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Good evening.
I call this meeting of September 8th,

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2026 to order at 5:00 p.m. I would like
to welcome all of you here tonight as

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well as those who are joining us
remotely as we conduct the business of

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the school district. Miss Moyers, will
you please call the role?

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» Mr. Cole
>> here.

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» Um, Miss Scramble here. Mr. Schultz
>> here.

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» Mr. W
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» Mrs. Ramirez
>> here.

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» All right. Thank you. Moving on to the
approval of the agenda. Dr. Stop. Are

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there any changes or additions to the
agenda?

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» Yes, there are.
>> Okay, great. In that case, do I have a

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motion to approve the agenda with the
changes?

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» A motion to approve the agenda with the
changes.

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» Thank you, Mr. Mayor. And do I have a
second? I'll second. All those in favor

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say I.
>> I.

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» I. Opposed. Okay. Vote was 50 to accept
the agenda as presented with changes.

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Okay. And then with that, we're going to
move to our close session. Right. So,

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let's close session and we'll come back
after it's over.

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» Oh, I almost forgot to ask. Thank you,
Miss Moyers. Are there any comments to

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any request to address the board on
close session items?

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» There are no requests to address the
board on close session items.

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» Okay. Okay. Then hearing none, we will
now move to close session where we will

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address public employee performance
evaluation government code section 54957

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title superintendent and anticipated
litigation pursuant to government code

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section 54956.9D
case number 26272.

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Dr. Sto, do we anticipate any action be
taken in close session?

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» Yes.
>> Okay. Thank you. Then we will now move

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to close session and return to open
session to resume our public meeting.

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Thank you.

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We are reconvening in open session. I
would like to welcome all of you here

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tonight as well as those who are joining
us remotely as we conduct the business

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of the school district. Mr. Win, would
you please lead us to the pledge of

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allegiance?
>> Sir, please rise.

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Hands on your heart and together
to the flag of the United States of

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America and to the republic stands one
indivisible

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and justice for all.
Thank you, Mr. Man.

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Okay, this time we have a report out
from our close session. So, I will read

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out the actions that we took in close
session. By the motion of Trusty W and

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seconded by Trusty Schulz, the governing
board took action by a vote of 50 to

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approve the settlement agreement
associated with case number 262702.

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All right, and that's the end of our
close session items. And so that brings

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us to a very special part of our meeting
tonight. We have a special presentation.

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The board of trustees will will welcome
Orange County Department of Education to

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celebrate Fountain Valley School
District recently named a 2026

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innovation grant awardee. We'd like to
invite members from our own educational

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services grant team from Found Valley to
the floor. So if you all come on up

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right now.

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And now please everyone will you welcome
from Orange County Department of

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Education the director of continuous
improvement and leadership development

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Dr. Diane Earl and assistant
superintendent of instruction Dr.

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Jonathan Swanson to make the
presentation.

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» No so we can be in the camera.

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Dr. Swanson, the floor is yours.
>> Thank you so much. Good evening, board

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president Cole, members of the board,
Dr. St and distinguished guests. On

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behalf of Orange County Superintendent
of Schools, Dr. Stephan Bean, I have

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some great news to share with you all
tonight. Tonight, we are proud to

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recognize Fountain Valley School
District as a recipient of the Orange

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County Innovation Funding Initiative
Award.

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In case you're unfamiliar, this is a
competitive grant program designed to

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advance bold ideas that improve student
outcomes. Fountain Valley was one of six

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districts selected from a highly
competitive applicant pool to receive up

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to $525,000
over a three-year period to implement

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and expand an innovative approach for
Fountain Valley. This was specifically

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for mathematics teaching and
professional learning. The district's

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math learning lab model provides job
embedded professional development

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designed to strengthen tier one
mathematics instruction, improve

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coherence across grade levels, and
advance outcomes for all learners.

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Through structured classroom lab cycles,
teachers learn alongside one another in

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real classrooms, observing student
thinking, analyzing student work,

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refining and reteing lessons, and
participating in ongoing coaching.

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This approach transforms professional
development from isolated one-time

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training into sustainable district-wide
system grounded in collaboration,

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inquiry, and continuous improvement.
A key focus of Fountain Valley's project

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is closing achievement gaps for English
learners, socioeconomically

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disadvantaged students, and students
with disabilities by strengthening

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access to rigorous, highquality tier 1
mathematics instruction. We congratulate

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Fountain Valley School District for its
vision, leadership, and commitment to

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improving mathematics teaching and
learning for every student. And here's

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the part you've been waiting for.
On behalf of the Orange County

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Department of Education, it is my
pleasure to present Fountain Valley

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School District with this innovation
funding initiative award to support the

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implementation of its math learning lab
model and help shape the future of

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mathematics teaching and learning not
only here in Fountain Valley but for

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students across

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» wonderful well before you take pictures.
I'd like to ask if any of our fellow

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trustees have any comments you'd like to
make

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thoughts. Go ahead.

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» Thank you for coming tonight after a
full work day of people. We really

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appreciate that. And to this illustrious
team up here was an amazing

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collaborative effort.
over half million dollars is a lot of

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resource funding to provide to our
district and we truly truly appreciate

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it. In our weekly that Dr. St pushes out
to the trustees on August 28th,

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she talked about a survey that was taken
amongst all of our teachers on August

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24th, which was our first day of
professional growth development.

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And it was a look ahead to what they
wanted. Our staff wanted professional

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development to be. And when I looked at
what they're seeking and how this grant

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meshes, it is in amazing coherence. One
of the things they want was something

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that was practical.
And what you're going to be

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participating in is going to be very
practical. They were asking for it to be

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immediately useful. and this will be
immediately useful. That is taught every

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single day in our school district.
And then they were very interested in

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cross district grade level
collaborations. Now, not only is that

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going to be the case um and fulfilling
their needs, but the reach is going to

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even go further in that this team is
going to collaborate

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across county
and that is absolutely wonderful. Um so

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the team you competed so well because it
was a competition around here. We love

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earning things and mutually earn earned
earned this. So congratulations and

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thank you Orange County Department of Ed
for funding this

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Randle. Any of my other fellow trustes
want to say a few words.

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All right. Well, I just want to say on
behalf of our board, thank you Dr.

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Swanson. Thank you Director Earl for
sharing this with us. And we're

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especially grateful to our county
superintendent of schools, Dr. Stephan

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Bean uh who made this possible and we're
very grateful to our team right here

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because you took on the challenge and
did a great job. So with that, why don't

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we take a few moments here? We'll take a
break and uh trust you join me down here

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with the team so we miss will tell us
what to do here.

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to the center.

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» Get in there.

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Well, that was a nice celebration. Very
fun time. Okay, next up, director of

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fiscal services, Mrs. Puja Shaw, and
assistant superintendent business

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services, Mr. Secretro geta will now
present their staff report on Found

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Valley School District unodudited
actuals for fiscal year 2025 to 2026

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[clears throat]

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something serious after that. All right.
Well, good evening, President Cole. Um,

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board of trustees, um, executive
cabinet. Um, it's that time of year

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where we bring an audited actuals to
you. Um, try to look that way. But, um,

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I just, u sharing something right now.
She's like, now I can set up the budget

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numbers for the grant because the true
account, we're not going to set it up or

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start spending of it until we actually
see the check and have it hand out.

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» So, we'll do that. But uh in Australia
this now we are going to get started

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with audited actuals. Uh this is the uh
the presentation where we come to you

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and we talk about how the prior year uh
this is that the first time or the only

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time really in the year where we talk
about numbers that once all was said and

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done is not a budget. These were the
actual results once we close the books.

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So with that, we always like to start
off um just uh talking about our core

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values, our mission and our vision and
how our budget and our financial results

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always support the things that we do
here at Bouncer Valley.

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Um among our priorities, obviously this
falls under the fiscal responsibility

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priority area.
So tonight we're going to walk you

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through the moderate actuals. Um, and
then we're just going to talk a little

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bit also about the ending fund ballots
and the onetime funds that we've

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received over the last couple years. And
then I'll give a a little preview of

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first interum and some of the budget
updates you'll see at the point in

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December uh as a result of state adopted
budget June and then also some of the

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challenges things that we just need to
keep an eye out as we start the new

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school year. With that, I'll turn it
over to Michelle.

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» Thank you. Um good evening president
coerces

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and executive cabinet. So before I start
my presentation first of all I wanted to

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thank county department of ed and
congratulate my partner Dr.

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and her team for getting us this grant,
right? It's it's such a big deal and

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what an achievement for our district.
Like this will really really help us

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like we've heard all year round how we
want to standardize our practices, focus

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on student achievement actually. So this
is going to go a really really long way.

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Um additionally actually wanted to take
a moment to thank my team. It's Jacob,

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Nabi, Nori and Kim. They work hard all
summer. They It's typically our busiest

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time of the year. So, not only are they
closing the books for the last fiscal

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year, they are processing payables,
purchase orders, transaction, anything

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to keep the current year going smoothly.
And we are able to close the books on

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time and bring this report to you
largely due to their hard work and

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dedication, everything that they do
behind the scenes. So I'm truly grateful

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and thankful to have such a fantastic
team.

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With that everything and anything we do
ties into fiscal responsibility and

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fiscal responsibility comes with ED200.
What this quote says that we are

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required to bring to you the results of
our annual financial events, our annual

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financial transaction on September 15th.
Every time Mr. Gera and I have been up

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here, we are actually talking in terms
of budget. You hear words like our

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projection is we made an assumption or
based on our governor's proposed budget.

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But tonight is different. Tonight is all
about talking about the results of our

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annual financial activity after the dust
settles.

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What came in as revenue, whether it's
from state, local, or federal sources.

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and what the district actually ended up
spending be it on salaries be it on

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supplies instructional material etc.
Also this is an opportunity for us to

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highlight to you some of the variances
between what you see now at unodited

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actuals versus what we projected at
estimated actuals that you adopted along

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with 26 27 budget on 18th of June.
Finally, these statements are not yet

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audited by the auditors, hence the term
unodudited action. Um, so they are going

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to be here later this month to issue us
the audited financial statements and

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they generally express their opinion on
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With that, we'll move on to our
unrestricted funds. Remember, these are

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our most most effective.
So you'll notice that our contribution

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from our unrestricted revenue is lower
than that of than what we projected at

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estimated attributes. This is mainly
because we had higher than anticipated

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revenue in our residual income through
Jasmine housing. Not only that, we had a

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slight dis decrease in our special
education expenditures essentially

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requiring less unrestricted funds to
support that program.

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Moving on to expenditure the salaries
and benefits are higher than estimated

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actuals. So if you recall back then we
mentioned that we were not able to

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incorporate the negotiated raises into
our budget and that was mainly because

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of the timing of the negotiation and
also we have a statutory deadline by

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which we need to submit our budget to
Orange County Department of Ed. So this

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variance reflects that increase.
Additionally, you'll notice that the

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capital outlay is a little bit lower
than that of estimated actuals mainly

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because some plan expenditures in 2526
get got moved on to this current school

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year and that happens as the district
priorities change.

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So overall on the unrestricted side we
projecting a surplus.

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Moving on to restricted funds, we do see
an increase in other state revenue. So

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if you recall back in 2425, our former
CEO Mrs. Fullerton had applied for a cal

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trade grant. So back then we had gotten
the I would say aortion first

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aortionment aortionment of round one. Uh
and then we finally saw the second

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aortionment of the same round one come
true at the end of last fiscal year.

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Additionally, the other local revenues
are also up um just due to an increase

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in our revenues through medical billing.
Um and also due to the um Jasmine

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residual payment that I mentioned
earlier.

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On the expenditure side, the salaries
and benefits again reflect those

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negotiated reasons. The books and
supplies expenditures are a little bit

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lower mainly because of the unused grant
allocations that assign receives. So

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think of it like the goods in band that
is allocated to a particular site or

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particular teacher or donation. So we
are required to budget it all out so

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they can see what's available to them.
But the sites have their own specific

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plan and may choose or may or may not
choose to spend it all in one year or

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move it into several years. And that's
why you typically see this variance year

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after year.
This brings us to our general fund

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summary. And one of the areas that we
like to focus on is the ending fund

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balance.
So remember when we talk about any

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ending fund balance we like to equate it
to a snack box. So in your snack box you

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have different section and each section
has a different snack. Similarly the

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ending fund balance has different
section and each section serves its own

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purpose. So you have the restricted
funds. Remember these are the funds that

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come with conditions attached. So you
you hear a lot about learning recovery

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emergency block grant or newly student
support and professional development

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block grant. So all of those are
restricted funds. Then we next we have

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the committed funds. These are the funds
that are set aside by the board for a

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specific purpose.
We have our assigned funds. They have

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designated uses just like donations
mentioning a few minutes back. Then we

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have the non-spendables which are the
inventory

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reserve for economic uncertaintity which
we is typically around 3% of our general

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fund expenditures and then finally what
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So collectively the restricted reserve
for economic uncertaintities and are

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nonspendable. They account for 57% of
our ending fund balance. What I truly

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like about this slide is that not only
it tells you the different components,

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it's actually telling you the
flexibility the district has in using

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those funds.
So if you pay attention to this slide,

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the if you see the dark blue or grayish
blue portion right at the top, you'll

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notice that the restricted balance was
just 10% of our ending fund balance back

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in 201718.
Then came the pandemic and with the

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pandemic this large influx of this
restricted onetime dollars. So if you

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remember S1, S2, year one, year two, so
many versions of those

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funds that we got essentially to just
help with learning loss and any other

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impacts of the pandmic. So then our
restricted balance balloon up together

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like call it the alligator but I think
of it like a soccer ball. So you keep

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pumping restricted dollars and it
swallows up. So that's what happened

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back in I want to say 2122 or 22 2020
and then now it slowly started to cher

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up since 2425. That's mainly because our
district is intentionally spending its

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dollars according to our plan. But we
fully expect this to change once we have

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the new round of student support and
professional development blocker which

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Mr. G is going to talk about in next few
minutes.

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Finally, I'm happy to report that all my
district's other funds have ended up

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with a positive balance.
So really under your guidance and

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executive cabinet's leadership, our
district's focus is truly fiscal

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responsibility and we are strategically
and thoughtfully spending all of our

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resources at the end of the day to
support our staff, students and other

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district priorities and that's why we
are here. But that Mr. here is going to

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talk to us about what it looks like in
next few minutes. And thank you.

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So, um, yeah, there's a couple different
areas that I'm going to touch on here as

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we look ahead. One of them is at this
time of the year, uh, we know what was

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adopted in the state budget, right? The
last time we were up here, Booj and I

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talked about the May revise and we had
to build the budget based on the the

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assumptions, but we were still days away
from there being an official state

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adopted budget, which happens at the end
of June. So, after that happened, all

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was said and done, I would say we were
pretty close. And I'll go through all

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each of the major components of the
state's adopted budget and kind of where

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we were in our assumptions and how close
we were to what was in our adopted

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budget back in June. So the cola did
come out with the augmentation to 4.31

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which is what uh we had used in our in
our budget for this year. Uh there was

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one contingency there. You know the
state sometimes gives you something but

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then gives you an unf a mandate uh which
eats up some of those funds. So there

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part of the adopted budget was a new
14week paid pregnancy disability leave

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mandate. Uh
there right now we don't know how much

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that's going to cost the district. Most
districts don't know. There's estimates

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uh from the state ranging anywhere from
20% of that augmentation grant possibly

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as an estimate being eaten up by this
new disability leave mandate. But really

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nobody knows. And I think until we go
through a year or two and really see

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some some actual numbers, we'll get a
better idea. But that's something that

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that was adopted as part of the state uh
final uh budget. Good thing is

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originally this was proposed to um
commence on July 1st really giving us no

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on-ramp to implementation and now they
were considered a little bit and gave us

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uh until January 1st of 2027. So um the
business team and the HR team are going

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to be attending several workshops this
fall to see along with other districts

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how we implement this and how we move
forward. But this is something we're to

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definitely keep an eye on.
Uh there was happy to report and this is

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the one thing that we did not include in
our budget back in June because there

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was a lot of uncertainty as to how much
or how these this new onetime block

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grant uh was going to be aortioned to
school districts. So this is round two

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of what we call Spudbug. Uh if you
recall in last year we received

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Sputterbug round one. Well now we're
getting round two and like most sequels

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this time it's personal. But the good
thing is it's it's more money for the

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district. So you will see that
incorporated into our first interim

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budget in December. Um the reason we
held off on including this in the budget

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back in June was because there was a lot
of discussion at that point about

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aortioning it based on a duplicate
account. Uh which you know for us would

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have meant that we would have received a
lot less than what we actually are

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receiving now when it's just strictly
ADA based aortionment now. So we're

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happy about that. Uh also extremely
happy about a new and ongoing funding

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for special debt from the state. This is
a true commitment from the state uh and

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recognition that we all make uh
substantial contributions from our

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unrestricted side of the the ledger to
the restricted to support special ed

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programs and the state has committed to
funding u their portion to a greater

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extent on an ongoing basis. So we're
really happy about that.

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There we go.

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Okay. Good. Uh, also a couple years ago,
we received the learning from the

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emergency block grant, LBG, as you most
of you know it. Uh there was a full

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restoration of the initial cuts that
were made. So, we do get another

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portionment this year. I'll talk a
little bit more about that in a couple

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slides. uh also commitment to
maintaining universal meals and an

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additional round of kid fundings which
in the past have helped us replace a lot

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of the uh the ovens and hardware in our
kitchen. So we're happy to see another

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round of kit funds. Um, also Miss Green
in the audience would be very happy also

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to hear that uh we are a ELOC uh tier 2
district which means that once all the

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tier one districts with the high
duplicated counts are funded then the

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state sees how much is left over midyear
once you're off and running the program

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and then tells you how much you're going
to get. Well, there's commitment now

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from the state to have a minimum funding
level for ELOP, which is really great

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for us in terms of u how we run a a
program and not having to adjust mid

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year on the fly. Um, you know, not
knowing if you're going to experience

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cuts like we did last year mid year as
you're already running the program. So,

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we're really happy to see that. Also,

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the one thing that did stay in the
adopted budget was the withholding of

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the property to the tune of $3.9
billion. Uh there is some very weak

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language in um in uh the trailer
language that says and may revise. Uh

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there should be a plan by the state of
how we are going to be made whole for

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these dollars, but really uh there's no
real teeth to that and we'll just have

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to wait and see where the state is and
how the state budget is doing and when

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we can expect to receive that additional
funding that's owed to us um

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constitutionally through prop.
I'll go quickly through these slides.

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You've seen them many times. I'm happy
to report that as of June 30th, 2026, we

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have fully spent down payment and uh
educator effectiveness blocks per plan

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and by the deadline. So, we don't have
we don't have to return a single dollar

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penny to the state. So, kudos to us to
the business team and services team for

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working together on those plans and
executing that, making sure we did all

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the things that are listed on here to
make sure we spent those dollars on

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behalf of our students.
um in the new year here in 26 27 and

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next year 207 27728. You've heard us
talk about how we're just kind of

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rolling over into the next source of
funds continuing to do all the things on

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here with the exception of you'll notice
in the previous slide down at the

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bottom. Um and we talked about this uh
budget adoption. We no longer have the

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0.5 intervention teachers, but we are
continuing to support all of these other

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wonderful things uh staffing and
programs with the learning recovery

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emergency block grant available to us
through June 30th of 2028.

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But wait, there's more. After that, uh
we're just going to roll it over to

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Spudbug round one, uh which is available
to us through June 30th, 2029.

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2029. But now the new block grant, the
spudbug route 2 um continue allow us to

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continue to do this for whatever
district priorities we have in 2029 and

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beyond um through 2032. So that new
round of splud bug is good for through

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June 30th of 2032.

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Uh with that, you know, we always like
to to just keep an eye on some things

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that are important and could impact our
budget in in many different ways. One is

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just the the state of the economy and
the state budget. Uh you've heard me

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talk up here many times where um things
can change on a dime. We've saw it uh on

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the upside right in the last year, but
things can go south pretty fast also as

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we've experienced those of us who have
been uh in this business long enough

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back in 2008, 2009, 2010. We live
through some really difficult years in

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school finance and in the state uh
budget. So uh we just got to be

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cognizant of that. I know that we are
beholden to here in California to the

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performance of the stock market and
those top earners and uh how how the

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stock market goes is how obviously
budget and consequently our school

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budgets go. So something definitely keep
an eye on. Um in the first couple week

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in the first week of school we've also
experienced an enrollment decline

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compared to last year that we're keeping
a very close eye on. uh we're not immune

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uh like most other school districts in
Orange County with the full

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implementation of transitional kinder
last year. We all kind of expected that

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that would be the high water mark for
enrollment and that overall uh we would

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start to see a reversion to historical
enrollment. That's at least as of week

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one we are starting to see um some of
that. Um I think we're down a little bit

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over 200 students compared to last year.
uh there's still a lot that you know in

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the first week couple weeks of school
you know we could see some pickup but I

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really don't see how we close a gap of
200 students just based on people who

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keep their kids through Labor Day and
don't show up afterwards. So that's

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definitely something we're going to keep
an eye out. Uh and with that you know

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just acknowledgement of rising costs of
everything from supplies to uh personnel

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costs to
you know mandates and other things. So

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while we do appreciate a strong polar
and our limitation to the polar and one

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time B grants a lot of that is you know
we just got to make sure that we are

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keeping an eye out on price costs and
planning for that out not just in the

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current year but in the multi-year
projection as well.

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Um and with that, you know, onetime
funds are are truly a blessing, but um

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we do have to plan for a day when we
event, you know, we might not have those

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funds and start to work over the next
couple of years to identify which of

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those things that we're currently doing
with one time funds we want to make a

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priority to find an ongoing funding
source for. So the good thing is we have

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a long off as it just said but round two
takes us all the way through 2032. But

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that is something that at some point um
will come to an end. We just got to be

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ready for that and prepared for it. And
then the other one is just the pregnancy

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disability mandate. Just
seeing how this these first couple years

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go and how budget and plan for that.

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So with that, couple key takeaways here
I always like to do at the end of the

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presentation if you if you take nothing
else with you is 2526 we ended up in a

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really good financial position. The
district is healthy. We met our mandated

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reserves. We have um
healthy ending fund balance and um

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thanks to the work Miss Fuja and the
team did we we were able to close the

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books and hopefully we'll get a clean
audit. We'll get to you in December.

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um can't um reiterate this enough that
the state budget has a huge impact on on

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school districts. So, we definitely need
to keep an eye out on that and just the

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daily fluctuations in stock market and
macroeconomic factors that impact our

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state economy. Uh, also being strategic
about the multi-year funds that we have

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and how we plan to use those over the
next couple years as we now have four or

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five active onetime block grants that we
are that we are cycling through. And

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then the last one um hot off the press
as last week, you just got to keep a

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closer eye on enrollment and make any
modifications and adjustments that we

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need to along the way. The good thing
with uh with with uh the way we were

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funded here in California with average
city attendance uh we we are funded on

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the best uh per year ADA prior year or
the three prior year average. So if we

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do start to see that enrollment
subsequently ADA uh continue to decline,

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we do have some time to to make
modifications and adjust and we just

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have to be able to be ready to make
those difficult decisions if it comes to

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that.
So with that um we'll hopefully approve

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the audited actual sign and we'll send
them up to OCD by the September 15th

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deadline. As M Shaw mentioned earlier uh
we'll bring the the auditors will look

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over our actuals and do their testing
and auditing and then by December 15th

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we'll bring their final audit report to
you for approval. And then at that same

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at that time same board meeting will
bring the the first interim report to

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due where we make the the first major
budget revisions to the current year

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based on the enrollment that we that we
experienced this fall and adjusted for

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staffing that we needed to hire um and
make those adjustments to the budget

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that we brought into.

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So now my turn to give thanks. So Miss
Shaw mentioned she wasn't wouldn't be

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able to do this with the team that that
she counts on day in day out. Um,

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01:35:56,080 --> 01:36:03,040
obviously as the leader of the team,
she's the one that makes all that

418
01:36:00,239 --> 01:36:08,239
happen. And, uh, I'm very fortunate to
have such a an amazing fiscal director

419
01:36:05,440 --> 01:36:11,840
by by my side doing this important work
and and working with this amazing team

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01:36:10,320 --> 01:36:15,560
um, that shows up every day and does
their best. So, thank you.

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01:36:16,719 --> 01:36:22,560
» And with that, if there are any
questions, we'll be happy to obtain

422
01:36:20,480 --> 01:36:27,239
those now.
>> Thank you very much. Any questions?

423
01:36:24,239 --> 01:36:27,239
Questions?

424
01:36:29,600 --> 01:36:35,960
» Never seen the
>> hand.

425
01:36:36,560 --> 01:36:43,360
I just had a question. I didn't know the
answer about the 14week pregnancy leave.

426
01:36:41,520 --> 01:36:46,719
Is that just for mothers or do fathers
get 14 weeks as well?

427
01:36:45,040 --> 01:36:49,360
» That's just for the mothers because it's
the the disability of the actual

428
01:36:48,639 --> 01:36:54,080
pregnancy.
>> Okay. And then you mentioned January

429
01:36:51,119 --> 01:36:59,760
1st, 2027. So if one of our employees
has a baby in December, they're screwed

430
01:36:57,199 --> 01:37:04,159
or do they give this to?
>> It's complicated. I think it could be

431
01:37:02,400 --> 01:37:09,280
comp. In my understanding at least, if
there's complications from the pregnancy

432
01:37:06,239 --> 01:37:13,679
prior to January 1st, it wouldn't count
until actually January 1st.

433
01:37:11,840 --> 01:37:17,440
» Oh, so this is only if so if just
someone has the healthy baby, they don't

434
01:37:15,760 --> 01:37:20,239
get for it's only if they have an issue
from the pregnancy.

435
01:37:18,239 --> 01:37:23,760
» No, no. So the the pregnancy is termed
to be the disability.

436
01:37:21,199 --> 01:37:28,159
» Okay. So there usually there's like a
standard recovery time or disability for

437
01:37:26,239 --> 01:37:33,520
a pregnancy
six eight weeks. This one gives you up

438
01:37:30,560 --> 01:37:39,119
to 14 weeks with
so I know in the past a lot of uh women

439
01:37:37,440 --> 01:37:43,760
they have to go through their sick days
right and whatever. So now this is just

440
01:37:41,280 --> 01:37:48,000
they get to keep their sick days and
then the state

441
01:37:46,560 --> 01:37:52,080
what a nice program it's nice. So
hopefully you don't have babies for

442
01:37:49,119 --> 01:37:57,679
January 1.
We might we might see a reversal of

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01:37:54,080 --> 01:38:02,600
defining enrollment in a couple years.
>> Thank you, Mr. Schultz. Any other

444
01:37:59,040 --> 01:38:02,600
questions or comments?

445
01:38:03,840 --> 01:38:11,760
» Two items. Thank you for the thorough
report as always.

446
01:38:08,320 --> 01:38:17,520
Happy news that everything is coming out
the way it should. When you talked about

447
01:38:14,159 --> 01:38:26,080
the minimum funding level for two tier
ELAW and the minimum being new,

448
01:38:23,199 --> 01:38:30,480
does that still mean that midyear it
might fluctuate?

449
01:38:28,400 --> 01:38:35,280
» No. So that's the commitment part of it
that there is a minimum and it's a fl it

450
01:38:33,520 --> 01:38:40,560
could I guess it could fluctuate but on
the upside there's um there's a

451
01:38:37,920 --> 01:38:42,880
commitment to fund it at that level at
the minimum. like the minimum,

452
01:38:42,159 --> 01:38:45,840
» right?
>> Okay.

453
01:38:43,520 --> 01:38:53,280
» So, then we we've had years where we've
uh anticipated just year funding and mid

454
01:38:51,360 --> 01:38:57,040
year it ends up being less as we're
already well into running the program.

455
01:38:55,840 --> 01:39:02,639
» Okay.
>> And then under factors to watch rising

456
01:38:59,760 --> 01:39:08,800
costs, I'm just a curious cat on this
one. With this extended heat and our air

457
01:39:06,800 --> 01:39:15,760
conditioning pumping and pumping and
pumping, um I do not call an extension

458
01:39:12,320 --> 01:39:21,440
of this long where it's been needed. Uh
as well as the consumption of gas on our

459
01:39:18,960 --> 01:39:26,639
budget with rising
either diesel or or what regular gas

460
01:39:24,000 --> 01:39:32,480
that you're using. How much of a cushion
do you put in there when you lay out um

461
01:39:30,320 --> 01:39:37,760
a projected budget to account for
something like this? Or do you end up

462
01:39:35,119 --> 01:39:43,280
dropping from Peter to pay Paul?
>> No, we we do look at a more recent

463
01:39:40,320 --> 01:39:47,760
torical um average and if we know that
for example gas prices in the last six

464
01:39:45,520 --> 01:39:52,560
months then we adjust that um at the
next budget or interim opportunity that

465
01:39:50,159 --> 01:39:55,840
we get to reflect an assumption that
those costs are going to be higher

466
01:39:54,239 --> 01:39:59,360
» and that would be the same way with for
example utility costs air conditioning

467
01:39:58,800 --> 01:40:04,440
» correct
>> I expect both of those bills to be very

468
01:40:01,440 --> 01:40:04,440
high

469
01:40:05,764 --> 01:40:10,880
[laughter]
>> thank you

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01:40:09,280 --> 01:40:15,600
» thank you Mr. scramble. Any other
comments or questions?

471
01:40:13,760 --> 01:40:22,119
We want to thank you both again and the
team. What a great job. So, uh we

472
01:40:17,920 --> 01:40:22,119
appreciate the the thorough report.

473
01:40:22,639 --> 01:40:27,360
It's
all right. At this time, it's now time

474
01:40:25,840 --> 01:40:31,679
for our board reports where we will
share highlights of our activities since

475
01:40:29,040 --> 01:40:37,280
we last met. And Mrs. Cran, will you
please begin for us?

476
01:40:33,920 --> 01:40:42,800
» Thank you, Mr. Cole. So, we have learned
that we have had and we've also watched

477
01:40:39,440 --> 01:40:49,440
a very smooth start to our 2026 27
school year. We welcome 5,837

478
01:40:46,800 --> 01:40:54,960
students to our 10 campuses
and I was thinking about smooth starts

479
01:40:52,400 --> 01:41:00,560
and smooth starts really rely on a
combination of a number. One is

480
01:40:57,520 --> 01:41:07,119
strategic planning. Two is clear goals
and expectations, a shared vision and

481
01:41:03,920 --> 01:41:12,960
defined roles. So I would like to thank
everyone who contributed to this smooth

482
01:41:10,000 --> 01:41:17,679
start because the culmination was there
and it work

483
01:41:15,679 --> 01:41:22,320
events with my fellow board members. I
just had one this time. I attended the

484
01:41:19,840 --> 01:41:26,800
kickoff event uh beginning with the mix
and mingle including boot at Eastler

485
01:41:24,560 --> 01:41:31,520
School followed by a short walk to
Shoreline Church where our 150 year

486
01:41:29,119 --> 01:41:36,800
history was highlighted and recognition
of milestone years of service was

487
01:41:33,440 --> 01:41:41,760
recognized. Our 700 employees enjoyed
being together at that event. And that

488
01:41:39,199 --> 01:41:48,560
concludes my report.
>> Thank you, Mr. Scramble. Mr. W.

489
01:41:45,199 --> 01:41:52,639
» Thank you, President. Um
last couple weeks I was able to attend

490
01:41:50,320 --> 01:41:57,920
with my fellow trustees the uh district
kickoff event. Um it's great to see uh

491
01:41:56,239 --> 01:42:03,520
you know all the teachers celebrating
their 15 20 25 30 years. Um but

492
01:42:01,600 --> 01:42:07,920
especially just seeing Chris Mullen
there. I think he brought down the

493
01:42:05,520 --> 01:42:13,280
house. It was just great to see uh you
know continue to get the support from

494
01:42:09,760 --> 01:42:18,639
our our entire district. Um so uh that
was great. Um after I attended uh the

495
01:42:16,880 --> 01:42:23,280
Massuda orientation where I took my
little girl, she's a sixth grader. Very

496
01:42:20,560 --> 01:42:28,880
exciting times. Um it's good to be back
at Massuda. Um and uh you know just

497
01:42:26,880 --> 01:42:35,199
seeing all the
staff and the teachers. Um Massuda is a

498
01:42:32,719 --> 01:42:41,760
very special place and couldn't have
chosen a better school district but but

499
01:42:38,080 --> 01:42:47,840
but better school for for white for the
girls. Um and then uh I attended for

500
01:42:46,000 --> 01:42:54,639
back to school night I attended uh
Newand's um back to school night and um

501
01:42:51,600 --> 01:42:59,280
I have to say uh you know
it was a great event very well attended.

502
01:42:56,960 --> 01:43:07,440
Uh all the classrooms were practically
full. There were volunteers asking for

503
01:43:02,719 --> 01:43:14,880
um signups for Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts,
uh Girl Scouts as well as their their

504
01:43:10,880 --> 01:43:18,800
PTA. Um, so, uh, you know, um, at Newan
at least, uh, where where I attended

505
01:43:17,040 --> 01:43:23,679
back to school, I I think the community
is ready to kick off the school year.

506
01:43:20,480 --> 01:43:29,040
So, um, it's great to see. That
concludes my report.

507
01:43:26,159 --> 01:43:33,760
» Thank you, Mr. R. Mr. Schultz.
>> Thank you, President Nicole. Um, I was

508
01:43:31,199 --> 01:43:38,320
really excited to get to come to about a
week before school started here. We had

509
01:43:36,000 --> 01:43:42,800
a professional development uh for
writing instruction for our teachers and

510
01:43:40,639 --> 01:43:46,880
it's totally voluntary. They get paid to
be there too. It's you get to see

511
01:43:45,199 --> 01:43:51,280
teachers from all over the district
interact with and getting to talk to

512
01:43:48,800 --> 01:43:57,520
them ask question and and they all and
it's led by our own teachers. It's not

513
01:43:53,600 --> 01:44:00,320
just like some top down thing and
kind of things you mentioned. It's

514
01:43:58,960 --> 01:44:04,639
practical. or something use in the
classroom the next day to learn from

515
01:44:01,760 --> 01:44:08,320
each other and and they all everyone I
talked to just is grateful to the whole

516
01:44:06,719 --> 01:44:12,080
board for bringing writing curriculum to
this district. They said over 20 years

517
01:44:10,320 --> 01:44:15,920
they never had writing. I think we did
that two years ago maybe I don't

518
01:44:13,840 --> 01:44:20,880
remember exactly but uh they're really
enjoying that foundation. Um got to

519
01:44:19,040 --> 01:44:26,080
attend the kickoff all staff meeting was
really nice but school like Tamura was

520
01:44:23,760 --> 01:44:30,320
amazing. Um my kid said about his
teacher Mr. talked to me. He said, "My

521
01:44:27,920 --> 01:44:33,280
teacher is so kind. The long days feel
shorter than the short days." It's like

522
01:44:32,000 --> 01:44:36,480
that's the mind of a fourth grader. How
much he enjoys that day came because I

523
01:44:35,119 --> 01:44:41,440
got a job. Everybody got a job. He goes,
"Well, he had to job application to get

524
01:44:38,960 --> 01:44:45,840
like the classroom job. He didn't
persuade the teacher why he deserved

525
01:44:43,040 --> 01:44:49,360
this job." He got I think it's table.
I'm not sure what he's doing, but he was

526
01:44:47,040 --> 01:44:53,199
so excited that he applied for this job
and earned that job in his mind that

527
01:44:51,199 --> 01:44:58,800
just being assigned something. So, I've
never heard of a job application so fast

528
01:44:55,360 --> 01:45:04,080
before. That was cool. So um
and then as we all do board members it's

529
01:45:01,040 --> 01:45:10,000
always so nice when parents or employees
contact us we get them to Dr. Stop Dr.

530
01:45:07,840 --> 01:45:13,600
make sure the right person uh gets back.
I always tell people you can't with the

531
01:45:11,360 --> 01:45:18,000
answer you want. Is there an answer
talking to colleagues of mine and many

532
01:45:15,440 --> 01:45:21,040
other school districts often times
there's just dead ends you don't even

533
01:45:19,280 --> 01:45:25,679
get a response at all or you that
doesn't happen here

534
01:45:23,199 --> 01:45:29,440
follow up and make sure at least you get
answers the answer you want. So I'm

535
01:45:27,280 --> 01:45:33,119
really proud that Dr. stuff and board
members and all of our admin team really

536
01:45:31,199 --> 01:45:38,880
make sure people feel heard and they
don't blow you off. Follow through

537
01:45:35,040 --> 01:45:45,199
follow up and um I had one employee say
this about and this goes to every admin

538
01:45:42,000 --> 01:45:50,880
uh on every level. He said it's evident
that the board heard us are concerned.

539
01:45:47,520 --> 01:45:54,639
The superintendent listened, responded,
spoke to on-site admin, consulted

540
01:45:52,960 --> 01:45:58,960
teachers and actually listened, worked
together and now things are improving.

541
01:45:57,119 --> 01:46:03,679
what more can you ask for from an admin
team? So, you really have staff too that

542
01:46:01,199 --> 01:46:06,800
feels like, hey, even with issues, it's
not like my issue, it's our issue. We're

543
01:46:05,360 --> 01:46:11,520
gonna bring all that together. So, I'm
really proud of admin at all levels for

544
01:46:09,040 --> 01:46:15,199
not just shining on staff members or
parents and generally trying to find

545
01:46:13,520 --> 01:46:20,080
solutions to concerns they have. So,
great job to all of you. And that

546
01:46:17,199 --> 01:46:24,639
concludes my report.
>> Thank you, Mr. Schultz. Mrs. Ramirez.

547
01:46:22,800 --> 01:46:28,719
» Thank you, President Cole. for my board
activities with my fellow trustees. I

548
01:46:26,480 --> 01:46:35,280
attended my first kickoff breakfast and
welcome back.

549
01:46:30,639 --> 01:46:40,320
It's a welcome back session. Um it was
so amazing to feel that energy in that

550
01:46:37,679 --> 01:46:45,600
room. Um Mr. Mullen brought everyone to
tears and but it was really just such

551
01:46:42,719 --> 01:46:49,760
positive energy by everyone. It was I
loved it. Um it really set the tone for

552
01:46:48,080 --> 01:46:54,239
that week and going into the start of
the school year. Um which we've heard so

553
01:46:52,320 --> 01:46:59,440
many great things that starting off as a
really healthy year and um just thank

554
01:46:57,760 --> 01:47:05,199
you to everyone whether you're behind
the scenes and getting things in place.

555
01:47:02,480 --> 01:47:10,159
It took everybody to get these children
their first day. So, thank you. Um and

556
01:47:08,239 --> 01:47:16,000
then I also attended Tamura's back to
school night and a few of the teachers

557
01:47:12,960 --> 01:47:20,080
tried a new format where they had
activities out that their students do

558
01:47:18,080 --> 01:47:25,360
during the day and the parents got to be
the students. Um so that received very

559
01:47:22,960 --> 01:47:32,719
positive feedback and it was just really
neat to see um them doing exactly what

560
01:47:29,199 --> 01:47:37,760
their student does every day. So it was
a wonderful couple of weeks and I want

561
01:47:35,440 --> 01:47:42,880
to just thank everybody and that
concludes my report.

562
01:47:40,320 --> 01:47:47,520
Thank you Mr. Ramirez. Uh well like you
all I also attended our kickoff and u

563
01:47:46,320 --> 01:47:51,760
one thing I want to highlight that I
don't know if any of you said but Mr.

564
01:47:49,600 --> 01:47:55,840
and I had a chance to stand at the door.
If for those who may not know, the staff

565
01:47:54,239 --> 01:48:02,400
coming from Eastler kind of walk up the
the sidewalk to Shoreline for the uh the

566
01:47:59,679 --> 01:48:05,280
big grand kickoff. And as they're coming
in the door, uh Mr. Moon and I were

567
01:48:04,320 --> 01:48:09,440
standing there just kind of catching up
online and saying hi to everybody as

568
01:48:07,040 --> 01:48:14,320
they came in. And it was really exciting
to see waves of people in their in their

569
01:48:12,639 --> 01:48:18,239
gears. It's like, oh, the Tamura team's
coming. Hey guys, how's it going? They

570
01:48:15,840 --> 01:48:23,360
just kind of yay. And then uh oh here's
Msuda. Oh and here's Courageous. And

571
01:48:20,880 --> 01:48:29,040
just kind of seeing these school
communities coming together as one in

572
01:48:26,159 --> 01:48:34,560
that room was really exciting. And then
um to have Dr. Stop start the year just

573
01:48:32,080 --> 01:48:39,040
so with so much encouraging
uh energy and the words that you shared.

574
01:48:37,440 --> 01:48:43,920
But one thing you did that I thought was
exciting was you asked all the new uh

575
01:48:40,800 --> 01:48:48,800
staff to stand and all of our staff
cheered for them. And I thought to

576
01:48:45,920 --> 01:48:52,960
myself, this is what it's about
that uh when you're a new staff member,

577
01:48:51,040 --> 01:48:56,560
you see the energy and the love for your
school and the love for your students

578
01:48:54,239 --> 01:49:01,040
and the families and we're all together
on that. So it was a really meaningful

579
01:48:58,639 --> 01:49:05,040
time for me. Um and then of course I was
really blessed to go to our back to

580
01:49:02,400 --> 01:49:07,840
school night um at Courageous. Again, I
know we kind of try to rotate, but I

581
01:49:06,719 --> 01:49:12,239
just always love to go back to
courageous. And it's just a blessing to

582
01:49:10,159 --> 01:49:17,360
see the teachers there and the staff.
And as um Dr. Chop and I walked around

583
01:49:14,880 --> 01:49:22,960
each room, it was great to hear the
teachers um consistently sharing so many

584
01:49:21,119 --> 01:49:27,040
tidbits of wisdom for the parents on how
their students can do the best that they

585
01:49:24,480 --> 01:49:29,920
can school. Um what how parents can
support their kids, what kind of

586
01:49:28,719 --> 01:49:34,000
information they'll need their new
parents in the school. And um I just

587
01:49:32,239 --> 01:49:37,280
really felt like it's it's not just a
back to school night to check a box.

588
01:49:35,360 --> 01:49:41,280
It's a back to school night to really
set up our families for success at the

589
01:49:39,440 --> 01:49:45,679
school they're at. So just wanted to say
thank you to the whole courageous staff

590
01:49:43,119 --> 01:49:49,040
and to all the parents who came out. Um
and it sounds like all of the back to

591
01:49:47,040 --> 01:49:54,400
schools went really really well. So
thank you everyone for what you did this

592
01:49:51,440 --> 01:49:59,119
past month to represent the district.
And this concludes our board reports.

593
01:49:57,199 --> 01:50:02,320
Next up we'll go to public comments.
Miss Moyers, are there any requests to

594
01:50:00,719 --> 01:50:04,560
address the board?
>> There are no requests to address the

595
01:50:03,920 --> 01:50:11,520
board.
>> Okay, then let's move on our legislative

596
01:50:08,560 --> 01:50:15,199
items. We have four legislative items
this evening because board members have

597
01:50:13,360 --> 01:50:19,920
had the opportunity to read and study
the items as well as ask questions prior

598
01:50:17,360 --> 01:50:28,199
to tonight's meeting. And so we'll start
with legislative item number one,

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01:50:22,080 --> 01:50:28,199
resolution 2027 uh 202706,

600
01:50:28,400 --> 01:50:33,679
authorization for teaching credentials.
Is there a motion to approve item number

601
01:50:32,560 --> 01:50:36,400
one?
>> I'll move item one.

602
01:50:34,800 --> 01:50:38,080
» Thank you, Mr. Scholes. Do we have a
second?

603
01:50:36,800 --> 01:50:43,119
» I'll second.
>> Thank you, Mr. Scramble.

604
01:50:41,440 --> 01:50:46,960
Uh then we do we have any discussion at
all?

605
01:50:45,280 --> 01:50:49,360
All right. Hearing none, I will call for
the vote. All those in favor, please say

606
01:50:48,480 --> 01:50:55,199
I.
>> I. Any opposed? Okay. The vote was 50 to

607
01:50:53,600 --> 01:51:01,760
accept.
On to item number two, board bylaw 9224,

608
01:50:59,119 --> 01:51:08,480
oath or affirmation, first reading. Is
there a motion to accept BB 9224 for

609
01:51:06,080 --> 01:51:13,440
first reading with consideration of the
board's comments and direction and

610
01:51:10,080 --> 01:51:16,320
return the item for a second reading?
>> I'll move item two.

611
01:51:14,639 --> 01:51:21,280
» Thank you, Mr. W. And do I have a
second? Thank you, Mrs. Ramirez. Any

612
01:51:19,600 --> 01:51:25,199
discussion?
Okay, hearing none, I will call for the

613
01:51:23,119 --> 01:51:26,159
vote. All those in favor, please say I.
I.

614
01:51:25,440 --> 01:51:31,040
» I.
>> Any opposed?

615
01:51:28,000 --> 01:51:36,520
Okay. The vote is 502. Also accept that
one. Um item number three.

616
01:51:36,800 --> 01:51:45,040
This is the board bylaw 9260,
legal protection, first reading. Do I

617
01:51:41,920 --> 01:51:48,719
have a motion to accept BB 9260 for
first reading with consideration of the

618
01:51:47,119 --> 01:51:52,800
board's comments and direction and
return the item for a second reading?

619
01:51:51,280 --> 01:51:58,320
» I'll move that item.
>> Thank you, Mrs. Crandle. I will second

620
01:51:54,800 --> 01:52:01,520
that one. There any discussion?
Okay. Hearing none, I will call for the

621
01:51:59,840 --> 01:52:04,400
vote. All those in favor, please say I.
>> I.

622
01:52:02,080 --> 01:52:10,639
» I. Any opposed?
All right. The vote is 50 to accept. And

623
01:52:08,560 --> 01:52:15,119
legislative item number four, board
bylaw 9323,

624
01:52:12,639 --> 01:52:19,599
meeting conduct, first reading. Do I
have a motion to accept BB 9323 for

625
01:52:17,679 --> 01:52:25,840
first reading with consideration of the
board's comments and direction and

626
01:52:21,679 --> 01:52:30,239
return the item for second reading?
>> Thank you, Mr. Ramirez. And do I have a

627
01:52:27,520 --> 01:52:39,040
second?
>> Thank you, Mr. W. Any discussion?

628
01:52:35,360 --> 01:52:45,760
I'd like to make a comment on that item.
This item um in one of the paragraphs

629
01:52:41,520 --> 01:52:50,480
deals with public in time limits. And I
just want to say over the years that

630
01:52:47,440 --> 01:52:56,400
I've served with this board, I've always
been so appreciative of two things. One

631
01:52:53,440 --> 01:53:02,480
is the decorum of our public speakers
and the second thing is whoever is the

632
01:52:59,199 --> 01:53:07,520
president sits in that seat um gives
some grace. So if we you see that

633
01:53:05,040 --> 01:53:12,159
there's only one card and the person
goes over their three minute time limit

634
01:53:09,760 --> 01:53:18,239
it comes to 4 minutes and 2 seconds or
whatever the board president allows that

635
01:53:14,880 --> 01:53:24,560
and my feeling has always been when you
have a servant attitude and you sit once

636
01:53:21,280 --> 01:53:29,920
a month to do the public's business that
we give them the time that they need to

637
01:53:27,520 --> 01:53:35,199
chat and I just hope that that
continues.

638
01:53:32,400 --> 01:53:38,400
» Thank you Mr. script. I have one thing I
think it's rare about us. It's not like

639
01:53:36,560 --> 01:53:42,080
that. It's some school districts if you
don't have a yellow card or blue card

640
01:53:40,080 --> 01:53:45,599
filled out a minute before the start of
the meeting. They don't let you speak

641
01:53:43,360 --> 01:53:49,599
the whole rest of the time or many times
someone's coming here an hour after oh I

642
01:53:47,440 --> 01:53:55,040
didn't know and we've always allowed you
say that attitude we want to hear from

643
01:53:51,840 --> 01:53:58,159
you or other some boards have laws or
bylaws that are inhibiting to try to

644
01:53:56,880 --> 01:54:02,560
limit student as much as possible. We
don't do that here. I hope that always

645
01:53:59,599 --> 01:54:07,040
continues as well to not stick to some
little rule that prevent speak but

646
01:54:05,040 --> 01:54:10,719
encouraging our public to speak. So I
applause for doing that as well.

647
01:54:08,800 --> 01:54:15,679
» Thank you Mr. Schultz. It's good to show
grace and and to open open the floor

648
01:54:13,920 --> 01:54:20,239
people want to share. It's very any
other comments.

649
01:54:18,639 --> 01:54:28,080
» Okay then I will call for the vote. All
those in favor please say I. I opposed.

650
01:54:23,760 --> 01:54:31,840
» Okay. Vote passes 5 to accept. Now we'll
move on to our consent items. All

651
01:54:30,080 --> 01:54:36,000
matters on the consent calendar are
considered to be routine and will be

652
01:54:34,000 --> 01:54:40,560
enacted in one motion without prior
discussion unless a board member wishes

653
01:54:38,480 --> 01:54:44,719
to pull an item for discussion. There
are 35 consent items on this evening's

654
01:54:42,880 --> 01:54:50,400
agenda. Does anyone wish to pull an
item?

655
01:54:47,679 --> 01:54:55,920
Okay. So then we will have a motion to
approve consent items 1 through 35. Do I

656
01:54:54,000 --> 01:55:03,840
have a motion for approval?
I'll move to approve items 1 through 35.

657
01:55:01,360 --> 01:55:08,080
» Thank you, Mr. Win.
>> I will second that.

658
01:55:06,400 --> 01:55:12,159
Uh, do I have any We don't need
discussion on that. So, I call for the

659
01:55:09,840 --> 01:55:17,199
vote. All those in favor, please say I.
>> I.

660
01:55:12,560 --> 01:55:20,480
» I. Opposed. All right. Passed 50.
>> All right. Let's move on to new

661
01:55:18,560 --> 01:55:24,560
business. Do any of my fellow board
members have any new business items to

662
01:55:22,239 --> 01:55:28,400
bring forward?
Right. One thing I just saw recently and

663
01:55:27,280 --> 01:55:34,320
I can't remember off the top of my head,
but at least three different states uh

664
01:55:31,280 --> 01:55:38,480
legislators, not ours, uh have passed
laws returning governance to local

665
01:55:37,280 --> 01:55:42,000
school districts when it comes to
student discipline. And for a long

666
01:55:40,400 --> 01:55:46,000
longest time, we've been hampered by
states that you can't suspend, you can't

667
01:55:44,400 --> 01:55:50,880
do this, blah blah blah blah. And it's
made it so hard uh our own district,

668
01:55:48,560 --> 01:55:55,599
other districts for for
staff, parents, teachers, and I know

669
01:55:53,119 --> 01:56:01,520
each of us individually sent things to
the legislator. I was wondering if any

670
01:55:56,880 --> 01:56:05,920
of us board has any interest in drafting
a letter from the entire board to

671
01:56:03,599 --> 01:56:09,679
Sacramento trying to get the ability for
us to govern our own students on both

672
01:56:07,599 --> 01:56:13,599
level again. So teachers don't have to
wait 15 disturbances before they can

673
01:56:12,320 --> 01:56:18,000
suspend someone. you know, these two
states I I saw they they the law gives

674
01:56:16,719 --> 01:56:21,280
each individual teacher the right to
spend for at least one day immediately

675
01:56:19,840 --> 01:56:25,920
and then you don't have to go through
all this process and then each thing

676
01:56:23,280 --> 01:56:29,920
after that the kid is it's harsher
consequences. I know from so many

677
01:56:27,440 --> 01:56:35,840
parents staff members they feel our
hands are tied to do things and our

678
01:56:32,880 --> 01:56:41,360
response is well it's it's the state I
like to see us as the board do more to

679
01:56:38,960 --> 01:56:45,920
position the state to change the laws.
We have a voice only ever seen us do

680
01:56:44,239 --> 01:56:51,679
this in six years I've known this board
but any interest in drafting a letter as

681
01:56:48,560 --> 01:56:58,880
a board we will details later on about
returning the ability for site admin to

682
01:56:54,639 --> 01:57:04,719
administer discipline for students.
>> So for me Mr. Schulz I will probably

683
01:57:01,599 --> 01:57:10,719
need input to see what exists right now
and what is and then possibly move

684
01:57:08,400 --> 01:57:18,080
forward from there. Um, I hear what
you're saying. I'm just not can't bring

685
01:57:14,080 --> 01:57:21,040
it up in my mind on how those codes or
>> Yeah.

686
01:57:18,560 --> 01:57:26,719
» ordinances or whatever
mandates what it is right now.

687
01:57:24,719 --> 01:57:30,040
» Good thoughts for both. Do you do um I
think you have

688
01:57:33,520 --> 01:57:38,360
» for an agreement to move forward with
the letter.

689
01:57:38,400 --> 01:57:44,320
» Maybe we want to do it. Maybe we want to
have a discussion about formulating some

690
01:57:42,000 --> 01:57:48,239
kind of letter saying but our hands are
tied too much. We have too many teachers

691
01:57:46,960 --> 01:57:53,840
complain they can't do anything because
it's state law that removes the right of

692
01:57:50,880 --> 01:58:00,159
local districts to our own. I think we
could surely uh you know maybe form a

693
01:57:57,679 --> 01:58:06,960
committee or
you know some form of entity to uh see

694
01:58:03,760 --> 01:58:11,840
what the existing laws are see where we
uh want to change and how we're going to

695
01:58:09,040 --> 01:58:18,639
draft that letter. Um, so you're you're
basically asking requesting for them to

696
01:58:14,080 --> 01:58:24,480
change the law to uh to to give more
local control in terms

697
01:58:21,280 --> 01:58:29,040
» disciplinary procedures whatot as long
as um you know we're not violating any

698
01:58:27,119 --> 01:58:34,960
existing laws and that we're advocating
for for for new legislation. Um

699
01:58:33,760 --> 01:58:40,159
» yeah, that would be for better
legislation instructing or at least told

700
01:58:38,159 --> 01:58:44,199
me a committee to see what can go in
that letter. What uh

701
01:58:44,480 --> 01:58:51,920
you know uh
what we're we're were in line with the

702
01:58:49,199 --> 01:58:57,679
values of our district in terms of what
we believe

703
01:58:55,040 --> 01:59:01,400
moving forward is see where we could
influence that legislation.

704
01:59:02,560 --> 01:59:08,040
Thanks. Thanks, Mr. Mr. Any thoughts,
you know?

705
01:59:12,960 --> 01:59:18,480
» I'm interested in hearing more and
exploring. Um, and so what I'm hearing

706
01:59:16,239 --> 01:59:24,239
is a consensus that we're interested in
exploring this with Mr. Kren's comments

707
01:59:20,800 --> 01:59:28,560
of maybe first having Dr. Stop give us a
baseline for what we actually see in

708
01:59:26,400 --> 01:59:34,320
place and then that would inform us what
we want. Sure. That's what I wrote down.

709
01:59:32,000 --> 01:59:38,239
What are the current laws and what if
anything would we like to change within

710
01:59:36,159 --> 01:59:41,840
what we can legally? So, I can start
there to provide you with some

711
01:59:39,599 --> 01:59:46,080
information and then we can decide if we
want to do a committee to move forward

712
01:59:44,560 --> 01:59:50,159
um or whatever else the board would like
to do. That sound like a good start.

713
01:59:48,639 --> 01:59:53,360
What do you think? Sound good?
>> All right. Thank you, Dr. Stop.

714
01:59:52,159 --> 01:59:56,000
» Thank you, Mr. Schultz for bringing that
to us.

715
01:59:54,560 --> 02:00:00,800
» Okay. With that, let's move on to our
superintendent report. Uh Dr. We welcome

716
01:59:58,480 --> 02:00:05,040
your report at this time.
>> Thank you very much. Uh thank you for

717
02:00:03,040 --> 02:00:10,159
being so present at all of the beginning
of the year activities. It's really nice

718
02:00:07,280 --> 02:00:15,199
to have a board that is so present and u
celebrating alongside of all of our our

719
02:00:12,560 --> 02:00:20,800
staff. Uh we did the kickoff. It's a big
lift and it's uh so I appreciate our

720
02:00:17,760 --> 02:00:26,080
team, Miss Meyers and at services and
business everybody really everybody

721
02:00:22,800 --> 02:00:33,760
helps setting up all the food at Gizler
uh for the welcome back. The best part

722
02:00:28,960 --> 02:00:38,719
about it is for me is recognizing our
employees for their years of service. We

723
02:00:36,480 --> 02:00:44,960
call up employees and to hear their
their uh site teams cheering for them,

724
02:00:42,400 --> 02:00:50,639
it's the best. We actually had someone
who received recognition for 35 years in

725
02:00:48,800 --> 02:00:56,173
Fountain Valley School District. He
worked in so many different sites over

726
02:00:52,880 --> 02:00:58,719
the 35 years. He doesn't even look
[laughter]

727
02:00:56,719 --> 02:01:03,280
like he could have worked for that long.
I mean, and he has a son that's now

728
02:01:00,400 --> 02:01:08,880
Masuda. And so, it's just really good
stuff. It's definitely the best part for

729
02:01:05,840 --> 02:01:15,199
me of that event. And like you said,
having Mr. moan there to celebrate his

730
02:01:11,440 --> 02:01:19,119
25 years was a was a bonus. Um so thank
you for everybody for that lift. I will

731
02:01:17,440 --> 02:01:25,040
just share a little bit about back to
school night. One of the things that we

732
02:01:21,679 --> 02:01:29,040
asked our staff members to do was to
reimagine what back to school night

733
02:01:27,280 --> 02:01:35,280
could be like and there were so many
many teachers who took it to heart and

734
02:01:32,239 --> 02:01:40,320
said like you said Mrs. marriage that
they wanted to have their

735
02:01:37,840 --> 02:01:44,719
families experience to some degree what
it would be like to be a student. At one

736
02:01:42,320 --> 02:01:51,040
school, there was a teacher who actually
set up her classroom in a circle. So,

737
02:01:48,800 --> 02:01:55,119
the parents were all sitting in a circle
and she did a lesson in addition to

738
02:01:53,679 --> 02:02:00,239
sharing some of the things that they can
do to support their kids. And uh I saw

739
02:01:58,080 --> 02:02:05,679
images and the parents were laughing and
smiling and raising their hands and it

740
02:02:02,159 --> 02:02:09,119
was it was an engaging um experience and
uh Miss Baseros received an email from

741
02:02:07,840 --> 02:02:13,440
one of the parents saying that was the
best back to school night they'd ever

742
02:02:10,719 --> 02:02:19,679
been to all of their years in
elementary. So I commend teachers for

743
02:02:16,880 --> 02:02:23,840
taking risks u and doing things
differently

744
02:02:21,840 --> 02:02:27,520
to support their kids and families. So
that was that's a highlight for me. That

745
02:02:25,679 --> 02:02:33,679
was great. And then the other thing I
wanted to share was that in our district

746
02:02:30,400 --> 02:02:39,679
priorities, one of them this year under
culture and climate was to reflect and

747
02:02:37,199 --> 02:02:45,199
revise on our school expectations. And
we actually charged all the schools to

748
02:02:41,920 --> 02:02:49,280
look at their handbooks. And uh to your
point, Mrs. Crannle, everybody working

749
02:02:47,119 --> 02:02:53,440
together, I think Mr. Schulty said the
same thing like there's this this

750
02:02:50,719 --> 02:02:57,520
collective energy that they said okay
well we're not going to do 10 individual

751
02:02:55,760 --> 02:03:01,679
handbooks when so many of the
expectations that we have are really

752
02:02:59,520 --> 02:03:07,520
across the district many are aligned
with educational code many of them are

753
02:03:04,800 --> 02:03:12,159
that grew out of our FPM federal program
monitoring so it didn't make sense that

754
02:03:09,440 --> 02:03:16,000
they would have 10 different handbooks
so what you'll see now when you go to

755
02:03:13,840 --> 02:03:20,960
the Fountain Valley website and all of
the school websites now is that there's

756
02:03:17,920 --> 02:03:27,679
one valley school district student and
family handbook and that means that our

757
02:03:25,360 --> 02:03:33,440
uh policy so I have actually printed it
out but it's the the table of contents

758
02:03:30,000 --> 02:03:40,639
of 17 items in there in alphabetical
order starting with we are a closed

759
02:03:36,400 --> 02:03:45,840
campus um there's on page eight devices
tablets watches we recently or tonight

760
02:03:42,960 --> 02:03:51,360
we actually passed the second read that
um requires students to not have their

761
02:03:48,000 --> 02:03:56,239
phones in in class or out of backpacks.
Um, so our families can go to this

762
02:03:54,080 --> 02:04:00,800
handbook and see what that policy is
across all 10 schools. Also, the

763
02:03:59,040 --> 02:04:06,800
homework, we also made adjustments to
our homework policy. Again, at all 10

764
02:04:03,520 --> 02:04:13,520
schools, um, we have new laws requiring
that our school volunteers, AB848, Kathy

765
02:04:10,639 --> 02:04:18,400
848, uh, requires that they now do a
mandated reporter training. And so that

766
02:04:16,480 --> 02:04:24,000
information again across all 10 schools
is the same per the assembly visit

767
02:04:20,960 --> 02:04:29,119
Senate bill or assembly SB sorry Senate
bill. Um but it's so nice. So if you

768
02:04:27,119 --> 02:04:34,000
have a student at Gishler and one at
Nuland and one at Talbert or whatever it

769
02:04:31,360 --> 02:04:38,239
may be there is one handbook with one
consistent message across all 10

770
02:04:36,000 --> 02:04:45,119
schools. And I I really want to thank
all of our school sites and leadership

771
02:04:40,159 --> 02:04:52,880
teams and um Miss Moyers and Miss Dr.
and Tandy Taylor for their work to help

772
02:04:50,239 --> 02:04:58,880
pull all of the uh pull all the
information together. That's a big lift

773
02:04:55,679 --> 02:05:03,360
and that it was ready to go on the first
day of school is so wonderful and that

774
02:05:01,199 --> 02:05:08,320
is one of our priorities priority
actions for the end of this school year

775
02:05:06,239 --> 02:05:12,320
and we already
reached that. I couldn't be more

776
02:05:10,480 --> 02:05:17,440
thrilled. And the bottom line is it's
going to help that those expectations,

777
02:05:15,440 --> 02:05:21,040
clear expectations and accountability
will help Mr. Schultz with even what

778
02:05:19,199 --> 02:05:24,960
we're talking about, right? When you
know right off the bat what those

779
02:05:22,880 --> 02:05:29,040
expectations are and we hold ourselves
and each other accountable for keeping

780
02:05:27,199 --> 02:05:32,880
those things in place, we really are
setting ourselves and our students up

781
02:05:30,560 --> 02:05:37,920
for success. So, I think that that's
just so exciting. I know you're going to

782
02:05:34,320 --> 02:05:43,599
go and look at all of the the A through
A through W. We don't have anything

783
02:05:40,880 --> 02:05:47,840
after W. Um, but I think that's
something we should be super proud of.

784
02:05:46,000 --> 02:05:51,199
Anyway, that concludes my report and I
actually look forward to attending back

785
02:05:49,679 --> 02:05:58,880
to school night at all of our middle
schools this Thursday. Thank you.

786
02:05:55,199 --> 02:06:03,280
» Thank you, Dr. St. Okay, on to uh our
last item. Dr. Stop, do we have any need

787
02:06:00,960 --> 02:06:07,520
to continue our close session? Luigi.
>> All right, then. This brings us to the

788
02:06:05,040 --> 02:06:10,159
close of our meeting. We again want to
thank you for your interest in the

789
02:06:08,800 --> 02:06:14,480
business of Fountain Valley School
District and hope you will join us again

790
02:06:12,080 --> 02:06:19,599
next time. I will entertain a motion for
adjournment to our next regular schedule

791
02:06:16,480 --> 02:06:25,440
meeting on Monday, October 8th at 5:00
p.m. Would someone move?

792
02:06:23,760 --> 02:06:30,639
» I move we close the meeting. Thank you,
Mr. Schultz. And I second.

793
02:06:29,199 --> 02:06:37,360
All those in favor, please say I.
>> I. Any opposed? Okay. Vote is 50 to

794
02:06:34,400 --> 02:06:43,159
adjourn at 7:05
p.m.

795
02:06:40,159 --> 02:06:43,159
Everybody