Oct 21, 2025 Board Meeting

HAPPY WHEN SHE HAD. HER. YEAH. OKAY, I'M CALLING THE OCTOBER 21ST, 2025 REGULAR MEETING OF

[1.CALL TO ORDER]

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[2.STUDY SESSION ]

I'VE GOTTEN A CHANCE TO ASK LOTS OF QUESTIONS, LEARN ABOUT SYSTEMS AND PRACTICES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE. ONE OF OUR GREATEST ASSETS THAT THE COMMUNITY TRUSTS US WITH IS OUR FACILITIES, AND WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE REALLY GOOD CARE OF THEM. AS A SUPERINTENDENT NEW TO THE COMMUNITY, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT OUR FACILITY MASTER PLAN IS, AND IT WAS COMFORTING TO ME TO KNOW THAT MISS VELASCO WAS ON THE SAME PAGE WITH ME, STARTING DOWN THAT SAME PATH IN THINKING THAT THROUGH WHAT INVESTMENTS HAVE WE MADE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS? WHAT'S THE PROCESS? HOW DO WE DECIDE? TONIGHT SHE'S GOING TO SET A BASELINE FOR THE CONVERSATION, REALLY TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE AND TALK ABOUT A RECOMMENDATION GOING FORWARD FOR HOW WE MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT LIMITED RESOURCES AND FACILITY NEEDS, AND CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WE CAN ENGAGE WITH OUR FACILITIES TEAM TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A PROCESS SO THAT WHEN WE BRING YOU RECOMMENDATIONS, THEY'VE BEEN THOUGHT THROUGH AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH THE BOARD IN A REALLY MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION. THANK YOU JOHN.

THANK YOU. OKAY, SO HERE WE GO. MAYBE NOT. MAKES A GREAT NOISE. IS IT GIVING US TROUBLE. THERE WE GO. OH OKAY. SO ARE WE. GOOD OKAY. WELL I CAN TALK ABOUT THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. SO WE ARE GOING TO REVIEW THE FUNDING SOURCES. YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE PAY FOR DIFFERENT THINGS WITH DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. THANK YOU JEREMY. WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH OUR COMPLETED PROJECTS OVER THE LAST ONES THAT WE JUST COMPLETED. BUT IT HAPPENS OVER MULTIPLE YEARS. AND I'LL GET INTO THAT IN A MINUTE. OUR PROJECTS THAT ARE IN PROCESS ARE FUTURE PROJECTS AND OUR FUNDING STATUS. GREAT. YEAH. GET THE HANG OF THIS. OKAY. OH, NO. THIS THING IS MY NEMESIS. OKAY, SO HOW ARE MAINTENANCE EXPENSES PAID FOR? IF WE HAVE OUR NORMAL MAINTENANCE EXPENSES, THAT CAN INCLUDE OUR SALARIES AND ALL OF THE NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR ON ALL OF OUR FACILITIES. AND HOW WE FUND FOR THOSE IS THROUGH OUR GENERAL FUND, WHICH WE HAVE A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT. AND HOW THAT WORKS IS IT'S FUNDED AT 3% OF THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES. AND SO THAT'S APPROXIMATELY $11 MILLION A YEAR THAT GETS PUT INTO THIS FUND. HOWEVER, 6 MILLION OF IT PAYS FOR THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS FOR OUR STAFF, AND THEN THE REMAINING 5 MILLION PAYS FOR JUST THE NORMAL REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M ON THE RIGHT SIDE. DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IS ALSO ANOTHER FUND THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR ROUTINE EXPENSES. AND HOW THAT IS FUNDED IS WE MOVE MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO FUND. 14, IN THE AMOUNT OF $1.5 MILLION A YEAR. AND AGAIN, THAT IS JUST FOR OUR NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR ON OUR FACILITIES. NOW, HOW DO WE IT'S DOING IT TO ME AGAIN. I ACTUALLY PRACTICED THIS TODAY TO MAKE SURE IT WAS GOING TO WORK FOR ME. SO HOW DO WE HOW DO WE FUND OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS? WE HAVE OUR GENERAL FUND, AND IN THAT GENERAL FUND WE HAVE RESTRICTED RESOURCES. AND WE CAN USE THIS MONEY FOR FROM DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE OUR MONIES, OUR ARTS, MUSIC AND

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THE CAFETERIA FUND CAN ONLY INSTALL, BUY SOME EQUIPMENT AND DO SOME INSTALLATIONS. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. NOW GETTING INTO REALLY HOW WE FUND FOR FACILITY PROJECTS, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK NOW AT FUND 25, WHICH IS OUR DEVELOPER FEE MONEY AND OUR REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MONEY. SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN ONE FUND, THERE'S BASICALLY TWO SUB FUNDS WITHIN THAT. AND WE RECEIVE ABOUT $400,000 A YEAR FROM DEVELOPER FEES. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT'S GETTING BUILT IN THE DISTRICT AND HOW, EXCUSE ME, HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE COMING IN FROM THAT. SO IT VARIES EVERY YEAR. THE DISTRICT PRETTY BUILT OUT THOUGH, SO WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING A LOT OF FUTURE DEVELOPER FEES. THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES, WE RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY $4.5 MILLION. THE FINAL DATE WHERE THESE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES ARE GOING TO END IS IN 20, 57, 58. AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THE MONEY IS THERE, BUT IT'S GOING TO EVENTUALLY END, BUT QUITE A WAYS AWAY. QUESTION. WHAT WAS THE DATE THAT THAT'S GOING TO EXPIRE AGAIN? 5758 5758 YES. I WILL NOT BE HERE. YEAH. KIM. LET'S HOPE SO. LET'S HOPE SO. TODD.

AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE OUR FUND 40, WHICH IS OUR SPECIAL RESERVE FUND FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY. AND WE RECEIVE MONEY FROM THE CITY OF YORBA LINDA REGARDING A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. AND THAT FUND PAYS FOR OUR COP PAYMENT, THE DEBT ON THAT, THAT IS GOING TO BE ENDING IN 20, 32, 33 AND AFTER JUNE OF 26 OR THE END OF THIS CURRENT YEAR, WE WILL HAVE NO FURTHER ALLOCATION OF MONEY COMING OUT OF FUND 40. OKAY, SO COMPLETED PROJECTS NOW OUR PROJECTS ARE DONE OVER MULTIPLE YEARS, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT ALMOST $35 MILLION IN COMPLETED PROJECTS. SOME EXAMPLES OF THIS IS WE PUT IN SOME EXPANDED LEARNING CLASSROOMS, PRESCHOOL MODULARS SHADE STRUCTURES, PLAYGROUNDS, BATHROOMS, SCOREBOARDS, ATHLETIC ROOMS. CAL SHAPE ALLOWED US TO DO A LOT OF WORK WITH OUR ENERGY SAVINGS. AND ON HERE I'VE EMBEDDED THE DETAILED PROJECT LIST BY SCHOOL. I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GO THROUGH EVERYTHING. SO YOU ALSO HAVE A COPY OF THAT. OR IF YOU WANT TO GO IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT LATER, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SEND QUESTIONS LATER ON. IF YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF COMMENTS OR ANYTHING ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT IT DOES LIST BY SCHOOL WHAT WE HAVE COMPLETED. OKAY. EXCUSE ME, I'M GETTING OVER COLD. THE NEXT THING IS NOW MOVING ON TO WHAT'S IN PROCESS. WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON AGAIN, THIS IS FUNDED OVER MULTIPLE YEARS, AND I'LL SHOW YOU THAT IN A SECOND. AND THAT'S ALMOST $26 MILLION. SO LET'S BEGIN WITH LOOKING AT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROJECTS. AGAIN. THIS IS GOING TO BE LISTED BY SCHOOL SITE. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE AT FAIRMONT WE'RE WORKING ON SOME TC CLASS RESTROOMS. SORRY I'M SHOWING YOU HERE ALSO WHAT'S GETTING FUNDED. SO IT'S COMING OUT OF FUND 2525. THE ESTIMATED PROJECT COST IS $700,000. AND THEN ON HERE YOU CAN SEE IF IT'S BEING DONE OVER SIX YEARS. SO CURRENTLY IT'S ALL BEING DONE IN 2526. WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT IT WOULD BE DONE IN AUGUST OF 26. THE NEXT ITEM IS GEORGE KEY. WE'RE WORKING ON FLOORING REPLACEMENT. THE FINAL PHASE. THAT'S ROUGHLY $60,000 COMING OUT OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE FUND 14 AND TO BE COMPLETED MAY OF 2026. GOLDEN ELEMENTARY. WE'RE WORKING ON TC RESTROOMS AND THE REMOVAL OF CABINETS IN THE KITCHEN. THE RESTROOMS ARE 700,000 AND THE KITCHEN IS COMING OUT OF THE KIT FUNDS OF 30,000. THE RESTROOMS ANTICIPATE COMPLETION DATE IS AUGUST OF 2026, AND THE CABINETS IN THE KITCHEN ARE GOING TO BE DONE IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR. MELROSE BIRD MITIGATION. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, WE HAVE BIRDS THAT LIKE TO GO UNDERNEATH OUR SHADE STRUCTURES AND CAUSE A LITTLE BIT OF A MESS. AND SO WE'RE WORKING AT TRYING TO MITIGATE THAT FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 85,000. AND CURIOUS WHAT IS IT LIKE? I'M REALLY CURIOUS. LIKE WHAT ARE WE DOING? OKAY. SO WE COULD BE PUTTING WELL, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR EXPERTS. MR. FIGUEROA, I

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GOOD AFTERNOON. SO THAT BIRD MITIGATION IS OBVIOUSLY AROUND THE BUILDING ITSELF. THERE'S.

AREAS WHERE THE BIRDS SIT AND THEY ACTUALLY ARE DOING SOME A LITTLE BIT OF DROPPINGS ON OUR STUDENTS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MITIGATE THAT AROUND THE WHOLE BUILDING. IT IS ABOUT 15FT HIGH.

SO IT WILL TAKE SOME WORK TO DO THAT. IS IT THOSE SPIKE DEALS? NO. THIS IS A NETTING PIECE BECAUSE THE SPIKE DEALS, THEY'RE ISOLATED. BUT YOU HAVE I-BEAMS THAT ARE GOING ACROSS THE SPAN OF THE I'M GOING TO CALL IT A PATIO COVER. BUT IT IT DOES GO THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. AND SO IT IS A LITTLE MORE OF, OF THAT ISSUE TO BE ADDRESSED. SO SO WILL YOU BE PUTTING UP SOME DIFFERENT NETTING. SOME NETTING. YEAH. TAKE A LOOK AT IT. OKAY. AND MY QUESTION IS RELATED TO THE CABINETS AND THE KITCHEN THERE. AND THE OTHER ONE AT WAGNER ARE HOW ARE WE DOING THAT TO INCREASE SPACE. WHAT ARE WE REPLACING IT WITH. ARE WE GOING TO LOSE. SO I'M GOING TO HAVE THAT ONE MAXWELL TAKE ON BECAUSE HE KNOWS A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT ONE. BUT THERE IS A LITTLE MORE DETAILS IN JUST OF JUST REMOVING CABINETS AND SO FORTH. SO MAX VAN MOORSEL MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES. SO THAT IS AN AREA THAT'S BEEN ADDRESSED BY OUR NUTRITION SERVICES TEAM, WHERE SOME CABINETS AFFECT THE FLOW OF THEIR SERVING LINES. SO THAT'S REMOVING THOSE CABINETS. AND THEN AS WITH ANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, ONCE YOU OPEN THAT UP, IT, YOU KNOW, CREATES A COUPLE MORE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO.

SO THAT IMPACTS THE FLOORING, IMPACTS THE WALLS. AND THEN OF COURSE WE ALSO HAVE OUR PROCESSES FOR TESTING FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS BEFORE WE TOUCH ANY ANYTHING. SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE COST. IS IT GOING TO IMPACT ANY OF THEIR STORAGE THAT THEY HAVE AT THE SITE? IN THE KITCHEN. IT WILL IMPACT A LITTLE BIT OF STORAGE, BUT NUTRITION SERVICES FOUND THAT THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY USING THAT STORAGE AND THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THE BENEFIT THAT THEY'LL HAVE FROM IMPROVING THEIR SERVING LINES IS IS WORTH THE. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU. OKAY. MOVING ON TO TOPAZ. THREE NEW EXPANDED LEARNING PORTABLES, $2.4 MILLION. YOU CAN SEE THAT PROJECTS BEING FUNDED OVER MANY YEARS HERE, STARTING BACK IN 2324. AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT BEING COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER OF 2025. ALSO WORKING THERE, A PORTABLE RESTROOM REFURBISHMENT, $80,000, EXCUSE ME. ANTICIPATING THAT TO BE COMPLETED IN MAY. MOVING ON NOW TO TRAVIS. DSA COMPLIANCE ISSUES WITH THE WALL ENCLOSURE PROJECTS. ESTIMATED COST OF 650,000 PLUS. WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF FUNDING LEFT IN OUR FUND 35, AND SO WE MOVED ABOUT $9,500 INTO THAT COMPLETION AUGUST OF 2026, AND WE WILL BE REPLACING SOME RAMPS OUTSIDE OF ROOMS 81 AND 82. AND THAT'S COSTING 65,000 AND FINISHING UP THIS DECEMBER. TINES. WE HAVE PARKING LOT AND PLAYGROUND ASPHALT BEING DONE $56,000 ESTIMATING THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE ACTUALLY THIS MONTH. AND WE HAVE THREE NEW PRESCHOOL PORTABLES GETTING PUT IN FUNDED OVER TWO DIFFERENT FUNDS, OUR FUND 25 AND OUR FUND 12. AND SO 1.3 MILLION IS COMING OUT OF FUND 25, 1.3 MILLION OF IT'S COMING OUT OF FUND 12. AND ESTIMATING THOSE COMPLETION IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR. WAGNER AGAIN REMOVAL OF CABINETS IN THE KITCHEN USING OUR KIT FUNDS FOR ABOUT 30,000. ENDING THAT PROJECT IN DECEMBER. EXCUSE ME.

MOVING ON TO. OOPS. WAIT. SORRY. THERE WE GO. YORBA LINDA MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS SAYS CITY RESTROOM REMODEL. IT'S ACTUALLY WE HAVE JOINT USE FACILITY WITH THE CITY, I BELIEVE. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO COST ABOUT $79,000. THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED THIS MONTH. IS THAT A JOINT COST BETWEEN THE TWO OF US? I WAS GOING TO SAY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE? IS IT IN IT'S SOUTH OF. IS IT FOR STAFF RESTROOMS OR IS IT. SO THESE ARE STUDENT RESTROOMS AND WE USE THEM ON A DAILY BASIS. AND THIS IS FOR THE STUDENTS. AND THE FLOORS AND JOISTS AND EVERYTHING WAS THE DILAPIDATED IT WAS GONE. SO WE MADE FORTH THE EFFORT TO REPAIR THOSE FOR OUR STUDENTS AS FAR AS THE JOINT USE, I DON'T KNOW THE PARTICULAR DETAILS. IF WE HAVE

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QUESTION. YES, THIS IS AROUND THE TURF FIELD. CORRECT. THIS IS WHERE THESE BLEACHERS ARE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE WAS DISCUSSION, I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHEN IT WAS, BUT ABOUT THE THE BLEACHERS IN THE GYM AT EL DORADO. SO THE BLEACHERS OF THE GYM, THEY ARE DSA APPROVED.

WE HAVE THEM DSA APPROVED, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THOSE IN 2027. OKAY, OKAY. THE FIELD ONES ARE DEFINITELY THE PRIORITY THOUGH BECAUSE THOSE ARE VERY CORRECT. YEAH. THEY'RE BOTH TERRIBLE. SO YEAH. AND WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO IN A LITTLE BIT WHEN WE KIND OF GET THROUGH THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED HERE, LIKE THE PROCESS FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH FUTURE PROJECTS AND HOW EVERYTHING GETS PRIORITIZED. OBVIOUSLY SAFETY COMES FIRST AND HIGHEST NEEDS SO WELL, AND I'M ASSUMING THAT BECAUSE OF THE THE PLAN THAT YOU'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THIS BUDGET STABILIZATION, THAT SOME OF THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE TRIAGED AND ADJUSTED WELL.

SO A LOT OF THIS FUNDS COME OUT OF NOT THE GENERAL FUND. SO THE THE STABILIZATION PLAN WON'T REALLY BE AFFECTING THIS. THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE, WHICH I'M GOING TO GET INTO IN A LITTLE BIT HERE, IS WE HAVE VERY LIMITED FUNDING FOR THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT. AND SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT, THAT MASTER FACILITY PLAN IN A LITTLE BIT AND KIND OF EXPLAIN, AND IT WILL GET US TO THAT POINT WHERE WE CAN START TALKING ABOUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO PRIORITIZE PROJECTS THAT NEED TO GET DONE AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO FUND THEM. SO BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, SAFETY FIRST, THE THE BLEACHERS ARE A SAFETY HAZARD, BOTH OUTSIDE EL DORADO INDOORS. AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE OVER. SOME OF THE STUFF I SAW ON THE LIST. SO COOL. GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. AT ESPERANZA NOW WE HAVE THE COSTS THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH OUR MAGNOLIA CHARTER SCHOOL COMING IN AND WE SPLIT. WELL, IT'S IN FUND 25 FOR ABOUT $130,000. THAT WAS ALL TO BE COMPLETED BY THIS NOVEMBER. WE HAD SOME PARKING LOT RECIRCULATION COMING OUT OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. THAT WAS 85,000, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF IN APRIL OF 2026. WE'RE WORKING ON A POOL MODERNIZATION FOR $1.5 MILLION. ANTICIPATE ENDING THAT IN DECEMBER OF 2025. THAT'S EXCITING. WEIGHT ROOM ALSO. THAT'S GREAT. $75,000 WILL BE COMPLETED THIS DECEMBER. AND

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YES. AND NOT THE SMALLER ONE. YES, YES. GOOD. OKAY. NOW VALENCIA HIGH SCHOOL AGAIN. OUR SYNTHETIC FIELD REPLACEMENT IS DUE $650,000 TO BE COMPLETED THIS SUMMER. IN AUGUST, A KILN REPLACEMENT, ALSO FOR ALMOST 400,000 TO BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER. OUR KITCHEN MODERNIZATION. THE TOTAL BUDGET $6.3 MILLION. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE PULLING A LOT OF FUNDS FROM DIFFERENT AREAS. SO WE'RE PART OF THE MONEY'S COMING OUT OF FUND 40. WE ALSO HAVE MONEY COMING OUT OF FUND 25. WE HAVE SOME MONEY COMING OUT OF FUND 13, AND WE HAVE SOME MONEY COMING OUT OF OUR KIT FUNDS, WHICH IS IN THE GENERAL FUND. THAT PROJECT WE'RE ANTICIPATING COMPLETING NEXT YEAR IN 26, 27. SO THIS IS HIGHER THAN THE NUMBER THAT WE WE SHOWED IN DECEMBER BY $1 MILLION. THAT'S CORRECT OF THE HIGHEST OPTION BECAUSE THERE WERE TWO OPTIONS. SO WE WANT TO DISCUSS THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A REALLY BIG NUMBER. I'M ASSUMING IT'S COST OF SUPPLIES AND THINGS HAVE GONE UP WELL. BUT IT'S THE HIGHEST. IT'S HIGHER THAN THE HIGHEST. THERE'S TWO OPTIONS I'M SURE THE HIGHEST ONE PROBABLY WENT UP AS WELL.

CORRECT. WELL CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT. SO I AT LEAST SO I CAN EXPLAIN IN REGARDS TO THE ACTUAL KITCHEN PROJECT. ONE THE, THE KITCHEN ITSELF IS LIKE 2.5 MILLION AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION COST IS THE 1.8 OR CALL IT 1.8 1.2 MILLION IS YOUR KITCHEN EQUIPMENT AND THAT IS THE DIFFERENT FUND. THE SOFT COSTS ARE THE THE THERE'S THE SOFT COST IS YOUR INSPECTIONS AND SO FORTH THAT BUILDING MATERIALS AND SO FORTH THAT ARE THERE. SO THIS IS A THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE IT DID HAVE SOME ESCALATION ON THE INITIAL THE INITIAL COST ESTIMATED. BUT THIS IS JUST THE KITCHEN, THE AUXILIARY PIECE OF IT. AND THAT IS THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE. SO RALPH, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS OF HOW WE'RE NOTIFIED WHEN COSTS ARE GOING TO BE GOING UP? AS YOU'RE WORKING THROUGH A PROJECT, WHAT HAPPENS? SO WE DON'T WE DON'T GET TO SEE WHAT THE YOU KNOW, WE ESTIMATE A BUDGET AND THE ARCHITECT STARTS WORKING ON THE PROJECT. AND WHEN THE ARCHITECT STARTED LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT AREAS AND SO FORTH, I MEAN, ONCE THEY GET INTO DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, THEY'LL THEY'LL TAKE IT OVER TO THEIR COST ESTIMATOR. ONCE THE COST ESTIMATOR BROUGHT US THE COST OF THE PROJECT, WE SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, ONE, WE HAVE TO STICK WITH OUR KITCHEN ONLY PIECE, AND THEN WE WE HAVE TO EITHER DO VALUE ENGINEERING TO BRING IT DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, A REASONABLE COST OR AT LEAST UNDERSTAND THAT. SO THERE IS A PROCESS ONCE THE THE ARCHITECT TAKES THAT TO THEIR ESTIMATOR TO BRING IT BACK TO US AND GIVE US THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. OKAY, OKAY. HAVE WE DONE ANY RESEARCH OR LOOKED AT ANY KIT FUNDS THAT ARE COMING AVAILABLE THROUGH THE STATE? THEY DO MATCHING FUNDS. AND AND I BELIEVE THERE'S A NEW ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING OUT WITH WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT. WELL GO AHEAD. WELL SO SO THAT ONE OBVIOUSLY THE OUR NUTRITION SERVICES DIRECTOR WORKS WITH THOSE. SHE IS CONTRIBUTING SOME OF THE FUNDS TO THIS PROJECT. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S I AM NOT AWARE IF THERE'S NEW ONES. SO THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT. RIGHT. AND THE OTHER POINT THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE ALSO IS BECAUSE THESE PROJECTS ARE CURRENTLY IN PROCESS, WE CAN WE ADJUST BUDGET ALL THE TIME WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH.

SO IF ANY ADDITIONAL MONIES BECOME AVAILABLE, WE WILL DEFINITELY PULL THAT MONEY IN.

SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER IS OUT THERE, WE ALIGN IT TO THESE PROJECTS. ALSO, GOING BACK TO WHAT RALPH WAS TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IT JUST HAPPENS ALL THE ALL THE TIME.

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WHAT DOES THIS THING COST? WHAT DOES IT ENTAIL. AND THEN WE GO BACK AND WE ACTUALLY TAKE A LOOK AT IT TO SAY, WHAT CAN WE CHANGE BUT STILL MEET THE NEEDS. AND SO I BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE QUITE A FEW MEETINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING BETWEEN THE ARCHITECT, OUR DIRECTOR OF NUTRITION SERVICES, AND OUR TEAM OVER HERE TO REALIGN THIS BUDGET. SO YOU ARE CORRECT THAT THE PRICES DID GO UP, BUT WE ARE REALLY JUST MAINTAINING REMODELING THAT KITCHEN ITSELF.

AT ONE POINT, I BELIEVE WE WERE GOING TO KIND OF EXPAND THAT A LITTLE BIT AND JUST REALIZED IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE. SO YEAH, BECAUSE THE CONVERSATION WAS REVITALIZING EXISTING VERSUS TEARING DOWN AND REBUILDING. THIS IS THE REVITALIZATION. IS THIS NUMBER INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET THAT WE APPROVED FOR THE YEAR? YES. THIS NUMBER, THE 6 MILLION? YES. OKAY. AND JUST TO CLARIFY AS WELL, IT'S SERVING THE STUDENTS AND THE STAFF, CORRECT THE KITCHEN STAFF FOR NOT JUST THE STAFF. CORRECT. IT'S GOING TO BE USED BY STUDENTS. YES. EVERY DAY. AND IT'LL BE BENEFIT EVERYBODY ON CAMPUS, CORRECT? YES. AND NONE OF THIS MONEY IS COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. NONE? NO. WELL, DIDN'T YOU SAY THE KITCHEN FUNDS ARE OUT OF GENERAL, BUT THOSE ARE RESTRICTED. YEAH. SO YEAH. SO I ALWAYS THINK THE GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED KNOW WHICH ONES 4040 AGAIN THAT'S OUR SPECIAL RESERVE FUND FOR FACILITY USE.

AND IN FUND 40 PAYS FOR I KNOW YOU GOT HERE A LITTLE BIT LATE, BUT FUND 40 PAYS FOR THE COP PAYMENTS. AND WE ONLY HAD A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THAT WAS LEFT IN THERE THAT WE COULD USE.

AND WE WERE USING IT FOR THIS PURPOSE. OKAY, OKAY. VALENCIA HIGH SCHOOL REPLACEMENT OF GYM BLEACHERS IN THE FLOORING, $1.7 MILLION. THAT WILL BE DONE THIS SUMMER IN AUGUST. SORRY. ASKING AGAIN WHICH GYM? OH, THIS. THIS ONE IS THE MAIN GYM. THE OLD. THE OLD GYM? YES. I'M SORRY.

YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY THE OLD GYM, RALPH. SORRY. OLD GYM. I'M HOOSIERS, I GUESS THE. OKAY.

THAT'S FINE. OKAY. OUR SOFTBALL SCOREBOARD, 67,000. THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE IN FEBRUARY OF 2026. MOVING ON TO YORBA LINDA HIGH SCHOOL. SO BATTING CAGE ROOF REPLACEMENT USING OUR AMIM BG 15,000 THAT WILL BE DONE THIS COMING JUNE. A CERAMICS PATIO WILL BE DONE AND THAT WILL BE COMPLETED THIS COMING FEBRUARY. AND THEN RESURFACING THE TRACK THERE ALSO FOR HALF A MILLION THAT WILL BE DONE THIS COMING AUGUST. YEAH, JUST GENERAL QUESTIONS. I KNOW WE'RE DOING TWO TURF FIELDS. WHAT ABOUT THE YORBA LINDA FIELD AND THE ESPERANZA FIELD? WHERE ARE THOSE IN THE LIFE CYCLE? I'M JUST ASSUMING WE'RE PROBABLY EXPECTING THAT THOSE SHOULD BE COMING UP HERE PRETTY SOON, TOO. SHAWNA HAS THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF WARRANTIES AND SO FORTH. SO I'LL I'LL LET HER ANSWER THAT. YORBA LINDA AND ESPERANZA ARE DUE TO BE REPLACED IN 2030. OH. GOT IT. OKAY. GOOD, GOOD. SO JUST JUST VALENCIA AND EL DORADO ARE UP AND IT'LL BE DONE IN JUNE. PERFECT. OKAY. OKAY. DISTRICT OFFICE. WE HAVE A FEW THINGS GOING ON UP HERE TOO. WE'RE WORKING ON SOME BUS CHARGING STATIONS. SO PART OF THIS, THE 391,000, WAS EARMARKED OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. AND WE DID RECEIVE SOME GRANTS OF 360,000.

AND WE HAD TO HAVE SOME MATCHING FUNDS. THAT'S WHY THE GENERAL FUND YOU CAN SEE THERE, AND THAT IS TO BE COMPLETED THIS AUGUST. QUESTION ABOUT THE GRANTS. YES, THAT THAT'S MONEY THAT'S COMING INTO US. YES, THAT IS GOING OUT. SO REALLY OUR GOT IT. THANK YOU. I JUST DIDN'T SEE NEGATIVE. SO THAT WAS SO IT'S GOOD. OUR OFFICES 350,000 TO CHANGE THOSE AGAIN.

AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETED THIS AUGUST. ALSO MOVING TO NUTRITION SERVICES.

WE'RE PUTTING IN A FREEZER AND DRY STORAGE AREA OUT THERE AT OUR YORBA LINDA YARD. WE'RE USING THOSE FUNDS. AND THAT'S GOING TO COST $1.6 MILLION. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE NEXT MONTH IN NOVEMBER. AND THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. IT'S AMAZING. IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO GO OUT THERE AND SEE THAT. WHAT USED TO LOOK LIKE, OH YEAH, YOU SHOULD SEE IT NOW. IT'S GREAT.

IS THIS THE ONE ON RICHFIELD OR IS THIS THE ONE ON CARCINOMA? CARCINOMA? YES. OUR EXPANDED LEARNING CENTER WE'VE BEEN PUTTING IN OUR FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM BECAUSE THAT WAS THE NEW REQUIREMENT. IF WE WERE GOING TO BE MOVING BACK INTO THAT BUILDING, THAT'S 1.3 MILLION AND WE'RE USING OUR LOT MONEY THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE. NOW, I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED A QUICK

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BUT THERE'S A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS OF WHY WE NEED TO HAVE THAT DONE. ANTICIPATE THAT ACTUALLY TAKING IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO DO THIS, AND I'LL GET INTO THE DETAILS IN A SECOND.

BUT THAT WON'T BE COMPLETED UNTIL NEXT YEAR. OKAY. THE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN WON'T BE DONE UNTIL NEXT YEAR, OR IT WON'T BE DONE TILL WON'T BE DONE BY 2026. STARTING IT.

WE'RE STARTING IT VERY QUICKLY. GOT IT? YES. WILL YOU SAY NEXT YEAR? NEXT SCHOOL YEAR OR NEXT CALENDAR YEAR? OKAY. NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, 2627. ARE WE HIRING A COMPANY TO DO THAT OR ARE WE DOING IT IN-HOUSE? YES. WOULD YOU GUYS RALPH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT? SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AN RFP FOR THIS SERVICE. SO WE'RE WE WILL BE DOING AN WE WILL BE SOLICITING ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS THAT ARE EXPERTS IN THIS FIELD. AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO HELP US. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT TAKING THE RFP FOR APPROVAL IN THE BOARD DECEMBER BOARD MEETING. OKAY.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS IS. SO A FACILITY MASTER PLAN A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FACILITY MASTER PLAN OR FMP. IT'S A STRATEGIC LONG TERM DOCUMENT THAT ASSESSES THE CURRENT AND FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS PLAN SUPPORTS A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS. SO IT'S IT'S GOING TO ADDRESS OUR EDUCATIONAL GOALS. WE HAVE TO PREDICT OUR ENROLLMENT CHANGES MOVING FORWARD, AND IT WILL GUIDE DECISIONS ON THE BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE DO, ANY RENOVATIONS, EXPANSIONS AND FUTURE MAINTENANCE OF THE SCHOOL FACILITIES. SO THE COMPONENTS OF THIS PLAN, THEY DO AN ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT FACILITIES, OBVIOUSLY TAKING A LOOK OF WHAT WHAT CONDITIONS ARE ALL OF OUR FACILITIES IN RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OUR FUTURE NEEDS. WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND THIS IS LONG RANGE. THIS ISN'T JUST, OH, WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER THE NEXT YEAR. THIS IS A VERY LONG RANGE PLAN WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP. IT WILL DEVELOP A LIST OF FUTURE PROJECTS BASED ON ALL THE INFORMATION THAT IT'S GOING TO BE LEARNING. AS FAR AS THE DISTRICT'S VISION FOR OUR FUTURE. AND IT WILL MAINTAIN AN AN OPERATIONAL PLAN FOR I'M SORRY, WE'LL HAVE TALK ABOUT OUR MAINTENANCE THAT WE NEED AND OUR OPERATIONAL PLANS FOR ALL OF OUR PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD AND OUR FACILITIES. IT ALSO GIVES US A DETAILED BUDGET FOR PROPOSED PROJECTS, AND THEN A STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT TO THE DISTRICT'S STRATEGIC GOALS AND VISION. SO THE BOARD WILL BE INVOLVED WITH THAT. YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THE CONTINUING WITH SO HOW DOES THIS THING WORK? AND IT IT IS COMPLICATED. AND I JUST FEEL LIKE I THINK ONCE WE KIND OF GO THROUGH THIS, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE UNDERSTANDING.

WHEN YOU START TO HEAR ABOUT THIS PLAN AND HOW YOUR INVOLVEMENT IS. SO AT FIRST THEY ASSESSED THE CURRENT CONDITION. SO TYPICALLY AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ THROUGH THIS WHOLE THING, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE BUILDING CONDITION ASSESSMENTS. AND IT'S IT'S A VERY DETAILED WHEN THEY GET INTO THE INFRASTRUCTURE, IT'S NOT JUST WALKING INTO A BUILDING. THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING IN AND REALLY LOOKING INTO THE INFRASTRUCTURE UP IN THE ROOFS, YOU KNOW, THE FLOORING, EVERYTHING. THEY'LL DO AN ASSET INVENTORY AND LOOKING AT OUR LIFE CYCLES. SO WE'LL KNOW, LIKE WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW OFTEN DO WE HAVE TO REPLACE TRACK. SO WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. ALL LOOKS LIKE OUR CAPACITY AND OUR UTILIZATION STUDIES. AND THAT'S GOING TO ANALYZE HOW ARE WE CURRENTLY USING OUR SPACES AND IS IT UNDERUTILIZED OVER UTILIZED. WHAT IS IT THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING TO CHANGE THAT. AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO DO A COMPLIANCE REVIEW AND THAT WILL IDENTIFY ALL OF THE REGULATORY, SAFETY AND ADA ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES. AND THOSE ARE VERY COMPLICATED. AND THEY HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED AS WE MOVE FORWARD, ESPECIALLY WITH DSA. THE SECOND ITEM THERE REGARDING THIS PLAN IS WE HAVE TO DEFINE STRATEGIC GOALS AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES.

SO THE DATA FROM THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT IS THEN USED TO DEFINE A SET OF MEASURABLE STRATEGIC GOALS. SO NOW WE HAVE A PLAN. WHAT IS THIS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. AND IT WILL SERVE A PURPOSE ON ALLOWING US TO PRIORITIZE PROJECTS. SO THIS SOME OF THESE ITEMS ARE GOING

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THE PLAN THEN PHASES THE PROJECTS RECOMMENDING A SEQUENCING AND TIMELINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION. HOWEVER, THIS TIMELINE IS FLEXIBLE AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS IF WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO VARIOUS PROJECTS, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT AS COST EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE. JUST LIKE IF YOU'RE WORKING ON YOUR OWN HOME, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE WORKING IN YOUR CLOSET, WELL, MAYBE YOU WANT TO FIX THE FLOORING TOO. SO THEY'LL ACTUALLY GIVE US A SEQUENCING OF THE BEST WAY TO GO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE PROJECTS.

AND THEN NUMBER FIVE HERE, IT'S GOING TO INTEGRATE INTO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS BUDGETS. WE'RE ALWAYS VERY AWARE OF OUR BUDGETS. AND SO THE RANKED PROJECTS FROM THE FACILITY MASTER PLAN ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE DISTRICT'S MULTI-YEAR BUDGETS. AND SO AS YOU SAW PREVIOUSLY, PROJECTS TAKE MULTIPLE YEARS. SO THESE BUDGETS ARE GOING TO GO FORWARD TO IN MULTIPLE YEARS. WHAT THIS DOES IS IT ENSURES THAT THE FUNDING IS ALLOCATED BASED ON STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, NOT JUST AD HOC REQUESTS. OKAY. SO NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT. SO BASICALLY ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FACILITY MASTER PLAN BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD. WHEN THEY DEVELOP IT.

HOW MANY YEARS DO THEY GOT. DO THEY GO OUT A DECADE LIKE TEN YEARS. IS IT LIKE A 20 YEAR? 20? PROJECTION. SO SO AS. THE DEVELOPMENT OF IT TAKES PLACE, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE NEEDING AT SPECS. WE WILL BE VISITING OBVIOUSLY ALL THE SITES AND SO FORTH. IT WILL TAKE ABOUT A YEAR. AND I'M GOING TO SAY A YEAR AND A HALF TO DEVELOP IT. AND ONCE IT'S DONE, IT'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE LONG RANGE PLANNING FOR THE DISTRICT. HOW FAR OUT DOES THAT GO? SO IT CAN GO 10 TO 20 YEARS. SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU KNOW THE GOAL IS. SO THAT WAY YOU HAVE ALL YOUR FUTURE PLANS AND AND ENDEAVORS IN THAT. SO ALL RIGHT THANK YOU RALPH. IT HAS TO BE THAT LONG BECAUSE IT HAS THE FIELDS TO CONSIDER. I MEAN LOTS OF THINGS MAY CHANGE BUT THAT BUT EVEN PROJECTING OUT EVEN IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE IN THAT PIPELINE THAT'S MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN A DECADE IS KIND OF THAT SWEET SPOT BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, ANY LONGER AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO PLAN FOR BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITHIN THAT TIME. THE OTHER THING, OTHER STATES THAT I'VE, THAT I'VE WORKED IN, THERE'S A THERE ARE STATE STATUTES THAT SAY YOU HAVE TO DO IT EVERY TEN YEARS JUST TO MAKE SURE, ESPECIALLY IN A STATE LIKE CALIFORNIA AND OREGON, BECAUSE OF THE SEISMIC ACTIVITY THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL. OKAY. SO NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT FUTURE FUNDING CONSIDERATIONS.

SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO ALL OF THIS? FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO TALK I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT PROP TWO. SO THE CALIFORNIA VOTERS DID PASS PROP TWO BACK IN 2024. IT AUTHORIZED $10 BILLION IN NEW BONDS FOR K-12 SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES. AND AT THAT TIME, WE THOUGHT, FANTASTIC, THIS IS GREAT. BUT MOVING FORWARD A LITTLE BIT HERE, IT SAYS PROP TWO IS AVAILABLE, BUT IT ALSO REQUIRES MATCHING FUNDS. SO THAT'S THE OTHER CONSIDERATION.

IT'S NOT JUST, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THIS MONEY. WE'LL GET YOU GOT TO SHOW US ALL OF THIS, INCLUDING THE FACILITY MASTER PLAN. THAT WAS ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS TO GET THIS MONEY. AND YOU ALSO HAVE TO MATCH IT ALSO. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ALSO

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SORRY I'M JUMPING AHEAD. NO YOU'RE GOOD. THERE'S MORE THERE'S MORE. THERE'S ALWAYS MORE. A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE PROP TWO FUNDING WILL GO TOWARDS THE BACKLOG OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN OUT THERE. I KNOW. SO PROP 51 WAS WHAT WAS DONE BEFORE THAT MONEY RAN OUT. EVERYTHING GOT BACKLOGGED. SO THEY'RE TAKING A LOT OF THIS MONEY AND THEY'RE GIVING IT TO THOSE PROJECTS. THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BACKLOG OF THE UNFUNDED PROJECTS FROM PROP 51, IT WAS $4.8 BILLION. 5.2. YEAH. SO WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT LEFT IN THE LAST THING HERE SAYS THE STATE AWARDS THE FUNDS ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS.

SO OUR DISTRICT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RECEIVE ANY OF THESE FUNDS. WHEN DID THAT WHEN, WHEN, WHEN DID THE APPLICATION PROCESS START? YEAH. IN ORDER FOR THE APPLICATION PROCESS TO START WE NEED THE FMP, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE BEHIND THE GUN. THEY WON'T LET US DO ANYTHING UNTIL WE GET LET US CAMP OUT OVERNIGHT UNTIL WE HAVE THAT PAPER. NO, WE WOULD HAVE PUT EVERYTHING IN THERE. WHEN DID THEY OPEN IT? PRIOR. I MEAN, FOR THIS ROUND. WELL, IT START THE THING. THE PROP PASSED IN NOVEMBER OF 2024 AND I IF I'M REMEMBERING IT RIGHT, DID IT START LIKE THE BEGINNING OF 25 WHERE THEY STARTED TAKING THE APPLICATIONS? SO SO I DON'T HAVE THAT DETAILED INFORMATION ON THAT. BUT THAT'S OKAY. I CAN GET THAT. GET IT BACK TO YOU.

THANK YOU. IS IT ATYPICAL TO HAVE THIS PLAN IN PLACE BY NOW FOR DISTRICTS LIKE US? LIKE, ARE THERE A LOT OF DISTRICTS THAT CAN'T APPLY? YES. OKAY. BECAUSE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT PROPOSITION, HAVING THAT MASTER FACILITY MASTER PLAN, A LOT OF DISTRICTS ARE KIND OF BEHIND THE GUN TO SAY, HEY, WE HAVE ALL THESE PROJECTS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE FACILITY MASTER PLAN. SO A LOT OF US ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW WITH TRYING TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF. AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THAT ALL GOING AND IN PLACE, WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING.

WE'RE STILL GOING TO TRY FOR THIS MONEY, AND THE HOPES ARE MAYBE THEY'LL COME OUT AND THEY'LL ADD SOMETHING TO IT. IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE STATE OF THE BUDGET FOR THE STATE IS A LITTLE BIT OFF, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE. SO WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO ACT LIKE, YES, WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME OF THIS MONEY AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. YES. DID DID YOU SAY JUST TO CLARIFY THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE US A YEAR AND A HALF TO PUT THE PLAN TOGETHER A YEAR? CAN'T WE TAKE FAST TRACK THAT. WE CAN WE CAN ASK. WE DEFINITELY CAN ASK. BUT I'LL TELL YOU IT'S. AND THIS IS BECAUSE. BECAUSE IT'S BEING DEVELOPED BY SOMEBODY ELSE. WELL, ONE IS IT'S A BIG PROCESS.

HUGE, RIGHT. YEAH. IT IT'S IT'S A BIG PROCESS HAVING GOLD, HAVING GONE MYSELF THROUGH TWO BONDS. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE, THE SITES INVOLVED, THE SPECS, EVERYTHING THAT, THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT. NOW, THE THE OTHER THING I CAN AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, ADD THAT THE STATE THIS IS GOING TO BE A MOVING FORWARD PROCESS. THEY'RE GOING TO BE I DON'T I DON'T SEE THEM RELIEVING ANYONE FROM THE WITHOUT HAVING THE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN IN PLACE. OH FUTURE WISE FUTURE. THIS IS A NEW STANDARD. SO I FUTURE WISE. BUT IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU ESTABLISH IT, LET'S SAY FIVE YEARS DOWN THE LINE, YOU CHANGE IT. THE COURSE, YOU CAN ALWAYS REVISIT IT AND READDRESS IT. BUT AT LEAST YOU HAVE SOMETHING.

IT'S IT'S REALLY A BLUEPRINT OF OF HOW YOU WANT TO OPERATE, WHICH THEORETICALLY MEANS THAT THAT'S JUST THE PROCESS, WHICH MEANS EVERYBODY THAT'S BEHIND IS ALL HAVING THE SAME TIMELINE.

YES. WHICH MEANS WE COULD CAMP OUT WHILE IT'S GETTING PREPARED. WE'RE GOING TO TRY. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. I'M GOING TO CAMP OUT AT YOUR HOUSE. OKAY. TUESDAY. THURSDAY. DONE.

WHO'S GOT WEEKENDS? WHEN WAS OUR LAST MASTER PLAN COMPLETED? OH. TRICIA ASKED. WHEN WAS THE LAST MASTER PLAN DONE AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO I'LL PASS THAT TO SHAUNA. OUR LAST NEEDS ASSESSMENT. I ACTUALLY DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT WAS CALLED A MASTER PLAN AT THAT TIME. WAS BACK IN 2000 BEFORE WE WENT OUT FOR OUR FIRST BOND MEASURE Y. OKAY, I WAS JUST HOPING MAYBE WE CAN GET ON THE TAIL END OF THE LAST ONE WITH THAT ONE IN. BUT I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PROP 21 OR 51 BACKLOG? I DON'T BELIEVE SO, NO.

WE'VE GOTTEN ALL OF OUR PROJECTS THAT WERE YEAH, WE HAVE BEEN FUNDED FOR ALL OF OUR STATE MATCHING PROJECTS FROM OUR PREVIOUS BONDS. I WILL SHARE WITH YOU GUYS THAT A COUPLE PROJECTS DIDN'T GET FUNDED WERE PART OF THIS BACKLOG. WE GOT FUNDED IN PROP 51, BUT THEY IT TOOK 13 YEARS TO GET US FUNDED. SO THAT'S OUR THAT'S SO DON'T COUNT ON THIS

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YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO TRY. YEAH WE'RE GOING TO TRY. WHICH IS THE REASON WHY AFTER YOU AFTER YOU GO THROUGH THE FMP PROCESS, THEN YOU GO OUT FOR A BOND, YOU GET THAT MONEY SO THAT YOU HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THE PROJECTS WHILE YOU'RE WAITING ON, YOU KNOW, THE STATE MATCH AND THE APPLICATIONS, YOU KNOW, TO COME THROUGH AFTER YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO FUND THE PROJECTS. YOU KNOW, IN LARGE PART. YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. I THINK I WOULD ALSO OFFER JUST A CONTEXTUAL SORT OF FRAME OF REFERENCE, WHETHER THERE'S MATCHING FUNDS OR NOT. HAVING A MASTER PLAN IS A BEST PRACTICE FOR A DISTRICT. YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT THE DETAIL OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS, THE ASKS ARE GETTING LARGER AND LARGER AND MORE VOLUME AND MORE VOLUME, AND THERE'S GOT TO BE A PROCESS BY WHICH WE EVALUATE THOSE TO DETERMINE WHAT CAN BE DONE GIVEN THE FINITE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. AND SO AND THAT HAS TO COME TO THE BOARD SO THAT FOLKS CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE SOME DECISIONS AROUND WHAT'S A NEED VERSUS WHAT'S A NICE TO HAVE VERSUS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S A GEE, THAT WOULD BE LOVELY. AND AND ULTIMATELY WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. YEAH. OKAY. SO ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR FUTURE FUNDING IS A DISCUSSION ABOUT BONDS. AND SO THE BOARD MAY BEGIN TO CONSIDER THE NEED TO GO OUT FOR A FUTURE BOND. IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, AN AVERAGE OF 59% OF LOCAL SCHOOL BONDS HAVE PASSED IN ANY GIVEN YEAR. AND LOOKING AT WHAT OUR BOND DEBT IS RIGHT NOW, I WAS ACTUALLY VERY HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. SO JUNE 30TH OF 2024, THE DISTRICT HAD $195 MILLION OF BOND DEBT. NOW, LOOKING AT THE MATURITY DATE FOR THE PAYOFF OF THESE BONDS, I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOOD NEWS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE GREEN ROW HERE IN AUGUST OF 28, WE'RE GOING TO RETIRE $17.7 MILLION OF THIS DEBT, MOVING TO 2030 FOR ANOTHER 105 MILLION IS GOING TO GOING TO BE GONE. AND SO EVEN THOUGH THAT SEEMS 34 IS A LONG TIME AWAY, IT'S REALLY NOT. IT'S JUST LIKE, WHAT, SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS FROM NOW. SO AFTER THOSE TWO ARE PAID OFF, WE'RE ONLY GOING TO HAVE $73 MILLION OF DEBT REMAINING. AND SO THEN I JUST PUT ON HERE. SO WHAT ARE THOSE YEARS WHEN THE FUTURE ONES WILL GET PAID OFF? IN 39, ANOTHER 50 MILLION WILL BE RETIRED. IN 41, WE ONLY HAVE 700,000 LEFT. AND THEN IN 49, THE REMAINING 22 MILLION. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT ALL OF OUR PROJECTS ARE AND SUMMARY FORM HERE, WE HAVE COMPLETED THE PROJECTS OF ALMOST $35 MILLION.

WE HAVE PROJECTS IN PROCESS FOR ABOUT $26 MILLION. AND THOSE UNFUNDED PROJECTS WERE REALLY GOING TO ADDRESS WHEN WE GET TO OUR FACILITY MASTER PLAN TO DETERMINE THIS. AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE LOOKING HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THE DISTRICT WITH ANY POSSIBLE FUTURE FUNDING FOR YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? OH, YES. I WHEN YOU SAY COMPLETED PROJECTS THROUGH SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, WHAT IS THE YEAR? IS IT STARTING WITH THE 23. IS IT STARTING WITH 22.

OH THESE PROJECTS. YES. THEY COMPLETED THEM. WENT BACK I THINK TO IF I COME BACK TO. SO IF YOU LOOK IN HERE, I THINK THEY STARTED BACK IN 22, 23, 2023, 2020. THAT'S WHAT I THINK.

2324 YES, YES, I THINK THEY'RE ALL 2324. THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST MAKING SURE. NO GOOD, GOOD QUESTION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE FINISH. WELL, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND IF WE CAN EVER ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF. THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB AND WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THEIR SERVICE. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AS WELL. THIS WAS A NICE PRESENTATION. I'M I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING WHERE THE TRAJECTORY IS. AND I LOVE THE LITTLE GUY IN THE LEFT, THE LITTLE THE LITTLE PENGUIN WITH THE GLASSES THAT REMINDED ME OF YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M REALLY JUST HOPING, YOU KNOW, THAT WITH THIS PLAN, WE CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH OUR DOLLARS PLAN AHEAD SO WE'RE NOT FIXING THINGS LATER AND, AND, AND USING OUR MONEY WISELY BECAUSE WE JUST HAVE SO, SO LIMITED.

AND THE ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS AT THE BEGINNING, YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW WE MOVE SO MUCH PERCENTAGE EVERY YEAR TO DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. HAVE WE LOOKED AT INCREASING THOSE PERCENTILES BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION COST AND AND PROJECT AS THE BUDGET GOES UP, THE PERCENTAGES I MEAN THE DOLLARS GO UP, RIGHT? BUT ALSO THE COST OF MATERIALS HAS REALLY SKYROCKETED PAST NORMAL. HAVE WE STUDIED IT IS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. YEAH. I'M LIKE,

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WE HAVE TO MEET THOSE THOSE CONCERNS. YEAH. TRIAGING AND PRIORITIZING IS IMPORTANT, WHICH THE MAINTENANCE FACILITIES PLAN IS GOING TO OR THE MASTER FACILITIES PLAN IS GOING TO HELP FIX. YEAH. JUST ONE LAST THING, MRS. ANDERSON. YOU SAID THE SPENDING IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. I MEAN, WE LOOK UP THE 35 POINT WHATEVER MILLION, AND THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS WHERE WE HAD ASKED TO SLOW DOWN AND STATEMENTS WERE MADE THAT WE HAVE FOUND ALL THIS MONEY AND WE'RE GOING TO SPEND IT AND DO ALL THIS STUFF. SO I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT. I, I'M GLAD WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AND PUTTING AN ACTUAL PLAN TOGETHER AND JUST INSTEAD OF SPENDING IT JUST WILLY NILLY. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JOAN. NO WORRIES. OKAY. FANTASTIC. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THE STUDY SESSION AT. 456. AND WE'LL GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

[4.CLOSED SESSION ]

[5.REGULAR SESSION ]

[9.APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]

[10.RECOGNITIONS]

THEY'VE MADE A REALLY POSITIVE IMPACT ALREADY. KELLY, THIS IS COMPLETED HER SECOND DAY TODAY AND MIKE WAS WITH US LAST WEEK AND I AND THE WEEK BEFORE, AND I WENT OUT AND VISITED WITH HIM LAST WEEK AND, AND PEOPLE WERE CLAMORING TO GET INTO HIS OFFICE TO CONNECT WITH HIM. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT THEY'RE A PART OF THE TEAM. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH BOTH OF THEM. SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. SO IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE

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KELLY HAS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM UC RIVERSIDE, A MASTER'S DEGREE FROM CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY. SHE'S WORKED IN THE IRVINE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE TUSTIN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND IN THE LA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. KELLY IS OUR NEW PRINCIPAL AT ESPERANZA HIGH SCHOOL, AND SHE JUST STARTED YESTERDAY. KELLY JOINED US FROM IRVINE HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE SHE SERVED AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL WITH A BROAD RANGE OF RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDING COUNSELING, MATH, CTE, VISUAL ARTS AND MILD MODERATE SPECIAL EDUCATION. SHE HAS LED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MASTER SCHEDULE AND COURSE SELECTION PROCESS, OVERSEEING STUDENT CASE MANAGEMENT, MANAGED SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY, AND COORDINATED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. MENTORS. IN ADDITION TO HER SITE BASED LEADERSHIP, KELLY HAS SERVED AS THE IUSD DISTRICT LEADERSHIP COMMITTEES, CONTRIBUTING TO INITIATIVES THAT STRENGTHEN STUDENT LEARNING AND STAFF COLLABORATION. HER REFERENCES DESCRIBE HER AS A GLOBAL THINKER WHO APPROACHES CHALLENGES WITH THOUGHTFULNESS AND INTEGRITY, DEMONSTRATING BOTH SKILL AND COMPASSION IN HER LEADERSHIP. WE WELCOME YOU TO ESPERANZA, AND IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS, BOTH OF YOU, NOT AT THE SAME TIME. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW HONORED I AM TO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO TAKE ON THIS INCREDIBLE RESPONSIBILITY. AND I DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY. I KNOW THAT ALL OF THE KIDS THAT GO TO SCHOOL AT MY SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, ARE GOING TO BE UNDER MY GOOD CARE. AND, YOU KNOW, I REALLY AM A STUDENT FIRST PERSON. AND I'VE LEARNED A LOT IN THE TWO DAYS THAT I'VE BEEN THERE. THE STAFF ARE JUST SO INCREDIBLE. THE KIDS ARE WALKING UP. YOU'RE MY NEW PRINCIPAL. THEY'RE SO EXCITED TO SEE ME AND IT'S HOMECOMING WEEK, SO WHAT BETTER WEEK TO START AT A HIGH SCHOOL? THE ENERGY IS JUST GREAT AND I'M LOVING IT SO FAR. SO THANK YOU FOR WELCOMING ME. HELLO EVERYONE! MY NAME IS MIKE ZIDES AND I AM BEYOND THRILLED AND HONORED TO BE HERE AND BE A PART OF THIS WONDERFUL SCHOOL DISTRICT. WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE A STUDENT AT EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL. THE CULTURE AND THE ADULTS AND THE STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY IS SO FANTASTIC. ALL I HAVE TO DO IS JUST STEP BACK AND LEARN. I'M LEARNING FROM THEM. I WILL LEAD THEM WITH MY TEAM, BUT I CAN LEARN SO MUCH FROM THE WONDERFUL SCHOOL COMMUNITY, KIDS AND ADULTS THAT WORK ON THAT CAMPUS. I'VE BEEN TO THE HOMECOMING GAME AND THE DANCE, AND I'VE IMMERSED MYSELF IN VISITING AS MANY CLASSROOMS AS I CAN. STARTING TOMORROW, I'M DOING SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR SCHOOL.

I'M STARTING A THREE, TWO ONE AT OUR SCHOOL. I'VE ASKED EVERY SINGLE STAFF MEMBER TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH ME IF THEY SO CHOOSE FOR 15 MINUTES, AND WE'LL DO THIS UNTIL WINTER BREAK. I WOULD LIKE THEM TO TELL ME THREE, TWO, ONE THREE THINGS THEY LOVE ABOUT EL DORADO. TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK AND TELL ME WHY. AND ONE THING THEY IF THEY COULD CHANGE, THEY WOULD. AND THIS IS OPEN TO ALL STAFF, CLASSIFIED AND CERTIFICATED. PROBABLY BY THE TIME WE GO TO WINTER BREAK, I WILL HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THE CULTURE IS AND WHAT THE STAFF AND STUDENTS CERTIFICATED AND CLASSIFIED WOULD LIKE OF ME AND LIKE ME TO KNOW. I'M PUMPED. THRILLED. AND KELLY, YOU AND I ARE THE TWO ROOKIES. WE CAN DO IT. AND I'M ONLY ON DAY NINE. YOU'RE ON DAY SEVEN, SO I HAVE SENIORITY. DAY TWO. YOU HAVE DAY TWO. I'M DAY NINE, SO I HAVE SEVEN DAYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WARM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SORRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WARM WELCOME. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. WE'RE SO EXCITED

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PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE FOYER. CARDS MUST BE COMPLETED AND TURNED IN PRIOR TO THE DESIGNATED TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. PROVIDED 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 DEFINING OF THE HATE CRIME 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 YOU DISRUPTED 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 TO GOVERNMENT CODE 54957.9. SO NOW WE WILL MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF MINUTES. 12.1. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE.

[12. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]

[13.PRESENTATIONS]

AND SO HOPEFULLY AS WE LOOK AT THE DATA, WE THIS WILL BE THE FIRST OF MANY PRESENTATIONS WE WILL GIVE YOU TO LOOK AT THE DATA AND LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE SEEING AND WHAT TRENDS WE CAN PREDICT AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE DECISIONS WE NEED TO MAKE AS A DISTRICT OVERALL. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO MISS GAUDIO'S REPORT THIS EVENING AS SHE SHARES TRENDS AROUND ENROLLMENT,

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SO JUST AS DOCTOR KIM MENTIONED, ACROSS THE NATION, WE ARE SEEING ENROLLMENT DECLINES AND IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE A REALLY HONEST LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR ENROLLMENT. AND I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT MISS TANYA GORDILLO, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND STUDENT SERVICES, COMING UP HERE TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE INSIGHTS THAT SHE HAS AND THE RESEARCH THAT SHE'S DONE REGARDING OUR GRADE SPAN DIFFERENCES, THE DIFFERENCES IN COMPARISON, COMPARISONS BETWEEN SCHOOL YEARS. AND HONESTLY, WHAT SHE'S DONE IS DILIGENTLY MONITOR ATTENDANCE PATTERNS AND THEN ANALYZE THAT DATA FOR OUR FUTURE PLANNING. AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE INSTRUMENTAL FOR US TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE STORY BEHIND THE NUMBERS. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MISS TANYA GORDILLO, WHO WILL BE PRESENTING ON ENROLLMENT. THANK YOU TANYA. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT ANDERSON. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. SUPERINTENDENT. DOCTOR LEBLANC, ESPARZA AND EXECUTIVE CABINET. TONIGHT WE ARE PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON OUR ENROLLMENT DATA, REVIEWING KEY POINTS AND EXAMINING HOW ENROLLMENT HAS CHANGED. WHEN ANALYZING ENROLLMENT NUMBERS. WE CAPTURE DATA AT SPECIFIC MOMENTS IN TIME. BECAUSE ENROLLMENT IS FLUID AND FLUCTUATE, WE USE CONSISTENT COMPARISON DATES, MONTHS OR TIME FRAMES FROM EACH YEAR. AND TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION WE WILL COVER SIX KEY AREAS. WE WILL REVIEW THE ENROLLMENT, CENSUS DAY TOTAL FIGURES, ANALYZE ENROLLMENT OVER FOUR YEARS, SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT ENROLLMENT FLUCTUATION BETWEEN THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. COMPARE INCOMING KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS VERSUS OUTGOING 12TH GRADE SENIORS. ANALYZE TRANSFER DATA OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD BY FOCUSING ON INTO DISTRICT VERSUS OUT OF DISTRICT TRENDS. WE WILL ALSO REVIEW HOW ENROLLMENT HAS CHANGED, HIGHLIGHTING GRADES AND SCHOOLS EXPERIENCING ENROLLMENT INCREASES AND SITES FACING ENROLLMENT DECLINES. CENSUS DAY IS THE FIRST WEDNESDAY IN OCTOBER, WHEN SCHOOLS REPORT STUDENT ENROLLMENT DATA TO THE STATE, PROVIDING A STABLE SNAPSHOT OF ATTENDANCE AND DEMOGRAPHICS AFTER THE START OF YEAR. FLUCTUATIONS WHEN MEASURED ON CENSUS DAY. ENROLLMENT IN THE DISTRICT HAS DECLINED OVER THE LAST THREE ACADEMIC YEARS. WE ARE NOT UNIQUE IN EXPERIENCING DECLINING ENROLLMENT. SIMILAR TRENDS ARE OCCURRING NATIONWIDE, STATEWIDE, AND COUNTYWIDE, DRIVEN BY EXTERNAL FACTORS SUCH AS LOWER BIRTH RATES, SHIFTING DEMOGRAPHICS AND MIGRATION PATTERNS, AND THE 2023 2024 ACADEMIC YEAR. CENSUS DAY ENROLLMENT STOOD AT 22,705 STUDENTS IN 2024 2025. ENROLLMENT RANGE REMAINED RELATIVELY CONSISTENT AT 22,698 FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, 2526 CENSUS DAY ENROLLMENT DROPPED TO 22,296. THIS DECLINE IS CONSISTENT WITH BROADER STATE AND NATIONAL TRENDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT. THE NEXT ANALYSIS OF OUR ENROLLMENT OVER TIME SHOWS HOW ENROLLMENT CHANGES FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. GENERALLY, WE OBSERVE THAT ENROLLMENT INCREASES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. IN 2022 2023, THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGAN WITH 22,497 STUDENTS ENROLLED AND ENDED WITH 22,911 STUDENTS, A GAIN OF 414 STUDENTS. FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END OF THE YEAR, THE GAIN WAS THE HIGHEST IN 2023 2024, BEGINNING WITH 22,123 STUDENTS AND ENDING WITH 22,694 STUDENTS, AN INCREASE OF 571 STUDENTS.

FOR THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR. WE BEGAN THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH 22,340 STUDENTS AND ENDED WITH 22,488 STUDENTS, AN INCREASE OF 148 STUDENTS. THE BEGINNING OF THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, 2025 2026 WAS 21,979. OUR TEAM IS FOCUSED ON UNDERSTANDING WHY ENROLLMENT INCREASES FROM THE

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KINDERGARTEN BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. ENROLLMENT WAS 1164 AND 12TH GRADERS MATRICULATING OUT WAS 1798. THIS SCHOOL YEAR, 2025 2026. AS NOTED IN THE GOLD COLUMN, 1310 KINDERGARTNERS CAME IN AND 2060 1/12 GRADERS WILL MATRICULATE OUT. A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE FOR OVERALL STABILITY IS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEING MORE STUDENTS MATRICULATING OUT THAN COMING IN, WITH A KEY FACTOR BEING THE HIGHER NUMBER OF OUTGOING 12TH GRADERS COMPARED TO INCOMING KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS, A PATTERN CONSISTENT WITH TRENDS ACROSS THE COUNTY, STATE AND NATION. WHEN LOOKING AT IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, I'M SORRY. WHEN ANALYZING TRANSFER DATA OVER THREE YEARS, SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT OUT OF DISTRICT AND IN-DISTRICT TRANSFERS THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS 2023, 2024 AND 2024 2025 WERE CONSIDERED NEGATIVE TRANSFER YEARS, MEANING MORE STUDENTS CHOSE TO LEAVE THE DISTRICT THAN TO ENROLL IN PILL USD FROM OUTSIDE DISTRICTS. DURING THIS TIME, REQUESTS FOR OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFERS, WHICH ARE SHOWN IN YELLOW, EXCEEDED THE NUMBER OF IN-DISTRICT TRANSFERS SHOWN IN WHITE, COMING IN FOR THE 2025 2026 SCHOOL YEAR, THIS TREND SHIFTED IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION.

THE DISTRICT SAW AN INCREASE IN STUDENTS TRANSFERRING IN FROM OTHER DISTRICTS, AS SHOWN IN WHITE. AND A DECLINE IN STUDENTS TRANSFERRING OUT SHOWN IN YELLOW, RESULTING IN AN OVERALL GAIN IN ENROLLMENT STABILITY. ONE IMPORTANT ACTION TAKEN THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THE 20 2526 SCHOOL YEAR, WAS MOVING FORWARD WITH THE APPEAL PROCESS AT THE COUNTY LEVEL TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRANSFERS OUT OF PYLUSD. IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, WE WILL REVIEW HOW ENROLLMENT FLUCTUATES FROM YEAR TO YEAR, HIGHLIGHTING THE GRADES AND SCHOOLS EXPERIENCING GROWTH, AS WELL AS THE SITES FACING DECLINES. WE ARE SEEING STRONG GROWTH IN TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN TC PROGRAM, WHICH GREW FROM 649 STUDENTS IN THE 2022 2023 SCHOOL YEAR TO 826 STUDENTS FOR THE 2025 2026 SCHOOL YEAR, AN INCREASE OF 177 STUDENTS. WITH THE GROWTH OF OUR PRESCHOOL PROGRAM, WE ARE RETAINING ABOUT 80% OF STUDENTS WHO MATRICULATE FROM PRESCHOOL TO TC. OVER TIME, CALIFORNIA'S TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN ELIGIBILITY ELIGIBILITY HAS GRADUALLY EXPANDED. IT BEGAN WITH CHILDREN TURNING FIVE BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2ND AND DECEMBER 2ND. FOR THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR, CHILDREN WERE ELIGIBLE FOR TC IF THEY TURNED FIVE BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2ND AND JUNE 2ND, AND FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, 2025 2026. ANY CHILD WHO TURNED FOUR BY SEPTEMBER 1ST WAS ELIGIBLE FOR TC. WELL, WHEN LOOKING AT SCHOOL SITES DURING THE SAME FOUR YEAR PERIOD, A FEW SCHOOL SITES EXPERIENCED NOTABLE GROWTH IN STUDENT ENROLLMENT FROM 2022 2023 SCHOOL YEAR TO THE CURRENT ONE 2025 2026. THE FOLLOWING

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THE QUESTION, HOWEVER, IS WE ARE ANALYZING FURTHER. ARE THE STUDENTS LEAVING FOR OTHER SCHOOLS IN PYLUSD ARE LEAVING FOR OTHER DISTRICTS? BASED ON OUR REVIEW OF ENROLLMENT PATTERNS, THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY TAKEAWAYS THAT HIGHLIGHT IMPORTANT TRENDS. FIRST, BROADER PATTERNS ARE EVIDENT IN OUR DISTRICTS ENROLLMENT DECLINES. ALTHOUGH ENROLLMENT HAS DECREASED, THIS TREND REFLECTS STATE AND NATIONAL PATTERNS. NEXT, EXTERNAL FACTORS SUCH AS DECLINING BIRTH RATES, SHIFTING DEMOGRAPHICS, AND MIGRATION PATTERNS ARE IMPACTING ENROLLMENT AT THE NATIONAL, STATE, AND COUNTY LEVELS. THIRD, KNOWING ALL THIS, WE MUST MOVE FROM THE WHY TO THE HOW. RECOGNIZING THESE CHANGES HELPS US FOCUS OUR ENERGY NOT ON WHY OF THE DECLINE, BUT ON HOW WE ADAPT. FOURTH, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY MUST REMAIN A PRIORITY. BY CLOSELY MONITORING ENROLLMENT TRENDS, WE TAKE A PROACTIVE STEP IN DEVELOPING A DISTRICT BUDGET THAT ALIGNS RESOURCES WITH OUR STUDENT POPULATION AND REINFORCES OUR COMMITMENT TO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. LASTLY, STRATEGIC PRIORITIES NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON PROGRAM EXCELLENCE AND FISCAL STABILITY TO ENSURE OUR DISTRICT IS RECOGNIZED AS THE DESTINATION OF CHOICE FOR ALL FAMILIES. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION.

GREAT JOB. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU MENTIONED THE DECLINES 10% OR MORE AND INCREASE IN 10% OR MORE. DO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF WHAT IS THE STATEWIDE ENROLLMENT CHANGE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL? THE ONE THAT I WAS LOOKING AT THAT SEEMS TO BE KIND OF ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER, IS ABOUT A 2.5 TO ABOUT A 3.5%. IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SEEING ALSO DECREASE DECREASE OKAY. SO ACROSS THE STATE IT'S BETWEEN 2 TO 3% DECREASE OKAY. AND WHAT WAS OURS GLOBALLY. OURS I BELIEVE WAS I MIGHT HAVE TO GET BACK. IS THAT THE FOUR YEAR OR IS THAT JUST THE LAST YEAR. 2 TO 3%. THE TWO 2 TO 3% WAS LAST SCHOOL YEAR. JUST THIS LAST 2025 SCHOOL YEAR. COOL. I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE THE COMPARISON. YES, I'LL GET THAT. I'LL GET THAT INFORMATION. DO WE HAVE DATA? WHY STUDENTS ARE TRANSFERRING IN? LIKE WHAT PROGRAMS ARE ATTRACTING THEM? OR IS IT ALL JUST BASED ON CHILD CARE OR PARENTS WORKING? THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT REASONS. WE DO SEE A LOT COMING FOR CHILD CARE. PARENTS WORKING HERE, OUR PROGRAMS. WE KNOW THAT OUR SCHOOLS DO HAVE HIGH QUALITY THAT FAMILIES DO WANT. SO WE SEE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REASONS. I KNOW THAT OUR ACADEMIES ALSO ATTRACT. WE HAVE SEEN WITH THE USC PROGRAM BEING ADDED, THAT WE DID BRING IN ABOUT 50 STUDENTS LAST SCHOOL YEAR FOR USC. DO YOU HAVE THAT ALL THAT DATA TOGETHER LIKE I I'M JUST LOOKING AT MR. HERZFELD. I'M LIKE, HOW MANY PEOPLE TRANSFER, YOU KNOW, TO VALENCIA TO GO TO THE IB PROGRAM OR CAMBRIDGE.

YEAH. WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH SOME OF THAT DATA, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SHE HAS A GREAT DEAL MORE DATA THAN WAS UP HERE. BUT BEING MINDFUL OF SETTING SORT OF THE SETTING THE TABLE, SO TO SPEAK, AS WE START. BUT WE'D BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH WHAT SHE DOES HAVE AND AND HELP FOLKS BEGIN TO MAKE SENSE OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND WHAT WE SHOULD BE FOLLOWING. THANK YOU.

AND THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE ANALYSIS. THIS IS NOT RIGHT. RIGHT. WE HAVEN'T. YES. THANK YOU, MRS. GORDILLO. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE DATA AND THE INFORMATION. IT IT'S VERY CLEAR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YEAH. AND THEN I KNOW THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE A HARD ONE, BUT LIKE WHERE THESE STUDENTS DISAPPEAR TO. AND THEN ARE WE SEEING THE SAME KIDS, LIKE ENROLLING AND NOT JUST SHOWING UP AND THEN SHOWING UP MID-YEAR OR THESE LIKE A WHOLE NEW SEGMENT OF STUDENTS THAT, THAT JOIN US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO THAT'S A PIECE THAT WE WANT TO DIG INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE GOING THROUGH THIS ANALYSIS THAT REALLY POPPED UP, HOW MUCH IT GREW THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO WE WANT TO DIG IN A LITTLE BIT MORE AND SEE WHERE

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YES. AND IT'S UP. SO IT SEEMS ODD. YOU SAID THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING AND YOU KIND OF HINTED AT THAT. ARE THERE SOME KEY THINGS, KEY QUESTIONS FOR YOU THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT FOR NEXT STEPS? I REALLY THINK THE NEXT STEP THAT WE'RE GOING TO DIG INTO IS LOOKING MORE AT THE TRANSFER DATA AND AGAIN, LOOKING AT WHERE STUDENTS GOING, WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM? WE'VE BEEN JUST GATHERING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, TRULY LOOKING AT WHERE WE'RE SENDING FILES OUT TO SO THAT WE CAN GET A BETTER PICTURE OF THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, HELPING US TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN RETAIN STUDENTS. GREAT. AND I THINK ANOTHER THING WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT AND REALLY EXPLORING IS WHAT ARE THE PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY CTE PROGRAMS AND OTHER DISTRICTS. AND WE HAVE LOOKED AT SOME, BUT WE HAVE AN INCOMPLETE PICTURE AND WE DON'T WANT TO WE WANT TO COMPLETE PICTURE BEFORE WE GIVE IT TO YOU. BUT WE CAN SAY THERE ARE SOME CTE PROGRAMS THAT ARE MORE ATTRACTIVE AT OTHER DISTRICTS THAT WE'RE WONDERING, OKAY, IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO? AND THEN WHAT ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE REALLY ATTRACTIVE FOR THOSE INTERDISTRICT TRANSFERS COMING IN? AND SO CAN WE BUILD THOSE UP MORE? SO THAT'S THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT IN ADDITION TO TO MORE. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS. I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION AND MORE TO COME. OKAY. AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR STUDENT

[14.STUDENT BOARD REPORT]

IN JUST HIS FIRST TWO DAYS AT EL DORADO, EL DORADO LOOKS FORWARD TO HOSTING THEIR ANNUAL VETERANS DAY MEMORIAL ASSEMBLY ON NOVEMBER 12TH. THE ASSEMBLY IS IN HONOR OF THESE THREE OF THREE GOLDEN HAWKS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES TO OUR NATION AND TO THE EL DORADO GOLDEN STAR FAMILIES. LASTLY, EL DORADO WISHES THEIR EL DORADO BAND AND COLORGUARD GOOD LUCK ON THEIR TRIP TO SAINT GEORGE, UTAH FOR THE HUGE FIELD SHOW COMPETITION BANDS OF AMERICA. ESPERANZA IS THRILLED TO WELCOME MISS KELLY MOLINA, WHOSE FIRST DAY WAS YESTERDAY, MONDAY, OCTOBER 20TH.

THEY JUST WRAPPED UP COLLEGE READY DAY, WHERE SENIORS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO START AND FINISH COLLEGE APPLICATIONS. JUNIORS AND SOPHOMORES ATTENDED BOTH IN-STATE AND OUT-OF-STATE COLLEGE FAIRS, AND FRESHMEN PARTICIPATED IN FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR LIFE. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, VENTURA ENJOYED THEIR FIRST DANCE OF THE YEAR, THE FALL HARVEST DANCE, AND WERE PLEASED TO HAVE MISS KRISTI ANN AND A COMMUNITY MEMBER VOLUNTEER GO AND TEACH SEVERAL DANCES TO THE GROUP. VENTURA ALSO APPRECIATES THEIR FAMILIES, WHO PROVIDED THE GOODIES AND SNACKS FOR THE PARTY. LASTLY, VENTURE ACADEMY WILL BE RUNNING THEIR HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE ON DECEMBER 2ND, THREE AND FOUR, WHERE THEY INVITE DISTRICT STAFF TO GO OUT AND FIND A

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GIRLS VOLLEYBALL AND GIRLS GOLF HAVE SECURED THE TITLE OF EMPIRE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS FOR FALL, WITH GIRLS TENNIS ALSO IN FIRST PLACE IN THE LEAGUE. YORBA LINDA HIGH SCHOOL'S FUTURE READY DATE TOOK PLACE ON OCTOBER 7TH. IT WAS A SUCCESS OF 52 SPEAKERS FROM THEIR COMMUNITY CAME TO SHARE THEIR CAREER EXPERIENCES WITH THE STUDENT BODY. FALL SPORTS ARE QUICKLY COMING TO AN END AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE CIF PLAYOFFS, AND A SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO THEIR FLAG FOOTBALL COACHES AND ATHLETES FOR WINNING THEIR FIRST LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP. AS THE BAND AND GUARD ARE KICKING OFF THEIR FIELD AND PARADE SEASON, THE ORCHESTRAS ARE GEARING UP FOR THEIR SINFONIA CONCERT ON OCTOBER 27TH, AND THE THEATER DEPARTMENT IS LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE FALL PLAY. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT THIS EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION. I HIGHLIGHTED SEVERAL OF THE FUN ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING, AND HOPEFULLY I'LL PUT THAT ALL INTO MY CALENDAR.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. WHAT DO YOU WISH EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY KNEW ABOUT OUR PYLUSD SCHOOLS? I WISH EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY KNEW HOW HELPFUL, SUPPORTIVE AND STUDENT CENTERED ALL PYLUSD STAFF TRULY ARE. THEY'RE DEDICATED TO NOT ONLY GUIDING YOU THROUGH THE ACADEMIC JOURNEY, BUT ALSO THROUGH YOUR PERSONAL JOURNEY TO BECOME THE BEST VERSION OF YOURSELF. THEY MOTIVATE YOU EACH AND EVERY DAY TO ACCOMPLISH YOUR GOALS AND PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO EVERY STUDENT, REGARDLESS OF ONE'S BACKGROUND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT THEY ARE MEETING YOUR NEEDS, INDIVIDUAL NEEDS, AND HELPING YOU PROGRESS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US. OKAY, I'M GOING TO TURN

[15.SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT ]

GOOD EVENING AGAIN. TRUSTEES, EXECUTIVE CABINET MEMBERS. IT WAS A PLEASURE. MY VERY FIRST WEEK, I GOT TO BE PART OF THE CITY OF PLACENTIA 60TH ANNUAL HERITAGE DAY FESTIVAL AND PARADE. I GOT MY WAVE ON THE BOARD, AND I RODE ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE IN ONE OF OUR SCHOOL BUSSES, DRIVEN BY DEVIN PIPPIN, ALL OF OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BANDS AND COLOR GUARDS PERFORMED DOWN KRAMER BOULEVARD TO THE DELIGHT OF LARGE CROWDS AND LOTS OF SPECTATORS. THANK YOU TO OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT UNDER THE DIRECTION OF RICHARD JIMENEZ, FOR ENSURING ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS ARRIVE TO AND FROM THE PARADE SAFELY AND ON TIME.

WE'RE ALSO GRATEFUL TO THE CITY OF PLACENTIA FOR INCLUDING US IN THIS CHERISHED EVENT, AND FOR THEIR ONGOING SUPPORT OF OUR ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. ADDITIONALLY, LAST WEEK WE CELEBRATED THE WEEK OF THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR IN PYLUSD. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS INCLUDE OUR HARD WORKING PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, DEDICATED DIRECTORS AND SUPERVISORS, ENTHUSIASTIC ATHLETIC AND ACTIVITY DIRECTORS, AND MANY MORE. EACH AND EVERY DAY, THE RELIABLE LEADERSHIP OF OUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN STUDENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL SUCCESS. TO ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, WE SAY A THANK YOU FOR THE EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF DEVOTED WORK YOU DO IN SUPPORT OF THE PLACENTIA-YORBA LINDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. NEXT, ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH, THE 49TH ANNUAL BAND PAGEANT WILL TAKE PLACE IN BRADFORD STADIUM AT VALENCIA HIGH SCHOOL. STUDENTS FROM ALL SIX OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND ALL FOUR OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS WILL COME TOGETHER TO PERFORM INDIVIDUALLY AND COHESIVELY IN FRONT OF A PACKED CROWD OF LOVED ONES, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. FOR DECADES, OUR MUSIC PROGRAMS HAVE ENJOYED STEADFAST SUPPORT FROM OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION STAFF, PARENTS, GUARDIANS THAT SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND OTHER PARTNERSHIPS SUCH AS BOOSTER CLUBS AND THE REACH FOUNDATION. INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN ATTENDING ARE ENCOURAGED TO PURCHASE TICKETS EARLY FROM OUR BAND PROGRAMS, OR BUY THEM AT THE GATE THE EVENING OF THE EVENT. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENT PERFORMERS AND THE CHERISHED PERFORMING ARTS EVENTS SUCH AS OUR BAND PAGEANT.

LASTLY, OUR HIGH SCHOOL SHOWCASE EVENTS WILL KICK OFF SOON WITH EL DORADO ON OCTOBER 29TH, VALENCIA ON NOVEMBER 6TH, YORBA LINDA ON NOVEMBER 12TH, AND ESPERANZA ON NOVEMBER 19TH.

WE ENCOURAGE PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE, TO ATTEND THESE EVENTS AND GAIN AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE UNIQUE ACADEMIC, ATHLETIC ACTIVITY AND ART BASED OPPORTUNITIES ARE AT OUR FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS. PLEASE VISIT OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION. AND I WAS JUST KIDDING. THAT DIDN'T CONCLUDE MY REPORT. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON CALENDAR, AND WE'VE HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF FAMILIES ASKING ABOUT THE 2627 CALENDAR. YOU'LL HEAR ME CONTINUE TO GROUND BACK TO THIS. I'M ON DAY 12, SO I WASN'T AWARE THAT THE CALENDAR WAS STILL IN FLUX, ALTHOUGH I DID HEAR THERE WERE

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[16.PUBLIC COMMENT ]

IT'S TIME TO TALK ABOUT PROTECTING OUR STUDENTS FROM DRUGS AND SUPPORTING HEALTHY CHOICES. FOR OVER TWO YEARS, I'VE BEEN ASKING THIS BOARD TO MAKE NARCAN AVAILABLE IN EVERY CLASSROOM. BECAUSE EVERY MINUTE COUNTS WHEN A STUDENT'S LIFE IS AT RISK. I WANT TO THANK BOARD MEMBER BUCK FOR SECURING 2500 DOSES OF NARCAN. BUT TONIGHT I HAVE ONE URGENT QUESTION. WHERE ARE THEY? THESE DOSES WON'T SAVE LIVES SITTING IN STORAGE WHILE OTHERS MAY WANT TO SPEND TONIGHT DEBATING DISTRACTIONS, THE REAL ISSUE IS STUDENT SAFETY. EVERY STUDENT, EVERY TEACHER, EVERY PARENT DESERVES TO KNOW THAT A TRAGEDY STRIKES. WE'RE READY. NARCAN IS SAFE, EFFECTIVE, AND SIMPLE TO USE. HAVING IT IN EVERY CLASSROOM MEANS OUR DISTRICT IS TRULY COMMITTED TO PROTECTING ITS STUDENTS. LET'S ACT NOW BEFORE WE WISH WE HAD. I KNOW SOMETHING WAS SENT OUT WITH SOME AFTER SCHOOL TRAINING TYPE OF THINGS THAT ARE OFF CAMPUS AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING. THIS WOULD BE REALLY SIMPLE TO DO. IT TAKES ABOUT 15 MINUTES TO LEARN HOW TO USE NARCAN. WE HAVE THE DOSES. JUST PLEASE JUST MAKE IT HAPPEN. I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR KIDS ARE SAFE, AND I DON'T WANT US TO LOOK BACK ON THIS AND SAY, WOW, WE SHOULD HAVE. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. WELL, HELLO, PRESIDENT ANDERSON, TRUSTEES, DOCTOR KIM AND MY STUDENT ARIANA AS THE LEADERSHIP TEACHER AT EL CAMINO, I HOPE TO PROMOTE A FEELING OF COMMUNITY ON CAMPUS. WE WANT TO CREATE A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND BELONGING, AS WE BELIEVE IT IS CRUCIAL FOR STUDENT SUCCESS. AT UCR, WE CONTINUOUSLY HIGHLIGHT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS AND APPRECIATE THESE STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMMITTED TO DOING BETTER. WE ENCOURAGE COLLABORATION BETWEEN STUDENTS AND STAFF DISCIPLINES, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO INCORPORATE MORE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR COMMUNITY ALLIES. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE HOSTING A CAREER DAY ON NOVEMBER 15TH AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE VOLUNTEERS BE PRESENTERS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT ANDERSON, TRUSTEES, DOCTOR KIM AND EXECUTIVE CABINET. MY NAME IS KATIE DEGRAFFENREID AND I AM A TEACHER AT EL CAMINO REAL HIGH SCHOOL. I CAME TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ARIANA MEJIA FOR HER WORK AS A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. I KNOW SHE'S BEEN REALLY COMMITTED TO BEING HERE AND WE ENJOY TALKING ABOUT IT WHEN SHE'S AT SCHOOL. SO WHILE I'M HERE, I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AT EL CAMINO REAL HIGH SCHOOL. AS ARIANA ALREADY MENTIONED, WE HAD A FIELD TRIP LAST WEEK TO HOLLYWOOD WHERE STUDENTS GOT TO PRACTICE LIKE STAGE MAKEUP AND CAMERAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY REALLY ENJOYED IT. OUR JOURNALISM CLASS AND DIGITAL DESIGN CLASS RIGHT NOW ARE WORKING IN COLLABORATION TO CREATE A WEEKLY, A MONTHLY MAGAZINE, PODCASTS, AND THEN ALSO THEY'LL MAKE THE YEARBOOK AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SO THAT'S GOING REALLY WELL. AND THEN ALSO FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE HAVE AN AP ART CLASS BEING OFFERED AT EL CAMINO REAL HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. SO I JUST WANT TO SHOW THOSE, SHARE THAT WITH YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US AT EL CAMINO REAL HIGH SCHOOL.

GOOD EVENING ALL. I, TOO, AM A TEACHER WHO HAS PROUDLY WORKED AT OUR MODEL CONTINUATION

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OKAY, OUR NEXT FOUR IS. LINDA KRASNOW. ANDY PROCTOR, SARAH PHILLIPS, AND CASSIE STEPHAN.

HI, MY NAME IS LINDA KRASNOW AND THIS IS MY 18TH YEAR AS A TE I CURRENTLY TEACH AT EL CAMINO. ARIANA WAS MY STUDENT. LAST YEAR SHE FINISHED MY CLASS ALL RIGHT. SHE HAD MENTIONED SOME STUFF IN HER REPORT. I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER THEM AGAIN BECAUSE I WROTE IT DOWN THIS YEAR. THE STUDENTS HAVE CREATED NUMEROUS CLUBS ON CAMPUS, INCLUDING FASHION CLUB, ESPORTS AND THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CLUB. THESE CLUBS HAVE CREATED A SAFE SPACE FOR STUDENTS TO INTERACT AND BUILD A POSITIVE COMMUNITY ON CAMPUS. WE ALSO HAVE INTRAMURAL SPORTS ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS AFTER SCHOOL. FURTHERMORE, WE ARE HOPING TO CREATE VARIOUS SPORTS TEAMS WHERE STUDENTS CAN COMPETE AGAINST OTHER CONTINUATION SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY. I HOPE YOU ARE ABLE TO COME AND CHEER US ON WHEN THAT HAPPENS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ANDY PROCTOR. I'VE BEEN A PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATOR FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND I'M ALSO A PARKVIEW PARENT FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS, AND WE LIVE IN CORONA. WE HAVE HAD THREE KIDS ATTEND AND GRADUATE FROM PARKVIEW, ATTENDING FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE. AND MY SEVENTH GRADER HAS BEEN THERE SINCE. TK LIKE I MENTIONED, WE LIVE IN CORONA AND DRIVE IN MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN THIS SCHOOL. THIS YEAR THE STRUCTURE HAS CHANGED FROM INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL INDEPENDENT STUDY MODEL TO AN APEX ONLY COURSE BASED MODEL FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS. I DON'T KNOW WHO MADE THESE CHANGES OR WHY, BUT THEY'RE DEEPLY AFFECTING STUDENTS IN THE PARKVIEW FAMILY. FAMILIES ARE FRUSTRATED SOME LONG TERM AND OUT OF DISTRICT FAMILIES HAVE ALREADY LEFT. LAST WEEK, WE MADE A DECISION TO NOT TRANSFER OUR SON TO A CHARTER SCHOOL HE WAS ACCEPTED TO. WE CHOSE TO REMAIN AT PARKVIEW BECAUSE WE BELIEVE PARKVIEW WAS WORTH ADVOCATING FOR. BUT THE PARKVIEW WE KNEW THAT WE KNOW FEELS DIFFERENT. PARKVIEW HAS ALWAYS BEEN A COMMUNITY. UNTIL THIS YEAR IT'S CHANGED. LEADERSHIP CLASS USED TO HAVE MANY STUDENTS PARTICIPATING AND NOW THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL. IF IT WEREN'T FOR FOR FOR PERFORMING ARTS, MY SON WOULDN'T BE ON CAMPUS AT ALL. WE WANTED, AS IT ONCE WAS, A PLACE FOR STUDENTS. INDIVIDUAL NEEDS TO BE MET IN A TRADITIONAL INDEPENDENT STUDY FORMAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. DOCTOR KIM, WELCOME TO THE DISTRICT.

I'M SARAH PHILLIPS, I'M THE TEACHER LIBRARIAN AT YORBA LINDA HIGH SCHOOL AND A PROUD APPLE MEMBER. THIS IS MY 12TH YEAR AT YORBA LINDA HIGH SCHOOL AND THIS MONTH HAD A LOT GOING ON. I'VE BEEN DOING FRESHMAN LIBRARY ORIENTATION SO THAT STUDENTS ARE SELF-SUFFICIENT DURING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CAREER, AND ACCESSING AND USING LIBRARY RESOURCES. I'M ALSO THE ADVISOR FOR OUR NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY CHAPTER, AND THE MEMBERS STARTED TUTORING IN THE LIBRARY THIS MONTH. THEY'LL HELP ANY IN ANY SUBJECT, ANY STUDENT, AND ARE AVAILABLE BEFORE SCHOOL, DURING LUNCH PERIOD AND AFTER SCHOOL. MY GOAL AS A LIBRARIAN IS ALWAYS TO PROVIDE A USEFUL, SAFE AND WELCOMING SPACE AND ALL THE EL CAMINO EDUCATORS THAT ARE HERE TODAY, I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM BECAUSE I'VE KNOWN SEVERAL STUDENTS THAT HAVE MOVED FROM YORBA LINDA TO

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EVERY YEAR I GO THROUGH THE STRESSFUL PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR AN INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFER FOR MY CHILDREN. EVERY YEAR, I BITE MY NAILS AND FEEL THE CRUSHING WEIGHT OF ANXIETY, WONDERING IF MY CHILDREN WILL BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND MY SCHOOL. HAVING OUR CHILDREN AT OUR SCHOOL ISN'T JUST A PERSONAL CONVENIENCE, IT'S A PROFOUND BENEFIT TO OUR ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. IT ALLOWS US THE FLEXIBILITY AND TIME ESSENTIAL FOR A COMMITTED TEACHER.

TEACHING ISN'T JUST A CLOCK IN, CLOCK OUT JOB. KNOWING OUR KIDS ARE SAFE NEARBY ALLOWS US TO COME EARLY, COLLABORATE WITH OUR PEERS MORE OFTEN, STAY AS LATE AS WE NEED TO, AND HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO MEET WITH PARENTS AS NEEDED, ALL OF WHICH DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTES TO BETTER INSTRUCTION FOR EVERY STUDENT IN OUR CLASSES. THIS IS ABOUT MAXIMIZING OUR CAPACITY TO TEACH, AND THAT'S ONLY HALF OF WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. BUT I'LL SHOOT YOU ANYWAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY, THE NEXT FOUR IS SUE SAWYER, SHANI MURRAY. HOLLY PEACH, LESLIE LEDESMA.

HELLO. WELCOME, DOCTOR KIM, MY NAME IS SUE SAWYER. I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF APPLE AND I TEACH, AMONG OTHER SUBJECTS INCLUDING PE, VIDEO PRODUCTION. OUR AMAZING MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS JUST COMPLETED THEIR NINTH LIVE STREAM OF SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

WE HOPE YOU'LL GET TO COME SEE THEM ON A TUESDAY OR THURSDAY. AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, ALL STAFF COMPLETED STATE MANDATED TRAINING ON CHILD ABUSE REPORTING, SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND LGBTQ PLUS INCLUSION THROUGH PRISM. WE WERE TAUGHT THAT BUILDING STUDENT TRUST INCLUDES SMALL BUT MEANINGFUL ACTIONS, LIKE ASKING FOR PREFERRED NAMES AND PRONOUNS THROUGH THIS TRAINING. THIS WAS FRAMED AS A WAY TO FOSTER SAFETY AND CONNECTION, ESPECIALLY TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS. THAT DIRECTLY CONTRADICTS THE VERY TRAINING WE WERE REQUIRED TO TAKE, AND SENDS A MIXED MESSAGE ABOUT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS EDUCATORS. EDUCATION CODE 220 CLEARLY PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON GENDER IDENTITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AND OTHER PROTECTED CATEGORIES. THE FAIR EDUCATION ACT FURTHER ENSURES THAT STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT DIVERSE CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGHOUT HISTORY, INCLUDING FROM THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY. THAT'S NOT ABOUT POLITICS. IT'S ABOUT PREPARING STUDENTS TO LIVE AND WORK RESPECTFULLY IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY. AS TEACHERS, WE'RE COMMITTED TO DELIVERING FACT BASED ACADEMICS, MATH, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES, AND MORE. BUT WE ALSO CARE FOR STUDENTS WITH COMPLEX LIVES AND NEEDS. WE DO IT FOR ALL OF THEM, NOT JUST THOSE WHO SHARE OUR VALUES OR BACKGROUNDS. WE ASK. THE BOARD SUPPORTS POLICIES THAT REFLECT THE LAW, TRAINING WE'VE RECEIVED AND THE REALITY OF STUDENTS WE SERVE. THANK YOU. I CAN'T REMEMBER IF I WAS NEXT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS SHANI MURRAY. I WAS A PILL PARENT FOR 20 YEARS, MY YOUNGEST JUST GRADUATING IN 2025. I'VE BEEN REGULARLY ATTENDING BOARD MEETINGS FOR FIVE YEARS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. I'M HERE TO WELCOME THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT TO THE PILL FAMILY. I HOPE YOU CAN RESTORE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, REBUILD TRUST IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND PRIORITIZE STUDENT SUCCESS. WELCOME. AND I LOVE THAT YOU'RE STARTING WITH DATA. THAT'S A GREAT PLACE TO START. I'M ALSO HERE BECAUSE I HOPE WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT NOTHING POSITIVE COMES FROM A BOARD MEMBER ATTACKING A STUDENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THIS IS NOT HOW WE HELP STUDENTS THRIVE ACADEMICALLY OR PREPARE THEM FOR A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORKFORCE. IT'S NOT HOW WE IMPROVE MATH SCORES OR INCREASE ENROLLMENT. IT DOES NOTHING TO FOSTER A CULTURE OF

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IT IS GREAT TO HAVE SOMEONE GUIDING THE SHIP AGAIN. MY NAME IS HOLLY AND I'M A TEACHER IN THE DISTRICT. I NEVER ACTUALLY PLANNED TO SPEAK. I LIKE TO HIDE IN THE BACK AND TAKE IT ALL IN. I HAVE SPOKEN A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT IT CAN BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES TO BE A TEACHER WITH AN OPPOSING OPINION FROM THE UNION CROWD. NEVERTHELESS, I HAVE NEVER BEEN ONE WHO IS AFRAID TO FOLLOW MY HEART. YOU CAN TELL BY MY POOFY HAIR THAT I DON'T FOLLOW THE POPULAR OPINIONS OF OTHERS. AND TONIGHT I COULD NOT KEEP SILENT. I REMEMBER A COUPLE COMMENTS FROM A PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING WHEN DISCUSSING THE BOY PLAYING AND GIRLS SPORTS. I BELIEVE MR. ROBBINS STATED SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT THIS ISSUE IS NOT EVEN AFFECTING OUR DISTRICT.

AND YET HERE IT IS. ANOTHER COMMENT FROM MARILYN WAS TO LET US SHOW KINDNESS. I AM ALL ABOUT KINDNESS, BUT THE COMMENT ITSELF MAKES IT SEEM LIKE ANYONE WHO HAS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION IS NOT KIND. THE LAST THOUGHT I WANT TO SHARE IS REGARDING BOYS AND THE GIRLS BATHROOMS. WHEN I GO INTO THE TEACHER BATHROOM AT SCHOOL, I FEEL SAFE. IT'S NICE. I KNOW IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE WOMEN, BUT IF ONE OF THE LARGER, TALLER MEN AT MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT WERE TO WALK INTO THE BATHROOM, I WOULD BE ALARMED. CONCERNED AT THE VERY LEAST, AND I WOULD MAKE A VERY QUICK EXIT. WHY ARE WE LETTING ONE CONFUSED CHILD DICTATE THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR FEMALE STUDENTS? IT'S HEARTBREAKING. IT'S NOT OKAY, AND MOST PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO STAND UP AND SAY IT BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO SEEM LIKE THEY DON'T CARE. THEY'RE NOT OPEN MINDED. THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT INCLUSIVE. I TRULY DO CARE ABOUT THESE KIDS, BUT THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER WAY TO HELP THEM THROUGH THEIR CHALLENGES.

LETTING GIRLS JUST WHY CAN'T BE BE KIND TO THE GIRLS. THANK YOU. HELLO, I AM LESLIE LEDESMA AND A JUNIOR AT ESPERANZA HIGH SCHOOL ON SEPTEMBER 8TH OF THIS YEAR, SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT CHANGED HOW I SEE MY SCHOOL AND THE DISTRICT. AFTER USING THE GIRLS BATHROOM, I WALKED OUT OF MY STORE AND FOUND A BOY THERE. I WAS SHOCKED AND UNCOMFORTABLE, NOT BECAUSE I WANTED TO JUDGE ANYONE, BUT BECAUSE I NO LONGER FELT SAFE IN A SPACE MEANT FOR GIRLS. I REPORTED IT TO THE VICE PRINCIPAL, TRUSTING THAT MY SCHOOL WOULD PROTECT EVERY STUDENT'S RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND SAFETY. LATER THAT DAY, MY DAD GOT A CALL SAYING THE DISTRICT GAVE THE MALE STUDENT SPECIAL PERMISSION TO USE THE GIRLS BATHROOM. I FELT I FILED A TITLE NINE COMPLAINT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT GIRLS DESERVE SAFE PRIVATE SPACES, AND THAT SCHOOLS SHOULD NEVER IGNORE THE CONCERNS OF THEIR STUDENTS. WHEN I RECEIVED A RESPONSE TO MY COMPLAINT, I WAS TOLD MY FEELINGS DIDN'T MATTER, THAT BEING AWKWARD AND UNCOMFORTABLE WASN'T ENOUGH, BUT IT IS ENOUGH.

FEELING UNSAFE IN A SPACE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SAFE SHOULD MATTER. IT SHOULD MATTER TO EVERY PARENT, EVERY TEACHER, AND EVERY STUDENT WHO BELIEVES IN PROTECTING OUR YOUTH BEFORE SOMETHING GOES WRONG. ON OCTOBER 1ST, I ORGANIZED A PEACEFUL PROTEST WITH OTHER STUDENTS AND PARENTS. WE STOOD TOGETHER, NOT OUT OF HATE, BUT OUT OF LOVE. LOVE FOR OUR SCHOOLS, FOR OUR GIRLS, FOR THE BASIC RIGHT TO FEEL SAFE WHERE WE LEARN THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE, IT'S A HUMAN ISSUE. ONE OF RESPECT, PRIVACY, AND COMMON SENSE. I ASK YOU ALL IF YOU HAD A DAUGHTER, A NIECE, OR A LITTLE SISTER, WOULD YOU FEEL AT PEACE KNOWING SHE MIGHT WALK INTO A RESTROOM AND NO LONGER FEEL SAFE OR PRIVATE? WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR HARM TO HAPPEN. I ASKED FOR A CHANGE FROM THIS DISTRICT. OKAY, NEXT FOR TERESA MORRISON. PATTY.

CABADA. HOPEFULLY I SAID THAT RIGHT. DENISE AND MISSUS BRODOWSKI. GOOD EVENING ALL. I WON'T GET NAMES, RIGHT. MY NAME IS TERESA MORRISON. I AM A GRANDMOTHER AND I HAVE A GRANDDAUGHTER WHO IS IN THE PLACENTIA-YORBA LINDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. SHE'S A KINDERGARTNER. I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO YOUR BOARD MEETINGS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND ALL. YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK. THREE HOURS, FOUR HOURS. IT'S A LOT I AM CALLING I'M JUST COMING UP HERE BECAUSE WITH ALL THE GENDER AFFIRMING EDUCATION, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO CALL IT ALL. I'M UP THERE. IN THE DAYS IT WAS CALLED SEX

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HAVE A DAY TO GO SEE IT, LET THEM LOOK AT IT. INSTEAD OF HAVING TO DRIVE HERE TO LOOK AT ALL THE EDUCATION THEIR CHILD WILL RECEIVE. AND THEN HOW ABOUT OFFERING AN OPT IN FOR THOSE PARENTS WHO DO WANT TO ALLOW THEIR KIDS TO SEE THIS? AS A GRANDMOTHER, I DON'T TAKE THE FIRST RIGHTS IN THINGS. I WANT MY DAUGHTER TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO TAKE THE TRAINING WHEELS OFF HER DAUGHTER'S BIKE. AND I FEEL THAT MANY TIMES, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN NEED TO HAVE THEIR PARENTS PRESENT FOR BIG THOUGHTS LIKE THIS, BIG IDEAS AND THEIR PARENTS NEED TO BE THERE TO NAVIGATE. THEY NEED TO BE THERE TO ASSIST THEM, WORK THROUGH THEM. THEY KNOW THEM THE BEST, AND THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THEIR CHILD, NOT JUST LEAVE IT TO THE TEACHER, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE SCHOOL. AND SO I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THAT FOR THEM AND OPT IN AND ALSO HAVE THAT MATERIAL READILY AVAILABLE AT THE SCHOOL, HAVE A MEETING, AN EVENING, A, YOU KNOW, COUPLE TIMES I WILL HELP YOU, I WILL DO WHATEVER. I'LL MAKE SNACKS. OKAY? OKAY.

THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS PATRICIA CABADA. I WANTED THIS BOARD TO PLEASE CLARIFY A FEW THINGS. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE GIRLS FROM VALENCIA VOLLEYBALL TEAM WERE TOLD THAT THEY HAD TO PLAY IN THE CIF GAME AGAINST A TRANS STUDENT FROM JURUPA VALLEY, AND IF THEY DID NOT PLAY THAT THEY WOULD BE SUSPENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR. CONSIDERING THAT JURUPA VALLEY ALREADY HAD FIVE SCHOOLS FORFEIT THEIR GAMES, IT SEEMS VERY UNREASONABLE AND IT'S VERY CONCERNING TO HEAR THAT THE CIF WOULD THREATEN GIRLS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE A THREAT. AND WHAT'S WORSE IS THERE WOULD BE DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST GIRLS FOR USING THEIR RIGHTS, THEIR BIOLOGICAL RIGHTS AS GIRLS, BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, BIOLOGICAL GIRLS NO LONGER HAVE RIGHTS TO THEIR OWN BODIES TO DETERMINE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THEM, WHICH WOULD BE PLAYING AGAINST THE BIOLOGICAL BOY, BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MALES THAT HAVE PLAYED WITH GIRLS, THAT HAVE INJURED GIRLS PLAYING VOLLEYBALL. SO IT'S VERY CONCERNING THAT A BIOLOGICAL GIRL WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FORFEIT A GAME AGAINST A BIOLOGICAL BOY AND BE THREATENED NOT TO BE ABLE TO PLAY THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS BOARD TAKES THOSE THREATS SERIOUSLY IN CASE THERE IS FUTURE LITIGATION. BECAUSE BY ME SAYING THIS IN FRONT OF ALL OF YOU, NONE OF YOU CAN DENY IN A COURT THAT YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS COMING TO YOUR ATTENTION. SO PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUS SO THAT IT DOESN'T GO ANY FURTHER UNTIL IT IS FOR ALL OF YOU WILL BE HELD LIABLE. HELLO, I'M DENISE, I'M READING FOR SOMEONE WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. SO IF I STUMBLE. I'M SORRY. DEAR BOARD, I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SHARE MY DEEP APPRECIATION FOR MY DAUGHTER AND THE INCREDIBLE WORK SHE DOES AS AN EDUCATOR.

IT'S CLEAR THAT HER PASSION FOR TEACHING, HER COMMITMENT TO HER STUDENTS, AND HER CARE FOR CREATING AN INCLUSIVE AND RESPECTFUL CLASSROOM HAVE MADE A LASTING IMPACT OVER THE YEARS.

IN TODAY'S WORLD, IT TAKES COURAGE, COMPASSION, AND PROFESSIONALISM TO TEACH BOTH ACADEMIC CONTENT AND SUPPORT THE VALUES OF RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING. MY DAUGHTER HAS DONE BOTH WITH GRACE AND INTEGRITY. HER EFFORTS NOT ONLY MEET THE STANDARDS OF EDUCATIONAL POLICY, BUT REFLECT THE KIND OF EDUCATOR WHO PREPARES STUDENTS FOR LIFE BEYOND THE CLASSROOM ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY. SHE HAS EARNED THE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION OF COLLEAGUES, COLLEAGUES, STUDENTS, AND FAMILIES ALIKE.

YOU SHOULD BE PROUD NOT ONLY OF THE TEACHER SHE IS, BUT OF THE POSITIVE INFLUENCE SHE CONTINUES TO BE IN SO MANY YOUNG LIVES WITH SINCERE RESPECT AND GRATITUDE. JENNY BRENNER, BREMER'S MOM. THANK YOU. HI. NICE TO MEET YOU. I'M A PROUD PARENT OF A SENIOR ON THE ESPERANZA HIGH SCHOOL WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM. I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE SOMETHING VERY CONCERNING IS HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT. TOMORROW NIGHT, A GIRLS TEAM, VALENCIA IN OUR DISTRICT, WILL BE FORCED TO COMPETE AGAINST A BIOLOGICAL MALE AND A CIF PLAYOFF GAME.

THAT'S NOT FAIR TO THOSE GIRLS. AND IT'S NOT SAFE. THEY WORKED FOR YEARS TO EARN THIS MOMENT, AND THEY DESERVE A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD WITHOUT BEING THREATENED. SOME OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT IT WASN'T TOO LONG AGO, A GIRL IN ANOTHER STATE SUFFERED A PERMANENT BRAIN INJURY FROM A BIOLOGICAL MALE, SPIKING THE BALL IN HER BEING HIT. SHE WAS FORCED TO COMPETE

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[17.ACTION ITEMS - GENERAL FUNCTIONS ]

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LET'S TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. THAT'S 4 TO 0 WITH AN EYE FROM OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. OKAY. SKIPPING TO 17.4, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE REVISED BOARD POLICY. 6141.2 RECOGNITION OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR KIM. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT ANDERSON, IN ANTICIPATION OF MY ROLE, I TRIED TO PREPARE BY FAMILIARIZING MYSELF WITH POLICIES IN OUR DISTRICT. AND IN THE MEETING THAT I ATTENDED IN SEPTEMBER, I HEARD CONSIDERABLE PUBLIC COMMENT ON PARENTAL OPT OUTS, BOTH IN FAVOR AND AGAINST. GIVEN MY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN COLORADO, A STATE THAT HAS A VERY STRONG COMMITMENT TO PARENTAL CHOICE, I HAD SOME EXPERIENCE IN THIS SPACE. I EXPERIENCED A BROADER SCOPE OF LANGUAGE WITH REGARD TO OPTING OUT. PRESIDENT ANDERSON, I TALKED ABOUT THIS BEING A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION FOR THE BOARD TO HAVE AROUND ENGAGING IN A DISCUSSION OF WHETHER TO CONSIDER SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE AROUND DEEPLY HELD PERSONAL BELIEFS, WHICH IS WHAT MY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN IN OTHER DISTRICTS. IN DOING SO, THE CONVERSATION WILL RESPECT THE DIRECTION THAT THE BOARD CHOOSES TO GO WITH THIS, BECAUSE IT IS A DEPARTURE FROM THE RELIGIOUS PIECE. BUT GIVEN MY EXPERIENCE, I HAD THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT TO OUR BOARD AROUND HAVING HAD A POLICY THAT WAS BROADER THAN JUST RELIGION. AND I WILL GIVE YOU AT LEAST A BRIEF EXAMPLE OF WHY WE ENDED UP HAVING THE POLICY IN THE CONTEXT THAT WE HAD. WE HAD SITUATIONS WHERE PARENTS WERE MAKING A REQUEST TO OPT OUT OF, SAY, A PARTICULAR NOVEL, AND PART OF THAT WAS, AND I CAN USE THE EXAMPLE OF JULIE OF THE WOLVES.

JULIE OF THE WOLVES IS A NOVEL WHERE A YOUNG LADY GOES OUT AND LIVES WITH WOLVES IN, IN ALASKA, AND PART OF THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE HOME LIFE THAT SHE HAD AND THE ABUSE THAT SHE HAD EXPERIENCED. WE HAD FAMILIES THAT WANTED TO OPT OUT OF THAT JUST BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES THAT THEIR FAMILY MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR THEIR CHILD TO HAVE EXPERIENCED. SO IN THAT CASE, WE DIDN'T ASK WHY. WE SIMPLY RECOGNIZED AND HONORED THE FACT THAT IF THEY HAD DEEPLY HELD PERSONAL BELIEFS, THAT THERE WAS AN ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION THAT WE CREATED, THAT MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THEY COULDN'T OPT OUT OF THINGS LIKE STANDARDS, THEY COULDN'T OPT OUT OF PARTICULAR THINGS THAT WERE THE CORE OF WHAT OUR STATE TAUGHT KIDS IN TERMS OF READING, WRITING, DOING MATH, THAT SORT OF THING. AND YET WE STILL RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WERE SOME AREAS THAT WE GAVE PARENTS CHOICE. NOW, WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT ALIGNS WITH WHERE THE BOARD WANTED TO GO IN THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION, THAT'S YOUR CALL TO MAKE. BUT I AT LEAST WANTED TO OFFER YOU SOME OF MY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, HAVING HAD THAT LANGUAGE IN PRIOR POLICY, AND OPEN THAT UP FOR DISCUSSION FOR ALL OF YOU. I LIKE IT. I LIKE THAT EVEN JUST THIS SIMPLE PHRASE ADDED TO IT, IT REALLY GIVES CONTROL TO THE PARENTS IN MANY CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE RELIGIOUS. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THE CONTEXT YOU BRING UP ABOUT THE HOME LIFE, I THINK, IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW IT MAY NOT BE A RELIGIOUS SITUATION, BUT YOUR CHILD, YOU KNOW YOUR CHILD BEST, LIKE I THINK SOMEBODY SAID TONIGHT, AND THAT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A PARENT TO SAY, LOOK, THIS ISN'T GOOD FOR MY KID. AND IN THAT SITUATION, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A RELIGIOUS BELIEF, BUT IT'S LIKE, THIS IS THIS IS A REALITY FOR MY KID AND I. I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT DECISION. SO I LIKE IT. I LIKE ADDING THE LANGUAGE, BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT IT'S WRAPPED UP WITH THE RELIGIOUS BECAUSE THEIR RELIGIOUS. HAS DIFFERENT LAWS THAT SUPPORT IT. YOU KNOW, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS ARE REALLY OUTLINED IN THE LAW AND THEY'RE DIFFERENT THAN PERSONAL BELIEFS.

SO I THINK IT SHOULD BE LIKE TWO PARAGRAPHS, LIKE ONE ABOUT RELIGIOUS AND THEN ANOTHER ONE ABOUT PERSONAL BELIEFS, AND ALSO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO PUT IN THERE, YOU KNOW,

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SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT WOULDN'T THAT BE IN THE AR, THOUGH? I JUST THINK IT NEEDS.

NO, I'M JUST I'M JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S. NO, I THINK WE I THINK WE PUT IT IN HERE JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR. AND THEN ALSO THAT MAYBE WE DON'T NEED TO PUT THAT THEY WON'T BE SURVEYED, BUT THAT WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW, YOU KNOW, THEIR, OUR ANTI-DISCRIMINATION POLICY, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I'VE READ IT ALREADY TONIGHT TWICE. YOU KNOW, THAT THEY CAN'T OPT OUT OF STATE MANDATED CURRICULUM OR GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS AND THAT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE, JUST LIKE IT SAYS HERE, THAT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THEY'LL BE OFFERED AN ALTERNATIVE ACTIVITY OR SIMILAR EDUCATION VALUE. JUST OFFER THAT. AGAIN, I KNOW THIS COMES OUT OFTEN. I HAVE A SISTER WHO'S A MUSIC TEACHER, AND EVERY YEAR SHE HAS STUDENTS OR PARENTS THAT REACH OUT TO HER. AND ASK THAT HER THEIR STUDENT NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY RELIGIOUS MUSIC IN THEIR CHOIR.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PERSONAL BELIEFS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, MY SISTER'S ALWAYS LET THEM OPT OUT OF THE MUSIC, BUT SHE DOESN'T REPLACE IT WITH ANOTHER SONG, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SHE, SHE BUILDS HER CHOIR PROGRAM WITH A VARIETY OF MUSIC FROM ALL DIFFERENT SECTIONS AND CULTURE. AND, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S THEIR THING, SHE SAYS, YOU KNOW, YOUR DAUGHTER CAN JUST SIT AND WAIT OR DO HOMEWORK WHILE WE'RE WAITING AND WORKING ON THIS PIECE. AND I THINK JUST SPLITTING IT UP THAT WAY AND, AND TAKING IT BECAUSE THERE'S JUST DIFFERENT LAW REQUIRED FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO NOTIFY PARENTS WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS COMING FORWARD THROUGH MAHMUD. THEY HAVE TO KNOW TWO WEEKS AHEAD OF TIME AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE JUST I THINK JUST SEPARATING IT TO MAKING SURE IT'S CLEAR, MAKING TWO POLICIES OR. NO, JUST ANOTHER PARAGRAPH JUST TO WORK ON DEEPLY HELD PERSONAL BELIEFS. DOES THAT CAUSE THE RESULT TO BE THE SAME? I THINK SO, I MEAN, IF THE RESULTS ARE THE SAME, THEN IT JUST BECAUSE THE LAW IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. IF THE RESULT FROM MAHMUD IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, LIKE WE HAVE TO NOTIFY PARENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO. I MEAN, WE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY'S. OH YES. PERSONAL PREFERENCE. TOTALLY AGREE. YEAH I GOT IT I GOT IT OKAY. SO THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEN YOU'RE SAYING WE WOULD GO DOWN A SLIPPERY SLOPE IF WE HAVE TO NOTIFY EVERYTHING EVERY TIME BEFORE WE DO IT. I JUST THINK IT SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY DELINEATED. THAT'S WHAT I'M I'M THINKING.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TAKING THIS BACK TO COUNCIL AND HAVING THEM LOOK OVER IT AND SEEING IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD SUGGEST SO THAT WE JUST DON'T FALL INTO ANY TRAPS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SLIPPERY SLOPE. SLIPPERY SLOPE. KIM, DID YOU GET ANY, ANY FEEDBACK ON THIS FROM ANYBODY OUTSIDE? I MEAN, I KNOW YOU HAVE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH IT, BUT I GOT FEEDBACK AND INTERPRETATION FROM LEGAL COUNSEL IN TERMS OF ASKING THE QUESTION, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE IN WHAT ARE WHAT IS YOUR LEGAL ADVICE IF WE SHOULD CHOOSE TO ADD THIS LANGUAGE IN? AND I THINK I SHARED THAT WITH THE BOARD IN A, I THINK THE FRIDAY UPDATE LAST LAST FRIDAY INDICATING WHAT THE THE ATTORNEYS AND THE LEGAL FIRM GAVE AS FAR AS GUIDANCE. SO WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ADDING THIS. YOU'RE JUST ASKING FOR EXTRA CLARIFICATION. YEAH, YEAH. I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS IF WE HAVE A SECTION IN THERE THAT RELATES TO RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, AND IF WE HAVE A SECTION WITH DEEPLY HELD PERSONAL BELIEFS WHERE WE CAN DISTINGUISH THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO, BUT BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE CAN AND CANNOT DO IS WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY, OKAY, CORRECT. BECAUSE I JUST WANT OUR STAFF TO BE SUPPORTED. I WANT OUR STUDENTS TO BE SUPPORTED, AND I DON'T WANT THIS TO TURN INTO SOMETHING THAT NONE OF US WANT IT TO BE. SO. OKAY, SO SO THE CLARIFICATION, LET'S JUST MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS THE CLARIFICATION WOULD BE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO NOTIFY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT COULD

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BECAUSE I THINK YEAH. BECAUSE THEN WE GO DOWN THIS. YEAH. GET IT. AND HEARING EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN PRESENTED, I THINK I'M ACTUALLY MORE COMFORTABLE WITH NOT PUTTING IT IN THE ACTUAL WITH THE MAHMOUD RELIGIOUS OPT OUT, BUT HAVING A SEPARATE ADDRESSING WHAT MARILYN SAID, IF WE WERE TO GO THROUGH WITH IT, I JUST THINK ADDING IT TO THE MAHMUD VERSUS TAYLOR OPT OUT WOULD BE KIND OF STRETCHING IT BEYOND THE LEGAL PARAMETERS WE HAVE CURRENTLY, AND WE'RE JUST BARELY LEARNING HOW TO NAVIGATE THE RELIGIOUS OPT OUTS. AND SO TO ADD THIS EXTRA LAYER ON TOP OF IT WOULD JUST KIND OF MUDDY IT A LITTLE BIT. I THINK I'D RATHER SEE US TAKE SOME TIME WITH JUST THE RELIGIOUS OPT OUT, NAVIGATE THOSE WATERS, AND THEN LATER ON, IF WE DO SEE A NEED FOR PERSONAL, DEEPLY PERSONAL BELIEFS, MAYBE DO A SEPARATE AR TO ADDRESS THAT, BECAUSE IT IS A LOT OF WORDING AND A LOT OF THINGS HEARING IT, EVEN IF IT'S TWO SEPARATE PARAGRAPHS, I THINK IT MAY MAKE IT MORE CONFUSING THAN HAVING MAYBE TWO SEPARATE AHS REGARDING THAT OR REVISITING IT LATER. ONCE WE HAVE EVERYTHING DOWN WITH THE OPT OUT RELIGIOUS OPT OUT, AND MAYBE THEN ADDING IT LATER ON. BECAUSE I KNOW, AS WE'VE WE'RE TOLD BEFORE, THIS IS GOING TO EVOLVE AND CHANGE AS IT IS THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR AND MAYBE NEXT YEAR. JUST WHAT THE RELIGIOUS OPT OUTS ALONE. SO WE MAY HAVE TO EVENTUALLY ADD IT.

IT MAY BE A DIRECTIVE, BUT I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW UNTIL WE HAVE OUR FOOTING WITH JUST AS IT IS RIGHT NOW. MY QUESTION IS, DOES THIS COVER OPT OUTS FOR TEACHERS? WOULD PEOPLE BE ABLE TO OPT OUT OF A PARTICULAR TEACHERS CLASS? I WOULD SAY IN MY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, THE ANSWER IS NO. YOU PUT INTO THE AR A CLARITY AROUND IF IT'S A STUDENT EXPERIENCE, IF IT'S CURRICULUM, IF IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A UNIT, WHATEVER THAT IS THAT HAS TO BE DEFINED WITHIN YOUR AR. AT LEAST IN MY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, IT CLEARLY ALLUDES BACK TO WE HAVE A NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY THAT SAYS THAT YOU CAN'T OPT OUT FOR THESE REASONS. BUT THE EXPERIENCE, LIKE I GAVE IN TERMS OF THE EXAMPLE OF OF CONTENT THAT WOULD IMPACT A STUDENT, THAT ABSOLUTELY IS SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY COULD OPT OUT FOR. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT A TEACHER IN OUR DISTRICT. SO IF SOME A STUDENT AND A PARENT CAME TO A TEACHER AND SAID, THIS IS IMPACTING ME, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T IF WE DON'T HAVE THIS POLICY IN PLACE? AND THEY HAD THE A BOOK COMES ABOUT THAT THEY DON'T THAT SAME ONE THAT YOU HAD THE EXAMPLE ON WOULD WE GIVE TEACHERS THE ABILITY NOW WITHOUT A POLICY IN PLACE TO MAKE A CHANGE IN THAT CURRICULUM FOR THAT ONE STUDENT? IF THERE WAS A SUBSTITUTE AVAILABLE, I WOULD SINCERELY HOPE THAT WE AS EDUCATORS ARE GOING TO SUPPORT STUDENTS IN THEIR NEEDS. IF WE KNOW THAT THAT CONTEXT IS THERE, GREAT.

I'D LOVE TO HEAR THAT. I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT TEACHERS SHOULD DO. THEY SHOULD WORK WITH THEIR WITH THEIR PARENTS AND STUDENTS. I ALSO AGREE WITH WHAT TRICIA SAID. I THINK IT'S TOO NEW IN THIS. WE ALREADY HAVE OUTLINES AROUND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, BROADENING IT FROM THERE. AT THIS POINT, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO WAIT AND WAIT AND SEE. YEAH, BECAUSE I'VE I'VE ALSO ALREADY HEARD KIND OF MIXED MESSAGES JUST OF THE RELIGIOUS OPT OUT AND THE REQUIREMENTS FROM TEACHERS AND PARENTS. AND THERE'S A LOT OF MIXED MESSAGES AS IT IS OF LIKE WHO'S NOTIFYING WHO AND WHAT THE TIMELINE IS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WHETHER IT'S A ONE TIME LIKE YOU'RE GIVEN THE SYLLABUS, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE COVERING. AND THAT'S YOUR ACTUAL NOTICE TO WHERE, LIKE TODD SAID, YOU HAVE TO BE GIVEN TWO WEEKS NOTICE BEFORE YOU TEACH ANYTHING. SO I'VE HEARD BOTH VERSIONS AND I THINK WE NEED TO KIND OF JUST FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS FIRST AND THEN GO FROM THERE. LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT SAYING THERE'S NOT A NEED, BUT WE ALREADY DO. IF I'M CORRECT, HAVE LIKE A NOVEL OPT OUT, CORRECT, OF IF THERE'S A NOVEL OR A BOOK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE HAVE A PROCEDURE ALREADY TO NAVIGATE THAT SITUATION. DAY 12 I WOULD HAVE TO ASK. I DON'T I DON'T THINK IT FALLS IN THE SAME CATEGORY, BUT NO, BUT WE DO LIKE IF THAT SITUATION CAME UP, IF IT'S A CERTAIN BOOK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, HAS CONTENT IN IT THAT THEY'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH, I, I'M PRETTY SURE I'M ALMOST 100% SURE THAT WE DO ALREADY HAVE A PROCEDURE THAT THEY COULD CHOOSE A DIFFERENT NOVEL OR BE GIVEN AN ALTERNATE ASSIGNMENT. YEAH. WELL, I THINK IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THESE TWO THINGS WOULD BE HANDLED DIFFERENTLY. THAT'S AN OBVIOUS THING, BECAUSE IF IT'S SOMETHING BORDERING ON WHAT WOULD FALL IN THE RELIGIOUS CATEGORY AND SPECIFICALLY WITH MAHMOOD HAS

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THE END RESULT TO ME IS IMPORTANT. BUT MAKING SURE WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT. IF IF THAT'S I MEAN, I'M ONLY ONE VOICE. SO IF THAT'S THE WAY YOU GUYS WANT TO HANDLE IT, THEN I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOMETHING RELATED TO THIS. THAT'S CLEAR. AND IF WE WANT TO DO IT IN TWO DIFFERENT POLICIES, FINE. SPLIT APART IN ARS, I DON'T CARE. I JUST THINK PARENTS NEED TO HAVE CHOICE. AND WITH THAT AS WELL, LIKE I SAID, IF WE CAN CLARIFY AND HOPEFULLY GET SOME MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE EXACT PROCEDURES FOR THE MAHMOOD RULING AS WELL. THE AR DO THAT. YEAH. DO WE HAVE. SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF. DO WE HAVE THE FORM READILY AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET? THE OPT OUT FORM, THE ONE THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS FOR THE POLICY THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, OR CORRECT? WHAT WOULD NEED TO BE CREATED IF WE ADDED THE LANGUAGE? CORRECT. CURRENT. THE CURRENT ONE IS IT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S ATTACHED TO YOUR POLICY THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND DOUBLE CHECK THAT BECAUSE YOU GUYS ADOPTED THAT POLICY BEFORE I GOT HERE. SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE. I THINK IT'S POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE. OKAY. YEAH WE COULD GET THAT.

YEAH. SEE IT. YEAH. DID WE GIVE YOU ENOUGH TO THINK ABOUT? I'LL SIFT THROUGH IT. IT'S ALL GOOD.

LIKE I SAID, I, HAVING HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF HAVING THAT WITHIN A POLICY THERE, THERE IS A PATH FORWARD TO DOING THAT. I ALSO HEAR ABSOLUTELY THE THOUGHT AROUND, WE NEED TO BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT IS THE CORE OF WHAT WE DO AS AN EDUCATION, K-12 OR K-12 EDUCATION ENTITY. WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE FOLLOW NONDISCRIMINATION POLICIES. WE

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THANK YOU BOARD. AND THANK YOU TO THE PARS TEAM. ERIC O'LEARY WHO CAME OUT AND MET WITH US AND WITH OUR TEAM AND PROVIDING YOU ALL INFORMATION. I APPRECIATED THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, KNOWING THAT THE LAST TIME PYLUSD ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS WITH 2009 AND AS A NEW LEADER, IT WAS INSIGHTFUL. IT WAS GREAT LEARNING FOR ME, AND I THINK IT'S AN INTRIGUING OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATORS AND AN INTERESTING ELEMENT WITHIN THE LARGER CONTEXT OF BUDGET STABILIZATION. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING THE TIME TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROCESS AND ENGAGE THAT WAY. OKAY. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT? I KIND OF THINK WE NEED TO SETTLE ON A PERCENTAGE. I WAS I WAS COMFORTABLE WITH THE 80%. AGREED. I WAS HUNDRED PERCENT ON THE 80%, NOT 100% I WAS GOOD, I WAS GOOD WITH EITHER ONE. I WAS GOOD WITH EITHER ONE AS WELL. I JUST DIDN'T SEE THE SAVINGS WITH THE 85%. YEAH. SO AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS 80% OF THE LAST YEAR'S SALARY THAT THEY WOULD GET OVER, DEPENDING ON THE CHOICE DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY CHOOSE. SO SINCE SINCE THIS IS SORT OF A CONFUSING TOPIC, COULD YOU DO A, MAYBE A ONE MINUTE HIGH LEVEL? WHAT THIS MEANS I WAS THINKING LIKE A ONE MINUTE AND 30S A HIGHLIGHT OF THIS. OKAY. SO WHAT WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT TODAY IS OFFERING AN EARLY RETIREMENT INCENTIVE OR SUPPLEMENTAL INCENTIVE THAT GIVES THE EMPLOYEES OF THIS DISTRICT AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE AN ANNUITY IN EXCHANGE FOR THEIR RETIRING WITHIN THE TIME FRAME THAT WE'RE ALLOTTING FOR THIS PLAN. AND SO IT GIVES ALSO THE EMPLOYEE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE 15 DIFFERENT OPTIONS. SO IT COULD BE THEY COULD PICK. WE WILL TAKE IT JUST FOR MYSELF I'LL TAKE IT FOR MYSELF AND MY SPOUSE. I'M GOING TO TAKE IT OVER FIVE YEARS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO THERE'S 15 DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT THEY CAN PICK. AND THEN HOW THE DISTRICT DEALS WITH THAT IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THESE ANNUITIES IS THAT EITHER WE DON'T REPLACE THAT POSITION WHEN IT LEAVES. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WE ARE WORKING ON BUDGET STABILIZATION AND WITH DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE MAY OR MAY NOT REPLACE THE PEOPLE THAT GO. AND SO THE DISTRICT PAYS FOR THIS ANNUITY OVER THE FOLLOWING FIVE YEARS. AND WHERE THAT MONEY COMES FROM IS THE SAVINGS FOR IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO REPLACE.

OR ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS IF WE HAVE A TEACHER THAT'S A SEASONED TEACHER AND HAS BEEN WORKING FOR 30 SOMETHING YEARS, AND THEN WE HIRE A BRAND NEW TEACHER, THERE'S A VERY BIG DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE SALARIES. AND SO THAT'S HOW WE USE THAT SAVINGS TO PAY FOR THE ANNUITY. AND SO WE'RE OFFERING WANTING TO OFFER THIS FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES. IT'S A GREAT INCENTIVE. AND WE HAVE NOT DONE THIS SINCE 2009. AND IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN OFFER DURING THE TIME THAT WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR BUDGET TO. AND ONE OF THE

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THERE'S 611 OF YOU OUT THERE THAT QUALIFY FOR THIS PROGRAM, SO IT'S A GREAT DEAL. IT'S A GREAT DEAL. WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT ENCOURAGING. I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING IF I WERE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JONES MAKING GREAT DECISIONS OVER THERE. SO OKAY. SO I THINK WE'RE ALL AGREED ON 80%. OKAY. SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR I OKAY.

MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 0 WITH AN EYE FROM OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER OKAY. WE'RE MOVING TO

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AND THEN ALSO THE CULINARY STUDENTS FROM ESPERANZA HIGH SCHOOL HELPED AND VOLUNTEERED AND SHOWED EVERYBODY. THE TEACHER ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HOW TO ACTUALLY MAKE THE TAMALE. AND THEN THE STUDENTS WENT AROUND AND HELPED ALL THE FAMILIES WITH ASSEMBLING ALL OF THAT. SO IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE, SO WONDERFUL TO BE THERE, TO

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EVERY YEAR I GO WITH MY FAMILY AND WE CHEER EVERYBODY ON ALL THE BANDS AND THE TEAMS. THIS YEAR I HAD A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE BEING ON THE BUS, WHICH WAS FUN AND WAS ABLE TO SEE ALL THE BANDS AND ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE PARADE AHEAD OF TIME AS WE WAITED TO GO ON, AND IT WAS REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT TIME TO RECONNECT AND SEE EVERYBODY THAT WAS PARTICIPATING THAT DAY. SO A GREAT EVENT. LIKE I SAID, CAN'T WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR. ALREADY COUNTING DOWN WITH MY FAMILY SINCE IT'S A BIG EVENT FOR US ALL. WE HAVE OUR BREAKFAST EVERY YEAR. SO BEFORE THE PARADE. SO YEAH, CAN'T WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR AND SEE.

HOPEFULLY MANY MORE BANDS AND MANY MORE PEOPLE PARTICIPATE AND LINE THE STREETS. SO THANK YOU. FEELS LIKE IT'S BEEN AN ETERNITY, BUT I KNOW IT HAS NOT BEEN AN ATTORNEY SINCE OUR LAST MEETING. THAT IT IS. WE'RE IN FULL SWING FOR ALL CIF FALL SPORTS, WHICH IS ALWAYS EXCITING. HAVING TWO SENIORS MYSELF, I HAVE BEEN AT PROBABLY MORE SPORTS GAMES THIS FALL THAN, WELL, MAYBE I FEEL LIKE I FEEL LIKE IT JUST IT'S THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING. MY WIFE AND I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THAT. AND I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL OTHER GAMES I'VE BEEN TO IN EL DORADO GAME. I HAVEN'T BEEN TO VALENCIA GAME YET, BEEN TO YORBA LINDA FOOTBALL GAME, AND THEN WITH ALL OF THE THE SEEING ALL THE SENIOR NIGHTS HAPPEN AND KNOWING THAT THIS IS THE CULMINATION OF WHAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS IN THEIR SPORTS CAREERS AT THIS POINT, WITH MANY OF THEM GOING ON AND SOME OF THEM BEING DONE, IT MAKU EVALUATE LIKE WHAT IT IS THAT WE DO HERE. AS WE'RE PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, WHICH IS WHAT I ALWAYS I ALWAYS SEEM TO COME BACK TO THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT JUST GIVING THEM TIME IN A CLASSROOM SO THAT THEY CAN GO TO ANOTHER CLASSROOM. WE'RE WE'RE PREPARING THEM SO THAT OUTSIDE OF THIS, BECAUSE THERE IS LIFE OUTSIDE, THERE IS LIFE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT? YEAH. AND AND I THINK THAT IT'S JUST SO COOL TO SEE THESE KIDS THAT HAVE WORKED THROUGH THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HARD AND THEY'VE PUSHED THROUGH AND SEEING THEM SUCCEED AT A LEVEL THAT MAYBE THEY DIDN'T ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO SUCCEED. I THINK WE WE ARE ALLOWING KIDS TO EXPERIENCE THINGS ON SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS THAT I THINK IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND FOR THEIR CHARACTER AS THEY MOVE FORWARD. I ALSO GOT TO EXPERIENCE THERE'S A THERE WAS A PLAY AT EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL IN THEIR SMALL THEATER. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER GO OVER THERE, BUT IT'S MUCH MORE INTIMATE. AND THEY HAD IT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST INTERESTING PLAY I'VE EVER SEEN. IT WAS THE ACTORS DID SCENES IN SLOW MOTION AND FAST MOTION, AND IT WAS IT WAS ENTERTAINING. I HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE FOLLOWING IT AT ONE POINT, BUT IT WAS IT WAS GOOD AGAIN, SEEING SEEING THE KIDS AGAIN GET TO GET TO USE THEIR GIFTS AND PERFORM IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND ENVIRONMENTS. AGAIN, WE'RE JUST WE'RE PREPARING THESE KIDS IN IN GREAT WAYS. I ALSO GOT TO I RAN INTO A PREVIOUS STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AND I ASKED HIM, I SAID, SO HAVE YOU HEARD YOUR PODCAST YET? HE SAID, NO. I KNEW YOU WERE GONNA ASK ME THAT QUESTION, AND I, I, I SAW HIM THERE, LUKE. THANK YOU. GOSH, I'M LIKE LUKE, BUDDY. AND HE'S LIKE, OH, I'LL GET THERE. SO IF YOU IF YOU EVER SEE A PODCAST BY WE'RE GOING TO PROMOTE IT. LUKE'S GOING HE'S GOING TO BE A BIG GUY LUKE GILSTRAP MAN. HE'S A GOOD GUY. ANYWAYS. IT WAS IT'S NEAT TO SEE KIDS AFTER THEY'VE COME BACK. YOU KNOW THEY'VE GRADUATED. THEY'VE GONE. HE SAT HERE WITH US. WE WENT THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS WHEN HE WAS HERE AND THEN SEEING HIM AFTER HE'S GRADUATED AND COME BACK AND BEING ON CAMPUS AND JUST IT'S AGAIN, IT'S A REMINDER OF THE CULMINATION OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING HERE. WE GET CAUGHT UP IN THE MINUTIA AND THE, THE, THE THINGS THAT WE FOCUS ON THAT SEEM TO BE IMPORTANT AT THE MOMENT. BUT WHEN YOU BACK UP AND REALIZE THAT THE BIGGER PICTURE IS WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT HERE. SO I'M ALSO REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE KIM HERE AND THE THINGS THAT SHE'S ALREADY DOING AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT SHE'S DISPLAYING IS REALLY ENCOURAGING. AND I'M EXCITED TO GET THOSE. THE REST OF THE SEATS FILLED OVER THERE AND WHAT'S TO COME. SO THAT'S RIGHT. YES YOU ARE. THANK YOU. THANKS, JOHN. I'LL JUST PIGGYBACK ON THAT. SO MY DAUGHTER CALLED ME LAST WEEK AND SAID, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO SEE SHEHERAZADE SYMPHONY DOWN AT THE SEGERSTROM? I'D NEVER BEEN TO SEE SHEHERAZADE BEFORE, BUT THIS STEMS BACK FROM ALL OF HER TIME IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL, IN THE ORCHESTRA AT KRAMER AND VALENCIA. SO THAT WAS A PIECE THAT SHE ALWAYS REMEMBERED. AND SO IT KEEPS LIVING ON. I MEAN, SHE'S 27 NOW, SO I JUST LOVE IT. AND THAT SHE CALLED ME AND AND SHE STILL THINKS OF THAT AND STILL PLAYS ACTUALLY THE VIOLA. SO A FEW THINGS JUST TO

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THERE'S LOTS OF GREAT ACTIVITIES AND AND SESSIONS THAT WE COULD HEAR. AND THEN I DID GO TO TEFFERI. I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF WE ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING SINCE I'VE BEEN TO TEFFERI. SO I'LL JUST MENTION IT. THANK YOU FOR THE VISIT TO TEFFERI. I ENJOYED GOING OVER THERE AND STOPPING THROUGH BAND AND SEEING THE THE BAND ROOM THAT IS NOW HAD, OR THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM WHERE THE WHERE THE PIT IS NOW FILLED IN AND THEY HAVE MUCH MORE USEFUL SPACE. AND NEXT WEEK COMING UP THE SINFONIA AND THEN FOLLOWED THAT WITH THE BAND PAGEANT. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO BIG MUSIC IN THE DISTRICT COMING UP SOON, SO I HOPE I'LL SEE YOU OUT THERE. THANK YOU GUYS FOR SHARING. I'LL TRY TO. IF SOMEONE BROUGHT SOMETHING UP, I WILL JUST SKIP IT OR JUST MENTIONED I WAS THERE AS WELL. I HAD A REALLY GREAT DAY VISITING OUR FULL INCLUSIVE PRESCHOOLS AT LINDA VISTA AND AT TOPAZ ELEMENTARY WITH A ANOTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER FROM SADDLEBACK, BARBARA SHULMAN. AND SHE WAS THERE TO LOOK AT OUR OUR PROGRAMS AND ASSESS THEM AND TO SEE IF WE'RE GOING TO GET A GOLDEN BELL. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND IT WAS GREAT. SHE WAS VERY HANDS ON. I ALSO ATTENDED THE NINE OVER 11 PATRIOT DAY AT GEORGE KING AND VENTURE, AND IT WAS A REALLY GREAT CEREMONY. THE STUDENTS WERE INVOLVED FROM THE FLAG SALUTE TO THE WELCOME. THEY WERE THEY WERE LEADING IT AND IT WAS JUST SO FUN TO SEE THEM BECOME LEADERS AND DO THE THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO. AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE ONE INTERACTION THAT I SAW AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM. ALL THE STUDENTS WERE GOING DOWN THE LINE AND THEY HAD MADE CARDS FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS, AND FOR OUR FIREMEN. AND THIS ONE STUDENT WAS REALLY PROUD OF THEIR CARD. THEY DID NOT WANT TO LET GO. AND THE THE TEACHER AND THE POLICE OFFICER, THEY

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AND WITH THE SUNSHINE ROTARY CLUB. AND SO WE JUST HAVE GREAT PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT REALLY STAND OUT. I ATTENDED THE CSBA AND AXA DINNER WITH MRS. BUCK AND DOCTOR KIM LAST WEEK, AND DOCTOR CANDY SINGH IS TRULY INSPIRATIONAL, JUST TO LISTEN TO HER AND TO AND THE DIFFERENT STORIES THAT SHE BRINGS OUT, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I ALSO DID A SCHOOL VISIT AT GLENVIEW AND IT WAS A GREAT MORNING. I WAS BEING TOURED BY PRINCIPAL OF THE DAY ALYSSA, AND SHE WAS TAKING ME ALL OVER AND INTERPRETING FOR ME AS WE ENTERED MANY DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS. AND I GOT TO SEE LIKE THE 9010 AND HOW IT WAS WORKING, AND I WAS GRATEFUL TO HAVE HER BY MY SIDE. AND THEN I ALSO DURING THE RECESS, DURING MY VISIT, I GOT TO WORK THE DOG POUND, WHICH MEANS I GOT TO TAKE IN THE DOLLARS AND HAND OUT PRIZES FOR THE KIDS AND HELP THEM PICK OUT THEIR PBIS. REWARDS. AND SO IT WAS JUST A GREAT DAY THERE, AND I'M TRYING TO WEAR ALL MY BREAST CANCER AWARENESS. AND THIS IS THE

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