Mar 12, 2024 Board Meeting

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'M CALLING THE MARCH 12TH 2024 MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ORDER PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION, 54950 EXECUTOR AND EDUCATION CODE SECTION 35140 EXECUTOR AT 5:01 P.M. WE WILL NOW BE ADJOURNING TO CLOSED SESSION FOR THE

[3. CLOSED SESSION]

[4. REGULAR SESSION]

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I JUST WANT TO THANK MR MORTENSON FOR HEADING THAT UP AND FOR CARING SO MUCH ABOUT THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN MUSIC EDUCATION, BECAUSE WHAT YOU SAW HERE IS JUST 50 STUDENTS OF A 220 STUDENT PROGRAM. UM AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT UM, THAT NOT ONLY YOU GUYS, UM SO GRACIOUSLY GIVE OUR HER ACTIVITY , BUT JUST, UH UH, ALSO PUTTING, UM, THE MONEY THERE AS WELL. UM, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM OUR PROGRAM IS QUITE DIVERSE.

UM IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A FANTASTIC ADMINISTRATION THAT SUPPORTS US AT EVERY SINGLE TURN GIVING US OPPORTUNITIES TO PERFORM AND TO SHOWCASE OUR TALENTS AROUND CAMPUS. AND NOT ONLY THAT, UM, BUT TO DO SO OUTSIDE OF CAMPUS AS WELL. THE REASON WHY WE ARE AT WAGNER IS BECAUSE MISS SARAH BARTON, OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, HEADED THAT UP AND BELIEVED IN OUR PERCUSSION AND WANTED TO CREATE CONNECTIONS WITH OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THOUGHT THAT THE PERCUSSION MIGHT BE A FUN WAY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. IT'S THAT TYPE OF LEADERSHIP. IT'S THAT TYPE OF FORESIGHT AND VISION FOR THE SCHOOL THAT ALLOWS US TO DO WHAT WE DO. AND AGAIN. I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH. AND OUR PRINCIPAL, MR OKAMOTO, WHO'S JUST APPROVED EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE DONE AND HAS GIVEN US SO MUCH SUPPORT AND HAS LISTENED TO ME WHENEVER I HAVE CRAZY IDEAS. I ALWAYS HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS FOR HOW WE CAN REPRESENT OUR SCHOOL AND OUR PROGRAM AND HE'S SO GOOD AT DOING THAT. SO I WANT TO THANK BOTH OF THEM FOR THAT COULD GIVE THEM A HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE AND I'LL JUST QUICKLY SAY, UM, WE REALLY CARE ABOUT THE FULL STUDENT AT TRE. UM WE CARE ABOUT GIVING THEM THE MOST WELL ROUNDED EDUCATION THAT WE CAN PROVIDING, UM, EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. UM AND STRONG ACADEMICS AND ALL OF OUR TEACHERS. WE ARE ALL IN ON THE SAME GOAL. UM AND IT IS SUPER COOL TO BE INVOLVED IN A COMMUNITY THAT IS TRULY ABOUT THE KID AND ABOUT EACH AND EVERY STUDENT AND KNOWING OUR STUDENTS BY NAME AND CARING ABOUT OUR STUDENTS BY NAME, AND IT'S. IT'S A FULL CIRCLE THING. WITH EVERYBODY ON OUR STAFF. UM JUST RIGHT NOW. ACTUALLY OUR STUDENTS ARE HOPPING ON A BUS ABOUT 30 OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT JUST PERFORMED AND THEY'RE GONNA GO TO OUR HISTORY NIGHT. WE ARE THE ONLY SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT THAT OFFER HISTORY NIGHT FOR OUR HONORS. UM, HISTORY STUDENTS.

AND SO NOT ONLY ARE THESE STUDENTS VERY, VERY, UM, SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR THEIR ARTS EDUCATION, BUT THEY GO AND THEY'RE GONNA TAKE ALL THAT KNOWLEDGE. ALL THAT ALL THAT, UM, TRAINING AND ALL THE WORK ETHIC THAT WE TRY TO TEACH THEM IN THE PROGRAM, AND THEY APPLY IT TO ALL OF THEIR OTHER, UM, CORE SUBJECTS. AND SO WE REALLY CARE ABOUT THAT HERE. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FOR CARING ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS OR LAUNCHING IT TO BE, UM IN THE PUBLIC AND JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT THAT YOU DO TO ENCOURAGE THE ARTS AND TO ENCOURAGE MUSIC. DISTRICT SORRY, MY VOICE IS CRAZY. I'VE BEEN YELLING ALL DAY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR COMING. WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND I KNOW THAT EVERYONE IS HAS TO HURRY OFF TO HISTORY NIGHT, BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING AND THANK YOUR PARENTS FOR, UM FOR HELPING AND ALL THAT YOU GUYS DO. OK SO OUR REPORT OUT OF

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

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[7. INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE]

YOU THERE. THERE'S SOME RIGHT THERE. I FEEL LIKE I'M IN TROUBLE. UM UH, GOOD EVENING.

PRESIDENT BLADES, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DOCTOR CHERNUS AND TEAM, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. HAS A PROUD GRADUATE OF GLEN NOLL SCHOOL 1975. BERNARDO YORBA 1977 AND, OF COURSE, THE BEST HIGH SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT, ESPERANZA 1981. THERE WE GO. AND I STILL REMEMBER THE ALMA MATER BUT I ONCE SING TONIGHT. OTHERWISE AFTER THIS PERFORMANCE , THAT'D BE TERRIBLE. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND SHARE A FEW THOUGHTS OF INSPIRATION. FOR MY FIRST GRADE TEACHER, MRS WALKER. TO MY HIGH SCHOOL HONORS ENGLISH TEACHER, MR CORREO. MY TEACHERS TAUGHT ME TO WRITE AND THINK CRITICALLY. AND SOME EVEN TAUGHT ME HOW TO USE POWER TOOLS. AND TO THIS DAY I STILL HAVE 10 FINGERS. THANK YOU, MISTER WEIDLER, AND THANK YOU, MR EWING. AND YOU NEED TO GET WOOD CHOP BACK IN THE SCHOOL, SO I'M JUST I'M JUST GONNA THROW THAT IN. IN ADDITION , ALL OF MY BASKETBALL COACHES COACH SNOW COACH POPE COACH SOWERBY COACH RIGGS COACH DEMI BOTH MIKE AND DOUG COACH BY AND COACH MOORE. THEY CHALLENGED ME MENTALLY AND INSTILLED A CRITICAL COMPETITIVE TOUGHNESS THAT HAS ALLOWED ME TO SUCCEED IN LIFE. EACH TEACHER AND COACH IMPARTED THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO ME AND PROVIDED ME WITH UNIQUE EXPERIENCES AS A STUDENT AND MEMBER OF THE PYL US D FAMILY. I LEARNED TO COMPETE BOTH IN THE CLASSROOM AND ON THE PLAYING FIELD. THESE EXPERIENCES CHALLENGE ME INTELLECTUALLY HELP ME DEVELOP MY COMPETITIVE INSTINCTS AND PREPARED ME FOR FUTURE AND PUBLIC POLICY, INCLUDING 22 YEARS AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. SEEING THAT OUR DISTRICT STILL PROVIDES LIFE PREPARING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS. SUCH AS THE NEW ORANGE COUNTY, UH, SCHOOL OF COMPU OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AT BERNARDO YORBA. IT'S NOW MIDDLE MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT'S GRATIFYING, INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS LIKE THIS.

WHICH DOCTOR BETH FISHER IS LEADING ARE JUST ONE EXAMPLE. THAT DEMONSTRATES THE CONTINUED COMMITMENT OF OUR BOARD, OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND THE TEACHERS OF THE DISTRICT TO THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THROUGHOUT MY 40 YEAR CAREER IN PUBLIC POLICY, I'VE MET AND WORKED WITH FASCINATING PEOPLE, INCLUDING PRESIDENTS, GOVERNORS, SENATORS, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND STATE AND LOCALLY ELECTED OFFICIALS. I'VE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN SIGNIFICANT EVENTS. I WOULD NOT HAVE DREAMED OF AS A STUDENT. I SOUGHT TO GLEAN KNOWLEDGE AND INSPIRATION FROM EVERY OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED. ONE SUCH PRIVILEGE WAS ATTENDING. THE OPENING OF THE RICHARD NIXON LIBRARY AND BIRTHPLACE IN 1991, AS PRESIDENT NIXON CONCLUDED HIS REMARKS, HE ADDED A PERSONAL NOTE TO THE YOUTH OF OUR COUNTRY, WHICH I BELIEVE IS AS RELEVANT TODAY AS IT WAS WHEN DELIVERED BY OUR HOME TOWN PRESIDENT NEARLY 33 YEARS AGO. QUOTE. I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICAN DREAM BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN IT COME TRUE IN MY OWN LIFE AS YOU TRAVEL THROUGH LIFE, YOU MAY SOMETIMES SEVER DISAPPOINTMENT OF DEFEAT. LOSING IS SAD, BUT THE GREATEST SADNESS IS TO TRAVEL THROUGH LIFE WITHOUT KNOWING EITHER VICTORY OR DEFEAT. WHATEVER HAPPENS, ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT ONLY BY PARTICIPATING IN A CAUSE BIGGER THAN YOURSELF. CAN YOU BE TRUE TO YOURSELF? AND ABOVE ALL KNOW IN YOUR HEARTS THAT THERE IS NEVER A BETTER TIME TO BE ALIVE THAN NOW, AND NEVER A BETTER COUNTRY IN WHICH TO LIVE THAN AMERICA BECAUSE YOU HOLD THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR BARBARA MUCH APPRECIATED. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS INCLUDE ARE OUR OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER IS NOT PRESENT. AND TONIGHT IS SHE ALL FIVE BOARD MEMBERS AND WE DO NOT HAVE OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER? UM TONIGHT. THE NEXT

[9. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

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[11. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

[12. RECOGNITIONS]

THIS IS A REALLY COOL, UM, EXCITING TIME WHERE WE CAN HONOR SOME OF OUR STUDENTS. UM SO GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BLADES, TRUSTEES, UM, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TONIGHT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THREE WINNERS OF OUR 150TH ANNIVERSARY LOGO DESIGN CONTEST. SO IF I COULD ASK STUDENTS BILL, MG, GENEVIEVE GOYER AND NATHANIEL DEBREE TO PLEASE JOIN ME AT THE LECTERN AS AS WELL AS ELDORADO TEACHER, DAVID BLOCK.

SO AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, 2024 MARKS A HUGE MILESTONE IN OUR DISTRICT'S HISTORY. THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY. THE PLACENTIA SCHOOL DISTRICT DATES BACK TO 1874 WHEN A ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE WAS ESTABLISHED BY PIONEERS WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR OUR PRESENT DAY AWARD WINNING EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. IF YOU'RE CURIOUS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT, YOU SHOULD VISIT PYL US D, UM AND FIND THE HISTORY SECTION. FAST FORWARD TO PRESENT DAY WE'RE PROUD TO CELEBRATE OUR ANNIVERSARY AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO INVOLVE STUDENTS BACK IN DECEMBER, WE LAUNCHED OUR 150TH ANNIVERSARY LOGO DESIGN CONTEST AIMED AT HONORING PIONEERING SPIRIT OF THOSE WHO PUT DOWN OUR ROOTS. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THE STUDENTS TAKE PART IN THIS CONTEST IN AN AWARD THIS TO, UM SOME OF OUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST STUDENTS. SO THE OBJECTIVE OBVIOUSLY WAS TO CREATE A COMPELLING, VISUALLY CAPTIVATING GRAPHIC DESIGN THAT SYMBOLIZES THE DISTRICT'S 150TH ANNIVERSARY, SHOWCASING ITS HISTORY, GROWTH AND COMMITMENT TO EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE. WE ASKED THE STUDENTS TO FOLLOW A SET OF LIST OF DESIGN REQUIREMENTS AND SUBMISSION GUIDELINES, INCLUDING A CORPORATED, THE DISTRICT'S FULL NAME COLORS AND THE YEAR SPAN FROM 1874 TO 2024. SO UH, THE RESPONSE WAS OVERWHELMING. WE HAD OVER 100 ENTRIES IN THIS CONTEST, AND, UM, JUST THE TALENT THAT CAME FORWARD AND THE IT WAS. IT WAS INCREDIBLE. UM FOR MANY OF THE YEARS, OUR DISTRICT'S FOCUS ON CTE PROGRAMS TAILORED TO EQUIP STUDENTS WITH

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MY DESIGN USES THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE TO REPRESENT THE ROOTS OF OUR DISTRICT AND TO COMMEMORATE THE ENORMOUS GROWTH THAT'S TAKEN PLACE TO TAKE US FROM A TINY SCHOOL HOUSE TO AN ENORMOUS SCHOOL DISTRICT SPANNING MULTIPLE CITIES. THE HILLS ARE IN THE DESIGN BECAUSE THEY ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR HERITAGE. THEY ARE WHERE YA FAMILY FOUND OIL AND KICK STARTED ORANGE COUNTY'S ECONOMY. THE NUMBERS 150 RISE LIKE THE SUN, SHOWING THE ENORMITY OF THIS OCCASION IN THE BRIGHT FUTURE OF THIS DISTRICT STRIVES TO GIVE ITS STUDENTS SO LET'S GIVE HIM A BIG HAND. AND DANIEL WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A $100. GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR YOUR EFFORTS. AND THAT IS YEAH. NEXT AND SECOND PLACE. WE HAVE GENEVIEVE GENEVIEVE GOYER. AM I PRONOUNCING YOUR LAST NAME, RIGHT? OKAY. GOOD. WHO'S ALSO 1/9 GRADE STUDENT AT EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL AND IN MISTER BLOCK'S DIGITAL DESIGN CLASS. A LOOK AT HER DESIGNS ON THE SCREEN BEFORE YOU. SO THIS DESIGN FEATURES. UH PLACENTIA WATER TOWER AND THE MOUNTAIN RANGE VISIBLE BEHIND IT TO INVOKE A SENSE OF FAMILIARITY. THE SCHOOL HOUSE FROM THE ORIGINAL DESIGN IS ALSO THERE. PAY HOMAGE TO IT. THE DESIGN USES ALL OF THE PROVIDED COLORS WITH THE NAME OF THE DISTRICTS DISPLAYED ON A GOLDEN RIBBON. I DID THIS TO ONCE AGAIN PAY HOMAGE TO ORIGINAL DESIGN. I USED A DIAMOND SHAPE BECAUSE IT'S MORE DISTINCT AND SHOWS A NEW FRESH TAKE ON THE PYL US D LOGO. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO GENEVIEVE AND WE HAVE A $250.

YOU HAVE CERTIFICATE. OK LAST, BUT NOT LEAST FIRST PLACE. UH VALENCIA HIGH SCHOOL 11TH GRADER BILL MENG IN MISTER JOHNSON'S A P STUDIO ART DESIGN CLASS. AND A LOOK AT HIS DESIGNS UP HERE. SO WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS INSPIRATION , BILL SAID THAT HE WANTED TO CENTER THE 150 MAKE IT THE LARGEST COMPONENT OF THE DESIGN IN ORDER TO DRIVE THE READER'S ATTENTION TOWARDS JUST HOW LONG PYL US D DISTRICT HAS BEEN AROUND. HE SAID THAT HE ALSO NOTICED, UM, INSIDE THE O COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCLUDE ELEMENTS OF THE ORIGINAL PYL US D LOGO. AND SO I SIMPLIFIED AND CREATED MORE MODERN VERSION OF THE SCHOOLHOUSE FROM THE PYLL US D LOGO AND PLACED IT INSIDE. I WRAPPED THE REST OF THE TEXT AROUND THE 150 TO INCORPORATE ALL THE WORDS NICELY TOGETHER IN A SINGLE SHAPE. UM AH, BILL'S TEACHER, MR JOHNSON COULDN'T BE HERE. UM, BUT HE DID HAVE SOME SOME WORDS FOR YOU AS WELL. HE SAID. THAT BILL IS A BRIGHT, INTELLIGENT AND WELL ROUNDED STUDENT. HE EXUDES POSITIVITY AS WELL AS A VERY STRONG WORK ETHIC . SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU. UM AND WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A CERTIFICATE AND A $500 1ST PLACE. SO WE EXTEND ALL OF OUR, UM, GRATITUDE TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS WHO SUBMITTED, UM IT'S A GREAT EVENT. IT GOT A LOT OF KIDS INVOLVED. UM THE WINNING DESIGNS WILL BE SHOWCASED PROMINENTLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR,

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GENEVIEVE NATHANIEL. THANK YOU. EL DORADO. UM UH, MISTER BLOCK. THANK YOU, VALENCIA. UM AH, MISTER JOHNSON, AND, UM, THIS CONCLUDES OUR REPORT AND LET'S UH LET'S TAKE A PHOTO WITH THE BOARD. COME ON UP. BACK HERE. YEAH.

[13. PUBLIC COMMENT]

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WHEN DISTRICTS USE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT ACHIEVEMENT AND INSTRUCTION RATHER THAN ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES. SCHOOLS SHOW GAINS I HOPE THAT ACTING WITH PROFESSION YOU VERY MUCH THAT MODELS THE DISTRICT'S BELIEFS AND VALUES. THANK YOU. NEXT UM HAY AND FARAH. THANK YOU. HI MY NAME IS FARAH ARIAN AND MY NAME IS HAYLEY DARROW AND WE ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED STUDENTS AT ESPERANZA HIGH SCHOOL. WE FEEL EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED WITH THOSE OF YOU WHO SHOULD BE OUR TRUSTED REPRESENTATIVES. THE BOARD CLAIMS THEY CREATE A POSITIVE CLIMATE FOR TWO WAY COMMUNICATION. HOWEVER WE HAVE TO FIND OUT FROM TWITTER THAT OUR OWN PRINCIPLE WAS LET GO. YOU SERVE TO YOU SERVE A PURPOSE TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS. YET YOU LET GO. OUR BIGGEST MEANS OF SUPPORT BECAUSE YOU REFUSE TO LISTEN TO THE STUDENTS. WE TOOK IT UPON OURSELVES TO SEEK WHAT THEY TRULY THINK OF YOUR RECENT BEHAVIOR. MANY HAVE REPEATEDLY STATED THAT OUR PRINCIPLE IS INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE, ALONG WITH FEELING DISAPPOINTED AND CONFUSED IN YOUR MOTIVATION TO LET HIM GO WITHOUT CONCRETE EVIDENCE OF A NEGATIVE EFFECT.

YOUR CHANGES SEEM TO HAVE AN UNDERLYING POLITICAL AGENDA THAT NO LONGER BENEFITS THE STUDENTS BUT RATHER FORCES THEM TO CONFORM TO YOUR OWN PERSONAL IDEOLOGIES AS A SHOW OF SUPPORT.

AS A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR THE PRINCIPAL AND STAFF THAT ARE BEING LET GO FOR NO LOGICAL REASON. WE ARE GOING TO WALK OUT NEXT WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20TH AT OUR SCHOOL AND ANY OTHER SCHOOLS THAT CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE. THANK YOU. LINDA MAN. LINDA MANON. UM I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS A COMMENT THAT WAS MADE AT THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING THAT REFERRED TO THE HISTORY OF OUR DISTRICT AS STALE AIR. UM I KNOW THAT PROBABLY THERE WAS NO INTENT TO HURT BUT IT DID HURT AND THIS IS JUST A SMALL EXAMPLE OF WHAT WHAT OUR DISTRICT HAS MEANT TO ALL OF US FOR THE LAST 150 YEARS, AS WE JUST SAW HERE ON THE BOARD, WE ARE HIS A DISTRICT OF NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS. CALIFORNIA DISTINGUISHED SCHOOLS, CALIFORNIA GOLD RIBBON SCHOOLS, COLLEGE BOARDS, A P DISTRICT HONOR ROLL, MOST INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMATS AWARDED IN ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, EXEMPLARY IN INDEPENDENT SET HIGH SCHOOL, CALIFORNIA MODEL CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL, AMERICA'S BEST HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS AT US AND WORLD ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER TOP WORKPLACE CITY OF PLACENTIA. BEST WORKPLACE, CALIFORNIA STOP STATE TOP AWARDED TK PROGRAM HIGHEST A P ENROLLMENT AND TEST PASS RATES IN ORANGE COUNTY, CUTTING EDGE CTE COLLEGE AND CAREER PATHWAYS AND SPECIALIZED ACADEMIES WITH PARENTAL CHOICE OPTIONS OFFERED AT EVERY HIGH SCHOOL ON BEHALF OF ALL THE EDUCATORS AND PLACENTIA YORBA LINDA. WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE DELIVERED ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE TO OUR STUDENTS. FOR OVER 150 YEARS. THANK YOU. SAM.

MY NAME IS SAM MEECH. I'M A RETIRED TEACHER AND FORMER ACADEMIC DECATHLON COACH FOR VALENCIA HIGH SCHOOL. CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEAR'S VALENCIA HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM FOR ITS THIRD PLACE FINISH IN ORANGE COUNTY AND FOR QUALIFYING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS YEAR'S CALIFORNIA STATE ACADEMIC DECATHLON IN SANTA CLARA. THIS SUCCESS REFLECTS NOT WELL NOT ONLY ON VALENCIA BUT ON THE PLACENTIA, YOUR VALINDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. VALENS PERFORMANCE PLACES ITS TEAM AMONG THE ELITE SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. WOODBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, TRABUCO HILLS AND WESTMINSTER'S ARE THE HIGH SCHOOLS FROM ORANGE COUNTY THAT WILL ACCOMPANY VALENCIA TO SANTA CLARA. WHILE THERE ARE MANY HIGHLY DEMANDING ACADEMIC COMPETITIONS, ACADEMIC DECATHLON IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT REQUIRES STUDENTS TO PERFORM ACROSS THE ENTIRE ARRAY OF CORE SUBJECT AREAS. IT ALSO REQUIRES THAT STUDENTS COMPETE IN VARIED GRADE POINT AVERAGE CATEGORIES. IN OTHER WORDS, ACADEMIC DECATHLON SUCCESS REFLECTS THE SCHOOL AS A WHOLE AND NOT ANY PARTICULAR PROGRAM. VALENS. EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE IN THIS COMPETITION IS A LEGACY SPANNING OVER MANY YEARS NOW. WHEN ONE THINKS OF

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WHEN YOU DON'T PRESENT A COMPLETE FINANCIAL PICTURE OF A LARGE SCALE PROJECT LIKE THE ELITE SPORTS ACADEMY, BUT ALREADY HAVE THREE OUT OF FIVE VOTES TO PASS IT. YOU CREATE A FEELING OF DECEPTION, AND IN ALL OF THIS AND IN ALL OF THIS, WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN? CERTAINLY NOT AT THE CENTER. DECISIONS IN EDUCATION SHOULD BRING ALL PARTIES TO THE TABLE TO WORK COLLECTIVELY, LET'S MAKE SURE THESE RADICAL CHANGES ARE NECESSARY AND SUSTAINABLE.

PATRICIA HONZO. PATRICIA HANSEL. AND I WANT THE PUBLIC TO PAY ATTENTION. AND IF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS PAYING ATTENTION, AND IF THE DISTRICT LAWYER IS PAYING ATTENTION, IT IS REQUIRED THAT ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS COMPLY WITH THE CALIFORNIA RALPH BROWN ACT RULES, WHICH MEANS YOU MUST AVOID INFORMATION SHARING DISCUSSIONS IN PRIVATE. OR DECISION MAKING OUTSIDE OF A PROPERLY NOTICED MEETING. THIS IS A PROPERLY NOTICED MEETING. THE BROWN ACT, SAYS SERIAL COMMUNICATION LIKE EMAIL DISCUSSIONS OR A PHONE TREE. THOSE TYPE OF METHODS ARE NOT ALLOWED BY BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE IT DEPRIVES THE PUBLIC OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DECISION PROCESS, THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS. THERE'S ALSO AN ASSEMBLY BILL. JOT IT DOWN SUPERINTENDENT SURENESS BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY NEED TO READ IT. ASSEMBLY BILL 992 ADDRESSES SOCIAL MEDIA AND ELECTED BOARDS. IT PROHIBITS BOARD MEMBERS IN DISCUSSING AMONG THEMSELVES OFFICIAL BUSINESS ON SOCIAL NETWORKING PLATFORMS. IT INCLUDES POSTING OR COMMENTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA SITES IN RESPONSE TO ANOTHER BOARD MEMBERS POST. WHEN YOU LIKE, OR COMMENT OR GIVE AN EMOJI THAT'S CONSIDERED COMMUNICATION THAT'S NOT ALLOWED. BOARD OF MEMBERS. NEED TO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU DO BOARD BUSINESS, IT NEEDS TO BE HERE IN THESE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS. YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU. HI. THIS ISN'T REALLY MY NORMAL PLATFORM. SO IF YOU GUYS ARE EIGHT, IT WOULD COME OFF WAY BETTER, BUT SO JUST FORGIVE ME FOR, UM HELLO. AND GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS HEIDI WOODWARD AND I HAVE BEEN A TEACHER IN THE DISTRICT FOR 24 YEARS. BUT THAT IS NOT WHERE MY RELATIONSHIP WITH PLACENTIA YOR BELINDA STARTED IT. START IT BEGAN WHEN I MOVED HERE FROM CHICAGO AND JOINED GLEN ELEMENTARY, BERNARD ORVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND FINISHED ESPERANZA HIGH SCHOOL. I HAVE LIVED IN THIS DISTRICT FOR MOST OF MY LIFE. THIS DISTRICT HAS BECOME MUCH MORE THAN JUST A JOB TO ME. THIS DISTRICT HAS BECOME MY FAMILY. THE PEOPLE I HAVE MET ALONG THE WAY OF THIS JOURNEY HAVE FELT LIKE FAMILY AND TRULY ACTUALLY BECOME MY FAMILY. MY HUSBAND IS A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AT ESPERANZA. MY CHILDREN ATTEND GOBLIN IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ESPERANZA. SO MY FAMILY IS

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OH, MY NAME IS SUE SAW I'M A TEACHER AT ESPERANZA HIGH SCHOOL. ACCORDING TO THE TREASURER OF CALIFORNIA, WEBSITE B, 0.1 0.4 0.2 DEVELOPER FEES SINCE JANUARY, 1ST 1987 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE AUTHORIZED TO LEVY A FEE CHARGE, DEDICATION OR OTHER REQUIREMENT, COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS DEVELOPER FEES AGAINST ANY CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT TO HELP THE DISTRICT MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF NEW DEVELOPMENT ON THE DISTRICT'S FACILITIES. THESE DEVELOPER FEES MAY ONLY BE USED FOR PROJECTS TO ACCOMMODATE STUDENTS RESULTING FROM THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT. NOW, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IT'S THE SCHOOL BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CERTIFY THAT THE INTENDED CONSTRUCTION MEETS THOSE REQUIREMENTS. THERE MUST BE A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN NEW DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE DISTRICT AREA AND WHAT WE DO WITH DEVELOPER FEES. IN ADDITION AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING AT MINUTE 53, ALEX STATES, WE'VE OFFERED FREE TUTORING FOR THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS THIS YEAR AND THEN AT 53 07. HE STATES AGAIN BEFORE THIS YEAR. THAT NEVER HAPPENED, BUT IS CATEGORICALLY FALSE. IT TAKES OFFENSE TO ME AND ALL THE OTHER TEACHERS THAT OFFER TUTORING ALL THE TIME. ALL THE MATH TEACHERS THAT ARE HERE PEOPLE THAT READ AND IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING LONG BEFORE HE CAME TO THIS DISTRICT. EHS AND VHS STARTED THIS A LOT LONGER BEFORE HE WAS HIRED. AND THERE ARE CURRENT DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS THAT HAVE SEEN IT AND EVEN FOUND SOLUTIONS FOR BUSSING KIDS AFTER SCHOOL AFTER TUTORING. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KAREN. ALEXI. ANDY FALCO. ERNIE. THEY ARE AND JUDY DESJARDIN.

MY NAME IS KAREN. ALEXI. I'M A TEACHER AT BRICK HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. UM AND I WAS WAVERING BETWEEN WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. UM BUT I THINK I'M GONNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY STAFF AT BROOKHAVEN AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AT OUR SCHOOL. LAST YEAR. UH WE APPLIED FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR THE PBS. I GUESS IT'S AN AWARD. UM AND WHILE WE RENEW, WE STILL MANAGED TO GET THE BRONZE. UH, THIS YEAR WE ARE WORKING TO GO FOR EITHER SILVER OR GOLD. WE'VE BEEN MAKING CHANGES. WE ARE NOT STALE . UM WE JUST RECENTLY HAD AN I READY TRAINER COME IN, UH, AND SHE WAS SHOWING US WAYS AS TEACHERS TO IDENTIFY THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE THE MOST NEED THAT NEED HELP WITH THEIR READING AND MATH AND HOW TO TARGET THEM AND HOW TO CREATE SMALL GROUPS, UH, TO REACH THEIR NEEDS, AND SHE SOME REALLY WONDERFUL IDEAS, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME GOOD SMALL GROUPS GOING ON THERE. UH, WE HAVE A PAL PROGRAM THAT WAS CREATED AT OUR SCHOOL TO HELP KIDS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE FRIENDS THAT KIDS THAT NEED HELP PLAYING GAMES THEIR 5TH AND 6TH GRADERS WHO HAVE TAKEN ON ROLES OF RESPONSIBILITY, UM, TO HELP OTHER KIDS WITHIN THE SCHOOL, SO WE'RE PROVIDING LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIM. IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD A PAL PROGRAM AT OUR SCHOOL. WE ALSO HAVE PEER MENTORS AT A SCHOOL THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. NOW AGAIN, WE HAVE 1/5 AND SIXTH GRADERS THAT PAIR UP WITH THE LITTLE KIDS OR EVEN KIDS THAT MAYBE DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY PROPERLY. UH AND THEY GIVE THEM BUDDIES. THEY PLAY GAMES WITH THEM. IF THEY'RE NOT INTO SPORTS, THEY GIVE THEM A WAY TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AT RECESS. OR MAYBE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THAT BEFORE. OUR STUDENT COUNCIL HOLDS A FOOD DRIVE. EVERY YEAR. WE HAVE A TOY DRIVE THE ALADDIN MUSICAL AND I JUST STARTED TO STATE PROJECTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANDY FALCO. I LOVE BROOK, BROOKHAVEN AND MY KIDS LOVE BROOKHAVEN. IT'S A GREAT SCHOOL.

IT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS THAT THE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES MUST BE HIRED WITH THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF EDUCATING AND KEEPING OUR CHILDREN SAFE IN THIS COMMUNITY. IT'S ALSO PYOU SDS RESPONSIBILITY TO REMOVE EMPLOYEES WHO REFUSE TO EDUCATE OR SIMPLY INCAPABLE OF EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN. ADDITIONALLY THE SEXUALIZATION INDOCTRINATION AND TEACHING OF CHILDREN TO HATE

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THANKS TO THE COVID ERA. I HAD A FRONT ROW SEAT TO IT AND WAS STUNNED THAT MY LITTLE BOY'S BULLY WAS HIS TEACHER. I TRIED TO GET THE PROBLEM RESOLVED. IPE I WAS GAS LIT ABOUT WHAT MY OWN EYES AND MY OWN EARS HAD WITNESSED IN MY HOME. I BEGAN GETTING INVOLVED AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL WHERE LOTS OF NOTES WERE TAKEN ON THE RARE OCCASION. I RECEIVED A RESPONSE, BUT NOTHING MEANINGFUL EVER HAPPENED. IT TOOK ME REFUSING TO SEND MY SON TO SCHOOL FOR OVER A WEEK BEFORE ANYONE CONTACTED ME TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT MY LITTLE BOY. THAT BOY'S BEEN THRIVING AND HAPPY FOR YEARS NOW BECAUSE I REMOVED HIM FROM WHAT HAD BEEN AN ABUSIVE ENVIRONMENT IN THIS DISTRICT. TRUST HAS BEEN SO BADLY BROKEN. I DON'T KNOW THAT I'LL EVER RETURN HIM TO THIS DISTRICT. THE STUBBORN PERSISTENCE WITH YOUR PREDECESSORS AND MAINTAINING THE STATUS QUO COSTAS DISTRICTS MONEY AND LOST ENROLLMENTS FOR MY FAMILY ALONE. IT'S FOUR YEARS OF FUNDING, MOST LIKELY WILL BE SIX. I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW THAT THAT YOUNGER ONE WILL EVER COME BACK. THE SCHOOL BOARD THE SUPERINTENDENT, THIS EXECUTIVE BOARD IF YOU'D ALL BEEN HERE, THEN I DON'T THINK I'D A LEFT. THANK YOU. ALL THE POWERS. MY HUSBAND AND I PICKED PLACENTA OR BELINDA BECAUSE OF ITS REPUTATION AND ITS SMALL TOWN COMMUNITY FEEL WE TRUSTED ITS TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANTS , PRINCIPALS AND STAFF BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT OUTSIDERS. MANY OF THEM WERE RAISED IN BYL, MOST OF THEM OWNED HOMES IN PYL SENT THEIR CHILDREN TO PYL AND WORKED IN PYL. IT HAS NOT BEEN THE HIGH TEST SCORES OR THE NUMEROUS ACCOLADES THAT MAKE THIS DISTRICT SPECIAL. THIS DISTRICT IS MAGICAL BECAUSE OF ITS AMAZING PEOPLE. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL TO THE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS, COACHES, ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF FOR THE YEARS OF INVESTMENT YOU HAVE MADE. WE APPRECIATE THAT THOSE THAT THOSE OF YOU THAT SEE OUR KIDS AS MORE THAN DATA ON A SPREADSHEET OR LINE ITEMS ON A BUDGET KEEP THE AND CONTINUED TO SHINE. WHEN THE DAYS SEEMED DARK . YOU ARE LOVED. YOU ARE APPRECIATED AND YOU WILL BE MISSED. THANK YOU. MARISSA MALLORY. HEY, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MARISSA MALLORY. UM, I'VE SPENT SOME TIME THINKING ABOUT THE LAST BOARD MEETING.

AND IT REALLY BOTHERS ME THAT TRUSTY BUCK TRUSTEES. BUCK AND ANDERSON ARE SO DEAD SET AGAINST IMPLEMENTING INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS THAT WILL KEEP OUR STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS AND DRAW STUDENTS FROM NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS, WITH DISTRICT ENROLLMENT INCREASING AS A RESULT OF NEW LEADERSHIP AND NEW PROGRAMMING. THE DISTRICT IS PROVIDING TEACHERS WITH JOB STABILITY AND PARENTS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE WHEN THEY KEEP THEIR CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOLS. IT REALLY BOTHERED ME WHEN TRUSTY. ANDERSON LISTED ALL

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RICK LOPEZ TOOK FUNDING FROM STUDENTS TO FUND STAFF RAISES. WHAT OTHER WHAT OTHER MISLEADS DID RICK LOPEZ PARTICIPATE THAT HE NEEDED TO FLEE TO CLAREMONT? IT'S HILARIOUS THAT THE UNION REPS ARE NOT POINTING OUT CLOSED SESSION ITEMS TONIGHT WHEN IT COULD HARM OR BRING LIGHT TO THEIR UNION AND OR BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU, DOCTOR CHER AND OUR BOARD MAJORITY FOR NOT BOWING DOWN TO THE UNION AND DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR THE STUDENTS. THANK YOU. NEXT IS SHANNON MURRAY. HI MY NAME IS SHANNON MURRAY. UH, A FEW THINGS ONE ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE TRE BAND TONIGHT. THAT WAS GREAT. UM I ALSO SAW DREAMS FOR SCHOOLS AND STAGE LIGHT ARE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THOSE TWO AWESOME PROGRAMS. UH, SECOND AT THE LAST MEETING. I SHARED MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE HIGH TURNOVER RATE IN PYL. I REFERENCED MANY ADMINISTRATORS WHO HAVE LEFT IN THE PAST YEAR AND I SAID, I FEARED MORE WERE BEING PUSHED OUT. LEANDRO'S RESPONSE WAS TO SAY THAT WE WERE BEING BAMBOOZLED BY SOCIAL MEDIA. THE PROBLEM IS NOT SOCIAL MEDIA. I DON'T CARE IF CLOSED DOOR VOTES ARE 32 OR 50, BECAUSE I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE POLITICS OR THE OPTICS. I CARE ABOUT THE PYL EDUCATORS AND WE ARE LOSING AN ALARMING NUMBER OF EXPERIENCED PARING ADMINISTRATORS. DEDICATED TO PYL STUDENTS. YOU CAN ACT LIKE NOTHING IS GOING ON. BUT WE IN THE PYL COMMUNITY KNOW BETTER . FINALLY THANK YOU, DOCTOR CHERNUS FOR RESPONDING TO MY EMAIL ABOUT THE UNIVERSAL SPORTS INSTITUTE. I THINK WHAT YOU WERE SAYING IS YOU'RE MOVING AHEAD WITHOUT A BOARD VOTE. BUT I'M STILL NOT CLEAR ON WHETHER THIS WILL BE A RESOURCE FOR ALL PYL STUDENTS. PLEASE CLARIFY ON BOTH WHEN YOU CAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SHANNY TIM. GOOD EVENING. I WAS HOPING I WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME. PYO IS ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN AS ONE OF THE BEST DISTRICTS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. BECAUSE OF THIS. OUR HOME VALUES HAVE CONTINUED TO GROW. I'VE LIVED IN THE AREA SINCE 2001. UNFORTUNATELY, OUR HOME PRICES MAY BE AFFECTED AS THE BOARD CONTINUES TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE BOTH POLITICAL AND THEY BEGIN TO DISMANTLE OUR REPUTATION IN 2007. I MADE A DIFFICULT DECISION TO LEAVE PLACENTIA OR BELINDA IS A TEACHER AND A BASEBALL COACH. I WENT TO IRVINE UNIFIED, AND I'VE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER THAN I DID. MY DECISION AT THAT TIME WAS DIFFICULT. THIS WAS A GREAT SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN. THE COACHES ARE FABULOUS. THE ADMINISTRATORS SUPPORTED THE COACHES. AND YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD I WORK IN A DISTRICT WHERE THAT'S STILL THE CASE. MANY OF OUR VALUABLE MEMBERS OF THIS DISTRICT HAVE BEEN LET GO IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS BY DECISIONS MADE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. WE ARE BEING GAS LIT. YOU'RE TELLING US ONE THING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND

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I'VE MENTORED TEACHERS. I'VE DONE ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO AS TEACHERS, AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN ALL IN PL COMPANY, MA'AM. NEVER BEFORE. HAVE I CONSIDERED EARLY RETIREMENT UNTIL THIS YEAR? THE NEGATIVITY IS REALLY GETTING TO ME. EACH MORNING. I SO THANKFUL THAT I HAVE MY STUDENTS BECAUSE THEIR SMILES KEEP ME GOING. UM I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT ALL TEACHERS WERE WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD. AND OH, UM, I JUST OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BARB.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT CARD. OUR NEXT SPEAKER JOHN QUACKENBUSH, AND OUR FINAL SPEAKER WILL BE MARIA STUBBS. GOOD EVENING, UH, SUPERINTENDENT AND, UH, BOARD OF TRUSTEES NAMES JOHN QUACKENBUSH. UH, I'LL START OUT WITH, UH, SINCE IT'S RUMORS. IF IT'S TRUE ABOUT JOEY DAVIS.

IT'S A SHAME. HE'S A GREAT PRINCIPAL, AND I KNOW THAT HE'S BELOVED. MY DAUGHTER AND MANY OTHERS. UH AND THEN TO CONTINUE ON TO OTHER THINGS. UH, THE SPORT INSTITUTE. UH I WOULD LIKE FULL DISCLOSURE. I'D LIKE US TO HAVE COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS, EMAILS THAT WE'VE HAD QUESTIONNAIRES IN THE PAST, ASKING, UH, PARENTS WHAT THEY THINK OF THIS. I HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE, UM AND WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATION AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE STARTING TO GO BACK. WE WERE IMPROVING, AND NOW WE'RE KIND OF GOING BACK AND NOT DISCUSSING AS MUCH WITH OUR WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PARENTS. UH, IT UM AND THEN, UH, ONE OTHER THING. I NOTICED THAT THERE'S A THING ABOUT IHEART AND MEDIA AND ADVERTISEMENT. UH, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS. I'M I'M WORRIED ABOUT WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND EVEN THIS ACADEMY IS THAT WE START PUSHING IT OUT TO OUTSIDE DISTRICTS AND WE LOSE OUR OWN KIDS LOSE OUT BECAUSE, OH, THAT KID'S ALREADY HERE WE GET HIS MONEY. WE DON'T GIVE HIM A POSITION IN THAT CHARTER SCHOOL IN THAT SPORTS ACADEMY.

WE PULL SOMEBODY ELSE IN IT'S ANOTHER DOLLAR FOR US, AND I'M I DON'T CARE ABOUT OUTSIDE DISTRICT. I MOVED IN HERE FOR THIS DISTRICT AND STUFF. THE LAST THING REAL QUICK WHERE I'VE BEEN WANTING TO GET SOLAR PANELS . I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO GET SOLAR PANELS OVER OUR PARKING LOT. THANK YOU. MARIA. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MARIA STUBBS. UM I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING THE PLAYGROUND BOWLS THE FAMILIES DONATED LAST MONTH. UM THE COLUMBIA STUFF WAS VERY GRATEFUL . AND I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THAT THE KIDS ARE ENJOYING THEM VERY MUCH. I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONGRATULATE YOU FOR THE HUGE MILESTONE. THE DISTRICT HAS REACHED STUDENT ENROLLMENT FOR THE COMING YEAR IS NO LONGER TRENDING DOWN. AND THAT IS JUST FANTASTIC NEWS. WITHOUT A DOUBT, THIS IS A RESULT OF THE VARIOUS STRATEGIES IMPLEMENTED. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THE UNIVERSAL SPORTS INSTITUTE WILL BRING AND ANY OTHER PROJECTS. MAY YOU MAY BE PLANNING YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THOSE BOARD MEMBERS WHO VOTE FOR PRO PROGRESS. TRULY A WIN FOR STUDENT ENROLLMENT IS A WIN FOR THE ENTIRE BYL COMMUNITY. LASTLY I WANT TO APPEAL TO LOCAL SOCIAL MEDIA USERS. SOME OF THEM ARE BRINGING UP NAMES AND JOB LOCATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ALTHOUGH YOU MAY FEEL THAT

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[14. ACTION ITEMS - BUSINESS SERVICES]

YES. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A B 1200-27 56 FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE. FOR THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYMENT IN ASSOCIATION CHAPTER. NUMBER 2931 2ND. I HAVE A MOTION BY MRS ANDERSON. I HAVE A SECOND BY MR FRASIER, AND I'M GOING TO TURN OVER TO GARY STEIN. THANK YOU. UM THANK YOU.

PRESIDENT BLADES, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SUPERINTENDENT CHURNS EXECUTIVE CABINET AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TONIGHT. UNDER HUMAN RESOURCES ACTION, 15.1 STAFF WILL RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE 2324 TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, OR CS. C A IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ASSEMBLY BILLS . UH, 1227 56. THE DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE COSTS THAT WILL OCCURRED IN THE CURRENT AND TWO SUBSEQUENT YEARS. UH THIS INFORMATION MUST BE DISCLOSED PRIOR TO ENTERING INTO THE AGREEMENT. UH, INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA IS A DOCUMENT ENTITLED PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE KEY PROVISIONS OF THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH CS C. A STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE BOARD CERTIFY THE A B 1200 SLASH 2756 DISCLOSURE THAT'S PROVIDED IN ITEM 14.1. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? IT ALL SEEMS TO BE IN ORDER. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK ON ON GETTING TO OUR AGREEMENT POINT. AND I KNOW IT'S NOT USED THEIR WHOLE TEAM. SO THANK YOU TO THE WHOLE TEA M. LOTS OF PEOPLE. OKAY SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MS ANDERSON, A SECOND BY TODD FRAZIER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOUR. AND I'M IN I THE MOTION CARRIES 50. I HAVE A MOTION FOR 14.2, PLEASE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR THE 2023 24 2ND INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORTING AND CERTIFICATION OF DISTRICT FINANCIAL SOLVENCY. SECOND I HAVE A MOTION BY MISTER YOUNGBLOOD A SECOND BY MRS BUCK AND I'M ONCE AGAIN, I'M GOING TO TURN OVER TO GARY STEIN. THANK YOU AGAIN. UM SO I'M GOING TO SEE IF I CAN GET THIS TO WORK. THERE WE GO. SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW OUR 2324 2ND INTERIM, UH, BUDGET REPORTS. THIS IS THE SECOND OFFICIAL REVISION OF THE DISTRICT'S ADOPTED BUDGET THAT WE ADOPTED BACK IN JUNE. CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME THIS WAY? OK, PERFECT. SO THE REPORT CONTAINS, UH, ACTUAL FINANCIAL DATA THROUGH JANUARY 31ST OF THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS REVISED REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE PROJECTIONS BASED ON THE LATEST FINANCIAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE. TO GO OVER THE AGENDA REAL QUICK . WE'RE GONNA COVER THE GOVERNOR'S JANUARY BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR 2425, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO WORK ON.

UH, ALSO THE CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN OUR BUDGET SINCE THE FIRST INTERIM, WHICH WAS BACK IN DECEMBER. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO GO OVER THE KEY BUDGET CHALLENGES AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE. SO THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL. UM THIS WAS RELEASED EARLY IN JANUARY, AND IT REALLY STARTS OUR BUDGET CYCLE FOR 2425. AS WELL AS WRAPS UP OUR 2324 YEAR. UM LAST YEAR AS YOUR AS EVERYBODY IS AWARE THAT THE FEDERAL AND STATE TAX DEADLINES WERE EXTENDED, UM, PART OF THE ISSUE WITH THAT WAS THAT THE STATE FORECASTED REVENUES THAT WERE, UM OFF THEY THEY ASSUMED A HIGHER AMOUNT OF REVENUE COMING IN FROM TAX COLLECTIONS THAT DIDN'T MATERIALIZE. THE NET.

RESULT OF THAT IS IT WAS ABOUT A $38 BILLION DEFICIT THAT WE'RE HIT THAT WE'RE STUCK WITH, AS WE HEAD INTO 2425. THE GOVERNOR IS PROPOSING A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT METHODS TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS DEFICIT, INCLUDING BORROWING DELAYS IN FUNDING REDUCTIONS, DEFERRALS AND OTHERS. UH WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS, BUT RECESSION IS NO LONGER PROJECTED FOR, UH, FOR THE FUTURE FOR THE NEXT COMING YEARS, UM, BUT IT'S BEEN REPLACED BY SLOW ECONOMIC GROWTH AND WITH DEFICIT AND SLOW GROWTH. IT'S A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE BECAUSE PROP 98, OUR MAIN DRIVER FOR FUNDING IS EXPECTED TO BE LEAN FOR COUPLE OF YEARS. THIS SLIDE PROVIDES JUST A AN OVERVIEW OF THE US

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SO IN THAT WOULD BE THAT ANY UNSPENT FUNDS AS OF THIS JULY JULY, 1 2024 WOULD NEED TO GO THROUGH A NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND BE HAVE RESTRICTIONS PLACED ON THOSE FUNDS AND HAVE ALL OF THOSE ACTIONS INCLUDED IN THE 2526 CAP. NOT THE NOT 24 25 25 26. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH PARTNERS AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND, UH WITH CD, E AND STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO GET CLARITY ON THAT. SO NEXT, I'M GONNA JUMP INTO THE CHANGES THAT YOU'LL SEE SINCE OR THAT WE'VE SEEN SINCE FIRST INTERIM SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, OBVIOUSLY THE COLA HAS CHANGED. RIGHT. SO WE WERE EXPECTING 3.94. WE'RE DOWN TO 0.76 FOR NEXT YEAR. UH, THAT'S NEXT YEAR FOR THE YEAR FOLLOWING. WE WERE EXPECTING 3.29. IT LOOKS LIKE 2.73. UM AT THE SAME TIME, SO OUR REVENUES ARE ARE GONNA BE LOWER AT THE SAME TIME. OUR OUR CALPERS RATES ARE ARE AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL, SO THEY'RE 0.1 HIGHER FOR BOTH OF FOR THE FIRST YEAR AND THEN 0.2% HIGHER FOR THE SECOND YEAR OUT.

AND THAT'S OUR MAIN ONES. OTHER KEY CHANGES. WE HAVE AD A SO I WANNA I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TALK RIGHT NOW ABOUT OUR OUR ATTENDANCE. AND SO I WANNA ADDRESS THAT, UM THE DISTRICT AND I'LL TALK ABOUT OUR TRENDS HERE IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN HAS BEEN LOSING ROUGHLY 400 STUDENTS A YEAR. UH AND SO WE BUDGET FOR THAT BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE

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WASN'T WE'RE NOT SEEING AS AS MUCH OR AS BAD OF A OF THE DECLINE AS WE HAVE IN PRIOR YEARS, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS AND THEN WITH THE ENROLLMENT TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING THIS YEAR, WE WE'RE HOPING THAT IT WILL. IT WILL BE BETTER THAN THAT. UM, BUT SO FAR SO GOOD. AND WE TALK ABOUT OTHER ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE'VE GOT HERE. UM SO WE'VE GOT TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS, WHICH WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, UH, WITH WITH CS C A, UM FOR THE 2324 YEAR, AND WITH APPLE, UH AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE ASSUMED ENROLMENT . BUT AGAIN, I PUT AN ASTERISK ON THE ENROLLMENT FOR 2425.

BECAUSE WE DO HAVE AN ANOMALY IN AN UPTICK IN ENROLLMENT. UM, WHICH WE'RE HOPING THAT IT IT RETAINS AND THAT IN WHICH CASE THAT NUMBER WILL CHANGE WHEN WE BRING THE BUDGET BACK IN JUNE.

OUR ATTENDANCE RATE IS STILL 93.5% I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE END. UH, BUT YOU'LL SEE OUR LCFF REVENUES ARE ARE ON THE DECLINE FOR 2425. AND THEN WE HAVE A SMALL BUMP IN 2526. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT SECOND HAND INTERIM REPORT SO THIS IS OUR UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND.

AND YOU'LL SEE THE REVENUES ACROSS. SO THIS IS NOT OUR CATEGORICAL MONEY. THIS IS NOT OUR OUR RESTRICTED MONEY. THIS IS JUST UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND. AND LCFF MAKES UP THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT. WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS THAT, UM WE ARE PROJECTED TO BE DEFICIT SPENDING IN 2425. BY 3.2 MILLION AND THAT INCREASES IN THAT YEARS. BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT IS ASSUMING 400 LOSS IN IN AD IS ASSUMING A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT THAT COULD BE CHANGING. AND SO, UM WE ARE WORKING WITH STAFF TO COME UP WITH PLANS AND CONTINGENCY PLANS ON HOW TO ADDRESS THAT. SO THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THAT OUR BEGINNING BALANCE SO YOU'LL SEE OUR OUR ANY FUND BALANCE. IT DECREASES EVERY YEAR MOVING FORWARD. UM BUT AS A DISTRICT THIS IS WHEN THE STATE ENTERS AAA PERIOD WHERE WE ARE PROVIDED. NOT ENOUGH TO COVER OUR EXPENSES, WHICH IS, UH, WE'VE BEEN IN THIS POSITION BEFORE. SEVERAL YEARS AGO. UM IT'S BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, 78 YEARS SINCE WE'VE SEEN, UM, THE STATE DRAW DOWN THE FUNDING AS MUCH AS IT HAS BEEN RIGHT NOW. SO UM, WE WILL NEED TO ADJUST AND WE WILL ADAPT. BUT THIS IS TO BE EXPECTED, UM,

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SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'VE GOT OUR COMPONENTS OF THE ENDING FUND BALANCE. AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE. AND THIS IS FOR 2324. WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS WE WE'RE STILL VERY HEALTHY. WE STILL HAVE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF RESERVES AND ACTUALLY IN THE PROJECTIONS. UH, EVEN WITH THE DEFICIT SPENDING, WE STILL HAVE, UM MORE RESERVES. UH MORE IN RESERVE THAN THAN I WOULD SAY MOST DISTRICTS HAVE, UM, WE MAINTAIN THAT THAT 10% WITH OUR, UH, RESERVE FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY AND THE CONTINGENCY RESERVE THAT WOULD RETAIN BE RETAINED THREE YEARS OUT, UM, ON OUR CURRENT PATH. SO THAT'S UM BUT WE WOULD WANT TO. WE, OF COURSE, WANT TO AVOID THE DEFICIT SPENDING, SO WE'LL WORK ON THAT, UH, COME UP WITH PLANS TO DEAL WITH THAT. BUT THIS SHOWS YOU THE COMPONENTS OF THE ENDING FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS ABOUT 67 OR $68 MILLION. THERE'S 50 MILLION, UH, IN RESTRICTED MONEY, AND YOU HAVE THE TOTALS THERE TO SIGN. SO AS PROMISED. WE INCLUDE THE AN OVERVIEW OF ALL OF THE OTHER DISTRICT FUNDS. UH, WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT HERE IS THIS WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS GOING ON. UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SCHOOL FACILITIES PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THIS ONLY TAKES US UP THROUGH JANUARY. UH, WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON BETWEEN NOW AND THE START OF THE YEAR. FOR INSTANCE, ALL OF OUR PRESCHOOLS THAT WERE DROPPING ALL THE ELO. UH UH, FACILITIES THAT WERE DROPPING. UM AND SO THESE NUMBERS ARE ARE GONNA SEE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. UM, BECAUSE WE WE'RE ALL ALL GUNS. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO CALL IT? EVERYBODY'S ALL HANDS ON DECK. UM, UM, WITH OUR FACILITIES. UH YES. AND ALSO WITH NUTRITION.

WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK THERE, TOO. SO SORRY. NO, OK. MOVING ON. OK BUDGET CHALLENGES. I'LL WRAP THIS UP. I'M SORRY, EVERYBODY. UM SO THIS JUST PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE CHALLENGES WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO WE HAVE PROJECTED LOWER COLA FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. UH, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO ADAPT TO THAT WE HAVE DECLINING ENROLLMENT. I PUT THE STAR ON THERE AGAIN BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED TO SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT THIS YEAR. UH AS I MENTIONED 2324, WE ENDED UP BETTER THAN WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE. WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT TREND CONTINUES. UM OUR ATTENDANCE RATE IS WHERE I WANT TO REALLY DRILL IN THAT 93.5% WE USED TO BE OVER 96 BEFORE COVID.

UM A 1% INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE, MEANING IF WE WENT TO JUST 94.5% THAT IS $2.6 MILLION, ONGOING THAT WE WOULD BRING INTO THE DISTRICT THAT BY 1% CHANGE IN THAT, SO WE NEED TO REALLY DOUBLE DOWN ON OUR EFFORTS TO INCREASE OUR ATTENDANCE. THAT'S SOMETHING WE DEFINITELY HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER. UM AND WE NEED TO DO THAT. SO THE REST OF THE CHALLENGES ARE ARE COMMON.

WE TALK ABOUT THEM EVERY TIME. UM AND SO I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL WITH THAT. UM QUICKLY COVER THIS SLIDE. THIS SLIDE JUST ILLUSTRATES IN MONEY RATHER THAN PERCENTAGES. REVENUE COMING IN COSTS GOING UP, SO WE HAVE STEP AND COLUM WE HAVE, UH, OUR OUR HEALTH AND WELFARE AND OUR OTHER COSTS, AND IT JUST SHOWS YOU THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MONEY COMING IN AND THE MONEY GOING OUT AND HOW THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS ARE GONNA BE ROUGH. AND SO THIS GIVES YOU A PICTURE OF THAT. AND FINALLY, UM, WANTED TO TALK ABOUT OUR TIMELINE. WHICH IS SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE OBVIOUSLY IN MARCH AND OUR SECOND INTERIM REPORT, THIS WILL BE THE FINAL REPORT FOR 2324 INTERIM REPORT. I SHOULD SAY WE WILL HAVE IN JUNE ON JUNE 4TH. WE WILL BRING THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND THE L CAP FOR, UH, FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, AND AFTER WE MAKE CHANGES FROM THAT POINT, WE WILL MEET AGAIN ON ON JUNE 18TH TO ADOPT THE EL CAP AND BUDGET. UH AT THE SAME TIME, WE WILL HAVE OUR ESTIMATED ACTUALS FOR A 2324. SO BEFORE I. I GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. I NEED TO THANK MY STAFF. THEY DID A TREMENDOUS JOB. UH, MY ADMIN SERVICES TEAM. THEY'RE AMAZING, ESPECIALLY FISCAL AND BUSINESS SERVICES HAVE BEEN VERY DILIGENT AND WORKED VERY HARD TO PREPARE ALL THIS BUDGET INFORMATION. UH AND I'M VERY FORTUNATE TO WORK ALONG SUCH TALENTED PEOPLE. AND WITH THAT QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS. MM. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE IT VERY CLEAR. YOU SAID SEVERAL THINGS THAT I APPRECIATE YOU SAID INCREASING ENROLLMENT.

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YEAH AND THEN IF YOU COULD ALSO INCLUDE IT WITH THAT INFORMATION LIKE HOW MUCH WE ANTICIPATE BEING SPENT BY THAT JULY. 1ST DEADLINE. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN, UM. A LOT OF OUR GROWTH IS DUE TO OUR TK PROGRAM. IS THAT CORRECT? BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR IS BASICALLY IT'S JUST EXPANDING EVERY YEAR. MORE AND MORE MONTHS OF KIDS ARE ABLE TO ATTEND. NO, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT, UM IT'S PARTLY THERE'S TWO. IT EXTENDS TWO MONTHS EVERY YEAR. AND SO, UH, AT THE SAME TIME WE'VE BEEN DECLINING EVERY YEAR IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN INCREASING BY TWO MONTHS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. SO ATTRIBUTING AN INCREASE THIS YEAR FOR AN EXTRA TWO MONTHS.

WOULDN'T YOU KNOW? IS IT MORE? YES WE GET A LITTLE BIT. WE GET A FEW MORE EVERY YEAR, BUT THAT'S NOT ATTRIBUTABLE TO OUR TO THIS GROWTH. I WAS UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING. IT'S NOT JUST THE GROWTH ISN'T JUST TK. IT'S TKK AND THEN FIRST THROUGH 12. OK, BECAUSE I WAS UNDERSTANDING AND I COULD BE WRONG, UM, THAT ARE WE WERE ALREADY ACCEPTING STUDENTS IN TK ABOVE WHERE THE STATE HAD NO SO THE REASON WE DIDN'T DO THAT IS BECAUSE IT IT CAME WITH A PENALTY. UH SO WHEN

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SEAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OK SO, UH, I WILL NEED A VOTE ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOUR. AND I'M AN I MOTION CARRIES 50. AND THANK YOU TO YOUR WHOLE TEAM FOR ALL THE WORK ON THIS. YEAH, THAT'S A TON OF WORK. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING INTO

[15. ACTION ITEMS - HUMAN RESOURCES]

[16. CONSENT CALENDAR]

[17.1 Approve the agreement with iHeartMedia for radio advertisement services.]

TAKE IT AWAY. CARRIE UM SO MY ONLY QUESTION. UM I APPRECIATE THE ADVERTISING. I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE. UM, THIS IS A SHORT TERM ADVERTISING PIECE THAT, UM, WE'RE KICKING OFF WITH . I LOVE THE IDEA OF ADVERTISING OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT WITH OUR FANTASTIC ACADEMIES. AND UM, ORANGE COUNTY, UH, SCHOOL OF, UM, COMPUTER SCIENCE AS WELL AS ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS. SO I WANT TO, UM, APPROVE THIS, BUT I ALSO WANT TO CONSIDER DOING MORE ADVERTISING ABOUT OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT AND HOW GREAT IT IS. I HEAR IT ON THE RADIO, OTHER DISTRICTS AND WE'RE TOP, SO WE SHOULD BE ALSO DOING THIS. UM THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I WANTED TO MAKE RELATED TO THAT, UM, GET

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TRUSTY BUCK WILL BE SURE TO TOUCH BASE WITH IHEART MEDIA AFTER THIS, IF YOU KNOW, GIVEN APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD, THAT WE ARE ENCOMPASSING THAT AUDIENCE WITHIN OUR AUDIENCE AND TO SPEAK TO THE ZIP CODES, TOO. IT IS JUST A RADIUS, INCLUDING OUR ZIP CODES AND OUR BOUNDARIES AND SLIGHTLY OUTSIDE, OK, RIGHT. UM, AS LONG AS WE CAN CONFIRM. WE'LL INCLUDE SPANISH TOO, NOT EXCLUDE THEM. THEN I'M ALL FOR THIS. YEAH IF YOU DIDN'T PULL, I WAS GONNA PULL THIS ONE CAR. YOU THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IS ADVERTISE MORE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, UH THAT WE HAVE AT THE DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY, I TALK ABOUT ALL TIME. CTE IS A HUGE THING. UM ARE THERE GOING TO BE SPECIFIC AD CAMPAIGNS THAT WE'RE DOING? OR IS THIS GENERAL ADVERTISING? IS IT GONNA BE? IS IT GONNA CHANGE? HOW'S THAT GONNA WORK? YEAH. SO WE DID ONE.

FOR EXAMPLE, OUR PASS OUT CAMPAIGN. WE DID A, UH, A NEW ENROLLMENT LIKE ENROLL NOW TYPE BILLBOARD. UM YEAH. SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM FOR THE COMPUTER SCIENCE CHARTER TO SPEAK TO THAT CHARTER ENROLL. NOW THAT KIND OF THING, EXCITEMENT ABOUT THAT, UM , WE COULD DO THINGS ABOUT OUR PATHWAYS. UM SO WE CAN DEFINITELY TRY TO DIVERSIFY. BUT WE'VE WE'VE SEEN MORE DISTRICTS TRY TO REACH AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, RADIO UM WHAT, UM, WHAT ALYSSA'S BEEN FINDING IN RESEARCHING IS IT'S ACTUALLY ADVERTISING ON ON LIVE STREAMING . IT'S PODCAST. MOSTLY. PROBABLY UM, WHICH IS ANOTHER THING. I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THAT BEING PART OF IT, UH, BECAUSE EVEN FROM THE SAN FROM THE STANDPOINT OF GETTING PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT, BUT ALSO PEOPLE INSIDE THE DISTRICT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, UM, THERE'S LOTS OF STUFF THAT HAPPENS THAT NOT ALL OF US KNOW ABOUT THAT, I THINK WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY JUST TO THROW ON WHEREVER YOU'RE STREAMING ON IHE OR WHATEVER OTHER JAMES. WE HAVE GREAT PLATFORM DO THAT. ALL RIGHT. ARE WE READY TO VOTE THEN? OK ALL THOSE IN FAVOUR OF 17.1, AND I'M AN I. THE MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0.

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UM, WE GOT NEW ENROLLMENTS. I DO WANT TO SPEAK TO ENROLLMENT BECAUSE IT'S EXCITING. UM WE AGAIN IT'S A TREND, BUT WE'LL TAKE IT. UH, LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, WE HAD 75 NEW, KINDER, UM, ENROLLED NEW TO DISTRICT KINDER ENROLLED. SO THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TK WINDOW. WE HAD 75 NEW TO DISTRICT KINDER, UM, THIS YEAR AND THAT'S FROM, UH, JANUARY 1 THROUGH MARCH.

WHATEVER, SIXTH UH AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE 100 AND 70. NEW KINDER. UM SO, UH, WITH RESPECT TO TK, UH, WE HAD 100 AND FIVE NEW TKS LAST YEAR. A T THIS TIME, UM, YEAR TO DATE THIS YEAR, 254. UM AND THEN FIRST THROUGH, UH, FIRST THROUGH 12TH GRADE WE HAD ABOUT 19 LAST YEAR, AND WE HAVE, UH, 45 THIS YEAR. SO WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE A T 202 NEW KITS. UM NEW TO DISTRICT. UM AND SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY FORMER JOBS WAS, UM I WAS THE CFO AT L, A COUNTY AND ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS I HAD TO DO WAS DENY A STATE. UH, DENY A LOAN TO INGLEWOOD. UM THEY WENT INTO STATE RECEIVERSHIP BECAUSE THEY WERE BANKRUPT, AND ONE OF THE REASONS THEY WERE BANKRUPT IS OVER A 5 TO 6 YEAR SPAN. THEY LOST 30% OF THEIR ENROLLMENT.

AND SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LOSE ENROLLMENT? TYPICALLY WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IF YOU LOSE 100 KIDS DISTRICT SHOULD REDUCE STAFFING FOR 100 KIDS, SO YOU'RE ALWAYS UP ON YOU'RE

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UM WE DON'T WANNA GO THROUGH ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE WANT TO HIRE MORE TEACHERS. WE DON'T WANNA LAY OFF TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF. WE DON'T WANNA CLOSE SCHOOLS. SO THE TRENDS WE'RE SEEN. HOPEFULLY LIKE I SAID, HOPEFULLY THEY HOLD. UM BUT MUCH OF IT I WOULD LIKE TO THINK IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE. AND SO THERE IS A GREAT BUZZ. THERE'S NEW FAMILIES COMING IN, UM AND WE'RE TRYING TO INNOVATE TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN FAMILIES, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO LAY OFF TEACHERS SO WE CAN KEEP THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE AND OFFER MORE.

UM AND SO THOSE ARE FACTS. THOSE ARE FACTS 26,000 TO 22,000. IT'S ALSO A FACT WE HAVE 282 NEW STUDENTS THIS YEAR. AND SO IF WE CONTINUE TO DATE NEW TO DISTRICT STUDENTS, UM SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO INNOVATE. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE. WE HAVE AMAZING PROGRAMS. AMAZING TEACHERS. UM WE HAD SOME SPEAKERS HERE AT AH, THAT CAME UP FROM ESPERANZA. YOU KNOW, ESPERANZA IS DOWN TO YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW 1516 100 KITS. THIS NEW CHARTER SCHOOL AT BERNARDO. IS GOING TO FEED INTO ESPERANZA OVER 100 MORE KIDS A YEAR AT THIS RATE, JUST ON BY THE FACT THAT WE'VE INCREASED ENROLLMENT AT BERNARDO, YOU KNOW THERE ARE 550 KIDS THIS YEAR. WE'RE OVER 800. WE'RE GOING TO BE SENDING 100 MORE KIDS TO ESPERANZA THAT ALLOWS US TO OFFER MORE PROGRAMS TO OFFER TO HIRE MORE TEACHERS TO SUPPORT MORE STUDENTS AND REINVIGORATE THAT SCHOOL THAT REALLY WAS DECIMATED. WHEN YOUR BERLIN HIGH SCHOOL W CAME IN AND REALLY DIVIDED, YOU KNOW THE KIDS, THE POPULATION AND NOW ESPERANZA IS, YOU KNOW OUR SMALLEST SCHOOL RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW IF WE IF WE DO INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS, AND WE BOLSTER OUR ENROLLMENT WE CAN ALSO REIN REINVIGORATE OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. UM SO JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK WE'RE DOING. UM I SPEND MY THURSDAY AND FRIDAYS AT THE SCHOOL SITES.

IT'S THE BEST PART OF MY WEEK. SEEING THE TEACHING AND LEARNING GOING ON. WE HAVE INCREDIBLE TEACHERS AND STAFF IN THIS DISTRICT. UM I WANT TO KEEP THEM ALL. AND SO I'M DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO MAKE SURE OUR GREAT TEACHERS CONTINUE. UM AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE DO. THAT IS IF WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT WANT TO COME HERE AND CONTINUE TO COME HERE. UM AND WE CAN'T BE DECLINING BY 400 K. WE JUST CAN'T DO IT EVERY YEAR. UM, OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S THE MONEY REASON THERE'S THE SCHOOL REASON NOBODY WANTS TO CLOSE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. NOBODY WANTS TO CUT PROGRAMS AND WE'RE AT THAT POINT WHERE WE NEED TO TURN THINGS AROUND. UM AND SO INITIAL SIGNS ARE THAT THAT SHOWS THAT WE ARE UM, SHOUT OUT TO KRAMER, UH, CALIFORNIA DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL, SO IT'S DIFFERENT NOWADAYS. YOU YOU DON'T APPLY FOR IT. YOU GET SELECTED, UM CONGRATULATIONS TO KRAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL. OUR 2024, CALIFORNIA DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL. AND YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ONLY 3838 ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS, UM, THAT WERE AWARDED THIS 293 ACROSS THE STATE. SO UM, BIG SHOUT OUT THERE. UM SHAMROCK RUN . I HOPE YOU ALL GET YOUR RUNNING SHOES ON BECAUSE THIS SUNDAY, UH MARCH 17TH YORBA REGIONAL PARK IN ANAHEIM. UM UH, I IT'S OUR BIG REACH FOUNDATION EVENT. AND SO PROCEEDS FROM THIS EVENT GO DIRECTLY TO BENEFIT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK MEET, UM AND OTHER PROGRAMS HOSTED BY THE REACH FOUNDATION. UH, REACH IS AN ALL VOLUNTEER EDUCATION. 501 C THREE. NONPROFIT UM, AND SO MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT AND A LINK TO REGISTER ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE. UM AND , UH, WE HOPE YOU ALL COME OUT. AH WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING OUR ANNUAL PRINCIPAL OF THE DAY. UM, THAT'S WEDNESDAY. MARCH 27TH. IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR

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AH, AND SO AH! THREE OF THE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS VIOLENCE THIS YEAR. UM 841 KIDS PARTICIPATED. UM AND SO THERE'LL BE A CEREMONY AT CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY THIS FRIDAY. UH TO VIEW THE SUBMISSIONS AND CELEBRATE THE CONTEST WINNER WINNERS AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. DOCTOR CHURNS CARRY THANK YOU. UM A LOT OF THOSE THINGS I'M GONNA ALSO

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UM I VISITED YOR IN MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH PRINCIPAL PAIGE STILLS. UM, WE STARTED WITH ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR, WHICH IS ALWAYS A GREAT PLACE TO START. UM ANY SCHOOL VISIT WHEN YOU START WITH MUSIC? UM, JUST LIKE OUR MEETING TONIGHT. UM, THEY ARE PLANNING RIGHT NOW. FOR A FULL YEAR ST. CLASS THAT WILL BEGIN NEXT YEAR. UM THAT WILL BE WE USED TO HAVE LITTLE. UM UH, DIFFERENT MODULES THAT, UH, ROTATIONS. UM, BUT THIS FULL YEAR WILL BE WILL BE ABLE TO BRING A LOT NEW. UH A LOT OF NEW PROGRA MMES INTO THE TO THE STEM PART OF THE I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT IT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BRING AND WHAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE, UM I WAS WALKING AND NOTICED THAT THEIR BLACK TOP, UM THEY'VE GOT PICKLE BALL COURTS ALL OVER THE PLACE, WHICH LOOK LOOKS FANTASTIC AND FUN, BUT THEY THEY REALLY NEED TO GET THEIR BLACK TOP RESURFACED.

THERE WERE CRACKS EVERYWHERE, AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO PLAY. PICK A BALL AND A COURT THAT HAS CRACKS IN IT. AND YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER WHERE THE BALL GOES, UM SO I'M JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE SO THAT, UM, YOU GUYS CAN CHECK ON IT. UM ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE LOTS OF NEW TEXTBOOKS. LANGUAGE TEXTBOOKS, UM, INCLUDING SPANISH. WENT INTO THE SPANISH CLASS. AH, ALL MY CHILDREN TOOK SPANISH IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN ON THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, AND I REMEMBER THE OLD BOOKS, AND THESE NEW BOOKS ARE JUST AMAZING , UM, BEAUTIFUL AND WITH ALL KINDS OF GREAT THINGS THAT THEY CAN ACCESS. UM, THE ONE THING THAT THEY MENTIONED IS THEY'RE GONNA NEED NEW HEADPHONES TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, SO WE NEED TO CHECK TO MAKE SURE THEY IF THEY DON'T HAVE THEM, WE CAN ORDER SOME FOR THEM. UM, THEY DO A LOT OF THEIR, UH QUIZZES AND LESSONS. UM, WITH THE HEADPHONES. WHICH IS GREAT, BECAUSE THEN THEY CAN LISTEN TO IT OVER AND OVER. AND YOU DON'T GET THAT OPTION WHEN YOU WHEN YOU WITH THE LAST, UH, TEXTBOOK. WE HAD IT WAS THE TEACHER STANDING UP THERE SAYING THE WORDS A COUPLE OF TIMES. UM SO THIS WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM. UM, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE TEACHERS AT THE AND THE STAFF AT YOR IN THE MIDDLE FOR THE WARM WELCOME THAT I HAD THAT DAY. I VISITED EL CAMINO REAL HIGH SCHOOL WITH PRINCIPAL SCOTT, MISSOURI. UM, THEY HAD A SUCCESSFUL YEAR THIS YEAR WITH NEW GRADUATE WITH, UM, A HANDFUL OF GRADUATIONS FROM VENTURE ACADEMY. AH, AND THEN THEY ALSO HAD 17 STUDENTS WHO SUCCESSFULLY RETURNED TO THEIR HOME CAMPUS. UM AFTER GETTING CAUGHT UP AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE 18 THAT A RE GONNA GRADUATE EARLY THIS YEAR. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, UM, HAVING NO EXPULSIONS AND SUSPENSIONS. THAT IS QUITE A FEAT OVER THERE, AND THEY ARE MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE, UM, INTERVENING AND GETTING INVOLVED SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THAT STAFF. THAT'S A HARD, HARD THING TO DO.

UM, I ALSO TALKED TO MR MISSOURI ABOUT AN IDEA OF ALTERNATIVE TO EXPULSION PROGRAM AT EL CAMINO.

THEY HAVE A SIMILAR ONE AT LAST SIERRA LA VISTA AND FULLERTON. UM AND THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO KEEP THE AD A FROM GOING TO, UM, THE EXPULSION ACCESS PROGRAMS. I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE VERY MANY, WHICH IS FANTASTIC. UM SO IF WE COULD MAYBE LOOK A T THE, UM THE DOLLAR A MOUNT THE BREAKING POINT. WHAT WOULD THAT? HOW COULD THAT BENEFIT? UM, ONE OUR STUDENTS, BUT ALSO, UM SO WE DON'T HAVE THEM LEAVING OUR DISTRICT. UM, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA I'D PASS ALONG. UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK TO EL CAMINO RIO HIGH SCHOOL AND TO EL DORADO WITH NORTH ORANGE COUNTY ROP TOUR. UH, WE TOURED ALL OF THE DIGITAL MEDIA ARTS PROGRAMS AND INCLUDING, UH, MR DAVID BLOCK'S GLASS THAT YOU SAW TODAY. UM AND THE THING I WAS MOST IMPRESSED WITH WERE BOTH OF THE MARKETING THE DIGITAL MEDIA ARTS AT BOTH SCHOOLS ARE REALLY FOCUSING ON TEACHING KIDS THE BUSINESS SIDE OF IT, SO IT'S THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT. UM, BUDGETING ALL OF THOSE THINGS

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UM I WENT INTO THE KINDERGARTEN ROOM DURING A SCIENCE LESSON AND LET'S JUST SAY I WAS BLOWN AWAY.

THESE STUDENTS WERE SITTING AT THEIR DESKS WITH THEIR SCIENCE, BOOKS, OPEN AND PENCIL IN HAND AND FOLLOWING, ALONG WITH THE LESSON AND MAKING NOTES ON THEIR SHEET AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE. SO WAY TO GO. LAKEVIEW UM I ENJOYED TALKING TO STUDENTS AND LEARNING WHAT THEY ARE WORKING ON. I SAW SOME GREAT ART AND LITERATURE PROJECTS BEING DONE FOR OPEN HOUSE COMING SOON, SO I'M AND I HAVE THE OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULE. I'M EXCITED TO HOPEFULLY GET TO GO TO A FEW. MET A STUDENT AUTHOR. UM HER NAME IS EMILY. AND ABOUT IT. AND SHE ACTUALLY

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I ATTENDED THE MALIA YOR BELINDA AND TEAM COMPETITION. UH MANY OF OUR PAST AND CURRENT STUDENTS WERE COMPETING FOR OVER $9000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS AND TO BE TITLE HOLDERS IN THE TEAM COMPETITION ALONE. NINE OF THE 10 WERE CURRENT STUDENTS FROM OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. AND MANY OF THE COMPETITORS, UM, HAD THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVE HAD TO DO WITH EDUCATION AND I WAS JUST REALLY IMPRESSED ON THEIR DEDICATION TO COMMUNICATION. AND ONE OF OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES, UH, WAS AT THE 2023 MUNICIPAL CENTER, AND SHE FINISHED HER REIGN AT THE PAGEANT. SO I ALSO HAVE A LITTLE PROGRAM IF ANYONE WANTS TO CHECK OUT ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN AND A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO, UH MISS MORAN, WHO ASSISTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, SHE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE LITTLE SISTERS PROGRAM, AND THE LITTLE PRINCESSES WERE ADORABLE. AND AGAIN, MANY OF THEM WERE OUR STUDENTS, AND, UM, IT WAS JUST A GREAT EVENING. I ALSO ATTENDED THE ORANGE COUNTY MUSIC. AND ARTS ADMINISTRATORS ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY. UM, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT CELEBRATING THE ARTS AND ARTS EDUCATION IN ORANGE COUNTY. UM THE NIGHT WAS FILLED WITH FIVE PERFORMANCES. THE STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTY AND THE MOST MOVING WAS A DANCE PERFORMANCE BY THE NO LIMITS DANCE CLUB. YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT MISSUS GRAY. UM THEY WERE FROM VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL FROM SANTA ANA SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THIS WAS A UNIFIED DANCE CLUB FEATURING MANY SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND JUST WATCHING. THESE STUDENTS PERFORM, UM, WAS TRULY MOVING, AND I SAW LEADERSHIP FROM ALL ANGLES. UM FROM EVERYBODY IN THAT UNIFIED EVERYONE HELPING EACH OTHER AND LIFTING EACH OTHER, AND THEY RECEIVED A STANDING OVATION FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE BECAUSE IT WAS SO WONDERFUL. UM OUR DISTRICT HAD FIVE NOMINEES, INCLUDING JEFF GILES PRINCIPAL ESPERANZA ROSE, NEW MAYOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MUSIC TEACHER AT GLEN K, LAKEVIEW, GLENDA VISTA, MELROSE, RIO VISTA AND SIERRA. SIERRA VISTA, SHE GETS AROUND, AND BRUCE TOPPING ORCHESTRA TEACHER

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UM CONGRATULATIONS TO VALERIE EASTON. ESPERANZA PATHWAY, UM, CARE INSTRUCTOR AND HOSTED CHAPTER LEAD FOR 2024. SHE WON THE UM NORTH ORANGE COUNTY ROP, TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD. AND AS MENTIONED ALSO A SHOUT OUT TO KRAMER. MIDDLE SCHOOL STAFF FOR, UM, BEING NAMED THE CALIFORNIA DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL AS DOCTOR, CHER HAS SAID, AND I ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE YORBA LINDA WOMEN'S CLUB FOR AWARDING 22 GRANTS, EQUALING ALMOST $5000 TO TEACHERS AT 14 SCHOOLS, AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORTING OUR TEACHERS. AND IT WOULDN'T BE ME WITHOUT MAKING A SHOUT OUT FOR LOVE. PLACENTIA APRIL 20TH THE SIGN UP START ON MARCH 20TH.

WE'RE GONNA BE AT 13 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND AS WELL AS NONPROFITS. AND A CITY AND IT PARKS THROUGHOUT PLACENTIA AND LOVE. YOUR BELINDA IS ALSO APRIL 27TH AND START UP SITE START IN THE END OF MARCH, UM MORE DETAILS ON THEIR WEBSITE. SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO COME TOGETHER AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY . AND UM, IF YOU NEED ANY MORE INFORMATION, I'LL BE HAPPY TO GIVE IT TO YOU. SO THAT ENDS MY REPORT. OK AH, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. UH I TOO WAS HONORED TO BE AT, UH, LINDA VISTA. AND UH, TO BE WITH, UM, MISS BARBES, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR SHOWING ME AROUND THAT AH LITTLE GEM OF A SCHOOL NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY I DIDN'T KNOW WAS THEY'VE GOT THIS INCREDIBLE SLIDE THAT IS IN THERE. II I YEAH, I WAS A LITTLE I. I WAS A LITTLE AFRAID THAT IF I WERE TO TRY IT THAT WOULD BE. AH ONE OF OUR RISK MANAGERS MIGHT HAVE A AN ISSUE WITH THAT, BUT IT LOOKED AMAZING. AND, UH, THE KIDS, UH, APPEARED TO HAVE A LOT OF A LOT OF FUN HAVING THAT THERE AND I WAS ABLE TO HELP READ, UH, TO 4TH AND 5TH GRADERS. UM I DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS A, UH, AN OPPOSITE SIDE TO THE THREE LITTLE PIGS STORY, BUT I SOON FOUND OUT THE WOLF HAS HIS OWN VERSION. SO AH, NEEDLESS TO SAY, THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN. THE UH NOT ONLY GOT TO, UM AH, HEAR ME DRONE ON ABOUT THE BOOK, BUT THEY ALSO GOT TO ASK ME VERY UNUSUAL QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, IT IT WAS, UH, IT WAS GREAT AND I. I ENJOYED BEING A PART OF A TIME IN WHICH WE WERE DOING READING ACROSS THE NATION, AND I THINK THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. SO UH, THANK YOU AGAIN. UM THIS, UH, THIS WEEK I'LL BE ATTENDING THE, UM CHAPMAN HOLOCAUST. UH, ARTS AND WRITING, UH, PORTION. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL THE ENTRIES THAT WERE INCLUDED FROM

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I WHEN YOU START THE MORNING WITH MUSIC CARRY II 100% AGREE. JAZZ BAND WAS WORKING THROUGH THEIR SONGS FOR THE, UM, COMPETITION THAT WAS HAPPENING THIS LAST WEEK, AND IT'S JUST IT GETS YOU IN THE RIGHT MOOD. UH, AND THEY'RE PHENOMENALLY LED BY, UM THE THEY THERE. SOLOIST WAS SO GOOD ON THE SOPRANO SAXOPHONE ANYWAYS. GREAT WAY TO START THE DAY. UM THE AREAS WE FOCUSED ON.

WE WENT TO THE SCIENCE CLASSROOMS. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN INTO A SCIENCE CLASSROOM AT VALENCIA, THEY ARE AMAZING. THEY HAVE GOT SOME OF THE COOLEST AND MOST, UH, INNOVATIVE EQUIPMENT THAT THE KIDS ARE EQUIPPED TO TALK TO. ACTUALLY ONE OF THE THERE WAS A SUBSTITUTE IN THE CLASS, AND HE ACTUALLY GRADUATED FROM VALENCIA AND THEN WENT TO UCI. I BELIEVE, AND HE SAID THE THINGS THAT HE WAS ABLE TO DO AT THE VALENCIA SCIENCE PROGRAM PREPARED HIM FAR AND AWAY ABOVE.

ABOVE ALL THE OTHER STUDENTS THAT WENT TO UC I WITH HIM, SO THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT VALENCIA ACADEMICALLY IN THE ARTS, UM AND THEN WE WENT INTO THE MEDIA ROOM. AND THEY HAVE A IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE VALENCIA MEDIUM, THEY HAVE A LIVE STREAMING SET UP WHERE THEY STREAM. UH FROM OUTSIDE THE CAMPUS ALL OF THIS ROOM AND THEN OUT, THEY ARE DOING PLAYS. THEY ARE DOING SPORTS THEY'RE WORKING ON, UH, WIRING THE BASEBALL FIELD SO YOU CAN LIVE STREAM THE BASEBALL AND IT'S GOT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT IN A HIGH LEVEL. LIVE STREAM STUDIO FOR THESE STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THEY CAN USE A ACTIVE REPLAY. THEY CAN DO SEA CUTTING GRAPHICS ALL THAT STUFF AND AGAIN ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE AT THE DISTRICT THAT'S AT VALENCIA. UM THAT IS JUST MAKING A HUGE IMPACT FOR THE STUDENTS AFTER THEY LEAVE HERE AND THEN FINALLY WE WENT THROUGH THE, UM AH, NEED TO GET THE NAME RIGHT? IT'S THE, UH, BUILDING. YES BIDDA. THANK YOU BIDDA WAY BETTER WAY TO SAY IT. UH AND THEY HAD, UH, WE WENT THROUGH THE SHOP THERE AND SOMEBODY MENTIONED SHOP TONIGHT IN THEIR COMMENTS. OH, THEY'VE GOT SHOP AT VALENCIA. THEY'VE GOT IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT TABLE SAWS THEY ABOUT JET TABLE SAWS, AND THEY'VE GOT BIG TIME. AH EQUIPMENT IN THERE THEY GO ALL THE WAY FROM A MODEL OF A, UH, A HOUSE A SHED ALL THE WAY TO FRAMING AND BUILDING THE SHED. THEY'RE ON SITE. IT'S I MEAN, YOU TALK ABOUT EQUIPPING OUR STUDENTS, THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE HERE AND THAT'S JUST TIP OF THE ICEBERG OF WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON. AND THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE HERE THAT WE A RE EQUIPPING OUR STUDENTS FOR IS SO EXCITING AND THE THING I MENTIONED THE IHEARTRADIO BECAUSE THOSE KIND OF PROGRAMS WE NEED TO GET OUT AND TELL PEOPLE ABOUT BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SO LITTLE, UM THERE. THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT WE DON'T REALIZE IS HAPPENING BECAUSE WE'RE ALL IN OUR LITTLE SPHERES. SO THAT'S A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO VALENTIA AND EVERYTHING GOING ON THERE. I ALSO TOURED THE, UH, THE POTENTIAL SITE FOR THE U SI, WHICH JUST TALKING THROUGH THE VISION WITH, UH, SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA BE INVOLVED, AND DR CHERN, THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS ONE OF ITS KIND IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL SETTING. UH AND I MENTIONED TO DOCTOR CHER AND I'VE I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE. THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE DO IS WE FOCUS ON OUR STUDENTS FIRST. RPYL US D STUDENTS A RE OUR PRIORITY WITH THIS AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN COMMENTED BEFORE. MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S THE FOCUS. IT IS, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THAT'S WHERE OUR FOCUS IS AND THE ABILITY FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE DOING INDEPENDENT STUDY THROUGH PARK VIEW TO BE ABLE TO DURING THE DAY. TAKE THIS HIGH LEVEL, UH, ATHLETIC TRAINING PROGRAM AND LEVEL UP THEIR ABILITIES. UM, IN A WAY THAT IS NOT AFFORDABLE TO MOST PEOPLE THERE. ARE THERE A RE ACADEMIES LIKE THIS STARTING UP PRIVATE ACADEMIES AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, STARTING AT $12,000 A SEMESTER THIS IS THIS IS JUST THE LEVEL OF INNOVATION THAT THIS IS GONNA BRING, AND THE STUDENTS THAT POTENTIALLY ARE GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THAT IN, THE DISTRICT A RE HUGE IN ADDITION TO THAT ALLOWING OUR NORMAL HIGH SCHOOLS TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS. OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL SCHOOL HOURS FOR THE U. SI IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER HUGE BENEFIT. I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY SOMETHING ABOUT MONEY EARLIER. ALSO THIS IS FUNDED COMPLETELY THROUGH AD A. THESE THIS IS FUNDED, JUST LIKE OUR OTHER SCHOOLS. SO THIS IS AN EXTRA FUNDING THAT WE'RE PULLING FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. THIS IS FROM THE STUDENTS THAT ARE ATTENDING THE SCHOOL ARE FUNDING THIS PROGRAM. SO, UM THAT'S THAT'S ABOUT IT. AND OH, I ALSO ATTENDED THE, UH EL DO HIGH SCHOOL. BIG FISH, UH, MUSICAL, WHICH, IF YOU HAVEN'T CAUGHT IT, I THINK THERE'S STILL AH GOT A FEW SHOWS THIS WEEKEND, BUT THE LAST FOR THE LAST PERFORMANCE FOR SOME OF THESE SENIORS, UM AND I JUST I LOVE THE ARTS AND ALL THIS STUFF AND SO BEING ABLE TO SEE OUR

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THE AGILITY AND THE WEIGHT. UM AND THEY'D LOVE TO SEND, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UM LIKE THEIR WIDE RECEIVERS, AND THEY'RE RUNNING BACKS IN FOR THE SPEED AND DIFFERENT THINGS. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, COMMUNICATION AMONGST ALL OF THE, UM COACHES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND IN HIGH SCHOOL ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES THAT THAT THIS COULD BRING TO OUR STUDENTS. I WAS ABLE TO VISIT GLENVIEW. IN FACT, THE DAY AFTER THE BOARD MEETING, AND THEY WERE DOING A WALK THROUGH, UM, ANCIENT TIMES, AND SO I WAS ABLE TO SIT THROUGH THAT, UM, IT WAS VERY COOL. AND I, UH, WHEN I WALKED THE CLASSROOMS, I WAS VERY HAPPY THAT I COULD STILL UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE SAYING. IN. ALL OF THE SPANISH ROOMS, UM I HAD A VERY GOOD, UM, I WAS ABLE TO SIT ON THE LIBRARY . UM THAT WAS SUPER FUN. THEY WERE READING A COOL BOOK AND, UH, UH, EVERYONE WAS JUST VERY IN TUNE AS A LIBRARIAN OVER AT GLEN BETON A FABULOUS JOB. UM I THINK A T THAT TIME THEY WERE STILL DELIVERING THE AT THE BOARD MEETING THE PREVIOUS NIGHT. THEY HAD, UH, GIVEN THE PLAYGROUND BALLS AND THE TETHER BALLS AND SO THEY WEREN'T UP YET. BUT THEN, AS I WAS STANDING IN THERE AS I WENT IN, UM THERE WAS MORE SHIPMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY OF MORE PLAYGROUND BALLS AND TETHER BALLS COMING IN. SO THAT WAS COOL TO SEE. UM AND I WAS ALSO ESCORTED AROUND BY THREE PRINCIPLES FOR THE DAY. UM AND THEY WERE QUITE ENERGETIC. SO THAT WAS FUN. THAT WAS FUN TO BE AROUND. UM, I WENT TO WAGNER AND IT WAS AT WAGNER. THAT THE DRUM LINE FROM CHAFFERY WAS WHEN I WAS DOING MY TOUR THROUGH WAGNER, AND SO, UM, SARAH BARTON WAS THERE AND I SAID HEY, LET'S OPEN THE BOARD MEETING WITH THE DRUM LINE. AND SO THEN THE DRUM LINE BECAME THE OCTET IN THE HALLWAY. AND FROM THERE, IT JUST KIND OF, UM WENT FROM THERE, SO THEY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB. AND SO ONCE AGAIN IF ANYBODY HAS, UM UM, ANY SUGGESTIONS OR WANTS TO OPEN THE BOARD MEETING? UM, SEND ME AN EMAIL AND LET ME KNOW. UM, AS FAR AS TO, I NOTICED, I REMEMBERED, UM, TRUSTY, ANDERSON SAID ABOUT THE ESPERANZA HIGH SCHOOL. UM THE DEATHS AND THE ART ROOM. UM I WAS I AFTER THAT BOARD MEETING I WAS KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH LYNN MAGNON. AND SO ACTUALLY, THEY WERE JUST GIVEN DEATHS, UM OUT OF THE PRINCIPAL'S FUNDS. AND SO I WAS ALSO CURIOUS TO, UM HOW MUCH THE PRINCIPLES A RE FUNDED. AND HOW DOES THAT WORK? BECAUSE SOME OF THE STUFF THAT UM, WAS TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT I'M WONDERING IF IT FALLS UNDER THE PRINCIPAL FUNDS. UM I DID THE READ ACROSS AMERICA. I STARTED TRAVIS RANCH AND UM, HAD A FEW LIVELY CLASSES. UM AND I HAD I THINK I HAD 1/5 GRADE. I HAD 4TH AND 5TH GRADE AND THE FIFTH GRADE CLASS I HAD READ TO THE FOURTH GRADERS YEAR BEFORE. SO THAT WAS FUN TO SEE. UM A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS ASK, LIKE, WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU? AND A LOT OF WORK HERE? WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS PLAYGROUND BALLS, AND AS THE KIDS GO INTO 4TH AND 5TH GRADE, THEY'RE STILL KIDS. SO THEY DO WANT SWING SETS, AND THEY STILL WANT THAT TYPE OF THING. UM THEY DID TALK ABOUT THE BLACK TOP, UM, NEED TO BE REPAVED, AND THE LUNCH LINE HAS STILL NOT BEEN SOLVED. WE SOLVED THE WALLS, AND SO THERE'S WALLS OF THEIR CLASSROOMS. BUT WE HAVEN'T SIGNED THE SLOW LUNCH LINE AND THEN THEY ALSO, UM WE WERE TRYING TO SOLVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS THAT DAY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, COULD THEY GO TO RECESS FIRST AND THEN EAT AFTER THE NOT GO YOU KNOW, SIT DOWN AT LUNCH AND THEN GO TO RECESS. AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT EFFICIENCY AT LUNCH LINES

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