>> THERE'S KRISTA. [NOISE] WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 4:01.
[2. CALL TO ORDER]
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QUICK ROLL-CALL, EVERYONE IS ACCOUNTED FOR, KRISTA IS ATTENDING THIS MEETING VIA ZOOM.REQUESTS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEMS, PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON AGENDA ITEMS. THE BOARD MAY LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME FOR EACH AGENDA ITEM TO 20 MINUTES.
PERSONS WISHING TO COMMENT ON AN AGENDA ITEM CAN SUBMIT AN EMAIL TO MARGARET MCDONALD, SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AT MCDONALD@BONITA.K12.CA.US.
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC PERTAINING TO ITEMS LISTED ON THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA WILL BE READ ALOUD DURING THIS TIME.
WE WILL CONVENE TO CLOSED SESSION AT 4:02.
[5. CLOSED SESSION AGENDA]
>> CALL TO ORDER. [NOISE] THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION AT 5:28.
[7. CALL TO ORDER]
WE WILL REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION.[8. REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION]
KRISTA, COULD YOU GIVE THE REPORT, PLEASE?>> IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO APPROVE AN AMENDED FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASED BETWEEN PARENTS OF MC AND THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT OAH CASE NUMBER 2019100004, PURSUANT TO WHICH THE DISTRICT HAS AGREED TO FUND AND PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO THE STUDENT, AND THE STUDENTS' PARENTS HAVE RELEASED CLAIMS AGAINST THE DISTRICT IN EXCHANGE FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AS SPECIFIED IN THE AGREEMENT.
THE MOTION WAS MADE BY DEREK WITH A SECOND BY GLENN.
THE ROLL CALL VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS.
>> THANK YOU, KRISTA. WOULD YOU JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.
[9. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
[11. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING]
ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 9, 2020 REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING.ITEM 2: ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 12, 2020 SPECIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING.
>> [BACKGROUND] COMMUNICATIONS FROM STUDENT BOARD REPRESENTATIVES.
>> WE DIDN'T DO ITEM NUMBER 10.
>> WE DIDN'T DO ITEM NUMBER 10?
>> AGENDA ORDER AND CONTENT, WE NEVER DID THAT.
>> OH, I APOLOGIZE. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER AND CONTENT.
[10. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER AND CONTENT]
BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR INTO THE MEETING, I DO WANT TO WELCOME OUR NEWEST MEMBER, GREG, [APPLAUSE] AND OUR SEMI-NEWEST MEMBER ALSO WON HER SEAT IN THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER, KRISTA, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
[APPLAUSE] AS WELL AS OUR COLLEAGUE GLENN CREIMAN WON HIS ELECTION, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.
[APPLAUSE] NOW, CAN WE HAVE THE COMMUNICATIONS FROM STUDENTS?
[12. COMMUNICATIONS FROM STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES]
>> GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT COYNE, SCHOOL BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT COLES, CABINET, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I AM JORDYN, THE PRESIDENT OF BONITA HIGH.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE POSSIBILITIES OF WHAT 2021 WILL BRING.
OUR FIRST SEMESTER OF ONLINE LEARNING BROUGHT OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAN EVENTS WITHIN SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES.
WE HAD OUR SEMESTER SOCIAL EVENT WITHIN [INAUDIBLE] WHERE WE COMPETING GAMES AND COMPETITIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE HAD A SENIOR DRIVE THROUGH WHERE OUR SENIORS WERE ABLE TO ORDER THEIR GRAD ANNOUNCEMENTS, PLAY GAMES, [INAUDIBLE] EVENT AT THE END OF FEBRUARY WHERE WE ALL CROWN A HOMECOMING QUEEN AND KING.
WE'RE ALSO PLANNING SENIOR NIGHTS FOR OUR FALL ATHLETES, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THEM WITH A VERY SPECIAL EVENT.
IN FEBRUARY, WE WILL ALSO BE WORKING WITH THE LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY TO DO A FUNDRAISER.
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WE WILL BE WORKING WITH SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL, LONE HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND RAMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL TO RAISE AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE.WE HAVE MORE VIRTUAL RALLIES PLANNED FOR THIS SEMESTER AND ANOTHER BIG BATTLE OF THE BEARCATS AT OUR ACTION NIGHT IN THE SPRING.
OF COURSE, WE WILL BE ENDING YEAR WITH OUR SENIOR AWARDS NIGHT AND GRADUATION.
THIS YEAR, BONITA USD HAD CREATED A LOT OF NEW EVENTS FOR STUDENTS.
IT HAS BEEN A UNIQUE AND DIFFICULT YEAR, BUT OUR TEAM HAS RISEN TO THE CHALLENGE.
WE'RE KEEPING A POSITIVE OUTLOOK AND TRYING TO CREATE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES AS POSSIBLE FOR ALL STUDENTS WHO ARE CONNECTED FROM HOME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. HAVE A GREAT EVENING.
>> [NOISE] GOOD EVENING SUPERINTENDENT COLES, PRESIDENT COYNE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CABINET MEMBERS, AND AUDIENCE.
THE BULLDOGS ARE BACK FOLLOWING WINTER BREAK AND ARE EXCITED TO GET BACK TO BUSINESS OF REMOTE LEARNING, CELEBRATION, AWARDS, AND RECOGNITIONS.
ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16TH, RENAISSANCE HELD OUR FIRST-EVER AFTER-SCHOOL RALLY TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE OUR STUDENTS OF THE MONTH.
THE CHAPARREL STUDENT OF THE MONTH WAS MADELEINE PARTY (PHONETIC).
OUR STAFF MEMBER OF THE MONTH WAS MS. FLORA.
WE ALSO CELEBRATED OUR FIRST GRADUATE OF THE YEAR.
RONNIE RODRIGUEZ, WHO SUCCESSFULLY PRESENTED HIS SENIOR PROJECT, HE WAS THE FIRST ONE WHO PRESENTED VIRTUALLY AND IT WORKED REALLY WELL.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, RONNIE.
OUR APPLICATION FOR A MODEL SCHOOL DECISION WAS REVIEWED AND OUR SCORES QUALIFIED AND IS FOR A VIRTUAL VALIDATION [NOISE] FOR MEMBERS OF THE CALIFORNIA CONTINUATION EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.
MANY LITTLE VARIOUS STEPS COLD-AIR GROUPS HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK.
WE SHOULD LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR STATUS AS A MODEL SCHOOL WITHIN IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
ACADEMICS, COLLEGE, AND CAREER PREPARATION, IN ACADEMICS, ENGLISH 3, STUDENTS HAD BEEN READING THE CRUCIBLE, A CLASSIC PLAY RECOMMENDED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
THE JUNIOR CLASSES CONQUERED THE FIRST TWO ACTS.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF ACT 2, THE WRONGFUL ACCUSATION OF MULTIPLE CHARACTERS AND ANALYSIS OF THE THEME OF INJUSTICE, STUDENTS EXAMINED REAL-WORLD CONNECTIONS WITH THE INNOCENCE PROGRAM.
ILLEGAL ORGANIZATION THAT FIGHTS FOR JUSTICE FOR WRONGFULLY ACCUSE PEOPLE.
STUDENTS RESEARCHED REAL-WORLD CASES OF INJUSTICE AS DOCUMENTED IN THE INNOCENCE PROGRAM, USING COURT DOCUMENTS, LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, WITNESS TESTIMONY, AND OTHER TOOLS THROUGH THE ARGUMENTIVE CASE YOUR CLASS.
[INAUDIBLE] CLASS OF THE ACCUSED INNOCENCE, STUDENTS WILL PRESENT A SLIDESHOW AND PRESENT ORAL ARGUMENTS ON CHOSEN CASE.
SUCH POWERFUL STORIES, BOTH FICTION OR NON-FICTION, STUDENTS WITNESSED HARM AND FALSE ACCUSATIONS, FALSE IMPRISONMENT, RACISM, AND INJUSTICE.
BUT THEY CAN ALSO LEARN ABOUT THE POWER OF SCIENCE, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS.
IN COLA PREPARATION, MOUNT SAC REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE MEETING VIRTUALLY WITH SENIORS TOMORROW AS APART OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL OUTREACH PARTNERSHIP TO FACILITATE A WORKSHOP TO HELP AND PREPARE OUR SENIOR TO ATTEND SAC.
THEY WILL MEET WITH SENIOR SEVERAL TIMES THIS SEMESTER TO ASSIST WITH APPLICATION PROCESS, ASSESSMENT, AND ACCOUNT THINGS, SCHEDULING AND ENROLLMENT.
ARTS, MR. MYER'S ART CLASS IS LEARNING THE FUNDAMENTALS OF DRAWING.
STUDENTS ARE LEARNING HOW TO TAKE BASIC SHAPES AND TURN THEM INTO DRAWINGS.
MR. PANDAS CULINARY CLASSES, STUDENTS ARE LEARNING ABOUT PLATING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESENTATION IN THE FOOD PREPARATION PROCESS.
ACTIVITIES. STUDENT MONTH RALLY ON DECEMBER 16TH, WE PLAYED A SCHOOL-WIDE [INAUDIBLE] WHERE PARTICIPANTS WERE SHOWN A LYRIC FROM A HOLIDAY SONG, AND WE HAD TO GUESS WHICH SONG LYRIC WAS FROM.
AS I SAID BEFORE, A RALLY WAS HELD AFTER SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THEY WEREN'T SURE HOW MANY STUDENTS WOULD ATTEND.
THE RALLY WENT REALLY WELL WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS SHOWING UP EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T A REQUIRED.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD, MR. COLES AND THE CABINET FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WHAT HAPPENED IN CHAPARREL. THANK YOU.
>> HELLO, SUPERINTENDENT COLES, BOARD PRESIDENT MR. COYNE.
MY NAME IS LORNA LARRY, AND I'M THE ASB PRESIDENT AT SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL AND I AM HERE TO TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE SAINTS.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS, KRISTA CHAKMAK, AND GREG PALATTO.
I AM GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE THREE A'S OF SAN DIMAS: ACADEMICS, ACTIVITIES, AND ATHLETICS.
FIRST, I'M GOING TO START TO TELL YOU ABOUT OUR ACADEMICS.
OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF JUST GOT BACK FROM THEIR TWO-WEEK WINTER BREAK, WHICH WAS FROM DECEMBER 18TH TO JANUARY 4TH.
WE ARE CURRENTLY OFFERING TWO FORMS OF FREE TUTORING.
ONE, IS AN AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING SERVICE, MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, AND FRIDAYS FROM 3:15 TO 4:15 IN ENGLISH, MATH, SCIENCE, AND SPANISH, AND OUR OTHER FORM OF TUTORING IS A 24-HOUR SERVICE THROUGH PAPER, AND THAT TUTORING IS FOR ALL SUBJECTS.
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NOW FOR ACTIVITIES, THE SOFTWARE CLASS JUST HAD A FUNDRAISER AT SQUEEZEME WHICH IS ON ARROW HIGHWAY, AND IT'S A BOBO PLACE.THEY ARE ALSO HAVING A FUNDRAISER SELLING SAN DIMAS SOCKS FOR $12 A PAIR.
ON DECEMBER 18TH, WE HAD A SCAVENGER HUNT AROUND SAN DIMAS THROUGH THE APP ACTION PLAN WHICH IS CREATED THROUGH [INAUDIBLE].
OUR SENIOR CLASS IS ALSO SELLING CLASS T-SHIRTS AND SWEATSHIRTS TO HAVE FOR A MEMORY WHEN THEY GRADUATE.
ALSO, A LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED CAFE LAS PUPUSAS IS HAVING A DEAL FOR OUR SAINTS, $3 THURSDAYS.
IF THEY GO INTO THE RESTAURANT AND SHOW THEIR STUDENT ID, THEN THEY CAN GET A FEW THINGS OFF THE MENU FOR $3 EVERY THURSDAY.
THERE IS STILL NO NEW UPDATE ON WHEN WE CAN START COMPETING IN GAMES BUT OUR [INAUDIBLE] SPORTS ARE STILL PRACTICING SAFELY.
WE WILL HAVE MORE UPDATES FROM CIF AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ARTURO OROZCO FOR HAVING OFFERED TO PLAY FOOTBALL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE FRESHMAN RIGGO REAGAN FOR COMMITTING TO THE PLAY AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH FOR BASEBALL.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, HAVE A GREAT DAY, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU TO OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES.
NUMBER 13, THE FEATURED PRESENTATIONS,
[13. FEATURED PRESENTATIONS]
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES UPDATE ON ACHIEVEMENT DATA THROUGH THE LENS OF EQUITY, PRESENTED BY MATT WIEN.>>THANK YOU. LAST SUMMER, IN RESPONSE TO THE CONVERSATION SURROUNDING RACE AND EQUALITY HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, SUPERINTENDENT COLES PUT OUT A STATEMENT THAT SAID IN PART, "BONITA UNIFIED'S CORE VALUES ARE EQUITY, MASTERY, AND FOCUS ON RESULTS.
HE WROTE THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES EXIST, OUR DISTRICT CONTINUES TO WORK TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS RECEIVE THE SERVICES THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE FUTURE." A FOUNDATIONAL BELIEF OF OUR DISTRICT IS THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED.
NO MATTER YOUR BACKGROUND, FINANCIAL STATUS, RACE, IT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH AND EVERY STUDENT GRADUATE FROM OUR DISTRICT WITH EVERY DOOR OPEN TO THEM FOR THE FUTURE.
TONIGHT WE'LL LOOK AT HOW BONITA IS MEASURING UP TO THIS RELATIVE TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.
WE WILL HIGHLIGHT MANY POSITIVE, BUT YET ALSO REFLECT ON AREAS OF GROWTH.
UNDERSTAND THAT THE DEVOTION TO THIS GOAL IS NOT TIME-BOUND.
THIS IS NOT A SHORT-TERM DRIVE, THIS WILL BE THE PUSH IN BONITA UNIFIED UNTIL THE OUTCOMES BETWEEN ALL GROUPS ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE.
OUR CORE VALUES ARE EQUITY, MASTERY, AND FOCUS ON RESULTS.
THIS PRESENTATION REALLY HITS ON ALL THREE OF THESE CORE VALUES.
TONIGHT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF COMPARISONS BETWEEN BONITA UNIFIED AND OUR FOUR COMPARISON DISTRICTS: CLAREMONT, GLENDORA, WALNUT, AND ARCADIA.
THIS SIMPLY SHOWS YOU THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION OF THOSE FIVE DISTRICTS.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE RACIAL BREAKDOWNS, YOU'LL ALSO SEE A BREAKDOWN OF SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS.
ALTHOUGH WE WON'T GO THROUGH THIS SLIDE EXPLICITLY, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO WANT TO REVIEW OR GO BACK TO THIS AT MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
OUR GOAL IN THE DISTRICT IS 80-70, BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR 18 MONTHS.
EIGHTY-PERCENT OF STUDENTS TO BE PROFICIENT IN LANGUAGE ARTS, 70 PERCENT OF STUDENTS TO BE PROFICIENT IN MATHEMATICS.
BASED ON THE MOST CURRENT DATA THAT WE HAVE, THOSE NUMBERS FOR US ARE 71 PERCENT FOR LANGUAGE ARTS, AND 60 FOR MATHEMATICS.
WE'VE SEEN THAT DATA MANY TIMES BEFORE.
WE'VE ALSO SEEN THIS DATA MANY TIMES BEFORE.
THIS IS HOW BONITA STACKS UP WITH THE FOUR COMPARISON DISTRICTS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT BONITA OUTPACES BOTH TO CLAREMONT AND GLENDORA, RELATIVE TO LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATH, AND STILL BEHIND ARCADIA AND WALNUT IN BOTH CATEGORIES.
KEEP THIS ONE IN MIND AS WE BREAK THIS DATA DOWN FURTHER.
WE'VE SEEN THOSE LAST TWO SLIDES FOR A LONG TIME.
TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE ONE STEP [NOISE] DEEPER.
HERE IS THE OVERVIEW OF BONITA UNIFIED SUBGROUPS IN LANGUAGE ARTS.
THE GREEN PERCENTAGES ARE THE PROFICIENCY RATES FOR PASSING THE STATE TEST BY GROUP.
YOU CAN SEE FOR OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS THEY'RE PASSING THE ELA TEST AT 60 PERCENT, 67 PERCENT FOR HISPANICS, 74 PERCENT FOR WHITE, AND 86 PERCENT FOR ASIAN.
THE REST OF THE TABLE SHOWS OUR COMPARISON DISTRICTS AND HOW THEY PERFORM RELATIVE TO BONITA UNIFIED.
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FOR EXAMPLE, PASS RATE OF OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS IN LANGUAGE ARTS IS 60 PERCENT.YOU CAN SEE THE FOR CLAREMONT, THE NUMBER SAYS NEGATIVE 20.
WHICH MEANS THAT THEIR PASS RATE FOR THE SAME GROUP OF STUDENTS IS 20 POINTS LOWER THAN OURS, OR 40 PERCENT.
SO THAT MEANS THAT NUMBER FOR GLENDORA IS 44 PERCENT, WALNUT 54, AND ARCADIA 55.
ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE YOU ALSO SEE HOW WE STACK UP RELATIVE TO THE STATE AVERAGE, SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE.
AS A GUIDE FOR THE REST OF THE SLIDE YOU'LL SEE WHERE THE NUMBERS ARE RED UNDERNEATH OTHER DISTRICTS, THAT'S AN INDICATION THAT BONITA OUTPERFORMS THEM.
WHEN YOU SEE A ZERO MEANS THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GROUPS.
RARELY, YOU'LL SEE A GREEN NUMBER UNDER THE OTHER DISTRICTS WHEN THEY'RE OUTPERFORMING US.
I WANT YOU TAKE A MOMENT AND NOTICE THE RED ON THAT SLIDE, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS FOR BONITA.
[NOISE] THIS IS A PIECE OF THE LAST TABLE THAT YOU JUST SAW, BUT JUST A HORIZONTAL REPRESENTATION OF THAT.
THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN FOR ELA STUDENTS WHO ARE PROFICIENT IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN SUBGROUP.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT BONITA UNIFIED SETS THE PACE AT 60 PERCENT.
THEY HAD THE DISTRICTS FALL BELOW, STATE AVERAGE FALLS SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW.
YOU ALSO SEE NUMBERS IN PARENTHESES THAT INDICATES THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO WERE IN THAT GROUP.
SO YOU'LL SEE A 159 NEXT TO BONITA, THAT MEANS THERE ARE 159 STUDENTS THAT WERE AFRICAN AMERICAN THAT TOOK THE ELA PORTION OF THE STATE TEST.
HERE YOU SEE FOR A HORIZONTAL REPRESENTATION FOR THE HISPANIC SUBGROUP.
I'M GOING TO GO ONE STEP DEEPER.
THIS TABLE SHOWS THE ELA PROFICIENCY BY RACE.
BUT WE ALSO POLLED STUDENTS WHO ARE SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.
ON THIS SLIDE IN THE LOWER LEFT-HAND CORNER, YOU'LL SEE FOR BONITA AND ASIAN STUDENTS, YOU'LL SEE ASIAN STUDENTS WHO ARE ON THE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH LISTS, WHICH IS WHAT SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED REPRESENTS; 79 PERCENT OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE PROFICIENT ON THE ELA STATE TEST.
THAT NUMBER IS 49 PERCENT FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS, 59 FOR HISPANIC, AND 63 FOR WHITE.
AGAIN, WE HAVE THE COMPARISON DISTRICTS IN STATE AVERAGES.
BUT I WANT TO PAUSE HERE FOR ONE MOMENT.
BECAUSE AT THE BEGINNING, I SAID WE'D LOOK AT THE CELEBRATIONS OF THE DATA, AS WELL AS AREAS FOR REFLECTION AND GROWTH, AND THIS SLIDE REALLY ENCAPSULATES BOTH.
WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THE COMPARISON OF HOW OUR STUDENTS DO IN RELATION TO OUR COMPARISON DISTRICTS IN THE STATE AVERAGE, SPEAKS TO THE OUTSTANDING NATURE AND THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM, EXTRAORDINARY WORK BEING DONE BY TEACHERS, STAFF, SITE ADMIN, AND SO WE CELEBRATE THAT.
HOWEVER, ALTHOUGH OUR NUMBERS ARE GOOD RELATIVE TO THE COMPARISONS, THEY'RE SIMPLY NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
WHEN LOOKING AT THE SLIDES, YOU CAN READ THEM LEFT TO RIGHT AS COMPARISONS.
WHEN YOU DO THAT, IT'S LARGELY GOOD NEWS, HENCE THE RED NUMBERS.
BUT AS A DISTRICT, WE MUST ALSO READ THE SLIDE UP AND DOWN AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN GROUPS OF STUDENTS WITHIN BONITA UNIFIED.
WE MUST CONFRONT THIS HEAD ON AND LOOK DEEPLY AT OUR SYSTEMS TO ASCERTAIN WHY THE GAPS PERSIST.
FOR TRULY SERIOUS AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE EVERY STUDENT HAS THE CHANCE TO MAKE A FREE CHOICE AS TO THEIR FUTURE AND BE PREPARED TO FULLY ACHIEVE AS AN ADULT, THEN WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT HEADWAY THAT WE MUST CONTINUE TO MAKE AT THE DISTRICT, AND THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES THAT.
AGAIN, YOU SEE THE HORIZONTAL REPRESENTATION FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN SUBGROUP.
AGAIN, THIS AS ELA PROFICIENCY BY RACE AND SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, AND HERE IS THE HISPANIC SUBGROUPS.
THEN WE TURN TO MATH. WE'RE GOING TO SEE A SERIES OF SLIDES, JUST LIKE WE DID FOR LANGUAGE ARTS.
SO LOOKING AT THE LEFT-HAND SIDE THE LIST,
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PASS RATE IN MATH PROFICIENCY AROUND THE STATE TESTS FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS IS 46 PERCENT, 53 FOR HISPANIC, 65 FOR WHITE, 85 FOR ASIAN.WHEN YOU READ LEFT TO RIGHT THOUGH, A LOT TO BE PROUD OF, IN THE SENSE THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR COMPARISON DISTRICTS, WE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY, IN MOST CASES OUTPERFORMING THEM, AND WE'RE SIGNIFICANTLY OUTPERFORMED THE STATE AVERAGE ON EACH OF THE FOUR SUBGROUPS.
[NOISE] MATH STUDENT PROFICIENT, AFRICAN AMERICAN SUBGROUP, AND THEN HISPANIC.
[NOISE] NOW, WE'LL DO ONE MORE SET, MATH PROFICIENCY BY RACE AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST LIKE WE SAW FOR LANGUAGE ARTS, BY RACE AND BY THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE QUALIFYING FOR THE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH PROGRAM.
PASS RATE HERE FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS IS 34 PERCENT.
MATH PROFICIENCY, 44 PERCENT FOR HISPANIC, 54 PERCENT FOR WHITE, AND 78 PERCENT FOR ASIAN.
LIKE BEFORE, LIKE WE DID ON THE SLIDE A FEW PREVIOUS, YOU HAVE TO PAUSE HERE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE GAPS BETWEEN BUSD STUDENTS.
SOCIOECONOMIC STUDENTS PROFICIENCY FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS IS HERE WITH THE COMPARISON DISTRICTS, AND THEN FOR HISPANIC STUDENTS.
THE PRESENTATION REALLY SERVES TWO PURPOSES.
ONE PURPOSE IS TO SIMPLY RECAP WHERE WE ARE AS A DISTRICT LIKE WE'VE DONE.
BUT IT'S ALSO A SPRINGBOARD FOR WHERE WE WANT TO GO.
SO REALLY FOR THE BOARD, THERE ARE TWO TAKEAWAYS THAT I WANT YOU TO LEAVE WITH.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE MAIN TAKEAWAY IS THAT THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM WE HAVE IS EFFECTIVE, ESPECIALLY AS IT COMPARES TO THE STATE IN OUR COMPARISON DISTRICTS.
THERE SIMPLY IS NO OTHER WAY TO PARSE THE DATA.
IF THERE WAS A LITTLE NUANCE HERE, YOU WOULD SEE THE NUMBERS WITH THE COMPARISON DISTRICTS BE MORE HAPHAZARD.
YOU WOULD SEE MORE CASES OF OTHER DISTRICTS OUTPERFORMING BONITA UNIFIED. BUT IT'S NOT WHAT WE SEE.
ON THE SLIDES PRESENTED, THERE ARE 64 DATA POINTS, COMPARING BONITA WITH THE FOUR OTHER DISTRICTS.
BONITA IS EQUAL TO OR OUTPERFORMS THE OTHER DISTRICTS ON 53 OF THOSE DATA POINTS.
FIFTY-THREE OUT OF 64, 83 PERCENT.
THAT'S IMPRESSIVE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR COMPARISON DISTRICTS.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE WENT OUT AND CHERRY-PICKED FOUR RANDOM DISTRICTS.
WE CHOSE OUR TWO NEIGHBORS WHO USED TO OUTPERFORM US.
THEN WE CHOSE TWO OF THE HIGHEST SCORING DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTY.
BUT YET, 53 OUT OF 64 DATA POINTS, BONITA COMES OUT AHEAD.
SO OUR PROGRAM REACHES OUR STUDENTS.
BUT THE SECOND BIG TAKEAWAY FOR ALL OF US IS THAT IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE GREAT PRIDE IN WHERE WE ARE, WE'RE NOT DONE.
WE'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO RELAXING ON THIS OR BEING COMPLACENT WITH THIS.
THE JOB CONTINUES FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS DISTRICT TO FIND WAYS TO REACH MORE STUDENTS. WHAT ARE THE STEPS? STEP 1 IS TO NOT LOSE SIGHT THAT THE PROGRAM WORKS.
IT WOULD BE EASY AFTER COVID TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE STRENGTHS OF THE PROGRAM.
WE NEED TO CONSTANTLY COMMUNICATE AND REMIND PEOPLE TO STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT GOT US HERE, THE ESSENTIAL STANDARDS, DEFINING MASTERY, SOLID FIRST INSTRUCTION BY OUR TEACHERS, AND MEANINGFUL ASSESSMENTS.
SECOND STEP IS TAKE THE VERY BEST ASPECTS OF DISTANCE LEARNING, ANY PROGRAMS, INSIGHTS OR METHODS, AND INCORPORATE THEM INTO OUR CORE ACADEMIC PROGRAM.
IN STEP 3, WE'LL USE THAT CORE ACADEMIC PROGRAM AS THE BASELINE, AND THEN VIGOROUSLY FIND WAYS TO GIVE STUDENTS IN NEED MORE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME, AND MORE PRACTICE TIME OR INTERVENTION.
THROUGHOUT THE SPRING, YOU WILL SEE ROBUST PLANS TO DO THIS.
PLANNING WILL COME IN THREE PHASES.
YOU'LL SEE A PLAN FOR NOW, SPRING SEMESTER OF '21, WHAT DO WE NEED RIGHT NOW FOR OUR STUDENTS? YOU'LL SEE A PLAN FOR SUMMER OF '21, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE A ROBUST PLAN FOR THE ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR OF '21, '22.
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WE WILL HAVE ONETIME MONEY FROM THE STATE THAT WILL HELP US WITH THIS PLANNING.BUT IMPORTANTLY, BEFORE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THERE IS ONE LAST STEP, AND THAT IS THAT WE MUST CONTINUE TO LOOK AT SYSTEMIC BARRIERS THAT MAY EXIST WITHIN OUR OWN SYSTEM AND CONFRONT THEM.
IT'S INCUMBENT ON ALL OF US TO BE OPEN TO THE DISCUSSION, ACKNOWLEDGE THE RESULTS OF THAT DISCUSSION, AND THEN ACT ACCORDINGLY.
BUT HERE IS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TWIST ON THAT GOAL.
IT'S 80/70 FOR THE DISTRICT, BUT IT'S ALSO 80/70 FOR EACH SUBGROUP.
WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT REGARDLESS OF BACKGROUND IS READY TO PARTAKE IN THE FULL SET OF OFFERINGS THAT OUR SOCIETY HAS TO PROVIDE FOR ADULTHOOD.
WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT LEAVES US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY WANT TO BE.
80/70 FOR EVERY SUBGROUP GETS US SIGNIFICANTLY CLOSER TO THIS.
I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS THOUGHT [NOISE] FROM JOHN GARDNER, SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE UNDER PRESIDENT JOHNSON, LATE '60S.
I'M GOING TO START IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT LONG QUOTE.
HE WRITES, "IT'S A MATTER OF SELF-INTEREST FOR EVERY SOCIETY TO REMOVE OBSTACLES TO HUMAN GROWTH AND PERFORMANCE.
THE BATTLES WE WAGE AGAINST THE ILLNESS, PREJUDICE, POVERTY ARE NOT JUST EXERCISES AND COMPASSION, THEY'RE BATTLES FOR THE RELEASE OF HUMAN TALENT AND ENERGY." THAT'S OUR COLUMN BENEATH THE UNIFY.
TO ENSURE THAT EACH ONE OVER 10,000 STUDENTS HAVE THE CHANCE TO UNLEASH AND MAXIMIZE THEIR OWN TALENTS.
WE HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY FOUNDATION FOR THIS, AND THE WORK CONTINUES TO FINISH THAT TASK. QUESTIONS.
>> I HAVE A COMMENT ACTUALLY, AND IT'S PRETTY POSITIVE.
I REMEMBER MANY YEARS AGO I LOOKED AT THE LA TIMES AND THEY LOOKED AT ALL THE DISTRICTS, I THINK IN OUR NATION, AND THEY ORGANIZED THEM BY SOCIOECONOMICS AND RACE.
YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE THE CORRELATION THERE.
THERE IS DEFINITELY A LINE THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW, AND THOSE TWO VARIABLES WERE IMPACTFUL EVERYWHERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M VERY HAPPY ABOUT, AND I THINK YOUR TEAM OUR TEACHERS, OUR STAFF EVERYONE SHOULD BE REALLY CONGRATULATED FOR, IS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA, WE'RE AN OUTLIER.
YOU HAVE SOME OF THOSE DISTRICTS THAT WERE HIGHER, AND ONE OF THE ONES THAT CAPTURE MY ATTENTION WAS CUPERTINO.
I THINK CUPERTINO, EVERYONE READS THREE GRADE LEVELS HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE.
[LAUGHTER] THEN AGAIN, ALL THEIR PARENTS ARE VALEDICTORIANS AT THEIR SCHOOL TOO BECAUSE THEY ALL WORK FOR SILICON VALLEY.
I MEAN, YOU COULD UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE DOING SO WELL.
IF WE LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND THIS IS PRETTY MUCH ACROSS THE BOARD, WE'RE AN OUTLIER EVERYWHERE, AND THAT'S VERY ABNORMAL, AND I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU.
THAT JUST MEANS THAT WE HAVE RIGOR.
THAT WE'RE HELPING KIDS WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES SO THEY CAN FOCUS ON SCHOOL.
THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MEET THEIR NEEDS EVERY WAY WE CAN, AND ITS DOESN'T REALLY MATTER ABOUT WHAT GROUP YOU BELONG TO, THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO HELP OUR KIDS.
I DEFINITELY DO APPRECIATE THAT.
I DID SEE A LOT OF RED, SOME IN DOUBLE DIGITS, IN THE DOUBLE DIGITS, YOU CAN'T SAY THAT WAS THE YEAR FLUCTUATION.
DOUBLE DIGITS ARE SIGNIFICANT AND I THINK YOU AND YOUR TEAM SHOULD DEFINITELY BE CONGRATULATED.
ANOTHER THING I APPRECIATE IS THE GOAL.
IT'S NOT JUST 80/70, IT'S THE GOAL OF BETTER.
IT'S ALWAYS HARD WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WHEN THAT GOALPOST KEEPS CHANGING.
IF WE GET 80/70 FOR EVERYONE, WE'RE TALKING 90/80 [OVERLAPPING], WHICH IS CRAZY.
BUT I THINK THAT IDEA OF BETTER IS MEANINGFUL.
IT'S BETTER FOR THE HIGHER PERFORMERS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO LOWER THE CEILING.
IS BETTER FOR THE LOWER PERFORMERS BECAUSE WE WANT TO RAISE THE FLOOR.
IT'S BETTER FOR EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP.
IT'S HARD TO NOT JUST TEACH TO THE MIDDLE, BUT TO TEACH TO WHERE EVERYONE'S AT.
I DEFINITELY DO APPRECIATE THE VERY DETAILED FOCUS YOU GUYS HAVE. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> MATT, THANKS FOR THE VERY ENCOURAGING REPORT AND ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO IT.
I APPRECIATE YOU DOING A DEEP DIVE INTO THE DATA.
I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPFUL FOR EVERYONE WHO'S TRYING SO HARD AND WORKING SO HARD TO KEEP OUR RESULTS ADVANCING TO ONCE IN A WHILE, SEE A BENCHMARK LIKE THIS, REALIZE HOW GREAT WE'RE DOING, AND I THINK THAT INSPIRES PEOPLE TO TRY EVEN HARDER TO MOVE UP TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT ENCOURAGEMENT TO EVERYONE INVOLVED.
>> WHEN WE LOOK AT RETURNING, HOWEVER WE RETURN, HYBRID OR FULL,
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HAVE WE CONSIDERED KEEPING PAPER AS AN OPTION FOR TUTORING OR IS IT TO COST PROHIBITIVE TO->> NO. WHAT WE'LL DO AT THE END OF THIS YEAR IS WE'LL RUN THE NUMBERS TO SEE NUMBER OF KIDS WHO USED IT AND NUMBER OF TIMES THE STUDENTS ACCESSED IT AND IF WE SEE A REAL BENEFIT, THEN IT WOULD ACTUALLY WOULD BE ON THE TABLE TO CONTINUE.
>> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AS WELL.
MATT, YOUR VISION AND LEADERSHIP, AND YOU JUST KEEP YOUR FOOT ON THE PEDAL.
WE WERE BEATING EVERYBODY LOCALLY AND WE WANT TO KEEP 80/70 FOR EVERYBODY.
THAT'S A GREAT GOAL. WE DON'T TAKE OUR FOOT OFF.
I ALSO SEE IT'S A CELEBRATION FOR THE DISTRICT, A REFLECTION ON THE STUDENTS PUTTING ALL THAT EFFORT ON.
OUR CO-EDUCATORS, THEY ARE PEOPLE FED, HAVING IN OUR FACILITIES, AND REFLECTION ON THE TEACHERS.
THIS IS ALL, THERE MIGHT BE A VISION, BUT THEY'RE THE ONES IN THE TRENCHES DOING THAT DAY AND DAY.
BONITA AS A WHOLE FAMILY HAS REALLY COME TOGETHER AND DONE A GREAT JOB FOR OUR KIDS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I MOVED HERE TO LA VERNE TO BE PART OF BONITA.
I'M JUST HAPPY THIS CONTINUES.
>> KRISTA, WE CANNOT SEE YOU ON THE SCREEN NOW, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DO OR DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADD.
>> NO. I DON'T WANT HAVE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU.
>> JUST BEFORE WE CLOSE UP HERE, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD IS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS THAT YOU HEARD MATT SAY, WHICH I WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU HAVE OUR FULL COMMITMENT AND GREG YOU SAID IT BEST TO KEEP OUR FOOT ON THAT PEDAL, IS WHAT WE WILL NEVER DO IN THIS DISTRICT IS MASK THE BARRIERS IN AN ESSENCE OR REALLY JUSTIFY HOW WELL WE'RE DOING WHEN WE HAVE PARTICULAR STUDENTS IN PARTICULAR SUBGROUPS OR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS WHO ARE NOT PERFORMING.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IN DISTRICTS WHERE YOU CAN REALLY MASK A LOT OF THINGS WITH HIGH TEST SCORES, AND TO US, IT'S A POINT TO CELEBRATE, BUT IT'S ALSO A POINT FOR US TO JUST DIVE DEEPER AND JUST KEEP ON PILLING THAT ONION UNTIL WE GET TO THAT CORE THAT SAYS, "IT'S GOT TO BE 80/70 FOR ALL STUDENTS." I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW IT'S A FULL COMMITMENT ON OUR END.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL.
>> BEFORE WE MOVE, I WANT TO THANK THE ED SERVICES TEAM FOR PUTTING THE PRESENTATION TOGETHER AND THEN CHRIS BOTTOM WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT AS WELL.
PASS OUR THANKS ONTO ALL OF THEM TO PLEASE.
14 REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON OPEN SESSION AGENDA ITEMS. THE PUBLIC HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON AGENDA ITEMS. THE BOARD MAY LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME FOR EACH AGENDA ITEM TO 20 MINUTES.
PERSONS WISHING TO COMMENT ON AN AGENDA ITEM CAN SUBMIT AN E-MAIL TO MARGARET MCDONALD, SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AT MCDONALD@BONITA.K12.CA.US.
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC PERTAINING TO ITEMS LISTED ON THE OPEN SESSION WILL BE READ ALOUD DURING THIS TIME.
WE HAVE ANY? NOTHING TONIGHT? [NOISE] 15 CONSENT AGENDA MATTERS
[15. CONSENT AGENDA]
LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD TO BE ROUTINE OR SUFFICIENTLY SUPPORTED BY PRIOR OR ACCOMPANYING REFERENCE MATERIALS AND INFORMATION AS TO NOT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION.IF ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD SO REQUESTS AN ITEM SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THIS SECTION AND PLACED IN THE REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS FOLLOWING APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEMS WILL BE APPROVED WITH ONE MOTION WHICH IS NOT DEBATABLE AND WHICH REQUIRES A UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR PASSAGE.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WERE JUST APPROVED ON HERE WITH THREE RESOLUTIONS AND THREE REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS THAT I JUST WOULD LIKE TO JUST BRING THE HIGHLIGHT TO.
FIRST, AS YOU KNOW, FEBRUARY IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN MONTH AND YOU CAN SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF US AS WE LOOK AT THE DATA EVEN TODAY, AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS TO THIS COUNTRY AND THE WORK THAT OUR TEACHERS DO WITH OUR STUDENTS AS WE GET INTO FEBRUARY.
ANOTHER ONE IS THE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY FIRST THROUGH THE FIFTH AS NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK.
IF THERE WAS EVER A TIME TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE RIGHT NOW ON OUR MENTAL HEALTH TEAM AND SCHOOL COUNSELORS, IT'S RIGHT NOW.
DISTANT LEARNING, THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, THAT LACK OF CONNECTION THAT WE SO MUCH DESIRE EACH AND EVERY DAY AND THEIR ABILITY JUST TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH STUDENTS ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH IS JUST ANOTHER WAY FOR THE BOARD TO JUST HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THAT IMPORTANT WORK.
ANOTHER ONE THAT I KNOW IS NEAR AND DEAR TO ALL FIVE OF YOU IS RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY AS ALSO AS THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH.
THE DISTRICT PURPOSE IS TO HELP EVERY STUDENT SO THAT THEY CAN LIVE THEIR PURPOSE, AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT UNLESS YOU OFFER CAREER TECHNICAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS.
WE RECOGNIZE NOT ALL STUDENTS WILL GO TO COLLEGE AND THAT'S OKAY.
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IT'S NOT OUR JOBS TO HELP DEFINE THE PURPOSE OF A STUDENT.IT'S OUR JOBS TO HELP GET A STUDENT THERE AND IT JUST EVEN PAIRS ITSELF WITH THE APPROVAL TODAY OF THE ARTICULATION AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN BONITA UNIFIED AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH MT.
SAC FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HELP KIDS SO THEY CAN TEST, ARTICULATE, AND BE ABLE TO EARN CREDITS WHILE THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL.
ALL OF THESE FIT HAND-IN-HAND TOGETHER BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THE ADOPTION OF THESE RESOLUTIONS BECAUSE EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT DISCUSSION,
[16.1 BUSINESS SERVICES]
ACTION AGENDA, BUSINESS SERVICES, RECEIVE AND ACCEPT THE 2019, 2020 ANNUAL AUDIT REPORT.WE'RE PULLING THAT FROM THE AGENDA. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT?
>> YEAH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE BOARD WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO GO THROUGH THAT REPORT.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR KEEN EYES TO DETAIL AND THAT ABILITY JUST TO SPEND THAT EXTRA TIME, I WOULD HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU TO JUST GO AHEAD AND PULL THAT ITEM FOR NOW.
THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT IT GETS SUBMITTED TO THE STATE DECEMBER 15TH, SO IT'S ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED.
IT'S AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT, SO THERE'S NOT MUCH CHANGE TO IT, BUT IT WON'T DO A WHOLE LOT OF GOOD TO GO AHEAD AND DO A PRESENTATION UNLESS YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO JUST THOROUGHLY GO THROUGH IT, AND THEN YOU CAN ASK THE QUESTIONS OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR.
THAT REQUIREMENT HAS TO TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO APRIL 30TH AND SO THAT PUBLIC MEETING, WE'RE AHEAD OF THE GAME BEING FEBRUARY, SO IF IT'S OKAY, JEFF, THE AUDITOR SAID HE'S GOOD AT THE FEBRUARY BOARD MEETING, GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO LOOK THAT OVER, AND THEN YOU CAN ASK HIM ANY QUESTIONS IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU.
>> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. REPORTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT.
[17. REPORTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT]
WE'LL START WITH KRISTA SINCE SHE WOULD BE ON THE FAR END OF THE DAY AS IF SHE WERE HERE.>> GUESS THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CONTINUED PHRASE FOR 2021.
I'D LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
I LOVE SEEING ALL OF THE UNIQUE HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE DURING THE DISTRICT.
THE TIME, EFFORT, AND SPIRIT FROM THE STAFF, PTA, AND PARENTS THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT WAS SPECIAL AND MEMORABLE FOR ALL.
I PERSONALLY HAD THE PLEASURE OF SHARING SOME OF MY FAVORITE HANUKKAH TRADITIONS WITH ROYNON'S MRS. SARAH'S SECOND-GRADE CLASS VIA ZOOM, WHICH WAS REALLY SPECIAL.
I KNOW THAT OUR KIDS AND FAMILIES CONTINUE TO HAVE STRUGGLES WITH DISTANCE LEARNING.
YOU'RE NOT ALONE IN THESE STRUGGLES.
IF YOUR CHILD NEEDS ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE, PLEASE COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR TEACHERS.
KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE HELPED.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S BEING HEARD.
I LOOK FORWARD TO A YEAR FULL OF OVERCOMING CHALLENGES, GROWTH, AND CONTINUED FOCUS ON OUR CORE VALUES AS A DISTRICT. THANK YOU.
>> WELL, I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR, AND ONE THING I WANTED TO NOTE IN OUR CONSENT, THAT THERE WAS OVER $6,500 DONATIONS TO THE DISTRICT IN MONETARY AND GROCERY STORE AND GIFT CARDS, PLUS FACE MASKS AND COVERING.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DONATING TO THE OTHER FAMILIES IN THIS TIME OF NEED THAT NORMALLY IT'S SMALL AMOUNTS AND IN SOME MONTHS IT JUMPS UP BUT THE FACT THAT IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, WE ACCEPTED $6,500 FROM OUR COMMUNITY FOR OUR FAMILIES, I REALLY APPRECIATE.
WE STARTED OUR SECOND SEMESTER STRONG AND HOPEFULLY, WE'RE GOING TO FINISH STRONGER AND I KNOW AT SOME POINT WE ALL WANT TO BE ABLE TO RETURN TO SOME TYPE OF FACE-TO-FACE INSTRUCTION AND SPORTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AND IF EVERYONE DOES THEIR PART AND THE POWERS TO BE AT THE COUNTY, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVEL, MAKE THE DECISION, WE'LL BE READY AND BACK. THAT'S IT.
>> ALL RIGHT. WELL, HAPPY NEW YEAR AS WELL.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME UP HERE.
I'M NOT MUCH OF A PUBLIC SPEAKER, BUT HEY, I KNOW THAT'S PART OF THE JOB.
THANK YOU, MATT, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I'M JUST, AGAIN, EXCITED ABOUT WHAT OUR TEACHERS AND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING HERE AND JUST OUR DISTRICT AND FAMILY AS A WHOLE.
FOR ME AND MY FAMILY, WE'RE ALL IN EDUCATION.
MY WIFE'S A TEACHER, BOTH OF MY KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL,
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SO WE'RE STILL TRYING TO ADJUST TO WAKING UP BEFORE NINE O'CLOCK AFTER WINTER BREAK.GETTING OUR LIVES BACK ON ZOOM ALL MORNING.
I WANT TO THANK SOME OF THE STAFF BECAUSE I AM A NEWBIE TO CANVAS AND TO AERIES AND TO ME AS A PARENT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF MY KIDS ARE BEING COMPLETELY HONEST WITH ME WHEN HE TELLS ME THAT HE FINISHED ALL HIS ASSIGNMENTS.
SOMEBODY WHO TEACHES AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL MAKE IT VERY SIMPLE FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO PEOPLE LIKE MRS. WADE, MISS RIVAS, MISS TOLEN, MISS POWERS BECAUSE YOU GUYS MAKE IT ACCURATE AND I DON'T HAVE TO GUESS IF MY KID'S NOT BEING COMPLETELY HONEST.
OUR COUNSELORS, AGAIN, BOTH MY KIDS USE THESE COUNSELORS AND I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE RESOLUTION FOR THE NATIONAL COUNSELORS MONTH BECAUSE YOUR JOB IS ESSENTIAL.
YOU GUYS KEEP OUR KIDS CONNECTED, SO I REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT WORK WITH MY KIDS, MISS RUBY, MISS MCPHALE, MISS HODGES.
BACK IN MARCH WHEN ALL THIS STARTED HAPPENING, NOT EVERYONE KNEW TOO MUCH ABOUT COVID, WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THIS LAST MONTH, I'VE BEEN OFFERING WAY MORE CONDOLENCES AND WAY MORE PRAYERS.
I THINK EVERYONE'S REACHED SOMEONE WHO'S HAD A BIG SEVERE REACTION OR A DEATH WITH COVID, SO IF PEOPLE OUT THERE, YOUR KIDS ARE SEEING THAT ANXIETY WITH YOU OR AS A PARENT, YOU NEED HELP AS WELL.
PLEASE REACH OUT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
IT WAS, LIKE KRISTA SAID, THE HOLIDAY PERFORMANCES, SHOUT-OUT TO MR. HUGH, [INAUDIBLE] , AND THOSE KIDS WERE AMAZING.
ONE OF YOU GUYS PLAYED CAROL OF THE BELLS, MY FAVORITE SONG, SO I ENJOYED THAT.
I ALSO ENJOYED WHAT WE SAW FROM OUR YOUNGER KIDS LIKE MISS FABELLA'S KINDERGARTEN CLASS AND THE SNOW GLOBES, THE BLITZ AND BOGEY, THE GINGERBREAD HOUSES FOR THE KIDS [INAUDIBLE] , THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING THAT WITH US.
I LIKE TO SEE MY KIDS UP ON THE BCA STAGE, BUT WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
BUT DESPITE EVERYTHING GOING ON NATIONALLY, WHAT I REALLY LOVE SEEING IN THE COMMUNITY IS HOW WE DO COME TOGETHER IN ACTS OF CHARITY AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAVE SEEN A LOT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
I'VE BEEN LUCKY TO BE PART OF IT SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES.
I'VE SEEN THE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER TO RALLY BEHIND THEM.
COMMUNITY CLOTHING DRIVE, SUPPORTING FIRST RESPONDERS, MEET THE BONITA-PTSA PAVER FOUNDATION OR FUNDRAISER AND THE ED FOUNDATION 5K.
I'M REALLY THRILLED FROM THE BONITA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO SPOKE TODAY THAT THEY'RE DOING THE SAME AS WELL WITH THE POMONA HOSPITAL, THE TOYS FOR TOTS, THE LEUKEMIA FUNDRAISER.
I'M VERY EXCITED AS A COMMUNITY OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
I BRING MY KIDS TO ALL THOSE AND I ENCOURAGE ALL THE FAMILIES AT HOME TO DO THE SAME AS WELL BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE ONE COMMON GOAL.
WE'RE DOING IT ACADEMICALLY, PARENTS ARE DOING IT AT HOME.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN TO MAKE OUR KIDS THE BEST WE CAN BE, WHETHER IT'S ACADEMICALLY AND WE CAN HELP OUR STUDENTS WITH THEIR WORK, WHETHER IT'S PHYSICALLY, RIDING BIKES, PLAYING CATCH, GOING FOR WALKS, BUT ALSO WITH CHARACTER.
TO BE THOSE POSITIVE ROLE MODELS OUR KIDS LOOK UP TO AND EMULATE AND ONE WAY TO DO THAT, WE DO HAVE ONE MORE EVENT COMING UP.
I'M GOING TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO SOME STUDENTS WHO THOUGHT THIS ON THEIR OWN.
WE'RE HAVING A COMMUNITY FOOD DRIVE IN SAN DIMAS AT THE MASONIC LODGE.
IT'S GOING TO BE THIS SUNDAY FROM NOON TO FOUR.
WE WOULD LOVE EVERYONE TO COME OUT, BRING A NONPERISHABLE, CEREAL, TO SUPPORT THESE KIDS IN THEIR ENDEAVOR.
THEY'VE SEEN ALL THESE JUGS COMING ALONG AND THEY WANTED TO FILL THE LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES. THANK YOU.
>> AS GREG HAS SAID, THERE IS A FOOD DRIVE HAPPENING AT THE MASONIC LODGE FROM TWELVE TO FOUR AND I BELIEVE IT'S BEING ORGANIZED BY NOT JUST THE KIDS BUT CITY COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN VIENNA AND THE DEMOLAY LEADER.
>> THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] MY STUDENTS TELL ME THE SAME THING.
[LAUGHTER] WITH THE FOOD DRIVE, I DID WANT TO SAY THAT CITY COUNCILMEMBER, RYAN VIENNA AND [INAUDIBLE] , [INAUDIBLE] ARE HELPING IN ORGANIZING.
I BELIEVE THE SANDY MISS ROTARY, THE SANDY MISS MASONIC LODGE AND THE YOUTH ORDER, [INAUDIBLE] , IS WORKING TO GET FOOD IN CAN, SPECIFICALLY, FOR AT-RISK FAMILIES.
I THINK THOSE CANS ARE GOING TO GO TO THE SALVATION ARMY TO BE DISTRIBUTED.
IF YOU'RE NOT BUSY ON SUNDAY, PLEASE DROP BY, DROP OFF SOME FOOD BECAUSE IT COULD REALLY BE DEFINITELY HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING.
COVID UPDATE. [NOISE] IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT IT'S BEEN 10 MONTHS SINCE A LOT OF TEACHERS HEARD THAT THEY'RE GOING HOME AND THE STUDENTS HEARD THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE LEARNING FROM HOME.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 10 MONTHS.
I REMEMBER WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT IT, AND BY THE WAY, IT DOESN'T SEEM A DAY OVER TWO YEARS, [LAUGHTER] OR I THINK EVERYONE.
BUT WHEN WE HEARD IT'S GOING TO BE TWO WEEKS, THERE WAS DEFINITELY A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY HAPPENING.
SINCE THEN, WE'VE LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS.
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PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, SUCH AS DIABETES, HEART DISEASE, THINGS LIKE THAT, ARE AT A HIGHER RISK.PEOPLE WHO ARE OLDER ARE AT A HIGHER RISK.
ONE THING I FOUND OUT WHICH MY WIFE WAS VERY HAPPY ABOUT, BECAUSE SHE IS TYPE O BLOOD, IS PEOPLE WITH TYPE O BLOOD ARE LESS AT RISK.
THE MOST RECENT ONE, AND MASK UP, THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS OUT THERE, BUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE REALLY NEGATIVE OUTCOMES TEND TO BE VITAMIN D DEFICIENT.
I THINK IT'S 80 PERCENT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEGATIVE OUTCOMES ARE VITAMIN D DEFICIENT.
SO FOR THE 12 PEOPLE WATCHING THIS VIDEO, [LAUGHTER] PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT VITAMIN D DEFICIENT.
THE NUMBER 1 QUESTION I GET ASKED, THIS WEEK SPECIFICALLY, I THINK I TALKED TO AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE ON THIS SUBJECT, WAS WHEN ARE SCHOOLS GOING TO OPEN? I WISH I KNEW.
I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T THINK ANYONE KNOWS, AND TO BE QUITE HONEST, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT GET A SAY IN THIS.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SAYS THIS, THEY NEED TO BE SIX FEET APART, SOMEONE CREATED A COLOR CODING SYSTEM.
I GUESS THE COLOR CODING SYSTEM CAN CHANGE BECAUSE, I DON'T KNOW, SCIENCE.
THEN, YOU HAVE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYING THINGS WITH VERY CHAOTIC SPASMODIC LEADERSHIP.
IT'S NOT REALLY USEFUL TO RESPOND TO EVERY SINGLE THING IN THE NEWS.
IT'S NOT USEFUL TO TRY TO CHANGE EVERYTHING, WASTE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO DO SOMETHING JUST TO FIND OUT YOU COULDN'T DO THIS, BUT NOW YOU OWN A WHOLE BUNCH OF PLEXIGLASS.
MY BEST ANSWER THAT I'VE GIVEN, AND I COULD BE WRONG, THIS IS JUST ME SPEAKING, I'M NOT REPRESENTING THE BOARD ON THIS, IS JUST LOOKING AT THE VACCINE ROLLOUT, I'M PRETTY HOPEFUL THAT WE SHOULD BE BACK TO PROBABLY BOTH IN-PERSON AND DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION BY THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR.
HOPEFULLY, EARLIER, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
THERE'S A VACCINE ROLLOUT HAPPENING.
BUT JUST SEEING HOW THINGS HAVE GONE AND SEEING HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A LASER POINTER.
WHEN I DON'T WANT TO WALK MY DOG, I HAVE A LASER POINTER AND I'LL POINT IT OVER HERE AND MY DOG RUNS OVER THERE.
I POINT IT OVER HERE, THE DOG RUNS OVER THERE.
MY DOG THINKS IT'S GOING TO CATCH THAT RED DOT.
WHEN WE KEEP HEARING, "OH, IF YOU FILE THIS PAPERWORK, SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO OPEN.
NEVER MIND, YOU'RE IN PURPLE." "OH, IF YOU DO THIS, ALL OF A SUDDEN THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE.
NEVER MIND IT'S THAT." I FEEL, BUREAUCRATICALLY SPEAKING, WE'RE THAT DOG CHASING THE RED DOT.
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE ANYONE FALSE HOPE.
WE DEFINITELY HEAR OUR COMMUNITY AND WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S COMFORTABLE, BUT IT'S ALSO NOT GOOD TO BE A FIRST ADOPTER.
FIRST ADOPTERS DON'T DO THINGS WELL.
FIRST ADOPTERS END UP WASTING A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY.
FIRST ADOPTERS HAVE A HARD TIME.
I'M SURE WE'LL BE A SECOND OR THIRD ADOPTER.
BUT IN BONITA, IF YOU LOOKED AT THE TEST SCORES, AND I WANT TO PIGGYBACK OFF THIS AND I HOPE I'M NOT SPEAKING TOO MUCH OUT OF THE TERM, BUT A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS WE IMPLEMENTED, WE WEREN'T THE FIRST ADOPTER.
WE WEREN'T THE MYSPACE, WE WERE THE FACEBOOK.
WE TOOK WHAT PEOPLE DID AND DID IT BETTER.
IN THE SAME VAIN, I'M HOPEFUL THAT WHEN PEOPLE APPLY FOR ALL THESE NEW THINGS OR THERE'S THIS NEW ARTICLE SOMEWHERE, THAT WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO GO AND MOVE EVERYTHING THAT WAY, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK HOW PEOPLE DO IT AND DO IT BETTER.
I'VE BEEN REALLY PROUD OF THE BOARD.
I'VE BEEN PROUD OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AND, I THINK, EXECUTIVE CABINET GETS A LOT OF CREDIT FOR IT AS WELL.
WE ARE PROVIDING TUTORING WITH PAPER [INAUDIBLE].
WE'RE MAKING SURE PEOPLE GET COUNSELING SERVICES.
A LOT OF DISTRICTS AREN'T DOING THAT, AT LEAST NOT FOR ALL THEIR STUDENTS.
THEY DO IT FOR SOME BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME STATE MONEY THERE.
WE'RE DOING IT FOR ALL THE STUDENTS, AND I THINK THAT MATTERS.
WE'RE PROVIDING FOOD FOR PEOPLE.
THERE'S A LOT OF DISTRICTS THAT DON'T HAVE ALL THE DAYCARE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE.
YOU COULD ARGUE THAT WE MIGHT BE PRESSING THE ENVELOPE WITH DAYCARE AND SPORTS, BUT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE HERE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE THERE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S USEFUL TO GIVE FALSE HOPE.
THERE'S BEEN SO MANY THINGS WE'VE DONE AND THE GOGUARDIAN, I KNOW SOME KIDS DON'T LIKE ACCOUNTABILITY.
BUT I WALK AND TALK TO MY KIDS ABOUT 10 TIMES A DAY THAT THEY SHOULD FOCUS, THAT THEY SHOULD GET BACK TO SCHOOL.
WE'RE GIVING THAT ABILITY TO REMIND KIDS TO GET BACK TO WORK.
TO OUR STAFF, THAT'S JUST AN EXTRA PERCENT OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO TELL MY KINDERGARTNERS TO STOP PLAYING MINECRAFT AND START FOCUSING ON SCHOOL, BECAUSE HE LIKES MINECRAFT.
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FINALLY, ONE OF MY FRIENDS, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT 2020, AND HONESTLY, 2021 SO FAR SEEMS LIKE 2020, AND HE WAS JUST SAYING, "2020 WAS TERRIBLE.I TRIED 2021, I WAS HOPEFUL FOR BETTER, BUT IT'S MORE OF THE SAME.
I'M READY FOR 2022." IF WE LOOK AT THE NEWS, THERE'S BEEN SO MANY CHAOTIC THINGS HAPPENING.
WE'VE HAD TODAY A SECOND IMPEACHMENT.
WE'VE HAD A CONTESTED ELECTION.
WE HAVE PEOPLE LOSING THEIR JOBS.
WE'VE HAVE FAILING BUSINESSES.
WE HAD BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST AND PROTEST AT WASHINGTON, AND BOTH OF THE LAST TWO HAD A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO BROKE THE LAW AND DID CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
THEN, YOU HAVE BOTH SIDES, LEFT AND RIGHT, FIGHTING EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THE FEW SHOULD DEFINE THE WHOLE.
ALL OF THIS HAS CREATED A VERY CRAZY 2021.
I COULD UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE VERY FRUSTRATED RIGHT NOW.
THEY HAVE, IN MY CASE, A DAUGHTER WHO GETS REALLY MAD IF HER COMPUTER RESTARTS OR IF SHE MISSED CLASS FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE I TOOK TOO LONG EXPLAINING THE METRIC SYSTEM.
THERE'S A LOT OF CHALLENGES OUT THERE, SO IF I COULD COMMUNICATE ANYTHING AND FOR WHATEVER IT'S WORTH, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR POLITICAL VIEWS ARE, PLEASE KNOW YOU'RE WELCOME HERE.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOUR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS ARE, YOUR RACE, ANY OF THE CATEGORIES YOU CAN BE DEFINED BY, YOU'RE WELCOME HERE AND WE'RE ON YOUR SIDE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET THE BEST POSSIBLE EDUCATION.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE SAFE, YOU FEEL VALUED, AND YOU GET ALL THE RESOURCES YOU CAN GET TO BE THE BEST VERSION OF YOU.
THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT I KNOW HERE IS WORKING TOWARDS.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT VISIONS. THERE ARE GOING TO BE PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT IDEOLOGIES, AND THAT'S FINE.
BUT WHEN YOU GET PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER TO FIND WIN-WIN SOLUTIONS, I THINK THAT'S VERY POWERFUL.
I GUESS IN SOME ECHO CHAMBERS, YOU COULD SEE SOMEONE WHO DISAGREES WITH YOU AS BEING BAD OR DEFICIENT OR SOMEHOW CREATING PROBLEMS. BUT IN THE PAST, AND I THINK YOU HAVE THIS IN SOME LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OR GOVERNMENT BODIES WHERE YOU SEE DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AS A STRENGTH, YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING AT A DIFFERENT SIDE.
IF WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO FIND THE BEST SOLUTIONS FOR EVERYONE, I THINK WE ALL BENEFIT.
WHEN WE HAVE THIS, I GUESS, BREAKDOWN OF CATEGORIES, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ALL THE PARTS.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE WHOLE THAT MATTERS, IT'S EACH INDIVIDUAL PART THAT MATTERS.
IF YOU BELONG TO THE RIGHT, THE LEFT, LIBERTARIAN, PEACE AND FREEDOM, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN, IF YOU'RE ATTRIBUTED, IF YOUR VALUES COME FROM ANY SOURCE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE HERE.
SORRY FOR PREACHING A LITTLE TOO MUCH, BUT I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SAY IN THE CHAOTIC TIMES WE'RE IN. THANK YOU.
>> TODAY IS A HISTORIC DAY FOR THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD.
IT IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2006 THAT EVERY SITTING MEMBER CAMPAIGNED FOR AND WON THE ELECTION FOR THEIR SEAT.
THIS IS SOME INTERESTING ARCANE HISTORY THAT I'D LIKE OUR NEW MEMBERS TO BE AWARE OF.
YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE FROM YOUR HISTORY, AND SO IN 2006, WE HAD A BOARD MEMBER NAMED ED JONES WHO PASSED AWAY.
ROBIN CARTER WAS APPOINTED TO FULFILL THE REST OF HIS TERM.
SHE HAD SERVED ON THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY, SO IT WAS A GOOD CHOICE.
THE FOLLOWING ELECTION WAS THE ELECTION THAT GLENN WAS UP, JIM ELLIOT WAS UP, AND THERE WAS AN OPEN SEAT, AND SO DIANE KOACH FILED FOR THAT SEAT AND NO ONE ELSE DID.
WE DID NOT HAVE A CONTESTED ELECTION THAT YEAR AND WE DID NOT HAVE A CONTESTED ELECTION AGAIN UNTIL 2018 WHEN DEREK JOINED THE BOARD, AFTER PATTI LATOURELLE RETIRED.
AT ONE TIME, WE HAD TWO BOARD MEMBERS AT A TIME WHO HAD NOT HAD TO RUN A CAMPAIGN AND GET ELECTED.
WHEN JIM ELLIOT RESIGNED, WE APPOINTED MATT LYONS FOR HIS POSITION, AND THEN WHEN MATT RESIGNED, WE APPOINTED KRISTA TO HER POSITION.
NOW WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD THING.
WE ALL HAVE HAD TO RUN A CAMPAIGN, WIN A CAMPAIGN, AND AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO GLENN, GREG, AND TO CHRISTOPHER FOR THEIR SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGNS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TONIGHT.
>> I'M JUST PIGGYBACKING OFF OF THIS.
I AM REALLY EXCITED TO WORK WITH THE FIVE OF YOU.
THIS IS A FABULOUS TEAM WITH A STUDENT-CENTERED, FOCUSED MINDSET AND DEREK, YOU'VE NAILED IT.
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REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOUR BELIEF SYSTEMS ARE, YOUR RACE, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, YOU ARE WELCOME TO THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT.THAT DATA IS JUST ANOTHER INDICATION OF OUR COMMITMENT TO EACH AND EVERY STUDENT. RIGHT ON.
YESTERDAY, I HAD A OPPORTUNITY, ACTUALLY ALL OF EXECUTIVE CABINET ALONG WITH SENIOR DIRECTOR MARK ROGERS.
WE WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A MODEL SCHOOL MEETING FOR CHAPARREL.
SO CHAPARREL IS ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, AND THEY'RE GOING AFTER A MODEL SCHOOL AWARD RECOGNIZED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
IN THIS PROCESS, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE HAS MULTIPLE MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
YESTERDAY WAS THE MEETING WITH THE STUDENTS AND WITH THE STAFF, TWO SEPARATE MEETINGS.
ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS THAT I WALKED AWAY, EXECUTIVE CABINET, WE GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN A STAFF MEETING.
BUT ONE OF THE WALKAWAYS WAS HIS COMMITMENT AND REALLY IT'S THIS RECIPROCAL LOVE FOR THE STAFF AND THE STUDENTS AND WHAT THEY HAVE FOR EACH OTHER THAT THIS BOND.
TO THAT POINT, WHEN THE STUDENTS WERE ASKED WHAT BROUGHT THEM TO CHAPARREL, THE CHAIR WAS EXPECTING ANSWERS LIKE WELL, MIGRATES, IT WAS CREDITS, ETC.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE STUDENTS ANSWERED WITH.
THE STUDENTS ANSWERED WITH RESPONSES THAT THIS IS A PLACE WHERE I BELONG.
THIS IS A PLACE THAT I'VE FOUND SUCCESS IN SCHOOL, THAT THEY OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND THE LOVE THAT THESE STUDENTS HAVE FOR THEIR TEACHERS.
AFTERWARDS, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO CHRIS BLACK, AND I SAID, "HOW ARE YOU FEELING?" SHE GOES THAT MOMENT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE GREATEST MOMENTS OF HER PROFESSIONAL CAREER AND THEN ONE OF THE GREATEST MOMENTS OF PRIDE.
USING HER WORDS, IT ALMOST BROUGHT HER TO TEARS.
HEARING THE STUDENTS TALK ABOUT THIS SENSE OF BELONGING AND SUCCESS THAT THEY HAVE FOUND IN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, THAT THEY DIDN'T FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SEPARATE MEETING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN.
THE STAFF EXPRESSED THE SAME IDEALS, NOT KNOWING WHAT THE STUDENTS HAD SAID, THE SAME LOVE FOR THEIR STUDENTS, AND THAT SAME SENSE OF BELONGING THAT THEY FEEL CONNECTED TO THAT SCHOOL AS WELL.
EVEN THOUGH THAT THIS COMMITTEE LOOKS AT ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION AND THEY'RE GOING AFTER AWARD, RIGHTFULLY DESERVED TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AS THIS MODEL SCHOOL.
I THINK WHAT CHAPARREL SERVES AS A MUCH BIGGER PICTURE AND A BELIEF SYSTEM THAT RESONATES THROUGHOUT ALL 13 OF OUR SCHOOLS AND IN THIS DISTRICT.
IT REALLY IS A MODEL FOR ALL SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATIONS REGARDING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE A HEALTHY CULTURE.
HOW THAT HEALTHY CULTURE TRANSLATES INTO A POSITIVE IMPACT FOR BOTH THE STUDENTS AND THE STAFF THAT WORK THERE.
THE THING IS, I THINK WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT IS THAT THIS TAKES PLACE IN ALL 13 OF OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE THIS IS A PLACE IN THIS DISTRICT, WHERE WE BELIEVE THAT ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH WILL ALWAYS TRUMP STRATEGY.
THIS HAS TO BE A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG, IT HAS TO BE A PLACE THAT 1,100 EMPLOYEES FEEL GOOD ABOUT WORKING HERE.
WHEN YOU HAVE A STRONG ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND THE RIGHT SKILL SET.
THIS DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE TO BE UNSTOPPABLE.
IT'S ONE OF THE BEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER, AND I THINK YESTERDAY WAS A GREAT REMINDER OF HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.
WHEN YOU SEE THE CULTURE COMING OUT OF CHAP AND THEN KNOW THAT'S RESONATING AND TAKING PLACE AT ALL 13 SCHOOLS, SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. EIGHTEEN REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS,
[18. REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC]
COMMUNICATION 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 20 MINUTES.
PERSONS WISHING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT CAN SUBMIT AN EMAIL TO MARGARET MCDONALD, SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AT MCDONALD'S AT BONITA.K12.CA.US.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? WE HAVE ONE. OKAY, PLEASE READ.
>> IT'S FROM JACKSON SALINAS COMMUNITY MEMBER.
HE WRITES, "THIS IS REGARDING OUR SPORTS.
WHEN CAN OUR STUDENTS GO BACK TO HAVING GAMES IN THE FIELDS RATHER THAN DOING CONDITIONING? WE NEED TO STEP UP OUR GAME AND CHALLENGE GOVERNOR NEWSOM THAT WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THESE RESTRICTIONS.
AGAIN, THAT'S FROM JACKSON SALINAS.
>> THANK YOU, MATT. FUTURE MEETING DATES?
[19. FUTURE MEETING DATES]
THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ON FEBRUARY 3, 2021 AT 4:00 PM.ARE THERE ANY ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS? OKAY. WE WILL ADJOURN IT, 6:27.
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