[0:00] All right, good evening at 640 and we will now reconvene for public session.

[0:05] I want to welcome everybody to our board meeting tonight. We always enjoy when we see fresh, different faces.

[0:12] And thank you for taking time to be with us tonight. Board meetings are public.

[0:18] What the business we need to do in public, if that makes sense. So thank you, we value your public participation.

[0:23] Our new student board representative from Clovis North, Nick Ruboken, will now lead us in the

[0:30] pledge of allegiance.

[0:33] Please stand and join us in the pledge of allegiance,

[0:37] ready?

[0:38] Salute.

[0:39] I pledge allegiance to the high of the United States of America and to the Republic for which

[0:45] it stands.

[0:47] Onionation, underbought, anything is available for liberty and justice for all.

[0:55] Thank you.

[0:56] We have a few closed session motions that we have to take care of.

[1:00] During closed session the board reviewed routine personnel matters.

[1:03] I'll entertain a motion to approve those personal matters as submitted.

[1:07] Any discussion?

[1:09] All in favour?

[1:10] Aye.

[1:11] Any opposed?

[1:12] Also during closed session the board reviewed student discipline matters related to student 2701.

[1:19] I'll entertain a motion to approve those student discipline matters as submitted.

[1:22] So move.

[1:24] All in favour?

[1:25] Aye.

[1:26] I, any opposed, right?

[1:27] With that out of the way, Dr. Fulmer will you please give us your superintendents report

[1:31] in my privilege, President Stoker Madsen.

[1:34] So, just some updates on activities have been happening since the last time we met.

[1:39] Last Saturday we held the elementary football carnival at La Monica and Veterans Memorial

[1:43] Stadium.

[1:43] There were big crowds.

[1:45] It was a great event.

[1:46] It was well organized.

[1:47] It was beautiful weather.

[1:49] I think my favorite story from that day was a team was walking up the ramp at VMS, very

[1:55] crowd, tell them great job, and, you know, how's it going? And when, or I said great job

[2:03] and the kid goes, and I go, awesome. And he goes, and then he goes, I think we won, right?

[2:10] And it just warmed my heart about like the experience that our incredible team provides

[2:15] for our kids. And the fact that they get to play in varsity level stadiums that I would argue

[2:20] rival any varsity venue around the state. But they get to have those moments in the excitement

[2:25] that they have around that. And it was new. We had our cheerleaders on the instead of in the

[2:31] stands on the ground around that. So everybody was on display for everyone in the stands and it

[2:37] was just a great day. This coming Saturday we're going to have 29 new LVNs that will be pinned

[2:44] as they graduate from our Clovis adult school program. And we're really proud of them. It's always

[2:49] such a heartwarming ceremony as they talk about the journey they've been on over the 18 months

[2:53] and how hard it is for many of them with families

[2:55] and giving up work to be a part of that.

[2:58] Last Thursday, we held our district start

[3:00] where safety and the state seal of civic engagement

[3:02] we're discussed with our parents.

[3:04] These topics will then hopefully be carried forward

[3:07] to our area meetings and we'll move forward

[3:09] to sites during their site meetings.

[3:11] We had a great turnout and I'm always grateful

[3:13] for our parents and our community who show up to partner with us

[3:17] and learn more about what we do and why we do it.

[3:20] Some school awards.

[3:21] So, we have four Clovis unified elementary schools that were recognized as bright spots by the

[3:28] 74, which is a national educational new source.

[3:31] The bright spots, recognition highlight schools, where literacy, specifically at the third-grade

[3:35] level, is exceeding expectations based on the socioeconomic status of the school.

[3:40] And so, a huge congratulations to Garfield, Jefferson, Liberty, and Mariamonti, elementary

[3:45] schools.

[3:46] In fact, liberty came out on top with a 92% reading proficiency rate, one of the highest

[3:52] of all the schools rated in the 74, which is the report.

[3:57] In California, the PBIS is huge at our school sites.

[4:02] It's a positive behavioral intervention and support system that really helps our students understand

[4:06] expectations and help them meet those expectations and reinforce great behaviors in community

[4:11] on a campus and our school sites do a wonderful job of that.

[4:15] But we had 21 of our elementary schools just received the highest level of PBIS designation in the state of California

[4:22] and being named 2026 Platinum Schools.

[4:25] Also earning the Platinum distinction was our preschool program, which spans 45 sites,

[4:29] so that's pretty tough when you consider it's not even just in one location in terms of consistency.

[4:34] Additionally, we had one elementary school receive the 2026 bronze recognized school designation,

[4:39] so huge congratulations to all of our school sites in preschool.

[4:44] This Friday, as you know, is Patriot Day, 9-11, and all of our sites will be commemorating

[4:50] the 25th anniversary of the tragic events that occurred on 9-11.

[4:55] Through assemblies, morning announcements, displaying the flags wearing red, white and blue,

[4:59] holding military nights during games that are played that evening, etc.

[5:04] The district office will also hold the 9-11 remembrance that morning under the flagpole outside

[5:08] the D.O.S. building for those of you who might want to attend, I will be representing

[5:13] Klovis Unified at the California 911 Memorial Remembrance ceremony that is hearing Klovis

[5:19] over behind the old Costco. And we have eight secondary students who were named in addition

[5:25] in the 911 vein. There is always the category, the competition that Fresno County Superintendent

[5:32] Schools puts on. One voice, the spirit of 912. Because everybody talks about we had the strategy

[5:37] on 9-11 but the spirit of the American people on 9-12 is something that gets memorialized

[5:44] as well. And we have eight secondary students who were named in the top 10 of their categories

[5:50] this year. And this year's winners include one student from Granite Ridge and Raven,

[5:58] one student each from Buchanan and Klovis North and four from Klovis East High School.

[6:03] And so students will be honored as special ceremony this Saturday morning at the Klovis

[6:06] Veterans Memorial District.

[6:09] And then on that vein, I just think it's important.

[6:12] You've been in attendance, but we really are working and have

[6:16] an entire team that came together to plan celebrating

[6:18] America's 250th and how to carry that forward in ways

[6:23] that honor values that we have around belonging and

[6:30] acts of service in those things.

[6:31] And I'm just really proud of our teams that are finding

[6:35] creative ways to give back and honor that for our students.

[6:39] And I'll remind you, we'll share as it gets closer,

[6:40] but we're going to have a culminating event,

[6:43] follow March 11th, and you're probably wondering,

[6:45] why March 11th?

[6:46] Well, that is the 250th day of this school year.

[6:52] And that will be when we're going to do a kind of a celebration

[6:55] across the district.

[6:56] So just to honor that, thank you so much.

[7:01] Thank you, Dr. Fulmer.

[7:02] Now it is time to meet our new student board reps for this year for the 2020-26-27 school year.

[7:11] Welcome, we're glad to have you and so Dr. Fulner, will you please get us started with introductions?

[7:16] Yeah, so at this time, we have a phenomenal group of individuals that will be serving as our board representatives and I'll just remind you we do this so we can have a lot of students who get to engage with you as a board member and get to see the process.

[7:52] All right, good evening, President Stoke Romance and members of the governing board, Dr. Fulmer, Mr. Jager, and Mrs. Rageer.

[7:58] One of our district strengths is the opportunity we give students to lead, serve, and make

[8:03] meaningful contributions to their school communities.

[8:06] Tonight we have the privilege, appearing directly from five outstanding student leaders,

[8:10] representing each of our comprehensive high schools.

[8:14] Before welcoming our student board representatives, I'd like to recognize the dedicated

[8:17] activities directors who support and mentor student leaders across our campuses.

[8:22] Sally Kirchner from Clovis High School, Kelsey Ostrander, Clovis West, Brianna Williams,

[8:28] new to Buchanan, Sarah Buress, from Clovis East, Miranda Rudolf, from Clovis North, and finally

[8:35] and excited to introduce for the first time the activities director from Clovis South, Sophia Burada.

[8:41] Tonight is an exciting night for their school dormitory. Can they stand up, please?

[8:46] You know what? Well, there'll be a moment. So, like, these ladies were waiting for a cue. So, it is my pleasure to introduce

[8:55] Please, I mean, they deserve it.

[9:02] That's my phone. They're used to graduation cues, and so they didn't hear the cue, so they didn't stand.

[9:08] Thank you ladies for what you do. Yes, for sure. But we're really excited because tonight is close the south's first night having a board report and

[9:16] And so they're here tonight, the principal,

[9:19] and Dr. Terrosions here, to celebrate.

[9:23] So we just want to say,

[9:24] we're extremely grateful for the guidance

[9:25] commitment of our activities directors,

[9:28] because I really do help create

[9:29] opportunities that shape competent,

[9:31] capable young leaders.

[9:33] So now it's my pleasure to introduce

[9:34] our student board representatives.

[9:36] Each will share a little bit about themselves.

[9:38] So starting one by that from Clovis High,

[9:41] Olivia Swanson, from Clovis West, Emma Drain.

[9:44] If you can, no one else, Clovis East, Landering Romero, and from Clovis North, Nicholas Rogolkin.

[9:58] Hi, my name is Olivia Swanson, and I'm very honored to be the board representative for Clovis High this year.

[10:05] I'm a senior and this is my second year in ISC. I've held many leadership roles during high school, and I'm currently serving as Clovis High Senior Class President.

[10:13] I'm the secretary for both the Veterans Support Club and Hands for Hope Club.

[10:17] I'm a member of CSF and I play volleyball from freshman to junior year.

[10:22] I maintain a 4.0 weighted GPA through a high school and I've taken 5 AP courses.

[10:27] Outside of school, my family, friends and my job are very important to me.

[10:31] I enjoy our family dinners every Sunday night and working at Tilly's in my free time.

[10:35] Through all of the experiences and self-growth I've gone through in high school, I'm competent in the young woman I've become.

[10:41] My family members have always been my number one supporters and they've pushed me to do great things.

[10:46] After high school, I plan to go to college and meet major in business with the minor in fashion merchandising in order to become a stylist or a buyer in the fashion industry.

[10:55] I'm very excited for this opportunity to share my voice and represent club size school.

[10:59] Thank you.

[11:06] Hey, my name is Emma Drain, and I'm honored to be serving as the Clovis West Student Board Representative.

[11:14] Throughout my time at Clovis West, I have taken a total of eight AP courses, along with two medically inclined CTE classes at both Buchanan and Clovis North.

[11:25] I competed on the walk trial team for three years, earning first in county twice.

[11:30] I have been a part of various clubs, including theater West, CSF, FCA, and more.

[11:37] Last year was my very first year in leadership where I hit the ground running and ran

[11:42] for junior rally commissioner as well as the Inter-School Council.

[11:46] Now I'm in my second year of leadership, ISC, and have the privilege of being ASB Vice President.

[11:53] I also spend a lot of my time working as a part-time sales associate at Attilies.

[11:59] In the future, I plan to attend a four-year university, and afterwards pursue a career in

[12:05] anesthesiology. It feels like just a few weeks ago I was attending freshman orientation,

[12:11] and now, in a few months, I will be receiving my diploma. I'm extremely grateful to stand

[12:17] in front of you all today. Knowing that wherever life takes me, I will forever be strong,

[12:23] and mind, body, and spirit.

[12:26] Thank you.

[12:34] Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

[12:35] I hope all of you are having a fantastic evening.

[12:38] My name is Noel Alto, and I'm proud to be a senior

[12:41] at Buchanan High School.

[12:42] Buchanan has truly become part of my family.

[12:45] I have two brothers, one who graduated from Buchanan in 2025,

[12:49] and another who's currently a sophomore.

[12:51] At the heart of who I am is my faith in the Lord.

[12:54] I value spending time at church, being with friends and family,

[12:57] and enjoying the outdoors. Looking ahead, I plan to attend a four-year university where I hope to

[13:03] earn a degree in either public health or chemistry and continue my education at UCSF to pursue

[13:09] and my MD and career in medicine. Throughout my four years at Buchanan, I have an intentionally

[13:15] been deeply involved in our school community and those experiences help shape the person who I am today.

[13:21] I have served on student council all four years at Buchanan and taking the rules of ASB athletics and currently ASB President.

[13:31] I have also been a proud member of the Buchanan varsity volleyball team for the past two years, one of the highlights being a part of the Valley Championship team.

[13:40] Of all these experiences, my greatest joy has been serving on inner-school council for the past two years with some of my closest friends.

[13:47] Through these opportunities, I have learned the importance of leadership, service,

[13:52] friendship, and representing something larger than myself.

[13:56] I'm incredibly grateful for the opportunity to be before you this evening,

[14:00] and represent the school I have been fortunate to call home for the past three years.

[14:04] Buchanan has given me friendships, memories, and opportunities that I will carry along with me after graduation.

[14:12] Buchanan is my home, and forever will be.

[14:15] I'm deeply proud to be a bear, and I sincerely thank you for the privilege of being here with you this evening.

[14:27] Hello. My name is Landry Romero, and I'm so excited to be close east, or to represent close east as this year's student board representative.

[14:36] I've been a close unified student since kindergarten, which is given the planning of practice and perfecting that mind-body spirit mentality.

[14:43] First starters, there's not much more I love than learning new things and challenging myself, which I do through many of the AP and honors courses offered at the wreck.

[14:50] I am also thrilled to share that after many years of dancing with close academy, I have finally joined

[14:55] Close East Anthem where I have the opportunity to strengthen and move my body in ways I enjoy.

[15:00] Throughout the school day. My favorite aspect of school, however, has to be the time I spend with my leadership

[15:05] team. I have the honor of serving closies as ASP president as I enter my fifth year of leadership. It

[15:12] is through my love for this program that I discovered ISE, my second family, and I'm standing

[15:17] before you today. I'm also a proud member of our school's diversity education council,

[15:22] formerly known as Rectek, which allows me to learn new ways to advocate for all voices on campus,

[15:26] National Honors Society and T-Wolf Team.

[15:30] I also look forward to our quarterly eye-dark meetings with the wonderful Dr. Fomer.

[15:34] Outside of school, I spend a lot of time reading, and I'm quite involved with the online book community,

[15:38] where I offer marketing services for independent authors.

[15:41] I also enjoy spending time with friends and family, and my three ran bunches, goofy, yet extremely loving dogs.

[15:48] I look forward to getting to know all of you this year, and I am honored to be representing my Wolf Pack family.

[16:01] My name is Nicholas Rogokin or Nick Rogokin and I am honored to serve as this year's Clovis

[16:06] North board representative.

[16:08] I am currently a senior at Clovis North High School and I am taking a rigorous course

[16:12] load that includes AP statistics, AP macroeconomics, AP government, English 125 dual enrollment,

[16:20] anatomy and physiology and leadership.

[16:22] By the end of my senior year, I will have completed 7 AP courses and multiple honors courses

[16:27] while being recognized by the California Scholarship Federation and the College Board as an AP scholar

[16:32] with honor. Outside of academics, some of my most meaningful experiences have come through the

[16:37] Clovis North Leadership Program, where I'd been able to grow not only as a leader, but also as a

[16:42] person, ultimately leading me to become a member of ISC. One of my favorite hobbies, photography,

[16:48] has led me to serve as President of the Photography Club, while my want to represent the student

[16:52] inspired me to become ASB Vice President.

[16:56] Beyond school, I stay connected to my community through volunteering with teens that care,

[17:00] or one of my favorite opportunities has been volunteering at the Ronald McDonald House,

[17:04] at Valley Children's Hospital, and supporting families in our community.

[17:08] A few quick, fun facts about me.

[17:10] My favorite movie has always been Ratatouille, and when I'm not at school,

[17:13] you can usually find me on the picklewalk fort with my friends,

[17:16] or as of late, on the driving range, trying to keep up with my brother's golf game.

[17:20] I've been a part of Clovis Unified since kindergarten starting at Liberty Elementary.

[17:25] Go SkyHallcks, and I am incredibly grateful and excited to represent Clovis North as an ISC member

[17:30] and serve as board representative this year.

[17:33] Thank you.

[17:38] Okay it is my pleasure.

[17:41] It's my pleasure.

[17:45] And our student board representatives up to the highest to shake our board members hands.

[17:49] We'd love

[18:54] it.

[19:01] Well, thank you all for that lovely introduction.

[19:04] Thank you, our activities directors, for the work that you do.

[19:07] You are everywhere, all the time.

[19:11] And I know there's a lot of effort and energy that goes into what you do,

[19:15] and not just providing activities and facilitating them,

[19:21] mentoring these capable young students and many others like them in your

[19:25] leadership program. So we are excited to have you join us. You represent a

[19:30] breadth of experience so we're happy to have you and have your input on things.

[19:37] So now we would like to move forward and have Mr. Robilkin give us your first report.

[19:46] Good evening, President Stoker Madsen, members of the governing board, Dr. Fomer, Mr.

[19:53] Jager, and Mr. Geer. This is the student board report for September 9th, 2026. First

[20:00] is Clovis High School, who is upholding the Blue and Gold Standard. Clovis High School

[20:05] kicked off the year with Cougar Pride and a focus on creating memorable exterior experiences

[20:09] for students. Welcome week featured fun surprises for students, including popsicles,

[20:14] Candy Grams and Blue and Gold Lemonade.

[20:18] Cougar Football also celebrated a memorable achievement

[20:20] by winning the third annual rodeo bowl,

[20:23] retaining the championship belt buckle trophy,

[20:26] and earning an individual buckle for every player.

[20:29] Last week, the Blue and Gold Rally brought the student body together

[20:33] with an exciting staff dodgeball competition,

[20:36] energetic remix dance team performance, and class competition.

[20:40] The Blue team, representing seniors in freshman, claimed the victory.

[20:43] Additionally, ABC30 visited campus to highlight our building information modeling CTE program

[20:49] and remodel of teacher Ron Webb's classroom, which incorporates student input, VR technology, and an industry-standard design.

[20:58] The strong start reflects the energy, pride, and sense of community that continues to define the Clovis High Experience.

[21:04] GoCougars.

[21:09] Next, we have Clovis West High School, where the Golden Eagles saw with the Olympic

[21:13] Spirit. Clovis West has kicked off its 50th anniversary year with extra excitement, energy,

[21:20] and golden eagle spirit. The year began with Donuts and Spirit Shirts welcoming students back

[21:26] to campus and setting the tone for a memorable celebration. Seniors were welcomed with senior sunrise,

[21:32] creating a special moment of connection and class pride.

[21:35] The first rally of the year, Eagle Chela brought music, energy, and school spirit to campus

[21:41] as students celebrated the start of a historic year.

[21:45] Club Rush followed giving students the opportunity to explore the many organizations and activities

[21:50] available at Clovis West.

[21:52] As the first weeks of school continued, the Golden Eagles have been building momentum toward

[21:56] the celebration of five decades of excellence.

[21:59] The campus is now gearing up for the highlight of the fall.

[22:03] The Clovis Wet, West, 50th Anniversary Homecoming Celebration on Friday, September 18th,

[22:09] at the Homecoming Football Game.

[22:12] Alumni, former staff, current students, staff, and the entire Clovis Wet community will

[22:17] come together to celebrate 50 years of Golden Eagle tradition, memories, and excellence.

[22:24] Next up is Buchanan High School.

[22:27] Great things are happening in Berenation.

[22:29] September

[22:30] Is packed with exciting events of Buchanan. This week, the annual club rush gives students opportunities to join over 50 student-led clubs, including new inclusive clubs, bear buddies and bloom.

[22:41] Next week, mindful Monday and a suicide prevention awareness outreach event will be held to promote student connection, encouragement and community.

[22:50] Their stage is preparing its stars in the making, Cab Vare, while the senior student-directed

[22:56] production of Alice in Wonderland is in rehearsal, which will tour Buchanan area elementary

[23:00] schools in October.

[23:03] Buchanan football hosted military night in partnership with Quanus of Clovis, Marines and

[23:08] the Army, and collected donations for REITs across America.

[23:12] Buchanan marching band performed patriotic music celebrating America's 250th birthday and

[23:18] honoring our military.

[23:19] You can, on WaterPolo, also hosted Military Night last night, and Girls Volleyball will do the same next week.

[23:26] From student involvement and wellness to performing arts, athletics, and honoring our nation,

[23:31] Red Riot Spirit is a live app you can in.

[23:37] Next, we have Clovis East High School where it's a great day to be a timber wolf.

[23:41] The wolf pack enthusiastically welcome the school year with senior sunrise and the annual wolf pack week of welcome.

[23:47] The week included greetings from the friendly face crew, lunchtime activities, campus tours and opportunities to build connections.

[23:56] No backpack day was held at Clovis East, Rayburn, and many Clovis East feeder schools, with activities focused on building morale, fostering relationships and strengthening school climate.

[24:07] Festivities concluded with Pack Pride Day when almost 4,000

[24:11] Rex students and staff wore their wolf pack pride shirts and enjoyed a hallway rally to welcome them back to school.

[24:19] The fund has continued as the wolf pack settles into the school year.

[24:22] Club Rush showcased the many ways students can get involved,

[24:25] while in all school rock paper scissors game,

[24:28] brought students and staff together for some friendly competition.

[24:31] The annual 911 Memorial Ceremony led by J.R. Oats, T.C, FireTech and Criminology students will take place Friday morning, and 2,977 flags will be placed in the Clovis East Ampitheater as a visual reminder of the lives lost on that tragic day.

[24:51] Next, we have Clovis North High School, where the Stampede embodies Unity, Courage, and Commitment every day.

[24:57] We are often running for the 2026-27 school year, and Clovis North always had already

[25:03] has so much to celebrate.

[25:05] We kicked off the year with senior sunrise for the class of 2027, bringing our seniors

[25:09] together to make memories and celebrate their final year at North.

[25:14] Our campus has also been full of energy with no backpack day, a lunchtime food fair, and

[25:19] a dunk tank that brought plenty of excitement.

[25:21] We made CNEC history with our first ever coaches carnival, followed by our first ever home

[25:27] football game at Clovis North. It was an incredible night that brought students, staff, families,

[25:32] and our community together while creating a new Clovis North Educational Center tradition.

[25:37] The excitement continues this week with Club Rush on Thursday, where more than 100 clubs will

[25:42] showcase opportunities for students to get involved. Friday brings salute to service night and

[25:47] Bronco Mania, as we welcome our elementary feeder schools to join the Stampede and cheer on the

[26:01] of a South High School where we live the long-horn way at the ranch.

[26:05] The ranch launched a new tradition this school year, freshman sunrise, brought nearly

[26:10] 109th grade students together to celebrate the beginning of their high school journey while

[26:14] watching the sunrise.

[26:16] The first week concluded with a no-back pack day and a running rally, centered on our story,

[26:21] our strength to build strong relationships and communication between students and staff.

[26:26] Recently, peer counselors strength in partnerships with community mental health organizations

[26:30] to provide lunchtime campus awareness activities to support mental wellness.

[26:36] Connections continue to be made when Clovis South recently hosted its first unified

[26:40] soccer match, welcoming sister schools to campus for an inclusive event.

[26:45] And the Thundering herd experienced another memorable moment when the Girls Volleyball program

[26:49] earned its first varsity victory in school history.

[26:53] Congratulations to Coach Dan Hartog and the student athletes on the

[26:56] T-back milestone.

[27:00] This concludes the student board report for September 9th.

[27:03] Thank you.

[27:13] Thank you so much, Nick. Does anybody have any questions for Nick?

[27:18] I have a question.

[27:19] I was out of town for Coach's Carnival, which was very sad

[27:23] of helping my daughter move into college.

[27:25] What did I miss? Tell us about it.

[27:28] Yeah, so Coach's Carnival was a great new tradition.

[27:31] That we're starting at Clovis North, and we really wanted to have an event

[27:35] that would bring the whole school together

[27:36] to celebrate our Bronco Pride.

[27:39] So we had a bunch of bounce houses

[27:41] and Booth set up with carnival games

[27:43] and we called it Coach's Carnival

[27:45] because our mascot, the Bronco,

[27:47] is named after Coach's Tim Simons

[27:48] and we wanted to honor him by naming him after him.

[27:53] And really it was a great way to bring the whole school together

[27:56] from Granite Ridge to Clovis North

[27:58] as well as many of our elementary school students

[28:01] so they could see what it's like to be a Bronco.

[28:04] and it brought a lot of families out and it was a great night and it was great

[28:08] leading into our first home football game just a lot of fun. So it was the first

[28:12] time. Maybe I don't know if it's the very first time that Clovis North has had a

[28:17] football game at its own stadium so the smallest, smaller stadiums, right? Yes.

[28:23] At least in a long time or something like that.

[28:26] Or could you have any family here that you'd like to recognize or shout out to?

[28:30] I do my mom, Carrie is here, and my brother Alex, who is a freshman, or sophomore, I close

[28:37] to her.

[28:39] Welcome, we're happy to have you.

[28:41] Thank you so much, Nick.

[28:42] We look forward to hearing from you next time.

[28:43] Thank you.

[28:46] All right, moving on and is now time for public presentations.

[28:49] Do we want to excuse our student board reps if you'd like to leave, now would be a great

[28:56] time, just because we know all those AP classes take some studying or

[29:08] you can stay and hang

[29:09] out.

[29:10] We love to have you.

[29:18] All right, moving on, it's now time for public presentations.

[29:21] This time is reserved for individuals who would like to address the board on and a topic

[29:26] that's not on the agenda and please note because these items are not on the agenda that

[29:31] board can't engage or respond, but we want you to know that we do hear you and we appreciate

[29:38] you taking the time to be here tonight. So we'll, with that, we'll have our one speaker,

[29:45] Laura Morton, please come up and you're limited to two minutes and at two minutes, there's

[29:51] a timer behind me. It'll give you a ding. And I'm sorry, but I probably will cut you off as well

[29:58] if it's that two minutes.

[30:03] Good evening, my name is Laura Morton, and I'm speaking on behalf of the elementary office managers in sport of transparency and accountability to both employees and taxpayers.

[30:13] Clothes Unified spent approximately $180,000 on a reclassification study. That is a substantial use of public funds and employees and taxpayers have a right to know what work was performed.

[30:23] What conclusions were reached, and how those conclusions may affect district positions, are attorneys submitted a request under the California Public Records Act, seeking that information.

[30:33] The district responded that no report exists.

[30:36] That raises an important question.

[30:38] How can a district spend $180,000 on a reclassification study without any report, findings, recommendations, or final work product available for public review?

[30:47] If a study was conducted, there should be records showing the mythology, analysis, and conclusions.

[30:53] If no report exists, then the public deserves a clear explanation of what was delivered

[30:57] and exchanged for $180,000 of taxpayer money.

[31:01] The Public Records Act exists to ensure transparency and public trust.

[31:06] When records related to a project of this magnitude cannot be produced, it raises legitimate concerns

[31:10] about accountability and confidence in the process.

[31:14] Tonight, I asked the board to answer three questions.

[31:16] First, what specific deliverables were provided by the consultant?

[31:20] Second, if no report exists, what records document the results of the reclassification study?

[31:26] And third, how can employees and the public evaluate the fairness and the validity of the study without access to the information that supports its conclusions?

[31:35] This issue is about responsible stewardship of public funds transparency in the decision-making and maintaining public trust.

[31:41] I request that the board direct staff to disclose all non-exemple records related to this study and provide a clear explanation of what taxpayers receive for the $180,000 spent.

[31:52] We have prepared reminders for each board member containing copies of the documents provided to our attorney in response to the Public Records Act.

[32:00] I ask that you review these materials and consider whether they adequately explain or support the decisions that were made.

[32:08] Thank you.

[32:11] Thank you.

[32:13] We appreciate the binders and you have our commitment that we will look through it.

[32:16] And I, Dr. Fulmer, want to say I appreciate you coming to speak.

[32:19] And I know that Mr. Stairs has been meeting with you and has some others.

[32:23] And so I'll assure you that we'll get let them review it and get you any documents that weren't already provided.

[32:30] Although I do believe we've provided everything that we have because that's what we're required to do.

[32:36] But we'll continue to work through the process

[32:38] and addressing your question.

[32:38] I appreciate that.

[32:39] Thank you, everyone.

[32:49] Moving on is our consent agenda.

[32:52] I'll entertain a motion to adopt the consent agenda as submitted.

[32:56] So move.

[32:57] Any discussion there?

[33:00] All in favor?

[33:01] All right.

[33:02] Any opposed?

[33:04] All right.

[33:05] Our action agenda is next.

[33:08] M1.

[33:09] I'll entertain a motion to approve the provisional

[33:12] internship permits for the recommended teaching candidates as submitted.

[33:16] So moved.

[33:18] Second.

[33:19] Any discussion?

[33:21] All in favor?

[33:23] Aye.

[33:23] Any opposed?

[33:25] And two, I'll entertain a motion to discuss nominations.

[33:29] For CSBA directors at large, Hispanic and Asian Pacific Islanders candidates.

[33:35] So moved.

[33:37] Second.

[33:38] We don't need where the motion that we're entertaining is if we're nominating somebody.

[33:45] I would like to nominate somebody.

[33:48] Okay.

[33:51] Well, I would like to nominate Roma for California School Board,

[33:57] Association Director at Large for Asian Pacific Islander.

[34:02] I will have to defer my decision until I further research it.

[34:07] That was an unrehearsed answer, by the way.

[34:11] Can we table that, or what is it?

[34:13] There's a time line on it, and do they have to do it all the way to

[34:23] you?

[34:23] Because this is for directors at large.

[34:25] I know.

[34:26] But what do you want to be a dad?

[34:29] Well then.

[34:30] Right.

[34:32] Right.

[34:32] I think you have to be a delicate.

[34:41] You're right.

[34:42] You're right.

[34:44] Anyway, there's a time line on it, though.

[34:47] Okay.

[34:47] So I'm reading this, so it does look as though woman you may be nominated, and you just have to be, it says,

[34:58] on the nominee, it's certified the nominee, has consented to the nomination, the nominee must be a board member from a CSBA member district or county office of education.

[35:08] Director from serving statewide boards, organizations, so I think, yeah, if you would like

[35:14] to accept, the due date is Friday, October 2nd.

[35:21] So I think we have to be willing to be for that, right?

[35:24] We could table it until our next Wednesday, October 2nd, September 23rd, until our next meeting

[35:30] and give will an opportunity to research what we get to information.

[35:35] I think it was sent, but we'll, we can get you more information on that.

[35:40] Okay.

[35:41] Thank you.

[35:42] Okay.

[35:42] We will table M2, the nomination for the CSGA Drifter's at large.

[35:52] M3, I'll entertain a motion to approve the updated school plan for student achievement,

[35:57] and the category of categorical budget for newly designated Title I schools for the 2627 school year,

[36:03] and authorize each school to implement its categorical programs.

[36:11] Is there a motion for that?

[36:13] Is there any discussion?

[36:15] Just kind of questions, you know,

[36:18] I kind of glance through a lot of the

[36:22] This says and I always go to, you know,

[36:25] the ELA in math, you know, test scores and all that.

[36:29] And so some of the schools that are Title I have had significant increases.

[36:33] There have been some that had some losses, so I just wondering, you know, you know, what's the contributing factor usually to that?

[36:42] Yeah, so that's something we'll probably review in our student achievement board workshop with you in terms of what each of those are.

[36:48] This is that we've had an increase in allocation in our federal dollars and Title 1, and so we have the opportunity to provide some additional resources to schools that are over 50%

[36:58] But aren't currently receiving and so this is an opportunity to give them access to dollars that might help an intervention towards academic achievement or what needs any school grants.

[37:08] That's a separate criteria that you'll get and it is that's a separate program from this that's a state program and this is a federal.

[37:16] So what this does is allow us to give some additional dollars that will help them with, I don't know, intervention time, additional support staff.

[37:25] however best meets the needs but those are a little bit

[37:30] Separate the student achievement board workshop. So we can absolutely dive into that in terms of what makes a difference for some of our schools, but this is just how they're going to allocate the dollars and account for it in that transparency to their community.

[37:43] Okay. Thank you.

[37:44] I think it's worth mentioning that the...

[37:48] Gosh, no.

[37:49] The interschool council that I, no.

[37:51] No, interschool council. That's what we just had.

[37:53] What's inside of it?

[37:55] Thank you. The school's like me.

[37:57] I've been on it before, I could remember the title, different parents in the school community

[38:05] can run, I think, actually, for a position on that and they represent the school community

[38:11] and they help review the SIPSA and help monitor, not monitor, but see how the school plans

[38:19] suspend those money, so there is involvement from the school community and parents there.

[38:24] So, all in favor, I, any opposed, and for I'll entertain a motion to authorize the superintendent or

[38:33] designate to enter into a pre-construction management service agreement for the modernization project at Maple Creek Elementary School.

[38:41] Second, any discussion?

[38:45] What do we modernizing?

[38:47] So, be the MPR in the administrative offices and they haven't been through one, it's been a while since

[38:54] I'll in favour? I, any opposed? M5. I'll entertain a motion to adopt resolution number 4110 regarding

[39:04] the facility master plan with specified time frame requirements for proposition 2 applications

[39:10] with school facility programs. Is there any discussion?

[39:17] I assume the subcommittee

[39:19] have reviewed this link.

[39:23] Yes.

[39:25] Yeah.

[39:25] We have.

[39:27] All in favor?

[39:28] Aye.

[39:29] Any opposed?

[39:31] N6.

[39:31] I'll entertain a motion to accept the 2025-26 annual financial report as submitted.

[39:39] It's a vote.

[39:40] Any discussion there?

[39:43] All in favor?

[39:44] Aye.

[39:44] Any opposed?

[39:46] M7, I'll entertain a motion to award bid number 387 for office supplies and arts and crafts

[39:53] for warehouse stock per the attached tabulation.

[39:57] Any discussion?

[40:00] There was a lot there.

[40:03] All in favor?

[40:04] Aye.

[40:04] Any opposed?

[40:06] All right.

[40:07] Information items.

[40:08] If there are any questions regarding any of them reach out.

[40:11] I believe one of them was only for information,

[40:18] number four, post-bonding issuance regarding the bond cell.

[40:21] So that's not something I think that we will see next week,

[40:25] so that might be something to just take note

[40:27] if you have any questions to speak with Dr. Fomer or any,

[40:32] one on the team.

[40:34] Moving forward from there, we'll now hear our board subcommittee reports.

[40:38] We'll start with our admin services

[40:40] and HR boards of committee?

[40:44] All right, so we had our subcommittee meeting on September 2nd and we reviewed the budget

[40:52] which we went through and we approved on the agenda today and throws some of the details

[40:58] of the Spendings and the,

[41:04] we actually had an increase in the budget,

[41:09] what we expected to

[41:10] have in the way of the number of, so what am I trying to say there?

[41:15] Okay, the reserve increases, so that was at a higher rate, which again, going back, we also discussed

[41:21] again the concerns of some of the other schools of our, whether we're growing or not growing

[41:26] And what that's going to look like in the future, and what we're going to be doing with that.

[41:29] Because that does depend on what our revenues are going to be.

[41:33] We also review some of the particular interests of me is some of what we can do with

[41:39] some of the one-time money, including some of the solar vials, and we're looking at some of the members of that.

[41:44] As we look at some of the details, it's not always as rosy as we think it is.

[41:48] And so we've got to go, we're going to be bringing something to the board to spend this money.

[41:52] But as we look at the numbers, we may determine that it's not something we want to do financially.

[41:57] It's got to make financial sense to us unless we just want to own it for whatever reason.

[42:03] But we're going to, we looked at all the solar violence refunds.

[42:07] And then we also required to have a public hearing for us at one time dollars.

[42:10] I mean, if you go to a certain amount, they want to, unfortunately,

[42:13] we don't really have a lot of people participate in our public hearings for some reason.

[42:17] But it's something that's required, we're welcome, we're going to be welcome to public to kind of give input for what that is because it is there money, and then we're going to, we are proposing to spend it on things that don't have necessary current expenses to it, but something to upgrade, you know, and decrease expenses in the future.

[42:40] We went over all the construction project, the Lamodica Maple Creek, Nelson is, I don't know,

[42:47] Clint, have you been by Nelson recently?

[42:51] Yeah, how many?

[42:52] And what do you think, what do you think is going on there?

[42:54] We talked about, but I haven't actually seen that projects.

[42:58] Really, it's a wonder of how much work they've been able to do in such a short period of time.

[43:06] I'm all over that campus and everything, of course,

[43:10] is the same way it was out at Hiruyama whenever the fences are up

[43:14] and the kids are not, they don't, they don't see it.

[43:20] And so it's not even really there, but there's a lot of progress

[43:23] being made and the staff is very excited about everything

[43:26] that's being done.

[43:28] Just to the attention to detail, I know in Missile Readies class,

[43:32] there used to be a step up to your classroom

[43:34] and the two kindergarten classes, there were steps up, and rails, and all kinds of child bone-smashing attractions in front of those classrooms.

[43:45] They're gone.

[43:46] And that's something I mean, you think, oh, construction, bond money, you think, oh, big new building.

[43:50] No, no, they have attention to detail as well.

[43:53] And eliminated all those steps, and the rails and just modernization and updated, and it's safer, and it's more beautiful.

[44:02] and that's the kind of project that they're doing at Nelson.

[44:07] Yeah, because we're spending, you know, we review a little bit of that, we're spending

[44:11] some significant dollars on that, and we talk about the money part, but I think more

[44:16] important is what you're giving us is what's actually happening and you, that is your community.

[44:20] It was both so it's nice that you're pleased with what we're working on.

[44:32] for anything like that. They're doing a good job out there. Landscaping is in. They

[44:37] re did the little drop off loop in front of the school when that added parking and

[44:44] into so far, I mean, to my untrained eye, it looks really good.

[44:48] Part of our responsibility of the subcommittee as you know Clint is to make sure that

[44:52] the money is spent appropriately. And so from our point of view, it looks like we're

[45:00] And to make sure we have a school, we can brief out of, so thanks for helping on that.

[45:04] We also talked about a T-back, and we're moving this year, we've moved more students in,

[45:10] and that completion of that project is continuing on par.

[45:17] We also reviewed some of the Senate bills, a 48 and 404, one of the updates on that,

[45:24] governs the district technology and systems.

[45:26] We discussed that and some of the, you know, the personal practices, we, we did on our, you'll see it.

[45:33] This is actually a board policy, but we kind of talked whether it should come to a board policy.

[45:38] What, what we say, what can it can't be done, or whether it should be an administrative regulation.

[45:43] Korean, I don't know if you, you talked about that.

[45:45] You probably with your leadership group, did that come back to you and what do you think of that?

[45:49] Because that was my recommendation.

[45:51] Bring it as a policy.

[45:52] Yeah, I think policies are really intended to be over our gene guidelines and when we get into the details

[45:58] That's where an AR gets to serve our district well because technology evolves the platforms will evolve and allows us to adapt faster than I'm gonna come back

[46:06] but the overall

[46:09] Vision and indication and guidance comes through a policy. So I think an AR helps us be more adaptable in a world where technology and use continues to evolve quickly and those always get done with your

[46:20] You know, with your guidance and in the subcommittees, but it doesn't require the laborious

[46:25] going through and constantly updating when things evolve, we'd be bringing those policies

[46:30] back quite a bit.

[46:30] So I think the suggestion from the staff is an AR under the policy that we have around general

[46:36] technologies.

[46:37] My main concern is that you, as board members, are responsible for that document.

[46:42] So you need to review it.

[46:43] And if you don't like what's being done or how the administration is moving forward in that,

[46:48] then you need to speak up, in order to do that, you've got to read it, okay?

[46:52] And if you don't have a copy of, we have an updated document, you should all be provided

[46:56] that so you can make sure you can review that.

[46:59] Is that correct?

[47:01] Has everyone been provided that but finished document that you know of the new ARV?

[47:06] Yep.

[47:08] When we get to that point, then we should certainly do that.

[47:10] We can have a discussion point on that, too.

[47:14] And then we have the other things that were brought to that was a lot of a worry brought to the board.

[47:21] And the resolutions, the Sierra Outdoor, as you remember, we had to move on that relatively quickly.

[47:26] So we had to kind of merge the order and we spent some money without going through some of the typical processes.

[47:31] I don't know if we had much of a choice, because unfortunately we were moving ahead enough,

[47:35] There's not going to be any significant delay to the schools that are going there at attending,

[47:42] which is kind of what we wanted. We did not want to sort of, and it's going to cost

[47:45] us a little extra money to do that to have not disrupted. But for me, that's always hard to spend

[47:52] that kind of money, but I think for the kids that effects that actually will have that opportunity,

[47:58] It's probably worth every dime, so

[48:01] Quit you want to add anything so that

[48:04] Or neck-foot whatever your name is

[48:08] You you you guys look the same to me

[48:14] I'm going to be renewing the bathrooms at the Monica

[48:17] They're also in the nice. They're going to do since the portables are right there that one set of bathrooms is gonna be set up

[48:23] So that there could be multi so people the teachers and students out there the portables can use those during the day also

[48:30] That's all I have. I think Steve did a good job.

[48:33] I have a question on the Lamanic heavy model.

[48:35] Is that starting during football season after I keep looking at Denver?

[48:41] Because I'm waiting for Denver to stand up.

[48:43] It's not Denver.

[48:46] Oh, board members.

[48:50] Okay, between football season and graduation.

[48:52] You can come up and embellish anything that I said here.

[48:56] Make sure that all the board members know what enjoyable time we had together.

[48:59] you did a great job. Thank you. Yeah, I mean, we're we are quite honestly this was something that was planned a couple summers away and we're pushing it up because we feel like there's a need and so we have to work around graduation and football season. So we're still trying to figure out what we can do this summer and what we can't do this summer will probably have to wait till after football season next year. So still in the process of determining all that is it going to be completely they are not going to be closed down during football.

[49:29] Let's hope not yeah, we're redoing the restrooms redoing three like taking out the troughs

[49:39] We'll sell those at

[49:41] Cougar Foundation. Yeah, you've never seen those have you tips if I think I'm not gonna call me

[49:48] I'm not gonna call me

[49:49] Well, we're gonna bring them up today. So we're not tearing down the building. We are we're using the shell that's there

[49:56] And redoing the everything that's inside of them

[49:58] We're touching the press box, touching the bleach receipts, and the steps.

[50:05] So, I'll be a pretty big project.

[50:07] That again, there's no way we can do over a summer's time.

[50:09] So we'll have to spread it out over time.

[50:11] So the shell of the restrooms is staying.

[50:14] They're staying where they are.

[50:15] So does that mean mirrors in changing tables from the restrooms?

[50:19] Oh my gosh.

[50:21] Changing tables, yes.

[50:22] We'll talk about mirrors.

[50:23] I don't know.

[50:24] Your mirrors have a tendency to break.

[50:26] So we try to make those indestructible stuff.

[50:28] But don't we have mirrors of veterans in the back?

[50:30] We do have mirrors of veterans.

[50:32] We do in some restaurants and some restaurants

[50:34] we've taken them out.

[50:35] We haven't got to that level of detail.

[50:36] The ladies need mirrors.

[50:37] Do you want mirrors?

[50:39] We would.

[50:39] We'll make mirrors.

[50:42] Make them just small mirrors.

[50:44] We're so reflective.

[50:46] Yeah, they're not.

[50:46] I don't think they're not great mirrors in veterans,

[50:49] but they do at least you see a reflection of some for it.

[50:53] I would have never thought of that.

[50:56] The other thing, I, you always look great, I do want to comment, I do want to comment that

[51:06] Lamontic State has been around for how many years, how that's been, how 70s, I don't

[51:11] know the exact year.

[51:12] It's like, it didn't open when the school opened up in 69 and I believe it was a couple

[51:17] years after that, that Lamontic opened.

[51:19] Yeah, and I just 75, there we go, 74, so many things.

[51:22] Yeah, so I was just saying, you know, I'm glad we're out there, but that stadium is still a

[51:27] such a nice stadium for being around for the time being, and how many kids have gone through that

[51:32] football, the graduations to events, it's had its use, and so, you know, that's one of the biggest

[51:39] venues we had at Clovis, you know, if I had back in the day, and to continue to support that I think is good,

[51:45] but I'm just really proud. I think we as a community have taken pretty good care of it for the most part, too.

[51:49] It's an iconic venue, I think, especially when you see people come from out of town,

[51:53] they're in awe, especially it may see how old the stadium is.

[51:57] Okay, so Ronald Weld can be 70, 70 years old and 69 is younger than me.

[52:01] No, no, it was built in the 70s.

[52:03] Oh, 70, okay, I thought you were saying that's how old it was.

[52:08] The district's not that old.

[52:11] But actually saved me one.

[52:14] Is there just one?

[52:16] We should move on.

[52:17] All right

[52:19] Hey, don't

[52:20] Don't thank you Nick. Hey, they are classic. Yeah, I mean, this is how it is

[52:24] Let's all guys know I'm living in one's older and here than me, but all right. Let's move on to our art

[52:30] Board, subcommittee report. Is there anything else on this? You have questions about the administration?

[52:35] No, one thing I do want to comment is just how grateful I am for our subcommittees and how I feel like they are working.

[52:43] Thank you. I feel like you three in that subcommittee are really educated and knowledgeable about that part and that piece of our district.

[52:52] And we look, we have our first, our first instructional leadership and school leadership and

[53:00] structural services.

[53:02] Subcommittee meeting next Friday.

[53:04] Subcommittee or the next Friday?

[53:05] I think it's the next Friday.

[53:07] Anyway, we feel like our subcommittee works as well, and we get a lot of information.

[53:12] I'm grateful to your team, Dr. Fulmer, for how effective those subcommittees are working.

[53:18] If I can add to your comment, I do think you're going back to this, I think it's the only way we can get through some of the stuff.

[53:28] There's so much stuff we present.

[53:29] I think the board needs to know this, the board needs to know this.

[53:32] And there's no way we can really summarize that two hour, whatever hour, two hour meeting and tell you everything.

[53:39] So you are trusting us as board members to make decisions or bring things forward and representing you and that subcommittee.

[53:45] Because you're not there and to make sure we're making decision that has a trust of board members

[53:51] That's you have to and then the committee came me that you're going to I can't I don't think I have the time to renew all the things

[53:57] You're gonna talk about either even though this really are responsibility

[54:01] So we have to trust you that you're going to something you're uncomfortable with this bring it forward

[54:06] And this all talk about it, you know, whether those regulations or whatever and you know

[54:10] I kind of voice a couple concerns with that then you know if we need to move forward

[54:14] So let's talk about it.

[54:15] So thank you for that.

[54:15] I do appreciate that extra staff time.

[54:18] That's, you know, that as well.

[54:20] But I do.

[54:21] And I appreciate all this.

[54:21] I'll make the effort to make it to those meetings because they're, they're extra

[54:24] meeting too.

[54:25] I get that.

[54:27] Thank you, Stu.

[54:28] It's, how we get informed.

[54:30] It's good.

[54:31] All right.

[54:32] Card.

[54:33] Mr. Ocher.

[54:33] Okay.

[54:34] Card.

[54:34] We approved our financial budget for the year.

[54:38] Our final budget.

[54:39] One thing I would say on the budget, which is,

[54:41] The card has a strong reserve which is important because card is a smaller thing so a cost

[54:48] something big happens they have to it fixed them they don't have a lot of things that

[54:53] they can change and move around so if things are if there's not a good reserve and something

[54:57] comes up you know they they're coming to the districts and going with their handout and we

[55:02] don't as a board don't want that to happen they don't want that to happen so the budget is

[55:06] There's a good shape, good reserves, the projections on the reserves is that they're going to be good.

[55:11] They do spend down because they have a lot of technology requirements there in lab requirements.

[55:16] But there's just this year they did a good job working with staff on their new technology refresh by changing some of their requirements and making them a little less than what they were the teachers themselves on the laptops that they wanted for their classrooms.

[55:32] Just knowing that the cost for technology has gone up so much to keep where they are at was just going to cost them too much money

[55:38] And so the rather than I mean nobody dedicated this and said this is what we're doing

[55:42] They got together and they decided to staff we can go with lesser and still do what we want and save money

[55:49] And so that was very another good thing about car very impressive how they do things there

[55:53] The other thing is we talked about last time the enrollment we have a little bit more in depth report that came back

[55:59] Aaron provided with some numbers.

[56:02] One of the interesting numbers that came back is one of the problems we have was we're talking

[56:06] about the different amounts of the difference between Clovis and Fresno on the thing and it

[56:13] really comes into play in the afternoon.

[56:16] We give Fresno anified as given a little bit more morning classes.

[56:23] We do that because that is the more popular to try to get their numbers up so we're a little

[56:27] It's like a 60-40 in the mornings, or something close to that, but in the afternoon, it drops

[56:34] down to low 30s, high 60s for us because Fresno's numbers fall off, and it's, but we're

[56:42] still working on this.

[56:43] This was just kind of, this is what's happening.

[56:45] Now that they've seen this, they're going to go back with a way of figuring out how they

[56:50] can do it.

[56:51] A lot of Fresno, their percentage of kids that drop out after they've been accepted is higher

[56:56] cars. So they get kids that sign up and then when they get to that final point, that a lot more

[57:04] than ours drop off. And then so it's too bad because they have we have there's room at

[57:11] cart and so the problem with them dropping off late is it's hard to get the kids that maybe

[57:16] from Clovis would get in there but we can't get in because it's so late kids are already in

[57:20] their classes are already set up and it's a problem and but they are working hard

[57:26] on it, or Morgan or New CEO out there is big on numbers as Craig knows and he did a good

[57:33] job with it.

[57:34] He likes to look at numbers like some play with numbers and they're going to come out with

[57:37] some ideas on how they can work this.

[57:42] What are the drops attributed to transportation scheduling?

[57:46] That's one of the things that they're working on is they're trying to talk to the kids

[57:49] more about it.

[57:50] They're trying to get the counselors more involved to get these kids more committed once

[57:56] in, just staying in touch with them, but they don't have, there's not a concrete thing

[58:05] of, this is what happens, it's just, their friends don't get in, they get into a class

[58:12] there, they decide they're going to play a sport or something and they only have to, they

[58:15] don't get the lab they want, and they think about it, they say they'll go to cart and then

[58:19] maybe they get off and they don't go, because there are some popular labs which is another

[58:23] Another thing that they're looking at in this thing is, we've talked about CTE lab-based

[58:28] classes that are more relevant to kids now.

[58:31] Maybe some of these ones are not as popular as it used to be.

[58:35] And they may change and bring in a new one.

[58:37] Biomed and MedTech is huge.

[58:40] It's like the two most popular along with psychology and stuff.

[58:42] Well, maybe they need to add a third different type of bio in there.

[58:46] So some of the things they're looking at.

[58:48] I have a question, did I hear you say that there's maybe more interest or commitment for the morning classes?

[58:55] So I remember, back on my daughter, the car, you used to get out after our high school.

[59:00] They're like, they're released timeless later.

[59:02] Do we think that might be why some students don't want to do afternoon?

[59:05] Because they get out of school later than they would.

[59:07] It actually is on both ends, so because if they get morning, if you're at morning session,

[59:14] you've got to get up early, or then your peers,

[59:17] in Fresno, you've got to get it early, so they have some kids that don't want to get up

[59:21] that early to get there. On the late side, they do get out a little bit by the time they get back

[59:26] to their campuses, it's later than their... Afternoon is very hard, and they talked about that there.

[59:33] The afternoon session is almost our much different kids in the morning, morning kids are much more active with

[59:40] So there's stuff, choir, band, athletics.

[59:45] So that right there's a little tough.

[59:47] But they have, I mean, it's just a different kid,

[59:51] but there's so many variables in it,

[59:54] but they're just trying to figure out what they can do.

[59:56] I think the goal was to analyze what's-

[1:00:00] Students, what they're involved in, where are they coming from, for the morning session that seems to be the most desirable, versus students who are attending, willing to attend the afternoon session.

[1:00:10] So then they will better target their recruitment for what meets the needs of each cohort for AM or PM.

[1:00:19] And it's hard with the transportation turnaround to not have it start before in the morning and go after.

[1:00:25] But a lot of the teachers, we're given credit that they work with students, so we have

[1:00:31] several students in our drama programs, and teachers will accommodate their practice schedules

[1:00:36] or work to find ways, just like any other co-curricular in those aspects, but do their best

[1:00:41] trying to honor to maximize their enrollment, but I think there's some things that Mr. Otter

[1:00:45] you're talking about that they were committing to in terms of recruitment, and maybe because

[1:00:50] the fall off is so big, not just increasing the number, originally received in a lottery,

[1:00:55] knowing that we traditionally have a matriculation out as it goes.

[1:01:00] So they're looking at a few things to help improve that process.

[1:01:04] Well, one thing I even noticed is that when my kids are going from club as high, some of

[1:01:08] it goes into their even lunchtime because of the transportation.

[1:01:12] So their sacrifices, I think, either way.

[1:01:16] Thank you.

[1:01:17] Here we appreciate that report.

[1:01:18] welcome. We'll move on for board member reports.

[1:01:27] Just one question, the superintendent's breakfast. I've seen seven a.m. and I've seen 7.30 a.m.

[1:01:34] What time are we need to be there?

[1:01:42] Okay, starts at 7.30. Okay.

[1:01:45] And then just want to strongly encourage our district and our community to attend some type of 9.11 more

[1:01:52] on Friday, whether it be here at the district office or at, you never forget Lane or wherever it

[1:01:57] may be. It's I think it's important that we be those role models and be out there in the community.

[1:02:04] And I usually see most of you out there anyway, but just going to advocate for it. And that's it.

[1:02:14] So I appreciate reading about wonderful things that happen in our schools, the sports, the

[1:02:23] coming together, some of the things that are posted with the schools, it's kind of fun to

[1:02:27] see.

[1:02:27] Follow different schools and see what they're posting and the excitement that the new school

[1:02:31] year just makes that fun.

[1:02:33] So that's really good to see that unification and everyone coming together to celebrate.

[1:02:38] It saddens me sometimes to read about things that people publish that talks about

[1:02:43] clovation if I'm not being unified.

[1:02:45] It makes it look like we don't are not coming together on things because it makes me,

[1:02:51] disappointed that there is some of that, but I can be family, yeah, there's some

[1:02:55] there's disagreements that I'm hoping we can all work out because I feel we are a unified

[1:02:59] district. I know as a board, I'm very proud of what you all seven do and bring us together because

[1:03:07] there are boards that don't have the same unification and we're reading that and it's just

[1:03:12] heartbreaking for that because then the distraction goes away from what we're here for as

[1:03:16] we educate kids and have experiences for that and about ourselves and I hope we can avoid that

[1:03:21] board members, but I hope our teachers and our staff can also look to see why they are doing

[1:03:27] what they're doing and try to unify and come together because that's what we're here for

[1:03:31] and so those that can encourage that and help that. I appreciate those that are stirring things

[1:03:36] up, you know, knock it off and let's come together on stuff so I appreciate that. So I want to say that.

[1:03:47] I just want to piggyback on Dr. Fomer's comment about the district start meeting. I cannot emphasize

[1:03:56] What a feel-good meeting that was in terms of having the parents be so proud sitting here ready to learn to listen and to share out and

[1:04:07] I think your team

[1:04:09] Our team did at a phenomenal job to get so much information in one hour and

[1:04:16] Dr. Phoma you're very humble and and

[1:04:20] And how you accept compliments, but I have to point out where you were at the last

[1:04:26] a few words about the safety and because of who you are and your your love for the district,

[1:04:35] you speak from the heart. And when the meeting ended, I said, we need to like,

[1:04:41] did it get streamed, did it get recorded, because what she talked about, yes, it was about

[1:04:46] safety, but Kelly had also did a great job about breaking down of like when something happens,

[1:04:53] be it, a call, a long threat.

[1:04:57] Everything has to be taken seriously.

[1:04:59] And as it explained very well,

[1:05:01] what happens in the first 20 minutes.

[1:05:06] And Dr. Fomer went up at the variance at,

[1:05:08] hey, I know these are your babies,

[1:05:11] but you can't come on campus.

[1:05:13] We're concerned about all 2,500 kids at the high school.

[1:05:17] So we're going to say, listen, stay home.

[1:05:20] I thought you did that so well in the explanation.

[1:05:22] And I know if people are still going to ask,

[1:05:27] but it was very well done, they haven't taken

[1:05:30] off the market.

[1:05:34] The other thing was, it was only the second year, this is the second year for the State

[1:05:38] Seal of Civic Engagement.

[1:05:42] And board member, more your daughter had participated in the first year.

[1:05:47] They did a recap, and you know, we heard from these five student board members.

[1:05:54] We heard from the students who participated in the state-zilla civic engagement, where if you were talking about they were doing things that were bigger than themselves,

[1:06:05] they looked at human trafficking, hygiene for the community, food insecurity, and of course we had the presentation last year for gateway veterans.

[1:06:18] And the one student who talked about food insecurity, he said, you know, we get a lunch

[1:06:26] free every day, but he learned in this community meals are not always provided on a daily

[1:06:33] basis for some of these families.

[1:06:37] We raise kids to be academically ready.

[1:06:42] We also do a really good job of making them kind of humans and ready for the world.

[1:06:48] So, Kudos to our school district, to our leadership, to all of you.

[1:06:57] Thank you.

[1:06:58] Will that was beautiful?

[1:07:00] I appreciate that.

[1:07:02] I'm sad that I missed it.

[1:07:03] I'm going to have town helping a daughter get settled in college.

[1:07:08] Makes me think about, you know, as far as a kindergarten or you've all been there.

[1:07:12] You know, someone else on our board has sent somebody to college really far away.

[1:07:16] So, thank you to our team, to our staff, that helps educate and raise our children.

[1:07:25] I know, I think I said this at the last board meeting, it really is...

[1:07:30] The village, and it's amazing. Each school site is a little city, and thank you for what you do every day, and your teams.

[1:07:40] And it really is remarkable. Clovis is a special place.

[1:07:45] When I was away, I learned a little bit about some other districts and schools, and I'm really grateful that my kids attend Clovis unified, and I'm very proud to be a part of this team.

[1:07:57] So with that, we can adjourn the meeting at 7.48.

Clovis Unified School Board 9-9-2026

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