[1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:06] OKAY, I'M CALLING THE JUNE 17TH, 2025 REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ORDER, PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54950 AT SEQUITUR AND EDUCATION CODE SECTION 35140 AS SECRETARY AT THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL CENTER, 1301 EAST ORANGE AVENUE IN PLACENTIA AT 5:01 P.M. TRUSTEE FRAZIER WILL BE PARTICIPATING VIA TELECONFERENCE, SO ALL VOTES TONIGHT WILL BE TAKEN BY ROLL CALL. COMMENTS AT THIS TIME ARE ONLY LIMITED TO ITEMS ON THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ONLY, AND WE WILL TAKE THOSE AFTER I FINISH SAYING WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING, WE WILL ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING 3.1. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE. DISCIPLINE. DISMISSAL. SUSPENSION. RELEASE. LEAVE ASSIGNMENT. NON REELECTION. NON REAPPOINTMENT. RESIGNATION. REINSTATEMENT PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE 54957. NON REELECT. PROBATION. PRO STATIONARY CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES 3.2 PERSONNEL MATTERS. PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENTS. EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE 549573.3. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATIONS. DOCTOR MAZZARINO, ACTING SUPERINTENDENT MISS VELASCO, INTERIM ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. AND MISS MENDOZA, ACTING ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, HR FOR CSEA, APL, AND. 3.4 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. EXISTING LITIGATION. SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 2 OR 3 OF SUBDIVISION D OF SECTION 54956.9. GENERAL LIABILITY CLAIM NUMBER 638681. MCALINDEN, VERSUS PYLE USD 3.5 CLAIMS GENERAL LIABILITY CLAIM NUMBER 655084. GENERAL LIABILITY CLAIM NUMBER 656888. SPECIAL EDUCATION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR STUDENT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 1759 FOR 55,000. LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ONE PERSON WISHING TO SPEAK. IS THAT CORRECT? ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. YOU WANT TO CALL THEM OR YOU WANT ME TO? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. [2. CLOSED SESSION PUBLIC COMMENTS] OUR SPEAKER TONIGHT ON AN ITEM ON THE CLOSED AGENDA. ELLEN. DID I SAY THAT CORRECTLY? YEAH, THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH. OKAY. CAN I START? OKAY. GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS ELLEN SAGALAEV. I HAVE BEEN A DEDICATED EDUCATOR SINCE 1996 WITH EXPERIENCE TEACHING IN PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS. MOST RECENTLY, I COMPLETED MY FIRST YEAR TEACHING SCIENCE AT YORBA LINDA HIGH SCHOOL. I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT TO SHARE SERIOUS CONCERNS I HAVE ALREADY RAISED IN WRITING. I WAS HIRED INTO WHAT I WHAT WAS ADVERTISED AS A PERMANENT POSITION, BUT WAS ISSUED A TEMPORARY CONTRACT. I WAS LATER TOLD THAT MY POSITION WOULD CONVERT TO PROBATIONARY STATUS, BUT I NEVER RECEIVED WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION OF THIS AS REQUIRED UNDER EDUCATION CODE 44916. AS OF TODAY, I STILL HAVE NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY INFORMED OF MY EMPLOYMENT CLASSIFICATION. EVEN CLIFF, THE LEGAL ADVISOR FOR THE UNION, ACKNOWLEDGED THE CONFUSION, STATING IT SEEMS THE DISTRICT'S RIGHT AND LEFT HANDS DO NOT ALWAYS KNOW WHAT THE OTHER IS DOING, AND IT TAKES A WHILE TO PIECE TOGETHER DATA AND THEN START ANALYZING WHAT IT MEANS UNDER THE LAW. THAT'S A QUOTE FROM HIM. THIS LACK OF CLARITY DIRECTLY AFFECTS NOT ONLY MY DUE PROCESS RIGHTS, BUT ALSO RAISES BROADER CONCERNS ABOUT THE RELIABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY OF DISTRICT HIRING PRACTICES. I ALSO BELIEVE I HAVE EXPERIENCED RETALIATION AFTER RAISING LEGITIMATE CONCERNS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. ONE ISSUE INVOLVED A STUDENT POINTING A LASER LIGHT INTO ANOTHER STUDENT'S EYES AND ALSO INTO MINE ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, ALTHOUGH THE STUDENT LATER THAT STUDENT WHO POINTED THE LASER LIGHT LATER APOLOGIZED TO ME BECAUSE WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD RAPPORT WITH ONE ANOTHER, I HAD A GOOD RAPPORT WITH HIM. HE APOLOGIZED LATER, ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT, I WAS TOLD NO [00:05:01] DISCIPLINARY ACTION WAS TAKEN. THAT WAS A VERY BIG CONCERN OF MINE. ANOTHER CONCERN I RAISED WAS ABOUT STUDENTS BEING LEFT UNSUPERVISED IN CLASSROOMS DURING LUNCH, SOMETHING I BELIEVE POSSESS POSES, SORRY POSES SERIOUS SAFETY RISKS. THESE EXPERIENCES HAVE CAUSED SIGNIFICANT PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL STRESS. I FEEL STRONGLY THAT THEY MUST BE ADDRESSED NOT JUST FOR MY OWN SAKE, BUT FOR THE INTEGRITY OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AS A WHOLE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND TIMELY ANSWERS REGARDING MY STATUS AND THE DISTRICT'S HANDLING OF THESE CONCERNS. THE TEACHER I REPLACED, SHE HAD HER STUFF IN HER ROOM WHEN I HAD VISITED THE ROOM IN AUGUST, AND I TALKED WITH HER RECENTLY. SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS LED TO BELIEVE THAT SHE WOULD BE CALLED BACK. SHE WAS NOT GIVEN ANY NOTICE OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU'RE TERMINATED. WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE YOU. WE'RE GOING TO HIRE SOMEONE ELSE FOR YOUR PLACE. AND SO THAT WAS ALSO A VERY BIG CONCERN OF MINE. LIKE I THINK IT YEAH. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU MISS. THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. AT [3. CLOSED SESSION (Part 1 of 2)] THIS TIME, WE'LL GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE TO REGULAR [4. REGULAR SESSION] SESSION AT 607. WE DO HAVE A REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION. THE BOARD MET AND CONFIRMED IN [5. REPORT OF BOARD ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION (Part 1 of 2)] CLOSED SESSION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2424 TO NON REELECT PROBATIONARY CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEE FOR NUMBER 17 084 FOR THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO EDUCATION CODE 44 929.21 AND DIRECTED THE SUPERINTENDENT, SUPERINTENDENT, OR DESIGNEE TO SEND OUT APPROPRIATE LEGAL NOTICE. THE MOTION WAS MADE BY MISSUS ANDERSON, SECOND BY MR. BUCK, MISSUS BUCK, AND THE VOTE WAS FIVE ZERO. ALSO OF NOTE TONIGHT, ITEM 3.4. THE BOARD DID NOT DISCUSS OR TAKE ANY ACTION. OKAY, THIS IS THE BEST PART OF THE NIGHT. WE ARE HONORED TO [Additional Item] WELCOME A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE TONIGHT BY THE INCREDIBLY TALENTED STUDENTS OF LINDA VISTA PRESCHOOL. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION DIRECTOR, MISS SILVIA RAMIREZ CUESTA, TO INTRODUCE THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. ON. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT MARILYN ANDERSON. BOARD MEMBERS, ACTING SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR MERCURINO AND EXECUTIVE CABINET. WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE OUR LINDA VISTA PRESCHOOLERS THIS EVENING SING A BEAUTIFUL SONG CALLED KIDS LIFE IN PRESCHOOL. WE SUPPORT MUSIC. IN PRESCHOOL. WE SUPPORT MUSIC AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. WE KNOW THAT SINGING BRINGS JOY AND FUN TO ANY CLASSROOM. OUR YOUNG SCHOLARS HAVE BEEN PRACTICING FOR WEEKS AND ARE EXCITED TO SING FOR YOU THIS EVENING. LEADING OUR YOUNG SINGERS ARE OUR WONDERFUL TEAM, LINDA VISTA PRESCHOOL EDUCATORS. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, PLEASE WELCOME LINDA VISTA PRESCHOOLERS SINGING KIDS LIFE. SO HELP ME. OH, IT COULD BE PI SAILING THE OCEAN. WE COULD BE ALL YOU LIKE. WE COULD BE ASTRONAUTS CHASING A [00:10:12] ROCKET. OR MAYBE JUST COUNTING STARS. WE COULD BE DANCING, JUMPING LIKE MONKEYS. SWIMMING LIKE DOLPHINS DO. WE COULD BECOME. YOU CAN BE. WE COULD BE PURPLE. TO CALL YOUR MOM. CALL YOUR DAD, CALL YOUR GRANDMA. YOUR CAT. MEOW. WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME FUN. CALL YOUR MOM, CALL YOUR DAD, CALL YOUR GRANDMA. YOUR CAT. MEOW. WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME FUN. KIDS LIKE, BETTER THAN A PLAYGROUND. BETTER THAN A PLAYGROUND. BETTER THAN A PLAYGROUND. BETTER THAN A PLAYGROUND. CALL YOUR MOM. CALL YOUR DAD, CALL YOUR GRANDMA. YOUR CAT. WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME FUN. CALL YOUR MOM, CALL YOUR DAD. CALL YOUR GRANDMA. YOUR CAT. MEOW. WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME FUN. KIDS LIKE, BETTER THAN A PLAYGROUND. BETTER THAN A PLAYGROUND. LIKE, BETTER THAN A PLAYGROUND. BETTER THAN A PLAYGROUND. WASN'T THAT WONDERFUL? LET'S PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR AMAZING PRESCHOOLERS. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF OUR FAMILIES THAT SUPPORT US EVERY DAY THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. CAN WE TAKE A PICTURE OF. EVERYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT, FRIENDS, WE'RE GOING TO GET IN THERE. GET IN THERE. WHY ARE YOU GUYS. HERE? EVERYBODY CAN SEE YOU RIGHT THERE. OKAY. DRESSING HER MOUTH NOW. SHE'S HAD ENOUGH. SHE'S DONE. SHE DID. SHE DIDN'T TELL ME THE PICTURE. I'M LOOKING FOR HERE. [00:15:35] TODD, CAN YOU SAY SOMETHING? SO WE HAVE A COUPLE? YEAH. WE'RE OKAY. WELL, THAT WAS THE BEST WAY TO START THIS MEETING. AND. PERFECT. SO THANK YOU TO THE TEACHERS AND TO THE COORDINATORS FOR MAKING THIS ALL HAPPEN. AND TO ALL THE PARENTS OUT THERE THAT BROUGHT THEIR KIDS. IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO END THE YEAR. SO, MRS. BUCK, WILL YOU LEAD US IN THE FLAG SALUTE. PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME. RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY? BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL BECAUSE TRUSTEE FRAZIER IS OUT OF STATE. SO OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER PRESENT, MRS. BLADES, HERE, HERE, HERE. MR. FRAZIER HERE, MRS. BUCK HERE. AND I'M ALL HERE. SO LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE HERE AT [8. APPROVAL OF AGENDA] THIS TIME. I'M GOING TO TURN THE TIME OVER TO DOCTOR MAZZARINO TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE AGENDA. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I DO HAVE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS. ONE IS TO REMOVE THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FROM OUR DISCUSSION THIS EVENING. WE'LL PUSH THAT FORWARD TO JULY AND ALSO TO MOVE CONSENT ITEM 25.4 TO AN ACTION ITEM. RIGHT AFTER WE APPROVE THE AGENDA, SO THAT WE COULD ANNOUNCE AND INTRODUCE THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF OC AND HIS LOVELY FAMILY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SCHOOL CALENDAR WILL BE ON IN JULY. THIS WAS BROUGHT TO US BY A COMMUNITY MEMBER BACK IN MARCH OR APRIL. SO WE'VE HAD VERY FULL AGENDAS AND WE HAVE KEPT POSTPONING IT, TRYING TO GET TO A NIGHT WHERE WE HAVE MORE TIME AND WE'RE JUST AFRAID TONIGHT'S GOING TO GO ALONG AS WELL. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY. BUT WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT YOU AND THIS WILL BE ON THE AGENDA. OKAY. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. BUCK, A SECOND BY MRS. QUINTERO. ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? WE WILL START WITH MRS. ERMONT. I. MRS. BLADES, I MRS. QUINTERO, I MR. FRAZIER I MRS. BUCK I AND I AM ALSO AN EYE SO THE MOTION CARRIES WITH A50 WITH A STIPULATED FROM OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. OKAY. SO WE ARE GOING TO DO ITEM. OH BEFORE WE GO TO 25.4 I JUST WANT TO MAKE A NOTE THAT WE ARE TAKING BLUE [25.4 Approve the Certificated Human Resources Board Report] [00:20:03] CARDS FOR COMMENTS BEFORE THIS ACTION. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING THE AIR CERTIFICATED REPORT ONLY, WE'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE MINUTES TO COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD. SO IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK BEFORE WE ADDRESS THIS ITEM? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON. A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THE CERTIFICATED HUMAN RESOURCES BOARD REPORT SIX 1725. I'LL SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. BECK. A SECOND BY MRS. ANDERSON. IS THERE ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. MRS. ALMOND, I, MRS. BLADES. NO. MRS. QUINTERO I. MR. FRAZIER, I. MRS. BUCK I. AND I AM ALSO AN EYE SO THE MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 1 WITH A STIPULATED VOTE FROM OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TURN THE TIME OVER TO MRS. MENDOZA TO INTRODUCE THE NEW PRINCIPAL. THANK YOU ALL. BOARD. MR. SUPERINTENDENT, IT'S ALWAYS SUCH A FUN NIGHT TO DO THIS. IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE CAMERON SHEPHERD, WHO WAS TONIGHT BOARD APPROVED AS THE PRINCIPAL OF THE ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE. CAMERON IS A GRADUATE OF LONG BEACH STATE UNIVERSITY IN HISTORY. HE'S ALSO A CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY DOMINGUEZ HILLS MASTER'S DEGREE IN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP. HE HAS A CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEACHING CREDENTIAL. HE HAS A CLEAR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES CREDENTIAL, AND HE HAS A SINGLE SUBJECT TEACHING CREDENTIAL IN SOCIAL SCIENCE. HE IS CURRENTLY BEEN IN ORANGE COUNTY. ORANGE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR THREE YEARS. HE WAS ALSO AT THE CALIFORNIA CONNECTIONS ACADEMY ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS IN SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO FOR TWO YEARS. HE WAS ALSO IN THE LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT CHAIR AND AP COORDINATOR. WHEN HE WAS AT CALIFORNIA STATE LONG BEACH, HE WORKED AT THE LEARNING CENTER AS A SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTOR AND A MENTOR TO THE PROGRAM. HIS REFERENCES INDICATED THAT HE IS VERY ENERGETIC. HE'S ALWAYS IN A COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT. HE IS STUDENT CENTERED. HE HAS A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH STUDENTS PARENTS, AND HE LEARNS FROM THE COMMUNITY. AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO STUDENT PRINCIPALS AT HIS HIGH SCHOOL. HE ALSO HANDLED STUDENT DISCIPLINE. I AM PLEASED TO INTRODUCE CAMERON SHEPHERD AS OUR NEW PRINCIPAL OF THE ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE. SORRY, I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS UP JUST FOR SOME NOTES IN CASE I NEED THEM FIRST. I JUST WANT TO START BY SAYING I'M HUMBLED AND HONORED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. WHEN I STARTED MY JOURNEYS IN PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR, I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD GET TO THIS POINT. AND IT'S INCREDIBLE TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE. AS YOU CAN SEE, I HAVE MY WONDERFUL WIFE HERE WHO ALSO IS EQUALLY AS DEDICATED. SHE'S A SCHOOL COUNSELOR. WE BOTH BELIEVE THAT EDUCATION IS SUCH A POWERFUL TOOL FOR STUDENTS AND FOR PEOPLE TO ADVANCE. AS YOU COULD TELL, I'M A NEW FATHER TO A TEETHING SON, SO I. I APOLOGIZE IF HE'S A LITTLE BIT NOISY, BUT HE'S REALLY CUTE, SO THAT'S OKAY. BUT I THINK BECOMING A NEW FATHER HAS MADE ME EVEN MORE DEDICATED TO SERVING I, I'M STILL GOING TO GRAB IT. IT'S OKAY. I'M GOING TO DO IT REAL QUICK. LOOK HOW FAST THAT WAS. ALL RIGHT. SO SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO IMPROV. SO I TRULY BELIEVE THAT EDUCATION IS A CALLING. MY WIFE AND I HAVE BOTH ANSWERED THAT CALLING. AND I PROMISE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY, TO WORK WITH STUDENTS, TO WORK WITH STAFF, AND TO WORK WITH THE FAMILIES IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS SUCCEED. ULTIMATELY, I WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR YOUR KIDS, AND I PROMISE I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN AND GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO ENSURE THAT THEY [00:25:01] ARE SUCCESSFUL. THEY ARE SUPPORTED, AND THEY ARE SEEN. ULTIMATELY, I'M DRAWN TO ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCES BECAUSE THEY ARE FUTURE READY, AND THEY'RE ENSURING THAT STUDENTS ARE PREPARED AS THEY TAKE THOSE NEXT STEPS. AGAIN, I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO ENSURE THAT YOUR STUDENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL, AND I'M JUST, AGAIN, EXTREMELY HUMBLED AND HONORED TO BE HERE WITH YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND CONTINUING TO GROW IN THIS ROLE, TO WORK WITH THE DISTINGUISHED BOARD AS WELL AS THE CABINET. THANK YOU AGAIN, EVERYONE, AND I'LL KIND OF LET MY SON BE MY EXIT CUE AS HE'S STARTING TO MAKE NOISE. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WELCOME, MR. SHEPHERD, TO PLACENTIA-YORBA LINDA SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU. OKAY. WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT [9. PUBLIC COMMENT ANNOUNCEMENT] ANNOUNCEMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE FOYER. CARDS MUST BE COMPLETED AND TURNED IN PRIOR TO THE DESIGNATED TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. PROVIDE A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER PERSON. IF TRANSLATION IS NEEDED, AN ADDITIONAL THREE MINUTES WILL BE GIVEN. PLEASE LET US KNOW. IF WE KNOW AHEAD OF TIME, WE CAN ASSURE WE ARE PREPARED. CIVILITY POLICY. EDUCATION CODE 220 PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY, GENDER, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION, NATIONALITY, RACE OR ETHNICITY, RELIGION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR ANY OTHER CHARACTERISTIC THAT IS CONTAINED IN THE DEFINITION OF HATE CRIMES SET FORTH IN SECTION 422.55 OF THE PENAL CODE, INCLUDING IMMIGRATION STATUS. ADDITIONALLY, IF THERE ARE ANY DISRUPTIONS OR INTERFERENCE OF THE BOARD'S ABILITY TO CONDUCT ITS MEETING, THE DISRUPTIVE PARTIES WILL BE GIVEN ONE WARNING. IF THE DISRUPTION CONTINUES, YOU WILL BE INFORMED THAT THE BOARD PRESIDENT HAS FOUND YOUR DISRUPTIVE IN VIOLATION OF PENAL CODE SECTION 403, EDUCATION CODE, SECTION 32210, AND THE BOARD PRESIDENT WILL ORDER YOU REMOVED FROM THE MEETING UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE FIVE, 495, 7.9 AND 54957.95. IF REMOVING ONE OR SEVERAL DISRUPTIVE PARTIES DOES NOT RESTORE ORDER, THE BOARD PRESIDENT WILL EXERCISE THEIR AUTHORITY TO CLEAR THE ROOM IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT CODE [10. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] 54957.9. WE WILL MOVE ON TO MINUTES. WE HAVE THREE SETS OF MINUTES TO APPROVE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THE MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 6TH, 2025. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. BUCK, A SECOND BY MRS. QUINTERO. ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? OH, YES. HERE WE GO AGAIN. WERE YOU AT THAT MEETING? OKAY, SO WE'LL START WITH MRS. BLADES. I, I, MR. FRAZIER, I, I AND I AM ALSO AND I SO THE MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING OF MAY 12TH, 2025. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. BLADES, A SECOND BY MRS. QUINTERO. WERE YOU AT THAT MEETING? OKAY. WE HAVE A LOT OF SPECIAL MEETINGS. MRS. BLADES, , I, MR. FRAZIER, I, I AND I AM ALSO AND I SO THE MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH LAST ONE I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 3RD, 2025. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. BUCK, A SECOND BY MRS. BLADES. MRS. BLADES, I MR. FRAZIER, I ALMOST GOTCHA OKAY. AND I AM ALSO AND I SO THAT IS 5 TO 0. OKAY. AT THIS TIME WE'LL [11. PRESENTATIONS] TURN IT OVER TO MRS. YOUNG FOR LOCAL INDICATORS. THANK YOU. I THINK WE LOST JEREMY TO PUT THE PRESENTATION UP HERE. OH, OKAY. WELL, GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT ANDERSON. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DOCTOR MUCINO, EXECUTIVE CABINET AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. IT IS OUR PLEASURE TO PRESENT TO [00:30:01] YOU THIS EVENING. PLACENTIA-YORBA LINDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT'S LOCAL INDICATORS, AS MEASURED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S APPROVED STANDARDS WITHIN EACH PRIORITY AREA. MR. POWELL, CAN WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION UP? THANKS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TO BEGIN, CALIFORNIA'S ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM OR THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD IS BASED ON EIGHT STATE PRIORITIES. IN ORDER TO MEASURE EACH OF THESE PRIORITIES, THE STATE HAS ESTABLISHED BOTH STATE MEASURES AND LOCAL INDICATORS. LOCAL INDICATORS ARE MEASURES FOR SOME OF THE STATE PRIORITIES THAT ARE NOT COLLECTED AND REPORTED BY THE STATE. THIS CHART SERVES TO SUMMARIZE THE STATE'S EIGHT PRIORITIES, AND SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN WHAT IS MEASURED BY THE STATE AND REPORTED ON THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD IN A COLOR PERFORMANCE SYSTEM VERSUS THOSE THAT ARE MEASURED BY EACH DISTRICT OR OUR LOCAL INDICATORS. WE ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT OUR PROGRESS ON THE FIVE INDICATORS REFERRED TO AS PRIORITY. PRIORITY ONE FOCUSES ON BASIC SERVICES. PRIORITY TWO FOCUSES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE STANDARDS. PRIORITY THREE FOCUSES ON PARENT ENGAGEMENT. PRIORITY SIX FOCUSES ON SCHOOL CLIMATE, WHICH MEASURES STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF ENGAGEMENT AND SAFETY, AND PRIORITY SEVEN FOCUSES ON COURSE ACCESS, WHICH MEASURES STUDENTS ACCESS TO AND IN THEIR ENROLLMENT IN A BROAD COURSE OF STUDY. THIS INFORMATION IS COLLECTED BASED ON EITHER QUALITATIVE OR QUANTITATIVE DATA USING LOCAL SURVEYS, IN-HOUSE REPORTS, STATE REFLECTIVE TOOLS AND SELF-ASSESSMENTS. OUR FIRST PRIORITY OF BASIC SERVICES SPECIFICALLY REFERS TO APPROPRIATELY ASSIGNED TEACHERS ACCESS TO CURRICULUM ALIGNED MATERIALS AND CLEAN AND FUNCTIONAL SCHOOL FACILITIES. THE RESULTS FOR THE HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT REPORTED THAT NO TEACHER MISS ASSIGNMENTS OCCURRED. THE WILLIAMS COMPLIANCE REPORT SHOWED THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO CURRICULUM ALIGNED MATERIALS, AND THE OVERALL RATING FROM THE FACILITIES INSPECTIONS TOOL, OR FIT. REPORTS INDICATED THAT ALL SCHOOL FACILITIES RECEIVED THE HIGHEST RATING OF GOOD. OUR NEXT PRIORITY FOCUSES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE STANDARDS, A SELF ANALYSIS TOOL, COUPLED WITH OUR STAKEHOLDER SURVEY DATA WERE USED TO QUANTIFY THE PROGRESS IN THE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE STANDARDS. THE SELF ANALYSIS TOOL IS ALIGNED TO A RUBRIC THAT CONTAINS FIVE METRICS FROM STAGE ONE, WHICH IS RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATION ALL THE WAY TO STAGE FIVE, WHICH IS FULL IMPLEMENTATION AND SUSTAINABILITY. THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES STAFF HAS EVALUATED EACH CONTENT AREA IN DETAIL AND REPORTS FULL IMPLEMENTATION FOR ALL SUBJECTS AND MOVING INTO SUSTAINABILITY FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, WITH CURRICULUM AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFERED IN ALL AREAS. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL METRIC TO QUANTIFY THE PROGRESS FOR THIS LOCAL INDICATOR, WE USE OUR STAKEHOLDER SURVEY DATA RESULTS REPORTED BY RESPONDING TEACHERS, PARENTS, SUPPORT STAFF, AND STUDENTS INDICATE CONSISTENT LEVELS OF SATISFACTION WHEN RESPONDING TO THE QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO THE COMMUNICATION OF STANDARDS. HIGH ACADEMIC EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENTS, AND EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION. WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THESE FAVORABLE RESULTS ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE PRIORITY WE PLACE ON SEEKING ONGOING AND FREQUENT INPUT FROM OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS AS A MEANS OF ENSURING WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE IN THESE AREAS. NEXT, I WILL PRESENT THE RESULTS FOR PRIORITY THREE, WHICH FOCUSES ON PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT. TO QUANTIFY PROGRESS, THE STATE REQUIRES US TO USE SPECIFIC PROMPTS TO MEASURE PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT. THUS, WE HAVE EMBEDDED THESE PROMPTS INTO OUR ANNUAL SURVEY. IN ORDER TO RATE OUR OUTCOMES, WE CREATED A CROSSWALK TO CORRESPOND TO THE SCALE OF THE STATE'S SELF-REFLECTION RATING OF A SCORE FROM 1 TO 5 FIVE BEING THE HIGHEST RATING ON THE STATE'S FIVE POINT SCALE. SURVEY RESPONSES SHOWED THAT IN THE AREA INVOLVING THE BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, THE RATING WAS A FIVE OUT OF FIVE AND BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS FOR STUDENT OUTCOMES AND SEEKING INPUT FOR DECISION MAKING. THE RATING WAS A 4.5 OUT OF FIVE. PRIORITY SIX FOCUSES ON SCHOOL CLIMATE AND ASKS US TO MEASURE STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF SCHOOL SAFETY AND CONNECTEDNESS AGAIN. FOR THIS MEASURE, WE UTILIZE OUR STUDENT SURVEY DATA TO COLLECT RESPONSES FOR THREE DIFFERENT PROMPTS ON AN ANNUAL SURVEY FROM STUDENTS IN GRADES FIVE, EIGHT, TEN, AND 12. IN THE AREA OF SAFETY, STATISTICS WERE 84% AT THE FIFTH GRADE, 67% AT THE EIGHTH GRADE, 74% AT 10TH, AND 80% AT 12TH. IT IS CLEAR THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON FOCUS ON THIS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL SO THAT THE STUDENTS WE ENSURE THAT THE STUDENTS FEEL [00:35:01] SAFE AT SCHOOL IN ORDER TO MEASURE STUDENT BELONGINGNESS, STUDENTS WERE ASKED IF THEY FEEL CONNECTED AND WELCOME AT THEIR SCHOOL. 83% OF FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS, 75% OF EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS, 73% OF 10TH AND 76% OF 12TH GRADE STUDENTS. WE ARE PLEASED TO SEE AN INCREASE IN ALL GRADE LEVELS IN THIS CATEGORY. FINALLY, WHEN STUDENTS WERE ASKED IF TEACHERS AND OTHER ADULTS CARE ABOUT ME, 87% OF FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS, 80% OF EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS, 75% OF 10TH GRADE STUDENTS, AND 77% OF 12TH GRADE STUDENTS RESPONDED POSITIVELY. WE ARE PLEASED TO SEE INCREASES IN THE EIGHTH AND 10TH GRADE LEVELS. SITE LEADERS ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS SAME DATA AT THE SCHOOL SITE LEVEL, ALLOWING THEM TO BETTER IDENTIFY THEIR OWN STUDENTS AREAS OF HIGHEST NEED PERTAINING TO SCHOOL CLIMATE FOR EACH OF THEIR CAMPUSES, IN ORDER TO PLAN FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN AREA OF FOCUS OF THE STUDENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS WELL. AND FINALLY, THE LAST LOCAL INDICATOR IS PRIORITY SEVEN, WHICH MEASURES COURSE ACCESS. WE ARE REQUIRED TO USE OUR OWN MEASURES TO TRACK THE EXTENT TO WHICH ALL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO, AND ARE ENROLLED IN A BROAD COURSE OF STUDY BASED ON GRADE SPANS. UNDUPLICATED STUDENT GROUPS, WHICH INCLUDES OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS, LOW INCOME STUDENTS AND FOSTER YOUTH, AS WELL AS OUR INDIVIDUALS WITH EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS STARTING AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, WE'RE PLEASED TO REPORT THAT ALL STUDENTS RECEIVE A BROAD COURSE OF STUDY, INCLUDING ALL OF THE SIX LISTED CONTENT AREAS WITH INCREASED ACCESS TO VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS THROUGH DEDICATED ARTS AND MUSIC FUNDING. INCLUSION. AND WE ALSO CONTINUE TO INCREASE. SORRY. WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUR INCLUSION EFFORTS WITH MILD, MODERATE STUDENTS RECEIVING EDUCATION IN THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT USING A VARIETY OF SERVICE DELIVERY OPTIONS, MORE STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING THE MAJORITY OF THEIR INSTRUCTION IN THE GENERAL EDUCATION SETTING. AND I KNOW WE HAD PRESENTED THIS EARLIER IN THE YEAR. AND SO WE'RE WORKING OUR WHOLE TEAM IS WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH GENERAL ED TO ENSURE THAT MORE OF OUR STUDENTS ARE INCLUDED. AND ADDITIONAL METRIC USED TO QUANTIFY THE PROGRESS FOR THIS LOCAL INDICATOR FOR OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS IS OUR STAKEHOLDER SURVEY DATA. RESULTS REPORTED BY OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS SHOW THAT NEARLY 96% STATE THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENROLL IN A BROAD COURSE OF STUDY. ANOTHER METRIC WE USE IS OUR A TO G COMPLETION RATES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. THIS IS REFERRING TO STUDENTS WHO ARE GRADUATING CSU OR UC ELIGIBLE WHEN COMPARING THIS PAST YEAR'S PERFORMANCE. COMPARED TO THE YEAR PRIOR, WE SEE CONSISTENT PERFORMANCE AMONGST ALL STUDENTS. HOWEVER, THERE REMAINS A CONTINUED NEED TO SUPPORT OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS IN THIS AREA. WHEN WE FURTHER DISAGGREGATED THE A TO G COMPLETION DATA FOR OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS, WE FOUND THAT THE BIGGEST OBSTACLES APPEAR TO BE COMPLETING THE RIGOROUS CORE CONTENT COURSE REQUIREMENTS, SPECIFICALLY WITH MATH AND ENGLISH BEING THE MOST CHALLENGING FOR OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS. SOME OF THE PLANNED ACTIONS TO ADDRESS THIS NEED AND ARE PART OF OUR LCAP INCLUDE PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE ENGLISH LEARNER TRAINING FOR OUR TEACHERS, WHICH INCLUDES GLAD STRATEGIES AND THE ENGLISH LEARNER TOOLKIT FOR TEACHERS AS ALIGNED TO OUR CALIFORNIA ENGLISH LEARNER ROADMAP. FOCUSING ON ENGLISH LEARNER RECLASSIFICATION FOR STUDENTS PRIOR TO MIDDLE SCHOOL. TO REDUCE OUR LONG TERM ENGLISH LEARNERS. EXPANDING OUR TARGETED INTERVENTION BOTH DURING AND OUTSIDE OF THE DAY ON EACH CAMPUS. ENHANCE ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN CORE SUBJECTS, MAINTAINING OUR DISTRICT WIDE FOCUS ON FIRST BEST INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES AND DIFFERENTIATION TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL LEARNERS WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS AGAIN ON OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS. ENSURING FIDELITY TO THE PLC PROCESS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT STUDENT PROGRESS IS CONSISTENTLY MEASURED, DISCUSSED AND SUPPORTED ACROSS ALL SITES. ENSURING THAT SCHOOL CULTURES OF COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS ARE PERVASIVE AT ALL HIGH SCHOOLS, AND EXPANDING COLLEGE AND CAREER AWARENESS INITIATIVES TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. AND FINALLY FOCUSING ON ALGEBRA READINESS FOR FRESHMEN WHO ARE ENTERING HIGH SCHOOL. AS A RESULT OF MEASURING THIS DATA, REPORTING THE RESULTS TO YOU, AND UPLOADING THE RESULTS TO THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD BY JULY 1ST, WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY MET THE LOCAL INDICATORS REQUIREMENTS. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION. WHAT STRATEGIES ARE WE IMPLEMENTING? I GUESS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE 67% NOT FEELING SAFE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. DO WE ASK LIKE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO THE KIDS? LIKE WHY THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE OR LIKE A FOCUS GROUP? OR ASK THEM LIKE, [00:40:03] WHAT COULD WE DO DIFFERENT? I MEAN, HAVE WE DONE THAT? HAS THERE BEEN ANY FEEDBACK? WE HAVE ACTUALLY GONE OUT WITH THE STUDENTS WITH ED SERVICES AND STUDENT SERVICES TO ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE, I BELIEVE, TOO, AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING FOCUS GROUPS WITH THEM AND TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THE DATA AND ASKING THEM QUESTIONS. NEXT YEAR, OUR PLAN IS TO ACTUALLY DO THIS MORE EXTENSIVELY WITH MORE SCHOOLS AND GET MORE DATA, AND THEN NOT WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES WITH THEM. SO I THINK WE NEED MORE DATA FROM THEM. AND THEN PROBABLY MID-YEAR, DECIDE AS A TEAM HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE BROUGHT FORWARD TO YOU THIS YEAR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS NOT FEELING SAFE BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY FEEL BULLIED OR THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE A SENSE OF BELONGING OR MAYBE DON'T HAVE FRIENDS. THERE ARE VARIOUS REASONS THAT WE'VE SEEN WE HAVE DATA THAT WE'RE TAKING IN THE STUDENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO DISAGGREGATE AND FIND OUT SO WE CAN CREATE PROGRAMS FOR THAT. BUT I CAN GET YOU MORE DATA THAT DOES SHOW YOU WHAT EXACTLY IT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE IS POINTING TO THAT. BUTWE ARE SEEING IS STUDENTS MAY BE FEELING UNSAFE BECAUSE OF THREATS AT SCHOOL OR BULLYING OR AND THERE ARE OTHER THINGS TOO I COULD CALL I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL, DOCTOR PEDRAZA, BUT WE COULD GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU TOO. THERE, THERE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S QUITE A YOU KNOW, THERE'S I WOULD SAY THERE'S PROBABLY A TOP 5 TO 10 REASONS THAT STUDENTS ARE FEELING THAT WAY. THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET AN A BOARD UPDATE. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. ALSO, ON THE SAME TOKEN, THE AREA OF I BELONG AND ADULTS ARE THERE SEEM TO BE THERE FOR ME HAVE DO YOU DO FOCUS GROUPS ON KIND OF ALL THOSE AND SEE LIKE TO KIND OF GET A SENSE OF WHAT THE KIDS ARE LIKING OR WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S TOUCHING THAT, YOU KNOW, MAKING THEM FEEL MORE LIKE THEY BELONG IN SCHOOL. YEAH. ALONG THOSE SAME LINES, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO SAY. SOME OF THE STUDENTS WE DON'T. SO THEY ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. AND THEN SOMETIMES I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS THEN MAYBE OPERATIONALIZE THEM A LITTLE MORE AND DIG DEEPER INTO IT TO SEE EXACTLY WHY. BUT I WOULD SAY AS WE MEET WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND WE TALK WITH OUR COUNSELORS, SOME OF THE DATA REALLY SHOWS THAT EITHER THEY'RE NOT INVOLVED IN SOME SORT OF ACTIVITY OR GROUP AND THEY FEEL LEFT OUT. THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO FRIENDS. THEY DON'T KNOW MAYBE HOW TO JOIN IN GAMES LIKE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. AND I THINK WHEN WE MET WITH SOME OF THE HIGH SCHOOLERS, WE SAW TO THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN SOME OF THE KIDS AT SOME OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, MY CLUB DOESN'T SEEM AS VALUED AS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A SPORT OR SOMETHING. AND THEY WERE REALLY PRETTY FORTHRIGHT WITH THE INFORMATION. BUT I THINK THAT ISN'T ENOUGH. SO WE'VE GONE THERE AND WE'VE TALKED TO THEM, BUT NOW WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL SAFER, WHAT CAN WE PROVIDE, WHAT CONDITIONS DO WE NEED TO CREATE SO THAT YOU CAN FEEL A SENSE OF BELONGING AT SCHOOL? SO WE DO NEED TO DO A LOT MORE IN THIS AREA. WE'VE GOT THE DATA, BUT I THINK WE NEED MORE AND THEN WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. CAN I SAY SOMETHING REALLY QUICK ABOUT THE SURVEY? SINCE I'VE TAKEN THE SURVEY, A LOT OF TIMES, I WOULD SUGGEST I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW IT'S STRUCTURED, BUT I DO REMEMBER THAT IT'S VAGUELY KIND OF LIKE SLIGHTLY DISAGREE. STRONGLY AGREE. THIS IS NOT. I WOULD THINK THAT I THINK KIDS WOULD ACTUALLY BE A LOT MORE OPEN TO TELLING YOU IF YOU OFFERED A SELECTION AT THE BOTTOM, LIKE IF THEY SELECTED SOMETHING THAT SEEMS SLIGHTLY NEGATIVE, LIKE ASKING THEM TO EXPAND BECAUSE I THINK THERE MIGHT BE AN OPTION ALL THE WAY AT THE END. BUT YOU GUYS ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS, SO BY THE TIME THEY GET TO THE END, THEY'RE LIKE, I JUST WANT TO BE DONE. LIKE I'M JUST GOING TO SUBMIT IT. SO I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY HELP. AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO SAY, I DO THINK THAT THIS SHOULD BE SENT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, BECAUSE I THINK AT THE END OF THE YEAR, KIDS ARE TIRED. THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE A SURVEY. MY SCHOOL HAS TO LIKE BASICALLY PUT PEOPLE ON THE HOLD LIST IN ORDER TO GET THEM TO TAKE THE SURVEY. LIKE PEOPLE JUST KIND OF WANT TO CLICK THROUGH. BUT I THINK THEIR EMOTIONS ARE A LOT MORE HEIGHTENED IN THE BEGINNING, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, AND THERE ARE A LOT MORE WILLING TO SAY WHAT THEY'RE FEELING, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL AWARE THAT IT'S SUPER CONFIDENTIAL AND LIKE, THEIR NAMES WON'T BE OUT THERE. SO I THINK YOU'LL GET A LOT MORE ACCURATE DATA IF IT'S SENT AT A DIFFERENT TIME PERIOD. AND IF YOU GIVE KIDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WHY THEY'RE FEELING THE WAY THEY FEEL AND GIVE SUGGESTIONS, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF KIDS HAVE A LOT OF SUGGESTIONS. THANK YOU. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY WE SHOULD LISTEN TO OUR STUDENTS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK TAKING THE SURVEY BACK AND TALKING TO THE KIDS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL AND WEB AND STUDENT LEADERSHIP, AND HAVE THEM BRAINSTORM IDEAS ON HOW, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM WAYS TO GIVE YOU EXPLANATION OF WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE INDIVIDUALLY, AND THEN THEY CAN FIGURE OUT HOW THEY CAN PULL IN OTHER STUDENTS, TOO. WE JUST NEED TO HELP FACILITATE THAT FOR THEM. YEAH. [00:45:04] EACH MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL WAS ASKED TO FORM A PRINCIPAL'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE THIS YEAR AND TO ANALYZE THEIR DATA AND TO DO EXACTLY THAT, TO BRAINSTORM AT THEIR SITES. BUT WE COULD CIRCLE BACK TO THEM AND HEAR WHAT WERE THE SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS THAT CAME FROM IT. SO YEAH, IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH THAT, THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH IT. YEAH, RIGHT. AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF DOING IT EARLIER IN THE YEAR TOO. YEAH. ME TOO. YES. AND EXPAND ON THE RESPONSES. I WAS GOING TO SAY. IS THERE A BETTER TIME LIKE AFTER A THREE DAY WEEKEND WHEN THEY'RE RELAXED? NOT THE NIGHT BEFORE FINALS. YEAH, EITHER. MAYBE LIKE I WOULD SAY LIKE FEBRUARY, MARCH LIKE PRE-TESTING SEASON, BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, NOT RIGHT AFTER WINTER BREAK. YEAH. WE CURRENTLY ADMINISTER IT JANUARY TO FEBRUARY. THE TEST. I'M SORRY. THE SURVEY THAT YOU GOT WAS YOUR SENIOR SURVEY, WHICH ABSOLUTELY IS PULLING TEETH FROM SENIORS. YES, BUT WE ADMINISTER THE STAKEHOLDER SURVEY MID-YEAR. SO IT'S JANUARY. FEBRUARY. YES. THAT'S A QUICK DECISION MAKING THERE. OKAY. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, MR. FRAZIER OR ANYONE ELSE. NO I'M GOOD. I APPRECIATE ALL THE FEEDBACK. OKAY. WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO MRS. VELAZQUEZ ABOUT THE BUDGET. OKAY. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THE 2526 ADOPTED BUDGET. SO WHENEVER WE'RE BUILDING OUR BUDGET, WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE DISTRICT BUDGETS. WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FEDERAL AND STATE FISCAL OUTLOOKS. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE 2425 ESTIMATED ACTUALS FOR ALL OF OUR FUNDS. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DISCUSS THE 2526 PROPOSED BUDGET, ALONG WITH THE ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR AND OUR NEXT STEPS. SO HOW DO WE SPEND THE MONEY THE DISTRICT'S BUDGETS HAVE TO SUPPORT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT FOCUS AREAS IN THE DISTRICT, SO WE LOOK TO USE THE MONEY FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION AND LEADERSHIP, ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY, SAFE AND RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENT, AND OBVIOUSLY TO OPTIMIZE OUR RESOURCES. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT'S A CRITICAL MEASURE OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S PERFORMANCE IS THE EFFECTIVENESS WITH WHICH IT UTILIZES AND GENERATES RESOURCES. WE ENSURE THAT ALL FISCAL AND CAPITAL RESOURCES MAXIMIZE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK HERE AT OUR FEDERAL POLICIES AND OUR ECONOMIC IMPACT OF WHAT'S GOING ON. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE OOPS. LET ME CLICK THE THING HERE. SORRY. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT'S IN MAKING AN IMPACT IS THE TARIFFS. OUR IMMIGRATION POLICY OUR FEDERAL WORKFORCE AND FUNDING CUTS AND OUR FEDERAL INCOME TAX POLICY. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY FROM SCHOOL SERVICES I FELT LIKE IT. IT REALLY SAYS WHAT WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO THE CONSUMER SENTIMENT IS WHICH IS A KEY ECONOMIC GROWTH CONTRIBUTOR, HAS REACHED NOTABLE LOW LEVELS. THE TARIFFS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTIONS, HIGHER PRODUCTION COSTS, STOCK MARKET VOLATILITY AND REDUCED DEMAND FOR US GOODS. THE FED IS EXERCISING CAUTION TOWARDS BENCHMARK RATE CUTS, CITING THE NEED FOR MORE DATA TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF THE TARIFFS. OUR TRADE DEALS HAVE BEEN REACHED SO FAR, WITH BRITAIN AND CHINA. THAT MIGHT HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THIS WAS LET GO A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND WE HAVE OVER 275,000 FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS BEING CUT. THAT REPRESENTS 12% OF THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE. WE ANTICIPATE MORE CUTS COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND OUR PROGRAMS. WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE, POSSIBLY EXTENSION OF THE 2017 TAX CUTS AND JOBS ACT IS ANTICIPATED, AND INCREASES IN IMMIGRATION ACTIVITY ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE, WHICH WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE LABOR SUPPLY, TAX REVENUE AND OUR GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT. LOOKING TOWARD THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WHAT WHAT AFFECTS THAT ECONOMY? SO I'M KIND OF GOING AROUND IN A CIRCLE HERE. IF YOU LOOK AT NUMBER ONE, THE BIG THREE SOURCES OF STATE REVENUE, WHICH ARE PERSONAL INCOME TAX, CORPORATE TAX AND SALES AND USE TAXES ARE PROJECTED TO BE LOWER BY $4.8 BILLION OVER THE OVER THE THREE YEAR BUDGET WINDOW WHEN COMPARED TO JANUARY. NUMBER TWO. HERE ARE OUR JOB GROWTH HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED DUE TO WEAKER LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS AND FEDERAL POLICY CHANGES FOR THREE, INFLATION ASSUMPTIONS ARE ABOUT 1% HIGHER THAN THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET ESTIMATES. NUMBER FOUR, THE MAY REVISION FORECAST OF 27% AVERAGE CALIFORNIA TARIFF RATE, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE 2.4% TARIFF RATE IN 2024. NUMBER [00:50:06] FIVE, OUR SLOW GROWTH IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 2028. AND NUMBER SIX, THE MAY REVISION ASSUMES A GROWTH RECESSION. THAT'S KIND OF A NEW WORD. I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN A MINUTE. TO LAST THROUGH THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 25. IT'S A BELOW TREND GROWTH. SO WE'RE NOT GROWING AS FAST AS WE COULD BE. AND WE'RE HAVING RISING UNEMPLOYMENT. SO THESE ARE ALL RISKS TO THE STATE BUDGET. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO SAY WE HAVE ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY AS FAR AS WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THE GLOBAL ECONOMY IS ALSO AFFECTING THE STATE BUDGET. AND OUR FINANCIAL MARKETS ARE ALSO AFFECTING THE STATE BUDGET. CURRENT INFLATION AND THE FEARS OF A PROLONGED INFLATION POSE THE MOST IMMEDIATE RISK TO OUR ECONOMY. SIGNIFICANT SHIFT IN INFLATION WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE STOCK MARKET AND CAPITAL GAINS. AND THE REASON THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE THE TOP 1% CALIFORNIA TAXPAYERS GENERATE MORE THAN 50% OF STATE TAXES, AND MANY OF THIS IS DRIVEN BY OUR CAPITAL GAINS TAX. I THOUGHT THIS SLIDE WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. THIS LOOKS OVERALL IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR DECLINING ENROLLMENT BY COUNTY, THE ORANGE LINE THERE, I THINK THEY EVEN MENTIONED FOR ORANGE COUNTY THEY MADE THE LINE ORANGE. BUT IT'S PROJECTING 16.1% DROP IN ENROLLMENT THROUGH 2020, 33 TO 34. AND YOU CAN SEE HERE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES THAT THEY'VE LISTED. OVERALL, THEY'RE ALL PRETTY MUCH DROPPING. 44 OF THE 58 COUNTIES ARE PROJECTED TO DECLINE. THE 44 DECLINING ENROLLMENT COUNTIES ARE PROJECTED TO BE DOWN BY ABOUT 600,000 STUDENTS. THE 14 GROWING ENROLLMENT COUNTIES ARE ONLY PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY 14,000 STUDENTS. SO EVEN THOSE THAT ARE GROWING ARE GROWING VERY MINIMALLY. NOW, WE NEED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT HERE ABOUT PROP 98 AND THE RAINY DAY FUND. SO JUST AS A REMINDER, PROP PROPOSITION 98, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN TEST ONE. AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT ENSURES THAT K THROUGH 14 EDUCATION WILL RECEIVE A MINIMUM PERCENTAGE OF THE STATE'S GENERAL FUND REVENUES. THIS TEST WAS TOOK PLACE BACK IN 1986 87, AND IT WAS ROUGHLY 40%. SO 40% BACK THEN OF THE STATE'S REVENUES WENT TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS. WHEN TEST ONE IS OPERATIVE, WHICH WE'RE RIGHT NOW DOING, THE STATE MUST PROVIDE THIS MINIMUM FUNDING LEVEL, AND THE GUARANTEE CAN BE INCREASED BY DEPOSITS INTO THE K THROUGH 14 RAINY DAY FUND. THE 2526 MINIMUM GUARANTEE IS DOWN BY $4.4 BILLION. BECAUSE THE STATE'S REVENUES ARE DOWN, THE GOVERNOR IS PROPOSING APPROPRIATING LESS THAN THE 2425 MINIMUM GUARANTEE, AND HE'S CALLING IT A SETTLE UP. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE STATE WILL THEN OWE THE DISTRICT BACK MONEY AT A LATER DATE, WHICH IS ROUGHLY $214 PER ADA, OR $4.7 MILLION. IN ADDITION TO THAT BEING BAD NEWS, RATHER THAN MAKING A DISCRETIONARY DEPOSIT IN 2526, THE GOVERNOR WILL MAKE A MANDATORY 540 MILLION WITHDRAWAL FROM THE RAINY DAY FUND. AFTER THIS RAINY DAY FUND IS WITHDRAWALS DONE, IT WILL BE DEPLETED. THERE'LL BE NO MORE MONEY IN THE RAINY DAY FUND FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. NOW WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR CASH DEFERRALS. WE'VE ALWAYS HEARD CASH IS KING. YOU HAVE TO HAVE CASH TO PAY YOUR BILLS. AND SO THE STATE IS GOING BACK TO WHAT THEY USED TO DO WITH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT CASH DEFERRALS. SO CASH DEFERRAL IS MONEY OWED TO THE DISTRICT BUT NOT PAID BY THE STATE WITHIN THE CURRENT YEAR. SO WE RECEIVE OUR APPORTIONMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THINGS ARE GOOD. THE MAY REVISION CONTINUES TO RETIRE A TOTAL OF $490 MILLION IN APPORTIONMENT DEFERRALS FROM THE 2425 YEAR, AND IT PROPOSES TO INSTITUTE NEW DEFERRALS FOR K THROUGH 12 AGENCIES. THE MAY REVISION PROPOSES DEFERRING $1.8 BILLION IN LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA APPORTIONMENTS FROM JUNE TO JULY, SO WE WILL NOT BE RECEIVING ANY MONEY IN JUNE. WE'LL GET THAT MONEY IN JULY. HOWEVER, THE GOOD NEWS IS THE DISTRICT WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS DEFERMENT OF CASH AS ITS CASH RESERVES ARE CURRENTLY HEALTHY. LET'S TALK A MOMENT HERE ABOUT TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN, BECAUSE THAT'S A FULLY IMPLEMENTED PROGRAM. IF YOU LOOK AT THE 2526 LITTLE APPLE THERE, IT TALKS ABOUT, WE OFFER TK TO FOUR YEAR OLDS WHOSE FOURTH BIRTHDAY OCCURS BY SEPTEMBER 1ST. I KNOW IN PRIOR YEARS THERE WERE CUT OFF DATES AND WHEN WE COULD ALLOW THE STUDENTS IN. SO NOW IT'S FULL IMPLEMENTATION. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP RIGHT THERE, IT SAYS UNIVERSAL TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN. THE MAY REVISION [00:55:05] CONTINUES TO PROVIDE ONGOING FUNDING FOR FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF UTCS IN 2526. HOWEVER, THIS FUNDING IS REDUCED TO $2.1 BILLION BECAUSE OF REVISED ADA ESTIMATES AND THE LOWER COLA TK RATIO. LCFF ADD ON. THE TOTAL ONGOING AMOUNT FOR THE TK ADD ON IS REVISED TO 1.2 BILLION. THE PER PUPIL AMOUNT IS REDUCED FROM $6,404 IN JANUARY TO $5,545 NOW, IF THE GOVERNOR FULLY FUNDS TK, THE DISTRICT WILL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL $1.8 MILLION OF REVENUE TO THE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND, AND THIS WILL HELP OFFSET SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES FOR THIS PROGRAM. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT ESTIMATED ACTUALS. WHAT WE DO AT THE END OF THE YEAR IS WE GO IN AND WE START TO LOOK AT OUR BUDGETS, AND WE ADJUST THE BUDGETS SO THAT IT MATCHES MORE IN LINE WITH WHERE DO WE THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO END UP COME JUNE 30TH. AND OVERALL, THIS IS THE COMBINED GENERAL FUND REVENUE OF $375 MILLION. AND YOU CAN SEE 74% OF IT, OR $278 MILLION IS COMING FROM THE LCFF FUNDS. THE FEDERAL FUNDS WE RECEIVE OF 13.7 MILLION IS ABOUT 3%. OUR STATE MONIES WE RECEIVE ARE SIX. OOPS, SO SORRY, $66 MILLION OR 17% FROM THE LOCAL. WE RECEIVE ABOUT $15 MILLION AND WE RECEIVE HALF $1 MILLION FROM A TRANSFER IN FROM OUR CHILD CHILD CARE PROGRAM. LOOKING AT OUR EXPENDITURES FOR THE ENDING OF THIS YEAR, OVERALL, WE'RE SPENDING $414 MILLION. OUR SALARIES ARE ROUGHLY 80% OF OUR BUDGET, AND THAT'S 329 MILLION. OUR BOOKS AND SUPPLIES ARE $25 MILLION, OR 6% OF OUR BUDGET SERVICES. ANOTHER OPERATING EXPENDITURES ARE 34 MILLION, OR 8% OF THE BUDGET. CAPITAL OUTLAY IS 13 MILLION, OR 3% OF THE BUDGET. AND THEN WE HAVE SMALL AMOUNTS HERE FOR OTHER OUTGOING INDIRECT, OF 8.7 MILLION OF 2% OF THE BUDGET. AND WE DO A CONTRIBUTION TO OUR INSURANCE FUND FOR $3.3 MILLION, OR ALMOST 1% OF OUR BUDGET. SO WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU BREAK IT DOWN? I LIKE SHOWING YOU BROKEN DOWN BETWEEN UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED IN THE TOTAL COLUMN HERE. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE UNRESTRICTED, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE CONTROL OVER. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO MONITOR. WHAT WE RECEIVE IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE SPENDING FOR THAT YEAR. SO OVERALL IN THE GREEN COLUMN, THE TOTAL REVENUES YOU CAN SEE HERE OF $301 MILLION, THE EXPENDITURES ARE $261 MILLION. IN OTHER AREAS, WE HAVE TRANSFERS OUT TO OUR INSURANCE FUND OF 3.3 MILLION, WHERE WE'RE GETTING SOME INCOME BACK FROM FUND 12, AND THEN WE'RE MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RESTRICTED PROGRAMS OF ALMOST $47 MILLION. SO OVERALL, WE HAVE A DEFICIT NOW OF $10.2 MILLION. WHEN I BROUGHT SECOND INTERIM TO YOU BEFORE, IT WAS $14.5 MILLION DEFICIT. BUT BECAUSE WE'RE DROPPING ALL THESE BUDGETS FOR PEOPLE DIDN'T SPEND ALL THEIR MONEY. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW FOR THE RESTRICTED PROGRAMS. THE BLUE COLUMN HERE AGAIN, WHAT WE RECEIVE, WE HAVE TO SPEND ACCORDING TO THOSE INSTRUCTIONS THAT WERE GIVEN. AND SO OVERALL, YOU CAN SEE AT THE VERY BOTTOM HERE WE'RE STILL IN A DEFICIT SITUATION. BUT THAT'S TOTALLY OKAY. WE'LL BE GETTING MORE MONEY NEXT YEAR FOR THESE EXPENSES. AND EVENTUALLY THIS WILL ALL ZERO ITSELF OUT. SO LOOKING OVERALL AT THE LAST COLUMN HERE IN YELLOW REVENUES ARE 374 MILLION. OUR EXPENDITURES OF 410 11 MILLION, A LITTLE BIT OF TRANSFERRING OUT, RECEIVING HALF A MILLION FOR THE CHILD CARE LEAVES 2.8 MILLION IN OTHER AND THEN OVERALL DEFICIT OF $39 MILLION. SO WE ALWAYS WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AND SEE, WELL, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO OUR ENDING RESERVE. SO OUR RESERVES ARE LIKE OUR OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT. SO LOOKING AGAIN AT THE GREEN COLUMN WE HAVE A DEFICIT OF THAT 10.2 MILLION. WE STARTED THIS YEAR WITH $72.9 MILLION. SO OUR ENDING BALANCE IN THE UNRESTRICTED IS $62.7 MILLION. FOR THE RESTRICTED. WE HAD A DEFICIT OF 28.8 STARTED THE YEAR WITH 71 MILLION, ENDING UP WITH 42 MILLION AT THE END OF THIS YEAR AND OVERALL $39 MILLION DEFICIT 144 MILLION. BEGINNING BALANCE ENDING UP WITH $105 MILLION IN OUR ENDING BALANCE, WHICH IS A 15.1% ENDING RESERVE PERCENTAGE. THEN WE COME IN HERE AND WE SAY, OKAY, IN OUR SAVINGS, WHAT ARE WE? WHAT ARE WE SAVING MONEY FOR? HOW ARE WE ALLOCATING THIS MONEY? SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE GREEN COLUMN YOU CAN SEE NON SPENDING BILLS ARE EVOLVING. CASH OF 169,000. WE HAVE SOME STORES OR INVENTORY [01:00:01] ITEMS OF 103,000. PREPAY A FEW EXPENSES FOR 2800. AND THEN WE'VE COMMITTED TO CERTAIN EXPENDITURES HERE OUR DEPARTMENTS IN SIGHT. CARRYOVER IS ONE POINT ALMOST $1.4 MILLION. AND THERE'S YOUR BUDGETS RIGHT THERE THAT WE CUT THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SPEND THAT MONEY. HOWEVER THEY WILL GET THAT MONEY BACK IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR. AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE PUTTING AWAY 5 MILLION FOR TEXTBOOKS. WE HAVE 10 MILLION IN HERE FOR DECLINING ENROLLMENT. MITIGATION IS JUST CONTINGENCIES OF 4.6. WE HAVE ASSIGNED CONTINGENCIES OF 20.7 MILLION. AND OUR UNASSIGNED RESERVE FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES OF 5% EQUALS $20.7 MILLION. AND THAT BRINGS US TO OUR $62 MILLION BALANCE. THE RESTRICTED IS JUST RESTRICTED. SO THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. AND THEN THE LAST COLUMN YOU CAN SEE OVERALL WHERE ARE WE ENDING UP. SO WE ALSO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE OTHER DISTRICT FUNDS OUR ASP. WE DON'T REPORT OUT UNTIL WE ACTUALLY CLOSE OUR BOOKS. OUR FUND TANNER SPECIAL ED PASS-THROUGH. THAT'S JUST THE MONEY THAT GOES OVER TO OUR SELPA AND BREA-OLINDA FUND 12 IS OUR CHILDCARE. WE STARTED WITH 4 MILLION. WE RECEIVED $13 MILLION, SPENT 12 MILLION, ENDING UP WITH 5.3 MILLION. OUR CAFETERIA, OUR NUTRITION PROGRAM, FUND 13. WE STARTED WITH 15.8 MILLION. WE RAISED OR RECEIVED $15.7 MILLION. WE SPENT 15.6. SO WE'RE ENDING UP WITH A RESERVE OF ALMOST $16 MILLION. DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT. WE STARTED WITH 3.3 MILLION, RECEIVED 1 MILLION, 1.6 MILLION, SPENT 2.5 MILLION. AND WE'RE ENDING UP WITH 2.5 MILLION. OUR CAPITAL FACILITIES FUND FUND 25. THAT'S MONEY WE RECEIVE FROM DEVELOPER FEES AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES. WE STARTED WITH 12.8 MILLION. WE RECEIVED 5.2 MILLION, SPENT 8.5 MILLION, AND WE'RE ENDING UP WITH 9.6 MILLION. OUR COUNTY SCHOOLS. THIS FUND IS ACTUALLY CLOSING AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. THERE'S VERY MINIMAL AMOUNT LEFT IN HERE. WE HAD 686,000 TO START, RECEIVED 7800 IN INTEREST. AND WE SPENT IT ALL SO ZERO BALANCE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, OUR CAPITAL OUTLAY FUND 40. THE MONEY THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THAT IS FROM THE CITY OF YORBA LINDA SETTLEMENT. WE STARTED WITH 15.7 MILLION. WE RECEIVED 8.8 MILLION, SPENT 9.5 MILLION. AND WE'RE ENDING UP WITH 15 MILLION IN THAT FUND BOND MONEY. THIS IS BEING PUT IN HERE. WE RECEIVE THIS. SO BOND IS HELD OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT. AND SO THEY ACTUALLY SENT US THESE THIS MONEY. AND THIS IS HOW WE PAY OFF OUR BONDS. AND SO WE STARTED WITH 23 MILLION RECEIVED 15.7, SPENT 16 AND ENDING UP WITH 23 MILLION. AND THEN OUR SELF-INSURANCE FUND THAT TAKES CARE OF OUR HEALTH BENEFITS, OUR WORKER'S COMP, OUR PROPERTY AND LIABILITY. WE STARTED WITH 17.9 MILLION, RECEIVED 53.4 MILLION, SPENT 56 MILLION, ENDING UP WITH 15 MILLION IN THAT RESERVE. OKAY, SO THAT'S FINALIZING THIS YEAR. NOW LET'S GO AND TALK ABOUT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. CAN I ASK A QUESTION QUICKLY? THE BALLOON PAYMENT FOR ALL OF THE BOND PAYMENTS OUTGOING THAT WE HAD BEEN, WE HELD IN RESERVE. CAN YOU TELL US WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT? AND ARE WE SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COP PAYMENTS, BECAUSE COP PAYMENTS ARE THE ONLY PAYMENTS THAT THE DISTRICT ACTUALLY MAKES, THAT'S ALL OVER IN FUND 40. AND WE HAVE THAT BALLOON PAYMENT ALREADY ALL SCHEDULED OUT. SO THAT MONEY IS BASICALLY BEING RESERVED AND FUND 40 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE MAKING ALL OF THE COP PAYMENTS UNTIL THE VERY END. OKAY. SO WE WON'T HAVE SOME PAYMENT THAT SHOWS UP. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO HOW DO YOU BUILD A BUDGET? WE HAVE TO LOOK AT CURRENT YEAR, WHICH IS GOING TO BE 2526 AND THEN THE TWO OUT YEARS. AND WE HAVE TO STAY FISCALLY SOLVENT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS. SO OUR STATUTORY COLA FOR NEXT YEAR IS 2.3, THE FOLLOWING YEAR IS 3.02, AND THE YEAR AFTER THAT IS 3.42. I'M NOT SURE IF THOSE TWO OUT YEARS ARE GOING TO HOLD. WE'LL SEE HOW THE ECONOMY DOES OUR ENROLLMENT. AND THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WITH HOW WE BUDGET. ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE IS REQUIRED TO SEPARATE THAT INTO ANOTHER FUND. SO THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO FUND NINE. SO BECAUSE OF THAT I'M SHOWING THE ENROLLMENT SEPARATE HERE. SO FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT 21,777 A DROP OF 175. AND FOR OAKS WE HAVE 747. I'LL TALK A MINUTE ABOUT THIS TOO. WITH OAKS, WE WAIT TO SEE WHAT THAT FINAL ENROLLMENT IS GOING TO BE, PROBABLY IN AUGUST. AND THEN WE GO IN THERE AND ADJUST. SO THAT NUMBER IS REALLY BEING BASED OFF OF THE FIRST YEAR THAT THEY HAVE, WHICH IS 24, 25. AND THEN [01:05:05] YOU CAN SEE THOSE TWO OUT YEARS CONTINUING TO DECLINE BY 175 DOWN TO 21, 608 AND THEN 21, 438. AND WE'RE ALSO DOING A DEMOGRAPHY STUDY FROM AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR THAT'S GOING TO COME IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, BECAUSE WE REALLY DO WANT TO MAKE SURE, AS WE'RE FACING DIFFICULT TIMES HERE WITH MONEY, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE RIGHT ENROLLMENT NUMBERS. AND THEN CONSISTENCY STAYED PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WITH. OAKS. OUR ATTENDANCE RATE IS 94.5%, AND THE MORE THAT WE GET THAT NUMBER UP, THE MORE MONEY THAT WE GET. SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT SALARIES, HEALTH AND WELFARE, CLASS SIZES, ETC. THAT'S ALL PENDING NEGOTIATIONS. SO WE DON'T DO ANYTHING SEPARATE FOR THAT. OUR HEALTH AND WELFARE COSTS FOR THIS COMING YEAR WENT UP TO US BY 7.1%. IT WAS 5.2% IN 2425. SO THAT'S AN INCREASE FOR OUR FOR OUR BUDGET. AND THEN WE'RE KEEPING IT AT 6% IN THOSE TWO OUT YEARS. AND WE'LL ADJUST THAT NEXT YEAR IF WE NEED TO. OUR WORKERS COMP WENT UP. IT'S $1.40 PER $100 OF PAYROLL. AND YOU SAW HOW MUCH PAYROLL IS IN OUR BUDGET. IT HAD BEEN $1. 38. AND THEN OUR PROPERTY AND LIABILITY ALSO WENT UP. THAT'S 13.78% WHERE IT HAD BEEN 7%, 24, 25. SO WE KEEP THOSE RATES UNTIL WE KNOW SOMETHING AS IT CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. OUR CONSUMER PRICE INDEX THIS IS A GOOD INDICATOR FOR INFLATION. IN 2526 WE HAVE 3.42% 2627, 2.98% IN 2728, 2.77%. OKAY. SO WHAT'S THAT LOOK LIKE? IF WE LOOK AT THE TOTAL COMBINED BUDGET FOR REVENUES FOR NEXT YEAR, WE'RE LOOKING AT $356 MILLION. AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE LCFF 76% OF THE BUDGET OR 272 MILLION. OUR FEDERAL REVENUES ARE $10.2 MILLION, OR 2.9%. OUR STATE REVENUES ARE 65 MILLION OR 18% OF OUR BUDGET. OUR LOCAL REVENUES ARE $8 MILLION OR 2% OF THE BUDGET. AND WE ALSO RECEIVE HALF $1 MILLION IN TRANSFERS IN FROM FUND 12. LOOKING AT OUR EXPENDITURES, TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR NEXT YEAR IS $399 MILLION. OUR SALARIES ARE 319,000,080% OF THE BUDGET. OUR BOOKS AND SUPPLIES ARE ALMOST $30 MILLION, 7% OF THE BUDGET. OUR SERVICES ARE $33 MILLION, 8% OF THE BUDGET. WE HAVE OTHER OUTGO, AND INDIRECT, OF 8 MILLION, 2% OF THE BUDGET. AND THEN WE HAVE THESE OTHER SMALL ITEMS IN HERE WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, WHICH IS CAPITAL OUTLAY OF 3.7 MILLION, AND OUR CONTRIBUTION TO OUR INSURANCE FUND OF 4.5 MILLION. SO THAT GIVES YOU THE NUMBERS LIKE ALTOGETHER. BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO COME IN HERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT UNRESTRICTED VERSUS RESTRICTED. SO FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET LOOKING AT THE GREEN COLUMN, YOU CAN SEE OVERALL OUR REVENUES ARE $289 MILLION. OUR EXPENDITURES ARE $253.6 MILLION. WE HAVE TRANSFERS OUT WHICH 3.7 MILLION IS GOING TO THE INSURANCE FUND, AND 0.85 MILLION IS GOING OVER TO FUND NINE, WHICH IS THE CHARTER SCHOOL. AND I'LL GO MORE INTO THAT LATER. WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE IN HALF $1 MILLION FROM FUND 12, OUR CHILD CARE PROGRAM AND OUR CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE FROM THE UNRESTRICTED BUDGETS OVER TO THE RESTRICTED PROGRAMS IS $47 MILLION. SO A TOTAL OF 51 MILLION. OVERALL. WHEN YOU TAKE THE REVENUES AND SUBTRACT OUT ALL OF THOSE EXPENDITURES. NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A DEFICIT OF $15.6 MILLION. SO THAT'S HIGHER. AND I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN THAT IN A MOMENT. RESTRICTED AGAIN, I'M NOT THAT WORRIED ABOUT BECAUSE THE MONEY WE RECEIVE IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND. OVERALL REVENUE OF 66.6 MILLION, EXPENDITURES 140.7 MILLION. SOME INCOME COMING IN FROM THE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND. OVERALL DEFICIT SPENDING OF 27 MILLION. AND THEN THE YELLOW IS JUST THE COMBINATION OF ALL OF THAT. SO. GETTING A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT DEFICIT COMING OVER A 15.6. ADDING IT TO THE BEGINNING BALANCE OF 62 MILLION. WE'RE GOING TO END UP AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR WITH $47 MILLION. THE RESTRICTED PROGRAM YOU CAN SEE WILL END UP WITH $15 MILLION FOR A TOTAL NEXT YEAR OF $62 MILLION. BUT TAKE A LOOK NOW DOWN IN THE UNRESTRICTED IF WE CAN, IF YOU CAN REMEMBER WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IN 24, 25, OUR NON SPENDING BILLS ARE ALL STAYING THE SAME. WE STILL HAVE 5 MILLION IN THERE FOR TEXTBOOKS. OUR DECLINING ENROLLMENT AMOUNT THAT WE WERE PUTTING AWAY IS NOW DOWN TO 1.9. [01:10:03] AND WE'RE NOT DOING THE MITIGATION MONEY OR ANY OF THOSE OTHER THINGS BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE IT ANYMORE. WE ARE RETAINING 5% FOR CONTINGENCY AND ASSIGNED, AND WE'RE CONTINUING WITH $20 MILLION IN A RESERVE FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES. SO. I WANTED TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS ALL WORKS AS FAR AS WHEN I CAME TO YOU WITH THE SECOND INTERIM. I HAD SAID WE HAVE A $14.5 MILLION DEFICIT, AND NOW I'M BRINGING YOU, BRINGING IT TO YOU. AND I'M SAYING, OH, NOW WE HAVE A $15.6 MILLION DEFICIT. SO WHAT HAPPENED? WELL, WE DID DO THE BUDGET CUTS, THE BUDGET STABILIZATION PLAN CUTS. WE CUT $8.5 MILLION. WE HAD ALREADY CUT 3.6 OUT OF THAT BUDGET. SO OVERALL, THAT'S A $4.9 MILLION CUT THAT WE MADE TO THIS COMING YEAR'S BUDGET. THEN OTHER THINGS HAPPENED. WE HAD TO INCREASE THE TRANSFER TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL OF THESE ARE ALL IN MILLIONS. SO IT WAS $800,000. WE DID SOME JOB RECLASSIFICATIONS FOR $100,000. WE INCREASED DEFERRED MAINTENANCE COSTS OF HALF A MILLION, OUR CARRYOVER BUDGETS. SO IF YOU REMEMBER, I WAS SAYING WE TOOK SOME MONEY OUT OF THE 24, 25 BUDGET BECAUSE PEOPLE WEREN'T SPENDING IT ALL. BUT WE DON'T JUST TAKE THAT AND PUT THAT INTO RESERVES. SOME OF THAT MONEY WAS IN THERE TO BUY BUSSES, BUT WE COULDN'T GET THEM IN BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. SO WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT MONEY THAT WAS ALLOCATED AND GIVE IT BACK TO THEM. THIS YEAR, OUR SCHOOL SITE BUDGETS, THE SAME THING HAPPENS. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE COMING UP WITH THAT $1.4 MILLION. WE DID AN ADDITIONAL DROP IN ADA AFTER LOOKING AT OUR DATA. AND THAT WAS A DROP OF HALF A MILLION. THE HEALTH AND WELFARE AND THE WORKER'S COMP INCREASES. YOU SAW THOSE GO UP. THAT'S 1.1 MILLION. OUR IN LIEU CRLA. THAT'S AN OUTSIDE INDEPENDENT CHARTER THAT RECEIVES SOME OF OUR LCFF MONEY. THEIR ADA INCREASED AND THEY ARE GETTING AN ADDITIONAL 200,000 INCREASE IN SPECIAL ED CONTRIBUTIONS WENT UP BY 200,000. OUR ROUTINE A RESTRICTED ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT IS A MINIMUM OF 3%. SO AS OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES GO UP, WE HAVE TO INCREASE THIS ACCOUNT. AND THAT'S ANOTHER 200,000. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A FIVE YEAR MASTER FACILITIES PLAN. COST OF AN ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS. AND WE'RE HOPING A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THAT ONE. PROP TWO CAME OUT AND SAID, WE KNOW THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH MAINTAINING THEIR FACILITIES. AND SO THEY SET ASIDE SOME MONEY THAT WE CAN GO TO THEM TO GET MONEY SO THAT WE CAN REPAIR DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT TO DO THAT, THEY REQUIRE THIS MASTER FACILITIES PLAN AND THE HOPES THAT IF WE GET SOME OF THAT MONEY, WE'LL COME BACK AND OFFSET THIS MILLION DOLLARS. SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING ALL OF THIS. THE OTHER THING THAT THEY REQUIRE IS A MATCH. SO IF WE WANT TO GO AND GET PROP TWO MONEY AFTER WE GET OUR MASTER FACILITIES PLAN, WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME MATCHING FUNDS. SO IF WE GO AND ASK THEM FOR 5 MILLION, THEY EXPECT US TO HAVE 5 MILLION OR SOME PERCENTAGES WITHIN THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT MILLION DOLLARS CAME FROM. AND SO OVERALL YOU CAN SEE THAT HITS OUR $15.6 MILLION OF A DEFICIT. NOW LET'S LOOK AT ALL THE YEARS. SO THIS IS COMBINED. SO IT'S THE UNRESTRICTED AND RESTRICTED TOGETHER I ALREADY WENT THROUGH THE GREEN COLUMN. SO WE CAN LOOK AT THE BLUE COLUMN HERE WHICH IS 2627 OVERALL. THE TOTAL REVENUE FOR THAT YEAR IS 363 MILLION. EXPENDITURES OF 379 TRANSFERS OUT OF 4.7 TRANSFERS IN OF HALF A MILLION. SO OVERALL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DEFICIT IN THAT YEAR OF $20 MILLION. LOOKING AT 2728, WE'LL RECEIVE 371 MILLION EXPENDITURES OF 382 TRANSFERS OUT OF 4.9, AGAIN RECEIVING THAT HALF A MILLION OVERALL. THEN THE DEFICIT FALLS DOWN TO $15.6 MILLION. SO HERE'S WHERE IT'S NOT LOOKING. VERY NICE. THE ENDING RESERVE PERCENTAGE. IF YOU LOOK AT 2526 AT THE END, WE HAVE $62 MILLION. THAT'S AN 11.8% RESERVE. IF YOU LOOK AT 2627 IT'S GOING DOWN TO 8.9. AND IF YOU LOOK AT 2728, WE'RE NOW DOWN TO A 5.7% ENDING RESERVE. AND SO THAT'S A LITTLE WORRYING BECAUSE IF YOU SEE NOW WE HAVE NO MORE MONEY. IF YOU LOOK IN THE BLUE COLUMN THE TEXTBOOK MONEY IS GONE. THE DECLINING ENROLLMENT MONEY IS GONE. BASICALLY EVERYTHING IS GONE. AND NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ASSIGNED CONTINGENCY LINE THERE. SO FOR 2526 IT HAD BEEN AT 5%. IN 2627 IT'S GOING DOWN TO 3.8. AND WE HAVE VERY LITTLE LEFT IN 27, 28, WHICH IS POINT SEVEN. HOWEVER, WE ARE MAINTAINING OUR 5% RESERVE FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES, WHICH IS THAT $19 MILLION GOING ACROSS. SO BECAUSE OF THAT SITUATION WITH OUR DEFICITS, WE HAVE TO INCLUDE THIS FISCAL SOLVENCY STATEMENT, [01:15:06] WHICH SAYS IN PREPARING THE 2526 ADOPTED BUDGET, THE BOARD ACKNOWLEDGES ITS FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN FISCAL SOLVENCY FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND THE TWO SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS. DISTRICT STAFF STAFF WILL BE PREPARING A BUDGET STABILIZATION PLAN FOR BOARD REVIEW. PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THE 2627 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 IN NON-PERSONNEL COST REDUCTIONS. UNDER THESE ASSUMPTIONS, THE BOARD PROJECTS THE NEED FOR $15.6 MILLION IN BUDGET REDUCTIONS IN 2627, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN FISCAL SOLVENCY, AND THE COUNTY OFFICE OF ED WILL ASK TO THAT. I PUT THAT IN THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL AWARE OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO, AND THEN WE STILL HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR OTHER BUDGETS. SO AGAIN, ASB, WE DO AT THE END OF THE YEAR, CHARTER SCHOOLS. SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME FUND NINE IS IN HERE. AND SO BEGINNING BALANCE WAS ZERO. PROJECTED REVENUES FOR THE CHARTER SCHOOL IS 9.2 MILLION EXPECTED TO SPEND IT ALL WITH AN ENDING BALANCE OF ZERO. OUR SPECIAL ED PASS THROUGH STARTED WITH A -2,406.6 MILLION COMES IN AND GOES OUT. THAT'S JUST OUR MONEY THAT GOES OVER TO BREA-OLINDA FOR THE SELPA. OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT STARTED WITH 5.3 MILLION, ANTICIPATE 8.8 MILLION IN REVENUES, SPENDING 13 MILLION. NOW YOU CAN SEE CHILD DEVELOPMENT FUND IS GOING DOWN TO 1.1. WE'VE GOT TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT FUND. CAFETERIA IS STILL DOING WELL. STARTED WITH 15.9 MILLION, ANTICIPATES 15.6. AGAIN, WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS FUND TOO, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SURE ABOUT FEDERAL MONEY COMING IN OR BEING TAKEN AWAY. BUT RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING'S OKAY. THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND 16.6. THEY'LL END UP WITH 15 MILLION AT THE END OF THE YEAR. OUR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT STARTING WITH 2.5 MILLION, THEY WILL RECEIVE 1.5 MILLION. THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND 4 MILLION IF THEY SPEND ALL THEIR MONEY WITH AN ENDING BALANCE OF ZERO. AND THAT'S OKAY. OUR CAPITAL FACILITIES MONEY STARTED WITH 9.5 RECEIVING, 4.7 SPENDING, 5.6 ENDING UP WITH 8.6 MILLION. OUR CAPITAL OUTLAY STARTED WITH 15 MILLION, RECEIVING 8.7, SPENDING 7.9. AND THAT'S THE PAYMENTS IN THERE ENDING WITH 15 MILLION. OUR BOND. THIS IS THE MONEY THAT WE GET FROM THE OUTSIDE, FROM OUR PROPERTY TAXES THAT PAY OUR BONDS STARTED WITH 23 MILLION, RECEIVING 19.8 MILLION SPENDING, 24.5 ENDING UP WITH 18.2, AND OUR INSURANCE FUNDS STARTING WITH 15.3, ANTICIPATE RECEIVING 55.9 MILLION, SPENDING 57 MILLION AND ENDING UP WITH 14 MILLION AT THE END OF THAT YEAR. I HAVE A QUESTION. HUM. GOING BACK TO THE 2425 ESTIMATED ACTUALS ON PAGE 18 ON THIS ONE, BUT IT'S LOOKING AT CHILD DEVELOPMENT. SO FOR THAT ONE, THERE WAS A PROJECTED REVENUE, 13 MILLION, PROJECTED EXPENDITURES 12 MILLION. AND THEN WHEN WE GO BACK TO THIS MORE RECENT ONE, IT IS I'M TRYING TO FIND IT ON HERE. 8 MILLION REVENUE, 13 MILLION EXPENDITURES. WHY IS THERE SUCH A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN REVENUE IN THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT COLUMN OR IN THE CATEGORY? IT'S ACTUALLY JUST ANTICIPATING WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING. I KNOW THAT THERE'S DISCUSSION ON POSSIBLY INCREASING THE PRICE FOR THAT FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR FOR LIKE THE PARENT PROGRAM THAT'S PAID FOR. BUT OUR COSTS ARE GOING UP. WE HAVE STEP AND COLUMN COSTS. THE BENEFIT COSTS ARE GOING UP, HEALTH AND WELFARE COSTS ARE GOING UP. SO IT GOES UP BY A MILLION. BUT THE REVENU, IT GOES FROM 8.8 TO 13.3 THE FOLLOWING YEAR. YEAH. AND IT COULD BE TWO THAT THE RECEIPT THE WAY THAT THEY RECEIVE THEIR FUNDS. AND I'M I DON'T KNOW IF GEORGE IS IN HERE, BUT I KNOW THAT WHEN THEY GO TO RECEIVE SOME FUNDS IT'S THERE COULD BE A TIMING DIFFERENCE WHERE IF THERE'S ANY FEDERAL MONIES THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING, WE DON'T BOOK FEDERAL MONIES UNTIL WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE IT. SO I CAN GET MORE DETAIL ON YOU ON THAT'S JUST THAT'S A $5 MILLION DIFFERENCE IN THE REVENUE. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT WHY. AND THEN YOU MENTIONED FEDERAL. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR THE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WE GET AND WHAT POTENTIALLY COULD HAPPEN THERE. SO FOR OUR FEDERAL FUNDS. AND YOU SAW HOW MUCH MONEY WE WERE GETTING FROM THAT SO FAR. WHAT WE KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD IS OUR SPECIAL ED FEDERAL FUNDING IS GOING TO STAY. OUR TITLE ONE MONIES ARE GOING TO STAY THERE LOOKING TO TAKE ALL OF THE OTHER FEDERAL MONIES THAT WE HAVE AND POSSIBLY PUT THEM INTO A BLOCK GRANT, AND WE MIGHT BE LOSING SOME OF THAT MONEY, BUT THEY HAVEN'T COME OUT AND [01:20:04] SAID ANYTHING. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BUDGET BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW NOW, AND WE WILL HAVE TO ADJUST IT LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD IF THEY END UP CHANGING IT. THE TOTAL OF SPECIAL ED, BOTH OF THE ENTITLEMENT AND THE GRANT AND THEN THE TITLE ONE BASIC IS ALL OF THAT'S APPROXIMATELY $8.5 MILLION. SO THE ONES WE'RE THAT WE MAY HAVE A LITTLE UNKNOWN ABOUT IS THAT'S APPROXIMATELY TWO MILLIONS. YEAH. I MEAN, I HAVE IT IN HERE SOMEWHERE IF YOU WANT ME TO. 1.5 MAYBE I DID. I HAVE IT FROM YOUR NOTES. I'M JUST. OH FROM THE NOTES. YEAH. I'M JUST KIND OF 10 MILLION MINUS THE EIGHT AND A HALF WE KNOW IS PRETTY SOLID. YEAH, IT'S THE OTHER MILLION AND A HALF IS A LITTLE QUESTIONABLE OR. WE DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN. WE DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. WE'RE STILL WAITING TO SEE. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF UNKNOWNS COMING OUT. BETTER THAN TEN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET ME GET BACK TO GOING INTO THE NEXT BUDGET THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT. SORRY. THERE'S NO EASY WAY TO DO THIS. OKAY. SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND. NOW LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT HERE ABOUT OUR ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE BUDGET. WE ARE REQUIRED. THERE'S A LOT OF RULES NOW THAT WE HAVE A CHARTER SCHOOL. SO WE'RE REQUIRED TO KEEP IT. ALL OF THEIR REVENUES IN THEIR EXPENDITURES IN FUND NINE. AND SO OVERALL, HERE'S WHAT THE BUDGET LOOKS LIKE FOR THEM FOR NEXT YEAR. SO I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRST LINE HERE. OUR LCFF 708 ADA. THAT IS COMING FROM 2425. WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT LCFF, WHAT HOW YOU CALCULATE THAT IS YOU GO BACK TO THE PRIOR THREE YEARS, TAKE AN AVERAGE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO BASE OUR CURRENT OUR CURRENT YEAR REVENUE ON BECAUSE THEY WERE ONLY IN BUSINESS OR I SHOULDN'T SAY BUSINESS, BUT THEY WERE THEY WERE WORKING ONLY IN 2425. WE ARE STICKING WITH THAT REVENUE THAT ADA TO COME UP WITH WHAT THEIR REVENUE WILL BE FOR NEXT YEAR. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO ALSO RECEIVE SOME OTHER STATE REVENUE, WHICH IS FROM SPECIAL ED AND MENTAL HEALTH OF 985,000. SO THAT TOTAL REVENUE IS 9.3. LOOKING AT OUR EXPENDITURES, WE HAVE CERTIFICATED SALARIES OF 4 MILLION. WE HAVE CLASSIFIED SALARIES OF 600,000. OUR EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ARE 2 MILLION. THE BOOKS AND SUPPLIES ARE MADE UP OF TWO DIFFERENT NUMBERS HERE. SO DIRECT SUPPORT FOR THE SCHOOL. THEY'LL RECEIVE $404,000. AND THEN THERE'S SUPPORT COSTS THAT ARE DISTRICT PAID COSTS. AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH IS ROUGHLY $3 MILLION. THEN WE HAVE SOME EXPENDITURES IN THERE FOR SERVICES AND OTHER OPERATING OF 27,000. SO OVERALL, THEIR EXPENDITURES ARE $10.1 MILLION. THAT LEAVES A DEFICIT OF 848,000. AND YOU CANNOT ACCORDING TO THE LAWS. WE CAN'T BECAUSE THIS IS A DEPENDENT CHARTER. WE CAN'T LET IT GO NEGATIVE. SO WE'RE WE'RE MOVING MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND OVER TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL OF $848,000. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT $3 MILLION. WHAT IS IT FOR? SO JUST TO BE CLEAR AND VERY TRANSPARENT HERE, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT IS BEING PAID OUT OF THE DISTRICT MONEY. THAT'S NOT BEING LIKE A DIRECT CHARGE TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL. SO BUSINESS SERVICES, OFFICE SALARY COSTS ARE 247,000. AND WE'RE FOLLOWING THE FORMULAS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW TO BREAK THIS UP. SO PRETTY MUCH YOU GO IN, YOU TAKE FOR THIS ONE, YOU GO IN THERE AND YOU TAKE ALL OF THE BUSINESS SERVICES OFFICE COSTS. WHAT DOES THAT TOTAL UP? DIVIDE IT BY THE 22,000 SOMETHING STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE AND THEN ALLOCATE HOW MANY STUDENTS THEY HAVE. LOOKING NOW FOR THE EDUCATIONAL STUDENT AND HR SERVICES, THEIR SALARY COSTS ARE 149,000. TO USE OUR FACILITIES IS 451,000, LIABILITY INSURANCE IS 120. TRANSPORTATION COSTS FOR THEIR STUDENTS IS 152,000. WE'RE ESTIMATING UTILITY COSTS OF AROUND 300,000. SOME TEXTBOOK ADOPTIONS OF 259,000. AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS OF 1.3. SO THAT TOTALS UP THE $3 MILLION. OKAY. NOW MOVING ON TO NEXT STEPS. SO AFTER THE GOVERNOR FINALIZES THE STATE BUDGET, STAFF WILL BRING BACK ANY MATERIAL REVISIONS WITHIN 45 DAYS OF THE SIGNING OF THE STATE'S BUDGET. WE'LL BE CLOSELY MONITORING THE FEDERAL AND STATE FISCAL CONDITIONS AND ADJUST DISTRICT BUDGETS AS NEEDED. WE'LL BE PRESENTING THE 2425 UNAUDITED ACTUALS, WHICH IS THE [01:25:05] FINAL. CLOSE THE BOOK NUMBERS TO THE BOARD, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING ON THE 2627 BUDGET STABILIZATION PLAN IN ORDER TO REDUCE OUR DEFICIT SPENDING. ANY QUESTIONS? WHEN WE DID THE BUDGET OR NOT? THE BUDGET WHEN WE HAD THE ENROLLMENT IN, I WANT TO SAY OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED TO US, WE WERE UP IN ENROLLMENT. AND SO NOW WE'RE DOWN 177 STUDENTS. SO WE WERE UP IN OCTOBER, AND THEN 177 STUDENTS DECIDED TO LEAVE. SINCE THAT TIME. IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED? YEAH, OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS ARE DOWN JUST BASED ON WHAT WE LOOK, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, WHEN WE GO IN AND WE SEE WHO'S WHO'S, WHERE'S EVERYBODY AT? WE ARE DONE. WE ARE DOWN. AND IS THAT FINAL? BECAUSE I'VE HAD A FEW CALLS THIS WEEK THAT, YOU KNOW THEY'RE JUST PULLING THEIR. SO THOSE AREN'T EVEN THE FINAL NUMBERS. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE OUR FINAL FINAL NUMBERS UNTIL THE KIDS SHOW UP OKAY AT THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL. ALL RIGHT. BUT I THINK WE SHOULD JUST BE AWARE THAT IT'S WHAT IS IT, A PER KID, LIKE 15,000, 16,000 OF REVENUE THAT WE RECEIVE? IT'S AROUND 12,500. OKAY. SO WE'RE LOSING LIKE $2 MILLION BECAUSE OUR ENROLLMENT DECLINED IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO SAY, JOAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK. THIS IS THIS IS A HEAVY LIFT. AND ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND THE POTENTIALS THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIKE. I KNOW THIS IS A LOT VERY THOROUGH. I UNDERSTAND WE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO STILL. AND THE THING THAT I'D LIKE TO REITERATE IS THAT THIS IS A BUDGET. THIS IS AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE AT AND THE ANTICIPATION OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH ALL THIS TO MAKE IT WORK. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE TEAM'S GOING TO DO WELL AND MAKING SURE THAT THIS HAPPENS. BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF CONCERNING THINGS LIKE LEANDRO JUST MENTIONED ENROLLMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ATTRACTING STUDENTS AND TRYING TO DO THINGS TO BRING A POSITIVE, POSITIVE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT, FOR SURE. YES, WE ARE ANOTHER THING TOO. I THINK I WAS TALKING TO ALAN AND THEN I WAS ALSO TALKING TO A COUPLE OTHER PEOPLE FROM OTHER DISTRICTS, AND FROM WHAT THEY WERE SAYING IS THAT IF COVID HADN'T HAPPENED, THIS WOULD HAVE HIT US A LOT EARLIER BECAUSE WE GOT SO MUCH COVID MONEY THAT IT KIND OF LIKE WE WERE MOVING MONEY AROUND AND IT KIND OF LIKE PADDED ALL THIS STUFF. BUT IS THAT ALSO TRUE? BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING IS THIS WOULD HAVE HIT US IN MAYBE 2019, 2020 HAD WE AND HAD WE NOT HAD COVID NOT HAPPENED. EVERYTHING WAS OPEN. BUT ALL THAT MONEY WE WERE JUST GETTING, WE'RE JUST GETTING PUMPED FULL OF MONEY, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR. AND THEN THE ESSER FUNDS, THIS IS FINALLY THE TIME THE ESSER FUNDS HAVE RUN OUT. SO THERE'S NOTHING TO PAD ANY OF THESE ACCOUNTS AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, HAVE EXTRA MONEY. AND WELL, IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU LOOK AT THINGS. BUT WHEN THEY GAVE US COVID MONEY, COVID MONEY WAS WAS MOSTLY ALL RESTRICTED MONEY. YOU CAN HAVE THIS, BUT YOU HAVE TO SPEND IT ON THAT. SO MOST OF OUR BUDGET IS PEOPLE. WE DID WE TRIED NOT TO SPEND MONEY ON PEOPLE WITH COVID MONEY BECAUSE IT WAS RESTRICTED MORE FOR US, MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES AND THE PLEXIGLASS AND ALL THE STUFF WE NEEDED. SO REALLY WHAT EVERY YEAR'S BUDGET DEPENDS ON, AT LEAST IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IS HOW IS THE ECONOMY DOING IN CALIFORNIA? AND TO GO BACK AND SAY HOW IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WITHOUT COVID, I HOPE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE POSITIVE BACK THEN, BUT WE JUST JUDGE IT ON THIS YEAR AND WHAT WE SEE IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND GO FROM THERE. RIGHT? BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE HAD 300 AND SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS. AND, YOU KNOW, I FIND IT HARD THAT WE USE THAT ALL ON MASKS AND PLEXIGLASS. IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS. I DEFERRALS ARE NOT FUN. AND I'M I HOPE THAT THINGS CHANGE WITHIN THE LEGISLATURE THAT THAT DOESN'T COME TO FRUITION AND THAT WOULD BE EVEN MORE IMPACTFUL. BUT I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK INTO THIS AND THE DETAIL AND THE FOLLOW UP BACK UP THAT YOU PROVIDED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AS WELL. WITH THE NEW PROGRAM THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN TO, HOPEFULLY WITH THE SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDS OF LIKE THE REIMBURSEMENTS, WOULD THAT HELP WITH THAT FUND AS WELL? YEAH. SEE SEE SEE WHY I SHOULD CALIFORNIA YOUTH HEALTH BEHAVIORAL INITIATIVE SHOULD HELP WITH THAT. IT ISN'T COUNTED AT ALL IN THE BUDGET. BUT IF WE WELL IT'S NOT SPECIAL ED FUNDS. IT'S ACTUALLY MONEY THAT'S COMING DOWN FROM THE STATE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US TO REIMBURSE FOR SERVICES WE'RE ALREADY PROVIDING. AND SO IF THIS GOES WELL, THE SERVICES THAT WE ALREADY PROVIDE WILL GET REIMBURSED FOR. AND IT COULD BE IT WILL HELP. BUT WE JUST THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S NOT INCLUDED. THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S LIKE AN UNKNOWN. IT'S AN UNKNOWN. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT, TRICIA. YEAH, BUT HOW MUCH ARE WE [01:30:05] LOOKING AT. WASN'T THE OTHER ONE LIKE, WE GOT EARNED LIKE $1 MILLION? DIDN'T SAY THAT. DIDN'T WE JUST GET, LIKE, $1 MILLION? SO FOR SPECIAL ED, THAT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF BILLING. BUT FOR THIS, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE. OH, SO WE COULD POTENTIALLY IT COULD BE I DON'T WANT TO PROMISE. BUT ALL RIGHT BILL. YEAH. BILL AWAY. I HAVE A QUESTION. WITH THE DECLINING ENROLLMENT, ARE WE STAFFING APPROPRIATELY? FOR THE FALL? I JUST I'M JUST WORRIED THAT THIS IS A LOT LOWER NUMBER THAN I ANTICIPATED. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT OVERSTAFFING, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE KEY AREAS WITH THIS YEAR THAT ARE WE WERE OVERSTAFFED. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAD SO MANY BUDGETARY ISSUES. WELL, I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE BECAUSE I REALLY WASN'T HERE BEFORE. BUT I KNOW FOR THIS YEAR, ALL OF US THAT ARE A LOT OF WORK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. EVERYBODY SITTING OVER THERE TOO, LOOKING AT CLASSROOMS AND HOW MANY KIDS WERE IN CLASSROOMS AND WHAT WHAT IS OUR ACCORDING TO CONTRACT LANGUAGE, WHAT CAN WE STAFF TO. AND THEN LOOKING AT OUR SECONDARY, WHAT WAS THE MASTER SCHEDULE? ARE THERE KIDS IN THOSE CLASSES? AFTER DOING ALL OF THAT WORK, WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WHAT WE HAD RECORDED IN THAT BUDGET STABILIZATION PLAN THAT WE BROUGHT TO YOU, AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP DOING THAT. WE HAVE TO. SO WE'RE GOING TO START WORKING THIS SUMMER ON POSSIBLE CUTS FOR THE YEAR AFTER. AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S A DEFICIT OF 15 MILLION, EVEN IF YOU CAN GET 8 MILLION IN CUTS, IT'S GOING TO HELP BECAUSE YOU BASICALLY HAVE TWO YEARS BEFORE YOU HIT THAT 5% AT THE END OF THE THIRD YEAR. AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT AND WORKING REALLY HARD. AND HOW MANY KIDS ARE ACTUALLY SHOWING UP WHEN SCHOOL STARTS AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE CLASSROOMS AND LOOKING AT OUR PROGRAMS, ARE WE ARE WE OFFERING ENOUGH PROGRAMS THAT KIDS ARE ENTICED TO BE IN? AND CAN WE FILL THOSE PROGRAMS WHERE MAYBE SOME OTHER PROGRAMS MIGHT GO AWAY? WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL OF IT. EVERYTHING HAS TO GET LOOKED AT FOR THIS COMING YEAR. YEAH. ALSO, THIS BOARD'S HAD DISCUSSIONS IN THE PAST ABOUT HOW. WE DIDN'T REALLY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE 5% RESERVE FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY. WE KIND OF FELT BETTER AROUND THE 10%. SO I THINK THAT'S STILL KIND OF OUR BOARD'S OPINION. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT THAT WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE 10% RESERVE FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY BETWEEN THE, YOU KNOW, THE TWO LAYERS, RIGHT. THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT BECAUSE THE OUT YEARS DON'T LOOK GREAT. AND I'M VERY NERVOUS ABOUT THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND THE RAINY DAY FUND BEING DEPLETED POTENTIALLY FOR NEXT YEAR. SO THAT COULD REALLY IMPACT US. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE, EVEN STARTING AS SOON AS THE FALL, YOU KNOW, MAKING CUTS AND MAKING SURE WE ARE BEING REALLY JUDICIOUS ABOUT KEEPING OUR EXPENSES DOWN WHERE WE CAN AND REALLY EVALUATING PROGRAMS. AND THIS IS A TON OF WORK AND IT'S GREAT INFORMATION, AND THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GOOD ADDITIONAL SLIDES THAT YOU'VE ADDED. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THIS THIS MUST NOT HAVE BEEN FUN TO PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE IT WASN'T REALLY FUN TO READ. I HAVE A WONDERFUL STAFF. THANK YOU TO MY STAFF TO. SO I JUST HAD A QUESTION. ACCORDING TO THE CHART, HOW YOU WERE SAYING THAT WITH THE ENROLLMENT DECLINING, IS THERE ANY INFORMATION? I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO HIRING DEMOGRAPHICS TEAM TO COME AND LOOK AT IT, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING IN THAT CHART OR IN THAT INFORMATION THAT IS SAYING WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE GOING? ARE THEY JUST LEAVING CALIFORNIA? ARE THEY GOING TO DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, OR IS THE BIRTH RATE DOWN LIKE, IS THERE ANY REASON BEHIND IT? BECAUSE IF THERE'S IF THEY'RE LEAVING CALIFORNIA, THERE'S LIKE NOWHERE TO PULL THEM FROM EITHER. SO WE HAVE A HARDER TIME TRYING TO FIND WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO ONCE THEY LEAVE US, BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY TRACK THAT. BUT I THINK WHEN WE HAVE THE OUTSIDE COMPANY COME IN, WE'LL GET A LOT MORE INSIGHT INTO WHERE YOU KNOW, WHAT SCHOOLS, WHAT CLASS, WHAT GRADE LEVELS AND ALL OF THAT, AND WE'LL BRING THAT DEFINITELY BACK TO YOU IN A REPORT SO WE CAN SHOW YOU A LOT MORE INFORMATION. BUT IT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WHEN OUR STUDENTS LEAVE US, THEY'RE GONE AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING. THEY DON'T TELL US AND WE DON'T REQUIRE IT. SO YEAH, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, WE DON'T HAVE TO SEND THEM OUR RECORDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IS THAT HOW [01:35:06] WE TRY TO TRACK OR IS THAT NOT A REQUIREMENT? IF THEY REQUEST A FILE FROM US, THEIR, THEIR FILES, THEIR RECORDS, THEN WE WILL SEND IT TO THE SCHOOL. BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE PUT ANYTHING. I MEAN, UNLESS I'M WRONG, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE LIKE A TRACKING OF, OH, THIS, THEY'RE ASKING FOR THIS AND THEY'RE GOING TO ORANGE. SO LET'S LET'S MARK THAT DOWN. I DON'T THINK WE DO THAT. I THINK WE JUST SEND OVER THE DATA, BUT WE'RE NOT TRACKING IT. AND MAYBE WE COULD DO MORE WORK ON THAT END OF IT TOO. IS THAT CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. AND I YEAH. GO AHEAD. WELL, AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT PERMITTED TO DROP A STUDENT FROM OUR ENROLLMENT UNTIL ANOTHER DISTRICT REQUESTS. YEAH, THIS WOULD BE REALLY GOOD DATA TO START TRACKING. SO I KNOW WE ASK A LOT. YEAH. WELL I THINK IT'S A REASONABLE REQUEST TO SAY THE LEAST. SO WE HAVE COMMISSIONED, AS JOAN SAID, A ORGANIZATION TO COME AND PROVIDE US A FULL DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY WITH EVERYTHING FROM BIRTH RATES TO WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE, WHERE BUBBLES ARE, WHICH WILL GIVE THE BOARD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK AT LONG TERM AND SHORT TERM IMPLICATIONS. THERE'S TWO WAYS, PRIMARILY TO IMPROVE YOUR BUDGET, AND THAT'S BY INCREASING ENROLLMENT AND INCREASING ADA. SO GETTING OUR CHILDREN TO COME TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY, WHICH HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE SURVEY WE HEARD EARLIER ABOUT MAKING SURE OUR SCHOOLS ARE PLACES THAT CHILDREN ARE WELCOME AND FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG. BUT BUT ULTIMATELY, YEAH, WE WANT TO TRACK STUDENTS TO OUR DISTRICT. WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK IN THE DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY. HELP US WITH THIS AT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, BECAUSE THE, THE COST TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN IS NOT THE SAME IN EVERY SCHOOL. IT DEPENDS JUST ON ON HOW MANY KIDS ARE AT THAT SCHOOL. BECAUSE THE STANDARD COST, THE OPERATING COSTS ARE ABOUT THE SAME AT AT ALL SCHOOLS. SO THERE'S A LOT TO LOOK AT. BUT JOAN, I'M CONFIDENT THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM WILL BE ABLE TO LEAD THAT WORK. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS WORK AND THE ENTIRE TEAM, BECAUSE EVERYBODY PROVIDED INPUT. BUT, YOU KNOW, LET'S INCREASE ENROLLMENT. THAT'S THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. OKAY. ONE MORE QUESTION REGARDING OCZ'S BUDGET. IT SHOWS THAT THEY ARE ALSO GOING IN DEFICIT. DOES THAT INCLUDE DOES THIS THIS BUDGET, DOES THAT INCLUDE. THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM? THE PROPOSED MATERIAL REVISION OR IS WHAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT. YES. AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT IS COVERED IN THIS BUDGET. SO AS FAR AS THE DUAL LANGUAGE GOES THERE ARE THERE WERE THREE TEACHERS. I'M LOOKING AT LEANDRA BECAUSE SHE KEPT YOU SAID THAT LAST TIME WHEN WE TALKED, BUT THREE TEACHERS WERE KEPT IN. BUT WHAT WAS NOT KEPT IN WAS THERE'S LIKE A TEACHER SUPPORT, BUT THAT'S ONLY A 0.5. SO THAT WILL HAVE IF THAT PROGRAM'S KEPT, THAT WILL HAVE TO GO BACK INTO THIS BUDGET. AND I DON'T I MEAN THAT DO YOU WANT ME TO GO INTO OTHER THINGS OR ARE YOU JUST ASKING ABOUT DUAL LANGUAGE? THE ONLY THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I'M AWARE OF, I KNOW YOU NEED TO TALK AND VOTE FOR OTHERS. WHICH PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND ALL OF THAT. WHATEVER IS DECIDED BY THE BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND FIX THIS BUDGET, DEPENDING ON WHICH PROGRAMS YOU STILL WANT THERE OR WHATEVER. AND THEN THE AND I MIGHT NEED SOME HELP HERE BECAUSE I ALWAYS MESS THE NAMES UP. BUT THE TEACHER RELEASE TIME AND THE AIDES OR TEACHERS, SUB TEACHERS THAT CAME IN TO SUPPORT THAT, THAT'S ALSO NOT IN THIS BUDGET. SO THOSE ARE THE THAT'S THE TWO THINGS THAT I'M AWARE OF THAT HAVE TO GET ADDED IN DEPENDING ON HOW WHAT YOU WANT, WHAT YOU VOTE ON. WILL YOU REPEAT THE SECOND ONE IN ABOUT APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH THAT IS? IF YOU THINK IT WAS, HOW MUCH DO WE SAY 240? 200, 180? YEAH, FOR THE TEACHERS. SO THERE WAS TWO 198. THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT ARE NOT IN THIS BUDGET THAT BASICALLY THE 200,000 FOR THE RELEASE TIME. YES. AND A 0.5 FTE FOR AND I DON'T YEAH. BILINGUAL COMMUNITY LIAISON THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT PROGRAM. YEAH. AND THAT'S ABOUT 60,000. SO APPROXIMATELY 250 IN ADDITION TO THE 800 PLUS THAT. SO OVER $1 MILLION NEGATIVE FOR THEIR [01:40:01] PARTICULAR BUDGET POTENTIAL. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. FYI WE'RE GOING BACK TO CLOSED SESSION EVENTUALLY. WE FORGOT SOMETHING FOR LIKE FIVE MINUTES. JUST A FEW MINUTES. THANKS. WHILE WE FIGURED THAT OUT. AND WE DOUBLE CHECKED OUR NOTES. OKAY. OKAY. WE ARE MOVING TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF COMPUTER [12. PUBLIC HEARING] SCIENCE. SO FOR THE MATERIAL REVISION AND HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE? WE HAVE FIVE SPEAKERS, MADAM PRESIDENT. OKAY. SO WE HAVE FIVE SPEAKERS. IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME FORWARD AS WELL. WE'LL START AT 743. WE'LL HAVE THE HEARING OPEN. OKAY. THE FIRST SPEAKER, DON MILLER, PATRICIA HANZO, LESLIE ALEXANDER, JULIE SUCHARD AND SAM MILOVICH, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME UP IN THE FIRST ROW. OKAY. READY? DON MILLER, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO APPLAUD THE EFFORT TO IMPLEMENT STANDARDS BASED GRADING AT SCS. IF DONE WELL AND WELL UNDERSTOOD, IT'S A FAR GREATER TOOL FOR ASSESSING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT THAN LETTER GRADES. I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND THE SCHOOL ON PROVIDING COMMON ASSESSMENTS THAT THE TEACHERS OF THAT COURSE AGREE ON, AND WORK TOGETHER TO DEVELOP CONSISTENCY THAT IS ESSENTIAL AND I'M SURE HAS TAKEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME TO DEVELOP. WITH THAT SAID, THIS LAST YEAR THE HEAVY WORK WAS DONE TO IMPLEMENT THIS INFORMATIVE TOOL TO ASK FOR APPROXIMATELY 200,000 PLUS FOR CONTINUING EXTENSIVE STAFF DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS YEAR. WITH THE BUDGET FORECAST THAT WE ARE RECEIVING TONIGHT, IT'S NOT FISCALLY PRUDENT. THE STANDARDS HAVEN'T CHANGED. SO IT'S IF THIS TIME THIS YEAR WAS USED EFFICIENTLY, THEN THEY SHOULD HAVE NO NEED TO SPEND COUNTLESS HOURS ON RE CREATING COMMON ASSESSMENTS AND COMMON LESSON ALIGNMENT, BUT RATHER REVISE AND WOULDN'T TAKE NEARLY THE TIME TO REWRITE IT. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE RELEASE TIME FOR THE WHOLE SCHOOL DAY ONCE A WEEK FOR EACH CORE SUBJECT AREAS OF ELA, MATH, HISTORY AND SCIENCE. THE LEARNING FACILITATORS, WHICH ARE SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS, WOULD BE SUBSTITUTING FOR THAT TEACHER OF THAT SUBJECT DAY AREA FOR THE DAY. SO, FOR INSTANCE, IF I'M AN ELA TEACHER AND THE ELA TEACHERS ARE COLLABORATING EVERY MONDAY, I WOULD FOR EACH WOULD HAVE A LEARNING FACILITATOR OR SUB TEACHER TO TEACH MY FIVE PERIODS THAT DAY. INSTEAD OF ELA, THOUGH, I HAVE CREATED A LESSON PLAN FOR HIM OR HER TO TEACH A MINI ELECTIVE CLASS INSTEAD OF ELA, AND THERE IS NO GRADE GIVEN. EACH OF THE SCHOOL'S ELA TEACHERS WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN [01:45:01] SUBSTITUTE TO TEACH THEIR CLASSES. IN ORDER FOR US TO BE A DEPARTMENT TO COLLABORATE AND PLAN, THIS MODEL TAKES ALL CORE SUBJECT TEACHERS OUT OF THE CLASSROOM FOR 20% OF THE TIME EACH WEEK. THIS ALSO MEANS THAT SINCE THE CORE SUBJECT THAT DAY IS NOT BEING TAUGHT AND MANY ELECTIVE IS BEING SUBSTITUTED, THE CORE SUBJECT IS BEING REDUCED BY 20% EACH WEEK AS WELL. IF THIS. FOR ANY OTHER REASON, A CORE TEACHER HAS ANY OTHER TRAINING OR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OUTSIDE OF THAT WEEKLY COLLABORATION, THIS WOULD MEAN EVEN LESS TIME IN THE CLASSROOM. AS A PARENT, I WOULD BE QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT MODEL. SO IF WHAT STAFF IS SAYING AT THEIR PRESENTATION IS ACCURATE, THEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMON LESSONS AND COMMON ASSESSMENTS FROM LAST YEAR WERE EFFECTIVE AND THEIR PLAN SHOULD BE PREPARED THIS YEAR FOR REDUCTION OF EXTENSIVE STAFF DEVELOPMENT BY, LET'S SAY, ONCE A MONTH. AGAIN, THE HEAVY BURDEN OF DEVELOPMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. I ASSUME THAT THE TEACHERS HAVE ALSO PLANNED A DAILY LESSON PLANNING. LESSON PLANNING PERIOD. EXCUSE ME IF OXX'S NEEDS MORE TIME THAN ONCE A MONTH, THE STAFF CAN ALWAYS WORK WITH THE AIR AND WITH THEIR UNION TO BANK INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES, AND TEACHERS CAN VOTE TO APPROVE. THE ADMINISTRATION CAN ALSO SET UP COMMON PLANNING PERIODS TO COLLABORATE, AND THAT CAN HAPPEN DAILY. THANK YOU, DON MILLER. PATRICIA HANSEL. OR HANSEL HANZEL SLOVAK. SO FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, WE WANT TO SEE THEM BE EFFICIENT. THIS WAS THEIR FIRST YEAR AND IT WAS NOT EFFICIENT IN MY VIEW. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE THEM TRAINING, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AT ALL LEVELS, AUDITS AND SPENDING CUTS NEED TO HAPPEN FOR THEM TO FUNCTION. AS A PARENT, I WANT TO INFORM THE PUBLIC THAT YOU CAN ACCESS SCHOOL PLANS 20 2526 BUDGETS AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WEBSITE PYLUSD. ORG I WENT AHEAD AND LOOKED AT A COUPLE SCHOOL SITES AND SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT TITLE ONE. SCHOOLS ARE SPENDING BETWEEN 70 TO $80 PER STUDENT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, SIERRA VISTA HAS 474 STUDENTS. ACCORDING TO THE 20 2324 ENROLLMENT. SO FOR 20 2526, THE FUNDS BUDGETED ARE 24,000. IT ENDS UP ABOUT 73. AND THEY'RE NOT TITLE ONE. NOW, SCHOOLS THAT ARE TITLE ONE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO NEED SPECIALIZED WORK AND MORE CHALLENGING STUDENT POPULATION. SO FOR EXAMPLE, GLENVIEW ELEMENTARY, THEY GET 127,000 WITH 617 STUDENTS. THAT COMES OUT TO 207. SO MY POINT WITH OC SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR INFORMATION, THEY GOT ENROLLMENT IN 20. SO THEY'RE ESTIMATING 540 STUDENTS WITH $81,000. THAT COMES OUT TO 150 PER STUDENT. SO FOR NEXT YEAR WITH 540 STUDENTS, THAT'S ABOUT 150. SO THAT IS THEY WANT TO BEHAVE LIKE A TITLE ONE SCHOOL, BUT THEY ARE NOT A TITLE ONE SCHOOL. SO MY POINT IS THEY NEED TO STAY WITHIN BUDGET. THEY'RE WAY OVER BUDGET WHILE OTHER WHILE OTHER NON-TITLE SCHOOLS HAVE LIMITED BUDGETS, THEY'RE SPENDING BETWEEN 70 TO 80 PER STUDENT. SO I THINK THEY NEED TO BE TREATED THE SAME WAY AND NOT GIVEN EXTRA FUNDING. THEY NEED TO DO BETTER AT BUDGETING. AS FAR AS THE SCHOOLS PLAN 20 2526, I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS MIGHT BE THE WEBSITE PERSON, WHOEVER DOES THAT OR WHOEVER, WHICHEVER DEPARTMENT, EITHER FINANCIAL OR IT SERVICES. PLEASE BE MORE TRANSPARENT AND POST ALL 34 SCHOOL SITES. THE HIGH SCHOOLS ESPERANZA, YORBA LINDA, VALENCIA AND EL DORADO ARE MISSING. THE FUNDS BUDGETED FOR 20 2526. SO I ASKED FOR THAT. PARKVIEW AND BUENA VISTA ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITE IS FUNDED TOGETHER, SO I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED OF WHY PARKVIEW IS CURRENTLY BEING ON THE AGENDA AS PARKVIEW USA. ON THE WEBSITE, IT'S PARKVIEW, BUENA VISTA VIRTUAL ACADEMY AND THEY'RE SHOWING 176 STUDENTS. THANK YOU. PLEASE CHECK UP ON THAT. THANK YOU, MISS ANSO. LESLEY ALEXANDER, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THE EXTENDED TEACHER COLLABORATION TIME IN THE ADDENDUM OF OC SCS BE DENIED. IT IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF STUDENTS AND IT IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE EXTENDED TEACHER COLLABORATION MODEL USED AT THE CHARTER SCHOOL IS DEEPLY FLAWED. THE MODEL, WHICH IS WHOLLY RELIANT ON SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS FOR ITS SUCCESS, WAS [01:50:02] NOT FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE AT ITS INCEPTION AND STILL IS NOT FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE. IN ADDITION TO THE FINANCIAL DRAIN, THIS MODEL WOULD CONTINUE TO IMPOSE ON THIS DISTRICT. I DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF STUDENTS. AS A RETIRED EDUCATOR, I AM WELL AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF MAXIMIZING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME BECAUSE DATA SHOWS THAT INCREASING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME BOOSTS THE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS, MAKING EVERY MINUTE COUNT. BECAUSE THE TIME WITH STUDENTS IS LIMITED. SO I WAS SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT THE CHARTER SCHOOL IS SURRENDERING 20% OF ITS INSTRUCTIONAL TIME EVERY WEEK, EVERY TEACHER, EVERY WEEK, 20% OF THEIR TIME. TO IMPACT THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS IS SACRIFICED. EVERY OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT IN THIS DISTRICT RECEIVES MORE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME WITH THEIR HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS THAN THE STUDENTS AT THE CHARTER SCHOOL RECEIVE WITH THEIR HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS. THIS SERIOUS DEFICIT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT OXX'S STUDENTS. AS AN EDUCATOR, I FIND THIS MODEL TO BE ILL CONCEIVED AND THE LOSS OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME UNACCEPTABLE. PERHAPS OCZKUS SHOULD CONSIDER, FOLLOWING THE EARLY RELEASE LATE START SCHEDULES OF THE OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS FOR COLLABORATION TIME. IT REQUIRES NO SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS AND IS FAR MORE EQUITABLE THAN THE PROPOSAL IN THE ADDENDUM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS ALEXANDER. JULIE SUCHARD, GOOD EVENING. AT THE JUNE 3RD OXX'S STUDY SESSION, TRUSTEE BLADES AND FRAZIER SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO GIVE THE SCHOOL AN ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION IN FUNDING TO PAY FOR RELEASE DAYS FOR TEACHERS ONCE A WEEK, EVEN THOUGH ALL THE OTHER SCHOOL SITES WERE DIRECTED TO CUT 4% OF SPENDING PER THE PROPOSED BUDGET. TONIGHT, THE SCHOOL WILL BE OPERATING AT A DEFICIT OF 848,645 FOR THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR. THE CHARTER PETITION BEFORE YOU ASKED FOR, QUOTE, RELEASE DAYS AS FREQUENTLY AS ONCE A WEEK END QUOTE, SOMETHING THAT NO OTHER SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT PROVIDE FOR THEIR TEACHERS. ALL OTHER SCHOOLS ARE EXPECTED TO OPERATE WITHIN THEIR MEANS. BUT FOR SOME REASON, TRUSTEES BLADES AND FRAZIER WANT TO INCREASE THE DEFICIT SPENDING AT OCS. OUR DISTRICT STARTED THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR WITH $144,174,859 IN RESERVES, PER THE BUDGET PRESENTATION TONIGHT. DEFICIT SPENDING OF 39,089,008 66 WILL RESULT IN ENDING RESERVES OF 105,084,009 92 AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. OVER THE NEXT THREE SCHOOL YEARS, PYLUSD ANTICIPATES SPENDING $78,613,864 OF THE RESERVES, LEAVING THE DISTRICTS WITH AN ENDING BALANCE OF 26,471,001 28 AT THE END OF THE 2728 SCHOOL YEAR, HAVING THE RESERVES START AT ONE 44,000,001 74. 859 AND DEPLETE TO 26,000,004 71 128 OVER THE COURSE OF FOUR SCHOOL YEARS IS INCREDIBLY ALARMING. THESE LOOMING DEFICITS AND PILE USD'S FINANCIAL STABILITY SHOULD BE THE BIGGEST PRIORITY OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD. RATHER THAN GRANDSTANDING ABOUT CULTURE WAR ISSUES AND INFLAMING OUR COMMUNITY, THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO STOP WASTEFUL SPENDING AT OCS. WE SHOULD NOT THROW GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD. IT'S UNSUSTAINABLE. GIVEN THE DISTRICT'S LOOMING DEFICITS. I URGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THE ADDENDUM TO THE CHARTER PETITION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHARD AND MR. SAM MARAVICH. HELLO, MY NAME IS SAM. DON MILLER ASKED ME TO FINISH READING THE STATEMENT SHE HAD PREPARED BECAUSE SHE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO GO OVER THE TIME LIMIT. SO I WILL DO THAT AGAIN. ON THE TOPIC OF FUNDING THE OCS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOURS, IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT TOO LATE TO MAKE THESE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FUNDING FOR WHAT WOULD STILL BE CONSIDERED EXTENSIVE STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND HAVE ADEQUATE TIME, MORE THAN ANY OTHER SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT COULD EVER DREAM OF. ONCE A WEEK RATHER THAN EVERY WEEK, WOULD STILL GIVE ONE FULL DAY OF COMMON COLLABORATION. BUT TAKE THE TEACHER OUT OF THE CLASSROOM ONLY. I'M SORRY. ONCE A MONTH, RATHER THAN ONCE A WEEK WOULD STILL GIVE ONE FULL DAY OF COMMON COLLABORATION. BUT TAKE THE TEACHER OUT OF THE CLASSROOM ONLY 5% OF THE TIME PER MONTH. THE MANY ELECTIVE TIME WOULD BE REDUCED, BUT FROM WHAT WAS SAID AT THE STAFF AND THE STUDY SESSION, IT'S NOT FOR A GRADE ANYWAY, AND STUDENTS HAVEN'T BEEN VERY RECEPTIVE OR TAKE THE CLASS SERIOUSLY TO THESE CLASSES OR THAT OR THAT VERY REASON, AS WELL AS IT'S NOT TAUGHT BY THEIR CORE TEACHER. THIS WOULD ALSO REDUCE THE SUBSTITUTE RATE FROM A LONG TERM SUB RATE TO A DAILY RATE, AGAIN A REDUCTION IN EXPENDITURES, YET PROVIDING MORE THAN ADEQUATE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TIME. IT WAS ALSO SHARED IN THE STUDY SESSION THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF SCHEDULING ISSUES THAT WOULD NEED TO BE MADE IF THE STAFF DEVELOPMENT TIME WAS REDUCED. THAT IS NOT TRUE. I CALLED THE SCHOOL TO VERIFY, BUT THEY ARE NOT CREATING A NEW CLASS FOR THE MINI ELECTIVE CLASS, BUT SUBSTITUTING IT FOR THE CORE [01:55:02] CLASS. NO NEW ADJUSTMENT TO THE CLASS NEEDS TO BE DONE. I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR TEACHERS TO DEVELOP ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE ACCURATELY ALIGNED TO THE STATE STANDARDS. THAT'S WHY THERE ARE COMPANIES THAT CREATE BENCHMARK ASSESSMENTS. IT'S THE INSTRUCTION THAT ALSO NEEDS TO BE ALIGNED. WE SHOULD ALL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RESULTS OF THE SBAC FOR THIS YEAR. I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE DATA ON HOW INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS MASTERY SCORES AND GRADES ALIGN WITH THE STUDENT'S INDIVIDUAL SBAC SCORE FOR EACH SUBJECT TESTED, ESPECIALLY SINCE STUDENTS RECEIVED ONLY 80% OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME IN ALL FOUR CORE AREAS, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER TO HAVE HAD THESE PARAMETERS DETERMINED EARLIER. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE HAS BEEN SUCH SKEWED DISTRICT PRIORITIES RECOMMENDED BY THE FORMER SUPERINTENDENT AND APPROVED FOR FUNDING BY THE BOARD, PRIOR BOARD MAJORITY, AS WELL AS THE CURRENT POLITICAL GRANDSTANDING BY NO OTHER THAN THE PERSON WHO 20 MINUTES OF THE STUDY SESSION AND CONTINUES TO TRY TO DERAIL THE BOARD AND THEIR WORK AS A TEAM. AND THAT, OF COURSE, IS LEANDRA BLADES. MISS BLADES COMPLAINS LOUDLY AND POINTS FINGERS TO BLAME OTHERS FOR THE ACTIONS THAT SHE HERSELF IS DOING. IT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THE DISTRICT. EITHER BE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTOR TO THIS SCHOOL BOARD, OR RESIGN AND RUN FOR WHATEVER OFFICE YOU THINK DESERVES THE CHAOS YOU CAUSE. THANK YOU, MR. MAROVICH. THAT COMPLETES OUR SPEAKERS, MADAM PRESIDENT. OKAY, HEARING IS CLOSED AT 757. BLESS YOU. OKAY, IT'S NOW IT'S TIME FOR OUR [13. STUDENT BOARD REPORT] STUDENT BOARD REPORT. THE LAST ONE. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT ANDERSON. TRUSTEES AND ACTING SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR SERINO. I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE RECENT UPDATES FROM OUR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS AND ALTERNATIVE CAMPUSES. AS THE SCHOOL YEAR CONCLUDES, BOTH PARKVIEW SCHOOL AND BUENA VISTA VIRTUAL ACADEMY REFLECT ON A YEAR FILLED WITH GROWTH MILESTONES AND COMMUNITY CONNECTION. ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THIS YEAR WAS BVA BBVA'S TRANSITION TO THE PARKVIEW CAMPUS, NOW LED BY A SHARED PRINCIPAL, WHILE COORDINATING TWO DISTINCT PROGRAMS PRESENTED CHALLENGES. THE EXPERIENCE FOSTERED ADAPTABILITY AND REINFORCED EACH SCHOOL'S COMMITMENT TO STUDENT SUCCESS. STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN A VARIETY OF ENRICHING EXPERIENCES, INCLUDING FIELD TRIPS, HANDS ON ART LESSONS, AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT PROMOTED CONFIDENCE AND RESPONSIBILITY. FOR THE FIRST TIME, PARKVIEW JOINED BBVA PTA, CREATING NEW AVENUES FOR FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, A NEWLY ESTABLISHED SCHOOL GARDEN FUNDED BY AN INSPIRED TEACHER, GRANT BOUGHT HANDS ON SCIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY LESSONS TO LIFE. THIS YEAR ALSO MARKED THE LAUNCH OF THE UCI PATHWAY, A FLEXIBLE PROGRAM DESIGNED TO SUPPORT STUDENT ATHLETES WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO INCREASED ENROLLMENT AND EXPANDED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. PARKVIEW AND BBVA BBVA CONTINUE TO THRIVE AS INCLUSIVE, SUPPORTIVE LEARNING COMMUNITIES COMMITTED TO PERSONALIZED EDUCATION. EL CAMINO REAL HIGH SCHOOL WRAPPED UP THE YEAR WITH SEVERAL ENGAGING EVENTS THAT CELEBRATED STUDENTS AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS. ON MAY 14TH, THE SCHOOL HOSTED ITS FIRST ANNUAL FAMILY NIGHT, DRAWING APPROXIMATELY 80 STUDENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS. THE EVENING FEATURED A BARBECUE DINNER SERVED BY THE OFFICE STAFF, GAMES, A STUDENT WORK SHOWCASE, AND A SLIDESHOW OF THE YEAR'S HIGHLIGHTS. ATTENDEES PARTICIPATED IN INTERACTIVE SESSIONS LED BY EL CAMINO TEACHERS, INCLUDING PAINTING, BRACELET MAKING, ICE CREAM, MAKING GUITAR LESSONS, AND DIGITAL DESIGN ACTIVITIES. TO CELEBRATE SENIORS FINAL DAY, A SCHOOL WIDE BARBECUE HONORED ACADEMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND BID FAREWELL TO THE 78 GRADUATES DURING GRADUATION WEEK. THE SCHOOL INTRODUCED ITS FIRST SENIOR BREAKFAST, WHERE SENIORS ENJOYED A PANCAKE BREAKFAST PREPARED BY STAFF, RECEIVED THEIR CAP AND GOWNS, PLAYED GAMES, AND SIGNED YEARBOOKS. THE GRADUATION CEREMONY ON JUNE 10TH WAS A MEMORABLE EVENT, HIGHLIGHTED HIGHLIGHTED BY THE THREE INSPIRATIONAL STUDENT SPEECHES AND A HEARTFELT MESSAGE FROM THE PROUD EL CAMINO PARENT. EXCUSE ME. EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL CELEBRATED THE CLASS OF 2025 DURING ITS COMMENCEMENT COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY ON JUNE 11TH AT BRADFORD STADIUM. THE GRADUATING GOLDEN HAWKS ARE HEADED TO AN IMPRESSIVE ARRAY OF INSTITUTIONS. THE TOP FIVE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CAMPUSES SELECTED BY STUDENTS WERE UCLA, UC RIVERSIDE, UC SAN DIEGO, UC IRVINE, AND UC SANTA BARBARA. STUDENTS ALSO GAINED ACCEPTANCE TO PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING BAYLOR, CAL BAPTIST, CHAPMAN, MOUNT SAINT MARY'S, NORTHEASTERN, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, AND YALE. EL DORADO'S CLASS OF 2025 IS SET TO PROUDLY REPRESENT THE BLACK AND GOLD ACROSS THE [02:00:02] NATION. ESPERANZA HIGH SCHOOL PROUDLY CELEBRATES ITS CLASS OF 2025 WITH A SERIES OF SENIOR ACTIVITIES, CULMINATING IN A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN CEREMONY. AS THE SCHOOL LOOKS AHEAD TO SUMMER, A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED POOL UPGRADE IS UNDERWAY. AN EXCITING DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ESPERANZA AQUATICS TEAMS. THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, ATHLETIC CAMPS WILL HELP PREPARE STUDENT ATHLETES FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. THE 2024 2025 ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR WAS ONE OF THE MOST, ONE OF ONE OF SUCCESS AND PROGRESS IN ESPERANZA. COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT MOMENTUM IN THE FALL. ON JUNE 6TH, GEORGE QUAY HOSTED ITS ANNUAL DONUTS WITH DAD EVENT, SPONSORED BY THE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILY ENJOYED SWEET TREATS, GREAT CONVERSATION AND QUALITY TIME TOGETHER. THE EVENT SERVED AS A MEANINGFUL WAY TO FOSTER CONNECTION AND CELEBRATE THE SPECIAL ROLE OF FAMILIES IN STUDENT SUCCESSES. ON JUNE 4TH, VENTURE ACADEMY HELD ITS GRADUATION CEREMONY, MARKING A MILESTONE FOR THE CLASS OF 2025. THE EVENT FEATURED INSPIRING STUDENT SPEECHES ALONG WITH A HEARTFELT PERFORMANCE BY THE VENTURE ACADEMY CHOIR AND A TOUCHING DISPLAY OF CAMARADERIE. STUDENTS HIGH FIVED ONE ANOTHER AS THEY WALKED ACROSS THE STAGE TO RECEIVE THEIR CERTIFICATES. THE CELEBRATION ALSO INCLUDED SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATIONS WITH THE YORBA LINDA WOMEN'S CLUB, AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO FOUR GRADUATES, AND PRINCIPAL ALLEN PRESENTING THE PLUM AWARDS TO TWO STUDENTS. VALENCIA HIGH SCHOOL CONGRATULATED THE CLASS OF 2025 ON THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS. THIS YEAR, 58 STUDENTS EARNED THE PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA, 22 WERE CAMBRIDGE DIPLOMA CANDIDATES AND 172 EARNED THE VALTECH DIPLOMA. AMONG THEM, 4746 STUDENTS WERE DUAL DEGREE DIPLOMA CANDIDATES. VALENCIA'S NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AVID PROGRAM CELEBRATED 81 GRADUATES, ALL OF WHOM WERE ACCEPTED INTO FOUR YEAR COLLEGES. THIS INCLUDES THREE AVID IB, SEVEN AVID VALTECH AND ONE AVID CAMBRIDGE CAMBRIDGE GRADUATES. IN ATHLETICS. VALENCIA CLAIMED 11 GOLD EMPIRE CONFERENCE LEAGUE TITLES ACROSS MULTIPLE SPORTS, INCLUDING GIRLS, CROSS COUNTRY, TENNIS, GOLF, VOLLEYBALL, SOCCER, SWIM AND SOFTBALL, AS WELL AS THE BOYS BASKETBALL, SWIMMING, TRACK, AND VOLLEYBALL. A TOTAL OF 24 TEAMS ADVANCED TO CIF PLAYOFFS. NOTABLY, THE GIRLS SWIM TEAM WON THE CIF CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE FOUR BY 200 FREE RELAY. SPECIAL RECOGNITION GOES TO NATALIE RILEY, WHO WAS NAMED THE GOLDEN EMPIRE CONFERENCE FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR, A THREE SPORT ATHLETE, VOLLEYBALL, SOCCER AND TRACK. NATALIE WAS ALSO ACTIVE IN ASB AND GRADUATED FROM THE IB PROGRAM. YORBA LINDA HIGH SCHOOL CONCLUDED THE YEAR WITH EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS IN ATHLETICS, ARTS AND ACADEMICS. THE MUSTANGS EARNED NINE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MEN'S WATER POLO, WOMEN'S TENNIS, WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL, MEN'S BASKETBALL, WRESTLING, WOMEN'S SOCCER, MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD, AND BOTH MEN AND WOMEN'S SWIMMING. PREPARATIONS ARE NOW UNDERWAY FOR THE SUMMER ATHLETIC CAMPS IN THE FALL SEASON AND THE ARTS. YORBA LINDA HIGH SCHOOL HOSTED AN ARRAY OF ENGAGING EVENTS, INCLUDING AN END OF THE YEAR ORCHESTRA CONCERT, ALUMNI COMEDY, SPORTS PERFORMANCE, CABARET SHOW, SENIOR SHOWCASES, AND A CAMPUS WIDE ART EXHIBITION. BAND AND GUARD ARE NOW GEARING UP FOR THEIR SUMMER CAMP IN PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING MARCHING SEASON. ACADEMICALLY, YORBA LINDA HIGH SCHOOL CELEBRATED THE GRADUATION OF 331 STUDENTS ON JUNE 11TH. THE. THIS ACCOMPLISHED CLASS CONTRIBUTED MORE TO MORE THAN 32,000 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND EARNED 2.5 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS. AMONG THEM WERE 81 STATE SEAL OF BILITERACY RECIPIENT RECIPIENTS, 61 CAREER TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION COMPLETERS, 69 MUSTANG SCHOLARS, 13 NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS, 26 SEAL OF ENGAGEMENT RECIPIENTS, AND FOUR GRADUATES WHO ENLISTED IN THE MILITARY. THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT REPORT, AND IT'S SO AMAZING TO HEAR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS SUCCESSES AS OUR SENIORS LEAVE US, AND YOU ARE ONE OF THEM. SO THIS IS YOUR LAST QUESTION. THEN YOU CAN RESIGN OFFICIALLY NOW THAT YOUR TIME IS STUDENT BOARD MEMBER HAS COME TO AN END, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FROM THIS EXPERIENCE? AND DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR ANY INCOMING BOARD MEMBERS? I WOULD SAY THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FROM THIS EXPERIENCE IS THAT PEOPLE CARE. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT MY SCHOOL JOURNEY, SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET VERY WRAPPED UP IN YOUR OWN, YOU KNOW, LITTLE LIVES AND YOU FEEL LIKE, OH, LIKE NO ONE CARES ABOUT THIS ISSUE. LIKE, THIS REALLY BUGS ME. BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? BUT I THINK BEING HERE AND SEEING ALL OF YOU GUYS DISCUSS ISSUES AND BE PASSIONATE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE STUDENTS, IT'S REALLY EYE OPENING AND IT'S LIKE, NO, THERE'S DEFINITELY PEOPLE MAKING AN IMPACT AND THERE'S DEFINITELY PEOPLE FIGHTING FOR KIDS. AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE ADVICE THAT I WOULD HAVE FOR THE INCOMING STUDENT BOARD MEMBER IS TO BE OPEN MINDED, WHICH I KNOW SOUNDS KIND OF LIKE A CLICHE, BUT I, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT, LIKE, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE AN OPINION ON SOMETHING AND HAVE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, DIFFERING OPINION ON [02:05:02] SOMETHING ELSE. AND THAT IS JUST A PART OF GROWING UP. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK THIS EXPERIENCE HAS REALLY HIGHLIGHTED FOR ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S REALLY GOOD ADVICE. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR SERINO. WELL, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK AND RECOGNIZE LAYLA, OUR OUTGOING STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. SHE'S REPRESENTED OUR SCHOOLS AND THE DISTRICT WELL ON THE BOARD THIS SEMESTER. AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. IT WAS A GREAT REPORT TONIGHT, LAYLA. SO INFORMATIVE, VERY INSIGHTFUL. AND WE CERTAINLY ALSO APPRECIATE WHEN YOU OPINE AND SHARE WITH US YOUR THOUGHTS MEANS SO MUCH TO US. THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, LAYLA GRADUATING FROM GRADUATED FROM VALENCIA PAST TENSE AND NOW WILL BE ATTENDING NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, CERTAINLY ONE OF THE TOP UNIVERSITIES IN THE LAND. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU FOR THAT. AND AGAIN, WE WANT TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION AND WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOUR DORM ROOM, A COUPLE THINGS FOR YOUR DORM ROOM. I'M SURE YOU'LL YOU'LL WANT TO PUT THESE UP IMMEDIATELY. I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, LAYLA, IT'S BEEN GREAT HAVING YOU ON OUR BOARD. YOU ARE ONE OF THE MOST BUSIEST WOMEN I KNOW. AND THAT YOU MADE TIME FOR BOARD AND BEING PREPARED. WE'RE JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND THE EXAMPLE YOU'VE SET. AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO AMAZING THINGS, ESPECIALLY AT NORTHWESTERN. SO PLEASE COME BACK AND SHARE, I DEFINITELY WILL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE I, AS SOMEONE WHO LIVED IN CHICAGO FOR A WHILE, IT'S GONNA BE SO MUCH FUN. EAT LOTS OF PIZZA, I DEFINITELY WILL. YEAH, ONE OF MY FAVORITE CITIES. SO ENJOY. THANK YOU. OKAY, LET'S HAVE OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S [14. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT] REPORT. OKAY. AND LAYLA, MY SON, GOES TO NORTHWESTERN, SO I MIGHT JUST LOOK YOU UP WHEN I'M. I'M THERE. PLEASE DO. YEAH. I DID NOT KNOW THAT. YEAH. OKAY. SO LET'S LET'S SEE HERE. GOSH, THERE'S SO MUCH. GRADUATIONS ALL THE END OF THE YEAR ACTIVITIES. WE PROUDLY CELEBRATED NEARLY 2000 STUDENTS AS THEY GRADUATED FROM OUR SCHOOLS, ALTERNATIVE CAMPUSES AND OUR ADULT TRANSITION PROGRAM AS WELL. THESE STUDENTS ARE LEAVING US WELL PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE, WHETHER THEY ARE HEADED TO A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, JOINING THE WORKFORCE OR MILITARY, OR PURSUING OTHER MEANINGFUL PATHS. THOUSANDS MORE WERE PROMOTED FROM ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND OF COURSE, FROM MIDDLE TO HIGH SCHOOL. AT LANDMARK FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN. A GREAT MILESTONE. THE SUCCESS AND GROWTH OF OUR STUDENTS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE DEDICATION OF OUR TEACHERS, THE SUPPORT OF OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF, AND THE CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP OF OUR FAMILIES, ALONG WITH OUR STUDENTS OWN DETERMINATION, WE COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF ALL THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. WE'RE CONFIDENT IN THEIR READINESS TO BE RESPONSIBLE, ETHICAL AND [02:10:01] CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THEY WILL ACHIEVE AS GRADUATES OF OUR SCHOOLS. I WANT TO EXTEND MY SINCERE THANKS TO OUR MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. THE USE OF FACILITIES DEPARTMENT, OUR PRINCIPALS, ACTIVITY DIRECTORS, EDUCATION SERVICE DEPARTMENT, VALENCIA HIGH SCHOOL, SPORTS AND EVENTS BROADCASTING PROGRAM, AND SO MANY OTHERS. I KNOW THERE'S A RISK WHENEVER YOU LIST BECAUSE I KNOW I LEFT SOMEONE OUT. I'M SURE, WHO MADE THOSE GRADUATIONS AND CEREMONIES SO EXCEPTIONAL. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT EFFORT. SUMMER PROGRAM. SO COMING UP WE TURN THE PAGE. ALTHOUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR HAS CONCLUDED, MANY OF OUR CAMPUSES WILL REMAIN ACTIVE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. OUR EARLY AND EXPANDED LEARNING DEPARTMENT, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DOCTOR GEORGE LOPEZ, IS SUPPORTING MANY SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, INCLUDING ELEMENTARY ENRICHMENT, CHILD CARE CAMPS, ELD SUMMER CAMPS, DLA SUMMER CAMPS, HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT RECOVERY, AND HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS CAMPS. ALTOGETHER, THESE PROGRAMS WILL PROVIDE VALUABLE LEARNING, ENRICHMENT AND ATHLETIC OPPORTUNITIES TO MORE THAN 5000 OF OUR STUDENTS IN THE COMING WEEKS. WE'RE PROUD TO OFFER HIGH QUALITY OPPORTUNITIES THAT KEEP STUDENTS ENGAGED AND SUPPORTED EVEN DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. SO WITH THAT, MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. I THINK AT THIS TIME, LET'S TAKE A BREAK BEFORE WE ENTER PUBLIC COMMENTS. OR COME BACK. YEAH, LET'S ADJOURN TO CLOSE. WE'LL [3. CLOSED SESSION (Part 2 of 2)] TAKE CARE OF THAT. AND THEN FROM THERE WE'LL JUST GO ON A BREAK. OR DO YOU WANT TO COME BACK? COME TWO MINUTES. YEAH. AND. WELL I WOULD SAY TEN MINUTES, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE ALWAYS 15. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. WE'LL JUST WE'LL GO DO HELLO EVERYBODY. MARK THIS IN THE RECORD BOOKS. WE ARE ACTUALLY BACK AT 830. SO GOOD JOB EVERYBODY. WE'RE GOING TO [5. REPORT OF BOARD ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION (Part 2 of 2)] REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION. AND I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE I DO THIS RIGHT. THE BOARD MET AND CONFIRMED IN CLOSED SESSION TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR STUDENT IDENTIFIED NUMBER 1759 FOR 55,000. THE MOTION WAS MADE BY MRS. BUCK, THE SECOND BY MRS. QUINTERO, AND THE MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. OKAY, NOW WE ARE MOVING TO PUBLIC COMMENT. HOW [15. PUBLIC COMMENT] MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE? WE HAVE 1919 SPEAKERS, SO EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN 1.5 MINUTES. OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE FIRST GROUP OF SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT ROW. LINDA JACKSON, ELLEN SAGALAEV. JEN. DAWN MILLER AND LYNN NETTI. GOOD EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT. PARENTS. I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE PARENTS, MY STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY. I'VE BEEN IN THE DISTRICT FOR 20 YEARS. I LOVE THIS DISTRICT. I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY. MY STUDENTS ARE THE BEST STUDENTS YOU CAN EVER MEET. THEY ARE WONDERFUL. AND SUDDENLY THERE'S A BIG SHOCK AND SADNESS. TWO WEEKS AGO, THREE WEEKS AGO, THE TWO PRINCIPALS WHO ARE FIRST YEAR PRINCIPALS, THEY DECIDED TO PHASE OUT FRENCH ONE WITHOUT EVEN HAVING A MINUTE TO TALK TO ME. THEY WERE NOT IN MY CLASSROOM THE WHOLE YEAR AND BECAUSE OF NUMBERS, THEY DECIDED TO CUT FRENCH ONE. ALTHOUGH FRENCH ONE HAS HAD STABLE NUMBERS AND YOU ALL KNOW THERE'S LOW ENROLLMENT, AND IF THEY TOLD ME AHEAD OF TIME, I COULD HAVE PROMOTED MORE. I WAS JUST HAPPY TO TEACH. FRENCH IS A SPECIAL LANGUAGE, AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD LANGUAGE FOR OUR DISTRICT [02:15:07] TO STAY. THEY'RE PHASING OUT FRENCH ONE, SO I'M GOING TO BE STAYING. THEY THINK, YOU KNOW, IN A FEW YEARS SHE'S GOING TO RETIRE. BUT I'M HERE FOR MY STUDENTS, FOR THEIR PARENTS, FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOR THE FRENCH PROGRAM. SO I ASK YOU ALL TO HELP RECONSIDER TO KEEP FRENCH AT ESPERANZA HIGH SCHOOL, YORBA LINDA HIGH SCHOOL, THE OTHER SCHOOLS, VALENCIA AND EL DORADO, HAVE KEPT FRENCH. EVEN KRAMER IS TRYING TO GET FRENCH. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU. LINDA. ELLEN. HI AGAIN. I'M HERE TO REQUEST CLARITY REGARDING THE INVESTIGATION THAT LED TO MY ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE THE LAST THREE DAYS OF SCHOOL. AS THE TEACHER THERE SAID, THE ADMINISTRATION AT YORBA LINDA, THEY'RE VERY NEW AND INEXPERIENCED AS I CAN. THAT AS WHAT I EXPERIENCED. I WAS SCHEDULED TO ADMINISTER FINAL EXAMS AND SUPPORT MY STUDENTS THROUGH ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MOMENTS OF THEIR ACADEMIC YEAR. THE ACTION TAKEN AGAINST ME APPEARS TO STEM FROM A CONVERSATION I HAD WITH STUDENTS, DURING WHICH I LET THEM KNOW I WOULD NOT BE RETURNING NEXT YEAR DUE TO A NON REELECTION. I WANT TO BE CLEAR, I DID SO AFTER HEARING RESOURCES INFORMED ME THAT I COULD SHARE THIS INFORMATION. I WAS HONEST IN HOW I COMMUNICATED IT WITH THE INTENT OF BEING TRANSPARENT AND MAINTAINING TRUST WITH MY STUDENTS. FOR THAT, I WAS DISCIPLINED. I WAS REMOVED FROM MY CLASSROOM AND PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AT A CRITICAL POINT IN THIS SEMESTER, NOT ONLY AFFECTING ME, BUT AFFECTING MY STUDENTS. I HAVE NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE FINDINGS OR REASON REASONING BEHIND THIS ACTION, AND I AM RESPECTFULLY ASKING TONIGHT FOR AN EXPLANATION. DESPITE THE SITUATION, I MADE THE DECISION TO RETURN AND COMPLETE THE GRADING PROCESS IN THE SECOND SEMESTER FOR THE SAKE OF THE STUDENTS. I DID THIS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THEY DESERVE CONSISTENCY, CLOSURE, AND THE RESPECT OF A TEACHER WHO SEES THEM THROUGH TO THE END. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THIS BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION TO PROVIDE A TRANSPARENT ACCOUNT OF WHAT LED TO MY ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. BEFORE COMING TO YORBA LINDA HIGH, I SUCCESSFULLY TAUGHT SCIENCE FOR SIX YEARS AT FAIRMONT PREPARATORY ACADEMY, A PRIVATE SCHOOL KNOWN FOR ITS HIGH ACADEMIC EXPECTATIONS AND RIGOROUS STANDARDS. I MET THOSE STANDARDS AND THRIVED IN IN THAT ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU AND MISS. THE ADMINISTRATION SAID I WAS A BAD TEACHER, SO THAT'S WHY I KNEW IT WAS RETALIATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JENNY BREMER. IS IT JENNY? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. I'M JENNY BREMER FROM EL DORADO. I TEACH WORLD HISTORY AND US HISTORY AND NEXT YEAR ADDING BACK MULTICULTURAL STUDIES. A COURSE, BY THE WAY, THAT'S COMPLETELY FULL FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR WITH A WAITING LIST. EACH MONTH, I TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO RECOGNIZE HERITAGE MONTH. I DISPLAY A FLAG AND SHARE A BRIEF VIDEO ABOUT HOW THESE OBSERVANCES CAME TO BE. IT'S A SMALL ACT THAT MEANS A GREAT DEAL IN TERMS OF STUDENTS FEELING INCLUDED AND SEEN, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER TODAY. LAST WEEK, I SURVEYED MY STUDENTS, WHICH IS SOMETHING I DO IN MY PRACTICE AS A REFLECTIVE EDUCATOR. WHEN I ASKED WHAT THEY APPRECIATED MOST ABOUT THE CLASS, A HERITAGE MONTH CAME UP AGAIN AND AGAIN. THESE FLAGS DON'T DIVIDE US. THEY REFLECT WHO WE ARE. SILENCING THESE SYMBOLS SENDS A MESSAGE THAT ONLY SOME OF OUR STUDENTS MATTER. THAT'S NOT THE LESSON I TEACH, AND I HOPE IT'S NOT THE MESSAGE THIS BOARD WANTS TO SEND. YOU SPEND THE REST OF MY TIME READING SOME DIRECT QUOTES FROM MY STUDENTS. PLEASE HEAR THEIR WORDS. I APPRECIATE HOW YOU'RE ALWAYS UNDERSTANDING, HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR DIFFERENT DIVERSE CULTURES AND BACKGROUNDS. I LIKE HOW YOU HAVE VIDEOS TO WATCH ABOUT APPRECIATION, RECOGNITION ABOUT CERTAIN CULTURES AND DIFFERENCES. I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW YOU WERE ABLE TO TEACH US ABOUT DIVERSITY AND DIFFERENT CULTURES. I LIKED HOW OPEN YOU WERE TO ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE, AND ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS NICE WHEN WE LEARNED ABOUT A PARTICULAR CULTURE WHEN IT WAS THEIR NATIONAL HERITAGE MONTH, I APPRECIATED THE DIFFERENT VIDEOS THEY WATCH EACH MONTH, HIGHLIGHTING DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE I MOST ENJOYED THE FACT THAT YOU TAKE A MOMENT FOR DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES EACH MONTH. ONE UNIQUE THING I REALLY APPRECIATED WAS THE MONTHLY VIDEOS FOR DIFFERENT CULTURAL AND HERITAGE MONTHS. IT REALLY ALLOWED THE CLASS TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE FOR WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD, AND WHO IS CURRENTLY BEING CELEBRATED. FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND CONTRIBUTIONS AROUND THE WORLD. I APPRECIATE LEARNING SO MUCH ABOUT CULTURES AND THEIR MONTHS. I APPRECIATE HOW YOU ALWAYS MADE AN EFFORT TO INCLUDE EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND. SO PLEASE THINK ABOUT THIS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT FLAGS. THANK YOU, MISS PRIMA. DAWN MILLER. GOOD EVENING. A QUICK NOTE BEFORE I START MY MINUTE PRESENTATION. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT TODAY ABOUT LOWER ENROLLMENT, AND I JUST FIND THAT ODD. LEANDRA, THAT YOU BRING THIS UP ABOUT HAVING TO WORK ON IMPROVING OUR ENROLLMENT. MAYBE YOU NEED TO STOP TELLING FAMILIES TO PULL OUT THEIR KIDS FROM OUR DISTRICT ON YOUR FACEBOOK POST. THAT MIGHT HELP. I'M HERE REALLY TO TALK ABOUT OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND OUR MATH PROFICIENCY. I KNOW FROM OUR LOOKING AT OUR DATA FROM THE FOLLOWING PREVIOUS YEAR, 62% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE PROFICIENT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, LEAVING 38% NOT PROFICIENT IN MATH. OUR PROFICIENCY IS 56% LEAVING 44% NOT MEETING PROFICIENCY. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF OUR PLANS THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED IN SOME OF THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION, IT ALWAYS SHOWS THAT PROFESSIONAL [02:20:03] DEVELOPMENT IS A COMPONENT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THAT BEFORE THIS DISTRICT SHOULD EVEN ENTERTAIN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDING. THERE SHOULD BE EVIDENCE THAT THE CURRICULUM AND THE INSTRUCTION AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ARE ALIGNED TO THE STATE STANDARDS. FOR INSTANCE, IN ELA, OUR NOVELS STILL BEING READ FROM FRONT TO BACK, THAT'S NOT HOW NOVELS ARE TO BE USED ANYMORE. BUT CAN YOU SAY WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THAT NOVELS ARE USED APPROPRIATELY IN ALL SECONDARY SCHOOLS? MATH STANDARDS INCLUDE PROOF, PROCEDURAL AND CONCEPTUAL MATH. BUT ARE THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TEACHER INSTRUCTION FOCUSING ON CONCEPTUAL MATH? SINCE THESE ARE THE STANDARDS THAT MANY STUDENTS ARE STRUGGLING ON. ON THE ON THE SBAC. THANK YOU, MISS MILLER. LYNN. EDDIE. PRESIDENT ANDERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN ABOUT A CHANGE THAT IS HAPPENING AT GEORGE KEY, AND THAT IS THE EARLY RELEASE THAT IS GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED NEXT SCHOOL YEAR ON WEDNESDAYS ON A WEEKLY BASIS. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE TEACHERS NEED PREP TIME, AND WE APPRECIATE AND LOVE OUR TEACHERS AND WANT TO GIVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY. HOWEVER, IT PUTS A HARDSHIP ON OUR FAMILIES AS WE DON'T HAVE THE AFTER SCHOOL CHILD CARE, NOR ANY EXTRA CHILD CARE THAT IS OFFERED TO OTHER LOCATIONS. THEREFORE, IT IS GOING TO CAUSE US TO NEED TO LEAVE WORK EARLY OR MAKE OR POTENTIALLY LOSE OUR JOBS BECAUSE WE WILL NEED TO FIND ALTERNATE RESOURCES THAT ARE NOT BEING OFFERED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AT THE PRESENT TIME. SO I ASK OF YOU TO PROVIDE ALTERNATE SERVICES TO HELP US IN THESE EARLY RELEASE DAYS. AGAIN, WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU TO NOT GIVE THE TEACHERS WHAT THEY DESERVE. WE ARE ASKING YOU TO HELP GEORGE KEY, A SCHOOL THAT IS A UNIQUE FAMILY AND UNIQUE STUDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE THE SAME RESOURCES THAT ARE OFFERED TO EVERY OTHER SCHOOL IN THIS DISTRICT. PLEASE, IN THE MATTER OF INCLUSION, RENEE GRAY, PLEASE OFFER SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP PARENTS HELP STUDENTS AT THESE SCHOOLS WHILE ALSO HELPING THE TEACHERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS NETTI. OUR NEXT GROUP OF SPEAKERS, EILEEN MEDINA, SARAH PHILLIPS. PATRICIA HANSO, SAMUEL PENROD, AND SAM MAROVICH. PLEASE MOVE UP TO THE FIRST ROW AND MISS MEDINA, YOU'RE UP. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS TIME TO HEAR ME OUT. I'M VOICING THE CONCERN OF THE PLANNED MAJOR CHANGE FOR THE GEORGE KEY WEDNESDAY DISMISSAL AT 215. THIS IS AS LYNN WAS TALKING ABOUT, A VERY A STRONG HARDSHIP IN TERMS OF THE FAMILY AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMMODATE THE CHANGE. IN A LETTER TO THE PARENTS BY GEORGE KEY, IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE EARLY OUT WEDNESDAYS WOULD ALIGN WITH THE OTHER SCHOOLS OF PYLUSD. AS MENTIONED, WE DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES FOR AFTER SCHOOL CARE. WE ARE A UNIQUE BUNCH IN TERMS OF HOW WE DO NOT HAVE AFTER SCHOOL CARE FOR WHETHER IT BE PRIVATE SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL CARE DISTRICT, YMC, CARPOOLS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THAT IS NOT PART OF OUR EQUATION IN TERMS OF BEING A GEORGE KEY STUDENT AND FAMILY IN REGARDS TO ACCESS TO RESOURCES THAT WE DO HAVE. OUR FAMILIES DO HAVE IHSS AND RESPITE HOURS AND SUCH. HOWEVER, IT IS FINDING THESE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEPENDABLE AND COMMITTED TO OUR HOURS THAT WE NEED AS FAMILIES SO THAT WE CAN GO ON WITH OUR LIVES. A LOT OF US ARE WORKING INDIVIDUALS WITH INFLEXIBLE SCHEDULES, AND SO SOMETHING THAT IS 4 TO 5 TIMES A WEEK REGULARLY IS GOING TO BE PUTTING A STRAIN ON MANY FAMILY. WE ARE NOT DOING THIS TO VOICE ANY CONCERN IN MINIMIZING THE NEED FOR THE TEACHERS PLC TIME, WHICH IS OUR UNDERSTANDING. IT'S JUST IF THERE CAN BE A DEEPER DIVE BY THE SCHOOL, BY THE DISTRICT TO LOOK INTO OUR NEEDS AND THE FAMILY AND THE STUDENTS THAT ARE BEING SERVED BY GEORGE KEY, IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS MEDINA. HELLO, SARAH PHILLIPS, HELLO. IN REGARD TO THE FLAG BAND DISCUSSION, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS IN THE LIBRARY. DO I NEED PERMISSION TO HAVE FLAGS AS PART OF MY MONTHLY DISPLAYS? I HAVE FLAGS FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE LGBT HISTORY MONTH AND OTHERS. IF I DO NEED PERMISSION, SHOULD THIS FLAG BAN PASS? DO I NEED TO GET PERMISSION EVERY YEAR OR IS IT ONCE IT'S APPROVED? IS IT ALWAYS OKAY? PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK DISCUSSION ABOUT FLAG BANDS DOES ANYTHING TO HELP OUR STUDENTS INCREASE LEARNING OR TEST SCORES. IT JUST FEELS LIKE AN ATTACK ON OUR DIVERSE [02:25:01] POPULATIONS. AND SPEAKING OF DIVERSE POPULATIONS, I WOULD ALSO LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER LOOKING AT AND REVERSING THE CRT BAN. PLEASE FOCUS ON UPLIFTING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. I DO HOPE EVERYONE HAS A LOVELY AND RELAXING SUMMER AND READS LOTS OF GREAT BOOKS. THANK YOU SARAH. MISS ANGELA. SO AS FAR AS THE FUTURE OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS RESPECTING OUR EMPLOYEES. AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD TO GIVE BACK SOME MONEY TO TWO ATHLETIC DIRECTORS FROM ESPERANZA HIGH SCHOOL, WHO THE PREVIOUS SUPERINTENDENT, ALEX CHERNISS, REMOVED OR PRESSURED OUT FROM THEIR POSITIONS LAST YEAR. AND I'M SURE BLADES CHEERED HIM ON, WHICH IS VERY UNFORTUNATE AND VERY UNPROFESSIONAL. AND YOU SHOULD BE. YOU'RE A DISGRACE. WE ASK THAT EMPLOYEE HARASSMENT PREVENTION, TRAINING AND PRACTICES BE USED AND ENCOURAGED. STEP UP. SUPPORT ALL EMPLOYEES. WE NEED TO COMBAT RETALIATION AND MAKE THEM FEEL WELCOMED AND RESPECTED. WE LOST DOZENS OF ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, SPECIALISTS WHEN THE PREVIOUS HR GUY BULLIED THEM AND INTIMIDATED PEOPLE DURING HIS TENURE. PROFESSIONALISM, ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE WITH LABOR LAWS IS REQUIRED. ALSO, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION ARE PROGRAMS THAT ARE LEGAL AND I WANT TO SEE THAT AT MY SCHOOLS. I WANT MY SON TO LEARN ABOUT DIVERSITY. I WANT MY SON TO UNDERSTAND DIFFERENT CULTURES. HE IS BOTH COLOMBIAN AND HE IS ALSO WHITE SLOVAK BACKGROUND. HE'S MY HUSBAND'S WHITE. I'M LATINA. I NEED HIM TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A GOOD THING. AND SADLY, TELEVISION RIGHT NOW AND ALL THESE ICE RAIDS ARE MAKING EVERYONE NERVOUS. AND SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE THIS BOARD TO REMOVE THE CRT BAN. THANK YOU, MISS HANZO. SAMUEL PENROD, HELLO. GOOD EVENING. I'M SPEAKING TODAY AS A CONCERNED ORANGE COUNTY CITIZEN AND A BOARD MEMBER OF LAVENDER DEMOCRATS, ORANGE COUNTY. I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE FLAG BAN PROPOSAL, WHICH WOULD BAN ALL FLAGS EXCEPT THE US AND CALIFORNIA STATE FLAGS IN THIS DISTRICT. THIS IS A PRIDE FLAG BAN, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. CONTACTS MATTERS. THE BAN SUPPORTER TRUSTEE LEANDRA BLADES, WHO ATTENDED THE JANUARY 6TH RALLY IN WASHINGTON, DC. WHEN SOMEONE WHO ALIGNS THEMSELVES WITH AN ATTACK ON DEMOCRATIC VALUES NOW MOVES TO BAN A SYMBOL OF INCLUSION AND SAFETY, WE SHOULD ASK WHAT VALUES ARE BEING PROPOSED AND PROMOTED HERE. THE PRIDE FLAGS ARE VALUED SYMBOL OF INCLUSION. IT TELLS LGBTQ STUDENTS THEY BELONG. REMOVING IT IS AN ILLEGAL ATTACK ON LGBT Q STUDENTS AND WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT SCHOOL CLIMATE INDICATORS. THE PRIDE FLAG. SHOULD NOT BE BANNED, SO I URGE THIS BOARD TO VOTE NO ON THE PROPOSAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PENROD. SAM MAROVICH. TRANSPHOBIA IS A SOCIAL PATHOLOGY ROOTED IN WILLFUL IGNORANCE AND THE DARKLY ENERGIZING EMOTIONS OF ANGER AND HATRED. PEOPLE LIKE TRUSTEES BLADES AND FRAZIER REPRESENT ITS LESS LETHAL FORMS. THE MINNESOTA ASSASSIN VANCE BOLTER EXEMPLIFIES THE MORE LETHAL FORM OF TRANSPHOBIA. THE LINES FROM BLADES AND FRAZIER TO PASTOR BOLTER IS NEVERTHELESS A DIRECT ONE. SLOGANS LIKE SAVE GIRLS, SPORTS X, X DOES NOT EQUAL X, Y, AND THE REFUSAL TO ADDRESS TRANSGENDER TRANSGENDER PEOPLE BY THEIR PROPER PRONOUNS CHARACTERIZE THE IGNORANCE AND BIGOTRY OF TRUSTEES. BLADES AND FRAZIER MERCHANDISE WAS. SUCH HATEFUL SLOGANS APPEAR ON OUR CAMPUSES AS SOME OF THE UNFORTUNATE CONSEQUENCES OF FREE SPEECH RIGHTS. IF WE AUTHORIZE A SUPERINTENDENT TO CENSOR SPEECH ON CAMPUS THAT CENSORSHIP SHOULD BEGIN WITH MERCHANDISE LIKE THAT. PASTOR VANCE BOLTER IS A CHRISTIAN TERRORIST WHO IS AN ADHERENT OF THE NEW APOSTOLIC REFORMATION, A MOVEMENT THAT JUSTIFIES USING VIOLENCE IN THE QUEST OF ACHIEVING A ACHIEVING A TOTALITARIAN ORDER THAT REJECTS ANY BELIEFS OTHER THAN ITS OWN. IN A SERMON IN 2023, HE ASSERTED THAT PEOPLE, QUOTE, WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT SEX THEY ARE, UNQUOTE WERE DESTROYING AMERICA. HE CLAIMED, QUOTE, THE ENEMY HAS GOTTEN SO FAR INTO THEIR MIND AND SOUL, UNQUOTE, FROM BLADES TO FRAZIER TO BOLTER. THE MESSAGE IS THE SAME TRANSGENDER PEOPLE ARE NOT PART OF THE GODLY ORDER. THEY PERCEIVE. THE PRIDE FLAG IS A SYMBOL OF PEACE AND ACCEPTANCE FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT FALL WITHIN THE BINARY WORLD, OF THOSE WHO WOULD DENY THEIR VERY EXISTENCE AS NORMAL AND NATURAL. TRANSPHOBIC MERCHANDISE AND THE PRIDE FLAG ARE COMPONENTS OF THE SOCIAL DISCOURSE OF OUR TIME. THANK YOU. IT IS A PART OF FREE [02:30:04] SPEECH. OUR NEXT GROUP OF SPEAKERS, LESLIE ALEXANDER, SHANEE MURRAY. PERLA CASTILLO. MISS BRODOWSKI, AND COLLEEN WOULD MISS ALEXANDER. YES, PROTECT, SERVE, ADVOCATE AND SAFETY IS A TOP PRIORITY. THESE ARE ALL CAMPAIGN STATEMENTS FROM MRS. BLADES. MRS. BLADES, WOULD YOU SAY THOSE STATEMENTS WERE TRUE WHEN YOU RUSHED THE COMPLETION OF THE WALLS AT TRAVIS RANCH? THE ANSWER IS NO. YOU RISKED THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS BY RUSHING THE COMPLETION OF THE WALLS AND WILLFULLY SKIPPING THE LEGALLY REQUIRED SAFETY APPROVAL FROM DSA, AN APPROVAL THAT EXISTS TO PREVENT INJURY AND PROTECT STUDENTS LIVES. OUR DISTRICT IS SPENDING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX THE UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT YOU CREATED. AFTER YOUR WRONGDOING WAS EXPOSED, YOU DEFLECTED RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR MISCONDUCT AND POSTED A STATEMENT WHICH INCLUDED THIS PHRASE. THE KEY ISSUE IS THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS HAVE WALLS. WRONG AGAIN, MRS. BLADES. THE KEY ISSUE IS ALWAYS STUDENT SAFETY. THIS WASN'T THE FIRST TIME YOU RISKED STUDENT SAFETY. YOU ALSO SUPPORTED THE FALSE CLAIMS OF ALEX CHERNUS REGARDING DSA APPROVAL FOR USC AT THE CASA LOMA BUILDING. HOWEVER, DSA STEPPED IN AND SHUT THAT PROJECT DOWN. YOUR CHOICE TO RISK SAFETY OF STUDENTS IS UNCONSCIONABLE AND A FLAGRANT VIOLATION OF PUBLIC TRUST, AND SHOULD DISQUALIFY YOU FROM A SEAT ON THIS BOARD. MRS. BLADES, HOW MANY MORE TIMES DO YOU PLAN TO RISK THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS FOR YOUR OWN SELFISH AMBITION? STUDENTS DO NOT NEED A TRUSTEE WHO REPEATEDLY AND INTENTIONALLY RISKS THEIR SAFETY. INSTEAD, STUDENTS DESERVE A TRUSTEE WHO WILL ALWAYS PUT THEIR SAFETY FIRST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS ALEXANDER. MISS MURRAY. HI, I'M SHANI MURRAY AND I'M NOW THE PROUD PARENT OF TWO PIL GRADS, CLASS OF 2021 AND 2025. I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS DISTRICT AND ITS AMAZING EDUCATORS, AND I HOPE THE DISTRICT REMAINS STRONG FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. I'M HERE TO ASK THE BOARD TO PRIORITIZE STUDENTS, SUPPORT TEACHERS, AND ENSURE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. DON'T FALL FOR CULTURE WAR DISTRACTIONS THAT POLITICIZE AND DIVIDE OUR COMMUNITY. RAINBOW FLAGS AREN'T HURTING ANYONE. INSTEAD, FOCUS ON ADDRESSING THE UNCHECKED FUNDING PUSHED THROUGH BY CHERNISS AND THE PREVIOUS BOARD. MAJORITY. PROTECT DISTRICT RESOURCES FROM OUTSIDE CHARTERS, MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS, BUT TRANSPARENTLY WORK WITHIN OUR BUDGET CONSTRAINTS. MARILYN, I LOVE THAT YOUR LEADERSHIP ERRS ON THE SIDE OF KINDNESS. PLEASE KEEP FIGHTING FOR ALL STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AS YOU DEAL WITH THIS FINANCIAL INSTABILITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS MURRAY. PERLA CASTILLO. AS SOMEONE WHO HAS MOVED MY CHILD TO AN AFFILIATED CHARTER SCHOOL AND CONSIDERED LEAVING THE DISTRICT ENTIRELY, THE REASON IT HAS NOT BEEN THE AVAILABILITY OF SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS. AGAIN, IT'S NOT THE SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS. INSTEAD, IT WAS THE HOPE THAT SOME PLACE ELSE MY CHILD WOULD RECEIVE THE PROMISES MADE BY OUR DISTRICT AND THESE PROMISES THAT THEY WOULD BE EMPOWERED THROUGH RELEVANT EXPERIENCES THAT WERE ETHICAL, RESPONSIBLE, AND TO HELP THEM CONTRIBUTE TO BE CONTRIBUTING CITIZENS. IT'S SUMMER, AND IT'S THE TIME WHERE PARENTS REALIZE JUST HOW IMPORTANT SCHOOL STAFF IS. THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THE FRONT LINES OF OUR SCHOOLS, WHO WHO THE DECISION MAKERS SPEND FIVE MINUTES AT DESPITE BEING OVERWORKED AND UNDERPAID AND HAVING TO JUMP THROUGH IMPOSSIBLE HOOPS, CERTIFIED CLASSIFIED SUPPORT STAFF AND ADMIN ASKED THEMSELVES EVERY DAY, HAS THIS CHILD EATEN? DO THEY FEEL SAFE AT SCHOOL? HOW CAN I HELP THIS CHILD LEARN AND WHAT IS THEIR BEHAVIOR? TRYING TO COMMUNICATE. STUDENTS ARE IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS EVERYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THIS DISTRICT IS NO EXCEPTION. OUR KIDS SEE US ADULTS ARGUING ON ITEMS THAT SANCTION THEIR INDIVIDUALITY AND PERSONHOOD UNTIL, AS A DISTRICT, WE SUPPORT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WHO WILL GROW UP AND GOVERN AND VOTE FOR THE FOR ITEMS THAT WILL AFFECT THEIR GENERATION AND OUR GENERATION. WE WILL CONTINUE SEEING A DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT AND AN INCREASE IN ABSENCES AND BULLYING. OUR EMPLOYEES PUT OUR DIFFERENCES, EGOS, POLITICAL BELIEFS AND IDEALS ASIDE TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS, BUT WE CANNOT DO IT ALONE. TOLERANCE AND KINDNESS STARTS WITH YOU, SO YOU CANNOT SEEK BELONGING AND SAFETY IF WE DO NOT PROVIDE INCLUSION. THANK YOU, MISS CASTILLO. MISS BRODOWSKI. BONJOUR. AS YOU HEARD FROM ADAM JACKSON, THE FRENCH PROGRAM IS BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM BOTH ESPERANZA AND YORBA LINDA HIGH [02:35:04] SCHOOLS. THIS IS A TRAVESTY. NOT JUST UNFORTUNATE, BUT UNJUST AND DEEPLY WRONG. THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS WITH LOWER ENROLL ENROLLMENT THAT REMAIN UNTOUCHED. THE FRENCH TEACHERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN TO COLLABORATE AND FIND SOLUTIONS. I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS DECISION ON ANY BOARD AGENDAS WHICH SUGGEST IT WAS MADE WITHOUT YOUR INPUT OR PUBLIC VOTE. THAT'S DEEPLY CONCERNING. IT APPEARS THE EXECUTIVE CABINET IS SITTING ENROLLMENT. ESPERANZA. ARE THEY TRYING TO SHUT THE SCHOOL DOWN OR GIVE AWAY THE ENTIRE CAMPUS TO A CHARTER? ESPERANZA IS BEING GUTTED. THE EXECUTIVE CABINET TOOK AWAY THE TEACHER PATHWAY PROGRAM. NOW FRENCH IS BEING CUT. THEY'VE MOVED THE SPANISH DOLLAR FROM ITS FEEDER OCZKUS. AND THE SAND VOLLEYBALL COURTS, APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY, ARE INDEFINITELY DELAYED. WHY ISN'T ESPERANZA GETTING THE SUPPORT IT NEEDS TO GROW AND THRIVE? ALSO, WHY ISN'T ISAIAH GATES BACK? HOW LONG WILL HE REMAIN ON PAID LEAVE? THIS IS AN IRRESPONSIBLE USE OF STUDENT FUNDS. WE COULD BALANCE OUR BUDGET BETTER IF WE WEREN'T DOUBLE PAYING INTERIM EXECUTIVES. WE TALK ABOUT ALL THIS WASTE OF MONEY, BUT WE'RE DOUBLE PAYING PEOPLE. PLEASE STOP DISMANTLING ESPERANZA AND PLEASE FIGHT FOR FRENCH MERCY. THANK YOU, MISS BRODOWSKI. COLLEEN WOULD. I'M THE PROUD PARENT OF A NEWLY PROMOTED MIDDLE SCHOOLER AND AN ELEMENTARY STUDENT. FIRST, I FIND THE TIMING OF THE FLAG DISPLAY RESOLUTION TROUBLING. IT COMES SHORTLY AFTER TRUSTEE BLADES FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE A VIDEO COMMENT POSTED IN RESPONSE TO ONE OF HER SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, A VIDEO THAT APPEARED TO SHOW A PRIDE FLAG BEING AGGRESSIVELY TAKEN FROM AN OC STUDENT. WHILE SHE INTERACTED WITH POSTS SURROUNDING IT. SHE CHOSE NOT TO COMMENT ON THIS INCIDENT, NOR DID SHE SPEAK UP FOR THE STUDENT, WHO SEEMED TO BE TAUNTED AND BULLIED. RATHER THAN CONDEMNING THAT BEHAVIOR OR SHOWING SUPPORT, WE ARE NOW FACED WITH A PROPOSED POLICY THAT WOULD APPEAR TO PROHIBIT THE DISPLAY OF SUCH FLAGS ALTOGETHER. HOW DOES THIS ALIGN WITH TINKER VERSUS THE TINKER VERSUS DES MOINES DECISION, WHICH CLEARLY AFFIRMS THAT STUDENTS DO NOT SHED THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH OR EXPRESSION AT THE SCHOOLHOUSE GATES, ONE HAS TO WONDER, DOES TRUSTEE BLADES TRULY CARE ABOUT STUDENTS SAFETY AND EXPRESSION? OR IS THIS RESOLUTION A DISTRACTION FROM THE USC PRESENTATION? ALSO ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IN THAT REPORT, IT IS NOTED THAT 3.7 MILLION WAS SPENT LAST YEAR ON THAT PATHWAY PROGRAM. INTERESTINGLY, ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, TRUSTEE BLADES POSTED ON INSTAGRAM, CALLING IT A LIE THAT THAT PROGRAM COST $3.6 MILLION. IF ANYTHING, WE UNDERESTIMATED BY $100,000. THANK YOU, MISS WOOD. OUR NEXT GROUP OF SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT, PRIYA JOAN HERRICK, LINDA COHN, AND VALERIE MENDEZ. PRIYA. YOU'RE UP. THERE'S A YOUNG PERSON THAT CAME IN JUST AS WE WERE STARTING WHO WANTED TO SPEAK. SO I ASK THAT YOU ALL LET HER SPEAK LIKE WE'VE DONE FOR MANY PEOPLE BEFORE. GOOD EVENING. NEARLY ONE WEEK AGO, OUR FAMILY CHEERED AS OUR ELDEST DAUGHTER GRADUATED FROM PYLUSD. AFTER 13 YEARS IN THE DISTRICT. CONGRATULATIONS AS WELL, TRUSTEE BLADES TO YOUR SON WHO GRADUATED ALONG WITH HER AND 330 OTHER STUDENTS AT YORBA LINDA HIGH SCHOOL TRUSTEES. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO EASY TO SEND OUR YOUNGER DAUGHTER TO THE SAME SCHOOL AS HER SISTER. INSTEAD, I DRIVE 40 MINUTES AT LEAST ROUND TRIP TWICE EVERY DAY TO A SCHOOL OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT. BECAUSE WE MADE THAT DECISION, AND BECAUSE WE BELIEVE PYLUSD IS NOT SAFE FOR LGBTQ PLUS KIDS, THERE WAS NO INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THESE KIDS PRIOR TO 2020, AND SINCE 2020, WE HAVE SEEN RELENTLESS ATTACKS ON THIS GROUP OF STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND FAMILIES. I DON'T HAVE TIME HERE TO LIST ALL THE WAYS IN WHICH THE BULLYING OF THESE STUDENTS WAS MODELED BY BOARD MEMBERS, BUT WE CAN ALL EASILY REFERENCE THE LAST FEW MONTHS IN WHICH SOME TRUSTEES HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN BULLYING OF A SPECIFIC TRANSGENDER CHILD, IN FEAR MONGERING AROUND TRANS GIRLS, IN THE REFUSAL TO EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TRANS STUDENTS EXIST BY USING THEIR CORRECT PRONOUNS, AND NOW BRINGING FOR CONSIDERATION A CLUMSY ATTEMPT TO BAN THE PRIDE FLAG, WE HAVE SEEN AN UPTICK IN BULLYING OF LGBTQ STUDENTS, AND I WON'T GO INTO IT BECAUSE IT WAS JUST OKAY. PLEASE DO BETTER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. PRIYA JOAN HERRICK. I HATE TO START THIS [02:40:01] WAY, BUT THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS WE HEARD TRUSTEE BLADES AND FRAZIER PROMOTE A RESOLUTION TO BAN TRANS ATHLETES IN HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS. THE CAMPAIGN TO, QUOTE, SAVE OUR GIRLS IS MISGUIDED, IGNORANT, FEAR MONGERING. GIRLS DON'T NEED TO BE PROTECTED FROM A TRANS ATHLETE. INSTEAD, THEY NEED TO BE PROTECTED FROM YOU AND OTHER ADULTS WHO BULLY MINORS AND CHILDREN. THE GIRL WAS THE TRANS ATHLETE WAS 16. BULLYING BEHAVIOR AT RECENT TRACK MEET BROUGHT SHAME AND EMBARRASSMENT TO OUR DISTRICT. NOW WE'RE FACING ANOTHER DANGER TO OUR IMMIGRANT POPULATION. THEY'RE LIVING IN FEAR RIGHT NOW, AND WE NEED TO BE PROACTIVE IN PROTECTING THEM AND HELPING THEM FEEL SAFE. CHANGING THE SUBJECT REGARDING THE FLAG BAN, IT APPEARS TO BE, AS OTHERS HAVE SAID, A BAN ON THE PRIDE FLAG. WHAT ABOUT THIS FLAG? THIS FLAG IS A COMBINATION OF LGBTQ BLACK AND BROWN INDIVIDUALS, AND STUDENTS SEE THIS AS A REPRESENTATION THAT THEY ARE, THAT THEY HAVE ALLIES THAT THEY'RE SEEING, THAT THEY'RE HEARD. PL USD IS A COMMUNITY OF POSITIVITY, POSSIBILITY, PROMISE AND PROGRESS. WE HOPE THAT THAT WILL CONTINUE. THANK YOU, MISS HERRICK. MISS COHEN. I'M GOING TO TRY TO CLEAR UP SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THE DISCUSSION THAT'S BEEN GOING ON. AND IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT ABOUT THE KIND OF BONDS THAT ARE BEING PAID OFF. MISS VELASCO HAS VERY CLEARLY INDICATED THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY ON A PAYMENT SCHEDULE TO PAY OFF THE COPS BONDS. I BELIEVE ■THESE BONDS STAND FOR CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION, AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE PAID OFF IN FULL IN APPROXIMATELY FOUR YEARS. I COULD BE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE OFF ON THAT. BUT MISS VELASCO CAN CAN CLARIFY THAT. TRUSTEE BUCK IS TALKING ABOUT CAPITAL APPRECIATION BONDS, WHICH ARE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT TYPE OF BOND THAN THE COPS BONDS. AND THE PAYOFF FOR THE TWO BONDS THAT SHE VOTED FOR WILL NOT BEGIN UNTIL APPROXIMATELY, I BELIEVE, 2032 AND WILL CONTINUE ON UNTIL 2049. THE ISSUE WITH THE BONDS. IS THAT BECAUSE OF THEIR VERY NATURE, WE GOT $48 MILLION IN LOANS WITH A PAYBACK OF $439 MILLION, WHICH IS NINE TIMES THE AMOUNT ORIGINALLY LOANED. IT'S NOT THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A BALLOON PAYMENT, IT'S THAT $40 MILLION LOAN BALLOONS INTO $439 MILLION PAYBACK. THAT IS THE ISSUE. THANK YOU, MISS COHEN AND VALERIE MENDEZ. SO I ACTUALLY CAME HERE JUST TO SEE WHAT THIS WAS ABOUT, BUT YOU GUYS BROUGHT SOMETHING UP THAT REALLY WAS HEARTFELT TO ME, SO I WANT TO BRING IT UP. MY NAME IS VALERIE MENDEZ, AND I'M SPEAKING TODAY AS A CONCERNED PARENT OF A HIGH SCHOOL AP STUDENT AND STUDENT ATHLETE IN THIS DISTRICT. AFTER LISTENING TO THE DISTRICT SURVEY RESULTS SHOWING THAT MANY STUDENTS DON'T FEEL SAFE ON CAMPUS, I FEEL COMPELLED TO SPEAK. MY SON HAS EXPERIENCED THIS FIRSTHAND. HE HAS BEEN THE TARGET OF BULLYING ALONG WITH OTHER STUDENTS. AND WHEN HE FINALLY DEFENDED HIMSELF, THE SITUATION ESCALATED TO THE POINT THAT HE REQUIRED SURGERY, WAS ARRESTED BY THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER, WHICH IS HEARTBREAKING AND FRANKLY, UNACCEPTABLE. WHAT'S EVEN MORE TROUBLING IS THAT DESPITE THIS SERIOUS INCIDENT, THE STEPS THAT WERE TAKEN TO ADDRESS THE BULLYING WERE INADEQUATE. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED AND THE SAFETY CONCERNS REMAINED. NO CHILD SHOULD EVER FEEL UNSAFE AT SCHOOL. NO PARENT SHOULD WORRY THAT THEIR CHILD'S WELL-BEING IS AT RISK JUST BY SHOWING UP TO LEARN. THE MESSAGE THESE EXPERIENCES SEND IS THAT BULLYING CAN GO UNCHECKED, IS DEEPLY DAMAGING TO STUDENTS MENTAL HEALTH AND TRUST IN THEIR SCHOOLS. I URGE THE DISTRICT TO TAKE MEANINGFUL STEPS TO STRENGTHEN SAFETY PROTOCOLS, ENFORCE ANTI-BULLYING POLICIES WITH ACCOUNTABILITY, AND ENSURE THAT WHEN STUDENTS REPORT BEING THREATENED, THAT THEY ARE HEARD AND PROTECTED. OUR SCHOOLS MUST REMAIN SAFE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE EVERY STUDENT CAN ACTUALLY THRIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS MENDEZ. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS WHO FILLED OUT A BLUE CARD. DO WE HAVE A STUDENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? YES. OH, NOT. NO, NO. WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE. AND WE. [02:45:28] ALL RIGHT. HELLO. SCHOOL BOARD. MY NAME IS RYAN, AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF PRIDE AT THE PIER AND THE LGBTQ. PLUS STUDENTS IN YOUR COMMUNITY. TODAY, I COME BEFORE YOU TO SPEAK ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 26. AND BEFORE I GET INTO IT, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CONCERNED PARENTS OF THE DISTRICT FOR DEFENDING THEIR LGBTQ PLUS STUDENTS, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I REALLY WISH I HAD WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL. THIS IS VERY OBVIOUSLY A PRIDE FLAG BAN THAT'S USING THE SAME LANGUAGE THAT WAS PASSED IN HUNTINGTON BEACH AND WAS ATTEMPTED TO BE PASSED BY BOTH THE ALLIES OF BY BOTH ALISO VIEJO AND THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD. ADDITIONALLY, THIS WAS SLID IN QUIETLY AFTER GRADUATIONS WHEN STUDENTS WERE EXPONENTIALLY LESS LIKELY TO ATTEND AND SPEAK THEIR MINDS. SEEING REPRESENTATION AND BEING ACKNOWLEDGED FOR BEING YOUR AUTHENTIC SELF GOES SO FAR TO HELPING THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN YOUR DISTRICT ABOUT TO GO OUT INTO THE WORLD. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND THE FLAG IS PART OF THAT. THANK YOU. AND THAT NOW CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS, MADAM PRESIDENT. [16. ACTION ITEMS - GENERAL FUNCTIONS] OKAY. WE'RE ON TO MOTION 16.1. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE REVISIONS TO BOARD POLICY 5124 PROMOTION. ACCELERATION. RETENTION. FIRST READING. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. BUCK. A SECOND BY MRS. QUINTERO. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR YOUNG OR TO DOCTOR LEON. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT ANDERSON. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR MORENO AND EXECUTIVE CABINET. THIS EVENING, WE ARE PROPOSING A REVISION TO BOARD POLICY 5001 24 PROMOTION, ACCELERATION, RETENTION TO INCLUDE LANGUAGE CONSISTENT WITH GAMUT PERTAINING TO CRITERIA AND PROFICIENCY MEASURES. SCHOOL DISTRICTS NEED TO INCORPORATE. CHANGES WERE MADE IN ORDER TO UPDATE AND STREAMLINE OUR PROCESS. SOME OF THOSE CHANGES WERE THE REMOVAL OF HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION. SINCE RETENTION IS NOT A PRACTICE IN HIGH SCHOOL. RATHER, CREDIT RECOVERY IS A PROCESS FOLLOWED. IN ADDITION, SINCE THE LAST REVISION OF THIS POLICY WAS IN 2009, SOME OF THE INTERVENTION OPTIONS, SUCH AS SATURDAY SCHOOL OR MANDATORY SUMMER SCHOOL, MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE. INSTEAD, WE ADDED EDUCATION CODE 48 070.5, WHICH REFERENCES OFFERING AN APPROPRIATE PROGRAM OF REMEDIAL INSTRUCTION TO ASSIST THE STUDENT IN MEETING GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS PROPOSED REVISION. I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE UPDATING OUR POLICIES AS WE NEED TO. I HAVE ONE COMMENT AS I WAS READING THIS PARAGRAPH TWO AT THE END SEEMS VERY REDUNDANT. TO THE NEXT PARAGRAPH THAT WAS ADDED IN. SO IT TALKS ABOUT IN SUCH CASES, THE SCHOOL TEAM SHALL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE SCHOOLS, THE STUDENTS, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL GROWTH AS WELL AS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT WHEN MAKING SUCH A DETERMINATION. AND THEN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH SAYS WHEN HIGH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IS EVIDENT, THE TEACHER MAY RECOMMEND A STUDENT FOR ACCELERATION TO HIGHER GRADE LEVEL. THE STUDENT'S MATURITY LEVEL SHALL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN MAKING A DETERMINATION TO ACCELERATE THE STUDENT. SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO KEEP THE NEW LANGUAGE AND THEN MAYBE GET RID OF THAT OTHER PORTION. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE'RE SAYING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER. OKAY. COME BACK FOR A SECOND. YEAH. THAT WAS IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. [02:50:03] OH, I SHOULD HAVE ASKED. MR. FRAZIER, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO, MA'AM. I'M GOOD. OKAY, PERFECT. OKAY, WE'LL DO A VOTE. MRS. BLADES. I, MRS. QUINTERO. HI, MR. FRAZIER, HI, MRS. BUCK, I AND I AM ALSO AN I. SO THE MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE REVISED 2025 BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING SCHEDULE. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. QUINTERO. A SECOND BY MRS. BUCK. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR SERINO. YEAH, THE RECOMMENDATION IS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M SORRY. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADD A JULY MEETING. CURRENTLY, THERE IS NOT A MEETING HELD IN JULY. AND WHAT IS THE JUSTIFICATION FOR ADDING IT? WELL, PRIMARILY, WE WILL HIRE PEOPLE OVER THE COURSE OF BETWEEN THIS BOARD MEETING AND THE TIME SCHOOL STARTS. AND TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYONE IN THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACE BY THE START OF SCHOOL. WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT MEETING. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. YEAH, I GOT A QUESTION. OH, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. WHAT? WE DID NOT HAVE A JULY MEETING LAST YEAR AND WE'RE JUST FINE. THE ONLY THING I DO SEE BEING AN ISSUE IS NEEDING TO HAVE POTENTIAL MEETINGS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH. AND I WOULD HATE TO GIVE UP A DATE. WE MIGHT NEED OTHERWISE. YEAH. AND YEAH, WE CERTAINLY COULD HAVE THAT ON THERE. OR IT COULD BE SEPARATE. WE HAVE THE MATERIAL REVISIONS FROM TONIGHT FOR OAKS. SO THERE ARE SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT COULD ALSO BE PUT ON THAT BOARD. BUT PRIMARILY IT IS FOR HIRING PURPOSES, STAFFING PURPOSES. SO WE COULD HAVE I'M JUST GOING TO SAY I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED TO ADD ADD ANOTHER MEETING ON CALENDAR SPECIFICALLY SEEING. WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO ADD ONE WHEN WE NEED IT ANYWAY. I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S SAYING. REMEMBER WHEN WE MET WITH THE CONSULTANTS AND THEY SAID THAT WE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY MORE JULY MEETINGS AND STUFF? AND SO I THINK WHAT HE'S TRYING TO SAY IS IF WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING IN THAT MEETING, WE COULD JUST PIGGYBACK ON ON TOP OF IT. I LIKE TO HAVE THIS ONE BECAUSE IT'S BLOCKED OFF. NOW. WE COULD ALWAYS ADD THE SUPERINTENDENT PIECE TO IT. AND THOSE I MEAN THEY'RE HAVING IT ON THE CALENDAR NOW WILL MAKE IT EASIER VERSUS LATER WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO PUT A CALENDAR TOGETHER WITH ALL OF US. YEAH. BECAUSE WE CAN ASK THEM TO COME BACK AND REPORT FROM ALL OF THE KIND OF MOVE UP THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH BY HAVING THEM SET OF REPORTING OUT WHAT THEY FOUND IN THEIR. COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND INPUT SESSIONS. AND INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM REPORT IN AUGUST LIKE ORIGINALLY PLANNED, THEY THEY COULD COME IN JULY POTENTIALLY. I UNDERSTAND, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE A MEETING IN JULY SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE TRUSTEES WERE GONE FOR VACATION. AND SO VACATIONS HAVE BEEN PLANNED NOW FOR JULY. IS THERE SOMEONE WHO'S NOT AVAILABLE? BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT. I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO BE AVAILABLE. I DON'T KNOW IF TODD'S AVAILABLE. I'M AVAILABLE. I DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO BE GONE. I WAS JUST SAYING, FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT OF IF PUTTING SOMETHING ON THE CALENDAR JUST POTENTIALLY LIMITS US. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. I KNOW PERSONALLY, BECAUSE WE CAN ALWAYS CANCEL IT. I DON'T THINK IT LIMIT. I THINK IT LOCKS US IN TO AT LEAST ONE DATE. OH. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. ARE WE READY FOR THE VOTE? OKAY, MRS. BLADES, I. MRS. QUINTERO, MR. FRAZIER. NO, I BUCK AND I'M ALSO AN I. SO THE MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 1. OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE LOCAL CONTROL AND [17. ACTION ITEMS - EDUCATIONAL SERVICES] ACCOUNTABILITY ABILITY PLAN. LCAP AND FEDERAL ADDENDUM FOR THE 2526 FISCAL YEAR. SECOND. [02:55:04] OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. BUCK, A SECOND BY MRS. QUINTERO. AND AT THIS TIME, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR YOUNG. THANK YOU. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE ADOPTION OF THE PLAN. WE HELD OUR PUBLIC HEARING LAST MONTH AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY REVISIONS. AND SO WE ARE BRINGING IT TO YOU FOR FINAL ADOPTION THIS EVENING. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD ABOUT IT? I WAS JUST WANTING TO KNOW BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE BEING CUT. SO LIKE LIKE THE FRENCH PROGRAM TONIGHT AND WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, DUAL LANGUAGE. IS IT GOING TO BE A TOUGH FREE OR NOT. AND WE'RE HAVING THIS BUDGET DEFICIT, BUT WE'RE PUTTING $5 MILLION INTO VALENCIA KITCHEN. AND SO I FEEL LIKE THERE'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, A LOT OF MOVING PARTS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED. THERE'S A LOT, A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, A LOT OF QUESTIONS BEING ASKED AND A LOT OF PROGRAMS BEING CUT, A LOT OF JUST A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON. AND I DON'T THINK THE LCAP REALLY ADDRESSED IT OR SOME OF THE QUESTIONS HAVEN'T BEEN ANSWERED. SO THE $5 MILLION FOR THE VALENCIA KITCHEN IS THAT IN THIS BUDGET? IT'S IN THE BUDGET, BUT IT'S IN A SEPARATE FUND. IT'S NOT IN THE GENERAL FUND. OKAY. SO THE MONEY'S ALREADY AVAILABLE. AND WHERE IS THAT COMING FROM? 20 IT'S IN FUND 25, WHICH WAS WHAT THE CAPITAL FACILITIES FUND AND IT POSSIBLY COULD. PART OF IT MIGHT BE COMING OUT OF FUND 40 ALSO, WHICH IS OH GOSH, WHAT IS IT. THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FUND IS THAT 25? JUST GIVE ME A SECOND AND I'LL TELL YOU THE FULL NAME. IT'S I THINK IT'S OUR FACILITIES FUND. IS THAT FACILITIES AND DEVELOPER FEES AND ALL THAT. SO DEVELOPER FEES AND REDEVELOPMENT COME OUT OF 25. FUND 40 IS THE CITY OF YORBA LINDA'S SETTLEMENT MONEY THAT WE GET. AND THAT'S WHAT PAYS OUR COP PAYMENTS OUT OF FUND 40. BUT THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THAT WAS LEFT IN THERE. YEAH, IT'S CALLED SPECIAL RESERVE FUND FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECTS. IT'S A LONG NAME, BUT THAT IS SEPARATE FUNDS. AND SO IT'S NOT PART OF THE GENERAL FUND. SO IT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE DEFICIT PART OF ANYTHING. OKAY. AND SO WE HAVEN'T DECIDED WITH ALL THESE ALL THE SOUTHERN FRENCH PROGRAMS ARE LEAVING AND ALL THE STUFF THE LAST MINUTE. HOW COME THAT WASN'T BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD? THOSE TWO SCHOOLS, ALL THE SCHOOLS BUILD THEIR MASTER SCHEDULES BASED OFF OF THE STUDENTS NEEDS ASSESSMENTS. AND THEN FROM THERE, THE PRINCIPALS LOOK AT THEIR STAFFING AND DETERMINE WHICH SECTIONS THEY CAN FUND AND WHICH ELECTIVE COURSES THEY'RE GOING TO OFFER. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS INVOLVED AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL OR EVEN THE BOARD LEVEL. THE SITES RUN THEIR MASTER SCHEDULES BASED OFF OF THEIR NEEDS ASSESSMENTS. SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WERE INVOLVED WITH. SO, SO THE PRINCIPALS AT YORBA LINDA AND ESPERANZA JUST SAID, WE'RE CUTTING FRENCH, SO TOMORROW THEY CAN DECIDE WE'RE CUTTING SPANISH AND WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO ACCEPT IT. IT'S BASED OFF OF THE NEEDS ASSESSMENTS. AND SO WHEN THE STUDENTS ARE PUTTING IN THEIR COURSE REQUESTS, IF THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH NUMBERS TO RUN A FULL SECTION, THEN IT'S A DECISION THAT THEY HAD TO MAKE BASED OFF OF TIGHTER STAFFING. SO WHEN WE WHEN THEY GOT RID OF THE VIDEO PRODUCTION, THAT WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS ONLY LIKE 8 OR 10 KIDS IN THERE AT ESPERANZA. AND SAME WITH THE TEACHING PATHWAY. AND THE TEACHING PATHWAY WAS A REQUEST FROM THE PRINCIPAL AT THE TIME, BECAUSE THERE WERE TOO MANY PROGRAMS AT THE SITE, AND THAT WAS A LOW ENROLLED ONE. SO IT WAS A REQUEST FROM THE PRINCIPAL TO WHO, IF THE PRINCIPAL HAS THAT DISCRETION TO JUST CUT IT. WHO DID SHE HAVE TO THE PATHWAY FROM THE PATHWAY IS AN ROP PROGRAM. SO THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN THAT. SO THAT WAS A REQUEST BECAUSE IT WAS THROUGH ROP. AND SO THEY MET WITH ROP AND DISCUSSED THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. AND THAT'S WHERE THE DECISION WAS MADE TO PHASE IT OUT AND BRING IT INTO EL DORADO INSTEAD. SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE IS DID THEY SAY THEY WERE TRYING TO GET A FRENCH PROGRAM AT TUFFREY OR TOPAZ? WHERE DID THEY SAY A MIDDLE SCHOOL? I'M SORRY, A FRENCH KRAMER. SO THEY'RE TRYING TO GET A FRENCH CLASS IN KRAMER, BUT WE'RE TAKING AWAY FROM ESPERANZA AND YORBA LINDA. WE ARE NOT TAKING AWAY FROM ESPERANZA ON YORBA LINDA. THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDED THEIR STAFFING FOR NEXT YEAR, AND THEY BUILT THEIR SCHEDULE BASED OFF OF WHAT THE KIDS ARE INTERESTED IN TAKING. IT APPEARS THAT NOT ENOUGH STUDENTS EXPRESS AN INTEREST TO CONTINUE WITH FRENCH, SO THEY ARE GOING TO. SO THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO OFFER THE COURSES FOR THE KIDS THAT ARE IN IT. BUT THEY HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO ALLOW FRENCH ONE FOR THE COMING YEAR. SO SOMEONE JUST SAID, DID THE COUNSELORS OFFER IT OR WAS THIS JUST REMOVED? AND SO THERE WASN'T A COURSE OFFERING? I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT THEY DID OR DID NOT DO AS FAR AS COUNSELORS AT THEIR SPECIFIC SCHOOL. OKAY. NEXT YEAR, IF THE STUDENTS DECIDE THEY AND THEIR SURVEY THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, FRENCH OR OTHERWISE, WOULD THAT BE FACTORED IN OR CONSIDERED FROM THE SITE? YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE COULD TALK TO THEM ABOUT IS IF IT'S NOT BEING ADDED ON THEIR TO CONSIDER ADDING IT ON TO SEE IF THEY HAVE A STRONG INTEREST, [03:00:01] AND THEN FROM THERE MAKE THEIR STAFFING DETERMINATIONS. I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT LIKE WE DICTATE TO THEM NOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THE FUTURE THEY ALSO ARE MAKING THAT CONSIDERATION, BECAUSE IF IT CAN COME BACK, IF THAT'S THE INTEREST, THEN THAT WOULD BE GREAT. RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LCAP? IT'S NICE TO HAVE THIS WRAPPED UP FOR THE YEAR. THANKS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK TO EVERYBODY THAT WENT INTO THIS. IT'S MULTI MULTI MULTI MULTI MONTHS. SO THANK YOU TO THE WHOLE THANK YOU TO THE WHOLE TEAM. YEAH. YEAH. ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WHO PUT IN THEIR EFFORT INTO THE LCAP. THANK YOU. YEAH IT'S DEFINITELY A DISTRICT WIDE PROGRAM TO PUT THAT TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU GUYS. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL GETTING ALL THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND MAKING THOSE AVAILABLE AND THEN LISTENING TO OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. I GUESS WE'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. MRS. BLADES. NO, I, MRS. QUINTERO, IS AN I. MR. FRAZIER. I. MRS. I AND I AM ALSO AN I. SO MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 0. OKAY. NOW WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE LOCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN FOR OC. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE ADOPT THE LOCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNT. DID IT AGAIN. ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN LCAP FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE FOR THE 2526 FISCAL YEAR. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. BOCK, A SECOND BY MRS. QUINTERO. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? MY ONLY COMMENT WOULD BE IS WE HAVEN'T WE HAVE THAT MATERIAL REVISION COMING UP. AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS ALL DUE IN JUNE. SO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE MATERIAL REVISION AND LIKE THE WHOLE BUDGET THING, LIKE HOW DO WE PUSH AN LCAP FORWARD IF WE DON'T EVEN HAVE WE HAVE A MATERIAL REVISIONS COMING UP. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO I MEAN, WHAT ARE WE LIKE, WHAT ARE WE VOTING ON. AND THEN IF WE VOTE ON IT, CAN WE REVISE IT IF IT ALL CHANGES AGAIN NEXT MONTH? YEAH. NO. YEAH. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT. WELL THAT'S THAT'S THE QUESTION. DOES IT AFFECT THE LCAP. BECAUSE WE HAVE A PROGRAM IN PLACE. AND THEN THIS MATERIAL REVISION IS POSSIBLY CHANGING. SOME OF THE CORE TENETS OF THE PROGRAM. THE LCAP IS BASED ON THIS YEAR'S INFORMATION, CORRECT OR NEXT. THE MATERIAL REVISION AFFECTS NEXT YEAR'S CORRECT. AND IF THERE'S A MATERIAL REVISION OR ANY CHANGES THAT WOULD BE REFLECTED IN THE NEXT YEAR, LCAP. SO IT WON'T BE AN ISSUE FOR US TO CAPTURE IT THEN IF THINGS CHANGE FROM NOW TO THEN. AND AS I READ IT, IT IT SEEMS LIKE IT PRETTY MUCH ALMOST FOLLOWS. IDENTICAL TO THE DISTRICT'S IMPROVEMENT PLAN. IT WAS JUST A QUESTION. THAT'S ALL. I WAS JUST ASKING A QUESTION BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO SUBMIT SOMETHING AND THEN GO COMPLETELY OPPOSITE. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, MRS. BLADES, I, MRS. QUINTERO, I MR. FRAZIER, I MRS. BUCK I AND I AM ALSO AN I SO THE MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. MOVING ON TO 17.3 THE CONTINUITY PLAN. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE ADOPT THE 2526 INSTRUCTIONAL CONTINUITY PLAN, ICP, TO ENSURE ALL STUDENTS CAN ACCESS INSTRUCTION DURING A NATURAL DISASTER EMERGENCY. AS A REQUIRED COMPONENT OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL SAFETY PLAN. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. BUCK, A SECOND BY MRS. QUINTERO. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT'S COME TO US. YEAH. NO. GOOD JOB. OKAY, MRS. BLADES. HI. MRS. QUINTERO, I, MR. FRAZIER. HI, MRS. BUCK, I AND I'M ALSO AN I. SO MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. 17.4. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THE SCHOOL PLANS FOR STUDENT [03:05:04] ACHIEVEMENT. PSA FOR THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. BUCK, A SECOND BY MRS. BLADES. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE SCHOOL STAFF FOR PUTTING THESE TOGETHER. THIS WAS I WAS ON SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL FOR MANY YEARS, AND I KNOW THIS IS A LOT OF WORK ON THE SCHOOL SITE AND, AND I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE ABLE TO ASSESS THEIR OWN NEEDS AND BUILD A PLAN WITH THEIR BUDGET THAT'S BEST FOR THEIR STUDENTS. SO THANK YOU OUT THERE TO ALL THE PRINCIPALS AND SCHOOL SITE, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF AT ALL THE SITE LEVELS. OKAY, ARE WE READY TO VOTE? OKAY. MRS. BLADES, I. MRS. QUINTERO, MR. FRAZIER, I, MRS. BUCK, I AND I AM ALSO AND I AND SO MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. 17.5 I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE OR WE TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE. 2526 PROGRAMING FOR THE UNIVERSAL SPORTS INSTITUTE. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. BUCK AND A SECOND BY MRS. QUINTERO. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? IS THIS FOR US? I ISN'T THERE A PRESENTATION? YEAH, THERE IS A PRESENTATION. I MEAN, I COULD ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT. THANK YOU. WE INVITE DOCTOR HOLLOWAY AND PRINCIPAL POLCHOW TO PRESENT ON UNIVERSAL SPORTS INSTITUTE AND THEIR 2526 PROGRAMING. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT ANDERSON. TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR MUSOLINO AND EXECUTIVE CABINET. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE AN UPDATE ON THE UNIVERSAL SPORTS INSTITUTE AT PARKVIEW SCHOOL. AT THE FEBRUARY BOARD MEETING, WE SHARED THE GOALS OF THE USC PATHWAY, WHICH ARE TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN STUDENTS, PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY FOR STUDENT ATHLETES, AND BECOME A TRAINING HUB FOR THE DISTRICT. THAT MISSION HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED, AND WE ARE THRILLED TO SHARE THAT THE FIRST YEAR OF USC WAS A SUCCESS. AS YOU SEE HERE, FAMILIES HAVE SHARED HOW USC HAS BEEN LIFE CHANGING FOR THEM, HELPING THEIR STUDENTS BUILD CONFIDENCE, IMPROVE THEIR ATHLETIC ABILITIES AND DEVELOP A STRONGER MINDSET. PARENTS AND STUDENTS HAVE PRAISED THE SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT, PERSONAL GROWTH AND SENSE OF BELONGING THAT THEIR STUDENTS EXPERIENCED THROUGH THE PROGRAM. WE'VE ALSO SEEN STRONG ACADEMIC OUTCOMES, WITH THE AVERAGE PARKVIEW GPA BEING 3.3, WITH 57% OF OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS TAKING HONORS OR ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES. DURING A TIME OF OVERALL DECLINING ENROLLMENT, USC HAS PROVEN TO BE A POWERFUL DRAW. THIS YEAR, WE SAW A 99 STUDENT ENROLLMENT INCREASE DUE TO USC, WITH 30% COMING FROM OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT FOR THIS COMING YEAR, WE ARE ALREADY SEEING STRONG INTEREST, WITH 74 ADDITIONAL STUDENTS ENROLLING, 45% OF WHOM ARE COMING FROM OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT. THIS GRAPH SHOWS THE OVERALL ENROLLMENT FOR THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR. THE GRAY REPRESENTS STUDENTS FROM IN THE DISTRICT, WHILE THE YELLOW SIGNIFIES STUDENTS COMING FROM OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT. WITH 56% OF US STUDENTS RETURNING AND DAILY INQUIRIES FROM INTERESTED FAMILIES. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 120 PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS FOR THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR, WITH AN INCREASE OF ENROLLMENT ANTICIPATED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. OF THE STUDENTS RETURNING, 15 OF THEM ARE FROM OUT OF THE DISTRICT, MAKING FOR A TOTAL OF 48 FROM OUT OF DISTRICT. FOR THE 2520 SCHOOL YEAR. OF THOSE NOT RETURNING, A SMALL NUMBER HAVE EITHER GRADUATED OR MOVED OUT OF STATE, WHILE THE MAJORITY ARE TRANSFERRING BACK TO A COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL SITE WITHIN PYLUSD OR PRIVATE SCHOOL WITHIN PYLUSD. REPRESENTATION COMES FROM FIVE OF OUR SIX MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND ALL FOUR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS. WHILE WE'VE SEEN STRONG ENGAGEMENT OVERALL, WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH VALADÉS, KRAMER AND VALENCIA TO STRENGTHEN PARTICIPATION, INCLUDING RECENT COLLABORATIONS [03:10:01] WITH OUR SITE ADMINISTRATORS. WE BELIEVE THERE ARE VALUABLE EXPERIENCES, EXCUSE ME, OPPORTUNITIES TO EXTEND SIMILAR RESOURCES TO MORE STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. TO GUIDE NEXT STEPS. WE ADMINISTERED A PARENT SURVEY AND FORMED AN ADVISORY GROUP WITH DIVERSE VOICES FROM PARENTS AND STUDENTS TO SITE AND DISTRICT LEADERSHIP. PARENTS WERE CLEAR ABOUT THEIR PRIMARY GOALS FOR USC 87% VALUING STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING 81.3%. THE CONFIDENCE BUILDING AND THIRD MOST COMMON WAS THE FOCUS ON LONG TERM GROWTH IN ATHLETICS. MOST FAMILIES WANT A COMPREHENSIVE MODEL WITH STRENGTH, RECOVERY AND SPORTS SPECIFIC TRAINING ALL IN ONE. THE FIVE SPORTS THAT SHOWED THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF STUDENT INTEREST WERE BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, BASKETBALL, WRESTLING, AND SOCCER. THESE SPECIFIC SPORTS MAY GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIALIZED TRAINING OPTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR. AS PART OF THIS LONG TERM PLANNING, WE LAUNCHED A DISTRICT LED RFP PROCESS TO IDENTIFY A HIGHLY QUALIFIED, HIGH QUALITY ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE VENDOR FOR USC. THE ADVISORY GROUP MET TO REVIEW PARENT FEEDBACK, EVALUATE PROPOSALS USING A DECISION MAKING FRAMEWORK, AND INTERVIEWED OUR FINALISTS. OSLO WAS UNANIMOUSLY SELECTED FOR THEIR EXPERIENCE, PROFESSIONALISM AND STUDENT CENTERED APPROACH. SHARON RENTERIA, THE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS, WAS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE. SHE DID HAVE TO LEAVE BECAUSE SHE HAS TRAINING, SHE SAID. SHE HAS TO BE AT THE GYM AT 430 IN THE MORNING TOMORROW, SO SHE WISHED SHE COULD STAY. WE ALSO EXPLORED HOW TO MAKE THE USC PATHWAY MORE COST EFFECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE. THE WHITE BAR SIGNIFIES THE COST TO LAUNCH AND RUN THE PROGRAM LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, AND THE YELLOW BAR SIGNIFIES THE ESTIMATED ONGOING COSTS FOR NEXT YEAR. THE 23, 24 AND 2425 BUDGETS FOR USC WAS ROUGHLY 3.76 MILLION, OF WHICH 2.08 MILLION WERE ONE TIME COSTS. OUR ONGOING BUDGET FOR 2526 IS APPROXIMATELY 562,000. THIS BUDGET INCLUDES THE PROPOSED VENDOR, TWO SUPERVISORS, A PART TIME CUSTODIAN, A PART TIME INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT, AND SECRETARIAL HELP, ALONG WITH A FEW WALK ON COACHES, PERFORMANCE SOFTWARE AND A MINIMAL NUMBER OF MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES. ANOTHER FUTURE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO STRENGTHEN THIS PATHWAY BY HOUSING BOTH USC AND PARKVIEW ON THE SAME SITE. THIS WOULD REINFORCE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ACADEMICS AND ATHLETICS, MAKING IT EASIER FOR USC AND PARKVIEW TO COORDINATE SCHEDULES, FOSTER COMMUNICATION AMONG STAFF AND FAMILIES, AND PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH MORE INTEGRATED SUPPORT. THIS MODEL COULD ENHANCE BOTH THE ACADEMIC RIGOR AND THE ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT THAT USC STUDENTS RECEIVE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS PROPOSED MODEL AND ADDITIONAL NEXT STEPS THAT MAINTAIN THE FIDELITY TO THE PROGRAM'S QUALITY. STRENGTHEN THE ACADEMIC AND ATHLETIC ALIGNMENT, AND ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE DISTRICT'S FISCAL PRIORITIES. WE PRESENT THIS PATH FORWARD FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD A STRONG AND SCALABLE FUTURE FOR USC AT PARKVIEW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SUPPORT. WE ARE DEFINITELY PROUD OF WHAT HAS BEEN BUILT, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH YOU AS WE SHAPE THE FUTURE OF USC. MY FIRST QUESTION, AS YOU MENTIONED, PARKVIEW AND USC BEING ON THE SAME CAMPUS, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AND WHAT THAT VISION WOULD LOOK LIKE? YEAH, I MEAN, MISS POLCHOW AND I COMMUNICATE FREQUENTLY ABOUT, GOSH, YOU KNOW, SHE'S NOT SEEING THE SAME KIDS THAT I'M SEEING ON A DAILY BASIS, RIGHT? WE HAVE MORE ACCESS TO THOSE STUDENTS THAT ACTUALLY COME IN PERSON TO DO THE TRAINING SESSIONS. WE JUST THAT DISCONNECT IN AND NOT BEING ABLE TO TOUCH BASE AS FREQUENTLY WITH THOSE STUDENTS AND MONITOR THEIR ACADEMIC PROGRESS. I THINK THAT'S THE PART THAT WE NEED A LITTLE BIT, THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED A LITTLE MORE SUPPORT WITH, BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT ONUS RIGHT NOW IS CURRENTLY ON THE PARENTS, WHICH IT IS AN INDEPENDENT STUDY MODEL. BUT MANY OF OUR FAMILIES JOINING USC ARE NOT YOUR TYPICAL INDEPENDENT STUDY FAMILIES. SO HAVING A LITTLE MORE ALIGNMENT WITH THAT ACADEMIC SUPPORT WHERE RIGHT NOW USC IS AT OAKS AND PARKVIEW IS AT TEFFERI. SO WHAT WOULD THAT HOW WOULD THAT HAPPEN? AND THERE OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. WELL, I KNOW THAT THE OCSC. S STAFF AND DOCTOR GRAY CAN CAN CHIME IN IF HE'D LIKE. I KNOW THAT THEY WOULD SURE LOVE [03:15:03] TO GET THEIR MPR BACK. THAT WOULD BE A VALUABLE ASSET FOR A SCHOOL COMMUNITY. AND I DON'T HAVE COMMENTS ON THE COSTS AT THIS TIME, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN EXPLORE AND LOOK AT. AND AS FAR AS THE SPACE, I'M WE'RE OPEN TO IDEAS. I THINK IT MAKES SENSE THAT IT WOULD BE HOUSED TOGETHER. BUT I JUST IN THE CLIMATE THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW AND THE FISCAL SITUATION MOVING A WHOLE PROGRAM SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE ADDITIONAL COST IF WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE FOR IT YET. SO IT WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLACE FOR BOTH I, I AND I, WE DON'T AT THIS POINT. MY CONCERN IS THE OVERALL COST AND THE CONTINUED COST. SO FOR 120 STUDENTS, I JUST DID A LITTLE MATH AND IT'S APPROXIMATELY $3,300 A YEAR PER STUDENT. IF WE'RE ASSUMING 120, IF WE GO UP TO 150, IT DROPS IT TO AROUND 3500. IF WE GO TO 202,500. SO THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS. THAT COULD BE MY DAUGHTER. MY CHILDREN DID EXTRA TRAINING AND THIS KIND OF WORK. AND IT WAS IT WAS EXPENSIVE. IT WAS MORE THAN ANY OF THESE. BUT I THINK THAT THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT THAT COST IS, THE SACRIFICE WE'RE MAKING TO SPEND EXTRA ON 120 KIDS. IT'S LOVELY IN A PERFECT WORLD, BUT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT BUDGET CUTS, THAT IS AN EXTRA EXPENSE THAT I THINK WE NEED. THE TWO OPTIONS I THOUGHT OF WAS WE COULD CHARGE A MONTHLY FEE. AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT 120 STUDENTS OR 150 STUDENTS, ABOUT 350 A MONTH, AND IF WE GET UP TO 202 HUNDRED STUDENTS, IT'S ABOUT 250 A MONTH, WHICH IS REASONABLE FOR WHAT WE PAID FOR ACTUAL TRAINING AND STUFF OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL DAY. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT. MY SECOND OPTION WOULD BE TO TAKE THE FACILITY, TAKE USC AND BREAK IT INTO THE FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND TAKE THAT EQUIPMENT AND BROADEN IT SO THAT THERE ARE STUDENTS AT EVERY HIGH SCHOOL, THAT THERE'S A UCI PIECE TO IT OR USC PIECE TO IT. THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TWO VALENCIA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THIS COMING YEAR, WE HAD ZERO LAST YEAR. IT'S NOT WORKING FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS. WE HAVE ZERO VALADÉZ STUDENTS THERE. IT'S NOT WORKING FOR THEM EITHER. IF WE MOVE IT CLOSER AND MOVE IT ON TO THEIR CAMPUSES, THEY WOULD HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO IT AND WE'D BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT EQUIPMENT FOR MORE THAN 120 STUDENTS. SO THOSE ARE MY TWO OPTIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MONTHLY CHARGE IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT AT THAT RATE, OR MOVE IT SO THAT MORE KIDS CAN HAVE ACCESS TO IT, SO THAT IT WOULD ULTIMATELY TAKE THAT COST DOWN. HOW WOULD YOU MOVE? HOW WOULD YOU MOVE ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT AND GO, OH, GO AHEAD, TODD, GO AHEAD. SORRY. WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING HERE. I'M JUST SAYING THOSE THOSE CHANGES JUST KILL THE PROGRAM. IF YOU'RE GOING TO CHARGE FOR IT. YOU LOSE MOST OF THOSE STUDENTS PROBABLY. AND THE UNIQUE PIECE IS THE INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAM. THAT'S THE PART THAT MAKES IT UNIQUE BECAUSE THE TRAINING HAPPENS DURING THE DAY. THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO BE A UNIQUE OPTION FOR STUDENTS THAT FIT THE PROFILE FOR IT, AND THEN TO USE THE FACILITIES OUTSIDE OF THAT FOR OTHER STUDENTS. I, I COMPLETELY DISAGREE WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID, CARRIE, AND I THINK THAT THE QUESTION I HAVE, LADIES, IS THIS PROPOSED COST, LIKE THE COST THAT YOU PUT IN THERE THAT HAS NO REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH IT AT ALL. AND I KNOW THAT AS THESE ARE THERE IS ONE OF THE CLASSES THAT THE KIDS TAKE AT USC IS A PARKVIEW COURSE. ARE WE NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ANY OF THE REVENUE THAT COMES IN FROM THESE STUDENTS? BEING A PART OF THIS AS A TOTAL, IS THAT A NET COST VERSUS A GROSS COST? I JUST THINK I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS ACCURATE BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS. AND SO I WAS ALSO LOOKING TO AND I THINK THERE WAS 45 OUTSIDE STUDENTS. RIGHT. AND SO 45 STUDENTS TIMES 12,000. IS 540,000. AND SO THAT'S THE COST. SO I MEAN TECHNICALLY OUR OUTSIDE STUDENTS ARE KIND OF HELPING PAY FOR IT. AND SO 3300 WE GET 12,000 FOR EACH STUDENT. CORRECT. AND SO THEY TAKE UP ABOUT 3300. SO I WOULD GO WITH 12,500 OVERALL. THAT'S JUST AN AVERAGE. AND IT REALLY DEPENDS ON HOW YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THIS. SO MY FIRST POINT IS WE DON'T BECAUSE THIS IS A PROGRAM WE DON'T GO THROUGH AND ALLOCATE OUR LCFF MONEY OR ANY OF THAT KIND OF STUFF TO BUY SCHOOL. LCFF MONEY SUPPORTS EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT [03:20:05] THIS IS YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU COULD TAKE ACTUALLY 120 KIDS. LET'S JUST GO. WHOLE PROGRAM TIMES 1250 GIVES $1.5 MILLION. SO YOU'VE GOT THAT MONEY. SO WHAT COULD THAT MONEY PAY FOR? WE HAVE ROUGHLY THREE AND A HALF TEACHERS THAT COST ABOUT 420,000. THE USC EXPENSES WE JUST SAW WAS ABOUT 562,000. ESTIMATING ALL OF THE OTHER OPERATIONAL COSTS, AROUND 3400 PER STUDENT WOULD BE LIKE ANOTHER 411,000. AND THEN WHAT THAT ENDS UP DOING IS BASICALLY ZERO IS ITSELF OUT AGAIN, GOING BACK TO I GET VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH ALLOCATING DIRECT MONEY TO A SCHOOL PROGRAM. SO IF YOU LOOK OVERALL AT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, WHAT WHERE I'M COMING WITH THIS, I ACTUALLY WAS MAKING SOME NOTES TO WAS IF YOU TAKE THE TOTAL UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND MONEY AND YOU DIVIDE IT BY THE TOTAL ENROLLMENT THAT WE HAVE, IT COSTS AROUND $14,000 PER STUDENT. IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT THAT WAY, WHERE WE'RE ONLY MAKING 12,500, THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF HAVE THIS DEFICIT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO THAT'S TOTAL BIG, BIG PICTURE. BUT IF YOU WANTED TO START TO LOOK AT IT THAT WAY AND LOOK AT THE PROGRAM, WHAT'S THAT PROGRAM RAISING, YOU COULD ALSO GO THAT WAY. AND THEN IT KIND OF AVERAGES IT ALL OUT. BECAUSE MY QUESTION WOULD BE IS WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE KIDS IN PARKVIEW. SO IT'S 120. AND SO HOW HOW MANY OTHER STUDENTS ARE IN PARKVIEW THAT AREN'T IN PART OF USC? I WOULD SAY ABOUT 200. SO WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 320 STUDENTS INVOLVED IN PARKVIEW. CORRECT. AND SO I WOULD SAY IF WE HAVE 120 AND WE THINK IT'S GOING TO RISE, THAT IS JUST GOING TO USC BY ITSELF. BBVA ONLY HAS 96 STUDENTS. AND SO AND WE'RE GETTING OUTSIDE MONEY, YOU KNOW OUTSIDE MONEY. SO IF WE GET RID OF USC, WE COULD POTENTIALLY THOSE 45 STUDENTS COULD LEAVE. AND SO THAT'S $507,000 THAT COULD LEAVE VERSUS SO I MEAN, I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT. BUT I ALSO THINK TOO, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MOVING A PROGRAM TO A HIGH SCHOOL AND LIKE DIVIDING IT UP, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DIVIDE UP THAT EQUIPMENT. THERE'S NOT THERE'S NOT 4 OR 5 LIKE, YOU KNOW, PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT YOU GO, YOU KNOW, HERE AND THERE. I MEAN, THERE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S USUALLY TWO OF EACH THING. SO HOW WOULD YOU DIVIDE IT UP AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS? IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. I DO I WAS LOOKING AT THE SO WE'RE KEEPING A FEW COACHES AND THEN WE HAVE THIS BRIA I'M SORRY I CAN'T EVER REMEMBER THEIR NAME, BUT THIS PROGRAM IS COMING IN WITH THE COACH, RIGHT. AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S LIKE VERY LIKE WELL ROUNDED, LIKE STRENGTH CONDITIONING, THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH IS PROVEN THAT THE ATHLETES SHOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT FOCUS A LOT OF TIME, NOT JUST INTO THEIR ONE SPORT, BUT THEY SHOULD BE WELL ROUNDED. SO WE'RE BRINGING THAT IN. BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE A FEW OF OUR COACHES THAT HAVE THE SPECIALTY AND LIKE THE BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, ALL THAT STUFF. OKAY, I WOULD JUST THANK YOU FOR THE EXTRA BACKUP INFORMATION. I REQUESTED THE WEEKLY SCHEDULE. AND SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT FOR A MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, THEY ARE AT USC. FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF A DAY, AND ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ARE THERE FOR AN HOUR A DAY. SO THE REST OF THE TIME THEY'RE DOING ZOOM CLASSES. THEY ARE AT WE HAVE 50 OF THOSE, 120 THAT ARE AT COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS AS WELL. THERE'S NOT ANYTHING IN THIS BUDGET THAT TALKS ABOUT THE CLASSES THAT THEY'RE TAKING AT THE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS. SO I MEAN, WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE FILLING IT. WE'RE GIVING IT ALL TO PARKVIEW, BUT WE'RE PAYING FOR THAT FOR TEACHERS AT THE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL. SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S ALL COMPLETE. AND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT 120 STUDENTS AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN ELEMENTARY, IT WAS AT 20 ELEMENTARY STUDENTS. SO, SO 20 HOURS LIKE 20 STUDENTS FOR AN HOUR A DAY. AND THE REST OF THAT 100 STUDENTS FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF A DAY. IT'S A HUGE INVESTMENT FOR THAT LITTLE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS. SO SPLITTING IT UP WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FOUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, BASKETBALL, SOCCER, WRESTLING, MAYBE THERE'S A STRATEGY TO DO IT THERE. AND SO THAT THE USC PIECE FOR WRESTLING MIGHT BE AT ESPERANZA AND BASKETBALL MIGHT , WHEREVER IT MIGHT FIT. AND THEN THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE THAT AR, THAT WANT TO DO THOSE SPECIFIC SPORTS COULD GO THERE AND THEN HAVE A FLOATER. THE PERSON THAT WORKS ON THE, THE SPECIFIC STRENGTHENING AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR EVERY STUDENT ATHLETE AT EACH OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS. SO HOW COULD WE UTILIZE THAT BETTER? I'M JUST [03:25:03] TRYING TO REACH OUT TO OTHER STUDENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE ABILITY TO GET IN TOUCH OR CONNECTED TO THAT. YEAH. CAN I ADDRESS A COUPLE THINGS? I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT AS WELL. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE IDEAS TO ACTUALLY EXTEND THAT OUTREACH TO VALDEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL AND VALENCIA HIGH SCHOOL. YOU KNOW, IF WE'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER, IF WE DO ADOPT ATHLETICS AND WE ARE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE AS IS, WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, BRING USC TO THEM AND OFFER A MORNING CLASS AT POTENTIALLY EVEN KRAMER. SO KRAMER, VALDEZ AND VALENCIA HIGH SCHOOL AND DOING A MORNING, YOU KNOW, SPEED AND AGILITY TYPE WORKOUT, EVEN POTENTIALLY SOCCER. THOSE WERE VERY POPULAR CLASSES FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO ATTEND. YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY AT USC. AND THEN AS FAR AS THE EQUIPMENT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE NOTE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. THERE ARE TEN PIECES OF KAISER EQUIPMENT. THEY ARE THE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT ARE ON THE PERIMETER OF USC, AND THEY'RE ON THE WALLS BECAUSE THEY ARE CONNECTED TO ONE AIR COMPRESSION SYSTEM. AND SO THAT AIR COMPRESSION SYSTEM ITSELF, IT IS ONE SYSTEM CONNECTED TO THOSE TEN PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S HOUSED IN THE SERVER ROOM IN OAKS. SO, I MEAN THAT THAT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO DIVIDE. AS FAR AS CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT, PARKVIEW HAS ALWAYS HAD CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT WITHIN WITHIN OUR COMPREHENSIVE SITE. SO THAT THAT ISN'T ANYTHING NEW, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, OUR ATHLETES, OF COURSE, TAKE THE SPORT OR SOMETHING IN ADDITION TO THAT. RIGHT. AND SO I GUESS THAT WAS MY THOUGHT IS LIKE, THIS IS NOTHING NEW. WE'VE ALWAYS HAD CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT AND WE'VE NEVER LIKE DIVIDED IT UP VERSUS WHERE OUR PARKVIEW STUDENTS ARE GOING INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS. IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE THAT WAY. AND ALSO TO THIS, YOU GAVE US A SAMPLE OF WHAT COULD BE. BUT I KNOW I'VE BEEN IN USC A LOT, AND I'VE SEEN A STUDENT TAKE A CLASS FOR AN HOUR, AND THEN I'VE SEEN THEM GO INTO, YOU KNOW, THE ROOM THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S BREAK ROOM, WHATEVER. TEAM ROOM, TEAM ROOM. THEY GO IN THERE AND THEY, YOU KNOW, STUDY FOR AN HOUR, THEY'RE DOING THEIR HOMEWORK, AND THEN THEY COME BACK OUT AND THEY DO ANOTHER CLASS, AND THEN THEY GO BACK IN AND LIKE SO SOMETIMES THEY CAN TAKE LIKE 2 OR 3 CLASSES A DAY. SO I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY PUT PEOPLE IN A BOX THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, LIKE, OH, WE'RE JUST DOING AN HOUR BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR PARKVIEW STUDENTS, LIKE, I REMEMBER THAT ONE MORNING WHEN YOU THERE WAS A CLASS OF LIKE 10 OR 12 AND A FEW OF THEM WERE ICE SKATERS. AND SO WE KNOW THAT THEY GO IN AND THEY DO A STRENGTH AND AGILITY OR LIKE THE STRETCHING, WHATEVER IT WAS. AND THEN THEY WENT INTO THE ROOM AND THEY WAITED TO GET PICKED UP, AND THEN THEY WERE BEING TAKEN TO AN ICE RINK TO GO, YOU KNOW, TO ANOTHER PRACTICE. AND SO PARKVIEW IS FOR HOMESCHOOLING TO HAVE THE TYPE OF OPTION FOR THESE KIDS TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO DO THE INDEPENDENT STUDY. IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE ON ZOOMS ALL DAY. THAT WOULD BE MORE BBVA STYLE. CORRECT. IT IS DIFFICULT TO GENERALIZE THE SCHEDULE BECAUSE OF THE INDEPENDENT STUDY. AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE PROGRAM IS OUR FAMILIES REALLY LOVE THE FLEXIBILITY OF IT. AND SO PROVIDING YOU WITH A SAMPLE SCHEDULE WAS DIFFICULT TO DO. AND SO IT WAS MY BEST GUESS. BUT STUDENTS, CAN THEY ATTEND USC ANYWHERE BETWEEN. SOME ONLY COME FOR AN HOUR TO AN HOUR AND A HALF OF TRAINING. OTHERS WILL COME AND TAKE A COUPLE DIFFERENT CLASSES, SIT IN THE TEAM ROOM, DO THEIR HOMEWORK, GO GET LUNCH, EAT THEIR LUNCH IN THE TEAM ROOM, AND SO THEY MIGHT BE THERE FOR 3 OR 4 HOURS A DAY. IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON THAT STUDENT'S INDIVIDUAL SCHEDULE. I JUST HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS. I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THE EQUIPMENT. IT'S KIND OF HARD, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT, LIKE YOU SAID, TO HAVE THE COMPANY ITSELF, THE ATHLETICS, GO OUT TO DIFFERENT SCHOOL SITES AND PROVIDE CLASSES THAT WAY TO GET EVERYONE INVOLVED. I DO LIKE THAT IDEA. AS FAR AS FEES, I DO AGREE THAT AT SOME POINT I THINK THERE ARE WILL BE HAVE TO CHARGE SOME KIND OF FEE BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONLY FREE ATHLETIC PROGRAM BEING PROVIDED OUT OF ALL THE ONES THAT I KNOW OF. EVERY OTHER DISTRICT HAS CHARGED SOMEWHAT. OR LIKE FULLERTON, THEY OUTSOURCE THEIR SPECIALTY CLASSES. SO THE PARENTS PAY THOSE COMPANIES OR THOSE STUDIOS TO HAVE THEIR TRAINING DONE THERE. SO I MEAN, THERE'S A REASON WHY THEY'RE, THEY'RE CHARGING AND THERE'S A FEE BECAUSE IT IS NOT CHEAP TO DO. MY SECOND QUESTION IS THAT OUR SECOND STATEMENT WILL BE WHAT IS THE WALK ON COACHES AS RIGHT NOW THEY WERE AS OF THIS YEAR, THEY WERE BEING PAID MORE THAN A REGULAR COACH'S STIPEND AT ANY OTHER HIGH SCHOOL. IS IT THE SAME OR HAS IT CHANGED? NO. WE ADJUSTED THAT MODEL AFTER WE RECEIVED A DEMAND FOR BARGAINING FROM THE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATION. SO OUR MODEL WILL BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL WALK ON COACH STIPENDS. CAN I JUMP IN REAL QUICK? A [03:30:04] COUPLE OF THINGS, MISS TODD. JOAN, BACK TO JOAN'S COMMENTS, WHICH I APPRECIATE. IT'S HARD TO WHEN I ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT THE REVENUES COMING IN FROM STUDENTS, IT'S HARD TO DIFFERENTIATE BECAUSE IT IS A PROGRAM. IT'S A PATHWAY. IF WE DID THE SAME THING WITH ENGINEERING AT ESPERANZA OR WITH COOKING AT YORBA LINDA, OR BUSINESS AT YORBA LINDA, OR ANY OF ANY OF THE PATHWAYS, THERE IS A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT BASED ON THE FACT THAT IT'S A PATHWAY, IT'S UNIQUE, AND THE FACT THAT IT'S TIED TO PARKVIEW, IT'S UNIQUE. AS SOON AS YOU START CHARGING, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT LIMITING IT. YOU JUST LIMIT IT EVEN FURTHER IF YOU START CHARGING FOR IT. SO THAT TOTALLY DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THERE. AS FAR AS THE PROGRAM ITSELF, I, I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE TO THIS, AND IT'S A PROGRAM THAT BASED ON THE NUMBERS, IT'S GROWING NOT BY A LOT, BUT IT'S GROWING. IT BRINGS IN OUTSIDE PEOPLE. WE NEED THESE KIND OF THINGS TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT STUDENTS. AND I'M JUST GOING TO CONTINUE SAYING THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. I THINK IF YOU BREAK IT UP, YOU ARE YOU'RE IT'S NOT USC AND THERE'S NO REASON FOR KIDS TO ENROLL IN IT BECAUSE IT'S JUST PE AT A SCHOOL. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO BE UNIQUE AND IT IS TO DRAW STUDENTS IN THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY GEARED TOWARDS ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT, AND THERE'S NO REASON TO BREAK IT UP. IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT, THEN YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST ADD ANOTHER PE CLASS AT THE SCHOOLS AND SHUT DOWN USC. AND I ALSO THINK TOO, WHEN WE HAD BERNARDO OR SORRY, WE HAD MORE KIDS, THERE WAS ONLY LIKE I THINK THEY SAID THE NUMBERS WERE LIKE 18 KIDS IN EACH SIGNED UP FOR A STANDARD PE CLASS, BUT THERE WAS 85 KIDS WHO SIGNED UP TO TAKE MANY ELECTIVES AT USC BECAUSE IT WAS DIFFERENT. AND THIS IS KIND OF WHAT THE KIDS ARE INTO. SO I THINK WE COULD ALSO ADD NOT ONLY THE 120 KIDS, BUT THEN WE HAD FOR THOSE MORNINGS THERE WAS 60 KIDS BECAUSE THERE WERE TWO SESSIONS IN THE MORNINGS. SO BEFORE SCHOOL THEY WERE OFFERING FOR FREE TO NON PARKVIEW STUDENTS, NON USC STUDENTS. THEY WERE OFFERING THE STRENGTH AND AGILITY. SO WE HAD 60 KIDS THOSE MORNINGS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD 80 KIDS COMING OVER DURING THE WEEK, YOU KNOW MAYBE TWICE A WEEK WHATEVER THEIR MINI ELECTIVE ALLOWED. THEY WERE COMING IN AND THEY WERE WORKING OUT. SO IT'S NOT JUST THAT WE HAVE 120 KIDS. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MORE THAN THAT UTILIZING USC. AND I ALSO THINK TOO, THAT AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TEACHERS HAVE SAID THE SAME THING ABOUT USC'S AND USC. THEY SAID THAT THIS IS WHAT THE DISTRICT ALWAYS DOES IS THEY DON'T LET THE PROGRAM JUST TRY TO GO AND GROW LIKE WITH OSCS LIKE IT STARTS AND THEN SOMEONE'S TRYING TO CHANGE IT OR TAKE IT DOWN, AND THEN USC, IT STARTS AND IT SAID, LIKE LETTING YOU LIKE SIT BACK, LET THE PROGRAM BREATHE A LITTLE BIT AND SAY, OKAY, LIKE, WHAT CAN WE DO DIFFERENTLY? LIKE HOW CAN WE DO IT? JUST KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW. PEOPLE JUST WANT TO LIKE, DISMANTLE IT AND TAKE IT LIKE DESTROY THE PROGRAM, LIKE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TO THESE TWO. LIKE, THESE ARE PROBABLY THE MORE INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO. AND HERE WE ARE. WE'RE NOT LETTING IT JUST GROW. WE'RE NOT GIVING IT A FEW YEARS TO LIKE, REACH A POTENTIAL BECAUSE, I MEAN, DON'T YOU? DIDN'T SOMEBODY SAY THAT YOU THOUGHT THERE COULD BE POSSIBLY A COUPLE HUNDRED STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, IN USC? YEAH. I MEAN, THE INTEREST HAS BEEN HUGE. HER OFFICE IS PROCESSING NEW ENROLLEES NONSTOP, AND WE'RE DOING TOURS NONSTOP. SO THE DEMAND IS THERE. YEAH. SO, I MEAN, WHAT I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE JUST SIT HERE AND WE, LIKE, HAVE TO CHANGE OR WE HAVE TO DO THIS OR WE HAVE TO DO THAT. LIKE, WHY CAN'T WE JUST LET IT GO AND LIKE, LET IT, YOU KNOW, AND IF WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF DEMAND, LET THE LET IT BREATHE AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, BUT WE'RE SO INTO I MEAN, JUST LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED TO USCS. IT GOES. AND THEN SIX MONTHS INTO THE PROGRAM, PEOPLE ARE GOING AND CHANGING IT AND LIKE PULLING PROGRAMS OUT AND DOING ALL THESE, YOU KNOW, WEIRD THINGS INSTEAD OF JUST LETTING IT GO, LIKE, GIVE IT AN OPPORTUNITY. IF YOU DON'T GIVE IT THE OPPORTUNITY, HOW ARE YOU EVER GOING TO, LIKE, GROW THE PLACE? HOW IS, YOU KNOW, HOW IS ANYTHING EVER GOING TO FLOURISH IF YOU JUST BOOM, JUST START TAKING AWAY A FEW MONTHS INTO IT? IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. I THINK JUST WITH EVERYTHING IN EDUCATION AND LIKE YOU SAID, THE CHANGING TIMES AND BUDGET RESTRAINTS AND RESULTS, I THINK JUST EVERYTHING IN EDUCATION JUST KIND OF TAKE A PENDULUM SWING AND THINGS DO CHANGE AS YOU GO. BEING A DISTRICT THAT WE SHOULD BE SERVING AND USING OUR FINANCES TO SERVE ALL STUDENTS, I THINK BY JUST KEEPING IT TO A CERTAIN FEW IS MAKING IT VERY ELITIST. AND THAT'S NOT AS A DISTRICT, WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. SO PARKVIEW IS ELITIST. NO, I'M SAYING USC AS BUT THEY'RE PARKVIEW STUDENTS. SO YOU'RE SAYING PARKVIEW, RIGHT. BUT THEY'RE THERE BECAUSE OF USC. AND SO PARKVIEW IS DOING VERY WELL BEFORE PARKVIEW AND BBVA WAS DOING WELL, VERY WELL BEFORE. AND SO ADDING USC OBVIOUSLY WOULD INCREASE IT. BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS NOT TO YOU'RE SAYING YOU YOURSELF SAID THAT IT'S FOR ELITE ATHLETES OR ATHLETES THEMSELVES, AND IT SHOULD BE KEPT THAT WAY WHEN I'M SAYING IT SHOULD BE OPEN, LIKE WE SAID BEFORE, TO THE REST OF [03:35:05] THE DISTRICT IN SOME KIND OF YES. AND EVENTUALLY THOSE ATHLETES THAT ARE USING THOSE SERVICES, YEAH, WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO PAY A FEE AND THEN OPEN IT UP TO EVERYBODY IN THE DISTRICT HAVING CLASSES FOR IF YOU GO TO MELROSE OR VALDEZ OR CRAMER EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY, HOPEFULLY EXPANDING IT THERE. THOSE WOULD BE THE FREE CLASSES WE OFFER TO EVERYBODY. SO WHEN YOUR SON WAS AT EL DORADO. YEAH. BUT WHEN YOUR SON WAS AT EL DORADO TWO DAYS A WEEK, HE WENT TO ESPERANZA BECAUSE HE SAID THAT THE COMPETITION WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH AT EL DORADO. SO HE WENT OVER TO ESPERANZA TO PRACTICE WITH THE NOT ALL SEASON, NOT ALL SEASON. HE STILL WENT THERE. HE WENT THERE A FEW TIMES, OKAY. AND HE WENT THERE BECAUSE THE COACH INVITED HIM TO GO THERE TO ALSO FOR HIM TO WORK OUT WITH THEIR ATHLETES AS WELL. IT WAS A MUTUAL MUTUAL AGREEMENT. OKAY. AND WE DID THAT AND THERE WAS A LOT OF SCHOOLS. WAS THAT LEGAL? YEAH, BECAUSE IT WAS POSTSEASON OKAY. SO IT'S POSTSEASON. BUT YOUR SON HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND DIDN'T HAVE TO GO PAY FOR THAT. CORRECT. WE HAVE PAID WE'VE PAID FOR TRAVEL FOR THAT TRAINING. WE PAID. HE WENT OVER TO ESPERANZA. DID HE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT? YES. NO, BECAUSE IT WAS IT WASN'T THERE. IT WAS IT WASN'T THERE. AND IT ALSO WAS A PRACTICE, A HIGH SCHOOL PRACTICE. CAN WE. IT WAS A HIGH SCHOOL PRACTICE AND LET EVERYONE. I WAS JUST MAKING THE POINT. I WAS A HIGH SCHOOL PRACTICE, BUT OBVIOUSLY THOSE AREN'T CHARGED FOR BECAUSE IT WAS THROUGH THE SCHOOL, RIGHT. SO WHEN WE GO TO USC, WE SHOULDN'T CHARGE FOR IT EITHER BECAUSE IT IS A BUT YOU'RE BRINGING IN A SPECIALTY PROGRAM, ATHLETICS, TO RUN THAT PROGRAM, NOT JUST A HIGH SCHOOL COACH AND HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT COACHES. SO WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. WHAT'S THAT? WHY DON'T YOU BREAK UP THE MEDIA PROGRAM FROM EL DORADO AND PUT IT ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS? IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING YOU WANT TO DO, YOU WANT TO SPREAD IT AROUND? WELL, THERE'S THERE ARE MEDIA PROGRAMS AT THE OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS LIKE VALENCIA. THEY ADD IN THEIR OWN CAN I LIKE AT EL DORADO'S, CAN I RECOMMEND MAYBE SINCE EVERYBODY REALLY LIKES THE AGILITY CLASS, WE LOOK AT EXPANDING AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS, HAVING A PE, BUT ALSO HAVING AN AGILITY CLASS AS A PE OPTION. OKAY, I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME COMMENTS. FIRST OF ALL. I ASKED FOR THE BREAKDOWN FROM THE 23, 24 AND 2425 YEAR AND WE DID RECEIVE IT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY SHORT, ABOUT $2.3 MILLION. SO IF SOMEONE COULD PLEASE SEND THAT TO ME, BECAUSE THIS BUDGET HERE IS SAYING THAT THOSE TWO YEARS WERE 3.7 MILLION, AND THE BUDGET YOU SENT ME IS ONLY, I GUESS IT'S SHORT, LIKE A MILLION AND A HALF. SO IT WAS ONLY 2 MILLION, SO IT ADDS UP. SO I WOULD LIKE I THINK I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE FIRST, THE INITIAL STARTUP FEE THAT THEY SAID WAS THE FIRST TIME FEE OF THE 2 MILLION, AND THEN THE REST IS WHAT IT WILL COST EACH CONSECUTIVE YEAR. IT'S RIGHT HERE. THEY'RE SAYING THIS. SO AND THEN THERE'S THEY'RE SAYING THAT THIS WAS THE 2324 YEARS. AND IF YOU ADD THOSE TWO NUMBERS TOGETHER IT COMES OUT TO 2,000,000.3 OR ALMOST 2.4. AND HERE IT'S SAYING 3.7 FOR THOSE TWO YEARS. SO IT'S OFF ABOUT A 1.3 MILLION. I THINK THEY'RE JUST DIFFERENT. AND I JUST WOULD LIKE CLARIFICATION. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THE MATH TONIGHT. AND YOU CAN JUST SEND IT TO ME LATER ALSO. WE ARE MAKING CUTS IN EVERY PROGRAM AND IT'S MADDENING. IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING. EVERYONE IS HAVING TO MAKE CUTS. I MEAN, EVERYONE HATES TO LOSE A PROGRAM WE ALL LIKE TO BE BUILDING AND INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS. BUT IT'S NOT PRACTICAL. AND LOOKING AT OUR DEFICIT SPENDING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AND THE CHANGES ON OUR BUDGET FROM THE FEDS TO THE STATE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME REALLY HARD DECISIONS. AND AT THIS TIME, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SPENDING THIS KIND OF MONEY FOR US. I, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT A PAY MODEL WHERE OUR STUDENTS CAN PAY INTO IT. ALSO, THE AUSLINK PROGRAM. I WAS LOOKING OVER IT. I WAS TRYING TO CALCULATE THE COSTS, AND FOR THE $90,000 IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE HAVING SIX EMPLOYEE. IS IT SIX EMPLOYEES? SIX EMPLOYEES FOR 180 DAYS, AND IT COMES OUT TO ABOUT $83 A DAY THAT WE'RE PAYING THAT PROGRAM. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. THEY'RE BRINGING THREE EMPLOYEES I BELIEVE. SO A STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING PROGRAM DIRECTOR, ANOTHER STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING HEAD COACH TRAINER. SO THAT'S FOUR. AND IT COMES OUT TO ABOUT $83 A DAY. IF YOU DIVIDE THAT SUM BY THE 180 DAYS OF SCHOOL. SO THAT [03:40:06] IS ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD PRICE. SO IT'S A WONDERFUL PRICE. IT'S A WONDERFUL PRICE WE RECEIVED. BUT I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WE NEED TO MOVE IT TO ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND OFFER STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS, MOVE THE EQUIPMENT. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR OTHER STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE AND ESPECIALLY USE THE RECOVERY EQUIPMENT. IF THAT IS, AT EACH HIGH SCHOOL, MORE KIDS WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT AND THAT WOULD BE PART OF THEIR ATHLETIC PROGRAM. SO I, YOU KNOW, I WE'VE INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY INTO THIS PROGRAM. AND SO I WANT THIS EQUIPMENT TO BE UTILIZED. I WANT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS THAT IF THEY WANT RECOVERY, THAT THEY CAN ACCESS IT AT THE SCHOOL SITE AND SOMEHOW. BUT RIGHT THE WAY IT'S SET UP NOW, THERE'S NO OPTIONS AND WE CAN ADD EXTRA. BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL COSTS. IS THAT CORRECT? I BELIEVE WE CAN OPEN UP RECOVERY FOR ALL STUDENTS AT USC. WELL, NOT ALL STUDENTS, BUT A SELECT NUMBER OF STUDENTS BASED ON SIGN UPS AT NO ADDITIONAL COST. USING OUR CURRENT SUPERVISORS WE HAVE IN PLACE AS WELL AS BEFORE, SCHOOL SPEED AND AGILITY WORKOUTS AGAIN AT USC. THOSE SUPERVISORS COULD ALSO RUN THOSE MORNING WORKOUTS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR, BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF EMPLOYEES FOR US. BESIDES THE FOUR COMING FROM ATHLETICS, THERE'S THE TWO USC SUPERVISORS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE BOTH PART TIME. AND THE ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT. YOU KNOW, THE SECRETARY, THERE'S A LOT OF EMPLOYEES. AND I JUST WORRY THAT EVEN THIS SAMPLE BUDGET THAT WAS SENT TO US, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT LISTS THAT THE THREE AND A HALF FULL TIME TEACHERS IS ONLY 420,000. AND DOES THAT INCLUDE THEIR BENEFITS? WE USE 120,000 ON AVERAGE FOR TEACHER SALARY PLUS BENEFITS. SO THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE BENEFITS. IT DOES INCLUDE IT DOES INCLUDE BENEFITS WITH BENEFITS. YES. BECAUSE ON SOMETHING ELSE I READ TODAY IT WAS LIKE 200,000 WITH BENEFITS. IN THE BUDGET. WE TAKE AN AVERAGE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T WE DON'T GO BY THE EXACT PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THERE. SO WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE AN AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY, THEY MIGHT BE MORE ON THE LOWER END. AND EVERY YEAR WE GOT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT NUMBER ANYWAY. SO YOU LOOK AT ALL THE TEACHERS AND THEN DIVIDE IT BY THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS. AND THAT'S HOW YOU COME UP WITH YOUR AVERAGE. AND THEN YOU ADD ON YOUR STATUTORY BENEFITS, HEALTH AND WELFARE. ADD THAT ALL UP. AND YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE 200 CAME FROM. IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THIS BUDGET. OKAY. AND ALSO TO KIND OF ADDRESS TODD'S COMMENTS, I LOOKED AT I HAVE SO MANY NOTES HERE. EXCUSE ME, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET THE NUMBER CORRECTLY THAT IN OUR BUDGET ON PAGE 119, IT LISTS THE COST FOR ALL CTE PROGRAMS AT 3.1 MILLION AND THERE ARE OVER. I THINK I ASKED THERE WAS LIKE 3500. 62 STUDENTS IN CTE PROGRAMS. AND SO THAT AVERAGES OUT FOR TOTAL COST PER YEAR OF $871, WHICH IS WAY DIFFERENT THAN $350 A MONTH FOR USC ESTABLISHED PROGRAM FOR TEN MONTHS. THIS IS THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM. THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM. THOSE ARE ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS. THERE IS THERE IS. YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT TIME TO GROW. THAT'S PART OF THE ISSUE HERE WHERE YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT DOLLARS AS OPPOSED TO LOOKING AT BIG PICTURE AND WHAT IT COULD DO FOR THE DISTRICT. I THINK YOU'RE MISSING THE MARK. AND I THINK IF YOU WANT TO SHUT IT DOWN, JUST SAY YOU WANT TO SHUT IT DOWN. DON'T TRY AND PUT NUMBERS TO IT. I THINK YOU JUST WANT TO SHUT IT DOWN. I THINK, TOO, IF YOU LOOK AT IT LIKE THE MANUFACTURING PROGRAM, ALL THAT WELDING, THE CAR LIFT, ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE IN THERE THAT COST A TON, A TON OF MONEY, BUT THAT WAS A ONE TIME EXPENSE. AND THAT WAS WHAT THIS WHOLE THE 2 MILLION OR WHATEVER THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, THAT WAS A ONE TIME EXPENSE. SO YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, CREATE A PROGRAM. IT TAKES MONEY, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THAT'S GOING TO BE YEAR TO YEAR TO YEAR. SO IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT ALL THE PROGRAMS, I MEAN, AND IF WE'RE GOING TO START GOING LIKE TIT FOR TAT, THEN EVERY SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE A $5 MILLION KITCHEN UPGRADE AND EVERY SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO A CULINARY PROGRAM, AND EVERY SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO MANUFACTURING, AND EVERY SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE ALL OF THE SAME OPTIONS. WE SHOULD [03:45:02] HAVE AN IB PROGRAM AT EVERY SCHOOL, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO DETERMINE IF THEY WANT TO GO TO VALENCIA FOR AN IB PROGRAM, OR DO THEY WANT TO GO HERE OR DO THEY WANT TO GO THERE. THERE'S THAT OPTION. AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, VALENCIA AND VALADEZ AREN'T UTILIZING USC, BUT THEY HAVE A PLAN TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, PROMOTE THAT AND TO PROMOTE THE CLASSES, BUT TO JUST TEAR IT DOWN. AND AS THEY EXPLAIN, THEY CAN'T MOVE THE EQUIPMENT. IT'S NOT FEASIBLE. LIKE, I DON'T THINK YOU ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THE PROGRAM FROM WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. BUT SO WHAT WE'RE I MEAN, YOU JUST HAVE TO LET IT GO, BUT WE'RE NOT. THEN WE HAVE TO CHARGE. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO START CHARGING FOR THIS PROGRAM, THEN WE HAVE TO START CHARGING FOR MANUFACTURING, AND THEN WE HAVE TO START CHARGING FOR ALL THESE OTHER ONES. BECAUSE YOU HAVE HAD A TARGET ON THIS, YOUR CAMPAIGN MATERIAL TARGETED THIS PROGRAM. AND SO YOU CAN'T JUST TARGET ONE PROGRAM AND SAY YOU'RE GOING TO PAY BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE IT OR WHATEVER THIS IS THAT YOU DON'T LIKE. YOU DON'T LIKE ATHLETES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT WE HAVE TO START TALKING ABOUT CHARGING FOR THE CULINARY PROGRAM, CHARGING FOR MANUFACTURING, CHARGING FOR ALL THESE PROGRAMS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST TARGET ONE PROGRAM. I ACTUALLY MY SON TOOK WOODSHOP HIS SENIOR YEAR AND WE DID PAY A FEE FOR WOODSHOP. SO THEY DO ASK HOW MUCH WAS YOUR FEE? IT WAS MINIMAL, LIKE 50 TO 100. OKAY. AND I PAY A FEE OKAY. AND SO I YOU HAVE A MINIMAL FEE IF YOU PAY IT. BUT SOME KIDS DON'T EVEN PAY IT AND THEY DON'T GET KICKED OUT OF THE CLASS. OKAY. OKAY. SO. I THINK WE'VE SAID ALL THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO SAY. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I'M LOOKING AT THE TOD. I THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THIS. AND I THIS WAS LIKE, OBVIOUSLY YOU DID EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WE ASKED OF YOU, YOU YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE PAY THAT THE COACHES WERE GETTING, PEOPLE WERE UPSET BY. SO YOU CUT THAT PAY, YOU KNOW, YOU PROBLEM SOLVED THAT. YOU WENT AND FOUND ANOTHER PROGRAM. YOU'RE DOING THIS. AND I KNOW TOO, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S PROGRAMS AT YORBA LINDA HIGH SCHOOL. THERE'S LIKE THE FLAG FOOTBALL COACHES. THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO BRING THEIR TEAM IN IN THE AFTERNOONS. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT COACHES THAT ALL THE CAMPUSES WHO REALLY WANT TO START UTILIZING USC, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM AT OUR AT THE DISTRICTS. I MEAN, YOU THERE'S LINES FOR THE WEIGHT ROOM AND THEY CAN'T GET IN THE WEIGHT ROOM. SO THEY'RE LIKE, OH, WELL, WE CAN COME NOW, USE USC. SO WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. BUT INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING, LET'S TAKE THIS AND MOVE IT, LET'S LET OUR ATHLETES UTILIZE IT AND LET'S START TALKING ABOUT THE AFTERNOON, YOU KNOW, SESSIONS THAT WE CAN DO. LET'S START TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET MORE STUDENTS IN THERE INSTEAD OF JUST DOING A DISMANTLE. BECAUSE USC IS NOT TECHNICALLY A NORMAL PE CLASS. IT'S NOT I MEAN, YOU HAVE YOUR STANDARD PE, BUT THEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO COME IN AND IT'S VERY SPECIFIC TO THEIR, YOU KNOW, TO THEIR, TO THEIR SPORT OR WHATEVER IT IS THEY'RE DOING. AND SO I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IS LET IT GO AND THEN ALSO SIT HERE AND SAY, OKAY, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME IN THE AFTERNOONS NOW AND NOT NECESSARILY NEEDING TO UTILIZE THE TRAINERS, BUT LETTING OUR ATHLETES COME IN AND UTILIZE THE EQUIPMENT, YOU KNOW, UNDER SUPERVISION OF, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR USC STAFF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT STAFF, BUT THAT'S A WAY THAT YOU CAN INCREASE PEOPLE TO COME IN. THAT'S THE WAY YOU CAN INCREASE ALL THIS. LIKE THE WRESTLING TEAMS CAN COME USE THIS. I MEAN, THERE'S LOTS OF TEAMS. THE SOFTBALL TEAMS ARE INTERESTED EVEN TOO THEY WHEN PEOPLE WERE WALKING THROUGH, I WAS THERE WITH ONE AND THEY SAW THAT WHOLE ROOM. AND IT HAS MIRRORS IN IT, YOU KNOW. AND SO THEY WERE LIKE, MAN, OUR DANCE TEAM CAN COME IN HERE AND THEY CAN UTILIZE THE WEIGHTS, AND OUR CHEER TEAMS CAN COME IN HERE. SO THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, BUT WE HAVE TO STOP DEMONIZING OUR NEW PROGRAMS AND WE HAVE TO LIKE, PROMOTE THEM. AND WE HAVE TO STOP, YOU KNOW, SAYING IT'S SOME ELITIST PROGRAM AND JUST SAY, NO, THIS IS FOR ALL STUDENTS HERE. IT IS LIKE, HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS WORK FOR YOU? I HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT. SO HISTORICALLY IN OUR DISTRICT, WE HAVE GONE VERY SLOW WHEN WE'RE ADDING NEW PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE REALLY EVALUATE, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CHOOSING THE RIGHT VENDORS, WE MAKE SURE WE'RE CHOOSING THE RIGHT STRATEGY. WE BRING IT ALL. IT USUALLY TAKES A YEAR TO BUILD ALL THIS OUT. THE TWO PROGRAMS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TODAY WERE DONE VERY QUICKLY WITH A HUGE INVESTMENT, AND WE'VE SEEN CHANGES AS A RESULT THAT ARE NOW REDUCED. I MEAN, THE COST OF $500,000 VERSUS WHAT WE WERE PAYING LAST YEAR IS REMARKABLE. IF WE WOULD HAVE DONE A LITTLE DUE DILIGENCE, THEN WE WOULD HAVE HAD ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS. NOW TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE. SO WE MAKE CHOICES AND IF WE DO IT TOO FAST, THEN WE PAY THE PRICE. IT'S NOT ABOUT LETTING THEM BE. IT'S ABOUT SPENDING THE DUE DILIGENCE UP FRONT SO THAT IT IS MORE SUCCESSFUL ON THE ROLLOUT AND DOESN'T COST AS MUCH MONEY. WE'RE IN THIS SITUATION BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND WE DIDN'T GO SLOW, AND SO [03:50:01] NOW WE HAVE TO PIVOT AS A RESULT. AND THAT IS TRUE. AND IF WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT IN A NEW WAY, IF WE WEREN'T IN A BUDGET CRISIS RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD PROBABLY BE HAVING A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. BUT WE ARE. AND SOME OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT WE'VE SPENT. AND SOME OF THAT IS, IS WE JUST NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE. I, I WANT AS MANY KIDS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THIS EQUIPMENT. THE DIFFICULTY WITH THE AIR COMPRESSOR, I CAN UNDERSTAND, BUT HOW CAN MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WHAT WHAT IS THE INVESTMENT FOR A SECOND AIR COMPRESSOR? MAYBE IT'S LESS TO BE ABLE TO SPLIT IT INTO TWO AREAS, AND AT LEAST IT'S ON DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THERE'S MORE ACCESS. IT SPREADS IT OUT. AND THEN AS WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW TO BRIDGE PARKVIEW AND USC, PUTTING THEM ON THE SAME CAMPUS, WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE AND NOT HOUSING IT WHERE IT IS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE, AND WE NEED TO BE FISCALLY SOUND. FIRST OF ALL, SAFETY SECOND, AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS. SO I REALLY THINK THERE'S MORE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THIS. YEAH. LOOKING AT OUR CUTS THAT WE MADE IN OUR BUDGET SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, WE CUT 21 CERTIFICATE SUPPORTS TEACHERS. WE CUT 37 TEACHERS FOR CLASSIFIED STAFF, TWO CERTIFICATED MANAGERS AND THREE CLASSIFIED MANAGERS, AND ALMOST $1 MILLION IN NON PERSONNEL REDUCTION. AND THIS IS COSTING A HALF $1 MILLION. AND I WOULD RATHER HAVE THAT MONEY GO BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM AND FOCUS ON EDUCATION. I YOU HAVE ISAIAH GATES OUT ON ADMIN LEAVE. YOU'RE PAYING TWO ACTING SUPERINTENDENTS. AND HOW MUCH DID THE INVESTIGATION COST. AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT $500,000. MADAM PRESIDENT, GIVE ME A BREAK. OH, WE DON'T LIKE THE TRUTH OUT HERE, DO WE? THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO. HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH IT. EVERYTHING. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO. IT HAS EVERYTHING. BECAUSE YOU'RE SPENDING MONEY WHERE YOU WANT TO SPEND IT. AND THEN TAKING AWAY FROM THE STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAMS YOU DON'T WANT FOR THE VOTE. OKAY, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU JUST BE PRESIDENT? I'M REQUESTING THAT SHE CALL FOR THE VOTE. IT'S. WHAT ARE WE. WHAT ARE WE VOTING ON? WHAT ARE WE VOTING ON? THIS PLAN? WHAT PLAN? WHAT ARE WE VOTING ON? THE ONE THAT WAS PRESENTED. SO? SO WE'RE VOTING ON THIS PLAN. WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING FORWARD. CORRECT. OKAY, MRS. BLADES, WHAT ARE WE VOTING ON? WE'RE VOTING ON THIS PLAN. SO IS A YES IF WE ACCEPT THEIR PLAN. YES, YES. MRS. QUINTERO. I APPRECIATE THE REDUCTION. I WOULD SAY I HEAR, AND I. MR. FRAZIER, I. GREAT JOB, LADIES. THANK YOU, MRS. BUCK. NO, AND I AM ALSO A NO. BUT THE MOTION CARRIES THREE, TWO. [18. ACTION ITEMS - BUSINESS SERVICES] OKAY. WE ARE NOW TO BUSINESS SERVICES. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE CERTIFY AB 12002756 REPORT FOR THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, PLACENTIA, CHAPTER NUMBER 293 AS PROPOSED. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. BUCK, A SECOND BY MRS. QUINTERO. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MRS. VELASQUEZ. SO THIS REPORT IS LOOKING AT CSEA'S 2% INCREASE, AND WE HAVE TO TURN IT INTO ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO SHOW THE COST EFFECTS ON OUR BUDGET. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU TO APPROVE THIS. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. I'M VERY EXCITED THAT WE'RE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THIS. MRS. BLADES. HI. MRS. QUINTERO, MR. FRAZIER, HI, MRS. BUCK. HI. AND I AM ALSO AND I. SO THE MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. 18.2. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THE 2526 ADOPTED BUDGET. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. BUCK, A SECOND BY MRS. QUINTERO. ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK WE ASKED THEM ALL DURING THE PRESENTATION. UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS SOMETHING, NOTHING [03:55:02] ELSE. OKAY, MRS. BLADES, I, MRS. QUINTERO, MR. FRAZIER, I MRS. BUCK, I AND I AM ALSO AND I SO OUR BUDGET IS APPROVED FIVE OH. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2425 TO APPROVE THE EDUCATION PROTECTION ACCOUNT FOR THE 2526 FISCAL YEAR. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. QUINTERO AND A SECOND BY MRS. BUCK. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. HEARING NONE. I DON'T KNOW IF I EVEN WROTE ANY NOTES ON THAT. JUST A SECOND. LET ME GO TO MY NOTES. OKAY. I JUST WROTE A NOTE THAT THIS GIVES THE DISTRICT $4 MILLION. IF ANYONE WAS WONDERING, JUST BE SPENT ON INSTRUCTION. OKAY, SO, MRS. BLADES, I. MRS. QUINTERO. HI, MR. HI, MRS. BUCK, I AND I AM ALSO AND I MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. OKAY. WE ARE NOW TO THE H.R. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I [19. ACTION ITEMS - HUMAN RESOURCES] MOTION TO APPROVE THE EXTENSION TO THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT FOR THE ACTING ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. QUINTERO. A SECOND BY MRS. BUCK. ANY QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. MRS. BLADES, I'M VOTING NO. BECAUSE AS ISAIAH GATES HAS BEEN OUT ON LEAVE FOR SEVEN MONTHS AND WE'RE JUST WASTING MONEY BY PAYING A DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF HR AND ALSO YOLANDA. SO I THANK YOU FOR HER WORK, BUT THIS JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. SO. NO. OKAY. MRS. QUINTERO, MR. FRAZIER, I. MRS. BUCK, I AND I AM ALSO AN I. SO MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 1. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE EXTENSION OF THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT FOR THE INTERIM ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF BUSINESS SERVICES. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. QUINTERO. A SECOND BY MRS. BLADES. IS THERE ANY COMMENTS? I SECOND THAT. I SECOND MRS. BUCK. YOU SAID MRS. BLADES. OH, I'M SORRY, I WAS JUST MAKING SURE I WROTE BACK. OKAY. MRS. BLADES, I MRS. QUINTERO, MR. FRAZIER. I MRS. BUCK HI AND I AM ALSO AND I SO MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO OKAY 19.3. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT FOR THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. BUCK, A SECOND BY MRS. QUINTERO. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE A QUESTION. I THINK ALAN CAN ONLY WORK LIKE A DAY OR TWO OR WHATEVER IT IS, BUT I JUST WAS WAS WONDERING IS IF YOU OVERDO YOUR HOURS FOR CALSTRS IS THE BOARD? WOULD THIS BE A QUESTION FOR YOU? TODD I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW JOAN, BUT IS THE BOARD COMPLICIT IN THAT? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN COME ON THE BOARD IF HIS IF HE GOES OVER HIS HOURS AND CALSTRS FINDS OUT OR THERE'S SOME TYPE OF AUDIT AND WE KNEW ABOUT IT, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN FALL ON US? I'LL DEFER TO JOAN IF SHE HAS ANY MORE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS AS A RETIRING OR RETIRED CBO. BUT I WILL SAY THERE ARE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR DOCTOR MATURINO IF HE EXCEEDS HIS HOURS. RIGHT. SO IT DOESN'T COME BACK ON THE BOARD. WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS WE WOULD END UP LOSING OUR PENSION DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR, IF WE GO OVER OUR ALLOTTED DOLLAR AMOUNT. CORRECT. SO YEAH, IF I GO OVER THE AMOUNT THAT IS ALLOWABLE UNDER THE RETIREMENT LIMIT, THEN I WOULD HAVE TO PAY THAT BACK BASICALLY, SO THAT MY INTENTION IS NOT TO DO THAT OF COURSE, BUT NOTHING WOULD COME BACK ON THE BOARD. CORRECT? CORRECT. AS I UNDERSTAND IT. AND I WILL GET CERTAINLY CONFIRMATION, BUT I THINK IT'S ALL ON ME. AND THIS WILL RESET FOR YOU THE CALENDAR FOR JULY 1ST. SO THEN I WOULD HAVE ANOTHER 50 DAYS TO. DIVIDE UP OVER THE COURSE OF THE SEMESTER. OR IF THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT IS APPOINTED [04:00:05] WHENEVER THAT DATE COMES. I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT THE CONTRACT TERMINATES AS SOON AS WE HIRE NEW SUPERINTENDENT, CORRECT? YES. WHATEVER THE. YEAH. WHENEVER THE. YEAH. HOWEVER, THE BOARD WANTS TO FIGURE THAT OUT DEPENDING UPON WHEN THEY START. SO I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY SAY YOU'D WANT TO COMMIT TO WHEN THE PERSON IS APPOINTED, BECAUSE IF THEY CAN'T START UNTIL JANUARY 1ST, LET'S SAY FOR EXAMPLE, THEN START DATE PROBABLY SPREAD THINGS OUT. SO I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF LOOKING AT A 50 DAY SCHEDULE. AND THE BOARD COULD DETERMINE HOW YOU WANT THAT TO LOOK. WELL, WE DO HAVE RENEE AS WELL, WHICH I THINK RENEE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB STEPPING IN WHEN SHE NEEDS TO. SO WE HAVE OPTIONS. YOU GET 52 DAYS. YEAH. YEAH. IT GOES UP EVERY YEAR. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MRS. BLADES? NO. I MRS. QUINTEROS AND I, MR. FRAZIER. HI, MRS. BUCK, I AND I AM AN EYE AS WELL. MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 1. OKAY. WE ARE TO THE CONSENT [20. CONSENT CALENDAR] CALENDAR. I HAVE ONE TO PULL. OKAY. I'LL JUST READ THIS. ACTIONS PROPOSED FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSISTENT WITH APPROVED PRACTICES OF THE DISTRICT AND ARE DEEMED ROUTINE IN NATURE. THE TRUSTEES RECEIVED BOARD AGENDA BACKUP INFORMATION IN ADVANCE AND SCHEDULED MEETINGS, AND WE ARE PREPARED TO VOTE WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE BLOCK VOTE ITEMS. SO I'D LIKE TO PULL 22.25 22.25. CORRECT. OKAY. AND I'M GOING TO PULL 21.2. 23.17. AND 24.20. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO PULL SOMETHING? OKAY. AND 25.5 WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON. SO I NEED A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE ITEMS. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. BUCK AND A SECOND BY MRS. BLADES. MRS. BLADES, BUT I IT WAS LIKE I DIDN'T PULL ANYTHING TONIGHT. I, I THIS IS QUINTERO'S AND I MR. FRAZIER. I MRS. BUCK I AND I AM ALSO AND I SO MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO OKAY SO I THINK 21. IS THE FIRST. SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO I. LET'S SEE. WAIT TILL YOU GET THERE. 220 1.2 I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RENEWAL AGREEMENT [21.2 Approve renewal agreement with Granicus, LLC, for board meeting livestreaming.] WITH GARANTIAS LLC FOR BOARD MEETING LIVE STREAMING SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. ANDERSON, A SECOND BY MRS. QUINTERO, AND I PULLED THIS BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT OUR LIVE STREAMING HAS COME OUT OF OUR GENERAL BUDGET, AND IT'S $30,000, AND WE NEED TO MAKE CUTS. AND SO I PULLED IT SO THAT WE CAN START LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR. AND I KNOW A LOT OF DISTRICTS USE THEIR STUDENTS, AND WE DO HAVE A COUPLE PROGRAMS THAT FOCUS ON LIVE STREAMING. AND IN FACT, ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS LIVE STREAMED THE GRADUATION AT BRADFORD STADIUM THIS YEAR. SO MAYBE THIS COULD BE WORKED INTO ONE OF OUR CTE PATHWAYS AND SAVE US $30,000 AS A SUGGESTION. BUT IS THAT USING STUDENTS FOR LABOR, THOUGH, SINCE WE PAY FOR A FEE AND THEN WE TRANSFER IT OVER TO THEIR I MEAN, WE'RE PAYING 30 SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS AND WE SAY WE'RE JUST GOING TO MAKE THE STUDENTS DO IT AFTER HOURS AND BE HERE TILL 1030, 1130 AT NIGHT ON A SCHOOL NIGHT. YEAH, THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE SENSE. DOES IT MAKE ANY [04:05:05] SENSE ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THAT? I MEAN, I THINK THAT JEREMY WOULD BE THE ONE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I THINK THERE'S SPECIFIC REASONS WE HAVE THAT THIS WAY. AND JEREMY'S LIKE, I WAS JUST SITTING IN MY CENTER. YEAH, I ALL I CAN SAY IS OUR STUDENTS ARE CAPABLE OF DOING THIS, AND OUR PROGRAMS ARE CAPABLE OF RUNNING THE STREAM. THE QUESTION ABOUT STUDENT LABOR LAWS. I WOULD LIKE TO STAY VERY FAR AWAY FROM. TODD IS NO LONGER HERE. IS HE OKAY? SO. OH, THERE HE IS. I LOVE THAT ENTRANCE. THERE. THAT'S PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. STUDENT LABOR LAW. THE QUESTION WAS, IS WE PAY $30,000 FOR THIS PROGRAM. I DIDN'T PULL THIS, BY THE WAY. WE PAID $30,000 FOR THIS LIVE STREAMING PROGRAM. AND SO THE THOUGHT WAS, IS TO HAVE STUDENTS NOW COME IN FROM OUR DISTRICT THAT ARE IN THESE CTE PROGRAMS AND DO THE RECORDING FOR US. AND SO WITH LIKE NO COMPENSATION, I MEAN, YOU CAN'T COMPENSATE. SO THAT WOULD BE MY QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU DO THAT. ESPECIALLY KEEPING THEM HERE TILL 1130 OR 12 AT NIGHT ON TUESDAYS, IF I COULD ADD, WE HAD THEM DO OUR GRADUATION. THEY DO A LOT OF RECORDING OF ALL OF OUR SPORTS EVENTS. THE TIME IS CAN BE LATE. SO THAT CONCERNS ME, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY. THAT'S ONE WE'VE SEEN. AND OTHER DISTRICTS ALSO HAVE STUDENTS DO IT. SO YEAH. SORRY. ARE YOU GOING TO CHIME IN? WELL, NO. WHEN YOU'RE DONE I CAN GIVE A LITTLE CLARIFICATION ON THERE WAS ACTUAL EMPLOYEES ALSO INVOLVED IN THE LIVE STREAMING THE GRADUATION. OKAY. SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'D PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AT. IS ARE THERE ANY BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES WHO ARE DOING THAT WORK THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SHIP THAT WORK OUTSIDE OF THE BARGAINING UNIT? SO WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. WE'D PROBABLY WANT TO SEE SOME SORT OF DRAFT FLESHED OUT PLAN TO ALLOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN, TO SEE WHAT POTENTIAL LEGAL IMPACTS THERE COULD BE. SO THERE'S NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION TO GIVE YOU A GOOD ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION RIGHT NOW. THAT'S WHY I SAID TO LOOK INTO IT FOR FUTURE. SORRY, JEREMY, CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHAT IT ENTAILS? BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST PUSHING THE BUTTON TO GO LIVE AND THEN PUSHING THE BUTTON TO STOP GOING LIVE, LIKE THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS THAT HAPPEN BEHIND THE SCENES THAT AREN'T JUST PUSHING THE BUTTON. THERE'S CLOSED CAPTION. CORRECT. SO WE'D HAVE TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO COULD DO THE CLOSED CAPTION. SO YOUTUBE ACTUALLY CLOSED CAPTIONS MOST THINGS FOR YOU IN LOTS OF LANGUAGES. THAT TENDS TO BE AN EASIER PART THESE DAYS JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE LANGUAGE PROCESSING THE STREAMING PLATFORMS DO NOW. SO TO DESCRIBE THE GRADUATIONS, THE STUDENTS AT VALENCIA OPERATED THE CAMERAS. AN EMPLOYEE AND SOME ADDITIONAL CONTRACT EMPLOYEES WHO WERE ALSO DOING ALL THE WORK AT YORBA LINDA HIGH ASSISTED WITH THE ACTUAL STREAMING. BUT THE STREAMING ON THE YOUTUBE IS SOMETHING THEY'VE DONE FOR THEIR GYM GAMES FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AND SO IT WAS A NATURAL PROGRESSION TO SEE IF THEY COULD DO THEIR GRADUATIONS. AND THAT WAS DONE AND THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL. SO IT'S CERTAINLY THEY'RE CERTAINLY CAPABLE OF DOING IT. WE DID HAVE, AGAIN, MULTIPLE EMPLOYEES INVOLVED AS WELL AS A TEACHER. RIGHT. BECAUSE THIS IS ROD BOCES PROGRAM WITH TIGER TUBE. AND THEN FOR THIS FIRST YEAR WE CONTINUED TO HAVE A COMPANY HELP THROUGH PAUL JUAREZ AND USE OF FACILITIES, DO THE YORBA LINDA SIDE AND PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE FOR THE TIGER TUBE STUDENTS TO TAKE ON A BIT BIGGER OF A TASK THAN STREAMING THEIR GAMES OUT OF THE GYM AS WELL. THEY DEMONSTRATED THAT THEY CAN HANDLE THE TASK SUCCESSFULLY. JEREMY IS THE EMBED ON THE WEBSITE YOUTUBE NO. SO THE LIVE STREAM THROUGH GRANICUS IS DIFFERENT, AND ORIGINALLY THAT WAS SWAGAT GRANICUS BOT SWAGAT. SO THEY THEY ACTUALLY RUN THIS. THEY'RE RUNNING THE CAMERAS RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. SO THE FOUR CAMERAS YOU SEE IN THE ROOM THEY'RE RUNNING FROM WAS TEXAS. IT MIGHT BE FLORIDA. NOW I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE THEY ACTUALLY RUN THEIR OPERATIONS FROM ANOTHER GRANICUS SPOT. THE EQUIPMENT'S IN THE BACK ROOM RIGHT. AND THEY'RE SIMPLY CONTROLLING THE CAMERAS FROM THERE. THEY IT ALSO RECORDS. RIGHT. AND THEN THEY CLEAN UP THAT FOOTAGE AND POST IT LATER. THAT IS NOT RUNNING ON YOUTUBE. AND THEY DO THEIR SPECIFIC CLOSED CAPTIONING FROM THERE. THE SYSTEM, THE HARDWARE IS BOUGHT AND OWNED AND OTHER PEOPLE COULD DO THAT WORK. IF WE CHOOSE TO GO THAT ROUTE, WHETHER [04:10:08] IT BE STUDENTS OR, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER VENDOR. BUT THEY CERTAINLY HAVE EXPERIENCE RUNNING THIS AT THIS POINT IN TIME. I'M NOT SURE THAT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE UP. WE WOULD IF WE MADE THE CHANGE. NOW, I'M NOT SURE WE'D BE READY TO DO IT BY A JULY BOARD MEETING OR AN AUGUST BOARD MEETING. I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE THING TOO IS THE KIDS ARE VERY CAPABLE, BUT ONE THING WE WANT TO KEEP IN MIND IS EVEN IF STUDENTS WERE GRANTED A WORK PERMIT, AND SO THAT MEANS IF THEY'RE UNDER 18 AND WORKING, THEY'RE NOT PERMITTED TO WORK PAST 10 P.M. ON SCHOOL NIGHTS. AND SO OUR MEETINGS FREQUENTLY RUN PAST 10 P.M. AND SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD BE VERY MINDFUL OF. ANOTHER THING JUST TO ADD IS, YES, OUR STUDENTS ARE CAPABLE, AND I THINK THAT THEY ALL CAN DO GREAT THINGS. LIVE STREAMING IS AN IMPORTANT SKILL FOR THEM TO HAVE. HAVING PEOPLE THAT WE PAY AS CONTRACTORS TO BE RESPONSIBLE, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT HAPPENS, I THINK IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT PIECE TO THIS. NOT SAYING THAT THEY ARE NOT CAPABLE AND THEY ARE NOT TRUSTWORTHY, BUT I'M JUST SAYING WHEN WE HAVE A COMPANY THAT'S PROVIDING THIS SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO BE ABLE TO SEE MEETINGS THAT MAYBE START AT 3:00 OR DON'T START AT NORMAL TIME OR SPECIAL MEETINGS, AND WE CAN TURN IT ON. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE IN HAVING SOMEONE THAT RUNS IT. SO IT'S NOT JUST TURN IT ON, TURN IT OFF. OKAY? OKAY. SO DO YOU WANT TO DIRECT STAFF TO LOOK INTO OPTIONS OR. MARILYN ONLY WAS SUGGESTING THAT WE LOOK INTO IT FOR THE FUTURE YEAR. SO NOT NOT NECESSARILY THIS YEAR. SO WE'LL WE'LL DO SOME HOMEWORK. YEAH. SO THIS IS AN INVESTIGATION FOR THE 2627 SCHOOL YEAR. CORRECT. I AM NOT LOOKING AT MAKING YOU GUYS CHANGE THIS YEAR. OKAY. MRS. BLADES, YOU VOTING YES ON THIS. VOTING YES TO RENEW WITH THE COMPANY, NOT STUDENTS. NO. THAT'S WHAT THIS MOTION WAS ALL ABOUT. JUST JUST MAKING SURE. YES, I THANK YOU, MRS. QUINTERO. MR. FRAZIER. HI. HI, MRS. BUCK. AND I AM ALSO AN I. SO THE [22.25 Approve renewal of the Diligent Community Subscription Service with the Diligent Corporation, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.] MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO 22.25. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE RENEWAL OF THE DILIGENT COMMUNITY SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE WITH DILIGENT CORPORATION EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2026. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. BURKE, A SECOND BY MRS. QUINTERO. THIS IS ONE I WANTED TO PULL JUST BECAUSE I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT SOMETHING ELSE. LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE THROUGH CSBA AND BOARD AGENDA ONLINE. IT'S BETTER THAN THIS. WHEN I USE IT IN ROP, IT'S EASIER. THE INFORMATION IS EASIER TO GET TO THE YOU SEE THE WHOLE SCREEN INSTEAD OF HALF OF IT BEING CUT OFF. I THINK SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE MEMBERSHIP THERE, WHAT IS THE COST OF IT? I'D LIKE TO HOLD THIS AND LOOK AT THAT COST COMPARISON AND SEE IF WE CAN SWITCH OUT OF DILIGENT. WELL, WHAT WOULD WE DO FOR NEXT BOARD MEETING. BECAUSE THIS IS EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST THROUGH JUNE 30TH. I'M NOT SAYING THAT I THOUGHT I WAS BLIND TONIGHT, BUT IT WAS VERY SMALL. MAYBE I AM BLIND, I DON'T KNOW, BUT WHAT WOULD WE DO THOUGH? LIKE CAN YOU GO MONTH TO MONTH OR. I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION I DON'T FOR JEREMY. CAN WE CANCEL THE CONTRACT IF WE FIND SOMETHING WE LIKE BETTER? TURN AROUND TIME AND BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TURNAROUND TIME IS AND THE TRAINING FOR THE NEW. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE TERMINATION CLAUSE IS. SO WE WOULD NEED TO CHECK THAT. BUT WE'RE OBVIOUSLY BEYOND A 30 DAY TERMINATION AT THE MOMENT. BUT IF WE CAN TERMINATE, WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK INTO WHATEVER IS BEING SUGGESTED. AGAIN, IT MIGHT BE VERY HARD TO HAVE IT READY FOR A JULY MEETING. WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE IT READY FOR AN AUGUST MEETING, BUT REALLY THE BIG CHANGE WOULD BE FOR STAFF. AND YOU GUYS. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT AGENDA ONLINE? IS THAT THE ONE YOU MENTIONED ONLINE? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT IT'S VERY COMMON. BUT AS JEREMY NOTED, THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE TRAINING FOR ALL THE TEAM. AND BUT WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF TRAINING FOR THIS TOO. MY I JUST WANT TO LOOK AT ANOTHER OPTION BECAUSE I LIKE THAT ONE BETTER. OKAY. WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT COMING WITH THIS BEING HERE JULY 1ST AND NOT HAVING THE 30 [04:15:03] DAYS, THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY GIVE US AN OPTION TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. SO MAYBE NEXT TIME OR FOR FUTURE THINGS, WE HAVE IT EVEN A MONTH BEFORE THAT SO THAT WE DON'T GET TO THIS. WE CAN DO THAT. AND MAYBE THEY'LL GO MONTH TO MONTH POSSIBLY. AND THEN I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT COME BACK NEXT MONTH. I CAN CHECK WITH THEM A MONTH, A MONTH. YES. OKAY. SO WE'LL CHECK THE TERMINATION CLAUSE AS WELL. FOR THIS I'M GOING TO SAY NO BECAUSE I WANT TO PUSH IT TO NEXT MONTH AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. AND THEN THE COST OF AGENDA ONLINE AND ALL ALL THE PD OKAY. GOT IT. ARE WE VOTING. YEAH THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING TO OKAY. WE HAVE TO VOTE. BUT I'M GOING TO VOTE NO BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT CONFUSED ME. I WAS LIKE, WAIT, DID I GET SKIPPED I. I JUST ALERTING OKAY MRS. BLADES YES MRS. QUINTERO NO, NO, I'D LIKE MORE RESEARCH AS WELL, MR. FRAZIER. WAIT. IF WE IF YOU'RE VOTING NO ON THIS, THEN WE LOSE EVERYTHING. YEAH, WE DON'T GET TO. WHAT DO WE DO NEXT MONTH? UNLESS WE GO HARD? UNLESS WE HAVE HARD COPIES. I, I GUESS THAT WE WOULD GO BACK TO OLD SCHOOL. BUT, MR. FRAZIER, IF WE GET IN A JAM AND IT'S UNREASONABLE, THEN WE CAN ALWAYS RETROACTIVE BRING IT BACK. IF THAT'S WHERE WHAT THE DECISION OF THE DISTRICT IS. BUT I REALLY WANT THEM TO LOOK AT IT BECAUSE AGENDA ONLINE IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO RETROACTIVE BRING IT BACK FOR NEXT MONTH? OKAY. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A VOTE. LET'S OKAY. MRS. BUCK I OH YOU'RE ARE YOU I'M SORRY. NO. OKAY. JUST MAKING SURE WHAT WE WERE DOING AND YES VOTE VOTED I AND I AM ALSO VOTING I. SO MOTION CARRIES THREE TWO. BUT I AM INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS. [23.17 Approve the agreement with International Baccalaureate (IB) to provide middle school years program training to Kraemer Middle School staff during the 2025-26 and 2026-27 school years.] QUINTERO AND BUCK OKAY 23.17. 17. THAT'S THAT'S ME. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE IB TO PROVIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS PROGRAM TRAINING TO KRAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL STAFF DURING THE 25, 26 AND 2627 SCHOOL YEAR. SECOND. OKAY, I PULLED THIS BECAUSE THE MONEY'S COMING OUT OF THE ARTS AND MUSIC INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS BLOCK GRANT. I THINK I GOT ALL THE ACRONYMS THERE, SAID, AND I ASKED WHAT LINE ITEM THIS WAS COMING OUT OF, AND IT IT'S COMING OUT OF THE LET'S SEE, IT'S COMING OUT OF IS IT THE MISCELLANEOUS. IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH. THE SERVICES MISCELLANEOUS INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS CURRICULUM AND SERVICES LINE. DO WE KNOW WHAT THE BALANCE IS ON THAT CURRENTLY. CURRENTLY FOR THE FOR THE COMING I DON'T HAVE THE ACTUALS FOR THIS YEAR. SO THE FISCAL DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO CLOSE THE BOOKS AND THEN PROVIDE THAT TO US AND GIVE US ALL THE REMAINING BALANCES FOR THE FINAL YEAR, THE OF THE PLAN. AND THEN WE WERE GOING TO REALLOCATE AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD IN THE FALL. BUT I CAN SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY, I REALLY CAN'T. I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT THE SPREADSHEET WITH ALL THE YEAH, IT'S TOO MUCH TO PULL RIGHT NOW. OKAY. I PULLED THE ARTS AND MUSIC CONSTRUCTION BLOCK GRANT BECAUSE THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY POPULAR GRANT. AND WE HAD FOR THIS COMING YEAR, AS OF FEBRUARY OF 24, 384,000. AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE COST OF THIS IS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, IT WAS IT LIKE 20,000, 20,000. SO IT'S NOT A VERY BIG SUM, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SPENDING OUR DOLLARS ACCORDINGLY. AND IN, IN THE REALM THAT IT WAS DISCUSSED AND VOTED ON BY THE BOARD BECAUSE THIS, THIS GRANT HAS CHANGED A LOT OF HANDS AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS BECAUSE ORIGINALLY WHEN THE BOARD VOTED ON THIS, THERE WAS ONLY 174 FOR THIS YEAR. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING OUR OUR BUDGETS. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AS A FEEDER PROGRAM AND THAT IT'S GOING THERE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY. THE EXPENSES ARE COMING OUT OF THE RIGHT BUCKET, BASICALLY. YEAH. AFTER THE BOARD APPROVED IT PREVIOUSLY, WE DID GET AN [04:20:06] INCREASE IN ALLOCATION. AND SO IT WAS JUST PUSHED INTO THAT ONE LINE ITEM TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY. SO THERE WAS AN INCREASE TO THAT LINE ITEM. BUT WE ARE STAYING WITHIN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT WAS APPROVED. BUT THE INCREASE DID OCCUR BECAUSE ADDITIONAL MONEY DID COME IN TO THAT BLOCK GRANT. BUT AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE BOOKS, GET ALL THE FINAL TOTALS, BRING EVERYTHING BACK IN THE FALL FOR THE BOARD TO SEE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN THE FINAL YEAR. OKAY. PERFECT. ARE WE GOING TO TRY TO DO THIS AT OTHER SCHOOLS? BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S JUST IT'S KRAMER. ARE WE GOING TO TRY TO LIKE, EXTEND THIS? BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT WE'VE PULLED A PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, FROM OCS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT DECLINING ENROLLMENT AT ESPERANZA. AND SO IS THERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, A WAY THAT WE CAN TRY TO DO AN IB AT ESPERANZA AND THEN DO A PROGRAM LIKE THIS TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, CREATE MORE OF A PATHWAY AND ESPERANZA AND TO, TO PROVIDE MORE OPTIONS. YEAH. WE'RE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH ESPERANZA ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO RE-ENVISION THEIR SCHOOL TO BE, WHETHER THAT'S ADDING NEW PROGRAMING OR REBRANDING THEIR CURRENT PROGRAMING AND THEN MARKETING IT. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE SCHOOL IS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF DECIDING. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH THEM ACTUALLY NEXT WEEK AGAIN TO CONVENE. AND WE'RE MEETING WITH THEM ALL THROUGH THE SUMMER AND THE FALL. SO WE ARE FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF REBUILDING ESPERANZA. RIGHT. AND SO THIS IS JUST THE TRAINING FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STAFF. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT IF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN IB PROGRAM THAT WE COULD I KNOW IT WOULD BE A FAST MOVING THING, BUT IF THERE WAS A MIDDLE SCHOOL, ARE WE ABLE TO SEND MORE TEACHERS TO THIS TYPE OF THING SO WE CAN EXPAND IT? OR, YOU KNOW, LIKE MAYBE LOOK AT THE INTEREST OR IF THE ESPERANZA STAFF WERE TO SAY THAT THEY WANTED TO PURSUE AN IB PROGRAM. EACH SCHOOL HAS TO APPLY FOR CANDIDACY THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE BACCALAUREATE ORGANIZATION. AND THAT'S A MULTIYEAR PROCESS TO APPLY. AND THEN TO GET THE TRAINING AND THEN GO FOR THEIR OFFICIAL APPROVAL OF THE PROGRAM. BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ESPERANZA WANTED TO PURSUE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO APPROVE, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO. SO DID KRAMER APPLY FOR THIS YEARS AGO? YES. THEY ACTUALLY APPLIED LAST YEAR AS LAST YEAR, LAST YEAR. SO THEY APPLIED FOR CANDIDACY. THIS IS YEAR ONE OF CANDIDACY WHICH MEANS TRAINING. AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO UNDERGO 1 TO 2 YEARS OF CANDIDACY BEFORE THEY'RE OFFICIALLY APPROVED AS AN IB MIDDLE YEARS PROGRAM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. MRS. BLADES, I, MRS. QUINTERO, MR. FRAZIER. HI, MRS. BUCK AND I AM ALSO AN I. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. LAST ONE 24.20. I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION [24.20 Approve the agreement between the City of Anaheim and the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District for the provision of a School Resource Officer, effective July 1, 2025-June 30, 2026.] TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ANAHEIM AND THE PLACENTIA-YORBA LINDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE VISION OF A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER, EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2026. SECOND. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY MRS. ANDERSON, SECOND BY MRS. QUINTERO. AND I PULLED THIS BECAUSE THIS SEEMS TO BE A DIFFICULT CONTRACT THAT IT WE THIS IS LIKE OUR THIRD YEAR WITH THIS CONTRACT AND WE'VE NEVER HAD A FULL TIME. WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO HAVE A FULL TIME. SO AND I KNOW THAT IS NOT ANY STAFF'S FAULT. IT HAS TO DO SOLELY ON THE ANAHEIM POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR STAFFING ISSUES. AND I JUST WONDERED WHAT I GUESS, LIKE, WHAT'S THE HOPE THAT WE WILL HAVE SOMEONE IN THE FALL? THEY SAID SOMEBODY BY OCTOBER, RIGHT? YEAH, BY OCTOBER. AND IT WAS WAS REALLY A SHAME BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH A GOOD SRO THERE. AND HE JUST HAPPENED TO RETIRE, WHICH WAS JUST OUT OF THE BLUE. AND SO WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, BOY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HIM FOR A WHILE. SO I YOU KNOW, THAT WAS SHOCKING. BUT WE'RE GUARANTEED WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE INVOICED FOR THE DAYS THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD AN SRO THERE. AND THEN STARTING NEXT SHOULD HAVE SOMEBODY ASSIGNED. AND WE KEEP WE'RE IN CONTACT WITH BOB, YOU KNOW, SERGEANT CONKLIN AND YOU KNOW, SAYING, ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY. OH YES, WE'RE SURE, WE'RE SURE. SO I MEAN, WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO CONTINUE TO, YOU KNOW, CALL HIM AND URGE HIM TO. YEAH, YEAH. IN OCTOBER, CAN WE GET AN UPDATE IN JUST OUR REGULAR BOARD UPDATE? SURE. WHERE IT STANDS. YEP. IF THAT'S THE PROMISE FROM ANAHEIM. YEAH, WE SHOULD HAVE A STATUS REPORT. [04:25:08] OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IS ANAHEIM LOWMAN STAFFING. YES OKAY. BECAUSE I KNOW WE WOULD HAVE ONE EVERY LIKE YOU KNOW WE HAD 4 OR 5 DAYS. WE WOULD PUT ONE OVER TIMER AND IT WAS LIKE A PERMANENT ESCROW FOR THAT DAY OF THE WEEK WHEN WE DID IT. SO JUST CURIOUS. YEAH, BUT I THINK IT'S THE HAVING THE SAME OFFICER THERE BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS. I WAS TALKING TO A STUDENT THIS MORNING AND THEY WERE TELLING ME HOW MUCH THEY LIKE OFFICER YOUNG AT VALENCIA AND, AND HOW THEY HAVE BUILT A RELATIONSHIP. AND IT WAS JUST REALLY NICE TO HEAR SO THAT I WOULD LOVE THE KIDS AT ESPERANZA TO HAVE THAT SAME EXPERIENCE. RIGHT. OKAY. YEP. WE'LL GET YOU AN UPDATE. MRS. BLADES. HI, MRS. QUINTERO, MR. FRAZIER. HI, MRS. BARCHI AND I AM ALSO AN I. MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH. OKAY. THAT MOVES US TO. THE BOARD DISCUSSIONS. AND SINCE [26. BOARD DISCUSSION] WE MOVED THE STUDENT ATTENDANCE CALENDAR TO NEXT MONTH, WHICH WILL BE THE JULY MEETING, THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE'LL BE DISCUSSING IN JULY. I GUESS WE'RE TO THE FLAG DISPLAY. WHO'S LEADING THIS DISCUSSION. SO THE FLAG DISPLAY, THE CURRENT. THERE'S NO BOARD POLICY ON IT. SO ORIGINALLY WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, WE TALKED ABOUT BRINGING IT ON USING THE USUAL PROCESS OF A FIRST READING. SECOND READING. HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT A BOARD POLICY. IT'S AN R, WHICH WAS IT'S FROM 1978, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. SO THE STAFF, OF COURSE, DOES ARES NOT NOT NOT THE BOARD. SO THE BOARD REALLY COULD DO ANYTHING FROM DISCUSS IT BECOMING A BOARD POLICY, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION YOU LIKE TO GO OR WHATEVER DIRECTION YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO. RELATED TO THE VERBIAGE IN THE R, BUT IT WOULD. BUT THE BOARD TYPICALLY DOES NOT GIVE DIRECTION OR APPROVE AN R AS A GENERAL RULE. I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO KEEP IT AS AN R JUST BECAUSE THE STAFF WOULD HAVE A SAY IN IT. AND AS BOARDS CHANGE AND, YOU KNOW, DYNAMICS CHANGE, I THINK THAT WOULD AFFECT IT IF WE MADE IT A BOARD POLICY WHERE THE STAFF COULD DICTATE THEMSELVES WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO WITH IT. I AGREE, I THINK WE LEAVE THE R HOW IT IS AND THE LANGUAGE IT'S IN. WELL, SO I WHEN I BROUGHT THIS FORWARD IT WAS BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE IS FROM OBVIOUSLY LIKE I DON'T EVEN THINK IT'S 78 BECAUSE I THINK I HAD QUITE A FEW YEARS BEFORE I WAS BORN. I THINK THAT WAS OUR CONVERSATION. YOU WERE HOW OLD? HOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT. I DON'T REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION EXACTLY. BUT YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. SO BASICALLY THE PURPOSE OF THE FLAG IS IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE R IS, IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT ANY OF THE FLAGS ON THE DISTRICT PROPERTY. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY TALK ABOUT THE R THAT WE HAVE FROM 1978. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S TALKING ABOUT FLAGS DISPLAYED ON A STAGE. AND SO IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY OF THE, YOU KNOW, ANY OF THE 30 DAYS FOR THE DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT OR FORMER PRESIDENT. BUT THEN ALSO TOO, WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF ISSUES, AS YOU'VE SEEN ON ALL THE COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND EVEN ON OUR CAMPUSES WITH FLAGS IN THE CLASSROOM, YOU HAVE FLAGS, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, STATES, RELIGIOUS, ALL KINDS OF THINGS. AND SO WHAT THIS ONE WOULD DO IS JUST SAYING THAT WE KEEP WE HAVE AN AMERICAN FLAG IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND THEN IF YOU HAVE A CITY FLAG, SO LIKE PLACENTIA HAS A CITY FLAG HANGING, THAT YORBA LINDA CITY FLAG, YOU CAN HANG THAT. AND THEN AS FAR AS LIKE IN THE SCHOOLS GO, LIKE, I KNOW ESPERANZA HAS A FLAG. SO LIKE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THEY DISPLAY THEIR FLAG OR COLLEGE FLAGS, BUT IT'S ANY OF THE OTHER THINGS. IF WE DO HAVE A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES POLICY THAT THIS COULD ALL KIND OF TIE INTO IS, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVING CERTAIN FLAGS BEING FLOWN IN CLASSROOMS OR ON THE CAMPUSES. THIS IS NOT GIVING STUDENTS, TAKING AWAY ANY STUDENTS FREE SPEECH BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE FREE TO WEAR WHATEVER TYPE OF SHIRT THEY WANT TO WEAR. THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, DO ANY TYPE OF SELF-EXPRESSION. THIS IS ACTUALLY ABOUT OUR EMPLOYEES AND US AS A DISTRICT. [04:30:05] AND, YOU KNOW, IT ALSO SAYS IN HERE, IF THERE'S A CERTAIN MONTH OR IF THERE'S A CERTAIN DISPLAY, YOU KNOW, ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS REACH OUT TO SUPERINTENDENT AND SAY, HEY, I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PART OF THE CURRICULUM OR THIS IS PART OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT I WANT TO PUT UP IN THE CLASSROOM. AND SO THE SUPERINTENDENT, YOU KNOW, SAYS YES OR NO. BUT I THINK BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD ISSUES IN THE PAST WITH PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING UP CONTROVERSIAL FLAGS THAT LIKE, YOU KNOW, GRADUATIONS OR EVEN, YOU KNOW, THIS INCIDENT WE JUST HAD AT OSHKOSH AND SOMEBODY SAYS, OH, YOU KNOW, THEY IT WAS A FACEBOOK POST OF MINE THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF THIS. BUT YET I HAVE PEOPLE PUTTING THESE COMMENTS IN BECAUSE THEY'RE SO UPSET THAT SOMEBODY WAS RUNNING AROUND WITH THIS FLAG AT LUNCH AND THEY SAID THEY WERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, CREATING THIS PROTEST, NOT EVEN A PROTEST. IT WAS LIKE THERE WAS JUST ALL OF THIS RUCKUS BEING CAUSED. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT WHAT WAS DONE. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY A FIGHT BREAKS OUT AND YOU HAVE ALL THESE THINGS. AND SO IF WE JUST SAY, LIKE, IT'S VERY EASY, WE HAVE AN AMERICAN FLAG, YOU HAVE THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FLAG, AND YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY FLAG. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT WE FLY ON DISTRICT PROPERTY. AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE CURRICULUM, THE TEACHER CAN PUT IT UP IN THEIR ROOM AT THAT TIME. BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOTHING AGAINST ANY OTHER THING. IT'S JUST LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT VALUES. AND THERE WAS EVEN A CASE, I THINK IT WAS IN TEXAS OR ANOTHER STATE WHERE THEY STARTED SAYING, IF THE TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM WANTS TO HANG ONE FLAG, THEN THEY ALSO HAVE TO PUT UP THE OPPOSING FLAG. AND IF YOU FAIL TO PUT UP THE OPPOSING FLAG, THEN THE DISTRICT CAN BE SUED BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DO. IT'S CALLED VIEWPOINT DISCRIMINATION. SO YOU CAN ALSO START RUNNING INTO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S SOME PEOPLE'S NEXT STEPS IS THEY SAID, WELL, THERE'S THIS SIX FOOT FLAG HANGING IN THIS CLASSROOM. AND SO I WANT TO PUT THIS NEXT ONE UP IN THE TEACHER'S REFUSING. AND SO LIKE HOW DO WE START ADDRESSING THESE THINGS WHERE ALL OF THE VIEWPOINTS ARE, ARE CLEAR AND NOT JUST ONE VIEWPOINT, YOU KNOW, OF A STAFF MEMBER? I MEAN, THIS ISN'T LIKE I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE STUDENTS ARE CLIENTS. THEY'RE FREE TO WEAR THEIR SHIRTS, WEAR WHATEVER IT IS THEY WANT TO. BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE DISTRICT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. SO WE SHOULD HAVE TYPE OF THING WHERE IF A TEACHER WANTS TO HANG UP ONE FLAG, THEN THE OPPOSING FLAG GETS HUNG TOO. SO THERE'S EQUAL REPRESENTATION OR WE JUST PUT UP, YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN AMERICA, WE PUT UP THE AMERICAN FLAG. WE LIVE IN CALIFORNIA, PUT UP THE STATE FLAG, AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY THAT WE'RE DEALING, I MEAN, IT SEEMS VERY BLACK AND WHITE AND THERE'S NO HATE, THERE'S NO NOTHING. IT'S JUST IT'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES EVERYBODY COMFORTABLE. AND THEN IF THE CHILDREN OR THE STUDENTS WANT TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND USE THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND HOW THEY DRESS OR WHATEVER IT IS, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. BUT US AS EMPLOYERS, WE TAKE A DIFFERENT STANCE ON THIS. SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO VIOLATE SOMEBODY'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. IN THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU PROPOSED. THERE'S NOTHING RELATED TO CITY IN THERE. SO THAT'S NOT EVEN LISTED. WELL, I WAS GOING TO ADD THAT I THINK THAT WHAT WE HAVE IS SUFFICIENT. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE COME FROM A VARIETY OF COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANG THOSE FLAGS OF REPRESENTATION IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO THAT. I THINK LGBTQ AND THE PRIDE FLAG IS TOTALLY ACCEPTABLE, AND THAT SHOULD BE BASED ON WHATEVER THAT TEACHER WANTS IN THE CLASSROOM. I THINK WE ARE OVERSTEPPING. THERE HASN'T BEEN AN ISSUE OTHER THAN THE ONE VIDEO AND I SAW THE VIDEO. THE YOUNG GIRL HAD THE PRIDE FLAG THAT SHE HAD, AND A YOUNG MAN CAME UP AND RIPPED IT OUT OF HER HANDS, RAN ACROSS CAMPUS. IT WAS A TARGET OF THAT YOUNG GIRL. IT DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT BOY. AND THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE. IT WAS ALL ABOUT THAT YOUNG GIRL AND HOW SHE FELT AND WHAT THAT YOUNG BOY DID. SO I THINK THAT THAT THE PICTURE WAS OUT THAT IS OUT THERE IS DOESN'T REPRESENT THE ACTUAL VIDEO OF WHAT HAPPENED. I THINK WE'RE OVERSTEPPING AND I THINK WE SHOULD LEAVE IT AS IS. WELL, I ALSO THINK TOO, THAT WHEN MY SON WALKED IN AND A BUNCH OF OTHER STUDENTS WALKED IN AND THERE WAS A SIX FOOT LGBTQ FLAG HANGING, AND THEN HE WAS ASKED TO DO AN ESSAY ON HIS SEXUAL PREFERENCE AND HIS PRONOUNS THAT WAS OVERSTEPPING. AND SO THERE'S NO REASON WHY A TEACHER NEEDS TO BE ASKING FOR A STUDENT'S PRONOUNS, OR WHAT THEIR SEXUAL PREFERENCE OR THEIR GENDER IDENTITY IS. THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FLAG. IT ABSOLUTELY DOES, BECAUSE THERE'S A SIX FOOT LGBTQ FLAG. SO IF A TEACHER WANTS TO HANG IT, TELL THEM WHEN IT'S BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT OR WHEN PARENTS ARE COMING THROUGH THE CLASSES, KEEP HANGING THAT DON'T TAKE IT DOWN. WHEN THE PARENTS WALK IN, THEY CAN HANG THAT. AND I THINK IF HE WANTED TO DO A DIFFERENT PROJECT, HE COULD HAVE ASKED FOR THAT. WELL, ACTUALLY, A LOT OF PEOPLE DROPPED THAT CLASS, BUT SO LET'S LET'S PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE. IF THERE IS A CERTAIN FLAG. SO SAY SOMEBODY HAS A HAMAS FLAG UP [04:35:05] OR AN ISRAEL FLAG UP, ARE WE ARE WE GOING TO BE SAYING, YES, GO, GO, HANG THIS UP. WE HAVE RULES AROUND DECORUM. AND WHERE'S THE RULE WHERE ALL THOSE WHERE'S THE RULE? IS IT COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT? AND NO, THIS THIS IS A FLAG POLICY. THIS IS THE FLAG POLICY. SO WHERE IS THAT RULE RIGHT NOW EVERYBODY'S PUTTING UP WHATEVER FLAGS THEY WANT TO. SO WHERE'S THE RULE? SO IS THIS GOING TO EXTEND BEYOND THE CLASSROOM TO LIKE THE CARS AND THE STUDENTS CARS IN THE PARKING LOTS WHO ARE FLYING? I'M NOT I'M NOT SAYING I'M NOT SAYING THAT UNLIKE THAT STUDENT SITUATION THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT WAS NOT INSIDE A CLASSROOM, THAT WAS A STUDENT THEMSELVES THAT HAD IT. SO HOW WOULD THIS AFFECT THAT? IT WOULDN'T AFFECT THE STUDENT. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE EMPLOYEES AND THE DISTRICT. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE STUDENTS AND THEIR SELF-EXPRESSION. I MEAN, LOOK AT THE STUDENTS WHO COME WITH AMERICAN FLAGS TIED TO THEIR, YOU KNOW, LIKE AS A CAPE. AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DO THINGS LIKE THAT. THERE WAS A LOT OF SELF-EXPRESSION OF THESE STUDENTS AT GRADUATION WHO THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE MEXICO FLAG AROUND THEM. AND THEY HAD LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEIR THEIR HERITAGE. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE STUDENT'S EXPRESSION. I'M TALKING ABOUT WE ARE A BOARD AND WE HAVE EMPLOYEES, AND WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE THINGS, AND WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CLASSROOM. AND SO. SO WHERE DOES THE LINE OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION STOP THEN, IF THE STUDENTS CAN HAVE IT, BUT THE TEACHERS CAN'T. THE TEACHERS ARE THE TEACHERS. WHO GETS THE TEACHERS? ARE OUR EMPLOYEES YOU FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, OTHER PEOPLE? LAWYERS? THEY CAN'T GO AROUND EXPRESSING THEMSELVES FREELY BECAUSE THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE REPRESENTING THEIR EMPLOYER. AND SO THAT'S LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN YOU TAKE A JOB, YOU KNOW, AS EMPLOYMENT, YOU CAN'T RUN AROUND, THEN IT SHOULD BE IT SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE BECAUSE YOU'RE AN EMPLOYEE OF THE THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT IN THE CLASSROOM. THAT'S NOT IN THE EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT. SO THINGS SHOULD BE REGULATED, CORRECT? NO, THAT'S NOT IN THE CLASSROOM. THE PROPOSED THE CLASSROOM, THE PROPOSED VERBIAGE IN HERE SAYS NO OTHER FLAG OTHER THAN THE US, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND STATE OF CALIFORNIA MAY BE DISPLAYED OR BROUGHT ONTO DISTRICT PROPERTY. THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING. SO THIS IS WAY FAR REACHING AND VIOLATES FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. FLAGS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTES. INSTITUTIONS SHALL BE PERMITTED AS PART OF THE COLLEGE AND CAREER PROGRAM. AND SO WE WERE TALKING, I THINK I TOLD ALAN ON THE PHONE, I SAID WE SHOULD ALSO ADD IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, THINGS, BUT WE COULD DO IT AT THE BOARD MEETING. SO IF THERE'S A HIGH SCHOOL FLAG OR IF THERE'S A COLLEGE FLAG, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY AN ALMA MATER IS A COLLEGE, YOU KNOW, HANG, YOU KNOW, HANG THAT UP OR ASK PERMISSION. BUT I MEAN, WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING IN HERE BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GET SUED FOR VIEWPOINT DISCRIMINATION? WHEN SOMEONE GOES IN AND SAYS, YOU'RE HANGING THIS FLAG AND I BELIEVE THIS OTHER WAY. SO LET ME PUT THIS FLAG UP. AND THEY SAY, NO, WHERE'S THE WHERE'S THE STUDENTS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS? I MEAN, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY EVEN THE TEACHER'S CLASSROOM. IT'S OUR IT'S A DISTRICT CLASSROOM. IT'S DISTRICT PROPERTY. SO * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.