[0:00] good evening everyone I'd like to report

[0:02] to you that this afternoon we had a

[0:05] workshop on facilities following that we

[0:08] went into closed session and we had a

[0:10] conference with our district labor

[0:12] negotiator mr. Pulver and then we had a

[0:15] public employee this one didn't

[0:19] discipline dismissal release a

[0:21] consultation and then matters pertaining

[0:24] to pupils there was no action taken at

[0:26] that time so now I'm we're going to go

[0:30] into our Pledge of Allegiance and I'd

[0:32] like Marylyn Barnett to come forward and

[0:34] lead us in the pledge to the Republic

[0:51] for which it stands one nation under God

[0:54] indivisible with liberty and justice for

[0:57] all and I heard the room a call of

[1:04] students that we're gonna sing for us

[1:06] the patriotic saw the step good evening

[1:23] everyone I'm happy to see you all I'm

[1:26] happy to introduce Camille missile who

[1:30] is making a repeat performance here at

[1:32] the board meeting because she was so

[1:33] outstanding last year she will be

[1:36] singing for us this evening

[3:40] thank you so much that was wonderful I i

[3:45] now have mrs. Scott early to introduce

[3:48] some guests thank you mrs. Russell it's

[3:51] my pleasure to introduce some of my

[3:54] cohorts and education for North Orange

[3:57] County Regional occupation program which

[3:59] is a career technical education it's

[4:01] consortium of five school districts in

[4:03] which we're part of it I'd like to

[4:05] introduce Dana Lynch who's the assistant

[4:07] superintendent of ROP and Cathy Kent who

[4:10] is the administrator in charge of the

[4:12] ROP programs on the La Salle High School

[4:14] campus thank you and welcome to our

[4:20] meeting and welcome to all of you who

[4:22] are attending this evening you're our

[4:24] special guests as well so thank you for

[4:25] coming to the meeting first we have our

[4:30] student board report and make them women

[4:33] lizard

[4:45] thank you and good evening madam

[4:48] president members of the board

[4:49] superintendent crop cabinet members

[4:52] friends family and community I am Megan

[4:56] women and I will be presenting tonight's

[4:58] student board report so tonight I just

[5:01] wanted to catch you all up on low cell

[5:04] sports fall season went off with such a

[5:08] hit and every sport did was so

[5:10] successful for example girls tennis they

[5:13] had an amazing sunset league run they

[5:15] were sentient League champions although

[5:17] they didn't go very far in CIF they had

[5:20] an amazing time during league and I know

[5:22] many girls on the tennis team and it was

[5:24] such an awesome way for them to end

[5:26] their senior year off with a win in the

[5:29] sunset league also our freshman football

[5:31] team won sunset league chip worse and

[5:34] sunset league champions it's really cool

[5:37] to see how excited the freshmen get up

[5:39] the football team they know that their

[5:40] future is going to be on the varsity

[5:42] team and just to have that win as even

[5:45] in the freshman as sunset league

[5:49] champions is kind of like a boost of

[5:51] competence and I'm really excited to see

[5:53] what that class does as they move on to

[5:55] JV and varsity teams also once again as

[5:59] usual cross country did amazing we are

[6:02] such high level of cross country and

[6:04] actually the girls are moving on to the

[6:07] CIF finals this weekend so that's going

[6:10] to be really amazing to see how well

[6:11] they run as usual of the boys did really

[6:14] well too didn't go as far in CIF but

[6:17] still as usual performed really great

[6:20] also we're really excited varsity

[6:22] football for the first time in a while

[6:23] we are in the second round of CIF this

[6:26] friday at home at vets at seven we're

[6:29] wearing blue so make sure you come out

[6:31] and support our boys they are so excited

[6:34] for this and I know the seniors really

[6:36] want to keep their season going and they

[6:38] want to make our whole community proud

[6:40] so I'm really excited to see what those

[6:41] boys do this Friday so next movie on to

[6:45] around the district we're really happy

[6:48] because Hopkinson celebrated being

[6:51] recognized as national Blue Ribbon

[6:52] School

[6:53] with the flag ceremony you can see

[6:55] obviously members of the board were

[6:57] there to present them with numerous

[6:58] plaques and awards and it was so cool to

[7:01] do that all of the students were out

[7:03] there and able to support their school

[7:06] and really see how amazing their place

[7:08] is at lasalle and I think this just is

[7:11] such an example of how great low cell is

[7:14] in that one of our schools its national

[7:16] blue ribbon is amazing but the fact that

[7:18] many of our schools have been it in the

[7:20] past it's even more amazing so it's

[7:23] great to see that they celebrated such

[7:26] an amazing accomplishment so also at Lae

[7:30] their ambassadors almost like student

[7:32] leaders collected candy for troop so

[7:37] they collected Halloween candy leftover

[7:40] Halloween candy from the school the kids

[7:42] at school and then are going to go send

[7:44] those to troops overseas so I think it's

[7:46] great starting at a young age even at

[7:48] elementary school making sure that these

[7:50] kids know that it's important to give to

[7:52] those who are serving our country is

[7:53] really cool and not they're so excited

[7:56] in these pictures and look like they're

[7:58] having such a great time I think it's a

[8:00] really cool thing and I know we had a

[8:01] similar program at the high school so

[8:03] the fact that is spread throughout the

[8:05] whole district is something really cool

[8:07] last lastly I would like to talk about

[8:10] at lasalle were definitely known for

[8:13] doing our own viral jumpy on that viral

[8:17] train so this is another thing the

[8:19] mannequin challenge has been going on

[8:20] worldwide and it's something that seems

[8:24] pretty silly but actually a lot harder

[8:25] than it looks so one day at lunch for a

[8:28] cool lunchtime activity we played a song

[8:31] in the background and then everyone

[8:32] stood for the whole version of the song

[8:35] so it was a really hot day outside so

[8:39] everyone's like started sweating and we

[8:41] try to stay still for as long as we

[8:43] could you can see like a bunch of like

[8:46] the baseball go boys pretended to like

[8:48] be playing baseball and other people

[8:50] we're just doing everyday things but the

[8:52] fact that we could stay still for that

[8:54] long as high school students out lunch

[8:56] was pretty amazing

[8:57] um and it's just another thing that low

[8:59] sound does to stay in the know and to

[9:03] just be incorporated in like our

[9:06] atmosphere and social media so that's

[9:08] really awesome and that's all I have

[9:09] tonight but thank you Megan can I ask

[9:15] may I ask you a quick question I just

[9:18] want to know how you feel reporting on

[9:23] not only are the high school but also

[9:26] the other schools and also going out to

[9:29] the community and stuff um I personally

[9:32] love it I've grown up in Los Alamitos

[9:34] seal beach Rossmore my whole entire life

[9:36] so I think it's my duty as a high school

[9:38] student to be aware of what's going on

[9:40] not only at my school but the whole

[9:42] district and this is my lemon I the

[9:44] elementary schools and middle schools

[9:45] it's where I come from it's Who I am

[9:47] because of them it's Who I am today and

[9:50] I think it's really important for

[9:52] everyone in the community to know that

[9:54] it's not just about Los Alamitos high

[9:56] school but it's about the surrounding

[9:58] communities and it's about the

[9:59] elementary schools who are shaping us to

[10:01] go to middle school who are shaping us

[10:03] to be lifelong Griffin so I really enjoy

[10:07] branching out and going to the different

[10:10] schools and the community thank you very

[10:12] much very well said well next is my

[10:23] report and you probably wonder why we

[10:26] have such great choirs and performances

[10:30] at the high school what's because they

[10:33] get them ready at the elementary school

[10:34] in the middle school level and so one of

[10:37] the great opportunities I was afforded

[10:40] to the community where's performances

[10:42] actually by both of our middle schools

[10:45] at two separate weekends and I think

[10:47] mrs. Cooley went to the McAuliffe one

[10:48] and i went to the Maga one and here you

[10:51] see the McAuliffe middle school choir

[10:53] that had over 200 participants and a

[10:56] performance called vulvar the return and

[10:59] they were also learning about in

[11:01] classrooms about Day of the Dead and how

[11:04] different cultures celebrate that

[11:06] particular aspect and I also

[11:10] saw that you know they charge to get

[11:12] into the performances and that part of

[11:15] the proceeds went to the make-a-wish

[11:16] Foundation which is a really big part of

[11:19] that schools reach out outreach to the

[11:22] community then I went to the Maga middle

[11:25] school performance it was all like I

[11:27] should go they had a Broadway

[11:31] performance at mcgough school for oak

[11:34] middle school I should have said is not

[11:36] and I'm they also had some other things

[11:41] at the school itself which was the drama

[11:44] presentation called the election that

[11:46] was probably interesting and then we had

[11:49] a jazz fan as well that performed at

[11:52] wings wheels and rotors easy for me to

[11:55] say yeah and and also at taste Veloz for

[11:59] low cell and I so as I said you wonder

[12:04] why all of the performances at the high

[12:06] school are so good because they're

[12:08] really good at the elementary and middle

[12:11] schools as well then we also had a very

[12:14] special day at the high school which is

[12:17] called signing day and there were

[12:20] fourteen percent 14 persistent

[12:23] participants and I think one of them was

[12:27] a boy all the rest were girls I thought

[12:30] that was very significant and I 11 of

[12:34] them the girls signed to play softball I

[12:37] believe one was a water polo and I'm

[12:41] they were absolutely outstanding schools

[12:44] as you can see up there University of

[12:45] Maryland Ohio University Iowa State

[12:48] University of Oregon Michigan State

[12:51] Regis UC San Diego University of

[12:55] Oklahoma Boston College cal state

[12:58] dominguez so we have these students not

[13:02] only are great athletes they're also

[13:04] student Scholars they have to meet all

[13:06] the requirements to get into those

[13:09] universities in order to get these

[13:12] scholarships so congratulations to them

[13:14] and we wish them the best they're in

[13:18] this moment

[13:19] and next we have dr. crop thank you

[13:23] madam president is team members of the

[13:25] board and all of our guests tonight I'm

[13:28] going to report a little bit i'm going

[13:30] to start with veterans days so I have

[13:31] some pictures that are going to come up

[13:33] there but our schools do such a

[13:35] phenomenal job really recognizing

[13:38] honoring and celebrating our veterans so

[13:41] I just selected a few pictures they

[13:44] weren't the best there all of them were

[13:45] spectacular but this is one and it just

[13:49] gives you a flavor of what it was like

[13:50] to call our veterans forward and to

[13:52] honor them schools had where veterans

[13:55] were invited other schools had veterans

[13:57] come with a student member so they often

[14:00] or some of the time were fathers and

[14:02] grandfathers and mothers and and what

[14:05] have you not and there also were oh I

[14:08] saw a school that had the high school

[14:10] band playing and another it was an

[14:12] elementary school in an elementary

[14:14] school that had cheerleaders there so it

[14:17] really the variety was was unbelievable

[14:20] but I also saw veterans with tears in

[14:23] their eyes and you know and I think for

[14:25] so many oops I'm getting all weepy now

[14:27] but for some of our veterans you know

[14:31] some of certain ages did not come home

[14:34] to too much of a hero's welcome and I

[14:37] think that them as well as all that they

[14:40] really appreciated what was happening at

[14:42] our schools and were really touched and

[14:45] so I was able to make it by a few and

[14:47] every year I make it to at least one and

[14:49] the veterans what they say to me

[14:52] personally does transform my my thinking

[14:57] in my life and what I value so you can

[14:59] see by a few those pictures how much it

[15:02] really means to them and to come and be

[15:04] recognized so just really hats off to

[15:06] our school and then I'm going to just

[15:10] add on to something Karen said and Megan

[15:13] to or president Russell and our student

[15:16] rep megan is that we are one high school

[15:18] district and so every student is going

[15:20] to be a future griffin and this year

[15:23] more than any other year we have seen so

[15:25] much crossover between our sites either

[15:29] older kids going to younger campuses

[15:32] and vice versa and so we've also seen

[15:36] more crossover within disciplines and so

[15:40] for example the halftime show at the

[15:42] high school for homecoming had 600 kids

[15:44] on the field so choir drama dance

[15:47] cheerleaders song band you know all came

[15:51] out at the same time to celebrate and

[15:53] we've really now gone into our k-12

[15:56] really crossing so I think it matters

[15:59] and I hope that we continue to do even

[16:02] more and more to connect our kids to our

[16:04] communities so thank you very much thank

[16:07] you very good now we're on to the

[16:11] McAuliffe middle school report and

[16:12] student bar report I mrs. Allen good

[16:25] evening esteemed board members I'm glad

[16:27] to see you all here good evening

[16:30] district cabinet good evening teachers

[16:33] staff parents community members thank

[16:38] you for coming this evening welcome to

[16:42] McAuliffe 2016 2017 it is my charge

[16:48] today Oh Tina Oh hold on to talk with

[16:55] you about how we accomplish the district

[16:57] priority goals at McAuliffe and I'm

[16:59] happy to do so we do want to achieve all

[17:04] of those goals to the best of our

[17:05] ability I'm not going to read them for

[17:07] you but I am going to tell you how we

[17:10] get there and one of the ways that we

[17:14] get there is through what i call eagle

[17:16] pride i can tell you as being a staff

[17:21] member of McAuliffe middle school for

[17:23] over 30 years it has never been better

[17:26] it is remarkable our community is a

[17:30] professional learning community I

[17:33] appreciate

[17:34] and value the board and the district for

[17:37] giving us the time to collaborate with

[17:41] one another to collaborate with our

[17:43] sister middle school and to collaborate

[17:45] with anyone in the district that chooses

[17:48] to collaborate but it is most effective

[17:51] when trying to passionately pursue

[17:54] academic excellence for all of our

[17:55] students and I will tell you that our

[17:57] teachers are absolutely brilliant our

[18:01] stands for respect for all we pride

[18:04] ourselves on respecting everyone our

[18:08] campus is very diverse we love it that

[18:10] way I for instruction again we try to

[18:15] deliver outstanding instruction for all

[18:18] students every day d for differentiation

[18:22] we have programs in place again thanks

[18:26] to the board and district office

[18:28] administration for their generosity

[18:31] where we can differentiate learning for

[18:34] every student so that we can meet their

[18:37] unique needs and finally e we always

[18:41] strive for excellence so as an

[18:45] administrator it's my job to try to hire

[18:49] our teachers every year in some fashion

[18:53] to get them ready for the school year

[18:56] and so this year for some reason was a

[18:59] little more difficult than others and

[19:01] finally I said hmm well Annie what

[19:04] inspires you well I'll tell you music

[19:09] inspires me specifically rock and roll

[19:12] music delivered by this fabulous band

[19:15] oops the Foo Fighters I don't know if

[19:19] any of you know them but they have a

[19:20] remarkable band for the last 20 years so

[19:24] on my first day of school meeting I

[19:26] didn't show a TED talk video I didn't

[19:29] show an inspirational video from YouTube

[19:31] rather I showed a rock and roll video by

[19:35] the foo fighters what a risk I thought

[19:38] my goodness these teachers are going to

[19:40] think this 58 year old woman has lost

[19:42] her mind or they're going to get into it

[19:45] they got into it

[19:47] and as I say you're never too old to

[19:50] rock and so how do the Foo Fighters

[19:53] inspire us well it started last year at

[19:56] eighth grade promotion where we sang a

[19:58] song our era choir sang a song and it

[20:02] was called times like these and I think

[20:06] these words so fit appropriately with

[20:10] what we as educators get to do every

[20:12] single year every fall we get to come

[20:16] back and do it all over again and so as

[20:19] the Foo Fighters say it's times like

[20:21] these you learn to live again you learn

[20:24] to give and give again you learn to love

[20:28] again and it's times like these

[20:31] especially for an old-timer like me time

[20:34] and time again and it is a blessing I

[20:37] need to share that with you oh jeez okay

[20:41] so like the Foo Fighters we want to

[20:45] exhibit passion clarity of purpose and

[20:47] excellence every day we want to engage

[20:50] and delight all of our fans with our

[20:52] infectious enthusiasm we want to strive

[20:55] for greatness at present and for years

[20:57] to come and someday maybe we'll be

[21:00] remembered in some sort of Hall of Fame

[21:02] and as educators what does that

[21:06] translate to for us in addition to those

[21:09] things we want to connect with students

[21:11] and parents we want to exhibit kindness

[21:14] and compassion for everyone our message

[21:18] to students is we are your biggest fans

[21:20] and we will do anything to help you my

[21:23] message to staff is let your eyes light

[21:26] up when those students enter the room

[21:28] and finally we want to provide

[21:31] opportunities and have a common thread

[21:34] through everything for community service

[21:38] so district priority number one

[21:40] passionately pursuing academic

[21:43] excellence for all students some of the

[21:46] things that we do I've already talked

[21:47] about the instruction we do implement

[21:50] district signature practices and school

[21:52] signature practices and we are very

[21:54] fortunate to be in possession of all of

[21:58] the technology that we have so that we

[22:00] can

[22:00] students digital literacy and use that

[22:03] technology every day again thank you so

[22:08] some of the district and school

[22:09] signature practices that we they are

[22:11] systemic to our school depth of

[22:14] complexity thinking maps active

[22:16] engagement strategies close reading

[22:18] writing across content areas is

[22:21] something that we're working on and very

[22:22] excited about and that of course some of

[22:25] the new technology that we have

[22:26] vocabulary com no red ink Google

[22:30] classroom reading plus turn it in I

[22:32] could go on and on reading plus is a new

[22:35] pilot that we're doing right now it's a

[22:37] very comprehensive reading program we

[22:40] got it free for the first semester we're

[22:42] evaluating it tomorrow with some

[22:44] representatives to determine our next

[22:46] steps we also are a very researched

[22:51] based school I'm going to tell you a

[22:52] funny story so apparent came into my

[22:55] office a couple of weeks ago and there's

[22:57] a framed picture of a distinguished

[22:59] gentleman on the wall and the lady said

[23:02] to me gee mrs. Ellen your husband is

[23:05] very attractive and I said that's not my

[23:08] husband that's dr. Robert Marzano he's

[23:10] my favorite educational researcher she

[23:13] laughed a little and I laughed a lot

[23:16] anyway for the last couple of years we

[23:20] have pursued learning about his latest

[23:23] findings in reading the book together

[23:25] awaken the learner finding the source of

[23:27] effective education and at our staff

[23:29] development day this year we filled

[23:32] Bowen and I assistant principal we did a

[23:35] staff development presentation on

[23:37] motivating and inspiring students

[23:39] strategies to awaken the learner as a

[23:41] follow up and it was really effective

[23:44] and again that PLC mentality was so

[23:48] there it was amazing in order to also

[23:54] passionately pursue academic excellence

[23:56] for all kids we also have a number of

[23:59] student support programs again I'm not

[24:01] going to read all of them to you I'm

[24:03] just going to touch on a couple of them

[24:04] some of them that I'm most grateful for

[24:07] ni mo

[24:08] supportive of our the co teaching

[24:10] classes that we have in English language

[24:13] arts and math at grade seven and eight

[24:15] that's when a general education teacher

[24:17] and a special education teacher team

[24:19] together to teach a group of students it

[24:22] is amazing for all students but

[24:27] especially for our students with special

[24:28] needs who really benefit from having

[24:31] that content and curriculum in a regular

[24:37] class setting it's wonderful we also

[24:39] have our literacy core at grade six that

[24:42] is a wonderful program and then many of

[24:45] the other ones that you see up here that

[24:47] I've discussed with you in previous

[24:49] years I will also say that our summer

[24:51] school program and the bridge classes

[24:53] that were created last summer we're very

[24:55] effective in helping meet student needs

[24:58] and having them reach to higher limits

[25:03] so now let's prove it are we doing it

[25:07] well I think so why do we look at s back

[25:10] testing results well we do that to

[25:12] inform our teaching we do it to evaluate

[25:15] our support programs and we do it so

[25:17] that we can make sure our students meet

[25:19] their goals and the highest goals

[25:22] possible so let's take a look at it in

[25:26] sixth grade English language arts last

[25:30] year seventy-five percent of our

[25:33] students met or exceeded standards this

[25:36] year seventy-nine percent did in 6th

[25:42] grade math sixty-six percent met or

[25:45] exceeded standards last year this year

[25:49] seventy-four percent in seventh grade

[25:54] language arts last year 75% met or

[25:58] exceeded standards this year eighty-one

[26:00] percent in seventh grade math this was

[26:07] beautiful growth the first year sixty

[26:10] percent students met or exceeded

[26:11] standards this year seventy two percent

[26:13] that's significant

[26:17] and in eighth grade eighty-one percent

[26:21] the first year 82 the second in English

[26:25] language arts and in math sixty-nine

[26:31] percent meeting or exceeding standards

[26:32] went up to 72 so it's all going in the

[26:36] right direction and I'm thrilled about

[26:37] that of course we want all of our

[26:42] students to meet or exceed standards but

[26:44] I think we're on the path and I'm

[26:46] thrilled to be there okay so district

[26:50] priority to healthy safe and drug-free

[26:52] environment there are lots of programs

[26:55] in place at McAuliffe to make sure that

[26:57] we have the best environment for our

[26:59] students obviously we have a safe school

[27:03] plan we have representatives on all of

[27:06] our district task forces including the

[27:08] violence bullying and drug prevention

[27:10] task forces we have voluntary student

[27:12] drug testing regular visits by the drug

[27:15] prevention canine alternative to

[27:17] suspension program for students who have

[27:21] problems with drugs or alcohol and I'm

[27:24] happy to report that we haven't had any

[27:26] of that this year we also have and again

[27:29] thanks to you in the cities of Los

[27:30] Alamitos in Seal Beach to campus

[27:32] security supervisors I'm thrilled with

[27:34] that as well lop blocks on all of our

[27:38] doors we have limited access points to

[27:40] campus after school is in session window

[27:43] film on all the windows a new visitor

[27:45] management system and regular emergency

[27:48] drills all to keep our kids safe for

[27:54] district priority three we want to

[27:56] enhance communication for all

[27:57] stakeholders and so we have bi-weekly

[27:59] PTA newsletters frequent use of our auto

[28:03] dialer and email some might say a little

[28:05] too frequent but I say you can never

[28:07] over communicate we have a vibrant and

[28:10] active PTA school site council our

[28:13] website and oh my goodness isn't that

[28:16] marquee just fabulous for district

[28:21] priority or we want to make sure that

[28:23] the money that we receive is managed

[28:25] well so our lcff funding goes to

[28:29] our literacy core at sixth grade and

[28:31] some other things miscellaneous things

[28:34] we have math intervention classes in our

[28:37] school day grade six seven and eight

[28:38] thank you we have a technology plan and

[28:42] we'll be rolling out a

[28:43] bring-your-own-device program this year

[28:45] and finally we have ongoing school and

[28:48] PTA fundraising and if you're interested

[28:51] in bouncing around in large bounce

[28:53] houses or going into a hamster ball come

[28:56] on over on thursday our kids will have

[28:58] their step it up fundraiser party on the

[29:00] field periods one through four okay and

[29:06] finally district priority five to

[29:08] modernize and maintain and optimize the

[29:11] use of facilities I can't thank you

[29:13] enough our school campus is a showplace

[29:16] and when school campuses look beautiful

[29:20] they are treated respectfully the

[29:22] outdoor amphitheater that you looking at

[29:24] a picture of has already been used so

[29:26] many times this year and I'm very

[29:28] appreciative of all the work and the

[29:30] funds that went into that project but

[29:33] the whole campus is beautiful

[29:34] beautifully landscaped repainted lockers

[29:38] it's just stunning so thank you very

[29:41] much beautification as you can see and

[29:46] then how do we bring it all home well we

[29:50] focus on academics athletics activities

[29:53] and the arts so an example of academics

[29:55] here are some of our kids in unmod alene

[29:58] monday a math thing that we're now doing

[30:00] i believe district-wide for athletics

[30:04] this is mr. Robinson one of our PE

[30:06] teachers this is not even at our school

[30:09] talk about connectedness mr. Robinson

[30:11] went to his students travel ball game

[30:14] just to give them support I thought that

[30:16] was amazing and so didn't their parents

[30:21] activities just last weekend one of the

[30:24] 20 clubs that we have at McAuliffe this

[30:27] is the help me thanks okay I'm sorry I

[30:33] had a brain fade the best buddies club

[30:35] there's Nicole manly who has our advisor

[30:37] and Amory Bergeron our school

[30:39] psychologists took a group of kids to

[30:41] the Special Olympics just

[30:42] week and that's just one of the many

[30:44] activities we have we have student

[30:48] socials at grade six seven and eight

[30:50] dances lots of things for kids to do at

[30:53] lunch after school piece week was a

[30:57] success as was red ribbon week these are

[31:00] some of our kids with their at a lunch

[31:04] time activity where they record their

[31:06] random acts of kindness and finally this

[31:09] was most touching as I said we'd like to

[31:11] have community service as a as a threat

[31:13] throughout everything dr. crop was able

[31:16] to come over to attend this event our

[31:18] make-a-wish Foundation Club raised five

[31:21] thousand dollars to grant the wish of

[31:22] this young lady who was a local girl who

[31:25] lives in buena park she visited our

[31:27] school at lunch one day the make-a-wish

[31:28] Foundation came out and presented us

[31:30] with a plaque and our students were so

[31:33] moved by what she had to say her wish

[31:36] was to meet Carrie Underwood and so she

[31:39] did and to have kids see that kind of

[31:42] thing really happened is so gratifying

[31:45] for everybody involved and of course we

[31:49] have the arts this was during a red

[31:52] ribbon week i believe the kids are doing

[31:54] a flash mob at lunch to a justin

[31:56] timberlake song and we do all kinds of

[31:59] things a president Russell talked with

[32:02] you about the play that was an amazing

[32:04] event that we had at school already and

[32:06] we're looking forward to concerts and

[32:09] all kinds of things with the Arts this

[32:11] year so thank you for listening to me

[32:15] this evening I'm appreciative of your

[32:17] time and appreciative of all that you do

[32:19] for our school and our students in our

[32:21] community

[32:32] yes yes mrs. Allen I just wanted to make

[32:35] a comment about your test scores we're

[32:38] not just about test scores but it's

[32:40] where we actually do get our information

[32:42] are we doing things properly are the

[32:44] children making progress should we

[32:46] continue what we're doing I we really

[32:48] delve into the data to fine tune the art

[32:51] that occurs in the classroom instruction

[32:53] I just wanted to say that to have when

[32:56] you start when you're above about sixty

[32:58] or seventy percent in anything to keep

[33:01] increasing every year becomes more

[33:03] challenging but if you are the child or

[33:06] the parent of a child who is below the

[33:08] at grade level or exceeding grade level

[33:12] it's so important that we keep

[33:14] increasing every year and I'd like to

[33:15] commend you and your staff for all the

[33:17] effort they put in there to make sure

[33:19] every child succeeds thank you thank you

[33:21] very much student member seven so this

[33:30] year I'm doing a student report that's a

[33:32] little bit different at our leadership

[33:34] advanced I was inspired by a video we

[33:36] saw and that video showed teachers in a

[33:42] school district that were asked by their

[33:43] principal to take pictures of students

[33:46] that made them want to come to work each

[33:48] day and so I thought I'm going to share

[33:51] that with you middle school is kind of

[33:53] like a journey and when you listen to

[33:56] these students that i'm going to

[33:57] introduce to you tonight I want you to

[33:59] listen to their journey and what

[34:00] mattered most to them so our first

[34:03] student reporter is Mary Andrews

[34:30] my name is Marianne Jews I have attended

[34:33] at school and lots of ladles since third

[34:37] grade after promoting from Los Alamitos

[34:43] elementary at the end of fifth grade I

[34:47] decided to attend to McAuliffe I would

[34:50] like to give you my impression of what I

[34:54] have experienced in middle school school

[34:57] has been challenging ever since I every

[35:01] once in a while because I have some

[35:04] health issues but these issues have not

[35:06] stopped me from being successful I'll i

[35:10] loved 6th grade car class the teacher

[35:13] was so nice and always gave me more time

[35:16] to complete my work when I needed it

[35:19] seventh grade was my best year the

[35:24] teachers were super nice and Sui they

[35:27] were patient and kind to me I had lots

[35:31] of help completing my work and if I

[35:34] needed to take a test on a different day

[35:38] they would always let me do that 8th

[35:41] grade has been great so far my math

[35:43] teacher always explains things step by

[35:47] step to make sure that we know what to

[35:50] do is my favorite class true story I

[35:56] have loved everything about middle

[35:59] school because everybody that I know at

[36:01] McAuliffe has been kind and caring

[36:04] towards me the most important lesson

[36:07] Island less you never give up even when

[36:10] things are rough and it seems a month

[36:13] thank you for listening

[36:29] and that's my marry one of the many

[36:31] students that makes me want to come to

[36:33] work each day and now I'd like to

[36:36] introduce you to Ben Saunders good

[36:48] evening everyone my name is Ben Saunders

[36:50] and I've been attending school in Los

[36:53] Alamitos since I was in kindergarten

[36:54] going to McCallum entry through fifth

[36:57] grade I would like to tell you about my

[37:00] journey at McAuliffe my sixth grade year

[37:03] was very nerve-racking for me I noticed

[37:06] a lot of people I saw every day I knew

[37:09] from elementary school and that made me

[37:11] feel very comfortable and after a while

[37:13] it wasn't so bad at all I struggled a

[37:18] bit in seventh grade too I used to get

[37:20] confused with my grammar in reading

[37:22] subjects but by attending study halls

[37:24] with my teachers and principal Academy

[37:27] it helped me get through the rest of my

[37:29] ear so far eighth grade has been simple

[37:33] and exciting I don't struggle as much

[37:35] with my grammar and reading subjects I

[37:38] really got to know my english teacher

[37:40] very well and that helped me even more

[37:42] in those areas going into high school

[37:45] will be a bit frightening but middle

[37:48] school has done a lot to prepare me for

[37:50] it will come my way everyone starts at

[37:53] the bottom and has to work to move up

[37:55] and I did just that at McAuliffe and I

[37:57] know that I can do it again thank you

[37:59] for listening

[38:05] and that is Ben Saunders and our last

[38:09] student Desiree Sturrock good evening

[38:18] members of the board of education

[38:20] district administrators and staff and

[38:23] students my name is Desiree Sturrock and

[38:25] I am an eighth grader at McAuliffe

[38:27] middle school I have attended school in

[38:29] the Los Alamitos districts since the age

[38:31] of five when I was in kindergarten at

[38:34] Hopkinson elementary school I've had an

[38:37] amazing journey at McAuliffe starting in

[38:39] sixth grade my older sister helped me

[38:41] learn how to find my classrooms but I

[38:43] still got lost on the first day and

[38:44] couldn't open my locker until the fifth

[38:46] try I was eager to work hard and wanted

[38:50] to be a straight A student but soon

[38:51] realized that it was harder to achieve

[38:53] this goal in middle school even though I

[38:56] focused mostly on school that year I

[38:58] always had music as an outlet and play

[39:00] cello for school orchestra music little

[39:03] path for me and helped me thrive

[39:04] especially when academic subjects seem

[39:07] more challenging than ever it was

[39:10] because of the cello that my music

[39:11] teacher thought that I might be good at

[39:13] playing the bass so in seventh grade I

[39:15] joined them a call if Jasmine as a bass

[39:17] player joining Jasmine was a big

[39:20] commitment it's like club sports for

[39:22] music most of my time was consumed by

[39:25] poles jasmine and orchestra keeping up

[39:27] with school and two instruments was hard

[39:29] during second semester my grades

[39:31] suffered and I didn't even realize I was

[39:33] slipping by the end of the year I

[39:35] started considered quitting orchestra

[39:37] but I was able to get my grades back up

[39:39] to all a's except for one b-plus in PE

[39:44] now that eighth grade has started I feel

[39:47] more confident and my family teachers

[39:49] and friends have helped me become more

[39:51] independent school requires even more

[39:54] effort but I'm getting better at

[39:56] managing my time and asking for help

[39:57] when I need it overall my experiences

[40:01] teachers and friends I mcauliffe have

[40:03] helped me in so many ways and i have

[40:05] many great memories my favorite memory

[40:06] was something that happened at the end

[40:08] of seventh grade during the last concert

[40:10] of the season all the instrumental music

[40:13] groups almost 200 students played a song

[40:15] called soul bossa nova

[40:17] finale at the time I was thinking of

[40:19] quitting the program because of my

[40:21] struggles with grades but being with all

[40:23] my friends and felling musicians and

[40:25] having the chance to play such a fun

[40:26] song together helped me realize how

[40:28] fortunate I was to be part of such an

[40:30] amazing program and work with such great

[40:32] people on the way home my mom asked me

[40:35] what I thought of the concert and I

[40:37] remember feeling very emotional I told

[40:39] her that the concert finale helped me

[40:41] realize just how much my musical

[40:43] experience that will call if meant to me

[40:45] and that and at that moment I decided

[40:47] that no matter what I would continue

[40:49] playing for mcauliffe I think I learned

[40:52] some very important lessons from all of

[40:54] us that sometimes you don't get

[40:55] everything you want and sometimes things

[40:57] that are difficult take a lot of time

[40:59] and effort but the time you put into it

[41:01] is worth it and being involved in

[41:03] something you truly love it is what

[41:05] makes school really great I know that as

[41:07] I move on to La Salle and become a

[41:09] griffin i will always carry these

[41:11] lessons with me thank you for listening

[41:22] just by meeting these three students can

[41:25] you see why i love middle school so very

[41:27] much can we give them one more round of

[41:30] applause

[41:35] you

[41:49] now you have the heroes of the heart all

[41:52] right it was it is with great pleasure

[41:55] that I introduce you to McAuliffe

[41:58] 2016-17 hero of the heart recipient Dave

[42:01] lock I will never forget the day that I

[42:19] met him he came in to speak with me

[42:22] about his son schedule and we had a

[42:24] lively and thoughtful discussion and I

[42:27] remember thinking this dad really knows

[42:30] his child and over time I've come to

[42:33] know that he's devoted to his entire

[42:35] family to our schools in our community

[42:40] okay nobody when his children attended

[42:46] Hopkinson he served on the school site

[42:48] council was the PTA treasurer for two

[42:50] years and was the PTA president for an

[42:53] additional two years and McAuliffe he

[42:55] has cheerfully volunteered for dances

[42:58] student socials back-to-school night

[43:00] events anything that we ask him to do

[43:02] and that's not all while he does all of

[43:05] this he served as a board member in

[43:07] coach for the st. hedwig baseball

[43:09] program and has been very active on

[43:11] behalf of his church serving two years

[43:13] on the governing board and on the

[43:15] building committee one of his dear

[43:17] friends shared the following with me

[43:21] above all Dave brings efficiency in

[43:23] logic to all of his volunteer positions

[43:25] he's always the last guy at the field or

[43:28] at the carnival pitching in his attitude

[43:31] is contagious and he always positively

[43:34] encourages others to pitch in and I I

[43:37] really couldn't agree more Dave thank

[43:41] you for all that you've done for our

[43:43] schools and our community

[44:06] okay thank you for that inspiring report

[44:10] and now we will be taking the

[44:12] all-important break for about 10-15

[44:14] minutes and I believe their cookies so

[44:17] the most important part okay oh don't

[44:23] forget we have Pickers up front so while

[44:25] our awardees let's call this meeting

[44:31] back to order and we're on first to a

[44:34] community staff participation and I have

[44:37] no cards so I assume there is no one

[44:39] here to speak I we have no information

[44:42] presentations and so we're moving to

[44:44] consent and I'm going to pull first item

[44:47] 10k so a motion would be in order unless

[44:51] there anything I don't think there any

[44:52] more pulls a through J and L through Z

[44:56] oh I'll second okay properly moved in

[45:00] second in any discussion all in favor of

[45:03] the motion say aye aye opposed motion

[45:06] carries 50 now we're pulling k because

[45:10] there's actually zero costs for this

[45:13] item which on the agenda mossel I think

[45:16] may use you asked about that today yes I

[45:19] did okay so we need a motion about that

[45:23] will say there is no cost I move that we

[45:26] amend consent item 10 k so it is noted

[45:30] that there is no cost to the district a

[45:33] second okay properly moved in second in

[45:36] any further discussion seeing none all

[45:38] in favor of the motion say aye aye those

[45:41] opposed motion carries 50 know we're

[45:45] onto I'm action with I'm sorry yes

[45:50] action which is approval to hold our

[45:52] annual organizational meeting on

[45:54] December 13 2016 which has to be between

[45:58] december second and dis

[46:00] 16th so that would fall within that and

[46:02] that's when we will be doing our board

[46:05] officers and assignments so motion would

[46:07] be in order to approve that date so

[46:09] second and properly moved and seconded

[46:13] is that our discussion seeing none all

[46:16] in favor of the motion say aye aye

[46:19] opposed motion carries 50 and we're on

[46:23] to consideration and approval with the

[46:25] career technical more a Memorandum of

[46:27] Understanding I can't talk dr. baby

[46:31] thank you madam presidents team members

[46:33] of the board I'm pleased to bring

[46:35] forward to you tonight it is a new

[46:38] salary schedule and some contract

[46:41] language with our career technical

[46:43] education teachers we we do partner with

[46:45] North Orange County rlp for some of our

[46:47] career technical head but we also staff

[46:49] two of our own one in our engineering

[46:51] program and one within our sports

[46:54] medicine and so as they came on to low

[46:56] sales staff we had to work to bring them

[46:59] into the fold of our negotiations with

[47:02] our association our board had the vision

[47:05] to really create a a merit-based

[47:07] compensation structure which really i

[47:09] think is trailblazing a little bit out

[47:13] there and the fortunate that we also

[47:16] have really good relationships with our

[47:18] association who really when we said this

[47:20] was the need that we wanted to embark

[47:23] upon they joined us and so this salary

[47:25] schedule is both a sour schedule that

[47:28] honors experience and along with

[47:32] additional merit incentives across the

[47:35] board okay if the emotion would be in

[47:38] order to prove that there's the second any discussion scenic pardon me

[47:46] it's just a good work oh yeah thank you

[47:48] and I was just going to say I really

[47:50] appreciate we gave you quite a task and

[47:53] I know that it it took some very

[47:56] creative thinking and it took a lot of

[47:58] collaboration and we really appreciate

[48:00] that and appreciate moving forward yeah

[48:05] and I'd just like to say as well this

[48:07] was not this was not the board's

[48:11] micromanaging so

[48:13] although we wanted this you guys were

[48:16] the brainchild of the nuts and bolts

[48:19] behind it and your ability to craft

[48:23] something that was both acceptable and

[48:25] novel and good the district i think is

[48:32] fantastic and I'm excited that we were

[48:36] able to work within the rules and create

[48:39] something that's unique that I'm not

[48:40] sure has been done before and I'm hoping

[48:43] we can expand upon it in the future so

[48:45] thank you for your effort ok any further

[48:49] discussion on a comment seeing none all

[48:51] in favor of the motion say aye aye

[48:54] opposed motion carries 50 then we're on

[48:57] next to on classified personnel and our

[49:01] certificated personnel dr. pol Berg okay

[49:04] an emotion be in order to approve c and

[49:06] d I'll make a motion that we approve

[49:09] sandy a second okay properly moved and

[49:12] seconded any further discussion seeing

[49:15] none all in favor of the motion say aye aye opposed motion carries 50 and

[49:20] we're on two warrants you have a motion

[49:23] to approve those I'll move approval of

[49:25] the warrants has presented for a second okay properly moved and seconded

[49:31] any discussion I just want to make sure

[49:33] that we always make very clear to the

[49:36] public that when we get the pages of

[49:39] warrants on each individual for our

[49:43] review and any questions that we may

[49:45] have related to any warrants are always

[49:47] answered before we have a board meeting

[49:49] so I appreciate staff doing that and

[49:52] making sure that we have those answers

[49:55] any other comments or discussion seeing

[49:58] none all in favor of the motion say aye carries 50 acceptance of donations

[50:06] and now we have coming before us on all

[50:09] the items from our generous community so

[50:12] motion would be in order to prove those

[50:14] donations I'll move up rule has

[50:16] presented second okay properly moved and

[50:19] seconded any discussion thank you thank

[50:22] you yes

[50:23] see none all in favor of the motion say

[50:26] aye aye motion carries 50 we're on to an

[50:31] approval of an agreement of stipulation

[50:34] to a student suspended expulsion waiver

[50:36] of hearing and Peele writes mrs.

[50:38] kassouli it is moved that the agreement

[50:39] and stipulation to a student suspended

[50:41] exposure waiver of hearing and appeal

[50:44] rights for student a be approved for

[50:46] violation of the following education

[50:48] codes for 8900 a1 through the spring

[50:53] semester of the 2016-17 school year with

[50:56] an agreement and date of october six

[50:59] 2017 okay is there a second second

[51:03] properly moved in second in and

[51:05] discussion seeing none all in favor of

[51:08] the motion say aye all right opposed

[51:10] motion carries 50 and we're on to

[51:13] communication and stuff that you dr.

[51:16] barky thank you so first of all I just

[51:18] like to say congratulations to Dave meg

[51:22] and Karen for your re-election and thank

[51:27] you all for your service to the public

[51:30] to the service to the community service

[51:33] to the kids this is not an easy job and

[51:37] it's a very time-consuming job and it

[51:39] really takes a level of dedication that

[51:41] all three of you have and it's an honor

[51:43] for me to be all over sir with you guys

[51:45] at least for another couple years you

[51:49] never know what's gonna happen you never

[51:51] know it's always a patent it's always

[51:54] stressful when you have to run a

[51:56] contested election I know what that's

[51:58] like and it's not a lot of fun and even

[52:01] though you're confident that the result

[52:03] you just never know until you know so

[52:06] congratulations to the three of you you

[52:08] can now take a sigh of relief and

[52:13] continue to do what we do and work hard

[52:16] to make this school as good as it can be

[52:18] and to serve the children and the

[52:21] community I had the opportunity like

[52:24] some of you to attend the Hopkinson blue

[52:27] ribbon / veterans day ceremony and was

[52:31] very moving

[52:32] and there's a lot of veterans there and

[52:34] it was really impressive especially

[52:36] hearing the whatever the three or four

[52:40] songs of the military branches and as I

[52:46] heard it being played i purposely were

[52:48] watching the veterans and some of them

[52:50] were old folks right they probably did

[52:53] serve maybe in Vietnam or Korea etc and

[52:56] you watch them and you can see their

[52:58] mouths moving and see their eyes

[53:00] watering up just a little bit and they

[53:03] just did it's it's special it's it's

[53:06] special for me to watch them be moved

[53:08] the way they are and it's great to live

[53:11] in a community that honors that and

[53:13] respects that and pays tribute to people

[53:16] that really are selfless and many folks

[53:20] go into the military without some

[53:22] altruistic patriotic sense but they

[53:27] often come out on the other side

[53:28] realizing that they're serving a much

[53:30] bigger purpose than just a job or

[53:33] themselves etc and that was it was

[53:36] really really moving it's also nice to

[53:38] obviously acknowledge the success of a

[53:40] particular school that's representative

[53:43] of all that we do in this district and

[53:45] it's symbolic but important and it's

[53:50] just a reminder of the work that we do

[53:51] and the success that we have in doing

[53:54] the work that we do and it makes it mix

[53:56] it all worthwhile for that moment so

[53:59] congratulations again and Thanksgiving

[54:02] coming up next week can't wait to have

[54:03] my kids home and I hope you guys enjoy

[54:06] it and then we'll see you most of you in

[54:09] csb a up in San Francisco looking

[54:11] forward to that thank you very much

[54:17] president Russell just a couple of

[54:20] things I also attended with mrs. Russell

[54:24] and dr. barky Hopkinson and that was

[54:27] just beautifully done ceremony and I

[54:31] thought everything went off just

[54:34] flawlessly and they did just a lovely

[54:36] job it was a little hot for the morning

[54:39] November but that's okay we should not

[54:42] complain here in Southern California I

[54:43] went straight from there too

[54:46] you Oaks presentation for their veterans

[54:49] and that was also i love that all of

[54:53] them are a little bit different and mrs.

[54:55] cominski did a beautiful job doing a

[54:57] brunch for them and having a reception

[54:59] for all of these veterans and then had

[55:02] them up on stage and she the choir

[55:06] performed the band performed and i sat

[55:09] next to a couple of them and and we're

[55:11] chatting with them and talked about how

[55:13] they hoped that their children or their

[55:15] grandchildren were proud that they were

[55:18] there and it was just really really

[55:21] touching and mrs. cominski asked me to

[55:23] say a few words and you know it just was

[55:27] so reflective for me because i had voted

[55:31] two days before that and after i voted i

[55:35] didn't i posted as we all do but i

[55:38] didn't post who i hope one or who i

[55:40] voted for i posted to our veterans and

[55:43] to the sons and daughters of of the

[55:49] people who made it possible for me to

[55:53] vote that day and that's what to me the

[55:56] veterans day coming so close to voting

[55:59] day was so important because we had an

[56:02] opportunity to thank them for being able

[56:05] to have our voices heard because without

[56:07] them we don't get that opportunity and

[56:10] so I was really glad to be able to share

[56:14] that as well and it was just a it was

[56:17] really beautiful what mrs. cominski and

[56:20] all of Oak they did a lovely lovely job

[56:22] and I also had an opportunity to go to a

[56:27] king and queen pre-meeting event our

[56:30] educational foundation runs a fundraiser

[56:33] every year called the king and queen of

[56:34] hearts several of us up here have run before in the past and this year

[56:40] they have a really great slate of people

[56:43] running so find somebody to support and

[56:46] it was just very nice of how and

[56:50] everybody except for mrs. cominski are

[56:52] all community members and that is just

[56:55] tremendous that our community would come

[56:57] together to support our schools like

[56:58] that so

[56:59] I'm sure you'll be hearing more about

[57:00] that as we go on I also attended as how

[57:07] I never say his name right dr. Milt said

[57:12] the personnel commission meeting and it

[57:16] was really very insightful because as

[57:19] many boards do you have Commission's you

[57:21] have committees that do some of the

[57:23] legwork for you and then bring

[57:25] recommendations to the board and and it

[57:28] was very nice to see how well they work

[57:30] together what a balance they are and i

[57:34] will say dr. Pulver handled the meeting

[57:36] quite nicely thank you very much and so

[57:39] it was really good to be part of it a

[57:40] couple of things that I learned there

[57:42] that we didn't speak about is that the

[57:44] district office got slocked I understand

[57:47] by Hopkinson during Halloween so and

[57:50] that in December we will have something

[57:53] for our classified employees we do a TK

[57:57] truck and give them a little bit of just

[58:01] a little bit of fun during the holidays

[58:02] when they work because they work during

[58:04] that time very often I think ever the

[58:08] public thinks that if school's out

[58:10] there's nobody working there's still a

[58:12] lot of people that are working so and

[58:16] then also learned a little bit about how

[58:19] subs work for classified employees and

[58:21] so that was fascinating to me I didn't

[58:23] know that so I appreciate being invited

[58:25] to that meeting and two other things

[58:29] congratulations a1 congratulations to

[58:33] the taste for los al and Larry strother

[58:35] they were given an award called the best

[58:40] of Los Alamitos it was in the news

[58:43] enterprise and they were the best annual

[58:46] community festival or event and so I

[58:49] thought that was really amazing that

[58:52] it's something that is done for our

[58:54] school but the whole community really

[58:56] participates in that so congratulations

[58:58] to them and then yes congratulations to

[59:02] Dave meg and Karen and as dr. Burke II

[59:05] said we know what it feels like and we

[59:09] are very lucky that we get to continue

[59:12] to work

[59:13] with you and get to continue to do the

[59:15] work and have the incredible balance we

[59:17] have on this board it's just it's just a

[59:19] real honor thank you very much thank you

[59:22] mrs. Russell you're welcome this is

[59:24] cotulla okay first of all I would like

[59:27] to thank the entire community for being

[59:30] reelected on the school board and I know

[59:34] that Karen a day feel the same way it is

[59:38] my honor to be able to serve the

[59:40] children of Los Alamitos I have my kids

[59:43] have gone through here I have

[59:44] grandchildren in in the school district

[59:46] I am passionate about public education I

[59:49] really feel if you want to change the

[59:51] world you educate those kids that is how

[59:54] you change it and to be given the

[59:55] opportunity to be able to attend

[59:58] meetings and go to meetings and sit on

[1:00:00] committees and do things that are more

[1:00:03] joyful like walking through the

[1:00:04] classroom and seeing the kids eyes light

[1:00:06] up when something clicks in their brain

[1:00:08] it is it is truly a pleasure for me and

[1:00:11] it is my honor and I want to thank

[1:00:13] everyone in the community because

[1:00:15] without the community support we would

[1:00:17] not be here we have work to do there

[1:00:20] you're never done in education but we

[1:00:22] have we're on a great path and I will be

[1:00:24] able to keep working with the five of us

[1:00:26] we always look like we agree but you

[1:00:28] guys know you're the workshop questions

[1:00:30] all the time and the questions that we

[1:00:33] send in after we get our agendas like

[1:00:35] why did we write this check and it's

[1:00:37] good we all have little different

[1:00:39] differences of things that were most

[1:00:41] concerned with but it's a great balance

[1:00:44] because you can't be concerned with

[1:00:45] everything all the time so I'm really

[1:00:47] looking forward to the next four years

[1:00:48] so thank you for that I was also able to

[1:00:51] attend the law style chamber breakfast I

[1:00:54] went to the lake pre-planning party also

[1:00:57] it was great great combination of people

[1:01:00] from different aspects within our

[1:01:02] community should be a fun contest this

[1:01:05] year the McAuliffe play that they spoke

[1:01:07] about and that mrs. Russell I mentioned

[1:01:09] was absolutely fabulous it they had

[1:01:12] parts in Spanish they had people singing

[1:01:14] they had people dancing they had artwork

[1:01:16] up it was such a collaborative effort

[1:01:18] all of the Arts I was just like in hog

[1:01:21] heaven there and the kids did a really

[1:01:23] great job and what was really neat is

[1:01:25] that they showed that they

[1:01:26] three main characters that started out

[1:01:28] as children and went to young adulthood

[1:01:31] so they had like three stages they

[1:01:33] triple cast it so there were nine leads

[1:01:36] in the school play I just the thought

[1:01:39] was great and it was quite enjoyable and

[1:01:42] I'm us I wanted to give you a quick

[1:01:43] update i did have an ROP meeting and

[1:01:46] what happened if they are LPD meeting

[1:01:47] that kind of took me by surprise and so

[1:01:50] I thought I'd share it we're a

[1:01:52] seven-member board and our member from

[1:01:54] brass earlier the week on the Monday

[1:01:57] before a board meeting resigned from his

[1:01:59] Bray aboard lots of very good personal

[1:02:03] reasons on why he wanted to resign but I

[1:02:07] came into the board member but we'd be

[1:02:08] like if there was this place where karen

[1:02:10] was supposed to be and it was empty and

[1:02:13] he did come to that later on and spoke

[1:02:16] to us and explained that this is what he

[1:02:18] did and it was a good time for him in

[1:02:20] his personal life and in December as you

[1:02:22] guys know when we do our organizational

[1:02:24] meeting we give out those positions and

[1:02:27] so we will have another brea board

[1:02:29] member for i hope our next board meeting

[1:02:31] will find out but that was just really

[1:02:34] it surprised me a lot i will miss him

[1:02:37] Jovelyn else's name he is from Bray or

[1:02:39] Linda unified school district and brian

[1:02:41] and los al are the two smaller school

[1:02:44] districts in there so he was like my

[1:02:46] buddy so I'm looking forward to ever el

[1:02:48] sobre have gives us but I was rather

[1:02:52] surprised and another thing that ROP has

[1:02:55] started doing lately which is really

[1:02:56] nice is they have spotlights in the

[1:02:58] beginning of our board meeting similar

[1:03:01] to our presentations where they'll

[1:03:03] spotlight someone either from like in

[1:03:05] the business office or one of the

[1:03:07] teachers or something like that because

[1:03:09] ROP is geographically so large there are

[1:03:12] a lot of people you don't know as a

[1:03:14] board member and it's really nice you

[1:03:17] know when we get to see you know

[1:03:19] somebody who works in the you know in

[1:03:21] the on an office we don't see or a

[1:03:23] teacher that works in the in a high

[1:03:25] school that we don't get to see so they

[1:03:27] started doing that and I thought that

[1:03:28] was really nice and that's it um just um

[1:03:33] I want to thank the community I want to

[1:03:35] thank your own and make and

[1:03:37] it is humbling and when you're sitting

[1:03:40] there on a Tuesday night watching

[1:03:41] returns yeah and you start thinking what

[1:03:44] if i don't get reelected what am I going

[1:03:47] to do you know with and it's become such

[1:03:49] a big part of my life and and I was

[1:03:52] taking you know in or what is something

[1:03:53] I'm to Karen or Meg or just the dynamics

[1:03:56] of the board and i think as ours tell

[1:03:58] our guests tomorrow p one of the best

[1:04:02] things I feel about Los Alamitos and the

[1:04:04] reason we did so successful is we have a

[1:04:05] really strong board and we have us

[1:04:07] continuity and we all keep kids first

[1:04:09] and we have a great superintendent in a

[1:04:11] great team and so it's like I'm gonna

[1:04:15] run again you use how could I not it's a

[1:04:17] great team I don't want to see it come

[1:04:18] apart and although we don't agree on

[1:04:20] everything I think we just have great

[1:04:23] respectful discussions and I think

[1:04:25] that's really important and and I think

[1:04:27] that's the success of our soldiers I see

[1:04:29] something other boards are always

[1:04:30] changing other districts having issues

[1:04:32] we always have issues but we take them

[1:04:35] head-on it's a privilege and I'm humbled

[1:04:38] to have an opportunity spend another

[1:04:39] four years doing this friday night with

[1:04:44] that stadium seven o'clock I want it's a

[1:04:48] big game so our fire our cars our new

[1:04:51] coach and the team is under great it'll

[1:04:54] be an awesome event so if you have a

[1:04:57] chance to come watch some good football

[1:04:58] and see a student section second to none

[1:05:01] yeah you know the best in the in the

[1:05:04] world last year wherever the word was

[1:05:05] were you know I mean be there friday

[1:05:07] night at vet stadium it's just going to

[1:05:09] be a lot of fun and I wish the team a

[1:05:10] lot a lot and then our band one you know

[1:05:13] I just put this news and you just take

[1:05:15] it in like oh we're supposed to be

[1:05:17] ranked third and regionals and we win

[1:05:19] regionals you know we're first place in

[1:05:21] so i wish the band i know we're gonna

[1:05:22] have a kickoff for them is it tonight's

[1:05:25] it's the night and right now on our

[1:05:29] track and they're going to Nationals

[1:05:32] this weekend I know so you can't get to

[1:05:35] everything this district but I just wish

[1:05:36] to ban the best of luck and Tom plunk in

[1:05:38] the whole crew I mean they're fine I

[1:05:41] drove by the band working out tonight on

[1:05:44] the way the board meeting for 30

[1:05:45] workshop my like they're they already I

[1:05:47] think they were car

[1:05:48] the football team some time now at least

[1:05:50] see you on the field and then then

[1:05:52] lastly if you have not been to one of

[1:05:54] our show choir performances the holiday

[1:05:57] shows coming up if you can't if you can

[1:05:59] get tickets get a now tribe they have

[1:06:01] like five performances it's phenomenal

[1:06:03] and and again a veteran's day I just I'm

[1:06:07] odd that we just do such a good job in

[1:06:11] our community of honoring our vets and

[1:06:12] with the Los Alamos forces training base

[1:06:15] and a naval weapons station we've got a

[1:06:18] lot of veterans and we owe him a lot and

[1:06:19] I echo Diana's thoughts that were

[1:06:22] sitting there and got a chance to vote

[1:06:23] we take it so for granted but we live in

[1:06:26] a country to thank God we we had that

[1:06:28] privilege and again thank you to the

[1:06:30] community for their vote of confidence

[1:06:31] and in us and we'll look forward to the

[1:06:34] next four years and go south for any

[1:06:37] night ok well um I to with Julian dr.

[1:06:45] Barker you were there the low cell

[1:06:46] breakfast and the chamber breakfast and

[1:06:49] then I had mentioned in my report that i

[1:06:51] went to the oak choir performance at

[1:06:53] maga that was a tremendous it was

[1:06:56] absolutely fabulous they did a wonderful

[1:06:58] job and signing day that was that was

[1:07:01] fun it was really intriguing I also

[1:07:05] attended a focus group for the man who

[1:07:10] purchased the bay theater in Seal Beach

[1:07:12] and they're looking to provide some

[1:07:17] space for our schools to do performances

[1:07:20] in and I thought I talked to Dave Mullen

[1:07:22] campus that hawk performance that they

[1:07:24] didn't have any side rooms but they do

[1:07:26] and they're going to be remodeling and

[1:07:28] fixing their building a mezzanine and

[1:07:30] they're enlarging it so it's going to

[1:07:32] seat 425 on people so I'm hopefully

[1:07:36] we're going to be able to work something

[1:07:38] though high schools can use that as well

[1:07:40] and the guy is he's got he is his

[1:07:43] passion is going in and doing these

[1:07:46] kinds of things and on he really is

[1:07:48] community minded and wants to work but

[1:07:50] the call community groups to do that so

[1:07:52] I'm really fascinated with that then the

[1:07:55] Hopkinson flags dormant now wasn't in

[1:07:57] the picture because I had to go to my

[1:07:58] practice of my choral group that I man

[1:08:01] and by the way I know every word for

[1:08:03] every one of those songs we sang it do a

[1:08:05] group of debt so before I'm sitting

[1:08:07] there I'm singing all the songs all the

[1:08:09] way through so it's kind of neat to know

[1:08:11] them all and I I too want to thank the

[1:08:15] confidence that the community is placed

[1:08:16] upon us to serve term again on on this

[1:08:21] board it's truly been a pleasure to be

[1:08:24] on this board to work with everybody

[1:08:27] here the administration of all the board

[1:08:29] members I think we have the right tone

[1:08:33] and I'll know what's important the kids

[1:08:36] and their learning and and getting them

[1:08:39] the best possible education that they

[1:08:41] can have and so with that if there's

[1:08:45] anything else for the good of the order

[1:08:46] then no okay then a weird sure

Los Alamitos School Board - November 15th, 2016

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