Jun 12, 2025 School Board

[1. CALL TO ORDER IN PUBLIC SESSION]

[00:00:09]

>>> GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO TONIGHT'S MEETING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 4:34 P.M. IN OPEN SESSION.

ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MS. ARMSTRONG. MS. SITRON.

>> MRS. GARZA.

>> HERE.

>> MS. STUART.

[3. CLOSED SESSION]

>> TONIGHT WE DO NOT HAVE REQUESTS ADDRESSING CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEMS. OPEN SESSION WILL RESUME AT

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

>>> WE NOW RECONVENE BACK TO OPEN SESSION. AT 5:04 P.M. TO RESUME OUR REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS. BOARD CLERK CRIHFIELD WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON CLOSED SESSION TOPICS.

>> THANK YOU, MADAME PRESIDENT. THE TOPICS DISCUSSED WERE STUDENT MATTERS AND THE BOARD TOOK NO ACTION IN CLOSED

SESSION. >> THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I'M GOING TO GO OFF SCRIPT. I'M GOING TO ASK THAT OUR INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT DO IT FOR HER LAST TIME. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS

[7. RECOGNITIONS OF BUSD RETIREES AND MHS ATHLETES]

>> NO CORRECTIONS THIS EVENING.

>> OKAY. I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF RECOGNITIONS. THAT'S AMAZING TO SEE ALL OF YOU HERE. SO AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER.

>> THANK YOU. I'LL ASK MRS. CARTER TO ASSIST US THIS EVENING.

>> THIS EVENING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE TEAMS FROM OUR DIRECT WHO EARN THE DISTINCTION OF MID CITY LEAGUE'S CHAMPIONS DURING THE SPRING SPORTS SEASON. CAN THE BOARD PLEASE COME DOWN IN THE FRONT FOR RECOGNITIONS.

STAFF AND STUDENTS, AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND REMAIN FOR A PICTURE.

REPRESENTING MAYFAIR GIRL'S BEACH VOLLEYBALL WE HAVE THE COACH AND FOLLOWING ATHLETES.

ADDISON RIDDLE AND KENDALL SUMLIN.

RIDDLE AND KENDALL SUMLIN. THE 2025 GATEWAY LEAGUE CHAMPIONS AND LEAGUE MVPS IN THE GIRL'S BEACH VOLLEYBALL. AFTER BEING TEAMED UP MID SEASON, THEY WORKED RELENTLESSLY AND CLOSED OUT THE YEAR BY WINNING SIX OF THEIR LAST SEVEN MATCHES.

INCLUDING PLAYOFFS. CULMINATING IN A THRILLING VICTORY AT THE GATEWAY LEAGUE PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER A GRUELING SEVEN- HOUR MARATHON.

THEIR INCREDIBLE RUN MAY HAVE SHOCKED THE LEAGUE, BUT NOT COACH GUARA OR THE UNSTOPPABLE DUO THEMSELVES.

CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT SEASON.

TEAM COACH MATT PRICE. COULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE OUR TEAM. AND IF COACH COMES WE'LL HAVE HIM COME UP TO THE FRONT.

IF WE COULD PLEASE RECOGNIZE MAYFAIR'S SWIM TEAM, KATIE CUMMINGS AND ELLE BARCHI AND JOSH PRICE, IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME FORWARD.

WE MAY HAVE TO HOLD THAT FOR ANOTHER TIME.

I'M GOING TO GO ON TO THE RETIREES.

ALL RIGHT. SO AT THIS TIME THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE PROVIDED SERVICE TO BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOMS. OUR STAFF MEMBERS WHO RETIRED AT THE END OF THE '24/'25 SCHOOL YEAR ARE -- LET'S PLEASE RECOGNIZE FLORIAN, PROVIDED NINE YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD.

MR. MO, IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME FORWARD.

[00:05:03]

AS HE RIDES OFF INTO A WELL- EARNED RETIREMENT, WE SEND HIM OFF WITH A DEEP APPRECIATION, WARMEST WISHES AND CHEERS AS BIG AS HIS IMPACT. LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

NEXT WE LIKE TO RECOGNIZE DAVID FLEESTRIP FOR PROVIDING 20 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD.

CONGRATULATIONS, MR. FLEETSTRAW ON YOUR WELL- EARNED RETIREMENT.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR LOVE OF MUSIC AND INSPIRING GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS THROUGH YOUR DEDICATION AND PASSION.

WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN THE NEXT CHAPTER.

ENJOY EVERY MOMENT OF IT. CONGRATULATIONS, MR. FLEETSTRAW.

CHERYL, PROVIDING 21 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD.

GRACE, PASSION AND PURPOSE. MOTHER, DAUGHTER, SISTER, TEACHER, MENTOR AND SCHOLAR. AS SHE RETIRES, WE CELEBRATE A CAREER DEFINED BY HIGH STANDARDS, DEEP CARE AND A RELENTLESS BELIEF IN HER STUDENT'S POTENTIAL. CONGRATULATIONS.

YOUR IMPACT IS LASTING, AND YOUR NEXT CHAPTER IS SURE TO BE JUST AS INSPIRING.

CONGRATULATIONS.

NEXT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE KATHLEEN CALLAHAN FOR PROVIDING 22 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD.

MS. CALLAHAN IS RETIRING AFTER A REMARKABLE CAREER AS AN OUTSTANDING TEACHER WHO MADE A LASTING IMPACT ON HER STUDENTS AND SCHOOL COMMUNITY. HER DEDICATION TO STUDENT'S SUCCESS WAS MATCHED BY HER INCREDIBLE ABILITY TO BUILD STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH FAMILIES. KATHLEEN'S COMMITMENT AND COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT WILL BE MISSED.

CONGRATULATIONS.

NEXT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ROSE RAMIRO FOR PROVIDING 23 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD.

1998 AND WILL BE RETIRING AT THE END OF JUNE, 2025.

SHE ENJOYED WALKING AROUND AND DELIVERING MAIL TO EVERYONE AND CATCHING UP ON THE HAPPENINGS OF THE DISTRICT. SHE WAS HAPPY TO SHARE ABOUT HER SON AND ABOUT HER MANY EXPERIENCES IN THE VOLUNTEER WORK SHE DID.

ROSE IS A UNIQUE PERSON AND WE ARE ALL HAPPY FOR HER AND HER NEW CHAPTER OF RETIREMENT. CONGRATULATIONS, ROSE.

WE HOPE YOU ENJOY MANY NEW ADVENTURES DURING YOUR RETIREMENT. WE WISH YOU THE BEST AND THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.

NEXT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MICHAEL HUNTER FOR PROVIDING 23 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD.

IMPACTFUL YEARS TO BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL AS AN ENGLISH AND ELD TEACHER. KNOWN NOT ONLY FOR HIS THOUGHTFUL INSTRUCTION BUT ALSO FOR HIS GENUINE KINDNESS AND ABILITY TO MAKE OTHERS FEEL SEEN AND VALUED. BELOVED BY COLLEAGUES AND STUDENTS ALIKE, MR. HUNTER'S PRESENCE BROUGHT LAUGHTER, SUPPORT, MUSIC AND MENTORSHIP TO CAMPUS. AND HIS ABSENCE WILL BE DEEPLY FELT. WE WISH HIM THE BEST IN HIS RETIREMENT. CONGRATULATIONS.

RECOGNIZE TOM PHILLIPS FOR PROVIDING 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD.

WHAT CAN WE SAY ABOUT TOM PHILLIPS THAT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN EXPRESSED. MR. PHILLIPS IS NOT JUST AN

[00:10:03]

THE IMPACT HE HAS MADE THROUGH INITIATIVES LIKE THE 605 ALL STAR BAND, WHICH PROUDLY PERFORMED AT THE ROSE PARADE. IS TRULY EXCEPTIONAL.

IT'S CLEAR THAT HE WILL BE A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE FELT FOR YEARS TO COME. CONGRATULATIONS.

OF APPLAUSE TO OUR DISTRICT TEACHER OF THE YEAR, TOM PHILLIPS.

NEXT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MARK JOHNSON WHO PROVIDED 26 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD.

VALUABLE MEMBER OF THE SUMMERSET HIGH SCHOOL TEAM FOR THE PAST 16 YEARS. HE CARES FOR STUDENTS, SUPPORTS THE STAFF, AND HELPS THE SCHOOL FUNCTION SMOOTHLY.

HIS EXPERTISE, GUIDANCE, POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND ENTHUSIASM FOR THE SUMMERSET COMMUNITY WILL BE MISSED TREMENDOUSLY. HE DESERVES THE BEST RETIREMENT EVER. CONGRATULATIONS.

KATHERINE GURNSY FOR PROVIDING 26 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD.

YOU INSPIRE WITH PASSION AND TEACH WITH GRACE THAT IS TRULY SPECIAL. THE DIFFERENCE YOU MAKE IN THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS CANNOT BE OVERSTATED.

WHETHER IT'S THROUGH YOUR THOUGHTFUL LESSONS, QUIET ENCOURAGEMENT OR UNWAVERING BELIEF IN EVERY CHILD'S POTENTIAL, YOU EMBODY THE VERY SPIRIT÷÷ OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN EDUCATOR. CONGRATULATIONS.

MORAG ROGERSON WHO PROVIDED 27 YEARS OF SERVICE AT BUSD.

SERVICE, MS. ROGERSON IS RETIRING FROM WOOD RIFF ELEMENTARY. SHE HAS TRULY BEEN THE HEART OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY A CONSTANT PRESENCE, A PASSIONATE EDUCATOR AND A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR TEACHERS. HER KNOW VATIVE APPROACH TO MATH INSTRUCTION MANIPULATIVES AND HANDS ON STRATEGIES HAS LEFT A LASTING IMPACT ON BOTH STUDENTS AND FELLOW EDUCATORS.

UNION REPRESENTATIVE, MS. ROGERSON CONSISTENTLY CHAMPIONED THE VOICES OF HER COLLEAGUES, ALWAYS LEADING WITH INTEGRITY AND DEEP SENSE OF FAIRNESS.

WHILE WE CELEBRATE HER RETIREMENT, WE ARE ALSO GRATEFUL THAT THIS IS NOT GOOD-BYE.

MS. ROGERSON PLANS TO RETURN NEXT YEAR AS A VOLUNTEER, CONTINUING TO SHARE HER GIFTS AND SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL -- THEIR SCHOOL IN NEW WAYS. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT AND REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTIONS. WOODRIFF IS BETTER BECAUSE OF YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.

RECOGNIZE MELINDA GUESS FOR PROVIDING 27 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD. ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AT RAMONA, THANK YOU FOR BEING A GUIDING LIGHT, A MENTOR AND A CHAMPION FOR EVERY STUDENT THAT YOU TEACH.

THEY'RE INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HAD YOU AS PART OF THEIR TEAM.

CONGRATULATIONS, MS. GUESS.

SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION. WE WERE COLLEAGUES AND THEY WERE AT MY SCHOOL AS A PRINCIPAL. SO IT'S VERY SPECIAL.

CONGRATULATIONS. TO EVERYONE, THOUGH.

I WON'T STOP TO HUG YOU ALL, THOUGH.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE JULIE LUCHI FOR PROVIDING 29 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD.

WELL- DESERVED RETIREMENT FROM BUSD AFTER AN INCREDIBLE 29 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE. OVER NEARLY THREE

[00:15:01]

WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN THEIR EXCITING NEW CHAPTER.

MAY IT BE FILLED WITH REST, ADVENTURE AND ENDLESS MOMENTS OF PLAY. CONGRATULATIONS.

MAREN FOOT PROVIDING 30 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD.

EDUCATOR TO THE BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR MANY YEARS.

SHE SERVED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS AND HAS FINISHED HER CAREER AT MAYFAIR WHERE SHE TAUGHT INTERVENTION MATH AND SUPPORTED MATH STUDENTS AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. SHE DID A FANTASTIC JOB IN HER TIME AT MAYFAIR, AND SHE WILL DEFINITELY BE MISSED.

CONGRATULATIONS.

NEXT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE PAMELA SEEMSTER FOR PROVIDING 33 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD.

TEACHING HOME AND CULINARY ARTS AT BELLFLOWER MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL, MS. SEEMSTER, HAIR NET WEARING LENLD HAS OFFICIALLY HUNG UP HER SPATULA AND STEPPED INTO A WELL- EARNED RETIREMENT. FROM EMPOWERING STUDENTS WITH LIFE SKILLS TO FILLING HALLWAYS WITH LAUGHTER AND THE SMELL OF FRESHLY- BAKED COOKIES, SHE LEAVES BEHIND A LEGACY OF HEART AND HUSTLE.

BELLFLOWER WON'T BE THE SAME WITHOUT HER.

CONGRATULATIONS.

NEXT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE LAURIE RENSTRAW FOR PROVIDING 37 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD. WHAT WE ADMIRE MOST ABOUT LAURIE IS HER INCREDIBLE SENSE OF HUMOR, WHICH SHE BRINGS TO EVERYTHING SHE DOES.

AS THE FIRST- EVER FLAG FOOTBALL COACH AT MAYFAIR, SHE MADE AN EXTRAORDINARY IMPACT RIGHT FROM THE START, LEADING HER TEAM TO VICTORY AS LEAGUE CHAMPIONS IN THEIR INAUGURAL YEAR. HER LEADERSHIP HAS LAID A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE TEAMS TO BUILD ON. ADDITIONALLY, LAURIE HAS SERVED AS THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION WHERE HER GUIDANCE HAS BEEN INVALUABLE.

WITH A DIVERSE BACKGROUND THAT INCLUDES EXPERIENCE AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER AND COMMITMENT TO SERVING STUDENTS THROUGHOUT BELLFLOWER, LAURIE HAS TOUCHED THE LIVES OF MANY ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS. HER DEDICATION AND POSITIVITY ARE TRULY MADE A LASTING DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

NEXT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE JUDY MOSES FOR PROVIDING 37 YEARS TO BUSD.

JUDY MOSES HAS TAUGHT IN BELLFLOWER SINCE 1988.

SHE TAUGHT SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH GRADES AT WASHINGTON AND LINDSTROM ELEMENTARIES. SHE LEAVES A LEGACY OF LOVE FOR HER STUDENTS, TEACHING WITH GRACE, CARING AND HEART.

SHE'S PIECED TOGETHER A BEAUTIFUL LIFE AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR HER TO ENJOY EVERY STITCH.

SHE HAS A HEART FULL OF MEMORY AND FUTURE FULL OF PEACE.

CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS, MS. MOSES.

TO RECOGNIZE THOSE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE 24/25 SCHOOL YEAR THAT COULD NOT ATTEND THIS EVENING. FRANCIS BALBOA, 17 YEARS.

MATTHEW 20 YEARS. DAWN CAMACHO 18 YEARS.

DANIEL KAREN MICHAEL 3 1 YEARS. LISA CORNELL 22 YEARS.

[00:20:04]

CAROL FISHER 22 YEARS. TERRY FOSTER 2 YEARS.

LAURIE FRENCH 26 YEARS. PAUL GEDDIE, 31 YEARS.

EVETTE 30 YEARS. LARRY HAIRSTON, 33 YEARS.

RAYMOND HERRERA 32 YEARS. SUSAN HILL 40 YEARS.

JAVIER 21 YEARS. KATHLEEN JOHNSON 32 YEARS.

KEITH LANDON 34 YEARS. MICHAEL LARSON 12 YEARS.

BETTY LOPEZ 25 YEARS. MIKE LUNDGREN 28 YEARS.

TERESA 41 YEARS. JERRY MILLER 21 YEARS.

KIMBERLY MOLAT 25 YEARS. JEFF MOORE 27 YEARS.

ROBERT NELSON 30 YEARS. ROSE O'BRIEN 32 YEARS.

JANICE PARKS 30 YEARS. JULIE PORTER 32 YEARS.

TAMMY MCQUAID 38 YEARS. JEFFREY SAVAGE 31 YEARS.

JANE STEWART, 22 YEARS. BEVERLY SWANSON, 25 YEARS.

LAWRENCE TANIS. LORRAINE THOMPSON 41 YEARS.

JOSEPH WEBER, 9 YEARS. HOWEVER, LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, WE HAVE SOMEONE SPECIAL TO RECOGNIZE WHO IS RETIRING AFTER 31 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO BUSD.

OUR INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT MS. LISA ACIVIDO.

TO HAVE SEVERAL SPECIAL GUESTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MS. ACIVIDO. REPRESENTING CONGRESSMAN'S GARCIA'S OFFICE. JULIA, REPRESENTATIVE AND CASEWORKER. W. OH, THANK YOU.

HI, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

MY NAME IS JULIA. I'M THE FIELD REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CITY OF BELLFLOWER.

IT'S AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE ON HIS BEHALF TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE YOUR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP TO THE BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT IS -- IN YOUR WELL- DESERVED RETIREMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THE STUDENTS, THE FAMILIES, THE TEACHERS AND THE COMMUNITY OVERALL. AS HAS BEEN SAID MULTIPLE TIMES TONIGHT, I KNOW EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A LASTING IMPACT.

SO AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU.

>> NEXT, REPRESENTING ASSEMBLY MEMBER 62ND DISTRICT OFFICE, FIELD REPRESENTATIVE.

>> HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ANASTASIA, A FIELD REPRESENTATIVE WITH JOSE'S OFFICE. THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER OVER BELLFLOWER. AND I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE TO REPRESENT HIM. AND BID MS. ACIVIDO A CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR LONG, LONG TIME WITH THE BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I COME FROM A FAMILY OF EDUCATORS, SO I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION AND THE PROGRESS AND IMPORTANCE THAT IT BRINGS TO STUDENT'S LIVES.

SO TO KNOW THAT YOU WORKED WITH THEM FOR THE TIME THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE AND WORKED WITH YOUR AMAZING COLLEAGUES, I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE AND WE'RE ALL HERE TO CELEBRATE YOU AND THE AMAZING THINGS YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS DISTRICT.

ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLY MEMBER JOSE, WE WANT TO BID YOU A CONGRATULATIONS.

>> NEXT, REPRESENTING THE CITY OF BELLFLOWER, MAYOR PRO TEMS AND COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND WENDY.

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, INTERIM

[00:25:06]

LISA, YOU HAD A WONDERFUL RUN. 31 YEARS, STARTED AS A MATH AND SCIENCE TEACHER IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, BECAME ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPAL, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT AND THEN INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT OF THE USD.

THAT WAS A WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT.

I BELIEVE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS BETTER BECAUSE OF YOU.

AND SO, WE THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE WONDERFUL RESIDENTS OF CITY OF BELLFLOWER, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WE WISH YOU A VERY ENJOYABLE RETIREMENT.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

>> LISA, I GOT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.

I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR AT LEAST SINCE I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. SO AT LEAST 2004.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID TODAY IS TRUE. YOUR FRIENDSHIP, YOUR DEDICATION TO THE STUDENTS, YOUR DEDICATION TO THE PROGRAM, TO WANTING TO IMPROVE IT THE WAY YOU DO IT WITH A SMILE AND WHAT YOU DID AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND HOW YOU BROUGHT EVERYONE TOGETHER AND YOU BROUGHT IN A GOOD MESSAGE. THAT'S LEADERSHIP RIGHT THERE.

CHANGING THE TONE IN DIRECTION. IT'S HARD TO SEE YOU GO AT THIS POINT IN TIME. I GET IT.

YOU'VE DONE YOUR TIME AND NOW YOU GOT TO ENJOY YOURSELF AND ENJOY RETIREMENT.

CONGRATULATIONS, MY FRIEND. THIS IS NOT GOOD-BYE.

UNTIL NEXT TIME. WE'LL TALK SOON.

>> NEXT. REPRESENTING THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ARIANO.

>> WE WERE MATCHING. I WORE THIS FOR YOU, YES.

BEFORE I GET STARTED, I DEFINITELY, AS I WAS HEARING ALL THE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, LEAVING BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD, I WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY A ROUND OF APPLAUSE ONE MORE TIME FOR EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM.

PLEASE.

SO, ONCE AGAIN, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

JUST IN CASE YOU'VE BEEN LIVING UNDER A ROCK, I AM DAVID ARIANA, LAKEWOOD CITY COUNCIL. I'M TRULY HONORED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE LISA ON HER LONG INCREDIBLE CAREER SPANNING OVER 30 YEARS WHICH IS WEIRD BECAUSE I HONESTLY THOUGHT YOU WERE 29. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN AN EDUCATOR IN THE WOMB. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. BUT AS A TEACHER, PRINCIPAL, VICE PRINCIPAL IN VARIOUS SCHOOLS AND OVERSEEING THE PROGRAM AND JUST SO YOU KNOW,IVE SOCKS HERE.

DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT -- DON'T ASK HOW I GOT THEM BUT I DID GET THEM. AND I'M SURE YOU'VE BEEN A MENTOR TO MANY. PLUS, STEPPING IN AS A SUPERINTENDENT WHEN THE DISTRICT WAS IN NEED.

YOU HAVE MADE A LONG, LASTING POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE BUSD FAMILIES AND STUDENTS THAT WILL LAST FOR GENERATIONS. PERSONALLY, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF KNOWING YOU EVEN BEFORE I WAS A BIG DEAL ELECTED. I APPRECIATE THAT.

SHE SHOWED ME AROUND BELLFLOWER HIGH, GOT ME INVOLVED WITH THE PROGRAM AND GAVE ME A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO SOME OF YOUR AMAZING STUDENTS. I APPRECIATE THAT.

I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP, WARMTH AND LEADERSHIP.

AND ON BEHALF, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION THAT OUR FAMOUS --

>> SUITABLE FOR FRAMING.

>> FRAME ONLY. NOT ONLY ON BEHALF OF THE 2,000 RESIDENTS YOU SERVICE AND 80,000 RESIDENTS ALL TOGETHER, ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT. MAKE NEW MEMORIES AND KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE MISSED AND ALWAYS HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN LAKEWOOD'S HEART. THANK YOU.

[00:30:23]

]. >> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT STEWART, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CABINET MEMBERS AND INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT.

IT IS AN HONOR TO OFFER A FEW WORDS ON BEHALF OF THE CALAPS TEAM AS WE CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE SOMEONE WHOSE INFLUENCE HAS PROFOUNDLY SHAPED OUR ORGANIZATION, OUR FOUNDING CEO AND NOW BUSD INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT. LISA, WHEN CALAPS WAS ONLY AN IDEA, YOU BROUGHT IT TO LIFE. WHEN IT NEEDED DIRECTION, YOU PROVIDED VISION. AND WHEN IT NEEDED HEART, YOU OFFERED YOUR OWN. YOU DIDN'T JUST BUILD A PROGRAM, YOU BUILT A LEGACY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS WHO MAY HAVE NEVER IMAGINED THEMSELVES IN COLLEGE OR IN MEANINGFUL CAREERS. THROUGH YOUR QUIET DETERMINATION, YOU CHAMPIONED EQUITY, ACCESS AND EXCELLENCE. AND IN DOING SO, YOU CHANGED COUNTLESS LIVES.

FOR MANY OF US, YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN DEEPLY PERSONAL. YOU'VE BEEN A MENTOR, A GUIDE AND A ROLE MODEL. ALWAYS LEADING WITH INTEGRITY, COMPASSION AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT AND SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I AM ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT SCH HAS ALSO DEEPLY INFLUENCED MY OWN JOURNEY. KNOW THAT YOUR LEGACY LIVES ON IN EACH OF US AND IN THE WORK WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO EVERYDAY.

AND ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE C ASHS ALAPS TEAM, WE'RE PROUD TO PRESENT YOU THIS ENGREYED CRYSTAL VASE. A SYMBOL OF OUR IMMENSE GRATITUDE. JUST AS THIS VASE HOLDS AND SUPPORTS WHAT BLOOMS THE FOUNDATION YOU CREATED CONTINUES TO SUPPORT AND INSPIRE GROWTH IN OTHERS. SO LISA, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WELL- DESERVED RETIREMENT AND YOU WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED.

INVITE ALL THE INSTRUCTORS WHO ARE HERE.

>>> NEXT, REPRESENTING BUSD PERSONNEL COMMISSION, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DR. FRANK ALMOS.

>> GOOD EVENING. JUST WANTED TO ECHO THE WORDS OF SO MANY PEOPLE. JUST SO MUCH LOVE AND APPRECIATION TO WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR US, LISA. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT. SOT LEE, IS A I WILL CHERISH THOSE MEMORIES. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND PLEASURE. SO ON BEHALF OF THE PERSONNEL COMMISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION IN RECOGNITION OF OVER 31 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH HEARTFELT DEDICATION AND EXCELLENCE, LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP, COMMITMENT AND IMPACT WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> NEXT, REPRESENTING BUSD CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, GILL CASTINEDA.

>> GOOD EVENING. IT'S AN HONOR TO RECOGNIZE A RETIRING INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT WHO HAS BEEN AN UNWAVERING CHAMPION FOR CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND BUSD. THANKS TO HER LEADERSHIP,

[00:35:02]

MANY COMPLETED THEIR PATHWAYS AND EARNED THEIR CT MEDALS BECAUSE LISA ENSURED OPPORTUNITIES WERE ALWAYS WITHIN REACH.

TODAY, ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION AND ALL CETE TEACHERS I PRESENT THIS SHADOW BOX FEATURING THE COMPLETER MEDALS FROM EACH CT PATHWAY OFFERED AT BUSD. EACH MEDAL REPRESENTS A DOOR LISA HELPED OPEN A PATHWAY TO POSSIBILITY, PURPOSE AND A BRIGHTER FUTURE.

BECAUSE NO ONE HAS DONE MORE TO ADVANCE CTE IN OUR DISTRICT, IT'S ONLY FITTING THAT WE ALSO AWARD HER WITH OUR INAUGURAL CTE MOST VALUABLE PARTNER MEDAL FOR BEING THE ULTIMATE CTE COMPLETER.

CONGRATULATIONS, LISA.

]. AND BEST WISHES IN YOUR WELL- DESERVED RETIREMENT.

>> NEXT, REPRESENTING THE BELLFLOWER TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, VICE PRESIDENT DAN FONG.

>> GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

DISTRICT LEADERS AND COMMUNITY. ON BEHALF OF BELLFLOWER TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, I WANT TO HONOR AND THANK SUPERINTENDENT LISA AFTER SHE RETIRES AFTER YEARS OF IMPACTFUL LEADERSHIP IN OUR DISTRICT. BEFORE SHE TOOK ON THE ROLE OF SUPERINTENDENT, THERE WAS A TIME WHERE SHE FELL OUT OF FAVOR WITH THE DISTRICT.

BUT EVEN THEN SHE NEVER STOPPED BEING WHO SHE IS, PRINCIPALED, ETHICAL, HUMBLE AND STRONG.

SHE DIDN'T BEND TO THE PRESSURE OR CHANGE TO PLEASE OTHERS. INSTEAD, SHE STAYED GROUNDED IN HER VALUES, CONTINUED TO WORK WITH INTEGRITY AND SHOWED ALL OF US THAT LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT CHARACTER, NOT POSITION.

THIS WAS NOT THE END OF HER STORY.

HER PERSISTENCE, PATIENCE AND QUIET STRENGTH ALLOWED HER TO RETURN NOT WITH BITTERNESS BUT WITH PURPOSE AND WRITE HER OWN STORY.

WHEN LISA STEPPED INTO THIS ROLE, BELLFLOWER UNIFIED WAS AT A CROSS ROADS. TRUST NEEDED REBUILDING.

COMMUNICATION NEEDED REPAIR. AND OUR CULTURE NEEDED HEALING.

LISA DIDN'T RUN FROM THOSE CHALLENGES.

HE FACED THEM HEAD ON WITH CLARITY, COMPASSION AND A DEEP SENSE OF PURPOSE. HER LEADERSHIP BROUGHT ABOUT REAL AND LASTING CHANGE. SHE CREATED A CULTURE ROOTED IN TRANSPARENCY, RESPECT, AND HUMAN CONNECTION. SHE DIDN'T LEAD FROM A DISTANCE.

SHE LISTENED, COLLABORATED AND MADE PEOPLE FEEL SEEN.

SHE BROUGHT KINDNESS AND PROFESSIONALISM TOGETHER, PROVING THEY ARE NOT OPPOSITES BUT ESSENTIALS.

LISA REBUILT RELATIONSHIPS WITH UNIONS, WITH STAFF, WITH FAMILIES AND RESTORED FAITH AND IDEA THAT WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER.

SHE MADE TOUGH DECISIONS WHEN NEEDED.

ESPECIALLY AROUND PERSONNEL. ALWAYS WITH THE AIM OF MOVING BUSD FORWARD IN CREATING THE BEST ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS. UNDER HER LEADERSHIP, THE DISTRICT BECAME A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE MATTERED, NOT JUST POLICIES. WHERE COMMUNICATION BECAME A TWO- WAY STREET. WHERE COLLABORATION WASN'T JUST ENCOURAGED, IT WAS MODELLED. LISA, YOUR LEGACY IS ONE OF HEALING, GROWTH AND HIGH STANDARDS.

YOU LEAVE BEHIND A STRONGER, MORE UNIFIED DISTRICT, ONE THAT IS READY FOR THE FUTURE BECAUSE OF YOUR WORK. WE KNOW THIS IS THE END OF A CHAPTER, BUT THE STORY YOU HELPED WRITE WILL CONTINUE.

WITH STRONG STAFF, POLICIES AND IDEALS IN PLACE, AND WITH OUR SHARED TRUST IN EACH OTHER, WE ARE READY TO KEEP BUILDING BUSD TOGETHER, UNIFIED IN PURPOSE.

THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. WE ARE GRATEFUL AND WISH YOU JOY, REST IN PRIDE IN ALL YOU ACCOMPLISHED.

AND MEANINGFUL MEMORIES IN TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT.

[00:40:32]

>> REPRESENTING CALIFORNIA SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, PRESIDENT AND COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER ANTHONY RAMIREZ.

>> HI, LISA. DURING OUR LAST MEETING WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW HARD THIS IS FOR ME TO DO PUBLIC SPEAKING.

SO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT YOU ARE THAT IT GOT ME UP HERE TO THE PODIUM.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF OUR -- YOUR HARD WORK WITH US, THE RESPECT THAT YOU'VE SHOWN US. ANY TIME I'VE HAD AN ISSUE OR A PROBLEM OR EVEN SOMETHING GOOD HAPPENED, THE MINUTE I TEXTED OR CALLED, YOU ANSWERED. IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED THE RESPECT THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN CSEA AND MYSELF AND MY TEAM, GREATLY APPRECIATED. I WITH YOU ALL THE VERY BEST.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING TO HANG IN YOUR OFFICE.

THIS IS SOMETHING FOR YOU TO ENJOY ON YOUR DOWN TIME AS YOU'RE RETIRED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> REPRESENTING THE BELLFLOWER COUNCIL PTA, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, RAVISKI AND RITA RIVERA.

>> LISA, IT IS WITH OUR HEARTFELT÷÷ APPRECIATION FOR YOUR MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE STUDENT, STAFF AND FAMILIES OF THE BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

ON BEHALF OF THE BELLFLOWER COUNCIL OF PTAS AND OUR PRESIDENT, LINDA MORGAN WHO COULDN'T BE HERE THIS EVENING, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNWAVERING LEADERSHIP, STEADFAST COMMITMENT AND COUNTLESS CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGHOUT YOUR REMARKABLE CAREER.

AS WE HONOR THE LASTING IMPACT YOU HAVE MADE ON OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU.

>> WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BRING UP YOUR FAMILY.

PAUL, BLAKE, NICOLE AND CODY.

>> I DIDN'T REALLY TELL EVERYONE THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO SPEAK, SO I'LL JUST SPEAK.

BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M SO PROUD OF YOU.

I DON'T WANT TO CRY.

>> I'M NOT MUCH OF A PUBLIC SPEAKER, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS. I'M EXTREMELY PROUD AS I SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE SAY THOSE KIND WORDS.

I SEE WHEN YOU COME HOME I KNOW WHAT YOUYOU HOME.

I KNOW YOUR DEDICATION. I KNOW YOUR HEART AND YOUR LOVE FOR THE KIDS. AND I KNOW YOU PUT EVERYTHING IN FOR THOSE KIDS. I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF YOU.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR FAMILY, FOR NICOLE AND BLAKE AND I. AND WE JUST LOVE YOU AND

[00:45:01]

>> OF COURSE YOU CAN. PLEASE.

>> WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PRESENT MS. ACIVIDO WITH CERTIFICATES FROM SUPERVISOR JANICE HAHN WHO WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS EVENING. SHE WISHES TO EXTEND HER CONGRATULATIONS AND APPRECIATION FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY.

ON BEHALF OF CABINET, DR. SMITH WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PRIVILEGE TO WORK ALONGSIDE INTERIM -- SCRATCH THAT, SUPERINTENDENT LISA ACIVIDO DURING THIS IMPORTANT TRANSITION IN OUR DISTRICT.

LISA HAS BROUGHT A STEADY HAND, CALM CONFIDENCE AND A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AT EVERY LEVEL.

BUT HER IMPACT REACHES FAR BEYOND THIS ROLE.

OVER THE COURSE OF A REMARKABLE CAREER IN BELLFLOWER UNIFIED, LISA SERVED IN A WIDE RANGE OF LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, ALWAYS WITH INTEGRITY, COMPASSION AND AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS AND STAFF AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY.

HER INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE, STUDENT- CENTERED APPROACH, AND GRACE UNDER PRESSURE HAVE LEFT A LASTING MARK ON THIS DISTRICT AND THE PEOPLE THAT THIS DISTRICT SERVES.

ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND YOUR EXTREMELY GRATEFUL CABINET, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DECADES OF DEDICATED SERVICE AND WISH YOU NOTHING BUT THE BEST IN THE FUTURE. AND FROM THE BOTTOM OF ALL OF OUR HEARTS, LISA, THANK YOU.

[00:51:29]

>> MS. AZEVEDO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?

[00:55:27]

>> IN TOTAL, OUR RETIREES FOR THE 2024/2025 SCHOOL YEAR HAVE DEDICATED AN IMPRESSIVE 1,441 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR DISTRICT.

HEARTFELT THANKS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR EFFORTS TO KEEP US UNITED IN PURPOSE.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN. GIVE EACH OTHER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

>> MADAME PRESIDENT?

>> YES. I WANTED TO ALLOW MY COLLEAGUES TO SAY ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO SAY RIGHT NOW AS WELL,

PLEASE. >> ANYTHING? NO.

>> NOT ANYTHING FOR BRAD.

>> FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY TONIGHT. AND I USUALLY DO -- IN MAKING THAT VIDEO AND GOING THROUGH SO MANY DIFFERENT PHOTOS, I REALIZE I DO TAKE WAY TOO MANY SELFIES WITH LISA.

BUT IT'S KIND OF MY LOVE LANGUAGE, LIKE MAKING VIDEOS, PHOTOGRAPHY, THAT'S MY LOVE LANGUAGE, I WANT YOU TO KNOW, LISA. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE WHO YOU ARE AND THANK YOU FOR BEING WHO YOU ARE BECAUSE WE NEEDED WHO YOU WERE AND WHO YOU ARE TODAY SO BADLY AT THAT POINT.

YOU'RE THE PERFECT PERSON TO LEAD THIS DISTRICT AT THAT TIME. AND THERE HAD BEEN TIMES OVER THE PAST YEAR I ALMOST FELT LIKE APOLOGIZING WHEN YOU CAME ON BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH WORK. AND YOU GAVE IT EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE. AND I TOLD YOU THIS BEFORE, BUT I BELIEVE IN A SENSE OF POETIC JUSTICE. AND I FEEL LIKE YOU, YOUR STORY THROUGHOUT THIS DISTRICT, YOUR ENTIRE JOURNEY, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, COMING BACK I THINK DAN HAD MENTIONED IT, MAYBE LOST SOME FAVOR AT SOME POINT, AND I REMEMBER EVEN THEN KNOWING THAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE.

THE FACT YOU GOT HERE AND GET TO RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET, IN TERMS OF MOVIES OR FILM, IT'S THE PERFECT ENDING TO SUCH A GREAT CAREER. SO THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO YOUR FAMILY FOR SUPPORTING HER BECAUSE WITH THAT SUPPORT SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO DO SO MANY GREAT THINGS THAT I KNOW WE'RE COMMITTED TO CONTINUING HERE AT BUSD.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, CLERK CRIHFIELD. VICE PRESIDENT GARZA?

>> YES. THANK YOU, MADAME PRESIDENT.

LISA, WHAT CAN I SAY? WHEN I ENTERED THIS DISTRICT, I SAW YOU FROM AFAR. BUT EVEN THEN I COULD SEE THAT YOU HAD THE MAKINGS OF A LEADER, A GREAT LEADER.

SO I THINK WE ARE VERY BLESSED THAT YOU CAME TO US AT THE TIME WE NEEDED YOU.

YOU HAVE TRULY UNIFIED OUR DISTRICT. YOU HAVE PUT IN THE EFFORT AND THE WORK AND THE HARD, LONG HOURS.

SO, WE ARE SO INTERNALLY GRATEFUL AS A BOARD TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT FROM YOU AND FROM YOUR CABINET AND THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THIS WHILE HAVING A FAMILY.

AND HAVING OTHER OBLIGATIONS. AND JUST UNIFYING EVERYONE IN OUR DISTRICT SO THAT WAY WE CAN NOW CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. SO FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR UNIFYING US ALL.

E. >> BOARD MEMBER CINTRON?

>> OKAY. YOU KNOW I'M A CRIER.

SO I'LL TRY. I'M JUST GRATEFUL, THANKFUL FOR YOU. WE FIRST MET WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS DOING CALAPS. AND SHE WAS ONE OF THREE GIRLS IN THE -- AS A CADET FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND YOU MADE SURE THAT ANY TIME THAT THOSE GIRLS WANTED TO GIVE UP, YOU WERE RIGHT NEXT TO THEM.

YOU DIDN'T -- SO TO ME, AS A MOM, KNOWING SO MUCH THAT YOU HAVE SACRIFICED TO NOT BE THERE WITH YOUR FAMILY AND TO BE WITH THE DISTRICT FAMILIES, I THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE SPACE TO GROW AND SUPPORTING ME AS A NEW

[01:00:03]

YOU MADE SURE THAT I LEARNED. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW YOU DID IT IN SUCH A PASSIONATE AND LOVING WAY THAT NOBODY CAN SAY NO TO YOU.

I'M ETERNALLY GRATEFUL. AND YOU HAVE REALLY SHOWN SO MANY GENERATIONS WHAT A STRONG LEADER LOOKS LIKE, WHAT A STRONG LEADER SOUNDS LIKE AND HOW THEY MOVE AND HOW THEY SHOULD MOVE WITH COMPASSION, LOVE, CARE AND THAT'S STRONG.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.

>> AGAIN. I THINK YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT YOU. I THINK YOU'RE MY UNPAID THERAPIST. YEAH, YOU WERE THE BEST CHOICE HONESTLY SHE WAS. ONE THING YOU GUYS DON'T SEE, SHE ALSO UNIFIED OUR BOARD. THAT'S PRETTY DIFFICULT SOMETIMES. I'M JUST GOING TO BE HONEST.

AND SHE BROUGHT OUT THE BEST IN US.

SHE TAUGHT US -- SHE ONLY YELLED AT ME A FEW TIMES. SHE YELLS AT BRAD A LOT, BUT NOT AT ME A LOT. BUT SHE REALLY UNIFIED OUR BOARD. SHE BROUGHT IN AMAZING PEOPLE IN THE EXECUTIVE CABINET THAT SHE HAD NOUN OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THEM.

BONNIE. WE JUST APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH.

I WOULD HAVE MADE HER SUPERINTENDENT DAY ONE.

I JUST FEEL LIKE SHE WAS THAT PERSON.

AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT WE HAD YOU.

AND AGAIN, EVEN JUST THE LASTING IMPACT OF EVEN WHAT ARLENE SAID, YOU HAVE REALLY MENTORED SO MANY PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY MYSELF. SO I THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A TEN- MINUTE RECESS AND WE'LL GET BACK AROUND 6:15 P.M.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO GRAB CAKE, REFRESHMENTS OUTSIDE AND WHEN WE RETURN, WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS. THANK

>>> GOOD EVENING. WE ARE CALLING THE MEETING

[8. PUBLIC HEARING]

WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING ON THE 2025/2026 LOCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE ELCAP AND 2025/2026 LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA THE LCFF PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2025/2026. WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS.

MS. AZEVEDO.

>> WE BLENDED BOTH OUR PRESENTATIONS INTO ONE.

I'LL HAVE MS. CARTER START THE PRESENTATION AND MS. ARKIS WILL THEN TAKE OVER.

>> TONIGHT I'LL BE SHARING SOME FOUNDATIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC, ATTENDING THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT MAY NOT HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH US IN MAY WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE ELCAP IN DETAIL. ALTHOUGH THE BOARD HAD AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE LAST MEETING TO PROVIDE INPUT TONIGHT, WE'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE INPUT AT THIS HEARING. THIS SHOWS THE DEVELOPMENT, TIME LINE OF THE ELCAP AND WHERE WE'RE AT.

WE'RE ON JUNE 12TH AND JUNE 18TH.

WE'LL BRING THIS BACK FOR APPROVAL.

THE ELCAP IS A DISTRICT PLAN FOR IMPROVEMENT.

IT IS AN ACCOUNTABILITY TOOL REQUIRED BY THE STATE.

EACH PLAN MUST INCLUDE GOALS, ACTIONS, RELATED EXPENDITURES, SERVICES FOR IDENTIFIED SERVICE GROUPS AND ALIGNMENT TO THE EIGHT- STATE PRIORITIES.

THIS YEAR INFORMATION ON HOW THE LEARNING RECOVERY FUNDS ARE PLANNED TO BE SPENT OR INCLUDED INTO THIS PLAN. THE BELLFLOWER ELCAP INCLUDES FOUR GOALS ALIGNED TO STATE PRIORITIES. THE DRAFT LCAP HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR THE PUBLIC FOR REVIEW AND THE PUBLIC HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO EMAIL INPUT. WE HAVE RECEIVED ZERO EMAILS FROM THE PUBLIC. THE LCAP HAS ALSO BEEN PROVIDED TO LAKO FOR PREREVIEW AND FEEDBACK. SINCE THE BOARD'S FEEDBACK IN MAY, THERE WERE A FEW REVISIONS. IN THE GOAL ANALYSIS SECTION FOR EACH GOAL, PROMPT 2, IT WAS UPDATED TO IDENTIFY ANY MATERIAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PLANNED AND ACTUAL EXPENDITURES. SOME MINOR CLARIFICATIONS WERE INCLUDED, SUCH AS IDENTIFYING ACTION NUMBERS IN THE NARRATIVE DESCRIPTIONS TO BETTER HELP THE READER. AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF OUTCOMES THAT WERE MISSING, SO THOSE WERE ADDED TO THIS VERSION. ESTIMATED COSTS FOR THE LEARNING RECOVERY BLOCK GRANT WERE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE ACTIONS. AND THE THREE METRICS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN MAY WERE ADDED

[01:05:05]

AND I'LL BE PASSING THAT OFF TO MS. ARKIS.

>> THANK YOU, MS. CANE HEAR ME I'M TRYING TO SET UP MY STATION SO I HAVE ACCESS TO EVERYTHING. I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE 25/26 BUDGET THAT GOES IN CONCERT WITH THE LCAP THAT WE'VE BEEN PRESENTING THIS DAY. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GUIDING PRINCIPALS MY DEPARTMENT USED WHEN WE WERE TALKING WITH OTHER, YOU KNOW, OFFICES, SCHOOL SITES, AND THE BASICALLY THE TACT WE TOOK IN DEVELOPING THE BUDGET. WE WANTED TO DEVELOP OUR BUDGET USING TRENDS ANALYSIS, CURRENT NEEDS ASSESSMENTS AND A BUDGET THAT MAINTAINS SOLVENCIES. IN DOING THAT WE PRIORITIZED STUDENT LEARNING, PROFESSAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT, BOARD GOALS ALL WHILE TRYING TO ENSURE EQUITY. AND WE MAINTAINED BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT'S VISION OF EQUITABLE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY, ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL AND APPLIED LEARNING.

MY AGENDA FOR TONIGHT IS TO GO OVER THE STATE ECONOMIC OVERVIEW AND BUDGET DEVELOPMENT UPDATES.

AS I SAID BEFORE, THE STATE IS CONSISTENTLY -- WE GET SOMETHING IN JANUARY REGARDING WHAT THEY ANTICIPATE THE BUDGET WILL LOOK LIKE. THEY COME BACK IN MAY FOR ANOTHER REVISION. AND THEN WE ARE TO BRING THIS TO YOU AND TO GET IT APPROVED, LIKELY, AND I THINK IT'S BEEN CLOSE TO 100% OF THE TIME BEFORE THE STATE COMPLETES THEIR BUDGET CYCLE. SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR DEVELOPMENT IN THE UPDATES AND TALK ABOUT THE '25/'26 BUDGET, OUR MULTI-YEAR PROJECTIONS AND THEN THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE BOARD.

SO I'M GOING TO START WITH THE STATE ECONOMIC OVERVIEW AND BUDGET DEVELOPMENT UPDATES. I DIDN'T CHOOSE THIS PICTURE, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'S REPRESENTATIVE.

THE STATE MIGHT BE THE RED BALLS, AND WE MIGHT BE THE STUDENT THAT'S HANGING ON AS THE STATE SWINGS THE PENDULUM. I GO, WHY WAS THAT CHOSEN? I SAID, I'VE DECIDED WHY THAT'S CHOSEN. SO WE KIND OF HANG ON FOR THE RIDE WHILE WE LISTEN TO WHAT THE STATE IS LOOKING INTO, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO FUND -- REMEMBER THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS EITHER BY WAY OF OUR LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA OR BY WAY OF OUR CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS FROM THE STATE, THEY'RE ALMOST 90% OF OUR BUDGET. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IMPACTFUL DECISIONS MADE IN THE STATE, THAT'S WHY IT TAKES UP A LITTLE BIT OF THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES IMPACT HOW WE GO FORTH WITH WHAT WE DO AS A SYSTEM. SO WHAT DID WE HEAR AT OUR STATE BUDGET UPDATES? WE HEARD GREAT NEWS FOR 23, 24, 24/25, THAT THE STATE PERSONAL INCOME TAX ESTIMATE WHICH IS IF YOU HEARD ABOUT CALIFORNIA INCOME TAX, PERSONAL INCOME TAX, IT'S A BIG CHUNK OF OUR BUDGET. THEY OUTPACED IN '23/'24 AND '24/'25. WE HEARD BAD NEWS IN '25/'26 THOSE HAVE BEEN DOWNGRADED BY $7 BILLION.

STATE WILL START TO SEE THE IMPACT OF PERSONAL TAXES NOT COMING IN AS THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE IT'S GOING TO FALL OUT SOMEWHERE.

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ARE LARGER THAN THE REST OF THE NATION. WHAT WE THINK IS THERE'S A LOT OF WILD FIRE- RELATED DISPLACEMENT, CONSTRUCTION DELAYS TO GETTING THAT BACK GOING. IT'S CAUSING SOME OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT. IT'S IMPACTFUL BECAUSE THE U.S.

RATE IS ABOUT 4.2%. AGAIN, IF PEOPLE AREN'T EMPLOYED, PEOPLE AREN'T PAYING TAXES.

THAT WILL ALL KIND OF REPRESENTS THE FUNDS AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. WHERE IS THE FEDERAL IMPACT SHOW? WELL, THE STOCK MARKET VOLATILITY AND RESPONSE TO FEDERAL POLICY CHANGES HAS IMPACTED STATE REVENUE.

WHY? MOST OF OUR EARNERS, OUR LARGEST EARNERS, WE DEPEND ON FOR FUNDING IN CALIFORNIA IS PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE STOCK MARKET. AND SO, VOLATILITY IN THE STOCK MARKET DOES IMPACT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. ALSO, IF THERE'S ANY CUTS TO KEY FEDERAL PROGRAMS, THAT IS JUST GOING TO INCREASE THE PRESSURE ON THE STATE TO KIND OF BACK FILL OR SEE WHAT THE STATE CAN DO TO KIND OF KEEP CALIFORNIA PROGRAMS WHOLE.

SO, THESE ARE ALL PRETTY IMPACTFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE STATE ECONOMIC OVERVIEW. SO WHAT DID I HEAR ABOUT WHEN I WENT TO MAY REVISE? I'VE HEARD THAT IT'S COME UP A LOT THAT THE PROPOSITION 98, OUR STATE FUNDING MODEL, THERE WAS A DEVELOPED RAINY DAY FUND.

AND WE HAD BEEN ABLE TO PUT MONEY INTO IT FOR

[01:10:04]

REMEMBER, PROP 98 IS GUARANTEED MONEY TO EDUCATION.

AND SO THE RAINY DAY FUND WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE, OH, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING IN THE BUCKET FOR LATER, BUT IT'S STILL A REQUIRED CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATION, AND WE'LL JUST KEEP OUR EYE ON THAT.

THE STATE IS GOING TO CONTINUE CASH DEFERRALS FOR DISTRICTS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS THAT ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THE STATE IS KIND OF HOLDING ON TO THINGS IS THEIR GOING TO HOLD OUR CASH A LITTLE LONGER AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO, THE DISTRICTS HAVE TO BE WELL AWARE AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR CASH FUND BALANCES HAVE ENOUGH IN THEM BECAUSE ONE OF THE STATE'S METHODS FOR KIND OF DELAYING PAYMENT IS TO GIVE US OUR CASH IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR RATHER GIVING IT TO US WHEN WE EARNED IT IN JUNE. THE STATE HAS SOME RELIANCE ON ONE- TIME RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THEIR CORE PROGRAMS AND THAT POSES A RISK.

ESPECIALLY IF THE CONDITIONS WORSEN THE STATE HAS TO THEN FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUND THOSE CORE PROGRAMS AND HOW THAT WILL IMPACT DISTRICTS EVERYWHERE. PROBLEMS WITH THE STATE BUDGET UNRELATED TO EDUCATION COULD IMPACT EDUCATION FUNDING AS LEGISLATURES LOOK AT A WAY TO KIND OF HOLD BOTH THINGS IN THEIR HANDS, MAKE SURE THEY MIGHT BE FUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS BUT IS THERE A WAY THEY CAN KIND OF HOLD OFF ON SOME OF THAT FUNDING TO EDUCATION?

>> YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A NOTE, WHOEVER IS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT HAS THEIR CELL PHONE CONTINUOUSLY GOING OFF, CAN YOU PLEASE PUT THAT ON VIBRATE OR SHUT THAT OFF COMPLETELY? IN RESPECT TO THE PRESENTATION HERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. ONE OF THE IMPACTS IS THE STATE IS NOW REQUIRING A 10- 1 ADULT TO STUDENT RATIO FOR TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN.

WE HEARD IT WAS GOING TO COME. BUT, THERE IS SOME CONCERN ABOUT WHETHER THE FUNDING TO DO THAT WILL COME ALONG WITH THE REQUIREMENT. SO THAT WILL BE IMPACTFUL.

AT THIS POINT, WE'VE GONE WITH THE FUNDING THAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD WILL BE COMING, AND WE'VE GONE WITH THE RATIO THAT WE NEED TO DO TO HAVE THESE CLASSROOMS. AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP LOOKING TO SEE WHAT MAYBE IS REVISED IN THE END. AND THE STATE DID EXPAND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNIVERSAL MEALS, WHICH IS THE FREE MEALS FOR ALL STUDENTS. AND SOME OF THE IDEAS BEHIND THE ELOP PROGRAM WHICH IS THE EXPANDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES BEFORE AND AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS TO STUDENTS. SO THOSE THINGS WERE IN THE STATE BUDGET. SO LET BIT ABOUT HOW THAT MIGHT AFFECT THE BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT MY BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS.

I DO THIS EVERY TURN BECAUSE IF THESE ASSUMPTIONS CHANGE, SO DO SOME OF THE BUDGET CRITERIA FOR THAT. THE LARGEST -- I TOLD YOU THE STATE BUDGET, THE MONEY THAT COMES FROM THE STATE IS ABOUT 90% OF THE BUDGET.

ABOUT 75% OF THAT BUDGET COMES FROM OUR LOCAL CONTROL, FUNDING FORMULA. AND THAT IS BASED ON MANY OF THESE FACTORS AT THE TOP. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A DECLINING ENROLLMENT FROM '24/'25 AT ABOUT 9633 TO EXPECTS '27/'28, 1. 8 TO 2% DECLINE, NOT OUTSIDE THE REALM OF WHAT OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DISTRICTS ARE EXPERIENCING. IT'S WHAT I INCLUDED.

IT'S WHAT I'M GOING WITH AND THAT'S THE INFORMATION WE'RE USING.

SO GIVEN THAT INFORMATION, SHOULD WE LOSE A LOT MORE STUDENTS OR SHOULD WE GAIN A LOT MORE STUDENTS, THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT WE WILL RECEIVE WILL CHANGE. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KIND OF WALK YOU GUYS THROUGH THESE STEPS BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUDGET ARENA. I HAVE CRITERIA AND ASSUMPTIONS THAT I USE TO DEVELOP THE BUDGET IN THAT WAY. WE HAVE AN AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE. WHICH IS ADA.

AND WE HAVE A FUNDED ADA. SO OUR ADA IS THE AMOUNT OF KIDS THAT ATTEND SCHOOL EVERYDAY.

SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE 9633 OP AVERAGE 9048 KIDS ATTEND EVERYDAY AND THAT'S HOW WE GET PAID. HOWEVER, DURING COVID TIMES, THE STATE DID VOTE AND PUT INTO EFFECT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO LET US DO A THREE-YEAR AVERAGE FOR FUNDING ON OUR ADA. WHICH ALLOWED US TO LOOK BACK.

[01:15:03]

WHAT THAT'S TELLING ME IS IT'S STARTING TO GET CLOSER TOGETHER BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE BIG YEARS THAT WERE HAPPENING IN THE BEGINNING THAT KIND OF HELPED PUMP UP THAT ADA.

WE'RE NOW KIND OF GETTING CLOSE TO WE'RE GOING TO START TO GET PAID FOR WHAT OUR KIDS ARE ATTENDING SCHOOL. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG FOCUS OF OURS TO LOOK AT ATTENDANCE IN SCHOOLS AND KIND OF WORK ON THAT. THE FINAL FACTOR IN OUR FUNDING IS THE COST OF LIVING THE COLA.

TRIED TO SPELL THEM OUT HERE. IF I SAY THEM LATER IN THE SLIDES, I'VE GIVEN THE FULL. THAT'S THE ADJUST THAT TIME THE STATE GIVES THAT BASICALLY A CALCULATION ON HOW MUCH MONEY EXTRA THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET.

SOMETIMES NOT EXTRA. SOMETIMES THE COLA IS 0.

HERE IS THE KEY THING ABOUT THE COLA THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW. IF YOU'RE NOT RUNNING AROUND A 3, 3. 5% COLA BECAUSE OF YOUR DECLINING ENROLLMENT, YOUR MONEY IS DECLINING ANY WAY. SO EVEN IF THEY GIVE YOU 1% ON THE DOLLAR, WE LOST STUDENTS AND WE'RE GETTING PAID FOR LESS STUDENTS, SO OUR MONEY IS DECLINING ANY WAY.

SO, THIS YEAR WITH A 1. 07% COLA, WE LOST ABOUT $9 MILLION IN REVENUE OVER THE YEAR BEFORE.

SO IT WAS A BIG IMPACT. AND BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF FLAT GOING OUT, WE HAVE NOT GAINED BACK THAT REVENUE OVER THE YEARS, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT EXPENDITURES.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET A CHANGE IN REVENUE FROM THE STATE. SO WE HAVE TO START CONCENTRATING ON EXPENDITURES.

THE STATE TEACHER RETIREMENT AND THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM, WHICH ARE STERS AND PERS THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE CALCULATION BUT THEY'RE A BIG ASSUMPTION BECAUSE THAT'S HOW MUCH WE PAY FOR OUR TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND OUR CLASSIFIED RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

AND SO IT'S AN IMPORTANT FACTOR WHEN IT COMES TO EXPENDITURES ON WHERE SOME OF OUR MONEY IS GOING AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.

SO HERE IS WHAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU.

THE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS OUR BIGGEST OPERATING BUDGET, IT'S SPLIT INTO TWO AREAS. UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND AND RESTRICTED. I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE.

THE UNRESTRICTED DOESN'T HAVE AS MANY TIES TO WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH IT, HOW YOU CAN SPEND IT.

THE RESTRICTED IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE PUT IN THERE THAT HAVE A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS ON THEM.

SO WHEN I SAY RESTRICTED A LOT OF YOU HAVE HEARD TITLE I, SPECIAL EDUCATION, PERKEN'S GRANT.

A LOT OF TIMES IF YOU HEAR GRANT BEHIND IT, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S ON THE RESTRICTED SIDE. I'LL SPEAK WITH THE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE MOST LATITUDE TO WORK ON THINGS.

THIS IS OUR REVENUE. AND WHAT I DID THIS YEAR IS I COMPARED WHERE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO LAND IN '24/'25, OUR ESTIMATED ACTUALS WITH OUR '25/'26 BUDGET.

AND I TALKED ABOUT THE CHANGE. SO, THERE'S SOME REASONABLE NEWS HERE, MEANING WE'RE NOT GETTING A LOT MORE REVENUE, BUT WE'RE NOT LOSING A LOT OF REVENUE. BUT THAT'S GOING TO COME INTO CONTEXT IN THE NEXT SLIDE. SO WHAT WERE THE REASONS WHY WE HAD SOME CHANGES? I DID LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING IS THE COLA AND THE ADA. IT'S JUST THOSE COMBINATION OF THINGS HAVE RESULTED IN A LITTLE LESS FUNDING, A LITTLE MORE FUNDING FOR NEXT YEAR. AND THEN I POINTED OUT THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND OTHER SERVICES. THOSE ARE THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE MAKE TO PROGRAMS THAT DON'T FUND THEMSELVES.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, OR ARE UNDERFUNDED.

OUR SPECIAL ED IS EXTREMELY UNDERFUNDED BY STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS. AND THEREFORE WE HAVE -- THAT WOULD BE A RESTRICTED PROGRAM.

SO WE HAVE TO TAKE MONEY FROM OUR UNRESTRICTED DOLLARS AND SEND THEM OVER TO OUR RESTRICTED DOLLARS.

THE OTHER AREA IS ROUTINE RESTRICTED MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

BY LAW WE ARE REQUIRED TO SEND 3% OF OUR BUDGET TO MAINTAIN OUR SCHOOLS. SO, THOSE TWO THINGS RESULTED IN SOME INCREASED CONTRIBUTIONS THIS YEAR. NOW, I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THAT.

113 AND 112 MILLION. SO HERE IS OUR EXPENDITURES.

WE'RE ANTICIPATING IN '24/'25 SPENDING 129 MILLION AND IN '25/'26 SPENDING 156 MILLION.

THOSE ARE THE CHANGES IN THE COLUMNS.

SO WHERE AS WE HAD A VERY SMALL CHANGE IN REVENUE, WE HAD ACTUALLY A PRETTY BIG CHANGE IN OUR EXPENDITURES.

AND I WANT TO WALK THROUGH A FEW OF THEM.

THE SELLERS AND BENEFITS THE ADDITIONAL DAYS, SO RIGHT NOW ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HOUSE WE HAVE THE 1.5%. I'VE GOT IT IN BOTH YEARS BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S HAPPENING IN BOTH YEARS. NEXT YEAR WE ADDED ADDITIONAL

[01:20:03]

IT'S A PRETTY COMMON INCREASE OF A SMALL AMOUNT.

WE CAN GAUGE THAT. WE CAN MONITOR THAT AND LOOK AT THOSE EXPENDITURES. SERVICES AND OTHER OPERATING EXPENDITURES, I PUT INCREASE CONTRACT.

I SHOULD HAVE SAID INCREASED SERVICES COST.

WHAT IT REALLY IS WE HAVE LIKE OUR UTILITIES.

WE DO HAVE SOME INCREASED CONTRACT COSTS.

YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE THINGS ARE MORE COSTLY FOR US, THE CONTRACTORS WE WORK WITH, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE COSTLY EXPENSE RELATED TO CERTAIN THINGS. WE ALSO HAVE OUR SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PROGRAM IN HERE. SO REMEMBER, WE'RE GOING TO SAVE MONEY IN SALARIES AND BENEFITS BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HIRE TEACHERS THAT MAYBE AREN'T AS EXPENSIVE AS THOSE TEACHERS RETIRED USING OUR SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PROGRAM, BUT WE HAD TO FUND AN ACCOUNT FOR THEM FOR THEIR SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT. SO THERE'S A LITTLE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS IN THAT PROGRAM.

FINALLY WE HAVE SOME CAPITAL OUTLAY PARTS MOSTLY DUE TO THE MAYFAIR FIELDS. AND WE HAVE SOME OTHER TRANSFERS OUT AND THAT IS AS WE STARTED SPENDING LESS OF OUR RESTRICTED MONEY, WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE LESS IN OUR OTHER OUT- GO TRANSFERS.

MS. STEWART, I REMEMBER LAST TIME YOU ASKED ABOUT INDIRECT COSTS AND HOW IT COMES FROM THE RESTRICTED SIDE INTO THE UNRESTRICTED.

RESTRICTED DOLLARS ARE GOING DOWN, WE WON'T HAVE INDIRECT COSTS REMITTED TO THAT AND THEREFORE THE CREDIT ON OUR SIDE WILL BE A LITTLE SMALLER.

OKAY. NOW I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THE RESTRICTED GENERAL FUND REVENUES.

AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS A CHANGE DOWN. LET ME GET TO THE RIGHT SLIDE SO YOU CAN SEE IT. OF OUR RESTRICTED GENERAL FUND REVENUES. SO THE FEDERAL REDUCTION IS KIND OF BACK DOWN. WE ARE USING UP OUR FINAL FUNDS THIS YEAR IN '24/'25. WE HAD UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH TO ENCUMBER THEM AND THEN WE HAD THROUGH JUNE 30TH TO SPEND THEM. SO ALL THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE GONE. FUNNY STORY, I WENT BACK AND I LOOKED, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A $7. 7 MILLION BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR FOR FEDERAL.

AND I WENT BACK TO LIKE THE 1920 YEAR RIGHT BEFORE COVID AND IT WAS RIGHT IN THE SAME RANGE.

SO PROBABLY NOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN ALL THE EXTRA DOLLARS, WE'VE KIND OF COME BACK FULL CIRCLE TO WHAT WE USED TO HAVE.

THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOME INCREASES OVER TIME, BUT SOME OF THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS ARE DEPENDENT ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AS WELL, AND SO SOME OF THOSE DECREASES.

BUT WE'RE KIND OF BACK WHERE WE STARTED AS FAR AS FEDERAL FUNDS GO.

OTHER STATE WE HAVE A SMALL ADJUSTMENT THERE, BUT I ANTICIPATE AFTER WE LOOK AT OUR CARRY- OVER BALANCES AND COME FORTH WITH THOSE, THOSE WILL KIND OF COME BACK. THE LOCAL WAS A BIG CHANGE.

YOU KNOW, WE ONLY HAD ESTIMATED ACTUAL OF . 6 MILLION, BUT WE'RE BUDGETING TO SPEND 3. 6 MILLION. IF YOU RECALL, IN I THINK IT WAS OCTOBER TIME FRAME, THE BOARD APPROVED THE CAL SHAPE PLUMBING GRANT. WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED ON THOSE PLUMBING, AND THAT'S REALLY GOOD FOR OUR SCHOOLS. WE'RE WORKING OUT ALL THE DETAILS NOW, AND SO THAT -- IT'S AN INCREASED REVENUE AND YOU'LL SEE IT'S ALSO AN INCREASED EXPENSE. IT'S ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HOUSE. AND THEN THE CONTRIBUTION AND OTHER SERVICES ARE EXACTLY WHAT YOU SEE.

IT'S ON THE RESTRICTED SIDE AS WELL AS THE UNRESTRICTED SIDE. SO, WE HAVE ABOUT 8. 5 MILLION LESS IN REVENUES THIS YEAR. BUT WE HAVE 10. 5 MILLION LESS IN EXPENDITURES BECAUSE AS THOSE PROGRAMS, ONE- TIME FUNDS WENT AWAY, THE EXPENDITURES WENT AWAY. I THOUGHT BELLFLOWER DID A REALLY GOOD JOB IN LOOKING AT THINGS THAT THEY COULD DO WITH THOSE ONE- TIME FUNDS THAT WOULD IMPACT THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS BUT WERE ALSO NOT ON GOING. A LOT OF OUR COLLEAGUES IN OTHER DISTRICTS HIRED A LOT OF BODIES OR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND THAT DOES MAKE IT REALLY HARD TO KIND OF CHANGE THAT DOWN.

SO, WE DID A LOT OF THINGS RELATED TO IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO SEE OUR LAYGROUNDS, TECHNOLOGY, THERE'S A LOT OF HOURLY WORK IN THERE, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS AS THOSE FUNDS WENT AWAY, WE WERE ABLE TO TRANSITION BACK AND BRING DOWN THOSE EXPENDITURES AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE GOOD THINGS.

SO WHERE DID WE SPEND OUR FUNDING? I LOOKED AT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD GOALS FROM ONE OF THE OTHER MEETINGS, AND I WAS HAPPY TO FIND SOME CONNECTEDNESS IN HOW WE DID THIS. I SAW CULTURE OF CONNECTEDNESS AND I SAW THAT WE USED MONEY FROM MODERN FLEXIBLE SPACES, AVID CLASSROOMS AND OUR

[01:25:04]

WE HAD THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT TESTS THAT WERE ACTUALLY LOOKING INTO SOME IMPROVEMENTS INTO THAT PROGRAM TO GET MORE ACCESS TO OUR STUDENTS FOR ADVANCED PLACEMENT TESTS. STRONG FAMILY AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. WOW, FACTOR OVER 500 PLUS GRADUATES. THAT WAS OUR PARENT INVOLVEMENT PROGRAM. SO IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FAMILY AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, THAT'S A GREAT, GREAT THING WE DID FOR OUR COMMUNITY. PERSONALIZED SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS, WE DID MAINTAIN THE NO COMBO CLASSES BOTH LAST YEAR AND WE PLAN ON DOING IT FOR '25/'26.

LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR MULTI- YEAR PROJECTIONS. THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE -- FROM '23/'24 TO '27/'28. AND THIS IS THE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE ABOUT THE SMALL COLAS.

IF YOU LOOK IN '23/'24 WE WERE FUNDED ABOUT 123. 3 MILLION. ONCE WE GOT THAT 1. 07 COLA, AND WE LOST SOME STUDENT PARTICIPATION -- ATTENDANCE, AND STUDENT ENROLLMENT, THIS YEAR WE'RE ANTICIPATING ABOUT 113.

4 MILLION IN VENUE. THAT TREND STAYS FLAT BECAUSE THE COLAS ARE SMALL AND THE DROP IS SIMILAR. THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE ANTICIPATE EXPERIENCING ARE LAID OUT IN THIS WAY.

I'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THEM. I'VE SHOWED THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN '24/'25 AND '25/'26.

WE HAVE BIG PLANS FOR '25/'26 AND THAT'S IMPACTFUL TO THE BUDGET.

AND WHAT WE'RE ENDING UP WITH IS A SURPLUSER DEFICIT AND THEREFORE BEGINNING FUND BALANCE WAS AT 94.4.

WE'RE ANTICIPATING ABOUT A 15. 8, MAYBE 16 MILLION.

WE MADE SOME SMALL ADJUSTMENTS IN '27/'28.

SO HOW DOES THAT COOKIE CRUMBLE? THOSE BALANCES THAT WE HAVE, BOTH BETWEEN RESTRICTED AND UNRESTRICTED KIND OF FALL OUT THIS WAY.

WE HAVE AN ENDING BALANCE. WE HAVE OUR NONSPENDABLE PORTION. THAT IS FOR OUR STORES.

THAT IS THE WAREHOUSE WHERE WE KEEP ITEMS. THAT'S ANYTHING THAT WE PRE- PAY AND THAT IS ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE LIKE IN A LITTLE BANK THAT'S FOR RCF ACCOUNTS WHEN WE HAVE TO DRAW CHECKS ON LITTLE BANKS. OUR RESTRICTED DOLLARS, THOSE ARE THE BALANCES IN OUR RESTRICTED RESOURCES, SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THOSE HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME. THE BOARD IN THIS BUDGET YEAR WILL BE ASKED TO COMMIT SOME MONEY, BUT WE HAVE BEEN COMMITTING IT ALL ALONG. AND WE'VE COMMITTED FOR THE LAST TIME WE COMMITTED WAS FOR DEFICIT SPENDING AND FOR SOME PROGRAMS FACILITIES PROGRAMS IMPROVEMENTS LIKE THE MAYFAIR FIELDS.

SO WE COMMITTED SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS.

THE SECOND TO LAST LINE IS RESERVED FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY. THAT'S REQUIRED RESERVE.

WE'RE REQUIRED TO PUT 3% OF OUR FUNDS INTO RESERVE FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE HOLD THEM.

IN THE UNASSIGNED IS ANY REMAINING BALANCES THAT WE HAVE THAT DON'T FALL INTO ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES. SO THE LARGEST IMPACTS TO UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND ENDING BALANCES? WELL, I TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT. IT'S THE LOSS OF THE STATE FUNDING REVENUE. BIG CHUNK OF DOLLARS THERE ABOUT $9 MILLION. AND THERE'S BEEN NO RECOVERY SINCE THEN. SO, YOU CAN IMAGINE LOSING THAT EVERY YEAR FROM STARTING THIS YEAR AND ON.

WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE DOLLARS.

THE COLAS -- I WAS EVEN, YOU KNOW, I THINK AT SECOND INTERIM I BROUGHT YOU GUYS LIKE A 2. 42 COLA.

AT FIRST IT WAS 2. 6 -- I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBERS. IT'S 2. 3% NOW.

SO, THE COLA EVERY TIME THAT THE STATE TAKES IT DOWNWARD, THAT TAKES SOME OF OUR REVENUE AWAY.

SO WE'RE WATCHING THAT. THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE CONSISTENT ENROLLMENT LOSS OF ABOUT 2%. THAT WITH THE COLA DECLINE ENDS UP WHERE OUR REVENUE BARELY REMAINS FLAT.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE.

WE ALSO HAVE INCREASED EXPENDITURES.

SO WE HAVE INCREASED COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SALARY AND BENEFIT INCREASE, THE 1. 5% INCREASE, ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS.

WE HAVE INCREASED COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUPPLIES AND CONTRACTS.

INCREASED COST ASSOCIATED WITH UNDERFUNDED PROGRAMS SUCH

[01:30:01]

I KNEW SHE WOULD TURN AROUND. IS ABOUT 30. 6 MILLION.

I SAY ENCROACHMENT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S REFERRED TO IN THE FISCAL WORLD, BUT WHAT IT IS AN UNDERFUNDED PROGRAM. THE STATE GIVES US SO MUCH MONEY AND THE PROGRAM THAT WE NEED TO DO TO SUPPORT OUR KIDS COSTS 30. 6 MILLION MORE THAN THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIVE US. THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR SOME HELP IN THE ARENA OF TRYING TO GET THE STATE TO LISTEN. I MEAN, IT'S BEEN A BIG DEAL.

IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE. IT'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY FROM BEING A BIG DEAL, BUT IF THAT'S WHAT IT COSTS TO SUPPORT OUR NEEDY STUDENTS, OUR SPECIAL ED STUDENTS THEN THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE LOOKING AT WAYS TO SUPPORT US FOR THAT. AND THEN WE HAD THE ESTIMATED ONE- TIME FUNDS OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAYFAIR FIELD PROJECT OF ABOUT 25 MILLION. SO DISTRICT CONSIDERATIONS, WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW THAT WE CREATED A BUDGET, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING SENATE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ADDITION OF THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THAT WAS A BIG ASK LAST YEAR WHEN I WATCHED SOME OF THE BOARD MEETINGS. SEEKING WAYS TO IMPROVE ATTENDANCE. IT'S AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

THAT'S WHERE I SEE IT. SO I'M REALLY HOPEFUL FOR INCREASES THERE. WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR OUR UNDERFUNDED PROGRAMS, SUCH AS SPECIAL EDUCATION AND TRANSPORTATION. AGAIN, TRANSPORTATION- RELATED TO SPECIAL ED STUDENTS IS STILL SPECIAL ED EXPENDITURE.

AND THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT -- THE STATE ONLY FUNDS US AT 60% OF WHAT WE SPEND. AND THAT'S A GIVEN.

THERE'S NO MARK-UP. WE TELL THEM WHAT WE SPEND AND THEY GIVE US 60%. SO THEY'RE BASICALLY SAYING, WHATEVER YOU SPEND, HERE IS 60% OF THAT. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REST. WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR OUR INCREASING EXPENDTURES. HEALTH AND WELFARE, RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS, INCREASED COST OF CONTRACTED EXPENDITURES, UTILITIES. IT'S JUST US TIMES 15 SCHOOLS AND SEVERAL OFFICES AND SITES. WE'RE EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING. SO WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? WELL, ON THE JUNE 18TH MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT THE '25/'26 BUDGET AND THE LCAP.

AFTER THAT, WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE THE '24/'25 UNAUDITED ACTUALS AT THE SEPTEMBER MEETING. APPROVE THE '24/'25 AUDIT REPORT AT THE DECEMBER MEETING. AND AT THAT SAME TIME, WE WOULD LIKELY BRING THE '25/'26 FIRST INTERIM UPDATE AT THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING.

WHY IS THE FIRST INTERIM UPDATE IMPORTANT? WELL, I GAVE YOU WHAT MY CRITERIA WAS FOR I USED FOR DEVELOPING BUDGET. COME OCTOBER, WE ACTUALLY GET THE ACTUAL ENROLLMENT THAT WE'LL BE USING.

IT'S CALLED C BEDS. THAT'S WHERE WE REPORT HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED AT OUR SCHOOL. THAT KIND OF GIVES US SOME.

IT WILL HAVE THE LATEST REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE TRENDS.

SO IF THE STATE CHANGES ANYTHING IN THE LAST MINUTE, THOSE ARE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE WILL SHOW UP IN OUR FIRST INTERIM REPORTING. AND BE ABLE TO BRING YOU BACK BETTER INFORMATION AT THAT TIME.

I DIDN'T GO ON BUT SECOND INTERIM AND RIGHT BACK WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

SO FULL CYCLE.

>> THAT'S IT, YES?

>> YES.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AT THIS TIME I DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM?

>> WELCOME. IF YOU HIT THAT BUTTON, YOU'LL SEE THIS GREEN LIGHT LIGHT UP.

THANK YOU.

>> THAT'S IT?

>> THAT'S A NEW ONE. JOHN PAUL DRAER.

FORMER DISTRICT EMPLOYEE. FORMER COLLEGE TRUSTEE FOR BELLFLOWER. I CAME YESTERDAY TO LOOK AT THE LCAP. AND SOME THINGS I'M NOT HEARING THAT ARE POSSIBILITIES WHEN I WAS AT COLLEGE, WE DID GOLDEN HANDSHAKES THAT WERE COST EFFECTIVE TWICE IN MY TENURE AT THE COLLEGE TO SAVE MONEY. ON THE SALARY END OF THE SCALE.

WE ALSO HAD A COST EFFECTIVE SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM WITH OUR BOND FUNDS TO REDUCE OUR FUTURE UTILITY COSTS.

BUT IF WE PUT IN A NEW BOND, MAYBE PUT IT ON -- WE HAVE FOUR VOTES HOPEFULLY, PUT IT ON THE BALLOT RIGHT AWAY, AND HAVE A COST EFFECTIVE GREEN, SUSTAINABILITY PLAN TO ADDRESS OUR FUTURE UTILITY COSTS, TO REDUCE THAT COST WE COULD FIND OTHER WAYS TO SAVE MONEY. ALSO THE FEDERAL FUNDS, WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT. IT'S SO CRAZY IN WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW. WE NEED TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO SAVE MONEY THAT WILL NOT IMPACT THE CLASSROOM, AS FAR AWAY FROM THE CLASSROOM AS POSSIBLE BUT ON THE OPERATIONS SIDE TO SAVE MONEY SO WE CAN STILL REACH OUR STUDENT SUCCESS GOALS.

[01:35:03]

>> AM I ALLOWED TO RESPOND?

>> AFTER YOU CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, THEN THERE'S

COMMENTS. >> IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? MICHELLE? NOBODY.

ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME I WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? THE ONE THING I DID WANT TO SAY IS WE JUST PASSED A GOLDEN HANDSHAKE. I THINK PLEASE, STAFF, CORRECT ME WE JUST DID IT THIS YEAR AND WE HAD 37 PEOPLE RETIRE. THAT IS WHAT I WAS GOING TO LET YOU KNOW ON THAT. I THINK YOU HAVE GREAT IDEAS.

THAT'S AWESOME. COLLEAGUES, ANYBODY? CLERK CRIHFIELD.

>> THANK YOU, MADAME PRESIDENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH RENEE FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR ANSWERING ALL THOSE QUESTIONS I SENT IN TODAY. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

I KNOW IT WAS A LONG LIST. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THERE IS JUST A COUPLE I WANTED TO TOUCH ON.

I'LL SAY A COUPLE AND THEN I'LL PASS OVER TO A COLLEAGUE.

JUST TO BE CLEAR WITH THE COLA AND THE -- IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S RELATIVELY FLAT AS FAR AS REVENUES.

SO WOULD IT BE -- BASICALLY IF ENROLLMENTS PREDICTED TO GO DOWN 2% EVERY YEAR THE COLA JUST NEEDS TO BE HIGHER THAN 2% AND THEN WE'RE AT FLAT IF NOT A LITTLE BIT MORE MAYBE?

>> THAT'S -- I MEAN, IT'S NOT TO EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IT'S NOT AN EQUAL FOR EVERY 1% COLA THE FUNDING. BECAUSE YOU CAN IMAGINE SOME OF THE BIGGER SCHOOL DISTRICTS LOSING MUCH MORE KIDS.

SO, THERE'S NOT AN EXACT FORMULA AS TO HOW MUCH YOU WOULD -- THAT YOU COULD SAY, OH F THE COLA IS AT 3 AND WE ONLY LOSE 2% OF KIDS, WE'RE GOING TO GAIN FUNDING. IT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THE BEAST. IT'S USUALLY ABOUT A 3% COLA THAT ALLOWS US TO KIND OF STAY FLAT OR HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF INCREASE.

>> OKAY. AND THEN IN THE BUDGET, THERE WAS ONE PART AND YOU HAD RESPONDED IN THE QUESTION BUT THERE'S A PART WHERE IT SAYS -- IT TALKS ABOUT ENROLLMENT BUT IT TALKS ABOUT IT WITH A COW PADS AND LIKE THOSE NUMBERS ARE HIGHER. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT IS THAT? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE -- THEY HAD US DROPPING MUCH MORE ENROLLMENT AND THEIR NUMBERS WERE JUST HIGHER BUT IT WAS ON PAGE 86 OF THE BUDGET, I BELIEVE.

86 OF THE BUDGET. JUST HAD DIFFERENT NUMBERS. SO IT WAS CONFUSING FOR ME.

I WAS HOPING YOU COULD HELP ME OUT.

>> YEAH. I JUST -- WHEN I CLOSED MY THING, I LOST MY BUDGET. IT WAS HERE, THOUGH.

THE COW PADS NUMBERS ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE -- LET ME GET ON HERE. THE CAL PADS NUMBERS ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE ULTIMATELY REPORT TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THOSE ARE THE OCTOBER NUMBERS THAT SAY THIS IS THE ENROLLMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE. I THINK WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING ON PAGE 6 AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO HOP BACK INTO THAT AND SHE'S GETTING IT UP FOR ME, THE BUDGET WAS DEVELOPED WITH DIFFERENT NUMBERS IN THE PAST. D BUDGET WAS DEVELOPED WITH DIFFERENT NUMBERS IN THE PAST THAT MIGHT HAVE HAD LOWER ENROLLMENT NUMBERS ANTICIPATED. LOOKING AT THAT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WHAT I WAS GUESSING WAS THAT MAYBE -- SO, ON PAGE 86, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADA AND NOT ENROLLMENT. IS THAT WHERE YOU WANT TO BE? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.

>> YEAH.

>> SO THE ADA NUMBERS ARE KIND OF IN LINE WITH WHAT THE ENROLLMENT IS WHEN THEY WERE BUDGETING.

THEY HAD A LOWER ADA NUMBER. AND THAT'S NOT AT ALL UNCOMMON BECAUSE WE WERE JUST COMING OUT OF COVID. SO THE YEARS THAT ARE SHOWN ON THIS PARTICULAR PAGE OF THE BUDGET IS LIKE 22, 23, 23/24. NO ONE KNEW HOW WE WERE GOING TO BOUNCE BACK FROM A 3% DROP DURING THE COVID YEARS.

AND SO I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF HESITATION TO BUDGET MORE THAN THE ANTICIPATED DROP THAT THEY HAD BEEN SEEING.

SO, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AT MY OLD DISTRICT THERE HAD BEEN A PRETTY COMMON 2%, 1. 9 DROP. BUT WHEN COVID HIT, A LOT OF THE DISTRICTS HIT 3%.

3.1%. WHAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW COMING BACK TO THAT WAS THAT AN INFLUX OF PEOPLE LEAVING YOUR DISTRICT? AND THEN IT WAS GOING TO CALM DOWN. OR WAS IT GOING TO CONTINUE ON THAT TREND? SO THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY AND I WASN'T HERE TO DEVELOP THESE BUDGETS, IT MAY HAVE BEEN A MORE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO SAYING THAT THESE WOULD BE THE AMOUNTS AT THAT LOWER RATE. AS YOU CAN KIND OF SEE FROM THE

[01:40:01]

>> OKAY. COOL.

THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME. ANYBODY ELSE? I WANT TO PASS IT OVER.

>> VICE PRESIDENT GARZA.

>> THANK YOU, MADAME PRESIDENT. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE FUNDED ADA.

>> YES.

>> SO, I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE STATE HAS BEEN FUNDING US FOR THAT.

AND THEN THE LAST YEARS WE'VE BEEN DOING KIND OF AVERAGE OF THE LAST THREE YEARS.

>> YES.

>> IS THAT -- WHAT ARE WE HEARING ABOUT MAKING THAT PERMANENT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS GETTING SOME TRACTION, NOTHING?

>> THEY REALLY HAVEN'T SAID ANYTHING ABOUT MAKING IT PERMANENT OR NOT, BUT TO MY POINT, IT'S GETTING SO CLOSE TO BEING THE AVERAGE NOW. WHEN THEY FIRST DID IT, SO THINK ABOUT '19/'20 AND '20/'21.

COVID WAS MARCH OF 2020. THAT WAS -- WE HAD ALL OF THE ATTENDANCE THAT WE HAD BEFORE THE KIDS WERE SENT HOME IN MARCH, RIGHT? SO WE HAD A DECENT ATTENDANCE YEAR.

IN 2021, THEY SUSPENDED ATTENDANCE.

SO WE DIDN'T TAKE ATTENDANCE THAT YEAR.

AND SO FOR THAT YEAR, WE WERE ALLOWED TO USE '19/'20S.

IMAGINE HAVING TWO GOOD YEARS OF ATTENDANCE. WHEN WE CAME BACK TO CLASS IN '21/'22, HOPEFULLY I'M SAYING THESE ALL RIGHT, ATTENDANCE TOOK A DIVE, A REALLY BIG ONE.

SO THAT'S WHEN THEY REALIZE IF THEY WERE TO JUST GIVE US THAT ATTENDANCE, WE WOULD BE HURTING FINANCIALLY A LOT. SO THAT'S WHEN THEY CAME UP WITH THE THREE- YEAR AVERAGE.

BUT GUESS WHAT THAT YEAR DID, IT GAVE US TWO FABULOUS YEARS.

AND ONE BAD YEAR. SO THOSE TWO BIG YEARS HELD THEIR OWN, RIGHT? NOW AS YOU MOVE OUT AND YOU GO TO THE NEXT YEAR, ONE OF THOSE BIG YEARS FALLS OFF, BUT ONE OF THOSE BIG YEARS IS STILL THERE.

AND SO YOU START TO SEE A TREND WHERE AS THOSE BIGGER YEARS START FALLING OFF, THAT THREE- YEAR AVERAGE IS GOING TO COME REALLY CLOSE TO WHAT WE ACTUALLY ARE RECEIVING IN ADA. AND THE STATE IS THEN GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION. THEY CAN KEEP THE THREE- YEAR AVERAGE, BUT HOW MUCH IS IT REALLY HELPING THE DISTRICTS? AND WHAT OTHER CHANGES COULD THEY MAKE.

PRE- COVID, IT WAS YOU COULD TAKE YOUR HIGH ITSELF OF YOUR TWO YEARS. TAKE THE CURRENT YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE.

WELL, IN A DECLINING ENROLLMENT ENVIRONMENT, YOU WERE ALWAYS TAKING THE YEAR BEFORE BECAUSE IT WAS ALWAYS BETTER.

SO THAT WAS THE METHOD THEY USED BEFORE THAT.

SO, IT MAY COME A TIME WHERE THEY MAY CONSIDER THE THREE- YEAR AVERAGE ISN'T DOING US AS GOOD.

THEY MAY GO BACK TO TAKING THE YEAR BEFORE.

OR THEY MAY START LOOKING AT OTHER EFFORTS TO HELP SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

BECAUSE NOBODY IS REALLY WINNING IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

DO YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS? WE'LL BOUNCE BACK ANDAND FORTH.

>> CLERK CRIHFIELD?

>> THANK YOU, MADAME PRESIDENT. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING ALL THOSE QUESTIONS. AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A COUPLE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO, BUT JUST LIKE FROM -- JUST BECAUSE I NOTICED THE NEW LINE ITEM, CAN YOU GIVE ME A BROAD WHAT IS THE SUBSCRIPTION ASSET?

>> I'M GOING TO LOOK INTO THAT BECAUSE I'M NOT CERTAIN THAT THAT WASN'T MAYBE A LINE ITEM THAT GOT DROPPED INTO ANOTHER ARENA. SO I'M GOING TO LOOK INTO THAT AND THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD CHANGE WHEN WE FINALIZE IF IT BELONGED IN ANOTHER ASSET CATEGORY. THAT'S WHY THAT WAS LEFT

OFF. >> SORRY.

MAYBE THERE'S MORE DETAIL. JUST IN GENERAL.

BUT THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> AND YOU DID ANSWER THIS QUESTION, BUT JUST THE ADULT ED ONE, I KNOW WE HAVE LIKE 35,000. SO WE STILL GET FUNDED FOR ADULT EDUCATION BUT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE PROGRAM?

>> SO WE -- AND I COULD LET -- IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE PROGRAM, BUT I WILL SAY WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM THAT KIND OF COMES OUT OF SUMMERSET THAT THERE'S PIECES THAT ARE THERE.

AND THEN THEREFORE WE DO HAVE A TEACHER THAT WE PAY FOR.

AND WE HAVE NOT OUT OF THOSE FUNDS.

>> OKAY. THAT'S THE CONFUSING

THING. >> NOT OUT OF THOSE FUNDS.

BECAUSE $35,000 WOULDN'T REALLY COVER A TEACHER FOR THAT KIND OF PROGRAM.

SO WE DO OUR SUPPLY BUDGET AND ANY EQUIPMENT PURR CHASES OUT OF THAT PROGRAM.

>> THAT PROGRAM ISN'T FUNDED ENOUGH TO SUPPORT ADULT EDUCATION, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT WAS MY CONFUSION.

OUT OF THAT SMALL BUDGET, 0 FOR SALARIES.

SO IT WAS JUST MATERIALS.

>> IT WAS JUST MATERIALS BECAUSE THE DISTRICT OUT OF ITS GENERAL FUND PAYS FOR THE TEACHING TIME.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

I'LL KICK IT BACK OVER. THANK YOU,

RENEE. >> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU. BY THE WAY, JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS.

THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST PRESENTATION I'VE HAD AS

[01:45:02]

FAR. >> I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU.

>> I UNDERSTAND THIS A LOT BETTER NOW.

>> GOOD.

>> IN REGARDS TO CONTRACTS, HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO GO BACK AND KIND OF ASSESS FOR OURSELVES WHAT IS BEING IMPLEMENTED THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING? I KNOW WE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT -- ABOUT LOOKING AND SEEING ARE WE DOUBLING UP ON CONTRACTS? ARE WE NEEDING ALL THOSE CONTRACTS? ARE SOME OF THEM EXPIRING? AND ARE THEY BEING EFFICIENT?

>> SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE CHANGES I DID GO AHEAD AND IMPLEMENT AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON.

I KIND OF SAID, OKAY. I'M GOING TO TAKE MY FIRST LOOK AT THIS YEAR AND SEE WHAT KIND OF THINGS I CAN MAKE, BUT ONE OF THE CHANGES WAS TOWARDS CONTRACTS AND THE WAY WE BRING THEM TO BOARD. AND SO NOW THAT CONTRACTS THAT COME TO BOARD, WE WON'T BE DOING THAT MASSIVE CONTRACT MATRIX IN THE APRIL TIME FRAME WHERE IT TENDED TO BE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT USE OR WHAT- IF, OR YOU KNOW -- IT WAS GREAT. I'LL GIVE PROPS TO THE FACT THAT IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO HAVE LIKE IF YOU NEEDED TO USE SOMETHING RIGHT AWAY YOU ALREADY HAD IT ON THE CONTRACT MATRIX.

BUT I WOULD LIKEN TO BETTER EXPLAIN IT TO YOU GUYS, HEY, WE NEEDED TO USE THIS, SO WE'RE BRINGING IT KIND OF FOR APPROVAL AFTER THE FACT. IF WE HAD TO DO THAT RATHER THAN THE WAY WE WERE DOING IT WHICH WAS KIND OF LIKE MASS APPROVE ALL OF THESE POSSIBLE USE OF CONTRACTS. SO BY DOING THAT, WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT EACH INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT THAT COMES IN.

WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THE FUNDING SOURCE TO MAKE SURE THAT'S THE BEST FUNDING SOURCE THAT WE SHOULD BE USING FOR IT BECAUSE IT'S ALL GOING THROUGH THE ROUTING PROCESS IN OUR SOFTWARE. IT WAS HANDLED DIFFERENTLY WHEN IT WAS ON THE MATRIX AND THEN IT DIDN'T ROUTE THE RIGHT WAY, SO EVERYTHING IS GOING THROUGH THE ROUTING PROCESS, WHICH GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY. GIVES ME -- I REVIEW EVERY CONTRACT THAT COMES THROUGH.

SO IT GIVES ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. WHAT DID THAT LOOK LIKE LAST YEAR? MY STAFF WILL PULL, HEY, THIS WAS LAST YEAR'S RATES.

IF I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RATES.

IT GIVES ALMA THE SAME OPPORTUNITY.

SHE'S GOING TO SEE IT -- I'M SPEAKING ACT ALMA BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH EVERYBODY HERE ACTUALLY BUT IN PARTICULAR ALMA AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE SPECIAL ED CONTRACTS, RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING WHAT WE WANT TO SEE WHEN THEY COME THROUGH OUR CUES AND KNOWING WHAT RATES WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

SO THAT IS THE WAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THE CONTRACTS, MAKE SURE THE CONTRACTS THAT WE REALLY WANT, THAT WE REALLY NEED ARE COMING TO THIS BOARD FOR APPROVAL AND THAT WE HAVE THOSE -- WHEN WE NEED THEM SO THAT WE DON'T SLOW SERVICES TO STUDENTS.

WE BUDGETED FUNDS FOR THESE CONTRACTS.

AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE GETTING THROUGH THAT ARE DEEMED NECESSARY BY OUR CABINET AND BY OUR STAFF TO RUN THE DISTRICT AND TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> CLERK CRIHFIELD.

>> THANK YOU, MADAME PRESIDENT. SO TO BE CLEAR, SO ALL OF -- ANY CONTRACT THAT COMES BEFORE THE BOARD IS ALL APPROVED

RETROACTIVELY? >> NO.

WE TRY TO APPROVE CONTRACTS PRIOR TO THEIR START

DATE. >>

RIGHT. >> BUT IN THE EVENT WE CAN RATIFY A CONTRACT WITH THE BOARD.

SO KIND OF THE WAY THAT YOU DID IT, THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO RATIFY MUCH BECAUSE YOU HAD A MASSIVE APPROVAL. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE UNUSUAL THAT YOU MAY HAVE TO RATIFY A CONTRACT THAT WE HAD TO GET INTO AGREEMENT BECAUSE WE HAD TO GET THE BALL ROLLING. IT WILL LIKELY BE SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE DONE BEFORE OR YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

IT HAPPENS A LOT WITH -- SORRY. SHE LOOKED AT ME, SO SHE GAVE ME PERMISSION. IT HAPPENS A LOT WITH THE SPECIAL ED CONTRACTS, RIGHT? WE'RE NEGOTIATING RATES WITH THE SPECIAL ED NPAS, NONPUBLIC AGENCIES, NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS WE'RE NEGOTIATING THOSE RATES. WE DON'T LET THEM SEND THOSE KIDS HOME WHILE WE NEGOTIATE RATES, RIGHT? SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A TIME WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SAY THAT THAT CONTRACT STARTS AS OF 7/1 OR 8/1 TO SERVICE THOSE STUDENTS.

BUT WE NEGOTIATED RATES ALL THE WAY INTO MID AUGUST.

SO THEREFORE WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT TO YOU IN SEPTEMBER.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE OR IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T TRY TO GET TO THE BOARD.

BUT WE HAVE TO DATE THE CONTRACT FOR THE TIME THAT THE STUDENTS ARE BEING SERVED.

>> RIGHT.

>> SO THAT'S A FAIRLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF SERVICES THAT WE WOULD NEED TO RENDER AND THAT WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE RATIFIED BY THE BOARD.

WE DON'T TRY TO DO IT, BUT WE CAN'T AVOID

IT. >> RIGHT.

WHAT ARE THE LIMITS ON THAT? AND WOULD IT BE A CONSERVATIVE

[01:50:05]

>> IT WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE THAT CRITERIA AND FOR ME I WOULD REALLY TRY TO -- I WOULD TRY TO LIMIT IT TO CONTRACTS YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE SO THAT YOU'RE KIND OF COMFORTABLE WITH THOSE VENDORS. LIKE IF WE HAVE A BRAND NEW PERSON COMING ON BOARD, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, HOLD ON.

NOT FOR STUDENTS. I CAN'T STOP THEM -- IF WE NEED THEM TO SERVICE STUDENTS, WE HAVE. SAY WE WANT TO DO A PD DAY OR SOMETHING. LET'S DO THAT PD IN SEPTEMBER SO WE CAN TAKE THE CONTRACT ABOARD IN AUGUST. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SOMETHING YOU HAVEN'T SEEN

BEFORE. >> BUT IS THERE A LIMIT TO THE COST OF THE CONTRACT? JUST PER ED BOARD POLICY?

>> HUH-UH.

>> HUH. OKAY.

>> I DON'T KNOW WE WANT TO GET INTO A PREDICAMENT LIKE THAT EITHER BECAUSE NON- PUBLIC AGENCIES AND NON- PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAN BE LARGE CONTRACTS.

THAT IS KIND OF THE NATURE OF THE BEAST.

>> RIGHT. RIGHT.

>> JUST TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

IF THE CONTRACT IS A LARGE CONTRACT THAT THE BOARD ULTIMATELY DECLINES A SERVICE FOR, YOU WOULD ONLY PAY FOR WHAT YOU USED UP TO THAT POINT.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE THE DISTRICT WOULD BE COMMITTED TO PAYING A MILLION DOLLARS UP FRONT AND THEN NOT HAVING A CHOICE TO COME OUT OF IT.

SO. >> THAT'S A GOOD

POINT. >> EVEN IF YOU PAY FOR A COUPLE WEEKS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, YOU'RE ONLY LIABLE FOR THAT PORTION OF THE SERVICE THAT WAS ACTUALLY PROVIDED AND NOTHING FURTHER BEYOND THAT.

>> OKAY.

>> GOOD POINT.

>> YEAH. BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S BEEN -- IN THE PAST THE LENGTH OF THE CONTRACT.

SO ON THE -- SAY THE MULTI- YEAR CONTRACT, LIKE -- I KNOW WHEN I SEARCHED THERE WAS CERTAIN LIMITS ON THE LENGTH OF THE CONTRACT THAT CAN BE ENGAGED IN BEFORE RATIFIED BY THE BOARD AND THERE'S SOME THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO -- FOR MY OWN -- I'LL JUST BRUSH UP ON THAT.

BUT I DO UNDERSTAND -- WHEN WE HAD THE BIG CONTRACT BOOK, IT WAS PRETTY HECTIC. WE WERE ALWAYS REALLY RUSHED TO GO THROUGH THIS HUGE STACK. SO I LIKE THIS.

GOT TO GET MORE FAMILIAR WITH IT. BUT, THERE WAS TALKS ON HAVING ACCESS TO THOSE CONTRACTS. SO, IS THAT PART OF THE NEW SYSTEM YOU'RE PUTTING IN PLACE?

>> UH-HUH. THE LAST BOARD I THINK AZEVEDO SENT IT PRIOR TO THE BOARD MEETING AND I HAVE A NEW FILE FOR THE JUNE 18TH BOARD

MEETING. >> BUT THEY'LL ALL BE IN THE SAME SPOT.

>> THEY'LL BE LINKED IN A GOOGLE DRIVE IN THE SAME SPOT.

>> OKAY. THERE WAS ONE SPOT ON THE BUDGET WHERE WE CHECKED THE YES FOR OPERATING AS INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL SYSTEM WAS MARKED YES.

I KNOW WE'VE BEEN IN THIS LONG PROCESS OF WORKING WITH LAKO. CAN YOU GIVE ME THE CLIFF NOTE ON WHY IT'S STILL MARKED YES AND WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS THERE IF THAT CAUSES SOME CONFUSION?

>> YEAH. IT ASKS IF WE ARE INDEPENDENT FROM THE COUNTY SYSTEM.

SO THE COUNTY SYSTEM IS CALLED BEST AND THEY -- THAT IS THEIR SOFTWARE THAT THEY USE. WE ARE -- IT'S A DIFFERENT THING THAT WE WERE UNDER. WE WERE FISCALLY INDEPENDENT BEFORE, WHICH MEANT WE WEREN'T ON THEIR SOFTWARE, WE WERE ON OUR SOFTWARE BUT WE DIDN'T REPORT ANYTHING TO THEM IN THEIR SOFTWARE. SO, THEY DIDN'T HAVE -- THE ONLY THING THEY HAD TO LOOK AT FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW WAS AUDIT REPORTS OR INTERIM REPORTS THAT WE SENT THEM BUT THERE WAS NOTHING IN THEIR SOFTWARE. WHAT WE'RE MOVING OVER TO IS WE ARE GOING TO REPORT IN THEIR SOFTWARE BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT'S CALLED AN INTERFACE DISTRICT. SO WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM, WHICH IS WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE USED TO USING IN OUR DISTRICT. IT'S CALLED BUSINESS PLUS FOR THOSE THAT USE IT AND ARE WATCHING TODAY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN OUR SYSTEM, BUT WE'RE GOING TO INTERFACE OUR FILES OVER TO THE BEST SYSTEM SO THAT BASICALLY WE ARE GIVING THEM THE SAME LOOK AT THE FINANCIALS THAT WE HAVE. AND YOU INTERFACE, FOR EXAMPLE -- THEY'LL CUT OUR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE CHECKS. SO ANYTHING WHERE WE'RE PAYING A VENDOR, WE WILL ACTUALLY INTERFACE THE FILES OVER.

THEY WILL POST THE EXPENSE AND THEY'LL CUT OUR CHECKS.

OUR PAYROLL FILES WILL BE INTERFACED OVER.

SO ULTIMATELY THE BEST SYSTEM WILL MIMIC WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR SYSTEM BUT ALLOW US SOME CONTINUITY TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE SERVICES AND ALL THE PEOPLE AWARE OF THE SYSTEMS THAT WE USE NOW.

>> GOT IT. IT'S MORE ABOUT THE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE USING AS OPPOSED TO THE

OVERSIGHT. >> THAT'S CORRECT.

THE OVERSIGHT WILL STILL TAKE

PLACE. >> GOT IT.

[01:55:01]

>> MRS. AZEVEDO, DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE HOW WE HAD THE LITTLE LINK ON OUR FRIDAY MEMOS TO THE COMMITTEES THAT MAYBE WE JUST PERMANENTLY ADD THAT LINK TO OUR CONTRACT SO THAT IF BOARD MEMBER WANTED TO GO, THEY COULD JUST EASILY EVERY FRIDAY THEY CAN GO TO THOSE CONTRACT LINKS?

>> YEAH. I THINK WE CAN DO THAT.

I'LL TALK TO RENEE ABOUT THAT.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

VICE PRESIDENT GARZA?

>> OKAY. I'M GOING TO ASK A QUESTION THAT I REALLY DON'T WANT TO ASK, BUT I THINK I NEED TO ASK IT. WORST CASE SCENARIO, IF THIS CONTINUES TO BE A TREND WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THE FUNDING AND WE NO LONGER HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF FUNDING FROM THE STATE, WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND AT THIS POINT THAT WE START LOOKING INTO AS A BOARD? NOT MAKING ANY CHANGES. JUST TO KIND OF START GETTING INFORMATION ON IT, GETTING

EDUCATED. >> YEAH.

WE'RE GOING TO -- WE'RE ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO -- WE'RE GOING TO START LOOKING AT OUR EXPENDITURE PATTERN, RIGHT? WE CAN'T CHANGE WHAT THE STATES GIVING US. WE CAN'T MAKE THAT CHANGE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OUR REVENUES AS THEY COME IN AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR WAYS THAT WE CAN SMAB CHANGE SOME OF OUR EXPENDITURE PATTERNS. LOOK AT THINGS WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THAT AREN'T IMPACTFUL TO CLASSROOMS. THAT'S MY NUMBER ONE GOAL IS I ALWAYS LIKE TO KEEP ANYTHING THAT WE DO AWAY FROM THE CLASSROOMS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND LOOK FOR AREAS THAT WE COULD MAYBE CHANGE THINGS THAT WERE SPENDING THE FUNDS ON, LOOK -- I'LL CONTINUE -- I THINK IT WAS ONE OF MY FIRST THINGS WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THE FIRST INTERIM, I'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS THAT I CAN UTILIZE SOME OF THE RESTRICTED FUNDS FOR THINGS THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT BE DOING NOW. AND THAT WILL JUST SAVE THE GENERAL FUND TO PROLONG THE GENERAL FUND.

BUT IT'S COME DOWN TO LOOKING AT OUR EXPENDITURES AND SEEING WHAT THINGS WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CHANGE.

THERE'S THINGS LIKE UTILITIES. WE CAN'T CONTROL THOSE.

THERE'S THINGS LIKE RETIREMENT COSTS.

WE CAN'T CONTROL THOSE. HEALTH AND WELFARE, THOSE ARE CONSTANTLY INCREASING. SO, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK THROUGH BARGAINING IN OTHER AREAS IF WE WANT TO CONSIDER CHANGES TO THOSE KIND OF -- THE HEALTH AND WELFARE AND I STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT WE'RE REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO CONCENTRATE ON OUR BASE OPERATIONS, WHAT MONEY WE'RE GETTING AND WHAT MONEY WE'RE SPENDING ON THAT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> CLERK CRIHFIELD.

>> THANK YOU, MADAME PRESIDENT. SO KIND OF TO PIGGY BACK ON THAT. FIRST OF ALL I MEAN IT WHEN I SAY THANK YOU FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE BECAUSE I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES. AND I APPRECIATE THE ADDED LAYER OF TRANSPARENCY AND REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE'RE SEEING.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MEETINGS BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE WE DO OUR ESTIMATED COMPARED TO OUR IN A FEW MONTHS WHERE WE SEE HOW FAR WE'RE OFF. AND JUST, I MEAN, SO IN '22/'23 WE WERE 9 MILLION OFF. 30 MILLION OFF IN '24/'25.

SO I KNOW IF WE LOOK AT -- IF WE PLAY OUT THAT MULTI- YEAR PROJECTION IT LOOKS REALLY BAD. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S BECAUSE OF YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ON -- COUNT ON MONEY THAT DOESN'T SHOW UP OR CONSERVATIVE ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SOLVENT AND BEING RESPONSIBLE. I'M TOTALLY -- BUT IT'S STILL KIND OF DOOM AND GLOOM WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT FIVE- YEAR AND IT PROMPTS THE QUESTION THAT MS. GARZA BROUGHT UP IS LIKE, OKAY, WHAT DO WE NEED TO -- WE NEED TO ACT NOW BECAUSE IT LOOKS VERY DAUNTING.

BUT, BECAUSE JUST, YOU KNOW, IF THE PATTERN CONTINUES, WE ACTUALLY WOULDN'T -- THAT FIVE- YEAR PROJECTION WOULD LOOK WAY DIFFERENT. SO THE QUESTION, HOW FAR OFF DO YOU THINK WE'LL BE THIS YEAR?

>> I'M NOT BRINGING UP ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN MY ESTIMATED ACTUALS.

THAT IS THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE AT THIS TIME AND THAT'S THE PROJECTIONS THAT I'VE UTILIZED TO DO THIS.

SO I DON'T -- THIS BUDGET MEETING WILL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE THIS IS WHAT I THINK IT WILL BE AND THIS IS WHAT I THINK IT WILL REALLY BE. THE ESTIMATED ACTUALS ARE THE NUMBERS THAT MY STAFF HAS WORKED WITH COUNTLESS HOURS WITH THE TEAM.

SO, IN SEPTEMBER, WHEN WE COME BACK TO THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS, WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION THEN WHEN WE CLOSE THE BOOKS AND KIND OF LOOK AT WHERE WE LANDED. BUT I DON'T HAVE TWO SETS OF NUMBERS TONIGHT.

>> SO FOR THE APPROVAL. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YEAH. SO I KNOW THIS YEAR

[02:00:01]

I THINK JUST WITH THE CHANGES YOU MADE, I THINK WE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT CLOSER, BUT IT WILL BE INTERESTING SEEING HOW IT PLAYS OUT BECAUSE THAT WILL SET UP THE QUESTION VICE PRESIDENT GARZA SAID.

IT DOES LOOK SCARY WHEN IT'S FRAMED THAT

WAY. >> YES, FOR SURE.

>> I DO HAVE ONE MORE. AND IT'S -- SO THE CAFETERIA FUND -- AND AGAIN, YOU EXPLAINED IT TO ME.

BUT WHAT IS THE PROPER AMOUNT THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO STORE IN THAT CAFETERIA FUND? BECAUSE I LOOKED UP SOME POLICY AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR SPEND DOWN PLAN, WHAT IS OUR MARK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HIT WITH THAT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THERE'S A LIMIT WHAT WE CAN HOLD IN THAT ACCOUNT. THIS YEAR WE'RE SPENDING CLOSE TO HALF A MILLION AND YOU EXPLAINED THAT SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS IN EQUIPMENT AND CAPITAL OUTLAY BUT THEN WE'RE BUDGETING FOR HALF A MILLION COMING BACK IN THE OTHER WAY, SO IT REALLY -- IT'S NOT THE SPENDING.

>> IT'S NOT HAPPENING.

>> EVEN AT THAT RATE IT WOULD TAKE A LONG TIME TO GET DOWN TO THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT.

IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THAT ACCOUNT?

>> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET DOWN TO THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT. I THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO FOR THIS YEAR HAVE TO FILE THE SAME FORM THAT KIND OF SAID WE DIDN'T GET TO THAT POINT. WHAT WE MADE STRIDES TO DO THIS YEAR IS TO WORK ON PARTICULAR CLASS -- PARTICULAR CAFETERIAS. WE RAN INTO SOME STRUGGLES WITH IT, RIGHT? IF YOU REDO A CAFETERIA, THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT THE NUTRITION SERVICES FUND CAN'T PAY FOR AND THEREFORE THE GENERAL FUND HAS TO PAY FOR.

GIVEN WHERE WE'RE HEADED WITH THE GENERAL FUND, IT WASN'T REALLY WHERE WE WANTED TO SPEND THOSE DOLLARS. SO WE WERE LOOKING FOR WAYS WHERE WE COULD STILL IMPROVE ON CAFETERIAS, SUCH AS WE USED SOME OF OUR SPECIAL ONE- TIME FUNDS CALLED KIT-FUNDS. AND WE'RE GOING TO -- WE'RE LOOKING INTO GETTING AIR CONDITIONERS INTO CERTAIN CLASSROOMS -- I KEEP SAYING CLASSROOMS. NUTRITION

SERVICES. >> THAT'S AWESOME.

VERY COOL.

>> BUT THEY'RE NOT HAPPENING IN THIS YEAR.

SO, SOME OF THOSE THINGS WERE JUST SPENDING SLOWER THAN WE ANTICIPATED. WE HAD REALLY GREAT IDEAS, AND WE HAD REALLY BIG IDEAS THAT WERE SOMETIMES LIKE, OKAY, WHAT COULD WE REALLY PULL OFF WITH THESE FUND.

>> RIGHT.

>> NOW WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT -- WE DIDN'T INCLUDE IN THE BUDGET YEAR BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE IT, IS SOME -- MAYBE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STAFFING AT CERTAIN SCHOOLS AND THE WAY THAT WE DO BUSINESS FOR CERTAIN SCHOOLS. WE'RE LOOKING AT MEALS PER HOUR, WHICH IS A GREAT WAY TO LOOK AT HOW WE SPEND OUR FUNDS. IT'S THE NUMBER OF MEALS PER HOUR THAT A SITE PROVIDES TO STUDENTS.

BASED ON YOUR NUMBER OF MEALS PER HOUR, DO YOU NEED MORE STAFFING TO DO THAT? SO WE'RE USING A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO TALK ABOUT THAT. IN THE MEANTIME, HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR, WE DID OUR DIRECTOR IS OUT ON LEAVE. SO IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WILD RIDE OVER THERE WITH AN INTERIM DIRECTOR AND KIND OF WORKING THROUGH GETTING THAT PERSON UP TO SPEED AND WORKING ON, HEY, LET'S KEEP THE CAFETERIA FUND GOING AND THEN LET'S ALSO DO THESE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ME TO SEE THE OTHER WAYS WE CAN DO THINGS.

AND I STILL THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PULL OFF SOME CAFETERIA IMPROVEMENTS. WE'RE JUST GOING TO LOOK AT IT IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT. THAT'S WHY WHAT YOU SAW WAS -- IT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAW. WE WERE SPENDING MORE THIS YEAR.

YEAH, YOU'RE BRINGING DOWN THE BALANCE.

AND THEN NEXT YEAR WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS IN PLACE TO BRING DOWN THAT BALANCE, SO IT KIND OF BUBBLED UP AGAIN. BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT METHODS. WE'RE LOOKING AT STAFFING.

WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER ONE- TIME THINGS WE CAN DO.

WE'RE LOOKING AT WAREHOUSE WORK THAT WE CAN IMPROVE UPON.

SO, IT'S JUST A BIG PICTURE THING THAT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER THAN I THOUGHT. BUT I DO HAVE A GOAL IN MIND TO KEEP CHIPPING AWAY AT THAT AND BRING IT TO THE REQUIRED ALLOWABLE RESERVE THAT THE ÷÷CAFETERIA FUND CAN HAVE BECAUSE REALLY WHEN I DO THIS WORK, I TEND TO LOOK AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS. RIGHT? I LOOK AT THEIR INTERIM REPORTS. I LOOK AT THEIR BUDGETS, RIGHT? KIND OF JUST SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE RUNNING INTO AN AREA WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO USE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THEIR CAFETERIA FUNDS. SO, I HAVE -- I'M WALKING A FINE LINE BETWEEN DOING WHAT'S GREAT FOR OUR CAFETERIA FUNDS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT HAVE TOO BIG OF A BALANCE BUT KEEPING A BALANCE THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR RAINY DAYS.

>> RIGHT. AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

COULD YOU MAYBE FIND THAT NUMBER AND SEND IT OFF TO THE BOARD THE ALLOWABLE AMOUNT FOR THAT?

>> YES.

>> YEAH. BUT KUDOS ON THE FINDING A

[02:05:02]

I THINK THAT'S HUGE. AND VISITING PILE THE OTHER DAY, IF WE FIND A WAY TO ADA ACCESSIBILITY WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES THERE BECAUSE IN THE CAFETERIAS -- YOU'RE ON TOP OF IT. BUT IT IS NICE THAT WE OSE FUND FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO AFFECT.

>> ADA IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS. WE WON'T BE ABLE TO USE NUTRITION SERVICES FUNDS FOR THOSE.

WE ARE -- THAT WAS A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD EARLIER AND WE'RE LOOKING INTO WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE THAT.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU.

>> VICE PRESIDENT GARZA?

>> NO. YOU FOOLED ME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> YEAH. >> CLERK CRIHFIELD.

>> I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HAVE MORE TIME FOR THIS ONE.

>> I DO WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE ALL THE AMAZING QUESTIONS. YOU'RE LIFTING ME UP IN MY SICKNESS TODAY.

>> OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS CONCERNING JUST FROM -- IS HOW MUCH WORK DOES NEED TO HAPPEN ON -- WITH OUR FACILITIES. AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, BUT CAN WE MOVE FORWARD ON HAVING A NEW FACILITIES MASTER PLAN? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF OUR COSTS GOING FORWARD WITH SOME OF OUR AGEING FACILITIES, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE GOING FORWARD.

AND WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE INVESTMENT IN MAYFAIR FIELDS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HANDLE, ESPECIALLY THE SAFETY CONCERNS OF ALL OF OUR SITES. SO THAT WOULD BE MY FIRST ASK.

AND I DON'T KNOW COLLEAGUES -- I KNOW WE DISCUSSED HAVING AN UPDATED FACILITIES MASTER PLAN, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE? IT WAS A FIVE- YEAR PLAN. AND I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHERE WE ARE. OBVIOUSLY WE HAD COME ON THE BOARD, SO I'M GUESSING WE'RE IN YEAR THREE.

>> I THINK WE'RE PARTIALLY THROUGH.

I THINK WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO WAS TO GO BACK OUT FOR A NEW FACILITIES MASTER PLAN WHERE WE COULD GET BETTER INFORMATION.

SO OUR FMOT DIRECTOR IS LOOKING INTO HIRING SOMEONE. I THINK IT WILL COME IN HANDY FOR MULTIPLE THINGS SUCH AS A BOND IN FUTURE YEARS OR OTHER ARENAS WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LOOK AT OUR CAPACITY IN OUR SCHOOLS W. THAT WAS MY

SEGUE. >> SO I WOULD -- DID I TAKE YOUR SEGUE. I APOLOGIZE FOR

THAT. >> TAKE IT.

>> BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED.

I THINK THE MORE UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION WE HAVE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE BOARD IS GOING TO MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, BETTER FOR ALL OF US. YES.

OUR DIRECTOR IS LOOKING INTO FINDING A FIRM THAT CAN DO AN UPDATED FACILITIES MASTER PLAN.

>> SO WHEN DO YOU PLAN ON BRINGING THAT BACK TO US?

>> I THINK IT WOULD BE SOMETIME IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR AS WE GET THROUGH THE SUMMERTIME AND --

>> JULY?

>> JULY STARTS THE NEW FISCAL YEAR SO ANY TIME IN THAT TIME FRAME. WE LIKE TO LOOK FOR A VENDOR.

I LIKE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING THE MAYFAIR FIELDS UNDERWAY AND START TO LOOK FOR A FACILITIES MASTER VENDOR THAT CAN HELP US OUT ON THAT.

>> SORRY. CAN YOU KEEP US UPDATED ON THAT?

>> YES.

>> AND WHEN YOU FIND A VENDOR AND WHEN YOU THINK THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO. GO AHEAD.

SORRY, VICE PRESIDENT GARZA.

>> THANK YOU. SO IN THE MEANTIME, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THIS OLD FACILITIES REPORT, THERE WERE SOME THINGS THERE THAT I THINK WOULD PROBABLY

STILL SHOW UP. >> OKAY.

>> IN THIS NEW ONE. CAN WE TAKE A LOOK AT TO SEE VERY SIMPLE THINGS LIKE HOW IS THE MAINTENANCE OF THE YARDS GOING? ARE WE -- DO WE HAVE ALL THOSE BUSES ALREADY OUT THAT HAD NEEDED TO BE FIXED? JUST KIND OF THINGS LIKE THAT. I THINK MOST OF THEM, LIKE YOU SAID, WE HAVE KIND OF ALREADY CHECKED OFF AND SEEING THAT IN OUR MEMOS. BUT JUST TO GO BACK AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING TANGIBLE AT THIS POINT THAT WE CAN START MOVING ON.

>> OKAY.

>> AND THEN IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US AN UPDATE ON A FUTURE

MEMO. >>

YES. >> FOR THAT.

COLLEAGUES, I'M WONDERING IF YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY AS I AM? MAYBE THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN KIND OF WORK ON BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME REALLY SIMPLE ITEMS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN WORKED

ON. >> ON THE MASTER PLAN?

>> ON THE OLD MASTER PLAN, YES.

>> YEAH. AND NOT EVEN SURE -- EVEN WHEN YOU SEND THIS UPDATE, WHAT HAVE WE COMPLETED BECAUSE THERE WAS FIVE CULL UMS FIVE YEARS.

>> THANK YOU, MADAME PRESIDENT. I BELIEVE HEARING THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS ACTUALLY -- WASN'T VERY THOROUGH. I THINK THERE PROBABLY

[02:10:01]

AND I THINK THAT HAVING THAT SOONER THAN LATER.

I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO FIND THE COMPANY, BUT I'M BY NO MEANS TRYING TO BE INSENSITIVE TO THE WORK THAT GOES INTO IT, SOONER THE BETTER THAN THAT ONE BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN AN APPETITE FOR IT AND I THINK IT WILL INFORM A LOT OF THINGS AGAIN BEING AT PILE JUST YESTERDAY, I FEEL LIKE REALLY LOOKING AT SOME OF THE FACILITIES, SOME OF THE LOW- HANGING FRUIT AND FIXING THOSE THINGS WHILE WE MOVE FORWARD BUT THEN ALSO BEING ABLE TO MAKE STRATEGIC PLANS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR FACILITIES IN DECLINING ENROLLMENT COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, ANN O'RYAN IS WORKING ON THAT, DR. SMITH, BUT LOOKING AT OUR FACILITIES AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS AND START WEIGHING OUT SOME OPTIONS, I THINK HAVING A MASTER PLAN THAT WILL TELL US THE STATUS OF OUR FACILITIES BECAUSE EVEN NOW IF THERE IS A FACILITY THAT MAYBE WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE DISCUSSED FOR CLOSURE, IF WE'RE INVESTING A BUNCH OF MONEY IN FIXING RIGHT NOW, WE'RE THROWING THAT MONEY AWAY AND JUST POTENTIALLY A COUPLE YEARS.

AND SO AS WE EVEN MAKE DIFFERENT MOVES THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT, IF WE'RE MAKING SAY MOVES WITH CLASSROOMS AND DECIDE TO INVEST IN THOSE FACILITIES BUT MAYBE THAT'S A CAMPUS THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE PUTTING A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY INTO, WE NEED TO KNOW THAT STUFF NOW TO START SAVING MONEY IN THE FUTURE. SO I'LL JUST SAY AS FAST AS REASONABLY POSSIBLE I WOULD APPRECIATE

THAT. >> THANK YOU.

WHILE I HAVE YOU, BRAD, I WAS ABLE TO FIND OUT, IT'S SIX MONTHS WORTH OF EXPENSES FOR THE FUND 13 IS WHAT YOU'RE -- WHAT THEY L■IKE OU TO AVE O MORE THAN. SO IT'S ABOUT 3. 5 TO $4 MILLION FOR US. AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OVER $6 MILLION. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

>> IS IT 10% OF SIX MONTHS OF THE DISTRICT'S EXPENSES OR THE CAFETERIA?

>> CAFETERIA'S FUNDS. IT'S NO MORE THAN SIX MONTHS OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES FOR THE CAFETERIA.

THE CAFETERIA SPENDS ABOUT $11 MILLION, SO SIX MONTHS WOULD BE ABOUT HALF OF THAT AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD WANT US TO BE BELOW.

BUT I CAN PUT THAT IN THE MEMO TOO, I JUST FIGURED THAT

OUT. >> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MADAME PRESIDENT. ANYTHING ELSE COLLEAGUES?

[9. MAJOR ACTION]

>>> WE HAVE ONE MAJOR ACTION ITEM.

9. 1 APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND SWANSON.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE 9.1.

>> SO MOVED.

>> CAN I GET A SECOND.

>> I SECOND.

>> MAYRA SECONDS.

>> ROLL CALL?

>> AYE.

>> MR. CRIHFIELD.

[10. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS]

>> AYE.

>> GARZA.

>> AY-E.

>> STEWART.

>> AYE. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON INFORMATIONAL ITEMS TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE BOARD WILL BE GOING BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION.

AND THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER ACTION TAKEN IN OPEN SESSION. WE ARE GOING TO CLOSED SESSION AT 7:38 P.M. THANK YOU.

>>> WELCOME BACK. WE ARE RECOP VEINING INTO OPENED SESSION.

>> THE BOARD DISCUSSED LABOR NEGOTIATIONS AND ANTICIPATED LITIGATION. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN AND CLOSED.

>> THANK YOU. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THIS MEETING WILL BE ADJOURNED AT 8:45 TILL THE NEXT MEETING, A REGULAR BOARD MEETING ON JUNE 18TH AT 6:00 P.M.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.