[1. CALL TO ORDER IN PUBLIC SESSION] [00:00:08] >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO THE BOARD COMMISSION, THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER AT FIVE OH 1:00 P.M. BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG? BOARD MEMBER STEWART? BOARD MEMBER CINTRON? VICE PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD? BOARD MEMBER GARZA? >> AGENDA ITEMS, THE BOARD SUPERINTENDENT WILL LISTEN CAREFULLY TO ALL COMMENTS, HOWEVER WE WILL NOT PROVIDE RESPONSES DURING THE MEETING, A REPRESENTATIVE WILL CONTACT THE PARENT GUARDIAN OR COMMUNITY MEMBER IF A COMMENT CALLS FOR A FOLLOW UP. WHILE MEETINGS OF THE GOVERNMENT BOARD ARE NOT A PUBLIC MEETINGS, THEY ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO ADDRESS THE BOARD [UNCLEAR]. CAN WE PLEASE HAVE MR. JOHN PARKER COME FORWARD? >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, HAPPY NEW SCHOOL YEAR 2026-2027. I WANT TO THANK THE CLOSED SESSION AS A CLASS, I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT SOME COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR KAKANO CAN BE VERY STRESSFUL WITH THE GRADUATING SEASON AND EVERYTHING. I HOPE EVERYBODY WILL BE KIND AND LISTEN TO EACH OTHER, GIVE PEOPLE TIME, IF YOU HAVE -- I WAS IN CLOSED SESSION UNTIL 3:00 A.M. -- 2:00 A.M. SOMETIMES, IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE DECISIONS WHEN YOU'RE STILL AWAKE. A HOPE OF THE MEETINGS RUN LONGER THAN YOU SCHEDULE EXTRA TIME, SO THE PUBLIC INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS OF LAKEWOOD ARE MADE WITH THE BEST QUALITY TIME, WE'RE NOT GOING TO WIN EVERYTHING. WE HAVE TO REACH FOR OUR SENSES AND TO COMPROMISE TO GET ALONG TOGETHER AS A BOARD. I WAS VERY CONCERNED, AND I HAD TO REACH OUT FOR HELP FROM THE COUNTY, TO GET ACCREDITATION, THAT SOME CONCERNS ABOUT GOVERNANCE, I DON'T THINK ARE APPROPRIATE FOR OPEN SESSION. BUT OUR BOARD HAD GROUP COUNSELING, IF WE WANT TO GET ALONG. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WHOEVER IS THE PRESIDENT, THAT EVERYBODY IS TREATED EQUALLY, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO CREATE THIS ON THE BOARD AND ROLE MODELING TO OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF. I FEEL SOME OF THAT AFFECTED ME PERSONALLY, AFTER SOME IN THE COMMUNITY DID NOT MAKE ME FEEL SAFE OR MAKE OTHER PEOPLE FEEL SAFE. SOME MY FAMILY AND I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD BE MORE PROFESSIONAL AND KEEP CLOSED SESSION CONFIDENTIAL, OR SEEK HELP ELSEWHERE INSTEAD OF OPEN SESSION. [2. CLOSED SESSION (Part 1 of 2)] THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WILL ADJOURN TO CLOSED [3. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION/CALL TO ORDER (Part 1 of 2)] >> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, WE ARE RETURNING TO OPEN SESSION AT 6:36 P.M. TONIGHT WE WILL -- I WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE STAND AND PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. [5. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA] ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? [6. PRESENTATIONS FROM STUDENTS / STAFF / COMMUNITY] THANK YOU. IT IS NOW TIME FOR BTA COMMUNICATIONS PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM. GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT GARZA, BOARD MEMBERS, CABINET AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. ON BEHALF OF THE BELLFLOWER TEACHERS ASSOCIATION I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN TO WELCOME EVERYBODY BACK FOR THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR. THAT WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAPPENS BEHIND THE [00:05:01] SCENES BEFORE SCHOOL STUDENTS EVER WALK THROUGH THE DOORS. TEACHERS HAVE BEEN PREPARING CLASSROOMS, COLLABORATING WITH COLLEAGUES, LEARNING PROGRAMS, MEETING FAMILIES AND DOING ALL THE THINGS LARGE AND SMALL TO MAKE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL SUCCESSFUL. WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY FROM CLASSROOM TO ADMINISTRATORS WHO HAVE WORKED WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO WELCOME OUR STUDENTS BACK. PTA HAS BEEN BUSY WELCOMING OUR EDUCATORS, THIS WEEK WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH OUR NEWEST TEACHERS, IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE EDUCATORS BEGINNING OR CONTINUING THEIR CAREERS IN BELLFLOWER INCLUDING SEVERAL WHO HAVE GROWN PROFESSIONALLY AND BECAME INVOLVED IN THE ASSOCIATION. IN FACT SEVERAL INTERESTED IN ATTENDING CTE SPECIAL EDUCATION CONFERENCES IN OCTOBER. AS WE BEGIN THIS YEAR, BTA FOCUSED ON SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS UNITED TO. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS, BTA MEMBERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR ACTIVITIES. OUR TEACHERS WILL WEAR THEIR JOURNAL OF INSURANCE, WELCOMES STUDENTS TO SCHOOL, AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE STRONGLY BELIEVE, THAT SUPPORTING EDUCATORS AND SUPPORTING STUDENTS ARE NOT COMPETING INTERESTS. THIS IDEA WILL GUIDE MUCH OF OUR WORK THIS YEAR. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT QUALITY INCEPTION, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT CONDITIONS THAT MAKE QUALITY INCEPTION POSSIBLE. REASONABLE CLASS SIZES, APPROPRIATE MATERIAL, SUFFICIENT INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT, EXPERT INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS, AND CLASSROOMS WHERE STUDENTS FEEL SAFE. IN CONTINUED COLLABORATION WITH THE DISTRICT, THIS YEAR'S STAFF HAS BEGUN PARTICIPATING IN PRESENTATIONS OUTLINING WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES, AND A PRACTICAL RESEARCH BASED STRATEGIES, EDUCATORS USE WHEN SUPPORTING STUDENTS IN CRISIS SITUATIONS BOTH LARGE AND SMALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP ON THAT. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ATTRACTING OR RETAINING EXCELLENT EDUCATORS, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROFESSION. CREATING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS WITH A WIN-WIN MIND-SET, PROVIDING FAIR AND COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION, SUPPORTING PROFESSIONAL GROWTH, AND TRUSTING EDUCATORS AS PROFESSIONALS OF. THOSE ARE NOT SIMPLY ASSOCIATION PRIORITIES THEY ARE CONDITIONS THAT HELP GREAT TEACHERS DO GREAT WORK FOR STUDENTS. THAT IS WHY BTA WELCOMES OPPORTUNITY FOR DISTRICT DECISION MAKING. WE APPRECIATE DOCTOR SIMON AND BTA WORKING TOGETHER, BRINGING SOME OF OUR EDUCATORS DIRECTLY IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOLS. THIS WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE CHALLENGES AND IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS THIS YEAR AND BTA INTENDS TO APPROACH THEM CONSTRUCTIVELY AND ADVOCATE FOR MEMBERS AND THE STUDENTS THEY SERVE. LOOKING FORWARD TO A SUCCESSFUL YEAR, AND CONTINUING TO WORK TOGETHER. [7. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT] THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL NOW MOVE FORWARD. >> MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PRESIDENT GARZA, IT IS A PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR FIRST BOARD MEETING OF THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR. ALTHOUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR IS JUST BEGINNING, STARTING MONDAY ON AUGUST 17TH, OUR STAFF HAVE STARTED ACTIVELY LEARNING, PREPARING AND REPRESENTING BELLFLOWER EXCELLENCE. JUST A COUPLE OF EVENTS THAT I HAD TO TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO THE START OF THIS NEW SCHOOL YEAR, SCHOOLS IN WASHINGTON D.C., REPRESENTED OUR DISTRICT AS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED -- THIS RECOGNITION IS ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL BECAUSE IT IS THE FIRST SCHOOL IN OUR DISTRICT'S HISTORY TO EARN THIS NATIONAL RECOGNITION. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DIRECTOR. CONGRATULATIONS. EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR AND SUMMER SCHOOL, CONTINUING LEARNING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR, AND SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, THESE PROGRAMS PROVIDED STUDENTS WITH ACADEMIC INSTRUCTIONS, INTERVENTION ENRICHMENT AND SPECIALIZED SERVICES. I WANT TO THANK OUR TEACHERS, INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS, ADMINISTRATORS, SUPPORT STAFF, TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEES, SERVICES TEAMS, AND EVERYBODY WHO WORKED TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS REMAIN FULLY SUPPORTED. THIS SUMMER ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY IN JULY OF SERVING [00:10:05] AS A FEATURED SPEAKER FOR THIS YEAR'S FISCAL YEAR KICKOFF. BRINGING PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT STRONG AND LASTING PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ARE. THIS OPPORTUNITY REFLECTED THE STRENGTH OF OUR DISTRICT'S PARTNERSHIP, AND ALLOWED US TO HIGHLIGHT OUR DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO CREATING MEANINGFUL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR ITS SUPPORT AND ALSO TO PRESIDENT GARZA AND VICE PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD. OUR SCHOOL COMMITTEE EVENT TOOK PLACE ON AUGUST TENTH, AT CHICK FIL A, AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL TO CHICK FIL A FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THIS ON THE SIDE, THE CHICK FIL A HERE ON CLARK. AND THE CHAPTER OF THE SORORITY INCORPORATED, FOR THE READY SET GO. WE ALSO HAD [UNCLEAR] AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DONATIONS OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND BACKPACKS. WE HAD OVER 1500 RSVP'S AND WE DO APOLOGIZE FOR THE MANY FAMILIES THAT STAYED IN LINE, WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH BACKPACKS FOR, NEXT YEAR WE WILL BE BETTER BUT WE WERE SO EXCITED THE COMMUNITY SHOWED UP TO THIS AMAZING EVENT. THIS YEAR WE HAD OUR LEADERSHIP RETREAT, WHICH OUR DISTRICT AND SCHOOL LEADERS CAME TOGETHER ON JULY 27TH THROUGH THE 28TH, OUR FIRST TIME CONDUCTING OR HAVING A RETREAT FOR ADMINISTRATORS. PROVIDING A TIME FOR LEADERS TO REFLECT ON WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED, DURING THE PAST YEAR, IDENTIFY WHAT REMAINS UNFINISHED, BUT ALSO ALIGN OUR WORK FOR THE YEAR AHEAD. THE FOCUS WAS CLEAR, PROGRESS REQUIRES MORE THAN BELIEF, IT REQUIRES DISCIPLINED DECISIONS, A LINE OF SYSTEMS, ACCOUNTABILITY AND A SHARED COMMITMENT TO SERVING EVERY SCHOLAR. OUR LEADERS LEFT THE RETREAT PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH COHERENCE AND URGENCY. WE ALSO RECENTLY HAD CONTINUING OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WEEK, WHERE EMPLOYEES HAD TO PARTICIPATE IN A LEARNING DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN INSTRUCTION, STUDENT SUPPORT, SCHOOL CULTURE, COLLABORATION AND ALSO OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS. THE TIME WAS ESSENTIAL BECAUSE STUDENT SUCCESS BEGINS WITH PREPARED SUPPORTED AND CONNECTED ADULTS. I APPRECIATED THE DEPARTMENT AND STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE WORKED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER TO DEVELOP MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR LEADERS, JOHN YOUNG, FOR BEING INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS AS WELL. ON TUESDAY AUGUST 11TH, WE WELCOMED OUR EMPLOYEES BACK FOR OUR ANNUAL WELCOME BACK BREAKFAST, SOME FOLKS CALL IT CONVOCATION, AT MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL. THIS EVENT CELEBRATED EMPLOYEES CONNECTING AS ONE, BELLFLOWER UNIFIED TEAM, AND ESTABLISHED OUR SHARED PURPOSE FOR THE YEAR. MOST IMPORTANTLY IT REMINDED -- IT IS A REMINDER THAT EVERY EMPLOYEE REGARDLESS OF TITLE ALONE CONTRIBUTES TO OUR STUDENTS EXPERIENCE AND SUCCESS. WE SET OUR THEME FOR THIS YEAR, THE STANDARD LIVES HERE. AS WE BEGIN THIS YEAR, I ASK EACH EMPLOYEE TO REFLECT ON ONE IMPORTANT QUESTION, WHO WILL I BE FOR THE STUDENTS I SERVE THIS YEAR? I ALSO WANT TO INFORM OUR COMMUNITY THAT THE DISTRICT HAS PLACED A LOCAL SCHOOL FACILITIES MEASURE ON NOVEMBER 2026 MEASURE, THE MEASURE WILL ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO CONSIDER FUNDING FOR IDENTIFIED FACILITY NEEDS ACROSS THE BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. AS WE OPENED THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR, I AM PROUD OF OUR PROGRESS AND ENERGIZED BY THE WORK. WE WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY SCHOLARS AT THE CENTER, STRENGTHEN OUR SYSTEMS, SUPPORT OUR EMPLOYEES, ENGAGE OUR FAMILIES AND MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER. AGAIN THE STANDARD OF LIVES HERE. EVERY STUDENT KNOWS, EVERY VOICE IS VALUED, IN EVERY SCHOOL. NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW ADMINISTRATORS TO THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY. I FIRST WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL, PLEASE STAND TO. [APPLAUSE] SHE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A PRINCIPAL OVER 20 YEARS OF EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE. NEXT I WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR PRINCIPAL, ARMANDO. [00:15:06] [APPLAUSE] HE SERVED AS THE PRINCIPAL IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND BEFORE THAT HE WAS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. NEXT I WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES, DIRECTOR CHAD FREEMAN. [APPLAUSE] DIRECTOR FREEMAN HAS SERVED AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES IN THE ALBERT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BRINGS OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION INCLUDING AS AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, PRINCIPAL, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER. OUR DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION DOCTOR ELIZABETH. [APPLAUSE] SHE SERVED AS THE PRINCIPAL OF BASSETT HIGH SCHOOL, CONTINUATION SCHOOL, AS A UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL. SHE HAS MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION, INCLUDING POSITIONS AS PRINCIPAL, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, AND INSTRUCTIONAL COORDINATOR, INSTRUCTIONAL COACH, AND CLASSROOM TEACHER. GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE PLEASE, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] WE HAVE OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, HILLARY HARRINGTON. [APPLAUSE] SHE ALSO SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT BLAIR OLINDA HIGH SCHOOL, SHE ALSO HELD A POSITION AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, LEADERSHIP ADVISOR, COORDINATOR AND TEACHER IN BUSD. AND OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OUT OF WASHINGTON, MARIA ELENA RODRIGUEZ. [APPLAUSE] SHE BRINGS OVER 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION INCLUDING ROLES AS CLASSROOM TEACHER AND INSTRUCTIONAL COACH, AND TEACHER ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT. GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] AND NOW I WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR BUSD ADMINISTRATORS WHO ARE NOW IN PROMOTIONAL POSITIONS THAT BECAME EFFECTIVE JULY FIRST. KATI, PLEASE STAND. HE SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN OUR DISTRICT, ALSO AN ACTING PRINCIPAL POSITION AND NOW THE PRINCIPAL OF CRAIG WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY. WITH HER BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, AND HER HUSBAND, HER BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, PLEASE SAY HELLO. WE ALSO HAVE AJ CUNNINGHAM WHO WAS OUR PRINCIPAL AT MAYFAIR MIDDLE SCHOOL, PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT MAYFAIR, PLEASE GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] AND WE ALSO HAVE MR. MICHAEL WHO WAS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN BELLFLOWER AND NOW THE PRINCIPAL OF BELLFLOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL. [APPLAUSE] AND JUST TO BE CLEAR I WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW, WE DID MAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS I THINK, TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL, AROUND ACADEMICS AND COMMUNITY SO WE ARE SO EXCITED TO WELCOME OUR FIRST MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AT BELLFLOWER. ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE PLEASE. [APPLAUSE] WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE AND CELEBRATE THE WELL DESERVED PROMOTIONS OF THESE OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONALS TO OUR TEAM. THE LAST THING I WANT TO REPORT TONIGHT IS THE DISTRICT HAS RECENTLY CONCLUDED THE UNIFORMED COMPLAINT REPORT SUMMARY FOR APRIL THROUGH JUNE 2026. AS REQUIRED BY THE COUNTY UNDER THE WILLIAMS LEGISLATION, NO COMPLAINTS WERE RECEIVED DURING THIS QUARTER REGARDING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, FACILITIES OR TEACHER ASSIGNMENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH PRESIDENT GARZA. >> THANK YOU. CAN WE HAVE A PHOTO? THANK YOU. AND FAMILIES AS WELL. >> THE LAST THING I WANTED FOR THE COMMUNITY IS TO RECOGNIZE, AND MY APOLOGIES, OUR INTERIM CBO, DOLORES, CAN WE WELCOME DOLORES? [APPLAUSE] SORRY ABOUT THAT. [00:21:34] >> AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, DOCTOR JENNIFER MORGAN. ALL RIGHT, ARE THERE ANY [8. COMMITTEE UPDATES] COMMITTEE UPDATES THIS EVENING? >> I JUST HAVE ONE, I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO BE MEETING AGAIN FOR CLIMATE AND CULTURE, WE ARE FINISHING UP, CAN YOU PLEASE GET AMIE STEWART TONIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS? AND THEN I APOLOGIZE I WAS IN NAPA FOR A CONFERENCE. >> NOTHING TO REPORT. >> I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE SAFETY COMMITTEE, DO WE HAVE DATES? >> WE ARE WORKING ON DATES FOR ALL COMMITTEES THAT WE WILL SUBMIT TO THE BOARD. GIVE US ABOUT ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. NOW TONIGHT, WE DO NOT HAVE [10. MAJOR ACTION] AGENDA OR NONAGENDA ITEMS, WE WILL MOVE TO MAJOR ACTION. DECLARATION OF NEED FOR FULLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 10.1? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ROLL CALL PLEASE? >> BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG? >> YES. >> BOARD MEMBER AMIE STEWART. >> AY. >> PRESIDENT GARZA. [11. CONSENT AGENDA] >> TENMAC. >> MOVING ON TO CONSENT AGENDA, DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS TO RECALL FROM THE AGENDA THIS EVENING? >> YES MADAME PRESIDENT, 11.19, IF WE CAN PIGGYBACK FROM THE PROCUREMENT CONTRACT. >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS? >> I WOULD LIKE TO PULL 11.2, THE JUNE 18TH REGULAR MEETING MINUTES AND 11.4 AND 0.8, STRATEGIC PERSONNEL. >> ANYONE ELSE? >> I WANTED TO PULL 11.2. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. >> DO I HEAR ANYBODY ELSE TO PULL ANY ITEMS? OKAY. [00:25:04] DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND RECALL ITEMS 11.2, 11.4, 11.10 AND 11.12? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ROLL CALL PLEASE. [11.2. MINUTES OF THE JUNE 18, 2026, REGULAR MEETING] >> SO THE FIRST ITEM WITHHELD IS 11.2. DOCTOR SIMON I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, FOR CLARIFICATION AND CONSISTENCY GOING FORWARD COULD YOU PLEASE CLARIFY THE PROPER PROCEDURE WHEN A BOARD MEMBER TEMPORARILY STEPS AWAY FROM A MEETING, SPECIFICALLY OUR BOARD MEMBERS REQUIRED TO ANNOUNCE OR REQUEST PERMISSION TO LEAVE BRIEFLY, ENTERED A TEMPORARY DEPARTURE OR RETURN BE PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT, OR IS IT SIMPLY DOCUMENTED BY STAFF WHEN NECESSARY SUCH AS WHEN A MEMBER LEAVES THE MEETING OR IS ABSENT FOR A VOTE? I THINK HAVING CLARIFICATION FOR THE RECORD WILL ENSURE THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE PROCEDURES, AND IT IS APPLIED TO EVERY MEMBER OF THE BOARD MOVING FORWARD. >> SO GENERALLY WHEN SOMEBODY LEAVES FOR EXAMPLE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM, IT IS A TEMPORARY ABSENCE UNLESS THERE IS A VOTE BEING CAST, THE INDIVIDUAL IS NOT A PRESENT, THAT'S WHEN IT WILL BE INDICATED IN THE MINUTES. AND ALSO IF THEY LEAVE THE MEETING AND DON'T RETURN, THE TIME THEY LEFT IS REFLECTED. FOR TEMPORARY ABSENCES, GENERALLY NOT. >> OKAY THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. I KNOW IN THE MINUTES I READ RELATING TO THESE MINUTES, 5:06 AND 5:15 STARTED, THAT IS LISTED IN THE MINUTES BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ADDED TO THE MINUTES AS WELL >> SO GENERALLY WE HAVE CLOSED SESSION FIRST, SO IT WOULDN'T REALLY BE ANNOUNCED TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THEY COME DIRECTLY IN A CLOSED SESSION. IT IS MARKED IN THE MINUTES AND DOCUMENTED WHAT TIME THEY ARRIVE AT BUT THERE'S NO GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT MADE. >> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? >> I HAVE ONE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION. WHETHER IT'S ANNOUNCED OR NOT, THE DEPARTURE WHEN WE LEAVE, IS IT NOT -- IS IT RECORDED WHETHER IT'S ANNOUNCED OR NOT? >> SO GENERALLY IT'S NOT NECESSARILY RECORDED THAT IT WAS ANNOUNCED. IT WOULD STATE WHO MADE THE STATEMENT. BUT THE ACTUAL OVERT TEXT OF IT SAYING THAT IT WAS ANNOUNCED AT THIS TIME THAT THIS PERSON LEFT, IT JUST MARKS WHAT TIME THEY LEFT AT AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING STATED FROM THE BOARD WHERE THERE'S AN ACTION REQUESTED, THAT WOULD BE DOCUMENTED AS WELL. >> OKAY, BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE ANNOUNCED. SHE'S TAKING NOTES. I'M SAYING I KNOW I'VE LEFT BEFORE AND IT WAS RECORDED. >> SO IT'S ONLY RECORDEDDED WHEN YOU LEAVE AND DO NOT RETURN OR WHEN YOU LEAVE AND THERE'S A VOTE BEING TAKEN, THE ABSENCE OF THE VOTE IS RECORDED. >> OKAY. >> OKAY. THAT WAS THE REASON I ASKED BECAUSE MINE WAS NOTED BUT TWO OTHERS WEREN'T NOTED. I WANT TOED I WANT I WANL ON THE PLAYING FIELD. >> I HAVE ONE QUESTION. I'M ASKING BECAUSE I PARTICIPATE IN OTHER BOARDS AND SOMETIMES WHEN WE LEAVE, WE ASK FOR PERMISSION, SO IT'S THE PRACTICE THAT BEFORE YOU LEAVE YOU ASK FOR PERMISSION AND THAT WAY YOU ARE ALLOWED TO COME BACK. ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU DO NOT ASK TO LEAVE, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO COME BACK. >> SO THAT'S ACTUALLY MORE OF A GENERAL BOARD POLICY OR PRACTICE. IT VARIES ON EVERY BOARD IS DIFFERENT IN THE WAY THEY HANDLE THAT. THERE'S GENERAL ROBERTS RULES ON IT, BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS, AGAIN, ROBERTS RULES IS SPECIFIC TOWARD PARLIAMENTARIAN TYPE ORGANISATIONS. WHEN IT COMES TO SMALLER BOARDS, IT'S REALLY JUST COMING DOWN TO BOARD PRACTICE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD CAN DISCUSS AND DECIDE WHAT POLICY YOU WANT TO PUT IN PLACE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, FOR EXAMPLE, LEAVE, YOU'D HAVE TO REQUEST PERMISSION FROM ARE THE CHAIR OR THE PRESIDENT. IT WOULD BE ANNOUNCED AND THEN YOUR TIME BACK IS ANNOUNCED. AGAIN, THAT'S BOARD POLICY, BOARD PREFERENCE, BOARD PRACTICE [00:30:02] AND HOW YOU WANT TO IMPLEMENT THAT. >> THAT'S SOMETHING SOMETHING WE COULD CLEAR UP LATER. >> CAN WE DISCUSS IT NOW SINCE WE'VE GOT THIS AGENDA ITEM PULLED OR WOULD WE HAVE TO AGRE- >> IT WOULD HAVE TO BE RE-GENERALIZED. THIS IS SPECIFIC TO THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> JUST TO CLARIFY, WHAT IS SPECIFICALLY BEING ASKED TO BE ON THE AGENDA? >> I WANT IT TO BE CLEAR WHAT WE NEED TO DO WHEN WE LEAVE THE DIAS, WHETHER OR NOT WE'LL BE ANNOUNCED OR WHETHER OR NOT THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY WOULD SIMPLY MAKE THE NOTE. >> DR. SIMON, I THOUGHT YOU LOOKED UP THE LEGAL PLAY OF THAT AND THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANNOUNCE, ONLY WHEN THERE'S A VOTE THAT YOU MISSED OR YOU LEAVE FOR GOOD, CORRECT? >> YES, I THINK THAT'S WHAT SHE'S SPEAKING TO AS WELL WITH ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER. IT'S SPECIFIC TO WHERE IF YOU LEAVE AND DON'T COME BACK, IT'S DOCUMENTED OR YOU LEAVE DURING A VOTE, LIKE THAT'S WHEN IT HAS TO BE DOCUMENTED AS WELL. >> ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS. BOARD MEMBER STEWART AND BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG, APPRECIATE THAT. NOW MAY I PLEASE -- DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ROLL CALL, PLEASE. [11.4. EMPLOYMENT OF CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL] >> WE NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 11.4. >> I HAD ONE QUESTION. IT MIGHT BE A BONY QUESTION AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T ASK IN ADVANCE BUT I THINK YOU'LL KNOW THE ANSWER. I'M CURIOUS, I TALKED TO A LOT OF TEACHERS THIS SUMMER. HOW ARE SUMMER SCHOOL TEACHERS CHOSEN. >> ACTUALLY, AN HR QUESTION. >> SORRY. YOU CAN GET BACK TO ME. I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON A SPOT. >> THERE'S AN APPLICATION PROCESS AND GOES THROUGH HR AND THE SELECTION IS MADE. I'D RATHER GET YOU THE SPECIFICS ON THAT. >> IN SOME DISTRICTS IF YOU TAUGHT SUMMER SCHOOL IN THE PAST, THEY TRY TO LET EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE. I WANT TO KNOW THE PROCESS FOR US. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM? 11.4. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ROLL CALL, PLEASE. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? >> THANK YOU BOARD PRESIDENT GARZA. I HAD -- I TALKED WITH DR. SIMON JUST TO LET HER KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS WERE NOT TO ME CLEAR. HOWEVER, SHE DID EXPLAIN IN ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ON MY LETTER BETWEEN A AND G, SO -- AND THEN I ASKED HER ABOUT HOW WOULD A COURSE SCHEDULE LOOK LIKE LIKE FOR A NINTH GRADER FOR EXAMPLE. SHE WALKED ME THROUGH THAT AND ALSO SHOWED ME WHERE THE MORE DETAILS ARE WRITTEN IN THERE AND LIKE ONE OF THE -- ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD WAS ABOUT THE HISTORY OR THE GEOGRAPHY, U.S. HISTORY, IT'S NOT LISTED IN THE LITTLE SHORT FORM, BUT IT'S DETAILED AND SO I WANTED YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT I WANTED CLARIFICATION AND THAT'S WHAT I GOT. DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANY -- WHEN YOU READ THROUGH IT, WERE YOU CONFUSED AT ALL? YOU WERE GOOD WITH IT? >> I HAVE ONE QUESTION. I KNOW WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS AND SOME OF THE CONCERNS OF ADDING EXTRA MATH, WE DO THIS, WE DEVELOP THIS. LET'S SAY WE SPEND A FEW YEARS AND PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE EXTRA MATH. IS THERE SOMETHING TO LOOK TO GO BACKWARDS OR OR IS THAT DIFFICULT ONCE YOU ESTABLISH THIS? >> YOU CAN GO BACKWARDS. WE HOPE NOT TO. WE WOULD HOPE TO TAKE CARE OF THE SITUATION, RIGHT? PUT INTERVENTIONS IN PLACE AND HELP IF THAT WAS WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN DOWN THE ROAD. THIS IS A PRACTICE THAT WE'VE HAD IN PLACE ALREADY. SO WE DON'T FORESEE THERE BEING ANY CONCERNS. HOWEVER, YOU ARE THE BOARD AND YOU APPROVE WHAT THE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS ARE. SO IF WE NEED TO CHANGE THEM, THEN WE WOULD COME BACK TO THE TABLE. >> OKAY. I KNOW OUR GRADUATION RATES ARE -- GRADUATION -- IT'S HIGH. I WANT TO STAY IN THAT AREA. [00:35:01] THANK YOU. >> I WANT TO -- THAT WAS ANOTHER QUESTION I DID ASK AROUND LIKE YEAH, YOU HAVE 30, 40, WHATEVER, WE ORIGINALLY HAD TWO YEARS AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION BEFORE AND WE THOUGHT TO GIVE THEM AN EXTRAIARY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER SURROUNDING DISTRICTS ARE OFFERING AND THAT EVEN SOME DISTRICTS HAD FOUR YEARS AND THEY'RE REDUCING IT DOWN TO THREE. >> CORRECT. >> AS FAR AS THE REQUIREMENTS. >> CORRECT. >> SO IF WE HAVE THE THREE YEARS, WE WILL BE ALIGNED WITH EVERYONE ELSE AND THAT OUR KIDS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE JUST AS COMPETITIVE. >> ABSOLUTELY. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS TO INCREASE OUR A THROUGH G COMPLETION AS WELL WHICH WE ARE CONTINUING TO DO. >> OKAY. AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THE DETAILS ARE WRITTEN IN IT, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THAT? I FOUND IT. >> JUST TO PIGGY BACK, OUR GRADUATION RATE IS HIGH. NEARLY 95%. ONE OF THE TOP IN THE PROXIMITY. HOWEVER, A THROUGH G RATES IS WHAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE AND COLLEGE GOING RATES FOR STUDENTS WHO WANT TO ATTEND A COLLEGE, BUT ALSO IN REGARDS TO CAREER, RIGHT? PREPARING OUR STUDENTS, OUR SCHOLARS FOR CAREERS AS WELL. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO ELEVATE AND MOVE FORWARD FOR OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO ASK -- I'M GOING TO ASK MAYBE A CRAZY QUESTION HERE. IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE -- WELL, LET ME PREFACE THIS WHEN WE KNOW ALBERTA ALGEBRA IS A COMPONENT OF SUCCESS. IS THAT -- CAN WE MAKE THAT A CLASS THAT ONLY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF STUDENTS GET TO TAKE, BUT RATHER AN EXPECTATION THAT EVERYONE IN OUR DISTRICT HASAL JEB A ONE HAS ALGEBRA AND WE'RE PREPARING FOR THE CLASS SO THAT WAY IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THOSE STUDENTS WHO EXCEL AND THOSE STUDENTS WHO, YOU KNOW, SHOW THE CAPABILITIES AT THAT POINT, ARE THE ONLY ONES TO GET ALGEBRA. IS THAT A POSSIBILITY IN THE NEAR FUTURE? >> ABSOLUTELY. THE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS HELP US DO THAT. WE'RE AN INTEGRATED MATH DISTRICT WHICH MEANS IT'S WITHIN THE TWO CLASSES, AM ONE AND TWO. HAVING THREE YEARS OF MATH NOT JUST THE ADDITIONAL MATH GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO ATTAIN THAT. >> OKAY. BUT I'M LOOKING MORE FOR NOT IT BEING A POSSIBILITY, BUT -- >> IT'S A REQUIREMENT. >> AS A REQUIREMENT. FOR EVERYONE. SO I'M JUST THROWING THIS OUT THERE. CAN WE START LOOKING AT WHAT DO WE HAVE TO BUILD FROM THE VERY KINDERGARTEN STAGES TO EXPECT OUR STUDENTS AT SOME VERY NEAR FUTURE TO EVERYONE TAKE ALGEBRA AND BUILD THE SYSTEMS PRIOR TO THEM GETTING THERE? >> ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN DO THAT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. WHENEVER YOU'RE ABLE TO, MAYBE WE CAN SIT DOWN AND DR. SIMON SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT -- LIKE THE TRAJECTORY AND PLAN THAT OUT. WHAT YEAR WE HAVE THAT IN MIND. THANK YOU. THEN MAYBE REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? >> YES, I HAVE ONE QUESTION. I KNOW WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE GOING THROUGH THE SCHOOLS, THEY WERE IN THE INTEGRATED MATH. SO IF THE CHILDREN DO NOT TAKE THE INTEGRATED MATH, IS THERE A PATH TO TAKE THE CLASSES THAT DOESN'T HAVE THAT INTERSECTION? LIKE SHE SAID, ALGEBRA BY ITSELF, WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL, WASN'T THAT LONG AGO, BUT WE HAD GEOMETRY BY ITSELF. ALGEBRA BY ITSELF. SOMETIMES THE INTEGRATED MATH CAN BE DIFFICULT FOR THE KIDS. >> IT'S ALL -- YEAH, IT'S ALL WITHIN INTEGRATED MATH. WE DON'T HAVE TWO 2002 PATHWAYS, INTEGRATED DISTRICT OR ALGEBRA,@GMAIL.COM REEF. WE HAVE IM 1, 2, AND 3, WE'RE REQUIRING 1 AND 2 SO THEY GET THE FULL PATHWAY AND HAVE OPTIONS IN THE THIRD YEAR. [00:40:02] IM 3 IS WHAT THEY SHOULD TAKE. IF THEY WANT TO GO A CAL STATE, UC, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO HELP THEM GET INTO THOSE COLLEGES. WE DON'T HAVE TWO SEPARATE PATHWAYS. WE HAVE ONE TYPICALLY. DISTRICTS WILL PICK ONE OR THE OTHER J THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? >> I HAD A QUESTION FOR IM 3. ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT THOSE -- THE REQUIREMENTS FOR IM 3 ARE BASED ON REQUIREMENTS FOR U CS AND CAL STATES THEY'RE IN LINE WITH THOSE? >> THEY'RE A THROUGH G APPROVED. >> OKAY. BECAUSE I -- I THOUGHT LAST YEAR, A STUDENT HAD SAID THAT -- MAYBE I'M CONFUSING THE CONVERSATION. >> WE HAVE ONE MATH CLASS AS -- FROM LAST YEAR THAT WAS NOT A THROUGH G APPROVED AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT UPDATING. IT WASN'T IM 3. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> M'HMM. >> QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 11.10? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ROLL CALL, PLEASE. [11.19. APPROVAL OF THE DISTRICT'S USE OF COOPERATIVE AND PIGGYBACK PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS] >> WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM WITHHELD, 11.19. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? >> YES, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. FOR THIS ONE, I KNOW WE HAVE A SPECIAL SESSION NEXT WEEK ON JUST BUDGET. BUT WITH THE PIGGY BACK AND COOPERATIVE CONTRACTS, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT -- WHY THEY'RE -- IT'S COMMON PRACTICE AND IT CREATES EFFICIENCY AND KIND OF SPEEDS THINGS UP, BUT THE LIST OF TENDERS ON THE CONTRACT IS BROAD. I HAVE SPECIFIC VENDORS AND THEN LARGEST GROUP OF VENDORS AND I THINK THAT IN THE POLICY, IT'S MORE OF A RATIFICATION WHEN STAFF DECIDES TO USE THESE PIGGY BACK CONTRACTS AND THAT COMES TO THE BOARD AFTER. BUT THE WAY THE CONTRACTS WE DO LOOK AT LIKE TONIGHT THERE'S A BUNCH. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE -- I DID LOOK AT SOME OTHER DISTRICTS, MORE OF A GUARDRAIL ON PIGGY BACKS, WHETHER IT'S A PRICE COST CEILING. RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO CEILING. I'M SORRY, I KNOW YOU'RE INTERIM. I'M GOING TO RIGHT OFF THE BAT. BUT I'M SURE YOU KNOW OF THIS. WHAT IS OUR LIMIT TO HOW MUCH STAFF CAN ENGAGE IN A CONTRACT WITHOUT PRIOR BOARD APPROVAL? >> THAT WOULD BE SPECIFIC OFTENTIMES TO DISTRICTS. SO I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK THAT UP. >> DO WE KNOW -- SORRY, WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IN THE BEGINNING BECAUSE WE HAVE A BUDGET MEETING NEXT WEEK, I WOULD GIVE YOU MY PREFERENCE TO TABLE THIS UNTIL AFTER, BUT I WANTED TO POSE THAT IN CASE THERE'S AN IMPACT AT THE START OF SCHOOL. YOU KNOW, WE COULD ASK A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW OR IF IT CAN BE TABLED, WE CAN HANDLE IT AFTER THE BUDGET MEETING. >> I'M INCLINED TO THINK WE CAN WAIT. IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT COMES UP, WE WOULD BRING IT TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. WE WOULD NOT JUST PURCHASE IT OFF OF A COLLECTIVE OR COOPERATIVE UNIT. >> OKAY. >> JUST TO BE CLEAR, ARE YOU ASKING THIS TO COME BACK VICE PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD IT NEXT WEEK? >> HE WOULD DEFER TO I E OR TWO WEEKS OR AFTER. I WANT TO POSE THIS IN CASE MY COLLEAGUES HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS. I THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF LEARN MORE AS A BOARD BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE. >> I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON IT. I AGREE THAT THERE'S A LIST HERE AND IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE THAT HEADS UP. BUT I DO FEEL AGREEING WITH VICE PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD THAT IT SEEMS LIKE WE NEED MORE INFORMATION. SO I WOULD -- MYSELF, I THINK THAT WE NEED SOME INFORMATION ABOUT HOW MUCH -- WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THESE CONTRACTS? THESE OTHER VENDORS THAT HAVE BEEN LOOKED AT. WHAT DO WE LOOK FOR? ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS HOW [00:45:03] MUCH WAS THAT CONTRACT FOR? BECAUSE IF THIS CONTRACT WAS FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT, DOES THAT MEAN WE HAVE TO ALSO, YOU KNOW, IN USING THIS PIGGY BACK CONTRACT HAVE TO ADHERE TO THOSE AMOUNTS OR CAN WE CHANGE THEM? BUT I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THE AMOUNTS FROM THOSE VENDORS THAT THOSE CONTRACTS WERE ADOPTED. THOSE DIFFERENT AGENCIES. AND THE THIRD THING THAT I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE IS WHEN THESE CONTRACTS WERE ADOPTED BY THE OTHER AGENCIES BECAUSE IF IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO, WE'RE USING THIS CONTRACT NOW, THAT WOULD MEAN THAT IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE ANYONE HAS BEEN USING IT. DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE PRICES HAVE GONE UP? DECREASED? THAT'S KIND OF THE MOTION THAT I'M LOOKING AT TOO AS WELL AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THE BOARD WOULD HAVE BETTER KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO PROCEED. >> I CAN ANSWER SOME OF THOSE NOW. >> OKAY. >> THE DIFFERENT CO-OPS HAVE DIFFERENT ITEMS ON THEM. SO SOME THINGS MIGHT BE THAT WE WOULD BE PURCHASING CHROME BOOKS AND A CO-OP BID THAT WITH A GROUP OF VENDORS AND SELECTED ACCORDING TO CONTRACT CODE, GOVERNMENT CODE THAT THEY SELECTED THE BEST -- THE LOWEST PRICE, RESPONSIBLE BIDDER AND THAT THEN ENABLES US TO BUY ITEMS OFF OF THAT WHICH WHEN WE BUY ITEMS, THE BOARD SEES THAT DIFFERENTLY. THEY SEE THAT IN PURCHASE ORDER F IT WAS A CONTRACT WE WERE ENTERING INTO, THAT WOULD COME SEPARATELY ON A CONTRACTS LIST BECAUSE THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD. BUT WE WOULD INDICATE THAT WE'RE PURCHASING OFF AN AGREEMENT. ALL OF THESE ARE BID FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. AND THAT IS IN THE BID SPECKS WHEN THESE GROUPS ARE BIDDING THOSE ITEMS. SO USUALLY FOR TECHNOLOGY, THEY'RE BIDDING THOSE FOR A ONE OR A TWO-YEAR PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY CHANGES SO MUCH, SO QUICKLY IN PRICE, IN SPECS. THEY ARE THINGS MIGHT BE A BROADER TIME BUT THOSE ARE ACCORDING TO THE CO-OPS. THEY HAVE LONG LISTS. SOME HAVE SHORTER LISTS, BUT SOME HAVE LONGER LISTS OF ITEMS THEY HAVE BID AND IT ENABLES US TO NOT HAVE TO GO TO BID ON A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD GO OVER THE BID LIMIT ON IN PURCHASING. SUCH AS CHROME BOOKS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS ALL YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT IT KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA. THE REASON FOR THE MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS IS BECAUSE THEY DO OFFER DIFFERENT THINGS. IT'S NOT A MATTER OF LOOKING AT THE SAME ITEM ACROSS ALL OF THEM AND SELECTING THEM. THEY USUALLY AGREE TO BID ON DIFFERENT THINGS. THE ONE THATS ARE THE SAME, SUPPLIES FOR INSTANCE AND OTHERS DO TECHNOLOGY FOR VARIOUS ITEMS. IF THAT HELPS. >> IT GIVES US AN INSIGHT TO WHY WE USE THEM. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE T. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> BUT A LIST OF -- YOU KNOW OF ALL OF THESE -- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE LIST ON HERE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE USING THESE CONTRACTS SOMETIME WITHIN 2026-27 SCHOOL YEAR. WE MAY. SO WHEN THEY DO COMING UP, THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO BE INFORMED AS TO WHY WE'RE USING THEM. WHAT'S THE REASON? >> SURE. >> AND LIKE I SAID, THE AMOUNTS THAT WE'RE GIVEN WHEN AWARDED AND THE YEAR THAT THEY WERE AWARDED. >> OKAY. >> ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED FOR IN FACT INFORMATION -- >> MY MAIN THING IS THE -- WITH THE PIGGY BACK CONTRACTS, NOT HAVING SOME TYPE OF COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME DISTRICTS DO HAVE THAT AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE DO FROM A FINANCE OVERSIGHT PERSPECTIVE. I FEEL IT'S WORTH THE CONVERSATION OF WHAT GUARDRAILS WE HAVE AND GIVE THE INFORMATION ON OUR CURRENT POLICY. SO I WOULD MAKE -- UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE IT IF THAT'S OKAY. >> I WANT TO SAY I -- I WANT TO TELL YOU HOW I UNDERSTAND IT. I UNDERSTAND IT AS IF YOU GUYS ALREADY HAVE LIKE A LIST OF VENDORS THAT YOU HAVE RETAINED, SO WHEN YOU NEED TO GO AND BUY THE CHROME BOOKS, IT'S ALREADY BUDGETED ON WHAT WE NEED TO SPEND ON. [00:50:02] IT'S JUST WHERE WE'RE GETTING IT FROM. SO I MYSELF DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE LIST. IT'S LIKE I'D RATHER GO TO COSTCO THAN SAM'S CLUB OR I'D RATHER GO TO -- THERE'S NO CIRCUIT CITY, BEST BUY OVER CIRCUIT CITY. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO THIS IS HOW I UNDERSTOOD THIS PIGGY BACK LIST TO BE. THE ITEMS THAT WE WOULD BE PURCHASING IS ALREADY ALLOCATED FOR SO TO SPEAK. THIS IS JUST SO -- I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE PURCHASE ORDER. AND IT SHOULD BE ONE OF THESE LISTED. >> BOARD MEMBER STEWART? >> AGAIN WHAT I'M HEARING IS EVEN THOUGH THOSE ARE ON THE PIGGY BACK LIST WE WOULD SEE THEM ON OUR EVERYDAY MEETING TO APPROVE THE CONTRACTS IN FRONT OF US? >> YOU WOULD SEE EITHER A PURCHASE ORDER TO THE VENDOR, NOT GOING TO BE TO THE CO-OP, BUT TO A VENDOR, OR YOU WOULD SEE THE CONTRACT AS YOU DO TONIGHT, THERE'S ONE THAT'S FOR A PIGGY BACK BID, YOU WOULD SEE THE CONTRACT IN THAT FORM AND SAY WE'RE PURCHASING IT EITHER FROM A CO-OP OR ON A PIGGY BACK. THOSE ARE VERY SPECIFIC IN THAT THE -- WHEN THE DISTRICT OR THE CO-OP BID IT, THEY HAVE TO INDICATE IT'S ALLOWABLE FOR PIGGY BACK. SO IF WE DID A BID ON SOMETHING, AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO LET OTHER DISTRICTS USE IT OR THE VENDOR DID NOT WANT TO DO THAT, THAT WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING WE WOULD DO BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW CERTAIN RULES ACCORDING TO PUBLIC CONTRACTING. >> THANK YOU. >> YEAH, I THINK BEST ANSWER, I GET THAT THE USE -- THE USEFULNESS OF THEM. BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS THE BOARD SEEING PURCHASERS EITHER BEFORE THEY'RE PURCHASED OR JUST SEEING THEM AFTER THE MONEY'S BEEN SPENT AND WE'RE BASICALLY ASSIGNING THAT YES, WE SPENT THAT MONEY. SO THAT'S WHERE I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ISSUE WITH IT. AT LEAST TO SEE WHAT OUR CURRENT POLICIES ON THE LIMIT ON THERE. SO I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THAT ITEM. >> IF I MAY VICE PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD. IF YOU'D LIKE TO BRING THIS ITEM UP AT THE NEXT MEETING OR THE MEETING ON THE 27TH, I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU CONTINUE THE ITEM TO THAT MEETING AS OPPOSED TO TABLING. IF WE TABLE, WE TAKE IT OFF TO PUT IT ON ANOTHER AGENDA. >> I THOUGHT TABLING MEANT YOU BRING IT TO THE NEXT MEETING. >> IT'S MORE NUANCED THAN THAT. >> OKAY. I MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE ITEM. >> IS THERE A SECOND MEETING THAT YOU WANT TO CONTINUE IT DO? >> THAT'S A QUESTION FOR YOU. IT'S A SPECIAL MEETING, CAN WE CONTINUE IT THERE? CONTINUE IT TO THE NEXT ONE? >> YES, SINCE WE HAVE MORE THAN 27 HOURS UNTIL 72, WE CAN ADD IT TO AN AGENDA ITEM, THE SPECIAL MEETING, ASSUMING STAFF HAS ENOUGH TIME. >> IF YOU WANT HISTORY ON HOW MUCH HAS BEEN PURCHASED IN THE PAST OF THESE, THAT TAKES ME A LITTLE TIME TO GET THE STAFF AND DO THAT RESEARCH. I WOULD ASK THAT IT NOT BE TABLED FOR THE MEETING NEXT WEEK, BUT BEYOND THAT. >> DOES THE MOTION HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC TO WHICH MEETING IT'S CONTINUED TO? CONTINUED TO A FUTURE MEETING? >> YOU CAN CONTINUE IT -- SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO TABLE IT, TABLE IT TO A FUTURE MEETING AT SOME POINT. IF YOU CONTINUE IT, YOU HAVE TO STATE WHICH MEETING YOU'RE LOOKING TO CONTINUE IT TO. IT COULD BE THE 27TH IF THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD DESIRES? >> SURE. I'LL TRY THIS FOR A THIRD TIME. MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE IT TO THE MEETING ON THE 27TH. >> DO I HAVE A SECOND? SORRY, DO I HAVE -- I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. ROLL CALL. >> NO. >> BOARD MEMBER STEWART. >> NO. >> BOARD CLERK CINTRON? >> YES. >> VICE PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD? >> YES. >> PRESIDENT GARZA? >> YES. >> THANK YOU. [00:55:02] I BELIEVE THOSE ARE ALL THE ITEMS WITHHELD. [9. PUBLIC COMMENTS: AGENDA/NON-AGENDA ITEMS] WE WILL NOW MOVE -- OH, I'M GOING TO RE-OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT. SEEMS THAT WE HAVE TO... TWO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. COULD WE PLEASE HAVE GENTLEMEN SELF-SILVA COME TO THE PODIUM. JOSEPH SILVA. >> I ASK THAT THE PERSON GARCIA SPEAKS BEFORE. >> SORRY, SAY THAT AGAIN? >> CAN CLARIBEL GARCIA PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM BEFORE ME? >> YES. SO YOU'RE BOTH TALKING ON THE SAME ITEM? OKAY. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, I'M CLARIBEL GARCIA HERE ON BEHALF OF MY YOUNGER SISTER JOSEPH DAVID SILVA. EARLIER THIS WEEK PAST SCHOOL YEAR, MY COUSIN WHETHER HE WAS ON TRACK TO ATTEND CALIFORNIA STATE. HIS COURSE WORK AND ONE RECOVERY COURSE. HE ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES. EACH TIME HE WAS TOLD HE WAS ON TRACK. HIS COUNSELLOR HELPED CREATE HIS CALL APP ASSURING HIS REQUIREMENTS TO ATTEND CALL BEACH LONG BEACH AND AN A THROUGH G CORD. HE BELIEVED HE HAD MET THE REQUIREMENTS. THEN LAST WEEK, HE SUDDENLY WAS NOTIFIED BY CAL STATE LONG BEACH HE WAS MISSING A REQUIREMENT AND HIS ADMISSION HAT BEEN AUDITED. HE CALLED HIS HIGH SCHOOL THIS PAST FRIDAY EVENING AND GOT NO RESPONSE. THEN HE WENT IN FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING AND TOLD THE COUNCILLOR HE HAD TO SPEAK TO ON THE URGENT MATTER WAS BUSY. HE WAS GIVEN AN EMAIL FROM THE COUNCILLOR TO THIS DAY. IN THE MORNING THEY HAD REPEATEDLY TURNED HIM DOWN AND TOLD HIM, QUOTES, UNQUOTE, THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. HE IMMEDIATELY THE NEXT MORNING WENT BACK TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL WITH MY MOTHER, HIS AUNTS, FOR AN EXPLANATION AND A SOLUTION -- HIS AUNT. THE RESPONSE HE RECEIVED WAS THAT IT WAS A MISTAKE, THAT HE SHOULD HAVE NEVER RECEIVED HIS A THROUGH "G" CORD, AND THAT THE SCHOOL CANNOT FIX THIS MISTAKE FOR A SITUATION THAT THEY HAD CREATED. THE ONLY PERSON THAT GAVE US THE TIME OF DAY, THOUGH, INSIDE WAS ELIZABETH MOLODONGAL. HE WAS EVENTUALLY TOLD -- HE WAS ESSENTIALLY TOLD HIS ONLY HOPE IS IF THE BOARD COULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. THE MANDATE CLEARLY REQUIRES THAT ACADEMIC AND POST-SECONDARY COUNSELING MUST INCLUDE ADVISING STUDENTS ON THE SPECIFIC COURSE WORK NECESSARY FOR COLLEGE ADMISSION, PARTICULARLY THE "A" THROUGH "G" REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CSU POSITION. JOSEPH RELIED ON THE COMPLICIT GUIDANCE OF HIS COUNCILOR. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. WE ARE ALL APPALLED BY THE ADVICE AND MORE SO THE NEGLIGENCE THAT TOOK PLACE DURING HIS COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS WITH MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL. JOSEPH DID WHAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO. HE ASKED QUESTIONS. HE WENT DIRECTLY TO HIS COUNCILOR MULTIPLE TIMES. I TRUSTED THE INFORMATION HE WAS GIVEN BY THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADVISING HIM. HE MADE HIS COLLEGE PLANS BASED ON THAT INFORMATION. IF THE SCHOOL MADE AN ADVISING OR ADMINISTRATIVE MISTAKE THE STUDENT COULD NOT BE LEFT TO DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT MISTAKE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT CSULD HAS FINAL OPINION. WE ASK THAT YOU DOCUMENT THE ERROR, PROVIDE THEM WITH A CLEAR EXPLANATION OF WHAT HAPPENED, AND DIRECTLY ADVOCATE FOR JOSEPH SO THAT CSVOB HAS THE FULL CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN CONSIDERING HIS ADMISSION. HE SHOULD NOT LOSE HIS OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND COLLEGE HE PLANNED FOR BECAUSE HE RELIED ON INFORMATION PROVIDED AT HIS OWN SCHOOL. WE ARE NOT ASKING THE DISTRICT TO DO ITS PART IN FIXING THIS -. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU. CAN JOSEPH SILVA COME UP NOW. >>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JOSEPH DAVID SILVA AND AS YOU ALREADY HEARD MY SITUATION, I ATTENDED MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL AND HAVE BEEN A PROUD STUDENT AND WRESTLER SINCE THE SEVENTH GRADE. THIS ENTIRE SITUATION BREAKS MY HEART AND I AM BEYOND DISAPPOINTED IN THE ACADEMIC GUIDANCE I RECEIVED IN MY SENIOR YEAR THAT LED TO THIS OUTCOME AS [01:00:03] I COUNTED ON MY COUNCILORS TO NOT ONLY GIVE ME THE BEST ADVISEMENT. I FEEL LIKE THEY TREATED MY FUTURE AS IF IT WAS DISPOSAL. MY MOTHER CAME TO THE UNITED STATES SINCE SHE WAS THREE YEARS OLD AS AN IMMIGRANT. SHE HAS WORKED HER TAIL OFF AND IS EXCITED FOR FOR ME TO ATTEND COLLEGE IN THE FALL. THE SITUATION BREAKS MY HEART, AND NOT ONLY MINE, MY MOTHER. SHE CAN'T BE HERE AS SHE IS WORKING ONE OF HER THREE JOBS. WE WILL NOT BE THROWING THE TOWEL IN ON NOT ONLY MY HARD WORK, BUT MY MOTHER'S. THE PRINCIPAL LET ME GO 30 MINUTES AGO THAT SHE HAD, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, HEARD OF THE SITUATION AND YET HAS NOT REACHED OUT TO ME UNTIL TODAY. THIS IS EXACTLY WHY I FEEL AS THOUGH MAYFAIR DID NOT CARE ABOUT MY FUTURE OR A PART OF MY EDUCATION. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MS. ELIZABETH FOR BEING THE ONLY PERSON TO SIT DOWN FACE TO FACE WITH ME AND GIVE ME THE TIME OF DAY TO DISCUSS MY SITUATION. I AM SO KINDLY ASKING NOW THAT THE BOARD HELP ME GET THIS RESOLVED SO I CAN ATTEND CAL STATE IN THE FALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU, MR. SILVA. SUPERINTENDENT. SIMON, CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A FULL INVESTIGATION EXPEDITED BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THAT ONSET OF CLASSES WILL BE VERY, VERY SOON. I THINK WE'VE ONLY GOT ABOUT, WHAT, ONE, TWO MORE WEEKS BEFORE THAT FALL INVESTOR BEGINS. AND HAVE A FULL REPORT WHAT HAPPENED, HOW WE CAN MAYBE REMINI THIS, FIND A SOLUTION -- SEMESTER -- TO THIS PROBLEM PLEASE. AND LET'S TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW -- REMEDY WHAT PROCESSES WE HAVE TO PUT IN PLACE SO THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO BOARD MEMBER COMMUNICATIONS -- I'M SORRY. NOT YET. OKAY. SORE SEE ABOUT THAT -- SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO MOVING ON TO MAJOR ACTION ITEM DECLARATION OF NEED FOR [12. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS] FULLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS. >> BOARD COMMUNICATIONS. >> BOARD COMMUNICATIONS. MADAM PRESIDENT, POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE? >> YES. THANK YOU. SO LET'S BEGIN WITH BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT GARZA. OKAY. WELCOME, EVERYONE. THANKS FOR SPENDING YOUR EVENING WITH US. WELCOME BACK TO A BRAND NEW SCHOOL YEAR AND I HOPE WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD SUCCESSFUL YEAR WITH LOTS OF IMPROVEMENT AND LOTS OF FUN. WE HAVEN'T BEEN HERE SINCE JUNE. SO, ANYWAY, IN JUNE I HAD TO GO BACK IN MY CALENDAR. WE HAD A COMPANY THAT CAME OUT SCHOOLYARD RAP. THEY DID A SUMMER CAMP AT TWO OF OUR SCHOOLS AND I REPORTED ON THAT ABOUT HOW MUCH FUN THE CHILDREN HAD. THEY WERE -- THEY HAD FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE TOUCHING, LIKE, REAL LIVE EQUIPMENT WHEN THIS CAME AROUND TO -- WHEN IT COMES AROUND TO, LIKE, CREATING MUSIC AND ALL THAT KIND OF GOOD STUFF, AND PERFORMING. AND LEARNING A LOT ABOUT CULTURE, MUSIC, DANCE. WELL, ON JUNE 19TH I WAS INVITED TO -- THEY CELEBRATED JUNETEENTH ON JUNE 19TH, SO THEY PUT ON A BIG PRODUCTION SHOW. SO IT WAS ON THE WEEKEND. SO I WENT AND I HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME. IT WASN'T LIKE THE SUMMER CAMP. IT WAS A FULL-ON SHOW. SO I DID THAT IN JUNE. IN JULY I WAS HANGING OUT WITH THE TEACHERS. BTA. IN OUR NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY. WE DO THAT ONCE A YEAR, AND, YOU KNOW, I FOUND OUT THAT NOT ALL THE STATES ARE AFFORDED TO DO WHAT WE DO HERE IN CALIFORNIA 'CAUSE IN CALIFORNIA WE HAVE WHAT IS CALLED STATE COUNCIL WHERE THE TEACHERS MEET FOUR TIMES A YEAR IN ADDITION TO MEETING ONCE A YEAR WITH THE STATES, YOU KNOW, FROM ACROSS [01:05:01] THE NATION. AND THAT'S WHERE WE VOTE ON WHAT WE WANT OUR NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES TO REPRESENT TO THE PEOPLE ON CAPITOL HILL. SO -- BUT I FOUND OUT THAT SOME OF THE STATES REALLY ONLY MEET THAT ONE TIME, SO, OF COURSE, IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH FUNDING AND ORGANIZING. SO I'M GLAD THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET FOUR TIMES A YEAR IN ADDITION TO THE ONCE A YEAR WITH THE NATION. SO I ALSO WENT TO THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF BLACK SCHOOL LEADERS. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK TOO MUCH ON IT, BUT I DO WANT TO SPEAK ON ONE OF OUR KEY SPEAKERS. YOU KNOW, WE HAD VICTOR RIOS LAST YEAR THAT CAME OUT. THIS NEAR -- I MEAN, WE HAVE VICTOR RIOS THAT STARTED OUT THE YEAR LAST YEAR. AND REALLY HYPED THE KIDS UP. WELL, THERE IS ANOTHER SPEAKER THAT IS RECURRENT SPEAKER -- I HEARD HIM SPEAK ABOUT TWO TIMES, BUT HIS STORY IS SO EMOTIONALLY AMAZING ON HOW HE JUST OVERCAME SOME REALLY, REALLY SERIOUS SOBS CYCLES IN HIS LIFE -- OBSTACLES -- HE HAD HE GAVE ME A COPY OF HIS BOOK, AND HE IS -- HE LEADS THE DEBATE TEAM. I HOPE ONE DAY OUR KIDS WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH AN ADVENTURE, YOU KNOW, DEBATING. I'M NOT A GOOD DEBATER, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE OUR KIDS GET INVOLVED ONE DAY. AND HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN MEET HIM. HE'S A REALLY, REALLY COOL GUY. I JUST RECENTLY I WENT TO THE NEW TEACHER BREAKFAST. YUMMY FOOD AND LOTS OF FUN SEEING EVERYONE AND MEETING THE NEW TEACHERS. AND STAFF MEMBERS, TOO, THE NEW STAFF MEMBERS. I WENT TO THE MAYFAIR BACK TO SCHOOL ASSEMBLY -- CALL IT AN ASSEMBLY. WELCOME BACK BREAKFAST. WOW, IT WAS BIG! IT WAS BIG. IT WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY EXCITED, BUT, AT THE SAME TIME I'M LIKE, WOW, MY SCHOOL DIDN'T DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT, SO I'M GLAD WE DID THAT. WE PUT THAT TOGETHER. IT WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK I KNOW PUTTING THAT TOGETHER, AND I APPRECIATE IT. IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYBODY WAS FULLY CHARGED AND INSPIRED, UPLIFTED, AND READY FOR THE CHALLENGES COMING UP FOR THIS YEAR. SO WELCOME BACK. AND THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER ARMSTRONG. BOARD MEMBER STEWART. >> GOOD EVENING. I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE BACK NEXT WEEK. I HOPE YOU HAVE AN AMAZING '26-27 ACADEMIC YEAR. I ALSO ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE THIS SUMMER WITH ARMSTRONG AND SIMON. THE FOCUS WAS ON BEING CONNECTIONS THROUGH INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP AND MATH, WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATED BECAUSE I REALIZE AS A BOARD MEMBER THAT OUR MATH SCORES NEED IMPROVEMENT. ON DAY ONE, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO BRANDON P. FLEMING WHO ANITA WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT AND HE'S SO INSPIRATIONAL -- RENIETA. HIS SESSION WAS LEAD CHANGE THROUGH EDUCATION EMPATHY. HE REMINDS US THAT ONE PERSON, WHETHER THAT'S A TEACHER, ADMINISTRATOR, CSC WORKER CAN MAKE A LIFETIME DIFFERENCE FOR A STUDENT IN CITING UNDERSTANDING, COLLABORATION AND PROGRESS -- CREATING. HIS STORY IS AMAZING. HE REMINDED US THAT STORIES CHANGE PEOPLE MORE THAN INFORMATION. WE DON'T HAVE CONTENT ISSUES. WE HAVE CONNECTION ISSUES. AND NOT TO TAKE THE TIME TO LABEL STUDENTS WITHOUT ASKING QUESTIONS. MANY STUDENTS DO NOT KNOW HOW TO ASK FOR HELP, SO TEACHERS, PLEASE ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS. LOVE, KINDNESS, AND EMPATHY CHANGES STUDENTS AND EVERYONE HAS THE CAPACITY TO CHANGE. I ALSO LEARNED THAT INSTITUTIONS SHOULD REGULARLY EXAMINE THE CURRICULUM AND EARLY EXPOSURE TAKING EVEN ONE DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASS WITH LEAD TO MORE SUCCESS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE. THEY ALSO SAVE MONEY AND HAVE LESS DEBT IN PURSUING COLLEGE DEGREES AND DR. SIMON, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE REMINDER IF YOU COULD SHARE THE BARB BOARD FOR BLACK STUDENTS TO HELP WITH COLLEGE -- DASH BOESCH. ANOTHER -- DASHBOARD -- ANOTHER SUGGESTION WAS ALL ADMINISTRATORS HAVE GOALS ON THEIR EVALUATIONS WHICH WOULD BE NICE TO TRACK PROGRESS. I'M NOT SURE IF WE DO THAT, BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT. ANOTHER SESSION I ENJOYED WAS A BLUEPRINT FOR MATH. SOME SUGGESTIONS THEY HAD WERE TO MAKE SURE MATH TEACHERS TEACH IT CONCEPTUALLY. WE NEED TO FOCUS ON MASIK MATH FACTS DAILY -- BASIC -- [01:10:02] ESPECIALLY IN GRADES 3 TO 5, WORKING ON PLACE VALUE, FRACTIONS, AND DAILY MATH FACTS CAN BE WORKED ON IN THE FIRST 10 MINUTES OR THE LAST 10 MINUTES DURING CLASS. STUDENTS NEED DRILLS OR THEY CANNOT DO COMPLEX PROBLEMS. SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN MAYBE LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE AS WELL. THIS SUMMER I SPENT SOME TIME REFLECTING ON WHAT MAKES GREAT GOVERNANCE TEAMS SUCCESSFUL. I REVIEWED GUIDANCE FROM THE CSBA AND RESEARCHED FROM BOARD SUPERINTENDENT COLLABORATION AND I SPOKE WITH THE BOARD MEMBER SUPERINTENDENTS AND UNION LEADERS FROM NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS. THE MESSAGE WAS VERY CONSISTENT. SUCCESSFUL DISTRICT ARE BUILT ON TRUST. CLEARLY DEFINED ROLES. COMMUNICATION. MUTUAL RESPECT. AND TEAMWORK OVER INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION. ONE LESSON THAT STAYED WITH ME THROUGHOUT MY LIFE COMES FROM ATHLETICS. MY SENIOR YEAR AT UNLV MY TEAM FINISHED THIRD IN THE NATION. WE HAD FIVE ALL-AMERICANS. WE WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE HAD ONE SUPERSTAR. WE WERE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE HAD MANY WERE GREAT AT WHAT THEY, DID UNDERSTOOD THEIR ROLES, AND MADE THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM BETTER -- THEY DID. I BELIEVE THE SAME PRINCIPLE APPLIES TO BOTH OUR UNIFIED. IF WE WANT TO BECOME A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED DISTRICT, WE WANT OUTSTANDING TEACHERS, CLASSIFIED STAFF, PRINCIPALS, CABINET MEMBERS, BOARD MEMBERS, AND AN OUTSTANDING SUPERINTENDENT. GREAT ORGANIZATIONS DON'T NEED ONE PERSON TO BE THE STAR. GREAT ORGANIZATIONS CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHINE. AS BOARD MEMBERS, OUR ROLE IS GOVERNANCE. WE ESTABLISH VISION AND POLICY, APPROVE THE BUDGET, MONITOR STUDENT OUTCOMES, AND EVALUATE OUR SUPERINTENDENT. OUR SUPERINTENDENT LEADS THE ORGANIZATION, MANAGES DAILY OPERATIONS, SUPERVISES HER STAFF, AND BRINGS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD. THOSE BOUNDARIES MATTER BECAUSE NONE OF US INDIVIDUALLY SEIZE EVERYTHING HAPPENING ACROSS THE -- SEES EVERYTHING HAPPENING ACROSS THE DISTRICT EVERY DAY. WE HAVE TO TRUST THE PEOPLE WE HIRED TO DO THEIR JOBS BY HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE RESULTS. I ALSO BELIEVE INFORMATION SHOULD STRENGTHEN THE ENTIRE GOVERNANCE TEAM. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK DR. SIMON, EVEN WHEN I MEET WITH YOU ONE ON ONE OR WHEN I SEND QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN SHARE THOSE QUESTIONS WITH EVERY BOARD MEMBER. I FEEL LIKE IF ONE OF US HAS A QUESTION, SOMEONE ELSE MAY HAVE THE SAME ONE. AND THE MORE EQUALLY INFORMED WE ARE, THE STRONGER WE CAN BE AS A TEAM. FINALLY, LEADERSHIP BEGINS WITH US. IF WE EXPECT COLLABORATION, PROFESSIONALISM, KINDNESS, RESPECT, AND TRUST THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, THEN WE MUST MODEL THOSE QUALITIES FROM THIS DAIS. I HAVE COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN DR. SIMON'S ABILITY TO LEAD THE DISTRICT. OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO SUPPORT HER, HOLD HER ACCOUNTABLE TO THE GOALS WE PEAK TOGETHER, AND GIVE HER THE PROFESSIONAL SPACE TO LEAD. IF EACH ONE OF US FOCUSES LESS ON BEING THE SUPERSTAR AND MORE ON MAKING THE PEOPLE AROUND US BETTER, THEN OUR MISSION BECOMES THE STAR. OUR STUDENTS GOING THE FOCUS -- BECOME THE FOCUS. BELLFLOWER UNIFIED BECOMES THE GREAT DISTRICT WE KNOW IT CAN BE. THIS IS THE KIND OF GOVERNANCE TEAM I WANT TO BE A PART OF AND THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP I BELIEVE OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES. LASTLY, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT TWO OPPORTUNITIES THAT I HAVE. ONE I WAS JUST APPOINTED AS A BARGAINING TEAM MEMBER FOR PARAMOUNT. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO GET IN AND LEARN MORE ABOUT BARGAINING. I THINK IT WILL HELP MY ROLE HERE IN THE NEXT YEARS. I WAS ALSO APPOINTED TO THE CTA GOVERNANCE DOCUMENTS REVIEW COMMITTEE. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO DO SOME WORK WITH CTA AND TO LOOK MORE AT GOVERNANCE DOCUMENTS FOR MY OWN LEARNING BECAUSE THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I NEED TO DO BETTER. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER STEWART. BOARD MEMBER CINTRON. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT GARZA. SO I ATTENDED THE BACKPACK BACK TO SCHOOL GIVEAWAY. I HAD MY DAUGHTERS VOLUNTEER AS WELL AND IT WAS GOOD TO CONNECT. THEY SAW SOME OF THEIR FRIENDS AND THE LOWER CLASSMEN FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL YEARS. AND SO BEING ABLE TO CONNECT AND SAY HI TO THE PARENTS THERE WAS REALLY, REALLY GREAT. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS FABULOUS. I HOPE WE CONTINUE, AND WE GROW OUR PARTNERSHIP SO MORE PEOPLE ARE PARTICIPATING. AND SHOUT OUT TO BLACK KNIGHT FOR ALSO HAVING SOME REALLY GREAT GIVEAWAYS AS WELL. I DID ATTEND THE WELCOME BACK BREAKFAST AS WELL. I HAVE NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS WORKING. MY 9:00 TO 5:00. BUT I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THIS YEAR, AND I HAVE TO SAY IT'S REALLY AMAZING TO SEE THE SPIRIT AND THE ENERGY THAT ARE COMING FROM OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF MEMBERS DURING THAT EVENT. IT WAS INCREDIBLE TO FEEL THAT BUZZ. IT WAS GREAT SPEAKING, GREAT POINTS OF VIEW, GOT TO CONNECT WITH TEACHERS THAT I RARELY GET TO SEE, AND JUST TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE PLANNED FOR THE YEAR, IT WAS REALLY, REALLY NICE. SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT ON [01:15:03] AND FOR -- TO KIND PIGGYBACK OFF TRUSTEE ARMSTRONG, THERE ARE A LOT OF DISTRICTS THAT DON'T DO THAT, AND SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ONE OF THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY DO THAT AND IT'S APPRECIATED BY ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. SO, YEAH -- AND THEN I JUST WANT TO SAY WELCOME BACK. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. BEING ABLE TO AGAIN WORK VERY, VERY CLOSELY 'CAUSE I KNOW I TOOK A HIATUS TO JUST FOCUS ON MY SUMMER STUFF, BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR CABINET AND DR. PSYCHOEN MORE CLOSELY -- SIMON MORE CLOSELY AND STARTING UP AND REVVING ALL THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR. SO WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY. AND I HOPE ALL THE STUDENTS HAD A GREAT FIRST DAY ON MONDAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, CLERK CINTRON. VICE PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO DONATED TO THE BACKPACK GIVEAWAY. GREAT EVENT AND NEXT YEAR WILL BE EVEN BIGGER. I ALSO THANK YOU TO ASSEMBLY MEMBERS SALACHE BECAUSE I THINK HE DONATED AS WELL. GREAT EVENT. GREAT TO SEE MY COLLEAGUES THERE. THE NEW EMPLOYEE BREAKFAST AS WELL, IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME EVERY YEAR. I THINK THE HIGHLIGHT FOR ME THIS YEAR WAS TO SEE OUR NEW BUS DRIVERS. I THINK THAT -- FOR ME -- AND THIS ENTIRE GOVERNANCE TEAM I THINK -- THAT'S ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES OF, YOU KNOW, THINGS TAKE A WHILE, BUT THEN WE START TO SEE WHERE THAT HARD WORK AND ALL THOSE CONVERSATIONS GO, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE OUR BUS DRIVERS BACK INTO THE USD AFTER SO MANY YEARS. IN AN ALL-DISTRICT BREAKFAST, THERE WAS AN AMAZING JOB. EVERYBODY DID A GREAT JOB, I.T. ALWAYS DOES A GREAT JOB WITH OUR BIG EVENTS. ESMERALDA, GREAT JOB, BACKPACK GIVEAWAY AND THE BREAK FAST. IT WAS A REALLY GOOD START TO THE YEAR, AND I CAN FEEL IT. I FELT IT IN THE ROOM. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN AMAZING '26-27 SCHOOL YEAR. AND LAST NIGHT I STOPPED BY DR. ROBINSON'S TK DAY. THAT'S ALWAYS A BLAST. BOTH PLY KIDS WERE IN HER CLASS -- BOTH MY KIDS -- SO TO SEE ALL THE NEW KIDS JUST KNOWING WHAT THEY'RE IN STORE FOR WITH SUCH A DYNAMIC TEACHER IS REALLY COOL. AND THEN IT'S BEEN A BUSY SUMMER 'CAUSE MY DAUGHTER STARTS AT MAYFAIR MIDDLE SCHOOL NEXT WEEK, AND SHE'S JUST NON-STOP EXCITED AND -- ABOUT THAT. IT'S JUST A GREAT SUMMER. I HOPE EVERYBODY ELSE HAD A GREAT SUMMER AS WELL, AND LET'S GO FOR THE '26-27 YEAR. >> THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD. I ALSO WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE WELCOME BACK FOR THE NEW TEACHERS AND ALSO THE WHOLE ENTIRE USD DISTRICT. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ESMERALDA WHO IS CONSTANTLY EVERYWHERE. SO TAKING PICTURES, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE COORDINATED AND ORGANIZED. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WE CONDUCT, DID SO FAR. I KNOW YOU'LL BE VERY BUSY AS WELL DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU ALSO TO OUR STAFF. I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD IN MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING, YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO PLAN, AND WHEN THERE ARE LITTLE HITCHES, YOU KNOW, YOU VERY QUICKLY MAKE SURE THAT SEVERING COVERED AND THAT THERE IS A SOLUTION. SO I REALLY TRULY APPRECIATE ALL THAT WORK. TO OUR CSCA AND THANK YOU AS WELL. I KNOW WE HAD PEOPLE WORKING OUT THERE THAT DAY FOR OUR WELCOME BACK FOR EVERYONE, THE WHOLE DISTRICT. SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT POINT AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY WERE ALSO INCLUDED AND WE BROUGHT THEM IN. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT YEAR. WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD AND LIKE OUR SUPERINTENDENT SAID, THE USD IS MOVING FORWARD. SO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL IN SYNC AND LOCKSTEP. WE'RE EXCITED TO BEGIN THE SCHOOL YEAR AND WELCOME BACK. [13. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS] WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE INFORMATIONAL ITEM THIS EVENING? 13.1, FIRST READING VERSION OF THE P4136, AND RESCISSION OF BOARD POLICIES 4236 AND 4336. >> YES, MADAM PRESIDENT, I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE. KNOW IT'S A FIRST READ, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DIG IN TOO MUCH BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S GOING TO COME BACK TO US FOR MORE A DISCUSSION. [01:20:02] BUT I WOULD SAY IN THE FUTURE, LIKE, IF WE'RE ASKING TO RESCIND POLICIES TO, LIKE, HAVE THOSE POLICIES SENT TO US SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DIG THEM OUT. AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A DUPLICATION OF -- THERE WERE, LIKE, WORD FOR WORD EXACT ONES. SORRY, IN LOOKING AT THE NEW POLICY THERE ARE SOME LANGUAGE I THINK IS PRETTY BROAD THAT I THINK SHOULD PROBABLY BE -- FOR INSTANCE, THE DISTRICT MAY CONSIDER THE FREQUENCY AND DURATION OF ABSENCES ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVITY. I THINK THERE'S -- THERE COULD BE AN ISSUE OF WHO'S MAKING THAT DECISION AND WHAT THE APPEAL PROCESS REALLY WILL LOOK LIKE, AND THEN IT'S DIFFICULT WHEN EMPLOYEES -- YOU KNOW, IF THEY DO HAVE A SECOND JOB, LIKE, WHAT CONSTITUTES IT BEING INCONSISTENT WITH YOUR DUTIES HERE. I NOTICE JUST 'CAUSE I HAVE ANOTHER JOB AND I DO BOARD WORK, AND THERE'S ONE PART OF THE POLICY WHERE IT SAYS IF THE -- IF THE JOB REQUIRES THE APPROVAL OF A BOARD THAT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE AUTHORIZED BY THE DISTRICT. SO THERE'S A FEW LINES IN THE POLICY THAT I THINK COULD USE SOME CLARIFYING IN THE FIRST READ WHEN IT COMES BACK, BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME -- I THINK SOME TIGHTENING ON THAT POLICY SPECIFICALLY. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING WITH THOSE POINTS THAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO OR DO YOU WANT TO JUST TALK ABOUT MORE IN THE SECOND READ? YOU LOOK LIKE YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. >> THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD. AND CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, THE SECOND READ WE CAN CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, GO IN DEEPER TO ANY SPECIFICS, ALTHOUGH NOW IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO JUST BE ABLE TO SHARE IF THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS OR SOME THINGS YOU'D LIKE STAFF TO CONSIDER AS WE BRING IT BACK FOR A SECOND READ. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL JUST SO THIS WAY WE'RE NOT BRINGING YOU A SECOND READ OF A DOCUMENT THAT THE BOARD DOESN'T LIKE OR DOESN'T SUPPORT. TO THE FIRST POINTED ABOUT THE TWO POLICIES WE'RE RECOMMENDING RESCISSION FOR, THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT TYPICALLY THE WAY BOARD BOOKS ARE ORGANIZED IS YOU HAVE YOUR -- OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE YOUR NUMBERS. THE ZEROS, 1000ST, 12000ST, THREE 3000ST, AND WITHIN THOSE YOU HAVE POLICIES THAT ARE NUMBERED -- 2,000S. THE WAY BOARD BOOKS ARE TYPICALLY STRUCTURED IS THE 410 OR 31, 21, 51 ARE FOR CERTIFICATED STAFF. 42 FOR CLASSIFIED STAFF. 43 ARE FOR MANAGEMENT STAFF. AND THE REASON IN A THEY'RE SPLIT UP THAT WAY A LOT OF TIMES SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENT POLICIES FOR DIFFERENT GROUPS. AND IN THIS CASE WE HAVE THE SAME POLICY FOR ALL THREE GROUPS VERBATIM. AND WE'VE HAD THAT IN A FEW OTHER PLACES AS WELL. SO AS WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH AND WE'VE BEEN MODIFYING OR ADJUSTING POLICIES, WE'VE ALSO RECOMMENDED RESCISSION OF DUPLICATE POLICIES BECAUSE AS WE'VE ADDRESSED ONE ISSUE, WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN A SPOT WHERE NOW INCONSISTENT WITH 4200 OR 4300 AND THEN PEOPLE WILL GO, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, WHICH POLICY IS FOR ME? THAT WAS SOMETHING WE DID POLICY-WISE LAST YEAR, IT WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS WHERE WENT AND CLEANED UP A POLICY OR BROUGHT A POLICY TO THE BOARD. SO THAT'S ONE PIECE. THE OTHER PEOPLE JUST TO SHARE, THE POLICY DRAFT THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING FOR FIRST READ REALLY DOES STEM FROM CSBA'S PRIMARY LANGUAGE IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED IN TERMS OF THIS SPECIFIC POLICY. YOU SEE EVERYTHING IN RED. FOR THE MOST PART EVERYTHING IN RED IS WHAT WAS MISSING FROM OUR POLICY THAT CAME FROM CSBA FOR THE MOST PART. WE ACCEPT -- SO OUR POLICY WAS PRETTY BRIEF. IT WAS REALLY ONE SENTENCE LONG. AND WHAT WE WERE MISSING WAS THE GOVERNMENT CODE THAT SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT A DISTRICT IS SUPPOSED TO BASICALLY CLARIFY WHAT SOME OF THOSE POTENTIAL NON-SCHOOL EMPLOYMENT TYPE ACTIVITIES WOULD BE. THE OTHER PIECE THAT -- AND, OF COURSE, MY COMPUTER WITHOUT HAVING TO LOG IN WITH THE 15-DIGIT THING, SO I CAN'T SEE IT AT THE MOMENT WITHOUT LOGGING IN, BUT THE OTHER PIECE THAT GOES WITH THAT IS THAT THE POLICY, YOU KNOW, REFERS TO GENERAL CRITERIA THAT MIGHT BE IN THE -- THE WORD THEY USE IN TERMS OF PROVEN A CONFLICT OR SOMEBODY THAT IS WORKING A SECOND JOB POTENTIALLY TAKING LEAVE TO DO SO OR MISSING SCHOOL TIME TO DO SO, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE POLICY IS CLEAR ABOUT IS THAT AN EMPLOYEE THAT BELIEVES THAT THE WORK THEY'RE [01:25:02] ENGAGING IN HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO COMMUNICATE THAT BOARD AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE KIND OF BROAD OUTLINES THAT WE WERE TRYING TO ADJUST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S SOME CLARITY. SO THIS WAY IT'S CLEAR FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE WE SERVE THAT THERE'S SOME GUIDELINES AROUND THIS PARTICULAR POLICY OR AREA. >> THANK YOU. AND I'M SURE THERE'S A GOOD REASON TO ELABORATE ON BECAUSE IT WAS ABOUT TWO SENTENCE LONG, THE ORIGINAL POLICY, BUT I'LL JUST KIND OF RATTLE OFF MY VIEW OF THINGS I SAW AND THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GOING INTO THE SECOND READING. THE FIRST ONE IS THE POLICY SAYS THE DISTRACTED MAY CONSIDER THE FREQUENCY AND DURATION OF ABSENCES ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVITY. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE APPROVED OR PROTECTIVE LEAVE COULD BE USED AGAINST THE EMPLOYEE. I WOULDN'T IT MAKE SURE IF SOMEBODY IS, SAY, TAKING A VACATION DAY, BUT THEY HAVE A SECOND JOB AND THEY WORK THAT JOB, MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT FIGHA POSITION WHERE IT'S PROTECTED LEAVE. SO IF THERE'S A WAY THAT THE POLICY CAN ADDRESS THAT. 'CAUSE SOMEBODY MIGHT, YOU KNOW, TAKE A SICK DAY AND THEN, YOU KNOW, GO WORK THEIR SECOND JOB, BUT WHERE DO WE STAND ON DISCIPLINING THEM FOR THAT? >> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT TOGETHER WITH GENERAL COUNCIL WE CAN WORK THROUGH TO ADDRESS MORE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE, OF COURSE. I THINK ONE THING THAT AGAIN THE POLICY SPECIFICALLY IS ATTEMPTING TO CAPTURE WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT THE FREQUENCY OF TH, WHAT LEAVE COULD POTENTIALLY BE USED FOR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. TYPICALLY IT WILL BE VACATION. IT COULD BE A DISCRETIONARY PERSONAL NECESSITY WHICH ARE LEAVES THAT CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES AMOR MAY NOT HAVE -- MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE OR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE EXAMPLE YOU USED OF SICK LEAVE, WELL, AN EMPLOYEE SHOULDN'T BE WORKING ANOTHER JOB WHEN THEY'RE SICK. SICK LEAVE HAS A VERY SPECIFIC USAGE A. SO IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR AN EMPLOYEE TO USE SICK LEAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, AND BE WORKING ANOTHER JOB. THIS IS, YOU KNOW -- WELL, I WON'T -- >> I GUESS MY CONCERN IS ARE THOSE REALLY WEEDS WE WANT TO GET INTO IF SOMEBODY'S, YOU KNOW, SICK AND THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY WANT TO BE AROUND KIDS, BUT THEIR OTHER JOB IS, YOU KNOW -- THERE'S SOMETHING WHERE THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE DO. I FEEL LIKE IT GETS IN THE WEEDS. THAT'S WHAT I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME MORE CLARITY ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT DISCIPLINE WOULD LOOK LIKE 'CAUSE THERE'S TWO MORE THINGS THAT -- >> AND VICE PRESIDENT CRITCHAL, WE'LL CERTAINLY REVIEW THAT. >> THE SUPERVISOR WILL EVALUATE EACH REQUEST AND DETERMINE WHETHER TO GRANT AUTHORIZATION. THE CONCERN IS, LIKE, INCONSISTENCY OR SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. MAYBE CLARITY ON WHO IS THE ONE AUTHORIZING THAT AND WHAT THAT APPEAL PROCESS WOULD LOOK IKE, WHICH LEADS INTO THE OTHER PART -- LOOKS LIKE -- THE POLICY SAID THE EMPLOYEE MAY APPEAL A SUPERVISOR'S DENIAL OF AUTHORIZATION TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THE DESIGNEE, BUT THE POLICY DOESN'T REALLY OUTLINE A TIMELINE OR A PROCESS NECESSARILY FOR THAT. SO -- OR, LIKE, WHAT KIND OF EVIDENCE YOU'D NEED IF YOU HEAR ABOUT SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, WORKING ANOTHER JOB, BUT THEY TOOK A SICK DAY, LIKE, WHAT EVIDENCE IS DEEMED ACCESSIBLE AND ENFORCEABLE AS OPPOSED TO JUST WE HEARD YOU WERE AT, YOU KNOW, KNOTT'S BERRY FARM. JUST FEELS LIKE A LITTLE WISHY-WASHY. AND THE LAST PIECE IS THE POLICY SAYS AN EMPLOYEE WHO CONTINUES TO PURSUE A PROHIBITED ACTIVITY MAY BE SUBJECT TO DISCIPLINARY ACTION. MY CONCERN IS THE WORD "PURSUE." IT'S UNDEFINED IN THE POLICY. SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO, LIKE, REQUIRE WRITTEN FINDINGS IN A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE EMPLOYEE TO STOP THE ACTIVITY BEFORE DISCIPLINE BEGINS. SO I THINK IT JUST NEEDS SOME CLARITY AROUND IT, AND THEN WITH LEGAL COUNSEL JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT ENCROACHING UPON PEOPLE'S PROTECTIVE LEAVE. >> I DON'T THINK IT'S AN ISSUE AT ALL FOR US TO WORK THROUGH THIS POLICY AND CLARIFY SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'VE MENTIONED THIS EVENING. THAT WON'T BE A PROBLEM. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. >> I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK OFF THAT BECAUSE ALL OF US UP HERE HAVE TAKEN VACATION FROM OUR 9:00 TO 5:00 TO THEN GO TO A CONFERENCE AS A BOARD MEMBER. SOO ESSENTIALLY THAT'S -- SO ESSENTIALLY THAT'S TAKING VACATION FROM ONE JOB TO GO TO [01:30:03] DO ANOTHER JOB. AND I JUST WOULDN'T WANT THIS LANGUAGE TO BE INTERPRETED AS IF YOU WORK FOR OUR DISTRICT YOU CAN'T HAVE A SECOND JOB BECAUSE -- I JUST DON'T WANT THIS TO BE USED AS A TOOL THAT COULD BE WEAPONIZED FOR MAYBE NOT US, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE ESTABLISHED FOR FUTURE. I DON'T -- IT JUST SEEMS WHEN I FIRST READ IT IT'S VERY VAGUE AND I'M PUTTING MYSELF AS AN EMPLOYEE, AND HAVING THIS AS A POLICY AND THEN I'M LIKE, OKAY, WELL, THEN I CAN'T GO ON -- I CAN'T -- MY OWN AUTONOMY OF TAKING VACATION TO GO DO SOMETHING ELSE, THAT EARNS ME MONEY, I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE WEAPONIZED FOR ANY EMPLOYEE EVEN IF IT IS AN ECHO OR THE SAME AS OR IT ALLIANCE WITH CSBA, I'M REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE ON THE WAY THAT IT'S FORMED IN WRITING HERE. AND I AGREE WITH VICE PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD THAT IT'S JUST TOO BROAD AND TOO BROAD OF A BRUSH. AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICS THAT REALLY HELP DEFINE HOW THIS TOOL CAN BD IF IMPLEMENTED, BECAUSE WE HOPE IT'S NOT IMPLEMENTED, AT LEAST THE CONSEQUENCE TOWARDS A STAFF, ESPECIALLY IF A HIGHER UP DOESN'T LIKE A CERTAIN STAFF MEMBER. I JUST DON'T WANT A POTENTIAL OF ABUSE TO HAPPEN. SO I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK FOR WHATEVER GAPS ARE HERE THAT WERE ALREADY POINTED OUT AND THEN HAVE A BETTER, MORE ROBUST WAY OF READING THIS SO THAT WORDS ARE NOT CONFUSED. >> THANK YOU. WE WILL CERTAINLY REVIEW THIS AND CERTAINLY WORK ON A REVISION THAT CAPTURES THE BOARD'S SENTIMENTS. THE POLICY AS WRITTEN -- AND IT'S AVAILABLE FOR YOU NOW -- THE USE OF LEAVE FOR NON-SCHOOL EMPLOYMENT, THE POLLINGCY IS INDICATING -- POLICY IS INDICATING THAT THE USE OF LEAF IS IMPACTING YOUR WORK AT YOUR PRIMARY POSITION THAT IT'S PROHIBITED. SO USING VACATION PREGNANTLY AND GOING TO -- FREQUENTLY AND GOING TO A DIFFERENT JOB WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE PROHIBITED. AND THAT'S WHAT'S SPELLED OUT IN THIS POLICY, ALTHOUGH IT NEEDS SOME WORK BECAUSE THE BOARD IS NOT NECESSARILY SEEING THAT AND THIS IS WHY THE FEEDBACK IS INVALUABLE. BUT THE IDEA IS IF YOU'RE USING VACATION TIME OR SOME KIND OF DISCRETIONARY LEAVE -- AND REMEMBER, IT REALLY SHOULDN'T BE SICK LEAVE. THERE'S LEAVES THAT HAVE SPECIFIC PURPOSES. BUT VACATION WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF DISCRETIONARY LEAVE, BUT IF USAGE OF SUCH DISCRETIONARY LEAVE RESULTS IN A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE JOB THAT THE DISTRICT IS EMPLOYING SOMEBODY TO DO, THAT WOULD BE WHAT'S CONSIDERED -- >> OH, SORRY. >> GO AHEAD. >> I DON'T THINK WE'RE IN DISAGREEMENT WITH THAT. >> I DON'T THINK SO EITHER. >> I'M JUST SAYING THIS OPEN DISCUSSION REALLY WEEDS IT OUT AND THAT IS NOT WHAT I FIND IN THE READ AND THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN CURRENTLY. SO I THINK IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MATCH WHAT OUR DISCUSSION IS ON TO PAPER, THAT'S I THINK WHAT I'M PARTICULARLY LOOKING FOR BECAUSE READING THIS I WAS LIKE, MMM. IF WE WERE TO PASS THIS TONIGHT IT WOULDN'T BE SUPPORTED BY ME BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN. NOT BECAUSE OF THE INTENTION OF IT, RIGHT, OR THE WAY -- IN THE METHOD THAT IT'S GOING TO BE USED, BUT THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN FOR ME RIGHT NOW JUST SEEMS IFFY. AND TOO BROAD. YEAH. BUT I DO AGREE WITH YOU. >> SO WE WILL REVISE AND WE WILL BRING IT BACK. >> THANK YOU. >> IF I COULD MAKE ONE MORE POINT ON THAT. I GET PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE TAKING SICK LEAVE TO GO WORK -- DO SOMETHING ELSE. I JUST -- IF WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO ENFORCE IT, JUST WHAT IS OUR CRITERIA OF EVIDENCE FOR ENFORCING IT? SO IT'S NOT HEARSAY OR IT'S NOT JUST, LIKE -- IT'S LEVIED CONSISTENTLY. AND ALSO WITH VACATION, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOR AT LEAST -- WHEN YOU HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DAYS OF VACATION, LIKE, IF [01:35:01] PEOPLE ARE TAKING DAYS BEYOND WHAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO, THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT CONVERSATION, BUT IF IT'S YOUR VACATION DAYS, I JUST DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GET INTO THE BUSINESS OF TRYING TO MICRO MANAGE WHAT PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY HAVE APPROVED LEAVE, IF IT IS AN APPROVED VACATION DAY. I JUST DON'T FLOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY WANT TO WORK INTO THE POLICY -- DON'T KNOW -- OF NOW YOU CAN'T BE DOING -- YOU CAN'T MAKE A BUCK DOING YOUR, YOU KNOW, MOONLIGHTING AS A, SAY, PHOTOGRAPHER. AND I THINK I FELT THE SAME WAY, YOU KNOW, MARIA DID WHEN I WAS READING THE POLICY. IN MY OWN SHOES, IT WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC -- MARINA -- TO HAVE A POLICY LIKE THIS. BECAUSE WHEN WE DO THOSE CONVERSATIONS I'M USING ALL MY VACATION TIME WHEN WE GO -- WHEN WE DO OUR CONVERSATIONS. THAT'S LIKE -- THAT IS MY VACATION. SO GREAT THING WITH ME, I HAVE A GREAT POS AND WE GET ALONG AND THEY SUPPORT WHAT WE DO HERE -- GREAT BOSSES -- BUT I CAN IMAGINE THAT'S NOT THE SAME FOR EVERYBODY. SO I APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING AT THIS POLICY AND TAKE THE FEEDBACK FOR NEXT TIME. SO THANKS FOR THE WORK. >> THANK YOU. AND WE'LL BE READY. >> BOARD MEMBER STEWART. >> I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. WHAT TRIGGERED THIS POLICY CHANGE? >> WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE BOARD BOOK AND WE ENCOUNTERED A SITUATION EARLY LAST YEAR REGARDING -- EARLY LAST CALENDAR YEAR WITH AN EMPLOYEE, AND I CAN'T GET MOO SPECIFICS REGARDING THAT EMPLOYEE -- GET INTO -- THAT WAS USING LEAVE, A SPECIFIC CATEGORY OF LEAVE, TO BE EMPLOYED IN ANOTHER JOB IN ANOTHER LOCATION. AND SO WHEN WE WENT BACK AND REVIEWED OUR POLICY WE FOUND THAT IT WAS -- IT DIDN'T REALLY ALIGN WITH CSBA, WHICH WAS -- WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE ATTEMPTING TO DO. AND SO IT WAS OBJECT THE ROAD -- ON THE ROAD MAP, IF YOU WILL, TO HAVE DONE THIS LAST JANUARY, FEBRUARY. IT JUST FELL SHORT. AND SO WHILE WE WENT INTO THE SUMMERTIME WE WANTED TO GO BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE TOOK CARE OF THAT. >> SO WOULD THIS POLICY APPLY TO ALL MEMBERS, INCLUDING YOUR CABINET AND EVERYBODY? OR IS IT JUST FOR TEACHERS AND CSA WORKERS? WOULD IT INCLUDE ALL OF YOU GUYS. >> IT WOULD BE A DISTRICT POLICY. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> SO WHEN YOU -- I'M SORRY. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT GARZA. SO WHEN YOU COME BACK -- OKAY, SAY, FOR INSTANCE, YOU SAY INCOMPATIBLE ACTIVITY, WILL THIS POLICY -- I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT IT TO BE A EXAMPLES PROBABLY TO MAKE IT MORE CLEAR? BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM ME PERSONALLY. LIKE YOU SAY, WE OPERATE IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. EVERY TIME I GO -- OR I'M DOING BUSINESS FOR BELLFLOWER, I USE PERSONAL NECESSITY. SO I'M COVERED. I DON'T EVER HAVE TO USE WHAT IS CALLED SICK OR VACATION. SO I'M OKAY WITH IT. BUT WHEN IT COMES AROUND TO INCOMPATIBLE ACTIVITIES, I CAN REMEMBER READING A POLICY SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEFORE, AND IT WAS GIVING, LIKE, THE EMPLOYEES EXAMPLES OF WHAT WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE -- FOR EXAMPLE, ONE WAS, LIKE, TAKING A KID HOME AND BEING THE CAREGIVER UNTIL THE PARENT COMES HOME. IT'S KIND OF LIKE AFTER-SCHOOL CARE. SO THAT WAS -- WHEN I WAS WORKING WITH SOME DISTRICTS, THAT WAS ONE OF THE POLICIES. THEY DIDN'T WANT YOU TO CARRY OVER YOUR JOB INTO SOMETHING EVEN IF IT WAS -- IF IT WAS PRIVATE BECAUSE THEY FELT THAT IT WAS INCOMPATIBLE FOR WHATEVER REASON YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE YOU'RE CONNECTED WITH DISTRICT WILLING AND NOW YOU'RE -- DISTRICT AND NOW YOU'RE LEAVING THE DISTRICT AS AN EMPLOYEE, BUT TAKING ON A PRIVATE PERSONAL JOB. BUT IT HAD THAT KID INVOLVED. AND COULD THE DISTRICT AT THAT TIME -- AND SO THE DISTRICT AT THAT TIME WAS THINKING, OH, SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN THEN THAT PARENT COULD PROBABLY HOLD US LIABLE. I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, SO IT CAN -- I MEAN, THAT WAS -- I DON'T KNOW. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE CLARITY. >> WE WILL WORK ON THAT. >> OKAY. >> AND PROVIDE MORE CLARITY. >> THANK YOU. >> WE'LL BE READY FOR THE NEXT MEETING. >> CAN YOU WORK ON IT FOR THE FIFTH TIME? WE KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO WORK ON IT. BUT I DO WANT TO BRING UP ONE MORE THING. THERE IS THE SENTENCE ON TUTORING. CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME CLARITY ON -- SO IT SAYS -- WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT TUTORING? [01:40:04] IT SAYS IF -- NOBODY CAN BE COMPENSATED FOR TUTORING AFTER SCHOOL AND USING DISTRICT RESOURCES. JUST A CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE I DIDN'T KITE UNDERSTAND. SO -- QUITE. IT'S IF THEY'RE -- IF A TEACHER HAS, LIKE, AN EXTRA DUTY, IF THE TEACHER IS BEING PAID BY THE DISTRICT, THEY CAN OBVIOUSLY USE DISTRICT RESOURCES, BUT IF THAT PERSON WAS TO DO, SAY, PRIVATE CONSTITUTERING WITH A STUDENT AND GET COMPENSATED WITH THEM, THEY CAN'T USE RESOURCES. DID I READ THAT PROPERLY. >> THIS PART HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN OUR POLICY AND IT HASN'T CHANGED WITH THE CSB POLICY AND IT'S IN THE CALIFORNIA COLD OF REGULATIONS. THE INTENT -- CODE -- IS TO PREVENT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, SPECIFICALLY FORBIDDEN IS YOU CAN'T HAVE A TEACHER THAT IS BEING PAID TO TUTOR ONE OF THEIR OWN STUDENTS. THERE'S A CONFLICT THERE. THE OTHER PIECE IS IF TEACHERS ARE BEING PAID, YOU KNOW, BY PARENTS TO TUTOR DISTRICT STUDENTS, THAT KIND OF THING, IT REPRESENTS POTENTIALLY A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS WELL, WHICH IS WHY TEACHERS ARE SUPPOSED TO REQUEST PERMISSION TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. >> OKAY, YEAH. I WAS CONFUSED BECAUSE IT SAYS -- IT DOESN'T DELINEATE BEING PAID BY THE SCHOOL STUDENT OR THE PARENT. IT JUST SAYS PAID AFTER THEIR REGULAR DUTIES. SO DO WE -- WE HAVE TEACHERS THAT WORK AFTER SCHOOL IN TUTORING OR IS THAT ALL LINKED TOGETHER IN THOSE PROGRAMS? >> WELL, OUR FORMAL TUTORING PROGRAMS WOULD BE DEMOCRATIC WELL, I MEAN, THERE'S -- PROGRAMS -- SO DEPENDING UPON DISTRICT PROGRAMMING, SO IT'S POTENTIALLY, AND THIS WOULDN'T BE A CONFLICT, IS WE EXPECT TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO BE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN SCHOOLS HAVE SET UP TUTORING PROGRAMS WHERE THEY HAVE TEACHERS AVAILABLE FOR AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER SCHOOL, THAT KIND OF THING, OR EVEN BEFORE SCHOOL TO HELP STUDENTS AS NEEDED. THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN A TEACHER BEING PRIVATELY CONTRACTED OR PAID TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH DISTRICT STUDENTS OR TO WORK WITH DISTRICT STUDENTS OUTSIDE SOMEWHERE LIKE AT THE MUSEUM OR WHATEVER. NOT IMBUING THE MATH MUSEUM. JUST CAME TO MY MIND. OUTSIDE OF THAT WE DO HAVE TUTORING THROUGH THINK TOGETHER, THAT KIND OF THING, BUT THAT'S THROUGH A SPECIFIC PROGRAM FUNDED FROM THE >> THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. >> I ECHO EVERY CONCERN MYSELF AS WELL I DO AGREE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE MORE DETAILS AND CLARITY AROUND IT. THE QUESTION THAT VICE PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE TUTORING FROM TEACHERS, I'M NOT SURE THAT EVERY TEACHER KNOWS THAT, ESPECIALLY NEW TEACHERS. I'M PRETTY SURE NEW TEACHERS TO THE PROFESSION ARE NOT AWARE OF SUCH POLICY, EVEN THROUGH, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. SO I THINK MAYBE IT NEEDS TO BE ADDED THERE. IT NEEDS TO BE DETAILED I ALSO HAD A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE THE PROGRESSIONAL DISCIPLINE. I'M PRETTY SURE WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO, YOU KNOW, SAY THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WE CAUGHT YOU, UH-HUH, SO IS THERE LIKE A PROGRESSION? AS VICE PRESIDENT CRIHFIELD SAID, WHAT WOULD BE THE EVIDENCE, I'M LOOKING FOR THAT AS WELL. AND ONE OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS I HAD IS IF IT IS FOR EVERY SINGLE MEMBER THEN DOES THIS ALSO APPLY TO NEWS I KNOW A LOT OF QUESTIONS WERE ASKED -- TO US. AND EXAMPLES WERE GIVEN AS TO HOW WE HAVE TO TAKE SOME TIME OFF, BUT THIS POLICY ALSO DO WE FALL UNDER THIS POLICY. >> NO, YOU'RE NOT EMPLOYEES. >> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR AND THAT WE'RE NOT IMAGINING OTHER THINGS. I THINK A LITTLE MORE CLARITY WOULD BE NEEDED AROUND THIS. >> WE WILL WORK ON IT AND WE WILL BRING YOU A REVISION THAT CAPTURES THE BOARD'S SENTIMENTS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> WE'LL BE READY. ALL RIGHT. NO ONE ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CORRECT? [2. CLOSED SESSION (Part 2 of 2)] [01:45:04] SO IF THERE IS -- AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WILL RECESS BACK TO CLOSED SESSION. THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER ACTION [3. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION/CALL TO ORDER (Part 2 of 2)] >> WE NOW RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION AT 9:41 P.M. FOUR CLERKS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON CLOSED SESSION TOPICS. >> THE TONICS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSIONS WERE STUDENT MATTERS, ANTICIPATED LITIGATION, PENDING LITIGATION, BUBBLY EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE, DISMISSAL RELEASE, LABOR NEGOTIATIONS, SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION. THE BOARD TOOK ACTION IN CLOSED SESSION TO APPROVE THE NON-RE-ELECTED CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEE NUMBER E07961 PER SUPERINTENDENT TO EDUCATION CODE 44,929.21(B) FOR THE 27-28 SCHOOL YEAR. THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS. WE ALSO APPROVED A RESIGNATION AGREEMENT WITH CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE NUMBER E07802. THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, BOARD CLERK. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED AT 9:42 P.M. UNTIL THE NEXT SPECIAL BOARD MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19TH. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.