>> I'd like to call this regular board meetings to order at 5:15 pm.
helene, could you please call the roll. >> dosick. >> present. >> grant. >> present? >> harden.
>> present,. >> mehta. >> present. >> mora. >> present. >> we have quorum. Nusd board meetings
are live streamed and recorded at the direction of the board. Live stream is available online,
and the recordings will be available for viewing the day after the board meeting.
those in attendant should expect that recordings will capture all activity and discussions before,
during and after the meetings. The board will be going to closed session this evening to
discuss public employee discipline dismissal release,
conference with labor negotiator, district representative regarding the natomas teachers association.
conference with labor negotiator, district representative regarding the california school employees association.
one, discuss and review one student expulsion matter and a conference with
real property negotiators regarding property apn 225 007-009-3000.
you like that rig. Discuss and review superintendent mid year self evaluation [laughter] I'm not seeing any.
is there anyone here to speak to any of the items and close up? That's it [laughter] I'm not seeing anyone.
we're going to reconvene open session at approximately 06:45 or shortly thereafter a final conclusion of closed session.
good. Good evening.
we are reconvening open session at 6:46 pm.
helene, could you please call the roll? >> dosick. >> present. >> grant. >> present. >> harden.
>> present. >> mehta. >> present. >> mora.
>> present. >> swalm. >> present. >> we have a quorum, and we do miss president heredia very much.
next up is the pledge. Trustee swalm, could you lead us, please?
>> begin.
>> thank you. We will actually reconvene closed session at the end of this meeting.
there's no anticipated action. I know no one probably wants to hang around for that, but just wanted to let you know.
before we move on, just reminded for those in attendance in accordance with board bylaw 93 23 of conduct.
individuals wishing to address the board must submit a completed public comment card prior to
consideration of the item and no later than the first actional item on the agenda.
individuals will be allowed 2 minutes to address the board and the board shall take a total time of 20 minutes for each item.
if you'd like to make a public comment, please fill out the comment card and hand it to the staff and at the table outside the board room.
at the conclusion of our meeting, we do ask members of the public to refrain from approaching a davis that gives us an opportunity to gather our bloggers,
sign documents and secure any confidential information. Board members may make themselves available to the public by
stepping down from the desk and entering the area for audience seating.
I'm looking for a motion. >> so moved. >> moved by trustee harden.
>> second. >> second by trustee dosick. Helen, could you please call the roll?
>> dosick? >> aye. >> grant? >> aye. >> harden? >> aye. >> mehta?
>> aye. >> mora? >> aye. >> swalm. >> aye. >> motion carries unanimously.
next up, communications. The csca.
>> good evening, superintendent stile, school board members, and fellow community members.
thank you for the opportunity to speak today. I stand before you as the communications officer of csca chapter 745,
representing the dedicated staff members who are essential to
the success of our students and the smooth operation of our schools.
from custodians and food service workers to instructional aides,
office staff, and maintenance teams. Our classified staff works behind the scenes to ensure that
every student has support they need to thrive.
as we move into february and reflect on the first half of the school year, it is clear that our classified staff has continued to rise to the occasion.
despite numerous challenges we face, every day, our members are making a difference,
whether they're providing critical services to students, maintaining a safe and clean environment
or supporting our educational staff in countless ways.
february also marks black history month. A time to honor achievements, struggles, and contributions,
black americans, including those who have made an impact right here in sacramento and within natomas unified.
our community has been shaped by the efforts of educators,
advocates, and leaders who have fought for equity and education and labor rights.
their work continues to inspire us as we advocate for fair treatment,
fair wages, and better opportunities for all classified staff.
csca remains committed to ensuring that those who serve our schools,
especially the lowest paid workers receive compensation and respect they deserve.
fair wages and strong work protections are not just labor issues.
they are matters of social justice. By advocating for our members,
we are carrying forward the legacy of those who have worked tirelessly to create a more just and equitable future.
I encourage all of us to use black history month as a time to reflect,
learn, and to take meaningful action, not just in words,
but in policies and decisions to uplift every employee,
every student, and every family in the community. Let us move forward together to make
natomas unified school district a place where all employees feel valued,
respected and equipped to serve our students with excellence.
thank you for your time and your commitment to our students, staff, and our community.
>> thank you. Next step in communications, I have nta.
>> good evening. I didn't have a printer where I was. Let's see if I can do this on another board.
good evening, dr. Castillo, trustees and community.
I want to start tonight with our land acknowledgment. The natomas teachers association wishes to
acknowledge and honor the indigenous communities of this region and recognize that the city of sacramento is
situated on the traditional homelands of the nicano people. We offer gratitude for the land itself for those who have
stewarded it for generations and for the opportunity to study, learn, work, and be in community with this land.
we encourage everyone in the space to engage in continued learning about
the indigenous peoples who work and live in this land since time in memorial,
and we would like to honor the wilton rancheria, the only federally recognized tribe in sacramento county.
it's school counselor week. I just have to say I'm incredibly grateful to have worked
with so many school counselors over the years. We're wishing our counselors a happy
school counselor week as we celebrate the work that they've done for our students. I also really want to acknowledge anybody who's worked on
a high school campus with high school counselors knows that we as teachers, wander into those counseling offices almost as much as
the students and sit down and get our own free counseling.
I just want to say that they are priceless. They make all of our sites better,
and I just can't imagine them not being there.
you guys know that because you see us in those rooms all the time.
in the last few days it seems that celebrating black history month has now become an act of bravery.
we've shared with our members the black lives matter school week of action materials this year,
which includes activities and learning for students and teachers. This year's theme is guided by the fact that all black lives,
regardless of sex assigned to birth, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation,
economic status, ability, disability, education, location,
age, immigration status, religious beliefs, or disbeliefs matter.
I'm here to say that this month and every february forward with or without the federal government's blessing,
our teachers will actively engage in celebrating black excellence, and even in times of great challenge,
we're celebrating black joy. As the days go by,
it becomes more clear that we're going to have to continue this fight together to maintain public education,
to protect our students and save off privatization. We appreciate that this district has published the safe haven language again,
and that we've been in conversations with district leadership about signage for schools and classrooms,
offered in multiple languages to make sure that our students know that they are safe, that they can come to school,
and that we will protect them. Lastly, tonight, I just want to thank the board members who I know have been
out and about on sites and seen the stories that I've shared previously.
trustee grant, I just want to pass on appreciation today from a member whose story I've told up here actually.
I think today you got to see her classroom. We've asked multiple times for support.
this teacher, in particular, dating back to october. This isn't traditional classroom management that we're dealing with.
it's much more. The site that you visited today is one that we've already lost multiple teachers on this year,
and more are already calling and reaching out, talking about leaving. So we appreciate that you were there today that you saw what was going on.
I know that you guys all have a report tonight about your dashboard data.
in that report, the district discusses what they're emphasizing in order to increase successful student classroom.
I just want you to take into consideration what's in that report, the conversation that you had today,
and putting those things together because I know that she shared with you how those behaviors are impacting learning in her classroom.
feel free to reach out to me or to any teacher to talk about how those emphasized goals are actually showing up on our school sites,
but appreciate you being there. Thank you very much. Have a good night. >> thank you. Student board member.
>> hi, guys. Good evening, president grant, chesss, superintendent castillo, and guests.
so discovery high school is celebrating amazing attendance with several students
recognized for their outstanding attendance, in particular. I also want to wish good luck to their basketball team who has their first game tomorrow.
so if you guys get a chance, get out there. The intercom high school tigers are starting their february off soper strong.
last week, we had the annual black light rally and auditions for the spring production of the little mermaid.
our music program is hosting a regional competition, and the drama program is attending
the linea high school theater festival in folsom, which is huge. Over at lew green academy,
the families of senior students were invited to a fast night hosted by the school's counselors.
the lga staff walked students and their families through financial aid applications and answered their questions about college admissions.
at the end of january, students restarted their enrichment courses, which are short classes based on
student and teacher interests that build the campuses culture. Natomas high school has also been super busy both in and out of the classroom.
the eighth grade welcome night was a huge success with entertainment from the nhs dancrets and the drum corp.
they are also very happy to report that their black program has been going
phenomenally and the 100 black men of sacramento mentoring program has as well.
students are also set to tour san francisco state university on february 15.
finally, natomas middle school celebrated their outstanding band students after a performance
in the california music educators association capitol section honor band.
the students worked extremely hard and did an amazing job performing with some of the best young musicians in the greater sacramento area.
to conclude my report, I want to say that I'm looking forward to celebrating black history month with my community,
and that concludes my report. Thank you. >> awesome, the excellent concise report. Appreciate that.
yeah. Board members, trustee mora.
>> thank you. As always, thank you for all the reports that have already been shared.
I agree with you, student trustee swalm, that our intercom high school students going to the lanea festival is
huge having been an arts kid myself.
that's amazing. I also want to start off by thanking all of our school psychologists.
I know the one time that we officially thank them,
but they do a lot of work that we should be thankful for throughout the year.
I think we might have some in the room today. I also want to wish everyone a happy lunar new year.
I understand that with it being the year of the snake, it's supposed to signify calmness and resiliency.
hopefully we get a lot more of the first one as the year goes on.
I think there's clearly been a lot going on, but with recognizing black history month,
I think that there are two things that I really think about and I want to
emphasize in my board report for our district and how we celebrate black history as american history.
the first is that we have the ap african american studies course,
and I have said it before, and I'll say it again that I think that's just really important
and incredible that we have that course over at high school, I believe.
then also with over 20% of our students being black or african american.
I think that having the programs that we have are also really important and needed.
but I'm sure that I will be joined in recognizing black history month,
and I know that we'll have a celebration. >> I'll just leave it at those two again, key points.
something else that I would like to mention during this board report
is the need for us to reaffirm our safe haven resolution.
I think we have reminders quite literally around us and in this room,
that our district has intentionality to
really provide tangible supports to undocumented students,
students that come from mixed status families, as well as our lgbt students are also included in the safe haven resolution.
I look forward to being able to reinforce some of those actions
that we've had attached to the safe haven resolution,
very soon, from now.
one more thing that I would just briefly like to share,
because I think a lot of the words that we bring to our board meeting and,
whenever we have a resolution they're meant to enact things and to be supportive.
but I was really looking for some way to make sense of a lot of the changes that our staff have had to
read and assess and inform us on coming from the federal level.
I had a conversation with my dad who is an immigrant from mexico,
and this is a short story, and a short anecdote, I promise.
I really helped me, so I hope that it helps, whoever hears the story.
I was really grappling with how do we go beyond words?
what my dad shared with me was that there was a time when he was younger,
where no one was really saying the words of support or offering
resources to a lot of the communities that our students,
or families are part of that I've mentioned just a little bit ago.
no one individual, individuals in leadership positions
or trusted organizations were really sticking their neck out publicly or as publicly as today for these groups and persecuted groups.
that really gave me a sense of motivation and a sense of inspiration
that us doing these things in writing and verbally do
have an importance and do have a place in this room and beyond this room.
I hope that short conversation that I had
with my dad who's almost 70 is helpful to anyone else who's really
grappling with how do we get to the really actionable part and
the impactful part of all these things because it's certainly helped me and I think that's why you'll hear.
I think you'll hear that that this board and the community is also on that same page.
I will leave it to that. I also
look forward to the celebration to celebrate all of our classified staff of the year.
because I want to get to that, I'll pass it to our next colleague. >> thank you, trustee [inaudible]. I really appreciate you sharing
that personal story. Trustee harden.
>> I will keep it very short. Thank you to both of my fellow trustees that have already gone before me.
I will say that's right. Discovery high basketball game is tomorrow at 10:30 am at sava,
and I believe it is at the one in elk grove. If you're able to be there, be square, be there.
thank you, everybody is safe in our schools, and if you don't feel that way,
please reach out to us and let us know what we promise. We are here to back that safe haven.
two other small things, and I'll leave the rest because I believe they'll touch on it.
last night I had the pleasure of attending the annual intercom football award ceremony
that was held every year over here at real life church, and our superintendent was one of the fabulous presenters.
it was just a great night overall, even had a chance to see someone that just graduated last year from intercom.
that he graduated four years ago from the marine academy.
it was super exciting to see him on stage and then he was like, you were at my graduation last year and I'm like, guess I was.
I felt great about that, I had two phenomenal site visits
this week at intercom high school and at discovery high.
might I just say if you ever need to turn your frowns and want to turn it upside down and back into a smile,
visit discovery high because it's phenomenal. It's community based, family orientated and the greatest lattes around. Thank you.
>> that is fair. Totally fair about those lattes. I'll be super brief.
since the last board of meeting, I had the opportunity to attend axa region 3, every student to sit on award ceremony,
some fantastic stories, and our student there was just phenomenal.
I have the opportunity to do our last visit at natomas high,
and also our hi high ib authorization visit with trustee dosick who is super knowledgeable,
maybe look way better than I actually do. Had to visit at npe today,
natomas park elementary, mr, I want to say thank you for that recognition and also I want to know that you're heard as well.
that concludes my board report. >> trustee dosick.
>> thank you, president grant. Likewise, enjoy spending time with you during the ib recertification visit for hln hight, it just yesterday?
>> it felt like now. That was really yesterday. >> it's a lot going on last 24 hours.
it just made me very nostalgic and appreciative for everything that's happened this district.
I remember before I was a trustee as just as a parent advocate saying we need
the ib program in natomas starting with intercom and knowing how many students we were losing to other districts,
and the hundreds of thousands of dollars in state funding we were losing every year because of students who were not only leaving natomas,
but skipping over a district to go to another school district just for the ib program,
and then we became the first pre k 12 ib continuum district in the region.
we're not the only ones anymore. But we were the first ones in the region. I'm just appreciative of the staff that made this happen and for my colleagues,
for your continued support of this program that truly supports our students that provides a mechanism of modality for
differentiated instruction and helps our students to continue to
understand their place in this diverse world as global citizens.
very much appreciative of that. It was a very positive thing. I know it's been a challenging time for a lot of us in education.
without getting too specific, I'll just say it seems like there are certain individuals that like
to use the bully pulpit to state things that are outrageous and because someone says something from the pulpit doesn't make it true.
I think we as trustees have an obligation to educate.
as we all do in this room. One of the things that I'm pledging to you is you won't just hear my truth.
I will reiterate the truth. I will continue to say that and to call out lies and
misinformation as they directly affect our students, our families, our district.
I want to echo trustee mora's comments. As I said, few meetings ago,
strongly encourage the district to continue to actively
promote the fact that we are a safe haven district to trustee harden's point,
no student, no staff, no family should ever feel unsafe in this district,
because we have not only the laws of state of california on our side,
but a resolution that makes it very clear that we will not
disclose the citizenship or documentation status of any student,
staff, faculty, family, anyone associated with this district,
and to continue to reiterate that message. Everyone should feel safe come to this district.
there's a humorous moment. I want to try and end on my board comments on
a positive note for those that have not tried it. There's a new dr pepper flavor.
dr pepper blackberry. No black cherry, blackberry.
it's gotten great reviews and from first hand experience, the zero version is phenomena.
>> thank you, trustee dosick. I think a sponsorship agreement is probably in real [overlapping] [laughter]
>> that's the zero, but the new one, the blackberries, that one phenomenal. >> that sounds fantastic. Trustee meta.
>> thank you, president grant. I wanted to start this by thanking our counselors and school site psychologist,
just to celebrate you guys this month. In january last two weeks,
I had visited witter ranch and [inaudible] it was amazing and very
heartwarming to see our students engaged in learning and dedication of our teachers and staff firsthand.
it was genuinely inspiring for me as a parent as a community member.
I also had the opportunity to attend the np3 multicultural festival.
it was a beautiful celebration. A lot of students and families, and it was a celebration of
the diversity that makes our schools that makes natoma school so special.
thank you, christina, miss paul, miss bying, tom, and eric jones, for walking with me and showcasing the great work on our campuses.
I also had the opportunity to celebrate the lunar year with the elected woman reception hosted by the commission
on the status of women and girls at the a papa office. Looking forward to celebrating the black history month and, of course,
celebrating all these amazing employees sitting in this room, are we going to celebrate in some time. Thank you.
thank you, trustee meta. Dr. Castillo.
good evening. The vision of natomas unified states,
nusd will provide an engaging, safe learning community where all students will demonstrate responsibility,
achieve academic and social emotional growth, embrace diversity, and are prepared to make
decisions about their college and career success. In nusd safe haven resolution,
the governing board affirms that this vision is irrespective of students immigration status,
ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation, ability, sex, gender identity,
socioeconomic status or beliefs. Nusd embraces the diversity of our students and
families and the rich language and cultural assets that they bring to
our district and strongly supports and encourages the participation
of all parents and families in our schools as reflected in our core value,
we value diversity, equity, inclusion, and our district goal create
a safe engaging environment where students connect to school. As stated in our message that we sent out to our staff and our families,
in light of the new federal executive orders related to immigration,
natomas unified school district would like to reiterate that we are committed to
the success of all students and as stated in our safe haven resolution,
which was adopted february 8, 2017. This resolution continues to be in effect and supports
the district's commitment to act within legal bounds to protect students and families,
threatened by hate crimes or deportation based on immigration status.
nusd is committed to creating a safe educational environment for
all students and serves as a safe haven for students and families, threatened by immigration enforcement or hate crimes
and or discrimination related to immigration status. I felt that it was very important to reinforce that tonight.
that is something that we live by and is important in our district and in the decisions that we make and moving forward,
being able to reaffirm that and everything that we do. On a lighter note,
I've been enjoying going out to sports. I've gone to intercom wrestling,
where I had a funny story. One of the middle school teachers came up to me and he was a former wrestling coach.
he said, you're watching like you know what you're looking at, and I said, cause I do.
the only reason I knew what I was watching is because I love to go out to the events,
watch kids compete, and you just learn about it by spending time out there.
I've been to natomas high boys basketball. I attended a double header basketball game at intercom caught the girls and the boys.
what was really exciting during the girls game, jemiah [inaudible] scored her 1500th point,
and the game was stopped and she was recognized at that moment. That was really exciting.
then, as trustee harden mentioned last night at the intercom football banquet,
I was honored to award the mvp award at the event.
that was a lot of fun for me. We've had lots of celebrations. I know we're doing classified employee of the year,
and it was such an honor to surprise esa to tkill,
who was our overall district classified employee of the year. When I came to this district,
I was not a mac user. Esa was so patient and kind and spent the time with me and just always available to help.
personally, he was one of the first people that I interacted with, and so I have personally experienced how great he is,
attended also the action the axa region 3 every student succeeding event,
simia saron amazing student, overcoming obstacles, telling us she was working on
her third aa degree before she's even graduated from high school, which was amazing.
national school counselors week, our counselors are so important.
I got to come to the ed center last week while they were having their meeting in here and thank them personally.
I told them my own son, who is 24-years-old, the last phone call I had with him, he's like, mom,
I saw mr. Hodges, who was his high school counselor and he was still just as
excited to see him because of that impact. We've had several interest holder meetings.
thank you to cafe for hosting diverse conversations. One of my favorite groups,
the student voices advisory council. I met with them. They gave us some cap feedback.
I also asked them, hey, what are some cool things? I need to make sure that I attend.
I was told little mermaids coming up at intercom, that I need to go to track meets and that we need to continue
paying for our iv and ap testing.
that was very much valued. Then site visits been out to intercom,
was at natomas high, ib at h. Allen hight. Then today, met with our charter leaders,
and we were talking about some of these federal things that are coming down and
working together as a community with our safe haven and other things that are happening being a very united group.
I appreciated that conversation as well. Thank you. >> thank you, dr. Castillo.
we're moving on to the agenda. Next up, we have the consent calendar. Is there a motion?
>> move to approve. >> moved by trustee mora. Second by trustee swalm.
second. Please call the roll. Dusit.
aye. Grant. Aye. Pardon. Aye. Meta. Aye.
maura. Aye. Swathum. Aye. All right. Motion case 60. All right.
next up, celebrations, african american/black history month.
looks like there is a presentation on this coordinator three kathy ang will lead us through this celebration. How cool?
good evening, president grant, trustees, superintendent castillo, staff, and community.
it's an honor to share how natomas unified school district is recognizing february as african american black history month.
celebrating our cultural diversity is something that we take extreme pride in in the natomas community.
it's one of the reasons why this is such a wonderful place to live, learn, and work.
with that in mind, I'd like to highlight some of the ways that we are honoring african american black history month.
we continue to invest in a wide variety of books in our school libraries that represent our student population.
this includes books written by black authors with black lead characters.
we have a dedicated section on our website called umoja,
which means unity in swahili. It's a dedicated place where families can find
resources and some of our data for black students. Natomas high schools black student union will host the third black excellence ball.
this is designed to uplift and encourage students and celebrate their excellence.
it will be held on saturday, february 22 in the natomas high school theater.
american lakes sixth-grade scholars will perform their annual.
I have a dream speech on february 14, where they memorize excerpts from doctor kain's iconic speech.
lastly, I want to share our latest edition of the stories we weave.
this is a series where we highlight members from our community and hear about their journey to natomas.
[music]
my name is crystal king. I professionally am an early childhood educator.
I work with ages zero through nine. I own a preschool here in natomas.
my name is lina, and I go to natomas high school. I don't meet many people from sacramento,
but I'm from sacramento. I was born and raised here. My father's family is from the south,
and my grandfather was in the military and he had an opportunity to go to, I don't even remember the other place or come to california.
so, of course, being from alabama, they're like, we want to go to california. My cousins are very close by,
and we're just very involved in one another's lives. And so it was modeled to us,
and it's what we model to our children. In our households, we always say,
you are your brother's keep or you are your sister's keep. I think it's really important just to be authentically me so that anytime that I'm just
just like spreading my culture around with friends at school or like the things I do like cheer,
like soccer, just like in those places. It's really important to me. Podcast is available on video as well as audio podcasts.
all right, everyone. See you later bye.
[music]
[applause].
I hope you enjoy the video and some of the examples of how we are recognizing african american black history month.
that concludes my presentation. Thank you so much. All right.
next up in celebrations, we will recognize the 2025 classified employees of the year.
we are very proud to introduce and recognize our 2025 classified employees of the year.
dan mother spa assistant superintendent will introduce each employee.
once we have recognized each employee, we will break for a reception to celebrate for approximately 10 minutes. Thanks, dan.
thank you very much, president grant.
board. There we go. Usually, I don't need a microphone.
there will be a group photo opportunity at the end where everyone will come back in,
followed by a brief reception in the foyer or foyer, if you want to say it fancy.
at this time, trustees and superintendent castillo, please join us in front of the day I would also like to invite
csca vice president ivan biorkz to join me while we celebrate our classified employees of the year.
right here is perfect. First is going to be kim.
you want to kim, ricky.
mark.
all right. First,
I am proud to introduce miss kim thomas,
school secretary three at natomas middle school. [applause] miss thomas was
selected as classified employee of the year in the clerical and administrative services category.
she is known to be quiet and amazing multitasker, and she juggles everyday tasks effortlessly and is always willing to help others.
miss thomas always has a positive attitude and a smile. She's well respected and loved by students, staff and parents.
congratulations, and thank you to you, miss thomas. [applause] next, I would like to introduce mr. Ricky mandujano,
custodial team leader to at witter ranch elementary. [applause] mr. Mondaano was
selected as classified employee of the year in the custodial and maintenance services category.
mr. Mondaano is a committed employee who diligently
maintains the cleanliness and safety of witter ranch elementary school.
his dedication, hard work, and positive attitude are his trademarks.
congratulations, and thank you, mr. Mondaano. [applause] next,
I would like to introduce miss martha carrio food service assistant three at heredia ariaga school.
[applause] miss carrio was
selected as classified employee of the year in the food and nutrition services category.
miss carrillo is described as being attentive, kind, and a very hard worker.
she's dedicated to ensuring that meals are prepared and available to the students on time,
and she encourages students to try the food and to eat their fruits and vegetables.
she is an essential part of the era ariaga team. Congratulations, and thank you, miss carrio.
[applause] next, I would like to introduce miss chelsea laura,
lvn, for the heart department. [applause] miss laura was
selected as classified employee of the year in the health and student services category.
miss laura has been described as being a respected leader among her peers,
with her invaluable knowledge and expertise greatly benefiting her colleagues.
miss laura's dedication to nusd has demonstrated through her exceptional work ethic and willingness to take on more responsibilities.
congratulations, and thank you, miss laura. [applause] next, I would like to recognize while she is unable to be here tonight,
unfortunately, miss erica guzman, extractional assistant 1 at two rivers elementary.
miss guzman was selected as classified employee of the year in the paraprofessional services category.
she is a committed employee who is dedicated to go above and beyond for her students.
she is very caring and has worked to cultivate great relationships with other staff students and families.
congratulations. And thank you, miss guzman, when you watch this tomorrow. [applause] next, I would like to recognize miss julie carrell,
school safety information specialist dispatcher for the safety and safe schools department.
miss carrell was select as classified employee of the year in the security services category.
miss carrell has an integral role in working with schools on a daily basis.
she is calm, cool collected, and responsive in her communications to the district.
she collaborates with outside agencies to help our schools be proactive in regards to safety.
congratulations, and thank you, miss carrell. [applause] next,
I would like to recognize mr. Asmadin niazi. He's a maintenance specialist three,
plumber for the maintenance operations and transportation department.
mr. Niazi was selected as classified employee of the year in the skilled trades category.
mr. Niazi has shown professionalism, a can-do attitude and is always
willing to go the extra mile for our student staff and community. Mr. Niazi is an extraordinary employee and his ability
to be innovative when it comes to his job has been fantastic. He cares about his work and it shows.
congratulations and thank you, mr. Niazi. [applause] next,
I would like to recognize mr. Gea chu bulga, a bus driver for maintenance operations and transportation department.
mr. Bulga was selected as classified employee of the year in the transportation services category.
mr. Bulga has had an immediate impact on the transportation department.
he is kind, compassionate, and always puts students first.
mr. Bulga is loved and respected by the students and parents alike. He loves his job.
he loves his teammates and loves serving the students of natomas unified school district.
congratulations, and thank you, mr. Bulga. [applause] and lastly, I would like to recognize
someone who unfortunately is taking a well-earned two-week vacation out of country and is not able to join us tonight,
our district classified employee of the year, mr. Isa tutkil.
[applause] isa is a systems engineer in our technology department.
he's kind, caring, cheery. He's always willing to go above and beyond and help with
any it-related issues which many of us have experienced.
he's always pleasant to work with and takes pride in his work by helping with any issues in a timely matter.
he embodies everything that a classified employee should be and models the natomas unified core value of
being committed collaborative caring and an exemplary employee. If you were here tonight, he would tell you,
and you can watch us on our website when we surprised him that he couldn't do his work without his great team.
that's the type of person he is. So congratulations. Thank you to mr. Tuta kil. [applause] now, if all of our classified employees of the year,
can please come back in. We'll not take a group photo with trustees and
superintendent castillo.
all right. We are going to reconvene this meeting and go straight back into the agenda.
hopefully, you all enjoyed the celebration. All right. Next up, our board reports.
first is the lcap mid-year. This board report was attached to the agenda when it was published on friday, january.
staff is available to answer any questions from trustees, so is there any trustee comments,
questions, discussion about this board report? It's a very comprehensive reading and we thank staff for putting that together lca.
yeah. All right. Next is at and b on the reports,
to 2024 california school dashboard update. This board report was also attached to
the agenda when it was published on friday, january 31. Staff is available to answer questions.
but I want to give trustees opportunity to comment on the report. What I will say is a very comprehensive report.
we do share all our data in the district. >> the one that I would just like to be kept a prized on is the suspension rate.
we do have some opportunity areas there. But we know what the challenges are, right? We've been talking about it all year,
so I appreciate the transparency, and our data driven approach
should have guide our approach to how we're doing things in the district. I'm going to open it up to any trustee comments. Trustee moore.
>> just that I'm glad you mentioned the suspension rates, and I'm adding a plus one to
just information that's updating trustees on disproportionality. Thanks.
>> thank you. I agree. Trustee harden. >> plus two.
>> all right. It looks like board direction. >> plus indeed. >> [laughter] all right. Seeing any other comments.
thanks. Next, we have presentations, the governor's january 2025 2026 budget update and budget development.
as always, our deputy superintendent bill young, will lead us through this presentation, and it's just as reminder there's no action being requested of the trustees this evening.
>> good evening, president grant, trustees and superintendent castillo.
last month, the governor annually presents a january budget update.
it's a preview of what's to come for next year's annual budget starting july 1, 2025.
I'm going to give you an overview of that briefing from the governor's proposed january budget.
again, this is subject to change, and I'll be coming back with some may revised information.
metty taz, executive director of financial services will also cover some elements of
this potential impact to our budget in the second half of this presentation.
from a perspective, from a california financial position,
it hasn't proved since '24-'25 projections. The anticipated current year revenues will surpass projections by 16.5 billion.
that's the improvement part. Therefore, a potential for a surplus.
I'm going to use that word potential as I provide more information to this presentation.
the budget reflects shortfalls in subsequent fiscal years. Again, something to keep on the radar because the shortfalls that happen at
the state level can impact the budget here at the district level. And then also strategic investments for fiscal stability and future growth.
there are several challenges that remain, as you are aware, and potential volatility and economic risks on our horizon.
governor newsom warned that uncertainties created by wildfires may impact what we can see in the may revise in next year's budget.
also, the incoming trump administration and the uncertainty of the department of education
and our title funds can also impact what we see in the may revision.
definitely some uncertainty as we move forward. Because of the wildfires,
counties will be experiencing tax deferrals or tax extensions. Those tax revenue projections will come at
a later date which makes budgeting a little bit more difficult. Then other factors is the stock market,
asset price volatility, and then anything affecting high income earners,
as well as geopolitical instability. All of those impact california,
as one of the largest global economic drivers in the world.
based on all of that information, the government proposes to fund prop 98 guaranteed at 117.6 billion.
that's roughly 1.6 billion below the calculated guarantee, the prop 98 guarantee.
what we're going to see for cost of living is also subject to change. Right now, we're seeing a decrease of about half a percent from just december.
when I presented that first interim report, we were at 2.93%.
this projected budget is at 2.43% or half a percent,
and that's going to impact our revenues and our forecast as we move forward.
this is also subject to change. This is early and a projection for a cost of living.
what we're hearing is it could drop closer to 2%, but at the same time,
there might be an opportunity for what they call a one time cola or super cola.
an adjustment, if there is surplus funds available, if there's a way to make that happen.
we'll continue to monitor this and update trustees as we move forward, definitely in preparation for a june budget.
that cola is also applied to specific categorical programs such as our special education program,
our state preschool, and then also transportation. Really quick on what's being proposed from
the governor's budget also includes ongoing funding.
we're going to see potential increase in funding for our after school leap academies and a connection to attendance recovery.
in this scenario in this proposal, it's moving to a tier one status from 75% requirement to 55% requirement.
right now, on unduplicated count, so we're about 69% unduplicated count.
potential for additional monies for our leap academies, and we'll monitor that and adjust plans and programs as we move forward.
then you can see the other ongoing items, additional funding to help with
full implementation of universal transitional kindergarten. One of the elements to call out here,
that helps with programmatic and staffing. This does not include any additional facilities money.
if we need expanded additional classrooms for an expanding program,
this does not include at this time, facilities money. 2.4 for full implementation,
and then also another 1.5 billion to support that implementation
to have the adult to student ratio of one to ten for transitional k only.
that's going to start next year '25-'26. Doug, as he presents his staffing and enrollment information here today.
that's a consideration as we move forward. Other additional ongoing funds includes
additional funding for homeless education technical assistance centers, fully supporting the universal school meals program,
and then continuing to fund and support k-12 high speed network.
along with that ongoing funding, there are some proposals for one time funding only.
meaning we'll get a block of money that can be used within a specified period of
time and for certain elements as outlined in that one time funding source.
additional funding for about 10 million for english language proficiency at tk,
1.8 billion one-time funding, that's going to target statewide priorities or professional development for teachers,
help with teacher recruitment and retention strategies, and then career pathways and dual enrollment expansion strategies.
again, to help grow the teacher resources throughout the state, 545 million one-time funding to support literacy screening,
professional development and literacy coaches. This also includes some elements of math coaches.
other one time funding includes one time funding for an expanded learning recovery block grant,
so we get additional funding on top of what we've already received. The timeline will not change,
but we may get additional dollars in this proposal. A plan or a revised plan will be brought forward to the board
when we know that data and when we have that plan developed for your consideration.
other fundings include adopting statewide curriculum.
we have both math and language arts coming up, so there's additional funding for that.
151 one-time general fund for specialized kitchen infrastructure as we
continue to provide universal meals for all students.
then what's the status of the state's rainy day fund?
this is important to know as we move through this potential instability in the state budget and national budget.
in 2022-23, as you can see in this graphic here,
there was 8.4 billion set aside in the rainy day fund. In '23-'24, that was depleted.
the use security of that rainy day fund was there to help us get through that period of a budget moment.
in '24-'25, just over $1 billion was added back into that,
and then it's being proposed to add additional funding in '25-'26.
still room to grow in that state reserve,
because that will help mitigate any future concerns at a statewide level which impacts us at the district level.
again, reinforcing the fact that a stabilization account or a rainy day fund,
not only at the state level is required, but also at the district level. I'm going to hand it out.
>> [overlapping] trustee has a question. >> with the states rainy day fund, well,
specifically the stabilization account, the current 1.1 billion that's in there,
do you know what that translates to in that money being disbursed and
allowing districts or giving districts a chance to continue operating in a disastrous scenario?
>> by per student amount, I don't have that information. Typically in the scenario. It was managed at a state level to help balance the budget at the state level,
to not impact districts throughout california. >> it's a little different than when we have our provision of it?
>> correct. >> okay. Great question.
>> as bill mentioned earlier, that the decrease for cola by 0.5%.
I just want to show by in numbers. That's 0.5%, it's showing an increase in our deficit,
but additional ongoing $720,000. In this reports,
on the top is the first entry. It showed that in first at 4 million in the cola for '25-'26,
we had $4 million deficit with the decrease by the cola would be at 4.7 million dollar.
you can see that it's ongoing '26-'27, you will see that deficit increased by another $740,000.
those are some reminders that we should be aware of as for the cola,
srs pers apple insurance, and also the state's minimum wage,
as you said, they're increasing every year. As a reminder, there are some one-time money that we already
have the time line is going to expire. The art music and instructional materials and also the educate effectiveness.
the expire in june 30 2026. As bill mentioned, there'll be an additional money for learning recovery emergency block grant
and the time has not changed is still expected to expire in june 30 2028.
those two programs, the prop 28 art in music, and also the community schools.
there are no changes, but for community schools, there'll be a two year extension grant that's starting next year.
based on the information that was shared, we are asking the district what to do with that extra money.
we want to do the prop 98 funding increase to use that to help offset the deficit that we already have,
and also continue maintaining the positions and the program that we currently offer.
also, based on the ratio 10:1 for tk, we need to assess the classroom capacity for either an expansion
or adjustments as well as recruitment efforts for tk teachers.
additional funding for the universal school process. Maybe we can use that to streamline our meals processes.
our community school, the grant that we receive, maybe we can use our nusd community,
so we can use those funds for the programs within our community. Incorporate the new learning recovery program within the new upcoming lcap for '25 '26,
review and adjust our elop program, leverage one time funds to support literacy and math development,
and finally review and updates our one time funding programs and plans.
finally, as we all seen here,
we share the general governor's budgets, as well as california dashboards, lcap media updates,
and lena will be asked to approve the enrollment staffing for the upcoming year.
>> questions, trustees? That's this report. Trustee dosick.
>> just I'll ask the question, but it's one I think I know the answer to, just want to verif.
there's some really big unknowns right now.
you've alluded to this or called it out, the wildfires in southern california and the questions about
how much of those costs will be reimbursed by the federal government as the historically have been done.
plus the ongoing and I'd ask you to keep updating us on what's happening in washington,
dc right now as we see potential strings being attached to
traditional federally funded programs that could impact our district in pretty much every other district in california.
I'm glad we've always had a conservative approach to budgeting. I think this is going to be one of those strange years
where we really need to have contingency plans in place.
just please keep us in the loop as those above because I think those are going to happen more quickly,
then we get the may revise and have a more realistic picture of what the states looking at.
thank you. Thank you for that. You will continue to provide trustees information. Thank you.
>> thank you, trustee dosick. Chest hagen I see you have your light on? >> yes. Thank you, trustee dosick.
that was one of the things I was thinking about was the federally funded portion. I appreciate that. What's wrong?
>> proceed your mike. >> oh, no, I'm speaking. No, no, no, I have something to say. >> I'm saying are you speaking to your mic?
>> you can't hear me. Oh, no. Hello. [laughter] cathey. Can you just,
bill, you said super cola. Can you tell us a little bit more about the super cola?
>> I'll tell you it's better. [overlapping] it's better than the uncola.
[laughter] super cool typically
is even though the cola may decline, it may be an opportunity for a one time lack of a better praise, super-funded cola.
it's not an ongoing cola. If it drops to 2.0%, it's going to be 2.0%.
there might be a one time augmentation to help just lift it for that moment.
but cola is typically a national benchmark.
but states and other agencies can augment a cola.
>> then conversely, the angle is what we don't want.
>> I appreciate you. Thank you very much. >> trustee morrow.
>> thank you for the explanation. I have a question related to the explanation.
what is the difference between a one-time cola and a super cola?
>> that's to be determined as far as what that percentage will be,
and there's no guarantee, we're just now preliminary hearing that there might be.
the call of 2.43 might decrease even more,
we're hearing buzz in the system,
that there might be an opportunity to augment it. Even if it goes down a little bit,
there might be a way to augment it one time at the state level. We don't really know what that percentage is yet,
but we're hearing this could drop to 2%.
>> thank you. >> not seeing any further questions or public comments on this item,
so thanks so much for the presentation. >> thank you. >> next up, we have our district progress report date,
chief academic officer angela herrera is going to lead us through this presentation.
again, there's no action being requested of trustees this evening. >> good evening. I would like to invite stephen fong and rachelle seifer.
dr. Seifer. You can come closer. I'm just here to talk about the first few slides.
it's that time of year. We're in budget development. We're midway through the year.
we have our california dashboard data, and so we bring to you a series of metrics to report out
on the work that we're doing in natomas unified that are aligned to our district goals.
tonight, we're going to talk a little bit about just recalling the purpose of the dpr,
and then we're going to talk about the format of it because this amazing team and also kristie char want to shout her out,
have done some really great work this year to try to increase engagement opportunities for families,
make this information more readily accessible and more timely. We'll talk about that. Then we are going to show a few of the metrics.
we are not going to go through every single metric and just want to share that that will be available after tonight for the community.
just to recall for our community, the purpose of our district progress report,
it is a summary of data that this district has identified that we need to monitor,
that is in alignment with our board policy. Our board policy talks about progress over time.
what you'll see in each of the metrics that we are talking about, we are looking at where we've been and where we want to go.
the actual data past, present, and then targets for the future.
that really allows us to year to year, look at the actions that we're taking for each of the metrics,
and then ask the questions about their effectiveness, celebrate the things that are working,
and then talk about where we need to maybe adjust in areas that are not working.
as a few trustees, called out just a little bit ago about some of our metrics.
those are areas that through our budget development process, you can expect us to be coming back and talking
to you about what we're learning, about what we've tried, and maybe where we think we need to head next with your support if that
is something that you believe is what is necessary.
our theory of action is really about our student success, and I'm going to hand it over so that stephen can talk about
the more technical layers of how our dpr aligns with other metrics and dashboards.
we started the dpr prior to the california dashboard being released. We have that interim internal document prior to the state's new system coming out.
it was our way of being transparent with our community about where we were for all of our major student groups,
and we could have those very real conversations.
>> thank you and good evening. As angela mentioned,
you really want to feature some opportunity to see how much alignment we've been able to achieve across multiple plans.
it's fortuitous that this evening happens to have the mid-year update for the lcap, also the california school dashboard board report,
and the district ares report, which you see here are three of these four aligned pieces that we want to feature.
the fourth is what we're calling the dart, which is a new tool, which is the district accountability and recognition tool,
and we'll speak a little more about that. But that's really an internal tool that we're using to do some of the same work at the site level.
we're taking these district-level goals, metrics and bringing that down to the site to
really recognize where sites are having excellence, but also hold sites accountable for improvement.
again, the goal here is alignments. We want to show that as these four pieces locked together and we move forward,
we have different ways of looking whether it's suspension rate, graduation rate, chronic absenteeism,
and monitoring our progress. A little bit on the dart, since this is the first time we mentioned it here in the room.
it really was devised primarily to celebrate excellence.
we want the dart to be something where when a site receives the dart, it's really this honor,
and that they'll carry that forward with them in that coming year, but also strive towards it in the following year if they weren't able to receive.
it's going to be looking at again, very similar types of metrics,
and it's going to emphasize a couple of really key things, growth alongside status.
a school that may not have historically as high achievement. If they're moving that needle and they're taking leaps and bounds for their student,
they will be eligible to earn that dart just as well as a school that continues to have excellent outcomes.
but we also want to have that be balanced. We need to see academic excellence and academic progress,
but also in that engagement and social-emotional area. You can see here on the gold or left side where I'm pointing my left hand.
then also over here on the blue, we have those balanced metrics,
and we think about turning two submarine keys. You need to have both pieces to be able to earn that dart.
this is just showing how much alignment they've been able to achieve. If you look at the dpr,
the lcap, and the dart, you can see the metrics really are lockstep with each other in the furthest right column.
as you know, the california school dashboard has a smaller subset of indicators,
and those are all represented here as well. This is not the extent of everything the dpr,
but it is showing how closely they are aligned. Of course, the lcap goals, which are,
of course, aligned to our strategic plan, guide the dpr as well. As has been the case in the past,
we feature alignment to our first three lcap goals and show some of those recent successes and achievements and those efforts that are in progress.
last but not least, just at a very high level, you saw the dashboard report earlier.
we did want to acknowledge that we see that alignment in the dpr and we've had some great successes recently.
but we know that as was mentioned earlier, that doesn't mean we've reached all of our goals.
we've seen some really good movement in terms of our color ratings on the dashboard, but underneath that, we know that there's
student groups and some of those areas we still need to improve fighter.
with what, I believe I'm going to be passing off to dr. Seifer who I think it's
impossible to overstate how much she's put into the architecture of what you're going to see,
we're very excited to feature this new tool. >> hi there. I am very excited because I was here when the first dpr was created
and I still have it framed in my home because it was a lot of work and I absolutely love that it exists.
but we're moving electronic, which I will show you some of the features of it as we go through the live presentation of it.
but this is just a quick overview. You'll notice if you've seen the district progress report in the past,
it looks very similar. There's going to be a drop-down for the metric name, still the description, the actions in progress,
the overall our student groups. Then down at the bottom, we've added what sites are included in what grade levels.
it's really transparent about who this is pertaining to.
that's just a brief overview. Now, we're going to look at for the metrics live.
this is the first time that anybody has seen it outside of cabinet and a few people in here.
I'm really excited to share it. There it goes. This will be on our website.
there's a whole new district carbs report website. This is available in english and spanish,
and it is live right now. This is the grad rate.
you can see it's just a one-time end of the year where it's reported,
and you can see the additional actions. You can scroll because some of our metrics do have quite a few actions,
and then down by student groups. You can actually hover over and see a bigger picture of it.
I'm going to show you another one. I also want to celebrate our graduate going up.
we're going to go down to these are alphabetical. We're going to look at reading diagnostic ird because it
is metric that we collect three times a year.
we created this cool little fall mid-year spring filter.
you can hover over still, so you can see fall, mid-year spring, so it really pops out really easily,
but you can also click on fall and it'll just show you fall. You can now look fall to fall,
or if you reset that here, you can look how we're doing fall to mid-year to spring,
and you can see that growth over time in both ways. We used to do just fall or just spring or fall to spring.
now we can see it all. It's really cool. Then we're going to look at one of our co-vitality ones.
we're going to look at perceptions of connecting grade 8. I want to show you this one because you can see
right now that there's 2022 and '23 and '23, '24 spring results, but we're now in the administration window four co-vitality.
the cool part about this being electronic as soon as those are done, we can analyze them and put them up.
in a couple of weeks, data could be available. We don't have to wait till june to print it all
out and report it to the board before we get those results. There's a few metrics that we can actually update live as we get data,
which is going to be really cool. You can also see the increase here spring to spring fall to fall.
I'm just going to show you one more because there's another cool feature that I love.
the chronic absenteeism rate as we're watching it every day.
we actually put this box here that'll give you a snapshot. This is how we're looking now as we're trying to reach our target that's listed here.
last year, at the end of the year, we're at 23% right now we're at 19.5,
and we can continually update that as snapshots and update that little caption as we get more data.
it's just really neat, I think. I'm excited about it, just to see everything.
and then if you want to reset everything, there's just a reset filters goes back to grade 8.
all of them rested. It's really neat. I'm going to pop back. Thank you, kadisa.
next steps, we're launching this whole new web page was
created and both links for english and spanish are on there, and that is launched.
we're going to continue monitoring the progress of those assessment results. Anytime we do I ready,
I excel or co-vitality, we can immediately put those up there as soon as we've analyzed them, so I have to wait.
then based on all of our progress, we have that target that's listed there and we're going to continue to monitor that.
is that a target that maybe we need to change if we've already reached it or if we need a new target set?
then we're going to continue, like stephen said, to use all four of these to recognize growth.
we really want to bring it down to the site level and make sure that they know they're appreciate for all their hard work,
and then also look for rooms for improvement. Any questions?
>> I don't have any public comment here on this item, but I will say, appreciate the transparency.
I appreciate that it's public. I appreciate that it's interactive. We live in an era of data,
and we've never been afraid to share our. See if there's any other questions,
comments, trustees, trustee morrow. >> I just have one question. Thank you for the presentation.
I'm really looking forward to it being fully online. As I'm sure, a lot of people will.
my question is, could someone if they're assuming that they're on
a browser that can do this related to language translation just because so many languages are spoken on in this district?
could someone do like google translate this page for using this online tool?
>> the entire web page can be translated because it's through final site so that can be translated.
I don't know about the actual dpr though. I mean, you could see the numbers.
>> the data points. >> the data points. But maybe I'll look into seeing if
maybe we can come up with a table then of the metrics that can be translated. >> we can provide an update.
>> thank you. >> thank you. Trustee harden, I'm sorry, I can't see.
>> [inaudible]. >> really I'm playing with it online right now.
>> nice. >> it's really cool. Nice job on this. >> thanks.
>> thank you. >> thank you. >> I'm sorry. >> I can see sorry. Thank you, president grant.
first of all, thank you for such information.
thank you for the ry. I know it works. My son challenges me not to do it,
but I know it works. Thank you for that data. I have just one question.
how are we measuring the parent engagement or the community engagement?
how are we measuring that?
>> I would say that the metrics that are identified in the dpr were identified several years ago,
and that has not been one of the specific metrics that's called out here.
I would say through our lcap process. It's transparent and public.
we talk about all the opportunities to engage families and get their input on the progress that we're
making with all the priorities that we are investing in as a district. While it may not be in this report,
it is in another accessible place publicly. >> I believe it's also addressed in the dart,
that we have things aligned with one of our goals,
1-4, and so we could show further alignment in there as well.
>> thank you so much. Thank you. >> thank you. Thank you.
>> next up, we have our surplus property process. There's a report.
deputy superintendent. Bin will lead us through this presentation. Again, like the prior item,
there's no action being requested of trustees this evening. >> good evening again. This is an informational presentation only,
and I'll have some other verbal disclaimers. There are related action items later,
but that is to set the stage for the potential for surplus property. In this moment, we do not have surplus property,
but if we conduct a potential sale of a property, that would be considered surplus.
so the objective of this presentation, I'm going to share information about surplus rural property.
specifically this building, 1901 arena boulevard, sacramento, should the board approve at a future date,
the relocation of the education center. And again, that would be at a future date and approval of the board.
again, this is all contingent, but I was setting the stage for the possibilities of a relocation of the education center.
the presentation is not about any particular school property.
no school site property is in discussion regarding this particular information presentation.
it is specifically for 1901 arena boulevard. The district owns real property and real property is
really basically a piece of land that we own with or without buildings.
that may no longer be needed. If there is a potential to move this office to another building,
we may no longer need this building, and all of that is subject to board approval,
and also subject to the laws and regulations regarding public surplus property,
which lena rothenberger will also provide information in just a few moments.
why this information and why now? Based on trustee feedback and direction and seeking possibilities.
again, that's a possibility. There's been no action brought to the board and there's
been no purchase sale agreement of any other property at this time. This is just exploration.
nsd is considering purchasing a new education center building located just a few blocks down the road,
its 2101 arena boulevard. With this property, this new location can provide
larger and more accessible teacher and staff training facilities, larger and more accessible public meeting spaces.
imagine a year from now, having all of our classified staff and families as we celebrate that recognition,
a larger space for families to all gather in one location and staff.
a more central and accessible welcome center location for family community services, including community schools.
this possibility could include more conference rooms, staff collaboration spaces,
and additional parking for our public and our staff, address future growth needs.
as a growing district, we are hitting the capacity of this current building without major and significant renovations and upgrades.
this particular property that we're exploring is right in and next to innovation park and one of our future school sites,
which is located right here our arena parson. So just for context,
for trustees as a reminder and the audience, this is where we currently are right in this moment,
1901 arena boulevard, and the property we are looking at is 20101 arena boulevard.
it's been recently renovated and well maintained. It's an ideal market time right now to
purchase and sell property in the commercial real estate space. The service center will remain at its current location,
but a recommendation for upgrading and renovating that facility as well would be recommended to the board along with an allocation of funding.
it's not just a new building for the education center,
but also for a service center as well. That's also the plan for future growth.
and as I mentioned before, if that were to occur and the board approves the purchase of a future property,
we would have to go through what's required under compliance requirements for
how do we deal with this surplus property of the district?
and it's outlined in california education code and the surplus land act.
and within both of those, there are specific requirements, and today's meeting is just information and kind of sets the stage and informs
trustees in the public what are next steps for this particular piece of property,
should the board approve at a future date, a purchase for another piece of property.
thank you. Good evening. I'll try to make this fun.
it's an overview. I'm not an expert and the matter will be advised by legal counsel,
but as bill mentioned, is compliance-heavy, so we're just informing the board of some of the steps that it takes and
just trying to be prepared and ready that if the board should take action,
we've done all the compliance pieces and done them correctly. An overview of the process is identifying the property,
which bill identified, establishing a 711 committee,
which I'll go into detail. But that helps advise the board and it also looks at all of the components that are required.
it would be declaring this as a potential surplus property, and I'll explain why that's an important part of the process.
and then required offers the public notices, competitive bidding, and other considerations.
so I'll go over all of that for you guys. Briefly. But if you have questions, let me know.
so identifying the property. One of the things that they'll look at is,
could this ed center be used for different purposes. Because it's not zoned for like housing and it's also not dsa approved.
it can't be used for classrooms, stuff like that. It's only as an education center.
when we have a 711 committee they'll review all of that information and
look at all the components about the site to see if we could potentially declare it surplus.
a 711 committee is an advisory committee for the board,
and to advise the board whenever
an entity like ourselves is going to sell or lease property that we own.
the committee is composed of 7-11 members,
and there are certain components that each member of the committee has
to meet to make sure that we have a diverse committee that's educated and able to inform the board,
and they'll determine if the property could be surplus and make that recommendation to the board.
so just briefly, 7-11 members, we get applications, we get a committee,
we look at scoring matrix, and we pick the best like people that represent
our community based off of age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic class as well as business owners,
those who know about real estate, construction, stuff like that, teachers,
people in our community that can help advise.
we will provide them information about enrollment, about the property, about costs,
pricing, reason, all of that for them to review so that they can make a sound recommendation.
none of this is committal. This is just a review process where they'll make the recommendation based off
of all of the information that we'll provide to them, and the board can decide to declare the plot property surplus,
say that we want to sell it, say that we want to lease it, or there's other considerations where there could
be options for joint occupancy, other things like that. Everything's on the table as far as what the committee will
review before they make the recommendation to the board. But as we said,
there's a lot of I'm not doing a very good job making this fun, am I sorry. There's a lot of compliance involved with it.
so we can declare the property as exempt surplus land in some cases,
and I'll go over a little bit some of the requirements for that. The nailor act, for example,
is if the property is used for recreational purposes, it requires that we give other agencies like the city that has
recreational districts priority so that open space is preserved in the area.
but it's not recreational. Some of the other statutory notices that are required is notice
to different government agencies, notice to charters, notice to anyone that is also an agency like ourself to give them an opportunity to
provide an offer and negotiate with the district sort of first before we go to a competitive bidding process.
all the mandatory notices that we will have to do the local planning agency.
so if we get to the point where we give all of our notices and nobody necessarily wants to buy the property,
no other government agency, anything like that, the board could adopt a resolution by two-thirds vote after
the getting the 711 advisory committee recommendation to declare it exempt or surplus land.
if we do that, then we go to the competitive bidding process where the board could say,
this is the minimum that I would take for it. This is what I want for someone that moves in or any other kind of considerations,
and then we put it out to notice for everyone and go through a sort of a competitive bidding process.
the board would get sealed bids and then open them publicly, review them.
and again, they could reject all bids, they could accept a bid. They could accept an oral bid if they so chose.
then there's some exceptions for the process. Like I mentioned, like the nailor act,
if there's anything recreational. We could apply for a state board of education waiver
if we didn't because this is an educational center. It's not for classrooms, it's not for housing.
it's not stuff like that. There's a lot of the red tape that we can get through if we went through that process.
but basically, it's very involved process,
but we have thought through each step of it and just taking a lot of action
to be prepared in case the board should decide to take action and want to go this route.
thank you. One of the other pieces on the exceptions is the possibility of a land exchange or property exchange.
and so that may be a possibility with the property that we're exploring,
an exchange of property through that process at fair market value,
and that's all subject to negotiation and also subject to board approval. So those are possibilities through
this compliance requirement of how to deal with surplus property as we move forward,
at the same time, explore another opportunity, another piece of property.
all right. I not seen any public comment on this item.
so questions, comments, trustees. Can we go back to the slide prior to the 711,
the identifying the property consideration and planning?
and I might have missed it, but we have the political aspects.
can you go over that a bit for me, please? Yeah. It usually comes to when there's classrooms,
the different components that can come into declaring classrooms as surplus.
there's definitely a lot of considerations as far as anything that could be political.
did I explain that? Yeah. Usually, it comes to classrooms.
trustee moore. And I have one process-related question.
so with one of the possible options of the land exchange,
what process would in terms of all the sequence of events that have to happen afterwards,
would apply to that would that count as selling?
no. So actually, if we were able to negotiate a land exchange at fair market value,
we could potentially not have to go through a lot of the process.
so it would still come to the board as an approval and they would set their minimum maximum and all of that.
and it would be instead of a purchase and sale agreement, a purchase and exchange agreement. Thank you.
trustee harden. You mentioned when we were looking at exempt surplus land,
you mentioned that for example, it could go to the city. Can you give other examples on who would be eligible for it?
city, county, recreation districts. One of the agencies that we notify is like the housing act to make sure that there's
no opportunity for housing. That's that's pretty much.
that's good. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. State.
all right. It seems like a very comprehensive process and a lot to do before we get to that point.
so thank you so much, and I think bill has another presentation.
that's connected to this one. So next up is finance and options for property acquisition,
deputy superintendent bill, will lead us for this presentation. Again, no action is requested, right?
these are all informational reports here. Thank you, president grant.
again, just to reiterate for the audience, no action required for this presentation,
information only in preparation for the possibility of a purchase of a future building.
joining me tonight is keith weaver with government financial services,
who's been a long-time financial advisor for the district, so he will also provide some additional information.
as we look at financing options, there's three ways to borrow money. As a reminder to trustees,
we can do short-term anticipation notes, tax revenue anticipation notes,
or grant anticipation notes, bonds are possibilities, and
then lease financing options and through different mechanisms, lease purchase financing cops,
which we may be familiar with, and then lease-leaseback financing.
lease financing overview, lease purchases can finance property and equipment,
financed by the bank or a lease financing company, typically less than 20 million and then less than 20 years in repayment cycle.
then there's the cops, and those can go longer up to 40 years.
we've had experience with those, but we generally pay those off within five years.
that's the springboard launching or building a new school or adding new classroom buildings and capitalizing on escalating construction costs.
then with the potential for international tariffs,
just keep in mind that could also impact our construction costs moving forward. Lease-leaseback financing model is included as part of the lease-leaseback construction,
so we've done that delivery method as well. For this particular potential purchase,
we would be recommending a lease purchasing finance because it would be a shorter term.
lower upfront financing costs, lower annual debt administration expenses,
and then flexible repayment sources.
payment considerations. In our cops in the past,
we couldn't pay them off early. We'd have to wait two to three years before we could start payment.
with this particular recommendation, a lease purchase finance,
we can start as early as one year to repay that or pay it off altogether.
that avoids estate or interest costs into the future.
so as we take a look at lease financing or lease purchase option.
one of the items that I do want to call out is government financial services,
I've asked them to take a look at a low range $8 million and where we can leverage additional in-house dollars for that purchase,
as high as $14 million, where we can pay off a potential purchase with this type of mechanism.
so again, board not taking action tonight,
a recommendation will be brought forward in the future. Should we successfully negotiate
a purchase-sale agreement or a purchase-exchange agreement.
>> so how do we repay that lease purchase possibility?
state funding as a resource. We are in the queue for additional $39,000,000 in reimbursement.
now that prop 2 has passed, we anticipate in the fall 2025 and fall 2026
receiving this $39,000,000 repayment to the district.
developer fees is another funding source that can be used to pay that eight to $14,000,000 lease purchase finance option.
the sale of this property, if we do not exchange this property, the fair market value sale of this property,
the funding can go to help pay off this mechanism, this loan.
a potential future bond measure. If we look at 2026 and write in language regarding
this particular purchase and this potential facility, the bond can also repay this particular lease purchase mechanism.
then also, the general fund is also an option and it could be a combination of any one of these
to repay that eight to $14,000,000 for lack of a better mortgage.
as we consider and the trustees will consider taking action at a future date,
the purchase of a new building. So I'm going to head it off to keith. We were to provide more additional information.
>> hi, good evening. We wanted to share with you some more details about one of the repayment sources that bill mentioned,
which is developer fees. Just to share some context. This is a chart of our developer fee collections,
going back to fiscal year 2015-16, and you can see how much the district received.
it's ranged between about 3 million on the low end, all the way up to about $11,000,000 on the high end with an average of about 6.9 million.
so we've also prepared an estimate of what a lease purchase financing might look like in terms of payments.
this first option here is looking at the low end of the district receiving
$8,000,000 in funding to help toward the purchase.
the borrowing amount would be about 8.1 million including some estimated upfront costs.
and over a 15 year financing term, you can see the estimated payments are just below $800,000.
so we think we've been conservative here, but I think we think $800,000 is
a reasonable annual budget to pay back to receive 8 million.
then at the high end of the range, $14,000,000 would be how much the district would receive,
about a 14.1 million dollar borrowing and over the same financing term of 15 years,
you can see the payments are estimated about 1.4 million.
and so if we were to proceed, just to give you a sense of what the process might look like.
there's two main ways to go about doing a lease purchase financing.
one is a competitive process, where we go out to bid and we ask banks and lenders to give us proposals,
and we select the best proposal. The other option is to pre select a bank or lender upfront and
then negotiate with them on what the costs are going to be, what the interest rate is going to be, etc.
we do look to best practices to help us in the process.
we also look to the district's history. Of competitive bid processes.
you can see here, the district has in this table, a nice, long track record,
of a lot of success with competitive bidding, getting several bids, and having a variety of
different winning banks and lenders who are selected as the winning bid.
so our recommendation would be to continue with the competitive bid process because it's been so successful in the past.
we'd recommend doing it again with this financing. In terms of next steps, again,
it's just information tonight, no actions being asked. We are asking for some bids from banks and
lenders to get a better sense of what the terms might look like,
and we're hoping to have that wrapped up by early next week. And then at the february 19 board meeting,
we'd ask the board to consider taking action to approve moving forward at the financing.
if that's the direction the board would like to go. And then at the march board meeting,
I would be back to share with you how the bid process went, how the financing went,
and where we landed in terms of payments and interest rates and costs and share an update.
and then the funds we'd expect to be available prior to the end of march,
and that would be available to help put toward the property.
one other piece of note on this timeline. This is subject to change.
we are actively looking at that property subject to a purchase sale agreement,
purchase exchange agreement, which would be brought forward here. So while this timeline calls on february 19,
march 19, and march 27, that is subject to change. But this gives you an idea of what the timeline may look
like as we take a look at next steps based on direction.
then one other piece on competitive bidding.
the board recently approved a refinance. We are in a good fiscal position.
we had 13 bids come in for that refinance. So bond rating and our credit rating is positive.
so we anticipated an interest in bidding for this particular lease purchase option,
so wide the board an update at a future meeting.
>> all right. I'm not seeing any public comment on this item, questions, comments, trustees.
it seems pretty clear to me. The board seems. Thank you. I'm sorry.
>> no, was my fault. Can we use cop a lot.
can you just go ahead and explain to the public and people in the audience exactly what that stands for?
>> sure. It's certificates of participation. It's a type of loan it's usually structured up to 40 years.
and so it's another loan option for districts to consider.
>> thank you very much. Appreciate that. >> all right. Thank you.
next up, we have our action items, action item a as present and approved the 2025-2026 enrollment projections,
and staffing associate superintendent doug on chief academic officer angela herrera will lead us through this item. All right.
>> happy to be here. President grant, trustees, superintendent.
and staff and everybody that's here in the audience watching. This is our annual staffing enrollment projections and staffing.
a lot of work has gone into this with the rd team with outside entities.
but at the end of the day, it's our best guess of what we think is going to happen based on multiple factors.
tonight, we're going to share what those enrollment projections look like at this time,
and then if there's any preliminary certificated and classified staffing adjustments for your approval.
so I want to start off just by sharing that we do look at multiple analysis.
we look at trend year over year trend data. We also work with a third party demographer who is in
close contact with the city and county as far as who's pulling permits to build homes.
what types of homes are being built, whether they generate students or are they for young professionals who are just starting out that don't have kids yet,
that situation, which there's actually a lot of that going on in the tomas right now.
so even though we see a lot of housing condo type growth,
they're not necessarily the type that are generating a lot of student growth. But it is something that we watch
because people have said that the past and then kids show up. It's just something we have to be very vigilant about.
we do anticipate flat enrollment growth or flat enrollment, so we're projecting no growth.
that's just to be conservative last year,
we thought we might grow more than we did. So we just want to be very careful with this.
there's also some staffing adjustments going on. Bill talked earlier about the tk adjustment.
tk is actually expanding three months in eligibility.now that all four year olds are eligible for tk.
and as you saw, the state has now changed the ratio adults to students.
it was 12:01, now it's 10:1. That has some staffing implications there.
also have continued bridge staffing for heredia arriaga school in alignment with past years.
and then although we're not growing in aggregate, special education is still projected to grow
by about three classrooms for next school year. With tonight if approved,
staffing represents about 85% of our district budget. So it's our single biggest expense.
so here's a little overview of our plan, consistent with past years.
like I said, lots of factors, a little bit of volatility last couple of years.
so context, like I said, the housing growth is continuing.
heredia arriaga school is now going to go to about 328 kids because it will now include up through second grade for next school year.
tk, like I said, now it's all students who turned four by september 1.
it's a whole year of eligibility, which is not actually what it was originally set out to be.
it's over time morphed into a whole year, which has some implication for other grades around it.
larry g meeks academy. The enrollment there has declined over the past few years. Makes sense.
it had its height during the pandemic. Now that we're long past that.
in fact, the official regulations for that all expired on february 3, just on monday.
so now, we've definitely passed that mark and enrollments stabilized right into the 150 range.
then independent charter, we've talked with all of them. They're projecting to be flat.
they don't have any big projected expansions or anything like that going on. Which makes it a little bit easier for us to project where we might be.
so if you look at this chart, this is our tk through 12 enrollment projections of where we thought we'd be as of the end of january.
you can see in the first column, our 2024 census date, that's in october.
really early october every year, we do what's called our seabed date.
that's when they take a number and a lot of our funding and our supplemental concentration grant,
a lot of that's based on who's enrolled at that date, early october.
so you can see we had 11,029 this year. If you include lura green academy in there,
which we do for business purposes, we're at 11784.
then if you include all the charters just under 17,000. However, when you add in preschool,
when you add in some adult head, things like that, we're right. A good number to have in your head is 17,000 kids in adults students, 17,000 students.
as you can see, we're projecting zero change. We are actually projecting a drop in preschool enrollment,
and a lot of that is associated with tk expanding. So there's basically the same number of kids,
more of them are going to be tk eligible than they were before. We shifting.
we actually get funded differently for tk than we do for preschool. Preschools funded through first five grant funding,
tk more of our traditional funding.
just to throw out there, our third party vendor, consistent with past years.
they give us a moderate and a conservative projection. Ours, again, this year has fallen in between those two,
but much closer to their conservative projection.
there again, that's 17,000 number keep in your head. That's who we serve.
we do serve charter schools in multiple capacities from grounds, facilities,
maintenance, nutrition, finance with business with m with bills teams.
so we are serving well beyond the students that are enrolled in the tomas dependent schools.
hr as well. In some cases. This is a little graphic we put together to talk
about the transitional kindergarten expansion. You can see how it's come to be over the last five years.
this is the last year of expansion. At the end of this year, when school starts,
it's just going to repeat itself. We are now fully built out with tk.
it'll just depend each year on how many students we're generating. There's going to continue to be many challenges as we saw, there's some funding,
things new from the state this year, whether they all get funded or not, that's still to be determined in june.
we open school early august. It's a long time to wait for june when
they finalize that budget to see exactly what's going to be there, but we've got to move forward anyway.
we make preparations. Heredia arriaga school.
again, we'll be adding second graders into next year.
however, in the past few years, we've done like we did at american lake and at bannon creek and at jefferson,
and also at passoverd with bridge staffing where we hired when possible, we hired some teachers early for the subsequent year.
we'd be looking to possibly hire third grade teachers a year early. If available, the thing about heredia arriaga is the dual immersion teachers,
much more difficult to come by. If we find one, let's say in october, tonight,
we're going to ask for the authority to be able to hire up to the teachers we need, the four teachers. If we find someone early, we don't want to pass because it's not march yet.
and then they go to work in another district, and then we still have a hard time. So we'll be asking for that one more time again. We're able to do that.
class size reduction with tk now going to ten to one,
we fall into the slightly different category where we have tk numbers that
we monitor and then we're going to have our k three class size reduction numbers like we monitor in the past.
k three still needs to maintain the 24 to one average class size ratio per school.
there is still approximately a $3,000,000 penalty if we don't meet that ratio.
despite the ability to go over with language and things,
we really have to stick to that because there are penalties involved that we don't want to face.
as of today, we have early retirement notification mou with nta.
so far two certificated staff have notified us that they're going to be retiring at the end of the year.
that lets us get out ahead, figure out if who do we need to replace for
attrition or with all the staffing adjustments and changes, how are we going to be?
it's really beneficial and that hr can really get out of the gates tomorrow and start recruiting.
>> for certificated staff, we're looking at the addition of up to four ongoing fte,
that's full time equivalents, to meet potential expansion needs.
again, that can include special education staff.
that allow us to move quickly. The next three slides I've included.
we have three bucket areas of schools. We have our elementary schools, which include h. Allen hight,
two rivers, natomas park and witter, and there projected enrollments there.
we also have our k-8 schools. You can see the ones listed on the left,
american lakes, heron, jefferson and paso verde. Then bannon creek and larry g. Meeks are clustered together because they share a campus.
even the larry g. Meeks students aren't on the campus every day. You can see with 634,
they're fairly in line with american lakes, although, I said, the students aren't on campus every day.
then heredia arriaga growing each year, about 100 students.
secondary school projections from discovery,
intercom, leroy greene, natomas middle, and natomas high, fairly consistent.
we come to this part where we talk about it's this time of year, march 15th, layoffs.
you may hear some districts around with uncertainty around the state talking about layoffs.
we are not looking at any certificated particular service layoffs.
in fact, we're going to be hiring. Like I said, we have a few people to replace with attrition,
and people will be definitely moving between schools as we adjust,
a grade level might have four teachers this year and there's only three in the grade level below it.
every year, we experience that, there's movement. But we definitely think we'll be definitely out recruiting.
the same thing with classified. Same thing the last couple of years,
they have the same march 15th notice timeline. Tk, that 10:1 ratio means we're going to need to hire aids instructional assistance.
we're going to be out looking for instructional assistance. We also with the special education classes that we're adding,
each of those classes has two instructional assistants associated with it. We're going to need to hire.
we're going to be need to move quick to get out there. Tonight, we're asking the board to take
action to approve our traditional staffing and enrollment, and the ability to go out and hire for certificated fte
and up to 10 classified instructional assistants for the tk expansion and the special education expansion.
notice I said up to, it doesn't mean we're going to hire them all right away.
but if the need arises, we want to move quick instead of having to come back and ask again to come back.
that's the questions or our action?
I don't see any public comment. I'm just going to move approval of this item and look
for a second just for purposes of discussion. >> second that motion. >> seconded by trustee harden,
but trustee more does have a question. >> I do. I actually, I have two questions.
two questions. If I can, I'll just ask both of them at the same time.
>> okay. Get it out [laughter] all right. I'm ready.
>> my first question is related to well, actually, I'll give you, I think this is the easy one.
could you define what particular services? >> sure. With certificated staff,
especially, we have what's called a particular service. Teachers are credentialed in different areas.
for example, I'm credentialed as an elementary or multiple subject teacher.
I can't technically go or go teach math at the high school calculus.
in fact, that would be horrible. [laughter] but let's say we had too many calculus teachers or math teachers.
I'm picking this because that would never happen. We needed to reduce.
we would be reducing that particular service. It's a particular service math,
let's say, secondary math, not all teachers. In the past, for example,
the state moved away from art science, to other options, and so districts across the state,
we're doing a reduction in art science teachers. It actually happened with health as well.
districts reduce those services. That's the particular service.
>> thank you. >> then second question is,
related to the eligible retirees.
just for context, I know you said that there were two so far that have opted in,
but just for context, how many are eligible? >> eligible to retire is,
more than 20? More than 20.
to be eligible to retire, you need just a really small number of years I guess like five years and you'd be 55.
there's a lot of people that fall in that category that are not even thinking about retiring.
the number of the eligible people is quite large.
we have a lot of our staff, our veterans.
but no. The incentive isn't a retirement incentive.
it's just a notice incentive just to tell us that they're planning to retire.
>> thank you. >> I have a comment. >> trustee metor.
>> thank you so much. I wanted to say thank you for being proactive in hiring and also
mentioning that you were going to hire the ia. Thank you for that.
>> that's hr beyond that. >> thank you, trustee meta.
there is a motion in a second. Do you have a question? Trustee donsic.
please call the roll. Did you?
>> can we get the roll. D. Grant. Hard. Meta,.
mora. Swing. >> all right. That motion carries 60.
next up, action item b ratified the memorandum of understanding between the district and nta
regarding the early notification incentive of resignation for the purpose of retirement for certificated staff.
as doug just explained, this is largely for attrition and recruiting purposes.
are there any questions, comments? I want to see a public comment on this item. All right. So I'm going to move.
move by trustor trustee swalm.
if there's no objection, can we substitute the unanimous roll call vote? Without objection. All right.
motion crises 60. All right. I love it. Action item c approved the 2025 in 2026 and 2026 in 2027.
eichd provides for the expanded learning opportunities program, the lop, for the afterschool leap academy.
I do have one public comment on this item, we're going to take that before board discussion.
and it's miss sharon thurman.
>> thank you, esteemed trustees.
I'm sharon thurman and I'm here on behalf of the natomas black parent united group,
along with other parents in our community, to say, thank you.
thank you for hearing our concerns. Thank you for adding a very important program for our children.
the children's defense fund freedom school, we feel will bring the 200 kids at bannon creek,
the services they need, the environment that they will grow in,
and it will give them the intervention that will prevent learning loss for the summer.
we love that this is a literacy focus program, and we love that you heard us last year when we were here,
and we asked for the consideration of freedom school to be added to the repertoire of other fine programs that the district has selected.
we love that there are friday field trips. We love that there is a read loud.
I've had the opportunity to read one of the stories to our children,
I believe our superintendent has as well. She was very proactive in visiting the program year before last when it was here,
and you all are cordially invited to bring a read aloud.
the children love to ask questions about what it is that you do. That's extended to all of our trustees.
we love that there's community involvement that allows parents to participate.
and we love that again, our district, our trustees,
our superintendent, here the community, not just as a formality,
but as intentional, wanting to engage, wanting to make sure that all of
our students not only receive equitable and fair treatment,
but that they receive the love from their communities. Thank you very much.
>> thank you for your comments. Questions, comments, trustees. Looking for a motion.
moved by trustee donsic. Seconded. Seconded by trustee meta. If there's not objection,
can we substitute a prior unanimous roca bo? Without objection, the motion carries 60.
actual imd, approved the 2024 citizens bond oversight committee,
measure j a report. I will move approval. Second. Second by trustee hart mora, because she gave it away.
if there's not a without objection, can we substitute prior units role vote?
that motion carries 60. Action item e, approved this 2024 citizens bond oversight committee,
measure l annual report. Is there a motion? >> I pass the motion. >> all right. There's motion by trustee meta.
second. Second by trustee donsic. If there's not any objection can be substituted the prior roll call vote.
wout objection. Motion carries 60. All right. Action item f, approve resolution number 20 504 declaring property is
exempt surplus land exchange. Is there a motion?
I think there was a comprehensive presentation about why we're doing this. These are just necessary steps to prepare for
an eventual situation that the board determines down the line. Is there a motion questions?
>> move approval. >> moved by trustee mora. Second. Second by trustee donsic.
I will actually ask for a roll call on this item, please. >> dosick.
>> hi. >> grant. Harden. Meta. Mora. Swing.
>> motion carries 60. Action item g, approved resolution number 20 505, finding inapplicability.
wow. Of school site selection criteria. Thank you. I was really struggling.
is there a motion on this item? So moved moved by trustee dosick.
looks like a second by trustee mora. >> we'll get one more we'll call vote on this item, please?
dosick. Grant. Harden. Meta. Mora. Swing.
>> motion carries 60. Action item h, approved resolution number 20 506,
designated the week of march 2 through eight, 2025 as national school social work week.
>> so move. >> move by trustee harden. >> I'll second. >> seconded by trustee meta.
if there's not an objective. I mean, objection. Substitute there wasn't a prior unanimous roll call.
it was. Okay. So we substitute a prior unanimous r call vote. All right. Motion carries 60,
and great thanks to our social workers. Action I, approve resolution number 20 507,
recognizing february 2025 as african american slash black history month. I past the motion.
there's a motion by trustee meta. The second by trustee harden shot out to reverend h. A.
grant in los angeles pops. He's black history. I just want to give him that love.
all right. Helen, can you please call the roll? >> dosick. Grant. Harden. Meta. Mora. Swine.
>> motion to carries 60. We do have one public comment tonight.
we're going going to address this one comment. Looks like gary is it fleshman?
yes. You have two minutes. Thanks for coming.
>> thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak. My name is gary flehmen cabira.
I am a disabled us army veteran, but I also do an awful lot of work with kids.
I have gone ahead and I've passed on seven packets about
our third kite festival in the north maoma area.
the start out as a crazy idea I had a couple of years ago, and it's been growing.
two of the things that I would like to mention that I'm rather proud of as smart has decided to come on board for this event as well.
and I'm also working with the aerospace museum of california. They're going to be out with a demonstration about the mcconney power generating kite,
which I knew nothing about up until a few months ago. I'd like to invite you all to come out.
I believe superintendent grant was actually at our very first fun fly.
last year, we had over 350 people show up. This year, at the last time we checked,
they had over 1,200 rsvp, our vrs vps.
I would invite you all to come out, please. It's great opportunity for kids.
the other thing I would like to say is, I started a nonprofit called kites for kids.
the reason why I did this is because I would hear from parents say, I wish we had different types of activities, stem activities,
model rocketry, kite flying, kite binging type of stuff in our schools.
reality was the schools didn't have the funds and they certainly didn't have manpower. As a disabled veteran,
I'm fortunate, I can choose where I want to put my time in the community.
I've also and I've actually held a couple of model rocketry workshops for the kids at mp three,
as well as free kite building workshops. I would like to try to expand that into other schools if they might be interested.
as I said, I handed a couple of packets to tiffany, who's been gracious enough to want to pass it on to you.
if you think that you know of a campus or a school or teacher that might be interested in wanting to have one
of these types of events, please call me. Thank you so much. Thank you.
>> thank you for your service. >> that's right. So we don't have any other action items for the board.
we are going to go back into closed session to resume our closed session. There's no expected action items.
so if you're in the audience, you obviously, there's nothing else left,
so we're going to go back in a closed session and then we'll resume shortly after we're finished there.