Mar 07, 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, EVERYBODY. WE WILL NOW RECONVENE TO OPEN

SESSION AT 6:00 P.M. >> THE TOPICS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION WERE STUDENT MATTERS, ANTICIPATED LITIGATION, LABOR NEGOTIATIONS, PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE/DISMISSAL/RELEASE, AND THAT IS IT.

>> THANK YOU , MS. GARZA. >> THE BOARD TOOK ACTION IN CLOSED SESSION TO APPROVE STUDENT EXPULSION CASE

20-17-0004. >> THANK YOU. REPLACEMENT PAGES FOR ITEMS 13.4 IN 13.6 ARE ON THE BACK TABLE AND TONIGHT, WE DO NOT HAVE REQUESTS ADDRESSING NON-AGENDA ITEMS.

[6. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

>> WE DO NOT. >> THANK YOU.

>> AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO CALL SOMERSET HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MR. HIGGINS, TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

STAND AND FACE THE FLAG. >> 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. YOU MAY BE SEATED.

[7. RECOGNITIONS]

>> THANK YOU, MR. HIGGINS. AT THIS TIME, MS. LISA AZEVEDO WILL ASSIST US IN SOME RECOGNITIONS TONIGHT.

>> ABSOLUTELY. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE BOARD TO COME DOWN IN FRONT OF THE DAIS WHILE MRS. CARTER FACILITATES OUR RECOGNITIONS FOR THIS EVENING.

>> THIS EVENING, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE TEAMS FROM OUR DISTRICT TO EARN THE DISTINCTION OF GATEWAY LEAGUE IN MIDCITY LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DURING THEIR WINTER SPORTS SEASON. STUDENT ATHLETES AND COACHES, WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD AS I CALL YOUR NAME AND WILL YOU REMAIN FOR A PICTURE, STARTING OFF WITH BELLFLOWER BOYS WRESTLING TEAM, PRESENTED BY COACH ADRIAN AVINA AND SENIOR AMAR CAWLEY. THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AMAR KALIL, WHO WON THE SOUTHERN SECTION INDIVIDUAL WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP AT 175 POUND WEIGHT CLASS. HE IS THE FIRST ROESLER AND 40 YEARS TO WIN A CIF WRESTLING TITLE FOR BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL. AMAR, DO YOU HAVE ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE HE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE? CONGRATULATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD.

NEXT, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE BELLFLOWER BOYS SOCCER TEAM REPRESENTED BY ATHLETIC DIRECTOR BRYCE CHRISTIANSEN. THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE BOYS SOCCER TEAM, WHO HAD A STELLAR SEASON. THE TEAM WENT SEVEN - 2-1 TO CLINCH THE MIDCITY'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS. HERE WITH US TONIGHT ARE MAURICIO PARR, JOKER VAHE, AND MAX TO KOSICE.

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THANK YOU, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD. NICE JOB. COACHES, IF YOU COULD REMAIN, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

COACHES, IF YOU COULD REMAIN, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WE ARE GOING TO DO THE MAYFAIR BOYS WRESTLING TEAM NEXT. SO, OUR COACHES HAVE STAYED WITH US AND WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THEIR TEAM FOR WINNING THE GATEWAY LEAGUE TITLE. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL WRESTLERS WERE INDIVIDUAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS AT THEIR RESPECTIVE WEIGHT CLASS. ISAIAH CRUZ, 106 POUNDS. ANTHONY MORA, 132 POUNDS. LEONARDO, 138 POUNDS, ELIJAH, 144 POUNDS. JACK BEARD, 190 POUNDS. KAYDEN, 215 POUNDS. LET'S GIVE ALL OF OUR GENTLEMEN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

AS EVERYONE IS SETTLING IN FOR A PICTURE, WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THE BOYS TEAM WAS THE DIVISION I FINALIST IN TEAM TOOLS, FALLING TO CHAMPION, CANYON SPRINGS, IN THEIR FINAL MATCH OF THE EVENING. THE BOYS ARE CIF CHAMPS WITH A BACK AND FORTH FINISH OVER AND WANDA AT INDIVIDUAL MEETS AND KAYDEN IS THE CIF CHAMPION. CONGRATULATIONS. GENTLEMEN, DO YOU HAVE ANYONE YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE? WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WONDERFUL. CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT THEN, OUR FINAL RECOGNITION. WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MAYFAIR GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM, REPRESENTED BY COACH MIKE SLAUGHTER. TONIGHT,

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LADIES, CONGRATULATIONS. IS THERE ANYONE YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE IN THE AUDIENCE? VERY NICE, THANK YOU. COACH.

CONGRATULATIONS. AND, THAT CONCLUDES RECOGNITIONS FOR THIS EVENING.

[8. PRESENTATIONS FROM STUDENTS / STAFF / COMMUNITY]

WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. >> BEFORE I BEGIN MY PRESENTATION, I HAVE SOMETHING FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS. I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL BE ABLE TO WALK THROUGH HERE.

>> COME ON UP.

HOW DO I LOOK? LOOK GOOD? OH, YOU DID IT, TOO? WE SHOULD ALL

DO IT. >> IF YOU NEED A DIFFERENT SIZE I CAN HAVE THAT ARRANGED FOR YOU. GOOD EVENING TO PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD, TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS, TO THE CABINET AND TO ALL THE GUESTS IN THE AUDIENCE. THE THEME FOR SOMERSET FOR OUR BOARD THIS MONTH IS SOMERSET SAINTS GATEWAY TO SUCCESS.

FIRST, CREDIT TO OUR INDEPENDENT STUDY TEACHER, VERONICA AVINA. SHE DID A FANTASTIC JOB IN DESIGNING AND CREATING OUR BOARD FOR THIS MONTH, SO I REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF HER HARD WORK AND OF COURSE, OUR CUSTODIAN.

HE GOT TO COME OVER TO ASSIST WITH THE LETTER AND EVERYTHING, SO WE WANT TO APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS. WE BELIEVE GATEWAY TO SUCCESS STARTS WITH OUR PBI S PROGRAM . THAT SETS THE SCHOOL CULTURE AND THE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR BOARD, YOU WILL SEE A SCHOOLWIDE BEHAVIORAL MATRIX, AND THAT MATRIX IN THE MIDDLE, THEY ARE POSTED IN ALL OF OUR CLASSROOMS, AND TEACHERS UTILIZE THEM IN THEIR INSTRUCTION BECAUSE THE

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RECENTLY, THERE WAS THE INSTRUCTOR FROM IN RICH L.A., WHO CAME OUT AND BEGAN COOKING LESSONS RIGHT THERE IN THE GARDEN, FROM THE PLANTS AND FRUITS THAT THEY GROW RIGHT THERE IN THE GARDEN, SO IT WAS VERY WONDERFUL, AND THAT SUPPORTS OUR LCAP GOAL RIGHT THERE IT SAYS SOMERSET WILL ENHANCE CURRICULAR AND CO-CURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS, SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRAMS TAKING PLACE AT SOMERSET AND WE BELIEVE THIS IS THE GATEWAY TO SUCCESS FOR OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. NOW, IT IS TIME FOR OUR STUDENT BOARD REPORTS. REPRESENTING BELLFLOWER HIGH

SCHOOL, TRISTA . >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS TRISTA. I AM A SENIOR AT BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK HERE TODAY. I WANT TO

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CONGRATULATIONS. WE ARE SO PROUD OF ALL THREE OF THEM.

AND THEN, ANOTHER PAST EVENT WE HAD IS OUR READ ACROSS AMERICA.

SOME OF OUR JUNIOR AND SENIOR LEADERS ON CAMPUS PARTICIPATED, AND WENT TO DIFFERENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND READ TO SOME OF THE CLASSROOMS. MOST OF THE STUDENTS GOT TO BE ABLE TO VISIT THEIR OLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND VISIT THEIR OLD TEACHERS AND READ TO THEM, AS WELL. NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR UPCOMING EVENTS STARTING WITH PROM BEING AROUND THE CORNER, AND OUR PROM FASHION SHOW.

PROMISE SET FOR APRIL 27TH AND LOCATED IN FULLERTON. FOR OUR PROM FASHION SHOW, WE OPEN UP OUR ANNUAL PROM BOUTIQUE AND ALLOW STUDENTS TO LOOK THROUGH PROM OUTFITS FOR FREE. WE SHOWCASE THESE IN OUR FASHION SHOW BY HAVING SOME OF OUR UPPERCLASSMAN MODEL OUTFITS. WE ALSO HAVE A STUDENTS VERSUS STAFF BASKETBALL GAME ON MARCH 27TH DURING OUR HIGH SCHOOL LUNCH. WE HAVE OUR VARSITY PLAYERS FROM BOYS AND GIRLS TEAMS PLAYING AGAINST OUR STAFF MEMBERS, UNLESS SEMESTER, WE HELD A VOLLEYBALL GAME WITH STAFF AND STUDENTS, AND THIS WAS A REALLY BIG, SUCCESSFUL EVENT. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, FOR OUR UPCOMING EVENTS, WE HAVE SPRING FEST ON MARCH 14TH, AND THIS IS OUR SECOND SPRING FEST AT BELLFLOWER. THIS WILL BE ON OUR THURSDAY MINIMUM DAY, SO THE EVENT WILL BE FROM 1:30 THROUGH 4:30 P.M. THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND IS FREE. IT WILL HAVE A DJ. YOU CAN PURCHASE FOOD, PARTICIPATING GAMES, CRAFTS, AND SO MUCH MORE. AND THEN, WE HAVE OUR SOCIAL MEDIAS, AND WAYS TO STAY UPDATED. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME, AND HAVE A WONDERFUL NIGHT.

>> THANK YOU, TRISTA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. REPRESENTING MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL , BRANDON SCOTT.

>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND ATTENDANCE. I WANT TO EXTEND MY THANKS TO YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON THIS PAST MONTH. TO START OFF, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A COLLAGE OF PICTURES OF OUR LAST NIGHT DURING OUR OPEN HOUSE.

OUR OPEN HOUSE WAS A CHANCE FOR STUDENTS TO PEEK INTO THEIR FUTURE CLASSES TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO BE GOING ON NEXT YEAR AND I KNOW PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD, BOARD MEMBER GARZA AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT GOT A PEEK INTO ANATOMY CLASS FOR OUR STUDENTS CAN DISSECT THE CRAP. SORRY TO THOSE WHO HAVE A CAT.

WE ALSO HAD A SPORTS REPRESENTATIVES THERE SO PEOPLE CAN GET INFO ABOUT A SPORTS PROGRAM. THIS YEAR HIGHLIGHTS OUR 17TH YEAR CHICK PETERSON GAME . REMINDERS THAT THIS EVENT NOT ONLY BRINGS OUT THE JOY OF PEOPLE'S COMPETITIVE SPIRIT , STUDENTS WON, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWED US TO RAISE NEARLY $5000 FOR STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS. HERE WE HAVE OUR FREEZE-FRAME LADIES AND SUPERINTENDENT -- MR. SAUNDERS. HE IS HEAD OF OUR THEATER DEPARTMENT. CONTINUING

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THEY DISPLAYED THIS IN OUR GYM. NEXT, WE HAVE OUR ABILITIES AWARENESS ASSEMBLY. THE ABILITY AWARENESS PROGRAM AIMS TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING, ACCEPTANCE AND APPRECIATION OF INDIVIDUAL LEARNING AND ABILITY DIFFERENCES THROUGH FUN, EXPERIENTIAL ACTIVITIES. THIS ASSEMBLY, IF I HAD TO PUT INTO WORDS, WAS REALLY A FUN AND IMPACTFUL EVENT. ARRANGED FROM PRESENTATIONS BY UNIFIED STUDENTS TO DANCES, CHEER ROUTINES, SPEECHES BY PARENTS AND EVEN A VOCAL PERFORMANCE TO SPREAD AWARENESS. MOVING ON, WE HAD OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH PRESENTATION PUT ON BY OUR YOUNG BLACK SCHOLARS CLUB.

SIMILARLY TO LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION, OUR YPS CLUB HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE POSTERS OF EVERYTHING THAT REPRESENTED BLACK CULTURE AND PRESENTED TO STUDENTS IN OUR GYM. LASTLY, WE HAD OUR SUBURBAN VALLEY CONFERENCE FOR 19 OF OUR TALENTED ATHLETES GOT TO BE RECOGNIZED. ON THE RIGHT WE HAVE ONE OF OUR WRESTLERS THAT I BELIEVE ARE HERE TODAY AND ON THE LEFT WE HAD OUR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR, CHAS GILBERT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION. THIS

CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU, LENOX.

REPRESENTING SOMERSET HIGH SCHOOL, JILLIAN BECERRA, SUBSTITUTING FOR SARAH RIDGWAY. WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING , PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT AZEVEDO, MEMBERS OF THE CABINET AND ALL GUEST IN MY AUDIENCE. IT IS A WONDERFUL PLEASURE TO BE HERE. I AM AN ENGINEER AT SOMERSET.

STARTING OFF, EVERY YEAR , MARCH IS DESIGNATED WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. THE MONTH IS SET ASIDE TO HONOR WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTION IN AMERICAN HISTORY, BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH STARTED OFF AS WOMEN'S HISTORY WEEK? THAT IS RIGHT. WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH BEGAN AS A LOCAL CELEBRATION IN SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA. IT CAST A LOCAL CELEBRATION IN SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA. THE EDUCATION TASK FORCE OF SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA COMMISSION STATUS OF WOMEN TO EXECUTE WOMEN'S HISTORY WEEK CELEBRATION IN 1978. ORGANIZERS SELECTED THE WEEK OF MARCH 8TH TO CORRESPOND WITH THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY. THE MOVEMENT SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS OTHER COUNTRIES IMITATED THEIR OWN WOMEN'S HISTORY WEEK CELEBRATIONS THE FOLLOWING YEAR. IN 1988, A CONSORTIUM OF WOMEN HISTORIANS LED BY THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY PROJECT, NOW KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY ALLIANCE, SUCCESSFULLY LOBBIED FOR NATIONAL RECOGNITION. IN FEBRUARY OF 1980, PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER ISSUED THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION DECLARING THE WEEK OF MARCH 8TH, 1980, AS NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY WEEK. SEVEN YEARS LATER, THE U.S. CONGRESS PASSED A LAW AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT TO PROCLAIM MARCH AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. IT HAS BEEN DECLARED THIS WAY EVER SINCE. ALSO, IN RECOGNITION FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, SOME SOMERSET WOMEN AND SOON-TO-BE WOMEN CREATED THIS FEMALE SYMBOL WITH THEIR VERY OWN HANDPRINTS DIPPED IN PAINT.

IT WAS A FUN BONDING ACTIVITY FOR BOTH OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF. NOW, THE NWT A MAP GROWTH TEST WAS ADMINISTERED

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EVENING. >> GREAT JOB, AS ALWAYS. AND YOU KNOW SPIEL. YOU ARE FREE TO LEAVE BUT WELCOME TO HANG OUT IF YOU WANT TO ANYTIME. NOW, IT'S GOING TO BE TIME FOR BTA, CSEA, AND PTA COMMUNICATIONS. WE DO NOT HAVE A BTA PRESENTATION TONIGHT BUT CAN WE HAVE TERRY MCDANIEL COME

FORWARD. >> GOOD EVENING . IT WAS NICE TO SEE SOME OF YOU AT THE FAIR AT MAYFAIR LAST NIGHT. THE RAIN MADE THINGS A LITTLE CHALLENGING BUT STILL IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT FOR COMMUNITY. I WOULD LIKE TO START OUT BY SAYING THERE ARE MANY THINGS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

THE BOARD AND CABINET RESPONDED TO EMAILS PROVIDING INFORMATION AND CLARIFICATION WHEN REQUESTED. I'M MEETING REGULARLY AND HAVING REGULAR CONVERSATIONS WITH BOARD MEMBERS. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS WHAT TEACHERS ARE STRUGGLING WITH. DR. BHARATI INTRODUCED THE LEAD FROM THE MIDDLE CONCEPT BUT IN WHILE IN THEORY IT SOUNDS GREAT, IT STILL NEEDS GUIDANCE AND PROTOCOLS FROM THE TOP. WE, AS A DISTRICT, WERE NOT READY FOR THAT BIG IDEA ANOTHER IS A BIG QUESTION HANGING AROUND. ARE WE CONTINUING WITH THE LIGHT LEAD FROM THE MIDDLE CONCEPT? ARE WE GOING TO SUPPORT THOSE PRINCIPLES WERE STRUGGLING OR JUST WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS? THE BUYBACK DAYS ARE A GREAT IDEA AND THERE IS SO MUCH POTENTIAL FOR THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WE WORK TOGETHER TO DETERMINE WHAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD BUT AGAIN IF THE LEADERSHIP ON THE SITE DOES NOT VALUE TEACHER INPUT, WHAT WILL THOSE DAYS LOOK LIKE AND WILL TEACHERS WANT TO ATTEND IF THOSE DAYS ARE MEANINGFUL ENOUGH FOR THEM? THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SURVEY WAS A LITTLE OVERWHELMING. I TRULY BELIEVE WE SHOULD TRY TO NARROW DOWN TWO OR THREE THINGS WE'LL WANT TEACHERS TO KNOW AND BE GOOD AT INSTEAD OF THROWING 20 DIFFERENT THINGS OUT THERE. WE SHOULD WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE A PLAN THAT GETS US ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND EVALUATE IF THOSE THINGS ARE WORKING OR NOT AND IF THEY ARE NOT, THEN TRY SOMETHING ELSE. BTA, CSEA, THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD BROUGHT BACK THE ALLIANCE MEETINGS. WE ARE WORKING ON SAFETY AND BEHAVIOR CONCERNS.

BTA SHARED SURVEY DATA FROM OUR TEACHERS. MRS. WILLIAMS TOOK THE DATA AND CREATED SLIDES TO SHOW CONCERNS CLEARLY AND SHARE THEM WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT. BEHAVIOR IS A PROBLEM ACROSS THE DISTRICT, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT I GET EMAILS REGULARLY ABOUT BEHAVIOR ISSUES AND ASKING WHAT TO DO. WE USED TO HAVE DISCIPLINED MATRICES OR BEHAVIORS AND CONSEQUENCES WERE NOTED IN WHILE WE KNOW AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE CODE HAS CHANGED, WHERE IS THE DISCUSSION ON WHAT WE CAN DO VERSUS WHAT WE ARE TOLD WE CAN'T DO? I'M NOT A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER AND AS BTA PRESIDENT I'M LEARNING A LOT ABOUT IT. I KEEP HEARING FROM TEACHERS ALL OVER THE DISTRICT THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION IS A LITTLE MESSY. I HAD A TEACHER

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BEFORE I AND TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO READ A LETTER TO YOU FROM THE WASHINGTON TEACHER. I HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH MORE FOR YOU IN HERE BUT THIS IS THE ONE THEY CHOSE FOR ME TO READ TO YOU TONIGHT. TO THE BOARD AND LISA AZEVEDO, MR. SANCHEZ HAS BEEN OUR AP SINCE MID LAST YEAR AND OPENED OUR SCHOOL YEAR. HE HAS BEEN APPROACHABLE, DEPENDABLE, EFFICIENT, AND COMMUNICATES IN A TIMELY MANNER. OUR STAFF HAS BEEN LONGING FOR A REFRESHING LEADER IN THE PAST THREE YEARS. WHEN HE BEGAN, MOREL WENT UP WITH TEACHERS AND WE FINALLY FELT LIKE WE WERE BEING HEARD, SEEN AS EDUCATORS, UNABLE TO COLLABORATE FOR STUDENT SUCCESS. SEEING HIM GREAT FAMILIES AND STUDENTS WAS GREAT TO SEE. THIS HAS BEEN MISSING THE LAST THREE YEARS. BEING PRESENT IS A BIG PART OF LEADING. WE CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT WE FEEL LIKE HE WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND CREATE PLANS AND GOALS. AGAIN, THIS HAS BEEN MISSING THE LAST THREE YEARS. HE HAS BEEN LET GO BY OUR PRINCIPAL. I AM AWARE THAT THERE ARE MANY THINGS BEHIND THE SCENES. HOWEVER, MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT POSITIVE. IF I FELT I NEEDED SUPPORT WITH STUDENTS, FAMILIES ARE IN MY CLASSROOM I KNEW I HAD TO EMAIL MR. SANCHEZ OR ELSE MY QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS WOULD TAKE DAYS AND WEEKS OR ELSE, I'M WORKING ON IT. OPENING A SCHOOL YEAR IS STRESSFUL. AS A STAFF, THE LAST THREE YEARS WE WOULD ASK OURSELVES, COULD THIS YEAR BE MORE ORGANIZED? MORE IMPORTANTLY, WOULD LEADERSHIP HAVE A PLAN AND FOLLOW-UP? THE YEAR STARTED STRONG BECAUSE MR. SANCHEZ WAS IN CHARGE OF THE BEGINNING YEAR PREP AND ORGANIZATION. IF WE HAD A QUESTION, THE FIRST MONTH OF SCHOOL WE WERE TOLD BY OUR PRINCIPAL, ASK MR. SANCHEZ. WE DIDN'T WAS THE MOST ORGANIZED AND HAD BEEN. NOT ONLY WAS IT EFFICIENT. WE FELT HEARD AND APPRECIATED. FROM THAT POINT ON, I KNEW IF I NEEDED SOMETHING TO BE DONE OR SUPPORT WITH MR. SANCHEZ , HE WAS THE ONE I FELT I COULD GO TO OR EMAIL. IN THE FALL, I BELIEVE WE HAD A QUESTIONNAIRE SENT TO STAFF FROM OUR PRINCIPAL REGARDING HOW LEADERSHIP IS GOING. WHEN I READ LEADERSHIP, I ASSUMED BOTH SCHOOL LEADERS. I ASKED HER -- ANSWERED HONESTLY BUT LISTED PRINCIPAL AND AP COMMENTS. OUR PRINCIPAL REVIEWED IT IN JANUARY ENSURED SHE WOULD DO BETTER. WAS THIS QUESTIONNAIRE SHARED WITH MR. SANCHEZ? NO. WHY? THE PRINCIPAL FELT IT'S IMPORTANT TO WORK AS A TEAM, SHE SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED HIM. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO ASK FOR THE QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE AND YOU'LL SEE THE TREND AND IT IS NOT ABOUT MR. SANCHEZ. I URGE YOU TO COME AND SUPPORT WASHINGTON. WE URGENTLY NEED A POSITIVE AND FOCUSED LEADER. IT IS A HUGE LOSS FOR OUR WASHINGTON COMMUNITY. PLEASE LOOK INTO OUR SITE LEADERSHIP WITH A CAREFUL LENS. IN CLOSING, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BOARD BE MORE PRESENT AT OUR SCHOOL. WE NEED LEADERSHIP SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, A FRUSTRATED AND DISAPPOINTED TEACHER. SO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING, AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

>> THANK YOU, CARRIE. >> MS. AZEVEDO, I'M SURE YOU ARE ALREADY ON TOP OF IT, BUT AS A LIST OF SOMETHING TO DO, START A RESPONSE TO SOME OF THOSE FOR THE BOARD?

>> YES, WE WILL LOOK INTO IT.

>> PTA PRESIDENT, MS. LINDA MORGAN. COME ON UP. WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING , BOARD PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS STAFF AND WHOEVER IS LEFT. FOR TONIGHT'S REPORT I HAVE A FEW PICTURES I RECEIVED FROM OUR PGA TO SHARE WITH YOU AND SO I WAS GOING TO SAY THANK YOU. FEBRUARY WAS BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND OBVIOUSLY, VALENTINE'S DAY, SO A LOT OF LOVE WAS SHARED. OUR PTAS HELD VARIOUS VALENTINES EVENTS, WHETHER IT IS CRAFT, DANCES, CANDY GRAMS , SO A LOT OF FUN TO BE HAD AND THE KIDS WERE VERY BUSY. OTHER EVENTS ON THE NEXT PAGE , YOU'LL SEE ON THE RIGHT , LINDSTROM ELEMENTARY

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VISIT THE SITE >> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

>> DID I MISS ONE? I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE BOARD FOR ATTENDING OUR COUNSEL PTA REFLECTIONS ARE PROGRAM AWARDS NIGHT . THIS IS WHERE, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, OUR STUDENTS SUBMIT ARTWORK THAT GETS JUDGED AND THE WINNERS GET CELEBRATED. THEY GOT A MEDAL AND A CERTIFICATE. WE HAD A FULL HOUSE , WHICH WAS AWESOME. IT WAS FUN AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE STUDENTS, VERY ARTISTIC, SO THANK YOU BRAD, AMY, AND MYRA FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU. SOME UPCOMING EVENTS , SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE STILL CELEBRATING READ ACROSS AMERICA. THEY'RE DOING IT A WHOLE WEEK. THEY HAVE DRESS-UP DAYS AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE STUDENTS, BOOK SWAP AT SEVERAL OF THE SITES. WOODRUFF IS HAVING AN EVENT ON MARCH 14TH CALLED FAMILY STORIES AND WOODRUFF IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE UNITS WHERE THEY SEND OUT A NEWSLETTER MONTHLY TO ALL THEIR MEMBERS TO KEEP THEM UP-TO-DATE ON EVERYTHING GOING ON AT THE SCHOOL SITE. LAST SLIDE , IN CASE YOU WANT TO STAY UP-TO-DATE OR JOIN SOME OF OUR PTAS AND GET THE NEWSLETTER, ONE LAST PITCH TO JOIN, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR

[9. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT]

TIME. >> THANK YOU, LINDA. AND STUDENTS FOR THE WARM WELCOME INTO CLASSROOMS. I'VE SPENT A LOT OF MY TIME, THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, AT THE SECONDARY SITES WAS FUN TO GO BACK AND VISIT THE ELEMENTARY SITES AGAIN.

OVER THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS I HAVE ENJOYED MEETING WITH THE CSEA PRESIDENT, MICHELLE, THE BTA PRESIDENT KAREN MCDANIEL, THE BELLFLOWER COUNSEL PTA PRESIDENT, LINDA MORGAN AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK LINDA FOR THE ADDITIONAL WORK THAT SHE AND HER PTA PRESIDENTS DID THE OTHER NIGHT FOR HOSTING THE REFLECTIONS AWARDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT FOR OUR STUDENTS. I HAD A LOT OF FUN ATTENDING THE CHICK PETERSON BASKETBALL GAME LENNIX MENTIONED EARLIER THIS EVENING.

IT WAS REALLY FUN. MRS. GARZA AND I GOT TO SEE THE TEACHERS ALL DRESSED UP IN THEIR DIFFERENT THEMES.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE FUNNY COSTUMES DID NOT HELP WITH THE ROUND BALL BECAUSE THE STUDENTS WON WITH A SCORE OF 46-34 BUT MR. PETERSON WAS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL WHEN I WAS A TEACHER AT MAYFAIR AND I ACTUALLY TAUGHT HIS SUN -- SON RYAN, ARTS AND SCIENCE SO IT BROUGHT BACK FOND MEMORIES OF THAT TIME. WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN AT BELLFLOWER AND I'M PROUD TO BE PART OF IT. I THINK THAT -- THANK ALL OF YOU AGAIN FOR SUPPORTING HER STUDENTS AND BEING HERE TO SUPPORT OUR

COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU, MS. AZEVEDO, AND I'M GOING TO KICK IT RIGHT BACK TO YOU FOR OUR DISCUSSION

ITEM. >> WE HAVE ONE DISCUSSION ITEM THIS EVENING ON SECOND INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO MR. GEORGE MARTINEZ, DIRECTOR OF FISCAL SERVICES, WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE PRESENTATION. TO SUPPORT ITEM 13.19, THIS IS

[11. DISCUSSION ITEMS]

>> THANK YOU, MS. AZEVEDO. TONIGHT, WE HAVE DIRECTOR OF FISCAL SERVICES, MR. GEORGE MARTINEZ, TO PRESENT THE SECOND INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR THE DISTRICT AS PART OF OUR CONSENT AGENDA WE WILL BE ASKING THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE REPORT THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY AS PART OF OUR

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WE HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH A ONE PAGE SUMMARY OF EXAMPLES OF BUDGETED EXPENDITURES ALONG WITH THE SECOND INTERIM REPORT.

THEY ARE THERE FOR EACH OF YOU TO HELP FRAME A POINT OF REFERENCE TO THE EXPENDITURES.

>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AZEVEDO IN THE COMMUNITY. TONIGHT I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE BOARD WITH A REPORT ON THE 2023-24 FISCAL YEAR. THE SECOND INTERIM WILL PROVIDE PROJECTED DATA AS WELL AS ACTUALS THROUGH JANUARY 31ST, 2024. THIS ALLOWS THE DISTRICT TO SEE WHERE WE STAND WITH THE ACTUALS THROUGH JANUARY 31ST, 2024, AND WHERE WE BELIEVE TO BE HEADED THROUGH JUNE 30TH OF THAT SAME FISCAL YEAR. THE SECOND INTERIM IS REQUIRED DUE TO ADD CODE 42 -130 AND IS USED AS AN EARLY DETECTION SYSTEM FOR FINANCIAL STABILITY FOR ANY DISTRICT. THE REPORT PROVIDES FINANCIAL DATA STARTING JUNE 21ST, 2023 THROUGH WHATEVER INTERIM PERIOD WE ARE AT. IN THIS CASE IT IS SECOND INTERIM, AND PROVIDES SOME DATA FOR OUT YEARS AND MULTI-YEARS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THIS REPORT DOES REQUIRE THE BOARD'S APPROVAL AND CERTIFICATION BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE PROVIDE YOU HERE TONIGHT. THE SECOND INTERIM PROVIDES INFORMATION FOR BOTH RESTRICTED AND UNRESTRICTED FUNDING AND WE CAN SEE A COMBINATION OF BOTH WHICH WE WILL GET TO IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES. IN THIS FIRST SLIDE YOU CAN SEE AT JULY 1ST, OUR BOARD OPERATING APPROVED BUDGET ON THE REVENUE SIDE WAS $213,580,792. AS OF JANUARY 31ST, THAT CHANGED A BIT. IT BECAME 213,821,402, WHICH YOU CAN SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.

ON THE OTHER SIDE, ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, WE BEGAN WITH A BUDGET OF 265,088,702, WHICH IS NEAR THE MIDDLE AND AS OF JANUARY 31ST THAT WENT DOWN TO $248,818,292. THAT REDUCTION WAS DONE BY OUR BUDGET TEAM TO MORE CLOSELY ALIGN TO OUR TRUE EXPENDITURES, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN THE CIRCLED AREAS. ON THE REVENUE SIDE WE HAVE COLLECTED $124 MILLION IN ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, WE HAVE SPENT 106 MILLION RIGHT BELOW THAT, SO WE BROUGHT DOWN OUR BUDGET ON THE EXPENSE SIDE TO MORE CLOSELY TRACK WITH OUR EXPENDITURES THROUGH THAT POINT IN TIME. OUR PROJECTION DOES STILL SHOW THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING DEFICIT SPENDING AT THE END OF THIS YEAR OF ABOUT $35 MILLION BUT COMPARING IT TO WHAT WAS SET JULY 21ST, THAT IS DROP SIGNIFICANTLY BUT WE ARE STILL ANTICIPATING THAT. IF YOU DO LOOK AT OUR ACTUALS, WE DO HAVE MORE REVENUE THAN EXPENSES AT THIS POINT IN TIME BUT IT DOES NOT SHOW THAT BECAUSE NOT ALL EXPENSES HAVE YET HAPPENED. THIS SLIDE HERE IS A MORE DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF OUR REVENUE, HOW WE RECEIVE IT, HOW DOES BUDGETED, AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE HAVE FOUR MAJOR SOURCES OF REVENUE. WE HAVE THE LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA WHICH WE USE AS LCFF, JUST THE ACRONYM. OUR BIGGEST SOURCE OF REVENUE IS LCFF, FUNDED BASED ON AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, KNOWN AS YOUR A.D.A. THAT IS OUR BUDGETED SIDE AND IN THE MIDDLE ON THE THIRD COLUMN, YOU CAN SEE ACTUALS THROUGH JANUARY 31ST, WHICH TIES TO THE LAST SLIDE. WE RECEIVED $124 MILLION AS OF NOW, ALMOST 125, AND THAT IS 50% OF ANTICIPATED REVENUE SO THROUGH JANUARY 31ST, WE RECEIVED CLOSE TO 60% OF THE REVENUE FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR. THE NEXT SLIDE WE WILL GET TO IS SIMILAR BUT ON THE EXPENSE SIDE. IT IS THE SAME CONCEPT.

WE HAVE MULTIPLE LAYERS OF EXPENDITURES AND YOU CAN SEE HERE BUT OUR BIGGEST POOL OF EXPENDITURES OR SALARIES AND BENEFITS. THEY ARE THE LARGEST PORTION OF EXPENDITURES FOR IS CURRENTLY IN MOST DISTRICTS, AND YOU CAN SEE THE THROUGH JANUARY 31ST OF 2024, WE SPENT CLOSE TO $136 MILLION WHICH AT

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THAT IS WHAT IS LEFT OVER. IN PROJECTED YEAR TOTALS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, YOU CAN SEE THAT CURRENTLY WE HAVE $45 MILLION UNASSIGNED. THAT DOES SEEM LIKE A LARGE NUMBER BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT AT THE TIME OF ADOPTION WHEN COMMITMENTS ARE REQUIRED , THE BOARD DID COMMIT $54 MILLION. THERE IS LATE FACILITIES REPAIR, SUPPLEMENTAL CONCENTRATION, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO LIST IT AT THIS POINT IN TIME. THIS IS JUST A REMINDER THAT THAT 45 MILLION IS NOT FREE MONEY BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE MADE COMMITMENTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN CHANGED AS OF YET.

AND, TO BREAK DOWN OUR COMMITTEE, PLEASE NOTE THAT ON THE SLIDE YOU CAN SEE $26.7 MILLION, AND THE NEXT SLIDE WILL CHANGE AND COME UP SOON. THAT IS ONE TOO MANY. YOU SHOULD HAVE THIS IN YOUR PRESENTATION. THERE IS A SLIDE THAT IS A THREE COLUMN SLIDE. IT SHOWS THAT THERE ARE $19 MILLION ON THAT SLIDE. THE POINT OF THE SLIDE IS TO SHOW YOU THAT WE HAVE THREE PROGRAMS THAT ARE ONE TIME, AND $19 MILLION OUT OF THAT $26 MILLION BELONG TO THOSE THREE PROGRAMS. THAT IS JUST TO SHOW THAT A LARGE PORTION OF WHAT IS RESTRICTED IS ONE TIME IN NATURE, AND BELONGS TO JUST THESE THREE PROGRAMS, THE ARTS AND MUSIC BLOCK PROGRAM GRANT, EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS AND LEARNING RECOVERY. SO, THOSE WILL EXPIRE AT SOME POINT AND THAT MONEY WILL NEVER COME BACK TO US UNLESS SOMETHING ELSE TAKES OVER THAT PLACE. THIS IS THE SPECIAL FUNDS THE ENDING BALANCE. OUR GENERAL FUND IS OUR MAIN OPERATING FUND, BUT WE ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO MONITOR AND FOLLOW THROUGH WITH ANY OTHER FUND THAT THE DISTRICT OVERSEAS. THESE ARE ALL OF THOSE FUNDS. THEY INCLUDE THE ASP FUND, SPECIAL EDUCATION, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, THINGS OF THAT SORT, AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO MONITOR PHYSICAL STABILITY BUT ALSO BE AWARE OF ANY CONCERNS THAT MAY AFFECT OUR GENERAL FUND. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS OUR FUND 21. THAT IS OUR BOND FUND. THAT IS SOMETHING WE MONITOR BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL PENDING PAYMENTS TO COMPLETE THAT, SO WE MONITOR THIS TO TRACK AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH TO COVER COMMITMENTS. THIS IS OUR MULTIYEAR THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, WHERE THE SECOND INTERIM DISCUSSES OUT YEARS, AS WELL. THERE IS A LOT OF DATA ON HERE. THIS IS BASED ON OUR CURRENT KNOWN REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE INFORMATION. THIS YEAR, WE ALSO INCLUDED FOR YOU GUYS, AN ADDITIONAL COLUMN WITH OUR 22-23 UNAUDITED ACTUALS TO PROVIDE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF TRENDS OF WHAT WE SPENT IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WHERE WE ARE AT TODAY, AND WHAT THE -- FUTURE HOLDS FOR YOU CAN SEE A BIGGER PICTURE OF WHAT THE FUTURE ACTUALLY IS. YOU CAN SEE LAST YEAR IN 2022-23, REVENUES DID EXCEED EXPENDITURES SO THAT MEANS WE TOOK IN A LITTLE MORE THAN WE SENT OUT WHICH HELPED INCREASE OUR FUND BALANCE AND GROW THAT. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT BEING THAT IN THE OUT YEARS, WE DON'T HAVE THAT COVID MONEY ANYMORE. IT IS

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WITH THIS SLIDE , YOU GET A QUICK GLANCE AT SOME OF THE BIGGER FACTORS WE HAVE THAT AFFECT OUR BUDGET. THE FIRST ONE IS ARCOLA. THE BIG ONE THERE IS NOTE THAT IN THIS YEAR IN UPCOMING YEARS, COLAS ARE MINIMAL, SO TO COMPARE THAT TO WHAT WE PERCEIVED -- RECEIVED PREVIOUSLY, IT IS MUCH SMALLER, CURRENTLY AT 7.6%. IT'S NOT GETTING ANY BIGGER. THAT LEADS TO MY NEXT POINT. FOR CLASSIFIED STAFF RETIREMENT, THE RATE OF WHAT WE HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE ON THE EMPLOYER SIDE IS GOING UP EVERY YEAR. AT THE RATE OF COAL OR MORE, THOSE COSTS WILL BE ABSORBED BY THE DISTRICT ALTHOUGH WE ARE NOT RECEIVING MORE FUNDING TO COVER THOSE COSTS. THE LAST ONE IS FOR YOU TO NOTE SINCE WE HAVE DISCUSSED HOW A.D.A. AFFECTS OUR FUNDING. THIS IS HER CURRENT YOUR REVENUE WE ARE PROJECTING. OUR A.D.A. COUNT IS IN PARENTHESES. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, 2023-24 AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE IS PREDICTED TO BE A LITTLE OVER 9900 STUDENTS AND THAT IS THE PROJECTED TREND GOING FORWARD FOR GENERAL LCFF FUNDING. ONE OF THE FINAL SLIDES HERE IS TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE ON OUR ONE-TIME COVID FUNDING WITH THE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE . WHAT IS REMAINING, WHAT OUR TOTAL ENTITLEMENT LEFT IS, HOW MUCH WE HAVE SPENT, AND THE AVAILABLE BALANCE. SOME OF THESE ARE SET TO EXPIRE, SO IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO MONITOR THEM, MAKE SURE THEY ARE EXPENDED ON THE CORRECT OBJECT CODES AND ITEMS THAT WE NEED AND WE WILL BE MONITORING THAT UNTIL THE DAY THEY EXPIRE SO WE DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH THOSE FUNDS. AS MENTIONED BEFORE, MAINTAINING THE COMMITTED FUNDS IN THAT ENDING FUND BALANCE IS VERY IMPORTANT DUE TO THE FACT THAT IN THIS FUNDING WE DO HAVE CONTRACTS AND THINGS WE WILL HAVE TO ROLL OUT INTO SOMEWHERE ELSE. WE WANT YOU TO NOTE THERE ARE CONTRACT SERVICES THAT MAY NEED TO BE COVERED BY A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE ONCE THIS EXPIRES SO THAT FUND BALANCE YOU GUYS ABOUT THIS BUILD WILL PROBABLY BE USED FOR SOME OF THESE ITEMS AS LONG AS THE BOARD IS GOOD WITH THAT. AT THE LAST SLIDE WE WILL PUT UP IS JUST OUR NEXT STEPS, SO YOU ARE AWARE OF WHERE WE ARE HEADED. THIS IS A QUICK TIMELINE FOR YOU TO REVIEW AND SEE WHAT MY NEXT STEPS WITH THE BUDGET TEAM ARE. AS A REMINDER, EVERYTHING IN OUR BUDGETS WITH SPECIFIC TIMELINES, WE DO MONITOR THOSE, BUT WE WANT YOU TO BE AWARE THAT WE DO ALSO MONITOR INTERNALLY ON A DAILY BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE DO SEE ANY UPCOMING CONCERNS OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE WE TRIED TO TAKE IT HEAD-ON AND FIX IT BEFORE IT GETS TO A POINT THAT IT COULD CREATE A PROBLEM FOR YOU GUYS.

THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU GUYS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I WILL NOT OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS FROM MY BOARD COLLEAGUES. NO QUESTIONS?

>> THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND PLANNING AND ALLOCATING. I WANTED TO ASK . WHEN YOU GO BACK TO THE COVID-19 GRANTS , YOU SAID THERE WILL BE SOME FUNDS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PICK UP , AS THE FUNDING IS GOING TO RUN OUT BUT THEN, ARE YOU GOING TO LIST OUT -- ARE THOSE ENTITLED FUNDS, OR RESTRICTED FUNDS OR ARE THOSE FUNDS GOING TO BE ABLE TO -- WE CAN RE-EXAMINE AS A BOARD WHETHER

OR NOT THEY ARE STILL NEEDED? >> THAT IS PART OF THE PLAN.

THE CABINET DOES DISCUSS INTERNALLY ALREADY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT, WHAT THOSE CONTRACTS ARE, ADDITIONAL THINGS THEY HAVE DONE AND DETERMINE INTERNALLY AND BRING THAT BACK THEN WE WILL SEE WHERE WE CAN FUNNEL IT. THAT IS PART OF THE PROCESS OF US LETTING THEM KNOW THESE ARE HERE. ARE WE CONTINUING THIS IN THE FUTURE OR ARE WE ENDING

THIS ONCE THE SENSE? >> SO, THE TIMELINE YOU HAVE HERE IS SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024, SO WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO BE BRINGING IT TO THE BOARD FOR US TO LOOK AT PRIOR TO THAT?

>> THAT IS A DISCUSSION WE ARE ALREADY HAVING AT THE CABINET LEVEL AND AS IT GETS CLOSER WE WILL ASSESS AND ADDRESS WHICH ONES ARE RELEVANT TO CONTINUE OR NOT AND THAT WILL BE BROUGHT

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AT SOME POINT. >> ONE MORE QUESTION. IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE DEFICIT FUNDING THAT YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED, HOW MUCH OF THAT CAN WE TAP INTO OUR RESERVES?

>> BY DEFAULT, ANY DEFICIT SPENDING WAY AND COME WITH HER -- ENCOUNTER WILL COME OUT OF YOUR FUND BALANCE. THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO MONITOR THAT. WE HAVE COMMITTED SOME MONEY WITH THE BOARD'S GUIDANCE BUT IF WE DO END UP DEFICIT SPENDING WE WILL BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD AND SAY WE NO LONGER CAN COMMITTED TO DELAYED FACILITIES REPAIRS BECAUSE WE HAD TO COMMIT TO THIS COST AND THEN WE HAVE TO READDRESS COMMITMENTS

AT THIS POINT. >> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO GO AROUND THE TABLE ONE TIME THEN I WILL COME BACK. MS. GARZA.

>> THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION TO STAFF. I KNOW THAT I HAD ACTUALLY REQUESTED SEVERAL TIMES THAT WE BE INCLUDED IN THE CREATION OF THIS BUDGET BECAUSE WE OVERSEE THAT BUDGET, SO I AM WONDERING , DO WE HAVE A SET DATE FOR A STUDY SESSION FOR US TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THIS IN DEPTH AND MAKE SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS THAT WE ARE VERY MUCH RESPONSIBLE FOR?

>> MR. CRIHFIELD AND I WERE JUST LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR AND THAT IS ONE OF THE ITEMS WE WILL BE SCHEDULING A DATE FOR. THAT IS ONE OF THE TOPICS.

>> THANK YOU. I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING WE DIRECTLY OVERSEE, SO WE SHOULD BE DIRECTLY ABLE TO SEE EXACTLY WHERE EVERYTHING IS GOING AND WHERE THE BOARD WANTS US TO ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS.

>> JUST TO CLARIFY ON THAT, THIS IS THE SECOND INTERIM REPORTING, SO THIS IS BASED ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET YOU APPROVED AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE AND THIS IS PART OF THE MONITORING, SO ALL OF THE ALLOCATIONS ARE BASED ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET YOU APPROVED IN JUNE.

>> CORRECT. THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US OF THAT BUT YOU ARE ALSO CORRECT IN SAYING THAT WE APPROVED IT. WE WERE NOT NECESSARILY PART OF CREATING IT SO MUCH. WE WERE GIVEN SUGGESTIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE IN DEPTH NUMBERS AND GIVEN OPTIONS INSTEAD OF

RECOMMENDATIONS. >> THANK YOU, MS. GARZA.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS PRESENTATION

BEFORE TONIGHT. >> MS. AZEVEDO WAS SHARING THAT INFORMATION WITH ME. IT WAS POSTED AS PART OF THE AGENDA, BUT THEY ARE CLARIFYING WITH ME THAT IT WAS NOT, SO WE WILL

DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT. >> YOU, BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WHEN WE TELL YOU GUYS ALL THE TIME THAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THESE BUDGETS.

WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE MORE, WE NEED MORE INFORMATION ON THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE ARE SEEING THIS.

>> IT IS PART OF THE SECOND INTERIM, WHICH IS PART OF YOUR AGENDA. THIS IS JUST A SUMMARIZED VERSION OF ALL OF THE INFORMATION IN THE SECOND INTERIM.

>> SECOND INTERIM, CORRECT? SO IS THIS THE SAME EXACT PRESENTATION RESORT IN THE FIRST INTERIM? SO IT IS NO, CORRECT? CORRECT AND WE SHOULD HAVE THIS BEFORE WE GET HERE ON

THE DAIS. >> I WILL SAY WE ARE WORKING ON THE MACRO CALENDAR TO HAVE A STUDY SESSION JUST ON THE SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT SO WE WILL DEFINITELY UPDATE THE REST OF THE BOARD WHEN THAT HAPPENS. UPDATES ARE NEEDED AND WOULD BE APPRECIATED, AS WELL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD?

>> I HAVE SEVERAL BUT YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO DR. SUE FIRST

PLEASE? >> GO FOR IT.

>> I WILL JUST ASK ONE QUICK QUESTION FIRST AND WE CAN CIRCLE BACK BUT IF THE BOARD DOES CHOOSE A LONGER, MORE IN-DEPTH STUDY SESSION ABOUT THIS BUDGET, WITH THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS BE ALLOWED TO BE THERE? THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL.

REGARD TO THE RESERVE. I DON'T SEE IT HERE. AM I MISSING IT?

>> IT WILL BE ON SLIDE SIX OF THE POWERPOINT. IT WILL BE ON THE BOTTOM. SO, THIS ONE HERE, THAT WHEN THERE , IT SHOULD BE IN COLOR FOR YOU GUYS. THE GREEN WERE SAYS ENDING FUND BALANCE, THE ONE ON THE FIRST COLUMN IS WHAT WE ANTICIPATED AT THE TIME THE BOARD APPROVE THE BUDGET, WHICH WAS IN JULY SO WE WERE ANTICIPATING A DEFICIT OF $51 MILLION, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN DEFICIENCY. THE BEGINNING FUND BALANCE IS A LITTLE OVER 130 MILLION SO BASED ON THAT WE WERE GOING TO END WITH ABOUT $79 MILLION. WITH THE UPDATES AND US

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KIND OF YOUR FREE CASH. >> THANK YOU, DR. SUE. MS.

STEWART. >> ON THE NEXT EXPENDITURE SUMMARY, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES AND I SEE OUR OPERATING BUDGET WAS 27 MILLION. PROJECTED A 17 MILLION AND WE'VE ONLY SPENT 4 MILLION. IS THIS SOMETHING COMING AT THE END ? OBVIOUSLY THERE IS $13 MILLION COMING AT THE END. CAN YOU TELL ME WHY THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN SPENT YET, AND WHAT THOSE PLANS ARE TO SPEND THOSE ON?

>> THOSE BOOKS AND SUPPLIES INCLUDE OTHER ITEMS. THAT'S A VERY GENERIC TITLE BUT THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS. THERE ARE CLASSROOM ITEMS, OFFICE ITEMS, THE STUFF YOU NEED FOR YOUR SECRETARIES, THINGS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY PENS, PAPER, PENCIL. WE BUDGET BASED ON WHAT SCHOOLS TELL US THEIR NEEDS ARE. THEY TELL US THEY NEED 10,000 WE WILL BUDGET FOR THAT BUT AT THE END OF THE HER FAMILY SPENT 500 THERE'S A BIG

GAP. >> I GET THAT BUT IF THEY DID $500 WHEN THEY WANT THEM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR INSTEAD

OF THE END? >> NOT NECESSARILY. WE DO GET A BIG INFLUX AT THE BEGINNING. THEY WILL ORDER THEM RIGHT UP FRONT. YOU MAKE IT 50 CASES AND MAY NOT RUN THROUGH THE 50 CASES UNTIL FEBRUARY SO YOUR SCHOOL SITE WILL NOT ORDER AGAIN UNTIL MARCH OR APRIL. WE GET A BIG INFLUX OF ORDERS RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING AND RIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL CLOSES WHEN THEY SEE HOW MUCH FUNDING IS LEFT OVER FOR THEM TO USE.

>> ONCE AGAIN, DO YOU HAVE IN AT $13 MILLION ANY SPECIFIC

ITEMS? >> IT WILL BE ANY SUPPLIES TO CLOSE OUT THE YEAR SO THEY CAN START ANY NEW YEAR READY AND GOOD TO GO, PENCILS, BOOKS, CRAYONS NOTEPADS, THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY WILL ORDER ALL OF THAT AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR TO BE READY TO GO FOR SUMMER SCHOOL AND THINGS LIKE

THAT. >> SO, FOR THESE CATEGORIES, IS THERE A RIGHT UP TO LIKE WHAT THESE CATEGORIES HAVE TO

BE? >> CORRECT. THERE IS A SHEET YOU SHOULD'VE RECEIVED IN ORANGE. THAT HAS A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT EACH OBJECT CODE MEANS ON HERE. YOU WON'T SEE IT, BUT BECAUSE WE DON'T DIFFERENTIATE BY ONE, TWO, THREE -- BUT FOR EXAMPLE, BOOKS AND SUPPLIES FALL UNDER THE FOR XXX CATEGORY, SO THAT IS ANYTHING THAT CAN FALL UNDER THAT

CATEGORY. >> I SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW THIS.

WHAT IS NON-CAPITALIZED EQUIPMENT?

>> ANY ITEM YOU CAN PURCHASE UNDER $500 -- $5000, SORRY.

>> SO, ANYTHING AT A 5000? THAT'S PRETTY BROAD, RIGHT?

>> LAPTOPS, COMPUTERS, PCS WE BUY FOR STAFF, THINGS LIKE

THAT. >> OKAY, ANYTHING UNDER 5000 THAT STILL MEETS YOUR CRITERIA. THANK YOU.

>> ON THE SLIDE THAT IS NOT UP THERE THAT WE HAVE, YOU HAVE THAT? THE RESTRICTED ONE-TIME FUNDS, WHAT OUR EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS, WHAT ARE THESE USED FOR?

>> THESE ARE GRANTS. I WILL HAND THAT OVER TO BONNIE.

>> THANK YOU. EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS COVERS

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. >> THANK YOU. BUT THEN I KNOW ON THE MULTIYEAR PROJECTION, YOU SAID AT SOME POINT, THIS MAY BECOME AN ISSUE. SPENDING SO MUCH. WHAT ARE OUR PLANS TO

FIX IT? >> THAT IS DISCUSSION AMONGST CABINET, GUIDANCE FROM YOU GUYS IN PART OF THAT STUDY SESSION WILL LEAD TO BETTER HELP ALL OF US TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE

DON'T FEEL THIS. >> SO, THESE DISCUSSIONS SHOULD BE TAKING PLACE WITH THE BOARD, AS WELL?

>> THAT IS PART OF THIS. THAT IS WHY WE BRING THIS TO YOU AT THIS POINT IN TIME SO YOU CAN SEE THIS.

>> SO THAN OUR PRIMARY PLAN WOULD BE TO DISCUSS THIS IN THE STUDY SESSION? OKAY. SORRY, LET ME JUST SEE. AND THEN, ON THE VERY LAST PAGE, PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS, IMPACTS TO MONITOR. ON THE BOTTOM WHERE IT SAYS FUNDED A.D.A., IT GOES FROM HUNDRED AND 46 MILLION TO 140 BACK UP TO 142 WITH LESS

STUDENTS. WHY IS THAT? >> PART OF FUNDING FOR LCFF, THEY GIVE YOU A GRADE SPENT ADJUSTMENT EVERY YEAR BASED ON THE TOP NUMBERS WHERE IT IS THE COLD, SO WE GET A LITTLE BIT

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>> IS SO BECAUSE IT IS .76 IT WOULD ONLY BE THAT THAN THE OTHER ONE IS 2.7, SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. THANK YOU.

>> YES, SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW MANY STUDENTS WE HAVE COMPARATIVELY TO HOW MANY WE ARE GAINING.

>> ON THE LAST ONE, THE COVID-19 GRANTS UPDATE. I KNOW YOU SAID YOU WILL MONITOR THESE UNTIL THEY EXPIRE. COULD WE GET UPDATED ON THIS, AS WELL? WHEN THEY'RE GETTING CLOSER TO EXPIRE, WHAT WE ARE EXPENDING THOSE ON AND KIND OF MAYBE IN

OUR MEMOS? >> THANK YOU. BOARD COLLEAGUES IF YOU WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS, PUSH THE BUTTON WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK MY QUESTION. ON THE GENERAL FUND COMPONENT OF THE ENDING FUND BALANCE SHEET, HELP ME EXPLAIN. THERE IS A PART WHERE YOU SAID DON'T FORGET YOU COMMITTED THE MONEY FOR THE DELAYED FACILITY REPAIRS, SO THAT IS WHY , SO IT IS NOT REFLECTED OVER HERE BUT IN THE UNASSIGNED, UNAPPROPRIATED, BUT IF IT IS -- HELP ME WITH THAT

BECAUSE -- >> AT THE TIME OF THE ADOPTION IT WAS A REQUIREMENT OF THE STATE TO ASSIGN IT. WE PRESENT IT TO YOU AND YOU GUYS EITHER YAY OR NAY IT AND WE WORK WITH YOU ON THAT. AT SECOND INTERIM, FIRST INTERIM, THE STATE DOES NOT REQUIRE IT. IF THEY DID IT WOULD BE WORK. WE CAN LEAVE IT OUT AND EXCLUDED UNTIL THE NEXT BOARD ADOPTION COMING UP AGAIN THIS YEAR FOR THE 2024-25 YEAR, SO WE LEAVE IT OUT BUT IT IS A REMINDER TO SAY, THERE IS THAT MONEY, BUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THE BOARD TOLD US THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO USE IT FOR, SO IT IS NOT REALLY FREE CASH RIGHT NOW.

ALREADY ASSIGNED IT, I KNOW THEY DON'T MAKE US DO IT BUT WHY WOULDN'T YOU JUST PUT IT THERE AS IT IS ASSIGNED?

>> IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR MULTIYEAR PROJECTION IT WOULD CREATE AN ISSUE FOR OUR THIRD YEAR.

>> OKAY. THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION. PERFECT SEGUE. WHEN WE DID OUR FIVE-YEAR STABILIZATION PLAN, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE RED ON THE PAPER. I KNOW THESE ARE ALL LIVING DOCUMENTS AND THEY CHANGE, BUT HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO THE FIVE-YEAR STABILIZATION PLAN WILL LOOKED

AT LAST TIME? >> IF YOU COMPARE THAT TO OUR FIVE-YEAR, WE ARE IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION. IN 2022-23 WE WERE PROJECTED TO AND IN THE RED. WE ACTUALLY ENDED IN THE BLACK SO IF YOU COMPARE IT NOW, WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT YEAR

BECAUSE OF THAT. >> THAT'S GREAT NEWS BUT WHY BECAUSE WHEN WE DID THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN IT LOOKED LIKE WE WERE HEADED DOWN A MUCH DIFFERENT PATH AND NO WE ARE -- WAS EXPLAINING EARLIER WHICH IS THAT WE BUDGET CONSERVATIVELY.

WE BUDGET THINKING YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND EVERY DOLLAR YOU ARE GIVEN BUT AT THE END OF THE YEAR IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, THAT IS WHERE THOSE DIFFERENCES COME ABOUT. EITHER WE RECEIVED THOSE -- MORE MONEY AND YOU TO SPEND THE FULL AMOUNT WE BUDGETED BUT IF YOU DID , WE WANT THE BOARD TO BE AWARE THAT THAT IS THE MAXIMUM YOU COULD SPEND AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

WE ARE EXPECTED TO SPEND ABOUT 235.

>> SO PROJECTED WISE, YOU KNOWING ARE WE REALLY GOING TO

BE IN DEFICIT $3500? >> IF I WERE A GAMBLING MAN, I

WOULD SAY NO. >> OKAY.

>> I'M SORRY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COMBINED SUMMARY THERE WITH THE BOARD APPROVED OPERATING BUDGET, ORIGINALLY IT WAS ACTUALLY HIGHER, RIGHT? THE COMBINED BUDGET SUMMARY?

>> SLIDE SIX. >> THE COMBINED BUDGET SUMMARY.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT HERE WITH THE BOARD OPERATING APPROVED BUDGET, YOU WILL SEE THERE THAT AT THAT TIME IT WAS PROJECTED TO BE THE 51 MILLION. WE HAVE ALREADY ADJUSTED IT BASED ON THE TRENDS WE ARE SEEING THAT ARE ACTUALLY HAPPENING . AS WAS POINTED OUT EARLIER, BOOKS AND SUPPLIES IS WHEN YOU'RE NOT SEEING MOST OF THAT COMING TO FRUITION HOWEVER ON SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS YOU ARE SEEING THAT THE BUDGET SPENDING IS PRETTY MUCH ALIGNING WHERE IT IS, SO IT HAS BEEN REDUCED TO THE 34 THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS IN TERMS AS YOU ARE CHANGING THAT THING YOUR ENDING FUND BALANCE WILL CHANGE. THAT WILL IMPACT THE

YEARS GOING FORWARD. >> GOT IT. LAST YEAR WHEN WE DID THIS, WAS THERE A CHANGE IN THE SECOND INTERIM CLOSER TO WHAT IT REALLY WAS BUT THEN WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP IN THE BLACK?

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>> YES. WE ARE ALWAYS CONSTANTLY MONITORING AND DEPENDING ON WHAT IS HAPPENING THAT YEAR, THOSE CHANGES ARE BEING MADE . AS WE ARE SEEING MORE OF THOSE CONNECTED TRENDS BASED ON ONE-TIME MONEY GOING AWAY, WE ARE MAKING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT DOCUMENT IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH ADJUSTMENT WAS MADE ON THAT.

>> YOU WOULD SAY IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSER TO THAT 35.

>> IF WE GO BACK TO OUR UNAUDITED ACTUALS, BECAUSE THAT ACTUALLY TELLS YOU WHAT WE ENDED THE PREVIOUS YEAR WITH, GO TO UNAUDITED ACTUALS, WE ACTUALLY SPEND HUNDRED AND 95, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY. LOOK AT THE MULTIYEAR PROJECTIONS .

>> WE SPENT 195, 500 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.

>> THAT IS WHY WE INCLUDE THIS NOW. THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT PART OF YOUR SECOND INTERIM REPORTING, BUT WE INCLUDE THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS SO WE ARE SEEING WHAT THE TRENDS ARE, SO AT THE END OF LAST YEAR WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT EACH OF THE OBJECT CODES THERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT IN BOOKS AND SUPPLIES WE DID END UP SPENDING 10 MILLION, A LITTLE OVER 10 MILLION. IN SALARIES WE ENDED UP SPENDING 73 MILLION, SO YOU START USING THOSE TRENDS AND BASED ON STEP AND COLUMN INFLATION, YOU PROJECT OUTWARDS AND THAT IS WHY, AS MR. MARTINEZ WAS SAYING EARLIER, WE HAVE REDUCED IN THE OUT YEARS, BUT BASED ON THE TRENDS IF YOU LOOK AT 2025-26 IN BOOKS AND SUPPLIES WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED THERE, WHICH IS A LITTLE CLOSE TO 10 MILLION BUT YOU LOOK AT WHAT WAS SPENT LAST YEAR, THAT IS ACTUALLY LESS THAN WHAT WAS SPENT LAST YEAR , SO THE QUESTION BECOMES, IS THAT REALISTIC, AND LOOKING AT THAT? THAT IS WHY THESE TRENDS ARE IMPORTANT IN THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS INFORMATION HELPS TO GUIDE THE UPCOMING YEARS. YOU LOOK AT TOTAL REVENUE IN TERMS, AND THAT IS DECREASING IN THE YEARS, SO THAT IS WHERE YOU START TO MATCH THAT INFORMATION.

>> THE KEY FACTOR IS LET'S SAY WE MAINTAINED 195 AND DID NOT EXPEND ANY MORE . IN 2024-25 I'M SLATED TO RECEIVE ONLY HUNDRED AND $80 MILLION FOR BELLFLOWER? THAT IMMEDIATELY IS AN IMPACT TO BELLFLOWER.

>> THANK YOU. MS. GARZA. >> THANK YOU. LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL REPORT FOR THE SECOND INTERIM PAGE 222 , CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME -- IT IS A STANDARD NOT MET, PROJECTED RATIO OF UNRESTRICTED SALARY AND BENEFIT COSTS TO TOTAL UNRESTRICTED EXPENDITURES HAS CHANGED BY MORE THAN THE STANDARD IN ANY OF THE CURRENT YEAR OR TWO SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS. WE NEED TO PROVIDE A REASON WHY THIS CHANGE EXCEEDED THE STANDARD IN THE DESCRIPTION OF METHODS AND ASSUMPTIONS IS TO PROJECT SALARIES AND BENEFITS. OUR EXPLANATION IS ONE-TIME FUNDS AND CARRYOVERS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME EXACTLY IN LAYMAN'S TERMS SO I CAN UNDERSTAND IT?

>> WE DISCUSSED THE FOR COVID FUNDING, THE ONE-TIME FUNDS WE GET FROM THERE. SITES ALSO HAVE CARRYOVER THAT THEY KEEP YEAR-OVER-YEAR THAT THEY CAN USE ON WHATEVER ITEMS THEY HAVE. THOSE TWO ITEMS USUALLY DO NOT GET BUDGETED IN SALARIES. THEY GET BUDGET AND SUPPLIES, SERVICES, EQUIPMENT, THINGS OF THAT SORT. THAT CRITERIA STANDARD IS TELLING YOU THAT YOU HAVE TO SPEND A CERTAIN NUMBER ON SALARIES BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THE WAY OUR SYSTEM IS BUDGETED, IT SHOWS WE WILL NOT MEET THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH IN THE ONE-TIME FUNDING ANOTHER CATEGORY SERVICES -- BOOKS, SUPPLIES, THINGS LIKE THAT BUT WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO THE END OF THE YEAR ON THIS CARRYOVERS ROLL INTO THE NEXT YEAR, WE THEN SHOW OUR TRUE EXPENDITURES, AND THAT IS WHERE YOU WILL SEE THAT WE MEET THAT CRITERIA. IF YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER SLIDE WHERE OUR ACTUALS ARE, WE ARE IN THAT RANGE ALREADY. WE ARE SPENDING ABOUT 85% JUST ON SALARIES, AND OUR RANGES 80 TO 88% IF I'M CORRECT. I COULD DOUBLE CHECK.

I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME BUT I BELIEVE OUR RANGES 80 TO 88% AND WE ARE IN THE 85% RANGE CURRENTLY.

>> OKAY, SO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS THAT WE WILL MEET THAT CRITERIA BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR BUT WE ARE NOT

THERE. >> CORRECT. THERE IS CARRYOVER MONEY NOT BUDGETED TOWARD THESE ACCOUNTS. THAT IS FOR SCHOOLS TO DO WHAT THEY PLEASE WITH AND THEY USUALLY DO NOT BUDGET FOR SALARIES BECAUSE THAT COMES OUT OF

>> SO WITH A SCHOOL SITE NEEDS AN ADDITIONAL TEACHER , YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THEY HAVE AN INFLUX OF STUDENTS WHO JUST CAME IN FROM SOME OF THE COUNTRY , WE STILL WILL BE ABLE TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THAT 88% OR

IS THAT NOT BUDGETED? >> IT IS. WE BUDGET FOR VACANCIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT , SO WE ALREADY HAVE THAT IN

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CATEGORY. >> AND WHEN WE PER SE DON'T NEED THAT EXPENSE ANY LONGER, IS THAT STILL KEPT IN THAT?

>> THAT IS A DECISION BROUGHT UP BY CABINET OF WHETHER WE ARE KEEPING THAT POSITION, ABOLISHING IT OR MAINTAINING IT

AS A VACANCY FOR THE FUTURE. >> THANK YOU.

>> STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD. MR. GEORGE SO, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT OUR CURRENT TOTAL REVENUES ARE STILL 124,904,000?

>> YES. THAT'S WHAT WE RECEIVE THROUGH JANUARY 31ST.

>> OKAY, AND IN TERMS OF OUR RESERVES, THE PROJECTED NUMBER

IS AROUND 95 . >> AS OF JANUARY 31ST, YES.

>> WHAT IS THE ACTUAL AMOUNT RIGHT NOW?

>> THE CREDIBLE RIGHT NOW IS A LITTLE MORE THAN 95 BECAUSE WE RECEIVED 124 AND ONLY SPENT 105, SO YOU WOULD TAKE THAT DIFFERENCE PLUS WHATEVER WE HAD AT THE END OF THE LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS ABOUT 130, SO WE WOULD HAVE ABOUT 145-ISH.

>> OKAY, SO WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR RESERVES RIGHT NOW EXCEPT

OUR TOTAL REVENUE ? >> AS A WHOLE, ARE YOU COMPARING IT TO HOW MUCH REVENUE WE GET OR HOW MUCH

EXPENDITURES WE SPEND? >> TOTAL REVENUE.

>> A LITTLE UNDER 50%. IN OUR RESERVES. WHAT WE HAVE, THAT TOTAL 95. WHAT WE ARE ENDING AT -- IF WE ENDED 95 WE RECEIVE ABOUT 200, SO IT'S A LITTLE UNDER 50% RESERVE.

>> OKAY. OF THOSE RESERVES, HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE COMMITTED?

>> AT BOARD ADOPTION, WE HAD COMMITTED 70% IF YOU LOOK AT AND COMPARE JUST THE SECOND INTERVAL. WE DID NOT ASSIGN ANYTHING. IT'S MUCH LESS AT 22% BUT THE NUMBER I WOULD GIVE YOU IS THE 70% BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THE BOARD AND YOU GUYS GUIDED US ON FOR JULY 1ST. 69.16% TOTAL OUT OF THAT 95.

>> SO, SORRY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. IF WE FACTOR LIKE LET'S SAY SUBTRACT WHAT WE HAVE COMMITTED AND THEN ASSIGN FROM OUR TOTAL RESERVES RIGHT NOW, WHAT PERCENTAGE THAT IS?

ADOPTION, YOU HAD 6%. >> OKAY, THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? MS. ARMSTRONG.

>> YOU GUYS, ACTUALLY, AMY ASKED QUESTIONS THAT I WANTED TO ASK AND OF COURSE YOU GUYS ARE EXPLORING WHAT WE MAY HAVE TO DO AS FAR AS STAFFING AND PROGRAMS AND WHAT AREAS WE MAY HAVE TO ADJUST IF YOU GUYS PROJECT WE WILL GO INTO A PROBLEM. SO THAT'S IT. GREAT QUESTIONS, YOU GUYS.

>> THANK YOU, MISS ARMSTRONG. STUDENT BOARD MEMBER.

>> THANK YOU. MR. GEORGE, THE SPECIAL FUNDS ENDING FUND BALANCE, WHAT ARE THOSE SPECIAL FUNDS?

>> ANY FUND THAT IS NOT OUR MAIN FUNDING FOR US. SO EXAMPLE, FUND AGES ARE ASB FUND. WE HAVE TO TRACK THAT NOW AND REPORT THAT TO THE STATE. FUND 12 IS CHILD DEVELOPMENT SO, OUR ECE KIDS. 13 IS NUTRITION SO THAT IS SEPARATE FROM OURS. FUND 21 IS OUR BOND FUND WHICH IS USED FOR S.T.E.A.M.-BUILDING AND ALL THOSE OTHER PROJECTS BUT THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE OUTSIDE OF OUR MAIN FUNDING SOURCE.

>> I SEE, SO ONE FUND 10, FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, DOES THAT MEAN THE DISTRICT IN TERMS OF SPECIAL FUNDS ONLY HAS $91?

>> THAT SPECIFIC FUND ONLY HAS $91. THAT ONE IS VERY UNIQUE.

THE MONEY COMES IN THEN WE DISTRIBUTED OUT TO PARAMOUNT

AND OURSELVES. >> AND IS THERE A REASON FOR IT

ONLY BE 91? >> THAT IS JUST THE INTEREST THAT REMAINED AT THE END OF LAST YEAR FROM THE EARNINGS ON

THE FUNDS THAT WERE THERE. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. AWESOME QUESTIONS TONIGHT. MS. GARZA.

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD. MY FIRST QUESTION, I HAVE TWO MORE. I'M SORRY, JUST CAME UP RIGHT NOW. THE DELAY FACILITIES REPAIRS, ARE WE -- I THINK WE HAVE NOT HAD AN UPDATE LATELY, BUT I'M HOPING THAT WE WILL IN THE FUTURE. ARE WE STILL -- IS THIS THE CURRENT AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE FOR SUCH REPAIRS ? I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO ASK IS, WHAT

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>> MONEY IS SET ASIDE FOR DELAYED FACILITY REPAIRS SO THAT 25 MILLION A SET ASIDE FOR WHEN REPAIRS START.

>> SO, ARE THEY -- CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THE PROCESS? HOW DOES SOMEONE OR A SCHOOL SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR THESE

FUNDS? >> THAT, I WILL DEFER TO BECAUSE IT GOES ALONG WITH THE PLAN.

>> THOSE DELAYS FACILITY REPAIRS DURING THE PRESENTATION WAS ONE OF THE AREAS WE LOOKED AT MOVING FORWARD WITH ONE OF THE PROJECTS, THE MAYFAIR FIELDS, THE THOMAS JEFFERSON PARKING LOT AS WELL AS BUS TRANSPORTATION EXPANSION SO THAT IS WHERE THE FUNDING FOR THAT WOULD COME. IN TERMS OF JUST GENERAL THINGS THAT OUR SITES NEED AND DAILY REPAIRS, THAT IS ARE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THAT WE HAVE TO SET ASIDE AT LEAST 3% ON THAT AND THAT GOES PRO WORK ORDER SYSTEM RECITES WOULD PUT IN ORDERS FOR REPAIRS ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEM HAS A BUDGET FOR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE

REPAIRS. >> AND SO, NOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING THESE LAST TWO YEARS OF RECORD RAINS, I HAVE BEEN AT JUST ONE OR TWO SITES. I AM SEEING THAT IT IS NECESSARY FOR US TO LOOK AT OUR ROOMS ON MANY OF OUR FACILITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY OLD, AND THEY ARE HAVING LEAKS IN THE CLASSROOMS. SO, SO, IS THIS FIRE, AND PLEASE POINT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, WOULD WE TAKE THAT MONEY OUT OF DELAYED FACILITY REPAIRS IF WE NEEDED TO FIX THE SCHOOL YEAR OR WOULD IT BE FROM DEFERRED MAINTENANCE?

>> IT COULD BE A COMBINATION OF BOTH. THE COST OF THE 3% WOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPORT ALL OF THAT BECAUSE MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE OTHER REPAIRS THAT MAY BE NEEDED AND IT CAN BE A LARGE CHUNK AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT CAN BE USED FROM THE DEFERRED, THEN WE WOULD DO THAT. ARE ENDING FUND BALANCE, YOUR RESERVES AND YOUR COMMITTED FUNDS, THINK OF THAT AS YOUR RAINY DAY FUND.

THOSE ARE THINGS ABOVE AND BEYOND AND SHOULD ALWAYS BE USED FOR ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES. IN THAT CASE, THAT MIGHT BE A ONE-TIME EXPENDITURE FOR THE TIME BEING BUT HOWEVER, IF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE COULD COVER IT, YOU WOULD USE IT THERE AND DIP INTO YOUR RESERVES IF NEEDED.

>> SO IT GOES FIRST TO DIFFERENT MAINTENANCE. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. YOU SAID 3%. CAN YOU TELL ME ROUGHLY AROUND HOW MUCH MONEY THAT IS?

>> THAT IS JUST ACTUALLY A MINIMUM. RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY WE

HAVE BUDGETED -- >> ROUGHLY WE HAVE SET ASIDE FOR MAINTENANCE, ABOUT $6.5 MILLION. IT WILL ALWAYS BE 3% OF WHATEVER YOUR BUDGETED EXPENDITURES ARE SO IN THIS CASE IT WILL BE 3% OF ABOUT 245.

>> BELIEVE ME I UNDERSTAND THESE ARE BIG BUILDINGS AND IT IS PROBABLY GOING TO COST A LOT TO REPAIR A ROOF.

>> SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT THAT IS WHY IT IS ALL IMPORTANT TO ALSO HAVE SOME FUNDS IN YOUR RAINY DAY TO STEP IN IF EVER

NEEDED IN THE SITUATIONS. >> PERFECT. MAY I CONTINUE?

>> GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU. MY SECOND QUESTION PERTAINS TO THE EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS FY 21-22 FUND TRADES IS THIS MONEY ALREADY ALLOCATED, OR ARE WE THINKING OF USING THIS BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, CAN I ASK, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS, MS. CARTER?

>> SORRY, THE FUNDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED AND I BELIEVE WE BROUGHT FORWARD THAT PLAN. IT HAS DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE IN IT CURRENTLY. WE BROUGHT IT FORWARD IN NOVEMBER FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT , AND SO WE WERE LOOKING AT SUCH THINGS AS EDL TRAINING, ENGLISH LEARNER TRAINING, THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE PLAN.

>> OR ANY OF THESE GOING TO BE TRAINING THAT THE TEACHERS WILL BE RECEIVING IN THE SUMMER, OR IS THAT COMPLETELY DIFFERENT?

>> IT COULD BE, THE TEACHERS COULD BE RECEIVING IT. WE HAVE MULTIPLE FUNDS THAT WE DO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OUT OF, SO PINNING IT DOWN TO ONE OR THE OTHER IS, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD BE USING TITLE TO GO FUNDING, EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS FUNDING FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUT THIS IS A FUND WE WOULD TAKE THOSE SERIES OUT OF.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MS. GARZA. I DO

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UPKEEP? >> I DO BELIEVE THAT IS PART OF THE PLAN . THAT WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR THE DID THE ASSESSMENT IT SAID THIS IS WHAT WE SEE HERE.

>> RIGHT. THAT IS PART OF -- WE DID THAT , THE MASTER FACILITIES. NOW, WE ARE STILL GOING BY ALL OF THAT AND WE ARE JUST DOING PRIORITY ONE RIGHT NO THE PRIORITY 1S , YES. AND WE ARE ABLE TO WALK THE DIFFERENT SITES AND SEE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT PLANS THAT ARE NEEDED TO BE DONE BUT IF YOU RECALL THAT FACILITIES MASTER PLAN, IT WAS CLOSE TO HUNDRED AND 35 MILLION IN TERMS OF JUST FACILITY REPAIRS, AND WE KNOW THAT 25 MILLION DOES NOT EVEN TAKE A PORTION, THAT THERE IS A LOT THERE, BUT THEN ADDITIONALLY, SOME OF THE DECISIONS OF MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME PROJECTS LIKE THE BUS DROP OFF ZONE AT THOMAS JEFFERSON AND SO FORTH WOULD FEED INTO THAT SO THAT IS WHERE YOU LOOK AT YOUR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND SAY OKAY, HOW CAN WE MAP THIS OUT BASED ON YEARS DO, AND WHAT ARE THOSE

PRIORITIES? >> BUS DROP OFF ZONE?

>> AT THOMAS JEFFERSON. THAT WAS THE WHOLE PARKING LOT IN THE BUS DROP OFF AT THOMAS JEFFERSON.

>> IS THAT GOING FORWARD? >> YES. THAT IS SOMETHING WHEN WE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD, IT WAS THE MAYFAIR FIELD AND THOMAS JEFFERSON PARKING LOT BUS TRANSPORTATION DROP OFF.

>> RIGHT, THERE WAS THREE PROJECTS IN THERE.

>> RIGHT, THE THIRD ONE WAS THE EXPANSION OF THE

TRANSPORTATION. >> RIGHT, BUT REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE ARE CODED BY SITE? LIKE, YOU COULD GET THAT?

>> YES, OUR WORK ORDER SYSTEM DOES HAVE THEM SUBMITTED BY

SITE. >> I KNOW WE WERE WORKING PREVIOUSLY TO REVAMP THE WORK ORDER, I THINK IT WAS WORK DUDE ? WAS THAT GOING FORWARD OR ARE WE USING SOMETHING ELSE?

>> WE ARE STILL USING THE CURRENT APP THAT WE USE, OUR MAINTENANCE TRACKER. THAT IS WHAT WE CURRENTLY USE FOR ALL OF OUR WORK ORDER SYSTEMS. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING FOR SOMETHING MORE UPDATED VERSUS WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

>> OKAY, COOL. MS. GARZA. >> THANK YOU. I KNOW I SAID I DIDN'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS BUT YOU ASKED SOMETHING THAT PROMPTED ANOTHER. AT THOMAS JEFFERSON, THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAD REQUESTED TO PLACE ON THE FACILITY PLAN. IS THAT STILL UNNECESSARY ACTION WE NEED TO TAKE AT THIS POINT? YOU KNOW, THINKING OF THAT THE DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT IN OUR SCHOOLS, IS THAT DROP OFF STILL NECESSARY AT THOMAS JEFFERSON?

>> WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE BOARD GIVES DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD, THEN WE GO OUT TO BID FOR THESE ITEMS. WHEN THE BID COMES IN, WE BRING THAT TO THE BOARD. IF, AT THAT TIME, THE BOARD SAYS NO, WE DON'T WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, THEN THE BOARD AT THAT TIME CAN MAKE THE DECISION NOT TO. HOWEVER, EVEN RIGHT NOW IF THE BOARD WAS TO SAY WELL, SINCE WE HAVE NOT GOT ANYTHING, LET'S PUT A HOLD, THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN CONSIDER AT THIS POINT IN REGARD TO THOSE DECISIONS.

>> CAN YOU REMIND ME WHY THAT DECISION WAS TO BE MADE TO HAVE

THAT DROP OFF THERE? >> THAT WAS A SAFETY SITUATION.

CURRENTLY, THE BUS PARKED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET TO LOAD AND UNLOAD STUDENTS, SO IT WAS TO MAKE DROP OFF ZONE ACTUALLY ON THE SCHOOL CAMPUS, AND TO BE ABLE TO EXIT ONE WAY AND TO HELP WITH THE TRAFFIC FLOW. THAT IS ONE OF OUR SCHOOL DID -- SCHOOLS WHERE WE HAVE THE MOST STUDENTS TRANSPORTED BY BUS, SO TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR THEM BEING DROPPED OFF.

>> SO, IT'S MORE OF A SAFETY CONCERN?

>> I APOLOGIZE, MS. GARZA, GOING TO HAVE TO CUT OFF THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT'S GETTING INTO A TOPIC NOT

RELATED TO THE BUDGET. >> THANK YOU.

>> SPEAKING OF THE FACILITIES PLAN, WE HAD THAT FIVE-YEAR PLAN ABOUT A YEAR AGO. ARE WE IN YOUR WONDER YOUR TWO OF THAT

FIVE-YEAR PLAN? >> IT WAS IN -- WE ARE IN YEAR TWO, I BELIEVE. LET ME DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT DATE. MAY 2 IS

WHAT I BELIEVE. >> WHEN WE HAD THAT PRESENTATION, WE ALL DISCUSSED THAT WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE PRIORITIES WERE . WE TALKED ABOUT SAFETY. WE

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HOW WE ARE SPENDING THE MONEY? >> THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE PRESENTATIONS ON FACILITIES. THE FIRST ONE STARTED WITH THE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN WHERE WE HAD AN OUTSIDE VENDOR, AND

EVALUATE ALL OF OUR PLANS. >> THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN. THAT'S

THE ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT. >> YES, THAT WAS THE FIRST.

FROM THERE, WE PROVIDED THE BOARD WITH DIFFERENT FACILITIES UP TASTES INFORMATION IN ONE INCLUDED THE MAYFAIR DROP-OFF AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION EXPANSION.

>> SO, WE TOOK ALL OF THOSE AND THAT WAS OUR FIRST YOUR PLAN?

>> THOSE WERE NOT IDENTIFIED AS STEP ONE PRIORITIES. THOSE WERE IDENTIFIED AS PROJECTS THE BOARD WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD

WITH. >> SO, WE DID THOSE INSTEAD OF WE JUST BYPASSED THAT FIRST YOUR PLAN AND DID THOSE INSTEAD? IS THAT WHAT WE ARE SAYING?

>> WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE PLAN, THOSE WERE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE, SO SOME OF THOSE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THROUGH DEFERRED MAINTENANCE BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE LIKE, REPAIR OF CEILING TILES OR CONCRETE AREAS. IT IS NOT LARGE PROJECTS, SO THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. THERE IS UPKEEP, DAILY MAINTENANCE REPAIRS THAT ARE NEEDED, BUT THEN THERE ARE LARGE, ONE-TIME PROJECTS, SO THE LARGE ONE-TIME PROJECTS IS WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE ENDING FUND BALANCE. SOME OF THOSE PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED IN THE MASTER PLAN, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE OF BUDGET

THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. >> OKAY. I GUESS I'M JUST -- WE TALKED ABOUT THESE PLANS. WE TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO HAVE SOME INPUT AND I KIND OF AGREE WITH YOU. I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD ANY INPUT ON THAT FIVE-YEAR PLAN SINCE THE FIRST YEAR SO I

DON'T KNOW. I'M CONFUSED. >> I BELIEVE THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN, THERE WAS IDENTIFYING THE STEP ONE PRIORITIES, WHICH ARE ALL ABOUT SAFETY. I BELIEVE WE GAVE DIRECTIONS FOR THAT TO BE ADDRESSED FIRST AND THEN WE HAD A FEW PROJECTS WE THREW IN THERE BUT I THINK MAYBE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CALENDAR MAYBE BRINGING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD AND TALKING MORE ABOUT THAT WOULD BE GOOD. I DO WANT TO WRAP THIS UP SOON , BUT --

STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD. WHEN THE 24 MILLION WAS SET ASIDE TO FINISH THOSE THREE COMMITTED PROJECTS, HOW DID THAT PROCESS GO? DID THAT COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND OR THE DISTRICT RESERVES?

>> THAT IS OUT OF THE DISTRICT RESERVES, AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THE MONEY IS SET ASIDE FOR DELAYED FACILITY REPAIRS. THESE WERE OPTIONS PRESENTED IN THE SENSE THAT YOU HAD THIS MONEY THERE AND YOU CAN USE IT TO COMPLETE THOSE PROJECTS. SHOULD THE PRIORITY CHANGE IN REGARD TO THE BOARD, THAT IS A BOARD DECISION ON IT, BUT IN USING THOSE FUNDS, THOSE WOULD BE FUNDS THAT WOULD BE FOR THOSE PROJECTS.

>> SO THOSE CAME OUT OF THE RESERVES?

>> CORRECT. >> THANK YOU. WITH THAT BEING SAID, JUST TO GO OFF OF WHAT MY BOARD COLLEAGUES TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF FACILITIES AT SCHOOL, SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE INCREDIBLY OLD. BELLFLOWER IS GOING ON ITS 75TH YEAR SOON AND A LOT OF REPAIRS NEED TO BE MADE NOT JUST TO BELLFLOWER BUT TO A LOT OF OUR SCHOOL SITES AND I THINK, GIVEN THAT IT IS ALWAYS WELL TO PLAY CAUTIOUS IN TERMS OF MONEY, I KNOW I'M YOUNG, BUT EVEN I KNOW THAT. I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO URGE EITHER OUR CABINET MEMBERS OR POSSIBLY A BOARD TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE BUILDINGS NEED OVER $135 MILLION IN JUST REPAIRS, BUT LOOKING AT YOU KNOW, I THINK IN THE MULTIYEAR PROJECTION BASED ON 2022-2023, WE ARE DECLINING IN ENROLLMENT AND THAT PLAYS A FACTOR IN HOW MUCH FUNDING WE GET FROM LCFF AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS BUT IF WE WERE TO MAKE OUR DISTRICT MORE MARKETABLE IN THE SENSE THAT YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE HAVE MORE UPDATED FACILITIES THAN NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICTS , WHETHER IT IS THROUGH A BOND OR SOME OTHER LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, I THINK THAT WOULD BENEFIT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT THE MOST SO I REALLY URGE US TO LOOK INTO THOSE ALTERNATIVE SOURCES AND PLAY SAFE WITH OUR MONEY, BUT ALSO -- I'VE NEVER BEEN TO LAS VEGAS, WE ARE NOT IN VEGAS BUT YOU KNOW.

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>> IT'S A VERY GOOD RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU.

TIME FOR ONE MORE, MS. STEWART?

>> THANK YOU. SEEING THAT WE DID NOT HAVE THIS AHEAD OF TIME THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THERE ARE SO MANY QUESTIONS BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE I AGREE WITH YOU. LOOKING AT OUR SARK REPORTS AND INTERIOR THINGS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO HAVE MAYBE A LIST OF THINGS HE WANTED TO SEE DONE RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO I HOPE WE HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS IN THE FUTURE AND THAT YOU CAN JOIN US. THANK YOU.

>> MR. GEORGE.

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DELEGATE ASSEMBLY. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THE ASSEMBLY CAST ITS BALLOT FOR

REPRESENTATIVES. >> THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A

SECOND? >> SECOND.

>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD?

>> STUDENT BOARD MEMBER >> I'LL ABSTAIN.

>> BOARD MEMBER ELHESSEN >> AYE

>> MS. ARMSTRONG >> AYE

>> MRS. GAZA >> AYE

>> MS. STEWART >> AYE

>> PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD >> AYE. MOTION PASSES. OUR LAST MAJOR ACTION ITEM OF THE EVENING IS THE REQUEST FOR BOARD TRAVEL AND CONFERENCE. WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS

FROM THE BOARD? >> I DON'T REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS, BUT I DO WANT TO IN THE FUTURE TALK ABOUT OUR POLICIES AND MAYBE SOME TYPE OF REPORT BACK, MAYBE WHAT WE LEARNED, MAYBE WHAT COULD BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT, SO I KNOW WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR UNIVERSAL POLICIES IN APRIL, AND MAYBE BOARD POLICY 3350 IS SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT, AND MAYBE JUST A FORM OR SOMETHING SO WE CAN ALL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EACH OTHER GOING TO DIFFERENT PLACES. I KNOW WE PUT ALL THE DROPPED FOLDERS AND PRESENTATIONS IN A FILE FOR EVERYONE SO I THINK SOMETHING

WE CAN ALL BENEFIT FROM. >> THANK YOU. MS. ARMSTRONG.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT, MAYBE BECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE DO GO OUT, THAT WE DO COME BACK AND SHARE. I USUALLY PASS INFORMATION TO THE STAFF LIKE OH, LOOK AT THIS, JUST GO CHECK IT OUT, BUT I DID -- THERE ARE SOME CONFERENCES THAT I KIND OF THOUGHT WOULD BE NICE FOR ME TO GET FOR THE BOARD AND ON OUR OWN, I CAN ACTUALLY SHARE SOME OF THEM AND YOU CAN PROBABLY SAY WE NEED TO GO LOOK AT THIS AND TO LOOK AT THAT AND I CAN DEFINITELY BRING IT BACK BECAUSE JUST LIKE WITH THE TEACHERS, THE CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, YOU KNOW, I AM ALWAYS GOING AND IT IS SO DIFFERENT WHEN YOU GO AND SEE WHAT THE NATION IS DOING, AND IT IS THE SAME WAY WITH CALIFORNIA IN THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD, SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND I WOULD LOVE TO COME BACK AND SHARE IT BECAUSE YOU COULD PROBABLY PUSH IT TO LOOK INTO SOME OF THESE THINGS, AND I HAVE. I CAN GO ON AND ON. I CAME BACK ONE TIME WANTING TO DO THEMATIC CLASSROOMS, YOU KNOW, LIKE TO WHERE THE STUDENTS COULD ROTATE , NOT SO MUCH AS YOU KNOW, THE TEACHERS, YOU KNOW, BUT TO HAVE DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS FOR EARLY LEARNERS. WE HAVE SO MUCH STUFF OUT THERE, SO WE WILL GET TOGETHER LATER AND I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE

FOR YOU, OKAY? >> THANK YOU, MS. ARMSTRONG.

MS. GARZA? >> YES. COULD I REQUEST THAT OUR STAFF PLACES A FOLDER FOR OUR UPCOMING COLLEAGUES MEETING SO THAT WAY IF SHE HAS STARTED GATHERING ANY SLIDES, SHE COULD JUST EASILY MOVE THEM INTO THAT FOLDER WHERE WE CAN ALL JUST

HAVE ACCESS TO IT? >> THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. IS

THAT CLEAR? >> YES, YOU LIKE A FOLDER CREATED WHERE YOU CAN SHARE INFORMATION ONCE YOU ATTEND A

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MEMBER -- MEMO THAT WEEK. >> YES. THAT WOULD BE PERFECT.

THAT WAY WE ALL KNOW IT EXISTS THERE. MAYBE WE LABEL IT WITH THE YEAR IN THE TITLE. WHOEVER GOES CAN GO AHEAD AND DROP IT IN THERE AND ANYONE CAN VIEW IT.

>> YEP, WE CAN DO THAT. >> THANK YOU, MS. GUARD --

GAZA. STUDENT MEMBER. >> THANK YOU. AT MY SITE WE ARE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS, I THINK WE WANT MORE INFORMATION MAY BE AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR TERM, THE CONFERENCES WE CAN GO TO BECAUSE I REMEMBER CHRIS MENTIONING TO ME THAT HE WENT TO A FEW CONFERENCES BEFORE AND I NEVER RECEIVED INFORMATION ABOUT THAT SO I THINK MOVING FORWARD FOR FUTURE BOARD MEMBERS, IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THEM TO BE AWARE OF THAT

PROCESS. >> GREAT SUGGESTION, I LIKE IT.

>> I KNOW ELAINE SENT OUT THE LIST OF CONFERENCES COMING UP, WHICH WAS PRETTY AMAZING. MAYBE WE COULD GET A LIST OF ALL THE CONFERENCES IF THEY ARE MAYBE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME TIME OF THE YEAR OR IN THE FUTURE SO WE COULD ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY

TO GO. >> I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO THE SCHEDULING, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WOULD SEE AS --

>> THEY ARE EMAILED AT DIFFERENT TIMES, SO WE DON'T GET THEM AHEAD OF TIME DURING THE YEAR BUT DEFINITELY AS THEY

COME IN, WE CAN -- >> MOST OF THEM ARE ANNUAL,

RIGHT? >> YES, SOME OF THEM ARE BUT YOU KNOW, THEY WILL SEND THE EMAIL RIGHT BEFORE IT IS TIME TO REGISTER BUT I CAN LET YOU GUYS KNOW.

>> WHAT WE WILL DO IS MAKE SURE EVERY CONFERENCE THAT COMES IN THAT WE ARE AWARE OF, WE WILL SHARE IT WITH ALL OF YOU.

>> PERFECT. I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK THAT. I LEARNED OF ONE THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO LEARN OF OTHERS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE LOCAL.

>> THANK YOU, MS. STEWART. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I WOULD MAKE ONE COMMENT. I DO THINK IT IS A POLICY WE NEED TO LOOK AT. I KNOW WE ARE GOING OVER THE GLOBAL POLICY ADOPTION BUT I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH OUR SPENDING AND OUR TRAVEL, BUT I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR ONGOING DEVELOPMENT GOING TO THESE AND SOME OF THEM ARE REALLY GOOD. BUT, I AGREE WITH MS. STEWART, WE SHOULD SHARE THAT INFORMATION. I THINK A CENTRAL REPOSITORY FOR INFORMATION WOULD BE GREAT LIKE MS. GARZA MENTIONED. BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT MAKING SURE WE ARE EQUITABLE WITH TRAVEL AND SPENDING ON THE BOARD. THAT BEING SAID, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR BOARD TRAVEL AND CONFERENCE?

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. ROLL CALL.

>> STUDENT BOARD MEMBER DIZON >> AYE

>> DR. ELHESSEN >> AYE

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>> AS OF GAZA >> AYE

>> MS. STEWART >> AYE

>> MR. CRIHFIELD >> AYE. THANK YOU AND WE HAVE ANY ITEMS TO WITHHOLD FROM CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD 1.3 .19, SECOND INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. ANY OTHERS? BOARD CALLINGS? ONE ONCE, GOING TWICE -- ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WAS TOLD ITEM 1.3 .19 SECOND INTERIM

STATEMENTS? >> MOTION.

>> MOTION BY MS. ARMSTRONG. >> SECOND.

>> SECOND BY MS. GAZA. ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

>> STUDENT BOARD MEMBER DIZON >> AYE

>> DR. ELHESSEN >> AYE

[13.19 SECOND INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: It is proposed that the Board of Education review and certify the positive financial condition of the second interim report of the General Fund for the period of July 1, 2023 to January 31, 2024 as presented on the attachment.]

>> AS ARMSTRONG >> AYE

>> MS. A RESULT >> AYE

>> MS. STEWART >> I CAN'T

>> MR. CRIHFIELD >> AYE. MOVING ON TO 1.3 .19, SECOND INTERIM REPORT. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MS. STEWART, SINCE YOU PULLED THE ITEM, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU WANT TO SAY BEFORE WE GO TO APPROVE OR

NOT? >> AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PRESENTATION WAS ON OUR AGENDA ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE BUT WHAT WE GET FROM YOU GUYS IS SUPPOSED TO BE WHAT IS HAPPENING UP HERE ON THE DAY IS, SO THIS INTERIM, I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES, IT'S LIKE 100 MILLION PAGES, SO YOUR SUMMARY IS REALLY GREAT AND IT IS IMPORTANT, AND I CAN'T IMPOSE

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>> THANK YOU, MS. STEWART. ANYBODY ELSE? I WILL SAY I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION BY MR. GEORGE TONIGHT. VERY GOOD.

I DO AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE, MS. STEWART. OBVIOUSLY, WE TRY TO GET THESE THINGS HANDLED BEFORE. I UNDERSTAND THINGS HAPPEN. BUT, YEAH, THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND I THINK THE PRESENTATION WAS GREAT AND I FEEL ALL MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED TONIGHT AND I WILL WORK ON THINGS GOING FORWARD.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 1.3 .19?

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

>> I SECOND. >> ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

>> STUDENT BOARD MEMBER DIZON >> AYE

>> IN 13 >> AYE

[14. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS]

>> AS ARMSTRONG >> AYE

>> MS. GARZA >> AYE

>> MS. STEWART >> ABSTAIN

>> MR. CRIHFIELD >> AYE . MOVING ON TO BOARD COMMUNICATIONS. WE WILL START WITH MS. ARMSTRONG.

>> ALL RIGHT, HAPPY WOMEN'S MONTH OR MARCH. TO ALL OF OUR BEAUTIFUL, STRONG WOMEN OUT HERE. I LEFT MY CALENDAR .

HOWEVER, I WANT TO SAY ON THE 25TH OF FEBRUARY, I HAD A LOSS IN MY FAMILY AND IT KIND OF TURNED ME AND EVERYBODY UPSIDE DOWN, BUT IT WAS EXPECTED, AND SO MY WORLD HAS BEEN KIND OF TURNED UPSIDE DOWN SINCE FEBRUARY 25TH, BUT I AM OKAY AND THE FAMILY IS OKAY. HOWEVER, ANOTHER THING IS AT MAYFAIR HIGH , THE ABILITIES CONFERENCE, AND THAT PARENT TO SPOKE, MICHELLE YOUNG. MICHELLE SAID SHE WAS APPROACHED BY SO MANY PEOPLE AND I WAS LIKE GOSH, I WISH I HAD BEEN THERE , BUT YOU KNOW, SHE HAD HER SPEECH WRITTEN OUT, BUT SHE ALSO WROTE A POEM, AND I KNOW THREE OF US WENT. AM I CORRECT? AND, I HAVE BEEN KNOWING HER AND HER CHILDREN , OH MY GOODNESS, SINCE THEY WERE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SO, I DON'T KNOW. DID A LOT OF YOU GUYS GO TO THE ABILITIES THING SO YOU GUYS HEARD A POEM? OKAY, I REALLY WANTED TO READ IT AGAIN, BUT I WILL SPARE YOU UNLESS YOU GUYS WANT TO HEAR IT. YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IT? SHE COULD BARELY WALK OUT, AND TRUST ME, AT CHURCH, WE GO TO CHURCH TOGETHER, AND WE, AS A FAMILY, REALLY HELPED HER AND HER CHILDREN AS THEY WENT THROUGH A REAL STRUGGLE WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION AND GETTING WHAT THE KIDS NEED, SO THIS IS JERICHO'S POEM, BY MICHELLE YOUNG GARCIA. MY NAME IS JERICHO AND I HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS. DON'T CONFUSE THAT WITH STUPIDITY. YOU MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND THE WORDS I SAY, BUT WE CAN COMMUNICATE IN A DIFFERENT WAY . I MAY BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT I AM BEAUTIFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE. I SURVIVED THIS LIFE BECAUSE OF THE LESSONS MY MOM GAVE. I MUST TELL YOU THAT I AM NEVER ALONE. I HAVE MY FRIENDS HERE , AND MY FAMILY AT HOME.

MY TEACHERS SUPPORT ME AND HELP ME ON MY WAY TO BE ACADEMICALLY STRONG AND GROW SMARTER EVERY DAY. I THANK YOU ALL FOR HELPING ME TO BECOME WHO I AM , AND I AM HAPPY . WHEN YOU ASK A QUESTION AND I JUST SMILE, REMEMBER TO BE PATIENT. I WILL ANSWER IN A LITTLE WHILE. I MAY BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT I AM A LOT LIKE YOU . I PLAY VIDEO GAMES, LISTEN TO MUSIC, AND WATCH MOVIES, TOO. THE END. ANYWAY. I HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOYED THAT , AND IT IS GREAT SEEING THE SUCCESSES. IT HAS COME A LONG WAY AND IT IS BELLFLOWER TEACHERS TO THINK AND WE HAVE A REALLY A LOT OF SUCCESS STORIES BUT WE KNOW WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO GET OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION

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>> THANK YOU, MS. ARMSTRONG. MOVING ON TO DR. ELHESSEN.

>> THANK YOU. I ALSO ATTENDED THE ABILITIES ASSEMBLY AND GOT TO MEET JONATHAN , WHO IS SITTING NEXT TO ME, AND HE IS NONVERBAL, BUT HE WAS VERY ENGAGING, AND WHEN I TURNED MY BACK TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE, HE QUICKLY GRABBED MY SCOOTER CHAIR AND TURNED ME AROUND. AND WITH THAT, I SMILED AT HIM, MAKING DIRECT EYE CONTACT AND I KNEW THAT HE WAS HAPPY I WAS SITTING NEXT TO HIM. SO, I ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH AND I AM GLAD THAT THEY ARE CHANGING THEIR NAME. I THINK IT IS CALLED UNIFIED NOW. AND, I THINK THAT IS A GREAT IDEA, AND THE STUDENTS CAME OFF WITHOUT THEMSELVES. SO, WHAT GAVE ME THE PRIDE AND DISTINCTION IS THAT THE STUDENTS ARE WORKING ON INCLUSION, SO THAT IS A GREAT STEP. I ALSO WENT TO READ ACROSS AMERICA. I WAS THERE AT WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY, AND I READ FOR A SPECIAL ED CLASS AND I ALSO READ FOR A GENERAL IN THIRD GRADE CLASS, AND IT WAS BOTH REALLY REWARDING -- I ENJOYED BOTH OF THEM . THE TEACHER FOR THE SPECIAL ED CLASS WAS -- STUDENTS WERE GREAT. THEY WERE ATTENTIVE AND ALSO IN THE GENERAL IN THE CLASS, THEY WERE ALSO WELL ATTENTIVE AND THE QUESTIONS I GOT FROM ONE OF THE STUDENTS AS I READ THE DR. SEUSS BOOK -- THE QUESTION WAS, IF I WAS MARRIED TO DR. SEUSS, BECAUSE I INTRODUCED MYSELF AS DR. SEUSS, SO EVERYONE STARTED LAUGHING AT THAT, BUT IT WAS A GENUINE QUESTION. IT WAS A GREAT PROCESS. I WANT TO SHARE SPECIFICALLY SOME RECENT CSB NEWS THAT IMPACTS OUR DISTRICT AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE RECENT ONE WITH THE AI GENERATED NUDES AT BEVERLY HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL , AND THE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO BE PROACTIVE IN AVOIDING SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE ALREADY FACING.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE OUR STUDENTS SAFE? BECAUSE, APPARENTLY, ONCE AI GENERATED NUDES ARE PUT OUT, THEY CAN NEVER BE DELETED. LIKE, THEY ARE THERE FOREVER IN THE SYSTEM AND IT IS DEVASTATING FOR STUDENTS, AND IT AFFECTS THEIR IMAGE, THEIR SELF-ESTEEM, AND I REALLY THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE ON TOP OF. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THAT SCHOOL SAID THAT , IN A STATEMENT, ALTHOUGH NO INFORMATION WAS DISCLOSED ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE ACTION, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS INVOLVED, OR THEIR GRADE LEVEL, HE CALLED ON CONGRESS TO PRIORITIZE THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN IN THE U.S., ADDING THAT TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING AI AND SOCIAL MEDIA, CAN BE USED INCREDIBLY POSITIVELY BUT MUCH LIKE CARS OR CIGARETTES AT FIRST, IF UNREGULATED, THEY ARE DESTRUCTIVE, SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT. THE OTHER WAS A POSITIVE NOTE IN REGARDS TO A RECENT ASSEMBLY BILL PASSED, 1796, BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER JUAN ALANIS OF MODESTO, BASICALLY STATING THAT NOW, PARENTS HAVE TO BE INFORMED ABOUT CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND DO ENROLLMENT COORDINATION FOR THE STUDENTS ON THEIR CAMPUSES AND I THINK THAT IS GREAT BECAUSE WHEN WE EDUCATE OUR PARENTS AND STUDENTS ARE AWARE, IT'S GOING TO CREATE MORE OF A DUAL ENROLLMENT PROCESS. LASTLY, I FOUND THIS IS VERY INTERESTING AND I KNOW I'LL PROBABLY GET A LOT OF HEAT ABOUT THIS, BUT BASICALLY, SOME SCHOOLS ARE LOOKING AT BANNING CELL PHONES AND MANY TEACHERS I KNOW I HAVE TALKED TO WOULD LOVE THAT TO HAPPEN IN THE CLASSROOM, AND THERE HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY HARMFUL ACTIONS TAKEN BY STUDENTS JUST TO GET LIKES ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA, WHETHER IT IS ON INSTAGRAM OR FACEBOOK, SO I THINK THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT A NEW BOARD POLICY ABOUT CELL PHONE USE. WE HAVE ONE, BUT THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCES FOR IT BEING USED AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT HAS HARMED OR ACTUALLY, I

[02:00:15]

SHARE, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR.

ELHESSEN. MS. GARZA. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD. I ATTENDED FEBRUARY 15TH, THE HALL OF FAME BANQUET ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES , MS. STEWART AND PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD AND INTERIM SUPER INTENDED AZEVEDO. I ACTUALLY DOUBLE BOOKED MYSELF THAT NIGHT, SO SORRY, BUT I DID ATTEND AND WHAT I SAW WAS AMAZING. IT WAS A LINEUP OF ALL OUR BEST ATHLETES AND THEIR STUDENTS WHO WORK SO HARD EVERY DAY TO MAINTAIN THEIR GPAS ACADEMICALLY AND ALSO BE ABLE TO GO AFTER SCHOOL AND DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO THESE TEAMS , WORKING TOGETHER, AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY CAN BE WELL-ROUNDED STUDENTS, SO THAT WAY, THEY CAN REACH THE GOALS THEY HAVE FOR REACHING UNIVERSITY OR COMMUNITY COLLEGES. BUT, I ALSO ATTENDED THE FEBRUARY 29TH CHICK PETERSON BASKETBALL GAME AND THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN. FIRST TIME I HAD EVER BEEN AND I THINK I WAS MISSING SO MUCH FROM NOT ATTENDING BEFORE, SO YOU WILL SEE ME THERE. I LOVE TO ATTEND BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL. BUT LET ME THROW SOMETHING OUT THERE TO YOU, JUST A SUGGESTION. I KNOW THAT YOU GATHER THIS MONEY AT THE ENTRANCE FOR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OUR KIDS, AND THAT IS AMAZING THAT YOU GUYS DO THAT, BUT WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE MAYBE IF WE COULD MAYBE , WITH OUR CONNECTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS, MAYBE INVITE SOME OF OUR FRIENDS OVER TO THESE GAMES IN THE FUTURE, AND SO MAYBE DINNER AND A SIDELINE SEAT, YOU KNOW, FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT? JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE, YOU KNOW. GETTING SOME IDEAS, HOPEFULLY, THEN MAYBE WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR OUR STUDENTS ON BOTH CAMPUSES, SO JUST A THOUGHT. I WILL LET IT SIMMER. AND THEN, MARCH 7TH , I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE PTA REFLECTIONS CEREMONY AND AWARDS CEREMONY. I TRY TO ATTEND EVERY YEAR, AND I AM SO AMAZED AT THE CALIBER OF OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR CREATIVITY, AND HOW WE OFFER ALL THESE DIFFERENT MEDIUMS FOR THEM TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND BE SO COMMUNICATIVE WITH THEIR WORDS, WITH THEIR INTERPRETATIONS, THEIR MUSIC, SO I REALLY LOVE THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING ME. ALWAYS ENJOY IT. THEN I AM ALWAYS -- ALSO GOING TO MAKE A REALLY QUICK ASK OUT THERE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE AN AMAZING DISTRICT. WE DO. I LOOK AROUND AND NO ONE ELSE OFFERS AS MANY PATHWAYS FOR CTE AS WE DO. WE HAVE A NEW ONE. I DON'T WANT TO BUTCHER THE NAME, SO MS. AZEVEDO, CAN

YOU REMIND ME WHAT IT IS? >> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT OUR URBAN FARMING OR RETAIL MARKETING?

>> THE ONE WE SAW AT THE S.T.E.A.M. BUILDING BUT WE ALSO

HAVE THAT OTHER ONE, PLEASE. >> THE URBAN FARMING OVER IT BELLFLOWER OR THE URBAN RETAIL MARKETING YOU VISITED RECENTLY? COMING IN THERE. I KNOW WE HAVE THE AVIATION THAT IS ALSO NEW.

THE URBAN FARMING, I THINK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IS WHEN WE STARTED IT BUT I WAS SO UPSET, I EVEN CALLED OUR BOARD PRESIDENT LIKE WHAT IS GOING ON? I JUST SAW THE SUPERINTENDENT SHOWBOATING HIS NUTRITION, LIKE WE HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING PROGRAM. LET'S -- CAN YOU HELP US PLEASE, LIKE WE ARE GOING TO DO IT, BUT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, HELP US JUST TELL YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR NEIGHBORS, BECAUSE THERE IS REALLY NO BETTER WAY TO PROMOTE OUR PROGRAMS IN OUR DISTRICT AND WORD-OF-MOUTH. IT REALLY HELPS A LOT. AND THAT'S ALL I

[02:05:18]

>> YOU CAN KEEP GOING. IF YOU'RE GOING TO PROMOTE, JUST KEEP GOING. THANK YOU, ADAM CLARK. ADAM VICE PRESIDENT.

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD. GOOD EVENING. THE LAST FEW WEEKS, I ATTENDED A LOT OF FABULOUS EVENTS. ON FAIRBURY 23RD I ATTENDED THE MAYFAIR ABILITIES ASSEMBLY.

THANK YOU AGAIN TO OUR UNIFIED PROGRAM FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

THE ASSEMBLY WAS SO GREAT TO BRING AWARENESS TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY OUR GENERAL ED STUDENTS TO CREATE EDUCATION FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY. ON FEBRUARY 26, PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD AND MIKE, WE ATTENDED THE LAKEFIELD HALL OF FAME. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR MAYFAIR ATHLETES. I BELIEVE THERE WERE 19 AWARD WINNERS, BUT LENNOX REMINDED ME THAT THERE WERE 19 AWARD WINNERS, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ATHLETE OF THE YEAR. IT'S REALLY EXCITING THAT HE IS SO YOUNG AND I CANNOT WAIT FOR FOOTBALL SEASON NEXT YEAR. ON FAIRBURY 28 AND MARCH 5TH I MET WITH PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD AND MRS. AZEVEDO. ON MARCH 1ST I ATTENDED THE READ ACROSS AMERICA EVENT. I AM THANKFUL I WAS ABLE TO READ TO A TK SPECIAL ED CLASS AS WELL AS A KINDERGARTEN CLASS. I REALLY LOVED BEING AT THE SCHOOL, SEEN PARENTS THEIR READING. I SAW ONE OF MY FRIENDS THERE SUPPORTING THEIR PTA SO PARENTS WERE COMING TO READ. PTA MEMBERS WERE COMING TO READ SO IT'S JUST AWESOME TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO THEM AND TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO THEIR EXPERIENCES. IT WAS REALLY NICE TO HEAR EVERYONE BE SO POSITIVE. I ATTENDED ANOTHER READ ACROSS AMERICA ELEMENTARY. WE READ ANOTHER STORY TOGETHER WHICH WAS PRETTY COMICAL AND A LOT OF FUN. I WATCHED ANOTHER LESSON WITH THIRD-GRADERS THAT INTENDED -- INCLUDED YOGA AND THE KIDS WERE REALLY GREAT. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET THOSE KIDS TO BE STILL AND IT WAS SO AMAZING. I WAS JOKING THAT MAYBE ALL OF OUR TEACHERS NEED TO DO THIS, TOO BECAUSE I FELT LIKE I WANTED TO LAY DOWN AND DO IT WITH THEM. I READ FOR TWO OTHER CLASSES, WHICH WAS GREAT AND I WANT TO THANK INTERIM PRINCIPAL DR. TO RONNIE FOR ALLOWING US TO COME IN AND TAKING THAT POSITION IN SUPPORTING OUR DISTRICT. THAT IS NOT AN EASY TRANSITION GOING FROM BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL TO LINDSTROM AND I THINK HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR STUDENTS' LIVES. LATER THAT DAY I ATTENDED THE PTA REFLECTIONS AWARDS CEREMONY, ANOTHER EVENT THAT REALLY MAKES ME HAPPY.

SCENE KIDS ACCEPT THEIR AWARDS IS AMAZING. SEEING KIDS THAT CAME BACK AFTER LAST YEAR, BEING ABLE TO TALK TO THEM AGAIN, MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS -- ALL THREE OF US WENT AND WERE ABLE TO CONGRATULATE EACH STUDENT, HANDOUT CERTIFICATES AND METALS, AND TALK WITH THE PARENTS AND THANK YOU TO SO MANY PRINCIPALS WHO SHOWED UP TO SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS. THAT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE. THERE WAS AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF PRINCIPLES WE DID NOT SEE THE YEAR BEFORE SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND AGAIN, PLEASE JOIN PTA. THEY DO SO MUCH FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND THEN LASTLY, LAST NIGHT I WAS SUPPOSED TO ATTEND THE FERRET MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL SO I'M SORRY I COULD NOT ATTEND BUT MY MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAM, THE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM, WAS PLAYING THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND I HAVE TO BE LOYAL TO MY DISTRICT AS WELL, BUT THEY WON, SO SHOUT OUT TO MY BOYS FOR WINNING SO I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO ATTEND BECAUSE I DID SAY I WOULD ATTEND AND I DID NOT REALIZE THE GAME IS GOING TO GO SO LONG AND IT WAS SO INTENSE THAT THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MS. STEWART. STUDENT BOARD MEMBER DIZON.

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD. IT'S A LOT TO REMEMBER THESE LAST FEW WEEKS, BUT TWO WEEKS AGO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR WONDERFUL CSF AND APEX ORGANIZATIONS. THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND COLLEGE ORGANIZATIONS WE HAVE IT BELLFLOWER. WE WERE ABLE TO GO ON AN AMAZING TRIP TO THE UCI CAMPUS AND WE MET A REALLY GREAT HUMAN BIOLOGY PROFESSOR THERE. SHE SHOWED US HER CLASSROOM, TOLD US HOW TO BECOME A TA AND BE INVOLVED IN RESEARCH, HOW SOME OF THE STUDENTS ARE PAID TO BE DOING RESEARCH INTO THE TEACHERS AND I THINK IT WAS A REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE. I THINK ONE OF MY REGRETS IS NOT BEING ABLE TO GO ON AND OFF CAMPUS TOURS WHEN COVID HAPPENED BUT I THINK IT IS REALLY GREAT THAT IN THESE NEXT COMING YEARS, OUR STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO GO ON EVEN MORE TRIPS LIKE THAT. LAST WEEK, I INJURED MY FOOT, BUT I STILL TRIED TO GO TO SCHOOL FOR OUR RENAISSANCE RALLY BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT IS OUR LAST ONE FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. I WAS GIVEN THE TITLE VALEDICTORIAN, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A LOT OF SPECIAL ATTENTION TO MY COUNSELORS AND MY TEACHERS. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE WATCHING, BUT MY COLLEGE AND CAREER COUNSELOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. SHE WAS GIVEN OUR SPIN-ADO AWARD. SHE'S BEEN AN

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>> THANK YOU, STUDENT BOARD MEMBER DIZON. FOR ME, I WANT TO START BY SAYING HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. I GREW UP WITH ALL BROTHERS AND I LIVE WITH ALL GIRLS AND I GET TO SIT UP HERE AND SURF WITH VERY STRONG AND INTELLIGENT WOMEN AND I FEEL VERY LUCKY TO DO SO, EVEN OFF TO THE RIGHT. I MEAN YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD ANDREA IS HERE, TOO, I GUESS, BUT HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. I WANT TO START BY SAYING CONGRATULATIONS. THERE WAS AN ELECTION THIS PAST WEEK TO JEFF WOOD FOR BEING RE-ELECTED TO LIQUID CITY COUNCIL AND ALSO WHAT'S HIS NAME? DAVID ARELLANO , COUNCILMEMBER ELECT FOR LIQUID CITY COUNCIL AND ALSO HAS A FOR STATE ASSEMBLY.

VERY PROUD OF THOSE THREE PEOPLE. AND, PROUD OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY FOR WHAT THEY DID OVER THIS CAMPAIGN, VERY RESPECTFUL AND IT WAS EXEMPLARY FOR WHAT DEMOCRACY SHOULD LOOK LIKE IN OUR LOCAL ELECTIONS. IT WAS VERY RESPECTFUL, VERY WELL DONE. I WENT TO A BUNCH -- I MEAN, MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED A LOT OF THE EVENTS ALREADY. WHEN I WILL POINT OUT IS THE HALL OF FAME. THAT WAS AMAZING. I MEAN, MAYFAIR JUST -- WE HAD SO MANY ATHLETES THERE AND I THINK CHAS GILBREATH, I THINK HE IS A SOPHOMORE RIGHT NOW, SO I MEAN, HE IS JUST A VERY SPECIAL YOUNG MAN IN THE WRESTLING TEAM FOR DOING AMAZING THINGS. THEY WERE ACKNOWLEDGED, AS WELL. GREAT STUFF. READ ACROSS AMERICA -- I WENT TO THOMAS JEFFERSON UNLESS FLOREZ AND I GOT TO READ TO MY DAUGHTER'S CLASSROOM AT LINDSTROM WHICH WAS REALLY COOL BECAUSE SHE WAS SUPER EXCITED AND KIND OF LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS COOL, WHICH IS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, SO THAT WAS A GOOD MOMENT. I GOT TO READ WITH MS. STEWART AND WE HAD A LOT OF FUN WITH THAT. PTA REFLECTIONS, AWESOME EVENT. THE FAIR, I GOT TO SEE SOME REALLY AMAZING PROGRAMS COMING UP AND THE ONES WE ALREADY HAVE, BUT THE MARKETING, I AM BLOWN AWAY.

THERE IS SO MUCH POTENTIAL THERE, I LOVE IT. I HAD A MEETING WITH PTA PRESIDENT CARRIE MCDANIEL AND I'M HAPPY THAT WE ARE DOING THOSE. L BCC STATE OF THE COLLEGE, I WENT TO THAT EVENT. GREAT EVENT. THE SMASH BROTHERS TOURNAMENT AT MAYFAIR HIGH, THE EAST BOARDS PROGRAM AND ESTEEM BUILDING OVER IT MAYFAIR. I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT E-SPORTS. I'M JUST STARTING OUT. I LOVE IT. I LOVE WHAT THE WHIZZES DOING OVER THERE, THE PROGRAM, WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY, ARE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. MY DAUGHTER ACTUALLY COMPETED AND SHE IS ALREADY PRACTICING FOR THE NEXT ONE, I THINK IT IS MARCH 16TH. I WILL BE THERE. SHE IS PRACTICING PROBABLY RIGHT NOW. THE MAYFAIR ABILITIES AWARENESS ASSEMBLY, THANK YOU FOR READING THAT. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL POEM, AND SEEING THE STUDENTS -- FOR ME, KNOWING MY DAUGHTER IS GOING TO BE GOING TO MAYFAIR EVENTUALLY, IT IS ALWAYS -- I DID NOT CRY LIKE I DID LAST YEAR, BUT IT WAS PRETTY CLOSE. I LOVE IT AND THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE OVER THERE. WHAT ELSE? I DO HAVE ONE STATEMENT I WOULD LIKE TO READ ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD. I DO WANT TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE THAT WE DID RECEIVE THE BIG MAC SPECIAL EDUCATION

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SPECIAL EDUCATION, IT IS NO SECRET THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE, BUT THIS BOARD IS GOING TO DO THE WORK AND STAFF IS -- WE ARE ALL GOING TO DO IT TOGETHER. IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT GETS ALL OF OUR FOCUS AND THIS AUDIT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. I HAVE BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY FOR IT, AND I KNOW WE ALREADY HAVE A PLAN AND I AM EXCITED ABOUT THAT, SO THANK YOU. THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE INFORMATIONAL ITEMS THIS EVENING? KNOW? ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME,

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