16.1.1. Approve LCFF Budget Overview for Parents and 2020-2021 First Interim Financial Report for the 2020-2021 Fiscal Year with a Positive Certication

[16.1.1. Approve LCFF Budget Overview for Parents and 2020-2021 First Interim Financial Report for the 2020-2021 Fiscal Year with a Positive Certication]

APPROVE THE LCFF BUDGET OVERVIEW FOR PARENTS AND THE 2020 2021 FIRST INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE 2020 2021 FISCAL YEAR WITH A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION.

GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

START WITH OUR SLIDES.

SO THIS IS OUR FIRST INTERIM REPORT FOR THE YEAR.

NOW, BOB TOLD ME THIS WAS GOING TO BE A LITTLE TOUCHY TODAY.

LET'S SEE. NOPE.

[INAUDIBLE] THERE WE GO.

SORRY. [INAUDIBLE] TURN IT ON, I JUST NEEDED BOB TO COME OUT HERE AND THEN [INAUDIBLE].

SUSAN, 2020 IS ALMOST OVER.

WE'RE ALMOST THERE. OK.

ALL RIGHT. SO FIRST INTERIM REPORT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THREE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS DURING THE YEAR THAT WE REPORT THE ACTUAL RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND THEN ALSO A

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PROJECTION OUT FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS.

SO THAT THREE YEAR PROJECTION IS THE KEY TO DETERMINING OUR FISCAL VIABILITY.

WE SEND THAT PROJECTION DOWN TO THE LA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

THEY REVIEW IT, THEY LOOK AT IT, AND WE DO CERTIFY WHETHER THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE FISCALLY VIABLE FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

SO THE REPORT ITSELF, I THINK, IS ABOUT 100 PAGES.

IS IT A LOT OF SMALL NUMBERS IN THEIR REPORTS FOR EACH OF OUR INDIVIDUAL FUNDS.

IT HAS THE BUDGET AND THEN THE PROJECTION FOR THE YEAR.

AND SO WHAT WE HAVE IS THE STATE REQUIRED REPORT.

THEN WE HAVE OUR MEMO THAT GOES THROUGH ALL OF OUR ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE'RE USING FOR THE YEAR. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO GIVEN YOU FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR EACH FUND WHICH HAVE THE ORIGINAL JUNE BUDGET VERSUS THE UPDATED BUDGET AT FIRST INTERIM.

SO DURING THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, WHAT WE DO IS WE DO TAKE THAT ORIGINAL JUNE BUDGET AND WE UPDATE IT USING ALL OF OUR MOST CURRENT ASSUMPTIONS.

SO THE BIGGEST CHANGE THAT YOU WOULD SEE IN THIS CURRENT YEAR BUDGET FROM JUNE IS THE UPDATE TO OUR LCFF FUNDING.

SO YOU'LL RECALL IN JUNE WE WERE WORKING OFF THE GOVERNOR'S MAY REVISE, WHICH INCLUDED A TWO POINT THREE ONE PERCENT COLAS TO OUR LCFF FUNDING, BUT THAT WAS REDUCED BY A 10 PERCENT CUT. SO WE WERE ACTUALLY GETTING AN OVERALL NET EIGHT POINT TWO PERCENT CUT.

SO THAT WAS RESTORED IN THE ACTUAL FINAL BUDGET THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE LEGISLATURE.

SO THAT WAS A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR BUDGET OF SEVEN POINT THREE MILLION DOLLARS.

SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT'S NOT AN INCREASE IN ACTUAL DOLLARS THAT THE DISTRICT IS GETTING IT'S JUST A CHANGE TO THAT ORIGINAL BUDGET THAT WE HAD IN JUNE.

WE ARE ACTUALLY RECEIVING FLAT FUNDING THIS YEAR ON OUR LCFF AS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

SO WE'LL HAVE A SLIDE AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE MORE AS WE GO AS WE GO ALONG.

SO THAT IS THE MAJOR CHANGE TO THE BUDGET, AS WE ALL KNOW, BUDGET IS A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT AND IT'S CHANGING ALL THE TIME.

WE ARE CONSTANTLY UPDATING OUR BUDGET.

SO BESIDES THAT, ONE BIG CHANGE TO LCFF, WE ALSO HAVE ROUTINE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE WILL MAKE AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

WE DO UPDATE FOR ALL OF OUR BEGINNING FUND BALANCES AND OUR CARRYOVERS.

WE LOOK AT OUR ENROLLMENT AND ADJUST PROGRAMS THAT ARE FUNDED ON ENROLLMENT IF WE NEED TO. WE LOOK AT AGAIN, THE CHANGE LCFF.

WE ALSO GO THROUGH ALL OF OUR CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS LOOKING AT THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AND UPDATING THOSE.

BASICALLY GO THROUGH ALL OF OUR OTHER INCOME ACCOUNTS.

LOOKING AT GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION TO SPECIAL ED.

IN THE FALL, WE ACTUALLY GO THROUGH LINE BY LINE ALL OF OUR SALARIES AND BENEFITS.

FOR ONCE, WE HAVE ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES HIRED AND PLACED AND UPDATE THOSE AND THEN WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH ALL THE OTHER PROGRAMS AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTS.

SO TAKING THAT INTO ACCOUNT, PUTTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER AT THE ORIGINAL GM BUDGET, WE PROJECTED A LOSS IN THE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND OF JUST OVER 11 MILLION DOLLARS.

NOW, THE CURRENT BUDGET IS SHOWING A LOSS OF JUST OVER FOUR MILLION DOLLARS.

SO, AGAIN, YOU'RE SEEING THAT POSITIVE VARIANCE, AN IMPROVEMENT TO OUR BUDGET OF JUST UNDER SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS.

SO WE'RE SHOWING A PROJECTED UNRESTRICTED ENDING FUND BALANCE AT JUNE 30TH OF TWENTY ONE MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND.

THERE'S AN 18 PERCENT RESERVES, 18 PERCENT OF TOTAL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.

THE STATE REQUIRES US TO KEEP A THREE PERCENT RESERVE IN THIS DISTRICT.

WE HAVE A WE HAVE OUR OWN RESERVE REQUIREMENT OF SEVEN PERCENT, WHICH WE HAVE EASILY MET.

THIS CHART JUST SHOWS YOU A COMPARISON OF THE LAST TWO YEARS, ACTUALS ENDING, TOTAL ENDING GENERAL FUND BALANCE, SO YOU SEE 18 19, 19 20, AND THEN WE ARE PROJECTING THAT A SMALL LOSS FOR THIS YEAR OR THE LOSS FOR 20 21, WHICH INCLUDES UNRESTRICTED AND RESTRICTED AND SPENDING DOWN OF RESTRICTED FUNDS, BUT STILL THE EIGHTEEN POINT ONE PERCENT PROJECTED FUND BALANCE UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTIONS, SO OUR MULTI-YEAR PROJECTIONS, WE BASED UPON FACTORS THAT ARE GIVEN TO US BY THE L.A.

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COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, AND THOSE ARE BASED UPON THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE PROJECTIONS. SO I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF LEEWAY IN OUR PROJECTIONS.

AND AGAIN, THE COUNTY DOES LOOK OVER ALL OF OUR PROJECTIONS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE REASONABLE. SO WE ARE PROJECTING FLAT ADA OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

AS OF THE SECOND MONTH, WE WERE DOWN ABOUT THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY STUDENTS IN ENROLLMENT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SLIDE A COUPLE A COUPLE OF SLIDES DOWN.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT MORE.

RIGHT NOW WITH THE PROJECTION IS JUST FLAT ADA.

THESE ARE THE STATUTORY COLAS THAT ARE PROJECTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, TWO POINT THREE, TWO POINT FOUR EIGHT AND THREE POINT THIRTY SIX.

HOWEVER, AT THIS TIME, WE'RE BEING TOLD TO ANTICIPATE ABSOLUTELY ZERO FUNDED COLAS.

SO EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A THERE'S A STATUTORY COLA, WE WOULD NOT RECEIVE ANY INCREASES TO OUR LCFF FUNDING ON A PER PUPIL BASIS OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE USED IN OUR PROJECTION.

AND OUR UNDUPLICATED ACCOUNT IS YOU CAN SEE THERE JUST AROUND THIRTY NINE PERCENT.

SO THAT TURNS OUT TO, AGAIN, PER ADA CHANGE TO LCFF JUST NO CHANGE AT ALL.

AND THEN THERE'S THE DOLLARS JUST UP ALMOST TO ABOUT NINETY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER STUDENT.

WHICH AGAIN, IS JUST CARRIED OVER FROM LAST YEAR.

SO THIS IS OUR ENROLLMENT OVER THE LAST 14 YEARS, AND YOU CAN SEE SOMETIMES IT GOES UP, SOMETIMES IT GOES DOWN, IT'S NOT A HUGE VARIANCE IN THIS ENROLLMENT.

WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT DECLINING ENROLLMENT.

THE MAJORITY OF THE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ARE IN A DECLINING ENROLLMENT SITUATION.

WITH COVID, WE KNOW THIS HAS GOTTEN WORSE.

MOST OF THE DISTRICTS AROUND HERE ARE LIKE US, HAVE SEEN THAT DROP IN ENROLLMENT.

KINDERGARTEN IS WAY DOWN THIS YEAR.

WE THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF BLEEDING OUT TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

SO WE'RE UNCERTAIN HOW THIS IS GOING TO LOOK ONCE WE GET BACK TO IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION.

BUT RIGHT NOW, THIS IS THIS IS THE WAY IT IS NOW.

BUT AGAIN, THERE'S PROBABLY AN ABOUT I THINK IT'S A SIX PERCENT VARIANCE OVER THE LAST 14 YEARS. SO, AGAIN, UP AND DOWN.

I MADE THIS SLIDE TO SHOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN INCOMING KINDERGARTEN CLASSES AND THE OUTGOING SENIORS.

SO YOU CAN SEE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS THERE, THE NUMBER OF KINDERGARTNERS COMING IN IS LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS THAT ARE GRADUATING.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT DIFFERENCE GOT EVEN BIGGER FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.

AND I CONCLUDE THIS SLIDE JUST TO SHOW HOW WE DEAL WITH OUR CHANGE IN OUR LCFF FUND EACH YEAR, SO THE LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA IS OBVIOUSLY OUR LARGEST REVENUE.

IT'S ABOUT 80 PERCENT OF OUR TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUE.

AND THIS IS MAKES IT A CHALLENGE FOR US.

YOU CAN SEE 14, 15, 15, 16.

WE HAD DOUBLE DIGIT GROWTH THERE.

SO WE HAD INCREASES OF 10 AND TEN POINT THREE, TWELVE POINT FOUR PERCENT PER STUDENT, YOU KNOW, AND SO THE ONE YEAR, 15, 16, WE GOT NINE MILLION DOLLARS ADDITIONAL MONEY.

AND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING, YOU KNOW, 120, 130 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

BUT THEN IT KIND OF GOES DOWN AND MODERATES BACK UP.

SO IT'S JUMPING ALL OVER THE PLACE.

SO THAT'S OUR CHALLENGE EVERY YEAR IS TO HOPE WE CAN'T SMOOTH THAT OUT BECAUSE THE STATE DETERMINES THAT. BUT HOW DO WE TRY TO MATCH OUR EXPENDITURES AND OUR EXPENDITURE GROWTH TO THAT CHANGE IN REVENUES? NOW, YOU CAN SEE OUT HERE IN THESE THREE YEARS NOW, AGAIN, THE STATE RIGHT NOW IS SAYING JUST USE ABSOLUTE ZERO CHANGE, NO CHANGE IN GROWTH, NO CHANGE IN LCFF FUNDING.

DO WE THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? I WOULDN'T BET ON THAT.

I'M AN OPTIMIST THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR ECONOMY IS GOING TO COME BACK AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME INCREASES IN THOSE OUT YEARS ESPECIALLY.

BUT FOR NOW, WE HAVE TO USE THAT ZERO PROJECTION.

SO THAT CHANGE IN THE LCFF, THAT'S THE BIGGEST DRIVER, THE BIGGEST CHANGE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE THREE YEAR PROJECTION THAT'S INCLUDED THE REPORT, OTHER THINGS THAT WE PUT

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INTO THAT PROJECTION THAT ARE REALLY MATERIAL CHANGES ARE THE STRS AND PERS RATE INCREASES. SO IN THE CURRENT YEAR, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT IN THE JUNE FINAL BUDGET, IS WE DID GET A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK ON THESE INCREASES.

SO FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, STRS AND PERS HAVE SAID, HEY, WE ARE NOT COLLECTING ENOUGH MONEY TO FUND THESE BENEFITS THAT WE PROMISED PEOPLE.

SO THOSE RATES, WHAT WE'VE BEEN CHARGED, HAVE BEEN STEADILY CREEPING UP.

SO AGAIN, THIS YEAR, THEY GAVE US A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK, BUT THOSE RATE INCREASES ARE COMING BACK IN, AT LEAST FOR NOW.

THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO COME BACK IN NEXT YEAR AT A COST FOR THE DISTRICT OF ABOUT TWO HUNDRED SEVENTEEN THOUSAND.

FOR THE 22 23 SCHOOL YEAR, ONE POINT TWO MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE TO OUR BUDGET JUST FROM INCREASES TO STRS AND PERS.

THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

SO, AGAIN, THAT CAN ALWAYS CHANGE, TOO.

BUT RIGHT NOW, THOSE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT INCREASES THAT WE'RE SHOWING IN THERE.

IN MULTI YEAR PROJECTIONS, WE ALWAYS OBVIOUSLY INCLUDE OUR JUST OUR ROUTINE STEP AND COLUMN INCREASE.

WE PUT A LITTLE KICKER IN THERE OF INFLATIONARY ON ALL OF OUR SUPPLIES AND SERVICES.

THERE'S NO OTHER MAJOR BUDGET INCREASES IN THERE.

SO PUTTING THAT ALL TOGETHER, THIS IS THE PROJECTED UNRESTRICTED LOSS FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS AND THE RESULTING UNRESTRICTED ENDING FUND BALANCE AND THEN THE FUND BALANCE PERCENT. AGAIN, HERE'S THAT 18 PERCENT WE TALKED ABOUT FOR THIS YEAR.

AND BECAUSE WE ARE SHOWING PROJECTING DEFICITS NOW FOURTEEN POINT THREE AND JUST OVER OUR SEVEN PERCENT REQUIREMENT IN 22 23.

AGAIN, I WOULD I WOULD SAY I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S ALWAYS CONCERN WHEN WE'RE DEFICIT SPENDING. I DID GO BACK AND LOOK, THIS IS MY FOURTH FIRST INTERIM I PROJECT I'VE PRESENTED HERE AT BONITA AND I EVEN HAD WHAT ANN'S LAST ONE.

AND EVERY YEAR WE'RE SHOWING THREE YEARS OF DEFICITS AT THE FIRST INTERIM.

SO THIS ISN'T UNUSUAL FOR US.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE VERY CONSERVATIVE IN OUR BUDGETING.

SO I EXPECT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO IMPROVE.

THERE'S ALSO THE EFFECT OF ANY MORE ONE TIME MONEY THAT WE MIGHT GET FROM THE FEDS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

AND ALSO, AGAIN, THIS DOES SHOW THIS IS BASED UPON ABSOLUTELY NO INCREASES TO LCFF FUNDING RATE OR ADA FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S GOING TO TURN AROUND TOO.

THESE ARE SOME REQUIRED DISCLOSURES WE HAVE TO MAKE UNDER THE CODE 42127, WHICH IS THE REGARDING MINIMUM RESERVE.

BACK SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE CONCERNED THAT DISTRICTS WERE KEEPING TOO HIGH OF A FUND BALANCE.

SO WHICH I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS WORRIED ABOUT THAT NOW.

BUT THESE ARE SOME WE STILL HAVE THESE REQUIRED DISCLOSURES AND WHY WE KEEP WHY WE DO KEEP A RESERVE. WE BELIEVE IT'S VERY PRUDENT TO KEEP A HIGHER THAN THREE PERCENT RESERVE BECAUSE ESPECIALLY IN A TIME LIKE THIS, IT MAKES IT VERY CLEAR WHY WE NEED TO KEEP THAT RESERVE. I WANT TO SPEND JUST A MINUTE TALKING ABOUT COVID-19 FUNDING.

SO WE ARE RECEIVING GRANT FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT AND YOU CAN SEE THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUNDS WE'RE RECEIVING, WHO IS GIVING IT TO US, WHAT IS AND WHAT IS BEING BASED ON.

SO THERE'S DIFFERENT RULES FOR ALL OF THIS FUNDING, BUT BASICALLY IT'S PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THAT HELPS US DO OUR ONLINE LEARNING AND THEN ALSO PROVIDE FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS.

THE ONES THAT ARE HERE, AND THEN EVENTUALLY WHEN THEY COME BACK TOO.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY, QUITE A BIT OF FLEXIBILITY IN HOW WE SPEND THIS MONEY.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT POOLS OF MONEY, THE DOLLARS INVOLVED, AND THEN THEY HAVE DEADLINES ON WHEN THEY NEED TO BE SPENT.

THE BIGGEST AMOUNT HERE, WHICH IS THE CRF FUND, HAS TO BE SPENT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. SO WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG ON THAT.

AND WE WILL SPEND THAT MONEY BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO SEND ANY.

WE DON'T WANT TO SEND ANY MONEY BACK.

SO THE LARGEST PART OF THAT HAS BEEN SPENT ON TECHNOLOGY AND DAYCARE, BUT ALSO JUST A LOT OF THE PPP, PPE SORRY.

AND THEN ALSO LIKE THE PLEXIGLASS AND MASKS AND HAND SANITIZERS AND CLEANERS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE'VE BEEN DOING THERE.

IT'S ALSO SPENT A LOT OF THIS ON TEACHER TRAINING, SUPPORTIVE TEACHER EXTRA HOURS.

SO WE HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF ITEMS THAT WE'RE SPENDING THAT ON.

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SO YOU COULD SEE THAT LIST THERE.

SO WE ARE HOPING THAT'S SOMETHING IN FRONT OF THE CONGRESS RIGHT NOW IS MORE FUNDING FOR US, AND THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING, AGAIN, THAT THE STATE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK.

THE STATE HAS QUITE A BIT OF ONE TIME MONEY NOW THAT THEY COULD ALSO COME BACK FOR MORE FUNDING FOR US. SO THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEED, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE TO START DOING A LOT OF TESTING. I PUT THIS SLIDE IN HERE JUST TO KEEP A PLACEHOLDER IN CASE THERE IS ANY NEW NEWS. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE REALLY PRETTY MUCH JUST IN A HOLDING MODE UNTIL JANUARY TO SEE HOW THINGS COME, THINGS COME OUT.

UCLA ECONOMIC FORECAST CAME OUT YESTERDAY.

IT WAS IT WAS VERY POSITIVE FOR THE OUT YEARS.

THEY SEEM TO BE THERE'S A LOT OF PENT UP DEMAND SPENDING, WHICH IS ALWAYS GOOD.

THE MORE PEOPLE SPEND, THE MORE TAXES ARE COLLECTED, THE BETTER IT IS FOR US.

SO WE WILL JUST WAIT AND SEE THERE HOW THAT HAPPENS.

WE WILL HAVE MORE NEWS IN JANUARY.

SO WE ARE CERTIFYING POSITIVE, WHICH MEANS WE WILL BE ABLE TO MEET OUR FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS FOR THE CURRENT AND SUBSEQUENT TWO FISCAL YEARS.

IT ALSO MEANS WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE OUR CASH FLOW OBLIGATIONS IN THOSE NEXT TWO YEARS.

THAT IS ALSO BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT AGAIN, BECAUSE THE WAY THE STATE MADE THIS BUDGET WORK, THEY HAD A LOT OF THINGS THEY DID TO MAKE, TO NOT HAVE TO CUT US THAT 10 PERCENT. ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THEY DID WAS TO IMPLEMENT THE CASH DEFERRALS AGAIN, WHICH THEY HAVE DONE TO US, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST.

SO THEY'RE STARTING ON THAT AGAIN.

BUT WE DO HAVE ENOUGH CASH AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO MEET ALL OF OUR OBLIGATIONS.

SO OUR NEXT STEP IS WE WILL FILE THIS WITH LACOE, THEN WE WILL GET THE JANUARY GOVERNOR'S BUDGET. WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING ON THE LCAP AND LOOKING AHEAD TO THAT SECOND YEAR ON MARCH AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT OUR ADA.

SO THE STATE AGAIN IS FUNDING US.

WE'RE LOOKING WE STILL HAVE TO TAKE ATTENDANCE AND KEEP TRACK OF ADA JUST THE WAY WE ALWAYS HAVE. BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE STILL PAYING US.

IT'S JUST BASED UPON THE LAST YEAR'S ADA.

THEY ARE GIVING US THAT BREAK.

SO ONE OTHER PIECE THAT YOU PROBABLY KNOW IS THE DIFFERENCE IN THERE IS WE DO HAVE THE PARENT BUDGET OVERVIEW.

SO NORMALLY THE DISTRICT PREPARES THEIR LCAP BUDGET OVERVIEW AND ANNUAL UPDATE WHICH GETS PRESENTED.

SO BECAUSE OF COVID-19, THE STATE IS GIVING US A BREAK ON THAT THIS YEAR.

BUT SO WHAT WE WHAT WE HAVE MADE INSTEAD I SHOULDN'T SAY WE, I SHOULD SAY AT SERVICES HAS DONE INSTEAD IS OUR PARENT BUDGET OVERVIEW.

AND THAT IS ON THE AGENDA.

AND IT'S ALSO ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE, IF ANYONE WANTS TO LOOK AT THAT.

SO THAT'S KIND OF AN OVERALL SUMMARY WITH SOME NICE GRAPHS.

EASY TO READ ABOUT HOW WE HAVE SPENT OUR MONEY IN THE PAST AND AGAIN, HOW WE PLAN TO SPEND IT IN THE FUTURE.

SO I'D LIKE TO END WITH JUST SOMETHING POSITIVE, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST SHOW YOU A FEW PICTURES OF OUR FREE LUNCH PROGRAM.

WE HAVE BEEN SERVING FREE LUNCH AND BREAKFAST EVERY DAY SINCE MARCH 15TH.

WE WENT OUT ON MARCH 13TH, AND MY LUNCH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SAID, OH, GOSH, SUSAN, WE HAVE TO KEEP DOING LUNCH AND BREAKFAST.

AND I SAID, OK, WE'LL DO IT.

SO THANK YOU TO OUR BOARD, WHO HAS SUPPORTED US IN THAT THE WHOLE TIME, EVEN WHEN WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE GOING TO GET PAID FOR BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS THIS WHOLE PROGRAM NOW IS BEING PAID FOR BY USDA.

SO WE ARE MAKING IT WORK.

SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.

AND WE'RE WE'RE GRATEFUL TO THE FEDS FOR THAT.

SO THIS IS A PROGRAM AGAIN, I JUST I PUT THIS I PUT THE SIGNS UP TO SAY EVERYTHING WE DO HERE HAS, LIKE ANYTHING WE DO HAS TO BE SO SAFE AND WE'RE ALWAYS PRETTY.

WE'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT SAFETY AND FOOD SERVICES, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE AROUND HOT OVENS AND SHARP KNIVES AND THINGS THAT ARE DANGEROUS AND FOOD HAS TO BE KEPT AT A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE OR IT CAN MAKE SOMEONE SICK, WE'RE ALL ABOUT SAFETY AND FOOD SERVICE, BUT EVEN MORE SO NOW.

SO I JUST PUT SOME PICTURES UP HERE.

THERE ARE LADIES IN THE CENTRAL KITCHEN.

YOU CAN SEE, OF COURSE, THEY ALWAYS WEAR THEIR MASK AND THEY SOCIALLY DISTANCE.

THIS IS OUR NEW FOOD PACKAGING MACHINE.

SO ONCE WE'RE OVER COVID AND WE CAN HAVE PEOPLE, VISITORS BACK IN, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO

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COME AND SEE. THIS IS REALLY COOL.

I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT STUFF LIKE THIS.

YOU CAN BUY A LOT. YOU CAN BUY FOOD IN BULK AND THEN PACKAGE IT JUST FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS MEALS.

IT'S REALLY COOL AND SAVES US A LOT OF MONEY.

I'VE GOT MY DELIVERY GUYS.

WE'RE ALL WORKING TO TAKE THE FOOD AROUND.

ANTHONY AND AARON ARE JUST MY [INAUDIBLE] U THEY'RE THERE EVERY DAY SERVING.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE THIS [INAUDIBLE].

ASPHALT YOU COULD SEE THERE WAS ROB AND DANE DID THAT BECAUSE THEY SAID THE CARTS WERE YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY HARD TO GET THE CARS OUT THERE.

SO ROB AND DANE PUT THAT ASPHALT DOWN FOR THEM.

THIS IS THE [INAUDIBLE] CREW.

EARLIER IN THE SPRING, YOU'LL REMEMBER WE HAD A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS COME FROM THE SCHOOL'S TEACHERS AND THE STAFF, AND WE EVEN HAD DEPUTY DAMIÁN THERE ONE TIME, OR MANY TIMES HELPING US SERVE.

THIS IS [INAUDIBLE] AT HALLOWEEN.

OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE YOU CANNOT KEEP THESE LADIES DOWN AT ANY HOLIDAY, THAT'S ACTUALLY MRS. SIFTER DELIVERING SOME FOOD IN THE SPRING.

AND THEN WE HAVE MS. FLORES FROM ED SERVICES, TOO.

SO WE'VE HAD EVERYBODY OUT THERE HELPING OUT.

REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

IT IS REALLY A GROUP EFFORT BECAUSE WE ARE OUT THERE RAIN OR SHINE, AND WE EVEN HAVE CELEBRITIES SOMETIMES.

THAT IS THE GRACE MILLER ROAD RUNNER CAME OUT AND THERE'S MR. COLES. I THINK WE HAD MISSED CREIMAN OUT THERE ONE TIME, AND JUST ONE LAST SLIDE.

THIS IS A GROUP THAT CAME FROM BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.

AND I HAPPENED TO BE OUT THERE ONE DAY AND THEY DID A SQUAT FOR EVERY MEAL THEY DELIVERED, NOT EVERY CAR THAT CAME THROUGH, EVERY MEAL THAT THEY DELIVERED.

SO THEY DID LIKE 500 SQUATS THAT DAY, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS AMAZING.

SO THAT'S WHY I TOOK THEIR PICTURE.

SO THIS IS A DRIVE BIKE OR WALK UP.

ALL CHILDREN, ZERO TO 18, 11:30 TO 1:30 MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO ID, NO SIGN UP.

CHILD DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE DISTRICT ON THURSDAY WE'LL GIVE YOU DOUBLE MEALS. AND IT'S AT CENTRAL KITCHEN [INAUDIBLE] EKSTRAND, LONE HILL AND LAVERNE HEIGHTS.

SO COME ON BY. THANK YOU TO OUR LUNCH, LADIES, IT'S OVER HALF A MILLION MEALS SERVED.

THAT WAS A GOOD NEWS STORY FOR THE DAY, SO I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE SONIA ECKLEY, WHO'S OUR FISCAL DIRECTOR, WHO PUT THIS ALL TOGETHER, AND SHE'LL BE HERE, OBVIOUSLY, IF SHE COULD.

SO I WANT TO THANK HER AND ALL OF OUR GREAT STAFF, OUR VERY PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTING STAFF . QUESTIONS SUSAN, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.

I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE SLIDE WHERE YOU TALKED ABOUT SECOND MONTH ENROLLMENT AND WE'RE DOWN A FEW HUNDRED STUDENTS.

OCCURRED TO ME THAT IN DRIVING AROUND, I'VE NOTICED THAT AT LEAST TWO OF OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS ARE DISTRICTS OF CHOICE.

AND IS THERE ANY WAY AND MAYBE THIS IS A MORE BROADLY PLACED QUESTION PROPERLY OF SURVEYING OR REACHING OUT TO THE STUDENTS WHO WERE HERE LAST YEAR AND ARE NOT HERE THIS YEAR TO SEE IF THEY'RE GOING TO THESE DISTRICTS OF CHOICE OR WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THEM? OR ARE WE FOLLOWING UP TO TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THEM BACK IN THE FOLD? YEAH, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE HAD INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DEFINITELY NOT IF THEY'RE GOING TO ANOTHER DISTRICT, IT'S GOING TO BE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY BECAUSE THE COUNTY IS GOING TO HAVE THE SAME RULES FOR THE WHOLE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. SO THEY LEFT TO TRY TO GET INTO IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION.

IT'S DEFINITELY NOT HAPPENING AROUND ANY OF THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME JUST YOU KNOW, IT'S ANECDOTAL, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME FAMILIES, THEY WENT TO PRIVATE SCHOOL.

THE BIGGEST NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO AREN'T RETURNING TO SCHOOL OR COMING TO SCHOOL IT'S THOSE KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS RIGHT NOW.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF STUDENTS BACK, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE.

SOME OF THEM THEY WENT TO OTHER STUDENTS MAY HAVE GONE TO, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT ONLINE PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, SOME CHARTER SCHOOLS AND MAYBE SOME PRIVATE SCHOOLS OUTSIDE THE AREA.

BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S GOT A DIFFERENT STORY AND A DIFFERENT REASON FOR IT.

SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO PIN THAT DOWN.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A DISTRICT IN THE TOP 10 PERCENT OF ALL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

IT'S A DISTRICT OF CHAMPIONS.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET STUDENTS TO COME BACK WHEN THIS PANDEMIC LIFTS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE ABOUT THE STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, WHO STILL WON'T COME BACK EVEN WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO OPEN OUR DOORS, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO

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SERVE ALL STUDENTS IN PERSON.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET CREATIVE AND FIND WAYS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE VIRTUAL LEARNING FOR THEM TO DO.

THANK YOU. AND THEN ALSO, SUSAN.

LET ME INTERJECT, ONE THING. SURE.

THE KINDERGARTEN IS OPTIONAL AT THIS POINT.

SO IT'S NOT WE'RE NOT LOSING KIDS OUT OF GRADES THAT WE'VE HAD.

IT'S THOSE THAT JUST ARE WAITING A YEAR TO ENROLL THEIR KIDS IN FIRST GRADE RATHER THAN KINDERGARTEN. I'VE TALKED TO, YOU KNOW, EARLIER IN THE YEAR, I TALKED TO TWO PARENTS, TWO SEPARATE PARENTS WHO HAD KINDERGARTNERS.

AND BOTH HAD REPORTED THAT THEY JUST WANTED TO MAINTAIN THE CHILD CARE.

IT WAS STEADY. THEY NEEDED TO GO TO WORK AND THIS BACK AND FORTH AND WHO WAS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WATCH THEM. SO THEY HAD SOME OTHER REASONS FOR IT.

BUT IT'S NOT COMPULSORY. AND I THINK BECAUSE OF THAT, SOME OF THE PARENTS HAVE, YOU KNOW, OPTED THAT, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING UPON AGE, THEY MAY END UP GOING BACK INTO KINDERGARTEN OR GO RIGHT TO FIRST GRADE. JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'LL PLAY THAT OUT WHEN WE GET TO THE SPRING TIME AND AND START PUTTING OUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE FILLERS OF HOW MANY STUDENTS WILL BE RETURNING AND WHAT OUR KINDERGARTEN NUMBERS WILL LOOK LIKE FOR THE FALL.

SORRY. THAT'S OKAY.

ON THE MULTI YEAR PROJECTIONS, SUSAN, SO THAT STRS AND PERS HAVE SIGNIFICANT RATE INCREASES. YOU KNOW, WHEN I HEAR SIGNIFICANT, I GET CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THE PERCENTAGE AND WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS.

CAN YOU PROVIDE THAT? SO THE STRS IN THE THIRD YEAR AT 2023 WILL BE AT 18 PERCENT FOR THE DISTRICT.

SO THE DISTRICT WILL BE PAYING 18 PERCENT OF THE EMPLOYEE'S SALARY AND THE PERS IS GOING UP TO TWENTY SIX POINT THREE PERCENT.

SO THAT'S MORE THAN A QUARTER OF A CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE'S SALARY.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING INTO PERS.

AND THEN YOU ALSO UNDERSTAND WE HAVE FICA ON THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WORKER'S COMP, TOO.

SO IT IS SIGNIFICANT DOLLARS.

IT'S ONE POINT TWO MILLION TOTAL INCREASE FOR BOTH STRS AND PERS IN THAT THIRD YEAR OUT.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A POINT FOR YOU AND THEN THE GENERAL POINT.

SURE. FIRST, A WELL PUT TOGETHER PRESENTATION.

I LOVE NOT ONLY THE SLIDES, BUT ALL THE INFORMATION.

I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY SUCCINCT AND USEFUL.

THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

IT WAS GREAT. AND AS SOMEONE WHO HAS A KINDERGARTNER, MY SON WAS IN BOTH TK AND KINDER, WE DISCUSSED WHETHER WE SHOULD HAVE HIM TK AND KINDER BOTH.

WE'VE GOTTEN GREAT INSTRUCTION, EVEN THOUGH IT'S DISTANCE LEARNING AND IT IS WORK HAVING A YOUNGER CHILD AND A BOY WHO'S DOING DISTANCE LEARNING HE IS READING TO US NOW.

SO THERE IS A BENEFIT.

AND AS A TEACHER WHO CHOSE TO LIVE HERE, I LOOKED AT THE TEST SCORES AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE DASHBOARD. NOT EVERYTHING ON THE DASHBOARD IS EQUAL.

MY FOCUS WAS ENGLISH AND MATH.

AND I'M PRETTY SURE WHEN THE PANDEMIC IS OVER AND HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WILL BE FULLY NORMAL, I THINK PARENTS LIKE ME WHO LOOK AT THE DASHBOARD AND WANT THEIR KIDS TO GET A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION.

I'M CONFIDENT THOSE KINDERGARTNERS WILL COME BACK BECAUSE THEY'LL GET A GREAT EDUCATION.

AND JUST TO KIND OF PUT UP AN EXAMPLE OF MINE.

MY DAUGHTER GOES EKSTRAND.

SHE IS READING AT EITHER A SIXTH OR SEVENTH GRADE LEVEL IN THE THIRD GRADE.

AND SOME OF THAT'S US.

WE READ TO THE KIDS.

WE DID SIGHT WORDS.

WE DID ALL THE STUFF WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, PARTIALLY BECAUSE EKSTRAND SHAME'S PARENTS, WITH THE SIGN THAT TELLS US, READ TO YOUR KIDS EVERY DAY FOR A HALF HOUR.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED WAS THE PROGRESSION BONITA HAD.

IN THE BEGINNING KINDER IT WAS PHONICS, AND I WAS HIT PRETTY HARD.

MY DAUGHTER COMPLAINED ABOUT IT AND SHE LEARNED A LOT OF PHONICS.

IN THE FIRST GRADE SIGHT WORDS SIGHT WORDS AND SEVENTH GRADE WAS FOCUSED ON LEARNING.

AND YES, PARENTS MATTER, KIDS MATTER, AND THEY'RE NOT ALL THE SAME.

AND KIDS GO THROUGH DIFFERENT SPURTS.

BUT I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT THE EDUCATION THAT THEY GOT AT EKSTRAND IS THE REASON WHY MY KIDS ARE PERFORMING SO WELL.

SO IT'S NOT JUST THE DATA, BUT I THINK THE TESTIMONIALS SPEAK TO OUR KIDS WILL COME BACK.

SO I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT ON THAT.

YEAH, AND I THINK JUST A PREVIEW IN JANUARY, YOU KNOW, ED SERVICES HAS A PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE KIND OF DISAGGREGATING SOME DATA INTO SOME UNIQUE WAYS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT STUDENTS LIVING IN POVERTY, MINORITY STUDENTS AND JUST A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS. AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND IN THIS, YOU KNOW, REPORT IS IF YOU COME TO BONITA, WE'RE GOING TO TEACH YOUR KIDS HOW TO READ.

YOU'RE GOING TO DO REALLY, REALLY WELL IF YOU'RE HERE WITH US, YOU KNOW, FOR THREE OR FOUR MORE, YOU KNOW, THREE PLUS YEARS.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET A GREAT QUALITY EDUCATION AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE PREPARED TO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WHEN YOU LEAVE US.

AND SO I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT REPUTATION.

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YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO CONTINUE TO DO.

THERE'S NO REAL END TO THIS, YOU KNOW, TO WHAT WE DO.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I AM CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE KIDS THAT COME BACK.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO BE HERE.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SCHOOLS AND YOU LOOK AT THE TEACHERS AND THE WORK COMING OUT OF ED SERVICES, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S DEFINITELY NOT A BRAGGING PER SAY.

BUT THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN SAY IS THAT THE TEAMS THAT ARE HERE IN AND THE TEACHERS, WE HAVE THEY ARE FIRST CLASS AND THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

SO, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND I'M CONFIDENT OF IT.

SUSAN. I JUST HAD A QUESTION.

I KNOW THERE WERE CHALLENGES EARLIER WITH JUST GETTING SUPPLIES AN THE PPE.

ARE YOU GETTING THE SUPPORT THAT YOU NEED? AND ARE YOU ABLE TO GET THE SUPPLIES SO THAT YOU'LL BE READY AS WE MOVE AHEAD? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

YEAH, THANK GOODNESS FOR CAPITALISM.

I MEAN, THE COMPANIES AND THE VENDORS HAVE REALLY RESPONDED AND WE ARE ABLE TO GET ALL OF THE SUPPLIES WE NEED.

NOW, WHEN WE COME BACK, IF WE NEED A LOT MORE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE.

BUT WE'RE FULLY STOCKED UP NOW AND IT'S REALLY EASY TO GET STUFF.

AND IT'S ALSO BEEN VERY HELPFUL THE STATE THROUGH THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR THE STATE, DISTRIBUTED A LOT OF ITEMS TO THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, AND THEN THEY DONATED THEM OUT TO THE DISTRICT.

SO WE'VE RECEIVED QUITE A FEW ITEMS FROM THEM ALSO FOR FREE.

MY FAVORITE, WORD FREE. SO, YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

ANYTHING FROM YOU, KRISTA? OK, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE LCF BUDGET OVERVIEW FOR PARENTS IN THE 2020 2021 FIRST INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE 2020 2021 FISCAL YEAR WITH A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION.

SO MOVE. I SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE. OPPOSED.

NOW THE OATH OF OFFICE.

[17.1. Administer the Ceremonial Oath of Office to Elected Board Members Glenn Creiman, Krista Chakmak, and Greg Palatto]

DIFFERENT TIMES HUH. YEAH. FOR SURE.

YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE GO INTO, YOU KNOW, THE OATH OF OFFICE, I THINK ONE OF THE RECOGNITIONS THAT WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO MAKE AND IS SO WELL DESERVED IS ALL OF THE WORK THAT DIANE KOACH HAS DONE FOR THIS DISTRICT.

DIANE WILL YOU COME UP HERE AND JOIN ME, PLEASE.

YOU BET. [APPLAUSE] IT'S SO NICE, DIANE, THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO BE HERE WITH YOUR FAMILY AND I KNOW HOW MUCH THAT THEY MEAN TO YOU. BUT, YOU KNOW, DIANE, HAS BEEN A RESIDENT OF SAN DIMAS YOU KNOW, FOR TWENTY SIX YEARS.

SHE HAS THREE DAUGHTERS, ALL OF WHOM ATTENDED GLADSTONE ELEMENTARY LONE HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE BEGAN VOLUNTEERING AS A PTA PARENT AND SERVED IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES SUCH AS CHAIRPERSON, YEARBOOK CHAIR, VICE PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT OF THE SITE CHAPTERS, AS WELL AS SERVING AS THE BONITA COUNCIL PTA'S HISTORIAN.

WHILE SERVING AT GLADSTONE, SHE WAS GIVEN THE PTA HONORARY SERVICE AWARD.

SERVING INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL SITES IT WAS NOT ENOUGH FOR DIANE.

SHE SOON BEGAN SERVING ON VARIOUS DISTRICT COMMITTEES, THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY GROUP, THE STUDENT ATTENDANCE REVIEW BOARD AND THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION BOARD.

HER DRIVE TO HELP EVERY STUDENT IN THIS DISTRICT ALSO LED HER TO VOLUNTEER WITH THE LAVERNE AND SAN DIMAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.

IT'S QUITE THE RESUME. SHE SERVED ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SINCE 2007 AND SERVED FAITHFULLY AND SUCCESSFULLY FOR OVER 13 YEARS.

SHE SERVED AS A BOARD CLERK, THE BOARD OF VICE PRESIDENT AND THE BOARD PRESIDENT NUMEROUS TIMES.

WHEN PEOPLE DESCRIBE DIANE, IT'S REALLY ABOUT HER CALM PRECEDENCE AND HER ENCOURAGING MANNER THAT HAVE HELPED LEAD THIS DISTRICT THROUGH BOTH THE BEST AND THE WORST OF TIMES.

DIANE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PERSON TO DEPEND ON, TO WORK FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL STUDENTS LONG BEFORE IT BECAME OUR PURPOSE STATEMENT AND OUR CORE VALUES SHE'S BEEN CHAMPIONING EQUITY, MASTERY AND A FOCUS ON RESULTS AND ALWAYS KEEPING THE BIG PICTURE IN MIND THAT OUR REAL PURPOSE WAS TO PREPARE EACH AND EVERY CHILD FOR WHATEVER THAT THEY WANT TO STRIVE FOR.

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BUT PERHAPS DIANE'S PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENT IS WITH HER WORK WITH THE FESTIVAL OF WESTERN ARTS.

DIANE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT THE ARTS AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE ACHIEVEMENTS IN STUDENT ARTISTS. SHE HAS SERVED AS THE STUDENT ART CHAIR FOR THE FESTIVAL OF WESTERN ARTS BOARD AND HAS BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR STUDENT ARTISTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT FOR MANY YEARS.

SHE'S ENCOURAGED AND SUPPORTED STUDENTS, MANY OF WHOM WOULD HAVE NEVER CONSIDERED THEMSELVES ARTISTS IF IT WERE NOT FOR YOU, DIANE.

AMONG HER MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2017, DIANE WAS HONORED BY THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS WITH HER DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO YOUTH AWARD, AND 2020 NAMED THE WOMAN OF DISTINCTION FOR THE 41ST ASSEMBLY DISTRICT BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER CHRIS HOLDEN.

DIANE HAS ENRICHED THE LIVES OF HER OWN CHILDREN, AS WELL AS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN IN LAVERNE AND SAN DIMAS.

AND THOUGH SHE IS RETIRING, THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT SHE IS LEAVING A LEGACY FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENTS.

DIANE, I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY PRESENT YOU WITH OUR DISTRICT'S PURPOSE AWARD.

SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THIS AWARD TWO YEARS AGO THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND ONE PRESENTED TO PAST AN SITTING BOARD MEMBERS.

THIS IS SO VERY MUCH DESERVED.

AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE DEEPLY MISSED.

[APPLAUSE] YOU KNOW, IN JUST A SECOND, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE BOARD AND FOR BOARD COMMENTS, AS WELL AS KEVIN, WHO WILL PRESENT SOME GIFTS AND A SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE ON BEHALF OF THE CERTIFICATED, AND THE CLASSIFIED AND THE MANAGEMENT TEAMS. BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE'S A SPECIAL GIFT COMING. WE ASKED BRIAN HARRISON, THE ART TEACHER AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL, IF HE WOULD COMMISSION A ONE OF A KIND ARTWORK AND THAT IT WILL SOON BE READY THAT YOU CAN PROUDLY DISPLAY IN YOUR HOME AND THIS ONE OF A KIND PIECE IT'S ON BEHALF OF THE THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES AND THE EMPLOYEES THAT YOU HAVE SO HONORABLY SERVED OVER THE PAST 13 YEARS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO DELIVER THIS TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN PROUDLY DISPLAY THAT IN YOUR HOME. AND JUST AS A TOKEN OF THE DISTRICT'S APPRECIATION ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE, HOPEFULLY YOU LOOK AT THAT AND IT JUST REMINDS YOU OF THE LEGACY THAT YOU HAVE LEFT BEHIND. THANK YOU DIANE.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR FOUR BOARD MEMBERS FOR COMMENTS.

KRISTA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? YOU'RE ON MUTE. IT'S A NEW TIME.

DIANE I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU ALL THE WAY TOO SHORT.

I WILL FOREVER CHERISH IT.

YOUR DEDICATION, INFLUENCE AND LOVE FOR THIS DISTRICT WILL FOREVER LIVE ON IN OUR STUDENTS ON OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR TEACHERS AND OUR ARTS.

AND IN OUR CONTINUED EFFORT FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND THE DECISIONS WE MAKE GOING FORWARD AS A BOARD.

YOU ARE NOT CONTINUING ON OUR BOARD BUT I WILL ALWAYS PUSH MYSELF TO MAKE YOU PROUD AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN ME IN 2018, MY APPOINTMENT AND AGAIN IN 2020. ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT AND YOUR FAMILY.

I KNOW THAT THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF OUR FRIENDSHIP, AND [INAUDIBLE].

I THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

DEREK.

I KNOW I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT YOU HAVE A TREMENDOUS LEGACY HERE, ONE THAT MY KIDS ARE ACTUALLY BENEFITING FROM.

AND I'D LIKE TO ILLUSTRATE A LITTLE BIT.

WHEN I WAS A NEW TEACHER, I HAD THIS STUDENT HE WAS CHALLENGING.

HIS NAME WAS JEFFREY. AND JEFFREY WOULD GET IN TROUBLE, GET DETENTION.

I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH JEFFREY AND HE LEFT.

DIDN'T REALLY THINK MUCH ABOUT JEFFREY UNTIL HE CAME BACK AS A GROWN PERSON, WHICH SHOULD PROBABLY DATE ME A LITTLE BIT.

AND HE CAME OVER AND HE SAID, MR. B. THANK YOU.

YOU HELPED ME LEARN HOW TO STUDY.

YOU HELPED ME LEARN HOW TO DO ALL THESE THINGS AND I'M IN COLLEGE.

I'M GOING TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE BECAUSE OF YOU.

AND I HAD NO IDEA.

YOU HAVE THAT SAME LEGACY, THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE, YOU MIGHT NOT REALIZE THE IMPACT OF IT, BUT YOU'VE IMPACTED THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF KIDS WITH YOUR PASSIONATE ADVOCACY PART.

AND CERTAIN KIDS WHO MIGHT NOT REALLY BE PLUGGED IN TO SCHOOL ARE GOING TO GET A LOT MORE

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OUT OF SCHOOL BECAUSE OF SOMETHING YOU CHAMPIONED AND FOUGHT FOR.

SO AS A PARENT WHO HAS KIDS IN THIS DISTRICT, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

OUR KIDS ARE GETTING A BETTER EDUCATION BECAUSE YOU WERE ON THE BOARD.

AND ONE FINAL THING.

I KNOW YOU'RE STEPPING DOWN FROM THE BOARD, BUT I HAVE A SNEAKING SUSPICION YOU'RE STEPPING INTO A NEW ADVENTURE.

AND I AM SURE THAT YOU HAVE MANY MORE FUTURE ACCOMPLISHMENTS COMING.

YOU KNOW, THE LIST OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS HAVE BEEN READ OUT, SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE REDUNDANT AND REREAD IT, BUT WHAT IMPRESSES ME ABOUT THAT LIST OF ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE IS ALL THOSE INVOLVEMENTS WERE NOT ACCUMULATED TO BUILD A RESUME TO IMPRESS ANYONE.

YOU GOT INVOLVED IN THOSE THINGS BECAUSE OF YOUR HEART.

AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES ME SAD RIGHT NOW IS A FRIEND IS LEAVING, BUT WE'LL BE FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME. YOU KNOW, YOUR WONDERFUL FAMILY HERE HAS SUPPORTED YOU AND I KNOW THAT I'M JUST ONE OF MANY FRIENDS THAT YOU'VE MADE ACROSS THE DISTRICT IN BOTH CITIES.

AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO MISS YOUR INVOLVEMENT, DIANE.

WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO REITERATE ALL YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS LIKE CHUCK SAID, WE'VE HEARD THE MANY TIMES, BUT WHAT I'M GOING TO MISS IS YOUR YOUR QUIET CALMNESS AND YOUR WISE COUNSEL, AS YOU'VE ALWAYS WORKED FOR THE BEST INTERESTS AND THE BEST SOLUTIONS FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.

GOOD EVENING. SO FIRST, I WANT TO READ FROM THE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.

THIS IS A LITTLE SMALLER.

PRESIDENT CREIMAN, BOARD OF EDUCATION SUPERINTENDENT COLES AND EXECUTIVE CABINET.

GOOD EVENING, DIANE.

FIRST, WE WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH YOU WILL BE MISSED.

YOU HAVE BEEN AN INVALUABLE ASSET TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND OUR DISTRICT.

WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT TO THE STAFF AND STUDENTS IN BONITA.

YOU HAVE HELPED US GROW INTO ONE OF THE BEST DISTRICTS IN THE [INAUDIBLE].

YOU HAVE ALWAYS LISTENED AND TRULY HEARD US AND TRUSTED THAT OUR ONLY INTENTIONS WERE TO HELP STUDENTS IN BONITA.

IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR WORKING WITH YOU.

WE ARE EXCITED FOR YOU MOVING INTO THE NEXT CHAPTER OF YOUR LIFE.

PLEASE STAY IN TOUCH.

YOU WILL BE MISSED. NICOLE GRANT ON BEHALF OF BUDA.

AND THEY HAVE BROUGHT A GIFT FOR YOU FOR ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE PLACES TO GO.

AND I'LL LET YOU OPEN THAT SO YOU CAN FIND OUT WHAT IT IS IN A LITTLE WHILE.

THIS IS FROM CSEA.

DIANE IT'S OFTEN SAID THERE IS NO HIGHER CALLING THAN SERVING OUR FELLOW MANKIND, COMMUNITY OR COUNTRY.

IN CSEA, WE SEE SERVING OUR CHILDREN AS AN EVEN HIGHER HONOR.

OVER THE PAST 13 YEARS, YOU HAVE BEEN IN A UNIQUE POSITION TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATION OF OUR STUDENTS AND TO HELP PUT THEM ON THE PATH TO SUCCESS.

YOUR WORK AND DEVOTION TO THE STUDENTS AND STAFF OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN COUNTLESS SUCCESS STORIES.

OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF COULD NOT HAVE ACHIEVED THIS WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT.

WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT AND LEAVE US KNOWING THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT YOU HAVE HAD ON OUR STUDENTS WITH GRATITUDE THE CSEA BONITA CHAPTER TWENTY ONE EXECUTIVE BOARD DON ROBERTS, BRIAN DEEGAN, CINDY SMITH, JAMIE CLARK, YVONNE PANYA AND RALPH RODRIGUEZ.

AND THEY HAVE BROUGHT YOU THIS BEAUTIFUL PLANT HERE.

AND THIS IS FROM DEBBIE GRENIER ON BEHALF OF [INAUDIBLE].

ON BEHALF OF THE BONITA UNIFIED MANAGEMENT TEAM, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY YEARS OF DEDICATION TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES.

YOUR DEDICATION HAS EXTENDED BEYOND YOUR COMMITMENT AS A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT.

YOU LISTENED INTENTLY, RESPONDED WITHOUT REACTION, AND BELIEVED IN MAKING THE HARD DECISIONS TO MAINTAIN HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR ALL STUDENTS, STAFF AND OURSELVES IN A CULTURE OF RESPECT AND SUPPORT.

DEBBIE GRENIER, ON BEHALF OF BUMPED AND I THINK I MISSPOKE.

THE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION GOT YOU SOMETHING FOR YOUR FAVORITE RESTAURANT.

BUMPED GOT YOU SOMETHING FOR ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE PLACES THAT YOU LIKE TO GO.

AND THEN SENATOR PORTANTINO, PROVIDED A CERTIFICATE FOR YOU.

AND IN HIS LETTER HE WRITES TO ALL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT COLE'S AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK BOARD MEMBER KOACH FOR HER TENURE TO THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION.

HER UNWAVERING COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO OUR STUDENTS WILL BE MISSED.

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ENJOY YOUR WELL-DESERVED, RETIREMENT.

LET'S JUST GIVE A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR BOARD MEMBER KOACH.

[APPLAUSE]. SENATOR PORTANTINO GOES ON TO SAY, ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO OFFER CONGRATULATIONS TO BOARD MEMBERS CREIMAN CHAKMAK AND PALATTO ON THEIR RESPECTIVE REELECTIONS AND ELECTION TO THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION.

AS A FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR AND STRONG PROPONENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION I KNOW HOW MUCH YOUR EXPERIENCE AND COMMITMENT TO SERVICE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR STUDENTS IN SAN DIMAS AND LAVERNE.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU ON ISSUES OF MUTUAL INTEREST FOR OUR COMMUNITY . IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO TO BE OF ASSISTANCE PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT MARCO LUNDGREN MY DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CITIES OF SAN DIMAS AND LAVERNE.

ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU, DIANE KOACH.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS.

[APPLAUSE] WE'VE GOT GREAT STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT, AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN SO REWARDING TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE ACHIEVED. WE'VE GOT WONDERFUL PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITIES OF LAVERNE AND SAN DIMAS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE SUPPORTING THEM.

OUR DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, TEACHERS AND STAFF FOCUS ON OUR GOAL TO HELP PREPARE OUR STUDENTS TO LIVE THEIR PURPOSE.

THIS COMBINATION HAS MADE OUR DISTRICT DYNAMIC INTERESTING, FULFILLING AND AN ORGANIZATION I AM SO PROUD OF.

IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BUSD SCHOOL BOARD OVER THE PAST 13 YEARS.

WE HAVE BEEN A GREAT TEAM AND I'M GOING TO MISS ALL OF YOU.

IT HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING AND REWARDING JOURNEY THAT WE'VE TRAVELED TOGETHER, THANKS TO CARL, SUSAN, MATT AND KEVIN FOR THE SUPPORT AND HARD WORK TO LEAD OUR DISTRICT.

I APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION WITH OUR UNIONS SO THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS, ESPECIALLY THROUGH CHALLENGING TIMES LIKE THIS.

HAVING GOOD COMMUNICATION, TRUST AND RESPECT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE WHEN SETTING AND ACHIEVING OUR GOALS.

OUR TEACHERS ARE MY HEROES, ESPECIALLY NOW.

THIS YEAR HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING TO THEM AND I HOPE THEY KNOW HOW MUCH THEY'RE APPRECIATED. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT IS ACCOMPLISHED WITH OUR NEW BUSD BOARD AND WISH NOTHING BUT THE BEST TO YOU.

I'M SURE I'M GOING TO MISS THIS, BUT I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO ENJOYING SOME MORE TIME WITH MY FAMILY AND ESPECIALLY MY RASCALLY LITTLE GRANDSON ETHAN WHO'S REALLY BEING SO GOOD. I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM THAT QUIET FOR A LONG TIME.

[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING.

[APPLAUSE] I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED, BUT WE ARE SO AS WE SAY GOODBYE TO DIANE, WE WILL BE WELCOMING ONE NEW BOARD MEMBER AND ALSO

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CONGRATULATING THE REELECTION OF GLENN AND KRISTA.

SO, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD NINE WONDERFUL CANDIDATES THAT RAN FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR THREE OPEN SEATS, YOU KNOW, AND DURING MY TIME AN MY INTERACTION WITH ALL NINE, I LEARNED A LOT, YOU KNOW, AND I DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHERING THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL NINE. AND TODAY, IT'S ABOUT A CEREMONIAL SWEARING IN FOR GLENN, KRISTA AND GREG AS WE START TO BUILD OUR NEW TEAM OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

SO TODAY, EACH PERSON HAS SELECTED SOMEONE TO ADMINISTER THEIR OATH FOR THEM.

AND FIRST UP WILL BE MR. GLENN CREIMAN, WHO I BELIEVE YOUR DAUGHTER LAUREN WILL BE SWEARING YOU IN SO PLEASE.

LAUREN HOW ARE YOU? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I, GLENN CREIMAN, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT.

I GLENN CREIMAN DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT.

I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.

AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION.

THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION.

AND I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER.

AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES ABOUT WHICH I AM UPON ABOUT TO ENTER. CONGRATULATIONS DAD. [APPLAUSE] NEXT UP WE HAVE KRISTA CHAKMAK, AND I THINK IT JUST CONTINUES TO LEND ITSELF TO THE LEGACY OF DIANE, AS KRISTA HAS ASKED DIANE KOACH TO BE THE ONE TO SWEAR HER.

AND SO DIANE.

KRISTA, YOU SHOULD FEEL HONORED BECAUSE YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE TO GET THE SWEARING IN IN THIS WAY. IT'S PRETTY COOL HUH.

[APPLAUSE] PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I, KRISTA CHAKMAK.

I KRISTA CHAKMAK.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT.

I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION.

OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.

THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

THAT I WILL TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY.

THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY.

WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION.

OR PURPOSE OF EVASION AND.

OR PURPOSE, OF EVASION AND.

I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES.

UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER.

UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE] NEXT UP, WE HAVE MR.

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GREG PALATTO, WHO HAS CHOSEN HIS DAUGHTER, TAYLOR, TO SWEAR HIM IN.

COME ON UP. [APPLAUSE] PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I STATE YOUR NAME.

I GREG PALATTO.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND.

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

AGAINST ALL ENEMIES.

FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.

THAT I WILL BEAR TRUTH, FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE.

THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE.

TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF THE UNITED STATES.

TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

AND TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY.

WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION.

AND I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE.

THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER.

THE DUTIES TO WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER.

[APPLAUSE] THAT WAS AWESOME. HI GREG HI FAMILY.

ALL RIGHT, SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TELL IS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD, THEY DO THIS BECAUSE IT'S A PASSION OF LOVE.

WHAT DRIVES THEM IS THE FACT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE POLICY MAKERS AND DECISION MAKERS ON BEHALF OF TWO CITIES, 10000 STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY THOUSANDS OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS WHO HAVE ENTRUSTED THEIR KIDS TO COME TO OUR 13 SCHOOLS AND JUST GET THE BEST WORLD CLASS EDUCATION.

AND THERE'S NO DOUBT WITH THIS NEW TEAM OF THE FIVE BOARD MEMBERS AND EXECUTIVE CABINET, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED AND ABOUT THE WORK THAT LIES AHEAD TO CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT THAT WORK AND THAT EXCELLENCE.

SO, GREG, I KNOW YOU'RE NEW TO THIS TEAM.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION.

AND JUST ON BEHALF OF EXECUTIVE CABINET WOULD JUST LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE BONITA UNIFIED FAMILY AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.

AND WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO ACCOMPLISHING GREAT THINGS, WHAT THEY'RE YET TO COME.

SO WITH THAT, I KNOW THE BOARD HAS A FEW COMMENTS AS WELL.

YOU WANT TO START WITH COMMENTS, GREG.

SURE. THANK YOU FOR THE WARM WELCOME.

THANK YOU TO THE BOARD AND TO THE STAFF HERE.

THANKS TO EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY, THE SCHOOL STAFF, THE FAMILIES AND EVERYONE WHO PUT THEIR SUPPORT BEHIND ME.

I'M ABSOLUTELY FLOORED BY THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT I HAVE RECEIVED.

IT FELT LIKE NO ONE KNEW ME THIS SUMMER.

AND I BECAME A HOUSEHOLD NAME PROBABLY BECAUSE OF MY THOUSANDS OF SIGNS OUT THERE.

AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR FAITH IN ME.

I COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS ALONE.

I HAD A GREAT TEAM VERY MUCH SUPPORTED BY MY WIFE AND KIDS.

THEY GAVE ME THE TIME TO PUT ALL THIS WORK AND ENERGY TO FOR ME TO BE MY DREAM.

AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE DOING THE WORK FOR OUR COMMUNITY OUT THERE TO DO THE BEST BY OUR KIDS. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A SERVANT HERE FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

THANK YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME GREG.

I AM VERY EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU.

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I KIND OF KNEW THE MOMENT I MET YOU ON THAT WALK THAT YOU WERE GOING TO DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS. AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF IT YOUR CAMPAIGN WAS AMAZING.

CONGRATULATIONS. GLENN.

I AM SO HONORED TO BE ABLE TO WORK NEXT TO THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

YOUR EXPERIENCE IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH.

AND I REALLY AM EXCITED TO BE WITH DEREK AND CHUCK.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY, MY FAMILY AND ALL THE SUPPORTERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALL THE LEADERS THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW WHO SUPPORTED ME AND TOOK A CHANCE ON ME AND I AM EXCITED FOR WHAT THE FUTURE HAS IN STORE FOR US TOGETHER AND AS A BOARD AND FOR THE DISTRICT.

AND I'M THRILLED THAT I WAS ABLE TO STAY ON THE BOARD AND CONTINUE THE NEXT FOUR YEARS WITH EVERYBODY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SORRY I'M NOT THERE IN PERSON.

DIANE DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING.

JUST IN GENERAL, I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE EACH OF THE THREE OF YOU AND JUST SAY THAT I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING SUCCESS IN OUR DISTRICT? GREG AND KRISTA, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, JUST TO THE FRESH NEW IDEAS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SHARE ALONG WITH GLENN.

YOU ARE GOING TO BE YOU KNOW, YOU ARE THERE WITH THE STABILITY AND THE HISTORY OF OUR DISTRICT, WHICH ALSO IS SO IMPORTANT.

AND JUST COMBINING THOSE THE NEW WITH THE ESTABLISHED WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU COULD TELL BY WORKING AND TALKING WITH EACH OF YOU, YOU'RE IN IT FOR THE RIGHT REASON.

YOU'VE GOT THE PASSION THERE.

AND THAT'S WHAT KIND OF DRIVES ALL OF US.

AND I REALLY CAN'T WAIT TILL THE KIDS GET BACK IN THE CLASSROOM.

SO YOU CAN REALLY FULLY ENJOY YOUR SCHOOL BOARD POSITION, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU'RE NOT GETTING TO SEE WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON.

YOU'RE MISSING OUT A LOT.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE SO THAT YOU CAN REALLY ENJOY IT.

ALSO, ONE THING THAT I THINK CHUCK GLENN AND I CAN PROBABLY ATTEST TO THAT DEREK, GREG AND KRISTA ARE GOING TO FIND OUT IN THE FUTURE THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING HAS SUCH A HUGE IMPACT ON YOUR FAMILIES IN A POSITIVE WAY.

I ALMOST WAS MOVED TO TEARS TONIGHT BECAUSE MY YOUNGEST, WHO'S OUT OF STATE, TEXTED DURING THE MEETING, BUT SHE JUST SAID, I'M JUST GOING TO READ A LITTLE BIT OF IT JUST SO IT WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA.

SHE SAID, HAPPY LAST BOARD MEETING, MAMA.

THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING AN INVOLVED PARENT AND NOT THE ANNOYING OVERBEARING KIND.

[LAUGHTER] AND THEN SHE GOES ON FROM THERE WITH, YOU KNOW, PERSONAL THINGS.

AND AT THE END, SHE PUT A HASH TAG KOACH2024.

BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL THEY REALLY GREW UP THAT I HEARD WHAT AN IMPACT THAT IT MADE ON THEM.

YOU JUST YOU KIND OF DO WHAT YOU THINK IS RIGHT, BUT YOU'RE TOUCHING THEIR LIVES IN REALLY A POSITIVE WAY.

SO BEST OF LUCK TO YOU AND TAKE CARE OF OUR BABIES.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THREE CANDIDATES, GLENN, KRISTA, GREG CONGRATULATIONS. YOU GUYS DID IT.

IT WAS A [INAUDIBLE].

A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE RUNNING A LOT OF GOOD CANDIDATES.

AND YOU WERE THE THREE THAT OUR COMMUNITY PUT THEIR FAITH IN.

SO I PERSONALLY THINK THAT'S A VERY HUGE TRUST AND SOMETHING THAT IS, I THINK, VERY MEMORABLE. I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF SOMETHING.

I WAS THINKING ABOUT YOU, BUT I THINK IT APPLIES TO EVERYONE.

I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF SOMETHING THAT WOULD KIND OF SAY WHY.

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I WAS VERY EXCITED THAT YOU GUYS GOT ELECTED, YOU SPECIFICALLY GREG. AND, YOU KNOW, I COULD HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU'RE A GREAT FATHER, GREAT FRIEND, GREAT HUSBAND, I COULD TALK ABOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGY AND GO DOWN THE LIST IN CHARACTER. BUT I CAME UP WITH THE WORD I FOUND A WORD.

IT WAS ON A TED TALK AND IT WAS VUJA DE.

AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE OPPOSITE OF DEJA VU.

AND VUJA DE IS WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN SEEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITH FRESH EYES. SO WE NEED TO HAVE THAT STABILITY AND TO KIND OF KNOW THE HISTORY OF THINGS.

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BUT I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THE FRESH EYES YOU GUYS BRING, BECAUSE I THINK ESPECIALLY IN THESE TRYING TIMES, OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO BENEFIT FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE.

SO I JUST WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE TEAM.

CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYONE, AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

OKAY THANK YOU. WELL, I'LL SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THREE ALSO.

KRISTA, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE APPOINTED EARLIER THIS YEAR AND YOU'VE MADE SUCH AN IMPACT, IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE YOU'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.

SO YOU ALMOST DON'T FEEL LIKE A NEW MEMBER.

BUT YOU KNOW, WELCOME AGAIN.

AND CONGRATULATIONS.

GLENN HE'S BEEN ON THE BOARD LONGER THAN ME, SO NOTHING NEW THERE.

[APPLAUSE] GREG, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED YOU HOPE TO BE A CONTRIBUTOR FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, AND I SUSPECT IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE LONGER RUN THAN THAT.

WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD, MY HAIR WAS AS DARK AS YOURS.

[APPLAUSE] I CANNOT SEE YOUR BEARD.

SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

BUT YOU'RE A YOUNG ENOUGH PERSON THAT YOU CAN DO A VERY GOOD JOB SERVING THE THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND THE TEACHERS AND THE STAFF AT THE DISTRICT FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BRING A UNIQUE INSIGHT THAT WILL BE WELCOME AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH WITH ALL FIVE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR THE NEXT.

ESPECIALLY THE NEXT COUPLE, THREE YEARS IS GOING TO BE VERY CHALLENGING AND HOPEFULLY NOT AS CHALLENGING AS THIS PAST YEAR, BUT WE DEFINITELY HAVE OUR WORK CUT OUT AHEAD OF US AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TO LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS AND WAYS WE CAN IMPROVE EVERYTHING AS WE GO ALONG GREG.

I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE GREG AND KRISTA.

WELCOME ABOARD. YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE IN FOR YET.

I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED AND VOTED FOR ME BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT SUPPORT, THIS REELECTION WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.

BUT I'D ESPECIALLY LIKE TO THANK MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER, WHO WERE THE DE FACTO CAMPAIGN MANAGERS AND GUIDED ME THROUGH ALL THE HURDLES INVOLVED WITH SOCIAL MEDIA THAT THIS CAMPAIGN ENTITLED.

IT WAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE THAN WHEN I FIRST RAN AND YOU SHOOK HANDS AND HANDED OUT FLIERS AND PUT SIGNS OUT AND DOING THINGS VIRTUALLY AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA IS NOT SOMETHING NECESSARILY PEOPLE OF MY GENERATION TAKE TO VERY EASILY.

AND THEY HELPED A LOT.

ONE THING I FOUND DIFFERENT AND SOMEWHAT CONCERNING ABOUT THIS ELECTION WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE STARTED ASKING ABOUT A POLITICAL AFFILIATION FOR A NONPARTISAN OFFICE AND A LARGE NUMBER OF THEM WHEN YOU TALK TO THEM, WHY FELT THAT THE ONLY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT THAT THEY HAD ANY REPRESENTATION AT WAS THE LOCAL CITY COUNCILS AND THE SCHOOL BOARDS.

THEY DIDN'T FEEL THAT FROM MODERATE DEMOCRATS TO VERY CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS DIDN'T FEEL THAT A MAJORITY OF THEIR COUNTY GOVERNMENT, THEIR STATE AND LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, THE CIRCUS, THEIR QUOTE IN SACRAMENTO AND NOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REPRESENTS THEM OR THEIR VIEWS. AND I WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO LISTEN AND REPRESENT THEIR CONCERNS AND BRING THEM TO THE BOARD.

BUT AGAIN, ALL THE DECISIONS NEED TO BE BASED ON WHAT'S GOING TO BE BEST FOR ALL OUR CHILDREN, NOT YOUR OWN POLITICAL VIEWS.

SO THANK YOU ALL AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AND IT'S GOT TO GET BETTER.

IT'S JUST IT'S GOT TO GET BETTER.

AND WE'RE DAYS AWAY FROM 2020 BEING OVER.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

AND I AM ABSOLUTELY THRILLED WITH OUR TEAM AND I VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK AHEAD OF US. SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN AND GOOD THINGS ARE YET TO COME.

[APPLAUSE] OKAY REQUEST TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA, ITEMS

[18. REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC]

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.

THE PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

NO ACTION OR DISCUSSION CAN TAKE PLACE ABOUT ITEMS NOT APPEARING ON THE AGENDA.

THE BOARD MAY LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME FOR EACH AGENDA ITEM TO TWENTY MINUTES.

PERSONS WISHING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS CAN SUBMIT AN EMAIL TO MARGARET MCDONALD, SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AT MCDONALD@BONITA.K12.CA.US COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC WILL BE READ ALOUD DURING THIS TIME.

OK, FIRST ONE FROM COMMUNITY MEMBER JACKSON SALINAS.

I MENTIONED THIS BACK IN AUGUST, BUT HAVE YOU GUYS CONSIDERED DOING DISTRICT VOTING FOR FUTURE ELECTIONS? I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A STUDY SESSION ON THIS BECAUSE I THINK WITH THAT THE PUBLIC WILL BE TRULY REPRESENTED FROM JACKSON SALINAS.

NEXT UP FROM KENDALL CARMEN, PARENT AT OAK MESA.

I'M THE PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN WHO ATTEND OAK MESA A KINDERGARTNER AND A SECOND GRADER.

I WILL BEGIN WITH HOW MY SECOND GRADER HAS BEEN NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY DISTANCE LEARNING

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. SINCE DISTANCE LEARNING BEGAN MARCH 2020 MY SON HAS STARTED DEMONSTRATING BEHAVIOR THAT'S NOT TYPICAL OF HIS PERSONALITY.

HE STARTED SLEEPWALKING THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE.

WE LIVE IN A TWO STORY HOUSE.

THIS IS NOT SAFE. ALONG WITH SLEEPWALKING, HE ALSO NO LONGER SLEEPS IN HIS OWN BED.

EVERY NIGHT HE COMES TO SLEEP IN MY BED WITH ME.

WHAT CONCERNS ME MOST IS THIS QUESTION HE RECENTLY ASKED ME.

DO YOU EVER FEEL LIKE SOMETHING IS BOTHERING YOU BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS? HE USED TO BE AN INDEPENDENT, HAPPY, CAREFREE KID.

DISTANCE LEARNING HAS TURNED HIM INTO A TOTALLY DEPENDENT AND ANXIOUS LITTLE BOY.

HE USED TO LOVE SCHOOL.

HE WAS NEVER LATE AND ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO GOING NOW HE EXPRESSES HOW MUCH HE HATES SCHOOL. HE'S ANGRY, FRUSTRATED, SCARED AND UNHAPPY.

AND THIS BREAKS MY HEART.

NOW LET ME SHARE HOW DISTANCE LEARNING IS AFFECTING MY KINDERGARTNER.

LIKE HER BROTHER, SHE ALWAYS LOVED SCHOOL.

SHE ATTENDED PRESCHOOL FROM EIGHTEEN MONTHS UNTIL FOUR AND THEN WAS ABLE TO ATTEND A WHOLE TWO MONTHS OF SPRING TK BEFORE SCHOOLS CLOSED FOR COVID.

SHE'S A CHILD WHO'S HAVING TWO VERY INNOCENT YEARS OF SCHOOL STOLEN FROM HER, NO TK AND NO KINDER, IF WE'RE LUCKY SHE'LL GET TO ATTEND FIRST GRADE IN PERSON, THEN WHAT? SHE'S GOING TO BE EXPECTED TO WALK INTO A FIRST GRADE CLASSROOM AND KNOW HOW TO BE A STUDENT IN A CLASSROOM.

THAT'S COMPLETELY UNFAIR TO THE KIDS AND TEACHERS HAVING FIVE YEAR OLDS SIT AT HOME IN FRONT OF A COMPUTER UNABLE TO TALK OR INTERACT WITH THEIR FRIENDS.

IT'S UNREAL. IT'S WRONG.

IT'S A DISGRACE. AND IT'S NO WAY TO ATTEND KINDERGARTEN, LET ALONE ANY ELEMENTARY GRADE LEVEL. LITTLE KIDS NEED TO ATTEND IN-PERSON SCHOOL.

RECENTLY, MY KINDERGARTEN'S TEACHER REACHED OUT TO ME TO ASK IF MY FIVE YEAR OLD WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO A SCHOOL COUNSELOR.

MY CHILD IS EXPRESSING ANGER AND NEGATIVE FEELINGS FOR DISTANCE LEARNING ON CAMERA.

ALSO, LIKE HER BROTHER, THIS IS NOT BEHAVIOR THAT'S NORMAL FOR HER PERSONALITY.

THIS IS BEHAVIOR THAT'S A DIRECT RESPONSE TO SITTING ALONE IN A KITCHEN, ATTENDING KINDERGARTEN ON A LAPTOP THAT SHE HAS NO IDEA HOW TO USE.

SHE'S FIVE YEARS OLD. STOP STEALING SCHOOL FROM HER.

MY HUSBAND AND I REQUEST THAT BONITA UNIFIED APPLY FOR A WAIVER ASAP.

IF YOU ALREADY HAVE, WE AS PARENTS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE WE STAND WITH THE PROGRESS.

WE SEE GLENDORA ALREADY HAS COUNTY APPROVAL AND IS WAITING ON STATE APPROVAL.

WHERE ARE WE? WHERE IS THE BONITA UNIFIED WAIVER TO GET OUR SUFFERING CHILDREN BACK IN SCHOOL? PLEASE HELP OUR CHILDREN RESPECTFULLY KENDALL CARMEN.

NEXT, PARENT, JENNIFER ORTEGA.

MY NAME IS JENNIFER ORTEGA AND MY CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL AT LAVERNE, MY SON IS IN FIRST GRADE. LIKE MANY STUDENTS OF ALL GRADES, HE MUST GO BACK TO SCHOOL.

THIS DISTANCE LEARNING IS HURTING MY SON.

HE HAS NO EXCITEMENT TO GO TO CLASS AND NO DRIVE TO DO HIS WORK OR EVEN LEARN HIS SIGHT WORDS. HE IS AT SUCH A PRIME AGE WHERE HE IS JUST LEARNING TO READ, WRITE AND SPELL.

MY GOODNESS. JUST THAT STEP IN LIFE IS DIFFICULT AND SO IMPORTANT TO MOVE TO THE NEXT GRADE. PLEASE, WE ARE NEW TO THE SCHOOL.

HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW ANYONE IN HIS CLASS AS HE HAS NEVER ATTENDED WITH HIS CLASSMATES.

OUR TEACHER, THANK GOODNESS, LIKE MANY OTHERS, IS DOING HER BEST AND KEEPS THEIR SPIRITS UP. BUT REGARDLESS OF EFFORTS FROM THE SCHOOL AND STAFF AND ME AS A PARENT, MY CHILD NEEDS TO GO BACK. HIS ATTENTION, HIS DRIVE, HIS ENERGY IS AT ITS LOWEST.

AND I'M ASKING TO GET LAVERNE HEIGHTS BACK IN SCHOOL IN PERSON.

NEXT, WE HAVE FROM HANAN BARKER, PARENT AT LAVERNE HEIGHTS.

MY NAME IS HANAN BARKER.

I HAVE TWO AMAZING 10 YEAR OLD TWINS, BOTH IN FOURTH GRADE AT LAVERNE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY.

I WANTED TO REACH OUT TO ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF MY KIDS NOT GOING TO SCHOOL AND HOW IT HAS AFFECTED THEM. MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN SUFFERING WITH ANXIETY.

IT'S GOTTEN WORSE WITH EVERY ZOOM CLASS, EVERY DAY.

SHE PANICS EVERY TIME THE COMPUTER GLITCHES OR LOGS HER OFF.

WHEN SHE GETS BACK ON, SHE WOULD MISS MORE THAN ENOUGH OF THE LESSON TO FEEL DEFEATED AND LOST. I KNOW THE TEACHERS ARE TRYING THEIR BEST, SO IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT WHEN I WALK BY THEIR DAILY ZOOM CLASS TO SEE MY DAUGHTER, MY SON FEELING FRUSTRATION FROM BOREDOM AND LACK OF MOTIVATION.

IT KILLS MY HEART, NOT TO MENTION ALL THE TEARS THE NIGHT BEFORE EVERY ZOOM CLASS AND DURING TESTING. THESE KIDS BELONG IN SCHOOL.

THEY DO NOT NEED TO BE SITTING IN FRONT OF A SCREEN TO COMMUNICATE AND LEARN FROM A TEACHER, ESPECIALLY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH ENOUGH TRAUMA WITH THIS PANDEMIC.

I FEEL AND MANY PARENTS FEEL IF WE WANT OUR KIDS TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL, IT SHOULD BE OUR CHOICE. PEOPLE ARE AFRAID THEY CAN HAVE THE OPTION TO CONTINUE REMOTE LEARNING.

MY KIDS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MOTIVATED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND SEE THEIR FRIENDS.

THEY NOW FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD TO EACH DAY.

PEOPLE IN GENERAL NEED HUMAN INTERACTION.

KIDS ESPECIALLY MAKES THINGS FEEL MORE REAL, MAKES LIFE BETTER.

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WALKING AROUND, HAVING RECESS, PLAYING, RUNNING TO GET BLOOD FLOWING IN THEIR BODIES, HAVING LUNCH TOGETHER, TALKING TO FRIENDS AT LUNCH, INTERACTING, NOT SITTING AROUND FOR MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS PER DAY IN FRONT OF A SCREEN.

WALKING TOGETHER TO THE NEXT CLASS IS WHAT KIDS LOOK FORWARD TO.

THEY HAVE LOST NEARLY A YEAR OF THAT.

THEY CANNOT GET ANY OF THAT BACK.

IT'S HEARTBREAKING. AS A PARENT, I TRY MY BEST TO HAVE THEM SEE THE POSITIVE IN THIS SITUATION LATER HATING MYSELF BECAUSE I DON'T AGREE WITH ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE SYSTEM. I FEEL LIKE IF WE PUSH HARD ENOUGH, WE CAN SAVE THESE KIDS.

WE NEED TO GET THEM BACK TO SOME DEGREE OF NORMALCY.

PLEASE, IF WE CAN GET THE WAIVER SIGNED BY THE COUNTY, WE MAY HAVE SOME HOPE FOR THESE KIDS SINCERELY HANAN BARKER.

THIS ONE IS FROM THOMAS LOZANO, PARENT AT RAMONA, TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE STATE IN WHICH OUR CHILD'S MENTAL HEALTH IS DUE TO DISTANCE LEARNING. MADISON, WHO IS AN EIGHTH GRADER, AT RAMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL, HAS BEEN STRUGGLING WITH KEEPING UP WITH THE CURRICULUM WITHOUT HAVING IN-PERSON TEACHING.

SHE WENT FROM BEING AN HONORS STUDENT EVERY SEMESTER TO NOW FIGHTING FOR A C AVERAGE.

TEACHERS HAVING TO USE MULTIPLE PLATFORMS SUCH AS CANVAS GOOGLE CLASSROOM, AMPLIFY AND ED PUZZLE CAUSES, CONFUSION.

ON TOP OF THIS, THERE WAS HARDLY ANY SOCIAL INTERACTION THE CHILDREN ARE IN NEED OF, ESPECIALLY AT THIS STAGE IN THEIR LIFE.

MADISON IS A HANDS ON LEARNER AND DISTANCE LEARNING IS SETTING HER UP FOR FAILURE I'M VOUCHING FOR IN-PERSON LEARNING TO IMPROVE THE MINDS OF OUR NEXT GENERATION OF CHILDREN.

THE CDC STATES THAT EIGHT PER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND CHILDREN REQUIRE HOSPITALIZATION WITH COVID. HOWEVER, OF THOSE EIGHT, MOST OF THEM HAVE UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS.

IN ADDITION, SUICIDE RATES CONTINUE TO RISE IN YOUNG PEOPLE, AND BEING IN THE SOCIAL DISTANCE, LEARNING WILL ONLY MAKE THIS RATE WORSE.

CLASSROOMS SHOULD BE SET UP WITH CLEAR PARTITIONS SIMILAR TO THOSE AS CASHIERS AT STORES BETWEEN STUDENTS DESKS REQUIRE STUDENTS TO WEAR MASKS AT ALL TIMES AND UTILIZE THE FOOTBALL FIELD FOR SOCIALLY DISTANT BREAKTIME AND LUNCH.

REGARDS THOMAS LOZANO.

THIS IS FROM AMANDA HORN, PARENT AT OAK MESA, RAMONA AND BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS AMANDA HORNE AND I AM THE PARENT OF THREE STUDENTS OF THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

FAITH HORNE, SOPHOMORE AT BONITA HIGH.

BRADY HORNE, EIGHTH GRADE AT RAMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AUSTIN HORNE, FOURTH GRADE AT OAK MESA.

I AM WRITING YOU TODAY TO ADDRESS THE GROWING CONCERN I HAVE WITH ONLINE LEARNING.

LET ME START BY SAYING OUR TEACHERS ARE AMAZING.

WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN EXPECTED TO DO IN THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME THEY HAVE HAD TO ADJUST IS NOTHING SHORT OF REMARKABLE.

THAT BEING SAID, DISTANCE LEARNING FOR THIS LONG PERIOD OF TIME IS NOT BENEFICIAL TO OUR CHILDREN, AND WE NEED THE DISTRICT TO FIGHT FOR OUR KIDS.

THE VAST MAJORITY ARE NOT LEARNING AT THE RATE THEY SHOULD BE.

MY CHILDREN ARE A DIRECT REFLECTION OF THAT.

THROUGH THIS ENTIRE YEAR, THE PEOPLE MOST AFFECTED BY THE DECISIONS BEING MADE ARE OUR CHILDREN. THEY NEED TO HAVE HUMAN INTERACTION.

THEY NEED TO HAVE INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT.

THEY NEED TO HAVE THEIR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH SUPPORTED THROUGH REGULAR ACTIVITIES.

THEY HAVE HAD EVERYTHING STRIPPED FROM THEM.

AND NOW I'M ASKING FOR YOU TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR OUR KIDS.

THERE ARE SAFETY PROTOCOLS IN PLACE THAT ALLOW FOR A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AS PROVEN ACROSS THE NATION IN THE MAJORITY OF STATES ALREADY.

WE, THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS WITHIN BONITA UNIFIED ARE ASKING YOU TO SUBMIT THE PAPERWORK NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE REOPENING OF OUR SCHOOLS.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS GLENDORA HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS FIRST STEP IN THIS PROCESS, WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE WE CAN BE AS WELL.

PLEASE TAKE A STAND FOR OUR STUDENTS HEALTH, WELLBEING AND EDUCATION.

THEY NEED YOU MORE THAN EVER TO FIGHT FOR THEM AND FIND A WAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AMANDA HORNE.

LAST COMMENT FOR THE EVENING FROM TIFFANY [INAUDIBLE] PARENT AT OAK MESA AND BONITA HIGH SCHOOL. GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD.

MY NAME IS TIFFANY [INAUDIBLE] AND THE MOTHER OF JACKSON, A FRESHMAN AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL, AND LUKE, A FIFTH GRADER AT OAK MESA ELEMENTARY.

TO SAY THE LAST TEN MONTHS HAS BEEN CHALLENGING IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

COVID HAS CHANGED THE WAY WE FUNCTION AS A SOCIETY, FROM THE WAY WE INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER TO HOW WE CONDUCT EVERYDAY BUSINESS.

AS I WEIGH THE PROS AND CONS OF OUR CHILDREN RECEIVING EDUCATION VIA DISTANCE LEARNING, I FIND THAT THE CONS FAR OUTWEIGH THE PROS.

MY VIBRANT, OUTGOING SCHOOL LOVING ELEVEN YEAR OLD IS SIMPLY MISERABLE.

SITTING IN FRONT OF A COMPUTER SCREEN FOR HOURS, FIVE DAYS A WEEK IS LIKE TORTURE TO HIM.

HE'S FRUSTRATED AND STRUGGLES IN LEARNING NEW MATERIAL.

HE IS THE KIND OF STUDENT THAT THRIVES IN A HANDS ON ENVIRONMENT HE NEEDS IN PERSON LEARNING TO BLOOM.

MY 14 YEAR OLD IS ALSO STRUGGLING.

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NOT SO MUCH IN ACADEMICS, THOUGH MATH IS A NEW CHALLENGE, BUT WITH THE LACK OF SOCIAL INTERACTION. KIDS NEED TO BE WITH OTHER KIDS.

THEY NEED THE FELLOWSHIP OF THEIR PEERS.

IN THE LAST MONTH TWO MONROVIA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENTS COMMITTED SUICIDE.

IN FACT, THE SUICIDE RATE ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS SKYROCKETING.

CHILDREN ARE BEING ASKED TO ACCEPT A NEW NORMAL THAT EVEN ADULTS ARE UNABLE TO GRAPPLE WITH. SCHOOL IS A PLACE OF SAFETY FOR MANY STUDENTS, A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN SEEK HELP FOR NON-EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.

IT BREAKS MY HEART TO THINK OF THE CHILDREN WHO ARE IN ABUSIVE HOMES AND HAVE NOWHERE TO GO TO FEEL SAFE OR HAVE PERSONS TO TALK TO.

YOU SEE, SCHOOL AND ITS TEACHERS ARE MORE THAN A PLACE TO LEARN THE ABCS AND HOW TO READ.

IT'S A PLACE THAT CONTRIBUTES CERTAIN QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS TO OUR YOUTH.

I KNOW WHAT THE RISKS OF COVID ARE.

BUT STUDY AFTER STUDY SHOWS THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE FAR LESS AFFECTED BY THE VIRUS AND BY FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES ENACTED BY THE CDC AND COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, OUR CHILDREN SHOULD AND NEED TO RETURN TO IN-PERSON LEARNING FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH. PLEASE CONSIDER APPLYING FOR A WAIVER.

LET'S GET OUR KIDS BACK INTO SCHOOL.

THEIR FUTURE DEPENDS ON IT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THAT CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS.

BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A BRIEF COMMENT TO ALL OF YOU WHO SUBMITTED THESE HEARTFELT STORIES. AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE FEEL THEM, TOO.

AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE AS A DISTRICT TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO FIND WAYS AND USE OUR COLLABORATIVE DECISION MAKING PROCESS TO CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT FACE TO FACE INSTRUCTION ON OUR CAMPUSES.

THERE'S A LOT OF HEALTH ORDERS OUT THERE NOW THAT IN MANY WAYS HAVE TIED OUR HANDS AND TAKEN AWAY THAT FLEXIBILITY TO US AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

EACH TIME THAT THAT FLEXIBILITY HAS BEEN GIVEN TO US, WE FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS WITH FACE TO FACE INSTRUCTION.

I'M CONFIDENT AS THE HEALTH DYNAMICS IN OUR COMMUNITIES, IN OUR COUNTY CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. YOU HAVE OUR WORD THAT WE ARE FULLY ENGAGED, THAT WE HEAR YOU, AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY, TO FIND SOLUTIONS, TO CONTINUE OUR UPTAKE OF HAVING STUDENTS ON OUR CAMPUS THAT WOULD BE IN A SAFE, MEANINGFUL AND A SUSTAINABLE MANNER. I KNOW THAT EACH OF YOU SUBMITTED COMMENTS, WERE CONTACTED TODAY, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO YOU.

AND I KNOW MANY OF THOSE OUT LISTENING FEEL THIS WAY.

AND I ASSURE YOU, IT'S NOT ON DEAF EARS.

AND WE CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITH THESE SENTIMENTS.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE COURAGE ON REACHING OUT TO US.

AND IT'S SO APPRECIATED.

JUST THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT.

FUTURE MEETING DATES, A SPECIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING, ANNUAL ORGANIZATION MEETING

[19. FUTURE MEETING DATES]

WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12TH, 2020, BEGINNING AT 9:00 A.M.

AT THE BONITA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 822 WEST COVINA BOULEVARD IN SAN DIMAS.

THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING WILL BE JANUARY 3RD, 2021, BEGINNING WITH CLOSED SESSION AT 4:00 P.M.

WITH OPEN SESSION FOLLOWING AT 5:00 P.M., THE MEETING CAN BE VIEWED LIVE ON THE INTERNET.

ANYTHING FOR FUTURE AGENDAS.

THEN WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 6:58.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Bonita USD, CA

Dec 09, 2020 Regular Board Meeting

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