Mar 27, 2025 School Board

[1. CALL TO ORDER IN PUBLIC SESSION]

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CRIHFIELD? PRESENT. >> MISS GARZA?

[3. CLOSED SESSION (Part 1 of 2)]

>> WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. TONIGHT'S MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 4:00 P.M. IN OPEN SESSION.

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

>> STUDENT MATTERS, LITIGATION AND LABOR NEGOTIATIONS. THE BOARD TOOK NO ACTION IN CLOSED SESSION.

>> THANK YOU. TONIGHT FOR OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WE ARE GOING TO CALL UP AND HAVE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CLASSIFIED PERSONNEL DO OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH

AND WELCOME. >> GOOD EVENING. PLEASE STAND.

FACE THE FLAG , PLACE YOUR 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.

[6. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA ]

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY REPLACEMENT PAGES?

>> YES. WE HAVE A REPLACEMENT PAGE FOR ITEM 16.1 AND WE ARE MAKING ONE CORRECTION. WE ARE PULLING ITEM 14.7 FROM THE

[7. RECOGNITIONS OF STUDENTS / STAFF / COMMUNITY ]

CONSENT. >> THAT WOULD BE THE AMENDMENTS

TO THE AGENDA? >> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> DO WE HAVE ANY RECOGNITIONS TONIGHT? I SEE WE DO. WELCOME,

EVERYBODY. >> WE DO HAVE RECOGNITIONS SO IF I COULD ASK THE BOARD TO COME DOWN FROM THE DAIS AND JOIN US, I AM GOING TO TURN OVER RECOGNITIONS TO MISSES CARTER.

>> GOOD EVENING. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE THE TEAMS FROM OUR DISTRICT FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT DURING THEIR WINTER SPORTS SEASON. AS I CALL YOUR NAME, STAFF AND STUDENTS PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STAY FOR A PICTURE. FIRST, REPRESENTING MAYFAIR GIRLS AND BOYS WRESTLING WE WELCOME THE COACHES ALONG WITH THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS FROM THE GIRLS TEAM . THIS SEASON, MANY SCHOOL RECORDS WERE BROKEN.

AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STEP FORWARD. LEAGUE CHAMP AND SIXTH PLACE AT CIF.

SECOND-PLACE AT CIF. CARRINGTON MENDEZ, LEAGUE CHAMP AND SECOND-PLACE AT CIF. REYNA CHAVEZ, LEAGUE CHAMP, CIF CHAMP, SECOND-PLACE AT MASTERS AND A PLACE AT STATE NATIONAL QUALIFIER IN RENO, NEVADA. ALYSSA, LEAGUE CHAMP . CIF CHAMP . MASTERS CHAMP. THE FIRST EVER IN SCHOOL HISTORY FOR GIRLS AND SEVEN PLACE AT STATES NATIONAL QUALIFIER, RENO, NEVADA. WE LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE GIRLS FOR ALL OF THEIR INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENTS. LET'S GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

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KAYDEN CARTIER. THIRD TIME CIF CHAMP. MASTERS CHAMP AND FOURTH PLACE AT STATE NATIONAL QUALIFIER, RENO, NEVADA.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR BOYS WRESTLERS.

YOU'D LIKE TO SAY TO THE AUDIENCE OR ANYONE YOU'D LIKE TO

RECOGNIZE? >> STAFF COACHES --

>>

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CONGRATULATIONS.

[8. PRESENTATIONS FROM STUDENTS / STAFF / COMMUNITY ]

>> OKAY. MOVING ALONG TO EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS.

BTA DOES NOT HAVE A REPORT. ANTHONY RAMIREZ OF THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE COULD YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM? GOOD TIMING, ANTHONY. YOU ARE UP . THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. SORRY WE WERE SOLVING A TECHNICAL ISSUE WITH THE TRANSLATOR BUT IT'S FIXED. BOARD PRESIDENT STEWART, SUPERINTENDENT AND CABINET , BTA LEADERSHIP AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, GOOD EVENING. I AM ANTHONY RAMIREZ, THE CSCA BELLFLOWER COMMUNICATION ORGANIZER. THIS MONTH THE CSCA CHAPTER PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ATTENDED THE DISTRICT ALLIANCE COMMITTEE I AM THE DISTRICT SAFETY COMMITTEE.

SHE HAS MET IN PERSON WITH INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT ACEVEDO AND THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT ON SEVERAL ISSUES. MICHELLE ALONG WITH A CSCA LABOR REP MET WITH ORD PRESIDENT STEWART AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO ON A REGULAR BASIS, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALONG WITH SEVERAL OF YOU HERE, I'M NOT GOING TO NAME EVERYONE, MICHELLE WAS PART OF THE DISTRICT TEAM WHO TRAVELED TO SAN DIEGO FOR THE LEARNERS CENTER INSPIRATIONAL VISITS AND I UNDERSTAND IT WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE. CSC HAS ALSO BEEN MAKING GOOD PROGRESS WITH CURRENT NEGOTIATIONS AND WE APPRECIATE MISTER SMITH'S GOOD FAITH BARGAINING EFFORTS.

THERE'S AN AGENDA ITEM I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS IF I COULD TAKE THE TIME TO DO SO. FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THINK THE DISTRICT FOR INCLUDING AN ENGAGING CSCA AND ONGOING DISCUSSIONS AROUND OVERALL DISTRICT SECURITY. THANK YOU BOARD CLERK CRICHFIELD AND ONE OF OUR SUPERVISORS WOODY GRAYSON FOR TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE. IN OUR VIEW THERE ARE TWO DISTINCT AREAS OF SECURITY TO BE RECOGNIZED. ONE IS DISTRICT FACILITY . THE SIGHTS AND THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES AND THE OTHER IS SUPERVISION WHICH MANAGES THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS, CAMPUS, STAFF AND VISITORS.

WHILE CSCA SUPPORTS THE CONTINUED EFFORTS IN ADDRESSING THE OVERALL SECURITY , I WANT TO SHARE AND EMPHASIZE OUR CONCERN REGARDING THE NEED FOR STANDARDIZED TRAINING AND PROPER CONSISTENT SUPERVISION OF OUR CURRENT CAMPUS SUPERVISOR PERSONNEL. CSCA SECURITY STAFF ARE COMMITTED TO THE MISSION OF THE US CD AND CAN OFFER INSIGHTS ON DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS AS WELL AS SEEING ANY GAPS IN OVERALL DISTRICT SECURITY. THEY ARE DEDICATED TO MEETING OUR MUTUAL GOAL TO PROVIDE SAFETY. THE CURRENT CAMPUS SECURITY STAFF ARE ONLY NINE - MONTH PERMANENT EMPLOYEES WHICH MEANS THEY ARE NOT PRESENT IN THE WEEKS PRECEDING SCHOOL YEARS WHICH MAKES IT CHALLENGING FOR THEM TO PREPARE AND TRAIN ON THE AREAS OF CONCERN. WE HOPE THAT WITH THE INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITY RESOURCES, THE DISTRICT WILL ALSO CONSIDER AIDING SUPPORTING UPLIFTING AND INCREASING OUR CURRENT SECURITY STAFF WITH TRAINED AND TARGETED RESOURCES TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND FURTHER DEVELOP THEM IN THEIR VITAL ROLE AT SCHOOL SITES. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO REPORT ON BEHALF OF CSCA CHAPTER 32 AND ALL OF OUR

CLASSIFIED ORDERS. >> NEXT WE HAVE PTA

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>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I APPRECIATE THE INTRODUCTION. NO SLIDES THIS EVENING AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME OF OUR UPCOMING COUNCIL EVENTS . BEFORE I DO THAT, A QUICK MEMBERSHIP UPDATE. I WAS INFORMED THAT NINE OF 10 ELEMENTARY PTAS HAVE 100% TEACHER PARTICIPATION . THE LAST ONE THAT WAS ADDED IS LINDSTROM SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I RECOGNIZE THEM . BEFORE I FORGET . ON TO OUR UPCOMING EVENTS. NEXT WEEK, TUESDAY, APRIL 1 AT 6:00 P.M. HERE IN THE BOARD ROOM WE WILL BE HOSTING OUR REFLECTION CELEBRATION. I KNOW THAT YOU RECEIVED INVITATIONS SO I'M HOPING YOU CAN JOIN US IN RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING OUR VERY CREATIVE AND TALENTED STUDENTS. WE WILL HAVE THEIR ARTWORK ON DISPLAY FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE AND SHOULD BE HANDING OUT AWARDS TO CLOSE TO 30 STUDENTS FROM AT LEAST NINE OF OUR SCHOOLS. GOOD REPRESENT TAKE UP -- REPRESENTATION . SHOULD BE FUN. AND THEN IN MAY WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL OUR ANNUAL HISTORIAN MIXER WHICH WILL BE ON TUESDAY, MAY 6 AT 6:00 P.M. HERE IN THE BOARD ROOM. THIS IS WHERE ALL OF OUR PTAS COME TOGETHER TO SHARE EVENTS PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THEY PROVIDED THIS YEAR. THEY DO A GREAT JOB WITH THEIR PRESENTATIONS AND AGAIN IT'S A SHARING OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE GET IDEAS FROM EACH OTHER FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. AND THEN THAT SAME WEEK , CLOSING AT THE YEAR WITH OUR HONORARY SERVICE AWARDS IS ON FRIDAY, MAY 9 FROM 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. AND THAT WILL BE HELD IN THE FAMILY CENTER AT THE CALGARY BAPTIST CHURCH. IT'S AN EVENT WHERE WE HONOR SOME VERY DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR STUDENTS . HONOREES FROM ALL OF OUR PTAS AND THE COMMUNITY WILL COME TOGETHER FOR A DINNER AND A FUN EVENING. THIS YEAR'S THEME IS ROOTED IN SERVICE, GROWING IN GRATITUDE.

SYMBOLIZING HOW SERVICE AND DEDICATION CAN HELP A COMMUNITY FLOURISH, AND FORMAL INVITATIONS WITH DETAILS WILL BE SENT OUT NEXT WEEK. AND THEN WANTED TO BRIEFLY SHARE THAT I WAS ALSO PART OF THE TEAM THAT WENT ON THE LEARNERS CENTER ORIENTATION.

DEFINITELY VERY EDUCATIONAL AND AN INSPIRATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. IT WAS WELL ORGANIZED, WELL LED AND KIND OF A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE LEARNERS CENTER EXPERIENCE ESPECIALLY FOR ME, AND I'M SURE BOARD MEMBERS WILL SHARE, AS WELL. I WILL KEEP IT BRIEF BUT SOME OF THE KEYWORDS FOR ME OBVIOUSLY WERE COLLABORATION AND THEN PROVIDING THE SPACES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATE. DEFINITELY STUDENT-CENTERED OWNERSHIP AND WITH THAT COMES PRIDE, TRUST, KINDNESS, RESPECT AND EQUITY. ENJOYED SEEING THE INNOVATIVE AND FLEXIBLE CLASSROOM DESIGNS. LEARNING A LOT MORE , THE LEARNER PORTRAIT AS WELL AS THE ADULT AND SYSTEM PORTRAIT AND CREATING A STRUCTURE AND HAVING SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT IN PLACE FOR EVERYONE TO COME TOGETHER. APPRECIATED IDEAS LIKE CELEBRATIONS OF LEARNING EVENTS AND EIGHTH GRADE STUDENT RESUMES . DEFINITELY SAW A LOT, RECOGNIZED SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS WE ARE ALREADY DOING AND OF COURSE LOTS OF IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE. I THINK THERE IS A TON OF POTENTIAL AND I AM HOPEFUL AND EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THIS WILL LEAD US. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE NEXT STEPS

[9. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT ]

AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT WE HAVE OUR SUPERINTENDENCE REPORT. MISS ACEVEDO DO YOU HAVE EVERYTHING -- ANYTHING TO REPORT?

>> YES, GOOD EVENING AND I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS AT THE MOMENT. LAST WEEK WE OFFICIALLY TURNED TO SPRING. THE YEAR IS GOING BY VERY QUICKLY. BETWEEN NOW AND OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE STARTING THEIR FORMAL ASSESSMENTS AND WE ARE BE GOING-- WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING TO SPRING BREAK SO I JUST HAVE A QUICK MESSAGE ABOUT THAT. I KNOW HOW HARD OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS HAVE BEEN WORKING TO PREPARE FOR THESE ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS THAT THEY ARE FOCUSED ON AND DEDICATED. WE ENCOURAGE OUR KIDS TO PERSEVERE AND BE FOCUSED ON THOSE ASSESSMENTS. WE WANT THEM

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[10. COMMITTEE UPDATES ]

IS MY MESSAGE FOR THIS EVENING. >> THANK YOU.

>> MOVING ON TO COMMITTEE UPDATES, WE DID NOT HAVE AN ALLIANCE MEETING. WE HAVE ONE SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK. I THINK IT NEXT WEEK. AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAD A -- COMMITTEE, RIGHT? DO YOU WANT TO UP DATE AT ALL ON FOUNDATION?

>> SURE. FOUNDATION COMMITTEE NEXT MEETING IS ON APRIL 2 AND THAT'S WHEN WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND HOPEFULLY BRING IT TO THE BOARD IN AN UPCOMING

MEETING. >> THEN DO YOU WANT TO KEEP GOING WITH DECLINING ENROLLMENT FACILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE?

>> SURE. THAT ONE AS MENTIONED, WE HAD OUR LEARNING CENTER SAN DIEGO TRIP SO MY TAKE WAS, I WILL KEEP IT BRIEF. BASICALLY A TWO FULL DAY TOUR AND WE WENT TO DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN SAN DIEGO TO BRING BACK A BUNCH OF-- WE HAD, I DON'T KNOW, WAS

IT 12 OF US WERE 14? >> 17. IT WAS REALLY GOOD. MY BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS WERE THE COLLABORATION FROM THE DIFFERENT SCHOOL SITES AND I WAS REALLY EXPECTING TO SEE DIFFERENT FACILITIES THAN WE DID . THERE WAS ONE SCHOOL THAT HAD AMAZING NEW FACILITIES , #BOND2026, BUT FOR A LOT OF STUDENTS IT WAS THE LEARNING GOING ON WITHIN THE WALLS AND THE AMOUNT OF PD THAT THEY HAD IN THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN TEACHERS WAS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC AND THERE WAS JUST A BUNCH OF BUY-IN FROM TEACHERS AT THOSE SITES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS DRIVING THAT IS THEY HAD A LOT OF AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT LED BY TEACHERS ON THE SITE SO TEACHERS IT ALREADY HAVE A CONNECTION WITH STUDENTS , TEACHING SOMETHING THEY ARE AUTHENTICALLY INTERESTED IN IS A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS SO REALLY SUPPORTING THOSE IDEAS ON OUR SITES. FOR INSTANCE THERE WAS A FILM ONE AND THEY HAD A WHOLE BROADCAST CHANNEL AND A PODCAST AND IT'S A TEACHER THAT LOVES TO DO THAT STUFF AND THEY ARE GETTING PAID TO TEACH THAT. I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT IS THE SYNERGY BUT OVERALL SHE MENTIONED FLEXIBLE SEATING WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE . INVESTMENTS IN FLEXIBLE SEATING AND REALLY A LOT OF THEM WE HAVE BETTER-- AT A LOT OF OUR SCHOOL SITES BUT THERE WAS JUST A BUNCH OF BUY-IN AND I DEFINITELY TOOK A LOT FROM IT AND AND MAKING A LITTLE VIDEO OF THE TRIP SO I WILL SHARE THAT ONCE IT'S DONE.

>> THANK YOU. WE HAD OUR SAFETY STANDING COMMITTEE. I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME THINGS BUT BOARD MEMBER CINTRON OR CLERK CRICHFIELD DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THE COMMITTEE?

>> SURE, THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. WERE GOING TO GET INTO SAFETY BUT ON MARCH 19 WE HAD PRESENTATIONS FROM FOUR VENDORS AND ARE ABLE TO RECOMMEND UNANIMOUSLY 2 TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE BOARD WILL HEAR THEM THIS EVENING.

>> BOARD MEMBER CINTRON DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD?

>> NO THANK YOU. >> SO ATHLETIC SUBCOMMITTEE , WE ARE MEETING ON APRIL 2 AND BASICALLY ANALYZING THE ATHLETIC CODE OF CONDUCT AND WE REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS. WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL HERE WE HAD A FLOURISHING MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS PROGRAM AND WE DON'T, ANY MORE. ONE OF THE APS IS WORKING REALLY HARD TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS TO SEE WE CAN GET SOME TYPE OF LEAGUE GOING ON SO THOSE ARE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IN THAT COMMITTEE. CULTURE AND CLIMATE WE HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ON MARCH 31 SO THAT WILL BE COMING UP. LEGISLATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE, DO WE HAVE ANY DATES ON THAT? WE DO HAVE IT SCHEDULED. I HAVE TO LOOK ON THE

CALENDAR. >> IT'S OKAY. WE HAVE THAT UPCOMING AND WE ARE TRYING TO PREPARE FOR GOING TO OUR COAST TO COAST CONFERENCE AND THINGS COMING UP LEGISLATIVELY. CAL

APPLICATION SPORT? >> PRESIDENT CRICHFIELD DO YOU

HAVE SOMETHING ON THAT? >> THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. WE

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MEETING IN APRIL. >> ONE THING ALSO AS WE HAD 13 STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR THE SKILLS USA APRIL 10 AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THE NEXT MEETING IN APRIL.

>> ONE THING ALSO AS WE HAD 13 STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR THE SKILLS USA APRIL 10-12 SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED FOR BELLFLOWER, MAYFAIR AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER PARTNERSHIPS TO COMPETE. DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE? OKAY. SO THAT IS COMMITTEES. MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION . TONIGHT WE DID NOT HAVE ANY REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC

[12. DISCUSSION ITEMS ]

>> CORRECT. THAT IS YOUR DISCUSSION ITEM FOR THIS EVENING. IF THERE ARE BOARD MEMBERS AT HAPPEN TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS PLEASE FEEL FREE. DOCTOR SMITH WILL ASSIST WITH ANY QUESTIONS THAT MAY COME UP .

>> COLLEAGUES DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE A LITTLE--

>> WOULD YOU LIKE HIM TO GIVE A QUICK LITTLE DESCRIPTION OF THE

ITEM? WE CAN DO THAT. >> DOCTOR SMITH.

>> THANK YOU PRESIDENT STEWART AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

TONIGHT WE ARE PRESENTING BOARD POLICY 6.6431 WHICH OUTLINES HOW THE DISTRICT MAY APPROACH THE USE OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, ESPECIALLY GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS.

THIS IS A TOPIC WE'VE ALL BEEN THINKING ABOUT FOR QUITE SOME TIME. WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED IN BELLFLOWER WE HAD QUITE A FEW CONVERSATIONS WITH BOARD CLERK CRICHFIELD ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT AI WILL HAVE ON EDUCATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING AHEAD OF IT GOING BACK TO WHEN HE SERVED AS BOARD PRESIDENT. THE WORK TOWARDS THIS DRAFT POLICY BEGAN LAST SUMMER DRAWING ON EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DISTRICTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES WORKING TO GUIDE SCHOOLS IN THIS SPACE.

MOST RECENTLY BOARD PRESIDENT STEWART BROUGHT THIS BACK TO THE FOREFRONT EMPHASIZING THE NEED FOR POLICY AT THE LAST MEETING WHICH IS WHY IT'S BEING PRESENTED TONIGHT. POLICY IS BUILT AROUND A FEW KEY PRIORITIES. PROTECTING DATA AND PRIVACY, PROMOTING ETHICAL AND RESPONSIBLE USE, ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS AND PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND AI LITERACY FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS.

IT ALSO INCLUDES GUARDRAILS ON WHAT IS PROHIBITED SUCH AS PLAGIARISM, HARASSMENT, AND ENTERING PERSONAL DATA INTO AI TOOLS AND OUTLINES WAYS TO ENGAGE FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY THROUGH TRANSPARENCY, OPT OUT OPTIONS AND REGULAR UPDATES. LASTLY A CALLS ITTEE T MONITOR HOW THESE TECHNOLOGIES ARE BEING USED AND RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED. OVERALL THIS POLICIES ABOUT PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE FUTURE WHILE STAYING TRUE TO VALUES AROUND EQUITY AND RESPONSIBILITY. I AM EXCITED TO HEAR THE BOARDS FEEDBACK ON OUR DRAFT POLICY.

>> CLERK CRICHFIELD? >> THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.

FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR DOING THE WORK ON THIS. I KNOW WE'VE HAD A FEW ROBOT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE POLICY. I DO HAVE SOME THINGS THAT I AM HOPING THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER TO ADD TO THE POLICY AND FOR THE SECOND DRAFT , SO I WILL JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH THE FIVE THINGS AND I WROTE THEM DOWN AS WELL JUST IN CASE, AT THE END SO YOU HAVE THAT. THE FIRST ADDITION UNDER THE PURPOSE AND FRAMEWORK , I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT THE GOVERNING BOARD DIRECTS THAT ALL INSTRUCTIONAL USE OF AI TECHNOLOGIES BE ALIGNED WITH DISTRICT APPROVED INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDELINES WHICH DEFINE APPROPRIATE USE CONSIDERATIONS AND OBJECTIVES. THE REASON IS, NUMBER ONE, I THINK THE TERM JEN AI -- GENERATIVE AI IS A LITTLE RESTRICTIVE TO WHAT THE POLICY COULD COVER BEING THAT GEN AI IS JUST ONE SUBSET OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS CLEARLY LAID OUT IN

HERE. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS?

>> ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS THE BIG UMBRELLA TERM. GEN AI IS ANYTHING THAT GENERATES. SO CHAT GPT, PHOTOS, WRITING MATERIAL, VIDEO. THAT'S GOING TO BE GEN AI AND THAT IS ALL UNDER MACHINE LEARNING BUT THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF AI UNDER THAT. THE POLICY TALKS ABOUT GEN AI BUT WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE

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TO PHOTOS AND WRITING. >> SO THAT IS IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE ON THIS FIRST PARAGRAPH?

>> YES, IN ADDITION. THAT IS THE FIRST ONE AND THEN IT ALSO MAKES IT CLEAR IN OUR POLICY THAT WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS CONSISTENT ACROSS DISTRICT POLICIES AND STILL ALLOWING TEACHERS AUTONOMY SO DESCRIBING WHAT THE BOUNDARIES ARE , RATHER THAN JUST SAYING THAT. THE SECOND ONE, THE DISTRICT SHALL IDENTIFY A LIST OF PERMISSIBLE GEN AI TOOLS.

>> CAN YOU TELL US WHAT PAGE YOU ARE ON?

>> THIS IS PAGE 100 PURPOSE AND FRAMEWORK. THE DISTRICT SHALL IDENTIFY DISTRICT APPROVED GEN AI TOOLS FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF TO USE IN DISTRICT LEVEL LICENSING TO ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS FOR STUDENTS REGARDLESS OF SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC STATUS.

GEN AI, JUST LIKE THE INTERNET CAN BE A CONTRIBUTOR TO THE DIGITAL DIVIDE WHEN IT COMES TO TECHNOLOGY. IF WE ARE SAYING THAT STUDENTS CAN USE GEN AI AND A LOT OF THESE ARE PAID AND SOME STUDENTS CANNOT AFFORD IT BUT STILL WORKING ON THE SAME ASSIGNMENTS, IT'S GOING TO CREATE AN EQUITY -- IN EQUITY AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE EXPLORE WHAT A PERMISSIBLE GEN AI TOOL WOULD BE. AND LOOKING TO DISTRICT LICENSING GIVES US MORE CONTROL OVER THE QUALITY OF AI THAT STUDENTS ARE BEING EXPOSED TO. ANY COMMENTS ON THAT ONE?

>> I THINK AFTER I VISUALIZED THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT I COULD BETTER FRAME MY THOUGHTS. SO WITH ALL THE CORRECTIONS THAT HE IS WANTING TO ADD I'D LIKE TO SEE IT ALL TOGETHER.

>> THAT WILL BE THE SECOND READ, CORRECT?

>> IF THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS ON ANY OF THESE, FEEL FREE.

>> DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? >> PLEASE FINISH AND THEN I WILL

ADD. >> I PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THIS BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE AS FAR AS WHAT THIS POLICY CAN BE. WHAT I DON'T WANT THIS POLICY TO BE IS JUST ON HOW WE DISCIPLINED STUDENTS WHEN THEY USE IT WRONG. OR, RESTRICT THING LEARNING. I WANT IT TO BE A POLICY THAT PUSHES US TOWARDS EMBRACING AI AND TECHNOLOGY IN GENERAL . THAT'S KIND OF THE GOAL.

>> SO FAR WHAT I'VE HEARD , I REALLY LIKE THE EDITS THAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR AND THIS IS WHY SO FAR. I KNOW YOU HAVE A FEW MORE. ESPECIALLY THE ECONOMIC ONE. IF WE ARE LOOKING AT IT IN A BIGGER PICTURE, IN 2020 ALL STUDENTS HAD TO GO REMOTE. THE WORLD WENT REMOTE , AND WE HAD TO THEN SPRINT INTO ACTION WHEN IT CAME TO MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS HAD LAPTOPS AND WI-FI AND ACCESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IF WE MAKE OUR POLICY OF THIS TECHNOLOGY ROBUST ENOUGH , IT HELPS US MOVING FORWARD AND ALSO IT GIVES US MORE DIRECTION IN THE WAY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT GO WITH AI INSTEAD OF HAVING TO-- IT'S MORE OF-- WHAT IS THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? WE ALWAYS GO INTO

ACTION AFTER BUT NOT BEFORE? >> PROACTIVE.

>> THANK YOU. LORD, HELP ME. I WANTED TO BE MORE PROACTIVE THAN REACTIVE AT THE END. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> SO THE THIRD WOULD BE UNDER ACCOUNTABILITY . I BELIEVE IT'S PAGE 2 . THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER AUDITION. THE BOARD REQUIRES

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DISCIPLINE WOULD BE. >> THE FOURTH ONE IS STILL UNDER ACCOUNTABILITY . I DID THAT ONE ALREADY. STUDENT EDUCATION AND LITERACY. THIS ONE MAY BE MORE OF A CONVERSATION BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE TALK ABOUT NOT JUST A POLICY ON THE DISCIPLINE ASPECT OF AI BUT HOW WE ACTUALLY LEAN INTO IT AND EDUCATE SO THE ADDITION WOULD BE, THE DISTRICT SHALL ESTABLISH GREAT SPAN AI LITERACY BENCHMARKS TO ENSURE CONSISTENT AND DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION AND CRITICAL THINKING ABOUT AI GENERATED CONTENT. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE , IS AGE-APPROPRIATE TO LEARN DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP AND ACTUALLY LEARN HOW TO USE THESE TOOLS AS THEY GO THROUGH OUR SCHOOLS.

>> DO YOU MIND READING THAT ONE MORE TIME?

>> THE DISTRICT SHALL ESTABLISH AI GREAT SPAN LITERACY BENCHMARKS TO ENSURE CONSISTENT AND DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION IN DIGITAL ETHICS, DATA AWARENESS, AND CRITICAL THINKING ABOUT AI GENERATED CONTENT.

>> SO FOR THIS ONE ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT ADDING CURRICULUM TO THE GRADE LEVELS? IS IT ALL GRADE LEVELS OR, WHAT ARE YOU

THINKING? >> WHEN IT COMES TO WHICH TOOLS WE USE WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED KINDERGARTNERS USING CHAT GPT BUT IDENTIFYING WHAT IT IS ABOUT AI THAT WE WANT THEM TO LEARN IN THOSE GREAT SPANS, AND WORKING THAT INTO OUR

CURRICULUM. >> SO THE GRADE LEVELS HAVE

THEIR OWN BENCHMARK ? >> YEAH, I THINK IT'S GOING INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL AT LEAST SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE EXPOSED TO WHAT PROMPT ENGINEERING IS TO A CERTAIN DEGREE AND DEVELOP THOSE WITHIN OUR CURRICULUM BECAUSE THEY ARE

GOING TO BE USING THE TOOLS. >> QUESTION FOR STAFF. YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS BUT ARE THERE ALREADY STANDARDS FOR AI FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND IF NOT, WHO WOULD DEVELOP THESE LITTLE BENCHMARKS? OBVIOUSLY STAFF WOULD?

>> THERE AREN'T SPECIFIC CALIFORNIA STANDARDS FOR AI OR AI LITERACY. THERE ARE RESOURCES THAT PROVIDE GUIDELINES AND RECOMMENDATIONS. I THINK TO CLERK CRICHFIELD'S POINT, THIS WOULD BE SOME EXCITING WORK THAT WOULD LIE AHEAD PERHAPS WITH WHAT IS ALSO CALLED FOR IN THE POLICY AROUND AND AI TYPE OF COMMITTEE OR TEAM TO GO THROUGH AND MAP OUT TOGETHER WITH TEACHERS, TOGETHER WITH OTHER STAFF, WHAT WOULD BENCHMARKS LOOK LIKE? SO AT THE END OF YOUR EXAMPLE IT WAS PERFECT. AT WHAT POINT SHOULD WE HAVE FOUND ENGINEERING OR STUDENTS BE FAIRLY PROFICIENT IN THAT? THOSE WOULD BE EXAMPLES OF THE WORK

THAT WOULD LIE AHEAD? >> SO WE WOULD USE STAFF AND A

COMMITTEE OF LEADERSHIP? >> YES AND THERE'S ALSO OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME PARTNERSHIPS AND THAT'S ALSO MENTIONED IN THE POLICY AS WELL SO FOR EXAMPLE-- HAS DONE QUITE A BIT OF WORK ON THE AI FRONT. I ALSO THINK THERE'S ROOM FOR COLLEGE PARTNERS TO BE PART OF THIS WORK AND BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT .

>> THAT SOUNDS AMAZING. THANK YOU.

>> TO THAT POINT I KNOW THAT A LOT OF COLLEGES ARE STARTING TO HAVE AI COURSEWORK AND THOSE PARTNERSHIPS WOULD BE GREAT AND ALSO, HAD A GREAT TALK WITH ARLENE WHITNEY ABOUT PATHWAY ON AI AND WE ACTUALLY JUST RECEIVED A GRANT RECENTLY THAT INVOLVES

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>> DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OR QUESTIONS ON THAT PARTICULAR

PART? >> I'M JUST GLAD WE DO HAVE IT IN HERE BECAUSE THERE ARE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SPECIFICALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN NEW YORK THAT ARE ALREADY IMPLEMENTING CURRICULUM IN THE HIGH SCHOOL TO REALLY SHOW STUDENTS HOW TO USE IT WITHIN THEIR CLASSROOMS. SO I DO HAVE SOME COMMUNICATIONS THAT I

CAN SHARE WITH YOU. >> BOARD MEMBER CINTRON?

>> I THINK THIS IS GREAT . HAVING EAST COAST DATA OR AT LEAST INSIGHT IS COOL. THERE ARE SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT SURROUND US BUT ALSO HAVE IMPLEMENTED SOME SORT OF AGE-APPROPRIATE, GRADE APPROPRIATE PROGRAMS WITHIN THEIR CURRICULUM SO I THINK AS LONG AS IT IS PLACED APPROPRIATELY, WE WOULD HAVE GOOD FOOTING INTO HAVING A COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP THE STANDARDS FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HAVING THE -- IS NECESSARY ESPECIALLY FROM PARTNERS. AND THE TEACHERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DOING THIS WORK IN THE CLASSROOM AND PROBABLY SOME OF THEM ALREADY USE IT. TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR NOT ONLY THAT BUT FOR STUDENTS TO GET THE WORK DONE AND GET THEM EXCITED ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, SO I THINK THIS IS

GREAT. >> GO AHEAD , CLERK CRICHFIELD.

>> THE NEXT IS UNDER MONITORING AND EVALUATION AND ITS PRIOR TO ADOPTION, ALL AI TOOLS SHALL UNDERGO A BIAS IN EQUITY REVIEW PROCESS LED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMITTEE. SO THE RATIONALE THERE IS NOT ALL AI TOOLS ARE EQUAL AND IF WE ARE USING TOOLS THERE CAN BE AN ELEMENT OF BIAS AND A LOT OF THEM ARE NOT MONITORED SO WHATEVER WE PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS, IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING WE CAN PUT OUR STAMP ON IT. IT'S SAFE AND WILL GIVE THEM CORRECT AND BALANCED INFORMATION AND I THINK JUST MAKING SURE WE HAVE THAT MECHANISM OF OVERSIGHT AND EVALUATION AND THESE TOOLS CAN BE REALLY IMPORTANT SO WITH THAT , COMMITTEE I THINK WOULD

BE VERY IMPORTANT. >> WOULD THAT BE CREATING A NEW COMMITTEE OR WOULD YOU THINK ABOUT DOING THAT IN A CULTURE AND CLIMATE COMMITTEE? A SPECIAL AI COMMITTEE? WHERE WOULD YOU

PUT THAT? >> I THINK IT WOULD BE EITHER THE CULTURE AND CLIMATE COMMITTEE, THAT COULD BE ONE BUT I THINK BRIAN YOU MENTIONED A COMMITTEE FOR AI, CORRECT?

>> YES. >> SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD LOOK AT THE WHOLE-- OKAY GOTCHA.

>> I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE COMMITTEE. WOULD IT BE NECESSARILY LIKE , I THINK MY CONCERNS ESPECIALLY WOULD BE, IS THIS GOING TO BE AN ONGOING COMMITTEE OR LIKE A ONE AND DONE? I FEEL THIS IS EVER-CHANGING.

>> I ASSUME IF WE WERE GOING TO MAKE IT A STANDING COMMITTEE WE WOULD NOT CALL IT AI COMMITTEE, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT WHERE WE DISCUSS ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE

IT'S NOT JUST AI, RIGHT? >> IT COULD BE CULTURE AND CLIMATE BECAUSE IT DOES ADD TO CULTURE AND CLIMATE. IT COULD BE THAT BUT I THINK HONESTLY A TECHNOLOGY TYPE OF COMMITTEE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD BE FOR YOU. I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A DISTRICT TECHNOLOGY PLAN THAT COULD USE SOME LOVE. I THINK THE MORE FOCUSED THOUGHT AND COLLABORATION ON THAT IN GENERAL IS GREAT AND THAT FITS

INTO WHAT THIS COULD BE. >> THERE HAVE BEEN SOME EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS DEVELOPED SO LET'S SAY A COMPANY OR AN ORGANIZATION CAN COME OUT AND ACTUALLY EDUCATE ALL OF US ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS WE MAY HAVE IF WE ARE GOING TO TASK TEACHERS WITH TRYING TO IMPLEMENT AND INTEGRATE IT WITH WHAT THEY ARE ALREADY DOING. THERE IS SO MUCH TO IT. I THINK EDUCATION FOR ALL OF US NEEDS TO HAPPEN FIRST

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>> THANK YOU FOR THAT . >> I KNOW WE ARE TALKING POLICY SO THE POLICY AND US TRYING TO MAKE SURE OUR KIDS ARE GETTING THIS INFORMATION, BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN THIS AND LEARN HOW TO USE IT IN THE FUTURE. THAT'S GOING TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE AND THERE IS AN OPTION TO ADD IT TO THE CTE COURSE FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS . I'M JUST SAYING, THERE'S A LOT HERE.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT IS ALWAYS HELPFUL. THE MORE RESOURCES AND CONTEXT THAT WE HAVE TO HELP WITH OUR WORK IS ALWAYS APPRECIATED AND SUPER HELPFUL. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT OUR TEAM HAS STARTED TO EXPLORE SO WE ARE BUILDING ON A FOUNDATION THAT IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED TO A DEGREE. I KNOW THEY SENT A TEAM TO THE HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR A CONFERENCE THAT WAS VERY AI AND TECHNOLOGY ORIENTED. WE WANT TO POINT OUT THE LANGUAGE IN THE POLICY. I CAN TELL WITH YOUR COMMENTS , AR COULD EVENTUALLY FOLLOW THIS AND REALLY BRING HOME SOME OF THE SPECIFICS BUT TO THE LETTER OF THE POLICY AND THE COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE IS SOMEWHAT OPEN-ENDED SO THE COMMITTEE COULD VERY WELL BE A DISTRICT TECH COMMITTEE THAT TAKES ON AI THINGS OR OTHER EMERGING TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS . IT CAN BE ANY KIND OF THOSE VEHICLES. THE OTHER PIECE THAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SHARE IS THAT WE DO HAVE SOME EXPERTISE IN HOUSE THAT I REALLY KNOW WE SHOULD TAP INTO.

WE HAVE TEACHERS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE VERY PROFICIENT IN THIS AND THAT ARE USING THESE TOOLS SO WE SHOULD ASK OUR FOLKS WHO OUT THERE IS REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH THIS KIND OF THING ? AND START TAPPING INTO THEM AS RESOURCES FOR EVERYBODY. EVEN HERE AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL I'VE DONE QUITE A BIT OF WORK WITH AI, THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PERSONNEL COMMISSION IS KIND OF A THOUGHT LEADER ON AI SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE AND I THINK COLLECTIVELY BETWEEN WHAT WE HAVE AND BRINGING OTHER PEOPLE TO BE A PART OF OUR TEAM WE COULD HAVE A POWERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO MANY THINGS IN THIS AREA.

>> I KNOW THAT LEICA DOES SOMETHING SIMILAR AS WELL.

SUPERINTENDENT ACEVEDO AND I WILL TALK ABOUT COMMITTEES AND HOW WE WANT THIS TO WORK AFTER WE TALK ABOUT THIS POLICY. IS

THAT OKAY? >> THE ISSUE OF TRANSPARENCY AND REPORTING IS NEXT AND MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADD , THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL PRESENT AN ANNUAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO THE PUBLIC AND THE BOARD SUMMARIZING AI USAGE AND INSTRUCTIONAL OUTCOME INCIDENTS AND GATHER STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK.

AND AGAIN, I KNOW A LOT OF THE WORK IS DONE AND WE SPOKE , WE TALKED AI FOR A WHILE. WE HAVE EXPERTISE IN THE DISTRICT RIGHT NOW AND WE WANT INTO-- TO LEAN INTO THIS AND OUR KIDS DESERVE IT BUT WHAT I WAS MISSING IN THIS POLICY WAS SAYING LIKE , THE ACTIONABLE THIS IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IN THIS POLICY.

AR TRIED TO KEEP IT AS PLAIN AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SAYING THIS IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO. THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE THAT WAS LOCAL AND LOOSE BUT AT LEAST WITH ANNUAL REPORTING TO SEE WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WHAT WE ARE INVESTING IN AND HOW IT'S WORKING, AND ADDING IN INCIDENTS BECAUSE THEY WILL HAPPEN AS YOU IMPLEMENT AI . IF THERE'S A MESS UP WE HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT THEM SO I THINK TRANSPARENCY IS IMPORTANT.

>> I AM MORE INTERESTED IN THE STAKEHOLDER PART.

>> IT SHALL PRESENT REPORT TO THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC SUMMARIZING USAGE, INSTRUCTIONAL OUTCOME INCIDENTS AND

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STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK. >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY

INCIDENTS? >> SO IF WE ARE ALLOWING STUDENTS TO USE AI AND THERE ARE, SAY, DISCIPLINARY THINGS OR MISUSES . IT COULD RESULT IN DISCIPLINARY ACTION SO WE CAN SEE WHICH TOOLS ARE BEING PROBLEMATIC OR HOW TO ADDRESS

THEM. >> IF THERE WERE INCIDENTS AND WE COULD NOT PUT THOSE OUT FOR STAKEHOLDERS, SHOULD WE INCLUDE THAT IN THE POLICY? DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING ? I UNDERSTAND THE ANNUAL REPORT BUT IF WE ARE INCLUDING STAKEHOLDERS AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT SHOULD THAT BE LISTED IN THAT POLICY AND IN THAT MANNER?

>> I DON'T MEAN THE ACTUAL INCIDENTS LIKE CLOSED SESSION BUT YOU HAVE TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF INCIDENCES WHERE THE PROBLEM AREAS ARE. I DON'T WANT TO GET TO SPECIFIC.

>> YOU COULD INCLUDE CATEGORIES FOR EXAMPLE LIKE CHEATING DURING TESTS, MISUSE OF AI, THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU CAN INCLUDE THE AMOUNT OF INCIDENTS THAT TOOK PLACE AND GIVE NUMERICAL VALUES TO THEM.

>> SO IT'S JUST A GENERAL WORD THAT COULD BE VERY BROAD?

>> CORRECT. SPANKING-- >> THANK YOU.

>> DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT LITTLE PART? GO

AHEAD. >> I DON'T MEAN TO GET STUCK ON THE LANGUAGE BUT I THINK FOR POLICY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND RYAN I KNOW THAT YOU FEEL THIS BUT IN THE POLICY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES THERE'S GOING TO BE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT LABELS AND THERE ARE READY ARE -- THERE ALREADY ARE SO I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND A CHANGE IN THE POLICY TITLE BECAUSE ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE THIRD POINT IS REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT EQUITABLE ACCESS AND THE INVESTMENT OF AI TECHNOLOGY, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE POLICY 6163.41 WOULD BE IN SET OF -- INSTEAD OF. STRIKE THROUGH USE OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES INCLUDING GENERATIVE AI INTELLIGENCE. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IT WOULD BE POLICY 6163.41 , EQUITABLE ACCESS AND INSTRUCTIONAL USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND EMERGING

TECHNOLOGIES . >> ONE MORE TIME CAN YOU SAY IT? EQUITABLE ACCESS AND INSTRUCTIONAL--

>> USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND EMERGING

TECHNOLOGIES. >> I LIKE THAT. I THINK IT'S

FINE. ANYBODY ELSE? >> LAST THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT I KNOW A LOT OF THE POLICY IS CENTERED AROUND INSTRUCTIONAL USE AND SCAFFOLDING AND ACCESS BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE TALK AI AND MACHINE LEARNING IN GENERAL , HOW EFFECTIVE AND HELPFUL IT COULD BE ADMINISTRATIVELY AS WELL AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IN THE POLICY, IT PUSHES US TOWARDS THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF USEFUL THINGS LIKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS PREDICTING STUDENTS MAY BE AT RISK OF FAILING OR DROPPING OUT, THERE'S AI TOOLS FOR THAT. ADDICTIVE AND -- PREDICTIVE ATTENDANCE MONITORING, GRADING PATTERN ANALYSIS . THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS WE COULD UTILIZE AI TO MAKE OUR DISTRICT MORE DATA-DRIVEN AND EFFICIENT. THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE BOARD AND I HOPE WE CONTINUE DOWN THE PATH AS A DISTRICT TO REFINING IT FOR THE SECOND READ AND REALLY PUSHING FORWARD.

>> THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT THIS IS YOUR THING AND YOU ARE REALLY GOOD AT IT SO I APPRECIATE YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND WHAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO US. YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK FOR US SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO? BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO MAJOR ACTION WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK

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>>> ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BECOME. WE WILL RECONVENE AT 7:08 P.M.

MOVING ALONG, THE FIRST AND ONLY MAJOR ACTION, 13.1, DISTRICT

SECURITY SERVICES. MRS. ACEVEDO? >> WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS

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PATROL. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING

HERE. >> THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR ALLOWING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND START WITH GO, DODGERS. THEY WON TONIGHT.

>> OH, THEY WON? THANK YOU. >> I AM MANNY JIMENEZ, VETERAN-OWNED AND BASED OUT OF THE PORT OF L.A. AND WE SERVICE FIVE DIVET CITIES INCLUDING THE CITY OF ONTARIO, AND WE WERE FUNDED IN 2015 AND AGAIN, VETERAN OWNED WITH 350 EMPLOYEES AND BASED HERE IN THE SOUTH BAY. I LIVE IN LAKEWOOD, AND WE -- OUR HEADQUARTERS ARE IN THE PORT OF L.A. WITH AN OFFICE IN ONTARIO, AND AN OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND IN 2020, WE ACTUALLY LAUNCHED OUR SECURITY SCHOOL WITH TRAINING WHERE WE CATER TO THE SECURITY INDUSTRY AND OTHER COMPANIES AND GETTING CERTIFIED WITH THE GUARD CARDS AND THE PEPPER SPRAY CERTIFICATION AND FIREARMS QUALIFICATIONS. WE ARE BEE HAVE AN SBE AND A DBE WITH L.A. METRO, THE CONTRACTOR, AND THEY CHANGED SERVICE PROVIDERS. WE ARE NO LONGER THE SUBCONTRACTOR BUT IT GAVE US OUR CERTIFICATION WHICH WE ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR.

I WANTED TO START WITH THE KEY LEADERSHIP. WE HAVE OUR RETIRED ARM COLONEL, THE DEPUTY CEO WHO RUNS OUR ATLANTA OFFICE. HE WAS HERE IN CALIFORNIA BUT AFTER 35 YEARS IN THE ARMY, HE WANTED TO MOVE BACK HOME. IT WAS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY. WE ENDED UP OPENING IN GEORGIA. CHRISTOPHER IS HERE WITH ME TODAY, THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND DEALS WITH THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS WORKING WITH THE ACCOUNT MANAGERS. WE HAVE OUR RETIRED POLICE SERGEANT IN GARDENA. HE CAME TO US IN THE TRAINING POSITION AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONGOING TRAINING, WEAPONS POLICY QUALIFICATIONS, AND SHOWING THAT WE ARE UP TO DATE WITH THE TRAINING. MR. LARRY HOLMES, HE WOULD BE THE GENTLEMAN OVER SEEING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS IF GRANTED TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF -- JUST WANTED TO SHOWCASE OUR VEHICLES. I KNOW ONE OF THE REQUESTS IS WANTING TO SEE THE VEHICLES, VERY SIMILAR TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE DON'T HAVE RED OR BLUE LIGHTS. ALL OF OUR LIGHTS ARE AMBER AND BLUE, AND WITH THE NAME OF OUR COMPANY, AND WE CAN'T CHANGE THE NAME OF THE COMPANY BUT WEY CAN ADD THE BELLFLOWER SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THE VEHICLE WITH WHAT YOU GUYS WANT WANT TO SEE ON THE VEHICLE.

UNIFORMS. WE HAVE A CREATURE OF UNIFORMS. I WANTED TO BRING THE TWO UNIFORMS HERE TODAY. THE FIRST UNIFORM ON THE LEFT IS THE EVENT UNIFORM WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT WE USE FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, CONCERTS, FESTIVALS, HIGH VISIBILITY, BLACK AND BLUE, NO DUTY BELT LIKE A NORMAL SECURITY GUARD WORKING AN EVENT. TH E RIGHT IS OUR TRADITIONAL UNIFORM WHICH I DID BRING STAFF WITH ME TODAY IF YOU WANT TO STAND UP WITH THE BLACK AND GREEN UNIFORM WITH EVERYTHING FROM THE BODY-WORN CAMERAS, SIDE ARM, AND OUR BANK HANDCUFFS, RADIO, FLASHLIGHT. WE'LL BE MARKED AND FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE. CALIFORNIA LAW REQUIRES US TO HAVE A COMPANY PATCH OR COMPANY BADGE, TWO PATCHES BUT WE ARE ABLE TO ADD. WHAT I THINK IS REALLY COOL -- IF YOU DON'T MIND TURNING AROUND. TH E BACK, IT SAYS BLACK KNIGHT PATROL. WE CAN ADD THE WORDING ON THE BACK WITH A PATCH SAYING PROUDLY SERVING

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IT DOESN'T LOOK AS INTIMIDATING IN MY OPINION. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STUDENTS ARE COMFORTABLE, APPROACHABLE AND WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE OPEN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE STUDENTS AND STAFF. WE ARE NOT LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO WE TRY NOT TO LOOK LIKE LAW ENFORCEMENT EVEN THOUGH WE ARE STILL -- WE STILL HAVE TO WEAR OUR UNIFORM AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TO BE ABLE TO TELL THAT WE ARE SECURITY. SO SOME OF OUR EXPERIENCE THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT. AGAIN, WE ARE A FULL-SERVICE PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY, PROTECTIONS, CONCERTS, HOMELESS SHELTERS, ANYTHING THAT NEEDS SECURITY, WE CAN DO, AND SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE DO A LOT OF SPECIAL EVENTS, FOOTBALL GAMES, GRADUATIONS, ACTIVITIES THAT ARE REQUIRED AFTER SCHOOL.

OUR OFFICERS ARE UNARMED AND WORK CLOSELY WITH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION AND SCHOOL POLICE TO ENSURE A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR ANY GUESTS ON THE CAMPUS. THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES HIGH SCHOOL WITH UNARMED SECURITY OFFICERS, MORE OF A FRONT DESK RECEPTION KIND OF STYLE WITH PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE DOOR. NOT REALLY -- AGAIN, WE TAPER OUR NEEDS TO THE CLIENT. THEY WANTED A FRONT DESK KIND OF RECEPTION STYLE. CHADWICK SCHOOL, WE DO OFFER -- IT'S A PRIVATE SCHOOL IN RANCHO PALOS V ERDES. AND WE THOUGHT IT LOOKED GREAT BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TO HAVE COMMUNITY WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. HEY, WE HAVE ARMED OFFICERS ON THE CAMPUS AND PROVIDE A PICTURE SO IF THERE WAS AN INCIDENT, THEY NEEDED THAT ON THE PROPERTY. AND HOLY INNOCENCE CATHOLIC CHURCH, A PRIVATE SCHOOL IN LONG BEACH.

OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A PRESENCE IN THE MORNING AND THE AFTERNOON. LONG BEACH PD COULDN'T BE THERE ALL THE TIME BUT THE PARENTS WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THE ARMED SECURITY ON THE CAMPUS. THE. CATCH US IS VERY SECURE DURING THE DAY, AND THEY DECIDED NOT TO HAVE A STANDING OFFICER. AND ONE OF OUR BIG CLIENTS IS STANFORD UNIVERSITY WHERE WE HAVE EIGHT UNARMED SECURITY OFFICERS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND OUR GOAL IS TO BE ADDITIONAL EYES AND EARS TO THE CAMPUS WORKING WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND ROWLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AGAIN, SPECIAL EVENTS, CATER ANY FOOTBALL GAMES OR ANYTHING ON CAMPUS. AND MY FAVORITE IS CERRITOS COLLEGE, AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE IT HERE. WE WORKED WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE WITH OUR SERVICES TO HAVE AVOID LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO WE ARE NOT LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE ARE NOT EVER GOING TO REPLACE LAW ENFORCEMENT. BUT WE BELIEVE IN PRIVATE-PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS.

I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. WHEN THEY HAVE A CALL-OFF OR MINIMAL STAFFING. THEY HAVE TO PROTECT THEIR ASSETS, AND AFTER HOURS, WE WILL COME IN FULLY GEARED AND WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE DISPATCH AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. AGAIN, WE HAVE GREAT REFERENCES WE CAN PROVIDE. WE DIDN'T BRING ANYTHING TODAY BUT AGAIN FROM

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ONCE WE DO THE TAP, IT WILL RECORD UNTIL IT'S TURNED OFF BY THE OFFICER WHICH REQUIRES ANOTHER TAP. IT'S HIGH-DEFINITION VIDEO WITH A BUFFER, AND THE COOL THING IS IT'S WHAT A LOT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES DEPLOY. AND EVERYTHING GOES TO THE CLOUD. AND IF WE SHARE ANYTHING WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEY WILL GET A LINK, AND GO IN AND IDENTIFY THE INCIDENT AND LABEL THE INCIDENT AND SHARE THAT, OBVIOUSLY, AT THE DIRECTION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IF WE ARE ALLOWED TO. YOU BEING THE CLIENT, WE WON'T RELEASE ANYTHING WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION FROM THE BOARD OR ADMINISTRATION. ONE LAST TOPIC ON THAT. THE COOL PART ABOUT THE CAMERAS IS WE CAN LIVE STREAM. SO IF YOU HAVE A DISPATCH CENTER OR FROM OUR HEADQUARTERS DISPATCH, IF WE KNOW THERE IS AN INCIDENT, WE CAN GO ON OUR IPADS OR COMPUTER AND SEE WHAT IS GOING ON AND HOW OUR OFFICER IS DOING AND DEPLOY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. IT'S A GREAT TOOL. THE NEXT SLIDE WILL DEAL WITH COMMUNITY RELATIONS. BLACK KNIGHT PATROL IS NOT ONLY ONE OF THE FEW COMPANIES WITH AN OUTREACH TEAM. WE CONSTANTLY SPONSOR AND ATTEND COMMUNITY EVENTS. WE ARE NOT TRYING TO BRIBE YOU GUYS BUT IF ALLOTTED THE OPPORTUNITY, OUR OUTREACH IS SIMILAR TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. IT'S A COMMUNITY RELATIONS TEAM. THEY COME OUT TO SCHOOL FUNCTIONS, COMMUNITY EVENTS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW WHO WE ARE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SOMETHING SUCCESSFUL, WE HAVE THE ICE CREAM CONTROL. EVERY SUMMER SINCE THE INSPECTION, 2020, OUR GOAL IS TO GIVE OUT 5000 PIECES OF ICE CREAM. THE LOCAL VENDORS HATE US BECAUSE THEY NEVER GET TO SELL ANY OF ICE CREAM, BUT AGAIN, THE KIDS ARE HAPPY TO SEE US, AND WE ARE ENGAGING WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS.

AND WE HAVE A TRUNK OR TREAT EVENT ON SAN PEDRO. I THINK LAST YEAR WE SAW CLOSE TO 3,000 KIDS. AND WE TEAM UP WITH THE PATCH OR GO PINK PROJECT AND WE RAISE MONEY FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PINK PATCH PROJECT. I THINK WE RAISED 2500 LAST YEAR WITH CLIENTS AND SUPPORTERS. WE BELIEVE IN GIVING BACK TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY. AND MY NEXT SLIDE IS THE UP TO HALL OF MEETING.

PRIOR TO STARTING THE CONTRACT, WE WILL MAKE THE TEAM AVAILABLE FOR A TOWNHALL MEETING-STYLE MEETING AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN OPEN DIALOGUE, ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, ANYTHING THAT WE WANT TO SEE OR QUESTIONS WITH MANAGE, WE WILL BE THERE.

OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE THIS A SMOOTH TRANSITION AND PROTECT -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY ASSETS BUT THE SCHOOL, STUDENTS, AND FACULTY AND ASSETS OF THE BELLFLOWER SCHOOL DISTRICT.

GOING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WE BELIEVE IN PRIVATE-PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP. BY NO MEANS WE WILL EVER REPLACE LAW ENFORCEMENT. BY NO MEANS WILL WE EVER BE LAW ENFORCEMENT.

WE ARE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. AND I PERSONALLY, WE LOVE ESTABLISHING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE WE ARE ONLY AS SUCCESSFUL AS WE ARE WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY PERSONNEL, ALSO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. THAT BEING SAID, WE ACTUALLY MET WITH THE LAKEWOOD SHERIFFS STATION YESTERDAY AND WE WERE GRANTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT A PROPOSAL TO THE DISTRICT. WE WERE VERY EXCITED.

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AND WE HAVE REAL LINE COMMUNICATION, COMMUNICATING WITH PERSONNEL ON CAMPUS, AND IF GRANTED THE OPPORTUNITY WE WANT TO ENSURE WE HAVE OPEN COMMUNICATION, AND THIS IS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DISTRICT. WEIGH DON'T TO STEP ON ANYBODY'S TOES. IF YOU SAY DON'T SHARE, WE DON'T SHARE BUT I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT THE PRIVATE-PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP IS SUPER IMPORTANT. SO TAKING YOU TO THE NEXT SLIDE, OUR REPORTING SOFTWARE. WE USE DESTINY, OUR CATCHALL. IT'S A PRETTY AWESOME SOFTWARE WHERE THE OFFICER, HE OR SHE WOULD HAVE A DAILY REPORT. ANY INCIDENT WILL BE IN THE CLOUD, IN THE SERVER FOREVER, AS LONG AS WE HAVE A CLIENT. WE HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE WE HAD TO MAKE AN ARREST ON THE CAMPUS, A TRESPASSER, UNOF THED GUEST, YOU KNOW, TYPE IT UP, TAKE PICTURES.

WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOWS UP, WE PROVIDE THEM WITH A REPORT, EMAIL THEM, AND AGAIN,STAY IN T WE HAD REPORTING, THIS WOULD BE THE PLATFORM WE WOULD USE. IT'S EASILY ACCEPTABLE ON AN I PAD OR I PHONE OR A COMPUTER. WE HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS TEAMS. WE PROVIDE OURSELVES IN BEING ABLE TO RAPIDLY DEPLOY WITH MARKED PATROL VEHICLES, THE BICYCLE TEAM, AND A PRETTY FANCY MOBILE COMMAND CENTER ON THE TOP RIGHT. IT'S NOT JUST A COMMAND CENTER BUT A GREAT ACCESS TO DEPLOY WHEREVER WE BRING A HUGE DEPLOYMENT OF OFFICERS. WE DO OFFER EXPLOSIVE DETECTION K-9S, MOBILE CAMERA TRAILERS AND METAL DETECTORS AND GUEST SCREENINGS.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP COORDINATE. AND, YEAH. AGAIN, OUR PRIORITY IS CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. WE ARE AN EXTENSION OF OUR CLIENTS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE REPRESENTING OUR CLIENTS ACCORDINGLY. MY NEXT SLIDE IS A SECURITY ASSESSMENT.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T -- AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION WE DIDN'T VISIT THE SITE SO WE CAN'T GIVE YOU AN ASSESSMENT.

WE DIDN'T GIVE YOU THE SITE AND IF GRANTED THE OPPORTUNITY, WE HAVE THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT AND WHOEVER WANTS THE CONTRACT SHOULD BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY HOT SPOTS OR ISSUES. BUT AGAIN, WE WOULD COME OUT WITH THE GREAT CAMERA OF COVERAGE WITH BETTER SECURITY, LIGHTING AT NIGHT AND THAT'S WHERE OUR EXPERTISE COMES INTO PLAY. AGAIN, WE UNDERSTAND THIS A PILOT PROGRAM, AND WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE DISTRICT TO ENSURE THAT IT WORKS. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE. I WANT TO THANK EVEN FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY, AND FOR REPORTING THE LOCAL SECURITY COMPANY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE'LL MOVE TO QUESTIONS. I HAVE A QUESTION. CAN YOU MOVE TO THE SLIDE, EXPERIENCE IN SCHOOLS, PLEASE. MY DIFFERENCE IS WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ARMED OFFICERS AND ARMED VEHICLE PATROLS?

>> SO AN ARMED OFFICER IS AN ARMED OFFICER, NO VEHICLE WHILE A PATROL VEHICLE IS AN ARMED OFFICER IN THE VEHICLE. AND AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE THE PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF ME. I THINK I QUOTED YOU FOR AN ARMED PATROL OFFICER SO AN OFFICER IN THE VEHICLE AT THE SCHOOL AND WITH BUDGET RESTRAINTS, AFTER HOURS, IF YOU WANTED A PATROL SERVICE WE CAN HAVE SITE VISITS. THEY SHOW UP. THEY LEAVE, 15, 20 MINUTES. AND AGAIN, THEY IT NOT

A FIXED ASSET TO THE SCHOOL. >> GOT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

WRONG PIPE. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I KNOW YOU HAVE GIVEN THE PRESENTATION WITH THE SAFETY COMMITTEE. AND I JUST WANT TO KIND OF -- AGAIN WITH THE COMMITTEE, I THINK OVER THE COURSE OF THREE MEETINGS THERE WAS 12 TO 14 HOURS OF ACTUAL DISCUSSION TO THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY EMPHASIZED AND WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE THING BUT WE TALKED ABOUT LIABILITY, LIABILITY INSURANCE WHERE THAT LIES. CAN YOU TOUCH ON A FEW OF THOSE THINGS AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE? I WANT TO HAVE HIT A

FEW OF THEM. >> YES. WE DO CARRY INSURANCE, APPROXIMATELY $7 MILLION IN TOTAL, 1 MILLION GENERAL LIABILITY, 2 MILLION ADDITIONAL, AND 5 MILLION UMBRELLA. THAT IS A LITTLE MORE THAN WHAT A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES REQUIRE. AND WE WANT TO SURPASS WHAT THEY REQUIRE AND WE CAN REVISIT THAT

IF THE DISTRICT NEEDS MORE. >> THANK YOU. AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WAS WE ARE A MAJORITY DISTRICT WITH HAVING A BILINGUAL SECURITY WOULD BE A BENEFIT, I BELIEVE. WHAT PERCENTAGE IS BILINGUAL AND COULD BE GUARANTEED BILINGUAL?

>> I CAN DEFINITELY GUARANTEE ONE BILINGUAL GUARD IF THAT'S A REQUIREMENT. WE HAVE 350 OFFICERS. I WOULDN'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER BUT WE PRIDE OURSELVES WITH BILINGUAL OFFICERS AND FEMALE OFFICERS. I WOULDN'T BELIEVE ABLE TO PROVIDE A FEMALE OFFICER EVERY DAY BUT IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, A FEMALE BILINGUAL OFFICER WOULD BE SELECTED FOR THE DISTRICT.

>> AND THERE WOULD BE NOT A VETTING BUT SELECTION.

>> ABSOLUTELY. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE SELECTION BUT THEY WANT TO -- YEAH. DEFINITELY. 100%. YOU GUYS WOULD BE HELPING WITH THE SELECTION. WHAT WE DO WITH OTHER CLIENTS IS WE PICK A TOTAL OF FOUR TO FIVE CANDIDATES. WE WOULD SCHEDULE THEM LIKE A JOB INTERVIEW. OBVIOUSLY, THEY'VE BEEN VETTED THROUGH US. WE THINK THEY'RE A GOOD FIT. THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE STAFF AND BOARD TO ADMINISTRATE THE CONTRACT.

>> GREAT. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONVERSATIONS IN THE COMMITTEE WAS THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF THAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT. AND THERE WAS CONVERSATIONS ON POLICIES ABOUT BREAKING UP FIGHTS WHERE WE HEARD SOME -- SOME COMPANIES ARE COMPLETELY NOT GOING TO GO NEAR IT. THEY'RE HANDS OFF COMPLETELY. YOU HAD A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANSWER. CAN YOU

EXPLAIN? >> YES. IT GOES BACK TO THE TRAINING. WE ARE FIRM BELIEVERS WITH THE PROPER TRAINING AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAW WE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. WE WILL BY NO MEANS NOT GOING TO GO HANDS ON. IF THERE IS A FIGHT, PARENT AND STUDENT, OUR PRIORITY IS THE STUDENT. AND IF THEY HAVE A HANDS ON OR HANDS OFF POLICY, WE GO TO THE DISTRICT.

>> THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I APPRECIATED FROM THE COMMITTEE.

IT SPURRED A LOT OF OTHER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT -- IT REALLY MAKES US FOCUS ON THOSE POLICIES WITH THOSE CLEAR DIRECTIONS. ONE MORE THING. I ALREADY SAID THIS ONE.

>> I HAVE ONE QUESTION. I KNOW YOU SAID WE WOULD BE HAVING THE SAME OFFICERS EVERY DAY AT OUR SITES. IF AN OFFICER'S OUT, DO YOU HAVE A SUB SYSTEM? CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW WE WOULD HAVE THE

SAME OFFICER? >> YES. ONCE THEY ARE IDENTIFIED TO THE CAMPUS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT LIFE HAPPENS, THE PERSONAL LIFE OR DISTRICT, AND OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THE OFFICERS THAT ARE DAY-TO-DAY IN THEIR VEHICLES PATROLLING THE SITES, WE WOULD WANT TO BRING THEM UP TO SPEED AND GET THEM TRAINING SO THEY

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>> OKAY. BOARD PRESIDENT ARMSTRONG.

>> THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION. YOU SAY WE AGREED WITH FOUR OFFICERS. IS THAT WHAT WE AGREED ON?

>> NO. WE HAVEN'T AGREED ON ANYTHING. WE ARE PICKING THE COMPANY AND THEY WILL DO THE ASSESSMENTS AND LET US KNOW THE

SPECIFICS. >> OKAY. SO THE CARS --

>> ALL THE SPECIFICS WILL BE DONE AFTERWARDS, YES.

>> AND THE PILOT, THAT WOULD BE DECIDED ALSO.

>> THAT WOULD BE THE CONTRACT. >> OKAY. OKAY. YOU DID MENTION STUDENTS THAT HAVE DISABILITIES. SO YOU GUYS ARE VERY SENSITIVE TO STUDENTS WITH INVISIBLE DISABILITIES? LIKE WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT LOOK NOTHING IS GOING ON WITH THEM. SO YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH INVISIBILITY DISABILITIES?

>> YES, MA'AM. WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN BEING ABLE TO ADAPT TO DIFFERENT NEEDS OF STUDENTS. THAT WOULD BE COVERED IN THE OFF GOING TRAINING IF ALLOWED THE OPPORTUNITY. WE WOULD WELCOME THE STAFF OR ADMINISTRATION TO COME IN AND SET UP THE CURRICULUM FOR THAT. EVERYTHING IS COMMUNICATED.

>> I REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR PRESENTATION. I REALLY DID LIKE WHAT I HEARD. WITH YOUR DOCUMENTATION, YOU SAY EVERYTHING GOES TO THE CLOUD. YOU HAVE A SYSTEM, BUT I KNOW FOR A FACT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN BOTH CRITICAL AND NON-CRITICAL CALLS. SO YOU -- I MEAN, EVERY CALL YOU GET, EVERY DISPATCH YOU GET, I, MYSELF, WOULD BE INTERESTED IN EVERY

CALL. >> YEAH. NO. THE COOL THING ABOUT OUR SOFTWARE, AND AGAIN, I WOULD HAVE TO REFER TO MY TEAM, BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT WE COULD ADD UP TO 15, 20 EMAILS. THAT WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED TO WHO WANTED TO SEE IT. THAT WOULD BE AN ONGOING DAILY REPORT. OBVIOUSLY, ANY CRITICAL INCIDENT, AGAIN, IT WOULD GO TO THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE CONTRACT. WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE ANY TYPE OF

RECORDING >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. PRESENTATION. I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A LOT TO

DISCUSS. >> VICE PRESIDENT GARZA?

>> THANK YOU. MY QUESTION WHO HAS ACCESS TO THE ARCHIVED VIDEO AND THE DISTRICT? IT WILL GO TO THE CLIENTS BUT WHO SPECIFICALLY

WOULD YOU SEND THEM TO? >> WHO YOU GUYS IDENTIFY AS HAVING ACCESS. IF THE BOARD WANTS TO SEE THEM, WE CAN DO THAT AND IF THE SUPERINTENDENT WANTS TO SEE THEM, WE CAN SEND TO WHOEVER ONCE YOU IDENTIFY THEM.

>> THANK YOU. AND ON YOUR END, WHO IS THE POINT OF COURTESY.

>> OUR POINT OF CONTACT SUBMR. LARRY HOLMES AND CHRISTOPHER.

>> SO BOTH OF THEM WOULD BE ABLE AND TO THE BOARD AS WELL?

>> YES. >> ON OUR END, WHO IS OUR POINT

OF CONTACT? WOULD IT BE YOU. >> NO. I SUGGEST A TEAM OF INDIVIDUALS. I THINK THE SECURITY MANAGEMENT TEAM CONTACTED AS WELL AS THE SITE PRINCIPLES. WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK OUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, THE TREE OF COMMUNICATION.

>> JUST MAKING SURE THAT ONE PERSON IS -- THERE IS ONE SET OF DIRECTORS AT THAT POINT. SO, THEN, I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION.

JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE LAKEWOOD SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT WANTED TO PARTNER WITH YOU?

>> YES. WELL, IT'S NOT -- IT'S THE LAKEWOOD STATION BUT IN BELLFLOWER. IT'S OVER IN BELLFLOWER, AND WE RELY ON THE PARTNERSHIP AND IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SERVICE IF WE HAVE SOMEONE ACROSS THE STREET THAT IS SUSPICIOUS, OUR

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>> SO THE PEOPLE THAT COME ON THE CAMPUSES, WE WANT TO PARTNER

WITH THEM AND GET TO KNOW THEM? >> CORRECT.

>> SO WOULD WE HAVE TO CONTRACT THAT OUT AS AN ADD ON?

>> IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED, THAT WOULD BE A SIMPLE ADD ON AS A SERVICE AGREEMENT. WE ASK FOR 72 HOURS' NOTICE. I KNOW WE HAVE CAMPUSES THAT WILL CALL US THREE HOURS BEFORE THE EVENT AND WE WILL TRY AND MAKE IT HAPPEN BUT WE ASK FOR 72 HOURS FOR

PROPER STAFFING. >> I THINK THOSE WERE ALL MY

QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN.

SO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IS UNDERSTOOD TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS, WHAT IS THE EXPERIENCE? CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE EXPERIENCE OF OUR GUARDS, YOUR SECURITY WITH THEIR EXPERIENCE ON CAMPUS? HOW MUCH PRIOR EXPERIENCE DO THEY HAVE PRIOR TO COMING TO OUR CAMPUS?

>> SO IT'S -- WE WOULDN'T PUT SOMEBODY ON HERE THAT WE WOULDN'T FEEL DEPLOYING WITHOUT THE REQUIREMENTS. OUR COMPANY, I LIKE TO SAY IS A STEPPING STONE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE LOSE A LOT THE CREAM OF THE CROP OFFICERS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE HAVE STAFF THAT WERE WITH US FOR FIVE-PLUS YEARS AND SIX YEARS AND IT DEPENDS. WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE RETIRED OFFICERS AND COMING TO US, AND LOOKING FOR POST RETIREMENT WORK, AND RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A CANDIDATE THAT IS RETIRING FROM THE GARDEN GROVE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY HAVE 22 YEARS AS A SCHOOL SAFETY OFFICER, AND WE LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY, AND THEY ARE VERY EXCITED. AND WE HAVE CANDIDATES THAT ARE NOT HIRED YET BUT HAS 20 YEARS WORKING ON CAMPUS SECURITY AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SEEKING.

>> AND FOR CLARIFICATION IN CASE PEOPLE CAN'T HEAR THIS PART, YOUR AGENCY, YOUR COMPANY IS NOT A COMPANY THAT GOES ON TO CAMPUS TO TAKE OVER THE GUARD. IT'S IN COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EXISTING STAFF THAT IS THERE. CORRECT?

>> CORRECT. BY NO MEANS AGAIN, WE ARE NOT HERE TO TAKE OVER AND REPLACE -- IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE YOUR OWN SECURITY FORCE. ONE OF OUR CLIENTS IS STANFORD UNIVERSITY AND WORKED WITH THE SCHOOL TO SEE WHAT THEY NEEDED AND AUGMENT. AND OUR PRIORITY IS, IN A PERFECT WORLD, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE 40 OFFICERS TO PROTECT THE CAMPUS. BUT REALISTICALLY, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. WE RELY HEAVILY ON THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT AND INTERNAL SECURITY STAFF. BY NO MEANS ARE WE HERE TO TAKE AWAY THE SECURITY OPERATIONS FROM WHATEVER YOU HAVE. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S WORKING. WE WANT TO COME IN AND HELP STANDARDIZE THE SECURITY GUARD TRAINING.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

THE -- SO PIGGYBACKING ON THAT, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE'VE IDENTIFIED IN THE COMMITTEE IN THE ONGOING CONVERSATION IS WE REALLY DON'T WANT EXTRA BODIES ON CAMPUS DOING SOMETHING THAT THE CURRENT STAFF COULD BE DOING OR REALLY WANTED TO, AND I THINK FOR MYSELF, THE GOAL IS TO BRING EXPERTISE ON CAMPUS TO SUPPORT, NOT JUST THE CAMPUS BUT SUPPORT THE CURRENT STAFF. CAN YOU SPEAK A BIT ABOUT -- I UNDERSTAND YOU WOULDN'T BE A SUPERVISOR FROM A COLLABORATIVE STANDPOINT. AND THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR

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TRAINING STAFF IN ADDITION TO. >> SO AGAIN, WE HAVE THE ABILITY FOR CLARIFICATION. I WELCOME ANYONE TO COME OUT TO ONE OF OUR CONFERENCES. IT'S THE SECURITY OPERATION, BUT IT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT. WE ARE THE PPO, THE PRIVATE PATROL OPERATOR. BUT THE DISTRICT IS EXEMPT LIKE ANY MUNICIPALITY WITH THEIR OWN SECURITY FORCE. BUT WE WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER COLLABORATIVELY AND GIVE OUR KNOWLEDGE AND OUR EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING POTENTIALLY FOR THE BOOK KNOWLEDGE OF OUR GUARDS AND OUR PATROL, SELF DEFENSE.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. NOW, NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION FOR YOU, BUT TO VICE PRESIDENT GARZA'S POINT, I THINK HAVING THE CLEAR CONTACT IN DISTRICT WILL BE IMPORTANT JUST LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT WITH YOU AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AT SOME POINT TO IDENTIFY AND I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE EXECUTIVE-LEVEL SECURITY FORCE FOR THE DISTRICT. I THINK THAT'S A LEVEL WE SHOULD GO TO IDENTIFY THE STUDENT SAFETY PERSON WITH THE EXPERTISE SO THE COLLABORATION COULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE.

>> I SECOND THAT. I THINK WE NEED A PERSON THAT OVERSEES THE DISTRICT, THE SECURITY IN OUR DISTRICT, AND THAT IS THE SOLE

PURPOSE. >> SINCE WE ARE WEIGHING IN ON SO MANY OPINIONS, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON OUR CAMPUS, IT'S A LOT OF FIGHTING. WE NEED SECURITY ON OUR CAMP US AS WELL.

>> CAN YOU SPEAK WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN A STUDENT IS PUSHING AN ADULT'S BUTTON? WHAT DO THEY DO?

>> OUR MAIN FOCUS IS DE-ESCALATION, YOU KNOW. WE CAN GIVE INDIVIDUALS ALL THE TRAINING IN THE WORLD BUT THEY ARE STILL HUMAN. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ALL THE TRAINING READILY AVAILABLE TO THEM WITH ONGOING PRACTICAL SCENARIOS THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE SITUATION. ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ISSUES -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY ISSUES BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST TRAINING POINTS IS THE RANGE FOR US OR SIMULATIONS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN MUSCLE MEMORY. GOD FORBID WE HAVE AN ACTIVE SHOOTER ON THE CAMPUS, THE OFFICER IS ABLE TO RAPIDLY DEPLOY THEIR TOOLS AND ENGAGE THE INDIVIDUAL OR THE THREAT. SO, AGAIN, IT COMES TO TRAINING. IT'S GOING TO BE ONGOING TRAINING AND ENSURING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S STRESSED TO THEM, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH.

>> OKAY. SO BY TOOLS, YOU MEAN CONVERSATION, DISCUSSION NOT --

>> WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN DE-ESCALATION. AGAIN, THE TOOLS THAT WE WEAR ON OUR BELT, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THOSE TOOLS ARE USED TO PROTECT THE FACULTY AND STAFF FROM OUTSIDE THREATINGS. I AM NOT SAYING THERE WASN'T BE AN INSIDE THREAT, BUT AGAIN, OUR BIGGEST PUSH IS THE VERBAL JUDO, DE-ESCALATION, AND AGAIN, IT COMES WITH EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING, AND IT'S A TRAIT THAT YOU PICK UP OVER TIME IN MY

PERSONAL WITHIN. >> BY ANY CHANCE, IS PART OF THE TRAINING ALSO LIKE HOLDS ON STUDENTS. I AM ASSUMING THEY ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM HOLDS ON ADULTS.

>> YES. AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE INVITE OUR TRAINING DIVISION TO GIVE MORE. WE UNDERSTAND THEY ARE STUDENTS. THE HOLDS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE USING ON A STUDENT -- AGAIN, OUR INTENT IS NOT TO GRAB STUDENTS. OUR INTENT IS TO SEPARATE. OBVIOUSLY, IF IT ESCALATES, WE WILL SAY WE USE REASONABLE FORCE TO EFFECT NOT NECESSARILY AN ARREST BUT TO STOP THE THREAT.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> I HAD A QUESTION. YOU SAID THAT THE AUTHORITY STOPPED AT THE SCHOOL. SO IF THERE IS SOMETHING ACROSS THE STREET, YOU CANNOT GO OVER THERE AND HELP

US? >> THAT DEPENDS. IT FALLS BACK TO THE PRIVATE-PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP. IT FALLS -- IT'S A DIALOGUE TO HAVE WITH THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT. IF THE SCHOOL ALLOWS US TO HAVE AUTHORITY A BLOCK AWAY, THAT IS

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OFFICERS BUT THEY HAVE AN MOU. >> IF WE SAY THEY ALLOWS, THEY

WON'T OVERRIDE US. >> RIGHT.

>> SO YOU CAN GO ACROSS THE STREET AND SOLVE PROBLEMS FOR

US. >> YES.

>> I HAVE'S QUESTION. OUR STAFF AS A DISTRICT, WE HAVE NON-CRISIS INTERVENTION TO OUR EMPLOYEES, SECURITY, STAFF AND TEACHERS. CRISIS INTERVENTION, WE DO THAT?

>> WE OFFERED IT TO THE ENTIRE DISTRICT ON THE OPTIONAL PD

DAYS. >> DO WE UPDATE IT EVERY TWO

YEARS? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. >> STAFF IS SAYING YES.

>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. WE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR OWN STAFF AND AT THE SAME TIME, THAT WOULD BE NICE -- I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TRAINING. HOW ABOUT THAT?

>> INVITE YOU, MA'AM. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

SO WHEN IT COMES TO RESTRAINING STUDENTS, WE DO HAVE A POLICY ON

THAT. CORRECT? >> WE DO.

>> OKAY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT -- AGAIN, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A PRIORITY BUT MAKING SURE THAT WHATEVER WE DO IS IN LINE WITH OUR POLICY, AND WITH THE TRAINING IS IN LINE WITH THIS?

>> 100%. I THINK IT SHOULD MIRROR THE POLICY.

>> ON THE POLICY, COULD YOU PUT THAT ON A MEMO FOR US.

>> ABSOLUTELY. SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> YEAH. THAT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO LOOK AT AND NOT ONLY THAT BUT MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THEIR POLICY, AND THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SPECIALS, NOT ONLY BREAKING UP FIGHTS BUT IS THE STAFF SUPPOSED TO BREAK UP THE FIGHT BUT WILL THE DISTRICT HAVE THEIR BACK IF THERE IS A SITUATION? I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT THE SAFETY OF THE STUDENTS IS A NO BRAINER, AND THE TEACHERS BE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR OWN SAFETY AND NOW, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE POLICY SO WHEN YOU MIRROR THEM, YOU ARE MIRRORING

REALLY GOOD ONES. >> NO, DEFINITELY. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE LOOK AT YOUR POLICY AND RUN IT BY THE COUNCIL. AND I DON'T SEE AN ISSUE WITH IT. WE PRIDE OURSELVES TO TAILOR THE POLICY SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR CLIENTS. IF IT'S NOT ILLEGAL, UNETHICAL, OR IMMORAL, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION.

>> THANK YOU.

OKAY. SO WE ARE MOVING ON TO OUR SECOND PRESENTATION. OUR SECOND PRESENTATION WILL BE GIVEN BY CITIGUARD AND THEY WILL BE

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. WELCOME. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND BEGIN. YOUR MIC ISN'T ON, IF YOU'LL JUST PUSH THAT

BUTTON. >> IT'LL TURN GREEN FOR YOU.

>> THERE YOU GO. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. I'M SAMMY, CEO AND PRESIDENT OF CITIGUARD .

>> DISTRICT MANAGER FOR CITIGUARD.

>> HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS AURORA, PRESIDENT OF THE

CONTRACT MANAGER AT CITIGUARD. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M HOWARD, AND I'M A SENIOR SECURITY CONSULTANT FOR CITIGUARD, AND I WAS THE ONE THAT PREPARED THE RFP FOR BELLFLOWER USD.

>> GOOD EVENING. I'M HENLEY NORRIS. I'M THE SENIOR --

>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CAREY PRICE, I'M ONE OF THE

SUPERVISORS FOR CITIGUARD . >> GOOD EVENING. NATHANIEL GUTIERREZ, AND I'M ONE OF THE PATROL LEADS FOR -- FOR CITI

CARD. >> SLIDE.

>> CITIGUARD WAS ESTABLISHED AS A CORPORATION BACK IN 2007, WITH A VISION IN MIND TO OVERCOME SHORTCOMINGS OF EXISTING SECURITY PER SERVICE PROVIDERS AND CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY ROLE ADDRESSING ALL PARTNER CONCERNS. SO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US HERE AT CITIGUARD HAVE MULTIPLE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OF WORKING FOR MOM-AND-POP ORGANIZATIONS, TO THE FORTUNE 500 CARD COMPANIES, AND INDUSTRY. EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US COMES FROM A BACKGROUND OF WORKING FROM SECURITY OFFICER TO WORKING, TO AN ACCOUNT MANAGER, AND EVENTUALLY MOVING UP THE LADDER. CITIGUARD EMPLOYEES CURRENTLY 700 EMPLOYEES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. WE PROVIDE MULTIPLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS GUARD SERVICES. THE SACRAMENTO SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE LOSS VIRGIN S SCHOOL DISTRICT, SAN GABRIEL SCHOOL DISTRICT, PASADENA SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE RIALTO SCHOOL DISTRICT, TWINS RIVERS SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE MONTEBELLO SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE ALSO PROVIDE A COUPLE OF NOTABLE PRIVATE SCHOOLS GUARD SERVICES, WHICH ARE PRAECIPE HIGH, SIERRA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL, AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE ALSO PROVIDE MULTIPLE LIBRARIES GUARD SERVICES, WHERE WE INTERACT WITH STUDENTS AND MINORS AND PARENTS THAT DO COME INTO THE DIFFERENT LIBRARIES THAT WE PROVIDE SERVICES. SO WE PROVIDE ALL THE ORANGE COUNTY LIBRARIES GUARD SERVICES, ARCADIA LIBRARIES GUARD SERVICES, TORRANCE LIBRARY, WE PROVIDE SERVICES TOTAL. AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. WE PROVIDE SERVICES ALL THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. BUT I WOULD SAY, WHEN IT COMES TO GUARD SERVICES, WE PROVIDE MULTIPLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS GUARD SERVICES, AND WE'RE PRETTY WELL VERSED WITH DEALING WITH PARENTS, FACULTY, AND STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOLS. YES. WE CONSIDER OUR GUARDS WALKING BILLBOARDS. THE REASON WHY WE CONSIDER OUR GUARDS WALKING BILLBOARDS IS BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT US ON A DAILY BASIS. THE EASIEST FORM OF ADVERTISEMENT, OR GETTING OUR POINT ACROSS TO OUR CLIENTELE, IS BASED OFF THE PERFORMANCE THAT WE PROVIDE TO AN ORGANIZATION, A SCHOOL, A COUNTY, A CITY, A MUNICIPAL BUILDING THAT WE PROVIDE SERVICES TO. THE MAJORITY OF OUR BUSINESS COMES TO US BASED OFF THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND SCHOOLS THAT WE PROVIDE SERVICES TO. I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE EXAMPLE, WE NEVER KNOW IF THE CEO OF AMAZON'S KID IS COMING TO THE SCHOOL HERE, RIGHT? THEY COULD BE LOOKING FOR GUARD SERVICES, AND THEY SEE HOW WE INTERACT OR DROP OFF OR A HIGH SCHOOL GAME OR A FOOTBALL GAME OR A GRADUATION. THEY SEE THE WAY OUR GUARDS ARE PERFORMING AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS, AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE SELECTED, AND THAT'S HOW WE GET A LOT OF WORD-OF-MOUTH BUSINESS.

THIS IS ONE OF THE TYPE OF UNIFORMS THAT CITIGUARD USUALLY USES AT SCHOOL CAMPUSES. IT'S THE TACTICAL UNIFORM, OR YOU HAVE THE CHOICE OF THE SHIRT AND POLOS. ALL SHIRTS MUST BE WELL MAINTAINED, NO MAJOR STAINS OR DAMAGE WHATSOEVER. MUST BE TUCKED IN AND PUT ON PROPERLY. PANTS, BADGES, ACCESSORIES. EACH AND EVERY GUARD IS PROVIDED EIGHT UNIFORMS WHEN THEY'RE BROUGHT ON TO CITIGUARD AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THEY'RE PROVIDED MULTIPLE UNIFORMS AS WELL. AND THE UNIFORM CHOICES COMES BASED OFF DISTRICT'S DECISION, WHEN IT COMES TO

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REVIEWING ACCESS CONTROL, GOING OVER ACCESS CONTROL, MAKING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS OF ACCESS CONTROLS THAT ARE IN AND OUT OF THE PROPERTY AT THE CAMPUSES. SO IF, AT ANY POINT IN TIME, WE FEEL THAT CERTAIN AREAS MIGHT BE A THREAT, WHERE SOMEONE CAN COME INTO CAMPUS OR LEAVE THE CAMPUS, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE'LL POINT THAT, THOSE ACCESS POINTS OUT. ACCESSING SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE, WE REVIEW THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURES TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ADEQUATELY EQUIPPED TO DETECT AND RESPOND TO POTENTIAL SECURITY THREATS. SO THAT KIND OF GOES MORE INTO, IF THERE'S A FOOTBALL GAME, GRADUATION, OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE, OF US BRINGING OUT METAL DETECTORS, WALK-THROUGH DETECTORS, OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE, WHEN THERE'S SCHOOL EVENTS HAPPENING. REVIEWING EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS. OBVIOUSLY WE'LL PUT TOGETHER EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN THAT WOULD BE SHARED WITH THE DISTRICT BEFORE WE START SERVICES, AND IF THERE'S ANY PLAN IN PLACE THAT WE COULD MAKE CHANGES TO. AND THEN GOING OVER REGULATORY COMPLIANCE WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS. WHAT CAL SAGA REQUIRES US TO DO, AND ALSO THE BUREAU OF SECURITY AND INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES REQUIRES US TO DO AT ANY GIVEN TIME. ANTICIPATING CHANGES IN SITE USAGE, MEANING IF THERE'S A CONSTRUCTION SITE, AN AREA THAT

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>> GOOD EVENING AGAIN. FOR THE GENERAL CONDUCT AND PROCEDURES, OBVIOUSLY, WE HIRE OFFICERS. WE STRICTLY INTERVIEW OFFICERS. THE MAJORITY OF OUR OFFICERS COME FROM POST LAW ENFORCEMENT, A MILITARY BACKGROUND. THEY HAVE A COUPLE YEARS WORKING SECURITY, SO THESE OFFICERS KNOW HOW TO CONDUCT REPORTS. IF THERE IS AN INCIDENT, LET'S SAY THERE'S AN AFTERSCHOOL INCIDENT IN REGARDS TO STUDENTS FIGHTING, OFFICERS WILL BE ABLE TO RESPOND, INTERVENE, AND ALSO BE ABLE TO DE-ESCALATE THE SITUATION AND CONDUCT THE REPORTS. OUR OFFICERS ALSO FOLLOW THE STATE LAWS AND GUIDELINES THROUGH BSI YES, EXCUSE ME, AND CON SAGA.

AGAIN, WE'VE CONDUCTED TRAININGS FOR THE DE-ESCALATION'S WITH ALL OFFICERS. SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING. AS WE KNOW, EVERY, EVERY PERSON IS A MANDATED REPORTER, SO OFFICERS ARE ALSO TRAINED IF A STUDENT APPROACHES THEM WITH A SITUATION, MAYBE ABUSE OR SOMETHING, THEY'RE ABLE TO REPORT TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TO THE

SUPERIORS. >> OH YEAH. SO FOR THE -- PROCEDURES, WE DO ESTABLISH THE SCHOOL ACTIVE STUDENT PROTOCOL.

IT INCLUDES, WE HAVE TO GET THE FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THE CITY, AND WE DO ACTUALLY CORLEY TRAINING WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHICH THEY ACTUALLY CONDUCT A SCENARIO TO PICK A LOCATION, AND WE'LL HAVE A STAFF THAT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT INCLUDES OUR STAFF TO DO THE TRAINING. EMERGENCY, FIRE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE, WE WILL ASSIST EVACUATION PLANS. USUALLY WE'LL WORK WITH OFFICIALS TO ACTUALLY GET A GOOD PLAN FOR EVACUATION FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE ACTIVE SHOOTER, OR TO GO, ALSO FOR A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, WHO'D CONTACT, AND WHAT PERSONALITY -- NEEDS. UNAUTHORIZED INTRUDER, OUR PATROL OFFICER WILL ACTIVELY BE PATROLLING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, AND HIS JOB WILL BE TO MAINTAIN THAT HE'S AWARE OF EVERY PERSON THAT ACTUALLY DOESN'T LOOK THAT NEEDS TO BE THERE, SO HE WILL ACTUALLY DISPATCH OUR OFFICE, OR HE WILL DISPATCH THE OFFICERS

ALREADY AT THE SCHOOL. >> SO I, SO, SO, I'M GOING TO GO INTO FIGHTS AND ALTERCATIONS, AND ALSO, THESE TWO GENTLEMEN WILL GO INTO THE TRAINING THAT, BECAUSE THEY DEAL ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS WITH SITES AND ALTERCATIONS AT DIFFERENT SITES

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>> HELLO, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING, AGAIN. I KNOW WE'RE ALL PARENTS HERE, AND WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, IT'S GETTING LATE NOW. I NAMES NATHANIEL GUTIERREZ. WITH MY BACKGROUND, THE BIGGEST THING IS COMMUNITY RELATIONS. THE BEST THING IS KNOWING THAT WE DO HAVE OUR, PROBABLY EVEN OUR OWN CHILDREN HERE. THE BIGGEST THING IS KNOWING HOW TO BUILD OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STUDENTS, AS WELL WITH THOSE PARENTS. AND KNOWING THAT SAFETY OF YOUR STUDENTS, CORRECT? SO WITH MY BACKGROUND, BEING ALSO A PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF NORWALK AND WORKING AROUND BAYSIDE AS A CSO WITH LOS ANGELES SHERIFF DEPARTMENT, I'VE LEARNED A LOT WHEN IT COMES TO HELPING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THAT BEING SAID, FIRST THINGS FIRST, KNOWING WHAT IS A PRINCIPAL NEED, WHAT DO OUR CROSS GUARDS NEED ? BECAUSE AT ALL TIMES, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME PARENTS THAT ARE TRYING TO RUSH, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEIR, THEIR KIT ISN'T THE MOST IMPORTANT THING INSTEAD OF COMING TO WORK ON TIME. SO IF IT'S ENFORCING NONMOVING VIOLATIONS, IF IT'S WORKING RIGHT BY SIDE WITH ELLIE SD, SINCE THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HERE AT BELLFLOWER STATION, SUBSTATION, AS WELL AS LAKEWOOD STATION, IS KNOWING AT ALL TIMES, OKAY, IS THIS PARENT NOT BEING A GOOD PARENT AT THIS TIME? CAN THIS STUDENT, OR THE STUDENTS, SAFELY BE HERE? SO THOSE ARE THE BEST THINGS WE CAN DO IF IT'S WORKING WITH OUR COUNSEL, WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, AND RESIDENTS TO MAKE OUR SCHOOL SAFER. AS FOR MYSELF AND MY PARTNERS, WE DO OUR BEST TO ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT AROUND THE CAMPUSES ARE SAFE, MAKE SURE NO ONE'S TRYING TO HIDE AROUND. IF IT'S PUTTING DRUGS OR ANYTHING AROUND, MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ISN'T A KID THAT MAYBE DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL AND DECIDED TO HIDE SOMEWHERE TO PICK A FIGHT LATER ON, BECAUSE, FOR SOME REASON, THEY LIKE TO DO THAT AT A YOUNG AGE. THAT BEING SAID, AT ALL TIMES, MAKING SURE NO CONTRABAND IS COMING INTO SCHOOL. NO WEAPONS ARE COMING INTO SCHOOL. AND ONE BIGGEST THING I'VE LEARNED AT ALL TIMES, TO BE ABLE TO DO OUR JOB, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE WEAPONS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S COMING TO A SAFE GROUND WITH THAT PERSON, BEING ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THEM, AND COMMUNICATE WITH THEM. I FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING IS COMMUNICATION. WITH OUR STUDENTS, WITH OUR PARENTS, AND WITH THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BELLFLOWER. THANK YOU GUYS.

>> I WANT TO ADD ONTO THAT. SO WHEN IT COMES TO FIGHTS, WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE COMING IN UNAUTHORIZED AND PEOPLE BRINGING WEAPONS TO SCHOOL OR ANY FACILITY, THE BIGGEST IMPORTANT IS SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. FLOW FROM OUR EXPERIENCE FROM BEING A DEPUTY SHERIFF, POLICE OFFICER, AND WORKING AT COUNTY HOSPITALS, I HAVE LEARNED AND HAVE BEEN VERY OBSERVANT AND HAVE STRONG SITUATIONAL AWARENESS TO NOT ONLY DETECT PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTING VERY NERVOUS, PEOPLE WHO DON'T BELONG IN THE FACILITY, AND ALSO, WHEN IT COMES TO FIGHTS, A LOT OF FIGHTS WILL BE PRESENTED IF YOU PAID ATTENTION TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES, MAKING SURE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO, KEEPING AN EYE ON STUDENTS DURING TIMES WHERE THEY'RE GOING FROM CLASS TO CLASS, AND BEING OBSERVANT ON HOW THEY'RE INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER, BECAUSE YOU CAN TELL ALREADY BEFORE IT OCCURS BY THE WAY THEY'RE TALKING TO EACH OTHER THAT THEY'RE GETTING AGGRESSIVE, OR THEY'RE BEING VERBALLY AGGRESSIVE WITH ANOTHER STUDENT. AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME IS THE BEST TIME TO INTERVENE.

WHY LET INTO A FIGHT WHEN WE CAN PREVENT THE FIGHT FROM HAPPENING ALTOGETHER AND REMOVE THE STUDENTS FROM THE SCENE? AND IT ALSO COUNTS FOR WEAPONS AS WELL. FROM MY EXPERIENCE WORKING AT COUNTY HOSPITALS, WE SEARCH EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO ENTERS THE HOSPITAL, AND I KNOW, I HAVE A LOT OF TRAINING AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE PEOPLE LIKE TO HIDE THEIR WEAPONS, AND NOT JUST THAT, ALSO PREVENTING CONTRABAND COMING INTO THE HOSPITAL, DRUGS OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES THAT COULD ALSO BE A THREAT TO, YOU KNOW, A SCHOOL DISTRICT. ALSO BEING ABLE TO KEEP AN EYE OUT, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE DON'T BREAK ANYTHING IN THE HOSPITAL THAT ENDANGERS THE HEALTH OF OUR

STUDENTS. >> SO LET ME FINISH THAT. SO WHEN IT COMES TO FIGHTS AND ALTERCATIONS, I KNOW ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS ASKED IN A PREVIOUS MEETING AS WELL IS CITIGUARD'S HANDS-ON OR HANDS-OFF? WE ARE CONSIDERED HANDS-OFF, BUT AT ANY POINT IN TIME, IF A TEACHER, A STAFF MEMBER'S LIFE AT THREAT, OR A STUDENT IS GETTING PHYSICAL AT ANY POINT IN TIME AND IS BECOMING AN AGGRESSOR, WE OBVIOUSLY USE JUJITSU TO DE-ESCALATE THE SITUATION, BECAUSE EACH AND EVERY OFFICER IS TRAINED DE-ESCALATION SKILLS.

BUT AT ANY POINT IN TIME, WE NEED TO BECOME A HUMAN SHIELD

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WE'LL GET INTO ADVANCED CERTIFICATION AND SPECIALIZED TRAINING. ALL OUR GUARDS GO THROUGH THE VIEWER OF SECURITY AND INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES. THEY'RE TRAINED THROUGH BSIS.

THEY HAVE A 40 HOUR WORK COURSE THAT THEY GO THROUGH, THEN THEY GET THEIR GUARD CARD, AND IN EVERY SIX MONTHS, THEY'RE RECERTIFIED THROUGH THE BUREAU OF SECURITY AND INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES. IT'S HUGE FOR US TO HAVE PROPER BACKGROUND CHECKS ON OUR GUARDS. BRINGING INTO YELLOWS ON EACH AND EVERY OFFICER, MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET LIVE SCANNED BEFORE THEY COME OUT TO A CAMPUS, AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE TB TESTED BEFORE THEY'RE ON CAMPUS AS WELL. CALSAGA TRAINING, WE GO THROUGH THE SB 626 AND SB 390 CERTIFICATIONS , THE FIREARMS SAFETY TRAINING, FIRST AID AND CPR CERTIFIED, CRISIS PREVENTION TRAINING, CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING, PPE TRAINED, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, POWER TO ARREST, PEPPER SPRAY AND BATONS CERTIFIED, COOL SAFETY AND CAMPUS SECURITY CERTIFICATIONS, CHILD PROTECTION TRAINING, TRAUMA INFORMED SECURITY

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AND NOT GOING THROUGH ANY OTHER SORT OF TRAINING THE TRAINING CONTINUES. IT'S ONGOING TRAINING. SO AFTER EVERY 30 DAYS, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE TAKING FOUR HOUR COURSE THROUGH THE CITIGUARD TRAINING PORTAL THAT WE HAVE . A MAJORITY OF COMPANIES ARE SIGNED UP WITH CALSAGA, BUT THEY DON'T USE THE TRAINING PORTALS THAT ARE PUT IN PLACE BY CITIGUARD , AND THE REASON WHY WE HAVE, TO US, THE BIGGEST THING IS RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING , BECAUSE WE'RE NOT BOOTS ON THE GROUND. OUR MANAGEMENT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, BUT WE'RE NOT THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE GROUND. IT'S THE OFFICERS THAT ARE ON GROUND THAT MUST HAVE THE PROPER TRAINING AND HAVE THE PROPER BACKGROUND IN PROVIDING THE SERVICES. TRAINING AND COMPLIANCE, STAYING CURRENT WITH SECURITY LAWS AND BEST PRACTICES. OUR TEAM REGULARLY PRACTICES IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, SO ACCOUNT MANAGERS WILL USUALLY COME OUT HERE. HENRY USUALLY DOES A LOT OF THE TRAINING. HE'LL COME OUT AND DO ONGOING TRAINING AT THE CAMPUS, RIGHT? SO FROM DAY TO DAY TRAINING, ONE, ONE THING IS IT'S WE COULD DO THE BEST CLASSROOM TRAINING, BUT IF IT'S NOT BOOTS ON THE GROUND TRAINING, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE, IT'S NOT AS EFFICIENT, IN A SENSE. AND CONTINUOUS EDUCATION ON CHANGES OF STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS RELATED TO SCHOOL SECURITY AND MINOR PROTECTION. ANNUAL CERTIFICATION RENEWALS IN CRISIS RESPONSE, FIRST AID, AND CPR, PARTICIPATION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT BRIEFINGS, SCHOOL SAFETY CONCERNS, REVIEW OF NEW POLICIES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, LOCAL AUTHORITIES. TRAININGS CAN, AND ALSO TRAINING OF THE ESCALATION. SO VERBAL JUJITSU AGAIN, RIGHT? A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE CALLING IT ESCALATION. WE LIKE CALLING IT VERBAL JUJITSU, IN A SENSE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

THEY'RE ABLE TO CALM SOMEONE DOWN BASED OFF THE WAY YOU ADDRESS THEM AND HOW YOU ADDRESS THE SITUATION BY SPEAKING TO THEM. AND THEN GOING THROUGH THREAT RECOGNITION AND BEHAVIOR INDICATORS OF A STUDENT THAT MIGHT SEEM, THEY MIGHT HAVE A WEAPON ON THEM, THEN REPORTING THAT IMMEDIATELY, OR A PARENT THAT MIGHT SEEM TOO HOSTILE WHEN THEY SHOW UP TO CAMPUS, AND IDENTIFYING THAT BEHAVIOR AS WELL. EMERGENCY RESPONSE DRILLS, ACTIVE SHOOTER SCENARIOS, LOCKDOWN PROCEDURES AND EVACUATION PROTOCOLS. CULTURAL SENSITIVITY AND BIAS TRAINING, ENSURING FAIR AND RESPECTFUL INTERACTIONS WITH ALL STUDENTS.

WE'RE HUGE ON COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. WE USUALLY , AT THE MAJORITY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WE DO A BACKPACK GIVEAWAY EVERY YEAR AT BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT, OR DURING SUMMER CAMP. WE'LL DO WATER BOTTLE GIVEAWAYS. WHEN PARENTS COME ONTO CAMPUS FOR AN INTRODUCTION THE FIRST DAY, WE USUALLY TAKE ON THE CAMPUS, WE GIVEAWAY FIRST AID KITS. WE USUALLY, WHEN, WHEN WE DO HAVE BALL GAMES OR ANY SORT OF HOMECOMING GAMES OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE A BOOTH THAT WE USUALLY ASK IF WE CAN SET UP AT THE SCHOOL, AND THEN WE'LL GIVEAWAY INFORMATION, WE'LL HAVE OUR OFFICERS THERE, AND WE'LL GIVEAWAY EITHER KEY CHAINS, BOTTLES, AND INFORMATION ABOUT COOL SAFETY AND SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY AND THINGS THAT ARE CHANGING, LAWS, TEACHING. LAST YEAR, WE JUST, OR A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, WE JUST DID A GIVEAWAY FOR CAR SEATS FOR A DAY CARE, A NONPROFIT DAY CARE THAT WE GAVE AWAY CAR SEATS, WE GAVE AWAY 700 CAR SEATS, AND OUR GOAL WAS, BASICALLY, WITHIN THREE MONTHS, TO GIVE AWAY 700 CAR SEATS. SO WE DO ONGOING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. FOR US, THE COMMUNITY'S HUGE, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHY WE CONSIDER OURSELVES WALKING BILLBOARDS. IF THE COMMUNITY'S NOT HAPPY WITH US, WE'RE NOT PROVIDING A GOOD SERVICE. WE'RE SHOOTING OURSELVES IN THE LEG IF WE'RE NOT PROVIDING A GOOD SERVICE TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT, BECAUSE THE WORD WILL GET OUT VERY QUICK BUT WE'RE NOT PROVIDING A GOOD SERVICE TO YOU. AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY KNOWS WE JUST SHOT OURSELVES IN THE LEG. LAKEWOOD, BELLFLOWER, THE SURROUNDING CITIES AS WELL, IN A SENSE. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO MEET WITH OUR

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INFORMATION'S RECORDED. IT'S NOT LIVE. IT CAN BE TAMPERED WITH, MESSED WITH AT ANY GIVEN TIME. THE SYSTEM WE USE IS CALLED WOLFCOM BODY INTEGRATION, AND WE'RE THE ACTUALLY ONLY AUTHORIZED SECURITY COMPANY IN CALIFORNIA TO BE USING THIS TECHNOLOGY. EXCEPT FOR POLICE L CALIFORNIA THAT HE WAS THE SAME TECHNOLOGY. BASICALLY, WHAT THIS, WHAT THIS, WHAT THIS BODY CAM SYSTEM DOES IS WE'RE ABLE TO, OUR DISPATCH IS ABLE TO CALL AT ANY GIVEN TIME TO THE OFFICERS WHEN THEY'RE ON CAMPUS. WE'RE ABLE TO SEE THE AREAS THAT THEY'RE PATROLLING.

WE'RE ABLE TO SEE LIVE VIDEOS STREAMING, SO WE'RE ABLE TO CALL IN AT ANY GIVEN TIME. LET'S SAY, FOR INSTANCE, ANY INTERACTION THAT DOES TAKE LACE ON A DAY TO DAY WITH, FACULTY, STAFF, PARENTS, WE'RE ABLE TO GO BACK AND WE GET A, WE GET A REPORT. GUARD SERVICE IS NOT PERFECT. IF I TELL YOU IT'S PERFECT, I'M LYING TO YOU. IT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT THE CASE IN THIS INDUSTRY. AT ANY GIVEN TIME, YOU GET A COMPLAINT SAYING, I FELT SEXUALLY HARASSED WHEN SO-AND-SO OFFICER APPROACHED ME TODAY. WE'RE ABLE TO GO BACK IN TIME. WHAT TIME DID THAT TAKE PLACE? IT TOOK LACE AT 1:00 P.M. TODAY. AT 1:00 P.M., WE GO BACK TO THE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE THAT CANNOT BE DELETED, THAT CANNOT BE TAMPERED WITH, AND WE'RE ABLE TO PULL UP THAT FOOTAGE AND KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TOOK PLACE AT THAT GIVEN TIME, OR THE OFFICER IS ON CAMPUS, AND THERE WAS A FIGHT TAKING PLACE. THEY'RE ABLE TO TRACK THAT, THAT DATE ALSO, BECAUSE THEY'RE BASICALLY A WALKING, WALKING CAMERA SYSTEM.

THE ONLY TIME THAT CAMERA SHUTS OFF IS WHEN YOU'RE USING A RESTROOM OR WALKING INTO A RESTROOM. SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY TIMES THAT CAMERA GETS TURNED OFF, UNLESS THERE IS A MEETING GOING ON AND YOU WANT THAT OFFICER TO TURN OFF THEIR CAMERA. BUT YOU'RE ABLE TO GO SEE THAT DATA FOR UP TO FIVE YEARS. YOU'RE ABLE TO GO INTO OUR SYSTEM FIVE YEARS DOWN THE LINE, LET'S SAY TWO YEARS FROM TODAY, SOMEONE DECIDES, WELL, SO-AND-SO MADE A COMMENT, NOW I'M GOING TO GO TO AN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FILE A LAWSUIT. THIS IS HUGE FOR US WHEN IT COMES TO LIABILITY, BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT TAKES PLACE UP TO FIVE YEARS, WE'RE ABLE TO GO BACK TO LOOKING AT, LOOKING BACK AT THE FOOTAGE, OR INTERACTION IN TIME. TRY TO MAKE THIS AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. I KNOW IT'S GETTING LATE. SO REPORTING -- BUT JUST, JUST ONE THING. JUST REMEMBER, WE'VE ALL READ THIS, SO YOU'RE REALLY KIND OF PRESENTING TO THE COMMUNITY, YOU DON'T HAVE THE COVER EVERY DETAIL, BUT YOU'RE ALMOST FINISHED. WE'RE ON OUR WAY.

>> ALL RIGHT. WE'RE ALMOST THERE. SO REPORTING. SO WE USE A SYSTEM CALLED CITY TRACK. THE SYSTEM BASICALLY, YOU'RE, WE'RE ABLE TO SEE WHERE THE GUARDS ARE AT AT ANY POINT IN TIME. IF A FIGHT TAKES PLACE, CAR ACCIDENT AT THE SCHOOL CAMPUS, ANY INTERACTION THAT'S TAKEN PLACE, WE'RE ABLE TO REPORT IT ON THERE. AGAIN, UP TO FIVE YEARS TO, TO SEE THOSE REPORTS, RIGHT? WE'RE ABLE TO SEE WHERE THE GUARDS ARE AT AT CAMPUS AT ANY GIVEN TIME . IF THEY'RE PATROLLING CERTAIN AREAS, THEY'RE NOT CHECKING CERTAIN AREAS, WE'RE ABLE TO PULL THAT DATA UP, AND, BASED OFF OF THAT DATA, THESE ARE AREAS, YOUR TARGETED AREAS THAT NEED TO BE CHECKED ON A REGULAR BASIS.

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OUR INSURANCE COVERAGE. OUR INSURANCE COVERAGE POLICY COVERS $20 MILLION FOR NEGLIGENCE WHEN SERVICES RENDERED. THIS ENSURES THE PEACE OF MIND FOR OUR PARTNERS, REINFORCING OUR COMMITMENT TO DELIVERING PROFESSIONAL SECURITY SOLUTIONS WITH THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF CARE AND ACCOUNT ABILITY. SO WE CARRY A REGULAR INSURANCE POLICY, THEN WE CARRY A CRIME INSURANCE POLICY, WE CARRY A CYBER SECURITY POLICY. WHEN YOU ADD EVERYTHING UP WITH OUR AXIS LIABILITY INSURANCE AND EVERYTHING, WE'RE AT $20 MILLION. ALSO, ONE OF THE THINGS I DIDN'T REALLY COVER WAS, WHEN IT COMES TO PROVIDING SERVICES , WHEN THERE'S EVENTS THAT TAKE PLACE OR EMERGENCIES THAT TAKE PLACE, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WE'VE DONE EVENTS AS BIG AS COACHELLA, FROM MUSIC FESTIVALS TO CONCERTS TO PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE SOPHIA STADIUM TO PROVIDING SERVICES TO CRYPTO STADIUM AS WELL. SO WE DO HAVE AN EVENT STAFF THAT, WHEN WE DO HAVE BIG EVENTS, THAT COMES OUT. THERE'S NO EVENT THAT'S TOO

BIG FOR US. ALL RIGHT. >> OKAY. QUESTIONS FROM MY

COLLEAGUES? >> YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH --

>> SORRY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT STEWART. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT REPORT. I JUST WANTED TO, SO YOU DO HAVE, DO YOU HAVE WOMEN OFFICERS?

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> OKAY. AND YOU SAY YOU KNOW YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF WORD-OF-MOUTH. YOU KNOW, YOU GET, THAT'S HOW YOU GET A LOT OF YOUR REFERRALS?

>> CORRECT. >> OKAY. YOU, YOU TALKED ABOUT WEAPONS. HOW DO YOU DETECT WEAPONS? HOW DO YOU DETECT WEAPONS AND FIGHTING ON STUDENTS?

>> SO A LOT HAS TO DO WITH, LIKE, BEHAVIORAL. IF SOMEONE HAS A WEAPON, YOU KNOW, STICKING OUT OF THEIR BACKPACKS, A MACHETE, WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A WEAPON ON THEM, OBVIOUSLY, AND FIRST THING WE DO IS APPROACH THEM AND TRY TO GRAB THAT MACHETE OUT OF THEIR HAND OR WHATEVER WEAPON THAT MIGHT BE ON THEM. BUT IF, AT ANY POINT IN TIME, THERE IS A REPORT THAT THERE MIGHT BE A WEAPON ON THIS INDIVIDUAL, RIGHT, WE'RE TRACKING THEM DOWN AND ASKING SCHOOL OFFICIALS, WE NOTIFY THE SCHOOL OFFICIALS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS A WEAPON ON THEM, AND WE'RE TRACKING THEIR DIRECTION OF WHERE THEY'RE HEADED TOWARDS. SO NOT NECESSARILY, I MEAN, CERTAIN SCHOOLS THAT WE PROVIDE SERVICES FOR, THEY HAVE METAL DETECTORS WHERE EVERY SINGLE STUDENT WALKS THROUGH A METAL DETECTOR BECAUSE OF INCIDENTS THAT'S TAKEN PLACE, BUT THE ONLY WAY WE COULD DETECT A, A WEAPON IS BASED OFF OF BEHAVIOR, OF SEEING THEIR BEHAVIOR OF, YOU WANT TO GET INTO IT? HOW WOULD YOU, HOW

WOULD YOU DETECT SOMEONE? >> IT'S EASY TO DETECT WEAPONS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PAY OBSERVATION. MUCH OF OUR ENTIRE WORK IS OBSERVING WHAT'S GOING ON. SO, FOR ME, IT'S EASY FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHEN SOMEBODY HAS A KNIFE, BECAUSE I LOOK AT THEIR POCKETS. A LOT OF PEOPLE, WHEN THEY HAVE KNIVES, THEY HAVE A CLIP IN THEIR POCKET. THAT SHOWS TO ME THAT THERE'S A KNIFE, POSSIBLY. IT COULD BE A PEN, BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU TAKE A CLOSER INSPECTION PRINT FOR PENS, THE, THE BAR IS REALLY SMALL, BUT FOR KNIVES, IT'S MUCH THICKER. WHEN IT COMES TO OTHER WEAPONS, LIKE BLUNT OBJECTS, YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE THE BULGES IN THE PRISON'S PERSON. SO UNLESS THEY'RE WEARING VERY BAGGY CLOTHING, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DETECT WEAPONS. THE OTHER THING THAT MY, THE CEO WAS TALKING ABOUT TOO IS ALSO BEHAVIORAL. WHEN SOMEBODY HAS A GUN, AS AN EXAMPLE, I WAS WORKING AT THE HOSPITAL, COUNTY HOSPITAL. I WAS ABLE TO REMOVE A GUN FROM A PATIENT, A PSYCH PATIENT QUICKLY AND IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE I NOTICED HE KEPT HAVING A CLOSE GUARD ON HIS WAISTBAND BECAUSE SOMEBODY WHO'S CARRYING A WEAPON, THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I DON'T SEE IT

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STUDENTS. >> OKAY. WELL, YOU KNOW WE ARE A SCHOOL DISTRICT ALSO, AND WE DO HAVE STUDENTS THAT HAVE INVISIBLE DISABILITIES, SO SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T SEE THAT, MAYBE, THAT THERE IS A, A, A BEHAVIORAL ISSUE, YOU KNOW? YOU JUST CAN'T SEE IT. HOW DO YOU HANDLE CHILDREN LIKE THAT? I UNDERSTAND YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT BEHAVIORS. THAT WAS, IN A SENSE, LIKE, ATYPICALLY DEVELOPING STUDENT. BUT, LIKE, OUR STUDENTS MAY HAVE UNDERLYING ISSUES AND JUST DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH.

>> SO THE OFFICERS DO GO UNDER, THERE IS A, AN ENTIRE COURSE DEDICATED TO DISTINGUISHING THAT DIFFERENT, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAVING, BETWEEN HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE, RIGHT, OR BEING A SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT VERSUS ACTIVELY BEING A THREAT.

AND A LOT OF THAT COMES WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF HAVING THE OFFICER ON SITE AND HAVING A REGULAR OFFICER SCHEDULED AND STATIONED AT YOUR SCHOOL, RIGHT? SO WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IS WE LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE SAME OFFICER CONSISTENTLY, SO THAT THEY BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE COMMUNITY, THEY BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE STUDENTS SO THAT THEY KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A STUDENT WHO'S ACTING A LITTLE STRANGE TODAY VERSUS A STUDENT WHO, WHO IS, THAT IS A PERSON, YEAH. THAT IS PART OF THEIR SENSITIVITY TRAINING, YOU KNOW? BOTH OF THEM , I BELIEVE YOU LEAVE THAT, RIGHT? YEAH, HE LEADS THAT TYPE OF TRAINING, SO IT IS DISTINGUISHING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMEONE WHO IS HAVING, WHO IS IN CRISIS VERSUS SOMEONE WHO, WHO JUST HAS SPECIAL NEEDS. SO THAT IS A FINE LINE. IT'S A REGULATORY COURSE.

YOU KNOW, GUIDELINES ON ANY KIND OF , HOW DO I PUT THIS? SPECIFICALLY WAS, LIKE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, RIGHT? SO WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE, THE BEHAVIOR OF THE STUDENT WILL CHANGE DRASTICALLY BASED ON THE TYPE OF NARCOTIC OR WHATEVER THEY MAY BE USING IT AND SO AN OFFICER WHO'S REGULARLY SCHEDULED, THEY HAVE THAT TRAINED I TO KNOW THAT SUCH AND SUCH LOOKS, WHAT'S A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE? THAT MIGHT BE, THE TEETH ONE IS PROBABLY THE MOST OBVIOUS ONE, WHEN CERTAIN , THEY'LL GRIND THEIR TEETH. SO IF THEY SEE THE STUDENT EVERY DAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'VE NOTICED, HEY, SUCH AND SUCH IS GRINDING ALL THE TIME, THEY'LL APPROACH THE STUDENT, JUST CHECK IN WITH THEM, YOU KNOW? IT'S PART OF THE, THE BUILDING, THE REPORT, AND THE COMMUNITY, JUST TO MAKE SURE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ABLE TO ASSESS THAT. THEY GO UNDER A, WHAT IS THE TERM? WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? YEAH. NO, IT'S NOT THE DRUG TESTING. IT'S A, A COURSE THAT YOU TAKE TO, TO EVALUATE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMEONE WHO IS ACTIVELY USING -- YES. YES. SORRY. YEAH.

>> SO ONE OF THE THINGS, ALSO, IS, I FORGOT TO MENTION THIS TO YOU GUYS EARLIER. WE DO PROVIDE SERVICES TO SCHOOL DISTRICT CALLED THE HELP GROUP, WHICH IS A PART OF L USD. SO A MAJORITY OF THE OFFICERS DO WORK WITH DISABLED STUDENTS AND STUDENTS THAT MIGHT HAVE ANY SORT OF ISSUES OR UNDERLYING ISSUES , OR, WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT GO THERE THAT HAVE, LIKE, CANCER, AND THEN THEY END UP THERE, BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL WITH A BALD HEAD, OR WHATEVER, WHERE THEY HAD TO SHAVE THEIR HEAD. SO WE UNDERSTAND THE SENSITIVITY, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT EACH AND EVERY OFFICER IS TRAINED IN THAT SENSITIVITY, AND AURORA TOUCHED ON SOMETHING WHEN IT COMES TO PROVIDING SERVICES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S THE SAME OFFICER DAY IN, DAY OUT, RIGHT? LET'S SAY IT'S OFFICER MIKE. EVERYONE AT CAMPUS KNOWS WHO OFFICER MIKE IS. EVERY PARENT THAT COMES IN

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BE POSTED. >> THANK YOU.

>> BOARD MEMBER CRIHFIELD ? >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. ONE THING I'M GRABBING WITH, BECAUSE I WAS ON THE COMMITTEE WHERE HE PRESENTED THE FIRST TIME, AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT ONE, WAS THE VERY DIRECT QUESTION OF, IF THERE IS A FIGHT BETWEEN TWO STUDENTS, ARE YOU HANDS-ON OR HANDS-OFF? AND THE ANSWER WAS, WE ARE HANDS-OFF. SO, TODAY, WE GOT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OF AN ANSWER, WITH SOME EXPLANATION. YOU DON'T GOT TO DO THE WHOLE EXPLANATION AGAIN. BUT WHY THE, THE CHANGE, AND, AND WHAT'S THE

RATIONALE THERE? >> SO ONE OF THE THINGS, I WENT BACK, AND WHEN WE WALKED OUT OF THAT MEETING, BECAUSE I'M THE ONE THAT ANSWERED THAT QUESTION. WHEN WE WALKED OUT OF THAT MEETING, HENRY DID SHARE WITH US, THREE YEARS BACK, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED PASADENA SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE WERE HANDS-OFF, BUT THEN WE HAD TO GET A SPECIAL CRIMES INSURANCE, AND GOING FORWARD, AFTER THAT, IT WAS TWO YEARS INTO OUR CONTRACT, THEN THAT'S WHEN THEY WANTED US TO BECOME HANDS-ON. BUT THERE IS STILL, WE'RE STILL NOT HANDS-ON. WE'RE, WE'RE NOT BODY SLAMMING A CHILD OFF OF ONE ANOTHER, RIGHT?

>> NOBODY WANTS BODY SLAMMING. BUT THE QUESTION IS, WHEN TWO STUDENTS ARE ENGAGED IN A FIST FIGHT, HURTING EACH OTHER, AND THEY'RE, THERE'S STAFF THERE THAT MIGHT INTERVENE, BUT IF WE HAVE A GUARD THERE, WITH THE GUARD INTERVENE AND BREAK UP A FIGHT? I GET THE VERBAL JUJITSU. IT'S ALWAYS BEST TO DE-ESCALATE VERBALLY. I 100% AGREE AND UNDERSTAND. BUT IN THAT, IN THAT IS, WHETHER IT IS VIOLENCE OCCURRING, ARE WE PROTECTING THE

CHILDREN? >> ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S JUST HUMAN NATURE, RESPONSE, RIGHT? EVEN THOUGH I'M SURE THEY COULD TELL YOU THERE ARE CERTAIN SITES WHERE THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO BE PHYSICALLY INVOLVED, BUT WHEN YOU SEE TWO PEOPLE ATTACKING ONE ANOTHER, YOU'RE GOING TO GRAB THE TWO OFF OF ONE ANOTHER AS

MUCH AS YOU CAN. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE

ANOTHER QUESTION. >> GO AHEAD.

>> ON THE INSURANCE, YOU MENTIONED 20 MILLION. YOU'RE JUST ADDING ALL THE DIFFERENT INSURANCES TOGETHER?

>> NO. WITH OUR UMBRELLA INSURANCE, IT COMES OUT TO $20

MILLION. >> ON THE SLIDE?

>> IT'S NOT ON THE SLIDE. >> NO, IT'S NOT?

>> IT'S NOT IN THE SLIDE. SO -- POLICY IS A SEPARATE POLICY.

THAT GETS YOU TO THE $20 MILLION.

>> OKAY. >> SO YOU'RE, THE AGGREGATE'S ABOUT -- LET ME SEE THIS PAPER.

>> AND CAN WE TURN BACK TO THE SLIDE, THE INSURANCE COVERAGE

SLIDE? THANK YOU. >> WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO KIND OF

BREAK THAT DOWN FOR US? >> YEAH.

>> THANK YOU. >> I'M DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO

BE ABLE TO SEE THAT. >> BECAUSE I'M JUST CURIOUS, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FROM FOUR DIFFERENT INSURANCES, BUT, LIKE, THE, AND THERE'S, LIKE, PER OCCURRENCES, WHICH ARE -- ADDING

ALL THE -- >> SO WHEN YOU DO THE $5 MILLION IN THE UMBRELLA, RIGHT, AND THEN THERE'S A $5 MILLION EXCESS LIABILITY POLICY, RIGHT UNDERNEATH IT. YOU SEE THAT THERE? AND THEN YOU HAVE $1 MILLION PER ACCIDENT, AND THEN PER INCIDENT, AND THEN PER DECEASED, RIGHT? WHICH OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T WANT TO EVER USE THAT INSURANCE, BUT.

THE GENERAL AGGREGATES $3 MILLION, AND THEN THE, THE PRODUCT LIABILITY, WHICH BASICALLY COVERS THE PROPERTY WHEN AN INCIDENT TAKES PLACE, IT'S ANOTHER $3 MILLION THERE, AND THEN YOU HAVE PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY AT $1 MILLION, AND PERSONAL INJURY AT $1 MILLION, AND $1 MILLION PER OCCURRENCE.

>> OKAY. >> YEAH. YOU AT ALL OF THEM UP.

BUT OUR CRIME INSURANCE IS NOT A PART OF THIS. OUR ACCESS LIABILITY , ON TOP OF WHAT WE HAVE HERE, WE HAVE ANOTHER $5 MILLION ON TOP OF YOUR, WHICH THIS COMES OUT TO $10 MILLION, AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER EXCESS LIABILITY POLICY THAT WE HAVE UP

TO $5 MILLION. >> OKAY. THANKS FOR THAT.

>> AND THAT COULD BE SAID IN AN ENDORSEMENT, WHERE THEY ENDORSE, LIKE, DEPENDING ON THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, THAT THEY'LL ENDORSE THAT ORGANIZATION.

>> OKAY. THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE

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>> I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT I TOLD YOU IT WAS $20 MILLION.

>> OKAY. WAS IT? I DON'T KNOW IF I REMEMBERED $20 MILLION.

IT'S A LOT OF INSURANCE. WITH THAT, WOULD THAT BE LIKE IF ALL OF THESE THINGS HAPPENED AT THE SAME TIME?

>> NO. SO THE THING IS, IS OUR ACCESS LIABILITY, RIGHT, SO THE WAY THESE INSURANCE COMPANIES NOW WORK, IT'S A WHOLE LOT, LIKE, SO LET'S SAY THERE WAS A FIGHT THAT TOOK PLACE, RIGHT? THERE WAS PERSONAL INJURY, THERE WAS NEGLIGENCE ON OUR END, AND THERE WAS, THERE WAS A CRIME, A PROPERTY DAMAGE THAT LACE AT THE

SAME TIME, RIGHT? >> JUST BECAUSE I'M NOT SMART ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND INSURANCE PERIOD, SO -- I DON'T WANT YOU TO SPEND THE TIME ON IT. YOU'RE, HAVE YOU GUYS HAD TO USE THE

INSURANCE A LOT? >> NO. I MEAN, WE USE OUR WORKER'S COMP., BECAUSE THERE'S ISSUES THAT HAPPEN WITH EMPLOYEES TRIPPING AND FALLING, OR BREAKING UP A SITUATION, OR THEY GET ATTACKED BY A TRANSIENT OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.

WE'VE HAD TO USE OUR WORKER'S COMP. BUT I THINK ON OUR LIABILITY INSURANCE, ACCESS LIABILITY END OF IT, THE ONLY TIME I COULD REMEMBER IS, LIKE, THE CAR ACCIDENT.

>> I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION.

>> VICE PRESIDENT CARSON? >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STEWART.

MY QUESTION IS, WHO WOULD BE THE POINT OF CONTACT?

>> SO YOU WOULD HAVE A CONTRACT MANAGER THAT'S ASSIGNED TO YOU, AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE AN ACCOUNT MANAGER, SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER, WHICH WOULD BE HENRY , AND THEN YOU HAVE A REGIONAL DIRECTOR THAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU, AND I'M AVAILABLE TO YOU 24 HOURS A DAY AS WELL. YOU WOULD HAVE MY CELL NUMBER, GET IN TOUCH WITH ME. I'D TAKE TWO DAYS OFF OUT OF THE YEAR. IT'S MY BIRTHDAY, WHICH IS COMING UP, MARCH 30TH, AND NEW YEAR'S. SO ALSO THE TWO TIMES, DON'T BOTHER ME. OTHER THAN THAT, I'M AVAILABLE TO YOU 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

>> AND WITH THAT POINT OF CONTACT BE THE SAME AT ALL

TIMES? >> I, I THINK EVERYONE HERE IS PLANNING TO RETIRE FROM CITIGUARD. THEY'VE ALL BEEN

HERE FOR A PRETTY LONG TIME. >> THANK YOU. FOR THAT. LET'S SEE. I DID HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. YOU ACTUALLY MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE, SORRY. YOUR OWN METAL DETECTORS?

>> YES WE DO. THEY'RE MOBILE METAL DETECTORS. USUALLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS DURING GAMES, BIG EVENTS, WE'LL BRING THOSE OUT, AND THEN WE HAVE WANDS AS WELL. SO WE HAVE A WALK-THROUGH METAL DETECTORS, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE WANDS. SO THEY'RE REALLY EASY TO MOVE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TIRES ON THEM, AND WE MOVE THEM WHEREVER WE WANT TO MOVE THEM, AS FAST AS WE CAN. SOMETIMES AT THE SACRAMENTO SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE OF THEM THAT JUST STAYED THERE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MANY EVENTS, IT JUST MADE NO SENSE FOR US TO TRANSPORT THEM ON A CONSTANT BASIS. THEY KIND OF RAN OUT THERE FEEL TO SOCCER GAMES, SO ON A CONSTANT BASIS, EVERY TWO WEEKS CAN YOU BRING IT BACK OUT HERE? IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE NO MORE SENSE, SO WE JUST LEFT THEM ON PROPERTY AND SAID, YOU GUYS FIND SOME PLACE TO STORE THESE SAFELY, AND WHEN THESE GAMES HAPPEN, WE'LL ROLL THEM OUT AND

HAVE THEM OUT. >> THANK YOU. AND SO, IF YOU WERE, IF WE WERE TO USE THOSE METAL DETECTORS AT SOME POINT,

IS THAT AN ADD-ON SERVICE? >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. SO THERE'S

NO EXTRA COST TO IT. >> THANK YOU. LET'S SEE.

>> AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS, WHEN IT COMES TO, LIKE, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, I THINK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, I SIGN OFF ON SO MUCH FREE SERVICES, BECAUSE FOR US, WE UNDERSTAND, LIKE, SCHOOL DISTRICTS DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY. THEY'RE FUNDED, AND THERE'S THINGS THAT DO COME UP, AND WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AT ANY POINT IN TIME IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO FOR THE COMMUNITY, WE DO. AND WE ASK, WE ASK SCHOOL DISTRICTS IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD HELP OUT WITH, LET US KNOW. IF YOU NEED CERTAIN THING DONATED FOR THE PROM, OR FOR THE SCHOOL DANCE, OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, HOMECOMING, YOU LET US KNOW SO WE CAN HELP OUT, AND JUST ANNOUNCE THAT WE HELP YOU GUYS OUT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, THAT

EVENT THAT'S TAKING PLACE. >> THANK YOU. FOR THAT INFORMATION. SO ON YOUR ADVANCED CERTIFICATION AND SPECIALIZED TRAINING, IT SAYS YOU HAVE CHILD PROTECTION TRAINING. WHAT IS

LOOK LIKE? >> SO CHILD PROTECTION TRAINING, IT'S, IT'S THROUGH A PORTAL THAT WE USE, AND BASICALLY, ANY

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OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT RUNNING IN AND REPORTING THAT STUFF. BUT IDENTIFYING THOSE ISSUES, IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL ISSUES AT HOME THAT MIGHT'VE CAME UP, AND SHARING THAT WITH THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR, PRINCIPAL, OR WHOEVER IT NEEDS TO BE REPORTED TO. AND THAT'S DURING OUR WALK THROUGH, WE ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.

SO IF SO-AND-SO HAPPENS, WHO'D WE REPORT TO?

>> SO SORT OF LIKE MANDATED TRAINER REPORTING?

>> CORRECT. >> OKAY. AND DO YOU ALSO REPORT, SO, ARE YOUR, IS YOUR STAFF MANION DATA REPORTER AS WELL?

>> YES WE ARE. ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES, WE'RE MANDATED TO REPORT. WE'RE CONSIDERED OFFICERS OF THE ORGANIZATION, IN A SENSE, RIGHT? SO WE ALWAYS TRY TO TELL OUR OFFICERS, DON'T DIFFERENTIATE YOURSELF. YOU DON'T WORK FOR CITIGUARD ONCE YOUR BOOTS ON THE GROUND. YOU WORK FOR THE SCHOOL ORGANIZATION, OR YOU WORK FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO WHATEVER RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT THEY FOLLOW, YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THOSE RULES AND REGULATIONS AS WELL. BUT WE, WE SUFFER FOR ANYTHING THAT WE SEE THAT OUT OF THE NORM.

>> TWO MORE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. SO HERE'S THIS ALSO, CRISIS PREVENTION TRAINED. IS THAT ALSO, IS THAT NONVIOLENT

CRISIS INTERVENTION? >> CORRECT. SO, YOU WANT TO GET INTO GAGGLE? I THINK IN OUR LAST MEETING, WE GOT INTO SOME OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WE WORK WITH. THEY USE A SOFTWARE CALLED GAGGLE.

LOSS -- SCHOOL DISTRICT USES IT AS WELL, PASADENA SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL, SAINT GABRIEL IN THE VALLEY AS WELL. ANYTHING

THAT -- >> SO PRETTY MUCH ANY, ANY EQUIPMENT THAT THE DISTRICT PROVIDES TO THE STUDENTS, OBVIOUSLY, IF ANY STUDENTS TYPING IN ANYTHING OUT OF THE NORMAL, WHETHER IT BE VIOLENCE, WHETHER IT BE THREATS, EVEN NUDITY, THE SOFTWARE CATCHES IT ITSELF AS A KEYWORD, SEND US AN EMAIL TO THE TEAM, TO, TO ME, TO MYSELF, AND TO THE TEAM, IDENTIFYING THE POTENTIAL THREAT, A POTENTIAL SITUATION, AND IT'S OUR JOB, AS MANDATED REPORTERS, OBVIOUSLY, TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE PARENT AND ASK THEM, HEY, THE FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO ASK THEM IS, IS YOUR CHILD OKAY? IS YOUR CHILD WITH YOU? A LOT OF RESPONSE, WE GET UPSET PARENTS. IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY DON'T KNOW WHO WE ARE, AND EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GIVING THEM THEIR NAMES AND WE'LL LET THEM KNOW WE WORK SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY STILL DON'T BELIEVE US. BUT AFTER WE EXPLAINED THE SITUATION AND HOW THIS, THIS PRODUCT WORKS, THEY START UNDERSTANDING. SO IF WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE PARENTS AND THEY SAY IT'S OKAY AT THE END, WE, WE ASSESS THE SITUATION, WE GET A FULL REPORT, AND WE SEND IT TO THE DISTRICT. FOR PASADENA, WE WORKED DIRECTLY WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, SO ANYTIME MY OFFICERS CREATE A, A INCIDENT REPORT INVOLVING A CHILD, INVOLVING ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING ON CAMPUS, WHETHER IT BE FROM THE KINDERGARTEN ALL THE WAY TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, WE DO THAT REPORT. I SENT IT DIRECTLY, DIRECTLY TO THEM. AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED AS EITHER THE PRINCIPAL OF THAT CHILD'S SCHOOL, THE LOCAL, I BELIEVE, IF THEY HAVE A THERAPIST, AND IN THAT GROUP, IN THE SCHOOL, SO ALL THE REPORTS GO TO THEM. THE SECOND THING WOULD BE IF, AGAIN, WE GET A REPORT FOR THE SAME SITUATION, THE KEYWORDS ARE USED, CONTACT THE PARENTS AND THE PARENTS DO NOT RESPOND, WE TEND TO GO TO THE PARENTS HOME AND ADDRESS, BECAUSE THAT APP , YEAH, TO CONDUCT A WELLNESS CHECK, BECAUSE THE APP PROVIDES US WITH ALL THE DETAIL REGARDING THE PARENTS, WHERE THEY LIVE. NOW, IF, ONCE WE APPROACH THE HOUSEHOLD AND WE CONDUCT A WELLNESS CHECK AND THEY DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR, OUR NEXT PROCESS IS TO CONTACT THE LOCAL POLICE AGENCIES TO COME AND ASSIST. WE EXPLAINED THE SITUATIONS, AND THEN THEY TAKE OVER FROM THERE, AND THEN WE GET THAT REPORT, AND STILL SUBMIT IT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND TO THE THERAPIST AS WELL.

>> SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE GUARDS ALSO CONDUCT WELLNESS CHECKS.

>> THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO BE CONDUCTING IT, NOT

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>> SO, SO MOST RECENT ISSUES WE RAN INTO WITH WELLNESS CHECKS IS THE SCHOOL WILL CONTACT PD, AND EITHER SOME OF THE SCHOOLS LATELY HAVE NOT HAD, LIKE, THE SCHOOL POLICE SUPPORT, IN A SENSE, RIGHT? THEY'RE UNDERSTAFFED, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE SCHOOL POLICE SUPPORT, AND THEN THEY'LL CONTACT, LIKE, THE LOCAL PD, AND SOMETIMES TELL THEM, WELL, IN THREE, FOUR DAYS, WE'LL SHOW UP TO DO THIS WELLNESS CHECK, RIGHT? AND IT JUST DEPENDS ON TERRITORY, RIGHT? ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE FIRES THAT WERE TAKING PLACE AND EVERYTHING ALL OVER CALIFORNIA, OR NOT, LOS ANGELES, IN A SENSE, RIGHT? WE WERE THE ONES THAT WERE COMMUNICATING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SCHOOL AND DOING THESE WELLNESS CHECKS, AND IF WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM, THEN AT THAT POINT IN TIME, IT WAS CONSIDERED A CRISIS REPORT WITH THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT SOMEONE NEEDS TO RESPOND IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE NOW WE THINK IT'S A REAL EMERGENCY.

>> AND LAST QUESTION IS, DOES YOUR STAFF ALSO PARTICIPATE IN ANY DRILLS THAT THE SCHOOL HAS?

>> SO FOR, FOR THE SCHOOLS, FOR THE SCHOOLS, WE TEND TO, WHEN WE DO THE WALK-THROUGHS, WE ASK, WHAT EVENTS ARE COMING UP? I KNOW FOR THE L.A. USD, EARTHQUAKE DAY, WE PARTICIPATE WITH THAT. FIRE DRILLS, WE PARTICIPATE WITH THAT. WE TRY TO COORDINATE WITH THE SCHOOLS ITSELF, AND, AND TRY TO GET TO KNOW WHAT PROCEDURES YOU GUYS HAVE IN PLACE. WE'LL BRING OUR STAFF, I'LL SHOW UP, AND WE'LL MAKE IT A TEAM EVENT AND GET TO KNOW WHAT DRILLS WE'RE CONDUCTING, HOW DO YOU GUYS CONDUCTED, WHERE'S THE SAFE SPOTS, AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

>> THANK YOU. NO MORE QUESTIONS.

>> BOARD MEMBER CRIHFIELD. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

JUST REAL QUICK, THAT, AGAIN, JUST THE THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM THAT LAST TIME. THE, THERE WAS A RECOMMENDED CAMPUS FOOTPRINT. YOU HAVEN'T DONE A, A SITE WALK-THROUGH OR

ANYTHING, RIGHT? >> SO I, I'VE PUT THAT SLIDE BASED OFF OF THE INFORMATION THAT I WAS EVEN BY KERRY. SO SHE SENT US SOME SITE MAPS OF THE, OF THE SCHOOLS, AND THEN I TOOK THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE THERE, AND WE DEVELOP THIS BASED OFF OF WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO AT SITE VISITS. SO WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY INITIAL WALK-THROUGHS. NOTHING IS SET IN STONE.

ANYTHING CAN BE MOVED BASED OFF OF THE NEEDS OF THE PARTICULAR

CAMPUS. >> JUST, JUST IN GENERAL.

>> THIS IS A GENERAL IDEA BASED OFF OF THE INFORMATION.

>> DOES THIS ALSO -- SORRY. DOES THIS ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE AMOUNT OF STAFF THAT WE HAVE ALREADY AT

THOSE SITES? >> I DON'T THINK I GOT THAT

INFORMATION. >> OKAY. OKAY.

>> YEAH. >> SO, SO ALSO, WHEN THOSE WALK-THROUGHS DO TAKE PLACE, WE DO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ALSO, RIGHT? SO IF WE FEEL THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE A RECOMMENDATION OF HAVING TWO, TWO OFFICERS ON A CAMPUS, BUT THE CAMPUS HAS 700 STUDENTS OR 1000 STUDENTS OR 1500 STUDENTS, WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT TWO, TWO OFFICERS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO

HANDLE THAT CAMPUS. >> IT WOULD BE A COLLABORATIVE

THING. >> CORRECT.

>> THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR OUR MEMBERS?

>> SHORT AND SWEET, IF POSSIBLE. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRESENTING TO US. I JUST WANTED TO JUST CLARIFY THAT, THE COLLABORATION. THE PHILOSOPHY OF YOUR COMPANY WITH COLLABORATION WITH EXISTING STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION THAT OVERSEE OUR GUARDS ON CAMPUS. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU'RE COMING

IN? >> SO, SO WE TRY TO MAKE IT A VERY SMOOTH TRANSITION, IN A SENSE. SO AS SOON AS WE'RE AWARDED A CONTRACT, WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS TRY TO SET UP THESE WALK-THROUGHS, MEETINGS, INTRODUCTION OF GUARDS, GOING OVER POST ORDERS, WALK-THROUGHS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE ADEQUATE STAFF, UNDERSTANDING THE CULTURE OF THE CAMPUS. THOSE ALL TAKE PLACE BEFORE WE START SERVICES. AND THEN ON A BIWEEKLY BASIS, WE SET UP A CALL, A ZOOM CALL, AND WE GO OVER CONCERNS, RIGHT? WE GO, THE FIRST, THE FIRST, FIRST COUPLE MONTHS OF SERVICE REFERS, THE FIRST MONTH OF SERVICE, WE TRY TO ASK TO HAVE A CALL EVERY WEEK. QUICK CALL. SOMETIMES WE'LL GET ON A CALL, IT'S TWO MINUTES, OKAY, EVERYTHING'S GREAT AT MY CAMPUS, EVERYTHING IS GREAT AT MY CAMPUS, WE'RE DONE WITH THE

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>> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME FEEDBACK. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST, ONE THING I REALLY ENJOYED AND LIKED ABOUT YOUR PRESENTATION WAS THAT IT WAS VERY TRANSFORMATIVE AND I THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH KIDS, AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT, AND THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS UP FRONT THAT WERE VERY NICE. THAT WAS VERY NICE. ALSO, I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT TECHNICAL VERSUS, LIKE, LOOKING LIKE LAW ENFORCEMENT, BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T WANT LAW ENFORCEMENT ON THEIR CAMPUS, SO THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TACTICAL UNIFORMS AS WELL, I THINK THAT ALSO -- I THANK YOU FOR THOROUGHLY DESCRIBING THE ASSESSMENT. WE REALLY DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING OUT WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR PLANS. WE DIDN'T WANT TO ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. JUST THE FACT THAT YOU DESCRIBE THE PROCESS FOR US, AND WHAT YOU WOULD DO FOR THE ASSESSMENT, I REALLY APPRECIATE AS WELL. I'M STILL A LITTLE BIT, AND IT'S NOT YOUR COMPANY, IT'S, FROM, I WASN'T ON THE COMMITTEE, SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS ALL OF THE COMPANIES IS THAT HANDS-ON VERSUS HANDS-OFF THING, THAT'S STILL A LITTLE CONFUSING, BUT WE CAN GET BACK TO THAT, AND I THINK THAT WAS IT FOR ME. YEAH.

I JUST, I REALLY APPRECIATED THE RELATIONSHIP AND THE CONNECTION ASPECT OF IT, AND THE DE-ESCALATING PRIOR, BEING PROACTIVE, BECAUSE I, I'M A TEACHER MYSELF, AND I KNOW THAT YOU CAN TALK SOME KIDS OUT OF SOME THINGS SOMETIMES. SO I APPRECIATE THAT OUTLOOK FROM YOU GUYS AS WELL. YOU SO MUCH . IF THERE'S NOT ANYTHING FURTHER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

>> THANK YOU GOD FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING BACK FROM YOU GUYS.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> OKAY, SO AS A MAJOR ACTION ITEM, IT'S PROPOSED THAT WE SELECT AND APPROVE ONE OF THESE CONSULTANT FIRMS FOR SERVICES, SO IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? ANY

RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR BOARD? >> I WOULD RECOMMEND WE GO WITH BLACK KNIGHT. I HAVE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME. I THINK PART OF THE DISCUSSION REALLY NEEDS TO BE CONSISTENCY IN WHAT THEY, WHAT THESE COMPANIES HAVE SAID THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. SAYS A LOT. AND ALSO, I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE COMPANY, CITIGUARD WAS TALKING ABOUT, LIKE, TRANSITION PLANS, AND A LOT ABOUT TRANSITIONING. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR WHATEVER COMPANY WE WORK WITH TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S AN ADDED LAYER OF SUPPORT FOR OUR SITES, AND, AND NOT A TRANSITION OF, OF THAT. AND ALSO THE, THE AMOUNT OF, WHEN ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT TRAINING OUR CURRENT STAFF AND DEVELOPMENT, I THINK THE , BLACK KNIGHT HAVING THEIR OWN TRAINING FACILITY AND BEING WELL-VERSED IN ACTUALLY TRAINING IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME, BECAUSE, FOR ME, THIS ISN'T A FIX ALL OF ALL SAFETY ISSUES. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A REALLY GREAT CONVERSATION, AND I'M PROUD OF THE BOARD FOR HAVING THE CONVERSATION AND TAKING THEIR TIME WITH IT, BECAUSE I THINK IT COVERS, OR IT PUTS A SPOTLIGHT ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS OF SAFETY THAT WE CAN IMPROVE. I THINK ONE OF THOSE IS THE, THE TRAINING OF OUR CURRENT STAFF, SO WHATEVER WE DECIDE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT SUPPORTS THAT INITIATIVE GOING FORWARD.

>> BOARD MEMBER CINTRON. >> I THINK, JUST BASED ON WHAT WE SAW IN THE COMMITTEE, AND THEN SEEING THE PRESENTATIONS AGAIN, I THINK A FEW THINGS STOOD OUT TO ME. AND THE DIFFERENCES OF BOTH COMPANIES. AND I PIGGYBACK OFF OF CLERK CRIHFIELD'S REMARKS ON, IT NEEDS TO BE A COLLABORATIVE FOR WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ASKING FOR, NOT A TAKEOVER. I THINK ONE OF THE INSIGHTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMITTEE IS THAT OUR EXISTING GUARDS NEED SUPPORT IN MANY DIFFERENT AREAS, NOT JUST BREAKING UP FIGHTS. IT GOES BACK TO SKILL BUILDING, CAPACITY BUILDING, CERTIFICATIONS, CREDENTIALS, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO, AGAIN, I THANK THE BOARD FOR ADDRESSING THESE

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BUT BLACK KNIGHT JUST SAID OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WE'RE HERE IN A COLLABORATIVE WAY TO SUPPORT, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HERE TO BE PART OF THE TEAM VERSUS CITIGUARD WAS LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, AND THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO ROCK AND ROLL ON THESE CAMPUSES, AND THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE, AND THEN I THINK I WAS OFF PUT IT BY THE TWO OFFICERS THAT WERE SPEAKING. ONE'S FROM A JUVENILE DETENTION CAMP, AND ONE'S FROM A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY, AND WERE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL CAMPUSES. AND THOUGH THOSE SKILLS, BECAUSE I'VE WORKED IN BOTH, THOSE SKILLS ARE VERY MUCH NEEDED, BUT IT TAKES AWAY FROM, KIND OF, LIKE, THE BIGGER IDEA OF OUR SCHOOLS AND WHAT OUR CAMPUSES NEED TO FEEL LIKE VERSUS WHAT THEY'RE PRESENTING. BLACK GUARD ALSO SAID THAT THEY MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, MILITANT OR IN OFFICER GARB, AND THEY PUT THEIR VESTS UNDERNEATH THEIR SHIRTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO BE MORE OPEN AND FRIENDLY FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND THAT'S NOT THE IMPRESSION I GOT FROM THIS COMPANY. THIS COMPANY WAS VERY MILITANT, AND I DON'T THINK WE NEED THAT ON OUR CAMPUSES. THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF SOMETHING THAT WE COULD HAVE IF THAT'S WHAT WE SO CHOOSE, BUT OUTSIDE OF OUR GATES, NOT INSIDE OF OUR GATES.

>> I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CHIME IN. IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT SPECIFICS, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE WANT ANYONE ON OUR CAMPUSES AT THIS POINT, BUT I'LL BE HONEST, I THINK THAT CITIGUARD IS THE BEST COMPANY, AND THAT'S WHERE I WOULD LEAN TO. BASICALLY, BECAUSE BLACK KNIGHT WAS FOUNDED IN 2015, THEY HAVE BEEN FOUNDED SINCE 2007. BLACK KNIGHT LIABILITY INSURANCE WAS $7 MILLION, CITI WAS $20 MILLION. I THOUGHT THEY WERE BOTH COLLABORATIVE. WE BOTH HAVE TACTICAL GEAR. I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING REALLY DIFFERENT WITH THE TRAINING. THERE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE, AND I, AGAIN, JUST, AS I SAID IN MY COMMENTS, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TRANSFORMATIVE USE THAT THEY HAD IN MAKING CONNECTIONS WITH THEIR KIDS. SO I WOULD BE IN

FAVOR OF CITIGUARD. >> YES, I'M, FOR THE RECORD, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS. I RECOGNIZE THAT VEHICLE, AND IT, APPARENTLY THEY SERVE IN AND AROUND MONTEBELLO, AND THEY DID SAY THAT. AND SO I, AND, AND THEY'VE NEVER BEEN ON MY CAMPUS. NEVER. AND EVERY TIME WE HAVE A DRILL OR SOMETHING, IT'S, WELL, I HAD TO SAY, MY DISTRICT HAS THEIR OWN POLICE FORCE ALSO.

SO THEY COME. I'VE NEVER, I'VE SEEN THE CAR DRIVE AROUND, BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THIS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM PATROLLING THE AREA? ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THEM ON CAMPUS? AND THAT'S THE THING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS. SO, LIKE I SAY, I'VE SEEN THAT CAR EVERY DAY! BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN THEM ON MY CAMPUS. BUT MY DISTRICT IS THREE TIMES AS BIG AS BELLFLOWER. AND PLUS WE, WE HAVE MORE HIGH SCHOOLS. SO MAYBE THE MODEL IS STILL GOING TO HAVE TO BE DIFFERENT, DEPENDING ON WHAT SITE THEY ARE. YOU MIGHT NEED THEM ON A HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, AND MAY NOT NEED THEM ON AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUS AND I, I, I REALLY, AND I, I THINK EVEN FROM THE PRESENTATION AND EVERYTHING, I REALLY DO THINK I

LIKE CITIGUARD. >> THEY DEAL WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS. WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE COMPARISON OF WHO THEY DEAL WITH, I DID WRITE THEM ALL DOWN, BUT HE NAMED OFF ABOUT 10 DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SO I THINK THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AS WELL. VICE PRESIDENT GARZA?

>> FOR ME, IT WAS KIND OF A TOUGH CALL, BECAUSE, LIKE, YOU'RE, YOU WILL NEED THE EXACT POINTS THAT I WAS LOOKING AT AS WELL. WITHOUT HAVING A LOT MORE DETAILS, I THINK, AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO SIDE WITH CITIGUARD AS WELL . I REALLY

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PLAY. >> CLERK CRIHFIELD?

>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SO A FEW THINGS, ACTUALLY. ONE, CAN YOU, HOW MUCH DOES CITIGUARD PAY THEIR UNARMED GUARDS? DO WE HAVE THOSE NOTES FROM THE, FROM THE MEETING? NO? WE DIDN'T?

>> I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THOSE NOTES WITH ME RIGHT NOW.

>> OKAY. SO I BELIEVE IT WAS $22 AN HOUR. WHERE BLACK KNIGHT'S GOING TO PAY THEIR, THEIR PEOPLE CLOSER TO $30 AN HOUR, WHICH WE HAD THE NUMBERS, 34. WHAT I DON'T WANT, THERE SEEMS TO BE A COST ITEM, BUT IF, THERE'S A REASON WHY BLACK KNIGHT MENTIONED HAVING 22 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS AN SRO ON CAMPUSES RIGHT NOW, INTERESTED IN THE POSITION OF COMING OVER. IF THEY'RE GOING TO RETIRE AND PICK UP A GOOD JOB, A RETIREMENT JOB, THEY'RE GOING TO CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT TO GO WITH THE COMPANIES, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GO FOR THE $22 WHEN THEY COULD GO FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO PAY MORE. AND I GET THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE QUALITY OF PEOPLE ON OUR CAMPUSES, THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE COULD DO, HAVING SOMEBODY WITH EXPERIENCE AND THE BACKGROUND. I WOULD HATE FOR US TO GO WITH SOMEBODY JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE CHEAPER, BUT ALSO, LIKE, HAVING LOWER EXPERIENCED INDIVIDUALS ON THEIR CAMPUSES, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO COME IN TO CONSIDER, IS THE ACTUAL EXPERTISE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE HIRING. I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S POSITIVES WITH, WITH CITY GUARD, BUT AGAIN, I THINK THE QUALITY OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING ON OUR CAMPUSES IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO CONSIDER . AND I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THAT, GOING OFF IN THE COMMITTEE, WHEN THE COMMITTEE'S IN 12 TO 14 HOURS GOING OVER ALL OF THIS, AND MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD, AND LAYS OUT WHY. I UNDERSTAND THE HESITATION, IT REALLY, IN MY OPINION, TAKES AWAY THE INFALLIBLE OF SPENDING 14 HOURS WITH A DOZEN PEOPLE GOING OVER ALL THIS INFORMATION TO BRING IT BACK TO YOUR BOARD, AND THEN BASED OFF OF TWO LENGTHY, LENGTHY PRESENTATIONS, COME UP WITH A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT OPINION OUTSIDE OF THE

COMMITTEE. >> BOARD MEMBER CINTRON, ONE THING THAT I DID WANT TO SAY IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS. DO YOU HAVE THOSE NUMBERS FOR US OF THE COST? BECAUSE WE DID NOT HEAR HOW MUCH EACH ONE WAS PAYING. WE DIDN'T HEAR THE EXPERTISE. WE HEARD HOW ONE, ONE WAS FOUNDED IN 2007 VERSUS 2015. AND I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE COMMITTEE GOING, AND I RESPECT YOU GUYS AND THE WORK YOU DO, BUT I ALSO THINK IF THE COMMITTEE WAS SO, JUST COME ADAMANT ABOUT WHAT COMPANY, WHY WERE WE GIVEN TWO COMPANIES? WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST BRING US ONE COMPANY AND TELL US YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS? DO WE HAVE THE

NUMBERS FOR WHAT THEY -- >> CAN I CLIMB CHIME IN?

>> HOLD ON. I'M NOT FINISHED. >> I'M GOING TO BRING IT UP FOR YOU JUST IN A MOMENT. I BELIEVE IT WAS SENT IN A DAILY MEMO, SO

LET ME FIND THAT FOR YOU. >> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> I UNDERSTAND, BUT I'M TALKING. BOARD MEMBER CINTRON .

DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER? >> YEAH.

>> THANK YOU. >> SO, SO FOR CITIGUARD, THEIR ARM IS ONLY PAID $24 AN HOUR. THEIR UNARMED IS PAID $20 AN HOUR. VERSUS BLACK KNIGHT, THEIR, THEY PAY NOT WHAT WE'RE BILLED, BUT WHAT THEY PAY OUT-OF-POCKET FOR HOURLY IS $35

ARMED AND $28 UNARMED. >> THANK YOU. VICE PRESIDENT

GARZA? >> YES. SO JUST TO CONFIRM, OUR COMMITTEE IS THINKING BLACK KNIGHT IS THE BEST CHOICE. MS.

CINTRON? >> I THINK BASED ON THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE GIVEN TONIGHT, AND THE INCONSISTENCIES WITH ONE OF THE AGENCIES, OR THE COMPANIES, I THINK BLACK KNIGHT IS THE FAVORITE, JUST BASED ON THE DISCUSSIONS THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD, AND THAT OUTSIDE DISCUSSIONS AS WELL.

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>> REALLY QUICK, SUPERINTENDENT ACEVEDO. I KNOW THEY DID PRESENTATIONS, BECAUSE WE SAW THE INITIAL PRESENTATIONS, AND THE COMMITTEE PRESENTATIONS WERE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN

THESE PRESENTATIONS, CORRECT? >> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> SO THEY WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE PRESENTATIONS FOR THE BOARD TONIGHT, CORRECT?

>> THAT IS CORRECT. THEY WERE BOTH PROVIDED THE SAME SET OF QUESTIONS ON THE SAME INFORMATION.

>> AND YOU WERE ON THAT COMMITTEE WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AS

WELL? >> YES.

>> WAS THERE A, DID THE COMMITTEE COME TO A DECISION, AND THEY ALL AGREE ON ONE COMPANY?

>> I WOULD SAY THAT THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE THAT IT EXPRESS THAT BLACK KNIGHT WAS THEIR TOP OF THE TWO, BUT THEY DID NARROW DOWN THE FOUR PRESENTERS TO THEIR TOP TWO, AND THEY AUTOMATICALLY AGREED THAT THESE WERE THE TOP TWO THAT THEY WANTED TO RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD.

>> BUT THEY DID COME UP WITH ONE FINAL ONE IS A COMMITTEE?

>> WE DIDN'T HAVE THEM DO THAT. WE ASKED THEM TO NARROW IT DOWN, SO WE DIDN'T ASK THEM TO MOVE FORWARD WITH JUST ONE. BUT THERE WERE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT DID EXPRESS THAT THAT WAS THEIR

SELECTED POP ONE. >> THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. BOARDMEMBER ARMSTRONG?

>> >> DID YOU ALSO, DID ANY OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS , YOU SAID SOME SAID THEY REALLY LIKED BLACK KNIGHT, AND SOME REALLY LIKED CITIGUARD ALSO?

>> AGAIN, LET ME CLARIFY. WE DIDN'T DO A TALLY OF HOW MANY PICKED BLACK KNIGHT FIRST VERSUS HOW MANY PICKED CITIGUARD FIRST . WE SPECIFICALLY ASKED THEM TO NARROW IT DOWN TO TWO. I CAN TELL YOU THAT VERBALLY, PEOPLE DID SAY THAT THEIR TOP CANDIDATE WAS BLACK KNIGHT, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE THEM WRITE THAT DOWN. I CAN'T TELL YOU, FIVE OF THE MEMBERS SAID THIS AND FIVE MEMBERS PICKED CITIGUARD, FOR EXAMPLE.

>>

. >> I DO REMEMBER NOW. GO AHEAD.

OR >> WE HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT WE WANT. ONE OF THOSE IS IT IS A PILOT PROGRAM. SO EVEN IF WE CHOOSE CITY GUARD, IT IS A PILOT PROGRAM. WE MAY NOT WANT TO EXTEND THAT CONTRACT. BUT MYSELF, HONESTLY, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW CITY GUARD WAS A SECURITY COMPANY. I DO SEE THE CAR EVERY DAY. SO YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT LOW-PROFILE AND WE HAVE OUR POLICE THAT STILL DOES THEIR JOB. WE ARE STILL DIDN'T HAVE OUR PEOPLE DOING THEIR JOB. AS FAR AS YOU KNOW WE DO HAVE LAKEWOOD AND IT IS GOING TO BE A PILOT PROGRAM.

>> THERE IS A LOT TO STILL TALK ABOUT WITH THIS WITH THE SPECIFICS AND WE MAY NOT USE THEM FOR ANYTHING BUT WE WANT TO

PICK A COMPANY. >> ONE THING I WANT TO SAY IS THAT ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF HAVING A SECURITY PRESENCE IS THE VISUAL DETERRENT. I WOULD SAY WE HAVE SEEN THE CAR ALL THE TIME AND NOT EVEN KNOW THEY ARE SECURITY COMPANY THAT IS COUNTER TO THAT. I THINK A VISIBLE DETERRENT IS PROBABLY A GOOD THING. I WOULD SAY, AND I UNDERSTAND, BY GROWING THE COMMUNITY AND BRINGING BACK THIS I AM THE FIRST ONE I FEEL LIKE IF I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION I GET FREAKED OUT SOMETIMES. I DO GET IT. YOU WOULD NOT HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION OR ALL OF THE MEETINGS. BUT I WILL SAY IS FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, HAVING SEEN MULTIPLE PRESENTATIONS , THERE IS THAT FEELING OF WHEN SOMEBODY IS CHANGING THEIR ANSWER BECAUSE THEY SEE YOU DIDN'T LIKE IT, THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE ANSWER THE FIRST TIME, SO THEY WANT TO SWITCH IT UP ON YOU. TO ME IT DOES NOT SIT WELL WITH ME. CONSISTENCY IS REALLY IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY AS IMPORTANT OF WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. BUT YOU

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THEY ARE PULLING FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY AND TRAINING FOR STAFF BECAUSE, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT WOULD BE A NOVEL THING FOR MORE OF A PILOT THING. I DON'T THINK IT IS THE END SOLUTION FOR THE DISTRICT. I THINK THIS IS A STEP TO ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH CAMPUS SECURITY, INVEST IN IT , BUT WITH THE INTENTION OF TRAINING OUR CURRENT STAFF, REFINING POLICIES AND MAKING IT BETTER OVERALL AND LOOKING AT WAYS TO ENHANCE THE SECURITY BASED ON WHAT WE FIND USEFUL FOR A COMPANY WE WERE TO CONTRACT WITH WHETHER IT IS BODY CAMERAS FOR OUR PEOPLE OR CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAINING. OR EVEN AN ADDITIONAL POSITION FOR BETTER COMMUNICATION. TO ME THIS IS MOVING FORWARD ON SOMETHING THAT DESERVES OUR INVESTMENT. IT ISN'T A FIX ALL TO EVERY SECURITY AND SAFETY CONCERN THAT ARISES FROM IT. FOR ME, THE CHARACTER -- THE INFORMATION AND THE INFORMATION THAT I AM HEARING, I FEEL MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE WITH BLACK NIGHT GIVEN THE CONSISTENCY OF THE PRESENTATION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE THING.

>> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS?

>> I KNOW THAT WHEN I SAY THIS THAT I THINK PEOPLE WILL JUDGE ME BY GOING BACK AND FORTH AND NOT REALLY GOING WITH ONE DECISION OR THE OTHER. BUT AFTER HEARING THIS IT WILL BE A PILOT.

WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP THEM BUT VALUING THE TIME AND EFFORT ARE BOARD MEMBERS DID AND THE COMMITTEE ITSELF. AND DID INVEST IN THIS. I AM GOING TO CHANGE MY DECISION. IT WILL BE BLACK

NIGHT. >> OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION? OR IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? CAN I GET A MOTION?

>> I MAKE A MOTION TO SELECT BLACK NIGHT.

>> CAN I GET A SECOND? >> SECOND.

>> MAY WE GET A ROLL CALL.

[14. CONSENT AGENDA ]

>> MOVING ALONG TO CONSENT AGENDA DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY

ITEMS TO PULL? >> CLERK HEARING AND I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA?

>> SUM UP. >> MAGA A SECOND?

>> ROLL CALL? >> MISS ARMSTRONG?

[15. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS ]

>>

COMMUNICATIONS. >> I WILL MAKE THIS SHORT AND SWEET. WE ARE STILL UNDERGOING THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH. THERE WAS A FORUM DONE ON MARCH 18 BUT I WANTED TO DO A SHOUT OUT TO REMIND PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT THE SURVEY IS STILL OPEN AND AND ENDS ON MARCH 31. YOU CAN FIND IT ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AND SCROLL DOWN TO THE COMMUNITY INPUT AND THEY ARE IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, AND ARABIC. KEEP COMMUNITY , GIVE US YOUR OPINIONS ON WHAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR AND FORWARD TO FOR OUR SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH. WITH THAT, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO DO A

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>> BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG? >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STEWART.

ALL RIGHT, I DID GO TO THE TRAINING, THE IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T DO THE FULL TRAINING. BUT I HAD BEEN TRAINED BEFORE BUT I DID LOVE GOING TO GET A REFRESHER, AND IT WAS VERY VERY WELL RECEIVED BY THE TEACHERS. I AM JUST GOING TO REITERATE WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. THERE WAS SO MUCH GOING ON THAT WE RAN OUT OF TIME. EVERYBODY WAS CHATTING AFTERWARDS. EVERYBODY WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. I WANTED TO SAY THAT IT DOES , EVERYTHING THAT HE TALKED ABOUT AND HOW WE THINK AND COOPERATE, IT BEGINS WITH US. IT BEGINS WITH YOU.

SOMETIMES, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR STUDENTS LIVES . HOWEVER, FINDING OUT THAT FAMILY DYNAMICS WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE FOUNDATION, WE NEED TO BEGIN TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN A CHILD'S EXISTENCE. I DO KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR TEACHERS HAVE ASSIGNED TASKS FOR THEIR STUDENTS TO SHARE WHY THEY ARE PARTICIPATING IN AN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY OR, WHATEVER, A CLUB. ONE YEAR, THIS PARTICULAR TEACHER WAS SO IMPACTED BY THE RESPONSES, THAT THE TEACHER STOPPED. BUT THE TEACHER DID AN IMMEDIATE RESET IN THE HOPES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS AND TO BE SURE ALL THAT WAS DONE WAS WITH EMPATHY. THAT TEACHER NOW ENJOYS WORKING WITH STUDENTS EVEN MORE BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING CULTIVATED DAILY. THIS TEACHER DIDN'T HAVE THIS TRAINING BEFORE. SO WE ARE ACTUALLY PRACTICING A LOT OF STUFF. AGAIN, I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE AS MANY OF THE IMPLICIT BIAS TESTS THAT YOU CAN AND REFLECT. AS WE INTERACT WITH OUR STUDENTS, LET'S PRACTICE THESE PRINCIPLES AND KEEP THIS A TRAINING ALIVE BY TALKING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AND STRENGTHENING THAT RELATIONSHIP. LET'S BE CONSCIOUS OF WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE ARE DOING IT. AGAIN, STAFF, AND MY BOARD MEMBERS AND COLLEAGUES AND MY TEACHERS, EVERYBODY, I DO APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO IN THIS DISTRICT FOR ALL OF US. IT IS LIKE WE REALLY WANT TO FOSTER THAT FAMILY CONCEPT. I DO. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO EVERY TEACHER, COUNSELOR, SECURITY STAFF, PRINCIPAL, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, CUSTODIAL STAFF, CAFETERIA WORKER, EVERYTHING. BECAUSE MY YOUNGEST CHILD IS SET TO GRADUATE FROM BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL. GLORY GLORY. I AM SO HAPPY. AND I DO WANT TO SAY THAT MY FAMILY HAS BEEN BLESSED BECAUSE THREE OF MY CHILDREN NOW HAVE CAREERS AND ONE IS IN OUR LAST FEW MONTHS OF AN EXTERNSHIP. THE LAST ONE IS ABOUT TO GRADUATE. HER BIGGEST PROBLEM IS TRYING TO FIND A PROM DRESS AND DECIDE ON WHAT COLLEGE SHE WANTS TO GO TO. THE FINE THING ABOUT IT IS MY KIDS -- I HAVE BEEN IN THIS DISTRICT FOR YEARS. MY OLDEST DAUGHTER IS -- I AM NOT GOING TO SAY THAT. ANYWAY, A LOT OF THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE TEACHERS HERE AT BELLFLOWER WHO REALLY TOOK TIME OUT TO SEE THE NEEDS OF MY STUDENTS. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS IS PERSONAL. I HAVE THIS ONE CHILD AND I TELL YOU EVERY DAY THAT HER TEACHER WILL GIVE HER A CUP OF GRAPEFRUIT AND YOU KNOW HOW YOU HAVE THE CUTIES IN THE CUP? THIS PARTICULAR TEACHER HAD GRAPEFRUIT. SHE WOULD GIVE IT TO MY DAUGHTER ALMOST EVERY MORNING. AND, I DON'T KNOW . I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. MAYBE

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I AM TELLING YOU THE REASON WHY MY CHILDREN ARE SUCCESSFUL IS BECAUSE OF THE BELLFLOWER TEACHERS. AND THE TIME AND EFFORT THEY PUT IN FOR MY CHILDREN. I NEED TO THINK THE TEACHERS FOR THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T DO THIS BY MYSELF AND PROBABLY A REASON WHY THEY ARE SO SPOILED BECAUSE OF THESE TEACHERS. ONE OTHER THING IS THAT, LAST NIGHT, I WENT TO THE TRANSITIONING FOR THE MAYOR. AND THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR THE CITY OF CERRITOS. I WANTED TO THANK OUR PRESIDENT, AMY STEWART, BECAUSE SHE GOT UP THERE IN FRONT OF I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE. IT WAS PACKED. DID YOU FEEL LIKE THE UNITY IN THERE? EVERYBODY IN THERE SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE FRIENDS BUT SHE GOT UP THERE IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY SO BE PROUD OF OUR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. A LOT OF HISTORY WAS MADE LAST NIGHT BECAUSE CERRITOS NOW HAS THREE WOMEN ON THEIR BOARD. NOT ONLY THAT, EVERY ONE OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS ARE ASIAN , JAPANESE, TAIWANESE.

I AM TELLING YOU, THEY HAVE SO MUCH SUPPORT. THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS AND DIGNITARIES IN ATTENDANCE. I TELL YOU, AMY AND BRAD LEFT ME. DO YOU KNOW THEY WERE TALKING AND MAKING COMMENTS UP TO ABOUT 11:00 IF NOT LATER?

>> THAT IS WHEN WE LEFT TWO. >> THEY HAD GOOD FOOD AFTERWARDS. ANYWAY, I WANT YOU TO KNOW AND THE REASON I SPEAK ABOUT THIS JUST IN CASE A BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW IS THAT WE DO SERVE A PORTION OF CERRITOS . IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT BELLFLOWER CONTINUES THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH CERRITOS. AND ONE MORE SHOUT OUT. REMEMBER, ALL OF OUR STUDENTS HERE IN BELLFLOWER CAN GET A FREE LIBRARY CARD FROM CERRITOS. I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST MET FRANK YOKOYAMA IN 2018 WHICH WAS ONE OF MY FIRST PUSH TO MAKE SURE THEY ALLOW HER CHILDREN TO GET A LIBRARY CARD FOR FREE BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO CHARGE THEM $100.

IF YOU LIVED IN ALHAMBRA BECAUSE OF THAT YOU COULD GET IT FREE.

AND I DO KNOW THAT BECAUSE I HAVE A BROTHER WHO LIVED THERE.

BUT NOW WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. OUR CHILDREN CAN GET A LIBRARY CARD FOR FREE SO A VERY NICE FACILITY. REMEMBER TO GO OUT AND GET YOUR LIBRARY CARD. AND A LET ME SEE WHAT ELSE. I GUESS THAT IS ENOUGH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

>> HAPPY WOMEN'S MONTH. WE DO HAVE THREE WOMEN ON THE CITY OF

CERRITOS COUNCIL. THAT IS IT. >> THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER

ARMSTRONG. >> JUST THREE? WE HAVE THEM BEAT. I DO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEWLY ELECTED MAYOR YOKOYAMA AND ALSO THE VICE MAYOR JOHNSON AND THE NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ON TOP OF THEM BEING GREAT REPRESENTATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST THE FOUR I AM REALLY FAMILIAR WITH, THEY ARE GOOD AND PASSIONATE PEOPLE THAT REALLY HAVE A PASSION FOR CERRITOS AND SWEAT AND BLEED CERRITOS SO THE CITY IS IN GOOD HANDS WITH THAT PARTNERSHIP AND IT ONLY GROWS WITH THE NEW COUNSEL SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. I COMPLETED MY BIANNUAL ETHICS TRAINING WHICH IS ALWAYS FUN ON MARCH 14 AND I EXPRESSED AB 1390 OR DISCUSSED THAT AND IT WAS A GREAT CONVERSATION AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE HOW THAT GOES TO THE STATE ASSEMBLY AND SENATE AND ONE OF OUR DISTRICT SAFETY STAFF. ON MARCH 20 I WENT TO THE STATE OF THE COLLEGE AND WORKED AT IT BUT THERE AND IT WAS IN THE REPORT. AND ON MARCH 26 THEY ALSO WENT TO THAT CANDLELIGHT VIGIL FOR CALEB PAIN. I WILL SAY HER LIGHT WAS DEFINITELY SHINING

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>> THANK YOU. BOARD VICE PRESIDENT GARZA?

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I WAS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ACTION THIS MONTH. I DO WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR MY TARDINESS TODAY. MY SCHOOL HAD AN OPEN HOUSE AND DECIDED TO PUT IT ON 4:30 UNTIL 6:30. THAT IS WHY I WAS LATE. BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.

I THINK, IN MY OPINION, AND I THINK I HAVE ALREADY SAID THIS DURING OUR BOAT FOR THE SECURITY COMPANY. IF WE ARE SAYING WE ARE UNITED ON PURPOSE, WE SHOULD BE STICKING TOGETHER, JUST LIKE IT SAYS THERE. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT ALTHOUGH WE HAVE GONE THROUGH VERY TRAUMATIC PARTS OF OUR HISTORY HERE THAT WE ARE NOT THE SAME BOARD. WE ARE A BRAND-NEW BOARD. WE HAVE MEMBERS HERE WHO ARE BRAND-NEW TO THE BOARD. WE STRIVE TO MAKE SURE THE DISTRICT AND STAFF MEMBERS ARE GETTING WHAT THEY NEED, GETTING WHAT THEY DESERVE, AND ALSO, THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH YOU. AND WE DO EXPECT THAT FROM EVERYONE, NOT JUST OURSELVES, BUT OF OUR STAFF. THE STAFF THAT WORKS FOR US ON A DAILY BASIS ON THOSE CAMPUSES BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE UNITED AND TOGETHER. BECAUSE THIS IS FOR THE KIDS. I KNOW THAT WE WOULD NOT BE DOING AND OR BE HERE DOING THE DAILY WORK THAT IS SOMETIMES SO OF OCCULT FOR EVERYONE IF WE WEREN'T UNITED FOR THOSE KIDS. SO THAT IS MY COMMENT FOR TONIGHT. HAVE A NICE

NIGHT. >> THANK YOU, BOARD VICE

PRESIDENT GARZA. >> I ATTENDED A MEETING WHERE WE TALK TO 13 STUDENTS APRIL 10 THROUGH 12 AND I WISH THEM GOOD LUCK. FRIDAY I DID STOP BY THE IMPLICIT TRAINING AT BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL AND I WANT TO THANK BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG. I KNOW YOU PUSHED THIS TRAINING AND ITS IMPORTANCE. AND TO DOCTORS SMITH AND DOCTOR KNOX, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING A FANTASTIC SPEAKER . I NEED TO SEE THEM SO I NEED TO BRING THEM BACK AND I HAVE ONLY SEEN BITS AND PIECES BUT EVERYBODY I HAVE GOTTEN SO MUCH GREAT FEEDBACK SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED BUT I DO KNOW THAT YOU GUYS DID A LOT AND ANY OTHER STAFF. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING HIM TO US. ON TUESDAY, I JOINED THE SOMERSET ZOOM WITH STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS AND GLAD TO BE A PART OF THAT PROCESS AND HADN'T BEEN SO THAT WAS A GOOD LEARNING EXPERIENCE. LAST NIGHT I DID ATTEND THE CERRITOS CITY TRANSITION AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW MAYOR. I LOOK FORWARD TO ANY COLLABORATION THAT WE CAN DO WITH THEIR CITY PARTNERS AND I WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND LET THEM KNOW WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT AND COLLABORATE AND ALL HERE FOR KIDS. THAT WAS PRETTY COOL. I AM VERY EXCITED TO HEAR THAT MAYFAIR WILL BE OFFERING DUAL ENROLLMENT AND WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS SINCE I CAME ON THE BOARD. IT IS NICE TO SEE WE ARE FINALLY MAKING THIS HAPPEN. LAST NIGHT I WAS ABLE TO TALK WITH MARISSA PEREZ WHO GAVE ME SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION WHICH WAS REALLY NICE TO HEAR WE ARE PUTTING THAT IN PLACE. I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THE BANNERS PUT UP TO LETTER COMMUNITY KNOW THIS WILL BE COMING SOON AND I DID LEARN ABOUT THAT THROUGH THE VIDEO AND I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THIS AND SEE IT ON HIS INSTAGRAM. LASTLY I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS FOR INPUT DURING OUR COMMUNITY FORUMS AND REPLIES TO THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH SURVEY. COLLABORATION IS A WORD WE USE OFTEN BUT IMPORTANT TO GET FEEDBACK FROM OUR PARENTS, STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF.

THANK YOU. IT IS BEEN NICE TO SEE THERE HAS BEEN PARTICIPATION

[16. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS ]

[3. CLOSED SESSION (Part 2 of 2)]