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Good afternoon, I believe. Still, I'm calling the march 11th, 2025 meeting of the board

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of education. Per government code section 54950 at sequitur and education code section 35140

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executor at 4:31 p.m. We will be adjourning to closed session for the purpose of discussing the

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following matters. 3.1 public employee. Discipline, dismissal. Suspension, release, leave

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assignment and non reelection. Non reappointment. Reassignment. Reinstatement pursuant to

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government code 54957. Resolution number 24.15 and resolution number 24, dash 16

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3.2 personal matters, public employee appointments, employment pursuant to

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government code 54957. Acting superintendent contract 3.3 conference with labor

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negotiations. Doctor alan serino, acting superintendent joan velasco, interim assistant

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superintendent. Administrative services. Oh my gosh, that's a lot, a lot. You guys have a lot

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of titles, yolanda mendoza, acting assistant superintendent, human resources. With csc, apple

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and plum. 3.4 conference with legal counsel, anticipated litigation terry tao from tao

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rossini apc conference with legal counsel. Existing litigation pursuant to

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government code section 54956. 9d1. Magnolia science academy, orange county versus

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placentia-yorba linda unified school district. 3.6 conference with legal counsel, anticipated

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litigation, significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph d two of government

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code section 54956.9, prop 39 requests for district facilities from the california republic

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leadership academy 3.7 conference with legal counsel. Existing litigation radlauer

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versus board of trustees for the placentia-yorba linda unified school district. And we have two

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people wishing to speak. We do. Madam president, would you like me to invite them up or. Okay.

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our first speaker will be dave. He's going by dave tonight. Dave, welcome. Please approach

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the podium. Wow, I didn't know I didn't recognize my name. Okay. Tonight's closed session agenda

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includes a discussion about my lawsuit. Instead of first participating in that

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discussion, miss blades chose to take to social media in a lame attempt to discredit me and make

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wild allegations of collusion. Do you really want to make this personal, leandra? Sorry, I just

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don't roll that way. But if you want to continue to play keyboard cowboy, you go right

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ahead. And if it amuses you, what I want to do is present the entire picture. Unlike your

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performative rant, when we were in court back in november, the judge did deny my ex party

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request to keep the board from voting on what I still believe are a series of unlawful

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contract amendments. What you failed to mention to your friends on social media is that

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the judge made no ruling, and offered no opinion about the lawfulness of the contract

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amendments. Instead, he concluded that he would allow the vote to go forward. But if

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but if the amendments were passed, the board may have to face the consequences of their

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actions. The next phase of that same case is what is on the agenda tonight. I had no

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intention of speaking on this, even though I although I, unlike you, am not prohibited from

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discussing items on the closed session agenda. But in light of your most recent actions, I feel

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compelled to set the record straight before the board's deliberation. What comes before

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the board tonight is an opportunity to return this district to normal operating

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order. The amendments passed by the former majority were a naked attempt to grab power from the

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incoming and duly elected board. The attempt was so brazen that the amendments were explicitly

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written to expire at the end of the current board term. In other words, they were specifically

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designed to target incoming and duly elected trustee tricia quintero. Your repeated attempts

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to divide this community violate the sanctity of the closed session. Rant on social media,

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ignore the mandates of the brown act and the education code are disgraceful. With regard to my

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lawsuit, why race to social media prior to the closed session? Why not do a little

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more listening before attempting to stoke division? In closing, I ask that you imagine how you

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would feel if in the future, outgoing board attempted to do the same thing to you. I for one

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would join in what I'm guessing would be your apoplectic outrage. It's not about loyalty,

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it's about following the rules. Whoever wields the gavel. The rules exist to allow the will of

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the people to decide the direction and elected body will take within the bounds of the

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law. All sides must be heard with an open mind. But minority control stands in stark contrast

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to the principles of our representative school district. Routine employment decisions are

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simply not the sort of decisions the legislature intended to be made by anything other than a

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simple majority. Have some courage. Do the right thing and return order to the operation of

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this board. Thank you for your attention. Our next speaker is linda cohn. Please approach the

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podium. Thank you for the opportunity to speak. I'm in an interesting position tonight. I

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know a little bit more than I knew when I wrote this speech. I begin by saying, mr. Radler, I

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believe I'm saying that correctly in a public comment. February the 11th really got my

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attention when he made the following statement. Marilyn. Marilyn. Marilyn, thank you for

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what you do. We'll get through this together. And my question is, who exactly is this, mr.

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radlauer? And exactly what does he mean? Marilyn? We'll get through this together. Is this

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the same mr. Radlauer who went to court? I guess it is to prevent the former board from

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giving supermajority protection to doctor chernus and gates. Former superintendents elsasser

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and matthews had that same supermajority protection, but not chernus and gates, say mr.

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radlauer, who played a major role in the union campaign to elect mrs. Anderson again and

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miss quintero to join trustee buck, who does this new majority represent? Do they represent the

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parents, the children and the community, which we normally expect a board to do, or the

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union that paid for their campaign? Is this the same mr. Radlauer ever present with union

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campaigners, who claim t $1.9 million was somehow pirated from the valencia cafeteria fund? It

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wasn't true back in june, and it's not true now. Is this the same mr. Radlauer who joined

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you, mrs. Anderson, to claim that developer funds simply could have been used to repair

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the cafeteria? Again, they could not. And your claim is not true. Say, mr. Radlauer, who joined

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the crowd to claim that usc was just a fancy $3 million gym for rich kids. Let me point out

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something. Mrs. Anderson, listen carefully, please. An elite athlete is not necessarily a

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rich kid. In fact, why do you want to deny the disadvantaged kids in your area who may be

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highly skilled athletes but don't have the money to attend other institutes that cost

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money? Our institute is free. And yet, on february the 11th, you yourself said, inexplicably,

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usc is very. Unequal. Valencia doesn't participate, and the reason they don't is because you

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told them not to. You told them this was an elitist, rich kid institution. Not true. Finally,

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is this the same mr. Radlauer who joined the union in claiming that chernus and gates are

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corrupt and incompetent, and your investigation will prove it? Thank you. And now he's

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suing you. How will you get through this? Your time together. Thank you for your

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time. Thank you, mrs. Anderson. That concludes our comments. Okay. We will now adjourn to

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closed session we're good. Good evening. We'll go ahead and reconvene at 630

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for. Thank you so much for your patience. We really appreciate it. And we have nothing to

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report out of closed session. And I'm going to ask mrs. Buck if she'll lead us in the pledge

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of allegiance. Everybody, please stand and join me in the pledge of allegiance. Ready? Begin. I

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pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it

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stands. One nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Okay. We will.

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all board members are present, including our student board member, layla. Glad you're back

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after your big exciting award night at the last meeting. I'm sure we'll hear more about that.

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okay, I need a motion to approve the agenda, as amended. I'll make a motion that we approve

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the march 11th, 2025 board of education agenda, as amended. So, second. Okay, we have a

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motion by mrs. Buck, a second, by mr. Frazier. Any comments? All in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye.

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okay. Motion carries five zero. Public comment cards are available in the foyer. Cards

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must be completed and turned in prior to the designated time for public comment. Provided a

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maximum of three minutes per person. If translation is needed, an additional three

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minutes will be given. Please let us know. If we know ahead of time, we can ensure we are

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prepared and reminding everybody of our civility policy. Education code 220 prohibits

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discrimination on the basis of disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression,

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nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic that is

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contained in the definition of hate crimes set forth in section 422.55 of the penal code,

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including immigration status. So I need a motion for the minutes for the february 19th meeting,

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I'll make a motion to approve the minutes of the special meeting of february 19th, 2025.

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second, I have a motion by mr. Frazier, a second by mrs. Blades. Any questions or

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corrections? Okay. All in favor? Aye, aye. Okay. And then 10.2. Can I get a motion? I'll make a

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motion. We approve the minutes of the regular meeting of february 11th, 2025. Second, I

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have a motion by mrs. Buck. Second, by mr. Frazier. Any comments? Okay. All in favor?

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aye. Five zero. Okay. Now we are ready for our recognitions, so we're going to turn the time

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over to doctor young. Thank you, thank you. Good evening, president anderson. Members of

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the board, executive cabinet and acting superintendent, doctor alan serino. Tonight we have the

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privilege of celebrating the incredible artistic talent of our students as we recognize the

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top five winners of this year's artworks poster contest. At this time, I would like to invite our

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outstanding student artists. Olivia southwell, isabel parker, vincent brown, and shachar and

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annie liu to please join me at the lectern. And each year, our work showcases the creativity

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and talent of students across our district. As part of this year's exhibition, all pylusd

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students were invited to participate in the artworks poster contest centered around

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the inspiring theme, endangered species and nature conservation. Winners received a $50 blick art

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materials gift card, and their artwork will be prominently displayed throughout the district, raising awareness about our annual district art first, we recognize olivia

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southwell, a talented third grade student from bryant ranch school. Libby, if you could

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raise your hand and wave. Thank you. Take a look at her. Design is on the screen before you. Her

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piece, titled animals deserve protection too, beautifully captures the heart of this

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year's theme. When asked about the inspiration behind her work, olivia shared, the heart shaped

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earth in my art represents how much I care about endangered habitats. I sculpted a tiger, a

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monarch butterfly and a panda, all of which are at risk of extinction if we don't take

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action to protect them. I love these animals and that's why I chose them for this conservation

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art piece. Olivia, we are in awe of your creativity and your passion for conservation. Here

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is your certificate of recognition of your incredible work and a special thank you as

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well to her teacher, mrs. Lindsey clark, for encouraging and guiding olivia throughout

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this artistic journey. Let's give olivia one more round of applause. Next, we recognize

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vincent brown, a seventh grade student at parkview school. Vincent, if you could. Thank

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you. Raise your hand. Vincent's piece is titled the protector, and it is a powerful depiction

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of the responsibility we all share in safeguarding nature. When asked about his

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inspiration, vincent shared, just like a mother protects her young, we should protect the

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most vulnerable in nature. Like the giant panda. I created this painting because I love pandas

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and I don't want them to become extinct. Vincent, thank you for using your artistic talents to

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remind us of our role in protecting wildlife. I have a certificate of recognition of

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your outstanding work. Congratulations. Now we honor annie liu, an eighth grade

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student from yorba linda middle school. Annie, if you could wave. Okay. Annie's piece is

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titled bird bro, and it's a detailed. I knew I was going to get some laughs from that one.

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it is a detailed and playful take on nature conservation. When asked about her

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inspiration, annie shared, bird bro is a nature conservation themed artwork featuring a cute

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bird in the wild perched on a piece of wood. Like all wildlife, this bird is not just

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a part of nature. It's also our bro, a companion in the world we share. Annie, your unique

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perspective and artistic artistic style have brought this theme to life in such a

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meaningful way. We are honored to present you with this certificate of recognition. We would also like to extend our appreciation to miss leanne tangney, whose guidance helped

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nurture your artistic vision. Next, we recognize isabelle parker, an 11th grade student

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from esperanza high school. If you could please wave. Thank you. Her artwork is titled

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beneath the stripes, which showcases her incredible skill and deep understanding of this

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year's theme. Isabelle shared the inspiration behind my artwork had mostly to do with

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addressing the alarming rate of habitat destruction for many land animals, especially the

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tiger. The bones and reconstruction of the tiger is supposed to symbolize the strength and vulnerability of the animal. My artwork is meant to be an homage to the apex

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predator that is known for its beauty and strength, while it is simultaneously one of the most

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vulnerable animals of our time. Isabelle, your piece is beautiful. We are thrilled to

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recognize you with this certificate for your lovely contribution and a heartfelt thank you as well to your art teacher, miss lynn magnan, for providing support along the way.

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thank. All right. Last but certainly not least, we celebrate sua cha, an 11th grade

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student from el dorado high school. I know by process of elimination we figured it out.

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her piece is titled the shared breath, and it is a profound and thought provoking reflection on

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the connection between humans and nature. When asked about her artwork, sawa shared, my piece

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explores the vital connection between humans and nature, symbolizing the interweaving of

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life and death. It highlights how humans are part of the natural world, even though our

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actions may sometimes harm it. The artwork conveys the theme of interconnectedness and suggests

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that in the end, humans return to nature, continuing the cycle of life. So while your work is

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both moving and visually stunning, and we're honored to recognize you with a certificate

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and a heartfelt thank you to your art teacher, mr. Kyle thomas, for providing guidance and inspiration to you along the way. On the opening night of artworks will be monday, march

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31st, and it will be held this year at the nixon library and museum. The exhibition will run

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through the entire month of april, and we invite all community members to visit. To

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conclude, we would like to invite our amazing poster winners to shake hands with our board members and join us for a group photo at this time if you want to. Great job, great job.

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yeah. So, john. Yeah. So they're free. Yeah. Yeah, sure. I didn't know that because I didn't know

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I. Was. Yeah. So. Are we even. No, it's. Almost even now. So nice to share that away. I

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can't. See. Any way to go. Yeah. That's great job. Thank you. So.

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okay. Tonight we are also proud to recognize three exceptional middle schools. The orange

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county school of computer sciences, tuffy middle school and yorba linda middle school

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for earning the distinguished honor of being named 2024 california schools to watch by

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the california league of middle schools. This prestigious recognition is awarded to high

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performing model middle schools that demonstrate outstanding teamwork, innovation, and a

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steadfast commitment to student achievement. Additionally, we would like to honor el camino

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real high school for being redesignated by the california department of education as a

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2025 model continuation high school. Recognizing its unwavering commitment to student

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success. At this time, I'd like to invite the incredible principals leading these schools

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doctor william gray, miss sarah barton, miss paige stills, and mrs. Gina aguilar to please join

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me at the lectern. I should have worn my heels. All right. This year marks the first

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redesignation for both ox and tuffy middle school, and the third redesignation for yorba

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linda middle school, a testament to their unwavering pursuit of excellence and continuous

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improvement at their schools. At the orange county school of computer sciences, interim

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principal doctor william gray expressed immense pride in this achievement, attributing this

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honor to their mastery based learning model, where students gain the skills to excel as

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creators, collaborators, and innovators. Additionally, our cutting edge innovation lab

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offers hands on experiences in animatronics, computer science, entrepreneurship, engineering,

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art, video production, esports, and gaming with dedicated teachers, and a focus on high

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quality learning. We integrate c-stem through uc davis into science, math, and electives,

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blending robotics and computer science into these key areas. Most recently, our teachers have

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been featured on corwin's fisher and frey series. In their latest book entitled rigor unveiled.

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impressively, 47% of our staff hold specialized credentials, and seven of the staff members

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are distinguished award winners. There is so much to be proud of at osc's. Great job, matador

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staff. At tuffy middle school principal sarah barton attributed this honor to her

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school's culture and a sincere commitment among staff to stay ahead of the curve when it comes

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to responding to the changing needs of our student population. She shares some of these

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facetiming in this is important to every middle school has recently made recently made

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significant academic gains, notably increasing their math proficiency by 9.1% and english

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language arts proficiency by 7.7% in 2024. The mission statement of tuffrey is to

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empower all students to be compassionate, well-rounded individuals who are prepared for

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college and career pursuits. This sentiment is exemplified in 82% of students taking part in

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school based extracurricular activities, and 54% of the student population taking part

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in school athletics, and 41% of all students being a part of the music program. Keep up the great

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work meeting your students where they are. Falcon staff. Congratulations principal

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barton. At yorba linda middle school, principal paige stills reflected on the foundation of

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her school's success, emphasizing its strong commitment to student success through a multi-tiered system of support. She shared examples including our pbis framework

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fosters a positive school culture, while our weekly b3 intervention program provides

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targeted academic support and our school wide instructional focus ensures high quality

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learning for all students. Additionally, our plc professional learning community.

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for those of you who don't do edu speak process promotes collaboration amongst educators

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to continually enhance student achievement. We are honored for your continued strive for

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excellence. Congratulations to the bobcat staff and principal stills. This past weekend, these

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three outstanding schools were honored at the california schools to watch conference and celebration where they were celebrated for their dedication to excellence. Finally, tonight,

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we have the distinct honor of celebrating an incredible achievement by el camino real high school for being redesignated as a model continuation high school. This

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prestigious recognition is no small feat. El camino real high school is one of only six

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continuation schools in orange county, and among just 74 statewide to receive this honor.

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what makes el camino truly stand out is its holistic, student centered approach to education.

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through innovative programs like the edge intervention period, academic support services, and

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social emotional learning via school connect, students receive the tools that they need to

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thrive. The schools focus on college and career readiness through find your grind, the

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integration of avid strategies, and the personalized intake. Meetings with students and

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families ensure that every learner is set up for success. Beyond academics, el camino

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fosters a strong sense of community and belonging, with initiatives like flexible

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scheduling, personalized support, and engaging campus events such as welcome week.

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principal aguilar shared her pride in this achievement, stating, I'm thrilled to see the

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exceptional efforts of our staff being recognized by the california department of education. As our mission emphasizes, we are committed to preparing students for future

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success by maintaining high expectations in a supportive environment where each student's

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unique strengths, goals, and needs are valued. The model continuation high school program

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is centered around addressing the whole child, and this recognition affirms our staff's

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dedication to fostering a culture focused on academic achievement, college and career

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readiness, and student wellness. Congratulations to el camino real high school on this

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outstanding, outstanding accomplishment and to the staff who are here tonight as well. Thank you for all that you do for our raptors. I would now like to invite our four

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principals to shake hands with our board members and join us for a group photo to commemorate

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this achievement. And for those of you who may not be familiar with these programs, both the

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model continuation school and the schools to watch program, it is a rigorous and competitive

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process. So this is a very, very proud moment for these leaders and their schools. And pil so

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again, thank you for celebrating with us.

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here. Wait for me. Wait. That doesn't help. Oh. Did you did you get it. Oh no. Because

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sometimes what you.

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you need a pen. I know you need a. Reflection. I was on the floor. I have to go get it. Oh,

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you left your water bottle too, or someone did. Oh. Shishido, don't you? If our guests want to

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leave, you're welcome to leave. If you want to stay for the excitement, you're welcome to.

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oh, we've got school. Okay. Fine. School tomorrow. Tomorrow. Thank you. Thank you to the

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parents. Thank you to the parents who came tonight in support of their kids and

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getting them here. And to the teachers that taught these wonderful students. Thank you.

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yeah. And to. I'm just seeing how far you let me go. That was it. Pencils with. Okay. We're

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going to move on to our presentations and I turn the time over to miss velasco to

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introduce our next presentation. Well, good evening. I'd like to ask terry tao to come to the

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podium. Terry tao is a senior partner and shareholder of tao rossini apc, a professional

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corporation. He practices primarily in the area of school and public works, construction

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law, architectural malpractice, construction, contract administration, ada, physical

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barrier claims, land use, environmental law and related matters. So I'll turn it over to

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mr. Tao. Well, thank you very much. Just a little bit of quick background. I also happen to be

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a licensed architect. Have been for the past 30 or so years, and facilities law for schools is

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pretty much all my entire practice. So what we're going to talk about today is field act.

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so in 1934, there was a major earthquake in the state of california, and that resulted in

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the passage of a number of laws, the main one being called the field act. What the field act

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did was it made all schools in the state of california subject to a much higher standard of

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safety, a much higher structural standard. These are some pictures that I picked out that

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I think are helpful to illustrate how devastating an earthquake can be, and why it

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was that the state decided that they needed higher safety standards. This is a middle

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school over a compton unified that was destroyed by the earthquake in 1934. This is a

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poly high which still stands. If you drive past poly high today, you'll notice it doesn't have a

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nice dome that fell down in 1934 because that dome did not survive the earthquake. There

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was one death in 1934 because of the earthquake, and that was at poly high's because it happened

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early in the morning. The legislature wanted to make sure that this did not ever happen

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again in the state of california and pass the field act then. And the state has been creating

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safer buildings, buildings that are safer pursuant to building code. And they regularly police

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the area, which is part of the reason why I'm here today. So dsa provided the district a

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notice that two of their buildings over at valencia high school, specifically the boys

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locker room and the library, needed additional investigation. They're called lift slab

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buildings. And those buildings are buildings that the state, over time, has identified as

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needing a little bit more investigation. It doesn't mean the buildings are unsafe. It

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just means that the state has identified these buildings and wants the district to look at

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them and try to identify if there are any vulnerabilities, any upgrades that are necessary

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with regard to the buildings. There is actually a state program that was set up to

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specifically address any buildings that are subject to any seismic vulnerabilities,

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called the state seismic mitigation program, which if there is a determination that

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these buildings are potentially subject to or more vulnerable to earthquake forces than they

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would be eligible under the state seismic mitigation program. So these are just

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identification from the documents of the particular buildings. Lift slab is a form

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of construction that is a little different. So I'll just briefly describe what the form of

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construction is. If you've ever seen a tilt up building, what they do with the tilt up

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building is they basically build the walls of the building on the ground, they pour it and then

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they tilt it up. A lift slab building is much the same concept. They pour the second

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floor of the building and then they lift that floor up, and then they tie it together. The

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state has suddenly decided that this is not such a good methodology, and they want us to

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do an investigation, which we have commissioned structural engineers to start doing that

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investigation. They're working as quickly as they can to do what's called an ac 31 and an ac

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41. Analysis of the buildings to determine general vulnerability vulnerabilities. So these are

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some of the original applications. I just figured you would want to know. The valencia

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high school dates all the way back to 1935. These buildings were built in 1962. So the slab

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buildings were generally built in the late 50s, all the way up until the late 60s. There are

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quite a few of them actually scattered throughout the state. They all got the same letters

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from dsa, so we weren't special. There are a number of buildings that were also identified, and

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let's just say I've been making this presentation up and down the state, identifying that

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school district has a lift slab building that they need to do an investigation doesn't

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automatically mean unsafe. It just means we have to do the investigation. So there is

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something called design immunity. It's government code section eight 30.6. There's a

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lawyer talk. I'm just going to tell you what it means. It just means that the state of

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california, once they approve a building, it's deemed safe. It's deemed to have met all building,

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department and building code criteria. So that's the standpoint that we generally

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come from. Our goal is to keep design immunity on buildings, and the place where you start to

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lose design immunity is if somebody identifies that there's a problem. Like, for example, if

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you're driving on a freeway and you notice that there's dip that is particularly hard to

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negotiate, you notice you notice the public entity, the city caltrans, that they have a

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problem they're supposed to investigate, they have reasonable time to investigate, and then they're supposed to fix the problem if indeed it's causing accidents. Same concept

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with regard to school buildings. We've now been identified. We have a reasonable time to

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investigate. That's what we're doing. And that is prescribed by government code section eight

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30.6. Here's just an example of a letter. So you could see that generally the state of

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california certifies that the buildings meet building code. And they also meet these higher

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standards. This is pr 803. It's to address the state funding that's available. Generally

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speaking, the school district, if it's found that the building is vulnerable, will be eligible

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for what's called state seismic mitigation funding. It could be potentially up to 50% of the

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repair costs associated with the buildings. So we'll determine that as we're doing the

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investigation on the agenda, you have a resolution. And the reason you have the resolution

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is to document we've already started the study, but I did want to make sure that we

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document it for everyone's awareness that we've got this notice the buildings are

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generally safer than all other buildings in the state of california that were built that

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same vintage, and that we are going to do this investigation. If we find that there are any

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vulnerabilities, we will immediately seek state funding. And since it's only 50% state

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funding, then there are other options that we'll need to discuss. If it turns out that you need to pursue this option. So that is what the resolution is for. It's to make sure that

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the buildings are up to current science. So I'll give you an example. So for some of you

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you're probably too young. But I'm going to just mention this. There was a there was a car

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called the corvair. And let's just say that you are a young family back in the 60s and you

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bought a corvair and you decided that this was the car for you and you're driving it around.

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and then this guy named ralph nader comes along and he goes, hey, this car is unsafe at any

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speed. You should not drive it. It's going to kill you. It's going to be really bad. Are you

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then going to take that car and junk it, or are you going to drive it for a little while,

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while you're very careful with it, in order to make sure that the car is not going to get you

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into an accident. So I compare it to the sciences changed. It's just like the difference between

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a car that has an air bag versus a car that doesn't have an air bag. Of course, a car that has

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an air bag is safer. So what the state of california did was they identified for us something that

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they want us to study. It would be nice if the state did it for us, but they don't. So the

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district is going to spend the money that they did not plan on spending, but they are going to have to and they're going to do this investigation. They're going to pursue this until the

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building is either fixed or they determine that the building is not a building that needs to go

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through an upgrade. So this is so that everyone is aware of what the what the problems and

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the issues are with that. There's a resolution on the agenda. Any questions. Does this

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necessarily mean that the building has to be not used anymore. It's not usable. I, I

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would highly not recommend closing a building down just based on a notice that you

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received from dsa. In fact, I brought a little quote and I I'll read the quote for you. So

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the state seismic commission actually issued a report on november 15th, 2002. And I

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figured that this would be helpful for you to identify what a school building really is in

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the state of california. It says public school buildings in california are the safest in the

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nation. They exceed the seismic standards required for most other buildings, and have proven

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to provide a level of protection that assures the safety of california public school

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children. Since the passage of the field act in 1934, no school has collapsed due to a seismic

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event, and there has been no loss of life. Nonetheless, the need to constantly examine

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conditions in light of a better understanding of building performance is necessary to

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maintain the high standards that it has that is historic in california. So what's happening

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is the division of state architect has identified something they want you to

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study, and your study is going to tell you if the building is something that needs to go

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through an upgrade. I don't believe that you're going to get a result that says that you have

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to abandon the building, but if you do, I will let you know that once the study is back. But as

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of right now, you can rest assured the building is safer than all other schools and

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buildings. All other buildings of that vintage. But there's a science issue that has

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identified that this building needs to be studied. And the great presentation, by the way,

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I think you covered lots of great points and educated all of us on how this works. Just to be

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clear, this is a notification that we need to investigate, not a notification that we have a

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problem. The investigation will tell us if we have a problem and then what resolutions we need to

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come to correct. You are correct. It's just a notice. It's just a notice. It's nothing

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to worry worry about at the moment. Correct. But we need to go through the steps. That is

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correct. Yeah. I just wanted to ask about the resolution. I appreciate that we're putting

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that out so that we're identifying and sharing with the community. All the steps that

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we're going to be taking. Is that a requirement that we do as a result of this, or do other

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districts do this as well? Some other districts do it. We recommend it. And the reason we

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recommend it is there's a lot of things that happen in closed session. Generally, if you're

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discussing something where you're talking about potential vulnerabilities, that typically

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happens in closed session. But for this board of education, it's extremely important for

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this to be transparent so that you know what it is that the board of education is doing. You

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know what the board of education is thinking about. So the board felt that it was important for

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the public to know that these two buildings within the valencia campus were identified,

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what it is that the board is doing about it and how we're going about to both seek funding

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and to fix the problem as quickly as we possibly can. That's not to say that there

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won't be an earthquake tomorrow, we just don't know. But we wanted to identify it just in

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case. Make sure that everyone was aware and to have some transparency. To be clear, you

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said an earthquake tomorrow doesn't necessarily mean that it would be a problem, but I'm just saying, because you made that comment, I'm like, well, that doesn't mean that if there's an

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earthquake, we have a problem. That just means that would be the incident that would cause us

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to see a problem, correct? Potentially. That is correct. Are you sure? Layla? That is

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your school and she spends an hour in the library every day. She told me. So. My son went to

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that school, so I have no concerns about the school whatsoever. That's good. And I

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am an architect, so I can tell you that I the school is generally going to be safer.

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don't be scared of it. It's but the district is going to do a full investigation and is in the

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middle of it. Sounds good. Okay, I have one question in your presentation. You said that if

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we have to fix or tear it down or whatever comes, that the state could provide up to 50%,

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does the state normally hit that 50% range or is it somewhere a lot lower? That is a really good

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question. Having done a bunch of these, just generally figure the state figure some way to not

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give you the true 50%. They calculate 50% based on this formula that is actually out

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somewhere. As far as I can tell. It looks like the formula is coming somewhere out of fresno.

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so it really works out to be about 50% of about 70% of the cost. So it will for sure come

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up short. Just as a quick aside, I don't usually make the board run out and find as much funding

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as possible in order to replace or repair buildings, but we try to do it in a very organized

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fashion. It takes a little while for dsa to do these evaluations generally, so there will be

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plenty of time to figure out where you're going to find the funding, if you're going to find

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the funding, if you're going to seek a bond, for example, in order to try to make up the

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shortfall, you're right. The state pretends like they fund 50%. It's going to be like 20%

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or 25%. Okay. Thank you. That's what I was afraid of. So there's no need to do a district car

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wash this weekend to start fundraising. We're okay. The car wash will come. Box tops. I'll

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be there. All right. Okay. Very good. Is there any other questions? So how many? I mean,

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this is all an estimation. How many of these situations are going on right now at school

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districts in the state of california? And how many typically happen in a year, like, is this an annual thing or is this every once in a while, the lift slabs are actually

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relatively new. They're I looked at the list. It looks like it's probably about 25 schools. I

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didn't count, but it looks like there are about 25 schools both in southern and northern

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california. Seems like a couple more in southern california than in northern california. They're

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they're all well-known districts. So you've probably heard some of these

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presentations elsewhere. There's also another program that's going on. Interestingly, you've

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already done a lot of this program in the early 2000, there was a program called ab 300,

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which was buildings that the building code changed in 1978. So there are a bunch of code

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changes. In 1978, there was all the code changes from sylmar earthquake, which was side to

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side motions. Then in 2000, there were all the changes from the 1994 northridge earthquake,

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which was an up and down motion. And those those changes resulted in ab 300. And there are a

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number of districts that have done the ab 300. I think you've done a bunch of them. Fullerton

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high, for example, did all of theirs in the early 2000. So a lot of districts did have been

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doing these upgrades over the years. Okay. One question about timeline. When should we hear

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something back and when should the public expect to hear something back about these

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buildings, about the investigation? I was going to check with the structural

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engineer after we were done today. I wanted them to get a applicant their application in

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as soon as possible. So I would say you will probably give an update within the next six

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months or so, and then give you an idea as to eligibility for state funding. You're what

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you've authorized right now is what's called phase one. And they're under that pr that I put

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up. There's also a phase two, which is a you'll love this state makes you do a theoretical

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set of plans even for buildings that you're going to tear down. So we're going to have to do

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that theoretical set of plans. And then after we do the theoretical set of plans and dsa

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approves those, then they will approve you for funding. So it's a little bit of a process. I

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don't know why the state makes it so difficult, but it will take it'll take a little bit of

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time. Not a lot, but it'll take a little time. Any chance we can do theoretical theoretical

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plans? That's exactly what they make you do. So any other questions? Thank you very much.

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thank you. Thank you terry. Thank you very much. Okay. I'm going to turn the time over now

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to mrs. Renee gray for the california youth behavior health initiative. Okay. Thank you very

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much. Good evening, president anderson. Trustees and superintendent reno, as we

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continue to prioritize the well-being of our students, I'm pleased to introduce an

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opportunity that aligns directly with our mission to support their mental and behavioral

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health. The california youth behavioral act capacity grant provides critical resources to

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strengthen the systems that serve our students, ensuring that they have access to the care and support that they need to thrive, both academically and personally. Our district has

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already made significant strides in expanding wellness initiatives, and this grant

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presents an opportunity to build upon that foundation. Tonight, our director of student services

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will share how we plan to leverage this funding to enhance services, improve access to

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behavioral health support, and ultimately create a more resilient and well-supported

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student community. So with that, I'll turn it over to our director of student services,

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doctor baldwin pedraza, who will walk us through the plan. Thank you very much, miss gray. All

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right. Well, good evening, board president anderson. Doctor serino, board of trustees. Today, I wanted to take an opportunity to provide you an overview of the children, youth

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and behavioral health initiative, which I'm going to refer to as cbe and the school

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based behavioral health incentive program, which we all call sb hip, two initiatives

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that are designed to expand the mental health services for students. I'll focus on how

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these programs impact pylusd, particularly in terms of funding opportunities, sustainability,

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student support, and alignment with our existing efforts. So student mental health challenges

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have been rising for over a decade. With the pandemic further intensifying the crisis,

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schools have become critical access points for support as research shows that addressing

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students mental health needs help thrive. Help students thrive academically, socially,

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and emotionally. We see the impact firsthand. Mental health struggles can lead to chronic

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absenteeism, lower academic achievement, and overall well-being concerns. However,

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with access to school based mental health services, they are more likely to stay engaged,

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attend regularly, and succeed. Despite this growing need, schools often lack sustainable

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funding to provide these services at scale. That's where cbe and sb hip come in. These

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initiatives create a funding pathway for schools to expand behavioral health services by allowing districts to bill insurance providers, including medi-cal and private insurers

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for school based care. This ensures more students receive the support they need, when and

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where they need it. California is taking a bold action to address our nation's growing

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mental health crisis among children and youth. So at the heart of this effort is the

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children and youth behavioral health initiative, a historic $4.7 billion investment that is

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part of the state's master plan for kids mental health. This initiative takes a whole child

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approach, recognizing that mental health is shaped by a variety of factors education,

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health care access, social, social supports, and community resources. Cbe is built around

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four key strategic areas workforce training and capacity. Expanding the strengthening the

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behavioral health workforce to ensure that children and youth have access to the supports that

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they need. Public awareness reducing stigma and increasing understanding of mental health

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by providing resources and information to families, educators and communities.

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coverage pathways improving access to care by simplifying and expanding behavioral health

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coverage for children and youth. Behavioral a behavioral health ecosystem infrastructure

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transforming the way mental health services are delivered by integrating care across schools,

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community agencies, and healthcare providers. By investing in these areas,

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california is working to build a comprehensive, youth centered system of care, one that ensures

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all children and young people from birth through age 25 receive the mental health

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supports that they need to thrive. The children and youth behavioral health initiative is

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a transformative, cross-agency effort in california aimed at enhancing those services for

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children and the youth. Led by the california health and human services agency, cbe brings

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together multiple state departments and local partners to create a more coordinated and

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effective system of care. These entities collaborate to implement a range of programs

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and services, ensuring that young people across the state have access to the behavioral health support they need. Some of the state departments include the california department of

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social services, state of california, office of the surgeon of surgeon surgeon

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general, and some of our local partners include the orange county health care agency, as well as the orange county department of education. This initiative is focused on

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building sustainable funding for school linked student behavioral services, and ensuring that

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students under the age of 26 at all public schools, colleges and universities can access these

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services. The goal is to improve the availability of school based behavioral health services. One

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of the exciting aspects of this program is that it allows local education agencies, along with

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their contracted or affiliated providers, to obtain reimbursement from a variety of

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funding sources, including medi-cal managed care plans, medi-cal fee for service,

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commercial health health care plans, and disability insurers. These entities are obligated by

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the state law to reimburse eligible providers, such as those with pupil personnel

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services credentials, for their services. Ultimately, this program will increase access to

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mental health services, ensuring that students statewide can receive the care and support

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they need no matter where they are. As part of the ongoing commitment to student wellness,

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pylusd is leveraging the cbi capacity grant to expand and enhance behavioral health

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services across our schools. This funding will allow us to strengthen mental health

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support, increase accessibility for students, and improve our ability to track and coordinate

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the care through integrated electronic health care health records system. As you can see

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here, pylusd allocation for the capacity grant is a little over $1.1 million. We know that

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mental health plays a critical role in students success. When students receive the support that they need, they are more engaged and perform better academically and develop

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essential coping skills for their future. By utilizing this grant, we are taking a proactive

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approach to ensuring every student in pylusd has the resources they need to succeed.

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the sebagai capacity grant provides funding to strengthen behavioral health services for

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students and families, and how these funds can be used. 70% of these grant funds must be used

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to build operational readiness. So first medi-cal enrollment. This includes outreach efforts

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to help eligible students and families enroll in medi-cal, ensuring they have access to

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covered behavioral health services. Next service delivery infrastructure and capacity

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building. This means expanding provider networks, hiring staff, and investing in technology to

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increase the availability of mental health services. Then data collection and

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documentation funding can support systems that track services, measure outcomes and

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improve coordination between providers. Finally, billing infrastructure. This helps

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streamline billing processes, ensuring accurate documentation and timely reimbursement for

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those services that are provided by investing in these key areas. The grant supports a more

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sustainable, efficient, and accessible behavioral health care system for our students and

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families. The cbe fee schedule program is designed to standardize those reimbursement

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rates for mental health and behavioral health services. Under the cbe initiative. This

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program ensures that providers receive consistent and transparent ■compensation for

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services delivered to children, youth, and families, making behavioral health care more

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accessible and sustainable. The fee schedule outlines specific rates for different types of

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services, including individual therapy, group therapy, crisis intervention and case

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management. So here are some key steps involved in the cbe service provision process, from

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delivering care to reimbursement. First step in the process is the services

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provision by pylusd service or contracted providers. Once a service is provided,

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documentation is crucial. Service providers login services into our ehr or electronic

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health record system. This ensures accurate recording, continuity of care and proper

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claims processing. Next, carol on behavioral behavioral health services serves as a third party

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administrator for cbe and oversees claims processing and ensuring that all submitted

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claims meet program requirements before moving forward into the billing cycle. After

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documentation, we must submit claims through our ehr integrated billing system, and this allows for a streamlined process, reducing manual errors and ensuring timely submissions

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of our service claims. Once a claim is submitted, carillion reviews it for accuracy and

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compliance with sebi guidelines. If the claim meets all requirements, carillion

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facilitates reimbursement based on the cbe fee schedule rates. This ensures that providers

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receive appropriate payment for those services delivered. This essentially, this process has

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been known to take about 4 to 6 weeks as we're seeing right now. So let's talk a little bit about

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who can provide those services through the cbe fee schedule in our district. Mental health

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specialists. Those includes both licensed, both licensed and associate clinicians who are

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either employed or contracted by pylusd. These specialists will play a vital role in delivering

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mental health services for our students. Next, we have rps credentialed practitioners,

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which includes school psychologists, social workers, counselors, and registered school nurses. These professionals are also employed by pylusd are trained and

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credentialed to provide the crucial behavioral health support within the school setting. Additionally, community based organizations that are designated by pylusd can also

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deliver behavioral health care services. These organizations are critical partners in

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expanding the network of support available to our students. Together, these groups of

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professionals will help ensure that our students have access to the mental health and behavioral

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services they need, both in school and through our community partnerships. As part of that

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fee schedule. So pylusd actually currently already participates in a reimbursement program for

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special education services. So our district already utilizes the la medi-cal billing option

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program of the known as bop, which allows us to receive reimbursement for special

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education services provided to eligible students. This program has been instrumental in

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supporting the health related services we deliver through individualized education programs and individualized family service plans. This program helps fund health

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related services that are delivered to students as part of their ieps and ipsps. As we move

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forward with exploring the cbe fee schedule program, our goal is to expand access to school

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based mental health services, not just for students in special education, but for all students

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across the district. By building on the foundation of programs like the bop, we aim to enhance

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our ability to meet the diverse needs of all of our students, making mental health and

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behavioral services more widely accessible. There are many significant benefits for pills,

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pill usd's participation in the cbe fee schedule, which further supports and aligns and enhances

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our existing initiatives. One of the key benefits is the increased funding for behavioral

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health services through participation in the fee schedule. With this additional funding through reimbursement, it will help us enhance our current efforts and ensure more

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students have access to the support that they need. With cbe, we will see expanded school

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based mental health support, which is crucial in providing timely on site care for

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students. This helps reduce barriers to care and ensures students are supported within

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the school environment. This program will also improve student access to care. This

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broadens the reach of our mental health services, ensuring more students and families can take

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advantage of the support that is available. There will be no cost to families, no co-pays, and

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those receiving these services will not affect the students or families coverage under their health plan or insurer. Cbe also supports the long term sustainability of our district

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employed service providers. This ensures that we can continue to retain and invest in high

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quality, quality professionals, securing consistent and reliable support for our students. And

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most importantly, this is. This program is aligned with our existing initiatives such as multi-tiered systems of support and our family resource centers. By expanding access to mental

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health services, cbe enhances our ability to implement mtss effectively, ensuring that

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students at every tier, whether in need of universal, targeted or intensive support, receive

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the right level of care. And additionally, this program will complement work with our family

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resource centers, allowing us to provide more holistic support to families and ensure that our

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students, regardless of their background, have access to the services that they need. So

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let's dive into the student behavioral health incentive program, or sb hip, as I had

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mentioned earlier, which is an important component of cbe, this is a 389 million program,

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million dollar program, and spread over a three year period and is designed to incentivize

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and support school districts in expanding and enhancing their behavioral health services. For

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students. With cbe expanding mental health services district wide, sb hip specifically

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focuses on addressing access barriers for medi-cal students and improving school based

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interventions by working together. Cbe, sb, hip, and cbe help build a more integrated,

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accessible and sustainable mental health system for students. Sb hip provides

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funding to schools and districts to improve access to mental health resources, implementing

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new programs, and then strengthening their existing support systems for students

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behavioral health needs. This funding can be used to support a variety of initiatives, such as

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increasing the number of mental health professionals on campuses, providing training for

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staff, and creating systems of better coordination of care for our students. In relation to

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cbe, sb hip serves as one of the financial mechanisms that help schools implement the broader

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01:05:24,366 --> 01:05:24,366
goals of cbe, which include improving young mental health services, reducing barriers to

589
01:05:30,400 --> 01:05:30,400
care, and increasing the availability of behavioral health resources. So next steps

590
01:05:39,433 --> 01:05:39,433
for pylusd. Following the identification of targeted initiatives in collaboration

591
01:05:44,666 --> 01:05:44,666
with districts representatives, the next step in the process involves implementing strategies

592
01:05:49,133 --> 01:05:49,133
that align with these priorities. These initiatives are designed to improve access

593
01:05:53,433 --> 01:05:53,433
to the quality of behavioral health services for our students. Behavioral health risk

594
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factors or indicators, and referrals. Our focus will be on creating standardized processes for measuring behavioral health risk factors and indicators, ensuring timely referral for

595
01:06:06,900 --> 01:06:06,900
those services. Building stronger partnerships to increase access to medi-cal

596
01:06:12,166 --> 01:06:12,166
services, we aim to strengthen those partnerships with medi-cal providers to help our families

597
01:06:16,300 --> 01:06:16,300
access the mental health services they need it. Enhancements for behavioral

598
01:06:20,800 --> 01:06:20,800
health services as part of the program, will invest in technology upgrades to enhance

599
01:06:25,033 --> 01:06:25,033
the delivery and tracking of those services, ensuring more efficient and data driven

600
01:06:30,200 --> 01:06:30,200
interventions, and then technical assistance support for contracts. So we'll provide

601
01:06:34,966 --> 01:06:34,966
ongoing technical assistance to help district teams to help with navigating the complexities of

602
01:06:39,900 --> 01:06:39,900
behavioral health contracts, ensuring compliance and maximizing the use of our

603
01:06:44,766 --> 01:06:44,766
available resources. All right. Thank you so much I appreciate it. Any questions? I know that

604
01:06:53,666 --> 01:06:53,666
was a lot I have some questions. What is the age that a the children are seen, and are the

605
01:07:04,100 --> 01:07:04,100
parents notified when their child is seen at school? Yes, the age of students. So we have

606
01:07:08,900 --> 01:07:12,666
services that are available to all of our students. And of course, any student that's going to be seen on a consistent basis would would need to get consent by the parents in order to be

607
01:07:17,566 --> 01:07:17,566
seen no matter what age. So no matter what age. Yeah. So if a 17 year old has to be seen, you

608
01:07:23,600 --> 01:07:23,600
tell the parents we work to work with our parents to get consent for those services. Yes. Okay.

609
01:07:28,000 --> 01:07:28,000
and so can the families opt out if they choose to do so. Yes. The families can opt out if they

610
01:07:34,766 --> 01:07:34,766
choose to do so. And then what? Who determines if the child needs services? And is there any

611
01:07:40,000 --> 01:07:40,000
medication that is given? No, there's no we don't do medicine or medicine management or

612
01:07:46,233 --> 01:07:46,233
anything in that regards. That would be something they would get from a doctor. So okay, so I

613
01:07:51,266 --> 01:07:51,266
know the answers to these questions, but these are questions that have been asked

614
01:07:55,666 --> 01:07:55,666
to me. So I'm kind of asking for the community. And so when the counselor if a child goes to

615
01:08:02,733 --> 01:08:02,733
like the normal counselor, is that an automatic billing? Because I've been hearing that,

616
01:08:07,533 --> 01:08:07,533
like through this other program that we've been using for special education, that

617
01:08:11,766 --> 01:08:15,766
sometimes even our sped testing is billed. So like if something's wrong with the kid and they go see the counselor the first time, would we bill that? Like, you know, for the

618
01:08:20,733 --> 01:08:24,600
counselor, is that automatically billed or is this for over like, kids are going to go see a certain counselor. It's going to be like more of a, you know, more than a one time thing. And

619
01:08:30,233 --> 01:08:33,666
that's when it starts billing. Or is it just every initial visit? It could be an initial visit, but there's the fee. Schedule gives a different types of services that are available

620
01:08:37,633 --> 01:08:37,633
and then time limits on those. So it just would depend on the level of what that service looks

621
01:08:42,800 --> 01:08:42,800
like, whether or not it would be billable or not. Okay. Yeah. And then I think that was it. I had

622
01:08:48,433 --> 01:08:48,433
another question about it. How is it going in? How is it going in our special ed education? How

623
01:08:53,166 --> 01:08:53,166
is that program going? How are we seeing any enhancements, any, you know, are we losing funding?

624
01:08:58,933 --> 01:08:58,933
you know how like it seems like funding gets lost or not going, you know, where it's supposed to

625
01:09:03,600 --> 01:09:03,600
be? Actually, we're doing very, very well. So we have quite a few special educators like our

626
01:09:08,900 --> 01:09:08,900
our nurses are part of the billing, our school psychologists, our speech and

627
01:09:13,166 --> 01:09:13,166
language pathologists. We only have one audiologist, but that person could bill two. So all of

628
01:09:17,733 --> 01:09:17,733
these different providers are able to bill and we meet with paradigm is our ehr. You would

629
01:09:23,500 --> 01:09:23,500
call them. And they just met with us this week. And they give us data on how well we're doing.

630
01:09:28,966 --> 01:09:28,966
and we're up to almost $1 million this year. We'll probably hit a million. And so

631
01:09:33,333 --> 01:09:33,333
that goes back to I mean, it funds a lot of stuff actually. And so to me, this program

632
01:09:39,566 --> 01:09:39,566
really is the answer because we know budget constraints the way they are. This is one answer for

633
01:09:45,400 --> 01:09:45,400
getting the behavioral health services that we need. So we weren't we're obviously it's

634
01:09:50,133 --> 01:09:50,133
been working well for us with special education. So it would just be this would be on our

635
01:09:54,933 --> 01:09:58,866
mental health side. So there's nothing like waste, fraud, abuse any of that that we need to worry about or anything that like we're going to be, you know, culpable for. Because

636
01:10:03,333 --> 01:10:06,933
obviously this is billing now out of a school district. You know, our school sites. Does the school site bill or do they send it over to the district office and then the district office

637
01:10:11,766 --> 01:10:15,633
bills? It goes all through the district office, and a lot of district offices are even building, you know, a infrastructure for billing. We kind of have a few people in

638
01:10:20,800 --> 01:10:23,700
special ed that are already doing it because they're familiar, and they'll talk to the person at paradigm and work with them. So the way we envision this is something of

639
01:10:28,400 --> 01:10:28,400
that nature would happen in general. Ed so just so everyone understands what has been going

640
01:10:33,866 --> 01:10:33,866
on with special education, can you just explain like what the process would be like? So if you

641
01:10:37,900 --> 01:10:37,900
test a child or whatever happens and then how the process goes through and then how we get

642
01:10:43,600 --> 01:10:47,166
paid. So we do assessments, which is the testing. We'll do what we call treatments, which is the if a speech and language pathologist works with a student, let's say, on our

643
01:10:52,366 --> 01:10:52,366
problem. And all of those things are billed, and so they go into paradigm and it's actually an

644
01:10:57,700 --> 01:10:57,700
online system. And they used to do this I mean way back in the day I'm aging myself, but on,

645
01:11:03,600 --> 01:11:03,600
you know, pen and paper now. And then they started to do it online. Now they just go

646
01:11:08,433 --> 01:11:11,700
straight to the paradigm system. And it's their way of documenting and it's much easier. So what we would do is build the capacity for the other, what we call pupil

647
01:11:15,633 --> 01:11:15,633
personnel service credential folks, to be able to build that same way once they bill it. I

648
01:11:21,433 --> 01:11:21,433
mean, once they put their particular treatment or assessment, it goes into the

649
01:11:27,200 --> 01:11:27,200
system and they do nothing else except we just keep track. And then we meet quarterly with

650
01:11:31,633 --> 01:11:31,633
these people and they tell us how much money we're generating. And then it's kind of back build

651
01:11:35,866 --> 01:11:35,866
and they'll tell us we have this what's called a crc's audit. And we're always waiting to see how

652
01:11:40,666 --> 01:11:40,666
much money we're going to get from that. We meet again, and then they tell us, oh, now

653
01:11:44,733 --> 01:11:44,733
you're going to get 500 and something thousand for that. And then they tell us the money

654
01:11:49,466 --> 01:11:49,466
we're bringing in. And we know that special ed always has a large local contribution. So

655
01:11:53,866 --> 01:11:57,300
we're we're really trying to get extra funding for special ed because we're an underfunded mandate. Right, right. So if I'm a parent at home and I hear about this program, I'm not

656
01:12:02,533 --> 01:12:06,366
going to be concerned that for the district to be making money, they're going to be pulling our kids into the counselor's office willy nilly and billing. No, in fact, this is really a way to

657
01:12:10,766 --> 01:12:10,766
bill for and I think this is critically important for existing services, these

658
01:12:15,133 --> 01:12:15,133
services, our counselors are working like crazy and we need to fund them. We need to fund

659
01:12:19,500 --> 01:12:19,500
more of them. Yes, we need them at the elementary level. And we don't have an answer to this.

660
01:12:24,533 --> 01:12:24,533
and I think this could be I don't want to make all these empty promises, but this could

661
01:12:29,166 --> 01:12:29,166
be potentially one of the ways to do that. And so this is a way to get our staff back up because

662
01:12:34,666 --> 01:12:34,666
we're getting the money. And then now we can fund the positions. Yes. So you saw it

663
01:12:38,833 --> 01:12:38,833
was 1.1 million. And then the sb hip is 220,000. So do the math. So we get all that and then we

664
01:12:44,700 --> 01:12:48,600
start now because we already have it. We receive the money. Then we start building and we say okay who's going to help with this. What office? Or you know, what is this going to look

665
01:12:52,766 --> 01:12:52,766
like? And we bring a team together and we ensure that special education is there with

666
01:12:57,533 --> 01:12:57,533
us. And then we build this system and then we start billing. I'm just we're crossing

667
01:13:01,600 --> 01:13:01,600
our fingers in 25, 26 and then we start generating. And the more you know all the services

668
01:13:06,766 --> 01:13:06,766
we're already doing, we turn it. Then we get and we'll report out what we're getting. And then we

669
01:13:11,633 --> 01:13:11,633
can look at adding more staff. And so another question would be is why did the state start

670
01:13:17,400 --> 01:13:17,400
giving us the money back when we've been doing this for years with no compensation? What what

671
01:13:22,100 --> 01:13:22,100
was the change? Yeah, it's really interesting. It's a $4.7 billion investment from the

672
01:13:28,466 --> 01:13:28,466
state. And I think it has to do with with mental health of our youth. I mean, I'm just I'm

673
01:13:34,566 --> 01:13:34,566
looking right here at all this data. It's kind of alarming. I don't want to talk about it. But

674
01:13:39,366 --> 01:13:39,366
the suicide rates and we have a lot of data in our office. And at the end of the year we'll be

675
01:13:44,033 --> 01:13:44,033
presenting this to you. But it's pretty much transforming the way that california supports

676
01:13:48,533 --> 01:13:51,833
children, youth and families within the school system. But not only that, remember the cross agency description he gave also with schools and colleges and also with homes and

677
01:13:57,766 --> 01:13:57,766
communities. So this investment is to kind of making a triad out of all those things and saying,

678
01:14:01,933 --> 01:14:01,933
we all have to invest in our students mental health, right? Okay. I think that's all the

679
01:14:08,533 --> 01:14:08,533
questions. Thank you. Is this going to work similarly to the current way we do ieps? Now, how

680
01:14:14,600 --> 01:14:14,600
the parent has to check the box during when they write their when they sign their paperwork,

681
01:14:18,900 --> 01:14:18,900
there's that little box that says we can bill. If they don't then we don't. Bill. Yes.

682
01:14:23,166 --> 01:14:23,166
correct. Is it going to work the same way where the parent has to agree to? One of the things I

683
01:14:30,733 --> 01:14:30,733
know we've talked about before, that the efficiencies of billing is a bit of a problem, right.

684
01:14:35,800 --> 01:14:39,633
and I noticed that we can do billing infrastructure with this. Iss with all of our billing infrastructure for these special services, for sped and for the mental health? Can we.

685
01:14:45,000 --> 01:14:45,000
yeah we could. And so we that was the discussion yesterday. But I was trying to wheel and

686
01:14:50,066 --> 01:14:50,066
deal yesterday. And I asked them, how much are you going to charge us. And we heard somebody

687
01:14:54,166 --> 01:14:54,166
I don't even know if I should say this publicly, but don't say that. Okay. But anyway, I said,

688
01:14:58,500 --> 01:14:58,500
how what percent and they're, they're like, they told me the percent, I won't say it. And I'm

689
01:15:03,833 --> 01:15:03,833
like a little too high. So we'll see. We're trying to get the percent that they will take to

690
01:15:08,166 --> 01:15:08,166
help build this to be lower. But that's what we do. We will and deal. So we'll eventually get

691
01:15:13,133 --> 01:15:13,133
something that we think is reasonable. Bring it to you and say, okay, this is what we think

692
01:15:17,200 --> 01:15:17,200
we can we can get. And these funds are able to be used for that, to build the foundation so

693
01:15:22,366 --> 01:15:22,366
that that efficiency is built in. And then that increases all of these billing, these

694
01:15:26,766 --> 01:15:29,533
reimbursements. Correct? Absolutely. All of them. It's already stuff we're doing. We just need to build the we need the system. We need the system. Good. One question not to jump

695
01:15:34,433 --> 01:15:34,433
ahead, joan, but is projections for the benefit of the efficiencies and billing? Is it

696
01:15:40,233 --> 01:15:40,233
built into the budget or not? It is not. So we are not being optimistic and saying we're

697
01:15:47,000 --> 01:15:47,000
going to include that in our budget. This is not included. That will be an additional. The

698
01:15:51,566 --> 01:15:55,066
efficiencies we get here will be additional in the future. Yes, I like that we're being conservative. And by the way, we also do that with special ed. It's always a surprise. We don't

699
01:15:59,866 --> 01:16:03,200
count on getting any money. But our people are so great and everybody builds. But we're like, we don't think we're going to get anything next year. We're just trying and we're always

700
01:16:07,833 --> 01:16:07,833
reinforcing. But we always do because we don't want to, you know, we want to under-promise

701
01:16:12,266 --> 01:16:12,266
and overdeliver. Deliver. That's right. Perfect. Good. Great. Next. We're sorry. A lot of my

702
01:16:20,033 --> 01:16:20,033
questions were answered I love it. I am familiar with cal aim and what it's done for the

703
01:16:25,500 --> 01:16:25,500
families experiencing homelessness in the county through cal, optima and the ecm,

704
01:16:31,633 --> 01:16:31,633
which is the community supports and housing navigation. The infrastructure grant is so key

705
01:16:39,933 --> 01:16:39,933
and it takes a good 9 to 12 months really to rev up and get to that point. But it is

706
01:16:45,633 --> 01:16:45,633
amazing. It's done a lot for all of the shelters that the family shelters out there and the

707
01:16:52,733 --> 01:16:52,733
support that they can provide, because now it's helping pay for their staff so that they can not

708
01:16:57,800 --> 01:16:57,800
worry about trying to fundraise for that, but pay for their staff and then fundraise for the

709
01:17:01,900 --> 01:17:01,900
actual services, that and money that they need. So it sounds very similar. I think it'll even

710
01:17:06,533 --> 01:17:06,533
layer on because we have a pile, the third highest number of mckinney-vento students in all

711
01:17:12,533 --> 01:17:12,533
of orange county compared to any other district. The third highest. So santa ana and

712
01:17:19,733 --> 01:17:19,733
anaheim are and then us. Wow. So it's shocking actually. And capo is right around where we are

713
01:17:28,700 --> 01:17:28,700
too. So this will be super beneficial because all of those students will qualify for

714
01:17:34,133 --> 01:17:34,133
medi-cal. I'm curious as to you answered a little bit about the school site level. I was curious

715
01:17:40,066 --> 01:17:40,066
as to what time it was going to take, but if it's going to if it's, you know, maybe, I don't

716
01:17:46,300 --> 01:17:46,300
know, you could answer that if you know yet. And then the other question is related to data

717
01:17:50,433 --> 01:17:50,433
sharing requirements. So do I know we're putting it all in there. And we're we're looking

718
01:17:55,966 --> 01:17:55,966
at a little data that you mentioned. I'm curious as to what kind of data we can utilize

719
01:18:03,233 --> 01:18:03,233
to best improve services. To be able to look at that, will we get information related to how

720
01:18:08,733 --> 01:18:08,733
to improve services, not only not only just the funds that potentially we could make from

721
01:18:15,533 --> 01:18:15,533
it? So, you know, I don't know if you want to answer it, but so the data sharing I think we were

722
01:18:21,400 --> 01:18:21,400
careful with that. Right. So we have ferpa, we have hipaa, we have all of these regulations.

723
01:18:26,100 --> 01:18:26,100
and we want to make sure parents are are aware of what's happening, that they consent to

724
01:18:30,700 --> 01:18:30,700
it. But in terms of the data that we gather as a team, we do a lot of at least this past

725
01:18:37,333 --> 01:18:37,333
year, we've done a lot of data gathering, data analysis, disaggregating different,

726
01:18:46,166 --> 01:18:46,166
different mental health areas that we're seeing more, let's say, at one level than another.

727
01:18:51,233 --> 01:18:51,233
and truly one of the things, in fact, I was talking to doctor serino about it today is coming

728
01:18:55,433 --> 01:18:55,433
back and sharing with you all some of that data since we've been collecting it all year,

729
01:19:00,266 --> 01:19:00,266
because it kind of informs you about, okay, what do we need to do next year as a result of what

730
01:19:05,366 --> 01:19:05,366
we're finding? Because, again, I don't think we're out of the ordinary, but you can look at

731
01:19:10,000 --> 01:19:10,000
the data like, I was just looking at this. It's, you know, we all know. We watch the news,

732
01:19:14,666 --> 01:19:18,066
we know what's going on in society. It's somewhat shocking with our youth. You know, what we're seeing mental health wise. So we can take the data and we can look at it. But there's also

733
01:19:23,666 --> 01:19:23,666
protected data as well. Great. Thank you. Okay. My question was mrs. Buck kind of asked as well.

734
01:19:34,033 --> 01:19:34,033
but I don't think we got an answer. What is the timeline for the build out. Is it. Oh I was I

735
01:19:40,066 --> 01:19:40,066
did timeline for build out. I was thinking staff time. Yeah. Time out timeline for the build

736
01:19:44,400 --> 01:19:44,400
out before we start. Yeah. So the timeline that we're looking at being optimistic, but we can

737
01:19:49,533 --> 01:19:49,533
if everything goes well and according to plan, we could be up in billing by the next school

738
01:19:54,400 --> 01:19:54,400
year. 2526. Probably late fall. Early. Yeah. Late fall, early early winter. And like miss gray

739
01:19:59,900 --> 01:19:59,900
had shared, we actually have a lot of our staff members that are that can participate, that

740
01:20:04,133 --> 01:20:04,133
already have familiarity with billing system, and that's going to be an asset for us for sure.

741
01:20:08,500 --> 01:20:08,500
yeah, yeah, yeah. And then there was one other question. You said you're going to contract with a

742
01:20:13,800 --> 01:20:13,800
third party billing company. Yeah. So is that the ehr is an electronic health records.

743
01:20:20,366 --> 01:20:20,366
that's who we use with paradigm. But there's a third party that's called carillion. They're

744
01:20:25,500 --> 01:20:25,500
actually we don't have to we're they're already going to be embedded within and working with

745
01:20:29,533 --> 01:20:29,533
paradigm to help make sure that everything goes smoothly in terms of claim processing. But

746
01:20:33,633 --> 01:20:33,633
and that's a contract with the state. So the state has a contract that they just told us

747
01:20:38,133 --> 01:20:41,266
about. And it's throughout the state of california and it's through carillion. So they'll work with if it's paradigm if it's healthy campus if it's liberty was one leader service

748
01:20:47,100 --> 01:20:47,100
leader services. Yeah there's just different ones. Yeah okay perfect. Thank you. Anyone else

749
01:20:52,233 --> 01:20:52,233
have any questions? Oh. Layla. Oh sorry. I have a question really quick. I'm not 100% sure

750
01:20:58,833 --> 01:20:58,833
if you can answer this, but I heard you mention that there will be transparency with the

751
01:21:03,000 --> 01:21:03,000
parents. And while I think that's great when you're having these sessions with students,

752
01:21:07,633 --> 01:21:07,633
are the students aware of what will be shared and what won't be shared like? Is there a level of

753
01:21:12,933 --> 01:21:16,566
privacy that the students will be having with the people that they're speaking to? Yeah, there's a that's a great question, layla. There is a level of, you know, privileged

754
01:21:21,266 --> 01:21:21,266
information between, of course, you know, the counselor and students, but it'll be you bring

755
01:21:25,900 --> 01:21:29,400
up an important point. It'll be good to make sure that transparency and communication with with the students and families, it's going to be important moving forward, for

756
01:21:33,233 --> 01:21:33,233
sure. Yeah, yeah. So is it when you're in these meetings, is there talk about finding like

757
01:21:39,733 --> 01:21:39,733
are we looking for why all the sudden there's this been this explosion over the last, you

758
01:21:44,333 --> 01:21:48,200
know, however many years, five, six, seven years. Like it just feels like we're treating like we just like, keep treating this, but, like, are we looking for any root causes? Is there

759
01:21:52,800 --> 01:21:52,800
like the research? Like, are we trying to find out what is actually going wrong? So like we

760
01:21:57,400 --> 01:21:57,400
can kind of fix the problem as well. I guess the kids are younger or stuff because it kind

761
01:22:02,700 --> 01:22:06,133
of seems like if you keep having mental illness, if you keep having, you know, sick people, if you keep, you know, you're you're just kind of just keep treating and treating and

762
01:22:10,200 --> 01:22:10,200
treating. Yeah. Like but are we actually trying to find like the root cause and like trying to

763
01:22:15,166 --> 01:22:15,166
weed that out or is this just kind of like we're just fixing the problems as it comes. Do you

764
01:22:20,500 --> 01:22:20,500
want. And nobody may have the answer to that. But I'm just saying that is that's like the

765
01:22:25,166 --> 01:22:25,166
million, million dollar, million dollar question. Yeah for sure. I'll join you with this. That's

766
01:22:32,233 --> 01:22:32,233
a great question. When we think of safe schools, we think of fences and surveillance cameras

767
01:22:41,266 --> 01:22:41,266
and so on. But this is how you build a safe school by identifying where the troubles

768
01:22:50,933 --> 01:22:50,933
and potential behaviors are manifesting before it's too late. You know, the first thing

769
01:22:59,700 --> 01:22:59,700
that comes to mind when you talk about how we could root out that, well, these cell phones

770
01:23:03,866 --> 01:23:03,866
right here have really impacted schools in a big way. And many, many districts have already

771
01:23:11,066 --> 01:23:11,066
moved in that successfully, have moved that way. So that's one way to address it. But, you

772
01:23:19,366 --> 01:23:19,366
know, this district, as I've been meeting children and teachers and schools, you know,

773
01:23:30,100 --> 01:23:30,100
pbis is a program, positive behavior intervention and supports program that's rooted

774
01:23:35,866 --> 01:23:35,866
in relationships. And it's restorative in a way that once those relationships are

775
01:23:42,400 --> 01:23:42,400
established, then it's a safe space for children to talk. And they're more likely to share and

776
01:23:48,900 --> 01:23:48,900
more likely than for our team to be able to support that. That child. There certainly isn't a

777
01:23:57,966 --> 01:23:57,966
simple solution, and I'm happy to bring back to the board of education and the community some

778
01:24:05,466 --> 01:24:05,466
of the innovative strategies that are being used around the country and internationally.

779
01:24:11,233 --> 01:24:11,233
really, because this isn't just a problem here in america, but it certainly has proliferated,

780
01:24:18,700 --> 01:24:18,700
proliferated since covid, pretty much. Right. We could pretty much count that. Yeah. Yeah.

781
01:24:26,233 --> 01:24:26,233
well good point. That's when it became right. It became evident. So anything you'd like to add.

782
01:24:32,866 --> 01:24:32,866
yeah, I would say to so we because of funding we over the past year we're funding and

783
01:24:40,000 --> 01:24:43,733
everybody knows this elementary counselors at the title one schools. But what we're finding with our data is we think that that's where the mental health problems are. They're not it

784
01:24:50,766 --> 01:24:50,766
goes across any socioeconomic standing, period. And we when we're looking at the suicide

785
01:24:59,533 --> 01:24:59,533
ideation rates, they're actually higher in our higher income areas. And so what this tells us

786
01:25:04,633 --> 01:25:04,633
is there's a lot of pressure on kids. And so I, I wholeheartedly agree with you about this. I

787
01:25:10,900 --> 01:25:10,900
also think that we really put a lot of pressure. And I'm going to I'm going to maybe take a

788
01:25:16,200 --> 01:25:16,200
risk in saying this. But on the academics, we push so much now, it's really important. But we've

789
01:25:20,866 --> 01:25:20,866
got to balance that out. And when we do that, when a lot of the students we see when I was a

790
01:25:27,200 --> 01:25:30,966
counselor, it was the same thing. It there's a lot of pressure. So I think the more we can educate our families on this, the more parenting, the more community building, the

791
01:25:34,733 --> 01:25:34,733
more relationships and the more bringing our parents into the fold. We're involved with ed

792
01:25:41,900 --> 01:25:41,900
services and community engagement initiative, which doesn't need to just be with

793
01:25:46,133 --> 01:25:46,133
certain families, it needs to be with all families. And so the more that we work together with

794
01:25:51,266 --> 01:25:51,266
families and bring them in so that their opinions matter and they help us build what we want

795
01:25:57,400 --> 01:25:57,400
to build, I think we'll see a difference too. Yeah. And the evidence is pretty clear when

796
01:26:04,966 --> 01:26:04,966
students are connected to their school. So your children are in sports, they're in band, they're

797
01:26:10,833 --> 01:26:10,833
in a variety of different programs. They have another adult that they could connect

798
01:26:17,100 --> 01:26:17,100
with and get to know. So having more and more programs that serve more and more children. So

799
01:26:24,133 --> 01:26:24,133
even if their clubs. But I know from my years as a teacher, keeping your room open, you

800
01:26:33,000 --> 01:26:33,000
know, during lunch before and after school all the time so that children have that, that

801
01:26:37,333 --> 01:26:37,333
safe space. But it certainly is a wonderful thing to continue to build a variety of

802
01:26:44,933 --> 01:26:44,933
opportunities, but that takes adults to run these programs, right, and support these

803
01:26:49,000 --> 01:26:49,000
programs. So another great program from the state is the extended learning opportunity

804
01:26:53,966 --> 01:26:53,966
program that funds after school program. So another way to help additional time in the nine hour

805
01:27:00,400 --> 01:27:00,400
day to support children, because I believe they need our support more than ever. And I'm hoping,

806
01:27:07,666 --> 01:27:07,666
too, that this opens the conversation for early intervention, like in elementary

807
01:27:12,333 --> 01:27:12,333
school and middle schools with coping programs such as calm classroom and things like that

808
01:27:17,400 --> 01:27:21,300
that we can implement, like teachers can implement during the day of different strategies to cope with stress and anxiety and things like that. That helps, like you said, helps

809
01:27:25,133 --> 01:27:25,133
mitigate the problem before it gets out of hand and hopefully helps nip it in the bud when

810
01:27:31,100 --> 01:27:34,333
they're younger. You're talking about building those skills, right? Yes, building the skills, but building it into our like into a classroom day as part of part of the lessons. Yeah. Thank

811
01:27:40,800 --> 01:27:40,800
you. All right. Thank you all. I appreciate your time. Thank you, thank you. Okay. Now we're going

812
01:27:53,666 --> 01:27:53,666
to turn over to doctor young. Sure. That was a perfect segue. Doctor serino talking about the

813
01:27:59,133 --> 01:27:59,133
expanded learning opportunity program. So good evening. Yes he did. He set it up perfectly. Hit

814
01:28:05,266 --> 01:28:05,266
it out of the park. I know he's ready. On the on the consent calendar this evening, you're

815
01:28:15,300 --> 01:28:15,300
going to find a proposal to purchase nine electric passenger vans, of which eight will be

816
01:28:20,366 --> 01:28:20,366
utilized by the expanded learning program and purchased through the use of the expanded

817
01:28:25,133 --> 01:28:25,133
learning opportunities program, or elop, which is a state led initiative providing funding for

818
01:28:30,466 --> 01:28:30,466
after school summer and intersession enrichment programs for students in transitional

819
01:28:35,000 --> 01:28:35,000
kindergarten through sixth grade, focusing on developing their academic, social,

820
01:28:39,433 --> 01:28:39,433
emotional and physical needs. And so at this time, I'm pleased to turn it over to doctor george

821
01:28:45,000 --> 01:28:45,000
lopez to share about our future plans of our growing expanded learning program and how the

822
01:28:49,466 --> 01:28:49,466
approval of these vans will assist us in meeting students needs. Doctor lopez thank you,

823
01:28:54,900 --> 01:28:54,900
doctor young. Good evening, board president and marilyn anderson. Board members, acting

824
01:29:01,600 --> 01:29:01,600
superintendent. Doctor serino, executive cabinet. Tonight's presentation will provide a

825
01:29:07,533 --> 01:29:07,533
brief timeline of our after school programs, the positive impacts of lp funding, the

826
01:29:15,766 --> 01:29:15,766
future plans of our expanded learning program, and the electric vans. We seek

827
01:29:21,033 --> 01:29:21,033
permission to invest in. To begin, it is important to visualize the historical

828
01:29:29,066 --> 01:29:29,066
timeline of our programs then and now. The expanded learning program began in 1985, and

829
01:29:37,033 --> 01:29:37,033
through 1997 we operated 16 parent paid after school programs, serving roughly 300

830
01:29:46,000 --> 01:29:46,000
students, with an average of 18 students per site, with zero programs at our title one

831
01:29:53,033 --> 01:29:53,033
schools. During this time, our programs were more of an after school child care to meet the

832
01:29:58,633 --> 01:29:58,633
needs of working families and keeping children safe on campus. In 2000, the federal 21st

833
01:30:08,166 --> 01:30:08,166
century fund helped open our title one after school programs. However, these fundings expired

834
01:30:14,000 --> 01:30:14,000
after two years. 2002 proposition 49 was approved by the voters to continue to work

835
01:30:21,366 --> 01:30:21,366
on the previous funding for after school programs. Today, acs is a vital help support our

836
01:30:28,533 --> 01:30:28,533
families who need after school program at no cost. By 2004, all 21 elementary schools offered an

837
01:30:37,200 --> 01:30:37,200
after school program between child care and acs. Today, we service over 2600 students

838
01:30:47,533 --> 01:30:47,533
across 21 elementary schools and three middle schools. We are proud of our committed and hard

839
01:30:54,300 --> 01:30:54,300
working classified staff, and we continue to seek solutions to fill vacancies, including

840
01:31:00,566 --> 01:31:00,566
creating student supervision, assistant positions, contracting with outside vendors and we are

841
01:31:07,433 --> 01:31:07,433
currently undergoing csca reclassification discussions for the child care series. We are

842
01:31:13,800 --> 01:31:13,800
also working closely with our site principals and maintenance and facilities to open

843
01:31:18,900 --> 01:31:18,900
classrooms to grow our program. Our enrollment has grown because of elop. Elop provides for all

844
01:31:27,133 --> 01:31:27,133
students regardless of their zip codes. Elop has changed the landscape for after school of

845
01:31:34,000 --> 01:31:34,000
after school programs. In many ways. For example, our parent parent paid program is designed

846
01:31:41,500 --> 01:31:41,500
to be affordable for our families. 100% of our parent paid income pays for the

847
01:31:47,266 --> 01:31:47,266
salaries, supplies, and snacks. This meant offering enrichment within our financial means to

848
01:31:54,833 --> 01:31:54,833
keep the program fiscally sound. Our dreams of offering more enrichment, sports, academics,

849
01:32:02,833 --> 01:32:02,833
and transportation for our students always fell short to funding. But dreams do come true

850
01:32:12,333 --> 01:32:12,333
in 2022. Assembly bill 130 expanded learning program offered all california leas

851
01:32:18,633 --> 01:32:18,633
funding for school programs. Coined elop, the funding is specific specifically for our

852
01:32:24,866 --> 01:32:24,866
unduplicated pupils. The funding has helped change every aspect of our after school program for

853
01:32:30,566 --> 01:32:30,566
all 21 elementary schools and middle schools. So in 2023, we got to work with ela funding. We

854
01:32:42,166 --> 01:32:42,166
partnered with outside vendors offering our our students soccer, basketball, pickleball,

855
01:32:48,433 --> 01:32:48,433
dance, theater, coding, and robotics. Elop funded any certificated teacher willing to

856
01:32:55,433 --> 01:32:55,433
teach after school intervention in reading and math. We purchased portables for the acs

857
01:33:01,500 --> 01:33:01,500
program at topaz and ruby. Last, we have upgraded classrooms and furniture, and by june we

858
01:33:08,666 --> 01:33:08,666
anticipate to purchase or anticipate two large shade structures over the rio vista

859
01:33:13,700 --> 01:33:13,700
rio vista playground, a need the community had been asking for many years. In 2024, we needed

860
01:33:22,066 --> 01:33:22,066
to increase staffing to meet our growing student enrollment. We offered dual positions. This

861
01:33:28,033 --> 01:33:28,033
offered any classified part time employee to come work with the expanded learning team, making

862
01:33:33,933 --> 01:33:33,933
them full time with health benefits. We created a job opportunity named student

863
01:33:39,933 --> 01:33:39,933
supervision assistant for any 11th or 12th grade student to join the expanded learning team.

864
01:33:45,833 --> 01:33:45,833
great way to earn money while gaining a quality experience in 2025. The need to do more. We

865
01:33:53,933 --> 01:33:53,933
will expand to all six middle schools tuffrey, kramer and yorba linda middle school set to

866
01:34:01,566 --> 01:34:01,566
open this fall. Additionally, we have a waitlist of interested families to our existing

867
01:34:07,433 --> 01:34:07,433
programs. Today, we are seeking the board's permission to invest in electric passenger vans to

868
01:34:14,400 --> 01:34:14,400
address the waitlist and expand our programs in ways that offer students access to experiences

869
01:34:20,766 --> 01:34:20,766
that many would otherwise never see. We are at the tipping point to offer more, to do more for

870
01:34:27,966 --> 01:34:27,966
our families. Elop has provided access for thousands of our students to enrichment, academic

871
01:34:37,166 --> 01:34:37,166
intervention, sports, the arts and much more. However, there is still one barrier our waitlist,

872
01:34:46,333 --> 01:34:46,333
which is due to staffing and available facilities. In addition, elop requirements for

873
01:34:51,766 --> 01:34:51,766
student to teacher ratio is 10 to 1 for tk and k and is 20 to 1 for grades one through six. To

874
01:35:00,466 --> 01:35:00,466
address this, we are seeking the board's permission to consider to use ela fund funding to

875
01:35:05,866 --> 01:35:05,866
purchase electric vans to transport students from a high enrollment program to a program

876
01:35:10,833 --> 01:35:10,833
that has space, as mentioned earlier, funding. Funding stipulates leas must offer

877
01:35:20,766 --> 01:35:20,766
transportation for any student attending a school without an lp program to a location that has a

878
01:35:26,333 --> 01:35:26,333
program. The vans will help transport students from one location to another to meet the

879
01:35:31,600 --> 01:35:31,600
ratio if needed. Additionally, the electric vans will help create an opportunity to offer

880
01:35:37,233 --> 01:35:37,233
experiences for students to engage in elementary intramural sports through ela. So imagine

881
01:35:44,966 --> 01:35:44,966
bringing bring in school spirit gathering of families. Also an opportunity for our schools to

882
01:35:50,900 --> 01:35:50,900
showcase to our community why pil is a district destination, a district of destination. The

883
01:35:57,500 --> 01:35:57,500
electric vans will transport groups of students from one school to another to compete for

884
01:36:03,166 --> 01:36:03,166
fun, with all elementary and middle schools offering expanded learning programs. Next year,

885
01:36:07,500 --> 01:36:07,500
the vans will be used also. Our focus is to provide our title one students to take yoga

886
01:36:15,033 --> 01:36:15,033
classes, financial literacy classes and culinary classes at a centralized location. For

887
01:36:22,033 --> 01:36:22,033
example, our aces program has partnered with yorba linda high school culinary pathway, who

888
01:36:27,066 --> 01:36:27,066
have offered to teach classes. Our expanded learning vans would be used to transport students to

889
01:36:33,566 --> 01:36:33,566
and from this location. This is important to our team because of the research and young students

890
01:36:38,866 --> 01:36:38,866
being exposed to these opportunities. We know food choices, calming techniques such

891
01:36:45,266 --> 01:36:45,266
as yoga and financial literacy are needed to help to change the trajectory of any student last

892
01:36:53,766 --> 01:36:53,766
future use. We know not all families choose our programs. We see vans in our parking lot

893
01:37:00,833 --> 01:37:00,833
after school from outside vendors such as karate dojo, the after school tutoring depot, and

894
01:37:08,000 --> 01:37:08,000
the boys and girls club, boys and girls club coming to pick up and transport our student to

895
01:37:13,100 --> 01:37:13,100
their location. Our future goal is to one day find a location and open a one stop, after

896
01:37:22,833 --> 01:37:22,833
school community. A community center where we offer all enrichments to families who are

897
01:37:29,666 --> 01:37:29,666
seeking outside what we offer at the school sites. Our electric vans will be used to transport

898
01:37:35,333 --> 01:37:35,333
students. The expanded expanded learning vans we are proposing to purchase carry nine

899
01:37:42,633 --> 01:37:42,633
passengers and the driver, and are equipped with gps and interior camera, and we will

900
01:37:48,466 --> 01:37:48,466
have a custom pil branded expanded learning wrap. We will work with transportation to seek

901
01:37:55,933 --> 01:37:55,933
qualified drivers. The electric vans will be in operation monday through friday, with other

902
01:38:02,400 --> 01:38:02,400
district depart other district departments using them through a bill back when our department is

903
01:38:07,833 --> 01:38:07,833
not using them outside of the 2 to 6 p.m. In closing, in 25 months, we created an expanded

904
01:38:17,966 --> 01:38:17,966
learning program that is no longer just a childcare, but instead provides quality

905
01:38:23,566 --> 01:38:23,566
enrichment, academic intervention opportunities for students. Our staff also

906
01:38:28,300 --> 01:38:28,300
receives ongoing training and we collaborate with the california afterschool network to stay

907
01:38:34,433 --> 01:38:34,433
current with research, state funding and policies. We serve over. We serve over 2600

908
01:38:46,000 --> 01:38:46,000
students after school from tk to eighth. And if we had more classrooms and staffing

909
01:38:52,266 --> 01:38:52,266
available, we can accept more students. We offer a no cost summer enrichment. We offer a no

910
01:38:59,000 --> 01:38:59,000
cost academy support program for our english learners. We offer summer, winter, fall and spring

911
01:39:06,466 --> 01:39:06,466
camps for our family who need a safe place for their children to spend. From 6:30 a.m. To 6 to 5

912
01:39:14,366 --> 01:39:14,366
to 6 p.m. So given the permission, we can expand and offer more to our families. The

913
01:39:20,166 --> 01:39:20,166
growth of our afterschool program will no longer be a dream, but a reality. The

914
01:39:26,133 --> 01:39:26,133
electric passenger van will be used to change the trajectory of hundreds of students. This

915
01:39:34,166 --> 01:39:34,166
concludes the presentation and I invite any questions. Thank you. I'll go first, I guess. First

916
01:39:41,933 --> 01:39:41,933
question why electric, not gas? That's kind of a question I would like to invite richard

917
01:39:47,500 --> 01:39:47,500
from transportation. You knew we were going to ask this question. Yes, yes. Good evening. The

918
01:39:55,000 --> 01:39:55,000
state of california is really pushing us to go to ev. And in 2000, by 2035, we do have to go

919
01:40:02,733 --> 01:40:02,733
completely ev. And so we've got a really good deal with this ev. And it's going to give an

920
01:40:07,333 --> 01:40:07,333
opportunity for our staff to really dive deeper than our nine busses that we currently have.

921
01:40:11,900 --> 01:40:11,900
but it's just the way that california is pushing us. Industrial. The ice engine, they

922
01:40:17,300 --> 01:40:17,300
call it internal combustion engine, is getting harder and harder to find. We can find them

923
01:40:21,533 --> 01:40:21,533
with vans right now. It's harder to find them with school busses, but it's just the way california

924
01:40:27,066 --> 01:40:30,066
is really pushing us. They're really pushing us to ev. So for instance, even on a on a maintenance truck, for every one ice engine that we have to buy, we have to in california, we

925
01:40:35,000 --> 01:40:35,000
have to show that we've bought another, matched it with another ev. So it's something that the

926
01:40:39,400 --> 01:40:43,066
california air resources board is really pushing our transportation or even just school districts, even private companies really go to the ev. It's a requirement, or they're

927
01:40:50,466 --> 01:40:50,466
recommending it's a requirement. It's a requirement for every gas or ice engine we get. So 1 to 1,

928
01:40:55,866 --> 01:40:55,866
1 to 1 correct. 1 to 1 okay. So because the biggest question I had was capacity nine. That's

929
01:41:01,000 --> 01:41:01,000
not a huge van. And you're talking about sports teams in the future. That's not a whole

930
01:41:06,000 --> 01:41:06,000
sports team of any sport. So I'm a little bit curious as to why we wouldn't do maybe like 15

931
01:41:11,233 --> 01:41:11,233
passenger if we've got to go one for one, if that's the requirement. I'm assuming that's

932
01:41:15,300 --> 01:41:15,300
the requirement based on what you're saying, then why wouldn't we go 15 passenger van, 15

933
01:41:19,533 --> 01:41:19,533
passenger gas, nine passenger electric unless there is more capacity in electric. So that's

934
01:41:23,866 --> 01:41:23,866
a good question. So when it comes to 15 passenger van, the national highway national

935
01:41:29,333 --> 01:41:29,333
transportation safety board does not recommend the utilization of 15 passenger vans because of the

936
01:41:34,733 --> 01:41:38,333
once you get with that type of vehicle, with that many passengers, you have a high center of gravity. And the rollover potential is higher. Also, that requires a commercial

937
01:41:44,533 --> 01:41:44,533
license. So with these vans, we're going to be able to get drivers that they still have to

938
01:41:50,666 --> 01:41:50,666
meet. The new senate bill 88 that came out in october, but it doesn't require commercial

939
01:41:55,600 --> 01:41:55,600
license. And so that's why we would stay with the nine passenger. If the in the cases

940
01:42:00,400 --> 01:42:00,400
where there's sports teams that need a higher capacity, we can utilize the school busses. In

941
01:42:04,566 --> 01:42:04,566
those cases, I don't know a sports team that has nine players, less than nine players

942
01:42:09,266 --> 01:42:09,266
plus a coach. Yeah, I don't know how that would look for. Well there's multiple. We have. But I

943
01:42:15,733 --> 01:42:15,733
thought two I thought that it was overturned about the evs in 2035. I heard that that was

944
01:42:21,266 --> 01:42:25,166
overturned that they can't was like unlawful or unconstitutional or something in california. I have not heard that. I did hear that it was overturned. So we don't have to

945
01:42:30,066 --> 01:42:30,066
go electric. Let's look into that. Let's look into that's something that we can definitely

946
01:42:34,400 --> 01:42:38,166
look because that is a real thing. And not that I'm saying down with electric. I mean, I've had a tesla before, I don't any more electric. It's a good car. But my point is, until you don't

947
01:42:43,066 --> 01:42:43,066
have electricity, that's right. Until you don't. But there are several things between the cost

948
01:42:47,433 --> 01:42:47,433
of it up front and then just the capacity. Now, what is the maximum that you can get size

949
01:42:51,833 --> 01:42:51,833
wise passengers before you have to get that? It's the nine. So nine, nine plus the driver.

950
01:42:58,866 --> 01:43:02,833
anything above ten passengers or more requires a commercial license with a passenger endorsement. Okay. I think it's great for after school stuff and for elementary. I don't see many

951
01:43:08,433 --> 01:43:08,433
more uses because nine is not that many people. That's my only that's my biggest concern is I

952
01:43:14,466 --> 01:43:18,433
love the idea. I think it's great. I think we need transportation to get more kids involved. Absolutely, 100%. How do we do it so that it's also more beneficial in other places?

953
01:43:25,266 --> 01:43:25,266
so let's look into that. So actually to piggyback on you, todd. So carlos rodriguez who

954
01:43:31,066 --> 01:43:31,066
the aqmd when we did the electric busses, I guess they have more to give to us. So

955
01:43:35,966 --> 01:43:35,966
maybe that's something he's looking for, somebody to email. I guess they want to offer us

956
01:43:40,433 --> 01:43:40,433
more electric school busses. So I guess I can I know who to have them email now to talk about

957
01:43:45,300 --> 01:43:45,300
that. Because if you're worried about the capacity, if they're willing to just give us more

958
01:43:49,466 --> 01:43:49,466
busses, then that might help issues. But but but yeah I mean more busses would be great.

959
01:43:54,900 --> 01:43:54,900
yeah. That south coast grant, the south coast aqmd grant is out. The deadline to apply is I

960
01:44:00,166 --> 01:44:00,166
believe april 18th. We are going to apply. We're going to use we're looking to stack that with

961
01:44:06,000 --> 01:44:09,866
the csp grant, which we already currently have a resolution with. And just to limit the cost, because with the grant, it's still about $100,000 out of pocket. And with the south coast

962
01:44:15,600 --> 01:44:15,600
aqmd grant, the infrastructure funding isn't quite there. Like the csp, I think they're only

963
01:44:20,233 --> 01:44:20,233
offering 20,000 per per charger when it comes to the busses, but it's something that we are

964
01:44:24,900 --> 01:44:24,900
versus the csp, which is offering 75 000 per charger. But it's still something that we're

965
01:44:29,066 --> 01:44:29,066
going to be looking into. Well, I'll let carlos know this. Yes, he needs to have a better deal

966
01:44:34,333 --> 01:44:34,333
for us. Absolutely. Okay. And in addition to that, grant to we do have to crush a bus. We have to

967
01:44:40,566 --> 01:44:40,566
trade a bus and it has to be matching. So for gas, for electric. Yeah. Oh, I'm a little

968
01:44:48,700 --> 01:44:48,700
crazy. The crushing. That's gestapo stuff, man. Come on. I love the idea. I think it's

969
01:44:56,933 --> 01:44:56,933
fantastic. Do we have a cost? Each van is approximately $90,000. It's just. That's

970
01:45:03,100 --> 01:45:03,100
88,000 and change. Okay? And we. And we can afford this because I know a lot of these extra

971
01:45:10,266 --> 01:45:10,266
things. You know, people are talking about. So we are having so that's almost $1 million in

972
01:45:15,766 --> 01:45:15,766
vans through the yellow funding. Yes. That's how we would be purchasing the van. Okay. Is

973
01:45:21,933 --> 01:45:21,933
that included in the budget. In our budget it is. Yes. No I know yes. And joan, yes it is. So

974
01:45:28,366 --> 01:45:28,366
this this is included here when we get to my presentation here, it's a restricted program. And

975
01:45:36,233 --> 01:45:36,233
so right now it's being funded very well by the state. And so we you know, they're looking to

976
01:45:42,633 --> 01:45:42,633
continue with the different opportunities for the students. And so this is one way that we

977
01:45:47,400 --> 01:45:47,400
can provide more services to more students. And it isn't already in the budgets. Good

978
01:45:53,066 --> 01:45:53,066
okay. And you have to spend that money. Oh yeah. No totally agree. I just it's like

979
01:45:59,166 --> 01:45:59,166
developer fees you got to spend or you lose it funds you lose it. And how how long do we have

980
01:46:04,800 --> 01:46:04,800
to spend a lot funds. Is it the same way? Is it like 2 or 3 years or is it every year we

981
01:46:10,066 --> 01:46:10,066
have to spend it by june 30th. So it's each year you have. So they give it to you and you have

982
01:46:16,433 --> 01:46:16,433
a year to spend it or you lose it. Correct. Got it. If we if we approve it, when would this like

983
01:46:21,133 --> 01:46:21,133
would this go into effect before june 30th. We buy the vans this year. Yes. Yes, we can purchase

984
01:46:26,166 --> 01:46:26,166
the vans this year and we can get delivery before june 30th. And if we wait until next

985
01:46:32,433 --> 01:46:32,433
meeting, I'm just I'd like to see if we can do one for one. If we can do if we can multiply how

986
01:46:38,300 --> 01:46:38,300
many kids we can transport. So we have extra money right now in l.a. That we have to spend, or

987
01:46:42,900 --> 01:46:42,900
we will lose it. So we don't want to push this off. We want to get the purchases in because

988
01:46:47,966 --> 01:46:47,966
we don't want to send any money back. So. Oh yeah, no, I don't want any money back. I don't

989
01:46:53,400 --> 01:46:53,400
want any money back to the state. How quickly can we know if we can do more? The one for

990
01:46:58,800 --> 01:46:58,800
I'm just saying combustion versus electric. I'd like to see if we can. Yeah. Yeah. Can we do

991
01:47:03,766 --> 01:47:03,766
can we buy with that money. Could we buy like gas, gas vehicles. It's something we can

992
01:47:09,266 --> 01:47:09,266
look at. I do know the manufacturers or the vendors. They do have the ev in stock

993
01:47:14,466 --> 01:47:18,200
gasoline. They might not. But it's something that we can definitely because we can get 50% more vans. That's 50% more kids. I mean, if we're potentially cost I don't know

994
01:47:22,333 --> 01:47:22,333
what the cost is, but that would be interesting. I'd like to know that. I'm sorry. Oh, no, I was

995
01:47:30,100 --> 01:47:30,100
just I was thinking you were asking for bigger vans because I was going to ask if we're short

996
01:47:34,533 --> 01:47:34,533
any bus drivers at the moment. You're going to drive it and. No, no, no, no. Because that's

997
01:47:39,300 --> 01:47:43,200
why we're going van wise rather than bus wise. Because we're probably already short bus drivers for regular busses. And so to add more busses, it's really not going to help because

998
01:47:48,000 --> 01:47:48,000
we have nobody to drive them. Correct. Fortunately, we now have six subs. Two of them will

999
01:47:53,300 --> 01:47:53,300
be filling the full time positions. So our trainers have been working very hard to make

1000
01:47:57,900 --> 01:47:57,900
sure that they've done the training and giving original classes so that we can get

1001
01:48:02,800 --> 01:48:02,800
drivers in. And also we've been promoting ourselves. So we've been also taking drivers from

1002
01:48:08,566 --> 01:48:08,566
other districts. So that's what I like to hear. Stealing people. It's great. I just my we're able

1003
01:48:15,033 --> 01:48:15,033
to so we're able to have drivers for the busses we have if we need to possibly use them all

1004
01:48:19,966 --> 01:48:23,433
between elementary and middle school and then high school sports. Yes, absolutely. I just I guess my point is I'd like to maximize this as much as possible. If we can go larger

1005
01:48:28,466 --> 01:48:28,466
vans, great. If we can go more vans, great. Whatever we can do to maximize this and not go out

1006
01:48:33,066 --> 01:48:33,066
of the budget. I think that would be important because the more kids we can get involved,

1007
01:48:37,233 --> 01:48:37,233
the better. And how are you guys advertising for the other districts? Are you like, you

1008
01:48:41,633 --> 01:48:45,000
know, how how is that happening? Because you're obviously successful. It's really word of mouth. We have a great culture within our transportation department. And so drivers,

1009
01:48:48,600 --> 01:48:52,466
there's no secrets with drivers ever. It's a really small community, especially in orange county. And so as the word gets out and they, you know, want to come work for us. Very good.

1010
01:48:58,200 --> 01:48:58,200
yeah. You shouldn't be telling that on like so that's true. We are we are recording. Let's keep

1011
01:49:03,866 --> 01:49:03,866
our secrets to ourselves. I have a question. What did the parents do if we are transporting their

1012
01:49:10,966 --> 01:49:10,966
child to another location, are we automatically bringing them back to that school site at the

1013
01:49:15,200 --> 01:49:15,200
end of the day? Or are those parents picking them up at that particular school site? We bring

1014
01:49:20,033 --> 01:49:20,033
them back to the school site. Second question. It's sort of related but not related to vans.

1015
01:49:26,666 --> 01:49:26,666
families that sign up for summer, the summer program. I have heard that it goes by very

1016
01:49:34,866 --> 01:49:34,866
fast, so the spaces fill up like crazy and by the time they fill out the application and submit

1017
01:49:42,500 --> 01:49:42,500
it for one kid and pivot over to their other sibling, that space is gone. And so they there's

1018
01:49:49,500 --> 01:49:49,500
been some glitch in the sign up for summer school so that the siblings aren't they aren't able

1019
01:49:54,833 --> 01:49:54,833
to do that simultaneously. So when the parents do call in and they say they're unable to get

1020
01:50:00,133 --> 01:50:00,133
the other sibling in, we manually put them together. Okay. So they last some someone

1021
01:50:06,900 --> 01:50:06,900
had that issue and so they ended up not participating altogether. So it would be really important

1022
01:50:12,100 --> 01:50:12,100
if we could let them know that if they have siblings to follow up with that as part of that

1023
01:50:19,033 --> 01:50:19,033
application process. Okay. Thank you. You're welcome. And I'm for ev. And that was going to be my

1024
01:50:26,500 --> 01:50:26,500
question right. Because I also heard from a parent that they were able to enroll their kids,

1025
01:50:32,900 --> 01:50:32,900
but they were at two different sites in this. And you know, in elementary. So the parent would

1026
01:50:37,933 --> 01:50:37,933
have to drop off one and then go drop off the other at the other site. So if we could help do

1027
01:50:45,166 --> 01:50:45,166
something to make it more convenient for our families to mitigate any, you know, this

1028
01:50:50,700 --> 01:50:50,700
kind of frustration for our programs summer, fall and winter, those seem to be the

1029
01:50:55,900 --> 01:50:55,900
main issues. Is there very popular programs? So like on the soccer? Well, no. For the summer

1030
01:51:03,633 --> 01:51:03,633
break and fall break. Yeah. And. I was like all year. Yeah, yeah. All year. I'm just I'm just

1031
01:51:11,266 --> 01:51:11,266
realizing we're not voting on this, are we? This is not a vote. It's in consent. Right?

1032
01:51:15,733 --> 01:51:15,733
yeah. Okay. It's in consent. I'm going to pull it and talk about it again. Do we both drink

1033
01:51:23,966 --> 01:51:23,966
coffee tonight? Are you guys good? Thank you. Yeah. Okay. Perfect. Thank you so much,

1034
01:51:36,533 --> 01:51:36,533
doctor lopez. Thank you. Okay, we finish our presentations. This is armand.

1035
01:51:54,033 --> 01:51:54,033
miss armand. Cool. Can you hear me? Okay. There we go. Good evening, president anderson.

1036
01:52:02,133 --> 01:52:02,133
trustees. Acting superintendent, doctor mucino and executive cabinet members. I'm excited to

1037
01:52:09,133 --> 01:52:09,133
be here tonight to share my recent updates from our comprehensive high schools and

1038
01:52:13,433 --> 01:52:13,433
alternative campuses. So buena vista virtual academy student samuel nguyen and 11th grade

1039
01:52:20,333 --> 01:52:20,333
early graduate participated in the 26 holocaust art and writing contest in the poetry category.

1040
01:52:25,933 --> 01:52:25,933
he was selected as a finalist in the high school poetry division at park view school. Elise

1041
01:52:31,600 --> 01:52:31,600
proctor has been recognized as a national honor, honor society scholarship national

1042
01:52:36,266 --> 01:52:36,266
semifinalist. She has earned a $32,000 scholarship in recognition of her exemplary

1043
01:52:41,066 --> 01:52:41,066
dedication to the nhs, pillars of scholarship, service, leadership, and character at el

1044
01:52:47,966 --> 01:52:47,966
camino real high school, in alignment with its college and career readiness initiatives, el

1045
01:52:52,800 --> 01:52:52,800
camino students have engaged in a multiple college field trips. These visits. These include

1046
01:52:58,233 --> 01:52:58,233
visits to fullerton college for the male males, achieving success conference, and the

1047
01:53:02,533 --> 01:53:02,533
extended opportunity program. Additional upcoming events include the females achieving

1048
01:53:07,700 --> 01:53:07,700
success conference and an orientation session for students planning to enroll at fullerton

1049
01:53:12,200 --> 01:53:12,200
college in the fall. Last week, students had the opportunity to tour tour chapman university,

1050
01:53:17,400 --> 01:53:17,400
where they explored the dormitory, dormitory facilities and interacted with current

1051
01:53:22,900 --> 01:53:22,900
college students. The school is also preparing for upcoming events, including a red cross

1052
01:53:27,900 --> 01:53:27,900
blood drive on march 27th and prom on april 4th at the fullerton elks lodge. This

1053
01:53:34,833 --> 01:53:34,833
year's prom theme is moonlight on the river. At el dorado high school. Their girls water polo

1054
01:53:40,466 --> 01:53:40,466
team won the division five cif championship on february 22nd in dominant fashion, defeating

1055
01:53:45,800 --> 01:53:45,800
santa santa paula 16 to 4. This victory marks the first cif championship in the program's

1056
01:53:52,066 --> 01:53:52,066
history. On march 7th, el dorado hosted the eighth annual nonsense in the nest class

1057
01:53:57,566 --> 01:53:57,566
competition, an event that showcases the school's strong sense of spirit. During the

1058
01:54:02,100 --> 01:54:02,100
event, the class of 2025 narrowly secured the championship trophy,

1059
01:54:06,433 --> 01:54:06,433
outperforming the juniors. Students from each grade level competed in various activities

1060
01:54:11,100 --> 01:54:11,100
including dancing, hula hooping, three point shooting, and mattress surfing, while

1061
01:54:16,366 --> 01:54:16,366
accumulating spirit points throughout the night. A faculty member who attended the event

1062
01:54:20,466 --> 01:54:20,466
for the first time remarked that it was so enjoyable that they would never miss it again. At

1063
01:54:25,400 --> 01:54:25,400
esperanza high school, they celebrated two wrestling state champions at the recent

1064
01:54:29,633 --> 01:54:29,633
tournament in bakersfield. Olivia davis and sammy sanchez each secured first place in

1065
01:54:34,166 --> 01:54:34,166
their respective weight classes, marking the first time in school history that two wrestlers have

1066
01:54:38,900 --> 01:54:38,900
won state titles in the same year. The esperanza dance team achieved remarkable success at a

1067
01:54:44,200 --> 01:54:44,200
national competition in orlando orlando, florida, bringing home three national championship

1068
01:54:49,466 --> 01:54:49,466
trophies for their performances in palm pom pom, hip hop and jazz. This is the first time in

1069
01:54:56,633 --> 01:55:00,400
20 years that the team has won three titles in a single competition. Additionally, the esperanza baseball team recently received a new scoreboard, enhancing the game day

1070
01:55:04,866 --> 01:55:04,866
experience for players and spectators. Upcoming events at esperanza include the aztec

1071
01:55:10,033 --> 01:55:10,033
experience, an eighth grade parent night scheduled for wednesday, march 26th, providing

1072
01:55:14,466 --> 01:55:14,466
prospective students and their families an opportunity to become acquainted with the

1073
01:55:18,533 --> 01:55:18,533
school community. The winterguard team recently placed first in a competition at colony

1074
01:55:23,933 --> 01:55:23,933
high school, further showcasing the school's talent in performing arts. Additionally,

1075
01:55:28,400 --> 01:55:31,966
the theater department is actively rehearsing for its upcoming production of mean girls, which will premiere in may. Venture academy was recently awarded a $1,000 grant

1076
01:55:38,666 --> 01:55:38,666
from the placentia community foundation. The funds will be used to establish a permanent

1077
01:55:43,433 --> 01:55:43,433
coffee cart and acquire a high quality espresso machine for the coffee carts program. The

1078
01:55:49,100 --> 01:55:49,100
academy. The academy extends its gratitude to the members of the placentia community foundation

1079
01:55:53,766 --> 01:55:53,766
for their generous support. Additionally, the venture choir successfully presented its

1080
01:55:58,366 --> 01:55:58,366
concert of love performance at the performing arts center on february 20th. George key school

1081
01:56:03,533 --> 01:56:03,533
will celebrate saint patrick's day with engaging activities designed for both parents and

1082
01:56:08,000 --> 01:56:08,000
students. Looking ahead, the school is preparing for its annual walkathon, walk and roll

1083
01:56:12,433 --> 01:56:12,433
a thon, which will place at the end of april, followed by the highly anticipated raffle and

1084
01:56:17,233 --> 01:56:17,233
family barbecue in may. Valencia high school has received over 300 applications from incoming

1085
01:56:23,566 --> 01:56:23,566
freshmen for its esteemed academic programs, including the cambridge international

1086
01:56:28,200 --> 01:56:28,200
baccalaureate and valtech academies. Academy orientation night will take place on

1087
01:56:33,266 --> 01:56:33,266
wednesday, march 12th, followed by a new tiger orientation night on march 19th, where students

1088
01:56:37,600 --> 01:56:37,600
will receive guidance on academic, athletic, academic, athletic and extracurricular

1089
01:56:43,266 --> 01:56:43,266
opportunities. The valencia valencia academic decathlon team excelled in recent competitions,

1090
01:56:49,166 --> 01:56:49,166
placing first in division one super quiz and securing second place overall in division one.

1091
01:56:54,666 --> 01:56:54,666
the team has once again qualified for the state competition in the field of

1092
01:56:59,066 --> 01:56:59,066
cyber cybersecurity. Sorry. Valencia's team participated in the la ctf competition at ucla,

1093
01:57:06,733 --> 01:57:06,733
competing against over 700 teams nationwide. The students demonstrated expertise in cyber

1094
01:57:12,333 --> 01:57:12,333
photography and reverse engineering, with the top two teams tying for first place and

1095
01:57:16,600 --> 01:57:16,600
earning cash prizes. Yorba linda high school has an amazing spring season at, with various

1096
01:57:23,666 --> 01:57:23,666
athletic teams achieving promising starts. The school is particularly excited about the

1097
01:57:27,766 --> 01:57:27,766
launch of its inaugural beach volleyball program. The performing arts program are in

1098
01:57:32,266 --> 01:57:32,266
full swing with color guard, band, choir and orchestra preparing for upcoming festivals

1099
01:57:36,800 --> 01:57:36,800
and competitions. Meanwhile, the theater department is rehearsing for its spring musical

1100
01:57:41,933 --> 01:57:41,933
production, bright star. Yorba linda high school recently commenced olympics week,

1101
01:57:47,833 --> 01:57:51,733
featuring a variety of competitions, including a cornhole tournament for participation from both students and staff. The week long festivities will accumulate in

1102
01:57:55,733 --> 01:57:55,733
the olympics rally, which will include student performances, a staff performance, interactive

1103
01:58:00,366 --> 01:58:00,366
games and spirit building activities. That is all. Thank you very much. I just wanted to

1104
01:58:14,033 --> 01:58:14,033
ask you if you wanted to share about your experience. Last month during our board meeting.

1105
01:58:20,300 --> 01:58:20,300
it was really amazing. So I don't know if you guys know where I was, but I was getting

1106
01:58:25,000 --> 01:58:25,000
awarded for my scholarship to northwestern university. Thank you. Thank you. It was really

1107
01:58:33,533 --> 01:58:33,533
cool. I mean, it was really, really cool to see all the other people who are going to be

1108
01:58:38,900 --> 01:58:38,900
attending the university with me. You know, I'm really excited to get to know them, but I also

1109
01:58:42,933 --> 01:58:42,933
thought it was so cool. They, like, rented out a movie theater. So I never like I don't

1110
01:58:47,033 --> 01:58:47,033
know, I've never like, I never got to walk on the stage like it was a really cool experience.

1111
01:58:52,800 --> 01:58:52,800
they had it like all set up, and then I got like free popcorn and it was like. It was awesome. I

1112
01:58:58,133 --> 01:58:58,133
felt very special. I had like a seat with my name on it. Exactly. I was like, I feel like

1113
01:59:03,500 --> 01:59:07,033
I'm at a movie premiere. So it was really exciting. Thank you for sharing. Okay, now I'll ask the tough question. Okay. How has valencia high school and placentia-yorba linda unified

1114
01:59:11,966 --> 01:59:11,966
school district prepared you for your life beyond high school, and to get that award? That is a

1115
01:59:17,000 --> 01:59:17,000
very good question. So I would say that valencia and pile overall has definitely prepared

1116
01:59:22,900 --> 01:59:22,900
me with rigorous academic courses. As you guys know, I'm in ib. But they've also given me

1117
01:59:29,433 --> 01:59:29,433
a set of critical thinking skills that I think I'll take with me everywhere. Something

1118
01:59:33,833 --> 01:59:33,833
that I really love about this district is that, you know, they're definitely very tough on

1119
01:59:38,333 --> 01:59:38,333
you, but I think that it also comes with a lot of support, which I don't think can be met

1120
01:59:43,733 --> 01:59:43,733
anywhere else. And I think it's really helped me shape into the qualities that I will carry with

1121
01:59:48,100 --> 01:59:48,100
me for the rest of my life. Thank you. Thank you. I like that type of support. Okay.

1122
02:00:03,866 --> 02:00:03,866
okay. We're going to turn our time now over to. Doctor serena. Thank you, madam president.

1123
02:00:12,533 --> 02:00:16,500
members of the board of education. Lay the congratulations. No one gets into northwestern, so that is just amazing. Executive cabinet. Yes. Members of the pyle family

1124
02:00:25,033 --> 02:00:25,033
present and those who are watching from the luxury of their couch. The el community

1125
02:00:34,000 --> 02:00:34,000
forum, please join us on tuesday, march 18th. So that would be next tuesday for the

1126
02:00:44,800 --> 02:00:44,800
lcap community forum. This public meeting will provide an opportunity for input on the

1127
02:00:50,233 --> 02:00:50,233
local control accountability plan. And you know, again, local accountability plan. Now it's in

1128
02:00:57,733 --> 02:00:57,733
its 10th year and it's starting to finally attract more and more families and more and more

1129
02:01:03,166 --> 02:01:03,166
members of the community who are engaged. And so I really encourage everyone to come to

1130
02:01:09,133 --> 02:01:09,133
that event, if you can. Pylusd staff will present state dashboard outcomes and action

1131
02:01:15,766 --> 02:01:15,766
plans for the upcoming school year. Community insights and ideas regarding continuous

1132
02:01:21,133 --> 02:01:21,133
improvement efforts are highly valued and we welcome your participation, so we hope to see

1133
02:01:25,400 --> 02:01:25,400
you there from 6 to 8 p.m. The shamrock and run. So I will be there, I will run, I am a runner

1134
02:01:39,300 --> 02:01:39,300
and I expect to be there. Does anyone any my fellow governance team members expect to be there?

1135
02:01:44,900 --> 02:01:44,900
yes. Yeah. Okay. You're not running? Away. Okay. As a final reminder, our valued partners at

1136
02:01:54,766 --> 02:01:54,766
the reach foundation are preparing to host their annual shamrock and run five k and two

1137
02:02:00,866 --> 02:02:00,866
k events. Saturday, march 16th is this saturday? Sunday? Sunday? It's sunday. Right?

1138
02:02:09,433 --> 02:02:09,433
right. Okay, let me just let me just make that sunday. Calendar. Yeah. No I yeah no I knew it was

1139
02:02:18,066 --> 02:02:18,066
sunday. I just met I just messed up their. Sunday at yorba regional park in anaheim.

1140
02:02:25,233 --> 02:02:25,233
proceeds from this event directly support our annual middle school track meet and

1141
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other enrichment programs facilitated by the reach foundation. And I did get a

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chance to meet with officials giselle and jennifer from the reach foundation. And how

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wonderful that they are gifting our children with so many wonderful programs. Proceeds

1144
02:02:49,133 --> 02:02:49,133
from this event directly support our annual middle school track meet and other enrichment

1145
02:02:54,466 --> 02:02:54,466
programs. Oh, I just I just repeated myself. And all volunteer education focus 501 c3

1146
02:03:03,433 --> 02:03:03,433
nonprofit organization benefiting all students across our district. For more details

1147
02:03:08,033 --> 02:03:08,033
and a link to register, please visit the district website. The principal for a day. We look

1148
02:03:14,600 --> 02:03:14,600
forward to hosting our annual principal for a day on wednesday, march 19th in

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02:03:19,900 --> 02:03:19,900
collaboration with our esteemed partners at the passage and yorba linda chambers of

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02:03:26,066 --> 02:03:26,066
commerce. Guest principals will have a unique opportunity to experience a day in the life of

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02:03:33,066 --> 02:03:33,066
a school principal as they shadow site leaders on our campuses that morning. The event

1152
02:03:38,766 --> 02:03:38,766
will culminate here in the boardroom with a luncheon and discussion, reflecting on their

1153
02:03:45,166 --> 02:03:45,166
experiences. We are deeply grateful for the ongoing support of our chamber of commerce and

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02:03:50,600 --> 02:03:50,600
community partners, and we look forward to showcasing the incredible work of our students,

1155
02:03:55,966 --> 02:03:55,966
staff, programs, facilities, and site leaders. And in conclusion, the chapman university holocaust

1156
02:04:05,666 --> 02:04:05,666
art and writing contest. Finally, our middle and high school students recently

1157
02:04:11,400 --> 02:04:11,400
participated in the 26th annual chapman university holocaust remembrance art and writing

1158
02:04:17,900 --> 02:04:17,900
contest. This year's theme was what do you bring when you don't know where you are going? Each

1159
02:04:25,866 --> 02:04:25,866
year, students from around the world take part in this powerful contest, engaging in meaningful

1160
02:04:33,033 --> 02:04:33,033
research about the holocaust and world war two. As part of the experience, they listened to

1161
02:04:39,200 --> 02:04:39,200
firsthand testimonies from holocaust survivors and rescuer, reflecting on their motivations

1162
02:04:46,333 --> 02:04:46,333
for sharing their stories. Students then create original works of art, film, or writing

1163
02:04:53,200 --> 02:04:53,200
that honor and retell these experiences in profound and creative ways. Pil usd has long

1164
02:05:01,800 --> 02:05:01,800
been a proud supporter of this competition, encouraging participation across all of our

1165
02:05:08,233 --> 02:05:08,233
middle and high school campuses. This year was no exception, with 400 of our students taking part.

1166
02:05:17,366 --> 02:05:17,366
that's outstanding. Notably, three middle school students and one high school student from

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02:05:24,433 --> 02:05:24,433
travis ranch, tuffrey, and yorba linda middle schools, as well as yorba linda high school have

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02:05:31,100 --> 02:05:31,100
been named finalists. So that's wonderful. Yes, definitely. Congratulations to those

1169
02:05:39,566 --> 02:05:39,566
students, district and school leaders, trustees and students will attend the contest ceremony

1170
02:05:45,166 --> 02:05:45,166
at chapman university this coming friday to view submissions and celebrate the

1171
02:05:51,866 --> 02:05:51,866
achievements of all participants. Madam president, this concludes my report. My

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02:05:59,033 --> 02:05:59,033
first report. Thank you. And I don't have a tough question for you. So okay. You can relax.

1173
02:06:07,300 --> 02:06:07,300
thank you for that one. What's your fastest mile time? Yes. Yeah I think I think he's very

1174
02:06:15,133 --> 02:06:15,133
fast. What is your fastest mile time? I would I think it's very quick. Well, you mean currently

1175
02:06:23,833 --> 02:06:23,833
or when I was. Oh. How about how about both? How about both. Yea, I probably around 630 maybe.

1176
02:06:33,300 --> 02:06:33,300
have a good day. Right now. Yeah, right. Okay. He may be a winner. A shamrock winner might

1177
02:06:41,266 --> 02:06:41,266
be a medal around your neck. Yeah, at the end of the day. But that's not at 7 a.m. That's.

1178
02:06:48,566 --> 02:06:48,566
that's a different story. That's funny. Okay. That's another reason now for everyone to come

1179
02:06:59,833 --> 02:06:59,833
to the shamrock and run. We'll all. We'll all. Yeah. We're all going to have our stopwatches.

1180
02:07:07,800 --> 02:07:07,800
yep. Okay, so now it's time for our public comment. Public comment is an opportunity for

1181
02:07:13,166 --> 02:07:13,166
the public to provide input to the board of education during the public comment period. Board

1182
02:07:18,166 --> 02:07:18,166
members do not dialog with speakers or make comments regarding the information

1183
02:07:22,500 --> 02:07:22,500
shared. Each speaker will have three minutes tonight because we have ten speakers. We ask our

1184
02:07:34,833 --> 02:07:34,833
speakers to repeat their names when they come up to speak, and we will call the first four

1185
02:07:40,433 --> 02:07:40,433
speakers to sit in the first row. So they'll be ready for their comment. So you did so

1186
02:07:50,700 --> 02:07:50,700
well early. Why don't you keep going? Okay. And these are in order that we receive them. The

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02:07:58,866 --> 02:07:58,866
first four speakers. Judy, yehuda. Stephanie avital. Dawn. Kaylie and elaine o'connor. Yes.

1188
02:08:13,666 --> 02:08:13,666
please be seated. And good evening. I'm judy yehuda. As a northwestern alumni. I have to

1189
02:08:24,933 --> 02:08:24,933
congratulate you on your acceptance at northwestern. And my advice to you is to invest in

1190
02:08:31,166 --> 02:08:31,166
a very good coat. Speaking of mental. Speaking of mental health, our jewish students are

1191
02:08:43,133 --> 02:08:43,133
feeling threatened and unsafe in our classrooms and our schools, and they're afraid to speak up.

1192
02:08:53,666 --> 02:08:53,666
since october 7th, anti-semitism has increased by over 400%. Some of the things our students are

1193
02:09:04,500 --> 02:09:04,500
experiencing at the schools in orange county include bullying on campus from other students,

1194
02:09:14,166 --> 02:09:14,166
anti-semitic and israeli misinformation in the classroom, which includes misinformation

1195
02:09:23,200 --> 02:09:23,200
about israel in class assignments and in textbooks. Anti-semitic and threatening

1196
02:09:31,800 --> 02:09:31,800
messaging and information, is being allowed in student newspapers and yearbooks and

1197
02:09:40,833 --> 02:09:40,833
sometimes in the classrooms on a student or teacher bulletin boards. These are just some of

1198
02:09:49,133 --> 02:09:49,133
the issues that that we have seen in the past year in orange county schools. My colleagues

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02:09:59,000 --> 02:09:59,000
are going to be talking about some resources that we feel might help address these issues.

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02:10:07,166 --> 02:10:07,166
and I realize I will say, I don't have a clock here. Oh thank you. That there is an

1201
02:10:17,133 --> 02:10:17,133
element of social media. It's not totally a school problem, but I can't control social

1202
02:10:24,633 --> 02:10:24,633
media. So we will be presenting some ideas and resources that we think can help. And I'm asking,

1203
02:10:34,466 --> 02:10:34,466
I will be reaching out to you by email and asking that you respond to me and be willing to

1204
02:10:42,033 --> 02:10:42,033
set up a meeting to further the conversation and see what solutions we can achieve to help

1205
02:10:51,766 --> 02:10:51,766
not just our jewish students, but all students. It's not just bullying of jewish students, but

1206
02:10:58,233 --> 02:10:58,233
it's hate across the board. Thank you. Whoa! Sorry. Okay. Okay. Hopefully you can hear me.

1207
02:11:19,466 --> 02:11:19,466
my name is stephanie avital. I'm an orange county resident, and I'm here to talk to you about

1208
02:11:24,433 --> 02:11:24,433
resources in orange county. That can foster and enhance community and school learning in regard to

1209
02:11:31,066 --> 02:11:31,066
combating hate in general. I bet you didn't know there's an orange county holocaust museum

1210
02:11:36,866 --> 02:11:36,866
here that you don't have to go all the way to the tolerance museum in la with your students.

1211
02:11:41,566 --> 02:11:41,566
that cost you a lot of money and time. The orange, orange. The holocaust museum also provides

1212
02:11:49,133 --> 02:11:49,133
funding if needed. All of these resources I'm mentioning are free to the schools and have

1213
02:11:53,666 --> 02:11:53,666
funding provided. I am a docent at that museum. We encourage you as a board to go to the museum

1214
02:12:00,733 --> 02:12:00,733
and see it, as well as your staff and teachers. It's usually geared from seventh grade on up

1215
02:12:06,366 --> 02:12:06,366
through 12th grade, and it's quite a unique experience. It's not a typical holocaust museum.

1216
02:12:12,233 --> 02:12:12,233
it's based upon the life of one holocaust survivor who was a local resident in huntington

1217
02:12:17,966 --> 02:12:17,966
beach. Another source is the student to student program, where students come and speak to

1218
02:12:23,166 --> 02:12:23,166
your classmates, their classmates in different schools about what it means to be jewish

1219
02:12:29,100 --> 02:12:29,100
and what judaism is. So that's a fostering understanding and empathy and education of

1220
02:12:35,366 --> 02:12:39,033
knowledge. We know that knowledge reduces hate, so that's an opportunity there. That's also provided by the jewish federation. Survivors play is a play based upon a real

1221
02:12:45,866 --> 02:12:45,866
survivors, and it's acted out. And your students have a q&a after. So there's an engaging

1222
02:12:51,966 --> 02:12:51,966
conversation on that that's also funded. Hope in the holy land is a docu series film based upon a

1223
02:13:00,733 --> 02:13:00,733
local gentleman here who makes films and travels to israel. He is also a pastor. He's willing

1224
02:13:05,866 --> 02:13:05,866
to do a q&a after reviewing the docu films hope and the holy land, and the last one is an

1225
02:13:11,966 --> 02:13:11,966
escape room that is offered to your students. They'll come to the school and set up an escape

1226
02:13:16,933 --> 02:13:20,766
room with various themes. Depending on what the teachers you know choose regarding the subject of hate and discrimination against anyone. And the last thing is friendship

1227
02:13:26,900 --> 02:13:26,900
circle. It has to do with our special needs program and our special needs people. You have

1228
02:13:32,833 --> 02:13:32,833
students that volunteer and they get their high school credit hours, and they can volunteer at

1229
02:13:37,500 --> 02:13:41,133
friendship circle and work with people in our special needs community, fostering friendships, activities, soccer. They do tennis. They do cooking for young adults, and these

1230
02:13:47,166 --> 02:13:47,166
programs are offered again free to the community. And it's based out of newport beach. Thank you.

1231
02:13:59,633 --> 02:13:59,633
hello. Good evening. My name is dawn calli and I just wanted to talk to you tonight about the

1232
02:14:06,833 --> 02:14:06,833
potential for abuse with the new ethnic studies curriculum that's coming next fall to all our

1233
02:14:13,133 --> 02:14:13,133
schools. In general, ethnic studies can take one of two forms. It can be multicultural

1234
02:14:19,033 --> 02:14:19,033
ethnic studies, which focuses on the history and positive historical contributions of

1235
02:14:24,133 --> 02:14:24,133
minority groups. Or it can be liberated ethnic studies, which leverages race to push partizan

1236
02:14:31,033 --> 02:14:31,033
political arguments about identity or power, and social justice that is rooted in

1237
02:14:36,366 --> 02:14:36,366
critical race theory. Andunrtunl activists have been working hard to put their political bias in

1238
02:14:43,366 --> 02:14:43,366
the ethnic studies movements. This is just the latest example of how embedded antisemitism and

1239
02:14:50,900 --> 02:14:50,900
anti-semitism is in education. If it goes unchecked, it will lead to division and hate in our

1240
02:14:57,733 --> 02:14:57,733
high schools. And you don't have to look any further than your local college campuses to see it

1241
02:15:03,433 --> 02:15:03,433
in full view. Since october 7th, the country has seen how embedded and under the radar

1242
02:15:08,500 --> 02:15:08,500
this has been going on for decades in academia. My daughter is actually a student at ucla

1243
02:15:15,433 --> 02:15:15,433
and the students for justice in palestine group started marching through the ucla campus. Spewing

1244
02:15:21,633 --> 02:15:21,633
their hate and support for the atrocities of ten seven. On october 11th, 2023, just four

1245
02:15:28,666 --> 02:15:28,666
days later, nothing had, you know, started with any retaliation, but they started

1246
02:15:34,700 --> 02:15:34,700
marching through the school. And how does that happen if it's not organized and ready years in

1247
02:15:39,900 --> 02:15:39,900
advance? And by the way, they did this because the israelis were gaining the world's

1248
02:15:44,433 --> 02:15:44,433
sympathy as the victims of terror, and the hamas sympathizers couldn't have that.

1249
02:15:49,066 --> 02:15:49,066
they needed to change the narrative. We don't want to see the same kind of miseducation

1250
02:15:55,400 --> 02:15:55,400
and gaslighting of any minority to happen in our high schools. We don't want this hatred and

1251
02:16:01,333 --> 02:16:01,333
division being taught. We need to make sure the high school ethnic studies curriculum is

1252
02:16:05,900 --> 02:16:05,900
positive and accurate, and making students feel proud of their heritage and not feeling

1253
02:16:10,866 --> 02:16:10,866
attacked or unwelcome. Thank you. Hi, my name is elaine o'connor and I come with the

1254
02:16:21,466 --> 02:16:21,466
resource from the israeli-american council. And you may wonder, why would I sit

1255
02:16:28,000 --> 02:16:28,000
for 2.5 hours to bring this resource to you? It's because I think it's very, very helpful. I

1256
02:16:33,333 --> 02:16:33,333
feel it just deep in my heart. So as I know you all are aware, there's many challenges in the

1257
02:16:41,166 --> 02:16:41,166
rise of semitism and just even recognizing what it is. But not everyone knows what behaviors in

1258
02:16:48,400 --> 02:16:48,400
the classroom and on the school grounds make jewish students feel threatened and

1259
02:16:52,700 --> 02:16:52,700
marginalized. So here are some jewish students experiences said I've been bullied through jewish

1260
02:16:58,700 --> 02:16:58,700
and holocaust jokes simply for my being jewish. Or when I tell people I'm jewish, they

1261
02:17:04,200 --> 02:17:04,200
occasionally respond with, well, you don't look jewish. I've been a target of anti-semitism, but

1262
02:17:09,566 --> 02:17:09,566
most of the students didn't necessarily know they were being anti-semitic or at my old

1263
02:17:15,400 --> 02:17:15,400
school, a bunch. At my old school, a bunch of swastikas were carved into the chairs in

1264
02:17:21,766 --> 02:17:21,766
my religious studies class. So the question at hand is, what makes jewish students more

1265
02:17:27,933 --> 02:17:27,933
confident in confronting anti-semitism in school? And here's some of the answers these

1266
02:17:33,000 --> 02:17:33,000
students came up with. I had a teacher I could talk to or report an incident to, or an

1267
02:17:38,066 --> 02:17:38,066
easy place to report anti-semitism anonymously, like online, or to know that your

1268
02:17:44,533 --> 02:17:44,533
school administrators and teachers understand anti-semitism, or having

1269
02:17:49,866 --> 02:17:49,866
non-jewish students learn about anti-semitism and just themselves learning about forms

1270
02:17:55,000 --> 02:17:55,000
of anti-semitism and how to respond. So the american israeli-american council has a

1271
02:18:01,600 --> 02:18:01,600
lot of great resources. But the one I'm here to tell you about is the educational program that

1272
02:18:06,866 --> 02:18:06,866
includes a speaker for staff development presentations and addresses those specific issues

1273
02:18:12,466 --> 02:18:12,466
I've spoken about as well as related topics. So an ia specialist has given this

1274
02:18:18,766 --> 02:18:18,766
development presentation in both los angeles and orange county, including the fullerton school

1275
02:18:24,333 --> 02:18:24,333
district. And this same educational program can be presented to the placentia-yorba

1276
02:18:29,233 --> 02:18:29,233
linda unified school district at no cost. I encourage you to contact the israeli american

1277
02:18:34,900 --> 02:18:34,900
council to discuss this program, or learn about programs like this one. And thank you for your

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02:18:41,166 --> 02:18:41,166
time. Our next set of speakers. Please approach the front. Steve shapiro close. Sam mijovic.

1279
02:19:03,733 --> 02:19:03,733
sheri murray I think it's sherry. Sherry. Oh, it's an m. I'm sorry. Sam murray. Shani.

1280
02:19:14,166 --> 02:19:14,166
murray I can't blame my new york accent. I was going to try, but I'm not going to get away with

1281
02:19:20,166 --> 02:19:20,166
it. Shani. Thank you. And lesli. Alexander. I think you go first. Steve. Steve. I'm already. When

1282
02:19:37,533 --> 02:19:37,533
I think of mental health. Todd. You're better than a caffeine break. You're always good. Great

1283
02:19:44,100 --> 02:19:44,100
personalities. I had this presentation about ready to tear it up because a lot of things

1284
02:19:49,433 --> 02:19:49,433
mental health, the batteries, that sort of thing. There's 1.1 million vehicles on recall right

1285
02:19:55,300 --> 02:19:55,300
now that are batteries. Most people don't know. There was an equivalent of 38,000 teslas that

1286
02:20:01,400 --> 02:20:01,400
burned up up the coast and contaminated that entire area. So it's a very political thing.

1287
02:20:07,733 --> 02:20:07,733
but for three years, myself and a few other retired people from faa military have been doing

1288
02:20:14,266 --> 02:20:14,266
lithium battery safety and teaching lawmakers, usually one on one about what's going on and

1289
02:20:23,333 --> 02:20:23,333
what we're concerned about. Because my background was 13 years in hazmat and worker

1290
02:20:30,233 --> 02:20:30,233
protection, and I had a fire at my house, bike batteries just laying out in the heat cause

1291
02:20:36,066 --> 02:20:36,066
them. And I had ten people from the local fire department, sheriff and everything there,

1292
02:20:41,700 --> 02:20:41,700
and they're kind of hands were tied. Plus they didn't know a lot that hydrogen fluoride is

1293
02:20:47,433 --> 02:20:47,433
like bleach times ten. And if I do a post with that word or the words china, it's blacked out.

1294
02:20:55,100 --> 02:20:55,100
you can't get it. So all I was coming up here to do is maybe an e-bike safety program, because I

1295
02:21:00,366 --> 02:21:00,366
see these guys running down the street like crazy. All you have to do is put helmets on them.

1296
02:21:05,500 --> 02:21:05,500
the other one was, the other one was, if you know anybody, I was thinking about a business model

1297
02:21:11,266 --> 02:21:11,266
with after school shop classes, because those were the mentors that really took me there. I

1298
02:21:19,500 --> 02:21:19,500
raised an adhd child and he's a productive member of society. His strong points were detail,

1299
02:21:26,233 --> 02:21:26,233
but he certainly didn't know how to spell, and he certainly didn't know how to do english.

1300
02:21:33,100 --> 02:21:33,100
but you know, as I get 26 years old, they start coming down and driving company cars. So I

1301
02:21:38,966 --> 02:21:38,966
targeted on what he was good at, what he wasn't. And the biggest thing I had to overcome and

1302
02:21:43,900 --> 02:21:43,900
nothing on you is well-meaning teachers, great teachers said you're not going to be any good

1303
02:21:51,400 --> 02:21:51,400
unless you go to college. And he wasn't going to be able to make it at all. So having purpose and

1304
02:21:58,333 --> 02:21:58,333
worth and hope is the best thing for mental health. And we don't have that. And I think we can do

1305
02:22:04,400 --> 02:22:04,400
that with taking apart a toaster to start with, making a birdhouse, working on a car. So

1306
02:22:09,400 --> 02:22:09,400
I think if we can start that business model up, anybody wants to do it, we can have I don't

1307
02:22:17,433 --> 02:22:17,433
know, we can take care of the kids that don't have the money to go, but bike safety one I can

1308
02:22:23,666 --> 02:22:23,666
teach you guys about battery safety because there's a lot of fires that you don't know about.

1309
02:22:30,033 --> 02:22:30,033
city of new york lost 22 people last year, 400 fires. Okay. And we have problems with the supply

1310
02:22:38,566 --> 02:22:38,566
chain. So amazon's starting to get on board because a lot of those batteries that are made in

1311
02:22:45,100 --> 02:22:49,100
china and vietnam, when they're bad they don't get scrapped. They go down the street and they make them into profit. Thank you. So if you need anything, my name is sarah. I'd love to help

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02:22:54,233 --> 02:22:54,233
you. Thank you. My name is sam revich. A little bit of what I said. I was going to repeat

1313
02:23:03,233 --> 02:23:03,233
something that you've just talked about. The valencia academic decathlon.

1314
02:23:07,600 --> 02:23:07,600
congratulations to them. They placed second overall in the orange county competition and

1315
02:23:15,266 --> 02:23:15,266
placed first in superquiz. In addition to the team awards, individuals received $9,500 in

1316
02:23:22,800 --> 02:23:22,800
scholarships. Valencia score qualifies it to represent the district once again at the

1317
02:23:30,366 --> 02:23:30,366
california state competition next weekend in santa clara. A special shout out to the coaches

1318
02:23:36,733 --> 02:23:36,733
caitlyn rao, nathan vega and caitlyn reuter. This success is not just a measure of the team

1319
02:23:43,000 --> 02:23:43,000
and its dedicated coaches. It's also expresses the great educational opportunities

1320
02:23:47,666 --> 02:23:47,666
offered at valencia and the district. More broadly, the competition measures student

1321
02:23:52,533 --> 02:23:52,533
achievement in ten subject areas speech, essay, interview, art, economics, social science,

1322
02:23:56,933 --> 02:23:56,933
science, math, literature and music. Great academic decathletes are not made in the

1323
02:24:02,466 --> 02:24:02,466
few months leading to the competition. Their success reflects the investment of the

1324
02:24:06,666 --> 02:24:06,666
district over many years in our schools. The specific academic legacy of valencia developed

1325
02:24:12,933 --> 02:24:12,933
over decades and can be attributed to several visionary administrators, including rick

1326
02:24:17,600 --> 02:24:17,600
lopez, joey davis, nancy watkins and jamie york, who coached academic decathlon with me for a

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02:24:23,933 --> 02:24:23,933
few years. Over the last four years, three school board extremists drove these proven

1328
02:24:29,500 --> 02:24:29,500
educators out of the district. Their loss to us is tragic. Last year, the tigers gelled at the

1329
02:24:36,366 --> 02:24:36,366
right time. Valencia brought glory to our district, being the first pill school to finish in

1330
02:24:41,600 --> 02:24:41,600
the top ten at the state competition, placing seventh overall even though they were

1331
02:24:46,266 --> 02:24:46,266
not ranked in the top 20 going into the competition. The best schools in the nation are

1332
02:24:52,800 --> 02:24:56,700
represented at the california state competition. The winner of the california competition has won the national championship in all but two years. This century. Our hearts are with you, you

1333
02:25:05,300 --> 02:25:05,300
beautiful valencia geeks. You represent a great school in a great district. The decathlon

1334
02:25:14,700 --> 02:25:14,700
coaches provide another example of the dedication of our teachers. Coaches divide their

1335
02:25:20,500 --> 02:25:20,500
stipend three ways, measured in relationship to the amount of time they dedicate to the team.

1336
02:25:25,633 --> 02:25:25,633
it works out to less than $5 an hour. It must be rather insulting to them to hear that

1337
02:25:30,300 --> 02:25:30,300
usc coaches are compensated as independent contractors. At $50 an hour. It's not about the

1338
02:25:35,333 --> 02:25:35,333
money, it's about respect and fairness. Now, I got 21 seconds. That nine passenger bus would be

1339
02:25:43,866 --> 02:25:43,866
perfect to get them to santa clara. Hello, I'm shanae murray. I'm seeing and hearing a lot of

1340
02:25:58,500 --> 02:25:58,500
misinformation in the community. So I just once again, I want to thank the board for its

1341
02:26:02,666 --> 02:26:02,666
unanimous vote to investigate district administrators to ensure we have accountability in

1342
02:26:08,433 --> 02:26:08,433
pil. Thank you for making sure our administrators are treating employees fairly, acting in

1343
02:26:14,166 --> 02:26:14,166
fiscally responsible ways, and most importantly, prioritizing the education and safety of our

1344
02:26:19,566 --> 02:26:19,566
pio students. The fact that five of the seven were quickly cleared just boosts my

1345
02:26:24,433 --> 02:26:24,433
confidence in their abilities. While the fact that two are still out does give me cause for

1346
02:26:30,066 --> 02:26:30,066
concern, however, the investigation concludes I support this push for greater

1347
02:26:35,600 --> 02:26:35,600
accountability, and I want to thank you, renee gray, for your strong leadership as acting

1348
02:26:41,300 --> 02:26:41,300
superintendent and doctor serrano, welcome to the pio family. I've been part of this

1349
02:26:46,900 --> 02:26:46,900
district for 18 years and it truly is an amazing place. Thank you. I'm leslie alexander, a

1350
02:26:58,300 --> 02:26:58,300
retired teacher, a parent of two pil grads, and a member of the community. Welcome, doctor

1351
02:27:06,133 --> 02:27:06,133
musser, doctor serino, I practice it. I'm pleased that pil has the opportunity to

1352
02:27:11,833 --> 02:27:11,833
benefit from your experience and proven leadership. And thank you, mrs. Gray, for stepping in

1353
02:27:16,800 --> 02:27:16,800
when we needed you. Thank you also to mrs. Anderson for your leadership on this board. It is

1354
02:27:22,766 --> 02:27:22,766
greatly appreciated. Mr. Frazier, at the last board meeting, you indignantly

1355
02:27:28,533 --> 02:27:28,533
characterized the expected return of mrs. Gray to her actual position as ridiculous.

1356
02:27:33,900 --> 02:27:33,900
where was that outrage over the past two years, when 25 valued administrators were forced to

1357
02:27:39,966 --> 02:27:39,966
resign or forced out of their positions? One of those administrators was from yorba

1358
02:27:44,900 --> 02:27:44,900
linda middle school, where I was teaching prior to retirement. That loss was a soul crushing

1359
02:27:51,366 --> 02:27:51,366
loss, not just for the teachers and staff, but for the students and their parents as well. That

1360
02:27:57,200 --> 02:27:57,200
loss was repeated 25 times across this district. Yet you showed no outrage, no

1361
02:28:03,566 --> 02:28:03,566
indignation. Instead, you chose to support and enable the malfeasance and incompetence of

1362
02:28:09,066 --> 02:28:09,066
chernus and gates. Now that mr. Frazier is ridiculous. Mrs. Blades, I understand you have

1363
02:28:16,400 --> 02:28:16,400
recently post statements that are both misleading and false. In one recent post, you made it

1364
02:28:20,566 --> 02:28:20,566
sound as though a majority of the board voted to put chernus and gates on leave. In fact, it

1365
02:28:26,400 --> 02:28:26,400
was a unanimous board vote that put them on leave. You also voted for that leave. I am not

1366
02:28:32,000 --> 02:28:32,000
sure whose interests you are promoting when you share board business on social media, in

1367
02:28:37,066 --> 02:28:37,066
posts that are both false and misleading, but I'm absolutely certain those posts do not serve

1368
02:28:43,333 --> 02:28:43,333
the best interest of our students. Thank you. Our last two speakers for this evening,

1369
02:28:56,433 --> 02:28:56,433
julie suchard. I know I got the julie part right. Did you get the last part all right? Heard

1370
02:29:06,300 --> 02:29:06,300
it worse. And. And karen. No last name? Karen. Schneider. Okay. Good evening. My name is

1371
02:29:19,433 --> 02:29:19,433
julie suchard. On march 4th, trustee blades posted the following on her facebook

1372
02:29:23,800 --> 02:29:23,800
account. Quote the new board majority. Anderson, buck and quintero are overseeing orange

1373
02:29:28,933 --> 02:29:28,933
county school of computer science budget being cut in half. This is not what was

1374
02:29:34,066 --> 02:29:34,066
promised to our community and students. End quote I reviewed the june 2024 osc's budget. The

1375
02:29:41,533 --> 02:29:41,533
original budget listed $10,111,486 in revenue, $7,664,400 in expenses, and

1376
02:29:54,666 --> 02:29:54,666
$2,478,580 in fees and transfers, for an ending loss of 32,494. The first interim

1377
02:30:01,900 --> 02:30:01,900
december 2024 budget listed $9,428,656 in revenue, $8,540,279 in expenses, and

1378
02:30:15,166 --> 02:30:15,166
$2,260,694 in fees and transfers, for an ending loss of $1,372,317. The second interim

1379
02:30:25,533 --> 02:30:25,533
osc's budget was posted in this month's agenda, and it is exactly the same as december's

1380
02:30:30,966 --> 02:30:30,966
budget, which means that the budget was not cut in half. It was not cut at all. I do not

1381
02:30:37,833 --> 02:30:37,833
know why trustee blades would post such misinformation, but she owes the parents of oscs,

1382
02:30:43,000 --> 02:30:43,000
the community and her fellow trustees an apology for lying. She should also examine whether

1383
02:30:48,200 --> 02:30:48,200
or not her conduct adheres to the guidelines for pylusd trustees and consider resigning.

1384
02:30:53,433 --> 02:30:53,433
thank you. Have a great day. So, sam, a $90,000 van for a handful of students. I thought you

1385
02:31:04,433 --> 02:31:04,433
didn't like spending money on a select few. And for the other lady, the best way to clear

1386
02:31:09,600 --> 02:31:09,600
someone's reputation is with an investigation. Anyways, glad to see osc's being recognized as it

1387
02:31:17,400 --> 02:31:17,400
should be tonight, but it should be noted that beth fisher was the person who fought to bring

1388
02:31:22,233 --> 02:31:22,233
it to life. Despite the ongoing opposition from maryland and the teacher's union. I hope that

1389
02:31:27,933 --> 02:31:27,933
opposition doesn't continue. Parents and students love the school as well as usc. The staff

1390
02:31:34,100 --> 02:31:34,100
there has worked so hard to create an amazing learning environment. They deserve a

1391
02:31:38,233 --> 02:31:38,233
chance to continue on their trajectory of success. And since nothing is being said about

1392
02:31:43,666 --> 02:31:43,666
this, it's been three months and we've heard nothing on this endless investigation against

1393
02:31:49,866 --> 02:31:49,866
chernus and gates. And two times now you've had nothing to report out of closed session. Marilyn,

1394
02:31:55,233 --> 02:31:55,233
is this how it's going to be now that you're in charge? Didn't you campaign on transparency? So

1395
02:32:00,866 --> 02:32:00,866
when are we going to hear the results? Or are you just planning to keep them out until

1396
02:32:05,233 --> 02:32:05,233
they give up and go away? Because that's what this looks like. This is costing hundreds

1397
02:32:10,000 --> 02:32:10,000
of thousands of dollars, and the community deserves to know what's going on. What happens

1398
02:32:16,000 --> 02:32:16,000
when you find nothing? How much money are you willing to spend to get rid of them for your

1399
02:32:21,533 --> 02:32:21,533
personal vendetta? I'd love to see that transparency. You campaigned on, marilyn, but it

1400
02:32:25,700 --> 02:32:25,700
seems your entire focus is on dismantling innovative programs and destroying the reputation of

1401
02:32:31,166 --> 02:32:31,166
two incredibly competent administrators, with three superintendents in three months.

1402
02:32:36,566 --> 02:32:36,566
no offense, you seem delightful. Certain employees being targeted and harassed at their schools

1403
02:32:42,166 --> 02:32:42,166
for supporting doctor chernus, and what appears to be a coordinated slander campaign

1404
02:32:46,666 --> 02:32:46,666
against doctor chernus and the programs he helped to create. It seems you've created the very

1405
02:32:52,166 --> 02:32:52,166
chaos in this district that you claimed was happening before the election. How many vans could we

1406
02:32:57,200 --> 02:32:57,200
have bought for the amount of money you're spending on this witch hunt? What upgrades could

1407
02:33:01,866 --> 02:33:01,866
have been done at the valencia kitchen that you were so concerned about before? What are

1408
02:33:06,766 --> 02:33:06,766
your priorities, the kids or political agendas? Bring back doctor chernus and doctor gates.

1409
02:33:15,733 --> 02:33:15,733
enough already. Thank you. Thank you to all of our public commenters today. And that

1410
02:33:28,900 --> 02:33:28,900
concludes our comments. Okay, let's go ahead and take a ten minute break. So we'll we'll

1411
02:33:41,833 --> 02:33:41,833
come back at okay. We'll call us back into session at 916. That was her. My

1412
02:33:58,866 --> 02:33:58,866
chair. Sorry. Oh, somebody switched the chairs on renee. All the shuffling. Okay, so

1413
02:34:08,200 --> 02:34:08,200
we're going to. Action item 16.1. Can I get a motion? I'll make a motion. We approve

1414
02:34:17,966 --> 02:34:17,966
revisions to the public comment announcement second. Thank you. Okay. We have a motion by mrs.

1415
02:34:27,066 --> 02:34:27,066
buck. A second by mrs. Quintero. And mrs. Gray can help me on this, but this came up because

1416
02:34:37,266 --> 02:34:37,266
we were having some safety issues here while we were in closed session. There was, you

1417
02:34:42,566 --> 02:34:42,566
know, some fights that almost broke out and some things happened in. Since I've been

1418
02:34:50,766 --> 02:34:50,766
president. Yes. And yeah. And people have been followed to their cars. And so I just wanted

1419
02:35:01,800 --> 02:35:01,800
to reinstate what our civility policy was and to spell it out clearly. Mrs. Gray and I met

1420
02:35:09,666 --> 02:35:09,666
with the placentia police department because there was also some concerns from the our

1421
02:35:13,833 --> 02:35:13,833
police officers that were here. And so we just wanted to address all those. And one of the main

1422
02:35:21,733 --> 02:35:21,733
concerns was removing people without being warned. And they and they brought language to us

1423
02:35:27,600 --> 02:35:27,600
and they said, you need to make this very clear. And so we took their advice. We gave it to our

1424
02:35:36,200 --> 02:35:36,200
attorneys. And that's what prompted all of this. Do you want to add anything else, mrs.

1425
02:35:43,700 --> 02:35:43,700
gray? Yes. All that occurred. And so, as president anderson said, she requested that we have

1426
02:35:51,133 --> 02:35:51,133
this meeting and we did. And just to kind of reinforce, I think a sense of decorum is what

1427
02:35:57,866 --> 02:35:57,866
your desire was. So I was invited to a meeting. After the meeting with pd, I was invited

1428
02:36:04,133 --> 02:36:04,133
to a meeting with our board's attorney, todd robbins, and there was a discussion about the

1429
02:36:10,133 --> 02:36:10,133
public comment opening about whether it should be a little bit stronger, maybe, and have

1430
02:36:17,233 --> 02:36:17,233
some language in there just about respect and decorum and behavior. That was a little bit

1431
02:36:22,800 --> 02:36:22,800
more explicit. And so as a result of that, todd robbins gave us some advice. He made

1432
02:36:28,066 --> 02:36:28,066
some proposed revisions to that. And then in that there were clear expectations for

1433
02:36:35,266 --> 02:36:35,266
respectful behavior and to minimize disruptions. So I know that what's before you is a look

1434
02:36:44,066 --> 02:36:44,066
at those. And I think, you know, it's up for discussion about how everybody feels about it and

1435
02:36:50,833 --> 02:36:50,833
what what direction they want to go. If I could add to I like the adding in the language to make

1436
02:36:57,700 --> 02:36:57,700
it very clear and what the steps are. Our police officers that are here are here to protect the

1437
02:37:02,700 --> 02:37:02,700
room, but they don't just automatically intervene. That becomes the responsibility of

1438
02:37:09,400 --> 02:37:09,400
the board president to give that direction, because this is our meeting and it's that role. So

1439
02:37:16,700 --> 02:37:16,700
the even unless it breaks out in something dangerous, the police officers are going to wait. And

1440
02:37:23,066 --> 02:37:23,066
because first amendment rights or first amendment free speech is really important. And so we

1441
02:37:28,500 --> 02:37:28,500
want to make sure everybody gets heard. So I appreciate the extra language putting in the warning

1442
02:37:34,833 --> 02:37:34,833
actually spelling it out like what we need to say so that it's official so that we're following

1443
02:37:40,733 --> 02:37:40,733
the law but also protecting everybody here. So thank you. Yeah, I was pleasantly happy to

1444
02:37:49,500 --> 02:37:49,500
read the when I read the revision. I was excited about it. And I think like you said,

1445
02:37:53,666 --> 02:37:53,666
it really covers all bases and makes everybody not just us, but our public as well, feel a

1446
02:37:59,566 --> 02:37:59,566
little bit, hopefully safer and more comfortable. Is there any concern the bottom section is

1447
02:38:07,766 --> 02:38:07,766
makes sense. The warning and everything. Is there any concern about being too specific, like

1448
02:38:12,133 --> 02:38:15,933
because we're calling out certain areas and it's like, well, okay, this isn't one of those areas. So therefore it wouldn't apply. I would actually ask todd robbins if he could, I

1449
02:38:20,600 --> 02:38:20,600
was asking. Yeah, I think he should give feedback on that. Without at this time I figured

1450
02:38:28,100 --> 02:38:28,100
it out. It's been years. Yes. Mr. Frazier, you're pointing to which paragraph in the first

1451
02:38:35,066 --> 02:38:35,066
change, the individuals are reminded when it calls out locations. Oh. Is there any

1452
02:38:39,800 --> 02:38:39,800
concern about being too specific there and not inclusive of everything? Just saying. All

1453
02:38:45,600 --> 02:38:45,600
district property. Well, all district property. But I think some of the concerns that I

1454
02:38:51,533 --> 02:38:51,533
heard about that arose at prior meetings occurred in these locations. And so we wanted to

1455
02:38:57,866 --> 02:38:57,866
spell it out to be clear that while you're in this room, civility is expected when you're

1456
02:39:02,866 --> 02:39:02,866
in the lobby, civility is expected in the parking lot. Just to put everybody on notice,

1457
02:39:08,933 --> 02:39:08,933
because all district property. You're right. And I think there's a provision in there.

1458
02:39:15,366 --> 02:39:15,366
the next sentence, any individual who during school board meetings is, oh wait, it's

1459
02:39:19,566 --> 02:39:19,566
at the beginning. It is at the beginning. Yeah. It says on district property, but we could,

1460
02:39:24,800 --> 02:39:24,800
it could, it could including but not limited to is what I think we could do that too. That's

1461
02:39:29,400 --> 02:39:29,400
that was the point that I was like, yeah, I don't know if we're limiting ourselves. Yeah,

1462
02:39:33,666 --> 02:39:33,666
I know it says that. But yeah, I mean, and I understand too. There's other if you're

1463
02:39:38,133 --> 02:39:38,133
concerned about day to day operations, like at a, at a high school or at a middle school,

1464
02:39:42,666 --> 02:39:42,666
there are other penal code provisions that are separate and apart from the board's civility

1465
02:39:47,133 --> 02:39:47,133
policy that would apply, that would give the district the ability to keep somebody off of

1466
02:39:51,200 --> 02:39:51,200
the property for a period of time. Yeah, this is not for school sites. This is

1467
02:39:56,700 --> 02:39:59,966
specifically for board meetings. Correct? I just was curious because, I mean, you're a lawyer, people are litigious. And if they find some loophole that they can get around if

1468
02:40:04,500 --> 02:40:04,500
something happens. Sure, sure, sure. Yeah. So if, if, if we don't have we can add the but

1469
02:40:08,666 --> 02:40:08,666
not limited to that's certainly that would be helpful. Yeah. Yeah. I'm just wondering if in

1470
02:40:15,033 --> 02:40:15,033
closed session we can talk about what has been occurring that because I mean there's been a

1471
02:40:19,533 --> 02:40:19,533
lot of meetings and I don't think I mean, I know I didn't know about this. And so, you

1472
02:40:23,833 --> 02:40:23,833
know, it would be nice to have some context and to know that we've been meeting with

1473
02:40:29,200 --> 02:40:32,766
attorneys and that there's things that are happening in the boardroom or whatever's going on. Not tonight. Right? No, no, no, no, I don't want closed session later. No, no no. There

1474
02:40:38,566 --> 02:40:38,566
there is a closed session agenda item that allows for threats to public safety. We can look at

1475
02:40:47,500 --> 02:40:47,500
that closed session item to see if it would be appropriate for that type of discussion, or even

1476
02:40:53,666 --> 02:40:53,666
to even if it doesn't have to be in closed session. If we can just get an email that just

1477
02:40:58,566 --> 02:40:58,566
outlines, you know, the things that were happening because like, we're kind of in the dark.

1478
02:41:02,800 --> 02:41:05,966
I mean, I don't dispute that it's probably happening or something happened, but it'd just be one of those things where it would be nice for everybody to know what's going

1479
02:41:10,666 --> 02:41:10,666
on. Yeah. And we don't need to call a special meeting about it. No no no no no. That's my only

1480
02:41:17,033 --> 02:41:17,033
addition. Okay. Thank you. Any any other comments? Okay. So do we need to amend the. Is this

1481
02:41:28,933 --> 02:41:28,933
not the motion to add the additional language. We could bring it back as a second

1482
02:41:33,833 --> 02:41:33,833
reading which would be consistent with your board bylaws. Let's do that. Which

1483
02:41:40,466 --> 02:41:40,466
means we don't need to vote. You actually close the item though. We have to. We have to vote. So

1484
02:41:48,400 --> 02:41:48,400
sorry. What was the motion to approve revisions, approve revisions, approve revisions? I

1485
02:41:54,633 --> 02:41:54,633
would even say that with this being so. I mean, unless you guys can think of something

1486
02:41:59,633 --> 02:41:59,633
else, I would even say we just waive the second read because this would get this kind of an

1487
02:42:04,966 --> 02:42:04,966
like, like technically the next board meeting it would be in. I know, that's why I'm thinking if

1488
02:42:09,433 --> 02:42:09,433
we just amend it to add to say, I like the idea of doing the second read, we kind of got away

1489
02:42:14,866 --> 02:42:14,866
from that, but bringing it back is always good. Just to clarify that it's been put in there. It

1490
02:42:19,733 --> 02:42:19,733
doesn't change anything. Yeah. If we were going to do the second reading, though, we would

1491
02:42:23,966 --> 02:42:27,900
need somebody to propose an amended motion to does it have to be who made the motion initially doesn't necessarily have to be. So here's how it works. If anybody wants a quick

1492
02:42:32,000 --> 02:42:32,000
robert's rules of order. So we have a motion on the table that's been seconded. Somebody

1493
02:42:38,133 --> 02:42:38,133
can propose an amended motion. There has to be first a vote on whether to accept the amended

1494
02:42:44,533 --> 02:42:44,533
motion. You're not approving that amended motion. You're just accepting it as the thing that's

1495
02:42:50,900 --> 02:42:50,900
going to be on the table once. If that gets approved, then the next vote would be to approve

1496
02:42:57,166 --> 02:42:57,166
and adopt the amended motion. So, for example, in this case, somebody could make a motion, an

1497
02:43:03,266 --> 02:43:03,266
amended motion, propose an amended motion to accept the public comment announcement

1498
02:43:10,400 --> 02:43:10,400
revisions as a first reading, for example, and bring it back as a second reading. At a

1499
02:43:15,166 --> 02:43:15,166
subsequent meeting. Another option would be to accept the proposed revisions, with the

1500
02:43:22,333 --> 02:43:22,333
change proposed by mr. Frazier, and if that amended motion got accepted and the board voted on

1501
02:43:28,966 --> 02:43:28,966
that tonight, we'd be done with this. So it's completely up to the board how they want to

1502
02:43:34,033 --> 02:43:34,033
proceed. So I've made the motion. So why don't I try to amend that. Good luck. Okay. So

1503
02:43:41,766 --> 02:43:41,766
I make a motion that we're going to amend the revision to include but not limited to but not

1504
02:43:49,966 --> 02:43:49,966
limited to including but not limited to and for the public comment announcement and for

1505
02:43:58,933 --> 02:43:58,933
clarity, to approve it tonight to. Yes. With the change. Yes. With the change. With the with

1506
02:44:05,633 --> 02:44:05,633
the second approval tonight. We don't need a second reading. Okay. So second second does

1507
02:44:12,033 --> 02:44:12,033
somebody second that okay. Somebody should second that real fast. So all so the first vote

1508
02:44:16,500 --> 02:44:16,500
is to approve the amended motion made by trustee buck and seconded by miss quintero. Yeah.

1509
02:44:23,300 --> 02:44:23,300
yes, the amended motion. But we're not adopting that motion yet. We're just we're just

1510
02:44:27,900 --> 02:44:27,900
approving it to become the new motion that we vote on. Isn't this crazy? Don't we love

1511
02:44:33,066 --> 02:44:33,066
robert's rules of order? Aren't they great? I know, all right, so. So this vote doesn't approve

1512
02:44:38,066 --> 02:44:41,966
this yet. It just approves the amended motion. Approves? The amended motion would be crazy if we all just voted no. Well, then we'd then we'd vote on the original motion original. Yeah,

1513
02:44:47,533 --> 02:44:47,533
yeah. I'm kidding, I'm kidding. Don't do that. Okay. All in favor? Aye. Okay. So now now you

1514
02:44:53,033 --> 02:44:53,033
vote on. I can make a motion that we approve the amended motion that we just submitted.

1515
02:44:59,000 --> 02:44:59,000
right. Okay. Second. Okay, so we have mrs. Buck making a motion to approve the amended motion we

1516
02:45:07,633 --> 02:45:07,633
just voted on, and mrs. Quintero seconded any discussion? I think we just confused. I just had it.

1517
02:45:14,633 --> 02:45:14,633
I'm holding my discussion for consent. Geez. Okay. All in favor? Aye. I also, and I. So

1518
02:45:23,566 --> 02:45:23,566
motion passes, five zero. Okay. All right. Moving on. 16.2 approved. I'll make a motion. We

1519
02:45:29,900 --> 02:45:29,900
approve revisions to board policy 1315 as they relate to the distribution of materials

1520
02:45:35,200 --> 02:45:35,200
and schools. First reading second. Okay. We have a motion by mrs. Buck, a second by mrs.

1521
02:45:42,100 --> 02:45:42,100
blades, and we'll turn it over to doctor young. Thank you. This evening we are proposing a

1522
02:45:49,300 --> 02:45:49,300
revision to board policy 1315 distribution of materials in schools. You'll see that one

1523
02:45:55,933 --> 02:45:55,933
word has been struck through, and that word is nonprofit in order to bring it in alignment

1524
02:46:00,666 --> 02:46:00,666
with board policy. 1325 advertising and promotion, which allows for distribution of

1525
02:46:06,900 --> 02:46:06,900
promotional materials of a commercial nature to students or parents and guardians. This will

1526
02:46:12,466 --> 02:46:12,466
be a first reading of the revision, and we welcome your consideration and feedback at

1527
02:46:16,966 --> 02:46:16,966
this time. Okay, anyone have any? Oh I'm sorry. So it was to match the wording in 1325, which

1528
02:46:25,033 --> 02:46:25,033
is why we had the typo in the initial. That makes sense. Okay. And the purpose is just simply

1529
02:46:32,100 --> 02:46:32,100
because that is not a it's a different. Yeah, it's used to be limited okay. But now we allow

1530
02:46:40,333 --> 02:46:40,333
commercial advertisements. Okay. Does it sound like there's any other questions. It doesn't mean

1531
02:46:46,900 --> 02:46:46,900
that nonprofits can't correct it. It just means that it's not only correct, not limited to who

1532
02:46:53,066 --> 02:46:53,066
wants to advertise. Okay. All in favor? Aye. All right. Okay. Motion passes five zero. Okay.

1533
02:47:14,866 --> 02:47:14,866
17.1. I need a motion pursuant to government code 54953 to approve the employment contract

1534
02:47:22,366 --> 02:47:22,366
for alan serino as acting superintendent of schools, providing one a term beginning

1535
02:47:29,300 --> 02:47:29,300
february 24th, 2025, and employees appointment as acting superintendent may be terminated

1536
02:47:35,633 --> 02:47:35,633
by either the board or employee at any time for any reason, and two the acting superintendent

1537
02:47:43,333 --> 02:47:43,333
shall be required to render up to 49 days of work. Three the acting superintendent salaries

1538
02:47:51,833 --> 02:47:51,833
should be paid a daily rate of $1,518.22. The acting superintendent is not entitled

1539
02:48:01,866 --> 02:48:01,866
to any additional compensation or fringe benefits, and for the employees appointment as acting

1540
02:48:09,333 --> 02:48:09,333
superintendent shall be terminated upon the effective date of the board, taking action

1541
02:48:13,933 --> 02:48:13,933
to either reinstate the current superintendent or upon another individual appointed being

1542
02:48:19,933 --> 02:48:19,933
appointed as superintendent. So moved. In second. Second. Okay, we have a motion by mrs. Buck, a

1543
02:48:32,200 --> 02:48:32,200
second by mrs. Quintero. Any questions? Okay. All in favor? Aye, aye. Any opposed? Okay.

1544
02:48:43,333 --> 02:48:43,333
motion passes five zero. Okay. This one, we may just keep moving on. Yep. 1717 two. I make

1545
02:48:55,533 --> 02:48:55,533
a motion. We adopt resolution 24 point or 2415 authorizing elimination of classified

1546
02:49:00,966 --> 02:49:00,966
management positions. I'll second. Okay. We have a motion by mrs. Buck, a second by

1547
02:49:14,833 --> 02:49:14,833
myself, and I'm going to turn it over to mrs. Mendoza. We're adopting resolution 2415,

1548
02:49:33,066 --> 02:49:33,066
authorizing the elimination of classified. Sorry, authorizing the elimination of classified

1549
02:49:39,966 --> 02:49:39,966
management positions in accordance with ed 45114 ec 45117 ec 45298, and ec 45308.

1550
02:49:51,866 --> 02:49:51,866
classified employees shall be subject to layoff for lack of work when there has been a

1551
02:49:56,966 --> 02:49:56,966
reduction or elimination of services, affected employees shall be given notice of layoff

1552
02:50:01,533 --> 02:50:01,533
no less than 45 days prior to the effective date of layoff. Laid off employees must also be

1553
02:50:06,966 --> 02:50:06,966
informed of their displacement and reemployment rights. The assistant superintendent of

1554
02:50:11,200 --> 02:50:11,200
human resources recommends approval of resolution 2415. After such approval, the

1555
02:50:17,266 --> 02:50:17,266
assistant superintendent of human resources will notify the affected employees listed on the

1556
02:50:22,766 --> 02:50:26,633
attachment a that will be released from their administrative positions effective at the end of 2425 school year. Any questions? I just don't feel comfortable with

1557
02:50:38,700 --> 02:50:38,700
the lack of institutional knowledge of the unique location and the new model that's there,

1558
02:50:45,866 --> 02:50:45,866
so I I'm not going to approve this personally. I just think there's more information that

1559
02:50:52,766 --> 02:50:52,766
needs to be found. I'm in the same boat. I'm really uncomfortable with not making

1560
02:50:58,733 --> 02:50:58,733
phone calls or gathering information from the people who may have the knowledge on this,

1561
02:51:05,866 --> 02:51:05,866
you know, to do some fact finding. And I just don't I just don't think that hack jobs or

1562
02:51:13,333 --> 02:51:13,333
what appear to be hack jobs, saying this respectfully, I just don't think it should be

1563
02:51:20,066 --> 02:51:20,066
occurring. Mrs. Mendoza, you did the research on this and you feel comfortable with this, is

1564
02:51:32,966 --> 02:51:32,966
this correct? Yes, I do okay. Any other comments? Okay. All in favor. Aye aye aye. Any opposed?

1565
02:51:43,833 --> 02:51:43,833
no. No okay. Motion carries three two. With blades and frazier objecting. Okay. I'll

1566
02:51:59,466 --> 02:51:59,466
make a motion for 17.3 that we adopt resolution 24 dash 16 release reassignment of

1567
02:52:05,000 --> 02:52:05,000
certificated administrative employees second. Is that you, mrs. Blades? Okay, so motion by

1568
02:52:12,733 --> 02:52:12,733
mrs. Buck, a second by mrs. Blades. Turn it back over to mrs. Mendoza. Education code

1569
02:52:21,666 --> 02:52:21,666
44951. Authorizes the district to provide notice on or before march 15th of any certificated

1570
02:52:27,300 --> 02:52:27,300
employee holding a position requiring an administrative or supervisory credential that may

1571
02:52:32,833 --> 02:52:32,833
be released from their position for the following school year. If the superintendent or

1572
02:52:37,700 --> 02:52:37,700
designee recommends that the release and reassignment go forward, the board is required

1573
02:52:42,366 --> 02:52:42,366
to take action and the employee must receive final notification on or before june 30th, 2025. On

1574
02:52:49,333 --> 02:52:49,333
or before march 15th, 2025, the superintendent or designee notified the employees listed on

1575
02:52:55,333 --> 02:52:59,266
the attachment a that they may be released from their administrative positions effective at the end of the 2425 school year and reassigned for the 2526 school year. The

1576
02:53:06,266 --> 02:53:06,266
superintendent or designee may recommend that the board approve the resolution to finalize the

1577
02:53:11,100 --> 02:53:11,100
release and the reassignment of these employees. After such approval, the superintendent or

1578
02:53:16,033 --> 02:53:19,533
designee will notify the affected employees of their reassignment for the ensuing school year. Any questions or comments? Okay. We'll vote. All in favor? Aye, aye. Any opposed?

1579
02:53:34,266 --> 02:53:34,266
okay. Motion carries five zero. Oh, okay. 1801 18 01i make a motion to adopt resolution

1580
02:53:46,133 --> 02:53:46,133
number 2414 to hire a structural engineer for preparation of a seismic evaluation at valencia

1581
02:53:51,600 --> 02:53:51,600
high school. Project number 155708. I'll second. Okay. We have a motion by mrs. Blades, a

1582
02:53:58,500 --> 02:53:58,500
second by mr. Frazier. Are there any questions or comments? No. I think terry did a really good

1583
02:54:08,033 --> 02:54:08,033
job of making it very clear. Yeah, yeah, I think we're good on that one. Okay. So we'll move

1584
02:54:13,900 --> 02:54:13,900
for the vote. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries five zero. I'll make a motion to

1585
02:54:23,100 --> 02:54:26,766
approve the 2425 second interim report with a positive certification. A positive certification indicates that based upon current projections, the district will meet its

1586
02:54:30,166 --> 02:54:30,166
financial obligations for the current fiscal year and subsequent two fiscal years. So

1587
02:54:34,833 --> 02:54:34,833
we're good for three years. Second, okay. Second, we have a motion by mr. Frazier, a second

1588
02:54:40,933 --> 02:54:40,933
by mrs. Blades, and I will turn the time over to mrs. Velasquez. Good. Thank you. We'll go ahead

1589
02:54:50,666 --> 02:54:50,666
and get started on this is the presentation for our second interim report. And to go over

1590
02:54:56,700 --> 02:54:56,700
this just a little bit, this is required. The governor requires us to do a budget update a

1591
02:55:02,466 --> 02:55:02,466
couple of times a year. This includes assumptions and changes since the first interim. And

1592
02:55:09,466 --> 02:55:09,466
this is our second interim financial report. We're going to talk a little bit about some

1593
02:55:14,133 --> 02:55:14,133
budget challenges that we're facing, and what our next steps in the budgeting process will

1594
02:55:18,566 --> 02:55:18,566
be. So this is basically an update. And this is as of january 31st of 2025. So even

1595
02:55:28,033 --> 02:55:28,033
though we're in march, we're going back to january. It does include projections for the two

1596
02:55:32,733 --> 02:55:32,733
out years for 2526 and 2627. And it's a mid-year check of where the district's fiscal health is.

1597
02:55:41,166 --> 02:55:41,166
so what is the second interim report? What is it that the board is looking to approve? So

1598
02:55:47,433 --> 02:55:47,433
there are three assignments that every report is given. If it's a positive assignment, it means

1599
02:55:52,866 --> 02:55:52,866
theet its financial obligations for the current year and two years out.

1600
02:55:57,366 --> 02:55:57,366
if it's a qualified assignment, that means it may not meet those financial obligations. And if

1601
02:56:05,366 --> 02:56:05,366
it's a negative assignment, it means the district will not meet. So we're going to get into

1602
02:56:10,966 --> 02:56:10,966
that in a few minutes. When we start going through all of the numbers. So here is we went to

1603
02:56:18,333 --> 02:56:18,333
the governor's january report. And it was interesting because he talked a lot. They talked a

1604
02:56:25,933 --> 02:56:25,933
lot about california economy currently is projected to grow and it seems to be doing well.

1605
02:56:32,100 --> 02:56:32,100
but there are some mixed signals that we need to kind of keep our eyes on. So what are the risks

1606
02:56:37,766 --> 02:56:37,766
moving forward that could affect our budget? So we have the states being very vulnerable to

1607
02:56:44,333 --> 02:56:44,333
the impacts of the uncertainty of receiving federal funding. What the tariffs are going to do

1608
02:56:50,566 --> 02:56:50,566
to the state of california's economy, and how the district is so tied into how well california

1609
02:56:58,233 --> 02:56:58,233
does, and changes in the immigration policy. So those are things that we just have to keep

1610
02:57:03,833 --> 02:57:03,833
monitoring as we move forward. Assumptions. So we take a look. And how do we build our budgets

1611
02:57:11,033 --> 02:57:11,033
and monitor our budgets. So salaries are always depending on our negotiation process. Our

1612
02:57:17,433 --> 02:57:17,433
statutory cola for this year is only 1.07, which is low for next year. It's 2.43 and for the year

1613
02:57:25,633 --> 02:57:25,633
following 3.52. So it's headed in the right direction. But we'll see how it goes. Our

1614
02:57:31,733 --> 02:57:31,733
enrollment for 2425 is at 22,700. We're projecting a drop in the out years of 70, which is

1615
02:57:40,633 --> 02:57:40,633
a 0.3 percentage. So it's very small. But based on those things that we were just talking about

1616
02:57:47,366 --> 02:57:47,366
and looking at some of the data, we might be declining in those out years, again, we'll monitor

1617
02:57:52,033 --> 02:57:52,033
this and change it as we move forward. The attendance rate, we have a very high attendance rate

1618
02:57:57,600 --> 02:57:57,600
here, which is wonderful. It's being budgeted at 95%. Our health and welfare increase this

1619
02:58:03,366 --> 02:58:03,366
year was 5.3%. And for out years we're projecting it at 6%. And the k-3 class size reduction is

1620
02:58:10,500 --> 02:58:10,500
again negotiated language. So I wanted to talk a little bit here about what else do we need to

1621
02:58:17,266 --> 02:58:17,266
take our, you know, keep our eyes on here. We had a lot of one time grant money. And you

1622
02:58:21,833 --> 02:58:21,833
can see overall we went ahead and listed what these are. And we had $57 million of one time

1623
02:58:29,833 --> 02:58:29,833
grants. And as we move into the following years, all that's left is 20 million. So that's

1624
02:58:35,400 --> 02:58:35,400
definitely going to be affecting our budgets. Some of those items will be going away. Others might

1625
02:58:40,200 --> 02:58:40,200
need to be absorbed back into the unrestricted general fund. Luckily, we still have some

1626
02:58:45,366 --> 02:58:45,366
ongoing grants. We talked tonight about the expanded learning opportunities program,

1627
02:58:49,400 --> 02:58:49,400
which is roughly $9 million a year, which is wonderful. We have prop 28 arts and music in

1628
02:58:55,500 --> 02:58:55,500
our schools, three 3 million. So I'm glad that at least we're keeping those. What are the

1629
02:59:02,900 --> 02:59:02,900
changes since first interim? So the cola didn't change. It's 1.07. But what did change was

1630
02:59:09,100 --> 02:59:09,100
the 2526 projection for next year, because it dropped by 0.5%. What that really means is

1631
02:59:16,033 --> 02:59:16,033
that the district lost 1.3 million in the lcff base funding year after year, and then in our

1632
02:59:23,533 --> 02:59:23,533
supplemental funding, we're losing 120,000. So even though it seems like a really small

1633
02:59:28,433 --> 02:59:28,433
percentage decrease, it it is a lot of money. And then for 26, 27 was projected at 3.08 at

1634
02:59:36,033 --> 02:59:36,033
first interim. And that looks like it's going up to 3.52. So I'm I'm hopeful that it'll stay

1635
02:59:41,633 --> 02:59:41,633
that way. Our calpers employer rates and first interim. It didn't change a whole lot. So we

1636
02:59:47,800 --> 02:59:47,800
just monitored those as we move forward. And the calstrs isn't changing at all. So our

1637
02:59:56,766 --> 02:59:56,766
enrollment we go through and we certify our cow pads numbers. So the differences between first

1638
03:00:01,166 --> 03:00:01,166
interim and second interim is a drop of 26. And then with the projection for going down 70

1639
03:00:07,666 --> 03:00:07,666
next year, that's why you're seeing a -96. And then the following year the -166 because

1640
03:00:13,700 --> 03:00:13,700
it's cumulative cumulative on the funded ada. That's basically taking the enrollment numbers at

1641
03:00:19,600 --> 03:00:19,600
the 95% and adjusting for those figures. And that is what we actually get our money on. So

1642
03:00:28,966 --> 03:00:28,966
let's take a look. I wanted to talk a little bit about what is the unrestricted fund because we

1643
03:00:36,366 --> 03:00:36,366
have the general fund, but it's really broken up into two different sections. So for the

1644
03:00:41,500 --> 03:00:41,500
unrestricted revenue that is in our general fund, and it's used for all general educational

1645
03:00:47,666 --> 03:00:47,666
purposes, it includes our local control funding formula, our state lottery monies, our local

1646
03:00:52,866 --> 03:00:52,866
revenues like interest income, donations, unrestricted revenue is spent on items that keep the

1647
03:00:58,733 --> 03:00:58,733
district running, such as our salaries and benefits. It indirectly supports the general

1648
03:01:04,600 --> 03:01:04,600
education classrooms through the books, supplies, transportation costs and so on. The goal with

1649
03:01:10,700 --> 03:01:10,700
the unrestricted revenue is to have a balanced budget. So you want the expenditures to be at

1650
03:01:15,700 --> 03:01:15,700
or below the revenue. And what's interesting is when you go ahead and you look at restricted

1651
03:01:22,633 --> 03:01:22,633
revenue, that's different. So we find that in our general fund and in all the other funds that

1652
03:01:28,366 --> 03:01:28,366
the district has. So you can see here we listed the earmarked for specific programs. So we just

1653
03:01:35,700 --> 03:01:35,700
talked a little bit about the general fund. And what we receive have to be spent on

1654
03:01:40,533 --> 03:01:40,533
those programs. Our specific other funds like childcare and nutrition and deferred

1655
03:01:45,233 --> 03:01:45,233
maintenance and so on that we've listed here very specifically states what it is that we can

1656
03:01:51,966 --> 03:01:51,966
spend this money on. So these funds, it's okay if we go negative in the out years,

1657
03:01:57,066 --> 03:01:57,066
because we might receive the revenue this year, and they'll give us the opportunity to spend

1658
03:02:01,866 --> 03:02:01,866
over the next few years. So when we get to the actual data, you'll see the differences here.

1659
03:02:08,366 --> 03:02:08,366
so on the unrestricted general fund overall, could I ask a question before we. Oh I'm sorry

1660
03:02:14,200 --> 03:02:14,200
please. Sorry. On going back. Just the one slide. The restricted revenue, the special

1661
03:02:18,800 --> 03:02:18,800
reserve fund for capital outlay projects are 40 over 40 fund. Thank you for all of the backup

1662
03:02:24,033 --> 03:02:24,033
information. I completely appreciate that. What you mentioned in there. I just want

1663
03:02:28,066 --> 03:02:28,066
to clarify, you said that we have the balloon payment that's outstanding as we pay off our

1664
03:02:34,500 --> 03:02:34,500
debt. That is coming up in 2030, 32. And that is fully covered. Covered. That money is sitting

1665
03:02:43,633 --> 03:02:43,633
there in the bank waiting for that. So that's not going to hit any of our taxpayers. No, thank

1666
03:02:48,500 --> 03:02:48,500
you very much. Not at all. Wait. Hold on a second. So we're paying that off right now. Is it

1667
03:02:54,966 --> 03:02:54,966
already coming out of our property taxes. And it's sitting over at the orange county,

1668
03:03:00,433 --> 03:03:00,433
because I know that there's been a big dispute. There's a big dispute, I guess, today with the

1669
03:03:05,333 --> 03:03:08,033
orange county board of supervisors about the person who's handling it and all the stuff. So when they say that we start paying it off in 2032, have we been collecting property

1670
03:03:14,433 --> 03:03:14,433
taxes? And it's sitting in the thing and it starts getting paid off in 2032. Is that what

1671
03:03:18,766 --> 03:03:18,766
happens? Or do our property taxes raise in 2032. Because that's where the bonds come

1672
03:03:24,966 --> 03:03:24,966
from. Is our property taxes correct. So we're talking two different things okay. So we've

1673
03:03:29,333 --> 03:03:29,333
got our bonds which is in fund 51. And we only show that at the end of the year. So for bonds we

1674
03:03:36,900 --> 03:03:36,900
collect the property taxes is held at the county assessor's office. And they actually make

1675
03:03:41,700 --> 03:03:41,700
the payments on the bonds. Okay. So it's not even under our control. What this is, is our

1676
03:03:47,266 --> 03:03:47,266
cop payments. And so that is something that the district it's like personal debt for the

1677
03:03:52,966 --> 03:03:52,966
district. Right. And so every year we have to pay on that debt. Right. And so right now in

1678
03:04:00,200 --> 03:04:00,200
that fund 40, because we received some money from the settlement from the city of

1679
03:04:04,966 --> 03:04:04,966
yorba linda, that money is being kept in there so that we can pay the annual debt on the cop, not

1680
03:04:11,166 --> 03:04:11,166
the bonds. Okay. So the cab bonds that we start paying that back in 2032, no, 2032 is only

1681
03:04:18,200 --> 03:04:18,200
our cops. Okay. So when does the cab bond start? Because there's all this dispute that we're

1682
03:04:23,633 --> 03:04:23,633
supposed to pay the cab back. When do we start paying that back? And are we already like as

1683
03:04:27,933 --> 03:04:27,933
our property taxes have increased or are they already taking it from our property

1684
03:04:32,000 --> 03:04:32,000
taxes? They're already taking it from our property taxes, okay. And all of our bond debt is paid

1685
03:04:38,166 --> 03:04:38,166
over multiple years as we move forward. And then I know that we have I think tonight it's on the

1686
03:04:43,800 --> 03:04:43,800
consent calendar where we bring in our financial expert that will come in and take a look at

1687
03:04:48,233 --> 03:04:48,233
the bonds and find out. Are the interest rates good for the district where we maybe can

1688
03:04:53,366 --> 03:04:53,366
refund it? We try to refund bonds when it's good for the district and that's what drops

1689
03:05:00,800 --> 03:05:00,800
the property taxes for our community. But the cab bonds, you're not allowed to. You can't

1690
03:05:05,933 --> 03:05:05,933
change the change that. No. That one we have to hold on to. So it's already collecting all the

1691
03:05:11,733 --> 03:05:11,733
property taxes we're paying. They're already collecting a bunch of money so we could pay

1692
03:05:15,866 --> 03:05:15,866
off the cop and then also to the cab. And so the cab, we start paying that in 2032. No. So the

1693
03:05:21,166 --> 03:05:21,166
cabs, I think they're already. Well, they're already paying for all of the cabs in fund 51.

1694
03:05:27,266 --> 03:05:27,266
that's all being held on the outside. So we call the county assessor collects the property

1695
03:05:32,733 --> 03:05:32,733
tax. Okay. Then they turn around and they pay all of the bond debt which is including the

1696
03:05:37,133 --> 03:05:37,133
caps. So that's already all being done. Okay then in fund 40 that's the cops certificate of

1697
03:05:43,533 --> 03:05:43,533
participation. That's another loan. That's like a like a private loan for the district.

1698
03:05:47,733 --> 03:05:47,733
and we have the money in there to pay that debt off, and that debt will be paid off. The last

1699
03:05:53,000 --> 03:05:53,000
payment is in 2032. Okay. So that separate things. So it's two separate yes things. So you

1700
03:05:59,466 --> 03:05:59,466
have cop and then you have cab. Yes. And it all comes from our property taxes. No only the

1701
03:06:05,100 --> 03:06:05,100
bonds payments come from property taxes. The cop payment is coming from the settlement

1702
03:06:11,400 --> 03:06:11,400
for the city of yorba linda. That's the money that we're using to pay off the cop debt.

1703
03:06:16,500 --> 03:06:20,033
we used to have redevelopment fees. And there something happened with the state and that was taken away. And then we ended up having to sue the city of yorba linda to get some of

1704
03:06:24,766 --> 03:06:24,766
that back. So that was put away in the bank to pay for the last payment. Okay, okay. And so I

1705
03:06:32,400 --> 03:06:32,400
think a presentation on the cab bonds would be helpful. Yeah, I just kind of lay that out. The

1706
03:06:36,966 --> 03:06:36,966
community has a lot of questions about it. So I think that would be really good for us to do.

1707
03:06:41,800 --> 03:06:41,800
sure. But also to so this other thing when we take out like if, if it hit like with the building

1708
03:06:47,933 --> 03:06:47,933
for valencia. So for some reason if we had to take out a loan, we would this is how we would pay

1709
03:06:53,666 --> 03:06:53,666
that loan back. If for some reason, like we had hundreds of millions of dollars in like

1710
03:06:58,400 --> 03:06:58,400
valencia property stuff, allegedly, that's how we would start. We could take a loan out

1711
03:07:03,100 --> 03:07:03,100
in that same manner. We could take out another cop. But we currently, right now have no

1712
03:07:10,233 --> 03:07:10,233
revenues to pay that got it, got it. So we would have to go out for a bond. So we'd have to do a

1713
03:07:16,666 --> 03:07:20,033
bond. Okay. Yeah. I'm not saying that there's $100 million either. I'm just saying what ifs. We understand playing the what if game, right? Yes. Sorry to derail your presentation.

1714
03:07:24,733 --> 03:07:28,533
whatever you guys want to know, you're doing great. Thank you. But the cab presentation, I think would be helpful. Sure. No problem. Okay. So moving forward, here is our

1715
03:07:34,566 --> 03:07:34,566
unrestricted general fund. And I like to put pictures in just because I'm a visual person. And

1716
03:07:40,166 --> 03:07:40,166
so you can see the green part of this is the majority of the district's money is coming from

1717
03:07:46,133 --> 03:07:46,133
lcff, which is money we receive from the state. Then we get a little bit of special funds from

1718
03:07:51,933 --> 03:07:51,933
the state, $10 million. We have some local revenue coming in of $11 million. We transfer in

1719
03:07:58,733 --> 03:07:58,733
500,000 from the child development fund to support the expenses that we're paying out

1720
03:08:05,233 --> 03:08:05,233
of the unrestricted for that program, and then we contribute to restricted maintenance,

1721
03:08:12,333 --> 03:08:12,333
around $11 million to support all of our facility upkeep. And then we contribute to support

1722
03:08:18,633 --> 03:08:18,633
our students with special needs of 34 million. So overall, for our unrestricted general fund

1723
03:08:24,033 --> 03:08:24,033
revenue, we have $254.9 million. And here's where we spend it. So overall, you can see and I'll

1724
03:08:32,766 --> 03:08:32,766
give you the numbers on this one in a second. But the majority of our money is going for salaries

1725
03:08:37,933 --> 03:08:37,933
and benefits. And then you'll see a smaller amount. 2% goes for books and supplies. Our

1726
03:08:43,800 --> 03:08:43,800
services are around 6% and so on. So overall we're spending $266.3 million. So here's what

1727
03:08:54,100 --> 03:08:54,100
this looks like. Putting the numbers in here for the current year for second interim. And

1728
03:08:58,500 --> 03:08:58,500
then for the projections for the two out years. You can see our revenues for this year is 254.9.

1729
03:09:06,166 --> 03:09:06,166
next year's going to 251.9 following year, 250 9.2 the expenditures, because of those

1730
03:09:13,600 --> 03:09:13,600
assumptions that we talked about with step and column and so forth, 266 million this year,

1731
03:09:20,166 --> 03:09:20,166
pretty similar for the following year, going up just a little bit. And then the year after

1732
03:09:25,433 --> 03:09:25,433
that, 268 so when you take your revenues minus your expenditures, you're either

1733
03:09:30,233 --> 03:09:30,233
going to have a surplus. So we have we come out ahead or we have a deficit. So for this

1734
03:09:35,300 --> 03:09:35,300
current year we have a deficit of $11.4 million. So I always kind of think of that top part

1735
03:09:41,633 --> 03:09:41,633
as like the checkbook. So the money's going in, the money's going out. And then we have our

1736
03:09:46,100 --> 03:09:46,100
savings account. So our savings account, we started with the beginning balance of 72.9

1737
03:09:51,500 --> 03:09:51,500
million. And after we absorb that loss of 11.4, we're anticipating the ending balance

1738
03:09:57,633 --> 03:09:57,633
of being about $61 million. So when you look at that and you take our ending balance and

1739
03:10:04,766 --> 03:10:04,766
divide it by our total expenditures, it's 23%. And that basically covers almost three

1740
03:10:10,233 --> 03:10:10,233
months of expenditures for the district. And then as we go out for our out years, you can see

1741
03:10:16,533 --> 03:10:16,533
the ending. Ending balance is going down 46.9 and then going down to 37.9. And you can see

1742
03:10:24,133 --> 03:10:24,133
those percentages dropping as we move forward. And again this is all the information we have as

1743
03:10:30,300 --> 03:10:30,300
of january 31st. So one question back to that. Sure. I'm assuming you're going to get to it. But

1744
03:10:38,400 --> 03:10:38,400
the first interim we showed a deficit of 12.4. Now we're showing 11.4. So we're better by

1745
03:10:45,300 --> 03:10:45,300
a million. Yes we're better by a little bit. Yes. That's good. Yeah I like even even yeah. Got

1746
03:10:51,533 --> 03:10:51,533
to be positive. Yeah. Just because especially in the first slide when we're talking about

1747
03:10:57,766 --> 03:10:57,766
based on the changes in cola, we're talking about a $1.3 million difference for next year

1748
03:11:03,500 --> 03:11:03,500
for next year. Right, right. Which is part of the 112 million for next year went to 14

1749
03:11:07,733 --> 03:11:07,733
million. Yeah okay okay. And so this is off of january correct january 30th for you todd. So

1750
03:11:15,566 --> 03:11:15,566
yeah, you kind of jump back. So I guess my question is so this was in january, have you seen

1751
03:11:24,666 --> 03:11:28,066
any like projection coming from the state like that. Anything would be different. Like we're finding more money because I mean, I remember one time we were in a deficit, you know,

1752
03:11:32,666 --> 03:11:32,666
first we were in we had a ton of money and then all of a sudden we were in a deficit. So, I

1753
03:11:37,866 --> 03:11:37,866
mean, so these numbers potentially in 3 or 4 months, we could change and we could be at

1754
03:11:43,233 --> 03:11:43,233
a $11 million surplus. No, no, I wish darn it, if we find that kind of money, we gotta. Yeah.

1755
03:11:47,933 --> 03:11:47,933
there's that's so another question I was I was I was kidding on the last one. But I

1756
03:11:52,833 --> 03:11:52,833
know I know the so I have a question. When we have our savings account is it are we

1757
03:11:57,366 --> 03:11:57,366
able to put like money in like you know there's some savings accounts where you can gather

1758
03:12:01,566 --> 03:12:01,566
like 4 or 5% interest. Do they do any type? I mean, huge accounts like this do. Are we in

1759
03:12:06,900 --> 03:12:06,900
that or is there like, you know, any ways that they. So orange county I mean, they went through

1760
03:12:12,800 --> 03:12:12,800
a bankruptcy many years ago and they're very tight on how we invest our money. And so we have

1761
03:12:18,100 --> 03:12:18,100
to stay in their investment pools. It's just we're required to do that. And so there's it's

1762
03:12:24,500 --> 03:12:24,500
like a safe investment. Right. And I could find out what the interest rate is that we're well

1763
03:12:30,233 --> 03:12:34,233
I wasn't really talking about like the investment. I just know that there's like some savings accounts that like, you know, you put your money in there, you put x amount of dollars in there

1764
03:12:38,600 --> 03:12:38,600
and they'll give you just the four, 4 or 5% in some of them, you know, versus like sometimes

1765
03:12:44,533 --> 03:12:47,866
you're at chase. Yes. And you know, you're only getting like 0.5% on your I was just curious if that was applicable to school districts. We can't we can't we can't invest money on our own.

1766
03:12:52,533 --> 03:12:52,533
districts are not really allowed to invest money to make money. We actually get in trouble if we

1767
03:12:57,200 --> 03:12:57,200
do something like that. So that's why our our bank account is with the county assessor's

1768
03:13:02,233 --> 03:13:02,233
office, and they monitor all of that, which is I mean, because the point of the district is not

1769
03:13:06,600 --> 03:13:06,600
to be some global billion dollar company, it's to spend money for the benefit of the students.

1770
03:13:12,433 --> 03:13:12,433
right? Absolutely. So yeah. Okay. So because of the deficit spending, this statement is

1771
03:13:20,233 --> 03:13:20,233
being put in here in preparing the 2425 second interim budget, the board acknowledges its

1772
03:13:27,166 --> 03:13:27,166
fiduciary responsibility to maintain fiscal solvency for the current year and the two

1773
03:13:32,366 --> 03:13:32,366
subsequent fiscal years. District staff will be preparing a budget stabilization plan for

1774
03:13:37,966 --> 03:13:37,966
board review. Prior to the adoption of the 2526 school year budget. This plan will include

1775
03:13:44,666 --> 03:13:44,666
established timelines for ongoing budget planning and actions. Reductions presented

1776
03:13:49,500 --> 03:13:49,500
may include tighter staffing at school sites, position reductions, and non-personnel

1777
03:13:54,366 --> 03:13:54,366
cost reductions. Under these assumptions, the board projects the need for an $11.4 million in

1778
03:14:01,333 --> 03:14:01,333
budget reductions in 2526, in order to maintain fiscal solvency. So this statement is

1779
03:14:09,566 --> 03:14:09,566
required. Orange county department of ed actually looks at this, and you'll see in a

1780
03:14:14,966 --> 03:14:14,966
minute we're going to go with a positive certification. But even if we present a positive

1781
03:14:20,233 --> 03:14:20,233
certification and we don't do this and we don't start working on our budget reductions, the

1782
03:14:25,366 --> 03:14:25,366
county could come in and make us qualified and we don't want that. So the statement is in

1783
03:14:30,933 --> 03:14:30,933
here and they actually get this presentation and they look for the statement. This is the cya

1784
03:14:36,100 --> 03:14:36,100
statement. Yes, sir. Yeah. So sorry. Back to that. Back. Well no we're we're continuing I'll

1785
03:14:43,033 --> 03:14:43,033
talk later okay. So now let's talk about our restricted money. And again this is okay. We're

1786
03:14:49,933 --> 03:14:49,933
going to receive this money and we're going to spend it on what it is that it's telling us to

1787
03:14:54,833 --> 03:14:54,833
spend it on. So overall you can see a federal money is 13.7 million, state is 57.2. Our

1788
03:15:01,700 --> 03:15:01,700
locals 2.6. And then that contribution that I just talked about on unrestricted is in

1789
03:15:07,266 --> 03:15:07,266
here. So our restricted revenue is $119 million. And here's our expenditures. Again 70% of it's

1790
03:15:14,833 --> 03:15:14,833
going for salaries and benefits 10% books and supplies, 12% is services and other operating and

1791
03:15:21,966 --> 03:15:21,966
so on. So the restricted expenditures are $143.3 million. And when we look at those and if

1792
03:15:30,000 --> 03:15:30,000
you noticed, I didn't make the deficit read because I'm not concerned about this. This is

1793
03:15:35,900 --> 03:15:35,900
overall for 2425. There's 119 million in revenue. We're spending 143. So it is a deficit

1794
03:15:42,966 --> 03:15:42,966
of 23 million. But it's okay because we want to spend this money in these out years. We

1795
03:15:49,000 --> 03:15:49,000
started with 71 million and we're ending up with 47. And then as you move over to these

1796
03:15:53,966 --> 03:15:53,966
out years, you can see these are the anticipated revenues and expenditures that are coming in,

1797
03:15:59,266 --> 03:16:03,000
continuing with the deficit spending. But that's okay because we want to spend all this money. We want to get it down to zero. So at the end of 2627, the ending balance is $19

1798
03:16:11,633 --> 03:16:11,633
million. Okay. So then we have to take a look at what is that. Components of ending fund

1799
03:16:19,400 --> 03:16:19,400
balance. What are we what are we doing with our savings account. So we have our unrestricted and

1800
03:16:24,966 --> 03:16:24,966
our restricted. And I'll just talk for a second. The restricted you can see the $47

1801
03:16:30,066 --> 03:16:30,066
million. It's kind of the orange column. We're just going to put it all into a restricted

1802
03:16:35,033 --> 03:16:35,033
carryover, because we have no choice on what to do with this money. If you go back to the

1803
03:16:39,733 --> 03:16:39,733
green, the ending fund balance is 61 million. We have revolving cash in our stores and our

1804
03:16:45,866 --> 03:16:45,866
prepaid expenditures 275,000. Not not a large dollar amount. We are committing a $5 million

1805
03:16:53,133 --> 03:16:53,133
for textbook adoptions. We're putting in $10 million for declining enrollment. We'll keep

1806
03:16:57,733 --> 03:16:57,733
an eye on that one. And then because we are in deficit, it's a deficit mitigation for 5.2

1807
03:17:04,633 --> 03:17:04,633
million. We have a contingency reserve of 20 million and a reserve for economic

1808
03:17:10,333 --> 03:17:10,333
uncertainties for five, a 5% for another 20 million. So that's how we're assigning the

1809
03:17:16,100 --> 03:17:16,100
unrestricted money. And then you just total them up. And that's the blue column. And again I put

1810
03:17:21,800 --> 03:17:21,800
on here we are filing because of the ending fund balances. We are filing a positive certification

1811
03:17:29,000 --> 03:17:29,000
question about the reserves. There is a maximum that we're allowed to hold. Correct. So

1812
03:17:37,933 --> 03:17:37,933
okay so there's a couple of things. Sorry to open that. No no no it's okay. So they go

1813
03:17:43,466 --> 03:17:43,466
about 10%. There was there was a law that came out that said a school district should have, you

1814
03:17:48,833 --> 03:17:48,833
know, a 10% reserve level. Well, our 10% are those two bottom numbers right there because the

1815
03:17:53,733 --> 03:17:53,733
contingency reserve is 5%. And our reserve for economic uncertainties is 5%. But with

1816
03:17:58,900 --> 03:17:58,900
that, there was a lot of flexibility for school districts. That said, if you're

1817
03:18:04,100 --> 03:18:04,100
going to have higher than 2%, you need to tell us what you're going to spend it on. But that

1818
03:18:08,933 --> 03:18:08,933
law did not go fully into effect because they could have come and said, that's it. Start sending

1819
03:18:14,100 --> 03:18:14,100
in your plan on what you're going to spend your other money on, and work that percentage

1820
03:18:19,133 --> 03:18:19,133
down to 10%. But then they held off on that. They like the fact that the districts are having

1821
03:18:27,333 --> 03:18:27,333
enough money in here to get through a couple of bad years, because the state also knows

1822
03:18:31,766 --> 03:18:31,766
that their funding levels go up and down, depending on lots of things, too. So they didn't

1823
03:18:36,633 --> 03:18:36,633
actually incorporate that law. But that's, I think, what you're talking about with the 10%.

1824
03:18:41,033 --> 03:18:41,033
yeah, the maximum 10%. The minimum of 2%. That's for us because of our our enrollment

1825
03:18:46,733 --> 03:18:46,733
numbers, we're 3% okay. So our minimum is 3%. Our minimum is three. The maximum is ten with a

1826
03:18:51,900 --> 03:18:51,900
plan. So my point is from a reserve standpoint we're extremely healthy. We are

1827
03:18:57,433 --> 03:18:57,433
healthy right now except for the fact that we're deficit spending. So if I go back here

1828
03:19:02,233 --> 03:19:02,233
what I'm saying we can't. Yes. Right. We go back to the let me just show you real quick because

1829
03:19:06,933 --> 03:19:06,933
I what I'm worried about is this one. So when we come back again with the estimated actuals and

1830
03:19:13,200 --> 03:19:13,200
the adopted budget for next year, then I have to push this out to 2728. So if we hit

1831
03:19:20,400 --> 03:19:20,400
another $10 million, if we don't do anything, we're basically eating up our reserves, our, our

1832
03:19:24,566 --> 03:19:24,566
savings account. And so that 2627 when we're at a 14% here, we're getting really close to

1833
03:19:32,733 --> 03:19:32,733
that 10%. And then we go out one more year. Now we're in trouble. So if we do nothing, we can last

1834
03:19:39,533 --> 03:19:39,533
here until 2728. You're going to go qualified. And if you ever let this go negative, they come

1835
03:19:46,200 --> 03:19:46,200
in and they remove the board and the state comes in and takes over. So we don't want that at

1836
03:19:51,333 --> 03:19:51,333
all. We're very far from that happening. But I agree with you. I mean four years, four years.

1837
03:19:56,033 --> 03:19:56,033
well four years before it gets to the threshold. Right. And then there's lots of things that

1838
03:20:00,700 --> 03:20:00,700
happen in four years. Absolutely right. For better or for worse. So many different things. For

1839
03:20:04,933 --> 03:20:08,866
better, for worse. Absolutely. I guess my point is looking at those numbers and seeing the deficit spending and knowing what we're investing in our district because of the things

1840
03:20:12,866 --> 03:20:12,866
that we've done by building preschools, the money we've spent on new programs, the money

1841
03:20:16,966 --> 03:20:16,966
we spent on air conditioning and gyms, like we have done a lot of capital improvements over the

1842
03:20:21,200 --> 03:20:21,200
last, really the last 18 months very heavily that I think are going to, in my opinion. And

1843
03:20:26,500 --> 03:20:26,500
based on the decisions that we've made the past year and a half are going to affect that.

1844
03:20:30,833 --> 03:20:30,833
in a positive note, I know we have to be conservative, and I appreciate this and I think this

1845
03:20:35,600 --> 03:20:35,600
is good, but I'm thinking that some of these investments will come back to us in student,

1846
03:20:40,400 --> 03:20:40,400
well, intentionally or potentially in enrollment growth. But I like that we're

1847
03:20:45,266 --> 03:20:45,266
being conservative. That's a good thing. Qualified still a ways away. We want to stay away

1848
03:20:50,700 --> 03:20:50,700
from qualified okay. So then because of the charter school that we have, even though it's a

1849
03:20:57,733 --> 03:20:57,733
dependent charter, it also has a requirement to show what their numbers look like. And so these

1850
03:21:04,400 --> 03:21:04,400
numbers this budget is actually the same as first interim. It hasn't really changed at all.

1851
03:21:09,333 --> 03:21:09,333
and so 9.4 million in revenue. Our expenditures are totaling 10.8. So they have an ending

1852
03:21:15,866 --> 03:21:15,866
fund balance of 1.3 a negative. They're just starting off. It's a brand new school year. And so

1853
03:21:21,800 --> 03:21:21,800
this will change as we move forward I'm sure. So. Okay. Then we also need to look quickly

1854
03:21:30,966 --> 03:21:30,966
over all of our other funds. And so you can see all of this money will be spent for their specific

1855
03:21:37,400 --> 03:21:37,400
purpose. And they're all ending with certain fund balances here with the child development at

1856
03:21:44,500 --> 03:21:44,500
4.4 million, our cafeteria is healthy at 15.8, cafeteria actually has a plan of what

1857
03:21:50,900 --> 03:21:50,900
they're spending their money on, because the state doesn't like it when that ending balance is

1858
03:21:55,700 --> 03:21:55,700
too high, but because of the free meals, you know, we've been able to have a higher ending

1859
03:22:02,033 --> 03:22:02,033
fund balance. And I know she has a lot of plans for that money, too. Deferred maintenance. We're

1860
03:22:07,766 --> 03:22:07,766
ending with 2.3. Our capital facilities is 77.9. Our fund 35 is actually closed up. That was

1861
03:22:16,766 --> 03:22:16,766
money from a long time ago. That was just a little bit left in there. And it's all spent now

1862
03:22:22,266 --> 03:22:22,266
again, fund 40. The capital outlay. That's the cop payments we just talked about. And that's

1863
03:22:26,733 --> 03:22:26,733
where you can see that ending fund balance of 16 million. It's going to keep carrying over. And

1864
03:22:31,666 --> 03:22:31,666
that's going to pay every year our cop payments until it's paid off. The bond interest is fund

1865
03:22:37,933 --> 03:22:37,933
51. And that's left empty because we only report out at the end of the year. And we

1866
03:22:43,033 --> 03:22:46,700
actually get those that information from the county assessor's office. And then we'll put it in here. And then our self-insurance is what pays for all of the medical workers

1867
03:22:51,900 --> 03:22:51,900
comp property and liability for the district. And that has an ending balance of $17 million.

1868
03:22:58,800 --> 03:22:58,800
so our challenges and our next steps, so the challenges ahead is projected low cola for the

1869
03:23:04,633 --> 03:23:04,633
next three years. That's going to go up and down depending on what happens in the state. With

1870
03:23:09,933 --> 03:23:09,933
the state's economy, we are losing a lot of one time revenue. And so we have to be

1871
03:23:14,900 --> 03:23:14,900
careful with that. We have rising health and welfare benefit premiums, annual step

1872
03:23:20,166 --> 03:23:20,166
and column adjustments have to be made. And the last point here is the state's vulnerability,

1873
03:23:25,833 --> 03:23:29,700
again to the impacts of uncertain receipt of federal funding, the tariffs and the changes in the immigration policy. So you can see we've completed the first three

1874
03:23:36,433 --> 03:23:36,433
reports here by by the conclusion of tonight and then upcoming. We'll come back again

1875
03:23:41,700 --> 03:23:41,700
in june. And we'll talk about a public hearing for the lcap and the budget and adopt the lcap

1876
03:23:46,700 --> 03:23:46,700
and the budget for next year. So any questions? I just wanted to say it again, the money that we

1877
03:23:55,966 --> 03:23:55,966
talked about coming in from the additional billings from special ed and the mental health that is

1878
03:24:03,200 --> 03:24:03,200
not included in this. So that's our surprise bonus at the end of the year. Well, it's not

1879
03:24:07,833 --> 03:24:07,833
included in here, but keep it, keep in mind that's restricted. So totally get it. Yeah yeah

1880
03:24:13,300 --> 03:24:13,300
yeah. But it's not in here because this was january 31st. Yep. Okay. Good. No that's great

1881
03:24:20,466 --> 03:24:20,466
okay. I don't have any questions specific to this, but I asked for a lot of backup information.

1882
03:24:29,633 --> 03:24:29,633
and I so appreciate that I've gotten part of the way through it. Not all the way through it

1883
03:24:34,666 --> 03:24:34,666
yet, but it's very informative and I really appreciate it. Thank you. No problem. Can I got

1884
03:24:40,733 --> 03:24:40,733
some of the stuff to my printer. Didn't print all of it, but the fun. 2545 what is what is that

1885
03:24:47,566 --> 03:24:47,566
consist of? Because I was going through it today and I was obviously looking. There's a lot

1886
03:24:52,800 --> 03:24:52,800
of things. So we have so in fund 25, there's two sub funds, 25, 25 is our developer fees. So

1887
03:25:02,066 --> 03:25:02,066
when people are, you know, building something new or whatever, we'll get that money

1888
03:25:07,366 --> 03:25:07,366
in. And then 2545 is some redevelopment monies that we are still receiving. It's not a lot

1889
03:25:15,333 --> 03:25:15,333
anymore but it's something okay. So the redevelopment fees, do we lose them or or what does that

1890
03:25:21,633 --> 03:25:21,633
come out of. Does that come out of our general fund or what fund does that come out of. So that's

1891
03:25:26,933 --> 03:25:26,933
fund 25 which is totally separate from the general fund, which is fun. One okay. That

1892
03:25:31,000 --> 03:25:31,000
revenue will continue. We'll have to see. I'll have to pull some reports to see for this

1893
03:25:37,866 --> 03:25:37,866
district. I don't know, off the top of my head. I'd have to get back to you. Okay. It's not a

1894
03:25:42,733 --> 03:25:46,700
large amount of money. Redevelopment money used to be really high. If you're in an area where they were redeveloping, you know, projects or, you know, whatever that they

1895
03:25:51,433 --> 03:25:51,433
wanted to work on, there would always be some money that would come back to the school

1896
03:25:55,766 --> 03:25:55,766
district. But then they stopped this redevelopment. And so this is kind of paying off. The last

1897
03:26:00,400 --> 03:26:00,400
of those final projects. So it's going to be dwindling down over time. But I I'd have to look it

1898
03:26:06,500 --> 03:26:06,500
up and find out when it, when it's all gone. Okay. Because I was just when I was looking

1899
03:26:11,300 --> 03:26:11,300
through it, it said like our revenues total was like four, 4 million, 656 for 2324. But then

1900
03:26:15,900 --> 03:26:15,900
it went down 2425 to 2,000,631. But I thought it was interesting. I was just, you

1901
03:26:22,000 --> 03:26:22,000
know, because if you start looking through this with all this backup material we're

1902
03:26:26,033 --> 03:26:26,033
getting, you know, we're paying for playgrounds at glenview for like $109,000 tines, 50,000

1903
03:26:32,600 --> 03:26:32,600
morse, 50,000 for playgrounds. We had some hydration stations, which weren't super expensive,

1904
03:26:38,333 --> 03:26:38,333
but, you know, we had to pay dsa for the classrooms, 19,000 each for glenview, morrison, tines,

1905
03:26:45,866 --> 03:26:45,866
esperanza, you know, they had a lighting in their theater. 387,000 el dorado material label

1906
03:26:52,933 --> 03:26:52,933
for the men and women's staff. Restrooms, 43,000 valencia high school material for improvements

1907
03:26:58,100 --> 03:26:58,100
and remodeling the wood shop at valencia, 51,000 shade structures at esperanza 71,000.

1908
03:27:05,800 --> 03:27:05,800
valencia high school had two marquees for $100,000. So I was just, you know, going through

1909
03:27:12,133 --> 03:27:12,133
here because you always, you know, it kind of seems like certain things are singled out.

1910
03:27:16,633 --> 03:27:16,633
but then I was wondering, well, where is this fund? Like, where does it go to? Because, I mean,

1911
03:27:21,966 --> 03:27:21,966
we're paying for a lot of stuff, you know, the intercom systems, travis ranch and kramer, it's

1912
03:27:26,033 --> 03:27:26,033
176,000 to replace our intercom. So, I mean, it is like if you look through this stuff and if

1913
03:27:30,633 --> 03:27:30,633
people. Yeah, I mean, this is it's expensive to run a school district and like replacing an

1914
03:27:34,933 --> 03:27:34,933
intercom system is shocking. That's 176,000. So I was wondering I was I was grateful

1915
03:27:40,433 --> 03:27:40,433
for this because it does show how much we spend at all the school sites. Yep. So yeah. So I

1916
03:27:46,000 --> 03:27:46,000
was I, you know, when my printer will print again I'll be looking, you know, more at the

1917
03:27:51,733 --> 03:27:51,733
other things. But that's where I was wondering, you know, like where this comes, you know,

1918
03:27:55,800 --> 03:27:55,800
where this comes from. And like, how are we paying for, you know, we're using all these different

1919
03:28:00,500 --> 03:28:00,500
ways to pay for these things, like the developer fees, we use certain things. And then this

1920
03:28:05,200 --> 03:28:05,200
and for this fund 25, it can only be spent on capital improvements for the for the

1921
03:28:09,866 --> 03:28:13,400
district. That's why you're seeing all the different purchases right. Yeah. But I thought that was you know, I think people don't realize how much stuff is being spent behind

1922
03:28:17,733 --> 03:28:17,733
the scenes to make everything new and keep it going. So I was appreciative of that. Yeah. The

1923
03:28:22,766 --> 03:28:22,766
invest, seeing the actual things that we're investing in is pretty great. Yeah. We talked a

1924
03:28:28,866 --> 03:28:28,866
little bit earlier before about doing a facilities study. We've we've kind of looked at that

1925
03:28:35,666 --> 03:28:35,666
before as we plan where we're going to spend our money over the five year facilities plan.

1926
03:28:40,600 --> 03:28:40,600
we haven't not that I recall. I haven't seen it in a little while, but maybe that's

1927
03:28:44,866 --> 03:28:44,866
something that we look at again and start to project where we're going to put. Actually, we've

1928
03:28:49,833 --> 03:28:49,833
been working on that because I was curious too. I wanted to see what it looked like. And for the

1929
03:28:54,866 --> 03:28:54,866
money reasons, we can we have always have so many different projects. There's a lot of needs

1930
03:28:59,533 --> 03:28:59,533
in a school district, and when you have bond money, that's great. We don't have bond money

1931
03:29:04,833 --> 03:29:04,833
anymore. You can see what our fiscal situation is. So that's definitely something we are

1932
03:29:10,100 --> 03:29:10,100
pulling together and can bring back to the board. Thank you. Because we have to do all these

1933
03:29:15,500 --> 03:29:15,500
improvements, but we plan to do at when. At what point do we do that. So thank you. Lots of car

1934
03:29:21,766 --> 03:29:21,766
washes. You need to organize every parking lot of every school. I'm going to breed the

1935
03:29:28,333 --> 03:29:28,333
labradors and do the chicken and the eggs sales. Okay. Perfect. Perfect. Okay I have a couple

1936
03:29:34,366 --> 03:29:34,366
questions. I have one for about orange county school of computer science. It's been posted all

1937
03:29:39,633 --> 03:29:39,633
over social media that that school's budget has been cut by 50%. Can you? So no. So I think

1938
03:29:47,666 --> 03:29:47,666
we just had it in the presentation I think. What. Yeah, it was it was in here.

1939
03:29:52,766 --> 03:29:52,766
just one slide. So I think that comment was geared more towards staffing. And so we have

1940
03:30:01,966 --> 03:30:01,966
temporary teachers. And so every year school district with temporary teachers, they're

1941
03:30:07,200 --> 03:30:07,200
basically notified, you know, your contract is going to end june 30th. And that school

1942
03:30:12,866 --> 03:30:12,866
actually had predominantly temporary teachers. And so I would say probably half of their

1943
03:30:19,766 --> 03:30:19,766
staff received that notice. But that doesn't mean that we've cut their budget, because we have to

1944
03:30:25,900 --> 03:30:25,900
make sure that that school is staffed and they have everything that they need. So I will say

1945
03:30:31,066 --> 03:30:31,066
this, I was the person who brought this up. And so what was said was the leadership at oc

1946
03:30:38,133 --> 03:30:38,133
says they met with district leadership, and they were told that, you know, they needed to

1947
03:30:43,166 --> 03:30:43,166
cut their budget. And they said, you know, oc said, hey, we were assured by chernus and gates and

1948
03:30:49,700 --> 03:30:49,700
everyone in stein that we would have a $10 million working budget to get our school off the

1949
03:30:55,133 --> 03:30:55,133
ground for three years. And so the response that they got was, well, that's a wag. And they

1950
03:30:59,766 --> 03:30:59,766
said, what does that mean? And they said, that's a wild guess. He says sometimes people choose

1951
03:31:04,300 --> 03:31:04,300
to carry up start up funds in multiple years. And at this point they knew what they said.

1952
03:31:08,733 --> 03:31:08,733
they wanted to make the oc six budget right side up. So they said they were looking at

1953
03:31:13,566 --> 03:31:13,566
projected decline in enrollment of up to 150 kids. And they had a number of the six hundreds.

1954
03:31:17,900 --> 03:31:17,900
and so they told them to prepare a budget for $5.2 million. And then they told the principal at

1955
03:31:24,433 --> 03:31:24,433
the time that she needed to give them what her budget cuts would be to cut the budget in half.

1956
03:31:30,966 --> 03:31:30,966
and so when people say, oh, no, these were her budgets, she didn't want to cut anything.

1957
03:31:35,966 --> 03:31:35,966
this was what she was told by the district. She had to cut. So as you see, there was the 22

1958
03:31:41,733 --> 03:31:41,733
temps and they don't know if they're coming back. There was an orchestra teacher. There are

1959
03:31:45,766 --> 03:31:45,766
41 teachers at this site. They've cut a dean. They've cut a college and career technician,

1960
03:31:50,333 --> 03:31:50,333
apparently. I mean, I don't know if I can say whatever. There's a few more positions that were

1961
03:31:54,800 --> 03:31:54,800
going to be cut. And so what her recommendation to the district was to cut the dla program. She

1962
03:32:01,233 --> 03:32:01,233
said to cut the pe teachers because they have 36 kids in pe and they have two teachers, she

1963
03:32:07,266 --> 03:32:07,266
says. The kids that are taking pe as a mini elective there, there's 80 kids that are

1964
03:32:13,166 --> 03:32:13,166
electing to go into usc to do their mini electives. And so she was talking about pe. She said

1965
03:32:18,900 --> 03:32:18,900
that she was forced to fill a library position by the csc. And so there was a lot of things

1966
03:32:23,833 --> 03:32:23,833
that she recommended to cut. So I think when people are sitting here saying, well, no, nobody

1967
03:32:28,800 --> 03:32:28,800
was told to cut, we have 22 temps that are worried, you know, at ocs, there's 22 of the

1968
03:32:33,633 --> 03:32:33,633
41 teachers. And then you're you go over there and you say, give us the budget cuts, because now

1969
03:32:38,766 --> 03:32:38,766
your budget's only going to be $5.2 million. So I have never said that. Well, I'm not saying

1970
03:32:46,500 --> 03:32:46,500
you did. I'm not saying you did. I know who said it, but I'm not saying that you did. And I think

1971
03:32:52,233 --> 03:32:52,233
where this is going and we'll be bringing probably back in april, if not before that, the budget

1972
03:32:57,600 --> 03:32:57,600
stabilization plan. We are looking district wide, not at one specific school, at our

1973
03:33:03,366 --> 03:33:03,366
staffing ratios. Are we overstaffed because people are the most you saw people are the

1974
03:33:07,733 --> 03:33:07,733
most expensive. Yes they are. So we are looking district wide at what can we do to try to get

1975
03:33:14,633 --> 03:33:14,633
this deficit spending down. So they have to have teachers to run that school. If they have

1976
03:33:20,700 --> 03:33:20,700
that enrollment, they're going to have their teachers. It probably won't be those specific

1977
03:33:25,233 --> 03:33:25,233
teachers. I can't tell you right now until we finish doing the work that we're working on, and

1978
03:33:29,866 --> 03:33:29,866
we can bring it back to the board at that time. But we are not cutting that budget in half.

1979
03:33:35,300 --> 03:33:35,300
okay, so whoever gave that message that freaked everybody there out and said that they

1980
03:33:41,166 --> 03:33:41,166
need to go to $5.2 million was incorrect. I can't speak to that because I don't know. I don't

1981
03:33:46,666 --> 03:33:46,666
know what was said before I got here, okay. Because they were told all of these cuts that had

1982
03:33:50,966 --> 03:33:50,966
to be made. So these were the cuts that they said that they told the district, because, you

1983
03:33:56,066 --> 03:33:56,066
know, I you know, you make you get told by the parent advisory committee, you get told by the

1984
03:34:00,700 --> 03:34:00,700
leadership over there. You get told by all these people that this is what the district is

1985
03:34:05,400 --> 03:34:09,266
telling them and that they're saying, either you tell us what cuts to make or we're going to do it for you. So they have to start making the hard decisions about what to cut at the school

1986
03:34:13,933 --> 03:34:13,933
and what type of budget to have. And the only thing that I could possibly think of is that, and I

1987
03:34:19,733 --> 03:34:19,733
don't know, I can't speak for anybody else, but. And it wasn't you they didn't name you at all.

1988
03:34:24,600 --> 03:34:24,600
well that's fine, I would know what I said to somebody, so of course, but we're trying to

1989
03:34:28,833 --> 03:34:32,233
bring everything into alignment district wide. So if we're looking at, you know, that school we're going to be looking at, okay, what is how many students are you going to have.

1990
03:34:37,533 --> 03:34:40,933
what are our staffing ratios. Are you overstaffed? Definitely. And we're also having that conversation with every other school in the district. Right. So. Right. So yeah. Well, I mean

1991
03:34:47,900 --> 03:34:47,900
it's fine. But I mean, when, when they get told that they have to do this and to cut the

1992
03:34:53,533 --> 03:34:57,066
programs, I mean, when you're looking at when you're looking at telling the district, okay, we'll cut our dla program because something's going to open up at tue-fri, we'll cut

1993
03:35:00,866 --> 03:35:00,866
pe, we'll cut this, we'll cut that. You know, even talking about, you know, did they have

1994
03:35:05,166 --> 03:35:05,166
there was even discussion like, do they have to cut their music program and just start going

1995
03:35:09,866 --> 03:35:13,766
because you know, obviously they're a district charter so they can have the opportunity to do before school and after school things with like prop 28, things like that. And so, you

1996
03:35:19,333 --> 03:35:19,333
know, when they're having to do these cuts and then the parents start freaking out, like, are we

1997
03:35:23,666 --> 03:35:23,666
going to have dla next year here? Because this is a proposed cut. Are we going to have, you

1998
03:35:28,433 --> 03:35:28,433
know, music? Are we going to have these things? And then you have this going on. And so and

1999
03:35:32,733 --> 03:35:32,733
this is what the message that ocs is getting from our district then. So we'll be bringing back

2000
03:35:39,700 --> 03:35:39,700
the budget stabilization stabilization act in april. And I think we'll have quite a few

2001
03:35:45,466 --> 03:35:45,466
details that are in there that will be more specific to the items that you're talking about.

2002
03:35:49,733 --> 03:35:49,733
okay. And we'll talk about it then. Is there any additional like we're talking about cutting

2003
03:35:55,166 --> 03:35:55,166
costs. What about increased revenue. Like are we looking at options there. It's tough to

2004
03:35:59,900 --> 03:35:59,900
increase revenue in a school district. I mean we really are available grants and I mean that

2005
03:36:04,533 --> 03:36:04,533
kind of stuff. Grant writers. And really I'm looking to like add services and so on. So they

2006
03:36:09,633 --> 03:36:09,633
go out for all the grants that they possibly can get. The grants are restricted. So what

2007
03:36:14,333 --> 03:36:14,333
we need is unrestricted money and that comes from the state. If we can get the cola up, if

2008
03:36:20,233 --> 03:36:20,233
you know the state does extremely well and next year they give us more cola than what

2009
03:36:25,000 --> 03:36:25,000
they told us, that's awesome. Enrollments and enrollment can go up. But that trend has not

2010
03:36:30,933 --> 03:36:30,933
been in attendance. That's right. Yeah 1% is 2.5 million. That's right. Because we're at

2011
03:36:36,033 --> 03:36:36,033
95 right now. We've held at 95 for a long time. I'm beginning to lose hope. No we're up from

2012
03:36:41,300 --> 03:36:41,300
last year. Well it was 92 last year right. But we've been we've been stable at 95 for a while

2013
03:36:47,333 --> 03:36:47,333
now. No we're up we're up, we're up. We need to get next year 96. We're at 94.88. Is that correct

2014
03:36:56,000 --> 03:36:56,000
94.88. And our goal, which we started a little late this year, is to go up to 95.88 by the end

2015
03:37:01,633 --> 03:37:01,633
of this year. And we are doing major stuff throughout the district to reinforce. And I

2016
03:37:07,200 --> 03:37:07,200
mean, I'm talking short of sending somebody on a trip on a yacht somewhere. I mean, that's

2017
03:37:12,566 --> 03:37:12,566
hey, but I'll go to school for that. There are a lot of reinforcers that were take the

2018
03:37:17,400 --> 03:37:17,400
vans. Yeah. The vans. Here we go. Hey, hey, get get him to school. Right. And if I, if I

2019
03:37:23,600 --> 03:37:23,600
may to your point, trustee frazier, when it comes to the unique needs of each school. So

2020
03:37:31,400 --> 03:37:31,400
in some schools, there's specific training that teachers have had. Like obviously if you

2021
03:37:36,000 --> 03:37:36,000
have a dli program or another type of program and it might be costly to move teachers out,

2022
03:37:43,733 --> 03:37:43,733
even though that might necessarily that might be based on vacancy and seniority and,

2023
03:37:50,733 --> 03:37:50,733
and other factors, something you have to really sit down with your association and talk about

2024
03:37:55,733 --> 03:37:55,733
how to ensure that, you know, we don't have to take someone who's trained already in a particular

2025
03:38:02,633 --> 03:38:02,633
program and have them go somewhere else, and then have someone else come in and they

2026
03:38:07,033 --> 03:38:07,033
have to get retrained. So but like as we discussed, just the unique needs of the schools,

2027
03:38:11,966 --> 03:38:11,966
that's why it's important that all these meetings are held with the ed services and, and

2028
03:38:16,600 --> 03:38:16,600
business team so that we truly know exactly how to support those those schools that also

2029
03:38:23,300 --> 03:38:23,300
are going to be cost effective. But but the reality is cuts. Yeah. Will will need to happen

2030
03:38:30,800 --> 03:38:30,800
to some degree. Yes. Thank you joan. That's great okay. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank

2031
03:38:41,000 --> 03:38:41,000
you for your presentation. That's a. Picture exit. Now get your exit. Now. That's a lot of

2032
03:38:49,733 --> 03:38:49,733
work. Another one okay. We still have to vote. We still have to vote. So all in favor. Aye aye

2033
03:38:57,333 --> 03:38:57,333
aye. Okay. Motion carries five zero. Moving on, 18.3. I'll make a motion. We approve the orange

2034
03:39:03,700 --> 03:39:03,700
county school of computer science charter school 2425 second interim report second.

2035
03:39:08,133 --> 03:39:08,133
okay. We have a motion by mrs. Burke. Second by mr. Frazier. So in that presentation, there was

2036
03:39:20,566 --> 03:39:20,566
a slide that discussed the charter school. So basically it is you've already seen the

2037
03:39:25,266 --> 03:39:25,266
presentation. It's the same. It's the same thing. Yeah. Okay. Any other further questions

2038
03:39:30,700 --> 03:39:30,700
okay. All in favor I, I, I. Okay. Any opposed I think we're good. I'll make a motion for

2039
03:39:44,000 --> 03:39:44,000
this one. My daughter actually took this class so I saw the old book. I'm glad we have a new

2040
03:39:48,800 --> 03:39:48,800
book. Okay. Before we start, do we want to do all these textbooks as a block? Yeah, that

2041
03:39:52,933 --> 03:39:52,933
would be totally fine. Yes. If you guys agree, then make a motion that we move them all to

2042
03:39:57,800 --> 03:39:57,800
the other. Yeah. Okay. Let's whole agenda. We're getting. We're getting close. I'm down.

2043
03:40:05,366 --> 03:40:05,366
okay. So textbooks I'll make a motion that we approve ap human geography. Psychology. Give me

2044
03:40:13,633 --> 03:40:13,633
liberty. An american history and sociology. Down to earth and higher level chemistry. Second.

2045
03:40:21,900 --> 03:40:21,900
okay. We have a motion by mrs. Buck to approve all the textbooks from 9.2 down to 9.5.

2046
03:40:30,266 --> 03:40:30,266
and a second by mr. Frazier. Is there any. I'd like to invite mr. Young to the lectern to give

2047
03:40:38,133 --> 03:40:38,133
a brief introduction of the process used. Do we need it? All right. Thank you. As you well

2048
03:40:48,900 --> 03:40:48,900
know, our curriculum council meets four times a year to review textbooks. It actually

2049
03:40:54,633 --> 03:40:54,633
starts way before that, when the teachers actually get together to review new materials that

2050
03:41:00,166 --> 03:41:00,166
have come their direction. And a lot of the textbooks that we're adopting in social science have

2051
03:41:08,833 --> 03:41:08,833
have been long since overdue, some of them 20 years, as you saw in the report. So we wanted

2052
03:41:14,933 --> 03:41:14,933
to make sure that our students had the access to the most updated curriculum and materials

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as is laid out in our board policy and our resolutions. So a lot of teachers took a lot of

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time meeting with the publishers, reviewing many different versions of every textbook available, and then finalizing and coming to consensus on what would be the

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best textbook for our students. And they did that for every subject area listed. And then they submitted that to curriculum council for review and recommendation. And then it

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went on a 30 day display for the public in our lobby over here. No comments were made by any of

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the public that reviewed any of the textbooks that were on display. And so we humbly bring

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it before you guys for approval so that we can make the purchase and get these textbooks in our

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students hands next school year. Thank you. Is there any questions or comments? No, I

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said I'm saving everything for consent. Okay. This is the first time I've looked at a sociology

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book. I've never taken it before. Really fascinating reading. I learned a lot and so

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I thank you guys for doing such a great job. And I know these