Mar 11, 2025 Board Meeting

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD AFTERNOON, I BELIEVE. STILL, I'M CALLING THE MARCH 11TH, 2025 MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54950 AT SEQUITUR AND EDUCATION CODE SECTION 35140 EXECUTOR AT 4:31 P.M. WE WILL BE ADJOURNING TO CLOSED SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING THE

[3. CLOSED SESSION]

OUR FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE DAVE. HE'S GOING BY DAVE TONIGHT. DAVE, WELCOME. PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. WOW, I DIDN'T KNOW I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE MY NAME. OKAY. TONIGHT'S CLOSED SESSION AGENDA INCLUDES A DISCUSSION ABOUT MY LAWSUIT. INSTEAD OF FIRST PARTICIPATING IN THAT DISCUSSION, MISS BLADES CHOSE TO TAKE TO SOCIAL MEDIA IN A LAME ATTEMPT TO DISCREDIT ME AND MAKE WILD ALLEGATIONS OF COLLUSION. DO YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE THIS PERSONAL, LEANDRA? SORRY, I JUST DON'T ROLL THAT WAY. BUT IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO PLAY KEYBOARD COWBOY, YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD. AND IF IT AMUSES YOU, WHAT I WANT TO DO IS PRESENT THE ENTIRE PICTURE. UNLIKE YOUR PERFORMATIVE RANT, WHEN WE WERE IN COURT BACK IN NOVEMBER, THE JUDGE DID DENY MY EX PARTY REQUEST TO KEEP THE BOARD FROM VOTING ON WHAT I STILL BELIEVE ARE A SERIES OF UNLAWFUL CONTRACT AMENDMENTS. WHAT YOU FAILED TO MENTION TO YOUR FRIENDS ON SOCIAL MEDIA IS THAT THE JUDGE MADE NO RULING, AND OFFERED NO OPINION ABOUT THE LAWFULNESS OF THE CONTRACT AMENDMENTS. INSTEAD, HE CONCLUDED THAT HE WOULD ALLOW THE VOTE TO GO FORWARD. BUT IF BUT IF THE AMENDMENTS WERE PASSED, THE BOARD MAY HAVE TO FACE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTIONS. THE NEXT PHASE OF THAT SAME CASE IS WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. I HAD NO INTENTION OF SPEAKING ON THIS, EVEN THOUGH I ALTHOUGH I, UNLIKE YOU, AM NOT PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ITEMS ON THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA. BUT IN LIGHT OF YOUR MOST RECENT ACTIONS, I FEEL COMPELLED TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT BEFORE THE BOARD'S DELIBERATION. WHAT COMES BEFORE THE BOARD TONIGHT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN THIS DISTRICT TO NORMAL OPERATING ORDER. THE AMENDMENTS PASSED BY THE FORMER MAJORITY WERE A NAKED ATTEMPT TO GRAB POWER FROM THE INCOMING AND DULY ELECTED BOARD. THE ATTEMPT WAS SO BRAZEN THAT THE AMENDMENTS WERE EXPLICITLY WRITTEN TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE CURRENT BOARD TERM. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY

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[4. REGULAR SESSION]

ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT, INCLUDING OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER, LAYLA. GLAD YOU'RE BACK AFTER YOUR BIG EXCITING AWARD NIGHT AT THE LAST MEETING. I'M SURE WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT.

[8. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

OKAY. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE FOYER. CARDS

[9. PUBLIC COMMENT ANNOUNCEMENT]

[10. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. FRAZIER, A SECOND BY MRS. BLADES. ANY QUESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. OKAY. AND THEN 10.2. CAN I GET A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 11TH, 2025. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. BUCK. SECOND, BY MR. FRAZIER. ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. FIVE ZERO. OKAY. NOW WE ARE READY FOR OUR RECOGNITIONS, SO WE'RE GOING TO TURN THE TIME

[11. RECOGNITIONS]

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IT IS A DETAILED AND PLAYFUL TAKE ON NATURE CONSERVATION. WHEN ASKED ABOUT HER INSPIRATION, ANNIE SHARED, BIRD BRO IS A NATURE CONSERVATION THEMED ARTWORK FEATURING A CUTE BIRD IN THE WILD PERCHED ON A PIECE OF WOOD. LIKE ALL WILDLIFE, THIS BIRD IS NOT JUST A PART OF NATURE. IT'S ALSO OUR BRO, A COMPANION IN THE WORLD WE SHARE. ANNIE, YOUR UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE AND ARTISTIC ARTISTIC STYLE HAVE BROUGHT THIS THEME TO LIFE IN SUCH A MEANINGFUL WAY. WE ARE HONORED TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND OUR APPRECIATION TO MISS LEANNE TANGNEY, WHOSE GUIDANCE HELPED NURTURE YOUR ARTISTIC VISION. NEXT, WE RECOGNIZE ISABELLE PARKER, AN 11TH GRADE STUDENT FROM ESPERANZA HIGH SCHOOL. IF YOU COULD PLEASE WAVE. THANK YOU. HER ARTWORK IS TITLED BENEATH THE STRIPES, WHICH SHOWCASES HER INCREDIBLE SKILL AND DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THIS YEAR'S THEME. ISABELLE SHARED THE INSPIRATION BEHIND MY ARTWORK HAD MOSTLY TO DO WITH ADDRESSING THE ALARMING RATE OF HABITAT DESTRUCTION FOR MANY LAND ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY THE TIGER. THE BONES AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE TIGER IS SUPPOSED TO SYMBOLIZE THE STRENGTH AND VULNERABILITY OF THE ANIMAL. MY ARTWORK IS MEANT TO BE AN HOMAGE TO THE APEX PREDATOR THAT IS KNOWN FOR ITS BEAUTY AND STRENGTH, WHILE IT IS SIMULTANEOUSLY ONE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE ANIMALS OF OUR TIME. ISABELLE, YOUR PIECE IS BEAUTIFUL. WE ARE THRILLED TO RECOGNIZE YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE FOR YOUR LOVELY CONTRIBUTION AND A HEARTFELT THANK YOU AS WELL TO YOUR ART TEACHER, MISS LYNN MAGNAN, FOR PROVIDING SUPPORT ALONG THE WAY.

THANK. ALL RIGHT. LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, WE CELEBRATE SUA CHA, AN 11TH GRADE STUDENT FROM EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL. I KNOW BY PROCESS OF ELIMINATION WE FIGURED IT OUT.

HER PIECE IS TITLED THE SHARED BREATH, AND IT IS A PROFOUND AND THOUGHT PROVOKING REFLECTION ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN HUMANS AND NATURE. WHEN ASKED ABOUT HER ARTWORK, SAWA SHARED, MY PIECE EXPLORES THE VITAL CONNECTION BETWEEN HUMANS AND NATURE, SYMBOLIZING THE INTERWEAVING OF LIFE AND DEATH. IT HIGHLIGHTS HOW HUMANS ARE PART OF THE NATURAL WORLD, EVEN THOUGH OUR ACTIONS MAY SOMETIMES HARM IT. THE ARTWORK CONVEYS THE THEME OF INTERCONNECTEDNESS AND SUGGESTS THAT IN THE END, HUMANS RETURN TO NATURE, CONTINUING THE CYCLE OF LIFE. SO WHILE YOUR WORK IS BOTH MOVING AND VISUALLY STUNNING, AND WE'RE HONORED TO RECOGNIZE YOU WITH A CERTIFICATE AND A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO YOUR ART TEACHER, MR. KYLE THOMAS, FOR PROVIDING GUIDANCE AND INSPIRATION TO YOU ALONG THE WAY. ON THE OPENING NIGHT OF ARTWORKS WILL BE MONDAY, MARCH 31ST, AND IT WILL BE HELD THIS YEAR AT THE NIXON LIBRARY AND MUSEUM. THE EXHIBITION WILL RUN THROUGH THE ENTIRE MONTH OF APRIL, AND WE INVITE ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO VISIT. TO CONCLUDE, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR AMAZING POSTER WINNERS TO SHAKE HANDS WITH OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND JOIN US FOR A GROUP PHOTO AT THIS TIME IF YOU WANT TO. GREAT JOB, GREAT JOB.

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OKAY. TONIGHT WE ARE ALSO PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THREE EXCEPTIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOLS. THE ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCES, TUFFY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND YORBA LINDA MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR EARNING THE DISTINGUISHED HONOR OF BEING NAMED 2024 CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS TO WATCH BY THE CALIFORNIA LEAGUE OF MIDDLE SCHOOLS. THIS PRESTIGIOUS RECOGNITION IS AWARDED TO HIGH PERFORMING MODEL MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT DEMONSTRATE OUTSTANDING TEAMWORK, INNOVATION, AND A STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. ADDITIONALLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO HONOR EL CAMINO REAL HIGH SCHOOL FOR BEING REDESIGNATED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AS A 2025 MODEL CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL. RECOGNIZING ITS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO STUDENT SUCCESS. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE INCREDIBLE PRINCIPALS LEADING THESE SCHOOLS DOCTOR WILLIAM GRAY, MISS SARAH BARTON, MISS PAIGE STILLS, AND MRS. GINA AGUILAR TO PLEASE JOIN ME AT THE LECTERN. I SHOULD HAVE WORN MY HEELS. ALL RIGHT. THIS YEAR MARKS THE FIRST REDESIGNATION FOR BOTH OX AND TUFFY MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THE THIRD REDESIGNATION FOR YORBA LINDA MIDDLE SCHOOL, A TESTAMENT TO THEIR UNWAVERING PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AT THEIR SCHOOLS. AT THE ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCES, INTERIM PRINCIPAL DOCTOR WILLIAM GRAY EXPRESSED IMMENSE PRIDE IN THIS ACHIEVEMENT, ATTRIBUTING THIS HONOR TO THEIR MASTERY BASED LEARNING MODEL, WHERE STUDENTS GAIN THE SKILLS TO EXCEL AS CREATORS, COLLABORATORS, AND INNOVATORS. ADDITIONALLY, OUR CUTTING EDGE INNOVATION LAB OFFERS HANDS ON EXPERIENCES IN ANIMATRONICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, ENGINEERING, ART, VIDEO PRODUCTION, ESPORTS, AND GAMING WITH DEDICATED TEACHERS, AND A FOCUS ON HIGH QUALITY LEARNING. WE INTEGRATE C-STEM THROUGH UC DAVIS INTO SCIENCE, MATH, AND ELECTIVES, BLENDING ROBOTICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE INTO THESE KEY AREAS. MOST RECENTLY, OUR TEACHERS HAVE BEEN FEATURED ON CORWIN'S FISHER AND FREY SERIES. IN THEIR LATEST BOOK ENTITLED RIGOR UNVEILED.

IMPRESSIVELY, 47% OF OUR STAFF HOLD SPECIALIZED CREDENTIALS, AND SEVEN OF THE STAFF MEMBERS ARE DISTINGUISHED AWARD WINNERS. THERE IS SO MUCH TO BE PROUD OF AT OSC'S. GREAT JOB, MATADOR STAFF. AT TUFFY MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL SARAH BARTON ATTRIBUTED THIS HONOR TO HER SCHOOL'S CULTURE AND A SINCERE COMMITMENT AMONG STAFF TO STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE WHEN IT COMES TO RESPONDING TO THE CHANGING NEEDS OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION. SHE SHARES SOME OF THESE FACETIMING IN THIS IS IMPORTANT TO EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS RECENTLY MADE RECENTLY MADE SIGNIFICANT ACADEMIC GAINS, NOTABLY INCREASING THEIR MATH PROFICIENCY BY 9.1% AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS PROFICIENCY BY 7.7% IN 2024. THE MISSION STATEMENT OF TUFFREY IS TO EMPOWER ALL STUDENTS TO BE COMPASSIONATE, WELL-ROUNDED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PREPARED FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER PURSUITS. THIS SENTIMENT IS EXEMPLIFIED IN 82% OF STUDENTS TAKING PART IN

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FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T DO EDU SPEAK PROCESS PROMOTES COLLABORATION AMONGST EDUCATORS TO CONTINUALLY ENHANCE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. WE ARE HONORED FOR YOUR CONTINUED STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BOBCAT STAFF AND PRINCIPAL STILLS. THIS PAST WEEKEND, THESE THREE OUTSTANDING SCHOOLS WERE HONORED AT THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS TO WATCH CONFERENCE AND CELEBRATION WHERE THEY WERE CELEBRATED FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE. FINALLY, TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE DISTINCT HONOR OF CELEBRATING AN INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT BY EL CAMINO REAL HIGH SCHOOL FOR BEING REDESIGNATED AS A MODEL CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL. THIS PRESTIGIOUS RECOGNITION IS NO SMALL FEAT. EL CAMINO REAL HIGH SCHOOL IS ONE OF ONLY SIX CONTINUATION SCHOOLS IN ORANGE COUNTY, AND AMONG JUST 74 STATEWIDE TO RECEIVE THIS HONOR.

WHAT MAKES EL CAMINO TRULY STAND OUT IS ITS HOLISTIC, STUDENT CENTERED APPROACH TO EDUCATION.

THROUGH INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS LIKE THE EDGE INTERVENTION PERIOD, ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES, AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING VIA SCHOOL CONNECT, STUDENTS RECEIVE THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO THRIVE. THE SCHOOLS FOCUS ON COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS THROUGH FIND YOUR GRIND, THE INTEGRATION OF AVID STRATEGIES, AND THE PERSONALIZED INTAKE. MEETINGS WITH STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ENSURE THAT EVERY LEARNER IS SET UP FOR SUCCESS. BEYOND ACADEMICS, EL CAMINO FOSTERS A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND BELONGING, WITH INITIATIVES LIKE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING, PERSONALIZED SUPPORT, AND ENGAGING CAMPUS EVENTS SUCH AS WELCOME WEEK.

PRINCIPAL AGUILAR SHARED HER PRIDE IN THIS ACHIEVEMENT, STATING, I'M THRILLED TO SEE THE EXCEPTIONAL EFFORTS OF OUR STAFF BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. AS OUR MISSION EMPHASIZES, WE ARE COMMITTED TO PREPARING STUDENTS FOR FUTURE SUCCESS BY MAINTAINING HIGH EXPECTATIONS IN A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE EACH STUDENT'S UNIQUE STRENGTHS, GOALS, AND NEEDS ARE VALUED. THE MODEL CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM IS CENTERED AROUND ADDRESSING THE WHOLE CHILD, AND THIS RECOGNITION AFFIRMS OUR STAFF'S DEDICATION TO FOSTERING A CULTURE FOCUSED ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, AND STUDENT WELLNESS. CONGRATULATIONS TO EL CAMINO REAL HIGH SCHOOL ON THIS OUTSTANDING, OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENT AND TO THE STAFF WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR RAPTORS. I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INVITE OUR FOUR PRINCIPALS TO SHAKE HANDS WITH OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND JOIN US FOR A GROUP PHOTO TO COMMEMORATE THIS ACHIEVEMENT. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THESE PROGRAMS, BOTH THE MODEL CONTINUATION SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOLS TO WATCH PROGRAM, IT IS A RIGOROUS AND COMPETITIVE PROCESS. SO THIS IS A VERY, VERY PROUD MOMENT FOR THESE LEADERS AND THEIR SCHOOLS. AND PIL SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR CELEBRATING WITH US.

HERE. WAIT FOR ME. WAIT. THAT DOESN'T HELP. OH. DID YOU DID YOU GET IT. OH NO. BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHAT YOU.

HERE WE GO. OH I LITERALLY AM. I. SEE YOU SHOPPING TOMORROW FOR YOURSELF I KNOW IT, YOU GUYS I.

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OH, WE'VE GOT SCHOOL. OKAY. FINE. SCHOOL TOMORROW. TOMORROW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE PARENTS. THANK YOU TO THE PARENTS WHO CAME TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THEIR KIDS AND GETTING THEM HERE. AND TO THE TEACHERS THAT TAUGHT THESE WONDERFUL STUDENTS. THANK YOU.

YEAH. AND TO. I'M JUST SEEING HOW FAR YOU LET ME GO. THAT WAS IT. PENCILS WITH. OKAY. WE'RE

[12. PRESENTATIONS]

SO IN 1934, THERE WAS A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND THAT RESULTED IN THE PASSAGE OF A NUMBER OF LAWS, THE MAIN ONE BEING CALLED THE FIELD ACT. WHAT THE FIELD ACT DID WAS IT MADE ALL SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SUBJECT TO A MUCH HIGHER STANDARD OF SAFETY, A MUCH HIGHER STRUCTURAL STANDARD. THESE ARE SOME PICTURES THAT I PICKED OUT THAT I THINK ARE HELPFUL TO ILLUSTRATE HOW DEVASTATING AN EARTHQUAKE CAN BE, AND WHY IT WAS THAT THE STATE DECIDED THAT THEY NEEDED HIGHER SAFETY STANDARDS. THIS IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL OVER A COMPTON UNIFIED THAT WAS DESTROYED BY THE EARTHQUAKE IN 1934. THIS IS A POLY HIGH WHICH STILL STANDS. IF YOU DRIVE PAST POLY HIGH TODAY, YOU'LL NOTICE IT DOESN'T HAVE A NICE DOME THAT FELL DOWN IN 1934 BECAUSE THAT DOME DID NOT SURVIVE THE EARTHQUAKE. THERE WAS ONE DEATH IN 1934 BECAUSE OF THE EARTHQUAKE, AND THAT WAS AT POLY HIGH'S BECAUSE IT HAPPENED EARLY IN THE MORNING. THE LEGISLATURE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DID NOT EVER HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND PASS THE FIELD ACT THEN. AND THE STATE HAS BEEN CREATING SAFER BUILDINGS, BUILDINGS THAT ARE SAFER PURSUANT TO BUILDING CODE. AND THEY REGULARLY POLICE THE AREA, WHICH IS PART OF THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY. SO DSA PROVIDED THE DISTRICT A NOTICE THAT TWO OF THEIR BUILDINGS OVER AT VALENCIA HIGH SCHOOL, SPECIFICALLY THE BOYS LOCKER ROOM AND THE LIBRARY, NEEDED ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION. THEY'RE CALLED LIFT SLAB BUILDINGS. AND THOSE BUILDINGS ARE BUILDINGS THAT THE STATE, OVER TIME, HAS IDENTIFIED AS NEEDING A LITTLE BIT MORE INVESTIGATION. IT DOESN'T MEAN THE BUILDINGS ARE UNSAFE. IT JUST MEANS THAT THE STATE HAS IDENTIFIED THESE BUILDINGS AND WANTS THE DISTRICT TO LOOK AT THEM AND TRY TO IDENTIFY IF THERE ARE ANY VULNERABILITIES, ANY UPGRADES THAT ARE NECESSARY WITH REGARD TO THE BUILDINGS. THERE IS ACTUALLY A STATE PROGRAM THAT WAS SET UP TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS ANY BUILDINGS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO ANY SEISMIC VULNERABILITIES, CALLED THE STATE SEISMIC MITIGATION PROGRAM, WHICH IF THERE IS A DETERMINATION THAT THESE BUILDINGS ARE POTENTIALLY SUBJECT TO OR MORE VULNERABLE TO EARTHQUAKE FORCES THAN THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE UNDER THE STATE SEISMIC MITIGATION PROGRAM. SO THESE ARE JUST

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AND THEN THIS GUY NAMED RALPH NADER COMES ALONG AND HE GOES, HEY, THIS CAR IS UNSAFE AT ANY

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DON'T BE SCARED OF IT. IT'S BUT THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO DO A FULL INVESTIGATION AND IS IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY, I HAVE ONE QUESTION IN YOUR PRESENTATION. YOU SAID THAT IF WE HAVE TO FIX OR TEAR IT DOWN OR WHATEVER COMES, THAT THE STATE COULD PROVIDE UP TO 50%, DOES THE STATE NORMALLY HIT THAT 50% RANGE OR IS IT SOMEWHERE A LOT LOWER? THAT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. HAVING DONE A BUNCH OF THESE, JUST GENERALLY FIGURE THE STATE FIGURE SOME WAY TO NOT GIVE YOU THE TRUE 50%. THEY CALCULATE 50% BASED ON THIS FORMULA THAT IS ACTUALLY OUT SOMEWHERE. AS FAR AS I CAN TELL. IT LOOKS LIKE THE FORMULA IS COMING SOMEWHERE OUT OF FRESNO.

SO IT REALLY WORKS OUT TO BE ABOUT 50% OF ABOUT 70% OF THE COST. SO IT WILL FOR SURE COME UP SHORT. JUST AS A QUICK ASIDE, I DON'T USUALLY MAKE THE BOARD RUN OUT AND FIND AS MUCH FUNDING AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO REPLACE OR REPAIR BUILDINGS, BUT WE TRY TO DO IT IN A VERY ORGANIZED FASHION. IT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE FOR DSA TO DO THESE EVALUATIONS GENERALLY, SO THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF TIME TO FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THE FUNDING, IF YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THE FUNDING, IF YOU'RE GOING TO SEEK A BOND, FOR EXAMPLE, IN ORDER TO TRY TO MAKE UP THE SHORTFALL, YOU'RE RIGHT. THE STATE PRETENDS LIKE THEY FUND 50%. IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE 20% OR 25%. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I WAS AFRAID OF. SO THERE'S NO NEED TO DO A DISTRICT CAR WASH THIS WEEKEND TO START FUNDRAISING. WE'RE OKAY. THE CAR WASH WILL COME. BOX TOPS. I'LL BE THERE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO HOW MANY? I MEAN, THIS IS ALL AN ESTIMATION. HOW MANY OF THESE SITUATIONS ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW AT SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA? AND HOW MANY TYPICALLY HAPPEN IN A YEAR, LIKE, IS THIS AN ANNUAL THING OR IS THIS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, THE LIFT SLABS ARE ACTUALLY RELATIVELY NEW. THEY'RE I LOOKED AT THE LIST. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 25 SCHOOLS. I DIDN'T COUNT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE ABOUT 25 SCHOOLS BOTH IN SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. SEEMS LIKE A COUPLE MORE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAN IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THEY'RE THEY'RE ALL WELL-KNOWN DISTRICTS. SO YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD SOME OF THESE PRESENTATIONS ELSEWHERE. THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT'S GOING ON. INTERESTINGLY, YOU'VE ALREADY DONE A LOT OF THIS PROGRAM IN THE EARLY 2000, THERE WAS A PROGRAM CALLED AB 300, WHICH WAS BUILDINGS THAT THE BUILDING CODE CHANGED IN 1978. SO THERE ARE A BUNCH OF CODE CHANGES. IN 1978, THERE WAS ALL THE CODE CHANGES FROM SYLMAR EARTHQUAKE, WHICH WAS SIDE TO SIDE MOTIONS. THEN IN 2000, THERE WERE ALL THE CHANGES FROM THE 1994 NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE, WHICH WAS AN UP AND DOWN MOTION. AND THOSE THOSE CHANGES RESULTED IN AB 300. AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DISTRICTS THAT HAVE DONE THE AB 300. I THINK YOU'VE DONE A BUNCH OF THEM. FULLERTON HIGH, FOR EXAMPLE, DID ALL OF THEIRS IN THE EARLY 2000. SO A LOT OF DISTRICTS DID HAVE BEEN DOING THESE UPGRADES OVER THE YEARS. OKAY. ONE QUESTION ABOUT TIMELINE. WHEN SHOULD WE HEAR SOMETHING BACK AND WHEN SHOULD THE PUBLIC EXPECT TO HEAR SOMETHING BACK ABOUT THESE BUILDINGS, ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION? I WAS GOING TO CHECK WITH THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER AFTER WE WERE DONE TODAY. I WANTED THEM TO GET A APPLICANT THEIR APPLICATION IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO I WOULD SAY YOU WILL PROBABLY GIVE AN UPDATE WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OR SO, AND THEN GIVE YOU AN IDEA AS TO ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE FUNDING. YOU'RE WHAT YOU'VE AUTHORIZED RIGHT NOW IS WHAT'S CALLED PHASE ONE. AND THEY'RE UNDER THAT PR THAT I PUT UP. THERE'S ALSO A PHASE TWO, WHICH IS A YOU'LL LOVE THIS STATE MAKES YOU DO A THEORETICAL SET OF PLANS EVEN FOR BUILDINGS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TEAR DOWN. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT THEORETICAL SET OF PLANS. AND THEN AFTER WE DO THE THEORETICAL SET OF PLANS AND DSA

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU TERRY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. I'M GOING TO TURN THE TIME OVER NOW TO MRS. RENEE GRAY FOR THE CALIFORNIA YOUTH BEHAVIOR HEALTH INITIATIVE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT ANDERSON. TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT RENO, AS WE CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE THE WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS, I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT ALIGNS DIRECTLY WITH OUR MISSION TO SUPPORT THEIR MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. THE CALIFORNIA YOUTH BEHAVIORAL ACT CAPACITY GRANT PROVIDES CRITICAL RESOURCES TO STRENGTHEN THE SYSTEMS THAT SERVE OUR STUDENTS, ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE CARE AND SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO THRIVE, BOTH ACADEMICALLY AND PERSONALLY. OUR DISTRICT HAS ALREADY MADE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN EXPANDING WELLNESS INITIATIVES, AND THIS GRANT PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD UPON THAT FOUNDATION. TONIGHT, OUR DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES WILL SHARE HOW WE PLAN TO LEVERAGE THIS FUNDING TO ENHANCE SERVICES, IMPROVE ACCESS TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORT, AND ULTIMATELY CREATE A MORE RESILIENT AND WELL-SUPPORTED STUDENT COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES, DOCTOR BALDWIN PEDRAZA, WHO WILL WALK US THROUGH THE PLAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS GRAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT ANDERSON. DOCTOR SERINO, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

TODAY, I WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE CHILDREN, YOUTH AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INITIATIVE, WHICH I'M GOING TO REFER TO AS CBE AND THE SCHOOL BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INCENTIVE PROGRAM, WHICH WE ALL CALL SB HIP, TWO INITIATIVES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO EXPAND THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR STUDENTS. I'LL FOCUS ON HOW THESE PROGRAMS IMPACT PYLUSD, PARTICULARLY IN TERMS OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, SUSTAINABILITY, STUDENT SUPPORT, AND ALIGNMENT WITH OUR EXISTING EFFORTS. SO STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES HAVE BEEN RISING FOR OVER A DECADE. WITH THE PANDEMIC FURTHER INTENSIFYING THE CRISIS, SCHOOLS HAVE BECOME CRITICAL ACCESS POINTS FOR SUPPORT AS RESEARCH SHOWS THAT ADDRESSING STUDENTS MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS HELP THRIVE. HELP STUDENTS THRIVE ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY. WE SEE THE IMPACT FIRSTHAND. MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES CAN LEAD TO CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, LOWER ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, AND OVERALL WELL-BEING CONCERNS. HOWEVER, WITH ACCESS TO SCHOOL BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO STAY ENGAGED, ATTEND REGULARLY, AND SUCCEED. DESPITE THIS GROWING NEED, SCHOOLS OFTEN LACK SUSTAINABLE FUNDING TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES AT SCALE. THAT'S WHERE CBE AND SB HIP COME IN. THESE INITIATIVES CREATE A FUNDING PATHWAY FOR SCHOOLS TO EXPAND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES BY ALLOWING DISTRICTS TO BILL INSURANCE PROVIDERS, INCLUDING MEDI-CAL AND PRIVATE INSURERS FOR SCHOOL BASED CARE. THIS ENSURES MORE STUDENTS RECEIVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED, WHEN AND WHERE THEY NEED IT. CALIFORNIA IS TAKING A BOLD ACTION TO ADDRESS OUR NATION'S GROWING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUTH. SO AT THE HEART OF THIS EFFORT IS THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INITIATIVE, A HISTORIC $4.7 BILLION INVESTMENT THAT IS PART OF THE STATE'S MASTER PLAN FOR KIDS MENTAL HEALTH. THIS INITIATIVE TAKES A WHOLE CHILD APPROACH, RECOGNIZING THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS SHAPED BY A VARIETY OF FACTORS EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE ACCESS, SOCIAL, SOCIAL SUPPORTS, AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES. CBE IS BUILT AROUND FOUR KEY STRATEGIC AREAS WORKFORCE TRAINING AND CAPACITY. EXPANDING THE STRENGTHENING THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN AND YOUTH HAVE ACCESS TO THE SUPPORTS THAT THEY NEED. PUBLIC AWARENESS REDUCING STIGMA AND INCREASING UNDERSTANDING OF MENTAL HEALTH BY PROVIDING RESOURCES AND INFORMATION TO FAMILIES, EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITIES.

COVERAGE PATHWAYS IMPROVING ACCESS TO CARE BY SIMPLIFYING AND EXPANDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COVERAGE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH. BEHAVIORAL A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ECOSYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSFORMING THE WAY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ARE DELIVERED BY INTEGRATING CARE ACROSS SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY AGENCIES, AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. BY INVESTING IN THESE AREAS, CALIFORNIA IS WORKING TO BUILD A COMPREHENSIVE, YOUTH CENTERED SYSTEM OF CARE, ONE THAT ENSURES ALL CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM BIRTH THROUGH AGE 25 RECEIVE THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS THAT THEY NEED TO THRIVE. THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INITIATIVE IS A TRANSFORMATIVE, CROSS-AGENCY EFFORT IN CALIFORNIA AIMED AT ENHANCING THOSE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND THE YOUTH. LED BY THE CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY, CBE BRINGS TOGETHER MULTIPLE STATE DEPARTMENTS AND LOCAL PARTNERS TO CREATE A MORE COORDINATED AND

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THE SEBAGAI CAPACITY GRANT PROVIDES FUNDING TO STRENGTHEN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, AND HOW THESE FUNDS CAN BE USED. 70% OF THESE GRANT FUNDS MUST BE USED TO BUILD OPERATIONAL READINESS. SO FIRST MEDI-CAL ENROLLMENT. THIS INCLUDES OUTREACH EFFORTS TO HELP ELIGIBLE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ENROLL IN MEDI-CAL, ENSURING THEY HAVE ACCESS TO COVERED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES. NEXT SERVICE DELIVERY INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPACITY BUILDING. THIS MEANS EXPANDING PROVIDER NETWORKS, HIRING STAFF, AND INVESTING IN TECHNOLOGY TO INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. THEN DATA COLLECTION AND DOCUMENTATION FUNDING CAN SUPPORT SYSTEMS THAT TRACK SERVICES, MEASURE OUTCOMES AND IMPROVE COORDINATION BETWEEN PROVIDERS. FINALLY, BILLING INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS HELPS STREAMLINE BILLING PROCESSES, ENSURING ACCURATE DOCUMENTATION AND TIMELY REIMBURSEMENT FOR THOSE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED BY INVESTING IN THESE KEY AREAS. THE GRANT SUPPORTS A MORE SUSTAINABLE, EFFICIENT, AND ACCESSIBLE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. THE CBE FEE SCHEDULE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO STANDARDIZE THOSE REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES. UNDER THE CBE INITIATIVE. THIS PROGRAM ENSURES THAT PROVIDERS RECEIVE CONSISTENT AND TRANSPARENT ■COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES DELIVERED TO CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES, MAKING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE MORE ACCESSIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE. THE FEE SCHEDULE OUTLINES SPECIFIC RATES FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES, INCLUDING INDIVIDUAL THERAPY, GROUP THERAPY, CRISIS INTERVENTION AND CASE MANAGEMENT. SO HERE ARE SOME KEY STEPS INVOLVED IN THE CBE SERVICE PROVISION PROCESS, FROM DELIVERING CARE TO REIMBURSEMENT. FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS IS THE SERVICES PROVISION BY PYLUSD SERVICE OR CONTRACTED PROVIDERS. ONCE A SERVICE IS PROVIDED, DOCUMENTATION IS CRUCIAL. SERVICE PROVIDERS LOGIN SERVICES INTO OUR EHR OR ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SYSTEM. THIS ENSURES ACCURATE RECORDING, CONTINUITY OF CARE AND PROPER CLAIMS PROCESSING. NEXT, CAROL ON BEHAVIORAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES SERVES AS A THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR CBE AND OVERSEES CLAIMS PROCESSING AND ENSURING THAT ALL SUBMITTED CLAIMS MEET PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS BEFORE MOVING FORWARD INTO THE BILLING CYCLE. AFTER DOCUMENTATION, WE MUST SUBMIT CLAIMS THROUGH OUR EHR INTEGRATED BILLING SYSTEM, AND THIS ALLOWS FOR A STREAMLINED PROCESS, REDUCING MANUAL ERRORS AND ENSURING TIMELY SUBMISSIONS OF OUR SERVICE CLAIMS. ONCE A CLAIM IS SUBMITTED, CARILLION REVIEWS IT FOR ACCURACY AND COMPLIANCE WITH SEBI GUIDELINES. IF THE CLAIM MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS, CARILLION

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AND SO CAN THE FAMILIES OPT OUT IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO. YES. THE FAMILIES CAN OPT OUT IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO. AND THEN WHAT? WHO DETERMINES IF THE CHILD NEEDS SERVICES? AND IS THERE ANY MEDICATION THAT IS GIVEN? NO, THERE'S NO WE DON'T DO MEDICINE OR MEDICINE MANAGEMENT OR ANYTHING IN THAT REGARDS. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THEY WOULD GET FROM A DOCTOR. SO OKAY, SO I KNOW THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS, BUT THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED TO ME. SO I'M KIND OF ASKING FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WHEN THE COUNSELOR IF A CHILD GOES TO LIKE THE NORMAL COUNSELOR, IS THAT AN AUTOMATIC BILLING? BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HEARING THAT, LIKE THROUGH THIS OTHER PROGRAM THAT WE'VE BEEN USING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, THAT SOMETIMES EVEN OUR SPED TESTING IS BILLED. SO LIKE IF SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH THE KID AND THEY GO SEE THE COUNSELOR THE FIRST TIME, WOULD WE BILL THAT? LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE COUNSELOR, IS THAT AUTOMATICALLY BILLED OR IS THIS FOR OVER LIKE, KIDS ARE GOING TO GO SEE A CERTAIN COUNSELOR. IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE MORE OF A, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN A ONE TIME THING. AND THAT'S WHEN IT STARTS BILLING. OR IS IT JUST EVERY INITIAL VISIT? IT COULD BE AN INITIAL VISIT, BUT THERE'S THE FEE. SCHEDULE GIVES A DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND THEN TIME LIMITS ON THOSE. SO IT JUST WOULD DEPEND ON THE LEVEL OF WHAT THAT SERVICE LOOKS LIKE, WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD BE BILLABLE OR NOT. OKAY. YEAH. AND THEN I THINK THAT WAS IT. I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT IT. HOW IS IT GOING IN? HOW IS IT GOING IN OUR SPECIAL ED EDUCATION? HOW IS THAT PROGRAM GOING? HOW ARE WE SEEING ANY ENHANCEMENTS, ANY, YOU KNOW, ARE WE LOSING FUNDING? YOU KNOW HOW LIKE IT SEEMS LIKE FUNDING GETS LOST OR NOT GOING, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE? ACTUALLY, WE'RE DOING VERY, VERY WELL. SO WE HAVE QUITE A FEW SPECIAL EDUCATORS LIKE OUR OUR NURSES ARE PART OF THE BILLING, OUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS, OUR SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS. WE ONLY HAVE ONE AUDIOLOGIST, BUT THAT PERSON COULD BILL TWO. SO ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PROVIDERS ARE ABLE TO BILL AND WE MEET WITH PARADIGM IS OUR EHR. YOU WOULD CALL THEM. AND THEY JUST MET WITH US THIS WEEK. AND THEY GIVE US DATA ON HOW WELL WE'RE DOING.

AND WE'RE UP TO ALMOST $1 MILLION THIS YEAR. WE'LL PROBABLY HIT A MILLION. AND SO THAT GOES BACK TO I MEAN, IT FUNDS A LOT OF STUFF ACTUALLY. AND SO TO ME, THIS PROGRAM REALLY IS THE ANSWER BECAUSE WE KNOW BUDGET CONSTRAINTS THE WAY THEY ARE. THIS IS ONE ANSWER FOR GETTING THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT WE NEED. SO WE WEREN'T WE'RE OBVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN WORKING WELL FOR US WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION. SO IT WOULD JUST BE THIS WOULD BE ON OUR MENTAL HEALTH SIDE. SO THERE'S NOTHING LIKE WASTE, FRAUD, ABUSE ANY OF THAT THAT WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT OR ANYTHING THAT LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, CULPABLE FOR. BECAUSE

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AND I THINK THIS COULD BE I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ALL THESE EMPTY PROMISES, BUT THIS COULD BE POTENTIALLY ONE OF THE WAYS TO DO THAT. AND SO THIS IS A WAY TO GET OUR STAFF BACK UP BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING THE MONEY. AND THEN NOW WE CAN FUND THE POSITIONS. YES. SO YOU SAW IT WAS 1.1 MILLION. AND THEN THE SB HIP IS 220,000. SO DO THE MATH. SO WE GET ALL THAT AND THEN WE START NOW BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE IT. WE RECEIVE THE MONEY. THEN WE START BUILDING AND WE SAY OKAY WHO'S GOING TO HELP WITH THIS. WHAT OFFICE? OR YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THIS GOING TO LOOK LIKE? AND WE BRING A TEAM TOGETHER AND WE ENSURE THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION IS THERE WITH US. AND THEN WE BUILD THIS SYSTEM AND THEN WE START BILLING. I'M JUST WE'RE CROSSING OUR FINGERS IN 25, 26 AND THEN WE START GENERATING. AND THE MORE YOU KNOW ALL THE SERVICES WE'RE ALREADY DOING, WE TURN IT. THEN WE GET AND WE'LL REPORT OUT WHAT WE'RE GETTING. AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT ADDING MORE STAFF. AND SO ANOTHER QUESTION WOULD BE IS WHY DID THE STATE START GIVING US THE MONEY BACK WHEN WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS WITH NO COMPENSATION? WHAT WHAT WAS THE CHANGE? YEAH, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING. IT'S A $4.7 BILLION INVESTMENT FROM THE STATE. AND I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH WITH MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR YOUTH. I MEAN, I'M JUST I'M LOOKING RIGHT HERE AT ALL THIS DATA. IT'S KIND OF ALARMING. I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. BUT THE SUICIDE RATES AND WE HAVE A LOT OF DATA IN OUR OFFICE. AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR WE'LL BE PRESENTING THIS TO YOU. BUT IT'S PRETTY MUCH TRANSFORMING THE WAY THAT CALIFORNIA SUPPORTS CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. BUT NOT ONLY THAT, REMEMBER THE CROSS AGENCY DESCRIPTION HE GAVE ALSO WITH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES AND ALSO WITH HOMES AND COMMUNITIES. SO THIS INVESTMENT IS TO KIND OF MAKING A TRIAD OUT OF ALL THOSE THINGS AND SAYING, WE ALL HAVE TO INVEST IN OUR STUDENTS MENTAL HEALTH, RIGHT? OKAY. I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. IS THIS GOING TO WORK SIMILARLY TO THE CURRENT WAY WE DO IEPS? NOW, HOW THE PARENT HAS TO CHECK THE BOX DURING WHEN THEY WRITE THEIR WHEN THEY SIGN THEIR PAPERWORK, THERE'S THAT LITTLE BOX THAT SAYS WE CAN BILL. IF THEY DON'T THEN WE DON'T. BILL. YES.

CORRECT. IS IT GOING TO WORK THE SAME WAY WHERE THE PARENT HAS TO AGREE TO? ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THAT THE EFFICIENCIES OF BILLING IS A BIT OF A PROBLEM, RIGHT.

AND I NOTICED THAT WE CAN DO BILLING INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THIS. ISS WITH ALL OF OUR BILLING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THESE SPECIAL SERVICES, FOR SPED AND FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH? CAN WE.

YEAH WE COULD. AND SO WE THAT WAS THE DISCUSSION YESTERDAY. BUT I WAS TRYING TO WHEEL AND DEAL YESTERDAY. AND I ASKED THEM, HOW MUCH ARE YOU GOING TO CHARGE US. AND WE HEARD SOMEBODY I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I SHOULD SAY THIS PUBLICLY, BUT DON'T SAY THAT. OKAY. BUT ANYWAY, I SAID, HOW WHAT PERCENT AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE LIKE, THEY TOLD ME THE PERCENT, I WON'T SAY IT. AND I'M

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AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PARENTS ARE ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, THAT THEY CONSENT TO IT. BUT IN TERMS OF THE DATA THAT WE GATHER AS A TEAM, WE DO A LOT OF AT LEAST THIS PAST YEAR, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF DATA GATHERING, DATA ANALYSIS, DISAGGREGATING DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT MENTAL HEALTH AREAS THAT WE'RE SEEING MORE, LET'S SAY, AT ONE LEVEL THAN ANOTHER.

AND TRULY ONE OF THE THINGS, IN FACT, I WAS TALKING TO DOCTOR SERINO ABOUT IT TODAY IS COMING BACK AND SHARING WITH YOU ALL SOME OF THAT DATA SINCE WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING IT ALL YEAR, BECAUSE IT KIND OF INFORMS YOU ABOUT, OKAY, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO NEXT YEAR AS A RESULT OF WHAT WE'RE FINDING? BECAUSE, AGAIN, I DON'T THINK WE'RE OUT OF THE ORDINARY, BUT YOU CAN LOOK AT THE DATA LIKE, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THIS. IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW. WE WATCH THE NEWS, WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN SOCIETY. IT'S SOMEWHAT SHOCKING WITH OUR YOUTH. YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE SEEING MENTAL HEALTH WISE. SO WE CAN TAKE THE DATA AND WE CAN LOOK AT IT. BUT THERE'S ALSO PROTECTED DATA AS WELL. GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. MY QUESTION WAS MRS. BUCK KIND OF ASKED AS WELL.

BUT I DON'T THINK WE GOT AN ANSWER. WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR THE BUILD OUT. IS IT. OH I WAS I DID TIMELINE FOR BUILD OUT. I WAS THINKING STAFF TIME. YEAH. TIME OUT TIMELINE FOR THE BUILD OUT BEFORE WE START. YEAH. SO THE TIMELINE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BEING OPTIMISTIC, BUT WE CAN IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL AND ACCORDING TO PLAN, WE COULD BE UP IN BILLING BY THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. 2526. PROBABLY LATE FALL. EARLY. YEAH. LATE FALL, EARLY EARLY WINTER. AND LIKE MISS GRAY HAD SHARED, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE THAT CAN PARTICIPATE, THAT

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YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. AND THEN THERE WAS ONE OTHER QUESTION. YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO CONTRACT WITH A THIRD PARTY BILLING COMPANY. YEAH. SO IS THAT THE EHR IS AN ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS.

THAT'S WHO WE USE WITH PARADIGM. BUT THERE'S A THIRD PARTY THAT'S CALLED CARILLION. THEY'RE ACTUALLY WE DON'T HAVE TO WE'RE THEY'RE ALREADY GOING TO BE EMBEDDED WITHIN AND WORKING WITH PARADIGM TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTHLY IN TERMS OF CLAIM PROCESSING. BUT AND THAT'S A CONTRACT WITH THE STATE. SO THE STATE HAS A CONTRACT THAT THEY JUST TOLD US ABOUT. AND IT'S THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND IT'S THROUGH CARILLION. SO THEY'LL WORK WITH IF IT'S PARADIGM IF IT'S HEALTHY CAMPUS IF IT'S LIBERTY WAS ONE LEADER SERVICE LEADER SERVICES. YEAH THERE'S JUST DIFFERENT ONES. YEAH OKAY PERFECT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OH. LAYLA. OH SORRY. I HAVE A QUESTION REALLY QUICK. I'M NOT 100% SURE IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS, BUT I HEARD YOU MENTION THAT THERE WILL BE TRANSPARENCY WITH THE PARENTS. AND WHILE I THINK THAT'S GREAT WHEN YOU'RE HAVING THESE SESSIONS WITH STUDENTS, ARE THE STUDENTS AWARE OF WHAT WILL BE SHARED AND WHAT WON'T BE SHARED LIKE? IS THERE A LEVEL OF PRIVACY THAT THE STUDENTS WILL BE HAVING WITH THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE SPEAKING TO? YEAH, THERE'S A THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, LAYLA. THERE IS A LEVEL OF, YOU KNOW, PRIVILEGED INFORMATION BETWEEN, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE COUNSELOR AND STUDENTS, BUT IT'LL BE YOU BRING UP AN IMPORTANT POINT. IT'LL BE GOOD TO MAKE SURE THAT TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNICATION WITH WITH THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT MOVING FORWARD, FOR SURE. YEAH, YEAH. SO IS IT WHEN YOU'RE IN THESE MEETINGS, IS THERE TALK ABOUT FINDING LIKE ARE WE LOOKING FOR WHY ALL THE SUDDEN THERE'S THIS BEEN THIS EXPLOSION OVER THE LAST, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER MANY YEARS, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN YEARS. LIKE IT JUST FEELS LIKE WE'RE TREATING LIKE WE JUST LIKE, KEEP TREATING THIS, BUT, LIKE, ARE WE LOOKING FOR ANY ROOT CAUSES? IS THERE LIKE THE RESEARCH? LIKE, ARE WE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING WRONG? SO LIKE WE CAN KIND OF FIX THE PROBLEM AS WELL. I GUESS THE KIDS ARE YOUNGER OR STUFF BECAUSE IT KIND OF SEEMS LIKE IF YOU KEEP HAVING MENTAL ILLNESS, IF YOU KEEP HAVING, YOU KNOW, SICK PEOPLE, IF YOU KEEP, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE YOU'RE JUST KIND OF JUST KEEP TREATING AND TREATING AND TREATING. YEAH. LIKE BUT ARE WE ACTUALLY TRYING TO FIND LIKE THE ROOT CAUSE AND LIKE TRYING TO WEED THAT OUT OR IS THIS JUST KIND OF LIKE WE'RE JUST FIXING THE PROBLEMS AS IT COMES. DO YOU WANT. AND NOBODY MAY HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT. BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT IS THAT'S LIKE THE MILLION, MILLION DOLLAR, MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION. YEAH FOR SURE. I'LL JOIN YOU WITH THIS. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. WHEN WE THINK OF SAFE SCHOOLS, WE THINK OF FENCES AND SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS AND SO ON. BUT THIS IS HOW YOU BUILD A SAFE SCHOOL BY IDENTIFYING WHERE THE TROUBLES AND POTENTIAL BEHAVIORS ARE MANIFESTING BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW WE COULD ROOT OUT THAT, WELL, THESE CELL PHONES RIGHT HERE HAVE REALLY IMPACTED SCHOOLS IN A BIG WAY. AND MANY, MANY DISTRICTS HAVE ALREADY MOVED IN THAT SUCCESSFULLY, HAVE MOVED THAT WAY. SO THAT'S ONE WAY TO ADDRESS IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS DISTRICT, AS I'VE BEEN MEETING CHILDREN AND TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, PBIS IS A PROGRAM, POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION AND SUPPORTS PROGRAM THAT'S ROOTED IN RELATIONSHIPS. AND IT'S RESTORATIVE IN A WAY THAT ONCE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ARE ESTABLISHED, THEN IT'S A SAFE SPACE FOR CHILDREN TO TALK. AND THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO SHARE AND MORE LIKELY THAN FOR OUR TEAM TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT. THAT CHILD. THERE CERTAINLY ISN'T A SIMPLE SOLUTION, AND I'M HAPPY TO BRING BACK TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE COMMUNITY SOME OF THE INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES THAT ARE BEING USED AROUND THE COUNTRY AND INTERNATIONALLY.

REALLY, BECAUSE THIS ISN'T JUST A PROBLEM HERE IN AMERICA, BUT IT CERTAINLY HAS PROLIFERATED, PROLIFERATED SINCE COVID, PRETTY MUCH. RIGHT. WE COULD PRETTY MUCH COUNT THAT. YEAH. YEAH.

WELL GOOD POINT. THAT'S WHEN IT BECAME RIGHT. IT BECAME EVIDENT. SO ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD.

YEAH, I WOULD SAY TO SO WE BECAUSE OF FUNDING WE OVER THE PAST YEAR WE'RE FUNDING AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS ELEMENTARY COUNSELORS AT THE TITLE ONE SCHOOLS. BUT WHAT WE'RE FINDING WITH OUR DATA IS WE THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE THE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS ARE. THEY'RE NOT IT GOES ACROSS ANY SOCIOECONOMIC STANDING, PERIOD. AND WE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SUICIDE IDEATION RATES, THEY'RE ACTUALLY HIGHER IN OUR HIGHER INCOME AREAS. AND SO WHAT THIS TELLS US

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GREAT WAY TO EARN MONEY WHILE GAINING A QUALITY EXPERIENCE IN 2025. THE NEED TO DO MORE. WE WILL EXPAND TO ALL SIX MIDDLE SCHOOLS TUFFREY, KRAMER AND YORBA LINDA MIDDLE SCHOOL SET TO OPEN THIS FALL. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE A WAITLIST OF INTERESTED FAMILIES TO OUR EXISTING PROGRAMS. TODAY, WE ARE SEEKING THE BOARD'S PERMISSION TO INVEST IN ELECTRIC PASSENGER VANS TO ADDRESS THE WAITLIST AND EXPAND OUR PROGRAMS IN WAYS THAT OFFER STUDENTS ACCESS TO EXPERIENCES THAT MANY WOULD OTHERWISE NEVER SEE. WE ARE AT THE TIPPING POINT TO OFFER MORE, TO DO MORE FOR OUR FAMILIES. ELOP HAS PROVIDED ACCESS FOR THOUSANDS OF OUR STUDENTS TO ENRICHMENT, ACADEMIC INTERVENTION, SPORTS, THE ARTS AND MUCH MORE. HOWEVER, THERE IS STILL ONE BARRIER OUR WAITLIST, WHICH IS DUE TO STAFFING AND AVAILABLE FACILITIES. IN ADDITION, ELOP REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO IS 10 TO 1 FOR TK AND K AND IS 20 TO 1 FOR GRADES ONE THROUGH SIX. TO ADDRESS THIS, WE ARE SEEKING THE BOARD'S PERMISSION TO CONSIDER TO USE ELA FUND FUNDING TO

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BUT IT'S JUST THE WAY THAT CALIFORNIA IS PUSHING US. INDUSTRIAL. THE ICE ENGINE, THEY CALL IT INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, IS GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO FIND. WE CAN FIND THEM WITH VANS RIGHT NOW. IT'S HARDER TO FIND THEM WITH SCHOOL BUSSES, BUT IT'S JUST THE WAY CALIFORNIA IS REALLY PUSHING US. THEY'RE REALLY PUSHING US TO EV. SO FOR INSTANCE, EVEN ON A ON A MAINTENANCE TRUCK, FOR EVERY ONE ICE ENGINE THAT WE HAVE TO BUY, WE HAVE TO IN CALIFORNIA, WE HAVE TO SHOW THAT WE'VE BOUGHT ANOTHER, MATCHED IT WITH ANOTHER EV. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD IS REALLY PUSHING OUR TRANSPORTATION OR EVEN JUST SCHOOL DISTRICTS, EVEN PRIVATE COMPANIES REALLY GO TO THE EV. IT'S A REQUIREMENT, OR THEY'RE RECOMMENDING IT'S A REQUIREMENT. IT'S A REQUIREMENT FOR EVERY GAS OR ICE ENGINE WE GET. SO 1 TO 1, 1 TO 1 CORRECT. 1 TO 1 OKAY. SO BECAUSE THE BIGGEST QUESTION I HAD WAS CAPACITY NINE. THAT'S NOT A HUGE VAN. AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SPORTS TEAMS IN THE FUTURE. THAT'S NOT A WHOLE SPORTS TEAM OF ANY SPORT. SO I'M A LITTLE BIT CURIOUS AS TO WHY WE WOULDN'T DO MAYBE LIKE 15 PASSENGER IF WE'VE GOT TO GO ONE FOR ONE, IF THAT'S THE REQUIREMENT. I'M ASSUMING THAT'S THE REQUIREMENT BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THEN WHY WOULDN'T WE GO 15 PASSENGER VAN, 15 PASSENGER GAS, NINE PASSENGER ELECTRIC UNLESS THERE IS MORE CAPACITY IN ELECTRIC. SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO WHEN IT COMES TO 15 PASSENGER VAN, THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD DOES NOT RECOMMEND THE UTILIZATION OF 15 PASSENGER VANS BECAUSE OF THE ONCE YOU GET WITH THAT TYPE OF VEHICLE, WITH THAT MANY PASSENGERS, YOU HAVE A HIGH CENTER OF GRAVITY. AND THE ROLLOVER POTENTIAL IS HIGHER. ALSO, THAT REQUIRES A COMMERCIAL LICENSE. SO WITH THESE VANS, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET DRIVERS THAT THEY STILL HAVE TO MEET. THE NEW SENATE BILL 88 THAT CAME OUT IN OCTOBER, BUT IT DOESN'T REQUIRE COMMERCIAL LICENSE. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE WOULD STAY WITH THE NINE PASSENGER. IF THE IN THE CASES WHERE THERE'S SPORTS TEAMS THAT NEED A HIGHER CAPACITY, WE CAN UTILIZE THE SCHOOL BUSSES. IN THOSE CASES, I DON'T KNOW A SPORTS TEAM THAT HAS NINE PLAYERS, LESS THAN NINE PLAYERS PLUS A COACH. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD LOOK FOR. WELL THERE'S MULTIPLE. WE HAVE. BUT I THOUGHT TWO I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS OVERTURNED ABOUT THE EVS IN 2035. I HEARD THAT THAT WAS OVERTURNED THAT THEY CAN'T WAS LIKE UNLAWFUL OR UNCONSTITUTIONAL OR SOMETHING IN CALIFORNIA. I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT. I DID HEAR THAT IT WAS OVERTURNED. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO ELECTRIC. LET'S LOOK INTO THAT. LET'S LOOK INTO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK BECAUSE THAT IS A REAL THING. AND NOT THAT I'M SAYING DOWN WITH ELECTRIC. I MEAN, I'VE HAD A TESLA BEFORE, I DON'T ANY MORE ELECTRIC. IT'S A GOOD CAR. BUT MY POINT IS, UNTIL YOU DON'T HAVE ELECTRICITY, THAT'S RIGHT. UNTIL YOU DON'T. BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS BETWEEN THE COST OF IT UP FRONT AND THEN JUST THE CAPACITY. NOW, WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM THAT YOU CAN GET SIZE WISE PASSENGERS BEFORE YOU HAVE TO GET THAT? IT'S THE NINE. SO NINE, NINE PLUS THE DRIVER.

ANYTHING ABOVE TEN PASSENGERS OR MORE REQUIRES A COMMERCIAL LICENSE WITH A PASSENGER ENDORSEMENT. OKAY. I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR AFTER SCHOOL STUFF AND FOR ELEMENTARY. I DON'T SEE MANY MORE USES BECAUSE NINE IS NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE. THAT'S MY ONLY THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS I LOVE THE IDEA. I THINK IT'S GREAT. I THINK WE NEED TRANSPORTATION TO GET MORE KIDS INVOLVED. ABSOLUTELY, 100%. HOW DO WE DO IT SO THAT IT'S ALSO MORE BENEFICIAL IN OTHER PLACES? SO LET'S LOOK INTO THAT. SO ACTUALLY TO PIGGYBACK ON YOU, TODD. SO CARLOS RODRIGUEZ WHO THE AQMD WHEN WE DID THE ELECTRIC BUSSES, I GUESS THEY HAVE MORE TO GIVE TO US. SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING HE'S LOOKING FOR, SOMEBODY TO EMAIL. I GUESS THEY WANT TO OFFER US MORE ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSSES. SO I GUESS I CAN I KNOW WHO TO HAVE THEM EMAIL NOW TO TALK ABOUT THAT. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE CAPACITY, IF THEY'RE WILLING TO JUST GIVE US MORE BUSSES, THEN THAT MIGHT HELP ISSUES. BUT BUT BUT YEAH I MEAN MORE BUSSES WOULD BE GREAT.

YEAH. THAT SOUTH COAST GRANT, THE SOUTH COAST AQMD GRANT IS OUT. THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS I BELIEVE APRIL 18TH. WE ARE GOING TO APPLY. WE'RE GOING TO USE WE'RE LOOKING TO STACK THAT WITH THE CSP GRANT, WHICH WE ALREADY CURRENTLY HAVE A RESOLUTION WITH. AND JUST TO LIMIT THE COST, BECAUSE WITH THE GRANT, IT'S STILL ABOUT $100,000 OUT OF POCKET. AND WITH THE SOUTH COAST AQMD GRANT, THE INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING ISN'T QUITE THERE. LIKE THE CSP, I THINK THEY'RE ONLY OFFERING 20,000 PER PER CHARGER WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUSSES, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE VERSUS THE CSP, WHICH IS OFFERING 75 000 PER CHARGER. BUT IT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING INTO. WELL, I'LL LET CARLOS KNOW THIS. YES, HE NEEDS TO HAVE A BETTER DEAL FOR US. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, GRANT TO WE DO HAVE TO CRUSH A BUS. WE HAVE TO TRADE A BUS AND IT HAS TO BE MATCHING. SO FOR GAS, FOR ELECTRIC. YEAH. OH, I'M A LITTLE CRAZY. THE CRUSHING. THAT'S GESTAPO STUFF, MAN. COME ON. I LOVE THE IDEA. I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC. DO WE HAVE A COST? EACH VAN IS APPROXIMATELY $90,000. IT'S JUST. THAT'S

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YEAH. YOU SHOULDN'T BE TELLING THAT ON LIKE SO THAT'S TRUE. WE ARE WE ARE RECORDING. LET'S KEEP OUR SECRETS TO OURSELVES. I HAVE A QUESTION. WHAT DID THE PARENTS DO IF WE ARE TRANSPORTING THEIR CHILD TO ANOTHER LOCATION, ARE WE AUTOMATICALLY BRINGING THEM BACK TO THAT SCHOOL SITE AT THE END OF THE DAY? OR ARE THOSE PARENTS PICKING THEM UP AT THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL SITE? WE BRING THEM BACK TO THE SCHOOL SITE. SECOND QUESTION. IT'S SORT OF RELATED BUT NOT RELATED TO VANS.

FAMILIES THAT SIGN UP FOR SUMMER, THE SUMMER PROGRAM. I HAVE HEARD THAT IT GOES BY VERY FAST, SO THE SPACES FILL UP LIKE CRAZY AND BY THE TIME THEY FILL OUT THE APPLICATION AND SUBMIT IT FOR ONE KID AND PIVOT OVER TO THEIR OTHER SIBLING, THAT SPACE IS GONE. AND SO THEY THERE'S BEEN SOME GLITCH IN THE SIGN UP FOR SUMMER SCHOOL SO THAT THE SIBLINGS AREN'T THEY AREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY. SO WHEN THE PARENTS DO CALL IN AND THEY SAY THEY'RE UNABLE TO GET THE OTHER SIBLING IN, WE MANUALLY PUT THEM TOGETHER. OKAY. SO THEY LAST SOME SOMEONE

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[13. STUDENT BOARD REPORT]

TRUSTEES. ACTING SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR MUCINO AND EXECUTIVE CABINET MEMBERS. I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE MY RECENT UPDATES FROM OUR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS AND ALTERNATIVE CAMPUSES. SO BUENA VISTA VIRTUAL ACADEMY STUDENT SAMUEL NGUYEN AND 11TH GRADE EARLY GRADUATE PARTICIPATED IN THE 26 HOLOCAUST ART AND WRITING CONTEST IN THE POETRY CATEGORY.

HE WAS SELECTED AS A FINALIST IN THE HIGH SCHOOL POETRY DIVISION AT PARK VIEW SCHOOL. ELISE PROCTOR HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A NATIONAL HONOR, HONOR SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIP NATIONAL SEMIFINALIST. SHE HAS EARNED A $32,000 SCHOLARSHIP IN RECOGNITION OF HER EXEMPLARY DEDICATION TO THE NHS, PILLARS OF SCHOLARSHIP, SERVICE, LEADERSHIP, AND CHARACTER AT EL CAMINO REAL HIGH SCHOOL, IN ALIGNMENT WITH ITS COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS INITIATIVES, EL CAMINO STUDENTS HAVE ENGAGED IN A MULTIPLE COLLEGE FIELD TRIPS. THESE VISITS. THESE INCLUDE VISITS TO FULLERTON COLLEGE FOR THE MALE MALES, ACHIEVING SUCCESS CONFERENCE, AND THE EXTENDED OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM. ADDITIONAL UPCOMING EVENTS INCLUDE THE FEMALES ACHIEVING SUCCESS CONFERENCE AND AN ORIENTATION SESSION FOR STUDENTS PLANNING TO ENROLL AT FULLERTON COLLEGE IN THE FALL. LAST WEEK, STUDENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR TOUR CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, WHERE THEY EXPLORED THE DORMITORY, DORMITORY FACILITIES AND INTERACTED WITH CURRENT COLLEGE STUDENTS. THE SCHOOL IS ALSO PREPARING FOR UPCOMING EVENTS, INCLUDING A RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE ON MARCH 27TH AND PROM ON APRIL 4TH AT THE FULLERTON ELKS LODGE. THIS YEAR'S PROM THEME IS MOONLIGHT ON THE RIVER. AT EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL. THEIR GIRLS WATER POLO TEAM WON THE DIVISION FIVE CIF CHAMPIONSHIP ON FEBRUARY 22ND IN DOMINANT FASHION, DEFEATING SANTA SANTA PAULA 16 TO 4. THIS VICTORY MARKS THE FIRST CIF CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE PROGRAM'S HISTORY. ON MARCH 7TH, EL DORADO HOSTED THE EIGHTH ANNUAL NONSENSE IN THE NEST CLASS COMPETITION, AN EVENT THAT SHOWCASES THE SCHOOL'S STRONG SENSE OF SPIRIT. DURING THE EVENT, THE CLASS OF 2025 NARROWLY SECURED THE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY, OUTPERFORMING THE JUNIORS. STUDENTS FROM EACH GRADE LEVEL COMPETED IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES INCLUDING DANCING, HULA HOOPING, THREE POINT SHOOTING, AND MATTRESS SURFING, WHILE ACCUMULATING SPIRIT POINTS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. A FACULTY MEMBER WHO ATTENDED THE EVENT FOR THE FIRST TIME REMARKED THAT IT WAS SO ENJOYABLE THAT THEY WOULD NEVER MISS IT AGAIN. AT ESPERANZA HIGH SCHOOL, THEY CELEBRATED TWO WRESTLING STATE CHAMPIONS AT THE RECENT TOURNAMENT IN BAKERSFIELD. OLIVIA DAVIS AND SAMMY SANCHEZ EACH SECURED FIRST PLACE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE WEIGHT CLASSES, MARKING THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY THAT TWO WRESTLERS HAVE WON STATE TITLES IN THE SAME YEAR. THE ESPERANZA DANCE TEAM ACHIEVED REMARKABLE SUCCESS AT A NATIONAL COMPETITION IN ORLANDO ORLANDO, FLORIDA, BRINGING HOME THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHIES FOR THEIR PERFORMANCES IN PALM POM POM, HIP HOP AND JAZZ. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS THAT THE TEAM HAS WON THREE TITLES IN A SINGLE COMPETITION. ADDITIONALLY, THE ESPERANZA BASEBALL TEAM RECENTLY RECEIVED A NEW SCOREBOARD, ENHANCING THE GAME DAY

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THE TEAM HAS ONCE AGAIN QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE COMPETITION IN THE FIELD OF CYBER CYBERSECURITY. SORRY. VALENCIA'S TEAM PARTICIPATED IN THE LA CTF COMPETITION AT UCLA, COMPETING AGAINST OVER 700 TEAMS NATIONWIDE. THE STUDENTS DEMONSTRATED EXPERTISE IN CYBER PHOTOGRAPHY AND REVERSE ENGINEERING, WITH THE TOP TWO TEAMS TYING FOR FIRST PLACE AND EARNING CASH PRIZES. YORBA LINDA HIGH SCHOOL HAS AN AMAZING SPRING SEASON AT, WITH VARIOUS ATHLETIC TEAMS ACHIEVING PROMISING STARTS. THE SCHOOL IS PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT THE LAUNCH OF ITS INAUGURAL BEACH VOLLEYBALL PROGRAM. THE PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAM ARE IN FULL SWING WITH COLOR GUARD, BAND, CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA PREPARING FOR UPCOMING FESTIVALS AND COMPETITIONS. MEANWHILE, THE THEATER DEPARTMENT IS REHEARSING FOR ITS SPRING MUSICAL PRODUCTION, BRIGHT STAR. YORBA LINDA HIGH SCHOOL RECENTLY COMMENCED OLYMPICS WEEK, FEATURING A VARIETY OF COMPETITIONS, INCLUDING A CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT FOR PARTICIPATION FROM BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF. THE WEEK LONG FESTIVITIES WILL ACCUMULATE IN THE OLYMPICS RALLY, WHICH WILL INCLUDE STUDENT PERFORMANCES, A STAFF PERFORMANCE, INTERACTIVE GAMES AND SPIRIT BUILDING ACTIVITIES. THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU IF YOU WANTED TO SHARE ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE. LAST MONTH DURING OUR BOARD MEETING.

IT WAS REALLY AMAZING. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW WHERE I WAS, BUT I WAS GETTING AWARDED FOR MY SCHOLARSHIP TO NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT WAS REALLY COOL. I MEAN, IT WAS REALLY, REALLY COOL TO SEE ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY WITH ME. YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO GET TO KNOW THEM, BUT I ALSO THOUGHT IT WAS SO COOL. THEY, LIKE, RENTED OUT A MOVIE THEATER. SO I NEVER LIKE I DON'T KNOW, I'VE NEVER LIKE, I NEVER GOT TO WALK ON THE STAGE LIKE IT WAS A REALLY COOL EXPERIENCE.

THEY HAD IT LIKE ALL SET UP, AND THEN I GOT LIKE FREE POPCORN AND IT WAS LIKE. IT WAS AWESOME. I FELT VERY SPECIAL. I HAD LIKE A SEAT WITH MY NAME ON IT. EXACTLY. I WAS LIKE, I FEEL LIKE I'M AT A MOVIE PREMIERE. SO IT WAS REALLY EXCITING. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. OKAY, NOW I'LL ASK THE TOUGH QUESTION. OKAY. HOW HAS VALENCIA HIGH SCHOOL AND PLACENTIA-YORBA LINDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT PREPARED YOU FOR YOUR LIFE BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL, AND TO GET THAT AWARD? THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION. SO I WOULD SAY THAT VALENCIA AND PILE OVERALL HAS DEFINITELY PREPARED ME WITH RIGOROUS ACADEMIC COURSES. AS YOU GUYS KNOW, I'M IN IB. BUT THEY'VE ALSO GIVEN ME A SET OF CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS THAT I THINK I'LL TAKE WITH ME EVERYWHERE. SOMETHING THAT I REALLY LOVE ABOUT THIS DISTRICT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DEFINITELY VERY TOUGH ON YOU, BUT I THINK THAT IT ALSO COMES WITH A LOT OF SUPPORT, WHICH I DON'T THINK CAN BE MET ANYWHERE ELSE. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPED ME SHAPE INTO THE QUALITIES THAT I WILL CARRY WITH ME FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I LIKE THAT TYPE OF SUPPORT. OKAY.

[14. ACTING SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT]

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MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. LAY THE CONGRATULATIONS. NO ONE GETS INTO NORTHWESTERN, SO THAT IS JUST AMAZING. EXECUTIVE CABINET. YES. MEMBERS OF THE PYLE FAMILY PRESENT AND THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING FROM THE LUXURY OF THEIR COUCH. THE EL COMMUNITY FORUM, PLEASE JOIN US ON TUESDAY, MARCH 18TH. SO THAT WOULD BE NEXT TUESDAY FOR THE LCAP COMMUNITY FORUM. THIS PUBLIC MEETING WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INPUT ON THE LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN. AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN. NOW IT'S IN ITS 10TH YEAR AND IT'S STARTING TO FINALLY ATTRACT MORE AND MORE FAMILIES AND MORE AND MORE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE ENGAGED. AND SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME TO THAT EVENT, IF YOU CAN. PYLUSD STAFF WILL PRESENT STATE DASHBOARD OUTCOMES AND ACTION PLANS FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. COMMUNITY INSIGHTS AND IDEAS REGARDING CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS ARE HIGHLY VALUED AND WE WELCOME YOUR PARTICIPATION, SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE FROM 6 TO 8 P.M. THE SHAMROCK AND RUN. SO I WILL BE THERE, I WILL RUN, I AM A RUNNER AND I EXPECT TO BE THERE. DOES ANYONE ANY MY FELLOW GOVERNANCE TEAM MEMBERS EXPECT TO BE THERE? YES. YEAH. OKAY. YOU'RE NOT RUNNING? AWAY. OKAY. AS A FINAL REMINDER, OUR VALUED PARTNERS AT THE REACH FOUNDATION ARE PREPARING TO HOST THEIR ANNUAL SHAMROCK AND RUN FIVE K AND TWO K EVENTS. SATURDAY, MARCH 16TH IS THIS SATURDAY? SUNDAY? SUNDAY? IT'S SUNDAY. RIGHT? RIGHT. OKAY, LET ME JUST LET ME JUST MAKE THAT SUNDAY. CALENDAR. YEAH. NO I YEAH NO I KNEW IT WAS SUNDAY. I JUST MET I JUST MESSED UP THEIR. SUNDAY AT YORBA REGIONAL PARK IN ANAHEIM.

PROCEEDS FROM THIS EVENT DIRECTLY SUPPORT OUR ANNUAL MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK MEET AND OTHER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS FACILITATED BY THE REACH FOUNDATION. AND I DID GET A CHANCE TO MEET WITH OFFICIALS GISELLE AND JENNIFER FROM THE REACH FOUNDATION. AND HOW WONDERFUL THAT THEY ARE GIFTING OUR CHILDREN WITH SO MANY WONDERFUL PROGRAMS. PROCEEDS FROM THIS EVENT DIRECTLY SUPPORT OUR ANNUAL MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK MEET AND OTHER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS. OH, I JUST I JUST REPEATED MYSELF. AND ALL VOLUNTEER EDUCATION FOCUS 501 C3 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION BENEFITING ALL STUDENTS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. FOR MORE DETAILS AND A LINK TO REGISTER, PLEASE VISIT THE DISTRICT WEBSITE. THE PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING OUR ANNUAL PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19TH IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR ESTEEMED PARTNERS AT THE PASSAGE AND YORBA LINDA CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE. GUEST PRINCIPALS WILL HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AS THEY SHADOW SITE LEADERS ON OUR CAMPUSES THAT MORNING. THE EVENT WILL CULMINATE HERE IN THE BOARDROOM WITH A LUNCHEON AND DISCUSSION, REFLECTING ON THEIR EXPERIENCES. WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE ONGOING SUPPORT OF OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHOWCASING THE INCREDIBLE WORK OF OUR STUDENTS, STAFF, PROGRAMS, FACILITIES, AND SITE LEADERS. AND IN CONCLUSION, THE CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY HOLOCAUST ART AND WRITING CONTEST. FINALLY, OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS RECENTLY PARTICIPATED IN THE 26TH ANNUAL CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE ART AND WRITING CONTEST. THIS YEAR'S THEME WAS WHAT DO YOU BRING WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING? EACH YEAR, STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TAKE PART IN THIS POWERFUL CONTEST, ENGAGING IN MEANINGFUL RESEARCH ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST AND WORLD WAR TWO. AS PART OF THE EXPERIENCE, THEY LISTENED TO FIRSTHAND TESTIMONIES FROM HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND RESCUER, REFLECTING ON THEIR MOTIVATIONS FOR SHARING THEIR STORIES. STUDENTS THEN CREATE ORIGINAL WORKS OF ART, FILM, OR WRITING THAT HONOR AND RETELL THESE EXPERIENCES IN PROFOUND AND CREATIVE WAYS. PIL USD HAS LONG

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THAT'S OUTSTANDING. NOTABLY, THREE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ONE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT FROM TRAVIS RANCH, TUFFREY, AND YORBA LINDA MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS YORBA LINDA HIGH SCHOOL HAVE BEEN NAMED FINALISTS. SO THAT'S WONDERFUL. YES, DEFINITELY. CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE STUDENTS, DISTRICT AND SCHOOL LEADERS, TRUSTEES AND STUDENTS WILL ATTEND THE CONTEST CEREMONY AT CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY THIS COMING FRIDAY TO VIEW SUBMISSIONS AND CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF ALL PARTICIPANTS. MADAM PRESIDENT, THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT. MY FIRST REPORT. THANK YOU. AND I DON'T HAVE A TOUGH QUESTION FOR YOU. SO OKAY. YOU CAN RELAX.

THANK YOU FOR THAT ONE. WHAT'S YOUR FASTEST MILE TIME? YES. YEAH I THINK I THINK HE'S VERY FAST. WHAT IS YOUR FASTEST MILE TIME? I WOULD I THINK IT'S VERY QUICK. WELL, YOU MEAN CURRENTLY OR WHEN I WAS. OH. HOW ABOUT HOW ABOUT BOTH? HOW ABOUT BOTH. YEA, I PROBABLY AROUND 630 MAYBE.

HAVE A GOOD DAY. RIGHT NOW. YEAH, RIGHT. OKAY. HE MAY BE A WINNER. A SHAMROCK WINNER MIGHT BE A MEDAL AROUND YOUR NECK. YEAH, AT THE END OF THE DAY. BUT THAT'S NOT AT 7 A.M. THAT'S.

THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. THAT'S FUNNY. OKAY. THAT'S ANOTHER REASON NOW FOR EVERYONE TO COME TO THE SHAMROCK AND RUN. WE'LL ALL. WE'LL ALL. YEAH. WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE OUR STOPWATCHES.

[15. PUBLIC COMMENT]

PLEASE BE SEATED. AND GOOD EVENING. I'M JUDY YEHUDA. AS A NORTHWESTERN ALUMNI. I HAVE TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR ACCEPTANCE AT NORTHWESTERN. AND MY ADVICE TO YOU IS TO INVEST IN A VERY GOOD COAT. SPEAKING OF MENTAL. SPEAKING OF MENTAL HEALTH, OUR JEWISH STUDENTS ARE FEELING THREATENED AND UNSAFE IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND OUR SCHOOLS, AND THEY'RE AFRAID TO SPEAK UP.

SINCE OCTOBER 7TH, ANTI-SEMITISM HAS INCREASED BY OVER 400%. SOME OF THE THINGS OUR STUDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING AT THE SCHOOLS IN ORANGE COUNTY INCLUDE BULLYING ON CAMPUS FROM OTHER STUDENTS, ANTI-SEMITIC AND ISRAELI MISINFORMATION IN THE CLASSROOM, WHICH INCLUDES MISINFORMATION ABOUT ISRAEL IN CLASS ASSIGNMENTS AND IN TEXTBOOKS. ANTI-SEMITIC AND THREATENING MESSAGING AND INFORMATION, IS BEING ALLOWED IN STUDENT NEWSPAPERS AND YEARBOOKS AND SOMETIMES IN THE CLASSROOMS ON A STUDENT OR TEACHER BULLETIN BOARDS. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST YEAR IN ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS. MY COLLEAGUES ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SOME RESOURCES THAT WE FEEL MIGHT HELP ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.

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MY NAME IS STEPHANIE AVITAL. I'M AN ORANGE COUNTY RESIDENT, AND I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT RESOURCES IN ORANGE COUNTY. THAT CAN FOSTER AND ENHANCE COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL LEARNING IN REGARD TO COMBATING HATE IN GENERAL. I BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW THERE'S AN ORANGE COUNTY HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HERE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE TOLERANCE MUSEUM IN LA WITH YOUR STUDENTS.

THAT COST YOU A LOT OF MONEY AND TIME. THE ORANGE, ORANGE. THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM ALSO PROVIDES FUNDING IF NEEDED. ALL OF THESE RESOURCES I'M MENTIONING ARE FREE TO THE SCHOOLS AND HAVE FUNDING PROVIDED. I AM A DOCENT AT THAT MUSEUM. WE ENCOURAGE YOU AS A BOARD TO GO TO THE MUSEUM AND SEE IT, AS WELL AS YOUR STAFF AND TEACHERS. IT'S USUALLY GEARED FROM SEVENTH GRADE ON UP THROUGH 12TH GRADE, AND IT'S QUITE A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE. IT'S NOT A TYPICAL HOLOCAUST MUSEUM.

IT'S BASED UPON THE LIFE OF ONE HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR WHO WAS A LOCAL RESIDENT IN HUNTINGTON BEACH. ANOTHER SOURCE IS THE STUDENT TO STUDENT PROGRAM, WHERE STUDENTS COME AND SPEAK TO YOUR CLASSMATES, THEIR CLASSMATES IN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE JEWISH AND WHAT JUDAISM IS. SO THAT'S A FOSTERING UNDERSTANDING AND EMPATHY AND EDUCATION OF KNOWLEDGE. WE KNOW THAT KNOWLEDGE REDUCES HATE, SO THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE.

THAT'S ALSO PROVIDED BY THE JEWISH FEDERATION. SURVIVORS PLAY IS A PLAY BASED UPON A REAL SURVIVORS, AND IT'S ACTED OUT. AND YOUR STUDENTS HAVE A Q&A AFTER. SO THERE'S AN ENGAGING CONVERSATION ON THAT THAT'S ALSO FUNDED. HOPE IN THE HOLY LAND IS A DOCU SERIES FILM BASED UPON A LOCAL GENTLEMAN HERE WHO MAKES FILMS AND TRAVELS TO ISRAEL. HE IS ALSO A PASTOR. HE'S WILLING TO DO A Q&A AFTER REVIEWING THE DOCU FILMS HOPE AND THE HOLY LAND, AND THE LAST ONE IS AN ESCAPE ROOM THAT IS OFFERED TO YOUR STUDENTS. THEY'LL COME TO THE SCHOOL AND SET UP AN ESCAPE ROOM WITH VARIOUS THEMES. DEPENDING ON WHAT THE TEACHERS YOU KNOW CHOOSE REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF HATE AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ANYONE. AND THE LAST THING IS FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE. IT HAS TO DO WITH OUR SPECIAL NEEDS PROGRAM AND OUR SPECIAL NEEDS PEOPLE. YOU HAVE STUDENTS THAT VOLUNTEER AND THEY GET THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT HOURS, AND THEY CAN VOLUNTEER AT FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE AND WORK WITH PEOPLE IN OUR SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY, FOSTERING FRIENDSHIPS, ACTIVITIES, SOCCER. THEY DO TENNIS. THEY DO COOKING FOR YOUNG ADULTS, AND THESE PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED AGAIN FREE TO THE COMMUNITY. AND IT'S BASED OUT OF NEWPORT BEACH. THANK YOU.

HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DAWN CALLI AND I JUST WANTED TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE WITH THE NEW ETHNIC STUDIES CURRICULUM THAT'S COMING NEXT FALL TO ALL OUR SCHOOLS. IN GENERAL, ETHNIC STUDIES CAN TAKE ONE OF TWO FORMS. IT CAN BE MULTICULTURAL ETHNIC STUDIES, WHICH FOCUSES ON THE HISTORY AND POSITIVE HISTORICAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF MINORITY GROUPS. OR IT CAN BE LIBERATED ETHNIC STUDIES, WHICH LEVERAGES RACE TO PUSH PARTIZAN POLITICAL ARGUMENTS ABOUT IDENTITY OR POWER, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE THAT IS ROOTED IN CRITICAL RACE THEORY. ANDUNRTUNL ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO PUT THEIR POLITICAL BIAS IN THE ETHNIC STUDIES MOVEMENTS. THIS IS JUST THE LATEST EXAMPLE OF HOW EMBEDDED ANTISEMITISM AND ANTI-SEMITISM IS IN EDUCATION. IF IT GOES UNCHECKED, IT WILL LEAD TO DIVISION AND HATE IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK ANY FURTHER THAN YOUR LOCAL COLLEGE CAMPUSES TO SEE IT

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THEY NEEDED TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE. WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THE SAME KIND OF MISEDUCATION AND GASLIGHTING OF ANY MINORITY TO HAPPEN IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. WE DON'T WANT THIS HATRED AND DIVISION BEING TAUGHT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE HIGH SCHOOL ETHNIC STUDIES CURRICULUM IS POSITIVE AND ACCURATE, AND MAKING STUDENTS FEEL PROUD OF THEIR HERITAGE AND NOT FEELING ATTACKED OR UNWELCOME. THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS ELAINE O'CONNOR AND I COME WITH THE RESOURCE FROM THE ISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL. AND YOU MAY WONDER, WHY WOULD I SIT FOR 2.5 HOURS TO BRING THIS RESOURCE TO YOU? IT'S BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY HELPFUL. I FEEL IT JUST DEEP IN MY HEART. SO AS I KNOW YOU ALL ARE AWARE, THERE'S MANY CHALLENGES IN THE RISE OF SEMITISM AND JUST EVEN RECOGNIZING WHAT IT IS. BUT NOT EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT BEHAVIORS IN THE CLASSROOM AND ON THE SCHOOL GROUNDS MAKE JEWISH STUDENTS FEEL THREATENED AND MARGINALIZED. SO HERE ARE SOME JEWISH STUDENTS EXPERIENCES SAID I'VE BEEN BULLIED THROUGH JEWISH AND HOLOCAUST JOKES SIMPLY FOR MY BEING JEWISH. OR WHEN I TELL PEOPLE I'M JEWISH, THEY OCCASIONALLY RESPOND WITH, WELL, YOU DON'T LOOK JEWISH. I'VE BEEN A TARGET OF ANTI-SEMITISM, BUT MOST OF THE STUDENTS DIDN'T NECESSARILY KNOW THEY WERE BEING ANTI-SEMITIC OR AT MY OLD SCHOOL, A BUNCH. AT MY OLD SCHOOL, A BUNCH OF SWASTIKAS WERE CARVED INTO THE CHAIRS IN MY RELIGIOUS STUDIES CLASS. SO THE QUESTION AT HAND IS, WHAT MAKES JEWISH STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT IN CONFRONTING ANTI-SEMITISM IN SCHOOL? AND HERE'S SOME OF THE ANSWERS THESE STUDENTS CAME UP WITH. I HAD A TEACHER I COULD TALK TO OR REPORT AN INCIDENT TO, OR AN EASY PLACE TO REPORT ANTI-SEMITISM ANONYMOUSLY, LIKE ONLINE, OR TO KNOW THAT YOUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS UNDERSTAND ANTI-SEMITISM, OR HAVING NON-JEWISH STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT ANTI-SEMITISM AND JUST THEMSELVES LEARNING ABOUT FORMS OF ANTI-SEMITISM AND HOW TO RESPOND. SO THE AMERICAN ISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL HAS A LOT OF GREAT RESOURCES. BUT THE ONE I'M HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT IS THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES A SPEAKER FOR STAFF DEVELOPMENT PRESENTATIONS AND ADDRESSES THOSE SPECIFIC ISSUES I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT AS WELL AS RELATED TOPICS. SO AN IA SPECIALIST HAS GIVEN THIS DEVELOPMENT PRESENTATION IN BOTH LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTY, INCLUDING THE FULLERTON SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THIS SAME EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM CAN BE PRESENTED TO THE PLACENTIA-YORBA LINDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AT NO COST. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTACT THE ISRAELI AMERICAN COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THIS PROGRAM, OR LEARN ABOUT PROGRAMS LIKE THIS ONE. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OUR NEXT SET OF SPEAKERS. PLEASE APPROACH THE FRONT. STEVE SHAPIRO CLOSE. SAM MIJOVIC.

SHERI MURRAY I THINK IT'S SHERRY. SHERRY. OH, IT'S AN M. I'M SORRY. SAM MURRAY. SHANI.

MURRAY I CAN'T BLAME MY NEW YORK ACCENT. I WAS GOING TO TRY, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GET AWAY WITH IT. SHANI. THANK YOU. AND LESLI. ALEXANDER. I THINK YOU GO FIRST. STEVE. STEVE. I'M ALREADY. WHEN I THINK OF MENTAL HEALTH. TODD. YOU'RE BETTER THAN A CAFFEINE BREAK. YOU'RE ALWAYS GOOD. GREAT PERSONALITIES. I HAD THIS PRESENTATION ABOUT READY TO TEAR IT UP BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS MENTAL HEALTH, THE BATTERIES, THAT SORT OF THING. THERE'S 1.1 MILLION VEHICLES ON RECALL RIGHT NOW THAT ARE BATTERIES. MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. THERE WAS AN EQUIVALENT OF 38,000 TESLAS THAT

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BUT FOR THREE YEARS, MYSELF AND A FEW OTHER RETIRED PEOPLE FROM FAA MILITARY HAVE BEEN DOING LITHIUM BATTERY SAFETY AND TEACHING LAWMAKERS, USUALLY ONE ON ONE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT. BECAUSE MY BACKGROUND WAS 13 YEARS IN HAZMAT AND WORKER PROTECTION, AND I HAD A FIRE AT MY HOUSE, BIKE BATTERIES JUST LAYING OUT IN THE HEAT CAUSE THEM. AND I HAD TEN PEOPLE FROM THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT, SHERIFF AND EVERYTHING THERE, AND THEY'RE KIND OF HANDS WERE TIED. PLUS THEY DIDN'T KNOW A LOT THAT HYDROGEN FLUORIDE IS LIKE BLEACH TIMES TEN. AND IF I DO A POST WITH THAT WORD OR THE WORDS CHINA, IT'S BLACKED OUT.

YOU CAN'T GET IT. SO ALL I WAS COMING UP HERE TO DO IS MAYBE AN E-BIKE SAFETY PROGRAM, BECAUSE I SEE THESE GUYS RUNNING DOWN THE STREET LIKE CRAZY. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PUT HELMETS ON THEM.

THE OTHER ONE WAS, THE OTHER ONE WAS, IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY, I WAS THINKING ABOUT A BUSINESS MODEL WITH AFTER SCHOOL SHOP CLASSES, BECAUSE THOSE WERE THE MENTORS THAT REALLY TOOK ME THERE. I RAISED AN ADHD CHILD AND HE'S A PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF SOCIETY. HIS STRONG POINTS WERE DETAIL, BUT HE CERTAINLY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL, AND HE CERTAINLY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO ENGLISH.

BUT YOU KNOW, AS I GET 26 YEARS OLD, THEY START COMING DOWN AND DRIVING COMPANY CARS. SO I TARGETED ON WHAT HE WAS GOOD AT, WHAT HE WASN'T. AND THE BIGGEST THING I HAD TO OVERCOME AND NOTHING ON YOU IS WELL-MEANING TEACHERS, GREAT TEACHERS SAID YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ANY GOOD UNLESS YOU GO TO COLLEGE. AND HE WASN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT AT ALL. SO HAVING PURPOSE AND WORTH AND HOPE IS THE BEST THING FOR MENTAL HEALTH. AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT. AND I THINK WE CAN DO THAT WITH TAKING APART A TOASTER TO START WITH, MAKING A BIRDHOUSE, WORKING ON A CAR. SO I THINK IF WE CAN START THAT BUSINESS MODEL UP, ANYBODY WANTS TO DO IT, WE CAN HAVE I DON'T KNOW, WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THE KIDS THAT DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO GO, BUT BIKE SAFETY ONE I CAN TEACH YOU GUYS ABOUT BATTERY SAFETY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF FIRES THAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT.

CITY OF NEW YORK LOST 22 PEOPLE LAST YEAR, 400 FIRES. OKAY. AND WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE SUPPLY CHAIN. SO AMAZON'S STARTING TO GET ON BOARD BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE BATTERIES THAT ARE MADE IN CHINA AND VIETNAM, WHEN THEY'RE BAD THEY DON'T GET SCRAPPED. THEY GO DOWN THE STREET AND THEY MAKE THEM INTO PROFIT. THANK YOU. SO IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, MY NAME IS SARAH. I'D LOVE TO HELP YOU. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS SAM REVICH. A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT I SAID. I WAS GOING TO REPEAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT. THE VALENCIA ACADEMIC DECATHLON.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. THEY PLACED SECOND OVERALL IN THE ORANGE COUNTY COMPETITION AND PLACED FIRST IN SUPERQUIZ. IN ADDITION TO THE TEAM AWARDS, INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED $9,500 IN SCHOLARSHIPS. VALENCIA SCORE QUALIFIES IT TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT ONCE AGAIN AT THE CALIFORNIA STATE COMPETITION NEXT WEEKEND IN SANTA CLARA. A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THE COACHES CAITLYN RAO, NATHAN VEGA AND CAITLYN REUTER. THIS SUCCESS IS NOT JUST A MEASURE OF THE TEAM AND ITS DEDICATED COACHES. IT'S ALSO EXPRESSES THE GREAT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED AT VALENCIA AND THE DISTRICT. MORE BROADLY, THE COMPETITION MEASURES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN TEN SUBJECT AREAS SPEECH, ESSAY, INTERVIEW, ART, ECONOMICS, SOCIAL SCIENCE, SCIENCE, MATH, LITERATURE AND MUSIC. GREAT ACADEMIC DECATHLETES ARE NOT MADE IN THE FEW MONTHS LEADING TO THE COMPETITION. THEIR SUCCESS REFLECTS THE INVESTMENT OF THE DISTRICT OVER MANY YEARS IN OUR SCHOOLS. THE SPECIFIC ACADEMIC LEGACY OF VALENCIA DEVELOPED OVER DECADES AND CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO SEVERAL VISIONARY ADMINISTRATORS, INCLUDING RICK LOPEZ, JOEY DAVIS, NANCY WATKINS AND JAMIE YORK, WHO COACHED ACADEMIC DECATHLON WITH ME FOR A FEW YEARS. OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, THREE SCHOOL BOARD EXTREMISTS DROVE THESE PROVEN EDUCATORS OUT OF THE DISTRICT. THEIR LOSS TO US IS TRAGIC. LAST YEAR, THE TIGERS GELLED AT THE RIGHT TIME. VALENCIA BROUGHT GLORY TO OUR DISTRICT, BEING THE FIRST PILL SCHOOL TO FINISH IN THE TOP TEN AT THE STATE COMPETITION, PLACING SEVENTH OVERALL EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE NOT RANKED IN THE TOP 20 GOING INTO THE COMPETITION. THE BEST SCHOOLS IN THE NATION ARE REPRESENTED AT THE CALIFORNIA STATE COMPETITION. THE WINNER OF THE CALIFORNIA COMPETITION HAS WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN ALL BUT TWO YEARS. THIS CENTURY. OUR HEARTS ARE WITH YOU, YOU

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IT WORKS OUT TO LESS THAN $5 AN HOUR. IT MUST BE RATHER INSULTING TO THEM TO HEAR THAT USC COACHES ARE COMPENSATED AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS. AT $50 AN HOUR. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY, IT'S ABOUT RESPECT AND FAIRNESS. NOW, I GOT 21 SECONDS. THAT NINE PASSENGER BUS WOULD BE PERFECT TO GET THEM TO SANTA CLARA. HELLO, I'M SHANAE MURRAY. I'M SEEING AND HEARING A LOT OF MISINFORMATION IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I JUST ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR ITS UNANIMOUS VOTE TO INVESTIGATE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS TO ENSURE WE HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY IN PIL. THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE OUR ADMINISTRATORS ARE TREATING EMPLOYEES FAIRLY, ACTING IN FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WAYS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, PRIORITIZING THE EDUCATION AND SAFETY OF OUR PIO STUDENTS. THE FACT THAT FIVE OF THE SEVEN WERE QUICKLY CLEARED JUST BOOSTS MY CONFIDENCE IN THEIR ABILITIES. WHILE THE FACT THAT TWO ARE STILL OUT DOES GIVE ME CAUSE FOR CONCERN, HOWEVER, THE INVESTIGATION CONCLUDES I SUPPORT THIS PUSH FOR GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, RENEE GRAY, FOR YOUR STRONG LEADERSHIP AS ACTING SUPERINTENDENT AND DOCTOR SERRANO, WELCOME TO THE PIO FAMILY. I'VE BEEN PART OF THIS DISTRICT FOR 18 YEARS AND IT TRULY IS AN AMAZING PLACE. THANK YOU. I'M LESLIE ALEXANDER, A RETIRED TEACHER, A PARENT OF TWO PIL GRADS, AND A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY. WELCOME, DOCTOR MUSSER, DOCTOR SERINO, I PRACTICE IT. I'M PLEASED THAT PIL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BENEFIT FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE AND PROVEN LEADERSHIP. AND THANK YOU, MRS. GRAY, FOR STEPPING IN WHEN WE NEEDED YOU. THANK YOU ALSO TO MRS. ANDERSON FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS BOARD. IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. MR. FRAZIER, AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, YOU INDIGNANTLY CHARACTERIZED THE EXPECTED RETURN OF MRS. GRAY TO HER ACTUAL POSITION AS RIDICULOUS.

WHERE WAS THAT OUTRAGE OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, WHEN 25 VALUED ADMINISTRATORS WERE FORCED TO RESIGN OR FORCED OUT OF THEIR POSITIONS? ONE OF THOSE ADMINISTRATORS WAS FROM YORBA LINDA MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHERE I WAS TEACHING PRIOR TO RETIREMENT. THAT LOSS WAS A SOUL CRUSHING LOSS, NOT JUST FOR THE TEACHERS AND STAFF, BUT FOR THE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS AS WELL. THAT LOSS WAS REPEATED 25 TIMES ACROSS THIS DISTRICT. YET YOU SHOWED NO OUTRAGE, NO INDIGNATION. INSTEAD, YOU CHOSE TO SUPPORT AND ENABLE THE MALFEASANCE AND INCOMPETENCE OF CHERNUS AND GATES. NOW THAT MR. FRAZIER IS RIDICULOUS. MRS. BLADES, I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE RECENTLY POST STATEMENTS THAT ARE BOTH MISLEADING AND FALSE. IN ONE RECENT POST, YOU MADE IT SOUND AS THOUGH A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD VOTED TO PUT CHERNUS AND GATES ON LEAVE. IN FACT, IT WAS A UNANIMOUS BOARD VOTE THAT PUT THEM ON LEAVE. YOU ALSO VOTED FOR THAT LEAVE. I AM NOT SURE WHOSE INTERESTS YOU ARE PROMOTING WHEN YOU SHARE BOARD BUSINESS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IN POSTS THAT ARE BOTH FALSE AND MISLEADING, BUT I'M ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THOSE POSTS DO NOT SERVE THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. OUR LAST TWO SPEAKERS FOR THIS EVENING, JULIE SUCHARD. I KNOW I GOT THE JULIE PART RIGHT. DID YOU GET THE LAST PART ALL RIGHT? HEARD IT WORSE. AND. AND KAREN. NO LAST NAME? KAREN. SCHNEIDER. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JULIE SUCHARD. ON MARCH 4TH, TRUSTEE BLADES POSTED THE FOLLOWING ON HER FACEBOOK ACCOUNT. QUOTE THE NEW BOARD MAJORITY. ANDERSON, BUCK AND QUINTERO ARE OVERSEEING ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE BUDGET BEING CUT IN HALF. THIS IS NOT WHAT WAS PROMISED TO OUR COMMUNITY AND STUDENTS. END QUOTE I REVIEWED THE JUNE 2024 OSC'S BUDGET. THE ORIGINAL BUDGET LISTED $10,111,486 IN REVENUE, $7,664,400 IN EXPENSES, AND $2,478,580 IN FEES AND TRANSFERS, FOR AN ENDING LOSS OF 32,494. THE FIRST INTERIM

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THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT DAY. SO, SAM, A $90,000 VAN FOR A HANDFUL OF STUDENTS. I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T LIKE SPENDING MONEY ON A SELECT FEW. AND FOR THE OTHER LADY, THE BEST WAY TO CLEAR SOMEONE'S REPUTATION IS WITH AN INVESTIGATION. ANYWAYS, GLAD TO SEE OSC'S BEING RECOGNIZED AS IT SHOULD BE TONIGHT, BUT IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT BETH FISHER WAS THE PERSON WHO FOUGHT TO BRING IT TO LIFE. DESPITE THE ONGOING OPPOSITION FROM MARYLAND AND THE TEACHER'S UNION. I HOPE THAT OPPOSITION DOESN'T CONTINUE. PARENTS AND STUDENTS LOVE THE SCHOOL AS WELL AS USC. THE STAFF THERE HAS WORKED SO HARD TO CREATE AN AMAZING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. THEY DESERVE A CHANCE TO CONTINUE ON THEIR TRAJECTORY OF SUCCESS. AND SINCE NOTHING IS BEING SAID ABOUT THIS, IT'S BEEN THREE MONTHS AND WE'VE HEARD NOTHING ON THIS ENDLESS INVESTIGATION AGAINST CHERNUS AND GATES. AND TWO TIMES NOW YOU'VE HAD NOTHING TO REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION. MARILYN, IS THIS HOW IT'S GOING TO BE NOW THAT YOU'RE IN CHARGE? DIDN'T YOU CAMPAIGN ON TRANSPARENCY? SO WHEN ARE WE GOING TO HEAR THE RESULTS? OR ARE YOU JUST PLANNING TO KEEP THEM OUT UNTIL THEY GIVE UP AND GO AWAY? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. THIS IS COSTING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, AND THE COMMUNITY DESERVES TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FIND NOTHING? HOW MUCH MONEY ARE YOU WILLING TO SPEND TO GET RID OF THEM FOR YOUR PERSONAL VENDETTA? I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT TRANSPARENCY. YOU CAMPAIGNED ON, MARILYN, BUT IT SEEMS YOUR ENTIRE FOCUS IS ON DISMANTLING INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND DESTROYING THE REPUTATION OF TWO INCREDIBLY COMPETENT ADMINISTRATORS, WITH THREE SUPERINTENDENTS IN THREE MONTHS.

NO OFFENSE, YOU SEEM DELIGHTFUL. CERTAIN EMPLOYEES BEING TARGETED AND HARASSED AT THEIR SCHOOLS FOR SUPPORTING DOCTOR CHERNUS, AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE A COORDINATED SLANDER CAMPAIGN AGAINST DOCTOR CHERNUS AND THE PROGRAMS HE HELPED TO CREATE. IT SEEMS YOU'VE CREATED THE VERY CHAOS IN THIS DISTRICT THAT YOU CLAIMED WAS HAPPENING BEFORE THE ELECTION. HOW MANY VANS COULD WE HAVE BOUGHT FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU'RE SPENDING ON THIS WITCH HUNT? WHAT UPGRADES COULD HAVE BEEN DONE AT THE VALENCIA KITCHEN THAT YOU WERE SO CONCERNED ABOUT BEFORE? WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES, THE KIDS OR POLITICAL AGENDAS? BRING BACK DOCTOR CHERNUS AND DOCTOR GATES.

ENOUGH ALREADY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS TODAY. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR COMMENTS. OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK. SO WE'LL WE'LL COME BACK AT OKAY. WE'LL CALL US BACK INTO SESSION AT 916. THAT WAS HER. MY CHAIR. SORRY. OH, SOMEBODY SWITCHED THE CHAIRS ON RENEE. ALL THE SHUFFLING. OKAY, SO

[16. ACTION ITEMS - GENERAL FUNCTIONS]

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THE NEXT SENTENCE, ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO DURING SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS IS, OH WAIT, IT'S AT THE BEGINNING. IT IS AT THE BEGINNING. YEAH. IT SAYS ON DISTRICT PROPERTY, BUT WE COULD, IT COULD, IT COULD INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IS WHAT I THINK WE COULD DO THAT TOO. THAT'S THAT WAS THE POINT THAT I WAS LIKE, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE LIMITING OURSELVES. YEAH, I KNOW IT SAYS THAT. BUT YEAH, I MEAN, AND I UNDERSTAND TOO. THERE'S OTHER IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS, LIKE AT A, AT A HIGH SCHOOL OR AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL, THERE ARE OTHER PENAL CODE PROVISIONS THAT ARE SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE BOARD'S CIVILITY POLICY THAT WOULD APPLY, THAT WOULD GIVE THE DISTRICT THE ABILITY TO KEEP SOMEBODY OFF OF THE PROPERTY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. YEAH, THIS IS NOT FOR SCHOOL SITES. THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR BOARD MEETINGS. CORRECT? I JUST WAS CURIOUS BECAUSE, I MEAN, YOU'RE A LAWYER, PEOPLE ARE LITIGIOUS. AND IF THEY FIND SOME LOOPHOLE THAT THEY CAN GET AROUND IF

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I MEAN, I DON'T DISPUTE THAT IT'S PROBABLY HAPPENING OR SOMETHING HAPPENED, BUT IT'D JUST BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT WOULD BE NICE FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. YEAH. AND WE DON'T NEED TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING ABOUT IT. NO NO NO NO NO. THAT'S MY ONLY ADDITION. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. SO DO WE NEED TO AMEND THE. IS THIS NOT THE MOTION TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE. WE COULD BRING IT BACK AS A SECOND READING WHICH WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH YOUR BOARD BYLAWS. LET'S DO THAT. WHICH MEANS WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE. YOU ACTUALLY CLOSE THE ITEM THOUGH. WE HAVE TO. WE HAVE TO VOTE. SO SORRY. WHAT WAS THE MOTION TO APPROVE REVISIONS, APPROVE REVISIONS, APPROVE REVISIONS? I WOULD EVEN SAY THAT WITH THIS BEING SO. I MEAN, UNLESS YOU GUYS CAN THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE, I WOULD EVEN SAY WE JUST WAIVE THE SECOND READ BECAUSE THIS WOULD GET THIS KIND OF AN LIKE, LIKE TECHNICALLY THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IT WOULD BE IN. I KNOW, THAT'S WHY I'M THINKING IF WE JUST AMEND IT TO ADD TO SAY, I LIKE THE IDEA OF DOING THE SECOND READ, WE KIND OF GOT AWAY FROM THAT, BUT BRINGING IT BACK IS ALWAYS GOOD. JUST TO CLARIFY THAT IT'S BEEN PUT IN THERE. IT DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING. YEAH. IF WE WERE GOING TO DO THE SECOND READING, THOUGH, WE WOULD NEED SOMEBODY TO PROPOSE AN AMENDED MOTION TO DOES IT HAVE TO BE WHO MADE THE MOTION INITIALLY DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE. SO HERE'S HOW IT WORKS. IF ANYBODY WANTS A QUICK ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE THAT'S BEEN SECONDED. SOMEBODY CAN PROPOSE AN AMENDED MOTION. THERE HAS TO BE FIRST A VOTE ON WHETHER TO ACCEPT THE AMENDED MOTION. YOU'RE NOT APPROVING THAT AMENDED MOTION. YOU'RE JUST ACCEPTING IT AS THE THING THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE TABLE ONCE. IF THAT GETS APPROVED, THEN THE NEXT VOTE WOULD BE TO APPROVE AND ADOPT THE AMENDED MOTION. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS CASE, SOMEBODY COULD MAKE A MOTION, AN AMENDED MOTION, PROPOSE AN AMENDED MOTION TO ACCEPT THE PUBLIC COMMENT ANNOUNCEMENT REVISIONS AS A FIRST READING, FOR EXAMPLE, AND BRING IT BACK AS A SECOND READING. AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING. ANOTHER OPTION WOULD BE TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSED REVISIONS, WITH THE CHANGE PROPOSED BY MR. FRAZIER, AND IF THAT AMENDED MOTION GOT ACCEPTED AND THE BOARD VOTED ON THAT TONIGHT, WE'D BE DONE WITH THIS. SO IT'S COMPLETELY UP TO THE BOARD HOW THEY WANT TO PROCEED. SO I'VE MADE THE MOTION. SO WHY DON'T I TRY TO AMEND THAT. GOOD LUCK. OKAY. SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO AMEND THE REVISION TO INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO BUT NOT LIMITED TO INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO AND FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT ANNOUNCEMENT AND FOR CLARITY, TO APPROVE IT TONIGHT TO. YES. WITH THE CHANGE. YES. WITH THE CHANGE. WITH THE WITH THE SECOND APPROVAL TONIGHT. WE DON'T NEED A SECOND READING. OKAY. SO SECOND SECOND DOES SOMEBODY SECOND THAT OKAY. SOMEBODY SHOULD SECOND THAT REAL FAST. SO ALL SO THE FIRST VOTE IS TO APPROVE THE AMENDED MOTION MADE BY TRUSTEE BUCK AND SECONDED BY MISS QUINTERO. YEAH.

YES, THE AMENDED MOTION. BUT WE'RE NOT ADOPTING THAT MOTION YET. WE'RE JUST WE'RE JUST APPROVING IT TO BECOME THE NEW MOTION THAT WE VOTE ON. ISN'T THIS CRAZY? DON'T WE LOVE ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER? AREN'T THEY GREAT? I KNOW, ALL RIGHT, SO. SO THIS VOTE DOESN'T APPROVE THIS YET. IT JUST APPROVES THE AMENDED MOTION. APPROVES? THE AMENDED MOTION WOULD BE CRAZY IF WE ALL JUST VOTED NO. WELL, THEN WE'D THEN WE'D VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION ORIGINAL. YEAH, YEAH. I'M KIDDING, I'M KIDDING. DON'T DO THAT. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. SO NOW NOW YOU VOTE ON. I CAN MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE AMENDED MOTION THAT WE JUST SUBMITTED.

RIGHT. OKAY. SECOND. OKAY, SO WE HAVE MRS. BUCK MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDED MOTION WE

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I'M HOLDING MY DISCUSSION FOR CONSENT. GEEZ. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. I ALSO, AND I. SO MOTION PASSES, FIVE ZERO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. 16.2 APPROVED. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE REVISIONS TO BOARD POLICY 1315 AS THEY RELATE TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIALS AND SCHOOLS. FIRST READING SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. BUCK, A SECOND BY MRS. BLADES, AND WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR YOUNG. THANK YOU. THIS EVENING WE ARE PROPOSING A REVISION TO BOARD POLICY 1315 DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIALS IN SCHOOLS. YOU'LL SEE THAT ONE WORD HAS BEEN STRUCK THROUGH, AND THAT WORD IS NONPROFIT IN ORDER TO BRING IT IN ALIGNMENT WITH BOARD POLICY. 1325 ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION, WHICH ALLOWS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS OF A COMMERCIAL NATURE TO STUDENTS OR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. THIS WILL BE A FIRST READING OF THE REVISION, AND WE WELCOME YOUR CONSIDERATION AND FEEDBACK AT THIS TIME. OKAY, ANYONE HAVE ANY? OH I'M SORRY. SO IT WAS TO MATCH THE WORDING IN 1325, WHICH IS WHY WE HAD THE TYPO IN THE INITIAL. THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY. AND THE PURPOSE IS JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE THAT IS NOT A IT'S A DIFFERENT. YEAH, IT'S USED TO BE LIMITED OKAY. BUT NOW WE ALLOW COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. OKAY. DOES IT SOUND LIKE THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT NONPROFITS CAN'T CORRECT IT. IT JUST MEANS THAT IT'S NOT ONLY CORRECT, NOT LIMITED TO WHO WANTS TO ADVERTISE. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. OKAY.

[17. ACTION ITEMS - HUMAN RESOURCES]

MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. OKAY. THIS ONE, WE MAY JUST KEEP MOVING ON. YEP. 1717 TWO. I MAKE A MOTION. WE ADOPT RESOLUTION 24 POINT OR 2415 AUTHORIZING ELIMINATION OF CLASSIFIED MANAGEMENT POSITIONS. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. BUCK, A SECOND BY MYSELF, AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MRS. MENDOZA. WE'RE ADOPTING RESOLUTION 2415, AUTHORIZING THE ELIMINATION OF CLASSIFIED. SORRY, AUTHORIZING THE ELIMINATION OF CLASSIFIED MANAGEMENT POSITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ED 45114 EC 45117 EC 45298, AND EC 45308.

CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES SHALL BE SUBJECT TO LAYOFF FOR LACK OF WORK WHEN THERE HAS BEEN A REDUCTION OR ELIMINATION OF SERVICES, AFFECTED EMPLOYEES SHALL BE GIVEN NOTICE OF LAYOFF

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[18. ACTION ITEMS - BUSINESS SERVICES]

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SO WHAT IS THE SECOND INTERIM REPORT? WHAT IS IT THAT THE BOARD IS LOOKING TO APPROVE? SO THERE ARE THREE ASSIGNMENTS THAT EVERY REPORT IS GIVEN. IF IT'S A POSITIVE ASSIGNMENT, IT MEANS THEET ITS FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND TWO YEARS OUT.

IF IT'S A QUALIFIED ASSIGNMENT, THAT MEANS IT MAY NOT MEET THOSE FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS. AND IF IT'S A NEGATIVE ASSIGNMENT, IT MEANS THE DISTRICT WILL NOT MEET. SO WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THAT IN A FEW MINUTES. WHEN WE START GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE NUMBERS. SO HERE IS WE WENT TO THE GOVERNOR'S JANUARY REPORT. AND IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE HE TALKED A LOT. THEY TALKED A LOT ABOUT CALIFORNIA ECONOMY CURRENTLY IS PROJECTED TO GROW AND IT SEEMS TO BE DOING WELL.

BUT THERE ARE SOME MIXED SIGNALS THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF KEEP OUR EYES ON. SO WHAT ARE THE RISKS MOVING FORWARD THAT COULD AFFECT OUR BUDGET? SO WE HAVE THE STATES BEING VERY VULNERABLE TO THE IMPACTS OF THE UNCERTAINTY OF RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDING. WHAT THE TARIFFS ARE GOING TO DO TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY, AND HOW THE DISTRICT IS SO TIED INTO HOW WELL CALIFORNIA DOES, AND CHANGES IN THE IMMIGRATION POLICY. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP MONITORING AS WE MOVE FORWARD. ASSUMPTIONS. SO WE TAKE A LOOK. AND HOW DO WE BUILD OUR BUDGETS AND MONITOR OUR BUDGETS. SO SALARIES ARE ALWAYS DEPENDING ON OUR NEGOTIATION PROCESS. OUR STATUTORY COLA FOR THIS YEAR IS ONLY 1.07, WHICH IS LOW FOR NEXT YEAR. IT'S 2.43 AND FOR THE YEAR FOLLOWING 3.52. SO IT'S HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. BUT WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES. OUR ENROLLMENT FOR 2425 IS AT 22,700. WE'RE PROJECTING A DROP IN THE OUT YEARS OF 70, WHICH IS A 0.3 PERCENTAGE. SO IT'S VERY SMALL. BUT BASED ON THOSE THINGS THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THE DATA, WE MIGHT BE DECLINING IN THOSE OUT YEARS, AGAIN, WE'LL MONITOR THIS AND CHANGE IT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THE ATTENDANCE RATE, WE HAVE A VERY HIGH ATTENDANCE RATE HERE, WHICH IS WONDERFUL. IT'S BEING BUDGETED AT 95%. OUR HEALTH AND WELFARE INCREASE THIS YEAR WAS 5.3%. AND FOR OUT YEARS WE'RE PROJECTING IT AT 6%. AND THE K-3 CLASS SIZE REDUCTION IS AGAIN NEGOTIATED LANGUAGE. SO I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT HERE ABOUT WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO TAKE OUR, YOU KNOW, KEEP OUR EYES ON HERE. WE HAD A LOT OF ONE TIME GRANT MONEY. AND YOU CAN SEE OVERALL WE WENT AHEAD AND LISTED WHAT THESE ARE. AND WE HAD $57 MILLION OF ONE TIME GRANTS. AND AS WE MOVE INTO THE FOLLOWING YEARS, ALL THAT'S LEFT IS 20 MILLION. SO THAT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE AFFECTING OUR BUDGETS. SOME OF THOSE ITEMS WILL BE GOING AWAY. OTHERS MIGHT NEED TO BE ABSORBED BACK INTO THE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND. LUCKILY, WE STILL HAVE SOME ONGOING GRANTS. WE TALKED TONIGHT ABOUT THE EXPANDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM, WHICH IS ROUGHLY $9 MILLION A YEAR, WHICH IS WONDERFUL. WE HAVE PROP 28 ARTS AND MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS, THREE 3 MILLION. SO I'M GLAD THAT AT LEAST WE'RE KEEPING THOSE. WHAT ARE THE CHANGES SINCE FIRST INTERIM? SO THE COLA DIDN'T CHANGE. IT'S 1.07. BUT WHAT DID CHANGE WAS THE 2526 PROJECTION FOR NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE IT DROPPED BY 0.5%. WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS THAT THE DISTRICT LOST 1.3 MILLION IN THE LCFF BASE FUNDING YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND THEN IN OUR SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING, WE'RE LOSING 120,000. SO EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY SMALL PERCENTAGE DECREASE, IT IT IS A LOT OF MONEY. AND THEN FOR 26, 27 WAS PROJECTED AT 3.08 AT FIRST INTERIM. AND THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING UP TO 3.52. SO I'M I'M HOPEFUL THAT IT'LL STAY THAT WAY. OUR CALPERS EMPLOYER RATES AND FIRST INTERIM. IT DIDN'T CHANGE A WHOLE LOT. SO WE JUST MONITORED THOSE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND THE CALSTRS ISN'T CHANGING AT ALL. SO OUR ENROLLMENT WE GO THROUGH AND WE CERTIFY OUR COW PADS NUMBERS. SO THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FIRST

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SO ON THE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND OVERALL, COULD I ASK A QUESTION BEFORE WE. OH I'M SORRY PLEASE. SORRY. ON GOING BACK. JUST THE ONE SLIDE. THE RESTRICTED REVENUE, THE SPECIAL RESERVE FUND FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECTS ARE 40 OVER 40 FUND. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE BACKUP INFORMATION. I COMPLETELY APPRECIATE THAT. WHAT YOU MENTIONED IN THERE. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, YOU SAID THAT WE HAVE THE BALLOON PAYMENT THAT'S OUTSTANDING AS WE PAY OFF OUR DEBT. THAT IS COMING UP IN 2030, 32. AND THAT IS FULLY COVERED. COVERED. THAT MONEY IS SITTING THERE IN THE BANK WAITING FOR THAT. SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO HIT ANY OF OUR TAXPAYERS. NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOT AT ALL. WAIT. HOLD ON A SECOND. SO WE'RE PAYING THAT OFF RIGHT NOW. IS IT ALREADY COMING OUT OF OUR PROPERTY TAXES. AND IT'S SITTING OVER AT THE ORANGE COUNTY, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A BIG DISPUTE. THERE'S A BIG DISPUTE, I GUESS, TODAY WITH THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ABOUT THE PERSON WHO'S HANDLING IT AND ALL THE STUFF. SO WHEN THEY SAY THAT WE START PAYING IT OFF IN 2032, HAVE WE BEEN COLLECTING PROPERTY TAXES? AND IT'S SITTING IN THE THING AND IT STARTS GETTING PAID OFF IN 2032. IS THAT WHAT HAPPENS? OR DO OUR PROPERTY TAXES RAISE IN 2032. BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE BONDS COME FROM. IS OUR PROPERTY TAXES CORRECT. SO WE'RE TALKING TWO DIFFERENT THINGS OKAY. SO WE'VE GOT OUR BONDS WHICH IS IN FUND 51. AND WE ONLY SHOW THAT AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SO FOR BONDS WE COLLECT THE PROPERTY TAXES IS HELD AT THE COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE. AND THEY ACTUALLY MAKE THE PAYMENTS ON THE BONDS. OKAY. SO IT'S NOT EVEN UNDER OUR CONTROL. WHAT THIS IS, IS OUR COP PAYMENTS. AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE DISTRICT IT'S LIKE PERSONAL DEBT FOR THE DISTRICT. RIGHT. AND SO EVERY YEAR WE HAVE TO PAY ON THAT DEBT. RIGHT. AND SO RIGHT NOW IN THAT FUND 40, BECAUSE WE RECEIVED SOME MONEY FROM THE SETTLEMENT FROM THE CITY OF YORBA LINDA, THAT MONEY IS BEING KEPT IN THERE SO THAT WE CAN PAY THE ANNUAL DEBT ON THE COP, NOT THE BONDS. OKAY. SO THE CAB BONDS THAT WE START PAYING THAT BACK IN 2032, NO, 2032 IS ONLY OUR COPS. OKAY. SO WHEN DOES THE CAB BOND START? BECAUSE THERE'S ALL THIS DISPUTE THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO PAY THE CAB BACK. WHEN DO WE START PAYING THAT BACK? AND ARE WE ALREADY LIKE AS OUR PROPERTY TAXES HAVE INCREASED OR ARE THEY ALREADY TAKING IT FROM OUR PROPERTY TAXES? THEY'RE ALREADY TAKING IT FROM OUR PROPERTY TAXES, OKAY. AND ALL OF OUR BOND DEBT IS PAID OVER MULTIPLE YEARS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND THEN I KNOW THAT WE HAVE I THINK TONIGHT IT'S ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR WHERE WE BRING IN OUR FINANCIAL EXPERT THAT WILL COME IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE BONDS AND FIND OUT. ARE THE INTEREST RATES GOOD FOR THE DISTRICT WHERE WE MAYBE CAN REFUND IT? WE TRY TO REFUND BONDS WHEN IT'S GOOD FOR THE DISTRICT AND THAT'S WHAT DROPS THE PROPERTY TAXES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. BUT THE CAB BONDS, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO. YOU CAN'T

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THAT'S ALL BEING HELD ON THE OUTSIDE. SO WE CALL THE COUNTY ASSESSOR COLLECTS THE PROPERTY TAX. OKAY. THEN THEY TURN AROUND AND THEY PAY ALL OF THE BOND DEBT WHICH IS INCLUDING THE CAPS. SO THAT'S ALREADY ALL BEING DONE. OKAY THEN IN FUND 40 THAT'S THE COPS CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION. THAT'S ANOTHER LOAN. THAT'S LIKE A LIKE A PRIVATE LOAN FOR THE DISTRICT.

AND WE HAVE THE MONEY IN THERE TO PAY THAT DEBT OFF, AND THAT DEBT WILL BE PAID OFF. THE LAST PAYMENT IS IN 2032. OKAY. SO THAT SEPARATE THINGS. SO IT'S TWO SEPARATE YES THINGS. SO YOU HAVE COP AND THEN YOU HAVE CAB. YES. AND IT ALL COMES FROM OUR PROPERTY TAXES. NO ONLY THE BONDS PAYMENTS COME FROM PROPERTY TAXES. THE COP PAYMENT IS COMING FROM THE SETTLEMENT FOR THE CITY OF YORBA LINDA. THAT'S THE MONEY THAT WE'RE USING TO PAY OFF THE COP DEBT.

WE USED TO HAVE REDEVELOPMENT FEES. AND THERE SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH THE STATE AND THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY. AND THEN WE ENDED UP HAVING TO SUE THE CITY OF YORBA LINDA TO GET SOME OF THAT BACK. SO THAT WAS PUT AWAY IN THE BANK TO PAY FOR THE LAST PAYMENT. OKAY, OKAY. AND SO I THINK A PRESENTATION ON THE CAB BONDS WOULD BE HELPFUL. YEAH, I JUST KIND OF LAY THAT OUT. THE COMMUNITY HAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD FOR US TO DO.

SURE. BUT ALSO TO SO THIS OTHER THING WHEN WE TAKE OUT LIKE IF, IF IT HIT LIKE WITH THE BUILDING FOR VALENCIA. SO FOR SOME REASON IF WE HAD TO TAKE OUT A LOAN, WE WOULD THIS IS HOW WE WOULD PAY THAT LOAN BACK. IF FOR SOME REASON, LIKE WE HAD HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LIKE VALENCIA PROPERTY STUFF, ALLEGEDLY, THAT'S HOW WE WOULD START. WE COULD TAKE A LOAN OUT IN THAT SAME MANNER. WE COULD TAKE OUT ANOTHER COP. BUT WE CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW HAVE NO REVENUES TO PAY THAT GOT IT, GOT IT. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT FOR A BOND. SO WE'D HAVE TO DO A BOND. OKAY. YEAH. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THERE'S $100 MILLION EITHER. I'M JUST SAYING WHAT IFS. WE UNDERSTAND PLAYING THE WHAT IF GAME, RIGHT? YES. SORRY TO DERAIL YOUR PRESENTATION.

WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANT TO KNOW, YOU'RE DOING GREAT. THANK YOU. BUT THE CAB PRESENTATION, I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL. SURE. NO PROBLEM. OKAY. SO MOVING FORWARD, HERE IS OUR UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND. AND I LIKE TO PUT PICTURES IN JUST BECAUSE I'M A VISUAL PERSON. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN PART OF THIS IS THE MAJORITY OF THE DISTRICT'S MONEY IS COMING FROM LCFF, WHICH IS MONEY WE RECEIVE FROM THE STATE. THEN WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF SPECIAL FUNDS FROM THE STATE, $10 MILLION. WE HAVE SOME LOCAL REVENUE COMING IN OF $11 MILLION. WE TRANSFER IN 500,000 FROM THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT FUND TO SUPPORT THE EXPENSES THAT WE'RE PAYING OUT OF THE UNRESTRICTED FOR THAT PROGRAM, AND THEN WE CONTRIBUTE TO RESTRICTED MAINTENANCE, AROUND $11 MILLION TO SUPPORT ALL OF OUR FACILITY UPKEEP. AND THEN WE CONTRIBUTE TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS OF 34 MILLION. SO OVERALL, FOR OUR UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND REVENUE, WE HAVE $254.9 MILLION. AND HERE'S WHERE WE SPEND IT. SO OVERALL, YOU CAN SEE AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE NUMBERS ON THIS ONE IN A SECOND. BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR MONEY IS GOING FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE A SMALLER AMOUNT. 2% GOES FOR BOOKS AND SUPPLIES. OUR SERVICES ARE AROUND 6% AND SO ON. SO OVERALL WE'RE SPENDING $266.3 MILLION. SO HERE'S WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. PUTTING THE NUMBERS IN HERE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR FOR SECOND INTERIM. AND THEN FOR THE PROJECTIONS FOR THE TWO OUT YEARS. YOU CAN SEE OUR REVENUES FOR THIS YEAR IS 254.9.

NEXT YEAR'S GOING TO 251.9 FOLLOWING YEAR, 250 9.2 THE EXPENDITURES, BECAUSE OF THOSE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH STEP AND COLUMN AND SO FORTH, 266 MILLION THIS YEAR, PRETTY SIMILAR FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR, GOING UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN THE YEAR AFTER THAT, 268 SO WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR REVENUES MINUS YOUR EXPENDITURES, YOU'RE EITHER GOING TO HAVE A SURPLUS. SO WE HAVE WE COME OUT AHEAD OR WE HAVE A DEFICIT. SO FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR WE HAVE A DEFICIT OF $11.4 MILLION. SO I ALWAYS KIND OF THINK OF THAT TOP PART AS LIKE THE CHECKBOOK. SO THE MONEY'S GOING IN, THE MONEY'S GOING OUT. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT. SO OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT, WE STARTED WITH THE BEGINNING BALANCE OF 72.9 MILLION. AND AFTER WE ABSORB THAT LOSS OF 11.4, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THE ENDING BALANCE OF BEING ABOUT $61 MILLION. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT AND YOU TAKE OUR ENDING BALANCE AND

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THERE'S THAT'S SO ANOTHER QUESTION I WAS I WAS I WAS KIDDING ON THE LAST ONE. BUT I KNOW I KNOW THE SO I HAVE A QUESTION. WHEN WE HAVE OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT IS IT ARE WE ABLE TO PUT LIKE MONEY IN LIKE YOU KNOW THERE'S SOME SAVINGS ACCOUNTS WHERE YOU CAN GATHER LIKE 4 OR 5% INTEREST. DO THEY DO ANY TYPE? I MEAN, HUGE ACCOUNTS LIKE THIS DO. ARE WE IN THAT OR IS THERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, ANY WAYS THAT THEY. SO ORANGE COUNTY I MEAN, THEY WENT THROUGH A BANKRUPTCY MANY YEARS AGO AND THEY'RE VERY TIGHT ON HOW WE INVEST OUR MONEY. AND SO WE HAVE TO STAY IN THEIR INVESTMENT POOLS. IT'S JUST WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO THAT. AND SO THERE'S IT'S LIKE A SAFE INVESTMENT. RIGHT. AND I COULD FIND OUT WHAT THE INTEREST RATE IS THAT WE'RE WELL I WASN'T REALLY TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE INVESTMENT. I JUST KNOW THAT THERE'S LIKE SOME SAVINGS ACCOUNTS THAT LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU PUT YOUR MONEY IN THERE, YOU PUT X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS IN THERE AND THEY'LL GIVE YOU JUST THE FOUR, 4 OR 5% IN SOME OF THEM, YOU KNOW, VERSUS LIKE SOMETIMES YOU'RE AT CHASE. YES. AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ONLY GETTING LIKE 0.5% ON YOUR I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THAT WAS APPLICABLE TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS. WE CAN'T WE CAN'T WE CAN'T INVEST MONEY ON OUR OWN.

DISTRICTS ARE NOT REALLY ALLOWED TO INVEST MONEY TO MAKE MONEY. WE ACTUALLY GET IN TROUBLE IF WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S WHY OUR OUR BANK ACCOUNT IS WITH THE COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, AND THEY MONITOR ALL OF THAT, WHICH IS I MEAN, BECAUSE THE POINT OF THE DISTRICT IS NOT TO BE SOME GLOBAL BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY, IT'S TO SPEND MONEY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE STUDENTS.

RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. SO YEAH. OKAY. SO BECAUSE OF THE DEFICIT SPENDING, THIS STATEMENT IS BEING PUT IN HERE IN PREPARING THE 2425 SECOND INTERIM BUDGET, THE BOARD ACKNOWLEDGES ITS FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN FISCAL SOLVENCY FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND THE TWO SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS. DISTRICT STAFF WILL BE PREPARING A BUDGET STABILIZATION PLAN FOR BOARD REVIEW. PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR BUDGET. THIS PLAN WILL INCLUDE ESTABLISHED TIMELINES FOR ONGOING BUDGET PLANNING AND ACTIONS. REDUCTIONS PRESENTED MAY INCLUDE TIGHTER STAFFING AT SCHOOL SITES, POSITION REDUCTIONS, AND NON-PERSONNEL COST REDUCTIONS. UNDER THESE ASSUMPTIONS, THE BOARD PROJECTS THE NEED FOR AN $11.4 MILLION IN BUDGET REDUCTIONS IN 2526, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN FISCAL SOLVENCY. SO THIS STATEMENT IS REQUIRED. ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ED ACTUALLY LOOKS AT THIS, AND YOU'LL SEE IN A MINUTE WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION. BUT EVEN IF WE PRESENT A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION AND WE DON'T DO THIS AND WE DON'T START WORKING ON OUR BUDGET REDUCTIONS, THE COUNTY COULD COME IN AND MAKE US QUALIFIED AND WE DON'T WANT THAT. SO THE STATEMENT IS IN HERE AND THEY ACTUALLY GET THIS PRESENTATION AND THEY LOOK FOR THE STATEMENT. THIS IS THE CYA STATEMENT. YES, SIR. YEAH. SO SORRY. BACK TO THAT. BACK. WELL NO WE'RE WE'RE CONTINUING I'LL TALK LATER OKAY. SO NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR RESTRICTED MONEY. AND AGAIN THIS IS OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THIS MONEY AND WE'RE GOING TO SPEND IT ON WHAT IT IS THAT IT'S TELLING US TO SPEND IT ON. SO OVERALL YOU CAN SEE A FEDERAL MONEY IS 13.7 MILLION, STATE IS 57.2. OUR

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YEAH, THE MAXIMUM 10%. THE MINIMUM OF 2%. THAT'S FOR US BECAUSE OF OUR OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS, WE'RE 3% OKAY. SO OUR MINIMUM IS 3%. OUR MINIMUM IS THREE. THE MAXIMUM IS TEN WITH A PLAN. SO MY POINT IS FROM A RESERVE STANDPOINT WE'RE EXTREMELY HEALTHY. WE ARE HEALTHY RIGHT NOW EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT WE'RE DEFICIT SPENDING. SO IF I GO BACK HERE WHAT I'M SAYING WE CAN'T. YES. RIGHT. WE GO BACK TO THE LET ME JUST SHOW YOU REAL QUICK BECAUSE I WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT IS THIS ONE. SO WHEN WE COME BACK AGAIN WITH THE ESTIMATED ACTUALS AND THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, THEN I HAVE TO PUSH THIS OUT TO 2728. SO IF WE HIT ANOTHER $10 MILLION, IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING, WE'RE BASICALLY EATING UP OUR RESERVES, OUR, OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT. AND SO THAT 2627 WHEN WE'RE AT A 14% HERE, WE'RE GETTING REALLY CLOSE TO THAT 10%. AND THEN WE GO OUT ONE MORE YEAR. NOW WE'RE IN TROUBLE. SO IF WE DO NOTHING, WE CAN LAST HERE UNTIL 2728. YOU'RE GOING TO GO QUALIFIED. AND IF YOU EVER LET THIS GO NEGATIVE, THEY COME IN AND THEY REMOVE THE BOARD AND THE STATE COMES IN AND TAKES OVER. SO WE DON'T WANT THAT AT ALL. WE'RE VERY FAR FROM THAT HAPPENING. BUT I AGREE WITH YOU. I MEAN FOUR YEARS, FOUR YEARS.

WELL FOUR YEARS BEFORE IT GETS TO THE THRESHOLD. RIGHT. AND THEN THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN FOUR YEARS. ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE. SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. FOR

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IN A POSITIVE NOTE, I KNOW WE HAVE TO BE CONSERVATIVE, AND I APPRECIATE THIS AND I THINK THIS IS GOOD, BUT I'M THINKING THAT SOME OF THESE INVESTMENTS WILL COME BACK TO US IN STUDENT, WELL, INTENTIONALLY OR POTENTIALLY IN ENROLLMENT GROWTH. BUT I LIKE THAT WE'RE BEING CONSERVATIVE. THAT'S A GOOD THING. QUALIFIED STILL A WAYS AWAY. WE WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM QUALIFIED OKAY. SO THEN BECAUSE OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL THAT WE HAVE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A DEPENDENT CHARTER, IT ALSO HAS A REQUIREMENT TO SHOW WHAT THEIR NUMBERS LOOK LIKE. AND SO THESE NUMBERS THIS BUDGET IS ACTUALLY THE SAME AS FIRST INTERIM. IT HASN'T REALLY CHANGED AT ALL.

AND SO 9.4 MILLION IN REVENUE. OUR EXPENDITURES ARE TOTALING 10.8. SO THEY HAVE AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 1.3 A NEGATIVE. THEY'RE JUST STARTING OFF. IT'S A BRAND NEW SCHOOL YEAR. AND SO THIS WILL CHANGE AS WE MOVE FORWARD I'M SURE. SO. OKAY. THEN WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK QUICKLY OVER ALL OF OUR OTHER FUNDS. AND SO YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THIS MONEY WILL BE SPENT FOR THEIR SPECIFIC PURPOSE. AND THEY'RE ALL ENDING WITH CERTAIN FUND BALANCES HERE WITH THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT AT 4.4 MILLION, OUR CAFETERIA IS HEALTHY AT 15.8, CAFETERIA ACTUALLY HAS A PLAN OF WHAT THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR MONEY ON, BECAUSE THE STATE DOESN'T LIKE IT WHEN THAT ENDING BALANCE IS TOO HIGH, BUT BECAUSE OF THE FREE MEALS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE A HIGHER ENDING FUND BALANCE. AND I KNOW SHE HAS A LOT OF PLANS FOR THAT MONEY, TOO. DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. WE'RE ENDING WITH 2.3. OUR CAPITAL FACILITIES IS 77.9. OUR FUND 35 IS ACTUALLY CLOSED UP. THAT WAS MONEY FROM A LONG TIME AGO. THAT WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT LEFT IN THERE. AND IT'S ALL SPENT NOW AGAIN, FUND 40. THE CAPITAL OUTLAY. THAT'S THE COP PAYMENTS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. AND THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 16 MILLION. IT'S GOING TO KEEP CARRYING OVER. AND THAT'S GOING TO PAY EVERY YEAR OUR COP PAYMENTS UNTIL IT'S PAID OFF. THE BOND INTEREST IS FUND 51. AND THAT'S LEFT EMPTY BECAUSE WE ONLY REPORT OUT AT THE END OF THE YEAR. AND WE ACTUALLY GET THOSE THAT INFORMATION FROM THE COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE. AND THEN WE'LL PUT IT IN HERE. AND THEN OUR SELF-INSURANCE IS WHAT PAYS FOR ALL OF THE MEDICAL WORKERS COMP PROPERTY AND LIABILITY FOR THE DISTRICT. AND THAT HAS AN ENDING BALANCE OF $17 MILLION.

SO OUR CHALLENGES AND OUR NEXT STEPS, SO THE CHALLENGES AHEAD IS PROJECTED LOW COLA FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THAT'S GOING TO GO UP AND DOWN DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS IN THE STATE. WITH THE STATE'S ECONOMY, WE ARE LOSING A LOT OF ONE TIME REVENUE. AND SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT. WE HAVE RISING HEALTH AND WELFARE BENEFIT PREMIUMS, ANNUAL STEP AND COLUMN ADJUSTMENTS HAVE TO BE MADE. AND THE LAST POINT HERE IS THE STATE'S VULNERABILITY, AGAIN TO THE IMPACTS OF UNCERTAIN RECEIPT OF FEDERAL FUNDING, THE TARIFFS AND THE CHANGES IN THE IMMIGRATION POLICY. SO YOU CAN SEE WE'VE COMPLETED THE FIRST THREE REPORTS HERE BY BY THE CONCLUSION OF TONIGHT AND THEN UPCOMING. WE'LL COME BACK AGAIN IN JUNE. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE LCAP AND THE BUDGET AND ADOPT THE LCAP AND THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. SO ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT AGAIN, THE MONEY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT COMING IN FROM THE ADDITIONAL BILLINGS FROM SPECIAL ED AND THE MENTAL HEALTH THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS. SO THAT'S OUR SURPRISE BONUS AT THE END OF THE YEAR. WELL, IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN HERE, BUT KEEP IT, KEEP IN MIND THAT'S RESTRICTED. SO TOTALLY GET IT. YEAH YEAH YEAH. BUT IT'S NOT IN HERE BECAUSE THIS WAS JANUARY 31ST. YEP. OKAY. GOOD. NO THAT'S GREAT OKAY. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO THIS, BUT I ASKED FOR A LOT OF BACKUP INFORMATION.

AND I SO APPRECIATE THAT I'VE GOTTEN PART OF THE WAY THROUGH IT. NOT ALL THE WAY THROUGH IT YET, BUT IT'S VERY INFORMATIVE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. CAN I GOT SOME OF THE STUFF TO MY PRINTER. DIDN'T PRINT ALL OF IT, BUT THE FUN. 2545 WHAT IS WHAT IS THAT CONSIST OF? BECAUSE I WAS GOING THROUGH IT TODAY AND I WAS OBVIOUSLY LOOKING. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS. SO WE HAVE SO IN FUND 25, THERE'S TWO SUB FUNDS, 25, 25 IS OUR DEVELOPER FEES. SO

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VALENCIA HIGH SCHOOL HAD TWO MARQUEES FOR $100,000. SO I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH HERE BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF SEEMS LIKE CERTAIN THINGS ARE SINGLED OUT.

BUT THEN I WAS WONDERING, WELL, WHERE IS THIS FUND? LIKE, WHERE DOES IT GO TO? BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE'RE PAYING FOR A LOT OF STUFF, YOU KNOW, THE INTERCOM SYSTEMS, TRAVIS RANCH AND KRAMER, IT'S 176,000 TO REPLACE OUR INTERCOM. SO, I MEAN, IT IS LIKE IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THIS STUFF AND IF PEOPLE. YEAH, I MEAN, THIS IS IT'S EXPENSIVE TO RUN A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND LIKE REPLACING AN INTERCOM SYSTEM IS SHOCKING. THAT'S 176,000. SO I WAS WONDERING I WAS I WAS GRATEFUL FOR THIS BECAUSE IT DOES SHOW HOW MUCH WE SPEND AT ALL THE SCHOOL SITES. YEP. SO YEAH. SO I WAS I, YOU KNOW, WHEN MY PRINTER WILL PRINT AGAIN I'LL BE LOOKING, YOU KNOW, MORE AT THE OTHER THINGS. BUT THAT'S WHERE I WAS WONDERING, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHERE THIS COMES, YOU KNOW, WHERE THIS COMES FROM. AND LIKE, HOW ARE WE PAYING FOR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE USING ALL THESE DIFFERENT WAYS TO PAY FOR THESE THINGS, LIKE THE DEVELOPER FEES, WE USE CERTAIN THINGS. AND THEN THIS AND FOR THIS FUND 25, IT CAN ONLY BE SPENT ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE FOR THE DISTRICT. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING ALL THE DIFFERENT PURCHASES RIGHT. YEAH. BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW MUCH STUFF IS BEING SPENT BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE EVERYTHING NEW AND KEEP IT GOING. SO I WAS APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. YEAH. THE INVEST, SEEING THE ACTUAL THINGS THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN IS PRETTY GREAT. YEAH. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER BEFORE ABOUT DOING A FACILITIES STUDY. WE'VE WE'VE KIND OF LOOKED AT THAT BEFORE AS WE PLAN WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND OUR MONEY OVER THE FIVE YEAR FACILITIES PLAN.

WE HAVEN'T NOT THAT I RECALL. I HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN A LITTLE WHILE, BUT MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT AGAIN AND START TO PROJECT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT. ACTUALLY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT BECAUSE I WAS CURIOUS TOO. I WANTED TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. AND FOR THE MONEY REASONS, WE CAN WE HAVE ALWAYS HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS. THERE'S A LOT OF NEEDS IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WHEN YOU HAVE BOND MONEY, THAT'S GREAT. WE DON'T HAVE BOND MONEY ANYMORE. YOU CAN SEE WHAT OUR FISCAL SITUATION IS. SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE ARE PULLING TOGETHER AND CAN BRING BACK TO THE BOARD. THANK YOU. BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO ALL THESE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT WE PLAN TO DO AT WHEN. AT WHAT POINT DO WE DO THAT. SO THANK YOU. LOTS OF CAR WASHES. YOU NEED TO ORGANIZE EVERY PARKING LOT OF EVERY SCHOOL. I'M GOING TO BREED THE LABRADORS AND DO THE CHICKEN AND THE EGGS SALES. OKAY. PERFECT. PERFECT. OKAY I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. I HAVE ONE FOR ABOUT ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE. IT'S BEEN POSTED ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA THAT THAT SCHOOL'S BUDGET HAS BEEN CUT BY 50%. CAN YOU? SO NO. SO I THINK WE JUST HAD IT IN THE PRESENTATION I THINK. WHAT. YEAH, IT WAS IT WAS IN HERE.

JUST ONE SLIDE. SO I THINK THAT COMMENT WAS GEARED MORE TOWARDS STAFFING. AND SO WE HAVE

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THEY WANTED TO MAKE THE OC SIX BUDGET RIGHT SIDE UP. SO THEY SAID THEY WERE LOOKING AT PROJECTED DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT OF UP TO 150 KIDS. AND THEY HAD A NUMBER OF THE SIX HUNDREDS.

AND SO THEY TOLD THEM TO PREPARE A BUDGET FOR $5.2 MILLION. AND THEN THEY TOLD THE PRINCIPAL AT THE TIME THAT SHE NEEDED TO GIVE THEM WHAT HER BUDGET CUTS WOULD BE TO CUT THE BUDGET IN HALF.

AND SO WHEN PEOPLE SAY, OH, NO, THESE WERE HER BUDGETS, SHE DIDN'T WANT TO CUT ANYTHING.

THIS WAS WHAT SHE WAS TOLD BY THE DISTRICT. SHE HAD TO CUT. SO AS YOU SEE, THERE WAS THE 22 TEMPS AND THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE COMING BACK. THERE WAS AN ORCHESTRA TEACHER. THERE ARE 41 TEACHERS AT THIS SITE. THEY'VE CUT A DEAN. THEY'VE CUT A COLLEGE AND CAREER TECHNICIAN, APPARENTLY. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SAY WHATEVER. THERE'S A FEW MORE POSITIONS THAT WERE GOING TO BE CUT. AND SO WHAT HER RECOMMENDATION TO THE DISTRICT WAS TO CUT THE DLA PROGRAM. SHE SAID TO CUT THE PE TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE 36 KIDS IN PE AND THEY HAVE TWO TEACHERS, SHE SAYS. THE KIDS THAT ARE TAKING PE AS A MINI ELECTIVE THERE, THERE'S 80 KIDS THAT ARE ELECTING TO GO INTO USC TO DO THEIR MINI ELECTIVES. AND SO SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT PE. SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS FORCED TO FILL A LIBRARY POSITION BY THE CSC. AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT SHE RECOMMENDED TO CUT. SO I THINK WHEN PEOPLE ARE SITTING HERE SAYING, WELL, NO, NOBODY WAS TOLD TO CUT, WE HAVE 22 TEMPS THAT ARE WORRIED, YOU KNOW, AT OCS, THERE'S 22 OF THE 41 TEACHERS. AND THEN YOU'RE YOU GO OVER THERE AND YOU SAY, GIVE US THE BUDGET CUTS, BECAUSE NOW YOUR BUDGET'S ONLY GOING TO BE $5.2 MILLION. SO I HAVE NEVER SAID THAT. WELL, I'M NOT SAYING YOU DID. I'M NOT SAYING YOU DID. I KNOW WHO SAID IT, BUT I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU DID. AND I THINK WHERE THIS IS GOING AND WE'LL BE BRINGING PROBABLY BACK IN APRIL, IF NOT BEFORE THAT, THE BUDGET STABILIZATION PLAN. WE ARE LOOKING DISTRICT WIDE, NOT AT ONE SPECIFIC SCHOOL, AT OUR STAFFING RATIOS. ARE WE OVERSTAFFED BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE THE MOST YOU SAW PEOPLE ARE THE MOST EXPENSIVE. YES THEY ARE. SO WE ARE LOOKING DISTRICT WIDE AT WHAT CAN WE DO TO TRY TO GET THIS DEFICIT SPENDING DOWN. SO THEY HAVE TO HAVE TEACHERS TO RUN THAT SCHOOL. IF THEY HAVE THAT ENROLLMENT, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR TEACHERS. IT PROBABLY WON'T BE THOSE SPECIFIC TEACHERS. I CAN'T TELL YOU RIGHT NOW UNTIL WE FINISH DOING THE WORK THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, AND WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD AT THAT TIME. BUT WE ARE NOT CUTTING THAT BUDGET IN HALF.

OKAY, SO WHOEVER GAVE THAT MESSAGE THAT FREAKED EVERYBODY THERE OUT AND SAID THAT THEY NEED TO GO TO $5.2 MILLION WAS INCORRECT. I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS SAID BEFORE I GOT HERE, OKAY. BECAUSE THEY WERE TOLD ALL OF THESE CUTS THAT HAD TO BE MADE. SO THESE WERE THE CUTS THAT THEY SAID THAT THEY TOLD THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I YOU KNOW, YOU MAKE YOU GET TOLD BY THE PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, YOU GET TOLD BY THE LEADERSHIP OVER THERE. YOU GET TOLD BY ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT THIS IS WHAT THE DISTRICT IS TELLING THEM AND THAT THEY'RE SAYING, EITHER YOU TELL US WHAT CUTS TO MAKE OR WE'RE GOING TO DO IT FOR YOU. SO THEY HAVE TO START MAKING THE HARD DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT TO CUT AT THE SCHOOL AND WHAT TYPE OF BUDGET TO HAVE. AND THE ONLY THING THAT I COULD POSSIBLY THINK OF IS THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ANYBODY ELSE, BUT. AND IT WASN'T YOU THEY DIDN'T NAME YOU AT ALL.

WELL THAT'S FINE, I WOULD KNOW WHAT I SAID TO SOMEBODY, SO OF COURSE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO BRING EVERYTHING INTO ALIGNMENT DISTRICT WIDE. SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THAT SCHOOL WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT, OKAY, WHAT IS HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE.

WHAT ARE OUR STAFFING RATIOS. ARE YOU OVERSTAFFED? DEFINITELY. AND WE'RE ALSO HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH EVERY OTHER SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT. RIGHT. SO. RIGHT. SO YEAH. WELL, I MEAN IT'S FINE. BUT I MEAN, WHEN, WHEN THEY GET TOLD THAT THEY HAVE TO DO THIS AND TO CUT THE PROGRAMS, I MEAN, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT TELLING THE DISTRICT, OKAY, WE'LL CUT OUR DLA PROGRAM BECAUSE SOMETHING'S GOING TO OPEN UP AT TUE-FRI, WE'LL CUT PE, WE'LL CUT THIS, WE'LL CUT THAT. YOU KNOW, EVEN TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DID THEY HAVE

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OKAY. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT THEN. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CUTTING COSTS. WHAT ABOUT INCREASED REVENUE. LIKE ARE WE LOOKING AT OPTIONS THERE. IT'S TOUGH TO INCREASE REVENUE IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT. I MEAN WE REALLY ARE AVAILABLE GRANTS AND I MEAN THAT KIND OF STUFF. GRANT WRITERS. AND REALLY I'M LOOKING TO LIKE ADD SERVICES AND SO ON. SO THEY GO OUT FOR ALL THE GRANTS THAT THEY POSSIBLY CAN GET. THE GRANTS ARE RESTRICTED. SO WHAT WE NEED IS UNRESTRICTED MONEY AND THAT COMES FROM THE STATE. IF WE CAN GET THE COLA UP, IF YOU KNOW THE STATE DOES EXTREMELY WELL AND NEXT YEAR THEY GIVE US MORE COLA THAN WHAT THEY TOLD US, THAT'S AWESOME. ENROLLMENTS AND ENROLLMENT CAN GO UP. BUT THAT TREND HAS NOT BEEN IN ATTENDANCE. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH 1% IS 2.5 MILLION. THAT'S RIGHT. BECAUSE WE'RE AT 95 RIGHT NOW. WE'VE HELD AT 95 FOR A LONG TIME. I'M BEGINNING TO LOSE HOPE. NO WE'RE UP FROM LAST YEAR. WELL IT WAS 92 LAST YEAR RIGHT. BUT WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN STABLE AT 95 FOR A WHILE NOW. NO WE'RE UP WE'RE UP, WE'RE UP. WE NEED TO GET NEXT YEAR 96. WE'RE AT 94.88. IS THAT CORRECT 94.88. AND OUR GOAL, WHICH WE STARTED A LITTLE LATE THIS YEAR, IS TO GO UP TO 95.88 BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. AND WE ARE DOING MAJOR STUFF THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT TO REINFORCE. AND I MEAN, I'M TALKING SHORT OF SENDING SOMEBODY ON A TRIP ON A YACHT SOMEWHERE. I MEAN, THAT'S HEY, BUT I'LL GO TO SCHOOL FOR THAT. THERE ARE A LOT OF REINFORCERS THAT WERE TAKE THE VANS. YEAH. THE VANS. HERE WE GO. HEY, HEY, GET GET HIM TO SCHOOL. RIGHT. AND IF I, IF I MAY TO YOUR POINT, TRUSTEE FRAZIER, WHEN IT COMES TO THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF EACH SCHOOL. SO IN SOME SCHOOLS, THERE'S SPECIFIC TRAINING THAT TEACHERS HAVE HAD. LIKE OBVIOUSLY IF YOU HAVE A DLI PROGRAM OR ANOTHER TYPE OF PROGRAM AND IT MIGHT BE COSTLY TO MOVE TEACHERS OUT, EVEN THOUGH THAT MIGHT NECESSARILY THAT MIGHT BE BASED ON VACANCY AND SENIORITY AND, AND OTHER FACTORS, SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO REALLY SIT DOWN WITH YOUR ASSOCIATION AND TALK ABOUT HOW TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE SOMEONE WHO'S TRAINED ALREADY IN A PARTICULAR PROGRAM AND HAVE THEM GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND THEN HAVE SOMEONE ELSE COME IN AND THEY HAVE TO GET RETRAINED. SO BUT LIKE AS WE DISCUSSED, JUST THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOLS, THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ALL THESE MEETINGS ARE HELD WITH THE ED SERVICES AND, AND BUSINESS TEAM SO THAT WE TRULY KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO SUPPORT THOSE THOSE SCHOOLS THAT ALSO ARE GOING TO BE COST EFFECTIVE. BUT BUT THE REALITY IS CUTS. YEAH. WILL WILL NEED TO HAPPEN TO SOME DEGREE. YES. THANK YOU JOAN. THAT'S GREAT OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THAT'S A. PICTURE EXIT. NOW GET YOUR EXIT. NOW. THAT'S A LOT OF WORK. ANOTHER ONE OKAY. WE STILL HAVE TO VOTE. WE STILL HAVE TO VOTE. SO ALL IN FAVOR. AYE AYE AYE. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. MOVING ON, 18.3. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THE ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2425 SECOND INTERIM REPORT SECOND.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. BURKE. SECOND BY MR. FRAZIER. SO IN THAT PRESENTATION, THERE WAS A SLIDE THAT DISCUSSED THE CHARTER SCHOOL. SO BASICALLY IT IS YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN THE PRESENTATION. IT'S THE SAME. IT'S THE SAME THING. YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR I, I, I. OKAY. ANY OPPOSED I THINK WE'RE GOOD. I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR THIS ONE. MY DAUGHTER ACTUALLY TOOK THIS CLASS SO I SAW THE OLD BOOK. I'M GLAD WE HAVE A NEW BOOK. OKAY. BEFORE WE START, DO WE WANT TO DO ALL THESE TEXTBOOKS AS A BLOCK? YEAH, THAT WOULD BE TOTALLY FINE. YES. IF YOU GUYS AGREE, THEN MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE THEM ALL TO THE OTHER. YEAH. OKAY. LET'S WHOLE AGENDA. WE'RE GETTING. WE'RE GETTING CLOSE. I'M DOWN.

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OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. BUCK TO APPROVE ALL THE TEXTBOOKS FROM 9.2 DOWN TO 9.5.

AND A SECOND BY MR. FRAZIER. IS THERE ANY. I'D LIKE TO INVITE MR. YOUNG TO THE LECTERN TO GIVE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF THE PROCESS USED. DO WE NEED IT? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AS YOU WELL KNOW, OUR CURRICULUM COUNCIL MEETS FOUR TIMES A YEAR TO REVIEW TEXTBOOKS. IT ACTUALLY STARTS WAY BEFORE THAT, WHEN THE TEACHERS ACTUALLY GET TOGETHER TO REVIEW NEW MATERIALS THAT HAVE COME THEIR DIRECTION. AND A LOT OF THE TEXTBOOKS THAT WE'RE ADOPTING IN SOCIAL SCIENCE HAVE HAVE BEEN LONG SINCE OVERDUE, SOME OF THEM 20 YEARS, AS YOU SAW IN THE REPORT. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAD THE ACCESS TO THE MOST UPDATED CURRICULUM AND MATERIALS AS IS LAID OUT IN OUR BOARD POLICY AND OUR RESOLUTIONS. SO A LOT OF TEACHERS TOOK A LOT OF TIME MEETING WITH THE PUBLISHERS, REVIEWING MANY DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF EVERY TEXTBOOK AVAILABLE, AND THEN FINALIZING AND COMING TO CONSENSUS ON WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST TEXTBOOK FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND THEY DID THAT FOR EVERY SUBJECT AREA LISTED. AND THEN THEY SUBMITTED THAT TO CURRICULUM COUNCIL FOR REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION. AND THEN IT WENT ON A 30 DAY DISPLAY FOR THE PUBLIC IN OUR LOBBY OVER HERE. NO COMMENTS WERE MADE BY ANY OF THE PUBLIC THAT REVIEWED ANY OF THE TEXTBOOKS THAT WERE ON DISPLAY. AND SO WE HUMBLY BRING IT BEFORE YOU GUYS FOR APPROVAL SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE PURCHASE AND GET THESE TEXTBOOKS IN OUR STUDENTS HANDS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, I SAID I'M SAVING EVERYTHING FOR CONSENT. OKAY. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE LOOKED AT A SOCIOLOGY BOOK. I'VE NEVER TAKEN IT BEFORE. REALLY FASCINATING READING. I LEARNED A LOT AND SO I THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB. AND I KNOW THESE

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