Feb 13, 2024 Board Meeting

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I AM CALLING THE FEBRUARY 13TH 2024 MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ORDER PER

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

[3. CLOSED SESSION]

[4. REGULAR SESSION]

UM I JUST WANTED TO, UM, LET EVERYONE KNOW THEY PERFORMED FOR THE SHOWCASE. UM, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AT BERNARDO YORBA, UM, FOR THE COMPUTER SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL THAT'S COMING IN, AND THEY JUST DID SUCH A PHENOMENAL JOB. WE ALL SAT THERE IN THAT ROW AND WE SAID, I KNOW WHO IS OPENING UP OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO TURN IT OVER TO YOU GUYS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US. WE ARE HONORED TO BE HERE TO PERFORM IN FRONT OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL AS IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY, SO WE JUST WANT TO GIVE A GIANT THANK YOU TO THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE INVITATION A QUICK THANK YOU FOR DOCTOR FISHER, WHO CAN'T MAKE IT TODAY. BUT BEING THE BEST PRINCIPAL IN THE WORLD FOR SUPPORTING OUR THRIVING MUSIC PROGRAM, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP ON THRIVING NEXT YEAR, ESPECIALLY WITH SIXTH GRADERS COMING IN AT O CS CS, UH, WE EXPECT OUR PROGRAM TO EVEN ENLARGE IN SIZE. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND GO STRAIGHT INTO IT. UH, THIS IS CALLED BIG SWING FACE. THIS WILL BE FEATURING OUR TENOR SAX PLAYER JUSTIN VO, AS WELL AS OUR DRUM SET PLAYER, JACOB TRANCHITA, AND WE HOPE YOU ENJOY. THANK YOU.

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I TOLD YOU THEY'RE AMAZING. UM MRS CHRISTIA. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. WHERE HAVE YOU SEEN THE MOST GROWTH IN YOUR PROGRAM AND ALSO TO, UM WITH THE NEW COMPUTER SCIENCE, UM, SCHOOL COMING IN. WHAT ARE GONNA BE THE WHAT'S YOUR MUSIC PROGRAM GONNA LOOK LIKE? AND WHAT ARE THE CLASSES GONNA BE OFFERED? AWESOME UH, I THINK THE BIGGEST GROWTH THAT I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. THIS IS MY FOURTH YEAR. TEACHING AT BERNARDO YORBA IS NOT ONLY THE AMOUNT OF CHILDREN BECAUSE I CAME IN WHEN THERE WAS ONLY THREE CLASSES. I DON'T KNOW IF A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT, BUT I LITERALLY ONLY JAZZ BAND, REGULAR BAND AND ORCHESTRA. NOW IT IS GOING INTO SEGUE INTO THE CLASSES WE OFFER. WE OFFER JAZZ BAND FOR ZERO PERIOD. WE HAVE A SPECIFIC PERCUSSION CLASS THAT OFFERS, UM DRUMMERS AS WELL AS ANY OTHER PERCUSSION STUDENT TO HAVE, UM, SPECIFIC HELP ON PERCUSSION. I MYSELF AM A PERCUSSIONIST, SO IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING AMAZING HOW TO HAVE THAT, UH, WE OFFER A WIND CLASS TO WIND CLASSES SECTIONS FOR OUR YOU KNOW, TRUMPETS, CLARINETS, SO BE IT, AND WE ALSO OFFER TO ORCHESTRA CLASSES. SO YOU CAN BE IN JAZZ BAND. YOU CAN BE IN PERFORMING BAND. YOU CAN BE IN ORCHESTRA. UM ALL OF THOSE ARE OFFERED, BUT , UM NOT ONLY DID I SEE THE MOST GROWTH LITERALLY FROM THE NUMBERS, BUT I'VE ALSO SEEN JUST THE GROWTH OF PASSION FROM THE STUDENTS THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THOSE KIDS THAT ARE NOW OUT THERE, OBVIOUSLY WORKING SO HARD TO JUST CLEAR OUT A STAGE. THEY PUT SO MUCH TIME INTO THE MUSIC AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THEY PUT SO MUCH TIME INTO THEIR RELATIONSHIPS IN THE BAND AND IN THE ORCHESTRA AND IN THE JAZZ. AND THEY CAN TELL YOU HOW THEY MAKE THE CLOSEST RELATIONSHIPS IN MUSIC. I KNOW I DID WHEN I WAS A KID. UM SO, YEAH, THOSE ARE THE FEW THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE EXPECTED AND EVEN BEING , UM, THE ORANGE COUNTY COM UH, SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE. WE WILL STILL BE OFFERING ALL OF THOSE CLASSES STILL WITH THE SUPPORT OF MRS FISHER DOCTOR FISHER. THAT IS AMAZING. I'M SO GLAD TO HEAR THIS. I MEAN, YOU GUYS ARE JUST EVERYWHERE YOU GUYS PLAY, YOU KILL IT, SO THAT'S AMAZING. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR HAVING US IT WAS AMAZING EXPERIENCE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THE KIDS A CHANCE TO PLAY IN THE DISTRICT BOARD MEETING ROOM. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR THE AUDIENCE MEMBERS THAT CAME TO SEE US. THANK YOU. I. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. IS THERE ANY IS THERE ANY OTHER WAYS THAT OUR BOARD CAN SUPPORT YOU? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? ANY SUPPORT FROM US FROM YOUR SCHOOL FROM THE COMMUNITY? I MEAN, THIS IS YOU HAVE DONE SUCH A PHENOMENAL

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[5. REPORT OF BOARD ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION]

[7. INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE]

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WE'VE GOT NOAH CROCKETT HERE AND WE SADIE, MO. AND I DON'T KNOW IF I SEE EDEN OR NOT, BUT I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO HIGHLIGHT AND HONOR THESE STUDENTS FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP.

AND THEIR ENCOURAGEMENT AND THEIR SUPPORT AND SO JUST ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US, THANK YOU GUYS, UH, FOR ALLOWING CLUBS LIKE THIS TO TAKE PLACE. A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT THIS NEXT GENERATION AND SAY, OH, THEY'RE JUST ADDICTED TO TECHNOLOGY. OH, THEY'RE JUST GAMERS. OH, THEY'RE LAZY. THEY'RE DISRESPECTFUL. BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS NEXT GENERATION IS A GENERATION OF WORLD CHANGERS. AND WHAT WE BELIEVE IS WE BELIEVE IN YOU. WE ARE FOR YOU. WE BELIEVE IN YOU AND WE SUPPORT YOU. SO THANK YOU GUYS TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BRIAN FOR THAT MESSAGE, AND THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU BROUGHT IN YOUR LEADERSHIP IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE APPRECIATE IT. OK SO I WAS GOING

[8. SEAT STUDENT BOARD MEMBER (General Function #17.1)]

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OK NOW THE GRAND FINALE. SO, UH, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I STATE YOUR NAME? DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER AS A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. I AM COMMITTED TO PROVIDING A VOICE FOR STUDENTS FOR INCLUDING COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY REGARDING SCHOOLS PROGRAMS REGARDING SCHOOLS, PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. FURTHERMORE I WILL DO MY BEST. I WILL DO MY BEST TO ENSURE ALL REPRESENTATIVE OPINIONS THAT ALL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STUDENTS OF THE PLACENTIA YORBA LINDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, ARE ACTIVELY SOUGHT, HEARD AND CONSIDERED AND CONSIDERED AS I SERVE AS STUDENT BOARD MEMBER TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. CONGRATULATIONS.

OKAY, NOT MM. WELCOME ONCE AGAIN . WE'RE SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE AND I. I KIND OF WHISPERED IN HER EAR AS SHE WALKED BY ONCE IN AZTEC, ALWAYS AN AZTEC. UM, SO ROLL CALL AT THE ROLL CALL SHOW

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[10. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

TODD'S GETTING EXCITED FOR TWO MEETINGS, SO HE'S BETTER. HE'S USED TO THE, UH TELECOMMUTING OR WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING. ALL RIGHT , SO BACK TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT ANNOUNCEMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT.

CARDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE FOYER CARDS MUST BE COMPLETED AND TURNED IN PRIOR TO THE DESIGNATED TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. UH, THERE'S A MAXIMUM TIME OF THREE MINUTES PER PERSON . IF TRANSLATION IS NEEDED IN AN ADDITIONAL THREE MINUTES WILL BE GIVEN. BUT PLEASE LET US KNOW AHEAD OF TIME SO WE CAN ACCOMMODATE YOU. WE HAVE A CIVILITY POLICY FOR EDUCATION CODE 220. IT 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. CRIME SET FORTH IN SECTION 4 22.55 OF THE PENAL CODE, INCLUDING IMMIGRATION STATUS. AND BEFORE I ASK FOR A MOTION, I

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[13. PUBLIC HEARING]

HEALTH IS ON ITS WAY. THANK YOU. I THINK YOU GUYS COULD HEAR ME ANYWAY, BUT OK, MY NAME IS SHANNON MURRAY AND BACK ON JANUARY 24TH BEFORE THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS TOPIC, I EMAILED DR CHERNUS AND EVERYONE ON THE BOARD ABOUT THE CHANGE TO SIXTH GRADERS TO O CS CS. NOT ONE PERSON RESPONDED. SO SINCE YOU'RE NOW HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING AT A TIME THAT IS MUCH MORE CONVENIENT FOR WORKING PARENTS. I'M JUST GONNA READ MY EMAIL TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN ALL SPEAK TO THESE CONCERNS BEFORE VOTING. WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE MOVE TO ADD SIXTH GRADE TO O CS C SI LOVE THAT DEMAND HAS BEEN GREAT, BUT I'M WONDERING ABOUT THE IMPACT OF SURROUNDING K THROUGH SIX SCHOOLS AND THEIR ENROLLMENT OR IF THIS IS TO ACCOMMODATE INTEREST FROM STUDENTS OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT. HOW WILL IT IMPACT STUDENTS WHO WANT TO ENTER 1/7 GRADERS? ALSO I WONDER IF ANY COMPARISONS HAVE BEEN DONE BETWEEN P SIXTH GRADERS IN ELEMENTARY VERSUS MIDDLE SCHOOL. I BELIEVE THERE'S BEEN AN ONGOING DEBATE ABOUT WHICH IS BETTER. SO I'M CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANY RESEARCH TO BACK UP ONE VERSUS THE OTHER WHAT IS BETTER FOR STUDENTS AND HAVE LOCAL PARENTS BEEN SURVEYED TO SEE WHAT THEY PREFER? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE SINCE THIS IS

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IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? I ONLY HAD ONE CARD. BUT IF YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME TO THE PODIUM IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SAY ANYTHING OK, PERFECT. WELCOME. COULD WE HAVE YOUR NAME? RANDY FINNEY. I KNOW YOU RAN. HI. HELLO. UM THANK YOU, UH, I. I WISH YOU GUYS WERE THIRD GRADERS. IT WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER. UM I, UM MY NAME IS RANDY FINNEY. I'M A YORBA LINDA RESIDENT. AND I'M A RECENT RETIREE FROM PLACE. BELINDA YAY. UM I TAUGHT 35 YEARS IN THIS GREAT DISTRICT AND LOVED IT. MY BOTH OF MY KIDS HAVE GONE THROUGH TRAVIS AND, UM ESPERANZA, AND I'M SO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THE BAND PROGRAM IS GONNA BE THE SAME BECAUSE THAT WAS THE MOST WONDERFUL THING FOR MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHE GOT TO ESPERAN THAT PROGRAM. THERE IS AMAZING, UM I. I LOVE OUR DISTRICT. IT'S BEEN GREAT. UM I JUST WAS CURIOUS BECAUSE I JUST SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER. AND I KNOW PROBABLY YOU'VE ALL PROBABLY ALREADY CONSIDERED THEM . BUT JUST I WAS TEACHING DURING THE 20 TO 1, WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT THING, BUT IT WOUND UP BEING A BIG DEBACLE. AND SO JUST SOME THINGS THAT WERE CONCERNING TO ME WAS, UM THE PROBLEM THAT FIRST CAME OUT WAS WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH. ENOUGH HOUSING FOR THE STUDENTS. WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PLACES WHEN WE, UH WHEN WE, UH SHRINK OUR CLASSROOMS TO 20. AND THEN WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET ENOUGH TEACHERS AND IT WOUND UP BEING WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN AN AMAZING THING. IT WOUND UP BEING EXPENSIVE AND IT DIDN'T WORK OUT WHICH WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTING BECAUSE MY KIDS, OF COURSE, WENT THROUGH THE 20 TO 1. SO UM, PLEASE KNOW THAT I'M NOT AGAINST CHARTER SCHOOLS AT ALL. I JUST WAS HOPING THAT YOU MIGHT JUST CONSIDER OR IF YOU HAVE ALREADY CONSIDERED THIS IF YOU WOULD JUST MAYBE LET US KNOW. UM FIRST THING, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS IS SINCE SIXTH GRADE WILL BE ADDED, IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT ADDING IT, WHERE ARE THE STUDENTS GONNA BE HOUSED? UM BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE A LOT MORE PEOPLE AT THE SCHOOL AND, UM SECOND, WHERE WILL THE FUNDS COME FROM? TO BE ABLE TO HOUSE THOSE STUDENTS? THE SECOND. UM THE SECOND THING IS, I KNOW THAT , UH, ESPECIALLY AT GLENDALE, WHERE I TAUGHT, UM, THE SIXTH GRADE TEACHERS. THEY ARE SELF CONTAINED, AND SO THEY HAVE A MULTIPLE SUBJECT TEACHING CREDENTIAL AND TO TEACH AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL, YOU NEED TO HAVE A SINGLE SUBJECT TEACHING CREDENTIAL. SO MY QUESTION IS, ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO ATTRACT THE BEST TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO TEACH AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL BECAUSE WE'RE ADDING THAT EXTRA GRADE THERE? IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN JUST TAKE OUR TEACHERS AND JUST, YOU KNOW. AWESOME OVER THERE. SO MY CONCERN IS THAT ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HIRE BECAUSE I WOULD SURE HATE FOR IT NOT TO BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF THESE. THESE MISTAKES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, WERE MADE MANY MANY YEARS AGO. UM AND THEN, IF THE TEACHERS, THE SIXTH GRADE TEACHERS IF THEY ARE, IF YOU ARE GONNA USE THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE WE HAVE SUCH GOOD TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICT AND LIKE IT'S SO HAPPY TO BE HERE, UM WOULD YOU BE WILLING? WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WOULD DO IS LIKE, CONSIDER. I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE NO IDEA IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY EVEN WANT TO DO. BUT UM, PERHAPS PUT IN A LIKE, UM, LIKE BACK IN THE DAY WHEN I STARTED, T STARTED TEACHING. WE HAD, UM EMERGENCY CREDENTIALS. SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD MIGHT LOOK AT TO TRY TO KEEP THEM AT THE SAME TEACHERS AND, UM OOPS, IS THAT ME? THAT'S YOU. OH, SORRY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE REST OF YOUR QUESTIONS. IF YOU WANNA EMAIL, UM TO DOCTOR TURN US INTO THE BOARD. WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR INPUT. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DID IN OUR SCHOOLS. YOU WERE GREATLY LOVED OVER AT B, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATED GOING TO YOUR CLASS LAST YEAR. I MISSED YOU GUYS. THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH, OF COURSE. DO I, UM, HAVE ANY OTHER? OK? SAY, UM, STRANGE COINCIDENCE THAT I'M HERE TONIGHT. YOU'LL SEE IN A MOMENT.

UM DOCTOR TURNER IS BOARD MEMBERS. EMILY UH, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME AND ADDRESS YOU TONIGHT, AND I DO SO NOT AS A CASUAL OBSERVER BUT HAVING A LONG HISTORY OF ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN THIS DISTRICT, DATING BACK TO THE MID 19 NINETIES. UM I'M NOT GOING TO BORE YOU WITH ALL OF MY NUMEROUS INVOLVEMENTS. COULD WE HAVE YOUR NAME? PLEASE, SIR? AND ARE YOU SPEAKING ON THE SIXTH GRADE? UH, FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'M SPEAKING ON THE TRANSITION OF BERNARDO TO PERFECT. AND WHAT IS YOUR NAME? MY NAME IS STEVE SOFKA. I LIVE AT 1230 NORTH HU

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THEY WERE RITA KIDS IN THE BAND THAT AT BERNARDO AND ESPERANZA. UM AND NOW THEY HAVE GONE ON TO SUCCESSFUL CAREERS. ALSO AS A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD AND TRANSPARENCY. MY WIFE, LONE IS ENJOYING HER MOST ENDEARING LABOR OF LOVE. BEING A LIBRARIAN AT MABEL PAYNE, NOW FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS. I OFFER THIS TO YOU BECAUSE I'M VERY PROUD RESIDENT OF THIS DISTRICT. I'M GRATEFUL FOR WHAT IT'S PROVIDED NOT ONLY TO ME BUT TO MANY, MANY OTHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. I DO HAVE TO ADMIT, HOWEVER, THAT SINCE THE PANDEMIC THE COLLATERAL DAMAGE THAT HAS RAINED DOWN ON MUCH OF WHICH WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH. TODAY IT BECAME MY PERCEPTION THAT THE DISTRICT HAD FOR A PERIOD OF TIME RETREATED AND BECOME SOMEWHAT LACKADAISICAL. I'M HERE , HOWEVER, TONIGHT TO CAST MY MISPERCEPTIONS ASIDE AND TO VIGOROUSLY APPLAUDING, APPLAUDING, CONGRATULATE YOU FOR THE DECISIONS MADE REGARDING THE TRANSITION CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE AT BERNARDO WITH THE NEW CHARTER SCHOOL. I RECENTLY ATTENDED TWO PRESENTATIONS REGARDING IT, AND ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT THIS SCHOOL IS SING SINGULARLY UNIQUE AND FORWARD THINKING AND FAR MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TYPE OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP THAT FOR YEARS HAD BEEN THE HALLMARK OF THIS DISTRICT. DR FISHER, THE CURRENT PRINCIPAL OF BERNARDO, AND SOON TO BE NEW CHARTER SCHOOL ELOQUENTLY AND VERY ENTHUSIASTICALLY PRESENTED THE NEW, DETAILED MODEL AND ALL OF THE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPRESSIVE ATTRIBUTES AND PARTNERSHIPS ACCOMPANYING THIS SCHOOL. SHE AND A NEW SCORE ARE NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING. THIS NEW MODEL IS SO UNIQUELY COMPREHENSIVE COLLABORATIVE AND ENGAGEMENT THAT THE PROSPECTS FOR STUDENT SUCCESS ARE JUST MIND BOGGLING. BUT I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TELL YOU BECAUSE AS MUCH AS YOU'VE ALREADY DONE YOU CAN'T STOP HERE. I'M GOING TO MAKE THE ASSUMPTION THAT CONVERSATIONS AND ACTIONS MAY BE ALREADY UNDERWAY. BUT I IMPLORE YOU TO TAKE ALL THE NECESSARY STEPS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO ALLOW FOR THE CREATION OF A CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL. SO THAT STUDENTS COMING OUT OF THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL CAN MOVE ON TO A HIGH SCHOOL AND CONTINUE THIS GREAT PROGRAM THAT EXISTS. I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY REMISS TO HAVE THEM COME OUT OF THE SCHOOL AND GO BACK INTO A TRADITIONAL MODEL HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. DID YOU THROW IN A CARD, JOHN? NO. I DID NOT SORRY FOR THE NEXT COMMENTS. I DID, BUT NOT THIS ONE. YEAH UH JOHN QUACKENBUSH, 1620 VALENCIA AVENUE. UH, JUST REAL QUICK ON ON THIS, UH, WITH THE CHARTER SCHOOL STUFF. UH, I KNOW THE SIXTH GRADE THINGS KIND OF COME UP QUICKLY, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE GOOD, UH, FEEDBACK WITH STUFF, SO I'M JUST KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT THE MAKING SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY DIVED INTO THIS AND HAVE CONTINGENCIES FOR THE SIXTH GRADE AND THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO END UP WITH LOW ENROLLMENT IN THE SIXTH GRADE ASPECT OF THIS UM AND THAT, UH UM ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS SCANNING THROUGH. UH THE, UH, MINUTES AND ALL THE CHARTER. AND UH UM I CAME ACROSS SOME STUFF THAT, UH, I. I HAVE TO ADMIT, I DON'T KNOW ALL OF IT. I DIDN'T DO A DEEP DIVE INTO IT. BUT I JUST WANNA CONFIRM AND REITERATE THAT IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, WE'VE GIVEN A LIST OF PRIORITIES AND WE'VE MADE THE PRIORITIES WHERE WE'VE PUT OUT OF DISTRICT LAST, AND WE'VE KEPT IN DISTRICT PEOPLE FIRST. WHEN I WAS READING THE CHARTER ONE IT STILL IT DIDN'T STATE THAT IT JUST KIND OF LET IT FALL OFF AFTER I THINK THE, UH, THE TEACHER, YOU KNOW THE EMPLOYEES, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S IT THAT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE, UM IN THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS THAT THAT'S THEIR, UM THAT THAT YOU, YOU GO AHEAD AND CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT LIST AND THAT'S APPROPRIATE THERE. UM THE, UH, THE, UH, OTHER THING, UM, WITH THE BERNARDO, THE ORCHESTRA THAT WAS HERE. YOU KNOW, THAT IS A SIGN OF OUR TEACHERS AND HOW GREAT IT IS. IT'S NOT A SIGN OF OUR OF A CHARTER SCHOOL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I'M SURE IT WILL STILL GO GREAT AND SHE'LL DO GREAT, BUT THAT'S A SIGN OF OUR TEACHERS. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF TEACHERS LIKE THAT IN THIS DISTRICT THAT WILL TAKE A PROGRAM. AND BRING IT TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND I THINK THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WE NEED TO NURTURE AND TRAIN AND CONTINUE LOOKING FOR, UH, WITH THAT. UM SO, UH THEN, UH, AND SHE BROUGHT UP SOMETHING ABOUT PROP 28 FUNDS THAT MADE ME START WONDERING, HOW ARE THOSE GONNA GET DISTRIBUTED? THIS IS A CHARTER SCHOOL. IS IT GOING ARE ARE WE GOING TO BE GIVING PROP 28 FUNDS TO THEM? UM, THAT COMES TO OUR

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HELLO MY NAME'S MARISSA MALLORY. I TURNED IN A CARD FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT SWITCHING IT UP TO HERE NOW, UM I'M ACTUALLY A FORMER PY PARENT. BOTH OF MY DAUGHTERS WENT TO PYL HIGH SCHOOLS. UM MY SON KIND OF WATCHED THEIR EXPERIENCES AND HE CHOSE TO GO TO PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOL. UM, BUT I'M ALSO A 26 YEAR CLASSROOM TEACHER. THE PAST 23 YEARS. I'VE BEEN AT AN INDEPENDENT CHARTER SCHOOL AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU TALKING TO MRS FISHER. IT'S SO EXCITING TO SEE WHAT THIS BOARD AND WHAT A STRONG ADMIN TEAM IS. AND HOW THEY'RE DOING. WHAT'S BEST FOR KIDS RIGHT NOW, UM I KNOW THE POWER OF CHARTERS AND WHAT THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH AND HAVING THIS NEWEST TARTAR IS REALLY GOING TO TRANSFORM THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR KIDS NOT ONLY GOING TO BERNARDO BUT DISTRICT WIDE BECAUSE ONCE THE CHARTER STARTS DOING THINGS OTHER SCHOOLS START TO LOOK AT IT AND THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, WE CAN PUT THAT INTO SO IN THE BIGGER PICTURE I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE AND I REALLY APPLAUDING THE PROACTIVE APPROACH. PYL IS NOW TAKING TO ENSURE QUALITY EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND KIND OF WISH I HAD 1/4, BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO ONE ELSE, UM, I AM GOING TO CLOSE THIS. OK? I DIDN'T PLAN ON IT, UM. I THINK FOR MANY YEARS THIS DISTRICT HAS BEEN FULL OF STALE AIR, STALE IDEAS DOING THE SAME OLD, SAME OLD, INCOMPETENT ADMINISTRATORS AND COMPETENT SUPERINTENDENTS WHO JUST COME IN, GET A PAYCHECK AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT JOB. I HAVE HAD SCHOOL KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN HOME SCHOOLED, CHARTERED AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLING . I THINK WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO PROVIDE A LOT OF OPTIONS. THE WORLD IS CHANGING FASTER THAN YOU WANT IT TO EDUCATION NEEDS TO CHANGE ALONG WITH IT. I THINK THERE ARE EVEN SOME MATH CLASSES THAT I LEARNED THAT MANY OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE THAT OURS. DON'T THAT PUT MY KID AT A DISTINCT DISADVANTAGE IN APPLYING TO ENGINEERING COLLEGES? WE DO NOT HAVE LINEAR. ALGEBRA WE DON'T HAVE MULTI VARIABLE CALCULUS, AND I CAN NAME A FEW OTHERS. THERE ARE LOTS OF PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THOSE CLASSES AND AGAIN BECAUSE HE WAS APPLYING TO ENGINEERING COLLEGES AND SPEAKING WITH VARIOUS COACHES AS WELL. THEY GAVE HIM INSIDE. INFORMATION THAT YOU WON'T BE COMPETITIVE BECAUSE YOU'RE A HIGH SCHOOL DOES NOT OFFER THOSE , UH, MATH CLASSES, SO I THINK WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO SHAKE THINGS UP, CHANGE THINGS UP. UM, NOT BE FULL OF STALE AIR AND STALE. IDEAS UH, FULL OF INCOMPETENT ADMINISTRATORS AND INCOMPETENT SUPERINTENDENTS. I'M HAPPY. SOMEONE NEW IS HERE. WE NEED A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. SO CHARTERS ACADEMIES, UM, GETTING OUT OF YOUR OWN COMFORT ZONE.

STOP THINKING ABOUT CALIFORNIA AND THIS CRAZY A THROUGH G STUFF THAT YOU WANNA STICK KIDS IN.

THERE'S A WHOLE WORLD OUT THERE OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND I HOPE YOU LOOK FOR IT. THANK YOU. MISTER PRESIDENT. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. WE MAY WE MAY NEVER CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING. I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING. MY NAME IS SUSO. I'M A TEACHER AT ESPERANZA HIGH SCHOOL. I TAKE OFFENSE TO STALE AIR COMMENTS. THIS DISTRICT HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL. WE MIGHT NOT LIKE THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP OR THE WAY YOU LEAD OR REPRESENT, BUT WE HAVE PHENOMENAL PROGRAMS IN THIS DISTRICT. WE DON'T HAVE STALE AIR. WE HAVE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS THAT BEND OVER BACKWARDS TO GIVE STUDENTS OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN 13 DIFFERENT CAREER, TECHNICAL EDUCATION, PATHWAYS IN PROGRAMS AND ADVANCED PLACEMENT AND

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[14. PRESENTATIONS]

AND THE WORLD OF EDUCATION IS CHANGING WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, AND SO WE COULD EITHER BE A GOOD DISTRICT. OR WE CAN BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF WHERE EDUCATION IS GOING. AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. AND WE STARTED A COMPUTER SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL BECAUSE COMPUTER SCIENCE IS THE ONE INDUSTRY. WHERE ALL BIG TECH CAN'T FIND ENOUGH GRADUATES TO HIRE FOR HIGH PAYING JOBS. SO WHERE DO THEY GO? THEY GO TO OTHER COUNTRIES. WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THAT HERE. WE HAVE A COMPUTER SCIENCE CHARTER WHERE WE TOOK A SCHOOL OF BERNARDO YORBA WITH 550 STUDENTS SITTING TODAY AND WE HAVE OVER 900 STUDENTS IN TWO MONTHS, NOT EVEN TWO FULL MONTHS OF ENROLLING KIT. THAT BE THAT SAYS TO ALL OF US. THAT OUR COMMUNITY DEMANDS. EDUCATION TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT. OF THIS COUNTRY. IN THIS WORLD. AND WE'RE GONNA DO IT HERE. WE HAVE OVER 60 STUDENTS FROM OUT OF THE DISTRICT THAT WANT TO COME IN AND GO TO OUR CHARTER THAT GENERATES ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR IN NEW REVENUE. IT ALLOWS US TO RUN NEW PROGRAMS ALLOWS US TO KEEP TEACHERS. IT ALLOWS US TO PAY OUR EMPLOYEES MORE. BECAUSE THERE'S A DEMAND FOR PEOPLE THAT WANNA GO HERE. OVER HALF OF THE DISTRICTS IN CALIFORNIA ARE IN DECLINING ENROLLMENT. WE ARE NOT BECAUSE OF THIS. AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NEW PROGRAMS. THAT PUT KIDS FIRST. FAMILIES WANT SPECIALIZED EDUCATION. THEY DON'T WANT THE SA ME THING. THE CLASSROOM HAS LOOKED THE SAME FOR OVER 100 YEARS. PRE COVID. THERE WAS A BUNCH OF CHAIRS WITH TEACHERS IN THE FRONT. AND WE'VE ADDED SOME TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE IT LOOK BETTER. BUT THINGS ARE CHANGING. IT'S ABOUT SPECIALIZATION. COMPUTER SCIENCE IS ABOUT SPECIALIZATION. WHEN I GOT HERE. I HEARD SO MANY PEOPLE. PARENTS COME TO ME AND SAY WE'RE LOSING KIDS TO SPECIALIZED ATHLETIC SCHOOLS. PEOPLE A RE GOING, THERE'S A THERE'S A GIRLS SOCCER. UM, ACADEMY A FEW MILES AWAY. KIDS ARE GOING THERE. WE'RE LOSING KIDS TO, UM OTHER ACADEMIES AND CHARTER SCHOOLS AND YOU HAVE ALL THESE SPECIALIZED SCHOOLS. WITH KIDS THAT ARE FOCUSING ON ATHLETICS. THAT WE'RE LOSING. WELL, HERE WE HAVE A GREAT HOME SCHOOL PROGRAM IN OUR DISTRICT. WE HAVE A GREAT VIRTUAL PROGRAM IN OUR DISTRICT. BUT WE DON'T HAVE AS A ATHLETIC FOCUS SPECIALIZATION THAT WE CAN CAPTURE A LOT OF THESE KITS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE HOMESCHOOLING. THAT ARE DOING VIRTUAL SCHOOL IN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL. BUT OUR SPECIALIZED SPECIALIZED IN ATHLETICS. AND ARE GOING ELSEWHERE OR THEY OR THEIR HOMESCHOOLING. SO WE ARE GOING TO DEVELOP AN AN INSTITUTE WHERE OUR KIDS AND KIDS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT WANT TO ATTEND. CAN SPECIALIZE IN ATHLETICS. OF THEIR CHOICE. AND TRAIN AS THEY'RE ALREADY DOING, BUT OUR DISTRICT CAPTURES THE AD A AND OUR DISTRICT BUILDS THIS SCHOOL

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WE A RE PEOPLE. I OFFICES THERE. THEY'LL TEACH. THEY'LL WORK FROM OFFICES IN OTHER LOCATIONS. BUT THIS ACADEMY THIS INSTITUTE WILL BE A SCHOOL. IT'LL BE A SCHOOL FOR HUNDREDS OF KIDS. AND IT'LL BE A SCHOOL THAT MANY, MANY, MANY FAMILIES WILL WANT TO GO TO AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING FOR STUDENTS. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. I'M HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO CONTINUE INNOVATION. I WANT TO CONTINUE TO GIVE OUR FAMILIES OPTIONS.

AND THIS GIVES OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS MORE OPTIONS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. SO UM, WE HAVE FUNDING SPECIALIZED FUNDING. TO PUT INTO. THIS SCHOOL FUNDING FROM WHAT'S CALLED DEVELOPER FEES. THIS MONEY MUST BE SPENT. WITHIN FIVE YEARS. AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE MONEY'S FOR. IT'S FOR NEW SCHOOLS NEW DEVELOPMENT. SO. I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WHENEVER WE DEVELOP NEW PROGRAMS, JUST LIKE THE ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE. I'VE GOTTEN QUESTIONS ABOUT. WE'RE MOVING TOO FAST. WE'RE CHANGING THINGS.

WELL, WE ARE MOVING FAST. AND WE ARE CHANGING THINGS. BUT WE'RE DOING IT BECAUSE IT'S BEST FOR KIDS AND OUR FAMILIES. AND THERE IS URGENCY BECAUSE WE HAVE STUDENTS TODAY IN OUR SCHOOLS THAT WE COULD BE DOING A BETTER JOB SURVEY. AND SO THERE IS A SENSE OF URGENCY. MY STAFF FEELS IT. MY STAFF KNOWS EVERY TIME I COME TO WORK THAT I HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS. AND SO THE URGENCY TRANSLATES. TO EXCEPTIONAL SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS FOR OUR KIDS. NOW, IN ADDITION TO THAT WHAT ELSE ARE WE DOING THIS YEAR? WE'RE FOCUSING ON ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. WE'VE OFFERED FREE TUTORING FOR THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS THIS YEAR. BEFORE THIS YEAR. THAT NEVER HAPPENED. SO I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK. WELL YOU'RE JUST FOCUSING ON THE CHARTER JUST FOCUS IN ON THE SPORTS INSTITUTE. THAT'S NOT THE CASE AT ALL. BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE CREATING NEW, INNOVATIVE, UNIQUE PROGRAMS FOR KIDS. AND SO THE REPORT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP SPECIFICATIONS. AND GO OUT TO BID. FOR UM PUBLIC COMPANIES THAT WANT TO COME HELP DEVELOP OUR SPORTS INSTITUTE. UM STUDENTS WILL ENROLL IN EITHER THE VIRTUAL ACADEMY OR THE HOME SCHOOL, AND THEY'LL TRAIN THEY TRAIN AT THIS INSTITUTE. AND MANY OF THE FAMILIES THAT OTHERWISE WOULDN'T COME TO US WILL AND MANY OF OUR SCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT WANT ACCESS THIS FACILITY. WE'LL BE ABLE TO SO IT'S A IT'S ONLY A GOOD THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. UM IT'S SOMETHING NO OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DOING RIGHT NOW. AND SO, UM I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT PRESENTING IT. AND, UH, I CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR TURNIS. MAYBE WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. OR COMMENTS DR. CHURNS OF HAS THIS PROGRAM BEEN DONE BEFORE OR SO WHO'S DOING IT? UH, YEAH. SO THERE ARE SEVERAL MODELS. UH THERE'S A CHARTER, UH, IN, UM, ORANGE UNIFIED, WHERE THEY HAVE A SPORTS ACADEMY. UM, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THESE SPORTS ACADEMIES POPPING UP. THERE'S A SOCCER ONE LOCALLY. UH, THERE IS, UM. UH DIFFERENT KINDS OF SPORTS ACADEMIES. YOU'LL SEE, THERE'S ONE IN LONG BEACH. THAT JUST CAME UP. UM, MANY OF THESE ACADEMIES, UH, CONTRACT WITH PRIVATE? UM UH, HOME SCHOOL AND INDEPENDENT, UM, STUDY? UH, COMPANIES. SO THEY'LL OPEN THEIR GYM AND THEY'LL THEY'LL CONTRACT

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WE ALREADY HAVE A GREAT VIRTUAL ACADEMY. UM SO THOSE STUDENTS WOULD ENROLL IN THAT AND GET THEIR TRAINING THROUGH US. AND UM, YOU KNOW, GENERATE A LOT OF A LOT OF REVENUE AND CREATE A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR OUR DISTRICT. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH I GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND SOME COMMENTS. WELL I THINK, UM, THE BOARD WE WERE ALL SEEING ALL THE QUESTIONS, SO LET'S JUST KIND OF LIKE WE DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH 30 OF THEM. LET'S TRY TO KEEP THIS, YOU KNOW, WITHIN A GOOD TIME FRAME, OK? UM WELL, JUST START WITH IN NOVEMBER, WE HAD A STUDY SESSION WHERE WE WENT OVER ALL THE DEVELOPER FEES. AND, UM IN THAT MEETING. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT LET'S SEE WHAT YEAR IS IT? THE DEVELOPER FEES FOR THE PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED. IS GOING TO BE COMPLETELY RUN OUT IN THE YEAR 2627. THERE IS NO FUNDS. AFTER THAT YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE PRESENTATION WE HAD IN NOVEMBER.

ALSO. THERE IS A WHOLE GIANT SPREADSHEET. OF PROJECTS THAT THERE'S THAT ARE NEEDED HERE AT THE DISTRICT CURRENTLY ARE NOT FUNDED. THOSE AREN'T SUBJECT TO DEVELOPER FEES. THAT LIST YOU'RE HOLDING UP. WELL THE DEVELOPER FEES IN HERE IT LISTS LIKE THIS SCHOOL YEAR. UM 2324. WE HAVE 100 AND 75,000 OUT OF, UM FOR FLOORING REPLACEMENT AT A DEVELOPER FEES. WE HAVE 350,000 FOR KITCHEN. AND NEXT YEAR. UM THE BIG ONE IS THE $1600 FOR THE KITCHEN AND LUNCH AREA AT VALENCIA, WHICH IS DESPERATELY NEEDED. THAT'S HOW A DEVELOPER FEES UM SO THERE THERE, WE WILL HAVE TO DISCUSS HOW WE'RE GOING TO, UM, BUILD OUT THE VALENCIA KITCHEN. UM BUT WE HAVE FUNDING AND DEVELOPER FEES FOR THIS PROJECT, AND IT'S GONNA BE A MATTER OF PRIORITIES. SO IF YOU DON'T THINK IT'S A PRIORITY, THEN THEN THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU SHOULD SAY.

BUT I, I THINK THAT THIS IS THIS IS PROPER USE OF DEVELOPER FEES. I DON'T THINK THIS IS A PROPER THE USE OF THAT. CAN I ASK? WHY CAN I CAN I ASK WHY? YOU THINK IT'S NOT A PRIORITY? JUST CURIOUS. WELL, LET ME FINISH. OK UM, NOWHERE IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WE GOT. WAS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT COSTS? YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE THAT SAYS HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA COST TO BUILD A SPORTS FACILITY. NOT EVEN ESTIMATE. UH RECOVERY ROOMS, THERAPY ROOMS IN STRUCTURAL ROOMS. ADMINISTRATION AREAS, THERE'S NO COST FOR TRAINERS, COACHES, NUTRITIONISTS, PHYSICAL THERAPIST SPORT. PSYCHOLOGISTS, ETCETERA. AND I WANNA KNOW HOW WE CAN AFFORD TO BUILD THIS. AS WELL AS STAFF IT WHEN WE OUR OWN HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE INSUFFICIENT WEIGHT ROOMS COACHING PHYSICAL THERAPY ON CAMPUS. OUR COACHES. WE DON'T HAVE THAT. CAN I ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, OK? SO WE'RE NOT BUILDING. WHERE IT THIS IS NOT A NEW CONSTRUCTION. YOU'RE USING THE EXISTING SHELL. BUT WE HAVE TO BUY EQUIPMENT. IS THAT CORRECT THAT ARE NOT GONNA BE ANY AND WE CAN'T USE THAT MONEY FOR EXISTING SCHOOL PROGRAMS. DEVELOPER FEES CANNOT BE USED. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, UH, IT'S YOUR YOU'RE MISLEADING. EITHER YOU'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING OR YOU'RE MISLEADING THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THE MONEY YOU FEES CANNE USED AT OUR CURRENT HIGH SCHOOLS . IT MUST BE USED FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS ALREADY OUTLINED FROM THE NOVEMBER BUT THAT'S NOT BUT BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS YOU JUST BROUGHT UP OUR HIGH SCHOOLS NEEDING PROJECTS, AND YOU SHOWED A LIST OF PROJECTS NONE OF THOSE COULD BE USED WITH DEVELOPER FEE MONEY, RIGHT? AND I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW SO HOW WE CAN JUSTIFY THIS ISSUE. IF WE CAN'T USE THE DEVELOPMENT FOR A FEW MONEY AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS. WHY ARE WE BRINGING THIS UP? WELL, IT SAYS HERE, WE'RE GONNA BUILD A KITCHEN AND THAT'S TWO YEARS PROJECT OF 2600 AND $500. AM I ROUGHLY ESTIMATING THAT CORRECTLY, MR STEIN I THINK IT'S 2.62 0.6. IT JUST SEEMS SO IS IT ABOUT THE KITCHEN? ABOUT THE KITCHEN AND LET ME CONTINUE, AND THEN OUR CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO LEAVE THE CAMPUS THERE AND WALK UP THE STREET TO GET TO THEIR SPORTS FACILITY AND FOR

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THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S FOR NEW SCHOOLS. THIS IS FOR NEW SCHOOLS, MONEY FOR NEW SCHOOLS AND NEW PROGRAMS. OK NEW SCHOOLS OR NEW PROGRAMS, BOTH IT'S NEW DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SCHOOLS THAT CAN BE NEW PROGRAMS AS WELL. IT CAN BE NEW PROGRAMS AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW IF A BRIDGE WOULD QUALIFY AS A NEW PROGRAM. THAT WOULD FACILITATE A CURRENT PROGRAM. BUT IT'S NOT A NEW PROGRAM, BUT WE COULD EXPAND IT. THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE LIKE A ATHLETIC, UM INTRAMURAL SPORTS OVER THERE OR ANYTHING. UM. I JUST HAVE A HARD TIME WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS KIND OF INVESTMENT FOR 0.4% OF OUR TOTAL STUDENT POPULATION. AND I ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT HOW MANY KIDS ARE PARTICIPATING CURRENTLY IN SPORTS, BUT I HAVEN'T GOT THAT. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE PARTICIPATING IN SPORTS PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT. SO CAN I. CAN I ADDRESS THAT? WELL I. I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER PART OF THIS. THAT IS NOT KIDS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN SPORTS INSIDE OUR DISTRICT BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT GYMNASTICS.

YOU'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF LIKE WE DON'T HAVE A RUGBY PROGRAM. THERE'S KIDS THAT DO ICE SKATING AND DO ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR SCHOOLS THAT ACTUALLY DO PRIVATE TRAINING THAT DO INDEPENDENT STUDY OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOMESCHOOL IN OUR DISTRICT AND EXACTLY AND WE ALREADY THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. YES, YES, THEY DO. BUT THEY DON'T HAVE NEED THIS EXTRA BUILDING. THAT'S NOT TRUE THAT THEY DON'T NEED IT. THAT'S AN OPINION. BUT MY POINT IS, THERE ARE SEVERAL STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT IN THE DISTRICT. THAT WOULD COME TO THE DISTRICT. SO IT'S A IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN NEW REVENUE IS WHERE I THINK THAT'S WHY I SEE IT AS THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A NEW PROGRAM THAT WILL BRING NEW STUDENTS WITH NEW AD A FUNDS THAT WILL FUND ALL OF THE STAFF POSITIONS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. YOU'RE CURRENT BUILDING THIS FOR STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT. NO INSIDE OUR DISTRICT THAT DON'T GO TO OUR INSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT. WE ALREADY GET THE AD A. NOT IF THEY DON'T GO HERE. BECAUSE THEY'RE LEAVING. THESE STUDENTS ARE LEAVING AND GOING OUTSIDE OUR DISTRICT TO GET THESE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO WE'RE LOSING THEM. I HAD A TEACHER REACH OUT TO ME THAT TOLD ME THAT SIX STUDENTS FROM ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL ARE LEAVING AND THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL SIX LEAVING NEXT YEAR TO GO ATTEND THESE, SO WE'RE BUILDING IT SO THEY WILL STAY. SO OUR FAMILIES HAVE OPTIONS. SO WE ARE KEEPING OUR STUDENTS AND IF IT BRINGS IN MORE STUDENTS, AND THAT'S PERFECT FOR US. THAT'S GREAT. WE ARE LOSING SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS TO ORANGE LUTHERAN. AN ACTUAL ACCOUNTING, CAN I? WELL WE ARE LOSING CUTTING EVERYBODY OFF. SO MAYBE WE DO THAT ONE AT A TIME. WE ARE LOSING STUDENTS TO MODERN DAY TO SERVITE. WE'RE LOSING THEM TO ALL THESE PRIVATE SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY GO AND THEY GO TRAIN OTHER PLACES, AND THEN THEY GET RECRUITED. SO IF WE CAN MAINTAIN OUR STUDENTS, AND IF WE CAN GIVE THEM THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AND WE CAN BUILD UP OUR DISTRICT, WHY WOULD WE NOT DO THIS? BUT THEN ALSO TO APPEAL TO OTHER PEOPLE TO COME INTO OUR DISTRICT AS WELL? WHO CAN'T AFFORD $25,000 TO ORANGE? THREAT. THIS MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. OK, I'M GONNA CONTINUE. WE HAVE A 36% OF OUR STUDENTS, NOT MEETING OR EXCEEDING ENGLISH LANGUAGE, ARTS AND LITERACY, AND THAT'S ACCORDING TO OUR CALVES TEST GIVEN IN THE SPRING OF 2023. WE HAVE 47% NOT MEDIAN OR EXCEEDING MATHEMATICS, ACCORDING TO THE CAT TEST GIVEN IN THE SPRING OF 2023. WE HAVE 14.2% ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD, WE HAVE 45.3% OF SOCIO ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE.

STUDENTS HERE. IN OUR DISTRICT. UM OUR CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL DOES NOT EVEN HAVE A WELLNESS SPECIALIST OR A COUNSELOR ON STAFF TO DEAL WITH MANY MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS THERE AND EVERY TIME I'M ON THAT CAMPUS, I HEAR ANOTHER STORY OF WHAT THESE KIDS ARE GOING THROUGH, AND THEY REALLY COULD USE THESE THINGS. BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SPORTS INSTITUTE PROGRAM WITH A SPORTS PSYCHOLOGIST. THAT DOESN'T ADD UP. ARE REC CLASSIFICATION RATE FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. IT'S 15.34% IN 2018 2019 SCHOOL YEAR, IT WAS 19% AND OUR L CAP GOAL IS 20. THIS NUMBER IS GONNA BE BROUGHT UP IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION. OUR ATTENDANTS

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THAT STUDENT AD A WILL COVER ALL THE COSTS TO THIS A TO PAY FOR THE ATHLETIC PROFESSIONALS AS WELL AS THEIR ACADEMIC TEACHERS. FACILITIES ADMINISTRATORS FAIR SHARE OF DISTRICT COSTS. IF AD A COULD COVER THIS WHY DON'T WE HAVE SMALLER CLASSROOMS? WHY ARE WE NOT PAYING? WHY ARE WE NOT PAYING OUR EMPLOYEES MORE? WHY DON'T WE HAVE SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS AND COUNSELORS FULL TIME AT EVERY SITE? WHY ARE WE WHY DO WE HAVE COMBINATION CLASSES? AND WHY. EVERY MONTH.

DOES THE BOARD APPROVE DONATIONS THAT INCLUDE FIELD TRIPS, SUPPLIES, MATERIALS, ASSEMBLIES, BOOKS, ET CETERA. IF WE HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY, OK, I WE NEED TO GIVE EQUAL TIME TO THE BOARD. SO CAN WE MOVE ON TO A SECOND? UM AND WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE RENTING OUT THIS FACILITY TO HELP COVER THE COST. UM, I THIS IS A QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED LATER. BUT CAN YOU SHOW ME ONE DISTRICT FACILITY THAT WE RENT OUT THAT COVERS ALL OF ITS COSTS AND MAINTENANCE? AND WHY ARE SOME OF OUR CURRENT FACILITIES IN NEED OF REPAIR? WE HAVE CURRENT FACILITY NEEDS THAT ARE NOT BEING MET INSIDE THE CLASSROOM AND OUTSIDE ON THE FIELD. I WAS OUT OF SCHOOL LAST WEEK AND I SAW WATER DAMAGE AND CLEAN UP INSIDE SEVERAL CLASSROOMS BECAUSE THE BUILDINGS NEED NEW ROOFS. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR YEARS, AND EACH YEAR THE SCHOOL HOPES THAT THIS WILL BE THE YEAR THAT THEY GET. WE NEED TO MOVE IT ALONG SO WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER BE ABLE TO SPEAK. OK, I'M ALMOST DONE. AT A DISTRICT POOL. I SAW A WINDSCREEN THAT WAS AROUND THE POOL THAT WAS BADLY TORN AND NEED OF REPLACEMENT. EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL. THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING FOR NEW BUILD, CANNOT EVEN FIT THEIR ENTIRE MARCHING BAND IN THE BAND ROOM AT ONE TIME THEIR FACILITY IS INADEQUATE FOR THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THAT PROGRAM. KRAMER TRACK IS IN SUCH BAD SHAPE. IT'S NOT EVEN USABLE.

I WAS APPALLED WHEN I WENT TO WATCH A FLAG FOOTBALL GAME FOR VALENCIA. THERE THE TRACK WAS DRIED UP MUD HALL. THE GIRLS HAD NOTHING. NO BENCHES, NO AWNINGS. THEY HUDDLED UNDER A TREE TO STAY COOL. THEY HAD WATER ON THE BACK OF A GOLF CART. AND THAT WAS ALL THAT THE THAT WAS THERE TO SUPPORT THEM AND THE OTHER TEAM THEY'RE PLAYING. STUDENT ATHLETES OF VALENCIA HIGH SCHOOL DON'T EVEN HAVE THE MONEY TO COVER THEIR ATHLETIC FEE. THE SCHOOL PLANS ON ABOUT A 65% OF THEIR STUDENTS HAVING THE MONEY OTHER PARENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY HELPED TO PURCHASE SHOES AND BASIC SPORTS EQUIPMENT FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE, BUT DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS. I'VE HEARD OF SEVERAL STORIES OF MANY PEOPLE'S GENEROSITY FOR STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE. MANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS RAN ON READING, WRITING AND ARITHMETIC. CAN WE MOVE IT ALONG, PLEASE? YEP I'M ALMOST DONE BECAUSE I'M I THINK OTHER BOARD MEMBERS NEED TO KNOW YOUR YOU'RE LISTING THINGS THAT ARE NOT THIS IS NOT TRUE, AND ALSO, TOO. IT DOESN'T BELONG INTO THESE DEVELOPER FEES. THIS IS TRUE. THE SPORTS OK, THE SPORTS INSTITUTE SOUNDS AMAZING. AND A DREAM THAT MANY ELITE ATHLETES DON'T EVEN GET THE OPPORTUNITY OR EXPERIENCE. BUT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS BOARD IS TO LOOK AT THE BROADER VIEW. AND WHAT IS CALLED IN SCIENCE. THE OVERVIEW EFFECT. AND THE OVERVIEW ARE BROUGHT OF YOU AT THIS DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. THIS PROGRAM IS OUT OF STEP BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER NEEDS. HONESTLY I THINK THIS IS IRRESPONSIBLE, ELITIST, NOT EQUITABLE AND I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. I WILL NOT VOTE TO SPEND $1 ON THIS PROJECT. OK THANK YOU CARRY YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? WHAT IS MOST DISAPPOINTING TO ME IS THAT WE WERE TOLD BY STAFF WAS TOO BUSY TO BE WORKING ON ADDING ADDITIONAL YEAR OF MATH TO GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. LAST WEEK. I SPENT TIME THAT'S NOT TRUE. WE WERE TOLD BY OUR EXPERTS THAT THAT WAS NOT THEIR RECOMMENDATION AND THAT YOU'RE NOT THE MATH EXPERT FOR THE DISTRICT. NO I'M NOT THE SO FOR YOU TO SAY THAT YOU IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THE FACT THAT YOU'RE BRINGING UP IRRELEVANT ISSUES TO THIS SUBJECT. I'M JUST A SECOND PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO DEVELOPING FEE FUNDING IS ABSOLUTELY MISLEADING AND COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE HAD SOME SORT OF EXAMPLE OR PRESENTATION ON WHAT DEVELOPER FEE FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR WITH ALONG WITH THIS

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YEAH I AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE I HAD LAST WEEK WITH MY FRIEND SEN. AND HE'S A GRADUATE AT EL DORADO STUDENT AND HE WAS A B AVERAGE STUDENT, AND HE IS CURRENTLY STRUGGLING AND COMPLETELY STRESSED OUT, TAKING HIS NINE HOUR A WEEK COLLEGE ALGEBRA COURSE AT FULLERTON COLLEGE. HE'S SPENDING THREE HOURS IN THE CLASSROOM TWICE A WEEK AND THEN GOING TO AN HOUR AND A HALF TUTORING AND BECAUSE HE'S STRUGGLING SO MUCH HIS FAMILY HAS ARRANGED EVENING TUTORING TO GET HIM THROUGH IT. WE ARE SO SENDING STUDENTS OUT TO COLLEGE UNPREPARED WHEN WE COULD BE ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE, AND WE HAVE FOUND TIME TO ADD A COMPUTER SCIENCE SCHOOL EXTENDS COMPUTER SCIENCE THROUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING INTO A SPORTS INSTITUTE. NONE OF THESE ARE OUTLINED IN THE CAP OR PART OF OUR DISTRICT PLAN. AND I'M AFRAID OUR BOARD HAS GOTTEN OFF TRACK. AND THAT IS THE END OF MY COMMENTS.

SEAN DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, OK? NOT 30, THOUGH, RIGHT? NO JUST A COUPLE OF SHEETS. SHE DEFINITELY ASKED A LOT AND COVERED. WHAT I DON'T NEED TO. UM SO MY QUESTION IS, UM, WHO IS MR KAVITA FROM THE TRAINING LAB? UM, THIS PRESENTATION THAT, UM THIS INFORMATION WE GOT MIRRORS. EXACTLY WHAT, UM, IS POSTED AT THE TRAINING LAB ON HIS WEBSITE.

AND UM, I, I WANNA KNOW HOW THE RFP PROCESS IS GOING TO BE. AND OPEN TO THE REST OF THE, UM THE PUBLIC AND TO THOSE THAT ARE ALSO RUNNING GYMS BECAUSE THIS ONE IS, UM WRITTEN LIKE IT'S GEARED DIRECTLY TOWARD HIM. WELL UM, THAT PERSON HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS REPORT NEVER SAW THE REPORT, SO I DON'T APPRECIATE THAT ASSERTION. UM THERE IS A PARENT WHO YOU'RE REFERRING TO WHO'S A LOCAL PARENT? WHO IS AN EXPERT IN THIS FIELD, WHO HAS PROVIDED US WITH, UM ADVICE AND INFORMATION ON HOW TO DESIGN THIS WE WILL BE PUTTING. WE WILL BE RELYING ON EXPERTS LIKE THAT TO PUT TOGETHER SPECS FOR THIS. UM AND UM AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH SPECKING IT OUT. UM BUT I'M NOT GONNA SPEAK TO REGARDING WHO THIS PARENT IS. UM, BECAUSE I THAT'S THAT'S JUST NOT THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE. THIS PROJECT. WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANYBODY.

ANY COMPANY FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WANTS TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL. ANY COMPANY CAN CAN SUBMIT THAT. IT WILL BE JUST PUBLICLY DISCLOSED AND THE BOARD WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLICLY VOTE ON IT. SO, YOU KNOW, UM YOU. YOU CAN. YOU CAN, UH, CONTINUE TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS, AND WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN TO ANSWER THEM. THANK YOU. I WOULD ALSO JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT I'M NOT GOING TO BE VOTING FOR THIS EITHER. UM I WANNA POINT OUT THE NUMBER OF MCKINNEY VENTO STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT AND THIS MONEY SHOULD I THINK, GO TO SUPPORT THEM INSTEAD IN SOME SORT OF NEW PROJECT OR NEW THING? UM IN 2021 . WE HAD 1473 MCKINNEY VENTO STUDENTS AND IN 2223. WE HAD 3364. WE NEED TO DO MORE FOR THOSE STUDENTS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. SO. I UNDERSTAND MARILYNN'S LIST OF CONCERNS AND THERE ARE AREAS WHICH OUR SCHOOLS NEED TO BE UPGRADED AND THERE IS HELP IN WHICH WE DO NEED, UH IN WHICH HAS BEEN HAPPENING. FOR AT LEAST AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS. UH, WE'VE USED THE L CAP TO HELP. UM, DIRECT WHERE THOSE MONEY SHOULD GO. UM I PERSONALLY ENJOY THE INNOVATIVE APPROACH THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH, UH, OUR CHARTER AND THIS THIS POSSIBLE SCHOOL. UH, I THINK IT NEEDS. TO CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT WE CAN. UM WE CAN OFFER A MORE, UM, ROBUST.

DECISION FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS. UM SO I WILL BE VOTING. YES. ON THIS. THIS PLAN JUST HAS 260 STUDENTS THAT THIS IS GOING TO RESPOND TO JUST TO PUT THAT IN A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE, NOT NECESSARILY. IT'S WHAT IT SAYS IN THE PROPOSAL. 100 TO 200, PLUS A 20% GAIN OVER THE THREE YEARS THAT'S 260. AND WHAT IS THE CAPACITY OF THAT BUILDING JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY? WOULD IT MATCH THAT OR HOW COULD IT GO BEYOND IT? IF THAT'S OUR PROJECTION? WELL, I

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FIRST OF ALL, UH, AND IT HAS DIFFERENT FUNDS LISTED ON IT. SO DO YOU KNOW WHICH FUND IS THE FUND THAT WE'RE USING FOR THIS? NO, NO, NO, NO. THERE ARE DIFFERENT FUNDS RELATED TO THIS AT THE TOP OF THE SPREADSHEET THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. I JUST THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT YOU'RE PRESENTING IT IN A WAY THAT I THINK IS A LITTLE BIT, UM, LEADING THE AUDIENCE. UH, I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. IF YOU IF YOU LOOK A T, THE SPREADSHEET THERE A RE DIFFERENT FUNDS LISTED ANYWAY, IT'S NOT IMPORTANT. MY POINT IS MY POINT IS, I'M LOOKING AT IT RIGHT HERE. MY POINT IS, I THINK THIS IS INNOVATIVE. I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN PUT OUR DISTRICT ABOVE OTHER DISTRICTS, AND WE CAN BE A MODEL OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN. UH, THERE IS NO TELLING WHAT THIS CAN ACTUALLY DO FOR THE DISTRICT IN THE FUTURE. UH, I THINK IT SETS PRECEDENT THAT WE'RE INNOVATIVE AND WE'RE WILLING TO. WE'RE WILLING TO, UH OURSELVES UP TO BE THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT REASONS. THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS THAT WITHIN THIS AND WE HAVE A MEDICAL PROGRAM AT ESPERANZA, WE'VE GOT A KINESIOLOGY TYPE OPPORTUNITY HERE WITH, UH, SPORTS TRAINING AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT MY WIFE'S A KINESIOLOGY, UH, MAJOR, SO ALL THE THINGS THAT SHE LEARNED IN COLLEGE THAT SHE COULD HAVE HAD A PRECURSOR TO WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN RELATION TO NOT JUST ATHLETES.

BUT TREATING THE ATHLETES. UM, THERE ARE SO MANY ATHLETES THAT ARE NOT LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER NOT PARTICIPATING IN ATHLETICS AT SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE DON'T OFFER THOSE ATHLETICS, BUT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF THE DISTRICT THAT THEY MAYBE AREN'T NOW SO I THINK IT'S A LITTLE, UM, SHORT SIGHTED TO SAY THAT THIS IS A BAD IDEA. RIGHT NOW. I THINK THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT WE NEED DETAILS ON FOR SURE, ABSOLUTELY. AND RFP IS GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE DETAILS HAMMERED OUT AS FAR AS WHAT'S GONNA COST WHAT AND HOW HOW WE GET TO WHERE AND THAT THE FUNDING IS PULLED FROM A PLACE THAT'S VERY APPROPRIATE AND THAT WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT. UM I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF OPINIONS THAT ARE THROWN OUT OF THOSE FACTS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL OF, BUT I. I PERSONALLY THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND I AM GLAD THAT WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE A CHANCE AND LOOK AT THIS. SO THAT'S THAT'S MY TWO CENTS. YEAH, I THINK THAT THIS IS A FABULOUS OPPORTUNITY. AND I'VE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE ALL ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. THE FAMILIES WE'VE HAD COACHES FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOLS REACH OUT AND SAY, WHAT AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY THIS IS. WE HAVE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS PROGRAMS GOING AND EVERYBODY SAYS WOW, THIS IS SUPER INNOVATIVE, AND THIS IS SUCH A GOOD IDEA. AND I THINK THAT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DISINGENUOUS TO BRING UP. UM YOU KNOW THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS LIKE IN THE EDUCATIONAL REALM BECAUSE WE CAN'T USE THAT MONEY. WE CAN'T USE THIS MONEY TO HELP THAT. AND SO. AND SO ALSO, TOO. I MEAN, LET'S JUST POINT OUT. THIS HAS BEEN LIKE YEARS AND YEARS IN THE MAKING ALL OF THESE LOW TEST SCORES ALL OF THIS STUFF THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. THIS HAS BEEN 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING, AND SO SHAME ON PASSPORTS FOR NOT TAKING CARE OF THIS STUFF. IN THE PAST 20 YEARS. AND SO, JOSEPH, WE'RE GOING TO START TALKING ABOUT EDUCATION. IF WE'RE GOING TO START TALKING ABOUT EDUCATION AND ALL THESE LOW TEST SCORES, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LAST COUPLE SUPERINTENDENTS WHO DID NOTHING FOR OUR FOR INTERVENTIONS FOR KIDS. HOW DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THIS UNIVERSAL SPORTS PROGRAM AND WHAT I'M WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IF SHE'S GOING TO POINT OUT THAT ALL OF THESE ABOUT ALL OF THIS STUFF THAT'S HAPPENING. THIS TOOK A LONG TIME TO GET HERE. AND SINCE DOCTOR TURNIS CAME IN, I ONLY HEARD ABOUT IT LAST WEEK, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU. YOU GUYS, CAN YOU NOT LET ME SPEAK? I LET YOU SPEAK. YOU SPOKE FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. AND SO WE'VE JUST HAD INTERVENTIONS FOR ALL THESE STUDENTS IN MATH AND IN READING SINCE DOCTOR TURNIS WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR. WE ASKED FOR THAT IN THE CAP IN 2021 IN 2022, AND WE WERE NOT GIVEN. WE WERE NOT GIVEN IT IT WAS OF NO, IT WAS A PAY NO MIND. AND SO NOW WE HAVE IT. HE CAME THROUGH THE DOOR WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH. WE DID IT. SO WE'RE CATCHING THESE KIDS UP. ON AN EDUCATION LEVEL, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN ONLY FOCUS ON ONE THING. AND IF WE CAN'T USE THIS MONEY FOR THIS BILL, IF WE CAN'T USE IT TO GO REPAIR THINGS AT KRAMER, THEN WHY WOULD WE MENTION THAT AND USE THAT AS SOME TYPE OF EXPECTATION THAT WELL, WE'RE JUST THROWING MONEY THIS WAY. WHEN THE MONEY CAN'T BE USED AT ALL THESE PROJECTS AND ALL THESE

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IT'S A PROGRAM. LISTEN, LISTEN. THE PROGRAM IS ABOUT INDEPENDENT. WITH ATHLETICS, WHICH IS PARK VIEW AND BUENA VISTA. I GET THAT FOR THIS PROGRAM, BUT DEVELOPER FEES DO NOT, UH, JUST GO TOWARD HOMESCHOOL AND THAT AUTOMATICALLY I THINK I THINK EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS. THIS IS THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD. PERFECT ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR 23 TO 24 L CAP. MIDYEAR UPDATE. DOCTOR CHS, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

PRESIDENT BLADES. IT'S BEEN A TRADITION FOR PASSPORTS TO PAY A CONSULTANT UPWARDS OF $75,000 A YEAR TO DO THE LCP FOR STAFF THIS YEAR WE DECIDED TO DO IT OURSELVES. SO, UH, THOSE FUNDS CAN GO BACK TO STUDENTS. SO YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THE L CAP UPDATE. UM AND I'M GONNA TURN OVER TO, UH, DOCTOR YOUNG. THANK YOU. ACTUALLY I HAVE MR GARY STEIN OPENING UP THE PRESENTATION. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. UH, PRESIDENT BLADES, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME IN THE BACK? OKAY? UH SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR, CHERNUS, EXECUTIVE CABINET STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. UM. WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING OVER THE

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SO JUST A BIT OF BACKGROUND A B 114, OR WHAT'S CALLED THE EDUCATION OMNIBUS TRAILER BILL FOR ANYBODY WHO'S CURIOUS, UM, THAT WAS PASSED. I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST JULY, AND WHAT IT DID IS IT ADDED A REQUIREMENT, UH, THAT WE HAVE THIS MIDYEAR UPDATE EVERY YEAR BY THE 28TH OF FEBRUARY. UM, IF YOU RECALL, I THINK IT WAS 23 YEARS AGO, WE HAD THE SAME REQUIREMENT. UH, BUT NOW IT'S A PERMANENT ONE. WHAT'S REQUIRED TO BE COVERED IS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE. UH, OR THE BUDGET OVERVIEW FOR PARENTS, SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WAS ADOPTED FOR THE BUDGET. AND THEN WHAT WE ENDED UP WITH AFTER EVERYTHING. UH, AFTER THE STATE PASSED THEIR BUDGET, WHICH HAPPENS ABOUT TWO MONTHS APART, SO WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A KIND OF A BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURE AND THE DIFFERENCE IS THERE? UH WE ALSO ARE GONNA PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE METRIC INFORMATION WHATEVER IS AVAILABLE TO DATE. UM SOME OF IT'S STILL NOT AVAILABLE, BUT WE'LL PRESENT WHAT WE HAVE. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GONNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS TOWARDS GOALS AND ACTIONS AND WE'RE DOING THIS WITH KIND OF A RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT REPORT. UH AND SO AT THE TIME THAT WE PULLED THE DATA FOR, UH, HOW MUCH WE'VE SPENT ON THESE DIFFERENT ACTIONS THAT WERE ABOUT MIDWAY THROUGH THE YEAR. SO IF WE, UM IT WILL YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT PORTIONS WITH THE MONEY, BUT IF WE'RE ABOUT HALF WAY OR 30% TO HALFWAY SPENT ON THAT MONEY, IT'S A GREEN LIGHT.

MEANING WE'RE ON. UH, IF IT'S LOWER THAN THAT, BUT WE'RE S STILL HAVE STARTED IT. IT'S YELLOW AND RED MEANS WE HAVEN'T STARTED IT AT THAT POINT WHEN WE , UH, PULLED THE DATA FOR THIS, SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START TALKING ABOUT THAT THIS PRESENTATION IS GONNA BE A COLLABORATION WITH DR YOUNG AND MYSELF AND MRS GRAY. AND SO, UH, WE WILL BE JUMPING BACK AND FORTH AS WE GO THROUGH. SO TO START OFF THE BUDGET OVERVIEW FOR PARENTS THIS, UH AGAIN, THE NUMBERS ARE CHANGING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, RIGHT? SO WHEN WE ADOPT OUR BUDGET, WE DO THAT, BASED ON THE GOVERNOR'S MAY REVISE ESTIMATES, SO THE GOVERNOR DECIDES. WELL, THIS IS WHAT WE THINK WE'RE GONNA GET. UM THAT NUMBER CHANGES DRASTIC OR NOT DRASTICALLY, BUT IT CHANGES A LOT BETWEEN THAT POINT AND WHEN THE LEGISLATURE ACTUALLY COMPLETES THEIR BUDGET AND SO, UH, THIS JUST PRO PROVIDES YOU WITH A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE SAID WHAT WE WERE BUDGETED AND WHAT WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP WITH WHEN THE BUD WHEN THE STATE FINALIZED THEIR BUDGET, YOU'LL NOTICE WE HAVE LESS LCFF FUNDING. UH, LESS SUPPLEMENTAL CONCENTRATION THAT IS MOSTLY RELATED TO A DROP IN OUR OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE ATTENDING THE COUNTY OFFICE PROGRAMS, SO THAT'S GONE DOWN A LITTLE BIT. THE REST ARE CHANGES THAT THE STATE HAS, UH THEY CHANGED SOME OF OUR GRANTS. THEY DIDN'T EXPECT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GIVE US ALL THAT.

FUNDING AND THEN WE GOT THAT FUNDING AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT. AND IN PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS, UH AND THAT'S THE EXPLANATION THERE. NOW. SO THAT'S THE MONEY OVERVIEW. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA JUMP RIGHT INTO OUR METRICS. AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS GO GOAL BY GOAL.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE METRICS. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE EXPENDITURES AND THEN WE'LL GO. EACH ONE. OK? THANK YOU, MR STEIN. SO OUR FIRST GOAL IN OUR PREVIOUS L CAP FOCUSED AROUND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND SO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IS AT THE CORE OF OUR DISTRICT'S MISSION AND VISION. AND ONE OF THE METRICS WE USE TO DETERMINE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IS THE I READY DIAGNOSTIC IN READING AND MATH. AT THE END OF THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WE SHOWED THAT 61% OF STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT, PERFORMED ON OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL IN READING AND 64% PERFORMED ON OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL IN MATH. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT STUDENTS IN GRADE 6 TO 8 NO LONGER TAKE THE I ALREADY DIAGNOSTIC AND ARE INSTEAD UTILIZING THE CAST INTERIM ASSESSMENT BLOCKS. WE DO ANTICIPATE MEETING OUR END OF THE YEAR GOAL OF 68% OF STUDENTS ON OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL THROUGH OUR TARGETED INTERVENTION, BOTH IN THE CLASSROOM BY OUR TEACHERS AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM BY OUR SPECIALISTS. ANOTHER METRIC USED TO MEASURE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IS A SMARTER, BALANCED ASSESSMENT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, ARTS AND MATH.

STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT AND 11 TAKE SUMMIT OF ASSESSMENTS EACH SPRING. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE AT THE END OF THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR 74.41% OF OUR 11TH GRADE STUDENTS MET OR EXCEEDED STANDARDS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, WHILE 48.43% OF 11TH GRADE STUDENTS MET OR EXCEEDED STANDARDS IN MATH, THIS FAR EXCEEDS THE STATE AVERAGE FOR 11TH GRADE STUDENTS IN EL, A AND MATH OF 50. 5.41% AND 27.35, RESPECTIVELY. AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE HAVE INVESTED SIGNIFICANT FUNDING TOWARDS AFTER SCHOOL MATH INTERVENTION THIS YEAR, WITH THE GOAL OF ENSURING ALL STUDENTS ARE MEETING OR EXCEEDING GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS. WE'VE ALSO ADOPTED A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT APPROACH THAT UTILIZES BOTH COMMON FORMATIVE AND SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS TO INFORM INSTRUCTION WITH COMMON ASSESSMENTS, AS WELL AS INTERIM ASSESSMENT BLOCKS ADMINISTERED TO ALL STUDENTS IN ORDER TO MONITOR THEIR ACADEMIC PROGRESS

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SO UM, AT THE TIME WE PULLED THIS, WHICH IS AGAIN IN IN, UH, DECEMBER. UH, WE WERE ON TRACK FOR MOST OF THE ACTIONS THAT YOU SEE HERE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ACCESS AND INCLUSION, BUT WE THAT WORK HAD BEGUN. AND UM, WE'RE STILL CONTINUALLY WORKING ON THAT. UM I SHOULD I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE THAT A LOT OF THESE ACTIONS ARE PHASED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SO WE MAY HAVE ACTIONS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR SECOND SEMESTER THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO START LATER. UM THE GREEN LIGHT RED LIGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. IT'S JUST HOW MUCH WE'VE SPENT AS OF THAT TIME. AND THEN ON THE FOR ACTIONS 1.7 THROUGH 112. WE ARE ON TRACK WITH ALL OF THOSE TO SPEND THE, UH WE'RE A T LEAST A 50% THERE. YEAH. OK NOW MOVING ON TO GOAL NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION AND LEADERSHIP. PROVIDING EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION AND LEADERSHIP IS ANOTHER FOCAL POINT FOR SUSTAINING AND INCREASING THE GROWTH OF OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES. AS NOTED HERE, WE HAVE MET THE STANDARD FOR THE LOCAL INDICATOR FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE CONTENT STANDARDS AND ARE ON TARGET FOR ACHIEVING OUR DESIRED THREE YEAR OUTCOME BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. ON THIS NEXT SLIDE ARE THE REMAINING LOCAL INDICATORS, WHICH ARE USED AS METRICS FOR REPORTING ON THIS GOAL IN OUR L CAP, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, WE MET THE STANDARD ON EACH LOCAL INDICATOR AS THEY PERTAIN TO APPROPRIATELY ASSIGNED TEACHERS STUDENT ACCESS TO TEXTBOOKS AND COMPLETING A BROAD COURSE OF STUDY FOR THE 2223 SCHOOL YEAR AND ARE ON TRACK TO MEET THE STANDARD AGAIN THIS YEAR FOR ALL OF THE GOALS. AND AGAIN SO FOR GOAL, TOO, SO WE HAVE ACTIONS 2.1 TO 2.5.

YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE, UH, THE FIRST AND THE LAST ARE ARE IN YELLOW. WHICH MEANS WE'VE WE ARE SPENDING THE MONEY, BUT WE HAVEN'T REACHED THAT 50% MARK. UM I SHOULD POINT OUT LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE AVID. A LOT OF THAT HAPPENS IN THE SUMMER OR IT HAPPENS LATER IN THE YEAR, SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVEN'T REACHED THAT THAT GOAL YET, BUT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS IN ALL OF THESE ACTIONS. AND THEN A QUICK A QUICK CLARIFICATION. UM. WHEN YOU SAY IT'S GOING TO BE SPENT IN THE SUMMER IS THAT BEFORE THE JULY 1ST OR AFTER THE JULY 1ST BEFORE JULY, 1ST? YES, THANK YOU. AND THAT SA ME WITH, UH, 2.62 0.7. WE'RE ON TRACK WITH OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE PLAY PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS. OK AND NOW MOVING ON TO GOAL THREE, WHICH IS ENGAGED COMMUNITY. AND ENGAGE COMMUNITY OF STUDENTS, STAFF AND FAMILIES IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR ESSENTIAL FOCUS AREAS OF OUR L CAP. YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR GRADUATION RATE REMAINS HIGH , WITH CORRESPONDING DROPOUT RATES REMAINING LOW, SERVING AS AN INDICATOR OF HIGHLY ENGAGED STUDENTS. THE INDICATORS FOR PARENT ENGAGEMENT REMAIN STRONG, WITH HIGH PERCENTAGES OF PARENTS BOTH AWARE OF PARENT EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES. THIS YEAR. WE HAVE INCREASED OUR VARIOUS COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNICATION EFFORTS THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S MONDAY MESSAGE, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE AND THE ADDITION OF A DIGITAL FLYER DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE WE'VE MADE PROGRESS OR WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS. IN A LOT OF THESE AREAS YOU'LL NOTICE COMMUNICATION HADN'T HASN'T STARTED YET. BUT UM, WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT, UH, WHAT WE APPROVED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING? WHICH IS THAT PEACHTREE ? UH WE WE'RE ACTUALLY SPENDING QUITE A BIT MORE THAN THE $300 TO GET THAT, UH, COMMUNICATION PLATFORM OFF THE GROUND. SO AGAIN. THIS GOES BACK TO DECEMBER, BUT WE'VE ALREADY MADE

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WE KNOW THAT IF STUDENTS FEEL SAFE AT SCHOOL AND FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG, THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO ATTEND SCHOOL REGULARLY. OUR SCHOOLS CONTINUOUSLY REFINE THEIR POSITIVE BEHAVIOR, INTERVENTION AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS, OR PB IS AS WELL AS UTILIZE THEIR WELLNESS STAFF TO ENSURE WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT ARE BOTH PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY SAFE. UM TWO THINGS. ONE IS I BELIEVE WE NEED TO REVISE THE DATA FOR THE, UH, ATTENDANCE. IT'S MUCH HIGHER THAN 84% SO WE WILL REVISE THAT AND GET THAT BACK.

UM YEAH, IT'S CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IS WHAT THAT'S DYING TO. SO UH AND THEN SO WITH OUR ACTIONS HERE WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE ON TRACK, UH, TO SPREAD WHAT WE'VE WE PLAN TO SPEND, UH, IN ALL AREAS, SO FOR 1 TO 44 AND THEN ALSO OR 5 TO 47 ON THE NEXT SLIDE. AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THIS YEAR'S EL CAP, WHICH IS A NEW THREE YEAR PLAN, WE WILL BE MOVING AWAY FROM THE PREVIOUS FORMAT OF UTILIZING THE PYL US D FOCUS AREAS. UM, AND INSTEAD WE'LL INCLUDE TWO BROAD GOALS TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS AND SUCCESS OF ALL STUDENTS, AS WELL AS SEVEN FOCUSED GOALS FOR ALL STUDENT GROUPS, AS REQUIRED BY LAW ARE TWO BROAD GOALS REFER TO OUR INNOVATIVE INITIATIVES AND THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR BASE PROGRAMS, WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON THE SCREEN. AND IN ADDITION TO THE TWO BROAD GOALS FOR ALL STUDENTS, THIS YEAR'S L CAP WILL INCLUDE THE FIVE REQUIRED FOCUS GOALS TO CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP FOR OUR UNDATED STUDENTS, WHICH INCLUDE OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS, OUR LONG TERM ENGLISH LEARNERS. OUR SOCIAL ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS ARE FOSTER YOUTH STUDENTS, AS WELL AS A GOAL THAT JUST CAPTURES ALL THE UNDATED PUPILS. ADDITIONALLY WE WILL HAVE TWO REQUIRED FOCUS GOALS TO PROVIDE FOCUS ACTIONS TO ADDRESS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, ENGAGEMENT AND SCHOOL CLIMATE FOR SPECIFIC STUDENTS, STUDENT GROUPS AND SITES IN OUR LOWEST PERFORMING ARE RED DASHBOARD LEVELS. AND LASTLY, WE'LL PROVIDE FOCUS ACTIONS TO IMPROVE THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND STAFFING AT EL CAMINO REAL HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH EQUITY MULTIPLIER FUNDS, WHICH YOU'LL RECALL IS DESIGNATED DUE TO HAVING A HIGH NON STABILITY RATE AS WELL AS A HIGH SOCIO, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED RATE. OK, SO THE NEXT STEPS FOR A 28? YES PLEASE. DOES THAT MEAN HIRING MORE STAFF THERE OR HOW? WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THE FUNDS NEED TO GO TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND IMPROVING STAFFING. AND SO WE DO PROVIDE CLASS SIZE REDUCTION AT EL CAMINO, FOR EXAMPLE, AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DEDICATE FUNDS TOWARDS THAT THEY DO PLAN TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THEIR COMMUNITY ON THEIR, UH MINI L CAP FOR THIS THESE FUNDS, AND THAT DOES INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL COUNSELOR THAT THEY PLAN TO ADD.

MHM. SO THE NEXT STEPS FOR 2425 L CAP. UM WE'VE ALREADY STARTED OUR INPUT SESSIONS. SO THAT'S GONNA GO THROUGH MARCH. SO UM, JANUARY TO MARCH, UH, WE WILL HAVE A BOARD STUDY SESSION.

APRIL 16TH. UH, WHERE WE WILL TALK ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, GET DIVE IN DEPTH IN OUR NEW LC

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ACTUALLY, THAT MIGHT BE BETTER. S. OR WHOEVER IS A BETTER VERSED IN IT. YES, PLEASE. I CAN ADDRESS THAT. SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR PARENT EDUCATION IS WE'VE REALLY BEEN DEPENDING ON D A LOT FOR SOME OF THEIR PARENT EDUCATION THAT THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDING SOME OF IT. UM WE HOST OURSELVES IN OUR DISTRICT AND SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE, UM, LOOKING AT, UH, CALL IT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT COLLEGE, HELPING PARENTS WITH BEHAVIORS AND THEN IN THE SPRING MOVING FORWARD, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.

FOCUS NIGHTS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO WE KNOW WE NEED TO BUILD IS TO HAVE SOME OF THAT.

NEEDS ASSESSMENTS THAT WE DO OURSELVES FOR OUR PARENTS TO SEE WHAT THEY NEED MOVING FORWARD, SO THAT'S AN AREA WE NEED TO. WE NEED TO ENHANCE AND IMPROVE. AND IS THIS MOSTLY VIRTUAL? OR IS THIS? UH, A, UH IN PERSON TYPE OF? TYPICALLY IT'S BEEN IN PERSON. WE COULD HAVE IT VIRTUAL , BUT WHAT WE'VE NOTICED IS IF WE ACTUALLY HOUSE THESE AT THE SCHOOL SITES THEMSELVES, WE GET, UM BETTER ATTENDANCE. SO IF WE HAVE IT, MAYBE A COUPLE ON THE WEST SIDE A COUPLE ON THE EAST SIDE AT SCHOOL SITES, WE'LL GET MORE PARENTS COMING. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT WE ALSO ADDED ON IN ADDITION TO LOVE AND LOGIC, WHICH IS HELD IN PERSON AT OUR TITLE, ONE SITES, BUT DISCIPLINE POSITIV AT OUR TITLE ONE SITES, TOO, SO IT'S A SPANISH VERSION THAT IS PROVIDED FOR OUR FAMILIES. WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED, OF COURSE, ENGLISH CLASSES TO OUR FAMILIES, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO HOSTING FAMILY LITERACY AND MATH NIGHTS. UM AT OUR ELEMENTARY, SO A LOT OF IN PERSON PARENT EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES THIS YEAR. EXCELLENT THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE DR GREEN AND DOCTOR YOUNG. I JUST WANTED TO, UM, ADD MY THOUGHT ABOUT ADDING ANOTHER TOWN HALL MEETING. I KNOW THAT THE ORIGINAL ONE WAS RECORDED, AND I WATCHED IT, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY GO OVER THE GOALS. IT ONLY REALLY COVERS THE FINANCIAL AND THEN UM, IT IT GOES TO THE QR CODE OR PEOPLE COULD DO INPUTS. AND I JUST THINK YOU KNOW THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT COMMUNITY GATHERING TO DISCUSS, AND IT JUST BUILDS. UM YOU KNOW? KIND OF THAT. COMMUNICATION AND. ENERGY SO I WOULD BE FOR ADDING ANOTHER ONE.

ABSOLUTELY WE DID HAVE AUDIO ISSUES WITH THE RECORDING. BUT ON THE ACTUAL WHEN IT WAS HELD LIVE. UM WE DID GO THROUGH EACH OF THE ACTIONS THAT ARE PRESENTED AS WELL. BUT IT WAS JUST A VERY LONG MUFFLED AUDIO FOR THE RECORDING. AND SO WE DID END UP CUTTING THAT OFF ON THE RECORDING, BUT WE DID ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, WHICH LISTS EVERYTHING THAT WAS PROPOSED, AND WE POSTED THE RECORDING AND LINKS ONTO OUR WEBSITE. AND SO ANY COMMUNITY MEMBER IS WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK AS WELL.

BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY CONSIDER ADDING ANOTHER TOWN HALL. WHETHER LIVE OR I'M SORRY IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL. UH, WOULD THAT BE POSSIBLE TO POSSIBLY LIKE YOUTUBE IT ONTO OUR OUR DISTRICT, YOU. TWO YES, WE DID POST THE RECORDING ONTO OUR DISTRICT YOUTUBE. YEAH, WITH THE WITH THE AUDIO BEING MESSED UP. THAT MAKES IT HARD TO HAVE A COMPLETE UM COMPLETE PACKAGE

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UM ARE WE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THAT SORT OF FEEDBACK? UM IN PERSON AS WE WALK THROUGH PAGE BY PAGE AND DO ALL THAT AS WE HAVE BEFORE, UM OR ARE WE GOING TO BE DOING THE SAME SORT OF INPUT LIKE, UM ONLINE? NO THE BOARD PARTICIPATES IN A STUDY SESSION, SO YOU'LL ABSOLUTELY BE DOING THAT ON APRIL 16TH PRIOR TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING.

ABSOLUTELY. I'LL WAIT TILL WE GET TO THAT. MAKE IT OK, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR TURNER.

[15. STUDENT BOARD REPORT]

THESE 35 STUDENTS DEMONSTRATED MASTERY THROUGH CAMINO REAL'S PROGRAMS IN A WAY THAT PROMOTED THEIR SUCCESS. AN EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW. THEY RAISED MONEY FOR A WISH A CHILD FOR A WISH CHILD FROM THE MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION DONATION BOXES WERE AVAILABLE AND STILL ARE AVAILABLE AROUND CAMPUS LAST WEEK, AND GOLDEN HAWKS SET, UH, SET OUT TO RAISE $15,000. AND ESPERANZA HIGH SCHOOL. THEY HELD THE WINTER FORMAL, WHICH WAS HELD AT THE FORT EVENT CENTER, WHERE STUDENTS ENJOYED A DJ PHOTO BOOTH, KARAOKE AND CHARACTER CARICATURE ARTISTS AS WELL AS A LIVE QUARTET FROM ESPERANZA'S VERY OWN JAZZ PROGRAM. IN ADDITION TO THIS, ESPERANZA IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 2024 ALL SCHOOL LIP DUB ON FEBRUARY 23RD, THE ESPERANZA CAR SHOW ON MARCH 15TH AND THE DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT TAKING PLACE MARCH 20 MARCH 18TH TO 22ND. AT GEORGE KEY SCHOOL, INVENTURE ACADEMY. GEORGE KEY AND BE ACADEMY WORK EX EXCITED TO CELEBRATE THEIR VERY OWN PYL US D CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR. THIS IS MR IAN VOLCKER. MR VOLCKER HAS BEEN WITH PO US D FOR THE PAST 19 YEARS. PRINCIPAL REBECCA ALLEN SHARES THAT HE'S AN AMAZING PERSON WHO HAS ASSISTED STUDENTS AND STAFF AT BOTH SCHOOLS. HE CURRENTLY IS ASSIGNED TO ASSIST IN MISSUS EDISON'S CLASS AND CAN BE ENCOUNTERED ON TO HELP IN ANY SITUATION. OUR PARK AT PARKVIEW SCHOOL. PARKVIEW IS TK THROUGH EIGHT STUDENTS ARE CONTINUING TO LEARN AND IMPLEMENT DIFFERENT CREATIVE TECHNIQUES THROUGH STEP BY STEP ART PROJECTS LED BY MASTER ARTIST. STUDENT ARTWORK WILL BE SHOWCASED AT THE SCHOOL'S OPEN HOUSE ON MARCH 28TH. A VALENTIA HIGH SCHOOL VALENTIA CYBER SECURITY GOAL TEAM COMPETED IN THE SEMIFINAL ROUND, RANKING FIFTH IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND TOP 50 IN THE NATION. BUNCH OF FUTURE BUSINESS. LEADERS OF AMERICA ARE PROUD TO BE THE RUNNER UPS IN THE SWEEPSTAKES AT THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE AT KELSEY FULLERTON. 75 STUDENTS WANT TOP 10 HONORS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS WITH 18 OF THOSE WINNING FIRST PLACE. ADORABLE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, ALL YOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, STU, UH, WINTER SPORTS TEAMS MADE IT TO THE CIA PLAYOFFS. MEN'S SOCCER COMPETES IN THE QUARTERFINALS TONIGHT IN UPLAND. AND FINALLY FOR YORBA LINDA, UH, TO CELEBRATE LUNAR NEW YEAR, THE YORBA LINDA ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER STUDENT UNION HOSTED LUNCHTIME ACTIVITIES, STUDENTS CAME OUT AND SHARED ABOUT THEIR CULTURE WITH DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND GIVEAWAYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EMILY. OK SO YOU USUALLY GET A QUESTION AFTER

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I KNOW THAT SINCE YOU GUYS AREN'T ON CAMPUS FIVE DAYS OF THE WEEK A LOT OF THINGS, UM, THEY TEND TO GO UNNOTICED, OR, UM, THEY AREN'T TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH SO I'M EXCITED TO BRING THAT PERSPECTIVE INTO THIS ROOM. UM AND JUST BEING IN THE IN THIS IN THIS AREA, I'M EXCITED TO BUILD A COMMUNITY WHO IS ABLE TO ACCEPT ALL THE OPINIONS FROM, UH, CITIZENS. AND IMPLEMENT THEM AS WELL. SO YEAH. VERY GOOD. GREAT JOB AT IT JUST GETS EASIER. ALL RIGHT NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE NIGHT AND REAL QUICK. UM, II. I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION REGARDING, UM, YOUR FIRST DAY HERE AND AS EXCITED AS I AM TO SEE YOUR PARENTS HERE, UH, I WAS HOPING THEY RESCUE DOGS WOULD HAVE MADE IT AS WELL. YEAH, THEY'RE AT HOME. THEY WERE, UH THEY WERE BARKING AT THE GARDENERS ALL DAY. THEY'RE A LITTLE EXHAUSTED.

YEAH. YOU KNOW HOW IT IS. OK, DID SOMEBODY SAY THEY NEED A BREAK OR ARE WE STILL GOOD TO GO? I'M WE HAVE 19. 19 SPEAKERS. OK LET'S TAKE A QUICK FIVE MINUTE BREAK, AND THEN WE OK? A LITTLE AGGRESSIVE RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT, LET'S UH, MOVE FORWARD. WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT

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I'M GONNA ASK THAT YOU, UM COME TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK YOUR NAME. AND UM, JUST SO WE HAVE OUR FOREIGN NOTE WHO IS SPEAKING AT EACH TIME. SO, UH, FIRST NELLY RAFAEL PAULA POWERS.

TRICIA QUINTERO. AND LYNN MAGNON. ALL RIGHT, TAKE IT AWAY. HELLO MY NAME IS NELLIE RAFAEL.

SOCIAL MEDIA HAS SO MANY ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES ON BRINGING INFORMATION FORWARD TO OUR COMMUNITY. UNFORTUNATELY THE DISADVANTAGE WHEN BRINGING INFORMATION FORWARD TO OUR COMMUNITY. UM I'M SORRY BEING, UM, SPREAD BY SOME BOARD MEMBERS , ALONG WITH THE UNION AND NANCY WATKINS. THEY ARE LYING AND MISREPRESENTING BECAUSE THEY ARE LOSING POWER AND THE CT A ISN'T IN CONTROL HERE ANY LONGER, WHICH I CREDIT OUR BOARD MAJORITY FOR THAT AND TAKING EDUCATION IN THE DIRECTION OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS. SHE WALKS IN. THE UNION HAS REPEATEDLY LYING IN THE COMMUNITY SPEAKING NEGATIVELY ABOUT THE DISTRICT CHARTER AND OUR NEW SPORTS INSTITUTE, WHEN IN FACT SO MANY EDUCATORS AND PARENTS ARE SPEAKING. SO HIGHLY OF ALL THE AMAZING POSITIVE CHANGES WE HAVE SEEN RECENTLY SINCE DOCTOR CHIS HAS JOINED PYL US D WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR BOARD MAJORITY. THE UNION IS LYING, STATING THERE IS A PRIVATE CHARTER COMING TO OUR DISTRICT AND USING A DISTRICT FACILITY WHEN THERE ARE NO PLANS FOR THIS FEAR MONGERING THE COMMUNITY AND BLAMING CONSERVATIVE BOARD MEMBERS FOR SOMETHING THAT ISN'T HAPPENING. OUR UNION MEMBERS AWARE THAT A PLE DONATED FROM THEIR DONATIONS TO SUPPORT THE ORANGE RECALL, AND ALSO, WHY IS A PLE PRESIDENT LINDA MANNION SEEN PASSING OUT NANCY WALKEN SIGNS AT THE OFFICE DURING WORKING HOURS AT 11:30 A.M. WHY IS SHE BEING PAID AS A TEACHER ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT WHEN SHE ISN'T ABIDING BY HER CONTRACT AND SPEND 50 PER CENT OF OUR TIME IN THE CLASSROOM. I'LL TELL YOU WHY SHE'S FIGHTING DIRTY AND HITTING PEOPLE HARD WITH MISINFORMATION, WHICH IS WHICH WILL NOT WORK. THERE ARE VIDEOS AND STATEMENTS OF NANCY WATSON SHOWING AND DISPLAYING DISRESPECTFUL CONTACT TOWARD CONSERVATIVE SCHOOL BOUND MEMBERS. AND EVEN OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT IS PAULA POWERS. I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK A MEMBER OF OUR PYL FAMILY WHO GAVE US MORE THAN A QUARTER OF A CENTURY OF SERVICE. TOM CRAIK IS A TREASURE. HE NOT ONLY HELP THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, BUT I MOST APPRECIATIVE OF THE HELP HE GAVE MINE. AT A TIME WHEN MY FAMILY NEEDED HIM LIKE A SUPERHERO. HE APPEARED MY HUSBAND AND I CANNOT THANK HIM ENOUGH FOR HIS WILLINGNESS TO HELP HIS CALM DEMEANOR, HIS UNDERSTANDING AND HIS GUIDANCE. OUR DISTRICT WAS

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AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHAT IS THE EXACT DATA? WHAT ARE THE CONCRETE NUMBERS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED? AND WHO WILL BE, UM, ABLE TO APPLY FOR THIS PROGRAM CAN ANY CAN YOU EXPECT ANYONE TO MAKE A DECISION OR FEEL COMFORTABLE SPENDING THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY WITHOUT ACTUAL FIRM DATA? ON ANOTHER NOTE. I ALSO DO NOT SUPPORT THE DEMOTION OR MOVING OF ANY CURRENT ADMINISTRATION AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. OUR CURRENT PRINCIPALS AND ADMINS ARE THE BACKBONES OF OUR SCHOOLS. THESE ARE MAIN ADMINISTRATIONS HAVE ALSO MADE PYL THE GREAT PLACE. IT IS TODAY AND THE SCHOOL THAT I AM PROUD TO BE A PART OF EL DORADO, TRE AND WAGNER. WHY WOULD YOU DISMANTLE ANYTHING LIKE THAT? THANK YOU. OK. NEXT IS LYNN MAGNUM. THANKS HI. YES MY NAME IS LYNN MAGNON, AND I'LL INTRODUCE MYSELF AS FIRST. A PARENT FROM THE DISTRICT. UH, WHOSE TWO DAUGHTERS GRADUATED AS OVERACHIEVERS FROM ESPERANZA HIGH SCHOOL, BUT ALSO TRAVIS RANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. UM MY HUSBAND AND I WERE MOVED HERE IN 2001 FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND IT'S BEEN 15 YEARS OF BLISS AND THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, OF COURSE, POST COVID HAVE BEEN REALLY DIFFICULT. BUT IN LIGHT OF TODAY AND TALKING ABOUT INNOVATION, I CHANGED WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY. I HAVE, LIKE OH, WAY. DIFFERENT THING I WANNA SAY NOW ABOUT PROGRESS. I FELT THE NEED TONIGHT AFTER LISTENING FOR THE LAST HOUR TO SHARE WHAT WE'VE DONE AT ESPERANZA IN THE ARTS. SO IF EVERYBODY WAS TO GO, I WANT TO KIND OF BE TRANSPARENT AND GO TO THE ESPERANZA WEBSITE AND OTHER ARTS GO DOWN TO THE VISUAL ARTS WEBSITE. SO I LOVE THAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT INNOVATION. I STARTED A WEBSITE INSTEAD OF GOOGLE CLASSROOM AROUND HYBRID TIME WHEN IT WAS REALLY HARD FOR PARENTS. AND TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. SO I TALK ABOUT WHO I AM AS A PARENT, A COMMUNITY MEMBER. I HAVE LESSONS AND LINKS AND THAT I GATHERED FROM EVERYWHERE. UM AT MY PORTFOLIO I USED TO TEACH. I WRITE ABOUT MY PORTFOLIO. EVERYTHING'S THERE EVEN STRESS RELIEF LINKS THAT I GOT FROM UC SANTA BARBARA LIKE IDEAS FROM PROFESSORS. BUT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT WE HAVE OPENED A PERMANENT ART GALLERY IN THE LIBRARY THIS YEAR, TOO. IT'S THE ONLY DEDICATED OR LIKE ART GALLERY, AND I HAVE AT LEAST 10 OF MY A P STUDENTS THAT HAVE GONE ON TO MA, LIKE THE COUNTRY'S BEST ART SCHOOLS, INCLUDING PARSONS, NEW YORK AND A BUNCH OF LIKE EVERYWHERE MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION. MAJORS THAT YOU THANK YOU. SO I WAS GONNA ASK FOR NEW DESKS BECAUSE THEY'RE UNSAFE. THEY'RE REALLY FALLING APART AND EVERYONE KNOWS THIS. THEY'RE REALLY YOU CAN EMAIL DOCTOR TURNIS AND THE BOARD WITH WHATEVER ELSE YOU HAD TO SAY IT BECAUSE THE NEW DESK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OK, NEXT. ED GUNN, BRENT D. SHE TELL AMIR AND SHANNY MURRAY. HELLO, ED GUNN. TEACHERS GOOD UNION BAD WHEN THE UNIONS CHOOSE STUDENTS LOSE THE TEACHERS UNION IS WHY OUR KIDS WORE A MASK. WHAT SEEMED LIKE FOREVER TEACHERS. UH, TEACHERS UNION IS WHY KIDS ARE DUMBER TODAY THAN THEY WERE 10 YEARS AGO. THE TEACHERS UNION IS WHY KIDS ARE BEING BRAINWASHED INTO HORMONE THERAPY AND HAVING THE PROTRUDING PARTS OF THEIR BODIES CHOPPED OFF. THE TEACHERS UNION IS NOW BACKING THIS LADY NANCY WATKINS WITH WHITE NORN SIGNS ALL OVER TOWN.

I'M SURE YOU SEEN THEM. IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN VOTE CAN WILLIAMS, THE DISTRICT HAS BECOME MORE STUDENT CENTRIC IN THE PAST THREE YEARS DUE TO THE CONSERVATIVE LEAN OF THIS BOARD, AND I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND I LIKE ALL THE NEW FACES. THINGS ARE WAY BETTER NOW THAN THAT THE OLD UNION PUPPETS ARE GONE, EXCEPT FOR ONE. HOPEFULLY SHE'LL BE GONE

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APPARENTLY SACA WAS ASKING FOR DR CHOW TO IMPLEMENT STRICTER ENFORCEMENT TO COVER UP HIS ILLEGAL ACTIONS. THE VERY NEXT DAY, CARRIE BUCK UNILATERALLY ANNOUNCED NO MESH MASS POLICY AT A BOARD MEETING WITHOUT A BOARD VOTE AGAIN IMPLEMENTING STRICTER MASK MEASURES THAN OC HEALTH.

WHY IS THAT A COINCIDENCE? AND WHY NOT PLACE THE MESS MASS ISSUE ON THE BOARD AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION. NOW OUR DISTRICT IS FACING A HUGE LAWSUIT. HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IS THIS COSTING OUR DISTRICT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WISE AT THE TIME TO LISTEN TO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WITH MUCH MORE COMMON SENSE. THIS WHOLE MESS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. THANK YOU. SHE SHOULD TELL AMIR. I HOPE I'M SAYING THAT. OH, SHE LEFT, OK. SHANNY MURRAY. UH, I'M BECOMING INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE HIGH TURNOVER RATE WE'RE SEEING IN PYL. WHEN I TURNED TUNED INTO THE RECENT L CAPP MEETING. I WAS SURPRISED THAT SHELLY SPER WASN'T IN THE WEBINAR. SO I CHECKED THE PYL WEBSITE, AND SHE'S NO LONGER LISTED. WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR DIRECTOR OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND SUPPORT. WHY WOULD SHE LEAVE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR? AND WHY DID TRINA THE PERSON SHE REPLACED THE MORALLY LEAVE AFTER A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR ON THE JOB? WHY ARE MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF OTHER DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS NOW GONE, INCLUDING THE WELL RESPECTED RICK LOPEZ? WHY ARE WE ON OUR THIRD SUPERINTENDENT? SINCE 2020 SO AGAINST THIS BACKDROP? YES I GET CONCERNED WHEN I HEAR RUMORS ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT MORE ARE BEING FORCED OUT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT I THOUGHT I TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE ADMINISTRATORS OUT THERE TO MY AWESOME PRINCIPAL JOEY DAVIS, WHO DOES AN AMAZING JOB LEADING EL DORADO. AND TO ALL THE PYL EDUCATORS AND STAFF WHO ARE TEACHING COACHING AND CARING FOR OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SHANNY. CAN I HAVE? VERONICA GOMEZ, LISETTE GARCIA. JESSICA ZUNA ZUNIGA BRAVO. AND TIM MURRAY. VERONICA WILL BE FIRST. GOOD EVENING AND HAPPY. 1/100 DAY OF SCHOOL EVERYBODY DAY A DAY. AND MY NAME IS VERONICA GOMEZ AND I AM A TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, A FORMERLY KNOWN AS PREPPY K WHEN IT WAS IN INTEGRATED IN 2011. IT IS WITH THE UTMOST RESPECT AND CAREFUL CONSIDERATION THAT I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY. THIS EVENING, UM 27 KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS, WHICH TURNS OUT TO BE 18 OUT OF 20 SITES THAT OFFER TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN IN PLACENTIA, YORBA LINDA WROTE AND SIGNED A LETTER SIGNING OUR CONCERNS OUR PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND EXPERTISE IN REGARDS TO EXPANDING THE DAY FOR OUR YOUNG, FOUR AND FIVE YEAR OLD STUDENTS. IT IS WITH A PASSION FOR WHAT WE DO INTRICATE TRAINING IN EARLY EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE THAT WE FIND IT CRUCIAL FOR OUR VOICES TO BE HEARD. WE ASK OURSELVES WHAT IS OUR WHY? IS IT

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IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN AND SHOULD ALWAYS BE THE CHILDREN. IN THE 27 YEARS, I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING AN EDUCATOR AND PLACENTIA OR BELINDA. OUR DISTRICT DIRECTORS HAVE ALWAYS ALLOWED US TO KEEP OUR Y AS A FOREFRONT OF OUR TEACHING PRACTICES. UNFORTUNATELY WE FEEL THIS IS A THIS HAS BEEN COMPROMISED AND ARE SOMEWHAT DISHEARTENED WITH SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE PROJECTED TO BE MADE. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OUR EXPERTISE, OUR PROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVE AND CRUCIAL CONCERNS . WE ARE THE EXPERTS IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT FIELD AND WE HOPE YOU GUYS LISTEN TO OUR VOICES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT. LISETTE GARCIA. NICE. TO SEE YOU ALL. GOOD EVENING. UH, MY NAME IS JOSE GARCIA. AND I'M ALSO ONE OF THE PIONEERING TEACHERS HERE FOR OUR DISTRICT. UH, BACK IN 2011. WE WERE PIONEERING TK WHEN NO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS WANTED TO TOUCH IT, AND WE WENT IN THERE AND TO THIS DAY WE'RE NURTURING THIS PROGRAM, WHICH HAS BEEN, UM, NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED. IT'S BEEN , UM CALIFORNIA RECOGNIZED IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. UM WE JUST DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH THE EXPANSION. UM, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS IN THE PROCESS OF FORMULATING TEACHING STANDARDS AS WELL AS PUBLISHING AND IMPLEMENTING NEW GUIDELINES AND STATE LAWS RELATED TO THE UNIVERSAL TK PROGRAM. THE COMPONENTS NOT YET FINALIZED BY THE STATE INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAWS REGARDING CLASS SIZE STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIOS. FACILITY REQUIREMENTS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR INSTRUCTIONAL AND ASSESSMENTS. NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO BE MAKING ANY CRUCIAL MODIFICATIONS TO OUR TK PROGRAM KNOWING THAT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL CHANGE, UH, CHANGES COMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WE RUN THE RISK OF MAKING ILL INFORMED DECISIONS BY NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE FORTHCOMING GUIDELINES AND LAWS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. WE MUST KEEP IN MIND THAT THE PROPOSAL CHANGES COULD HINDER OUR ABILITY TO MAKE ADJUSTMENT TO OUR TK PROGRAM. ONCE ALL OF THE IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES HAVE BEEN DECIDED. SO ONE UNIQUE QUESTION THAT WE HAVE. THAT HASN'T REALLY BEEN ASKED IS, UH, HOW MUCH IS ALL OF THIS GOING TO COST? THE DISTRICT? EXPANDING THE COST INTO 1 TO 12 RATIO, CLASSROOM SIZE, MA, UH AGAIN, WE NEED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, BUT THERE WILL BE MORE TO COME.

THANK YOU. I AM JESSICA ZUNIGA. BRAVO. AND I'M ALSO A TK TEACHER. UM, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE OUR UNITY AS TK TEACHERS IN SUPPORTING THE INTEGRITY AND MAINTAINING THE PHENOMENAL STATE RECOGNIZE PROGRAM THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE DRAWING UPON OUR COLLECTIVE TRAINING, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE. WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTING THE MOST DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE AND EFFECTIVE METHOD OF TEACHING OUR YOUNGEST SCHOLARS. AGAIN IT IS OUR PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION THAT THE DISTRICT MAINTAIN THE CURRENT TK SCHEDULE, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE ANTICIPATE OUR STUDENTS GETTING YOUNGER AND THE PROGRAM CHANGES THAT WILL BE REQUIRED WITH UPCOMING LEGISLATION. SIGNED THIS LETTER WAS SIGNED BY , UM 18 OUT OF THE 20 TK SITES IN OUR DISTRICT AND, UM, IN RESPONSE TO THIS LETTER, NOT ONE OF OUR CONCERNS WERE OR HAVE BEEN YET ADDRESSED. WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ONE OF THE REASONS BEING THIS IS BETTER AND MORE ACCOMMODATING FOR WORKING PARENTS SCHEDULES.

THAT HAS NEVER BEEN AND SHOULD NOT EVER BE OUR WHY. AS MY COLLEAGUE STATED OUR WHY HAS ALWAYS BEEN AND SHOULD REMAIN. WHAT IS BEST FOR CHILDREN. I WANNA MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THE SITES WHO HAVE OFFERED TO PILOT THE NEW K TK SCHEDULE ARE NOT NECESSARILY EAGER TO DO SO.

AS MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD. THAT MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT OUT THERE. UM WE ARE DOING THIS BECAUSE WE SAID THAT THE DISTRICT IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS DECISION, REGARDLESS OF OUR PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION. OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JIM MURRAY, PLEASE. AND THEN TIM BEFORE YOU START SPEAKING, I'M GONNA CALL THE OTHER SPEAKERS UP. JOHN QUACKENBUSH, MARIA STUBBS. BEN STUBBS AND JOCELYN BOWSKI. ALRIGHT, TIM. GOOD EVENING. MY SON IS CURRENTLY A THREE SPORT VARSITY ATHLETE AT EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS THE RUNNING BACK FOR THE CIA FOOTBALL TEAM.

BEHIND. THE STUD ISAIAH QUINTERO. EL DORADO HAS A GREAT SET OF COACHES EXCELLENT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR WHO I REALLY, REALLY LIKE. IT'S PART OF WHY I'M HERE. RAY ELLIOTT IS REALLY GOOD. HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THAT ATHLETIC PROGRAM HE'S HELPED WITH COACH LAMANDA

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COULD WE USE THAT MONEY? IN THOSE PROGRAMS THAT ARE ASKING PARENTS FOR DONATIONS. COULD WE USE THAT MONEY TO BETTER ESPERANZA'S ATHLETIC FACILITIES? COULD WE USE THAT MONEY TO BUILD LIGHTS? IS THAT WHAT DEVELOPMENT FEES COULD GO FOR? COULD WE USE THAT MONEY TO HELP THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE NOW? INSTEAD OF THE SPECIALIZED ATHLETES BECAUSE WE'VE GOT GOOD ATHLETES HERE.

AND THEY DESERVE THAT FUNDING. THANK YOU. JOHN CLAUS. AGAIN THANK YOU. NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN . THANK YOU, B. NICE TO SEE YOU, TOO. UM REAL QUICK. UM IT KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE HEARING FROM THE TEACHERS TONIGHT AND NOT NECESSARILY THE UNION. SO I DO HOPE THAT YOU TAKE ALL OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE, UM, UH, ITEMS BUT REAL QUICK GOING WITH THE, UH, SPORTS ACADEMY. UH, WE ARE JUST LEARNING ABOUT THIS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I STARTED THINKING ABOUT AS WE WERE DISCUSSING HAS THERE BEEN ANY FEASIBILITY STYLE STUDY DONE? I KNOW THE GOVERNMENT DOES THIS ALL THE TIME THEY DO. THEY GO IN AND THEY GET SMART PEOPLE THERE.

LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES. LOOK AT ALL THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR FUNDING AND TURN AROUND AND COME UP WITH THE BEST METHOD OR THE BEST ALTERNATIVE. SO IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE, AT LEAST IF THAT'S BEEN DONE, THAT'D BE GREAT. WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE REPORT? MAYBE THINK ABOUT IT. THOSE THINGS. UH I'M NOT NECESSARILY AGAINST THIS AND I AM GLAD THAT IT WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ACADEMY, NOT A CHARTER SCHOOL. UM, BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT AND LEARN FROM FROM US AS PARENTS. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTED WAS, WE'RE LOOKING AT TEAMING WITH PAID PROGRAMS AFTER SCHOOL. HOW IS THAT GONNA AFFECT OUR A SB OR OUR DON DONATIONS AND THOSE LOW INCOME STUDENTS THAT COME IN? WILL THEY BE ABLE TO REAP THAT REWARD? UH, SO THING? DEFINITELY LOOK AT THOSE. UM WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SEE SURVEYS SURVEY DATA. IF IT'S BEEN THERE FROM THE PARENTS AND THE, UM, ON THIS UM, I THINK MARYLYNN HAD SOME GREAT, OK? THANK YOU, JOHN. MARIA STUBBS. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR CHER TRUSTEES PRESIDENT BLADES. FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE HOW IMPRESSED MY FAMILY AND I ARE WITH THE CHANGES AND NEW THINGS HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICT FROM OPENING TK OPENING ENROLLMENT TO STUDENTS WITH GRANDPARENTS IN THE DISTRICT, THE NEW OX, THE MOST RECENT NEWS OF THE U SI AND THAT 1000 HOURS OF ACADEMIC TARGETED INTERVENTION, THIS ALONG WITH THE HIGH LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY, UNLIKE THE COMMUNITY HAS NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE THE TEXT MESSAGES, THE SOCIAL MEDIA ALWAYS UP TO DATE, THE DISTRICT AND SCHOOL WEBSITE SUM. AND WOULD POP UP WINDOWS THAT PUT INFORMATION RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. MANY OF THEM BEING DOCTOR CHERNE UPDATES ON EVERYTHING. PYL US D. THE REINFORCEMENT TO THE PARENTAL NOTIFICATION. THE MONEY PART OF THE BUDGET THAT WASN'T BEFORE SHARED WITH THE BOARD. THE FACT THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING LIVE STREAMED THE FACT THAT THE AGENDA IS POSTED AND DISPLAYED HERE WITH INTERACTIVE LINKS FOR ANYONE TO SEE, ETCETERA. WE SEE LOTS OF OUTSIDE THE BOX THINKING EFFORTS , LOTS OF EFFORTS TO CAPTURE MORE STUDENTS AND MAKE THEM THE CENTER OF IT ALL. SECONDLY I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO BRING UP TO YOUR ATTENTION. WHAT MAY BE A SIMPLE TOPIC IN NATURE, HOWEVER, OF BIG IMPACT TO THE WELL BEING OF ELEMENTARY GRADE STUDENTS, THAT IS THE AVAILABILITY OF PLAYGROUND BALLS AS WELL AS THE ABILITY FOR THE KIDS TO MAKE USE OF THE PLAYGROUND STRUCTURES. THE AMAZING COMMUNITY DID NOT HESITATE TO EXPRESS THEIR LOVE FOR THE STUDENTS AT GLENVIEW ELEMENTARY. ONCE WE LEARNED THEY CURRENTLY AT A FEATHER BALLS AND HAVE BEEN FOR ALMOST A MONTH NOW WE KINDLY ASK YOU THAT YOU ACCEPT THIS PLAGUE FROM BALLS AS A DONATION, AND THEY'RE ALL PUT, UM IN THE HANDS OF THE KIDS IMMEDIATELY IN THE SAME MANNER.

I'LL EMAIL YOU RIGHT HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND MARIA. WHAT WHAT IS WHAT IS IN THE BAG FOR SO EVERYBODY KNOWS AT HOME FOR THE KIDS. AGAIN. NOT ALL ME. THIS IS THE THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF HER MESSAGE SAYS THIS IN THE SAME MANNER. I RESPECTFULLY DEMAND THAT THE KIDS CAN MAKE USE OF THE ENTIRE PLAYGROUND, INCLUDING SWINGS AND PLAYHOUSE STRUCTURES. IT'S BEEN LIMITED, UM, WITH THE EXCUSE OF STAFFING WHETHER THE ISSUE IS, UM, SUPERVISOR RESOURCES ARE A CREATIVE WAY TO THE LOGISTICS OF THEIR RECREATIONAL TIME. I ASK THAT IT GETS FIGURED OUT QUICKLY AND THAT THE FIRST THROUGH SIXTH GRADERS ARE ALLOWED TO MAKE USE OF THE ENTIRE PLAYGROUND. THAT WAS MARIA'S HERE'S MINE. UM THANK YOU TO DR TURNER FOR YOUR

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INTERESTINGLY I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE STAFF HASN'T FELT SUCH URGENCY.

A COUPLE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT NOW HAVE LEAGUE BEACH VOLLEYBALL. WHICH IS SUPER EXCITING NEW NEWS. HOWEVER WE DON'T HAVE ANY BEACH VOLLEYBALL COURTS IN OUR DISTRICT, SO OUR STUDENTS HAVE HAVE TO TRAVEL TO PRACTICE AND GAMES LAST YEAR, PARENTS VOLUNTEERED TO GET THESE COURTS DONE WITH DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEER VOLUNTEER TIME WITHIN A TWO WEEK TIME PERIOD. IT'S BEEN OVER 52 WEEKS, ESPERANZA HAS PLACED BLAME ON THE DISTRICT FOR NOT GETTING IT DONE.

ESPERANZA ADMINISTRATION DID NOT FEEL A SENSE OF URGENCY TO PUT THE STUDENTS FIRST. THANK YOU, DOCTOR, TURNERS AND MRS BLADE. VERY RESPONSIVENESS. WHEN I BROUGHT THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING S VALLEY. COURTS GOING INTO OUR STUDENT ATHLETES CAN SAFELY PRACTICE AND COMPETE WHILE SAVING MONEY ON PARTICIPATION FEES. THANK YOU. THEN STUBBS.

AND THEN OUR FINAL TWO SPEAKERS AFTER BEN WILL BE LINDA MANNION AND MARSHALL BURKE. GOOD EVENING . MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. BEN STUBBS HERE, PYL PARENT. UH, I WANT TO QUICKLY JUST THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATE OUR SUPERINTENDENT FOR BRINGING SO MANY WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES TO POAL FOR OUR KIDS FOR OUR FAMILIES, AND I REALLY LOVE THE INNOVATIVE IDEAS. UM BUT I LOVE YOU MORE. SEEING THEM GET IMPLEMENTED IN QUICKLY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SUPERINTENDENT JONAS. I ALSO WANT TO THANK UH OR RATHER, I WANTED TO ASK THE BOARD IF YOU MIGHT PROVIDE US, UM, A STATUS UPDATE WHEN YOU CAN ON THE LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST THE DISTRICT REGARDING THE SPURIOUS POLICY ON MESH. ASKS WHILE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF SUPERINTENDENT SASSER AND PRESIDENT BUCK FROM THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL YEAR 2021 TO MID YEAR 2022. I REFERRED TO THE POLICY AS SPURIOUS BECAUSE IT WAS PROVEN TO BE SPURIOUS SINCE UPON REQUEST FOR IT IN MULTIPLE TIMES IN WRITING. THE POLICY WAS NEVER FURNISHED BY A SINGLE TEACHER, ADMINISTRATOR OR EVEN A PRESIDENT. BUCKER SUPERINTENDENT SASSER. HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN? WELL, A LOT OF STRANGE THINGS HAPPENED DURING THIS TIME, INCLUDING PRESIDENT BUCK, SHUTTING DOWN TWO BOARD MEETINGS BECAUSE SHE DETERMINE SOMEONE TO BE WEARING THEIR MASK IMPROPERLY BOTH TIMES IF NOT NOT MISTAKEN, ANYHOW, UH, THOSE MAY HAVE BEEN TWO OF THE SHORTEST MEETINGS IN DISTRICT HISTORY. WE'VE KNOWN THE TRUTH ABOUT THIS SPURIOUS POLICY, WHICH WAS THAT IT WAS NEVER VOTED ON AND ENACTED BY THE BOARD. MANY OF OUR STUDENTS, INCLUDING MY OWN CHILD, ONE OF THEM, UH, WAS REMOVED FROM SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE SPURIOUS POLICY AND SUFFERED FROM IT WITH THE STATUS OF THIS LAWSUIT, AND WAS THERE ANY EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION OF THE BROWN ACT VIOLATION INVOLVED WITH THIS PREVIOUS POLICY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. LINDA MANION. LINDA MANION, PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PLACENTIA EDUCATORS, AND I REPRESENT A 95% OF THE TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT.

AS WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT, THERE ARE MANY CHANGES GOING ON IN OUR DISTRICT. AND NOT SURPRISINGLY, IN RESPONSE TO THESE CHANGES. I'VE ALSO BEEN RECEIVING LOTS OF COMMUNICATION FROM OUR TEACHERS.

UM OUR MEMBERS HAVE SHARED THAT THEIR EXPERIENCING ANXIETY AND CONCERN ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE SEEING ALL AROUND THEM. AND THESE COMMUNICATIONS HAD MADE MADE ME REFLECT ON OUR DISTRICT AND WHAT CAN BE CAUSING THESE FEELINGS. AS I REFLECT ON THE BEST OF PYL US C. IT IS OUR DISTRICT. AND IT STARTS WITH FAMILY. FAMILY IS ONE OF THOSE WORDS THAT PEOPLE CAUTION YOU AGAINST USING TO DESCRIBE A WORKPLACE. BUT IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD FAMILY IS WHAT HAS MADE PLUD DIFFERENT FROM OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS. PYOUD FOR DECADES HAS BEEN THAT PLACE WHERE PARENTS MOVE INTO THE COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO THE BEST SCHOOLS WITH TEACHERS DEDICATED TO ALLOW EACH CHILD TO REACH THEIR DREAMS IN A SAFE, SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT. IT IS A PLACE FOR STUDENT LEARNING. GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT ARE CELEBRATED IN SUPPORTED BY EVERYONE IN PYO, US, D AND THE COMMUNITY AND HAS IT BEEN A PLACE WHERE THERE ARE NO LABELS? NO LIMITATIONS ON LEARNING AND NO OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE. THANK YOU, LINDA. THANK YOU. SO I HAVE, UM MARSHALL BURKE. AND I ALSO HAVE A CARD FOR MARISSA MALLORY. HI UH, MY NAME IS MARSHALL BURKE. AND FIRST UM, I AM A LITTLE OFFENDED WHEN YOU MADE THE, UM 20 YEAR. COMMENT UH , THIS THIS BOARD THE PREVIOUS BOARDS HAD TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF THINGS, INCLUDING 2007, AND THEY

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THANK YOU, SUE. ALRIGHT SO I THINK THAT THAT IS GOING TO CONCLUDE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR

[17. ACTION ITEMS - GENERAL FUNCTIONS]

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WHETHER OR NOT THOSE ACTIONS ARE GOOD OR WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO CHANGE THEM. REMOVE THEM.

WHATEVER AND SO WE KEPT WE KEPT IN, INCLUDING THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, BUT WE'RE NOT REALLY EVALUATING HOW EFFECTIVE THAT IS AT ADDRESSING STUDENT NEEDS, AND SO THIS SHIFTS THAT FOCUS TO BE WELL, WE HAVE THIS GOAL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. THESE ARE THE ACTIONS WE'RE GONNA, UH, EFFECT TO DO THAT.

AND THEN EVERY YEAR WE'RE GONNA BE CIR CIRCLING BACK TO SAY, DID WE MAKE A CHANGE? DID IT MOVE THE NEEDLE AND IF IT DIDN'T, HOW ARE WE GONNA CHANGE THAT? AND SO IT IT JUST CHANGES THE FOCUS OF THE L CAP. I APPRECIATE THAT, UM AND THE SPECIFIC FOCUS. I AM, UM INTERESTED IN AND I WANT TO RECEIVE AS MUCH OF THAT INFORMATION AS I CAN. I LIKE TO LOOK AT THE DATA AND GO BACK THROUGH THERE. IT GIVES ME UM A LOT OF INFORMATION, AND IT GIVES ME SOME IDEAS ABOUT THINGS THAT

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MOTION PASSES 3 TO 2. OK, NOW WE'RE GONNA GO TO. BUSINESS SERVICES. I NEED A MOTION,

[18. ACTION ITEMS - BUSINESS SERVICES]

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AND IT'S AND IT LISTS ALL THOSE THINGS AND IT COVERS THE COST OF THE TEACHERS NOW. I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR THAT SOMETHING IS GONNA COME UP. THAT WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE SOME TYPE OF AGREEMENT SO THAT IT'S CLEAR. THAT WHAT THE CHARTER WILL COVER AND WHAT THE DISTRICT WILL COVER BECAUSE IT STILL IS A CHARTER SCHOOL. IT'S. IT'S DISTRICT SUPPORTED, BUT THERE'S NO SUCH, UM, THING IN THAT CODE IS A DISTRICT CHARTER SUPPORTED THING, IT'S STILL THERE'S STILL THEIR OWN ENTITY, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GONNA HAVE LIKE A USE OF FACILITY AGREEMENT WITH THEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EXACTLY WHAT THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO DO VERSUS WHAT THE CHARTER IS GONNA DO, AND IT NEEDS TO BE VERY CLEAR SO THAT WE ARE NOT GETTING CONFUSED. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS MOU IS ONLY COVERING THE ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP IN IN THE CHARTERING, BUT THIS THIS MOU DOES NOT COVER EVERYTHING. IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT THAT. AND SO IT IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT THAT. AND IT IT WON'T AND SO THERE WON'T BE A SEPARATE BUDGET IT IT. IT'S OUR SCHOOL. SO IT'S A WE COLLECT THE AD, A SO I THINK YOU'RE YOU'RE EXPECTING SOMETHING THAT WON'T HAPPEN. SO IF IT IF YOU SAY IT NEEDS TO BE CLEAR, UM FOR YOU. IT MAY NEVER BE WHAT YOU WANT. NO, I JUST WANTED TO. WE'RE ■TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO YOU. IT'S A CONVERSION CHARTER, BUT IT'S OUR SCHOOL. IT'S OUR AD A SO THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR HUMAN RESOURCES SERVICES, THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY THE DISTRICT FOR LEGAL SERVICES. IT'S OUR IT'S OUR SCHOOL. SO JUST LIKE WE DON'T CHARGE. ESPERANZA FOR LEGAL SERVICES OR FOR EMPLOYMENT SERVICES. WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHARGE CAN I ASK A QUESTION? SO UM, WHEN IT SAYS THAT THEY GET 100% OF THE AD A. WHAT IS THAT MEAN? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHERE? WHERE DOES IT SAY THEY GET 100% OF THE AD? A IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR BUDGET ON PAGE WHATEVER PAGE IT IS 83 RIGHT. SO IT'S A SA MLE BUDGET THAT THAT WE'RE NOT AS A DISTRICT. WE'RE NOT. YES, BUT IT'S A SAMPLE RIGHT? BUT IT'S NOT REAL, SO THAT'S IT. IT HELPS DESCRIBE HOW IT'S A. IT'S A SELF SUSTAINING SCHOOL. UM BUT THAT THE WAY THAT THE MODEL WORKS FOR THE CONVERSION CHARTER IT IT ALL OF THAT AD A COMES THROUGH THE DISTRICT. SO WE'RE NOT BILLING THE STATE SEPARATELY FOR THAT FOR THAT SCHOOL SITE. WE ARE NOT, UM UM, NOT PUTTING ANYTHING IN A SUB ACCOUNT THAT WOULD IDENTIFY HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY FUNDS THAT A REARE EXPENSES THAT GO TO EACH OF THE OTHER EACH OF THE SCHOOLS SO THEY ALL HAVE A SITE NUMBER IN OUR IN OUR ACCOUNT COST STRUCTURE, SO WE'LL WE'LL KNOW WHAT EXPENSES ARE GOING THERE. BUT THE MONEY THAT'S COMING IN GENERATED BY THE AD A WILL GO INTO THE DISTRICT'S COFFERS. I THINK MAYBE WHAT THAT MAYBE YOU'RE CONCERNED I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS , UM, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S EQUITABLE SO THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING, UM TENS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TOWARD THAT, UM AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THAT, UM AND HOW DO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED, BUT WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO IN SPITE OF, YOU KNOW OTHER SCHOOLS , BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE OWN IT BECAUSE DON'T THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR OWN FUNDING THEY GET. I THINK WHAT IS A HALF A MILLION START UP FEES FOR CHARTER. THEY DON'T YEAH, THE WHAT'S THE CHARTER? GRANT THAT

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SEVENTH IS THE RIGHT TIME OR SIX, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. ARE WE READY TO VOTE? ALRIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. A MOTION CARRIES 50. OK WE'RE GOING INTO OUR HUMAN

[19. ACTION ITEMS - HUMAN RESOURCES]

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I'M EXTREMELY PROUD TO, UH, BE MAKING THIS STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD. MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD. UH, THIS DISTRICT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS HAS NEVER HAD A MULTI YEAR AGREEMENT WITH THEIR LABOR PARTNERS. UM, AND THE FACT WE HAVE ONE THIS YEAR. UM IS A HUGE WIN FOR US THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND MONEY AND RESOURCES WE WILL SAVE. UM, BY NOT BEING AT THE TABLE. NOT JUST FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, BUT ALL NEXT YEAR TALKING ABOUT THIS TALKING ABOUT SALARY, UM, PAYING FOR, UH, NEGOTIATING TEAMS TIME RESOURCES. TIME IS MONEY. UM THAT WAS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF DOCTOR YATES. SO I. I APPLAUD HIM ALSO, JUST THE RAPPORT HE'S BUILT WITH, UM, WITH OUR TEACHERS WITH OUR ADMINISTRATORS WITH EVERY WITH OUR TEAM. UM HIS LEVEL OF EXPERTISE, UM, HAS BEEN INVALUABLE. UM, AND IT'S ALL PROGRAMS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO IMPLEMENT. WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE HERE, UM, WITHOUT HIS WORK. AND OF COURSE, OUR ASSISTANT. SO, UM UH, IT'S MY STRONG RECOMMENDATION TO, UM FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE DOCTOR YATES AS THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF PYL US D. LIKE THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT ABOUT THE TWO YEAR NEGOTIATION THAT THAT THAT'S A BIG WIN FOR SURE. HUGE UM, I'M GONNA VOTE NOT ON NO ON THIS AS WELL BECAUSE IT'S A TWOYEAR CONTRACT BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE DEPUTY EDITION. UM DOCTOR GATES. I THINK YOU'RE GREAT. BUT BEING AND THIS POSITION FOR EIGHT MONTHS. 6 TO 8 MONTHS. UM, IS NOT ENOUGH FOR ME TO, UM AND NEVER BEING A AN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT BEFORE I WILL BE VOTING NO, SORRY. SO IT'S NOT ABOUT IN IN MY VOTE IS NOT ABOUT TIME SERVED. IT'S MORE ABOUT, UH, WORK DONE AND WORKLOAD AND DIVISIONS OF LABOR FROM FROM OUR SUPERINTENDENT THAT IS SAYING THAT THIS IS WHAT HE RECOMMENDS. SO I WOULD I IN THE IN THE CORPORATE WORLD. IF SOMEBODY'S DOING A GOOD JOB AND DOING THE THINGS YOU NEED THEM TO DO, AND YOU NEED TO GET THEM MORE DUTIES, AND THEY'RE AT THAT CORRELATES WITH GIVING THEM A NEW POSITION. THEN THAT'S JUST WHAT YOU DO SO, I. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU'VE BEEN HERE. UM I THINK THAT YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND I AM HAPPY TO VOTE. YES, ON THIS. OH, IS IT NOT WORKING ONE MORE TIME? I DON'T THINK MY MIC.

OH, THEY'RE OK. IT'S THE LIGHT THAT'S OUT. SORRY IT'S CONFUSING ME. I WILL. I WILL BE VOTING NO AS WELL ON THIS, UM BECAUSE OF WHAT I'VE SAID BEFORE. AND ALSO, UM THERE'S NO. WHEN WHEN I GOT INTO THIS DISTRICT AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, OUR, UM STUDENT. POPULATION WAS 20 OVER 26,000.

NOW WE'RE AT 23,000, AND WE HAVE FIVE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A DEPUTY BEFORE. BUT WE ONLY HAD THREE ASSISTANT SOUPS AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE JUST GETTING A LITTLE TOO TOP HEAVY. AND I THINK, UM THE CONSERVATIVE THING TO DO IS TO BE FRUGAL WITH OUR MONEY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE KNOW THAT NEXT YEAR, UM BUT WHAT ARE THEY TALKING? THE COLA IS ONLY LIKE 0.7. 5% IS OUR COLA NEXT YEAR, AND I JUST THINK WE'RE WE'RE GONNA COME UP TO SOME ECONOMIC TIMES AND I FEEL LIKE WE JUST NEED TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. SO SORRY, DOCTOR GATES. I'LL BE VOTING NOW. BUT THERE'S FIVE OF THOSE RIGHT NOW. OKAY? UM SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM. WAS A DRAW FOR ME WITH ABOUT DOCTOR GATES WAS NOT ONLY HIS WORK ETHIC. UM THIS MAN IS A, UH HE'S A GRINDER. HE IS CONTINUALLY WORKING AND GOING, AND FROM A RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR OUR SUPERINTENDENT, WHO? I, UH I TRULY RESPECT. SAYING THAT. HIS PROMOTION WOULD BE A, UH A HUGE HELP FOR HIM. LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT IT'S NOT ONLY THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE, BUT ALSO

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THIS IS NOT SOMETHING NEW. AND SO, UM, SHE WAS AN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR A REALLY MANY , MANY, MANY YEARS. AND AS I SAID, IT DOESN'T MATTER. I JUST SAID IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW HOW MANY YEARS IF SHE WAS EXCELLENT. SHE COULD HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT IN MONTH. ONE OR TWO. DO YOU DENY OUR PROMOTION? I DON'T THINK SO. BUT WE HAVE HAD DEPUTIES IN THE PAST, SO ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY? ALL RIGHT, LET'S UH GO FOR A VOTE. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MISS ANDERSON. NO MISS BACK. NOPE. MR YOUNGBLOOD? YES, MR FRASER. AND I AM A YES. CONGRATULATIONS, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT MR GATES. OK NOW WE'RE MOVING TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR ACTIONS

[20. CONSENT CALENDAR]

CAN YOU CAN YOU GIVE ME THOSE AGAIN? 20 21.2. 23.3. 23.6. 23.7 . 23.8. 23.10. AND, UM 25.2.

ANYBODY ELSE? NO. IT IS A LOT, ALL RIGHT. SO I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE. EVERYTHING ELSE. I'LL MAKE EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR, EXCEPT THOSE WERE THAT WERE IDENTIFIED. I'LL SECOND FRAZIER WITH THE SECOND OK? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. I, A. ALL RIGHT. I'M AN I 50 ALL

[21.2 Approve general agreement with Lamar Advertising Company for advertising services from February 14, 2024 to February 13, 2025.]

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[23.3 Approve the purchase of a new IB Biology textbook selected by the Valencia High School staff for the After School Education and Safety Program (ASES) renewal application for the 2024-25 school year.]

ALL RIGHT. OK, I JUST, UM. CURRICULUM HAS BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT TO THIS BOARD, AND, UM I JUST FEEL LIKE WE SHOULDN'T BE PUTTING IT IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS, UM, A BIB BIOLOGY TEXTBOOK. AND UM, I CHECKED IT OVER AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT. UM EACH OF THE UNITS. WHAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT THIS TEXTBOOK IS IT COVERS EVERYTHING IN EACH UNIT TAKES EVERY SUBJECT FROM MOLECULES ALL THE WAY TO ECOSYSTEMS, SO IT STARTS WITH THE MICRO IN EACH UNIT AND THEN BUILDS ITSELF UP TO, UM, ECOSYSTEM, SO MICROS CELLS AND ORGANISMS AND THEN ECOSYSTEM. SO, UM. THERE WAS THERE'S NO STUDENT DATA ON THIS BECAUSE IT WASN'T PILOTED BECAUSE IT'S ONLY THERE'S ONLY ONE THE ONE CLASS. UM BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOU KNOW FROM OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS HOW THIS WORKS. TEACHER. YES.

OK, ARE WE READY TO VOTE? ALL RIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. I'M AN I 50 23.6. OK I'LL MAKE A

[23.6 Approve the following novels to pilot in classrooms: Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan (6th grade), Time for Andrew by Mary Downing Hahn (4th grade), and The Wave by Todd Strasser (8th-grade ELA).]

WE'RE ALL WE'RE ALL CLOSE. WELL. REALLY? YOU KNOW, SECOND FOR THAT SECOND. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. OK, UM I'M EX. I'M. I'M A BIG FAN OF ALL THREE OF THESE BOOKS. UM I HAVEN'T FINISHED THE ONE THE TIME FOR ANDREW. BUT, UM I'M LOOKING REALLY FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT THE KIDS FEEDBACK IS ON THESE BOOKS AND, UM, TO LET PARENTS AWARE THAT STUDENTS WILL BE

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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. I 50 CARRIES 23.7, PLEASE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION . WE APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH

[23.7 Approve the agreement with Singapore Math, Inc. to purchase Dimensions Math 6-8 textbooks for the Orange County School of Computer Science (OCSCS) scheduled to open for the 2024-25 school year.]

LOVE IT. YES. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? JUST A SECOND. UM I JUST WANTED TO, UM. I THINK I'VE GOT MY NOTES FIXED UP. THAT'S WHY I'M SORRY. UM, THIS THIS APPROVAL. FOR THE TEXTBOOKS. IS UM COMING OUT OF LOTTERY FUNDS AND AGAIN, I KIND OF WANNA WAIT TO PURCHASE ANYTHING FOR THE CHARTER SCHOOL UNTIL WE GO BACK TO OUR ATTORNEYS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE AGREEMENT IS, UM AGREED UPON. I TALKED TO UM. ARE ATTORNEY THAT'S BEEN HANDLING THESE AND SHE DOES THINK THAT WE NEED ANOTHER AGREEMENT. TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE CLEAR BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND STAFF, SO I'M NOT AGAINST SINGAPORE MATH. BUT I'M NOT GOING TO BE VOTING FOR THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN ORDER BEFORE WE START SPENDING MONEY.

ON A SCHOOL AND WE CAN I MEAN THIS COULD BE PURCHASED NEXT MONTH. AT THE AT THE MARCH MEETING, AND THAT'S T BOOKS WILL STILL BE HERE FOR THE FALL. IS THE APPROVAL GOING TO MAKE THE PO GO OFF BEFORE WE APPROVE THE CHARTER? YES UH, IT'S OUR IT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WITH DOCTOR FISHER THAT THIS IS APPROVED NOW. BUT BUT OK, ANY OTHER COMMENTS I JUST THINK WE SHOULD WAIT. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. AND THAT ONE MONTH TO GO BACK AND TALK TO ATTORNEYS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SPELLING OUT THE AGREEMENTS AFTER I TALKED TO MISS FOX ABOUT THIS IN DEPTH, UH , YESTERDAY I CONTACTED HER BECAUSE I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ON THE MOU. AND I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD BE TALKING TO OUR ATTORNEYS ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY, UM LEGAL OPINION ON THIS. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING COME TO ANY OF US.

SO I'VE JUST LEGAL OPINION ON WHICH ON SINGAPORE MATH BOOKS ON THE CHARTER AGREEMENT, AND THIS IS NEW TERRITORY FOR OUR DISTRICT. I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T DONE A CHARTER BEFORE, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE LET'S JUST MAKE SURE WE DO EVERYTHING IN ORDER AND. AND A MONTH THAT THE SINGAPORE MATH BOOKS ARE STILL GONNA BE HERE IN THE FALL. I KIND OF THINK THAT WE ARE DOING THINGS IN ORDER. WE ARE PROVING ALL THIS STUFF. WE'RE PROVING THE THINGS BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA ORDER THE BOOKS THAT JUST DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT I TALK TO OUR ATTORNEY. SO I I'D HAVE TO TALK TO HER ABOUT WHAT THE CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT. BUT BASED ON OUR CONVERSATION WITH DR FISHER, HER RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE IT AT THIS MEETING.

UM M FARLEY OR MISS FOX, MARLEY FARLEY OR MARLEY FOX. SHE SAID SHE'D CONTACTING THE DISTRICT TODAY, SO I'M HOPING SHE DID DO THAT TO TALK ABOUT HOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS AGREEMENT , AND THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. I'VE JUST I WANNA JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THINGS IN ORDER AND THAT BECAUSE CHARTER IS SO NEW TO ALL OF US. WE'RE ALL LEARNING , AND WE NEED TO BE CONSULTING WITH OUR ATTORNEYS. I MEAN, THE ATTORNEYS HAVE BEEN ATTORNEYS HAVE BEEN CONSULTED, AND SHE SAID THAT WE NEED AN AGREEMENT. THIS IS THIS IS FIRST. I'M HEARING THAT DOCTOR TURNIS. CAN YOU GIVE HER A CALL TOMORROW AND FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF ADDITION, SHE'S ADDING, OR SHE WANTS TO ADD OR RECOMMENDS. WE ADD TO THE AGREEMENT AND THEN JUST LET US KNOW I'D BE HAPPY TO. IT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS IS APPROVED AT THIS MEETING BASED ON A CONVERSATIONS WITH DR FISHER. I JUST WANTED TO ADD BRIEFLY TO SORRY. THE REASON WHY SHE'S WANTING IT THIS MONTH IS BECAUSE SINGAPORE MATH WILL BE RAISING THEIR PRICES NEXT MONTH, SO SHE'S TRYING TO BE FISCALLY PRUDENT AND ORDER THE BOOKS BEFORE THE PRICES GO UP. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT AS WELL.

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[23.8 Approve the agreement with Irvine Math Project to provide Singapore Math professional development to staff at the Orange County School of Computer Science (OCSCS) scheduled to open for the 2024-25 school year.]

SECOND, WE'RE FADING. I THINK. I'M FADING, YOU'RE FADING. OK? OK UM, THE TRAINING FOR THE SINGAPORE MATH IS LISTED, UM, TO BE APPROVED THROUGH THE ARTS, MUSIC AND THE STRUCTURAL BLOCK GRANT AND I'M ASSUMING IT'S COMING OUT OF, UH, LINE 13 THE MISCELLANEOUS FUNDS IS THAT CORRECT? YES THAT'S THE INTENDED SOURCE. BUT WE ALSO RECEIVED AN INCREASED AMOUNT. AND SO, UM, THAT IS WHERE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS WERE APPLIED TO SO THAT WE COULD COVER THESE. MISCELLANEOUS C BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT WE WERE OVER OUR FUNDS. SO WHAT WAS THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS, THEN? SO THE STATE REVISED THEIR CALCULATION FOR THAT, AND I THINK WE RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL TWO OF THE 300,000. I BELIEVE SO. I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER WITH ME RIGHT NOW, BUT BUT CAN I GET? UM, AN UPDATED SPREADSHEET, THEN? UM OF HOW THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE CIRCULATED FOR ALL THE, UM ARTS AND MUSIC BLOCK GRANT. YES. YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT. THANK YOU. OK, ARE WE READY TO VOTE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES 50. I BELIEVE THE NEXT ONE IS

[23.1 0 Approve the agreement between Code to the Future and the Orange County School of Computer Science (OCSCS) for the 2024-25 school year.]

MEETING. AND SO I'VE JUST. THINKING WE SHOULD JUST PLACE THIS ON HOLD AND WAIT TILL WE GET OUR OPINIONS BACK FROM THE ATTORNEY. BUT STAFF RECOMMENDATION BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WITH DR FISHER THAT WE APPROVED THIS AT THIS MEETING. I READ THAT ON THE, UH, UPDATE. AND I WILL, I WILL SAY TO YOU AFTER ATTENDING THE, UH CODE OF THE FUTURE IS PART OF THE SCHOOL AND AFTER ATTENDING THE SHOWCASE THE OTHER NIGHT WITH WITH EVERYONE, I WOULD SAY THAT I THINK THIS WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE NOT TO APPROVE THIS BECAUSE THIS IS PART OF THE SCHOOL AND I THINK IF OUR STAFF AND DOCTOR FISHER ARE SAYING THAT WE SHOULD APPROVE THIS, WE SHOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND APPROVE. AND THEN THIS IS THE ADDITION OF THE CODING CLINICS FOR THE FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS BECAUSE WE ARE OPENING UP THE SIXTH GRADE AND SO BECAUSE WE APPROVED THE SIXTH GRADE, THIS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FIFTH GRADERS ARE GETTING AN INTRODUCTION TO CODING AND SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ON THEIR NEXT YEAR.

SCHOOL CHOICE, OK, AND BUT THIS IS FOR THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR THAT WE'RE MAKING THIS APPROVAL. IT'S NOT FOR THIS YEAR. SO THE WAY THAT I UNDERSTOOD THIS WAS THAT THE MONEY LIKE WE APPROVE THIS, AND THEN THEY WERE ABLE TO COME IN, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO GIVE THE FIFTH GRADE ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.

A LOOK AT THE CODE OF THE FUTURE SO THEY CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION TO GO. CONTRACT ENDS JUNE 30TH AT 24. IT'S FOR RIGHT NOW. THAT CODE IN CLINICS. IT'S FEBRUARY 14TH THROUGH JUNE 30TH OF 24, SO THIS SHOULD BE AMENDED TO SAY 2324. NO I. I THINK THIS IS TITLE IS IT LOOKS LIKE THE TITLE WAS WRONG. WE'RE HAVING LOOKS LIKE SOME ISSUES WITH THE TITLES ON THIS ON THE DOCUMENTS, BUT THE EVERYTHING ON THE MEMOS AND THE ATTACHMENTS ARE CORRECT. YEAH, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT

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THE CONTRACT WILL END IN JUNE WHEN AFTER THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THE DECISION FOR THEM TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO GO IN AND AS SIXTH GRADE NEXT YEAR. WELL THE TITLE LOOKS LIKE IT'S FOR THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR, SO CAN WE AMEND IT JUST TO ADD 2324 JUST TO BE TO BE CLEAR, CORRECT? YES.

THE MEMO TITLE REFLECTS CORRECTLY, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE WITH THE DISTRICT FOR THIS YEAR.

OK? OK, ROLL CALL, VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. WE HAVEN'T AMENDED THE MOTION YET AS AMENDED, APPROVED, SO MAKE IT, DO YOU I'M JUST READING IT. I'M JUST PULLING IT UP, SO I JUST WANNA MM. WHAT WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MEND IT? THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT ON THE SECOND PAGE, SAY FEBRUARY 14TH 24 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 24. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S WE'RE IN THE YEAR 2024. I WAS JUST CHECKING THAT TAKING A MOMENT. UM SO I WAS JUST CLARIFYING, SO IT WAS FASTER. THAT'S ALL. OK I'LL AMEND MY, UM, MOTION TO APPROVE A CODE OF THE FUTURE. UM FOR THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR. IS IT IS IT 2324? IS IT JUST THE DATES 24 TO 24? IT'S FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, BUT IT'S SPECIFICALLY FROM FEBRUARY TO JUNE OF THIS YEAR. YES. OK, SECOND. OK? SO CAN WE TAKE A VOTE AS AMENDED? YEP. ALRIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOUR. I AM AND I MOTION CARRIES 50 25.2.

IS IT? 25? YEP. RESOURCES. OK? OK, 25.2 COMMA MOTION, PLEASE. WHAT YOU GUYS MAKE THE MOTION.

[25.2 Approve the Certificated Human Resources Report.]

[26. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT]

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AND FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT SPREADING MISINFORMATION AND CHAOS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO SLOW PROGRESS. UM, IS NOT A GOOD STRATEGY. IT CONFUSES PEOPLE THEY LOSE TRUST. THEY END UP COMING TO MEETINGS BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHY. SO I'M AVAILABLE ALL THE TIME. DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? REACH OUT. GIVE ME A CALL. SEND ME AN EMAIL.

I'LL GET BACK TO YOU. UM AND, UH , LET'S JUST KEEP GOING FORWARD AND PUTTING KIDS FIRST THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR TURNIS. AND SINCE THE HOUR THAT IT IS, WE'RE GONNA GO

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I ALSO GOT TO CHECK OUT, UM, THE KITCHEN BECAUSE IT'S A MODEL KITCHEN FOR OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO PUT IN. AND SO, I. I HAD A GOOD VISIT WITH THE FOOD SERVICES THERE AND KIND OF HOW IT WORKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. GOT TO VISIT SEVERAL CLASSROOMS. AND I LEARNED ABOUT, UM HOW ACTIVE THEIR PPT A IS, UM, I LEARNED ABOUT THEIR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND, UM, ABOUT THEIR MEANINGS. AND UM, I JUST WANNA ADD A PERSONAL NOTE HERE. I JUST WANNA PERSONALLY THANK ALL THE STAFF. AT, UM. BRYANT RANCH BECAUSE THEY HAVE SHOWN UM A LOT OF LOVE AND SUPPORT TO A FELLOW TEAMMATE, UM, WHO IS ALSO A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE, AND SHE IS ON, UM A VERY SCARY CANCER JOURNEY. AND, UM. WHEN I VISITED WITH MY FRIEND SHE COULDN'T RAVE ENOUGH ABOUT THE BRYANT RANCH STAFF AND THE LOVE AND KINDNESS THAT THEY HAVE SHOWN HER AND, UM AND I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT YOU SUPPORT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING SUCH GOOD CARE OF MY FRIEND. I SAW HER TODAY AND FOR SOMEONE WITH PANCREATIC CANCER, SHE LOOKS REALLY AMAZING. UM I ALSO TOURED RIO VISTA AND I HAD A GREAT TIME VISITING CLASSROOMS AND MEETING MANY TEACHERS. UM I LEARNED HOW THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON EXPANDING THE AVID PROGRAM TO THE LOWER GRADES AND ALSO GOT TO SEE HOW IT WAS IMPLEMENTED. AND I GOT TO, UM HEAR ABOUT? I GOT TO HEAR FROM THE TEACHERS. THEIR FEEDBACK ABOUT HOW IT'S REALLY HELPING, UM IN THE UPPER GRADES. HOW NOW THAT IT'S TRANSITIONED TO THE LOWER GRADES, THEY REALLY ARE SEEING A DIFFERENCE IN THE UPPER GRADE STUDENTS AND UM, GREAT FOR THAT, AND I GOT TO HEAR HOW THEY'RE TARGETING CHILDREN FOR ACADEMIC SUPPORT, SUPPORT SUPPORT. IT IS GETTING LATE. UM.

AND UM, I HAD A VERY ENGAGING CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF THE TEAM MEMBERS. I'M GIVING SUGGESTIONS. AND I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THEIR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS THERE AND THEIR ACADEMIC GROWTH. I VISITED KRAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND I PERSONALLY GOT TO CONGRATULATE MANAGER OF THE YEAR MATT CALLOWAY AND TEACHER OF THE YEAR UH, JEFF CHRISTENSEN. AND HE WAS

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BELINDA FINISHED FOURTH IN DIVISION TWO, SO THEY ARE NOT GOING TO STAY. BUT THAT IS, UH, A GREAT SHOWING. AND I'M I'M SO PROUD OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. UM THE ANNUAL SURVEYS UP. PLEASE PLEASE, PLEASE TAKE TIME TO FILL IT OUT SO THAT WE KNOW, UM HOW WE CAN BEST SERVE YOU AND LOOK AT THOSE SURVEY RESULTS IN OUR LCP MEETING COMING UP, AND, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW ME, YOU KNOW, LOVE PLACENCIA IS AROUND THE CORNER, AND IT'S HAPPENING SATURDAY, APRIL 20TH SO PLEASE SAVE THE DATE MARK IT ON YOUR CALENDAR. UM WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND I'VE BEEN, UH, SPENDING MY WEEK SO FAR THIS WEEK, PUTTING ALL THOSE PROJECTS TOGETHER, SO THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UH AND FOR STUDENTS TO EARN COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. I MOVE ON TO ME. THAT'S GOOD. UM OK. BOARD REPORT. UM FOR ME, UH, I ATTENDED THE SUPERINTENDENT'S HIGH SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING. UM AND GOT TO HEAR, UM, THE PRESENTATION ON THE L CAP. UM AND, UH, THEY ASKED FOR FEEDBACK. BUT AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE WHAT FEEDBACK WAS PROVIDED, SO I GETTING TO TOGETHER IS ALWAYS A GOOD WAY TO HEAR ABOUT ALL THAT, UM, I ATTENDED THE PT A FOUNDERS DINNER, WHICH WAS GREAT. UM WITH THE ALL OF YOU, UM, WE WERE ALL THERE. IT WAS, UM IT WAS REALLY FUN AND NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY. IT'S ALWAYS A BIT OF A RAUCOUS EVENT. UM WITH ALL OF THE PT, A FAMILY OR PARENTS ARE THAT ARE OUT THERE. UM THEY SPEND SO MUCH TIME WORKING SO HARD AT SCHOOL, AND WHEN THEY ALL GET TOGETHER, IT IS REALLY HARD TO KEEP ANY OF THEM OR GET ANY OF THEM. QUIET. UM, BECAUSE DIZZY TALKING, UH, WHICH IS GREAT. IT'S A GREAT SIGN. UM I ATTENDED THE ABC SOCAL COMPETITION JUST AROUND THE CORNER. UM DOWN THE STREET. UH, THEY WERE DOING, UM, A COMPETITION FOR, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE TRADES. UM, IT WAS IT WAS GREAT. I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD , UM, SOME PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM BEFORE, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING A FEW TOURS HERE AND THERE, BUT, UM, IT'S AMAZING WHAT THE WHAT THEY DO, AND FREE OF CHARGE AND PROVIDING ALL OF THAT FOR, UM YOUNG ADULTS OR ANYONE. UM, I ATTENDED. I PLAN ON ATTENDING THE FISCAL SEMINAR, BUT, UM, I MISSED IT AND THEY ENDED UP ENDING SO QUICKLY THAT WHEN I CAUGHT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING RIGHT AFTER THAT THEY WERE HALFWAY THROUGH THAT AS WELL. UM SO THEY WERE JUST PLUGGING RIGHT AWAY. SO I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO REPORT FROM THERE. UM I DO HAVE SOME SCHOOL VISITS THAT ARE COMING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO EL CAMINO BRYANT RANCH, GLEN KNOLL AND YL MS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING AND TOURING THERE. UM AND THEN I HAVE A HANDFUL MORE THAT I'VE, UM, TRYING TO PUT ON THE CALENDAR BUT HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT YET. BUT, UM FOR THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. UM I DO WANNA BRING UP. UH, CLARIFICATION. I THINK THAT THE BOARD NEEDS CLARIFICATION OR FURTHER DISCUSSION ON TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN. UM, THEY, UH. THERE IS A CHOICE THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED TO THE TEACHERS. THE LETTER WAS MENTIONED THAT WE RECEIVED AND TWO OF THOSE SCHOOLS DIDN'T SIGN ON THAT LETTER. UM THE CHOICE NOW THAT THEY'RE GIVEN IS NOT THE HALF DAY IT'S THE EXTENDED DAY OR THE FULL DAY, SO I WANNA

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UM WE WANNA LISTEN TO OUR MATH EXPERTS AND IN THIS CA WE ALSO WANT TO LISTEN TO OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT EXPERTS AND PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY ARE ASKING. UM I ALSO BEFORE WE EVEN MOVE FORWARD WITH FA TK OR ANY OF THAT IT REALLY SHOULD COME TO THE BOARD. BUT I ALSO, UH, WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT THE NEW REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR TK THAT ARE GONNA COST ADDITIONAL MONEY.

THAT WE HAVEN'T ALLOCATED OR EVEN DISCUSSED YET. UM IN, THE 2627. I BELIEVE IT'S THE 2627 SCHOOL YEAR. UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO GO TO A 12 TO 1 RATIO. THERE'S GONNA BE SPECIFIC SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIRED FOR THESE CLASSROOMS, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND BATHROOMS ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT FOR THIS AGE GROUP AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, UM TO PAY TO HAVE THAT TAKEN CARE OF. SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT PART DAY VERSUS FULL DAY, UH, WHAT IS THE COST? TO PROVIDE THAT, UH, I KNOW BENEFITS ARE JUST A MINIMUM OF $20,000. SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IF WE WERE TO HAVE FULL DAY TK, UM, STAFFING VERSUS HALF DAY TK STAFFING. AND UM, IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THAT, AND IT JUST WANT TO POINT OUT AGAIN THAT WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING AT, UM THAT CHANGE IN LAW, UM WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS THAT ARE GONNA BE IN TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN AND TO BE AT SCHOOL ALL DAY LONG IS TOO MUCH, UM, FOR SOME KIDS. UM, HAVING THE OPTION FOR A HALF DAY IF WE DON'T HAVE AN OPTION FOR A HALF DAY FOR THAT AGE GROUP, THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING TO PRIVATE SCHOOL AND WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THEM. SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS THERE AND THAT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE, UM UH, A SCHOOL CHOICE OR TEACHER CHOICE. UM THEN THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD . BUT FROM WHAT? I'M UNDERSTANDING, IT'S A SCHOOL CHOICE. HALF DAY CAN STILL BE CHOSEN. AND UM, I JUST WANNA CONFIRM THAT OUT IN PUBLIC, AND IF THAT'S NOT HAPPENING, I WANNA KNOW. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT FOR ME. OKAY, I'LL KEEP THIS. BRIEF. UM. I DID GO TO THE FOUNDERS.

UH, DINNER WITH ALL ALL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS UP HERE. I WAS TRULY DISAPPOINTED. I DID NOT GET THE T SWIFT, UH, RAFFLE ONE. SO UM, I, UH. MANAGED I MANAGED TO GET OUT OF THERE BECAUSE OF IT, BUT, UH UH, IT WAS. YEAH I SURVIVED. IT WAS. IT WAS GOOD LEARNING THE, UH UH, THE HISTORY OF THE PT, A AND THE FOUNDING OF IT AND HOW, UM, INTERACTIVE IT IS WITH, UH, WITH PARENT AND TEACHER CONNECTION, SO THAT THAT WAS REALLY NICE SEEING EVERYONE TOGETHER, AND, UH UH, HAVING A GOOD TIME, SO, UH, I. I DID APPRECIATE BEING THERE. UH ALSO GOT TO CHECK OUT THE PD. A. THE PER, UH, SITE THAT THE, UH THE U SI WILL WILL SIT ON. UH IF WE GO THAT DIRECTION, SO, UM, IT WAS NICE GOING BACK THROUGH THAT, UH, THAT BUILDING AGAIN. AND UH UH, SEEING HOW THAT SPACE CAN BE UTILIZED FOR? UH, UH FOR, UH, STUDENT ATHLETES, SO IT'S UM I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I AM ALSO, UH, VERY EXCITED THAT, UM WE HAVE, UH UH. DOCTOR GATES AND HIS, UH, NEW POSITION, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SOME AMAZING THINGS THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. I KNOW THAT IS A LOT OF PRESSURE. AND, UH I, UM I. I JUST WANNA WARN YOU NOT TO GET HYPNOTIZED BY THE BOW TIE , BUT, UH IT IS, UH UM IS GONNA BE A HECK OF A TASK. UH UH, FOR HIM, AND, UH, WITH, UM WITH THE, UH DOCTOR CHERNUS. UH I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE AN AMAZING AMAZING TEAM. UH, THAT'S GONNA CONTINUE, UH, MOVING OUR DISTRICT FORWARD. SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. THAT'S MY REPORT. OR HOW? I'M JUST GLAD TO BE BACK IN PERSON. THIS UH, MEETING THAT'S GREAT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH A I TODD. I MEAN REAL TODD ON THE PHONE, UM IT'S UM, SPENT A LOT OF TIME OVER THE PAST MONTH GOING TO, UH, SPORTING SPORTING EVENTS SPECIFICALLY BASKETBALL AS WE GOT INTO CIF AND SEEING OUR KIDS SUCCEED SO MANY I, I LOST COUNT. I SHOULD HAVE THE NUMBER OF HOW MANY OF OUR TEAMS IN THE WINTER AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN CIF. IT WAS IMPRESSIVE. WE HAD A VERY STRONG SHOWING. UM AND I JUST LOVE SEEING THAT AND THE KIDS THAT YOU KNOW, UM, THAT ARE SEEN THAT ARE SENIORS AND IT'S THEIR THEIR LAST OPPORTUNITY, AND, UM, IT'S JUST GREAT TO SEE THE CAMARADERIE AND THE THINGS THAT THEY GET TO DO AND WATCHING THEM AND CHEERING THEM ON AS THEY GO, UM, HAVING CHILDREN IN SPORTS AND A SENIOR MYSELF, IT'S IT. IT'S BEEN FUN AS A PARENT TO SEE

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AND, UM THAT'S COMPU CONCLUDES MY BORDER POINT. OK, I'M GONNA TRY TO KEEP MINE SHORT. BUT I DO . I'M REPRESENTING TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE CLASSES THAT I, UH I ATTENDED AND SO THEY HAD SOME REQUESTS FROM THE BOARD. UM I ATTENDED THE BERNARDO YORBA. UM I WENT INTO MRS THEY WERE DOING A CODING CLASS. AND SO I COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GONNA BE TAUGHT IN THE CLASSROOM. UM, AND SO THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING. A LOT OF KIDS WERE VERY INTO IT, AND THEY WERE MAKING IT. THEY WERE BUILDING AN APP THAT DAY. SO IT WAS VERY, VERY INTERESTING. UM I ATTENDED THE BRIDGES OF KRAMER MEETING I WAS PUT ON, UH, THEY'RE REDOING THEIR BYLAWS. AND SO I'M ON THAT COMMITTEE. UM I ATTENDED THE ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE. UM I ATTENDED THEIR SHOWCASE. SO THAT WAS WHEN I SAW THE JAZZ AND I, YOU KNOW, SAID THESE PEOPLE ARE INCREDIBLE. WE NEED TO SHOWCASE THEM, UM, AT OUR BOARD MEETINGS JUST TO YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS SHOWS WHEN THE COMMUNITY WATCHES YOU, YOU YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE YOUNGER, YOU'RE WATCHING AT HOME SOMETHING YOU COULD STRIVE FOR SOMETHING YOU COULD LOOK FORWARD TO, UM BUT ALSO TOO WE JUST NEED TO BE SHOWCASING OUR STUDENTS MORE SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN DO THIS. ALMOST NEARLY AT EVERY BOARD MEETING. UM I WENT TO VAN BUREN AND UM, VISITED A LOT OF THE CLASSROOMS HAD A REALLY GREAT VISIT. REALLY PROUD OF THAT SCHOOL AND ALL OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING. UM HOWEVER, WHEN I ATTENDED THE FOURTH GRADE CLASS, THEY MADE A REQUEST TO ME. UM THEY WANT SWINGS FOR THEIR UPPER GRADES PLAYGROUND. THEY DON'T HAVE SWINGS. AND SO THEY SAID THAT, UM, THE LOWER GRADES UP TO THIRD GRADE. UM, HAS SWINGS AND HAS THAT EQUIPMENT BUT THEY'RE REALLY MISSING. IT IN, THE UPPER GRADES, AND SO I TOLD THEM THAT I WOULD DEFINITELY ADVOCATE FOR THEM FOR THE SWINGS. I COULDN'T HELP THEM GET IN AND OUT IN MCDONALD'S ON A DAILY BASIS. SO WE KIND OF MADE OK. I COULD PROBABLY DO SWINGS, BUT PROBABLY NOT THE IN AND OUT. I'M NOT. I'M NOT I. I MEAN, I'M TRYING. I'M TRYING TO BE INNOVATIVE. I'M TRYING TO THINK. HOW COULD I AT LEAST GET TO THEM ONE DAY? UM I WENT TO LINDA VISTA. UM AND I TOOK A TOUR WITH DOCTOR LEON. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. UM AND THEN IN ONE OF THE CLASSES, SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU PROPS, TOO, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA ADVOCATE FOR THIS TOGETHER. THEY NEED AMERICAN FOOTBALL. FOR A RECESS. AND SO THEY MADE SURE THEY HAVE SOCCER BALLS. SO THEY SAID, WE NEED AMERICAN FOOTBALLS. SO UM, THAT'S THE ASK FROM LINDA VISTAS. UM, IT WAS FOURTH GRADE OR FIFTH GRADE CLASS. I CAN'T RECALL, BUT THEY WERE VERY ADAMANT THAT THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR PLAY TIME. AND SO I WOULD ASK FOR FOOTBALLS TO BE PLACED AT LINDA VISTA. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING THERE, UM, TO READ. THE READ ACROSS AMERICA EVENT. UM, NEXT MONTH. I WENT TO RIO VISTA AS WELL, UM, HAD A GREAT WALK. THAT'S A REALLY BIG SCHOOL. UM, YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW BIG THAT SCHOOL IS. IT'S A IT'S A REALLY BIG SCHOOL. I HAD A REALLY NICE VISIT. UM WOMEN IN THE FRONT OFFICE. WE ALL HAD THE SAME VALENTINE EARRINGS ON. SO WE ALL SHOP AT THE SAME SPOT. UM I ALSO I WENT TO TRAVIS RANCH AND I SAW, UM II. I WENT THERE. WE'D GONE THERE BEFORE FOR A PT A MEETING? UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, TO DISCUSS THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING, BUT THEN I ALSO I WENT BACK BECAUSE I HAD TO PICK UP A KID, YOU KNOW, SO I WASN'T ABLE TO STAY AND DO A TOUR. AND SO I WILL JUST SAY THAT, UM, THE WALLS IN THERE ARE AMAZING. OUR DISTRICT DID AN AMAZING JOB ON THOSE WALLS. AND YOU KNOW, SOME A FEW OF THE TEACHERS CAME UP AND THEY SAID, WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR WALLS INSIDE THESE CLASSROOMS FOR 26 YEARS. AND SO I JUST I CAN'T. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IT TOOK THAT LONG TO GET IT. BUT I HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, TO WORK AND WE LISTEN TO THE TEACHERS AND WE LISTEN TO THE STAFF AND THE STUDENTS, AND WE DON'T WAIT 26 YEARS TO PUT UP WALLS AND TO DO AS BEST FOR KIDS, ESPECIALLY. YOU CAN'T HAVE FOUR CLASSROOMS. WE TALK ABOUT LOWER CLASS SIZE AND WE SIT HERE AND WE TALK ABOUT LOWERING CLASS SIZES AND THE STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO AND THAT YET WE WERE HAVING LIKE 100 AND SOMETHING KIDS IN ONE BIG LARGE ROOM OF FOUR TEACHERS LIKE THAT JUST MAKES NO SENSE. SO I'M REALLY PLEASED WITH THE WALLS AND THEY

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IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF TIMES BEHIND THE SCENES LIKE WE DO YOU KNOW, YOU DEAL WITH CONTRACTS, AND SOMETIMES THERE'S UM YOU KNOW THINGS THAT GO WRONG DURING CONTRACTS, SO YOU HAVE TO REDO THEM. AND SO SOMETIMES ALL THESE EMPLOYMENT THINGS POP UP, BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT IF WE ARE HAVING TEACHERS WORKING OUTSIDE OF THEIR CONTRACTS THAT IS THAT A MISUSE OF PUBLIC FUNDS. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY AGAINST THE LAW. SO I WANT TO, UM, ASK THAT IF WE HAVE ANY TEACHERS THAT ARE WORKING OUTSIDE OF THEIR CONTRACTS THAT WE PUT THEM INSIDE OF OUR CONTRACTS, BECAUSE THIS IS TAXPAYER MONEY, AND WE CAN'T BE JUST LETTING PEOPLE YOU KNOW. WORK OUTSIDE THEIR CONTRACT, SO I KNOW THAT IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER THAT, UM, THE A PL A PRESIDENT IS THAT THE UNION 100% OF THE TIME IN HER CONTRACT, MANDY SAID. SHE'S IN THE CLASSROOM 50% OF THE TIME AND THE OTHER 50 AT THE UNION OFFICE, AND SO IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PAYING HER FOR AS A TEACHER ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT, THEN WE SHOULD BE ADHERING TO THE CONTRACT. UM AND THEN IT SAME THING. THE UNION UM UM NOT SO MUCH. THE UNION SORRY I WAS GOING NEXT. THE SOCIAL MEDIA MISINFORMATION. I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A SUPERINTENDENT WHO IS VERY TRANSPARENT AND WILL ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS. AND SO I REALLY THOUGHT TODAY LIKE THIS WHOLE WEEKEND ACTUALLY WAS JUST LIKE A MISINFORMATION NIGHTMARE, AND THE THINGS THAT WERE BEING SAID WAS, I MEAN, IT WAS JUST LIKE, ABSOLUTELY LIKE, LUDICROUS. AND SO I UM I HOPE THAT IN THE FUTURE INSTEAD OF PEOPLE GOING ON TO THE PLACENTA BUZZ AND HAVING COMMENTS MADE AND ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT BUZZ SITES THAT WE JUST REACH OUT, AND WE GO STRAIGHT TO THE SOURCE, LIKE YOU HAVE THE SOURCES RIGHT HERE. YOU CAN REACH OUT THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN HONEST ANSWER, YOU KNOW, OR THEY CAN TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT COULD BE COMING UP SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO AND IT IT ACTUALLY, IT'S KIND OF A BAD LOOK, BECAUSE IT JUST LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO FEAR MONGER THE COMMUNITY TO GET A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO SHOW UP. UM YOU KNOW, AND LIKE FOR WHAT TONIGHT, I. I REALLY DID FEEL SORRY. I FELT SORRY FOR THIS PACKED ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE. MAYBE THEY HAD CHILD CARE BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE THEY HAD TO SHOW UP FOR SOMETHING THAT WASN'T THERE. UM AND SO AGAIN TO, UM THERE'S BEEN SOME MISINFORMATION ALSO PUT OUT ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS. THERE WAS AN EMAIL THAT WENT OUT THAT SAID THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE A CHARTER SCHOOL, UM A PRIVATE CHARTER SCHOOL, NOT OUR DISTRICT AFFILIATED CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT'S GOING TO BE PLACED IN THAT IT'S BEEN ROSE DRIVE, AND IT'S BEEN NOW THIS OTHER FACILITIES. AND SO WE'VE EXPLAINED SEVERAL TIMES THAT WE'RE NOT. NO WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY. AS OF WE KNOW OF IN THE PROP 39 PROCESS RIGHT NOW, THAT'S ASKING FOR OUR USE OF FACILITIES. AND THEN WHEN THE CRL A ACTUALLY DID PETITION US IN THE ORIGINAL PETITION ON THEIR PETITION WAS THEY WEREN'T ASKING FOR ANY FACILITY USE. AND SO WHEN WE DENIED, I DON'T REMEMBER IF ANYBODY REMEMBERED WHEN WE WERE DENYING THAT I KEPT ASKING WHERE IS THE WHERE'S YOUR WHERE'S THE LOCATION AND THEY COULDN'T GIVE US THE LOCATION, AND I SAID THAT WAS WHAT THE DENIAL. THAT WAS MY REASON FOR DENIAL BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T PROVIDE A LOCATION AND THEN MYSELF AND DOCTOR CHERICE ALSO WENT TO THE OC BOARD OF EDUCATION WHEN THEY APPEALED, AND WE POINTED THAT OUT AGAIN THAT IN THE PETITION THAT THEY WERE NOT ASKING US FOR SPACE, BUT THEY COULDN'T GIVE A LOCATION. AND SO AND THEN ONCE IT WAS OVERTURNED, AND THE AND THE OC BOARD APPROVED IT, AND THEY, UM AND THEY SO THE OC BOARD OF EDUCATION IS OVERSEEING THAT CHARTER. THEY STILL DIDN'T APPLY FOR A PROP 39, YOU KNOW, TO REQUEST SPACE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, SO I THINK IT'S VERY IRRESPONSIBLE IF ANYBODY'S GOING AROUND AND TALKING TO PEOPLE AND SAYING THAT THERE'S A PRIVATE CHARTER SCHOOL THAT'S GONNA BE TAKING OVER FACILITIES BECAUSE AS OF RIGHT NOW WE'VE DOUBLE CHECKED. WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO CONCENTRATE ON THE STUDENTS. CONCENTRATE ON MOVING FORWARD AND BEING INNOVATIVE AND WORKING. AND THE MISINFORMATION, YOU KNOW IT. ALL IT DOES IS DIVIDE THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S ALL IT DOES. YOU KNOW IF YOU KNOW IF YOU DON'T LIKE ME PERSONALLY, IF YOU DON'T LIKE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ON THE BOARD OR YOU DON'T LIKE OUR BOARD MAJORITY, THEN THAT'S FINE. BUT I THINK THAT THE MAIN THING IS IT'S MORE RESPECTABLE IF YOU'RE HONEST AND NOT LYING. LIKE BE HONEST ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I'M ACTUALLY DOING. NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT DOING OR I'M NOT DOING. SO THAT WOULD BE, UM I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR A COMMUNITY IS IF WE CAN, UM, JUST STOP THE MISINFORMATION AND, UM AND JUST AND WORK TOGETHER AND LET'S DO IT BEST FOR STUDENTS. AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I DID. I'M GONNA GO SEE GLENVIEW ON THURSDAY. UM AND I PROMISE YOU I'M NOT COMING TO GLENVIEW TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TETHER BALLS ARE HUNG UP. I'M ACTUALLY GOING FOR A VISIT FOR A VISIT. UM, THAT WAS PREPLANNED. SO YEAH, I MIGHT CHECK THE TETHER BALLS, THOUGH I MIGHT EVEN TRY TO PLAY. SO, UM WITH THAT? THAT'S THE END OF MY BOARD REPORT. I WANNA CONGRATULATE

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