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Good evening, everyone. And welcome to tonight's regular meeting of the Board of Education. This meeting is called to order at 5 o'clock. The roll call, please.

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please.

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Student Member Descala is absent.

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Board Member Armstrong.

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President.

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Board Member Stewart.

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President.

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Board Clerk Centron is absent.

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Vice President Critchfield.

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President.

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President Garza.

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Present.

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Tonight, we do not have speakers, speaker requests regarding closed session agenda items.

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At this time, the board will adjourn to closed session.

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Open session will resume approximately at 6.30 p.m.

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Good evening, everyone.

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one. Thank you for coming to tonight's regular meeting of the Board of Education.

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This meeting is reconvened at 6.31 p.m., at this time, well, we don't have board clerk

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seen through on, but Vice President Chrisfield will go ahead and give us an update.

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Thank you, Madam President. The Board took action in closed session, unanimously

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We're absolutely voted to approve the dismissal of Certificated Employee Number E01129 effective September 10th, 2026.

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Thank you so much, Vice President Critchfield.

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We do not have any replacement pages tonight.

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The Pledge of Allegiance, we have Frankie Woodruff student, Gael Casiano,

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will lead us in the pledge of allegiance this evening.

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pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.

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One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, guys.

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That was a wonderful job.

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Are there any amendments to the agenda?

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No amendments, evening President Garza.

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It's time for student spotlight, Ms. Curtis.

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Good evening.

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It is Woodruff's absolute pleasure to spotlight Gayel Casiano tonight.

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Let's give him a hand.

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Gayel is currently in sixth grade and has been a valued member of our Woodruff community since second grade.

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In the time that we have had the opportunity to know him, one thing becomes very clear.

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Gallagher is 100% of himself to whatever he does.

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He is fluent in Spanish and exceptional public speaker and a student who excels in reading,

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math, and writing.

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He is incredibly bright and has a natural ability to communicate his ideas, but what makes

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his academic success even more impressive is that he carries his intelligence with genuine

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humility.

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Gail doesn't need to tell people how talented he is, he simply shows them.

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At Woodruff we talk a lot about what it means to be a wolf.

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Our four guiding expectations are honesty, ownership, willingness, and leadership, or how

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well.

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At Woodruff, Gail is a student who truly embodies what it means to be a Woodruff wolf.

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He demonstrates honesty by being authentic.

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Gail stays true to who he is, he is confident without being boastful, and he has a way of

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making the people around him feel comfortable being themselves too.

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He demonstrates ownership in the way he approaches his learning and his commitments,

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whether he is in the classroom, on the stage, or pursuing a personal passion.

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Gael takes what he does seriously and gives it his very best.

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And perhaps one of the clearest examples of his willingness came when Gael decided to try something completely new.

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Last year, Gaiella did auditioned for our production of Shrek Jr. and was cast as donkey.

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What makes this accomplishment especially remarkable is that Gaiella had never seen

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a musical or a play and had never participated in theater before.

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He walked into an entirely new experience and embraced it.

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He took risks, he listened to feedback from his director and the choreographers.

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He worked hard to learn his lines, blocking choreography, and he continually pushed himself

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to improve.

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And he didn't simply participate.

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He set the bar for excellence.

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Playing Donkey requires tremendous energy, personality, comedic timing, and confidence.

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and Gael brought all of that to the stage.

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He has continued that passion for theater as a member of Ensemble,

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where he continues to contribute his talent, energy, and enthusiasm

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to our theater community.

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But perhaps the best example of Gael's leadership

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happened off the stage.

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On the second night of the musical, Gael was asked to give the welcome speech

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before the show. Just minutes before the performance began, he sat down with Mrs.

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Zagiri and asked her to help him translate his speech into Spanish. When asked why,

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Gael explained that he wanted to make sure that everyone understood and was included.

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That simple decision says so much about who Gael is. He had already been given the

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opportunity to stand in front of an audience and speak.

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He could have simply delivered his speech and walked on to the stage.

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Instead, he looked beyond himself and thought about the people sitting in the audience.

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Who might not understand?

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Who might feel left out?

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How can we make sure everyone feels included?

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That is leadership, and that is what it means to be a wolf.

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Gail has a natural ability to notice the people around him.

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He looks out for the underdog, shows empathy towards others, and is especially attentive

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to our ESN students.

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He doesn't need to be asked to make someone feel welcome.

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It seems to come naturally to him.

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His humor, enthusiasm, and positive energy are contagious.

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He has a way of making people feel comfortable, supported, and like they belong.

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Gael also has a wonderful ability to pursue his passions wholeheartedly,

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whether it is theater, crocheting, or something completely new.

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He doesn't let inexperience hold him back.

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He just dives in.

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And perhaps that is one of the greatest things we can celebrate about Gael.

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He reminds us that being a wolf isn't about being perfect.

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It's about being honest, taking ownership, having the willingness to try, and showing leadership by lifting up those around you.

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And if his time at Woodruff has taught us anything, is that wherever Gail goes, he will bring his whole self with him.

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And he will make the people around him better because of it.

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But we are so lucky to call you one of our Woodruff Wolves and I have absolutely no doubt

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the year future is incredibly bright.

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Gail, thank you for showing us what it truly means to how and congratulations.

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Gail, would you like to say anything?

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You can come up to the podium.

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It was such a great experience to be at my school and I loved being there.

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and I love my teachers and my friends, and I'm so happy that I was part of this whole experience of today.

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Wonderful, thank you.

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Can we have the board come down and take a picture with Gaye and his family, please?

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Thank you for that.

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At this time, I'd like to welcome our student board reporters.

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We have a new reporter representing Bethler High School this year.

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Kate, Beneta, welcome Kate.

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Before you share your board report, can you tell us about yourself and what motivated you to represent Boutler High School?

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Good evening members of the board, President Gaza, Superintendents Simon, District staff and community members.

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My name is Kate Panetta and I am proud to represent Boutler High School for the 2026 to 2027 school year and share a September board report.

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A little bit about myself is I attended Ramona Elementary School, just across the street.

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And now, as a junior, I now have the honor to serve as the ASB Public Relations and Board

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Reporter.

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Apart from that, after being at Belfar for the past five years, I participated in numerous

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clubs, such as ASB, CSF, National Arms Society, Historian for Apex, and Founder and President

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of our brand new MedSurge Club.

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At your high school, I helped to attend a four-year university to further my education with

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the psychology or nurse science.

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My motivation to be a border porter was that I've grown over the past four years after

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being ASB.

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I've grown a lot as a student and a leader.

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I've always enjoyed communicating with others, getting involved in my school, community,

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and making people feel included.

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Over the set amount of time of being in Belfower and in ASB, I felt I was ready to take a bigger

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role and challenge myself.

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I decided to represent my school because it combines my love for

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communication with my passion for leadership, while giving the opportunity to contribute even more to my school.

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And that's a little bit of my proposal.

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And then moving on to our September board report, we had a busy year starting the school year, and

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tonight I'll be sharing some of the events, programs, and improvements happening on our campus, as well as a few things we have coming up.

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We kicked off the new skier by welcoming our Buccaneers back to campus for the first day of school.

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It was great seeing your campus full again and watching students reconnect with their friends, teachers, and school community.

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We also held our first assembly of the year, our welcome back assembly on Friday, September 4th.

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The assembly gave students from all grade levels a chance to come together, show their

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school spirit, participate in activities, and start the school year with some book in

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your pride.

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It was a great way to set the tone for the school year.

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Our first LCAP goal focuses on safety and wellbeing, and we already had several opportunities

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this year to strengthen relationships, build connections, and create a positive environment

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for our students in scaffolding.

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To start the year, our staff participated in capturing kids' hard training and have been

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and implementing strategies in their classrooms,

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including creating social contracts with their students.

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These social contracts give students a voice

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in deciding how they want to be treated,

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and how they should be treated by others,

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helping create classrooms where students feel safe,

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respected and connected.

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We also had the exciting opportunity to participate

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in a CVS light saving on our campus.

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Students and staff came together bright and early

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to showcase our school programs

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and book in your pride to the larger community.

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It was a great experience and great way to start the school year by highlighting many

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of the incredible programs and student groups on our bellflower campus.

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Next, we host their annual Club Rush where students were able to explore the many clubs available at Bellflower. Club Rush gives students the opportunity to find something they're interested in, meet new people and discover new ways to get involved and feel connected to our campus. And this year, we had an astounding 43 clubs represented at our school at our high school lunch. And finally, we brought some fun to our welcome back assembly with our teacher inflatable race.

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Our teachers suited up in inflatable costumes and racing from the school body.

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It was definitely one of the highlights of the assembly and gay students a chance to see our staff having fun,

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showing school spirit and loading of positive connections with students.

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And our LCAP goal number two focuses on academics and students are already benefiting from some exciting upgrades to our learning spaces.

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Our advocate classrooms now feature a new flexible seating, giving students different options for how and where they work.

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These spaces are designed to encourage collaborations and create a new classroom environment that better support different learning needs.

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And our TV and film broadcasting classrooms also receive some major upgrades.

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The classrooms now feature a huge screen screen along with new broadcasting equipment that gives students access to more hands-on real-world experiences in video production and broadcasting.

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We are excited to see what our students create with these new resources throughout the school year.

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third LCAP goal focuses on parent engagement and community involvement.

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Earlier this month, we welcomed our family to campus for a back-to-school night.

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Parents and guardians had the opportunity to visit classrooms, meet teachers, learn more about their students' courses, and become more familiar with our campus.

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Events like back-to-school night are an important part of strengthening the connection between our school and families, and we appreciate everyone who came out to support their student and our Buffalo community.

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Before I finish, I'd like to highlight some of our upcoming events at Belfower.

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On September 18th, 16th, my apologies.

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Our seniors will gather bright and early for senior sunrise, whenever first,

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special to tradition celebrating the class of 2027 and their final year at Belfower.

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Then, on September 18th, we will host our bug telegate bringing our students, staff, families, and committee together for a night of fun and bugging your spirit before the full bug game.

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Bug tailgate is free to any student with an ASB card and any student or community member with a valid football game ticket.

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We hope to see you there and cheer our buff, cheer on our buff our books.

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Finally, on October 3rd, we will introduce, we will host our annual special education conference and resource fair providing families with resources, information and opportunities to connect with organizations that support our students and community.

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We had a great start to the school year, and we were looking forward to everything still to come.

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Thank you for allowing me to share some of our amazing things happening at Balfour Middle and High School.

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Go Bucks.

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Thank you, Ms. Pineda.

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Joining us as the new reporter for May for High School is Vanessa Perez.

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Welcome, Vanessa. Before we hear your report, we'd like to learn a little bit about you and what inspired you to take this on.

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Hello, everyone. My name is Vanessa Perez. I'm a junior at May for high school. I was before

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that, a Lindstrom Lion. I read my school very proud. And I am the president of Pickle

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Wall Club and girl up as well as involved in many other clubs. I'm recently joined ASB

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where I got to become the board reporter. I'm really excited to be here. I wanted to be

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the school board reporter because I grew up going to a lot of these meetings and I think it's

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It's a really important part of our district that students attend this, parents attend this

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and they get to kind of hear what's going on district-wide and also see what they can

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do in their own individual schools and then I guess I'll start with my presentation.

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So this was our first month back to school, I can't believe it's almost already a month.

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We had a lot of fun activities.

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So before we start with back to our first day of school, we actually had multiple sports

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organizations and our sports teams practicing throughout the summer, I think that I know

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I practice for golf, but even girl soccer, boy soccer, flag football, football, even tennis,

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they've been practicing throughout the summer to make sure that when the season starts they are ready.

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I think that the sports teams did a great job in incorporating different events.

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The girl soccer team was able to have a beach day where they got to focus on team bonding

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and learning different skills while also working on some fun PKs. I think that a lot of our other

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teams were able to host friendly scrimmages with local teams to kind of prepare them for

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the season.

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After we also hosted our ASB camp, it was three days in Newport, Dunes where ASB was able

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to get to know each other and begin to brainstorm ideas, think about what assemblies we want to

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host, think about what spirit days, while also getting to know fellow people they're going

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to spend the rest of the year with.

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It was a lot of fun, full of ice cream, beach days, swimming and I think that everyone

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should join ASV because this was an amazing couple of days.

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We also had our preview days and freshman orientation.

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This year, we hosted an event for freshman orientation, which is hosted by our link crew.

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We had a large group of upper classmen able to meet with smaller groups of underclassmen

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and kind of give them some suggestions, play games, allow the freshmen to kind of form

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from a little group of people that they know.

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I was always telling my freshman that fine friends,

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because then you have people you can talk to in your classes.

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You can kind of work through questions together.

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We were also a little play some fun games,

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and Mr. Yannis taught them a nice chant.

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And then, Mayfair was very honored to host the district breakfast,

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where we welcomed employees from across the district to Mayfair,

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and hosted them for a fun little burrito breakfast.

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We also passed out some cool chargers,

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so hopefully all of our district employees got some.

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I got to even see my elementary school teachers.

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I know so many of my friends were able to reconnect

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with their kindergarten teachers and just check in

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on where they are and what they're doing.

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I think the food turned out really amazing

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and of course the decorations were beautiful.

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Then we actually had our finally first day of school.

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We had a nice walk through on our front gate.

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We were welcomed by ASB and Link Crew and Chair.

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We had our admin out there, our security guards, we're playing music, we had pom-poms with a very exciting tunnel.

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I think a lot of kids were very welcome to buy it.

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We also got to see our seniors last first day of school.

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They decorated the school with large posters, decorated some jeans, got their senior backpacks and were able to have some fun traditions.

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I think that everyone was excited for the first day back, getting to see their friends again and see what classes they have.

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as well as, of course, see our favorite teachers.

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And then we had our first home game.

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The theme was neon out, so the student section

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was there loud and proud in our neon and construction wear.

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We actually won our first game too, so I think it was a very exciting game.

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It was definitely a long one, but it was a great game to watch,

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so hopefully everyone can make it out to our next one.

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Then we had a welcome back assembly

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where we welcomed our high school islanders back to the villa

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and in case you missed the reference, it was love island themed.

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So it was a fun, you know, different way to do maybe a normal island theme.

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But it was turned out great.

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We had some performances by our favorite marine animals,

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our amazing ASP President Gil.

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We got to play some great games as you can see our teachers even joining on the fun.

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I'm not quite sure what moves he was pulling,

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but I do believe the teacher doing a front roll did win, so I guess it worked.

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And then we were also to engage the crowd.

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We had a giant beach ball, which I don't know where we found that.

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It was huge.

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And then of course, our ASB were the ones that hosted the event, looking very spirited

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with the beautiful back to school posters in the back.

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And then for the first time, we hosted our Senior Sunrise at Parker's Lighthouse, which I think

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turned out great.

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If you've never gone to Senior Sunrise at Mayfair, it's always very cloudy.

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But I do believe they got to see the sunrise at Parker's Lighthouse and of course we had some more amazing posters and signs

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I'm not sure if I can play the video

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Well, it is a video of our class 2027 just cheering, I think, but it turned out great

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We had a great turnout and I think a lot of people were able to catch some breakfast connect with some of their friends and get ready for this amazing year senior activities

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And then just last week we hosted our back-to-school night where we welcome parents onto campus.

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They got to meet with their students' teachers.

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We also kind of made it a community fair.

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So we had different community organizations such as the parks there to pass out information.

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We also were able to have our school's clubs and sports teams have little food stands.

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I think that they have some Thai tea or ice coffee.

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I know I saw matcha, pizza, pretty much any food that sounds amazing.

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that was there. So, got to check out our back to school nights in the fair and then upcoming.

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Today we had our coffee with the middle school counselors and then our close rush is unfortunately

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have new pushback until next week due to the heat but I think we're all very excited about it.

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We have a lot of new clubs this year and a lot of clubs that have been brought back. So we're

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really excited to hit the ground running and then tomorrow we have our coffee with the highest

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school counselors. Tomorrow night we have the battle the milk bucket which is our traditional game

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against Lakewood, it will be hosted at Belfart, so if you're free, make sure you come out.

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And then next Friday, we have our fall sports assembly, and then on the 25th, we have

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so good teacher, and then coming up next month, we have homecoming, but we're already starting

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to prepare for that.

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And then of course, we've reached college application season, so hopefully all our seniors are getting

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started on that early, and they're gonna have some fun colleges to rep next semester.

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Thank you to the board for allowing me to speak here and have a great rest of your night.

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No pressure, but we need that bucket back.

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Thank you so much, Ms. Perez.

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We're also pleased to welcome Somerset High School's new reporter, Alison, Armas, Valdez.

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Welcome, Alison.

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Thank you.

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Can you share a little bit about yourself and what interested you in joining the school reporter?

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Well, first of all, good afternoon to everybody, President Garza and Dr. Simon.

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My name is Alison Armas and I am a summer set saint. My original home school is Mayfair High School, and I am a summer set saint now.

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But I feel like that's also a great blessing to be a summer set saint now.

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I am president of key club and we are going to have a night market soon September 12th and everybody's welcome.

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It's going to be taking place in the Kawanis center. Also, I am going to be speaking English and Spanish throughout this presentation because my mom is present.

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So for our first BSD board goal, we have academics. This is with Mr. Amada and Mr. Parata.

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We make skateboards in the morning, so as you can see a lot of people actually really enjoy making skateboards all the time.

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It's really fun and we just learn new things and we learn to like get along with other people, get along with our friends.

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This is a event that we do every day where we can participate with our masters,

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Mr. Porotta and Mr. Amara, where we do scooters every day in the mornings and everyone can share

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and learn new things from how to do it.

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For with Mr. Porotta, we went to Gabriel Marina Aquarium.

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It was really fun, we got to touch and learn new things about marine animals

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And we just got to enjoy this day and it was really fun.

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Other people got to enjoy it. I did it because I wasn't able to go because I got sick.

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But with these pictures, like everything, it just looks really fun.

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And it was super fun and we learned new things.

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This was an event where we went to a walk with our masters, Mr. Proto was in charge

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of taking us, we went to an aquarium in Cabrillo and I didn't have the opportunity to go because

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I was sick that day, but we could have the opportunity again to meet new animals and learn

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yesterday and I'm going to teach and learn a lot.

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For our back to school and I, it was really fun.

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I did get to participate here.

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I came to all my classes and all my teachers introduced themselves really nicely.

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They were really kind and they just gave us a new learning opportunity

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to us and our parents teaching us what we learn every day at school.

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and it was just a great experience.

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A.S.B. cooked hamburgers and hot dogs for us,

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and everything was free.

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And it was just an overall fun experience.

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And all teachers and staff were really, really kind

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and also took time to engage with parents

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to learn more about them and just learn new things.

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This was the night of returning to classes where we could go talk to our teachers,

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where our teachers could interact with our parents and be able to tell them

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what we do in our programs during the year of school.

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They also asked us to come and ask for help.

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This day was free and it was only one day where we could learn everything

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So, what we do here in this school is all beautiful and all the blessings that we receive

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thanks to these teachers and to our companions.

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For our board, go number two, safe and supportive learning environments, ASB formed a water play day where we raised money with buying tickets to so-called teachers, and it looks like the teachers enjoyed this more than the actual students, because it was really hot that day. And we just had a lot of fun. We had water balloons, and it was overall fun, and all the money that was raised was to buy

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new school, school supplies and for ASP to continue doing fun activities and engage with everybody and it was overall a fun experience.

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This day of water was, we did it in a very hot day and it seems that the

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teachers enjoyed this more than the students because it was a day

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too hot and all the money we received with the tickets to

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mojara our teachers was donated to that they could buy things from

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school and be able to plan new events that come. We also had our

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agreement which each advisory class did a social contract with rules that we

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want and how we want to be treated and how we don't want to be treated and we

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are got to engage in it and we made a social contract for the whole school and

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it was a really fun experience and it just shows us what boundaries we want and

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and how our rules are set in disco.

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Este día hicimos un contrato social

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donde pudimos escribir todas las reglas

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de cómo queremos que nos traten

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y cómo queremos que no nos traten.

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Fuiimos voluntarios todas las clases

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y fue algo muy divertido de hacer entre toda la escuela

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y pues ahora tenemos nuestras reglas de cómo queremos

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y no queremos ser tratados.

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Over 3.

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Developing people.

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We have our new staff at Somerset.

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Ms. Rose, she's super sweet.

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She opened a store in Somerset,

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which we could buy anything.

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We could buy chips.

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We could buy toys.

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We could buy many different fun stuff,

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which with this we get

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St. Box, which is

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dollars.

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If you're doing something good or if you're helping out,

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you receive St. Buck's due to your good deeds and with this money you can go to the store and

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you can buy stuff from his rose and it's just a fun experience that engages to it inspires

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to behave better with your people surrounding you and just overall get better at everything.

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It's something that motivates people to be a better person every day and for Mr. T he is a social

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studies in ELD teacher, he is also new to Somerset and he is really sweet. I never have

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his class but I have interacted with him before and that's how I know that he is a sweet

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and caring person just by the way he talks to other students and has patients with them and

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I think that's also something really important in a teacher and Somerset just knows when a teacher

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is a teacher because being a teacher is not just teaching, is having patience and learning to cooperate when other students learn different than others and I feel like that's what makes a teacher a teacher.

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These are our new Maestro Sonsamershe, Ms. Rose is a very good Maestra. She helps us and we

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we sell things with the money we receive, the money we receive when we bring us well and we do good things,

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we give us the money to change from school and we can go to buy different things like food, toys from her.

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and she is a very good teacher there and it seems that she does not want much because she always

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receives us with the smile every day and for me she is the teacher of IOT and of social

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status and I have never had her class but she is a very good teacher because the chances

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she has had to talk to her have been shown what to be a teacher because to be a teacher

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No solo requiere de enseñar si requiere de paciencia y cariño hacia los estudiantes y eso

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es lo que hace a un maestro, un maestro.

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For upcoming events on September 17 is picture day.

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This reminds me to look good that day and get ready.

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and September 21 to 25 is Fall Intercession. Intercession is where you can take two sessions

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or one to earn 10 credits in a week, five credits per session, and it's a great opportunity

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to finish your credits faster and it's an overall good experience and just motivates to

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students trying every day and September 28th to October 12th. We have fall break. I'll

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be very sad. October 14th is ScreenFest in LA. Mr. Ramada is hosting this field trip and his film

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I'm in his film class, also really good opportunities to go to different field trips in Hollywood and go to sets and it's super fun.

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We have an upcoming field trip Tuesday, 15th and we're going to go to a movie set and I feel like that's also really fun and it's just going to be me in my film class.

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And for October 30th, we're gonna have haunted housemates from 7 to 9.30 and I feel like everybody is welcome.

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Everybody could go, we build our haunted house, like we build it ourselves.

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And I didn't get to experience this because I wasn't here last year, but this just looks really fun.

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and I feel like it's a good way to involve other people in our school activities.

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give you to receive more credits. September 28th, October 12th, we have our break. October, October 14th, it will be the Festival of ScreenFest in Los Angeles, and it is a very good opportunity for all of us.

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This paseo is not being directed by Mr. Amara and it is something very fun because you can learn different things and if you are a fanatic of Halloween or whatever.

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Thank you so much for your attention.

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We are going to have a 7-9-30-9-9-9-9-9-8-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-20-10.

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Thank you

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so much, Ms. Valdes, and thank you for providing your own translation as well, that way everybody feels included.

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returning to represent Las Flores's home education in the Penn Study Academy is Yosana Torres.

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Welcome back, Yosana.

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Thank you.

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It's great to have you with us again.

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Please go ahead and share your board report.

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Well, first of all, good evening, members of the board, Dr. Simon and President Marigaza.

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Thank you for the incredible privilege of inviting me back to share this month's recap

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of what has been happening at Los Flores since the last board meeting.

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Okay, so to start, our principal, Ms. Tammy Zilla, along with two of our teachers,

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Ms. Anzaro and Ms. Smoke attended the Los Flores School to watch recognition in Washington, D.C.,

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we're very proud to be recognized for, oh, sorry.

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As a national school to watch and to be among other middle schools that exemplify excellence in education,

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This recognition is a great reflection of the instructional practices.

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We strive for our last Flores and is in agreement with our LCAP goal number two.

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And it's focused on providing students with the guaranteed viable curriculum.

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Also, please don't mind my list, but I finally have my retainer in.

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So it's like, okay, we're also excited to share that we have an addition to our last Flores staff.

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We have had the pleasure of welcoming Mrs. Lane as our assistant principal who has, yeah,

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Roboplast, who has been working with the Belfire District for more than 25 years.

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As well as our new community service worker, Ms. Jasmine Green, who has previously worked

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for the Department of Children Moefer and attendance with the Belfire Unified School District.

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With the addition of these experienced staff members, it is another way we can continue

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to build a high performing and committed workforce.

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One of our first major events held this school year was our orientation overview night on August 13th,

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which is basically our version of a back to school night.

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It's the day before our independent study contract signing, so it's mandatory.

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But families had the opportunity to meet the staff, discuss this year's curriculum,

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and connect with students and teachers.

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So by giving our families an opportunity to become familiar with the curriculum,

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and academic expectations from the start,

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this readily embraces our commitment

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to the effective curriculum that we have.

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For the first time to start off their last year,

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our seniors orchestrated their first senior sunrise,

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so they gathered together early at 5.45

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to watch the sunrise and, you know,

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take cute photos and stuff.

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They also had breakfast and they played games.

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I know our senior class is really small

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but they really do make the most of it.

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I'm not going to lie, they're like the ones with the most school spirit, so it's really sweet to see them all get together.

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It was a great way to, it was a great opportunity for our senior's two-build connections, create a collaborative environment as they begin their final school year.

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On August 29th, our core students started their first day of core classes, so although we start later than most schools, because of our hybrid system,

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Our teachers happily greeted students at the gate and welcomed them back to campus.

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Our seniors also joined in on the Kid Backpack trend, which is like your last year of high

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school, you get a Kid Backpack, it's essentially what it is, which was a fun way for them to

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start their last year of school.

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These small moments of, you know, connection helped create the safe collaborative conditions

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for learning, which is emphasized in the LCAP goal one.

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This year we also rebooted our Prop 20 music classes and welcomed Mrs. Block as our new music teacher.

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Mrs. Block specializes in teaching guitar and ukulele.

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So her courses are designed to help students fulfill fine arts instructional minutes.

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So our students have been already having fun exploring contemporary music which I guess includes Taylor Swift.

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Prop 20 has helped us continue to expand our curriculum and provide students with creative

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and meaningful ways to express themselves, embracing our LPAC goal too.

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On September 4th, our students had their first enrichment Friday class of the year,

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where they had the opportunity to explore activities such as California democracy projects,

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chess, and music classes, by giving students opportunities to explore different interests

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beyond the traditional classroom, enrichment Friday supports our LCAP commitment to encouraging

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students to explore diverse learning opportunities that will help them develop great

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cognitive skills for their future.

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We're also very proud of our student athletes at Los Flores.

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Our students have the opportunity to participate in athletics

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through schools like Buffalo and Mayfair,

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which allow them to stay involved and build connections

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outside of our campus.

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So some of our student athletes include Matthew Lopez,

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who was on Mayfair's golf team.

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Exia Davis, who plays volleyball at Mayfair,

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and Surrey and Kalen Nesper who are both on the May fair soccer team.

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We're excited to see our students representing Los Lois and their communities

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are Alcapco one, oh sorry, and these opportunities are in alignment with our Alcapco one

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by helping students build relationships and experiencing a strong sense of collaboration and belonging.

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Lastly, moving on to our NWEA timeline, we began our testing over the course of three weeks.

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It wasn't scheduled like that, it's just kind of how it happened.

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During week one, we had high school math and middle school math.

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Week two included high school English as well as middle school English and TK English.

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Then during our third and final week, the TK through fifth completed math.

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So obviously the NWA test, this process gives our teachers valuable data to gain a better understanding

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of kind of where the students lie academically and how they continue to support their learning,

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which is important as it focuses on data-driven instructional practices.

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So coming soon, today we actually had our student council and ASB elections, so those results

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will be out soon.

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Next we have our annual harvest fest, which is in October, I believe it's like one of the

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first week of October and then we have again the high school USC field trip which is again

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In October, I think, earlier. And then, finally, we have our student work collection meetings, which our first one is tomorrow. So, I hope everybody has their work done. But, yeah, that's it. Thank you so much for inviting me back.

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Thank you, Mr. Otris, for your report.

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student reporters, if we know that you have other commitments and you have things to do at home, so you are able to stay here and continue with the meeting with us or go home and do your homework.

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have a nice evening. Thank you for coming by.

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It's time for BTA communications, Mr. Young.

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Good evening, President Garza, members of the board, Superintendent Dr. Simon, cabinet,

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and members of the community, and as luck would have it tonight, some family.

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Before I begin, I wanted to recognize that tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of Patriot Day.

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We remember those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.

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Honour the first responders and others who served and reflect on the unity and sense of community that followed.

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As we settle into the new school year, BT has been busy working with members, administrators,

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human resources, special education, and other district departments on a wide range of issues affecting

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our educators and classrooms. A significant part of our work continues to be making sure that our

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collective bargaining agreement is understood and implemented consistently across the school district.

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Over the last several weeks, we have addressed questions involving evaluation procedures, preparation, and conference periods, the contractual workday, complaint procedures, special education case loads, and other working condition issues.

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Many of these issues can be and are resolved fairly quickly when employees, administrators, and the association communicate early.

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One of the goals this year is to continue to strengthen those lines of communication so that the small problems do not become big ones.

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00:48:18,730 --> 00:48:24,240
Special education continues to be an important area of focus.

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00:48:24,700 --> 00:48:29,800
We have been working through concerns involving caseloads, behavioral and classroom support,

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mainstreaming, and adequate staffing.

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00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:36,660
We've been working with the district on questions surrounding preschool responsibilities,

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00:48:37,260 --> 00:48:41,140
preschool classrooms supervision, and how aid is allocated.

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00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:46,960
We appreciate the district staff that they have been willing to continue researching these issues,

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00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:51,940
these issues and working towards a clear exportations, expectations for everyone involved.

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00:48:53,100 --> 00:48:56,820
We're also reviewing several new opportunities being created for educators,

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including the unified sports and unified champion schools program.

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BTA definitely supports these programs and the opportunities they create for students.

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00:49:07,360 --> 00:49:12,120
At the same time, we want to make sure that the additional responsibilities assigned to employees

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communities come with clearly defined expectations, appropriate compensation,

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and provisions for things such as training, release time, travel, including weekend activities.

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We've also heard from several members regarding workplace safety, behavioral support facilities and

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classroom temperatures, administrator communication, and other day-to-day working conditions.

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Where possible we have tried to address those issues directly with the appropriate department before they reach the level of

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of a formal complaint or grievance.

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At the same time, BTA is investing heavily

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in supporting our new educators.

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We have been reaching out to first, second,

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and third year teachers,

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helping members better understand evaluation procedures,

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00:49:55,360 --> 00:49:57,420
salary advancement, HR systems,

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special education responsibilities,

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and when and how to seek association support

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among many other things.

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We're also working to connect the educators with CTA

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professional development opportunities throughout the year.

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Finally, beginning this week, I have started a regular school site visits during employee lunch periods.

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The goal of these visits this year is simple.

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To remain accessible to members, hear what is happening at our schools.

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Recognize what is working well and identify concerns early enough that we can work collaboratively towards solutions.

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There will always be disagreements in a district this size.

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What matters is whether we have structures that allow people to raise concerns.

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Receive answers and work through disagreements professionally, which I believe is the standard we expect both for ourselves and for others.

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BTA remains committed to doing that work, representing our members protecting the agreement we have negotiated together,

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working collaboratively with the school district and ultimately supporting the educators who serve both our students every day.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Young.

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We now move on to

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our superintendent's report, Dr. Simmons.

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Thank you, President Garza. Good evening, everyone, to our members of the board, our staff, students, families, our committee members who are out here this evening.

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Thank you so much for being here.

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I would like to share a few highlights since our last board meeting on August 27th.

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Every campus to help bail for our unified hosted back to school night events,

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bringing our families together and laying a solid foundation for a successful academic year.

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On September 7th, our district observed Labor Day to recognize the value and

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dedication of our workforce, many of whom are here today this evening.

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I would like to take this opportunity to recognize our standing staff whose daily devotion and

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hard work, continuously support our scholars and elevate our schools, and also for a great

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start to the school year.

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I also want to express my sincere appreciation to our side principals, their dedication,

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or their dedicated leadership, and short and exceptional start to the school year.

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Such seamless openings did not happen accidentally.

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They stemmed from deliberate choices centered on student needs.

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To all of our principals, thank you for your unwavering resolve and for taking on these

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responsibilities.

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As BTA President Mr. John Young mentioned, tomorrow we will pause together to remember September

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11th, known as Patriot Day, a day that changed our nation, and a day that reminds us still of

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who we are called to be for one another.

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Many of our students were not born yet on that morning.

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for them tomorrow will be history.

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For those of us who lived it,

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it remains a memory carried in the body,

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where we were,

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who we called,

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and the silence in the sky.

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But whether we remember it

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or have only learned of it,

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we gather today or tomorrow

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for the same reason,

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to honor the lives lost,

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to stand with the families

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who still carry that loss,

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and to salute the firefighters,

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leaders, police officers, medical workers, and everyday people who ran toward danger to

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help strangers.

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In our schools, we often speak of character, about courage, about service, and the way we

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care for the person next to us.

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Tomorrow is no clear lesson in any of that than the one written on that day, that even in

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Our darkest hours, ordinary people, are capable of extraordinary love.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Dr. Simon.

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Are there any ad hoc committee updates this evening?

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The only update I have is that next week on Wednesday, we have a CalAPS meeting, and on Thursday, we have a climate and culture meeting.

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So we'll get back next meeting.

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Thank you, board member Stewart.

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Moving on to public comments.

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Tonight, we do have requests addressing agenda and on agenda items.

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The board and the superintendent will listen carefully to each public comment.

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However, we will not provide responses during the meeting.

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The superintendent or a designated representative will contact the parent, guardian, and or community member if the comment may call for follow-up.

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While the meetings of the governing board are not public meetings, they are open to the public.

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Individual speakers will be allowed three minutes to address the board, and the board will limit the total time for public input to 21 minutes, per board by law 9322.2 unless otherwise waived by the board.

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Can we please have John Paul Dreyer come to the podium?

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Good evening, board members, staff, and audience.

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I'm John Paldrayer, today was my first day of school.

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I'm at call on call to substitute in the Los Alonitos School District.

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Today I helped out teachers who they get, so they get a 10 IP meetings from kindergarten

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to fourth grade.

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So I had a renewed energy in the classroom and working with students myself.

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Marina, central and I was hoping she would be here tonight, is she going to be coming

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soon?

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Because my comment is to respond to her request to meet with me regarding the three-city

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street coalition.

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Is she coming later, I don't know, is she about to come or she could watch this online

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later?

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So she asked to meet with me.

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I asked Aaron Drake to come to the last school board meeting.

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He's a former Belflower public safety official.

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He's a former deputy sheriff, and he's a detective at USC.

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00:56:23,720 --> 00:56:28,340
And we've been working with the city of Belflower, and we received a request for

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a neighborhood watch along Somerset to have a traffic study.

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But there's only a part-time traffic engineer to work on the study.

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We asked for this last year, since then a street takeover happened on Somerset and also looting near Washington Elementary where I went to school when it was a junior high.

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And then there was another street takeover, two blocks from my business on Artisia Boulevard near Downey Avenue.

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So we've been working with Victor Sanchez to, for safe passageways to school, request the previous traffic engineer we asked for a traffic study of Artisia Boulevard.

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I've gone to the city of Lakewood, asking for an extension of their safe passageways

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of school maps.

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00:57:14,080 --> 00:57:19,200
So if a student lives in Lakewood, it goes to a school in Balfour, what is the safest

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way for them to walk or to bike?

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00:57:22,400 --> 00:57:25,040
We're asking the city of Balfour to do something like that.

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The city of Cerritos, we could work with them as well.

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00:57:29,960 --> 00:57:34,160
What is the safest way kids can get to school, especially if you want to fight childhood obesity

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city by having safe passageways to walk or bike to school.

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00:57:39,680 --> 00:57:44,840
So I'd be glad to me with her to explain more because Balfour has three school districts,

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so I've worked really hard to get neighborhood district elections for all the school board

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and for the city council.

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We had to win two civil rights cases and a special election.

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We want to improve the safety of our schools and our neighborhoods and fight childhood obesity.

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And I thank Councilman Victor Sanchez for helping us get the safe passageway to school for

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Coke Avenue in the paramount unified part of Balfour.

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00:58:12,840 --> 00:58:17,300
So there's going to be a sidewalk on Coke Avenue so kids can walk to school safely instead

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of in the street because there's no sidewalk there.

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00:58:20,120 --> 00:58:27,460
And we should look also how we deliver students on campus and office and I know they're posting

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you know about May fair lately on Facebook.

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00:58:29,980 --> 00:58:30,260
Thank you.

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00:58:31,880 --> 00:58:33,020
Thank you, Mr. Dre.

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John Young.

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00:58:55,200 --> 00:58:57,040
Good evening again, President Garza,

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members of the board, Superintendent Simon,

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Dr. Simon Cabinette, and members of the community.

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00:59:03,380 --> 00:59:06,560
John Young, president of the Belflower Teachers Association,

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and I'm speaking tonight in support of item 11.1

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and the resolution supporting measure SM.

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Our educators see firsthand every day

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how the condition of our facilities affects teaching and learning.

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Many of our schools have served this community for many generations.

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Here's an interesting example.

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Did you know Ramona Elementary once had a farm animal petting zoo?

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A lot has changed since then, and that history also means that things age too.

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Aging roofs, plumbing, electrical and HVAC systems, classrooms, and other infrastructure

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that need significant attention.

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And these are not simply building issues.

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They are teaching and learning issues,

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student safety issues, and working condition issues.

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The district's facilities master plans

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evaluated the needs of our school-

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Schools, including classrooms, building systems, technology, safety and security and other campus facilities. Measure SM addresses many of those needs through repairs and upgrades. Our students deserve classrooms that are safe, comfortable, accessible, and equipped for the education we expect them to receive today. Many educators deserve the focus, deserve to focus on teaching rather than wondering whether or not the air conditioning will work.

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A leak will be repaired, or an aging facility will meet the needs of their students.

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And I want to be clear about what measure SM is and what it is not.

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Facilities funding is not a substitute for competitive salaries, benefits, appropriate staffing, or collective bargaining.

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Those issues remain at the forefront.

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However, the district's measure SM information specifically states that the bond proceeds cannot be used for

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salaries or operating expenses.

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So this measure addresses the physical conditions in which our educators work and our students learn.

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Measure SM proposes an estimated property tax rate of $49 per 100,000 of assessed value, not market value, while the bonds are outstanding.

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For a property with an assessed value of approximately $435,000, that would be about $213 per year as an example.

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Rest assured that accountability is required.

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The measure includes annual financial performance audits, public reporting and

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a citizen's and an independent citizens oversight committee to review how bond funds are spent.

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BTA supports measure SM because investing in our school facilities is an investment in our students, our educators and the bellflower community.

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I ask you to vote yes, to vote yes, on the resolution supporting measure SM under agenda item 11.1.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, President Young.

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Moving on to Margaret Bus.

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Good evening, Board President, Board Members and Cabinet.

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Thank you for those of you who responded to my email that I sent after the August 27th meeting.

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But I really thought it was important that not only you saw but members of our community

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and Mayfair family saw it.

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I have spent the last several years reflecting on everything that took place on August 27th

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school board meeting and I feel strongly that as a professional and long time member of

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Mayfair community I need to share my perspective.

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I fully understand and respect the board's responsibility to listen to every voice, parent, student, staff

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should absolutely have the opportunity to express their concerns.

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However, there is a difference between respectfully raising concerns and making accusations and statements that can personally and professionally be damaging.

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I've been an educator, you're not going to believe this, for 45 years, 22 of those were at May fair high school.

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And all of that time, I can honestly say that I have never been as troubled with the comments that were made at the school boarding as I was on August 27th.

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I believe we can hold people accountable as difficult questions and disagree with decisions while still treating educators and administrators with fairness, dignity, and respect.

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When comments cross that line and become personal and unsupported, the consequences can be devastating to the people involved and damaging to the culture of the entire school.

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I want to be very clear about where I stand regarding Dr. Morgan.

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During my 22 years at Mayfair, I have worked under and observed many different administrator and leadership teams.

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I have never known Dr. Morgan to make a decision without considering what is the best interest for our students.

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In my experience, she is a dedicated leader who genuinely cares about Mayfair and the student staff families who make up our community.

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I also believe that Dr. Morgan and her administrative team have taken on a difficult task of rebuilding and strengthening a school that had significant challenges.

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They have worked incredibly hard to move me fair forward.

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I believe we are seeing many positive changes as a result of their leadership.

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As a teacher who has spent nearly half a century in education, I know that leadership is not easy.

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Every decision will not make everyone happy, but that does not mean that people making those difficult decisions should be subjected to personal attacks or statements that could jeopardize their professional reputations.

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I wish I had a simple solution to offer our board, I don't.

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What I do know is that something like this could happen to any one of us, and it is heartbreaking to watch an exceptional educator and leader go through it.

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I hope the board will continue to listen carefully to concerns while recognizing the importance

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of protecting a fair, respectful, and professional environment for everyone who serves our

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student.

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I am proud to be a teacher at Mayfair High School, and I am proud to support Dr. Morgan and

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her administration and the work their team is doing for our students.

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Thank you for listening, and more importantly, thank you for considering them from a perspective

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Detective, a teacher who has dedicated 45 years to education in 22 at Mayfair High School.

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Thank you.

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Thank you so much for your comments.

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Up next, Ashley Lucacy.

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Good evening board of education, Dr. Simon, executive cabinet, students, teachers, and community.

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My name is Ashley Lucacy and I've had the honor and pleasure of serving in Bellflower for the last five years.

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And this year as Mayfair's wellness counselor.

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I want to begin with an anonymous quote that captures what I've seen in my short time at May

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Fair.

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You know true leadership when you see it, not because someone announces it, not because

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it's a title, but because people feel and see its impact.

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I have not known Dr. Morgan for very long, but sometimes you don't need to know someone

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for years to recognize someone's heart or leadership.

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You simply need to pay attention, and I've been paying attention.

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In my 19 years in education, I've worked alongside many great leaders, Dr. Nguyen, Dr. Smith,

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Stacey Williams, who have been supportive throughout these five years, have shaped

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my understanding of what strong leadership looks like.

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Dr. Morgan, Bolin, belongs in that company.

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What stands out most is what happens every day in the small moments.

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I see her welcoming students at the gate with fun music every single morning.

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I mean, every morning.

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talking with them at lunch, walking the campus, connecting with staff, remembering

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names, listening, and being present. She does not lead from behind the desk. She

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leads where students are, where people are, where the culture is being built, and

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leadership is not always comfortable. It is easy to form an opinion about a leader

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from a distance. It's much harder to carry the responsibility, make the

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difficult decisions, and continue moving forward when not everyone understands or

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agree is with the path you are taking.

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Strong leaders are not measured by whether every decision is popular.

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They are measured by their courage, consistency, and willingness to keep doing what they believe

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is right for kids and not take strength.

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So tonight, Dr. Morgan, I want you to hear this.

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We see you, not through a rumor, not through assumption, but through your actions.

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We see your heart, your effort, your commitment to Mayfair.

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The impact of leadership is not always loud.

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Sometimes, it is a student who feels seen, known, and valued.

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A student who feels like they belong because their principal took time to be there.

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That is how a culture is built, one interaction at a time.

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After 19 years in education, I've learned that a great leadership is not defined by the loudest voices in the room.

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It's revealed in the work. It's in the actions.

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In Dr. Morgan, your work speaks for itself in a short time that I've seen you.

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Keep leading with courage, keep caring deeply, keep believing in what is possible for

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Mayfair.

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Mayfair is better because you are there and I hope you never forget that.

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Thank you.

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Thank you again for your comments.

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Robin?

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This one?

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Well I'm in great companies tonight.

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Thanks, friends.

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Good evening, board, cabinet, and community.

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My name is Robin Moon's Baylog.

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I have been teaching at Mayfair for 19 years now.

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Throughout my career with the U.S.D., I have seen a turnover of leadership broken systems

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and lack of support until now.

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I wanted to thank the board for allowing Lisa Acevedo to make needed changes, to make

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our district cabinet strong, along with changing leadership at our school site.

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Mayfair is a changed place because of your leadership.

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We have an amazing team who works together, is proactive, and has experience outside of

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district and are bringing new ideas for our school. Under Dr. Morgan, I have seen the most

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positive changes in 19 years. This will come with plenty of growing pains that we can all learn from.

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I wanted to address our community. I am so proud of our Mafer students who have spoken out

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for what they believe in a public forum. Whether that is at a board meeting or signing a petition

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When they felt things were unjust, I want to address our parents who are making anonymous public comments on social media.

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It is really important that you are a good example for these students that I value so much.

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To make an anonymous comment is cowardly and does not show strength of character.

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It takes a real leader to stand behind what they believe, even if there is fear of retaliation or having an unpopular opinion.

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I believe that everyone's voice is important in all discussions.

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I'm here to ask that us adults, we lead by example, are intentional with our words and

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do not use hearsay when addressing situations.

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I want to thank Brad Critchfield for his social media posts and being willing to stand behind

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his leadership staff.

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I applaud Sylvia Jones who was at Senior Awards Night and spoke out about her personal experience.

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I would like to commend Riley for being a student and coming, sorry,

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forward when she felt there was an issue on our campus.

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I'm going to leave you with a quote from Rosa Parks.

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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

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Thank you for your time.

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Thank you Miss Baylor for your comments.

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Sylvia Johnson.

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Good evening board members.

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Superintendent Simon, cabinet and community members.

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members. My name is Sylvia Jones and I'm a Mayfair parent and currently serve as the

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Mayfair Middle High School PTSA president. Tonight I'm speaking from my own personal

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experience. I watched the recording of the last board meeting and heard some very serious

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allegations made about Dr. Morgan. I thought it was important that the board and community

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also hear another perspective, particularly because I was personally present at one of

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the events mentioned.

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It was stated that Dr. Morgan appeared in toxicated

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and was slurring her speech at senior award night last year.

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I was there.

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I interacted with Dr. Morgan several times throughout the evening.

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I spoke with her directly, spent time around her

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to enter the pictures with her.

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I did not observe her appearing in toxicated or impaired,

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and I did not hear her slurring her speech.

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I can't speak to what someone else believes they observed.

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I can only share what I personally observed in my experience was very different from what

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was described.

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There was also allegations of racism.

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Racism is an extremely serious issue and concerns about it should be heard and taken seriously.

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But allegations that serious should also be handled carefully and fairly.

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Over the past year, I have spent a lot of time with Dr. Morgan through PTSA and at meetings,

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school events and activities. I have seen her interact with students, parents, staff, and members

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of our community for many different backgrounds. What I have personally observed has been very different

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from what was described at the last board meeting. I have found Dr. Morgan to be approachable,

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Well, willing to listen and supportive of parent involvement.

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She has also been very supportive of PTSA's efforts to bring students, families, and staff together, and build community at Maker.

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In my conversations with Dr. Morgan, she has consistently told me that she makes decisions based on what she believes is in the best interest of students.

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I have seen that commitment to students reflected in my interactions with her.

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I recognize there are strong feelings surrounding the dismissal of a teacher and I understand why students and families have questions.

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At the same time, personal matters are complicated and there may be information that cannot be publicly discussed.

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Everyone has a right to share their concerns and experiences.

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I also believe our community benefits from hearing different perspectives, especially when serious allegations are being discussed publicly.

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So tonight, I simply wanted to add mine.

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My experience with Dr. Morgan have been consistently positive.

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I have found her to be supportive of our students, families, PTSA, and the May Fair community.

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I felt that it was important to say this publicly as well.

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Thank you.

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Thank you for those personal comments, Ms. Jones. We now have Brianna Williams.

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01:15:30,260 --> 01:15:30,920
Hello,

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everyone. My name is Brianna Williams. I am a teacher at Billflower Unified. I'm also on the board for Billflower Buccaneer's football and cheer. I have emailed the board the board to help us out.

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out with a field, we have multiple children in our district that place for our youth football team and we would love to continue to have Bellflower High School if possible.

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We're asking right now because we're in the season already, if we at least can get three Saturdays, we're not asking for all day, we're trying to just work something out for the children.

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and they love to represent, you know, their community.

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We also appreciate that you guys did post this up

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and have a poster at Bellflower High School.

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We wanted to show you that this program

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is not just for the smaller kids,

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but some of the older kids came through this program.

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And we also have teacher support.

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So we're asking the board to please support us and try to help figure out what days we can get just for a Saturday game.

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So our kids and our families can represent Bellflower as a community.

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So we can continue to build in Bellflower community.

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I'm going to turn it over to Miss Rains.

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She also is a part of our community, our community, our board.

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I'll use the other minute and a half.

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So good evening.

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01:17:18,340 --> 01:17:20,580
Everyone, my name is Rayne Graveli.

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I am a resident of Bellflower.

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01:17:23,060 --> 01:17:27,440
I have children that go to school in Bellflower Unified School District.

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01:17:27,780 --> 01:17:35,940
I have one son that goes to ILC, another that is a seventh grader at Bellflower Middle School.

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01:17:36,680 --> 01:17:46,480
They play for the Bellflower Buccaneers one on the 718, one on the 13 new team.

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01:17:46,960 --> 01:17:50,400
We have yet to be able to play a home game yet.

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We practice at Bellflower High School.

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We appreciate the opportunity to practice at Bellflower High School.

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But we would also appreciate the opportunity for our boys to know what it feels like to not

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not only have support during practice or community support during practice, but

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also community support through the games by being able to show pride in being a

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bellflower bug in here by having a home field.

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01:18:18,780 --> 01:18:23,460
We do not have or it doesn't seem that we have a home field right now.

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All of our games have been away games.

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There is a certain level of pride that comes with being able to rip your team on your home

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And so we are simply asking that the board work with us to come up with a solution so that we can continue to represent our city, our community, and so that our boys can have pride in what they're wearing on their shirts.

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Thank you.

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01:18:55,630 --> 01:18:58,470
Dr. Sandman, would you please report to the board?

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Thank you.

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Dr. Kirsten Roberts.

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Good evening, board.

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Cabinet superintendent and guests.

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I can't see.

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Thank you first for allowing the safe and modern bond to move forward to the November ballot

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to be placed in front of the voters.

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I was in this room when the last bond attempt disappointedly flatlined.

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And I was here again in this round when it guarded unanimous approval.

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Thank you also for providing me the opportunity to advocate for your endorsement of it tonight.

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As both a teacher and a parent in the district, I have vested interest in the work of the USD.

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My son graduates high school this year, and I'm nearing the last bend in the road for my professional tenure.

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So this bond to me is about forward thinking and legacy building for

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those of us who are committed to getting it passed.

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It's about playing the long game, not losing side of the seeds we plant, who shade, we should not expect to sit under.

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But by all means we need to guarantee get planted.

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Almost all of our schools are between 70 to 80 years old.

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A residential property would require two to three major overhalls in that window of time.

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And while our schools may not require the same affection, they are needing deliberate attention.

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Our children sit on the floors, walk through the halls, use the restrooms.

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They develop their brains, expand their minds, and become functional,

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literate, civic-minded, purposeful humans in our classrooms, on our playgrounds,

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in our cafeterias and labs, our libraries and career tech spaces.

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Learning doesn't ever take place in a vacuum.

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There is no one singular setting that informs students learning.

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All of our facilities and the fences that surround them

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and the paint that covers them and the pipes that sit under them

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and the walls that define them collectively create

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the foundational setting for where our children learn.

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And what our community sees when they drive by

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and know and believe when they hear about us by name and reputation.

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I campaigned for the last bond we passed BB and it was the gateway funding to so many improvements in our district, but what it lacked was oversight and the result of that glitch allowed for the funding towards some promised projects to be swallowed by unexpected delays and

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Enforcing expenses for other projects and it caused a great deal of concern in our community.

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I and many others appreciate the resolve of this board to earmark reserve funding to make right on the good faith promises of the last bond

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And I believe that sobering decision paid the way for rekindled trust in the board and the district to follow through this time

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So that promises made for the smart and modern bond will in fact materialize into promises delivered

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The greatest safeguards protecting the integrity of the taxpayers investment in this bond lies first in our district's thoughtful facilities master's plan

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which identifies a plethora of needs involving aging classrooms, building systems, technology, safety, and educational spaces.

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The districts proposed safe and modern SM bond measure SM would provide $135 million in general obligation bond financing for facility improvements,

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including classroom repairs, technology upgrades, career education facilities, and school safety improvements.

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The practical differences between what has been and what can be a significant.

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Reliable heating and air and ventilation supports uninterrupted instruction and deep level learning.

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Updated technology prepares our 21st century learners to migrate into a 21st century workforce with viable competency and competitive skills.

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Hands-on modernized career tech spaces will provide our students the cutting edge experiences that will set them apart from their peers who are matriculating through our neighboring school districts.

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improved emergency communication systems,

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then seeing lighting and other security features will help our school staff respond more effectively and efficiently to safety concerns.

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The U.C. serves nearly at 10,000 students and offers programs including dual language learning, academic supports, and career technical education pathways.

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Students should not have to learn in facilities that limit the quality or range of opportunities is available to them.

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I also appreciate the second safeguard that this proposal includes the one that was absent in the last bond,

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accountability provisions.

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This measure would require independent citizens oversight committee, annual audits, public

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reporting, and limitations requiring funds to be used for voter approved projects.

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As a teacher, my focus is simple.

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Students need safe, functional, and modern places to learn.

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Measure safe and modern.

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SM presents a facility's proposal intended to address those needs over time, while providing

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public oversight of the bonds, funds.

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I urge the school board to pass the resolution of support for measure SM on the November

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I am personally committing to Canvas our district to compel our constituency to vote yes on it as well, because the standard starts with me, so let's work together to pass this bond to ensure that it continues to live here.

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Thank you for a comment, Dr. Robinson.

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Hello,

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my name is Ezio Perez, and I'm here behalf of some members from the Monsoon Marching Corps.

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I want to start off by saying I'm really hurt by what everything that's going on.

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Being there every single day is something that I like to hang on when I don't have friends

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or I'm lonely at times.

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Band is something that I enjoy and something that I want to follow in my education later

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on in life and I want to get a major degree in that.

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By meaning of saying this, I'm hurt by what happened to my beloved teacher, my music teacher,

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And with everything that's going on, I don't want to let all of that happen.

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All what's going on just make me stop wanting to do music because that's exactly what's happening.

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A lot of members decided to give up and think that people aren't going to listen to us anymore.

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And the same other people, the other people that still believe that we have a chance

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And we have a voice and that they're going to listen to us is the reason why I'm still here today and even if those people change their mind and think that they don't have a reason to keep talking because people won't hear them out.

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I'm still going to fight alone even if no one supports me.

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I'm still going to be fighting for exactly what's right and I don't want to look at my faculty of the school.

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and just look at them straight in the eye and tell them that you guys won and you guys shut us up and you guys got what you wanted.

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That's something that I don't want to happen because I want to fight for what's right and I want people to be happy.

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The same way that Ramirez made us happy every single day by talking to us and comforting us, reassuring us and how to play correctly and tell us that music is something that's an emotion and that it's life.

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If our new music director, I'm not here to target him or any sort because he's as much

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as a victim as we are.

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I understand that he is taking up all of his time trying to be there for us but because

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of that and everything of all the situation that's going on, I believe that he's dying out

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And, well, not specifically dying out, but the spirit in our band is going away, and I can feel it as well as I talk to other members of the band that there's no soul in the music anymore.

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And I don't want all the years of Mayfair legacy to just go away in just one year, just because there was one principle that just didn't just got rid of him for just no reason that was given to us still.

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So, and I'm here today to just ask you guys, please keep investigating into the situation and please give us a reason why that's it.

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Thank you.

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Thank you for your courage, Mr. Budedes.

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We now have Riley Williams.

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Good evening.

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My name is Riley Williams, and since my last appearance may fare against Morgan, it has gotten 879 signatures.

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I don't have a lot to say today, I just want to address the emotional and

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irrational actions that Dr. Morgan has taken against the May-Fair-Monson Marching Court.

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She has taken a huge toll, this has taken a huge toll on not only the program but

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the students involved.

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I need you to understand that she is not the person marching and

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she doesn't even understand half of what we go through.

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She has added extra stress onto our school days and instead of checking up on

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students, and showing up for us, she uses her power to bully and intimidate students

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and instead of addressing me and talking to me about what I said at the last meeting,

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she went to another parent and sent a subliminal message about me.

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I would appreciate if she would stop ignoring me and my mother and talk to us about how she feels.

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This is all I have to say tonight and I will not stop showing up until something is done about her.

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Thank you.

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Thank you for your comments Ms. Williams, Karina Paredes,

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we're going to go ahead and get a translator.

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Thank you.

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Buenas tardes para todos. Estoy aquí en representación de algunos padres de familia y alumnos

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que no están contentos con todo lo que está pasando con el despedido del señor Ramírez.

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Se le pidió respectuosamente a la doctora Morgan, que nos explicara que había pasado, pero

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hasta la fecha no ha contestado. Ella me pidió un que tuviremos una junta que me iba a

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Fue a la escuela pedir la junta y tampoco me han llamado.

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Recibió una nada más un inmediato hace una semana diciendo que no se pudieron

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contactar conmigo que yo no contesté cosa de que en cuanto llaman, yo contesto el

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teléfono porque mi hijo es tan enfermo y siempre me están hablando del

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escuela.

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Hi, good evening, everyone.

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I'm here to represent some of the parents and some of the students that are not

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Not happy with Mr. Ramirez having been fired.

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I have respectfully asked Dr. Morgan to explain what happened and I still have not gone and answer.

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She requested that we have a meeting and the assistant was supposed to call me but I haven't received an answer.

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I went to school and I was supposed to get a call and I never got one.

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I only got a week about an email ago.

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Pero, en serio, ellos han dicho que no se podían contactar a mí, y yo no me ha dicho que

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yo me ha dicho porque mi son es seco, y entonces me ha dicho que yo me ha dicho.

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En un meeting pasado en banda, la doctora Morgan nos escuchó, les hicimos preguntas, dijo

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que iba a tomarnos en cuenta, pero jamás no jamás pedimos el despido del maestro.

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y sin embargo ella no nos toma en cuenta lo despidieron hasta la fecha, no tenemos el por qué

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entonces es algo que los estudiantes trabajaron duro al igual que yo con ellos porque yo tomo

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las fotografías siempre estoy con ellos entonces no entendemos que está pasando con el

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nuevo maestro no se han adaptado ya muchos prefieren no hablar del tema porque sienten que los están

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en callando que no los escuchan, así como lo dijo mi hijo. Entonces, ¿cuál debe hacer la

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solución? Ellos necesitan tener algo de motivación, porque están tocando sin ganas,

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si los escuchaban, no tocan gonganas, no tocan con esa fuerza, con esa energía. Van a la clase

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porque tienen que cumplir con esa clase, pero hasta ahí no se les mira la motivación por

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ninguna parte. También quiero pedir la explicación de por qué, hasta ahorita la doctora

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Morgan y con todo respeto jamás se ha hablado más de ella, siempre ha sido con respeto,

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porque no hicieron nada cuando alguien del staff cachetó al maestro Ramírez y ella supo

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lo que pasó porque él se quejó y parece ser que no hicieron nada. La presidenta de banda

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lo agredió, lo insultó delante de los alumnos, delante de algunos padres que yo estaba presente y tampoco se hizo nada.

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Entonces no entiendo el porqué despedirlo si no querían trabajar con él o por qué motivos están corriendo.

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Nosotros necesitamos que los muchachos tengan esas sigan habiendo esa banda con esa motivación y con esa fuerza para seguir con la leyenda que dejaron.

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porque así no se puede trabajar y yo sé que muchos apoyan a doctora Morgan hace buen trabajo yo

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también fui maestro por muchos años en México pero para poder entender a un estudiante también

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hay que saber escuchar también hay que saber qué se tiene que hacer cómo ayudarlo y en este caso

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no lo está haciendo desgraciadamente no nos está escuchando a nadie.

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We

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had a previous meeting with Dr. Morgan where she listened to us and we asked her some questions and she said that she would take into us and to account into questions we asked.

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She didn't ask any questions nor take us into account and during the firing we were not giving a reason as to why students have been working really hard.

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My God, I am with them, I'm with them.

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I'm with them.

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But we still don't know what happened.

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They have not been able to adapt to their new teacher.

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01:35:00,720 --> 01:35:04,140
A lot of them are just not saying anything because they feel like they're being shut

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up or that no one's listening to them like my son mentioned and they need motivation.

1031
01:35:10,100 --> 01:35:16,320
They're really playing without wanting to feeling forced to do it, having no energy to

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01:35:16,320 --> 01:35:19,680
de hacer esto, y es básicamente que meten las requercias de la clase,

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01:35:19,940 --> 01:35:22,740
realmente no tiene ninguna motivación a jugar.

1034
01:35:23,100 --> 01:35:26,360
Entonces, tenemos que saber la razón por qué.

1035
01:35:26,500 --> 01:35:28,660
Yo nunca he hecho en Badley sobre Dr. Morgan,

1036
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pero también quiero saber si algo ha sido hecho cuando Someone's Lapt,

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01:35:35,080 --> 01:35:35,720
Mr. Ramirez,

1038
01:35:38,100 --> 01:35:40,840
hablamos sobre él, chino sobre él, algo ha sido hecho.

1039
01:35:41,300 --> 01:35:43,880
El presidente de la BAN, salta y insulta él,

1040
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en el frente de estudios y en el mío.

1041
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Y nada es lo que ha hecho.

1042
01:35:47,240 --> 01:35:48,980
Entonces, nosotros no sabemos cómo,

1043
01:35:49,340 --> 01:35:50,980
a veces, que no quieren trabajar con él,

1044
01:35:51,500 --> 01:35:53,640
o la razón de cómo no, no sabemos,

1045
01:35:54,140 --> 01:35:55,660
pero los estudiantes necesitan la motivación

1046
01:35:55,660 --> 01:35:57,020
en el que continúa la legación.

1047
01:35:57,060 --> 01:36:00,080
Ellos no pueden continuar a trabajar como esto.

1048
01:36:00,920 --> 01:36:02,340
Y yo entiendo, Dr. Morgana,

1049
01:36:02,460 --> 01:36:03,380
estoy haciendo un buen trabajo,

1050
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estoy en un profesor.

1051
01:36:04,840 --> 01:36:07,120
Me hace mucho tiempo, cuando era en México.

1052
01:36:07,720 --> 01:36:08,740
Pero para ser un buen profesor,

1053
01:36:08,860 --> 01:36:09,720
también tienes que escuchar,

1054
01:36:10,480 --> 01:36:11,820
para saber lo que las personas necesitan,

1055
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para poder hacer.

1056
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Y, por supuesto, no se ha cambiado.

1057
01:36:18,220 --> 01:36:26,480
que nos den una solución con ellos porque la verdad se miran apagados sin ganas y yo como

1058
01:36:26,480 --> 01:36:32,360
mamá me preocupo y a mi mi a mi hijo le está afectando también el estrés que tiene como lo

1059
01:36:32,360 --> 01:36:40,480
ven estén en un andador le está afectando en su condición que ya viene de años atrás entonces

1060
01:36:40,480 --> 01:37:00,440
entonces para que estar con un estrés mejor que nos hablen claro si pueden regresar al señor Ramirez si no se puede regresar ok pero hay que ser algo para que ellos trabajen mejor y que los escuchan si vamos a tener una directora en escuela que escucha que se siente hablar con ellos nada más que no se siente

1061
01:37:00,440 --> 01:37:03,000
escuche y luego hablamos después dos

1062
01:37:03,000 --> 01:37:05,600
soluciones y no se escuche y tome la

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01:37:05,600 --> 01:37:07,220
decisión que ella le conviene más.

1064
01:37:08,140 --> 01:37:10,620
Entonces lo que queremos es regrese el

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01:37:10,620 --> 01:37:12,320
señor Ramírez o que nos den

1066
01:37:12,320 --> 01:37:12,840
soluciones.

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01:37:14,060 --> 01:37:14,400
Gracias.

1068
01:37:24,450 --> 01:37:25,870
So really what we're asking for here

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is for a solution for them.

1070
01:37:28,790 --> 01:37:30,310
Just be honest, I mean,

1071
01:37:30,350 --> 01:37:32,070
honestly, they're shut down.

1072
01:37:32,250 --> 01:37:34,510
They really don't want to continue

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working.

1074
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And honestly, that for me, it's

1075
01:37:36,950 --> 01:37:38,510
worrying for me as a mom because,

1076
01:37:38,770 --> 01:37:39,570
you know, this is effective

1077
01:37:39,570 --> 01:37:43,930
que yo hejść de mi son, a mi madre todo es una distancia, que tiene que hablar a su familia como cuando podamos hacer un hombre,

1078
01:37:43,930 --> 01:37:48,430
es afectar su enjoying, la condición que yo he creado para una vez, pero es afectar a su madre y entonces,

1079
01:37:48,610 --> 01:37:52,090
¿por qué nos pide la distancia de que usted puede ser al frente que nos queda el bien?

1080
01:37:52,630 --> 01:37:55,010
¿No si no lo podemos volver? ¿Y si no, no?

1081
01:37:55,010 --> 01:37:58,290
Eso es bien, pero pide een cosa que se puede hacer de un solucionar,

1082
01:37:58,470 --> 01:38:00,410
por eso que esto puede hacer una cara mejor para el amor,

1083
01:38:01,950 --> 01:38:04,830
y quieres esto, que vamos a tener una principal aquí,

1084
01:38:33,130 --> 01:38:35,370
qué es qué no es una mayoría de que monitorey,

1085
01:38:36,750 --> 01:38:39,730
esto que este es una cosa que nos dice,

1086
01:38:39,730 --> 01:38:40,430
fue que venía a la misma tiempo de que era por las Falla 5.

1087
01:38:40,430 --> 01:38:40,590
Entonces, aquí está por la campidad Huiver,

1088
01:38:40,590 --> 01:38:40,710
sea el sector de la gente de la Ciudad de la Ciudad de la Ciudad,

1089
01:38:40,710 --> 01:38:41,990
de la Ciudad de la Ciudad de la Ciudad de la Ciudad de la Ciudad de la Ciudad,

1090
01:38:41,990 --> 01:38:42,270
Gracias.

1091
01:38:46,380 --> 01:38:54,180
Ahora, vamos a hacer un 7-minute recess, y vamos a ser.

1092
01:38:54,700 --> 01:38:55,460
Gracias.

1093
01:38:58,920 --> 01:39:02,280
Gracias mucho, nos conviene el menino en el 8-20.

1094
01:39:02,740 --> 01:39:05,320
Hemos un discusso en el horno, señor Simon.

1095
01:39:08,740 --> 01:39:09,740
Gracias, Presidente Garza.

1096
01:39:09,740 --> 01:39:15,680
Esta es la última vez en la línea de picking up en las aprenadas de una de las actuales.

1097
01:39:16,520 --> 01:39:17,080
Vamos,

1098
01:39:22,570 --> 01:39:23,570
una minuta, vamos.

1099
01:39:24,390 --> 01:39:25,910
Aquí hay un recorcreado.

1100
01:39:26,990 --> 01:39:28,110
Tiene unеленza.

1101
01:39:28,310 --> 01:39:29,410
Este es un avión.

1102
01:39:29,410 --> 01:39:30,810
Ahora me he applauding, las cosas.

1103
01:39:31,990 --> 01:39:33,590
Ah, me tengo que mover este recorcreado,

1104
01:39:35,880 --> 01:39:37,720
que la hagas de un documento de alcaldía en el caso de Kidney.

1105
01:39:37,720 --> 01:39:41,500
Ustedes no me tengo que representar así, así que yo condicía una cela.

1106
01:39:43,500 --> 01:39:57,040
So tonight I present to you an audited actuals it is the last time you see this well nearly the last time you see this you will see it one more time when you prove our district audit

1107
01:39:57,040 --> 01:40:09,240
But every time you've seen it up till now has been in the form of budget tonight is an audit what we call an audited actuals

1108
01:40:09,240 --> 01:40:13,200
los auditors que llegan, finalizan el audit,

1109
01:40:13,760 --> 01:40:18,020
terminan eso, debemos submitar a la estatua de diciembre 15th

1110
01:40:18,020 --> 01:40:19,580
y luego el aborto provece eso.

1111
01:40:20,240 --> 01:40:24,020
Así que esto será el último tiempo en el 15-month

1112
01:40:24,020 --> 01:40:28,260
proceso de reaccionar el budget y ahora actualmente reaccionar

1113
01:40:28,260 --> 01:40:30,940
lo que ha ocurrido contra el budget.

1114
01:40:31,360 --> 01:40:35,300
La primera búsqueda de la búsqueda fue estimada de actuales que

1115
01:40:35,300 --> 01:40:40,700
y que nos dieron en Juno con el adócto de la búsqueda.

1116
01:40:41,480 --> 01:40:51,740
Entonces, hoy nos enseguimos una pica de unir en el general fund y lo que ha pasado en el general fund.

1117
01:40:53,380 --> 01:40:58,400
Entonces, unir en el asignado, sólo creamos que esta balance de la búsqueda,

1118
01:40:58,400 --> 01:41:02,900
las balancas que se ven y tenemos balancas y restricted programas,

1119
01:41:02,920 --> 01:41:03,620
las que se van a cargar.

1120
01:41:04,300 --> 01:41:09,460
Pero las balancas están también restricted en las balancas de la funda.

1121
01:41:09,940 --> 01:41:14,040
Es por lo que nos ponemos en la generalista de la funda general, comparison.

1122
01:41:14,940 --> 01:41:19,640
Así que esto es comparado con la estimación actual que lo habéis visto en el día de hoy.

1123
01:41:20,280 --> 01:41:22,560
La reunión total de las balancas ha cambiado.

1124
01:41:22,560 --> 01:41:28,500
Largest change, the bulk of that comes from a fair market value adjustment.

1125
01:41:28,720 --> 01:41:33,060
A fair market value adjustment is a fairly new thing within our books.

1126
01:41:33,620 --> 01:41:38,340
It has been required that the auditors make that adjustment for many years.

1127
01:41:38,780 --> 01:41:47,880
However, only in the last four, four, five years have districts been required to make that adjustment.

1128
01:41:47,880 --> 01:41:51,100
¿Qué es? Es un encerno de su adjustments,

1129
01:41:51,360 --> 01:41:54,680
así que viene la revinidad de la fluctuación,

1130
01:41:54,680 --> 01:42:00,460
y lo que hace es que se saca el encerno con la prensa de suave y encerno de suave,

1131
01:42:01,130 --> 01:42:04,220
y crece los que la valor de la pared,

1132
01:42:04,340 --> 01:42:10,600
si se les debo crecer en ese momento, en el 30 de junio de 2020-26.

1133
01:42:10,600 --> 01:42:14,720
Entonces, esto crece a los que les va a ver el valor,

1134
01:42:15,680 --> 01:42:19,180
para que el value de cash sea.

1135
01:42:19,180 --> 01:42:25,140
Entonces, el bolque de ese valor es el $3.8 milión,

1136
01:42:25,440 --> 01:42:31,560
$3.85 milión en el valor de la valor de la valor de la valor de la valor de la valor de la valor de la valor.

1137
01:42:31,560 --> 01:42:37,200
Entonces, eso tiene que ser una captura de las elecciones,

1138
01:42:38,300 --> 01:42:42,180
como la diferencia que suena su escena, eso se defiende.

1139
01:42:42,640 --> 01:42:45,000
Eso fue diferente de estas actuaciones estimadas.

1140
01:42:46,420 --> 01:42:50,160
Porque el primer año ha sido una adjustment de suerte.

1141
01:42:50,680 --> 01:42:54,540
Estimadas actuaciones son casi muy basadas en su misma

1142
01:42:57,440 --> 01:43:00,580
luego de que tenemos el service de

1143
01:43:00,580 --> 01:43:01,980
el mejor para fortalecer.

1144
01:43:02,520 --> 01:43:05,140
Entonces la otra forma es que me

1145
01:43:05,140 --> 01:43:08,340
voy a ir más a temps en unos

1146
01:43:08,340 --> 01:43:10,460
más altos... pero el

1147
01:43:10,460 --> 01:43:12,380
preciso de los triunfos en el

1148
01:43:12,380 --> 01:43:14,300
balance de la funda de

1149
01:43:14,300 --> 01:43:17,320
casi fue a 4.5 millones de

1150
01:43:17,320 --> 01:43:18,080
millones de millones de millones de

1151
01:43:18,080 --> 01:43:20,520
millones de millones de millones de

1152
01:43:20,520 --> 01:43:27,120
el valor de la tarantula, porque cuando el valor impacta el balance de la tarantula,

1153
01:43:27,120 --> 01:43:34,040
es un error de estimate porque el valor de la tarantula se fluctúa mucho.

1154
01:43:35,000 --> 01:43:40,360
Y la tarantula de la tarantula de la tarantula es una de las $654,000,

1155
01:43:40,360 --> 01:43:47,220
que es más o menos de 1,5% en change, y me voy a decir,

1156
01:43:47,600 --> 01:43:53,900
estoy haciendo esto por 25 años, y es raro que vas a llegar a eso.

1157
01:43:54,480 --> 01:44:01,760
Hay un lote de budgetas, si el reporte de la Iglesia de la Iglesia de la Iglesia de la 19a,

1158
01:44:01,760 --> 01:44:09,280
I think it was when we had school services here and he talked about how many individual lines of budget.

1159
01:44:09,520 --> 01:44:15,960
There are, he's pretty close, there are a lot of individual lines, it's very hard to get that close.

1160
01:44:16,580 --> 01:44:23,820
So I want to attribute that, not to me, I was not here as you know, that is to brine and

1161
01:44:23,820 --> 01:44:31,420
the fiscal staff that worked hard to bring you estimated actual that got very close to where we ended the year.

1162
01:44:31,420 --> 01:44:46,070
So this is just a slide from that presentation in August when you saw this last those bottom two figures that are highlighted, those said TBD.

1163
01:44:46,710 --> 01:44:53,490
So I just thought I'd recap that change in the ending balance and how it is looked over time.

1164
01:44:53,490 --> 01:44:57,910
So just a reminder of the progress made

1165
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:15,320
The progress that continues to be made in making sure that budgets are in line with what our trends show at the time and what our what our actuals are coming in at.

1166
01:45:18,740 --> 01:45:32,680
This is the ending fund balance components takes that same ending fund balance of 44 point. Nearly 45 million dollars. And shows you how it's broken down.

1167
01:45:32,680 --> 01:46:01,060
So, the non-spendable is required that we set aside the money to cover our inventory, which is what stores is, our prepaid expenditures in any cash in local bank that we have, we carry a small amount of cash there, and then the 3% state required reserve for economic uncertainty is $7.3 million, and then that brings us to our commitments.

1168
01:46:01,060 --> 01:46:03,200
the board sets aside those commitments.

1169
01:46:03,580 --> 01:46:07,800
They're approved by resolution each year, along with the budget.

1170
01:46:08,740 --> 01:46:13,600
We don't bring them back if they change as long as they're spent in accordance

1171
01:46:14,140 --> 01:46:15,980
to how the funds were allocated.

1172
01:46:16,300 --> 01:46:20,700
So when these were set up, they were set up with $30 million for

1173
01:46:20,700 --> 01:46:25,540
deficit spending and $5 million for facilities.

1174
01:46:25,800 --> 01:46:28,800
We did use about a million of that in the course of the year,

1175
01:46:28,800 --> 01:46:32,060
needed about a million of that reserve in the course of the year.

1176
01:46:33,080 --> 01:46:43,940
So this is not remaining for the May Fair Project, this is facility projects, the May Fair

1177
01:46:43,940 --> 01:46:51,200
Project is part of our expenses there, the amount that comes from the general fund is

1178
01:46:51,200 --> 01:46:53,680
budgeted within our expenditures each year.

1179
01:46:54,700 --> 01:47:02,300
And then the unassigned fund balance of just under a million brings us to the 45 million

1180
01:47:02,300 --> 01:47:03,760
in the ending balance.

1181
01:47:06,140 --> 01:47:11,100
And I did mean to say that if you have any questions, please ask them as we go along.

1182
01:47:11,440 --> 01:47:12,780
I don't mind that one bit.

1183
01:47:15,340 --> 01:47:19,120
This is our combined general fund comparison.

1184
01:47:19,120 --> 01:47:25,220
And so this includes both restricted and unrestricted and the change in both.

1185
01:47:28,400 --> 01:47:36,420
The revenues came in at 2.88 million lower, part of that again is that fair market value.

1186
01:47:37,520 --> 01:47:41,080
Some revenues like state revenues came in higher.

1187
01:47:41,260 --> 01:47:46,760
That is indicative of how we have to account for various grants and entitlements.

1188
01:47:46,760 --> 01:47:52,760
there, some of them you record all the income that you were allocated in the year, whether

1189
01:47:52,760 --> 01:47:58,760
you spent it or not, and then you carry it over others, you only record income that

1190
01:47:58,760 --> 01:48:04,060
covers the expenses and you carry over revenue that's still owed to you.

1191
01:48:04,940 --> 01:48:14,580
So that's kind of how that change happens over time, sum up, sum down, and 2.8 million

1192
01:48:14,580 --> 01:48:19,340
and lower expenditures were 1.15 million higher.

1193
01:48:20,180 --> 01:48:26,600
As the board will recall, raise was approved on the night

1194
01:48:26,600 --> 01:48:30,380
that the budget was adopted, which also included estimated

1195
01:48:30,380 --> 01:48:34,440
actuals that was not included in estimated actuals.

1196
01:48:34,600 --> 01:48:40,000
So the amounts to cover that raise, as well as any other changes

1197
01:48:40,000 --> 01:48:44,940
and salaries and benefits are highlighted there.

1198
01:48:45,380 --> 01:48:55,000
There are a few other changes and salaries and benefits that does not reflect what that raise cost us, part of the employee benefits.

1199
01:48:55,820 --> 01:49:03,440
We're approved that night, but also part of the other part of that employee benefits is amount called Sturs on behalf.

1200
01:49:03,440 --> 01:49:09,940
Staff, Sturz on behalf comes in as revenue to us and goes out in the same amount as expenditures.

1201
01:49:10,220 --> 01:49:20,860
And what it reflects is the amount that the state has paid to Sturz Ford School Districts on behalf of school districts.

1202
01:49:21,020 --> 01:49:23,120
They have been doing that for decades.

1203
01:49:23,620 --> 01:49:27,340
It kept the district contribution lower.

1204
01:49:27,340 --> 01:49:50,000
and as the as the CalSTRS fund needed more the instead of raising that because there were some statutes that kept it lower for districts instead of raising that until that was changed about six years ago instead of raising that the state paid amounts on behalf of districts.

1205
01:49:50,000 --> 01:49:52,440
So that's what Sturz on behalf is.

1206
01:49:52,820 --> 01:49:57,520
That amount came in higher, so that's part of the benefit change.

1207
01:49:58,580 --> 01:50:03,740
And then services and other operating expenditures came in two and a half million lower.

1208
01:50:04,000 --> 01:50:05,880
That is not abnormal.

1209
01:50:07,380 --> 01:50:16,000
Services and operating expenses are the two biggest places where we see those are both restricted.

1210
01:50:16,000 --> 01:50:45,920
They're in routine restricted maintenance contracts that things we need to contract out and in a special ed, special ed has services and other operating expenditures in the way of a number of things, but non public schools is is one of the larger ones, non public agencies as we serve our students with special needs as well as some staff.

1211
01:50:46,000 --> 01:50:52,080
that we've augmented staffing with in the way of some of our aids.

1212
01:50:52,780 --> 01:51:01,840
So as those costs shifted in us hiring people, which is better overall for us, that those

1213
01:51:01,840 --> 01:51:03,580
contracts came in lower.

1214
01:51:03,900 --> 01:51:08,060
So we budget them at what we estimate they'll come in at.

1215
01:51:08,320 --> 01:51:12,720
They don't always, as we spend less later in the year.

1216
01:51:13,660 --> 01:51:17,840
And then the capital outlay was about half a million higher.

1217
01:51:18,480 --> 01:51:28,520
And both of those, all of the budgets were covered a lot in some other areas that had savings

1218
01:51:28,520 --> 01:51:34,900
and had increases, you know, so we do move the budget around within categories as well.

1219
01:51:35,960 --> 01:51:42,120
This is just a picture of how the funds come in, those amounts are in millions, and this is

1220
01:51:42,120 --> 01:51:47,440
Again, the combined unrestricted and restricted general fund revenues.

1221
01:51:47,720 --> 01:51:55,020
The biggest piece of that pie is LCFF or revenue limit sources.

1222
01:51:55,020 --> 01:51:57,240
It's also where property tax comes in.

1223
01:51:57,360 --> 01:52:05,140
That's part of our LCFF entitlement, LCFF being local control funding formula.

1224
01:52:05,720 --> 01:52:09,920
That's the bulk of the unrestricted dollars we get from the state.

1225
01:52:09,920 --> 01:52:18,180
and it comes in in the way of property taxes and and state aid. So that's the

1226
01:52:18,180 --> 01:52:24,120
biggest slice of that pie that as we would expect the next largest is state

1227
01:52:24,120 --> 01:52:33,340
and that is where our special ed revenue comes in and so those those we

1228
01:52:33,340 --> 01:52:38,380
anticipate are going to be our highest. So if there aren't any questions all this

1229
01:52:38,380 --> 01:52:43,660
move on, it just gives you a little idea of the sources in which we receive the money.

1230
01:52:46,160 --> 01:52:55,620
Again, the same for, whoops, expenditures, the largest slice of that pie as it should be

1231
01:52:55,620 --> 01:52:57,820
or our salaries and benefits.

1232
01:52:58,320 --> 01:53:03,280
So the largest part of our budget goes to our most valuable resource or staff.

1233
01:53:03,900 --> 01:53:08,900
So we can't carry out the work we do without our staff to serve our students.

1234
01:53:08,900 --> 01:53:18,520
So, that is that is that largest piece and you'll see the other categories in their services and other operating expenses that I've talked about quite a bit.

1235
01:53:19,280 --> 01:53:26,940
Also, former pretty big slice of the pie as we provide outside services when we have to.

1236
01:53:27,380 --> 01:53:33,320
You know, our staff can provide a bulk of services but there are things that we do contract out for.

1237
01:53:33,320 --> 01:53:34,400
So

1238
01:53:37,470 --> 01:53:50,770
then the unrestricted general fund, I just kind of wanted to lay out the deficit spending because I know at the time when school services was here we talked a lot about deficit spending.

1239
01:53:51,330 --> 01:54:02,570
So I wanted to lay that out. So revenue revenues, less your expenditures, gives you your surplus or deficit prior to your contributions.

1240
01:54:02,570 --> 01:54:12,130
And so I want to make sure that we understand that the total deficit is after those contributions.

1241
01:54:12,390 --> 01:54:17,950
Contributions are for special ed, routine restricted maintenance.

1242
01:54:18,170 --> 01:54:25,750
We are required to contribute 3% to routine restricted maintenance each year.

1243
01:54:25,750 --> 01:54:32,230
that covers our maintenance salaries as well as some of the services we have to provide

1244
01:54:32,230 --> 01:54:37,110
in order to keep the bare minimum done on our schools.

1245
01:54:38,650 --> 01:54:46,630
So, and then we had a very small amount going to transportation, what we call our white

1246
01:54:46,630 --> 01:54:52,430
fleet. So that would be the vans, that type of thing. We invested about a million dollars

1247
01:54:52,430 --> 01:55:01,230
there. So those are our contributions that make up that $39 million. And I'm going to

1248
01:55:01,230 --> 01:55:08,530
talk a little bit more about special ed. And well, actually, I think I can do it now.

1249
01:55:09,130 --> 01:55:19,070
One of the things that we talked about when school services was here was the revenue we

1250
01:55:19,070 --> 01:55:21,950
We receive for special ed versus our contributions.

1251
01:55:22,870 --> 01:55:29,030
We receive a very small amount of property tax transfers.

1252
01:55:29,350 --> 01:55:34,970
We receive federal in the amount of about six and a half percent.

1253
01:55:35,750 --> 01:55:38,590
State comes in at about 20 percent.

1254
01:55:39,010 --> 01:55:43,550
This is a way it landed for unantited actions.

1255
01:55:44,570 --> 01:55:48,570
And then our contribute and local comes in at about 5 percent.

1256
01:55:48,570 --> 01:55:52,430
So our contribution makes up about 66% of that.

1257
01:55:53,610 --> 01:56:01,570
So what that highlights is exactly what school services

1258
01:56:01,570 --> 01:56:03,690
mentioned that night, Matt from school services

1259
01:56:03,690 --> 01:56:04,690
mentioned that night.

1260
01:56:05,110 --> 01:56:11,650
That our state and federal providers don't have never

1261
01:56:11,650 --> 01:56:13,390
covered all of special ed.

1262
01:56:13,510 --> 01:56:16,230
We are contributing about 66%.

1263
01:56:16,230 --> 01:56:25,510
He said that often runs about 40% in federal and state and 60 to the district, that fluctuates a lot.

1264
01:56:26,150 --> 01:56:31,770
Next year, the state is giving additional dollars for special ed.

1265
01:56:32,010 --> 01:56:38,290
And so we see that the contribution will go down to about 62%.

1266
01:56:38,290 --> 01:56:40,410
The way we're estimating it right now.

1267
01:56:40,410 --> 01:56:46,790
we will know more as the year unfolds and we see how those dollars play out to districts.

1268
01:56:47,510 --> 01:56:51,450
So I just kind of wanted to give that information because I know that was part of the conversation

1269
01:56:51,450 --> 01:56:52,450
that night as well.

1270
01:56:54,590 --> 01:57:04,810
So the budget factors considered as we look at this budget as we look at the 26-27

1271
01:57:04,810 --> 01:57:08,230
and budget and look at our multi-year projection.

1272
01:57:09,110 --> 01:57:14,330
Generally, the local control funding formula dollars continue to be flat.

1273
01:57:14,870 --> 01:57:19,250
Although we get a coal each year there, we also are in decline.

1274
01:57:19,830 --> 01:57:26,370
And so that impact causes that funding not to change a whole lot while our district expenses do.

1275
01:57:27,270 --> 01:57:30,590
So that's one challenge in the budget.

1276
01:57:30,590 --> 01:57:46,970
And I do want to point out though, however, for the 26, 27 year the state has given additional dollars in the local control funding formula to offset expanded pregnancy leave as that law passed.

1277
01:57:46,970 --> 01:57:53,710
the state recognized that additional dollars on the districts.

1278
01:57:54,150 --> 01:58:02,870
And so they augmented the local control funding formula to make an effort to cover that.

1279
01:58:03,110 --> 01:58:08,630
They obviously cannot calculate what that is for districts and districts fluctuate.

1280
01:58:08,870 --> 01:58:13,750
So that could change this year to next year considerably.

1281
01:58:13,750 --> 01:58:31,710
So, that's just, you know, where I don't, I don't know, I'm not aware of an estimate done on that yet, but as we get further in the year, we will have to, you know, see that those dollars, how close they came.

1282
01:58:33,270 --> 01:58:36,690
District continues to experience declining enrollment.

1283
01:58:38,350 --> 01:58:42,630
That causes us to closely monitor daily enrollment numbers.

1284
01:58:43,370 --> 01:58:49,450
To refine our projections, we're losing a significant amount of students each year.

1285
01:58:49,570 --> 01:58:54,710
That is not just a bell flower problem, that is a statewide problem.

1286
01:58:55,210 --> 01:58:58,510
There are some pockets in California that that's not the case.

1287
01:58:58,510 --> 01:59:04,150
But most of California is in decline and certainly most of Southern California is in decline.

1288
01:59:05,030 --> 01:59:08,810
So that is, again, not a unique problem here.

1289
01:59:09,750 --> 01:59:12,330
ongoing expenditures continue to be monitored.

1290
01:59:13,550 --> 01:59:16,990
The current deficit spending is not sustainable.

1291
01:59:17,210 --> 01:59:25,850
That's mentioned because the impact of that overall deficit on the ending balance, which is

1292
01:59:25,850 --> 01:59:30,090
a one-time resource will have to be addressed.

1293
01:59:30,390 --> 01:59:37,530
I will say, as I looked at the adopted budget and the multi-year projection, great strides

1294
01:59:37,530 --> 01:59:45,310
have been made to lower that deficit due to the fiscal stabilization plan.

1295
01:59:45,750 --> 01:59:51,230
So that is also, as we look forward, it's not all bad news.

1296
01:59:51,450 --> 01:59:53,610
We are making progress in that deficit.

1297
01:59:56,890 --> 01:59:59,990
So, and then, of course, any, any long-term-

1298
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:25,540
The interim impact to the general fund of any one time major project or any capital improvement project should be evaluated on whether they can be affordable over time on that ending balance, not just in a current year, but also over time. So the final required next steps are the audit report, as I mentioned earlier.

1299
02:00:25,540 --> 02:00:33,220
The first interim update will be brought to you in December, that will be adjusted for

1300
02:00:33,220 --> 02:00:39,820
any actual enrollment, any change in the estimated enrollment that we have, and that impact

1301
02:00:39,820 --> 02:00:51,700
on the average daily attendance, and any latest expenditure and revenue estimates that we

1302
02:00:51,700 --> 02:00:56,960
have and any any trends we can look at both from un audited

1303
02:00:56,960 --> 02:01:01,340
actions where we ended up the year as well as how the year what we know about

1304
02:01:01,340 --> 02:01:07,320
the year by the end of October is when the transactions are cut off for

1305
02:01:07,320 --> 02:01:12,280
first interim. So we will we will adjust some budgets one of the biggest

1306
02:01:12,280 --> 02:01:17,200
places we adjust budgets it at interim two biggest places are we build in the

1307
02:01:17,200 --> 02:01:25,820
carryover from those restricted programs so they're available for expenses and we also adjust

1308
02:01:25,820 --> 02:01:36,900
our staffing because at the time of the 2627 adopted budget, we estimated changes in staffing

1309
02:01:36,900 --> 02:01:45,820
for retirements, for replacements, et cetera. How the staffing actually landed, who moved

1310
02:01:45,820 --> 02:01:50,980
where that kind of thing, that will change the staffing figures as well.

1311
02:01:51,140 --> 02:01:54,060
So those are the two big things we always do at first interim.

1312
02:01:54,720 --> 02:01:57,180
So those are the biggest changes you'll see there.

1313
02:01:57,980 --> 02:02:04,580
You won't see a lot of movement in the other expenses just because it's a little early

1314
02:02:04,580 --> 02:02:11,040
on in the year, but we might have some revenue estimates at that point or some allocation

1315
02:02:11,040 --> 02:02:11,760
information.

1316
02:02:11,760 --> 02:02:19,400
And then the second interim budget, we are looking to get a whole lot closer because half

1317
02:02:19,400 --> 02:02:22,620
of the year has happened, that cuts off at the end of January.

1318
02:02:23,320 --> 02:02:25,700
So half the year has happened, you approve it in March.

1319
02:02:26,160 --> 02:02:32,300
And then of course estimated actuals will be when you see that budget again and that gets

1320
02:02:32,300 --> 02:02:40,380
us kind of the most of the year picture and we can then do a better estimate at that time.

1321
02:02:40,380 --> 02:02:45,780
So, there are any questions, I'm happy to respond to those.

1322
02:02:48,470 --> 02:02:51,690
I have one, and if you don't have that, can you do it on the Friday memo?

1323
02:02:51,890 --> 02:02:55,070
But I'm just curious, I know we're going through declining enrollment.

1324
02:02:55,070 --> 02:02:56,530
What are percentage was this year?

1325
02:02:57,090 --> 02:02:58,750
If you don't know, can you get it to us?

1326
02:02:59,090 --> 02:03:03,430
Thank you, our members do, or we're still calculating and we still have some students in the queue,

1327
02:03:03,670 --> 02:03:08,570
but right now we're close to, are near 3%, but we're still waiting on,

1328
02:03:08,570 --> 02:03:11,790
is our numbers and closer to the C-bed state to be sure.

1329
02:03:12,810 --> 02:03:13,650
Okay, thank you.

1330
02:03:13,810 --> 02:03:17,810
And then my other question, I know you said that we get about 40%

1331
02:03:17,810 --> 02:03:19,410
from federal and state first bed.

1332
02:03:20,010 --> 02:03:22,950
Out of that 40% about how much do we get from the state?

1333
02:03:23,210 --> 02:03:26,290
And what are your thoughts on how much more we'll get this year?

1334
02:03:28,050 --> 02:03:30,410
I know that's probably not an easy question.

1335
02:03:30,810 --> 02:03:32,330
But whatever you can guide me to.

1336
02:03:35,250 --> 02:03:45,570
So, for the un audited actions, we received in state revenue for special ed, we received

1337
02:03:45,570 --> 02:03:54,670
$9.7 million, and that came in, that was about 20% of the overall revenue needed to

1338
02:03:54,670 --> 02:04:04,930
to cover our expenses, and next year that is estimated to be 13.4 in the adopted budget,

1339
02:04:07,030 --> 02:04:13,870
we'll know more by first interim, how that actually comes out when the state comes out

1340
02:04:13,870 --> 02:04:14,710
with their budget.

1341
02:04:15,370 --> 02:04:20,350
It's in billions and how it shakes out to school districts.

1342
02:04:20,350 --> 02:04:24,410
sometimes we have to make a small guess on how that's allocated.

1343
02:04:24,650 --> 02:04:27,650
We know a little bit more now than we did it adopted.

1344
02:04:28,450 --> 02:04:33,150
So as time progresses, we'll know more, but that is 13.4 million,

1345
02:04:33,230 --> 02:04:36,190
and that's more like almost 30%, not quite.

1346
02:04:36,950 --> 02:04:39,190
So they have made some headway in that.

1347
02:04:39,410 --> 02:04:40,670
They have addressed that.

1348
02:04:41,470 --> 02:04:47,550
It's a drum that districts have been beating for many years.

1349
02:04:47,550 --> 02:05:17,190
My entire career, because it's absurd that the federal and state government, just me on my soapbox, it's absurd that the federal and state government do not cover all our students' needs, and just because we have students with, they are our students, they have needs, we cover them, and districts are left holding the bag to cover those needs with no state and federal dollars.

1350
02:05:17,550 --> 02:05:21,270
So that's just my two cents on that.

1351
02:05:21,570 --> 02:05:25,170
Sorry, I appreciate you giving me a moment

1352
02:05:25,170 --> 02:05:27,950
to pound that drum yet again.

1353
02:05:28,270 --> 02:05:31,570
So I just because I've heard it my whole career,

1354
02:05:31,950 --> 02:05:35,770
but so it is headway, it is headway

1355
02:05:35,770 --> 02:05:37,410
and hopefully the state will continue

1356
02:05:37,410 --> 02:05:40,950
to recognize that obligation in the future.

1357
02:05:41,510 --> 02:05:42,910
So you had an amazing answer.

1358
02:05:43,090 --> 02:05:43,370
Thank you.

1359
02:05:49,660 --> 02:05:52,620
First of all, thank you for the presentation, really appreciate it.

1360
02:05:53,680 --> 02:05:57,100
Also, I totally appreciate the fact that you're serving an interim role.

1361
02:05:57,280 --> 02:06:00,960
So if you don't have the answers that these questions have been get in a Friday memo,

1362
02:06:01,540 --> 02:06:03,200
but whatever you can answer, it'd be awesome.

1363
02:06:05,180 --> 02:06:10,940
First, the page 34 of the on audited actuals, the cafeteria fund,

1364
02:06:11,540 --> 02:06:16,000
has been kind of a topic for this board.

1365
02:06:16,000 --> 02:06:22,280
I want to understand, we went to a spend-down plan because of concerns with the amount

1366
02:06:22,280 --> 02:06:22,640
of reserves.

1367
02:06:22,980 --> 02:06:29,960
I know it's restricted, but instead we've added to that bottom line again, so I just want

1368
02:06:29,960 --> 02:06:35,400
to know if we can get information on how we are doing on that spend-down plan and what,

1369
02:06:36,480 --> 02:06:41,800
why there's the increase in the budget, I thought we would be a lot closer at the end of

1370
02:06:41,800 --> 02:06:43,020
the budgetary cycle.

1371
02:06:43,020 --> 02:06:51,360
Also on that same page, maybe you could help me understand where it has a list of assets

1372
02:06:51,360 --> 02:06:52,540
for the cafeteria fund.

1373
02:06:53,000 --> 02:07:01,460
There's a line for the amount held in treasury and that's 11.7 million, can you explain

1374
02:07:01,460 --> 02:07:02,320
that number for me?

1375
02:07:02,320 --> 02:07:13,760
It's a C part one, is that specific to the cafeteria fund, the 11.7 million?

1376
02:07:14,120 --> 02:07:19,140
Yes, yes, each of our funds are kept separately in a separate fund.

1377
02:07:19,640 --> 02:07:29,280
So we identify them by their fund number, you'll see that form is form 13, that indicates

1378
02:07:29,280 --> 02:07:35,000
states to us that and to districts across the state that that's the cafeteria fund.

1379
02:07:35,260 --> 02:07:41,140
So those funds are held in a separate treasury of fund and they earn their own interest on that fund.

1380
02:07:41,500 --> 02:07:48,660
So that 11.7 is in treasury fund and is that reflected in our reserve,

1381
02:07:48,900 --> 02:07:50,860
whether in the risk to get reserved?

1382
02:07:51,160 --> 02:07:58,340
No, reserves are only in the general fund, it's reflected as part of their reserves.

1383
02:07:58,340 --> 02:08:01,020
That's their cash portion of their reserves.

1384
02:08:01,020 --> 02:08:07,780
They will have other parts of that reserve, beginning balance being the other big piece of

1385
02:08:07,780 --> 02:08:07,980
that.

1386
02:08:11,240 --> 02:08:15,780
But what I presented is the general fund.

1387
02:08:15,960 --> 02:08:17,460
Thank you for mentioning the other funds.

1388
02:08:17,460 --> 02:08:19,600
I do generally call attention to those.

1389
02:08:19,840 --> 02:08:25,900
I did review those rather quickly, but I did review those and didn't see anything alarming

1390
02:08:25,900 --> 02:08:27,780
to me other than that balance.

1391
02:08:27,780 --> 02:08:41,260
but it is my understanding there's been a spin down plan I have not reviewed that, but I will I can take a look at that and see where where their changes fell.

1392
02:08:41,580 --> 02:08:42,560
Thank you.

1393
02:08:43,400 --> 02:08:52,700
You haven't get any any insight from your perspective on that that fund and kind of help guide some of these questions so we can kind of figure that out.

1394
02:08:52,700 --> 02:08:55,620
I will say it's not unusual.

1395
02:08:56,520 --> 02:09:03,640
I've worked with other districts that a lot of districts, they are not self-sustaining

1396
02:09:03,640 --> 02:09:05,640
in their cafeteria fund.

1397
02:09:05,640 --> 02:09:08,220
Other districts have balances.

1398
02:09:09,220 --> 02:09:15,820
Some of it could be, this is one of the areas that cafeterias often have reserves in the

1399
02:09:15,820 --> 02:09:21,020
last couple of years as the state brought in the universal meals.

1400
02:09:21,020 --> 02:09:44,840
They also brought in some funding for the kitchens for that as well and a lot of times that's part of their reserve is they have not been able to do all of those improvements that they needed to do to do much of the scratch and fresh cooking that the Universal Meals Act.

1401
02:09:44,840 --> 02:09:50,020
I know there have been efforts to do some improvements in the cafeteria and

1402
02:09:50,020 --> 02:09:54,560
I know there's some just overall just kind of looking back at that spend on plan and

1403
02:09:54,560 --> 02:10:04,180
kind of what we can do more, especially with the goal of spending this year's money on this year's kids and seeing what we can do even more.

1404
02:10:05,380 --> 02:10:07,580
Let me add one more thing on that too.

1405
02:10:07,580 --> 02:10:12,940
I do sometimes I'm guessing some of those might have been planned to do this summer.

1406
02:10:13,320 --> 02:10:19,840
And again, this is expenses that were incurred as of June 30th.

1407
02:10:19,940 --> 02:10:27,320
So those may not have been started in what we may have spent since then might have done some of that work this summer.

1408
02:10:27,560 --> 02:10:29,720
But I will get some further information.

1409
02:10:30,000 --> 02:10:33,080
So that show up in the actuals or that show up in the next interim?

1410
02:10:33,080 --> 02:10:53,560
It will show up in the next interim, in part, definitely next year's an audited act, but you will see, you should see some of it budgeted in next year, if it's, if it happened this summer, it should be budgeted in the cafeteria fund.

1411
02:10:53,560 --> 02:10:56,740
And so you will see some of that in first and around us.

1412
02:10:56,740 --> 02:11:00,060
If we can just dig into it and just give us kind of like a overview on how we're doing

1413
02:11:00,060 --> 02:11:00,880
on that, that'd be awesome.

1414
02:11:01,120 --> 02:11:02,000
Be happy to do that.

1415
02:11:02,440 --> 02:11:02,860
Thank you.

1416
02:11:04,180 --> 02:11:14,760
Next, the, let's see, on page 43, there's a line for proceeds from disposal of capital assets,

1417
02:11:14,760 --> 02:11:15,820
but it's at zero.

1418
02:11:16,380 --> 02:11:17,800
Am I looking in the wrong spot?

1419
02:11:18,080 --> 02:11:23,400
Or is that something, because that's something that has been a topic of when we do

1420
02:11:23,400 --> 02:11:25,160
to our disposal of capital assets.

1421
02:11:25,600 --> 02:11:28,220
Where does that go back into our budget?

1422
02:11:29,800 --> 02:11:30,920
Page 46.

1423
02:11:32,860 --> 02:11:34,500
43 is where that landed.

1424
02:11:34,660 --> 02:11:35,800
That's in the building fund.

1425
02:11:36,200 --> 02:11:38,380
I would assume that would be the largest capital assets.

1426
02:11:39,140 --> 02:11:41,920
That would be if we sold any assets

1427
02:11:41,920 --> 02:11:43,880
that were held in that fund

1428
02:11:43,880 --> 02:11:46,300
and the funds went back to that fund.

1429
02:11:46,480 --> 02:11:48,880
For the most part, when we surplus assets,

1430
02:11:49,100 --> 02:11:51,040
when the board sees those to surplus them,

1431
02:11:51,500 --> 02:11:52,480
they have no value.

1432
02:11:53,120 --> 02:12:17,520
And so any money we receive which is a very small reflection of what they may have cost us in the beginning goes into the unrestricted general fund when we sell those assets at, you know, next to nothing because those were fully depreciated and there is no book value any more that money does not go back into the building fund.

1433
02:12:17,520 --> 02:12:22,140
Right, with the restricted funds, it has to go back into that same fund.

1434
02:12:22,360 --> 02:12:24,760
Not when they're fully depreciated.

1435
02:12:25,260 --> 02:12:35,560
Right, so the, what I mean, it's sitting at zero, I just, I wonder, are we disposing of our depreciated assets?

1436
02:12:35,840 --> 02:12:45,400
And if they are fully, you know, if we're getting zero dollars, what are processes on that and what we're doing with our disposable assets?

1437
02:12:45,400 --> 02:12:55,900
That's any any dollars we received again will be sewn in the unrestricted general fund not in the building fund because those are fully fully depreciated.

1438
02:12:56,000 --> 02:13:02,560
We are not selling something that has worth we're getting we're getting scrap metal dollars oftentimes.

1439
02:13:02,860 --> 02:13:07,440
Oh, I see it. Yeah, so once it's fully depreciated, then it can go into the general fund.

1440
02:13:07,440 --> 02:13:10,240
Correct, correct. Okay. No, thank you. That's helpful.

1441
02:13:12,760 --> 02:13:21,100
And one more, if I may, I know we're kind of getting into the air.

1442
02:13:21,160 --> 02:13:26,680
There was a lot of conversations about the transportation shift that we undertook.

1443
02:13:27,340 --> 02:13:39,700
Is there any evidence in the unordered actuals like of how that's doing that our excess

1444
02:13:39,700 --> 02:13:41,620
does cost for enhancing our transportation?

1445
02:13:41,620 --> 02:13:46,380
Would that be something that would be reflected in this budget?

1446
02:13:46,500 --> 02:13:50,200
Or is that something that we can look into and get back just how we're doing?

1447
02:13:50,300 --> 02:13:53,540
Because when we were talking about doing the whole transportation shift,

1448
02:13:53,700 --> 02:13:58,800
there was a lot of, there was a big spectrum of would it cost us this much more?

1449
02:13:58,920 --> 02:13:59,700
Would we break even?

1450
02:13:59,840 --> 02:14:01,040
Would we actually ask some cost savings?

1451
02:14:03,080 --> 02:14:05,300
Could we get some information on how we're doing with that?

1452
02:14:10,650 --> 02:14:10,950
Thank you.

1453
02:14:11,030 --> 02:14:11,230
Sorry.

1454
02:14:14,450 --> 02:14:23,350
And I have one last one and that has to do with page 22, the adult education fund.

1455
02:14:24,390 --> 02:14:33,670
It's a very small fund, but can you help me understand where to and again I appreciate

1456
02:14:33,670 --> 02:14:38,070
the fact that you're in the interim role and you may not know so it's fine.

1457
02:14:38,070 --> 02:14:48,310
But that fund being so small, where do we spend that and is that typical to have such

1458
02:14:48,310 --> 02:14:54,890
a small adult education fund, or is it usually you just don't have the fund at a certain

1459
02:14:54,890 --> 02:14:55,290
point?

1460
02:14:55,290 --> 02:14:59,890
Is there a reason to keep it there if it's only a thousand plus dollars?

1461
02:15:00,460 --> 02:15:28,580
Some of my colleagues have better taste for that, but the state stopped funding adult ed programs 10 years ago is what I'm remembering, maybe it gets a little foggy after your retirees keeping track all the years. But quite some time ago when the state took money back from districts, adult ed was one of our greatly reduced categorical programs.

1462
02:15:29,360 --> 02:15:33,540
adult ed was one and they all but did away with it.

1463
02:15:33,800 --> 02:15:40,480
So it's common to have a fund with very little dollars as to the programs.

1464
02:15:41,480 --> 02:15:49,740
I'll have to get back to you on that but I can take a look and get some more information on that for you're happy to do that.

1465
02:15:49,840 --> 02:15:50,920
Perfect, really appreciate that.

1466
02:15:56,120 --> 02:15:57,620
Any other questions, comments?

1467
02:16:00,420 --> 02:16:01,600
Thank you so much for your report.

1468
02:16:05,200 --> 02:16:05,800
Now,

1469
02:16:09,320 --> 02:16:10,620
we move into major action.

1470
02:16:10,780 --> 02:16:12,400
We have three major action items.

1471
02:16:12,720 --> 02:16:14,220
Let's begin with 11.1.

1472
02:16:14,440 --> 02:16:17,900
Resolution is support of measure SM safe and

1473
02:16:17,900 --> 02:16:19,200
modern school spawn measure.

1474
02:16:19,440 --> 02:16:21,300
Does the board have any questions or comments?

1475
02:16:24,610 --> 02:16:27,490
Do I have a motion to approve item 11.1?

1476
02:16:28,050 --> 02:16:29,050
You have that motion.

1477
02:16:31,760 --> 02:16:31,980
Second.

1478
02:16:32,760 --> 02:16:33,580
Thank you.

1479
02:16:34,200 --> 02:16:35,020
Roll call.

1480
02:16:36,180 --> 02:16:37,140
Board member Armstrong.

1481
02:16:37,980 --> 02:16:38,160
Aye.

1482
02:16:38,460 --> 02:16:39,340
Board member Stewart.

1483
02:16:39,340 --> 02:16:39,420
Board.

1484
02:16:39,640 --> 02:16:39,800
Aye.

1485
02:16:40,580 --> 02:16:41,540
Vice President Kirchfield.

1486
02:16:41,940 --> 02:16:42,140
Aye.

1487
02:16:42,340 --> 02:16:42,980
President Garza.

1488
02:16:43,500 --> 02:16:43,660
Aye.

1489
02:16:45,040 --> 02:16:47,020
Next item is item 11.2.

1490
02:16:47,180 --> 02:16:51,940
Election of Members to the Los Angeles County Committee on School District Organization.

1491
02:16:54,890 --> 02:16:57,180
Do we have any questions or comments from the board?

1492
02:17:01,340 --> 02:17:03,820
I just have the two individuals.

1493
02:17:05,140 --> 02:17:05,760
Yes.

1494
02:17:05,760 --> 02:17:10,200
Yes. First, Supervisorial District, John Quintenia, is an incumbent.

1495
02:17:10,840 --> 02:17:15,800
Fourth Supervisorial District, Martha Dusch.

1496
02:17:16,100 --> 02:17:18,180
Deutsch, sorry, is also an incumbent.

1497
02:17:19,700 --> 02:17:20,300
Yes.

1498
02:17:25,480 --> 02:17:25,840
The motion?

1499
02:17:26,200 --> 02:17:26,460
I don't know.

1500
02:17:26,860 --> 02:17:27,260
Sorry.

1501
02:17:29,230 --> 02:17:31,370
I make a motion that we approve this.

1502
02:17:31,550 --> 02:17:33,190
Approved the candidates.

1503
02:17:33,510 --> 02:17:33,850
Second.

1504
02:17:35,410 --> 02:17:36,230
Roll call, please.

1505
02:17:38,980 --> 02:17:39,740
Board member Armstrong.

1506
02:17:40,400 --> 02:17:40,600
Aye.

1507
02:17:41,100 --> 02:17:41,900
Board member Stewart.

1508
02:17:42,140 --> 02:17:42,340
Aye.

1509
02:17:42,340 --> 02:17:42,400
Aye.

1510
02:17:42,600 --> 02:17:43,660
Vice President Critchfield.

1511
02:17:44,160 --> 02:17:44,360
Aye.

1512
02:17:44,620 --> 02:17:45,340
President Garza.

1513
02:17:45,940 --> 02:17:46,080
Aye.

1514
02:17:49,600 --> 02:17:55,900
Our last major action item is 11.3 approval a district's use of cooperative piggyback procurement

1515
02:17:55,900 --> 02:17:56,640
contracts.

1516
02:17:57,460 --> 02:17:59,540
Does the board have any questions or comments?

1517
02:18:03,200 --> 02:18:03,940
For me, perhaps her?

1518
02:18:04,860 --> 02:18:05,640
I'm sorry.

1519
02:18:05,980 --> 02:18:07,180
I forgot to turn my thing on.

1520
02:18:07,560 --> 02:18:08,020
No problem.

1521
02:18:09,320 --> 02:18:13,980
I actually do have a quick question under the fiscal impact.

1522
02:18:15,840 --> 02:18:22,180
It says piggyback contract will be charged to the applicable approved district budget and

1523
02:18:22,180 --> 02:18:23,760
presented to the board when required.

1524
02:18:24,720 --> 02:18:29,460
So my question is around the word when required.

1525
02:18:30,180 --> 02:18:36,200
Do we have a process laid out for the board to be able to do that?

1526
02:18:36,200 --> 02:18:36,880
Yeah,

1527
02:18:42,870 --> 02:18:47,930
so all contracts are placed on the contract matrix and have to be approved by the Board of Education.

1528
02:18:49,230 --> 02:18:57,710
So in reality, you could have an asterisk next to a certain contract that identifies it as a piggyback contract.

1529
02:18:58,310 --> 02:19:06,890
But all those contracts are already vetted and have been established in other districts, which is why we're able to use them.

1530
02:19:06,890 --> 02:19:13,410
And so it really does just come down to board preference how you would want them identified if you want them identified

1531
02:19:14,090 --> 02:19:17,830
But they will all be coming before the board at at some point for approval

1532
02:19:19,530 --> 02:19:25,510
So we just have to go ahead and let staff know how we want them on the matrix itself that we have currently

1533
02:19:25,510 --> 02:19:28,350
Okay, perfect. Thank you so much

1534
02:19:28,930 --> 02:19:30,490
Any other questions or comments?

1535
02:19:31,010 --> 02:19:38,810
So, Andrew, this is kind of, you weren't here last meeting, but basically, she just explained that they're going to come up in our purchase orders anyways, even if they're a big feedback contracts.

1536
02:19:39,690 --> 02:19:41,550
Okay, thank you for the clarification.

1537
02:19:43,050 --> 02:19:48,030
Yeah, you'll see it most pointed out on the contract matrix.

1538
02:19:49,070 --> 02:19:53,170
And then you'll also see it when it turns into a purchase order.

1539
02:19:55,710 --> 02:19:57,070
Okay, wonderful. Thank you.

1540
02:19:57,070 --> 02:20:06,170
Okay, so do I have a motion to approve item 11.3?

1541
02:20:06,590 --> 02:20:07,310
So moved.

1542
02:20:08,150 --> 02:20:08,790
Second.

1543
02:20:09,950 --> 02:20:10,650
Roll call, please.

1544
02:20:12,010 --> 02:20:12,870
Board member Armstrong.

1545
02:20:13,690 --> 02:20:13,870
Aye.

1546
02:20:14,190 --> 02:20:14,770
Board member Stewart.

1547
02:20:15,130 --> 02:20:15,350
Aye.

1548
02:20:15,550 --> 02:20:16,470
Vice President Critchfield.

1549
02:20:17,710 --> 02:20:18,350
Aye.

1550
02:20:19,110 --> 02:20:20,150
President Garza.

1551
02:20:20,510 --> 02:20:20,670
Aye.

1552
02:20:21,890 --> 02:20:23,370
Now we move into consent agenda.

1553
02:20:23,750 --> 02:20:26,770
Do we have any items to withhold from the consent agenda this evening?

1554
02:20:26,770 --> 02:20:27,830
I

1555
02:20:31,090 --> 02:20:35,290
actually will, I'm going to pull 12.2,

1556
02:20:41,520 --> 02:20:42,920
does anyone else have one?

1557
02:20:43,260 --> 02:20:43,900
No, perfect.

1558
02:20:44,580 --> 02:20:46,520
Okay, so let's go ahead.

1559
02:20:52,970 --> 02:20:58,130
Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda with the exception of item 12.2?

1560
02:20:58,690 --> 02:20:59,830
You have that motion.

1561
02:21:00,310 --> 02:21:02,250
Second, roll call please.

1562
02:21:03,630 --> 02:21:04,590
Board Member Armstrong.

1563
02:21:05,330 --> 02:21:05,930
Aye.

1564
02:21:06,310 --> 02:21:06,910
Board Member Stewart.

1565
02:21:07,250 --> 02:21:07,450
Aye.

1566
02:21:07,690 --> 02:21:08,590
Vice President Critchfield.

1567
02:21:09,010 --> 02:21:09,210
Aye.

1568
02:21:09,410 --> 02:21:10,030
President Garza.

1569
02:21:10,030 --> 02:21:17,830
So the first item withheld was pulled by me, item 12.2.

1570
02:21:18,550 --> 02:21:26,310
I do have a question about, it is under administration, number 7.

1571
02:21:27,690 --> 02:21:29,010
Dan is Oliver Kelly.

1572
02:21:32,350 --> 02:21:32,450
Oh,

1573
02:21:38,790 --> 02:21:39,470
one second.

1574
02:21:43,190 --> 02:21:44,570
I think I just pulled the wrong way.

1575
02:21:45,410 --> 02:21:47,650
I think she can make a motion to rescind you.

1576
02:21:47,790 --> 02:21:47,890
Yeah.

1577
02:21:47,890 --> 02:21:53,170
I don't have a motion to rescind item 12.2, please.

1578
02:21:55,400 --> 02:21:59,120
You have a motion to rescind 12.2 for further consideration.

1579
02:22:00,740 --> 02:22:07,000
Since there was a vote taken on the item that you did want, you would just rescind the

1580
02:22:07,000 --> 02:22:11,880
vote on the consent, go back, pull the right item, and then kind of go through it again.

1581
02:22:11,880 --> 02:22:21,300
Do you have a motion to rescind the motion to rescind item 12?

1582
02:22:22,220 --> 02:22:22,540
What?

1583
02:22:23,160 --> 02:22:23,960
Consent.

1584
02:22:24,980 --> 02:22:26,160
Thank you.

1585
02:22:27,600 --> 02:22:30,260
I need a second, Frank.

1586
02:22:33,880 --> 02:22:35,320
Which one are you pulling?

1587
02:22:37,540 --> 02:22:40,040
So let me rephrase the motion for you.

1588
02:22:40,040 --> 02:22:47,500
A motion to rescind the vote on the consent calendar that excluded item 12.2 and reconsideration

1589
02:22:47,500 --> 02:22:48,740
of the entire consent calendar.

1590
02:22:51,810 --> 02:22:52,910
Yomi, remember all that?

1591
02:22:53,810 --> 02:23:02,790
Motion to rescind item 12, the consent calendar, including item 12.2.

1592
02:23:03,250 --> 02:23:07,550
You can just say whatever legal council said and the motion is already in the record.

1593
02:23:07,850 --> 02:23:08,010
Yeah.

1594
02:23:08,710 --> 02:23:09,910
Whatever he said.

1595
02:23:09,910 --> 02:23:12,250
I'll second Andrew.

1596
02:23:15,700 --> 02:23:16,650
Roll call please.

1597
02:23:17,170 --> 02:23:18,130
Board Member Armstrong.

1598
02:23:19,900 --> 02:23:20,330
Aye.

1599
02:23:21,030 --> 02:23:21,690
Board Member Stewart.

1600
02:23:21,990 --> 02:23:22,190
Aye.

1601
02:23:22,630 --> 02:23:23,690
Vice President Critchfield.

1602
02:23:23,950 --> 02:23:24,170
Aye.

1603
02:23:24,390 --> 02:23:25,110
President Garza.

1604
02:23:26,560 --> 02:23:26,990
Aye.

1605
02:23:28,300 --> 02:23:31,830
My apologies to my colleagues and or

1606
02:23:34,040 --> 02:23:35,620
anyone else.

1607
02:23:35,760 --> 02:23:44,920
So I now will go back and I am going to pull item 12.3.

1608
02:23:44,940 --> 02:23:50,960
12 contract listings and amendments, do I have a motion?

1609
02:23:53,120 --> 02:24:00,200
I'm sorry, so I have a motion to approve the consent agenda and hold item 12.12.

1610
02:24:00,580 --> 02:24:01,480
Thank you.

1611
02:24:01,860 --> 02:24:02,320
Second.

1612
02:24:04,000 --> 02:24:04,520
Roca.

1613
02:24:06,670 --> 02:24:07,790
Board Member Armstrong.

1614
02:24:08,310 --> 02:24:08,470
Hi.

1615
02:24:08,990 --> 02:24:09,570
Board Member Stewart.

1616
02:24:09,930 --> 02:24:10,110
Hi.

1617
02:24:10,270 --> 02:24:11,250
Vice President Cridgefield.

1618
02:24:11,450 --> 02:24:11,650
Hi.

1619
02:24:11,810 --> 02:24:12,430
President Garza.

1620
02:24:13,050 --> 02:24:13,230
Hi.

1621
02:24:14,990 --> 02:24:23,910
So now I'd like to talk about 12.12 and under our contract, the Synod and Agreements

1622
02:24:23,910 --> 02:24:34,050
of the Dennis Walliver Kelly contract, when I was reading the contract itself, it stated

1623
02:24:34,050 --> 02:24:41,770
that I had a Renee Arcus, RCBO on there, am I reading that correctly or am I on one

1624
02:24:41,770 --> 02:24:45,310
And as one of the informational pieces on it,

1625
02:24:53,900 --> 02:24:57,340
I know it was a continuance, so is her name on there?

1626
02:24:58,100 --> 02:24:59,780
It might, did I read that correctly?

1627
02:25:05,190 --> 02:25:07,850
We're looking for the information and give us one second, President Garza.

1628
02:25:07,970 --> 02:25:08,070
Yes.

1629
02:25:44,680 --> 02:25:52,100
She's listed as the district representative for the contract, but we can amend that with DWK.

1630
02:25:52,560 --> 02:25:57,520
And generally when someone leaves employment with, for example, the district,

1631
02:25:57,520 --> 02:26:03,340
We would just supplement that as we're able to make that change just by written agreement with the other party.

1632
02:26:04,520 --> 02:26:11,860
Okay, so the way we have it in front of us is going to be updated.

1633
02:26:14,140 --> 02:26:18,540
Yeah, and that's just done by written agreement between the parties, which could be as simple as an email.

1634
02:26:20,100 --> 02:26:22,500
Okay, perfect, that's all I wanted to know.

1635
02:26:24,300 --> 02:26:25,880
Sorry about that, I'll have that confusion.

1636
02:26:27,380 --> 02:26:34,380
So, anyone else have any questions, comments, or a member's to work?

1637
02:26:38,560 --> 02:26:44,860
Can I please have a motion to approve item 12.12?

1638
02:26:45,180 --> 02:26:45,940
Sorry, so moved.

1639
02:26:46,220 --> 02:26:46,560
Second.

1640
02:26:47,380 --> 02:26:48,040
Roll call, please.

1641
02:26:49,360 --> 02:26:50,520
Board member Armstrong.

1642
02:26:51,080 --> 02:26:51,360
Aye.

1643
02:26:51,740 --> 02:26:52,460
Board member Stewart.

1644
02:26:52,660 --> 02:26:52,900
Aye.

1645
02:26:53,060 --> 02:26:54,160
Vice President Critchfield.

1646
02:26:54,420 --> 02:26:54,620
Aye.

1647
02:26:54,880 --> 02:26:55,500
President Garza.

1648
02:26:56,220 --> 02:26:56,400
Aye.

1649
02:26:59,470 --> 02:27:00,250
Thank you so much.

1650
02:27:00,250 --> 02:27:03,870
We're now into board communications.

1651
02:27:05,750 --> 02:27:09,010
Let's begin with, or remember, I'm sure.

1652
02:27:09,370 --> 02:27:11,150
Thank you, President Carza.

1653
02:27:12,470 --> 02:27:19,810
Thank you all for being here with us, handling our business of the district.

1654
02:27:20,590 --> 02:27:31,640
I attended a conference, the California Latino School Board Association's

1655
02:27:31,640 --> 02:27:39,360
conference, their annual conference, and I attended two workshops that I really liked.

1656
02:27:39,780 --> 02:27:47,300
And one was called leveraging municipal county and community partnerships for

1657
02:27:47,300 --> 02:27:49,220
shared governance and accountability.

1658
02:27:50,040 --> 02:27:56,180
And I kind of thought it was so cool because we are reaching out to everyone at this time

1659
02:27:56,180 --> 02:28:02,060
because we do want and need that bond very, very bad.

1660
02:28:03,040 --> 02:28:07,680
And so I don't know if Dr. Simon has those slides yet,

1661
02:28:08,400 --> 02:28:11,720
but she doesn't have the slides.

1662
02:28:11,900 --> 02:28:13,000
I'll make sure she gets them.

1663
02:28:14,020 --> 02:28:18,740
And then I did another one, it said reset

1664
02:28:18,740 --> 02:28:21,600
for student success, transforming systems

1665
02:28:21,600 --> 02:28:25,680
to ensure every student thrives again on the line

1666
02:28:25,680 --> 02:28:32,080
of what we are, you know, talking about how we want all of our children to be met where they are

1667
02:28:32,940 --> 02:28:38,300
to give them what they need so that they can be successful in their way and make sure that

1668
02:28:39,220 --> 02:28:48,300
you know that there is equity for each kid, okay, and it's different because, you know, the kids,

1669
02:28:48,300 --> 02:29:01,600
Each of our student may or may not have different barriers to barriers in their, I guess, flight to succeed.

1670
02:29:02,620 --> 02:29:10,180
So we're gonna address those barriers and get each of our kids what we have, I know she has those slides.

1671
02:29:11,660 --> 02:29:23,700
I also was there and I present it with one of my fellow colleagues, not on this board,

1672
02:29:24,240 --> 02:29:27,620
but for well, sorry, from one of my well-own colleagues.

1673
02:29:28,320 --> 02:29:37,920
And what we did, we were talking about issues that extend well beyond education that includes

1674
02:29:37,920 --> 02:29:44,400
safe drinking water, climate resilience, aging infrastructure, school

1675
02:29:44,400 --> 02:29:50,280
greening, and environmental justice. So, you know, these challenges with water

1676
02:29:50,280 --> 02:29:56,760
can directly affect student health, school operations, and community well-being.

1677
02:29:56,760 --> 02:29:59,980
and particularly in...

1678
02:30:00,000 --> 02:30:29,240
And historically underserved communities. So we, we have appealed to the school board members that were there. And we also invited them to join a cohort so that they can be a part of our community as far as learning more about what we can do to advocate for water, safe water for everybody, and sustainability. So, that's what I did. Oh, and

1679
02:30:29,240 --> 02:30:32,820
And I went to the back to school night.

1680
02:30:33,280 --> 02:30:34,200
That was fun.

1681
02:30:35,080 --> 02:30:40,520
I visited, I first went to Washington Elementary.

1682
02:30:42,820 --> 02:30:48,760
And I saw, it's so nice when I went to the, I went to the three schools.

1683
02:30:48,760 --> 02:30:54,020
I went to Washington first and I saw some of the teachers that he remembered some of my kids

1684
02:30:54,020 --> 02:31:12,580
And I had one kid that did the, what is it that the performing arts thing that the ensemble that the kids used to go there and they would do like musicals or whatever, on elementary level.

1685
02:31:13,780 --> 02:31:21,440
I don't know. I don't know what is the chorus. Thank you. I shouldn't I shouldn't own that because Cynthia didn't get the singing part.

1686
02:31:22,400 --> 02:31:28,820
But anyway, it was so much fun, it wasn't about that.

1687
02:31:29,200 --> 02:31:32,940
So anyway, she only went there for the chorus.

1688
02:31:33,640 --> 02:31:36,500
And it was just nice to see the teachers

1689
02:31:36,500 --> 02:31:39,740
from elementary school asking how she's doing.

1690
02:31:40,380 --> 02:31:42,420
And of course, I share that she's doing well.

1691
02:31:42,960 --> 02:31:47,340
After that, I ran over to Ernie Pyle.

1692
02:31:49,540 --> 02:31:52,840
And again, that's where I saw the most teachers at.

1693
02:31:52,980 --> 02:31:56,900
Because three of my kids did their elementary school, schooling there.

1694
02:31:57,620 --> 02:31:58,880
And I take that back four.

1695
02:32:01,020 --> 02:32:03,520
And again, seeing the teachers and

1696
02:32:03,520 --> 02:32:05,060
then asking me how the kids are doing.

1697
02:32:05,180 --> 02:32:10,580
And I was so proud that I could say that everyone of them are doing really well in the medical field.

1698
02:32:10,900 --> 02:32:14,620
And it was because of them, it's because of you guys, the teachers.

1699
02:32:14,620 --> 02:32:22,080
You guys really, you know, played a big role in making my children focus on their studies,

1700
02:32:22,080 --> 02:32:27,280
even when they were slacking, the teachers would come to me and say, hey, they're not performing

1701
02:32:27,280 --> 02:32:29,400
like I know they can, you know.

1702
02:32:29,600 --> 02:32:35,360
And so those are the type of teachers that I like, you know, it really helped me out.

1703
02:32:35,440 --> 02:32:38,620
So I'm just, just say, just just really happy about it.

1704
02:32:38,620 --> 02:32:49,300
And then I ran over to Baxter and, again, teachers over there that know my kids from when they went to Baxter.

1705
02:32:52,060 --> 02:33:02,700
But the best site was seeing the teachers at each site cheering me on as I went from school to school.

1706
02:33:02,700 --> 02:33:10,960
San Reneita, yay, yay Reneita, I won't say too much more, but yay Reneita, so that's it.

1707
02:33:11,700 --> 02:33:18,500
I had a really, it was really somewhat emotional for me going to those three schools

1708
02:33:18,500 --> 02:33:22,780
in less than an hour, way less than an hour. It was fun.

1709
02:33:23,480 --> 02:33:27,940
Anyway, that's about it, and that's it, thank you,

1710
02:33:36,670 --> 02:33:38,930
and I'm tired you all, so I'm sorry.

1711
02:33:40,510 --> 02:33:43,970
Thank you, Barman-Brother Strang, for a member's tour.

1712
02:33:44,570 --> 02:33:44,930
Good evening.

1713
02:33:45,210 --> 02:33:48,010
I don't have a lot to report, but I did a few things, a lot of football.

1714
02:33:48,710 --> 02:33:51,770
First, I went to the Belfare High School football game at Tribuco Hills.

1715
02:33:52,050 --> 02:33:54,570
I took that Friday drive, but it was worth it.

1716
02:33:54,690 --> 02:33:55,550
We didn't win the game.

1717
02:33:55,650 --> 02:33:59,230
We lost 28 to 24, but the kids played really well.

1718
02:33:59,890 --> 02:34:00,930
It was very close.

1719
02:34:00,930 --> 02:34:03,150
They came back with less than a minute to win.

1720
02:34:03,290 --> 02:34:05,850
We had a chance, but we didn't pull it out.

1721
02:34:06,090 --> 02:34:07,350
But I was glad I made the trip.

1722
02:34:07,350 --> 02:34:09,270
I went to Mayfair back to school night.

1723
02:34:09,410 --> 02:34:11,750
I just want to say thank you to Dr. Morgan and her staff.

1724
02:34:12,250 --> 02:34:13,850
Thank you to Councillor Ashley Lucacy.

1725
02:34:14,110 --> 02:34:15,030
She walked me around.

1726
02:34:15,210 --> 02:34:20,030
I went into some classrooms, some of the classrooms of our students with special needs.

1727
02:34:20,470 --> 02:34:22,910
Thank you to Nevella for taking us around as well.

1728
02:34:23,970 --> 02:34:25,030
And it was really nice.

1729
02:34:25,190 --> 02:34:26,110
The food was really good.

1730
02:34:26,350 --> 02:34:27,410
I really loved the vibe there.

1731
02:34:27,510 --> 02:34:30,430
I really liked how they had it outside the steam building.

1732
02:34:30,750 --> 02:34:32,890
And so it was a really nice place to be.

1733
02:34:33,550 --> 02:34:35,450
And just a little bit about the Mayfair thing.

1734
02:34:35,450 --> 02:34:38,010
I know I hear everyone's sides.

1735
02:34:38,470 --> 02:34:40,230
I just want to tell you that from a board member,

1736
02:34:40,490 --> 02:34:43,110
sometimes it's very difficult to keep up with it.

1737
02:34:43,530 --> 02:34:44,670
I read the petition.

1738
02:34:44,850 --> 02:34:46,330
I know you guys tagged us in the petition.

1739
02:34:46,750 --> 02:34:49,870
It was hard for me because some of those comments,

1740
02:34:49,890 --> 02:34:52,210
I know they weren't accurate because they were,

1741
02:34:52,330 --> 02:34:54,850
I think, kids playing around trying to be employees.

1742
02:34:55,530 --> 02:34:57,270
And you could see some of the names there,

1743
02:34:57,450 --> 02:34:58,490
and I've talked to those people.

1744
02:34:58,570 --> 02:34:59,690
They didn't write those comments.

1745
02:35:00,030 --> 02:35:02,050
So, therefore, it makes it sometimes difficult

1746
02:35:02,050 --> 02:35:04,290
to understand what's real and what's not real.

1747
02:35:04,290 --> 02:35:08,650
I feel for you guys, there's a lot of things that we cannot talk about with closed session.

1748
02:35:09,890 --> 02:35:13,230
And so I just, I hope you guys sympathize with that and just understand that from a board

1749
02:35:13,230 --> 02:35:17,790
member, we're not there, we're hearing all sides of the story, and it was a little bit

1750
02:35:17,790 --> 02:35:20,210
hard to keep up for me with all the things that I've heard.

1751
02:35:21,010 --> 02:35:26,530
But I do support our May for staff, I think they are doing a good job, and hopefully we can

1752
02:35:26,530 --> 02:35:30,890
find some resolution so that everybody is at least comfortable with what we are doing

1753
02:35:30,890 --> 02:35:31,610
moving forward.

1754
02:35:31,610 --> 02:35:35,750
And then lastly, I went to Buffalo High School football game again last week versus

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02:35:35,750 --> 02:35:40,230
La Marata. It was our first home game. Again, we lost. Again, we have a very young

1756
02:35:40,230 --> 02:35:44,530
team. We have some very significant freshmen and sophomores playing. We have

1757
02:35:44,530 --> 02:35:48,650
some injuries. I'm really excited. If you have not heard, I always talk about Austin

1758
02:35:48,650 --> 02:35:53,270
Miller, but he has decided to go to Ohio State. So I'm really excited that our

1759
02:35:53,270 --> 02:35:57,210
sports teams are starting to get recruiting and we're getting colleges here on

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02:35:57,210 --> 02:36:01,330
our campuses. And that's really exciting for me. So I look forward to the next

1761
02:36:01,330 --> 02:36:02,170
a few weeks. Thank you.

1762
02:36:08,480 --> 02:36:08,920
Thank you,

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barmembers Stewart, Vice President

1764
02:36:10,500 --> 02:36:12,280
Critchfield. Thank you, Madam President.

1765
02:36:12,800 --> 02:36:14,500
Not too much to report. Back to school

1766
02:36:14,500 --> 02:36:16,860
nights were awesome. Dr. Robinson's

1767
02:36:16,860 --> 02:36:17,820
room is always a lot of fun.

1768
02:36:20,500 --> 02:36:20,820
My

1769
02:36:20,820 --> 02:36:21,860
daughter being at May fair for the

1770
02:36:21,860 --> 02:36:22,960
first time. That was my first time

1771
02:36:22,960 --> 02:36:24,400
being at Parent Back to School

1772
02:36:24,400 --> 02:36:26,380
Night there. That was a lot of fun. A lot

1773
02:36:26,380 --> 02:36:28,040
of walking. You guys have to do a lot

1774
02:36:28,040 --> 02:36:29,620
of walking. I forgot how much walking

1775
02:36:29,620 --> 02:36:31,840
there is in high school. But

1776
02:36:32,260 --> 02:36:34,840
everyone just super positive upbeat

1777
02:36:34,840 --> 02:36:41,240
the campus culture is great. All the teachers were amazing. That was a really fun night.

1778
02:36:43,080 --> 02:36:49,460
I want to say thank you to our teachers who came out and advocated for our students and

1779
02:36:49,460 --> 02:36:55,680
advocating for the needs of our students and our facilities. I really appreciate everything

1780
02:36:55,680 --> 02:37:04,240
that was said tonight. So thank you for that. Also, I echo my colleague Stewart.

1781
02:37:06,680 --> 02:37:07,260
Being a

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02:37:07,260 --> 02:37:13,920
principal is a very difficult job and not everyone's going to agree all the time. And there

1783
02:37:13,920 --> 02:37:19,020
are a lot of things that we can't say as board members at a respect for the people involved

1784
02:37:19,020 --> 02:37:22,160
and their privacy, and I know that's hard sometimes.

1785
02:37:22,920 --> 02:37:25,880
But we do hear everything from both sides,

1786
02:37:26,040 --> 02:37:27,340
and I just want to say thank you.

1787
02:37:27,860 --> 02:37:30,780
Again, it takes a lot of courage to speak up

1788
02:37:30,780 --> 02:37:34,100
and never stop doing that to our students.

1789
02:37:35,120 --> 02:37:38,800
It's really important, and just know that you are heard,

1790
02:37:39,280 --> 02:37:43,640
and we do listen, and we also have to make decisions

1791
02:37:43,640 --> 02:37:46,840
that are best for all students at the same time.

1792
02:37:48,800 --> 02:37:52,880
And I think Dr. Morgan is doing a great job, I think the staff is doing a great job.

1793
02:37:53,440 --> 02:38:00,760
And I hope that those honest conversations, so there is at least clarity as much as

1794
02:38:01,600 --> 02:38:02,040
responsible.

1795
02:38:02,580 --> 02:38:07,760
I hope those conversations are happening, and I know our superintendent, Dr. Simon, is

1796
02:38:07,760 --> 02:38:10,740
very accessible and I'm sure she's happy to have those conversations.

1797
02:38:11,340 --> 02:38:16,860
But you have a board that listens, so I do appreciate hearing from our students on those matters.

1798
02:38:17,640 --> 02:38:22,300
But there are going to be difficult decisions, and I think she's doing a great job.

1799
02:38:23,820 --> 02:38:29,580
But this is that time of year, and I encourage people to reach out to us board members.

1800
02:38:29,900 --> 02:38:38,440
I read every single email, and a lot of times there are things in the beginning of an academic year that can be fixed for the rest of the year.

1801
02:38:38,440 --> 02:38:44,240
so speak up and speak up early in the year so we can do our best to address those concerns

1802
02:38:44,800 --> 02:38:50,560
so that benefits you for the remainder. But thank everyone for coming tonight and I hope you

1803
02:38:50,560 --> 02:38:51,080
have a great weekend.

1804
02:38:57,380 --> 02:39:02,240
Thank you Vice President Fritzfield. As for myself I was able to attend the

1805
02:39:02,240 --> 02:39:11,180
back to school nights. I wasn't able to get to very many on from when we had our part book meeting

1806
02:39:11,180 --> 02:39:15,480
but I did go across and was able to be there for a little while.

1807
02:39:17,680 --> 02:39:23,960
I also want to echo my colleagues' comments.

1808
02:39:26,140 --> 02:39:31,160
Being a principal, I can only imagine is difficult.

1809
02:39:32,360 --> 02:39:35,460
The things that happen on a campus, on a daily basis,

1810
02:39:35,460 --> 02:39:46,180
We get the information daily from our superintendent and just the climate of what's happening on a database.

1811
02:39:46,500 --> 02:39:48,820
And sometimes it's a lot.

1812
02:39:49,960 --> 02:39:56,200
And I just want us to remember that there are two sides to every story.

1813
02:39:56,780 --> 02:40:14,800
Your board does hear you, we are working together to be able to, you know, address the issues that are going on and on campuses, not just this one, but many others that happen and that you don't are, you know, really aware of as our community members.

1814
02:40:14,800 --> 02:40:23,560
So we appreciate that our students are taking the initiative to come and speak to us because that is exactly what we want them to do.

1815
02:40:23,920 --> 02:40:28,240
We want them to leave our school district being able to advocate for themselves.

1816
02:40:29,520 --> 02:40:34,540
So we are very proud of all of you who came here to talk to us.

1817
02:40:34,540 --> 02:40:43,880
And we continue to embrace that, so this is your boardroom, we are your board, and we will find a solution.

1818
02:40:45,770 --> 02:41:02,580
So I think parents, I think, kids, and I encourage our teachers to continue doing the great job that they do every day, and also our support teams on our campuses to make sure that our students are well prepared for

1819
02:41:02,580 --> 02:41:05,920
For everything and anything that may come their way in their futures.

1820
02:41:06,860 --> 02:41:08,140
Thank you very much.

1821
02:41:16,820 --> 02:41:20,760
Does the board have any questions regarding the informational item this evening?

1822
02:41:24,080 --> 02:41:24,580
Thank you.

1823
02:41:25,720 --> 02:41:35,660
If there is no objection, this meeting is adjourned at 9.23 pm until the next regular board meeting to be held on Thursday, September 24, 2026.

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02:41:35,660 --> 02:41:35,840
Thanks.