>> THE MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER AT 5:30.

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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.

PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE FILL OUT THE REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CART, WHICH MAY BE PICKED UP FROM MARGARET MCDONALD, SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.

ANY PERSON ADDRESSING THE BOARD SHOULD FIRST STATE THEIR NAME AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE DISTRICT.

CLOSED SESSION AGENDA,

[5. Closed Session Agenda]

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

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>> ANYONE YOU,

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GOOD LUCK. [APPLAUSE]

>> LILLY BRAINARD, I HOPE I PRONOUNCED THAT RIGHT.

>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LILLY BRAINARD. WHY I COME HERE? BECAUSE I HAVE MY COMMITMENT TO MY KIDS AND THE PARENTS IN MY GROUP.

I SAID I WILL COME EVERY SINGLE BOARD MEETING.

SINCE TODAY, I GOT CALLED OUT SAYING, "HEY, YOUR GROUP DO THIS, DO THAT." PRETTY MUCH LIKE I'M DOING SOMETHING HIDING.

NOW I COME HERE TO CLARIFY.

I AM BONITA'S MOTHER.

I AM THE STARTER OF THE BONITA BAY MUM GROUP.

ACTUALLY, IT'S AN INFORMATION CONVERSATION GROUP.

WE JUST PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE: WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHEN WE SHOULD FIND THE LINK FOR THIS, FOR THAT.

FOR EXAMPLE, NOBODY KNOWS PEOPLE TODAY HAVE A MEETING, SO WE POST A LINK SO PEOPLE COME.

I THINK MOST PEOPLE HERE IN MY GROUP, EVEN TWO OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IN MY GROUP AS THEY'RE PARENTS.

I JUST WANT TO SAY AS THE PARENTS, WE COME TO THE MEETING BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE BETTER PARENTS AND THEN WORK BETTER WITH YOU GUYS TO SEE HOW COULD WE BE BETTER PARENTS.

WE ARE MORE FOCUSED TO THE ACADEMICS.

WE WANT OUR KIDS TO LEARN MORE THINGS, GROW UP IN THE SCHOOL, LEARN MORE ACADEMICS, BESIDES SEX EDUCATION OR SOMETHING LIKE A CRT, SOMETHING WE THINK DOES NOT MAKE SENSE.

MOST PARENTS IN MY GROUP, ACTUALLY, I DON'T OWN THEM.

WE HAVE BIG GROUP RIGHT NOW.

I'M SO GLAD BECAUSE I MEET SO MANY PROFESSIONALS.

THEY ARE VERY INFORMATIONAL AND ACTUALLY THEY TAKE ACTION ON WHATEVER DIFFERENT LIKE [INAUDIBLE] MONDAY, OR [INAUDIBLE] CHOICE.

FOR ME, I CAN ONLY PRESENT MYSELF BECAUSE AT THE BEGINNING I THINK I WAS ALONE, AND THEN MORE PEOPLE JOINED, AND THEN I LEARNED FROM THEM, AND I'M SO HAPPY BECAUSE I'M NOT LONELY EITHER.

THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO COME HERE.

WE'RE NOT ENEMY.

WE LIKE YOU GUYS.

MY KIDS LIKE THE TEACHER, LIKE THE SCHOOL, THEY'RE SO EXCITED.

THEY'RE COMING TO SCHOOL NEXT WEEK.

ACTUALLY, MY KIDS, THEY DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE MASKS THING.

THEY SAY, "MOM, I KNOW HOW TO PUT.

I JUST HAND IN THE MIDDLE." SEE, KIDS HAVE SO MANY WAYS TO DO IT.

I'M JUST THINKING AND LEARNING EVERYTHING BASED ON SCIENCE.

FOR MY GROUP, LIKE THE BONITA BAY MUM GROUP, IT'S HOW WE GET STOCK.

ACTUALLY, WE COLLECT SO MANY FACE MASKS DONATIONS AND THEN WE DONATE TO FAMILY DOCTORS, POLICE OFFICERS, SURROUNDING CITIES, OUR CITY, EVEN SCHOOL TEACHERS.

WE DONATE A LOT. THAT'S THE OFFICIAL WAY I HAVE A BONITA BAY MUM'S NAME THERE.

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WE ARE NOT A POLITICAL GROUP.

SOME PEOPLE VOTE FOR TRUMP, SOME PEOPLE VOTE FOR BIDEN, IT DOESN'T MATTER.

MOST PEOPLE THEY DON'T VOTE BECAUSE TOO BUSY TO VOTE.

THAT'S OUR GROUP, I'VE JUST COME IN TO CLARIFY.

ANYTHING ABOUT ELECTION, I BELIEVE YOU GUYS WILL MAKE THE BEST DECISION. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] KARINA BRIDGEWATER.

IF I TORE THAT NAME UP TOO BAD.

>> HI. I LIVE IN SAN DIMAS.

I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS.

I'M A FORMER TEACHER, AND I WANT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF HOW THE REPLACEMENT IS GOING TO BE MADE IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE TO ME.

FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THE REPLACEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE BOARD SELECTING SOMEONE.

I BELIEVE THAT'S HOW CHRISTA WAS PUT ONTO THE BOARD ORIGINALLY.

[NOISE] I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT IS NOT AN AUTOMATIC WAY OF MOVING FORWARD.

YOU HAVE BRITTANY ALLISON, WHO WAS 20 VOTES SHY OFF OF WINNING A SEAT HERE.

SHE HAS AN INCREDIBLY RICH BACKGROUND.

SHE HAS A BACKGROUND IN MEDIATION, WHICH CERTAINLY IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED THESE DAYS WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE POLARIZED ON ISSUES.

IT'S REALLY BEYOND MY UNDERSTANDING HOW PEOPLE COULD REQUEST THAT A SPECIAL ELECTION BE MADE THAT'S GOING TO COST HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, WHICH WILL BE TAKEN AWAY FROM THE CLASSROOMS AND FROM THE CHILDREN BASICALLY.

I'D RATHER SEE THAT MONEY GOING TO BENEFIT THE SCHOOLS.

I HAVE A RELATIVE, WHO IS A DOCTOR AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH CHILDREN.

ESPECIALLY, WITH THIS NEW STRAIN OF DELTA COVID-19, AND THAT THEY'RE SEEING MORE CHILDREN IN THE HOSPITAL.

TO IGNORE SCIENCE AND TO IGNORE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TRAINED AND HAVE EXPERIENCE IN WORKING WITH THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS IS JUST NOT WHAT A SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD BE DOING.

SCHOOL IS ABOUT EDUCATION.

SCHOOL IS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING SCIENCE.

I HOPE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD TAKES THAT AS A COMMITMENT MOVING FORWARD.

I'M ALSO WONDERING WHY WITH THE MANDATES FOR HAVING MASKS INSIDE, WHICH ALL OF YOU ARE DOING, THAT THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO ARE SITTING IN HERE WITHOUT A MASK.

WHY IS THAT ALLOWED?

>> SCIENCE ISN'T [INAUDIBLE]

>> NO, IT'S NOT ABOUT SCIENCE, IT'S ABOUT THE MANDATE.

>> [OVERLAPPING] [INAUDIBLE] ABOUT THE SCIENCE.

>> THANK YOU, KAREN. [BACKGROUND] ELENA NORD, I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT? [BACKGROUND]

>> HI, I'M ELENA NORD.

CAN YOU HEAR ME THROUGH THE SHIELD? OKAY, GOOD. I'M ELENA NORD AND I HAVE TWO KIDS THAT ATTEND GRACE MILLER ELEMENTARY.

I'M HERE TO REQUEST THAT MY TAX DOLLARS BE USED FOR AN ELECTION.

I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE CONSIDERING WHAT IS IT, ALLISON, AS OUR CANDIDATE WHO WAS THE SECOND PERSON RUNNER-UP THAT COULD HAVE HAD THAT POSITION IF THEY WOULD HAVE CAUGHT IT WITH THE 20 VOTES THE ONE SHE REFERRED TO.

[NOISE] FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, SHE'S VERY PRO CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND I THINK IF THAT WERE MORE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, I DON'T THINK SHE WOULD HAVE HAD AS MANY VOTES AS SHE DID IN THAT LAST ELECTION.

I'M HERE TO REQUEST THAT OUR TAX DOLLARS BE SPENT TO EMPOWER PARENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTATION FOR OUR KIDS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.

THAT'S MY STAND ON IT.

SO PLEASE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU.

DAN D.

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>> HOW ARE YOU DOING, FOLKS? MY NAME IS DAN DANIEL, AS I'VE BEEN SAYING [INAUDIBLE] IS 29 YEARS, TWO KIDS THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. THEY'VE DONE GREAT JOBS.

THEY'RE DOING AMAZING THINGS.

BUT I'M JUST HERE TO VOICE MY OPINION MORE THAN ANYTHING AND USE SOME COMMON SENSE AND LOGIC.

OBVIOUSLY, CRYSTAL LEFT, THAT'S DONE. LET'S MOVE PAST IT.

YOU GUYS, YOU'RE EITHER GOING TO SPEND $942,000, WHICH CLEARLY $942,000, ALMOST A MILLION BUCKS, QUITE A MILLION BUCKS, IN ORDER TO HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION TO APPOINT SOMEBODY FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

OR YOU CAN APPOINT SOMEBODY FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, WITH OVER A YEAR, 18 MONTHS, I THINK IT IS 17 MONTHS AND IT COST US NOTHING.

THAT IS LEGIT ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS WE CAN PUT BACK INTO THE SCHOOLS, WE CAN PUT BACK INTO THE KIDS, WE CAN GO BACK INTO RESOURCES.

WE CAN START SOME TRADE PROGRAMS. WE COULD START SOME HOME ED PROGRAMS. WE COULD USE THAT MONEY FOR A MILLION OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD BE BETTER SUITED THAN A SPECIAL ELECTION.

JUST COMMON SENSE, IF PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE THAT MONEY AWAY FROM THE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT'S THEIR KIDS AND THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DESTROY, ESSENTIALLY, BY SPENDING THAT MILLION DOLLARS.

THAT BEING SAID, I DO AGREE WITH A LOT OF CRYSTAL SAY ABOUT SOME OF YOU GUYS, THE UNIONS.

DELVE INTO THE PRESSURE OF THE UNIONS.

NOT DOING THE RIGHT THING, BUT DOING THE POPULAR THING, DOING WHAT YOU GUYS WANT TO DO WITH YOUR VOICE NETWORK, 100 PERCENT AGREE WITH THAT. LET'S DO THE RIGHT THING.

MY OPINION, THE RIGHT THING, BRITNEY BECAUSE SHE ONLY LOST BY STEVEN SAYS 20, I THOUGHT IT WAS 24, BUT SHE'S THE OBVIOUS CHOICE.

SHE'S PASSIONATE. SHE WANTS THE JOB.

I DON'T KNOW HER, NEVER MET HER, NEVER EVEN TALKED TO HER.

BUT SHE SEEMS TO BE THE OBVIOUS CHOICE.

SHE WOULD SAVE US A MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE COULD USE FOR A TON OF BETTER THINGS.

ALL I'M ASKING YOU GUYS TO DO IS DO THE RIGHT THING.

FOR ANYBODY OUT THERE PAYING ATTENTION, KNOW THAT IF WE HAVE THE SPECIAL ELECTION AND THEY GET THE RE-COMPETITIONS OUT, OBVIOUSLY THE COST OF IT HAS TO BE ON THE PETITION.

THE COST OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION HAS TO BE ON THE PETITION, HOPEFULLY WITH BIG FUND.

BUT IT'S LITERALLY A WASTE OF MILLION DOLLARS AND IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS TO JUST DO THE RIGHT THING.

IF THE PARENTS WANT TO SCREW YOU OUT OF THE MILLION BUCKS, THAT'S ON THEM.

IT'S THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT'S THEIR KIDS THEY'RE HURTING.

YOU GUYS JUST DO THE RIGHT THING. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. [BACKGROUND] JESSICA PERKINS.

>> HI, I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU'RE DOING WELL.

MY NAME IS JESSICA PERKINS.

I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN.

ONE WILL BE STARTING 1ST GRADE, ONE IS GOING TO BE STARTING TK AT BONITO UNIFIED.

I, MYSELF WENT THROUGH ALL MY SCHOOLING HERE IN BONITA AND HAD JUST A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.

AS A PARENT, I WANT THAT FOR MY OWN CHILDREN.

I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK THAT YOU EITHER DO THE SPECIAL ELECTION, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS COSTLY.

I DON'T WANT TO TAKE A MILLION DOLLARS AWAY FROM MY KIDS.

HONESTLY, NONE OF US DO.

BUT HOW ELSE ARE WE GOING TO BE GUARANTEED A FAIR SELECTION TO REPLACE SOMEONE WHO IS IRREPLACEABLE.

I THINK IN THE BEST CASE SCENARIO, WE DO A SPECIAL ELECTION.

MONEY IS VERY IMPORTANT. WE GET THAT.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO APPOINT SOMEONE, PLEASE DO NOT APPOINT SOMEONE WHO HAS COME OUT AS A RADICAL IN CERTAIN ASPECTS OF SOCIAL SITUATIONS.

LOSING BY 20 VOTES IS STILL A LOSS.

THE PERSON THAT ONE HAS VERY SPECIFIC IDEALS THAT WON HER THAT SPOT.

I JUST ASK THAT WHEN YOU'RE FILLING THE SPOT, YOU'RE COGNIZANT OF WHO VOTED FOR WHAT? HOW DID CRISTA WIN? WHAT WERE THE DRIVING FACTORS THAT GOT HER THOSE BOATS?

[12.2. Designation of Board Subcommittee to Review Applications for Provisional Appointment to Board of Education ]

I KNOW SO MANY KIDS IN THIS DISTRICT WHOSE PARENTS ARE VERY UPSET ABOUT THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING, BUT JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO BE HERE.

I HAVE THE LUXURY OF A VERY FLEXIBLE WORK SCHEDULE, AND I'M VERY BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO COME AND TALK ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE KIDS.

I JUST HOPE THAT WHEN YOU DO COME TO DECIDE IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO AN ELECTION OR AN APPOINTEE, BE COGNIZANT OF WHO AND WHAT VALUES VOTED CRISTA IN.

DON'T CHOOSE THE NEXT PERSON WHO LOST.

THAT'S ALL I WOULD LIKE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] JULIE CELEZAR.

>> MY NAME IS JULIE CELEZAR.

I'VE LIVED IN SAN DIMAS FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

I'VE BEEN PRETTY ACTIVE NOT ONLY IN THE COMMUNITY BUT IN STUDENT ACTIVITIES.

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I HAD FIVE CHILDREN.

FOR YEARS, OVER 20 YEARS ACTUALLY, I TOOK IN HOMELESS AND DISPLACED YOUTH IN MY HOME TO TRANSITION THEM INTO A BETTER LIFE.

WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE LAST YEAR AND WHAT I SEE TODAY IS REALLY CONCERNING TO ME.

I ACTUALLY, I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE MY CHILDREN FOR A WHILE BECAUSE BEING INSIDE OF A CLOSED ENVIRONMENT WITH PEOPLE WITHOUT MASKS ON PUT MY CHILDREN IN DANGER BECAUSE THEY'RE HIGH RISK.

FOR THESE WOMEN TO SAY THEY CARE ABOUT CHILDREN AND THEY CARE ABOUT OTHERS, AND THEY CARE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY, AND OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IS DISMISSED BY ME JUST BY THE APPEARANCE OF THEM SHOWING UP WITHOUT MASKS ON.

BECAUSE IT'S A MANDATE, IT SHOULD BE REQUIRED IN AN EDUCATIONAL SETTING HERE.

I KNOW IT WILL BE IN THE CLASSROOM.

THIS HAS BECOME A TRAVELING PERFORMING ART SHOW.

THIS IS ACTIVE ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.

THIS IS REPRESENTED AS THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S NOT.

WHAT WE NEED IS WE NEED A STABLE VOICE, WE NEED A CONCERNED CITIZEN AND MOTHER AND PARENT, OR FATHER AND PARENT OR WHOEVER CAN COME BACK TO REALITY, NOT SUPPORT THIS HISTORY OMICS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN SOCIAL MEDIA, OUT IN PUBLIC, HERE IN OUR MEETINGS.

THEY'RE TRYING TO VILIFY THE PEOPLE THAT RAN FOR CANDIDATES BEFORE.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE PEOPLE THAT RAN BEFORE.

BUT THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO PERSUADE OTHER PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE EXTREMISTS OR THEY HAVE SOME ISSUES AND THEY'RE NOT QUALIFIED TO BE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, THEY ARE.

THESE PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THEM, SO THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO VILIFY THEM.

PLEASE MAKE A DECISION.

DO NOT SPEND THE MONEY ON A SPECIAL ELECTION.

TRY TO CREATE SOME STABILITY AND SOME SANITY BACK INTO THIS.

BECAUSE THIS IS HAPPENING NOT ONLY HERE, BUT SOMETIMES IN OUR CITY, AND WE NEED TO HAVE SOME PEACE AND SOME QUIET AND TAKE AWAY THE EXTREMISM.

THIS IS CRAZY TO HIRE PEOPLE IN THIS DAY AND AGE WHEN WE HAVE A WORLD WIDE PANDEMIC KILLING PEOPLE TO HAVE THIS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] JOE [INAUDIBLE].

I'M SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED THAT NAME AGAIN.

>> NO PROBLEM.

>> WAS I ANYWHERE CLOSE?

>> IT'S CLOSE ENOUGH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> HOPEFULLY IT STARTS ONE SECOND LATER.

I DIDN'T REALLY PLAN AND SPEAKING BUT AGAIN, I FEEL LIKE THE TEMPERATURE IN THE ROOM IS DIVISIVE FROM THE ONSET.

FOLKS ARE UP HERE VILIFYING OTHERS INSIDE THE AUDIENCE.

MENTIONING THINGS ABOUT SCIENCE AND THEIR VIRTUAL SIGNALING BY WEARING A MASK, AND TELLING US THAT WE'RE BAD BECAUSE WE'RE NOT WORRYING ONE.

FOR ONE THING, THERE'S TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY.

I HOPE THAT YOU WOULD SEE THAT IN YOUR POSITION AS ADULTS AND IN YOUR POSITION ON THE BOARD,

[12.3. Discuss and Approve Board Reorganization to Fill the Board Role of Clerk]

I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE MEDIA DOES.

THEY LOOK TO DIVIDE US AND TO CREATE THIS ANIMOSITY AMONGST US, AND THAT'S REALLY TOO BAD.

BUT I THINK THAT YOUR ROLE HERE IS TO TRY TO CREATE THAT TRANSPARENCY AND MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE BOARD AND ITS DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS THE TRUST IN YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING IN ALL DECISIONS.

[13.1. The Next Regular Board of Education Meeting Date will be September 1, 2021, at 4:00 p.m. ]

I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE,

[14.1. ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS]

THEY VOTE FOR SOMEBODY BASED ON THE CHARACTERISTICS AND THE SKILL SETS PERHAPS THAT MAKE THEM A GOOD CANDIDATE.

THEN WHEN PEOPLE SIT IN THOSE SEATS, SOME OF THEIR CHARACTERISTICS ARE REVEALED TO BE FALSEHOODS.

I FEEL THE CANDIDATES HAVE THE SAME ATTRIBUTES OF HOW PEOPLE LOOK AT THEM ONE DAY, ONE WAY, AND THEN THINGS HAPPEN AND THEY LOOKED AT THEM A DIFFERENT WAY.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE THE VOTING POPULATION OF THE CITY THE ABILITY TO MAKE A DECISION AGAIN FOR THEMSELVES.

AS THE SAYING GOES, "FOOL ME ONCE, SHAME ON YOU, FOOL ME TWICE, SHAME ON ME".

LET THE COMMUNITY BE SHAMED IF THEY MAKE THE WRONG DECISION, BUT GIVE THEM THE POWER TO DO WHAT THEY'RE ENTITLED TO DO.

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THIS COUNTRY HAS BEEN INFUSED BY ALMOST A TRILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDING THAT I KNOW FOR A FACT BECAUSE I'M IN THE INDUSTRY, IS AVAILED TO YOU TO GO SPEND FOR ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, FOR NEW IDEAS, FOR ALL ADVANCEMENT AND CURRICULUM.

LET'S NOT USE THAT AS A GUISE FOR WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE LOSING HERE.

ADDITIONALLY, WHO HAS ADDED THESE NUMBERS AND ITEMIZED THE COST, SPECIFICALLY WHERE THERE'S A SEVEN-TIME INCREASE OVER A NORMAL ELECTION? HOW DOES THAT ADD UP TO ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM? I ASK YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING YOU AS A WHOLE, MORE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THAN OTHERS, SAYING, PLEASE ALLOW THE SPECIAL ELECTION TO TAKE PLACE, BE TRANSPARENT, PROVIDE US MORE INFORMATION ON WHERE THIS COST CAME FROM SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH YOU AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] WE HAVE ONE MORE CARD LEFT, [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN ALSO WITH OUR TIMER, WE'RE DOWN TO A MINUTE 24.

PLEASE ALLOW HIM THE FULL THREE MINUTES.

>> OKAY. I'LL [INAUDIBLE]

>> NO. YOU HAVE THREE FULL MINUTES. THAT'S FINE.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TIMER DOESN'T CUT YOU OFF AT A MINUTE AND 24.

>> OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE].

I'VE BEEN ON AND OFF RESIDENT OF SAN DIMAS SINCE 1967.

WHEN MY PARENTS MOVED HERE, MY MOTHER WAS A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER.

I'M A TEACHER IN A DIFFERENT DISTRICT.

WE HAD OUR FIRST DAY WITH KIDS TODAY, WE HAD MASKS ON, AND IT WAS FINE.

LET ME BE STRAIGHT, TEACHERS DON'T WANT MASK, KIDS DON'T WANT TO WEAR A MASK, BUT I THINK COLLECTIVELY WE ALL KNOW THAT MASKS HELP MITIGATE THESE COVID VARIANCES; THIS DELTA VARIANT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AS A TEACHER SPENDING MONEY ON AN ELECTION, THAT MONEY COULD BE USED FOR A WHOLE DIFFERENT AREAS OF NEED FOR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH.

I KNOW THAT'S GETTING MORE AND MORE, [NOISE] EXCUSE ME, INTO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO SPEND OUR DOLLARS.

I AM A SUPPORTER OF BRITTANY ALLISON, AND I REJECT THE IDEA THAT SHE'S A RADICAL.

YES, SHE IS A PROMOTER OF SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND IF THAT'S AN IDEA OF A RADICAL, I'M A RADICAL, BUT WE NEED TO LABEL PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT MORE GENTLY.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE A COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY THAT COMES TOGETHER.

I APPRECIATE THE MASKS.

LIKE I SAID, MY DISTRICT HAD NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT MASKS FROM THE PARENTS.

KIDS, THEY DON'T WANT TO WEAR, BUT THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT.

THEY KNOW THE CONSEQUENCES OF WEARING MASKS.

AS FAR AS SPECIAL ELECTION, AS A TEACHER, AS A PARENT, AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, SPENDING, EVEN IF IT'S NOT A MILLION DOLLARS, EVEN IF IT'S A $100,000, THAT'S WAY TOO MUCH.

WE DO HAVE CHOICES, THEY'RE CALLED ELECTIONS.

LET'S APPOINT SOMEBODY THAT THE BOARD CAN BE COMFORTABLE WITH.

THEN WHEN ELECTIONS COME ALONG, LATER ON, WE GET A CHANCE TO CHOOSE.

WE GET A CHANCE TO HAVE OUR VOICE.

I'M OUT OF BREATH BECAUSE I WAS FIXING THE TOILET, TAKING CARE OF MY MOM AND I HEARD THE MEETING WAS HERE, SO I'M STILL CATCHING UP.

JUST A LITTLE SIDE NOTE, I DID HAVE COVID, ENDED UP IN A HOSPITAL, I KNOW THE SEVERITY OF COVID.

IT'S NOT A FUN THING TO GO THROUGH.

TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE, I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

TO CATEGORIZE UNIONS AS THESE BIG, MENACING MONSTERS, THAT'S NOT TRUE.

I'M A UNION MEMBER AND I DON'T PUSH [NOISE] UNION ISSUES ON WEARING A MASK IN THE CLASSROOM, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M ABOUT.

I PUSH KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE.

I APPRECIATE YOU HEARING ME AND I TRUST THAT YOU MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] OKAY.

NEXT, DISCUSS AND IMPROVE A PROCESS FOR FILLING A BOARD OF EDUCATION VACANCY.

[12.1. Discuss and Approve a Process for Filling a Board of Education Vacancy ]

>> AS YOU CAN SEE, TOUGH DECISION AHEAD OF THE FOUR OF YOU.

MY GOAL TODAY IS TO PRESENT ALL THE FACTS AND THE DECISIONS IN WHICH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU FEEL THAT YOU NEED IN ORDER TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH FILLING A BOARD VACANCY.

THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS THAT A BOARD HAS WHEN

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NUMBER 1, YOU CAN GO THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED A PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT WHERE YOU CAN GO THROUGH A SPECIAL ELECTION.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT AND WALK THROUGH THE FACTS, THE TIMELINES, AND WHAT IT TAKES TO DO A PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT, AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE SPECIAL ELECTION.

AUGUST 5TH KRISTA RESIGNED. THAT STARTED THE TIMER.

YOU HAVE 60 DAYS TO APPOINT FROM AUGUST 5TH.

THAT PUTS YOU AT OCTOBER 3RD IF YOU WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH THE PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT.

AN ACTUAL APPOINTMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE BY OCTOBER 3RD.

IF AN APPOINTMENT IS NOT MADE BY OCTOBER 3RD, THEN THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT WILL GO AHEAD AND ISSUE A SPECIAL ELECTION BASICALLY ON THE 4TH AND THAT NEXT DATE FOR THE ELECTION WOULD BE ON APRIL 12.

APPOINTMENT HAS TO BE MADE BY OCTOBER 3RD, IF THE PROVISION APPOINTMENT IS TO GO IN BEFORE.

BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE TERM SIT NOW, THE PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT WOULD GO THROUGH NOVEMBER OF 22.

THAT IS THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED BOARD.

KRISTA'S POSITION, AS YOU KNOW, THE LAST BOARD MEETING THE BOARD TOOK A RESOLUTION TO MOVE INTO TRUSTEE OR DISTRICT AREAS.

THIS POSITION WOULD STILL BE AT LARGE, SO IT GOES BASED ON THE TERM, NOT OF WHEN YOU GO AND MAKE THE ADOPTION.

THE TERM ITSELF IS AN AT-LARGE.

KRISTA WAS ELECTED, THAT POSITION WAS ELECTED AT-LARGE.

IF YOU GO WITH A PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT, THIS WOULD ALSO BE AT-LARGE, EVEN THOUGH TWO BOARD SEATS WOULD BE UP IN NOVEMBER, AT THAT TIME YOU GET TO HAVE TWO BOARD SEATS THAT WOULD GO IN TRUSTEE AREAS AND ONE AT-LARGE.

THE TOTAL TERM FOR THIS WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 13 MONTHS.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT ON THE PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT.

IF YOU GO TO THE PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT, THERE IS NO STRUCTURE AND WHICH YOU HAVE TO GO ABOUT IT.

HISTORICALLY, WE'VE INTERVIEWED, WE'VE DONE SOME OTHER OPTIONS, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THOSE ONCE YOU MAKE A DECISION BETWEEN A PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT OR A SPECIAL ELECTION.

THE NEXT AVAILABLE ELECTION DATE IS APRIL 12TH.

THIS YOU CAN'T MOVE IT UP ANY SOONER THAN THAT BASED ON THE LEGISLATIVE STATUTE CODE.

WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO COST.

NORMALLY THERE IS AN ELECTION IN MARCH OR APRIL WHERE THE CITY'S WATER AND SOME SCHOOL BOARDS, THEY MOVE IT INTO A MARCH ELECTION.

THIS YEAR IT GOT MOVED TO JUNE.

THAT'S WHY WHEN WE GET INTO THE COST ARE SO MUCH HIGHER AND WE CANNOT PUSH IT UNTIL JUNE.

THE WAY THE STATUTE READS, IS YOU HAVE TO BASICALLY GO IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE ELECTION DATE, WHICH WOULD BE APRIL 12TH.

IF THERE IS AN ELECTION ORDERED, THE DISTRICT GOES THROUGH AN ELECTION, THE TOTAL TERM WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS.

IF YOU GO THROUGH AN ELECTION, THAT POSITION GOES FORWARD ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE TERM.

AT THAT POINT, THE FOLLOWING ELECTION IN NOVEMBER OF 22, CONSIDERING AND ASSUMING THE TRUSTEE AND THE DISTRICT AREAS CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, THAT ELECTION POSITION WOULD BE AN TRUSTEE AREA.

THE ELECTION COST, NOVEMBER 3RD.

OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS A BIG ELECTION.

THE MORE THAT YOU HAVE INTO AN ELECTION, THE CHEAPER YOUR COST ARE.

OUR COST WAS ABOUT $135,599.55.

THAT'S THE CHECK THAT WE WROTE FOR A REGULAR ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.

THE ESTIMATED SPECIAL COST, AND THEY CALL IT ESTIMATED BECAUSE IT CAN INCREASE THE CHANCES OF A DECREASING ARE VERY, VERY SMALL IF ANY, AND YOU'LL SEE IT IN A LETTER HERE IN A SECOND.

IT'S $942,000.

THE REASON FOR THE COST AGAIN, IS IT'S PRETTY MUCH GOING TO BE A STANDALONE ELECTION.

THERE IS JUST NOT A LOT OF ELECTIONS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE ON APRIL 12TH.

THE ONLY THING THAT WILL BE SET ASIDE ARE FOR SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, PERHAPS A RECALL, PERHAPS SOMETHING GOING ON THAT WOULD BE SPECIAL, ESPECIALLY A LOT WITH THE WATER GOING ON.

IF YOU FOLLOW THE REGISTER'S OFFICE FOR APRIL 12TH, THINGS ARE COMING ON THE BALLOT AND OFF THE BALLOT ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS.

IT'S REALLY, REALLY HARD TO PREDICT.

THIS IS THE LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED. WE PUT IT OUT HERE.

ANY OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WANT TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS, THE EMAIL IS THERE, IT'S ELECTIONBILLING@RRCCLACOUNTY.GOV.

THEY CAN INQUIRE ABOUT THIS.

YOU CAN SEE IN THE LETTER IT SAYS, ''CHANGES IN THE ELECTION FACTORS AND UNANTICIPATED INCREASES IN LABOR AND OPERATIONAL COSTS MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT VARIANTS FROM THIS ESTIMATE.''

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THE ELECTION IS REALLY CLOSE AND THEY WANT TO COUNT IT BY HAND.

YOU'RE GOING TO BRING IN MORE LABOR TO DO THAT.

IF IT IS A STANDALONE ELECTION AND WE'RE JUST ALL BY OURSELVES, THIS WILL BE A GOOD ESTIMATE.

IF THERE IS OTHER PEOPLE IN THERE AND THEY HAVE SMALLER CONSTITUENCY, YOU MAY END UP SEEING AN INCREASE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SMALLER CONSTITUENCY, AND WE'RE GOING TO ALSO BEAR THEIR FAIR SHARE, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BEAR OUR FAIR SHARE, BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT'S GOING TO GO DOWN.

THERE IS JUST A LOT OF UNKNOWN VARIABLES.

IT COULD GO DOWN IF THERE IS A TON OF ELECTIONS IN APRIL 12TH.

THAT'S JUST NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE BECAUSE THE BIG ELECTIONS FOR CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES IS GOING TO BE IN JUNE THIS YEAR.

WE PUT A MILLION DOLLARS IN CONTEXTS.

IT'S ABOUT 5-7 PERCENT.

BUDGETS FLUID, IT'S ABOUT 5-7 PERCENT OF OUR RESERVES.

IT IS NOT CURRENTLY BUDGETED.

IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE.

IT'S EITHER GOING TO COME OFF THE BOTTOM LINE OF THE RESERVES.

IT WILL COME OUT OF PROGRAMS. WE MAY NOT FEEL THE EFFECT THIS YEAR.

BUT IT'S A MILLION DOLLARS.

AS YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS AGO, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO PUT INTO PLACE IN THIS DISTRICT, WE'VE GOT NO FUNDING TO DO IT, AND IT WAS A COMMITMENT THAT WE WENT FORWARD WITH, AND IT'S A COMMITMENT THAT WE EVEN FOUND MORE MONEY TO CONTINUE TO PUT IN PLACE WAS MENTAL HEALTH.

WE CARVED OUT A MILLION DOLLARS AND IT TOOK US A YEAR TO CARVE OUT A MILLION DOLLARS TO PUT AN EIGHT MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST.

JUST TO PUT IT IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT A MILLION DOLLARS IS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

THAT IS THE TWO OPTIONS; IS EITHER A PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT OR A SPECIAL ELECTION, AND THEN WHAT THE TIMELINES LOOK LIKE.

WHAT QUESTIONS CAN I ANSWER FOR YOU OR COMMENTS DO YOU HAVE? LET ME START. YOU SAID IT COULD GO DOWN.

SO IF THERE IS ONE OTHER PLACES DOING AN ELECTION SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY, IS THAT CUT IN HALF EXACTLY? NO. IT'S AN ALGORITHM.

I'VE TALKED TO THE REGISTER OFFICE AT LENGTH.

MARGARET AND I HAVE JUST TAG TEAM THAT REALLY UNDERSTANDING ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I EVEN ASKED, IS WHY DON'T YOU PUT IN THERE IN YOUR LETTER A DECREASE.

THE QUOTE WAS, A CHANCES OF A DECREASE OR HIGHLY UNLIKELY.

USUALLY THIS IS THE ESTIMATED COSTS THAT WE THINK IT'S GOING TO COST WITH ALL THE OTHER UNKNOWN FACTORS IT WILL INCREASE.

BUT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT IT CAN'T GO DOWN TO.

THEY JUST DIDN'T SEEM TOO POSITIVE.

THAT WAS THE BIGGEST QUESTION IS, WILL I BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION TO YOU AND THE COMMUNITY AS TO WHY THE LETTER DOES NOT SAY A DECREASE, AND WHAT THE CHANCES ARE.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY SOMETHING.

I THINK YOU STATED IT PRETTY CLEARLY.

BUT THERE'S NO BURDEN THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW ANYONE'S RATIONALE.

IF WE DO CHOOSE TO GO TO A PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT, THERE IS NOT A PERSON WE HAVE TO SELECT.

WE'RE PRETTY MUCH AGENTS THAT CAN ESTABLISH THEIR OWN CRITERIA AND PICK SOMEONE THAT WE THINK COULD FIT THE COMMUNITY THE BEST, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. THERE'S NO LEGAL STATUTES ON A PROCESS WHATSOEVER.

THERE IS SOME PAST PRACTICE, BUT IN APPOINTMENT PROCESS IS 100 PERCENT THE RESPONSIBILITY.

I SAY THE WORD RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO EITHER APPOINT OR THE SPECIAL ELECTION.

THOSE ARE THE TWO OPTIONS.

BUT UNDER THE ELECTION, IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE.

YOU ORDER AN ELECTION, IT GOES FORWARD UNDER PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT, THERE IS NO LEGAL STATUTE ON HOW YOU CAN GO ABOUT DOING THAT, IS UP TO THE BOARD.

IF WE DO PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT, THAT CAN BE CHALLENGED.

THERE CAN BE A SPECIAL ELECTION CALLED AS PART OF THAT CHALLENGE, WILL THAT ELECTION ALSO BE ON APRIL 12TH, AND WHAT WOULD THE COST OF THAT BE?

>> WE'VE MAPPED THAT OUT AS WELL.

IT LOOKS LIKE IF IT'S CHALLENGED IT WILL BE APRIL 12TH AS WELL, JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE TIMELINE SITS.

THE TIMELINE IS, THE CHALLENGE PART IS 30 DAYS AFTER THE PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT IS MADE, 30 DAYS TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD.

THEN AT THAT POINT OR 30 DAYS FOR THE COUNTY REGISTER TO CERTIFY THE VOTES OR THOSE WHO OBJECTED TO THE APPOINTEE.

THEN AFTER THAT POINT, THE APPOINTMENT WOULD BE OVERTURNED.

IT WOULD COST ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY.

IT'S STILL APRIL 12TH.

WHATEVER THAT DOLLAR FIGURE WOULD BE ON APRIL 12TH IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE.

IT'S NOT NEGOTIABLE.

IT COULD END UP BEING 1.2 MILLION.

IT COULD END UP BEING 900,000 AND SAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY, WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS, SUSAN WILL WRITE A CHECK AND GET IT OVER TO THEM.

>> WOULD THAT PERSON WHO RECEIVED

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>> YEAH. WELL, POTENTIALLY.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO THINGS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME.

A PERSON WILL HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE BECAUSE THERE'LL BE TWO TRUSTEE AREAS, ASSUMING THAT IT GOES FORWARD THE DISTRICT AND GOES FORWARD.

YOU WOULD HAVE TWO TRUSTEE AREAS, SO IT DEPENDS ON WHERE THEY'RE AT.

BUT BECAUSE YOU WOULD STILL HAVE ONE AT LARGE AREA.

LET'S SAY SOMEBODY FALLS INTO A TRUSTEE AREA AND AN AT-LARGE AREA, THEN THAT PERSON WOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE, DO I WANT TO RUN AT LARGE OR DO I WANT TO RUN AS A TRUSTEE IN A PARTICULAR AREA? THAT'S A CHOICE OF HOW THAT WOULD PLAY OUT.

IN THAT GIVEN EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY A TRUSTEE AREA A JUST TO PLAY IT OUT, A SCENARIO LIKE THAT.

YOU HAVE TRUSTEE AREA A.

IF AN APPOINTMENT IS PICKED IN TRUSTEE AREA A, AND THEY RUN AN ELECTION IN THAT TRUSTEE AREA.

THE PERSON WHO WANTS TO RUN, THE TWO PEOPLE LIVE IN THE AREA, ONE PERSON WANTS TO RUN AT-LARGE.

ONE PERSON WANTS TO RUN IN THE TRUSTEE AREA.

THE TRUSTEE AREA PERSON WOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD THEIR SEAT UNTIL 2026.

BUT THE AT-LARGE WOULD END IN 2024.

IF THEY WANTED IT TO RUN AGAIN, COULD NOT DO SO UNTIL 2026.

THE TRUSTEE AREAS GUARANTEES THE FULL TERM, JUST LIKE THIS WOULD GUARANTEE THE FULL TERM.

BUT IT WOULD ONLY BE IN THE EVENT THAT A PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT WAS ELECTED IN A PARTICULAR AREA THAT THERE WAS NOT A TRUSTEE IN THEN THEY CAN RUN AGAIN '24.

IF THERE ISN'T, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO WAIT TILL '26.

DOES MAKES SENSE? FLOW CHART FOR THAT.

>> YES, THANKS. I HAVE ANOTHER ONE, ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES CAME FROM A BOOK CLOUT AND TOWNSEND CALLED BOUNDARIES.

IT'S A GREAT BOOK AND THIS REVOLUTION MY THINKING A LITTLE, IT'S WHEN YOU SAY YES TO SOMETHING, YOU SAY NO TO SOMETHING ELSE.

WHEN WE MAKE A CHOICE, WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH RESOURCE.

UNLIKE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE CAN'T PRINT MONEY.

WE HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT.

IF WE SAY YES, TO SOMETHING WE'RE SAYING NO TO SOMETHING ELSE.

LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR PRIORITIES OR OUR WISH LIST.

WHAT COULD WE GET THAT WOULD BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS FOR 900 ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS.

I HAVE A LIST MYSELF, I WAS [OVERLAPPING]

>> I'LL SAY THESE THINGS WITHOUT ANY OF THE PROMISES OF WHAT WE'D BRING FORWARD TO SPEND THE MONEY ON.

BUT, THAT'S AN APPROXIMATE OF DEPENDING UPON WHERE THEY'D BE ON THE SCALE, YOU KNOW PAY SCALE THAT'S 10-12 TEACHERS TO IMPACT LEARNING LOSS MITIGATION.

THAT'S 6-8 MENTAL HEALTH THERAPISTS.

IT'S HEALTH BENEFITS TO OUR EMPLOYEES.

GIVEN WE'RE ONE OF THE LOWEST IN HEALTH BENEFITS IN THE AREA.

NOW $800,000 IS AN EQUIVALENT OF ANOTHER $100 A MONTH TO HELP SOMEBODY, THE EMPLOYEES TOWARDS THEIR HEALTH BENEFITS.

THEIR HEALTH BENEFITS ARE EXPENSIVE.

WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT AIR CONDITIONING IN OUR GYMS THAT KNOCKS OUT AIR CONDITIONING IN OUR GYMS. THERE'S NO MATTER WHAT WAY YOU LOOK AT IT, IT'S GOING TO COME OFF THE BOTTOM LINE.

WE MAY NOT FEEL THE EFFECTS THIS YEAR, TWO YEARS FROM NOW.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY RIGHT NOW.

I THINK HE SAID IT BEST. WE BUDGET THREE YEARS.

BUT OVER THE YEARS, THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF DEFERRALS.

WE SAW A VERY SIMILAR SCENARIO BACK IN 2008, 2009 WHEN THE ECONOMY LOOKED GOOD AND IT WAS DOING WELL, HOUSING MARKET WAS WELL.

THEN WE RECEIVED A LOT OF IOUS.

YOU USE CASH TO GET OUT OF YOUR IOUS IN THESE PERIODS OF TIMES UNTIL THEY'VE ACTUALLY SEND YOU BACK THE MONEY.

THIS DISTRICT IS ALWAYS BUDGETED CONSERVATIVELY FOR RAINY DAYS.

I'M NOT SURE IT'S GOING TO GET ANY RAIN HERE THAN POST COVID RIGHT NOW.

A LOT OF THE ANALYSTS ARE JUST WAITING FOR MAYBE ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO OF SOME UPTICKS.

BUT I DON'T THINK ANY ANALYSTS RIGHT NOW ARE SAYING THIS WILL BE SUSTAINABLE FOR ANOTHER DECADE.

WE'RE PREPARED OF WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE.

>> A FOLLOW-UP. AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE PROCESS IS GOING TO GO, BUT IF WE DO CHOOSE TO GO PROVISIONAL, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO POSSIBLY REACH OUT TO SOME OLDER BOARD MEMBERS JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE PEOPLE WHO'VE WON AN ELECTION, THEY'RE PEOPLE WHO'VE EARNED SOME TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY.

I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE COULD REACH OUT TO MAYBE PATTY, JIM AND DIANE TO SEE IF THEY WOULD ALSO CONSIDER POSSIBLY BEING A PART OF THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER, IF WE DO CONSIDER IT.

>> YOU CAN LIMIT IT TO SAYING, THE FIRST THING THAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS TO POTENTIALLY LOOK AT, FORMER BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE. THAT IS AN OPTION.

I'D BE HAPPY TO REACH OUT TO THEM AND SEE WHAT THERE, INTERESTS LEVELS WOULD BE.

IT'D BE REMISE TO SAY HOW THERE'S NO DOUBT FROM US AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT,

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OUR JOB EACH AND EVERY DAY IS TO PREPARE THE KIDS TO PREPARE THEMSELVES.

I KNOW THAT THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION FOR YOU.

TONIGHT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF IT.

YOU HAVE TWO VERY DIFFERENT SIDES OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

THAT IS AN OPTION AND I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

IF THE WISHES OF THE BOARD IS TO GO AHEAD AND AT LEAST HAVE A REPORT BACK TO YOU AND SAYING, HEY, SOME OF OUR FORMER BOARD MEMBERS ARE INTERESTED OR THEY'RE NOT.

>> PERTINENT TO DERRICKS QUESTION, AND RELATIVE TO THE HISTORY OF HOW WE'VE DONE PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENTS IN THE PAST AND GLEN WILL RECALL THIS.

THE FIRST PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT THAT IS IN RECENT MEMORY OF GLENN AND I MYSELF WAS 2006 WHEN GLENN OR WHEN ED JONES PASSED AWAY.

THE BOARD SELECTED A PREVIOUS BOARD MEMBER BECAUSE IT WAS FELT THAT BRINGING A PREVIOUS BOARD MEMBER IN, YOU WOULD HAVE SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTOOD THE ISSUES ALREADY, UNDERSTANDS HOW A DISTRICT WORKS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

THAT WORKED OUT VERY WELL.

THAT PERSON WAS ROBIN CARTER.

SHE WENT ON TO BECOME, AND STILL IS A LOVER AND CITY COUNCIL PERSON.

WITH THE SECOND PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT, THERE WERE NO PREVIOUS BOARD MEMBERS AVAILABLE BECAUSE ROBIN WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND YOU CAN ONLY BE ON ONE ELECTED POSITION AT A TIME, SO WE WENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND DID THE PANEL THING AND JUST AS WE DID LAST YEAR WITH THE PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT FOR KRISTA'S REPLACEMENT.

JUST AS A HISTORICAL CONTEXT, I KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR YOUNGER MEMBERS MAY NOT HAVE THAT HISTORY IN THEIR MEMORY BANKS.

BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT.

>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING ME YOUNGER.

[LAUGHTER] IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN.

[LAUGHTER]

>> I DO WANT TO CHIME IN WITH THAT.

PERSONALLY, I'M LEANING WITH NOT SPENDING A MILLION DOLLARS ON AN ELECTION BECAUSE WHEN THE GUY SAID HERE, MY PASSION IS ALSO TRADES AND THE CITY HERE.

WE CAN REALLY KICKSTART A PROGRAM FOR OUR KIDS.

TAKING THIS MONEY AWAY FROM OUR KIDS, TO ME A MILLION BUCKS IS JUST WRONG FOR SOMEONE THAT'S GOING TO BE IN PLACE.

WE CAN PUT SOMEONE IN PLACE FOR 13 MONTHS AS THE INTERIM TO GET US UP IN THE NEXT ELECTION.

BUT SINCE I WAS ON THAT PANEL WITH KRISTA AND JENNIFER, ONE THING I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT IF WE DO AN APPOINTMENT PROCESS, WE ARE VERY UNBIASED.

I FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO AUTOMATICS LIKE CONSIDER THIS, CONSIDER THAT.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT EVERYBODY.

I FELT WHEN I WAS GOING INTO THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS THAT SOME PEOPLE'S MINDS ARE ALREADY DECIDED ON WHO WAS GOING TO BE.

EVEN I THINK I TALKED TO KRISTA OUTSIDE, I SAID LIKE I'M PRETTY SURE YOU GOT IT. GOOD JOB.

CONGRATS. NOTHING AGAINST YOU, BUT TO ME IT FELT LIKE NOT EVERYONE WAS REALLY OPEN-MINDED.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS VERY AUTHENTIC, UNBIASED, AND NOT JUST IN TERMS ONLY.

IT IS ONLY FOR A YEAR, SO I DON'T THINK SPENDING A MILLION DOLLARS TO HAVE A PERSON JUST FOR A YEAR.

I WOULD RATHER SPEND THAT MONEY ON OUR KIDS BECAUSE OUR BUDGET, A MILLION DOLLARS TO ME A LOT OF MONEY.

IN A SMALL DISTRICT LIKE THIS, THAT IS A LOT FOR OUR KIDS, OUR MENTAL HEALTH THERAPISTS, AIR CONDITIONING FOR THE KIDS.

OUR KIDS REALLY WANT STUFF AND OUR KIDS DESERVE THOSE TRADE PROGRAMS, THE THINGS THEY'RE ASKING FOR.

I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE SHOULD KEEP OUR MONEY.

THAT'S MY TWO CENTS.

>> IN THIS CHAPTER GOING BACK TO 03 FOR ME, WE'VE HAD THREE PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENTS.

DO WE KNOW HISTORICALLY HAS THE BOARD EVER DONE A SPECIAL ELECTION TO REPLACE A BOARD MEMBER?

>> THAT'S MY HISTORY AS THE SUPERINTENDENT.

THIS IS NOW THE THIRD ONE IN MY FOUR YEARS OF BEING SUPERINTENDENT.

I FEEL I CAN BECOME AN EXPERT IN THIS.

UNFORTUNATELY, BUT I DO NOT RECALL A SPECIAL ELECTION AT LEAST IN THE LAST 2-3 DECADES.

BEYOND THAT, I DON'T KNOW.

>> I WILL POINT OUT THAT WE ALL RECEIVED MANY PHONE CALLS, MANY EMAILS, A LOT OF CONTACT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE ON WHETHER TO APPOINT OR WHETHER TO GO TO AN ELECTION.

I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW HERE AND THE ONES WHO ARE WATCHING ON THE YOUTUBE, I GUESS IT'S GETTING A LOT OF HITS THAT WE DEFINITELY PAY ATTENTION AND APPRECIATE ALL THE INPUT THAT FOLKS PROVIDED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE; ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?

>> I WILL SAY THAT IF WE DECIDE TO DO A PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT,

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WHETHER A PERSON WHO FINISHED JUST OUT OF THE ELECTION LAST TIME, SHE MAY EARN HER APPOINTMENT BY SITTING THROUGH AN INTERVIEW WITH 1, 2, 25 OTHER PEOPLE.

BUT I PERSONALLY WILL NOT APPOINT SOMEONE JUST BASED ON THE FACT THAT THEY WERE NEXT UP IN LINE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.

I THINK EVERYONE THAT WANTS TO, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, YOU PUT YOUR NAME IN THE HAT.

THE LAST TIME I WANT TO SAY WE HAD CLOSE TO 20 PEOPLE WHEN WE DID THE NEXT APPOINTMENT.

>> BEARING IN MIND THE BOARD DOES HAVE THE OPTION OF BETWEEN US APPOINTING A PERSON WITHOUT A PANEL OF PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEERED AS POTENTIAL NOMINEES.

>> I GUESS THIS IS A COMMENT IF THAT'S OKAY.

I AM SOMEONE WHO REALLY STRUGGLED WITH THIS ISSUE AND I'M SURE ALL OF US AT SOME LEVEL HAS STRUGGLED.

I PREFER ELECTIONS.

I MEAN, TO BE QUITE HONEST, IF WE WERE IN A PERFECT WORLD, THAT WOULD BE THE EASIEST ONE, TO LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE.

THE THING THAT REALLY GAVE ME A HARD TIME IS ONE, I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE ARE VERY HURT IN BOTH SIDES.

I HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, CONSERVATIVES AND PROGRESSES.

THEY HAVE OPINIONS RIGHT NOW.

HONESTLY, WE HAVE A SHARED RESOURCE, AND I THINK ALL OF US HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS COMFORTABLE WITH THE SHARED RESOURCE.

THE EASIEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO SAY, HEY, LET YOU GUYS DECIDE.

THEN I LOOK AT A MILLION DOLLARS.

THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY THAT CAN REALLY IMPACT OUR KIDS, SO THERE'S WRESTLING WITH THIS.

AS HUGE AS THIS MUCH AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS, LIKE, AS OF YESTERDAY, I ACTUALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE I WAS VOTING.

I WAS THAT CONFLICTED.

IF YOU EVER FEEL LIKE THINGS ARE I GUESS, THE FIX IS IN, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, US BEING HUMAN BEINGS, THERE'S A LOT OF CONSIDERATIONS.

I THINK EVERYONE UP HERE IS BOTH SIDES, AND THERE'S A LOT OF WORKING THROUGH ISSUES.

IT'S NOT THAT EASY.

BUT ULTIMATELY, OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO THE KIDS AND TO THE DISTRICT.

I THINK I FEEL BAD, AND I DON'T LIKE TO HAVE PEOPLE THINK THAT, BUT OUR GOALS FOR THE KIDS, AND THAT'S, I THINK, WHAT'S GOING TO BE OUR LEAD STAR, OUR GUIDING LIGHT IN THIS DECISION.

REALLY, I DO TRUST THIS BOARD.

I WOULD SAY, NO MATTER IF IT WAS THESE FOUR OR DIFFERENT GROUP OF FOUR, IF SOMEONE ELSE'S DOWN, I DO THINK ALL OF US WORK TOGETHER WITH OUR DIFFERENT BELIEFS TO FIND THE BEST POSSIBLE ANGLE.

I HOPE YOU GUYS TRUST US.

WE'RE DOING OUR BEST, AND WE DO GET THAT THERE'S A LOT OF OPINIONS HERE.

>> I MEAN, I'D BE REMISS IF I DON'T EVEN SAY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO ALL FOUR OF YOU ON THIS ISSUE AND JUST KIND OF PLAYING OUT THE FACT FOR ALL OF YOU.

AND I KNOW HOW CONFLICTED ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN ON THIS ISSUE.

IT WAS A STARTLING NUMBER WHEN YOU GOT IT.

IF IT WAS ANYWHERE NEAR A 100,000, 150,000, 200,000 POTENTIALLY, THIS IS REAL MONEY.

THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT THE UNKNOWN VARIABLE WITH IT IS YOU DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN GO.

IT'S NOT A SCARE TACTIC, IT'S JUST, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AT THIS POINT, WHAT YOU'D NEED NOW IS JUST A CONSENSUS, AT LEAST WHAT YOU WANT TO GO, AND IF IT'S AN ELECTION, THEN WE ORDER THE ELECTION.

IF YOU WANT TO GO WITH THE PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT BEFORE THE FINAL VOTE, I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE SOME DATES TO YOU.

IT'D BE VERY TRANSPARENT, JUST KIND OF WHAT LYNN AND YOU GUYS HAVE ALL KIND OF EXPLAIN.

JUST VERY TRANSPARENT TO THE PUBLIC OF WHAT THIS PROCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE.

WOULD YOU LIKE ME LAY OUT DATES THAT YOU ORDER ELECTION[OVERLAPPING].

>> LET'S MAKE THE MOTION AND THE DECISION, AND THEN GO WITH THE TIMELINE AND SUCH.

>> YEAH.

>> I MOVE TO DO A PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT FOR THIS OPEN SEAT.

>> I'LL SECOND FOR THE PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT.

>> THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> AYE.

>> AYE.

>> AYE.

>> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.

>> SO THEN THE NEXT THING TO VOTE ON IS LET'S LAY OUT SOME DATES THAT WOULD WORK FOR EVERYBODY.

AS I HAD TOLD YOU BEFORE IT HAS TO BE DONE PRIOR TO OCTOBER 3RD.

IT'S NOT THE PROCESS, THE ACTUAL APPOINTMENT HAS TO BE MADE PRIOR TO OCTOBER 3RD IN ORDER TO MEET THE 60 DAY STATUTORY MANDATES.

WITH THAT, THE NEXT ITEM ON THERE IS ACTUALLY MOVING INTO THE SUBCOMMITTEE.

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BUT MOVING INTO THE DATES, YOU CAN OPEN UP THE APPLICATION PROCESS SEPTEMBER 2ND THROUGH SEPTEMBER 9TH, AND WE WOULD PUT IT OUT ON OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE, WE WOULD SEND IT OUT TO PARENTS, WOULD PUT OUT IN THE NEWS MEDIA, TAKE OUT SOME ADS IN THE PAPER BECAUSE IT'S NOT FAIR JUST TO SEND IT TO JUST PARENTS.

IT WOULD GO OUT TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

WE WOULD ADVERTISE IT FROM SEPTEMBER 2ND THROUGH SEPTEMBER 9TH.

THE MINIMAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SOMEBODY TO APPLY WILL BE ON THERE. OKAY?

>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT?

>> YEAH.

>> WHAT NEWS MEDIA SPECIFICALLY?

>> WHAT'S THAT?

>> WHAT NEWS MEDIA DO YOU PUT IT ON SPECIFICALLY?

>> WE'D TAKE OUT ADS IN THE ACTUAL NEWSPAPERS.

WE TAKE OUT ADS AND [INAUDIBLE] DAILY BULLETIN.

SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS ENDIANNESS COMMUNITY POST AND SEND IT TO SOCIAL MEDIAS FROM THE CITY, SEE IF THEY CAN POST IT, ASK THEM TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

WE PUT IT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE WOULD DO A BIG OUTREACH PROGRAM, SO THAT BASICALLY BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES ARE 70000 PLUS RESIDENTS, BETWEEN TWO CITIES WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST THROW THEIR NAME IN THE HAT OR BE PART OF THE PROCESS SOMEHOW.

SEPTEMBER 2ND TO SEPTEMBER 9TH, THAT WOULD BE THE DATE WE WOULD OPEN UP THE APPLICATION.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SUBCOMMITTEE IN A MINUTE, BUT ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, THE SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD MEET.

THE SUBCOMMITTEE CAN CONSIST OF NO MORE THAN TWO BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE THREE THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A QUORUM.

YOU'D HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND SELECT YOUR SUBCOMMITTEE.

ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, THAT SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD REVIEW POTENTIAL QUESTIONS THAT ALL CANDIDATES WOULD GET ASKED, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE RESIDENTS IF SENDING US AND LEARN THEY DON'T HAVE ANY FELONIES, AND THERE IS A COUPLE OF OTHER SMALLER THINGS, JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL VIABLE CANDIDATES.

BECAUSE WHEN WE DO PUBLISH THE ACTUAL AS YOU PREPARE FOR THE DAY THAT THE SELECTION POTENTIALLY CAN HAPPEN THAT HAS TO BE PUBLISHED.

WHO THE PERSON'S NAMES ARE THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED. THEY WOULD BE PUBLISHED.

THAT WILL TAKE PLACE SEPTEMBER 10TH, AND I WOULD REQUEST THE BOARD THAT SEPTEMBER 15TH, WE WOULD HOLD A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING TO INTERVIEW THE QUALIFIED APPLICANTS.

THE DATES WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 2ND THROUGH SEPTEMBER 9TH FOR OPENING UP APPLICATIONS.

SEPTEMBER 10TH, THE SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD MEET.

SEPTEMBER 15TH WOULD BE A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING FOR EVERYBODY AND THAT GIVES THE COMMUNITY AMPLE TIME TO SAY DO I WANT TO PUT MY HAND IN, DO I WANT TO PUT IT IN THERE, PUT THE APPLICATION IN.

GIVE TIME TO KIND OF DEVELOP QUESTIONS, AND GET READY FOR THE PROCESS FOR SEPTEMBER 15TH.

IF THOSE DATES ARE AGREEABLE FOR EVERYBODY, THEN I JUST NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE SEPTEMBER 2ND THROUGH THE 9TH FOR THE APPLICATION TO OPEN.

SEPTEMBER 10TH, THE SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD MEET AND SEPTEMBER 15TH WOULD BE THE SPECIAL BOARD MEETING TO LOOK AT THE PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT.

>> [OVERLAPPING] JUST BE CLEAR, CARL, SEPTEMBER 15TH, WILL ALSO BE THE DATE THAT THE SELECTION WOULD BE MADE.

>> IT WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL DAY.

YEAH. ANYTIME YOU AGENDIZE IT THAT IT CAN HAPPEN THAT DAY.

AGAIN, THE PROCESS COULD ALSO BE YOU CAN GET DOWN TO TWO AND SAY, I'D REALLY LIKE TO DO IT AGAIN.

I'D LIKE TO INTERVIEW AND HAVE A DIFFERENT SET OF QUESTIONS FOR TWO.

IT DOES LEAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM.

>> OKAY.

>> I KNOW HOW SERIOUS THAT YOU'RE TAKING THIS, AND SO IT GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM.

IT JUST GIVES A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE THE OCTOBER 3RD DEADLINE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET THAT DATE.

>> THEN REMIND ME, PLEASE, WHAT IS THE DEADLINE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE APPOINTED BY?

>> OCTOBER 3RD.

>> OCTOBER 3RD, THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY, I'LL JUST PUT THAT IN THERE.

>> BLEND THOSE DATES THEY'LL SECOND.

>> THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> AYE.

>> AYE.

>> OKAY. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

OKAY, WILL DESIGNATE A BOARD SUBCOMMITTEE TO REVIEW APPLICATIONS FOR PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT TO BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE BOARD PRESIDENT IS AN AUTOMATIC MEMBER AND I'M GOING TO SUGGEST DERRICK AS THE OTHER MEMBER OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE.

>> I'LL SECOND.

>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

>> [OVERLAPPING] AYE.

>> AYE.

>> THANK YOU. FUTURE MEETING DATES. WE'VE MISSED ONE, SORRY.

DISCUSS AND APPROVE BOARD REORGANIZATION TO FILL THE BOARD ROLE OF CLERK.

WE JUST NEED A SIMPLE MOTION TO NOMINATE FOR THAT.

>> I'LL NOMINATE GLENN.

>> OKAY.

>> I'LL SECOND.

>> OKAY. THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> [OVERLAPPING] AYE. AYE

>> OKAY. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.

THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING WILL BE SEPTEMBER 1,

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ANY ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS? OKAY THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 07:00 PM

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.