[1. CALL TO ORDER IN PUBLIC SESSION]
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          GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO TONIGHT'S MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. 
          THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 4 P.M. IN OPEN SESSION. 
          ROLL CALL PLEASE. STUDENT BOARD MEMBER, MISS ARMSTRONG. 
          PRESENT. MISS CINTRON. PRESENT. MR. CRITCHFIELD. 
          PRESENT. MRS. GARZA, MISS STEWART. PRESENT. TONIGHT WE DO HAVE REQUESTS ADDRESSING CLOSED
SESSION AGENDA ITEMS. 
          [2. PUBLIC COMMENTS – CLOSED SESSION ITEMS]
WHILE MEETINGS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD ARE NOT PUBLIC MEETINGS,
THEY ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON EACH AGENDA ITEM. THE BOARD WILL LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME FOR PUBLIC INPUT ON
EACH ITEM TO 21 MINUTES PER BOARD. 
          BY LAW. 9.322.2. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE HAVE MISS CHRISTINA WILLIAMS? GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS. YOU HAVE TO TURN THE MIC ON. 
          YOU JUST PUSH THE LITTLE LIKE THE ONE WITH THE LITTLE PICTURE OR THE MICROPHONE. THERE YOU
GO. 
          OKAY, SHOOT. SORRY. OKAY. IT'S LIKE BEING IN MY CLASSROOM. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. BOARD MEMBERS AND DISTRICT STAFF. 
          I'M CHRISTINA WILLIAMS. I WORK AT MAYFAIR IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          I'M A SEVENTH GRADE TEACHER. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 28 YEARS. 
          I'M HERE TO SPEAK TODAY ABOUT A COUPLE OF OUR COUNSELORS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL,
MISS YEPEZ AND MISS CONTRERAS. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR CONTRACT IS IS ENDING. 
          THEY WERE HIRED AS SCHOOL COUNSELORS INITIALLY. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO JUST TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THEY'VE HAD AT OUR SCHOOL. 
          I'M GOING TO TALK FIRST ABOUT THE CONSISTENCY THAT THEY'VE BROUGHT. SO THEY'VE BEEN IN OUR
THEY STARTED OUT AS OUR ESL COUNSELORS. THEY'VE BEEN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELORS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. AND THEY HAVE JUST BEEN GREAT AT WORKING TO SUPPORT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL
STUDENTS. 
          THEY HAVE VERY OPEN COMMUNICATION. THEY'RE VERY QUICK WITH FEEDBACK. 
          WHEN I TALK TO ONE OF THE COUNSELORS ABOUT A SITUATION WITH A STUDENT,
USUALLY THE SAME DAY, IF NOT THE NEXT DAY, THEY'LL STOP BY MY ROOM. THEY'LL CALL ME INTO THE OFFICE,
YOU KNOW, JUST LET ME KNOW. HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. THEY'RE VERY COLLABORATIVE. THEY WORK WITH THE TEACHERS. THEY GET INPUT FROM US TO HELP MAKE BEST
DECISIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          WE FINALLY HAVE AN EXPERIENCE. WE FINALLY HAVE A CONSISTENT TEAM THERE. WE HAVE MR. RIGHT NOW, AND WE HAVE OUR COUNSELING STAFF THERE. 
          AND WE FEEL LIKE IT'S. I FEEL LIKE IT'S MOVING IN A POSITIVE WAY FOR OUR STUDENTS THERE. 
          OUR COUNSELORS HAVE REALLY WORKED TO BUILD IN SOME SYSTEMS. THEY'VE DONE THINGS LIKE DOING
THESE MINUTE CHECK INS WITH THE EIGHTH GRADERS TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT, HEY, PROMOTIONS COMING UP. MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW YOU'RE STAYING ON TRACK. 
          THEY MET WITH EACH OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY. THEY DO THINGS LIKE BACKPACK CLEANOUTS WITH THE
KIDS, THEIR FOLDER CLEANOUTS HELPING OUR STUDENTS TO STAY ORGANIZED BECAUSE IT'S DEFINITELY A
STRUGGLE FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS. 
          THEY ARE ACCESSIBLE TO OUR STUDENTS. REALLY EASY FOR THEM TO FIND THEM. 
          THEY HAVE A QR CODE THAT THE STUDENTS CAN USE TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS WITH THEM,
AND THEY'RE OUTSIDE A LOT, SO THEY'LL SEE THEM A LOT, TOO. THE SECOND THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS HOW THEIR SEL
BACKGROUND IS SUCH A STRENGTH FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. 
          I WATCHED THEM AND THEY REALLY UNDERSTAND THE EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. 
          THEY'RE SO PATIENT WITH THEM, THEY CHECK IN WITH THEM. 
          I WAS ACTUALLY LAST WEEK, I WAS OUTSIDE OF MY ROOM AND I WALKED PAST,
I THINK, I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE OF THE MISS YEPEZ OR MISS CONTRERAS. 
          I THINK IT WAS MISS YEPEZ. AND I WATCHED HER WALK UP TO A STUDENT WHO WAS SITTING ON THE
GROUND WITH THEIR HEAD DOWN, LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING REALLY UPSET AND JUST SEEING HER CHECK IN WITH THEM. 
          AND THEY JUST IT'S ALMOST LIKE IT'S THEIR SUPERPOWER,
THIS ABILITY TO LOOK AT OUR STUDENTS AND SEE THEIR NEEDS. 
          I THINK THAT THERE'S SUCH AN ASSET TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL,
AND I'M REALLY HOPING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE THEIR CONTRACT ON, BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY HELPING TO MOVE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN I HAVE MR. DAN FONG WELCOME. 
          MY FRIENDS. SO MIKE IS ALREADY ON FOR ME. THANK YOU. 
          HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. BOARD AND CABINET. I'D JUST SAY SUPERINTENDENT ACEVEDO,
BECAUSE SHE'S DEFINITELY DONE A BETTER JOB THAN ANY INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT I KNOW OF. I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME AND SPOKEN TO ALL OF
YOU IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES, BUT THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SPEAKING WITH A THREE MINUTE TIMER,
WHICH I CAN'T BELIEVE. 
          I'VE BEEN AT MAYFAIR 18 YEARS NOW, AND YESTERDAY WAS THE HARDEST DAY OF MY CAREER THERE. 
          I'M THANKFUL FOR THE SUPPORT THAT THE DISTRICT OFFERED THE THE SCHOOL SUPPORT THAT WAS
GIVEN. 
          AND IT REALLY HELPED TEACHERS, AS WELL AS GRIEVING FRIENDS AND TEAMMATES AND CAST MEMBERS
AS THEY AS THEY NAVIGATED A VERY UNEXPECTED EVENT. 
          IT HELPED ME REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THERE THAT KNOW OUR STUDENTS
AND 
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SUPPORT THEM, AND HAVE THE TOOLS AND THE TRAINING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE WHAT STUDENTS NEED
WHEN THESE KINDS OF TRAGEDIES FACE US. WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAM RIGHT NOW,
AS MISS WILLIAMS JUST MENTIONED. 
          THANK YOU TO. THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR REALIZING THE NEEDS OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL
STUDENTS ESPECIALLY. 
          THEY ARE DIFFERENT THAN OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEY OFTEN GET OVERLOOKED AS WE ARE
COMBINED SEVEN THROUGH 12 SCHOOL. 
          WE MADE AN INCREDIBLE HIRE WITH MR. CALVERT,
RIGHT. 
          AND WE MADE SOME INCREDIBLE HIRES UNDER SOME CATEGORICAL FUNDING WITH MISS YEPEZ AND MISS
CONTRERAS AND THEY ARE A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL TEAM. IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THE MOVEMENT THAT HAS HAPPENED JUST
WITHIN A MONTH WITH THE COMBINED RESOURCES AND SUPPORT, AS MISS WILLIAMS SAID. 
          OH MAN, IS THIS ON VIDEO ALL THIS TOO? WOW. AS MISS WILLIAMS SAID,
THESE SCHOOL COUNSELORS ARE NOT JUST DOING SEO NOW. 
          THEY ARE FULL ON COUNSELORS. THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH LOADS OF OVER 300 STUDENTS
EACH, AND THEY HAVE AGAIN DONE A REMARKABLE JOB. I'VE NEVER GOTTEN UP HERE FOR ANY SORT OF
BARGAINING BUSINESS OR ANY SORT OF BUSINESS THAT HAPPENED WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WERE AT THE BOARD OR
OVER HERE AT THESE TABLES. 
          AND I'M HERE NOW FOR STUDENTS, NOT FOR TEACHERS,
NOT FOR MY OWN SELF, BUT BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR SCHOOL ARE BENEFITING FROM THESE PEOPLE. AND I HOPE THAT AS WE BALANCE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR
STUDENTS, THAT WILL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN I HAVE MISS KIRSTEN CLINTON,
PLEASE? WELCOME. HI. WELCOME, EVERYONE. I'M KIRSTEN CLINTON. 
          I, LIKE MY COLLEAGUES, HAVE BEEN REFLECTING UPON THE THE WORK THAT OUR COUNSELORS HAVE
BEEN DOING THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          AS YOU ALL KNOW, IT HAS BEEN TOUGH TO GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT SPOTS,
RIGHT? YOU GUYS ON THE BOARD? RIGHT PEOPLE? RIGHT. SPOTS ARE CABINET. 
          RIGHT PEOPLE. RIGHT SPOTS. IT HAS BEEN AN EFFORT IN ALL KINDS OF WAYS. 
          AND I'VE JUST BEEN REFLECTING ON HOW FINALLY,
AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF REALLY TRYING TO MANEUVER PEOPLE INTO THE RIGHT SPOTS, HOW IT'S STARTING TO FEEL LIKE IT'S WORKING,
HOW IT'S STARTING TO FEEL SUCCESSFUL FOR OUR STUDENTS? I. I'M AFRAID THAT IF OUR COUNSELORS GO AWAY,
WHAT IS THE SCHOOL GOING TO LOOK LIKE AGAIN? YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING TO GET PEOPLE POSITIONS FILLED,
PEOPLE IN THERE. 
          AND FINALLY, IT'S IT'S A MOVING TRAIN AND IT'S WORKING. 
          AND THE KIDS ARE FINALLY RESPONDING BECAUSE THERE'S ENOUGH ADULTS ON CAMPUS TO REALLY HELP
THEIR NEEDS. 
          SO I, YOU KNOW, COUNSELORS, THE COUNSELORS ARE DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB. 
          THEY'RE MORE THAN JUST COUNSELORS. THEY ARE PUTTING IN THEIR HEART AND SOUL INTO THESE
KIDS, AND IT'S PAYING OFF. I'M SEEING KIDS WHO DON'T FEEL CARED ABOUT ACTUALLY BEING CARED ABOUT
AND WORKING TO DO THE RIGHT THING WHEN IT'S HARD. 
          SO AS YOU GUYS MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR DECISION ON HOPEFULLY,
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE HAVE THE FUNDING, BUT BRINGING THEM BACK IN SOME KIND OF CAPACITY OR HOPEFULLY A BETTER CAPACITY,
MAYBE A STABLE POSITION. 
          I HOPE YOU GUYS CONSIDER THAT MOVING FORWARD,
BECAUSE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE A DIFFERENT BREED. 
          THEY NEED MORE THAN THE REST. YOU KNOW, I USED TO TEACH KINDERGARTEN. 
          I ALWAYS SAY THEY'RE LIKE BIG KINDERGARTNERS. 
          THEY MIGHT BE STINKIER. THEY MIGHT, YOU KNOW,
HAVE MORE ATTITUDE, BUT THEY JUST NEED AND WANT THE LOVE JUST THE SAME. 
          SO I HOPE YOU GUYS CONSIDER KEEPING OUR WONDERFUL COUNSELORS BECAUSE THEY HAVE WHAT IT
TAKES TO GET THESE KIDS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST,
MISS ROBIN. 
          IS IT BELLA? YES. BELLA. BELLA. BELLA. BUT. OKAY. 
          WELL. HI, GUYS. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. I'M ACTUALLY SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF 22 MIDDLE SCHOOL
TEACHERS WHO SIGNED THIS LETTER. 
          SO, DEAR BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT ACEVEDO AND BUSD CABINET,
WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO EXPRESS OUR DEEP GRATITUDE FOR THE UNWAVERING SUPPORT YOU HAVE PROVIDED TO MAYFAIR MIDDLE SCHOOL. UNDER YOUR GUIDANCE,
WE HAVE WITNESSED MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENTS ON OUR CAMPUS, ENSURING THAT BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF RECEIVE THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO THRIVE. 
          WE TRULY APPRECIATE THE WAY THIS BOARD LISTENS,
REFLECTS, AND MAKES THOUGHTFUL DECISIONS THAT PRIORITIZE, THAT PRIORITIZE THE WELL-BEING OF STUDENTS AND STAFF WHILE MAINTAINING FINANCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DISTRICT. 
          THE BOARD'S INITIATIVE TO PROVIDE A DEDICATED MIDDLE SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL HAS
ALREADY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE ONE MONTH MR. 
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CALVERT, RIGHT, HAS BEEN HERE WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELORS,
WE BELIEVE WE HAVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM IN PLACE TO TAKE MAYFAIR MIDDLE SCHOOL TO THE NEXT LEVEL. WITH THAT IN MIND, WE WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION AN URGENT CONCERN. 
          WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE CATEGORICAL FUNDING FOR OUR TWO COUNSELORS,
ANA SOPHIA YEPEZ AND MARIA CONTRERAS, IS COMING TO AN END. AS YOU PLAN FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR,
WE URGE THAT YOU INCLUDE THESE TWO INVALUABLE MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM IN THE DISTRICT'S BUDGET. MIDDLE SCHOOL IS A UNIQUE AND OFTEN CHALLENGING TIME FOR STUDENTS. 
          IT REQUIRES SPECIALIZED SUPPORT FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO UNDERSTAND THE CRITICAL STAGE OF
DEVELOPMENT. 
          PEOPLE WHO CAN BE BOTH FIRM AND COMPASSIONATE. 
          ANNA, SOPHIA AND MARIA HAVE EMBODIED THIS BALANCE,
DEDICATING THEMSELVES WHOLEHEARTEDLY TO THE MAYFAIR COMMUNITY. 
          THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS EXTEND FAR BEYOND THEIR JOB DESCRIPTIONS. 
          THEY HAVE IMPLEMENTED ONE MINUTE MEETINGS, ENSURING THAT EVERY STUDENT ON CAMPUS HAS A
PERSONAL CHECK IN TO DISCUSS THEIR PROGRESS IN AREAS FOR GROWTH. 
          THEY HAVE CREATED SCAVENGER HUNTS AND INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES TO PROVIDE SOCIAL,
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND ENGAGING WAYS. 
          THEY HAVE INTRODUCED MONTHLY BACKPACK CHECKS,
HELPING STUDENTS DEVELOP ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS AND RESPONSIBILITY. 
          THEY ARE PRESENT AT EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL EVENT. 
          GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS,
STAFF AND FAMILIES. 
          MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY HAVE FOSTERED A CULTURE WHERE NO STAFF MEMBER OR STUDENT EVER FEELS
UNSUPPORTED. 
          THEIR IMPACT IS UNDENIABLE AND THEIR ABSENCE WOULD LEAVE A SIGNIFICANT VOID IN OUR SCHOOL
COMMUNITY. 
          WE ASK THAT AS YOU MAKE STAFFING DECISIONS YOU CONSIDER A VITAL. 
          THE VITAL ROLE THEY PLAY AT MAYFAIR MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          THEIR INVESTMENT IN THEIR CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR STUDENTS,
OUR TEACHERS AND THE OVERALL GROWTH OF OUR SCHOOL. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO MAKING BELLFLOWER THE BEST
DISTRICT IT CAN BE. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION AND YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU. AND I HAVE A LETTER FOR ALL OF YOU IF YOU WANT IT. 
          YES, PLEASE. WILL YOU HAND IT OFF? MAYBE TO KERRY,
AND THEN WE'LL GRAB THEM. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOU GUYS, FOR COMING AND SPEAKING. 
          AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD WILL RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION AT 4:12 P.M.. 
          [3. CLOSED SESSION (Part 1 of 2)]
OPEN SESSION WILL RESUME AT APPROXIMATELY 6 P.M.. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. 
          [4. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION/CALL TO ORDER]
WELCOME BACK EVERYONE. TONIGHT'S MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT
4 P.M. 
          AND OPEN SESSION. THE BOARD THEN ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION AT 4:12 P.M.,
AND WILL NOW RECONVENE THE MEETING IN OPEN SESSION AT 6:06 P.M.. 
          BOARD CLERK CRITCHFIELD WILL UPDATE US ON CLOSED SESSION TOPICS. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE TOPICS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION WERE STUDENT MATTERS,
ANTICIPATED LITIGATION, AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEE. DISCIPLINE, DISMISSAL AND RELEASE. 
          THE BOARD HAS REACHED A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH JORGE MARTINEZ FOR VOLUNTARY
RESIGNATION. 
          THE DISTRICT WILL PAY MR. MARTINEZ THE SUM OF $81,000. 
          HE SHALL RECEIVE HEALTH BENEFITS UNTIL THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR OR UNTIL HE GAINS NEW
EMPLOYMENT, WHICHEVER IS FIRST. MR. MARTINEZ WILL ALSO RECEIVE A VACATION PAYOUT OF $72,321.93. 
          HIS RESIGNATION WILL BE EFFECTIVE MARCH 13TH,
2025. 
          THANK YOU. CLERK CRITCHFIELD REPLACEMENT REPLACEMENT PAGES FOR ITEMS 14.6 AND 14.9 ARE ON
THE BACK TABLE. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER REPLACEMENT PAGES? NO OTHER REPLACEMENT PAGES. 
          OKAY, AWESOME. SO TONIGHT, YOU GUYS, FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE,
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE CRAIG WILLIAMS, PRINCIPAL CECILIA MADRID. WILL YOU PLEASE COME UP AND LEAD US IN THE FLAG? SALUTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. PLEASE STAND. PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY? BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
          AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? NO CORRECTIONS THIS EVENING. OKAY. AWESOME. SO TONIGHT WE HAVE SOME RECOGNITIONS THAT
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR. 
          [7. RECOGNITIONS OF STUDENTS / STAFF / COMMUNITY]
MRS. ACEVEDO, PLEASE. WE DO HAVE RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING. 
          AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MRS. CARTER. IF WE COULD HAVE THE BOARD PLEASE COME DOWN FOR THESE RECOGNITIONS. 
          THIS EVENING, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE TEAMS FROM OUR DISTRICT WHO
EARN THE DISTINCTION OF CIF SOUTHERN SECTION CHAMPIONS DURING THE WINTER SPORTS SEASON. 
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STAFF AND STUDENTS, PLEASE COME FORWARD AS I CALL YOUR NAME AND REMAIN FOR A PICTURE
REPRESENTING MAYFAIR CHAIR. 
          WE HAVE ADVISOR MICHELLE MERCADO AND THE FOLLOWING TEAM CAPTAINS NOAH CLARK AND CHINA
BLACKSTONE. 
          PLEASE COME FORWARD. THANKS TO THE EXCEPTIONAL COACHING AND GUIDANCE OF MAYFAIR COACHES AND STAFF,
ALONG WITH THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF OUR STUDENTS, THE MAYFAIR CHAIR EARNED SEVERAL ACCOLADES. FIRST CIF SOUTHERN SECTION CHAMPIONS,
DIVISION THREE COED. 
          THEIR SECOND ACCOLADE, FOURTH PLACE OUT OF 12 AT USA NATIONALS AND THE VARSITY COED NOVICE
DIVISION AND THE THIRD ACCOLADE JUNIOR VARSITY. SECOND PLACE AT USA NATIONALS AND THE JV COED NOVICE DIVISION. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE STAFF STUDENTS AND ACHIEVING THESE TITLES. 
          LET'S GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ANYBODY IN THE
AUDIENCE TONIGHT? UNFORTUNATELY, OUR TEAM IS ACTUALLY COMPETING IN STUNT RIGHT NOW,
SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S. 
          OKAY. IT'S KIND OF YEAR ROUND AT THIS POINT. SO THEY'RE AT MAYFAIR HOSTING OUR STUNT TEAM
RIGHT NOW. 
          THAT'S WHY WE ONLY HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES. WELL,
WE WISH THEM LUCK. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. AND THAT IS OUR FINAL RECOGNITION FOR THIS EVENING. 
          OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR STUDENT SPOTLIGHT. 
          TONIGHT WE HAVE A STUDENT BEING HONORED FROM CRAIG WILLIAMS. IF MISS MADRID COULD BRING UP HER STUDENT, PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. GOOD EVENING,
BOARD PRESIDENT STEWART. 
          ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT ACEVEDO. 
          CABINET MEMBERS AND GUESTS. MY NAME IS CECILIA MADRID AND I AM THE PROUD PRINCIPAL OF
CRAIG WILLIAMS, HOME OF THE WILDCATS. IT IS MY HONOR TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU ONE OF OUR AMAZING CW
TEACHERS THAT WILL BE INTRODUCING OUR STUDENT ON A SPOTLIGHT, MR. MONTE WEISS. THANK YOU FOR GIVING A TEACHER A MICROPHONE. 
          IT'S DANGEROUS. ALL RIGHT. AS WE KNOW, THE ARRIVAL OF ANY CHILD INTO OUR WORLD COMES WITH
MANY FEARS, MANY DREAMS, MANY HOPES. MICHAEL IS FORTUNATE. 
          HE WAS BORN INTO A FAMILY THAT VANQUISHES FEARS AND CHASES DREAMS. HE WAS ALSO FORTUNATE BECAUSE HE WAS BORN THE MIDDLE CHILD BETWEEN HIS OLDER SISTER,
MARIAH, WHO'S WITH US HERE TONIGHT, AND MARLEY AND LEAH,
WHO I JUST MET TONIGHT. 
          BEING THE ONLY BOY BETWEEN GIRLS WILL TOUGHEN YOU UP AND PREPARE YOU FOR LIFE'S
CHALLENGES. 
          AND MICHAEL HAS MET THOSE CHALLENGES. A WILDCAT SINCE FIRST GRADE. 
          HIS TEACHER, MRS. SHAW, HAS RECOGNIZED RIGHT AWAY THAT MICHAEL WAS EXCEPTIONAL IN EVERY
WAY. 
          SHE TELLS OF A FIRST GRADE MICHAEL THAT WAS ALWAYS POSITIVE,
ALWAYS CHEERFUL, CONTINUALLY PUSHING HIMSELF EVEN AT THAT YOUNG AGE, TO DO HIS BEST AND TO ENCOURAGE HIS CLASSMATES TO DO THE SAME. 
          HIS SECOND AND FOURTH GRADE TEACHERS, MRS. SYBESMA AND MRS. GILSTRAP, ECHOED THOSE SAME SENTIMENTS AND SAW THAT SAME SPARK IN MICHAEL. 
          AND I CAN TELL YOU UNEQUIVOCALLY THAT IN SIXTH GRADE THAT SPARKS BRIGHTER THAN EVER. 
          I COULD TELL FROM THE FIRST DAY THAT MICHAEL WALKED INTO CLASS. 
          HE WAS A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH. HE STROLLED INTO CLASS WITH WITH THREE GIRLS THAT ARE
POPULAR AND VERY WELL-LIKED. 
          THEY ALL TOOK A SEAT AT A POD TOGETHER AND WERE JUST TALKING AND CASUALLY JOKING. 
          BUT THE SECOND I STARTED SPEAKING, YOU COULD SEE THAT QUIET. 
          HE JUST EXUDED THIS QUIET CONFIDENCE AND THIS LASER SHARP FOCUS,
ABLE TO TUNE OUT THE CHAOS THAT CAN BE SIXTH GRADE AND NOT MISS A SINGLE WORD THAT WAS SAID. AND IF YOU'RE IN EDUCATION AND I KNOW I HAVE A LOT OF MY
CREW BEHIND ME HERE. 
          IF YOU'RE IN EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE ONE OF THOSE SCHOLARS IN YOUR CLASSROOM AND
MICHAEL IS ONE OF THOSE SCHOLARS, YOU CAN'T TRIP HIM UP IF YOU WANTED TO AND YOU NEVER WANT TO. HE APPROACHES EVERY CHALLENGE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRIUMPH. 
          EVERY FAILURE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW. AND EVEN WHEN HE'S WRONG,
WHICH IS RARE, YOU CAN SEE THOSE WHEELS TURNING AND SPINNING, 
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DIGESTING THE UNDERSTANDING, THOSE SYNAPSES FIRING. 
          THEY SAY THAT A RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL BOATS AT CW. 
          MICHAEL IS OUR RISING TIDE. HIS COMMITMENT TO HIS OWN EXCELLENCE RIPPLES OUT TO THOSE
AROUND HIM, INSPIRING HIS PEERS TO NEW HEIGHTS DAILY. HIS NATURAL ABILITIES AND HIS INCREDIBLE WORK
ETHIC HAVE EARNED HIM A SPOT ON OUR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE LIST EVERY SINGLE TRIMESTER THAT HE'S BEEN ELIGIBLE FOR IT. BUT HIS INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY AND HIS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS,
THEY'RE JUST A SMALL PART OF MICHAEL'S STORY. 
          WHEN OUR 2025 ROBOTICS TEAM GOT UP AND RUNNING,
MICHAEL WAS ALL IN FROM DAY ONE. 
          WHILE MOST OF THE TEAM WAS 80% ROBOTICS AND 20% BEING SOCIAL,
MICHAEL WAS 95% ROBOTICS AND 5%. 
          OH YEAH. CAN YOUR ROBOT DO THAT? BUT IT WAS ALWAYS WITH A HUMILITY BECAUSE IF THE ROBOT
COULDN'T. 
          MICHAEL WOULD SHOW HIM HOW. AND THEN WHEN OUR SIXTH GRADERS DECIDED THEY WANTED TO TUTOR,
PEER TUTOR SOME THIRD GRADE ROBOTICISTS, THAT'S WHEN MICHAEL REALLY SHINED. HE'S A NATURAL HELPER. 
          HE WORKS WITH THE PATIENCE OF A SAINT AND THE SKILL OF AN EXPERT,
MAKING SURE THAT HIS THIRD GRADERS, THAT HE TUTORS, FEEL THAT WHEN THE ROBOTS ARE SUCCESSFUL,
IT WAS ALL THEM. 
          AND WHEN THEY'RE NOT COACHING THEM TO MAKE THEM WORK,
HE COACHES AND HELPS HIS THIRD GRADERS WITH A WARMTH AND A COMPASSION. 
          THAT'S ALL HEART. AND THE SAME IS TRUE WHEN HE'S WORKING WITH HIS READING BUDDIES OR
COACH, COACHING HIS PEERS IN MATH. AND AS IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH,
THEN THERE'S GAP BAND, WHERE MICHAEL ROCKS HIS CREATIVE SIDE ON THE CLARINET. 
          TUESDAY NIGHT, IN FACT, AN EXCEPTIONAL SCHOLAR,
A HEART OF GOLD TUTOR, A MAGNIFICENT MUSICIAN, MICHAEL TRULY MAKES THE WORLD A SMARTER, MORE COMPASSIONATE,
MORE BEAUTIFUL PLACE SIMPLY BY BEING MICHAEL. 
          ON BEHALF OF YOUR ENTIRE WILDCAT FAMILY, MICHAEL,
WE'RE SO PROUD OF THE YOUNG MAN YOU'VE BECOME, AND WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE THAT LIES AHEAD FOR YOU. 
          CONGRATULATIONS MY FRIEND. WOULD HE LIKE TO SAY. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING TO US? NO. WOULD YOU? OKAY. OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH US? YES. OKAY. CAN WE TAKE A PICTURE WITH HIM? OKAY. 
          OKAY. WAIT. MICHAEL. HOLD ON. I WANT TO GET YOUR NAME BEHIND YOU. 
          I KNOW, I WAS GOING TO SAY. PART. 
          THREE. 
          OKAY, SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORT. 
          [8. PRESENTATIONS FROM STUDENTS / STAFF / COMMUNITY]
SO FIRST UP FROM BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL WE HAVE STEVEN MARTINEZ. 
          GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT SEWARD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 
          INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT MISS ACEVEDO, GUESTS AND FELLOW STUDENTS. 
          THIS IS BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL'S MARCH BOARD REPORT. 
          SO STARTING OFF WITH SOME OF OUR PAST EVENTS,
OUR A THROUGH G BREAKFAST WAS FOR OUR JUNIORS WHO ARE MEETING EIGHTH THROUGH G REQUIREMENTS, WHICH WAS WELL OVER 100. ALL THESE STUDENTS WERE INFORMED BY THEIR
COUNSELORS OF THE NEXT PROCESS OF GOING TO COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES, WHICH AS THAT COMES UP SLOWLY, WE ALL HAVE TO START APPLYING. 
          AND AS WELL AS SOME SENIORS WERE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEIR PROCESS WAS AND WHERE SOME,
SOME OF THE TIPS THAT THEY SHOULD FOLLOW. 
          NEXT IS OUR KONA ICE FUNDRAISER. OVER 200 STUDENTS CAME OUT IN SUPPORT OF THE KONA ICE
FUNDRAISER FOR BELLFLOWER. 
          READ ACROSS AMERICA WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH,
AND WE SENT STUDENTS TO FIVE ELEMENTARIES WHERE SOME OF THEM DID GO THERE, AND THEY RELIVED SOME CHILDHOOD MEMORIES, BUT ALSO WERE ABLE TO READ TO KIDS DURING THIS
WEEK. 
          NEXT IS OUR RENAISSANCE WEEK. SO WE HAD A RENAISSANCE RALLY AND OUR RENAISSANCE WEEK. 
          SO THERE'S OUR DIFFERENT DRESS UP DAYS, LIKE CONSTRUCTION GEAR. 
          PJ, WAIT. I'M SORRY. AND THE STUFFED ANIMALS,
WE ALSO HAD OUR RALLY, WHICH WE ALSO TRIED OUT A NEW GAME WITH THE INFLATABLE MATTRESS ON THE BOTTOM WHERE KIDS WOULD SLIDE ACROSS THE GYM FLOOR. 
          AND WE ALSO GAVE AN AWARD TO MR. ELLIS. THANK YOU. 
          SOME IMPORTANT NEWS IS THAT AT THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER. SO TODAY WAS THE END OF THE
THIRD QUARTER, AND TOMORROW THERE'S NO SCHOOL. 
          YAY! AND A THREE DAY WEEKEND TURNED OFF THE THIRD QUARTER. 
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YEAH. AND SOME OF OUR FUTURE EVENTS. WE DON'T HAVE MANY FUTURE EVENTS,
BUT WE'RE TOMORROW AT NOON AT 12. 
          WE ARE ANNOUNCING THE PROM THEME ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA,
SO BE TUNED AND LOOK UP THERE. 
          AND THE LOCATION FOR THIS YEAR IS OVATION AND LONG BEACH. 
          AND THE TIME IS AT 7 P.M. ON MAY 3RD. SOME OTHER NEWS IS THAT OUR COUNSELORS ARE MORE THAN HALFWAY DONE WITH MEETING WITH STUDENTS TO
FINALIZE NEXT YEAR'S CLASSES. 
          AND ON BEHALF OF BELLFLOWER, WE OFFER OUR CONDOLENCES AND PRAYERS TO THE FAMILY AND ENTIRE
MAYFAIR COMMUNITY FROM THE TRAGEDY THIS WEEK. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. 
          SO FOR MAYFAIR, WE HAVE GIL FRIEDMAN. GOOD EVENING,
PRESIDENT STEWART, INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT, MISS ACEVEDO, BOARD MEMBERS AND DISTRICT COLLEAGUES. 
          I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT THROUGH THIS TIME. 
          WE ALL APPRECIATE IT. THE FAMILY APPRECIATES IT. 
          AND. YEAH. SO FOR ACADEMICS, WE HAVE A NEW PROGRAM AT MAYFAIR. 
          IT'S CALLED THE EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM. IT'S THROUGH CERRITOS COLLEGE AND MAYFAIR,
RIGHT ON CAMPUS. 
          FRESHMEN ARE NOW GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE COLLEGE COURSES ON CAMPUS AND GET A TON OF
COLLEGE CREDITS THROUGHOUT THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. SO THAT'S A SUPER COOL PROGRAM. THAT WAS THE MEETING THE OTHER NIGHT. 
          IT WAS PACKED, SO IT'S GOING TO FLOURISH. MOVING ON TO ATHLETICS,
WE ARE THE HALL OF FAME CELEBRATION WAS HELD ON THE 24TH OF FEBRUARY, AND WE HAD 18 MONSOONS RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING
PERFORMANCES, SPECIFICALLY COURTNEY CUMMINGS, WHO IS OUR STAR FLAG FOOTBALL PLAYER AT MAYFAIR. 
          SHE WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION AT THE RAMS STADIUM FOR HER
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE ON AND OFF THE FIELD. 
          FOR THE ARTS, OUR CHOIR. WE HAD OUR SINGING VALENTINES GRAMS GO OUT LAST MONTH. 
          OUR SNEAK PREVIEW CONCERT WAS HELD A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AT THE CIVIC CENTER,
AND WE ARE NOW PREPARING FOR OUR COMPETITION THIS WEEKEND AT LOS ALAMITOS. 
          THE EXTRAVAGANZA, AND WE'RE ALSO PREPARING FOR OUR WEST COAST TOUR. 
          IT'S ALL THE SAME SHOW, SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO COME OUT THIS SATURDAY,
IT'S A GREAT SHOW. 
          AND BAND HELD THEIR 23RD ANNUAL JAZZ FESTIVAL IN THE MPB WITH OVER 30 BANDS IN ATTENDANCE. 
          WE HAD OUR ELECTIVE FAIR WHICH WAS HOSTED BY ASB. 
          DIFFERENT ELECTIVES COULD COME OUT AND EXPLAIN WHAT THEIR CLASS IS ABOUT,
AND YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          BHS HAD THEIR STUDENT PRESENTATIONS WHERE THEY GOT TO HONOR HISTORIC AND FAMOUS BLACK
PEOPLE FROM, YOU KNOW, ALL AROUND THE WORLD. AND THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT. 
          WE HAD OUR OPEN HOUSE. IT WAS PRETTY RAINY. NOT NOT SO FUN,
BUT I KNOW SOME OF YOU GUYS GOT TO COME OUT AND SEE IT. 
          SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND OUR ABILITIES AWARENESS ASSEMBLY WAS AMAZING. 
          IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS GOT TO COME AND SEE AND SUPPORT. 
          WE GOT TO HAVE ALL OF OUR UNIFIED PROGRAMS SHOW OFF WHAT THEY DO AND ALL THEIR SKILLS AND
TALENTS, AND IT WAS AN AMAZING TIME, AND I'M NOW GOING TO HAND IT OFF TO SKILLSUSA PRESIDENT ROMAN
DIAZ AND VICE PRESIDENT MAXIMO RAMOS. THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING. IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE. I'D LIKE TO THANK. 
          I'M FROM MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL. WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR SETTING SOME TIME ASIDE TO HEAR
ABOUT THE SKILLS USA REPORT FOR THE 2024 TO 2025 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          SO THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAVE COMPETED IN VARIOUS CTE AND LEADERSHIP
COMPETITIONS. 
          AND IN JANUARY, WE COMPETED AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL AGAINST LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          IN THESE COMPETITIONS, WE HAVE OUR MEMBERS WORKED HARD TO WIN EIGHT GOLD MEDALS,
SIX SILVER MEDALS AND ONE BRONZE MEDAL, AGAIN AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL. IN APRIL, WE WILL BE GOING TO ONTARIO,
WHERE 28 OF OUR MEMBERS WILL BE COMPETING AT THE STATE LEVEL. 
          ALONG WITH THIS, WE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN MORE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS SUCH AS HELPING A
RESIDENTIAL CLEANUP IN LAKEWOOD, TOURING SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS DURING MANUFACTURING DAY AT CERRITOS COLLEGE,
VOLUNTEERING WITH THE LAKEWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR A HALLOWEEN EVENT AND SAFETY EXPO, AND HAVING MAYFAIR ALUMNI GUEST SPEAKERS FROM LOCKHEED MARTIN AND MATTEL VISIT OUR CAMPUS
TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE WORKING IN THE FIELD OF ENGINEERING TO OUR MEMBERS. 
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WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR UPHOLDING THIS PROGRAM,
AS IT HAS BEEN A VITAL AND SOLID FOUNDATION FOR OUR MEMBERS AND STUDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN STEM AND HONING THEIR LEADERSHIP SKILLS. THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, BELFAST UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. I'M MAXIMO RAMOS FROM MAYFAIR
HIGH SCHOOL'S SKILLSUSA CHAPTER. 
          I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO GIVE OUR GRATITUDE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR SKILLSUSA AND LETTING
ME AND MANY OTHER STUDENTS BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE OUR ABILITIES AND FUTURE SKILLS. SKILLSUSA. 
          I'VE BEEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY, GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR SKILLSUSA,
A LEADERSHIP ACADEMY THAT I'LL BE GOING TO THIS SUMMER. 
          THIS PROGRAM HAS HELPED ME FIND MY POTENTIAL AND HELP MANY OTHERS WHO HAVE JOINED THIS
ACADEMY. 
          SKILLS USA HAS HELPED MANY OF US TO REALLY SHOW OFF OUR STEM ABILITIES,
AS ROMAN SAID, AND IT'S BEEN REALLY WONDERFUL AND A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU FOR HELPING US ALL TO ON MANY YEARS TO LETTING US
COMPETE AND FROM REGIONALS, STATE AND NATIONALS. THANK YOU FOR LETTING US GO TO ONTARIO THIS YEAR AND MANY OTHER YEARS
UPCOMING. 
          THANK YOU. BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR LETTING US FIND OUR LEADERSHIP AND FIND
OUR POTENTIALS TO UNLOCK. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES IT. GIL. 
          YES. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE HAVE JILLIAN BECERRA,
WHO'S FILLING IN FOR J. 
          TORRES FROM SOMERSET HIGH SCHOOL. 
          GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. PRESIDENT STEWART, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT LIZ
ACEVEDO, MEMBERS OF THE CABINET. AND TO EVERYONE, MY FELLOW GUESTS OF THE AUDIENCE. 
          MY NAME IS JULIAN BECERRA. IT IS A GREAT HONOR TO BE HERE AGAIN. 
          AS IT IS MY RETURNING AND UNFORTUNATELY MY LAST PRESENTATION AS STUDENT BOARD REPORTER OF
SOMERSET HIGH SCHOOL. 
          SO TO START OFF, OUR SKILLS USA WE HAD THREE WINNERS IN OUR SCHOOL UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF MR. GUZMAN, YVETTE GUIDO AND RUBY GUTIERREZ WON GOLD AND SILVER RESPECTIVELY,
IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CABLING CONTEST. 
          JAY TORRES WON BRONZE IN THE IN THE ACTION SKILLS EVENT. 
          ALL THREE OF THESE STUDENTS WILL BE MOVING FORWARD TO THE STATE COMPETITION THAT WILL TAKE
PLACE IN APRIL. 
          NEXT UP WE WENT. SOMERSET STUDENTS WENT TO THE LA HOLOCAUST MUSEUM. 
          STUDENTS FROM MISS ADAMS AND MISS EGAN'S CLASS WENT THERE ON FEBRUARY 12TH. 
          TOUR GUIDE PRESENTED EVERYTHING THE MUSEUM HAD TO OFFER,
FROM ARTIFACTS FROM THE CAMPS TO THE PROPAGANDA OF THE NAZIS. 
          HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR. SURVIVOR EVA NANSEN. OH. SORRY. 
          NATHAN. FORGIVE ME. HOOKED OUR STUDENTS WITH HER IMPACTING STORY,
WHICH EXPLAINED A LITTLE BIT MORE OF HOW THINGS, HOW WHAT SHE REMEMBERED IN THE CAMPS AND THAT IMPACT IMPULSE STUDENTS TO ASK FURTHER MORE
QUESTIONS ON HOW WAS IT OR OR MANY, MANY OTHER DETAILS. NEXT UP WE HAD ASB ORGANIZED A DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT. 
          IT WAS A VERY FUN GAME. AND IT WAS A STUDENTS VERSUS STAFF. 
          NOT MANY STAFF. BUT AGAIN, WE HAD A VERY FUN GAME. 
          NEXT UP, WE HAVE ONE OF OUR STUDENTS LIZ NUNEZ PARTICIPATED IN A LIONS CLUB SPEECH, AND SHE BROUGHT UP A REALLY GOOD ARGUMENT. HER SPEECH WAS I FRIEND OR FOE? SO FAR SHE HAS WON THE FIRST TWO ROUNDS. FIRST ROUND WAS WAS LOCALLY AND THE SECOND ROUND
WAS. 
          PARDON ME. WHERE WAS IT AGAIN? SECOND ROUND IT WAS IT WAS BY CITY. 
          AND THEN THE THIRD ROUND. WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT IS GOING TO BE,
BUT YEAH, SHE WILL BE TAKING PARTICIPATION IN THE THIRD ROUND. 
          SO WE WISH THE BEST OF YOU, LIZ. YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          NEXT UP, THE SEAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SOMERSET STAFF AND A CTE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
ATTENDED THE CTE 
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ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MET LAST NIGHT TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROGRAM. 
          PROGRAMS. BISD OFFERS STUDENTS WHILE TOURING. 
          WHILE TOURING BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL AVIATION PROGRAM. 
          OUR COUNSELOR, MISS DAVILA, LEARNED HOW TO FLY AND LAND A SMALL PLANE USING THEIR FLIGHT
SIMULATOR. 
          SHE WAS VERY EXCITED. SHE WAS LIKE A LITTLE CHILD AGAIN. 
          AND TO CONCLUDE MY REPORT, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE UPCOMING. 
          SO ON. SO SINCE WE HAVE A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE WE USE BLOCK SCHEDULE. 
          TOMORROW WE WILL STILL CONTINUE WITH SCHOOL ON MARCH 20TH. 
          ON MARCH 20TH, WE WILL HAVE OUR CAREER FAIR IS THE DAY WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM CERRITOS
OR LONG BEACH OR PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THEIR JOB OFFER INFORMATION TO THE STUDENTS SO THAT STUDENTS HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY WOULD
LIKE TO DO AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. 
          WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR MORE GUEST SPEAKERS FOR OUR CAREER DAY ON MARCH 20TH,
SO PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SHARING ABOUT WHAT YOU DO FOR A LIVING WITH THE STUDENTS AT SOMERSET ON MARCH 2ND. ON MARCH 7TH,
IT WILL BE THE START OF BLOCK SEVEN AND STARTING BLOCK SEVEN. FROM MARCH 17TH TO MARCH 21ST. WE WILL HAVE OUR SPIRIT,
OUR SPRING SPIRIT WEEK, AND WE ALSO HAVE FOUR UPCOMING FIELD TRIPS A TRIP TO DISNEYLAND. NEXT ONE IS LA COUNTY FAIR AND OUR NHRA,
WHICH IS BASICALLY LIKE A DRAG RACE AND FILM FESTIVAL THAT WILL BE HELD IN IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY,
I THINK. 
          YEAH. AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          IT WAS A GREAT HONOR. DOING BOARD REPORTS AND I. 
          AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          WE WILL BE SAD TO SEE YOU GO. JULIAN. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT FOR US. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE OTHER OBLIGATIONS THAT COULD BE HOMEWORK,
FAMILY, FRIENDS, WHATEVER. SO YOU ARE FREE TO LEAVE AT THIS TIME. 
          BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPORTS. OKAY. 
          WE DO NOT HAVE EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS TONIGHT FROM BTA OR CSC. 
          DO WE HAVE PTA COMMUNICATIONS FROM MISS MORGAN? MRS. MORGAN? YES. ALL RIGHT. SO, PTA COMMUNICATIONS WITH PRESIDENT LYNDA MORGAN. 
          THANK YOU. MISS ONE. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT STUART. BOARD MEMBERS, INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT AZEVEDO,
STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          WE. HE SAID. I SHOULD KNOW HOW TO DO THIS NOW. 
          A QUICK MEMBERSHIP UPDATE. FIRST OF ALL, WE SURPASSED LAST YEAR'S TOTAL BY ABOUT 30
MEMBERS. 
          SO WE'RE AT 2444 MEMBERS. THANK YOU. AND WHAT'S NOT ON HERE? BUT I ATTENDED ERNIE PYLE'S PTA MEETING YESTERDAY,
AND I FOUND OUT THAT THEY, TOO, NOW HAVE 100% OF THEIR TEACHERS THAT JOIN THEIR PTA. 
          SO I PROMISE THEM NEXT MONTH I'LL HAVE THEM ON THE SLIDE AS WELL. 
          APPARENTLY, IT'S A COMPETITION. SO I WAS GLAD TO HEAR IT. 
          SO YEAH, ERNIE PYLE NOW HAS 100% OF THEIR TEACHERS JOIN THEIR PTA. 
          AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN PARENTS AND TEACHERS HAS BEEN GREAT. 
          OKAY. SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE. ABOUT A MONTH. A LOT OF STUFF HAS HAPPENED. 
          MANY OF OUR PTA'S HELD VALENTINE'S EVENTS. A LOT OF DIFFERENT DANCES AND ACTIVITIES,
TEACHER APPRECIATION LUNCH. 
          AND I KNOW THERE'S MORE COMING AT SEVERAL SITES. 
          THEY HAD BLACK HISTORY MONTH ACTIVITIES, THE REFLECTIONS ART PROGRAM THE CAMPUS
BEAUTIFICATION. 
          I KNOW AT THOMAS JEFFERSON. SO I WANT TO THANK THE DISTRICT FOR THEIR PLUG ON THE
NEWSLETTER AS WELL. 
          AND A LOT OF FAMILY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, WHETHER IT'S DANCES WHAT ELSE? THEY HAD A, A C ASSEMBLIES, ACTIVITIES READ ACROSS AMERICA,
BOOK FAIR PICNIC AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. THEY CELEBRATED WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH WITH ASSEMBLIES. 
          AND THE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS ARE OUT FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS. 
          SOME OF A COUPLE OF OUR UNITS ACTUALLY SEND ME PHOTOS TO SHARE. 
          SO I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF OUR SITES. 
          ONE OF THEM BEING STEPHEN FOSTER AND THIS IS THEIR MOTHER OR MOTHER FIGURE,
A MOTHER AND SON DANCE. 
          AND THEN THIS IS BELLFLOWER MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL PTSA. 
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THEY HAD A FAMILY ENGAGEMENT EVENT, A PAINT AND SIP EVENING. 
          AT LINDSTROM ELEMENTARY. THEY HELD A MATH ASSEMBLY. 
          ANOTHER HOSTED A BOOK FAIR. AND THEY HAD THEIR READ ACROSS AMERICA ACTIVITIES. 
          AND THEN STAFF JOINED IN ON THE FUN ON TWIN DAY. 
          THAT'S THE PHOTO ON THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER. WOODRUFF PTA,
THEY HOSTED AN INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY ASSEMBLY WITH SEVERAL GUEST SPEAKERS. 
          THEY HELD THEIR PTA FOUNDER'S DAY TIE-DYE PARTY. 
          AND A HOSTED A BMX ASSEMBLY AT THEIR CAMPUS TO WRAP UP KINDNESS WEEK AT WOODRUFF. 
          AND THEN AT COUNCIL AS WELL AS OUR SITES. I MYSELF AT THE PLEASURE OF MEETING WITH
PRESIDENT STEWART. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND I REALLY ENJOYED THAT. 
          WE ATTENDED A 33RD DISTRICT PTA ANNUAL MEETING WITH SOME OF OUR PTA OFFICERS. 
          I ATTENDED THE JOB FAIR AND RESOURCE FAIR. THANKS FOR INVITING ME AND GETTING TO SEE THAT. 
          AND PARTICIPATE. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. IT WAS A GOOD EVENT. 
          ALSO, THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR COMMITTEE. THAT WAS A NEW EXPERIENCE. 
          THANK YOU, DOCTOR RYAN. DOCTOR SMITH. SORRY. AND,
YEAH, I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF AMAZING TEACHERS. 
          SO IT WAS REALLY NEAT TO READ THE APPLICATIONS. 
          FUN FOR ME WAS NOTICING THAT A LOT OF THE NOMINEES HAD BEEN AWARDED OR RECOGNIZED BY THEIR
TAS. 
          TAS WITH THE HONORARY SERVICE AWARD FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND. 
          SO AGAIN, PARENTS, YEAH, KNOW THEIR TEACHERS AND APPRECIATE THEM VERY MUCH. 
          SO IT WAS KIND OF FUN. ON THE RIGHT IS OUR COUNCIL OFFICERS FOR THE UPCOMING TERM,
WHICH STARTS JULY 1ST. 
          WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD GROUP ALREADY. STILL LOOKING FOR A COUPLE MORE VOLUNTEERS. 
          POSITIONS ARE SECRETARY, MEMBERSHIP, COMMUNICATIONS,
FINANCIAL SECRETARY AND HISTORIAN. 
          SO AGAIN, WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE. BUT WE HAVE A GOOD START. 
          ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED AND HAS A PASSION FOR OUR STUDENTS WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU JOIN. 
          AND THEN SOME OF OUR UPCOMING EVENTS ARE REFLECTIONS ART PROGRAM. 
          WE DID HAVE TO CHANGE THE DATE, SO IT'LL BE APRIL 1ST. 
          IT'S ON A TUESDAY, 6 P.M. HERE IN THE BOARDROOM. 
          WE'LL AT COUNCIL LEVEL, WE RECEIVED ABOUT 45 ENTRIES FROM NINE OUT OF THE 12 TEAMS THAT
PARTICIPATED. 
          SO WE'LL BE CELEBRATING OUR WINNERS THAT EVENING. 
          FORMAL INVITATION WILL BE SENT VIA EMAIL. WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU GUYS. 
          AND THEN HISTORIAN MIXERS WHERE WE RECAP THE YEAR AND CELEBRATE,
YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT OUR TAS HAVE DONE. 
          THEY USUALLY HAVE A GREAT PRESENTATION TO SHARE WITH EACH OTHER. 
          THAT'S COMING UP IN MAY, AND THEN LATER IN MAY,
OUR HONORARY SERVICE AWARDS NIGHT AND MORE INFORMATION ON THAT IS TO COME AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT INCLUDES THE DATE CHANGE. SO I HAVE ONE MORE NOTE THAT I WANTED TO SHARE. 
          FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH, WE HAVE SHARED OUT,
YOU KNOW, THE INFORMATION IN THE DIFFERENT FORUMS. BUT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE PTA FORUM THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR 1:40 P.M. 
          MANY, MOST OF OUR PTA PARENTS WORK. AND SO I JUST SAY THAT IN CASE,
YOU KNOW, ATTENDANCE IS NOT WHAT YOU'D EXPECT OR WOULD LIKE IT TO BE. I KNOW THERE'S A COMMUNITY FORUM ALSO DURING THE DAY,
AND THEN THERE'S THE ONLINE SURVEY. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SHARED IT OUT. I JUST, YOU KNOW,
A LITTLE STIPULATION. 
          IF THE TURNOUT ISN'T WHAT IT WHAT YOU'D LIKE IT TO BE. 
          MOST OF OUR PARENTS ARE WORKING PARENTS, SO YEAH. 
          AND THAT. YES. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MRS. MORGAN. CAN WE GET THAT SCHEDULE FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS TO LOOK AT? OR CAN WE LOOK AND SEE IF ANYTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT THOSE DATES AND TIMES? YES, ABSOLUTELY. THERE'S ALSO AN OPEN COMMUNITY FORUM IN THE EVENING AVAILABLE TO ANYONE
WHO'S UNABLE TO MAKE THE SCHEDULED TIME. 
          BUT YES, WE CAN GET YOU A COPY OF THAT. OKAY. 
          SO TAKE IT INTO YOUR SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 
          [9. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT]
YES, I CAN DO THAT. GO AHEAD. SO I'M GRATEFUL,
OBVIOUSLY, TONIGHT THAT WE STARTED THE EVENING BY CELEBRATING STUDENTS FROM CRAIG WILLIAMS AND FROM MAY FOR HIGH SCHOOL. THAT WAS A NICE START TO
TONIGHT. 
          YESTERDAY WAS A DIFFICULT DAY FOR THE BELLFLOWER UNIFIED COMMUNITY. 
          MY HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO THE FAMILY OF OUR MAY 1ST STUDENT DURING THIS
INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING TIME. 
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OUR STAFF REMAINS FULLY COMMITTED TO PROVIDING SUPPORT TO OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF AS WE
NAVIGATE THIS PERIOD OF GRIEF. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THE SWIFT AND COMPASSIONATE RESPONSE
OF OUR CRISIS TEAM, WHICH INCLUDES OUR OWN DEDICATED STAFF, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM L.A. 
          COUNTY OFFICE OF ED, PATHWAYS, ESE, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH. 
          I'M ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL TO ALMA FOR HER ORGANIZED COORDINATION OF THESE RESOURCES TO
ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY RECEIVED THE CARE AND ASSISTANCE NEEDED DURING THIS TIME. 
          TOGETHER, WE'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER AND PRIORITIZE THE WELL-BEING OF OUR
STUDENTS AND STAFF. 
          TOMORROW'S SCHOOL CLOTHES DAY WILL PROVIDE EVERYONE,
I THINK, WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO PAUSE, TO KIND OF RECHARGE AND RESET. AND I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE,
AND I THANK YOU FOR THE EVENING TONIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I DEBATED ON WHETHER TO TALK ABOUT THIS OR SAY ANYTHING,
AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY A WHOLE LOT BECAUSE I DO WANT TO RESPECT THAT FAMILY. 
          BUT OBVIOUSLY WHAT HAPPENED IS TRAGIC. WE'RE HERE FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR ANYTHING THAT YOU
GUYS NEED. 
          OUR TEACHERS, OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF. PLEASE REACH OUT. 
          BUT OUR HEARTS ARE WITH YOU GUYS. OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU GUYS,
AND WE SUPPORT YOU IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN. 
          ALL RIGHT, SO MOVING ON TO COMMITTEE REPORTS. 
          [10. COMMITTEE UPDATES]
I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF GO DOWN THE LIST REAL QUICK. WE HAVE QUITE A FEW COMMITTEES
GOING ON. 
          ALLIANCE VICE PRESIDENT GARZA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE MAJOR
THEME OF OUR ALLIANCE MEETING. 
          THIS LAST MEETING WAS CLIMATE AND CULTURE. DO YOU WANT TO ADD. 
          YES, WE ACTUALLY DID SPEAK ABOUT THAT. AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW CLIMATE AND CULTURE ARE
LOOKED AT DIFFERENTLY IN DIFFERENT CAMPUSES, AND WE AGREE THAT THERE ARE THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE ARE,
YOU KNOW, TAKEN INTO ALL CAMPUSES. SO THAT WAY WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. 
          WE DID DISCUSS ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO THAT. ALSO HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO
TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL. 
          AND HAVING THOSE FORUMS WITHIN THE ALLIANCE MEMBERS AND MAYBE EVEN SOME,
YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TACTICS THAT WE CAN USE DURING STAFF MEETINGS AS WELL, MAYBE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ICEBREAKERS THAT SORT. 
          WE ALSO JUST DISCUSSED ABOUT HAVING OUR NEXT UPCOMING MEETING WHICH I THINK IS RESCHEDULED
APRIL 22ND. 
          YEAH. SO MAYBE GOING OVER KIND OF A QUICK LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE WHERE WE STARTED,
WHERE WE ARE NOW AND LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE, SEEING WHAT ELSE WE CAN PLACE ON OUR AGENDAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COVERING ALL THE
DIFFERENT ASPECTS AND POINTS OF VIEW THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW AND NEEDS AS WELL. ANOTHER THING THAT CAME UP WAS HOW WE DO TEACHER OF THE YEAR. 
          WE USED TO HAVE JUST, I GUESS, THE APPLICATION PROCESS,
AND WE HAD TEACHERS THAT WERE CHOSEN. 
          AND THIS YEAR THEY'VE GONE TO HAVING A TEACHER HONORED AT EACH SITE,
WHICH I THINK IS AMAZING BECAUSE EVERY SITE HAS SOMEONE THAT STANDS OUT AND GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND. SO IT WAS REALLY NICE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT CHANGE,
AND I HOPE THAT NEXT YEAR WE CAN ALSO DO THE SAME FOR OUR CSEA EMPLOYEES. 
          I FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO HAVE THEIR OWN REPRESENTATIVE AT EACH SITE,
AND THEN WE'LL CHOOSE A DISTRICT TEACHER AND SITE PERSON. 
          BUT THAT WAS A REALLY NICE UPDATE THAT WE GOT IN THAT MEETING AS WELL. 
          ANYTHING THAT WE'RE NOT THINKING OF. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 
          MOVING ON. THERE'S NOT ANY WE DIDN'T HAVE A SPED MEETING,
SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT FOUNDATION. 
          DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, OR ARE YOU BRAD? ANYTHING UPDATES ON FOUNDATION? I WILL SAY I KNOW A COUPLE MORE APPLICATIONS HAVE COME IN
AND WE SHOULD BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD, HOPEFULLY AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. OKAY. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR SCHOOL SITE FUTURE
PLANNING. 
          DOES ANYBODY WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ON THAT? I KNOW WE HAVE AN UP. 
          GO AHEAD. SO THE NEXT THING WE HAVE COMING UP,
WE HAVE THE LEARNER CENTER TRIP. 
          SO THIS SUNDAY DOCTOR SMITH, I ACTUALLY A WHOLE BUSLOAD OF US ARE GOING DOWN TO SAN DIEGO, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE VISITING, WHAT, 8 OR 9 SITES? FIVE. FIVE. OKAY. EASIER THAN I THOUGHT. SO WE'RE SPENDING A COUPLE OF DAYS IN SAN DIEGO,
AND IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY PRODUCTIVE TRIP. 
          AND THEN WE'LL REPORT ON THAT WHEN WE GET BACK. 
          AND JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, THE COMMITTEE, LIKE WE HAVE A PURPOSE FOR EACH OF OUR
COMMITTEES, FOR THAT PARTICULAR COMMITTEE, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO REVIEW OUR CURRENT ENROLLMENT DATA, OUR TRENDS, AND DEVELOP SHORT TERM AND EVEN LONG TERM SOLUTIONS TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF
OUR ENROLLMENT CHALLENGES. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE PUT THAT IN PLACE. WE HAVE AN ATHLETICS COMMITTEE WE'RE GOING TO
BE MEETING SOON. 
          WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT OUR CODE OF CONDUCT AND JUST THINGS THAT APPLY TO ATHLETICS. 
          SO MYSELF AND PRESIDENT OR PRESIDENT O PRESIDENT COLLAPSE,
PRESIDENT CLARK CRITCHFIELD HE LIKES TITLES MORE THAN ME ANYWAY, SO IT WAS GREAT FOR HIS EGO. RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT CODE OF CONDUCT AND
JUST DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ALONG. 
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AND THEN WE JUST STARTED A CLIMATE AND CULTURE THAT BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG AND I ARE GOING
TO BE SITTING ON, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON MARCH 31ST. 
          SO WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU. AND THEN WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW SCHOOL SAFETY. 
          WE STARTED A SAFETY COMMITTEE. WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW OF THOSE MEETINGS. 
          IF BOARD MEMBER CINTRON OR CLARK CRITCHFIELD WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN ON THAT ONE. 
          SURE. SO OUR LAST MEETING WAS ON MARCH 10TH,
AND IN THAT MEETING, WE WE WERE TASKED TO WE HAD 11 DIFFERENT SECURITY FIRMS THAT PUT IN PROPOSALS. AND WE WERE ABLE TO,
AS A COMMITTEE, HAVE GREAT CONVERSATIONS AND DIALOG. 
          WE WHITTLED THAT DOWN TO FOUR COMPANIES OUT OF THE 11. 
          AND THEN ON MARCH 19TH, WE'LL BE HAVING OUR NEXT MEETING WHERE WE'LL BE GETTING
PRESENTATIONS FROM EACH OF THESE FOUR COMPANIES TO BE ABLE TO ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 
          AND FROM THERE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD FOR EVEN MORE ROBUST
DISCUSSIONS HERE IN OPEN AND BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG, DO YOU WANT TO REPORT ANYTHING ON LAKOTA? I KNOW YOU ATTENDED THE IN-PERSON AND PARAMOUNT. 
          WAS THERE ANYTHING TO REPORT? YEAH, LOCK STOCK KEEPS ME BUSY. 
          VERY BUSY. WELL. MY GOODNESS. OKAY. I DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. 
          I JUST WAS. OKAY. GO AHEAD. WELL, NO, IT'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR ASSEMBLY MEMBERS AND OUR SENATORS SENATOR LENA GONZALEZ AND TONY. 
          TONY THURMAN THERE WILL BE DISCUSSING SAFE SCHOOL IMMIGRATION PROTECTIONS. 
          AND THOSE ISSUES ARE GOING TO BE HEARD ON APRIL 2ND. 
          AND I ALSO I HAVE A TEMPLATE IF WE AS A BOARD OR YOU CAN DO IT INDIVIDUALLY IF WE WANT TO
TO WRITE IN TO HELP SUPPORT IT. 
          SO I DO HAVE A TEMPLATE THAT I CAN SHARE. THIS WEEK WAS THE LEGISLATIVE WEEK,
THE CCPA LEGISLATIVE WEEK. 
          THAT'S CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATIONS. AND WHAT THEY DO IS THAT WE HAVE OUR PACER,
OUR PUBLIC OUR PUBLIC CONNECTION WITH, WITH CCPA AND OUR ASSEMBLY MEMBERS. THIS IS WHAT I WAS PULLING,
PUTTING UP. 
          SO THIS WEEK THEY HAD A LOT OF TALKING POINTS. 
          THEY TALKED ABOUT BUDGET PRIORITIES SPONSORED LEGISLATION AND THE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS. 
          WHO'S PUTTING IT OUT THERE? A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS ONLINE,
BUT I ALSO LET ME SEE. 
          WHAT? OKAY. ONE THING IS I'M GOING TO SHARE THIS ONE BECAUSE THIS WAS A CONVERSATION THAT
BOARD MEMBER CLARK CRITCHFIELD ASKED ME ABOUT. 
          SO WE HAVE JOSE LUIS. STOP IT. HE HE'S GOING TO BE HE'S GOING TO THERE'S GOING TO BE A HEARING ABOUT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER COMPENSATION. 
          SO I DID I ASKED BRAD SAID, BRAD, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT? AND HE WAS LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, I DID PUT IT OUT THERE. BUT HE HAS ABOUT HE'S GOING TO BE
SPEAKING ON DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION. SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A HEARING ON THAT. 
          AND WHAT, WHAT THAT WAS GOING TO DO IS, IS ESTABLISH A ONE TIME GRANT TO BE ADMINISTERED
OVER THREE YEARS FOR THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND IT'S GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR DUAL
IMMERSION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING DEVELOPING MATERIALS AND PURCHASING THEM. 
          I CAN'T GO OVER ALL OF IT BECAUSE I HAVE I HAVE A LOT OF STUFF HERE. 
          SO THAT'S IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UPDATES. MAYBE I SHOULD JUST SHARE IT,
YOU KNOW, GIVE YOU GUYS A COPY. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. 
          [11. PUBLIC COMMENTS – AGENDA/NON-AGENDA ITEMS]
TONIGHT WE DO HAVE REQUESTS ADDRESSING OPEN SESSION AGENDA ITEMS. WHILE THE MEETINGS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD ARE NOT PUBLIC MEETINGS,
THEY ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON EACH AGENDA OR NON AGENDA ITEM. THE BOARD WILL LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME FOR
PUBLIC INPUT ON EACH ITEM TO 21 MINUTES, AS PER BOARD. BYLAW 9322.2. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE HAVE CORINNE YUSUF? THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND I DID READ YOUR STATEMENT. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PROVIDING IT TO US BEFOREHAND AS WELL. 
          OKAY. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT STEWART. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD,
SUPERINTENDENT ACEVEDO. 
          MY NAME IS CORINNE YOUSSEF. I AM A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER AT MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL,
AND I'VE WORKED FOR BELLFLOWER FOR NEARLY 24 YEARS. 
          I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY DEEP CONCERNS REGARDING THE CURRENT STATE OF OUR SCHOOL,
PARTICULARLY THE LACK OF REGARD FOR THE NEEDS OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND THE OVERALL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. AS A TEACHER, I'VE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND HOW THE SENSE OF
COMMUNITY THAT ONCE DEFINED OUR SCHOOL HAS FRACTURED, 
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LEAVING BOTH STAFF AND STUDENTS FEELING DISCONNECTED AND UNSUPPORTED. 
          OUR STUDENTS HAVE UNIQUE STRENGTHS, CHALLENGES,
AND POTENTIAL. 
          AS EDUCATORS, WE DEDICATE OUR TIME, ENERGY, AND PASSION TO ENSURING THAT EACH STUDENT
RECEIVES THE EDUCATION THEY DESERVE. 
          YET, TEACHERS, STAFF, AND STUDENTS CONTINUE TO FEEL DISREGARDED WHEN DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR
FUTURE ARE BOTH MADE AT THE SITE AND DISTRICT LEVELS. 
          WHEN DECISIONS ARE MADE WITHOUT THE INPUT OF THOSE WHO WORK CLOSEST WITH STUDENTS,
THE RESULT IS OFTEN A DISCONNECT BETWEEN INTENTION AND IMPACT. 
          WHILE DATA AND REPORTS CAN PROVIDE INSIGHT, THEY CANNOT REPLACE THE ACTUAL EXPERIENCES OF
THOSE IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          WHAT LOOKS EFFECTIVE ON PAPER DOES NOT NECESSARILY TRANSLATE INTO MEANINGFUL PROGRESS FOR
STUDENTS WITH DIVERSE NEEDS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, SAFETY CONCERNS HAVE REACHED A CRITICAL POINT,
WITH FIGHTS OCCURRING NEARLY EVERY DAY, THERE SEEMS TO BE NO CLEAR PLAN FOR MAINTAINING ORDER. 
          AS A TEACHER, I COME TO WORK UNCERTAIN OF WHAT THE DAY WILL BRING. 
          THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY AMONG ADMINISTRATORS HAS CONTRIBUTED TO A CHAOTIC AND UNSAFE
ENVIRONMENT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED WITH DECISIVE ACTION EARLY ON. 
          INSTEAD, THE SITUATION HAS SPIRALED OUT OF CONTROL,
LEAVING STAFF AND STUDENTS HARMED OR VULNERABLE. 
          JUST AS TEACHERS AND STAFF ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES,
ADMINISTRATORS SHOULD BE HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD. 
          OUR CONCERNS MUST BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND STEPS MUST BE TAKEN TO RESTORE ORDER,
PRIORITIZE STUDENT SAFETY AND ENSURE THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS RECEIVE THE SUPPORT THEY DESERVE. AS I SPEAK TONIGHT, I KNOW MY CONCERNS ARE SHARED BY MANY WHO CHOOSE NOT TO
SHARE THEIR DISCONTENT PUBLICLY FOR FEAR OF RETALIATION OR FEAR. 
          FEEL THEIR VOICE DOES NOT MATTER. IN MY 24 YEARS IN THIS DISTRICT,
I HAVE NEVER FELT SO OVERWHELMED, UNHEARD, DISAPPOINTED, DISRESPECTED, AND UNCERTAIN ABOUT THE FUTURE AS I HAVE IN THIS PAST
FEW YEARS. 
          PERHAPS I CARE TOO MUCH, BUT I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY TO BE. 
          WE APPROACH OUR JOB WITH INTEGRITY. WE WORK HARD EVERY DAY TO IMPROVE FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          I WILL ALWAYS BE THEIR ADVOCATE, SO I MAKE THIS MY FIGHT. 
          IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT I MUST MAKE THIS STATEMENT. 
          TO BE CLEAR MOVING FORWARD, IF I EXPERIENCE ANY NEGATIVE REPERCUSSIONS AFTER SPEAKING HERE
TONIGHT, WHETHER IN RELATION TO MY SCHEDULED POSITION EVALUATION OR ANY OTHER ASPECT OF MY ROLE,
I WILL CONSIDER IT AN ACT OF RETALIATION. 
          I AM INTENTIONAL EVERY SINGLE DAY AND I WILL ALWAYS SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. SO MOVING ALONG TO 
          [12. DISCUSSION ITEMS]
DISCUSSION ITEMS TONIGHT. WE HAVE ONE DISCUSSION ITEM THIS EVENING. 
          IT'S ITEM 12.1. THE SECOND INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 
          MRS ACEVEDO. YES. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER,
MRS ARCUS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT STEWART,
VICE PRESIDENT GARZA, BOARD MEMBERS, FELLOW CABINET MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF STAFF AND COMMUNITY HERE AND AT HOME. 
          TONIGHT, I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT OUR SECOND INTERIM REPORT,
WHICH IS OUR SECOND OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES OF THE DISTRICT. 
          I WILL GROUND US ONCE AGAIN IN OUR BUDGET REPORTING CYCLE SO THAT WE REPORT AT EACH OF OUR
CYCLES. 
          WE WILL ALWAYS KNOW WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED TO. 
          WE HAVE MADE OUR WAY TO THE SECOND INTERIM REPORTING,
WHICH WHICH REPORTS ON OUR ACTUAL EXPENDITURES THROUGH JANUARY 31ST, 2025, AND PROJECTS OUR EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR JUNE
30TH, 2025. WE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN THE PROCESS FOR THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AND WILL BE CONTACTING
SITES AND OFFICES STARTING NEXT WEEK. 
          WHICH LEADS ME TO OUR NEXT SLIDE. WE RECEIVED SOME INFORMATION IN JANUARY WHEN OUR
GOVERNOR RELEASED THE BUDGET, AND I HAVE INCLUDED UPDATED INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED IN JANUARY HERE IN OUR
REPORTS TONIGHT. 
          MANY OF THE IMPACTS ARE TO OUR MULTI-YEAR PLANNING. 
          IF YOU'LL RECALL, WHEN WE BRING INTERIMS TO BOARD,
WE ALSO PLAN FOR THE CURRENT AND THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS BUDGET PLANNING CYCLE,
JANUARY IS OUR START, BUT WE START TO OVERLAP OUR PROCESS WITH THIS CURRENT YEAR THAT WE'RE STILL IN AND START TO ALREADY PREPARE FOR OUR FUTURE BUDGET. 
          JUST REMINDING US AGAIN THAT BUDGET PLANNING IS A IS A MULTI-YEAR FISCAL YEAR MONITORING
THAT GOES ON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          TONIGHT I WILL BRING THE BOARD THE SECOND INTERIM. 
          ITS FOR ACTUAL REPORTED THROUGH JANUARY 31ST. 
          AND GS AND ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES REPORTED THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          THE SECOND INTERIM PROVIDES THOSE TWO ADDITIONAL YEARS SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT 2526 AND
2627. 
          TONIGHT I AM BRINGING IT FOR BOARD APPROVAL,
AS THE FINANCIALS SHOW THAT OUR DISTRICT CAN MEET OUR FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS IN THE CURRENT AND THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS. OUR SECOND INTERIM OR EXCUSE ME,
IN ORDER TO PROJECT REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES, WE USE THE PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS. 
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AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE MONITOR. SO OUR REVENUES,
WHICH IS THE LARGEST PORTION THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, REALLY HINGE UPON OUR COST OF LIVING, WHICH IS OUR COLA. 
          OUR FUNDED ADA, WHICH IS THE STUDENTS THAT COME TO SCHOOL EVERY YEAR AND OUR ENROLLMENT IS
WHAT DRIVES OUR ADA. 
          SO THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT WE HAVE ENROLLED THEN TRANSLATES INTO HOW MANY STUDENTS COME
EACH YEAR. 
          I HAVE UPDATED THE FACTORS FROM OUR GOVERNOR'S BUDGET. 
          WE HAD A DROP IN OUR COLA PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          IT WAS AT 2.93 AND IT'S NOW PROJECTED THAT 2.43. 
          SO THAT WILL START TO IMPACT SOME REVENUES. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS IN THE OUT YEAR WE DID
GET A SLIGHT INCREASE ALSO FROM THE GOVERNMENT AS PROPOSED. 
          BUT WE ARE WAITING ON A LOT OF THE IMPACT OF THE FIRES AND THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO SEE WHAT WILL REALLY HAPPEN AND THAT WILL REALLY SHINE THROUGH WHEN WE GET OUR MAY REVISE, WHICH IS THE GOVERNOR'S NEXT ATTEMPT AT PROVIDING BUDGET
INFORMATION FOR THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR, AS WELL AS THEY PROVIDE THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS INFORMATION WITH THE BEST OF KNOWLEDGE
THAT THEY HAVE. 
          I'VE ALSO INCLUDED IN OUR UPDATED NUMBERS EXPENSES,
INCLUDING INCREASED EXPENSES FOR ANY CONTRACTS, SUPPLIES, EMPLOYEE EXPENSES ONE OF THE LARGEST EXPENSES THAT WE INCUR AS AN EMPLOYER,
BESIDES THE ACTUAL EMPLOYEE SALARIES, IS RETIREMENT AND HEALTH AND WELFARE BENEFITS. 
          SO WHILE WE WORK HARD TO LOOK AT OUR HEALTH AND WELFARE BENEFITS AND ENSURE THAT THOSE
BENEFITS ARE THE BEST THEY CAN BE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE APPROPRIATE THAT WE CAN AFFORD THEM AS A DISTRICT. THE CALSTRS,
WHICH IS OUR TEACHER RETIREMENT, AND THE CALPERS EMPLOYER RATES ARE DEFINED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. SO I'VE INCLUDED THEM HERE AS WELL. 
          SO OUR UNRESTRICTED REVENUE IS OUR IS OUR LARGEST PORTION OF REVENUE THAT WE RECEIVE FROM
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND OTHER LOCAL AND FEDERAL AND STATE RESOURCES. IT IS SPLIT INTO TWO AREAS. SO WE HAVE UNRESTRICTED FUNDS,
WHICH IS ON YOUR SCREEN TONIGHT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REVENUE. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE RESTRICTED FUNDS. I'M GOING TO CONCENTRATE ON OUR UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
FUND REVENUE AS IT IS THE FUNDING THAT IS LEAST RESTRICTIVE. 
          HENCE, YOU SEE, RIGHT NOW, GIVEN THE FACTORS THAT I PROVIDED IN EARLIER SLIDES,
YOU HAVE A SLIGHT DECREASE IN OUR REVENUE THAT WE'RE PROJECTING FOR THE YEAR. 
          AND THAT'S DUE TO THE FACTORS THAT I PROVIDED EARLIER. 
          AGAIN, THESE ARE THESE ARE SOURCES THAT WE USE CALCULATIONS ON TO DETERMINE WHAT REVENUE
THAT WE MIGHT RECEIVE. 
          AND RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ANTICIPATING ON RECEIVING ABOUT 150.9 MILLION IN UNRESTRICTED REVENUE
FOR THIS YEAR. 
          I BROKE OUT THE OTHER HALF OF WE HAVE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. 
          SO THESE ARE THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE'RE PROJECTING. AND I'M COMING TO YOU WITH A LITTLE
BIT OF GOOD NEWS. 
          WE HAVE A BOARD APPROVED OPERATING BUDGET OF ABOUT 137.4 MILLION. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE REFLECTING THAT OUR EXPENDITURES ARE GOING TO BE ABOUT IN THE $129.5
MILLION RANGE. 
          THE DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT 7.9 MILLION IS STILL A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE FISCAL DEPARTMENT
AND OUR PROGRAM DEPARTMENTS. 
          LOOKING AT AREAS WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE, LOOKING AT AREAS WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE
CHANGES IN OUR BUDGETING PROCESSES, LOOKING AT AREAS WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE THOSE MORE RESTRICTED FUNDS FIRST. 
          SOMETHING I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE IS THE RESTRICTED FUNDS. 
          A LOT OF THEM HAVE EXPIRATION DATES, SO I'M CONSTANTLY COMBATING LOOKING AT THE RESTRICTED
FUNDS AVAILABLE TO US WHEN THEY MIGHT EXPIRE, AND WORKING WITH PROGRAM DEPARTMENTS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MIGHT BEST SUPPORT US. 
          SO THIS IS THE NUMBER THAT I'M PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT. 
          AS I STATED EARLIER, WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO A MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION. 
          SO I'VE INCLUDED ON THE SLIDES, OF COURSE, THIS THIS IS A CULMINATION OF A REALLY BIG
DOCUMENT WITH A LOT OF NUMBERS IN IT. 
          SO I'M TRYING TO BRING FORWARD THE BIGGEST PIECES OF THE DOCUMENT. 
          BUT HERE ON THIS SLIDE, I'M BRINGING FORWARD THE UNRESTRICTED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES
THAT I JUST SHOWED YOU. 
          AND IT COMES DOWN TO AN ENDING FUND BALANCE THAT'S ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. 
          SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ENDED OUR YEAR LAST YEAR WITH ABOUT 96 MILLION IN OUR UNRESTRICTED
ENDING BALANCE AND BASED ON DECREASED REVENUES FROM THE STATE AND INCREASED OPERATING EXPENDITURES OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS,
WE WILL BE SEEING A DECREASE IN FUND BALANCE. 
          THIS IS ALMOST SIMILAR, VERY SIMILAR TO THE REPORT THAT I PROVIDED IN FIRST INTERIM. 
          I'VE MADE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS BETWEEN MAYBE YEARS OR THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN AS
INFORMATION BECAME AVAILABLE TO ME, BUT THIS NUMBER HASN'T CHANGED DRASTICALLY FROM THE FIRST INTERIM. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STILL PROJECTING AGAIN, WE'RE STILL LOOKING. 
          WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU IN THE JUNE TIME FRAME WITH A FINAL ESTIMATED ACTUALS,
HOW WE'RE GOING TO END THE YEAR. 
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AND WE'LL ALSO START THE WE'LL BRING TO YOU THE BUDGET FOR 2526. 
          THIS IS THE ENTIRE FUND. SO I SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT THE FACT THAT OUR FUND GENERAL FUND IS
IS SPLIT INTO TWO AREAS. 
          I LIKE TO CONCENTRATE ON THE UNRESTRICTED BALANCE. 
          BUT OFTEN PEOPLE LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND AS SINCE IT'S OUR LARGEST OPERATING FUND AND
WHERE WE DO MOST OF OUR BUSINESS, THEY LIKE TO LOOK AT IT AS A WHOLE. SO I ALWAYS BRING THE WHOLE FUND BALANCE TO YOU. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT I BROUGHT IN THE FIRST INTERIM. 
          WE'VE MADE SOME AMENDMENTS, WE'VE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS. WE'VE LOOKED IN AREAS WHERE THE
STATE, AGAIN, WITH THE NEW FACTORS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CHANGE A COUPLE OF THINGS THERE. 
          WE'VE LOOKED AT OUR EXPENDITURE PROGRESSION,
AND WE HAVE VERY SIMILAR NUMBERS TO WHAT CAME TO YOU IN FIRST INTERIM. 
          AS WE END ON THE GENERAL FUND, WE WILL ACTUALLY BREAK DOWN THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF OUR
ENDING FUND BALANCE. 
          SO WHILE WE'RE PROJECTED TO HAVE ABOUT $106 MILLION ENDING FUND BALANCE,
SOME OF THAT IS NON SPENDABLE. 
          IT'S REQUIRED TO BE HELD FOR CERTAIN THINGS LIKE OUR INVENTORY OR PREPAYMENTS THAT WE
MIGHT MAKE TO VENDORS FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          WE'VE GOT OUR RESTRICTED PROGRAMS. I'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT TONIGHT ABOUT 26.6 MILLION
AS A BOARD. 
          WE COMMITTED BACK IN DECEMBER, THE 59 MILLION OF WHICH 19 MILLION IS FOR DEFERRED
FACILITIES AND 40 MILLION IS OUR PROJECTED DEFICIT. AND IT LEAVES US WITH ABOUT $7 MILLION,
I THINK IT WAS SPOKE OF LAST TIME. 
          THAT'S ABOUT A 3% OF OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE,
AND THAT'S A REQUIRED RESERVE. 
          I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE. THE STATE REQUIRES US TO WITHHOLD ABOUT 3% AND MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE THAT AS A RESERVE, JUST TO GIVE A SAMPLE OF HOW THAT LIES. A PAYROLL FOR A DISTRICT OUR SIZE CAN RUN ABOUT $9
MILLION. 
          SO THE STATE REQUIRES THAT WE HOLD AND RESERVE ABOUT $7 MILLION. 
          BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE IF WE HAVE A MONTHLY PAYROLL OF $9 MILLION,
THAT'S THAT'S REALLY NOT SUFFICIENT. 
          AND WE HAVE ABOUT 11 MILLION. THAT'S UNASSIGNED UNAPPROPRIATED AT THIS TIME. 
          THIS SLIDE BASICALLY SUMMARIZES EVERYTHING THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD TODAY. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BLUE IS THE UNRESTRICTED BALANCE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          THE RED IS THE RESTRICTED BALANCE, WHICH IS PROGRAMS SUCH AS TITLE ONE LLP,
ALL THE TITLES I SHOULD SAY SEVERAL TITLES, LLP, SOME OF OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, THOSE SPECIAL ED. 
          THOSE ARE ALL THE KIND OF BALANCES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE IN THERE. 
          AND THE ORANGE REPRESENTS OUR COMBINED BALANCE. 
          SO AS A SYSTEM, YOU CAN SEE I'VE TAKEN US ALL THE WAY BACK TO 22,
23. 
          WHEN WE WERE ABOUT 135, COMING INTO 23, 24, WE HAD 138. 
          BUT COMING INTO THIS YEAR, WE ANTICIPATE HAVING ABOUT 106.9 MILLION. 
          ONE OF THE LARGEST, LARGEST DROPS YOU CAN SEE IS IN THE RESTRICTED SIDE. 
          THOSE ARE OUR ESSER ONE TIME DOLLARS. SO REMEMBER WE HAD STARTING IN 2020,
2021 ISH, WE DID RECEIVE A LOT OF FUNDING THAT WAS FOR ONE TIME PURPOSES KIND OF TO HOLD US THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. AND A LOT OF THEM ACTUALLY,
ALL OF THEM EXPIRED IN THIS YEAR. 
          AND SO WE UTILIZE THEM IN THIS YEAR. HEADING ON INTO THE NEXT FEW YEARS. 
          WE'VE GOT BALANCE OF ABOUT 78 AND 59 MILLION. 
          THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING. WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS REVENUES KIND OF DROPPING OR NOT
KIND OF KEEPING UP WITH THE PACE OF OUR EXPENDITURES. SO AS A SYSTEM, THE FISCAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT,
IN CONJUNCTION WITH ACTUALLY ALL OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, IS TAKING A LOOK AT OUR BUDGET. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO PREPARE FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          IT WILL BE THE FIRST BUDGET THAT I'LL BE ABLE TO DO HERE. 
          AND JUST LIKE WITH ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU DO YOURSELF,
YOU KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OWNERSHIP, A LITTLE BIT MORE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT IT, AND IT WILL GIVE ME A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF
DIG IN AND SEE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR REACH. 
          SO THIS LAST SLIDE TALKS ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS. 
          WE HAVE THE RELEASE OF THE GOVERNOR'S MAY BUDGET REVISE. 
          SO THERE'S THREE STEPS IN JANUARY. THEY GIVE US A PRELIMINARY IN MAY THEY RELEASE A
REVISE. 
          AND THAT'S HOW WE PREPARE OUR BUDGET. THAT'S THE NUMBERS THAT WE KNOW. 
          BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE REQUIRED BY LAW,
WE ARE GOING TO BRING A PUBLIC HEARING AND A BOARD APPROVAL IN JUNE, THE STATE AND YOU'RE REQUIRED BY LAW AS THE BOARD TO APPROVE A BUDGET BEFORE THEN. 
          THE STATE DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE A FINAL BUDGET NUMBERS UNTIL JUNE 30TH. 
          SO IT KIND OF PUTS US INTO A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU THE INFORMATION WE
HAVE THAT'S BEST AVAILABLE TO US AND COME JULY AND AUGUST, 
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IF THERE'S A HUGE CHANGE IN THE NUMBERS FROM WHAT WE WERE TOLD,
WE COME BACK WITH WHAT WE CALL A 45 DAY REVISE SO WE WOULD BRING THAT BACK. 
          SEPTEMBER 2025 KIND OF IS THE CULMINATION OF THE YEAR THAT WE WOULD THAT WE'RE IN NOW. 
          AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I'M KIND OF IN TWO WORLDS RIGHT NOW UTILIZING BOTH THINGS. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO BRING THE FINAL UNAUDITED ACTUALS,
WHICH IS THE FINAL NUMBERS FOR 2425. 
          WE'LL TURN THOSE INTO AE, AND WE'LL GO RIGHT BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE AND START ALL OVER
AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES. CLARK CRITCHFIELD. THANK YOU,
MADAM PRESIDENT. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND I KNOW THIS IS THE NEXT BUDGET WOULD BE THE ONE THAT
YOU ARE PART OF THE ENTIRE THING, SO I KNOW THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF THAT. DO YOU KNOW HOW FAR WE WERE OFF AS FAR AS OUR
PROJECT WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO END? THE LAST FISCAL YEAR TO WHERE WE ACTUALLY ENDED. 
          SO THERE'S TWO AREAS THAT I, THAT I SAW. THE ESTIMATED ACTUALS IS THE ONE THAT'S BROUGHT
FORTH IN JUNE, AND THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD PROVIDE YOU WITH A NUMBER WHERE WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO END. 
          AND IT WAS IT WAS ABOUT $45 MILLION DIFFERENCE THAN WHERE WE DID END. 
          WHAT COULD YOU EXPLAIN LIKE THAT? LIKE HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? I COULD I'LL EXPLAIN BECAUSE AT THE BOARD MEETING THEY DID HAVE THEY HAD THE ESTIMATED
ACTUALS WHICH PROJECTED KIND OF ONE NUMBER. 
          BUT THEN THEY HAD LIKE WHERE WE REALLY THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO LAND,
WHICH WAS ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD, ACCURATE NUMBER. STOP MOVING YOUR HEAD, MAN. I CAN'T. 
          SHE'S JUMPING AROUND BEHIND YOU. SORRY. AND SO THEY ACTUALLY THE WHAT WAS BROUGHT TO THE
BOARD WAS KIND OF A MORE ACCURATE REFLECTION OF WHAT WE THOUGHT THEY WERE REALLY, ACTUALLY CLOSE TO HOW THE YEAR LANDED. 
          AND SO THERE WAS SOME MAYBE DIFFERENCES IN THE WAY THAT BUDGETING AND BUDGET PROCESSING
WAS DONE BEFORE THE WAY PROJECTIONS WERE DONE BEFORE. I HAVE A BIT OF A DIFFERENT METHOD. I'M GOING TO INSTITUTE IT,
AND WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT TO THE BOARD, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME FEEDBACK AND SEE HOW IT GOES. 
          I DEFINITELY WILL ONLY BE BRINGING YOU ONE SET OF NUMBERS FOR ESTIMATED ACTUALS. 
          WHEN I COME IN JUNE. IT WILL BE MY BEST GUESS,
GIVEN THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE OF WHERE THE DISTRICT'S GOING TO LAND AS WE CLOSE THE BOOKS. OKAY. AND I DO APPRECIATE BECAUSE I DO SEE SOME CHANGES,
LIKE EVEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS WHERE I SEE THAT WE'RE GOING IN THAT DIRECTION. 
          AND AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND, LIKE YOU HAVEN'T DONE THE FULL BUDGET FOR US YET. 
          THE JUST FOR MY LEGS. IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE A SPENDING PROBLEM. 
          LIKE WE ALLOCATE TOO MUCH AND THEN WHERE WE'RE ALLOCATING IT,
IT'S JUST NOT BEING SPENT. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS FROM FROM VOICES ON THE BOARD,
BUT ALSO IN THE COMMUNITY IS SPENDING THIS YEAR'S MONEY ON THIS YEAR'S KIDS. 
          AND WHEN WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW,
THAT SOME OF THOSE GRAPHS ARE KIND OF SCARY. SO WE KIND OF PULL BACK ON SPENDING OR APPROVING THINGS, BUT THEN WE HAVE THE MONEY. 
          IT'S LIKE, NO, THAT LAST YEAR'S KIDS, THIS YEAR'S KIDS,
THEY'RE THE ONES WHO MISS OUT ON IT. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S ALL OF 100% OF MY CONCERN IS GOING TO BE ABOUT THAT AND GETTING AS
ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN BUDGET APPROPRIATELY, BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MONEY, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE WE CAN
ACTUALLY SPEND ON THIS YEAR'S KIDS. 
          AND I SEE YOU MAKING THAT EFFORT AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS? THAT WAS IT. SORRY. ANYBODY ELSE? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          ALL RIGHT. MOVING ALONG TO MAJOR ACTION. OUR FIRST MAJOR ACTION IS 13.1 LEGISLATIVE ACTION
COMMITTEE 
          [13. MAJOR ACTION]
APPOINTMENT. DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? I, I BROUGHT THIS IN LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT IT,
I FELT LIKE IT WOULD BE GOOD TO CREATE A COMMITTEE, A LEGISLATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE, TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE
LOOKING AT IN THE COAST TO COAST, AND TO JUST LOOK AT FUTURE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR GOVERNMENT. 
          DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? CLARK CRITCHFIELD I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR TAKING THE INITIATIVE FOR THAT COMMITTEE. 
          I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING FOR OUR DISTRICT THAT,
YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN SEEN AS PRETTY INSULAR. 
          AND APART FROM THOSE THINGS, YOUR INITIATIVE TO ENGAGE REGIONALLY IN THE STATE AND
NATIONALLY TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR KIDS AND ALL KIDS, I THINK IS COMMENDABLE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 13.1. 
          [01:15:02]
SO MOVED. CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. 
          STUDENT BOARD MEMBER SUPNET I MISS ARMSTRONG,
I MISS CINTRON, I MR. CRITCHFIELD, I MRS. GARZA, I MISS STUART I. ALL RIGHT. 
          MOVING ALONG TO ITEM 13.2, APPROVAL OF THE PUBLIC AGENCY RETIREMENT SERVICES PARS
SUPPLEMENTARY RETIREMENT PLAN. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? STAFF DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THIS ONE? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT ONE. I'M SUPER JEALOUS BECAUSE ALL OF YOU PEOPLE,
IF APPROVED, THAT'S AMAZING. AND I THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          BEING ABLE TO RETIRE HAS GOT TO BE AMAZING. I CAN'T WAIT TILL I GET THERE. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE SEEING ON THIS. 
          AND TO GET A LITTLE BONUS WHEN YOU LEAVE AND BE ABLE TO RETIRE,
I THINK IS AMAZING. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU GUYS THAT WERE ABLE TO GET THIS INCENTIVE. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE 13.2? YOU HAVE THAT MOTION. MAKE IT A SECOND. SECOND. 
          ROLL CALL PLEASE. STUDENT BOARD MEMBER SUPNET I MISS ARMSTRONG,
I MISS CINTRON, I MR. CRITCHFIELD, I MRS. GARZA, I MISS STEWART, I. 
          IT'S OFFICIAL. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY, SO MOVING ALONG TO OUR CONSENT 
          [14. CONSENT AGENDA]
AGENDA, I WOULD LIKE TO WITHHOLD ITEM 14.4, THE FIRST READ OF THE BOARD POLICY FOR MOBILE
COMMUNICATION DEVICES. 
          DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHERS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO WITHHOLD? YES. 
          MADAM PRESIDENT, IF I COULD, I'D LIKE TO WITHHOLD 14.7. 
          OKAY. AND ALSO 14.21. ARE THERE ANY OTHERS? ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WITHHOLD ITEMS 14.4,
14.7 AND 14.21. 
          SO MOVED. SECOND. THANK YOU. MOVED BY CLERK CRITCHFIELD. 
          SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG. ROLL CALL PLEASE. 
          STUDENT BOARD MEMBER SUPNET. I MISS ARMSTRONG. 
          I MISS CINTRON. I, MR. CRITCHFIELD. I. MRS. GARZA. 
          I. MISS STEWART. I. ALL RIGHT. SO, MOVING TO OUR FIRST ITEM,
14.4. 
          [14.4 FIRST READ BOARD POLICY 5131.8: MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES: It is proposed that the Board of Education approve the first read of Board Policy 5131.8: Mobile Communication Devices as presented on the attachment.]
FIRST READ BOARD POLICY, MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES. 
          I GOT CLARK CRITCHFIELD. OH, SORRY. SORRY. 14.4. 
          YEAH. CLARK CRITCHFIELD. WHICH ONE IS THAT? YOUR MIC IS ON. 
          14.4 IS THE FIRST REED BOARD POLICY OF THE MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES. 
          OUR CELL PHONE POLICY. DID I PUT THE WRONG ONE? HOLD ON. I'M SORRY. 14 .7.2. I PUT 14.7 NOW. YOUR MIC IS ON. 
          THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD TO THAT ONE? NO,
NO. 
          I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT I PULLED 14.7. YOU DID? I WAS GOING IN THE ORDER 14.4,
14.7, 14. 
          YEAH. NO NO NO NO. DO YOU WANT TO START WITH A DIFFERENT ONE? NO NO NO THAT'S FINE. OKAY. 14.4 CELL PHONE POLICY. 
          I GUESS I'LL TALK BECAUSE I WAS THE ONE THAT PULLED THIS. 
          I JUST WANTED TO PULL THIS BASICALLY SO THAT WE COULD HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION REGARDING
THIS CELL PHONE POLICY. 
          I KNOW I'M ONE THAT I THINK DISAGREES A LITTLE BIT WITH THIS POLICY. 
          I DO FEEL THAT OUR STUDENTS SHOULD NOT HAVE THEIR PHONES OUT AT RECESS AND LUNCH AND
BREAKS, BECAUSE I SEE WHERE THE BULLYING HAPPENS. AND IT'S THEN,
BUT WE DID DECIDE TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS POLICY. 
          WHAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE OF AND TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS THAT AND WE HAVE A LOT OF
TEACHERS HERE, WHICH IS AMAZING. AND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WATCHING IS WE ARE DECIDING TO HAVE THE CELL PHONE
POLICY WHERE YOU CANNOT USE YOUR PHONES IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, I'M A TEACHER IS IF WE DON'T GET BUY IN FROM OUR
ADMINISTRATORS AND ALL OF OUR TEACHERS, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. SO USE US AS THE ANSWER. 
          IF KIDS ARE COMPLAINING, PARENTS ARE COMPLAINING. 
          SEND THEM TO ADMIN OR TELL THEM THIS IS A BOARD POLICY. 
          GO TALK TO THE BOARD, EMAIL THE BOARD AND WE'LL TAKE THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEE SOME TYPE
OF CHANGE. 
          AND THE ONLY WAY TO SEE CHANGE IS TO ACTUALLY ADHERE TO THIS POLICY AND TO ENFORCE THE
POLICY. 
          BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE EVERYONE BEHIND THIS, AND WE'RE IN MY MIND,
WE'RE TAKING AN EASIER ROUTE BECAUSE, AGAIN, IF IT WAS ME MAKING ONE DECISION AS ONE PERSON,
THEY WOULDN'T HAVE HIM OUT AT ALL. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS. I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT TO GIVE MY COLLEAGUES AND A AND
CHANCE TO SPEAK ON THIS, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE BUY IN FROM EVERYBODY, ALL CAMPUSES AND STAFF. 
          WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR ADMIN DIRECTED TO ENFORCE THIS. 
          AND IF TEACHERS ARE NOT GOING TO ENFORCE THIS,
I'M NOT ALL ABOUT PUNITIVE THINGS, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING DONE. 
          [01:20:02]
WE ALL NEED TO ENFORCE THIS POLICY. VICE PRESIDENT GARCIA. 
          I AGREE WITH YOU. I AGREE WITH YOU. PRESIDENT STEWART I'VE BEEN ON THAT END, ON THE OTHER END,
WHERE I DID ENFORCE THE CELL PHONE POLICY MYSELF, AND I WAS ACCOSTED BY A STUDENT BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT READY TO GIVE IT UP,
WHICH MEANS TO ME THAT NO ONE REALLY ENFORCED IT. 
          SO EVEN AS SUBSTITUTES WHO ARE COMING ON TO YOUR CAMPUSES,
THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT CELL PHONE POLICY. 
          IT NEEDS TO BE HANDED TO THEM WHEN THEY COME IN. 
          IT PROBABLY SHOULD BE PART OF THOSE, YOU KNOW,
BINDER THAT THEY ARE GIVEN THAT DAY. 
          BECAUSE ANYONE WHO IS COMING INTO OUR CAMPUSES TO EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS NEEDS TO KNOW THAT
THIS IS SOMETHING WE REALLY ARE GOING TO UPHOLD. 
          AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, WHO SHOULD PARENTS COME TALK TO? I AGREE WITH YOU TOO. THIS IS OUR POLICY. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. 
          COME TALK TO US. YOU KNOW, TEACHERS AND ADMIN. 
          TEACHERS CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND TALK TO YOUR ADMIN,
AND THEN THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS WHAT WE NEED. OUR KIDS NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE FREE OF A LOT OF THOSE NUISANCES THAT GO ON SOMETIMES
WITH THEIR PHONES. AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS WILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE SAYING NO PHONES AT ALL ON OUR CAMPUSES AT
ALL, BUT, I MEAN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALWAYS THERE AS AN OPTION. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT ANY ONE OF US AT THIS POINT IS THERE,
BUT IF IT NEEDS TO COME BACK TO US AND WE NEED TO MAKE A DIFFERENT DECISION, THEN I THINK THAT THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT THE BOARD WILL HAVE AT THAT TIME. 
          SUPERINTENDENT ACEVEDO, AS FAR AS OUR PRINCIPALS ARE CONCERNED,
DO THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS POLICY REQUIRES THEM TO DO? SO THIS IS A FIRST READ. IF IT'S READ A SECOND TIME,
IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES AND IT'S BROUGHT BACK A SECOND TIME AND IS APPROVED, THEN IT WILL BE REVIEWED AGAIN WITH PRINCIPALS. 
          YES, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO SEE IT AS IT IS RIGHT NOW,
BUT THERE'S NO DISCUSSION OF HOW TO ENFORCE THAT OR UNTIL IT'S ACTUALLY APPROVED. 
          OKAY. SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE PLANNING TO DO IN THE NEAR FUTURE AFTER IF THIS IS
APPROVED TONIGHT, ONCE WE HAVE A NEW BOARD POLICY APPROVED, IT'LL TAKE TWO READS. 
          SO THIS IS THE FIRST READ. YES. OKAY. BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR WHAT THEIR POINT OF
VIEW IS. 
          MAYBE THEY NEED SOME SUPPORT FROM US TO BE ABLE TO CARRY THIS OUT. 
          BUT THAT NEEDS TO BE A CONVERSATION THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE WITH YOU. 
          SO THANK YOU. JUST TO ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION,
WE DIDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING IN THIS POLICY. 
          CORRECT. THIS IS THE POLICY THAT ALREADY STANDS. 
          THIS IS THE POLICY THAT YOU YOU'VE REVIEWED IN THE PAST. 
          YOU'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT THIS BEFORE. SO THIS IS JUST THE CLEANED UP VERSION,
WHICH IS WHY THERE'S NO STRIKETHROUGHS OR THINGS LIKE THAT. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          CLARK CRITCHFIELD THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 
          I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY SAID,
AND I THINK SOMETHING THAT MOST OF US FEEL I KNOW A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE MOVING TOWARDS A MUCH, MUCH MORE STRICT POLICY ON CELL PHONES. 
          I APPLAUD THIS BOARD AND ADMIN FOR DOING THIS WORK. 
          YOU KNOW, A WHILE AGO AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE VERY THOUGHTFUL. 
          AND HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS I THINK IT ME PERSONALLY,
STILL, STILL VERY SPLIT ON THIS. 
          THE REALITY IS, IS THIS POLICY IS, WITH A COUPLE OF EXCEPTIONS,
BASICALLY THE SAME POLICY WE'VE ALWAYS HAD. 
          RIGHT. BUT A POLICY IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE THE FOLLOW THROUGH OF THE POLICY. 
          IT TEACHERS AND EVERYBODY ON STAFF NEED TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE YOUR BACK. 
          ADMIN HAS YOUR BACK WHEN IT COMES TO THIS POLICY. 
          WE NEED TO WE NEED TO KNOW LIKE THAT THE POLICY IS BEING FOLLOWED IN ORDER TO KNOW IF THE
POLICY IS JUST NOT WORKING. 
          I KNOW IT'S INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT. I HAVE TO PRY PHONE FROM MY KID'S HAND ALL THE TIME. 
          I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT YOU GUYS GO THROUGH DAILY. 
          I, I KNOW IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT, AND I KNOW THAT THE,
THE ATTENTION THAT OUR KIDS HAVE, THE MORE ENGAGED THEY ARE, THE MORE WE REACH THEM, THE LESS IT CAN BE A PROBLEM. 
          BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE
GOING. 
          SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO A MORE STRICT POLICY,
OR SOME DISTRICTS ARE DOING THE YONDR BAGS AND HAVING NO PHONES ON CAMPUS AT ALL, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT IN THOSE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. 
          AND MAYBE THAT INFORMS OUR DECISION LATER ON. 
          BUT AS FOR NOW, AS MUCH AS PHONES ARE A PROBLEM,
WE JUST ALL HAVE TO BE IN IT TOGETHER AND REALLY DO OUR BEST TO KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL. 
          THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY ABOUT THAT. AGREED. VICE PRESIDENT GARZA. 
          [01:25:03]
ANYBODY ELSE? BOARD MEMBER. CINTRON. BOARD MEMBER. ARMSTRONG. 
          I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN ON THIS. YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THESE KIDS, THEY CAN FIND A WAY TO GET OUT OF EVERYTHING. 
          THEY KNOW HOW TO BREAK THOSE BAGS AND GET THE PHONE OUT. 
          EXCUSE ME. AND WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THE TEACHERS,
BUT WE HAVE TO REALLY BE AN EXAMPLE FOR THE TEACHERS. 
          WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT STAFF AND TEACHERS ARE NOT ON THE PHONE. 
          ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE IN THIS TOGETHER,
WE HAVE TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT OUR PARENTS ARE AWARE OF WHAT WE ARE GOING TO ENFORCE, SO WE WON'T HAVE PARENTS COMING IN BEING IRATE ALSO. 
          SO LET'S JUST WHICHEVER WAY WE MOVE, LET'S BE VERY SOLID AND HAVE ALL THE COMPONENTS IN
ORDER SO THAT WE CAN REALLY ENFORCE IT AND SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS IN THIS, BECAUSE THOSE KIDS WILL LAY YOU OUT OVER A PHONE. 
          SO SO THAT THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. WE HAVE TO DO IT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET THE KIDS BACK
FOCUSED ON ON CLASSROOM, ON CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES, YOU KNOW, AND THEN AND NOT ONLY THAT,
I DO KNOW SOME TEACHERS IN IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS, SOMETIMES I SEE AND THIS IS WHY IT CONFLICTS ME BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, WITH WITH I AND, YOU KNOW, THE TECHNOLOGY, EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO ON THE PHONE A LOT OF TIMES IT'S SOME TEACHERS WILL
ENCOURAGE THE KIDS TO USE THE PHONE BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE LIKE SOME TYPE OF LESSON ON IT TO WHERE THEY COULD, I GUESS WHATEVER LESSON THEY'RE GOING TO,
YOU KNOW, BE DOING. 
          I DON'T TEACH HIGH SCHOOL. Y'ALL KNOW I DO EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION. 
          AND TRUST ME, THOSE KIDS, THEY ARE ATTRACTED TO A PHONE. 
          EVEN THOSE THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS ARE ATTRACTED TO A PHONE. 
          THEY CAN FIND IT ANYWHERE. AND SO THE THING IS,
WE JUST HAVE TO WE'RE READY TO SUPPORT. 
          WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS HAVE EVERYTHING IN ORDER,
AND LET'S JUST DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME SO WE WON'T HAVE TO BACK BACKPEDAL. 
          WE NEED TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL, THAT'S ALL. BOARD MEMBER CINTRON. 
          I THINK FOR ME, I GO BACK AND FORTH ON THIS POLICY BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND BOTH SIDES. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR KIDS ARE VERY ATTRACTED TO PHONES AND THEY COULD BE USED AS A TOOL
IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT TEACHERS HAVE TO BATTLE A LOT MORE THINGS THAN JUST A PHONE,
USUALLY, BUT THINGS COME FROM USAGE OF A PHONE. SO I DO WANT TO ECHO MY COLLEAGUES IN MAKING SURE
THAT THIS IS A BLANKETED POLICY THAT'S ENFORCED PROPERLY AT ALL OUR SITES,
WITH THE INTENTION OF BRINGING EVERYBODY INTO THE FOLD AND NOT PUNITIVE, AS PRESIDENT STEWART SAID. 
          BUT IN A WAY, OH, I'M SORRY, DID SOMEONE SAY SOMETHING? BUT IN A WAY THAT THIS POLICY IS NOT ONLY HEARD BUT SEEN ON CAMPUSES THAT IS INFORMED TO
THE PARENTS ESPECIALLY, AND THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE TAUGHT HOW TO
HAVE A PHONE AND BE RESPONSIBLE IN USING THAT PHONE, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN OUR STUDENT BODY
AS WELL. 
          AND I'M THINKING OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLERS, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE GROUPS OF STUDENTS OUT
THERE THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE AND BE RIGHT BEHIND THIS POLICY AND THRILLED ABOUT IT AS WELL,
BECAUSE IT DOES PULL AWAY FROM THEIR ACADEMIC GOALS AS WELL. 
          WHEN THE TEACHER IS DISTRACTED TRYING TO HANDLE 10 OR 12 OTHER STUDENTS DOING SOMETHING ON
THE PHONE. 
          SO I WANT TO SEE HOW THIS ROLLS OUT IS MORE OF ME. 
          I WANT TO KNOW THE PROCESSES AFTER THIS GETS READ AND PUT INTO PRACTICE. 
          I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT ROLLOUT LOOKS LIKE,
AND I WANT TO KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO BE ENFORCED. 
          AND I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A ONE TIME THING. 
          IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE DO AND REMINDED OF THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR SEVERAL
TIMES. 
          SO THERE'S MY PIECE. THANK YOU. VICE PRESIDENT GARZA. 
          YES. I DID WANT TO ASK A COUPLE OF OTHER QUESTIONS WITH THE THIS POLICY,
IF IT DOES GET APPROVED FOR THE SECOND READING. 
          WHAT IS OUR THOUGHTS ABOUT ROLLING IT OUT LIKE OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND TRUMP WAS SAYING. 
          ARE WE GOING TO HAVE IT GO OUT TO LIKE OUR, OUR ALL OUR STAFF TEACHERS,
ADMIN SUPPORT STAFF? SO THAT WAY EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT THIS POLICY. 
          [01:30:02]
ARE WE GIVING IT OUT TO OUR STUDENTS AS WELL? AND IF WE ARE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT? ARE WE CONFIRMING THAT EVERYONE WHO IS IN OUR
SCHOOL DISTRICT UNDERSTANDS THIS POLICY? BECAUSE WE CAN PLACE IT IN A IN A HANDBOOK, BUT HOW DO WE CONFIRM THAT IT WAS READ? SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST, MISS GARZA, IS AFTER THIS IS APPROVED OR DURING THAT SECOND READ
PROCESS, WE DETERMINE WHAT THAT ROLLOUT PERIOD WOULD BE BECAUSE YOU DO NEED TO INFORM STAFF. 
          YOU DO NEED TO SET UP PROCEDURES. YOU DO NEED TO INFORM THE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
          SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD HAVE A TIMELINE FOR THAT ROLLOUT. 
          YOU WOULDN'T JUST BE ABLE TO APPROVE IT AND EXPECT IT IN ACTION THE FOLLOWING WEEK. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'D NEED TO SPEND SOME TIME ON. 
          AND ALSO JUST TO KIND OF PUT ON MAYBE ON YOUR RADAR,
COULD WE BENEFIT COULD OUR DISTRICT BENEFIT FROM MAYBE A CELL PHONE EDUCATION PROGRAM OR MAYBE SOMETHING THAT IS DONE PRIOR OR IN,
IN AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE SEND OUT THIS POLICY, MAYBE BEST PRACTICES AT HOME,
YOU KNOW, NOT TO TELL PARENTS WHAT TO DO, BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ENCOURAGE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE SOME DATA ON WHAT HAPPENS TO KIDS BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE
POLICY, IN MY OPINION. I THINK THAT SOME PARENTS DO NEED TO HAVE THESE FACTS AND HAVE KIND OF AN
EDUCATION ON IT. 
          AND EVEN SOME STUDENTS, THEY MAY NOT REALIZE WHAT IS GOING ON BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES,
YOU KNOW, INSIDE THIS PHONE. SO SOME TYPE OF EDUCATION PROCESS OR JUST KIND OF MAKING THEM AWARE AND
MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THIS IS FOR THEIR OWN GOOD AS WELL,
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AS MUCH AS THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          YES. I'LL MAKE NOTE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO. THANK YOU. 
          CLARK CRITCHFIELD THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 
          I MEAN, I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ROLLOUT, BUT THIS IS BASICALLY THE SAME POLICY WE'VE
ALWAYS HAD, RIGHT? SO WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ROLLING OUT THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE AND THE
OVERSIGHT. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOUR CURRENT POLICY IS. 
          OKAY, SO THERE SHOULD BE NO SHOCK FACTOR AS FAR AS LIKE PUTTING IT OUT. 
          BUT HOW WE ROLL OUT THE COMMUNICATION ON, HEY,
I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS POLICY, BUT NOW WE ALL GOT TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE. 
          THERE WILL BE A BIT OF SHOCK FACTOR, BECAUSE YOU DO SEE LOTS OF STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM
THAT ARE ON THEIR CELL PHONE. 
          SO THIS WILL BE AN ADJUSTMENT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION, MR. SEREGA. IS IT POSSIBLE WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANY OF THE LANGUAGE? DO WE NEED A SECOND READING, OR CAN WE FOREGO THAT AND JUST APPROVE THIS POLICY AND START
WORKING ON THE ROLLOUT PROCESS? YOU'RE. MIKE, HAVE A SECOND READING BECAUSE IT WOULD BE AGENDIZED. 
          IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME? YES, I KNEW IT. 
          I'M GETTING GOOD I'M GETTING GOOD. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET A GO AHEAD? GO AHEAD. BOARD MEMBER. 
          JOHN. THANK YOU. I DID WANT TO SAY ON THE SECOND READ,
IF THERE CAN BE ALREADY A SUGGESTED PLAN OF ROLLOUT TO ALSO CONSIDER IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO DURING THE MEETING. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION LIKE, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT STAFF YOU GUYS WOULD CREATE AND THEN TELL
US AND WE'D GIVE INPUT, OR DO YOU WANT US TO KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS INPUT? OR ONCE WE GET TO THAT SECOND READING, HOW DO YOU GUYS SEE IT ROLLING OUT? LIKE, IS IT SOMETHING THAT YOU AND YOUR CABINET DO AND THEN WE ADD IN,
OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO CREATE? I THINK WHAT WHAT, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST WOULD BE TO WORK WITH THE
SIGHTS, THE HIGH SCHOOLS ESPECIALLY, AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE
THE MOST PRACTICAL, FEASIBLE WAY TO ACTUALLY REINSTITUTE THIS PARTICULAR POLICY. 
          OKAY. SO YOU WOULD KIND OF DO THAT AND THEN TALK ABOUT IT AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO US,
AND THEN WE CAN ADD IN. 
          CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THIS? I KNOW CELL PHONES ARE YOUR FAVORITE THING. PROBABLY. 
          YES, I DO SEE ONE OF MY TEACHERS HERE, AND GOOD. 
          CELL PHONES IS DEFINITELY AN ISSUE BETWEEN ME AND MY PEERS AND JUST MY CLASSMATES ALL
AROUND US. 
          IT I'M JUST. WAIT. IT WON'T REALLY APPLY TOO MUCH FOR ME BECAUSE I AM GRADUATING,
BUT I DO SEE WHERE THIS COMES INTO PLACE AND HOW THIS COULD BENEFIT ALL THE STUDENTS. 
          IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT STUDENTS AREN'T NECESSARILY GOING TO LIKE,
BUT AGAIN, LIKE, HAVING THE BOARD, LIKE, SHOW ITS BENEFITS. I THINK THEY'LL UNDERSTAND EVENTUALLY. 
          [01:35:01]
AND I THINK I UNDERSTAND THE CELL PHONES, BUT YOU GUYS DO HAVE CHROMEBOOKS. 
          SO REALLY YOU WANT YOUR CELL PHONES FOR ALL THE EXTRAS THAT YOU CAN'T DO ON YOUR
CHROMEBOOKS. 
          BEING HONEST. RIGHT. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE AWESOME FOR BEING HONEST. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? COLLEAGUES? NO, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION AS A STUDENT AND YOU'RE ON CAMPUS
BECAUSE I'M NOT ON CAMPUS. 
          DO YOU? DO YOU SEE STAFF, YOU KNOW, LIKE TEACHERS AND INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF. 
          DO YOU SEE THEM ON THE PHONE WALKING AROUND WITH THEIR PHONES? I ACTUALLY DON'T SEE AS FAR AS MY TEACHERS THEY USUALLY PUT THEIR PHONE DOWN,
LIKE. 
          OH, LIKE COMPLETELY AWAY FROM THEM. SO I THINK THAT THEIR,
LIKE, INFLUENCE ON THAT COULD PROBABLY BENEFIT THE STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ON THEIR PHONES EITHER. OKAY. SO THAT SO SO THAT PART WE REALLY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. 
          YES. SO SO WE'RE ALREADY ON THE ON ON THE PATH. 
          YES. OKAY. PERFECT. AND I DO UNDERSTAND THE STAFF BEING ON THE PHONE. 
          BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU AS A PE TEACHER THAT DOESN'T CARRY A WALKIE. 
          I LOVE HAVING MY PHONE BECAUSE I'VE HAD TO CALL 911 MANY TIMES. 
          SO I UNDERSTAND WE WANT TO BE ROLE MODELS, BUT WE REALLY WANT THE KIDS TO LEARN OUR TEST
SCORES TO GO UP. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING, FOCUSING ON THIS. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. SO CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE 14.4? DO YOU HAVE THAT MOTION? CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND. 
          ROLL CALL PLEASE. STUDENT BOARD MEMBER SUPNET I MISS ARMSTRONG,
I MISS CINTRON, I, MR. CRITCHFIELD, I'M SORRY, I. MRS. GARZA, I MISS STEWART,
I. 
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM 14.7, CLARK CRITCHFIELD. 
          [14.7 RESOLUTION FOR RELEASE OF TEMPORARY CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES: It is proposed that the Board of Education adopt the resolution for release of temporary certificated employees.]
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WAS HOPING TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THIS ONE,
IF I COULD, FROM STAFF. 
          SO THIS IS A RESOLUTION FOR THE BOARD THAT'S IN ACCORDANCE WITH EDUCATION CODE THAT WOULD
ALLOW THE DISTRICT TO RELEASE TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES BY THE END OF THE YEAR UPON GIVING OFFICIAL NOTICE
OF THAT. 
          DOCTOR SMITH, ARE ALL OF THESE TEMPORARIES? ARE THERE ANY PROBES ON THIS? NO PROBES. THEY'RE ALL TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES, MOSTLY TEMPORARY TEACHERS. 
          THERE ARE SOME COUNSELORS, AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS AS
WELL. 
          OKAY. SO IS THIS A PROCEDURAL THING THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR? JUST. WELL. SO MY UNDERSTANDING OF OUR PRIOR PRACTICE HAS BEEN THAT THE BOARD HAS MY UNDERSTANDING. 
          I'LL PUT IT THAT WAY. HAS BEEN THAT THE BOARD HASN'T ACTUALLY ACTED TO DO THIS WHEN IT IT
SHOULD, ACCORDING TO THE EDUCATION CODE, IS CLEAR. THE BOARD MAY. 
          SO THIS RESOLUTION IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES FOR RELEASING TEMPORARY
EMPLOYEES. 
          OKAY. SO SO WE NEED THAT. SO THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING WHEN RELEASING THESE THESE TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES. 
          SO WE DON'T WE DON'T NEED THESE EMPLOYEES. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A MATTER OF NOT NEEDING
THEM. 
          AND NO ONE SHOULD READ INTO THIS RESOLUTION OR THE FACT THAT WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO
CONSIDER RELEASING TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES AS THEY'RE NOT VALUED, THEY'RE NOT IMPORTANT, THEY'RE NOT SERVING A VITAL FUNCTION. 
          RELEASING TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES IS A PRETTY TYPICAL THING THAT MOST DISTRICTS DO ON AN
ANNUAL BASIS. 
          WE'VE DONE IT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. JUST AGAIN,
MY UNDERSTANDING OF OUR PROCESS IS WE HAVEN'T INVOLVED THE BOARD, MY UNDERSTANDING. BUT HERE WE ARE. AND SO ESSENTIALLY,
ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS WHY DISTRICTS DO THIS IS TYPICALLY IT ALLOWS YOU SOME FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO LOOKING AT YOUR OVERALL STAFFING,
PICTURES, STAFFING PICTURE AND NUMBERS, ALSO LOOKING AT YOUR BUDGET AND THEN ALSO TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT TYPE OF WHY YOU NEED THESE
TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES TO BEGIN WITH COULD ALSO BE DUE TO, LIKE, FUNDING OF SOME OF THESE POSITIONS, LIKE,
SAY, IF FUNDING WASN'T GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR SOME OF THESE POSITIONS, YOU CAN. I THINK RENEE WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING. 
          YOU CAN CHIME IN. VERY GOOD. BRAD. IT CAN BE DUE TO FUNDING. 
          I WAS AGREEING WITH THAT STATEMENT. SORRY. ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO BECAUSE WE'RE GIVING THIS NOTICE OF RELEASING THESE,
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE MIGHT BE BACK. 
          RIGHT? CERTAINLY. SOME OF THESE EMPLOYEES VERY WELL MAY BE INVITED BACK BECAUSE THERE'S A
CONTINUED NEED. 
          THERE'S A STRONG ENOUGH FUNDING SOURCE TO MAINTAIN THE FUNDING FOR THEM. 
          SO CERTAINLY THAT CAN BE THE CASE. AND FOR EXAMPLE,
LAST YEAR THERE WERE A NUMBER OF TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES THAT WERE NOTICED OR LET THEY WERE 
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INFORMED THAT THEY MIGHT NOT BE RETURNING OR THEY WOULDN'T BE RETURNING. 
          AND WE BROUGHT A NUMBER OF THEM BACK BASED UPON NEED. 
          SO MY OWN MY ONLY CONCERN, I UNDERSTAND THE PROCEDURE AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR ACTUALLY DOING
IT THE PROPER WAY AND BRINGING IT BEFORE THE BOARD IF WE HAVEN'T DONE IT WITH PAST PRACTICE. BUT MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT WHEN YOU LET ALL THESE PEOPLE KNOW,
LIKE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE VALUABLE PEOPLE THAT YOU MIGHT BE, HOW DO YOU RETAIN THEM? HOW DO YOU DO THAT? LIKE,
DO YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR PROCESS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, ALIGNING WITH THE BUDGET AND NEED AND I GET ALL THAT. 
          BUT HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT LOSING QUALITY PEOPLE IN THIS PROCESS? WELL, I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT. AND THAT'S THE MOST DIFFICULT PART ABOUT HAVING TO DO THIS. 
          AND THIS IS THE MOST DIFFICULT PART. THE CHALLENGE THAT COMES WITH HAVING TEMPORARY
EMPLOYEES ON STAFF. 
          USUALLY WHEN PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE ARE PLACED ON A TEMPORARY CONTRACT. 
          USUALLY THE THE DIALOG IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT THAT EXPIRES AT THE END
OF THE YEAR AND THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL RETURN. 
          SO RIGHT UP FRONT, THE FACT THAT SOMEBODY'S LABELED A TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE IS KIND OF. 
          YEAH, IT'S GUT WRENCHING, RIGHT? I'VE BEEN A TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE. 
          I'VE BEEN A PERMANENT EMPLOYEE THAT'S GOTTEN RIFF NOTICES EVERY YEAR AND THEN RESCINDED. 
          SO I HAVE A LOT OF EMPATHY. I'VE BEEN IN THOSE SHOES,
AND I KNOW HOW THAT FEELS. 
          SO THERE'S NO GREAT WAY TO DO THIS. JUST TO BE CANDID. 
          SURE. BUT THE OTHER COMPONENT OF IT IS IT'S BETTER TO INFORM EARLY THAT THIS IS A
POSSIBILITY AND THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN AND BRING SOMEBODY BACK AS SOON AS YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO THEN TO HAVE A SURPRISE
WITH SOMEONE IN JUNE. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. IT'S IT'S JUST BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ON THE END OF THAT AS WELL,
WHERE I'VE HAD TO DELIVER THE NEWS IN JUNE THAT, HEY, YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT COMING BACK. AND THERE WAS REALLY NOT MUCH WARNING. 
          A DECISION GOT MADE ON BUDGETING, WHATEVER IT MAY HAVE BEEN. 
          AND THAT'S EVEN MORE PAINFUL TO HAVE TO GIVE. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ASKED PRINCIPALS,
FOR EXAMPLE, AS THEY'RE TALKING TO THEIR PEOPLE, IS LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW, LET OBVIOUSLY LET THEM KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW,
THIS IS WHAT IS WHAT COULD HAPPEN. 
          GIVE SOME REASSURANCE THAT THERE'S SOME POTENTIAL THAT THEY VERY WELL COULD BE ASKED TO
RETURN, BUT ALSO THAT THEY HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR THEMSELVES AND NOT NECESSARILY COUNT ON THAT. 
          YEAH. PERSONALLY, I FEEL LIKE IT'S BETTER TO DO THIS EARLY AND INFORM EARLY THAN THE OTHER
WAY AROUND. 
          YEAH. AND I CAN APPRECIATE THAT. I'VE BEEN A LIMITED,
LIMITED TIME EMPLOYEE AT THE COLLEGE, AND I DO GET IT. I THINK THE MAIN THING IS MAKING SURE WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS,
LIKE, IF THERE'S NEED THAT WE'RE STAYING ON TOP OF THAT AND DOING WHATEVER WE CAN TO RETAIN THE BEST PEOPLE,
BUT ALSO MAKING SURE WHEN THAT CATEGORICAL FUNDING ENDS, IF THERE WAS SOME VALUE THAT WAS PROVIDED THROUGH THAT CATEGORICAL FUNDING,
THAT WE'RE FINDING IT IN OTHER PLACES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BACKSTOPPING THOSE NEEDS. 
          SO AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. AND THAT PROCESS IS HAPPENING NOW. 
          WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE STAFFING PROCESS RIGHT NOW,
LOOKING AT WHAT EACH OF OUR SCHOOL SITES NEEDS NEED. 
          WE'RE ALSO ALWAYS CONSIDERING BOARD PRIORITIES AND BOARD APPROVED PLANS AS PART OF THAT. 
          THAT COMES TOGETHER AND THAT COMPLETE PICTURE. AND SO OUR INTENTION WOULD BE TO ACT AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IF WE CAN. 
          OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          ANOTHER CHALLENGE THAT I SEE IS THAT WE HAVE SOMETIMES TOO MANY TEMPORARY TEACHERS. 
          SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE WE DOING PROTOCOL WISE OR WHAT ARE WE PLANNING IN THE FUTURE? OR WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF TEMPORARY TEACHERS WE HAVE,
BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR CERTAIN PLACEHOLDERS? AND I THINK SOMETIMES NOT EVEN JUST THIS DISTRICT,
SOMETIMES THAT GETS A LITTLE ABUSED. 
          SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO NOT HAVE SO MANY TEMPORARY TEACHERS IN PLACE? WELL, I'M GLAD THAT YOU ASKED. WE'VE PUT IN PLACE REALLY STARTING THIS YEAR BECAUSE THIS
WAS A CONVERSATION. 
          I WON'T CARRY US THERE. I'M GOING TO THROW YOUR NAME IN HERE. 
          THIS WAS A CONVERSATION THAT KERRY AND I HAD EARLY OUR PTA PRESIDENT. 
          EXCUSE ME HAD EARLY IN THE YEAR ABOUT THIS BEING A CONCERN. 
          AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID EARLY ON WAS WORK PRETTY CLOSELY WITH THE REST OF THE
HR TEAM TO SEE HOW MANY TEMPORARY TEACHERS WE COULD CONVERT OVER, AND WE WERE ABLE TO CONVERT OVER RECLASSIFY,
I GUESS YOU COULD CALL IT, I THINK A DOZEN, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE. 
          IT WAS MORE THAN WE'VE HAD IN MANY, MANY YEARS,
WHICH I WAS PRETTY HAPPY WITH. 
          SO PART OF OUR ANNUAL REVIEW WILL INCLUDE EARLY ON IN SEPTEMBER. 
          YOU KNOW, ONCE THE DUST KIND OF SETTLES, MAYBE EVEN OCTOBER YOU KNOW,
BECAUSE YOU GET CLOSE TO SEABEDS AT THAT POINT AND YOU REALLY KNOW YOUR BUDGET, BUT IT SITTING BACK, TAKING TIME, REVIEWING,
GOING THROUGH THOSE THINGS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE HOLDING SPOTS AS TEMPS FOR THE PROPER REASONS. AND GENERALLY,
GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE PROPER REASONS ARE SOMEBODY HOLDING A PLACE FOR SOMEBODY THAT'S ILL OR INJURED, THAT KIND OF THING, UNABLE TO WORK. 
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CATEGORICAL FUNDING IS OBVIOUSLY DIRECTLY IN THE LAW. 
          ALSO, THERE'S GRANT FUNDING, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT GO INTO THAT FORMULATION AND HOLDING
FOR TOSSES AND PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AS WELL. 
          CORRECT. DEPENDING UPON THE FUNDING SOURCE. YES. 
          OKAY. BOARD MEMBER SINCHON. YEAH. JUST FOR A POINT OF CLARIFICATION,
FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE AND THAT ARE WATCHING. 
          SO WHEN THE DISTRICT SENDS OUT THESE NOTICES,
WHEN DO THESE PEOPLE THAT RECEIVE THESE NOTICES FIND OUT IF THEY'RE ABLE TO RETURN OR NOT, OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE ASKED TO RETURN OR NOT? SO WE DON'T HAVE A WE DON'T HAVE A DEFINITIVE TIMELINE ON THAT. 
          RIGHT. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SAY WE WOULD HAVE THIS PINNED DOWN BY MARCH 31ST. 
          I'M NOT ABLE TO GIVE THAT TYPE OF SPECIFICITY. 
          SO OUR GOAL WOULD, THOUGH WOULD BE TO WORK THROUGH OUR STAFFING PROCESS,
EVALUATE OUR NEEDS. 
          THE LCAP PLAYS A ROLE IN THIS TO A DEGREE AS WELL,
TO A LARGE DEGREE. 
          AND TO HAVE AS MUCH OF THAT TAKEN CARE OF PRIOR TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR,
IF NOT SOONER. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. VICE PRESIDENT. SORRY. VICE PRESIDENT GARZA,
THANK YOU. 
          PRESIDENT STEWART I THINK YOU'VE ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK,
BUT I DO WANT TO JUST CLARIFY FOR MYSELF WHAT IS OUR STAFFING PROCESS RIGHT NOW? DOES IT NEED TO BE EXCUSE ME. 
          UPDATED. ARE WE LOOKING AT MAYBE DOING AWAY WITH SOME OF THOSE PROCESSES OR SO? THAT WAY WE CAN GET CLOSER TO AN ACCURATE AMOUNT OF TEMPORARY TEACHERS. 
          SO I'M VERY GLAD THAT YOU ASKED. YOU KNOW, BEING BEING PRETTY NEW AND BEING NEW ALONG WITH
RENEE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE RENEE IS THE BUDGETING END OF THIS AND WITH MY HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM,
YOU KNOW, AND OBVIOUSLY ED SERVICES, WE'VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT,
WELL, WHAT HAS OUR APPROACH BEEN. 
          AND I WOULD SAY THE THING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS REALLY TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT OUR
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS ARE. 
          AND THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE OBVIOUSLY WORKED WITH BTA THROUGH THE NEGOTIATIONS PROCESS
ON ON CLASS SIZES, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THAT GUIDES WHAT YOU DO. AND WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOL
SITES AND ALL OF THEIR ENROLLMENT, AT LEAST AS IT SITS TODAY, TO GET SOME INITIAL STAFFING PROJECTIONS AS TO HOW MANY
TEACHERS WE WOULD NEED, FOR EXAMPLE TO MEET THOSE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS WITH RESPECT TO STAFFING,
THEN WHAT FOLDS INTO THAT ARE OTHER PIECES LIKE, WELL, DO WE HAVE INTERVENTION TEACHERS? WHAT OTHER TYPE OF THINGS DOES EACH SITE NEED? AND THEN YOU REPEAT THAT OVER THE COURSE OF EVERY SCHOOL SITE. 
          AND EVERY SCHOOL SITE LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND HAS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT NEEDS. SOME
OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES THAT CHALLENGING ARE DECLINING ENROLLMENT, SMALL SCHOOLS DIFFICULT NUMBERS IN A GRADE LEVEL,
YOU KNOW, THAT ARE YOU KNOW, YOU NORMALLY WOULDN'T PUT TWO TEACHERS THERE, BUT YOU HAVE TO BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO GET TO THAT THIRD TEACHER OR,
OR WHATEVER. 
          YOU CAN'T RUN IT WITH ONE. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS COME INTO PLACE. 
          AND WE DO THAT SITE BY SITE BY SITE. AND THAT PROCESS IS ONGOING RIGHT NOW. 
          WE'RE ALSO WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. 
          CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 14.7. YOU GOT THAT MOTION. 
          I GOT A SECOND. I SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. STUDENT BOARD MEMBER SUPNET I MISS ARMSTRONG. 
          I MISS CINTRON. I MR. CRITCHFIELD. I MRS. GARZA. 
          I MISS STEWART. I. ALL RIGHT. OUR LAST WITHHELD ITEM IS 14.21. 
          [14.21 AWARD RECOMMENDATION FOR RFP #2425-03 E-RATE CATEGORY 1 FY 25-26: It is proposed that the Board of Education award the following RFP #2425-03 to Crown Castle of Houston, Texas in the amount of $30,780 for Lit or Dark Fiber WAN and ISP Services.]
AWARD RECOMMENDATION FOR RFP, E-RATE CATEGORY. 
          CLERK. CRUTCHFIELD. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 
          SO I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS, AND I DO APOLOGIZE. 
          I DIDN'T SEND THIS BEFORE, SO I KNOW YOU'RE JUST GETTING THIS,
SO IF YOU NEED. SO IF YOU IF YOU NEED TO GET BACK BUT JUST, I MEAN, IT'S MORE ABOUT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT GOING TO PLANET BIDS,
AND I JUST WAS HOPING BECAUSE I NOTICED ON THIS RFP, WE ONLY HAD ONE ONE PERSON RESPOND TO IT. SO I THINK ONE IS IT TWO? BUT ONE WAS UNRESPONSIVE, SO THEY RESPONDED ON RESPONSIVE. 
          I CAN GET DOWN WITH THAT, I GUESS. NON-RESPONSIVE. 
          BUT LIKE THE RFP TO ONLY GET ONE, LIKE, HOW DID WE PUT IT OUT THERE? DID WE REALLY TRY TO GET BIDS? WAS THERE SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS ONE PARTICULAR. 
          AND HAVE WE ARE WE ON PLANET BIDS NOW OR IS THAT STILL ONGOING? OKAY. GREAT QUESTION. AND AGAIN I IT'S OKAY I APPRECIATE I APPRECIATE IT I THINK I CAN GET
MOST OF THEM TONIGHT. 
          SO THAT'S GOOD. WE DID IT THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS WHICH IS THE TWO WEEKS IN THE
NEWSPAPER, AND WE PROCEEDED WITH THE WE HAVE IT ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          SO WE HAVE IT IN ALL THE AREAS REQUIRED BY LAW. 
          AND THEN WE FOLLOWED UP WITH ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANY OF THE VENDORS HAD BACK AND FORTH. 
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WE FOLLOWED UP WITH ANY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THE VENDORS HAD,
AND THEN WE GAVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY WALK THE SITES TO LOOK AT IT. 
          SO THE TWO VENDORS THAT DID COME THROUGH WERE THE VENDORS THAT WE GOT. 
          WE ARE NOW ON PLANET BIDS. IT'S ACTUALLY ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          SO IF YOU'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN THAT, THERE IS A FEATURE WHEN YOU GO INTO THE FISCAL
SERVICE. 
          BUSINESS SERVICES, FISCAL SERVICES, YOU'LL SEE A FEATURE ON OUR WEBSITE THAT KIND OF TALKS
WHERE VENDORS CAN GO ONTO PLANET BIDS. 
          SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR FIRST BID THAT WILL BE RUNNING THROUGH PLANET
BIDS IS GOING TO BE FOR THE MAYFAIR FIELDS. 
          NICE. AND SO IT IS A GOOD PROCESS. I THINK THAT WE DO END UP IN THIS CASE,
EVEN THOUGH THAT WE ONLY HAD THE TWO, WE DID GET A VENDOR THAT IS VERY GOOD FOR THE SERVICES THAT WE NEED IN THIS PARTICULAR
CASE AT A PRICE THAT IS REASONABLE FOR WHAT WE NEED. 
          AND SO I'M NOT DISAPPOINTED IN THIS ONE. THIS ONE COULDN'T WAIT. 
          WE HAD TO BECAUSE OF E-RATE FUNDING. WE HAVE TO GET THIS ONE DONE EARLIER SO THAT WE CAN
APPLY AND QUALIFY FOR THE E-RATE FUNDING PORTION, WHICH IS WHAT MAKES IT AFFORDABLE. SO I'M NOT DISAPPOINTED IN HOW WE DID THIS AND WHAT
CAME ABOUT FROM IT. 
          BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO UTILIZING PLANET BIDS FOR OUR FUTURE BIDS,
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING MORE WITH THE BOARD AS WE LEARN MORE. 
          GREAT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERN WITH THIS PARTICULAR RFP. 
          IT WAS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ABOUT THE PLANET BID. 
          SO IT WORKED OUT. I'M HAPPY WE WERE GOING FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THERE. YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. 
          CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE 14.21. WE HAVE A MOTION. 
          SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. STUDENT BOARD MEMBER SUPNET I MISS ARMSTRONG. 
          I MISS CINTRON. I MR. CRITCHFIELD. I MISS GARZA. 
          I MISS STUART. I. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ALONG TO BOARD COMMUNICATIONS. 
          [15. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS]
CAN WE START WITH OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER? THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. SO AS OF BELLFLOWER WE JUST DID HAVE OUR RENAISSANCE RALLY WEEK. 
          OUR SPIRIT DAYS AND OUR RALLY WAS INSPIRED BY INSIDE OUT. 
          WITH THE RAIN, IT WAS, LIKE, REALLY HARD TO SET UP EVERYTHING,
BUT I THINK THIS WAS A REALLY NICE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE FOR EVERYONE WHO HAD ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. WE GOT TO ANNOUNCE OUR VALEDICTORIAN AND SALUTATORIAN FOR THE 2025
SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE JUSTIN ALYSSA FOR VALEDICTORIAN AND EDUARDO FOR
SALUTATORIAN. 
          WE ASB SHOWED A LOT OF APPRECIATION FOR THE PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED IN OUR GAMES AND EVEN
GAVE THEM PRIZES FOR PARTICIPATING VOLUNTARILY. 
          THEN I RECENTLY ATTENDED READ ACROSS AMERICA ALONGSIDE SOME OTHER STUDENTS. 
          THE SCHOOLS WE ATTENDED WERE BAXTER, RAMONA WOODRUFF,
WASHINGTON, AND ERNIE PYLE. 
          I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,
BAXTER. 
          IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE ALL MY OLD TEACHERS AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ TO ALL
THESE LITTLE KIDS. 
          WE DO. SPRING SEASONS HAVE STARTED. SOME OF THEM CAN BE SWIM,
BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, BEACH VOLLEYBALL. 
          BOYS VOLLEYBALL, BOYS TENNIS, AND MORE. IT WAS THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER TODAY,
WHICH IT'S VERY NICE TO KNOW THAT SCHOOL IS ALMOST OVER. MORE OF THIS NOW IS JUST PLANNING FOR SENIOR EVENTS. 
          THERE'S NOT TOO MUCH FOR THE GENERAL SCHOOL. BUT, AGAIN, PROMPT THEME IS GETTING REVEALED TOMORROW AND MORE. 
          THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE SETUP FOR PROM. AGAIN,
IT'S MORE OF JUST FOR THE SENIORS TO SORT OF JUST ENJOY THEIR LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS HERE. SENIOR COUNTDOWN IS STARTING TO COME UP. 
          PEOPLE ARE STILL GETTING THEIR ACCEPTANCES. I'VE GOTTEN A COUPLE OF ACCEPTANCES. 
          BUT. THANK YOU. I GOT TO CAL POLY POMONA. CAL STATE FULLERTON AND UC SANTA CRUZ. I'M STILL CURRENTLY WAITING FOR SOME MORE FOR BIOLOGY. 
          THANK YOU. AND THEN UPCOMING, ACTUALLY, NEXT WEEK FOR THE ANATOMY COURSE,
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE NATIONAL SCIENCE MUSEUM WITH MY TEACHER, MISS MANTELL. BUT THAT SHOULD BE REALLY FUN. BUT YEAH,
THERE'S STILL SOME MORE FUNDRAISERS AND LITTLE THINGS TO COME FOR BELLFLOWER, BUT IT'S MORE OF A SLOW SEASON NOW. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBER. BOARD MEMBER. ARMSTRONG. 
          THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STEWART. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. 
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AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AS WE CARRY OUT THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD. 
          I HOPE YOU GUYS ADJUSTED TO DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME. 
          I'M STRUGGLING, BUT IT'S OKAY. I WAS ABLE TO JOIN THE MANAGEMENT IN THE INITIAL UNCONSCIOUS BIAS TRAINING LED BY DOCTOR BRYANT MARX OUT OF MOREHOUSE. 
          AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REMAINDER OF OUR EMPLOYEES TO ALSO RECEIVING THIS TRAINING. 
          I ATTENDED THE SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL OF ARTESIA AND CERRITOS,
THEIR 31ST ANNUAL MONTE CARLO GALA FUNDRAISER. RAZER. THAT WAS MY THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME ATTENDING THE GALA AND IT WAS FUN. 
          YOU KNOW, THE EVENT WAS THE EVENT WAS VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER WITH A SILENT AUCTION AND
CASINO STYLE GAMES AND A DELICIOUS BUFFET DINNER. 
          I MEAN, THAT CHICKEN WAS GOOD, BUT ANYWAY. OKAY. 
          AND THEN THE THING IS, THE SOROPTIMIST, YOU GUYS PROBABLY KNOW THIS,
BUT FOR THE RECORD, THEY THEY DONATE TO OVER A DOZEN PROGRAMS LOCALLY TO HELP IMPROVE THE LIVES OF WOMEN AND GIRLS. SO I DIDN'T MIND CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACTIVITIES. 
          SO YEAH, I, I CONTRIBUTED TO THE TO THE SUM OF I DIDN'T DO THE SILENT AUCTION,
BUT I DID ONE OF THE OTHER FUNDRAISING THINGS. SO I'VE BEEN ILL AND IT SEEMS THAT EVERY TIME,
EVERY TIME I THINK I'M GETTING WELL SOMETHING COMES, SOMETHING ARISES AGAIN. SO I'M REALLY TRYING TO DO MY BEST TO TAKE MY VITAMINS AND TAKE
CARE OF MYSELF SO THAT I CAN BE HERE, BECAUSE I MISSED THE MEETING LAST MONTH. I MEAN,
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO BECAUSE WE HAVE THEM TWO TIMES A MONTH. 
          SO SO I'M JUST STILL TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT WHAT IS GOING TO WORK FOR ME TO MAKE ME
HEALTHIER. 
          SO THIS MONTH IS THIS MONTH, THE MONTH OF MARCH. 
          WE CELEBRATE. WE ARE. I KNOW I AM CONTINUING TO CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY. 
          ALL MONTH LONG. WE CAN CELEBRATE ALL THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN
THROUGHOUT HISTORY. 
          IT'S ALSO AND THIS IS MY FIELD. IT'S ALSO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AWARENESS MONTH. 
          AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IS A CONDITION USUALLY DIAGNOSED DURING A CHILD'S
DEVELOPMENT AND BEFORE ADULTHOOD. 
          SO THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IMPAIR SEVERAL AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT SUCH AS PHYSICAL
LEARNING, LANGUAGE OR BEHAVIOR. SO DEVELOP DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES SUCH AS LANGUAGE RESPONSE TO
SOUND WALKING AND FOLLOWING. 
          SIMPLE, SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS ARE JUST A FEW MILESTONES IN A CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO IN THIS MONTH, MARDI GRAS, I MEAN, THIS YEAR MARDI GRAS FELL IN IN MARCH. 
          SO I ESPECIALLY LIKE TO CELEBRATE MARDI GRAS. 
          I REALLY DO BRING THE ACTIVITIES TO MY THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS,
AND IT'S AMAZING. 
          I TOOK VIDEOS OF THEM DANCING TO THE TO THE ZYDECO MUSIC,
MUSIC, AND WE HAD OUR KING CAKE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE JUST WE JUST CELEBRATED THEIR THREE,
THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS, YOU KNOW. 
          SO ANYWAY, I JUST I JUST LOVE THOSE CELEBRATIONS. 
          AND TOMORROW IS 314. Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THAT IS,
RIGHT? FIVE DAYS. SO I GOT MY T SHIRT THIS YEAR. I GOT A T SHIRT,
AND I'M GONNA EAT SOME PIE, SO ANYWAY, THAT'S A MATH THING. I DON'T DO MATH, Y'ALL. I DON'T DO MATH. 
          I DON'T DO MATH. BUT I'M GOING TO EAT THE PIE AND I'M WEARING MY T SHIRT,
SO I'M AWARE. 
          SO SO THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS THAT ARE AND HAVE BEEN HAPPENING THIS MONTH. 
          SO SO BUT ANYWAY ME FOR AS FOR ME, I'M JUST TRYING TO STAY HEALTHY AND AND THAT'S IT. 
          I CAN GO ON AND ON, BUT I'M GOING TO QUIT. BUT THEY PUT A TIME LIMIT ON ME. 
          Y'ALL WANT SOME MORE? AMY SAYS TIME LIMITS ARE MR. CRITCHFIELD THING, NOT A MISS STEWART THING. ALL RIGHT,
BOARD MEMBER CINTRON. 
          SO I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP AND EMPOWERMENT CONFERENCE. 
          THAT LEYKO PUT ON THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS YEAR. 
          AND I HAVE TO SAY, IT WAS A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THAT CONFERENCE AND ATTEND AND
BE PART OF THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER. 
          I THINK IF WE CAN BRING IN THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR SOME KIND OF DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR
TEACHERS OR OUR ADMINISTRATION OR BOTH, IT WOULD BE AMAZING. OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER WAS JUST POWERFUL,
AND I AM SURE AMY'S GOING TO TOUCH ON IT. 
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OUR PRESIDENT STUART. BUT I HAVE TO SAY IT WAS AN ALL DAY EVENT. 
          IT WAS BROKEN UP INTO DIFFERENT SESSIONS. THERE WAS MUSICAL PERFORMANCES BY STUDENTS,
WHICH WAS REALLY, REALLY POWERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL. AND IT ALSO GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK. 
          ESPECIALLY AS A NEWER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. THE NETWORKING IS VERY,
VERY IMPORTANT. 
          AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS, I THINK ONE OF THE PLATFORMS THAT I STOOD ON,
ESPECIALLY WHEN I WAS RUNNING, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT BELLFLOWER IS NO LONGER INSULAR AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO NETWORK WITH
EVERYBODY IN THE REGION TO GET THE BEST KNOWLEDGE AND BRING IT BACK TO OUR DISTRICT AND MAKING OUR
DISTRICT STRONG. 
          SO THAT HAPPENED, AND I GOT TO SEE SOME OF MY OLD LEGCO COLLEAGUES,
WHICH WAS AMAZING TOO. 
          SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO ATTEND THESE CONFERENCES
AND BRINGING BACK KNOWLEDGE AND BEING MORE AWARE OF THE SUBJECTS AND THE TOPICS THAT MATTER TO TEACHERS,
ADMINISTRATORS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENTS. THERE WERE JUST SO MANY THINGS GOING ON. 
          IT WAS IT WAS REALLY INCREDIBLE. BUT I WILL TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE AND SAY. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          THIS HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED ALREADY BY THE BOARD,
THE STAFF, TEACHERS. 
          BUT MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILY. 
          FROM THE STUDENT THIS WEEK. YOU KNOW, MY FAMILY IS TIED IN AS A CRAIG WILLIAMS FAMILY AND A MAYFAIR FAMILY, SO IT REALLY HITS CLOSE TO HOME. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO SAY MY CONDOLENCES FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. 
          AND WHAT AN INCREDIBLE JOB OUR ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE TO SUPPORT THE TEACHERS AND
STUDENTS. 
          AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IN ANY WHICH WAY WE CAN,
AND PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY SERVICES THAT YOU MIGHT NEED. 
          THERE IS NO SHAME IN THAT. THERE'S NO STIGMA ATTACHED TO IT ANYMORE. 
          WE'RE POWER IN NUMBERS AND IF YOUR VOICE NEEDS TO BE HEARD,
LET IT BE HEARD. 
          AND THAT IS ALL FROM ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          BOARD MEMBER JOHN CLARK CRITCHFIELD. THANK YOU,
MADAM PRESIDENT. 
          LET ME SEE. WELL WE A FEW EVENTS READ ACROSS AMERICA IS ALWAYS ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS. 
          I WAS ABLE TO GO SPEAK AT LINDSTROM. I SAT ON A WHOOPEE CUSHION. 
          IT WAS GREAT. PRESIDENT STEWART WENT AS WELL. 
          ALWAYS ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS. WE ALSO WENT TO THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT. 
          LISA ACEVEDO AND I WENT TO LAKEWOOD LEGEND EVENT,
WHERE THEY HONORED PROJECT SHEPARD, WHICH I KNOW SHE HELPS OUT WITH GO ROTARY AND ALSO HONORED DAVE RHODA, DENNIS LANDER, AND THEN THE LATE KIRK REEL,
WHO IS A COMMISSIONER, VOLUNTEER AND A LONGTIME EDUCATOR HERE IN BISD. 
          SO THAT WAS GREAT. I'M GLAD WE'RE ABLE TO BE THERE TO REPRESENT AND HONOR HIM. 
          MAYFAIR PTSA REFLECTIONS, AS ALWAYS. PRESIDENT STUART AND I WENT TO THAT. 
          I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO PARTNER WITH OUR PTSA. 
          BOTH OF OUR SITES IN OUR IN OUR PTA IN GENERAL. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS HOW DO WE GET MORE INVOLVED IN THAT? AND ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT'S BEEN FLOATED AROUND IS HAVING A,
A, A FILM FESTIVAL CONTEST FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          THAT'S THIS IS MY FIRST TIME PLUGGING IT IN PUBLIC. 
          IT'S A VISION. I THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE AND CHIP AWAY AT THAT. 
          ALSO, THE LAKEWOOD YOUTH HALL OF FAME THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE. 
          AND MAYFAIR IS A PART OF THAT. AND THIS IS AGAIN SOMETHING A PRESIDENT STUART AND I HAVE
HAVE DISCUSSED A LOT OF. 
          IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE THAT EVENT FOR, FOR OUR MAYFAIR STUDENTS. 
          I DO FEEL OUR BELLFLOWER HIGH STUDENTS GET LEFT OUT OF THAT EQUATION,
AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING IN OUR DISTRICT WHERE WE DO SOMETHING TO HONOR THOSE STUDENTS, JUST LIKE WE DO OUR MAYFAIR STUDENTS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THE FOUNDATION COMING UP,
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, AGAIN, IS A VISION THAT MAYBE THIS BOARD CAN WORK ON TO 
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MAKE HAPPEN FOR THOSE STUDENTS ALSO. OH YEAH. 
          IT WOULDN'T BE MY BOARD REPORT UNLESS I BROUGHT UP WRESTLING. 
          BUT I WANT TO SAY SPECIFICALLY, CONGRATS TO OUR STATE BECAUSE IT HAPPENED AFTER THE YOUTH
HALL OF FAME. 
          WE HAD FOUR WRESTLERS GO TO STATE AND COMPETE AND RIHANNA EIGHTH PLACE,
ALYSSA PRADO SEVENTH PLACE, AND THEN KAYDEN CARTER, THIRD PLACE IN STATE. 
          THAT'S HUGE. SO CONGRATS TO THEM. CONGRATS TO THE WHOLE TEAM. 
          ON APRIL 26TH, WE'LL BE FLYING TO WASHINGTON DC TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR STUDENTS DISTRICT
COLLEAGUES AND ADMIN. 
          WILL BE OUT THERE. ALSO ON THE FOUNDATION, I WILL SAY I'M GROWING MORE AND MORE EXCITED
ABOUT THAT. 
          I KNOW CHRIS CHILDRESS JUST SUBMITTED HIS APPLICATION TO BE ON THE BOARD AS WELL. 
          HE'S A BROTHER OF JOSH CHILDRESS, AND THEY DO A LOT OF WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO I THINK THE GROUP THAT'S COMING TOGETHER TO REALLY START THAT FOUNDATION IS GOING TO BE
A GREAT THING. 
          I, I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN NOT POETIC JUSTICE. YEAH. 
          JUST I, I FIND HAVING THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL WILLING,
EVEN IF THEY'VE HAD BAD EXPERIENCES IN THE DISTRICT IN THE PAST, RECOGNIZE THE CHANGE AND RECOGNIZE THE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE MAKING AND WILLING TO KEEP
GIVING BACK TO OUR STUDENTS. 
          SO THAT WAS A THAT WAS A HIGHLIGHT OF MY WEEK WHEN I MET WITH HIM. 
          SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND I DO WANT TO SAY HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. 
          I I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE NOTICED THIS. BUT I AM SURROUNDED BY AMAZING WOMEN WHO PUT IN SO MUCH WORK AND ARE. 
          AND RYAN IS SURROUNDED AS WELL, AND ANDREW AS WELL. 
          WE HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM, AND I ADMIRE ALL OF YOU,
WHETHER IT'S AT HOME WITH MY TWO DAUGHTERS AND WIFE OR HERE. 
          I'M ALWAYS IN AWE OF YOUR POWER, YOUR PASSION AND YOUR LEADERSHIP,
SO THANK YOU. 
          IN MY OPINION, EVERY DAY IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH,
WHICH DOESN'T MAKE SENSE NOW THAT I SAY IT OUT LOUD. 
          SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO HEAR IT. AND I'M KIND OF. 
          I'M, I'M STUTTER STEP INTO THIS LAST ONE BECAUSE MY,
MY REACTION IS GOING TO BE A SIMILAR TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          MY HEART HURTS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR AND THEIR FAMILY. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M PROUD OF EVERYBODY FOR COMING TOGETHER AND BEING THERE FOR OUR
STUDENTS. 
          AND APPRECIATE MISS ACEVEDO FOR THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD AFTER. 
          I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT IN A PERFECT WORLD,
NOTHING LIKE THAT EVER HAPPENS. 
          I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PTSD FROM IT, FROM MY EXPERIENCE LAST YEAR WITH MY LITTLE BROTHER,
BUT THE THOUGHT THAT I COULDN'T SHAKE IS THAT. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THERE'S THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE ON OUR CAMPUS RIGHT NOW
THAT IS STILL HERE, THAT IS LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO GIVE THEM A DIFFERENT WAY. 
          AND IT'S NOT JUST NECESSARILY ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
GOING OUT FOR RFP TO HAVE A NEW PROGRAM TO COME ONTO OUR CAMPUS AND THE NEEDS THOSE NEEDS NEED TO BE THERE. WE NEED TO PROVIDE THOSE. BUT IT'S EVERYBODY THAT'S ON CAMPUS EVERY DAY.
YOU DON'T NEED TO BE A SPECIALIST TO SEE THAT SOMEBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY TO TALK TO. 
          SO I THINK IT'S UPON ALL OF US TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN. 
          AND THIS IS A VERY SAD REMINDER OF THAT. BUT I WANT TO SAY MY CONDOLENCES AND THANK YOU,
EVERYBODY, FOR PULLING THROUGH AND BEING STRONG. THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU. CLARK CRITCHFIELD. VICE PRESIDENT GARZA. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WAS ABLE TO ALSO GO TO THE THE THE ROTARY. THE SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL MONTE CARLO NIGHT AS WELL. 
          AND IT WAS REALLY A NICE EVENT. IT WAS AN EVENT LIKE MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG SAID
THAT IT THIS IS THE NIGHT THAT THEY REALLY GET A LOT OF THAT MONEY FOR THE FUNDING OF ALL THESE
DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND SCHOLARSHIPS THAT THEY GIVE OUT. 
          SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD CAUSE. AND WE ALSO MADE OUR DONATION AS WELL TO THAT CAUSE
OURSELVES. 
          MYSELF. I'M SORRY. I ALSO WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE LEGENDS. 
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I'M SORRY. TO THE LAKEWOOD HALL OF FAME. AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL NIGHT TO CELEBRATE OUR
STUDENTS THERE FROM MAYFAIR AND ALL THE OTHER SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL. BUT I AGREE WITH OUR BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE KIND OF NEED TO DO SOMETHING
FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AS WELL. 
          WE NEED TO ELEVATE THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HOW HARD THEY WORK AS WELL. 
          SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING SOMETHING LIKE THAT COME TO FRUITION IN THE NEAR
FUTURE WITH OUR FOUNDATION. 
          I THINK WE'VE ALL KIND OF SAID IT, AND THIS IS A DIFFICULT TIME FOR BISD. 
          I KNOW WE KIND OF WENT THROUGH THIS BEFORE, AND WE ALWAYS HOPE THAT IT NEVER,
EVER HAPPENS AGAIN. 
          SO OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY. OUR SUPPORT TO THE STAFF AND AND THE ADMINISTRATION THAT HAS TO PUT ALL THIS IN PLACE. THANK YOU TO OUR DISTRICT STAFF FOR HELPING OUR
SCHOOLS. 
          ESPECIALLY ALMA, I KNOW THAT YOU HAD A BIG, YOU KNOW,
PART IN THAT AND HOPEFULLY THAT WE ARE ALWAYS TALKING TO HER KIDS AS MUCH AS WE CAN. BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW. 
          YOU REALLY NEVER KNOW WHO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HELP BY JUST SAYING HELLO OR MAYBE ASKING,
HOW ARE YOU DOING? OR YOU KNOW. SO TEACHERS, PLEASE, AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. 
          I KNOW YOU ALREADY DO THIS AND AND MAYBE I'M JUST,
YOU KNOW, I'M TALKING I'M PREACHING TO THE CHOIR. 
          BUT JUST SAY HELLO TO SOMEONE AND SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING AND CHECK IN WITH THEM
PERIODICALLY. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER KNOW WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT. 
          AND MAYBE WE CAN PASS THAT ALONG TO OUR KIDS,
BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY THE ONES THAT KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEM. 
          AND THEY WILL HEAR IT FIRST. SO ENCOURAGING OUR STUDENTS TO SAY SOMETHING TO OUR
ADMINISTRATION, MAYBE PERHAPS TO SOME OTHER TEACHERS, MAYBE THAT COULD BE A FACTOR AS WELL. 
          BUT AGAIN, I THINK THAT WE'RE ALL DOING THIS,
BUT CONTINUED SUPPORTING THAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND HAVE A NICE EVENING. THANK YOU. 
          VICE PRESIDENT GARZA. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. 
          I'VE BEEN SUPER BUSY THE LAST FEW WEEKS. I ATTENDED THE LAKEWOOD YOUTH SPORTS HALL OF FAME
AS WELL. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE OUTSTANDING STUDENT ATHLETES AND TEAMS THAT WERE RECOGNIZED. 
          I ATTENDED THE LAKEWOOD STATE OF THE CITY WITH MRS. ACEVEDO. WE HAD AN ALLIANCE MEETING ON FEBRUARY 26TH. 
          WE TALKED AGAIN ABOUT CLIMATE AND CULTURE OF OUR SCHOOLS. 
          I ALSO ATTENDED THE LAKEWOOD WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT CONFERENCE IN ALHAMBRA WITH BOARD MEMBER
CINTRON. 
          SHE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER. 
          HER NAME IS MOLINA M E R L Y N A VALENTINE. SHE WAS SO INSPIRATIONAL. 
          SHE WAS A PRINCIPAL. SHE WAS A TEACHER. AND SHE TALKS ABOUT HER JOURNEY. 
          SHE GOT REALLY SICK. SHE GOT SEPSIS, AND SHE HAD TO HAVE BOTH OF HER LEGS AND HER ARMS
AMPUTATED. 
          AND SHE WAS TOLD SHE WOULD NEVER BE A PRINCIPAL AGAIN. 
          AND SHE WENT BACK AND MADE THAT SCHOOL JUST EVEN BETTER. 
          AND SHE WAS SO INSPIRING. I THINK JUST BECAUSE IT WAS EDUCATION,
IT SHOWED HER FIGHT, HER SPIRIT. 
          SHE WAS AMAZING. SO IT WAS A REALLY AWESOME AND INSPIRATIONAL DAY. 
          I ALSO ATTENDED AT THAT WORKSHOP. AT THAT, A CONFERENCE I ATTENDED A LEADERSHIP SESSION
WHICH WAS REALLY GOOD, AND A SESSION ON AI PRESENTED BY LACO, WHICH IS AGAIN A REMINDER. 
          I KNOW I'VE TALKED WITH MRS. ACEVEDO ABOUT THIS,
THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT FORMING AN AI PLAN AND A POLICY. 
          SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL START TO TALK ABOUT THAT PROCESS SOON. 
          I ATTENDED A FEW READ ACROSS AMERICA EVENTS,
WHICH I ABSOLUTELY LOVE. 
          I VISITED LINDSTROM AND I READ TO MRS. NISHIMURA AND MRS. CUMMINGS SECOND GRADE CLASSES, WHICH IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A TRADITION. 
          I ALWAYS GO THERE AND I LOVE GOING THERE AND I ALWAYS HAVE TO STOP BY OUR TECH CLASS
DOCTOR ROBINSON. 
          SO THANK YOU TO AP STERN FOR GUIDING ME THROUGH THE CAMPUS AND ALLOWING TO MAYBE FOR ME TO
BE A PART OF YOUR DAY. 
          I VISITED WASHINGTON. THANK YOU TO MISS ARROYO FOR ALLOWING ME INTO YOUR WORLD FOR A
LITTLE BIT. 
          I READ TO A SPECIAL ED CLASS, WHICH THEY'RE JUST SO ADORABLE. 
          I VISITED OUR ART CLASS, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR PROP 28 EDITIONS. 
          TEACHER IS AMAZING. THE KIDS WERE DRAWING AND IT WAS SO GREAT AND WE ALSO HAD ONE OF OUR
JUNIOR. 
          SHE'S A JUNIOR AT BUFFALO, SHE'S OUR ASP ASB PRESIDENT AND SHE WAS READING TO THE KIDS. 
          AND I REALLY LOVE HOW THEY INTEGRATED THE THE STUDENTS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL IN WITH OUR
ELEMENTARY KIDS. 
          THAT WAS A REALLY COOL CONCEPT. I ALSO WENT AND I READ IN ONE OF OUR BEST CLASSES. 
          IT WAS A FOURTH THROUGH SIXTH GRADE BEST CLASS,
AND I'M STILL GOING TO PLUG AGAIN THAT I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT FOR OUR YOUNGER AGES BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM. I ATTENDED THE FAIR AT MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL WITH CLARK
CRITCHFIELD. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MR. DIAZ, MR. WRIGHT AND MRS. MCDANIELS FOR TAKING US TO SEE CLASSES. I ENJOYED THE CTE,
CTE CLASSES WE VISITED, EXCEPT FOR THE SCIENCE CLASS THAT WAS DISSECTING THE CATS. 
          THAT WASN'T COOL, BUT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSES WERE AMAZING. 
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SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF FOR WHAT YOU DO AND FOR REALLY PUTTING ON A
GREAT NIGHT, EVEN IN THE RAIN. THURSDAY I MET WITH CSC PRESIDENT AND REPRESENTATIVE D2. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF OUR CONCERNS. WE'RE STILL TALKING AND COLLABORATING WITH WITH OUR
DISTRICT, BUT OVERALL IT WAS REALLY WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR MEETING WITH ME. 
          MONDAY. I ATTENDED THE PTSA ART REFLECTIONS AT THE STEAM BUILDING AT MAYFAIR. 
          SOME OF OUR STUDENTS ARE SO TALENTED AND THE ART WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. 
          SO IT WAS SO NICE TO HONOR AND TO CELEBRATE THEM. 
          SO THAT WAS REALLY COOL. AND A FEW RANDOM THINGS THAT I JUST WROTE DOWN. 
          ONE. IT'S SOFTBALL SEASON. I'M AN EX SOFTBALL PLAYER,
SO GOOD LUCK SOFTBALL AT MAYFAIR AND BELLFLOWER. 
          AND TO OUR BASEBALL TEAMS AS WELL. THEY HAVE AMAZING TEAMS,
SO I'M EXCITED TO WATCH AND SEE. 
          I COACH SO I DON'T GET TO GO TO A LOT OF SOFTBALL GAMES,
WHICH IS SAD, BUT I'M THE WRESTLING COACH AT MY SCHOOL, SO I HAVE TO MISS SOMETIMES. TODAY FOR STAFF,
I WAS TRAINED ON USING AEDS AND I KNOW THAT WAS EFFECTIVE IN 2019, BUT I KNOW A LOT OF DISTRICTS ARE STILL CATCHING UP ON THE FRIDAY MEMO. 
          CAN I PLEASE GET AN UPDATE OF HOW MANY WE HAVE AT EACH CAMPUS AND WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR
TRAINING, AND WHO HAS BEEN TRAINED TO USE THE ADS. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          LAST, I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK REALLY QUICK. OUR BOARD PAY WAS BROUGHT UP AND SO I FEEL LIKE
I NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS PUBLICLY BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW OUR BOARD PAY WORKS. OUR BOARD PAY AND ALL BOARD PAY IS ED CODE,
AND IT'S BASED ON ADA. 
          SO A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK WE'RE RICH AND FAMOUS AND WE'RE CELEBRITIES. 
          NO, WE MAKE $240 A MONTH. SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT PUBLICLY. 
          SO WHEN EVERYONE SAYS HOW MUCH WE MAKE AND ALL THE PERKS WE HAVE,
WE MAKE $240 A MONTH. 
          SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED. AND WE DON'T WANT TO SOUND SELFISH AND BE THE ONES TALKING IN OUR
OWN BEHALF, BUT WE ARE VERY EXCITED THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT A BILL. 
          AND WE LEARNED IN THIS BILL THAT BOARD PAY HAS NOT BEEN RAISED IN 40 YEARS,
44 ZERO. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AND JUST THINK ABOUT THE TWO MEETINGS A MONTH,
THE EVENTS, THE EMAILS, THE PHONE CALLS, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO. 
          IT'S $240 A MONTH. AND LET ME ADD AGAIN BEFORE TAXES. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. SO ANYBODY WHEN WE START TO WRITE SOME EMAILS AND
THINGS, IF ANYONE WOULD BE WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, WE WANT GOOD PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD. 
          SO IF ANYONE'S WILLING PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME. 
          WE WOULD LOVE TO GET SOME EMAILS OUT TO PATRICK O'DONNELL FROM CSBA. 
          THEY'RE STARTING THIS KIND OF VOYAGE WITH US AND WE LOVE THAT. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M SO PROUD TO BE UP HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUES. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE EMOTIONS UP HERE TONIGHT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CHILDREN AND OUR KIDS,
AND WE REALLY DO CARE SO MUCH ABOUT OUR TEACHERS, OUR OUR STAFF, OUR KIDS. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN OUR EMOTIONS. 
          AND I JUST I WANT TO JUST SAY, I'M SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS. 
          LIKE, I REALLY LOVE THAT ALL OF YOU GUYS HAVE RAN FOR THIS POSITION. 
          YOU HAVE BEEN ELECTED IN THIS POSITION BECAUSE I DO THINK YOU HAVE GREAT,
GENUINE INTENTIONS. 
          AND I LOVE THAT ABOUT ALL OF YOU GUYS. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. 
          AND THE LAST THING I JUST WANT TO SAY IS, EVEN AS ELECTED OFFICIALS,
SOMETIMES WE GET BULLIED ONLINE. 
          SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY AWFUL THINGS ABOUT US. AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE. 
          THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT YOU SAY TO PEOPLE. 
          I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, WE. BOARD MEMBER CINTRON TALKED ABOUT THIS,
BUT PLEASE THINK ABOUT THE THINGS YOU SAY TO PEOPLE. 
          THINK ABOUT THE THINGS YOU WRITE ONLINE AND MAYBE READ IT BACK AND THINK,
SHOULD I SAY THAT? SHOULD I REALLY BRING UP PEOPLE'S FAMILIES OR TALK ABOUT PEOPLE? I JUST THINK THAT MAYBE PEOPLE SHOULD THINK ABOUT THAT. 
          AND IF NOT, THEN I WILL PRAY FOR YOU AND WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK. 
          BUT IT'S NOT COOL TO BULLY PEOPLE, WHETHER IT BE IN PERSON OR ONLINE. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THAT LAST THOUGHT. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON INFORMATIONAL ITEMS? OH ACTUALLY, I MADE ONE MISTAKE THAT I NEED TO COME BACK TO. 
          WE DID WE VOTED TO APPROVE THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE,
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD BOARD MEMBER GARZA, VICE PRESIDENT GARZA, AND BOARD MEMBER CRITCHFIELD ON THAT COMMITTEE,
PLEASE. 
          I DIDN'T SAY THAT. ANY ANY QUESTIONS ON INFORMATION ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. SO UNFORTUNATELY, THE BOARD IS GOING TO NEED TO RECESS BACK TO 
          [3. CLOSED SESSION (Part 2 of 2)]
CLOSED SESSION. SO AT THIS TIME WE WILL RECESS BACK TO CLOSED SESSION. 
          THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER ACTION TAKEN IN OPEN SESSION. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE ON. OKAY. WELCOME BACK TO OPEN SESSION. 
          CLARK CRITCHFIELD, WILL YOU PLEASE REPORT OUT ON CLOSED SESSION? THE BOARD DISCUSSED LABOR NEGOTIATION AND NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION. 
          IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 8:59 P.M. 
          UNTIL THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING TO BE HELD ON MARCH 27TH,
2025.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.