFTER GROW IN THE LEADERSHIP, COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND INSPIRE OTHER STUDENTS TO MAKE MORE ACTIVE ROLES IN REPRESENTING THE SCHOOL. EAGER PERSPECTIVE STUDENTS MIGHT ALSO BE INTERESTED IN TURNING THE PROGRAM AND THIS OFFICE ANOTHER INCENTIVE FOR STUDENTS TO APPLY TO OUR SCHOOLS AND DISTRICT.

TO BE PART OF THE VALUED AND HAVE THEIR INPUT TO THE CURRENT STUDENT EXPERIENCE. FINALLY I WANT TO SAY THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY OF BELLFLOWER IN MY ROLE AS COMMISSIONER. IN PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES WHICH ALSO RELATES TO ONE OF THE PARENTS ARE BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE ON EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. AND WORKING WITH THE FIRE CHIEF, AND I HAVE HAD IT PUT ON OUR WEBSITE, IN REGARDS TO COMMUNITY RESPONSE TRAINING, IT IS BEING OFFERED BY THE L.A.

COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS. COMMUNITY AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING, FOLLOWING RISKY RESOURCES, FIRST RESPONDERS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY RESPOND TO THOSE NEEDS. IT GAVE THE EXAMPLE, WHICH IS REALLY SOMETIMES HARD TO HEAR, BUT IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY, BETWEEN -- WITHIN A MILE OF EACH OTHER -- SKILLED NURSING FACILITY IN THE SCHOOL, FIRE DEPARTMENT GOES TO THE SCHOOL. AND LEAVES THE SKILLED NURSING FACILITY ON THEIR OWN. HE BROUGHT THAT UP AS A WAKENING EXPERIENCE, THEY CANNOT BE EVERYWHERE AT THE SAME TIME. SO IN A SENSE, THIS CERTIFICATION TRAINING ALSO PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON HOW TO RESPOND AS FIRST RESPONDERS.

SO IT IS A FREE TRAINING. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE. I WILL BE JOINING , EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A PHYSICAL DISABILITY. WHEN I TALK TO THE FIRE TO, HE SAID YOU WOULD BE THE PLANNER . SO EVERYONE HAS A ROLE IS WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY. AGAIN IT IS FREE, 20 ARE CERTIFICATE TRAINING, THROUGH THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE. CLASSES INCLUDING FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL.

HAZARDS THAT IMPACT THE AREA INCLUDING DISASTER RESPONSE SUCH AS FIRE SAFETY, LIVE SEARCH AND RESCUE, TEAM OPERATION, MEDICAL OPERATIONS AND UPON COMPLETING THE COURSE, CERT MEMBERS CAN ASSIST OTHERS IN THE EVENT THAT PROFESSIONAL RESPONDERS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR HELP. SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR. IT IS NOT WHEN AN EARTHQUAKE IS GOING TO HAPPEN, IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND I THINK THE MORE WE PREPARE AS A COMMUNITY AND THE DISTRICT, THE BETTER WE WILL BE ABLE TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. STUDENT BOARD

MEMBER -- >> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS SINCE I'VE BEEN UP HERE, BUT AFTER A WELL NEEDED WINTER BREAK, FOR SOME CHANGES WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

ALSO WE WILL BE HAVING AN ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING THIS MONDAY. USUALLY MS. CARTER HAS PREPARED FOR US IN TERMS OF INSPIRATIONAL TOPICS WITH WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR DISTRICT AND ALSO I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ABLE TO HELP ONE OF MY JUNIOR SO IS PARTICIPATING IN A SKILL USA COMPETITION TO BECOME A CNA AND THE SKILLS THAT I NOTICED THAT SHE IS DOING ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS WITH PULSE POINTS AND I HOPE THAT THEY CONTINUE SUPPORT WHEN IT COMES TO STEM AND PATHWAYS AND ALSO I WAS IN A MEETING TODAY WITH A FEW OF MY FRIENDS AND IT WAS GOOD SEEING THEM PREPARING RESUMES. A LOT OF THEM ARE PARTICIPATING IN COMPETITIONS FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. THAT IS ALL I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. BOARD MEMBER, ARMSTRONG.

>> WELL, HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE. DURING THE BREAK I SPENT TIME WITH MY FAMILY AND I DID MEET WITH OUR NEW BOARD PRESIDENT. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT

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SO INITIALLY WHEN WE PUT THIS OUT, IT REALLY WAS INTENDED, BECAUSE YOU GUYS DID A LOT OF WORK AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR IT, SO I WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU. I JUST DID NOT HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME. DID I REMEMBER THAT RIGHT, BECAUSE I DON'T ALWAYS REMEMBER THINGS RIGHT? I ALSO ASK, I ASK THEM TO PROVIDE ME, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING THE COUNCIL AND HOW MANY HOURS AND ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF. THE NUMBER AMOUNT AND THE CASE. ANYWAY, I ASKED, LIKE I WANTED TO COMPARE HOW MANY HOURS EACH LAW FIRM HAS BEEN BILLING AND HOW MUCH IT HAS BEEN COSTING, SO I HAVE THIS INFORMATION, TOO, THAT I DO WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL. BECAUSE AT THE RATE WE HAVE BEEN GOING, WE ARE GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY.

WHILE I DO APPRECIATE ANDREW, I STILL THINK IT IS OUR SUPERINTENDENT THAT WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON. YOU KNOW, WE NEED ANDREW, DON'T GET ME WRONG IN THAT. I APPRECIATE THE SERVICES, BUT WE HIRED OUR SUPERINTENDENT TO DO A JOB. WE PAY HIM A LOT OF MONEY AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE WORK HIM.

THAT IS LIKE WITH ANYBODY. YOU KNOW LIKE LAST TIME IT COST $1800. WHILE IT IS NOT A LOT OF MONEY, IF WE CONTINUE ON THIS TRAJECTORY IT IS GOING TO END UP BEING A LOT OF MONEY AND WE NEED ANDREW, OKAY, BUT WE STILL NEED TO MAKE USE OF WHO WE REALLY PAY, THAT MAN. OKAY? AND SO THE REASON WHY I AM SAYING THIS IS ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE GOT THAT LETTER AND WE'VE GOT TO DO OUR PART IN MAKING SURE WE MONITOR WHAT WE ARE SPENDING AND WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE USE THE RESOURCES WE HAVE. YOU KNOW? AND I THINK WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB IN TRYING TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, GOVERNANCE AND DIRECTION.

WE DON'T HAVE TO MICROMANAGE, BUT WE STILL NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED TO US AND WE CAN ALWAYS APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, ABSTAIN OR EVEN ASK FOR CHANGES, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KIND OF MAKE SURE WE REMEMBER OUR ROLE, OKAY? NOW AS FAR AS LIKE WHAT I DID, TODAY I WENT TO THE PRINCIPAL'S APPRECIATION LUNCHEON AND WE HAD A FEW OF OUR PRINCIPALS THERE AND YMCA AND THE PARENTS ARE SO PROUD AND SO HAPPY THAT THEY PARTNERED WITH BELLFLOWER.

IT IS NOT JUST BELLFLOWER. LONG PEAK SCHOOLS AND LAKEWOOD SCHOOLS. YOU KNOW. AND THAT IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE REALLY NEED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND EVEN GROW MORE. BECAUSE THE FAMILIES, IF YOU HEAR SOME OF THE STORIES OF THE FAMILIES, SOMETIMES IT WOULD BRING YOU TO TEARS, BUT THAT COMMUNITY PARTNER IS SO IMPORTANT AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AND GROMORE. THEY ALSO ATTENDED THE L.A. COUNTY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION MEETING AND THAT

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JUST LIKE CERRITOS WAS HERE AND TELLING US ABOUT THEIR PROGRAM, THEY HAVE PROGRAMS, TOO, AND THEY WILL TAKE KIDS FROM ANYWHERE, OF COURSE. THE THING IS, THIS GUY, HE IS THE SENIOR ENGINEER AT NASA AND HE GRADUATED FROM PASADENA CITY COLLEGE AND HE IS PART OF THE JET PROPULSION LAB. YOU KNOW ALL OF THAT SPACE STUFF. IT LOOKS LIKE SCIENCE FICTION, BUT ONE FUN FACT I WANT TO SHARE BECAUSE I WAS LISTENING TO HIM AND HE IS TALKING ABOUT LANDING ON MARS AND THE THING THAT LOOKS LIKE WALLY. THIS LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THOSE DISNEY MOVIES AND HE GOES YOU KNOW WHAT, DISNEY ACTUALLY TOOK A PICTURE OF OUR MODEL AND USED IT IN THAT MOVIE. THAT WAS A LITTLE SOMETHING. I WAS BLOWN AWAY. SO I AM TELLING YOU, EDUCATION RIGHT NOW IS AMAZING. IT IS SO MUCH OUT THERE WHEN IT COMES AROUND TO TECHNOLOGY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND OH MY GOODNESS, IT IS JUST REALLY EXCITING. ANYWAY, YOU HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT I'M GLAD MY EDUCATION IS OVER. I AM READY TO JUST BE A GRANDMA. ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME AND AGAIN, HAPPY NEW YEAR. MAY WE CONTINUE TO BE BLESSED AND HAVE A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. OKAY.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER

ARMSTRONG. >> GOOD EVENING. ON 12/18 I ATTENDED THE L.A. FEDERATION LABOR MEETING. IT IS GREAT LISTENING TO THEIR PERSPECTIVES, POSITIVE STORIES, AND CONCERNS, SO I ENJOYED THAT. ON 12/21 I ATTENDED THE DISTRICT BREAKFAST. I ENJOY SPENDING TIME WITH DISTRICT STAFF WHO WORK SO HARD ALL AROUND, SO THANK YOU. AND THEY JUST HAVE THE BEST FOOD FOR US AND I LOOK FORWARD TO VISITING THEIR FACILITIES IN THE NEXT MONTH, SO THEY ARE ALWAYS GREAT. ON 1/14 I ATTENDED THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING. THIS MONDAY WE CELEBRATED MARTIN LUTHER KING'S LEGACY. I WISH HE WAS STILL HERE TO CONTINUE HIS MUCH-NEEDED ADVOCACY. HE TAUGHT US THE IMPORTANCE OF SERVING OTHERS. GLASS RACISM, POVERTY, WAR, AND VIOLENCE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN AND I WISH THE WORLD COULD SEE EVERYONE AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND JUDGE PEOPLE ON THEIR UNIQUE CHARACTER AND MORALS, SO I AM GLAD WE CELEBRATED HIM ON MONDAY. LASTLY, LOOKING AT MY FIRST YEAR ON THE BOARD, THIS HAS BEEN MY FIRST FULL YEAR. I LEARNED A LOT. I FINISHED ALL OF MY GOVERNANCE CLASSES, WHICH WAS GREAT. I WAS ON ONE COMMITTEE WITH BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG ON STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS. I CONTINUE TO RESEARCH AND STUDY AND I WANT TO SAY I ENJOYED MY TIME WITH OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, INCLUDING COLLABORATING WITH OUR PTA, ATTENDING BANQUETS, GAMES, MUSICALS, BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHTS, OPEN HOUSE, GRADUATION AND ALL THE EVENTS. READ TO ACHIEVE WAS AWESOME. I REALLY AM LOVING BEING A BOARD MEMBER AND I HOPE TO CONTINUE TO DO GREAT THINGS FOR OUR DISTRICT,

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU, MS. STEWART.

>> CAN I JUST SAY, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR GRADUATION? THAT PROGRAM IS INTENSIVE, SO CONGRATULATIONS.

AGAIN ABOUT THE NEW SYSTEM. IT IS SOMETHING I HAVE SEEN IN OTHER DISTRICTS AND WHEN I RAN FOR THE SEAT I RAN ON MY ENTHUSIASM FOR TECHNOLOGY AND WANTING TO HAVE BETTER COMMUNICATION AND I HOPE IT IS A TOOL THAT CAN MAKE THAT MORE POSSIBLE FOR US, EVEN IF THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CURVE AS WE KIND OF GET USED TO IT. IT IS TO REMEDY ISSUES I'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST YEAR. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN A BOARD MEMBER COULD NOT GET TO THE MICROPHONE. THERE WAS A MOMENT LAST MEETING WHERE I MISTAKENLY THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS DONE SPEAKING AND I WAS VERY QUICKLY CORRECTED, RIGHTFULLY SO. I AM HOPING THIS TOOL CAN HELP US TO SPEAK, TAKE OUR TIME AND THEN GET THROUGH THE BOARD MEMBERS AND IF WE NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER TIME TO SPEAK, WE CAN. SO THERE IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A LEARNING CURVE FOR IT BUT I THINK IT IS A GOOD TOOL IN THE LONG RUN. I WANT TO THANK THOSE THAT SPOKE TODAY IN ADVOCACY FOR THE SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. IT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO ME. I LOVE SOME OF THE IDEAS AND I ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUE SAID ABOUT FORMING A COMMITTEE AND THAT IS SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH HER ON, MAKING THAT POSSIBLE FOR

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THEY DOMINATED, THEY DID GREAT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO RECOGNIZING THEM HERE. I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO DO REALLY GREAT. AMAZING TEAM. I AM EXCITED FOR THE YEAR AHEAD.

THERE ARE A LOT OF IDEAS. A LOT OF THINGS THAT I HELP -- THAT I THINK WILL HELP OUR COMMUNICATION, HELP OUR BOARD WORK BETTER TOGETHER. WE HAVE A WORKSHOP THIS SATURDAY. THREE MEETINGS IN THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS, SO I THINK WE WILL GET A LOT OF WORK DONE AND SET THE YEAR UP FOR SUCCESS. LET'S SEE, ONE MORE THING. I DO WANT TO TOUCH ON BULLYING AND HARASSMENT ONLINE AND I WILL SAY THAT IT IS NEVER OKAY AND THAT WE ARE PUBLIC OFFICIALS. YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT TO ANY OF US, IT IS FINE, BUT WHEN YOU ARE POSTING THINGS OF PEOPLE'S FAMILIES AND THEIR KIDS, THERE IS AN ETHICAL, THERE IS A LINE. AND YOU KNOW I AM ALL ABOUT FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND DO YOUR THING AND EVEN IF IT IS NOT TASTEFUL, IT IS NOT OKAY AND THE REASON I EVEN SAY IT IS BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US AS COLLEAGUES ON THIS BOARD TO NOT CONDONE THAT AND NOT EVEN SUPPORT OR LIKE THE COMMONS ONLINE WHEN THEY'RE BASHING THEIR COLLEAGUE. IT'S NOT OKAY. I'M GOING TO CALL IT OUT AND WE HAVE TO BE BETTER THAN THAT AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I HOPE WE CAN TOUCH ON IN OUR HANDBOOK AND THOSE THINGS MATTER WHEN IT COMES TO WORKING TOGETHER ON IMPORTANT TOPICS, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT ON SATURDAY AND REALLY, SO WE CAN FOCUS ON WORKING TOGETHER AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS, WHICH IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING ON THIS BOARD. ONE THING I WILL SAY JUST IN RESPONSE TO MY COLLEAGUE, MS. ARMSTRONG, I DON'T KNOW WHICH NUMBERS YOU HAVE, IF YOU COULD SHARE THOSE WITH ME. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THEY WERE IN THE FRIDAY MEMO?

OR YOU MADE A COPY? >> DID YOU JUST SEND THEM TO

ONE BOARD MEMBER? >> NO, IT WAS IN THE FRIDAY MEMO. IT WAS THE REQUEST OF ADDING THE HOURS, SO WE WERE TRACKING THE AMOUNTS, BUT THE REQUEST WAS TO TRACK HOURS.

CORRECT, THE COUNCIL TRACKER. >> WE HAVE HAD A TRACKER FOR

SEVERAL MONTHS NOW. >> SO IT IS THE SAME ONE I HAVE HERE. I WILL SAY THAT I THINK IT IS A LITTLE DISINGENUOUS TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS WHEN I AM LOOKING AT THE SAME NUMBERS YOU ARE LOOKING AT AND I CAN SEE VERY CLEARLY THAT OUR CURRENT LAW FIRM WE ARE WORKING ABOUT HALF AS MUCH AS WE USED TO. IF YOU LOOK AT ONE BILL FROM JANUARY FOUR $74,000 -- ON AVERAGE ABOUT $20,000 WITH OUR CURRENT LEGAL AND THERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF NUMBERS THAT REALLY SHOW THE CHANGES WE HAVE MADE AND THAT IS WITH TWO LAW FIRMS RIGHT NOW. CONSOLIDATING DOWN TO ONE IS SOMETHING THAT THE ENTIRE BOARD TALKED ABOUT.

BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE IS VERY IMPORTANT AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE A HANDLE ON LITIGATION SO WE CAN BE RESPONSIBLE AND ATTENTIVE IS VERY IMPORTANT. I THINK AS FAR AS BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, WE ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AND SAVING DISTRICTS A LOT OF MONEY. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS AND COME TO A DIFFERENT CONCLUSION --

>> WE CAN DEFINITELY SIT DOWN AND ANALYZE IT.

>> ARE WE ALLOWED TO MAKE COMMENTS BACK AND FORTH DURING MEETINGS? I AM JUST ASKING BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN OTHER PEOPLE DO IT. ARE WE ALLOWED TO COME BACK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS

AND TALK? >> IT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A DIALOGUE. IT IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED PROPER DECORUM TO ALLOW THE SPEAKER TO FINISH AND NOT ENGAGE IN ANY DIALOGUE.

IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A DIALOGUE AND I THINK I HAVE

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[11. DISCUSSION ITEMS]

>> LET ME ORIENT MYSELF HERE FOR A SECOND. WE HAVE TWO DISCUSSION ITEMS THIS EVENING. WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DASHBOARD UPDATE. AT THIS TIME DR. REYES WILL DO THE BOARD INFORMATION.

>> 2023 REPORT WAS RELEASED LAST DECEMBER AND I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS. THE DASHBOARD IS FOCUSED ON IMPROVEMENT. THE GOAL IS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND TO IDENTIFY OUR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES. THIS DATA ASSISTS US FOR CREATING PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THE INDICATORS ON THE DASHBOARD AND FOR ALL STUDENT GROUPS. IT IS PART OF A CONTINUOUS PROCESS THAT BEGINS WITH OUR FUNDING. DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRED TO CREATE A DISTRICT PLAN TO IDENTIFY HOW TO USE THIS FUNDING TO BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS. GOALS AND ACTIONS ARE CREATED FOR THIS PURPOSE AND METRICS ARE MONITORED TO DETERMINE EFFECTIVENESS. THE DASHBOARD IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY TOOL CREATED BY THE STATE THAT DISTRICTS USED TO HELP MONITOR EFFECTIVENESS AND IDENTIFY PROGRESS WITH MEETING GOALS. THE DASHBOARD IS ALSO PART OF OUR ONGOING CYCLE OF INQUIRY AND PROVIDES INFORMATION THAT SITES CAN USED TO ADJUST THEIR PLANS BASED ON STATUS AND GROWTH FOR EACH INDICATOR. THIS YEAR THE DASHBOARD WAS RELEASED IN DECEMBER. THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS ADOPTED A TIMELINE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO ACCESS THIS DATA MUCH EARLIER IN THE SCHOOL YEAR. IN 2025 THE RELEASE WILL BE EVEN EARLIER, IN OCTOBER. THE MEASURES ON THE DASHBOARD ARE CATEGORIZED AS STATE OR LOCAL MEASURES. THE LOCAL MEASURES WERE REPORTED AT A BOARD MEETING IN JUNE, 2023, WITH THE RELEASE OF THE DASHBOARD WE NOW HAVE THE RESULTS OF THE STATE MEASURES THAT ARE LISTED ON THE SLIDE. THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE 2023 DASHBOARD, WHICH IS A FULL PICTURE OF OUR STATE AND LOCAL INDICATORS TOGETHER. THIS YEAR, EACH STATE INDICATOR IS ASSIGNED A COLOR, AS WE NOW HAVE TWO YEARS OF DATA FOR ALL INDICATORS EXCEPT COLLEGE AND CAREER. THE COLORS ARE DETERMINED BASED ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF AN INDICATOR AND HOW IT HAS CHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. BLUE INDICATING HIGH-PERFORMANCE AND SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. THIS IS BECAUSE IT WAS NOT REPORTED ON LAST YEAR'S DASHBOARD SO WE ONLY HAVE ONE YEAR OF DATA AND THAT IS REPRESENTED BY THE PURPLE CELL PHONE BARS SHOWING STATUS ONLY. NEXT YEAR IT WILL HAVE A COLOR ASSIGNED AND THE DASHBOARD WILL BE FULLY RETURNED AS IT WAS PRE-PANDEMIC. THERE ARE NO INDICATORS THAT ARE RED. ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, MATHEMATICS, ENGLISH LEARNER PROGRESS AND CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. MAINTAINED ONE INDICATOR, GRADUATION RATE, AND HAD A DECREASE IN ONE INDICATOR, THE SUSPENSION RATE.

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THE DASHBOARD ALSO LOOKS AT THE ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENT GROUPS, WHICH YOU SEE ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL STUDENTS ARE CAREFULLY MONITORED AND FOR CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM NINE OUT OF 12 STUDENT GROUPS IMPROVED.

WHEN COMPARED TO SURROUNDING DISTRICTS, WE HAVE A LOWER RATE THAN THREE OF THOSE DISTRICTS. THE SUSPENSION RATE INDICATOR REPRESENTS THE PERCENTAGE OF UNDUPLICATED STUDENTS WHO WERE SUSPENDED FOR AN AGGREGATE TOTAL OF ONE FULL DAY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. THIS IS ALSO A REVERSE GOAL AS THE DESIRED OUTCOME IS TO ACHIEVE A LOW SUSPENSION RATE AND A DECREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. SIX OF FORT DEAN SCHOOLS MAINTAINED OR IMPROVED AND SEVEN OF 13 STUDENT GROUPS MAINTAINED OR IMPROVED. WHEN COMPARED TO SURROUNDING DISTRICTS, BUSD HAD THE HIGHEST SUSPENSION RATE LAST YEAR. ALSO, AS NOTED ON THE SLIDE, BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICANS STUDENTS WERE SUSPENDED AT A HIGHER RATE THAN THE OTHER STUDENT GROUPS AND IN COMPARISON TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR THE SUSPENSION RATE INCREASED. THIS IS AN AREA FOCUSED FOR SITES WITH A HIGH RATE OF SUSPENSION FOR BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS TO IDENTIFY ROOT CAUSES FOR SUSPENSION AND POSSIBLE INTERVENTION SUPPORTS OR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT MAY BE NEEDED TO SUPPORT IMPROVEMENT IN THIS AREA. THE NEXT INDICATOR IS GRADUATION RATE AND REPRESENTS THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL WITHIN A SPECIFIC TIMEFRAME. TO BE COUNTED AS A GRADUATE ON THE DASHBOARD A STUDENT MUST HAVE EARNED A REGULAR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. FOR THIS INDICATOR BUSD IS GREEN, AS WE HAVE A HIGH GRADUATION RATE AND WE MAINTAINED FROM LAST YEAR. NO STUDENT GROUPS ARE IN THE RED FOR THIS INDICATOR. OUT OF EIGHT STUDENT GROUPS, FIVE MAINTAINED OR INCREASED. TWO OUT OF THREE HIGH SCHOOLS INCREASED AND WHEN COMPARED TO FIVE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS, BUSD HAS A HIGHER GRADUATION RATE THAN TWO OF THEM. THE ACADEMIC INDICATOR ON THE DASHBOARD REPRESENTS TWO MEASURES, ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATHEMATICS. THESE MEASURES SHOW HOW WELL STUDENTS ARE MEETING GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS BASED ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE ON THE SMARTER BALANCE ASSESSMENTS AND CALIFORNIA ALTERNATE ASSESSMENTS, WHICH ARE TAKEN EACH SPRING BY STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT AND 11. THIS INDICATOR IS CALCULATED BY THE DISTANCE FROM STANDARD, WHICH REPRESENTS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN A STUDENT SCALE SCORE ON THE ASSESSMENT AND THE SCALE STORE FOR STANDARD MET. THE AVERAGE OF ALL THE DIFFERENCES IS CALCULATED FOR THE DISTRICT, SCHOOLS, AND STUDENT GROUPS.

THIS AVERAGES THEN USED TO DETERMINE THE PERFORMANCE LEVELS. THIS YEAR, BUSD IS YELLOW IN MATH, AS WE HAVE SHOWN IMPROVEMENTS SINCE LAST YEAR. THE CHART IN THE CENTER OF THE SLIDE SHOWS THE DISTANCE FROM STANDARD, WHETHER WE INCREASED, MAINTAINED, OR DECREASED, AND THE LAST COLUMN IS THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WERE PROFICIENT AT BOTH THE DISTRICT AND THE SITE LEVEL. NINE OUT OF 13 SCHOOLS INCREASED FROM LAST YEAR AND TO MAINTAINED. OUT OF 12

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THIS DATA WILL BE SHARED WITH LEADERSHIP TEAMS AND TEACHERS TO DETERMINE WHAT STRATEGIES ARE WORKING AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED OR ADDED TO PLANS TO ADDRESS THESE AREAS AND STUDENT GROUPS IN NEED OF INTERVENTION. SCHOOLS WITH GROUPS THAT FALL UNDER ADDITIONAL TARGETED SUPPORT

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YOU. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, QUESTIONS? I SEE MS. STEWART.

>> I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION ON THE LAST PAGE. I KNOW IT SAYS THE MODIFICATIONS WILL BE MADE TO THE SCHOOL PLANS. WHO MAKES

THESE MODIFICATIONS? >> THESE ARE MADE AT THE SITE LEVEL, SO THIS WOULD BE THE PRINCIPAL IN ASSOCIATION WITH OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND TEACHERS. SO THEY WILL LOOK AT THE PLAN AND SEE WHAT IS WORKING WELL AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED OR CHANGED AND MAKE THOSE DECISIONS WITHIN THE

PLAN. >> SO IS THIS A DIRECTIVE THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO MEET WITH THEIR TEACHERS AND EVERYONE THERE OR DOES EVERY SITE TO A DIFFERENT DOOR HOW DOES IT

WORK? >> YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THE STRUCTURE EVOLVED TO ESTABLISH TEAMS AND THERE ARE TEACHER LEADERS AND OTHER PARAPROFESSIONALS AND SO ON.

THAT GROUP SHOULD BE CONNECTED TO THEIR SITE TEACHER TEAMS OR ORGANIZED TO GRADE LEVELS OR SUBJECT SPECIFIC GROUPS. THAT CONVERSATION HAS TO OCCUR. THIS GOES BACK TO WHAT I WAS SAYING EARLIER WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AROUND NEEDS AND RESOURCES. THE GOAL IS FOR THEM TO LOOK AT DATA LIKE THIS AND NOT JUST CREATE PLANS OUT OF THE AIR, BUT LOOK AT THE INSTRUCTION AND PROCESSES THAT THEY USE AND SEE WHETHER THOSE THINGS INCREASE SUCCESS OR NOT.

LET ME ADD SOMETHING IN LINE WITH THAT. I HAVE HEARD ENOUGH QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS FROM STAFF ABOUT THE SUSPENSION RATE AND HOW WE MEASURE THOSE THINGS. I WANT PEOPLE TO BE CLEAR, NO ONE IS SAYING THAT YOU DON'T SUSPEND STUDENTS THAT NEED TO BE SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF WHATEVER VIOLATION OCCURS. WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IS IF WE SEE TRENDS OR SUSPENSIONS OCCURRING, OFTEN OR TWO SO SPECIFIC SUBGROUPS, WE HAVE TO ASK WHAT IS HAPPENING. IS IT THE ENVIRONMENT, THINGS THAT HAPPEN AT HOME, BUT CONVERSATIONS HAVE TO OCCUR, SO IT IS NOT TO SAY NO ONE GETS SUSPENDED. IT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO REDUCE, SO IT WAS -- I WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR, BECAUSE SOMEBODY COULD INTERPRET THAT INFORMATION SAYING THAT WE ARE DIRECTING THAT SUSPENSIONS ARE NOT TO OCCUR AND THAT IS NOT WHAT IS TAKING PLACE.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> THANK YOU. I WAS CURIOUS TO FIND OUT BECAUSE WE HAD A BOARD RETREAT, STUDY SESSION, WHERE WE LOOKED AT ACTUAL ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ACROSS THE BOARD OF DIFFERENT GROUPS AND I WAS WONDERING WHAT IS THE CORRELATION WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND RELATIONSHIP TO CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM? BECAUSE LIKE WE SAW AND WE DID NOT EVEN DISCUSS THIS GROUP AND I AM HOPING THAT DR. DRATI WILL LOOK AT IDENTIFYING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. WE GLOSSED OVER IT. BUT IT IS A TREND IN REGARD TO THE DASHBOARD IN REGARD TO CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM.

SO WHERE IS THE CORRELATION OF HOW WE ARE LOOKING AT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND THEN THE RELATIONSHIP OF CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AND SUSPENSION RATES, ALL OF THE POINTS WE

WERE LOOKING AT? >> WELL, DR. SUE, THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE ANALYSIS. I DON'T HAVE EXACT NUMBERS FOR YOU, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE BETWEEN CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT THERE WOULD BE A CORRELATION. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOOKING AT ROOT CAUSES AND ANALYZING, THAT WOULD BE PART OF IT. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT A STUDENT GROUP OR STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT ACHIEVING. THAT ABSENTEEISM RATE WOULD COME IN AS PART OF THAT. INTERVENTION AS WELL IN THE ACADEMIC ARENA WOULD NEED TO BE PROVIDED AS WELL, BE IT MEETING WITH THE PARENTS OR CREATING AN ATTENDANCE INTERVENTION PLAN IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN ACADEMIC INTERVENTION PLAN. WHEN YOU ARE DISCUSSING ROOT CAUSES, ALL OF THOSE THINGS NEED TO BE LOOKED AT, BECAUSE IT COULD BE A STUDENT IS IN AN INTERVENTION THAT IS BEING PROVIDED AND WE KNOW CAN SHOW RESULTS, BUT IF THEY ARE ABSENT AND MISSING OUT AND ONLY DIPPING IN AND OUT, THEN IT IS NOT GOING TO WORK

FOR THE STUDENT. >> THE FOLLOW-UP TO THAT QUESTION IS THAT WHEN WE ARE SEEING STUDENTS GRADUATING, WE ARE HAPPY THEY ARE GRADUATING. IF THEY ARE GRADUATING AND THE READING LEVEL IS AT THE SECOND GRADE, I AM NOT HAPPY THEY ARE

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LEVEL? >> EARLY INTERVENTION IS VERY IMPORTANT AND OUR ELEMENTARY HAVE FINISHED THEIR SECOND ROUND OF ASSESSMENTS IN READING AND MATH AND IN LANGUAGE, SO I KNOW THAT I HAVE MET WITH ALL OF THE PRINCIPLES AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE DATA TO LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THOSE YOUNGER GRADES, BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH WE CAN DO AND THEY ARE TARGETED WITH PLANS ON STUDENTS WHO MIGHT BE STRUGGLING TO READ IN THOSE EARLY GRADES AND YOU MAY HEAR MORE SPECIFICS ABOUT THAT NEXT WEEK AT THE RETREAT.

>> I AM EXCITED ABOUT MEETING WITH EVERYONE AND SHARING IDEAS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE REPORT.

>> THANK YOU. MS. GARZA. >> THANK YOU -- I HAVE A COUPLE, WELL, SOME QUESTIONS. I'M NOT GOING TO LIE. SO, GOING TO PAIGE, THE ONE ON CYCLES OF INQUIRY. MAYBE, PERHAPS, THIS ONE IS A BETTER QUESTION DIRECTED AT DR. DRATI.

WHERE IN THIS CYCLE ARE WE RIGHT NOW?

>> WE ARE IN Q2, BUT IT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS NEXT WEEK AS WELL AND Q3 WILL OCCUR SOMETIME AROUND MAY, WHERE PRINCIPLES WILL COME BACK AND PRESENT ON WHERE WE ARE AT THAT TIME. THIS TIME WE ARE IN Q2 AND IF YOU REMEMBER, IF YOU REFLECT BACK -- SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION AND TARGETS WE WILL LOOK AT AND ALL THAT. AROUND DECEMBER. SO THE REPORTING ON THAT WILL BE THIS. WHAT YOU ARE SEEING TODAY AND ALSO WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE NEXT WEEK, SO WE HAVE TO FIND THE SWEET SPOT WHERE THAT IS GOING TO BE AND OUR CHALLENGES, WE HEARD THAT THE DASHBOARD IS RELEASED AT THIS TIME. HOPEFULLY IF THEY DO RELEASE IT IN NOVEMBER OR OCTOBER, IT WILL BE A LOT MORE EFFICIENT WHERE WE CAN HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS IN DECEMBER AND NOVEMBER, BEFORE

WE GO ON BREAK. >> SO, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW WHERE WE ARE AT, BUT HERE YOU HAVE NOVEMBER, MARCH, AND THEN APRIL/JUNE FOR THE QUARTER 4. IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE WILL MEET OUR DEADLINE FOR JUNE, CORRECT?

>> NOVEMBER IS WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR THIS WHEN I DREW THIS UP. IT IS WHAT -- IN TERMS OF WHEN THE REPORT COMES OUT. IT IS THAT THEY CONTINUE TO DRAG IT ON, SO IF THEY DO RELEASE IT IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER LIKE THEY SAID, THIS TIMELINE MATCHES. I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE THIS TIMELINE, IT IS JUST THERE ARE SOME THINGS I CAN'T CONTROL. UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE IT WAS SO LATE, WE ARE DOING IT NOW. HOPEFULLY NEXT

YEAR WE WILL CATCH UP ON IT. >> OKAY, THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IF THIS IS FOR THIS YEAR. WE HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE. LIKE YOU SAID THAT IS KIND OF OUT OF YOUR CONTROL.

>> ABSOLUTELY ENDED TIES AND WHAT WE SAID. ABOUT HOW YOU EVALUATE ME WITH THE WORK WE ARE DOING AND THE TIMELINE WITH THIS. IT IS KIND OF WONKY, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE DATA TO LOOK AT, SO I THINK NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE CLOSER TO THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THIS AS IS AND IF WE FIND IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, WE WOULD HAVE TO SHIFT AGAIN.

>> OKAY. SO IF WE DON'T GET TO Q4, BECAUSE I AM REALLY INTERESTED IN COMPLETING THE FULL CYCLE, AT SOME POINT WE WILL GET SOME INFORMATION, RIGHT? THAT KIND OF SUMMARIZES

WHAT IS GOING ON? >> Q4 WILL BE MORE OR LESS ABOUT IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT IS LISTED THERE, WE HAVE Q1, Q2, Q3. ALL OF THOSE WILL INFORM PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR AND THEN WHAT YOU SEE IN Q4 IS THE PRINCIPALS AND SCHOOL SITES CLEARING WHAT THEY WILL FOCUS IN ON. THIS YEAR FOR EXAMPLE I AM CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THEY WILL COME UP WITH WHEN WE LOOK

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>> ANYONE ELSE -- >> WE'VE GOT A COUPLE, BUT I

WILL COME BACK. >> I'M GOING TO STOP.

>> BOARD MEMBER STEWART. >> I WANTED TO REQUEST ON FRIDAY, THE SECOND ROUND -- IF WE COULD GET THAT INFORMATION.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AND BOARD MEMBER

ARMSTRONG. >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, I KNOW YOU SAY YOU GUYS HAVE THE PLANNING AT THE SITE LEVEL, BUT WHAT ALTERNATIVES ARE YOU GUYS CONSIDERING WHEN IT COMES AROUND TO THE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM? IS THERE A WAY THAT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT IS ADA. WE NEED THE KIDS TO ATTEND SO WE CAN GET OUR ADA. SO IS THERE SOME WAY THAT WHEN YOU GUYS PLAN, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN RECOVER OUR ADA BY OFFERING THE SATURDAY CLASSES OR EVEN CLASSES DURING BREAKS? NOT ONLY WILL WE COVER ADA, BUT OUR KIDS WILL BE GETTING THE INSTRUCTION THAT THEY NEED TO. ALSO, CONSIDER, I DON'T KNOW. I AM OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. EVEN SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, LIKE WE HAVE ALL OF THIS DIFFERENT POPULATION OF STUDENTS. WE HAVE HOMELESS, WE HAVE FOSTERED. YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAY, GET THAT ROOT CAUSE. AND THEN THE SUSPENSION RATES.

YOU KNOW. I REALLY DON'T KNOW THE DEMOGRAPHICS. OR AT LEAST I DON'T REMEMBER IT, BUT I KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT HIGH OF AN ENROLLMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN KIDS COMPARED TO OUR OTHER POPULATIONS. BUT THE HIGHEST SUSPENSION RATE.

WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS REALLY, REALLY GOING ON. AND HOLD ON TO THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL ELEMENT OF EACH OF OUR CHILDREN. WE ARE ALL SUFFERING. SO I DON'T KNOW.

>> TO JUST GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND, TOO, AND MAYBE IT WILL TIE INTO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU WILL HAVE. THE DASHBOARD RELEASE HELPS OUR PRINCIPLES DO THAT ANALYSIS, BUT IT HELPS US DO THAT AS WELL. WE BRING THAT AND BRAINSTORM SOME OF THESE IDEAS AND THEY DO THE SAME WITH SCHOOL SITES. YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR MORE INFORMATION NEXT WEEK ABOUT THINGS THEY ARE DOING IN THESE AREAS. THIS IS A CONTINUED CONVERSATION. FOR EXAMPLE WE HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW AS WELL TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS DASHBOARD INFORMATION IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT, THINKING ABOUT THE LCAP. SO NOW WE ARE THINKING ABOUT, OKAY, OUR LCAP ACTIONS AND DO ADMINISTRATORS HAVE ANY REVISIONS THEY WANT TO MAKE TO THOSE ACTIONS? THOSE ARE THINGS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN OUR MEETINGS, TOO. WE BRING THAT DATA TO OUR DISTRICT ADVISORY GROUPS AND PARENT ADVISORY GROUPS AND ENGLISH LEARNER ADVISORY COMMITTEES AS WELL AND THEY GET FEEDBACK ON THOSE REVISIONS TO LCAP. SO ALL OF THAT STUFF IS CONTINUING. YOU WILL HAVE A BOARD REPORT IN FEBRUARY THAT WILL BE OUR ANNUAL UPDATE AND IT WILL TIE THE ACTIONS TO THE METRICS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. TONIGHT WE ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE DASHBOARD, BUT THERE ARE MANY OTHER METRICS THAT ARE INVOLVED. SO THIS CYCLE, IT IS HAPPENING, BUT IT IS HAPPENING IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT VENUES AND THEN IT COALESCES TOGETHER IN THAT ORDER, WHERE WE WILL BE BRINGING IN DR. DRATI'S STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE INPUT FROM THAT TO HELP US IDENTIFY WHERE OUR FOCUS IS GOING TO BE, AS WELL AS FROM WHAT THE SCHOOL SITES ARE SEEING. HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS A LITTLE

BIT. >> THANK YOU. LET ME SPEAK TO WHAT MS. ARMSTRONG WAS TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF RECOUPING ABSENTEEISM. I'M NOT SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT CONCEPT HERE. THERE IS A WAY FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IF YOU HAVE HIGH RATES OF ABSENTEEISM, YOU CAN RECUPERATE THOSE FUNDS IF YOU ESTABLISH SOME SORT OF A SATURDAY SCHOOL MODEL IN WHICH THERE ARE PROTOCOLS WHERE YOU HAVE CURRICULUM AND THINGS

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WE CAN RECOUP THAT ABSENCE. IF SUSIE WAS NOT ABSENT BUT COMES TO SATURDAY SCHOOL, WE DO NOT RECEIVE. SO THE GOAL IS THAT YOU OFFER SOME CURRICULUM OR SATURDAY SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS.

THE IDEA IS THAT SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN ABSENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. YOU CAN APPLY TO RECOUP THOSE FUNDS. I DON'T KNOW IF THE DISTRICT EVER DID ANYTHING LIKE THAT HERE. I KNOW THEY USE THAT IN SANTA MONICA MALIBU AND ALSO SANTA BARBARA WHEN I WAS THERE. SO IT IS AN AREA WE CAN LOOK AT. IT DOES SOME THINGS FOR US, PARTICULARLY IF THE CURRICULUM IS GOOD. IT HELPS RETAIN INFORMATION AND AT THE SAME TIME, BRING MONEY BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND.

>> I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD TOPIC FOR A FUTURE STUDY

SESSION, TOO. >> IN TERMS OF RATES FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS, YES, WE ARE UNDER A WATCHFUL EYE RIGHT NOW. IT IS A CONCERN FOR ALL OF US. I THINK THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE TO DIG DEEPER AND ANALYZE THE CONVERSATION. THIS IS A CONVERSATION FOR THE SITES AND STUDENTS SOMETIMES, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THEN WE KIND OF LOOK AT, WHAT WE THINK IS HAPPENING WHERE THIS PARTICULAR SUBGROUP IS SUSPENDED MORE, DISPROPORTIONAT ELY, AND THAT IS A CONVERSATION

WE HAVE TO HAVE IS A SYSTEM. >> THANK YOU. I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. BOARD MEMBER GARZA.

>> I WANT TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENT

BOARD MEMBER. >> SURE. YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE

BUTTON TO CLEAR. PLEASE. >> THANK YOU. HI, THANK YOU. I BELIEVE IT WAS THE METRIC FOR CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM THAT YOU MENTIONED WAS FROM THE GRADES KINDERGARTEN TO EIGHTH GRADE. I WONDERED WHY WERE THOSE SPECIFICALLY THE GRADE LEVELS -- WHY THE DATA WAS FROM THOSE GRADES AND NOT ANY OF THE UPPER

ONES? >> THAT WAS A DECISION BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT CANDOR THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE BECAUSE LOOKING AT THE METRICS THEY FELT THAT THE GRADUATION RATE AND THERE IS GRADUATION RATE AND ONE OF THE OTHERS. THE COLLEGE AND CAREER INDICATION, THANK YOU.

CAPTURED THAT BECAUSE IF STUDENTS ARE PRESENT AND AT SCHOOL THAT WERE GOING TO DO BETTER IN THOSE, SO THAT IS WHY THEY DON'T CALL OUT CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE GRADES, BECAUSE OF THE DATA THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE.

SO IT IS A K-8 INDICATOR. >> I SEE, THANK YOU. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THE RATE AT WHICH AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS ARE BEING SUSPENDED. DO WE HAVE ANY RECORD OR DATA FOR THE REASONS OF STUDENT SUSPENSION OR IS THAT NOT SOMETHING WE MEASURE

CURRENTLY? >> WE HAVE THE INFORMATION AS FAR AS WHY THEY ARE SUSPENDED IN OUR AREA SYSTEM. THAT IS NOT A TRICK THAT WE HAVE MEASURED IN A PRESENTATION, BECAUSE WHAT WE TYPICALLY ASK OF OUR SCHOOL SITES IS FOR THEM TO DIG IN SPECIFICALLY INTO WHAT IS GOING ON AT THEIR SCHOOL SITES, SO IT IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT SCHOOL TO SCHOOL AND THE NEED WILL BE DIFFERENT, SCHOOL TO SCHOOL. SUSPENSION REASON GOES BASED OFF OF ED CODE, BUT THEY SHOULD ALSO BE LOOKING AT REFERRALS

-- >> JUST TO ADD TO THAT, I THINK YOU HAVE BEEN IN ENOUGH MEETINGS TO KNOW WE LOOK AT WHAT WE CALL LAG DATA, THE FINAL SUMMATIVE DATA AND THEN WHAT I AM ASKING THE SCHOOLS TO DO RIGHT NOW IS GO IN AND THERE IS AN AREA WHERE YOU CAN PUT WHY STUDENTS WERE SUSPENDED FROM CLASS, KICKED OUT OF CLASS. IF YOU START ANALYZING IT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHOW SOME TRENDS OF WHY THINGS ARE HAPPENING. YOU CAN ALSO START INVOLVING THE STUDENTS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED. TO SAY WHAT HAPPENED, YOU KNOW,

WHAT IS GOING ON? >> THAT IS ALL FOR ME. THANK

YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR THOSE

QUESTIONS. AND, MS. GARZA. >> THANK YOU. SO MY NEXT QUESTIONS PERTAIN TO DASHBOARD MEASURES, LOCAL MEASURES SPECIFICALLY ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. YOU HAVE A SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEY THAT SCHOOLS COMPLETE. IS IT TWICE, ONCE A YEAR, HOW

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OFTEN IS THAT DONE? >> WE GATHER INFORMATION FROM TWO SURVEYS. ONE IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, THE CALIFORNIA HEALTHY KID SURVEY. OUR STUDENTS IN FIFTH, SEVENTH, NINTH AND 11TH TAKE THAT, BUT ALL STAFF MEMBERS AND PARENTS ARE INVITED TO TAKE THAT SURVEY, TOO. IS A VERY GOOD ALIGNMENT WITH THAT PRIORITY, WHERE WE CAN GET DATA BACK ON SPECIFICALLY WHAT IS BEING ASKED AND LATER ON IN MARCH WE WILL HAVE OUR LCAP SURVEY, WHICH COVERS A WIDE VARIETY OF TOPICS, BUT THERE ARE SOME PERTAINING TO CLIMATE IN THAT

AS WELL. >> AND WHEN THESE STAFF MEMBERS AND STUDENTS ARE TAKING THE SURVEY, ARE THEY COMPLETING THE SURVEY ON CAMPUS, AT HOME?

>> SO THE STUDENTS TAKE IT IN CLASS. IT IS AN ANONYMOUS SURVEY FOR EVERYONE. STAFF MEMBERS AT SCHOOL AND THEN IT IS SENT OUT TO PARENTS AND WE ENCOURAGES MANY OF THEM AS WE CAN TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY SO THAT WE CAN GET GOOD DATA.

>> OKAY AND FOR STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE COMPLETING IT ON THE CAMPUS, IS THERE AN ADMINISTRATOR PRESENT IN THAT

ROOM? >> NOT NECESSARILY. NOT NECESSARILY. IT WOULD DEPEND. THEY GET THE LINK SENT TO THEM SO THEY CAN TAKE IT WHEREVER THEY WANT.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU. SO I AM GOING TO GO ON TO NOW THE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. WE HAVE PACIFIC ISLANDERS AND HOMELESS I BELIEVE. THOSE TWO CATEGORIES. COULD WE POSSIBLY GET SOME NUMBERS, LIKE ACTUAL HARD NUMBERS, NOT JUST PERCENTAGES? AS TO THE MAKEUP, FROM THE MAKEUP THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT. I AM CURIOUS TO SEE HOW MANY, I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PACIFIC ISLANDER STUDENTS WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT. IS IT 10, IS IT 20?

THE PERCENTAGES? >> YES, PLEASE. IF THAT IS POSSIBLE. IN THE FRIDAY MEMO IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL, THANK YOU. AND THEN I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION. SORRY, I AM TRYING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF MY SHEETS. AT THE END, NEXT STEPS. SO WHEN PRINCIPALS ARE GOING THROUGH THIS DATA WITH THEIR STAFF, ARE THEY ONLY IDENTIFYING ONE FOCUS OR ARE THERE SEVERAL THAT THEY WILL BE WORKING ON WITH THEIR STAFF? TO DEPEND ON THE SITE AND WHAT THE SITE DASHBOARD LOOKS LIKE, BUT I THINK THE WAY WE DID IT AT OUR PRINCIPALS MEETING, WE FIRST PICKED OUT WHERE ARE WE IMPROVING AND WHERE ARE WE GROWING AND WENT THROUGH THE INDICATORS AND THEN LOOKED AND SAW, WHERE DO WE NEED TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS? IT WAS OVER SEVERAL INDICATORS THAT THE PRINCIPAL SELECTED SEVERAL ON

THEIR DASHBOARD REFLECTION. >> SO IF THE SCHOOL HAS FIVE AREAS THAT THEY WANT TO GROW ON, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO WORK ON ALL FIVE THAT SCHOOL YEAR IS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? OR ARE THEY EXPECTED TO WORK ON ALL FIVE?

>> AGAIN I THINK IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE SCHOOL AND THE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND WHAT DETERMINATION THEY MAKE IN THEIR PLAN. SOME MAY OPT TO DO THAT, TO WORK ON THEM

ALTOGETHER. >> THANK YOU. NO MORE

QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK IN THAT PRESENTATION. I TRULY APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> OUR LAST DISCUSSION ITEM IS ON THE BOARD APPOINTMENT TO INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COMMITTEES. I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO GENERAL COUNCIL.

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD. THIS ITEM WAS REQUESTED AT THE DECEMBER 14, 2023 MEETING. THE BOARD PLACED IT UNDER NEW BUSINESS AND DIRECTED GENERAL COUNCIL TO DEVELOP A POLICY REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT OF BOARD MEMBERS TO VARIOUS COMMITTEES. THE GOAL WAS TO PREPARE A MODEL POLICY THAT WOULD ENCOMPASS ALL APPOINTMENTS TO ALL COMMITTEES, INCLUDING REORGANIZATION, AS WELL. HOWEVER, ONCE I UNDERTOOK THIS PROJECT AND BEGAN TO DO THE LEGAL RESEARCH BEHIND IT, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL POLICIES CURRENTLY IN PLACE THAT SPOKE TO THOSE SPECIFIC ITEMS. NOW THE ISSUE THAT CAME UP WAS THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO DRAFT A POLICY ON TOP OF AN EXISTING POLICY WITHOUT HAVING DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD AS TO WHAT CHANGES WOULD WANT TO BE MADE TO THE EXISTING POLICY. AS SUCH, GOING BACK AND REVIEWING THEM,

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THAT POLICY IS MORE OF A SPOKEN ONE AND NOT ONE THAT IS CODIFIED WITHIN THE POLICY ITSELF, BUT IT HAS BEEN THE GENERAL PRACTICE OF THE BOARD THUS FAR, THAT THE BOARD PRESIDENT APPOINTS. WHEN YOU GO TO STATUTORY COMMITTEES, VIA STATUTE OR WHERE THE BOARD IS PRESENT ON THOSE COMMITTEES.

IT IS GENERALLY A RECOMMENDATION BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND AN APPOINTMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD, WITH APPROVAL OF THE BOARD AS A WHOLE. MUCH LIKE WE DID LAST MEETING. FOR EXTERNAL COMMITTEES, IT SIMPLY STATES THAT A BOARD MEMBER WILL BE DESIGNATED TO REPRESENT THE BOARD ON THESE EXTERNAL COMMITTEES. THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY DONE THROUGH A NOMINATION, SUCH AS WAS DONE AT THE LAST MEETING AND A VOTE BY THE BOARD, SO THE ENTIRE BOARD PARTICIPATES IN THAT PROCESS AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE REORGANIZATION, SIMILAR. IT IS A NOMINATION PROCESS WHERE THE ENTIRE BOARD VOTES FOR THE INDIVIDUAL TO SERVE IN THAT PARTICULAR OFFICE FOR THE YEAR. REORGANIZATION IS REQUIRED TO TAKE PLACE EVERY YEAR AT A SET TIME. THE DISTRICT CURRENTLY HAS A POLICY IN PLACE AT WHICH TIME THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AND NEW MEMBERS WILL BE VOTED IN FOR THOSE SPECIFIC OFFICES TO SERVE A ONE-YEAR TERM. THESE VOTES HAVE TO OCCUR EVERY YEAR.

THAT IS THE CURRENT POLICY IN PLACE. ANY NEW POLICY THAT WOULD BE DRAFTED, I WOULD NEED DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD AS TO WHAT CHANGES YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND SPECIFICALLY FOR EACH AND EVERY TYPE OF COMMITTEE. IF CHANGES ARE DESIRED BY THE BOARD OR IF NO CHANGES ARE DESIRED. WHATEVER THE OUTCOME WOULD BE, I NEED DIRECTION AS TO HOW YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO PROCEED, SO I CAN DRAFT A POLICY THAT MEETS THE DESIRES

OF THE BOARD. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WILL NOW OPEN IT UP FOR A DISCUSSION TO THE BOARD. DR. ELHESSEN.

>> SO ON THE FORMATION OF COMMITTEES, YOU ARE SAYING THAT THE BOARD PRESIDENT ASSIGNS THE COMMITTEE, BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES. FOR EXAMPLE WE ARE LOOKING AT A STANDING COMMITTEE, FOR EXAMPLE. OUR ALLIANCE WAS A STANDING COMMITTEE. IT WAS IN THE PAST. WE WOULD HAVE TO DEFINE IT AS A STANDING COMMITTEE AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HOW WE DESIGNATE PART OF IT.

>> SO CURRENTLY AS IT STANDS THE ALLIANCE COMMITTEE IS NOT A STANDING COMMITTEE, BECAUSE ONLY TWO BOARD MEMBERS SIT ON THE BOARD AND THE BOARD DOES NOT SET THE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS, IT IS DONE BY THE COMMITTEE ITSELF, SO IT DOES NOT QUALIFY AS A STANDING COMMITTEE. I UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE PAST IT WOULD HAVE BEEN, BUT IN ITS CURRENT ITERATION IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A SUBCOMMITTEE.

>> IT SAYS HERE WHEN YOU ARE ACTUALLY TAKING ACTION AND IDENTIFYING THINGS THAT WOULD CHANGE, FOR EXAMPLE IT WAS DECIDED UPON AND YOU FOUND OUT LATER IN REGARDS TO THE BUYOUT TIME FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT. TAKING CLASSES FOR

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>> CORRECT AND SO THE ALLIANCE COMMITTEE CAN BE ENDED AT ANY TIME BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT. BECAUSE IT IS NOT BEING ENDED, IT HAS NOT TERMINATED, THAT DOES NOT MEAN -- IT IS NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE A SET TERMINATION DATE. THE FOUNDATION SUBCOMMITTEE CAN MEET MULTIPLE TIMES, IF MULTIPLE ISSUES COME UP, TO DISCUSS THAT. AT SOME POINT IT WILL TERMINATE BECAUSE THE PURPOSE OF IT HAS FINALIZED AND THE ACTION IS BROUGHT TO THE BOARD FOR A DECISION. EVEN IN THE ALLIANCE MEETINGS THEY HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO MAKE ANY DECISION BINDING ON THE DISTRICT. ANY DECISIONS THEY MAKE COME MERELY AS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD AND THE BOARD HAS TO TAKE ACTION ON THEM. SO THEY HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND BECAUSE A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS NOT PRESENT, THAT MEANS THAT THERE IS BASICALLY NO DECISION THAT COULD BE MADE AT THAT MEETING THAT WOULD IMPACT ANY DECISION LATER MADE BY THE BOARD.

>> THAT IS NOT HAPPENING. >> SO I WILL CHIME IN, JUST BECAUSE I AM ON THAT COMMITTEE AND TELL YOU FIRSTHAND, I THINK DR. DRATI DOES A GREAT JOB WITH THOSE MEETINGS AND HE REALLY SETS THE TABLE AS ANY RECOMMENDATION THAT HE IS MAKING AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING ARE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL STILL NEED TO BRING TO THE BOARD. IT IS ALWAYS PRESENTED THAT WAY. I THINK THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN GREAT. IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE OPEN AND HONEST DIALOGUE WITH OUR PARTNERS IN EDUCATION.

I THINK IT HAS BEEN AWESOME AND I THINK THAT THE IDEA OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS THAT IT IS NOT A STANDING COMMITTEE, BECAUSE IT IS NOT ABOUT THE SAME THING ALL THE TIME AND WE ARE NOT SETTING THE SCHEDULE. WHEN IT COMES TO THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMMITTEES, IT IS BEING DONE PROPERLY NOW EVEN IF IT WAS DONE DIFFERENTLY IN THE PAST. THERE ARE GREAT MEETINGS I THINK THAT SHOULD CONTINUE. BUT THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR STANDING COMMITTEES. YOU BROUGHT UP ON EARLIER I THINK WOULD BE GREAT. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMMITTEES SO WE CAN BE ON THE SAME PAGE. PUTTING OURSELVES ON THEIR SO WE CAN DO MORE WORK AND COLLABORATE BETTER. SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS HERE SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THOSE DIFFERENT

TYPES OF COMMITTEES. >> RIGHT, SO INFORMATION SHOULD

BE SHARED WITH THE BOARD. >> IF I CAN I KNOW THAT I AM DOING THAT. I AGREE. I TOTALLY AGREE. I THINK THAT PERHAPS AFTER OUR ALLIANCE MEETINGS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A REPORT OUT TO THE REST OF THE BOARD. I THINK THEY ARE GREAT THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT AND WE USUALLY DO TALK ABOUT THEM A LITTLE BIT.

I CAN GET DOWN WITH THAT. >> I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT.

YOU ARE THERE REPRESENTING THE BOARD AND THEREFORE NO INFORMATION GETS BACK TO MYSELF OR I DON'T KNOW -- I NEVER GOT INFORMATION. SO IT IS REALLY NOT AN OPEN PROCESS WHEN WE ARE NOT HEARING THE PERSPECTIVES OR VIEWS.

>> CAN I JUST, FROM MY EXPERIENCE AS SUPERINTENDENT, REMEMBER I DEALT WITH THAT SEVEN-MEMBER BOARD IN SANTA MONICA MALIBU YOU AND SUBCOMMITTEES ARE NORMALLY CREATED FOR TROUBLESHOOTING, BECAUSE IN THE FUTURE EVERY SUPERINTENDENT BRING SOMETHING TO THE BOARD TO CONSIDER OR NOT. FOR EXAMPLE THE CALENDAR IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD NORMALLY APPROVES. THE SUPERINTENDENT SEEKS CONSULTATION FROM UNION PARTNERS AND THEN AT THE END OF THE DAY THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS THIS IS A CALENDAR AND THAT IS HOW IT IS BEING DONE. I TOOK THE EXTRA STEP TO INCLUDE ALLIANCE BECAUSE WE ARE ABOUT TO ADD SOMETHING INSTRUMENTAL AND TRANSFORMATIVE TO THE CALENDAR. I JUST NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PARTNERS ARE ALSO IN AGREEMENT. SO THAT ONE CERTAINLY WE CAN SHOW THAT. BUT THAT CALENDAR WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS EVER GOING TO COME TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. IT IS NOT AN ACTION ITEM FOR THE BOARD TO TAKE. NOW THE PROCESS WE USED FOR REORGANIZATION, WE DISCUSSED THAT, ALSO. I KNEW THAT THAT HAD TO DO WITH BOARD POLICY AND EVERYTHING THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE TO MAKE SURE POLICIES ARE IN ALIGNMENT, WITH THE REORGANIZATION PROCESS. I KNEW THAT WOULD COME TO THE BOARD, BUT THE GOOD THING IS I FOUND OUT TWO BOARD MEMBERS AND THAT MEETING CAN SERVE AS A SUPPORT

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THAT IS THE IDEA BEHIND IT. OTHERWISE EVERY ITEM I WOULD

HAVE TO BRING TO THE BOARD. >> IF I COULD MENTION, THERE IS AN EXAMPLE USED IN SOME CITIES DURING BOARD COMMUNICATION. ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT SITS ON THAT COMMITTEE CAN REPORT OUT AS TO WHAT WAS DISCUSSED, SO IT IS NOT ONLY SHARED WITH THE BOARD, BUT THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. FOR EXAMPLE WE HAVE A COUNCILMEMBER THAT SITS ON THE CHAMBER. ATTENDS THOSE MEETINGS AND THEN REPORTS ON WHAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THOSE MEETINGS FOR THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. THAT IS ONE METHOD OF REPORTING OUT. THE FRIDAY MEMO IS CERTAINLY ANOTHER ONE AND YOU CAN DO THE INDIVIDUAL REPORTS THAT GO TO THE ENTIRE BOARD, AS TO THE CONVERSATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE AT THAT MEETING. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO IT. I DON'T THINK THAT NECESSARILY DEALS SPECIFICALLY WITH THE APPOINTMENTS OF THE MEMBERS TO THOSE SPECIFIC COMMITTEES, WHICH IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON FOR THIS PORTION OF IT. THE REPORTING OUT IS A BOARD DECISION AS TO HOW THAT IS DONE, BUT IN TERMS OF THE POLICY THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE, ANY AMENDMENTS OR CHANGES TO THAT BASICALLY THAT DIRECTION WOULD BE NEEDED FROM THE BOARD.

>> GREAT. SO I WANT TO GIVE EVERYONE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? NO? OKAY,

DR. SUE. >> SO I THINK THE FORMATION I THINK SHOULD BE EQUITABLE PROCESS, EVEN THOUGH THE PRESIDENT IS DOING THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES. IT SHOULD BE DONE EQUITABLY AND IT SHOULD BE INCLUSIVE. SO IT SHOULD NOT JUST BE THROUGH THREE BOARD MEMBERS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR SUBCOMMITTEES. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A BALANCE AND THAT IS MY PERCEPTION. I BELIEVE IN EQUITY. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE

REST OF THE BOARD ON THAT. >> SO JUST TO CLARIFY, WOULD THAT INCLUDE A ROTATIONAL SYSTEM OR BASICALLY IF A BOARD MEMBER SITS ON A CURRENT COMMITTEE, THEY ARE INELIGIBLE TO SIT ON ANOTHER UNTIL ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO THAT COMMITTEE AND THEN YOU GO BACK AND START

OVER? HOW WOULD THAT LOOK? >> I WOULD WANT TO SEE AN EQUITABLE PROCESS. FOR EXAMPLE IF TWO MEMBERS ARE ALREADY SERVING ON A COMMITTEE, ALLOW ANOTHER MEMBER TO JOIN ANOTHER COMMITTEE. SO WHEN YOU HAVE FOUR SUBCOMMITTEES AND THE SAME BOARD MEMBERS, ROTATING THROUGH THOSE FOUR SUBCOMMITTEES, SO WHY NOT HAVE IT BALANCED? OR EVEN OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE. IT'S GREAT IF THEY SERVE ON A SUBCOMMITTEE TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW SUBCOMMITTEES WORK WITHIN THE BOARD. I JUST THINK IT IS NOT EQUITABLE, THAT'S

ALL. >> ONE CLARIFYING, I'M SORRY.

YOU ARE SAYING THAT WE HAVE BOARD COMMITTEES WITH ONLY THREE? WHICH ARE THEY? WHICH ONES? YOU ARE SAYING THERE ARE

-- >> ROTATING BETWEEN MS. GARZA, YOU, THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND --

>> CAN YOU NAME THOSE? >> ONE IS THE FOUNDATION. THE OTHER WE DID FOR THE BOARD -- THAT IS TWO. THE OTHER ONE IS

-- >> I AM SO SORRY. I DON'T WANT TO STOP THE CONVERSATION, BUT I WOULD WANT TO INTERJECT THAT I AM RIGHT NOW AT THIS MOMENT, NOT PART OF ANY COMMITTEE. I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD SAYING THAT. I WAS PART, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT GROUP HAD DECIDED WOULD BE THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS OF THOSE ENTITIES AND I CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD AND I WERE SITTING AND LISTENING LIKE FLIES ON THE WALL. IF WE WERE NEEDED TO CHIME IN, WE WOULD CHIME IN. OUR COUNCIL SAID, THEY DID

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>> I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING. I AM GOING TO REEL IT IN A LITTLE BIT. I DID INTERRUPT, BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK THE GENERAL ISSUE OF WHAT THE POLICY WILL LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD IS VERY IMPORTANT AND WE SHOULD GET THAT SETTLED AND I DO AGREE WITH YOU ON SOME OF THE THINGS. I DO WANT MORE ENGAGEMENT AND I WANT YOU TO COLLABORATE, BUT THERE IS A CONVERSATION THERE. PLEASE CONTINUE.

>> SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I THINK IT SHOULD BE EQUITABLE. HOW IT IS ALLOCATED BETWEEN BOARD MEMBERS.

CURRENTLY WE HAD FOUR SUBCOMMITTEES. IF THOSE ARE ABOLISHED NOW, I DON'T KNOW. THIS IS WHAT I AM HEARING. I DON'T KNOW. I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS BOARD MEMBERS ROTATE AND HAVE KNOWLEDGE AND WE CAN INCLUDE OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AND ALSO THAT IT IS AN EQUITABLE PROCESS OF ASSIGNMENT. I AM NOT SAYING THAT YOU HAVE TO BE ON ONE COMMITTEE AND THEN CAN'T BE ON ANOTHER LATER ON, BUT I AM SAYING IF YOU ARE ON THREE COMMITTEES, ALLOW ANOTHER PROCESS OR ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER TO SERVE ON THE DIFFERENT

COMMITTEE. >> SO IN THAT PROCESS AS I HEARD IT CURRENTLY, IT WOULD BE MORE OF SOMEONE ACQUIESCING TO ALLOW SOMEONE ELSE TO SERVE. IN ORDER TO MAKE IT TRULY EQUITABLE IN THE SENSE I AM HEARING, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A ROTATIONAL SYSTEM. BASICALLY IF BOARD PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT SERVE ON SUBCOMMITTEE ONE, THEN TWO OTHER MEMBERS WOULD SERVE ON SUBCOMMITTEE TO AND AS THERE ARE SIX MEMBERS UP THERE, TO OTHERS ON SUBCOMMITTEE THREE AND IF THERE IS A FORTH, THEN IT OPENS IT BACK UP TO

EVERYBODY. >> GO AHEAD, BUT I DO WANT TO

MOVE IT ALONG. >> BEFORE YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SUBCOMMITTEES. WE PUT IT OUT FOR SOMEBODY TO PARTICIPATE AS PART OF A SUBCOMMITTEE. TO DO THE UNIVERSAL ADOPTION PROCESS FOR ALL BOARD POLICIES. IT IS GOING TO BE A ONE TIME THING.

THERE WILL BE SUBCOMMITTEES POPPING UP AND SOMETIMES IT IS ABOUT PEOPLE NOT HAVING AVAILABILITY OR INTEREST OR THINGS LIKE THAT. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE SUBCOMMITTEES AND SOMETHING THAT WE NEED, BUT MAY NOT WANT

TO BE A PART OF. >> STUDENT BOARD MEMBER, DO YOU

HAVE A COMMENT? >> THINK YOU, PRESIDENT

CRIHFIELD. >> WOULD STUDENTS BE ALLOWED TO BE PART OF COMMITTEE SET OF CURIOSITY FOR FUTURE BOARD

MEMBERS -- I AM CURIOUS. >> STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ALL THE RIGHTS OF A ELECTED BOARD MEMBER. OTHER THAN THE RIGHT TO SIT IN CLOSED SESSION ON EMPLOYEE MATTERS AND VOTES ARE BASICALLY CEREMONIAL BECAUSE A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER COULD SIT SHOULD THE BOARD DECIDE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> I'M DISAPPOINTED WITH THE MISINFORMATION GIVEN UP HERE BECAUSE LAST YEAR WAS MY FIRST YEAR. I WAS ON ONE SUBCOMMITTEE WITH BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG. I WAS ON ONE AND SHE WAS ON ONE AND YOU WERE ON THE LAWYERS. I WAS THAT NOT EQUITABLE WHEN WE WERE ALL ON ONE COMMITTEE?

PLEASE EXPLAIN THAT TO ME. >> NEW COMMITTEES WERE FORMED

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>> OKAY, THAT WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION, BUT YOU STARTED BY SAYING IT IS NOT BEEN EQUITABLE, BUT IT HAS BECAUSE I JUST GOT ON MY NEXT ONE THAT WAS THE FOUNDATION. IT WAS EQUITABLE. WE WERE ALL ON ONE COMMITTEE. I WAS THAT NOT

EQUITABLE? >> I WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN IF I CAN. SO, COMMITTEES ARE A GREAT WAY TO GET MORE DONE AND HAVE BETTER CONVERSATIONS AND SOMETIMES YOU WILL HAVE CERTAIN BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING.

LIKE I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A COMMITTEE ALL BUSY. MAYBE NOT EVERYBODY WOULD WANT TO DO THAT COMMITTEE. OR THE THREE-DAY WORKSHOP WHERE WE WILL ASK FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO THAT THREE DAYS. I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE, YOU CAN CALL ME. AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHO WILL BE ON THE COMMITTEES.

I KNOW FIRSTHAND PEOPLE ON THE BOARD HAVE REFUSED TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SIT ON THE COMMITTEE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE. IT IS NOT THAT PERSON'S FAULT THAT YOU ARE BEING RECOMMENDED FOR THAT COMMITTEE. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO BETTER AS A BOARD IF WE HONESTLY WORK TOGETHER. AND WE CAN DO IT AND I'M GLAD WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS NOW. WE HAVE A YEAR WHERE I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE OTHER COMMITTEES.

LOOK AT STANDING COMMITTEES TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES. SO, I KNOW WE WENT ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND YOU WANT, CURRENT POLICY AS IT HAVE LAID OUT HOW THE APPOINTMENTS WORK. ANY CHANGES TO THE PROCESS, IT NEED TO BE SPECIFIC TO THAT TYPE OF COMMITTEE. AND WHAT PROCESS WOULD REPLACE IT. OR AT LEAST AN IDEA OF WHAT PROCESS WOULD REPLACE IT. THEN I CAN GO BACK AND AMEND THE POLICY. IS THE POLICY IN PLACE CURRENTLY SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD IS OKAY WITH? OR THERE THERE SPECIFIC CHANGES THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST?

>> BOARD MEMBER GARZA? >> REFEREE: JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR OUTLINING THOSE CHOICES. I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU MY CHOICE. I THINK IT IS GOOD THE WAY IT IS. THANK YOU.

>> BOARD MEMBER STEWART? >> I WOULD AGREE TO KEEP IT THE

WAY IT IS. I'M FINE WITH IT. >> BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG?

>> I AM JUST THROWING THIS OUT HERE. I THINK AND I'M NOT SURE, BUT WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE THAT THE DOCTOR AND PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD COULD SPEND TIME TALKING ABOUT THIS, TALK ABOUT THIS. AND IN THAT WAY, AND WHATEVER RESULTS YOU GUYS COME BACK TO, BRING IT BACK TO US. YOU MAY KEEP IT THE SAME OR YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT. BUT TO HAVE A DEEPER CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE TWO LIKE YOU MIGHT DO WITH THE

COMMITTEE. I'M JUST SAYING. >> I'M DEFINITELY NOT OPPOSED TODAY HAVING THAT CONVERSATION AND WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE HAD IT BEFORE THIS BOARD MEETING TO BE HONEST. THIS WILL BE AN ONGOING CONVERSATION WHEN IT COMES TO DIFFERENT COMMITTEES.

>> AND SO WHAT I'M SAYING, THAT INSTEAD OF THIS BEING AN ONGOING CONVERSATION LIKE WHERE WE ARE NOW, BECAUSE WE ARE JUST GOING IN CIRCLES, IF YOU GUYS CAN REALLY SIT AND TALK, YOU CAN AIR OUT WHAT SHE IS TALKING ABOUT AND UNDERSTAND IT AND MAYBE YOU GUYS CAN COME TO SOMETHING. SOME TYPE OF SOMETHING TO BRING TO US, MAYBE WE CAN ADD SOMETHING. IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY WHO GET TOGETHER AS A PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBER.

TO TALK ABOUT THIS POLICY. >> IS THAT THE ONLY CHANGE YOU

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WANT TO DO? >> THAT'S IT. .

>> IT IS JUST A MATTER OF WHETHER IT IS A STANDING, THE BOARD WOULD NOMINATE AND VOTE AND POINT. WHETHER IT IS A SUBCOMMITTEE, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO SERVE ON ANY OF THESE COMMITTEES. OTHER THAN HOLDING OFFICE.

>> THE CURRENT BOARD POLICY WOULD ONLY NEED TO ADD THE

STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. >> THE ROTATION PROCESS THAT

YOU MENTIONED EARLIER? >> YES. THE ROTATION PROCESS IS AN OPTION FOR THE BOARD. TO CONSIDER IF THAT IS WHAT THE BOARD WANTS IS BASICALLY A ROTATIONAL BASED SYSTEM. THAT CAN BE DRAFTED INTO THE POLICY AS WELL. I WOULD JUST NEED DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE CURRENT

POLICY. >> SO I DO HAVE A COMMENT, BUT I WANT TO TRY TO STICK WITH THIS BOX SYSTEM HERE. MS.

ARMSTRONG? >> I CLEARED MYSELF.

>> MS. STEWART? >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT IS STRANGE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW. I GET IT IS ON THE AGENDA, BUT I REMEMBER ABOUT NINE MONTHS AGO WHEN I BROUGHT UP THE FACT OF THESE COMMITTEES WITH OUR PRESIDENT AT THE TIME, PRESIDENT GARZA, AND THE LAWYERS AND I SAID TO WE ARE AT WILL FOR THE PRESIDENT AND WHO THEY CHOOSE AND EVERYONE IS FOR IT. I SAID THAT WOULD DEPEND ON WHO IS PRESIDENT. EVERYONE WAS FOR IT AND NOW WE ARE NOT. I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT HAS CHANGED EVERYONE'S MIND SO

MUCH. >> IT HAS TO BE ME. IT HAS TO BE. I DO WANT TO. IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU MENTIONED, THOSE ARE IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS. AND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING ABOUT BEING ABLE TO BE ON THOSE COMMITTEES ANTED COMMUNICATE WITH THE PRESIDENT. AS THE POLICY STANDS RIGHT NOW, IT HAS WORKED A LONG TIME. BUT IF WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER AND SITTING DOWN TALKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS, WE CAN GET THOSE THINGS DONE. HONESTLY, THE EFFORT OF DOING THIS JUST BECAUSE THERE IS A NEW PRESIDENT, I DON'T THINK IT IS HELPFUL. I DON'T THINK THE ROTATION SYSTEM WORKS. THERE'S A LOT OF NUANCES IN IT. AS OF RIGHT NOW, IF WE WORK TOGETHER AND WE DO IT JUST HOW YOU HAVE BEEN, THIS HAS BEEN THE POLICY FOR A LONG TIME. AND YOU ARE THE MOST EXPERIENCED BOARD MEMBER HERE SO IT HAS BEEN THE POLICY. IT IS A MATTER OF TRUSTING YOUR BOARD MEMBERS AND EVERY DECISION COMES THROUGH THE BOARD. NO COMMITTEE IS GOING TO MAKE A DECISION ANYWAY. IT'S ABOUT THE BOARD AND EVEN IN THE OTHER COMMITTEES, THE BOARD STILL VOTES ON THAT PERSON. IT IS REALLY THE BOARD MAKING EVERY DECISION. SO WE JUST HAVE TO

START WORKING TOGETHER. >> I DON'T REMEMBER VOTING ON

THE LAST APPOINTMENT. >> SO AD HOC COMMITTEES, SUBCOMMITTEES, YOU ASSUME THEY ARE WORKING ON THINGS THAT COME BEFORE THE BOARD. AND FOR STANDING COMMITTEES IT IS VOTED ON BY THE BOARD. THERE ARE SOME STANDING COMMITTEES WE CAN WORK

ON. >> I THINK FOR FUTURE BOARDS AS THEY COME ON, IT IS GOOD TO HAVE CLARIFICATION.

>> I BELIEVE THE POLICY IS VERY CLEAR. THE POLICY AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, IT IS VERY CLEAR. AND IF YOU WERE TO INTERPRET IT IN A WAY THAT ISN'T, IT JUST SEEMS A LITTLE DISINGENUOUS. IT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER, COLLABORATE AND IT WORKS. THE POLICY IS FINE THE WAY IT IS.

>> THE CONVERSATION RELATED TO THE POLICY, IS IT SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO TABLE FOR A LATER DATE? OR DO YOU ENGAGE IN THE POLICIES AND BRING BACK LATER IF YOU SO CHOOSE? SO TABLING IT KEEPS IT ON BASICALLY RADAR FOR THE STAFF. KEEPING IT AS IT IS WOULD REMOVE THIS ITEM WHICH WOULD HAVE TO BE BROUGHT BACK AT A LATER TIME DEPENDING ON

THE CONVERSATIONS. >> I DON'T WANT TO TABLE IT. I

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>> WHAT WE AGREED WITH THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AS ONE OF THE MEMBERS. I'M JUST SAYING THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN

AGREE ON RIGHT NOW. >> I THINK IT IS IN THERE.

>> IT IS ALREADY AVAILABLE TO A POINT. YEAH.

>> ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, DISCUSSIONS AT ALL? I WANT TO MAKE SURE, IF WE NEED TO SPEND MORE TIME, WE CAN. ANY MORE DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD. ALL RIGHT, HEARING NONE, THE BOARD WILL NOW TAKE A TEN MINUTE WELLNESS RECESS.

>> ARE WE GOING TO FINISH UP THE OTHER ITEM UNDER THIS AREA?

>> WE HAD TWO, RIGHT? THAT WAS IT.

>> IT WAS BYLAW 9100. >> I SAW TWO DISCUSSION ITEMS.

>> THAT WAS PART OF IT. >> THE 9100 DEALS WITH THE REORGANIZATION AND APPOINTMENT OF EXTERNAL COMMITTEES.

>> IS THAT UNDER DISCUSSION ITEM?

>> IT IS UNDER THE SAME DISCUSSION ITEM.

>> UNDER THE SAME ONE? >> I BELIEVE A CONVERSATION WAS WANTED TO BE CONTINUED REGARDING THE REORGANIZATION

PROCESS. >> OKAY, IT'S NOT ON THE SCRIPT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW BACK FROM THAT VERY SHORT TEN MINUTE RECESS. FALSE ALARM. OKAY. CONTINUING WITH THE SAME

DISCUSSION. >> THE BOARD WILL ELECT ITS ENTIRE OFFICERS, MY OFFICE'S INTERPRETATION OF THIS HAS BEEN TO MEAN THAT FOR EXAMPLE, A BOARD MEMBER CANNOT SERVE AS PRESIDENT FOR A TERM LONGER THAN ONE YEAR. BECAUSE THAT'S THE ISSUE AT THE ISSUE, THE WAY WE INTERRATED THAT OFFICE OF THE CLERK, ANOTHER. THERE'S YEARLY ELECTIONS THAT TAKE PLACE DURING THE REASSURINGIZATION. THIS POLICY FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD FROM SBA WHO DRAFTED IT IS BASICALLY SO NO BOARD MEMBER IS GINGER A TERM IN THAT OFFICE THAT EXCEEDS ONE YEAR BECAUSE IT WOULD VIOLATE THE PROVISION THAT YEARLY ELECTIONS TAKE PLACE. THAT WAS THE INTERPRETATION FROM THEM WHEN THEY DRAFTED IT. SHOULD THE BOARD DECIDE TO AMEND THIS POLICY TO INCLUDE A ROTATIONAL SYSTEM, IT IS CERTAINLY UP TO THE BOARD'S PREROGATIVE TO DO SO. YOU HAVE THE MAYOR PRO TEM. THOSE POSITIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE ROTATED AMONG THE BOARD. LONGEST SERVING COUNCIL MEMBER.

CITIES DO AS THE BOARD CURRENTLY DOES. IT NOMINATES INDIVIDUALS. AND, THEY SERVE IN THAT POSITION FOR THE YEAR IN WHICH THEY ARE APPOINTED. SO IT WAS ANY CHANGES TO AMEND.

>> BOARD MEMBERS? >> I WAS LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO ROTATE AMONG ALL BOARD MEMBERS. BOARD MEMBER GARZA SERVED AS BOARD CLERK ALREADY DURING HER TERM.

NOT ALLOWING OPPORTUNITY FOR RENITA OR MYSELF TO SERVE IN THAT POSITION. WE HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM OF ROTATING OFFICERS. NOT A BIG DEAL. THEY ARE NOT ALLOWING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AMONG ALL BOARD MEMBERS.

>> OH, THANK YOU. MS. GARZA? >> CLEAR. THANKING YOU PRESIDENT. I DO WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT AS WE HAVE ELECTIONS, YEARLY ELECTIONS, PEOPLE ARE NOMINATED. AND THAT

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SHOULD STAY AS IT IS. >> THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER

GARZA. BOARD MEMBER STEWART? >> YEAH I AGREE ALSO THAT IT SHOULD STAY AS IT IS. WE SHOULD ESTABLISH HIGH STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. WE SHOULD BE SUPPORTIVE RATHER THAN JUDGMENTAL. WE SHOULD COMMUNICATE OPENLY WITH TRUST AND INTEGRITY. FOR ME PERSONALLY, LEADERSHIP IS NOT INTERRUPTING ALL THE TIME OR GETTING THE LAST WORD. IT IS BEING PRESENT AND NOT HOLDING GRUDGES FROM THE PAST. IT IS HAVING TOUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES, ASKING QUESTIONS, NOT CREATING HIDDEN AGENDAS OR SPREADING LIES. LEADERSHIP IS KEEPING YOUR INTEGRITY AN RESPECTING YOUR COLLEAGUES. SO FOR ME, LEADERSHIP IS EARNED, NOT GIVEN. I WAS ELECTED BY MY CONSTITUENTS TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT I BELIEVE WOULD BE THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT AND OUR COMMUNITY. THAT IS HOW I VOTE AND HOW I CHOOSE AND ELECT OFFICERS. I DON'T DISCRIMINATE AS HAS BEEN SAID. I EVALUATE AND THERE IS ADVENES. AND I VOTE FOR WHO I BELIEVE IS BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR DISTRICT AND I THINK THAT SHOULD STAY THE SAME. I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE

THAT CAPABILITY OF DOING THAT. >> THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER STEWART. ANYBODY ELSE? BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG?

>> I JUST WANT TO CHIME IN TO SAY THAT I UNDERSTAND WHERE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE COMING FROM. I UNDERSTAND YOU WITH THE ROTATION. JUST THE SUCCESSION. I UNDERSTAND THAT. AND IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN CERTAIN, I SHOULD SAY ORGANIZATIONS.

HOWEVER, IT IS TRUE THAT WE CAN NOMINATE. WE CAN SECOND. AND WE CAN VOTE. WE CAN RENEGE ON OUR VOTE. GO BACKWARDS. THE ONLY WAY THIS WOULD CHANGE IS IF THIS BOARD WOULD AGREE TO JUST SAY HEY, IF YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT, YOU GO TO A MEMBER.

IF YOU ARE VICE PRESIDENT, YOU AUTOMATICALLY GO TO THE PRESIDENT SECRETARY OR CLERK AUTOMATICALLY GO TO VICE PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY IT COULD CHANGE.

BUT AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD IS, THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD, I HATE TO USE THE WORD MAJORITY, THEY ARE EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE FOR WHO THEY WANT TO VOTE FOR. SO, THE NATURAL ROTATION THAT WE ARE USED TO SEEING, IT IS JUST NOT FOR THIS BOARD. THEY ARE EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE. IT IS

SOMETHING THAT IS JUST A FACT. >> IF I COULD ADD AUTOMATIC APPOINTMENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED BECAUSE THAT WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE BROWN ACT. IT WOULD BE A PREDETERMINED OUTCOME PRIOR TO AN OPEN MEETING WHICH WOULD RUN AFOUL OF THE BROWN ACT. SO IT COULD TRIGGER AN AUTOMATIC NOMINATION

. >> I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT AGAIN IN MY VERY FIRST MEETING HERE AS A BOARD MEMBER I SAW A VICE PRESIDENT NOT GET ELECTED AND A CLERK NOT BE THE ONLY NOMINATED NATION. SO AGAIN, WE ARE CHANGING OUR VIEWS DRASTICALLY FROM YEAR TO YEAR, BECAUSE THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT EVEN AN OFFICER NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT. SO, AGAIN, I JUST, IT JUST SEEMS TO ME LIKE IT IS JUST WE ARE GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES. IT DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR WHO WE WANT TO VOTE FOR. AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE HAVE DONE. AND AGAIN,

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THERE WERE OTHER NOMINATIONS SO YOU WERE NOT FOLLOWING YOUR OWN THEORIES. AND I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

>> THANK YOU MS. STEWART. WILL SAY THAT THE WAY THE POLICY IS RIGHT NOW. I'M FLATTERED WE WANT TO BRING ALL THESE POLICIES UP. BUT WHEN YOU TRY TO ENGAGE WITH BOARD MEMBERS, IT CAN BE DISHEARTENING WHEN IT IS NOT RECEIVED OR IT IS NOT RETURNED. AND WHEN YOU SEE THE THINGS ONLINE AND THE INTERACTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN LESS THAN PLEASANT IT MAKES YOU QUESTION HOW MUCH SOMEONE IS WILLING TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU. IF THAT IS DESERVING OF AN OFFICE, THAT'S JUST NOT THE WAY IT WORKS. I THINK THAT YOU SAID IT TO ME THE BEST. YOU SAID, YOU SENT ME A MEME RECENTLY THAT SAYS DISRESPECT INVITES DISRESPECT WHEN I ASKED YOU TO MEET. SO IT'S LIKE THAT'S THE MEME YOU ARE GOING TO SEND ME?

>> YOUR MEME WAS ALSO ABUSIVE AND VERY BULLYING. YOU WANT ME

TO READ YOU WHAT YOU SENT ME? >> I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY THAT

IS OKAY. >> THAT IS CROSSING THE LINE TOO WHAT YOU SENT ME. I DIDN'T RESPOND TO ANYTHING YOU SENT ME

BECAUSE OF YOUR RESPONSE. >> WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT BULLYING, YOU NEED TO LOOK TO YOURSELF.

>> YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE LIKING IT SO I KNOW WE ARE GETTING OFF TOPIC AND I DON'T WANT TO GO THERE TOO MUCH. BUT, I DON'T APPRECIATE WHAT YOU PUT OUT THERE ON THE DAIS WHEN IN OFF THE DAIS, YOU ARE NOT EVEN TRYING TO MEET THE MAJORITY AND HAVE COLLABORATION AND TALK. YOU WANT TO FRAME IT THAT WAY LIKE YOU ARE NOT BEING INCLUDED. YOU ARE BEING INCLUDED. YOU ARE BEING INCLUDED. AND, GOING FORWARD, WE CAN DO THAT MORE. BUT WE HAVE TO MEET IN THE MIDDLE AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT. IT CAN HAPPEN, BUT YOU HAVE TO DO IT TOO AND NOT JUST PRETEND TO ON THE DAIS. ANY

OTHER DISCUSSION? >> DIRECTION I HEARD WAS TO

KEEP THE POLICY AS IS. >> THAT WOULD BE MY

RECOMMENDATION. >> I AGREE.

>> AGREED. >> I'M GOOD WITH IT.

>> ALL RIGHT. SO, WE WILL READJOURNED AT 9:36. MOVING ONTO NEW BUSINESS. DO ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD WISH TO ADD NEW BUSINESS ON A FUTURE

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>> THIS IS SECOND READING OF A POLICY WE BROUGHT FORTH LAST TIME AROUND. CUSTOMARILY, WE DO THE FIRST READING AND YOU MAKE SUGGESTIONS AND WE BRING IT BACK FOR A SECOND READING SO THIS IS THE SECOND ITERATION. IF YOU ARE GOOD WITH THE ADJUSTMENTS, YOU JUST VOTE ON IT.

>> MR. GARZA? >> I'M SORRY. I WILL THROW A MONKEY WRENCH IN. I DO HAVE A QUESTION WITH NUMBER ONE BOARD OF EDUCATION ROLES. I BELIEVE IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY THAT I SAID IF WE COULD PLEASE ADD SOME DIFFERENT VERBAGE ON THIS, WORDING. BECAUSE WE DON'T JUST APPROVE AND ADOPT THE ANNUAL BUDGET. THE BUDGET IS THE GUIDING DOCUMENT. AND AS SUCH,

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>> SO THE LANGUAGE OF REVIEW, CONSIDER, AMEND, APPROVES

ADOPTS? >> YES. REVIEW, CONSIDER, POTENTIALLY AMEND, APPROVES AND ADOPTS THE ANNUAL BUDGET. THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY RECOMMENDATION AT THIS POINT. EVERYTHING ELSE

I THINK WE HAVE CAPTURED. >> THANK YOU GARZA. BOARD

MEMBER ARMSTRONG ? >> I'M KIND OF PIGGY BACKING OFF OF BOARD MEMBER GARZA. SO, I THINK WE CAN ALSO ADD BECAUSE WE CAN EITHER APPROVE IT, DISAPPROVE IT, ASK FOR CHANGE, OR ABSTAIN FROM VOTING FROM IT ALTOGETHER. WOULD YOU CONSIDER PUTTING THOSE OPTIONS IN THERE IF WE ARE GOING TO BE SPECIFIC? BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO APPROVE. WE CAN ASK FOR

CHANGES. >> I WILL DEFER TO OUR GENERAL COUNCIL TO SEE IF MAYBE THOSE WORDS ARE ALREADY, WOULD BE INCLUDED. BUT IF THEY ARE NOT, I DON'T HAVE ANY.

>> STAITH TOURLY, REVIEW, AMEND, MAKE ANY CHANGES. WHAT IS WRITTEN HERE IS MORE OF A GUIDELINE IF YOU WILL. BUT THE BOARD ALREADY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO BASICALLY DO WHATEVER IT WANTS WITH THE BUDGET. IF YOU WANTED TO STICK IT ALL IN AT THE FOOTBALL AT ONE SCHOOL AND BUILD MECCA TO FOOTBALL, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT. THAT'S WITHIN THE BOARD'S AUTHORITY. IT DOESN'T ADD OR INCREASE THAT AUTHORITY. IT COULD CLARIFY FUTURE BOARDS IF NEEDED. ANYTHING IN THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBSERVIENT TO WHAT THE BOARD CAN DO STATUTORILY.

AND ADOPTING BUDGETS OR DEVELOPING BUDGETS, THAT IS CERTAINLY WITHIN THE BOARD'S POWER. AND COULD BE EXERCISED IN ANY MANNER THAT THE BOARD SO CHOOSES. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S SURGEON PROCESSES IN PLACE. THAT DOES INCLUDE INPUT FROM THE BOARD AND GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WHICH THE STAFF COMES BACK AND SAYS THIS IS THE BUDGET WE HAVE CREATED BASED ON WHAT YOU HAVE TOLD US ARE YOUR OBJECTIVES FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR. AT THAT POINT, THE BOARD CAN DECIDE WHETHER THEY CHOOSE TO APPROVE IT, AMEND IT, DO ANYTHING THEY WANT WITH IT. SO THAT IS ALREADY IN THERE. IN TERMS OF CODIFYING IT WITHIN THE POLICY, WITHIN THE BOARD'S PER VIEW AS WELL. IT DOESN'T CHANGE ANY AUTHORITY THAT THE BOARD HAS. THAT COMES HIGHER THAN ANY BOARD POLICY SET. WITH THAT SAID, THE REVIEW CONSIDER AMEND, APPROVE, AND ADOPT THE ANNUAL BUDGET. WE CAN ADD THAT IN THERE. YOU CAN STILL APPROVE IT. THIS EVENING. THAT AMENDMENT WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE POLICY THAT THE THEN PUBLISHED. BUT, ULTIMATELY, YOU COULD STILL DECIDE ON IT TONIGHT THROUGH THE SECOND READING EVEN THOUGH AN AMENDMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED. IT IS JUST I WANT TO BE VERY SPECIFIC ON THE VERBAGE SO IT DOESN'T DEVIATE FROM THE ACTUAL RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD THIS EVENING. SO, JUST TO GO OVER IT ONE MORE TIME. REVIEW, CONSIDER, AMEND, APPROVE, AND ADOPT THE ANNUAL BUDGET. I WILL KEEP IT IN THE FUTURE TENSE, NOT THE PRESENT TENSE. BUT THAT IS WHAT I'M

HEARING. >> I WILL BE IN SUPPORT OF THAT. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT IT IS WITHIN THE BOARD'S.

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>> SO MOVED. >> DO I HAVE A SECOND? I THOUGHT I SAID AMENDED. DID I SAY AMENDED? I DIDN'T? ALL RIGHT, LET ME TRY IT AGAIN. CHANGE OF PART ONE, REVIEW, CONSIDER, AMEND, APPROVE AND ADOPT THE ANNUAL BUDGET?

>> MOTION BY STEWART. >> DO I HAVE A SECOND? DO I

HAVE A SECOND? >> ONE PRESIDENT MADE THE

MOTION. JUST NEED A SECOND. >> OH I MADE THE MOTION. I SAID DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MADE THE MOTION. ROLL CALL.

>> YOU MADE THE MOTION,. >> WE NEED A SECOND.

>> OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOOD. >> ROLL CALL.

>> ARMSTRONG? GARZA? STEWART ? CRIHFIELD?

>> THAT WAS ROUGH. WHERE ARE WE NEXT?

>> OUR LAST MAJOR ACTION ITEM IS THE REVIEW AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 202023.

>> THE DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO HAVE AN ANNUAL AUDIT. THE AUDIT BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR REVIEW AND ACCEPTANCE. TONIGHT, WE HAVE OUR PARTNER AND CPA TO PRESENT THE AUDIT. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO PRESENT THE AUDIT REPORT FOR

THE FISCAL YEAR . >> GOOD EVENING MR. PRESIDENT.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

BRIEFLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE TIME LINE OF THE AUDIT. THIS IS SEVEN MONTHS AGO NOW, THE END OF LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE LOOK AT ACCOUNTING AND COME BACK TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE BEFORE THE BOOKS ARE CLOSED. WE START LOOKING AT INTERNAL CONTROLS.

PROCESSES. WE START LOOKING A LOT OF COMPLIANCE. AND YOU ADOPT AN AUDIT OF ACTUALS IN SEPTEMBER AND WE COME BACK AFTER THAT TO DO THE FINAL AUDIT OF THE NUMBERS. ALL THAT TO HAVE THE AUDIT COMPLETED BY DECEMBER 15TH WHICH IS THE STATUTORY DEADLINE AND WE COME TO YOU IN JANUARY TO PRESENT IT. THIS IS OUR FIRM'S SECOND YEAR DOING THE AUDIT. AND WE WILL JUST GO THROUGH SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. NOT GOING TO TAKE TOO LONG. THERE'S DIFFERENT SECTIONS IN THE OUTER REPORT. YOU SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT TABS IN HERE. BUT THE FINANCIAL SECTION IS REALLY WHERE THE MEAT OF THE REPORT IS. AND THAT IS ALSO WHERE YOU WILL FIND OUR OPINION LETTER.

AND OUR OPINION IS REALLY WHAT THE AUDIT IS ABOUT. IT IS OUR OPINION ON WHETHER THE STATEMENTS ARE PREPARED WITH ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. THERE'S A COUPLE OF SCHEDULES I WANT TO GO THROUGH AND A LITTLE MORE DETAIL AFTERWARDS BUT JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE OTHER AREAS, REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. THOSE ARE SCHEDULED REQUIRED BY THE STATE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE. AND THE OTHER REPORTS JUST US TALKING ABOUT ALL THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW. AND DO IN THE AUDIT. WE LOOK AT YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK A LOT OF COMPLIANCE AREAS AT THE STATE LEVEL. A NUMBER OF COMPLIANCE WE HAVE TO AUDIT.

AND FINALLY, THE LAST SECTION OF THE REPORT IS YOUR FINDINGS AND QUESTION COSTS. SO, I'M GOING TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE A LITTLE MORE DETAILED. THIS IS OUR PART, AN EXCERPT FROM OUR

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AND, AND WE HAVE THE ORIGINAL ADOPTED BUDGET. THAT IS WHAT YOU ADOPTED BACK IN JUNE OF 2022. YOU ARE BASE IT ON THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME. AND THE FINAL BUDGET IS THE BUDGET THAT YOU CLOSED THE FISCAL YEAR WITH.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES. AND WE SHOW THE ACTUAL FINANCIAL NUMBERS IN THE THIRD COLUMN AND THE VARIANTS.

THIS IS A SCHEDULE REQUIRED FOR ANY GOVERNMENT ENTITY TO PRESENT BECAUSE WE WANT TO SHOW THE READERS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT HOW THE BUDGET CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND I WILL ACTUALLY TURN IT OVER TO TALK ABOUT WHAT SPECIFICALLY THE CHANGES WERE FOR BELLFLOWER.

>> YES. AND, AS YOU SAW IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE THERE, THIS WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE STATE AUDITOR MADE. TO THE DISTRICT IN REGARD TO ENSURING THAT THE AUDITOR PRESENTED THIS INFORMATION TO THE BOARD. TO ENSURE THAT THERE WAS INFORMATION PROVIDED REGARDING THE VARIANCE. FOR US, WE KNOW THEY ARE VERY SMALL, BECAUSE THESE ARE THE DIRECT PAGES OF THE AUDIT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. BUT THAT WAS DUE TO ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT THE BUDGET IS ADOPTED IN JUNE. THE BUDGET WAS APPROVED IN JUNE OF 23. WE RECEIVED THE FUNDS AFTER THE STATE REVENUE FUNDS YOU CAN SEE THERE INCREASED BY OVER 18 MILLION. AND THAT WAS DUE TO SPECIFIC PROGRAMS FOR OUR EARLY INTERVENTION PRESCHOOL GRANT.

OUR ARTS MUSIC AND BLOCK GRANT. AND OUR LEARNING RECOVERY GRANT. SO AGAIN, THAT VARIANCE COMES FROM ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE STATE AFTER THE PROPOSED BUDGET WAS ADOPTED. THE CARRYOVER RELEASED AFTER THE PROPOSED BUDGET WAS ADOPTED SO WHEN WE PRESENT A BUDGET TO THE BOARD, IT NEVER HAS ANY CARRY OVERFUNDS BECAUSE THE BOOKS HAVE NOT BEEN CLOSED YET. SO ONCE THE CARRYOVER IS RELEASED, THE SITES IN THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET FOR THE NEW EXPENDITURES, IT IS THEN THAT THE NEW BUDGET INCREASES. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMPARISON THERE AT THE PROPOSED ORIGINAL BUDGET, THE 195 MILLION, WHILE THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES WERE LESS BY 40 MILLION, YOU CAN SEE THAT IF WE WOULD HAVE WENT WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGET OF 190 MILLION, WE SPENT 195. IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT CARRYOVER MONEY, WE WOULD HAVE DEFICIT SPENT CLOSE TO 5 MILLION. SO AGAIN, THOSE INCREASES OF EXPENDITURES WERE DUE TO THOSE ADDITIONAL CARRYOVER EXPENDITURES THAT ARE

NOW BUDGETED. >> THANK YOU. THERE IS A FOOTNOTE IN THE REPORT HERE THAT TALKS ABOUT FUN BALANCES.

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THAT DESCRIBES BALANCES FOR GOVERNMENT ENTITIES AND REQUIRES THEY BE PLACED INTO FIVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. NOW THERE'S ONLY FOUR IN BELLFLOWER AND I WILL EXPLAIN THAT. THE TOP CATEGORY BEING NONSPENDABLE. THOSE ARE A COMPONENT OF YOUR BALANCE YOU CANNOT SPEND. BECAUSE THEY ARE RELATED TO THINGS LIKE INVENTORY AND PREPAID EXPENDITURES. THEN YOU HAVE THE RESTRICTED PORTION NEXT. THOSE ARE MONEYS THAT ARE LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO BE USED FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE. AND THAT $40 MILLION I THINK, THAT NUMBER IS MOSTLY YOUR CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS. THAT WILL BE SPENT IN THE COMING YEARS. CATEGORY THAT IS NOT INCLUDED FOR BELLFLOWER IS ASSIGNED. SO I JUST WANT TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT COMMITTED AND ASSIGNED FUND BALANCES. ESSENTIALLY, THAT IS MONEY THAT IS NOT LEGALLY OBLIGATED BY AN OUTSIDE ENTITY. THAT IS MONEY THAT THE DISTRICT HAS DECIDED TO USE FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE.

SO A COMMITMENT TO FUNDS IS REAL BASICALLY DONE THROUGH FORMAL ACTION OF THE BOARD, THROUGH RESOLUTION OR ADOPTION.

BUT, THOSE FUNDS ARE COMMITTED FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND THERE IS ALSO THE ISSUE OF THE 10% RESERVE CAP. COMMITTING THOSE FUNDS KEEPS THE MONEY OUT OF THE CAP SO THE DISTRICT DOESN'T GET PENALIZED FOR THAT. SO YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT COMMITMENTS. AND THE UNASSIGNED PORTION IS BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT IS LEFT OVER AND THAT IS YOUR RESERVE. THE 3% RESERVE THAT THE DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN. AND THEN FINALLY, THIS IS THE SCHEDULE, ONE OF THE SCHEDULES OF SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION IN THE AUDIT. WHAT THIS SHOWS IS FOR THE PAST THREE FISCAL YEARS AND CURRENT BUDGET YEAR FOR THE GENERAL FUND, A VERY SUMMARIZED SCHEDULE OF BASICALLY FINANCIAL TRENDS. THE STATE CONTROLLER REQUIRES A SCHEDULE IN THE AUDIT. WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT IS DEFICIT SPENDING PATTERNS OR DISTRICT NOT MEETING THEIR RESERVES. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT FOR THE 23 FISCAL YEAR, THE DISTRICT CLOSED WITH THE 3% RESERVE. AND THAT WAS BY VIRTUE OF HAVING OTHER FUNDS COMMITTED SO THEY DIDN'T COUNT TOWARD THAT RESERVE BUT THE FUNDS ARE COMMITTED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. SO THIS IS A SCHEDULE THAT SHOWS THE DISTRICT NOT HAVING DEFICIT SPENT IN EACH OF THE LAST THREE YEARS. BUT IT WAS PROJECTING TO FOR 2024. THAT IS MOSTLY BECAUSE OF SPENDING DOWN A LOT OF THOSE RESTRICTED DOLLARS. THAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE TREND OF WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH ALL OF OUR CLIENTS. WE HAVE THE RESTRICTED MONEY THAT WILL START BEING SPENT DOWN IN 23 AND 24 AND LATER. THEN YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE ADA TREND AT THE BOTTOM AS WELL. THE ADA IS DECLINES WHICH SHOULDN'T BE A SURPRISE TO ANYBODY HERE. IT IS A STATEWIDE TREND, PARTICULARLY IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. AND, THAT'S IT FOR MY PRESENTATION.

BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> BOARD MEMBER S? REALLY? MS. STEWART?

>> I WILL PREFACE THIS WITH THIS IS NOT MY STRONG POINT READING THESE BUDGETS SO I WILL ASK MY QUESTIONS. IN BOOKS AND SUPPLIES, WE SPENT $28 MILLION. IT SAYS FINAL AND THE ORIGINAL.

SO I KNOW THE ORIGINAL WAS 15 MILLION AND THE FINAL WAS 28 MILLION. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO ASK THIS. I DON'T WANT OBVIOUSLY AN ITEMIZED LIST BUT I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN FIND OUT WHERE WE SPENT THAT MONEY. WE SPENT MORE ON BOOKS AND

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COULD ASK THAT. >> ACTUALLY MS. STEWART, IT IS ACTUALLY 10 MILLION THAT WAS SPENT. YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE VARIANCE. WHEN YOU POINT OUT THE 18 MILLION, THAT'S THE VARIANCE. SO IT IS THE OTHER WAY AROUND. WHERE ORIGINALLY IN BOOKS AND SUPPLIES, THE ORIGINAL BUDGET PROPOSED THE 15 MILLION. AND THE FINAL PROMOSSED THE 28. SO THAT IS WHEN CARRYOVER WAS RELEASED. ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES WERE PROPOSED. THEY DIDN'T COME TO FRUITION AND WHAT CAME TO FRUITION WAS A LITTLE OVER 10 MILLION IN THAT. SO WHAT IT IS SAYING IS THAT 18 MILLION WAS NOT SPEND SPENT AND WHAT WAS

FINALLY BUDGETED. >> I GUESS AGAIN, I'M NOT GREAT WITH BUDGETS BUT HOW DO WE OVERBUDGET BY $18 MILLION

FOR BOOKS AND SUPPLIES? >> SO IT IS A COMBINATION OF SITES AND DEPARTMENTS. IT ENCOMPASSES MANY OBJECTS BOUGHT UNDER THAT CATEGORY. IT IS HOW THE STATE ALLOCATES WHAT OBJECT CODES ARE TO BE USED FOR EXPENDITURES. SO THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT. BUT IT MAY INVOLVE OTHER THINGS.

AND SO, THE SCHOOLS AND OR DEPARTMENTS MAY HAVE PROPOSED THAT MAYBE THEY WERE GOING TO BUY NEW LIBRARY BOOKS OR DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT THEY ARE NEEDING THERE AT THE SITE. AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE END, THEY HAVEN'T, WE ARE WORKING MUCH MORE CLOSELY WITH THE SUPPORT OF MISS CARTER'S OFFICE BECAUSE THEY OVERSEE THE CAP AND OVERSEE OUR SUPPLEMENT AND CONCENTRATION FUND TO SIT DOWN WITH THE SITES AND ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AND MAKE THOSE TRANSFERS IF NEEDED TO OTHER AREAS.

PLANNING TO USE THAT CARRYOVER MONEY TO CARRY THEM OVER FOR A COUPLE MORE YEARS BASED ON THEIR NEEDS.

>> FOR ME BEING A REALISTIC PERSON, IT IS HARD FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WOULDN'T SPEND MONEY THEY ARE GIVEN THAT THEY WOULD LITERALLY NOT SPEND $1 MILLION. IF MY PRINCIPAL GOT $1 MILLION, SHE WOULD SPEND IT ON MY KIDS, SO TO SAY IT IS COMING BACK IS A LITTLE AMBIGUOUS FOR

ME. >> I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION, SO, I KNOW IN THE NEXT PAGE IT SAYS THEY WE WENT -- I MIGHT NOT READING THIS CORRECTLY BUT WE WENT FROM 58.6% RESERVE TO 3.3% IN TWO YEARS AND WE ARE STILL DEFICIT SPENDING?

>> ON HERE, PART OF IT IS IN 2021, SOME OF THOSE FUNDS AS MR. NIGRO WAS SAYING ARE NOT COMMITTED TO CERTAIN AREAS, ONCE YOU COMMIT THE FUNDS, IT BRINGS THE RESERVE LEVEL DOWN SO THAT IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE THE REQUIREMENTS HAVE CHANGED , ADDITIONALLY, A LOT OF THAT ONE TIME MONEY IS UNDER THE RESTRICTED AREA THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED. SO, WE HAVE NOT BEEN DEFICIT SPENDING, IT IS PROPOSED THAT WE WILL BE DEFICIT SPENDING ON 2024 BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT THE REVENUE TREND, YOU LOOK AT 2021, GOING BACKWARDS, YOU CAN SEE THE REVENUE WAS 165, 2023, HE REVENUE WAS AT 215, THAT IS A LOT DUE TO OUR ONE TIME THAT WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING, WE ARE GETTING MORE TO THE REALISTIC WHICH WAS SOMETHING PRESENTED IN DECEMBER DURING OUR FIRST INTRO MARIE SEE THAT THE REVENUE IS GETTING BACK TO NORMAL TIMES IN COMPARISON IN YOUR EXPENDITURES ARE NOW STARTING TO ALIGN THERE, HOWEVER, WITH THAT DECLINING ENROLLMENT, WITH THAT REVENUE DECREASING, BUT YOUR COSTS HAVE

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COME HERE >> ICY 2021 AND 2022, THIS MONEY WAS SPENT BEFORE THE NEW BOARD CAME ON LAST YEAR, IT WAS ALREADY ALLOCATED, CORRECT?

>> IT WAS NOT COMMITTED AS IF YOU GO TO THE PREVIOUS PAGE WHERE YOU LOOK AT YOUR ENDING FUND BALANCE AND HOW YOUR SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACT ART COMMITTED FUNDS, THAT TAKES IT AWAY AND BRINGS DOWN THAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT RESERVE IN 2021, IT WAS NOT IDENTIFIED THAT WAY WHICH WAS ANOTHER THING THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION OF THE STATE AUDITORS IS THAT THE FUND BALANCE BE COMMITTED SO THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE NOW, FOLLOWING IN COMMITTING OUR FUNDS AND ADDITIONALLY ABOVE 10% NEEDS TO BE COMMITTED. OR ALLOCATED IN A CERTAIN AREA .

TO TAKE, THESE FUNDS WERE COMMITTED WHILE WE WERE ON THE BOARD OR PRIOR TO US BEING ON THE BOARD?

>> THEY ARE COMMITTED NOW WHILE YOU WERE ON THE BOARD .

>> I GUESS IT IS WEIRD BECAUSE IT SAYS 2021, I AM NOT

UNDERSTANDING. GO AHEAD. >> BOARD MEMBER GARZA?

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD. I AGREE WITH YOU.

ON OUR END, IT IS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING TO HAVE TO JUGGLE ALL OF THESE NUMBERS BECAUSE WE DO NOT LIVE IT LIKE YOU DO, MY QUESTION IS, FIRST OF ALL, I'M SORRY, THANK YOU MR. NIGRO FOR DEVELOPING THIS , CREATING AND PRESENTING IT TO US, I LOVE THAT YOU ARE HERE, I THINK IT IS THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE

PRESENTED IT YOURSELF. >> I WAS HERE A YEAR AGO .

>> THANK YOU FOR COMING AGAIN, I THINK THAT IS WHY WE KIND OF NEED THE DEEP DIVE STUDY SESSIONS INTO THE BUDGET BECAUSE WE STILL ARE LITTLE BIT CONFUSED ON IT, THE QUESTIONS THAT MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS POSE ARE NOT WRONG, I THINK WE ARE NEEDING A LITTLE BIT MORE EDUCATION. I CAN SAY THAT AT LEAST FOR MYSELF, I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I STILL NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE INSIGHT INTO THIS, SO, DOCTOR?

>> WE ARE PREPARING, CAN YOU GIVE US DIRECTION? CAN WE DO A

DEEP DIVE? >> IT WAS IN THE TOPIC OF THE MACRO CALENDAR AND THE STUDY SESSIONS.

>> WITH THE GOAL OF LOOKING AT SPENDING TRENDS, I THINK IF YOU APPROACH IT THAT WAY, YOU WILL SEE WHERE IS THIS MONEY SO YOU CAN SEE IT MORE CLEARLY AROUND THE AREAS. WE HAVE TO WATCH OUR EXPENDITURES. SOMETIMES, IF YOU LOOK AT THE FUTURE, IT IS CONFUSING BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PAST EXPENDITURES --

>> DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING IN REGARDS TO THE TRENDING AND HELP WITH THE ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION ON THAT? WITH WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING WITH ONE TIME FUNDS AND HOW THAT HAS CHANGED IN TERMS OF THE COMMITTED FUNDS?

>> IT HAS BEEN -- WE WORK WITH DISTRICTS PRIMARILY, THAT IS WHAT WE DO, ALMOST ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS HAD THESE HUGE RESERVES OF FUNDS THIS LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THE ONE TIME MONEY, AND SOMETIMES YOU GET THE ONE TIME MONEY AND IT IS UNCLEAR ON WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO SPEND IT PROPERLY OR SOMETIMES YOU GET THIS BIG CHUNK OF MONEY BUT YOU HAVE TWO OR THREE YEARS TO SPEND IT SO THEY COME UP WITH THE SPENDING PLANS. A LOT OF THE FEDERAL DOLLARS CAME IN , THREE YEARS TO SPEND THESE PROGRAMS. A LOT OF DISTRICTS ENDED UP WITH BIG RESERVES AT THE END OF THE YEAR THAT IT WAS MONEY THAT WAS SPOKEN FOR FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ONE TIME MONEY IS SOMETHING YOU ACCEPT GRATEFULLY, BUT YOU CANNOT COMMIT THAT MONEY TO ONGOING SPENDING BECAUSE THAT FUNDING STOPS AND YOU STILL HAVE THAT OBLIGATION. YOU ARE STUCK. IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE SEEING AND WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE A LOT OF DEFICIT SPENDING IN THIS CURRENT YEAR.

>> BOARD MEMBER STEWART? >> I'M SORRY, CAN YOU GO ONE SLIDE BACK FOR ME ? TALK TO ME, I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING, 2021, AVAILABLE RESERVES 58% IN 2022, 12.8, 2023 AND SO ON,

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ME? >> IN 2021, LOOK AT THE LINE ABOVE THAT, YOU CAN SEE THE AVAILABLE RESERVES WAS $82.9 MILLION. THAT WAS MONEY THAT DID NOT GET ASSIGNED OR COMMITTED ANYWHERE. IT SAT THERE IN THE RESERVES AND BECAUSE OF THE CAP REQUIREMENT AND THE STATE AUDITOR EVEN POINTED OUT, YOU CANNOT HAVE THAT MUCH IN A RESERVE. YOU HAVE TO COMMIT THOSE FUNDS, THE NEXT YEAR, '22, YOU CAN SEE THE FUND BALANCE WAS $109 MILLION, THE DISTRICT WAS ABLE TO COMMIT A LOT MORE OF THAT, GETTING THE RESERVES DOWN TO 21.6. THAT CAME OUT TO 12.8%. YOU TAKE THAT RESERVE NUMBER AND DIVIDED INTO THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES NUMBER TO GET THAT

PERCENTAGE. >> IN 2022, THAT WAS THE 21, 636, HOW IS IT ON US AS A BOARD -- I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING, I WAS NOT ON THE BOARD UNTIL 2023, RIGHT?

>> CORRECT, THAT IS WHY I SAID IN 2021, YOU WERE NOT UNTIL THE BOARD UNTIL 2023, THOSE ARE THE COMMITTED FUNDS YOU HAVE

NOW. >> WERE THESE FUNDS ALLOCATED PRIOR TO LAST YEAR AND THEY WERE THEN, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY ARE AT '21 AND '22, CORRECT?

>> I DID NOT UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. IN 2021, LET'S TAKE IT BACK ONE STEP FURTHER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ENDING BALANCE, THAT IS WHAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE IN YOUR ENDING FUND BALANCE. IN 2023, THE BALANCE WAS ABOUT 129 MILLION.

OUT OF THAT $129 MILLION, ONLY $5,883,351 WAS NOT ASSIGNED OR

COMMITTED. >> WE ASSIGN THESE BUT WE ASSIGNED THEM FOR TWO YEARS OUT?

>> YOU SIGNED THEM FOR THAT YEAR. WE LEFT 3%.

>> MAYBE SOME OF YOU CAN HELP ME , NO? MAYBE YOU UNDERSTAND?

>> I THINK WE NEED TO DEEP DIVE INTO THE STUDY SESSION AND WE WILL ASK ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS, IT DOES GET CONFUSING. LIKE MS. GARZA SAID, YOU LIVE IT.

>> I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK OUR FISCAL DEPARTMENT AND OUR SITES IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, THERE WAS A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THERE WERE NO FINDINGS IN THE AREA OF STAY AND CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS IN OUR SITES AND DEPARTMENTS DID AN AMAZING JOB, I KNOW SOMETIMES THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHY SOMETHING IS NOT ALLOWABLE AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY, WE WANT TO ENSURE THERE ARE NO FINDINGS, WE WANT TO THANK OUR SITES AND DEPARTMENTS FOR REALLY ENSURING THAT THAT DID NOT TAKE PLACE. THANK YOU.

>> STUDENT BOARD MEMBER? >> THANK YOU, JUST A A FEW QUICK QUESTIONS FOR ME. SINCE IT WAS MENTIONED AND HOW SCHOOLS RECEIVE DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF MONEY, IT'S BEEN A WHILE, GOING BACK TO NOVEMBER, ENDED UP HAPPENING WITH THE $3 MILLION REQUESTED FOR THE STATE?

>> THE STATE APPROVED FOR THE FUNDING TO BE USED HOWEVER THEY WANTED TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING BACK TO THE ALLOWABLE AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE FULLY COMPLETED PRIOR TO 2025. THAT MEANS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE REMODEL WOULD HAVE TO BE FULL. WE ARE WORKING WITH A TIMELINE TO ENSURE THAT BECAUSE IF NOT, WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY THAT MONEY

BACK. >> I SEE, THANK YOU. I THINK NOTE FIVE WITH A SECTION FOR FUND BALANCES, FOR DELAYED FACILITIES AND REPAIRS FOR THE $23 MILLION, FOOTBALL FIELDS, PARKING LOT, IS THE EXPANSION OF MAINTENANCE INCLUDED IN

THAT? >> YOU REMEMBER THEM

ACCURATELY, YES. >> THANK YOU. FOR UNASSIGNED BALANCES, THAT $5.8 MILLION IS RESERVED IN THE GENERAL FUND BUT THERE IS NOT A SPECIFIC PURPOSE FOR THEM YET?

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>> THAT IS CORRECT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT, I WILL, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE REVIEW AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING IN JUNE

2023, DOOZY I HAVE A SECOND? >> IT IS RECEIVE AND REVIEW BECAUSE HE'S NUMBERS STAND AS THEY ARE, YOU'RE JUST

RECEIVING AND REVIEWING IT. >> IT SAYS ACCEPTANCE.

>> REVIEW AND ACCEPTANCE? THAT IS CORRECT.

>> I MOVED TO APPROVE THE REVIEW AND ACCEPTANCE FOR THE

FISCAL YEAR. >> I SECOND.

>> ROLL CALL. >> BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG?

>> AYE. >> MRS. STEWART?

>> I WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION SO I WILL ABSTAIN.

[14. CONSENT AGENDA]

>> MR. BRAD CRIHFIELD. >> AYE.

>> DO I HAVE A MOTION TO IMPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WITHHOLD ITEMS 14.14 AND 14.17?

>> SO MOVED. >> I SECOND.

>> ROLL CALL. >> BOARD MEMBER DIZON?

>> AYE. >> ARMSTRONG ?

[14.14 REVISED BUDGET 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR: It is proposed that the Board of Education approve and ratify the revised budget for the 2023-2024 fiscal year as presented on the attachment.]

>> AYE. >> CRIHFIELD?

>> AYE . >> I WITHHOLD ITEMS THAT WILL FIRST BE THE REVISED BUDGET FOR '23, '24 FISCAL YEAR, DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? SO, 14.14? THAT IS THE REVISED BUDGET FOR THE '23, '24 FISCAL YEAR .

>> POINT OF ORDER -- >> SORRY, MS. GARZA?

>> SORRY, I THINK I HAVE A DIFFERENT AGENDA BECAUSE ON EITHER OF THESE ON MINE, I'M SORRY.

>> 215.

>> ALL RIGHT, BOARD MEMBER GARZA?

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD. I DO HAVE A QUESTION WITH REGARDS TO PAGE 216. UNDER GENERAL FUND RESOURCES.

FOR SPANISH, AS IS THE CURRENT BUDGET STARTED AT 600,631. THE ADJUSTED WAS 109, APPROXIMATELY, AND THE REVISED NOW IS $3 MILLION-$91 APPROXIMATELY, THE REASON IS BUDGET REDUCTION DUE TO REORGANIZATION PROGRAMS ON WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY INTENSIVE LEARNING CENTER. MY QUESTION TO STAFF IS, HOW DID YOU REACH THE DECISION THAT THIS AMOUNT HAD TO BE DECREASED ? BY $409,000 280.

SALARIES FOR THE TEACHERS TEACHING THE DUAL PROGRAM AT WASHINGTON AND SINCE THEY WERE NO LONGER GOING TO BE TEACHING THE DUAL PROGRAM AT WASHINGTON, THAT WAS THE AMOUNT THAT

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>> SO, WHAT YOU WERE SAYING IS THAT WE WILL NOT IN THE FUTURE FOR THAT PROGRAM NEED THE AMOUNT ? GO AHEAD.

>> WE ARE NOT SAYING THAT, BASED ON THIS FISCAL YEAR AND WHAT IS HAPPENED THIS YEAR, THOSE TEACHERS, BECAUSE THEY ARE NO LONGER TEACHING THE DUAL PROGRAM, THEY WILL NOT BE CHARGED TO THAT ACCOUNT HOWEVER IF IT INCREASES NEXT YEAR, IF NEXT YEAR WE NEED, BECAUSE THIS WAS, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, IMPACTED THREE TEACHERS, IF WE NEED THREE ADDITIONAL TEACHERS, WOULD CALCULATE THEIR SALARIES AND THAT WOULD INCREASE.

>> IN MY OPINION, IF WE WERE TO LEAVE IT IN THERE, IT WOULD KEEP THAT AMOUNT IF YOU HAD ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED, I UNDERSTAND THE TEACHERS ARE NOT THERE ANY LONGER BUT MAYBE THAT AMOUNT COULD GO TO THAT SAME PROGRAM, MAYBE JUST IN TEACHER TRAINING PERHAPS AND DOING SOMETHING ELSE, I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED THAT WE ARE TAKING MONEY OUT OF A PROGRAM AND PLACING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE WHEN WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE NEEDS WOULD BE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN OUR DUAL EMERGENT PROGRAM, WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT SO THAT IT IS

ATTRACTING MORE STUDENTS . >> IS A STRICTLY DO TO THE SALARIES, STRICTLY ELECTED TO THE SALARIES AND MAKING SURE TEACHERS TEACHING CERTAIN PROGRAMS -- YOU HAVE THE TEACHERS THAT TEACH SPECIAL ED, A CHARGE THAT TO THE SPECIAL ED BUDGET. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RESOURCES FOR THAT PROGRAM AND WHEN I SAY THAT, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THIS IS STRICTLY DUE TO THESE TEACHERS AND THEIR SALARIES NOT BEING PAID OUT OF

THIS BUDGET. >> THESE AMOUNTS ARE ONLY FOR

SALARIES? >> CORRECT.

>> OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION BECAUSE WHEN IT WAS STATED, I DID NOT SEE THAT IT WAS ONLY FOR SALARIES, MY INTERPRETATION WAS IT COULD BE FOR SALARIES,

PROGRAMS, MATERIALS . >> THIS IS STRICTLY MAKING SURE WE ARE PAYING THE TEACHER SALARY FOR WHATEVER PROGRAM THEY ARE TEACHING AND THAT IS WHY THE CHANGE WAS MADE.

>> SO, THEN, THERE SALARIES COME FROM THIS ONE ACCOUNT?

>> YES, THEY COME OUT OF THAT, THE REVISED BUDGET ACCOUNT AND WE DO THAT ALL FOR TRACKING PURPOSES TO ENSURE WE KNOW HOW MUCH IS BEING SENT IN OUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS.

>> WORDED THAT AMOUNT GO TO? >> THE AMOUNT THAT WE ARE NO LONGER USING FOR THOSE TEACHERS, WHERE DID REPLACE IT?

>> I'M IN A GO OUT ON A LIMB HERE SAYING, IF IT IS IN OUR GENERAL FUND, IT CAN BE ALLOCATED IN ANY PLACE,

CORRECT? THAT IS NEEDED? >> NOT NECESSARILY WOULD IT GO BACK INTO PAYING FOR DUAL IMMERSION TEACHERS IF WE NEED

IN THE FUTURE? >> JUST TO CLARIFY, IF THERE ARE 10 TEACHERS HE WILL CROSS X, IF THERE IS EIGHT, IT WILL CROSS , WE HAVE TO COUNT THAT IN THE SYSTEM. IF WE HAVE SIX NEW TEACHERS NEXT YEAR , THAT NUMBER WILL CHANGE TO MATCH THAT. OTHERWISE, WE WOULD NOT KNOW , IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT STRICT COUNTING, WE WOULD NOT HOW MUCH STAFF OR COSTS WOULD BE IN ALL OF THAT. SO, IF THERE IS A REDUCTION IN TEACHERS, THERE WILL BE A REDUCTION IN THE MONEY. IT JUST SO HAPPENS, WE ARE MATCHING WHAT IS CURRENTLY EXISTING.

LET'S JUST SAY, WE ARE TAKING RESOURCES AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TEACHERS AND YET WE ARE TAKING MONEY AWAY . THAT IS

WHERE THE PROBLEM COMES. >> BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG?

>> THANK YOU, I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW-UP WITH THE QUESTION.

THE MONEY IS BACK IN THE GENERAL FUND, IF WE HIRE TEACHERS, DO WE TAKE THE MONEY OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AND FUND THE SALARY FOR THE TEACHERS?

>> THAT IS CORRECT. >> THANK YOU.

>> I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION, THAT $3,000,291 , WE BREAK IT

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IMMERSION? >> THAT IS THE TOTAL .

>> SO, THAT IS NOT JUST SALARIES?

>> NO, BUT THAT 409,280 , THAT IS CONNECTED TO SALARIES.

>> GOT IT , THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? WHERE ARE WE YET? DO I HAVE A MOTION

TO APPROVE ITEM 14.14? >> YOU HAVE THAT MOTION.

>> SECOND. >> ROLL CALL.

>> STUDENT MEMBER DIZON? >> AYE .

[14.17 AMENDMENT TO ANNUAL CONTRACT LISTINGS AND AGREEMENTS 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR: It is proposed that the Board of Education approve and ratify the amendments to the Annual Contract Listings and Agreements 2023-2024 Fiscal Year as presented on the attachment.]

>> MRS. GARZA? >> AYE.

>> NEXT ITEM IS THE AMENDMENT TO LISTING AGREEMENTS FOR THE '23, '24 FISCAL YEAR? ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MRS. GARZA?

>> THANK YOU, I WILL BE LOOKING AT THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS HEALTH, ARE THESE SERVICES WE ARE NEEDING CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW ? BECAUSE I RECALL WE HAVE ALSO A CONTRACT WITH FAMILY GUIDANCE COUNSELING CENTERS , RIGHT? FOR COUNSELING SERVICES. ARE WE ADDING THIS ON?

>> THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL PROGRAM AND BECAUSE IT HAS NO COST TO THE DISTRICT, IT IS ENSURING THAT IT IS UNDER OUR CONTRACT MATRIX TO KNOW THAT IT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE ORGANIZATION, BUT THERE IS NO COST TO THE DISTRICT FOR THIS.

THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT, BUT MY QUESTION PERTAINS TO, IF WE ARTY HAVE THE FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER COUNSELING, WHY WOULD WE NEED MORE COUNSELING SERVICES?

>> IT IS THE DOCTORS DIVISIONS WE WILL HAVE TO DO

FOR THAT. SPEED ONE -- >> THE COUNSELING SERVICES WE GET FROM LOTUS AGENCY CALLED? THERE ARE CERTAIN THEY CAN SEE IN CERTAIN THEY CAN'T. THE OTHER ORGANIZATION CAN'T

SEE CERTAIN STUDENTS. >> WOULD BE BETTER TO PUT IT

INTO THE FRIDAY MEMO? >> THEY MENTION IT AT SOMETHING TO DO WITH INSURANCE, I BELIEVE FAMILY GUIDANCE ONLY

TAKES CERTAIN INSURANCES. >> I KNOW THAT HAS TO DO WITH INSURANCE BUT --

>> CAN YOU ALSO ADD IN THE FRIDAY MEMO, WHEN THERE CONTRACT IS UP, FAMILY COMMUNITY GUIDANCE COUNSELING? IF THERE CONTRACT IS COMING DUE, MAYBE WE NEED TO RESERVE AND HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT SO WE DON'T HAVE A GAP IN

SERVICES? >> WE MET WITH THEM TODAY , WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION. I DID PROPOSE WHERE THE GAPS WERE THAT WE SAW, AND WE WILL TAKE THE REST OF JANUARY AND THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY TO DIVE DEEP INTO OUR WELLNESS SUPPORT AND WE HAVE GAPS, I EXPRESSED THAT TO THEM, THEY AGREED, WE ARE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FIX THOSE GAPS . WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, I PLAN TO MEET WITH THEM AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY TO FINALIZE, THIS IS WHAT WE CAN USE GOING FORWARD IN THIS IS WHAT WE CAN'T.

>> THANK YOU. TWO MORE QUESTIONS BUT THESE ARE DIRECTED AT THE GENERAL COUNSEL. SEEING AS THERE IS NO COST ATTACHED TO THIS, WOULD THIS STILL HAVE TO BE LOOKED AT

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BY YOU? >> YES, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE IS ALWAYS LIABILITY WITH HIRING ANY VENDOR, ANY NEGLIGENCE ON THEIR PART CAN REFLECT ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SO THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE CERTAIN PROVISIONS THAT PROTECT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN CASE ANYTHING LIKE THAT WOULD INCUR SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REVIEWED.

>> HAVE WE GIVEN YOU THAT CONTRACT YET?

>> THAT CONTRACT WILL COME TO ME WHEN IT IS UP, BECAUSE EVERY NEW CONTRACT UP THAT DEVIATES FROM THE TEMPLATE CONTRACT WILL COME TO ME FOR REVIEW PRIOR.

>> PERFECT, THANK YOU SO MUCH, NO MORE QUESTIONS. ACTUALLY, I

DO HAVE SOME. >> LET ME GET TO --

INAUDIBLE ]. >>

>> LET'S SEE IF YOU GET IT RIGHT .

>> HOPEFULLY, THIS IS YOURS TOO. IF NOT, I WILL SEE TO IT AFTER. PATRINA MILLER, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN ATTACHMENT EXPLAINING WHAT SHE WOULD BE DOING, BUT IT SAYS 600 PER DAY, IS HIS DAY TO DAY, HOW MANY DAYS ARE WE LOOKING AT? THAT IS VERY AMBIGUOUS AND I'M A LITTLE BIT SCARED AS TO WHAT

DAY TO DAY LOOKS LIKE. >> WE WOULD HAVE TO ASK AD SERVICES, THERE IS A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU HAVE TO DO THAT WE HAVE TO COMPLETE AND I THINK YOU GOT THE INFORMATION ON THE FRIDAY MEMO, AS FAR AS HOW MANY DAYS THAT WILL TAKE, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN CONCLUDE FOR FRIDAY. IN TERMS OF HER SERVICE, WE DO

NEED IT. >> I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE, I DON'T REMEMBER VOTING, THAT IS SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW --

VERIFYING -- I FOR NOW, BUT, >> LET ME JUMP IN, DIFFERENT NOTE, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, SINCE I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, THE MOTIVATIONAL MILLENNIAL, THEY WILL BE DOING THAT AT DIFFERENT SITES , RIGHT? I SAW THE BREAK DOWN, THE PERSON HAD

BEEN DOING IT FOR A WHILE. >> IT IS OUT OF SCHOOL SITE SO MANY TIMES THEY WANT TO BRING FORWARD AN ASSEMBLY, THEY BRING IT TO A CONTRACT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COVERED.

>> RIGHT. >> IF ANOTHER SITE WANTED TO UTILIZE THAT, THEY WOULD BE ON THE CONTRACT MATRIX, BUT IF IT WAS ABOVE 1000, WE WOULD BRING THEM TO THE BOARD.

>> ENOS PERSONALITIES AND MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKERS TO THE SITE, THE SITE WILL WANT TO DO THAT AND BRING THEM ON, BUT THE DISTRICT, WHEN WE DO THESE ASSEMBLIES IN THE DISTRICT, DO

WE EVER DO THAT? >> WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES IN EXPANDED LEARNING BUT WE TYPICALLY LEAD OUR DEPARTMENTS DECIDE WHAT ASSEMBLIES THEY WANT TO HAVE ON THEIR SITES. WE WILL BRING IN ASSEMBLIES DURING THE SUMMERTIME, BUT THAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE RUNNING THAT PROGRAM. TYPICALLY, WE BELIEVE IT TO THE SITES TO DETERMINE WHAT SITES THEY WANT .

>> LIKE MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKERS, THINGS LIKE THAT?

>> YEAH, WE HAVE KEITH HAWKINS, THEY HAVE DONE BELLFLOWER AND THEY PUT IT THROUGH THE CONTRACT MATRIX AS

WELL. >> COOL.

>> OKAY. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS?

>> I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, DID YOU HAVE MORE?

>> YOU GO AHEAD. >> I WAS LOOKING AT THIS AND I WAS LIKE WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? SO, FIRST OF ALL -- I AM TALKING ABOUT THE SAFE TRAINING. I HAVE BEEN ASKING WHICH INFORMATION SYSTEM WE ARE USING. HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN USING THIS INFORMATION SYSTEM?

>> EVER SINCE I HAVE KNOWN, I CAN ONLY TELL YOU THAT, I AM

SORRY. >> WHICH IS GOOD, YOU HAVE BEEN USING IT. THE REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE WHY DO WE NEED THIS TRAINING FOR UP TO $5000 PER TRAINING AND THEN FROM SAN JOAQUIN, COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, THE THING IS, WE HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, RIGHT? AND

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>> WE BRING IN PATRICIA MILLER BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE TO DO THAT. WE ARE BEHIND ON A LOT OF RECORDS, WE ARE TRYING TO CATCH UP, RIGHT NOW, NEED THAT, I WILL GIVE YOU HOW MUCH THE TOTAL IS, I THINK THAT IS A FAIR QUESTION. HOW MUCH IT WILL COST AND HOW MANY HOURS, I WILL BRING YOU THAT INFORMATION, BUT IN TERMS OF BRINGING HER ON TO HELP US, WE NEED THAT HELP. THE SAFE TRAINING, I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE DETAILS OF THAT ARE. THE DEPARTMENTS ARE NOT HERE NOW BUT THE FRIDAY MEMO, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO VOTE ON THIS NOW YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION, WE JUST HAVE TO BRING IT FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

OF THIS, HAVE WE LOOK TO THEM FOR SUPPORT?

>> YES . >> WHAT IS THEIR ANSWER?

>> PATRICIA MILLER, BRINGING HER IN HAD TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT WE ARE BEHIND IN THE RECORDS AND WE NEED TO CATCH UP WITH THE RECORDS. WE HIRED A CONSULTANT TO GET CAUGHT UP IN THAT WE WILL TRAIN EVERYONE AND EXPLAIN HOW WE GOT BEHIND ALONG THE WAY. EVENTUALLY WHEN THAT TRAINING IS DONE, SOMEONE WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE SO WE CAN FIX IT AND NOT BE BEHIND

LIKE WE WERE THIS YEAR. >> WHAT ARE OUR DIRECTORS DOING? WITH THAT QUESTION -- IF WE ARE GOING TO HIRE CONSULTANTS TO COME IN TO DO THE WORK THAT OUR DIRECTORS

REALLY SHOULD BE DOING, -- >> DIRECTORS NORMALLY DON'T DO SAFES WORK, THIS PERSON WILL BE SITTING AT THE COMPUTER LOOKING AT RECORDS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS. THE DIRECTOR IS AN ARCHITECT OVER THE PROGRAM. THEY ARE TRYING TO PUT POLICY AND DIFFERENT THINGS . THEY ARE IN CHARGE OF IT, AND THEY PUT SOMEONE THERE'S LITTLE HAVE TO SIT AT THE COMPUTER ALL DAY AND THEY CAN FOCUS ON THE AREAS OUTSIDE.

WOULD BE BETTER IF WE CREATE A SPECIAL DEPARTMENT --

>> AND WE LOOK AT THE ANNUAL CONTRACT AGREEMENT, THERE IS A CONTRACT ATTACH THAT, RIGHT? WE HAVE A PHYSICAL CONTRACT?

>> RIGHT. DISPUTE WOULD IT HINDER YOU IF WE APPROVED THIS WITH EXCEPTION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION NUMBER 01 AND 02, WOULD THAT BE A PROBLEM FOR YOU? WE HAVE THREE MEETINGS

THIS WEEK. >> I KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO BRING PATRICIA FOR A WHILE, I DON'T KNOW THE DELAY OF THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE RECORDS TO PRESENT TO STAY AND

ALL OF THAT. >> WE HAVE A MEETING ON SATURDAY, IT IS ONLY TWO DAYS.

>> WHERE IS PATRICIA FROM? >> I THINK SHE WORKED IN SANTA MONICA VALLEY BUT IS RETIRED AND HELPING PEOPLE THROUGHOUT. WHEN WE WENT THROUGH DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND ASK, WHO CAN DO THIS WORK? HER NAME CAME UP, I DID NOT INTRODUCE IT, SOMEONE BROUGHT UP HER NAME. THEY SAID THAT SHE HELPED THEM BIG TIME AND TRANSITION THEIR SAFES

PROGRAM. >> IS IT PATRICIA OR PATRINA?

>> PATRINA, SORRY. >> I AM JUST REALLY -- I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING, HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO VICKI? WE HAVE OUR OWN. LAKO IS OUR SUPERVISOR IT JUST SEEMS -- I

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DON'T KNOW. >> WHAT DO YOU NEED?

>> I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT THEY WOULD REALLY BE DOING THAT THE STAFF THAT WE ALREADY HAVE CANNOT DO. YOU KNOW .

THEN, I HAVE ONE MORE THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT --

>> CAN I INTERJECT REALLY QUICK?

>> GO AHEAD . >> I WAS WONDERING IF YOU CAN PUT IT IN? WE NEED IT AND SAY NOT TO EXCEED SOMETHING AND COME BACK WHEN WE HAVE THOSE ANSWERS? KAPPES WE CAN KEEP GOING -- YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

>> YES. >> I KNOW, I AM TELLING YOU GUYS, IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE THE STAFF THAT CAN DO THIS AND I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE MARCO ANTONIO AND THE 24 DEFENDER AND I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT WHAT DOCTORS DO WITH SAYING ABOUT THE EMERGENCY TRAINING, I DON'T KNOW HOW SIMILAR THAT WOULD BE BUT I KNOW THAT OUR SHERIFF DOES DO TRAINING IT WILL DO TRAINING FOR US, HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO THEM? WE ARE TALKING ABOUT $63,000.

>> WE SPOKE ABOUT THESE IN THIS CONTRACT SEVERAL TIMES ALREADY, THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE HELPING US ESTABLISH THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS, THEY ARE THE ONES THAT CAME UP WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT SAFETY AND THEY ARE THE ONES THAT SIT DOWN WITH THE PRINCIPLES TO EXPLAIN WHAT THESE THINGS ARE. THEY HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF STUFF FOR US. WE DON'T HAVE THESE OFFICERS THAT WE COULD JUST PULL OFF THE STREETS, THEY ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT THEY HAVE

A COMPANY. >> OUR OWN SHARE OF -- YOU KNOW THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, WHEN WE HAVE AN ISSUE, WE CALL THE SHERIFF AND THEY DO RESPOND.

>> THIS IS MORE OF A TRAINING , THEY COME TO FACULTY AND EXPLAIN WHAT THE FIRE DRILL IS. THEY WALK THE SITES AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO SECURE THE SITES. WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET A POLICE OFFICER OFF THE STREETS TO DO THAT, IF WE DO, IT WOULD BE MORE EXPENSIVE.

>> I DID THAT AS PART OF THE BIGGER CONVERSATION. I WILL GO

TO MY COLLEAGUE, MRS. GARZA . >> THANK YOU, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION UNDER MISCELLANEOUS. CONCRETE SERVICES ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR, $250,000, ADDITIONAL , WHERE

AND WHY? >> THAT IS THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT, WE HAVE HAD, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT MAY FAR -- MAYFAIR, WE HAD AN EMERGENCY SITUATION WHERE IT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE CONCRETE WAS SINKING AND WE HAD TO ADDRESS IT RIGHT AWAY AND SO THIS OPENS THE P.O. FOR US TO ADDRESS THE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

>> AND IN AN OPEN P.O., WE CAN GO BACK TO THEM AT ANY

TIME? >> UP TO $250,000, THAT IS

CORRECT. >> THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING

THAT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU TRY TO CRAFT A MOTION HERE? ALL RIGHT, SO -- I WILL ASK AGAIN, THE WITHHOLDING, SPECIAL EDUCATION NUMBER ONE AND TWO FOR THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, WOULD THAT BE A

PROBLEM ON YOUR END? >>

>> OKAY , BOARD ? LET ME ASK LEGAL, WOULD IT BE BEST TO TABLE THIS ITEM OR JUST THOSE ITEMS INSIDE OF IT?

>> YOU CAN DO SPECIFIC ITEMS INSIDE THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, IT IS JUST, IT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE BROUGHT UP AT THIS SATURDAY'S BOARD MEETING BECAUSE THE 72 HOURS ALREADY TRANSPIRED. BASICALLY, IT WOULD BE AT YOUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, THAT WOULD BE THE SOONEST THAT YOU CAN BRING IT UP, BECAUSE IT IS NOT AN EMERGENCY ITEM THAT CAN BE

WALKED UP . >> I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO

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REGULAR BOARD MEETING. >>

>> THANK YOU BOARD PRESIDENT. DID YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE ANTONIO 24 DEFENDER? OKAY, THANK YOU.

>> I SECOND IT APPEARED US TO ROLL CALL, PLEASE?

>> CAN WE HAVE A DISCUSSION AFTER THE MOTION, OR NO?

>> YOU CAN STILL HAVE DISCUSSION. GO AHEAD.

>> MRS. STEWART? >> I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT EXPLAINING MY VOTES BUT HONESTLY, AT THIS POINT, I WOULD NOT SUPPORT IT BECAUSE HE IS SAYING WE NEEDED SO I WOULD RATHER SEE IT CAPPED OFF AT A POINT WHERE HE CAN CONTINUE WORKING. HE IS SAYING WE NEED AND I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO TRUST HIM WHEN HE SAY'S THAT. AT THIS MOMENT, I WOULD PROBABLY NOT VOTE AT THIS, BUT IF WE CAN CAP IT -- THAT IS

JUST MY OPINION . >> I AGREE, BUT THAT IS WHY I ASKED IF IT WOULD BE AN ISSUE THAT DID NOT SEEM THAT IT WOULD BE, SO I TRUST THAT -- FAIR REQUEST TO ASK FOR PERMISSION ON THAT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS? SO, DOCTOR, IS IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM? WILL THIS HINDER SERVICES TO OUR STUDENTS IF WE

WAIT UNTIL THURSDAY? >> I WILL HAVE TO TALK TO

SPECIAL ED . >> WE HAVE TO VOTE RIGHT NOW,

HOW DO YOU FEEL? >> RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT, I DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THAT SITUATION, I HAVE TO GO BACK AND ASK THEM WHAT IT IS AND BRING IT BACK IN FEBRUARY. WHAT THAT MEANS AT THIS POINT, I DON'T HAVE THAT

ANSWER. >> THE $5000 AND THE $600 PER DAY, THE MAIN CONCERN THERE IS YOU WANT TO SEE I DO NOT EXCEED. CAN WE APPROVE THAT WITH A DO NOT EXCEED -- LET ME KNOW. WE CAN MAKE THAT MOTIONS YOU CAN GET IT APPROVED AND START BUT I THINK THAT IS THE MAIN CONCERN OF THE BOARD.

>> OKAY. I AM FINE WITH THAT. NOT TO EXCEED THE $5000?

>> THE $600 PER DAY. >> WHICH ITEM ARE WE TALKING

ABOUT? >> TWO, THE CONCERN I HEARD FROM THE BOARD, IT IS OPEN-ENDED, WE DO NOT WANT IT

TO SUCCEED. >> HOW MANY -- I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DAYS SHE NEEDS. NOT TO EXCEED 600? I HAVE TO CALL

THE FIND OUT HOW MANY. >> WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN AT THE NEXT MEETING. NOT TO EXCEED $6000 AND WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT NEXT TIME. DOES THAT WORK? LAST THING I WANT US TO DO IS HINDER WHAT YOU NEED TO GET DONE BUT I ALSO THINK THE BOARD HAS VALID CONCERNS AND ONCE MORE

INFORMATION. >> I WANTED TO SPEAK REALLY

QUICK. >> I AM SORRY, GO FOR IT .

>> THE THING IS, EVEN IF WE HAVE TRAINING, WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE A POINT PERSON, AND WE HAVE BEEN USING THIS SYSTEM FOR WHO KNOWS HOW LONG, I REALLY DO WANT TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF TRAINING IS NEEDED. THAT WE CANNOT DO OURSELVES, HONESTLY? OUR DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS.

DETAILS TO YOU ON THAT. >> THANK YOU .

>> LEGAL, ANYTHING? >> FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THE TRAINING IS $5000, THAT IS A FIXED COST. THE $600 PER DAY, YOU CAN APPROVE AN AMOUNT UP TO $6000. AS YOU 10 WORKING DAYS BETWEEN NOW AND YOUR NEXT MEETING. IF SHE COMES IN AND DOES WORK, GREAT, IT GETS DONE, IF SHE DOES NOT, THAT MONEY IS NOT SPENT. YOU CAN LIMIT THAT AUTHORIZATION AND THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING MORE INFORMATION CAN BE BROUGHT TO

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>> GREAT, SO WHEN I AMEND MY MOTION --

>> I WOULD WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION AND MAKE A NEW ONE .

>> I WITHDRAW MY MOTION AND MOVED TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENTS WITH THE AMENDMENT OF NOT TO EXCEED THE $6000 FOR THE SPECIAL EDUCATION LINE 2, AND, YEAH . DO I HAVE A

SECOND? >> SECOND.

>> ROLL CALL, PLEASE? >> STUDENT MEMBER TWO?

>> AYE. >> MRS. GARZA?

>> I'M OKAY WITH THAT . >> MRS. STEWART ?

>> AYE. >> MR. CRIHFIELD ?

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>> AYE. >> DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BOARD ITEMS THIS EVENING? GOING ONCE, TWICE, HEARING NONE. IF THERE IS

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