[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