Apr 05, 2022 Board Meeting

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REA, EVERYBODY. WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE NOW. AT 604 P. M. AND

[REGULAR SESSION ]

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND ROLL CALL. ALL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT, INCLUDING OUR

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

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[PUBLIC COMMENT ANNOUNCEMENT]

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ANY COMMENTS OR CHANGES ON THAT? OKAY SO MOTION BY MRS BLADE SECOND BY MR YOUNG, VALID ALL THOSE IN FLAVOR FAVOR. MM HMM. I OPPOSED. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. AND YOU WEREN'T HERE FOR OUR MEETING, SO WE WON'T DO THAT. ALL RIGHT, SO THAT BRINGS US TO PUBLIC HEARING. TODAY WE'RE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING THAT WILL BE HELD PURSUANT TO EDUCATION CODE 5 TO 062 B ONE TO HEAR COMMUNITY INPUT ON THE PROPOSED A THROUGH G COMPLETION IMPROVEMENT GRANT PLAN. AND IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ON THAT WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:10 P.M.

ALRIGHT SO NOTHING SPECIFIC FOR THAT. SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 10. AND THAT

[STUDENT BOARD REPORT]

LET'S SEE. IMAGINE THE NIGHT WHERE STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND GOLDEN HAWKS COME TOGETHER TO SHARE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GO TO EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL ARE MUCH ON MARCH 23RD FUTURE GOLDEN HAWK

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PUT ON A SHOW FOR THESE FUTURE GOLDEN HAWKS, THE ELDORADO HIGH SCHOOL COLOR GUARD AND DRUMLINE CLOSED OUT THE NIGHT TO A ROARING APPLAUSE FROM STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND ACTIVITIES AND THE ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR SHARES THE FOLLOWING QUOTE YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT NIGHT WHEN PARENTS SAY THEY WISH THEY COULD GO BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL. THE SPIRIT NEVER SLEEPS AT ELDORADO. ON ESPERO APRIL, 6TH ESPERANZA HIGH SCHOOL WILL HOST THEIR ANNUAL AZTEC EXPERIENCE EVENT TO SHOW THE INCOMING FRESHMEN FAMILIES EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT BEING AN AZTEC THE EXPERIENCE STARTS AT SIX PM, AND IT'S ON CAMPUS AND ESPERANZA IS ALSO IN THE MIDDLE OF PLANNING OUR PROM. THIS IS A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED EVENT THAT WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, APRIL 30TH AT THE DIAMOND BAR CENTER IN DIAMOND BAR. AND STUDENTS ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE A MORE TRADITIONAL PROM PLAN THIS YEAR. GEORGE KEITH. STUDENTS RECENTLY CELEBRATED THE BEGINNING OF SPRING WITH A KICKBALL AND BUBBLE PARTY AT THE PARK. LOTS OF FUN WAS HAD BY ALL AND THE ST PATRICK'S DAY KICKBALL GAME WAS ENJOYED BY STAFF AND STUDENTS ALIKE. WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS HEARING THEM ON IN THE BACKGROUND. GEORGE KEY ROCKS ON APRIL 7TH PARKVIEW WILL HOST FAMILIES FOR OPEN HOUSE FROM 4 TO 5. 30 PM FAMILIES WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH VARIOUS MATH AND SCIENCE ACTIVITIES, EXPLORE LEGO ROBOTICS AND VISIT THE SCHOOL'S LEADERSHIP AND NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY BOOTH. WHICH WILL BE HOSTED BEING AN ACTIVITY AS WELL. VALENCIA HIGH SCHOOL'S FUTURE BUSINESS. LEADERS OF AMERICA RECENTLY HAD ITS MOST SUCCESSFUL COMPETITION IN ITS HISTORY. THE COMPETITORS TOOK SECOND AND SWEEPSTAKES, WHICH WAS NO SMALL FEAT WITH JUST 53 STUDENTS COMPETING AGAINST OXFORD ACADEMIES MASTERS MASSIVE CHAPTER OF 124 STUDENTS TIGERS TOOK HOME EIGHT FIRST PLACE AWARDS, SIX SECOND PLACE AWARDS AND THREE THIRD PLACE AWARDS. VALENCIA HIGH SCHOOL'S ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM RECENTLY PLACED THIRD IN DIVISION TWO AT THE STATE ACADEMIC DECATHLON COMPETITION. THIS PUTS UP A LUNCH IN THE TOP 20 SCHOOLS IN CALIFORNIA AND SCORING HIGHER THAN MANY DIVISION ONE SCHOOLS.

AND THEN FINALLY, YOUR BELINDA'S . YOUR BELINDA HIGH SCHOOL IS EXCITED TO HOST ITS ANNUAL EIGHTH GRADE ROUNDUP ON APRIL 6TH THIS NIGHT INVITES ALL INCOMING EIGHTH GRADERS TO TOUR THE CAMPUS AND LEARN MORE ABOUT ALL THE PROGRAMS THE SCHOOL HAS TO OFFER. BELINDA HIGH SCHOOL EXPLORED TO MEETING ALL OF THEIR FUTURE MUSTANGS. AND THE SCHOOL'S SPRING MUSICAL MAMMA MIA! JUST WRAPPED UP AFTER BACK TO BACK SOLD OUT SHOWS CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER TO THE THEATERS, DEPARTMENTS TALENTED PERFORMERS ON A FANTASTIC PRODUCTION. MHM. THANK YOU, QUINN. THAT'S A GREAT REPORT, AND I REALLY LIKE THAT. YOU INCLUDED GEORGE KEY AND VENTURE ACADEMY IN THERE, TOO LITTLE SNIPPET OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING. I'M SORRY. THE QUESTION FOR YOU TONIGHT FOR ALL OF US. CAN YOU SHARE WITH US? SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT P Y EL USD HAS GIVEN YOU OVER THE YEARS TO GROW AS A STUDENT AND AS A LEADER. WELL UM, BEING A PART OF A SB HAS DEFINITELY HELPED ME GROW MY LEADERSHIP SKILLS. UM IN THE PAST, I WAS FRESHMAN CLASS PRESIDENT AND HAD BEEN CLASS PRESIDENT UP UNTIL MY SENIOR YEAR. AND THIS YEAR I AM CURRENTLY SERVING AS PRESIDENT AS SPONSOR HIGH SCHOOL. BEING A PART OF THE DISTRICT. HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY BEING THE STUDENT BOARD REPRESENTATIVE HAS HELPED ME GROW MY LEADERSHIP SKILLS IN A WAY THAT I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE I'M ALSO PART OF THE SUPERINTENDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL, WHICH HELPS ME MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH OTHER STUDENTS AROUND THE DISTRICT AND LIKE I WOULD HAVE NEVER MET THOSE PEOPLE AND WE STILL ACTUALLY KEEP IN CONTACT OUTSIDE OF THE COUNCIL. UM I WAS ALSO A PART OF THE PRINCIPLES ADVISORY COUNCIL A FEW YEARS AGO, WHICH HELPED ME KIND OF CONNECT WITH OUR UNDERCLASSMEN INSTEAD OF JUST MY OWN CLASS SPECIFICALLY WHICH I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH. UM I WAS ALSO INVITED TO HOBIE, WHICH AS A SOPHOMORE, UM IT'S A STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONVENTION OFF CAMPUS DURING THE SUMMER, BUT SADLY THAT THOUGHT SHUT DOWN. UM IT WAS THE SUMMER OF SOPHOMORE TO JUNIOR YEAR. UM AND THEN ALL OF MY AP CLASSES HAVE REALLY HELPED ME GROW AS A STUDENT, LEARNING DIFFERENT TYPES OF MATERIAL AND ESPECIALLY GOING IN DEPTH, AND ALL OF MY TEACHERS ARE REALLY LIKE THEY REALLY HELPED ME A LOT. AND I ALSO GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY ABROAD IN EUROPE. MY FRESHMAN YEAR WITH MY SPANISH TEACHER AND WE WENT TO THREE SEPARATE COUNTRIES GOT TO EXPLORE THE FOOD, THE CULTURE EVERYTHING, AND THAT DEFINITELY HELPED ME AS A STUDENT, JUST SEEING THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AROUND THE WORLD. QUITE IMPRESSIVE. I LIKE TO HEAR THAT THAT'S GREAT. SO THANKS FOR SHARING. AND DR ELSE ASTRAL TAKES US TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S

[SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT]

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YES, A PROFILE OF MR LOPEZ IS INCLUDED IN THE ORANGE COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL PUBLISHED ON MARCH 28TH, WHERE HE IS FEATURED ALONGSIDE OTHER HUMAN RESOURCES LEADERS, WHO HAVE A POSITIVE HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT. ON THE ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY. MR LOPEZ SAYS DILIGENTLY SERVED IN THE ROLE OF ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT SINCE 2018 BUT FIRST BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH L USD. IN 1994. HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING, ORGANIZING AND DIRECTING OUR COMPREHENSIVE HUMAN RESOURCES PROGRAM. FOR OVER 2800 EMPLOYEES AND IS CERTAINLY DESERVING OF THIS PRESTIGIOUS RECOGNITION. SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. AND LASTLY, SPRING BREAKERS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, STARTING ON APRIL 11TH, SO I WANT TO WISH OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND FAMILIES A RESTFUL AND FUN BREAK WITH LOVED ONES AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR ASSESSOR. OKAY, SO NEXT, WE DO

[COMMUNICATIONS AND BOARD REPORT ]

AT LEAST IN COLLEGE. THEY REALLY HAD THE POISE, THE CONFIDENCE AND, UM AND CERTAINLY INTERESTING SKILLS AND OTHER THINGS TO SHARE WITH US, BUT IT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING. ALSO I JUST HAD IT DELIVERED. I DON'T HAVE ONE FOR EVERYONE AT THIS TIME. I'M HOPING TO GET SOME, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY SPEAKING AGAIN FOR HER KEY THAT AND I'LL PASS ONE DOWN AND THEN SO YOU CAN SEE IT, BUT, UM THE CALIFORNIA. HOST ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS THE HEALTH OCCUPATIONS.

OH, GOSH, I'M GOING TO BLANK ON IT. MAYBE SOMEONE WILL GRAB IT UP FOR ME, BUT BUT IT IS. WE HAVE OUR MEDICAL ACADEMY AT ESPERANZA. AND THEY HAVE A STUDENT ORGANIZATION AND IT IS REFERRED TO HIS HOUSE AND THIS IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION. AND EACH YEAR THERE IS A PIN CONTEST FOR ALL THE AFFILIATED HOSTS OF MEMBERSHIP CHAPTERS. AND THE PINS WHICH LET ME JUST HOLD ONE THAT THESE PINS ARE DESIGN AND SUBMITTED TO THE STATE. FOR JUDGING AS TO WHETHER IT IS THE ONE THAT THEY FEEL REPRESENTS OUR ENTIRE STATE, BECAUSE, UM, IN JUNE, THERE'S GOING TO BE THE

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IT IS IN SHORT FORM TO TELL YOU IT SELLS COWS, ALJOSA IT, SAYS 2021. IT IS THE STATE FLOWER.

THE CALIFORNIA POPULAR LITTLE BIT OF GLITTER THROWN IN THERE THAT MAKES THOSE PUPPIES POP.

AND THE CIRCLE AROUND. IT IS A STETHOSCOPE, SO IT WAS VERY, VERY CLEVERLY DONE, AND THE STUDENT WHO HAS RECEIVED THIS HONOR IS ALEXIS BENAVIDEZ, WHO WAS A SENIOR AT ESPERANZA. AND SHE SUBMITTED HER ENTRY NOT EXPECTING, OF COURSE, THAT IT WOULD ULTIMATELY BE SELECTED.

BUT THE DESIGN WILL BE ON THE PIN, AS WELL AS THE T SHORT T SHIRT THAT ARE WORN AT THE CONFERENCE LATER IN JUNE. AND SHE SAID. THAT OR IT SAYS IN THE INFORMATION I RECEIVED THAT WHEN THEY HAVE A PIN EXCHANGE AT THE CONFERENCE. IT'S THE HOT COMMODITY, AND USUALLY CALIFORNIA'S PIN IS THE ONE THAT IS MOST SOUGHT. AND SO THAT'S QUITE AN HONOR FOR ONE OF OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE BEEN SELECTED WITH HER DESIGN, AND SHE WENT ON TO EXPLAIN HOW CAREFULLY SHE INTEGRATED ALL THE NECESSARY PARTS THAT SHE FELT WERE CRITICAL FOR HER DESIGN. SO CONTINUING ON, UM I WAS AT THE ANNUAL HOLOCAUST AND ART WRITING CONTEST AT CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, AND THAT SPONSORED BY CHAPMAN, THE 1936 1939 SOCIETY THAT SAMUEL LEE FOUNDATION AND YOU'LL SEE AND DANA HOLLANDER AND THIS IS, UM. AN ANNUAL EVENT. EXCEPT WE'VE HAD A HIATUS BECAUSE OF COVID, BUT ONCE AGAIN, THEY HAVE RESUMED IT AND I WANT TO SAY HOW, UM HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO BE THERE AND REALIZE THAT OUR DISTRICT HAS EVERY ONE OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND EVERY ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, UM, PARTICIPATING THAT EACH HAVE HAD ENTRIES IN THIS UM, MRS BUCK WAS THERE, DOCTOR ADAMSON WAS THERE TWO OF OUR OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHERE THEY'RE FROM OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM. AND OF COURSE, SOME TEACHERS AND STAFF WERE PRESENT AND THEY ENTER IN THE FOUR AREAS. PROS FILM, POETRY OR ART. AND SO ANYWAY, IT WAS. IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT TO FINALLY HAVE RESUMING UM, AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED. WE'VE BEEN HAVING VARIOUS PERFORMANCES LIGHTLY BECAUSE OF THE FESTIVAL AND THE PRE FESTIVAL COMING UP OR IN FACT JUST OCCURRED SO I WAS ABLE TO SEE ■THE PRE FESTIVAL CONCERT AND A CLINIC COMBINED. AT TOMMY LASORDA FIELDHOUSE FOR YOUR BLEND MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND THAT WAS THE MUSICAL DIRECTOR. THERE IS MR MATT LABELLE. AND THEN SKIPPING YOUR HEAD TO THE 29TH. I WAS ALSO OVER AT PERFORMING THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT ELDORADO TO CATCH THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR BILL AND HIGH SCHOOL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF VINCENT'S GARCIA. UM SHAMROCK RUN WE HAVE. I THINK ONE OF OUR DIDN'T YOU GET AN AWARD? I THINK I THINK YOU DID. YOU CAN. YOU CAN TELL YOU CAN TELL ABOUT THAT. UM BUT THAT WAS THAT WAS AGAIN ANOTHER ITEM THAT'S COME BACK. AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL MORNING AND I ONLY DID THE TWO K. YOU WERE MORE AMBITIOUS, BUT CONGRATULATIONS. UM SO THAT WAS AGAIN JUST WONDERFUL AND THE REACH FOUNDATION CAN'T COMPLIMENT THEM ENOUGH AND ALL THE ORGANIZATION AND ALL THE PLANNING AND THE WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT. I WAS AT BRYANT RANCH TO SEE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS PERFORMANCE OF THE WIZARD OF OZ, AND THAT WAS REALLY FUN. I CAN'T SAY HOW MUCH FUN THAT WAS. UM AGAIN THE REACH FOUNDATION. I WANT TO COMPLIMENT THEM ON THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN VISITING ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND I WAS AT VALENCIA THE DAY IT RAINED HEAVILY OVER LESS MONEY.

UM BUT THEY HAVE BEEN BRINGING IN VINTAGE PROM WEAR AND JEWELRY FOR STUDENTS AND THE STUDENTS MAY SELECT A DRESS OR A JACKET, SOME JEWELRY UM AND SO THEY HAVE. I THINK THEY HAD ONE TODAY. I THINK THE LAST ONE IS TOMORROW AT ELDORADO. I WAS AT BROOKHAVEN ELEMENTARY LAST FRIDAY AND AGAIN, THE SCHOOL SPIRIT IS SO UP EVERYONE. I THINK IT'S FEELING NOT ONLY THE APPROACHING SPRING BREAK, BUT ALSO I THINK THAT, UM THERE'S NO KIND OF A FEEL OF WE'RE GETTING BACK A LITTLE BIT OF OUR SENSE OF BEING NORMAL. AS NORMAL IS NOWADAYS AND SO I REALLY HAD A GOOD TIME VISITING CLASSROOMS. THEY'RE ALSO OUT ON THE PLAYGROUND DURING THE P A TIME FOR I BELIEVE IT WAS KINDERGARTNERS AND FIRST GRADERS I'M TRYING TO RECALL NOW. AND AGAIN HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO TEACHERS. UM SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT. OH, AND I DID WANT

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YOU CAN ACTUALLY SHOP AFTERWARDS . THERE WAS A VERY CUTE BOUTIQUE THERE, SO IT'S KIND OF WIN WIN.

AND I WANTED TO KNOW. HOW DO I EXPLAIN AFTER THE END OF THE RUN THAT SOMEHOW IS ABLE TO PURCHASE ITEMS. SO WHAT? I TRY TO EXPLAIN WHEN I GOT HOME TO MY HUSBAND WAS I SAID, WELL, I GOT SECOND IN MY AGE GROUP, SO I WAS ABLE TO SELECT SOME CLOTHING ALSO, AS PART OF MY WINNINGS. BUT I DIDN'T I DIDN'T FLY. UM SO THANK YOU, KAREN. THANK YOU FOR THAT, UM THE ONE THING THAT REALLY WAS BROUGHT TO MY, UM ATTENTION OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WAS THE CONDITION OF THE ESPERANZA THEATER. AND I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT SOME OF THE STUDENTS WHEN THEY COME HOME, UM SOMETIMES THEY KIND OF HAVE A STENCH OF THEIR CLOTHING BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THERE'S SOME MOLDING AND THERE'S BEEN SOME WATER DAMAGE. AND SOME ISSUES IN THERE. AND SO I WAS WONDERING IF WE CAN, UM, HAVE SOME ATTENTION AT THE ESPERANZA THEATER, MAYBE SEE IF IT NEEDS A COMPLETE RENOVATION OR WHAT'S GOING ON. WITH THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THREE SPECTACULAR THEATERS AT OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS, AND SO I'M ALWAYS SORRY, MR GIORDANO, THAT I COME TO YOU WITH. NEEDING MORE MONEY, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THE ARTS WE'VE HAD, LIKE, UM MR YOUNG WAS SAYING, WE HAD TO REALLY HARD YEARS AND SO LIKE, LET'S GET THE KIDS BACK INTO A GOOD THEATER. AND GET SOME OF THE PERFORMANCES. UM GET SOME OF THE PERFORMANCES GOING IN A REALLY NICE THEATER AND BRING IT BACK TO WHAT AND IT ONCE WAS. AND I THINK I'M GOING TO BE TAKING A TOUR. MAYBE THERE BEFORE SPRING RIGOR AFTER SPRING BREAK JUST TO TAKE A LOOK JUST TO KIND OF LIKE, GET TO KNOW THE PROGRAM AND STUFF. SO THAT'S KIND OF I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH THE BOOSTERS ABOUT THAT. ANOTHER THING THAT I BROUGHT UP DURING THE LAST C R T. UM STUDY SESSION WAS PEOPLE WERE ASKING ME. WHAT WERE YOU TALKING ABOUT ABOUT THE PACING GUIDELINES OR PACING GUIDES? AND SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. I TALKED TO A LOT OF THE TEACHERS TALK TO SOME STUDENTS AND PARENTS, AND, UM, BASICALLY PACING GUIDES IS SOMETIMES QUARTERLY SEMESTER AND IT JUST BASICALLY LAYS OUT WHAT EVERY GRADE UM, SUBJECTS AND STUFF. WHAT YOU HAVE, LIKE A PACING GUY LIKE THIS IS WHAT YOU DO. THIS IS A BOOK YOU'RE READING. HE'S THE WORKSHEETS, AND IT'S NOT AS STRINGENT BUT IT BASICALLY JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE WHOLE DISTRICT IS IN IS EQUITABLE THAT EVERY FIRST GRADE IN EVERY SCHOOL THAT THEY'RE LEARNING THE SAME THINGS EVERY SECOND GRADE. PARENTS WERE VERY , VERY INTERESTED IN THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE SAID TO SOMETIMES UM TEACHERS OR PARENTS TO GO. I REALLY WANT THIS PERSON HAVE THIS TEACHER BECAUSE THEY DO THIS AND IT MIGHT NOT BE EXACTLY WHAT ANOTHER TEACHER DOES. SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO SOME PACING GUIDES. MAYBE GETTING THE WHOLE DISTRICT UM, ON BOARD WITH THAT, BECAUSE

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AND SO I ASKED. I SAID, WHERE ARE YOU HEARING THIS FROM? BECAUSE IN ALL OF OUR BOARD MEETINGS AND OUR STUDY SESSIONS, WE'VE ALWAYS SAID THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE REMOVED. AND THEY SAID, WELL, OUR TEACHERS ARE TELLING US THAT AND SO I THINK SOMETIMES YOU HAVE. I THINK EVERYBODY JUST NEEDS TO BE COGNIZANT IN THE CLASSROOM. I THINK THIS WAS KIND OF A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW STUDENTS REALLY TAKE WHAT TEACHERS SAY AS FACT. AND SO THAT WAS VERY LIKE THAT STUCK OUT TO ME AFTER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS IS THAT THEY WERE BEING TOLD AND THEY WERE WRITING EMAILS TO US. IT WAS, UM, LIKE A LOT OF THEM ARE JUST LIKE ADAMANT. WE'RE DOING IT AND THEY TOOK WHAT THEIR TEACHER SAID. AS FACT. AND SO I TOLD THEM. I SAID, LOOK, LOOK BACK. I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT'S NEVER BEEN DISCUSSED. UM AND SO THAT WAS JUST KIND OF ONE THING I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR TONIGHT IS THAT THAT WAS NEVER AN INTENTION. AND I THINK WE'VE MADE IT CLEAR THIS WHOLE BOARD HAS MADE THAT CLEAR. UM AND SO, YEAH, SO, UM, THAT'S ABOUT IT. I THINK I'M GONNA BE WATCHING A LOT OF SWIM AND A LOT OF BASEBALL IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A GREAT SPRING BREAK. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY, UM. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I'M ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR LOVE, PLACENTA AND LEVEL SENT YOU THE SHARES HAD SOME LEADERSHIP CHANGES. AND SO BECAUSE WE WANT TO SERVE IN PLACENTIA, WE HAVE JOINED FORCES WITH LOVE YOUR BELINDA. AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE HAVING A SERVED DAY ON APRIL 30TH. UM IT WILL BE THROUGHOUT SENTIA AND YOUR BELINDA WILL BE AT SCHOOLS, PARKS, NONPROFITS. AND THE WEBSITE IS OPEN. THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR NOW. AS WELL AS I BELIEVE THE PLACENTA PROJECTS ARE GOING TO BE GOING LIVE TOMORROW. AND I ALSO WANT TO LET THE STUDENTS KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE FOR THE YOUTH ARE TRYING TO EVERY SITE HAS A PROJECT LEADER AND THEY'RE TRYING TO TEAM UP THE PROJECT'S LEADERS WITH IT. A YOUTH LEADER SO THAT THE STUDENTS CAN GET LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. AND THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO GET COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE GO TO LOVE YOUR BELINDA .ORG AND GET MORE INFORMATION. ALSO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE STATE MATH FRAMEWORK. THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT. I BELIEVE FOR THREE YEARS AND IT'S NOW OPEN FOR PUBLIC DISPLAY. UM THROUGH MAY 16 AND YOU CAN GO TO MATH FRAMEWORK. AT CTE DOT C A DOT GOV AND REVIEW IT AND PUT IN YOUR INPUT. AND I KNOW LOTS OF PARENTS ARE INTERESTED IN THAT.

ALSO, UM. SINCE OUR LAST MEETING , I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN MY FIRST LEGISLATIVE ACTION WEEK AND I MET WITH SENATOR JOSH NEWMAN AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM PHILIP CHEN'S OFFICE. AND WE DISCUSSED SCHOOL FUNDING AND OTHER IMPORTANT TOPICS THAT OUR INTEREST TO OUR DISTRICT AND I ALSO WAS ABLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH EMAILS OF OTHER CONCERNS, INCLUDING, UM, THE COVID VACCINE BILLS THAT ARE CURRENTLY CIRCULATING. THROUGH THAT. STATUS. LEGISLATION SO. AND EXPRESS MY VIEWS ON THAT THESE BILLS WERE MISGUIDED. IDEA TO ATTEND THE SHAMROCK RUN, BUT I DID NOT RUN. UM AND I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR THE REACH FOUNDATION AND ALL THEY DO TO SUPPORT UM OUR STUDENTS THROUGH SPECIAL PROGRAMS, AND THEY HAVE A LONG STANDING HISTORY OF

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AND IT WAS JUST REALLY FUN TO BE IN THAT CLASSROOM AND FEEL THE EXCITEMENT OF THE STUDENTS AND THEIR PASSIONS. AND LAST NIGHT I ATTENDED THE ELEMENTARY COOKING COMPETITION. UM IT WAS SO FUN TO SEE OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS COOKING AT YOUR BELINDA HIGH SCHOOL. AND ESPECIALLY CONGRATULATIONS TO DELILAH HERNANDEZ FROM RIO VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SHE WON THE COMPETITION WITH HER SMELLED SO GOOD. UM, BARBECUE CHICKEN CHIPOTLE. AND JALAPENO SANDWICH , AND SHE MADE THE CHIPOTLE SAUCE FROM SCRATCH. SHE ROASTED THE PEPPERS AND EVERYTHING. IT WAS REALLY AMAZING. AND IT SMELLED GREAT AND HER, UM. THE FOOD THAT HER MENU WILL BE POSTED ON OUR STUDENT MENUS, AND IT WILL BE AND HER NAME WILL BE AS THE AUTHOR, I GUESS, AS THE CHEF OF THAT DISH, AND IT WILL BE SERVED AT ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. OKAY? ONE LAST FINAL THOUGHT. IS EACH WEEK I RECEIVE PURCHASE ORDERS AND WARRANTLESS FOR THE WEEK OF EXPENDITURES, AND THEN THEY BOARD APPROVES ALL THOSE EXPENDITURES THAT ARE BOARD MEETING. AND TONIGHT THERE ARE ITEM ONE AND TWO ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. AND FOR THE PAST YEAR I'VE BEEN REVIEWING THESE EXPENSES AND APPROVING THEM, AND THEY'RE MOSTLY FILLED WITH KIND OF BORING STUFF. UTILITY BILLS, MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES REPAIRS. ATTORNEY FEES. SORRY, MR ROBBINS. UH, AND, OF COURSE, EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES. EVERY IMAGINE OF YOUR ALL IMAGINATIONS FROM PAPER TO MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. AND OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, I'VE NOTICED SEVERAL ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES THAT EVERY TIME I WANT, READ ONE OF THESE, IT BRINGS A SMILE TO MY FACE. THESE EXPENDITURES ARE FULFILLED TRIPS PRETENDS CITY RILEY'S FARM AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC L. A ZOO, KNOTT'S BERRY FARM, TANAKA FARMS, DISCOVERY SCIENCE CENTER AND MORE AND I KNOW MANY OF THESE TRIPS, UM, ARE PAID FOR AND ARE ONLY AVAILABLE BECAUSE OF RS OR THREE GRANT FUNDS. AND I'M JUST SO EXCITED FOR THE MANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR STUDENTS WILL HAVE THIS YEAR. SO I JUST WANT TO END MY COMMENTS TONIGHT WITH A GIANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF AND PARENTS THAT MAKE THESE HANDS ON LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES A REALITY FOR OUR STUDENTS, BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM, THESE FIELD TRIPS WERE NOT HAPPEN, AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF EXTRA WORK THAT GOES INTO PLACE. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I NOTICED YOUR EXTRA WORK. AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR EACH ONE OF YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MRS ANDERSON. SO LUCKILY I'M AT THE END, SO I SOME OF THESE, I CAN SKIP OVER PRETTY QUICKLY. UM I WAS AT THE HOLOCAUST ART AND WRITING CONTEST AND THAT ONE IS A PROUD ONE FROM FOR ME WHEN I GO TO THAT TO BE A PART OF THAT. BUT IT'S BEEN A REALLY, REALLY BUSY, UM LAST MONTH, SO I'LL JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE DONE. UM I'VE VISITED A LOT OF SCHOOLS. I WENT TO BERNARDO, YORBA AND ESPERANZA. RIGHT BEFORE LEGISLATIVE ACTION WEEK AND I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE WHEN THAT WITHOUT AS WELL, UM AND I SPOKE TO, UM SHARON QUIRK SILVA , STEVEN CHOI. PHILIP CHEN'S, UM , A STAFF MEMBER AND JOSH NEWMAN. UM AND SHARED WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT. THERE ARE I ALSO ATTENDED VIA ONLINE, THE YORBA LINDA HIGH SCHOOL WASKE MID CYCLE VISIT, AND THAT WAS NICE TO PARTICIPATE AS A PARENT, UM, BEING ABLE TO SEE ALL THE THINGS THAT, UM THAT THIS THAT THE SCHOOL IS DOING IN ADDITION TO WHAT I SEE JUST AS A PARENT UM, WENT TO PARKVIEW SCHOOL AND VISITED THERE. UM, I ATTENDED THE ELDORADO AND YORBA LINDA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL GAME THAT WAS AT ANGEL STADIUM, WHICH WAS VERY AWESOME TO WATCH. UM AND I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHO I WAS ROOTING FOR BECAUSE I HAD TO HOP BACK AND FORTH. UM I WENT TO YOUR BELINDA MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL AND DID A WALK THROUGH THERE. UM SHAMROCK AND RUN. I DID RUN. I CERTAINLY DIDN'T GET SECOND PLACE. I WAS A LOT SLOWER, BUT IT WAS NICE TO BE OUT THERE AND A BIG SHOUT OUT TO VALADEZ AND RUBY RUBY DRIVE. THEY HAD A LOT OF STUDENTS FROM

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[PUBLIC COMMENT ]

WE WILL BE CELEBRATING TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO PUBLICLY THANK OUR EDUCATORS. AS THE APPLE PRESIDENT. I'VE BEEN CONTINUALLY IMPRESSED BY THEIR INGENUITY, RESILIENCE, THEIR PASSION AND THEIR STRENGTH AS THEY HAVE NAVIGATED UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. THROUGH THEIR INCREDIBLE EFFORTS. THEY HAVE MASTERED NEW INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES AND ENGAGE STUDENTS AND CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE WAYS WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THEIR EDUCATION IN THE FUTURE. THEY HAVE DONE ALL OF THIS WHILE JUGGLING THE FIX OF COVID 19 ON THEIR OWN FAMILIES AND PERSONAL LIVES AS WELL. WHEN OUR EDUCATORS WERE ASKED TO STEP UP. THEY DID IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN. I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR NEVER GIVING UP ON OUR STUDENTS FOR MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE AND GIVING OUR STUDENTS THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO MEET THE CHALLENGES AHEAD. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. UP, LLOYD PORTER, YOU'RE NEXT. THANK YOU. 41 YEARS . THAT'S HOW LONG MY CAREER WAS IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT 53 YEARS OF THE RESIDENT OF THIS COMMUNITY. THIS DISTRICT WAS EARMARKED AS ONE OF THE BETTER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN ORANGE COUNTY. IT RAN SMOOTHLY ON CONFIDENCE AND COMPROMISE. NOW IT SEEMS TO BE BOGGED DOWN WITH CONFLICT CONTROVERSY AND CONTENTION. FOR A SMALL BREAK FROM THIS ONSLAUGHT OF CONTENTION. MY FAITH, ELDEST SEMI ANNUAL GENERAL CONFERENCES PAST WEEKEND. I WAS BLESSED IN SOMEWHAT CALM TO HEAR THE MAIN

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OKAY? JOSH. MY NAME IS JOSH READER. I'M A PARENT OF TWO DISTRICT STUDENTS, AND I ALSO DID NOT PLACE IN THE SHAMROCK AND RUN. RESOLUTION 21 12 IS A TEMPLATE FOR CONDUCTING WITCH HUNTS. THERE IS NO WAY TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMEONE WHO'S USING CRT OR OTHER SIMILAR FRAMEWORKS, UNQUOTE VERSUS SOMEONE WHO WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT RACISM. THE BAND SPECIFIES NO APPEALS PROCESS. IT PROVIDES NO LIMITS ON PUNISHMENT. LET ME GIVE AN EXAMPLE THE RESOLUTION DEFINES PART OF CRT AS QUOTE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT RACISM IS EMBEDDED WITHIN SYSTEMS AND INSTITUTIONS THAT REPLICATE RACIAL INEQUALITY. CODIFIED IN LAW UNQUOTE AT THE STUDY SESSION ON MARCH 23RD TRUSTEE, ANDERSON SAID, QUOTE NOW WE'RE THEIR STRUCTURAL RACIAL THINGS PUT INTO OUR DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. YES, UNQUOTE. SHE PRECISELY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT RACISM WAS CODIFIED IN THE FOUNDING DOCUMENTS OF OUR COUNTRY. JUST THE ANDERSON BY THIS RESOLUTION'S WORDING, I FIND YOU GUILTY OF PRACTICING CRT AND DEMAND YOUR RESIGNATION FROM THE BOARD. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS RIDICULOUS IN TRUSTY, INTERESTING. I APOLOGIZE, BUT NOTHING IN THE RESOLUTION STOPS THAT KIND OF WITCH HUNT FROM BEING APPLIED TO ANY TEACHER, STUDENT OR BOARD MEMBER. I URGED THE BOARD TO VOTE NO ON THIS VAGUE AND DANGEROUS BAN. OUR NEXT FOUR SPEAKERS ARE ANITA LEE. NATHAN LEE. JOEL WONG. AND MATTHEW JONES. AND WE'LL START WITH ANITA. STATE AND PRODUCE MYSELF AGAIN. I'M ANITA, OKAY? IF IT'S MRS BLADES JUST THAT NOTHING WILL CHANGE. THEN WHY THIS RESOLUTION? WHAT ARE WE AFRAID OF? THAT THE BOARD'S PROPOSING CENSORSHIP IN EDUCATION? THE RESOLUTION DOESN'T EVEN DEFINE WHAT IT'S BANNING. CRITICAL RACE THEORY EXAMINES HOW SYSTEMIC BIAS IN OUR SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS LEADS TO DIFFERENT OUTCOMES FOR DIFFERENT RACES. I'M KOREAN AMERICAN. AND I CONFESS THAT IN SOME WAYS MY RACE HAS BENEFITED FROM SYSTEMIC BIAS. MY FAMILY'S BUSINESS WAS ALMOST DESTROYED IN THE 1992 LOS ANGELES RIOTS. THERE WAS A LOT OF TENSION THEN BETWEEN WHITES AND BLACKS AND BETWEEN KOREAN AMERICANS AND BLACKS. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, THEN I COULD HAVE NAIVELY BLAMED ONE RACE OR THAT THIS RACE OR THAT RACE FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO MY FAMILY. BUT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY SHORTSIGHTED. YOU KNOW WHY BECAUSE THERE WAS SYSTEMIC BIAS IN COMMERCE AND THE LABOR MARKET AND THE CRIMINAL AND IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT FAVORED ASIAN AMERICANS OVER BLACK AMERICANS. ASIANS COULD EASILY GET BUSINESS LICENSES TO OWN AND OPERATE STORES IN BLACK AND HISPANIC COMMUNITIES WHERE THE REMARKS AND AN ASIAN OWNER, TIME IS UP. YOU HAVE TO CONCLUDE YOUR MARKS ZERO PRISON TIME FOR SHOOTING A BLACK GIRL FOR STEALING TO CONCLUDE YOUR REMARKS. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU NEED TO CONCLUDE YOUR REMARKS.

THANK YOU. AND HOW IS THAT DANGEROUS, MA'AM? THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NATHAN LEE. I

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THEY CAN'T VOTE. THEY DON'T HAVE JOBS OR WHAT, LIKE, WHY DO THEIR OPINIONS MATTER? THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT HE WAS SAYING. IN PARAPHRASE TERMS. AND I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU WHO IS EDUCATION, MOST PERTINENT TO IT'S MOST PERTINENT TO THOSE WHO ARE BEING EDUCATED. AS STUDENTS . I THINK THAT WE HAVE A RIGHT TO VOICE OUR CONCERNS AS THE REASON WHY I'M HERE. I'M NOT A SPONGE AS THE PERSON IN SUPPORT OF THE BAND WOULD ASSERT. I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M A PROPONENT, AND I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR FREE THOUGHT AND EDUCATION. AND A TEACHER IN MY SCHOOL ONCE SAID THAT AS AN EDUCATOR, HER OBLIGATION IS TO PROVIDE ME WITH EDUCATION AND HOLISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF MY HISTORY, REGARDLESS OF HER POLITICAL PLATFORMS. I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO UNDERSTAND THAT C R T IS NOT AN ATTACK ON THE WHITE RACE. IT'S JUST MERELY TRYING TO EDUCATE US AS STUDENTS ABOUT TOPICS OF SEGREGATION AND HOW WE CAN ANALYZE HISTORICAL TRENDS AND AVOID THESE KINDS OF SITUATIONS IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. HI MY NAME IS JOEL WONG AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE DISTRICT FOR THIS TIME. THIS DISTRICT WAS FOUNDED ON KNOWLEDGE AND OPPORTUNITY, BUT THIS BAND WILL REMOVE THESE TWO VALUES. AS A STUDENT. I REASONABLY EXPECT THAT MY DISTRICT WILL PROTECT MY EDUCATION. BUT THIS BAND WILL DO THE OPPOSITE. NOT ONLY IS IT IGNORANCE FIGHTING MORE IGNORANCE, BUT IT IS ENDANGERING MY EDUCATION. YOUR MISSION STATEMENT. IS TO PROVIDE ALL STUDENTS WITH THE RELEVANT AND RIGOROUS EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE. BUT THIS BAN WILL GET RID OF THAT. OUR TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE WILL BE REMOVED BECAUSE OF THIS ACTION. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE NEEDED, NOTICED AND NURTURED. BUT THIS BAND WILL UNDERMINE THOSE VALUES AND OUR EDUCATION WILL NOT BE PROTECTED.

SO PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR STUDENT VOICES. PLEASE PROTECT OUR EDUCATION. PLEASE DON'T INTERFERE WITH OUR TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE. AND PLEASE VOTE AGAINST THIS BAN. THANK YOU.

MATTHEW YOU'LL BE NEXT AND UP ON DECK IS SARAH PHILLIPS. EVERY YANG. THERE'S TWO NAMES THERE.

YOU ACTUALLY YOU WOULD NEED TO HAVE SEPARATE. STATEMENTS SO I GUESS WHEN WE GET UP TO THAT EVERY YOUNG AND TIANNA ZANG UM, CARRY BRUNEL. AND ANDY FALCO. SO, MATTHEW, IF YOU GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU. BOARD MY NAME IS MATTHEW JONES. I'M PRESIDENT OF THE TURNING POINT USA CHAPTER ESPERANZA HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS CRITICAL RACE THEORY. BASICALLY, IT'S AN IDEOLOGY. THAT WAS FORMED AT THE FRANKFURT SCHOOL IN GERMANY, UH AND HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY KARL MARX, OPPRESSION, PHILOSOPHER, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL HIM.

HE BASICALLY TAUGHT AND THIS WHOLE RHETORIC IS THAT SOME RACES SHOULD BE INFERIOR OR ACTUALLY CONSIDERED INFERIOR AND THAT SOME RACES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED MORE SUPERIOR BASED ON THEIR SKIN COLOR. NOW THIS IS INHERENTLY RACISM. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT MARTIN LUTHER KING JR TAUGHT AGAINST. WE SHOULD TEACH PEOPLE BASED OR THAT WE SHOULD TREAT PEOPLE BASED ON THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER, NOT ON THEIR SKIN COLOR. AND IT GOES AGAINST THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF. NOW WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER YOU KNOW THE BASIS AND OF SKIN COLOR. I'M TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, TALK TO SOMEBODY. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S RACIST, AND IT GOES AGAINST THE CORE OF AMERICAN VALUES. SO I IMPLORE EVERY SINGLE BOARD MEMBER TO VOTE AGAINST THIS BILL. IT'S HARMFUL TO AMERICAN PRINCIPLES AND TOMORROW PRINCIPLES. THANK YOU. HEY, SARAH. I'M SARAH PHILLIPS. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. FOR APRIL. THE YORBA LINDA HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY HAS PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL DISPLAYS FOR AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH.

APRIL IS ALSO NATIONAL POETRY MONTH AND WE HAVE VARIOUS POETRY ACTIVITY. STUDENTS CAN TAKE PART IN BOTH IN PERSON AND ONLINE. AND THIS YEAR WE ADDED A THIRD RECOGNITION ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. THIS IS AN AREA THE LIBRARY NEEDS TO BUILD MORE, BUT WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD START WITH A BOOK DISPLAY SET UP AN ONLINE AREA FOR STUDENTS TO EXPLORE ON THE LIBRARY WEBSITE.

AND THEY'LL BE PICTURES OF ALL THESE DISPLAYS ON THE WILY CHESS FACEBOOK PAGE BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, THEY'RE NOT UP YET. ON THE TOPIC OF DIVERSITY. IT'S NOT A BAD WORD. THERE IS STRENGTH AND DIVERSITY, HAVING DIVERSE STORIES IN A SCHOOL LIBRARY OR A CLASSROOM BENEFITS. EVERY STUDENT FOR ONE STUDENTS CAN SEE THEMSELVES IN LITERATURE AND THAT REALLY MATTERS. ALSO STUDENTS CAN READ STORIES OUTSIDE THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES, AND THAT CREATES EMPATHY.

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SPEAK UP A LITTLE BIT OR CLOSER . I'M SORRY. COULD YOU SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER? THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. OUR NAMES ARE AVERY YANG, INDIANA JONES. WE ARE BOTH EIGHTH GRADERS CURRENTLY ATTENDING CRAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL. TODAY WE BROUGHT A PETITION SIGNED BY OVER 550 OF OUR FELLOW STUDENTS OPPOSING THE CRITICAL RACE THEORY BAND. WE REMOVED TO CREATE THIS PETITION BECAUSE WE VALUE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT HISTORY AS IT IS. TEACHING RACE RELATED TOPICS IS NOT ABOUT BLAMING ANYONE GROUP. INSTEAD IT IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, ESPECIALLY THOSE DIFFERENT FROM OUR OWN SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW PAST HISTORY AFFECTS OUR CURRENT SOCIETY. THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR US AS THE NEXT GENERATION TO NOT REPEAT PAST MISTAKES. PLEASE DO NOT PASS THE BAN. THANK YOU. HI I'M CARRIE BURNELL AND I WAS HERE TWO WEEKS AGO AND LISTEN TO THAT MEETING. I WAS LEFT SO CONFUSED. YOU SAY YOU WANT TO BAN CRT, WHICH ISN'T BEING TAUGHT IN THE DISTRICT, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO CHANGE ANY OF THE CURRICULUM. SO WHAT DO YOU REALLY VOTING FOR? IT WAS SAID THAT RACISM DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE IN AMERICA. YET DURING THAT MEETING, A LADY IN THE AUDIENCE TOLD ME THAT THE A P PROGRAM WAS FOR ASIAN STUDENTS.

AND IF YOU GUYS DON'T LIKE BEING CALLED RACIST, THEN YOU SHOULDN'T MAKE IT SO EASY FOR US TO POINTED OUT TO YOU. OBVIOUSLY THIS WHOLE CRT CIRCUSES POLITICAL FOR BLADES. I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD NOT KNOW HER PAUL UP POLITICS, BUT SHE PARROTS THE EXTREME RIGHT WING PARTY. THIS EXTREME PARTY HAS CONSTANTLY TELLING OTHER PEOPLE NOT TO BE SHEEP, BUT ALL THEY ALL SOUND THE SAME, AND ALL THEY DO IS FOLLOW. TO QUOTE DONALD TRUMP. I LOVE THE UNEDUCATED. DON'T LET THIS BE THE START OF DUMBING DOWN THE KIDS, AND BY THE WAY, THE AP COLLEGE BOARD IS THE ONE WHO IS SAYING THAT A P WILL NOT BE VALID. THANK YOU. ANDY FALCO AND THEN UP NEXT UP, LET ME GIVE YOU FOUR NAMES QUICK. NICK FERNANDEZ, MICHELLE WATERWORTH, KRISTEN MORTON'S EXCUSE ME, KRISTIN MORTENSEN AND MICHELLE ALMEIDA. ANDY FALCO JIMENEZ A COUPLE WEEKS AGO IN THIS VERY ROOM, WE ACTUALLY HAD PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION LOOK UP THE MEANING OF SYSTEMIC. IS IT ANY WONDER OUR CHILDREN ARE SCORING SO POORLY? WE HAVE BEEN AT THIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND WAS JUST THEN, TWO WEEKS AGO, THEY FINALLY LOOKED UP A KEYWORD IN REGARD TO CRT.

AND THEY APPARENTLY DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE KNOW THE MEANING OF IT UNTIL JUST TWO WEEKS AGO.

THAT IS ALMOST AS ABSURD AS WHEN THOSE IN FAVOR OF CRT TRIED TO CLAIM THAT WE PLAN ON BURNING BOOKS. WHY WOULD WE DO THAT? WITH THOSE BOOKS THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO SHOW STUDENTS THE LIES IN CONTRAST BETWEEN MARXISM SOCIALISM AND COMMUNISM AGAINST OUR AMAZING CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC. IT IS AS ABSURD AS THE THOUGHT. THAT SLAVERY, JAPANESE INTERNMENT CAMPS, THE SLAUGHTER OF INDIGENOUS INHABITANTS WILL NOT BE TAUGHT. YOU CANNOT TEACH TRUTHFUL AND HONEST US HISTORY WITHOUT TEACHING STUDENTS ABOUT THESE ATROCITIES IS AS ABSURD AS TEACHING KINDERGARTEN THIRD GRADE GRADERS THAT SEX EDUCATION OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. WE HAVE BEEN WASTING TIME FIGHTING AGAINST THIS NONSENSE AND HAVE DONE LITTLE TO BOOST OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION SO THAT WE CAN INCREASE GRADING AND GRADUATION STANDARDS, NOT LOWER THEM. CONCLUDE YOUR REMARKS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS OR IF THEY CONCLUDE YOUR REMARKS TONIGHT MUST BE THE NIGHT THAT WE BAN CRT. NICK. HELLO, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS NICOLAS FERNANDEZ. I AM A RESIDENT OF YORBA LINDA. MY KIDS GO TO TRAVIS RANCH. UM I'M AGAINST CRT . I AM A LATINO. BUT MOST OF ALL, I'M AN AMERICAN. THERE'S NO CALLERS, THERE'S ONE NATION IN THE REGARD. TEACHERS ARE RACISM IS EVERYWHERE SECURITY TEACHERS THAT THERE ARE NO INDIVIDUALS. INSTEAD ONE BECOMES A MEMBER OF TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF GROUPS. DO YOU PRESSURE OR THE OPPRESSED. I'M LATINO. MY WIFE IS WHITE. MY KIDS ARE MIXED. SO I GUESS I'M OPPRESSED. MY WIFE IS YOUR PRESSURE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE KIDS YOU KNOW, I'M CONFUSED THERE. UM THEATERS USED IN SKIN COLOR, BASICALLY, TO CREATE THE VISION AND CHARGE PEOPLE. THAT'S WRONG, GUYS. WHAT ABOUT CHARACTER? WHAT HAPPENED TO CHARACTER ABOUT? EVERYBODY AT HOME, STARTING TO TEACH AND SHOW BASICALLY TO BE BETTER HUMAN BEINGS INSIDE IN SOCIETY, YOU KNOW, LET'S TRY TO TEACH YOUR KIDS TO CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY IN

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PLEASE CONSIDER THE IMPACT THIS WILL HAVE ON EVERY SCHOOL CLIMATE. DO WE REALLY NEED TO TEACH? HATE AND DIVISION ISN'T THERE ENOUGH OF THAT GOING AROUND THESE DAYS? KRISTEN. I'M KRISTIN. TODAY I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THE AUDIENCE BEFORE YOU OPPOSED OR SUPPOSED SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. YOU SHOULD READ IT. HOW CAN YOU OPPOSE OR SUPPORT SOMETHING? IF YOU DON'T READ IT LINE FOR LINE DON'T TRUST WHAT OTHERS SAYS. OTHERS SAY ABOUT IT, BUT FORM YOUR OWN OPINION. I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS WHAT THE COLLEGE COLLEGE BOARDS HAS SAID . IT SAID IT WILL REMOVE THE AP DESIGNATION FROM COURSES WHEN REQUIRED. TOPICS ARE BANNED. THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. LET ME READ THE THIRD POINT. WHEREAS NOTHING IN THIS RESOLUTION SHALL REQUIRE ANY STAFF MEMBER TO VIOLATE LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL LAW AS WELL AS EDUCATION CODE. THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY THAT TEACHERS WILL RELY ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ADOPTED CURRICULUM AS THE AUTHORITY NATIVE SOURCE FOR THE CONTENT OF INSTRUCTION TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION. THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS IN THIS RESOLUTION THAT EACH AND EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT SHOULD READ FROM A PERSONAL, NOT A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND FORM A PERSONAL, NOT A GROUP OPINION. NOTHING IN THIS RESOLUTION WILL PREVENT AN AP TEACHER FROM TEACHING THE REQUIRED TOPICS FOR THEIR COURSES. THEREFORE, THEY WILL NOT LOSE THEIR STATUS. MICHELLE. AND THEN AFTER MICHELLE, WE HAVE DIANE K. RANDALL, ADAM SMITH. ASHLEY ABRAHAM AND JUDY DESJARDIN. THIS IS MY NAME IS MICHELLE ALMEIDA AND I'M A PARENT AND AN EDUCATOR. THE PROPOSED BAN IS CENSORSHIP AND POLITICS AND EDUCATION. IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO LEAD TO LAWSUITS, A NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR TEACHERS AND WATER DOWN CURRICULUM. WE CANNOT BAN EDUCATIONAL THOUGHT BECAUSE ONE GROUP HAS POLITICIZED CRT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE RECENT SABOTAGE OF A FUNDRAISER FOR DIVERSIFY OUR NARRATIVE BY PEOPLE WHO DON'T AGREE WITH THEIR PURPOSE.

THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. THIS CLUB HAS AS MUCH RIGHT TO MEET, SPEAK FUNDRAISE AND ENGAGED IN OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM. AS TURNING POINT USA AND OTHER STUDENT CLUBS. WE SHOULD COMMEND THESE STUDENTS FOR SPEAKING FOR SAYING WHAT THEY BELIEVE AND FOR FINDING PLACES WHERE THEY BELONG ON CAMPUS, WHICH IS REALLY HARD FOR KIDS AND FOR PEOPLE TO GO OUT OF THEIR WAY. TO SABOTAGE THEIR FUNDRAISING RAISING EFFORTS IS IT'S UNFATHOMABLE TO ME AND I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD AND THE DISTRICT TO SUPPORT ALL STUDENT GROUPS AND HAVE THEIR BACK WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN. CENSORSHIP IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE. AND IF YOU PASS THIS BAN THAT WILL BE YOUR LEGACY AT P. L U. S T. DIANE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT. MY NAME IS DIANE K. RANDALL. AND I'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON UM THE C R T. I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THAT TONIGHT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNED IS THERE'S A LOT OF DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, WHICH WAS WRITTEN BY A RENOWNED SOCIALIST HOWARD'S N. HE HAS SINCE PASSED.

HE'S NO LONGER WITH US. BUT IF YOU PULL APART C R T IT DOESN'T MESH WITH THE VERY FACTS THAT HE PUT IN THIS BOOK. AND I SAY TO THAT. YES. THERE'S TOO MUCH INCONSISTENCIES. WE NEED NOT BE TEACHING THAT TO OUR STUDENTS. THEY HAVE ENOUGH STRESS RIGHT NOW GOING ON IN THEIR LIFE. THEY DON'T NEED THE STRESS OF THIS FIGHT BETWEEN THE C R T. IF YOU GUYS WANT YOUR KIDS TO LEARN C R T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. OR WAIT UNTIL THEY ARE AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL AND SUGGEST A COLLEGE LEVEL CLASS FOR THEM. DO NOT PUT THIS ON THE TAXPAYER. THANK YOU. ADAM

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OR WAS THIS REALLY JUST A MATTER OF POLITICAL PANDERING? THAT'S IT. JUDY, YOUR NEXT. OKAY, UM, AND UP AFTER JUDY WILL BE SHARI PELKEY. UH, STEPH BASTAR. TODD FRAZIER. AND BRENT. THANK YOU.

I'M JUDY DESJARDIN AND I DO SUPPORT TO BAN CTR. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANSWERED, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE PRINCIPAL AT TRAVIS RANCH. AND THIS IS REGARDING. EXCUSE ME THE AWARDS CEREMONY BUT THE PRINCIPAL AT TRAVIS RANCH SENT A MEMO TO THE TEACHERS, SAYING THAT ONLY CHARACTER AWARDS WOULD BE GIVEN OUT. UM MY GRANDCHILDREN GO TO MABEL PAIN. I CALLED THE SCHOOL AND I FOUND OUT THAT THE PRINCIPAL WOULD RECOGNIZE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND CHARACTER AWARDS. UM. WHAT IS THE POLICY? DR L CELSER, I'D LIKE TO KNOW. UH HUH. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THE PARENTS DID WIN BECAUSE THE PARENTS DID COMPLAIN, AND NOW THAT PRINCIPLE IS GOING TO DO ALL ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND CHARACTER AWARDS. THANK YOU. THE CRT BAND DOES NOT EXCLUDE OUR HISTORY. THIS IS THE DISTRICT U.

S HISTORY BOOK FOR HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS NOT GOING AWAY WITH THIS BAND. SOME OF THE TOPICS IN THIS BOOK ARE NATIVE AMERICAN SOCIETIES. ANCIENT PEOPLE OF AMERICA ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE SLAVERY. MISSOURI COMPROMISE TRAIL OF TEARS. CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT GARRISON FREDERICK DOUGLASS TURNER'S REBELLION, DIVERSE POLITICS OF SLAVERY. UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. HARRIET TUBMAN, UNCLE TOM'S CABIN DREAD SCOTT EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. AFRICAN AMERICANS IN RECONSTRUCTION SHARECROPPING KU KLUX KLAN SITTING BULL MASSACRE AT SAND CREEK DEATH ON BOZEMAN TRAIL RED RIVER WAR ASSIMILATION DAWES ACT CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT ANTI ASIAN SENTIMENT. BOOKER T.

WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON W E B DU BOIS NIAGARA MOVEMENT, TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY, JIM CROW LAWS.

SEGREGATION PRESI VERSUS FERGUSON LYNCHING RACE RIOTS, JAPANESE INTERNMENT CAMPS.

MARCUS GARVEY, HARLEM RENAISSANCE ADOLF HITLER, GERMANY, THE HOLOCAUST MASS EXTERMINATIONS THURGOOD MARSHALL BROWN VERSUS BOARD OF EDUCATION . MARTIN LUTHER MARTIN, MARTIN LUTHER KING, CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, ROSA PARKS AND SO MUCH MORE THIS ONE, OKAY? STUFF. OKAY. I'M A LITTLE NEW TO THIS. SO THE DIFFERENCE IS I STOPPED ABOUT IT. I HAVE FIVE BOYS. I DON'T REMEMBER ONE OF THEM COMING HOME FROM PRESCHOOL GOING. I DIDN'T LIKE THIS KID BECAUSE THEY LOOKED A CERTAIN WAY WE GREW UP IN L A. MY KIDS ARE NOT FROM AROUND HERE SO YOU CAN'T USE THE ORANGE COUNTY BUBBLE. THEY ARE FROM L A. WHERE? TRUST ME. WE HAD EVERYBODY YOU KNOW WHO THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE KID THAT TOOK THEIR COOKIE, THE KID THAT HIT THEM THAT DAY. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DO KNOW THAT THEIR GRANDPARENTS ARE NATIVE AMERICANS THAT THEIR GRANDPARENTS CAME FROM SPAIN AND THEY LOOK AS WHITE AS I DO SO WHEN YOU SIT THERE AND SAY THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT MY CHILD SITTING ACROSS THE ROOM, IT WILL JUST AFFECT THEM AS MUCH AS IT WILL AFFECT ANYONE OF YOU. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE NEED TO PRESERVE OUR HISTORY AND NOT BLAME ANYBODY AND MOVE FORWARD AND STOP DIVIDING THIS COUNTRY. EVERYBODY WANTS TO PICK A SIDE.

STOP PICKING ASIDE AND PICK THE SIDE OF THE FUTURE. FIND A WAY TO COME TOGETHER ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS, I'LL THAT IS SO DIVIDED RIGHT NOW AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT ? LET'S MOVE FORWARD, BAN CRT AND FIND A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD. TIED. I'M BRENT. UM MY KIDS DID K THROUGH 12. AND THAT'S JUST DISTRICT DOES DID I UM CRTS ALREADY BEING TAUGHT. SO LAST YEAR, MY DAUGHTER'S HISTORY CLASS WAS A CRT INFLUENCED ALL YEAR LONG. THE MAIN THEME. WHITE PEOPLE ARE BAD. IT'S KIND OF CONFUSING FOR HER SINCE HER GREAT GRANDFATHER'S AFRICAN AMERICANS SO AGAIN, SHE DIDN'T

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I'M TODD FRAZIER. WE'VE GOT ONE CHILD IN THE DISTRICT ARE ABOUT TO HAVE TWO MORE. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THREE IN THE DISTRICT HERE. THIS NEXT YEAR. I READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO THAT THE TITLE SAID MATH IS RACIST. I THOUGHT THAT'S REALLY WEIRD. I HAVE A MATH EDUCATION DEGREE. I WAS CREDENTIAL IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI AND I AM NOT A C P A. SO I DO NUMBERS A LOT. I DON'T SEE ANY RACISM IN MATH. I WAS LIKE, WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? THAT'S REALLY STRANGE. AND THE MORE I'VE LEARNED ABOUT CRT. AND THE TENANTS OF WHAT IT IS, IS THAT RACISM IS NORMATIVE.

IT'S IN EVERYTHING. AND SO I STARTED UNDERSTANDING. WAIT A MINUTE. SO IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT, BECAUSE SOMEBODY DOESN'T DOESN'T EXCEL IN A CERTAIN SUBJECT, YOU CAN JUST LOOK AT THE RACE AND SAY, OH, WELL, IT'S BECAUSE OF RACISM. BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. THERE'S NO THERE'S NO RATIONALE TO THAT . WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENS WITH CRT WHEN YOU'RE BASING THINGS ON SUBJECTIVE TRUTH RATHER THAN OBJECTIVE TRUTH WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT DIVIDING PEOPLE BY SKIN COLOR. IT'S WRONG. IT'S A WORLDVIEW THAT WE DO NOT NEED IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE NEED TO BE AUTHENTIC. WE NEED TO BE REAL. AND WE NEED TO TEACH WHAT HISTORY IS. NOT THAT, UH WELL, MY TIME IS UP. BUT MATH IS NOT RACIST. A NEXT STEP. WE HAVE. STEPHANIE DEAN, BETTY SUNG RALPH DO, BOY. AND LIANA SON. SO AGAIN , IN CASE YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT STEPHANIE DE BETTY SUNG RALPH BOY. DO BLAH, UM AND LEANNA SUNG BY RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. BANNING CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE POPULAR. IT'S ALREADY BEEN BANNED OR IS UPPER PROPOSAL IN 23 STATES AND COUNTLESS SCHOOL DISTRICTS. EVEN HERE, BANNING IT IS THE POPULAR CHOICE AMONG VOTERS AND THAT IS REASON ENOUGH TO KEEP IT OUT OF OUR CLASSROOMS. BUT I WOULD ADVOCATE THAT THE MORE IMPORTANT REASON TO BAN IT BEFORE IT IS INTRODUCED IS BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY SEEPED INTO A LOT OF OUR CLASSES AND INTO OUR EDUCATOR REQUIRED TRAININGS. ASK ANY TEACHERS IF THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD TO EXAMINE THEIR LESSON PLANS FOR WHITENESS. OR IF IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED TO THEM THAT THEY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR PRIVILEGE, AND THEY WILL SHAKE THEIR HEADS. YES, THIS HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN TO MAKE THEM BETTER EDUCATORS. IT HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN TO INCREASE OUR STUDENTS LEARNING OR THEIR EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES. IN FACT, IT HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN TO DO ANYTHING POSITIVE AND EDUCATION. SO I ALLOW P Y EL TO BEGIN E PIGS IN THE SOCIAL EXPERIMENT OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY. BAN IT AND PROTECT OUR KIDS AND EDUCATORS FROM THIS UNPROVEN AN UNPOPULAR EXPERIMENT. BETTY. GOOD EVENING. I'M A PARENT. MY NEWS BETTY SONG. I'M A PARENT OF A PAIR OF TEENAGERS HERE IN THIS DISTRICT. I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR EDUCATORS. MANY OF OUR HISTORY TEACHERS, TOO. CRT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS A SOPHISTICATED AND CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC. BEYOND THE SCOPE OF OUR STUDENTS. I UNDERSTAND THAT I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS IT IS AT STAKE HERE. ARE WE POSSIBLY AND PREEMPTIVELY OUT OF FEAR ON A NATIONAL TOPIC, PUTTING RESTRICTIONS ON HER EVERYDAY HISTORY TEACHERS? THAT'S MY QUESTION, JUST TRYING TO DO THEIR JOB. AS A PARENT IN THIS EXCELLENT DISTRICT. I EXPECT THAT MY KIDS RECEIVED A GREAT EDUCATION HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSITION ON INTO GREAT COLLEGES IF THEY CHOOSE TO GO ON THAT PATH. THAT MEANS THAT THEY NEEDED THEY MAY NEED TO TAKE CLASSES LIKE AP HISTORY, AP LITERATURE AND OTHER COLLEGE ORIENTED CLASSES. IT WILL INCLUDE DIFFICULT TOPICS LIKE SLAVERY, RACISM AND DISCUSSION OF OUR NATION'S PAST , AND IT MAY INCLUDE DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS ABOUT IT. THAT'S WHAT EDUCATION IS, IS SOMETIMES I DO NOT EXPECT OUR TEACHERS TO FEEL LIKE THEY CAN'T DO THEIR JOB AND NOW INCLUDE YOUR REMARKS. UM SO LET'S LET'S TIME IS UP. LET'S NOT BE AFRAID WE CAN DO BETTER. THANK YOU. RALPH. GOOD EVENING. CAN WE ALL AGREE THAT TRUTH AND ONLY TRUTH, EVEN MY GREEN FRIENDS IS ALL IT IS TO BE THAT TO OUR CHILDREN. YOU ARE THE GATEKEEPERS SCHOOL BOARD. YOU MUST NOT ALLOW ANYTHING OTHER THAN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUTH TO PASS. IF ANYONE AMONG YOU LACKS WISDOM, LET HIM ASK OF GOD, WHO GIVES 12 GENEROUSLY AND WITHOUT REPROACH, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU, BUT YOU MUST ASK IN FAITH WITHOUT ANY DOUBTING. IF YOU FEAR THE LORD GOD, THIS PROMISE APPLIES TO YOU AS WELL. FATHER. WE PRAY FOR THESE HERE,

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PLEASE GRANT THEM HUMBLE HEARTS AS THEY STAND BEFORE YOU TO MAKE THIS JUDGMENT KNOWN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR YOUR DECISIONS. LEANNA IS GOING TO BE NEXT. AND THEN AFTER LIANA WILL BE COURTNEY JOCKS, APRIL HOY, SHANI MURRAY AND TYLER KIM.

HELLO MY NAME IS LEON A SONG AND I AM A STUDENT AT KRAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE BOARD IN MY COMMUNITY. TO REJECT THE BEEN ON CRITICAL RACE THEORY. AND MAKE NO MISTAKE.

THIS BIN IS NOT PROTECTING STUDENTS. IT'S CHOOSING IGNORANCE AND CHOOSING IGNORANCE HAS NO PLACE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION. THE FOUNDATION OF WHICH IS SHARING IN TRUTH. I HOPE THAT INSTEAD OF AVOIDING HARD DECISIONS, WE CAN HAVE THE COURAGE TO FACE THE TRUTH, EVEN IF IT'S UGLY. BECAUSE ONLY BY FACING THE TRUTH. CAN WE FIND SOLUTIONS? THANK YOU. KOURTNEY.

YEAH. HI MY NAME IS COURTNEY AND I HAVE ONE KID IN THIS DISTRICT AT TRAVIS. UM I'VE ALREADY STOOD HERE AND GIVEN YOU SEVEN SPEECHES AGAINST CRT. AND HOPEFULLY THIS ONE WILL BE MY LAST. I IMPLORE YOU TO VOTE YES TO BAN CRT FROM BEING TAUGHT IN OUR DISTRICT AND JOINED THE SEVERAL OTHER DISTRICTS. AND SO CAL THAT HAVE ALREADY DONE SO. IN ADDITION, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU HAVE A DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS SET IN PLACE BEFORE YOU IMPLEMENT THE BAN. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU HAVE EVERY STAFF MEMBER SIGN A COPY OF THE BAND AS WELL AS A COPY OF THE DISCIPLINARY ACTION. SO THAT THE EXPECTATIONS AND CONSEQUENCES ARE VERY CLEAR FROM THE GET GO IF STUDENTS WERE KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL AFTER THREE MASKED VIOLATIONS, I WOULD HOPE THAT THE INTENTIONAL TEACHING OF CRT WOULD YIELD THE SAME RESULTS. APRIL. APRIL HI. OY UM I'M GOING TO GO A DIFFERENT ROUTE. I'D LIKE TO THANK THOSE OF YOU WORKING TO MOVE THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD TO BEN CRT IN OUR DISTRICT. A RESOLUTION THAT MANY SAME SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE APPROVED LAST SUMMER. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE MAJORITY OF THE CONSTITUENTS. YOU REPRESENT US PARENTS WHO KNOW THE EVILS AND MISINFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN CRT AND DO NOT WANT TO TALK TO OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME YOU HAVE SPENT RESEARCHING CRT AND FOR USING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS TO DETERMINE THAT CRT HAS NO PLACE IN OUR DISTRICT OR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR ALSO STANDING UP TO THE BULLYING WOKE LEFT IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO DISSUADE YOU FROM STANDING UP AGAINST CRT. THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP TO THEIR POWER, THEIR MONEY, THEIR ASSASSINATIONS OF YOUR CHARACTER. THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BADMOUTHING THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED. YOU'RE AN EXAMPLE TO OUR CHILDREN. THE TRUTH DOES STILL HAVE A PLACE IN OUR SOCIETY. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS VERY IMPORTANT. FIRST STEP IN RIDDING OUR SCHOOLS OF CRT.

THANK YOU. SHANI. I'M SHANI MURRAY. AND I JUST LIKE TO SHARE EXCERPTS FROM AN ARTICLE BY A GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR JANELLE GEORGE QUOTE. I TEACH STUDENTS HISTORY NOT TO CAST ANYONE AS OPPRESSOR OR A VICTIM , BUT TO DEMONSTRATE HOW PAST INEQUITIES INFORM CONTEMPORARY ONES. A CRT LENS HELPS STUDENTS RECOGNIZE HOW RACIAL INEQUITY CAN BE MAINTAINED THROUGH LAWS AND POLICIES SPANNING THE SLAVE CODES THAT PROHIBITED DOUGLAS AND OTHER ENSLAVED PERSONS FROM LEARNING HOW TO READ OR WRITE. THE JIM CROW LAWS AND DEFACTO POLICIES THAT MAINTAIN SCHOOL SEGREGATION TO CONTEMPORARY POLICIES LIKE DISCRIMINATORY SCHOOL DISCIPLINE POLICIES. MANY PEOPLE HOPE THAT IGNORING THE EXISTENCE OF RACIAL INEQUALITY WILL MAKE IT GO AWAY. IT DOESN'T INSTEAD, WE MUST DO THE WORK OF IDENTIFYING POLICIES, PRACTICES AND CONDITIONS THAT ALLOW IT TO PERSIST. BEFORE CRTS CANCELED OR FURTHER MISCHARACTERIZED IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE HOW THIS FRAMEWORK HELPS EDUCATORS EXAMINE HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY RACIAL INEQUALITY AND EQUIP STUDENTS WITH THE TOOLS TO HELP ERADICATE IT. AGAINST THE BAN. THANK YOU.

TYLER. AND THEN AFTER TYLER, WE HAVE MAGDALENA. APPRECIATE. UH, APPRECIATE IT. PARK UNCLE BRIAN SARNO. AND MIKEY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, UM TYLER KIM, AND I'M A JUNIOR YEAR BELINDA HIGH SCHOOL. I, LIKE MANY OTHER STUDENTS ARE CURIOUS ABOUT MANY THINGS, AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS

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THANK YOU. MAGDALENA. HELLO. MY NAME IS MAGDALENA APARICIO. SEPTEMBER 30TH 2021 SP STUDENT WRITES AND POSTS YOUR DAD'S MY GARDENER ON A POSTER BECAUSE OF A FOOTBALL RIVALRY. DECEMBER 1ST APPARENT YELLS GO BACK TO THE HON DURING A SOCCER GAME AS MUCH AS STAFF TRIED TO HIDE THESE TOPICS AND HANDLE THESE COMPLEX SITUATIONS. STUDENTS WILL CREATE DISCUSSION. WE CAN'T IGNORE MISTAKES, BUT WE CAN PRODUCTIVELY LEARN FROM THEM. WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WON'T REMOVE CERTAIN TOPICS FROM OUR CURRICULUM, BUT IT'S NOT JUST WHAT YOU TEACH. IT'S HOW NOT ONLY THAT, BUT IF YOU BAN CRT AND CONTINUE TO ADD IN MALIBU MANIPULATE THE DEFINITION OF WHAT CRT IS. YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT HARDER TO CONCRETELY JUSTIFY YOUR CURRICULUM. YOUR TEACHERS WILL BEGIN TO TEACH AND FEAR. WE DON'T WANT THE SUGAR COATED, CENSORED OR HIDDEN CURRICULUM, AND WE'RE NOT ASKING A SHAME. WHITE STUDENTS ARE ENFORCED COMMUNISM. WE SIMPLY WANT A COMPLETE AND EMPATHETIC EDUCATION ON AMERICA. HOW CAN WE CELEBRATE THE TRIUMPH OF OUR COUNTRY WITHOUT THE UNCONDITIONAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF OUR LOWS? CENSORSHIP IS FOR OBSCENITY IS NOT EDUCATION AND IGNORANCE HAS NO PLACE IN THE CLASSROOM. PAUL, YOU'RE UP NEXT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS PAUL KUNKLE. I HAVE A DAUGHTER IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND I'M OPPOSED TO THE CRITICAL RACE THEORY. UM I HEAR MY DAUGHTER COME HOME AND SPEAK ABOUT STUFF ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE TEACHERS ARE TEACHING HER BETTER UNTRUE. UM. SHE CONSTANTLY THROUGH THE DAY TEXT ME QUESTIONS ABOUT STUFF THAT'S BEING TAUGHT AND QUESTIONS THAT THINGS THAT ARE BEING TAUGHT, AND I KEEP TELLING HER YOU NEED TO QUESTION EVERYTHING THAT YOUR TEACHERS ARE TEACHING YOU. BECAUSE THIS STUFF IS SLIPPING THROUGH TO OUR KIDS FROM OUR TEACHERS. THESE PEOPLE OUT HERE OBVIOUSLY THIS. WHY WHY DO THEY HAVE AN AGENDA TO DO THIS KIND OF THING? LISTEN, I'M NO BIG SPEAKER. I BARELY MADE IT THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. BUT YOU KNOW, I'VE MADE A GOOD LIFE FOR MYSELF, AND I'M GOING TO FIGHT FOR MY DAUGHTER EVERY DAY. AND SAME WITH ALL THESE PARENTS OUT HERE ARE HERE TO FIGHT FOR THEIR KIDS. WHERE ARE THESE? THESE KIDS? PARENTS WHY ARE THEY NOT HERE? FIGHTING FOR THIS? IF IT'S SO GOOD. SO ONE OR TWO PARENTS, BUT I BET YOU EVERY ONE OF THOSE KIDS OVER THERE THEIR KIDS ARE HERE. THANK YOU. BRIAN, ARE YOU BRAND BRIAN? MY NAME IS BRIAN SARNO. TRUST A YOUNG BLOOD. TRUSTEE BLADES. THIS IS J. E.

ANDREWS. VIRGINIA JOHNSON. SENATOR THEODORE BILBO. GOVERNOR LESTER MADDOX, SENATOR SAM ENGELHARDT, GOVERNOR GEORGE WALLACE AND SHERIFF JIM CLARK. IF YOU ARE UNAWARE OF WHO THESE OTHER INDIVIDUALS ARE, I SUGGEST YOU ASK YOUR FORMER HISTORY TEACHER TURNED IN FLORIDA OR ATTORNEY TO INFORM YOU I MAY BE NAIVE THAT I COULD SWAY YOUR VOTE AT THIS TIME. BUT PLEASE TRUST THE ANDERSON, PLEASE. DO NOT VOTE TO ADD YOUR NAME TO THIS LIST TONIGHT. KEEP OUR DISTRICT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY AND OUT OF THE NEWS AGAIN FOR THE WRONG REASONS.

MIKE IS UP NEXT AND THEN AFTER MIKE IS RAQUEL F. JULIE SOUCHARD , PAM LANE AND CRYSTAL NOBLE.

HI. MY NAME IS MIKE. I'VE GOT TWO KIDS IN THIS DISTRICT. MY WIFE WOULD AGREE THAT I'M A PRETTY SIMPLE MINDED INDIVIDUAL . SO I'M GONNA DO MY BEST TO SIMPLIFY THIS THE BEST THAT I POSSIBLY CAN, AND I'M GONNA DO THAT BY MAKING A VERY CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENT. IN THAT STATEMENT, IS THAT RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION OF ANY KIND HAS NO PLACE IN OUR KIDS. CLASSROOMS ARE IN OUR DISTRICT. PERIOD. NO EXCEPTIONS. END OF STORY. SO IF YOU AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT,

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21 12 TO BAN CRT. THANK YOU. RAQUEL HERE. HERE WE ARE AGAIN TRYING TO BAN SOMETHING YOU CAN'T DEFINE FROM A CURRICULUM. YOU AREN'T QUALIFIED ENOUGH TO TEACH IF YOU WERE TRULY CONCERNED WITH HOW TEACHERS PRESENT INFORMATION, YOU WOULD HAVE CONSULTED THE EXPERTS. I E . THE REAL LIFE PY L USD TEACHERS THAT BUST THEIR BUTTS EVERY SINGLE DAY WORKING FOR OUR STUDENTS. HECK, YOUR OWN LEGAL COUNCIL AND A FORMER HISTORY TEACHER GAVE YOU A GIFT. A GREAT RESOURCE. BP 6144 WHICH WOULD ENSURE QUOTE. CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES ARE IMPARTIALLY PRESENTED WITHOUT ANY PARTISAN VIEWPOINT. ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU CLAIM TO BE AFTER? THE WHY ISN'T THAT GOOD ENOUGH? YOU'RE EMBARRASSING LACK OF KNOWLEDGE. YOUR RIFF USUAL. YOUR REFUSAL TO CONSULT TEACHING EXPERTS AT YOUR DISPOSAL AND THE CHOICE TO IGNORE A SENSIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO BLATANT CENSORSHIP. SHOWS US THAT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT PARTISAN BOARD MEMBERS AND THEIR ATTEMPTS TO ADOPT OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JULIA SOUCHARD. TRUSTEE BLADES WAS TAGGED ON A SOCIAL MEDIA POST ABOUT THE TURNING POINT CLUB AT YOUR BELINDA HIGH SCHOOL. LATE SUPPORTERS ARE EXCITED THAT STUDENTS FROM TURNING POINT WILL BE SPEAKING TONIGHT COMPARED THE TREATMENT OF TURNING POINT STUDENTS TO MEMBERS OF THE STUDENT LED CLUB DIVERSIFY OUR NARRATIVE AT THE LAST SCHOOL BOARD MEETING BLADES, DISCIPLES HARASSMENT FROM THEIR BULLY PULPIT THAN WORK TO HAVE THEIR FUNDRAISER CANCELED DUE TO PROTESTS. THREATS APPARENTLY FREE SPEECH IS ONLY IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS WHO SHARE BLADES. IDEOLOGY PLAYS POSTED AN OC INDEPENDENT ARTICLE ABOUT THE MEETING ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA. THE ARTICLE WAS A HIT JOB AGAINST DIVERSIFY OUR NARRATIVE, THE PUBLISHER OF OC INDEPENDENT AS MATTHEW CUNNINGHAM, HIS HUSBAND TO THE PRESIDENT OF ANAHEIM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THE AUTHOR OF THE ARTICLE IS EMPLOYED BY GC STRATEGIES OWNED BY CAMERON WHISTLE, SENIOR POLICY AIDE, ANAHEIM MAYOR PRO TEM O'NEILL.

GC STRATEGIES IS REGISTERED AT THE SAME ADDRESS AS BUILDING VISIT ANAHEIM, ALSO AFFILIATED WITH THE CITY OF ANAHEIM. WE SHOULD ALL BE ALONE THAT GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS ARE COLLABORATING TO HARASS A STUDENT DIVERSITY CLUB. CRT IS A FRAMEWORK OF IDEAS THAT EXPLORES CONCEPT THAT RACISM IS NOT MERELY A PRODUCT OF INDIVIDUAL PREJUDICE, BUT ALSO EMBEDDED IN GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS. WHAT I JUST ILLUSTRATED AS INSTITUTIONAL RACISM IT EXISTS AND IT EXISTS HERE. MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD WERE ELECTED TO ELEVATE ALL STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT, NOT JUST THE STUDENTS WHOSE IDEOLOGY MATCHES THEIR OWN VOTE. NO ON THE BAND. THANK YOU.

PAM. HELLO MY NAME IS CRYSTAL. I HAVE THREE STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT. AND I'M JUST GOING TO PICK UP WHERE I LEFT OFF LAST MEETING. UM CRITICAL RACE THEORY DOES TEACH RACISM. UM WE HEAR A LOT THAT WE DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT OR IT TEACHES. YOU TO UNDERSTAND OTHER CULTURES AND THAT'S FINE.

WE AGREE WITH THAT. WE WANT TO TEACH HISTORY WANT TO TEACH OTHER CULTURES? I AM AN ETHNIC PERSON. I'M MEXICAN AND ALSO PARTIAL NATIVE AMERICAN. BUT THE PURVEYORS OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CONSULTED IN CREATING THE CURRICULUMS. BELIEVE THE ONLY REMEDY TO RACIST DISCRIMINATION IS ANTI RACIST DISCRIMINATION. THE ONLY REMEDY TO PAST DISCRIMINATION IS PRESENT DISCRIMINATION. THE ONLY REMEDY TO PRESENT DISCRIMINATION IS FUTURE DISCRIMINATION. THIS IS FROM KENNEDY CANDY. HE UM, MAKES $20,000 EACH TIME HE GIVES A LECTURE, AND THERE'S LOTS OF THEM LIKE IT. UM, I KNOW HOW MUCH TIME LEFT, BUT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO VOTE. YES. ON THE CRT. BEN. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE PAM LANE? IS THERE A PAM LANE? GOING THREE TIMES FAMILY. OKAY, SO UP NEXT WE HAVE MCKENNA, HASTINGS. JOHN. STARTS WITH A Q. I APOLOGIZE, SOMETHING. JOHN THAT'S IT. THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT, KRISTA, UH GILROY GUILLORY. AND BEND STEPS. SO OH, HERE'S THESE, SOME OF THESE SAY OUTSIDE SO THEY CAN HEAR US CORRECT. OKAY SO WE'LL GO SLOW IF THEY'RE NOT IN AND I DID SET A FEW ASIDE SO IF THEY DIDN'T GET HURT IN THEIR OUTSIDE, THEN WE'LL CIRCLE BACK. MCKENNA. HASTINGS WILL BE FIRST. HI I'M MCKENNA. I AM PART OF THE CLUB. I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT BY NOW. DIVERSE FIRE NARRATIVE.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY A FEW THINGS BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN QUITE A FEW MISINFORMATION AND MISCONCEPTIONS READ ABOUT THE CLUB. FIRSTLY WE DO NOT GIVE STUDENTS COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS ANYMORE. THE GROUP DISBANDED, GIVING US COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS BACK IN SEPTEMBER. SO

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NOW THE BAND WOULD AFFECT MINE AND FUTURE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CHANCE OF HAVING A FULL, UNCENSORED AND UNRESTRICTED EDUCATION, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GOING TO LEARN ABOUT THE TULSA MASSACRE IN HISTORY CLASS NOW OR NOT. AND BEFORE ANYONE COMES UP HERE AND TRIES TO SAY THE TULSA MASSACRE ISN'T REAL BECAUSE MOST OF US LEARNED THAT IT HAPPENED FROM A TV SHOW LOOKING UP AND WATCH THE TOASTER AND MASSACRES OF EVERY VIDEOS. IF THIS BAND PAST I KNOW THAT MYSELF AND OTHERS WILL WORK HARD AND TRY TO THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. CHON QUACKENBUSH.

GOOD EVENING, JOHN QUACKENBUSH. I HAVE A DAUGHTER AT ELDORADO CURRENTLY. AND UH, I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS THROUGH HER FRIENDS SOCCER TEAM AND THAT AND I WANTED TO COME UP HERE AND I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORY CLERK ON WE'RE SAYING THAT THE ACRYLIC GLOVES NOT GOING TO CHANGE. WE'RE GOING TO LEARN ABOUT HISTORY. WE'RE GOING TO LEARN THE UGLY TRUTHS AND GROW FROM IT AND BETTER OURSELVES. BUT WE WOULDN'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION AND THESE THINGS AND POSSIBLE UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCES THAT MAY STIFLE SOME DISCUSSION.

ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. THE SENIORS, THE JUNIORS , THEY'RE AT A HIGHER LEVEL THAT CAN BRING UP THESE THINGS ON THEIR OWN. THEY MAY HEAR SOMETHING OUT THERE. THEY BRING IT UP TO THEIR TEACHER WHOSE HISTORY TEACHER OR LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER WHO'S TEACHING THEM, YOU KNOW OF, UH, READING AND FRANK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THEY HAVE THESE QUESTIONS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T CAUSE A RIPPLE EFFECT WHERE THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS CAN'T HAVE OPEN DIALOGUE. AND UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER. THANK YOU. SO THIS ONE IS KRISTA GUILLORY AND DEVIN GREEN.

AND YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE COMEBACK IN IT. HELLO. I'M KRISTA. THIS IS SO SIMPLE. CRT IS DIVISIVE. IT TEACHES TO DIVIDE DIVIDE BY COLOR OF ONE'S SKIN. I DON'T SUPPORT THE TEACHING OF CRT. MY NAME IS DEVIN GREEN. I'VE SEEN SOME OF Y'ALL'S FACEBOOK PAGES AND SOME OF YOU NEED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL. I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT KIDS BEING ABLE TO READ AND DO MATH RATHER THAN BEING TAUGHT HOW TO BE AN ACTIVIST. NEXT WE HAVE BEEN STUBS AND THEN THE FOUR UPCOMING NEXT WILL BE SHANI BOONE, CURTIS, MMA, CATHERINE. JOHN BARCLAY. AND STUART LAWRENCE AND BETH BEST, LAWRENCE. LIVING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. BEN STUBS, PARENT OF A STUDENT HERE IN THE DISTRICT. I SUPPORT THE BOARD'S RESOLUTION FOR 21 20 SORRY, 21 12 TO NOT USE CRT AS THE GUIDE IN ETHNIC STUDIES. SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR PRUDENCE CARTER AT UC BERKELEY TO FIND CRT AS A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK, WHICH SAYS THERE ARE STRUCTURES IN OUR SOCIETY THAT CREATES RACIALLY ECONOMIC DISPARITY COVERING THINGS LIKE RACIAL HIERARCHY AND RACISM IN SCHOOLS IN SOCIETY, QUOTE. CLEARLY THIS SHOULD NOT BE TAUGHT IN K THROUGH 12. THERE ARE BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ACADEMICS WHO DO ADVOCATE FOR TEACHING CRT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL LIKE PROFESSOR KIRA AND BRIDGES OF UC BERKELEY. BUT THE ONLY THING THAT PREVENTS THAT FROM HAPPENING IS THE FACT. SHE SAYS THAT THE CALIFORNIA K THROUGH 12 CURRICULUM DOESN'T TEACH THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT OR BASIC CIVICS. SO IT BEGS THE QUESTION. HOW CAN THE SYSTEM TEACH A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF A SYSTEMATIC RACISM IF IT DOESN'T EVEN TEACH THE BASIC FORM OF THE SYSTEM ITSELF? ONCE AGAIN, I SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION. 21 12 2. THAT YOU CRT AS THE GUIDE AND ETHNIC STUDIES. THANK YOU. SHANI BOONE. AND THEN UP AFTER THAT, UM, JUST TO READ IT AGAIN BECAUSE NOBODY'S SITTING IN FRONT. CURTIS MMA, CATHERINE, JOHN BARCLAY AND STUART LAWRENCE AND BETH LAWRENCE. GO AHEAD. HELLO I AM A PARENT OF TWO TEENS FROM P L U S D. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF OUR EDUCATORS DO NOT BAN A THEORY DO NOT TAKE AWAY THE ABILITY FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TO HAVE CRITICAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT OUR HISTORY. THIS BAN WILL MAKE TEACHERS FEAR ABOUT EVERY SUBJECT THEY TEACH IN HISTORY. TEACHING HISTORY IS HOW WE DO OUR BEST NEVER TO REPEAT IT, WHETHER IT'S DISCUSSION ABOUT RACISM OR ANTI SEMITISM. DO NOT BAN TEACHERS FROM HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS. PLEASE DO NOT BAN THE ABILITY FOR TEACHERS TO DIVE DEEP INTO HISTORY AND IN FEAR THAT THEY MAY HAVE SAID SOMETHING THAT IS POTENTIALLY SIMILAR TO CRT. THE RESOLUTION IS JUST TOO VAGUE. PLEASE VOTE NO ON THIS RESOLUTION ALLOW TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITHOUT FEAR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

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RESOLUTION 21 12 IS NOT A BOMB FOR THE INJURED NORTH SOUTH FOR THE CONSCIENCE. SOURCE LIST CLAIMS AND MUDDLED ARGUMENTS ARE ITS SUPPORT. BUT WHOM EXACTLY DOES IT HELP? IT GIVES VOICE TO HATRED, TRYING TO PASS HIS GRIEVANCE AND GIVES IT A WEAPON TO BRING CAREER VIOLENCE ON THOSE WHO WOULD SPEAK HONESTLY TO OUR CHILDREN. DO NOT ALLOW THIS MAN TO PASS. THANK YOU.

JOHN. GOOD EVENING, BOYS. MY NAME IS JOHN BARCLAY. AND I JUST REALLY I DROVE OUT HERE FROM RANCHO CUCAMONGA JUST TO SAY HOW PROUD I AM OF THE COURAGE THAT IT HAS TAKEN YOU ALL TO NOT ONLY WRITE THIS BILL, BUT HOPEFULLY GET IT PASSED TONIGHT. UM CRT HAS MANY NAMES SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. 16 19 PROJECT PANORAMA, AND IT'S ALL REGRESSION. IT'S ALL GOING TAKING PEOPLE BACK AND PUTTING THEM IN CLASSIFYING THEM BY RACE. AND IT'S DISGUSTING. AND UM, ALL THESE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT SYSTEMIC RACISM. I GUARANTEE THEY VOTED FOR THE PERSON THAT, UM, WROTE THE 1994 CRIME BILL. THE HYPOCRISY OF THESE PEOPLE IS INSANE. YOU SEE THE ADULT MARXIST IN THE ROOM? UM AND YOU SEE WHAT THE EDUCATION HAS PROVIDED BY ALL THESE LITTLE ACTIVISTS ARGUING FOR RACISM. THESE CHILDREN ARE ARGUING FOR RACISM, AND IT'S VERY SAD AS AN ACADEMIC SOCIETY IS NOT VERY ACADEMIC. IS THERE A STUART LAWRENCE? THIS ONE SAYS OUTSIDE STUART LAWRENCE, IF THEY IF YOU CAN HEAR US OUTSIDE STUART LAWRENCE AND THEN AFTERWARD WE HAVE, JESSICA HERNANDEZ SAYS, ALSO OUTSIDE KAREN MENDOZA. BROOKE SMITH. AND ALL OF THOSE ARE OUTSIDE. WE'RE SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO GIVE HIM A SECOND.

STUART LAWRENCE IS THE FIRST ONE WE'RE WAITING ON. IS THERE ANYBODY OKAY, MOVING THAT COMING BACK TO THAT JESSICA HERNANDEZ. GO AHEAD TO SPEAK THERE AT THE PODIUM. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JESSICA HERNANDEZ. I'M A SENIOR AT CAL STATE FULLERTON SETTING WOMEN AND GENDER STUDIES AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT AS SOMEONE WHO IS PASSIONATE ABOUT EDUCATIONAL REFORMS. I STAND HERE. PUTTING PLEADING THAT WE TEACH CRT TEACHING. THE CRT ALLOWS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE TAUGHT HISTORY, A HISTORY THAT IS NOT SUGARCOAT THE REALITY OF OUR HISTORY. IT IS NOT SHIFT BLAME. UM, SORRY. THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF TALK ABOUT OUR CURRENT HISTORY CURRICULUM. BUT THE CURRENT HISTORY CURRICULUM HASN'T BEEN UPDATED IN OVER 20 YEARS. IT IS ALL TIME THAT WE EMBED THE CRT INTO OUR HISTORY. FASHION SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM. DO NOT DENY HISTORY FROM OUR STUDENTS. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ALSO QUOTE MY PROFESSOR DR SHAW, WHO'S A TEACHERS AT THE WOMEN AND GENDER STUDIES, A PERMANENT COSTLY FULLERTON. THE DEFINITION THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT THEY ARE BAND THERE BANDING INCLUDES RAISE OUR SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION AND RACISM AS SYSTEMIC. THOSE ARE TWO VERY BASIC FACTS ABOUT RACE AND RACISM. IF YOU CAN TEACH THAT YOU CAN'T TEACH A LOT OF MATERIAL. OKAY. KAREN MENDOZA. GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE IN OPPOSITION OF THE CRT BAN AND URGED MEMBERS OF THIS VOTE BOARD TO VOTE NOTE FOR THE RESOLUTION . THE FACT IS, THE NARRATIVE OF CRT HAS BEEN TWISTED IN TURN TO SCARE PARENTS. IT'S BEEN DONE BY POLITICIANS AND GROUPS WHO SEEK TO HOLD POWER. I WOULD PREFER THAT WE BE HERE TONIGHT.

DEBATING HOW WE SUPPORT TEACHERS TO HELP US RAISE CHILDREN WHO ARE CRITICAL THINKERS PROBLEM

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WHAT THEY'RE HEARING FROM THEIR TEACHERS WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID TONIGHT. I'M CURIOUS. IF REALLY THE REALITY IS OUR TEACHERS, IN FACT, SCARED THAT THIS BAN MAY UM INHIBIT WHAT THEY SAY AND WHAT THEY TEACH. I REALLY DO THINK WE NEED TO BE THINKING NOT ONLY OF THE INTENT BUT THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE MAKING BY SAYING YES TO THE SPAN, SO I VOTE. I REQUEST THAT YOU VOTE NO FOR THIS, MAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. BROOKE SMITH IS UP NEXT AND THEN MARCY HAWKINS. ILIANA MAZE. BERNADINE. SURE IT STARTS WITH A C AND JORDAN'S BOGUS. I AM IN FAVOR OF BANNING CRITICAL RACE THEORY BANNING CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS NOT A BAN ON RACIAL TOPICS ALTOGETHER. INSTEAD IT IS BANNING A HARMFUL MARXIST IDEOLOGY AND PROMOTING FACT BASED LEARNING. IF TEACHERS ARE AFRAID OF FOR PARENTS TO KNOW WHAT'S BEING TAUGHT IN THE CLASSROOM, AND THEN WE HAVE A BIGGER PROBLEM. CRT YOU IN PRACTICE USUALLY BRINGS RACIAL DIVISION INTO MORE SUBJECTS THAN EVEN HISTORY AND DOES NOT PROMOTE HAPPINESS OR SUCCESSFUL GROWTH IN YOUNG MINDS. BANNING CRT MEANS PROMOTING EXCELLENCE FOR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION.

PARENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT IMPRESSIONABLE IMPRESSIONABLE YOUNG MINDS ARE HEARING FIVE DAYS A WEEK. CRT SEPARATE STUDENTS BY RACE, IT IS DIVISIVE AND GOES AGAINST OUR BELOVED NATION NATIONS PRINCIPLES SUCH AS THE FIRST AMENDMENT, THE 14TH AMENDMENT AND E PLURIBUS UNION. WHICH MEANS OUT OF MANY ONE CRT TEARS, ALL THAT TO SHREDS ALONG WITH ANY REAL EDUCATION OR UNITY. THANK YOU. MARCY EUROPE NEXT, THEN ILEANA MAZE, BERNADINE SEE AND THEN JORDAN'S BOGUS. I APOLOGIZE. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I WAS NEXT. I THOUGHT BROOKE WAS NEXT. SO THE FACT IS THAT IN THE PAST BOTH LEGISLATIVE AND CASE LAW HISTORY AT ALL LEVELS OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT HAVE CODIFIED DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT BASED ON RACE. IT JUST IS. IT'S OUR COLLECTIVE HISTORY. IT IS ONE THAT THIS RESOLUTION DOES NOT CHANGE. WHILE THIS HISTORY CAN BE PAINFUL TO ALL AMERICANS, INCLUDING MYSELF. TO DENY THAT IT HAPPENED IS AN ASSAULT ON A TRUTH. I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE TRUTH TONIGHT. AND IT DOES NOT SERVE ANY OF US WILL. WE CANNOT MOVE FORWARD AND HEAL. CONTINUING TO WORK HARD. TO COMFORT OURSELVES AND NOT JUST BUILD OUR CHARACTER. WHAT MY ANCESTORS AND ANCESTORS OF OTHERS ENDURED WAS FAR MORE UNCOMFORTABLE FOR THEM THAN IT IS FOR US TO TALK ABOUT IT. HOW DARE WE NOW SAY THAT THEIR EXPERIENCES AND THOSE WHO ARE STILL LIVING WITH THE CONSEQUENCES MUST BE CENSORED SO THAT WE CAN KEEP ON OUR ROSE COLORED GLASSES. KIDS ARE NOT IMMUNE TO THIS. MY SON IN THIS DISTRICT WAS THE SUBJECT OF A HATE CRIME. SO I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT OKAY TO BAN C R T WHEN WE'RE NOT EVEN SURE REMARKS. THANK YOU. ILEANA. WHEREAS CRITICAL RACE THEORY OR OTHER SIMILAR FRAMEWORKS WILL NOT BE USED AS A SOURCE TO GUIDE HOW TOPICS RELATED TO RACE WILL BE TAUGHT. THIS STATEMENT OPENS UP THE REVOLUTION. THE RESOLUTION, UM IT'S IN RESOLUTION 21 12. THE STATEMENT OPENS UP THE RESOLUTION TO TALK ABOUT MORE THAN JUST CRITICAL RACE THEORY. AND CAN YOU BE USED TO APPLY IT TO OTHER SIMILAR FRAMEWORKS, SUCH AS ETHNIC STUDIES? SIMULTANEOUSLY THE CALIFORNIA ETHNIC STUDIES MODEL CURRICULUM DEFINED CRT AS A PRACTICE OF INTERROGATING RACE AND RACISM IN SOCIETY. MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS SO BAD ABOUT THAT? DOES RACISM NO LONGER EXIST? WAS THERE NOT AN INCIDENT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WERE RACIST COMMENTS WERE MADE TOWARDS HISPANIC STUDENTS AT YOUR BELINDA HIGH SCHOOL. YOUR DAD IS MY GARDENER. THE POSTER READ. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DO NOT PRACTICE THE ENTIRE INTERROGATION OF RACE AND RACISM IN OUR SOCIETY. WE END UP CREATING HOSTILE SPACES THAT OSTRACIZED STUDENTS, FORCING THEM TO FEEL LESS WORTHY THAN THEIR PEERS BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE, KEEPS TRT AND KEEP ETHNIC STUDIES OR YOU CAN GET RID OF IT BECAUSE YOU CAN GET RID OF ETHNIC STUDIES. BUT YOU CANNOT GET RID OF OUR RESISTANCE. BERNADINE. I CHALLENGED THE ASSERTION MADE BY ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS EARLIER THAT TIBET CRT WOULD NOT HARM STUDENTS AND NOT HARM TRUTH IN THE TELLING OF MARGINALIZED HISTORIES. AN AGENDA PAGE 66 A RESOLUTION

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HOW THEN WILL RACE AND RACISM BE TAUGHT? WHAT FRAMEWORK WILL BE USED? WITH A RESOLUTION DOES NOT DO ITS NAME. THE ALTERNATIVE IS INSINUATING AND INSTEAD PROPOSES THESE RESTRICTIONS AND MULTIPLE RESTRICTIONS THROUGH VAGUE LANGUAGE NG RESTRICTIONS CREATE SILENCING, AND THAT SILENCE IS SHAPED BY POWER. I WAS DISTURBED TO HEAR A BOARD MEMBER UNDERMINED BOTH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AGENCY BY SAYING STUDENT OUR ONLY VOICING THEIR CRT OPPOSITION BECAUSE THEY JUST TOOK THEIR THEIR TEACHERS. WORDS AS FACT. SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING ABOUT YOUR DISTRICTS? TEACHERS THEY ARE PART OF YOUR THEY'RE THEY'RE PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY, THEIR VOICES MATTER. I OPPOSED BANNING CRT. JORDAN'S. AND IF I'M GONNA JUST RECALL THESE LAST ONES IN CASE THEY'RE OUTSIDE ADAM SMITH PAM LANE. AND STUART LAWRENCE AND BETH LAWRENCE. SO IF YOU'RE OUT THERE, THIS IS THE LAST WARNING. GO AHEAD. JORDAN'S THE TWO STUDENTS BEFORE ME AND MYSELF ARE STUDENTS AT CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, SO I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US A SPACE TO SPEAK. UNNECESSARY IS EMERGED TO ADDRESS THE EXCLUSION OF POC PEOPLE OF COLOR FROM SOCIAL SCIENCES CURRICULA. OVERALL IT'S IMPORTANT IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADVOCATE FOR ADOPTING COURSEWORK THAT FOCUSES ON ISSUES OF SYSTEMIC INEQUALITY. THIS FIELD ORIGINATED IN THE 19 SIXTIES TO PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO THE EXPERIENCES OF HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED AND UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS. HERE ARE SOME FIVE REASONS THAT WE SHOULD KEEP ETHNIC STUDIES IN CRT PROGRAMS BECAUSE IT IMPROVES STUDENT GRADUATION RATES. IT'S MORE SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. YOU ENHANCE CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, AND YOU HAVE A COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL CHANGE AND CULTURAL COMPETENCY.

ETHNIC STUDIES. FACULTY AT OUR UNIVERSITY ALSO TEACH STUDENTS TO INFORM THAT DIRECTLY RELATES TO THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCES, WHICH MAY LEAD TO INCREASE IN SELF COMPETENCE, SELF EFFICACY AND OVERALL WELL BEING. SECONDLY FACULTY ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO AN ANALYZE AND EVALUATE THEORIES, CONCEPTS AND HISTORICAL AND CURRENT EVENTS. THEY LEARNED TO THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT HOW RACE CLASS GENDER AND OTHER SOCIAL IDENTITIES IMPACTO DIFFERENT GROUPS, EXPERIENCE, OPPRESSION AND DISCRIMINATION. VOTE THAT YOU DON'T BAN IT. THANK YOU. AND I'M SEEING NONE OF THE OTHER PEOPLE WALKING IN THE DOOR, SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT THOSE TO THE SIDE AS WELL. OKAY, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE, UM 10 MINUTE BREAK. WOULD THAT BE OKAY, 10 MINUTE BREAK AND I WILL REMIND YOU THERE ARE PEOPLE OUTSIDE SO IF YOU LEAVE, YOU CANNOT SAVE YOUR SEAT. ANY ONE THING TO ADD TO THAT. FEEL FREE OKAY SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING

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UM OKAY, SO MOVING ON TO STAFF PRESENTATIONS. DR. LINDA ADAMSON IS NOW GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR FIRST ONE. WELL, OUR NEXT THREE, BUT WE'LL START WITH THE FIRST. THANK YOU. WELL. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BECK, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, EXECUTIVE CABINET AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. IT'S MY PLEASURE AT THIS TIME TO INTRODUCE TO THIS EVENING, DIRECTOR OF STUDENT WELLNESS ACCESS AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS DOCTOR TRINA GONZALEZ, WHO WILL BE OPENING UP PRESENTATION TO SHARE WITH YOU THE PROGRESS AND THE ACADEMIC GROWTH THAT AL K THROUGH 12 STUDENTS HAVE SHOWN THIS SCHOOL YEAR. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BUCK MEMBERS OF THE BOARD EXECUTIVE CABINET MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT OUR MIDYEAR DATA REPORT TO YOU THIS EVENING. AS YOU RECALL, WE PRESENTED OUR FALL BASELINE DATA NOVEMBER WE SHARED OUR RESULTS AND OUR PLAN OF ACTION. TONIGHT WE WILL SHARE A PROGRESS IN THE ACADEMIC GROWTH THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE SHOWN. SPECIFICALLY WE WILL COVER ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL DATA. WHERE ARE WE FROM OUR BASELINE IN THE FALL TO MID YEAR. HE HAD ADVANCED ADVANCEMENTS THAT OUR HIGH SCHOOL TEAM HAS MADE AND DEVELOPING COMMON ASSESSMENTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, ARTS AND MATH. WE WILL SHOW DISAGGREGATED DATA FROM OUR STUDENT GROUPS. AND OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THE DATA IN OUR RELENTLESS EFFORTS TO STRIVE FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. LET'S START BY LOOKING AT READING DATA FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS. AS A REMINDER WE SHARED WITH YOU THE FALL ALREADY READING DATA FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES K EIGHT, WHICH SHOWED THAT 44.68% OF K EIGHT STUDENTS WERE AT GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE AND READING. THE SAME ASSESSMENT WAS ADMINISTERED AGAIN MID YEAR AND THE RESULTS SHOW THAT 58.4% OF STUDENTS ARE NOW AT GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE, WHICH IS A GAIN OF 13.7% WE ALSO SHARED THE

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AS SUCH. THIS INDICATES THAT THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES STAFF NEED TO CONDUCT A ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS THAT ARE NEEDED. IN THE FALL PRESENTATION. WE ALSO SHARED ALREADY DATA BY STUDENT GROUPS. THIS IS THE READING OUTCOMES FOR SOME OF OUR LARGEST STUDENT GROUPS. AFRICAN AMERICANS GREW 16. THE ASIAN POPULATION INCREASED BY 13. HISPANIC STUDENTS GAINED 12% POINTS FROM FALL TO MID YEAR. AND THE WHITE STUDENT POPULATION INCREASED BY 17% FROM THE FALL BASELINE ASSESSMENT. CONTINUING WITH ADDITIONAL STUDENT GROUPS IN THE CONTENT AREA OF READING LOW INCOME STUDENTS INCREASED BY 13. ENGLISH LEARNERS BY 9% AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES GAINED 8% POINTS. ALTHOUGH THESE STUDENT GROUPS ARE MAKING GAINS INCREASES ARE NOT AT THE SAME RATE AS ALL STUDENTS OF 13.7. STEP HAS ALREADY SHARED THIS IDENTIFIED NEED AND IS IMPLEMENTING ACTIONS TO ASSIST IN CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP.

ADDITIONALLY THIS INFORMATION WAS SHARED WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THROUGH THE L CAP INPUT SESSIONS AND STAFF HAS DEVELOPED ACTIONS FOR THE 22 23 AL CAPP THAT CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP. FOR THE STUDENT GROUPS. NEXT IS A STUDENT DATA FOR MATH. AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS GREW 21. THE ASIAN POPULATION INCREASED BY 16. HISPANIC STUDENTS GAVE 14% POINTS FROM FALL TO MID YEAR. AND THE WHITE STUDENT POPULATION INCREASED BY 21% FROM THE FALL BASELINE ASSESSMENT. WHEN ANALYZING THE DATA FOR SPECIFIC STUDENT GROUPS. DATA INDICATES STUDENTS OF LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS, ENGLISH LEARNERS AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES CONTINUE TO PERFORM BELOW THEIR PEERS. AGAIN ALTHOUGH THE GAINS WERE MADE FOR THE STUDENT GROUPS

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WE ARE EXCITED TO REPORT THAT THIS HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. WE WILL FIRST TAKE A LOOK AT THE RESULTS FROM THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. OUR ASSESSMENTS. THE SMARTER, BALANCED INTERIM ASSESSMENT BLOCKS OR I A. B S WERE CHOSEN TO ASSESS HER STUDENTS. ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHERS SELECTED I B S BECAUSE THEY ARE PART OF CALIFORNIA SYSTEM OF ASSESSMENTS CALLED CALIFORNIA ASSESSMENTS OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN PROGRESS OR MORE POPULARLY KNOWN AS CAST.

BRIBES ARE IMPLEMENTED ALL COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS AT THE ALLUSION OF THE FIRST SEMESTER. I B R. SHORT FOCUS OF ITEMS THAT MEASURE ONE OR MORE AREAS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE OR THE EIB'S SELECTED. DO NOT ASSESS THE TOTALITY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS LIKE WE DO FOR I READY RATHER, THE I B RESULTS REPRESENT. HOW ARE STUDENTS PERFORMED ON A SMALLER SET OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS SELECTED BY OUR TEACHERS. AT THE END OF THE FIRST SEMESTER. THE FOLLOWING STANDARDS WERE ASSESSED AND USED TO ASSIST TEACHERS AND DECIDING WHAT SKILLS NEED TO BE TAUGHT. NINTH AND 12TH GRADE TEACHERS ASSESS THEIR STUDENTS ON THE REVISION PROCESS. 10TH GRADE STUDENTS WERE ASSESSED ON LISTENING AND INTERPRETATION.

11TH GRADE STUDENTS WERE ASSESSED ON ANALYZING AND INTEGRATING RESEARCH. UNLIKE THE EYE READY ASSESSMENT LEVELS THAT I A B S, HAVE THREE PERFORMANCE LEVELS AND PUTS AT GRADE LEVEL PERFORMANCE AND ABOVE GRADE LEVEL TOGETHER. SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT INITIAL RESULTS IN THE CONTENT AREA OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS. 20% OF STUDENTS IN GRADE NINE SCORED AT OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL WHEN TESTED ON THE REVISION PROCESS. AT GRADE 10 35% ACHIEVED GRADE LEVEL PROFICIENCY OR HIGHER ON LISTENING AND INTERPRETATION STANDARDS. WE SENT AN INCREASED PROFICIENCY RATE AT 11TH GRADE, WITH 58% OF STUDENTS SCORING AT OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL ON RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS STANDARDS. AND IN GREAT WORLD, 36% SCORED AT OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS WHEN TESTED ON THE REVISION PROCESS. WHEN THE SAME DATA IS DISAGGREGATED BY STUDENT GROUP FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS, THE FOLLOWING RESULTS WERE LEARNED. 30% OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS PERFORMED AT OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL. 60% OF ASIAN, THE ASIAN POPULATION SCORED AT THE SAME LEVEL. THE DATA FOR THE HISPANIC STUDENT GROUP SHOWED THAT 26% WERE AT OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL AND 43% OF WHITE STUDENTS SCORED PROFICIENT OR ABOVE. CONTINUING OUR PURVIEW OF STUDENT GROUPS, LOW INCOME STUDENTS. THAT PERFORMED AT GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE IS 28. ONLY 4% OF OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS SCORED AT THE SAME RATE. AND 12% OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WERE PROFICIENT ON THE I. B FOR THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS. AS A REMINDER THESE RESULTS REPRESENT. HOW ARE STUDENT GROUPS PERFORMED ON A SMALL SUBSET OF STANDARDS AT THE END OF THE FIRST SEMESTER. THIS DATA DOES NOT REFLECT OR PREDICT HOW THEY MAY PERFORM ON THE SMARTER, BALANCED ASSESSMENTS. LIKE THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL DATA. THIS FURTHER CONFIRMS THE ACTION TO CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS THAT ARE BEING SUGGESTED FOR THE 22 23 ARE NECESSARY. INITIAL COMMON ASSESSMENTS BASED ON THE CALIFORNIA STANDARDS WERE ALSO IMPLEMENTED FOR MATH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADE SPAN. THE MATH ASSESSMENTS, LIKE ALL OTHER ASSESSMENTS ARE ALIGNED TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE STANDARDS FOR BOTH ALGEBRA AND GEOMETRY. THERE ARE FOUR SCORING LEVELS FOR THESE HIGH SCHOOL ASSESSMENTS RATHER THAN THE THREE LEVELS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS. THE FIRST ASSESSMENT RESULTS ARE FROM STUDENTS WHO TAKE TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE ALGEBRA. THE FIRST YEAR IS CALLED ALGEBRA, ONE A AND THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN THIS COURSE WHO SCORED PROFICIENT OR ABOVE IS 53. AND 49% OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE SECOND YEAR OF ALGEBRA. FOR ALGEBRA ONE BE PERFORMED AT THE SAME LEVEL. 69% OF OUR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN ALGEBRA ONE WERE PROFICIENT OR EXCEEDED PROFICIENCY. NEXT IS THE GEOMETRY DATA FOR THE END OF THE FIRST SEMESTER, SHOWING 68% OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THIS

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WHAT DISTINGUISHES THE STATUS STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENTS FROM THE COMMON ASSESSMENTS. RESULTS I SHARED WITH YOU IS THAT THEY MEASURE THE STANDARDS. IN TOTALITY FOR BOTH SUBJECTS AREAS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR, MEANING THERE SOMEBODY IN NATURE. CONSIDERING THESE ASSESSMENTS WERE GIVEN DURING A DIFFICULT TIME IN EDUCATION. WE ARE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE RESULTS, STUDENTS MANAGED TO ACHIEVE WE WILL BE ADMINISTERING THIS ASSESSMENT AGAIN THIS SPRING AFTER A YEAR OF IN PERSON INSTRUCTION AND ARE EXCITED TO SEE THE RESULTS. WOULD THAT FINAL PIECE OF INFORMATION I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME DR LINDA ADDIS ADAMSON TO SHARE OUR ACADEMIC SUPPORT PLAN TO OUTLINE OUR NEXT STEPS FOR CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT. LOOKING TOWARDS THE REMAINING MONTHS OF THIS YEAR IN THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR AHEAD, I REMIND YOU THAT TESTING AND ASSESSMENT DATA BE INFORMATIVE OR SEMA TIVE SERVES AS JUST ONE METRIC AND COULD KEEP CHANGING THE SLIDE. IT'S MOVING. I'M SO SAD. OKAY THANKS, DOCTOR GONZALEZ. I REMIND YOU THAT TESTING AND ASSESSMENT DATA BE INFORMATIVE OR SUMMITED SERVICE JUST ONE METRIC IN HELPING US FOCUS ON WAY STUDENTS ARE HEADED. CAROL DWECK REMINDS US REPEATEDLY THAT ASSESSMENT DATA TELLS US WHERE A STUDENT IS AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME, AND THERE'S NO TELLING WHERE THEY WILL OR COULD END UP AND THIS REMINDS US OF HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE KEEP LOOKING AHEAD AND REACHING TOWARD IMPROVED OUTCOMES. SO IT IS WITH THIS THINKING THAT WE PLAN AHEAD BY INCORPORATING A VARIETY OF STRATEGIES, INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS TO ADDRESS OUR STUDENTS, OVERALL ACADEMIC, EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND WORK TOWARDS CLOSING THE GAPS THAT WE SEE ACROSS GRADE LEVELS AND STUDENT GROUPS. YOU'LL RECALL THAT IN NOVEMBER, WE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL AREAS OF FOCUS, ALL OF WHICH INCLUDED RESEARCH BASED TEACHING STRATEGIES AND ACADEMIC SUPPORTS THAT WE BELIEVED WOULD ENSURE WE MEET OUR TARGETED GOALS. A REVIEW OF AL QAEDA THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE DATA SHOWS. WE'RE MAKING SIGNIFICANT GAINS, PROVING THAT THE PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED ARE WORKING. WE'LL CONTINUE OUR LASER FOCUS AND FURTHER REFINE OUR GOALS TO ENSURE GROWTH. AS WE MOVE INTO THESE FINAL MONTHS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. I'M HIGHLIGHTING TONIGHT FOR YOU. SEVEN IDENTIFIED ACTIONS THAT WILL ENSURE WE CONTINUE TO MEET OUR ONGOING GOALS. AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, WE IDENTIFIED COLLECTIVE TEACHER EFFICACY AS OUR OVERARCHING AREA OF FOCUS FOR THE YEAR AHEAD. COLLECTIVE TEACHER EFFICACY IS THE BELIEF THAT TEACHERS AS A WHOLE CAN EXECUTE COURSES OF ACTION REQUIRED TO POSITIVELY AFFECT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. IN OTHER WORDS THEY SEE THEMSELVES IN AND AS AN EFFECTIVE AGENT OF CHANGE. IT'S AN ELEMENT THAT WAS IDENTIFIED BY JOHN HATTIE'S RESEARCH IS THE FACTOR THAT HAS THE MOST POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT WITH AN EFFECT SIZE OF 1.57. WE KNOW IT TO COLLECTIVE TEACHER EFFICACY THROUGH THREE SIMPLE PRACTICES. THE FIRST IS FOCUSED COLLABORATION. EVERY TIME OUR COLLABORATIVE TEAMS OF EDUCATORS MEET HIS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS P. L. C S THEY DISCUSSED THEIR PRACTICE IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED AS A GROUP AND INDIVIDUALLY. WE'RE PROUD OF OUR PRACTICES THAT ALLOW FOR THESE REGULAR COLLABORATIVE MEETINGS OF TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS ALIKE OR WITH THE GOAL OF IMPROVING OUR CRAFT. SECOND BY ENSURING THE FEEDBACK THAT OUR TEACHERS RECEIVE FEELS THEIR SENSE OF SELF EFFICACY AND AGENCY AND IS BOTH MEANINGFUL AND SPECIFIC TO REINFORCE WHAT'S WORKING WELL AND WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION. AND THIRD, WE REALIZED THAT NOTHING FASTEST AGENCY THAT CONCENTRATING ON SUCCESSES. SO WHEN WE HIGHLIGHT WHAT WORKED WELL, IT MEANS WE'RE IDENTIFYING THE WINDS AND SMALL WINDS. WE BELIEVE BIGGER WINDS THAT FOSTER AN ATTITUDE OF HOPE AND OPTIMISM. NEXT WE'LL FOCUS ON MORE SPECIFIC TARGETED PRACTICES, BEGINNING WITH NUMBER TWO ON THE SLIDE. WE'RE COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO IMPLEMENT AND ANALYZED DISTRICT WIDE ASSESSMENT DATA THAT HAD HELPED IDENTIFY STUDENT NEEDS AND USE THAT DATA. TO PLAN ACADEMIC INTERVENTION. THIS CAN ONLY BE DONE THROUGH ONGOING ANALYSIS OF THE DATA AVAILABLE

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ENSURING THAT WE ARE TEACHING STUDENTS ACCORDING TO THEIR PARENTS, SKILL AND ABILITY AND PROVIDING SMALL GROUP AND INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION AND TARGETING STUDENTS INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC NEEDS. NUMBER SIX HIGHLIGHTS OUR COMMITMENT TO ELIMINATING ANY BARRIERS TO LEARNING BY FOCUSING ON THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL WELL BEING OF STUDENTS, SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ENSURE THIS YEAR. THROUGH THE ADDITION, ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS SUPPORTS RESOURCES AND STAFF FOR THANKS TO THE ONE TIME FUNDING WE RECEIVED. IN WHICH WE ARE THRILLED WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT YEAR. BECAUSE WE KNOW STUDENTS LEARN BEST WHEN THEY'RE TRULY SUPPORTED, NOT JUST ACADEMICALLY BUT SOCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY, TOO. AND THEN, FINALLY, THAT NUMBER SEVEN LISTS THE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF TARGETED SUPPORT THAT WE WILL PROVIDE OUR TEACHERS, OUR STUDENTS. THIS INCLUDES THE RECENT IMPLEMENTATION OF ACADEMIC SUPPORT TEACHERS AT ELEMENTARY SITES WHERE THE ACADEMIC NEEDS WERE IDENTIFIED AS MOST IN NEED.

MATH WAS IDENTIFIED AS AN AREA OF GREATEST NEED ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC. FOR THIS REASON THAT IN THE WINTER OF 2020, OUR AID SERVICES TEAM CONDUCTED AN ANALYSIS ABOUT K 12 MATH INSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPED A COMPREHENSIVE THREE YEAR PLAN THAT IDENTIFIED SPECIFIC TARGETED SUPPORTS AT ALL GRADE LEVELS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO TARGET INSTRUCTION. UNFORTUNATELY THE PANDEMIC HALTED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN. AND SO IT'S WITH RENEWED FOCUS THAT WE INTEND TO REVISIT IMPLEMENTATION IN THE FALL OF 2022. THE THREE YEAR PLAN INCLUDES A TARGETED FOCUS ON COGNITIVELY GUIDED INSTRUCTION AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. THE SENSE SIMPLY INVOLVES A TEACHER LED STUDENTS CENTER TECHNIQUE FOR BUILDING METH THINKING AND DISCOURSE. IT ALSO PROVIDES AN EMPHASIS ON SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION, NUMBER CENTS AND CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING, AS WELL AS A RENEWED FOCUS ON DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION. THE PLAN ALSO REQUIRES THE USE OF COMMON FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS FREQUENT DATA COLLECTION TO ENSURE REGULAR PROGRESS, MONITORING AND TEACHING, WHICH INCORPORATES A UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING. WHICH YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH, AS YOU D L ESSENTIALLY, THIS ENSURES EQUAL ACCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS TO LEARNING AS WELL AS FLEXIBILITY AND HOW MATERIALS ARE PRESENTED HOW STUDENTS EXPRESSED THE UNDERSTANDING AND HOW THEY REMAIN ENGAGED. WE KNOW THAT A FOCUS ON EARLY READING SKILLS IS KEY, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE ALSO IMPLEMENTED ADDITIONAL K THROUGH FIFTH GRADE READING MATERIALS WITH A FOCUS ON INTERVENTIONS, SPECIFICALLY PHONICS MATERIALS. TO TARGET READING AT THE LOWER ELEMENTARY LEVELS AT THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION, WHICH WAS INVOLVES DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION. THE USE OF COMMON FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS, FREQUENT DATA

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UM AS I'VE BEEN OUT VISITING SCHOOLS, UM THERE'S A COUPLE OF CLASSROOMS THAT I WENT INTO AND SAW IT READ NATURALLY, WHICH WE'VE HAD FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. AND UM AND BUT WHAT I SAW WAS THAT IT WAS GETTING READY TO RUN OUT BECAUSE THE TEACHER WAS RETIRING AND THE READ. NATURALLY I'M TALKING ABOUT IS THE ONE WITH THE AUDIO TAPES AND THE KIDS, LISTEN TO IT AND READ ALONG. ARE WE STILL USING THAT? AND IS THERE ANY ANY PLAN ON EXPANDING THAT OR OR OR.

UTILIZING SOMETHING ELSE THAT MIGHT BE. YOU KNOW, MORE THAN JUST THE TAPES. DO THEY OFFER SOMETHING LIKE THAT? UM AND I ASKED, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS, UM HELPING IN THE CLASS AND WORKING IN THE CLASS. WE USED READ NATURALLY A LOT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL GROUPS WITH THE, UM WITH OUR STRUGGLING LEARNERS AND R R T I LOVE REALLY, NATURALLY FOR THE WHOLE REASON THAT IT HAS THAT GOAL SETTING, YOU KNOW, COMPONENT EVIDENCE STUDENTS CAN REALLY ACTUALLY YOU SORT OF TRACK THE PROGRESS THAT ON A DAILY BASIS, AND SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT CONTINUES TO BE USED. I KNOW BY MANY OF OUR RSP TEACHERS AND YES, DEFINITELY AND SMALL GROUP INTERVENTION. AND SO IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK INTO. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE ON AND IF THAT HAS BEEN UPDATED, AND IF THEY'RE MORE, YOU KNOW, CURRENT. MATERIALS AVAILABLE, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO AND WILL PROVIDE SOME UPDATED INFORMATION ON THAT. THE GREAT THING. MRS REHMAN. UM YES, UM, TWO QUESTIONS BETWEEN TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION AND WHEN WE HAVE OUR UPCOMING EL CAP PRESENTATION. IS THERE ANY NEW DATA THAT MIGHT ENTER INTO OUR

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ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE THAT CONTENT AND USE THAT IN THEIR WRITING AND IN FOR, YOU KNOW, CREATE THEIR OWN ARGUMENT. AS A RESULT OF WHAT THEY'RE READING, UNDERSTANDING AND THEIR ABILITY TO ANALYZE IT, SO THERE'S DEFINITELY A STRONG RELATION TO THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM. JUST A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS. REALLY I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM. THESE ARE AMAZING IMPROVEMENTS. AND I KNOW A LOT OF WORK AND TIME AND ENERGY GOES INTO MAKING THESE IMPROVEMENTS HAPPEN. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL YOUR STAFF AND EVERYONE KNOWS WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS, AND WE'RE SO CLOSE TO OUR TARGETED GOALS. SO THAT'S REALLY ENCOURAGING. AND AS I WAS REVIEWING THIS DATA.

FOR DATA. UM. THE THING THAT REALLY STOOD OUT. TO ME. THAT WAS MOST CONCERNING WAS THE READING GRADE LEVELS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND I WAS GLAD THAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING THAT ISSUE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IN THE EL CAP. REALLY SPECIFIC GOALS TARGETING THAT GROUP. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE WAS A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE THAT WERE TOO GREAT. LEVELS ARE BELOW, SO THAT MEANS YOU KNOW KIDS ARE POSSIBLY IN 3RD AND 4TH GRADE READING LEVEL AND EMERGING TO HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS GOING TO BE PROBLEMATIC AND YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS THESE QUICKLY. WITH THIS GROUP. IT SEEMED LIKE THE MYTH THAT LOWER GRADES IN ELEMENTARY ARE REALLY ON TARGET. AND BUT THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL GROUP REALLY NEEDS A LOT OF ASSISTANCE, AND SO I'LL SEE THOSE GOALS SOON. THEY WILL. THEY WILL BE IN THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. OKAY SO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE OUR MULTICULTURAL STUDIES. UM PROGRAM AND YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT AS WELL. DR ADAMS 17. WELL, GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN. IN ORDER FOR YOU TO GAIN A FULL OF GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BAG TRUSTEES, EXECUTIVE CABINET AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. TONIGHT. WE BRING FORTH FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION THE APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED ELECTIVE COURSE FOR HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS AND SENIORS ENTITLED ENTITLED MULTI CULTURAL STUDIES. IN ORDER FOR YOU TO GAIN A FULL APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE COURSE ENTAILS. WE WISH TO BEGIN BY PROVIDING YOU WITH SOME BACKGROUND ABOUT THE PROCESS, THE MULTICULTURAL STUDIES TEAM OF EDUCATORS PURSUED IN ORDER TO ARRIVE AT THIS POINT. IT'S A YEARLONG PROPOSED HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVE THAT WILL PROVIDE ALL STUDENTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO

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THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, OR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TEAM HAS BEEN DILIGENT AND PARTNERING WITH MULTIPLE STUDENT PARENT COMMUNITY AND EDUCATOR GROUPS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. THESE EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS HAVE PROVIDED VALUABLE INPUT AND FEEDBACK ON EVERY ASPECT OF THE COURSE DESIGN, INCLUDING UNITS OF STUDY, LESSON TOPICS AND FINAL PROJECT IDEAS. WE WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S HIGH SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL, THE ACCESS AND INCLUSION COMMITTEE, CURRICULUM COUNCIL AND CABINET FOR THEIR INVALUABLE SUPPORT AND FEEDBACK. MULTI CULTURAL STUDIES AS A COURSE THAT CELEBRATES OUR WORLD AND THE WORLD AROUND US.

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IN THE FUTURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON SPECIFIC ETHNIC STUDIES GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT OUR COURSE WILL LAY A STRONG FOUNDATION AND PREPARATION TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS. THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL USED TO MEASURE COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS. BEGINNING IN THE 2022 23 SCHOOL YEAR, CALIFORNIA WILL BEGIN COLLECTING DATA FOR THE STATE SEAL OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AS A FUTURE MEASURE OF COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS. STUDENTS WHO TAKE AND PASS THE MULTICULTURAL STUDIES COURSE WILL AUTOMATICALLY MEET ONE OF THE REQUIRED ELEMENTS NECESSARY TO RECEIVE THE STATE SEAL OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. THE P L. U. S D MULTICULTURAL STUDIES ELECTIVE IS DESIGNED BASED ON A THEMATIC APPROACH EACH OF SIX UNITS OF STUDIES LISTED ON THIS SLIDE FOCUSES ON THEMES INTEGRATED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE THEMES INCLUDE HISTORY, MIGRATION AND EXPERIENCES. MOVEMENTS AND CHANGE, CULTURAL APPRECIATION AND COMMUNITY BUILDING. STUDENTS EXPLORE THESE THEMES BY LEARNING ABOUT THE VARIOUS DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS REPRESENTED AMONG OUR STUDENT POPULATION. IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A COURSE THAT REFLECTS OUR DISTRICT STUDENT POPULATION . EXTENSIVE WORK WAS DONE TO CAREFULLY EXAMINE OUR STUDENT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA. THE COURSE AIMS TO BE INCLUSIVE OF ALL STUDENTS BY HONORING THEIR VOICE AND EXPERIENCES. THEREFORE LESSONS WERE DESIGNED TO SHARE THE STORIES OF AFRICAN AMERICANS , ASIAN, AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS. EUROPEAN AMERICANS, LATIN AMERICANS, MIDDLE EASTERN AMERICANS AND NATIVE AMERICANS.

EACH DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP HAS A SAMPLING OF LESSONS EMBEDDED WITHIN EACH UNIT OF STUDY. WE FURTHER RECOGNIZE THE UNIQUE BACKGROUNDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND HONOR THEIR IDENTITY THROUGH THE EXAMINATION OF DUAL IDENTITIES AND MIXED RACE AND CULTURE. LESSON DESIGNED POWERFULLY CENTERS AROUND STUDENT VOICE AND CHOICE. WE HAVE RECEIVED VALUABLE INPUT FROM CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CREATION PROCESS. STUDENTS CONSISTENTLY SHARE THE IMPORTANCE OF TRULY CONNECTING WITH THE CONTENT. THE UNITS OF STUDY SHOWCASE UNIQUE VARIETY AND POWERFUL OPPORTUNITIES THAT INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KOREAN PROJECT BASED LEARNING STRUCTURED AROUND ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS. STUDENT RESEARCH AND SELF REFLECTION. DISCUSSION FORMATS SUCH AS SOCRATIC SEMINAR AND THE EXPLORATION OF TOPICS SUCH AS ART, MUSIC AND CULTURE.

THE FIRST UNIT OF STUDY IS TITLED WHY MULTICULTURAL STUDIES? THIS UNIT LAYS A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR STUDENTS TO CONSIDER WHAT IS CULTURE AND WHAT ARE ETHNIC IDENTITIES. THE GOAL OF THIS UNIT IS TO ESTABLISH CLASS PURPOSE AND SUPPORT STUDENTS AND LEARNING ABOUT THEMSELVES AND ONE ANOTHER. THE SECOND UNIT. THINK LIKE A STORY IN PREPARE STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS AND THE COURSE BY DEVELOPING HISTORICAL THINKING SKILLS. STUDENTS CONSIDER THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORICAL THINKING SKILLS AND LEARN HOW TO ANALYZE THE PAST AND THE PRESENT. UNIT THREE. THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE. FOCUSES ON THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE THROUGH BOTH HISTORY AND CURRENT TIMES. THE ESSENTIAL LEARNING ASKED FOR STUDENTS TO REFLECT ON THE VARIOUS REASONS THAT MAY CAUSE INDIVIDUALS TO MIGRATE TO A NEW PLACE AS WELL AS CONSIDER HOW THE UNITED STATES INHERENTLY REFLECTS A UNIQUE NATION OF IMMIGRANTS. UNIFORM EXPLORERS HISTORY AND PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT PAST EVENTS THAT HAVE IMPACTED VARIOUS GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS. STUDENTS FOCUSED THEIR LEARNING ON HOW PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED AND OVERCOME ADVERSITY AS WELL AS REFLECT ON THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AFTER STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT DIVERSE HISTORY UNIT FIVE SOCIAL INFLUENCES FOCUSES ON THESE DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS AND THE SOCIAL INFLUENCES THAT HAVE IMPACTED THEM. STUDENTS EXAMINE HOW THE WORLD HAS CHANGED AND ALSO REFLECT ON WHERE THE COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY CAN MOVE FORWARD IN THE FUTURE. THE FINAL UNIT OF THE MULTICULTURAL STUDIES COURSE CULMINATES IN AN OVERARCHING CELEBRATION OF CULTURE AND COMMUNITY. STUDENTS FRAME THEY'RE LEARNING BY REFLECTING ON THE IMPORTANCE OF CELEBRATING THE BELIEFS AND VALUES OF DIVERSE CULTURES. THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THE LAST UNIT CENTERS AROUND THE STUDENTS COMPLETION OF THEIR MULTICULTURAL STUDIES PROJECT. THIS PROJECT EMPOWER STUDENTS TO SELECT A PROJECT IDEA OF THEIR CHOICE FROM A VARIETY OF CREATIVE AND AUTHENTIC OPTIONS.

AFTER STUDENTS HAVE SELECTED THEIR PROJECT CHOICE, THEY WILL SELECT A TOPIC OF INTEREST. AND DETERMINE HOW THEY WILL SHOW THEIR LEARNING. THIS PROJECT WILL BE INTRODUCED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND STUDENTS WILL BE SUPPORTED BY COMPLETING BENCHMARK TASKS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN ORDER TO ENSURE MEANINGFUL LEARNING. THROUGHOUT THE COURSE DEVELOPMENT, MANY EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS, INCLUDING DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, TEACHERS, INSIDE ADMINISTRATORS, PARENT GROUPS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE COURSE. THIS AND PUT HELPED IN DESIGNING A COURSE THAT IS UNIQUE TO OUR DISTRICT AND CELEBRATES THE MANY CULTURES AND COMMUNITIES THAT ARE STUDENTS

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SO, UM, I'M HOPING SHE'S GOING TO TAKE THAT. I'LL PUT HER ON THE SPOT, BUT EVIDENTLY YOU HAD A ROLE IN THIS TOO. AND SHE WAS SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, TOO. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR WANT TO SHARE ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE? I'M PART OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S ADVISORY COUNCIL. AND WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING IT, WE GOT INTO LITTLE GROUPS AND WE JUST KIND OF WE'RE DISCUSSING WHAT WE WERE WE WHAT WE WISHED WE COULD HAVE LEARNED, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I WAS IN A GROUP WITH A LOT OF SENIORS, AND WE WISH THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THIS CLASS. IN ORDER TO LIKE GO INTO THE REAL WORLD BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES INTRODUCE REAL LIFE SITUATIONS AND CULTURES THAT WERE NOT NECESSARILY VERY MUCH EXPOSED TO AND THIS COULD HAVE GIVEN US A FIRST STEP. INTO BEING PREPARED TO WHAT WE WOULD SEE IN THE REAL WORLD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING MY SET TO GO LOOK ATY THERE. I BELIEVE BECAUSE YOU'RE COMING UP AGAIN. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE, CURRICULUM, ADOPTION AND DR ADAMSON. WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE THAT AS WELL? YES INDEED. OF COURSE, I'LL SKIP THE INTRODUCTION PIECE OF IT BECAUSE WE'VE SAID GOOD EVENING PLENTY OF TIMES. WE'RE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THIS EVENING. THE COMPLETION OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PILOT PROCESS FOR EIGHT NEW HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS, WHICH WERE WE ARE REQUESTING BOARD ACTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEXT STEP. WE'RE GRATEFUL TO OUR PILOT TEACHERS, ALONG WITH OUR

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THIS EVENING. WE BRING TO YOU EIGHT NEW HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE MATERIALS FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION. WE ARE SEEKING THE APPROVAL FOR A 30 DAY PUBLIC DISPLAY OF THREE CORE CURRICULUMS LIVING EARTH FORMERLY KNOWN AS BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, AND THE EARTH SYSTEM AND PHYSICS IN THE UNIVERSE. THREE AP TEXTS, BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. AND TO SCIENCE, ELECTIVE MATERIALS FOR ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. PLEASE ALLOW ME TO PROVIDE YOU WITH DETAILS OF HOW WE'VE COME TO SELECT THESE MATERIALS. THE NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS WERE ADOPTED IN 2013, AND IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS WITH GSS DRIVEN MATERIALS. AS MY COLLEAGUE, DIRECTOR KEITH CARMONA WAS ABLE TO GIVE A COMPREHENSIVE EXPLANATION OF THE NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS AT THE MARCH 8TH BOARD MEETING. I WILL PROVIDE JUST A BRIEF REVIEW. NGS S STANDARDS CALL FOR A THREE DIMENSIONAL APPROACH TO LEARNING IN WHICH SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PRACTICES ARE APPLIED TO CORE SCIENCE IDEAS AND HOW THESE CONCEPTS STRETCH ACROSS EACH DISCIPLINE AREA. THE OUTCOMES OF THIS APPROACH OR PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS WHERE STUDENTS DO NOT REITERATE SCIENTIFIC FACTS, BUT INSTEAD ARE REQUIRED TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR MASTERY. EXAMPLES OF PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS INCLUDE CONDUCTING INVESTIGATIONS, CREATING AND USING MODELS, MATHEMATICAL REPRESENTATIONS. AND USING EVIDENCE BASED ARGUMENTS, AMONG OTHERS. STUDENT EXPERIENCES ARE PHENOMENON DRIVEN AND ACHIEVED THROUGH INQUIRY BASED LEARNING. I'D LIKE TO NOTE HOW MUCH OUR INSTRUCTORS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF SCIENCE INSTRUCTIONAL COACH LISA GERSH BACHER HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE LAST YEAR.

BEGINNING LAST SUMMER, OUR STEERING COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CLASSROOM TEACHERS GATHERED TO PRE SCREEN VARIOUS SCIENCE MATERIALS. THIS EVALUATION BROUGHT OUR SELECTION DOWN TO THREE OR FOUR DISCIPLINE MATERIALS, WHICH WERE THIRD FURTHER NARROWED DOWN THROUGH AN IN DEPTH PAPER SCREENING PROCESS TO TWO FINAL CURRICULUMS FOR EACH CORE DISCIPLINE. OUR PILOT . TEACHERS THEN TAUGHT A UNIT FROM EACH SELECTION IN THE FALL OF 2021, COLLECTING BOTH QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATIONS. THEN AT THE START OF SPRING OF 2022 R A P AND SCIENCE ELECTIVE TEACHERS GATHERED BY SUBJECT TO EVALUATE DIFFERENT TEXTBOOKS THEY HAD REQUESTED ALSO USING A SCREENING PROCESS TO DETERMINE WHICH OPTION WOULD SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS. BEST. THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND PILOT TEACHERS EMPLOYED THE DATA DRIVEN TIME TOOLKIT, A PROCESS THAT HAS AUTHORED BY N. G. S S AND APPROVED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND WAS SHARED IN GREAT DEPTH THAT THE MARCH BOARD MEETING THE PROCESS REQUIRES A SCORE TO BE GIVEN IN EACH OF THE CATEGORIES LISTED ON THIS SLIDE. IN ADDITION TO A COMPREHENSIVE SCORING SYSTEM, STUDENTS AND INSTRUCTORS WERE ALSO ASKED TO PROVIDE AN EVIDENCE BASED REFLECTION OF THEIR EXPERIENCES. THE INSTRUCTORS CAME TO THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS BY COMBINING THE RESULTS OF THESE TWO EVALUATIVE PROCESSES. AS UNIQUE AS NGS S IS WE KNEW THAT WE WOULD NEED CUTTING EDGE SCIENCE MATERIALS THAT WOULD BRING THESE SCIENCE STANDARDS TO LIFE. AFTER A MONTH OF DEBT, MONTHS OF DEDICATED WORK, OUR PILOT TEACHERS ARE RECOMMENDING THE FOLLOWING PHENOMENON BASED MATERIALS THAT USE A HANDS ON APPROACH TO INQUIRY BASED LEARNING. ARE LIVING EARTH MATERIAL IS A RESEARCH BASED CURRICULA FROM INQUIRY HUB. STEM SCOPES, A LEADER IN STEM BASED EDUCATION WILL BE USED IN OUR CHEMISTRY IN THE EARTH'S SYSTEM CLASSES. AND FINALLY EXPERIENCED PHYSICS IS THE PHENOMENON DRIVEN TEXT THAT ARE PHYSICS IN THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WILL USE THE CONSENSUS MODEL USED BY OUR ELECTIVE AND AP INSTRUCTORS IS ALSO A DATA COLLECTION PROCESS THAT ADDITIONALLY RELIES ON THE INSTRUCTORS EXPERTISE IN THEIR FIELD. THIS MODEL BEGINS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTORS RESEARCHING POSSIBLE TEXT TO DETERMINE THEIR SELECTIONS. A COPY OF EACH INSTRUCTOR SELECTION IS THEN SHARED TO EACH MEMBER OF THE GROUP, AND THEY EXAMINED THE MATERIALS PRIVATELY TO FURTHER THE SELECTION PROCESS. WHEN THE INSTRUCTORS COME TOGETHER, THE REMAINING TEXTS ARE SCORED IN SEVEN DIFFERENT CONTENT CATEGORIES AND SIX AREAS OF ORGANIZATION. IT'S FROM THIS PROCESS THAT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GATHERED.

BETWEEN 12 AND 15. YEARS AGO, OUR CORE AP SCIENCE COURSES ADOPTED THEIR TEXTBOOKS SINCE THAT TIME THROUGH MUCH USE. THESE MATERIALS ARE NO LONGER IN GOOD PHYSICAL CONDITION. IN ADDITION, THE RIGORS AND EXPECTATIONS OF KNOWLEDGE FOR THE AP EXAMS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEIR PUBLICATION. BY COMING TOGETHER TO SELECT NEW MATERIALS ARE STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT WILL ALL HAVE THE SAME CONSISTENT AND MOST CURRENT CURRICULUM. TWO ADDITION TO

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TO DISCUSS OR OR TO DEAL WITH WHEN THEY COME UP ISSUES THAT ARE CONTROVERSY. UM MANY OF WHICH ARE KIND OF UNDER THE UMBRELLA. BUT YET THIS IS BIG ENOUGH. IT DOESN'T LIST THEM ALL THE LIST COULD GO ON FOREVER. IF WE WERE TO THINK OF IT IN TERMS OF WHAT THIS CURRENT ITEM BEFORE US MIGHT LEAD US TO. SO ANYWAY, I WOULD. I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AND THAT WE INSTEAD LOOK AT THIS AS OUR APPROACH TO DEALING WITH ANYTHING THAT IS CONTROVERSIAL.

SO I THINK WHAT WE SAID AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING WAS THAT WE WERE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH

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THE ONE THAT CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES RIGHT SO THAT IS MY THOUGHT. AND I WILL AND I WILL.

AT THE END OF THE MEETING, UM, VOTE TO MAKE THE POLICY ON THE NEXT AGENDA. I DON'T THINK FUTURE I DON'T THINK WE HAVE. DO WE HAVE AN ACTION TO VOTE ON IT TONIGHT. I DON'T HAVE AN ACTION ITEM, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO AT THE END WHEN WE DO FUTURE. SPORT AGENDAS THAT WAS GOING TO BE BROUGHT UP FOR A VOTE TO BE PLACED ON THE NEXT AGENDA. FUTURE RIGHT? IT WASN'T ON OUR AGENDA LAST TIME, SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DISCUSS IT. SO THAT WAS GOING TO BE BROUGHT UP TONIGHT. UM I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TABLE IT AS OUR ATTORNEY TOLD US LAST TIME. WHAT WE'VE CREATED IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE CREATED AND THE BOARD POLICY. 61 44 IS A VETTED. UM A VETTED POLICY THAT'S USED IN MANY DIFFERENT DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. THAT WOULD COVER. UM THE DISCUSSIONS AND, UM, THE POLICY OVER, UM OUR CLASS IS WHAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING WITH CRITICAL RACE THEORY, UM AND ADDITION TO OTHER CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES. UM, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO WORK THROUGH ALL OF THAT. SO, UM, I THINK IT'S JUMPING THE GUN A LITTLE BIT, TOO. UM IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH OTHER, WE HAVEN'T SPOKEN ABOUT THAT ONE AT ALL, SO MY INTEREST WOULD BE AT THE TABLE IT UNTIL WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. I THINK THE THREE OF US THERE IS A VOTE FOR THREE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RESOLUTION. SO WE HAVE RIGHT NOW I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO TABLE IT , SO WE'LL NEED TO CALL FOR A VOTE TO TABLE THIS MOTION. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. I AND A POST. NO, NO. OKAY, SO THAT MOTION DOES NOT PASS. OKAY? STORY PRESIDENT BROOKE. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO VOTE ON RESOLUTION 21 12 CONCERNING DISTRICT TEACHING A CRITICAL RACE THEORY AS A FRAMEWORK ON MATTERS RELATING TO RACE. SECOND OKAY? AND DISCUSSION ON THAT. NO, WE PROBABLY BEAT IT. BEAT THAT HORSE HORSE ON THIS ONE. I HAVE STUFF BUT I'LL LET YOU GO. LET ME JUST KIND OF WRITE DOWN THE NOTES OF WHAT I JUST DID, BUT I DO. OKAY. THANKS JUST, UM, HAVE FEW NOTES. THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS. UM, ONE IS AT OUR STUDY SESSION. WE HAVE. KIND OF A CONVERSATION ON I BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT I THOUGHT SLAVERY WAS A HUMAN ISSUE, AND IT STARTED WITH THE BEGINNING OF TIME AND THE DISCUSSION KIND OF WENT A LITTLE WEIRD, AND I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK I NEEDED TO BRING FACTS. SO I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. AND I ALSO WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I'M NOT ARGUING THAT OTHER RACES WERE NOT SLAVES, OR THAT EVEN WHITE SLAVERY WAS THE MOST COMMON ONLY THAT IT DID EXIST. AND SO I BROUGHT WITH ME SOME ACTUAL INFORMATION ON THAT, UM UM THE VIKINGS STARTING IN 18 OR 800. A D. UM WERE. BETWEEN SLAVERY, AND THIS IS FROM A STORY IN THERE. HE SAYS THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY HAD LONG AND ADULTS IN SCANDINAVIA PROBABLY GOING BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS BEFORE THE TIME OF THE VIKINGS BY THE EIGHTH CENTURY, A

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AND THEN I ALSO BROUGHT WITH YOU . ME TONIGHT. THIS IS MY FAMILY HISTORY BOOK. THIS IS THE STORY OF GENZYME META UM SORENSEN. THIS WAS BOOK WAS COMPILED BY MY GRANDMOTHER AND MY MOM, AND IT WAS PUBLISHED IN 1984. AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO READ A LITTLE BIT OF MY FAMILY HISTORY. FROM MY DANISH, UM ANCESTORS. THEY WERE BORN IN DENMARK. AND, UM. IN 18 85 OR 18 86, AND THEY WERE MARRIED IN DENMARK. AND TELLS WERE CIRCULATED A VAST FORTUNES TO BE MADE IN BRAZIL. THEY WERE ADVENTUROUS AND WILLING TO JOIN THE LITTLE COLONY. THEY SOLD ALL THEIR POSSESSIONS AND WENT TO THAT FAR OFF COUNTRY CONDITIONS WERE NOT AS ANTICIPATED THE LANGUAGE BARRIER WAS DIFFICULT AND LIVING CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE THINGS HAVE BEEN GROSSLY MISREPRESENTED IT. AND THEY HAD TO PICK COFFEE BEANS TO EVEN EXIST. AND UM, THIS IS WHAT MY GRANDFATHER SAID ABOUT THIS STORY, HE SAYS. MOM TOLD US THAT THEY HAD TO LEAVE UNDER THE COVER OF NIGHT WITH ONLY THE CLOTHES ON THEIR BACK. THE PEOPLE FOR WHOM THEY WORKED, REFUSED TO RELEASE THEM FROM THEIR EMPLOYEE. THEY MADE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE INFESTED JUNGLE WITH IT, EVEN SHOES. SNAKES WERE VERY THICK IN THAT AREA. AND. THEY DON'T MY GRANDPARENTS. MY GREAT GRANDPARENTS DID NOT SAY THAT THEY WERE SLAVES. BUT WHEN I READ THIS, I FEEL LIKE IT IS A PART OF SLAVERY. SOME FORM OF SLAVERY. THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO LEAVE. THEY WERE TRAPPED IN A COUNTRY THAT THEY DIDN'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE. AND THEIR SHOES WERE TAKEN AWAY AT NIGHT SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT ESCAPE AND THEY ESCAPED THROUGH THE JUNGLE AND MADE IT BACK TO THE COAST. AND WORKED ON SHIPS TO GET THEIR FAIR BACK TO DENMARK. WHERE THEY STARTED THEIR LIFE AGAIN AND THEN AGAIN REALIZED THAT THEY WERE WAY TOO ADVENTUROUS FOR ME. I'M LIKE, NOT EVEN SURE THAT THESE COULD BE MY GRANDPARENTS BECAUSE I'M NOT THAT ADVENTUROUS SINCE I'VE NEVER LEFT ASCENSION BASICALLY. BUT UM THEN THEY TRAVELED TO THE UNITED STATES. AND. WHERE MY GRANDFATHER WAS ACTUALLY BORN. UM, ALSO THERE'S UM. BY THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR OFFICE AND WALK FREE FOUNDATION PUBLIC AND PUBLISHED IN 2017, AN ESTIMATED 40.3 MILLION PEOPLES WERE VICTIM OF MODERN DAY SLAVERY AND 2016 AND. 24.9 MILLION PEOPLE WERE FORCED IN LABOR. WOMEN AND GIRLS ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY MODERN SLAVERY, ACCOUNTING FOR 28.7 MILLION, OR 70. 1% OF THE OVERALL TOTAL AND ONE IN FOUR VICTIMS OF MODERN SLAVERY WHERE CHILDREN 37% AND THE U. S DEPARTMENT. OF STATE OF 21, 21 22, OR. 2021 TRAFFICKING, REPORT SAYS. UM. AS REPORTED OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, HUMAN

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EVERYBODY AND IT'S HAPPENING IN OUR BACK DOORS, AND WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF IT. WE NEED TO GET EDUCATED. WE NEED TO BE SMARTER CONSUMERS. AND IF YOU FEEL INCLINED, I SUGGEST THAT YOU REACH OUT TO ONE OF THE MANY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT NOT ONLY EDUCATE BUT THEY ALSO HELP VICTIMS. AND ASSIST LAW ENFORCEMENT. WITH GETTING THEM SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY.

EDUCATING. AND SO THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUE , SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WANTED. I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE MODERN DAY SLAVERY IS A GIANT ISSUE, AND I DON'T WANT IT TO BE BRUSHED UNDER THE RUG. AND THEN I DID WANT TO PROPOSE A COUPLE CHANGES. TO BE UM GET MY PAGES, RIGHT? TO THE CURRENT RESOLUTION. IN PARAGRAPH ONE. I WANT TO REMOVE THE A IN FRONT OF A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION FOR GRAMMAR PURPOSES. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEN. OKAY? CAN TAKE OUT THE A FROM EVERYBODY. OKAY WITH THAT. OKAY. IT'S. I THINK IT'S QUITE OKAY THE WAY IT IS WITH THE AID IN FRONT OF HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION, BUT IF IT'S THE WILL OF OTHERS. THAT'S. AM I GETTING IT? YES. ALSO IN PARAGRAPH NINE. THAT'S THE PARAGRAPH WHERE IT SAYS, WHEREAS EACH INDIVIDUAL CAN CHOOSE NOT TO HOLD RACIST VIEWS AND SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO DO SO AND THAT WE CAN AND SHOULD SEE ONE ANOTHER AS HUMANS FIRST. I WOULD LIKE TO CROSS OUT THE PART ABOUT AND SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO DO SO, UM, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE TELLING PEOPLE HOW TO THINK, AND WE'RE WE WANT TO CREATE CRITICAL THINKERS. NOT HOW TO THINK SO. I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE ERASED JUST THOSE WORDS AND SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO DO SO. EVERYBODY GIVE IT THAT.

OKAY AND THEN ALSO I LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THE AP BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF MISINFORMATION OUT THERE ABOUT THAT. I'M CURRENTLY THERE'S 14 STATES THAT HAVE CRT

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THE RESOLUTION PLAINLY STATES THAT THIS IS ABOUT HOW NOT WHAT AND IN AN ARTICLE ABOUT THIS SUBJECT IT SAYS THAT WHILE THE COLLEGE BOARD SAYS THE REQUIRED TOPICS, IT DOES NOT SPECIFY HOW TO GO ABOUT TEACHING THEM. SO, UM. AND THEN MAYBE TO CALM EVERYONE ELSE'S FEARS. WE CAN ADD AN ADDITIONAL WHEREAS WHEREAS THIS RESOLUTION WILL NOT ALTER THE EXISTING CURRENT CONTENT CURRENTLY TAUGHT IN ALL CERTIFIED AP AND I BE COURSES SO AS NOT TO JEOPARDIZE THE INTEGRITY OF THE COURSEWORK. AND REST LOSING CERTIFICATION. AND I WOULD SUGGEST PUTTING THAT SOMEWHERE EITHER. UNDER PARAGRAPH FOUR OR FIVE. CAN I ASK YOU TO REPEAT THAT STATEMENT? YES. WHEREAS THIS RESOLUTION WILL NOT ALTER THE EXISTING CONTENT CURRENTLY TAUGHT IN ALL CERTIFIED AP AND I BE COURSES. SO AS NOT TO JEOPARDIZE THE INTEGRITY OF THE COURSEWORK. AND RISK LOSING CERTIFICATION. IT'S BEEN SAID MANY TIMES THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT TEACHING C R T. UM SO THIS SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM. COULD YOU REPEAT THAT AGAIN? I APOLOGIZE. THAT'S FINE. I REPEAT IT. SO I THINK I HAVE IT THAT WAY. WE'LL MAKE SURE WHEREAS THIS RESOLUTION WILL NOT ALTER THE EXISTING CONTENT CURRENTLY TAUGHT IN ALL CERTIFIED AP AND I BE COURSES. SO AS NOT TO JEOPARDIZE THE INTEGRITY OF THE COURSEWORK AND RISK LOSING CERTIFICATION. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. I'M FINE WITH THAT. AND I THINK THAT THAT WAS A SMART THING TO ADD IN. BECAUSE OF ALL THE CONFUSION AND MISINFORMATION AND JUST CALMING EVERYBODY STARES. THE YOU INDICATED THIS IS THIS RESOLUTION IS ABOUT HOW NOT WHAT , BUT AREN'T WE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WHEN WE CALL OUT SOMETHING AND SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT. WE'RE NOT USING CRITICAL RACE THEORY AS A FRAMEWORK ON HOW WE TEACH TOPICS ABOUT RACE.

NOT ABOUT WHAT TOP CRITICAL THEORY IS KNOWN AS A LENS LIKE A LENS THAT THAT IS TAUGHT LIKE A PEDAGOGY. CAN I ALSO ASK, UM YOU MENTIONED PLACING THE NEW PARAGRAPH AFTER EITHER CURRENT FOUR OR CURRENT FIVE. I JUST NEED TO KNOW THE WILL OF THE BOARD WHERE YOU LIKE IT. ANYBODY HAVE AN OPINION. LOOKS LIKE IT LOOKS LIKE A GO BETWEEN RIGHT AFTER FOUR. PROBABLY FIT THEY'RE BETTER.

BETWEEN FIVE AND SIX. I THINK IT'S MY PREFERRED, THAT'S FINE. AND THAT'S ALL THE CHANGES THAT I SEE. I JUST WANT TO ALSO ADDRESS THE CONCERN THAT THIS IS RESOLUTION IS GOING TO BE USED AS A TEACHER TRAP OR GOTCHA MOMENT. UM THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN AND FEAR FROM OUR TEACHERS ABOUT THIS AND SO I WANT TO JUST PUT ON THE RECORD RIGHT NOW. FOR ME. THE PURPOSE IS FOR SENDING A CLEAR DIRECTION . HOW WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT RACE. UM IT'S TO GIVE DIRECTION ON CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND THE REASON WHY I THINK THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE IT'S BEING PUSHED INTO OUR SYSTEMS. UM. THAT I WANT TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR TEACHERS. AND GIVING THEM THE HELP THAT THEY NEED. I DON'T

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APPRECIATED OR NEEDED HERE THAT WE TEACH RACE DIFFERENTLY. MRS FREEMAN? YES. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO READ FROM THAT LETTER, THE OPENING PARAGRAPH. DATED JANUARY . 7TH OF THIS YEAR DEAR BOARD MEMBERS. ON BEHALF OF THE FACULTY STAFF AND STUDENTS OF THE ONLY CSU AND YOUR SERVICE REGION AND THE LARGEST UNDERGRADUATE UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE. I WRITE TO DISCOURAGE YOU FROM PASSING A BAN ON CRITICAL RACE THEORY. OR ANY LIMITS ON TEACHING DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND COMMUNITIES. SO KEEPING IN MIND IT MAY HAVE ENDED IN THAT, BUT IT BEGAN WITH ASKING OR SUGGESTING THEY WOULD REALLY PREFERS NOT TO DO THIS. YES MR FREEMAN. YOU HAVE SOMETHING I DO HAVE SOME THINGS. SO BEAR WITH ME. I TOO, HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE. BECAUSE I NEVER THOUGHT I'VE HEARD THE EXPRESSION BANNED IN BOSTON FOR SO LONG GROWING UP, BUT I NEVER THOUGHT WE'D SEE IT HERE. I NEVER EXPECTED SENSORS SHIP CENSORSHIP, BUT I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS AND I WANT TO SHARE UMW IF ANYONE HAS A PROBLEM, BUT I DO WISH THAT THE AUDIENCE WOULD BE POLITE. THANK YOU, OKAY. WE MUST RECOGNIZE THAT EACH FIRST STUDENTS IS UNIQUE AND FACE UNIQUE CHALLENGES, SOME OF THEM MORE THAN OTHERS, AND OUR DISTRICT SHOULD NEVER CREATE OBSTACLES OR IMPEDIMENTS, WHICH WOULD COMPROMISE THE QUALITY. OF THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS. IN THE EARLY STAGES OF CREATING A NEW ELECTIVE, A NEW SET OF UNFAMILIAR WORDS ENTER THE SCENE. CRITICAL RACE THEORY OR CRT. RAPIDLY THIS SET OF WORDS HAS BEEN TURNED INTO AN ASSERTION THAT OUR DISTRICT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST OR IS ABOUT TO VENTURE INTO TEACHING DIVERSE, DIVISIVE RACE SHAMING HATEFUL CLASSES. WHAT I FIND MORE IS

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ALWAYS STRIVING TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF AN OUTSTANDING EDUCATION. WHEN EFFORTS ARE MADE TO CREATE LISTS OF WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE TAUGHT. THE INHERENT RISK IS THAT THE EDUCATION WILL NOT MEET THE CURRICULUM STANDARDS, WHETHER IT'S OURS OR THE STATES. I ANTICIPATE THAT THE CURRICULUM WILL SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCE OF DUMBING DOWN WHICH I HEARD MENTIONED TONIGHT. OF WHAT IS TAUGHT IN OUR DISTRICT. AS BOARD MEMBERS. WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CREATE A VISION AND TO SET GOALS FOR THE DISTRICT. IN FACT, EACH YEAR WE SPEND CONSIDERABLE TIME REVIEWING AND APPROVING THE L CAP. WHICH HAS BEEN MENTIONED ALREADY AND WE HAVE THAT COMING UP. LAST YEAR, WE PARTICIPATED IN A DISCUSSION OF THE FIVE FOCUS AREAS AND THE PLANS OF ACTION NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS. THOSE FIVE AREAS ARE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION IN LEADERSHIP. ENGAGED COMMUNITY SAFE AND RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENTS OPTIMIZED RESOURCES. I'M NOT SEEING ANYTHING THAT ASSISTS IN ACCOMPLISHING OUR GOALS. I WILL NOT GO INTO ALL THE ITEMS THAT I BROKE OUT AS HOW I SEE THIS FEELING THAT BUT I WILL SAY THIS THERE IS NO PLACE FOR CENTURIES . CENSORSHIP OR BANDS IN OUR DISTRICT. OUR STUDENTS DESERVE ACCESS TO A FULL EDUCATION. OUR HIGHLY QUALIFIED EDUCATORS ARE READY AND ABLE TO TEACH STUDENTS AND HELP THEM ACHIEVE ACADEMIC SUCCESS. OUR GOAL SHOULD NEVER BE TO GRADUATE MODERN DAY RIP VAN WINKLE. THE LONG AGO STORY WRITTEN IN 18 19 BY WASHINGTON IRVING ABOUT A DUTCH VILLAGERS LIVING NEAR THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS, TELLS THE TALE OF HOW HE WALKS OUT INTO THE HILLS BY HIS VILLAGE MEETS A GROUP OF STRANGERS WHO ENCOURAGED HIM TO DRINK A MAGIC POTION. AND HE FALLS INTO A DEEP SLEEP FOR 20 YEARS. HE WAKES TWO DECADES LATER TO HAVE VASTLY CHANGED WORLD HE SLEPT THROUGH THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. A PICTURE OF KING GEORGE. THE THIRD NO LONGER GRACES THE WALL ON THE VILLAGE IN. INSTEAD, THERE'S A PAINTING OF GEORGE WASHINGTON HANGING IN HIS PLACE. FELLOW VILLAGERS HAVE AGED. SOME OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS ARE DECEASED, OR CERTAINLY MUCH OLDER THAN HE REMEMBERS. ALL IN ALL, EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED AND HE'S BEHIND THE TIMES. IF OUR STUDENTS ARE SHORT CHANGED IN THEIR EDUCATION, OTHERS WILL PASS THEM BY ON THE ROAD TO SUCCESS. HOW DOES THIS RESOLUTION HELP PREPARE EACH AND EVERY STUDENT FOR SUCCESS NOW AND IN THE FUTURE, AND THAT IS WHY I WOULD NOT SUPPORT THIS. HAVE SOME COMMENTS AS WELL. SO I'VE BEEN IN A PARENT IN THIS DISTRICT SINCE 2000 AND FOUR AND I'VE BEEN IN THE SCHOOLS AT LEAST ONE TIME A WEEK AND SOMETIMES UP TO FIVE TIMES A WEEK. THAT'S 18 YEARS, 180 DAYS A YEAR. 40 WEEKS THAT ENDS UP BEING 2160 TIMES THAT I'VE BEEN IN A SCHOOL THAT WAS JUST BEFORE I GOT ON THE SCHOOL BOARD. IN THE LAST 12 YEARS. I ATTEMPT TO GET TO EVERY SCHOOL EVERY YEAR. AND NOT ONLY DO I DO THAT I

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THAT WAS 21. CRITICAL RACE THEORY HAS AMERICAN SEPARATED BY RACE AND OPPRESSORS AND VICTIMS AND DIVIDES AMERICANS. 51% OF THE RESPONDENTS SAID YES. AND 4% OF THE RESPONDENTS SAID OTHERS, 17% SAID NONE OF THE ABOVE THE QUESTION. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT CRITICAL RACE THEORY SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS? YES 19% NO 75% UNDECIDED WAS 4% AND THIS IS STRICTLY THE PLACENTIA YORBA LINDA SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS IS ONLY FOR OUR DISTRICT. THESE ARE WHAT OUR RESPONSES WERE. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT CRITICAL RACE THEORY SHOULD BE REQUIREMENT FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION? SO YES, RESPONDENTS WERE 14% THE NO RESPONDENTS WERE 82% AND AS UM, COULD I ASK A QUESTION? WELL NO. ONE SECOND UM I HAVE A LIKE WE SIT HERE AND WE SAY IT'S NOT INTO ITS NOT IN OUR CURRICULUM. WE APPROVE ALL THE CURRICULUM, BUT WHAT EVERYONE FAILS TO SAY IS THE SUPPLEMENTAL CURRICULUM. WE HAVE SO MUCH SUPPLEMENTAL CURRICULUM THAT WE DON'T SEE AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE A PULSE ON AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS. EVERY TEACHER KNOWS THIS. WE HAVE TEACHERS WHO DON'T USE TEXTBOOKS. OUR CURRICULUM IS 20 YEARS OLD, SO PEOPLE HAVE GONE ELSEWHERE. IT'S ON YOUTUBE. IT'S UH PROGRAMS. IT'S FROM OTHER DISTRICTS. IT'S ALL THIS STUFF, SO TO JUST SAY THAT IT'S NOT IN OUR SCHOOLS, MY KIDS. THREE OF MY KIDS HAVE BEEN TAUGHT CRT. AND THAT HAS BEEN IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. ALL THREE OF THEM IN 2017 AND 2018. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT CRITICAL RACE THEORY WAS.

WE JUST THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST TEACHING COMMUNISM. BUT THEN NOW THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED WHAT CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS, WE NOW KNOW THAT MIKE THAT MY OLDEST KID WAS TAUGHT CRITICAL RACE DURING HIGH SCHOOL AND THAT I HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL KIDS WHO HAVE IDENTIFIED AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHAT HAS COME INTO THE CLASSROOM IS CRITICAL RACE THEORY. WE HAVE TONS OF PARENTS WHO HAVE COME FORWARD AND SAID THIS AND SO TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT BEING TAUGHT. IT'S JUST NOT TRUE . IT'S JUST NOT TRUE AND TO AND TWO TO THE STATE. WELL WE APPROVED THE CURRICULUM AND WE DO THIS. YES WE DO. BUT THERE'S SO MUCH ELSE THAT COMES IN. LIKE HOW MANY EXAMPLES HAVE WE GIVEN OF ALL OF THE STUFF THAT'S BROUGHT IN, AND THAT'S TOP. WHO SAID THAT? WE'RE NOT ANOTHER THING, TOO. SO YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LOT OF, UM, STALKERS ON TWITTER. AND SO ONE PERSON SAID WHO WAS A TEACHER, AND SO HE ALWAYS HAS A LOT TO SAY IT APPEARS BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SAID WAS. WELL NOW THE CONSERVATIVE WHITE FOLKS ARE PUTTING UP A HISSY FIT. I WILL BE TEACHING CRT IN MY CLASS. I'M NOT DOWN WITH STIFLING ACADEMIC FREEDOM, FREEDOM AND DUMBING DOWN OUR STUDENTS. RACISM AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE DOESN'T EXIST. DISCRIMINATION AND PREJUDICE AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE MAY EXIST BUT NOT RACISM. RACISM IS THE PRESENCE OF DISCRIMINATION AND POWER. AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR SOCIETY, YOU'LL SEE THAT MUCH OF THE POWER IS STILL CONTROLLED BY WHITE FOLKS. AND ALSO A QUOTE FROM SOME OF THE CRT WHO ARE SAYING THAT IT IS NOT RACIST. WHITE RACIAL AWARENESS IS ALWAYS NECESSARY AND ALWAYS NEGATIVE. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A POSITIVE WHITE IDENTITY. AND I, TOO, HAVE HEARD FROM A LOT OF THE TEACHERS AND THERE'S A LOT OF TEACHERS WHO HAVE SAID THIS SHOULD NOT BE TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS. YES, YOU HAVE SOME TEACHERS WHO ARE WHO ARE SAYING YES. TEACH IT. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO REALIZE TOO AND THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A POPULAR THING BECAUSE IT NEVER IS. BUT THIS IS A WORKPLACE. SO WHAT THE DISTRICT STATES AS THE STANDARD THAT'S WHAT GOES TEACHERS ARE EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT. SO IF THE DISTRICT SAYS THAT THIS ISN'T TO BE TAUGHT, THEN THAT'S WHAT YOU DO, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOUR EMPLOYER SET. WHEN I WAS A POLICE OFFICER, I COULDN'T GO TO RADIO CALLS AND I COULDN'T YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A FIRST AMENDMENT. I WAS THERE TO DO MY JOB. I WAS REPRESENTING MY EMPLOYER. COLD H REPRESENTED. I WAS REPRESENTING MY DEPARTMENT

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I DON'T KNOW WHY. AND THIS IS A THING. THIS IS THE THING SO IN IN. OUTSIDE OF TEACHING. THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND IS WHY IT'S OKAY FOR SOMEONE TO TEACH WHATEVER YOU WANT TO TEACH AND TO GO, POSSIBLY AGAINST WHAT THE DISTRICT SAYS OR TO GO AGAINST WHAT THE CURRICULUM IS.

WHEN OUTSIDE OF THIS, IT WOULDN'T BE APPROPRIATE IN YOU PROBABLY BE DISCIPLINED AND LOSE YOUR JOB. AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE THIS THIS IS REAL. IT'S HAPPENED TO MY KIDS.

IT'S HAPPENED TO OTHER KIDS. WE HEARD TENS OF STORIES ABOUT IT. SO YOU JUST SIT HERE AND SAY IT'S NOT REAL. THIS IS MADE UP. THIS IS CENSORSHIP. THIS IS LIKE REAL STUFF, AND WE'VE HEARD KIDS AT THE PODIUM SAY THAT IT'S BEING TAUGHT. AND SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN STAY HERE AND SAY, WELL, IT'S JUST NOT BEING TAUGHT. IT'S NOT BEING TAUGHT. SO I YEAH, AND I'M GOING TO READ TO WHAT? I MEAN, AND TO SAY IT'S NOT BEING PUSHED IN. IF LIKE IF WE'RE REALLY GOING TO START TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S BEING PUSHED IN. I MEAN IN THE C T A. SO IN OUR C TO 2022 EQUITY AND HUMANS RIGHT CONFERENCE THE TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION. WE'RE NOT ABOUT HOW WE'RE TEACHING OUR KIDS TO UNDERSTAND MATH AND READING BETTER OR THE SCIENCES OR HOW TO MAKE, UM OUR CLASSROOMS BETTER WHAT WAS BEING TAUGHT? WITH TOPICS OF CRT, CREATING AUTHENTIC ETHNIC STUDIES PATHWAYS FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE, MAKING BLACK LIVES MATTER IN THE CLASSROOM, ERODING WHITE SUPREMACY. DISMANTLING THE MYTH OF MARRIAGE , NEW MERITOCRACY, EMBEDDING ETHNIC STUDIES IN YOUR CURRICULUM. MALE PRIVILEGE, EMPOWERING STUDENT ACTIVIST NO, KAREN, THERE IS NO BOOGEYMAN DEBUNKING MISSIVE CRITICAL RACE DURING CONVERSATION. USING PICTURE BOOKS TO EXPLORE POWER AND UNDERSTAND INEQUITY. FROM A TRICKLE TO A TSUNAMI, TRANSFORMING SELF AND SOCIAL NETWORKS TO ACTIVISTS IN THE AGE OF UNABASHED WHITE SUPREMACY.

WHITE AND STRAIGHT FRAGILITY. WITH APOLOGIES TO ROBIN D'ANGELO , AND THEN ONE OF THE LAST ONES WAS UNABASHED WHITE SUPREMACY. AND SO TO SIT HERE AND SAY THAT THIS IS NOT BEING SUPPORTED BY THE TEACHERS UNION AND NOT BEING TAUGHT IN THE CLASSROOM. IT'S JUST SILLY. BECAUSE WE'VE HAD TEACHERS WHO TELL US THAT ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, THEY'RE NOT LEARNING HOW TO TEACH THEIR CLASS OF SECOND GRADERS HOW TO READ BETTER HOW TO DO MATH BETTER? IT'S STUFF LIKE THIS THAT THEY'RE BEING TAUGHT. AND SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE JUST GETTING OUT. WE'RE NOT CENSORING ANYBODY. LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS TONIGHT LIKE WE'VE IMPROVED. BUT WHY ARE WE MESSING AROUND WITH THIS STUFF INSTEAD OF JUST EDUCATING CHILDREN? YEAD I BELIEVE THIS. IF AND THIS IS THIS IS CHRIS GOES THE SAME. I DON'T WANT MY POLITICS IN THE CLASSROOM. I DON'T WANT ANY OF THAT. I WANT MY KIDS TO GO TO SCHOOL AND LEARN THE BASICS AND TO GET A GOOD EDUCATION HERE. I DON'T WANT MY POLITICS AND WHAT YOUR POLITICS. I WANT ANYBODY'S POLITICS IN THERE. I DO BELIEVE IN TEACHING KIDS TO THINK CRITICALLY, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY CLASSES LIKE THE LIBRARY.

THERE'S SO MANY THINGS YOU CAN TEACH YOUR KIDS AT HOME. IF YOU REALLY ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THESE SUBJECTS, THEN TEACH THEM BUT JUST THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AGAINST IT, IT SHOULDN'T BE FORCED. AND I GUESS THAT'S WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM. SO MANY PEOPLE FEEL THAT THIS IS BEING FORCED ONTO THEIR CHILDREN. AND THEY DON'T WANT IT, BUT THEY CAN'T CONTROL WHAT'S IN THE CLASSROOM. AND SO MY THING IS I RAN ON THIS. I WAS ELECTED ON THIS RETURN TO TRADITIONAL CURRICULUM AND KEEP THE POLITICS THE SOCIAL JUSTICE ALL OF THE NOISE OUT AND JUST EDUCATE OUR KIDS. HMM HMM. SO PRESIDENT BUCK WOULD WOULD THAT SAID, UM WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE. CAN WE GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE. OKAY? SO UNLESS THERE'S NOTHING ELSE OKAY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE

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OKAY, SO I'LL READ THAT BACK OUT. THE VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION. 21 12 WAS VOTED 3 TO 2 TO BE APPROVED. WITH IT WITH A NO FROM THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. MM HMM . HMM HMM. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING ON TO A COUPLE OF NICE THINGS. DID YOU WANT A MOTION FOR THE NEXT ONE? PLEASE OKAY, I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DROPPED RESOLUTION NUMBER 21-21 , DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF MAY 1ST THROUGH 7TH 2022 AS CALIFORNIA WEEK OF THE TEACHER. I'D LIKE TO SECOND THAT. SO THE MOTION BY MRS FREEMAN AND SECOND BY MRS BECK TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS, AND THANK THEM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR BY MOTION CARRIES 50 FROM, UM. OKAY FROM OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AND I'M GOING TO THIS IS LATE AND I'LL LET YOU GO FOR TONIGHT. I KNOW YOU WANTED TO BE HERE FOR THIS.

SO, UM, ENJOY YOUR NIGHT AND ALL THE REST OF YOU. OKAY SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR NEXT GENERAL FACTION DO WE NEED TO ADOPT? WE WOULD LIKE, UM MR LOPEZ IS GONNA, UM TO TALK ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION AND THE CLASSIFIED BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BUCK TONIGHT WE BRING FORWARD FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION TO DESIGNATE MAY 1ST THROUGH 7TH 2022 AS CALIFORNIA WEEK OF THE TEACHER. THE PLACENTIA YORBA LINDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IS PROUD TO HAVE TEACHERS WHO DEVOTE THEMSELVES EACH DAY TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS. AND IN DOING SO, THE FUTURE OF OUR NATION. IT IS NOW MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE APPLE PRESIDENT LINDA MANNION TO READ THE RESOLUTION. GOOD EVENING. I'M VERY PROUD TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS. YOU ARE ON ON YOUR TO YOUR TEACHERS AND THE JOB THAT THEY'VE DONE, WONDERFUL SPEAKING. CALIFORNIA WEEK OF THE TEACHER PROCLAMATION . RESOLUTION NUMBER 21 21. WHERE IS CALIFORNIA'S TEACHERS ARE AMONG THE BEST EDUCATED, MOST CREDENTIALS AND HARDEST WORKING EDUCATORS IN THE COUNTRY. AND WHEREAS THE PROSPERITY OF OUR STATE AND OUR NATION IS DETERMINED BY THE SKILLS AND ABILITIES OF THE NEXT GENERATION AND WHEREAS OUR STUDENTS DEPEND ON EDUCATORS TO GUIDE THEM ON THE ROAD TO SUCCESS. AND WHEREAS THE INNOVATION, CREATIVITY AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN CALIFORNIA'S LEADING EDGE DERIVES FROM THE QUALITY OF ITS TEACHERS. AND WHEREAS TEACHER QUALITY DEPENDS ON A CITIZENRY THAT VALUES EDUCATION AND PROVIDES THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO SUPPORT IT. AND WHEREAS GOOD TEACHING GROWS IN VALUE AND PAYS DIVIDENDS. FAR BEYOND THE CLASSROOM. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE PLACENTIA YORBA LINDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION DESIGNATES ME FIRST THROUGH 7TH 2022. AS CALIFORNIA WEEK OF THE TEACHER. THE BOARD ENCOURAGES ALL STUDENTS, PARENTS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES TO PARTICIPATE IN CELEBRATIONS THAT EXPRESS AND SHOW APPRECIATION TO THE AMAZING TEACHERS THROUGHOUT THE PLACENTA, YOUR BILL AND A UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU. OKAY UM, AND WE HAVE PASSED THAT SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, MR LOPEZ. THANK YOU TONIGHT, WE BRING FORWARD FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION. A RESOLUTION TO DESIGNATE MAY 15TH THROUGH 21ST 2022 AS CLASSIFIED SCHOOL EMPLOYEE WEEK. THE PLACENTIA YORBA LINDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IS GRATEFUL TO HAVE AMAZING CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES. WHO DAILY SUPPORT THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND SCHOOL COMMUNITY. IT IS NOW MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE CIA CHAPTER 2 93 PRESIDENT JOB SUAREZ TO READ THE RESOLUTION. AND JOB AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY UP

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SASSER AND ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS. RESOLUTION UH OKAY. POTENTIAL YOUR BELINDA UNIFIED SCHOOL. THIS RESOLUTION 21 22. CLASSIFIED SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WEEK. WHEREAS CLASSIFIED SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ARE EXTRAORDINARY WORKERS WHO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE EVERYDAY OPERATIONS OF OUR SCHOOLS. AND WHEREAS CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES ARE OFTEN THE FIRST FACES WHO GREET VISITORS TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT , AND WHEREAS CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES ARE HARD WORKING. DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS, MANY WHO ARE OFTEN BEHIND THE SCENES , KEEPING THE OPERATIONS WORKING SMOOTHLY. AND WHEREAS CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES ARE IMPORTANT MEMBERS OF OUR POTENTIAL, YORBA LINDA, UH, UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TEAM. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED. THAT PLACENTIA YORBA LINDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION DESIGNATES MAY 15TH THROUGH THE 21ST 2020 AS CLASSIFIED SCHOOL EMPLOYEE. A WEEK. THE BOARD SALUTES ARE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES AND ENCOURAGES THE COMMUNITY TO THANK THEM FOR BEING EXTRAORDINARY WORKERS WHO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL WORK. THEY MAKE THE P Y L U S D AND ENJOYABLE PLACE TO GO TO SCHOOL. THANK YOU. LET'S GIVE ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND ALL OF OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF AROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU BOTH FOR READING AND WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. A VOTE ON THAT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE. AND OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES 50. THAT BRINGS US TO CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION. UM WE'RE REQUESTING A QUICK FIVE MINUTE BREAK. IS THAT OKAY WITH

[CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION ]

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MOTION CARRIES 50. OKAY, SO THAT BRINGS US TO BOARD DISCUSSION, AND THERE'S A TRUSTEE REQUEST

[BOARD DISCUSSION ]

YOU CAN DO THAT. HOWEVER, IT DIDN'T FOLLOW OUR NEW PROTOCOLS. THAT SHE HAD TO HAVE COURT APPROVAL TO TRY TO MAKE THE AGENDA TO PUT ON THE AGENDA TO HAVE VIRTUAL SO IT COULD HAVE BEEN A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING THAT'S CALLED, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE ALL SAT DOWN AND SAID SHE SHOULD HAVE PITCHED HER IDEA. THAT WE NEED TO PUT GOING VIRTUAL ON THE AGENDA. AND THEN THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. AND THEN AFTER THE SUPER BOWL AND THE NEWSOME DEBACLE, IT WAS THEN CHANGED WITHOUT A BOARD MAJORITY VOTE. THAT IT WAS TO PUT THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM TO BE PLACED, UM, YOU KNOW, OR I'M SORRY FOR THE MEETING TO BE MOVED. AND SO SINCE THEN, I KNOW THAT TRUST THE YOUNG BLOOD WAS TRYING WITH ALL OF THE BOARD. UM, ADJOURNMENTS AND THE UNILATERAL ADJOURNMENTS. I KNOW HE HAD TRIED TO GET A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING OR AT LEAST SOME TYPE OF LIKE A WORKSHOP TO GO OVER THIS SO WE CAN GO OVER THE BYLAWS TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY HAVING A BOARD MEETING. AND HE WAS TURNED DOWN. I TRY TO GET ITEMS PLACED ON THE AGENDA. I WAS TURNED DOWN. WE TRY TO GET SPECIAL WARMING'S WE WERE TURNED DOWN. AND SO IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT WAS UM OKAY FOR ONE PERSON NOT TO FOLLOW THE NEW PROTOCOL. BUT THEN THE REST OF US WERE STUCK WITH THE SAME PROTOCOL AND I READ IN THE BYLAWS. IT SAYS THE PRESIDENT OR THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD. CAN REQUEST A SPECIAL MEETING. AND SO REQUESTED. A SPECIAL MEETING WAS FINE. BUT AGENDA IS AN ITEM. I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE HAD THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE US AND AS WELL TO THE COMMUNITY. HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET SOME ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AND THEY'RE NOT FULLY BEING HEARD BY US EITHER. BECAUSE, UM THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING. WE HAD A COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO TRIED TO PUT 61 44 ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES. AND SO THAT WASN'T ABLE TO BE HEARD. AND SO IF WE CONTINUE LIKE WE HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO WANT TO BE HEARD, AND THEY WANT TO SEE STUFF ON THE AGENDA, AND SO I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY IF WE'RE NOT IF THE WHOLE BOARD DOESN'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THIS PROCEDURE, UM ONLY CERTAIN BOARD MEMBERS HAVE TO FOLLOW IT AND THEN NO OTHER. I MEAN EVERYBODY AROUND THIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD OTHER DISTRICTS. THEY SAID. WHY ARE YOU GUYS DOING YOUR AGENDA ITEMS? THIS WAY? YOU'RE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. YOU REPRESENT YOUR COMMUNITY. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. AND HAVE IT BE VOTED ON AND SO I SAY. WE RETURN TO THAT BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY IS NOW THEIR VOICES ARE BEING STIFLED WERE BEING STIFLED. I MEAN, WE COULD HAVE HAD THE, UM , BOARD AGENDA THE I'M SORRY WE COULD HAVE HAD ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS RULE, WE COULD HAVE ALREADY DONE THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES.

TONIGHT AS WELL, BECAUSE ALL WE WOULDN'T NEED TO DO AFTER LAST FOR THE SPECIAL SESSION. WE JUST HAD TO CALL OR EMAIL THE SUPERINTENDENT AND PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US RETURN TO THE WAY THAT WE USED TO DO IT. UM AND I DON'T THINK TOO, I THINK INSTEAD OF

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AND I'M ALWAYS AFRAID THAT SOME OTHER ISSUE LIKE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE. YOU KNOW, NOW THAT I SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF IT THAT NEEDS TO TAKE UP TOP PRIORITY. AND SO THERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BUT I FEEL LIKE ON OUR BOARD POLICY . I'M FINE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT'S TOTALLY TRANSPARENT THAT WE ALL SAY YEA OR NAY. BUT I ALSO FEEL LIKE THERE'S THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME PROCESS WHERE THEY CAN BE PRIORITIZED. BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT I FEEL ARE IMPORTANT. BUT I'M NOT VOTING FOR IT AT THE CURRENT TIME, BECAUSE I ALREADY IN MY HEAD SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE PIPE.

AND I DON'T WANT TO OVERWHELM OUR STAFF. AND I WANT TO LEAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THINGS THAT ARE MORE IMPORTANT TO BE HANDLED. AND SO I JUST. FOR ME. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS SOME TYPE OF WAY TO MAKE UM, SOME PRIORITIES, SO YOU KNOW, SO IF AN ISSUE COMES UP, AND I FEEL LIKE YEAH, I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT. BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ON THE NEXT MONTH'S MEETING BECAUSE WE ALREADY ARE DOING THESE THINGS BEING ABLE TO PRIORITIZE OUR SO WOULD IT GO BACK TO HOW WE DID THINGS WHERE WE BROUGHT IT FORTH TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, BECAUSE, IN MY OPINION, I MEAN, SOMETIMES THINGS WERE NOT ON THE AGENDA AS FAST AS I WANTED THEM TO BE ON AS DR ELSE. ASANO'S BUT YOU KNOW AS PATIENT WITH IT, I THINK WE WAITED SIX OR EIGHT MONTHS TO GET CRT ON THE AGENDA. WE WAITED QUITE A WHILE FOR ELDORADO LIGHTS, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE IT TO THE AGENDA. AND SO I HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THAT, BECAUSE IT ALWAYS FELT LIKE IT WAS A GOOD COMPROMISE. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS UM PEOPLE UNHAPPY. THAT SOME OF THESE ITEMS HAD MADE THEIR WAY ON THE TO THE AGENDA, WHICH THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, TO BRING IT FORWARD FOR A VOTE. BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT LIKE THE COMMUNITY, I MEAN THE SECOND WE GOT WE WERE ELECTED ON. WE WERE HIT UP BY ELDORADO HIGH SCHOOL, MYSELF AND SEAN AND LIKE BY ALL OF THE STAFF, AND THEY WERE, HEY, WE REALLY, REALLY NEED LIKE WE'VE BEEN TRYING FOR LIGHTS FOR 20 YEARS. AND SO I JUST FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BRING IT FORWARD. UM YOU KNOW, IN CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE THAT, AND I THINK THEY'RE OLDER WAY WAS MORE EFFECTIVE BECAUSE AT LEAST IT MADE IT ON AND IT WAS HEARD. UM AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE ALL COME IN WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT DOCTOR L. SASSER IS GOING TO PUT IT ON. AN AGENDA IS THE ITEM WHEN IT'S GOOD. FOR US, AND WE'RE NOT JUST YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT THROWING. I'LL NEVER THINK WE'RE THROWING FIVE OR SIX THINGS ON THE AGENDA. ONE TIME. IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, HERE AND THERE AND THEY WERE BIGGER ITEMS, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE, UM YOU KNOW, LIKE LIKE TONIGHT. THE 61 44. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD I MEAN, WE ALREADY HAD A FULL AGENDA, BUT YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AND HE SAYS, OKAY, WE CAN'T DO THIS ONE. BUT WE CAN DO THE FOLLOWING MONTH AND IT'S ALREADY THERE FOR US. LIKE I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT PROCESS WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENT AND I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT IN THE FEBRUARY LIKE NOBODY HAD TO. THERE WAS NO VOTE ON GOING VIRTUAL BECAUSE HAD WE THERE IS NONE OF THAT. SO I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S ALL OF US SHOULD ABIDE BY IT, OR NONE OF US SHOULD BUY. BUY IT, AND I REALLY DO THINK THAT THE OLD WAY OF DOING THINGS WAS BETTER. SO I'D LIKE TO ADD, UM SPECIAL MEETINGS ARE CALLED. TO ADDRESS SPECIAL THINGS. AND THE REASON WHY THEY'RE SPECIAL MEETINGS IS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THEM. UM

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WE CAN'T COMMUNICATE OUTSIDE OF THIS TABLE. SO IT DOES CAUSE A LAG IN THINGS. IT CAN BE FRUSTRATING. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF TIMES I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE THINGS MOVE FORWARD OVER THE YEARS. UM IT TOOK ME ABOUT A YEAR TO GET US TO REVIEW OUR HOMEWORK POLICIES. BUT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH MOMENTUM. THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH PEOPLE ON THE BOARD THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN THAT. AND IT WASN'T THE RIGHT TIMING, SO SOME OF THAT JUST HAS TO BE GIVEN TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DETERMINE WHEN THAT COMES ON. AND WHEN WE'RE IN A MEETING AND WE'RE TOGETHER WE CAN TALK ABOUT THESE ARE SOME OF OUR PRIORITIES, BUT, UM, THAT'S THE TIME WE HAVE TO THE ONLY TIME THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE KIND OF THINGS AND THE REASON WHY WE DID A LOT OF THE UPS AND DOWNS. UM SINCE YOU GUYS HAVE JOINED THE BOARD. THERE'S BEEN A LOT THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT. AND SO WE'VE HAD TO PUT NEW PROCESSES IN PLACE TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD THAT'S INTERESTED IN THAT AND HOW THEN TO MAKE IT. MOVE FORWARD. UM I KNOW THAT THE LAST COUPLE OF VOTES, NOT THE SPECIAL BOARD MEETING, BUT, UM SOME OF THESE THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AND THAT THAT WANT TO BE BROUGHT UP AGAIN. THEY JUST DIDN'T GET MAJORITY CONSENT AT THE TIME AT THE TABLE, SO THEY JUST HAVEN'T BEEN BROUGHT UP. UM WELL, I THINK WITH THE 61 44. IT WAS BROUGHT UP BY COMMUNITY MEMBER AND THEY COULDN'T EVEN HEAR IT. AND WE CAN EVEN HEAR WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING UP BECAUSE IT WAS VOTED DOWN BY THREE PEOPLE. AND THEN NOW IT ACTUALLY TURNS OUT TO BE A GOOD FUNCTION SO THIS WOULD BE THE PERFECT TIME TO JUST DECIDE THAT BECAUSE AT THE LAST TIME WE DISCUSSED IT, AND WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT UP AT A MEETING. AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. WE VOTED NO YEAH, WE GET THAT. AND ALSO, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IF A COMMUNITY MEMBER SUBMIT SOMETHING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PUT ON THE BOARD ITEM. THEY CAN ALWAYS ADDRESS IT IN THEIR PUBLIC COMMENTS LIKE YOU KNOW, I SUBMITTED SOMETHING, AND THIS IS WHY I FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT AND YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THIS. I MEAN, THERE IS A FORUM FOR THE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SPEAK, AND IT'S CALLED PUBLIC COMMENT. AND IF WE DO GET EMAILS THAT ARE CONCERNING OR THAT WE WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH. UM WE CAN DO THAT AT ANY TIME. WE JUST CAN ONLY TALK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT THAT. SO IF HE'S GETS IF WE ALL GET AN EMAIL, AND HE GETS FIVE PHONE CALLS ABOUT SOMETHING HE KNOWS THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A PRIORITY AND THAT HE NEEDS TO ADDRESS THAT. QUICKLY. I JUST THINK THAT THE WAY WE DID IT IN THE PAST. WAS MORE I KNOW. IT WAS HARDER FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT, BUT I FELT LIKE THINGS MADE IT FORWARD TO THE VOTE BETTER AND WE WERE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT IT AND UM I DON'T KNOW. IT JUST FEELS IT FELT STRANGE. AND IF IT FEELS WEIRD BECAUSE I HAD YOU KNOW, YOU CALLED A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING AND YOU PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA WITHOUT BOARD CONSENT, AND THEN YOU CHANGE THE AGENDA ITEM WITHOUT BOARD CONSENT. BUT THEN HERE WE ARE HAVING TO WAIT FOR A THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN. AND SO THAT'S JUST NOT FAIR. IT'S NOT SPECIAL MEETINGS ARE DIFFERENT THAN REGULAR BOARD MEETING. WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN CALL A SPECIAL MEETING, BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE CALLED A SPECIAL MEETING TO DISCUSS AND THEN WE HAVE BROUGHT US ALL HERE AND SAID I WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON THE AGENDA ITEM FOR THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. I MEAN, THAT'S THE WAY THAT THAT'S THE WAY THAT I'M LOOKING AT. THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT. THIS THING IS THAT IF WE ALL HAVE TO BE AN AGREEMENT FOR AN AGENDA ITEM THAT THAT MEANS EVERYBODY SHOULD BE IN AGREEMENT FOR THAT.

I JUST PREFER THE WAY I JUST PREFER THE OLD WAY OF DOING THINGS. UM YOU KNOW, WE WERE PATIENT WITH DR ALSACE AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN'T PUT 20,000 THINGS ON THE AGENDA. BUT WE, UM I FEEL LIKE WE COULD JUST BE MORE EFFICIENT. AND WE COULD HAVE SEEN, YOU KNOW MAYBE MORE

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I'M CONTINUING TO SEE IT AS WE'VE BEEN DOING IT. FOR WHAT? HOW MANY MONTHS NOW? ABSTRACT.

45. IT'S NOT BEEN THAT LONG. SO I THINK THE BEARS MORE, UM EXPERIENCE DOING IT AND SEEING HOW IT WORKS. I THINK IT'S BEEN A GOOD DISCUSSION. I THINK IT'S BEEN A GOOD EXPLANATION OF WHY WE WENT THAT DIRECTION AND I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO PRACTICE IS A LITTLE BIT LONGER BEFORE WE THROW IT OUT. I THINK WE SHOULD PRACTICE IT A LITTLE BIT LONGER. UM, BECAUSE IT HELPS US SEE. WHERE THE MAJORITY IS SO WE CAN HAVE ONE OR TWO BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE THAT MAY BE CALLED THE SUPERINTENDENT EVERY WEEK AND GIVE THEM 10 THINGS TO DO. AND HE'S GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME FIGURING OUT WHAT THE PRIORITY IS THERE. BUT IF THOSE CAN COME CAN BE DISCUSSED AND ADDRESSED AT THIS POINT, THIS BOARD DISCUSSION THEN HE CAN GET THE THUMBS UP. THUMBS DOWN TO MOVE FORWARD. I SEE THAT BEING MORE TRANSPARENT AND THE ABILITY TO BRING IT FORWARD AND GET SOME INFORMATION FROM ALL OF US, KNOWING THAT THE MAJORITY OF US WANTED TO HAVE THAT ON THE BOARD FOR THE NEXT MEETING. MY QUESTION IS JUST WHY ARE WE THE ONLY DISTRICT DOING IT THIS WAY? WERE THERE? NO. NOBODY'S NOBODY DOES IT THIS WAY. NO EVERYBODY IN LIKE THE STATE SENATE. WE'RE WATCHING ALL WEEK. SOMEBODY WANTS SOMETHING TO COME FORWARD. THEY BRING IT FORWARD AND THEY VOTE. LIKE WE'VE BEEN QUESTIONED SO MUCH. WHY ARE YOU GUYS DOING IT THIS WAY? AND THEY SAID IT MAKES NO SENSE. JUST LIKE CAPO. WHEN THEY WERE DEALING WITH THEIR WHOLE MASS THING. THERE IS TWO OR THREE BOARD MEMBERS WHO BROUGHT FORWARD A DIFFERENT MASK RESOLUTION. AND ALL THREE OF THEM BROUGHT IT FORWARD THE WEEK BEFORE THEY CALL THE SUPERINTENDENT. THEY SAID. I HAVE SOMETHING TO PUT ON THE AGENDA OF A RESOLUTION TO PUT ON THE AGENDA TO BE VOTED ON SOMEONE ELSE DID A SIMILAR RESOLUTION. AND YOU KNOW, THE WORDING WAS JUST DIFFERENT AND THERE WAS JUST A FEW TWEAKS IN IT, BUT THEY WERE STILL ABLE TO BE HEARD. AND THEY WERE STILL ABLE TO BRING IT FORWARD. AND SO IT JUST I MEAN, MY CONCERN WITH THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT IS IF HE'S GETTING INFORMATION FROM A MAJORITY OF BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE SUBMITTING THINGS AHEAD OF TIME. UM THAN THAT. HAS THE APPEARANCE OR COULD BE, UM OR LOOK COULD LOOK LIKE THAT. THERE ARE THREE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE COMMUNICATING OUTSIDE OF A MEETING AND VIOLATING THE BROWN ACT. DON'T UNDERSTAND. WE'RE EVEN GETTING THAT FROM IF ONE I JUST I JUST SAID IF THEY ALL BRING IT IN OKAY, NOW ONE PERSON BROUGHT FORWARD. ONE RESOLUTION . ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER, BROUGHT IN ANOTHER RESOLUTION. AND IT WAS ALL PUT IN. BOTH RESOLUTIONS WERE PUT ON THE AGENDA. WE VOTED ON BY THE BOARD MEMBERS. AND SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN. THERE'S REALLY NOBODY AROUND THAT. I'VE ASKED THAT. IS DOING IT THIS WAY, AND NOBODY'S HAVING TO GO THROUGH THESE JUMPS JUST TO GET SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA, BECAUSE IMAGINE IF, LIKE IMAGINE IF YOU'RE SITTING UP HERE AND YOU'RE IN THE MINORITY. HOW DO YOU EVER REPRESENT, IF LIKE, SAY THAT THERE'S FOUR PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE WITH YOU COMPLETELY.

HOW ARE YOU EVER ABLE TO REPRESENT YOUR CONSTITUENTS? IF YOU CAN'T EVER GET ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF BEING AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AND RUNNING IF YOU CAN'T EVEN TRY TO GET ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA THAT SOMEBODY ELECTED YOU TO TRY TO DEAL. IT'S JUST LIKE STIFLING THE VOICES, AND I MEAN, IF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO VOTE ON IT OPEN AND LIKE YEAH, I THINK WE SHOULD. I MEAN, AND THAT'S THAT'S JUST THE THING IS WE'RE NOT JUST LIKE REPRESENTING OURSELVES. AND I THINK I WAS LIKE I WOULD PUT A LITTLE PRESSURE SOMETIMES. YOU KNOW, I SAID, OH, MY GOSH, KNOCKING ME ON THIS ONE. THERE'S NO ROOM, BUT I MEAN IT JUST IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME THAT NOBODY ELSE IS DOING IT THIS WAY. AND NOBODY ELSE UNDERSTANDS WHY WE'RE DOING IT THIS WAY, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE BROWN ACT VIOLATION. I MEAN, IF I BRING FORWARD A RESOLUTION, AND DR L. SASSER ASKED TO PEOPLE ABOUT IT, AND THEY AGREE AND SAY, DO IT LIKE THAT WOULD BE THREE IN A BROWN ACT VIOLATION. NO I UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. BUT DR L. SASSER ALSO HAS TO I UNDERSTAND THE BROWN ACT. WHAT I'M SAYING, OKAY? UM SO. SO WE DO IT DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER PEOPLE. BUT WE CHANGED IT THIS YEAR. BIG SO THAT THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BOARD MEMBERS THAT WANTED THINGS PUT ON THE AGENDA THAT DIDN'T QUITE FIT IN THE CALENDAR YET TO MOVE THOSE FORWARD. IF WE REMOVE THAT, THEN WE'RE GOING BACK TO HOW IT WAS. AND DR L. SASSER IS THE ONE THAT IS DETERMINING THAT AND THE REASON WHY HE BROUGHT THIS TO US IS BECAUSE HE WAS GETTING CONFLICTING THINGS AND HE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO WITH IT, AND SO INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT ON HIM, IT REALLY NEEDED TO COME TO US FOR US TO MAKE THAT MAJORITY DECISION. I REALLY FEEL LIKE THE CURRENT SYSTEM IS A LOT MORE

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COMMUNITY CAN SPEAK OUT AT THE NEXT MEETING THAT THEY WANT THESE THINGS. THERE'S A PATH FOR VOICES TO BE HEARD. WELL I THINK WHAT WE'RE I THINK WE'RE WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT WE WANT TO KEEP IT THIS WAY. AND LIKE SINCE IT'S NOT A PERFECT SYSTEM, WHY DON'T WE TRY TO PUT IT ON EITHER THE NEXT AGENDA OR THE AGENDA AFTER THAT, AND LIKE, HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND BE ABLE TO STUDY AND RESEARCH A LITTLE BIT. WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING AND HOW WE CAN CHANGE THIS BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND, LIKE THERE ARE THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT DON'T NEED TO BE AGENDA IZED VERY QUICKLY. BUT THEN THERE'S SOME THAT DEAL. AND LIKE I SAID ELDORADO LIGHTS FOR ME WAS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE I HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING WE NEED LIGHTS LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT. THE BAND YOU KNOW, SEVEN OR EIGHT SPORTS TEAMS, THE BAND EVERYBODY SAYING WE NEED LIGHTS LIKE THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT AGENDA ITEM TO ME, AND I THINK I WAS LIKE PRETTY PATIENT WAITING FOR IT, YOU KNOW? AND SO I DO UNDERSTAND THAT. I JUST THINK THERE WAS SO MUCH FRICTION BECAUSE PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA. AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S A DIFFERENT THING IS LIKE THE PRIORITY WAS OKAY LIKE WE WERE OKAY WITH THE PRIORITY. I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S PEOPLE WHO JUST DIDN'T WANT THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA, SO THEY'RE UPSET ABOUT IT, AND THAT'S A DIFFERENT THING. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US GO FORWARD AND MAYBE JUST TRY TO STRATEGIZE A NEW WAY AND, LIKE, REALLY THINK FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ON THE NEXT AGENDA. BUT LET'S THINK ABOUT A BETTER WAY TO DO THIS. AND HOW WE IF WE KIND OF A PROCESS ON AGENDA IS IN THE ITEM. WE DON'T HAVE TO. NECESSARILY. DOWN. MRS FREEMAN.

YOU JUST RE EMPHASIZE THAT I THINK THAT SINCE WE WENT THROUGH ALL THE EFFORT TO GET TO DEVELOPING THESE PROTOCOLS THAT WE NEED TO PROCEED. PRACTICING THEM FOR A WHILE, AND WE WILL.

I'M SURE AT SOME POINT HAVE A REVISITING WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR, SO I THERE IS A WAY TO GET THINGS TO THE AGENDA. IT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED BY MRS ANDERSON THAT, UM, ITEMS THAT ANY OF US HAVE CONCERN WITH WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THAT FORWARD IN TERMS OF JUST UNDERSTAND BOARD REPORT. ALSO THE PUBLIC ALWAYS HAS THE ACCESS TO COMING TO PUBLIC COMMENTS EXPRESSING THEMSELVES AND THAT DOESN'T EVEN EXCLUDE THE FACT THEY SEND US OTHER COMMUNICATION FORMS. EMAILS GOOD OLD FASHIONED LETTER IS A RARITY NOWADAYS NOWADAYS, UM, BUT THERE ARE VENUES FOR IT. IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE STIFLED THIS. UM I JUST WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THIS AS WE IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS WE HAVE DONE AT THE CURRENT TIME. WE'VE HAD THIS PROCESS FOR HOW LONG NOW? I BELIEVE THAT OUR LAST THEIR FOURTH WORKSHOP WAS OCTOBER END OF OCTOBER.

BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER, SO FIVE MONTHS. UM SO WOULD IT BE SAFE TO ASSUME WE COULD WE SHOULD, MAYBE AFTER SIXTH START TAKING A LOOK AT IT, SEE HOW IT BENEFITED OR WAS NOT WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE MAYBE, UM, WE COULD KIND OF TALK ABOUT IT. THEN MAYBE SOME CHANGES CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. COULD UM, IS THIS POSSIBLE WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR BOARD SELF EVALUATION THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TOPICS WITHIN THEIR. AND THEN THAT WE CAN DISCUSS IT THEN AND BECAUSE IT'S A PROCESS THING. WHEN ARE WHEN WE DO OUR BOARD SELF EVALUATION.

SET A DATE YET IT'S SUMMER THIS COMING SUMMER. SUMMER OR NOVEMBER. USUALLY THEY JUST UPDATED THAT BY LAW. AND. I DON'T THINK WE PICKED A DATE WE WANT PASSED. WE DIDN'T GIVE UP.

USUALLY IN THE SUMMER, ISN'T IT? WE USUALLY DO MAJOR EVALUATIONS . LIKE LIKE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND OURS. WE WOULD DO THAT IN THE SUMMER WHEN SCHOOL IS NOT IN SESSION, AND WE HAVE OTHER THINGS ON THE AGENDA. SO WHY DON'T WE SAY LIKE WHAT'S IN THE SUMMER? LET'S LET'S READ THIS.

SO THEN WE WOULD LEAVE THIS PROTOCOL IN FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. WHILE WE FINISH UP THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND THEN AS A BOARD, YOU WOULD REVISIT THIS AS PART OF THE SELF EVALUATION IN THE SUMMER AND DECIDE IF YOU IN THE MEANTIME, YOU COULD RESEARCH WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS DO. AND BRING FORWARD SUGGESTIONS AT THAT TIME. OKAY THAT SOUNDS APPROPRIATE. I WOULD HIGHLY ADVISE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE. INFORMATION THAT IS A COMPARISON . YOU KNOW SOMETHING SPECIFIC. I

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THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO THAT BRINGS US TO CONSENT CALENDAR. UM AND WHAT TIME ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE WATCHING 10 30? IF WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO, HOPEFULLY WE CAN WRAP IT UP BY 11. OKAY WELL , WE WILL TRY AND DO THAT. BUT I'M GOING TO, UM, PAUSES AT 5 TO 11. IF WE'RE NOT CLOSE AND TAKE IT THE TEMPERATURE OF THAT OKAY? SO CONSENT CALENDAR. THESE ARE ALL DEEMED ROUTINE IN NATURE. WE

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