Jul 11, 2024 School Board

[1. CALL TO ORDER IN PUBLIC SESSION]

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>> AT EVENING AND WELCOME TO TONIGHT'S MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 4 P.M. ROLL

CALL. >>

>> TONIGHT WE DO NOT HAVE REQUESTS ADDRESSING CLOSED

[3. CLOSED SESSION]

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

>> GOOD EVENING. WE WILL NOW RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION AT 6:03 P.M. THE BOARD CLERK , WILL YOU PROVIDE AN UPDATE FOR

CLOSED SESSION TOPICS? >> YES. Q . THE TOPICS IN CLOSED SESSION WHERE ANTICIPATING LITIGATION PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT AND THE BOARD TOOK NO ACTION IN CLOSED

SESSION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. REPLACEMENT PAGE FOR ITEMS 10.1 AND 11.5 ARE ON THE BACK TABLE AND TONIGHT , DO WE HAVE CARDS OVER THERE? WE MIGHT HAVE ONE COMING UP. I BELIEVE WE HAVE CARD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT . YOUR GOOD, TAKE YOUR TIME.

>> MAY I HAVE SUE TO THE PODIUM PLEASE? THANK YOU.

>> I HAD REQUESTED TO SPEAK ON YOUR INFORMATIONAL REVIEW OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION, NUMBER 14 . AT THE PERSONAL COMMISSION WE HAD APPOINTED PHILIP CARDILLO AS THE NEW INTERIM DIRECTOR .

HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, SOMETHING MUST'VE HAPPENED. HE WAS GOING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. THAT IS JUST INFORMATION ONLY, IF ANYBODY HAD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE JOB DESCRIPTION. I THINK YOU'VE ALL BEEN PROVIDED WITH IT. JUST NOTE WE HAVE APPOINTED HEAVEN AS OUR INTERIM DIRECTOR AND WILL BE POSTING THE POSITION AND FILING IT TO HIRE A FULL-TIME PERSONAL DIRECTOR OF CLASSIFIED.

>> THANK YOU. IF THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS DURING THE INFORMATIONAL ITEM AT THE END WE WILL ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AND IF HE'S NOT HERE TO ANSWER MAYBE WE CAN RELAY THOSE

QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU.

>> I DON'T THINK WE WILL TAKE QUESTIONS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT THOUGH. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY

[5. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA]

[6. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

>> WE DO NOT. >> THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU.

>> PLEASE STAND AND PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.

>> 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.

[7. PRESENTATIONS FROM STUDENTS / STAFF / COMMUNITY]

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. PRESENTATIONS FROM STUDENT STAFF AND COMMUNITY. TONIGHT, I'M REALLY EXCITED. WE HEARD ABOUT THIS YOUNG LADY AT OUR BOARD MEETING. SHE WAS AT SKILLS USA. MARINA FELIX WILL BE GIVING OUR INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE TODAY. EVERYBODY, LET'S WELCOME TO MARINA TO THE FRONT.

>> MARINA , THE CATEGORY WAS PREPARED SPEECH , SO SHE WILL

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>> THERE ARE MANY EXAMPLES THROUGHOUT HISTORY OF PEOPLE REACHING BEYOND PERCEIVED BOUNDARIES. HOW ABOUT THE WRIGHT BROTHERS FOR EXAMPLE? AFTER THE LANDMARK FLIGHT IN 1903 . AT THE TIME , NO ONE THOUGHT IT COULD BE DONE. THEY WERE IGNORED , DOUBTED AND EVEN CALLED LIARS. BEFORE FINALLY BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY. WHY? BECAUSE NO ONE BELIEVED THAT A MAN COULD FLY IN A FLYING MACHINE. IT WAS BEYOND THE LIMITS OF T■HE DAY. O NE HAD EVER SEEN IT. ANOTHER BLIND PERSON WHO REDEFINED THE MYTHS WAS HELEN KELLER. SHE HAD THE ADDED DIFFICULTY OF ALSO BEING DEAF. THROUGH THE HARD WORK OF HER TUTOR , ANDY SULLIVAN, KELLER WAS ABLE TO DEFY ALL LIMITS AND LEARN TO READ , SPEAK AND EVENTUALLY GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE. NO ONE THOUGHT IT WAS POSSIBLE. YET SHE PROVED THAT THE LIMITS PEOPLE SEE ARE OFTEN JUST PERCEPTIONS THEN NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. EVEN THOUGH TIME PASSES AND PEOPLE CONTINUE TO DO AMAZING THINGS THERE WILL ALWAYS BE NEW WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO CHOOSE TO SEE NO LIMITS. I INVITE ALL OF YOU TO CLOSE YOUR EYES , CLOSE THEM TIGHTLY AND BLOCK OUT ALL THESE IMAGES TELLING YOU THAT YOU CAN'T . WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF NO LIMITS. YOUR EYES DON'T HAVE TO DICTATE WHAT IS AND WHAT IS NOT POSSIBLE. I CHALLENGE YOU DO NOT ASK WHY, RATHER DARE TO SEE NO LIMITS AND INSTEAD ASK WHY NOT ?

SKILLS USA, NO LIMITS. >> DON'T GO SO FAST. COME BACK. MARINA IS IN SEVENTH GRADE AND JUST WENT TO ATLANTA AND WE INVITED HER HERE TONIGHT TO SHOW OUR GREAT TALENTED STUDENTS. WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF

AND SKILLS USA? >> SKILLS USA WAS AMAZING. I ENJOYED TRADING THE PINS WITH ALL THE OTHER STATES. I ENJOYED PREPARING FOR THE MOMENT OF ME FINALLY BEING IN FRONT OF THE JUDGES AND IT WAS A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE AND I WOULD RECOMMEND IT FOR ALL THE OTHER STUDENTS TRYING TO FIND SOME ACTIVITY TO HAVE FUN WITH. IT'S ALSO A LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND IT'S VERY ENJOYABLE AND I'M DEFINITELY

DOING IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. >> AWESOME. YOUR WHOLE SPEECH WAS 10 MINUTES AT THE COMPETITION?

>> IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 5 TO 7.

>> ALL COMPLETELY MEMORIZED? THAT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. GREAT

JOB. THANK YOU . >> I LIKE YOUR ANALOGY WITH HELEN KELLER. IT RESONATED WITH ME MORE SO BECAUSE OF MY OWN DISABILITY. I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT BROUGHT YOUR THOUGHTS TO

USING THAT SYMBOLISM? >> SHE WAS AN EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE LITERALLY SAYING NO LIMITS BECAUSE SHE DID NOT LET HER BLINDNESS AND HER BEING DEAF STOP HER FROM ACHIEVING HER

DREAMS. >> GREAT JOB. I WANT TO COMMENT

ON THAT. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE

BOARD? >> I REALLY LIKED THAT SPEECH NO LIMITS BECAUSE WE DO PLACE LIMITS ON OURSELVES OR WE

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WE SHOULD PRACTICE JUST GO FOR IT. GO FOR IT, THIS GUY IS NOT EVEN THE LIMIT. YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT IN A SPEECH. YOU KNOW WE HAVE SPEECH MEETS. YOU REMEMBER THAT. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH HER. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THAT IN A SPEECH COMPETITION. BEAUTIFUL.

>> I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS. WE TALKED ABOUT YOU AND I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT EVERYTHING BUT TO SEE YOU AND HEAR YOU, I TEACH SEVENTH GRADE AND THE WAY YOU DID THAT, YOUR MATURITY, I SEE REALLY GREAT

THINGS FOR YOU IN THE FUTURE. >> WHO BROUGHT YOU HERE? AWESOME. ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR MOM, DAD, BROTHER. THANK YOU AGAIN. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS. CSE DOES NOT HAVE COMMUNICATIONS TONIGHT.

CAN BT A PRESIDENT DARRY MCDANIEL COME ON DOWN ?

WELCOME. >> GOOD EVENING . IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN APPEAR. I LOOKED AT MY LAST BOARD REPORT ON MAY 9TH. THE END-OF-THE-YEAR CAME AND WENT REALLY FAST. WE HAD THREE POSITIVE BARGAINING SESSIONS IN MAY. I WAS THERE FOR EACH OF THE MORNING PLANNING SESSIONS WITH MY TEAM AND THEY SEEMED PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS. I HOPE WE CONTINUE THIS IN THE FALL AS BTA SPENT A LOT OF TIME PORING OVER OUR CONTRACT AND GATHERING CONCERNS FROM MEMBERS. BTA SENT OUT UPDATES TO OUR MEMBERS AFTER EACH SESSION TO KEEP THEM INFORMED. JUNE WAS BUSY WITH END-OF-THE-YEAR ACTIVITIES. BTA RECOGNIZED 22 RETIRING TEACHERS WITH GOODIES. WE GAVE OUT YARD SIGN CERTIFICATES AND A LITTLE TOKEN OF APPRECIATION. IT WAS NICE TO SEE THE EXCITEMENT AND PRESENTATION OF FORMER MEMBERS. ONCE SCHOOL GOT OUT I WENT ON VACATION. FORMER BTA PRESIDENT WENT ON AN ALASKAN CRUISE AND MY HUSBAND AND I TOOK OUR DOGS AND TRAILER AND SPENT A FEW DAYS IN IDAHO VISITING THE SNAKE RIVER. WHILE THAT WAS HAPPENING STATE COUNCIL RECOGNIZED CTA FOR HIS PODCAST BRICK BY BRICK AND MICE FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS AWARDS. BACK TO WORK, UNION WORK AS IT HAS NEVER STOPPED. SOME ALREADY KNOW IT'S BEEN A PRETTY BUSY SUMMER. BTA HAVE THE REST OF OUR OFFICE UPDATED. IT LOOKS REALLY NICE. I'VE MET AND KEPT IN TOUCH WITH MANY OVER THE SUMMER. WE ARE GETTING EXCITED TO WELCOME NEW TEACHERS AND A TEACHER BREAKFAST IN AUGUST. AS BTA PRESIDENT I'M COMMITTED TO BUILDING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD OUR TEACHERS WITH INTEGRITY. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR BRINGS AND HOW WE CAN CONTINUE WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS THE BEST IT CAN BE. THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

>> THANK YOU. I THINK ALSO VICE PRESIDENT STEWART WAS RECOGNIZING CTA AS WELL. ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR VICE PRESIDENT STEWART. CAN PTA PRESIDENT LINDA MORGAN COME ON DOWN TO

THE PODIUM? WELCOME. >> A FORMAL REPORT AS BTA I KIND OF FEEL A LITTLE PRESSURE. I HAD INTENDED TO SPEECH. I DO HAVE SOME SLIDES SO EARLY I WILL MAKE UP THE REST AND SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU GUYS. GOOD EVENING . MY NAME IS LINDA MORGAN AND I AM THE BELLFLOWER PTA PRESIDENT FOR 2024, 25. I AM CONTINUING IN OUR NEW TERM STARTED JULY 1ST. I WANTED TO START OFF WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE PTA MISSION STATEMENT WHICH IS TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THE LIVES OF ALL CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND SO BELOW THAT TO SUPPORT THE PTA PURPOSE AND I INCLUDED SOME OF OUR GOALS IN OUR MISSION FOR THIS YEAR AS FAR AS BELLFLOWER COUNCIL IS CONCERNED. THANK YOU.

SUPPORTING OUR UNITS AT THE SCHOOL SITE BY PROVIDING TRAINING AND SUPPORT AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO EXCHANGE IDEAS AND EXPERIENCES AND TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF PTA AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT. IT'S ALL UP THERE.

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THESE ARE THE SCHOOL SITES THAT HAVE A PTA AND THE PRESIDENTS WE WILL BE WORKING WITH AT EACH SITE. THEIR LOGOS ARE BELOW AND ON TOP IS OUR L FLOWER COUNSEL PTA LOGO FOR THIS YEAR. IT'S THE OFFICIAL LOGO ON THE LEFT AND ON THE RIGHT KIND OF SUMMARIZING OUR GOALS WHICH IS SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS AND CONNECTING FAMILIES IN BUILDING THE COMMUNITY. THAT KIND OF EXPLAINS THAT. I DO HAVE QUITE A FEW MEETINGS EVERY MONTH. THE MOST IMPORTANT AND FUN ONE IS THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING WHERE WE MEET AS COUNSEL BOARD WITH ALL OUR UNIT PRESIDENTS.

THE SUPERINTENDENT AND DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT WILL ALSO BE ATTENDING THOSE MEETINGS. AS BOARD YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SIT IN AS WELL. YOU WILL MOST DEFINITELY GET INVITES TO OUR ASSOCIATION MEETINGS WHICH IS WHERE WE DO OUR RECOGNITIONS AND CELEBRATIONS AS WELL AS OUR RED RIBBON WEEK AND SERVICE TOWARDS THE END. COLLABORATING WITH OUR SITES, STAFF. THIS MONTH I MET WITH LISA AZEVEDO AND RYAN SMITH . THAT WAS EXCITING. I WANTED TO THANK RYAN SMITH FOR BEING A VERY STRONG PTA SUPPORTER AND ACTUALLY INVITING. I LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING AND ALREADY PUTTING IN TOUCH WITH VEGETABLES AND DIFFERENT STAFF SO THANK YOU. EXCITED FOR WHAT'S TO COME. WORKING ON COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS I'LL BE SHARING SOME OF THE PROGRESS AND THINGS WE ARE WORKING ON. THE TERM STARTED JULY 1ST SO SOME THINGS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS. ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS KIND OF OUR PTA MEMBERSHIP. YOU CAN STILL JOIN ONLINE THROUGH TOTEM AND WE STILL HAVE THE ENVELOPES OR YOU CAN PAY THROUGH CASH OR CHECK.

WHAT IS NEW IS GOING TO BE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIPS . IT'S WHERE YOU GET A CHANCE TO JOIN ALL 12 OF OUR UNITS FOR THE LOW PRICE OF $63 AND THAT IS JUST ONE TIME . YOU JOIN ALL AT ONCE. UNFORTUNATELY THAT RIGHT NOW IS NOT THROUGH TOTEM. THAT IS IN PERSON SO I HAVE ENVELOPES FOR YOU IF YOU WANTED TO SUBMIT YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP AND JOIN ALL 12 OF OUR UNITS TO SHOW SUPPORT. THE OTHER THING WITH THAT , OUR MEMBERSHIPS AS WE ARE WORKING ON A PROGRAM WHICH IS WE KNOW WHY BUT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT LIKE SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE TANGIBLE. WE WILL HAVE COUPONS LIKE A FREE KIDS MEAL TO RED ROBIN OR FREE SHAKE WHEN YOU GO OUT AND WORK WITH BUSINESSES TO MAYBE GIVE A DISCOUNT WHEN YOU SHOW YOUR PTA MEMBERSHIP CARD.

THAT IS IN THE WORKS. I WILL SHARE MORE AS WE FINALIZE DETAILS. A QUICK PLUG FOR OUR REFLECTIONS PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM USUALLY STARTS AND KICKS OFF AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AT EACH SITE OR AT THE PTA UNIT LEVEL, BUT IN CASE THE THEME IS ACCEPTING IMPERFECTION. IT'S ALREADY OUT THERE. IF THE STUDENTS NEED SOMETHING FUN TO DO DURING THE SUMMER TO GET CREATIVE THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT THEME IS TO THEM AND EITHER CREATE PROJECT AND VISUAL ARTS, LITERATURE, DANCE OR ANY THINGS THEY CAN SUBMIT ART IN. IT'LL KICKOFF ONCE SCHOOL STARTS IN OUR UNITS WILL SHARE THE INFORMATION. I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE IT'S A FUN SUMMER PROJECT. THAT IS IT FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME RAMBLE AND HAVE

A GOOD EVENING. >> THANK YOU. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU LEAVE ONE OF THOSE ENVELOPES FOR ME. FOR ALL OF

US. >> I WOULD LIKE ONE TOO.

>> CLERK GARZA WOULD LIKE ONE AS WELL PLEASE.

>> LAST YEAR AMY SIGNED UP FOR ALL OF THEM AND SHE'S HELD IT

[8. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT]

>> THANK YOU. THE DISTRICT HAS RECENTLY COMPLETED THE

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>> THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME WE HAVE A BOND PRESENTATION. I

[10.DISCUSSION ITEMS]

>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. WE ARE KIND OF RECAPPING SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OVER MAY BE ABOUT THE PAST YEAR ABOUT OBLIGATION BONDS AND KIND OF TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL NEXT STEPS. A VERY QUICK WHAT IS A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND? ESSENTIALLY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS ARE LOANS THAT ARE PAID BACK BY PROPERTY TAXES WITHIN THE DISTRICT. ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING BACK THE BONDS SO COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, INDUSTRIAL, RESIDENTIAL. THE TASK FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND DOESN'T START UNTIL THE BONDS ARE ISSUED. WE HAVE THE ELECTION, PASSES, THERE STILL NO TAX UNTIL THE BOARD ACTUALLY MAKES A DECISION TO ISSUE THE BONDS. ONCE THEY ARE ISSUED THE BOND HAVE A FIXED PAYMENT SCHEDULE AND THE COUNTY WILL LEVY A TAX NECESSARY TO PAY BACK THOSE BONDS. WITH PROP 39 THESE ARE THE BONDS THAT ARE APPROVED BY 55% OF APPROVAL THRESHOLD FOR UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS KIND OF WHAT IS CALLED A SOFT CAP OF $60. 100,000 IS THE MAX RATE YOU CAN ASK FOR BUT WE CALL IT A SOFT CAP BECAUSE OF THE BULLET ABOVE AND THE COUNTY WILL LEVY WHATEVER TAX RATES NECESSARY SO WHEN WE ISSUE THE BONDS WE TRY TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS OF FUTURE ASSESSED VALUE GROSS IN THE TAX RATE STAYS WHERE WE PROMISED AND PLEDGED TO THE COMMUNITY. THE FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND RELATED SCHOOL FACILITIES. IT DOES REQUIRE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE WHILE SPENDING. THERE HAS TO BE AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT REVIEWS ALL OF THOSE EXPENDITURES AND MAKE SURE THOSE ARE ONLY SPENDING BOND MONEY ON PROJECTS ACTUALLY LISTED IN THE ELECTION RESOLUTION. THE FUNDS CAN ONLY BE SPENT HERE ON SCHOOLS IN BELLFLOWER. THEY CAN'T BE TAKEN BY THE STATE AND USED ANYWHERE ELSE. ONE OTHER NEW THING , THE LEGISLATURE HAS APPROVED A $10 BILLION STATEWIDE SCHOOL BOND MEASURE.

THE LOCAL BONDS THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD PASS WOULD PROVIDE THAT LOCAL MATCH TO QUALIFY FOR STATE FUNDING FOR PROJECTS. TYPICALLY ON A NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IT'S ROUGHLY 50-50. 50% LOCAL, 50% STATE. ON MODERNIZATION IT'S 46 PERCENT , 60% COMES FROM THE STATE. THE DISTRICT HAS ONE PRIOR BOND MEASURE BACK IN 2012. $79 MILLION BOND. VERY STRONGLY SUPPORTED BY VOTERS. ALMOST 73% YES. THE ESTIMATED TAX RATE WAS ABOUT $55.19. YOU CAN SEE THE PROJECTED TAX RATES GOING FORWARD. CURRENTLY SET TO EXPIRE IN 2041. THE AVERAGE TAX RATE OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME IS $46.25. ONE THING TO NOTE WHEN WE REFINANCE BONDS BACK IN 2023 MEASURE DB HAD TWO DIFFERENT SERIES. A REFINANCE SERIES A SAVE TAXPAYERS ABOUT $8.5 MILLION IN FUTURE BOND PAYMENTS AND SHORTENED THE TERM BY FOUR YEARS. POTENTIALLY IN THE FUTURE THE DISTRICT COULD REFINANCE BONDS AND SHORTEN THAT TERM A LITTLE BIT. THIS IS

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THERE WERE A LOT OF POSITIVE SIGNS IN THE SURVEY . VOTERS RANKED QUALITY, EDUCATION AND LOCAL SCHOOLS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE FACING THE COMMUNITY. WHEN THEY FIRST INITIALLY ASKED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR BOND MEASURES 65% SAID THEY WOULD VOTE YES FOR THE BOND. ALL OF THE PROJECTS AND IMPROVEMENTS WERE SUPPORTED BY THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS. THEY RESPONDED VERY POSITIVELY TO THE ARGUMENTS PRESENTED IN THE SURVEY AND ALL OF THE VARIOUS BALLOT TESTS AT THE BEGINNING, MIDDLE AND AT THE END AFTER THE ARGUMENTS . ALL OF THOSE WERE ABOVE THE 55% APPROVAL THRESHOLD REQUIRED FOR A PROP 39 BOND. SOME CHALLENGES NOTED IN THE SURVEY THERE IS SOME TECH SENSITIVITY AS THEY ASKED ABOUT DIFFERENT TAX RATES. DEFINITELY THEY SAW MORE SUPPORT AS THE TAX RATE DECLINED AND THAT IS FAIRLY COMMON. ALSO COMMON WHEN THEY BRING OUT THE NEGATIVE ARGUMENTS THAT TENDS TO LOWER SUPPORT A LITTLE BIT BY ABOUT 4%. KIND OF JUST A GENERAL COMMENT ABOUT A VERY HYPER PARTISAN ENVIRONMENT RIGHT NOW NATIONALLY , POTENTIALLY SOME STATEWIDE INITIATIVES COULD ALSO BE CONTROVERSIAL. AND THE UNKNOWN. ECONOMY, INFLATION, ANOTHER POTENTIAL MEASURE. ONE THING I DID GO BACK AND LOOK AT BECAUSE OF THE QUESTION THAT COMES UP IS HOW DO THE STATE SCHOOL BOND BEING ON THE BALLOT AFFECT LOCAL SCHOOL BONDS? WE GO BACK TO NOVEMBER 2016 THE LAST TIME THERE WAS A SCHOOL BOND MEASURE ON A PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT. PROP 51 PAST AT 55%. THERE WERE 175 SCHOOL BONDS ON THE ELECTION THAT YEAR. 186 PAST. 96% OF ALL SCHOOL BOND MEASURES PASSED AND THERE WAS A STATEWIDE SCHOOL BOND. SAMPLE SIZE OF ONE, BUT IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE HAVING A STATE SCHOOL BOND ON THE BALLOT IS A NEGATIVE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

IF YOU TALK ABOUT THE FACT YOU'RE ABLE TO LEVERAGE LOCAL FUNDS TO GET THE STATE MATCHING FUNDS THAT IS DEFINITELY A POSITIVE ARGUMENT. WE ALSO WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE FACILITY MASTER PLAN. I WON'T DESCRIBE ALL OF THESE IN DETAIL BUT THE PROJECTS WERE GROUPED INTO FOUR DIFFERENT PRIORITIES. PRIORITY ONE BEING THE MOST IMMEDIATE AND THEN DOWN TO PRIORITY FOR BEING LONGER-TERM. WE THEN CATEGORIZED THE PROJECTS AND THEIR VARIOUS PRIORITY LEVELS. CERTAIN PROJECTS FALL UNDER MULTIPLE PRIORITY LEVELS. FOR EXAMPLE, RENOVATING SOME CLASSROOMS MAYBE IN MUCH MORE NEED SO THEY FELL WITH PRIORITY TWO. SOME COULD GO LONGER BEFORE NEEDING RENOVATION SO THEY COULD BE THREE OR EVEN PRIORITY FOUR. WE DID NOT INCLUDE PRIORITY FOR ON THIS LIST FOR TWO REASONS. THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TERM IN NATURE AND THE COST. WE WILL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE. WE MENTIONED EARLIER THE SURVEY RESPONSES FOR ALL OF THE PROJECTS WERE VERY POSITIVE, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE PROJECTS WE SEE ON AUTHORITY ONE, TWO, THREE. FOR EXAMPLE 88 IMPROVEMENTS 70% STRONGLY FAVOR THAT AS A PROJECT AND ANOTHER ALMOST 19% SOMEWHAT FAVORITE.

YOU CAN SEE GOING DOWN THE LIST PLUMBING, MODERNIZING LABS, SAFETY, CREATING MODERN CLASSROOMS, EVEN WHEN WE GET DOWN TO PHYSICAL EDUCATION WHICH IN A LOT OF SURVEYS TENDS TO REALLY FALL OFF WE STILL HAVE 52% STRONGLY FAVORING AND

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THE PLAN WAS DONE IN 2022 SO ON THE FAR LEFT OF THE TABLE HERE WE'VE GOT THE $22 COST OUTLINED IN THE FACILITY.

PRIORITY ONE AND TWO PROJECTS THE COST IS 54.1 MILLION. THAT AND PRIORITY THREE AT 60 MILLION WE ARE NOW 114, 115 JUST FOR THE PRIORITY ONE PROJECT AS OF 2022.

CONSTRUCTION COST INFLATION OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS HAS BEEN RUNNING AT ABOUT 6%. THE $24 COLUMN KIND OF INFLATES THOSE COSTS TO WHAT WE THINK ARE TODAY'S DOLLARS. ALMOST 129 MILLION FOR PRIORITY ONE, TWO, THREE PROJECTS AND KNOWING WE WON'T BE ABLE TO COMPLETE ALL THE PROJECTS WITHIN A YEAR SO WE'VE GOT TO LOOK OUT ANOTHER SIX YEARS TO 2030 AGAIN CONTINUING THAT INFLATION ABOUT 6% ANNUALLY WE ARE LOOKING AT $86 MILLION FOR PRIORITY ONE AND TWO. ANOTHER 96 FOR PRIORITY THREE. POTENTIALLY $183 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECT COSTS. THEN WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE ECONOMIC REALITIES AND LIMITATIONS OF WHAT A BOND MEASURE IN BELLFLOWER COULD SUPPORT? SCENARIO ONE USES THE PROP 39 MAXIMUM. $60 TAX RATE.

THAT COULD GENERATE $150 MILLION BOND. ON SCENARIO TWO, THE $44 TAX RATE WAS THE HIGHEST TAX RATE USED IN THE SURVEY AND ALSO THE TAX RATE USED IN THE 75 SAMPLE BALLOT QUESTION THEY USED IN THE SURVEY. THAT WOULD YIELD A BOND MEASURE OF 111 MILLION. THE SURVEY ALSO USE A $34 AND $28 TAX RATE. YOU CAN SEE THOSE AMOUNTS . THE BOND MEASURE IS GOING TO AUTHORIZE THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT. WE WILL HAVE A PROJECT LIST THAT'LL DICTATE WHAT THE FUNDS CAN BE SPENT ON BUT THEN ULTIMATELY EVERY TIME THE DISTRICT WANTS TO ISSUE BONDS IT WILL COME BACK TO THE BOARD TO DETERMINE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT TO BE ISSUED IN EACH SERIES AND ALSO WHAT PROJECTS ARE GOING TO BE FUNDED AND PAID FOR OUT OF THIS. YOU CAN SEE THE ASSUMPTIONS BELOW WITH THREE SERIES OF BONDS IN EACH 25 YEAR TERM AN AVERAGE INTEREST RATE OF 4 1/2% IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER. I THINK SOME NUMBERS I SHARED WITH THE BOARD PROBABLY ALMOST CLOSE TO SIX OR EIGHT MONTHS AGO NOW WE WERE ASSUMING 5%. INTEREST RATES WERE STILL GOING UP, INFLATION WAS A BIG CONCERN. INTEREST RATES REALLY KIND OF PEAKED AT AROUND 4 1/2% FOR THESE KINDS OF BONDS. TODAY INTEREST RATES ARE ABOUT 4% FOR THESE TYPES. THE LATEST ECONOMIC NEWS IS TRENDING TOWARDS POTENTIALLY AN INTEREST RATE CUT BY THE FED AS EARLY AS SEPTEMBER SO WE ARE NOW IN A MORE NORMAL ENVIRONMENT SO LOWER THAT ASSUMPTION TO HALF A PERCENT TO 4 1/2 AND THEN 3 1/2 ASSESSED VALUE. THE STEPS NECESSARY TO GET ON THE BALLOT YEAR THIS NOVEMBER , THE TIMELINE IS RELATIVELY SHORT. THE ELECTION RESOLUTION NEEDS TO BE DELIVERED TO THE COUNTY ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 9TH. WE'VE GOT ARE MEETING HERE TONIGHT. IF THE BOARD PROVIDED DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD WE WOULD START WORKING ON THE PROJECT LIST AND RESOLUTION NEXT WEEK . BRING BACK THAT RESOLUTION AS AN INFORMATION ITEM ON A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING ON JULY 25TH , MAKE ANY UPDATES NECESSARY BASED ON BOARD FEEDBACK AND BRING IT BACK FOR ACTION ON AUGUST 8TH. THERE'S A FEW ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHILE THE DISTRICT IS NOT ALLOWED TO DO ANY ADVOCACY FOR THE BOND THERE IS ACTUALLY ONE PIECE OF ADVOCACY BUILT IN AND THAT'S THE ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF THE BOND MEASURE. THE DISTRICT AND BOARD ARE AUTHORIZED TO DRAFT THAT ARGUMENT SO WE WOULD HELP THE DISTRICT DRAFT THAT ARGUMENT. WOULD IDENTIFY

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>> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? DR. L HASSAN.

>> I JUST WANT TO GET SOME CLARITY. I WAS READING ABOUT THE GO BOND. IS THAT THE ONE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT? THE STATE WOULD HELP SUPPORT? SO HELP ME SORT IT IN MY HEAD. WE HAVE THE FUNDS NOW. WHEN IS THE PAYOFF DATE FOR THAT ONE?

>> THE LAST PAYMENT IS 2041. >> CANNOT BE USED TO OFFSET IN REGARDS TO THE BONDS PUT OUT BY THE STATE?

>> IF THE DISTRICT STILL HAS ANY FUNDS, YES.

>> WE DON'T. IN REGARDS TO PAIN BACK IT DOESN'T SUPPORT THAT. OKAY. THIS NEW BOND WE CAN OFFSET SOME COST WITH THE

SUPPORT FROM THE STATE? >> THE FUNDING FROM THE STATE WOULD HELP SUPPLEMENT THE PROJECT. IF YOU HAVE A $10 MILLION MODERNIZATION PROJECT AT A SCHOOL SITE AND THAT SITE IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE MODERNIZATION FUNDING BASICALLY EVERY 20 YEARS A SCHOOL SITE IS ELIGIBLE FOR MODERNIZATION FUNDING SO IF YOU HAVE A $10 MILLION PROJECT AND THE PROJECT WAS ELIGIBLE FOR STATE FUNDING THE DISTRICT WOULD CONTRIBUTE 4 MILLION TO THE PROJECT AND THE STATE WOULD CONTRIBUTE 6

MILLION. >> HOW DOES THAT FIT IN WITH WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR NOW? WE ARE ASKING FOR 129 MILLION.

>> POTENTIAL SCENARIOS RANGE FROM 150 MILLION TO 70.

>> THE DIAGRAM WHEN YOU SAY PROJECTS ONE, TWO, THREE PRIORITY IS 129 MILLION THAT IS REFERENCING OUR PRIORITIES

ONLY? >> CORRECT.

>> JUST LOOKING AT THE FACILITY PLAN ALL OF THE PROJECTS AND THOSE CATEGORIES, WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE AND ULTIMATELY THE BOARD MUST MAKE A DETERMINATION WHICH PROJECT YOU WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO FUND . LET'S SAY THE DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY PASSING YOUR BOND BUT THE STATE BOND DOES NOT PASS THEN YOU ONLY HAVE THE DISTRICT FUNDS AVAILABLE. IF THE STATE BOND PASSES IT IS KIND OF A SUPPLEMENT. A BONUS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH MORE OF THESE PROJECTS IN THE FACILITY PLAN BECAUSE THE STATE IS GOING TO CONTRIBUTE MONEY.

>> IT OFFSHOOTS THE COSTS. >> IT ALLOWS YOU TO DO MORE WITH THE MONEY THAT YOUR COMMUNITY IS PROVIDING.

>> I'M GOING TO CIRCLE BACK AROUND.

>> I JUST HAD ONE MORE QUESTION. THAT'S HOW LONG IT

WOULD BE TO PAY OFF. >> EACH SERIES IS 25 YEARS AND I THINK WE ARE ASSUMING THREE YEARS BETWEEN SERIES. TOTAL

ABOUT 31, 32 YEARS. >> OKAY. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU. >> IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN TO ME ,

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>> THE TAX RATE IS BASED ON THE ASSESSED VALUE OF PROPERTY. IF WE SAY A $44 TAX RATE LET'S ASSUME WE HAVE A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME THAT HAS AN ASSESSED VALUE OF HALF $1 MILLION. HALF 1,000,000÷100,000 , 5÷44 IS $220. WE WOULD PAY $221 A YEAR FOR THIS BOND MEASURE. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS ASSESSED VALUE DOESN'T EQUAL MARKET VALUE. IF YOU BEEN IN YOUR HOME FOR 20 YEARS YOUR VALUE COULD BE EXTREMELY LOW. IT COULD BE $200,000 IN SOME CASES. THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR IF SOMEONE JUST BOUGHT IT COULD BE 800,000. EVERY HOMEOWNER HAS TO LOOK AT WHAT THE EFFECT WOULD BE TO THEM BASED ON THEIR ASSESSMENT

VALUE. >> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> WHICH WILL WE GO FOR? 170 OR WHAT WAS TO MARK 150? WHICH

SCENARIO? >> WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY ASKS THE QUESTIONS AND THEN MARK MENTIONED A RESOLUTION AND THE MEETING, WHICH RATE AND POTENTIALLY AD HOC COMMITTEE.

CAN SHE CHIME IN? DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MARK?

>> NO QUESTIONS, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> I GUESS MY NEXT QUESTION IS FOR STAFF. WE WILL HAVE INPUT ON WHAT WE DO AS FAR AS PROJECTS ARE CONCERNED. WE HAVEN'T GONE OVER THIS IN A WHILE. AND THAT JULY 12 WE WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE FEEDBACK ON WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ?

>> IF STAFF IS DIRECTED TO MOVE FORWARD THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE TO DEVELOP THAT RESOLUTION AND THE BOARD WOULD LOOK AT THE RESOLUTION WHERE THE PROJECTS ARE LISTED SO THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT THAT IF WE WERE DIRECTED TO DO SO.

>> THANK YOU. >> I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION. WE ARE COMPETING WITH THE COLLEGE BOND. THE SELECTION ALSO. THE QUESTION ASKED IN REGARDS TO THE COMPETITIVE NATURE BETWEEN TWO BONDS BECAUSE THEN WE ARE PAIN ALREADY $350 AND HOW DOES THAT FACTOR INTO THE WHOLE PICTURE? I'VE BEEN ASKED THAT

BY THE COMMUNITY. >> FROM A TAX PERSPECTIVE?

>> IN TERMS OF THE BOND PASSING WHEN WE ARE COMPETING AND THEN

FROM THE TAX PERSPECTIVE. >> TYPICALLY K-12 DISTRICTS ENJOY GREATER SUPPORT THAN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT. I WOULD BE MORE CONCERNED AS THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE WITH HAVING AN UNDERLINED SCHOOL DISTRICT BONDS ON THE BALLOT THAN THE OTHER WAY AROUND. PEOPLE TEND TO SUPPORT K-12 BEFORE THEY SUPPORT THEIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THEN IT REALLY JUST BECOMES IF THE DISTRICT DID A $44 TAX RATE AND COLLEGE CAN ONLY GO UP TO $25 POTENTIALLY YOU COULD HAVE $69 ADDITIONAL TAX RATE ONCE ALL THE BONDS ARE ISSUED. IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS

ULTIMATELY ON THE TAX RATE. >> THAT INCREASES OVER THE

BOND? >> CORRECT. THANK YOU.

>> YOU MENTIONED THE SCENARIO IF WE WERE TO PASS A BOND AND THEN THE STATE BOND DID PASS WE WOULD JUST HAVE OUR MONEY TO DO THAT. WHAT ABOUT THE SCENARIO OF IF THE STATE BOND PASSES AND WE DON'T GO FOR THE BOND? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?

>> THE PROBLEM THERE IS FINDING YOUR LOCAL SHARE .

>> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >> A $10 MILLION PROJECT , $4

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THERE'S REALLY NOT A BIG POT OF MONEY THE STATE JUST GIVES TO DISTRICTS WITHOUT DISTRICTS COMING UP WITH THEIR OWN SHARE.

>> MISS ARMSTRONG. >> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION , ABOUT HOW MUCH WILL IT POSSIBLY COST OUR DISTRICT TO PUT THIS

ON THE BALLOT? >> I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK WITH L.A. COUNTY WHAT THEIR COSTS ARE. IT WOULD BE COMPARABLE TO A BOARD ELECTION COST BUT IF YOU'RE ALSO HAVING ANY ELECTIONS THIS NOVEMBER THE COST THEN BECOMES LOWER BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY THE BOARD ELECTION HAPPENING BUT THAT WOULD AN ESTIMATE YOU COULD USE , A RECENT BOARD ELECTION COST.

>> THANK YOU. MS. GARZA, NO QUESTIONS? I WANT TO MAKE SURE.

>> YES I DO. THANK YOU FOR CIRCLING BACK. MY QUESTION IS ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTING INTERESTS WITH SURROUNDING LTA THAT HE MAY OR MAY NOT BE DOING THIS AT THIS MOMENT?

>> CONFLICTING FOR US ? >> FOR THE FIRM ITSELF.

>> NO. WE ARE NOT WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT.

>> ANY OF THE SURROUNDING K-12 DISTRICTS IN THE AREA?

>> CLOSEST WOULD BE PASADENA UNIFIED.

>> OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. OKAY. LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FOR STAFF FROM THE BOARD. I AM FOR STAFF MOVING FORWARD WITH DRAFTING THE RESOLUTION AS A FIRST STEP .

HOW TO MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES FEEL? I DON'T THINK WE WOULD VOTE ON IT BUT WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOME CONSISTS S THIS THAT IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING INTO AND WHAT TO DO.

>> I SAY MOVE FORWARD. WITH THE DRAFT.

>> DR. ELHESSEN. >> THIS IS NOT FOR THE BOND

ITSELF? >> THIS IS TO DIRECT STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD IN DRAFTING THE RESOLUTION.

>> IF I CAN STEP IN THE RESOLUTION IS WHEN YOU ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BOND. THIS IS JUST KIND OF PREPARING SO THE VOTE FOR THE RESOLUTION WILL BE I FORGOT WHAT DATE.

THIS IS JUST SIMPLY DIRECTING STAFF TO CONTINUE THIS PROCESS.

THE VOTE WON'T BE TAKEN UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING . I BELIEVE

IT'S IN AUGUST. >> THE DRAFT IS JULY 25TH AND THEN A FOLLOWING MEETING FOR CORRECTIONS.

>> AUGUST 8TH IS THE OFFICIAL DATE WHETHER TO PUT THE BOND

MEASURE. >> TO CLARIFY ON THAT BOAT AT THAT POINT IN TIME YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE FOUR IN FAVOR ON

THE AUGUST DATE. >> AND I CLARIFY THE PURPOSE OF THIS WOULD BE TO WHAT WAS TO MARK

>> TO DIRECT STAFF TO START WORKING ON THE DRAFT

RESOLUTION. >> IN REGARDS TO OUTLINING

STEPS TO TAKE? >> TO DRAFT THE PROJECT LIST RESOLUTIONS. THEY WILL HAVE THE WEEK OF JULY 12TH THROUGH THE 18TH TO GET THAT DONE AND HAVE IT READY FOR US TO LOOK AT ON THE NEXT MEETING WHICH IS JULY 25TH.

>> BASED ON THE FINDINGS YOU PUT TOGETHER.

>> BASICALLY WHAT YOU WILL DO IS IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN MOVING FORWARD AT LOOKING AT A RESOLUTION WE WOULD NEED TO BE GIVEN THAT DIRECTION THEN WE WOULD CALL A MEETING FOR YOU TO

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VOTE YES OR NO. >> OKAY. THANKS FOR THE

CLARIFICATION. >> MADAM CLERK ?

>> I RECOMMEND WE MOVE FORWARD. >> MADAM VICE PRESIDENT.

>> I ALSO RECOMMEND WE MOVE FORWARD. I WOULD LIKE TO STAY WITHIN SCENARIO TWO OR THREE AND STAY IN THE MIDDLE AND NOT GO SUPER HIGH AND LOW BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH

THIS BOND AS WELL. >> I THINK WE HAVE DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DRAFT RESOLUTION. COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON JULY 25TH. I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF SCENARIO TWO . HOW DO WE FEEL GOING DOWN THE LINE?

>> DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE AMOUNT NOW?

>> NO. >> WE WILL INCLUDE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IN THE RESOLUTION . THAT CAN BE CHANGED AT THE JULY 25TH MEETING. THE $44 WAS THE TAX RATE LARGELY USED IN THE VOTER

OPINION SURVEY. >> THE REASON YOU WOULD WANT THAT IS BECAUSE THE RESOLUTION WOULD BE THE LIST OF PROJECTS AND YOU'D WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS WHAT

WE COULD FIT ON THAT LIST. >> IF YOU WERE TO CHOOSE SCENARIO FOR YOU MAY WANT TO LOOK AT THE PROJECT LIST AND SAY REALISTICALLY WE AREN'T GOING TO GET TO ALL OF THESE PROJECTS SO MAYBE WE NEED TO REDUCE THE PROJECT LIST A

LITTLE. >> I'M IN FAVOR OF SCENARIO

TWO. EITHER TWO OR THREE. >> I TRUST YOU GUYS AND THE STAFF BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT FACILITIES WE WANT TO DO. I KNOW I HAVE CERTAIN IDEAS I'M SURE EVERYONE ELSE. I'M JUST KIND OF SAYING THAT IS MY GENERAL AREA AND YOU GUYS MAKE

THAT DECISION. >> UNDERSTOOD.

>> AN ESTIMATED COST ANYWHERE FROM 86 TO 150 MILLION AND WE CAN CUT OFF. YEAH. GET THAT WISH LIST TOGETHER.

>> DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THE JULY 25TH MEETING WHERE THE

SCENARIO IN PREFERENCE? >> I WILL WAIT TO SEE THE

RESOLUTION. >> ANY FURTHER COMMENT ON THOSE

THREE THINGS? >> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SCENARIO TWO. JULY 25TH I BELIEVE WILL BE FINE.

>> DO WE HAVE SUFFICIENT DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD ON THOSE THINGS? ALSO YOU MENTIONED GOING INTO COMMITTEE.

I WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THAT . WHICH ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE? NOBODY WANTS TO HANG OUT WITH ME? MS. GARZA. OKAY. MADAM CLERK . GREAT. AND THAT COMMITTEE I WOULD LIKE THERE TO BE AMPLE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY SO I LEAVE IT TO YOU TO BRING OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND EVERYONE TOGETHER SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS AND FIND WHAT WILL BE BEST FOR THE DISTRICT SO WE CAN BRING SOMETHING TO THE BOARD TO CONSIDER. I THINK THOSE ARE THE FOUR THINGS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. MOVING ON

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DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION? >> MRS. CARTER IS GOING TO GIVE US OUR ANNUAL PRESENTATION ON THE PROP 28 FUNDS.

>> TONIGHT AND WILL SHARE INFORMATION REGARDING PROP 28 FUNDING INCLUDING THE ALLOWABLE COST AND EXPECTATIONS FOR USE.

CALIFORNIA VOTERS APPROVED PROP 28 THAT REQUIRES THE STATE TO ESTABLISH NEW ONGOING FUNDING TO SUPPORT ARTS INSTRUCTION STARTING IN THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR. THE ALLOCATION FOR BEOS D IS APPROXIMATELY $1.7 MILLION. THIS FUNDING IS REQUIRED TO BE ALLOCATED FOR EXPENDITURE. UNLIKE IN THE PAST WHEN WE

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SPECIFICALLY THE REPORT INCLUDES THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES FUNDED, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS SERVED AND THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL SITES PROVIDING PROGRAMS USING THESE FUNDS. THE REPORT IS AN ACTION ITEM TONIGHT . ONCE APPROVED IT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE AND POSTED TO OUR BUSD WEBSITE.

SCHOOLS WILL COMPLETE AN EXCHANGE OR PLAN ANNUALLY TO IDENTIFY THEIR INTENT TO SPEND THEIR ANNUAL ALLOCATION WITHIN THE THREE-YEAR WINDOW. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR WINDOW FOR EACH ALLOCATION A FINAL EXPENDITURE REPORT NOTING ANY FUNDING THAT HAS NOT BEEN SPENT WILL NEED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE. SO EVERY SCHOOL IS IN A DIFFERENT PLACE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE FOR THESE FUNDS. THE FIRST STEP WAS TO DETERMINE THE CURRENT PROGRAMS PROVIDED AND TO REACH OUT TO EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS TO SOLICIT INPUT ON HOW THE SITE MIGHT IMPROVE ARTS OR MUSIC PROGRAMS. WE ARE PROUD OF OUR ROBUST VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS WE PROVIDE TO OUR STUDENTS. OUR DISTRICT HAS HISTORICALLY FUNDED THE ARTS WHILE OTHERS HAVE CUT PROGRAMS. THE FOLLOWING ARE SLIDES THAT SHOW THE PROGRAMS CURRENTLY BEING OFFERED HERE AT UST. AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL STUDENTS IN THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM ARE PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN DRAWING SKILLS THROUGH THEIR

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STUDENTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY OUT FOR DANCE OR SPEAKING PARTS AS THE PERFORMANCES ARE DESIGNED AS A PLAY WITH WHOLE CHOIR PARTS. STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN CHORUS ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TWICE A YEAR TO PERFORM FOR THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND TO TRY OUT FOR ENSEMBLE SINGERS THAT TOUR AND PERFORM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SOME OF OUR ELEMENTARY SITES HAVE EXPANDED MUSIC EDUCATION TO THEIR PRIMARY RAIDS THROUGH CONTRACTING WITH ET MLA OR MUSIC LOS ANGELES.

ONCE STUDENTS ENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL THEY HAVE A WIDER VARIETY OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING CTE EXPLORATORY COURSES AS WELL. BOTH MAYFAIR AND BELLFLOWER PROVIDE MULTIPLE OPTIONS. THE FOUNDATION LAID IN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL ALLOW FOR STUDENTS TO SPECIALIZE AS THEY ENTER HIGH SCHOOL. STUDENTS HAVE INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES IN THEATER, INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL PERFORMANCE, VISUAL ARTS AND CTE COURSES. BOTH THE BELLFLOWER AND MAYFAIR HAVE MULTIPLE OPTIONS FOR THEIR STUDENTS. STUDENTS ATTENDING MAYFAIR ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER INTO THE ART ACADEMY AND DESIGN AESTHETICS PROGRAM. SO, AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THE FIRST STEP WAS TO IDENTIFY THE CURRENT MUSIC AND ARTS PROGRAMS PROVIDED AT SITES AND TO REACH OUT TO EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS FOR INPUT REGARDING THEIR INTEREST AND INCREASING MUSIC ARTS OPPORTUNITIES. THIS SLIDE SHOWS PHASES SITES WILL FOLLOW AS THEY ENGAGE AND HOW TO BEST SPEND THESE FUNDS OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT THREE YEARS. MOST SITES ARE IN THE ANALYSIS PHASE OF IMPLEMENTATION WHEREIN THEY HAVE SOLICITED INPUT AND IDENTIFIED HOW THEY WILL BE SUPPLEMENTING THE CURRENT ART PROGRAMS AT THEIR SITES. OTHERS ARE IN THE DESIGN PHASE WHERE THEY ARE DEVELOPING HOW AND WHAT WILL BE TAUGHT TO STUDENTS. THIS INCLUDES DEVELOPING INSTRUCTIONAL SCHEDULES, DETERMINING MATERIALS TO BE USED, DEVELOPING OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION AND INTENTIONAL PLANNING TO INTEGRATE ARTS INSTRUCTION WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER CONTENT AREAS. AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS WE DETERMINE WHETHER A WAIVER IS NECESSARY FOR WHETHER WE ARE ABLE TO HIRE STAFF TO HIT THE 80/20 RULE . BASED ON EDUCATIONAL PARTNER INPUT ADMINISTRATORS HAVE SHARED THEIR CURRENT PLANS FOR EXPENDITURE OF THESE FUNDS. AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL MAYFAIR IS PROPOSING TO IMPROVE ARTS SUPPORT TO HIRING ASSISTANTS AND PURCHASING ADDITIONAL ARTS AND MUSIC MATERIAL. BELLFLOWER IS PROPOSING TO ADD MARIACHI AND HIGHER ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT THE BAND PROGRAM. FOR NEW POSITIONS, JOB DESCRIPTIONS WILL NEED TO BE DEVELOPED AND BROUGHT TO PERSONNEL COMMISSION IF THEY ARE CLASSIFIED AND IF STAFF -- CERTIFICATED STAFF IS TO SUPPORT AND CREATE STIPENDS WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT THROUGH A NEGOTIATION PROCESS.

AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL SITE INTERVALS HAVE PROPOSED TO INCREASE THE PROGRAMS IN AREAS LISTED ON THE SLIDE. THESE WERE MADE BASED ON EDUCATIONAL PARTNER INPUT AS WELL AS BASED ON THE CURRENT PROGRAMS ALREADY BEING OFFERED AT THE SITES. AS MENTIONED, SOME SITES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE MUSIC EDUCATION TO PRIMARY GRADES AND THEREFORE ARE INCREASING THEIR ARTS EDUCATION AND OTHER AREAS. THE NEXT STEPS ARE TO POST AND HIRE STAFF AND DETERMINE IF AND WHEN A WAIVER IS NEEDED TO BE SUBMITTED . SITES WILL ANNUALLY COLLABORATE WITH EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS TO PLAN FOR SITE EXPENDITURES OF THESE FUNDS AND THE DISTRICT WILL PROVIDE THE REPORT FOR APPROVAL AND POSTING. THE OCTOBER 1ST OF THE THIRD YEAR OF EACH FUNDING ALLOCATION A FINAL EXPENDITURE REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE. I HOPE THIS WAS HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS FUNDING SOURCE AND HOW SITES ARE PROPOSING TO EXPEND

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>> THANK YOU. I WILL NOW OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE

BOARD. DR. ELHESSEN. >> THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION. I WAS WONDERING WITH THE FUNDING AND DIFFERENT SITES IS THERE ROOM TO ADD SOMETHING DIFFERENT INSTEAD OF CONTINUING WITH THE SAME PROGRAMS AT THE SITE LIKE OFFER -- LIKE CRAIG WILLIAMS OR DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR THEM TO HAVE? WOULD THERE BE THAT OPPORTUNITY?

>> THERE IS THAT OPPORTUNITY. CRAIG WILLIAMS IS ONE OF THE SCHOOL SITES THAT HAS ET MLA SO WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING ON THE SLIDE I THINK IT IS 23 THEY ARE LOOKING TO PROPOSE TO INCLUDE DANCE INTO THEIR PROGRAM. THEY ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON WHAT

THAT MEANS FOR THIS YEAR. >> THERE IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO ENHANCE THOSE PROGRAMS. TO ADD TO, EXCUSE ME.

>> THE FUNDING CANNOT BE USED FOR WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING. IT HAS TO BE USED FOR SOMETHING NEW SO IT HAS TO BE USED FOR SOMETHING ON TOP OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU . MISS ARMSTRONG.

>> WILL THE FUNDING ALLOW YOU -- I UNDERSTAND YOU CAN BRING SPECIALIZED TRAINERS , BUT WILL THIS INCLUDE OUR SPECIAL

EDUCATION POPULATION ALSO? >> THE SCHOOLS WOULD INCLUDE EVERYONE. SIMILAR TO FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE EVERY STUDENT CAN

PARTICIPATE. >> WILL THIS ALSO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM LIKE I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THE SPEECH MEET. THERE'S DIFFERENT ARTS PROGRAMS THAT COME TOGETHER COUNTYWIDE . WILL THIS ALLOW FOR FIELD TRIPS AND BUSES

? >> IT'S GOING TO ALLOW FOR ANY ARTS AND MUSIC PROGRAMS WITHIN THE ARTS FRAMEWORK SO WE HAVE TO STAY WITHIN THAT FRAMEWORK AND THEN WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THE 80/20 BOWL. ONCE YOU TAKE 80% OFF OF SOME OF THESE ALLOCATIONS FOR PERSONNEL THE 20% WOULD BE WHAT IS LEFT FOR

THE FIELD TRIPS OR MATERIALS. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. MISS GARZA, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. MAYBE YOU'VE GONE OVER THIS, BUT I'M RUNNING ON LOW ENERGY . CAN YOU REMIND ME HOW YOU ARRIVED TO THE ESTIMATED ALLOCATIONS FOR

EACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? >> THE ALLOCATIONS ARE ACTUALLY A FORMULA THE STATE USES. THEY GIVE OUR PROJECTED AMOUNTS AND THAT IS IN FEBRUARY. WE GET A PROJECTED AMOUNT AND THEN WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE MAY REVISE TO SEE THAT IS FINAL. JUNE IS WHEN WE KNOW THE NUMBER HAS MAINTAINED AND NOT DECREASED BASED OFF OF THE REVISE.

>> THESE ALLOCATIONS ARE SOMETHING WE CREATED, SOMETHING

WE HAVE TO ACCEPT. >> THANK YOU.

>> IF AT THE END OF THE THREE YEARS WE DON'T FULLY USE THE FUNDING WHAT HAPPENS TO IT THEN? CAN IT BE USED SOMEWHERE ELSE ? I'M ASSUMING IT IS JUST FOR ART? IS THERE AN EXTENSION

OF THAT TIME? >> THERE IS THREE YEARS TO SPEND THE MONEY OR YOU LOSE THE MONEY. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE WAIVER IS IN PLACE IS IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO HIT THAT 80/20 WE WOULD GO FORWARD WITH THE WAIVER TO BE ABLE TO SPEND THE FUNDS IN A DIFFERENT WAY. ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN HOW WE ARE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH TRYING TO MEET THE 80/20 RULE. THIS FUNDING WOULD NOT ROLL INTO THE GENERAL FUND OR ANYWHERE ELSE. IT WOULD GO BACK

IF NOT SPENT. >> IF I MAY ASK ONE MORE QUESTION, RIGHT NOW FOR THE 2023 2024 SCHOOL YEAR WE DID NOT USE ANY OF THOSE FUNDS, CORRECT? I'M SEEING THE MULTI-WAIVER SUBMISSION. AM I INTERPRETING THAT CORRECT?

>> CORRECT. THIS YEAR 23-24 NO FUNDS WERE SPENT. WE HAVE TWO

YEARS TO SPEND THOSE FUNDS. >> IF I MAY I'M ALSO SEEING WE

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FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR? >> THAT IS A GRAPHIC TO SHOW WE COULD WAIT UNTIL THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR TO PUT A WAIVER IN FOR ALL THREE FUNDING ALLOCATIONS. WE ARE GOING TO GET AN ALLOCATION ANNUALLY SO COME 2425 IN FEBRUARY WE WILL GET ANOTHER PROJECTION OF FUNDING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO THEN PLAN OUT FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS TO SPEND. WE ARE NOT NOT TRYING TO SPEND THE MONEY AND 2425 I THINK THAT WAS YOUR INITIAL QUESTION. WE ARE MOVING FORWARD TO TRY TO MAKE

EXPENDITURES HAPPEN >> I SEE. I KNOW THIS IS AN ONGOING LIKE YOU SAID INITIALLY BUT IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE DO WE KNOW AT THIS POINT FOR HOW LONG THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN? 2728 IS WHEN I SEE AT THE END OF YOUR SLIDE. ARE WE TO ASSUME IT'S GOING TO BE THROUGH THE 2028 YEAR?

>> THE ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND WITH THIS FUNDING IS IT IS BASED OFF OF A PROPOSITION. NOT A ONE-TIME GRANT OR TEMPORARY GRANT FUNDING WE ARE TYPICALLY USED TO RECEIVING WHERE WE COULD BELIEVE IT COULD END. THAT BEING SAID EVERYTHING COULD CHANGE DEPENDING ON WHAT THE LEGISLATURE DOES. THERE'S NEVER A GUARANTEE FOR ANYTHING BUT THIS IS NOT LIKE OTHER ONE-TIME FUNDING SOURCES WE HAVE RECEIVED IN THE PAST.

>> THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT CLARIFICATION. THANKS.

>> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO ASK REAL QUICK BEFORE I KICK IT OVER TO MS. STEWART. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HIRING IT'S DIFFERENT THAN JUST ONE-TIME FUNDS WHERE WE WOULDN'T WANT TO DO A BUNCH OF HIRING SO BECAUSE IT'S A PROPOSITION IT

IS A DIFFERENT BALL GAME? >> THAT'S WHY I WOULD ASSUME THE 80/20 WILL IS IN THERE. THEY ARE IN ESSENCE SAYING YOU NEED TO SPEND THIS ON STAFFING.

>> I KNOW ALL THE SITES MADE THEIR OWN PLANS AND SUBMITTED THEM. DID ANY INCLUDE ANYTHING SPECIALIZED FOR OUR KIDS WITH DISABILITIES IN MUSIC AND ARTS?

>> THERE WASN'T ANYTHING SPECIFIED AS DIFFERENT. I THINK AT THIS POINT OUR SITES ARE AT THE SPACE OF IDENTIFYING WHAT AREA IN THE ARTS THEY WANT TO BUILD A PROGRAM AROUND SO FOR EXAMPLE CRAIG WILLIAMS IN DANCE ARE GOING TO NEED TO THEN THINK ABOUT HOW THAT CAN BE PROVIDED TO ALL OF THE STUDENTS AT THEIR SCHOOL SITE AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. THAT WOULD INCLUDE OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION POPULATION AS WELL. YES.

>> MADAME VICE PRESIDENT. >> I HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS. SOME OF THOSE SITES IN THE DESIGN PHASE AND SOME ARE IMPLEMENTATION. IS THAT SAYING NOT ALL SITES ARE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING THESE FUNDS THIS YEAR?

>> I DON'T THINK I WOULD SAY THAT. THEY ALL ARE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING THEIR FUNDS THIS YEAR. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS THEY NEED TO DEVELOP THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS IF THEY WILL BE DIFFERENT AND POST THOSE JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND DO THE WORK THIS YEAR OF DETERMINING HOW THEY ARE GOING TO PULL THAT OUT AT THEIR SCHOOL SITE AND WHAT EXPENDITURES THEY ARE GOING TO NEED FOR THIS YEAR. THEY ARE ALL IN DIFFERENT SPACES BUT I FORESEE THEM MOVING FORWARD NEXT YEAR WITH TRYING TO HIRE STAFF BECAUSE IF WE AREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT WE NEED TO LOOK

AT THE WAIVER. >> IN THE 2425 YEAR COMING UP WE ARE NOT IMPLEMENTING THESE PROP 28 FUNDS PROGRAMS IN OUR

SITES OR WE ARE? >> I BELIEVE WE WILL BE.

>> WHEN WILL WE KNOW IF WE WILL BE?

>> I DON'T THINK THAT I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION

CLEARLY. >> I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE WOULD BE USING THESE PROP 28 FUNDS FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR IF WE ARE STILL IN THE DESIGN PHASE AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED PLANNING TO HIRE , NOTIFYING OR LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND TAKE THESE POSITIONS AUGUST IS VERY CLOSE. HOW ARE WE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THIS AND GET THIS GOING FOR THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR?

>> WE HAVE INTEREST FROM OUR SCHOOL SITE OF WHAT TEACHERS

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>> WE ARE UNSURE IF WE CAN ROLL THIS OUT THIS YEAR?

>> AND I JUMP IN? IF I CAN HELP CLARIFY THERE ARE SOME POSITIONS WE DO NOT HAVE IN THIS DISTRICT THAT SITES ARE INTERESTED IN HIRING. FOR THOSE PARTICULAR POSITIONS IF THEY ARE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES THERE IS A PROCESS WE NEED TO GO THROUGH WITH THE PERSONNEL COMMISSION. I THINK THE INTENTION IS TO START THAT PROCESS AND GET IT GOING . I DON'T THINK MISS CARTER HAS A PERFECT ANSWER FOR YOU FOR ARE WE STARTING IT RIGHT NOW , I THINK THAT DEPENDS ON WHAT EACH SCHOOL SITE HAS CHOSEN TO DO AND WHAT THAT ENTAILS.

>> SOME MAY START THIS YEAR, SOME MAY WAIT UNTIL THE 25-26

YEAR? >> I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS WAITING. I THINK IT'S A DIFFERENT PROCESS DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT.

>> OKAY. LET ME CONTINUE ON. I GUESS MY POINT IS MAYBE I'M FRUSTRATED FOR NO REASON BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW I GET SOMETIMES. WHY DO WE WAIT SO LONG TO ROLL THIS OUT? IF WE GOT THIS FUNDING IN FEBRUARY OUR PRINCIPALS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND SITES COULD NOT COME UP WITH THESE PLANS PRIOR TO AUGUST SO THAT IS FED VERY, MARCH. ALL THOSE MONTHS THEY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT THIS PLAN? IT SEEMS FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS I'M TALKING TO IS THERE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THIS IS TAXPAYER MONEY THEY VOTED ON AND THEY WANT TO SEE THIS IN OUR SCHOOLS. YOU GUYS KNOW THEY ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THE FACT WE ARE STILL AT THIS MOMENT ASKING US TO VOTE ON IT UNSURE WHEN IT'S GOING TO ROLLOUT, IF IT ROLLS OUT 100% THAT'S WHERE I THINK I'M FRUSTRATED RIGHT NOW AND NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY WE WAITED SO LONG TO START DOING THIS.

>> YOU CAN JUMP IN IF YOU LIKE. I UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION AND EXCITEMENT AS WELL OF GETTING THIS STARTED. I THINK THERE'S EVERY INTENTION FOR US TO MOVE AS FAST AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. WE RECEIVED THE ALLOCATIONS IN FEBRUARY AND THAT TIME SPAN FROM THEN TO THE END OF THE YEAR WHAT THE SITES WERE WORKING ON WERE UNDERSTANDING THE FUNDING STRUCTURE BUT ALSO REACHING OUT TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND GETTING THAT FEEDBACK FROM THEIR COMMUNITY. I UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION AND WANTING TO MOVE FORWARD AND MUCH MORE QUICKLY BUT I THINK OUR SCHOOL SITES ARE NOW AT A SPACE WHERE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD IN TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE JOB DESCRIPTIONS ARE WE CAN PUT

FORWARD. >> HOW MANY OF OUR STUDENTS WERE SURVEYED ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE?

>> EACH SCHOOL SITE DID THEIR OWN SURVEYS AND THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER GO INTO LEADERSHIP OF SITES OR INTO

CLASSROOMS THEMSELVES. >> HOW MANY OF OUR STUDENTS WERE SURVEYED WHEN ASKING ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE

WITH THIS FUNDING? >> I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER.

>> I WAS TOLD THAT NONE REALLY WORK AND I WAS ALSO TOLD SOME PEOPLE DID SURVEYS ON THE VERY LAST DAY OF SCHOOL. IF WE HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS SINCE FEBRUARY AND WE ARE JUST NOW SAYING WHERE IMPLEMENTING IT BUT WE ARE NOT READY I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY OUR ADMINISTRATORS WERE NOT READY.

THAT'S MY POINT. I STILL HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS. I HAVE A

LOT. >> WHEN IT COMES TO HIRING WHAT PERCENTAGE DO YOU THINK OF US HIRING OUR OWN PEOPLE FOR THESE PROGRAMS AND HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK WILL BE CONTRACTED? DOES THAT FIT INTO THE 80% CONTRACTED SERVICES?

>> IT'S ALL HIRES. >> BACK TO MR. RIGHT.

>> LOOKING AT THESE PLANS AND THE SPIRIT IT'S COMMITTING NEW PROGRAMS AND NOT ADDING TO EXISTING. SOME OF THESE I FEEL LIKE I'M SEEING WE ARE ADDING TO EXISTING. ARE ALL OF THESE

PLANS WE ARE SAYING NEW? >> ALL OF THESE WILL NEED TO BE

NEW. >> I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE THE FIRST EXAMPLE I HAVE HERE. VISUAL ARTS SUPPORT, HIGHER ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT VISUAL ARTS, HIGHER BAND ASSISTANCE AND MATERIALS. WHAT IS NEW WE ARE ADDING AND IS NOT AN

EXISTING PROGRAM? >> I DON'T HAVE THAT

INFORMATION FOR YOU . >> I DON'T KNOW WHY WE ARE BEING ASKED TO VOTE SO I'M GOING TO SAY NOW I WON'T ASK THE REST. I'M VOTING NO ON THIS AND I FEEL WE SHOULD BE

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MORE PREPARED WITH THIS. >> LET ME CLARIFY THIS IS NOT A

VOTE. THERE IS NO VOTE. >> IT'S JUST A DISCUSSION?

>> WHAT YOU ARE PRODUCING IS PREPARING AN ANNUAL REPORT.

>> THIS IS A VOTE ON THE ANNUAL REPORT. IT'S PROVIDING A PRESENTATION SO YOU KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING BUT THE REQUIREMENT AND VOTE IS ON THE ANNUAL REPORT. WE ARE REQUIRED TO TELL THE STATE WHAT WE HAVE SPENT OUR MONEY ON OR IF WE'VE SPENT OUR MONEY ON ANYTHING AT THIS POINT. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR OF THE THREE YEARS AND THAT REPORT IS THAT ONE PAGE ITEM THAT EXPLAINS THAT. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON AND WE WILL DO THAT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

>> THE ONE PAGE. >> I SEE THE NUMBER OF FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT TEACHERS. THESE WERE ALL ZERO FOR THE 23-24. WHAT ARE NUMBERS FOR THIS YEAR THEN? HOW ARE WE EXPECTED TO VOTE WHEN THERE'S NO NUMBERS?

>> YOU VOTE ON LAST YEAR SO WE DO THIS AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

THE EXPECTATION IS IN THE NEXT ANNUAL REPORT THERE WILL BE

NUMBERS IN THERE. >> I GET THAT PART NOW. I DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT NOW. WE ARE VOTING ON LAST YEAR SO I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT FOR THIS YEAR I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO COME BACK AND REVISIT THIS. I REALLY DO. THIS IS SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY IS VERY INTO AND WANT TO SEE ON THE WEBSITE, THEY WANT TO SEE SOME ANSWERS AND I KNOW WE ARE GIVING A GENERIC OUTLOOK BUT WE REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH THEIR SITE FUNDING, WHAT ARE THEY SPENDING THEIR MONEY ON, WHO DID THEY SURVEY? IF THEY DIDN'T SURVEY STUDENTS THAT'S NOT RIGHT. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WE SHOULD BE SURVEYING TO ASK WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. I KNOW THE MARIACHI BAND IS COMING. WHO WAS ASKED ABOUT IT? I'VE BEEN TOLD DIFFERENT SITES DID IT DIFFERENTLY AND I UNDERSTAND WE ARE TAKING IT BACK TO THE SITES TO DO IT BUT WE ARE THE OVERSIGHT . HOW DID THEY DO IT? HOW DID THEY SURVEY, WHO DID THEY ASK? I DON'T KNOW. FROM WHAT I'M HEARING IT JUST DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT WAS PLANNED OUT VERY WELL. I DON'T KNOW. I THINK WE NEED TO REVISIT THAT. I BELIEVE THAT

THERE. >> ONE MORE. I KNOW WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A PERSON. THAT IS GOING TO FALL UNDER I BELIEVE YOU SAID SECONDARY EDUCATION SERVICES. WE DON'T HAVE OUR OWN DIRECTOR HERE. WHERE DOES THAT FALL IN THE

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART? >> WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A COORDINATOR. IF WE WERE TO HAVE A COORDINATOR THAT WOULD FALL ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL SIDE OF THE HOUSE.

>> I'M GOING TO KICK IT OVER. MISS GARZA.

>> THANK YOU. MY QUESTION IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO GO OUT AND GET THESE CERTIFICATED TEACHERS WE NEED FOR THIS FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR? WHAT IS THE PLAN?

>> THE PLAN IS TO DRAFT THE JOB DESCRIPTION IF IT IS FOR CLASSIFIED STAFF AND THAT WILL NEED TO RUN THROUGH THE PERSONNEL COMMISSION. THE OTHER WOULD BE TO DRAFT THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR CERTIFICATED AND FLY THAT THROUGH EDGE WAY.

>> CLASSIFIED WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH PERSONNEL SERVICES? WHAT HAPPENS TO IT AFTER THAT?

>> THE PERSONNEL COMMISSION WOULD NEED TO REVIEW THE JOB DESCRIPTION AND THEY APPROVE THAT AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT HIRING PROCESS.

>> ONCE IT COMES BACK TO US WHAT DO WE DO WITH IT?

>> IT DOES ON A JOIN AND WE SCREEN THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE THERE AND NEED TO DO THE RANKING SYSTEM AND THEN WE HAVE

INTERVIEWS . >> HOW QUICKLY OF A TURNAROUND

ARE WE LOOKING AT? >> IT WILL TAKE A COUPLE OF

MONTHS. >> I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE FRUSTRATION THAT BOARD MEMBER STUART IS EXPRESSING BECAUSE I AGREE SOME OF THESE PARENTS HAVE TOLD US THEY WERE POLLED AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. SOME OF THESE PARENTS WERE PULLED ONE DAY BEFORE THEY LEFT SCHOOL. HAVING THESE TYPES OF POLES SO LATE IN THE SCHOOL YEAR STUDENTS AREN'T EVEN

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THEM SUBMITTED A PLAN? >> ALL HAVE SUBMITTED A PLAN

FOR THEIR THREE YEARS. >> OKAY. IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN GET A DETAILED REPORT BY SCHOOL TO SEE WHAT IT IS? I AGREE WITH BOARD MEMBER STUART . HOW MANY KIDS WERE POLLED? PARENTS, WHAT WERE THEIR REQUESTS?

>> I CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT. I HEAR YOUR FRUSTRATION AND THAT THE SCHOOL SITE MAY HAVE DONE IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS BUT WHEN I THINK I'M HEARING MOSTLY IS THE DESIRE FOR MORE OVERSIGHT OF WHAT EXACTLY THE SCHOOL SITE IS GOING TO DO.

>> IF WE CAN EXPEDITE ANY PART OF THIS PROCESS SO THAT WAY WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS IN ADDITION . I THINK THAT WOULD HELP US UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE I AM JUST OF THE OPINION THAT ACTIONS ARE GOING TO SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THESE TYPES OF

PROGRAMS. >> THANK YOU. DR. ELHESSEN.

>> THANK YOU. I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT STUDENTS WHO CAME AND SPOKE AND REALLY WANTED THIS PROGRAM THAT IT'S GOING TO BE COMING TO FRUITION. I KNOW THE PROCESS TAKES TIME BECAUSE OF THE LEGALITIES WE HAVE TO FOLLOW SINCE IT'S A PROPOSITION FUNDED FROM THE STATE BUT I WANTED TO ASK ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE THE FUNDS FOR MUCH-NEEDED UNIFORMS

AND INSTRUMENTS? >> IF THAT IS WITHIN THE 20% THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THE FUNDS.

>> LAST YEAR I WAS APPROACHED BY THE BAND DIRECTOR AT BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL IN DESPERATE NEED OF NEW UNIFORMS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT EVER HAPPENED OR DID THEY GET THOSE?

>> I BELIEVE DIFFERENT FUNDING.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. BONNIE, THANK YOU. I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK. I SHARE THE FRUSTRATION AS MY COLLEAGUES DO BUT I ALSO KNOW GIVING OWNERSHIP TO SITES AND HAVING THEM MAKE THOSE PLANS IS VERY IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY WITH THIS ONE BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S DONE PROPERLY AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF WAITING INVOLVED. I WOULD RECOMMEND MORE CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS. I WOULD RECOMMEND IF YOU COULD CREATE A COMMITTEE FOR THESE FUNDS AND SAY INCLUDE IF ANY COLLEAGUES ARE UP TO BEING ON THAT TO MEET WITH LISA AND STAFF ON THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS.

>> I'M ON LIKE FIVE COMMITTEES. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ON COMMITTEES. I GIVE RESPECT TO THE SITES, I UNDERSTAND THEY NEED TO COME UP WITH PLANS. I GUESS THIS IS AN EXAMPLE WE'VE HAD SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD . THERE'S A LOT PUT ON THE SITES. I ALSO THINK WE SHOULD BE TOP DOWN DRIVEN AS WHERE WE ARE STILL ASKING FOR THIS INFORMATION. IT SHOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE TO YOU GUYS THAT THEY CAN'T FORMULATE A PLAN AND FIVE MONTHS. THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL. I CAN GET ON A COMMITTEE AND TRY TO DO THINGS BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY IT IS THEIR PROGRAM, THEY SHOULD BE ASKING THEIR STUDENTS, THEIR PARENTS, IT PROBABLY WASN'T DONE CORRECTLY AND WE NEED TO OVERSIGHT THAT ARE NOT JUST THIS BUT OTHER THINGS THAT IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW OUR COMMUNITY IS ASKING ABOUT.

THAT'S HOW I FEEL. I GUESS I CAN BE ON A COMMITTEES BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE I'LL BE HONEST.

>> IS OPEN TO THE WHOLE BOARD IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO BE ON A COMMITTEE FOR OVERSIGHT OR IF YOU COULD DEVELOP A PLAN FOR

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CONVERSATIONS RUN SMOOTHER. >> I WILL BE ON THE COMMITTEE.

>> WE GOT ONE. THANK YOU. DR. ELHESSEN. SHE PUSHED A BUTTON.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE VOLUNTEERING. THANK YOU AGAIN, BONNIE. I APPRECIATE IT. AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WILL BE TAKING A 10 MINUTE RECESS AND WE WILL RE-ADJOURN AND OPEN AT

>> WELCOME BACK. IT IS 7:45 AND WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THEIR OPEN SESSION MEETING. I APOLOGIZE WE WEREN'T DONE WITH THAT ITEM. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 11.2? DO I HAVE

A SECOND? ROLL CALL PLEASE. >>

>> MOVING ON TO OUR THIRD MAJOR ACTION ITEM OF THE EVENING IS 11.3 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT --

>> 11.2 PLEASE. >> ALL RIGHT. 11.2. RESOLUTION PROMOTING STUDENT WELL-BEING AND ACADEMIC FOCUS THROUGH A PHONE FREE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM

THE BOARD? MISS ARMSTRONG. >> I HAVE A FEW SIMPLE QUESTIONS. WILL THE STAFF PARTICIPATE IN THIS PHONE FREE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT? OR IS IT JUST FOR THE STUDENTS?

>> AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE RESOLUTION IT IS BASICALLY PROVIDING THE DISTRICT 120 DAYS TO COME UP WITH A PLAN. AT THIS POINT IN TIME WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IS A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT STAFF IN WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO BRING BACK TO YOU FOR APPROVAL SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

>> YOU ARE GOING TO PROBABLY DO A SURVEY OR POLL AND GET THE PARENTS INVOLVED SO WE CAN SEE HOW WE ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THE PROPOSED PLAN? WE HAVE TO CREATE IT FIRST. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO IMPLEMENT IT THEN MAKE SURE YOU INVOLVE THESE PARENTS BECAUSE SOMETIMES PARENTS USE THAT PHONE TO CALM KIDS DOWN.

>> ON THE VERY LAST LINE OF THAT BE IT RESOLVED SAYS STAFF WILL PRESENT A DRAFT POLICY TO THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL WITHIN 120 DAYS. WE WILL HAVE SOME COMMUNITY INPUT,

YES. >> THANK YOU. I SHOULD'VE SET THIS ITEM UP A LITTLE BIT. THIS RESOLUTION TONIGHT IS OUR STATEMENT OF INTENTION TO CREATE THE POLICY AND ACTUALLY I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS IN COLLABORATION WITH DR. ELHESSEN SO THANK YOU DR. SUE FOR THAT. I DO A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS GOING THIS ROUTE TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE CAUSED BY SOCIAL MEDIA AND CELL PHONES ON CAMPUS. THIS IS SOMETHING I HOPE AS WE DISCUSS CAN BE A VERY THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION ON HOW WE BOTH PREPARE OUR STUDENTS FOR COMPETITIVE GLOBAL WORKFORCE AND NOT DEMONIZE TECHNOLOGY BUT ALSO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS THAT TEACHERS ARE FACED WITH EVERY DAY AND IMPROVE CAMPUS CULTURES AND WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION?

>> I HAVE A COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION. I KNOW THERE IS AN ASSEMBLY BILL 272 WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT A LAW TO CELL PHONE BAN USE AT SCHOOL BUT DID NOT OFFER SPECIFIC PLANS SO THEY ARE REALLY LEAVING IT UP TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN PLANS BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE IS COMING DOWN AS MANDATED BY THE STATE BECAUSE OF THE STRONG WARNING THAT THE SURGEON GENERAL HAD PUT OUT IN REGARDS TO THE HARM AND MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN

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>> THANK YOU . I BELIEVE THE ASSEMBLY BILL SAID NOW IT IS A SENATE BILL AND ONE THING IT'S GOING TO MANDATE IS FOR A SCHOOL BOARD TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM BY 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR .

ONE THING IN IT IS WITH ENOUGH COMMUNITY INPUT SO I THINK THAT WILL BE ANOTHER CHALLENGE OF THE NEXT 120 DAYS BY GETTING THAT INPUT AND MAKING SURE OUR POLICY REFLECTS WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE IN OUR SCHOOLS. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?

ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? >> NONE, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? DO I HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU. ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

>> ITEM OF THE EVENING IS 11.3 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH DANNIS WOLIVER KELLEY. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> JUST A FEW QUESTIONS. WHAT WAS THE PROCESS THAT LED UP TO

CHOOSING KELLY? >> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU.

BECAUSE OF THE TIGHT TIMELINE SURROUNDING THE POTENTIAL BOND AND FOR POTENTIALLY NOVEMBER WE HAD TO IDENTIFY A FIRM RIGHT AWAY WITH A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF EXPERTISE AND IN PARTICULAR THE ATTORNEY WHO WOULD BE WORKING WITH OUR DISTRICT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA. THEY ARE AFFILIATED AND ALSO HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH QUICK

PROCESSES. >> DID YOU INTERVIEW ANY OTHER COMPANIES OR AGENCIES? BEFORE YOU CHOSE HIM, DID YOU

INTERVIEW ANYBODY ELSE? >> WE HAD ALSO CONSIDERED USING BOND COUNSEL FROM THE PREVIOUS BOND IN ADDITION TO THIS ONE BUT ULTIMATELY AFTER CONSULTING WITH MISS AZEVEDO THIS IS THE

FIRM WE ARE RECOMMENDING. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> IS THIS PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE? DON'T WE HAVE TO APPROVE IT FIRST BEFORE WE HAVE COUNSEL? THAT WE ARE

DOING A BOND? >> PART OF THE PROCESS WE GO THROUGH TO DEVELOP THAT RESOLUTION THE NEXT STEP WE NEED TO PROVIDE FOR YOU IS TO WORK WITH A BOND COUNSEL TO FORMULATE THAT RESOLUTION FOR YOU.

>> THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ?

>> NONE, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING SO EXPEDITIOUS IN GETTING THIS GOING. I FEEL LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A BOND AND POTENTIALLY EXPLORING THAT OPTION SO MANY MONTHS AGO BUT THEN LIKE MOST THINGS IT SNEAKS UP ON YOU AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE IN THIS TIMELINE. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK PUT INTO THAT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 11.3 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH DANNIS WOLIVER

KELLEY? >> YOU HAVE A MOTION.

>> ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >>

>> ITEM PASSES. THE FOURTH MAJOR ACTION ITEM IS 11.4, APPROVAL OF ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT SPECIAL EDUCATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT. ALL RIGHT. HOLD ON.

GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION REQUIRES THAT THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT BE READ IN OPEN SESSION AND BEFORE ACTION IS TAKEN ON THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE ASSISTANT

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CONSISTENT WITH THIS REQUIREMENT THE BOARD PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING ORAL SUMMARY OF SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFITS AS OUTLINED IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT FOR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT BETWEEN THE BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ALMOST LOWER. THE TERM IS TENTATIVE DATE OF JULY 18TH 2024 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2026. SALARY OF 188,000 $224.85 . FRINGE BENEFITS PARTICIPATION IN THE RETIREMENT PROGRAM, PARTICIPATION IN THE WEALTH AND BENEFITS PROGRAM PROVIDED TO OTHER EMPLOYEES. INCLUDING MILEAGE, $1250 ANNUAL STIPEND FOR A DOCTORAL DEGREE , THAT IS TO MAY PAY FOR THE DUTIES , DUES FOR RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OF MISS ULLOA'S CHOICE SUBJECT TO BOARD APPROVAL. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD THIS EVENING?

>> A FEW QUESTIONS. I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT SO THIS POSITION IS BASICALLY JUST REPLACING A PREVIOUS ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT CORRECT?

>> THAT IS CORRECT. THE JOB DUTIES ARE VERY SIMILAR.

>> WE ARE NOT ADDING A POSITION BUT WHEN WE HAVE ALL THESE POSITIONS I KNOW I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT IT WE BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN IT? IT'S ALREADY IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST PUTTING THIS INDIVIDUAL IN THIS POSITION IS THAT CORRECT?

>> THAT IS CORRECT. >> NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION

TO APPROVE ITEM 11.4? >> ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

>> ACTION ITEM THIS EVENING IS 11.5 APPROVAL OF CONTRACT FOR GENERAL COUNSEL LEGAL SERVICE AND AMENDMENT TO EXISTING LEGAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH ONLY VARAS MAJOR OGALLALA ORGANIZATION . DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE

BOARD? >> I WANT TO KNOW WHO INITIATED THIS AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING CONTRACT AND WHEN AND WHY?

>> CAN I HAVE LISA ANSWER? THANK YOU.

>> WE WERE NOTIFIED THERE IS GOING TO BE AN UPCOMING CHANGE OF SERVICE WITH OUR GENERAL COUNSEL WITH THE CURRENT AGREEMENT YOU HAVE WITH THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY. THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO YOUR INITIAL AGREEMENT WITH THEM.

>> WHAT WAS THE PROCESS THAT LED UP TO THIS? I MEAN, THE AMENDMENT WAS TO MARK OKAY. I WILL WAIT UNTIL WE GET TO THE NEXT ONE. THE LAW FIRM CONTACTED YOU SAYING THEY

NEEDED AND AMENDMENT. >> NO, OUR CURRENT GENERAL COUNSEL INFORMED US THEY WOULD BE A CHANGE TO OUR CONTRACT AND SO WE MOVED FORWARD WITH THAT AMENDMENT.

>> THAT AMENDMENT IS? I KNOW IT'S IN THE BOARD BOOK BUT I

JUST WANT TO HEAR IT. >> I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE

ASKING. >> WHAT IS THE EXACT AMENDMENT YOU WANT TO CHANGE IN THE CONTRACT? WHAT IS THE CHANGE IN

THE CONTRACT? >> YOUR GENERAL COUNSEL SERVICES ARE NO LONGER BEING PROVIDED IF THIS IS APPROVED BY YOUR CURRENT COMPANY THAT YOU HAVE APPROVED. GENERAL COUNSEL

SERVICES. >> NO LONGER PROVIDED BY O MLO

IF WE APPROVE THIS? >> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> THAT'S IT, THANK YOU. >> BEFORE I GO ON TO MISS STEWART I WILL REFER TO OUR GENERAL COUNSEL TO GIVE

BACKGROUND ON THE ITEM. >> THANK YOU. THIS IS COMING BEFORE THE BOARD AND IT IS AN ELECTION IF YOU CHOOSE TO APPROVE IT THIS EVENING WHAT IT WOULD DO IS AMEND THE EXISTING

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>> THANK YOU FOR THAT BACKGROUND.

>> HOW WAS THE BOARD NOTIFIED OF THE PROCESS?

>> THE BOARD WAS NOTIFIED VIA THIS AMENDMENT. AN AMENDMENT REQUESTED BY OMLO FOR THEIR CONTRACT AND YOU ARE BASICALLY VOTING ON IT THIS EVENING. THE NOTIFICATION COMES WHEN THE AMENDMENT IS PRESENTED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEY IN TURN PRESENTED TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.

>> YOU CONTACTED ME AND TOLD ME YOU ARE PLANNING ON STARTING YOUR OWN COMPANY AS WELL AS RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL FOR ANAHEIM. YOU HAD ALSO TOLD ME YOU HAD INFORMED MS. ARMSTRONG.

SO I HAD CALLED OUR BOARD PRESIDENT TO GET CLARIFICATION OF HOW THIS PROCESS WAS HAPPENING.

>> THE BOARD WAS NOTIFIED AS A WHOLE BOARD BECAUSE IT WAS

INFORMATIONAL. >> HOW BECAUSE WE DIDN'T MEET

ABOUT THIS? >> I CONTACTED EVERY BOARD MEMBER TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. NO VOTE WAS TAKEN NO DISCUSSION WAS HAD WITH BOARD MEMBERS IN TERMS OF OPINIONS SO IT WAS NOT A VIOLATION OF THE BROWN ACT IF THAT'S WHAT'S BEING REFERRED.

IT WAS INFORMATIONAL TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THIS ITEM WOULD BE COMING BEFORE THEM MUCH LIKE YOU WOULD GET IN YOUR FRIDAY

MEMO. >> WOULD THIS HAVE BEEN BETTER AS A PROCESS PRESENTED TO US IN CLOSED SESSION AND THEN BROUGHT UP TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THEIR FUNDS ARE PUBLIC FUNDS? WE HAD GONE THROUGH THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR HIRING OMLO BUT YET WE WEREN'T THEN INFORMED OF YOU LEAVING UNTIL I GOT THE CALL SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE BUT I GOT THE CALL AND I FELT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN DISCUSSED

AS A GROUP . >> THIS WOULD QUALIFY COULD FOR CLOSED SESSION. IT'S NOT A MATTER THAT CAN BE HEARD IN CLOSED SESSION. THE REASON YOU HAVE IT BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS BECAUSE THE DISCUSSION CAN TAKE LACE. THE BOARD IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT. THAT IS WITHIN THE BOARD'S AUTHORITY. THIS IS THE FORM TO CONDUCT THAT DISCUSSION BASICALLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE INTERVIEW PROCESS WE HAD A LIST OF DIFFERENT FIRMS WE ACTUALLY INTERVIEWED. YOU WERE SELECTED AND SECOND CHOICE WAS . THE REASON WHY IT IS WE LIKE TO HAVE -- WE HAD ONE INDIVIDUAL ATTORNEY WORKING FOR THE DISTRICT AND IT DIDN'T WORK OUT VERY WELL SO HE WANTED A FIRM THAT ACTUALLY REPRESENTED THE DISTRICT VERSUS ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS SOMETHING AGREED-UPON IN THE ENTIRE BOARD. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THERE IS A CHANGE NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN. I

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DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. >> THANK YOU.

>> SORRY I THINK AT THAT TIME IT WAS AGREED UPON WITH THE WHOLE BOARD AND THEN WE SIGNED OUR CONTRACT AND THEN WE GOT HIM DOING AN AMAZING JOB AND HE'S BEEN HERE EVERY MEETING WHICH IS SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T HAD . WE ARE CUTTING OUR COST TREMENDOUSLY AS FAR AS LAWYER FEES AND WE THINK HE'S DOING A GOOD JOB SO IT'S AMENDMENT HERE, YOU CAN VOTE YES OR NO BUT I'M COMPLETELY IN FAVOR OF THIS BECAUSE IT KEEPS THE STABILITY AND CONSISTENCY OF OUR DISTRICT INTACT AND HE'S DOING A GOOD JOB SO I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE QUESTIONING THAT. WE HAVE HAD ZERO PROBLEMS UP UNTIL THIS POINT AND I THINK THIS IS GREAT AND I SUPPORT THIS 100%.

>> THANK YOU. >> IN THE BEGINNING WHEN COUNSEL WAS TASKED AND ALL OF OUR MEETINGS FOR THE DURATION I SUGGESTED WE HIRE GENERAL COUNSEL ON STAFF BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE MORE SUSTAINABLE , BUT MY SUGGESTION WAS IGNORED. YOU WEREN'T HERE. THE PREVIOUS ATTORNEY WAS PAID $200 PER HOUR AND DIDN'T SIT IN OUR MEETINGS UNLESS THERE WAS SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND IT WAS SAID IT WAS TOO MUCH MONEY TO EXPEND. HOW MUCH ARE WE CURRENTLY PAYING OMLO TO SIT

IN OUR MEETINGS? >> I WILL REFER TO STAFF FOR

THAT. >> I'M ASKING LISA.

>> I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME I WOULD HAVE TO GET THAT BACK TO YOU.

>> IS IT MORE THAN $200? >> I WOULD ESTIMATE IT'S MORE BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME.

>> THE THING IS I'M LOOKING AT HIS CONTRACT, THE THING IS IS IT'S IN THE NEXT SECTION. IF I VOTE DOWN THIS THEY PROBABLY WILL VOTE TO LET IT HAVE THIS BIFURCATION DONE BUT THE THING IS THIS IS NOT -- I DON'T KNOW HOW WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THIS IF WE KEEP ANDREW ON AS AN INDEPENDENT PROVIDER FOR US AS GENERAL COUNSEL AND HAVE OMLO. MY QUESTION TO ANDREW, NOW, IS YOU HAVE YOUR DBA LISTED, YOU HAVE YOUR ADDRESS, YOUR PLACE OF BUSINESS. I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR CONTRACT BUT THAT'S THE NEXT SECTION. HOW MANY ATTORNEYS DO YOU HAVE ON STAFF, BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO COME TO THE MEETINGS?

>> TO ANSWER THAT THE WHOLE POINT OF THE STRUCTURE WAS TO ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE AS GENERAL COUNSEL IN MY SOUL CAPACITY.

THE POINT WAS TO TRY TO SAVE THE DISTRICT MONEY AND I KNOW THE NEXT ITEM COMING UP WILL BE DISCUSSED AS WELL SO I CAN GET INTO THAT AT THAT TIME. THE POINT IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING PAID FOR MY SERVICES NOW GOES TO OMLO. IT WILL INSTEAD GO TO SORRENTO LAW. THERE'S NO CHANGE IN NECESSARILY PAYING IN TERMS OF THE STRUCTURE OF IT.

THE DIFFERENCE IS I CAN SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IF YOU WOULD LIKE BUT I CHOSE TO GO WITH A FLAT FEE BECAUSE MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN WHEN YOU BILL BY THE HOUR THE INCENTIVE IS TO BILL AS MUCH AS YOU CAN BECAUSE THAT'S THE POINT OF MAKING MONEY. THE WEIGHT I OPERATED FOR THIS DISTRICT THUS FAR IS I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES BUT I'VE NOT CHARGED FOR ALL THE SERVICES I PROVIDE. IT'S MY OPINION THAT WHEN YOU DELIVER A PRODUCT TO A CLIENT AND DO YOUR BEST JOB THAT IS WHEN THEY APPRECIATE THE FACT YOU'RE DOING THE WORK BUT I ALSO AM CONSCIOUS OF THE FACT HAVING BEEN AN ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT THIS IS PUBLIC MONEY. BECAUSE OF THAT, THERE'S A MONTHS WHERE I HAVEN'T BAILED 10 TO 30 HOURS AND WORK I'VE DONE, CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD, STRATEGY WITH THE MEETINGS WITH REGARDING LITIGATION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN COMMITTED TO THE DISTRICT.

THE ONLY REASON THIS IS BEING PROPOSED IS BECAUSE OF MY PERSONAL COMMITMENTS I WAS LOOKING TO WITHDRAW COMPLETELY BUT I MADE A COMMITMENT TO BELLFLOWER UNIFIED TO BE HERE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO HELP THE BOARD IN THEIR DECISIONS THEY ARE MAKING INCLUDING THE PREVIOUS ONE I'M DISTRICTING, THE BOND MEASURE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND IT DIDN'T SIT RIGHT WITH ME TO PICK UP AND LEAVE AND NOT BE ABLE TO

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PLAINLY AS I CAN PUT IT. >> THANK YOU. I WILL MAKE A COMMENT. I KNOW YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP I WILL COME TO YOU RIGHT AFTER. I DO WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A TESTAMENT TO YOUR ABILITY TO HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH OMLO. WHEN WE WERE ON THE COMMITTEE AND DID THE INTERVIEW OMLO WAS THE NUMBER ONE CHOICE . YOU WERE IN THAT MEETING AND SINCE THEN YOU'VE DONE GREAT FOR OUR DISTRICT. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH OMLO TO MAKE SURE WE STILL HAVE THE BENCH, WE STILL HAVE THE SUPPORT FROM THE LAW FIRM WHILE WE STILL GET TO KEEP YOU AS OUR COMMITTED GENERAL COUNSEL, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT WORK TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. I THINK IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS DISTRICT BUT ALSO YOUR ABILITY TO HAVE RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE PRODUCTIVE AND HEALTHY WITH YOUR NOW FORMER LAW FIRM.

THANK YOU. I WILL SAY I KNOW THIS COMES UP A LOT BUT IN 21-22 OUR LEGAL COSTS WERE $1 MILLION. IN 22-23 WHEN WE GOT ON THE BOARD WE GOT IT DOWN TO 546 HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS .

THIS PAST YEAR THAT JUST FINISHED IT WAS 453. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HALF $1 MILLION DIFFERENCE FROM WHEN WE DID IT THE WAY WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT. THANK YOU FOR HELPING US SOLVE THESE LITIGATIONS EARLIER AND DO THE WORK AND THE MEDIATION SO WE CAN AVOID LITIGATION AND NOT JUST CARELESSLY FIGHT FAMILIES ALL THE TIME AND REALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEMS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO EVEN MORE DECREASED COST AS WE HAVE MORE SUPPORT STAFF TO REALLY ADDRESS SOME ISSUES THAT COME UP . I FEEL LIKE WE ARE ON A GREAT TRACK AND I THINK THIS TRENDING LINE OF $1 MILLION TO 53 IS ONLY GETTING BETTER. I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE IN KEEPING THE COST DOWN SO THANK YOU. I DID PROMISE MISS KARZAI. TAKE IT

AWAY. >> THANK YOU. I WANT TO ECHO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. I ALSO AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE BOARD MEMBER STUART. THIS IS THE BEST WAY WE CAN CONTINUE TO MEET THOSE NEEDS FOR OUR DISTRICT. I CAN TELL YOU FROM BEING MARRIED WHO HAS THEIR OWN FIRM THIS CAN BE EASILY EVEN MORE UPWARDS OF 1 MILLION+ DOLLARS IF WE DON'T GO THIS ROUTE. I DON'T THINK ANYONE UNDERSTANDS HOW EXPENSIVE IT CAN GET IF IT GOES FROM HOUR TO HOUR. FOR MR. CIRÉ GOT TO OFFER THIS TO US AND BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT MOVE SO IT BENEFITS EVERYONE I COMMEND YOU. I AGREE . THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT FOR US AND MAKING SURE WE STILL MEET OUR OBLIGATIONS WITH THESE LITIGATIONS THAT ARE ANTICIPATING AND PENDING AND FOR HAVING WORK SO HARD TO BRING OUR COST DOWN TO AT LEAST A MINIMUM. I WILL SAY MORE LATER ON IN THE NEXT ITEM AS WELL. I ABSOLUTELY AM A WITNESS OF THIS EVERY DAY THAT WHEN MY HUSBAND HIMSELF BILLS IT'S NOT JUST A DROP IN THE BUCKET.

>> THANK YOU. DR. ELHESSEN. >> THE LATEST NUMBERS I RECEIVED WAS THAT WE HAVE SPENT ON LEGAL SERVICES IS 155,932 AND FOR SPECIAL AND IT'S 179. 800 02. A TOTAL OF 300,035 740

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>> WHAT TIME FRAME ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

>> FROM JULY TO MAY. YEAH. WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE JUNE AND

JULY. >> IS THAT FROM OUR DOCUMENTS,

THE SAME ONES WE GET? >> THIS IS WHAT I JUST GOT. IN REGARDS TO THE BREAKDOWN OF SERVICES. THIS IS JUST OMLO.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MISS ARMSTRONG HAD ASKED AND I HAD A

DOCUMENT TO SHARE THAT. >> I THINK WE JUST MADE THE POINT THAT WE HAVE ONLY SPENT 379,000 AND WE ONLY HAVE TWO MONTHS LEFT. IT'S NOT 1.2 MILLION, IT'S NOT 500 SO I THINK YOU MADE THE POINT FOR US AND HONESTLY IF WE ARE USING OMLO FOR SPECIAL ED OR DIFFERENT SERVICES THEY WILL

BILL US >> I WANT TO NOTE , ANDREW, IF YOU NEED TO, WILL YOU USE OMLO AS A RESOURCE? WILL YOU BE

CONNECTED IN ANY WAY? >> THAT'S PART OF HAVING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. ANY ASSISTANCE I WOULD NEED OR ANY INFORMATION THEY ARE THERE TO PROVIDE IT BECAUSE AS MUCH AS IT IS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE IT WORKED OUT THIS WAY OMLO IS THE KIND OF LAW FIRM THAT CARES ABOUT ITS CLIENTS. I CAN TELL YOU RICK IS AN AMAZING INDIVIDUAL. HE REALLY DOES GIVE EVERYTHING. YOU'LL FIND HIM UP AT 1:00 IN THE MORNING TAKING CALLS FROM CITY COUNCILMEMBERS DEALING WITH ISSUES THAT COME UP. I THINK THE CULTURE I'VE BEEN A PART OF AND GOTTEN TO GROW INTO AND BEING MENTORED BY SOMEONE LIKE RICK IT REALLY IS A CULTURE OF SERVICE AND WE ARE IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE SECTOR SO WE TAKE THAT WITH THE KIND OF MENTALITY THAT YOU ARE THERE TO SERVE, YOU'RE THERE TO HELP THE BOARD IN THEIR MISSION OF BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE POLICY AND LEADERSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC WHICH ELECTS THEM TO DO SO. THAT BEING SAID, I WILL REITERATE I HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH OMLO AND THEY WILL ALWAYS BE THERE TO HELP WHENEVER NEEDED.

>> DID I HEAR YOU SAY YOU PROVIDED SERVICES WITHOUT

BILLING US IN THE PAST? >> I DO THAT ALL THE TIME.

>> WOW. >> IF I CAN GIVE BACK STORY MY PARENTS ESCAPED COMMUNISM, CAME HERE, MY FATHER STARTED AND AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS. SINCE I WAS SIX YEARS OLD I WAS HELPING HIM CHANGE BRAKES, CHANGE TIRES, OIL ON CARS BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT IS WHEN YOUR FAMILY IS NEW TO A COUNTRY TRYING TO COME UP . THE ONE THING I TOOK FROM MY FATHER IS THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY IF YOU PROVIDE A QUALITY SERVICE PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS COME BACK. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE SOME OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE INDUSTRY THAT OVERCHARGE BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH THEIR CAR.

YOU COULD TELL THEM ANYTHING IS BROKEN AND THEY WILL BE LIKE FIX IT. IF YOU ARE ALWAYS HONEST AND TRUE IN THE SERVICE YOU PROVIDE AND HOW YOU PROVIDED PEOPLE WILL SEE THAT AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE ATTEMPTED TO DO DURING MY TIME HERE AT BELLFLOWER. I DON'T CHARGE FOR EVERY PHONE CALL, I DON'T CHARGE FOR EVERY STRATEGY MEETING I HAVE REGARDING LITIGATION BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IN MY OPINION THAT IS A SERVICE I'M PROVIDING TO THE DISTRICT AND TO THE BOARD THAT I'VE COMMITTED TO. A FLAT FEE TO ME IS THE FAIREST WAY THAT I CAN CAP COSTS FOR THE DISTRICT BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE MONTHS WHERE I AM WORKING OVER HUNDRED HOURS, JUST FOR THE DISTRICT. THAT WOULD GO NORTH OF 30, $50,000 JUST FOR ME. FOR THE DISTRICT IT IS CAPPED AT 15. I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT EVEN IF YOU WERE TO HIRE IN-HOUSE COUNSEL AS AN EMPLOYEE YOU ARE

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IT'LL NEVER GO HIGHER. THERE'S NO OTHER ASSOCIATED COSTS. I DID THAT TO BE FAIR TO THE DISTRICT, TO CONTINUE SERVING AS LONG AS I CAN AND ULTIMATELY PROVIDE THE SERVICE I DO. THAT BEING SAID THERE MIGHT COME A TIME WHEN I'M NO LONGER ABLE TO DO SO. AT THAT POINT THE AMENDMENT ALLOWS OMLO TO PROVIDE AN ATTORNEY THAT WOULD BASICALLY COME AND SIT AS GENERAL COUNSEL AND CONTINUE THE SERVICE SO THERE'S NO INTERRUPTION ON EITHER END , THE FRONT OR BACK. UNTIL SUCH TIME THE DISTRICT DECIDES WE WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH ANOTHER LAW FIRM AND UNDER THIS CONTRACT YOU CAN DO THAT ON A MOMENTS NOTICE. YOU CAN SEND A LETTER SAYING YOU'RE NO LONGER OUR LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDER WE ARE GOING IN ANOTHER DIRECTION.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY BUILT INTO IT AND IT REALLY IS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD IN EVERY SENSE.

>> LET ME ASK YOU ONE MORE QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED YOU WORK IN EXCESS OF HOW MANY HOURS A WEEK OR MONTH?

>> I SAID THERE ARE MONTHS COULD END UP WORKING IN EXCESS OF 100, 120 IN A MONTH. GENERAL BILLING FOR AN ATTORNEY IS BETWEEN 150 TO 180 HOURS A MONTH AND THAT IS BILLING. YOU LITERALLY HAVE TO BE WORKING. I CAN'T BE OUT AT LUNCH. YOU CAN'T BE IN THE BATHROOM. IT IS TIMES YOU'RE ACTUALLY SPENDING WORKING SO I CAN TELL YOU WHEN I FIRST STARTED TO BILL EIGHT HOURS I WOULD GET THE OFFICE 13, 14 HOURS A DAY.

JUST PART OF THE LEARNING PROCESS. THE REALITY IS WHEN YOU BILL BY THE HOUR THERE IS AN INCENTIVE TO INFLATE THOSE NUMBERS TO BASICALLY CHARGE FOR A 32ND PHONE CALL YOU CHARGE SIX MINUTES BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS DONE BY A 10TH OF AN HOUR.

THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. THIS WAS REALLY THE STRUCTURE I FELT MOST ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE DISTRICT WHILE ALSO ALLOWING ME TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES WHERE IT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR ME

FINANCIALLY AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WHEN I GOT ON THIS BOARD I WAS SEEING PEOPLE BILLING FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS IN A DAY WHICH I COULDN'T DO THE MATH ON THAT. THERE WAS A LOT OF WASTED LEGAL FEES AND I'M SO GLAD WE FIXED THAT PROBLEM. DR.

ELHESSEN. >> I AGREE WITH YOU. RICK IS REALLY DEDICATED AND DEVOTED SO WHEN I CALLED AND ASKED HIM QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO WHY YOU WERE LEAVING HE TOLD ME HE WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION WE HAD ALL MET AND HAD DECIDED ALREADY TO BRING YOU ON. THAT WAS CONFUSING TO ME. ALSO. IF THAT IS THE CASE, OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE ALREADY MET WITH PEOPLE AND

THEY DECIDED. >> CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? WHAT

ARE YOU SAYING? >> I SPOKE TO RICK AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT ALL OF US HAD MET TOGETHER AND DECIDED TO LET GO OF OMLO FOR GENERAL COUNSEL AND HAVE ANDREW STAY ON BUT THEY WOULD TAKE OVER FOR SPECIAL ED. THAT WAS CONCERNING TO ME.

>> I'M NOT SURE IF THAT CONVERSATION WAS MISUNDERSTOOD.

AT NO TIME DID I TELL RICK THAT THE DISTRICT HAD DECIDED TO GO WITH ME AND DROP OMLO. THAT WOULD BE IMPROPER AND SECOND OF ALL IT'S NOT A STATEMENT THAT WAS MADE TO RICK. I TOLD RICK WAS I WAS PLANNING ON LEAVING DUE TO MY OWN PERSONAL COMMITMENTS AND THAT THIS WAS A STRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE SERVING WHILE ALSO ALLOWING OMLO TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES THEY WERE PROVIDING. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT STATEMENT CAME FROM. IT'S NOT A CONVERSATION I'VE

HAD. >> THAT'S WHY WAS CONFUSED AND WHY AM ASKING THE QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.

>> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS MISS GARZA?

>> NO FURTHER QUESTIONS IF I CAN CALL FOR THE VOTE.

>> WHAT TIME IS IT OVER THERE?

>> IT IS REALLY EARLY. 5:24 IN THE MORNING.

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>> CALLED FOR THE VOTE. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

>>

>> ITEM PASSES. MOVING ON TO THE SIXTH MAJOR ACTION ITEM THIS EVENING IS 11.6, CONTRACT APPROVAL FOR GENERAL COUNSEL LEGAL SERVICES. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? DO I HAVE A MOTION? SORRY. DR. ELHESSEN.

>> THE FLAT RATE OF 15,000 A MONTH , LET'S SAY YOU WORK 20 HOURS THAT MONTH. WE ARE STILL COMMITTED TO PAY THE 15,000. IF WE ARE SITTING HERE IN THIS MEETING TO $1200 AN HOUR.

>> I'VE NEVER HAD A MONTH WHERE I WORK 20 HOURS. IF THE DISTRICT GETS DOWN TO THAT POINT WHERE LEGAL SERVICES IS ONLY NEEDED FOR 20 HOURS I WOULD SAY THE DISTRICT IS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE . THAT HAS NEVER BEEN THE CASE. I DOUBT IT'LL EVER BE THE CASE, BUT THE REALITY IS , THAT'S THE WAY THE STRUCTURE WORKS. IF THERE'S SOME MONTHS I WORKED 30, 40 HOURS OVER WHAT WOULD BE THE BREAKDOWN IN PRICE PER OUR THAT'S NOT MONEY THAT I MAKE , THAT'S MONEY THE DISTRICT SAVES. IF THERE'S MONTHS I WORK LESS THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT BALANCES OUT. THE $15,000, AGAIN IS MY PERSONAL OPINION A VERY LOW AMOUNT FOR A GENERAL COUNSEL IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT. I CAN TELL YOU THERE'S OTHER DISTRICTS WERE JUST GENERAL COUNSEL ASIDE FROM ALL THE OTHER ATTORNEYS THAT WORK ON LITIGATION FOR THEM BILL 40, 50,000 A MONTH.

>> HOW MANY HAVE YOU WORKED FOR IN THE PAST?

>> THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE SAT ON GENERAL COUNSEL AS.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MR. RIGHT.

>> YOU MAY NOT HAVE THIS ANSWER BUT HAVE YOU EVER SINCE YOU'VE BEEN ON FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS SEEN A MONTH WHERE WE WERE ONLY USING 20 HOURS OF LEGAL SERVICES?

>> NOT IN THE TIME I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE.

>> THANK YOU AND I'VE BEEN ON THIS FOR NOW FOR ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN A MONTH WHERE WE SPENT LESS THAN $15,000 FOR SURE PROBABLY LESS THAN $50,000 AND TO SAY THAT 20 HOURS I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT CONSIDERING THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, THAT'S A HYPOTHETICAL TO I GUESS TALK. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MS. STEWART. I BELIEVE WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR LEGAL SERVICE TRACKER I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME THERE IS A MONTH WHERE IT WAS ONLY 15,000. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. YOU PROBABLY ARE THE WORST BUSINESSMAN. TO THE DISTRICT ADVANTAGE IT'S MORE MONEY FOR THE KIDS, SO THANK YOU. YOU DO PUT IN A LOT OF WORK. I APPRECIATE IT. I AM A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED IN THE MISCHARACTERIZATION OF THE PAST FINANCES WHEN IT COMES TO LEGAL BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB IN GETTING THOSE COSTS DOWN AND ADDRESSING PROBLEMS EARLY. THE FACTS ARE THE FACTS. MISS GARZA.

>> IF I CAN CALL FOR THE VOTE PLEASE?

>> YES MA'AM. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE?

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> DO I HAVE A SECOND?

>> ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >>

[12. CONSENT AGENDA]

>> MOTION PASSES. DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS TO WITHHOLD FROM THE

CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING? >> 12.16.

>> WHAT IS THE ITEM NAME? >> AMENDMENT TO ANNUAL

CONTRACTS? >> YEAH.

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>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER ITEMS TO WITHHOLD THIS EVENING? MISS

GARZA? >> NONE.

>> DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WITHHOLD ITEMS 12.16 ANNUAL AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT? DO I

HAVE A SECOND? >> THANK YOU. ROLL CALL,

PLEASE. >>

[12.16 AMENDMENT TO THE ANNUAL CONTRACT LISTINGS AND AGREEMENTS – 2024-2025 FISCAL YEAR]

>> THE FIRST ITEM WITHHELD THIS EVENING IS 12.16 , ANNUAL AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT . MISS ARMSTRONG.

>> THANK YOU. FEW QUESTIONS . ON ITEM 01 IT SAYS FIREPLACE INC. , IS THAT THE WEBSITE YOU CAN CREATE THE NEWSLETTER AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT? IS THAT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE STAFF AT THE SITE LEVEL OR JUST THE

DISTRICT? >> I BELIEVE IT'S AVAILABLE AT THE SITE AS WELL BUT LET ME CHECK ON THAT FOR YOU.

>> I REALLY KNOW HOW TO USE IT, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO USE IT SAY IT IS REALLY EASY AND ACTUALLY FUN TO USE. IT WOULD BE NICE IF IT IS AVAILABLE AT THE SITE LEVEL TWO. THE NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHIC SERVICES CONSULTATION , I SEE WE HAVE AN INCREASED COST FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. IT IS A RENEWAL.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THE SERVICE WILL BE USED BY YOU?

>> BECAUSE SERVICES OVERLAP INTO THE MONTH OF JULY IT THEN ROLLS ONTO THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR. THOSE SERVICES ARE JUST AN OVERLAP CARRYOVER FROM THE PROJECT WE JUST FINISHED WITH

THEM. >> THANK YOU. MY LAST QUESTION FOR THE LEADERS INSTITUTE CONSULTANT SERVICES EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THAT SERVICE WILL LOOK LIKE PLEASE.

>> I'M GOING TO ASK FOR PERMISSION TO KEEP A LITTLE BIT OF THAT SECRET. THIS IS AN ACTIVITY FOR OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM AT THE ADVANCE THIS YEAR. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISE. I CAN WHISPER IT TO YOU LATER.

>> AS LONG AS YOU KNOW WE WILL BE PROVIDING SOME TRAINING TO STAFF. I WAS JUST BEING NOSY. WE WILL TALK LATER THEN.

>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE ITEM , BOARD MEMBERS? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 12.16?

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> YOU HAVE A SECOND.

>> WILL CALL, PLEASE. >>

[13. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS]

>> WE WILL MOVE ON TO PORT COMMUNICATIONS WHERE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS COMMUNICATE AND REPORT OUT.

LET'S BEGIN WITH BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG. ACTUALLY DO YOU MIND IF WE START -- IS THAT ALL RIGHT? MISS GARZA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST WITH YOUR BOARD REPORT?

>> YES THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING. I AM JOINING YOU TONIGHT FROM SWEDEN . TONIGHT I AM A BOARD MEMBER FOR YOU AND TOMORROW I WILL BE SUPPORTING MY SON'S DECATHLON TEAM AND JUDGING PART OF THEIR COMPETITION HERE IN SWEDEN.

THAT IS WHY I'M HERE. I SAY THIS BECAUSE THIS IS EXACTLY THE TYPE OF COMPETITION I WOULD LOVE TO SEE OUR STUDENTS BECOME INVOLVED IN IN THE NEAR FUTURE. HOPEFULLY I CAN CONTINUE -- BEGIN SOME TALKS WITH OUR STAFF AND ALSO WITH THEIR TERM SUPERINTENDENT SEEING HOW WE CAN GET THAT PROCESS GOING. I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FORMALLY THANK OUR TECH TEAM AND KERRY WHO WORKED WITH ME TO MAKE MY JOINING OUR MEETING POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. YOU ARE AN AMAZING TEAM, SO PATIENT WITH ME. HE WORKED THERE ALL THOSE LITTLE KINKS AND BUGS WE HAVE. I WOULD ALSO BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T LINK OUR GENERAL COUNSEL FOR SUPPORTING MYSELF AND OUR

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IT IS SAID IGNORANCE IS BLISS BUT IT CERTAINLY WOULDN'T HAVE ABSOLVED ME OF MY RESPONSIBILITY IN COMMUNICATING WITH THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE, WITH ENOUGH TIME TO EXERCISE MY DUE DILIGENCE SO I CAN MEET MY BOARD OBLIGATIONS WITH THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES. THANKS ALL AROUND. I THINK WE HAVE MADE A GREAT TEAM, AT LEAST ON MY BEHALF I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT GOES BEHIND THE SCENES EVERY TIME , EVERY OTHER WEEK AND WHERE EVERYBODY PULLS TOGETHER FOR ALL OF THIS TO HAPPEN ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY. THANK

YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU MISS GARZA. MS.

ARMSTRONG. >> WELL, I'VE BEEN ENJOYING MY FAMILY AND BEING IMMERSED IN HISTORICAL TEACHINGS AND LEARNING AND AS A CALIFORNIA TEACHER I ATTENDED THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION DELEGATE ASSEMBLY TO EMBARK ON NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ISSUES AND AS A STATE DELEGATE I DO WORK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THIS YEAR WILL BE A VERY BUSY YEAR FOR THE STATE DELEGATES BECAUSE OUR MEETING WAS CUT SHORT BUT WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS TO HANDLE. SOME THINGS ARE COMMON KNOWLEDGE TO SOME AND SOME NOT TO OTHERS. I'M SAYING THIS BECAUSE WHEN I WAS OUT IN PHILADELPHIA FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY MEETING I DON'T PHILLY CHEESE STEAKS I WAS LIKE I'M IN PHILADELPHIA I'VE GOT TO GET ME A PHILLY CHEESESTEAK. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE LOVE IT. IT DIDN'T RESONATE WITH ME. I HAD TO TRY MULTIPLE PHILLY CHEESE STEAKS WHILE I WAS OUT THERE. IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE I DIDN'T REALIZE, I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS I GUESS ITALIAN. I FINALLY WENT TO TOWN THAT I GUESS IS LITTLE ITALY. I DON'T KNOW. I WENT TO THE FAMOUS GINO'S THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE NUMBER ONE FOR THE PHILLY CHEESE STEAKS AND THEY PREPARED SOME FOR ME SO I COULD BRING HOME WITH DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO WARM IT UP WHEN I GOT HOME.

ANYWAY THERE WAS GINO'S NUMBER ONE ALL THE TIME AND PATS WAS NUMBER TWO. WHAT WAS FUNNY THEY HAD A PERSON OUT THERE TAKING PICTURES OF THE CROWDS OUT THERE. ANYWAY I DON'T EAT THE SANDWICHES. I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS ITALIAN. DID YOU GUYS KNOW IT? I DIDN'T. ANYWAY, I HAD A FUN TIME. EVEN THOUGH I WAS

WORKING. THAT'S IT. >> THANK YOU. DR. ELHESSEN.

>> THANK YOU. THIS MONTH IS THE ANNIVERSARY AS YOU KNOW OF THE 34TH ASSIGNING OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT WHICH IS THE SECOND LARGEST CIVIL RIGHTS ACT PASSED. I WAS INVOLVED IN MANY EVENTS THIS MONTH ACTUALLY. I ATTENDED THE DISABILITY PRIDE RAISING FLAG WHERE MY FRIEND CITY COUNCILWOMAN INVITED ME TO COME DOWN AND BE PART OF OUR LARGE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS BOTH DISABLED AND ABLE-BODIED TO RAISE THE DISABILITY PRIDE FRAG IN LONG BEACH . THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT IN HEARING FROM MANY REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT HAVING THEIR VOICES HEARD. THIS IS REALLY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT AS WELL AS ACCOMMODATIONS AND ACCESS. IT SURPRISES ME , THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CONSIDERS IDEA WHICH IS PASSED TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES A.I.D.S. ARE AS MORE STATES MISS THE MARK. IN REGARDS TO A NUMBER OF STATES AND ENTITIES CHARACTERIZED AS ASSISTANCE UNDER FEDERAL SPECIAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS PICKED UP FISCAL 2022 AT A TIME WHEN THE COMPLEX

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UNDER A BILL THAT WOULD BECOME LAW STATE LAWMAKERS ANNOUNCED JUNE 27TH. THIS WOULD BE A BILL IMPLEMENTED FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THE COURSES WOULD NEED TO BEGIN ON 2027. I'M HOPING WE CAN TAKE A HEAD START IN TAKING A LOOK AT HOW WE CAN BEST SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS GRADUATING. THIS WAS BROUGHT UP BECAUSE OF MY LONGEVITY HERE AS STUDENT GROUP UNDER DR. JACOBS.

STUDENTS WERE REQUESTING TO HAVE THE SUPPORT SO YOU CAN IMAGINE IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME AND THE NEED IS THERE EVEN MORE SO NOW. I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THOSE TWO KEY POINTS.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. VICE PRESIDENT

STUART. >> SINCE OUR LAST MEETING I ATTENDED A FOUNDATION COMMITTEE MEETING . WE ARE FINALIZING DETAILS OF THIS ORGANIZATION AND SHOULD FINISH IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND WE ARE EXCITED. MONDAY I ATTENDED THE PERSONNEL COMMISSION MEETING. THEY APPOINTED AN INTERIM DIRECTOR WHILE THE POSITION IS BEING AND I'M OPTIMISTIC WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND I SUPPORT THEM AND SUPPORT CSEA AND ITS COLLABORATION WITH THE BOARD. TUESDAY I ATTENDED THE CAL APPS MEETING. WE HAD TWO STUDENTS ATTEND THE NATIONAL SKILLS USA COMPETITION, ONE STUDENT FROM LYNNWOOD WAS COMPETING IN THE RESTAURANT PART OF IT AND YOU MET COMPETED IN THE PREFERRED SPEECH COMPETITION SO WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THEM AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS THIS YEAR. THIS WEEK I WILL BE GOING TO THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF BLACK SCHOOL EDUCATORS CONFERENCE. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE AND COLLABORATING WITH EDUCATORS COMMITTED TO ADVANCING EQUITY FOR OUR BLACK STUDENTS. FINALLY, AT OUR JUNE 20TH BOARD MEETING PTA PRESENTED OUR BOARD AND DISTRICT WITH A LETTER RELATING TO THE PERMANENT SUPERINTENDENT POSITION. THEY BELIEVE AS WELL AS OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO THAT SELECTING AN EFFECTIVE SUPERINTENDENT MUST BE THE BOARD'S TOP PRIORITY AND I AGREE. THEY BELIEVE IT IS CRITICAL THE DISTRICT REBUILD CONFIDENCE WITH STUDENTS, PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE AND I WOULD

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I'M NOT TRYING TO BE DISRESPECTFUL TO ANY OF OUR UNIONS, PTA OR ANYBODY LIKE THAT BUT I BELIEVE SHE'S THE BEST PERSON FOR THE JOB AND I WANT TO SAY THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU ELECTED ME TO DO. YOU ELECTED TO TRUST ME AND FOR ME TO SAY WHAT I THINK AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT INFORMATION THAN YOU GUYS DO SOMETIMES SO I'M GOING TO START SPEAKING PUBLICLY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT DECISION. I THINK SHE SHOULD BE OUR NEXT SUPERINTENDENT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU . THAT WAS GOOD. I'M BLUSHING FOR YOU. LISA, YOU'RE AMAZING. I'M NOT GOING TO DO A WHOLE PAGE ON IT. WE CAN START HAVING THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT IS A PRIORITY AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF OUR DISTRICT WHICH I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT. A LOT IS THANKS TO YOU. RYAN YOU BEEN DOING GREAT AND BONNIE, EVERYBODY. I WAS ON A PODCAST AND HE SAID WHAT REALLY RESONATED WITH ME AND IT WAS HAPPINESS ALWAYS HAS SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO. I THINK THAT'S TRUE. WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY AND FULFILLED ABOUT BEING ON THIS BOARD IS I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS WE ARE GOING TO CREATE HERE BECAUSE OF ALL THE HARD WORK BEING DONE EVERY DAY. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING. FOR THE CONVERSATIONS WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE BUT I RESPECT YOU AND APPRECIATE YOU. I THINK THEY ARE GOOD CONVERSATIONS AND WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ANNUAL BREAKFAST, THE ALL DISTRICT ACTIVIST. THERE'S A LOT OF FUN STUFF THAT ALREADY HAPPENED AND THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP BUT I POST ALL THAT ON INSTAGRAM ANYWAYS SO YOU DON'T NEED TO HEAR ABOUT IT. THAT'S ALL FOR MY BOARD REPORT. THANK ALL OF YOU FOR STAYING UP AND HANGING

[14. INFORMATION ITEMS]

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL PERSONNEL ASSOCIATION. ON MONDAY EVENING THE COMMISSION MET AND APPOINTED ME AS THE INTERIM FOR THIS DISTRICT. SO, WE HAVE WORK TO DO BUT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. I WAS VERY PLEASED TO SEE TWO OF YOU AT THE MEETING SO THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT. WE HAVE WORK TO DO TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR UNION. WE HAVE WORK TO DO IN EVERY CORNER TO SOLIDIFY SOME OF THE POSITIONS. I WAS LISTENING TO THE CONVERSATION YOU HAD ABOUT PROP 28 AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I'LL BE HERE, WE WILL START RUNNING THE RECRUITMENT IMMEDIATELY BUT I'M HOPING THAT WHATEVER POSITIONS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR CLASSIFICATIONS THAT WE APPROACH IT IN THE SENSE OF LOOK AT THE LOW HANGING FRUIT IF THERE IS CLASSIFICATIONS ALREADY THERE WE CAN JUST PERHAPS TO MODIFY AND MEET THE NEED THAT MIGHT BE FASTER. WE WILL COLLABORATE AND I HAVE APPRECIATED DR. SMITH WORKING WITH ME. I HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY STARTED YET, I'M NOT EVEN ON THE CLOCK. I AM ENJOYING MY TIME HERE DEFINITELY. THANK YOU VERY

MUCH. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME -- SORRY. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 8:54 P.M. UNTIL THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 8TH -- DO I SAY THAT PART CONSIDERING WE JUST GAVE DIRECTION TO DO A SPECIAL BOARD

MEETING? >> OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING WILL BE ON THE 25TH. A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING ON THE 25TH.

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>> DO I SAY THAT HERE RATHER THAN THE EIGHTH?

>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANNOUNCE IT. IT'S GOING TO GET POSTED ANYWAY.

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