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Thank you.

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Thank you for watching, I'll see you very soon.

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All right, we're going to go ahead and get started. Good evening.

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Welcome to the regular board meeting of August 20th, 2026, the Burbank Unified School District Board of Education.

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Let's start with the pledge of allegiance, everyone, rise.

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Congratulations to the five of the United States over here on the two of the main public stands.

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I'm nation, individual, liberty, justice for all.

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Thank you so much. We acknowledge the traditional ancestral unceded territory of the Chumash Chongba

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for an endangiotative EM and First Nations on which we are learning, educating and living.

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Next is our report on closed session actions. I have two.

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In the matter of special education case 27-01, the Board of Trustees voted to approve by a vote of 5-0,

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a settlement agreement for $14,500 for additional services.

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And in the matter of special education case 27-02, the Board of Trustees voted to approve by a vote of 5-0,

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a settlement agreement for 7,000 for additional services.

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All right, move to six, adoption of the agenda, do I have changes to the agenda?

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Miss Olson.

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Thank you. Can I pull 14 A, H, K, and W for discussion out of consent, please?

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14 A, H, and K, and W.

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And W, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

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Thank you. Any other items to pull from consent or I just changes to the agenda?

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Okay. Hearing none, we'll move on to seven approval of minutes. Both of these minutes are amended.

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So we'll do first the consideration of approval of minutes in the special board meeting held August 1, 2021,

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Can I get a motion in a second to approve these minutes?

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So moved.

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Thank you.

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And Dr. County, New York, absence of you abstaining.

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Thank you.

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So can Dr. Weissberg, an emotion for Dr. Weissberg, a second for Miss Cano.

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Well, those in favor say aye.

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Aye.

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Any opposed?

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and one, so that's four oh with one abstaining. On item seven B, consideration of approval of minutes

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from the regular Birmingham Health August 6, again, amended and Ms. Olsen was absent, so you'll be

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abstaining. Is that right? Okay, can I get a motion a second to approve is amended? Second.

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moved by Dr. Iconi and second by Dr. Weisberg, I'll go to the same favor say aye. Any opposed?

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Motion passes four to zero with one abstention. All right, eight, items for future consideration,

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and colleagues, Ms. Olsen.

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From last December, I asked for key findings from the District Safety Committee.

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And as our schools sit down to start re-looking at those committees and safety plans,

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I would love to get some findings from the District Safety Committee to kind of guide and give that as a frame

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if that's something that we can do.

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The second request would be a report on summer school.

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I'd love to hear the good, the bad, the evolving enrollment changes and parent and

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staff feedback.

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Thank you.

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Dr. Riceberg.

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Actually, quite similarly to Ms. Olson, I would like to have a more robust conversation

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about safety on our school campuses in general.

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And that would include pretty, and I'm pretty big way of the safety.

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So I'm glad that you brought that off.

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I also want to ask Dr. McCoy if we can revisit this to do list that we started a while back.

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That was just the agenda items that we as board members have requested come back.

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And we can just revisit that because there's quite a few in here that have been on for a while.

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And, you know, we'd love to get those things actually brought that before us.

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Maybe we'll look at that and have some different gems.

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Okay, thank you. Miss Conno.

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And then going along with Dr. Weiss, I had in that vein the just if we have any way of getting

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some type of timeline in terms of, because I know I asked last year in the last,

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but I think last meeting in terms of with all the different ASL agencies that we have

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they come in in terms of, I just said, you know, which are the ones we're using

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because we report a group of a lot of them, and I know there are different reasons.

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So it's kind of behind me against some understanding of which companies work with, do what?

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So that's that's report on interpretation services.

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Well, I mean, or any other language interpretation services as well.

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Yeah, but no, I think that's called just ASL, right now. It's busy. That's one. I know we have a lot of different agencies work with. Yes.

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That's the one.

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Dr. Ike, can you introduce yourself?

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Through things, one with the safety one. I also, it always talk about internal, but also, you know, recently sort of fired at pretty close.

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I want to know also what the procedure is in case of evacuation room and what the fire gets

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that closed.

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And the second one is today, I learned that there have been some changes from the state

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size and the dwelling room and where it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, and the interpretation

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So when we change, I made it a little more complex, you know, a little more high.

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I want us to look into that, see if there's something that's going to be effected.

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I mean, that's because it is, it is, if I think, for example,

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Mount Bela School District and some of the cook.

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So maybe we can look into what those changes are, and if it's kind of the effected.

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I have one addition as well, which is the last two years.

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We've done a midweek start for the getting of the school year.

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I'd like to see some data on how that's affected attendance that first week of school as so that the board is prepared to

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Please provide that to the calendar committee when they're making their recommendation.

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It would also be great to have some sort of data from teachers and parents, but if that's not possible to get before that we look at it.

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that's okay too, but I think having the data around is this effective start for us would be helpful.

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Anything else on items for future consideration?

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Okay, nine presentations and recognitions. Dr. Wilk.

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We have an answer. Okay, thank you. All right, then we will move to ten requests to address the board.

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Those persons wishing to address the board may do so at this time and are asked

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to complete a speaker card. All public comments are to be directed to the board president.

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Individual speakers should be allowed three minutes to address the board on each agenda or non-agenda item.

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However, an exceptional circumstance is when necessary to ensure full opportunity for public input.

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The President may, with more consent, adjust the amount of time allowed for public input, and or the time allowed for each speaker.

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Any such adjustments shall be done equitably, so as to allow for a diversity of viewpoints.

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The President may also ask members of the public with the same viewpoint to elect a few individuals to address the board on behalf of that viewpoint.

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Please refer to the complete text of the Burbank Unified School Board by La 9323 meeting conduct public participation.

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Due to the Brown Act that governs public meetings, the board cannot respond directly to public comment.

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The board can direct the superintendent and staff to meet with members of the public to better understand their concerns or points of view.

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I believe I have nine cards, and I have one virtual speaker.

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So let's try to start with our virtual speaker that's Carolina Villamil.

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Well, that's you come off mute and...

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Hi, can you hear me?

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Thank you. Yes, we can hear you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for this opportunity. My name is

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Karolie Kapil and I have an Emerson Elementary Parent. I am here to express my deep concern

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and disappointment regarding the district's last minute decision to eliminate several ATV programs.

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This decision created unnecessary stress for many families and effectively forced us to enroll

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Our children in a child care program we had not previously chosen or considered a suitable.

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The cancellation note is also did not provide meaningful alternatives, particularly for families who rely on before school care.

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I have already contacted Mr. McCoy and Ms. Stone regarding my concerns about the current right at school set up at Emerson.

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The children are in a classroom that offers very little visibility or access for parents to see how they are adjusting.

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We also have limited information about the staff caring for our children.

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As parents, we should have greater transparency about who is supervising our kids.

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I am also concerned about the classroom setup.

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It lacks basic supplies such as pencil, scissors, books.

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Our children should have access to the resources and environment promised by the new program.

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At a minimum, I am asking the district to move the new RAS program into the unused ATB classroom.

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This classroom provides a much more appropriate environment with books, toys, puzzles, games, crafts,

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and immediate access to a playground.

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It also allows parents to walk directly to the clock.

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Classroom door during drop-off and pickup times, giving us greater visibility into our children's new environment and interactions with others.

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I think it goes without saying it is very disappointing that the district did not do more to preserve the ATV.

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Last year, we had a temporary teacher, Ms. Brooke, who was willing to return and had made a significant positive impact on the program.

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The children loved her, the program was working well for our families.

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I'm asking the district to do better, not just for the families but for the kids who are the ones that ultimately suffer.

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They deserve a safe and riching well equipped environment, it is my hope that the district will take immediate steps to improve the current situation.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Ms. Villamel.

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Do we have our other other other virtual speaker around?

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Let me know if she does join.

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Then I first have George Garabiji followed by Kathy Wilson.

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Welcome.

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Hey, Brad.

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Sorry, I'm going to read through my phone.

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Good phone speaker, but I've good evening, everybody.

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Board members, cabinet, and everybody else,

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I should probably acknowledge that my anxiety is skyrocketing right now,

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so I'm on my brain's pride. Sorry.

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So, as you introduced me and my name is George David Young,

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the systems analyst for our technology service team.

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And I'm here to speak tonight about item 14 being, the consideration of who will be a

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more new with Siltron, two by the streaming school athletics events.

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I wanted to raise a concern, I'm not necessarily about the goal of the pilot itself, but

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about the process that brought this item before the board.

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I can only speak for myself and from my experience, I'm also one of the members of the

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technical work required to make this project function safely on our district network.

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I only became aware of this project about two weeks ago.

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At that point, discussions about even taking place between the high schools, the district

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admins, the vendor, and the project had progressed to the point where we were essentially

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being asked to work with the vendor to make the implementation happen.

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So my concern is, it's not whether streaming athletic events is a good idea.

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I don't have an opinion on that.

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My concern is that the full deployment of something like this is fundamentally a technology

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that dependent project and the staff responsible for implementing and supporting the technical side of it.

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we're not even included in the initial discussions

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for planning of, that we're taking place.

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This isn't really a matter of finding somewhere

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to plug in a camera and add some computers

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for the better to do their thing.

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When an outside vendor wants to install servers

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and audio and video,

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we're going to need on our district property

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and connect those two systems,

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specifically our network.

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There are significant technical security considerations

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From my side of the project, that means understanding what equipment is being installed, how it's community, what integrated access it requires, working with our network analyst to make sure that the firewall rules need to

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What needs to be created, how those systems will be isolated for the rest of the network.

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What accounts and credentials are required, how much bandwidth is needed.

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We'll have remote access in how that equipment will be maintained and supported.

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Those are the questions that should be addressed before the implementation timeline is established, not after boarder.

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We also learned about this immediately before the beginning of the school year.

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Both the vendor already making travel arrangements and the equipment installation arrangements.

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Thank you, Mr. Mayor Bajji.

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Would you like, I know you've got notes on your phone. Would you mind denying them to us, though?

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I'll be really helpful.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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Next I have Ms. Will Sarnan, I'll be very Sarnan.

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Good evening. My name is Kathy Willes. I'm here to formally thank those of you

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that responded to the email that I sent after my very first day teaching kindergarten this year.

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What I had planned, what I had planned, when smoothly, the food fiasco had a very negative

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impact on me and my students. I wanted to let you know that your

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responses some of them were short.

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Some of them long and very details showed me that I whispered. I appreciate the time you took to read and to respond. And while it didn't change the fact that what happened was and is inexcusable, it did let me know that some of you understand the importance of communication.

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I sent the email to eight of you and I heard back from four of you. That is 50% which to me is to the failing rate.

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People are not expecting long. People who send emails are not expecting long responses to the emails.

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But please consider, even if it's on a chain and you see what everybody else.

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Please consider sending a one sentence response to the people, your bourbon community.

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Four or five words. Thank you for sharing. We are working on it.

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I appreciate hearing from you. No response from people is just unsettling.

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It's important for us to know that you've got the email, even if there's no way for us to know that you took the time to read it.

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If the board and the superintendent and the district management continues to emphasize the importance of communication and transparency, then please make sure that your actions reflect that.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Ms. Wells. Next, I have Barry Sinon followed by Elizabeth Isabella.

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I'm very sorry you heard from my definitely better half.

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Good evening.

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I'd like to quote some strategies from the very well-known

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Contrarians guide to leadership in some years ago for a vague held and aspiring

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administrative class using this book as a guide and here are some of the lessons we can

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learn.

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Think Gray and Free, which means gather all relevant information before making decisions

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and avoid rushing to conclusions.

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Post-bomb decisions, until you have enough context, especially in complex or uncertain situations.

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Artful listening, listening to understand, not just to respond.

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If you act without asking employees and I'll add the public, they will think you don't care.

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Understand the organization's culture, including its values, norms, and written rules.

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I believe these are well-known strategies that would serve you well to take a look at.

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Consider not having board meetings at City Hall.

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A nominal fee was charged for the use of a professional up-to-date venue with plenty of parking and seating for the public.

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We waste more money through mistakes and fraud that have happened than it would cost us at City Hall.

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I think it's a paramount importance that we fostered a long-held relationship between

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BUSD and the city of Burbank.

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The third floor of BUSD, Wardroom here, even with updates, doesn't look to me or feel

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professional.

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There's only street parking and a limit to how many people could be in here.

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If the superintendent needs to sit on the diast, I assure you I can show you how we can

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fit in other chair and other committees have done it as well.

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I'm sorry. I really can't reach any other conclusion and having meetings up here seem to limit public

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access can comment. The recent debacle with food prep in delivery to elementary schools is also

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to me a lack in study of communication and understanding of what has worked in the past. The kitchen

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at Luther has been far more effective in serving the needs of elementary schools. If the people who

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actually work in food prep, we're listening to who knew this would be a problem.

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This failure could have been avoided.

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I'm sure you'll hear more on this. You already have.

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So please listen to understand before actions are taken and more mistakes are made.

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Thank you very much.

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Thank you, Mr. Sarna.

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I have Elizabeth Isabella by Jeff Vanderbilt.

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Good evening, members of the School Board and the Bureau of State Administration, and

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Lisa Gipzabella, President of the Burbank High School, keep this up.

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I spoke to you last year about the need for a permanent session stop at the Bureau of

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And I promised you that I would be back when the football phases started to continue to

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up.

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We have our first football event here this Friday, August 2021, and I invite you all

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to attend and partake of many, many sessions.

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When I last came before the board, I spoke of the need for equity between the high school

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campuses and the legal liability of the high-sum's physical risk that I'll volunteer to

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volunteer that came from operating at temporary sessions.

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The events of this month have highlighted another reason that the HHS should have a concession

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site.

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What happens if memorial fields is out-commission?

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Because of ongoing construction at memorial fields, various football team is being forced

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to play at the H.S. Next row. I can tell you that their PCSA is more than a little intimidating.

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By the prospect of running a temporary concession stand that they have the full aim from the ground of law.

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But it made me think a lot of situations. As Californians, we are always worried about enough right, and it is an unfortunate truth that the memorial feels is smacked up in the middle of the election side.

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We can all easily imagine a situation where the more you feel is not safe to use for months,

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but better than climb my way.

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We owe it to our school community to have a viable plan to use in potential problems in such a situation.

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A permanent insertion stand at BHS would help ensure the site is a feasible backup to the more we feel.

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We have six phone games this year at the VHS campus, and we always need volunteers with

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a dog-gantuan staff setting up, selling, talking about conversations, and cleaning the

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equipment.

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We ask that, which is more or not, but I will send you all the link in the future of

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volunteer side-offs.

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We hope.

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Thank you, Mrs. Bella.

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I have Jeff Vanderbibor, followed by Daniel Hacken.

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This is about another concern, fiscal transparency.

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Two weeks ago, and Dr. Hasty presented into big grades

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on our fiscal tracker, health fiscal tracker.

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And we went from an overall D to a C.

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He acknowledged, fiscal tracker, social staffs

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and deficit spending, the general fund, internal controls,

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and precision control.

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You know this.

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What is confusing to the public is that he did not mention

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the letter from Laco, that you mentioned, share received on July 22nd.

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The Los Angeles County Office of Education sent this letter. We obtained it from them to a PRA.

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This letter continues a designation of lack of going concern for our district for the fiscal year

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26.27. We will continue to see the presence of Mr. Hollace appearance before quite a while

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longer and pay 75% of those expenses.

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The County Board of Education, Superintendent,

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is charged or mandated to monitor the financial and operational viability of all districts

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Stanley County. She has the term in that our district faces some significant fiscal concerns.

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These are not abstract accounting terms.

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This designation affects everything we do, bargaining, decisions, program planning, staff and public confidence that you, our elected officials, will continue to remain in charge.

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Please don't dismiss this as a technical footnote.

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We know we're not alone in dealing with these financial problems, other school districts

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across California, like the district Dr. McCoy came from where he led for five years

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of similar financial challenges.

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We cannot continue to kick down the proverbial cam down the road with a hope that more

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future funding will appear or that we will make cuts and further years future years.

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Now more than ever in the spirit of transparency please make the superintendent's budget advisory committee

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available to the public to see so we can all learn together where we're headed. I leave you with

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three questions. Did this board decide it was a good idea to keep this letter from the public?

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How does not releasing this letter meet your commitment to transparency?

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Similarly, tongue and cheek, we decided it's a good idea to spend three months

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redacting the sobel report.

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You know, they're hoping to be forgotten report.

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Your promise would be released as soon as it arrived in your hot-level hands with no

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redactions or with minimal redactions.

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Please let us know.

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Thank you, Mr. Vanderbord. I have Daniel Hacking, followed by Alexander Healthwork.

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Good evening, School Ward, Dr. McCoy. My name is Daniel Hacking, and I'm here speaking

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today because the public deserves clear answers about food service to our students. The district

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said that recent food service failures were caused by health department restrictions, staff

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and shortages, and issues outside management control. But no proof has been provided of any health

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Department notice or inspection report with a shutdown order or formal directive requiring

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elementary kitchens to stop using sinks or limit operation.

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Health Department notices our public information.

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As anyone here, seen these restricted notices, maybe you have, but we can't find them. People have contacted the health department directly. We're told that these sites had not been deemed non-operational and no shutdown or plan check was unrecord until BUSD reported the initiated one only yesterday. Why did it take this long and how long will this process take now? This is not a new problem. Why wasn't it reported and managed in the spring?

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This is a minor communication issue, staff were reportedly directed not to use kitchen sinks and to fill sanitation buckets from handwashing sinks.

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That sounds like an actual health department violation.

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Water was reportedly shut off to food service sinks installed in 2425 with caution-tape placed around equipment interfering with bathics sanitation in kitchens, feeding children.

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Where is the work order or their repair? Why wasn't this made a top priority when it was finally reported back in July?

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At the whole month, a larger problem is mismanagement.

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Concerns about staffing, safety, meal planning, and food procurement were raised internally months ago and went unanswered.

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Back to school food orders were late and incomplete.

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In experience, kitchen staff were not consulted.

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experience kitchen staff were not consulted. Frontline employees were blamed for problems caused

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by a lack of supplies in direction. Most seriously, there are reports of unsafe food being

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served to children, late deliveries, food held at unsafe temperatures, expired or spoiled items,

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and the confusion around basic sanitation. These are not small operational hiccups. They create

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real food safety risks. I am asking this board to stop accepting verbal explanations and demand

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documentation. Any health department directive, inspection reports, work orders, ordering and delivery

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records, temperature logs, and written communications showing who made these decisions and why.

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Food services responsible for the basic mazlo hierarchy of need, feeding hungry children safety.

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every single day. When management fails to plan, fails to communicate honestly, and shifts

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blame into frontline staff, children pay the price. This board must investigate, hold

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responsible administrators accountable, and restore trust with more students or whatever

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risk. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Hacking.

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I have Alexandra Healthwick, and then

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as our last virtual speakers logged in?

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No, okay.

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Then this is my last part.

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Thank you.

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My name is Alexandra Healthrick.

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Since the first day of school, many parents, students,

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and staff have raised serious concerns

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about ongoing district-wide food service challenges.

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While the administration has offered some explanations,

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the problems have not been fully resolved.

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At Burroughs High School, families continue

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to report late lunches and daily food shortages.

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Today, for example, several students were left standing in line hoping more food would arrive before they had to return to class.

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Many kids who eat school-provided meals count on them every day.

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Growing up, school lunch was often my only reliable meal.

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Missing it could mean I didn't eat that day, or until the next.

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California offers universal free school meals to end student hunger and prove academic focus and eliminate social stigma.

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It's meant to ensure that every student can receive healthy nutritious tasty breakfast and

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lunch because it's critical to learning health and while being regardless of family income.

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Here are a few parent quotes about BUSD food service since the first day of school.

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It's really a terrible situation.

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I have a fourth grader who used to eat 60% of the meals last year provided by her school.

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We had a breakdown this morning when she discovered that we had forgotten to pack lunch.

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Crying. This is how bad it is. I ate a kid from another school. Tell me the chicken salad had no chicken and tasted like dirty leaves. What are they serving the kids?

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No wonder my kid said he didn't like the food at school because he usually loved it when last year he tried it for the first time. We had to back lunch today.

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Oh my gosh, no wonder we were so confused by the menus and thought, you can salad and rats every day. Yesterday, it was supposed to be mandarin chicken and my kid was like heck, yeah, well

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It wasn't. Instead, it was ham and cheese on a hamburger bun, but the cheese was half melted and watery, and I almost threw up, according to my son.

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Update regarding lunch today. By the time she got lunch, they were out of the Philly cheese state. They gave her a grilled cheese that she said tasted like vomit.

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Then she went for the broccoli. Apparently, that was the only edible thing today.

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Bear in mind, these quotes are about students who eventually got food.

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Many waited well over an hour after their lunch period, while watching their peers who

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brought lunch from home, eat.

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This is only a small...

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But the message is heartbreaking and clear. No child to spend the school day hungry, embarrassed or unsure whether the meal they are given will be edible. I encourage each of you to eat school lunch at a different site daily until these issues are fully resolved. Please communicate a concrete plan and fix the food service issues now. Thank you.

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Thank you, Ms. Hilfak, that was my last card.

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We move to our report from Labor Partners, Ms. Chair of Schwartz,

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from Burlington Association.

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Good evening, community members, members of the Board of Education,

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and fellow BUSD employees. My name is Sarah Schwartz,

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and I'm a Burbank teacher, a BUSD parent,

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and the president of the Burbank Teachers Association,

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representing approximately 700 teachers, counselors, nurses,

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and speech-language pathologists in BUSD.

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I want to start today by welcoming all BUSD employees, students, and families back to school.

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The exciting first days of getting to know new classmates, welcoming new employees,

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and reconnecting with students and their families at school are made possible by the dedicated work of educators,

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classified staff, administrators, and volunteers, starting weeks before students step foot on our campuses.

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Whenever I start a new school year, I am reminded of BUSD's greatest strengths.

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The committed employees who keep our district running and the caring community that

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course so much support is each of our schools.

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As we enter a new school year, I want to express my gratitude to the team that

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guided us through an unprecedented series of events.

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Dr. Messius, thank you for stepping up to guide our district.

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I hope you are able to get some well-deserved rest over some.

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I'm deeply grateful for your dedication to keeping BUSD moving forward, such a terminal during such a turbulent time.

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I also want to welcome new leadership to the district office, including Dr. Tom McBoy, Matt LeBell,

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Myisha James McIntosh, Steven Hicks and Kelly Stone, who are joining us for their first school year with BUSD.

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U.S. stepping into important roles at a critical time of transition and change for Boomer Inc.

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educators and this community want and in fact truly need you to succeed in your new roles.

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To that end, it is my view and that of many of the educators I talk to that our priority must be restoring trust in the district office.

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We need district office leadership that educators, school sites and our community can rely on.

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I'd ask you to consider this your North Star for the coming year.

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BUSD has been through a lot over the past year, and its students, employees, and community deserve the absolute best.

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I look forward to working with you to bring that vision to life and to move BUSD from a reactive posture to a proactive approach to our work.

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In this spirit of being proactive, I want to touch on some issues weighing on educators' minds right now.

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First, I want to acknowledge the reality that you won't fix everything that frustrates everyone in your first day, first month, and maybe not even in your first year.

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However, it is important to me and the educators I represent that we see progress.

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Which is why I have to bring up the chaos of the first day of the first day with school lunches.

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issues arise and unforeseen problems emerge, but we need to address them moving forward and avoid

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their recurrence. We had a similar issue during summer school, and whatever the problem is,

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whether our kitchen facility is staffing or both, we need to learn from what went wrong,

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implement a solution and get back on track. I appreciate that leadership rolled up their sleeves,

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and in some cases got to work, making food alongside our classified colleagues. But the best

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way to show progress is to avoid repeating mistakes.

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Second, I want to acknowledge the discussion

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parents are having with district staff

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on student technology use.

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This is an issue where I know educators want to do right

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by our students.

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It is also one in which we want to act deliberately

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and find a solution that does not over-correct

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or inhibit meaningful instruction.

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I want to make sure we can make space for digital tools

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when they add value to an exercise or classroom experience.

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Well, also ensuring the use of technology is purposeful and great-level appropriate.

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It is through intentional use of technology at all levels that correct-

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Film can be enriched, and students can be prepared for the modern world, which they will go on to lead.

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We appreciate being kept up to date on these discussions and look forward to continuing to contribute

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productive.

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Finally, I want to end by celebrating a win for public schools in California.

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Thanks to the hard work of educators, classified employees, our unions, and other supporters

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of public education. The extension of Proposition 55 has qualified for the November

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ballot. The measure, now, number Proposition 3, would make permanent $14.6 billion in funding

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that supports California's students. The funding provided by this measure is a whopping

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1-6 of school funding in California, and in Burbank alone accounts for approximately $20.5 million

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dollars of our budget. But qualifying it for the ballot was only the start. We need our community

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and voters in Burbank and all across California to support our students and make this funding

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permanent. Our school's deserve funding that meets the needs of our students. The best start to

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winning the funding our school's deserve is to prevent potentially catastrophic cut that failing to

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pass failing to pass, drop position three would cost. Thank you.

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Thank you so much, Mr. Swartz.

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We'll move to number 12. Superintendents Report.

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Dr. McCoy.

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Thank you, President Ponsor Camp card trust these staff and guests.

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Welcome to the Superintendents Report for August 20, 2026.

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I'm going to report out in a couple of items that are top of mind in the community.

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First of all, I want to thank all the parents who have communicated and met with us about

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the transition that was poorly handled at the last minute

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from some A to B classrooms to right at school classrooms.

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Right at school is designed to be a choice for parents.

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And in this case, it wasn't, we understand the hardships

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that that created in the community.

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From that day to now, we've been able to communicate with all the parents

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and we do have an offer where they can move to a different program

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that has availability on their elementary school site

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if they would like. I want to thank Kelly Stone, our new director of expanded learning who officially

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started Tuesday this week, but was in the building a couple days last week to help us

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begin to meet with parents and understand their concerns, our communication gaps, then how we

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can do better the next time. We just wanted to let staff know that no A to B classrooms were closed.

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We had 22 A to B classrooms last year, 16 of those classrooms remain up and running. We had six

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classrooms to begin the year that weren't stopped. Yes, those were the classroom

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stopped in the past with temporary agency hires. And write a school is

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available to take those classrooms rather than create waiting list for

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students and families. Write a school is again designed to be a choice to not

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mandate and we understand that loud and clear. One of Miss Stone's key jobs is

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to complete the study of all our child care programs that was promised

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last year, and we expect that that would be completed by November.

448
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Parent surveys will be going out and we'll be trying to hear from everybody on the

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what's working and what's not working in all the programs that serve our students before

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and after school care.

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We know that childcare is critical for our families, most families now have to have two incomes

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in order to make ends meet and our childcare program is even more critical.

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Well, we do want to also note that there is no plan to discontinue the ATB program.

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If you know anyone who's interested, we're flying ATB teaching in per educator positions

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on ed join right now.

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We did send that information out also to all our elementary parents for the frequently asked

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questions program last week.

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Our ATB program honestly has been hard to staff.

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our folks tend not only to not get a lot of applicants but that folks in those programs tend

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to come and go a lot during the school year because they're college students or retirees

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primarily and so we are actively working to recruit for ATB positions and we will continue

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to do so. Also just to answer our concern we received about our contracting with right

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school, a services provided by write a school in similar types of vendors, meeting technology

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programs from early like flash from Dojo, like Aries. They fall under a similar service

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and similar services, fall under the category of professional and special services under

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public contract code, section two, zero, one, one, one, D, and government code, section five,

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three, zero, six, zero. And as such, they can be awarded without a formal bid process as the

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confirmed in the case of fair education Santa Barbara versus Santa Barbara

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Unified School District in 2021.

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Do you receive prompts on these different types of programs from all members of the community, including board members, teachers, staff, community members who are always trying to let us know what programs are out there and available. Those programs are vetted and then brought to the board for consideration. There is no conflict of interest violation or right at school in our board policy, 1997, zero conflict of interest that was just renewed by the board in our previous meeting.

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And again, we are working to build a better program with child care and communicate more

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offense.

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Our goal is by mid-year to have all elementary parents have a one sheet that describes

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each program that we offer, what the primary types of activities are, and typically what

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the primary actions during the day, whether that's more active and outside, whether that's

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inside and homework based and we will have that report to the board as well before we put the

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one sheet out. In regard to the nutrition services program, there's no excuses for what happened

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on the first day of school and we are every day trying to take more input in from our frontline

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staff and nutrition services and we want to thank them for literally holding us together over the

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last week and a half. I do have some good news. We did send out frequently asked questions on

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interest in services last night. So over 33,000 constituents, parents and staff. And we had

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a in person meeting with public health yesterday down in Los Angeles with Dr. Hacie and our

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facilities director, Boleska MS. I met online today with director MS folks from our bond staff

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and the public health department. Public health department has given us an opportunity submitted

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interim plan to reopen the elementary school kitchens. We believe that would be as early as next week,

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and we'll be returning to those kitchens with providing them our interim solution while we submit

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as you heard me have submitted plans into their plan check process. And this is another issue where

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we are not going to go through this again. That's our commitment and what we've heard loud and clear from

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the community is to, you know,

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to whom he wants, shame on you,

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whom he twice shame on me.

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And we are not going to be in that business.

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So the news today was really positive.

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We're going to be checking tomorrow that 120 degree hot water temperature,

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looking for a couple pieces of equipment,

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where we don't have two prep boards.

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We'll add one and then we're going to stand

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to standard operating procedure manual to public health department.

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And at this time, there are no public health concerns on their end for any of our

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kitchens.

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We just have to catch up on paperwork that was missed and discover, are there any other

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modernization updates that needs to be made?

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So our goal is to be back serving from the elementary school kitchens by the end of

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next week.

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So that was a small win that we had today.

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And just to appreciate, we'll ask MS or director of facilities who stepped in the middle

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this on Monday this week and was able to get a lot of information moving that really helped

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facilitate this process where we're now on a timeline to return to the kitchens as

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well as a timeline to submit the proper documentation and avoid these types of situations

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in the future. So I do want to thank everyone for their patience in the middle of all of this.

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Everyone has been very welcoming to me, which surprised me a little bit on the first day,

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but I'm glad to be here. I'm grateful to be in Burbank and there's really an amazing

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engine of teachers, students, and families that make this district what it is.

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We've had a chance as a new team to meet with a city leadership next week.

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We met with the police department.

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I met with a city manager.

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We've talked with the mayor and council member Perez, where I was at the Chamber of Commerce

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today.

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We talked to the CIS to meet our business leaders.

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We met with our PTA group and thank you to them for an amazing event at John Burrow's

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school immediately before school started to bring us all together in community

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and we look forward to a lot more events like that.

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I think what I would agree with you 100% loud and clear that we can't have things

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like this happen anymore.

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And our commitment to you is as things pop up that have been unattended for whatever reason

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over the last 12 to 18 months, we will be dealing with those and in some cases

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00:54:30,420 --> 00:54:33,680
they will cause some dissonance in the system.

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But we're trying to be proactive and let you know what's happening and then make the fix this we need to make

529
00:54:40,120 --> 00:54:43,780
and the apologies we need to make to move on and a more positive way.

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There's so much good and positive in this district and we're also looking forward if you have a man or a new public information officer Steven Hicks is in day four.

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And he had quite a first four days and we're able to actually start to push out some positive stuff.

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Our story is about our students. We're trying to get into LA times and some other local media to make sure that the community and a broader LA region understands what an amazing place for bank unified is.

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And now with that, I'd like to go to the actual best part of the superintendent's report. And so I had a chance last Friday to be with a bank unified student involvement committee.

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We have a group of, I think, 30-ish dedicated students from all our high schools that have come together

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as student voices, one of the goals that we're trying to achieve this year.

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And so I'd like to invite committee chair Emma, all this from Tom Burroughs High School,

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and Vice Chair Kamogon Sion from a per bank high school to the podium for the report from the student involvement committee.

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Thank you guys and come on down.

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My name is Emma. I'm a student at Jumpers High School and I serve as the chair of the

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Urban Council of PTA student involvement.

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We're honored to be here tonight representing students across the urban and sharing some of

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Our goal is simple.

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We want students to have a real voice in the conversations that affect their schools.

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Not just be invited in the room, but to feel comfortable speaking up, sharing ideas,

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and turning those ideas into action.

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One of our first programs this school year was a voter registration drive, a voting activity.

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It gave students an opportunity to learn more about civic participation,

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also sharing their own opinions about what they felt was working on our district,

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From what they believe could be improved, there is also for clear.

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The topic that received the highest number of votes was mental health, and a second

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place was future preparedness.

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Now, their project has become especially meaningful to me was a student excellence in

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engagement award last semester.

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The project began from a vision I had to recognize students whose impact might not always show

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up to GPA, test court, tissue, traditional award.

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I brought the vision to our community but it was all the team work that made it real.

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Together, we brought the program to a moving high school,

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Johnbury's high school, Monterey High School, giving teachers

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to opportunity to recognize students for their engagement,

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growth, leadership,

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character, and depositive defense they make in their classrooms.

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The students recognized for qualities that can sometimes go unnoticed

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and mine it as exactly why student volume is not there.

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And we're just getting started.

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This year, we want to continue creating programs like next students across our schools.

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Give them opportunities to leave and make sure your life perspectives are heard by adults making decisions with them.

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We also want more students and families to know that PTA is not something students is simply to benefit from.

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It is something we can actively be part of.

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We encourage students, parents, staff and community members to join PTA at their local school or become involved with breathing costs of PTA.

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Because when adults have the kids for citizens, that is powerful.

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Well, when students are given the opportunity to advocate alongside them, that voice becomes even stronger.

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Thank you so, Board, our district and the Burbank Council of PTA for continuing to make space for student voices.

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We're excited for the for what we can accomplish to get it this year.

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Thank you.

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And I just want to thank our student leaders. We had a wonderful conversation on Friday afternoon about their priorities,

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and they'll be meeting with me several times during the school year and I'll be feeding that information back to the board and to their principles and to the school community in general.

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So thank you guys for being here and thank you for keeping our focus on the main thing, which we appreciate.

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And that is the superintendent's report for August 20th, 2026.

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Thank you.

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00:59:11,390 --> 00:59:24,210
Thank you. All right, so we'll move to 13, which is action items. We have 13 A's consideration of approval of amended and recited by laws concerning measure EBC citizens bond oversight committee.

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I guess this is as you, Dr. McCoy, because Dr. Hasey is taking his child to call right now.

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Yes. And we hope Dr. Hasty is not watching right now. He took his daughter to Georgetown University today and he will be back in a couple of days. So before the board is item 13A consideration of approval of amended and restated by last governing the measure ABC citizen bond oversight committee for the board in the public. There is an amendment to the bylaws says that we're published with the agenda with three small changes that actually open up the bylaws to

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I have to give the most of you

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Insurance to the Bond Oversight Committee, Susan Bond Oversight Committee and the public. On January 16, 2025, the board adopted resolution

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number 19. It's establishing the measure ABC citizens bond oversight committee adopting and adopting related

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bylaws. That staffs request legal counsel review the bylaws to update and clarify provisions, governing

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01:00:18,640 --> 01:00:23,580
the committee's oversight response billies and administration. The amended and restated bylaws clarify

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the committee's oversight of measure ABC bond proceeds, annual and interim reporting and audit review requirements.

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the respective authority of the board superintendent and committee members membership appointment,

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01:00:35,160 --> 01:00:39,820
term, alternate and exoficial provisions request for district records and district administrative

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support. The revised violas also provide for meetings at least annually and no more frequently

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than quarterly. And include transition language regarding completion of measure S bond expenditures

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and termination of the measure S committee following final report. We did want to note that

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One of the small amendments in the bylaws is that if the bond committee voted in a majority

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to have additional meetings that additional meetings would be held, so there's not

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a limit to the quarterly meetings.

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01:01:10,120 --> 01:01:11,500
There's no fiscal impact.

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01:01:11,600 --> 01:01:15,140
Excuse me, the proposed bylaws were provided to the committee members at their August 12,

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2020, 26 meeting on board approval, the amended and restated bylaws will supercede the

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prior measure ABC bylaws.

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01:01:21,780 --> 01:01:26,800
There's no fiscal impact in its recommendation of district administration that the Board

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of trustees approve, be amended, and be stated by law's

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covering the measure ABC citizens bond oversight committee

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as presented.

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Can I have a motion a second to approve 13A as amended?

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I can.

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Discussion or questions?

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Dr. Wysford?

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OK.

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Well, yes.

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Go ahead.

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I appreciate the changes.

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01:01:53,250 --> 01:01:55,570
I think it doesn't hurt us to, like you said,

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open up the language a bit.

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01:01:57,290 --> 01:02:07,030
I know that in past incarnations there was definitely a lack of clarity in regards to, and I don't mean our current, to bond oversight committees.

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But I'll be a lack of clarity in regards to what the positions role was and how they worked in partnership with the district and some grateful that we've spent time revisiting these, and that we were open to feedback.

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I just want to thank the members of the Citizens Bond oversight committee.

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I attended the meeting.

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My first ever public comment in my career at their committee meeting in order to just thank them for their service and the time they're spending and ensuring that our measure ABC funds are spent according to the ballot measure.

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And just my thanks to all of you, her serving.

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What was the feedback from the Underbarate Committee on these changes?

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The Bond-Oversight Committee has approved the changes.

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01:02:57,460 --> 01:02:57,680
Okay.

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01:02:58,000 --> 01:03:03,360
Was there a discussion that happened at the meeting about them or...

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01:03:03,360 --> 01:03:06,000
Ms. Morris, do you want to come up?

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01:03:06,120 --> 01:03:06,200
Yeah.

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01:03:06,780 --> 01:03:11,720
Thankfully, we have our Congress committee chair just happens to be in the room tonight.

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01:03:12,560 --> 01:03:15,400
Ms. Morris, would you mind sharing with us the conversation?

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01:03:16,100 --> 01:03:23,880
Hi. Hi. That was our first time meeting the attorney that's working with USD. So it was

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informative just to experience the whole thing. What I can tell you guys is that I can't make

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a formal statement on behalf of the committee because they haven't voted, but I can tell you that

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the committee did share some of you edits and concerns and the attorneys said that they would

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you can do consideration, so I'm hoping that the third or minor, I think overall that I personally

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feel that this is a wonderful step ahead. These are current by-lot we like that. It's needed

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to be done, but I do think that we should continue the conversation regularly about the by-laws

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and review them. Otherwise, I mean, that's a good step. Thank you so much.

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Okay. Anything else?

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All right. It was moved by Dr. Rikhanian and seconded by member Olson to approve the amended

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and recited by Lowe's as amended. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes

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5-0. 13 B. When resources, consideration of approval agreement for professional services

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for Shaw, each are consulting. Mr. Albaugh.

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From a bold board policy and administrative regulations address the compliance obligations of

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Americans with Disabilities Act or ADA and the Fair Employment and Housing Act.

644
01:04:45,670 --> 01:04:46,450
Excuse me.

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A cohesive disability management program is crucial for all California employees including

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the district.

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Consultants, Shaw, HR, Consulting, Incorporated, will assist district staff with a development

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and continued implementation of a disability management program that

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Laws of Districts continue to ability to meet the compliance obligations as outlined in the ADA and FTHA legislation as well as board policy and administrative regulations.

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The cost and failure of effective solution to creating a quality program will continue to mitigate the cost of compliance.

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It is expected that a portion of the contacts contracts expense will be recovered through savings through the workers' comp program budget by reducing temporarily temporary disability payments and indemnity reserves.

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In addition, a quality disability management program can significantly reduce future liability costs,

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01:05:33,820 --> 01:05:38,540
including within the scope of the program or a formal return to work program, essential job analysis,

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and an enhanced interactive accommodation process.

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The return to work program is a temporary modified duty program that serves to minimize workers'

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company and disability costs and keep trained and experienced workers on the job while reinforcing

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the District's commitment to employer welfare and employee welfare.

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01:05:56,160 --> 01:06:00,600
The essential job analysis identifies the essential functions and physical abilities required

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01:06:00,600 --> 01:06:03,320
to perform them for certificated and classified positions.

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The analysis are an imperative tool for use when the district is faced with the legal

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obligation or request to accommodate disabled slash injured person, applicant or employee.

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The interactive accommodation process will provide for continued engagement through the

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application process employment and while former employees are on the 39-month

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re-employment list. This agreement is effective from August 21, 2026 through June 30,

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2027. Fiscal impact of a professional services agreement with Shaway

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Chark Consulting to perform ongoing services would be in the amount not to exceed

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$40,000. It is a recommendation of district administration and the Board of Trustees

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approved the agreement for professional services for Shaway Chark Consulting as presented.

669
01:06:47,680 --> 01:06:51,560
Thank you, Mr. Oval. Can I have a motion in a second to approve the agreement?

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Second? Thank you. Discussion? Dr. Westbrook?

671
01:06:58,620 --> 01:06:59,800
A couple of follow-up questions.

672
01:07:02,300 --> 01:07:08,540
So, one is it possible to get a report back at the end of the year if there is our savings

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that we have been able to accrue due to this?

674
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And is this a one-time only, or is this something we're going to have to do annually?

675
01:07:17,280 --> 01:07:24,260
So, the report, I don't know how we would actually identify and document that, and the reason

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being is these are, this consulting group would be using cases that would be potentially

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01:07:29,800 --> 01:07:34,440
making a decision on kind of an employee terminally or permanently be accommodated, or if

678
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we have to have them go off completely.

679
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So, there's not a, it's a case by case thing.

680
01:07:41,820 --> 01:07:44,700
I was just, yeah, I was responding to that part of the, yeah.

681
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But it's in basically it's in those complex situations that could clearly be litigious and we also want to make sure we do right by our voice.

682
01:07:52,260 --> 01:07:52,380
Sure.

683
01:07:52,600 --> 01:07:55,660
But he would be able to assess from a very professional sense.

684
01:07:55,880 --> 01:08:04,660
And is it standard for districts to contract like this or is it usually done with in-house counsel or in a district employee?

685
01:08:06,680 --> 01:08:11,160
It's relatively typical on complex cases.

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01:08:12,560 --> 01:08:18,940
have a company like this available. So the goal of this is not to replace the day-to-day

687
01:08:18,940 --> 01:08:23,180
interaction between the human resources department employees and our labor partners,

688
01:08:23,720 --> 01:08:27,260
but if there's a complex case, where this would be used.

689
01:08:27,540 --> 01:08:32,960
So essentially it's almost like a retainer. Yes. Okay. And so this would be something that we

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would be doing in perpetuity. This isn't like a one, this is this work, assuming we'll have this

691
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or there's a company on retainer.

692
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That's a best practice in human resources, yes.

693
01:08:43,740 --> 01:08:43,880
Thank you.

694
01:08:44,080 --> 01:08:44,800
And we have a bunch.

695
01:08:45,160 --> 01:08:46,560
Great. Thank you.

696
01:08:48,160 --> 01:08:49,160
Was I a question, didn't I?

697
01:08:50,200 --> 01:08:53,200
No, I just, when I, when I'd read this,

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I thought, well, how, what do we have right now?

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And how far off is it?

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Are we right now?

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So we've already had them before.

702
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So my understanding without being here last year

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is they did quite a bit of our interactive processes.

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I believe that that current staff will see myself will be doing the majority of that now,

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which should decrease the amount needed based on the occasions when it is a highly complex scenario.

706
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We might bring in assistance.

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01:09:25,680 --> 01:09:26,960
Thank you.

708
01:09:27,060 --> 01:09:27,400
Thank you.

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01:09:27,800 --> 01:09:28,080
Thank

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you.

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that did notice that we had used them before and I was just curious if the estimate of $40,000

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01:09:46,240 --> 01:09:52,200
a year if it's because we've danced at that number before or kind of where that number came from.

713
01:09:53,580 --> 01:09:58,960
My understanding is that's the same as it was last year, but I can tell you that we've probably done

714
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:10,540
So far this year and we have not engaged them. They are engaged in a current one that has extended back from before, but we have not had the need to.

715
01:10:10,580 --> 01:10:24,460
Thank you. So this is a case where we would get build against that up to amount as we're doing cases with them. That's helpful. And then I think when we approve this last year.

716
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I believe my understanding of at least was that it was a combination of kind of direct services

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01:10:34,640 --> 01:10:44,220
and some amount of training for in-house staff. Is that true? Or should we expect to kind of always

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01:10:44,220 --> 01:10:52,860
have this external resource? I cannot speak to the training from before. I really think I'm confident

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to do this work, and I have done it in the past. But again, in certain legal potential scenarios

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01:11:00,180 --> 01:11:04,980
that are making life-changing decisions for employees, it's best practice to get the next one.

721
01:11:05,440 --> 01:11:12,780
Great. Thank you. Anything else to add, colleagues? Okay. It was moved by Dr. Arcanian,

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01:11:12,860 --> 01:11:17,060
seconded by Trustee Olsen, to approve the agreement with professional services, which shot

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01:11:17,060 --> 01:11:22,320
are consulting all those in favor say aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye opposed motion passes

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01:11:22,320 --> 01:11:27,820
unanimously. All right. 13 C consideration of approval of district core value state.

725
01:11:28,700 --> 01:11:33,120
Thank you President Ponser-Camp car trustee staff and guests before the board

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01:11:33,120 --> 01:11:38,520
is item 13 C consideration of approval of district core values. During the special board meeting

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01:11:38,520 --> 01:11:43,880
of August 1st, 2026 the board considered and discussed the 2019 core value statements and recommended

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01:11:43,880 --> 01:11:48,780
updates and changes. Tonight the board will discuss and consider approval of the updated

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01:11:48,780 --> 01:11:53,040
district core values. It is the recommendation of district administration that the board

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01:11:53,040 --> 01:11:57,580
approved the district core values as presented. However, if trustees would like to make

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01:11:57,580 --> 01:12:02,300
additional recommendations during discussion, we'll certainly, we're certainly still open

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01:12:02,300 --> 01:12:09,400
to that. And then let me, do you want me to read them first or go ahead? Okay, so right now,

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draft for our core values and just to explain a little bit to the public in the community.

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The core values are umbrella over all the district's operations.

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01:12:18,580 --> 01:12:24,120
So these are going to be our broadest, most applicable goals to all of our program services and

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01:12:24,120 --> 01:12:29,060
everything that we do for kids. Tonight later on the agenda, we'll talk a little bit about board

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01:12:29,060 --> 01:12:34,540
goals, which are operational, implementable goals that will measure during the school year and

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then determine how we fare it on those schools. So this is a big picture in the core

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01:12:39,260 --> 01:12:44,780
values, and our current four core values that are proposed are

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01:12:44,780 --> 01:12:47,700
a Burbank Unified School District Prioritizes Student Learning Health

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and Wellness, Burbank Unified School District values

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meaningful family and caregiver involvement,

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and recognizes timely communication as a foundation for

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student success and community collaboration.

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01:13:00,400 --> 01:13:02,520
Burbank Unified School District recruits and retains

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highly qualified talented staff who believe in the true

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capacity of our students and the strength of our families.

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01:13:08,120 --> 01:13:19,240
We're going to invite school district values and celebrates the cultural and human diversity of our students, families, and staff, and recognizes diversity as fundamental to creating welcoming and supportive classrooms and schools.

749
01:13:22,060 --> 01:13:22,760
Thank you.

750
01:13:24,060 --> 01:13:28,920
Can I get a motion in a second to approve these and then we'll do discussion in some moments.

751
01:13:31,760 --> 01:13:34,140
All right, discussion on this one.

752
01:13:34,960 --> 01:13:37,580
Do you mind if I start actions after I start doing mine?

753
01:13:38,740 --> 01:13:38,780
Okay.

754
01:13:40,820 --> 01:13:46,080
So thank you for putting this together and I know this was an update to what we had from 2019.

755
01:13:46,240 --> 01:13:49,860
And we had an extensive conversation about this on the first.

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01:13:49,900 --> 01:14:01,940
And I think what I'd like for us to think about as we adopt or amend these is really just how kind of who and who they're for and what they're for.

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01:14:01,940 --> 01:14:20,760
So as I've gone through the exercise of putting together core values and organizations, the idea is that you can develop a shared language within an organization to be able to say, like, are we, when we make a decision, are we upholding a particular value.

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01:14:21,500 --> 01:14:26,700
So that when we're faced with tough decisions, we can say are we upholding our value of

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01:14:26,700 --> 01:14:31,680
communicating with families and caregivers when we make a decision about a TV, the day before school,

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01:14:31,800 --> 01:14:37,020
and maybe we can say, oh actually, maybe we need to rethink this, right? And so

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01:14:38,280 --> 01:14:44,700
and that is an example of the time when having really clear core values and shared language around

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01:14:44,700 --> 01:14:50,380
them would be really important. The other place is when we're thinking about who we bring into the team,

763
01:14:50,380 --> 01:14:59,700
Right? And so, what I'd love to think about too is how do these then translate into, um, like,

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job description.

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For example, and how each person's role in the district has a place in essentially each one of these, and that we're holding them accountable for holding those values.

766
01:15:12,460 --> 01:15:28,060
And so I think it's not that I disagree with any of them, and I don't know what I'm missing, but that's kind of how I'm approaching this is really, I just want to make sure that as we think about this is really for the district as an organization,

767
01:15:28,060 --> 01:15:36,480
It's really about, kind of, it is about telling the community what we're about, but it's really about internal operations, right?

768
01:15:37,760 --> 01:15:42,820
And so I'm kind of looking to staff to kind of say, like, is this going to help you?

769
01:15:43,220 --> 01:15:47,160
Rather than be kind of something generic that gets put on a website.

770
01:15:49,340 --> 01:16:01,200
Yes. Well, what I would tell you is the importance of core values is to lens those through

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01:16:01,200 --> 01:16:05,300
the district operations through the board goals. So when you see the board goal item,

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you'll see that we refer back to the board values as foundational for the particular board

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01:16:10,900 --> 01:16:17,720
goals that we're recommending. But it really does help us understand how we're making decisions

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and why we're making decisions.

775
01:16:20,580 --> 01:16:28,720
So one of the questions I always ask folks in schools is why do you do the work you do and

776
01:16:28,720 --> 01:16:29,780
why do you do it here?

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And so part of what we're trying to answer is the organization itself, why do we do the

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01:16:36,800 --> 01:16:38,820
work we do and why do we do it here?

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01:16:39,140 --> 01:16:44,180
And those are sort of the foundational questions that help us then organize the rest of the

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01:16:44,180 --> 01:16:44,520
work.

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So you'll hear me say a lot.

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01:16:46,500 --> 01:16:50,440
we need to do what's we need to keep kids in the center and what's good for kids as hard

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01:16:50,440 --> 01:16:55,520
for grown-ups. When we have core values that lead with, we prioritize student learning

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01:16:55,520 --> 01:17:01,980
health and wellness. It helps us at times when a decision is designed to support adults and

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01:17:01,980 --> 01:17:08,880
maybe doesn't meet the needs of the students. And so when we look back to the core value and we

786
01:17:08,880 --> 01:17:14,840
say we have to make a decision and this is what our grown-ups want. But this is what our kids need.

787
01:17:15,340 --> 01:17:25,560
These are the statements that help us as that North Star, as that guide back to why do we do the work we do and why do we do it here.

788
01:17:25,860 --> 01:17:29,080
And so I think these are important because they apply broadly.

789
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So I think that the more specific, the core value is the more difficult it's to apply across the system and to all our operations.

790
01:17:37,760 --> 01:17:41,480
And I've told some folks that had a chance to meet with our staff here at Olive.

791
01:17:41,480 --> 01:17:45,860
and business services, and human resources,

792
01:17:47,280 --> 01:17:50,380
instructional services, all the folks who make the engine go.

793
01:17:50,960 --> 01:17:52,740
And we asked those questions of ourselves,

794
01:17:52,780 --> 01:17:55,560
but really said, you know, when you go by an elementary school

795
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and you see a student on the yard

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01:17:57,020 --> 01:18:00,100
and they're playing kickball, you ordered the kickball,

797
01:18:00,320 --> 01:18:02,400
you've prepared the kickball,

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01:18:02,820 --> 01:18:04,600
you delivered the kickball,

799
01:18:04,840 --> 01:18:06,040
that's why we're working,

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01:18:06,120 --> 01:18:07,800
is we're working on behalf of students,

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01:18:07,980 --> 01:18:10,000
no matter what role we hold in organization.

802
01:18:10,000 --> 01:18:14,420
And I feel like these give us a broad ability to have that conversation.

803
01:18:17,840 --> 01:18:18,640
Dr. Esper.

804
01:18:19,040 --> 01:18:21,280
Yeah, I think about it like backwards planning, right?

805
01:18:21,720 --> 01:18:23,620
Like, are the choices we making?

806
01:18:24,160 --> 01:18:26,440
Are they supporting these things?

807
01:18:26,440 --> 01:18:28,040
And if they're not, then why are we making them?

808
01:18:29,020 --> 01:18:31,880
Um, my literal only piece of,

809
01:18:32,480 --> 01:18:36,420
Amendment is that some of these have periods at the end and some do not.

810
01:18:36,860 --> 01:18:38,300
And, uh, I'm sorry.

811
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former English teacher. I just want us to be as professional as we can be. And so that is, I think we spend a really great amount of time in both our governance retreat and in previous meetings talking through the content. I think these represent the things that we want to focus on and that they all either need or all don't need a period of being.

812
01:19:01,800 --> 01:19:13,840
But I think that's, you know, one thing, right, when we talked about kind of existing values versus aspirational values was one of our conversations that we had at the governor's retreat.

813
01:19:14,800 --> 01:19:16,820
It's like, you know, details matter, right?

814
01:19:17,020 --> 01:19:21,360
And so, like, that's not on the core values list, but it could be.

815
01:19:21,640 --> 01:19:26,720
If we, if we, like, if we really matters that we get it right, and we get it right the first time,

816
01:19:26,720 --> 01:19:30,360
And maybe that fits under the idea of having

817
01:19:30,360 --> 01:19:33,600
a highly qualified talented staff who believe in the capacity

818
01:19:33,600 --> 01:19:34,700
or students, right?

819
01:19:34,820 --> 01:19:39,560
But, and so that's then, you know, trying to figure out

820
01:19:39,560 --> 01:19:42,960
how did they, how is the feedback that we're giving even

821
01:19:42,960 --> 01:19:44,960
tied back into those core values?

822
01:19:45,180 --> 01:19:46,780
I'm going to go to Ms. Olson and then Ms. Conno.

823
01:19:49,220 --> 01:19:52,340
Thank you, Madam President, for sort of setting the stage

824
01:19:52,340 --> 01:19:56,320
on that discussion piece around sort of,

825
01:19:56,320 --> 01:19:59,960
I think like the essence of how we will.

826
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:09,080
Use these, but I'm also looking to see, again, a little bit more operational energy in here.

827
01:20:09,400 --> 01:20:15,720
Like I took a second to reflect and looked at these values against the superintendent.

828
01:20:15,720 --> 01:20:42,720
when it's a conference, you know, the report that was provided by the profile, yes, that's the profile, thank you, the district profile and and and truthfully, you know, it did a good job in that we value our workforce so highly in that report and I think that comes out in these values and then also the idea of

829
01:20:44,580 --> 01:20:53,940
communication as a weakness we've had, that is something that's more, you know, prominent and then diversity is something that's a stronghold that we want to continue to grow.

830
01:20:54,980 --> 01:21:10,240
I think that piece that's missing for me is how do we have it as a core value that is representative of the board all the way down on sort of that trust but verify idea of like hey we want to think.

831
01:21:11,020 --> 01:21:18,620
We want to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, we want to assume best of everyone, but we all want to hold each other accountable.

832
01:21:19,220 --> 01:21:30,700
I feel like that's the piece that only core value that I found out of our district report that I didn't feel coming out of those values.

833
01:21:31,360 --> 01:21:35,500
And again, I don't have some horrific core value that I'm like here, I'd like to present for everyone.

834
01:21:35,500 --> 01:21:40,500
I just sort of wanted to bring it up as a way for all of us to just reflect on the last

835
01:21:40,500 --> 01:21:40,780
year.

836
01:21:41,160 --> 01:21:47,920
So, and be like, what are the things that are missing from these values that we can add?

837
01:21:48,840 --> 01:21:52,700
Knowing that these should not be looked at every seven years.

838
01:21:53,400 --> 01:21:58,320
Like we, and don't forget, love for you to speak on this, that we should be rediscovering

839
01:21:58,320 --> 01:22:04,680
this every three years or two years so that we're just sort of staying up with what matters.

840
01:22:07,240 --> 01:22:10,280
I'll let you go, Dr. McCoy, and then this kind of?

841
01:22:10,280 --> 01:22:16,980
Yeah, and would I would say if you were to add sort of a brief accountability statement,

842
01:22:16,980 --> 01:22:20,940
it would probably be in the first square value, where we say prioritizes student learning,

843
01:22:21,140 --> 01:22:27,700
health and wellness through multiple measures of accountability might be something that we could

844
01:22:27,700 --> 01:22:34,620
add, because then that speaks to not just, you know, a state indicator that may or may not

845
01:22:34,620 --> 01:22:37,400
tell our whole story, but it also speaks to,

846
01:22:37,400 --> 01:22:39,660
we hold ourselves accountable and how we hold

847
01:22:39,660 --> 01:22:41,540
one another accountable.

848
01:22:42,380 --> 01:22:46,960
So we could add to first one prioritize student learning,

849
01:22:47,000 --> 01:22:48,880
health and wellness through multiple measures

850
01:22:48,880 --> 01:22:49,600
of accountability.

851
01:22:50,640 --> 01:22:56,160
I would also agree that, you know, you don't want core values

852
01:22:56,160 --> 01:22:58,760
that are just a poster on the wall of the third floor

853
01:22:58,760 --> 01:23:00,100
of 1900 was solved.

854
01:23:00,100 --> 01:23:05,620
So I think part of it too is knowing as a governance team,

855
01:23:05,780 --> 01:23:09,440
when the core values seem to no longer apply, right?

856
01:23:09,440 --> 01:23:12,960
And then having that moment and whether it's a schedule

857
01:23:12,960 --> 01:23:17,760
in every two years, we say to ourselves in that opening retreat

858
01:23:17,760 --> 01:23:21,820
or that governance workshop where we say, let's start with core values.

859
01:23:22,280 --> 01:23:25,040
And I think annually, we would want to ask ourselves,

860
01:23:25,080 --> 01:23:26,500
is this where we are today?

861
01:23:28,500 --> 01:23:30,880
And how can we meet that moment?

862
01:23:31,160 --> 01:23:37,960
I think prior to COVID, we didn't see wellness in anyone's core values, and then post-COVID

863
01:23:37,960 --> 01:23:42,060
wellness is in our top three all the time if not top two, right?

864
01:23:42,180 --> 01:23:44,540
Because of everybody's needs.

865
01:23:45,500 --> 01:23:52,900
So that's an example where I would recommend annually we look and take that sort of test

866
01:23:52,900 --> 01:23:56,740
Um, is this where we are today and what we would what would we have?

867
01:23:57,560 --> 01:23:59,120
Miss Conno and them, Dr. Wester.

868
01:24:02,700 --> 01:24:03,100
Okay.

869
01:24:04,180 --> 01:24:13,040
I'm I'm doing a little pivot right now, though, but so when we're talking I like the word accountability that I don't release we don't really have in there, but is is accountability of value or is that one of our goals.

870
01:24:14,940 --> 01:24:15,780
That took a great question.

871
01:24:16,160 --> 01:24:23,280
Um, one of the things that I had written down actually, um, I had also written down something about accountability and I think it was for it.

872
01:24:23,280 --> 01:24:29,420
In my mind, it was that we have staff that, like, or that we as a district take accountability for our role in the community.

873
01:24:29,900 --> 01:24:32,920
Yeah, we can say, oh, I value accountability.

874
01:24:33,460 --> 01:24:38,320
But we're talking about, because, like, what Ms. Wilson said, in terms of the ideas of, in terms of operationalizing,

875
01:24:39,380 --> 01:24:48,080
then it sounds like we're talking about the upper operation, the union of the over with operationalization of, of accountability.

876
01:24:48,080 --> 01:24:54,260
And that seems like it would actually almost be a goal because it's something we're doing as opposed to saying, I just value a capital.

877
01:24:55,640 --> 01:24:56,640
Yeah, I'm just to keep another.

878
01:24:57,360 --> 01:24:58,040
Yeah, go ahead.

879
01:24:58,360 --> 01:24:59,980
So I think when you see the board.

880
01:25:00,000 --> 01:25:15,740
We're clearly going to have some accountability measures that are built in with some numerical targets, but also a lot of qualitative measures, because we're a feeling place. We're not just a statistics place.

881
01:25:15,740 --> 01:25:19,400
And so, and I'm qualitative by nature.

882
01:25:19,500 --> 01:25:25,580
I don't know if that's like a good quote that I could use later, but, you know, I keep

883
01:25:25,580 --> 01:25:28,080
quantitative people close so they can help me in wrong.

884
01:25:28,580 --> 01:25:35,800
But it's really about, are we, are we measuring through conversation, communication, and

885
01:25:35,800 --> 01:25:39,200
feeling how the values are operationalizing?

886
01:25:39,200 --> 01:25:44,880
But I would say that you could safely add accountability through multiple measures and then

887
01:25:45,580 --> 01:25:49,940
operationalizing. Remember, we're trying to operationalize goals through the board goals next

888
01:25:49,940 --> 01:25:53,940
level down, but this gives us that umbrella under which to work.

889
01:25:56,640 --> 01:25:58,960
You know, I know he's not for us.

890
01:26:01,840 --> 01:26:07,920
One of the ways I think that it would be helpful for us to revisit these district values.

891
01:26:07,920 --> 01:26:15,440
which was trying to pull it up would be to, you know, when we do the employee surveys to ask

892
01:26:15,440 --> 01:26:20,040
them how they're feeling about things. One, if we're going to keep asking our employees to do surveys,

893
01:26:20,260 --> 01:26:25,140
we really need to share the results with them. But two, that we ask them, if they think the district

894
01:26:25,140 --> 01:26:29,500
values are represented in the decisions that we're making. Because often I feel like they're going

895
01:26:29,500 --> 01:26:35,000
to be a much better judge of, are we actually valuing these things? Because, you know, I think

896
01:26:35,000 --> 01:26:42,600
Well, Ms. Olsen, Dr. Mr. C. Captain Olsen, was talking about how in the leadership, I don't

897
01:26:42,600 --> 01:26:49,360
know, in the leadership profile we talk about valuing our employees, but I would say if we're

898
01:26:49,360 --> 01:26:56,040
being truthful, I don't know if our employees feel value. Right now. And so to me, asking

899
01:26:56,040 --> 01:27:02,420
them, do you feel like these core values are represented in? However, I think that could be for

900
01:27:02,420 --> 01:27:06,680
least for me is a board member really helpful to take to sort of check myself, right?

901
01:27:06,900 --> 01:27:10,840
If I think we're doing a great job and the people that are doing the work on the ground

902
01:27:10,840 --> 01:27:15,700
are telling me you're not meeting this and I need to ask myself why my perception is so

903
01:27:15,700 --> 01:27:19,560
far from other people's feeling about it.

904
01:27:19,980 --> 01:27:25,680
So again, this doesn't mean we, it just, it gives us the feedback we need so rather than

905
01:27:25,680 --> 01:27:30,560
sort of reflecting on it, we're actually hearing from people, do they feel like those values

906
01:27:30,560 --> 01:27:33,280
are being operationalized every day.

907
01:27:35,820 --> 01:27:41,780
No, I don't want, I'm okay with the values, because I do think the more general we are,

908
01:27:41,940 --> 01:27:45,720
the more space it gives us, because everything should fit into these, right?

909
01:27:46,000 --> 01:27:51,820
And I would hesitate only about including then multiple measures of in the first value,

910
01:27:51,820 --> 01:27:56,380
because then it sounds like just about, we're doing that just to our students, just the

911
01:27:56,380 --> 01:27:57,160
verbiage of it.

912
01:27:57,580 --> 01:28:01,140
I don't want it to seem like we're doing, it's not to the kids.

913
01:28:01,140 --> 01:28:07,480
So, again, I think these make sense to me, but if we're thinking about how can we keep them relevant,

914
01:28:07,620 --> 01:28:13,320
how can we be checking ourselves and asking ourselves where we're at, that's a conversation we should

915
01:28:13,320 --> 01:28:21,260
involve our classified and certificated staff members and management and everybody else because

916
01:28:21,260 --> 01:28:25,780
what better way to keep ourselves accountable. Dr. Iconian, then Miss Wilson.

917
01:28:28,930 --> 01:28:35,370
I understand at the same time, we're talking about core values here. Everyone, feedback is one thing.

918
01:28:35,990 --> 01:28:41,770
If you do the values properly and it's practice as a general, as these are which are wonderful,

919
01:28:42,590 --> 01:28:51,250
I think the feedback will come. I think we should focus separately on the communication factor in terms of how we're really practicing our values.

920
01:28:51,250 --> 01:28:57,050
Or if we're going to change values every two years, then that's not the way values work. I'm sorry.

921
01:28:57,330 --> 01:28:59,650
I think goals, I think you're mixing values and goals.

922
01:28:59,950 --> 01:29:03,110
And I think it's it to me, these are very,

923
01:29:03,650 --> 01:29:05,890
like the Constitution, we eat a people.

924
01:29:06,130 --> 01:29:07,050
It's pretty stretchy.

925
01:29:08,490 --> 01:29:11,050
So district pride has a student learning.

926
01:29:12,750 --> 01:29:14,750
I mean, of course.

927
01:29:15,330 --> 01:29:17,050
And these are the things that we need to establish.

928
01:29:17,770 --> 01:29:19,370
So everyone else, but also it's important.

929
01:29:19,370 --> 01:29:22,530
among people looking in a district having these core values,

930
01:29:22,770 --> 01:29:25,330
there are so universal, sets and standard.

931
01:29:26,010 --> 01:29:28,670
But let's not talk about every two or three years,

932
01:29:28,790 --> 01:29:30,170
we need to change our core values,

933
01:29:31,850 --> 01:29:33,330
or the feedback is important,

934
01:29:33,330 --> 01:29:35,710
but feedback is to me, it's,

935
01:29:35,710 --> 01:29:36,730
we need to improve the communication.

936
01:29:37,910 --> 01:29:40,070
So if this improved that great,

937
01:29:40,290 --> 01:29:43,830
but I think to me, that's our two-step, which is just mine.

938
01:29:44,050 --> 01:29:45,830
No, I appreciate that.

939
01:29:45,850 --> 01:29:49,030
I think the suggestion that I heard was less about

940
01:29:49,030 --> 01:29:58,970
changing them every two years and more of like reaffirming right that we're looking at it that we that these are still the right that these are still relevant right.

941
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:28,500
And if I heard Dr. Weissberg's comment correctly about employee feedback, it was really just another way to measure whether we're adhering to these values. Right. It wasn't about it wasn't necessarily about getting more feedback on these values, which, again, as we've said, are really a revision of a version that's been around since 2019. And are not wildly out of place with, I think, what most school districts would have, would be my case.

942
01:30:34,900 --> 01:30:58,980
I just wanted to come back to the suggestion around adding accountability, the student learning that I think that the first core value. I think that's great. It's because it's literally one word and it's I want it to mean a promise that in order to ensure that we're prioritizing student learning health and wellness accountability is folded into that.

943
01:30:58,980 --> 01:31:03,100
And so it might be a sort of semantic stance on making sure you're right.

944
01:31:03,220 --> 01:31:05,840
We don't want it to echo the students.

945
01:31:05,840 --> 01:31:09,320
Are being held accountable for their own or only students?

946
01:31:09,820 --> 01:31:18,660
Yes, but I think that just sort of gives me the spirit of moving forward being proactive

947
01:31:18,660 --> 01:31:25,620
and taking in reflection to what has happened since 2019 and making sure it's echoed in there.

948
01:31:26,760 --> 01:31:35,880
The only other thing that I would have as feedback that I just didn't share before is just sort of progress.

949
01:31:36,760 --> 01:31:48,020
And that I read back to our challenges in that report of that we need to re operationalize and we need to challenge ourselves and push ourselves a little bit more.

950
01:31:48,020 --> 01:32:04,060
And so again, I'm not having a perfect suggestion here on a word, but I just and and this also I do feel like can come out way more in our goals, but I just as I was reflecting on the core values to that report, that was the only other thing to me that felt like it was absent.

951
01:32:04,560 --> 01:32:09,440
But I think Dr. and queer suggestion for just the word and accountability and the first one is great.

952
01:32:09,440 --> 01:32:18,800
Yeah, actually, I'm sorry, so hearing the discussion around the dias, the board may want to consider

953
01:32:18,800 --> 01:32:22,800
for ranking to fight school district priority, student learning health and wellness, and we'll hold

954
01:32:22,800 --> 01:32:32,560
ourselves accountable for student success. And that means that's our all in. Yeah, just as a thought.

955
01:32:34,040 --> 01:32:38,000
Sure, it would consider a change to add.

956
01:32:38,000 --> 01:32:44,460
We're making right school district prioritizes student learning, health, and wellness, and we'll hold ourselves accountable for student success.

957
01:32:46,540 --> 01:32:48,120
Could I make a theory?

958
01:32:48,780 --> 01:32:49,440
Or not.

959
01:32:49,800 --> 01:32:50,460
Or not.

960
01:32:51,300 --> 01:32:52,140
I mean, let's get fancy.

961
01:32:52,840 --> 01:32:55,220
Let's send me calling it up, you know?

962
01:32:57,240 --> 01:33:03,920
What about saying and hold ourselves with accountable of you said for student success in an priority?

963
01:33:03,920 --> 01:33:09,160
like, I guess we could say success. I was trying to figure out a way to say all three of those things.

964
01:33:12,040 --> 01:33:17,200
I think what's in my head is just learning plus health plus wellness sequence success.

965
01:33:17,600 --> 01:33:24,260
Okay. Yep. I like it. I'll take them. And I just like the feeling of all in. I like it. Yep.

966
01:33:25,440 --> 01:33:33,120
Okay. So then it would be amended in Dr. Wysper,

967
01:33:33,120 --> 01:33:34,320
you're the one who made the amendment.

968
01:33:34,500 --> 01:33:39,220
So do you accept the amendment of adding and use it?

969
01:33:39,700 --> 01:33:42,440
And we'll hold ourselves accountable for student success

970
01:33:42,440 --> 01:33:46,920
to the beginning of the first per value, indeed, I do.

971
01:33:47,540 --> 01:33:49,040
And is that okay with you, Dr. Agpani?

972
01:33:49,140 --> 01:33:50,100
You were the second?

973
01:33:51,700 --> 01:33:51,800
Certainly.

974
01:33:52,480 --> 01:33:56,040
Burbank unified school district prioritizes student learning, health,

975
01:33:56,220 --> 01:33:58,060
and wellness, and we'll hold ourselves accountable

976
01:33:58,060 --> 01:33:59,220
for student success.

977
01:34:01,420 --> 01:34:02,020
Is that the second?

978
01:34:02,280 --> 01:34:02,780
Okay, thank you.

979
01:34:02,780 --> 01:34:17,280
All right, moved by Dr. Oyesberg, second of by Dr. Iconian to approve as amended the district core value statements, all those in favor say aye, aye, any opposed motion passes unanimously. Thank you all. All right.

980
01:34:17,280 --> 01:34:24,100
The 13D consideration of approval of the 2026-2027 board goals.

981
01:34:24,160 --> 01:34:24,840
Dr. McCoy.

982
01:34:25,180 --> 01:34:25,760
Thank you, President.

983
01:34:25,840 --> 01:34:32,900
I think you trust these staff and guests before the board on item 13D is a consideration

984
01:34:32,900 --> 01:34:38,200
of approval of 2627 board goals to align the work of the district in the evaluation

985
01:34:38,200 --> 01:34:38,960
of the superintendent.

986
01:34:39,200 --> 01:34:43,060
The board annually adopts board goals that provide direction to superintendent and staff

987
01:34:43,060 --> 01:34:44,100
for the school year.

988
01:34:44,280 --> 01:34:47,160
Tonight the board will discuss and consider approval of the board goals.

989
01:34:47,160 --> 01:34:52,460
for 2627. It's the recommendation of district administration that the board approved the

990
01:34:53,200 --> 01:34:59,980
2627 board goals as presented, but just as in our last item, if there is interest in.

991
01:35:01,800 --> 01:35:08,160
In getting into the goals and demanding them, then staff is certainly open to that. And then do you want me to read three?

992
01:35:08,780 --> 01:35:15,020
I don't know that we need to read through them. Let's do a motion in a second first.

993
01:35:18,330 --> 01:35:18,810
Second.

994
01:35:19,850 --> 01:35:20,810
Thank you.

995
01:35:21,150 --> 01:35:24,030
All right, discussion on the board goals. Dr. Bysberg.

996
01:35:24,670 --> 01:35:31,050
I don't know if this is a Dr. Bysier question or Dr. McCoy question, but in reading through just I'll start with board goal one.

997
01:35:33,850 --> 01:35:45,530
Looking at the increased completion of A through G course requirements by 1% to 50% and then 2% to 57% maintaining a 97% graduation rate.

998
01:35:45,730 --> 01:35:55,430
I want to make sure that these are realistic goals that we are going to be able to meet and that's not a lack of faith in instruction or our phenomenal teachers.

999
01:35:55,430 --> 01:36:00,630
it's just a question making sure that what we're putting in writing are things we feel are achievable.

1000
01:36:02,230 --> 01:36:07,290
The short answer is yes. We deliberately had quite a bit instructional services. We shared

1001
01:36:07,290 --> 01:36:14,050
with Cabinet. We have a lot of confidence that these are very tangible and reasonable. I appreciate that.

1002
01:36:14,070 --> 01:36:19,030
Thank you. Before I go to your doctor, I can you share how these were put together.

1003
01:36:19,030 --> 01:36:31,230
Certainly, we looked at the year three LCAP goals that were achieved last year and looked at what the following school year,

1004
01:36:31,510 --> 01:36:34,950
even 2627, these were our state of goals in the LCAP.

1005
01:36:35,610 --> 01:36:39,950
And so the instructional service system analyzed those,

1006
01:36:40,170 --> 01:36:45,450
and then recommended that we include these as our measure goals for this year's board.

1007
01:36:45,450 --> 01:36:51,610
goals obviously our goal is to achieve greater than. This will also be the starting point for

1008
01:36:51,610 --> 01:36:57,950
the LCAP committee as they develop the new three year LCAP meeting. This would be the first

1009
01:36:57,950 --> 01:37:03,860
the starting point to then achieve from these data goals for the next three years.

1010
01:37:07,830 --> 01:37:12,810
And okay, let's just say on board goal one then. So that's really helpful. So the first

1011
01:37:12,810 --> 01:37:17,410
kind of two here, where they're measure of all are coming directly from Melcalf.

1012
01:37:18,430 --> 01:37:19,110
Dr. Iconi?

1013
01:37:19,910 --> 01:37:25,050
Yeah, so regarding these numbers, the fact that we just

1014
01:37:25,050 --> 01:37:27,910
amended our values to the end of responsible,

1015
01:37:28,170 --> 01:37:32,130
it will be responsible if these goals are not meant.

1016
01:37:34,530 --> 01:37:39,710
The superintendent, actually. So what these goals also become the superintendent

1017
01:37:39,710 --> 01:37:43,370
in schools or his evaluation.

1018
01:37:44,910 --> 01:37:46,210
And so is there a lot of the market transferring

1019
01:37:46,210 --> 01:37:47,010
to your evaluation?

1020
01:37:47,810 --> 01:37:49,730
That's what we've been discussing

1021
01:37:49,730 --> 01:37:54,470
is that these are the, and where that helps is that

1022
01:37:54,470 --> 01:37:58,630
there's no, there's no mystery as to what our goals are

1023
01:37:58,630 --> 01:38:01,650
for me, which is to help guide us to these achievements.

1024
01:38:02,450 --> 01:38:03,910
But I think that's really good context, right?

1025
01:38:03,910 --> 01:38:04,950
As we think about,

1026
01:38:08,340 --> 01:38:10,400
I appreciate that question, Dr. Arcanian,

1027
01:38:10,400 --> 01:38:13,680
because I do think it's worth thinking about how these ventranslate

1028
01:38:13,680 --> 01:38:19,960
then too, Dr. One Quiz evaluation at the end of mid-year and at the end of the year and

1029
01:38:19,960 --> 01:38:25,920
whether these all make sense for that. Anything else on, I want to kind of go through

1030
01:38:25,920 --> 01:38:30,500
goal by goal. Anything else on goal one? Which is there?

1031
01:38:31,880 --> 01:38:32,500
Yeah, go ahead.

1032
01:38:35,610 --> 01:38:41,510
I wanted to make a clarification at the start. What felt missing to me was

1033
01:38:41,510 --> 01:38:48,010
When, like, is this by 2028? Is this by the end of LCAP? When is this?

1034
01:38:50,270 --> 01:38:57,150
Our board goals are annual. Okay. So what we would do is, and obviously we don't receive all the data on

1035
01:38:57,150 --> 01:39:07,030
on a good timeline, but what we will do is at your board retreat in August next year, we would respond

1036
01:39:07,030 --> 01:39:12,170
in writing and in a presentation to all the stated goals, to let you know our progress to

1037
01:39:12,170 --> 01:39:22,070
goals and what we achieved or if we missed anything to try and understand why and what action

1038
01:39:22,070 --> 01:39:26,590
steps we would take to remediate. What's interesting about board goals over time, there would

1039
01:39:26,590 --> 01:39:30,990
be goals that you might remove from the goals if they're consistently achieved. Other goals

1040
01:39:30,990 --> 01:39:36,510
will remain year after year as we try and increase and improve A to G, third grade literacy,

1041
01:39:36,510 --> 01:39:37,990
being middle school math achievement,

1042
01:39:38,150 --> 01:39:39,870
which creates greater high school math achievement.

1043
01:39:40,690 --> 01:39:43,970
So these are a mix of quantitative and qualitative goals,

1044
01:39:44,130 --> 01:39:46,930
but they should be considered for one school year.

1045
01:39:47,010 --> 01:39:50,950
Well, Dr. Wester, and then, sorry, I just really

1046
01:39:50,950 --> 01:39:53,710
surprisingly want to say that I have some basic grammar,

1047
01:39:53,870 --> 01:39:55,090
punctuation, any type of thingies,

1048
01:39:55,130 --> 01:39:57,850
I'm not going to share from the diet, but I'll send to you.

1049
01:39:58,130 --> 01:39:58,490
Nursuit.

1050
01:39:58,790 --> 01:39:59,870
But I have some.

1051
01:40:00,000 --> 01:40:03,100
Deeply moving content discussions as we move further along.

1052
01:40:03,460 --> 01:40:04,780
It's kind of.

1053
01:40:06,400 --> 01:40:07,920
And I'll go one.

1054
01:40:10,110 --> 01:40:14,130
I just wanted to, okay, that we can move to two.

1055
01:40:15,510 --> 01:40:15,650
Okay.

1056
01:40:18,950 --> 01:40:24,890
I want to clarify that that's our board goal is these going up, say, 1% and such.

1057
01:40:25,250 --> 01:40:30,850
But by school, they may have different numbers based on how they're doing.

1058
01:40:30,850 --> 01:40:39,810
So I just want people to understand that by school as a school you have based on what you are doing so that you're contributing to the overall of what's happening with the district.

1059
01:40:40,730 --> 01:40:48,770
But it's you're not going to say, oh my school is going to say, you know, I'm saying you're not just locked into that every school has got their goals. Our board goal is this bigger.

1060
01:40:50,490 --> 01:40:55,190
Yes, these goals would be sort of rolled up from the entire district.

1061
01:40:58,230 --> 01:41:02,650
Sorry, I didn't finish, but did you have, did I cut you off?

1062
01:41:05,070 --> 01:41:05,750
Oh, go ahead.

1063
01:41:06,370 --> 01:41:09,810
I think this, you bring up a very good point.

1064
01:41:10,110 --> 01:41:16,110
Trustee Conno, is that that's the, the coherence we're opening to establish with our school plans for student achievement.

1065
01:41:16,750 --> 01:41:20,750
With the overarching goals that we have, and we'll see that way up.

1066
01:41:21,070 --> 01:41:22,270
Thank you, Dr. Consias.

1067
01:41:23,430 --> 01:41:23,730
Miss Wilson.

1068
01:41:24,470 --> 01:41:36,690
I guess this note is a little bit generalized because I feel like the goals and general to me are sort of mixed narrative of the goal, the metrics and the strategy.

1069
01:41:37,630 --> 01:41:50,590
And I would love to break that out because I know for me that it just sort of helps understand not just what we're trying to achieve, but the component of the how that's really in there.

1070
01:41:50,590 --> 01:42:11,690
Like, for example, for board goal 1 to me, you know, the goal is, you know, accelerating the student learning with those, the, the, the nice words and all of the pieces with the specific emphasis on metrics for students with disabilities, English learners and so those facing economic hardship, et cetera.

1071
01:42:11,690 --> 01:42:16,590
But then we have the outcomes we're going for, and then we note the strategies of being

1072
01:42:16,590 --> 01:42:22,710
instructional excellence and professional development, and then the kind of future

1073
01:42:22,710 --> 01:42:29,030
ready agility of making sure we form that committee, and we get the voice for everybody

1074
01:42:29,030 --> 01:42:29,870
on technology.

1075
01:42:30,170 --> 01:42:36,330
And so I just feel like that structure could be modeled if you will get all of them.

1076
01:42:36,330 --> 01:42:41,370
This one is the mediaist for sure, but I just sort of wanted to suggest the idea of

1077
01:42:41,370 --> 01:42:47,110
chunking it out that way because, I mean, not every single one will have such pretty quantitative

1078
01:42:47,110 --> 01:42:54,110
metrics, but still something that we could aim to measure by, I can give examples further.

1079
01:42:54,730 --> 01:42:58,410
But I just wanted to get everybody's feeling on maybe writing it out that way.

1080
01:43:01,010 --> 01:43:02,650
Well, so it's another question.

1081
01:43:03,050 --> 01:43:10,930
No, I mean, so if I can paraphrase and because I think I was trying to get over the same

1082
01:43:10,930 --> 01:43:32,110
And then what I was really thinking about was I want to make sure that when we have goals that at the end of the year, we're not saying, like, well, did we do it? How do we know if we did it? How do we know if we, so the ones that are tied to LCAP are really clear because we have quantitative measurements. And so, you know, the last two on this one,

1083
01:43:32,110 --> 01:43:36,990
providing professional development on promoting inquiry and, or sorry, the promoting

1084
01:43:36,990 --> 01:43:45,390
green access. That one is a little bit harder to say, like, did we do it or not?

1085
01:43:45,950 --> 01:43:50,170
Because it's like, is it, well, either, like, I guess we did or did not provide professional

1086
01:43:50,170 --> 01:43:59,030
development? Yeah. I mean, and, and it's like, so, which is fine. And then the, this last

1087
01:43:59,030 --> 01:44:04,630
one, it's really like did we make a recommendation or did staff make a recommendation on learning

1088
01:44:04,630 --> 01:44:08,950
management systems, classroom technology programs, and classroom technology programs, and

1089
01:44:08,950 --> 01:44:11,450
the dispersal approach to screen time and artificial intelligence, right?

1090
01:44:11,570 --> 01:44:18,110
Like we're going to be in, well, you all are going to be next year saying, okay, did we

1091
01:44:18,110 --> 01:44:23,930
receive four reports on these items essentially, right?

1092
01:44:24,050 --> 01:44:28,610
Like you're going to need to show your work as I think where I'm getting with this, and as long

1093
01:44:28,610 --> 01:44:35,370
is it's clear to staff what you're going to need to show, to show that you did this, then I'm okay with it.

1094
01:44:35,510 --> 01:44:38,670
But I was working on the same kind of late length as you were.

1095
01:44:38,950 --> 01:44:43,570
Yeah, and when I would say to that, that's why it's important that these are evaluation goals.

1096
01:44:43,830 --> 01:44:48,650
So you're going to have quantitative data sets, but also narratives, and also presentations,

1097
01:44:49,610 --> 01:44:57,730
and also essentially a professional development would be presented back with on October 1st.

1098
01:44:57,730 --> 01:44:59,890
this present, this professional development happened.

1099
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:08,600
October 10th, October 12th. Here's the minutes from our math advisory committee, from the ELA advisory committee, the ELD advisory committee.

1100
01:45:09,260 --> 01:45:19,280
And you end up with qualitative pieces of data that are harder to put in a narrative, but also can be presented as exhibits.

1101
01:45:19,280 --> 01:45:27,080
and so what's really important is thinking about it potentially in a way where if we're going

1102
01:45:27,080 --> 01:45:32,300
to support reading, writing, speaking, and academic vocabulary, and mathematical literacy,

1103
01:45:33,320 --> 01:45:38,380
then our professional development that we present that we can then inform the board about,

1104
01:45:39,080 --> 01:45:42,700
supports reading, writing, speaking, academic, vocabulary, mathematical literacy,

1105
01:45:43,620 --> 01:45:48,180
and access includes how we're reaching out to our students with disabilities, English learners,

1106
01:45:48,180 --> 01:45:49,840
and students facing economic hardship.

1107
01:45:50,560 --> 01:45:57,800
So over time, you can triangulate, for example, if A to G goes up, but our students

1108
01:45:57,800 --> 01:46:02,880
learning English don't see the same rate of return, then we could look at, well, when we did

1109
01:46:02,880 --> 01:46:07,260
professional development, did we specifically address what English learners need?

1110
01:46:07,520 --> 01:46:14,480
Did we specifically work with our special education experts for by general education teachers information

1111
01:46:14,480 --> 01:46:21,320
how to access lessons that we may not typically provide in the general IPD. So these really

1112
01:46:23,480 --> 01:46:30,080
become a more holistic report. So to speak, here's quantitative results, but here's exhibits

1113
01:46:30,680 --> 01:46:35,840
and then some of these end up being interviewed. So like if you have a technology advisory committee

1114
01:46:36,940 --> 01:46:43,240
and no board presentation comes back and you don't hear from the variety of members of the tech advisory

1115
01:46:43,240 --> 01:46:51,520
committee, then that's a zero-sum game, so I think you're right to point out that we will measure

1116
01:46:51,520 --> 01:46:57,280
these in different ways and report them in different ways. And I think that's part of in schools

1117
01:46:57,280 --> 01:47:02,860
in particular what when we talk about, you know, we have some feelings happening, that's what

1118
01:47:02,860 --> 01:47:09,060
that committee's for, right, to talk about it. And if we have a goal to talk about screen time

1119
01:47:09,060 --> 01:47:15,140
to AI, then as hard as the conversations are, we're going to have those conversations and get

1120
01:47:15,140 --> 01:47:19,580
everything on the table and see what we've done potentially in the next year when you

1121
01:47:19,580 --> 01:47:25,380
read your board goals, then we have a more specific approach like we are going to measure screen

1122
01:47:25,380 --> 01:47:30,940
time, we're going to have this much or this much more, we have a committee that's going to validate

1123
01:47:30,940 --> 01:47:38,060
the type of tools that we use with BTA partners and with parents and with community. I mean depending

1124
01:47:38,060 --> 01:47:39,880
and how we want to cast it out.

1125
01:47:40,020 --> 01:47:41,480
So I think there's a lot of different ways

1126
01:47:41,480 --> 01:47:42,540
to get out of the measurements.

1127
01:47:46,620 --> 01:47:48,680
So some of on to number two,

1128
01:47:52,040 --> 01:47:55,480
which is more about wellness or students,

1129
01:47:56,540 --> 01:47:58,760
feedback on these Dr. Wester.

1130
01:48:01,840 --> 01:48:06,100
If two things that are going to be,

1131
01:48:06,100 --> 01:48:07,640
when we say at the very beginning,

1132
01:48:07,640 --> 01:48:11,060
that celebrates and promotes trusting relationships.

1133
01:48:11,980 --> 01:48:14,460
Can I just ask for clarification about with whom?

1134
01:48:14,720 --> 01:48:17,100
Is this amongst, is it student relationships?

1135
01:48:17,780 --> 01:48:19,480
Is it student and teacher relationships?

1136
01:48:19,740 --> 01:48:23,100
Do we need to get more specific?

1137
01:48:23,320 --> 01:48:24,040
Am I being ridiculous?

1138
01:48:25,160 --> 01:48:26,460
I don't think you're being ridiculous.

1139
01:48:27,160 --> 01:48:32,000
I think it speaks to the importance of all the systemic relationships

1140
01:48:32,000 --> 01:48:33,200
that make the district health.

1141
01:48:33,200 --> 01:48:37,780
Okay, so it's, could we say within the district and promote trusting relationships?

1142
01:48:38,760 --> 01:48:44,320
We may not need to, but I think that's, that clarification is helpful to me.

1143
01:48:45,320 --> 01:48:59,640
The other thing, and this may not belong here, but one of the issues that I know has been challenging for us in regards to suspensions and expulsions is a lack of consistent and uniform reporting.

1144
01:48:59,640 --> 01:49:03,680
is every school site, coding things the same way,

1145
01:49:03,920 --> 01:49:06,300
are they all reporting issues the same way,

1146
01:49:06,460 --> 01:49:10,620
is discipline being, you know, consistently.

1147
01:49:11,060 --> 01:49:14,900
So, so that is something that has been a struggle.

1148
01:49:15,540 --> 01:49:20,880
And so I don't know if we, if that needs to go something

1149
01:49:20,880 --> 01:49:24,140
about consistent uniform reporting needs to be in here,

1150
01:49:24,580 --> 01:49:29,560
or it's just, I don't want to get so prescribed

1151
01:49:29,560 --> 01:49:34,140
that we list every single way we can do things, because that's why we have trusted professionals,

1152
01:49:34,500 --> 01:49:40,120
but that is something that I know has prevented us from doing the best possible work we can do

1153
01:49:40,120 --> 01:49:45,040
on this issue, and I know it's something that our instructional team has prioritized for a really long

1154
01:49:45,040 --> 01:49:55,740
time. So I can just chime in for a moment. Please watch my airtime. So on the overarching goal,

1155
01:49:55,740 --> 01:49:59,960
that our student receives access to connection and wellness supports and services in it.

1156
01:50:00,000 --> 01:50:07,000
Healthy Learning Environment. It celebrates some of the most trusting relationships within the district. Is this a question?

1157
01:50:07,940 --> 01:50:16,940
And then on the first one where we talked about suspensions and expulsions, we could add after the word expulsions through consistent reporting practices.

1158
01:50:18,500 --> 01:50:29,980
And then that gives us a guide with our student services team to create a system around what reporting is and what is is reporting and how it's

1159
01:50:29,980 --> 01:50:39,680
report it. Dr. Iconian. It's going back to my first point again. Consistency, if they're

1160
01:50:39,680 --> 01:50:46,680
not consistent, who is held responsible for not being consistent? Because that is important

1161
01:50:46,680 --> 01:50:53,580
if we're going to make this and this is a big change. So again, this would go into Dr.

1162
01:50:59,440 --> 01:50:59,960
McCoy's

1163
01:50:59,960 --> 01:51:08,620
at the end of the year. I would also say that then these become things that other groups who

1164
01:51:10,020 --> 01:51:17,120
other groups of staff that have a real stake in this that they become accountable to as well.

1165
01:51:17,480 --> 01:51:23,020
So if we put a stake in the ground and say we want consistent reporting and a decrease in suspension

1166
01:51:23,020 --> 01:51:28,880
and expulsions, that's something that the yes, the superintendent is ultimately accountable to,

1167
01:51:28,880 --> 01:51:33,800
that our students service this team and our school site staffs need to know that that's a

1168
01:51:33,800 --> 01:51:36,940
goal that we're setting so that they're also moving in that same direction.

1169
01:51:37,920 --> 01:51:45,220
Dr. McClellan, how are you going to set up consistency so that the the good news for the

1170
01:51:45,220 --> 01:51:54,700
assistant superintendent table is that these goals are shared and so with the evaluation process

1171
01:51:54,700 --> 01:52:01,800
for the assistance, superintendents, they may not have every board goal and sub-goal in their

1172
01:52:01,800 --> 01:52:09,000
evaluation, but for that division, which is tasked with that effort, that would be part

1173
01:52:09,000 --> 01:52:14,700
of their accountability. And so we work as a team. We even have a vehicle that we all fit in.

1174
01:52:14,940 --> 01:52:22,260
Thanks to Dr. Messius, which we appreciate, the Mobile Administrative Unit, that's not

1175
01:52:22,260 --> 01:52:26,580
It's his personal vehicle, but he knew to get enough seats to hold all of us.

1176
01:52:26,940 --> 01:52:33,040
So it's really about our weekly efforts to work together, Matt has to sit in the front, right?

1177
01:52:33,100 --> 01:52:34,800
I'm sorry, I didn't take the last thing there.

1178
01:52:35,680 --> 01:52:39,140
It's important to share the seeding arrangements of our mobile outlets.

1179
01:52:40,100 --> 01:52:42,340
This is his personal vehicle just to be clear.

1180
01:52:43,120 --> 01:52:51,800
But one of the things we do weekly that is important is we meet weekly to discuss all the aspects of the district's divisions,

1181
01:52:51,800 --> 01:53:00,120
and how we're progressing to solve problems and how we're trying to achieve the goals once there's set.

1182
01:53:00,480 --> 01:53:07,620
So we will be regularly discussing, not just from the perspective of Ms. James Vagintosh around

1183
01:53:07,620 --> 01:53:13,740
suspension, expulsion, consistent data collection, wellness programming, but how we're all participating

1184
01:53:13,740 --> 01:53:21,060
from the fiscal side to HR side, instructional side and all those activities. And so one thing that

1185
01:53:21,060 --> 01:53:25,480
the team knows that I explained to them and we do all the time as we, we've been diagramming.

1186
01:53:25,640 --> 01:53:30,060
We're all, that we have the individual responsibilities that we don't work together to

1187
01:53:30,060 --> 01:53:33,800
problem solve, then we're solving a problem here that's creating a problem here.

1188
01:53:33,940 --> 01:53:40,020
And I think that's part of the issue we're solving in BUSD is that we're all accountable to

1189
01:53:40,020 --> 01:53:43,500
one another. And as we solve a problem, we all have to take part in the responsibility.

1190
01:53:44,540 --> 01:53:50,600
This follow-up on that concern, and we get a photo of all of you hiding fit in the car

1191
01:53:50,600 --> 01:53:54,720
after that's a report for the next board meeting. I'm just curious. I'm not a button.

1192
01:53:57,480 --> 01:53:59,080
Sure. I'm on regular basis.

1193
01:53:59,980 --> 01:54:01,100
This Olson.

1194
01:54:04,000 --> 01:54:10,700
Can I, uh, I like some of the edits we've already made, like the after you were speaking, Dr.

1195
01:54:10,700 --> 01:54:15,100
I spoke the word just like cohesion kept coming up for me, I don't know if that's something

1196
01:54:15,100 --> 01:54:16,120
we want to.

1197
01:54:16,340 --> 01:54:18,380
Thank you.

1198
01:54:19,160 --> 01:54:23,920
But for for me, that speaks to sort of this like a connective tissue between all the

1199
01:54:23,920 --> 01:54:29,560
different things like just like you're talking about Dr. McCoy, but I wanted to see if

1200
01:54:29,560 --> 01:54:32,320
I could trigger one some other metrics to this one.

1201
01:54:32,420 --> 01:54:40,280
I think that when we look at wellness and services, I want to think about not just reducing

1202
01:54:40,280 --> 01:54:46,900
suspensions but reducing increasing attendance. That sort of sense of belonging and people showing

1203
01:54:46,900 --> 01:54:55,540
up, I think is a really important way to look at this. I know this sort of ties to communication

1204
01:54:55,540 --> 01:54:59,980
as well and maybe that goes somewhere else, but student participation in

1205
01:55:00,000 --> 01:55:22,340
Those surveys, metrics, engagement in our committees. I think those are also things we can add to this goal. If not explicitly, but somewhere. And then the only thing I was just a little confused by was the word develop approach is to student accountability. I feel like that could be missed. Sorry, those were a couple too.

1206
01:55:24,710 --> 01:55:25,330
But

1207
01:55:29,300 --> 01:55:45,720
develop a approach is to student accountability, like so, for, yeah, like, it's accountability on behalf of students, not the students themselves, literally like to the first value that we were talking about. Yeah, no, I don't think I get that.

1208
01:55:45,820 --> 01:55:52,500
Yeah, so in this respect, I think maybe the word for instead of two would be more descriptive,

1209
01:55:54,890 --> 01:55:57,510
but old school, we call it student discipline.

1210
01:55:59,910 --> 01:56:08,090
and new school we call it student accountability. So we know that young people at times make mistakes.

1211
01:56:08,970 --> 01:56:14,290
And what we want to do is have an approach when mistakes are made that prioritizes restoration.

1212
01:56:15,470 --> 01:56:19,290
And moving ahead in a positive way rather than punishment and time for time.

1213
01:56:19,290 --> 01:56:31,190
So I understand that I would tell you as one person is I eliminated every time for time punishment as a high school principal because it doesn't work, but when we have real conversations with the trusted adult,

1214
01:56:32,090 --> 01:56:45,510
when we have other ways to engage students and re-engage them in their education, that's the, that's the secret to having a really positive campus culture into lowering it discipline incidents is it's not,

1215
01:56:45,510 --> 01:56:51,250
You did this, you're bad, we punish you, but this happened in what happens next, kind of like what we're doing,

1216
01:56:51,590 --> 01:56:56,950
system wide, and then how do we re-engage students in their own education in a way that's positive to them?

1217
01:56:57,490 --> 01:57:01,010
So when we say developed approaches potentially for student accountability,

1218
01:57:01,690 --> 01:57:07,010
that prioritized restorative intervention provide opportunities to trusted adults,

1219
01:57:07,690 --> 01:57:11,630
we're trying to get to a place where we're accounting for developmental growth

1220
01:57:11,630 --> 01:57:19,730
from our students and we're not expecting a 14 year old boy to act like he would when he's 34 years old, right?

1221
01:57:19,730 --> 01:57:23,470
We need him to be able to grow through what he goes through.

1222
01:57:24,930 --> 01:57:31,510
I really do appreciate the idea of having an attendance measure here though,

1223
01:57:31,810 --> 01:57:38,010
whether it's attendance or chronic absenteeism or something else there.

1224
01:57:38,010 --> 01:57:42,650
And I'll, I don't know what's already in our LCAP for that.

1225
01:57:42,670 --> 01:57:45,130
That maybe something that we could pull from there.

1226
01:57:47,190 --> 01:57:50,590
But I think that's a great one because that's a great way to measure

1227
01:57:50,590 --> 01:57:54,070
whether students are engaged and connecting.

1228
01:57:55,770 --> 01:57:57,330
Can we move on to number three?

1229
01:58:02,520 --> 01:58:03,300
Dr. Wresfer.

1230
01:58:04,200 --> 01:58:05,620
Just have the word proactive.

1231
01:58:06,620 --> 01:58:08,240
So providing engaging communication.

1232
01:58:08,240 --> 01:58:15,670
I think proactive isn't really important for it to include here since it is a need need be a big focus for us

1233
01:58:16,040 --> 01:58:22,740
I don't know if you need to do it in both places first and last sentence of board goal, but having it somewhere appeals important

1234
01:58:26,010 --> 01:58:29,720
Miss Wilson, I think

1235
01:58:30,440 --> 01:58:31,920
Kind of to your statement

1236
01:58:31,920 --> 01:58:35,820
Madam President that in our values about our

1237
01:58:35,820 --> 01:58:40,590
Responsibility to the community. I feel like this is the place where I feel like we could

1238
01:58:42,550 --> 01:59:08,750
Add that and, again, I think that has a lot to do with communication, but it has a lot to do is showing up to and participation in the community and so I don't know exactly, again, the semantics of where we want to add that, but I'm just curious if we wanted to put that piece in here.

1239
01:59:08,750 --> 01:59:12,370
Give me an example of what you're thinking about.

1240
01:59:12,990 --> 01:59:13,010
Yeah.

1241
01:59:14,510 --> 01:59:16,730
So, I think I brought this up.

1242
01:59:16,890 --> 01:59:21,350
Like, downtown Burbank has art fairs, like, often, and festivals.

1243
01:59:22,170 --> 01:59:24,770
And we need to have a booth presence there.

1244
01:59:25,090 --> 01:59:31,710
It's an opportunity to communicate with people in the community, parents, families that are attending.

1245
01:59:33,530 --> 01:59:38,610
And showing up there and being a part of that is something where I feel like we could hold

1246
01:59:38,610 --> 01:59:45,150
ourselves accountable to doing more of this community is so like alive in the amount of things

1247
01:59:45,150 --> 01:59:52,750
that it's doing and alongside the conversation about just ongoing partnerships with the city council

1248
01:59:52,750 --> 01:59:59,970
and all of the Chamber of Commerce, the nonprofits. So I don't know if we want to provide sort of a

1249
02:00:01,220 --> 02:00:08,100
tangible of, I know that very much links to the kind of PAO role, but yeah, that's sort of what I was thinking as example.

1250
02:00:08,680 --> 02:00:18,880
Yeah, I wonder if within that second bullet of maintaining consistent social media presence, it might be maintaining a consistent physical and social media presence, right?

1251
02:00:19,000 --> 02:00:25,120
That we're not just posting about things online, but that the district is physically actually present for things.

1252
02:00:25,120 --> 02:00:34,320
It's kind of, that's, all right. Well, I just, it seems like some of it, I just don't want us to get so bogged down, you know, kind of,

1253
02:00:34,440 --> 02:00:38,100
of this quagmire of like we have to have everything in there. I mean, this is just bowls.

1254
02:00:38,480 --> 02:00:43,320
So in terms of, again, how we, I'm really showing the mark and stays there.

1255
02:00:43,500 --> 02:00:49,580
Very good. You know, some of those things like the first we maintain a consistent social media presence and, you know,

1256
02:00:49,580 --> 02:00:53,940
and site events. So, I mean, doesn't that some of that take into consideration that so that we're

1257
02:00:55,520 --> 02:01:02,320
we had all this first. We didn't write these out. These are the first. We're saying them

1258
02:01:02,320 --> 02:01:08,280
or do I see these? I know we saw that they have a, maybe a documentation on three. So,

1259
02:01:09,120 --> 02:01:15,420
adding providing engaging proactive communication and at the last one provide timely proactive

1260
02:01:15,420 --> 02:01:21,420
district communications, and then to add a bullet that essentially says participate as an engaged

1261
02:01:21,420 --> 02:01:28,720
partner in community events. And that gives us a broad way to try and achieve that for students

1262
02:01:28,720 --> 02:01:29,280
in person.

1263
02:01:30,240 --> 02:01:42,780
Yep. Thank you. Thank you. All right. And the last is bar goal number four. I will say I appreciated

1264
02:01:42,780 --> 02:01:49,020
the inclusion of avoiding deficit spending for the current fiscal year and two years that follow.

1265
02:01:49,220 --> 02:01:56,460
I know that that was a goal that this board set last year and got significantly closer to it.

1266
02:02:00,490 --> 02:02:04,630
For some reason, the idea of the word of void doesn't speak to me much,

1267
02:02:05,030 --> 02:02:09,490
but I could try the second bulletier. Implement effective fiscal practices, yes, the

1268
02:02:09,490 --> 02:02:13,390
developed balance, but just yes an avoid deficit spending for the current fiscal year and two

1269
02:02:13,390 --> 02:02:14,670
years of fall.

1270
02:02:18,390 --> 02:02:22,310
Yeah. Yeah, but it's something. What if, if I didn't

1271
02:02:22,310 --> 02:02:27,430
intentionally, I mean, I mean, I didn't expect to pay so much for me and

1272
02:02:27,430 --> 02:02:31,430
egg last year and I have to avoid buying. You know, avoiding deficit is

1273
02:02:31,430 --> 02:02:35,050
difficult because we don't know what's coming. What if the budget

1274
02:02:35,050 --> 02:02:40,030
changing? Well, but we have to make a budget, right? We shouldn't be planning to

1275
02:02:40,030 --> 02:02:45,030
of a deficit spend, which is what this, I think, what the intention of this is.

1276
02:02:47,590 --> 02:02:55,130
Yeah, we want to use the word avoid deficit spending. Well, I think you could consider

1277
02:02:55,130 --> 02:03:03,250
the word. Yes, I plan to eliminate or I like that. And I think that gives us a chance to

1278
02:03:03,250 --> 02:03:08,810
meet the moment. So, you know, if we get a good budget in January, we have one plan if we

1279
02:03:08,810 --> 02:03:13,330
get a bad budget in January, we have another plan of Prop 3 passes, we have one plan and

1280
02:03:13,330 --> 02:03:20,410
it fails, we have another plan. So if we, the wording, if we said, implement efficient fiscal

1281
02:03:20,410 --> 02:03:26,070
practices that develop balance budgets and plan to eliminate deficits spending for the current

1282
02:03:26,070 --> 02:03:31,690
fiscal year and the two fiscal years that follow. Yeah, I think that, that I like that meets my needs

1283
02:03:31,690 --> 02:03:38,610
for that one because I think just the idea of putting together a plan that we know has deficit spending

1284
02:03:39,510 --> 02:03:43,130
You know, it's hard enough for you to do.

1285
02:03:45,090 --> 02:03:49,170
Anything else on number four?

1286
02:03:52,980 --> 02:03:53,360
This is awesome.

1287
02:03:53,560 --> 02:03:54,700
So I did one in draft.

1288
02:03:56,080 --> 02:04:00,200
So the word modernized HR system.

1289
02:04:00,400 --> 02:04:04,060
And the reason I say this because, you know, for example,

1290
02:04:04,520 --> 02:04:06,660
not HR by the accounting there was a program.

1291
02:04:07,220 --> 02:04:10,620
It was a problem with the accounting was offering

1292
02:04:10,620 --> 02:04:15,700
in us and bringing, it wasn't really a question of modernization, it was also a question of

1293
02:04:16,480 --> 02:04:22,200
arcade system to the other side. So can we say modernizing each other system for work

1294
02:04:22,200 --> 02:04:27,680
escaping in the world kind of like me, but should we also add accounting and finance?

1295
02:04:29,340 --> 02:04:33,720
So we were trying to cover the accounting and finance upgrades in the

1296
02:04:33,720 --> 02:04:59,980
implement efficient fiscal practices, is that gives us some room to move on our, and we'll bring to the board, we have an 18-punt plan to move from the two financial systems we use to one. It's going to take us some time. We're working with LA County office on the implementation of the human capital management in HR, but I would tell you as one person who's on your team modernizes a very important work with our HR.

1297
02:05:01,280 --> 02:05:09,720
And that is a goal that we should be able to provide you a lot of data on our efforts to improve.

1298
02:05:09,940 --> 02:05:19,280
On the hook for human capital management system upgrade with the county this year? Is it this year or is it next?

1299
02:05:19,400 --> 02:05:20,060
This current.

1300
02:05:20,200 --> 02:05:22,280
This year we have employees training as we say.

1301
02:05:22,280 --> 02:05:23,380
Okay, that's what I thought.

1302
02:05:23,380 --> 02:05:32,920
Um, great. And I think, um, I just wonder, uh, in terms of the implementing effective

1303
02:05:32,920 --> 02:05:38,080
efficient fiscal practices, um, I don't know that it needs to be in here, but I would assume

1304
02:05:38,080 --> 02:05:44,080
that some of that is as measured by the, the, the scorecard, the Dr. Hasty showed last time,

1305
02:05:44,160 --> 02:05:50,020
right, and, and improvement on that. Yeah. We can name that if, if that makes sense. Yeah. I,

1306
02:05:50,020 --> 02:05:55,940
I would suggest that you are going to have with your interim budget reports.

1307
02:05:57,140 --> 02:06:04,520
You're, and on the actual first interim second interim, and adopt a budget, those will be the reporting times for our fiscal practice.

1308
02:06:05,520 --> 02:06:07,900
And what Dr. Casey, I've been talking about.

1309
02:06:08,040 --> 02:06:18,920
We've been discussing in cabinet is to address some of the plan of grades in the fiscal upgrades that we are underway with during the interim budget reports.

1310
02:06:18,920 --> 02:06:23,840
So when you see unaudated actuals, we want to talk to you about our timeline to implement

1311
02:06:24,460 --> 02:06:28,660
one financial system instead of two, just on one slide, when we get to the first

1312
02:06:28,660 --> 02:06:34,360
interim budget, we want to talk to you about our plans around position control that are

1313
02:06:34,360 --> 02:06:39,720
underway and be able to show you our new position control efforts and systems that are underway.

1314
02:06:39,720 --> 02:06:49,000
So, this will have already defined regular check-ins for the board, for board goal number four.

1315
02:06:49,300 --> 02:06:49,300
Right.

1316
02:06:51,390 --> 02:06:56,950
This was my only thing was to add sort of like an increase in that feedback score.

1317
02:06:58,530 --> 02:07:00,690
But again, I mean, I mean, I need to sort of already brought it up.

1318
02:07:01,310 --> 02:07:05,410
But I prefer to raise these like grading score versus theirs.

1319
02:07:05,590 --> 02:07:09,270
It's very confusing. I don't know if it's a smart thing to add.

1320
02:07:09,270 --> 02:07:12,530
is just a specific goal, but that was the only metric I was going to ask.

1321
02:07:13,050 --> 02:07:19,030
Yeah, I would suggest our most important goal is the current year and the two out-ear

1322
02:07:19,030 --> 02:07:24,850
projection and positive qualifier negative. I think a lot of the reason the district received

1323
02:07:24,850 --> 02:07:31,370
the letting it letter of going concerned were system issues and personal issues and so part of

1324
02:07:32,610 --> 02:07:38,790
our imposition control and those are all underway so that will be an annual, that will be a regular

1325
02:07:38,790 --> 02:07:43,810
part of our progress report, but there will be a point where we sense that the FIC math score

1326
02:07:43,810 --> 02:07:47,470
and go back to the LA County score of positive.

1327
02:07:48,350 --> 02:07:54,610
Oh, I mean, I think we make it as simple as having a qualified score, positive.

1328
02:07:54,970 --> 02:07:55,210
Oh, sorry.

1329
02:07:55,610 --> 02:07:56,210
Thank you.

1330
02:07:56,550 --> 02:07:56,830
Thank you.

1331
02:07:59,870 --> 02:08:07,350
I think that this allows us to get there because of the good, and this is what's been

1332
02:08:07,350 --> 02:08:09,790
in translation a little bit and our budget discussion.

1333
02:08:09,870 --> 02:08:15,510
The district has never not had a positive score on their budget and most of the time when

1334
02:08:15,510 --> 02:08:19,690
you go qualified it's because you can't pay your bills in the third year and we're not in

1335
02:08:19,690 --> 02:08:20,470
that situation.

1336
02:08:20,730 --> 02:08:22,570
Our deficit spending is against reserves.

1337
02:08:23,130 --> 02:08:27,130
Those reserves need to be short of which will happen when we eliminate deficit spending.

1338
02:08:27,750 --> 02:08:31,290
So there was never a condition where the district could not meet its obligations in any

1339
02:08:31,290 --> 02:08:35,350
of the years, but there were all these other conditions that caused our ratings.

1340
02:08:35,350 --> 02:08:43,150
So when we bring these interim budget reports to you, they'll include, again, those system updates that we're making to shore up our practices.

1341
02:08:43,630 --> 02:08:46,350
And do we want to state what the reserve cap is?

1342
02:08:47,450 --> 02:08:51,530
Also, in case people now, yeah.

1343
02:08:51,530 --> 02:08:54,170
Yeah, we're turning percentage. That's what we have to do.

1344
02:08:54,270 --> 02:08:59,910
Yeah, we'll include some information on that if we're getting close to the cap just for the general public.

1345
02:08:59,910 --> 02:09:08,810
The state only allows us to hold a certain amount of money in reserve, which because some districts will hold money in reserve and not spend it on students.

1346
02:09:09,530 --> 02:09:13,790
And so there is a state law that requires us only to hold a certain amount of money in reserve.

1347
02:09:14,010 --> 02:09:16,770
That's called the Reserve Cap and certain budget years.

1348
02:09:17,430 --> 02:09:21,210
They release the cap and let you to save more for a rainy day.

1349
02:09:21,330 --> 02:09:26,570
In other years, the implement the cap and it's really an annual decision by the legislature and the governor.

1350
02:09:26,570 --> 02:09:31,270
So that will be part of our discussion with the board and you bring in a run budget reports.

1351
02:09:32,030 --> 02:09:36,730
I would also, you know, I know I was the one who brought up like do we put into fiscal score,

1352
02:09:36,970 --> 02:09:42,670
but I'm also reminding myself that the score on the fiscal health assessment,

1353
02:09:43,110 --> 02:09:48,110
the positive budget certification, those all then become pieces of evidence in Dr.

1354
02:09:48,110 --> 02:09:50,210
Coise evaluation and Dr. Hastel's evaluation.

1355
02:09:50,770 --> 02:09:56,430
But he is getting evaluated by Dr. McCoy and so I don't know that you could do

1356
02:09:56,430 --> 02:09:59,970
Uh, this goal without having those as your evidence.

1357
02:10:00,000 --> 02:10:14,400
But so I think that this is good as this. So we've made a couple of amendments. Do we, do you want to go through what you've got as amendments?

1358
02:10:14,400 --> 02:10:22,480
Yes. So, these are the suggested amendments that could be considered in a minute motion.

1359
02:10:23,120 --> 02:10:23,960
In Portugal,

1360
02:10:25,980 --> 02:10:26,300
one,

1361
02:10:28,420 --> 02:10:30,140
I don't think we've had any changes.

1362
02:10:30,440 --> 02:10:36,500
I think the only adjustment that I noted was that we need to make sure that the core value

1363
02:10:37,140 --> 02:10:40,940
has reflects the adjustment that we made to the core values around accountability.

1364
02:10:40,960 --> 02:10:43,540
Yeah, the core values will be adjusted.

1365
02:10:43,540 --> 02:10:44,020
Yes.

1366
02:10:44,700 --> 02:10:52,660
A board goal too, we proposed adding within the district to the end of the first sentence,

1367
02:10:53,220 --> 02:10:56,020
celebrates the most trusting relationships within the district.

1368
02:10:56,860 --> 02:11:02,180
We proposed after the word expulsions, adding through consistent reporting practices.

1369
02:11:03,020 --> 02:11:13,400
And we will add a fourth bullet marking our already stated attendance improvement both in the

1370
02:11:13,400 --> 02:11:16,900
We'll use the language from the LCAP to deliver that.

1371
02:11:17,300 --> 02:11:20,160
And Borgal 3, we're adding the word proactive

1372
02:11:20,160 --> 02:11:22,880
to engaging proactive communication

1373
02:11:23,400 --> 02:11:27,500
and provide timely proactive district communications.

1374
02:11:28,640 --> 02:11:31,140
We're adding a bullet, participate as an engage partner

1375
02:11:31,140 --> 02:11:32,840
in community events.

1376
02:11:33,660 --> 02:11:36,460
And then in Borgal 4, and we're adding,

1377
02:11:36,460 --> 02:11:38,880
instead of avoid, deficit spending,

1378
02:11:38,880 --> 02:11:42,400
we're adding and plan to eliminate deficits spending

1379
02:11:42,400 --> 02:11:48,000
and those were those were the suggested amendments from trustees that I can.

1380
02:11:51,290 --> 02:11:54,430
You are the one who made the motion, do you accept those amendments?

1381
02:11:55,510 --> 02:11:59,770
And Dr. Weissberg? Okay, great. So it's been moved and seconded, moved by Dr.

1382
02:11:59,790 --> 02:12:03,610
Iconi and seconded by Dr. Weissberg to approve the workals as amended.

1383
02:12:05,070 --> 02:12:06,910
All those in favor say aye. Aye.

1384
02:12:08,170 --> 02:12:12,090
Thank you for the thorough discussion, Colin.

1385
02:12:13,210 --> 02:12:13,650
All right.

1386
02:12:14,110 --> 02:12:19,810
Let's move to 13E, consideration of approval of change of date for the October 22nd,

1387
02:12:19,910 --> 02:12:22,090
regular board meeting to October 29th.

1388
02:12:22,090 --> 02:12:25,130
Thank you President Ponsor Campcar, trustee staff and guests.

1389
02:12:26,110 --> 02:12:26,950
Before the board,

1390
02:12:27,070 --> 02:12:28,950
I'm 13E consideration of approval,

1391
02:12:29,130 --> 02:12:31,090
I change the date for the October 22nd,

1392
02:12:31,090 --> 02:12:35,150
2026 regular board meeting to October 29th, 2026.

1393
02:12:35,150 --> 02:12:42,490
Emily, the board sets calendar regular meetings, so for the regular meeting scheduled for Thursday, October 22nd, October 22nd,

1394
02:12:42,670 --> 02:12:47,250
2026, two trustees of unavoidable conflicts that have recently come to the attention of the district.

1395
02:12:47,610 --> 02:12:53,990
Staff is recommending the board considered Thursday, October 29th, 2026 as a replacement date for the regular meeting.

1396
02:12:54,370 --> 02:13:03,450
It is the recommendation of district administration that the board approved a change of date for the October 22nd, 2026 regular meeting to October 29th, 2026 as a presenter.

1397
02:13:03,450 --> 02:13:09,070
I get a motion a second second. Any discussion on this?

1398
02:13:12,240 --> 02:13:15,660
Can I just add this October 29th work for everybody?

1399
02:13:17,100 --> 02:13:20,360
As someone who had a conflict with the October 22nd, it does work for me.

1400
02:13:24,250 --> 02:13:24,890
Okay.

1401
02:13:26,950 --> 02:13:26,970
Okay.

1402
02:13:26,970 --> 02:13:27,710
That's okay.

1403
02:13:28,650 --> 02:13:32,790
So everybody on the diet can confirm that the 29th works.

1404
02:13:35,230 --> 02:13:36,950
Great. Just just checking.

1405
02:13:36,950 --> 02:13:43,170
Alright, move by Dr. Arikhanian, seconded by Dr. Westburg, all those in favor say aye, aye, aye, any opposed?

1406
02:13:43,430 --> 02:13:50,710
Motion passes unanimous. Thank you. 13F consideration of revision of board policy and regulation 40.

1407
02:13:53,780 --> 02:13:54,460
Your mic is off.

1408
02:13:55,920 --> 02:14:01,680
Since we've made a change, that's what this one makes, because you'll go to our website. The always shows the regular ones going to make sure like,

1409
02:14:02,040 --> 02:14:07,420
yes, go as in immediately. Yes, so we won't have like last week. Yes, this one, it will still be a regular meeting.

1410
02:14:07,420 --> 02:14:10,980
it will not be a special meeting, but we should make sure that we sign close that it will be

1411
02:14:10,980 --> 02:14:13,920
on the 29th and set of the 22nd. Thank you for that suggestion.

1412
02:14:14,840 --> 02:14:20,800
All right. 13F revision of board policy and regulation 4311 recruitment and selection of

1413
02:14:20,800 --> 02:14:26,260
management and supervisory personnel. Dr. McCoy.

1414
02:14:27,400 --> 02:14:32,040
Thank you, President Ponser-Kamkar, Trustee Staff, and guests before the board is item 13F

1415
02:14:32,040 --> 02:14:37,020
consideration of revision of board policy and regulation 4311 recruitment and selection

1416
02:14:37,020 --> 02:14:39,680
of management and supervisory personnel in the first reading.

1417
02:14:40,560 --> 02:14:43,760
annually the board reviews board policies and regulations and considers

1418
02:14:43,760 --> 02:14:46,320
revisions to meet the needs of the district and the district state

1419
02:14:46,320 --> 02:14:46,880
holders.

1420
02:14:47,220 --> 02:14:50,700
Tonight the board will discuss and consider revisions in the first reading of

1421
02:14:50,700 --> 02:14:54,640
board policy regulation 4311 recruitment and selection of management and

1422
02:14:54,640 --> 02:14:58,520
supervisory personnel is a recommendation of district administration at the

1423
02:14:58,520 --> 02:14:59,880
board revised board policy.

1424
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:07,320
Regulation for 3-1-1 recruitment and selection and management and supervisory personnel. This is a first reading as for Senate.

1425
02:15:08,220 --> 02:15:12,800
We don't need a motion, second, because we're not taking action. Discussion on this item.

1426
02:15:14,840 --> 02:15:26,800
I just noticed on the first page of the policy, we have been changing our pronouns to be more inclusive. So where is this issue? We could have things that would be great.

1427
02:15:26,800 --> 02:15:30,580
I just see that in the second last paragraph there.

1428
02:15:31,060 --> 02:15:31,420
I think.

1429
02:15:34,560 --> 02:15:34,920
Other.

1430
02:15:36,140 --> 02:15:36,820
And just.

1431
02:15:37,760 --> 02:15:38,800
This is.

1432
02:15:41,600 --> 02:15:43,920
A very thorough and I really appreciate it.

1433
02:15:45,220 --> 02:15:45,640
And I.

1434
02:15:46,500 --> 02:15:50,400
My understanding is this is codifying what was in place.

1435
02:15:50,900 --> 02:15:53,980
Over the last month and a half.

1436
02:15:55,380 --> 02:16:04,580
As new folks were brought in to make it really clear how we interview who is participating in panels, what the expectations are, etc.

1437
02:16:05,680 --> 02:16:05,860
Yes.

1438
02:16:06,140 --> 02:16:08,940
I'm going to have Mr. Label kind of walk us through it a little bit.

1439
02:16:09,240 --> 02:16:18,840
But essentially one of the concerns we were allowed to clear from district staff is that there was sort of an unknown for the process to select supervisors and managers both classified and certificate.

1440
02:16:18,840 --> 02:16:25,060
So one way to codify the process is to ensure it's an important policy and regulation.

1441
02:16:25,900 --> 02:16:28,640
We actually have three policies around recruitment and selection.

1442
02:16:28,760 --> 02:16:30,920
This is particular to management and supervisor.

1443
02:16:31,960 --> 02:16:38,960
Mr. Bell, you want to give us a general overview of the process and how we're including district staff and community.

1444
02:16:40,100 --> 02:16:55,060
Yeah, so we did do this for the six management management positions that we hired, basically it's a set panel so that people know what's expected who picks how many of each item make sure everything's balanced across the board.

1445
02:16:56,240 --> 02:17:04,680
And the screening is done either by the cabinet or the direct supervisor of that person on an individual basis.

1446
02:17:05,200 --> 02:17:07,120
We then we vet for my office.

1447
02:17:07,340 --> 02:17:11,060
We vet for credentials and things like that for bare minimums.

1448
02:17:12,220 --> 02:17:19,080
Then the interview process itself is done in a way where personnel in the past,

1449
02:17:19,600 --> 02:17:23,180
they've given them a score sheet and they get scores of one through four for each question

1450
02:17:23,180 --> 02:17:24,500
and everybody gets an answer.

1451
02:17:25,600 --> 02:17:28,900
That is something that the panelists may use if they would like.

1452
02:17:29,220 --> 02:17:31,940
The other option is they can use a forced scoring grid

1453
02:17:31,940 --> 02:17:33,620
where they choose the candidate.

1454
02:17:34,120 --> 02:17:37,340
Regardless of the option they do as long as they do one of the other with fidelity

1455
02:17:37,340 --> 02:17:39,460
and that is all tracked and turned in.

1456
02:17:39,740 --> 02:17:42,680
At the end they put their choices of the candidate

1457
02:17:42,680 --> 02:17:44,840
1, 2, 3, 4 on the list.

1458
02:17:45,000 --> 02:17:47,080
What that does is create equity to each person.

1459
02:17:47,280 --> 02:17:50,680
So no one can push the vote in one way to another

1460
02:17:50,680 --> 02:17:52,280
against a certain candidate.

1461
02:17:52,280 --> 02:17:59,500
Those numbers are then vetted by the group publicly so they see not what each person scored

1462
02:17:59,500 --> 02:18:06,120
But how the scores were done in the case of two panel ones. We bring the union in with us and both the solicitation

1463
02:18:06,120 --> 02:18:12,460
The two panels. We'll sit with the union person also that they can see in confidentiality with the scores were

1464
02:18:12,460 --> 02:18:19,740
And then we bring those back to the to the public in the second round all candidates are all panelists are known

1465
02:18:19,740 --> 02:18:25,000
noted that anybody you bring to the next round is somebody you feel confident can get that job

1466
02:18:25,000 --> 02:18:29,620
and do it. They're not guaranteed by an order. There is that second group but we only bring people

1467
02:18:29,620 --> 02:18:35,860
forward that they the panel believes is competent to handle the job. In the final job they are the final

1468
02:18:35,860 --> 02:18:41,880
interview. They are given a performance task where they create a 10 to 15 minute presentation and they

1469
02:18:41,880 --> 02:18:47,960
present that to the panel or to the cabinet and the cabinet also has depending on the job

1470
02:18:48,660 --> 02:18:53,320
specific personnel in addition that are specific to the spot or if it's

1471
02:18:53,320 --> 02:18:57,420
first in a system principle we need the principal from the site. There's been some

1472
02:18:57,420 --> 02:19:04,940
questions that are taken care from there and then a final decision. Thank you questions and

1473
02:19:04,940 --> 02:19:12,060
comments from my colleagues. Dr. Wasteberg. Oh sorry Ms. Olsen, you see me? Okay. I just

1474
02:19:12,060 --> 02:19:16,480
want to first say thank you because this is something we asked for report on last

1475
02:19:16,480 --> 02:19:24,960
year as to the formalization and just presentation of the process to the public outside of

1476
02:19:24,960 --> 02:19:31,360
you know, a formal written. And I think it's reflective of the work that you've both done in your

1477
02:19:31,360 --> 02:19:40,960
time here to see how needed this was for everybody. To just comment on it for me, I was wondering

1478
02:19:40,960 --> 02:19:55,420
If it is typical for the board to only see the one final candidate, and if there are other, I don't know, practices on what the board gets access to seeing.

1479
02:19:57,430 --> 02:19:59,230
So, that, there.

1480
02:20:00,000 --> 02:20:20,560
The test is really, the board hires the superintendent and it's the superintendent's recommendation for all the rest of the personnel in the district. So typically in the process, the person coming forward to the board for final approval is someone who's been vetted and then recommended by the superintendent to the board.

1481
02:20:20,940 --> 02:20:26,220
And it's always the option of the board to not select the final candidate.

1482
02:20:26,220 --> 02:20:42,580
But in the policy, you'll see it calls out that the board cannot select someone not recommended by the superintendent, and that's to avoid conditions where there's someone who potentially let's say didn't make it and this hasn't happened here.

1483
02:20:42,580 --> 02:20:45,260
I can't wait, but there's been other systems.

1484
02:20:45,900 --> 02:20:47,920
Someone in the first round panel is

1485
02:20:47,920 --> 02:20:50,920
for not one of the top one or two or three.

1486
02:20:51,580 --> 02:20:54,980
And then A-board will go back into the first round

1487
02:20:54,980 --> 02:20:58,860
and say, person's six needs to have the job.

1488
02:20:59,920 --> 02:21:03,660
And so to avoid those kinds of conditions and situations,

1489
02:21:04,460 --> 02:21:05,640
the policy is designed.

1490
02:21:06,360 --> 02:21:09,700
So the district has a wide variety of people

1491
02:21:09,700 --> 02:21:11,820
that do the first round panel.

1492
02:21:11,820 --> 02:21:18,600
that recommend, usually two or three at the most that go for the second round, but that,

1493
02:21:18,600 --> 02:21:23,100
as Mr. LeBelle stated, the first round panel knows anyone recommended by the first round

1494
02:21:23,100 --> 02:21:29,140
could end up with the position, and so they have to be ultimately comfortable. And what

1495
02:21:29,140 --> 02:21:38,920
that avoids is if I know somebody's great, I might tell them to apply, but they have to get

1496
02:21:38,920 --> 02:21:43,540
themselves through the first round panel. They have to get them through the second round panel,

1497
02:21:44,180 --> 02:21:49,440
and we don't want anyone being hired by the district with a question that they came in because

1498
02:21:49,440 --> 02:21:53,180
they know a board member or they know the superintendent or they know the union president.

1499
02:21:53,440 --> 02:21:57,680
We want people to be vetted so that everyone on the first round panel is someone in the district

1500
02:21:57,680 --> 02:22:03,020
because they know I saw them interview and I think they're going to be good. And really we're trying to

1501
02:22:03,540 --> 02:22:08,740
not ever put the board in the position where the board would select somebody that a panel said

1502
02:22:08,920 --> 02:22:13,900
and maybe not yet. And so that's what's behind this.

1503
02:22:14,140 --> 02:22:18,920
Thank you. That that just that clarification was what I'm looking for.

1504
02:22:19,900 --> 02:22:25,480
I have two things. The first one is this is wondering if it says first round panel interview score.

1505
02:22:26,120 --> 02:22:32,220
So I think it's the line that starts discussion from the panel will be limited to.

1506
02:22:32,360 --> 02:22:38,320
I think the sentence maybe has two says she'll not be made in a manner that will not intimidate.

1507
02:22:38,320 --> 02:22:42,400
I think what we're trying to say shouldn't be made in a manner that would intimidate.

1508
02:22:43,740 --> 02:22:47,200
But I wanted to talk about why, so when we say discussion from the panel,

1509
02:22:47,400 --> 02:22:55,260
be limited to positive comments, I am in no way endorsing people just like bashing a candidate.

1510
02:22:55,400 --> 02:22:58,940
But if there is, I mean, we have the people in the room because we think they're the best qualified

1511
02:22:58,940 --> 02:23:07,540
to hire. So is there not room for constructive feedback and talking about the benefits or challenges

1512
02:23:07,540 --> 02:23:09,040
is of a specific candidate?

1513
02:23:10,080 --> 02:23:13,320
So the idea of it is the people should be picked

1514
02:23:13,320 --> 02:23:15,360
based on the interview that they gave.

1515
02:23:16,200 --> 02:23:18,800
If people know something small that they want to say,

1516
02:23:18,980 --> 02:23:21,140
but what we don't want, and I've seen happen,

1517
02:23:21,140 --> 02:23:23,060
and that's why we created it in this way,

1518
02:23:23,380 --> 02:23:25,920
is I'm going to talk really loud.

1519
02:23:26,380 --> 02:23:28,880
And my neighbor here is not going to say much

1520
02:23:28,880 --> 02:23:30,040
because she's timid, right?

1521
02:23:30,520 --> 02:23:33,800
And so now my voice gets out and an unequal amount

1522
02:23:33,800 --> 02:23:36,460
of information is given to the panelists themselves.

1523
02:23:37,060 --> 02:23:43,740
Is there a way to find, I think that's really important, I wonder if there's a way to find

1524
02:23:43,740 --> 02:23:52,560
language that discussion from the panel will be limited and not be made in a manner that

1525
02:23:52,560 --> 02:23:57,280
will intimidate or change the vote of other panel members so that there could be space to

1526
02:23:57,280 --> 02:24:03,520
say something that is both positive and also something that is constructive feedback, but it's

1527
02:24:03,520 --> 02:24:16,180
And the limited means, you know, and you can talk, we could even get hyper-specific, I don't think we need to about, you know, everyone has provided an opportunity to speak. I mean, I think you're right that there's that human condition of some people feel more agency than others,

1528
02:24:18,460 --> 02:24:33,060
but it feels like we're really intentional with the people we choose to be in the room and I would, I would like to make sure that those people are given the space to, and I, this space to provide feedback if it's relevant.

1529
02:24:34,040 --> 02:24:35,380
So I don't know.

1530
02:24:35,720 --> 02:24:41,880
Yeah, we can work on the language around that to try and more accurately reflect that.

1531
02:24:42,180 --> 02:24:44,180
And this is also given to the panelists.

1532
02:24:44,260 --> 02:24:48,720
This is based on the instructions that they get from the facilitator as well.

1533
02:24:49,060 --> 02:24:53,120
But we'll look for a more effective way to say that in the policy.

1534
02:24:53,360 --> 02:24:56,860
I appreciate, and again, want to echo how great this is.

1535
02:24:57,880 --> 02:24:59,880
The only other question I had is

1536
02:25:02,580 --> 02:25:08,080
How, so I think the breakdown of who's on the panel is fantastic.

1537
02:25:10,100 --> 02:25:15,960
My question is, I know that a lot of it is up to our union leadership, which is great.

1538
02:25:17,100 --> 02:25:29,800
But with like, PTA Council, for example, how are we ensuring that there's a diversity of voice in the room when it's not something that is, you know, controlled by us, not everything to be.

1539
02:25:29,800 --> 02:25:37,020
But like, that we're not choosing the same person every single time, maybe brings with them their own, you know, less or more experience.

1540
02:25:38,660 --> 02:25:41,740
For my experience, typically that does not happen.

1541
02:25:42,460 --> 02:25:48,500
Typically the unions and people that are picking pick people that are generally close to the scenario.

1542
02:25:48,680 --> 02:25:49,640
Oh yeah, I know that.

1543
02:25:50,560 --> 02:25:54,360
I think I, I'll be honest already with our unions.

1544
02:25:54,620 --> 02:25:57,660
I think I have a really good relationship. They've been great to work with.

1545
02:25:57,660 --> 02:26:02,820
Um, and I think we could have that dialogue like, hey, we keep seeing the same person or or we are they could say to us,

1546
02:26:02,980 --> 02:26:03,860
hey, we keep seeing the same person.

1547
02:26:04,600 --> 02:26:05,040
I'm sorry.

1548
02:26:05,120 --> 02:26:05,500
I'm sorry.

1549
02:26:05,620 --> 02:26:06,000
I wasn't clear.

1550
02:26:06,220 --> 02:26:07,360
The unions don't worry me.

1551
02:26:07,800 --> 02:26:08,380
I'm at all.

1552
02:26:08,900 --> 02:26:13,260
I'm actually just more and it's only one person, but like with our PTA council, I think we've,

1553
02:26:13,260 --> 02:26:18,920
we've learned over time that certain PTAs feel a larger sense of agency, specific communities and others.

1554
02:26:18,980 --> 02:26:27,180
And so how are we ensuring that parents from all of our school sites know that it's possible to do something like this and are included?

1555
02:26:27,180 --> 02:26:32,220
So I'm feel really confident about the way the district chooses and the way our unions choose,

1556
02:26:32,380 --> 02:26:36,660
but this is an area where I think both on like the calendar committee and in every opportunity

1557
02:26:36,660 --> 02:26:39,120
we have parent possible involvement.

1558
02:26:39,360 --> 02:26:44,100
How are we making sure that all of our schools have an opportunity to be represented?

1559
02:26:44,580 --> 02:26:51,600
I think one good way to do that is I think what's actually very unique to Berbank is the strength of the council,

1560
02:26:51,820 --> 02:26:55,580
meaning the district wide group with a 17 presidents.

1561
02:26:56,180 --> 02:27:01,960
and the council officers who don't sit as officers on their local on the site based PTAs.

1562
02:27:02,180 --> 02:27:07,680
And so the council level is where we would, if, and when this policy proved, we would review that with them.

1563
02:27:08,020 --> 02:27:14,740
And one of the things that is okay for us to do is remind, hey, this person was on last time, would you like to give someone else a chance?

1564
02:27:15,280 --> 02:27:23,420
Or if it's a particular school that we're recruiting for, then we would expect someone from that particular PTA to be the one selected.

1565
02:27:25,550 --> 02:27:38,050
can ask one thing quick. So I know, I'm curious the approach when you are doing the match

1566
02:27:38,050 --> 02:27:44,230
between candidates and the panel, right? So someone who's like done a bunch of interviews

1567
02:27:44,230 --> 02:27:49,270
as a candidate for like public agency, as early as D, or whatever, they always go through

1568
02:27:49,270 --> 02:27:52,730
and they say, hey, these are the possible people that could be on your panel. Do you have any reason

1569
02:27:52,730 --> 02:27:57,530
to think that they wouldn't be able to evaluate you fairly, or have you been, they're supervisor

1570
02:27:57,530 --> 02:28:00,130
where they, you're a supervisor, or any other reason.

1571
02:28:00,550 --> 02:28:04,650
Is that something that we're checking with our candidates or with our panelists?

1572
02:28:06,330 --> 02:28:11,270
We typically do not notify the candidates who the panel is, or how many people are on the

1573
02:28:11,270 --> 02:28:15,570
panel, or anything else, they come into it knowing there will be a panel.

1574
02:28:16,350 --> 02:28:16,590
OK.

1575
02:28:17,510 --> 02:28:21,610
Would we want to maybe do that at least with the panelists to say, like, hey, is there any reason

1576
02:28:21,610 --> 02:28:24,830
that you wouldn't be able to evaluate some of these folks fairly

1577
02:28:24,830 --> 02:28:26,590
before they come into the room and say,

1578
02:28:26,710 --> 02:28:27,970
oh, actually, this is my brother-in-law,

1579
02:28:28,190 --> 02:28:30,010
you wouldn't know because we have the state.

1580
02:28:30,050 --> 02:28:31,790
We don't have dev-to-to-last names or something.

1581
02:28:31,970 --> 02:28:33,730
I think we get at that to the instructions,

1582
02:28:33,790 --> 02:28:35,550
essentially, to the interview scoring,

1583
02:28:36,350 --> 02:28:39,410
is that panel members would inform the facilitator

1584
02:28:39,410 --> 02:28:42,590
if they have pre-existing relationship with the candidate.

1585
02:28:43,130 --> 02:28:47,150
That would be great, it's a small time, as you know.

1586
02:28:52,110 --> 02:28:55,710
these are for management and super supervisory personnel.

1587
02:28:58,010 --> 02:29:01,010
So I just went through a one.

1588
02:29:01,450 --> 02:29:04,450
Do we go back to our cutting and miss kind of was next and then you go?

1589
02:29:04,450 --> 02:29:05,130
I'm sorry.

1590
02:29:08,380 --> 02:29:10,320
Your mic is not on.

1591
02:29:10,440 --> 02:29:11,380
It's okay.

1592
02:29:11,920 --> 02:29:14,100
On this one, it was that it was you know,

1593
02:29:14,300 --> 02:29:16,580
I'm looking under the assistance superintendent in principles,

1594
02:29:17,080 --> 02:29:18,780
but then when I went down,

1595
02:29:18,920 --> 02:29:22,680
and it just says is assistance superintendent technical panel,

1596
02:29:22,680 --> 02:29:27,700
assistance superintendent in a personal panel. So do we have anything like this or

1597
02:29:27,700 --> 02:29:32,620
principles or is this also principles and can we just add that on?

1598
02:29:32,960 --> 02:29:37,980
It both principle and assistance superintendent would have technical and interpersonal so we can add that to the

1599
02:29:37,980 --> 02:29:39,100
pen to the table.

1600
02:29:40,440 --> 02:29:42,440
Yeah, we'll add that to the table.

1601
02:29:43,020 --> 02:29:44,260
Dr. Rikhanin?

1602
02:29:46,090 --> 02:29:55,290
So it's just went to a interview with my work but so we had to be trained as because of the union

1603
02:29:55,290 --> 02:29:59,490
rooms, but do we provide that or this position is good enough?

1604
02:30:01,840 --> 02:30:13,340
We have to go to a training. There's someone who has to absorb it and the panel list, have to go to a separate training with the HR people to make sure they've fallen to the base.

1605
02:30:14,700 --> 02:30:26,580
In this case, because these are management positions and supervisor positions, we wouldn't have a specific training, but the facilitator of each panel will go through the process and make sure people are comfortable.

1606
02:30:26,580 --> 02:30:27,820
Thank you.

1607
02:30:29,370 --> 02:30:31,070
Other feedback or questions about the policy?

1608
02:30:32,970 --> 02:30:33,870
I'm going to bring up one thing.

1609
02:30:34,070 --> 02:30:34,510
Oh, please.

1610
02:30:35,130 --> 02:30:36,050
I think I have to.

1611
02:30:36,550 --> 02:30:39,570
The downside to this process is very thorough.

1612
02:30:40,050 --> 02:30:41,630
My team is also.

1613
02:30:42,210 --> 02:30:45,630
And they have been had to make do a lot more work on that to make it run right.

1614
02:30:45,690 --> 02:30:47,350
So I just want to say thank you for that.

1615
02:30:49,140 --> 02:30:50,520
Yes, we have really appreciate.

1616
02:30:51,300 --> 02:30:52,420
We appreciate it.

1617
02:30:52,500 --> 02:30:55,100
And I would hope that having a really clear process.

1618
02:30:56,020 --> 02:31:00,320
Well, there's a lot more work to do makes their job at least easier from the fact that

1619
02:31:00,320 --> 02:31:05,700
like, there's no, there's not a lot of gray area here about what actually happens, right?

1620
02:31:06,280 --> 02:31:12,480
And I think that that's when we put our staff in a really unfortunate position when it's like, well,

1621
02:31:12,720 --> 02:31:14,120
let's do it differently this time.

1622
02:31:14,200 --> 02:31:23,980
It's like, no, we're going to move on to 14, which is the consent calendar.

1623
02:31:23,980 --> 02:31:29,400
But before we do that, let's discuss the items that were pulled.

1624
02:31:29,680 --> 02:31:34,900
So we'll go to 14A, consideration of approval, the agreement with capital advisors group LSE for five

1625
02:31:34,900 --> 02:31:37,420
circulation, legislative advocacy services.

1626
02:31:38,600 --> 02:31:39,880
Ms. Olsen, you had questions about this?

1627
02:31:41,160 --> 02:31:47,140
Yeah, I just wanted to have a discussion and get more understanding, especially the specific value from you.

1628
02:31:47,560 --> 02:31:53,860
As a participant, I know we are one of the points of the five stars, but it's referenced

1629
02:31:53,860 --> 02:32:03,600
a lot as a resource. And the way that this reads is very much like consulting services to,

1630
02:32:03,900 --> 02:32:08,360
and I just wanted to see, you know, for public to just share a little bit more about this

1631
02:32:08,360 --> 02:32:14,080
partnership. Yeah, let me, let me, let me talk about where this came from because this is going to

1632
02:32:14,080 --> 02:32:23,840
all of those boards, partially because of a discussion that I started at five star, which was, what is

1633
02:32:23,840 --> 02:32:30,720
The five-star coalition is our partnership that we have with Glendonil Unified,

1634
02:32:30,720 --> 02:32:34,480
Lockenata Unified, South Passive Unified and Passive Unified.

1635
02:32:35,100 --> 02:32:40,060
And basically, monthly, the superintendents and one or two board members

1636
02:32:40,060 --> 02:32:42,140
from each of those groups gets together.

1637
02:32:42,800 --> 02:32:46,420
We usually have a speaker or share of us practices

1638
02:32:47,680 --> 02:32:49,300
and have a really good discussion.

1639
02:32:49,300 --> 02:32:52,480
And it's been, frankly, like, really helpful for me

1640
02:32:52,480 --> 02:32:56,100
as just a place of good, professional, both

1641
02:32:56,100 --> 02:32:56,820
support and learning.

1642
02:32:58,800 --> 02:33:00,920
And what we found was we were often bringing in

1643
02:33:00,920 --> 02:33:03,820
electives, our local electives.

1644
02:33:04,080 --> 02:33:06,040
So either, you know, assembly members should also come in.

1645
02:33:06,180 --> 02:33:10,600
We had Assemblymember Harbadian represents kind of the Pasadena

1646
02:33:10,600 --> 02:33:12,080
kind of area of folks.

1647
02:33:12,360 --> 02:33:14,200
So he came and talked to us.

1648
02:33:14,500 --> 02:33:17,780
And we've kind of run out of electives to bring in

1649
02:33:17,780 --> 02:33:25,100
to just talk to. And generally speaking, our electives are fairly supportive of what those

1650
02:33:25,100 --> 02:33:29,460
five districts are doing and they understand the challenges that we have around enrollment

1651
02:33:29,460 --> 02:33:36,280
around rising special education costs with the fires that have been last year. That was a big

1652
02:33:36,280 --> 02:33:43,800
point of conversation. And so what I had brought up to this team was, you know, what is the work

1653
02:33:43,800 --> 02:33:47,440
that we're doing here and what is it?

1654
02:33:47,440 --> 02:33:49,460
How can we be more effective?

1655
02:33:49,740 --> 02:33:51,920
Because we have the California School Board

1656
02:33:51,920 --> 02:33:54,280
Association and all those group serve members of it.

1657
02:33:54,700 --> 02:33:57,500
And frankly, I think we're probably overrepresented

1658
02:33:58,240 --> 02:34:01,400
from a delegate's way of putting a view there

1659
02:34:02,040 --> 02:34:03,600
between those five groups.

1660
02:34:04,940 --> 02:34:06,580
But essentially, five star was started

1661
02:34:06,580 --> 02:34:08,260
to do advocacy together.

1662
02:34:09,240 --> 02:34:11,880
And it's, I think, probably gotten away from that.

1663
02:34:11,880 --> 02:34:17,140
think it was a number of years ago, maybe even during the pandemic that they stopped having a contract

1664
02:34:17,140 --> 02:34:24,320
with someone who would be in Sacramento and advocate on the half of those five groups.

1665
02:34:24,980 --> 02:34:28,820
So Kevin Gordon, who's from Capitol Advisory Group, has come and talked to us a number of times

1666
02:34:28,820 --> 02:34:33,060
about, here's the state of the budget, here's what I'm seeing from a policy perspective that

1667
02:34:33,060 --> 02:34:38,500
might come through, et cetera. And so what we did was we asked him to put together a proposal,

1668
02:34:38,500 --> 02:34:42,060
So what it would look like to advocate for the needs of those five districts together,

1669
02:34:44,440 --> 02:34:44,440
and

1670
02:34:44,440 --> 02:34:50,800
you know, come to that group regularly and make sure he was hearing what we needed, so that

1671
02:34:50,800 --> 02:34:55,020
we could really kind of join forces and amplify that impact.

1672
02:34:55,020 --> 02:34:59,900
And so this is, to essentially act as purbank unified.

1673
02:35:00,000 --> 02:35:07,960
It's lobbyist in Sacramento with the support of four other districts with that I would pay for lobbyist all by ourselves.

1674
02:35:09,340 --> 02:35:17,700
And so this is someone who has really great connections, not only in Sacramento, but also in Washington with both with all kinds of administrations.

1675
02:35:18,660 --> 02:35:28,120
And I think he's brought really interesting insight back to us about what's happening both in the federal and state legislative land.

1676
02:35:28,120 --> 02:35:30,560
So, that is why this is,

1677
02:35:32,620 --> 02:35:40,040
can I quickly, yes, very much, can I just clarify this, so this is one fifth of his total cost, that is correct.

1678
02:35:40,820 --> 02:35:41,720
Dr. Rysberg.

1679
02:35:43,120 --> 02:35:49,340
A couple of follow-up questions, so do we know how other the other four boards have voted on this?

1680
02:35:51,000 --> 02:35:58,140
It's my understanding that the other four boards created an agreement to start August 1.

1681
02:35:58,520 --> 02:36:04,540
I had talked with Kevin and let him know that we couldn't do that without taking it to our

1682
02:36:04,540 --> 02:36:05,280
Augsport meetings.

1683
02:36:05,680 --> 02:36:09,240
So this is actually for us, we're entering the agreements of September 1.

1684
02:36:10,100 --> 02:36:15,440
So all four other schools, the school boards approved their part of this.

1685
02:36:15,500 --> 02:36:16,300
That's our understanding.

1686
02:36:16,480 --> 02:36:19,320
We have our first meeting next week on Friday to come from.

1687
02:36:19,320 --> 02:36:27,340
Okay. Um, my other question is we also, I don't know how much we pay, but we pay a membership fee to

1688
02:36:27,340 --> 02:36:34,900
CSBA, right? Yes. Okay. So, and a big part of CSBA is supposed to be led, uh, advocacy,

1689
02:36:35,180 --> 02:36:40,300
legislative advocacy. So I'm wondering, I think I understand, um, President Ponsor came

1690
02:36:40,300 --> 02:36:46,440
to talk about this being localized, so rather than CSBA that represents every California

1691
02:36:46,440 --> 02:36:51,760
school board association represents every school board in California that we would have a more like

1692
02:36:51,760 --> 02:36:59,120
niche representation and then I think how will we measure if this money is worth spending?

1693
02:36:59,860 --> 02:37:05,520
I know we're, again, we're spending it with CSBA. Can we talk a little bit about why it's worth

1694
02:37:05,520 --> 02:37:11,380
spending it, um, locally? Yeah, sure. So to me the difference between advocacy here and the advocacy

1695
02:37:11,380 --> 02:37:16,300
advocacy for CSBA is that it's very localized, right? And the example I'll give is I always attend

1696
02:37:16,300 --> 02:37:26,300
legislative action week for CSBA when we're, it's, and it's all, I'm doing now, but it's basically you have meetings with legislators and CSBA puts together a beautiful set of

1697
02:37:27,140 --> 02:37:34,860
talking points for you, and they say, this is our agenda for meeting with this legislative legislator. It's these five bills that we want to talk about getting past.

1698
02:37:35,180 --> 02:37:40,700
And often, what I find myself in those meetings thinking is like, well, I only care about two of these five.

1699
02:37:40,700 --> 02:37:45,980
are only two of these five bills are relevant to permit unified even if I support the other ones as

1700
02:37:46,420 --> 02:37:54,840
individual right but like there will be a lot like CSBA is great and a lot of the work that they do

1701
02:37:54,840 --> 02:37:59,760
because there are so many school districts in the state of California something like 1100 or something

1702
02:38:00,320 --> 02:38:05,860
a lot of them are teeny tiny and so they do a lot of advocacy on behalf of teeny tiny districts and so that's

1703
02:38:05,860 --> 02:38:12,400
But a lot of our conversations are with legislators, our hate can you make sure you pass this

1704
02:38:12,400 --> 02:38:16,680
bill that's going to allow a principle to also act as the Nutrition Services Specialist

1705
02:38:16,680 --> 02:38:22,800
and is this, which, you know, this essentially allows us to set the agenda for those meetings

1706
02:38:22,800 --> 02:38:25,480
in a way that working with CSB it does really.

1707
02:38:27,040 --> 02:38:27,800
Dr. Iconian.

1708
02:38:28,400 --> 02:38:33,800
I've been attended a lot of these even when he was around. I really don't see a bad need.

1709
02:38:33,800 --> 02:38:40,200
Let's not tell you what. If we had hired him as a lobbyist just for our district needs, I wouldn't understand.

1710
02:38:41,160 --> 02:38:49,280
But for him to go and ask legislators in Sacramento and Washington to split it five ways, that's got to be almost impossible.

1711
02:38:49,820 --> 02:38:50,900
And I give it an example.

1712
02:38:51,960 --> 02:38:58,900
Right now, for example, we missed a board on some items to get it from our congressional representatives to get some earmarks.

1713
02:38:59,480 --> 02:39:02,580
That you've got to need a lot of this if you need that extra error.

1714
02:39:03,480 --> 02:39:06,800
But if you're not going to ask our legislator about,

1715
02:39:06,980 --> 02:39:09,780
well, Burbank needs money, but so those passively amounts.

1716
02:39:10,000 --> 02:39:14,020
So that's, and this is a challenge we've had in the past with our previous legislations.

1717
02:39:14,320 --> 02:39:19,540
When they say, well, I give you the money to Burbank that I have to give you to my other districts.

1718
02:39:19,920 --> 02:39:22,580
And it also depends who are representatives, right?

1719
02:39:25,000 --> 02:39:29,100
So depending on where your child is really cut out, it makes a big difference.

1720
02:39:29,100 --> 02:39:32,740
But then they have to also go back and meet their colleagues

1721
02:39:32,740 --> 02:39:34,780
in a Senate asking for items.

1722
02:39:35,620 --> 02:39:38,580
As far as builds go, I mean,

1723
02:39:38,880 --> 02:39:40,900
if there are consideration of legislation

1724
02:39:40,900 --> 02:39:44,440
that would affect our district specifically,

1725
02:39:44,720 --> 02:39:46,200
I understand it.

1726
02:39:46,420 --> 02:39:49,840
But when you're splitting it five ways, it becomes complicated.

1727
02:39:50,120 --> 02:39:52,120
And I'd be honest with you, I've brought this up

1728
02:39:52,120 --> 02:39:55,500
before in our meetings where it's more of a,

1729
02:39:55,500 --> 02:39:57,540
and it's an informative meeting.

1730
02:39:57,540 --> 02:39:59,980
And we already can look up to Stins with some of us up.

1731
02:40:00,000 --> 02:40:24,740
Very close relationship, which is a need. But the question again becomes, what is, what are they going to do? And again, the group is, to me, it's, it's a good group if you are new at this. But for some of us who really know what the process is, it really, I don't see the value in charge.

1732
02:40:25,880 --> 02:40:26,920
Dr. Westward?

1733
02:40:27,580 --> 02:40:33,400
I want to speak a little bit to what President Ponceur can curse that because I have the pleasure

1734
02:40:33,400 --> 02:40:39,680
to be a delegate for our CSBA region, which means I go to the delegate conferences and

1735
02:40:39,680 --> 02:40:45,380
the big takeaway that I got from the five been to one, so I have one experience.

1736
02:40:45,380 --> 02:41:00,400
but not advised at CSBA is that diversity of needs within the district is crazy. It's so vast.

1737
02:41:01,940 --> 02:41:10,460
And so I think we, I would assume everybody up here agrees that we advocacy is a huge part of what is going to help us,

1738
02:41:10,460 --> 02:41:17,140
whether it is, you know, speaking to what Ms. Schwartz was talking about, in regard to continuing

1739
02:41:17,140 --> 02:41:22,960
Prop 55 or trying to figure out a way for whoever is our governor next to not take $4 billion

1740
02:41:22,960 --> 02:41:29,100
out of Prop 98 money that that's not something that we can do as five of us on our own, even

1741
02:41:29,100 --> 02:41:35,120
if we have really positive relationships with our local legislators. And I think to a certain degree

1742
02:41:35,120 --> 02:41:42,120
If we're presented as a coalition, and I think all five districts have a strong reputation.

1743
02:41:44,480 --> 02:41:51,840
And in some ways, I wonder if we don't create more of a united coalition than we might buy ourselves.

1744
02:41:51,960 --> 02:41:57,760
So if we're saying to a legislator, hey, we really want to make sure that you are prioritizing these two bills.

1745
02:41:58,400 --> 02:42:01,880
And instead of it just being BUSD, it's all five.

1746
02:42:01,880 --> 02:42:03,460
I think you can make an argument.

1747
02:42:03,680 --> 02:42:08,920
Now, look, I would want us to look back at this at the end of one year and say, did this benefit

1748
02:42:08,920 --> 02:42:10,000
us in a meaningful way?

1749
02:42:10,020 --> 02:42:16,520
And if it didn't, then we'll go back to, you know, the way that we did things, but I think right

1750
02:42:16,520 --> 02:42:24,460
now it is incumbent upon us to look for every possible way that we can bring more money into

1751
02:42:24,460 --> 02:42:28,320
district. And, you know, everybody on this

1752
02:42:28,320 --> 02:42:33,200
dias has other jobs and, you know, this is my second

1753
02:42:33,200 --> 02:42:35,960
full-time job, right? Like, and as great as my

1754
02:42:35,960 --> 02:42:38,620
relationships are with legislators, I don't always have

1755
02:42:38,620 --> 02:42:41,980
the time to have lengthy meetings or to bring things

1756
02:42:41,980 --> 02:42:45,100
up or to even be persistent in that way. And I like the

1757
02:42:45,100 --> 02:42:47,940
idea of us building bridges with our other four

1758
02:42:47,940 --> 02:42:50,700
districts and five star and working on creating a

1759
02:42:50,700 --> 02:42:53,620
larger sense of community because for at least some of

1760
02:42:53,620 --> 02:43:03,900
We're very similar districts as far as size as far as need often student populations, so I think all of that to say having experienced being sort of

1761
02:43:04,580 --> 02:43:07,620
One tiny boat in a giant ocean of

1762
02:43:09,580 --> 02:43:12,960
California. I think it is

1763
02:43:12,960 --> 02:43:16,700
Worth us trying to see if doing this

1764
02:43:16,700 --> 02:43:20,620
Benefits up at us in a meaningful way and if it doesn't then we don't but

1765
02:43:20,620 --> 02:43:25,680
Like what, what, what, what caused the thing on, it's, uh, missiles the next.

1766
02:43:28,040 --> 02:43:42,920
I actually completely understand what you're coming from, uh, Dr. Gokhanian, and I want to just echo, like, so I, in my experience, I've actually worked with lobbyists. And one of the things that I found as a huge benefit is that it's a two way street.

1767
02:43:43,700 --> 02:43:52,300
So not only are you getting to supplant narrative, especially in a state that's so wide and diverse about our unique needs and

1768
02:43:52,300 --> 02:43:56,140
this space. I mean, how many times have we talked about the we just get the short straw

1769
02:43:56,140 --> 02:44:05,540
when it comes to funding and and LCAP? Um, uh, but I think to they get to provide us some

1770
02:44:05,540 --> 02:44:09,540
data and insight as to where things are moving. I mean, we have a lot of exchanges, like

1771
02:44:09,540 --> 02:44:14,720
the structure of the states who've rented and all these different things are happening. I guess

1772
02:44:14,720 --> 02:44:21,720
my ask would be if we could just make sure that there's some tangibles on the, um, the scope

1773
02:44:21,720 --> 02:44:28,200
of services and that it is that back and forth and that like, hey, we want the Intel on these

1774
02:44:28,200 --> 02:44:33,760
these five things that we care about as a collective and to be voicing these concerns so

1775
02:44:33,760 --> 02:44:41,720
that it's, yeah, it's multi-beneficial, but I can't express enough how excited I am for this

1776
02:44:41,720 --> 02:44:48,360
opportunity actually in this moment. Like, I don't know that it would be worth it at every year,

1777
02:44:48,360 --> 02:44:52,160
But for right now, I think it would be very, very helpful.

1778
02:44:52,580 --> 02:44:56,360
Well, and what I'll say is this is not necessarily about identifying individual,

1779
02:44:57,740 --> 02:44:59,700
like, hey, we need $40,000.

1780
02:45:00,000 --> 02:45:10,200
For this thing, can you find it for us? And this is more about, hey, what Burbank unified cares about is raising the base, because we don't get concentration funding.

1781
02:45:11,120 --> 02:45:18,940
So how do you, how are you Kevin Gordon going to communicate that these five districts? And it is all five of those districts care most about raising the base.

1782
02:45:20,140 --> 02:45:22,700
How are you communicating that on our behalf?

1783
02:45:22,700 --> 02:45:24,820
In any amount of our elective look,

1784
02:45:25,180 --> 02:45:26,900
not so look at the history of this.

1785
02:45:26,980 --> 02:45:28,600
When this group was created,

1786
02:45:29,480 --> 02:45:31,520
the redistricting did not have.

1787
02:45:31,840 --> 02:45:34,940
Meaning, the senator that represented all the files,

1788
02:45:35,580 --> 02:45:38,320
no longer represents all the five districts.

1789
02:45:38,600 --> 02:45:39,500
Now it's half of it.

1790
02:45:39,700 --> 02:45:40,080
It is manageable.

1791
02:45:40,280 --> 02:45:41,820
The other half is progress.

1792
02:45:42,420 --> 02:45:43,560
Well, this was created.

1793
02:45:43,640 --> 02:45:45,580
It was all one, seven districts.

1794
02:45:46,280 --> 02:45:47,400
One, this was created.

1795
02:45:47,440 --> 02:45:49,620
It was mostly the same as the seven districts.

1796
02:45:49,860 --> 02:45:51,420
I want to put that out there.

1797
02:45:51,420 --> 02:45:58,720
Because if we want to just say, well, we need more money, but if you can just write your legislators and get that, I'm just trying to

1798
02:45:58,720 --> 02:46:01,140
But that hasn't worked, right? Like, we've done that.

1799
02:46:01,300 --> 02:46:03,100
We love it. It's going to make a difference.

1800
02:46:03,640 --> 02:46:08,440
Well, certainly somebody who's full-time job it is to advocate for the needs of

1801
02:46:08,440 --> 02:46:14,620
a collective group of public school districts. I think has a significantly higher chance of

1802
02:46:15,800 --> 02:46:22,560
I'm trying my experience with this, I get it if the Senate was the same, the Assembly was the same.

1803
02:46:23,840 --> 02:46:30,460
To me, really, what if I'm going to hire lobbies, I will ask for specifics and earmarks for my district.

1804
02:46:30,880 --> 02:46:38,200
I need to talk about a build that affects all of the districts, then you can write your maps.

1805
02:46:38,200 --> 02:46:42,620
I mean, that's like classic like free rider problem in economics, right?

1806
02:46:42,720 --> 02:46:44,960
Like somebody has to do the advocacy, right?

1807
02:46:44,960 --> 02:46:48,540
And I guess like this to me feels like a pretty low lift,

1808
02:46:48,560 --> 02:46:53,000
financially for us when we are, when we have a coalition built that

1809
02:46:53,000 --> 02:46:54,580
wants to advocate for all the same thing.

1810
02:46:54,740 --> 02:46:58,920
I look and I agree with you and I think it is real, but at the same time,

1811
02:47:00,360 --> 02:47:05,440
I want to make sure that we're not, and I say this from a personal experience.

1812
02:47:06,340 --> 02:47:09,380
When I raised it for example, the question of product.

1813
02:47:10,300 --> 02:47:12,400
The person was like, we're trying. Look, I deal with lobbies.

1814
02:47:13,000 --> 02:47:16,140
And I don't want this to be just way here.

1815
02:47:16,400 --> 02:47:20,000
We need to also specifically within that see what they can do

1816
02:47:20,000 --> 02:47:22,160
for a specific ask for our distance.

1817
02:47:23,160 --> 02:47:26,760
I mean, you know, so within that if they can put it in there

1818
02:47:26,760 --> 02:47:30,240
without additional fee, where we can say, oh, we need this

1819
02:47:30,240 --> 02:47:33,360
and this little help and they say, okay, we understand.

1820
02:47:33,360 --> 02:47:40,160
For example, the question I had earlier about the earlier morning, they can give us more information about the changes.

1821
02:47:40,820 --> 02:47:48,600
But also for us, and just seeing what's coming in the budget, and we look, we got a free ride because of AI.

1822
02:47:49,500 --> 02:47:51,960
Next year is not going to be the same when it comes to the budget.

1823
02:47:52,200 --> 02:47:53,040
What do you think?

1824
02:47:53,760 --> 02:47:54,640
Oh, okay.

1825
02:47:55,000 --> 02:47:55,860
I'm sorry.

1826
02:47:56,640 --> 02:47:57,060
I'm sorry.

1827
02:47:57,060 --> 02:48:02,280
government. So I think we also within that language have to put in asks. This is one thing we

1828
02:48:02,280 --> 02:48:06,860
don't we need to do more and we've talked about this. When we meet with electors we have

1829
02:48:06,860 --> 02:48:12,740
to ask. Just like when we met with with supervisor Barker we said we need $70,000 for our

1830
02:48:12,740 --> 02:48:18,220
library and said okay. We need to also have these numbers ready. So when we meet with the legislators

1831
02:48:18,220 --> 02:48:24,260
we do so. That includes you know you're marking federal because our Congress member next door

1832
02:48:24,260 --> 02:48:30,240
got a bunch of money to some of the other institutions that would benefit. So I think that's

1833
02:48:30,240 --> 02:48:35,160
important by the same time we need to also have a separate as for this lobby sink and for our

1834
02:48:35,160 --> 02:48:43,700
district we would like to see. I think that's a great. So the vision for this in my mind is that

1835
02:48:43,700 --> 02:48:51,180
the group puts together essentially a legislative platform or an issue platform that they care about

1836
02:48:51,180 --> 02:48:57,700
that they want Mr. Gordon to go and advocate on, and if we have specific asks, that he

1837
02:48:57,700 --> 02:49:01,160
includes those, right? And so I think, and I think that the other districts are going

1838
02:49:01,160 --> 02:49:05,380
to be amenable to that being part of his, I hope so.

1839
02:49:05,640 --> 02:49:11,120
Well, if you, again, just, they will want money to a gentle, a gentle reminder that if you go

1840
02:49:11,120 --> 02:49:16,140
back to the last page of the contract, the description of services, it doesn't just say fully

1841
02:49:16,140 --> 02:49:22,140
engage the coalition in a legislative morgivatory process, says us and the coalition. And that's

1842
02:49:22,140 --> 02:49:26,940
in almost every single point in here where it singles us out individually and also as

1843
02:49:26,940 --> 02:49:34,540
part of the coalition. So we have to have an ass in numbers and dollar demands ready. And we have

1844
02:49:34,540 --> 02:49:40,440
that. I'm okay. Well, I would go back and reread the exhibit a description of services. I think

1845
02:49:40,440 --> 02:49:45,700
that will that does speak to some of your concerns. Well, that's what I think having having

1846
02:49:45,700 --> 02:49:52,020
is having a specific ask when we actually, when he's preparing to go out to talk to folks

1847
02:49:52,020 --> 02:49:52,540
on every half.

1848
02:49:52,600 --> 02:49:54,380
I think as a fair request.

1849
02:49:54,960 --> 02:49:56,720
Thank you.

1850
02:50:00,000 --> 02:50:02,120
E-mail is incorrect in the court.

1851
02:50:04,840 --> 02:50:07,820
They have my correct email because he emailed me this.

1852
02:50:08,160 --> 02:50:11,780
So it was just an edit that I was like, might as well.

1853
02:50:13,320 --> 02:50:15,440
Details matter. Thank you.

1854
02:50:16,280 --> 02:50:18,840
So can I get a motion in a second to approve 14.

1855
02:50:19,500 --> 02:50:29,960
So second, all those in favor, or sorry, the motion made by Dr.

1856
02:50:30,740 --> 02:50:39,220
14th consideration of approval of piggybacked agreement with class learning LLC replacement of three relocateable classrooms at Thomas as an elementary school of developer fees.

1857
02:50:40,120 --> 02:50:42,300
Dr. McLeod, do you want to talk about this one?

1858
02:50:44,240 --> 02:50:54,060
Before the board consideration of approval of the piggybacked agreement with class leasing LLC for the replacement of three relocateable classrooms at Thomas Edison Elementary School paid from developer fees.

1859
02:50:54,060 --> 02:51:02,700
The three existing relocatable classroom buildings at Thomas Edison have reached the end of their useful life and require replacement due to age condition and normal deterioration.

1860
02:51:03,280 --> 02:51:12,340
Lastly, seeing cementer revised proposal, delayed it, dated July 14, 2026, with a purchase delivery and installation of 3 new 24 by 40 relocatables.

1861
02:51:12,340 --> 02:51:18,820
The proposal includes the classroom buildings with foundation ramps, delivery, and installation engineering and data state approvals.

1862
02:51:19,200 --> 02:51:24,640
District will utilize the Gonzalo's unified school district piggyback procurement documents from the purchase of buildings,

1863
02:51:25,220 --> 02:51:28,680
allowing the district to use previously completed solicited contract pricing.

1864
02:51:29,760 --> 02:51:33,340
The school impact is not to exceed amount of $417,782.

1865
02:51:33,340 --> 02:51:36,320
$1,802, when it three developed for fees.

1866
02:51:36,760 --> 02:51:42,900
Proposed on clues 371,034 dollars for the three classroom buildings and associated components

1867
02:51:42,900 --> 02:51:48,900
in 46,448 dollars in one time delivery installation for meeting project management related

1868
02:51:48,900 --> 02:51:49,760
costs.

1869
02:51:50,060 --> 02:51:53,500
The recommendation of district administration that the Board of Trustees approved the agreement

1870
02:51:53,500 --> 02:51:54,860
with last leasing of the prison.

1871
02:51:56,780 --> 02:51:57,020
Okay.

1872
02:51:57,580 --> 02:51:59,320
It's also interesting to do a question on this, Mr. Nerf.

1873
02:51:59,440 --> 02:51:59,640
Come on.

1874
02:52:00,300 --> 02:52:00,660
Yeah.

1875
02:52:01,280 --> 02:52:04,560
It's sort of, I mean, a piggyback contract is great.

1876
02:52:05,860 --> 02:52:11,560
The my concern was that it just sort of felt to me like it was missing a page at the top.

1877
02:52:11,880 --> 02:52:18,280
Because I think the majority of the proposal is like, this proposal does not include any of the following.

1878
02:52:19,020 --> 02:52:27,060
And so I, and I know that us, because not here and neither is Dr. Hastie, but I was sort of hoping to get a second.

1879
02:52:27,060 --> 02:52:32,500
And yes, this has been fully vetted that it needs all of our needs.

1880
02:52:33,340 --> 02:52:40,100
So, I can tell you, we are, as you've noted, missing page 1 of 3, and which includes

1881
02:52:40,100 --> 02:52:44,960
the detailed descriptions of the buildings, but we reviewed this project and the executive

1882
02:52:44,960 --> 02:52:51,660
cabinet, and we've actually seen the condition of buildings in Edison, and we can validate

1883
02:52:51,660 --> 02:52:54,340
that this is a needed project that is district.

1884
02:52:54,820 --> 02:52:56,480
Is it possible to catch missiles?

1885
02:52:56,720 --> 02:52:59,440
Is it possible to re-upload the complete document?

1886
02:52:59,500 --> 02:53:01,600
Just in case someone wants to take a look at it?

1887
02:53:01,860 --> 02:53:04,280
Yes, well, Mr. Forward Guard, now we'll do that.

1888
02:53:04,680 --> 02:53:05,100
Thank you.

1889
02:53:05,380 --> 02:53:10,280
So could I get a motion a second on this as amended with the appropriate?

1890
02:53:10,520 --> 02:53:12,220
Intosias, take least from that.

1891
02:53:12,600 --> 02:53:13,020
Those vongers.

1892
02:53:13,700 --> 02:53:14,340
Thank you.

1893
02:53:15,220 --> 02:53:16,180
Can I have a second?

1894
02:53:16,400 --> 02:53:16,820
Second.

1895
02:53:17,720 --> 02:53:18,540
It's been moved in second.

1896
02:53:18,640 --> 02:53:23,680
Move, but Dr. Arcani second by Ms. Olson to approve the amended approval of the piggyback agreement.

1897
02:53:23,680 --> 02:53:25,480
And others in favor say aye.

1898
02:53:26,120 --> 02:53:26,140
Aye.

1899
02:53:26,140 --> 02:53:26,700
Any pose?

1900
02:53:27,040 --> 02:53:28,020
Motion passes unanimously.

1901
02:53:28,780 --> 02:53:33,780
14K consideration of approval of agreement with the LASO's bakery for fresh bread products.

1902
02:53:34,260 --> 02:53:34,900
Dr. McCoy.

1903
02:53:35,900 --> 02:53:36,640
Thank you, President.

1904
02:53:36,940 --> 02:53:40,980
On behalf of our trustee, staff and guests, before the board is consideration of approval of

1905
02:53:40,980 --> 02:53:44,820
the agreement with the LASO's bakery for fresh bread products from nutrition services fund.

1906
02:53:45,480 --> 02:53:48,360
We're going to invite participants in the San Gabriel Valley Food Service,

1907
02:53:48,360 --> 02:53:50,440
forching cooperative, which provides participating

1908
02:53:50,440 --> 02:53:53,340
still districts access to competitively

1909
02:53:53,340 --> 02:53:54,860
procured food and related products.

1910
02:53:55,500 --> 02:53:57,300
Charter of Unified is the lead agency

1911
02:53:57,300 --> 02:54:00,180
for the cooperative conducted a request for proposal,

1912
02:54:00,740 --> 02:54:03,200
for fresh bread products and awarded the applicable items

1913
02:54:03,200 --> 02:54:04,220
to galosos.

1914
02:54:04,760 --> 02:54:06,760
Google this agreement will allow the district's nutrition

1915
02:54:06,760 --> 02:54:09,720
services department, purchase fresh bread

1916
02:54:09,720 --> 02:54:11,860
products from galosos using the pricing terms,

1917
02:54:12,300 --> 02:54:14,140
and conditions established through the cooperatives

1918
02:54:14,140 --> 02:54:21,100
competitively awarded are the 25-26-01 expenditures are based on actual district purchases

1919
02:54:21,100 --> 02:54:25,140
at the contract prices and will be paid from the InterTrition Services Fund.

1920
02:54:25,760 --> 02:54:29,580
It is the recommendation administration of the Board of Trustees approve the agreement with

1921
02:54:29,580 --> 02:54:30,900
Colossus Bakery's presenting.

1922
02:54:31,800 --> 02:54:33,240
Missiles and questions comes.

1923
02:54:34,720 --> 02:54:35,260
You pulled it.

1924
02:54:35,660 --> 02:54:36,000
I did.

1925
02:54:36,140 --> 02:54:40,140
You had your hand up too, I was like, um, okay.

1926
02:54:42,060 --> 02:54:50,640
The first is that the other RFP, the produce, other item and consent agenda, had it

1927
02:54:50,640 --> 02:54:57,500
just a more thorough breakdown of why this was the best choice, which I appreciated, and

1928
02:54:57,500 --> 02:54:58,460
this was lacking that.

1929
02:54:58,460 --> 02:54:59,980
The second is act.

1930
02:55:00,000 --> 02:55:10,680
This is sort of a weird personal thing. I know like the price of everything at every store. And I could tell you the store is where I could get a better deal on some of these items.

1931
02:55:11,380 --> 02:55:21,000
And so I am just sort of kind of surprised by these numbers, if I'm being honest, at like bulk wholesale, do you, were these, I was looking at them?

1932
02:55:21,000 --> 02:55:25,900
And I think when you look at like bagels or wheat, six pack, it's six times six.

1933
02:55:26,060 --> 02:55:28,660
So it's 36 bagels for three dollars and eighty cents.

1934
02:55:28,920 --> 02:55:30,400
Is that okay?

1935
02:55:30,580 --> 02:55:31,580
Well, I'm wondering.

1936
02:55:32,320 --> 02:55:32,440
Right.

1937
02:55:33,160 --> 02:55:34,520
That's what I would expect.

1938
02:55:34,780 --> 02:55:35,500
Thank you.

1939
02:55:35,580 --> 02:55:36,300
I mean, I don't know.

1940
02:55:36,440 --> 02:55:38,020
I think that's like the per pack pricing.

1941
02:55:38,780 --> 02:55:39,060
Okay.

1942
02:55:39,720 --> 02:55:39,880
Wait.

1943
02:55:40,380 --> 02:55:40,540
No.

1944
02:55:41,520 --> 02:55:42,880
It says six per bag.

1945
02:55:42,980 --> 02:55:46,920
That's what's, but if it's a six pack, and then there's six per bag, is that the truth?

1946
02:55:47,100 --> 02:55:48,520
Six packs per bag.

1947
02:55:48,520 --> 02:55:52,360
the other the other thing is this is not our only bread

1948
02:55:52,360 --> 02:55:57,580
vendor. So we're trying to add this at all. Okay. One more vendor to choose from.

1949
02:55:57,900 --> 02:56:03,400
Okay. So if if bagels were cheaper at our other bread vendor, we would order from the other

1950
02:56:03,400 --> 02:56:11,460
bread vendor. So this is just adding another one. Another vendor to the baked items sort

1951
02:56:11,460 --> 02:56:16,900
of list that we could select from based on charter of RFP for the product.

1952
02:56:16,900 --> 02:56:23,120
Okay, so just to confirm that is accurate then, we're looking at 36 vehicles versus six.

1953
02:56:23,300 --> 02:56:23,960
That's my understanding.

1954
02:56:24,460 --> 02:56:25,620
Okay, because

1955
02:56:28,630 --> 02:56:32,870
I just saw these prices as like this cannot be what we're buying in bulk.

1956
02:56:34,110 --> 02:56:35,190
So, yeah.

1957
02:56:43,670 --> 02:56:44,710
Quick question.

1958
02:56:45,590 --> 02:56:47,410
That's much, thank you so much.

1959
02:56:48,310 --> 02:56:49,010
Big fan of red.

1960
02:56:51,240 --> 02:56:55,960
Are we just sort of reflecting on our past week of struggles?

1961
02:56:56,920 --> 02:57:07,620
We're sure that both of these, both with the bagels and with the other one that we need this, that the amount that we're ordering is the amount that we need.

1962
02:57:07,780 --> 02:57:08,980
We've gotten confirmation from.

1963
02:57:09,780 --> 02:57:10,580
Very good point.

1964
02:57:10,960 --> 02:57:15,920
Yeah, so so what I would reassure the board, these aren't the amount of items that we order.

1965
02:57:16,280 --> 02:57:24,620
This is what this is essentially a menu and so what our nutrition services staff will do is in advance of menu items.

1966
02:57:24,620 --> 02:57:30,960
So we should know that if we're going to go into sandwich mode, that we would in advance

1967
02:57:30,960 --> 02:57:35,000
of when the menu change to sandwiches, we would go to our bread vendors and then we would

1968
02:57:35,000 --> 02:57:43,460
order in advance with enough time for free front line staff to prepare the order that has

1969
02:57:43,460 --> 02:57:47,220
fidelity to the menu and then prepare those items as those products arrive.

1970
02:57:48,040 --> 02:57:53,320
So this would be something where the ordering is subject to our menus and our own personnel

1971
02:57:53,320 --> 02:57:57,660
would be the ones determining how much we need or based on what the menu items are.

1972
02:57:57,980 --> 02:58:06,520
So that's helpful. I think perhaps a better phrased version of my question would be,

1973
02:58:07,000 --> 02:58:12,320
we have confirmation that they are cheaper than the other vendor that we're using,

1974
02:58:12,480 --> 02:58:16,760
that this is a necessary addition. We've checked that and we're sure that like.

1975
02:58:17,760 --> 02:58:21,420
So this is at the request nutrition services staff that we add this vendor,

1976
02:58:21,420 --> 02:58:31,060
But also if we have multiple vendors that allows us to select certain products at the best prices from different vendors rather than having just one vendor for each product.

1977
02:58:31,300 --> 02:58:31,340
Okay.

1978
02:58:31,980 --> 02:58:32,460
Thank you.

1979
02:58:32,640 --> 02:58:37,940
I just want to make sure that we're getting 36 and not six, just face them.

1980
02:58:38,300 --> 02:58:42,080
I think the direction to staff is making sure we're getting the best price for our cards.

1981
02:58:42,100 --> 02:58:42,540
The right.

1982
02:58:42,640 --> 02:58:43,700
That work and the right.

1983
02:58:44,040 --> 02:58:44,340
Yes.

1984
02:58:45,020 --> 02:58:45,460
Got it.

1985
02:58:45,460 --> 02:58:46,480
I think I miss Reddit.

1986
02:58:46,980 --> 02:58:47,980
I fill up better.

1987
02:58:47,980 --> 02:58:54,220
Now that I, well, and then their point was like, that also seems like too low if we're getting 144

1988
02:58:54,220 --> 02:59:01,120
hamburger buns. So I think, I think the food, the nutrition services team can check and make sure.

1989
02:59:01,720 --> 02:59:03,120
Good. Miss Conno.

1990
02:59:03,820 --> 02:59:07,300
Well, though, where I know we're talking price and such, but I'm just going back and trying,

1991
02:59:07,480 --> 02:59:11,580
and some the quality of this in terms of, does it, is this good tasting bread?

1992
02:59:14,060 --> 02:59:18,380
I have not tasted the bread. All right, but it's my understanding that

1993
02:59:18,380 --> 02:59:21,920
that we're trying to work with multiple vendors

1994
02:59:21,920 --> 02:59:23,300
so we can ensure qualities.

1995
02:59:23,380 --> 02:59:26,220
So if we get feedback from staff for students

1996
02:59:27,160 --> 02:59:30,340
that a particular food product isn't meeting our needs,

1997
02:59:30,500 --> 02:59:33,720
that we don't have to come to you in an emergency

1998
02:59:33,720 --> 02:59:35,080
to go to another vendor,

1999
02:59:35,240 --> 02:59:37,420
but that we have multiple vendors that we can work with.

2000
02:59:37,700 --> 02:59:38,540
Thank you.

2001
02:59:38,760 --> 02:59:41,680
Can I get a motion in a second to approve 14 second?

2002
02:59:41,780 --> 02:59:42,460
Thank you.

2003
02:59:42,640 --> 02:59:44,180
Moved by Dr. Ayer,

2004
02:59:44,180 --> 02:59:48,480
and a conny and seconded by Miss Olson to approve the groom

2005
02:59:48,480 --> 02:59:50,440
with Colossus Bakery for curbs.

2006
02:59:51,220 --> 02:59:54,280
All those in favor say aye, aye, can he pose?

2007
02:59:54,720 --> 02:59:55,360
Motion passes.

2008
02:59:55,900 --> 02:59:57,040
Right, the car to record also.

2009
02:59:57,100 --> 02:59:58,940
If you ever need someone to sample stuff,

2010
02:59:59,040 --> 02:59:59,960
you can call me.

2011
03:00:00,000 --> 03:00:11,880
Thank you. 14 W. Consideration of ratification of Second Amendment to Services School Facilities Licenses and Building Usure Grid Mode, right at school. Dr. McCoy.

2012
03:00:12,960 --> 03:00:19,960
Thank you before the Board is consideration of ratification of the Second Amendment to Services for School Facilities and Building Usure Grid Mode.

2013
03:00:19,960 --> 03:00:25,420
On May 7, the district dinner into a services school facilities license and building use agreement with

2014
03:00:25,420 --> 03:00:29,960
right-of-school to provide before school after school intercession and other enrichment programming.

2015
03:00:30,620 --> 03:00:35,240
The proposed second amendment expands services by adding a before school expanded learning

2016
03:00:35,240 --> 03:00:39,320
opportunities to program at all 11 district elementary schools.

2017
03:00:39,500 --> 03:00:45,020
Programming would operate from 6.30 a.m. to 8.30 a.m. of the amendment also incorporates the

2018
03:00:45,020 --> 03:00:48,160
for the three-day BUSD employee student camp,

2019
03:00:48,420 --> 03:00:50,100
which was held at no charge to our employees

2020
03:00:50,100 --> 03:00:52,960
at Emerson, Red Heart and students in elementary schools.

2021
03:00:53,520 --> 03:00:54,660
All other terms and conditions

2022
03:00:55,160 --> 03:00:57,320
of the existing agreement and first amendment remain

2023
03:00:57,320 --> 03:00:59,500
in effect, except as modified.

2024
03:01:01,260 --> 03:01:04,320
The additional cost for the before school program

2025
03:01:04,320 --> 03:01:07,080
is a not to exceed $264,000

2026
03:01:07,080 --> 03:01:09,320
that the three-day employee student camp,

2027
03:01:09,420 --> 03:01:14,720
$3600 in the amendment includes moving our entire agreement

2028
03:01:14,720 --> 03:01:18,440
to a not to exceed eight eight hundred and seven thousand six hundred dollars.

2029
03:01:18,780 --> 03:01:21,560
It's the recommendation of district administration that the board

2030
03:01:21,560 --> 03:01:25,580
ratify the second amendment of the School of Facilities License and Building

2031
03:01:25,580 --> 03:01:29,620
Use for private school LLCs presented and Mrs. Stone is here.

2032
03:01:29,760 --> 03:01:32,820
If you have any questions, you can come on down, Mrs. Stone, to the podium.

2033
03:01:33,320 --> 03:01:37,980
But we did want to say that this is to add the ability of the district to

2034
03:01:37,980 --> 03:01:41,600
pay for ELOP eligible students for a before school program.

2035
03:01:41,600 --> 03:01:57,460
So this program would only be build if students sign up for it, so this isn't money going out the door to write it school without students who come in the door who are eligible for e-lock services.

2036
03:01:58,140 --> 03:02:03,580
At some of our schools, we don't have an A to B before school program available.

2037
03:02:03,580 --> 03:02:11,980
So, if there was a demand at a school without an A to B before school program, then this is where the contract we would use to implement it.

2038
03:02:11,980 --> 03:02:14,440
So, this is not replacing any A to B programs.

2039
03:02:15,960 --> 03:02:19,020
This is also new, will this and then a little bit kind of?

2040
03:02:19,100 --> 03:02:22,900
I pulled it just to ensure that there was that clarification.

2041
03:02:23,980 --> 03:02:32,300
There's been a lot of questions this week, and I just wanted to ensure that it was clear that this allows a program to exist.

2042
03:02:32,300 --> 03:02:38,000
It parents want to sign up for it, and that the funds are coming from Elap, if a student

2043
03:02:38,000 --> 03:02:41,940
that is eligible, signs up for a family, signs up for it.

2044
03:02:41,940 --> 03:02:42,780
That is correct.

2045
03:02:43,100 --> 03:02:44,060
Thank you.

2046
03:02:44,640 --> 03:02:45,540
Who's kind of?

2047
03:02:48,090 --> 03:02:56,030
Just several questions right now, in terms of with just some questions about ready school.

2048
03:02:56,850 --> 03:03:02,630
I know they were told, you know, just with that was the big affair that we had the big

2049
03:03:02,630 --> 03:03:04,610
specific, the big event, think of this one.

2050
03:03:05,730 --> 03:03:08,950
Um, um, I would go Tuesday over it for my, at, uh, for us.

2051
03:03:09,350 --> 03:03:13,430
And so they had a table, they didn't have a lot of, um, literature.

2052
03:03:14,170 --> 03:03:15,770
And so I know we've had them this May.

2053
03:03:15,890 --> 03:03:20,410
So one question is, do they have more literature or something that maybe we could put on

2054
03:03:20,410 --> 03:03:20,690
websites?

2055
03:03:20,690 --> 03:03:25,190
So we have a little bit, people have a little bit more understanding of who they are,

2056
03:03:25,450 --> 03:03:28,490
because I mean, you know, boys and girls get up, stop theirs.

2057
03:03:28,690 --> 03:03:32,370
Right now, ATBs, they're around so people know, but since this is a new member

2058
03:03:32,370 --> 03:03:33,090
into community.

2059
03:03:33,310 --> 03:03:33,750
You'll be grateful.

2060
03:03:33,890 --> 03:03:37,570
There's some way we could have people have a little bit more, because I know people have reservations.

2061
03:03:38,550 --> 03:03:42,310
It's been kind of a clunky rollout, so maybe just in some way for them to engage in

2062
03:03:42,310 --> 03:03:42,710
themselves.

2063
03:03:43,150 --> 03:03:48,050
Maybe it's possibly even having one of the representatives going on at a meeting researcher.

2064
03:03:48,730 --> 03:03:49,070
Absolutely.

2065
03:03:49,690 --> 03:03:53,690
We, I first of all, I've been looking for an opportunity to work with the EPA, so this is

2066
03:03:53,690 --> 03:03:54,230
an exception.

2067
03:03:55,150 --> 03:04:01,610
To do that work and get that step on the website for all of our families, we did have

2068
03:04:01,610 --> 03:04:11,010
and host a meeting when Tuesday night where I was on the ground was that it is from

2069
03:04:11,010 --> 03:04:17,710
right at school and their leadership team and their local area manager as well who were present

2070
03:04:17,710 --> 03:04:24,570
in the meeting along with Dr. McCoy and Mr. Rebell in myself and answered questions. We had,

2071
03:04:24,570 --> 03:04:32,650
I think of maximum number of about 47 families who came online and were able to ask questions.

2072
03:04:33,510 --> 03:04:38,010
I expect that right, it's fully does have a very robust website of their own,

2073
03:04:38,130 --> 03:04:42,570
where they provide, I've seen it myself, actually, not just to expect that, where they do provide

2074
03:04:42,570 --> 03:04:49,410
all of that information. But I do believe that having that information together here or our families

2075
03:04:49,410 --> 03:04:55,530
on our website with absolutely BID. So I hope I found that, for sure. And my other part of my

2076
03:04:55,530 --> 03:04:59,970
question is, since we did sign up with them like in May. And, and...

2077
03:05:00,650 --> 03:05:06,110
The classes that we, you know, got feedback in terms of that some of the classrooms, you know, people were saying they didn't have.

2078
03:05:06,550 --> 03:05:14,010
There was not enough activities or not enough supplies and such. Why did we have that delay or why didn't they set up?

2079
03:05:14,250 --> 03:05:19,490
So we did not have a good communication with right at school from May till about a week and a half ago.

2080
03:05:19,490 --> 03:05:23,110
And I would say that we had our previous director retire,

2081
03:05:23,870 --> 03:05:25,970
previous assistant superintendent retired,

2082
03:05:26,990 --> 03:05:30,190
and Mr. Level and I got in the middle of this around July 15.

2083
03:05:31,490 --> 03:05:33,640
Unfortunately, we didn't have the rosters that we needed

2084
03:05:34,310 --> 03:05:36,710
until the day we sent them out to parents.

2085
03:05:36,910 --> 03:05:39,950
We know that's a system problem that we have that we're going to have corrected.

2086
03:05:40,490 --> 03:05:45,190
So we would tell you that right at school has been very helpful to us

2087
03:05:45,190 --> 03:05:48,750
in our timeline and knowing that we didn't do the preparation

2088
03:05:48,750 --> 03:05:55,490
internally. We needed to do positive rollout for the program. They've also miss a phone offered to

2089
03:05:55,490 --> 03:06:01,910
do individual in-person parent meetings at each site and to wear small 10-to-1 zooms with parents.

2090
03:06:05,010 --> 03:06:10,910
Our person in public comment tonight is actually has a live in-person appointment with Mr. Stone

2091
03:06:10,910 --> 03:06:18,890
tomorrow to walk the classroom and to observe the new materials and the location of students

2092
03:06:18,890 --> 03:06:25,170
and provide more reassurance. So we have been in, I have amnisestone has been an email communication

2093
03:06:25,170 --> 03:06:30,670
and the system has been in personal communication with many parents. This week trying to make sure

2094
03:06:30,670 --> 03:06:36,910
that they know they have choice and that we have a commitment to having a better roll out of all

2095
03:06:36,910 --> 03:06:43,330
programs that we feel fully. I would just like to see, like I said, it did to me right now. I'm just,

2096
03:06:43,330 --> 03:06:50,990
I was still, you know, I would like to see them putting forth maybe a little bit more in terms of this. I mean,

2097
03:06:51,130 --> 03:06:56,670
we had clones. We had this, but they're this community. There's this organization. They're a big company. You're right.

2098
03:06:56,810 --> 03:07:02,510
They do have a very big website. Why didn't they bring literature on to that Tuesday to think? Why do they have one

2099
03:07:03,730 --> 03:07:07,630
table with like a little stickers and like what are they doing then to kind of try

2100
03:07:07,630 --> 03:07:11,310
to ingratiate themselves especially then after the kind of the big step of

2101
03:07:11,310 --> 03:07:14,910
the last feet what are they doing to kind of come out and say hey we know we got

2102
03:07:14,910 --> 03:07:20,230
your money so here's the provided they're taking care of children okay yes I

2103
03:07:20,230 --> 03:07:24,630
know as a grandma I found that my I found out my grandson was not there I would

2104
03:07:24,630 --> 03:07:29,470
want to go you need to talk to me you need to reach out you need to you know

2105
03:07:29,470 --> 03:07:35,090
Absolutely. Well, they do have a customer service, like loop for people who have been responding

2106
03:07:35,090 --> 03:07:39,870
to all of the inquiries that individual parents and families have been putting out there.

2107
03:07:39,870 --> 03:07:44,810
I know that Joshua Royceman, who is the area manager, has been speaking to many of our families

2108
03:07:44,810 --> 03:07:51,690
individually and has been on site at every site in the district this week, right, individually

2109
03:07:51,690 --> 03:07:56,770
speaking with families. The parent and public comments was actually followed personally by Mr.

2110
03:07:56,770 --> 03:08:06,490
and offered to meet them today as well, prior to this meeting and our meeting tomorrow, to help walk them through.

2111
03:08:07,290 --> 03:08:13,610
They are also hosting these individual meetings for each school site so that they can ask specific individuals.

2112
03:08:13,930 --> 03:08:22,770
We'll cite questions regarding the programs and we're going to all be attending the Disney PTA.

2113
03:08:22,770 --> 03:08:25,030
Are you coming to the picnic tomorrow?

2114
03:08:25,310 --> 03:08:26,010
I'm coming to the picnic tomorrow.

2115
03:08:26,590 --> 03:08:30,710
Yes, so the area manager for our A.S. and myself

2116
03:08:30,710 --> 03:08:33,770
are planning on sending the disinfectant tomorrow.

2117
03:08:34,030 --> 03:08:36,730
We want to give you some idea of how the classrooms

2118
03:08:36,730 --> 03:08:37,610
are actually looking.

2119
03:08:38,290 --> 03:08:39,490
Do they have all this place?

2120
03:08:39,790 --> 03:08:40,350
What are they putting?

2121
03:08:40,690 --> 03:08:41,130
You know what I'm saying?

2122
03:08:41,430 --> 03:08:42,710
So that means to be some of the concerns

2123
03:08:42,710 --> 03:08:43,450
that parents have.

2124
03:08:43,910 --> 03:08:45,810
You know, you're sitting in a...

2125
03:08:45,810 --> 03:08:47,430
I've been at great-looking room yet.

2126
03:08:47,630 --> 03:08:49,370
Well, I've been receiving photographs

2127
03:08:49,370 --> 03:09:18,270
And, you know, feedback and communications from the RAS team about activities that the kids are involved in and feedback also that they have been receiving from their resources, right, and from families about the responses for children who are in the programs themselves, right, and from parents and the majority of them are very positive, so we're, you know, looking at things very positively right now with RAS.

2128
03:09:22,490 --> 03:09:30,130
As we, so we are working to rebuild the website and Stephen is actually, if you, in fact,

2129
03:09:30,450 --> 03:09:34,190
lifted our board of trustees page, we've already made a couple of significant improvements

2130
03:09:34,190 --> 03:09:37,950
just today about centering our information and making it more user friendly.

2131
03:09:38,670 --> 03:09:44,850
So our expanded learning page is subject to those improvements and we can make sure we have

2132
03:09:44,850 --> 03:09:49,830
pictures of classrooms, and we'll be highlighting each of the programs that work with our district,

2133
03:09:50,150 --> 03:09:59,830
so we'll have highlights for right-to-school boys and girls club after school days and ACEs to make sure parents can see all the information about each program centrally.

2134
03:10:00,580 --> 03:10:03,820
And we'll make sure that that's provided by right at school.

2135
03:10:04,440 --> 03:10:10,320
And do we have, is we have, do we have some type of an online instance of when that's going to be?

2136
03:10:12,660 --> 03:10:18,120
We're working daily, so you should start to see improvements in our website each day, but we're going to elevate,

2137
03:10:18,560 --> 03:10:21,620
span and learning to make sure we get their communication there.

2138
03:10:21,620 --> 03:10:22,520
Thank you.

2139
03:10:23,300 --> 03:10:28,180
I think also to give a little bit of context, Ms. Conno,

2140
03:10:30,400 --> 03:10:34,260
just for my own experience of trying to get child care this year for my children.

2141
03:10:35,420 --> 03:10:41,400
And I like pulled aside, Mr. Wally announced her appointment because I was like child care has been a struggle.

2142
03:10:43,040 --> 03:10:47,920
So, you know, I just think my experience of the webinar on Tuesday,

2143
03:10:48,060 --> 03:10:50,980
which I very much attended as a parent asking questions in the chat

2144
03:10:50,980 --> 03:10:57,360
that Dr. McCoy was answering was that they're being pretty incredibly gracious knowing

2145
03:10:57,360 --> 03:11:00,220
what I know about how we did not set them up for success.

2146
03:11:01,340 --> 03:11:07,260
So like I, a parent, another parent doesn't parent who I told them were in a TV with last

2147
03:11:07,260 --> 03:11:10,220
year emailed about about right at school, right?

2148
03:11:10,240 --> 03:11:15,560
And I basically said to her, like, listen, the board president has found this incredibly

2149
03:11:15,560 --> 03:11:18,980
frustrating also, and like I have not been able to figure this out.

2150
03:11:18,980 --> 03:11:24,160
But the day after we approved it, I was on an email

2151
03:11:24,160 --> 03:11:27,000
with Miss Olsen and Dr. Knappik saying,

2152
03:11:27,160 --> 03:11:28,240
OK, we've approved this.

2153
03:11:28,400 --> 03:11:31,160
We know that people are making decisions about childcare

2154
03:11:31,160 --> 03:11:33,340
when are we pulling right at school in?

2155
03:11:33,820 --> 03:11:39,320
And then, I sent something again, the end of May, saying,

2156
03:11:40,100 --> 03:11:42,780
hey, next week is registration for after school days.

2157
03:11:42,920 --> 03:11:45,520
We need to have the registration data out there.

2158
03:11:45,520 --> 03:12:12,180
And then, you know, when, when, when after school days was full of Disney, I was like, just FYI, I'm stopping problems, but like we need to figure this out. And so I feel like I was trying to raise this throughout the summer, but without having, without having people on staff that could actually run point on it, I think right at school is kind of left not being it because they, we couldn't, they can't send an email without us, right?

2159
03:12:12,180 --> 03:12:14,260
They can't reach out to the community without us.

2160
03:12:14,280 --> 03:12:18,420
They actually had their website set up four registrations in July.

2161
03:12:18,840 --> 03:12:20,580
And I was like, well, so I registered my kid.

2162
03:12:20,640 --> 03:12:23,260
If I don't know if we're really opening this program

2163
03:12:24,020 --> 03:12:26,880
to all of these grades or not.

2164
03:12:27,180 --> 03:12:31,400
And so I know it's been hard to hear.

2165
03:12:32,460 --> 03:12:35,260
And I just don't think that we,

2166
03:12:36,510 --> 03:12:41,430
I think they are doing the best with the way that we set them up

2167
03:12:41,430 --> 03:12:42,790
and they need to do better.

2168
03:12:42,790 --> 03:12:48,930
Right, I think I think both of those things can be true. No, because yeah, I could go that and go, yeah, I'm this lawsuit retired went like in March or April.

2169
03:12:49,070 --> 03:12:55,750
So we've had we know that so we that was us. Yeah, no, but the flip side is this is a big company and we're not just they're not doing it for free.

2170
03:12:55,790 --> 03:13:06,070
So I would love to see them kind of come in in terms of they've got stocks. They've got literature, you know, bring some flyers bring some, you know, and then just actually seeing them and even like what you're saying is this down though.

2171
03:13:06,190 --> 03:13:12,350
The idea of you've got pictures that we can start up and Mr. Hakes, we get more of that stuff on that would be great because like I say we it

2172
03:13:12,350 --> 03:13:16,370
You have children, you know what happened last week.

2173
03:13:16,490 --> 03:13:24,490
I just want to make sure people are a good idea and that right at school also knows that they got it.

2174
03:13:24,490 --> 03:13:26,230
I want to see them push a little bit more too.

2175
03:13:26,490 --> 03:13:40,030
Yeah, I think my conversations I've had with other parents this week have really been trying to ensure that they are,

2176
03:13:40,030 --> 03:13:43,650
You know, if they're happy where they're at, then they should say where they're at.

2177
03:13:44,350 --> 03:13:48,450
And like, if they're not, then they have another choice right now, right?

2178
03:13:48,450 --> 03:13:50,990
And that's the experience that I'm having in my own family, right?

2179
03:13:51,250 --> 03:13:55,010
Where, like, my kids are in one program, they're split up from their friends, they're trying.

2180
03:13:55,070 --> 03:13:59,470
Where's like trying to wheel and deal with after school days and trying to figure out if we can

2181
03:13:59,470 --> 03:14:04,490
reunite all these kids, right? But like, the idea of having choice,

2182
03:14:07,350 --> 03:14:08,890
where previously there were

2183
03:14:08,890 --> 03:14:12,630
lots of weight lists and it was kind of like whatever you got into that's what you were taking.

2184
03:14:13,430 --> 03:14:18,950
It's really nice to have a partner that at least says they're going to provide that kind of additional capacity.

2185
03:14:22,360 --> 03:14:25,060
We do boys in girls' hopes, so we're in a...

2186
03:14:25,060 --> 03:14:28,560
That's what we're doing ASUS, which is where my boys and girls come from.

2187
03:14:30,140 --> 03:14:31,260
Any Dr. Wysberg?

2188
03:14:33,320 --> 03:14:33,880
Super quickly.

2189
03:14:38,010 --> 03:14:49,750
I would love for us to in the future also have a conversation about offering up an option to families that is specific to our special needs students and families.

2190
03:14:50,670 --> 03:14:56,170
This is not a conversation for now. It is a conversation for later, but I think it is one well worth having.

2191
03:14:56,170 --> 03:14:59,950
And I know that we have some, you know, amazing educators already doing.

2192
03:15:09,000 --> 03:15:12,900
Okay, that's correct.

2193
03:15:13,120 --> 03:15:14,060
Thank you.

2194
03:15:14,300 --> 03:15:19,420
Okay, can I get a motion a second to approve this second amendment? Thank you.

2195
03:15:19,640 --> 03:15:19,820
Second.

2196
03:15:21,740 --> 03:15:26,680
Move by Dr. Arcanion, seconded by Miss Olsen to approve the ratification of second amendment to services

2197
03:15:26,680 --> 03:15:33,300
with right at school, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes 5-0.

2198
03:15:34,780 --> 03:15:45,100
Dr. Weisberg, you wanted to discuss 14-B? Yeah. I am not clear on the timeline. We're

2199
03:15:45,100 --> 03:15:53,360
working on, especially because we have football games next week, but I feel uneasy about approving

2200
03:15:53,360 --> 03:15:57,220
are as much as I enjoy saying the word facilitron, and I do.

2201
03:15:59,220 --> 03:16:04,800
Dr. McCoy, could we get some feedback from Mr. Avery and the team about

2202
03:16:06,180 --> 03:16:13,700
whether or not how right in the IT department has been on this and if they are

2203
03:16:14,320 --> 03:16:19,920
ready to set go and, you know, in general, just a conversation about like who's involved in these

2204
03:16:19,920 --> 03:16:24,020
conversations when we're trying something new like this.

2205
03:16:24,600 --> 03:16:30,680
Yes, so we can pull 14B and bring that back because this is a no-cost agreement.

2206
03:16:31,300 --> 03:16:31,320
Right.

2207
03:16:31,420 --> 03:16:33,500
And we would emphasize this is a pilot.

2208
03:16:34,020 --> 03:16:34,120
Yeah.

2209
03:16:34,260 --> 03:16:39,720
And a pilot there is going to be more unknowns than if we have a typical project.

2210
03:16:39,740 --> 03:16:40,180
For sure.

2211
03:16:40,380 --> 03:16:46,720
We'll certainly talk with director Avery about communication with staff around particular projects.

2212
03:16:46,720 --> 03:16:47,720
Thank you.

2213
03:16:48,760 --> 03:16:51,280
And I'll leave it there and we'll both, we'll, we'll, we'll, that's for tonight.

2214
03:16:51,720 --> 03:16:51,760
Okay.

2215
03:16:53,200 --> 03:16:57,040
So then can I get a, I'm going to go through the whole list here.

2216
03:16:57,060 --> 03:16:59,400
I don't think we had anything else amended on consent, right?

2217
03:16:59,520 --> 03:16:59,800
Okay.

2218
03:16:59,800 --> 03:17:12,360
So can I get a motion to approve 14 C through G, I and J, L through V, X through CC, as presented.

2219
03:17:14,500 --> 03:17:19,600
second motion made by Dr. Arcanian, second by Dr. Weisberg, authors and

2220
03:17:19,600 --> 03:17:26,440
favors say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Consent passes by to zero. All right.

2221
03:17:27,040 --> 03:17:28,520
Board reports and communications.

2222
03:17:30,720 --> 03:17:32,760
The missiles and who are you were going to

2223
03:17:32,760 --> 03:17:37,600
say time, you want to start? I'll start up this slide and then go back and forth.

2224
03:17:37,840 --> 03:17:41,800
Thank you. Yeah. I just want to say a huge

2225
03:17:41,800 --> 03:17:56,480
Thank you to everybody for a back to school energy like getting to be on the campuses and seeing everybody moving despite our hiccups has been has been a real treasure.

2226
03:17:58,060 --> 03:18:06,540
And I, yeah, I also just appreciate the the energy movement toward better communication.

2227
03:18:06,540 --> 03:18:07,980
And that's all I want to say.

2228
03:18:08,320 --> 03:18:09,340
Thank you.

2229
03:18:09,440 --> 03:18:10,080
Thank you.

2230
03:18:10,460 --> 03:18:11,580
Dr. Coney, any of you?

2231
03:18:12,560 --> 03:18:20,230
I just want to thank the Urban High School as some of you

2232
03:18:20,230 --> 03:18:22,310
where our son just started high school.

2233
03:18:22,550 --> 03:18:24,250
So this is his first year.

2234
03:18:25,350 --> 03:18:29,310
And I did, I find also the TK meeting last night,

2235
03:18:29,470 --> 03:18:30,610
a lot of energy.

2236
03:18:32,250 --> 03:18:33,390
And he's very happy.

2237
03:18:33,830 --> 03:18:34,890
So we're happy.

2238
03:18:34,890 --> 03:18:39,150
So, thank you everyone and go, no, I can't say that.

2239
03:18:39,250 --> 03:18:41,730
You can say that if you aren't, okay, no, no.

2240
03:18:41,730 --> 03:18:44,750
It's whatever corollary there is to happy life, happy wife,

2241
03:18:44,910 --> 03:18:49,330
for whatever, happy father, happy board, miscono.

2242
03:18:50,930 --> 03:18:54,670
Well, just I started my was back my first week this week.

2243
03:18:55,210 --> 03:18:57,210
So, for all the birth, BUSD teachers,

2244
03:18:57,570 --> 03:18:58,670
I just want to remind you,

2245
03:18:58,910 --> 03:19:00,330
them all to take care of yourselves.

2246
03:19:00,870 --> 03:19:02,950
As all the memes say, there is no tired.

2247
03:19:02,950 --> 03:19:10,330
Like first week back to school tired, so I want you all to take care of yourself and to the all the seven faculties. Thank you very much

2248
03:19:11,790 --> 03:19:12,530
Dr. Bister.

2249
03:19:14,130 --> 03:19:14,230
Thanks

2250
03:19:15,590 --> 03:19:20,120
a couple of quick shoutouts. Thank you to Monoree for inviting me to your

2251
03:19:21,210 --> 03:19:26,890
Back to school staff barbecue. It was super great to be there and to meet both new and returning staff

2252
03:19:28,330 --> 03:19:32,510
Thank you to schools beyond screens for their family.

2253
03:19:32,650 --> 03:19:33,750
Get together, picnic thing.

2254
03:19:33,890 --> 03:19:38,050
It was a lot of fun to talk with parents and to learn a little bit more.

2255
03:19:38,710 --> 03:19:43,110
And there's a really positive, a lot of people showed up,

2256
03:19:43,290 --> 03:19:46,550
which, again, is just another highlight of how invested our families are in the community.

2257
03:19:50,170 --> 03:19:56,810
I want to give just a big thank you to everybody for a little bit of a rocky first.

2258
03:19:56,810 --> 03:19:59,890
week and a half from everybody here in the district office too.

2259
03:20:00,210 --> 03:20:07,130
Our teachers to our classified staff, special, a very special thank you to our food service team.

2260
03:20:08,750 --> 03:20:19,090
Everybody who works in food service care so deeply about our students and making sure that they are served food that they like and they enjoy.

2261
03:20:19,530 --> 03:20:28,310
And even though what happened this week had nothing to do with them at all. I know they felt personally responsible because they take enormous amount of pride in their work.

2262
03:20:28,310 --> 03:20:32,470
And so it's really hard to do a difficult job

2263
03:20:32,470 --> 03:20:37,330
when you also feel like people don't think you're doing that job.

2264
03:20:37,930 --> 03:20:44,330
And so I'm so grateful to them on Friday.

2265
03:20:45,030 --> 03:20:48,310
Dr. Hastie and I got to go make about 22 Kajillion.

2266
03:20:49,190 --> 03:20:51,710
Okay, so Diaz and learn how it's being made

2267
03:20:51,710 --> 03:20:54,310
and just see how hard everybody works

2268
03:20:54,310 --> 03:20:56,930
and how invested they are in the success.

2269
03:20:56,930 --> 03:21:11,090
And I did just want to briefly encourage our community members that, and I, as a middle school teacher, I value nothing more than my students, right?

2270
03:21:11,090 --> 03:21:22,230
But I also know that there are young people and that often when they're sharing anecdotes or sharing quotes about food that, you know, coming up and reading those quotes.

2271
03:21:22,230 --> 03:21:26,070
It could be deeply hurtful to the people making that food.

2272
03:21:27,170 --> 03:21:32,090
I'm not trying to devalue our student voice because they're so important, but I would

2273
03:21:32,090 --> 03:21:38,330
ask our community to think about when you're coming up and asking us to do better to think

2274
03:21:38,330 --> 03:21:41,350
a little bit about the ways in which you're framing that request.

2275
03:21:42,550 --> 03:21:47,930
How can we both do better and honor the people who are working hard every single day to

2276
03:21:47,930 --> 03:21:48,950
already be exceptional.

2277
03:21:52,850 --> 03:21:58,610
So sharing anecdotes as fact, I think it can be dangerous. And I just

2278
03:21:58,610 --> 03:22:04,330
want us, I think most of us are on the same team here. We're fighting to get our students and

2279
03:22:04,330 --> 03:22:09,730
our teachers and our staff, the best possible version of every single thing we offer. And if we

2280
03:22:09,730 --> 03:22:16,350
can all come from a place of that understanding and think a bit about how the comments we make

2281
03:22:16,350 --> 03:22:22,210
impact the people who are doing the work, I think that we're going to find better, more meaningful

2282
03:22:22,210 --> 03:22:29,010
solutions than we would otherwise. So thank you to everybody, make in our food and running

2283
03:22:29,010 --> 03:22:34,010
our schools and I look forward to hearing about continued success and also just wanted to thank

2284
03:22:34,010 --> 03:22:40,210
Dr. McCoy and Dr. Hasty and Mr. Mobile and Dr. Nassias and all of our new members because this

2285
03:22:40,210 --> 03:22:47,810
been one hack of a welcome to Burbank Unified. And I want to thank you for your steadfast

2286
03:22:49,530 --> 03:22:55,110
level headedness and the reminder constantly that like we're going to get better every day.

2287
03:22:55,330 --> 03:22:58,550
It's really hard to get stuck in the, oh my god, this went wrong in this but wrong.

2288
03:22:59,070 --> 03:23:05,210
But I am, I'm really appreciative to you for continuing to encourage me to focus on what's next

2289
03:23:05,210 --> 03:23:07,930
and not just focus on what was, that's important.

2290
03:23:08,210 --> 03:23:11,890
We've been through a year of really not being able to see what's next

2291
03:23:12,770 --> 03:23:15,890
and it feels really good to be able to start to say,

2292
03:23:16,170 --> 03:23:19,890
hey, there is a what's next and I'm excited and confident about it.

2293
03:23:19,970 --> 03:23:23,090
So I just want to thank all of you guys for consistently reminding me

2294
03:23:23,090 --> 03:23:26,970
that over the last week and a half, it's important to thank you.

2295
03:23:27,230 --> 03:23:28,270
Thank you, Dr. Oyesberg.

2296
03:23:29,870 --> 03:23:33,050
I'm happy first week of school to everyone.

2297
03:23:33,050 --> 03:23:40,610
And since I know we all celebrate here, I want to think,

2298
03:23:43,550 --> 03:23:45,130
after taking my own kids to their

2299
03:23:45,130 --> 03:23:51,670
first day of school and attending our little PTA coffee that we do, I visited McKinley Elementary

2300
03:23:51,670 --> 03:23:58,350
on the first day of school where they do a really great, that I haven't actually seen elsewhere.

2301
03:23:59,010 --> 03:24:07,210
They do essentially a rotation the first week of school around their PBIS and around their school routines, and

2302
03:24:07,870 --> 03:24:13,810
It's so and they mix the grades for it. So I was watching a group of kindergarteners and second graders learn about you know

2303
03:24:13,810 --> 03:24:16,970
What do we do when we go to the bathroom? How do we act respectful in the bathroom?

2304
03:24:17,270 --> 03:24:19,370
What do we do when we're out on the blacktop et cetera?

2305
03:24:19,850 --> 03:24:28,330
Although I did learn the lesson that I need to

2306
03:24:28,330 --> 03:24:35,110
here, why is Jack's mom, Bartos mom at my school? Which, you know, I forget that sometimes.

2307
03:24:36,670 --> 03:24:44,230
But, you know, I want to thanks staff for really modeling on this communication that takes

2308
03:24:44,230 --> 03:24:51,690
accountability. I think it can be really hard, especially when we all have a backstory that

2309
03:24:51,690 --> 03:24:57,110
is true and also that we're creating a real time about what happened or didn't happen.

2310
03:24:57,870 --> 03:24:59,970
to get defensive and so I just

2311
03:25:00,000 --> 03:25:08,740
I think the communication that has gone out this first week of school has, you know, it can always get better, right?

2312
03:25:08,740 --> 03:25:19,200
But I think that that has been really refreshing for people to feel like, I know something is wrong and I'm being told yes, that was wrong, right?

2313
03:25:19,200 --> 03:25:36,600
And I think where I often even personally have the impulse to try to like tell people to look on the bright side or look at this one thing that did go well and it's like it's sometimes it is okay for us to say this went wrong and we want to do better.

2314
03:25:38,100 --> 03:25:46,380
And I just I really appreciated that about this last week so you know I do want to extend my appreciation.

2315
03:25:47,740 --> 03:26:05,560
First to, Dr. Riceburg, Dr. Hissie, I know made a billion cases, which my kids then ate later that day, and I said, we're very good, but also just, you know, to staff for being willing to kind of help us understand what's going on without, without any sort of sense of panic.

2316
03:26:05,560 --> 03:26:12,280
like there's always a sense of this is happening and we're taking care of it and we want you to know

2317
03:26:12,280 --> 03:26:18,000
we want you to be engaged, you want you to know in case somebody asks you but you're not responsible

2318
03:26:18,580 --> 03:26:25,320
for figuring out what to do with the fire of activation near an elementary school or whatever it is.

2319
03:26:25,480 --> 03:26:31,660
And so I just I really appreciate that during a week that can be often kind of stressful.

2320
03:26:31,660 --> 03:26:38,980
So, with that, we will adjourn at 9.27.