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WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING INTO ORDER AT FOUR O'CLOCK.

[2. CALL TO ORDER]

HE'S BEEN CALLED.

NUMBER FOUR REQUESTS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEMS. THE PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON AGENDA ITEMS. THE BOARD MAY LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME OF EACH AGENDA ITEM TO TWENTY MINUTES.

ANY PERSON WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN AGENDA ITEM MAY BE GRANTED UP TO THREE MINUTES AT THE TIME THE ITEM APPEARS ON THE AGENDA.

IN THE CASE OF THE NON AGENDA ITEM COMMENTS MAY BE MADE UNDER THE REQUEST TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE BOARD.

PLEASE FILL OUT THE REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CARD, WHICH MAY BE PICKED UP FROM MARGARET MACDONALD, SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.

ANY PERSON ADDRESSING THE BOARD SHOULD FIRST STATE THEIR NAME, ASSOCIATION WITH THE DISTRICT, AND WE WILL CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION AT 4:02.

[5. CLOSED SESSION AGENDA]

[6. OPEN SESSION AGENDA]

[8. REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION]

THE MOTION WAS MADE BY GLENN [INAUDIBLE] WITH A SECOND BY CHUCK COYNE.

AND THE ROLL CALL VOTE WAS AS FOLLOWS.

UNANIMOUS.

AS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU CONGRATULATIONS AND WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS SUCH AN AMAZING SCHOOL WITH AN AMAZING STAFF.

AND YOU HAVE PARENTS HERE TODAY AND THEY ALL CAME TO SEE YOU TODAY.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, LESLIE.

AND IF YOU LIKE, TAKE THE PODIUM.

IT'S AWESOME. GOOD EVENING.

PRESIDENT COYNE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT COLES EXECUTIVE CABINET AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. I'M EXCITED FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RUN THE ROAD TO SUCCESS AT GRACE MILLER. AS A ROAD RUNNER, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK MY FELLOW ROAD RUNNERS AND MY FAMILY FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

I HAVE WITH ME TONIGHT MY HUSBAND JASON, WHO IS ALSO A BONITA UNIFIED EMPLOYEE, AS WELL AS OUR DAUGHTER SARAH AND SOFIA AND MY PARENTS WHO RAISED ME IN BONITA UNIFIED, GARY AND KATHY. I'M HUMBLED AND HONORED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE PRINCIPAL OF GRACE MILLER ELEMENTARY. IN MY PREPARATION FOR APPLYING FOR THE POSITION, I RESEARCHED THE LA VERNE RESIDENT GRACE MILLER, WHOM THE SCHOOL IS NAMED AFTER.

AND IT IS MY GOAL TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN OUR DISTRICT WITH THE SAME ENTHUSIASM THAT SHE DID. THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF FROM GRACE MILLER AND THE PARENTS THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT. I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE STRIDES TOWARDS OUR GOAL OF 80 70 MASTERY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS AS THEY STRIVE TO LIVE THEIR PURPOSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

LESLIE, CONGRATULATIONS.

WE'RE VERY, VERY HAPPY FOR YOU.

YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MENTORS OVER THE YEARS FROM SOME VERY EXCELLENT LEADERS. AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW YOU MAKE THAT SCHOOL CAMPUS OVER THERE AT GRACE MILLER SHINE. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

CONGRATULATIONS. AND IF I MAY, MY DAUGHTER GOES THERE, I'M VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU THAT YOU HAVE AN EXCELLENT STAFF, EXCELLENT PARENTS.

THERE ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE TEACHERS I SEE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, AS WELL.

YOU'RE COMING TO MY FAVORITE SCHOOL, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AS WELL.

OK, NEXT, WE'LL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND?

[9. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]

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[10. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER AND CONTENT]

ON JUNE 25 THIS YEAR, I SUFFERED FROM A HEART ATTACK.

ON JUNE 26, I HAD TWO STINTS INSTALLED.

I'M STILL IN THE RECOVERY PROCESS.

AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I WOULD APPRECIATE VERY MUCH IF YOU WOULD WEAR MASKS THIS EVENING. APPROVAL OF AGENDA, ORDER IN CONTENT, AND A MOTION.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, THANK YOU.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING AND THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 7TH, 2021

[11. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING]

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

REQUEST TO SPEAK ON OPEN SESSION AGENDA ITEMS.

[12. REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON OPEN SESSION AGENDA ITEMS]

ANY PERSON WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN AGENDA ITEM MAY BE GRANTED UP TO THREE MINUTES AT THE TIME THE ITEM APPEARS ON THE AGENDA.

IN THE CASE OF A NON AGENDA ITEM, COMMENTS MAY BE MADE UNDER THE REQUEST TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE FILL OUT THE REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CARD, WHICH MAY BE PICKED UP FROM MARGARET MACDONALD, SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.

ANY PERSON ADDRESSING THE BOARD SHOULD FIRST SPEAK THEIR NAME AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE DISTRICT. WE HAVE ANY CARDS FOR THAT THIS EVENING? OK, CONSENT AGENDA.

[13. CONSENT AGENDA]

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 THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, ITEMS WILL BE APPROVED WITH ONE MOTION, WHICH IS NOT DEBATABLE AND WHICH REQUIRES A UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR PASSAGE.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION. SO MOVED.

SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

IT'S UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU.

DISCUSSION, ACTION AGENDA, HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, WE WILL APPROVE A TEACHING

[14.1. Approve Teaching Credential Assignments for Employees Per California Education Code and the California Code of Regulation]

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT COYNE.

THE CALIFORNIA CODE AND THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS ALLOWS TEACHERS TO INSTRUCT STUDENTS IN SUBJECTS OUTSIDE OF THEIR CREDENTIAL AREAS IF SPECIFIED CRITERIA ARE MET.

APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM WOULD ALLOW FOR THE TEACHERS TO INSTRUCT IN THE IDENTIFIED SUBJECT AREAS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, KEVIN. DO I HAVE EMOTION? SO MOVE.

SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

REPORTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT?

[15. REPORTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT]

SO, GREG, HOW ABOUT IF WE START WITH YOU? SIR. OR LAST MONTH? WELCOME, ALL. I HOPE EVERYONE HERE HAD A RESTFUL SUMMER.

I THINK IT'S KIND OF A SMALL WORLD OUT THERE.

I WENT ON A COUPLE OF CAMPING TRIPS.

I WENT ACROSS COUNTRY ON A TRIP.

AND EVERY TIME I MET SOMEONE FROM THE BONITA COMMUNITY.

MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR AND [INAUDIBLE] WAS ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACHES.

I SAW ONE OF THE PRINCIPALS AT THEIR PLACE IN [INAUDIBLE].

SO YOU GO OUT THERE, BONITA IS OUT THERE.

A LOT OF BIG HAPPENINGS LOCALLY.

SOME THINGS I REALLY AM PROUD OF WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND REALLY STEMS OF [INAUDIBLE].

I KNOW ALL OUR HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS GETS ALL THE ATTENTION, BUT WE'VE HAD AN LA VERNE A BUNCH OF GIRLS 10 TO 13 YEARS OLD FROM MOSTLY FROM RAMONA, ONE FROM ROANOKE, ONE FROM LA VERNE HEIGHTS, PLAY SOME LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL.

AND THAT WAS ALL LAST WEEK.

THEY WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

THEY WENT TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES IN THE COMPETITION TO REPRESENT THE WEST W

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SO NEXT YEAR I EXPECT THEM TO DO A LOT MORE.

AND IN A COUPLE OF YEARS AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL, WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME SOFTBALL CHAMPS.

AND JUST FOR EVERYONE ELSE, TO ME, SPORTS IS ONE OF THOSE PROACTIVE WAYS FOR SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, MENTAL HEALTH. LA VERNE GIRLS SOFTBALL RIGHT NOW.

YOU COULD SIGN UP TO GET YOUR DAUGHTER IN THERE.

MY DAUGHTER'S IN THERE. SHE'S NOT THE BEST PLAYER BY FAR, BUT SHE HAS A GREAT TIME.

SHE COMES HOME TELLING ME THE BEST PART OF MY GAME IS HANGING OUT IN THE DUGOUT WITH ALL THE GIRLS. SO, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND SPORTS.

SOMETHING ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY AND SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

ONE OF OUR TEACHERS PUBLISHED A NOVEL CALLED FOOL'S LUCK.

THEY HAVE NO GRANT. IT'S NOT HIS FIRST NOVEL, BUT IT'S SOMETHING STANDALONE, JUST NEVER A GREAT THING BY ONE OF OUR OWN.

THAT'S ONE OF THOSE POLITICAL THRILLERS WITH A CHRISTIAN UNDERTONE TO IT.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT AS WELL.

AND YOU ALL KNOW I HAVE TWO KIDS AND YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF EXCITEMENT COMING BACK TO SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY IN PERSON AT TARGET.

MY KIDS ARE LOOKING TO GET NEW BACKPACKS.

I'M AN EDUCATOR AND MY WIFE'S A TEACHER AND WE SEE THE SCHOOL SUPPLIES SALES.

SO WE GET A LITTLE MORE EXCITEMENT GOING ON BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE COMING BACK SOON.

BUT I CAN'T WAIT TO BE BACK IN THE CLASSROOM TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR SCHOOLS AND THOSE EDUCATIONAL PRIORITIES.

WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW MIND WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH SPECIAL LEARNING TRADES AND JUST HOPING THAT WE COULD FOSTER MORE OF THAT BILL PASSED IT ON.

[INAUDIBLE].

HOW ABOUT WE GO WITH DEREK? DEREK IS ATTENDING THE MEETING BY ZOOM.

HELLO EVERYONE FIRST, I'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING THERE IN PERSON.

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME, NOT BEING THERE IN PERSON.

MY FAMILY AND I WENT ON VACATION TO FLORIDA AND EVEN THOUGH I'M FULLY VACCINATED, I ENDED UP CATCHING COVID IN FLORIDA.

SO, I THINK MY SON FIRST GOT IT.

WE WENT TO DISNEY WORLD.

FLORIDA DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME MASK REQUIREMENTS.

WE WENT ON WATERSLIDES, HE GOT SICK AND I GOT SICK PROBABLY FROM HIM.

SO I'M JUST HERE FOLLOWING PROTOCOL.

SO I'M SORRY I'M NOT HERE TODAY.

SECONDLY, [INAUDIBLE] I HAVE ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK YOUR DISTRICT IS DOING VERY WELL.

THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS OUR DISTRICT CANNOT CONTROL.

WE CANNOT CONTROL [INAUDIBLE] THE UNITED STATES.

WE CAN'T CONTROL ANY EXECUTIVE ORDERS.

AND OUR GOVERNOR, WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE LAWS LEGISLATURE PASSES.

WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE LAKE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OR [INAUDIBLE] BECAUSE A LOT OF AGENCIES THAT HAVE [INAUDIBLE] AND BOTH LA VERNE AND SAN DIMAS HAVE A VERY GOOD MUSIC PROGRAM AND IT'S AN AMAZING PROGRAM MY DAUGHTER IS INVOLVED IN.

AND ONE OF THE BENEFITS THAT IS GOING TO GET A BENEFIT AND OH MY, I'M IN A CAR WITH MY FAMILY. MY KIDS LOVE TO SING.

AND BEFORE THAT GREAT INSTRUCTION FROM MS. [INAUDIBLE] KNOW OTHER PEOPLE MY DAUGHTER WAS A LITTLE PITCHY.

[INAUDIBLE].

I REALLY APPRECIATE IMPROVEMENT MY DAUGHTER HAS MADE IN PITCH AND TONE BECAUSE OF THE WONDERFUL INSTRUCTION AND PEOPLE DOING IT.

AND FINALLY, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE A LOT OF CONCERN AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE.

IN CALIFORNIA, MUCH LIKE IN FLORIDA, WE DON'T GET TO MAKE THE DECISION REGARDING MASKS.

IT'S NOT IN OUR PURVIEW.

WE ARE LEGALLY NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

AND IF WE DO THAT, IT'S GOING TO BE THE CONSEQUENCE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING.

IN FLORIDA, IF YOU HAVE AN MASK MANDATE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT [INAUDIBLE].

IN CALIFORNIA, THERE'S A MASK MANDATE.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WHAT WOULD END UP HAPPENING IS WE WOULD FORCE OUR KIDS TO GO TO THIS [INAUDIBLE] MODEL.

NOW, I'M SURE YOU GUYS REMEMBER LAST YEAR AND [INAUDIBLE].

I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK THIS IS LEARNING, IT'S THE BEST METHOD OF INSTRUCTION.

I THINK THERE'S MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS WITH IT.

I THINK THAT THERE'S LESS LEARNING OUTCOMES OR NEGATIVE LEARNING OUTCOME.

I THINK IT CREATES EXTRA PROBLEMS WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN DAYCARE.

THE ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, NOT SUPPORTING THE LAW OR NOT HAVING A MASK MANDATE IN BONITA . A CHOICE IF WE DECIDED AS A BOARD TO DO THAT.

WELL, WE ARE, IN EFFECT, CHOOSING THIS, REQUIRING ALL OUR KIDS TO GO TO DISTANCE LEARNING. AND AS SOMEONE WHO'S HAD A KID, I'M OLD.

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I'M STILL VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THEM GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.

I AM VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO MY DAUGHTER HAVING TIME WITH HER FRIENDS.

WE DID, I THINK THIS IS GOING PRETTY WELL, COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING, ABOUT DAYCARE PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE. WE HAD REAL ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION.

IT'S STILL NOT AS GOOD AS AN IN-PERSON LEARNING.

SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF FRAME THAT.

WHEN WE'RE DISCUSSING THINGS SUCH AS MASK MANDATES, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO OPERATE UNDER WHAT OUR CHOICE REALLY IS.

WE FOLLOW THE LAW REFORMS. ALL OUR KIDS HAVE INCREASED MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM OVER LEARNING OUTCOMES AND ME, FOR ONE, I THINK THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL AND [INAUDIBLE].

SO I DEFINITELY BELIEVE IN BEING HONEST AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE.

GREAT TO SEE PEOPLE INVOLVED.

BUT WE'RE NOT ON THE, EVERY SINGLE BOARD MEMBER HERE AND THERE'S DIFFERENCES OF OPINION, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US.

IS IT A PARENT WHO CARES AND HAS A PARENT WHO CARES ABOUT THE KID? ALL OF US CAN AGREE THAT OUR KIDS LEARN BEST IN THE CLASSROOM WITH A TEACHER.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I THINK FOLLOWING HIM WOULD BE GOOD.

I CAN FOLLOW DEREK.

WITH WHAT I WANT TO SAY WITH MY COMMENTS.

GOOD EVENING. SINCE MAY 2020, I HAVE STRIVED TO REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT I BELIEVE IN MY HEART TO BE THE RIGHT THINGS FOR OUR CHILDREN.

AT TIMES I'VE HAD TO COMPROMISE MY VOICE, MY FAMILY AND MY HAPPINESS.

BUT SLOWLY IT BECAME CLEAR TO ME THAT THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SYSTEM IS BROKEN.

THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS LESS CONCERNED WITH PROVIDING A FIRM EDUCATION TO OUR CHILDREN THAN IT IS WITH MONEY, WITH UNIONS, AND WITH POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES.

UNDER THE GUISE OF INCLUSION AND EQUITY, THE STATE IS SYSTEMATICALLY ALIENATING MORE AND MORE FAMILIES EVERY YEAR AND REMOVING PARENTAL RIGHTS. AT SOME POINT, CALIFORNIA DECIDED THAT PARENTS ARE NO LONGER CAPABLE AND SHOULD NOT HAVE THE RIGHT OF INSTILLING THEIR OWN UNIQUE VALUES INTO THEIR CHILDREN.

KEEPING THEIR CHILDREN HEALTHY, MAKING MEDICAL DECISIONS FOR THEM, OR EVEN DISCUSSING SEX, GENDER AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

I SEE A CALIFORNIA THAT HAS AND CONTINUES TO REMOVE PARENTAL CHOICE.

ALTHOUGH I AM UNCERTAIN OF MANY THINGS, I AM CERTAIN THAT I, AND WE AS PARENTS KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN.

BUREAUCRATS IN SACRAMENTO DON'T.

AND THIS BOARD DOESN'T. [APPLAUSE].

THIS BROKEN SYSTEM ONLY PROVIDES THE APPEARANCE OF LOCAL LEADERSHIP WHEN IN REALITY THEY HAVE WE HAVE NO CONTROL AND SOME PEOPLE ARE FINE WITH THAT.

AND I'M NOT. WE'VE ELECTED THE FIVE PEOPLE ON THIS DAIS TO REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY'S VISION OF EDUCATION FOR OUR CHILDREN.

HOWEVER, MYSELF AND MANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY FEEL THEY HAVE SHOWN LITTLE OR NO INTEREST IN FIGHTING FOR THE CONCERNS OF THE FAMILIES WHO ELECTED US.

[APPLAUSE].

I CANNOT FIGHT FOR ALL OF US ON MY OWN, AND I CANNOT SEND MESSAGES FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO THE COUNTY AND STATE LEVEL WITHOUT ALLIES ON THIS BOARD WHO WANT TO FIGHT FOR OUR VOICES AND REPRESENT ALL OF OUR VOICES, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE THE MINORITY.

IF YOU DON'T SEE THINGS IN A SIMILAR WAY THAN YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN ARE EXACTLY WHERE YOU SHOULD BE.

YOU ARE AND YOU ARE IN AN ENVIABLE POSITION WHERE YOU FEEL RESPECTED, INCLUDED AND REPRESENTED. WE HAVE REAL ISSUES AND SERIOUS CHALLENGES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.

BUT TRYING TO ADDRESS THEM WHILE ALIENATING FAMILIES IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY CAN'T BE THE ANSWER. WE CAN DO BETTER.

WE DESERVE TO DO BETTER, BETTER SOLUTIONS, BETTER COMPROMISES, BETTER INCLUSION.

I WILL NEVER BE OK WITH KEEPING YOUR CHILDREN OUT OF THE CLASSROOMS. I WILL NEVER BE OK WITH MANDATING MASKS.

I WILL NEVER BE OK WITH SUPPORTING MANDATORY COVID VACCINES OR TESTS ON CHILDREN OR

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THAT BEING SAID, I AM RESIGNING FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND I'M REMOVING MY CHILDREN FROM THE DISTRICT.

THIS DECISION, ALTHOUGH CLEAR AND RIGHT, HAS BEEN CHALLENGING.

I'VE HAD TO MOOR THIS VISION OF MY CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, MY LOSS OF BEING ON THIS BOARD THERE PRIOR TO THE EXPERIENCE, EXCITED ME, CHALLENGED ME.

IT GAVE ME A SENSE OF SERVICE AND GRATITUDE FOR THIS SYSTEM.

BUT NOW I AM DISAPPOINTED BEYOND REPAIR.

SOME PEOPLE MAY SEE THIS AS ME GIVING UP, BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO SPEAK AND CHALLENGE THIS BOARD AND COMMUNITY.

BUT IT WILL LOOK DIFFERENT.

IT WILL BE A PLACE OF AUTHENTICITY AND FREEDOM, NOT A CONFORMIST AND NOT ONE OF FEELING CENSORED. I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT I'VE RECEIVED THROUGH MY TWO CAMPAIGNS, MY APPOINTMENT AND DURING MY SHORT BUT VERY ENLIGHTENING AND INSIGHTFUL TIME ON THE BOARD.

YOUR LOVE AND ENCOURAGEMENT AND GENERAL SUPPORT HAVE BEEN AMAZING AND HAVE SHOWN ME THAT I CAN BE AUTHENTIC AND VOICE MY TRUTH.

MY HOPE IS THAT ONE DAY BEAUTY WILL BE A SAFE PLACE FOR MY BOYS TO LEARN AND GROW.

AND I WILL FEEL LIKE MY INPUT, PERSPECTIVE, PASSION, HEART AND SOUL WILL MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT. A PLACE WHERE MYSELF AND ALL OF US AS PARENTS FEEL EMPOWERED, ENGAGED, ACCEPTED, NO MATTER OUR BELIEFS, AND FREE TO EXPRESS THOSE BELIEFS.

AND WHEN THAT DAY COMES, MY BOYS WILL BE ENROLLED AND I WILL CAMPAIGN TO EARN MY POSITION BACK ON THIS BOARD TO WORK WITH BOARD MEMBERS THAT WANT TO ENGAGE, BE CREATIVE, FIND SOLUTIONS, AND NOT JUST ACCEPT TYRANNICAL ABUSE OF POWERS AS STATUS QUO.

GLENN. OK, THAT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW.

SORRY, GLENN. I WAS GOING TO SAY WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SCHOOL STARTING AGAIN, AND WE ARE. EVERYONE'S LOOKING, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ON MASKS OR DISTANCING OR ANYTHING ELSE, WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING OUR KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL AND LEARNING IN PERSON. AND I THINK BOTH DEREK AND KRISTA HAD SOME VALID POINTS.

WE ARE LIMITED ON WHAT WE CAN DO.

WE HAVE NO CHOICE IN A LOT OF MATTERS.

WE DON'T MAKE THE LAWS THIS IS ALL I CAN DO.

THIS IS ALL I'LL PASS MY TIME.

I'M NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH YOU, OK? OK, YOU WANT. YOU WANT ME TO ORDER.

ORDER, ORDER. PLEASE.

YOU'RE TIME TO SPEAK IS COMING UP.

I DON'T THINK SO. GOOD LUCK.

SO MY COMMENTS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

WE HAVE STUDENTS COMING BACK TO ALL OUR CAMPUSES THIS MONTH AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME TO BASELINE WHERE WE ARE AS A DISTRICT A LITTLE BIT WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.

WE HAVE NINE DISTINGUISHED SCHOOLS, TWO NATIONALLY RANKED COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS, A CONTINUATION SCHOOL THAT HAS TWICE BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A MODEL CONTINUE, EXCUSE ME, MODEL CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL.

AMONGST OUR SCHOOLS, WE HAVE SIX GOLDEN BELL AWARD WINNERS, ONE NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL AND FOUR CALIFORNIA GOLDEN URBAN SCHOOLS.

WE'VE INCREASED OUR ACADEMIC SCORES TO PLACE BONITA IN THE TOP 10 PERCENT OF ALL UNIFIED DISTRICTS IN CALIFORNIA.

AND WE'RE WELL ALONG ON OUR PATH TOWARDS OUR GOAL OF 80 70.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THE PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATIONS KEEPING

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WE'VE ESTABLISHED DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS WITH LOCAL COLLEGES.

WE'VE EXPANDED AND MODERNIZED OUR CAREER EDUCATION PROGRAMS, OFFERING STUDENTS RELEVANT HANDS ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN CERTIFICATIONS.

WE'VE MAINTAINED OUR ROBUST ARTS PROGRAMS ACROSS ALL LEVELS OF THE DISTRICT, AS MANY OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE CUT THEIR PROGRAMS. WE'VE BEEN NAMED TWICE ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO WORK IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AND HAVE BECOME A VERY SOUGHT AFTER PLACE TO WORK FOR EDUCATORS ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

WE'VE MAINTAINED STEADY ENROLLMENT WHILE OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE FACED DECLINING NUMBERS, WHICH IS A TESTAMENT TO THE STRENGTH OF OUR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND OF COURSE, OFFERINGS.

AND CLOSE TO MY HEART AS WE'VE ADDED MENTAL HEALTH, ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN EACH OF OUR 13 SCHOOL SITES, VERY PROUD OF THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

AND WITH THAT SAID, MR. COLES, YOU MAY ADDRESS THE AUDIENCE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

AND REALLY MY COMMENTS, TWO COMMENTS TO MAKE TODAY, I WANT TO JUST THANK ALL OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT WE HAD THIS SUMMER.

AND I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF OUR TEACHERS AND THEY'RE TIRED.

THEY'RE TIRED. THEY HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF TIME OFF THIS SUMMER.

AND THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE HAD 3000 KIDS ON CAMPUS.

YOU A TOTAL OF 10000 KIDS AND WE HAVE 3000 KIDS THIS SUMMER.

YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL FULLY RECOGNIZE AND BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION IS THE LEARNING LOSS MITIGATION.

THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT LEARNING LOSS TOOK PLACE DURING THE PANDEMIC.

AND I WISH WE CAN SAY WE'RE OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, BUT THIS DISTRICT IS COMMITTED TO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO CATCH KIDS BACK UP AND GET US BACK ON TRACK ACADEMICALLY AND CONTINUE TO STRIVE FOR THE DISTRICT TO BE THE VERY BEST.

KRISTA, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE TO HELP LEAD THIS DISTRICT IN THIS PANDEMIC. I APPRECIATE YOUR COURAGE TONIGHT, YOUR ADVOCACY.

AND I KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T GOODBYE AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU KNOW AND ALL OF OUR CONVERSATIONS EARLY IN THE MORNING ON YOUR WALK.

AND BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER.

SO, KRISTA, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

THANK YOU. NUMBER 16 REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS, COMMUNICATION FROM THE

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

THE BOARD RESERVES THE RIGHT TO LIMIT THE TIME ON A NON AGENDA ITEM PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE BOARD. PLEASE FOLLOW THE REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CARD, WHICH MAY BE PICKED UP FROM MARGARET MACDONALD, SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.

ANY PERSON ADDRESSING THE BOARD SHOULD FIRST STATE THEIR NAME IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE DISTRICT. NOW, TONIGHT WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBER CARDS, SEVERAL CARDS FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS FACE COVERINGS IN SCHOOL.

WE UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE.

ON FEBRUARY 16, 2021, THIS BOARD OF EDUCATION PASSED RESOLUTION 2021-13, AFFIRMING COMPLIANCE WITH ALL COVID-19 HEALTH AND SAFETY MANDATES.

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL ALLOW TWENTY MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS TOPIC.

THREE MINUTES WILL BE GIVEN TO EACH SPEAKER.

A THREE MINUTE TIMER WILL BE DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN AND WHEN THE TIMER EXPIRES, THE PODIUM WILL BE SHUT OFF.

CARDS WILL BE RANDOMIZED TO ENSURE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY ADDRESS THE BOARD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION AND FOR ATTENDING TONIGHT.

LILY NORD, PLEASE.

. OK, SO I AM A KID AND I GO TO SCHOOL AND I WAS ACTUALLY IN THE DAYCARE CENTER AND WE HAD

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AND IT HURT.

IT HURT US. AND WE CAN GET SICK BECAUSE IF ONE OF US DROPS OUR MASK, WE COULD GET SICK, LIKE REALLY SICK BECAUSE ALL THE GERMS ON THE GROUND AND THEY MADE US SO THAT WE COULD BE WITH KIDS, BUT WE COULDN'T EVEN PLAY WITH THE KIDS.

SO WHAT'S THE WHOLE REASON? AND I JUST THINK THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT WRONG THAT THEY DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE DAYCARE TEACHERS LIVES. THEY ONLY CARED ABOUT THE TEACHERS LIVES.

SO WHAT ABOUT THE DAYCARE TEACHERS? I MEAN, I KNOWTHE TEACHERS, THE TEACHERS MATTER LIKE THEY MATTER THE SAME AS THE DAYCARE TEACHERS. AND I HAD THE BEST TEACHER IN THE WORLD.

HER NAME IS MRS. MINDY.

AND LIKE, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR HER.

AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY WE HATE WEARING MASKS.

IT CAN DROP OUR HEALTH A WHOLE LOT AND WE NEED AIR TO THINK AND BREATHE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MARGARITA HETZEL.

I NEED THE STOOL, TOO. MY NAME IS MARGARITA HETZEL.

I HAVE TWO KIDS ENROLLED AT LA VERNE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY.

I'M A PTA BOARD MEMBER AND A VERY ACTIVE VOLUNTEER AT OUR SCHOOL IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES.

WE WERE TOLD OUR KIDS MUST WEAR MASKS TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF COVID-19.

BUT NUMEROUS STUDIES SHOW THAT SCHOOLS WITHOUT MASK REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN HAD CASE RATES JUST AS LOW OR EVEN LOWER THAN SCHOOLS, WHICH DID HAVE MASK REQUIREMENTS.

SO MY QUESTION IS TO ALL OF YOU ARE, HAVE ANY OF YOU READ ANY OF THESE STUDIES? HAVE YOU ASKED THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH WHY, OF ALL THE SAFETY MEASURES THEY RECOMMEND, LIKE SYMPTOM SCREENING, VENTILATION, SPACING, HAND HYGIENE AND TESTING, THE ONLY ONE THEY REQUIRE FOR OUR KIDS IS THE ONE WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT IT. DO YOU WONDER WHY AT LEAST 40 STATES IN THE US DON'T REQUIRE MASKS IN SCHOOL? OR PERHAPS YOU REMEMBER THAT CALIFORNIA WAS FIFTIETH IN THE US AT REOPENING OUR SCHOOLS.

SO YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT CALIFORNIA DOES NOT FOLLOW THE SCIENCE.

I'VE RESEARCHED 42 DIFFERENT PEER REVIEWED STUDIES ON THE EFFICIENCY OF MASK USE AND A STUDY DONE REGARDING BACTERIA FOUND ON CHILDREN'S MASKS, SPECIFICALLY THE ONES OUR KIDS ARE WEARING AT SCHOOL. HERE ARE JUST SOME OF THE INTERESTING FACTS I'VE LEARNED.

PENETRATION OF CLOTH MASK BY PARTICLES WAS NINETY SEVEN PERCENT.

A CLOTH MASK OR FACE COVERING DOES VERY LITTLE TO PREVENT THE EMISSION OR INHALATION OF SMALL PARTICLES. MOISTURE RETENTION, REUSE OF CLOTH MASKS AND POOR FILTRATION MAY ACTUALLY RESULT IN INCREASED RISK OF INFECTION.

LABORATORY TESTED MASKS FOR MY CHILDREN SHOWED THE PRESENCE OF PARASITES, FUNGI, DANGEROUS PATHOGENIC AND PNEUMONIA CAUSING BACTERIA, STAPHYLOCOCCUS MENINGITIS, TUBERCULOSIS. I'M SURE YOU GET THE POINT.

WE'RE TOLD OUR KIDS HAVE TO WEAR MASKS UNTIL THEY'RE ALL VACCINATED TO KEEP THEM FROM SPREADING THE VIRUS.

BUT NOW THE CDC JUST ADMITTED THAT THOSE WHO'VE BEEN VACCINATED, ONE, STILL GET INFECTED, TWO, HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF VIRUS AS THOSE WHO ARE UNVACCINATED.

AND THREE CAN LIKELY TRANSMIT THE VIRUS AS EASILY AS THOSE WHO ARE UNVACCINATED.

THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FROM THIS NEWS IS NOT JUST THAT WE SHOULD STOP TREATING VACCINATED PEOPLE DIFFERENT FROM UNVACCINATED PEOPLE.

IT'S THAT WE CAN FINALLY ADMIT THAT THIS VIRUS IS NOT GOING AWAY AND THAT THE RESTRICTIONS, LIKE MASKS, ARE POINTLESS.

[INAUDIBLE], WHICH IS AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT AT JOHNS HOPKINS, STATED, QUOTE, AND TO WHAT END ARE WE WEARING MASKS FOR? COVID IS NOT A DISEASE THAT CAN BE ERADICATED OR LIMITED AND WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE CASES.

THE GOAL WAS TO MAKE IT A MANAGEABLE RESPIRATORY ILLNESS.

AND IT IS SO IN MANY PLACES WHERE ENOUGH HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.

SO, AGAIN, MY QUESTION TO ALL OF YOU IS, WHEN WILL THESE RESTRICTIONS END? THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS KIDS MUST WEAR MASKS NOW, EVEN IF THERE ZERO COMMUNITY CASES AND 100 PERCENT VACCINATION RATES.

FOR THEM, THIS WILL NEVER END.

YOUR JOB IS TO TELL THEM THAT IT'S OVER AND NOT ENGAGE WITH THEM IN THIS POINTLESS WAR AGAINST A VIRUS THAT'S NEVER GOING TO GO AWAY.

WE NEED YOU TO FIGHT FOR OUR KIDS, ALL OF YOU.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

ALL OF US ARE DOING IT BECAUSE WE WANT YOU TO FIGHT FOR THEM.

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ETHAN. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

MY NAME IS ETHAN SHIELDS.

I'M A CITIZEN FROM RANCHO CUCAMONGA, AND I CAME HERE BECAUSE OF AN INSTAGRAM POST THAT WAS ANNOUNCED IN THIS PROTEST.

AND I WANTED TO COME SUPPORT.

FIRST OF ALL, YOU GOT TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE LIMITED CONTROL.

THAT IS A COMPLETE LIE.

YOU DEFINITELY HAVE THE RIGHT AND THE POWER TO STAND UP FOR YOUR CHILDREN AND SOME OF THESE PARENTS. AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ALL HERE.

PARENTS HAVE RIGHTS OVER THEIR CHILDREN, NOT THE GOVERNMENT OR NOT ANY OF YOU GUYS.

YOU GUYS NEED TO FIGHT FOR THEM.

I'VE HAD COUNTLESS KIDS TELL ME THAT THEY HATE LEARNING DISTANCE, LEARNING THE HATE, WEARING MASKS. NONE OF THEM LIKE WEARING MASKS.

IT'S UNETHICAL. THEY NEED TO SEE HUMAN FACES IN ORDER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. THEY NEED THAT SOCIAL INTERACTION IN ORDER TO GROW.

AND THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO LEARN BETTER IF THEY'RE LEARNING, AMONGST OTHER PEOPLE.

NO ONE LEARNS GOOD SOLO LIKE YOU HAVE TO LEARN AS UNITY.

AND THAT'S WHAT KIDS NEED THESE DAYS.

THEY DON'T NEED THAT DISTANCE LEARNING.

THEY DON'T NEED ANY OF THAT. IT'S JUST COMPLETELY WRONG.

YOU GUYS CAN EASILY FIGHT BACK VERY, VERY EASILY.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUST NOT COMPLY.

IT'S SIMPLE. IT'S SIMPLE AS THAT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW ANY OF THESE RULES.

THEY'RE MANDATES. THEY'RE NOT LAWS.

NONE OF THIS IS, NONE OF THIS IS REQUIRED.

THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH PROOF, SO MUCH PROOF SHOWING THAT ALL OF THIS IS NOT REAL.

THAT ALL OF THIS IS FAKE, AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE, MEDICAL EXPERTS AND MOST OF THEM, UNFORTUNATELY, HAVE BEEN SILENCED AND NONE OF.

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND THE RESOURCES IF YOU DON'T REALLY LOOK DEEP ENOUGH.

AND I KNOW YOU GUYS PROBABLY DO NOT HAVE THE TIME TO LOOK DEEP ENOUGH, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE TO DO YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW.

YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE HEARTS OF THESE CHILDREN.

YOU'RE TRYING TO HELP THEM SUCCEED IN LIFE.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SUCCEED IN LIFE WITH THIS CURRICULUM.

IT'S ALREADY HARD AT SCHOOL AS IT IS EMOTIONALLY, PHYSICALLY.

THEY'RE GROWING. THEY'RE GROWING UP.

I'M PRETTY SURE NONE OF YOU WOULD WANT TO WEAR MASKS WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP.

WOULD YOU? COULD YOU EVEN IMAGINE THAT WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP? NO, IT'S DOWNRIGHT WRONG.

IT'S EVIL. AND YOU GUYS HAVE TO FIGHT BACK.

YOU HAVE TO FIGHT BACK BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING THIS FOR A REASON.

YOU'RE DOING THIS FOR THE CHILDREN.

YOU'RE NOT DOING THIS FOR YOURSELF.

SURE. YOU MAKE MONEY DOING IT.

BUT WHAT'S THAT ALL FOR? YOU NEED TO HELP THE CHILDREN AND HELP THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE THE FUTURE. THANK YOU.

JESSICA PERKINS.

HI, I'M JESSICA PERKINS, I HAVE TWO CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT, I'M HERE TODAY TO ADVOCATE NOT ONLY FOR MY OWN CHILDREN, BUT FOR ALL THE CHILDREN IN BONITA UNIFIED WHO WANT MASK CHOICE. I PREVIOUSLY SENT AN EMAIL TO THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT AND DID RECEIVE A FEW FAVORABLE RESPONSES.

THANK YOU. FROM THE RESPONSES I FOUND, THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT WE ALL AGREE ON.

THE PHYSICAL HEALTH OF OUR CHILDREN IS IMPORTANT.

THEIR MENTAL HEALTH IS IMPORTANT, THEIR EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT, AND THEN BEING IN SCHOOL FULL TIME IS IMPORTANT.

FORCING A CHILD TO WEAR A MASK IN CLASS WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO IS TELLING THEM THAT THEIR PHYSICAL HEALTH IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.

AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

THEY SHOULD BE TREATED EQUALLY.

SOME OF US EVEN BELIEVE THAT MASK WEARING NEGATIVELY AFFECTS THEIR PHYSICAL HEALTH.

BUT I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES.

WE'VE BEEN TOLD MANY OF YOU AGREE THAT MASKS ARE BURDENSOME AND WISH YOU COULD DO SOMETHING. BUT YOUR HANDS ARE TIED BECAUSE THE STATE WILL WITHHOLD FUNDING IF YOU DO NOT COMPLY. WE ALL KNOW MONEY IS IMPORTANT, BUT NOT AT THE COST OF OUR CHILDREN'S WELL-BEING, PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY.

HERE'S THE THING. WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU TO GO AGAINST THE MANDATE.

WE ARE ASKING YOU TO ENCOURAGE WEARING MASKS.

BUT LET THE PARENTS AND THE CHILDREN ULTIMATELY HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE AN INFORMED, AUTONOMOUS PERSONAL CHOICE IN THE MATTER.

WE KNOW THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH HAS STATED SCHOOLS MUST DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT LOCAL PROTOCOLS TO ENFORCE THE MASS REQUIREMENT.

WE ARE HERE ASKING YOU, THE LOCAL DISTRICT, TO CHOOSE ENFORCEMENT THAT DOES NOT PUNISH, SEGREGATE, HARASS OR BULLY A CHILD WHO DOES NOT WANT TO WEAR A MASK IN CLASS.

DR. WILLIAM ROSS JR., A PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST AND ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF PEDIATRICS, SAID "THE DATA ARE STRIKING.

THE KEY TAKEAWAY IS THAT CHILDREN ARE NOT DRIVING THIS PANDEMIC.

AFTER SIX MONTHS, WE HAVE A WEALTH OF ACCUMULATING DATA SHOWING THAT CHILDREN ARE LESS LIKELY TO BECOME INFECTED AND SEEM LESS INFECTIOUS.

IT IS CONGREGATING ADULTS WHO AREN'T FOLLOWING SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE

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AS THE ADULTS, LET'S TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.

STOP PUNISHING OUR CHILDREN, START PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN'S INNOCENCE.

AND IF THEY DON'T WANT TO WEAR A MASK, LET THEM CHOOSE SO.

I HAVE TWO CHILDREN, ONE GOING INTO FIRST GRADE, ONE GOING INTO TK.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT'S HORRIFYING.

THEM WEARING A MASKS.

ONE WEARS GLASSES.

HE HAS A STUTTER. IT IS UNIMAGINABLE THE MISERY.

I HAVE ALSO TALKED TO CLASSMATES AND FRIENDS ALL FEELING DISCOURAGED AND DEFEATED BY HOW FAR WE HAVE SPIRALED IN THIS PANDEMIC.

YOU LOSE A LITTLE FREEDOM AT A TIME AND THE POT IS BOILING AND WE NEED TO JUMP OUT.

I KNOW WE ALL FEEL HELPLESS AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE ASKING YOU TO USE THE LOCAL AUTHORITY GIVEN TO YOU BY THE STATE ON THE ENFORCEMENT ASPECT ONLY.

WE ARE NOT SAYING GO AGAINST THIS MANDATE.

WE ARE SAYING CHOOSE HOW TO ENFORCE IT AND DO NOT DO SO BY BULLYING OR FORCING STUDENTS OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT NOT ALL PARENTS FEEL THIS WAY, WHICH IS WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN AND THE PARENTS THAT DO.

AS PARENTS, TEACHERS AND REPRESENTATIVES, WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF ALL CHILDREN AND NOT ASSUME THAT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL MANDATE IS WHAT IS BEST. IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER PARENTS CHOICE IS TO WEAR A MASK AND MASK THEIR CHILDREN HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN AWAY, BUT OURS DOES.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

OK, HELLO, BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD, MY NAME IS OLIVER CARTWRIGHT.

I'M A RESIDENT OF LA VERNE, A CONCERNED PARENT, FOUNDER OF CLEAN PARKS LA VERNE COMMUNITY WATCH LEADER, STREET TEAM ACTIVIST FOR CHILDREN'S SAFETY WITH MEGAN'S LAW, A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND A FARMER.

I SPEAK TODAY TO ASK THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD TO HAVING NO MASK MANDATE FOR CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS AND TO LET IT BE A CHOICE.

I BELIEVE THAT THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

I ALSO BELIEVE THAT CHILDREN WEARING MASKS HAS MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR A CHILD TO BREATHE AND CAUSES RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. ALSO, SINCE THE LOCKDOWN'S WEARING MASKS, NO IN-PERSON TEACHING.

I KNOW THAT ONE CHILD HAS COMMITTED SUICIDE, PERSONALLY.

I KNOW DOZENS AND DOZENS MORE THAT HAVE HAD PSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGE TO THE POINT OF DEVELOPING BEHAVIORAL ISSUES AND DEPRESSION.

IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

THERE HAS BEEN NINE HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND COVID CASES IN THE AGE GROUP OF 35 TO 49 WITH 3400 DEATHS.

THERE HAS BEEN HALF OF THAT NUMBER OF COVID CASES, 410000 IN THE AGE GROUP OF FIVE TO 17 YEARS OLD WITH ONLY 21 DEATHS.

CHILDREN CAN FIGHT THIS INFECTION MUCH BETTER, ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH WEBSITE.

AS OF JULY 28, 2021.

THE SCIENCE THAT I STUDY SAYS THAT MASKS DO NOT WORK TO STOP PARTICLES OF COVID FROM SPREADING. I RECENTLY VISITED AN ER DOCTOR AND ASKED WHY THEY WEAR MASKS.

THE DOCTOR SAID IT WAS MAINLY SO THEY DON'T GET FLUIDS THAT MIGHT BE SQUIRTING FROM A PATIENT IN THEIR MOUTH, NOT TINY PARTICLES.

TO PREVENT TINY PARTICLES FROM ENTERING THEIR MOUTH OR MOUTH, WE WOULD NEED MUCH MORE SOPHISTICATED MASK VENTILATION SYSTEMS. LASTLY, PLEASE CONSIDER THE RESILIENCE OF OUR YOUTH TO FIGHT THE VIRUS.

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT OF WEARING MASK TAKES ON OUR CHILDREN AND THE PHYSICAL HARM IT IS CAUSING THEM. LET'S HAVE FAITH THAT THE VACCINE WORKS.

WE'RE DOING [INAUDIBLE] IMMUNITY AND CONSIDER A MASK CHOICE OPTION IN THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN.

WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE] SORRY IF I'M MISPRONOUNCING THAT, I'M SORRY? [INAUDIBLE] LA VERNE ABOUT OR FOUR YEARS MY CHILDREN WENT TO BONITA, I'VE CONFRONTED YOU GUYS BEFORE BACK IN '96, YOU DIDN'T IMPRESS ME.

YOU DON'T IMPRESS ME NOW. AND THE SCIENCE YOU GUYS BOAST ABOUT SO MUCH IS POLITICAL SCIENCE, NOT TRUE SCIENCE.

OK, THAT MASK WON'T EVEN KEEP YOUR BAD BREATH OUT.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT HEALTHY, SIR, YOU SHOULD STAY HOME AND NOT FORCE US TO WEAR A MASK.

AND YOU'VE BEEN VACCINATED AND YOU STILL GOT COVID.

I GOT COVID.

I TOOK [INAUDIBLE] I WAS THROUGH IN TWO DAYS.

OK, AND IF THEY WOULD HAVE GIVEN THE [INAUDIBLE] TO ALL THE OLD PEOPLE, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE DIED. THE PEOPLE IN POWER ARE MURDERING PEOPLE AND YOU GUYS ARE COMPLICIT WITH THAT.

OK, AND GOD'S GOING TO HOLD YOU RESPONSIBLE.

YES. YOU GUYS THINK YOU'RE A POWERFUL.

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I WOULDN'T BE TOO SURE OF THAT.

OK? I WOULDN'T BE TOO SURE. THE CDC SAYS THAT I AM, A 71 YEAR OLD MAN, HAVE 99.4 SURVIVABILITY OVER COVID.

A CHILD FROM ZERO TO SEVENTY HAS 99.9 PROGRESSIVELY.

WHY DO I NEED THAT VACCINE? WHAT IS IT YOU WANT TO PUT IN ME FOR FREE? YOU KNOW, WHEN MY IMMUNE SYSTEM FIGHTS IT, I HAVE THE TRUE VACCINE.

YOU DON'T, UP THERE ON THE SCREEN, YOU DO NOT HAVE THE TRUE VACCINE.

THAT'S WHY YOU GOT VACCINES.

SO DON'T GO PLAY THE ROLE ABOUT FLORIDA AND CALIFORNIA.

BY THE WAY, CALIFORNIA IS SECOND TO LAST IN EDUCATION.

SO YOU GUYS ARE LIARS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ROBIN WALKER? HI, MY NAME IS ROBYN WALKER, I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE ONE IN FOUR KIDS THAT CONTEMPLATED SUICIDE. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE KIDS THAT DID COMMIT SUICIDE DURING THIS COVID.

I'M HERE REPRESENTING MY SIX YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WHO WANTS HER LIFE BACK.

I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT FACTS, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE MASK DOES NOT PREVENT COVID-19 SPREAD.

IF YOU WANT ANY CHANCE YOU GOT TO WEAR IN N95.

SO MR. COYNE, MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU AND I HOPE FOR YOUR HEALTH, BUT YOU NEED TO WEAR AN N95, IF YOU'RE CONCERNED.

THIS IS NOT GOING TO DO IT.

THE MOMENT YOU ASK MY CHILD TO WEAR AN N95 FOR SIX HOURS, A DAY IS THE MOMENT WE'RE DONE.

I'M NOT DOING THAT.

WITHIN NINE MINUTES, A CHILD IS GETTING LESS OXYGEN WITHIN NINE MINUTES, AND YOU'RE ASKING THEM WHERE THEM HOW MANY HOURS A DAY? YOU THINK THAT LESS OXYGEN IS THE WAY TO KEEP MY CHILD HEALTHY? A DANISH STUDY, 6000 PARTICIPANTS, SHOWED WEARING SURGICAL MASKS DID NOT SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE A PERSON'S RISK TO GETTING COVID COMPARED TO THE PEOPLE NOT WEARING MASKS.

OF [INAUDIBLE] STUDY OF SIXTEEN HUNDRED PARTICIPANTS SHOWED THAT 97 PERCENT OF PARTICLES PENETRATED THESE MASKS.

PEOPLE AND ALSO SHOW THAT PEOPLE THAT WERE THE [INAUDIBLE] HAD A HIGHER RATE OF INFECTION. I JUST READ RECENTLY THAT 80 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE GETTING COVID IN ISRAEL RIGHT NOW WERE VACCINATED.

80 PERCENT! HOW MUCH EVIDENCE AND STUDIES THAT WE NEED TO READ AND SHOW EVEN THE STANFORD ONE THAT WAS THERE BEING POOH-POOHED BECAUSE THE AMERICAN ELITE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT WANT TO GIVE ANY VALIDATION TO THIS.

BUT THE SCIENCE IS SHOWING THAT THESE MASKS DON'T WORK.

VACCINATION ISN'T GOING TO KEEP US SAFE.

THIS IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

AND WE NEED TO GIVE AMERICANS THEIR CHOICE.

SO L.A. COUNTY SHERIFFS SAID I'M NOT ENFORCING.

OK, SO YOU WANT TO SAY YOU SAY I, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

WE GET OUR FUNDING. SO THIS IS WHAT I'M ASKING YOU NOT TO ENFORCE.

YOU KNOW, ALLOW PARENTS AND CHILDREN TO HAVE A CHOICE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO MASK AND TO BE BRAVE, BE HEROES FOR OUR KIDS, BECAUSE THESE ARE MAKING PEOPLE SICK MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY. SO GIVE PEOPLE THE CHOICE.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT YOUR FUNDING.

WORRY ABOUT THE KIDS THEY NEED [INAUDIBLE].

ONE LAST STUDY RECENTLY CAME OUT A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE JOURNAL AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PEDIATRICS SECTION FOUND THAT WEARING OF NOSE AND MOUTH COVERINGS BY CHILDREN LEADS TO AN INCREASE IN CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS AND BOTH INHALED EXHALED AIR WHILE WEARING A MASK.

. ELENA NORD.

HELLO, I'M ELENA NORD, AND I'M A MOTHER, TOO, I'M PROUD MOTHER OF THAT LITTLE ONE OVER THERE WHO JUST SPOKE EARLIER AND I'M HONORED WE ATTEND GRACE MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE UNACCEPTABLE TREATMENT OF OUR KIDS.

FEAR IS A VERY POWERFUL TOOL THAT CAN BE USED TO MANIPULATE HUMAN BEHAVIOR.

DUE TO MONTHS OF FEAR INDUCING PROPAGANDA.

THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE HAVE BECOME OVERCOME WITH PANIC.

IT'S GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO TRY TO DETERMINE FACT FROM AGENDA, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE CENSORING. THIS STATE OF FEAR SUPERSEDES ONE'S FACULTY OF REASON, THE FACT THAT THE

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UNFORTUNATELY, IT SEEMS PERSONAL JUDGMENT AND RISK ASSESSMENT ARE BEING DRIVEN BY FEELINGS RATHER THAN STATISTICS AND TRUE EVIDENCE.

PROLONGED FEAR AND STRESS ALTER BOTH BRAIN CHEMISTRY STRUCTURE, NEGATIVELY IMPACTING THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, AND CAN LEAD TO EMOTIONAL DESPAIR.

THE OUTCOME OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DEGENERATION AND HELPLESSNESS IS THE IS THE PURPOSE IN ALL OF US HERE TODAY PLEADING WITH YOU.

STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT KIDS HAVE A TENDENCY TO BLINDLY TRUST AND OBEY AUTHORITY FIGURES.

MY CHILDREN KNOW THE MATERIAL THAT WE HAVE PRESENTED HERE TODAY AND PRESENTED HERSELF ACTUALLY WASN'T PLANNED.

SHE DECIDED TO ON HER OWN.

THEY HAVE FURTHER LOST TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR ACADEMIA AS WELL AS THEIR TEACHERS FOR NOT CRITICALLY EXAMINING THE POLICIES THEY ARE ENFORCING.

OR IF THEY HAD, THEY WOULD HAVE DISCOVERED FOR THEMSELVES THAT THEY ARE NOT BASED ON SOUND SCIENCE, BUT ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS NONSENSE.

THE RISK OF DEATH FROM COVID FOR OUR CHILDREN IS SO SMALL, BUT MITIGATING THAT SMALL AMOUNT OF RISK SEEMS TO BE ALL THAT MATTERS RIGHT NOW.

IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THE SCIENCE AROUND MASKS AND INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS.

THIS IS BEYOND LUDICROUS.

AND YET OUR CHILDREN, THEY JUST WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL.

THEY WANT TO BE WITH THEIR FRIENDS.

IT'S VERY SAD. AS PARENTS, THE PARENTS REPRESENTED HERE TODAY UNDERSTAND THAT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT ONLY HAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF POWER IN SETTING AND ENFORCING POLICIES.

WE ARE ASKING YOU TO REPRESENT AND ADVOCATE FOR US TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY, THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY. THE CURRENT MASK MANDATES ALLOWS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT'S YOU TO DETERMINE HOW YOU ENFORCE THE MASK POLICY.

THAT'S EVERYTHING.

WE ARE NOT, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO NOT BE PUNITIVE WITH OUR KIDS, TO LET THEM LOWER THEIR MASK AND BREATHE IN CLASS WHEN THEY NEED TO WITHOUT BEING TOLD.

PUT YOUR MASK BACK ON.

MY KIDS WENT TO THE SCHOOL DAY SCHOOL AGED DAY CARE PROGRAM AND THEY WERE CONSTANTLY BEING TOLD, PUT YOUR MASK BACK ON, PUT YOUR MASK BACK ON AND SHAMED.

THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. I WON'T HAVE MY KIDS SHAMED.

I NEED YOUR HELP TO HELP PROTECT MY KIDS.

YOU DO NOT WANT TO GO BACK TO A NORMAL.

YOU WANT A TRUE NORMAL, HELP US . WE HAVE 36 SECONDS LEFT ON THE CLOCK, SO WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE PERSON AND THAT WILL BE AMANDA LEE AND AMANDA WILL ALLOW YOU TO FILL A FULL THREE MINUTES BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE PRECEDING WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THREE MINUTES IF THEY HAD WANTED IT.

I HAVE TO CONFESS, I'M HARD OF HEARING, I CAN'T HEAR IN THIS ROOM.

SO JUST TO BE SURE YOU'RE CLEAR, THERE'S 36 SECONDS LEFT ON THE CLOCK, BUT WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW YOU FULL THREE MINUTES BECAUSE OTHERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A FULL THREE MINUTES.

SO IF YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, THAT'S FINE.

BUT THE MIC WILL GO OFF.

I HAVE THREE MINUTES RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? YES. WHEN YOU START HEARING.

ALL RIGHT. SO IT SEEMS LIKE I'M THE LONE DOG TODAY.

FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TONIGHT TO TACKLE QUITE A FEW ITEMS. THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT MOST OF US AS PARENTS ARE SO HAPPY TO HAVE OUR KIDS RETURNING IN PERSON.

WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT. RIGHT? WE'RE HAPPY THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE RETURNING IN PERSON.

YES. NO, NO? THEY'RE QUIET. MAYBE THEY'RE NOT.

I DON'T KNOW. ALL RIGHT.

SOMETHING I WANT PEOPLE TO CONSIDER.

THE GENTLEMAN UP HERE SAID, WHAT? I HAVE A HEART CONDITION.

CAN YOU PLEASE COVER YOUR MOUTH? PEOPLE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE IN THE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE, A MAJORITY OF THE ROOM HAS NO MAP AND THIS ROOM IS FULL.

THE DISREGARD OF PEOPLE THAT ARE AT RISK, SOMEONE WHO CHOSE TO COME TO WORK TODAY DESPITE THE RISK, IS HERE.

HE'S SITTING RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF YOU TO HEAR ALL OF YOU, TO GIVE YOU YOUR MOMENT, SOMEONE WHO HAS COVID AS WE SPEAK, NOT FAKE.

IT'S REAL. WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF COVID! HAD ANYBODY HEARD OF THE STORY OF THIS LITTLE BOY IN GEORGIA THAT JUST DIED FROM COVID?

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MY THREE MINUTE.

EVERYONE. KRISTA, WHAT WAS IT LIKE SITTING WITH YOUR SON? EVERYONE WHO HAS PUT IN A CARD HAS BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

THIS IS.

BUT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT THE MASKS.

THAT'S WHAT'S UP.

THERE'S NOTHING ON THERE'S NOTHING ON THE MASK.

THERE IS NOTHING ON THE MASK ON THE AGENDA ABOUT MASKS.

IT'S AN OPEN COMMENT TIME.

SO IT'S ABOUT MASKS.

AMANDA, PLEASE CONTINUE.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE SITTING WITH YOUR SON IN THE HOSPITAL? I'M GOING TO MAKE IT PERSONAL.

I'M SORRY. WHAT WAS IT LIKE SITTING WITH YOUR SON IN THE HOSPITAL? CAUSE YOU VOCALIZE ABOUT HIM HAVING A HEART CONDITION, RIGHT? PLEASE WAIT. AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T HEAR, OK? NO ONE INTERRUPTED ANY OF YOU WHILE YOU WERE SPEAKING.

IF YOU DO NOT PROVIDE HER WITH THE SAME COURTEOUS COURTESY, THEN THAT'S ON YOU.

THERE'S A REASON I'M BRINGING THAT UP.

YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN BEYOND THIS EARTH, RIGHT? BECAUSE I AGREE WITH THAT. I'M NOT ATTACKING YOU AS A MOTHER.

I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

YOU SAT IN THAT HOSPITAL ROOM WITH YOUR CHILDREN WONDERING, GOOD LORD, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? NO PARENT YEAH, GO THERE.

THAT'S FINE. DEPUTIES, DEPUTIES ! I NEED YOU TO GO AHEAD.

CHICAGO, BAHMANOU, ANYBODY ELSE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE, A FEW OTHER PEOPLE ARE TO SPEAK ABOUT ROBERT, IS SHE RIGHT AFTER SHE CHAKMAK? IT WAS REALLY HARD WORKING THERE.

HOLDING SOMETHING UP FOR FREE.

WOW, OK.

UNLESS MS. LEE IS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE UNINTERRUPTED, WE WILL HAVE TO CLEAN OUT THE ROOM.

YEAH. LET HER CONTINUE.

ARE YOU CLEAR WITH THAT? LET HER FINISH.

NO, NO, YOU MAY NOT.

THIS IS A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

EVERYONE WAS ALLOWED TO SPEAK, ALLOW HER TO SPEAK.

I THINK. ARE WE ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT HER FAMILY MEMBERS, IS THAT NORMAL? WELL, LET ME FINISH.

WE HAVE 20 MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING MASKS.

HOLD ON. SHE HAS A CARD.

NONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE, NONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE GOING TO RESPOND TO ANY OF THE COMMENTS. THANK YOU, I MEAN, I CHOSE TO BE HERE AND I CHOSE TO BE IN THIS POSITION.

SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HEAR WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY.

AND THANK YOU, THOUGH.

THANK YOU FOR TRYING.

BUT I CHOSE TO BE HERE.

AMANDA, PLEASE. CONTINUE. AND THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS BECAUSE YOU LOVE YOUR CHILD.

AND I'M SO I MIGHT, I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH WITH THAT.

I CAN'T. MY ONLY WAY TO RELATE TO THAT IS MY CHILD STRUGGLING TO BREATHE IN THE ER AS HE HAS AN IV STUCK INTO HIM BECAUSE HE CAN'T BREATHE AND HIM BEGGING, "MOMMY, PLEASE TAKE ME HOME." SO THAT'S WHY I BRING THAT UP, BECAUSE THAT IS STILL SO LITTLE IN COMPARISON TO WHAT YOU HAVE HAD TO GO THROUGH, OK? THE REASON I BRING THIS UP, HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE WE GOING TO PUT AT RISK IN OUR PUSH TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL? NO MASK.

NO.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. YOU JUST LET THEM KNOW.

YOU'RE HERE. YOU'RE BACK.

WE ONLY HAVE TWO MORE PEOPLE WHO FILLED OUT CARDS, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND LET THEM HAVE THEIR THREE MINUTES. WE'LL START WITH CELESTE PEREZ, PLEASE.

[01:00:06]

THAT'S FINE. HI, MY NAME IS ALISON ALBIN, AND I'M A SEVENTH GRADER IN [INAUDIBLE] MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU WHY THE MASK MANDATE IS WRONG. IT'S JUST THAT IT'S HARD TO THINK ABOUT HEALTHY CHILDREN ARE NOT DYING FROM COVID.

THE MASKS HAVE MADE SO MANY KIDS HAVE DEPRESSION.

THAT'S NOT RIGHT. IT'S HORRIBLE.

WE FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD BE AFRAID TO BREATHE.

RIDICULOUS IS THAT IF GOVERNOR NEWSOME CAN GO TO A FANCY RESTAURANT WITHOUT MASK AND NANCY PELOSI COULD GET HER DONE WITHOUT A MASK, I CAN GET MY EDUCATION.

1 PETER 5:7: CAST ALL YOUR ANXIETY ON HIM BECAUSE HE CARES FOR YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME .

THANK YOU. AND THE LAST ONE UP ON THE SUBJECT IS CYNTHIA GAVILAN.

CYNTHIA GAVILAN, CITY OF LA VERNE, I HAD KIDS HERE A LONG TIME AGO AND I'M JUST SO OVER IT WITH EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS.

DO YOU GUYS ALL HERE KNOW HOW MANY KIDS HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE SINCE CHRISTMAS? DO ANY OF YOU GUYS KNOW BETWEEN THE CITY OF CLAREMONT AND GLENDOOR? WE'VE HAD 14 KIDS KILLED THEMSELVES SINCE DECEMBER.

DO YOU GUYS KNOW THAT? I NEVER HEAR ANY OF YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT THAT.

MY FIRST HUSBAND DID THAT VERY, VERY MANY YEARS AGO.

I KNOW HOW DEVASTATING THAT IS TO A FAMILY.

AND I'M SORRY ABOUT ALL THIS OTHER STUFF HERE.

YOU HAVE NO COMPREHENSION ABOUT WHAT THAT DOES TO A FAMILY.

NONE OF YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

I ALSO HAVE MYOCARDITIS.

I CAN'T GET THE SHOT EVER.

I'LL BE DEAD IN ONE DAY.

MY INDIAN DOCTOR TOLD ME THAT AND HE SAID FROM DAY ONE, THIS IS ALL A CHARADE AND HE'S FROM INDIA. THIS IS HORRENDOUS.

THIS IS MORALLY, MORALLY JUST WRONG TO BE IN COMPLETE DENIAL OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND YOUR JOB IS NOT TO WORK FOR THE UNIONS.

YOUR JOB IS NOT TO WORK FOR GAVIN NEWSOM.

YOUR ONE JOB, WHY YOU'RE ELECTED AND WHY YOU'RE HIRED AND YOU MAKE ALL THE MONEY THAT YOU MAKE DOWN THERE IS TO WORK FOR THESE FAMILIES AND THESE KIDS.

THE KIDS I SEE WALKING THE STREETS, THE KIDS I SEE CRYING.

THE FAMILIES IN THE STORIES THAT I HAVE BEEN HEARING, THIS IS A THOUSAND PERCENT ON YOU.

IT IS YOUR JOB TO STAND UP.

THIS IS WRONG.

THIS IS TO THE CORE OF OUR FREEDOMS. AND THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WRONG.

AND FOR ANY OF YOU TO SAY THAT YOU'RE ONLY DOING WHAT YOU'RE TOLD IS A SHAM, AN ABSOLUTE SHAM. AND I'M ACTUALLY SHAKING BECAUSE I'M STILL MAD BECAUSE THE THINGS I'VE HEARD.

IT IS EMBARRASSING IS EMBARRASSING AS AN AMERICAN.

IT'S AN EMBARRASSING AS A TAXPAYER CITIZEN.

AND JUST WAIT THE SCHOOL CHOICE INITIATIVE IS COMING AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE STRIPPED OF THEIR MONEY BECAUSE WE'RE ALL GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HOME SCHOOL, THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE GOING THROUGH THE ROOF AND YOUR POWER IS GOING TO BE DRAWN BETWEEN THIS MASK STUFF, BETWEEN CRT, BETWEEN THE SEX ED.

WHAT IS WRONG? IT'S NOT YOUR JOB TO BE THE PARENTS.

AND YEAH, MAYBE THE PARENTS ARE THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY COMPLICIT AND REALLY LAZY FOR A LONG TIME, WHATEVER.

BUT WE'RE WOKEN UP NOW AND WE'RE COMING FOR YOU GUYS.

YOUR JOBS ARE NEXT. I CAN'T I JUST CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE THAT ONE.

FOR ALL OF YOU NODDING UP AND DOWN, TAKE THE MASKS OFF THEN IF YOU REALLY DON'T BELIEVE IT. LIKE I SAID, MY OWN DOCTOR TOLD ME FLAT OUT THE MASKS, WEARING A MASK HURTS YOU, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WITH HEART PROBLEMS. WE DON'T PROCESS OXYGEN THE SAME.

I RUN AT EIGHTY SIX PERCENT.

EIGHTY SEVEN PERCENT OF THE TIME I CAN'T WEAR A MASK FOR FIVE MINUTES.

I HAD CHANGE JOBS EIGHT YEARS AGO WHEN I GOT THIS BECAUSE OF IT.

IT'S A TOTAL SHAM.

YOU SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED THOUGH.

YOU'RE HURTING THESE KIDS.

IF ONE MORE KID COMMITS SUICIDE, THOUGH, I'M HOLDING YOU GUYS ACCOUNTABLE.

I'M DONE WITH THAT.

YOU SHOULD KNOW ALL THE NAMES.

YOU SHOULD KNOW EVERY ONE OF THOSE FOURTEEN KIDS' NAMES.

YOU SHOULD.

THANK YOU. UP NEXT, CAROLYN LAURIE.

WELL, I HAVE MY PINK TICKET TO SPEAK, BUT I GUESS APPARENTLY YOU DON'T NEED ONE.

BUT I'M GOING TO GET ORGANIZED BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT TO SAY AND I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES

[01:05:02]

AND THIS IS A DIFFERENT SUBJECT, BY THE WAY, AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. HERE I GO. MY GLASSES ON.

OK, SO I'M A RESIDENT OF LA VERNE.

FOR 22 YEARS, TWO OF MY CHILDREN GRADUATED FROM BONITA HIGH SCHOOL AND TWO ATTEND.

NOW, BONITA IS A GREAT SCHOOL.

I COME THIS EVENING WITH GREAT CONCERN FOR MY CHILDREN AS I RECENTLY DISCOVERED HOW OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS EMBRACING AND ACCOMMODATING THE IDEOLOGIES OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY.

AS A RECENT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WAS STATED AT THIS LAST HOUR, I THINK IT WAS IN JUNE THAT IT WAS STATED THAT WE'RE GOING TO ENGAGE NEXT YEAR IN THE TRAINING OF OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS IN IMPLICIT BIAS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

SO WHAT IS IMPLICIT BIAS? WELL, IT'S THE ATTITUDES OR STEREOTYPES THAT EXIST UNCONSCIOUSLY IN OUR MINDS.

IT'S AN UNCONSCIOUS BIAS.

IN A RECENT DISCUSSION POSTED ON YOUTUBE, THE BONITA UNIFIED EQUITY COMMITTEE TALKS ABOUT IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING, STATING THE IDEA OF JUST OPENING UP THEIR EYES TO PERHAPS THEIR OWN UNCONSCIOUS BIAS.

SO TRAINING OUR TEACHERS AND CHILDREN ABOUT THEIR OWN UNCONSCIOUS BIAS.

I FIND THIS MANIPULATING AND WILL BRING CONFUSION TO OUR CHILDREN BY PUTTING NEGATIVE THOUGHTS INTO OUR CHILDREN'S MINDS THAT WERE NEVER THERE TO BEGIN WITH.

AS A MEMBER OR A MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO THE DISTRICT TO REVIEW TRAINING ON IMPLICIT BIAS.

ACCORDING TO THE CTA'S WEBSITE, THEY WORK WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO HELP DEVELOP A RACIAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE PERSPECTIVE.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE CONCEPTS INCLUDED EXPLORING UNCONSCIOUS BIAS, GENDER IDENTITY, INDIVIDUAL VERSUS SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION, INTERSECTIONALITY, MATRIX OF BIAS, POWER PRIVILEGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, SOCIAL JUSTICE CURRICULUM IN YOUR CLASSROOM.

UNFORTUNATELY, ME DISCUSSING THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU THIS EVENING, I WILL BE DEEMED, IN THE COMMITTEE'S WORDS, NOT MINE, A DETRACTOR, THE RESISTANCE AND THE ONE WHO NEEDS THE IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING THE MOST.

I HAVE RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF TEACHER TRAINING.

I HAVE A BILINGUAL, BICULTURAL TEACHING CREDENTIAL AND SPENT 15 YEARS OF MY LIFE AS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER IN EAST LOS ANGELES.

I AM PRIVILEGED AND BLESSED BECAUSE I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I RESPECTED AND STUDENTS WHO I ADORED.

AS A TEACHER, I ALWAYS HAD HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR MY STUDENTS.

I BELIEVED IN THEM AND THEY KNEW IT.

THEY WERE MY SUPERSTARS.

EMPHASIS WAS NOT PLACED ON THEIR SKIN COLOR, BUT ON ACHIEVEMENT CULTURES AND CHARACTER.

CRT PROCLAIMS TO OUR CHILDREN THAT THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN MAKES YOU EITHER PRIVILEGED OR OPPRESSED. THAT'S A HEAVY BURDEN TO PLACE ON CHILDREN.

AND EACH ONE OF OUR CHILDREN ARE UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS IN THE HUMAN RACE.

FOR MY FIFTEEN YEAR OLD BOYS, RACE DOESN'T MATTER WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING FRIENDS.

IF A BOY IS FUNNY, LIKE SPORTS HAS GOOD CHARACTER, THAT'S WHO THEY WANT TO HANG OUT WITH.

CRT TEACHES OUR CHILDREN THAT SKIN COLOR MATTERS MORE THAN ANYTHING.

I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT AMERICAN'S PATH IS NOT PERFECT.

I THINK THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT PREJUDICE AND RACISM IS WRONG AND . NEXT UP, LILY BERNARD.

SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED YOUR LAST NAME.

HI, MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE], I AM A BONITA MOM OF TWO SCHOOL AGEE CHILDREN.

I'M SO GLAD I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE.

I'M NOT THE FIRST ONE AGAIN, BECAUSE I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I COME TO SCHOOL BOARS MEETING IS A SINCE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN.

I WAS SHAKEN BECAUSE THAT WAS A VERY COLD NIGHT IN BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.

I WAS SHAKEN BECAUSE MY POOR ENGLISH IS NOT MY ANGRY BECAUSE I SAY IT WITH POOR TEXT ABOUT SEX EDUCATION.

WHY OUR SCHOOL SO QUIET? I WAS SO FEAR AT THAT TIME.

BUT AFTER THAT, AS A MOM, I HAVE TO PROTECT MY KIDS SO I TO INFORM EVERYONE AND START A PEER GROUP [INAUDIBLE] SO I'M SO GLAD PEOPLE WAKE UP.

OK, SO ANYWAY, I'M SO GLAD LAST ELECTION YEARS SO MANY PARENTS INVOLVED.

WE REALLY, REALLY WANT OUT OF [INAUDIBLE].

WE LISTEN TO PARENTS TO REALLY STAND UP FOR US, NOT JUST SAY, HEY, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CALIFORNIA LAW.

WE HAVE TO DO THAT. WE HAVE TO DO THAT.

SO IT'S NOT A JOB.

[01:10:02]

SO I WANT PEOPLE TO STAND UP, GET THE RESOLUTION TO SAY WE DON'T WANT THIS, WE WANT OUR KIDS, FOCUSED ACADEMIC, BE A GOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT, NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THOSE ARGUMENTS ABOUT THE SEX EDUCATION.

FOR ME, I'M SO FRUSTRATED BECAUSE I HAVE TWO TEENAGER, OK? THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT THEIR MOM SAYS OR EVERYTHING IS WRONG FROM ME.

AND THEN THEY JUST SAY SOMETHING LIKE F-WORD IN MY HOUSE.

IT'S MY HOUSE RULE, NO F WORD.

BUT THEY TALK LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT'S NORMAL, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S TRUE IN SCHOOL WE WILL NORMALIZE EVERYTHING, EVEN JUST SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE.

I WAS JUST HARD TO SAY, BUT IT'S JUST LIKE UP TO TEN POSITION ABOUT HAVING SEX.

I SAID I DON'T NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY SEX POSITION TO BE A GOOD WIFE, BUT MY KIDS HAD TO LEARN. SO I THINK WE WERE LUCKY TO RUN AWAY FROM COVID-19 BECAUSE IT'S SO NEEDED, RIGHT? I'M SO GLAD I GOT HOW ABOUT I MY KIDS NEED TO TO LEARN BECAUSE WE WERE SO NERVOUS AT THAT TIME AND THEN COVID AND THEN ZOOM.

WE WERE SO LUCKY WE RAN AWAY THAT BUT NOW I HAVE NO MAKEUP CLASS.

SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN.

FULL GRADE HAS TO ENTER SEX AGAIN FOR TWO WEEKS.

[INAUDIBLE].

WHAT KIND OF POSITION. HOW TO SAY YES, HOW TO SAY NO.

HOW ABOUT IF YOU ARE A GAY OR LESBIAN.

SO IT'S VERY DANGEROUS MESSAGE TO ALL MY KIDS.

SO THAT'S WHY I STAND HERE.

I HOPE YOU GUYS HAS TO NOT JUST FOLLOW THE LAW, STAND UP FOR US AND LET'S VOTE THIS TIME.

SEND OUT A NOTICE. NOT JUST EMAIL AND PAPER PARENTS BUST, OK? THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

YOU HAVE TO LET THEM KNOW IT'S COMING.

THEY HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PREPARE AND HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO LIKE SOME PEOPLE NEED TO GO TO WHAT [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU.

AND OUR LAST SPEAKER IS CINDY VELASCO.

I'M A PARENT FOR THREE STUDENTS HERE IN THE BONITA UNIFIED DISTRICT.

I'M HERE REPRESENTING ONE STUDENT OF MINE.

GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT AND CABINET.

MY REASON FOR MY SPEAKING TODAY IS TO INFORM YOU DISTRICT CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS OF AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED AT LONE HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH AN INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE BY THE NAME OF TERRY CRAWL AND MY STUDENT.

AS OF TODAY, MS. CRAWL HAS NOT BEEN REPRIMANDED FOR ANY OF HER ACTIONS OF HITTING MY CHILD OVER THE HEAD WITH THE HARD COVER BOOK.

HOWEVER, MY CHILD, THE VICTIM, HAD HER RESIDENCE AND CHARACTER QUESTIONED.

WHOM, MIND YOU, HAS NEVER HAD ANY BEHAVIOR RECORDS, ANY INCIDENTS.

AND IN ORDER TO AVOID THAT WAS IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY ACTIONS ON THE BEHALF OF YOUR STAFF . I HAD CONTACT WITH ONE OF YOU UP HERE THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT AND YOUR WORDS, I QUOTE, "WILL AN APOLOGY MAKE THINGS BETTER?" SINCE THEN, MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN TRAUMATIZED AND NOW SEEKING PERSONAL SERVICES, I HAVE SPOKEN TO ADMINISTRATION AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, SCHOOL SITE DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL ED AND NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW THE INCIDENT.

SO I AM AWARE. SO I'M HERE NOW TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD AND TO INFORM YOU THAT IF AT ANY TIME MS. CRAWL PUT HER HANDS ON ANOTHER STUDENT, I WILL BACK UP THAT FAMILY IN ANY MEANS.

THE LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL.

AGAIN, SHE SHOOK HER STUDENTS HEAD, WHETHER IT WAS IN A PLAYING MANNER OR NOT.

AND AFTER WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH MY CHILD, SHE IS STILL PUTTING HANDS ON STUDENTS.

AND I'M ALMOST POSITIVE THAT SHE'S DONE THIS IN THE PAST.

THAT'S WHY SHE HASN'T FACED CONSEQUENCES.

THAT'S WHY SHE FEELS SO COMFORTABLE DOING WHAT SHE HAS DONE.

YOU'RE ED CODE 32210 SAYS IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO INTENTIONALLY ATTEMPT OR INJURE ANOTHER PERSON.

OK. ED CODE 48900 HAS CAUSE ANY THIS IS NOW IF A STUDENT WERE TO DO THAT TO A CHILD AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET DISCIPLINED, WHY IS AN ADULT NOT GETTING DISCIPLINED? OK, ALSO ED CODE 48915, EXPULSIONS, ASSAULT OR BATTERY UPON A SCHOOL

[01:15:05]

RIGHT? SO I LEAVE YOU WITH THIS, IF IT WAS YOUR CHILD AND YOU SEEK FROM THE SUPERINTENDENTS SCHOOL AND ADMIN [INAUDIBLE]

[17.1. The Next Regular Board of Education Meeting Date]

THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2021, BEGINNING AT FOUR P.M.. DO ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS?

[18. ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS]

ACTUALLY, I DO. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER MOVING THE TIME OF THE MEETING SO THAT PARENTS IT'S EASIER FOR THE PARENTS TO GET TO THESE MEETINGS.

THE WORKING PARENTS NEED TO HAVE A VOICE, TOO, AND HOLDING THESE MEETINGS AT THIS TIME DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THAT.

ANY OTHER HANDS? WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 6:15.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.