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AND YOU HAVE A VOICE. GOOD EVENING. I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE YOU GUYS CAN KEEP GOING IF YOU CALL THE AUGUST 9TH TO 2022 MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ORDER IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS, 54950 EXECUTOR AND EDUCATION CODE SECTIONS, 35140 AT SECRETARY AT FIVE P. PLACENTIA CALIFORNIA AND WE'RE STARTING AT FIVE PM WE'RE GOING TO NOW

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ADJOURNED A CLOSED SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING MATTERS EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED BY GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS. 35. POINT POINT. EIGHT. 54. POINTS. REGARDING NUMBER ONE. PUBLIC HUMAN REESE. REPORT. HIGH SCHOOL ACT, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR AND COUNSELOR NUMBER THREE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT DISCIPLINE. DISMISSAL RELEASE NUMBER FOUR CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS, DR MICHAEL MATTHEWS SUPERINTENDENT RICK LOPEZ ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, YUMAN RESOURCES. DAVID GEORGE. ASSIST SUPERINTENDENT BUSINESS SERVICES. REGARDING CSC. A APP. AND PLUM. ARE REGARDING. ANTICIPATED LIKE LITIGATION CLAIM. OH, NO. SORRY. SIX CLAIM GENERAL LIABILITY CLAIM NUMBER 609003 IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS AND I'M SEEING AN EMPTY ROOM? SO SEEING THEM RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN GOOD EVENING. WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY OR WELCOME TONIGHT.

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GLAD TO HAVE YOU SO WE'RE GOING TO NOW ADJOURNED TO RECONVENE TO REGULAR SESSION AT 604. AND I'M GOING TO REPORT OUT HERE. IF I MY NOTES. OKAY? ALRIGHT SO THE BOARD MET AND TOOK ACTION TO APPOINT DR SHELLEY SPENCER, DIRECTOR OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND SUPPORT EFFECTIVE AUGUST 10TH 2022 MOTION BY MRS ANDERSON, SECOND BY MRS BLADES, AND THAT MOTION CARRIED 50.

SECOND THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO APPOINT JOSE MIRANDA HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT, PRINCIPAL, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 10TH 2022 MOTION BY MRS FREEMAN. SECOND BY MR YOUNG BLOOD, AND THAT MOTION CARRIED 50. NUMBER THREE, THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO APPOINT MEGAN HARNEY ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 11TH 2022. MOTION BY MRS BLADES, SECOND BY MRS ANDERSON, AND THAT MOTION CARRIED 50 NUMBER FOUR, THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO APPOINT AND WIN COUNSELOR EFFECTIVE AUGUST 11TH 2022 MOTION BY MR YOUNGBLOOD SECOND BY MRS FREEMAN. THAT MOTION CARRIED 50. AND NUMBER FIVE, THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO APPOINT JASON PIKE COUNSELOR EFFECTIVE AUGUST 11TH 2022 MOTION BY MRS FREEMAN, SECOND BY MRS ANDERSON, AND THAT MOTION CARRIED 50. AND THAT BRINGS US NOW TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AND MRS FREEMAN. WILL YOU LEAD US? YES WHAT? EVERYONE PLEASE RISE AND LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO SALUTE OUR NATION'S FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.

OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH THE GRITTY AND JUSTICE FOR US. OKAY AND DR MATTHEWS, I'M GOING TO PASS IT ALONG TO YOU AND YOU CAN INTRODUCE OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ACTUALLY WE WERE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE OUR SHERIFFS AND POLICE FORCES HERE. BUT I'D LIKE TO ASK MR MICHAEL LANDON TO INTRODUCE OUR GUESTS AND TO GIVE OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, DR MATTHEWS. AS YOU'RE AWARE, FOCUS AREA 4.0 P. WELL USD STRATEGIC PLAN REFERRED TO AS THE ADVANTAGE SUPPORTS SEVERAL STRATEGIES THAT MAINTAIN A SAFE AND RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENT ALL SCHOOL SITES. SPECIFIC STRATEGY FOR POINT SUPPORTS THE REVIEW AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SAFETY PROTOCOLS AT ALL SCHOOL SITES WITH INPUT FROM KEY STAY.

INCLUDE LAW. AGENCIES. ELISE DEPARTMENT, FULLERTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, PLACENTIA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WHO PROVIDE POLICING SERVICES IN THE CITY OF YOUR BELINDA. A STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH THESE AGENCIES IS KEY TO ENSURING THAT OUR CAMPUSES ARE SAFE. AND THAT ESTABLISHED SAFETY PROTOCOLS ARE REVIEWED REGULARLY AND REFLECT BEST PRACTICES IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THIS INCLUDES RESPONDING TO AN ACTIVE THREAT

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ON A SCHOOL CAMPUS OR SCHOOL BUILDING. EMERGENCY PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES ARE REVIEWED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND UPDATED TO INCLUDE CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT. TONIGHT AT THE REQUEST OF THE BOARD, WE HAVE INVITED CHIEF BUTTS, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE PLACENTIA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CAPTAIN WILL LEWA, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE CITY OF YOUR BELINDA TO JOIN US. BOTH ARE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD HOW THEIR OFFICERS ARE PREPARED TO RESPOND TO ANY SCHOOL EXPERIENCING AN ACTIVE ACTIVE THREAT. AND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. GENTLEMEN, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME AT THE DIOCESE.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, UM. IN PREPARATION FOR TONIGHT. UM CAPTAIN WILL IOWA AND MYSELF AND I DISCUSSED OUR PROTOCOL AS YOU WOULD EXPECT. WE OPERATE 99.9% IN THE SAME MANNER. SO UM, THAT THAT WAS REALLY A POSITIVE FOR US AND DISCUSSING OUR PROTOCOLS. AND UM, I WANTED TO COME HERE TONIGHT AND GIVE SOME SOME SPECIFICS ABOUT. HOW ARE OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS ARE TRAINED. WHAT TRAINING OUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT GETS FOR ACTIVE SHOOTER. AND WHAT WE DO FOR INCIDENTS THAT ARE THAT ARE A THREAT INCIDENTS TO THE SCHOOL , NOT ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENTS, BUT WHEN THE THREAT OF A WEAPON OR THREATS ARE MADE TOWARDS THE STUDENT BODY, SO WHEN HIS FIRST START WITH AN OVERVIEW OF R S R O PROGRAM PLACENTA HAS TO S R O OFFICERS. OFFICER LIMA'S AN OFFICER VALDEZ. THAT DETAIL IS OVERSEEN BY OUR PATROL WATCH COMMANDER, LIEUTENANT CHRIS ANDERSON. HE WORKS DIRECTLY WITH THEM ON SCHEDULING ON ANY SAFETY ISSUES, AND HE ASSURES THAT THEY GET THE TRAINING AND COMMUNICATION THAT THEY NEED FROM THE DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO PROPERLY PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOL. AND MAINTAINING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AND REALLY PARTNERING WITH SCHOOL STAFF. BECAUSE HAVE MANY. WHERE RESPONSIBLE FOR SCHOOL SAFETY. THE STUDENTS THAT THE DISTRICT ITSELF AND THEN THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY SO UM, THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE. GOES INTO THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS PROGRAM THAT THAT THEY FOLLOW IT IN HERE, TOO. EACH YEAR, OR SA ROSE RECEIVE A ONE WEEK WEEK LONG TRAINING COURSE SPECIFIC TO THEIR DUTIES. THIS IS OUTSIDE OF THEIR ACADEMY TRAINING AND ALL THEIR PERISHABLE SKILLS TRAINING THAT THEY RECEIVE EACH YEAR. DURING THAT COURSE, ACTIVE SHOOTER SCENARIOS AND TACTICS ARE DISCUSSED AND PRACTICED. THEY ACTUALLY DO HANDS ON SCENARIOS. IN ADDITION TO THE HANDS ON SCENARIOS, THEY HAVE FORCE ON FORCE SCENARIOS. WHERE THEY ACTUALLY PRACTICE LIFE TACTICS WITH WE CALL THEM PAINT ROUNDS, BUT THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'RE BEING PAIN. AND WHEN YOU GET HIT WITH ONE JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND. SO UM, THERE IS A LEVEL OF REALNESS TO THOSE TRAINING SCENARIOS. AND FOR ACTIVE SHOOTER, THE MORE EXPERIENCE THAT WE GIVE OUR OFFICERS THE FUNDAMENTALLY THE BETTER. THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND AND REALLY RELY ON SECOND NATURE TRAINING RATHER THAN HAVING TO KIND OF FIGURE THINGS OUT AS THEY GO. SO IT'S A REPETITIVE NATURE IS OUR TRAINING. ADDITIONALLY TRAINING IS PROVIDED BY, UM, SCHOOLS. I'M SORRY. WE TEACH ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING TO SCHOOLS. CITY PERSONNEL, HOSPITALS, CHURCHES AND OTHER ENTITIES. OUR DEPARTMENT IS ACTUALLY COME OUT AND TRAINED. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF ON WHAT THEY CAN DO TO PROTECT THEMSELVES IN AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SCENARIOS, AND OUR OFFICERS TEACH THOSE COURSES SO NOT ONLY DO WE KNOW HOW WORK TO REACT, BUT WE HAVE A GOOD IDEA WHAT WE'RE TELLING STAFF AND WHAT TO EXPECT FROM STAFF AS WELL. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT RESPONSE TO CAMPUS THREATS. THIS IS A LOWER LEVEL ISSUE THAN ACTIVE SHOOTER. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DEAL WITH ONCE OR TWICE ANY IN A YEAR'S TIME. THIS IS LIKE AN OCCASIONAL THREAT WHERE STUDENT POST SOMETHING ONLINE AND PEOPLE SEE THAT THERE MIGHT BE A WEAPON OR A THREAT OF BODILY HARM INVOLVED. SO WE TAKE THOSE VERY SERIOUS FIRST THING WE DO. AS WE THAT POTENTIAL THREATS WITH OUR PARTNER, WHICH IS A KAYAK. THE ORANGE COUNTY INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT CENTER, VERY LOCAL FUSION CENTER FOR THREATS AND THEY DO ASSESSMENTS FOR EVENTS THEY DO ASSESS WITH THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY WHENEVER THE DEPARTMENT HAS AN ISSUE. CAN HAVE A LARGE CROWD. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS WE RUN THAT THAT SCENARIO THROUGH THE OLD KAYAK, SO WE HAVE A SCHOOL THREAT. WE USE ALL

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AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR INTELLIGENCE TO VET THAT OUT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER CHATTER ONLINE OR ANYWHERE ELSE THAT WOULD EITHER PROVE THAT TO BE A CREDIBLE THREAT OR A THREAT THAT WE JUST DON'T KNOW MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT WE ALSO DO HOME VISITS SO WE WOULD COME OUT AND DO AN INVESTIGATION ON THOSE CRITICAL INCIDENTS. BUT WE DO HOME VISITS WITH THE PARENTS AS WELL. WE HAVE SEARCHES. WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE PARENTS LET THEM KNOW WHAT THEIR THEIR CHILD OR STUDENT IS DOING. AND, UM MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE KEEP EVERYBODY IN THE LINE OF COMMUNICATION SO MANY TIMES, UM , I HAVE WORKED WITH WITH OUR DISTRICT STAFF. IN REPORTING BACK ON WHAT THOSE THREATS ARE SO POLICE DEPARTMENT ALL OF OUR RESOURCES AND THE DISTRICT. WE ACTUALLY PARTNER TO WORK THROUGH THOSE ISSUES. WE MAKE ARRESTS WHEN THREATS ARE VALID OR THEY'RE MEANT TO BE. OF SUCH A NATURE THAT IT CAUSES. UM I WOULD SAY FEAR. UM, BUT. WE TAKE THOSE VERY SERIOUSLY NOW ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENTS. PLACENTA HAS NOT HAD AN ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENT, SO WE PLAN FOR WHAT WE MAY FACE AND, UM THERE ARE A WHOLE DIFFERENT, WHOLE DIFFERENT INCIDENT. SO THESE THEY QUICKLY TURNED CHAOTIC. AND THAT'S WHY WE TRAIN AND WE CONSISTENTLY TRAINED FOR ACTIVE SHOOTER. SO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT OUR OFFICERS RECEIVED FOR TRAINING.

THEY RECEIVED YEARLY FORCE ON FORCE TRAINING. ACTIVE SHOOTER SCENARIOS COMPRISED A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF THIS TRAINING. THEY'RE DYNAMIC TRAINING SCENARIOS. OFFICES ARE FACED WITH LIVE OPPONENTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY COMING AFTER THEM AND HUNTING THEM DURING THE TRAINING. SO. THEY FACE SKILLED IN LIFE OPPONENTS. THIS INDUCES STRESS AND IT'S VERY CHALLENGING. AND IT TESTS THE OFFICER SKILLS AND DECISION MAKING UNDER PRESSURE, BUT THEY'RE DONE IN THE REPETITIVE NATURE. WE TRAIN THIS WAY EVERY YEAR. MORE THAN ONCE A YEAR, GENERALLY ABOUT FOUR TIMES AS IS THE ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING THAT WE GET THE YEAR. AND THEY ARE.

THEY'RE FULL DAY SCENARIOS. AND UM IT REALLY INGRAINED IN YOU. YOU KNOW YOUR MOVEMENTS AND YOUR TACTICS AND YOU GET TO TRAIN WITH YOUR PARTNERS AS WELL. SO THAT WHOLE TEAM MOVES LIKE A UNIT. PAINTED BEING HIT BY TRAINING PROJECTILES AS I MENTIONED BEFORE. ADDS TO THE REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE OF THIS TRAINING. OUR OFFICERS RECEIVE IN HOUSE FIREARMS TRAINING FOUR TIMES A YEAR. THE TRAINING COVERS THE USE OF THEIR PISTOLS. THE RIFLES THEIR SHOTGUNS. AS WELL AS LESS LETHAL TOOLS BECAUSE THE GOAL IS TO USE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF FORCE NECESSARY.

DURING THE LIVE FIRE TRAINING PORTION, THEIR TRAINING TARGET IDENTIFICATION. AND ANOTHER THING THAT WE DO IS TARGET DISCRIMINATION THEY FACED WITH MANY TARGETS. THEY HAVE TO PICK UP WHAT THAT THREAT IS AND ADDRESS THAT THREAT. NOT ADDRESSED. NON THREAT. SHOOTING ON THE MOVE. LOW LIGHT CONFIGURATIONS FORCE ON FORCE. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT I MENTIONED IS DE ESCALATION. SO WE USED THE FORCE THAT WE NEED BUT THAT WE TRAINED TO DEESCALATE WHEN NECESSARY. ACTIVE SHOOTER SCENARIOS ARE NOT OVER. UNTIL THAT THREAT HAS BEEN STOPPED. THAT USUALLY INVOLVES A SHOOTING. AND US HAVING TO STOP THE ACTIONS OF THAT SUSPECT.

EACH PLACENTIA OFFICERS ISSUED A PATROL SERVICE RIFLE. INITIAL 18 HOUR COURSES PROVIDED FOR WEAPON PROFICIENCY AND QUALIFICATION. AND THEY RECEIVE ONGOING WEAPONS TRAINING. AND THEY ARE EQUIPPED WITH ACTIVE SHOOTER VESTS. UPGRADED ARMOR. BALLISTIC HELMETS, SHIELDS AND TRAUMA KIDS. SO WE TRAINED FOR THESE SCENARIOS. WE MAY OR MAY NOT FACE ONE OF THESE SCENARIOS IN PLACENTIA. BUT WE DO OUR BEST AND WE STAY ACTIVE IN BEING READY AND EQUIPPED FOR THEM. PRE PLANNING INCLUDES ENSURING OUR OFFICERS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE LAYOUT OF THE SCHOOLS. SO ANOTHER THING THAT WE DO IS WE HAVE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. AS WE PARTNER OUR PATROL OFFICERS WITH THEM TO GO OUT AND LEARN THE LAYOUT OF THE SCHOOLS, SO THEY ACTUALLY WALKED THE SCHOOLS AND BECOME MORE INDOCTRINATED TO THE LAYOUT OF THE CAMPUS. HMM. THERE THEY LEARN ABOUT THE SCHOOLS, GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES CAMPUS LAYOUTS AND THE NUMBERING SYSTEM. WE'VE ACTUALLY CREATED MAPS OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WE KEEP THEIR ACTUALLY ONLINE IN OUR MDC'S. WE HAVE HARD COPIES AS WELL. SO IF WE HAVE AN INCIDENT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE MAPS TO THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND THE CAMPUSES. MOST OF THE SCHOOLS ARE ALSO REVIEWED. I'M SORRY.

MAPS OF THE SCHOOLS ARE ALSO REVIEWED DURING OUR PATROL BRIEFINGS AS WELL. SO THIS IS

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SOMETHING THAT WE CONSTANTLY TALK ABOUT, AND WE CONSTANTLY TRAINED FOR. TAKING IMMEDIATE ACTION AND STOPPING THREATS IS OUR FOCUS. TO ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENTS. SO. I WANTED TO PROVIDE THE TRAINING THAT WE GET. OR BASIC RESPONSE TO ACTIVE SHOOTER. HOW WE HANDLE CRITICAL THREATS. AND AN OVERVIEW OVER SORO PROGRAM, BUT THE PROGRAM IS NOT SEPARATE FROM PATROL. IT'S AN EXTENSION OF THE PATROL. SO WHEN WE HAVE OUR TWO SA ROSE THAT WORK IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.

THEY HAVE A TEAM OF PATROL OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES BEHIND THEM SO WHENEVER THERE'S A CRITICAL INCIDENT THERE'S MORE LIKE A DOZEN OFFICERS ON SCENE. NOT TOO JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WORKS. SO WITH THAT. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO CAPTAIN MOLOWA. THANKS CHIEF.

GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT AND THE BOARD. AND ALSO COULD YOU BE RESIDENTS. IT'S A REAL PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DOES. I WOULD GO THROUGH EVERY POINT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN PUT NEARLY DO MUCH BETTER THAN THE CHIEF DID A SECOND AGO. WELL, THAT SAID, WHEREVER I CAN AND NOT UP ON THE, HE SAID, JUST REALLY. WE HAD A CONVERSATION. BEFORE. CHIEF BUTTS AND HIS STAFF IS RECENTLY IN HIS STAFF CAME ACROSS JUST COMPLIMENTING HIS TEAM FOR THAT. SO THE POINT OF TAKING ALL THAT IS JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE COMMUNICATION IS GREAT AMONGST AGENCIES HERE WITHIN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE REALLY WITHIN THE REGION, SO WITH THAT INTRODUCTION, I'LL KIND OF GET INTO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO WITH THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AGAIN. I'LL TRY NOT TO DOUBLE UP TOO MUCH. AND THEN I'LL DRILL DOWN. INTO OUR OUR SMART TEAM. UM I THINK THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE THING FOR MEDIA SHARE WITH EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM. SO FIRST THINGS FIRST. YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA START WITH KIND OF LIKE A Q AND A. OF COURSE SCHOOL SAFETY IS A PRIORITY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WOULD GO OUT ON A LIMB AND SAY THAT IT'S THE PRIORITY. THERE'S NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN SAFETY OF OUR KIDS. IT'S LIKE KIDS, AND THEN WE'LL START WORRYING ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE. AND THAT'S IT. I CAN TELL YOU WHEN I INTERVIEWED FOR THE CITY OF YORBA LINDA. THAT WAS A HUGE FACTOR THAT WAS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL PUSHED WITH ME. IT'S LIKE WHAT'S YOUR STANCE ON SCHOOL SAFETY, ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING? THAT WAS THE KIND OF LED WITH THAT SO, UM, I KNEW THIS WAS A GREAT PLACE TO WORK BECAUSE I KNEW THAT OUR PRIORITIES WERE JUST IN TUNE WITH EACH OTHER. SO WITH THAT SAID THE SCHOOL AND SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. THE SCHOOLS WITHIN YOUR BLENDED THEY HANDLE ACTUALLY ANNUAL ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING DRILLS WITHIN SCHOOLS NOW, FUN FACT IT'S NOT REQUIRED.

IT'S NOT REQUIRED BY THE STATE OR BY STATUTE, HOWEVER, SCHOOLS TAKING A PROACTIVE CHOICE OR I SHOULD SAY THE DISTRICT HAS TAKEN A PROACTIVE STANCE AND WORKING WITH HER A LOT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS TO GET THE TRAINING IN, SO THE SCHOOLS DO ANNUAL DRILLS. IN ADDITION TO THAT WE DO HAVE AN S R O. UM PRIMARILY HIS STATION IS OR AT THE YOUR YOUR BELINDA HIGH SCHOOL, BUT HE'S ABLE TO GO OUT AND HELP OUT AT THE OTHER SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF YOUR BELINDA, AND THAT S R O EVERY YEAR. DOES THIS SITE WALK HERE? WALK AROUND THE CAMPUS. ALL OF US CAN PROBABLY RELATE TO KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT PAINT SIX YEARS AGO, BUT I THINK I'M GONNA PAINT IT A DIFFERENT COLOR TODAY. RIGHT SO THE REALITY IS, WE LOOK AT THINGS IN THE SAME LENS AND TRY TO JUST ADJUST AS WE GET BETTER AT WHAT WE DO, AND WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO WORK WITH OUR SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE THAT GETS DONE. TUBE LOCKDOWN DRILLS OR EVEN LOCKDOWNS WITHIN IN THE SCHOOLS . SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR US. I MEAN, THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO DO IT, AND THEY'VE GOT TONS OF TRAINING AND AS YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT, AND HOPEFULLY YOU'VE GOT ON THE WEBSITE AND SEEING THE SCHOOL'S PLAN FOR SAFETY. NEVER WROTE. AND SAFE. PLAN THAT OUT THERE. WE'RE TO DO WITH THE. WE WORKED REALLY WELL. WITH THEM.

STUDENT PREPARED PREPAREDNESS IS PARAMOUNT SCHOOL HAS WHAT THEY CALL LOCK BLOCKS, WHICH OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE THEY'RE MEANT TO KEEP INTRUDERS OR PEOPLE WHO MEAN HARM TO OURSELVES AND OUR LOVED ONES TO GET IN THE CLASSROOM. SO THOSE ARE A GREAT TOOL WE TRAIN ON. REGULAR BASIS.

JUST CONTINUING THEIR CONTINUING TO ASSESS AND ADD CAMERAS WHERE YOU NEED. AND OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS CONTAIN ASSESS. THING CALLED THE S R O SUMMIT SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS SUMMIT, SO THAT'S WHERE OFFICERS AND DEPUTIES FROM THROUGHOUT THE AREA CULMINATE TRAINED FOR A FULL WEEK AND THEY GET UP THE LATEST AND GREATEST INFORMATION ON SCHOOL SAFETY. AND THIS YEAR WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF YOUR BELINDA BECAUSE THE YORBA LINDA HIGH SCHOOL ACTUALLY HOSTED THE ACTIVE SHOOTER PORTION OF THAT TRAINING. SO THERE YOU HAD LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS. AS WELL AS SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION WORKING TOGETHER TO SEE HEY, WHERE SOME FRICTION POINTS OR SOME AREAS THAT WE MIGHT FIND WHERE THINGS MIGHT SLOW DOWN.

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AND HOW CAN WE BEST HELP EACH OTHER? AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST A REAL GOOD EXAMPLE TO SEE SCHOOL STAFF WORKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS. AHEAD OF ANY POTENTIAL THREAT THAT COULD COME UP. IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM OR OH CSD SWAT TEAM HAS DONE TRAINING AT THE GLOBAL INTO HIGH SCHOOL. OUR SWAT TEAM JUST LOVES TO TRAIN AND THEY TRY NOT TO BREAK STUFF, BUT THEY DO FROM TIME TO TIME. OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER DOES. A LOT OF OFFICER FRIENDLY IS WHEN I SAY THAT. I JUST MEAN GOD HE GOES OUT AND HE TALKS TO STUDENTS DOES COMPREHEND CONVERSATIONS ABOUT GUN SAFETY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE KIND OF MOVING FORWARD TO JUST BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE OKAY. ATTACK YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO ON THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WEBSITE A LITTLE SHAMELESS PLUG. CHECK THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S WEBSITE. IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ON THE OKAY ACT, BUT REALLY, IT'S A TEAM OF LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS , INCLUDING BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS. WE GET TOGETHER TO DO ALL THAT INTELLIGENCE THAT THE CHIEF WAS TALKING ABOUT A WHILE AGO. ORANGE COUNTY HAS A FUSION CENTER. IF YOU LOOK IT UP, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THAT THERE ARE NOT MANY FUSION CENTERS OUT HERE. BUT WE IN THIS AMAZING PLACE GOT ORANGE. ONLY HAVE IT AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF THEY'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING. WE GET A THREAT. WE SEND IT THEIR WAY. AND ALSO ANOTHER INTERESTING POINT IS, SCHOOLS CAN ACTUALLY SUBMIT THOSE, UM, SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY REPORTS DIRECTLY TO THE ATTACK. THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME TO THE COPS THEY CAN ACTUALLY DIRECTLY SUBMIT. SO THERE'S THAT ONE OF THOSE THAT WE DO. TO KIND OF OR REDUCE FREE. I'M GOING TO WRAP UP ABOUT SMART THINK IT'S JUST APPROPRIATE TO TALK ABOUT IT. SO THE SCHOOL MOBILE ASSESSMENT AND RESOURCE TEAM OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SMART IS A MULTI AGENCY THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAMS AS WE RESPONSE TO INCIDENTS RELATED TO VIOLENCE , THREATS OF VIOLENCE, POSSESSION AND OR USE OF WEAPONS , UNSTABLE BEHAVIOR, SUICIDAL ACTIONS OR TENDENCIES THAT POSE A THREAT TO OTHERS AT K TO 12 SCHOOLS. I'M NOT GONNA READ YOU FIVE PAGES. I HAVE YOU. I DID HIGHLIGHT SOME THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU, THOUGH. WHICH COUNTY HAS A NORTH COUNTY IN THE SOUTH COUNTY SMART TEAM. EACH OF THEM HAS A SERGEANT, AND THEY ALSO HAVE CLINICIANS ATTACHED TO THOSE TEAMS. AND THE REASON WHY WE TALK ABOUT CLINICIANS IS BECAUSE WE TAKE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO DILLON SCHOOL SAFETY. AT THE END OF THE DAY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KIDS. SO IF MAYBE THERE'S A YOUNG PERSON THAT HAS SOME TYPE OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE OR SOME TYPE OF CRISIS THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING TO. I MEAN, THE JUVENILE SYSTEM REALLY ISN'T MEANT TO LOCK PEOPLE UP. IT'S MEANT TO REALLY HELP PEOPLE. SO IF WE CAN GET A PERSON AND GET AHEAD OF SOME ISSUES, THAT'S GOAL. SO THAT WE HAVE THAT. THAT HOLISTIC APPROACH TO IT. IT DOES RIGHT TO LEVEL OF CRIME. THEY WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE SMART TEAM, SO THAT KIND OF HELPS WITH EFFICIENCY IN TERMS OF DEAL WITH CRIMES. THEIR OVERALL GOAL IS TO EVALUATE AND ASSESS EACH INCIDENT INDIVIDUALLY, SO THERE'S NO JUST ONE SIZE FITS ALL MODEL. SO WE APPROACHED THAT. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ASSESSING THREATS TO SCHOOLS, WE USE AN EVIDENCE BASED APPROACH TO AN EVIDENCE BASED APPROACH. IT'S ACTUALLY CALLED THE COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL THREAT ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS C STAG ONCE AGAIN. AH SHAMELESS PLUG GOOGLE AT SEA STAG. YOU'LL GET A BUNCH OF INFORMATION MORE THAN I CAN TALK ABOUT IN THE TIME THAT I HAVE A LOT OF TODAY. THE ONE THING I CAN TELL YOU IS C STAG IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ASSESSMENT MODEL THAT WE USE WITHIN OUR SMART TEAM IN ORDER TO ASSESS THREATS AND TO ADDRESS THREATS AGAIN. THE WHOLE POINT IS TO DETERMINE OR NOT THE THREAT IS WHAT WE CALL TRANSIENT OR OTHERWISE KNOWN AS JUST NOT RE. I'LL GIVE YOU THAT. AS THE WRITTEN. IT'S NOT AS SERIOUS AS ASTHMA. THINK. IT'S ALSO THAT DO NOT REFLECT A GENUINE INTENT. HARM OTHER. THERE. REFLECT EXPRESSIONS OF AND. FRUSTRATION OR FEAR. SO I'M PLAYING WITH BUDDY. HOUSE. THREAT OUT THERE IS A SUBSTANTIVE THREAT OR SERIOUS THREAT, AND THAT'S THAT'S BEHAVIORS OR STATEMENTS THAT REPRESENT A SERIOUS RISK OF HARM TO OTHERS CHARACTERIZED BY QUALITIES THAT REFLECT SERIOUS INTENT, SUCH AS PLANNING AND PREPARATION, RECRUITMENT OF ACCOMPLICES AND ACQUISITION OF WEAPONS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THOSE THINGS AND AGAIN WE HAVE A ROBUST TEAM ONLY WORKING WITH OFFICERS WHO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND AGENCIES WHO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. BUT ALSO WORKING WITH R O KAYAK TEAM, SO THAT I THINK I'LL SUMMARIZE IT THERE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'M SELLING SOMETHING THAT A RAFFLE OR SOMETHING YOU KNOW REALLY FAST. I TALK TOO FAST, BUT I JUST WANT TO KIND OF OPEN SOME SPACE. UM AND JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. ANY QUESTIONS FROM OUR BOARD? HI CHIEF. THAT'S IF I CAN. UM YOU MENTIONED NUMBERS ON THE ROOF, AND I DON'T KNOW IF OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS, BUT A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, UM WE HAD NUMBERS PAINTED ON THE TOP OF EVERY BUILDING AND EVERY SCHOOL SO THAT IF WE DO HAVE INCIDENTS, UM THAN PEOPLE THE POLICE CAN SEE AND SHERIFFS CAN SEE THINGS FROM ABOVE AND BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHICH CLASSROOMS OR WHICH BUILDINGS THAT THINGS ARE IN. SO THAT THEY CAN GET THERE MUCH FASTER. SO I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. THERE ARE SIX FT NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE UP ON THOSE ROOFS. AND WHEN WE ORIGINALLY PUT THEM UP, IT WAS WITH THE IDEA OF THE HELICOPTER. WHEN DUKE IS IN THE SKY, AND THEY'RE LOOKING DOWN, THEY CAN GET GOOD COMMUNICATION TO THE OFFICERS ON THE GROUND. BUT IN OUR DRILL LAST WEEK, ONE OF THE THINGS

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THAT I THOUGHT WAS NEAT WAS THEY'RE NOW STARTING TO USE DRONES FOR THAT SAME PURPOSE, SO THEY ACTUALLY LAUNCHED THE DRONE DURING THE DRILL THAT CAN GIVE THAT SAME LOOK TO THE OFFICERS, WHICH IS REALLY? EVOLVED WITH THE TECHNOLOGY THAT ARE THERE, SO THAT WAS CERTAINLY VERY IMPRESSIVE, BUT IT DOES HELP WITH THE COMMUNICATION OF THE OFFICERS THAT ARE ON THE GROUND WITH WITH WHERE THE ACTIVITY MIGHT BE HAPPENING ON A SCHOOL CAMPUS. IF I CAN ADD TO THAT IN ORANGE COUNTY, WE HAVE THE ABILITY. ALL MUTUAL AID AGENCIES HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO TO LITERALLY ONE CHANNEL AND COMMUNICATE, SO A LOT OF COUNTIES DON'T HAVE THAT CAPABILITY. WE'VE HAD OUR ORIGINAL PROGRAM FOR MANY DECADES. WE WERE KIND OF A PIONEER COUNTY TO HAVE THAT. SO IF WE ARE IN AN INCIDENT, AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RESPONDS IN ANAHEIM AND FULLERTON AND BRAND PARK AND EVEN COSTA MESA DOESN'T MATTER WHICH ORANGE COUNTY AGENCY IT IS. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE TO HEAR EACH OTHER AND TO TALK ON THAT SAME CHANNEL. SO THOSE NUMBERS ON THE TOP OF THAT BUILDING THEY MEAN THE SAME THING TO EVERYBODY LISTENING TO THE TO THE BROADCAST, SO THAT MAKES FOR SAFER, BETTER COORDINATION AND GETS US TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO MUCH QUICKER. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT, UM, CERTAINLY APPRECIATE. I KNOW. WE ALL DO. THE PRESENTATION AND, UM SUMMARIZING AND REMINDING US JUST HOW MUCH IS BEING DONE AND HAS BEEN DONE AND IS ONGOING AND COMMUNICATION AS YOU'VE JUST BEEN TALKING ABOUT. IT'S OKAY. UM JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE POSITIVE COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH YOU AS A CITIZEN IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO CERTAINLY FOR SCHOOLS AND AGAIN. JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND THANK YOU. HMM HELLO. MY COMMENT IS SIMILAR TO MRS FREEMAN'S. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR PRIORITIZING THE SORROW PROGRAM AND PROVIDING THOSE RESOURCES TO OUR SCHOOLS.

UM WE DON'T HAVE THAT FROM ALL OF OUR POLICE AGENCIES AND THAT SUPPORT OUR DISTRICT. UM THEY SUPPORT US IN OTHER WAYS WHICH WERE GRATEFUL FOR BUT WE REALLY LOVE YOU KNOW? THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND INTERACTING WITH OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS ON A DAILY BASIS AND I THINK THAT IS REALLY KEY AND IMPORTANT PART OF KEEPING OUR STUDENTS SAFE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU. AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO KEEP THE OPEN LINE OF COMMUNICATION AND FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART BACK THE BLUE. THE BLUE ARE VERY, VERY, UM, GRATEFUL FOR YOU GUYS AND ALSO TOO I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE OF OUR OFFICERS ON OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES BECAUSE YOU REALLY ARE. THE HEROES ARE FIRE FIREFIGHTERS, TOO. UM UM. BUT YOU GOT YOU GUYS ARE YOUR LOOKED UP AT AND I JUST THINK THAT IF WE AT A YOUNG AGE CAN JUST SHOW THAT YOU GUYS YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THE GOOD GUYS ARE THERE TO PROTECT HIM, AND I REALLY LIKED, UM, FOR THE CAPTAIN BEHIND, YOU SAID KIDS ARE THE FIRST PRIORITY. I THINK ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT FIREFIGHTER , IT ALWAYS HITS YOU HOME WHEN IT HAPPENS TO DO WITH THE KIDS. UM AND SO I JUST THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT THAT YOU GUYS ARE KIDS ARE REALLY A HUGE PRIORITY, AND I FEEL LIKE AFTER TONIGHT OUR COMMUNITY WILL FEEL MUCH SAFER. UM, AND THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THIS PLAN AND THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO RESPOND IN A TIMELY FASHION, VERY HANDLE BUSINESS. SO IT WAS REALLY THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALRIGHT ONE MORE SORRY, CHIEF. THANKS AGAIN FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD FOR YOU WAS YOU MADE MENTION THAT YOU'RE S R AS THEY WILL CINDA ASSESSMENT TO EITHER YOURSELF OR THE DISTRICT. IS THAT SOMETHING IN WHICH THE PUBLIC CAN LOOK AT AS FAR AS UH, THINGS IN WHICH THEY MAY BE RECOMMENDING, OR IS THAT SOMETHING IN WHICH IS JUST DISTRICT PRIVY? SO, UM I THINK WE MIGHT BE CROSSING INTO INFORMATION THAT THE CAPTAIN PROVIDED THAT WAS AN ASSESSMENT OF MAYBE A THREAT. AND THAT IS IF DOES THAT SOUND? RIGHT? UM I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS COMING OUT OF MY PRESENTATION OR NOT TO CLARIFY WHEN WE HAVE A THREAT ON CAMPUS. WE DO AN ASSESSMENT, RIGHT? UM AND THAT IS BASICALLY SENT FOR REVIEW TO THE KAYAK. TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TRUSTEE YOUNGBLOOD IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE ASSESSMENTS OF EACH CAMPUS WHEN WE DO THE SAFETY WALKS. IS THAT WHAT? OKAY EXACTLY THE SAFETY WALKS YOU HAD MADE MENTION OF, UH, YOU KNOW THE, UH, THE S R O S. THEY'RE WALKING. THE SCHOOLS ARE GETTING A LAYOUT OF THE SCHOOLS AND PLANS AND SO FORTH. IS THERE IN ASSESSMENT, WHICH THEY SEND OUT BACK TO THE EITHER DEPARTMENT OR TO THE DISTRICT AND IN ORDER FOR US TO SEE WHERE WEAKNESSES ARE, WHERE AREAS THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY IMPROVE. UM SO TO BE HONEST, WE HAVE NOT DONE

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THAT. THAT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA. I THINK THAT'S TAKING OR WALK THROUGH US TO THE NEXT LEVEL. WE ALWAYS WANT TO DO THAT, OR WALK THROUGHS ARE FOR FAMILIARITY FOR PERSONNEL. SO WE HAVE AN INCIDENT AND IT'S IN A CERTAIN AREA OF CAMPUS. THEY KIND OF KNOW THE LAYOUT AND THE EXITS AND DOORS AND WINDOWS AND BUT, UM DOING A SECURITY ASSESSMENT. AND PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION.

I THINK THAT'S A SERVICE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE. UM I'LL WORK WITH OUR STAFF AND I'LL COMMUNICATE BACK WITH THE DISTRICT. I WE HAVE A MEETING SET UP TO KIND OF DEBRIEF PRIOR INCIDENT AND CREATE SOME PLANS FOR THE FUTURE WITH SUPERINTENDENT AS WELL IN ANOTHER WEEK, SO EXCELLENT THAT WILL GIVE ME SOME TIME TO PUT SOME FRAMEWORK TOGETHER AND LAY THAT OUT. I APPRECIATE THAT, CHIEF. AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO GATHER INFORMATION LIKE THAT, THEN MAYBE THERE'LL BE SOMETHING IN WHICH THE DISTRICT CAN, UM BUDGET FOR MORE R S. R O S BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THEM AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS CAMPUSES AS WELL. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT FOR THE CITY OF PLACENTIA, WE HAVE TWO FULL TIME SA ROSE, BUT THAT WHILE THEY'RE PHYSICALLY HOUSED THE TWO COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS, THEY DO PROVIDE DIRECT SUPPORT TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THERE ISN'T ANYONE YOU KNOW PHYSICALLY ON THE CAMPUS AT ALL TIMES ON THE MIDDLE AND HEIGHTS OR MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, BUT THEY'RE REGULARLY ON THOSE CAMPUSES RESPONDING TO DIFFERENT NEEDS, AS THEY DO RIGHT, SO ARE OUR PRINCIPLES THAT OUR SCHOOL SITES AT THE MIDDLE AND THE ELEMENTARY HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THOSE S AROSE THAT CAN BE CALLED OUT IF THERE ARE SITUATIONS THAT OCCUR ON THOSE CAMPUSES, BUT, UM, CERTAINLY, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. CONSIDERATION FOR THE TWO S ROSE THAT WE DO HAVE IN PLACENTIA AS WELL AS YOUR BELINDA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN APPRECIATE IT.

THAT KIND OF BRINGS BACK SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE IN THE PAST HAS BEEN SAID, AND I DON'T KNOW THE CURRENT STATUS OF THIS. UM AND THAT IS THAT, UM OTHER OFFICERS THAT DURING THEIR DUTY TIME DO SOMETIMES UTILIZE SOME OF OUR DIFFERENT CAMPUSES TO STOP BY, IF IT'S A MATTER, TOO.

DOWN MAYBE DO SOME PAPERWORK, ETCETERA. IS THAT STILL AN ONGOING SO, UH, THAT IS WHAT WE ACTUALLY MANDATE OR OFFICERS TO DO IS EVERY THERE'S A RESCHEDULING OF OUR PATROL FORCE. AND PART OF OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR OFFICERS IS THAT IN WHATEVER THEIR NEW BEAT IS THAT THEY GO AND VISIT THE SCHOOLS. THEY INTRODUCED THEMSELVES. THEY WALKED THE CAMPUS IS THEY GET TO KNOW THE STAFF AND KIND OF LAYOUT OF THE SCHOOL. SO THAT'S THAT FAMILIARIZATION, AND THEY'RE DOING IT EVERY FOUR MONTHS. SO SOMETIMES STAFFS LIKE OH, YOU'RE HERE AGAIN. WE DO THIS PERIODICALLY, SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE DO. UM AND WE HAVE A POSITION THAT WE JUST CREATED THAT'S COMING UP AWARD. IT'S CALLED COMMUNITY OUTREACH. SO WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT LINKING WITH KIDS AND SPENDING MORE TIME WITH OUR OFFICERS WITH KIDS, THIS IS THE CONDO FOR THAT THIS PERSON WILL ACTUALLY DO A JOB THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, UM AND, UM AND THEY ARE BASICALLY GOING TO WANT TO BE HANDLING ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND ONE OF THE BIG AREAS FOR THEM WOULD BE, UM GETTING UP TO THE SCHOOLS AND LINING UP OUR OFFICERS ARE CANINES. MOTORS WHEN WE HAVE THEM. STAFFING IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE WITH PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT WE ALWAYS MAKE TIME. WE VALUE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE DISTRICT. WE ALWAYS MAKE TIME. WE ALWAYS PARTNER. AND IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. THANK YOU. JUST A QUICK EDITION. I SUPPORT EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. ENCOURAGE THE DEPUTIES TO BOTH AT SCHOOLS AND HOUSES OF WORSHIP TO WHEN THERE'S DOWNTIME WHERE THEY NEED TO CATCH UP ON SOME OF THE LOG OR SOME PAPERWORK TO SPEND THEIR TIME AT THOSE LOCATIONS, SO I THINK WE BOTH PROBABLY DO THE EXACT SAME THING. SO UM, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE ON BOARD WITH YOU SO HATE TO DO THIS TO YOU, BUT I GOTTA RUN. I APOLOGIZE, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, CAPTAIN FOR BEING HERE. COULD WE GIVE THEM BOTH A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE? THANK YOU FOR KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR KEEPING OUR ALL OF OUR KIDS SAFE AND ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. WELCOME GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU. OKAY THAT'S GREAT. SO MOVING ON. THAT WILL BRING US NOW TO WE WERE GOING TO BE SEATING OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER, BUT SHE IS UNABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT. SO UM, WE'RE GOING TO PULL THAT AS WE GET TO OUR AGENDA. UM LET THE ROLE SHOW THAT ALL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE HERE AS WELL EXCEPT FOR OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. AND THAT TAKES US TO APPROVAL OF AGENDA

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

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AND WE'RE GOING TO PRESIDENT BUCKET BECAUSE OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER IS NOT HERE. CAN WE REMOVE GENERAL FUNCTION? ONE, WHICH WAS HER APPROVAL FROM THE AGENDA WILL BRING IT BACK NEXT TIME. OKAY, GOOD. MHM OKAY, SO I NEED APPROVAL FOR THE AGENDA PLACE. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. A SECOND. MOTION BY MRS FREEMAN SECOND BY MRS BLADES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.

MOTION CARRIED 50. AND THAT BRINGS US TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT ANNOUNCEMENT. AND WE HAVE FORMS AVAILABLE OVER HERE IN THE FOYER . I HAVE A STACK HERE READY? THEY MUST BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO OR DESIGNATED TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, AND WE PROVIDE A 30 MINUTE MAXIMUM, UM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND A FIVE MINUTE MAXIMUM PER PERSON WE HAVE 16 NOW, SO WE'LL DIVIDE THAT UP A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE GET TO IT. UM WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE COMING. IF ANY TRANSLATION IS NEEDED.

PLEASE LET US KNOW. AND WE CAN PROVIDE SOME EXTRA TIME FOR YOU. UM AND AGAIN. WE HAVE A FULL ROOM SO AND WE'RE KIND OF GETTING NEAR THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL, SO I'LL JUST ANNOUNCE THAT WE REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE HAVE A CIVILITY POLICY FROM ED CODE TO 20 THAT PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY, GENDER, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION, NATIONALITY, RACE OR ETHNICITY, RELIGION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR ANY OTHER CHARACTERISTIC THAT IS CONTAINED IN THE DEFINITION OF HATE CRIMES SET FORTH IN SECTION 4 TO 2.5. 55 OF THE PENAL CODE, INCLUDING IMMIGRATION STATUS, SO THAT TAKES US TO APPROVAL OF MINUTES. AND COULD I HAVE APPROVAL FOR THE MINUTES FOR OUR JULY 12TH? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES UH, FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF JULY 12TH 2022. ONE SECOND OKAY? MOTION BY MRS BLADES SECOND BY OR SORRY, MY MR YOUNGBLOOD, SECOND BY MRS BLADES ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. AND DID YOU WANT TO, SO WOULD YOU? YOU'RE GOING TO ABSTAIN. SO WE HAVE, UM, FOUR EYES AND ONE ABSTENTION. AND MRS ANDERSON IS THE ABSTENTION. OKAY ALL THOSE IN PAPER. I DON'T KNOW IF I SAID THAT, SO WE'RE GONNA REPEAT,

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[SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT]

OKAY? AND THAT BRINGS US TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. DR MATTHEWS. THANK YOU. AND GOOD EVENING AGAIN. MRS PRESIDENT BUCK TRUST TO USE AN EXECUTIVE CABINET MEMBERS ARE GOING TO START MY REPORT BY TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS I CONTINUE TO LEARN AS YOUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT. UM IT'S BEEN ABOUT SIX WEEKS NOW. HAS IT BEEN YOUR SUPERINTENDENT? VERY PROUD TO BE SO AND SO, FIRST OF ALL, LAST WEEK WAS AN EXCITING WEEK. WE WELCOME BACK. OUR PRINCIPALS , ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, ANOTHER DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS FOLLOWING THEIR SUMMER RECESS BROUGHT THIS GROUP TOGETHER TO RECONNECT AND DISCUSS AND PLAN THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. IT'S A FANTASTIC GROUP, AND THEY'RE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA BE TRANSPIRING THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

AT THAT MEETING, AND AT THE LAST MEETING, I SPOKE ABOUT WHAT I'VE SEEN WITH THE HIGH QUALITY AND CARING SPIRIT OF OUR EMPLOYEES. I CONTINUE TO SEE THE PRIDE THAT I SAW THE LAST MEETING THAT I SEE ALMOST IN EVERY NEW ENCOUNTER I HAD WITH AN EMPLOYEE. I SEE THAT PRIDE AND THAT CARING AGAIN AND AGAIN SO OVER THE LAST MONTH THAT INITIAL IMPRESSION I HAD WHICH WAS SO POSITIVE OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT HAS NOT CHANGED ONE BIT . IN FACT, IT'S ONLY BEEN ENHANCED. OUR EMPLOYEES MAKE P Y EL USD REMARKABLE PLACE. SO OUR THEME THIS YEAR IS FOR THE 22 23 SCHOOL YEARS. MISSION POSSIBLE POSITIVE IMPACT AND A POSITIVE IMPACT OF WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE ON EACH AND EVERY STUDENT THAT WE HAVE. WE'RE HERE FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR STUDENTS, AND THAT'S THE WORK WE HAVE TO DO. IT'S JUST COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT THAT ALL STUDENTS CAN LEARN AND BE INSPIRED THROUGH A RIGOROUS AND RELEVANT CURRICULUM EXPERIENCE. BRIMMING WITH HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION AND ENRICHMENT, ATHLETICS ACTIVITIES AND THE ARTS. WE HAVE A 2022 EARLY BIRD PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT IS AROUND THAT VERY CONCEPT. SO BEGINNING ON AUGUST, 15TH TEACHERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN IN PERSON AND ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPED DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS APPROPRIATE FOR ALL GRADE LEVELS AND ALL CONTENT AREAS. MANY OF THESE SESSIONS WILL BE LED BY OUR VERY OWN P Y EL USD TEACHERS AND THE FULL COURSE CATALOGS ALREADY BEEN SHARED WITH TEACHERS, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO KICKING OFF THE EARLY BIRD PD PY ELWAY EARLY NEXT WEEK . I WANT TO THANK OUR ENTIRE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN THIS AREA AND ALL THE TEACHERS WHO ARE NOT ONLY LEADING THESE SESSIONS, BUT WE TAKING THESE SESSIONS. I'D ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS SOME, UM , SOME COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE AT THE LAST MEETING. WE CAN'T ALWAYS PUT THOSE IN THE BOARD AGENDAS, BUT BUT I DO I APPRECIATE OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND THE FIRST ONE IS SAFETY AND WE ARE OBVIOUSLY STARTED OUR MEETING HITTING SAFETY HARD HERE , BUT, UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS. I HEARD REPEATEDLY AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT HAVING A SAFE

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ENVIRONMENT IS ESSENTIAL. I BELIEVE IT WAS SAID IT IS THE MOST ESSENTIAL THING THAT WE CAN BE DOING ON THE CAMPUSES. WE DO NOT CONDONE ANY KIND OF UNSAFE T LACK OF SAFETY ON OUR CAMPUSES, INCLUDING. WE OF COURSE, DO NOT CONDONE WEAPONS BEING BROUGHT ON OUR CAMPUS OR ANY KIND OF VIOLENCE BY STUDENTS OR STAFF ON OUR CAMPUS. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE ANY EVENTS, WHETHER LOCAL OR NATIONAL THAT MAKE US WORRIED ABOUT OUR OWN SAFETY ABOUT OUR EMPLOYEE SAFETY AND OUR STUDENTS , SAFETY AND WE, BUT AS WE LOOK AT IT, I THINK YOU HEARD IT TONIGHT. UM WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR PD AND OUR SHERIFF AND I'M I ACTUALLY LEARNED QUITE A BIT TONIGHT AND MEETING WITH THE BOTH OF THOSE LEADERS LATER ON, IN FACT, VERY SOON BUT TO HEAR THE COOPERATION THAT WE HAVE DOESN'T SURPRISE ME . IT'S WHAT'S GOOD DISTRICTS DO. BUT THERE'S AN INCREDIBLE LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION THAT GOES ON WITH OUR PD AND OUR SHERIFF'S. I THINK YOU CAN SEE HOW HOW THEY TRAIN THEY ARE TRAINING REPEATED . THEY COMMUNICATE WITH US EXTRAORDINARILY WELL AND THEY HAVE TO BECAUSE THEY THIS INCIDENT TO COME UP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHERE IT MAY BE NOTHING . IT MAY BE SOMETHING AND WE ALWAYS HAVE TO COMMUNICATE. I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR RELATIONSHIP, AND EVERYONE SHOULD FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE SAFETY THAT INSPIRES OVER RECENT YEARS. THE DISTRICT IS IMPLEMENTED SEVERAL INITIATIVES PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND WELLNESS IN THE AREA OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL, WELLNESS AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO IMPROVE AS A TEACHER AS AN ADMINISTRATOR, AND LIKE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM ALMOST AS A PARENT, IT'S WHAT WE WANT WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR STUDENTS. IT'S WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO VISIT OUR OWN WEBSITE R P Y EL USD .ORG SLASH SAFETY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR EFFORTS IN THESE AREAS THE OTHER THING I HEARD REPEATEDLY AT THE LAST MEETING WAS ABOUT CONCERNS ABOUT OUR YOUNGER STUDENTS AND THEIR PERFORMANCE IN READING, AND IT ACTUALLY PLEASES ME THAT THE CONCERN IS SO HIGH FOR, UH, ACADEMIC CONSTRUCTION. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT HERE IS MAKING SURE OUR STUDENTS CAN LEARN AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CONCERN. AND I WANT TO ASSURE US THAT OUR OVERALL LITERARY LITERACY SCORES AND DISTRICT CONTINUE TO BE STRONG. IN SPITE OF ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT COVID HAS PROVIDED TO US AND AROUND THE NATION, BUT AS WE CAN EXPECT, WHERE COVID HAS HIT THE HARDEST AND WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE EVEN TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION WHERE CONCERNS ARE ARE WE HAVE TARGETED DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS, AND THEY'RE THE ONES WHO HAVE SUFFERED THE MOST DURING COVID, AND WE NEED TO DOUBLE AND REDOUBLE OUR EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THOSE AND I THINK YOU'LL HEAR IN OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT BY DR LEONE THAT WE STARTED A GREAT PROGRAM LAST YEAR WITH THAT, AND WE'RE EXPANDING IT. THIS YEAR. WE CONTINUE TO INVEST OUR TIME, ENERGY AND RESOURCES INTO SUPPORTING THESE TARGETED GROUPS WILL USE OUR NEW ACADEMIC SUPPORT TEACHERS, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR ALL ABOUT, AND I APPRECIATE DR ADAMSON AND DR LEONE SHARING THAT INFORMATION WITH US. UM AND THEN TRANSITIONING INTO AS WE ALL GEARED TOWARDS AUGUST 30TH, WHICH WAS OUR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, WHICH I HAVE BEEN MEETING A LOT OF ADULTS READY TO SEE SOME KIDS ON OUR CAMPUSES, AND BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING A HECK OF A LOT OF WORK IN THERE. I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO OUR ENTIRE MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE FACILITIES. TEAM ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT DAVID GIORDANO AND DIRECTOR BRAD RENJI. THEY'VE BEEN DOING GREAT WORK WITH THEIR STAFF. I TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST TIME I AM OVERWHELMED BY THE HIGH QUALITY OF REFERENCE ABILITIES HERE AND THE GREAT CARE. AND PRIDE TAKEN IN ALL THE NEW PAINTING, FENCING, ROOFING, RESURFACING, CLEANING AND VARIOUS OTHER PROJECTS BEING DONE. IT'S A LOT OF WORK, AND I THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. UM, THE OTHER PREPARATIONS. WE'VE BEEN DOING COME FROM OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT. SUMMER IS A VERY BUSY TIME FOR HUMAN RESOURCES. THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT WORK HIRING ALL KIND AND YOU'VE SEEN IT IN OUR BOARD REPORTS OF CERTIFICATED AND CLASSIFIED PERSONNEL. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK OF OUR HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL HUMAN RESEARCH DEPARTMENT AND WE WILL BE READY FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR WHEN IT BEGINS. FINALLY I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT OUR PREPARATIONS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR IN TERMS OF SAFETY IN PARTICULAR COVID 19, OR ON OUR CAMPUSES. WE WILL CONTINUE OUR CURRENT HEALTH AND SAFETY MITIGATION STRATEGY STRATEGIES, AND THEY INCLUDE OUR AIR PURIFICATION UNITS IN CLASSROOMS , OFFICES AND OTHER SPACES WILL HAVE ENHANCED FILLED FILTRATION IN OUR FACILITIES. WE HAVE OUR CLEANING AND DISINFECTING PROTOCOLS THAT WE'RE CONTINUING . WE HAVE EXTRA HAND WASHING AND HAND TURN IT. IZING STATIONS AND MASKS ARE NOT REQUIRED. BUT ALL INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE OPTION TO WEAR A MASK IF THEY SO CHOOSE, WILL BE GIVING MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THEN COMING WEEKS AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT IT HAS IN STORE FOR US, BUT I HOPE IT'S GOING TO BRING THE JOY AND POSITIVITY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR ALWAYS BRINGS AND ALL OF US CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT TO BEGIN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. I THINK WE'RE

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ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO IT REGULAR YEAR STARTING, YES. OKAY? ALRIGHT SO NOW WE'LL MOVE

[COMMUNICATIONS AND BOARD REPORT]

INTO OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND BOARD REPORT. AND MRS FREEMAN. IF YOU'RE READY, I'M SORRY. I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT IT. BUT YET IT ROLLED UP SO FAST THAT JUST LET ME GRAB SOMETHING UP HERE. QUICK. UM THIS IS SECOND HERE. WELL. OKAY? WELL. UH REALLY, THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT I WAS GOING TO COVER. FIRST OF ALL, AND THEY BOTH RELATE TO MY OTHER ASSIGNMENT ON BEHALF OF THIS DISTRICT, AND THAT IS TO REPRESENT US AT, UM NORTH ORANGE COUNTY RLP AT THE BOARD AND UM, WE HAD A REGULAR BOARD MEETING THE DAY AFTER OUR LAST BOARD MEETING IN JULY AND THIS DISTRICT AND WE HAD AS WE'VE BEEN HAVING HERE MANY OF THE NORMAL SUMMER ACTIVITIES IN TERMS OF THINGS THAT ARE APPROVED DURING THE SUMMER AND THINGS THAT ARE, OF COURSE APPROVED FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR COMING. UM, IN THIS INTERIM PERIOD OF TIME. WE'VE ALSO I THINK I DID SAY THIS AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING THAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A NEW ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. AND THAT NOW HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. SO TOMORROW EVENING AT MY NORTH ORANGE COUNTY ROP BOARD MEETING, WE WILL BE BRINGING FORTH THE NAME OF DOCTOR KELLY KENNEDY, WHO IS CURRENTLY AT BREA OLINDA. UM AND SHE WILL BE COMING VERY SOON. I BELIEVE IT'S AN EARLY SEPTEMBER. INTO THE NORTH ORANGE COUNTY ROP ORGANIZATION AS THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. EVERYONE'S REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HER JOIN US. AND SO THAT'S THE LATEST ON ONE OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT PEACE IS GOING ON IN ROP. I SHOULD ALSO ADD, THOUGH LAST THURSDAY, THE FOURTH I THINK THAT WAS, UM WE HAD OUR ANNUAL BACK TO SCHOOL IN SERVICE. UM IT WAS A FULL DAY BEGINNING AT 7 30. IT WAS ALL HANDS MANDATORY. UM BUT A GREAT GREAT PROGRAM, I SAY. BUT BECAUSE WHO WANTS TO COME IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER, BUT, UM, AFTER ALL THE OTHER WE ARE ONE OF THE IF NOT THE ONLY DISTRICT THAT STARTS AT THE TIME THAT WE DO.

THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE PART OF NORTH ORANGE COUNTY ROP. THAT WOULD BE FULLERTON, BREA, LOS ALAMITOS AND ANAHEIM UNION HIGH SCHOOL. THEY ARE STARTING SOONER THAN US. YEAH SO , UM, BACK TO THIS DAY WAS VERY WELL SPENT. FIRST OF ALL, WE HAD OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT. SPEAK WITH US AND THEN ALSO WHAT I THINK WAS MOST STRIKING. IN ADDITION TO THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER WAS, UM, THE STUDENT PANEL. THAT WE HAD. WE HAD SIX STUDENTS FROM THE VARIOUS DISTRICTS, ONE OF THEM, IN FACT, OUR VERY OWN. EMILY CARR, WHO GRADUATED JUST A FEW YEARS AGO FROM ESPERANZA HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WENT THROUGH A MEDICAL ACADEMY THERE, AND SHE HAS SUCCEEDED. VERY WELL. UM AT BRIGHAM YOUNG, AND NOW SHE'S GOING FURTHER SEEKING, UM HER CAREER IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINE . SO ANYWAY, THE PANELISTS WERE GREAT. WHAT WAS VERY STRIKING WAS THAT THE STUDENTS? UM THEY THEMSELVES REALIZED THAT THEY EACH DO LEARN IN DIFFERENT WAYS . AND UM, THEY SAID ABOUT HOW PARTICULAR LADY FOR HAVING A CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSE THAT IT REALLY WAS SO DYNAMIC AND MEANINGFUL TO BE LEARNING WHETHER IT'S SCIENCE, MATH, UM, READING WHATEVER LANGUAGES AS WELL, UM AND THEN TAKE WHAT YOU'RE LEARNING AND THEN START APPLYING IT INTO THE INTO A SKILL INTO A CAREER PATH THAT YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN PURSUING. AND SO THE PANEL WAS GREAT. WE HAD ONE STUDENT WHO AH HAD GONE THROUGH THE EMT PROGRAM IN LOS ALAMITOS AND NOW HAS A POSITION WHILE HE'S MOVING UPWARD. UM HE WORKS IN HUNTINGTON'S BEACH. WE HAD AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE STUDENT FROM OXFORD ACADEMY OUT OF ANAHEIM UNION. AND UM, I MENTIONED EMILY. WE HAD A STUDENT FROM RIO LINDA. I'M FORGETTING THE NAME RIGHT NOW.

BUT THAT PERSON WAS IN THERE, UM , DIGITAL ARTS AND MEDIA. AND I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE NEXT TWO. BUT ANYWAY, IT WAS A GREAT PANEL AND AGAIN FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF, THE STAFF THAT'S BEHIND

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THE SCENES AS WELL AS FOR THE INSTRUCTORS FOR THEM TO HEAR STUDENTS VERY CANDIDLY SHARE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE IN CLASSES AND WHAT'S MEANINGFUL WHAT IS DONE FOR THEM AND THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE PUT FORTH WERE EXCELLENT AND WAS REALLY A GREAT GREAT PANEL, AND WE HAD A KEYNOTE SPEAKER. IT WAS RACHEL. SHE WAS SPEAKER, RACHEL MAN WHO IS BOTH AN INSTRUCTOR AND A AUTHOR. SHE CAME IN FROM ARIZONA TO DO THE PRESENTATION AND AGAIN IT WAS TALKING TO HOW TO REACH YOUR STUDENTS. UM ESPECIALLY WITH I THINK THE IMPACT THAT EVERYONE HAS GONE THROUGH WITH COVID AND WHAT THAT REALLY TRANSLATES TO MEAN. AND SHE BELIEVES THAT EVERY TIME YOU HAVE CONTACT WITH A STUDENT THAT THAT IN ITSELF IS AN INTERVENTION OF A SORT AND SO IT WAS A GOOD DAY. UM AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO CONCLUDE OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT I TOO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE DISTRICT STAFF. WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING HAVE BEEN DOING WILL BE DOING SUMMER ISN'T A SLOW TIME. AS HAS BEEN SAID SO THANK YOU TO ALL AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. SO THIS THIS MONTH, OBVIOUSLY WAS SEEMED TO HAVE GONE BY REALLY, REALLY QUICK. BUT HERE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL ALREADY, UH , WHICH IS GREAT FOR SOME OF US, UM FOR MYSELF. UM I HAVE TO GIVE A LITTLE LITTLE BIT OF CREDIT WITH THE MR MCALINDEN OVER THERE . HE MYSELF AND DR UH, DR MATTHEWS. WE GOT TOGETHER AND WE TALKED A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE SCHOOL SAFETY. UH AND IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT THE PROGRAM THAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THE SHERIFFS AND THEIR THEIR TEAM. JUST FELL RIGHT IN IN LINE WITH IT, SO IT WAS REALLY NICE TO KIND OF SEE THAT WE DO NEED STILL SOME AREAS IN WHICH WE CAN IMPROVE ON. IT'S OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THOSE ONES WHERE WE CAN CONSTANTLY IMPROVE BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY , YOUR KIDS ARE DEFINITELY NUMBER ONE, THE HIGHEST PRIORITY. SO WE WORKED ON THAT AS WELL AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH ASPECTS AND WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT A PROGRAM IN WHICH IS ON BOARD. I THINK IT'S COMING UP FOR A RENEWAL. BUT IT'S A AMAZING, UM, AMAZING SITE IN WHICH THEY OFFER A LOT OF SUICIDE PREVENTION AND THINGS THAT CAN BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS AS WELL AS OUR STAFF AND TEACHERS. SO UH, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE DID. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM. UH, COMING UP HERE. I THINK IT'S DAY AFTER TOMORROW, SO THAT SHOULD BE FUN . I'LL GET TO MEET A LOT OF THE OTHER LEADERS IN THE DISTRICT. SOME REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT DID GET A, UM A LITTLE BIT OF THE TASTE OF YOUR BELINDA, WHICH WAS PRETTY AMAZING. UM YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT THE EVENING WAS JUST JUST WROUGHT WITH FOOD. BUT THERE WAS THERE WAS OTHER THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON AS WELL. THEN IT WAS NICE TO SEE A LOT OF YOU OUT OUT THERE AND I DID GET TO TALK WITH A LOT. I DIDN'T DO ANY TV INTERVIEWS, HOWEVER SORRY, ANDY . UM AND THEN THERE IS THE TASTE OF PLACENTA THAT WILL BE COMING UP SOON. SO UH, FOLKS, IF YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY, GO AHEAD AND GO OUT THERE AND JUST ENJOY ALL THE DIFFERENT CULTURAL FOODS AND JUST JUST THE MERRIMENT OF BEING TOGETHER AND, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR MY BOARD REPORT. THANK YOU. MHM. I HAD TO LAUGH AT AT SEAN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I HAD AN EXTRA TICKET FOR TASTY OR BELINDA. SO I WENT ON A LIMB AND INVITED HIM AS MY GUEST. AND SO WE HAD A REALLY FUN NIGHT. WE SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE HAD A REALLY GREAT TIME. UM SO I WAS IN STATER BROTHERS AND SOMEBODY CAME UP TO ME AND ASKED IF THERE WAS AN UPDATE ON OUR DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY FOR GLENVIEW AND BERNARDO AND HOW THE PROCESS IS LOOKING AND WHEN BERNARD IS GOING TO BE UP AND RUNNING UM AND SO I PROMISED I WOULD LOOK INTO THAT STATE OF BROTHERS IS A HOT TOPIC OR HOT SPOT TO BRING UP SCHOOL BOARD TOPICS AND TOPICS IN YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SAY I'M IN THE VEGETABLE SECTION A LOT. UM BUT YOU KNOW, HE KIND OF MOVES YOU OR SOME OF THE TOPICS ARE HARD, SO WE KIND OF MAYBE GO OVER TO THE ALCOHOL SECTION WHILE WE'RE SPEAKING. UM AND SO THAT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AND I THOUGHT, WELL, THAT'S A THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF OUR NEW A NEW DEAL THAT'S MOVING INTO BERNARDO. UM AND ALSO TO SINCE MYSELF AND, UH MR GIORDANO BOTH HAVE CHOCOLATE LABS. I FEEL LIKE I CAN ASK FOR MONEY MORE OFTEN. NOW BECAUSE I KIND OF LIKE WILL THROW A PICTURE OF MY CHOCOLATE LAB TO HIM AND, YOU KNOW, SOFTEN THE BLOW WHEN I ASKED FOR MONEY, BUT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO FIND

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A WAY TO TRY TO GET MORE MONEY AND ACCESS TO OUR SPORTS PROGRAMS ARE ARTS PROGRAMS ARE BANNED OR CHEER LIKE MUSIC. EVERYTHING WE SEEM TO HAVE ALL THESE S OR THREE FUNDS FLOATING AROUND. AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY CHANCE. THAT WE CAN GET ANY MONEY INTO THESE PROGRAMS. UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING LAYING AROUND, AND ALSO, UM ALSO, UM I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS. I FEEL LIKE I KIND OF KNOW SINCE I SIT ON SOME BOOSTERS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WHAT THE COACHES STIPENDS. IS THERE A BETTER WAY THAT THINGS CAN BE HANDLED OR DONE OR MANEUVER DIFFERENTLY? BECAUSE IT SEEMS KIND OF LIKE OUR COACHES KIND OF SIT THERE FOR MONTHS AT A TIME, MAYBE WITHOUT GETTING PAID, OR THEY'RE WAITING FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, DEPENDING ON THE SPORTS, AND SO I'M TRYING TO GRAB AND TRY AND UNDERSTAND. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYWHERE. LIKE WHAT OUR SPORT YOU GO TO LIKE THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT OUTLOOK. BUT IS THERE A DIFFERENT WAY OF POSSIBLY AH, YOU KNOW, PAYING, OR MAYBE LOOKING AT THE THING AND MAYBE I CAN ON THE SLIDE.

MAYBE I CAN TELL YOU ONE OF SOME OF THE, UM THE COMPLAINTS OF THAT HAS BEEN AND I'LL MAKE SURE I BRING A GOOD CHOCOLATE LAB STORY WHEN I GET THERE, SO IT WON'T BE ALL DEPRESSING AND ASKING FOR MONEY. BUT I REALLY FEEL LIKE THESE ARE LIKE THIS IS WHAT LIKE PEOPLE ARE DRAWN TO OUR SCHOOLS. IT'S EITHER THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW GREAT ACADEMICS. BUT THEN YOU KNOW THERE'S A MANUFACTURING PROGRAM OR THERE'S A COOKING PROGRAM OR THEY HAVE A GREAT FOOTBALL TEAM WORKER BEST BASKETBALL TEAM. AND I FEEL LIKE IF WE CAN REALLY INVEST IN THESE ATHLETES AND THE ARTS AND THE BAND AND LIKE, REALLY BRING OUR PROGRAMS BACK UP LIKE WE WILL BE A MAGNET FOR PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, LEAVING PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM STUFF. I THINK WE SHOULD JUST MAKE IT SO SPECTACULAR IF WE CAN AND JUST REALLY TRY TO, YOU KNOW, USE THE NEXT FEW YEARS JUST TO INVEST IN THESE PROGRAMS. UM THAT WOULD KIND OF BE A GOAL. BUT THEN IT'S ALWAYS LIKE, UM ANYTHING, SO I ALWAYS HAVE TURNED DOCTORS TO MR GIORDANO. AND THEN HE LIKES TO TURN IN RUNAWAY. SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD REALLY, REALLY LIKE TO LOOK INTO THIS YEAR. AND THEN ANOTHER THING, TOO, THAT THIS DIDN'T HIT ME IN THE FOOD. I'LL UM OR AT THE SUPERMARKET THIS TIME, BUT, YOU KNOW, SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT AND THEY'VE ASKED, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE CLINICS ON OUR CAMPUSES? ARE KIDS GOING TO BE VACCINATED WHEN THEY GO TO SCHOOL? UM ARE THEY GOING TO REACH TO RECEIVE ANY TYPE OF MEDICATIONS THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT? UM AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO. I DON'T AND I WOULD HOPE THAT, UM, THE BOARD COULD POSSIBLY SUPPORT. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A RESOLUTION IN THE FUTURE. JUST THAT WE WORK WITH OUR PARENTS, AND THAT WE BASICALLY SAY THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW ANY VACCINATIONS . ANY CLINICS, PLANNED PARENTHOOD ANY TYPE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT WILL GIVE ANY TYPE OF MONEY ANY TYPE OF NOT MONEY, BUT ANY TYPE OF MEDICATIONS, ANY TYPE OF MEDICAL TREATMENTS ON OUR CAMPUSES. LIKE WHEN YOU DROP YOUR CHILD OFF TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING, OR EVEN IF THEY DRIVE THEMSELVES TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING. WE SHOULD BE, UM PARENTS SHOULD BE ASSURED THAT WHEN THEY COME BACK, THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK. IN THE SAME CONDITION AS WHEN THEY WERE DROPPED OFF. AND SO. AND I AND I KNOW WITH ALL THE STUFF THAT I KNOW, WITH ALL THE STUFF THAT'S GOING ON IN THE STATE RIGHT NOW, BUT I FEEL LIKE, UM YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PARENTAL RIGHTS ISSUE. THIS IS A STUDENT'S RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD SO MANY STORIES ABOUT THINGS THAT HAPPENED ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES AND YOU KNOW THEY'VE GONE HOME AND THERE'S BEEN ALLERGIC REACTIONS. THE PARENTS HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON OR WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THEIR CHILD. AND SO I JUST FEEL THAT IT WOULD BE, UM I THINK WE HAVE THE TRUST BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO OFFER THAT IN OUR DISTRICT, AND SO I'M HOPING THAT IN THE FUTURE WE CAN MAYBE HAVE A RESOLUTION AND WE CAN JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE A PLACE OF LEARNING, AND THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE MEDICAL FACILITIES. AND SO. AND WITH THAT, I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK OUR OUR OFFICERS OR A CAPTAIN AND THE CHIEF TONIGHT THAT CAME AND SPOKE, UM IT WAS VALUABLE INFORMATION, AND I REALLY WOULD SAY FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN OUT OF THE GAME FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW, BUT IT IS WHEN I ABSOLUTELY SAID THE KIDS ARE I MEAN, ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO KIDS. IT IS SUCH A HIGH PRIORITY FOR FIREFIGHTERS FOR POLICE OFFICERS. WHEN THIS STUFF HAPPENS, IT REALLY CAN TUG AT YOUR HEARTSTRINGS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A PARENT. AND SO, UM I APPRECIATE THEM AND I AND I KNOW , I KNOW EVERY SINGLE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WILL RESPOND. UM APPROPRIATELY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, QUICKLY, AND THEY WILL HAVE OUR OUR CHILDREN AND OUR SCHOOLS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR STAFFS. EVERYBODY'S BEST INTERESTS AT HEART WHEN THEY DO THAT, AND I'M CONFIDENT AND SO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR PRESENTATION, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU. EVENING EVERYBODY. I HOPE UM, BECAUSE OF ALL HAD A RELAXING SUMMER BECAUSE I HAVE AND I FEEL REALLY REJUVENATED AND READY TO GET BACK TO WORK. UM I DID ATTEND, UM, HORSE PUT ON A CALIFORNIA MATH FRAMEWORKS DISCUSSION, A KIND OF A PANEL DISCUSSION. AND I DON'T KNOW IF

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YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS AT ALL. BUT CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN WORKING ON A NEW MATH FRAMEWORK FOR I BELIEVE THREE YEARS. DON'T QUOTE ME, BUT I THINK IT'S THREE YEARS AND IT'S BEEN KIND OF CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW THAT ARE BEING KIND OF JUGGLED AT THE STATE LEVEL. ONE IS WHERE EVERYONE IS BASICALLY YOU CAN'T HEAR ME. UM ONE IS WHERE THE STATE UM, IT'S SUGGESTING THAT EVERYONE STAYS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THROUGH THE JUNIOR LEVEL OF HIGH SCHOOL. AND, UM, WHERE YOU FOCUS ON BIG IDEAS OF MATH AND MATH CONCEPTS , AND THE OTHER ONE IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE THE MORE TRADITIONAL MATH. UM, WERE YOU TEACH THE STUDENTS WHERE THEY'RE AT? AND HELP THEM EXCEL TO WHERE WHATEVER THEY CAN ACHIEVE. AND SO MULTIPLE LEVELS OF MATH AT EACH LEVEL, SO EVERY STUDENT IS BEING PUSHED. AT THEIR APPROPRIATE SPOTS. SO I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS MATH FRAMEWORK FOR QUITE A WHILE. AND, UM ANYONE HAS ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? YOU CAN PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL. AND I THINK DR MATTHEWS AND I HAVE THE SAME KIND OF THOUGHTS. BECAUSE AS I'VE BEEN GONE SO MUCH THIS SUMMER, I'VE BEEN READING OUR BOARD UPDATES, AND I WANTED TO THANK OUR HR DEPARTMENT FOR NOT TAKING THE SUMMER OFF LIKE I DID AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE STAFF TO START THE SCHOOL YEAR AND ALL THE HARD WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THAT. AND I'VE NOTICED IT AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THE SAME RESPECT OUR MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES. DEPARTMENT. THIS SUMMER, I HAD TWO HOME IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND I LIKE TO HIRE YOU GUYS SERVICES BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL NOT COMPLETE. AND WHEN I READ, UM ALL YOUR MANY COMPLETIONS AND MAKING SURE OUR STAFF OUR SCHOOLS ARE READY FOR OUR STUDENTS WITH ALL THE LITTLE THINGS. I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE DETAIL THAT GOES INTO THAT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR SCHOOL TO START AND I WISH ALL OF OUR STAFF AND OUR UM ADMINISTRATORS AND OUR TEACHERS COMING BACK WITH ALL THAT GOOD SUMMER VIBE ENERGY TO GET TO THE FINISH, YOU KNOW, TO THE START OF THIS NEW SCHOOL YEAR. AND BE PREPARED FOR OUR STUDENTS TO START ON AUGUST 30TH. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. UM WELL, I'M ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM ON THURSDAY AND THE TASTE OF PLACENTAS THURSDAY NIGHT, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A DOUBLE WHAMMY DAY. UM I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SCHOOL REGISTRATION NEXT WEEK. MY DAUGHTER IS IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A JUNIOR THIS YEAR AND SO WE ARE, AND SHE'S GOING TO BE DOING A LITTLE BLENDED VERSION THIS YEAR, UM, AT THE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL BUT ALSO AT BUENA VISTA AND DOING A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH AND TAKING A CLASS AT FULLERTON COLLEGE. UM SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE MY OLDER TO HAVE DONE I B AND AP AND SHE'S DOING THE DUAL ENROLLMENT WHICH WE HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE. SOME GOING TO BE EXPERIENCING SOMETHING NEW. UM AND, UM AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE IN OUR PRESENTATION THAT WE HAD TONIGHT AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE APPROVING TONIGHT. UM AND WE'VE MENTIONED IT A COUPLE OF TIMES. I BROUGHT IT UP A COUPLE OF TIMES. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AT, UM, A VARIETY OF MEETINGS, INCLUDING RL CAP AND WE DO NOT HAVE AN S. R O AT ESPERANZA. AND IT CONCERNS ME. IT'S CONCERNED ME FOR YEARS, AND IF WE HAVE THE FUNDS RIGHT NOW, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE WHO OF US TO SPEND IT.

PRIORITY FIRST ON MAKING SURE THAT SORROW IS AVAILABLE AT ESPERANZA AND THEN WE BUILD IN FROM THERE. THANK YOU. IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU, FOR ALL OF THAT. IT REALLY IS AND I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY UP HERE WILL FEEL THE SAME WAY. UM OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE ON IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN AGENDA ITEM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT IF I HAD A WISH, THAT WOULD BE THAT WE LOOK INTO THAT TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND THAT AND THEN BUILD THAT OUT FOR ONGOING.

UM AND, UM, YOU KNOW, STOP THERE , AND WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY REALLY . O C S B A OR C S B A THINGS OVER THE SUMMER THAT'S GETTING READY TO KICK UP. SO REPORT BACK ON THAT NEXT TIME. DID YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT? BUT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS. WE HAVE A UM, A BIRTHDAY THAT TWO OF OUR TRUSTEES SHARE SO I JUST WISH SHE HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO, UM TRUSTEE FREEMAN AND TRUSTEE BLADES. YES. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND

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BOARD REPORT, AND WE'LL MOVE NEXT INTO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO WE HAVE PERFECT AND EVEN NUMBER SO NOW WE HAVE 20 SO EVERYBODY WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. CORRECT TWO MINUTES.

TWO MINUTES. TWO MINUTES. WE'LL DO TWO MINUTES. SORRY. I'M THINKING YES. YEAH I'M THINKING, 60. WE'RE GOING TO GO UNDER THAT, UM SHOULD WE DO A MINUTE AND A HALF? MAYBE TWO KIND OF TRIM IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT. LET'S LET'S GO FOR, UM, IF WE COULD SET THAT FOR A MINUTE AND A HALF

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AND THAT'LL YEAH. THANK YOU, PLEASE. THE LEFT THE FREEMEN. THE LIGHT. AH! OKAY SO I WILL CALL THREE PEOPLE UP. ACTUALLY, MAYBE I'LL JUST DO FOUR. AND IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A SEAT IN THE FRONT TO KIND OF GET READY AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE. SO KAREN ALEXIS SOYER, SARAH PHILLIPS AND LINDA MANNION WILL BE OUR FIRST FOUR SPEAKERS. AND WHEN YOU COME UP IF YOU COULD REPEAT YOUR NAME BEFORE YOU START TALKING, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KAREN. ALEXIS I AM HERE TONIGHT SPEAKING AS A TEACHER OF THIS DISTRICT. FOR 26 YEARS FOR KEVIN ELEMENTARY HAS BEEN MY SECOND HOME. I AM ALSO A PROUD MEMBER OF APPLE. AS OF LAST MAY BE Y EL USD EMPLOYED APPROXIMATELY 1129 TEACHERS. 1038 REMEMBERS OF APPLE AROUND 92% OF TEACHERS IN THIS DISTRICT ARE MEMBERS ON MY SHIRT IS OUR MOTTO YOUR CHILD MATTERS. DAILY TEACHERS DEMONSTRATE THIS I'VE COMPILED A FEW EXAMPLES. SCHOOLS ACROSS THE DISTRICT ADOPT FAMILIES FOR HOLIDAYS. WE SUPPORT THE REACH FOUNDATION SHAMROCK AND RUN EVERY YEAR WE PROVIDED 3000 BAGS OF MATERIALS AND FOOD TO OUR COMMUNITY DURING COVID. MEMBERS DONATED TOYS TO OUR MILITARY FAMILIES. WE PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS. WE DONATED MONEY TO PROVIDE YARD SIGNS FOR SENIORS GRADUATING DURING COVID . WE DONATED FUNDS RECEIVED TO THE GEAR UP PROGRAM AS PART OF C T. A WE ADVOCATE ON THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS FOR INCREASED FUNDING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION. SO THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOL WITH THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WE ARE APPLE AND WE ARE YOUR CHILDREN'S TEACHERS. WE SHARE THE SAME GOALS. ALL STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO SUCCEED . LET'S WORK TOGETHER AND GET BACK TO WHAT WE DO. BEST SUPPORTING AND CELEBRATING OUR STUDENTS. HELLO MY NAME IS SUE SAWYER. I'M A TEACHER OF THE DISTRICT AND PROUD TEACHER NOW AT ESPERANZA HIGH SCHOOL. TO THOSE OF YOU THAT I DIDN'T GET UP AND COME AND SAY HELLO. I APOLOGIZE AND RECOVERING FROM THE SURGERY, SO I WASN'T TRYING TO BE RUDE.

THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR TO SERVE IN THIS AMAZING DISTRICT. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. IT'S TOTALLY AN HONOR TO SERVE JUST AS MUCH AS AN HONOR TO SERVE IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.

I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT THE SUBSCRIPTIONS THAT WE USE ON OUR SUMMER ON THE, UM AGENDA. THANK YOU. AND FOR MR GIORDANO AND TO MISS BLADES, I HAVE A LITTLE YELLOW LAB PUPPY.

IF THAT WILL HELP US GET SOME ADDITIONAL SUBGROUPS. SUBSCRIPTIONS UM, BUT I'M WONDERING IF WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MODIFY HOW WE DO SUBSCRIPTIONS. I LOVE NEAR POT. I SEE IT DOWN THERE. I'M HOPING THAT'S A YEA VOTE. UM, BUT TEACHERS TEACH IN DIFFERENT WAYS, JUST LIKE OUR CHILDREN LEARN IN DIFFERENT WAYS, AND WE ALL USE DIFFERENT SUBSCRIPTIONS IN OUR CLASSROOMS. WE CAN'T JUST USE ONE THING AND EXPECT THE KIDS ALWAYS TO BE IN THAT, AND I'M WONDERING IF WE JUST MIGHT BE ABLE TO LOOK AT WHICH TEACHERS USE WHICH SUBSCRIPTIONS INSTEAD OF GETTING A DISTRICT WIDE SUBSCRIPTION, WHERE THEY'RE NOT ALL BEING USED. SO THAT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO COME OUT OF OUR POCKETS. I'VE HAD AMAZING LEADERS THAT HAVE HELPED ME IN THE PAST, BUT I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE SAME. AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF IT MIGHT BE A MORE EFFICIENT USE OF MONEY. IF WE LOOK AT WHAT'S THERE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DISTRICT DISCOUNTS ARE, BUT THAT'S MY ASK FOR YOU TONIGHT, AND I'M WILLING TO NOT GIVE YOU MY PUPPY, BUT I'LL BRING MY PUPPY OVER. THANK YOU. I'M SARAH PHILLIPS. I'M THE LIBRARIAN AT YOUR BELINDA HIGH SCHOOL. HAPPY NATIONAL BOOK LOVERS DAY. I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY READ SOME GOOD BOOKS THIS SUMMER. I CERTAINLY DID. UM YESTERDAY WAS MY FIRST DAY BACK GETTING READY FOR BACK TO SCHOOL DAYS NEXT WEEK, AND WE CHECK OUT ALL THE TEXTBOOKS TO EVERYONE FOR THE YEAR. I STARTED ATTENDING SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS , UM, LAST YEAR TO GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT LIBRARIES AND PROMOTE READING AND UM, IN OUR DISTRICT AND IN GENERAL AND I KEEP COMING BACK AND ATTENDING AND SPEAKING BECAUSE I HAVE A PASSION FOR MY WORK. I STARTED IN P WELL, USDA IS THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER AT ESPERANZA IN 1998. UM I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE TO THE LIBRARY AND I TOOK IT. I DID NOT KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE LIBRARIAN SHIP UNTIL I STARTED DOING THE

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JOB. INFORMATION LITERACY AND DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP WERE IMPORTANT WHEN I STARTED IN 2000 AND EVEN MORE SO NOW IN 2022 LIBRARIES ARE AN EQUALIZING FORCE LIBRARIES FILLED GAPS AND PROVIDE SERVICES THAT MANY DON'T REALIZE UNTIL THEY ASK A LIBRARIAN AND THEY SAY I CAN HELP WITH THAT. THAT IS WHAT I LIKE MOST ABOUT MY JOB TO HELPING PART. WHATEVER THE PROBLEM IS, I HELP MY STUDENTS, MY TEACHERS, MY PARENTS, MY ADMINISTRATORS TO FIND A SOLUTION. I'M HERE FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. SO I'M GOING TO KEEP COMING TO THE BOARD MEETINGS IF NOTHING ELSE TO SHARE A FAVORITE BOOK TITLE THAT MONTH OR GIVE YOU A NIFTY STATISTICS OR TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WHEN THEY ARE NOT BEING LISTENED TO, OR MARGINALIZED STUDENTS, WHETHER IT'S A STUDENT OF COLOR A STUDENT IT'S PART OF THE L G B T Q. I A COMMUNITY.

STUDENT WITH A DISABILITY OR ANY OTHER THING. I'M HERE FOR THEM ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

AND UP NEXT AFTER LINDA WILL BE MARISA MALLORY, SHANI MURRAY, CHRIS CURTIS AND ANDY FALCO.

GOOD EVENING, DR MATTHEWS, UM, EXECUTIVE CABINET PRESIDENT BUCK IN SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES. MY NAME IS LINDA MANNION. AND I AM THE PROUD PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ESSENTIAL AND EDUCATORS. I REPRESENT 92% OF THE TEACHERS AND PRESENT TO YOUR BELINDA. TOGETHER. WE STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER AND ADVOCATING FOR OUR CHILDREN ARE OUR TEACHERS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION AND WE ARE APPLE AND IT'S OUR PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS ASSOCIATION ARE MEMBERS WORKED TIRELESSLY AT BOTH THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS TO ENSURE OUR SCHOOLS ARE ADEQUATELY FUNDED SO THAT TEACHERS AND STUDENTS HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BE A SUCCESS. AS A RESULT OF OUR WORK AND THAT OF OTHER SUPPORTERS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. THIS CALIFORNIA STATE BUDGET PROVIDES RECORD FUNDING TO HELP ADDRESS THE CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS AND SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS ENSURE ENSURES OVER SIX MILLION STUDENTS ARE THE BENEFICIARIES OF CALIFORNIA IS ROBUST REVENUES AND VERY STRONG ECONOMY. THE SIGNIFICANT 13% INCREASE IN THE LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA IS PARTICULARLY BENEFICIAL TO OUR DISTRICT AND WILL BE USED TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN QUALITY TEACHERS. IN REGARDS TO SPECIAL EDUCATION. THIS IS ALSO BEEN FUNDED, BUT IT'S NOT FUNDED AT A LEVEL THAT THAT WE NEED, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOUR HELP IN ADVOCATING FOR FULLY FUNDING. UM I D E A THROUGH FEDERAL FUNDING AND CALL YOUR LEGISLATOR. CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN, PLEASE. WE NEED YOUR REMARKS STUDENTS. HI MY NAME IS MARISSA MALLORY. I HAVE ONE CHILD IN P. Y EL. SHE WILL BE A SENIOR AVALANCHE A HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR, MY SON CHOSE TO LEAVE THE DISTRICT AND WILL BE STARTING HIS FRESHMAN YEAR AT A PRIVATE HOUSE SCHOOL THIS WEEK. UM COUPLE THINGS ONE. I LOVE THE ACTRESS CITY TRAINING FOR THE ADULTS, BUT WE'RE MISSING FOR THE KIDS. THERE ARE PROGRAMS OUT THERE. I'LL BE TEACHING MY OWN STUDENTS THROUGH A 40 CURRICULUM IN TWO WEEKS FROM NOW THE FOCUS ON THOSE ON TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AND HOW THEY CAN SURVIVE UNTIL THE POLICE GET ON CAMPUS. FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME. I'LL GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION. YOU CAN COME WATCH IT IN ACTION IN TWO WEEKS FROM NOW. SECONDLY AS A SWIM, MOM.

SPORTS FUNDING. WE NEED NEW TOUCHPADS AND CTS SYSTEMS ON ALL THE CAMPUSES NOW. BUT I REALLY CAME TO TALK ABOUT WAS I READY? THERE ARE GREAT TEACHERS ON THIS THROUGHOUT THIS DISTRICT. TOO MANY TEACHERS ARE RELYING ON COMPUTERIZED PROGRAMS AND I ALREADY HAS ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT I'VE BEEN TRAINED IN. MY SCHOOL AFTER RECEIVING TRAINING CHOSE TO DROP THAT PROGRAM. UM AS A STAFF, WE ACTUALLY PULLED THAT MY SON SCORES. HE WAS IN EIGHTH GRADE LAST YEAR AT BERNARDO. WE TOOK HIS SEVENTH GRADE SCORES PULLED THOSE UP, DECIPHER THOSE, AND WE ASKED ABOUT THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN 1/7 GRADE SCORES IN EIGHTH GRADE SCORES. THE ALREADY TRAINER TOLD US HIS SEVENTH GRADE SCORES WERE UNRELIABLE. BECAUSE SO MANY OF THE KIDS TOOK THOSE AT HOME. NOW RICH PLANNING OUR TRAINING AND OUR EDUCATION AND OUR LESSONS ON SCORES ARE UNRELIABLE. IT'S TIME FOR THE TEACHERS, THE ADMINISTRATORS TO GO AND ACTUALLY ASK THE KIDS ABOUT ALREADY ASKED THE PARENTS ABOUT ALREADY TABLE THIS VOTE A MONTH. AND TALK TO PEOPLE ON THE GERMAN FIRST. THANK YOU. HI MY NAME IS SHANNON E. AND I HATE TO DO THIS, BUT I LIVE IN TRUSTY AREA. ONE IN MY PUBLIC COMMENT IS FOR MY AREA. ONE REPRESENTATIVE SEAN YOUNG BLOOD IN THE PAST YEAR. I'VE SENT EMAILS TO HIM DIRECTLY. AND I CC'D HIM ON ANOTHER 20 TO THE

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BOARD. NOT ONCE HAS, HE RESPONDED. EVERY OTHER TRUSTEE HAS MY EMAILS HAVE VOICED CONCERNS OVER HIS LACK OF SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION. HIS LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN OUR AMAZING TEACHERS AND THEIR EXPERTISE, HIS BLURRING OF CHURCH AND STATE BOUNDARIES AND LACK OF RESPECT FOR LGBT Q PLUS STUDENTS. HIS LACK OF ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY, DISREGARD FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND MISUNDERSTANDING OF CRT AND THE PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE BAN HE SUPPORTED. NOW I HEAR HE'S ALSO POTENTIALLY VIOLATED THE BROWN ACT. SO I ASKED THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO ADDRESS POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS , BECAUSE WHILE HE MIGHT NOT FEEL THE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY CONCERNS, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY. THANK YOU.

READY YES, GO AHEAD. MY NAME IS CHRIS CURTIS. I'M A 30 YEARS, PLUS YORBA LINDA RESIDENT I MADE A FIREFIGHTER FOR A LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT. I'M A DAD. WHICH IS MY MOST THING. I'M PROUD OF.

I'VE ALSO COACHED BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL IN YORBA LINDA AND PLACENTAL IN DEBT. UM. WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT ELECTION COMING UP. ALRIGHT. TWO OF THESE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON HERE WILL BE RUNNING. AND. WE HAVE. TWO AWESOME PEOPLE THAT WILL BE RUNNING AGAINST HIM. SO IF YOU ALL WANT MANDATORY VACCINES FOR WHATEVER BOLOGNA IS COMING DOWN THE PIKE OR MONKEY POX OR MANDATORY MASKING VOTE FOR THESE TWO BUFFOONS, OKAY? IF YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR KIDS FIRST.

OKAY? PARENTS FIRST IN AMERICA. FIRST, YOU NEED TO VOTE FOR RICH ENGEL, WHO'S A DAD A COACH? AND AN ATTORNEY IN OUR AREA, OR TODD FRAZIER, WHO IS ALSO A DAD. HE'S A COACH, AND HE IS IN ACCOUNTING. OKAY ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES. WHAT'S THE VOTE FOR THOSE TWO PEOPLE? THANK YOU . BEFORE YOU GO. JUST A SECOND UP NEXT AFTER ANDY WILL BE JUNE, SAYING SORRY, PAL. ICKY. CARLY ROSELLE. AND JOHN RUSSELL. GO AHEAD. JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PARENTS TO KNOW. IN THE IN THE SCHOOL BOARD TO KNOW THE DISTRICT MANAGERS AND THAT UM. IS HOW AMAZING THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF IS THERE ACADEMY THAT THE POLICE OFFICERS GO. UM AS AN ANTI POLICE OFFICER , I WENT THROUGH THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S ACADEMY FOR 35 YEARS. I'VE TRAINED OFFICERS THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA AND EUROPE ON TACTICS ON ACTIVE SHOOTER AND I AM A COURT RECOGNIZED EXPERT WHERE I TESTIFY IN COURT CASES INVOLVING ANYTIME. A POLICE OFFICER USES FORCE THEY SEND THE CASE TO ME TO LOOK AT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS DONE CORRECTLY. THE REASON I'M SHARING THAT WITH YOU IS TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE FOUNDATION TO TELL YOU THAT I'VE NEVER HAD A CASE IN ORANGE COUNTY EVER. THE TRAINING THAT I GOT FROM THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS ALLOWED ME TO TRAIN THESE OTHER OFFICERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WITH THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED AT THE ACADEMY AND MY ONGOING TRAINING AT THE ACADEMY ALSO HAVE ALSO TRAINED AT THE ACADEMY AND GOLDEN WEST POLICE ACADEMY. WE HAVE THE BEST POLICE OFFICERS HERE WE HAVE THE BLESSING. BEST ACADEMY. I WANT YOU TO FILL STRONGLY THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE SAFE. ONE ADDITIONAL THING THAT WE DO NEED, THOUGH, IS WHAT WAS MENTIONED AS WE SHOULD HAVE SA ROSE IN EVERY SCHOOL. NOT JUST HIGH SCHOOLS, NOT JUST MIDDLE SCHOOLS. AND ONE LAST THING BEFORE I RAN OUT OF TIME. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THESE BUILDINGS AND THE SCHOOLS ARE AVAILABLE. I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT, BUT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO TRAIN IN THESE SCHOOLS WHEN WE'RE NOT USING WHEN THE STUDENTS ARE USING THEM ON THE WEEKENDS OR IN THE EVENINGS, WE USED A COUPLE IN ORANGE COUNTY WHERE I COULD WALK THROUGH SCHOOL WITH MY EYES CLOSED. THAT'S THE INSIDE OF THE SCHOOL IS NOT JUST THE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOLS AND GREAT TO MEET YOU, DR. MATTHEWS. I WAS ENCOURAGED BY YOUR OPENING REMARKS. THANK YOU. OKAY? DO WE HAVE A JUNE JENG? YES, THAT'S COMING UP. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOHN JAN. RECENTLY WAS BROUGHT DECIDES TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SIXTH GRADE GATE CLASSES AND COMBINE ALL THE KIDS INTO A LARGE CLASS WITH 35 STUDENTS. MANY KIDS IN THE WAITING LIST CANNOT GET IN THE GATE PROGRAM AND WAS BROKE BECAUSE OF THIS REDUCTION. THIS IS A THOUGHT TANS THAT I CAME TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE SO FAR. THE ONLY RESPONSE WE GOT IS THIS IS A PERSONNEL

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ISSUE. PARENTS HAVE NO RIGHT TO KNOW THE DETAILS. S AND INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PROFESSOR. I THINK SOMETHING IS WRONG IN THE SYSTEM. MANY PARENTS TALKS IN THE BOARD MEETING SUPPORTS MY THOUGHT. HERE ARE SOME TOPICS. PARENTS ARE JUST RECENTLY SCHOOLS USED BY READY TO REPLACE THE TEACHERS JOBS. STUDENTS DID NOT GET ENOUGH ATTENTION FROM TEACHERS. STUDENTS HAVE BAD READING GREAT. ALL OF THIS ISSUES SHARE A COMMON REASON.

THAT IS CALIFORNIA'S HAS, UM, THE CALIFORNIA'S STUDENTS TO TEACH A RATIO IS 35% HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. SO IMAGINE WE 35 STUDENTS IN ONE CLASS. IF THIS TEACHER SPENDS 10 MINUTES GRADING EACH STUDENT'S WORK, IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT SIX HOURS. NOW YOU KNOW WHY I'LL KIDS DIDN'T GET ENOUGH ATTENTION. SO UM, HERE I WAS, SINCE SERIOUS REQUESTS. L SWEEP THE STREETS START TO WORK ON REDUCING THE CLASS SIZE AND ANOTHER SIXTH GRADE GATES. CLASS AND WITHDRAW.

THANK YOU. HI UM, AS YOU GUYS KNOW THERE A FEW MORE WEEKS UNTIL SCHOOL BEGINS. THIS IS THE THIRD MONTH THAT I HAVE COME HERE EXPRESSING MY CONCERNS. I'M HOPING AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU GUYS HAVE DONE SOMETHING AND HAVE PREPARED SOMETHING FOR YOUR STAFF TO PUT SOME SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE PERSUADED INTO THE TRANSGENDER LIFESTYLE. UM AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, AND YOU IN THE AUDIENCE, THERE ARE SECRETS. WHILE USD UM STUDENTS ARE COMING INTO SCHOOL AND ASKING TEACHERS AND STAFF TO CALL THEM BY A DIFFERENT NAME. AND THE STAFF IS DOING THAT. SO LET'S SAY JULIE COMES TO SCHOOL AND ASKS TO BE CALLED JOHN. THE STAFF AND THE TEACHERS ARE CALLING THIS CHILD, JOHN BUT WHEN THEY TALK TO THE STUDENTS, PARENTS, THEY'RE CALLING THIS CHILD, JULIE SO WE HAVE A SECRET BETWEEN AN ADULT AND A CHILD. IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND THEY ARE KEEPING THE PARENTS IN THE DARK. AND THAT IS HAPPENING IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. YOU ALSO KNOW THAT I PERSONALLY HAVE A FRIEND WHOSE DAUGHTER HAS BEEN , UM, PERSUADED INTO THIS.

TRANSGENDER IDEOLOGY, AND IT HAS TURNED THEIR FAMILY UPSIDE DOWN. AND THE STUDENT. DID NOT GET ANY HELP. THERE NEEDS TO BE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE. SO THAT THE STUDENT ALSO CAN SEE OTHER WAYS OUT OF WHATEVER THE SITUATION THAT THEY'RE THEY ARE IN SAFEGUARDS NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE TO PROTECT THESE CHILDREN WORKS GOT IT. CARLY ROSELLE, THEN JOHN ROSELLE. HI MY NAME IS CARLY ROSELLE. AND I WOULD LIKE I WOULD ASK YOU GUYS TO VOTE NO ON I READY BECAUSE UM, I FEEL IT'S NOT CHALLENGING, AND IT FEELS LIKE BUSYWORK SO OUR TEACHER DOESN'T HAVE TO TEACH US. AND IT'S VERY AUTOMATED, ISOLATING AND BORING, AND THERE'S NO CLASS PARTICIPATION OR TEACHER INTERACTION. THE PURPOSE OF ALREADY WAS TO MAKE EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS FUN, BUT IT'S NOT FUN AT ALL. AND IF YOU DON'T COMPLETE ENOUGH TIME YOU WERE REQUIRED TO STAY IN FROM RECESS. SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE RECESSES AT ALL BECAUSE OF THIS T S PROGRAM. TAKING AWAY ALL OF OUR RACIST IS RECESSES IS VERY UNFAIR TO STUDENTS. I ASK THAT YOU VOTE NO ON I READY SO STUDENTS CAN HAVE MORE FUN AT SCHOOL. AND WHICH WOULD PROMOTE POSITIVE ASSOCIATIONS WITH SCHOOL AND STUDENTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. HI MY NAME IS JOHN. AND I'M ASKING YOU NOT TO IMPROVE. I READY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T IMPROVE MY MIND. AND WHENEVER I DON'T FINISH IT, I HAVE TO STAY IN FOR RECESS AND KEEP CONTINUING IT. AND WHEN I DO MY DIAGNOSTIC FOR MY PLACEMENT TEST. THEY TELL ME NOT TO RUSH, BUT WHENEVER IT'S A DAY PASSED, THEY TELL ME TO HURRY UP BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE DUE SOON. AND IT'S JUST A BABYSITTER FOR TEACHERS THAT DON'T WANT TO DO THEIR JOB. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE CURTIS, MMA CATHERINE NICOLA VILLA, SHANI BOONE AND RAQUEL F. I'LL REPEAT IT. JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T HEAR. CURTIS,

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MMA CATHERINE NICOLA VILLA SHINY BURN BOONE AND RAQUEL F. CREDITS AND CATHERINE THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. UM WE HAVE HEARD MANY STORIES. I THINK I'VE HEARD THAT PHRASE ABOUT 100 TIMES SINCE I'VE BEEN COMING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING STARTING LAST YEAR. AH, THE FIRST TIME I WAS EVER IN THIS ROOM WAS A MUCH MORE CHOICE OCCASION MY OLDEST SON WAS ON THE SCIENCE OLYMPIAD TEAM THAT WENT TO NATIONALS FROM KRAMER. AH A FEW YEARS AGO, AND WE SAT IN THOSE CHAIRS RIGHT THERE, AND WE WERE HONORED BY THE BOARD AND THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. AH BEFORE GOING TO CORNELL TO REPRESENT ALL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AH IN SCIENCE OLYMPIAD COMPETITION.

HIS YOUNGER BROTHER IS NOW ENTERING THIS YEAR IN THIS LAST WEEKEND, WE BUILT ATTRIBUTIONS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT IT IRISH THROWS A TENNIS BALL THEY USED TO THROW VERY LARGE BOULDERS AT CASTLES. UM AND IN THE END OUR TRIBUTE SHAY CAME OUT TWO INCHES TOO HIGH.

AND MY SON WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL JUST WE'LL JUST GO WILL WILL GO TO THESE. THE NEXT MEETING WILL EXPLAIN WHAT WE DID. WELL EXPLAIN. WE'RE GONNA CHANGE IT LATER. AND WE DID THAT. BUT I HAD TO REALLY IMPRESS UPON HIM THAT KNOW THE RULES MATTER. LIKE OURS. BEING A FEW INCHES TALLER MEANS THAT WE COULD MAYBE THROW A TENNIS BALL A LITTLE FARTHER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE. THIS COMES UP AND I WANT US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PASSED THE RESOLUTION THAT CORRECTS THE ISSUES WITH THE BROWN ACT VIOLATIONS THAT THIS COMMITTEE HAD, UM WE HAVE HEARD STORIES.

ARE NOT FACTS. AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE IS THAT NOT ALL OF OUR TRUSTEES HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE RULES. THANK YOU. HMM. HI MY NAME IS NICOLE AVILA AND I WANT TO BRING SOMETHING TO THE ATTENTION AND ASK A QUESTION. THE LAST FIVE WEEKS OF SCHOOL. MY 11 YEAR OLD SON HAD TO SELECT A BOOK TO READ, AND THE TEACHER HAD A SPECIFIC SELECTION OF BOOKS SHE RECOMMENDED FOR THEM TO READ. AS A STRAIGHT A STUDENT. MY SON, OF COURSE, SELECTED A BOOK SHE RECOMMENDED WHEN HE CAME HOME FROM SCHOOL. HE SAID. HE NEEDED ME TO BUY HIM. THIS BOOK ORBITING JUPITER.

I ASKED WHAT IT WAS ABOUT, AND HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW, BUT HIS TEACHER SAID IT WAS GOOD. SO I LOOKED IT UP. AND IT WAS ABOUT A 14 YEAR OLD BOY THAT WAS JUST GETTING OUT OF JUVENILE HALL TO GO LIVE WITH THE FOSTER FAMILY. BECAUSE HE HAD ATTEMPTED TO KILL HIS TEACHER AFTER TAKING DRUGS IN THE RESTROOM, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE STORY IS ABOUT. IT IS ABOUT THE 14 YEAR OLD BOY TRYING TO FIND HIS DAUGHTER THAT HE HAD HAD WHILE HE WAS IN JUVENILE HALL. SO I HAD EMAILED THE TEACHER AND ASKED FOR HER RECOMMENDATION BOOKS SO WE COULD PICK OUT A MORE APPROPRIATE BOOK . SHE NEVER EMAILED HER LIST OF RECOMMENDED BOOKS. I'M NOT SURE WHY, BUT SHE NEVER EMAILED IT.

HOWEVER SHE DID EMAIL ME BACK AT THE END OF THE NEXT DAY, REITERATING IT WAS HIS CHOICE.

BUT REMEMBER, HE'S A STRAIGHT A STUDENT AND HE KNOWS TO GET AN A. HE SHOULD PICK WITH THE TEACHER RECOMMENDS BECAUSE I'M A TEACHER MYSELF. SO I'M WONDERING WHAT THE POLICY IS FOR BOOKS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED TO CHILDREN. AND DO THESE BOOKS NEED TO BE APPROVED? SO IT CAN TEACHERS JUST THROW ANY BOOKS OUT BECAUSE MY SON IS 11 AND HE'S IN SIXTH GRADE, AND I DID NOT FEEL THIS WAS AN APPROPRIATE BOOK. ALSO THE CHIEF THAT WAS HERE, SPEAKING EARLIER, JUST SOMETHING DOES HE HAVE ACCESS TO KEYS FOR THE SCHOOLS. THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING ELSE. I WANTED TO BRING UP ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS. AND SOMETIMES WE'RE HAVING DIFFICULTY HEARING YOU GUYS AS WELL. OKAY THANK YOU. HELLO EVERYONE. I'M SHANE E. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE DISTRICT MEMBERS AND BOARD MEMBERS FOR YOUR TIME. UM I'M A STAFF MEMBER IN P Y EL USD AS WELL AS BEING A PARENT HERE FOR 14 YEARS. IT'S FINALLY MY LAST YEAR AS I HAVE A SENIOR, UM I HAVE A LOT AT STAKE IN REGARDS TO THE INSTRUCTION IN OUR DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE SUCCESS OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME POSTS AND FIRES BY SOME OF THE NEWCOMERS RUNNING FOR THE BOARD TO GET OUR BOARD MEMBERS TO BE OF CHRISTIAN FAITH. LET'S GET AS MANY AS WE CAN IN THE CHRISTIAN FAITH SO THAT THEY CAN INFUSE THOSE BELIEFS IN THE DECISIONS MADE FOR OUR DISTRICT. SO WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE ME? I AM OF THE JEWISH FAITH, AS IS MY SON, WHO IS GOING TO BE A SENIOR THIS YEAR. WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER STUDENTS WITH VARIOUS BELIEFS? CHRISTIAN BELIEFS DO NOT BELONG IN THE DISTRICT, BOARDROOM OR SCHOOLS. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UM BELIEVE IN EQUITY FOR ALL STUDENTS, AND PLEASE, I JUST ASK THAT YOU REMEMBER THIS WHEN YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS THAT AFFECT STAFF AND STUDENTS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL. I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS THAT INSTRUCTION AND RESOURCE DECISIONS BELONG IN THE HANDS OF TEACHERS. WE TRUST.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A RESOURCE SUCH AS BRAIN POP WAS DISCONTINUED BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE TOPICS BEING CONTROVERSIAL. IF WE JUST TRUST OUR TEACHERS TO CHOOSE WHAT'S BEST TO ENGAGE OUR

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STUDENTS, THEY WILL BE MORE SUCCESSFUL IN THE CLASSROOM. SOME OF THE TEACHERS AT MY SCHOOL SHARED HOW THEY LOVED BRAIN POP. ONE SAID THE AMOUNT OF TOPICS ON THEIR ENCOMPASSES SO MUCH OF OUR PRIMARY GRADE CURRICULUM. WE COULD LITERALLY USE IT DAILY TO REVIEW THEM. THE STUDENTS ARE 100% ENGAGED WHEN BRAIN POP IS ON BECAUSE IT IS KID FRIENDLY AND EDUCATIONAL AT THE SAME TIME. THANK YOU. FOLLOWING RAQUEL. THERE WILL BE , UM AND I APOLOGIZE. IT'S HARD TO READ THIS. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S DIM. WOODSBORO PARENTS. UM, WHAT DO YOU THINK? I'M LOU. I APOLOGIZE. IF THAT'S WRONG. YOU CAN TELL ME WHEN YOU GET UP HERE THEN PAUL KUNKEL AND JOCELYN BARTOWSKI. GO AHEAD. HELLO I'M A PARENT OF THREE IN THE DISTRICT AND A TEACHER. I CONSISTENTLY SPEAK ON THE KEY TO MAINTAINING AN EXCELLENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WHICH IS WITH EXCELLENT TEACHERS . AS A FORMER CHARTER SCHOOL TEACHER. WE DIDN'T HAVE A UNION . MY COLLEAGUES AND I CONSISTENTLY WORKED 12 HOUR DAYS AND WEEKENDS, PROVIDING DIRECT INSTRUCTION WRITING LESSON PLANS. COMMUNICATING WITH PARENTS. GRADING THE LIST IS A MILE LONG. BEING A GREAT TEACHER IS ONE OF THE HARDEST JOBS IN THE WORLD. IT IS EMOTIONALLY PHYSICALLY MENTALLY AND FINANCIALLY DRAINING. IN MY TEACHING CAREER. I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE TO WORK WITH SOME OF OUR NATION'S MOST DEDICATED AND TALENTED TEACHERS, PEOPLE I WOULD TRUST WITH MY OWN CHILDREN AND MOST OF THOSE TEACHERS, INCLUDING MYSELF, HAVE LEFT THE TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM. THERE'S A TEACHER SHORTAGE IN THIS COUNTRY , WHICH IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL BE CONCERNED ABOUT. BUT LET ME BE CLEAR. THERE ISN'T A SHORTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE TO TEACH KIDS. THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO CAN POUR EVERY PART OF THEMSELVES INTO THEIR STUDENTS, ONLY TO BE DISRESPECTED AND UNSUPPORTED FOR A PAY THAT IS LAUGHABLE. WHAT IS THIS BOARD DOING TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS? IF A PROGRAM OR RESOURCE IS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO REPLACE IT? WE NEED TO TRUST OUR TEACHERS TO KNOW WHAT RESOURCES WHAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY NEED FOR OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU.

HI MY NAME IS UP IN LIEU. I RESPECT A GROUP OF A STUDENT AND PARENTS AT WOODSBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GATE PROGRAM. TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS TO THE BODY TO SEE IF THE CURTAINS STUDENT TEACHER RATIO AT THE SIXTH GRADE WAS BROKE. GRANT IS A REASONABLE AS A NEW IMMIGRANT. I CARE ABOUT MY CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. HOWEVER I'M NOT VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE EDUCATION SYSTEM HERE. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION, POINTING FROM THE PUBLIC WEBSITE. THE STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO OF PY USD IS 25 TO 1 WHILE THE DATE OF THE WOODSBORO SIXTH GRADE CLASS IS A 35 TO 1. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF ANY OF YOU STAY IN SUCH A LARGE SIZE CLASS WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD. THE CURTAIN SITUATION IS THAT THERE ARE STILL MANAGED CHILDREN UNDER WAITING LIST AND EXPERIENCE THAT GET TEACHER HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE REGULAR CLASS. SURE SURE. THE WOODSBORO ADD ANOTHER CLASS FOR SIXTH GRADE. STUDENTS I JUST THOUGHT THAT QUESTION. THANK YOU. HELLO MY NAME IS PAUL KUNKEL. I'M HERE BECAUSE I HAVE A DAUGHTER IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SORRY I HAVEN'T SEEN SOME OF YOU IN A WHILE. BUSY LIFE, SO ON AND SO FORTH. UM SO IT LOOKS LIKE SPORTS HAVE GONE UP. WHICH THISS OUTSIDE OF BEING ABLE TO PLAY SPORTS. AND OTHER THAN SOME OF THESE OTHER SPECIAL, YOU KNOW, LIKE BAND AND STUFF LIKE THAT THE COST OF THIS STUFF GOING UP HURTS KIDS, KIDS THAT DO SPORTS AND MUSIC AND OTHER THINGS DO BETTER IN SCHOOL, AND I SAW MY DAUGHTER WAS TELLING ME NOW THAT LAST YEAR I SPENT OVER $2000 FOR MY DAUGHTER TO BE IN SWIM. AND IN WATER POLO THIS YEAR, THAT EXPENSE IS GOING TO ALMOST DOUBLE. UM AND I DON'T THINK THIS IS FAIR. I DIDN'T PAY FOR ANY OF THAT STUFF. WHEN I WAS A KID WE USED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, BAND AND ALL THAT STUFF AND LIKE I SAID, KIDS THAT DO SPORTS AND

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PLAY INSTRUMENTS. THEY DO BETTER IN SCHOOL. THEY DO THEY DO BETTER IN LIFE. THEY LEARN LIFE LESSONS FROM THEIR COACHES AND THEIR TEACHERS THAT YOU KNOW, AND SO I KIND OF HURTS ME TO SEE THAT THESE COSTS GO UP BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO HURT SOME KIDS THAT'S GOING TO LIMIT CERTAIN.

KIDS FROM BEING ABLE TO PLAY AND THERE ARE SOME KIDS OUT THERE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY BUT ARE REALLY GOOD AT SPORTS, AND IT COULD LEAD TO SOMETHING FOR THEM. FUTURE DOWN THE ROAD. NOT MAYBE MAYBE THEY'RE NOT GOOD WITH BOOKS OR GOOD WITH THIS. I MEAN, I WAS NEVER GOOD IN SCHOOL, BUT YOU KNOW, SPORTS TAUGHT ME THIS OR THAT. AND NOW I'M A BUSINESS OWNER OF MULTIPLE BUSINESSES. SPORTS FOR KIDS, CHEAP FREE SPORTS. HI MY NAME IS JOSH SLIM BARTOWSKI AND I TO ACTUALLY WANT TO SPEAK TO THE SPORTS. THAT WASN'T PLANNED. UM I TO ASK WITH ALL THE EXTRAS FUNDING WE'VE BEEN GIVEN IF WE CAN'T FIND A BETTER WAY TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS IN SPORTS AND OTHER EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, UM, JUST FOR OUR FAMILY. WE HAVE TWO KIDS, AND IT'S 6 50 EACH FOR AN INITIAL FAIR SHARE. AND THEY SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE TO PAY THAT IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD IT, BUT WHAT KID WANTS TO COME BACK TO SCHOOL AND TELL US TEAMMATES OR THAT YOU CAN'T AFFORD IT. SO THAT BECOMES A REALLY AWKWARD CONVERSATION FOR A LOT OF KIDS THAT THIS GENTLEMAN WAS TALKING ABOUT. UM SO IT STARTS OUT AT 6 50. SO IF YOU HAVE TWO KIDS, AND YOU ADD THAT TOGETHER, UM WE COME AND WE COME UP TO $1300 AND THEN WE ADD IN BUSTING FEES AND SB FEEDS, AND THAT'S ONLY FOR ONE SPORT. SO WE'RE UP TO $2500. AND IF YOU HAVE A CHEERLEADER, IT'S $5000 SO AND IF YOU HAVE TWINS, THEY'RE CHEERLEADERS. THAT'S $10,000. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT CAN ALL ADD UP PRETTY QUICKLY, AND I KNOW WE HAD SOME FUNDING THAT WE WERE SHUFFLING LAST YEAR, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IF WE CAN SPEND MONEY ON YOGA FOR TEACHERS THAT WE CAN FIND A WAY TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS BETTER IN THEIR ATHLETICS, AND ALSO I ASK THAT YOU VOTE NO ON ITEM 22 FOR I READY. MY KIDS ARE BEYOND THAT NOW, BUT IT'S NOT A PRODUCTIVE PROGRAM. OUR TEST SCORES ARE DOWN AND THEY COULD EITHER BE DONE BECAUSE I ALREADY ASSESSES POORLY OR BECAUSE THE KIDS JUST DON'T LIKE IT. BUT EITHER WAY WE'VE GIVEN IT A GOOD TRY. WE NEED TO LET IT GO MOVE ON AND DO SOMETHING BETTER. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

AS JEREMY OVER THERE, HE CAN TAKE DOWN THE TIMER. OH, THERE YOU GO. PERFECT. ALRIGHT SO NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO STAFF PRESENTATIONS. AND I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO DR ADAMSON. THANK YOU. YES YOU GUESSED. OH, DID SHE COME UP AND SPEAK TO YOU? OH, I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE IT IN HERE. 13. YEP. THERE IT IS. SORRY. I APOLOGIZE. COME ON UP, EMILY. IT WAS STUCK WITH THE OTHER ONES. MY NAME IS EMILY ROSE. L AND I HAVE ONE KID LEFT IN THIS DISTRICT OUT OF FOUR. WE HAVE REMOVED OUR OTHER THREE OUT OF THE DISTRICT CURRENTLY UM TO THE LADY IN THE MASK, WHO COMPLAINED ABOUT SEAN KARENS NEVER RESPONDED TO AN EMAIL IN TWO YEARS OR CARRY JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW. SO UM, I'M ALSO ASKING YOU GUYS NOT TO PROVE ALREADY AS, UM JOCELYN SAID BEFORE ME IT'S EITHER IT'S NOT WORKING FOR THE KIDS TOTALLY DO NOT LIKE IT. OBVIOUSLY MY KIDS HAVE COMPLAINED TO ME ABOUT IT. UM WE HAVE HAD TEACHERS THAT USE IT, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP MY KIDS IN FOR RECESS IF THEY DON'T FINISH IT. WHICH DURING COVID, THAT WAS THE ONLY TIME THEY COULD BREATHE AND TALK TO THEIR FRIENDS. THAT WAS CRUCIAL AND TO BE BE SITTING IN FOR RECESS. IT JUST I JUST DID NOT FIND THAT PRODUCTIVE AT ALL. IN FACT, I WAS REALLY ASHAMED THAT THAT WAS A PUNISHMENT. BUT UM, YOU KNOW, WE DR MATTHEWS, WHO TALKED ABOUT OUR SCORES ARE READING SCORES.

IT'S A HUGE CONCERN. WE'VE GOT TO TRY SOMETHING ELSE AND WE'VE GOT TO GET OUR KIDS OFF TECHNOLOGY. I DON'T THINK THIS IS JUST A DISTRICT PROBLEM. I THINK THIS IS A HOME PROBLEM. AS WELL. COVID DID SOME SERIOUS DAMAGE WITH OUR KIDS AND PARENTS HAD TO GO TO WORK AND APPLE. YOU GUYS KEPT OUR KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL. SO DON'T STAND UP HERE AND SMILE AND SAY YOU'RE FOR THE KIDS. YOU GUYS DID THAT? YOU COULD HAVE STOOD UP AGAINST THE TEACHERS UNION. AND YOU DIDN'T YOU WENT WITH THEM. THANK YOU. RIGHT NOW. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO DR ADAMSON. THANK YOU, DR

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ADAMS. OF COURSE. THANK YOU. WELL. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BECK BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT MATTHEWS, EXECUTIVE CABINET AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. IT IS OUR PLEASURE TO PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE RECENT IMPLEMENTATION OF ACADEMIC INTERVENTION THROUGH THE HIRING OF ACADEMIC SUPPORT TEACHERS, ALSO KNOWN AS A STS EIGHT OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THIS MOST RECENT SCHOOL YEAR. A REVIEW OF THAT ALREADY BASELINE DATA IN THE FALL OF 2021 AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, ALONG WITH HEARING THE CONCERNS FROM OUR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS ABOUT THE LARGER THAN TYPICAL LEARNING GAPS THEY WERE OBSERVING IN THEIR STUDENTS FOLLOWING OUR RETURN TO SCHOOL AFTER THE PANDEMIC PROMPTED THE NEED FOR US TO TAKE ACTION AND PROVIDE INTERVENTION SUPPORT. TWO ARE MOST STRUGGLING STUDENTS. IT WAS WITH THIS NEED IN MIND THAT WE CAUGHT UP ON OUR TEAM OF INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF IN DEPTH, COLLABORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACADEMIC SUPPORT. TEACHER INTERVENTION PLAN. THE GROWTH THAT WE SAW AMONGST OUR STUDENTS HAVE HIGHEST NEED WAS BOTH SIGNIFICANT AND EXTREMELY ENCOURAGING. GIVEN SUPPORT IS ONLY PROVIDED FOR A LITTLE OVER THREE SHORT MONTHS FROM FEBRUARY TILL JUNE OF 2022. YOU'LL RECALL . OUR ORIGINAL INTENTION HAD BEEN TO PARTNER WITH AN OUTSIDE COMPANY WITH WHOM WE EXPECTED TO CONTRACT TO PROVIDE CREDENTIAL TUTORS FOR SMALL GROUP PERSONALIZED INTERVENTION, BUT THIS WAS PRIOR TO THE NATIONWIDE HIRING SHORTAGE EXPERIENCED BY SO MANY COMPANIES IN THE WINTER OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR, AND WITH LIMITED TUTORS AVAILABLE. WE FOUND OURSELVES IN JANUARY OF 2022 NEEDING TO PIVOT. IT IS, FOR THIS REASON THAT WE BEGAN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING OUR VERY OWN Y EL INTERVENTION PROGRAM, RESULTING IN THE RECRUITMENT, HIRING AND TRAINING OF OUR OWN CREDENTIAL CREDENTIAL , READING, TEACHING TEACHERS, SPECIALISTS OR TESTS. AND SO IT WAS THAT THE ACADEMIC SUPPORT TEACHING PROGRAM WAS BORN. IT'S MY PLEASURE AT THIS TIME TO CALL AN ART DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION DR LESLIE OWN WHO LED THE CHARGE FOR THIS MEANINGFUL WORK AND PROGRAM AND TO WHOSE OVERSIGHT I ATTRIBUTE ITS SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENT. STATION. TONIGHT SHE WILL LEAD YOU THROUGH THE RATIONALE RELATED TO THE PROGRAM'S DEVELOPMENT AND TAKE TIME TO SHARE WITH YOU. SOME OF THE MANY SPECIFIC SUCCESSES WE EXPERIENCED AS A RESULT, ALONG WITH OUR GOALS TO EXPAND ON THE SUCCESS AND REACH MORE STUDENTS IN NEED, DR LEON THANK YOU, DR ADAMSON. WE SET OUT TO CREATE AN INTERVENTION SUPPORT MODEL BY FIRST CASTING THE VISION AND SHARING THE RATIONALE IN DOING SO. AND AS ADULT LEARNING THEORY STATES, YOU MUST ESTABLISH DIRECTION BY PROVIDING PEOPLE IN THE ORGANIZATION WITH CLARITY ABOUT THE Y THIS INITIATIVE IS IMPORTANT. DATA SHOWED WE NEEDED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT. WE HAD TO ADDRESS UNFINISHED LEARNING AND FIND A WAY TO EXCEL IT ACCELERATE LEARNING TO NARROW LEARNING GAPS. ANOTHER IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE COMMUNICATION WAS TO PROVIDE THE WHAT AS IN WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE? WHAT ARE WE ASPIRING TO ACCOMPLISH? AND WHAT DOES IT EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION MODEL LOOK LIKE? SUCCESS WAS MEASURED BY THE GROWTH IN STANDARDS. MASTERY IS A PART OF PRE IMPOSED ASSESSMENTS AND WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY MAINTAINING FIDELITY WITH A CONSISTENT MODEL OF SMALL GROUP PUSHED INTO THE CLASSROOM SUPPORT. FINALLY AND AFTER ESTABLISHING THE RATIONALE AND IDENTIFYING THE GOAL WE AIM TO ACCOMPLISH. WE NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE HOW HOW DO WE GET THERE? AND HOW CAN WE ENSURE COHERENCE MINIMIZED VARIABLES AND PROMOTE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR LEARNING SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT WE DID WORK WE PLANNED AND PREPARED INTERVENTION LESSONS. WE ADMINISTERED PRE IMPOSED ASSESSMENTS AND PROGRESS MONITORED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. WE COMMUNICATED PROGRESS WITH CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND PARENTS. FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. AND INTEGRATED ACADEMIC SUPPORT.

TEACHERS AND STUDENTS STUDY TEAM AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY AND PROMOTE COLLABORATION. WITH THAT IN MIND , WE LOOK TO PROVEN RESEARCH STRATEGIES TO ANCHOR OUR DECISION TO PROVIDE ONE OF THE GREATEST SUPPORT WE CAN TO STUDENTS AS A PART OF A MULTI TIERED SYSTEM OF SUPPORT, SPECIFICALLY TIER TWO, WHICH IS TARGETED SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION . THE OPTIMAL SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL OF SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION IS DATA DRIVEN. INCLUDES PROGRESS MONITORING ON A REGULAR BASIS AND ONE IN WHICH STUDENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION USING DIFFERENTIATED STRATEGIES. THE RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. BUT HERE ARE SOME DATA TO SHOW THE IMPACT OF THE SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL AT SOME OF THE EIGHT SCHOOLS RECEIVING ACADEMIC SUPPORT TEACHER INTERVENTION. IN THREE SHORT MONTHS, STUDENTS MADE SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH. STUDENTS WERE BEHIND WITH FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS COMING INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR AND FOLLOWING INTENSIVE SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION. STUDENT

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RESULTS INDICATED PROMISING EVIDENCE OF THEIR ABILITY TO MASTER PRIORITY STANDARDS AND NOW ACCESS GRADE LEVEL LITERACY AND MATH STANDARDS. HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE STRUGGLE . SECOND GRADE STUDENTS DEMONSTRATED WITH FOUNDATIONAL KINDERGARTEN LITERACY SKILLS.

TWO YEARS BELOW, WITH WHAT THEY SHOULD KNOW TO EVEN BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEIR OWN GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS. THE PICTURES SHOW THE PURPOSEFUL DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGIES THAT ACADEMIC SUPPORT TEACHERS PROVIDED TO ENGAGE STUDENTS AFTER WHOLE GROUP DIRECT INSTRUCTION. ACADEMIC SUPPORT. TEACHERS ALSO WORKED ON MATH SKILLS. STUDENTS WERE GIVEN A PRETEST. THE BLUE BAR REPRESENTS THE PRETEST GRADE LEVEL PRIORITY STANDARDS AND THE RED BAR IS THE POST TEST WITH PRIORITY STANDARDS IN BETWEEN ACADEMIC SUPPORT TEACHERS, ISOLATED TARGETED STANDARDS AND MEASURED GROWTH AFTER FIVE CONSECUTIVE LESSONS DURING SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION. TEACHERS AGREE ABOUT THE GROWTH AND THE POSITIVE IMPACT ON STUDENTS. I SAW CONFIDENCE GROW IN THE STUDENTS AND IMPROVED PERFORMANCE. AS IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. HERE'S ANOTHER SCHOOL'S ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATH DATA, HIGHLIGHTING THE GROWTH OF THE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS 3RD AND 4TH GRADE STUDENTS NEEDED, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE AREA OF OPERATIONS IN ALGEBRAIC THINKING AS ONE OF THE PRIORITY STANDARDS. HERE IS A COMBINATION OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATH SUPPORT GIVEN TO STUDENTS BASED ON GRADE LEVEL SPECIFIC NEEDS. IN THE PRIMARY GRADES.

SCHOOLS IDENTIFIED ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AS A FOCUS AREA WHERE AS ONE OF THE MANY ADVANTAGES OF THE ACADEMIC SUPPORT TEACHER MODEL IS THE ABILITY FOR SCHOOLS TO TAILOR INTERVENTIONS SUPPORT BASED ON GRADE LEVEL STUDENT NEEDS. THE NEXT TWO SLIDES CONTINUE TO SHOW THE POSITIVE RESULT GAINS. AND SHOWING ONCE AGAIN HOW INTERVENTION SUPPORT WAS TAILORED TO EACH SCHOOL SITE NEEDS. THERE'S NOTHING MORE REWARDING THAN HEARING WHAT STUDENTS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT HOW THIS INTERVENTION HELPED THEM TO BUILD CONFIDENCE AND ABILITY.

THIS IS WHY WE DO THE WORK AND THESE STUDENT QUOTES. BRING JOY TO MY HEART, KNOWING STUDENTS FEEL STUDENTS FEELINGS ABOUT THEMSELVES AS LEARNERS AND MATHEMATICIANS HAVE CHANGED FOR THE BETTER. MATH GROUPS ARE FUN AND HELPFUL. I GET MORE ANSWERS RIGHT ON MY HOMEWORK AND IN CLASS. THE SMALL GROUP GIVES ME DIFFERENT WAYS TO LEARN AND UNDERSTAND MATH PROBLEMS. I LOVE RECEIVING EXTRA MATH HELP. I WAS GETTING F ON MY TESTS, AND NOW I'M GETTING A'S AND B'S. MRS DEL MAKES LEARNING FUN, AND SHE HELPS ME LIKE MATH. IT'S NOT ABOUT SAYING WE NEED TO PROVIDE INTERVENTION, BUT RATHER OUR STUDENTS NEED US TO PROVIDE INTERVENTION. HERE'S A VIDEO SHOWING AN EXAMPLE OF THE ACADEMIC SUPPORT TEACHER AND CLASSROOM TEACHER WORKING IN TANDEM TO PROVIDE TIER TWO INTERVENTION SUPPORT. HEY, GABRIEL IN THE MORNING. FOUR PLUS FOUR E. WE HAVE ONE GROUP OF STUDENTS WORKING WITH THE CLASSROOM TEACHER. SEE WHERE YOU ARE WRONG. AND ANOTHER WITH THE OTHER ACADEMIC SUPPORT TEACHER. ALRIGHT SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT.

COFFEE. COUNTING BY TWO. CAN YOU CHECK YOUR WORK? THAT'S GOOD. GOOD ALRIGHT, OKAY, LET'S DO IT TOGETHER. ALRIGHT CAN YOU COUNT MY TOOTH READY? 468 10. BUT WHAT ABOUT COUNTY BY THREE? WHILE SOME STUDENTS ARE USING TECHNOLOGY TO ACCESS AND REINFORCE THEIR LEARNING AND SKILLS UNTIL THEY GO INTO THEIR ROTATION, ENSURING THEY ALL HAVE EQUAL TIME.

DR ADAMSON WILL NOW PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF OUR NEXT STEPS. WELL AS DR LEONE HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE

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POSITIVE ACADEMIC GROWTH AND RESULTS THAT WE EXPERIENCED AT THESE EIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN JUST A LITTLE OVER THREE SHORT MONTHS. SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. THE VIDEO YOU JUST VIEWED ALONG WITH THE PHOTOS DEPICTED ON THIS SLIDE PRESENT A WINDOW INTO ADDRESS. SOME OF THE MANY ENGAGING LEARNING ACTIVITIES ARE ACADEMIC SUPPORT TEACHERS PROVIDED TO OUR STUDENTS. THAT RESULTED IN THE POSITIVE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT OUTCOMES THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU THIS EVENING. QUALITY INTERVENTION IS A RESEARCH BASED INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACH THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN TO YIELD HIGH RESULTS AND HAVE A STRONG POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON STUDENT LEARNING AND ACHIEVEMENT. NOT ONLY IS THIS EVIDENCED BY THE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH THAT WE OBSERVED AMONGST OUR STUDENTS RECEIVING INTERVENTION, BUT IT IS ALSO EVIDENCED BY THE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT. ALL ELEMENTARY STUDENTS DEMONSTRATED. WE ARE PLEASED TO SEE THE TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS JUST AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, SO LOOKING AT OUR K THROUGH SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS WHO SCORED AT OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL INCREASED TO 66% IN MATH AND 68% IN READING AT THE END OF LAW SCHOOL YEAR. ALSO SIGNIFICANT WAS THE DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS READING TWO OR MORE READING LEVELS BELOW GRADE LEVEL , WHICH DROPPED FROM 19% AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR TO JUST 10% AT THE END OF THE YEAR IN READING AND FROM 20% TO JUST 8% IN MATH. ONCE AGAIN SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT, WHICH WE ATTRIBUTE THE INTENTIONAL, CONSISTENT AND MEASURED APPROACH THAT WE FOLLOWED AND PROVIDING QUALITY INTERVENTION. AND AS ONE WOULD EXPECT IN OUR ONGOING DESIRE TO DUPLICATE THESE POSITIVE RESULTS. WE SEEK TO NOT ONLY CONTINUE BUT ALSO EXPAND THE PROGRAM. AS WE SHARED WITH YOU DURING RTK PRESENTATION LAST MONTH, WERE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE IT FOR THE 22 23 SCHOOL YEAR. EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL HAVE ONE FULL AT FULL TIME ACADEMIC SUPPORT TEACHER ALLOWING US TO PROVIDE ACADEMIC INTERVENTION AND SUPPORT ALL STUDENTS IN NEED AT EVERY ONE OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITES FOR THE COMING YEAR, LIKE TO THANK AND COMMEND OUR DEDICATED SITE, ADMINISTRATORS AND TEAM OF INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND WORK TOWARDS MAKING OUR VISION BECOME A REALITY. THE TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE THAT OUR ACADEMIC SUPPORT TEACHERS RECEIVED ALONG THE WAY WAS EXCEPTIONAL. THIS TRAINING, ALONG WITH THE ENDLESS HOURS OF HARD WORK AND PLANNING THAT THEY DEDICATED TO THE PROCESS ULTIMATELY LED TO THE SUCCESS THAT OUR STUDENTS EXPERIENCED AND WILL SERVE AS THE MODEL FOR THE CONTINUATION AND EXPANSION OF THIS PROGRAM IN THE 22 23 ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR. IT REMAINS TO BE SAID IF THESE ARE THE RESULTS THAT WE OBSERVED IN JUST THREE SHORT MONTHS, THE GROWTH THAT WE SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE IN A FULL ACADEMIC YEAR PROMISES TO BE SIGNIFICANT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING WITH YOU. THE ONGOING SUCCESSES AND THE INCREASING NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO WE KNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BENEFIT IN THE COMING YEAR. THAT DEFINITELY DESERVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. SO THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO, ACTUALLY WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO FOR THE NEXT YEAR. I REALLY WANTED TO HAVE THIS COME BACK, SO I'M BEYOND THRILLED THAT WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE IT TAKES, UM IT CAN REDUCE CLASS SIZE FOR THOSE VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES. IT CAN SUPPORT TEACHERS. IT'S CREDENTIAL, PEOPLE THAT CAN STEP IN AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE AND TAKE OVER AND I'M I'M REALLY THRILLED. UM YES. FIRST OF ALL, WHEN I WAS WATCHING THE VIDEO, IT JUST REALLY MAKES ME THINK OF THE TIME WHEN I WAS A CLASSROOM VOLUNTEER, AND NOT ALL CLASSROOMS HAVE VOLUNTEERS, AND CERTAINLY ALL VOLUNTEERS AREN'T NECESSARILY READY. AND PREPARED TO DO CERTAIN, UM LEARNING EXERCISES WITH STUDENTS, DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS. UM THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO JUST AS EVIDENCED HERE TO DO SUCH GREAT THINGS FOR THE STUDENTS. UM I DID HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE I WAS JUST TRYING THAT IN THE BEGINNING STAGES UNDERSTAND? YOU KNOW HOW THIS CAME INTO THE FORMAT THAT IT HAS GONE AND THERE WAS THE MENTION, UM BY DR LEONE ABOUT REDUCING THE VARIABLES. I WAS JUST CURIOUS TO EXPLORE THAT. WHAT THAT REFERRED TO YES, THANK YOU. AND WHAT THAT REFERS TO IS TO MINIMIZE THE DIFFERENCES IN HOW THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACADEMIC SUPPORT TEACHER MODEL WAS ROLLED OUT. AND SO WE MADE SURE TO MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY WHERE, UM, THE TEACHER MET WITH 6 TO 8 STUDENTS MAXIMUM AND SO THAT WE COULD, FOR EXAMPLE, ATTRIBUTE THAT THEY WERE ALL GETTING A PRE ASSESSMENT. DOING INTERIM, UM, PROGRESS MONITORING SO THAT THOSE WERE CONSISTENT VARIABLES AND SO BY MINIMIZING MEANING. WE WERE VERY STRUCTURED IN THE WAY THAT THE THAT THE MODEL WAS ROLLED OUT, WE PROVIDED SPECIFIC PARAMETERS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY PURPOSES. I HAD CHECK INS WITH THE ACADEMIC SUPPORT TEACHER WHERE THEY CAME AND BROUGHT THEIR DATA. WITH THEM. WE TALKED ABOUT AND HAD, UM, WE LOOKED AT THE QUALITATIVE DATA AS WELL AS

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THE QUANTITATIVE DATA, MEANING THEY BROUGHT STUDENT WORK SAMPLES IN. WE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC PROGRESS OR LACK OF STUDENT PROGRESS. AND SO THAT THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY VARIABLES IN DATA. OKAY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CAROLINE DO YOU? YEAH I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT. I'M VERY EXCITED THAT THESE ARE GOING TO BE AT EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THEY'RE HIRED. AND THEY'RE READY TO START AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND IT JUST SHOWS HOW IMPORTANT SMALL GROUP INTERVENTION IS AND HOW VALUABLE IT IS. AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU KNOW AS A BOARD, WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY. THAT WAY, WHERE IT REALLY MATTERS AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE TEST RESULTS IN THIS, YOU KNOW, NEXT SUMMER OF THE GROWTH THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED BECAUSE OF THIS, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN GOING ALONG WITH THIS PROGRAM, WHICH REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD TO YOU IN OCTOBER NOVEMBER OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR, AND AT THAT TIME, AS I INDICATED, REMINDED US THAT REALLY WAS IT WAS AN OUTSIDE PROGRAM WE WERE GOING TO SOMETIMES CHANGES CAN BEARING GIFTS AND I THINK THIS WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE BECAUSE IT REALLY ALLOWED US TO PUT OUR OWN PROGRAM AND REALLY, YOU KNOW OUR OWN PY ALBORN TEACHERS AND CREDENTIAL TEACHERS WHO WE'VE HIRED OURSELVES TO BE GIVING THE INSTRUCTION AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY SO MOVING ON.

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WE'RE GOING TO GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO SKIP NUMBER ONE. AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO NUMBER TWO. AND. LET'S SEE. MY PASSENGER TO I'M GOING TO PASS IT TO DR MATTHEWS. OKAY. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BUCK. SO INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION UNDER GENERAL FUNCTIONS AS RESOLUTION 22 DASH OF OH FOUR, WHICH IS TITLED RESOLUTION TO CORRECT POTENTIAL BROWN ACT VIOLATIONS TOOK PLACE DURING THE FEBRUARY 2ND. 2022 BOARD MEETING. EARLIER. THIS IS DETAILED IN THE MEMO IN THE BOARD MEETING. BUT EARLIER THIS YEAR, A COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH THE ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, ALLEGING THAT PRESIDENT CARRIE BUCK'S ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS TO THE AUDIENCE MEMBERS REFUSING TO WEAR MASKS. WAS IT BROWN ACT VIOLATION? THE BROWN ACT IS, UH , VERY IMPORTANT LAW THAT GOVERNS MEETINGS CONDUCTED BY LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BODIES. SUCH AS BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS, CITY COUNCILS AND, OF COURSE SCHOOL BOARDS IS FOUND IN CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE BEGINNING AT SECTION CODE SECTION 54 9 50 DETAILS THE OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOL BOARDS AND OTHER LEGISLATIVE BODIES.

THE ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY INVESTIGATE THE COMPLAINT AND REACHED THE CONCLUSION THAT PRESIDENT BACK DID NOT VIOLATE THE BROWN ACT WITH HER ACTIONS, HOWEVER, IN THE COURSE OF THEIR INVESTIGATION, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOUND OTHER POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS CAN TURN IN THE FEBRUARY 2ND 2022 MEETING. AND THESE VIOLATIONS ARE CONSIDERED POTENTIAL AT THIS TIME BECAUSE OF DIFFERENT. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY HAS GIVEN THE BOARD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS AND REMEDY THOSE FINDINGS BY APPROVING THIS RESOLUTION AS SUCH IF THE BOARD ADDRESSES THOSE FINDINGS, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY HAS RECOMMENDED BY APPROVING RESOLUTION 22 DASH. OH FOUR. NO FURTHER ACTION FROM THE ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY WILL BE NECESSARY. AND AS SUCH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. WE DO HAVE DISTRICT COUNCIL MR TODD ROBBINS FROM THE ACTUAL FROM THE FIRM OF ATKINSON ANDERSON, LAWYER ROMO AND RUBE HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM, BUT LEAVE IT TO THE BOARD FOR YOUR DISCUSSION. AND THEN WHILE FOR THE VOTE, THANK YOU. BUT PROBABLY NEED TO TAKE A MOTION IN A SECOND AND THEN WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION. HMM. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESERVATION NUMBER 22-4 TO ADDRESS AMENITY POTENTIAL BROWN ACT VIOLATIONS. SECOND OKAY? ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? AS WE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION. UM I'LL BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS VOTE. I'M PRETTY SURE WE HAVE.

WE'VE KIND OF TALKED AROUND IT NOT ONLY WITH OUR ATTORNEY, BUT YOU KNOW, BEING AN AVID SEXY GUY. I'M PRETTY SURE THAT ANY INVESTIGATION WOULD REQUIRE THAT THEY WOULD ACTUALLY TALK. TO THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE INVESTIGATING, AND SINCE THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, I'LL ABSTAIN FROM THIS. I WAS BACK. READING THIS AGAIN, AND I WAS CURIOUS WHO WROTE THIS RESOLUTION. I JUST DIDN'T WRITING IT. WHO DID? I DID? BECAUSE I WAS READING THIS AND THE LETTER. IF YOU LOOK AT THE LETTER FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, THE ONLY THING THAT IT SAYS IS THAT THE BOARD CONSIDERED RESOLUTIONS PROPOSED BY TRUSTEE LEANDER BLADES THAT WERE NOT THE SPECIAL MEETING IN GENERAL DID NOT QUALIFY AS EMERGENCY MEASURES. AND THEN IT GOES INTO SEAN. BUT THEN ON HERE

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, IT STARTS LISTING A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE EMERGENCY MEASURES. AND SO I WAS CURIOUS AS TO WHY THAT WAS ADDED. IF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY HADN'T POINTED THAT OUT. CAN YOU POINT TO WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? YES, IT'S THE 53 MINUTES INTO THE MEETING TRUSTEE LEANDER BLADES, ASSERTING AN EMERGENCY EXISTS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE.

54942 GOES THERE MADE A MOTION TO PROVE AN ITEM AND THEN IT GOES INTO, UM MAJORITY OF THAT DID NOT VOTE THAT THERE WAS THE NEED. AND THEN IT GOES INTO TWO THIRDS. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE SOME EXTRA STUFF ADDED, UM, RIGHT THERE, BUT I THINK IT ACTUALLY I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHO WROTE IT? BECAUSE I THINK ACTUALLY HELPED. CLEAR SOME STUFF UP. AND SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS. UM, WHY? THAT WAS ADDED AND HOW IT KIND OF DIDN'T JUST ADDRESS THAT. THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT WHAT WE WERE IN CONSTITUTE AN EMERGENCY. SO THE WHEREAS STATEMENTS LAYOUT, THE KIND OF FACTUAL SITUATION SURROUNDING THE ALLEGATIONS. AH IT WAS PREPARED AFTER REVIEWING THE AUDIO FROM THE MEETING. UM AND SO WHEN YOU CREATE A RESOLUTION , YOU LAY OUT THE FACTUAL BASIS FOR THE RESOLUTION. OKAY, IF IT'S A IF IT'S FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE DOING A RESOLUTION TO, I DON'T MEAN TO USE THIS EXAMPLE LIGHTLY. BUT TO DO A LAYOFF, YOU WOULD LAY OUT THE FACTUAL BASIS SUPPORTING THE REASON. SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S HERE. OKAY BECAUSE IT'S RELEVANT TO THE REMEDIES SOUGHT BY THE D A. SO, UM. BASICALLY WHEN WE WERE IN THIS JANUARY MEETING WE HAD HAD, UM THE FIRST MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AFTER FOUR MINUTES. FOR SOME MASKS, AND DURING THE FIRST MEETING A MESH MASK POLICY OR RULE WAS IMPLEMENTED UNILATERALLY BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT WITHOUT NOTIFYING THE BOARD. AND ALSO THERE WAS BASICALLY.

BEFOREHAND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IF SOMEBODY DIDN'T WEAR A MASK THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE ADJOURNED UNILATERALLY, AND THIS WAS PLANNED OUT IN THE BOARD WAS NOT NOTIFIED. AND OUR OLD SUPERINTENDENT HAD TOLD US THAT THIS WAS PART OF THE THING. AT THE NEXT MEETING. SAME THING HAPPENED. I SAW EVERYBODY WEARING MASKS AND THERE WAS ONE WHO WAS MASK EXEMPT, AND I GUESS THAT'S WHY IT WAS ADJOURNED AGAIN. THIS MESH MASK POLICY. I CONSIDER THIS TO BE AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE OF THESE FACTORS. THERE WAS A MESH MASK POLICY THAT WAS BROUGHT UP. AND IT WAS STARTING TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE SCHOOLS. SUDDENLY WE HAD 40 PLUS STUDENTS AT SOME SCHOOL SITES OUT IN THE COLD OR SENT HOME AND NOT BEING HAVE ACCESS TO AN EDUCATION. WE HAD PRINCIPLES.

TELL US THAT THEY COULDN'T DO THEIR JOBS EFFICIENTLY BECAUSE OF THESE MASKS ISSUES. DR CHOW CAME OUT AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO MESH MASKS, GUIDANCE FROM THE SEED PH OR FROM OC HEALTH. I TRIED TO GET A SPECIAL MEETING TO TALK ABOUT THIS MASK ISSUE AND I WAS DENIED. WE HAD STAFF MEMBERS. WHO ARE CALLING IN SICK . WE WERE SHORT STAFFED. OUR DISTRICT STAFF WAS HAVING TO GO TO MULTIPLE SCHOOL SITES TO BABYSIT THESE KIDS WHO ARE LEFT OUT IN THE COLD BECAUSE OF A MESH MASK OR BECAUSE THEIR MASK WAS NOT DEEMED APPROPRIATE. FOR THE PAST YEAR, THEY HAD BEEN WEARING A CERTAIN MASK AND SUDDENLY THIS UNILATERAL MASS MESH MASK ROLE CAME DOWN AND SUDDENLY THERE MASK WAS NOT APPROPRIATE ANYMORE. WE HAD PROTESTS OUTSIDE OF OUR SCHOOLS.

IT WAS LITERALLY CHAOTIC THE PHONE. OUR PHONE WOULD BLOW UP ALL DAY LONG. WITH PARENTS THAT WE'RE CALLING. IN TEARS BECAUSE THEIR KIDS WE'RE BEING SENT HOME OR SENT OUT OF THE CLASSROOM BECAUSE OF THE MASS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WEARING THE SAME MASK HAVE BEEN WORN ENTIRE YEAR.

NOBODY UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS GOING ON. BUT THEN WHAT WAS ALSO HAPPENING WAS WE WERE HAVING DISCRIMINATORY. PRACTICE IS BEING DONE BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE A WRESTLING TOURNAMENT. STAY OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. PEOPLE ARE IN THEIR OWN MASK DURING SCHOOL HOURS, BUT THE NEXT DOOR IN THE CLASSROOMS KIDS ARE BEING KICKED OUT BECAUSE OF A MESH MASK OR BECAUSE OF A MASS THAT SUDDENLY NOT DEEMED APPROPRIATE. AND PARENTS ARE SAYING WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? KIDS WERE LEFT UNSUPERVISED IN HALLWAYS. SENT HOME, NO EDUCATION, NO CONTACT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO WE HAD ALL OF THIS STUFF GOING ON, AND WE'RE ALSO IN THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. SO IN MY OPINION, THIS MESH MASK. RULE POLICY. WHATEVER THIS WAS CREATED CHAOS.

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AND TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS AND EVERYONE WAS SAYING IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO DO OUR DAILY JOB BECAUSE WE ARE SO BUSY WITH THESE MASKS, AND WE'RE SO BUSY CALLING PARENTS OR PULLING KIDS OUT OF CLASSROOMS. WE HAVE TO GO BABYSIT. WE HAVE TO DO ALL OF THIS STUFF. WE CANNOT TEACH OUR STUDENTS. SO BECAUSE OF THESE TWO UNILATERAL ADJOURNMENTS OF THESE MEETINGS.

WE COULDN'T GET ANYTHING ON AN AGENDA BECAUSE WE HAD NO TIME TO SPEAK OR CONSTITUENTS DIDN'T HAVE ANY TIME TO SPEAK. SO WHEN THIS SPECIAL BOARD MEETING STARTED OFF THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GO TO A VIRTUAL BOARD MEETING THAT WAS WHAT THE ORIGINAL MEETING WAS.

AND THEN AFTER NEWSOM WAS SEEN AT THE SUPER BOWL MASK LIST WITH EVERYONE ELSE. SUDDENLY BECAME WELL, LET'S PUSH THIS OUT. THE SPECIAL BOARD MEETING AGENDA CHANGED TO LET'S PUSH THIS OUT, TOO. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO UNTIL 15TH OR 16TH. WHEN SUPPOSEDLY NEWSOME WAS GOING TO REMOVE THIS THIS ORDER SO THE PHONE CALLS. THE LAWSUITS. AFTER ONE OF THESE ADJOURNMENTS I WAS SERVED WITH PAPERWORK FOR LAWSUITS OR WHATEVER THIS THING WAS THAT I WAS SERVED WITH. I WAS SERVED BY AN ATTORNEY, UM, WE WERE SERVED . I THINK AT THE SECOND ONE AS WELL. SO WE HAVE ALL OF THIS STUFF HAPPENING. AND SO WHAT IS AN EMERGENCY IN A SCHOOL? IT'S A WORK STOPPAGE. THIS THE. THE CODE SECTION. I USED THOSE 54954.2 B TWO AND THAT TALKS ABOUT WORK STOPPAGES. IT TALKS ABOUT ALL KINDS OF STUFF. WE'RE IN A PANDEMIC. AND IN MY IN MY OPINION, OUR WORK HAD STOPPED WHEN R. DISTRICT STAFF HAS TO GO TO SCHOOLS AND THEY HAVE TO GO WATCH KIDS BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING KICKED OUT BECAUSE OF MASS IS OUR WORK, STOPPING SO I TRIED TO GET ON THE AGENDA FOR THE SPECIAL BOARD MEETING. I TRIED TO GET THIS ON SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE PARENTS WERE CONCERNED WE WERE BEING LAWSUITS ARE BEING FILED. ALL OF THIS STUFF WAS HAPPENING, AND IT WAS ALL BECAUSE OF A MESH MASK POLICY. WE HAVE BEEN OKAY. IF YOU DIDN'T WEAR YOUR MASK IN THE CLASSROOM, YOU KNOW, THEY KICKED YOU OUT. THAT WAS FINE. THE MESH MASK POLICY CHANGED EVERYTHING.

WE ARE TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS PULLING KIDS MASKS OFF AND SHINING FLASHLIGHTS THROUGH THEM. CAN WE SEE LIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS MASK? WELL I TOOK A PAPER MASK AND I COULD SEE LIGHT SHINING THROUGH THE PAPER MASKS TO THAT THE DISTRICT WAS HANDING OUT SO I DIDN'T REALLY SEE LIKE THE RELEVANCY THERE BUT ALSO TO IS WE WERE ACTUALLY WITH THIS MESH MASK POLICY, DR CHAO STATED. THERE IS NO GUIDANCE FROM THE CD PH OR THE HEALTH, SO WE HAVE NOW TAKEN A STEP FURTHER. AND WE WERE GOING STRICTER THAN WHAT THEY WERE. IN MY OPINION. SO THAT IS WHY I DECIDED TO TRY TO USE THIS SECTION BECAUSE I DID BELIEVE WE WERE IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU ASK THE PARENTS WHO WERE HAVING TO LEAVE WORK IF YOU WERE ASKED THE STUDENTS WHO WERE DENIED AN EDUCATION BECAUSE THEY WERE SENT OUTSIDE BECAUSE OF SOMEONE'S OPINION ON WHAT MASK WAS APPROPRIATE OR NOT, I WOULD SAY THAT THEY WOULD BELIEVE THAT THERE THEY WERE IN AN EMERGENCY . THEIR CHILD WAS NOT RECEIVING AN EDUCATION FOR SOMETIMES 15 DAYS, 30 DAYS. SO I TRIED TO USE THAT SECTION AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A GRAY AREA. THEY WOULDN'T RECOMMEND IT. BUT I WAS TOLD IT WAS A GRAY AREA AND IT CAN BE INTERPRETED BOTH WAYS, SO I TRIED IT. AND SO I WAS CONTACTED BY THE GAVEL PROJECT WHO HAS TAKEN ME ON AS UH, THERE ARE NON PROFIT. AND SO I HAVE AN ATTORNEY NOW AND SO AFTER, AND MY ATTORNEY IS TRACY HENDERSON, AND THEY ARE DOING IT FOR PRO BONO. AND SO, BASICALLY WHEN THEY LOOKED AT WHAT THIS WAS THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL BROWN ACT VIOLATION BECAUSE WHEN I MOVED THIS FORWARD I WAS DENIED. I TRY TO USE IT AS AN EMERGENCY ITEM TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA. I WAS DENIED 3 TO 2. NO ONE WANTED TO HEAR THE AGENDA ITEM AND SO I BELIEVE THEY DON'T WANT THE AGENDA AND THEY DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE IN THIS EMERGENCY, SO I DON'T SEE HOW THIS IS A POTENTIAL BROWN ACT VIOLATION.

UM AND I'VE ASKED TO REACH OUT TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. I SAID, BECAUSE HE NEVER TALKED TO ME. HE NEVER CONTACTED ME. I ASKED TO SPEAK TO HIM SO HE COULD. IT'S THE DOES HE KNOW WHAT OUR STATE OF MIND WAS? DOES HE KNOW ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT DUE TO THIS MESH MASK RULES POLICY. WHATEVER. THIS WAS UM AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY INTEREST IN SPEAKING TO ME. SO THAT'S WHEN I HAD TO REACH OUT AND GET AN ATTORNEY. BECAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. WE WERE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. AND SO BUT SINCE I WAS DENIED GETTING THIS MESH MASK POLICY REVERSE ONTO THE AGENDA. TECHNICALLY UM SINCE IT NEVER MADE THE AGENDA. HOW IS IT A BROWN ACT VIOLATION? AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M STANDING ON THERE. I HAVEN'T BEEN EXPLAINED. WHAT AN EMERGENCY. ACTUALLY IT'S GOING TO CONSTITUTE. WE'RE IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY RIGHT NOW. AREN'T WE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA? IF IT'S NOT COVID, IT'S MONKEY POX. UM. AND SO MY QUESTION IS AND IT'S STILL HOW WAS THIS NOT

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A STATE OF EMERGENCY. WHAT CAN CONSTITUTE A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN OUR SCHOOLS IS HUNDREDS OF KIDS NOT RECEIVING AN EDUCATION. BECAUSE OF A MASK OF SOMEBODY'S OPINION ON A MASK IS THAT AN EMERGENCY? IS OUR DISTRICT STAFF BEING MOVED TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS TO BABYSIT AND THEY CAN'T DO THEIR WORK OUR PRINCIPLES NOT BEING ABLE TO DO THEIR WORK ARE DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES WHERE CERTAIN PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE TO WEAR MASKS AND OTHER PEOPLE DO IS THAT AN EMERGENCY? SO THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS, BUT ALSO TO I DO, UM, ONCE AGAIN. SINCE THIS ITEM NEVER MADE IT TO THE AGENDA. HOW IS IT A BROWN ACT VIOLATION AND I EVEN ASKED TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE FEBRUARY 8TH MEETING, AND I WAS DENIED AGAIN. TO BE HEARD FOR THIS MASK POLICY. AND SO THAT'S MY QUESTION HERE. IT IS. WHAT WOULD CONSTITUTE AN EMERGENCY IN OUR SCHOOLS? THEY GIVE US THESE GOVERNMENT CODES FOR A REASON. AND I DID SEEK ADVICE AND OPINIONS FROM PEOPLE AND EVERYONE SAID THAT THIS WOULD WE WERE WELL WITHIN OUR RIGHTS TO USE THIS TO TRY TO GET THIS ON TO STOP THE CHAOS IN OUR SCHOOLS AND TO KEEP THE KIDS IN THE CLASSROOM AND IN SCHOOLS. AND SO THAT'S WHY I DID WHAT I DID. AND SO I STILL HAVEN'T HEARD, UM. WHAT THIS EMERGENCY WAS. I STILL UM. COUNCIL HAS SENT A LETTER TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. I SENT AN EMAIL TO DISTRICT ATTORNEY THEY SAID. THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO IT, SO I'M REALLY KIND OF AT A LOSS RIGHT NOW AS TO WHAT TO DO WITH THIS VOTE, BECAUSE I'M HAVING COUNCIL TELL ME THAT IT WASN'T A BROWN ACT VIOLATION AND I HAVE TODD SPITZER, SAYING HE'S LOOKING INTO THIS FURTHER. AND SO I'LL DO WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE BOARD. UM, BUT. I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK INTO HERE BECAUSE THESE WERE LIKE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES AND SO TO SOMEONE JUST TO SAY NO. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY.

WELL, IS IT AN EMERGENCY? LIKE DOES IT HAVE TO BE A FIRE FLOOD? OR IS IT HUNDREDS OF KIDS NOT HAVING AN EDUCATION AND BEING REMOVED FROM THE CLASSROOM. UM AND CHAOS PROTESTS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL. TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS GOING OUT ON LEAVE BECAUSE OF THE STRESS. I MEAN, WHAT CONSTITUTES AN EMERGENCY IN SCHOOLS? WE MY QUESTION. AND SO I JUST WANTED EVERYONE HERE TO KNOW WHAT MY STATE OF MIND WAS. WHEN I DID THIS GOVERNMENT CODE AND I WAS REALLY TRYING TO GET ALL OF THESE KIDS BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM JUST AS THEY WERE. ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL THIS JANUARY BOARD MEETING WHERE THIS MESH MASK POLICY WAS IMPLEMENTED, AND THAT WAS MY INTENTION.

YEAH. CAN YOU CONFIRM FOR THE RECORD? I KNOW IT'S BEEN ASKED A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT BY CLOSING THE MEETING, I VIOLATED THE BROWN. AND CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT I DID NOT VIOLATE THE BROWN EQUIPPED THE D A. SAID THE D A. SAID YOU DID NOT VIOLATE THE BRENNAN. THANK YOU. OKAY? I DO.

I DO THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK FURTHER ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE CAN WE HAVE CIVILITY CLAUSE FOR PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE? WELL FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE TO TAKE TURNS TALKING. SO YOU HAD YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. SO IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK RELATED TO THIS. OKAY I GIVE LEANDRA MY TIME. YOU HAD YOU ALREADY MENTIONED YOU HAD YOUR COMMENTS ON THIS. UM I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT DURING THIS TIME WHEN THESE BOARD MEMBERS BOARD MEETINGS WHERE UNILATERALLY BEING DISMISSED ADJOURNED. LEGALLY.

OKAY? MR YOUNG BUT ASKED FOR MEETINGS TO RECTIFY THIS BECAUSE AS IT'S READING RIGHT NOW IS YOU CAN BANG THE GAVEL WHENEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO, AND END THE MEETING. AND SO WE WERE TRYING TO GET ON THE RECORD, SO THIS WOULD STOP. AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO INTEREST IN THAT FROM YOU. AND SO I DO THINK THAT WE DO NEED AS A BOARD. TO EXPLAIN TO HAVE BETTER BYLAWS AND PUT BLACK AND WHITE ISSUES WHERE IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A MOTION FOR AN ADJOURNMENT AND IT'S VERY CLEAR WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN THAT NOT ONE PERSON HAS ALL OF THE POWER TO JUST BANG A GAVEL AND THE MEETING IS OVER. COULD I ASK A QUESTION BASED ON THE BROWN ACT WHO WAS ALLOWED TO ADJOURN A MEETING? SO UH, GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54 9 55 IS WHAT GOVERNS ADJOURNMENT, AND IT SAYS THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF A LOCAL AGENCY MAY ADJOURN ANY REGULAR ADJOURNED. REGULAR SPECIAL OR ADJOURNED SPECIAL MEETING TO A TIME AND PLACE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER OF ADJOURNMENT. LESS THAN A QUORUM MAY SO ADJOURN FROM TIME TO TIME. SO THAT'S WHERE

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THAT LANGUAGE IN THE BROWN ACT IS WHAT ALLOWS LESS THAN A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD ADJOURN A MEETING TIME TO TIME. AND SO THAT'S NOT IN OUR BYLAWS. THAT'S IN THE BROWN ACT. THAT'S IN THE BROWNING THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY SO AT THIS POINT, WHY DON'T WE TAKE A VOTE ON THIS? UNLESS YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT, AND WE'RE STILL VOTING OR VOTING ON THE RESOLUTION. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT YES. SO OKAY, THAT'S FINE. MR ANDERSON, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING OR JUST READY TO VOTE. READY TO VOTE. OKAY SO, UM, WE HAD EMOTION IN A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. I OPPOSED. OKAY MOTION CARRIES 30 . DO WE HAVE ONE ABSTENTION? WE HAVE 22 ABSTENTIONS, ABSTENTIONS. OKAY, MOVING ON, ACTUALLY. YES DOCTOR. ONE OF THE PARTS OF THIS IS THAT WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU WITH THE TRAINING ON CERTAIN ASPECTS THAT BROWN ACT AND WE CAN ADDRESS THEM OF MISPLAYS QUESTION AT THAT TIME TO ON WHAT EMERGENCY SECTIONS ARE AND WILL PROBABLY BRING BACK MR ROBBINS FOR THAT AS WELL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND WE'LL FORWARD THAT TO THE DATE OF THE D A S OFFICE. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO MR ROBBINS FOR BEING HERE AND SINCE, UM MARYLAND IS OR MRS ANDERSEN. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT EACH OTHER. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE MAYBE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK HERE REALLY QUICKLY OKAY SO OKAY. PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS.

WE'RE GOING TO START AGAIN. AND WE ARE NOW AT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, AND WE ARE AT THE A

[EDUCATIONAL SERVICES]

THROUGH G COMPLETION. COULD I START WITH THE MOTION, PLEASE? A MOTION, UM TO APPROVE THE A THROUGH G COMPLETION IMPROVEMENT GRANT PLAN. ALL SECOND. OKAY AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DR ADAMSON. WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN AND GOOD EVENING. ONCE AGAIN, IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS EVENING PERCENT OF YOUR BELINDA'S FINALIZED A THROUGH G COMPLETION IMPROVEMENT GRAND PLAN ESTABLISHED BY ASSEMBLY BILL 130 . THE PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS TWO DISTRICTS TO HELP INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS, PARTICULARLY AND DUPLICATED STUDENTS. WHO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL WITH A THROUGH G ELIGIBILITY. AS PART OF THE REQUIREMENT. YOU WILL RECALL THAT WE PRESENTED A DRAFT OF THE PLAN FOR THE BOARD'S REVIEW AND HELD A PUBLIC HEARING IN APRIL OF 2022 AS A MEANS OF GATHERING FEEDBACK FROM OUR EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY IN PREPARATION FOR FINAL ADOPTION OF THE PLAN AT THIS EVENING'S BOARD MEETING. IT'S MY PLEASURE AT THIS TIME TO INTRODUCE TO THIS EVENING, DIRECTOR OF HIGH SCHOOL MRS GINA GILARDI, WHO WILL PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE A THREE G COMPLETION, GROUND PLAN AND PROGRAM, MRS AGUILAR THANK YOU. AS DR ADAMSON SHARED THE 80 G COMPLETION IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED BY ASSEMBLY BILL 1 30 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO HELP INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS, PARTICULARLY AND DUPLICATED PEOPLES WHO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL WITH A TO G ELIGIBILITY. THE $1.4 MILLION ALLOCATION WE HAVE RECEIVED MUST BE SPENT BY THE END OF THE 2025 26 SCHOOL YEAR. G COMPLETION IMPROVEMENT GRANT IS COMPRISED OF TWO PARTS.

THE FIRST IS THE ACCESS GRANT. THESE FUNDS ARE TO BE USED FOR ACTIVITIES THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORT PEOPLE ACCESS TO AND SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A DEGREE COURSE REQUIREMENTS, PARTICULARLY ON DUPLICATED PUPILS, WHICH ARE LOW INCOME ENGLISH LEARNERS AND FOSTER YOUTH. THE PROPOSED ACTIONS IN R. 80 G GRANT PLAN WILL BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, INCLUDING TUTORING SERVICES, ACADEMIC MTS S INTERVENTIONS AND A FOCUS ON PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. THE SECOND PART OF THE GRANT FOCUSED ON LEARNING LOSS MITIGATION IS TO BE DIRECTED TO ALLOW PUPILS WHO RECEIVED A GRADE OF D F OR FAIL IN AN 80 G APPROVED COURSE IN THE SPRING SEMESTER OF 2020 OR THE 2020 21 SCHOOL YEAR TO RETAKE THAT COURSE FUNDING ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE IN PERSON SUMMER SCHOOL FOR CREDIT RECOVERY AND GREAT IMPROVEMENT. AS WELL AS EXPANDED ACCESS TO APEX COURSEWORK AT THE SCHOOL SITES AS ANOTHER MEANS OF CREDIT RECOVERY. AS YOU WILL RECALL, WE PRESENTED A DRAFT VERSION OF THIS PLAN FOR YOUR INITIAL REVIEW BACK IN APRIL OF 2022. AND IT IS BASED ON YOUR POSITIVE RESPONSE THAT WE ARE RESUBMITTING THE PLAN FOR YOUR FINAL APPROVAL THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS FINAL DRAFT OF THE COMPLETION IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM PLAN. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THEM. ANYWAYS THIS FUNDING WILL BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THANK YOU, MR REGULAR. ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT I'M JUST VERY PLEASED WITH THIS BECAUSE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE. TO OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE MORE OF THEIR COURSEWORK BE IN THE A THROUGH G REQUIREMENT AREA AS FAR AS SUCCEEDING IN THOSE COURSES, THE WAR OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE STUDENTS AS THEY LEAVE OUR

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DISTRICT, AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY WOODEN INVOLVED IN WORKING ON THIS. THANK YOU. SO I THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS. IT'S GREAT. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IN PERSON. SUMMER SCHOOL VERSUS ONLINE AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO KIND OF, UM SEE HOW THIS IMPLEMENT OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE UM, LEARNER ACADEMY GOES THIS SUMMER, SO HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY CAN INVITE ME TO OBSERVE NEXT SUMMER AND SEE THAT I WOULD I'M REALLY INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THAT LOOKS AND HOW IT'S IMPACTING OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. WE WILL INVITE YOU. THANK YOU. GREAT.

THANK YOU. SORRY. LITTLE TICKLE, OKAY? ALL RIGHT, SO WITH THAT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE OUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR HIGH AND OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES 50. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT. SO

[BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL]

NOW WE'RE AT BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL YEAH, AND, UM, LET'S START WITH THE CERTIFICATION PLEASE. WITH THE MOTION WILL MAKE A MOTION TO CERTIFY A B 1200 SLASH 2756 REPORT FOR THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION. PLACENTA PLACENTA CHAPTER NUMBER 293 AS PROPOSED ALL SECOND. AND I'M TURNING THAT OVER TO MR DEAR DONNA. THANK YOU . AND GOOD EVENING TONIGHT UNDER HUMAN RESOURCES ACTION ITEM NUMBER ONE, THE STAFF WILL RECOMMEND THE BOARD APPROVED THE 21 22 22 23 10 IN AGREEMENT WITH THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION CSC A CHAPTER 2 93.

IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF A B 1200 NAVY 27 56 DISTRICT IS REQUIRED DISCLOSED THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE COSTS WILL BE INCURRED IN THE CURRENT AND TO SUBSEQUENT YEARS . THIS INFORMATION MUST BE DISCLOSED PRIOR TO ENTERING INTO THE AGREEMENT. INCLUDED WITH THE AGENDA ITEM IS THE DOCUMENT TITLED PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE KEY PROVISIONS OF THE 10 AGREEMENT WAS C S C A. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY. WELL, THAT WILL TAKE A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED.CARRIES N SERVICE OUR HUMAN RESOURCES. SORRY AND WE'LL TAKE A MOTION

[HUMAN RESOURCES]

FOR THE FIRST. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CSC A CHAPTER 293 AND THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY YORBA LINDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE 2021 2022 SCHOOL YEAR AND FOR THE 22 23 SCHOOL YEAR, SECOND OKAY? MR LOPEZ. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BUCK , MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SUPERINTENDENT MATTHEWS AND EXECUTIVE CABINET TONIGHT. I'M PROUD TO BRING FORWARD THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH CSC. A CHAPTER 2 93 FOR THE 2021 2022 2022 2023 NEGOTIATIONS PROCESS. WHEN BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE MEMBERSHIP. THE AGREEMENT PASSED WITH 92% APPROVAL. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THOSE WHO SERVED ON THE NEGOTIATING TEAM, INCLUDING JOB.

SUAREZ CHRIS LAWYER, SUE POOCH, CHERYL TOWNSEND, CARLOS CHANG, EMILIANO EURO, GONDA AND LEVI LAMOREAUX. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE DISTRICT NEGOTIATING TEAM, INCLUDING NANCY BLADE, DAVID GIORDANO, BRENDA HORNSTEIN , RICHARD JIMENEZ AND OLIVIA YOUNG. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS WITH THE CIA AND SHARED COMMITMENT TO THE ONGOING SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS AND DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS TENTATIVE AGREEMENT. WELL, I'M THRILLED THAT WE'RE AT THIS POINT, SO OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT THAT WILL TAKE A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES. AND THAT BRINGS US TO OUR SECOND ONE AND THEIR HUMAN RESOURCES. ALRIGHT I'LL MAKE A MOTION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE. 54953 APPROVED AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE. OF THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT FOR MR RICHARD LOPEZ AS ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT. HUMAN RESOURCES EXTENDING HIS CONTRACT THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2025 SECONDS. OKAY GO AHEAD. SURE WROTE DOWN MR BLADES ANYWAY, MR. YOUNG ONE, MRS BATES, UM AND THEN SHOULD I TURN THAT OVER TO YOU? ARE WE JUST GOING TO ROLL THROUGH ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS, OKAY, LET'S VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE. MEN OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES 50. AND MOVING TO THE NEXT ONE. THESE ARE GOING TO BE VERY SIMILAR. ALL FOUR OF THEM. I'LL GO AHEAD WITH THIS ONE PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE. 54 54 9 53 APPROVED AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX OF THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT FOR MR DAVID GIORDANO AS ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT BUSINESS SERVICES EXTENDING HIS CONTRACT THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2025 2ND. OKAY AND FOR THIS ONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. AND OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES 50. I'LL GO

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PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE 54953 APPROVED AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR OF THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT FOR DR LINDA ADAMSON AS ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, EXTENDING HER CONTRACT THROUGH JUNE. 30TH 2025. ONE SECOND. OKAY? AND FOR THIS ONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, HIGH POST. THE MOTION CARRIES 50. NUMBER FIVE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE 54. 95 3 APPROVED AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO OF THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT FOR MR RICHARD MCALINDEN AS ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT. EXACTLY. SERVICES EXTENDING HIS CONTRACT THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2025. OKAY AND FOR THIS ONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION

[BOARD DISCUSSION]

CARRIES 50. NOW THAT BRINGS US TO OUR BOARD DISCUSSION ITEM REGARDING BOARD BY LAW, 9323 AGENDA MEETING MATERIALS, AND I'LL PASS IT TO YOU, DR MATTHEWS . THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS. WE'VE HAD REQUESTS TO REVIEW THE WAY BOARD ITEMS ARE PLACED ON THE AGENDA. UM THOSE PROVISIONS ARE SET FORTH IN BOARD BY LAW, 9323. SO THIS DISCUSSION ITEM REALLY IS A LOOK AT THAT BOARD POLICY AND HOW WE MAY WANT TO CHANGE THAT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE BOARD WITH EVERY AUTHORITY AGENDA SETTING IN THE AGENDA, YOU'LL FIND TWO DIFFERENT SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS. THE FIRST IS OUR EXISTING BOARD POLICY 9323. AS IT READS AT THIS POINT . THE SECOND IS IF WE WERE TO TAKE OUR VERSION OF THE BOARD POLICY AND AMENDED BY THE CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS OF CSB A . UM THAT'S WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. I KNOW IT'S KIND OF HARD TO READ BECAUSE OF ALL THE MARK UPS AND BOWLS, BUT IT SHOULD GIVE YOU IDEAS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES, OF COURSE, BETWEEN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. UM AND WHAT CSB A RECOMMEND. AND THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENCES AS WELL. AND SO WHAT I'M HOPING CAN TRANSPIRED TONIGHT IS THE BOARD CAN ASK QUESTIONS. UH, YOU KNOW , SEE, YOU SEE WHAT IS POSSIBLE . UM AND WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND THEN AT A LATER MEETING STAFF CAN BRING BACK A REVISED POLICY OR REINFORCE OUR CURRENT POLICY BASED ON THE WILL OF THE BOARD. SO THIS IS ONLY A DISCUSSION AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE ON ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS IN AND THE TWO OPTIONS HERE. ANYBODY LIKE TO START. I GUESS I WILL. OK, OKAY, SO UM, AS I READ THE TWO. THERE'S A LOT OF SIMILARITIES, AND THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT. AND I KIND OF JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU LIKE A GENERAL CENSUS OF WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. IN THIS NEW BOARD POLICY. ONE IS A WAY TO PRIORITIZE BOARD REQUEST FOR AGENDA ITEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT OVERWHELM OURSELVES AND STAFF. TO KEEPING THE POWER OF THE BOARD EQUAL, SO NO ONE HAS MORE POWER INFLUENCE AND KEEPS THE BOARD PRESIDENT, NONPARTISAN. THREE AWAY TO GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SO WE CAN MAKE A MORE INFORMED DECISION. I THINK THE WRITTEN REQUEST WITH BACKUP INFORMATION IS A GREAT WAY TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, AS IN THE CSB A VERSION IF THE SUPERINTENDENT. DENIES THE REQUEST, AND IT GOES BACK UP TO THE THUMBS UP THUMBS DOWN AT AN AGENDA AT THE MEETING. SO LIKE IN THE CSB, A VERSION IT HAS THE PRESIDENT. AND THE SUPERINTENDENT COMING UP WITH WHAT'S ON THE BOARD. I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT THE OLD WAY WITH JUST THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SO THAT THEY COULD PRIORITIZE. YOU KNOW , WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TIME TO HANDLE EVERY ISSUE AT EVERY MEETING, AND SOMETIMES WE'VE GOTTEN SEVERAL REQUESTS, AND, YOU KNOW, WE PUT THEM INTO OUR SCHEDULE, BUT WE DON'T WE NEED TO WAIT TO PRIORITIZE THOSE AND I'M NOT SURE HOW TO DO THAT. BUT WITH THE WRITTEN REQUESTS AND THE BACKUP INFORMATION, THEN THAT CAN BE DISSEMINATED TO THE BOARD, SO WE'RE NOT COMING TO A MEETING BLINDSIDED. WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING BACKUP INFORMATION WHERE WE COULD HAVE READ, MAYBE DO A LITTLE RESEARCH ON HER OWN. SO WE'RE MORE INFORMED, UM BECAUSE I'LL JUST BE HONEST AS A BOARD MEMBER. MAKING DECISIONS HERE ON THE DIOCESE IS VERY HARD AND DIFFICULT, AND I DON'T ALWAYS HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION AT THAT TIME OR CAN THINK OF THE QUESTIONS QUICK ENOUGH. I'M JUST NOT THAT SMART. LET'S BE HONEST. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WOULD LIKE. THOSE ARE KIND OF MY PRIORITIES. I COULD GO INTO YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT, UM. THINGS THAT I SAW THAT I REALLY LIKED AND OTHER THINGS IF YOU WANT ME TO, BUT, UM I CAN JUST PASS THAT ON TO DR MATTHEWS LATER. THANKS. YES UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. LEAD OFF.

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UM I YOU'VE YOU'VE TOUCHED POINTS THAT I WOULD AGREE WITH. UM AND ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO HOPE IS THAT THE NEXT TIME WE SEE THIS IF IT'S A DISCUSSION AGAIN AND PERHAPS OUR FIRST READING, BUT WHEREVER WE LAND NEXT, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE TO HAVE A COPY OF THE SECOND VERSION THAT WAS PRESENTED THAT HAD SOME STRIKING. JUST TAKE THOSE OUT. AND PROVIDE THAT ALTERNATE. TEXT WITHOUT THOSE LITTLE THINGS THAT KIND OF THROW YOU OFF, AND WE WILL FIND IF WE STILL UNSURE REFER TO THE STRIKEOUT, SO WE KNOW WHAT WAS REMOVED. BUT I THINK FOR ME, AT LEAST, I THINK AS I LOOK AND CONSIDER IT THE A FUTURE CHANGE IF THERE IS TO BE ONE THAT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR ME AT LEAST. UM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD AGREE WITH IS THAT I AM NOT CONVINCED THAT THAT CHANGING TOO. A WAY OF DEVELOPING OUR AGENDAS. UM BY HAVING THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT DO THAT, I THINK PREFERABLY I'D LIKE IT IS I LIKE IT AS IT IS CURRENTLY. UM I ALSO AGREE WITH YOU THAT HAVING IF SOMETHING IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT FORTH HAVING THE MATERIALS IS KEY. IT'S ONE THING TO TOSS AN IDEA OUT THERE. UM BUT I THINK FIRST OF ALL, IT HOPEFULLY WILL MAKE THE PERSON WHO'S PRESENTING THAT IDEA TO LOOK INTO IT ALSO, AND MAKE SURE BEFORE THEY BRING IT FORWARD THAT WE DON'T ALREADY DO IT. OR OR WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD BE IN A MORE GENERAL WAY. SO DOING SOME LEGWORK AT THE FRONT END OF WHOEVER BRINGS AN IDEA FORWARD, I THINK IS REALLY CRITICAL. AND HAVING IT WRITTEN UP IS GOOD. UM, THERE ARE SOME SMALL MODIFICATIONS COMPARING THE ONE WE'VE BEEN OPERATING FROM TO THE ONE THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US IS A AS ANOTHER OPTION. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I THINK MAKES SOME LOGICAL SENTENCE IN TERMS OF SOME CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT FORTH. I THINK THEY'RE MORE JUST KIND OF REFINING THE POLICY BECAUSE AGAIN MUCH OF WHAT IS IN THIS, UM NEWER VERSION IS EITHER A MIRROR IMAGE EXACTLY THE SAME THING AND OVERLAY OR VERY CLEAR ARE VERY SIMILAR. AND JUST MAYBE WORD OR TWO HAS BEEN CHANGED. AND I THINK, IN MOST CASES, THE WORDS OR PHRASES ARE ARE WORTHWHILE. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. AS I SAID , I HAVE SOME DETAILS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE READY FOR THE DETAILS YET SO THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING AND BRINGING THINGS TO THE AGENDA. UH, WAS OUR SUPERINTENDENT RECEIVES A LOT OF EMAILS AND A LOT OF EMAILS FROM OUR OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE AS A BOARD DON'T REALLY GET TO SEE SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS IN WHICH THEY MAKE IT EITHER SUPERINTENDENT OR THE BOARD PRESIDENT KIND OF MAKES THAT DECISION ON WHAT'S GOING TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA. I THINK IT WOULD BE AH, IT WOULD PROBABLY BENEFIT US. IF BEFORE THE AGENDA COMES OUT, MAYBE THERE'LL BE SOMETHING IN WHICH THE SUPERINTENDENT SENDS OUT AND SAYS, HEY, COMMUNITY THROUGH THESE OUT. THIS IS WHY I DID DECIDED OR WE BOARD PRESIDENT AND MYSELF DECIDED THAT IT WOULD NOT BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA THAT WAY. THERE'S SOME CLOSURE WHEN WE HAVE A, UM YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, I REACHED OUT TO YOU GUYS.

IT NEVER MADE IT ON THE AGENDA. WHAT HAPPENED? SO I THINK THAT JUST WOULD WOULD SET US UP TO BE A LITTLE MORE TRANSPARENT. JUST TO BE CLEAR RIGHT NOW. THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT DO NOT SET THE AGENDA. IT'S ONLY THE SUPER SUPERINTENDENT, OKAY? MHM UM SO I LIKE THE WAY THAT WE ORIGINALLY DID IT, AND I KIND OF THINK THE WAY THAT WE CHANGED IT TO WAS MAINLY BECAUSE UM, THERE ARE SOME BOARD MEMBERS WHO DIDN'T LIKE WHAT WAS BEING PUT ON THE AGENDA. IT WASN'T WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE OR VOTED ON OR IMPLEMENTED, BUT I THINK THAT THE WAY THAT WE DID IT WAS SUPERINTENDENT. WE BRING AN ITEM FORWARD AND HE COULD PUT IT ON OR HE COULD BRING IT OFF. AND USUALLY IF THERE WAS MAYBE TWO OR THREE OF US THAT AGREED, UM, YOU KNOW, IF HE BROUGHT FORWARD TO THEM, IT WOULD GO ON. AND I THINK HIS TERM WAS I WAS JUST TRYING TO LIVE ANOTHER DAY, BECAUSE IF IT DID GO ON, SOMEBODY WOULD GET UPSET OR TWO PEOPLE BE UPSET. UM AND I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH BRINGING FORWARD THESE ITEMS AND JUST VOTING ON THEM AND SEEING IF IT PASSES OR DOESN'T PASS, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF WHAT GOVERNMENT IS SUPPOSED TO BE. UM, AND NOW OUR COMMUNITY ALSO THE WAY THAT THEY'RE COMING FORWARD AND ASKING FOR THESE AGENDA ITEMS.

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UM THEY'RE NOT BEING HURT ANYMORE. BECAUSE IT'S JUST THEY CAN. YOU KNOW YOU COULD REALLY CAN'T SPEAK LIKE WE CAN KIND OF, LIKE BRIEFLY PUT AN IDEA OUT AND THEN YOU GET THESE THREE THUMBS DOWN. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS, OR IF IT'S NOT WORKED, UM APPROPRIATELY, SO I LIKED THE WAY THAT WE USED TO DO IT. AND I THOUGHT THAT DR L. SASSER DID A GOOD JOB IN SPACING THINGS OUT AND DECIDING LIKE, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T DO IT THIS MONTH, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE'RE REALLY SWAMPED, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT THIS MONTH. UM I THOUGHT WE DID THAT WELL, AND SO I THOUGHT THE REASONING FOR CHANGING IT WASN'T LIKE REALLY A GREAT REASON. BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. WE'RE HERE TO VOTE ON ITEMS AND WE'RE HERE TO REPRESENT OUR CONSTITUENTS AND THE WAY THAT WE'RE DOING THINGS NOW. CAN YOU IMAGINE IF YOU'RE SITTING UP HERE, OKAY. AND YOU HAVE FOUR PEOPLE WHO DON'T AGREE WITH YOU. AND SO EVERY TIME YOU TRY TO PUT IN AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, OR EVERY TIME YOUR CONSTITUENTS COME TO YOU, AND THEY SAY, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THIS PUT ON THE AGENDA, AND EVERY TIME YOU JUST BRING UP THE IDEA, NEVER BEEN ABLE TO PRESENT IT.

THEY ALL GAVE YOU A THUMBS DOWN. THAT'S WHAT YOUR FOUR YEARS OR YOUR TWO YEARS WOULD BE LIKE UP HERE. SO WHAT? WHY WOULD YOU EVEN COME INTO OFFICE? WHY WOULD YOU RUN FOR THIS POSITION? WHY WOULD YOU DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT? IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE FACED WITH. THAT'S NOT WHAT GOVERNMENT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT. THAT'S NOT HOW THIS PROCESS IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT.

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND AS OF RIGHT NOW WE ARE UNABLE TO REPRESENT OUR CONSTITUENTS. JUST LIKE WHAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH THE MESH MASK POLICY. WHEN THAT RULE WENT INTO PLACE, IT FREAKED OUT THIS PLACE AND I COULD NOT GET ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE I HAD THREE THUMBS DOWN. I COULDN'T BE HEARD . I COULDN'T BRING IT EVIDENCE I COULDN'T BRING IN ANYTHING BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET A MAJORITY ON THE AGENDA, AND I FEEL LIKE THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO ARE JUST ABSOLUTELY JUST LIKE WRECKED ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND NOBODY COULD BE HURT. AND I'M SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTING, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY MY AREA, BUT THIS ENTIRE THIS ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT AND I COULDN'T REPRESENT THEM IN THE WAY THAT WE DO THIS BUSINESS NOW. AND SO I WOULD LIKE IT TO GO BACK WHERE YOU HAVE AN IDEA. PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AND LET US BRING IT FORWARD TO A VOTE. IF IT SUCKS, IT SUCKS. WE'LL VOTE NOW. BUT IF IT'S GREAT, THEN WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT. I MEAN, AND I LOOK TO PRIOR TO THE THREE OF US BEING ON THE BOARD. I WENT BACK. AND I BELIEVE THE EQUITY COMMITTEE UM, AND SOME OF THESE OTHER RESOLUTIONS, THEY WERE BROUGHT FORWARD BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE CAN'T BE PICKING AND CHOOSING WHAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS WE LIKE TO BRING FORWARD ITEMS AND WHAT YOU KNOW COMMUNITY. WHAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS WE DON'T YOU KNOW, WANT TO BRING FORWARD EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? SOME OF SOME GOOD THINGS CAME OUT OF, UM SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS IDEAS AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO BRING THAT FORWARD. SO I WOULD LOVE TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL WAY OF DOING THINGS BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE SUPERINTENDENT TO OUR SMART PEOPLE AND AREN'T GOING OVERWHELMED DISTRICT STAFF AND AREN'T GOING TO OVERWHELM THE BOARD AGENDAS, UM AND BRING IT FORWARD TO THE VOTE BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT BEING ELECTED OFFICIALS ABOUT, UM, IT'S NOT.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTING OUR CONSTITUENTS AND AS WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, WE CAN'T DO THAT. SO UM, GOING BACK , THOUGH, TO WHAT THIS WOULD ASK. AND THAT IS THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BRING AN IDEA FORWARD IT'S ONE THING TO BE. AN IDEA TO BE PROPOSED TO YOU OR YOU. MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING YOU YOURSELF WANT WANT TO HAVE EXPLORED, BUT BEFORE WE ASK STAFF. TO DEVOTE TIME AND OTHER RESOURCES TO CONSIDERING THIS AND BRING IT TO US, ULTIMATELY, AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. I THINK IT'S REALLY INCUMBENT THAT EACH ONE OF US IF WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO CONSIDER THAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO THE LEGWORK IF IT'S A MATTER OF TAKING A TRAINING SESSION ON IT, UM IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF A PERSONAL PREFERENCE. IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS LOOKED INTO BEFORE BROUGHT FORWARD AS SOMETHING TO BE CONSIDERED CONSIDERED HERE BECAUSE IT IS NOT TOO DENY SOMEBODY THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA, BUT UM, I THINK THAT BEFORE IT COMES TO A BUSINESS MEETING BEFORE THE BOARD THERE SHOULD BE ALCOHOLIC VETTING OF THAT AS TO WHETHER THAT IS SOMETHING AGAIN. MAYBE WE'RE ALREADY DOING IT. OR MAYBE THERE ARE SOUND REASONS WE WOULDN'T BE DOING THAT. I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT ON EACH OF US, UM, TO DO THAT WORK. BEFORE WE WOULD JUST SAY NO, LET'S JUST BRING IT FORWARD BECAUSE I HEARD THIS IDEA. I THINK THAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BE EFFECTIVE AND OUR USE OF EVERYONE'S TIME AND EVERYONE'S RESOURCES. SO IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE REASON WHY

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WE CHANGED THINGS ORIGINALLY WAS BECAUSE IT WAS A REQUEST FROM THAT YOU HAD MADE BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE WAS IT NOT? IT WAS. IT WAS DR ELSE AFTER HE SAID HE WAS TAKING TOO MUCH HEAT FROM A DIVIDED BOARD THAT I DON'T SAY IT. THE ELDORADO LIGHTS IN THE BALANCE. CRT PEOPLE ARE UPSET WHEN I BROUGHT THAT FORWARD. AND SO. YOU KNOW THE BAND WENT THROUGH AND UNDERSTAND. PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE BEEN UPSET ABOUT THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT WAS RESEARCH. WE DID IT CORRECTLY.

ELDORADO LIGHTS BROUGHT FORWARD. I MEAN, WE'RE IN THE SIKH OR BEYOND THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM NO, HE WAS GETTING TOO MUCH PRESSURE. HE SAID THAT HE'S ALWAYS, HE SAYS. I AM JUST TRYING TO LIVE. WE WERE IN THAT STATE SESSIONS SAID. I JUST WANT TO LIVE TO SEE ANOTHER DAY. AND BECAUSE HE'S GETTING SO MUCH HEAT AS TO WHAT THE ITEMS THAT WERE BRINGING FORWARD WORK. AND SO THAT WAS THE THING. IT WAS HIM HAVING A BOARD THAT IS NOT A 50 MAJORITY BUT CONFLICTING BOARD. THAT WAS HIS ISSUE IN THE PAST. WHAT WE'VE DONE IS, UM WE? WE HAD THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT MADE THOSE DECISIONS AND AS INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS OR PEOPLE OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, UM WE HAVE THOSE MEETINGS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT , AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD BRING UP THE ITEMS THAT YOU KIND OF GO THROUGH AND YOUR BOARD REPORT AND SO DOING THAT AHEAD OF TIME WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT IS THE TIME WHERE YOU CAN DISCUSS THAT. AND BRING IT TO HIM AND HE COULD BRING IT TO THE AGENDA. UM BRINGING IT TO THE BOARD OPENS IT UP TO ASKING US IF WE WANT IT TO BE ON THERE AT THAT POINT, THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN WITHOUT IT GOING THROUGH THAT ORIGINAL PROCESS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT . UM SO, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, EVEN TALKING ABOUT ASKING, UM, THEM THEM TO LOOK AT ADDING AN S. R O AT ESPERANZA. I TALKED TO DR MATTHEWS ABOUT THAT WHEN I MET WITH HIM AND SAID, I REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT THIS. IS THIS AN APPROPRIATE TIME FOR ME TO BRING IT? CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS? BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE ON THE AGENDA? HE SAID YES. YOU KNOW, BRING IT. LET'S BRING IT UP DURING YOUR COMMENTS, THEN AND THEN YOU KNOW THAT CAN BE, BUT I ALERTED HIM AHEAD OF TIME AND TALK TO HIM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT TO SEE IF THIS WAS A GOOD TIME. UM IF THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING HE COULD HAVE SAID, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. WE'LL PUT IT ON THE AGENDA OR HE COULD HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT IT, BUT IT GIVES HIM A LITTLE HEADS UP SO THAT HE CAN KIND OF BALANCE THAT AND UM AND I WASN'T GOING TO BRING YOU KNOW HERE'S THE WHAT THE SORROW MAKES AND ALL OF THAT. IT WAS JUST KIND OF A DISCUSSION TOPIC IF I WANT TO ACTUALLY ADD SOMETHING TO THE AGENDA, LIKE IF I WERE TO SAY OKAY AT OUR NEXT AGENDA, I WANT TO ADD THE, UM THE CONTRACT ON THERE. THERE HAS TO BE A LOT MORE LOT MORE RESEARCH THAT WOULD GO IN THERE AND BEDDING THROUGH BUSINESS SERVICES AND ALL THAT. SO THERE'S JUST SMALLER STEPS THAT I THINK THAT WE COULD MAYBE DO A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF TIME AS WE'RE MEETING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT WOULD HELP FACILITATE THAT. UM AND THEN, AS FAR AS, UM IF I LOOK AT THE OLD ONE VERSUS THE NEW ONE, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH LEAVING IT AS THE SUPERINTENDENT MAKES THOSE DECISIONS. I THINK HE'S THE ONE THAT IMPACTS THE DISTRICT AND HE NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF THAT. AND WE HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AS WE'RE MEETING AS THE BOARD SOUP BOARD PRESIDENT AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH DOWN THE AGENDA, UM AND I DON'T SAY, YOU KNOW, ADD THIS OR DON'T ADD THIS. IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S THE AGENDA THAT'S BUILT. FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT. UM, WHEN WE'RE ADDING THINGS FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT, UM I LIKE THIS CHANGE WHERE IT'S NOT. YOU SUGGEST THAT YOU ADD SOMETHING TO THE AGENDA AND THEN YOU GO BACK AND WORK ON THE INFORMATION. I THINK IF YOU'RE GOING TO BRING IT TO THE POINT WHERE YOU WANT IT ON THE AGENDA, ALL OF THAT, UM SUPPORTING MATERIAL NEEDS TO BE THERE AHEAD OF TIME. SO I DO REALLY LIKE THE ADDITION OF, UM THE CHANGE OF THAT PARAGRAPH. UM AND THEN JUST FOLLOW UP QUESTION AS WE MOVE THROUGH IT. ALL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS WAS TAKEN OUT. AT THE BACK, AND SO WHERE'S THAT GOING TO BE NEXT? THE CURRENT RECOMMENDATION FROM CSB A IS TO GIVE DISTRICTS THE FLEXIBILITY TO ARRANGE IT FOR THEMSELVES. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, BECAUSE WHAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING IS EXACTLY WHAT WE HAD BEEN DOING AND SO I WENT IN. IT TOOK ME SIX MONTHS TO GET THE YOU KNOW TO TALK ABOUT BANNING TO DO THE C R T BAN. IT TOOK ME FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS ABOUT THE ELDORADO LIGHTS AS WE LOOKED INTO THAT, SO I THINK THAT THAT WASN'T APPROPRIATE THING, AND I THINK HE WAS GETTING SOME FEEDBACK FROM OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. BUT I'M NOT. I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS SHOULD WE GO? ARE YOU SAYING LET'S GO BACK TO THAT AND FORGET THIS THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN AND JUST BRING IT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. I WOULD BE HAPPY WITH NOT THE THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN AND DO IT WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AHEAD OF TIME. AM I AM ACTUALLY HEARING RELATIVE CONSENSUS ON THIS ISSUE? I MEAN , I AM I MEAN THAT WE KEEP IT STILL ONE OF THE FIRST ONE. WE ADD SOME THINGS LIKE WE ARE. CERTAINLY HAVE REQUIRED MORE INFORMATION BEFORE ITEMS WERE

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BROUGHT FORTH FROM ANYONE TO BRING THOSE FOURTH THAT THE BOARD GET INFORMED WHEN WE SAY YES OR NO TO A COMMUNITY MEMBER REQUESTS. I THINK THAT'S A THAT'S A REASONABLE REQUEST AS WELL, UM, THAT WE PROVIDE THE CLEAN COPY. I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE, TOO, BECAUSE IT'S VERY HARD TO READ THE MARKED UP COPIES. I GET ALL THAT. AND UM, THAT WE GIVE STAFF THE FLEXIBILITY TO, YOU KNOW, PUT THE AGENDA ITEMS ON AND PRIORITIZE THEM IN A WAY THAT STAFF CAN ACTUALLY HANDLE THE WORK. IT'S A REMARKABLE AMOUNT OF WORK TO DO WHAT'S NEEDED FOR ALL THESE THINGS, NOT JUST LEGALLY BUT JUST MAKING SURE THINGS ARE POSSIBLE, SO GIVEN THAT FLEXIBILITY AS WELL UM, I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S JOBS IS TO.

IT'S ALWAYS EASIER WHEN THERE'S UNANIMOUS BOARD, BUT IT THAT THAT'S RARELY THE CASE. RIGHT AND SO WE YOU BALANCE THE BOARD REQUEST. YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S GONNA WORK FOR YOU. AND YOU MAKE A DECISION ON THAT. AND SO I THINK WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A POLICY THAT PROBABLY IS MORE SIMILAR TO THE POLICY WE HAVE CURRENTLY WITH SOME AUGMENTATIONS BASED ON WHAT YOU SAID TONIGHT. BUT WITHOUT THE THUMBS UP AND THUMBS DOWN. OKAY FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN GLADIATOR.

OKAY LEANDRA. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES TIMING OF GETTING SOMETHING TO AN AGENDA IS BASED ON FACTORS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR REALM OF CONTROL. AND YOU MENTIONED THE ANAHEIM SORROW. THAT IS SOMETHING I TOO HAVE BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT. AND HONESTLY, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER IF IT WAS WITH DR PLUTKO, BUT IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS. I REMEMBER HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH HIM BECAUSE I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF THE COUNCILMAN IN ANAHEIM ABOUT THIS VERY TOPIC ABOUT WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET THIS TO HAPPEN? BUT AS I THINK IT WAS IN OUR INFORMATION SUPPLIED TO US, UM THEY HAVE THEY'VE GONE A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AS TO HOW THEY SUPPORT OR WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH FUNDING FOR S. R O S. AND SO, UM, AND THAT CAME TO LIGHT EVEN AT THE TIME I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF THE COUNCILMAN AT THAT TIME ABOUT IT, AND SO AGAIN. IT'S NOT LIKE I'M SURE DR PLACKO IF IT WAS HIM, BUT I KNOW THAT WE AS A DISTRICT AND CERTAINLY THE CAMPUS STAFF. WE KNOW WE WANT TO GET SOMEONE THERE, BUT ALSO WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THE OTHER PLAYERS IN THE GAME. IF YOU WERE THE ONES WHO ARE REALLY GOING TO BE SO CRITICAL TO MAKING THESE THINGS OCCUR, UM AND SO AGAIN THAT GOES BACK TO YOUR SIDE OF THE HOUSE.

AS FAR AS OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND ALL THAT YOU HAVE AT YOUR DISPOSAL TO CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. WHETHER IT'S ON, SAY, THE S R O THERE, OR SOME OTHER MATTER SO SOMETIMES AGAIN, THERE ARE REASONS THAT AN IDEA. MAYBE BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE HAD BEEN AWARE WE HAD BEEN EXPLORING THIS. IT COMES FORTH AS IF IT'S A NEW IDEA, AND IT MAY JUST NOT BE THAT WE CAN GET THAT ONTO THE AGENDA RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE OF THOSE FACTORS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THAT SAME THING, UM, I THINK EVERYONE HERE WOULD LOVE TO SEE S ROSE. ALL FOUR OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, RIGHT? BUT MONEY A LOT.

IF WE WERE TO APPROVE MONEY TOMORROW THAT WOULD NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. IT'S MORE THAN A MONEY ISSUE. IT'S A QUESTION OF JURISDICTION TO THE QUESTION MANY THINGS ON THAT. AND SO WE ARE RESEARCHING THAT. ACTUALLY WE'D LOVE TO BRING THAT TO YOU. BUT WE NEED TO HAVE AN ANSWER.

THAT REALLY WORKS AND SO, BUT THAT IS THAT IT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW PRIORITY PRIORITY WAS EVEN THOUGH WE ALL MAY WANT IT RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE TO DO THE RESEARCH TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKS AND HOW WE CAN DO IT AND TELL THE MATTER BUT WITH THE COOPERATION OF LOCAL AGENCY, SO IT'S CHALLENGING. I KNOW IT CAN BE FRUSTRATING SOMETIMES, BUT WE'RE WE OFTEN WANT THE SAME THINGS AND JUST HAVE TO WORK HARD TO SOMEHOW MAKE THOSE HAPPEN AND BE CREATIVE WITH IT.

AND JUST DECIDING WHAT IT TOOK ME LIKE A YEAR AND A HALF TO GET HOMEWORK POLICY ON THE AGENDA. I UNDERSTAND AND I DID ASK WHEN WE WERE DOING THE POLICY. I ASKED DR ELSE. ASTRA SAID. HAVE I BEEN UNREASONABLE? AND HE SAYS, WELL, NO. YOU KNOW YOU'RE VERY PATIENT WITH ME. UM NOT EVERYBODY SAYS THAT, BUT I THINK IT IS EVERY IF WE HAVE REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS , AND, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THIS TAKES TIME AND NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, AND SOMETIMES THERE ARE ISSUES WHERE YOU HAVE TO GET ON THE NEXT AGENDA. EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT, BUT I THINK AS LONG AS WE'RE REASONABLE ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, AND SOMETIMES IT'S EVEN A GROUP EFFORT YOU KNOW, CAN REALLY MAKE UH, MAKE THINGS HAPPEN SO OKAY? I THINK I HAVING A FEEDBACK THERE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL BRING IT BACK IN A LATER MEETING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT SO MOVING ON.

LET ME GO BACK TO MY LIST. WE ARE NOW CONSENT CALENDAR. I WAS GOING TO PULL THE SORROWS AND

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

TALK ABOUT IT THEN, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT. SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO PULL? NO. CONSENT CAN CALENDAR IS ARE ITEMS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH BOARD APPROVED PRACTICES AND THE

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DISTRICT ARE DEEMED ROUTINE IN NATURE, AND WE DO GET BORED BACK UP AHEAD OF TIME OF OUR MEETING AND WERE PROPOSED PREPARED TO VOTE AS A WHOLE BLOCK. PRESIDENT BOOK I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM EIGHT ITEMS 16. AND ITEM 22. OKAY 24 25 26. 29. 38 39. COULD YOU REPEAT THOSE NUMBERS AGAINST HERE? ALL OF THEM? YES 24 25 26 29. 38 39. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? NOPE OKAY. SO WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON EVERYTHING ELSE . AS ONE BLOCK. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDARS WITH THOSE OTHER ITEMS HELD. SECOND OKAY? AND WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. I OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES 50. SO THEN WE'LL START WITH NUMBER EIGHT. AND WE'LL NEED EMOTION IN

[8. Approve arbitrage rebate compliance services agreement with Eide Bailly, effective November 17, 2021 through June 30, 2023.]

A SECOND. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO REJECT CLAIM NUMBER 609003% INTO THE DISTRICT BY THE CLAIMANTS, FATHER. ONE SECOND. OKAY. ANY COMMENTS? PRESIDENT BUT YEAH, OKAY, LET'S VOTE ON THAT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. I POSED? NO NO. SO WE HAVE A 32 AND THAT IS A REJECTED CLAIM. OKAY, NUMBER 16.

[16. Approve the agreement for consulting services with Bell Educational Solutions for professional management and leadership services from August 10, 2022, through June 30, 2023. ]

EMOTIONAL SECOND, PLEASE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT FOR CONSULTING SERVICES WITH BELL EDUCATIONAL SOLUTIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP SERVICES FROM AUGUST 10TH 2022 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2023, I'LL SECOND. OKAY AND ANY COMMENTS? YES. SO PRESIDENT BUCK LAST MONTH I HAD BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR SERVICE THAT CALIFORNIA'S SECRETARY OF STATE HAD, UH, PULLED THEIR LICENSE. I SHOULD SAY THEY HADN'T RENEWED THEIR LICENSE, SO THEY WERE OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND MADE MENTION THAT, UH THIS WAS A CONSULTING SERVICE THAT HELPED US WITH EL CAP. UM. EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY HAVE REINSTATED THEIR LICENSE AND SO FORTH. UM I STILL AM, UM, STILL NOT COMFORTABLE WITH GIVEN ALMOST $50,000 TO A CONSULTING FIRM THAT I'M STILL NOT TOO TOO SURE ABOUT. I KNOW THEY MAKE MENTION THAT THEY DO WORK WITH THE EL CAP. DOCTOR ADAMSON. YOU COULD PROBABLY GIVE ME A LITTLE MORE INFO ON THAT. BUT IF MAYBE A LITTLE MORE FOLLOW UP TRANSPARENCY TYPE. OF COURSE I'LL BE. I'LL BE HAPPY TO TRUST THE YOUNG BLOOD SO THAT THIS COMPANY IS ACTUALLY OWNED AND RUN BY DR BONNIE BELLE AND SHE IS THE CONSULTANT WE'VE WORKED WITH FOR OVER ALMOST EIGHT YEARS, I BELIEVE, AND SHE HAS BEEN THE PERSON WHO HAS HELPED US WITHOUT L CAP EVERY YEAR. AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST THE TITLE OF HER COMPANY. I'M ALWAYS A VERY UNFORTUNATE LITTLE SLIP THAT SHE DID. IT WAS REALLY THAT SO IT'S A FORM THAT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED EVERY TWO YEARS ONLINE AND SHE JUST NORMALLY SHE HAS HER HER. SHE HAS SOMEONE WHO WORKS FOR HER AN ACCOUNTANT WHO FILLS THAT OUT FOR HER, AND THEY MISSED FITTING IT OUT AT THIS WAS THE SECOND YEAR AND IT'S A $25 PHONE. ONCE WE ALERTED HER, SHE WAS ABLE TO DO IT THAT VERY SAME DAY AND YOU KNOW IT WAS UPDATED ONLINE THE VERY NEXT DAY WITHIN 24 HOURS. SO I HONESTLY THINK THAT WAS JUST A VERY HONEST MISTAKE THAT THAT OCCURRED BUT I THINK THAT GOING BACK TO SPEAKING TO WHO TALKED ABOUT IS AND YOU KNOW HER REPUTATION, HER ABILITY TO A SUCCESS IN THE PROCESS OF THE COMPILATION OF THE AL CAPP, YOU KNOW, DOCUMENT ITSELF. YOU YOURSELVES HAVE SEEN HOW YOU KNOW THE JUST THE SHEER NUMBER OF PAGES THE SHARING NUMBER OF HOURS THAT GOES INTO THAT WORK. OBVIOUSLY ALL OF THAT WORK IS DONE BY US AS A DISTRICT STAFF.

ALL OF THE ASSISTANT SOUPS OVERSEE THAT I WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH OF OUR DIRECTORS AND YOU KNOW WE OURSELVES RIGHT THE GOALS, BUT THEN YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO GO INTO THAT AND ACTUALLY ASSIGNING THAT AND PUTTING TOGETHER THE BUDGET AND THERE'S IT'S JUST HAVING HER SUPPORT WITH THAT IS AND BELIEVABLY BENEFICIAL FOR US. AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE JUST HIRED OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND SUPPORT AND REALLY, THE GOAL WITH OUR INTENTION FOR THIS YEAR, IS READY TO KEEP HER ON BOARD TO HELP TRAIN AND REALLY HAVE THAT THAT PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL DOCTOR SHADY SPACE HARD TAKE ON THAT PROCESS, AND REALLY, SHE HERSELF HAS INDICATED THAT SHE'S NOT DOING THIS FOR MUCH LONGER.

SHE'S READY TO RETIRE, AND SO YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY LIKELY. THIS MAY BE ONE OF THE THIS OR YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING INTO THE YEAR AFTER THAT, THAT SHE'LL BE HERE TO SUPPORT US. HER REPUTATION PRECEDES MR YOUNG BLOOD, AND I HOPE THAT CAN GIVE YOU SOME REASSURANCE TO BE ABLE TO VOTE

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ON THAT THIS EVENING. IT DOES. THANK YOU, DR ANDERSON. IT WAS MY CONCERN WAS THAT UH, IT WAS A FRIEND'S PAY FRIENDS TYPE OF THING, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY. SO UH, THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT OFF THE OFF THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. DR BELL IS INCREDIBLY RESPECTED. AND UM, IN EDUCATION, BUT EARLY CHILDHOOD TO WHEN MY KIDS WERE IN PRESCHOOL. I LEARNED ABOUT HER JUST BECAUSE OF HER. ASSESSMENTS OF PRESCHOOLS EVEN IN HERE AND OUTSIDE OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT IN OUR LOCAL PRESCHOOL, SO SHE DOES HAVE AN EXCELLENT REPUTATION. SHE WAS A FORMER PRINCIPAL WITHIN OUR DISTRICT AS WELL. SO THAT BRIAN RANCH AND WASN'T SHE ALSO SUPERINTENDENT SHE WAS CORRECT. YES NOT HERE. BUT IN ANOTHER DISTRICT IN ORANGE COUNTY. UH HUH. GREAT. I THINK ALL THOSE SUPPORT MY CASE . GREAT ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, LET'S TAKE A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. I OPPOSED OKAY. 41 THAT PASSES. OKAY NUMBER 22. WE NEED

[22. As required by the State of California, approve renewed supplemental instructional materials for English language arts/English language development and mathematics with Curriculum Associates, LLC for i-Ready for students in Grades K-8 for the 2022-23 school year. ]

EMOTION IN A SECOND. AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA APPROVED RENEWED SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND MATHEMATICS WITH CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES LLC FOR I READY FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES K THROUGH EIGHT FOR THE 2022 TO 2023 SCHOOL YEAR. SECOND OKAY? AND ANY COMMENTS. UM I I'M GONNA COMMENT ON THIS ONE. I AM A PARENT, AND I HATE ALREADY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN A VICTIM OF IT. UM I'M SORRY. WAS THAT TOO BLUNT? UM, THERE'S NO, I WOULD ALSO RIGHT NOW. WHAT WAS THAT? I'M SORRY. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS DURING THIS . I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. NO WE'RE NOT HAVING PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS ALREADY OVER. CAN I READ THE BYLAWS? NO YOU MAY NOT. IT'S NOT TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IT'S ONLY TIME FOR IT IS IT'S ONLY TIME FOR MRS BLADES. NO I'M SORRY. IT'S NOT CERTAINLY READ THE BYLAWS. AND THEN YOU CAN TELL ME I'M WRONG.

I'M SORRY, SIR. YOU SHOULD MATTHEWS. IS THERE SOMETHING IN OUR BYLAWS THAT WE'RE MISSING HERE AGENDA SPECIFIES THAT THERE IS A SPECIFIC TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, AND PEOPLE GET LAWS, PEOPLE CAN ADDRESS ANY ITEM DURING THAT TIME. WITH THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. YOU WON'T EVEN TELL ME TO READ YOUR OWN BYLAWS. I'M SORRY. I'VE GOT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT LATER ON. YEAH WE CAN HAVE THE STAFF CONTACT YOU AND GO OVER THAT IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT FOR NEXT TIME, BUT YOU CAN'T DO THAT RIGHT NOW, SIR. YOU CAN'T DO THAT, SIR. RIGHT NOW, WHEN YOU PULL A CONSENT ITEM IT'S OPEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT ONLY IF YOU SUBMIT A CARD DURING PUBLIC COMMENT THAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THAT ITEM. I'M SORRY, SIR. EVERY CONSENT ITEM IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.

EVERYBODY HAS PULLED OR NOT. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE PULLED. YOU DON'T KNOW DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER IT'S PULLED OR NOT. ANY MEMBER CAN MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT. I'VE GOT TO TALK TO YOU, SIR. IF YOU LEAVE A NUMBER OF YOUR NAME WITH MY ASSISTANT. THE DESKTOP WE HAD TO CALL YOU. OKAY, MRS BLADES GO AHEAD. UM OKAY, SO. THE ALREADY HAS BEEN A COMPLAINT OF ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH I WOULD SAY FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I KNOW THAT OUR UM MIDDLE SCHOOL STAFF UM, DOESN'T LIKE IT. I KNOW THAT ARE. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE KIDS DON'T LIKE IT, AND THE TEACHERS HAVE TEACHERS THAT I'VE TALKED TO. THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT MIXED ON IT. AND I THINK TOO, THAT FROM WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THESE KIDS IS IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE UM, IT'S NOT BEING USED AS IT WAS. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE USED AND, UM IN HIGH SCHOOL WERE DOING COMMON ASSESSMENTS IN THE PLACE OF ALREADY AND SO I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN'T USE THE COMMON ASSESSMENTS UNIVERSALLY THROUGH ALL OF OUR AGES. I THINK WHEN WE HAVE A PROGRAM LIKE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE KIDS JUST ABSOLUTELY DESPISE IT. WHAT ARE WE? WHY WHY ARE WHAT'S OUR INTENTION? WHY DO WE KEEP JUST BRINGING THIS IN? WHY ARE WE NOT TRYING ANYTHING NEW, AND I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE, UM YOU KNOW, IT'S SO MUCH OF A SOLUTION EXCEPT TO JUST GO TO COMMON ASSESSMENTS BY THE TEACHERS. AND THEN SOMEONE MESSAGED US OR EMAILED US THE WHOLE BOARD AND TALKED ABOUT LEXI, A CORE FIVE AND THEY WORK IN ANAHEIM UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THEY SAID THAT THEY LOVE IT AND THEIR SUCCESS IS HIGHER. AND SO I FEEL LIKE IF OUR TEACHERS DON'T LIKE IT STAFF DOESN'T LIKE IN OUR KIDS DON'T LIKE IT, AND OUR PARENTS DON'T LIKE IT. WE SHOULD BE GOING AND WE SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING ELSE. AND WE SHOULD BE TRYING SOMETHING ELSE. BECAUSE LET ME TELL YOU LIKE I WAS ON A GROUP CHAT. UM WHEN MY KIDS WERE IN 7TH AND 8TH GRADE AND THERE WAS PROGRAM. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS ALREADY BUT IT WAS SOMETHING AND WE DETESTED IT AND IT WAS BEING USED INAPPROPRIATELY. UM I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, IT WAS THERE WAS TONS OF ASSIGNMENTS BEING USED, AND YOU WOULD SIT THERE FOR TWO OR THREE HOURS ON THIS

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PROGRAM A NIGHT, SO I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION OF THESE KIDS. FRUSTRATION OF PARENTS, UM WHEN YOU HAVE A PROGRAM THAT JUST IT'S JUST NOT GOOD, AND IT'S NOT CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING OF A CHILD. IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING. AND SO I THINK WE SHOULD UM NOT VOTE THIS IN AND WE SHOULD TRY SOMETHING ELSE, AND WE SHOULD BRING IT BACK TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS AND TO OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STAFF, AND WE SHOULD SEE IF THEY'VE HEARD OF A DIFFERENT UM, WHAT THEY FEEL DOING THEIR OWN ASSESSMENTS. UM IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN OR IF THERE'S ANOTHER PROGRAM, BUT WE HAVE HEARD THIS FOR AT LEAST A YEAR AND A HALF. THAT THEY CAN'T STAND. I READY AND SO I THINK WE SHOULD JUST LISTEN TO THEM BECAUSE IT'S NOT. IT'S ANOTHER ONLINE PROGRAM, AND I THINK WE COULD USE OUR MONEY ELSEWHERE. IF IT'S PUTTING EXTRA BODIES IN THE CLASSROOM. IF IT'S DOING SOMETHING ELSE, I JUST THINK WE COULD WE COULD DO BETTER. TO AGREE. UH ALEXIA. CORE FIVE WAS , UM PRESENTED TO ME BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY, UM NO, WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND REMOVE THIS PROGRAM IF WE DIDN'T HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD BACK IT UP WITH AND PUT IN ITS PLACE. SO FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN IS STATISTICALLY, THE ALEXIA CORE FIVE ACTUALLY HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUCCESS NOW GRANTED, IT HASN'T BEEN USED IN THIS DISTRICT. BUT I'M THINKING WE MAY NEED TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT IF WE'RE DOING SO POORLY WITH WITH OUR ALREADY SO THAT WAS MY THOUGHT. PLEASE. UM, I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON THIS. I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT WE DID A SURVEY. AND WE SURVEY TEACHERS. STUDENTS. AND PARENTS ABOUT I READY. AND IT GOT PRETTY GOOD SCORES OF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY IN THE SEVEN ANYWHERE FROM 60 TO 75% IN FAVOR OF IRISH STUDENTS, AND SO PARENTS, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS HAVE SPOKEN. UM AND WE KIND OF HAVE LISTENED TO THEM. I PERSONALLY HAVE MIXED FEELINGS WITH I READY. UM BECAUSE. I'M NOT QUITE SURE, BUT I JUST WANT TO THIS BOARD TO REMEMBER. THAT IN WAS IT JUNE THAT WE PASSED THE OLD CAP. WE PASSED THE EL CAP. YOU'RE NOT UNANIMOUSLY. 50 AND IN THE EL CAP, IT DETAILS ALL THE WAYS THAT WE ARE GOING TO USE. I READY. FROM TRAINING TO INTERVENTION TO ASSESSMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO OUR STAFF HAS BEEN PREPARING ALL SUMMER WITH THE ASPECT THAT THERE WERE GOING TO PASS ALREADY BECAUSE WE ALREADY APPROVED IT.

IN THE L CAT MEETING. NOW IF WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THEN THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AND BUILT INTO NEXT YEAR'S EL CAP. THIS IS I THINK WE'RE TOO LATE IN THE GAME. TO SWITCH UM, COURSES. I THINK THAT WE IF WE SWITCH COURSES NOW WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUR TEACHERS AND NOT IN A GOOD PLACE. WE'RE GOING TO, UM HAVE STAFF DOING A LOT OF THINGS , BUT ALSO I WOULD REALLY LIKE, UM STAFF TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES WITH OUR. TEACHERS, YOU KNOW, LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME ON ASSESSMENTS. UM THAT THEY HAVE SPECIFIC GUIDELINES ON HOW MUCH TIME THEY SHOULD USE FOR THESE INTERVENTIONS A WEEK LIKE VERY SPECIFIC TIME, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO USE IT MORE THAN YOU KNOW, THREE TIMES A WEEK OR FOR 15 MINUTES AT A TIME. WHATEVER IT IS. WE NEED VERY SPECIFIC GUIDELINES. AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PUNISHING OUR STUDENTS OR THEY'RE NOT LISTENING, YOU KNOW, MISSING RECESS TO CATCH UP ON I READY. I THINK THAT'S REALLY INAPPROPRIATE USE AND UM. UH OF RESOURCES ON THIS, SO I'M GONNA I'M GONNA VOTE YES, FOR I READY THIS YEAR, BUT I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT ALREADY LAST YEAR, AND I MADE SURE THAT IT WAS IN THE UM , SURVEY THAT WENT OUT TO EVERYBODY THAT WE COULD HAVE THESE THINGS, BUT IT ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE REALLY GOOD GUIDELINES AND EDUCATION. SO THAT'S NOT BEING ABUSED. I THINK A BIG PROBLEM WITH I READY IS THAT DURING THE PANDEMIC THAT WAS JUST A. I HATE TO SAY IT IN EASY WAY TO, UM HAVE KIDS DO WORK AT HOME, AND IT PROBABLY DID GET ABUSED. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, UM I DON'T LIKE IT BECAUSE OF THAT ISSUE BECAUSE IT WAS ABUSED IN THE PAST, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MOVING FORWARD IT'S NOT ABUSED. AND THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA SAY ON THAT. CAN I JUST

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PIGGYBACK WHAT YOU REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING A TEACHER DID SAY ABOUT THE EYE READY THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A CERTAIN TIME WHEN THEY'RE DOING TESTING AND I ALREADY TESTING TAKES THREE WEEKS. SO OUR KIDS USING THIS PROGRAM ARE GOING TO USE ARE GOING TO LOSE THREE WEEKS OF WHAT THEY COULD BE READING WRITING DOING ALL THIS STUFF, INSTRUCTIONAL TIME BECAUSE OF THE USE OF THIS ALREADY ASSESSMENT THING, AND I JUST THINK THAT WHERE WE ARE. THIS IS NOT A GOOD THING TO HAVE TO LOSE ALMOST A MONTH OF INSTRUCTION. AND SO THAT WAS ANOTHER. MY CONCERN AND THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME ABOUT THAT. I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE FEEDBACK AND, YOU KNOW CLEARLY WE HAVE OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR US. JUST BASED ON HEARING PUBLIC COMMENT THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND THEN EVEN JUST HEARING FROM STUDENTS THEMSELVES THIS EVENING. I MEAN FOR ME THAT BREAKS MY HEART TO HEAR A STUDENT SAYING THEY HATE DOING SOMETHING. IT'S NOT FUN.

YOU KNOW HOW OUR WHOLE GOAL IN EDUCATION AS AN INSTRUCTOR IS TO MAKE LEARNING FINANCE AND ENGAGE AGING AND BRING IT ALIVE AND YOU KNOW, REALLY ALLOW FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BENEFIT FROM THAT.

SO THAT REALLY TELLS ME A LITTLE OF WEAR OUT TRAINING NEEDS TO FOCUS ON FOR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR WITH OUR TEACHERS. IT WAS NEVER INTENDED AND SHOULD NEVER BE INTENDED TO BE PUNITIVE OR, YOU KNOW, OR HAVE STUDENTS STAYING IN AT RECESS TO COMPLETE THEIR TIME. IT IS INTENDED TO BE A PART OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAY WHETHER IT'S ENGLISH LANGUAGE, ARTS OR MATH. IT'S INTENDED NOT MORE TO BE TO BE NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES, AND IN FACT, YOU KNOW, I ALREADY REPRESENTATIVES THEY WILL COME OUT AND SAY THAT VERY STRONGLY THAT ANYTHING BEYOND THAT IS NOT BENEFICIAL FOR STUDENTS. AND SO IT REALLY IS BEHOOVES US TO TAKE THEIR TIME IN PART OF THAT TRAINING WITH OUR TEAM. CHOOSE TO GO BACK AND REINFORCE THAT AND THEN CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT THAT YOU KNOW IS HOW IT'S BEING CARRIED OUT AND UTILIZE THROUGHOUT THE DIAGNOSTIC ITSELF IS NOT INTENDED TO BE TAKE ANY LONGER THAN 45 MINUTES TO THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME SHOULD BE ABOUT 90 MINUTES IF A STUDENT NEEDS THAT ADDITIONAL TIME. SO WHEN I'M HEARING THAT IT'S TAKING THREE WEEKS AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO. WE DEFINITELY NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT AND THAT WOULD BE CONCERNING TO ME BECAUSE THAT'S INSTRUCTIONAL TIME THAT WE'RE TAKING AWAY. TO YOUR POINT. TRUSTEE BLADES. YOU TALKED ABOUT DOING COMMUNIST CESS MINTS. AND SO YOU KNOW, OUR INTENTION IS TO UTILIZE ALREADY THAT THE DIAGNOSTIC IN ADDITION TO OTHER ASSESSMENTS THAT WE DO, IT'S ABOUT HAVING MULTIPLE MEASURES. YOU KNOW IF WE ONLY ARE ONLY USING ONE MEASURE OF ASSESSING OUR STUDENTS, ABILITIES AND THEIR SKILLS THAT'S NOT ACCURATE, AND THAT'S NOT A VERY ROBUST MEANS OF IDENTIFYING WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR LEVELS ARE. AND SO THE INTENTION IS ALREADY IS JUST ONE OF THOSE ASSESSMENTS WE USE. IT'S A DIAGNOSTIC THAT GIVES US THAT MEASURE, YOU KNOW, DIPSTICK THREE TIMES A YEAR. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT TEACHERS AT USING ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENTS, AND SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE THE TERM MULTIPLE MEASURES COMES FROM. I JUST, YOU KNOW, I REALLY FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE IS, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THAT TRUSTEE ANDERSON THE FACT THAT DURING THE PANDEMIC THAT YES THAT THAT WAS AVAILABLE FOR MANY STUDENTS WHO ARE WHO ARE AT HOME FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, AND I DID HEAR STORIES OF STUDENTS WHO ARE UTILIZING THAT AND MAYBE SPENDING MORE TIME ON THE ACTUAL LESSONS AND AGAIN THAT WAS NOT AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INTENDED, AND I THINK THAT THAT THE UNFORTUNATE RESULT OF THAT HAS BEEN THAT MANY SOME STUDENTS MAY NOT HAVE AS POSITIVE. A APPROACH AND IDEA OF WHAT IT OFFERS. SO AGAIN. I THINK THAT'S A BIG PART OF WHERE OUR TRAINING BUT WE ARE. OUR INTENTION IS TO START THE YEAR OUT STRONG, PROVIDE THAT ADDITIONAL ROBUST TRAINING TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS. REMINDER THAT REALLY, THIS IS ONLY THIS AS OUR FIRST FULL YEAR OF BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE ONLINE BASINS BECAUSE WE CANNOT GET AN ACCURATE COUNT, EVEN USING THE DIAGNOSTIC IN THE YEAR PRIOR TO THAT, WHEN WE WERE DOING REMOTE AND HYBRID LEARNING, AND SO THIS REALLY, YOU KNOW WE WERE LOOKING AT HAVE IN A BASELINE, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS YEAR TO REALLY BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE GROWTH IN MOVING FORWARD. AND THEN THE SHEER NUMBER OF HOURS AND YOU'RE FINDING THAT WE'VE INVESTED IN THAT OUR TEACHERS HAVE INVESTED IN LEARNING THE PROGRAM OUR STUDENTS IN LEARNING THE PROGRAM JUST BEHOOVES US THAT WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, STAY WITH THAT AND TAKE THIS NEXT YEAR TO REALLY ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED AND TO BE ABLE TO USE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SEE THAT THAT GROWTH AND CHANGE THE MINDSETS ABOUT THE PROGRAM ITSELF. QUESTION WHEN WE DID THE SURVEY DID THAT GO K THROUGH 12? OR WAS THAT A THROUGH EIGHT? IT WAS IT WAS SPECIFIC GRADE. SO WE HAVE I BELIEVE 3RD 5TH SOMETHING TO LOOK OVER TO MR MCALINDEN, SEVENTH GRADE NINTH OR 10TH.

GRADE RIGHT GRADE. I DON'T THINK THEY USE IT IN HIGH SCHOOL. CORRECT SO IT WOULD HAVE JUST BEEN 3RD 5TH AND 7TH GRADERS RIGHT WHO UTILIZE IT? SO SURE THAT MRS FREEMAN? YES GO AHEAD.

YES UM, I KNOW WE HAD A VERY LENGTHY UPDATE FROM DR LEONE AND, UM I THINK IT WAS MR CARMONA. IN OUR JULY 21ST INFORMATION WENT OUT, UM AND THAT I THINK WAS VERY HELPFUL TO

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KIND OF GIVE US A PICTURE OF WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.

BUT I HAD ONE QUESTION BECAUSE THE POINT HAS BEEN MADE, AND I THINK IT'S VALID THAT, UM I'LL CALL IT THE REPUTATION THAT HAS COME ALONG WITH THIS AT DIFFERENT POINTS. AND I DO THINK THERE IS TRUTH TO IT COMING IN DURING OUR TIMES, WHERE WE WERE DOING OUR REMOTE LEARNING PRIMARILY UM WHAT ARE WE DOING. TO EDUCATE OUR PARENTS MORE ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF I READY.

WHAT IS PURPOSE IS, UM WHY IT'S A HELP ME. WHY WHY WE SEE IT AS WHY WE USE THIS AS ONE OF OUR MEASURES OF ASSESSMENT ASSESSING STUDENT PROGRESS. UM I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THERE IF WE HAVE A PLACE WHERE THAT CAN BE INSERTED. I'M NOT SURE HOW I'LL JUST TOSS IT OUT YOU AS A THOUGHT, BUT AGAIN, UM. THE STUDENTS. OF COURSE THEY THEY'RE SEEING IT IN THE CONTEXT OF HAVING TO DO IT, BUT MAYBE WE NEED SOMETHING MORE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING AND EXPLAINING SOME OF OUR THINGS SUCH AS THIS? ABSOLUTELY. I THINK YOU MAKE A REALLY EXCELLENT POINT, AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO INTO, INCLUDING IN OUR COMMUNICATION FOR THE COMING YEAR. I THINK IT CAN ONLY BE BENEFICIAL AND HELPFUL AND AS PARENTS AT HOME WHO ARE SUPPORTING THE PROGRAM COULD END THERE WOULD BE GREAT VALUE TO IT. I APPRECIATE THAT, BECAUSE JUST ADDING TECHNOLOGY ISN'T TO BE LOOKED AT AS BAD. I MEAN, THAT'S ALWAYS SAYING TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT THE OTHER DAY WHEN WE MET, YOU KNOW YOU GO BACK. DECADES BUT YOU KNOW WHEN WE LOOK LEARN LANGUAGES WERE OFTEN IN A BIG LAB, NOT TALKING TO EACH OTHER, AND WE HAD HEADPHONES ON AND WE'RE LISTENING TO LANGUAGE AND PARROTING IT BACK AND SO FORTH. BUT TECHNOLOGY HAS ADVANCED. WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE SO MANY THINGS WE USE AND WE USE THEM AS RESOURCES AS TEACHER AIDES IN IN MANY WAYS. AND SO I THINK MAYBE MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE AGAIN WEE COMMUNICATING WHAT WE USE AND WHY WE USE IT FOR PARENTS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND OUR COMMUNITY OR COMMUNITY IS OFTEN HEARING THESE CONVERSATIONS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER AND HELP THEM UNDERSTAND, TOO. AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT ANSWERING QUESTIONS . I JUST LOOKED AT WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT, UM YOU KNOW, THE INVESTMENT THAT WE PUT INTO IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. BUT THE INVESTMENT IS ALSO THE DATA PIECE. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHEN EVERYBODY WAS IN, UM AND REMOTE , WE HAD SOME DATA THERE. BUT LAST YEAR WAS OUR FULL, REAL SET OF DATA FOR THIS AND IF WE WERE TO DROP IT NOW AND SWITCH TO A NEW PROGRAM OR THE DATA DIDN'T ALIGN WE WOULD NOT HAVE YEAR AFTER YEAR. PROGRESSION WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT OUR THIRD GRADERS WERE DOING LAST YEAR, AND IF THEY'RE IMPROVING THIS YEAR, I AM COMPLETELY FORGETTING THE BEST PROGRAM. THERE IS IF THE APEX IS BETTER, LET'S INVESTIGATE IT. LET'S SEE . LET'S LOOK AT THE PRICE. WHAT IT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO. I DON'T WANT TO ADD MORE. BUT IF WE COULD TAKE AWAY IF THAT'S THE CASE, BUT WE NEED TO VET THAT OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE DOING THAT WHATEVER DATA THAT WE HAVE IS ALIGNING WITH WHATEVER NEW MIGHT BE DOWN THE ROAD OR BETTER, UM, I WOULD ONLY WANT TO DO IT IF IT WAS GOING TO BE BETTER, UM AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT LOSING THAT ABILITY TO TRACK THAT DATA AND LOOK AT THAT OVER TIME, BECAUSE THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU'RE STARTING EVERY SINGLE YEAR NEW AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA. I MEAN, IT'S JUST YOU. YOU AREN'T AWARE OF ALL OF THE NUANCES WITHIN THE LANGUAGE THAT THE STUDENTS NEED TO ACHIEVE. AND HOW DOES THAT TRANSLATE OVER TO A NEW PROGRAM IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION BECAUSE THAT PROGRAM IS BETTER, SO ALL OF THOSE LITTLE PIECES NEED TO BE VETTED OVER THE NEXT YEAR. UM SO THAT WHEN WE COME BACK TO OUR EL CAP AGAIN NEXT YEAR, WE EITHER TALKED ABOUT I READY OR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE AND PART OF WHAT WE DO. I BELIEVE WE INCLUDED A COMPARISON AGAINST LEXI A IN A RECENT UPDATE, BUT WILL GO INTO THAT A LITTLE FURTHER TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK JUST TO YOUR POINT THERE AS WELL. THE LEARNING CURVE EVERY TIME YOU START A NEW PROGRAM, RIGHT? WE YOU GO BACK TO A BASELINE AT THAT POINT, AND SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE TWO OR THREE YEARS BEFORE EVERYONE'S FAMILIAR WITH IT, AND WE CAN TRULY START TO SEE THE RESULTS FROM IT. SO JUST TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THEM OKAY, SO WITH THAT, LET'S TAKE A VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. I POSED ? NO SO THAT IS A 32 AS WELL. AND THAT'S GONNA PASS. OKAY, NUMBER 24. ACTUALLY IN A SECOND,

[24. Approve the Strategic Kids agreement for the Strategic Chess class and Masters of the Field class for elementary students at Parkview School for the 2022-23 school year.]

PLEASE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS STRATEGIC KIDS AGREEMENT WITH THIS TIC'TIC CHESS CLASS AND MASTERS OF THE FIELD CLASS FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AT PARKVIEW SCHOOL FOR THE 20 TO 22 3 SCHOOL YEAR. SECOND OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANY COMMENTS YEAH. UM PARKVIEW IS OUR HOMESCHOOLING CORRECT? SO THANK YOU. UM. SO YOU HAVE CHEST AND MASTERS OF THE FIELD. UM FUN

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STORIES, EXCITING LESSONS. UNDERSTANDING HOW THE CHESS PIECES MOVE. WHAT IS CHECKMATE? OKAY BUT THEN I GUESS MY NEXT THING WAS MASTERS OF THE FIELD GIVES CHILDREN OPPORTUNITIES PLAYING COMPETE IN EXCITING OUTDOOR GAMES. SO MY QUESTION WAS. THIS IS OUR HOME SCHOOL PROGRAM, AND I KNOW THAT THEY COME IN FOR A PERIOD OF THE DAY . SO WILL THIS PROGRAM ACTUALLY BE USED? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT SOME KIDS COME IN FOR A SCIENCE CLASS. SOME KIDS COMING FROM MATH CLASS, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS. AS TO HOW LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING THAT'S OUTDOOR PLAY LIKE DO YOU? DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS DO THIS GOING TO BE ACTUALLY UTILIZED? WHAT I'M ASKING. YES, IT REALLY IS THERE IN THE INTENTION OF IT, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE MEMO SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. BUT THAT CONCEPT OF BEING ABLE TO TEACH STUDENTS SPORT SPORTSMANSHIP, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, YOU KNOW, THROUGH PLAY AND SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT YOU KNOW, PART OF ME HAS REQUESTED THAT SPECIFICALLY, AND THEY'RE BUILDING THAT INTO THE DAY INTO THE TIME THAT STUDENTS ARE ON CAMPUS AND FOR THEM IN PARTICULAR THAT COMING TOGETHER TO SOCIALIZE, AND YOU KNOW THAT IT'S LIMITED TIME THAT THEY HAVE BECAUSE THEY ARE HOME SCHOOL. THEY'RE NOT ON A ON A SCHOOL CAMPUS AS OFTEN AS MANY OF OTHER STUDENTS, AND SO THE BENEFIT THERE IS OKAY IS HIGH. OKAY I WAS JUST ASKING. I WAS JUST JUST CURIOUS. THANK YOU QUESTION. OKAY GREAT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES 50 EXCUSE ME, NUMBER 25. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE

[25. Approve the independent contract agreement with Erin Sherard Connections to support Love and Logic and professional development in the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District for the 2022-23 school year]

INDEPENDENT CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH AARON SHERRARD CONNECTIONS TO SUPPORT LOVE AND LOGIC AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE PLACENTA HERBAL IN THE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE 2022 TO 2023 SQUARE. I'LL SECOND OKAY, SO THE REASON THAT I PULLED THIS ONE WAS WHEN YOU READ THIS, UM IT'S A IT'S 100 AND $40,000. BUT IT'S ALSO TO IT SAYS. IF THIS IS SUPPORTING STUDENTS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE IN GUIDING TEACHERS AND HOW TO ENGAGE STUDENTS OF HISTORY OF DISENGAGING IN SCHOOL. IT WILL BE ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WEEKLY TO TEACHERS ON THESE IMPORTANT TOPICS. SO. I THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD PROGRAM, BUT I'M I CAN.

MY CONCERN IS THIS IS WE'VE HIRED A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH. WORKERS AND SUPPORT STAFF. AND SO IS THIS TOO MUCH. BEING THAT OUR NUMBERS ARE WHERE THEY ARE. IS THIS ASKING FOR TEACHERS INSTEAD OF GIVING THEM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON READING AND WRITING ANOTHER ISSUES ARE WE NOW GIVING THEM AN EXTRA THING IN THE CLASSROOM THAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT THEY HAVE PROFESSIONAL. YOU KNOW THE DEVELOPMENT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT TEACHERS ARE MORE THAN JUST TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM. BUT IS THIS TOO MUCH CONSIDERING THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THIS MENTAL HEALTH. WE HAVE ALL OF THESE EXTRA HELP IN PLACE. IS IT EASIER FOR THE TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY IT AND MAYBE TO LET THEM SEEK SOME HELP OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM INSTEAD? I MEAN, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS IS LIKE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO A LOT OF THESE TEACHERS HAVE 45 MINUTES WITH THEIR STUDENTS. SO IS IT. IS IT MORE BENEFICIAL? FOR TO, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO SEND THEM TO A COUNSELOR OR SOMETHING. THAT OUR DISTRICT ALL THIS, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE NOW, THEN, TOO. THEN TO LIKE, UTILIZE THIS. IT'S JUST KIND OF A QUESTION BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE COULD WE GIVE OUR TEACHERS DIFFERENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT? AND IS THIS ASKING TOO MUCH OF TEACHERS? ARE WE PUTTING TOO MANY HATS ON THEIR HEADS AGAIN? A VERY VALID QUESTION. AND SO THE WAY I LIKE TO LOOK AT LOVE AND LOGIC, IT'S VERY MUCH MORE PROVIDES STRATEGIES IN BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT. AND SO THIS IS ACTUALLY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT TEACHERS ARE ASKING FOR. WE ORIGINALLY BROUGHT LEBANON ODJICK INTO OUR DISTRICT LITTLE OVER FOUR YEARS AGO, AND WE HAD DR CHARLES FEY.

SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH HIM. HE CAME AND SPOKE AT ONE OF OUR PRE SERVICE EVENTS AND HE WAS SO WELL RECEIVED BY OUR TEACHERS. T K 12 AT ALL GRADE LEVELS, BUT THE APPROACH ABOUT IT IS IT IS ABOUT YOUR LOGICAL STRATEGIES ARE STRATEGIES THAT ENCOURAGE AND HELP REMIND TEACH US HOW TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS. SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT PIECE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE CAN'T REALLY THERE'S STRUCTURE IS NOT GOING TO OCCUR IF STUDENTS AREN'T READY, YOU KNOW TO RECEIVE THAT INSTRUCTION. AND IF THERE ARE BEHAVIORS THAT ARE MAYBE CAUSING A DISTRACTION IN THE CLASSROOM FOR THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES OR THEIR THEIR AND THEIR TEAMMATES RIGHT IN THE CLASSROOM. AND SO REALLY, THIS IS IT IS MORE ABOUT THE BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT COMPONENT, AND THERE ARE THERE'S THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IT IT'S A SEQUENCE OF NINE DIFFERENT SESSIONS, THE TEACHERS ATTAINED ITS OFF TO SCHOOL HOURS. IT'S COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY. BUT AS I SAID, OUR TEACHERS HAVE BEEN ATTENDING AND COMPLETING THE SETTINGS FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. AND THEY KEEP ASKING FOR MORE. WE'VE ALSO

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INCLUDED THIS AS PART OF OUR EARLY BIRD TRAININGS THAT ARE TEACHERS AGAIN VOLUNTEER TO TAKE PART IN THIS YEAR. ALSO I OFFERING IT FOR OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF AS WELL. AND THERE IS A STRONG NEED THERE. BUT THE WONDERFUL ADDITION TO THIS IS THERE'S A PARENTING COMPONENT TO THIS. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE TEACHER PIECE, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT PARENTING. AND I WILL SAY THAT WHEN WE HAD DR FAYE COME OUT, WE ALSO INCLUDED A PARENTING SESSION WAS AN EVENING AT THE PACK AND IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED. I THINK WE HAD A LITTLE OVER 300 PARENTS THAT PARTICULAR TIME. AND WE, JUST AS I SAID, IT WAS EXTREMELY WELL RECEIVED. AND SO YOU KNOW, IF ANYTHING THAT'S IN CARRY IT SUPPORTS AND ENRICHES THE TEACHING THAT TEACHES THEM AND IT'S INTENDED TO MAKE THEIR JOBS EASIER. OKAY, PERFECT. THIS WAS RIGHT. CAN I GIVE AN EXAMPLE I SAW IT HAPPEN IN CLASS ONCE? UM, THIS, UH IT REALLY IS TEACHING TEACHERS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, A KID IS MAKING A LOT OF NOISE OR UP IN THEIR SEATS. AND INSTEAD OF SAYING SIT DOWN, JOHNNY, SIT DOWN JOHNNY, THE TEACHER INSTEAD OF DOING THAT WALKS OVER STANDS BY JOHNNY PUTS HER HAND ON HIS SHOULDER AND CONTINUES THE LESSON. INSTEAD OF HAVING TO ENGAGE. IT'S JUST KIND OF LITTLE STRATEGIES LIKE THAT TO HELP MANAGE THAT WE ALSO HAVE PARENTS LOVE AND LOGIC, PARENTING CLASSES THAT WE'VE DONE THROUGH OUR PARENT UNIVERSITY AS WELL SO PARENTS CAN EVEN GET A LITTLE TASTE OF IT THEMSELVES, RIGHT? I THINK, UM, A CONSTITUENT BROUGHT THIS TO MY ATTENTION, AND I SAID I WOULD PULL IT AND I WOULD GIVE THEM THE EXPLANATION AND THE COST OF IT AND SO I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S GREAT, BUT I ALSO THINK IT WAS. YOU KNOW, IT IS A CONCERN THAT ARE WE OVERLOADING OUR TEACHERS. ARE WE EXPECTING THEM TO BE SOCIAL WORKERS? AND YOU KNOW, TONS OF THINGS. AND SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A VALID QUESTION. AND I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW ME, I'LL BRING IT UP.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OKAY GREAT. SO WITH THAT, LET'S TAKE A VOTE ME GET BACK TO MY LIST HERE. OKAY ALL THOSE IN FAVOR I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES 50 MOVING TO NUMBER 26. APPROVED THE

[26. Approve the agreement with the California Association of Directors of Activities (CADA) to provide AVID Leadership days for AVID students on February 16, 2023 and February 23, 2023.]

AGREEMENT WITH CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF ACTIVITIES TO PROVIDE AVID LEADERSHIP DAYS FOR AVID STUDENTS ON FEBRUARY 16TH 2023 FEBRUARY 23RD 2023. SECOND. SO LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A BIG UM THERE WAS A TO WHAT HAPPENED AT ONE OF THESE EVENTS WITH RAS B. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO ASSURE, UM WHAT ARE THE WHAT? WHAT ASSURANCES DO OUR PARENTS HAVE? BECAUSE THEY DID PAY FOR, UM SOME OF THESE LEADERSHIP CAMPS, AND I KNOW THAT THEY WERE VERY DISMAYED AT WHAT HAPPENED. UM AND SO, WHAT DO WE HAVE IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND THAT IT WON'T UPSET OUR PARENTS OR OUR STUDENTS. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE ARE REALLY YOU KNOW ANY ANY ASSEMBLY AND THIS IS JUST A LOGICAL AND NATURAL PRACTICE THAT YOU'RE SHOULD BE IN PLACE. YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS, BUT ANY ASSEMBLY THAT THAT OUR COMES ANYONE WHO COMES ONTO OUR CAMPUS WITH THAT INTENTION OF DOING THE SAME DAY WITH OUR STUDENTS WE VET AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DO LOOK AT THE AGENDA AHEAD OF TIME. SO PRINCIPLES, YOU KNOW, TAKE THAT RISK. PONSI BILITY ON TO REVIEW THE DETAILED AGENDA, SO WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG SENSE OF EXACTLY . YOU KNOW WHAT ACTIVITIES THE STUDENTS WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN? AND WE'VE REALLY BEEN, YOU KNOW, WE IMPLEMENTED THAT STRATEGY TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR AS A RESULT OF ONE OF THOSE ASSEMBLIES AND HAVE HAD GREAT SUCCESS, YOU KNOW WITH THAT, AND THAT WILL BE A PRACTICE. THAT CONTINUES. THANK YOU LOOKING FORWARD. OKAY SO WITH THAT, LET'S TAKE A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. I OPPOSED 50

[29. Approve the renewal agreement with Nearpod for a subscription purchase of an online software system for the 2022-23 school year for TK-12 schools.]

THAT CAN THAT PASSES. OKAY NUMBER 29 1ST AND A SECOND, PLEASE. UM I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RENEWAL AGREEMENT WITH NEAR POD FOR THIS. SUBSCRIPTION PURCHASE OF AN ONLINE SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR THE 22 23 SCHOOL. YEAR FOR T K THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS SECOND MRS FREEMAN. SO I GOT MRS ANDERSON. MRS. FREEMAN COMMENTS, PLEASE. UM, SO THE THIS WAS BROUGHT TO ME BY A CONSTITUENT AND THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEAR POD ONLINE AND ON THEIR TWITTER . IT SAYS THAT THIS BRINGS, UM SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND ALL SUBJECTS. AND THIS IS K THROUGH 12. SO AS WE GET FURTHER ALONG THE QUESTION WAS. THIS WAS FROM A HIGH SCHOOL PARENT, THEY SAID. WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING IN THE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS, AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO HEAR FROM YOU? WHAT NEAR POT IS GOING TO BE USED FOR? UM IS THIS ALL ABOUT SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING OR WHAT IS THE ACTUAL OBJECTIVE? BECAUSE IF YOU DO, I'M NOT REALLY BIG ON TWITTER. BUT WHEN I DID GO ON TO LOOK AT WHAT THEY SAID, THAT'S ALL THAT NEAR POD WAS ABOUT WITH SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING, SO THE PARENTS ARE CURIOUS AS TO WHAT NEAR POT IS USED FOR. AND UM WHAT WILL THE KIDS BE LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM? IT IS VERY MUCH ACADEMIC MINDED. YOUR RECORD. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN USING THE A POD FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW

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AND LAST YEAR AT THE BEGINNING BEFORE WE WERE ABLE TO APPROVE OUR SUBSCRIPTION. THERE WAS A CONCERN AND REQUEST ABOUT YOU KNOW SOME SOME OF THE LESSONS AND WHAT WAS BEING TAUGHT. AND SO WE HAVE THAT ABILITY MUCH AS WE DID WITH OTHER PROGRAMS LAST YEAR TO, UH TO KEEP, YOU KNOW TO HAVE OVERSIGHT OF EXACTLY WHAT TOPICS ARE BEING INCLUDED. BUT ULTIMATELY THE TEACHERS UTILIZE IT. YOU'LL SEE IN THE MEMO TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR ABILITY TO TAKE A POWER POINT OR GOOGLE SLIDES AND BE ABLE TO TRANSFER IT INTO SORT OF AN ONLINE ENGAGING LESSON THROUGH NEAR PART, AND THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT THEY'RE USING. FOR MANY TEACHERS THERE CREATE THE CREATION OF THEIR OWN LESSONS. BUT THERE IS THE BENEFIT THAT THE APART OFFERS ALREADY REDESIGNED LESSONS ON A VARIETY OF ACADEMIC TOPICS, AND THAT'S ULTIMATELY THE INTENTION AND THE PURPOSE.

AND THE REASON WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE SUBSCRIPTION FOR MANY OF OUR TEACHERS, THEY HAVE ALREADY CREATED LESSONS AND EMBEDDED THEM INTO NEAR PART IN YOUZHNY APART TO CREATE THEM, SO IT ALLOWS FOR THAT CONTINUED ACCESS TO THE LESSONS FOR THEIR INSTRUCTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH . MM HMM. OKAY LET'S VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES 50. WE'RE GETTING CLOSE.

[38. Approve district membership in the California School Boards Association and the California School Boards Association Education Legal Alliance for the 2022-23 school year.]

OKAY, 38. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE DISTRICT MEMBERSHIP IN THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION AND THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL LEGAL ALLIANCE FOR THE 2022 23 SCHOOL YEAR. SECOND OKAY? UM OKAY, SO. THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION. I BROUGHT THIS LAST YEAR. I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD, UM, HAVE A MEMBERSHIP IN THIS I DON'T THINK THAT THIS ALLIANCE WITH A LOT OF WHAT OUR PARENTS WANT, UM THEY'RE BEHIND GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND A LOT OF HIS VACCINE MANDATES AND THE MASK MANDATES AND THEY'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF HIM, AND THEY'VE MADE A LOT OF DECISIONS THAT GO. AGAINST PARENTAL RIGHTS AGAINST STUDENT RIGHTS AND IT ACTUALLY THEY MADE A LOT OF, UM SUPPORTED A LOT OF BILLS THAT THAT REALLY TAKE, UM TAKE THE POWER AWAY FROM THE PARENTS AND GIVE IT YOU KNOW. TO THE SCHOOLS AND TO THE STATE AND I JUST DON'T AGREE WITH IT. AND I THINK MY CONSTITUENTS WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME IF I VOTED YES FOR THIS, AND I WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME WITH MYSELF VOTING AS FOR THIS ALSO, UM BUT I FEEL LIKE WE CAN DO BETTER. UM THERE'S OTHER PROGRAMS OUT THERE. I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT UM, I KNOW THAT MRS FREEMAN AND MRS BUCK OUR DELEGATES FOR THE CSB A. UM BUT I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE, UM I DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY REPRESENT PARENTS DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY REPRESENT, UM ARE YOU KNOW THE STUDENTS? I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S MORE OF A I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THIS STUFF HAS BECOME HIGHLY POLITICIZED, AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT, UM, ARE PUSHING INTO THE SCHOOLS. I WILL MAKE A COMMENT. FIRST OF ALL IN OUR OWN COUNTY. UM THE DEPARTMENT OF THAT DIRECTORY. THEY ARE LISTED HERE AS THE PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR THE STATE FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, ALONG WITH OTHER ENTITIES, LIKE P T. A AND THOSE WHO WOULD RESPECT THE T A.

AND I DO. AH AH, AND ALSO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, UM, THAT ARE. LEADER STATEWIDE THAT PROVIDES STAFF DEVELOPMENT. FOR SUCH IN OUR CASE, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. THAT IS WHY OUR ONE OF OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS IS TAKING THE MASTERS IN GOVERNANCE, AND SHE'S BEEN GOING THROUGH THAT PROGRAM.

UM I FEEL THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE AS AGAIN A RESOURCE THEY HAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES. TRAINING ON THE BROWN NECK TRAINING ON DIFFERENT BILLS THAT COME UP. THERE'S SO MUCH THAT THEY OFFER AND THEY HAVE THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE THAT THOSE WHO GO TO IT HAVE SO MANY . I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE TOTAL NUMBER IS. BUT MAYBE COULD I SAY HUNDREDS OF COURSES OR CHOICES THAT YOU CAN GO TO AND MAKE YOUR DECISION AS TO WHAT YOU WANT TO ATTEND AND LEARN ABOUT. UM I WOULD TOTALLY SUPPORT THIS. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHETHER OR NOT I'M, A DELEGATE. I APPRECIATE THAT ROLE BECAUSE I GET EVEN A GREATER OPPORTUNITY. TO LEARN EVEN MORE.

BUT UM, THIS IS FOR ALL SCHOOL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS UP AND DOWN THE STATE, OF WHICH THERE ARE ROUGHLY 5000. THIS IS OUR PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION. UM AND NOT EVERY SCHOOL BOARD HAS THE SAME ISSUES. NOT EVERY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER MAY HAVE THE SAME OPINION, BUT IT IS OUR ORGANIZATION AND IT IS HOURS TO UTILIZE AND LEARN FROM AND TAKE OUR OPINIONS, TOO, AS WELL. WE DON'T NECESSARILY GO UP THERE JUST TO SIT THERE AND LISTEN. WE BRING FORTH INFORMATION TO AND

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ALL OF US AT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS CAN DO THAT. AND IF I COULD ADD TO THAT, UM WE'VE TALKED ABOUT NSB A, UM AND BEING PART OF CSB A. WHEN WE WERE UP AS DELEGATES THIS LAST YEAR, WE TALKED TO THEM AND TOLD THEM HOW UPSET PEOPLE WERE ABOUT NSB. A WE DON'T REALLY SEE A WHOLE LOT OF BENEFIT THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM N S B. A AND SO AS A RESULT, THEY'VE THEY'VE ENDED THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH AN S. P A. ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT IS WHEN WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER WITH OTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AROUND THE COUNTY AND ADVOCATE FOR EDUCATION FOR WITH OUR LOCAL LEGISLATORS. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET, UM BY BY THAT ADVOCACY. THIS YEAR ALONE, WE INCREASED THE ABILITY, UM, FOR INCREASED TRANSPORTATION IN OUR BUDGET, AND WE ALSO INCREASED THE OKAY OR THE L C. F F WE HAVE BEEN BEATING THAT DRUM FOR YEARS SINCE THE L C F F CAME OUT, UM, INCREASING THE BASE, INCREASING THE BASE, INCREASING THE BASE AND, UM, WHEN YOU HAVE ALL OF THOSE MEMBERS THAT CAN AGREE ON A HANDFUL OF THINGS, I MEAN, THERE'S AGAIN WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU KNOW PEOPLE LIKE OR DON'T LIKE. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A HANDFUL OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN AGREE ON LIKE THOSE THINGS WHEN YOU HAVE 5000 PEOPLE THAT ARE ALTOGETHER SAYING, NO, WE NEED MORE MONEY AND EDUCATION. I THINK THAT'S THE MAJOR BENEFIT OF IT. HOW MUCH DID THEY GIVE TO THE NBA THIS YEAR OR TWO? GOVERNOR NEWSOME? DO YOU KNOW THEY DID NOT GIVE ANYTHING TO ANY OF THEY'VE THEY'VE REALLY OR ANY. I DON'T. I DON'T THINK THEY GET ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN ANY. YES, THE NBA IS EDUCATION, BUT THE N S B. A SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION. I'M NOT REALLY I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY GAVE TO, UM TO ANY A. I SHOULD ALSO ADD THAT THEY FORMED A POLITICAL PACT THAT IS TOTALLY SEPARATE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS STILL FUNCTIONING. I REALLY DON'T FOLLOW IT CLOSELY, BECAUSE THAT WAY THERE IS NO MIXING ACROSS LINES OF WHAT IS POLITICAL, WHICH IS NOT WHAT THIS IS INTENDED TO BE. THIS IS HAVING AGAIN. THIS THIS, UM, STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION THAT ALSO GIVES US THE VOICE AT THE TABLES ON MANY OF THESE CRITICAL DECISIONS, AND THEY CAN WALK OVER TO SEE LEGISLATORS RIGHT THERE IN SACRAMENTO. UM AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR OUR JOBS THAT WE DO HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. UM I'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE MASTER GOVERNANCE CLASS AND THE LAST THE LAST CLASS I TOOK IN THE SPRING WAS ON CONTRACTS AND NEGOTIATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND UM, IT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO ME WAS INSIGHTFUL. IT HELPED ME UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS . I ALSO THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. UM HOW C S P A IS NOW ADVOCATING NO ME TO LANGUAGE. IN ANY OF THEIR CONTRACTS WITH TEACHERS AND CSC, A AND SUPERINTENDENTS. THEY'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW IF YOU CAN REMOVE THAT LANGUAGE, GOOD LUCK. YOU KNOW, BUT UM. SO THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION THERE AND YOU CAN ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS ALSO BECAUSE OF OUR COUNCIL MEETING. I DIDN'T GET TO SHARE SOME OF THE CLASSES THAT I ATTENDED. UM IN DECEMBER AT THE CONFERENCE, AND ONE OF THE CLASSES I WENT TO WAS ON THE EL CAP BECAUSE I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE CAP BETTER. AND THEY ACTUALLY GAVE US UM GIANT BOOK. AND IT HAD IN THEIR WAYS TO EVALUATE THE GOALS LIKE WHAT'S GOOD, BETTER BEST AND WHAT YOU SHOULD LOOK AT WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH YOUR EL CAP TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR GOALS ARE STRONG. ANOTHER CLASS I WENT TO WAS ADVOCACY. LIKE WHAT? WHAT WAS GOOD PROTOCOL. WHAT WAS BAD PROTOCOL? HOW TO GET YOUR VOICE HEARD? ANOTHER CLASS I WENT TO WAS ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. AND HOW TO HELP THEM.

AND WHAT THE LATEST UM DATA SHOWING OR THE BEST RESULTS TO HANDLE THAT SO THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION AND RESOURCES THAT ARE GIVEN TO YOU AND YOU'RE GETTING STUFF THAT IS JUST HOT OFF THE PRESS. IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN RELEASED. I WENT TO ANOTHER CLASS, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. UM THE. PERSON THAT WAS CONDUCTING IT SAID. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HERE SOME SAMPLE BYLAWS THAT WE THINK YOU SHOULD DO. UM THEY GO. DON'T TELL CSB A BUT THERE'S AREN'T STRONG ENOUGH. AND WE RECOMMEND THESE SO THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD RESOURCES. THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION. I MET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAD A LOT OF UM, SAME THOUGHTS AND INTERESTED ME AND I GOT HOOKED UP WITH SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO ME. IN MY POSITION AS

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A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE TO IT. THERE'S SOME STUFF. OF COURSE, JUST LIKE EVERYTHING YOU KNOW THAT I MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH . SOMETIMES IN THE CLASSES. I'VE TAKEN THIS NOT. NOT THE SUBJECT MATTER, BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE USING EXAMPLES TO SHOW YOU HOW TO WORK THROUGH PROBLEMS OR ISSUES THAT COMMENT, YOUR SCHOOL BOARD AND THEY MIGHT USE AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT I DISAGREE WITH, BUT IT SHOWS THE PROCESS OF WHAT STEPS YOU TAKE AND HOW TO GET THINGS TAKEN CARE OF, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS A BOARD MEMBER TO BE EDUCATED TO KNOW THE PROPER. WAYS AND TO BE SO YOU ARE MORE EFFECTIVE. AND A STRONGER LEADER, AND SO THAT'S MY FEELINGS ON THE S. B. A. OKAY SO WITH THAT, LET'S TAKE A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. I POST NO. OKAY 32 TO THAT ONE ALSO CARRIES AND NUMBER 39. I WILL MAKE A

[39. Approve the renewal of California School Board Association’s GAMUT Online subscription for the 2022-23 school year.]

MOTION TO APPROVE THE RENEWAL RENEWAL OF CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATIONS GAMUT ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION FOR 20. EXCUSE ME, 2022 23 SCHOOL YEAR ALL SECOND. WELL, THIS IS JUST A, UH, YOU KNOW THIS. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THIS IF YOU'RE IN THE CSB A SO I HAVE NOTHING. THIS IS THE EMAILS ON ALL THIS STUFF. THEY SENT YOU SO OKAY? NO IT'S A GAMMA GAMMA IS ALL OF OUR. ALL OF THAT DATABASE WHERE YOU CAN PULL FROM, SO IF WE'RE IN THE CSB, A. WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT. NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO. YOU HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE CIA TO GET GAMUT RIGHT WITH THAT. AND IT HELPS ALL OF THAT STUFF, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. IF WE'RE MEMBER OF CSB, THEN WE NEED TO HAVE THE SUBSCRIPTION. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD IDEA TO CORRECT THEY HAVE ALREADY RIGHT. IT'S A GOOD IDEA . I REMEMBER THAT FROM LAST YEAR, OKAY. SO WITH THAT, LET'S TAKE A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. AND OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES 32. AND NOW THAT BRINGS US TO FUTURE BOARD AGENDA ITEMS. WE KIND OF TOUCHED A LITTLE BIT ON IT AS WE WENT. BUT IS ANYBODY ANYTHING SPECIFIC FOR I HOPE NOBODY EVER STICKS THEIR THUMB DOWN AT ME AGAIN. MHM NOTED. OKAY SO THAT BRINGS US TO ADJOURNMENT. CAN I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED SECOND? OKAY AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR I MOTION CARRIES 50 AND WE'RE ADJOURNED AT 9 51.

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