>> good evening. The conejo valley unified school district board of education regular board meeting of june 18th, 2025 will come to order.
only items on the agenda will be discussed this evening. We invite you to join us pledge of allegiance.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god
indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
>> we're at item 2c. Announcements from closed session and open session
procedures. The board is adjourning from closed session where the following items permitted by law were
considered. Items 1b and 1c. 1 ks b, no announcement at this time pursuant to government cold
54957. Also, 1c -- okay. Sorry, I wanted to make sure the
right people. Trustee goldberg made
the motion for 20252020829. I would like to make
the following announcements. The board values your input on the important education matters we face.
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please silence all mobile phones. We're at item 2d. Approval of the agenda.
do I have a motion? >> president powell. >> yes, trustee goldberg.
>> I move we approve the agenda as submitted. >> second.
>> thank you. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, we will vote. Trustee
light. >> yes. >> trustee sylvester. >> yes. >> trustee
goldberg. >> yes. >> trusty
gill. >> yes. >> trustee gorback? >> yes. >> I'm a yes. We're now on item 2e.
we have our report from our parent organization lgbtq+
advisory council. Megan goble. The floor is yours. Thanks for being
here. >> thanks for having me. I haven't been here for a while, so it is nice to see you
all. Good evening. Dr. Mclaughlin, do we say president dr. Powell?
president powell? Cvusd administration and school board members, thank you for having me today. My name is megan goble, I use she/her pronouns.
our advisory council has continued to advance our mission of fostering an inclusive,
safe and supportive learning environment for all of our lgbtq+ students. This year we
saw representation from 17 school sites, four subcommittees were established and maintained and
we requested the district update the human growth and development curriculum to be more
inclusive of our lgbtq+ students. We have continued to help our school sites celebrate
and recognize october as lgbtq history month. And june as pride month and with the support of the conejo
school foundation we presented our proud to be me activity to all of our elementary school sites. We had a moving panel discussion with our lgbtq+ high
school students. While there were strengths identified in our district, such as our wellness centers,
many of the students expressed that teachers are not doing enough to call out homophobia or transphobia when it arises
in the classroom. They stated the teachers, their
impact really matters, they should be a safe space.
in 2025, 2026, we plan to continue advocating for
an inclusive curriculum and more consistently request feedback from our students.
we appreciate the engagement and support of our
cvusd administrators and school board members and look forward to our next academic year.
thank you. >> thank you so much. And moving on to item
2f, we have dr. Bergman here, I believe, to present a very
special recognition.
>> president powell, dr. Mclaughlin, members of the board, members of cabinet,
it brings me great pleasure to introduce one final student
to the board for this school year. I am in the presence of some greatness, to be honest with
you. Musical prodigy is not a term that is used lightly. But it is an absolutely apt term that I use to describe
the student who I am going to be presenting to you tonight.
a junior at thousand oaks high school and
aside from earning accolade after accolade after accolade this year, he was --
he auditioned, he was one of 1600 students in southern california who auditioned for the music
center's annual scholarship program. This is a program that has been around for about 37 years,
and, again, huge number of students in southern california audition
to bebe part of this. In roughly mid -- I guess early
may, it was announced that sergio had been identified as one of 115 or so semifinalists.
that in and of itself is pretty spectacular. $500 scholarship for being a
semifinalist. But wait, it gets better. We wait a couple of weeks, and lo and behold I get this
email from the music center, letting us know that sergio had been identified as one of the 14 grand finalists in the
music center's program. So, in addition to a $5,000 scholarship, sergio was
also given the invitation to perform at the theater in
downtown los angeles on june 6th to a packed house and you were up on stage,
I think you said, with a bassist. >> bassist and pianist. >> bassist and pianist. It was all about him.
a prodigy percussionist is just -- I can't begin
to explain just truly how amazing sergio is. I was talking to he and his mother before the meeting started and I just found
out that he had been invited to the vale jazz workshop this
summer and that identifies him as one of the top two percussionists in the nation. So he'll be heading off to vale in july in addition to
new york city for a while, just hobnobbing with new york's
elite. And learning how to even hone his craft even more. And the surprising thing is
that, again, he's only a junior. He's coming back for one more year and we are delighted
to have him. I'm incredibly proud of him. He is a shining example of what the music programs in this
district are capable of churning out. I'm incredibly fraud introduce all of you to mr.
sergio sipes.
>> okay. We are at item 2g and we now
get to recognize our 24- 25 classified employees of the
year.
>> dr. Mclaughlin, members of the board, cabinet and members of the school and extended community, my name is shawna
ashmore, joined by marina mihalevsky.
each year the district recognizes outstanding classified employees through an
open district wide nomination process during the month of may. This recognition
highlights staff who make contributions beyond their regular duties, show remarkable
efficiency and productivity, take initiative to master new technologies or
enhance work processes, and provide exemplary customer
service. Actions taken with direct impact on and benefit to one's school
site, department, division, or the district in general.
it is my pleasure to present this year's classified school employees of the year. Staff, when your name is called,
please join us at the podium.
stacy coom.
and beyond in her role as school office manager at aspen. She provides exceptional support to all staff and
students, ensuring the school runs smoothly and efficiently. Her ability to build meaningful and authentic
relationships with all stakeholders including staff, students, families, and community members, creates
a welcoming and inclusive environment for all. Stacy is extremely organized, proactive, and
innovative, always seeking new ways to improve systems and processes. Her dedication,
professionalism, and positive attitude make her an invaluable asset to the aspen community.
congratulations, stacy.
. >> I think we also have some aspen staff here to join miss coom.
recipients to meet out front at the end so we can get a whole group photo. All right.
amy feldman.
amy consistently goes above and beyond as a paraeducator, exemplifying unwavering initiative and
remarkable tenacity in supporting some of our most vulnerable students. She approaches every
situation with a calm empathetic presence, maintaining a
consistently positive attitude even under the most high stakes circumstances. Which enables her to build strong trusting relationships
that empower students to feel safe, understood and successful.
her profound impact extends beyond the students in her classroom, making her a true
role model who profoundly enriches the westlake hills community. Congratulations, amy.
>> john henrichson.
staff shared that john, our printing services technician, is one of the hardest workers
they know. He never declines a job, regardless of the scope and
and timeline for requested completion, all with a positive can do attitude.
he is a team player, who will help staff whenever needed,
and without hesitation. John does it all for students,
staff, and the district, so that we all have the best and most professional printed material
possible. Congratulations, john. >> thank you. Thank you.
committed, incredibly hard working and helpful campus safety assistant at aspen for many years. She is a consistent, calming
presence for students, who she has spent years building rapport with at recesses and lunches.
many things that kim does makes such a positive difference, including always making time
to visit student performances or events. Her impact is felt everywhere. She is someone that can
always be depended on and will go out of her way to make a difference to the individuals
around her. Staff share that they are so grateful to have kim as a part of the aspen community.
congratulations.
>> ada loriano rodriguez. Ada's impact as a custodian
is profoundly felt across the entire university campus. She ensures the environment is immaculately clean, safe, well
maintained, expertly managing the complex custodial needs of three distinct programs with
unparalleled efficiency and grace. Beyond her exceptional work ethic, ada brings genuine care
and a welcoming spirit to every task, patiently engaging with
curious 3-year- olds, readily assisting with cleanups, furniture moves and repairs
and always greeting everyone with a warm smile. Her willingness to train
new district custodians coupled with her friendly, kind and
reliable nature demonstrates her exemplary leadership and makes her an invaluable asset
and beloved cornerstone of the school community. Congratulations, ada.
>> heather neely.
beyond with each task she undertakes as an administrative assistant. Not only is she knowledgeable
and extremely tech savvy, but heather is also the go- to person in instructional services
when they need an architect for some of their bigger projects.
she is always approachable and her input is sought on a daily basis.
heather is professional, helpful, and responsive to her school sites, parents and guardians, and co-workers.
the instructional services team feels privileged to work alongside heather. Congratulations.
>> donnie ramirez.
as a member of our maintenance department, donnie reports to sites on a regular basis with a skill
set for repairing most anything. He expertly fixes, takes
down, takes apart, cleans out, and moves items both large and small with a willing attitude to help in any way he can.
donnie has creative ways of making repairs and every task is completed with care.
staff not only appreciate donnie's skills and positive approach to each task, but
also his ever present kindness. Congratulations, donnie.
>> pamela seiman. As a child care assistant, pam
is outstanding with students and families at lang ranch.
she's always positive and creative in every aspect of her role. She steps in whenever support
is needed, particularly in unique and unexpected circumstances. She often comes in early to help
set up activities and makes sure the child care room is ready for students.
pam is also remarkably considerate of our student needs, particularly those of our youngest learners
as evidenced by her taking the time to make signs for the tk students to find
their classrooms. Congratulations, pam.
>> jamie taylor.
>> as the school office manager, jamie is an indispensable member
of the sequoia team, effortlessly jugging
countless responsibilities with a smile and a caring heart. She masterfully coordinates substitute teachers,
assists staff, arranges school tours, manages orders and the budget
and handles incessant phone inquiries, all while
keeping mrs. Damesio on her toes.
this year jamie stepped up communicating, managing
logistics and supporting administration to ensure staff and student safety as well as continuity of operations.
jamie consistently goes above ÷÷and beyond, taking on multiple roles and including attendance, rath registrar and
health clerk without skipping a beat. She is truly deserving of this recognition.
congratulations, jamie.
>> we would also like to take a moment to recognize one additional outstanding classified employee
of the year who was unable to join us this evening.
roso cerritos.
roso is an outstanding paraeducator who has been working side by side with our
multilingual learners for four years. She is passionate, understanding, patient and incredibly adept. Roso is a welcome force to
all new comers at thousand oaks high school. She creates a safe environment for those looking for a familiar
face. Staff share that we need more e roseos in the education world.
congratulations to her.
>> well deserved. >> thank you.
>> okay. Suddenly got a lot quieter in
here. Okay. We are at item 2h. And this is our recognition
of student board trustee aidan light. And tonight we will be recognizing him and saying
good-bye. And so, aidan, we have a couple of things we would like to present to you tonight, but,
first, I thought I would give everybody up here the opportunity to give any
comments or share any thoughts before we get to that. So,
does anybody want to share anything? You'd like to say to aidan?
>> I'll go. I have not formally prepared this, because, aidan, there is so much we can say.
it is truly been a joy to work with you as a student board
trustee. You have set the bar, sorry,
finn, I see you in the back, you have set the bar incredibly high in terms of everything that you
do. And there was moments where I was concerned about your school work, but as evidented by the fact that you were
a valedictorian and heading to ucla, my concerns were not justified. It is really been wonderful to
have you here on the board. I think you added tremendously to our board discussions, and
as I watch you run the student dak meetings, you have done an excellent job with that as
well. So thank you, congratulations and good luck in everything you
do. >> when I think of you as a student trustee, it is more
like student trustee. I mean, it's -- I wanted to
give you a map sometime of how to
find teo high school because you were never there. The way that -- every place I've been, you were always
there. You're everywhere. And the way you run the meetings, like,
trustee sylvester said, you set the bar incredibly high. Good luck, finn.
so, I just want to say how nice it has been to work with you, how professional you are, how just -- what a great co-
trustee you are. So, thank you very much, and good luck as a bruin and everything in your future.
>> so, I have had the honor of having worked with every student trustee since the
position's creation and I can confidently say you stand out
as a superstar among superstars. Your influence on the board
and on the district has been strategic and heart felt.
you synthesize student perspectives and particularly prioritize student well- being and a legacy that lasts beyond the immediate moment.
there is an old saying that a person has three names. The one the parents give them, the one their friends give
them, and the name they make for themselves. You have created a name and
a legacy that will endure and is incredibly special.
so, congratulations on that. Just make sure you go to class at ucla. It is a little different than
thousand oaks high school. Speaking from experience. And, please, don't be a
stranger. We will miss you.
>> well, trustee light, it has been a pleasure to be
your colleague and I will miss you. I have appreciated your questions, your
contributions, your collegiality. The way you ran the meetings right out of the
gate, starting with the first one of the year, was extraordinarily professional and competent.
you took the role very, very seriously and yet you brought yourself to it and you set your
fellow student representatives at ease and always made space for their important
contributions. We appreciate you. We wish you the very best of luck. And as trustee goldberg said, don't be a franker. A
stranger. Thank you so much. >> trustee light, first off, I want to comment on your
professionalism. Obviously we worked with, you know, a handful or so of student trustees and they all have been
great. Your professionalism as far as preparedness has been top notch. I think you've been
precedent-setting in some of the processes that you've put in place for yourself, but will also lead to others that will
be following in your footsteps and finn for next year, which I think many of the thoughts and
ideas and requests that you made us go back and forth and
problem solve and think out loud together on how to implement or provide a resolution to the
request. So, I just want to say I wish you the best of luck and thank you for a very dynamic
year. So, thank you.
>> okay. My turn. So, aidan, I thought at first I was going to try to write you
a poem, but then I realized I possibly couldn't do any better than mrs. Jud's poem for
you she wrote and presented at your last
sdad meeting. I'll say my words of thanks and
echo what we heard tonight. Having you at meetings
and events and sites across the district throughout the year has really been helpful to make you part of this team, but I
wager also really helped you in your role as student trustee. Your leadership was a
really important part of this role and I thank you for that work, not only in terms of bringing student voice to decision- making, but also for
being a model to other students and a variety of areas. Your composure, the
intention and thought you put into everything you do, your constant attention on inclusion while
facilitating meetings, those are a few examples. And finally, your time with us here in the board room, we
had a lot of discussions this year on many topics, budgets and
cell phone policy and valedictorian
systems, artificial intelligence, sexual harassment and assault reporting and more and your voice has been really critical throughout.
you've asked great questions, you've never hesitated to bring ideas forward in ways that really helped to further the discussions we were having. And helped us to make
decisions in really thoughtful and effective ways. In fact, I think it has been said a couple of times
that sometimes you're more eloquent than any of the adults up here. So we won't debate that right
now. I'm putting that out there. So we have some things we're going to gift to you.
first, I also have a ittle something from me. It is a children's book from a poet I
like named cleo wade. And it is called may you love and be loved, wishes for your
life. It is a love letter to the infinite potential of the future.
and I'm a big believer in the need for more leaders who keep love at the core of what they
do. Love for others, love for themselves, love for their community, and as you continue to develop as a
leaderleader all ways, I hope you'll consider keeping love in the mix. We know we need to be
including factors like expertise and the law and other people's opinions and thoughts and data
and analytics and goal alignment and all these other things, but I think that having love is
part of the equation really help us in our path to making decisions that are empathetic and people- centered
and ultimately help create a better world. So, that's for me. We also have a certificate for
you, a card from all of us, certificate of achievement,
the board of education hereby presents this recognition to aidan light in honor of your outstanding leadership and
service as a student board trustee and committee chair and in recognition of your
unwavering dedication and support to the student families and community of the
conejo valley unified school district for 24-25. I think trustee goldberg, do you want to bring that over too? We also have an
engraved gavel that you can use.
>> engraved trustee light. Thank you. Thank you, everyone.
>> so, trustee light, we want to grab a picture, but I believe you have some comments you wanted to share with us at
this time as well. >> yeah.
>> okay. >> I sit before you today saying something I've never been
able to say in my life and that is that I am not a student of the conejo valley unified school
district. That's because the last time this was true, I was not old enough to understand what a
school district was nor speak this sentence as I was not yet 2 years old starting at horizon
hills. And I've been here ever since, experiencing the exceptional educational
experiences for all students, filled with opportunities and choices that foster unique gifts and
prepare students to reach their full potential and diverse, challenging and changing world.
our new mission statement. And so I don't know how to feel as I say that for the first time in my life.
I've been given so many opportunities here and I will forever be grateful. The people in this room
and everyone in the community I've spoken to for this position will forever be part of my
foundation. I've learned so much. I'm so happy more students will be able to follow in
these footsteps and learn and grow as I did while still in high school. Though it is hard to say good-bye.
to my successor, I'm excited to see what you do in this position and to see what this opportunity does for you.
I started thinking in december how I may want to write these comments and after months of
thought, I was still editing them at 5:55 right before the meeting. But this is what I think I want to say.
to my fellow cvusd students and recent graduates, thank you for entrusting me with the
opportunity to serve as your student board of education trustee. I hope I've been able
to represent each and every one of you. I've tried my best. I've visited every school
site and tried to connect with as many students as possible and reply to any communication when students reached out asking
to talk. I hope you're proud to see up here on the board representing you and feel pride in the way your district runs. So I want to share a quick
story. In order to be eligible to run for this position, students must have served in sdak 4 one
year, anyone looking to join us up here, keep your eye out for those applications.
my journey, I started in march 2021 as a 13-year- old over at
khaliah whose goal came to achieve this position and I applied for sdad and interviewed and as an eighth
grader, I pitched myself as someone who would be able to bring in the
underclassmen perspective and voice. And how it is a transition to our high schools and I was
rejected. And so I tried again in january 2022 when a position opened up. Still a freshman, similar
agenda, similar platform, and I was rejected. Twice. But when I applied to sdak in
march 2022, applying for my of so sophomore year, going in, no prep, no platform, genuine interview, I was accepted and that april I was named chair of the budget subcommittee and
then the next next the member at large. The next I was voted sdak chairperson, the meeting I
ran was between two hospital stays for life threatening pneumonia and there wearing a risk,
barely able to breathe and delivering my speech to run. And yet I was able to win that election.
and so the same person who was rejected from sdak twice had
the chance to lead it and to sit here. Every one you've will face
rejection, whether by college, career, another person, something we can't imagine yet.
here is a few things I hope you learned as a student here, watching a fellow student on the
dais, I hope I've shown that the little 13-year- old cougar had the potential to join sdak
but chair it and each of you has that potential to go for what you want to go for.
you will face rejection, you shouldn't be discouraged. Take it in stride and try again. There is a place for every
one of you. The little kid that had no idea what a school board was other than it was the body that
made the rules I had to follow and could serve on it within a decade, what can't you do. Rejected from the first step on
this journey, to fulfill this dream could achieve it within five years, what can't you do?
you have a district that loves you, cares about you, and that fights for you. I walk out tonight knowing
you will all be set up for success, surrounded by people that support you. So what can't you do?
>> thank you, I want we want to get a picture with you. Do you want to come down here? I don't know if you want
to have your mom have a picture with you too? And I think you need to do the walk-through, right? Okay. Let's do it.
>> okay. We are now atat comments, item 2i.
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please note that speaker cards will not be accepted once the board starts the public comments
agenda item with the first speaker.
okay. In that case, we are moving
on to section 3, action items, 3a.
do I have a motion? >> president powell. >> yes, trustee goldberg. >> I move we rat fight changes to the 2025, 2026
and 2026, 2027 school years calendars as submitted.
>> second. >> thank you, is there any discussion?
seeing none, we'll vote. Trustee light.
>> yes. >> trustee gill. >> yes. >> trustee gorback. >> yes. >> trusty
goldberg. >> yes. >> trustee sylvester. >> yes.
>> I'm a yes. Item 3b, do I have a
motion? >> yes. >> president powell. >> trustee sylvester.
>> I move that we improve the instructional continuity learning plan as submitted.
>> thank you. >> second. >> is there any discussion on this item?
>> did you want to provide any information? You had a committee that met last week just to brief
the board on that meeting. >> yes. The continuity plan was
originally brought forward to the board on may 21st and subsequent to that meeting on june 9th, a team
of instructional service and student services staff met with a great team from uact. We talked about the plan,
to clarify a number of features as well as to really just talk overall about how
important it is that we communicate with each other during times of natural disaster or emergencies and
what a strong partnership we have to build on. We did also add some language into the plan that is new, stated on page 4, which
states if any of these circumstances -- sorry, if any of these circumstances would impact working conditions and employees,
cvusd administration and its labor partners would work collaboratively together to bargain those impacts.
>> great, thank you. Any questions or comments? Okay. In that case, we will vote.
trustee light. >> yes. >> trustee goldberg. >> yes. >>
trustee sylvester. >> yes. >> trustee gorback.
>> yes. >> trustee gill. >> yes. >> I'm a yes.
we are now at item 3c, do I have a motion? >> president powell. >> yes, trustee gill.
>> I move we approve the 2025, 2026 local control
and accountability plan, the lcap.
>> second. >> thank you. Any discussion or any comments?
from staff? >> can I ask a quick -- just want to confirm, has
anything material changed in this since we discussed it at the last
meeting?
>> nothing material. Some of the -- I got some additional feedback on some of the reflection
problems and they have to be in a very specific template, so I took that content and made sure it reflected
the template that is required. The county office also adjusted
some of the budget numbers, they gave me some feedback there
to reflect the actuals in the calculator but none of those budget numbers were
substantial at all. >> great, thank you.
>> seeing no other questions or comments, we'll vote. Trustee light.
>> yes. >> trustee gorback. >> yes. >> trustee
sylvester. >> yes. Trustee goldberg. >> yes.
>> trustee gill. >> yes. >> I'm a yes, motion ies 5- 0 with a preferential yes
vote from trustee light. Okay, we're at 3d.
this is business services second public hearing for our 25, 26 proposed budget.
so, we will now convene a second public hearing to receive public testimony concerning the proposed 2025- 2026
budget, general funds and ancillary funds. Are there any public cards --
public comment cards on this item?
okay. Because there are no public comments, I will now close the public hearing at 6:59 p.m.
do we have any comments or discussion from individual board members or any comments
from dr. Hayek? >> on the next item?
>> no, on this one. We don't have a vote on this
one. No comments or anything, we can move on to 3e. First I want to get a motion on
that. Do I have a motion for 3e? >> president powell. >> yes. >> I move that we approve the 2025- 2026 proposed budget
for the general ancillary funds as submitted. >> second. >> thank you.
that is a swing of $3 million potentially for us. We will have to wait and see until they do the final to see how that shakes
out. >> thank you.
>> any questions, comments? >> okay. We will vote. Trustee
light? >> yes. >> trustee sylvester? >> yes.
>> trustee gill? >> yes. >> trustee goldberg? >> yes.
>> trustee gorback? >> yes. >> I am yes. Motion carries 5-0. We are at 3f. The child
nutrition annual report. Do I have a motion? >> president powell? >> yes, trustee.
>> I move that we accept the 2024/2025 annual report.
>> second. >> I know we have a
presentation. >> this is our annual child
nutrition services report. I want to formally introduce our director of child nutrition, sarah phillips, who has been
with us since april? >> yep. >> dr. Powell, members of the board and executive cabinet,
good evening y. Am sarah phillips, director of child
nutrition services. So like he menged mentioned I put this
together in april. I will get started with numbers,
participation, in elementary it averages 39% of students, middle
school roughly 40, high school, 30. Throughout the 24-25 school
year we served over 800,000 breakfasts and over 1.1 million
lunches. Some of the favorite menu items for elementary were
waffle breakfast bowl, protein pasta with meat sauce, popcorn
chicken, bean and cheese burrito. Grill cheese. Maple
pancakes, cheese burger, chicken sandwich, orange chicken and
rice bowl, bacon club sandwich and quesadilla. With the help of
kim and elon we developed a nutrition service logo, it will
go on uniforms, any social media, and some equipment. An
example of that would be our share tables we were able to roll out at the end of this school year, they are placed at
the end of serving lines to hopefully capture unwanted food
items from students to divert them from the trash, give them a second chance at being consumed by another student. As you can
see with the picture here, clearly labeled share table and there little bit of blurb of how students can use to help reduce
food waste. Those top two containers are for room temperature food or hot items which don't often find
themselves on the shared table, the bottom two containers go in the freezer the night before so they are chilled. If a student
wants to leave a yogurt or milk on the share table, the student
looking feels assured it is kept at a safe temperature. We hope
to roll those out to elementaries next year. Student taste test, I was not sure if we would get to them this year but
within my first few days I received a letter from a student at glenwood signed by all of his classmates addressed to the
people who decide what is on the menu. He was asking for
crescents to be aded to the menu. I knew there was a whole
grain ham and swis cheese crescent, which is really good, modeled off the one they serve at starbucks, so we went out to
glenwood and it was one of my favorite days seeing that student come out and realize there we were and we had
cressoners. That was special. We had the chance to sample a vegan
and gluten free black bean taquito, the taste tests wentwell. The items will be on the menu next year. Summer meals
have kicked off on that flier, posted on social media, those
meals and locations are open to the public, summer school meals
served at the schools participating in summer school are closed campuses, only opened to those students. With starting
in april I wanted to give a look ahead of what some goals are for
child nutrition, expanding menu offerings, whether that is
rotating the menu options, providing more variety for
students, getting them excited to participate to share in a meal with friends, it is very important to me. Of course,
reintroducing harvest of the month. We have the opportunity to work with so many local organic farmers and partnering
with food hubs such as farm cart organic and aperic provide them
with local organic produce in their lunch. I think that is all.
>> thank you. >> do we have any questions or
comments from the board? >> yes, trustee light?
>> two quick things, the first one, a previous director, ms.
beck, had asked student district advisory committee to form a designated taste test panel to meet a few times a year to have
consistent voices and advisory group to child nutritional services, I wanted to ask if that is something you would be
interested in having, but sdac can work on putting together or if you are going to move towards the sight taste tests.
>> we can explore either. I am open to forming a committee.
>> I will connect you with our next chair person. >> sounds good. Thank you. >> next final question, just in
the interest of fellow students, graduates getting their question out because it is something I got a lot, obviously at one
point all of our meals were students had to pay and right now we have the universal free meals for all, which left a
number of graduating and rising high school students with money
left unspent. What is the appropriate avenue for students to go up about retrieving that money back?
>> graduating high school students can reach out to amy white, assist ant director of child nutrition services,
requesting a fund balance refund. She will process it and put a check in the mail. >> thank you so much. Welcome.
>> trustee? >> first of all, thank you, and welcome. I am sure this is not on your agenda three months
after taking the job, but very appreciated. I want to suggest that glenwood student will be a future student trustee. We are
all incredibly thankful for ability to offer free summer
meals. Part of my curiosity is, you know, we have a location in
oak park, how do we determine where we should be?
>> sure. So, we have a history of working with these organizations and partnering with them. I am not sure if
their locations have changed over the years, but that is how
they were chosen, from existing relationships. >> okay. Thank you.
>> we have met at wellness committee, and I want to thank you for your involvement in that, enthusiastic involvement.
you are wringing in the, both the heated and the heated and
refrigerated share tables. All of the what looks like scrumptious new dishes. Thank you for your involvement and
welcome here. >> thank you. >> go ahead. >> I will add my gratitude. I
was at a school site recently and all the kids were a buzz
about the waffle bowl. Great job. I also want to thank you for the excitement that you seem to have brought to the parent
community as well, so, keep up the good work.
>> I will also say welcome. You know, I went to a presentation at west lake high school. I am trying to figure how we can do
better. One of the projects of the student was taking food wastes, I can't remember how many sites, but they went
through a process of-- they were taking it to animals, to farms,
people with horses. I don't know how viable that kind of thing is, if it was a one-time project, but seemed like a cool
way to deal with extra food. >> definitely.
>> okay. No other comment. Thank you so much. >> thank you. >> okay. We are at our consent
agenda. Do I have a motion? >> president powell. >> yes, trustee light? >> I move we approve our consent
agenda as submitted. >> second. >> it has been moved and seconded. Do we have discussion?
>> seeing none, we will vote. Trustee light? >> yes. >> trustee gorback?
>> yes. >> trustee goldberg? >> yes. >> trustee gill?
>> yes. >> trustee sylvester? >> yes. >> I am a yes. Motion carries
5-0 with preferential yes vote from trustee light.
>> with that we are at section five, do we have any committee
reports tonight? That anybody would like to share? Seeing shaking heads. Okay. Then we will move on to comments from
the board of education, agenda item 5b, starting with trustee
light. >> good evening conejo valley, it has been a very busy two weeks
as we celebrated all of our student's accomplishments this year y. Had a chance to make it it each comprehensive high
school senior scholarship night and graduation and had the chance to make it to maple senior walk and watch the joy of
graduating seniors visiting and younger learners looking up to their future. As of now on our swagit, where board meetings are
streamed, the videos are available for watching and I had a chance to watch the ones I couldn't make it to, due to my
own graduation practice. Few final things. In regards to the
graduations, so many are involved, from stepping up the stage, to practicing with our students, streaming the events,
cleaning up after, printing the programs, and so much more in the background. Thank you for all of your work at the close of
the school year. Thank you to all of the fabulous district staff who worked so hard to insure the exceptional
educational experiences for all students. It has been a pleasure working with and learning from so many of you. To the board and
cabinet, thank you for all your support as I became accustom to the role and for your support throughout the year. My work
would not have been possible without you. Finally, thanks to all of the community. For supporting a student voice on
the dis and welcome me in so many places throughout the
communityty, you have have made this a joy. That is all for this term. Have a wonderful summer and wonderful lives, conejo
valley y. Am always here for you. Of course, one last time. Good night. >> thank you, trustee light.
>>> we will move on to trustee gorback.
>> good evening. Happy pride month still. Happy mental health
awareness month. I can't tell you how important it is to
recognize mental health, and I am glad that we have an
extensive mental health program. I went to several graduations of
comprehensive schools, and other high schools, middle schools,
elementary schools. As each one is so individual and has its own
character, I imagine that each student within each graduation
it is its own significance. Last week was a week of celebration,
of accomplishment, and just joy of what our district does. I
also walk the week before that, I went to the weathersfield
walk, featured on the local news. Again, the tradition of
the eyes, the glow in the eyes of the 6th graders, excuse me,
5th graders, as they looked up at these gods that were walking
around them in uniform, in gowns. Then the fun of them going in the playground and using the apparatus at the
elementary school and play, bringing back the memories of how they felt as 5th graders. So, just want to end with it has
been a fantastic year. Next year will be better, and have a great
summer. We will see you before you know it.
>> thank you. Trustee gill. >> thank you. Good evening. I want to express my thanks to all of the folks who worked so very
hard to make all of the end of the year celebrations for us
safe, happy, joyous, and so beautiful. It is such a privilege for us to be able to take part in elementary school
cullmanations, middle school promotions, and high school graduations. Every one of those ceremonies with big milestones
for our students, our families, and all of the small triumphs
that we have had along the year. I took note at each of these
celebrations but especially at the elementary schools, this
community has rallied, our schools did such extra ordinary work supported by school staff and administrators, especially
when I was at the elementary schools, each of these
celebrations students were marking a lot of growth and
resilience since that disruption we all experienced. At the
elementary schools, those students experienced the disruption of covid during their kindergarten and first-grade
years. I remember back at that time that my first question was
to our superintendent&I asked him, how are our students who are just beginning to learn to read fairing? He told me they
were going to be fine. And they are. They are confident, great
readers, and fabulous writers, in fact, wonderful public speakers, something I definitely was not when I left the 5th
grade. So, I want to say a special amount of gratitude to
our teachers and our entire school family for what we
accomplished and what we got through together and how rain shower students are shining in the aftermath. I am grateful. I
will miss you all during the summer but I hope you have a wonderful time and I will be so happy to see everybody come back
safe in august. Thank you.
>> thank you, trustee gill. >> trustee goldberg. >> so, I am just going to echo the gratitude for everybody, for
an amazing year across the board, culminating with graduations at all levels. The speeches and the talent, just
the joy was palpable. The speeches were incredible. Each
one, I thought, can't get better than this, and it did. So
they were amazing. I want to thank all of the staff who made
everybody feel safe from gate at the beginning, from when you
walked into the gate and stayed there, throughout the whole ceremony, and then walked out. It was not lost on me that the
tone was set from the beginning, and I really appreciated it. I
want to give a special shoutout, so we talked about glenwood, we
talked about the senior walks. Glenwood had-- they shared a
photo of the seniors sitting on the kindergarten carpet with
their kindergarten teacher, the comment was made that they didn't want to leave. They just wanted to play and be kids. I
think that comfort and that safety that they felt in that
room is such a gift, and I want to thank all of the teachers
that make their students feel that way. I also want to give a
very special shoutout to, we are all exhausted, it was a very
long month, very long week. But in particular, richard blake for
his dedication, his heart, for always showing up, even when it
is hard. You can't touch that kind of dedication and heart.
so, thank you very much. To him. And hags, everybody.
>> thank you, trustee goldberg. Trustee sylvester. >> are you going to sign my year book? Um, good evening. I think
my fellow trustees have really expressed what last week was like. It was really a week of joyous celebration, and it was a
week that could not have taken place without the efforts of so,
so many. It seems a little daunting at the beginning to think I am going to all these graduations and sit in the hot
is sun in a black robe but it is a wonderful experience. I want
to thank all the principals who welcomed us and made it very
easy for us to participate. As mentioned, the speeches were
brilliant, the performances were absolutely amazing,er and it really just was joyous, that is pretty much all I can say about
that. So, again, congratulations to everybody who graduated every
student moving up. I hope everybody has a wonderful, wonderful summer. We will be back here august 13th, and I
hope to see everybody then. Good night.
>> thank you, trustee sylvester. >> I will echo the sentiments of my colleagues on the amazing graduation end of year
celebrations last week, they were wonderful. I want to say
happy pride month and I wanted to, again, say thank you to meghan global for her report for lgbtqia, that report, and for
her leadership as well as everybody else on the executive
team. I want to wish everybody a safe and restful summer, and to our school community as well as the greater conejo valley, these
are words I think probably said many times before, but in today's world, it seems like they may have more meaning than
ever, umjust the trauma and fear I know lot of are feeling now, including our own students and community members, during these
real times is overwhelming and exhausting. If are in a dark place or living in fear, whether it is related to any
immigration-related activity or feeling the brunt of any sort of bigotry or hatred, please know you are loved, and that there
are many, many people in our school community and our greater community who are here to support you and lift you up.
there are organizations and hotlines across our country, our county, that are available for support. With that, I hand it
off to dr. Mclachlan. >> as we concluded last week
from superintendent's perspective, there is a lot of work that goes in to that 180-days of school, but the last
week of school and all the promotions and graduations and
everything are taking place from my perspective, it was a great
week and a lot of thanks go out to all of our employees who set
up chairs, take down chairs, moved chairs to another school,
set up sound systems, moved sound systems, set up at another
school, it is a continuous week of motion and movement and there
are people who coordinate those things but they-- it wouldn't go unnoticed if we didn't point out the hard work that goes in
to setting those up. So often we just get to see the exciteal
part. There is so much behind the scenes that get done, so that we see the good stuff. So, shoutout to everybody. I want to
wish everybody a safe summer and get some rest and spend time
with friends and family, do some things that you enjoy, and we will be back at it again sooner than later. Thank you.
>>> okay.with that we are item 6, adjournment. Do we have any future board topics that board members would like to add?
trustee light? >> um, just I know this is a kind of new situation because of the first student trustee
assigned board committee, I would recommend updating for the new trustee and his interests in the fall.
>> thank you.
>> any other? Okay. Seeing no