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>> IT'S FOUR O'CLOCK, THE MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
[2. CALL TO ORDER]
DEREK IS RUNNING LATE, HE WILL JOIN US IN CLOSED SESSION.ALL OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
ITEM 4 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 FOR EACH AGENDA ITEM TO 20 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 A NON-AGENDA ITEM, COMMENTS MAY BE MADE UNDER THEIR REQUESTS 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 MCDONALD, SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
ANY PERSON ADDRESSING THE BOARD SHOULD FIRST STATE THEIR NAME AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE DISTRICT.
DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS THIS EVENING? THEN WE WILL CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION AT 4:01.
[5. CLOSED SESSION AGENDA]
[BACKGROUND][6. OPEN SESSION AGENDA]
WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING RECONVENED INTO OPEN SESSION AT 5:00 PM, REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION, PLEASE.[8. REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION]
>> IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO APPROVE A FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE BETWEEN THE PARENTS OF JB AND A BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT OH, CASE NUMBER 2021070950, PURSUANT TO WHICH THE DISTRICT HAS AGREED TO FUND AND PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO THE STUDENT, AND THE STUDENT'S PARENTS HAVE RELEASED CLAIMS AGAINST THE DISTRICT IN EXCHANGE FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AS SPECIFIED IN THE AGREEMENT.
MOTION WAS MADE BY DEREK, SECONDED BY GREG.
SECOND, IN CLOSED SESSION, BOARD TOOK ACTION TO APPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT OF SHAUN CASEY AS THE DEAN AT CHAPARRAL VISTA HIGH SCHOOL.
MOTION MADE BY GREG, SECONDED BY DEREK, AND THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS.
>> YEAH. I JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING MR. CASEY IN THE NEAR FUTURE, AND I KNOW HE'S GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS FOR CHAP.
>> THANK YOU. PLEASE STAND AND JOIN IN WITH THE PLEDGE.
[9. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
LET'S BEGIN.[10. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER AND CONTENT]
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA ORDER AND CONTENT. SO MOVED.[11. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS]
APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS.I'VE GOT THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 4, 2021 REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING.
>> MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.
NUMBER 3, ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 18 SPECIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING.
>> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.
FEATURED PRESENTATIONS, RECOGNITION OF
[12. FEATURED PRESENTATIONS]
BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT'S HEALTH AND WELLNESS TEAM.MARK WE'LL DO AN INTRODUCTION HERE.
>> THANK YOU. FIRST OFF, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
BONITA UNIFIED TAKES THE CHARGE OF CARING FOR STUDENTS HEALTH AND WELLNESS VERY SERIOUSLY.
WE'RE FORTUNATE IN THIS DISTRICT TO HAVE A LARGE DEDICATED GROUP OF EMPLOYEES, WHOSE DAILY TASK IS TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH AS TEAM IS DRIVEN EACH DAY TO MAXIMIZE STUDENT WELLNESS.
THE WELLNESS TEAM IS LED BY SENIOR DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES, MARK ROGERS.
IN ALL TIMES, BUT ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC, MARK HAS SHOWN HIMSELF TO BE A VITAL AND VALUABLE MEMBER OF OUR BONITA TEAM.
HE'S LED OUR RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC WITH GRACE AND HAS IMPLEMENTED A SYSTEM TO DEAL WITH THE PANDEMIC FROM THE GROUND UP.
IN JUNE, MARK WAS RECOGNIZED BY HIS PEERS ON THE BONITA ADMIN TEAM WITH THE BONITA UNIFIED CHALLENGE COIN.
THE ISSUANCE OF THIS COIN WAS TO ACKNOWLEDGE MARK'S SKILLS AS A DISTRICT LEADER AND TO SHOW APPRECIATION OF HIS WORK.
UPON THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF MARK RECEIVING THE COIN, HIS PEERS GAVE HIM A STANDING OVATION TO SHOW THEIR RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FOR HIS EFFORTS.
MARK, WE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP DURING THIS TIME AND I'LL TURN THE MIC OVER TO MARK SO YOU CAN ACKNOWLEDGE HIS TEAM. MARK ROGERS.
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>> THANKS, MATT. I HAVE A BIG SMILE BEHIND MY MASK.
[LAUGHTER] JUST FOR THE RECORD.
I APPRECIATE THAT AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE HONOR TO BE HERE TO RECOGNIZE THIS VERY SPECIAL GROUP.
THIS IS HALF OF THE VERY SPECIAL GROUP WHO ARE WITH US, OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE OUR KIDS ARE SAFE AND WELL SO THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE AT SCHOOL AND CAN ACCESS THEIR EDUCATION TO ITS FULLEST.
THIS IS THE HEALTH SERVICES SIDE OF THAT EQUATION WHO KEEP OUR STUDENTS PHYSICALLY WELL, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT A STUDENT WHO'S PHYSICALLY WELL, IS MUCH MORE LIKELY TO DO WELL IN SCHOOL.
THIS IS A GROUP OF SCHOOL NURSES, LVNS, HEALTH CLERKS, AND CONTACT TRACERS, WHICH WASN'T EVEN A THING THE LAST THING WE WOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BUT ALL CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL WELLNESS OF OUR STUDENTS.
CHUCK, ARE YOU GOING TO HELP ME HANDOUT STUFF? EACH OF YOU WILL BE RECEIVING A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME CHALLENGE POINTS THAT YOU'LL BE RECEIVING.
WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE BRAND NEW TO OUR DISTRICT IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO, AND THEN MANY WHO ARE CONTINUING.
AS I READ YOUR NAME, IF YOU COULD COME UP AND CHUCK WILL HAND YOU YOUR COIN.
BEGINNING WITH THE SCHOOL NURSES AND OUR HEALTH SERVICES CONSULTANT WHO IS A SCHOOL NURSE.
THAT FILLS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ROLE, KATHY LINDENMEYER.
IF YOU GET CALLED SECOND, YOU HAVE TO LET THE FIRST-PERSON GET HERE FIRST OR CHUCK WILL HAND [LAUGHTER] YOU THEIR CERTIFICATES.
I DO STRUGGLE TO RECOGNIZE YOU JUST A BIT IN YOUR MASK.
IS YVETTE HERE? I DIDN'T SEE YVETTE COME IN.
THOSE ARE OUR SCHOOL NURSES WHO WILL ABLE TO BE WITH US TONIGHT.
[APPLAUSE] WHERE IS SHE? MAKING SURE SHE IS HERE.
[APPLAUSE] KRISTEN PEREZ [APPLAUSE] AND TINA COLE.
[APPLAUSE] IS THAT YVETTE? YVETTE, JUST KEEP WALKING. KEEP WALKING.
[LAUGHTER] THIS IS YVETTE, ONE OF OUR SCHOOL NURSES.
[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] THEN OUR HEALTH CLERKS , [INAUDIBLE] KENNY ASTRATA.
[APPLAUSE] SOME TIME TO GET HALFWAY ACROSS THE ROOM.
CRYSTAL HAVI, [APPLAUSE] DIANA ROGERS, [APPLAUSE] IVANA SALAZAR, [APPLAUSE] MICHELLE'S SAPINION, [APPLAUSE] JAMIE CLARK, [APPLAUSE] AND CHRISTINA FOSTELLA.
[APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] DID WE GET ALL THE HEALTH CLERKS? THEN WE HAVE ONE OF OUR CONTACT TRACERS WITH US TONIGHT, MARCY COCCI-ELSKY.
[APPLAUSE] JUST NEEDS TO SAY MARCY'S BEEN LIKE CONTRACT TRACER, EXTRAORDINARY AROUND THE PROGRAM ALL SUMMER AND HAS BEEN OUR LEAD IN THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL AND WE NEEDED IT DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL.
MARCY'S HAS BEEN TERRIFIC. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] WHAT IF WE COULD GIVE ROUND OF APPLAUSE, YOU GUYS CAN CLAP FOR EACH OTHER AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE LIKE THIS.
[APPLAUSE] I THINK WE'RE DOING A LITTLE ROOM SWITCHEROO WHEN YOU GUYS ARE [OVERLAPPING].
>> BEFORE YOU LEAVE, GUYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
I WORK IN A SCHOOL AND I UNDERSTAND HOW HARD IT IS.
A LOT OF PARENTS ARE UPSET BY BEING TAKEN HOME 10 DAYS AND YOU MIGHT BE THE FIRST PERSON THEY TALK TO YOU.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU STICKING IT OUT AND DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR KIDS AND FAMILIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> IF THEY GIVE YOU TOO MUCH TROUBLE JUST HAVE THEM CALL KOHLBERG AND HE'LL DEAL WITH THEM.
>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. GOOD NIGHT.
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>> OKAY, SO THE SECOND HALF OF THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT ARE WHAT I SORT OF THINK OF AS OUR THERAPEUTIC MENTAL HEALTH LEVEL, WHICH IS SORT OF TWO PARTS.
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SPECIALISTS WHO WE BEGAN HIRING A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND THEN WHAT WE CALL OUR DIS TERMS COUNSELORS ARE FOLKS WHO DO THERAPY WITH STUDENTS WHO HAVE AN IEP AND WE HAVE A BIG MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SYSTEM IN THIS DISTRICT, BUT THIS IS THE GROUP THAT WORKS VERY DIRECTLY WITH KIDS AT A THERAPEUTIC LEVEL.
AGAIN, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS IS IN PLACE SO THAT THEY CAN DO WELL IN SCHOOL.
SO STARTING WITH OUR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SPECIALISTS, THE [INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE] RUBIO [INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE].
KRISTIN [INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER].
CHRISTINE [INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE].
JENNIFER [INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE].
DAN [INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE] AND [APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN OUR DAS TERMS COUNSELORS, CAMILLE JONES [APPLAUSE], MATT OLDENBURG [APPLAUSE] AND ALISSA SEDONA [APPLAUSE].
ALL RIGHT AND AS YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A CRITICAL LAYER OF SUPPORT, REALLY PRE COVID AND I'VE SAID TO MANY PEOPLE MANY TIMES, HARD TO PICTURE WHAT LAST YEAR WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE WITHOUT THIS LEVEL OF SUPPORT IN PLACE AND THEN, WE ACTUALLY EXPANDED THIS SUPPORT TEAM HEADING INTO THIS YEAR.
IT'S BEEN A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR ABILITY AND MAKE SURE STUDENTS STAY WELL.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
>> BEFORE YOU GUYS LEAVE AS WELL.
SORRY. YOU GUYS ARE MY PEOPLE I THINK WERE IN THE SAME FIELD.
I REALLY WANT TO CONVEY, ESPECIALLY THANKS BECAUSE I KNOW TWO OF YOU WORK WITH MY OWN KIDS MISS [INAUDIBLE] WORKED WONDERS WITH MY SON AND MS.RUBY, YOU'RE AMAZING WITH MY DAUGHTER.
SHE NEVER [INAUDIBLE] OF ANXIETY AND NOW HE'S WANTING TO JUMP INTO EVERYTHING.
THAT'S THE CURRICULAR. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LAURINA, I KNOW YOU'RE SPECIAL.
YOU WORK ON THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF [INAUDIBLE] TEAM FOR THE WHOLE LAST YEAR AND I KNOW YOUR WORK IS GREAT.
OUR DIS COUNSELORS, I KNOW THAT IS AMAZING WORK.
THAT'S THERAPY, THAT'S NOT JUST COUNSELING, THAT'S REALLY IN-DEPTH AND TOUGH AND YOU'VE GOT THE MOST CHALLENGED OF OUR KIDS.
SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU ALL [APPLAUSE].
>> THANK YOU, MARK. I THINK WE'LL HAVE A CAST CHANGE NOW.
NUMBER 2, REPORT ON MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS PROJECTS INTRODUCED BY SUSAN [INAUDIBLE].
>> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO CALL ROB HARRISON UP TO THE PODIUM TO GIVE YOU ALL A PRESENTATION ON THE PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AROUND THE DISTRICT THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS HERE.
BUT EITHER WE ARE JUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF OUR BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
WE HAVE 13 SCHOOLS SITES, A BEAUTIFUL BCA, AND THEN OUR DISTRICT OFFICE HERE WITH ALL OF THE BUILDINGS HERE AND ALL OF THAT IS RESPONSIBILITY OF ROB HARRISON, WHO IS OUR SENIOR DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND
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HE JUST DOES A GREAT JOB AND WE WERE DOING THIS ANNUALLY AND WE TOOK A BREAK LAST YEAR FOR COVID, BUT NOW WE ARE BACK.SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ROB.
HE'S GOT A LOT OF PICTURES TO SHOW YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SUSAN. THANK YOU, BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT.
THANK YOU MARGARET. TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COVID PREPARATION.
SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
THE COVID PREPARATION, WE STARTED PREPARING FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, BUT WE HAD A NOROVIRUS AT ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS.
HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS SURFACE CONTACT, SURFACE HANDS, MOUTH.
IT LIVED ON THE SURFACE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO WE RAN UP AND WE WERE DISINFECTING.
IT TOOK US ABOUT TWO HOURS TO DO FOUR CLASSROOMS. I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE TOO LONG.
MY GOAL WAS TO BE ABLE TO DISINFECT THE CLASSROOM IN TWO MINUTES AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL GO.
SO WE CAME ON THIS [INAUDIBLE] SYSTEM, WHICH HAS A POSITIVE CHARGE MISSED THAT GOES TO THE NEGATIVE CHARGED THE SURFACES, WRAPS AROUND ALL THE SURFACES.
THE FIRST ONE WE TESTED ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO WAS THE LARGE BACKPACK BATTERY SYSTEM.
A WIRE WENT DOWN YOUR LEG TO A RUBBER THING YOU PUT ON HER COPPER DEVICE, YOU PUT ON YOUR FOOT AND COSTS ABOUT $7,000 AND SO WE DIDN'T BUY ANY OF THOSE AND SO WE FOUND THESE.
I THOUGHT WE WERE PRETTY WELL SET THAT WE HEARD ABOUT COVID THAN [NOISE] SCRAMBLED AND GOT 16 MORE.
WE HAVE SOME SPARES, TRANSPORTATION HAS SOME TO DO BUSES, AND THAT'S SET UP PRETTY WELL [NOISE].
ALL OUR CUSTODIANS ARE TRAINED ON BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS EVERY YEAR AND TERRY HAS GONE OUT AND TRAINED EACH CUSTODIAN ONE-ON-ONE ON DISINFECTING CLASSROOMS, HAS OUR DISINFECTING BUCKET SET UP WITH OUR TYVEK SUITS [INAUDIBLE] RIGHT THERE IN THE LEFT SIDE AND THEN AT THE VERY START OF COVID, THERE WAS A REALLY SCRAMBLE TO GET MATERIALS AND STUFF.
WHEN WE WERE BRINGING DAYCARE BACK SCHOOL AGE CARE, WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PLACES TO AMOUNT HAND SANITIZERS.
I WAS JUST GOING TO BURY FOUR BY FOURS AROUND THE SCHOOL.
CARPENTER CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA, BUILDING OUR STANDS SO WE'D MOVE THEM AROUND IN CASE WE HAD TO MOVE SCHOOL-AGED CARE TO ANOTHER LOCATION.
THIS WORKED OUT REALLY WELL FOR US.
AT THE START OF COVID WHEN WE HAD OUR STAFF BACK AND WE HAD A FEW MONTHS WITHOUT STAFF, WE NO LONGER USING BREAK ROOMS, DOING ALL THE CHECK-INS OUTSIDE.
WE'RE STILL DOING THAT. TRY TO MINIMIZE THE TRAFFIC IN THE OFFICES.
WE'RE SETTING UP FOR THE VACCINATION CLINIC.
WE HADN'T USED A GYM FOR QUITE AWHILE.
HEATERS WERE OUT, SO WHILE WE WERE SETTING UP DOWNSTAIRS WE WERE UP ON THE ROOF TRAINING AND THE HEATERS GONE, WHICH WE DID AND IT WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL FOR US.
WE HAD A SET OF FIVE OR SIX SCHOOLS.
EVERY CARPORT WAS SOLD OUT THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY.
WE WERE SCRAMBLING, I FOUND ONE AT A HOME DEPOT.
FINALLY FOUND TO TALK TO PET BOYS IN POMONA, THEY WERE ON A MISSION.
THEY SEARCHED ALL OVER AND TRUCKS I'M IN FOR US.
WE HAD CARPORTS FOR EACH SITE.
GOT THEM SET UP THIS BEFORE WE'RE DEALING FOOD.
THE FIRST WEEK OF FOOD, I FOUND OUT I'M NOT QUITE AS YOUNG AS I USED TO BE.
I WAS HUSTLING ON HOT PARTS FROM HERE TO THING AND I WAS HOME IN BED AT SEVEN FOR TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW.
[LAUGHTER] SOME OF THE PREP WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR SEVERAL YEARS AS BOTTLE FILLERS AND THIS IS ONE AT THE SPORTS PARK, THE GREEN ONE THEN OTHER SCHOOLS THEY STILL HAVE A STOCK.
WE DID SOME OTHER WAYS TO DO BOTTLE FILLERS AND INSTEAD OF DRINKING IN FOUNTAINS AND IT'S WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL FOR THE SCHOOLS.
AS WE STARTED BRINGING CUSTODIANS BACK,
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HARRY HAD MEETINGS WITH EACH GROUP THE DAY AND THE NIGHT, THE RESPONSIBILITIES, THE ATTENTION OR DUTIES THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO, THE EXTRA CLEANING, THE EXTRA PROCEDURES.THE FIRST SUMMER, WE'RE HAVING TO WORK IN GROUPS BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME CUSTODIANS OUT.
THEY WENT LIKE LOCUS FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL.
THE FIRST SCHOOL THAT WAS DONE, WE PULLED THEIR CUSTODIAN AND IT JUST KEPT GOING LIKE THAT THROUGH THE DISTRICT AND GOT ALL THE SCHOOLS CLEAN FOR GETTING KIDS BACK.
OUR BIGGEST THING WE DID FOR COVID AND WE STARTED IN 2019 WAS HVAC.
WE'VE REALLY HIT IT SINCE ALL THE ZOOM MEETINGS HAVE BECOME MORE PREVALENT.
ALL MY HVAC GUYS HAD TO SIT THROUGH HOURS OF HVAC TRAINING UNTIL FINALLY, I THINK WE WERE IN THE ONE ON THE RIGHT HERE AND BRANDON SAID, "ROBERT, THIS IS ALL ABOUT HEALTH, ISN'T IT?" REALLY IT IS. THE BIGGEST WAY WE'RE DEALING WITH COVID IS GET FRESH AIR IN THE CLASSROOMS. WE STARTED THAT TO RAISE THE HEALTH OF THE CLASSROOM, RAISE ATTENDANCE, RAISE TEST SCORES TO HELP MAD OUT A LITTLE BIT.
[LAUGHTER] BECAUSE HE HAS TO DEAL WITH 400 OR 500 PEOPLE.
I JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH A FEW SENSORS AND SOME ACTUATORS.
SO THIS HAS WORKED OUT REALLY WELL.
WE'RE ALMOST DONE WITH THE SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE THE THREE MAIN BUILDINGS AT THE RAMONA TO FINISH AND THIS IS THE GRAPH THEY HAVE.
THE TOP IS THE TEMPERATURE GRAPH AND WHERE IT'S JUMPING UP AND DOWN IT'S CLOSE AND DOWN FRESH AIR AND HOPED IT BACK UP TO MAINTAIN TEMPERATURE AND KEEP OUR 10 PERCENT OR 20 PERCENT FRESH AIR COMING IN ALL THE TIME.
YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM IS THE CO2 GRAPH.
AS KIDS WALK IN, IT POPS WAY UP.
WE TRIED TO KEEP IT UNDER A 1000 PARTS PER MILLION.
OVER A THOUSAND KIDS START TO GET SLEEPY, DISTRACTED.
HIGHER THAN THAT, IT'S REAL BAD, SO THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
THE HVAC GUYS CAN SEE THIS ON ALL THEIR PHONES.
THEY HAVE TABLETS, THEY CAN TAKE UP ON THE ROOF.
THEY CAN DO SOME ADJUSTMENT THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE THERE.
IF IT'S SMOKY OUTSIDE, WE CAN CLOSE DOWN ALL THE OUTSIDE AIR UNTIL IT CLEARS UP.
IT HAS ABOUT TRIPLED THEIR WORKLOAD THOUGH, BECAUSE NOW IT'S CO2 SENSORS AND ACTUATORS AND THE COMPROMISERS, THEY ARE REALLY STRETCHED.
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH COVID, BUT I THOUGHT WE TAKE A BREAK.
OUR CREW THROUGH HERE HAS BATTERY MOWERS, A SIX-FOOT MOWERS, IN BOTH HIGH SCHOOL HAS A BATTERY MOWER.
WE TRY THIS ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.
THEY WERE REAL LIGHT, UNCOMFORTABLE.
THEY HAD A WEIRD LINE TOO, SO JUST RECENTLY THEY RETUNE THE SOUND.
WE COULD HAVE A MOWER RIGHT THERE IN THE PARKING LOT AND YOU CAN'T HEAR IT.
IT'S GREAT FOR MOWING BETWEEN CLASSROOMS. PLUS WE DON'T HAVE TO FILL IT WITH GAS ALL THE TIME, SO THEY'RE VERY COMFORTABLE NOW.
WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE KIDS OR WE HAD THE GRADUATIONS, WE DIDN'T HAVE STUFF TO SET A GRADUATION, SO [INAUDIBLE] AND I WERE THE GRADUATION CREW.
OF COURSE BEING BENITO, WE HAD A SET OF THREE STAGES.
WE SET UP SHOP RIGHT BACK HERE, SAYING "DEMONS STILL HAD ALL THESE COLUMNS AND STUFF RESERVE FOR THEIR SENIOR DANCE." HE SET UP THE FRONT OF THAT.
LOOK REAL NICE WITH NEAT FOR KIDS, I GOT TO TALK TO PARENTS AND KIDS, THEY ALL SEEM TO ENJOY IT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD TO DO FOR KIDS TO GET BACK, WE HAD SUB CUSTODIANS.
THIS IS THE BENITO HEAD CUSTODIAN TRAINING.
OUR GRACE MILLER SERVE CUSTODIAN ON FLOOR CARE.
THAT'S CHRISTINA, JUST FOR KIDS TO GET BACK, PRESSURIZE AND PLAY EQUIPMENT AND TABLES BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CHASE AWAY THE SPIDERS WHO HAD BEEN LIVING THERE ALL YEAR.
THE BLACK WIDOWS AND OTHER ASSORTED BUGS AND SOME OF OUR PREP, THEY COME BACK.
WE DID SEVERAL SHARED PROJECTS WITH BOTH CITIES.
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LAVERNE WENT TO CLEAN UP THE D STREET, WHICH WAS MOSTLY DIRT AND OLD PLANNERS WHEN NO PLANS IN THEM.THEY PAID FOR THE CITY HALL DOWN THE SCHOOL AND HIGH PAID FOR THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL.
THE BUS DRIVERS WERE REAL EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE NOW THE SPORTS TEAM DON'T WALK THROUGH DIRT AND THEN CLIMB ON THEIR BUSES.
WHICH IS NOT A BENEFIT, I REALIZED.
WE RESURFACE ON THE TENNIS COURTS AND BENITO AND RESCREENED IT, SO IT LOOKS QUITE A BIT BETTER.
THE TENNIS COURTS AT SAN DIMAS, WHERE WE WENT IN HALF AND HALF WITH SAN DIMAS CITY, SO CAME OUT REAL NICE.
[INAUDIBLE] WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE BLUE.
OF COURSE, WE HAD ALL OUR USUAL PROJECTS, OUR IRRIGATION LEAKS AS, THIS IS OUT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DAO.
WE HAD THE FIRES AT THE SAME TIME.
WE COULDN'T BLOW OFF THE ROOFS BECAUSE IT WAS REAL FINE.
EVERY ROOF HAD A DISTRICT, HAD TO BE SWEPT AND WASHED OFF, WHICH IS A PRETTY GOOD UNDERTAKING.
WE CANCELED OUR BIG PROJECTS THE FIRST SUMMER OF COVID AND PRETTY MUCH THIS SUMMER ALL THE SCHOOLS WERE BUSY.
I DID THE BUS YARD, PAVED IT, RIPPED OUT ALL THE OLD ASPHALT.
THIS WEEKEND WE'RE GOING TO SLURRY AND STRIPE IT, AND IT'S PRETTY GOOD.
I HAVE TO FIND PLACES FOR ALL THE VEHICLES AND STUFF AND THE LOGISTICS OF MOVING OUT AND MOVING BACK IN IS PRETTY EXCITING.
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES.
[LAUGHTER] THE ONE ON THE LEFT WAS SEVEN IN THE MORNING, ONE ON THE RIGHT WAS FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON.
THIS PLUMBING COMPANY WAS GREAT.
THERE'S SOMETIME DURING CONSTRUCTION WHEN THEY POURED THIS BUILDING, THE SEWER PIPES SUNK DOWN.
THE LAST FOUR STALLS NEVER REALLY FLUSHED WELL SO WE HAD TO BREAK OPEN THE FLOOR, REDO THE SEWER PIPES WHICH WAS RIGHT BETWEEN THE DIVIDING WALL AND PUT IT ALL BACK TOGETHER.
SINCE WE HAD NO KIDS, IT WAS A PERFECT TIME TO DO IT.
ALSO AT BONITA, I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO THE CITIZENS OF SAN DIMAS OF COURSE AS WE DID WAY TOO MUCH ON THE LA VERNE SIDE.
WHEN IT RAINED, IT WAS SIX INCHES DEEP, HARD FOR THE KIDS TO WALK THROUGH.
WE TORE OUT ALL THE CONCRETE, PUT IN THE TRENCH DRAIN.
AS WE WERE DOING THAT, WE NOTICED THE HANDICAP RAMPS WEREN'T UP TO CODE, TORE THOSE OUT, REDO THAT.
THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS THE FIRST MORNING IT RAINED.
I RAN OVER ABOUT 5:30 AND TOOK A PHOTO AND I WAS REAL HAPPY WITH IT.
ONCE AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE TO THE CITIZENS OF SAN DIMAS.
THIS IS BONITA, THE DRAMA CLASS AND THE CHOIR CLASS, THEY COULD HEAR EACH OTHER THROUGH THAT WALL.
THE CHOIRS IN THE STUDENT UNION AND THE DRAMAS 801.
WE TORE OUT THAT STAGE, SOUNDPROOFED THE WALL.
NOW THEY'RE BOTH PRETTY HAPPY.
THIS IS BONITA AGAIN. THIS IS PART OF THE REASON WHEN WE HAD THE STAY AT HOME MONTHS, I HADN'T FINISHED THE STADIUM YET, I CALLED THE PUNCH.
I HADN'T SIGNED THE NOTICE OF COMPLETION.
I COULDN'T PAY THE CONTRACTOR SO I STAYED HERE.
KYLIAN DANE DID AS WELL AND WE FINISHED IT OFF.
SOMETIME DURING CONSTRUCTION WE LOST THE WATER TO THE DRINKING FOUNTAINS AT THE SPORTS PARK BY THE TENNIS COURTS AND BY THE JV FIELD.
WE HAD TO PULL WATER FROM THE NEW CAFE, TRENCH ON THEIR SIDEWALK AND DOWN AND I RAN A DRINKING FOUNTAIN TO THE CORNER OF THE TENNIS COURTS AND ONE UP TO THE JV FIELD.
OF COURSE WE DID THE GYM FLOORS WHICH WAS REAL NICE WITH NO KIDS, DID A SOFTBALL SCOREBOARD FOR THE GIRLS AT BONITA AND THAT'S A SOLAR-POWERED SOURCE FOR MORE.
THIS IS CLEAN AND ANOTHER ROUGH THIS IS THE ROOF AT THE PACK WHICH IS HARD TO CLEAN.
WE'RE DOING A LANDSCAPE PROJECT AT THE PATH TOWARD THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
NOW I'M GOING TO START APOLOGIZING TO THE CITIZENS OF LA VERNE BECAUSE WE DID WAY TOO MUCH IN SAN DIMAS TOO.
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THERE'S THE BLACK FROM THE FIRES AND THAT'S THE FIRST SCRUB THAT WE DID.SCRUB AND RECOAT OF ALL THE GYM FLOORS.
SOMETIME DURING COVID WE WEREN'T WATCHING THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM AT SAN DIMAS TOO MUCH SO WE BLEW OUT THE BACKFLOW AND BURNED OUT THE IRRIGATION PUMP.
THIS IS THE QUAD AT SAN DIMAS, THE STAGE WAS LOOKING PRETTY BAD, LOOKING PRETTY BEAT UP.
THERE WERE OLD TILES ON THE FRONT.
WE CURVED OUT THE FRONT AND HAD IT SOME NEW LIGHT RAILS AND MADE THAT A LITTLE BETTER FOR THE KIDS.
IN SAN DIMAS WE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE IN THE WHOLE SCHOOL WITH A ROD IRON, SO THEY'RE PUT IN A FRONT GATE THERE BY THE D BUILDING AND THEN WE'RE DOING A FLOW TEST.
WE'RE GOING TO DROP IN A NEW RESTROOM ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SAN DIMAS.
WHEN WE ARE DOING ALL THE FACILITIES ASSESSMENTS WITH ARCHITECT AND ALL THE PRINCIPLES, ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS, THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH RESTROOMS AT SAN DIMAS.
THE KIDS WERE MISSING CLASS TIME BECAUSE THEY WERE GONE DURING CLASS TO GO TO THE RESTROOM BECAUSE IT WAS SO CROWDED.
WE'RE THROWN IN A NEAT NEW RESTROOM THAT SHOULD BE GOING IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
ONCE AGAIN, I GOT TO APOLOGIZE TO THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
WE HUNG ALL THESE BANNERS FOR THE KIDS 2020 AND THEN WE PAINTED THE BELL TOWER AND THE BELL, MAKE THAT LOOK A LITTLE BETTER. IT WAS FLAKING OFF.
USUAL PROJECTS, I HAD A SEVERE GAS LEAK BEHIND THE D BUILDING AT, OF COURSE ON A SATURDAY BEHIND THE D BUILDING IN SAN DIMAS.
I HAD TO PULL OUT, REPAIR THAT.
THIS IS THE BACKSIDE OF THE BUILDING BETWEEN THE BALL FIELD AND THE CHEMISTRY BUILDING.
THE WHOLE SCHOOL IS SEALED IN WITH ROD IRON RIGHT NOW.
ONE TIME, DURING OUR STAY AT HOME OWNER, A GROUP OF KIDS LIT A FIRE UP ON TOP OF THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
IT DIDN'T BURN ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SHEETING, IT BURNED THE TILES AND STUFF, SO WE HAD TO REPAIR THAT.
THIS IS ON THE RIGHT PICTURE OF THE FIELD HOUSE, JUST TO MODERNIZE, ADD A LITTLE BIT SO IT'S A LITTLE MORE LIKE THE PRESS BOX AT BONITA.
WE WENT IN, PAINTED, PUT IN WINDOWS, RE-COUNTERED THE FLOOR, SECURITY GATE MADE THAT, BROUGHT THAT UP TO MODERN.
I APOLOGIZE AGAIN TO THE CITIZENS OF LA VERNE.
WE BUILT SOME OFFICES AT SAN DIMAS MEDIA CENTER, SOME SIDE OFFICES, ALSO EXTENDED SOME SIDEWALK.
THAT'S A LITTLE SELFISH THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE A BIG LIFT TO GO UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE GYM AT SAN DIMAS.
I COULDN'T MAKE THE TURN SO I MADE IT A LITTLE BIGGER SO WE CAN MAKE THE TURN.
CHAP, ALL I DID WAS THE [LAUGHTER] ZEN GARDENS.
DURING COVID WE ALSO HAD SOME DAMAGE TO THE LONE HILL FLOOR, HAD TO REPLACE HALF OF THE BASKETBALL COURT.
JEFF IS UNDERNEATH THE BLEACHERS.
THE BLEACHERS ARE STATIC SO YOU HAVE TO TAKE THEM APART TO ROLL THEM BACK SO WE COULD REPAIR A FLOOR OR SO.
WE SPENT A LITTLE TIME BENEATH THE BLEACHERS, PULLING THOSE BACK.
THIS IS THE LONE HILL CEILING TILE REPLACEMENT.
FIGURED THERE'S NO KIDS SO WE BOUGHT STACKS AND STACKS, PALETTES OF CEILING TILES.
ANY THAT WERE BROKEN OR HAD A HOLE IN THEM OR HAD SOME HUNG ON THEM OR THEY WERE STAINED, WE REPLACED THEM ALL.
ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THAT WORKED SO WELL, THE PRINCIPAL AT LONE HILL, SINCE HE'S NEW REQUESTED SOMEONE TO DRIVE A LIFT FOR THE ASB KIDS SO THEY COULD DECORATE THE MPR.
WE GAVE THEM A CHANCE TO TAKE TURNS, RIDE ON THE LIFT AND HAND PUT UP THEIR DECORATIONS.
NO KIDS, SO WE DID AS MUCH SITING AS WE COULD.
THIS IS RAMONA, THE BACK OF THE G BUILDINGS.
I THINK IT'S EITHER FOUR OR FIVE CLASSROOMS. NO KIDS, SO WE WERE DOING SLURRY AND STRIPE.
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WE HAVE A NEW SLURRY PRODUCT, SO WE WERE TRYING IT HERE, PATCH CRACKS SLURRY AND THE PAINTER DID THAT.THEN WE POURED CONCRETE ON THE BIKE PATH AT THE SAME SCHOOL.
MADE THAT KINDER YARD REALLY NICE.
EKSTRAND, A LOT OF WHAT WE DID WAS SMALL PROJECTS TO FIX TRIP HAZARDS.
IT MAY GET HAZIER TO MOVE THROUGH THE SCHOOLS, THERE WAS A BAD TRIP HAZARD BY THE RESTROOM AT EKSTRAND.
THIS WAS THE BACKFLOW CAGE THAT WAS ALWAYS RUSTY AND BAD AND I DIDN'T LIKE IT.
IT'S BLUE VINYL FENCING ON BLUE POST AND MATCHES THE REST OF SCHOOL RIGHT NOW.
GLADSTONE, AND WE DID WAY TOO MUCH AT GLADSTONE.
WE MODERNIZED THE LIGHTING AND DID ALL NEW CEILINGS.
DID A READING GARDEN BY THE LIBRARY.
THAT'S JUST WHEN IT STARTED, SO IT'S GROWN IN REALLY WELL NOW.
GLADSTONE AS WELL TOO, WE HAD SOME FLOODING ISSUES IN THE FRONT OF THE CAFETERIA, WE DID A TRENCH DRAIN THE HALLWAY, EXTENDED THE SIDEWALK FOR LUNCH TABLES.
THERE'S ALSO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S THIS CAR BY THE TREES FOR LUNCH TABLES ALSO WHICH THEY'VE BEEN BUILT AND INSTALLED BEFORE KIDS GOT THERE.
ON THE LEFT IS A PROJECT WE HAD TO DO.
FIRST AT LA VERNE HEIGHTS, IN MODERNIZATION, THEY COOLED IT WITH MINISPLITS.
MINISPLITS DON'T HAVE ANY FRESH AIR AT ALL SO THAT WHOLE OFFICE HAD NO FRESH AIR.
PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE, LOBBY, HEALTH, AND STUFF.
THEN WHEN WE WERE DOING IT, WE FOUND OUT WHY THEY DIDN'T DO IT IN MODERNIZATION BECAUSE IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
THE COMPANY THAT DID IT HAD TO HIRE A SLIGHT GENTLEMEN WHO COULD CRAWL THROUGH THE ATTIC.
THAT WAS THE TALLEST ROOM THERE, WAS THE ONE WE'RE IN, AND THE REST WAS HOP, CRAWL AND THEY TOOK TWO WEEKS BUT NOW IT HAS FRESH AIR.
WE LOST A TREE IN THE PARKING LOT.
THE WAY THEY USED TO FIX HOLLOW TREES WAS THEY FILL IT WITH TAR AND CONCRETE.
THE COMPANY THAT TOOK THE TREE DOWN WAS REAL HAPPY WITH ME.
THEY HAD TO GET A CRANE TO LIFT THAT IN TO A SPECIAL FLAT BED TO HAUL IT OFF. IT WAS SO HEAVY.
OUR BASEBALL FIELDS WENT A LITTLE SOUTH BECAUSE THERE WERE NO KIDS, NOBODY PLAYING ON THEM, SO WE REDID ALL THE LITTLE LEAGUE FIELDS AT THE GRACE MILLER.
ON THE LEFT, BOTH CITIES ARE PUTTING IN FOR GRANTS, FOR A STORM WATER RUNOFF.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM SO WE DID SOME SOIL TESTING.
THEY MAY DO A RETENTION POND IF THEY GET THE GRANTS BENEATH OUR FIELDS.
WHAT WE GET OUT OF THAT IS NEW FIELDS, NEW IRRIGATION, A WALKING PATH AROUND THE FIELD AND NATIVE PLANTS FROM THE PATH OUT TO THE FENCE LINE AND OF COURSE NEW BASEBALL FIELDS OR NEW LITTLE FIELDS.
I'M HOPING THEY GET THE GRANT.
WE CANCELED SUMMER PROJECTS THAT I HAD TO DO TRIP HAZARDS.
THIS IS NORTH ROYNON AROUND THOSE TREES THERE WE HAD SOME TRIP HAZARDS.
WE ALSO DID NEW FIREPROOFING ON THE DRAPES AND REBUILT THE DRAPES AT ROYNON.
[NOISE] ONE OF THE PROJECT WE CANCELED DURING COVID WAS OUR MAJOR ROOFING PROJECT.
THESE ARE THE SMALL SHADE ROOFS ON THE FAR EAST SIDE OF ROYNON.
ONE OF THE MAINTENANCE MECHANICS AND MY CARPENTER, WE CUT SOME RUNNERS TO INCREASE THE SLOPE, RESCIND IT, RE-ROOFED IT, AND NOW IT'S REBUILT LIKE IT NEEDS TO BE.
WE ALSO HAD A CAR ACCIDENT OVER AT ROYNON, SO WE HAD TO REBUILD SOME OF THE STUFF WHILE WE WERE THERE, REPORT SIDEWALKS.
MORE SIDING AT SHULL, WHICH WE DID THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, AND SOME NEW HVAC AT SHULL TOO.
THIS IS OUR NEW SLURRY PRODUCT, THIS IS THE QUAD UP AT OAK MESA, WHICH WE JUST HAD A LEAK IN, HAD TO CUT APART AGAIN.
BUT WE CAN DO SOME OF THE SMALL PROJECTS IN HOUSE AND IT'S A NEAT PROJECT.
WE'RE GETTING A FEW MORE PALLETS OF THAT TO CONTINUE ON. THIS IS A SEAT WALL.
WE DID A SEAT WALL RETENTION AND WE CORRECTED SOME DRAINAGE AT OAK MESA.
IT'S A NEAT SEAT WALL, I THINK YOU CAN SIT A COUPLE 100 KIDS ON IT.
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THE SATURDAY BEFORE SCHOOL.WE CHANGE ALL OUR FILTERS TO MERV 13 FILTERS.
THAT'S THE WAY THAT THE WHOLE CALIFORNIA IS DOING IN.
WE HAD STARTED THAT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. HARD TO GET.
THESE CAME IN THE FRIDAY, TWO WEEKS FOR SCHOOLS.
WE GRABBED THEM, SORTED THEM OUT.
THEN THE FINAL SLIDE IS SATURDAY BEFORE SCHOOL, THROWING IN OUR FILTERS, GETTING READY TO GO.
THIS IS JUST A SMALL PORTION OF OUR PROJECTS.
WHEN I STARTED LOOKING BACK THROUGH IT, I DIDN'T REMEMBER MOST OF THEM BECAUSE IT WAS A WHILE AGO AND I HAVE BEEN CONCENTRATING ON WHAT WE HAVE TO DO NOT WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
THIS IS OUR TEAM THAT'S REALLY KEEPING THE SCHOOLS SAFE.
THESE GUYS ARE ALL ABOUT HEALTH IN THE CLASSROOM.
OUR PELICAN THERMOSTATS, OUR FILTERS.
>> I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
ON THE BCA. NOW, THAT'S NOT BEEN USED.
I KNOW THAT OUR BANDS AND CHOIRS ARE PROBABLY GETTING VERY ANTSY TO GET IN THERE.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THAT COULD BE USABLE?
WE HAD MOST OF OUR TRAINING SESSIONS IN THERE WHEN THE CAPACITY WAS JUST 30 OR 40 PEOPLE.
>> WE DID OUR FORKLIFT TRAINING THERE.
WE DID OUR HEAT BACK AND SAFETY TRAININGS THERE.
NOW THEY'VE HAD IT OPEN TO SOME SHOWS.
I THINK IT'S 70 PERCENT NOW FOR PUBLIC VENUES.
>> BUT THOSE WERE GENERAL PUBLIC CONTRACTED.
I'M TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OUR KIDS PROVIDING THEIR CHRISTMAS PRESENTATIONS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
>> WE'RE SCHEDULING THOSE NOW.
BUT PATRICK [INAUDIBLE], OUR BCA MANAGER WORKS REALLY CLOSELY WITH MARK ON THAT TO KEEP UP WITH ROLES BECAUSE THERE'S THE SCHOOL ROLES, BUT THEN THERE'S PERFORMING ARTS RULES TOO.
WE'RE HOPING WE CAN GET THE KIDS BACK IN THERE.
>> THAT'S GREAT NEWS. THE CO_2 MONITOR, THAT'S SOMETHING BRAND NEW THAT'S GOING ON EVERY DAY REAL-TIME SOMEONE'S MONITORING ALL THAT.
THE GUYS CAN CHANGE IT WHENEVER THEY WANT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE MANDATORY IN ALL NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN CALIFORNIA STARTING, I THINK NEXT YEAR SO.
>> NEW JOB DESCRIPTION FOR SOMEONE OUT THERE?
>> THEN FINALLY, THE WATER STORAGE.
WE HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT AT SAN DIMAS WHEN THAT FIELD WAS REDONE.
IS THAT A SIMILAR THING THAT THE CITIES ARE TALKING ABOUT? THEN SECOND PART OF THAT QUESTION.
WE HAVE THE REAL SIMILAR THING IN BENEATH THE PARKING LOT AT SAN DIMAS.
WHEN WE DID THE PARKING LOT, WE DID A SIMILAR ONE RIGHT BETWEEN THE SWIM CENTER AND THE PARKING LOT.
THERE'S A LARGE RESERVOIR RIGHT THERE.
>> THEN ARE THEY LOOKING AT SPECIFIC SCHOOLS OR WOULD THAT BE EVERY ONE OF THE SCHOOLS?
>> THEY'RE LOOKING AT GRACE MILLER AND GLADSTONE AND ROYNON.
>> OKAY. NOT ALL OF THE SCHOOLS?
>> YES. NOT ALL THE SCHOOLS. IT HAS TO BE WHERE THERE'S A BIG ENOUGH NEIGHBORHOOD ABOVE THE SCHOOL TO FLOW INTO IT.
>> THOSE WOULD BE THE PROJECT THEY COULD COMPLETE IN THE SUMMERS.
>> I HAVE SOME COMMENTS ACTUALLY.
>> I LOVE SOME OF THE THINGS YOU GUYS HAVE DONE, BUT ALSO LIKE WHEN YOU DID THEM.
IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE PROJECTS WHEN KIDS ARE NOT THERE THIS WAY IT DOESN'T IMPACT EDUCATION.
ONE THING THAT STRUCK ME WHILE I WAS LISTENING TO YOUR PRESENTATION WAS, THE NEXUS OF MAINTENANCE AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND HEALTH.
THERE'S TWO THINGS I THOUGHT WERE VERY NOTEWORTHY ON THAT POINT.
I THINK THERE'S A TED TALK TALKING ABOUT NASA PLANTS AND HOW THIS COMPANY IN INDIA ACTUALLY INCREASED PERFORMANCE BY HAVING MORE OXYGEN.
HERE WE'RE DOING THE EXACT SAME THING.
WHEN YOU SAID THE TEST SCORES MIGHT GO UP BECAUSE OF THE WORK YOUR DEPARTMENT DID, I DON'T THINK THAT'S HYPERBOLE.
I ACTUALLY THINK THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT.
>> THE SECOND PART I THOUGHT OF IS, THE CORONAVIRUS IS TRANSMITTED THROUGH RESPIRATORY DROPLETS AND THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH CARBON DIOXIDE AS WELL BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO DISPENSE RESPIRATORY DROPLETS AND CARBON DIOXIDE AT THE SAME TIME.
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THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AT LEAST AT SOME LEVEL, IT COULD BE A MITIGATING FACTOR IN HELPING OUR KIDS BE MORE SAFE.I THOUGHT THAT AND THE MERV 13 FILTERS THAT NOT ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE PUTTING IN THEIR AC.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING OUR KIDS DO BETTER AND BE SAFER.
>> I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR THOSE THAT WERE SUITED UP DOING THE CLEANING BECAUSE I SPENT EIGHT YEARS ON A HAZMAT TEAM.
I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WORK IN THOSE SUITS, IT'S MISERABLE.
IF YOU CAN EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION TO THEM BECAUSE IT'S TERRIBLE WORK TO DO.
>> THANKS VERY MUCH. ONE MORE ITEM I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE IS JUST AN OVERALL COMPLIMENT AS TO THE GREAT BEAUTIFUL SHAPE YOUR TEAM KEEPS EVERYONE OF THE SCHOOLS IN.
THE CONDITIONS OF THE SCHOOLS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE WALKS ON AND THINKS ABOUT.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE WHEN YOU'RE A TEACHER OR A STUDENT AT A SCHOOL.
I THINK THAT THEY KNOW THAT WHEN THEY WALK ONTO A SCHOOL THAT'S IN VERY GOOD SHAPE, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT CARE ABOUT THE SHAPE OF THAT SCHOOL AND HOPEFULLY THEY TEND TO HELP TAKE BETTER CARE OF IT AND THAT'S PUT SO MUCH GUM ON THE CONCRETE IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
THAT'S NEVER GOING PROJECT BUT IT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE, AND I'M FOR ONE, I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE GREAT CONDITION THAT YOU GUYS KEEP THE SCHOOLS, AND THE FIELDS, AND EVERYTHING WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
>> THANK YOU. AGAIN, DURING THE THREE OR FOUR MONTHS OF STAY-AT-HOME, WE KEPT A SMALL CREW.
WE KEPT ONE PEST GUY, AND THEN WE HAD THE HEAD CUSTODIANS COME IN ONE DAY A WEEK JUST TO WALK THE BUILDING, CHECK FOR LEAKS AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS GOOD.
THAT WORKED OUT FOR US. THERE WERE A LOT OF GUYS WHO DIDN'T KNOW WHEN COVID STARTED, HOW INFECTIOUS IT WAS BUT THEY CAME IN AND WENT TO WORK ANYWAY.
>> IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE THEY WERE WORKING HARDER IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS THAN NORMAL.
>> THANK YOU. ROB. THIRTEEN REQUEST TO SPEAK ON OPEN SESSION AGENDA ITEMS. THE PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON AGENDA ITEMS, THE BOARD MAY LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME FOR EACH AGENDA ITEM TO 20 MINUTES.
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 READ 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 FOR MARGARET MCDONALD, SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
ANY PERSON ADDRESSING THE BOARD SHOULD FIRST STATE THEIR NAME AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE DISTRICT [INAUDIBLE] WE HAVE NONE TODAY? CONSENT AGENDA.
[14. CONSENT AGENDA]
MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD TO BE ROUTINE OR SUFFICIENTLY SUPPORTED BY PRIOR OR ACCOMPANYING REFERENCE MATERIALS AND INFORMATION AS TO NOT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION.IF ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD SO REQUESTS, AN ITEM SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THIS SECTION AND PLACED IN THE REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS FOLLOWING 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, I NEED A MOTION.
>> I WANTED TO PULL ONE. HR 9.
>> I WANTED TO PULL HR 9 FOR DISCUSSION, [BACKGROUND]. IT'S THE LAST ONE.
>> ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE RATIFICATION AGREEMENT INFINITY IN HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT PMH LABORATORY?
>> HE'S REFERRING TO THE ATTENDANT TO SET A REWARD FOR CLASSIFY IN A PLACE.
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>> HUMAN RESOURCES NUMBER 9 AND YOU WANT TO PULL FROM THE AGENDA.
[14.3.9. Approve Distribution of Attendance Incentive Awards to Classified and Confidential Employees]
AND I'M NOT AGAINST THIS ATTENDANCE AWARD I'M VERY FOR IT, FOR ATTENDANCE CLASSIFIED AND CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES, I JUST WANT TO BRING UP FOR CONSIDERATION NEXT YEAR.WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON AND COVID AND THESE MANDATORY 10-DAY THINGS AND NOT TO HAVE THE CLASSIFIED OR CONFIDENTIAL STAFF PENALIZE WHEN IT'S NOT IN THEIR CONTROL.
IF WE COULD FIND SOME FLEXIBILITY.
I KNOW IT COSTS US A LITTLE BIT MORE.
KEEP THOSE INCENTIVE AWARDS, BUT IF THERE'S SOMEONE HAS TO GO OUT NOT ON FAULT OF THEIR OWN, THAT THEY CAN STILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT INCENTIVE.
>> THANK YOU. THAT IS NEGOTIATED WITH THE ASSOCIATION.
AND GOING INTO THIS YEAR, WE DID DO THAT WITH THEIR ASSOCIATION, AND ACTUALLY, THE AMOUNT THIS YEAR IS HIGHER THAN IT HAS BEEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
>> I THINK WE NEED A MOTION TO MOVE TO APPROVE HR 9.
>> THANK YOU. DISCUSSION ACTION AGENDA,
[15. DISCUSSION/ACTION AGENDA]
BUSINESS SERVICES APPROVE AN AUDITED ACTUALS REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020/2021.>> WELL, THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING.
LIKE MARK, I HAVE A LARGE SMALL BEHIND MY MASS TOO BECAUSE WHO DOESN'T LOVE TO TALK ABOUT FINANCIALS AND THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS.
HERE WE ARE AGAIN, IT'S SEPTEMBER, SO IT'S TIME TO TALK ABOUT UNAUDITED ACTUALS.
TURN THAT ON AND THEN WE WILL MAKE IT WORK.
THIS IS OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT UP UNTIL NOW AND MAY COME TO YOU AT BUDGET TIME, AND WITH THE INTERIMS WE'RE TALKING PROJECTIONS FOR THE YEAR.
THIS IS OUR ACTUALS, HOW WE DID LAST YEAR FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
IT'S LIKE OUR REPORT CARD, HOW WE MEASURE UP, AND THIS DOES BECOME THE BASIS OF OUR ANNUAL AUDIT.
THIS IS A VERY LARGE REPORT, A LOT OF LITTLE NUMBERS IN THERE TO STATE-REQUIRED FORMAT, AND WHAT WE'VE GIVEN YOU ALONG WITH THE STATE REPORTS, ALL OF THOSE PAGES IS COMPARATIVE STATEMENTS SO YOU CAN COMPARE TO SEE FOR EACH FUND HOW HE DID LAST YEAR COMPARED TO THIS YEAR.
YOU'VE GOT YOUR REVENUES, YOUR EXPENDITURES, AND YOUR CHANGES IN YOUR FUND BALANCE.
IN THE ACTUAL STATE REPORT, THERE'S A LOT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
I'M INCLUDING BALANCE SHEETS FOR EACH FUNDS.
ALSO INFORMATION ON THE ATTENDANCE CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS, LOTTERY, YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THOSE ITEMS THERE.
THE COUNTY AND THE STATE TAKES ALL OF THIS INFORMATION AND CHECKS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MEETING ALL THE GUIDELINES AND WE'RE CALCULATING EVERYTHING CORRECTLY.
THEY ALSO USE IT TO COMPARE US TO OTHER DISTRICTS.
THE REPORT DOES GO OVER AND INCLUDES ALL OF THE FUNDS OF THE DISTRICT THAT WE CONTROL.
THE GENERAL FUND IS THE LARGEST FUND OF THE DISTRICT, THE MAJORITY OF THE FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OF THE DISTRICT ARE IN THE GENERAL FUND.
BY DEFINITION, THE GENERAL FUND CONTAINS ALL THE TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN ANOTHER FUND.
WE DO YOU HAVE SPECIALIZED FUNDS SUCH AS OUR DEVELOPER FEE FUND, CHILD NUTRITION FUND, CHILD DEVELOPMENT FUND, AND THAT THE STATE REQUIRES US TO KEEP THOSE FUNDS SEPARATE.
WE ALSO REPORT ON A SCHEDULE OF LONG-TERM DEBT AND OUR STAR FIXED ASSETS.
NEW THIS YEAR, YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT WE HAVEN'T DO GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD STATEMENT GASB 84, WHICH NOW REQUIRES US TO REPORT OUR ASB FINANCIALS IN THE STATE REPORT.
WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THE ACCOUNTING FOR OUR ASPS, BUT WE NEVER HAD TO PUT IT IN THIS STATE REPORT AND NOW WE'RE DOING THAT, SO WE'LL GET TO THAT AS WE GO DOWN THE REPORT.
THIS IS UNRESTRICTED AND RESTRICTED.
FOR 2021 ON REVENUES OF ALMOST A 128 MILLION AND EXPENDITURES ABOUT A 121 MILLION AND YOU HAVE AN INCREASE IN THE FUND BALANCE, $6.2 MILLION.
LAST YEAR WE HAD A LITTLE NET LOSS OF ABOUT $0.5 MILLION THIS YEAR, INCREASED 6.2 MILLION.
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WE HAVE AN ENDING FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND THAT'S UNRESTRICTED AND RESTRICTED,36.8 MILLION, AND WE'LL SHOW YOU THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES.OF COURSE, WE'LL GO OVER THE DETAILS ON THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
THESE ARE GENERAL FUND REVENUES.
THE LARGEST PART IS THE LCFF, LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA JUST DID ABOUT $92 MILLION.
IT'S VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED FROM 2020.
THE STATE GAVE US A HOLD HARMLESS FOR LAST YEAR, IS BASICALLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY HAD GIVEN US IN FISCAL 2020.
THE LCFF MAKES UP 72 PERCENT OF OUR REVENUES.
THE OTHER BIG CHANGE YOU'LL PROBABLY NOTICED HERE IS ON THIS FEDERAL FUNDING, AND ALSO IN THE STATE TOO, BUT MOSTLY IN THE FEDERAL.
THIS IS REFLECTING COVID FUNDS, THE LARGE INCREASE OF FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED FOR COVID GRANTS.
WE HAVE A SLIDE IN A COUPLE SLIDES DOWN TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, OF COURSE, SALARY AND BENEFITS IS THE LARGEST PORTION OF THAT.
THAT'S COMING AT 84 PERCENT OF TOTAL EXPENDITURES ARE SALARY AND BENEFITS.
THAT'S REALLY THE SAME PERCENT AS IT WAS LAST YEAR.
YOU COULD SEE ALL OF OUR OTHER EXPENDITURES.
EVERYTHING'S PRETTY COMPARABLE.
HERE'S THE ENDING FUND BALANCE.
YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE RESERVED THE RESTRICTED OTHER DESIGNATIONS AND THEN THE UNRESTRICTED DESIGNATED FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES.
AGAIN, YOU SEE THIS BIG CHANGE HERE.
THE BIGGEST CHANGE IS IN THE RESTRICTED.
AGAIN, THAT IS ALSO THE FEDERAL COVID FUNDING, RECEIVED A LOT OF MONEY THIS YEAR.
WE DIDN'T SPEND IT ALL YET, SO IT BECOMES PART OF THE RESTRICTED FUND BALANCE.
OF THAT $36.6 MILLION TOTAL GENERAL FUND ANY FUND BALANCE, THE UNDESIGNATED PORTION IS 20.8, WHICH IS 17.1 PERCENT.
THAT, AS WE KNOW, IS A VERY KEY INDICATOR FOR US.
LAST YEAR THAT WAS AT 16.4 PERCENT.
THE STATE REQUIREMENT IS THREE PERCENT.
OUR OWN DISTRICT REQUIREMENT IS SEVEN PERCENT.
I CAN TELL YOU THE AVERAGE FOR UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS 18.8 PERCENT.
WE'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT BELOW AVERAGE.
BUT THAT IS FOR THE 63,020 YEAR END.
THEN THE GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL OFFICERS ASSOCIATION RECOMMENDS AT LEAST A TWO MONTH RESERVE, WHICH IS JUST ABOUT 17 PERCENT.
WE'RE VERY AVERAGE IT'S A GOOD RESERVE.
WE THINK OBVIOUSLY THREE PERCENT IS WAY TOO LOW AND SEVEN PERCENT IS GOING TO BE OUR ABSOLUTE MINIMUM.
WE'RE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT PERCENT.
WE ALSO LIKE TO LOOK AT THE TIME OF THE YEAR, LIKE WHAT WE ESTIMATED FOR THE YEAR BACK IN JUNE WHEN WE GAVE YOU THE BUDGET FOR THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR VERSUS HOW WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP.
BACK IN JUNE, WE SAID, WE THINK WE ARE GOING TO LOSE ABOUT $4.5 MILLION IN THE UNRESTRICTED FUND, 0.6 RESTRICTED, AND THEN HAVE A TOTAL OVERALL LOSS ACTUALLY CAME IN MUCH BETTER THAN EXPECTED, WHICH IS NORMAL FOR US.
YOU CAN SEE THESE POSITIVE VARIANCE IS THERE.
WE HAD A POSITIVE VARIANCE OF ABOUT 11.3 MILLION.
NOW, WHAT CAUSES THAT? WELL, AS WE KNOW, WE ARE VERY CONSERVATIVE BUDGET TEACHERS HERE.
WE DON'T REALLY BUDGET A LOT OF THE OTHER UNRESTRICTED REVENUES UNTIL WE RECEIVE THEM.
WE NEVER SPENT ALL OF OUR CATEGORICAL FUNDING AND A LOT OF THAT BUDGET VARIANCE THAT YOU SAW ON THE LAST SLIDE WAS AGAIN THIS, WE PUT IN THE ENTIRE BUDGET FOR THIS COVID FUNDING, BUT THEN WE DIDN'T SPEND IT ALL.
THEN JUST IN GENERAL, WE HAVE UNDERSTANDING ACROSS ALL EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTS AND PROGRAMS. THE SCHOOLS UNDERSPENT.
THE KIDS WEREN'T, WE GAVE THEM THEIR REGULAR BUDGETS AND OBVIOUSLY WHEN THE KIDS WEREN'T THERE ALL YEAR LONG, THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO SPEND ALL THAT MONEY.
THEY'RE UNRESTRICTED FUNDS OR SUPPLEMENT OFFENSE.
WE ALLOW THEM TO CARRY THOSE OVER SO THEY'LL BE SPENDING THOSE ISSUED.
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THEN AGAIN, THAT HIGHER THAN EXPECTED ENDING FUND BALANCE DOES PROVIDE US WITH A CUSHION AGAINST FUTURE ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES.HELPS US PLAN FOR ENROLLMENT CHANGES, FUTURE CHANGES IN STATE FUNDING AND JUST UNEXPECTED EMERGENCY EXPENDITURES.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THAT BALANCE.
I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE COVID FUNDING JUST A LITTLE BIT.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT DIFFERENT GRANTS COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND SOME FROM THE STATE.
ALSO THE STATE BUNDLES THROUGHS ALSO SOME FEDERAL MONEY TO US.
WE'RE JUST UNDER ABOUT $25 MILLION TOTAL GRANTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE OVER SEVERAL YEARS HERE.
WE'VE EXPANDED THROUGH FISCAL 21, JUST OVER $8 MILLION.
THAT WE HAVE THIS CARRY OVER OF 16.89 GOING FORWARD.
THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS EXPIRE AT DIFFERENT DATES, BUT SOME OF THAT MONEY DOES GO THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024 SO MATT AND HIS TEAM WORKING WITH FISCAL, WE HAVE A PLAN OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND ALL THIS MONEY OVER THE YEARS.
IT'S A MOVING TARGET, BUT WE DO HAVE A PLAN TO SPEND ALL THAT.
AGAIN, WE SPEND ABOUT A THIRD, ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF IT LEFT.
NOW IN THE SLIDES, I'VE GOT A COUPLE SLIDES HERE.
ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE'VE BEEN SPENDING ON.
IT'S VERY STUDENT-CENTERED SPENDING, IT'S HEALTH AND WELFARE FOR THE KIDS.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT.
WE'VE SPENT A LOT ON DAY CARE, ADDITIONAL PPE, ISOLATION ROOMS, ALL THE THINGS WE HAD TO HAVE DURING COVID.
THEN OF COURSE, HELP WITH STUDENT LEARNING, TUTORING.
WE HAD QUITE A ROBUST SUMMER SCHOOL, THE SUMMER WEEKS, WE'LL START DO THAT AGAIN NEXT YEAR, ADDITIONAL PARAEDUCATORS SUPPORT.
KEVIN'S BEEN VERY BUSY HIRING LOT OF PEOPLE FOR THIS.
JUST A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH REMOTE LEARNING FOR OUR KIDS.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THE NEEDS ARE DEFINITELY THERE.
LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT INDIRECT COSTS, LIKE TO LOOK AT THOSE EVERY YEAR.
YOU SEE THE THREE MAIN PROGRAMS THAT ARE PAYING INDIRECT COSTS INTO THE GENERAL FUND, SCHOOL AGE CARE, NUTRITION SERVICES, AND ALL THE OTHER CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS FOR TOTAL CONTRIBUTION OF 1.663 MILLION.
THE PRIOR YEAR WAS HIGHER, 1.9 MILLION. WHAT'S THAT? WHAT THAT IS REFLECTING IS IN '19-'20, THE INDIRECT COST RATE WAS 19.2 PERCENT, AND FOR 2021 IT REDUCED TO 6.7 PERCENT.
LESS INDIRECT COSTS INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
YOU JUST HEARD ROB GIVE THE PRESENTATION ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND ALL THE WORK THAT OUR MNO TEAM DOES FOR US.
WE ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE TO MAKE UP THREE PERCENT ROUTINE REPAIR MAINTENANCE TRANSFER EACH YEAR FROM THE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND INTO A SPECIFIC RESOURCE.
THE TOTAL ON THAT LAST YEAR WAS 3.318 MILLION.
ROB SPENT ALL OF HIS MONEY LAST YEAR, SO THERE IS NO CARRYOVER.
ACTUALLY, HAD ABOUT $1,000 CARRIER WITH THIS YEAR, SPENT IT ALL.
THAT WAS GOOD. WE WANT TO DO THAT.
[LAUGHTER] NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE OTHER DISTRICT FUNDS.
AGAIN, THESE ARE FANS THAT THE STATE REQUIRES US TO KEEP SEPARATE.
JUST TO SEGREGATE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES THAT ARE JUST RESTRICTED FOR A SPECIFIC USE.
AGAIN, THIS IS NEW REQUIREMENT FOR 2021, SO WE DON'T HAVE NUMBERS FOR 2020.
YOU CAN SEE MOST OF THE SCHOOLS DO HAVE EITHER AN ORGANIZED OR UNORGANIZED ASB.
TOTALING THEM ALL TOGETHER, THAT'S 345,000 IN REVENUE, 323,000 IN EXPENDITURES.
NET INCOME THIS YEAR AND ENDING FUND BALANCE OF $925,000.
WHILE WE'RE TALKING CAFETERIA, YOU KNOW THAT WE LIKE TO KEEP REMINDING PEOPLE ALL MEALS ARE FREE THIS YEAR FOR ALL STUDENTS, SO YOUR STUDENT JUST HAVE TO SHOW UP IN THE CAFETERIA AND THEY WILL GET A FREE MEAL, THERE'S NO SIGN-UPS, NO IDS, NO NOTHING.
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YOU CAN SEE FOR 2021 WE MADE ALMOST THREE MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUES AND THAT WAS ALL FEDERAL AND STATE REIMBURSEMENT, NO [INAUDIBLE] AND THAT ALSO INCLUDED WE RECEIVED SPECIFIC COVID FUNDING JUST FOR THE CAFETERIA FUND, ALMOST $300,000 SO THAT'S INCLUDED IN THERE.WITH THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE INCREASE IN FUND BALANCE IN THE CAFETERIA FUND AND THE ENDING FUND BALANCE OF $662,000 SO THAT FUND'S IN VERY GOOD SHAPE.
THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT FUND, SINCE LAST YEAR, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO COLLECT AS MUCH IN REVENUES TO COVER OUR EXPENDITURES BECAUSE WE WERE CLOSED, BUT WE EXPANDED OUR HOURS AND THAT WAS A DECISION WE MADE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO OFFER THAT SERVICE TO OUR PARENTS.
SO ALL YOU SEE IN THE FUND IS THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES JUST TO OFFSET THE PARENT FEES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COLLECT LAST YEAR.
WE ACTUALLY HAD ABOUT 1.85 MILLION MORE IN EXPENDITURES, SO IT'S ABOUT COMPARABLE TO 2020, BUT THOSE EXPENDITURES WERE CHARGED INTO THE COVID FUNDING, SO THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T SEE THEM HERE.
CAPITAL FACILITIES FUND IS THE FUND WHERE WE RECORD OUR DEVELOPER FEES, SO THIS YEAR, THAT GOES UP AND DOWN JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT IS IN THE DISTRICT.
THIS YEAR 2021 WAS A GOOD YEAR, WE COLLECTED ABOUT $495,000 IN FEES VERSUS 186,000 IN 2020, SO THAT WAS A GOOD YEAR.
WE HAD VERY LITTLE EXPENDITURES, WE PUT IN THERE DIFFERENT CAPITAL PROJECTS, SMALL CAPITAL PROJECTS, SAME AS WE PUT SOME FURNITURE IN THERE, THOSE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE EXPENDITURES THAT ARE RELATED TO GROWTH IN ENROLLMENT.
WE'VE BUILT UP A LITTLE BIT OF A FUND BALANCE THERE, YOU CAN SEE ALMOST THREE MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH IS A NICE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, SO IF WE DO HAVE SOMETHING MAJOR, SOME KIND OF FACILITIES PROJECT, THAT'S ONE PLACE WE CAN GO.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR RECREATION ASSESSMENT DISTRICT, SO THIS IS FROM ALL THE TEXTS HOMEOWNERS, PROPERTY OWNERS IN A DISTRICT PAY A CERTAIN FEE EVERY YEAR, A FEE DOES NOT GO UP, SO THE REVENUE IS SOMEWHAT STATIC AND YOU CAN SEE THE EXPENDITURES ARE FOR MAINTENANCE OF OUR FIELDS, MOSTLY THE JOINT, THE SHARED FIELDS WE HAVE WITH THE CITIES, SO THE STADIUMS IN THE FIELDS PAYING FOR THE PROJECTS ON THOSE AND UTILITIES AND SOME SALARIES TO TRY TO KEEP THAT FUND LIKE AT ABOUT A BREAK-EVEN, WE HAVE $3.3 MILLION IN THERE, WE'RE SAVING THAT MONEY FOR EVENTUAL REPLACEMENT OF THE TRACKS AT EACH OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STADIUMS, SO THIS IS WHY WE TRY TO KEEP THAT FUND JUST AT A BREAK-EVEN BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO REPLACE THOSE TRACKS IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, ROB TELLS ME IT'S COMING [LAUGHTER].
WE HAVE A SPECIAL RESERVE FOR POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FUNDS, SO THIS IS A FUND THAT THE DISTRICT STARTED IN 2016-17 TRANSFERRED OVER A $150,000 JUST TO GET IT STARTED AND SINCE THEN, WE'VE RECEIVED THESE REBATES FROM ASCIP.
ASCIP IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY, BUT WE ALSO GET SOME DENTAL BENEFITS THROUGH ASCIP AND THEY'RE DIFFERENT FROM MICA, FOR-PROFIT HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY, AFTER A WHILE THEY SAY, "OH, OKAY, YOU PAID YOUR PREMIUMS, WE DON'T NEED THAT MONEY ANYMORE", AND THEN THEY GIVE US REBATES BACK AND SO WE'VE BEEN TAKING THOSE REBATES AND WE PUT THEM IN THIS FUND.
WE HAVE NO EXPENDITURES FROM THIS FUND, SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PILE UP SOME MONEY IN THERE.
WE DON'T HAVE LIFETIME BENEFITS LIKE YOU HEAR ABOUT, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME RETIRE BENEFITS, SO THIS IS JUST A PLACE WE'RE TRYING TO STOCK AWAY SOME MONEY FOR THAT.
OKAY, SO NEXT STEPS, WE WILL TAKE THAT BIG REPORT.
WE WILL SUBMIT IT TO LACOE, AND THEY REVIEW IT.
WE ALSO WILL TAKE THIS DOWN AND UPDATE, WE'RE WORKING ON UPDATING OUR '21, '22 BUDGET.
WE HAVE THE AUDITORS COMING OUT IN THE FALL AND THEY WILL BRING OUR REPORT TO YOU EITHER IN DECEMBER OR JANUARY, AND THEN MEANWHILE, WE ARE PREPARING FOR OUR FIRST INTERIM REPORT,
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WHICH WILL ALSO BE AT THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING [NOISE].SO START AT SCHOOL, TRY TO KEEP IT POSITIVE, I JUST PUT SOME PICTURES UP HERE OF ALL THE FUN STUFF THAT'S GOING ON TO BE IN YOUR SCHOOL, JUST PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE MAYBE, SO HERE'S JUST, WE'LL JUST RUN THROUGH THESE REALLY QUICKLY.
I LOVE THOSE SIGNS THAT SCHOOLS HAVE, THEY'RE OUT THERE.
THESE ARE THE ASP KIDS FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, LITTLE AMBASSADORS HELPING THE NEW 6TH GRADERS FIND THEIR CLASSES, WHICH IS REALLY SWEET, NICE SIGN, AND WHERE THEY'RE AT X STRAND.
BACK TO SCHOOL PHOTOS, JUST LOVE THAT, LOVE SEEING THE PARENTS TAKING PICTURES OF THEIR KIDS, THAT WAS A CUTE LITTLE GIRL, RHIANNON.
OF COURSE, ALL THE KIDS ARE EXCITED TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL IN LUNCH WITH THEIR FRIENDS [LAUGHTER].
RECESS, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S FUN, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
YOU GUYS KNOW WE HAVE GREAT TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND DOCTOR LEHMAN GOT HIS PICTURE TAKEN [LAUGHTER] I LOVE THAT, MRS. WANG.
JUST KIDS LEARNING HOW TO CUT, FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL AND THEY'RE CUTTING ALREADY, IT'S GREAT.
THESE ARE OUR LUNCH LADIES ALL BACK, VERY EXCITED TO WELCOME THE KIDS, THEIR LUNCHES, AND BREAKFASTS.
BUS DRIVERS ARE ALL BACK, THEY'RE EXCITED TOO.
THIS WAS A BIG EVENT THEY HAD AT SANDY MISS ON THE FIRST DAY, WATERMELONS ARE REALLY GREAT.
SO GREAT START AT SCHOOL, GREAT START TO OUR FINANCIAL YEAR, DISTRICT'S FINANCES ARE IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE, AS YOU CAN SEE, SO THAT I THINK WE'RE WELL SITUATED OUT INTO THE FUTURE, SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
>> THE COVID FUNDING FROM THE STATE, AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
FEDERAL COMES WITH STRINGS ATTACHED.
WE CAN'T JUST SPEND THAT ON WHATEVER WE WISH.
>> THAT IS CORRECT. EACH PROGRAM HAS A LITTLE SEPARATE GUIDELINES.
MATT, AND NANCY SIFTER, AND LISA [INAUDIBLE] ESPECIALLY ONLY GIVE HER A SHOUT-OUT WHO IS MATT'S CATEGORICAL CLERK.
KEEP TRACK OF ALL OF THAT PLUS, OF COURSE, SONYA, AND IN MY OFFICES HELPING THERE TOO.
SOME CAN BE SPENT ON EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, AT SOME PPE.
IT'S JUST NOT UNRESTRICTED MONEY.
>> I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON THAT.
>> THE FEDERAL GRANTS FOR THE FREE LUNCHES.
ANY FEEL FOR HOW LONG THAT WILL GO?
>> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE BEEN WANTING UNIVERSAL FEEDING FOREVER. I'M HOPING IT GOES ON.
FOR SURE IT'S GOING ON THIS YEAR.
I THINK THE STATE IS ACTUALLY PUTTING ASIDE MONEY TO KEEP IT GOING AFTER THIS YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COVER ALL THE COSTS, BUT WE CERTAINLY HOPE SO.
>>THANK YOU. THEN ONE MORE, THE RED RECREATIONAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT PARCEL, THAT'S A PER PERSON FEE?
>> THAT'S NOT A PERCENTAGE TAX.
THAT'S A [OVERLAPPING] FEE PER PERSON FEE.
>> IT'S A PER PERSON FEE. IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR TAX BILL, YOU CAN SEE IT ON.
>> WE'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO RAISE THAT EVERY X NUMBER OF YEARS?
>> THE BOARD WOULD HAVE TO AGREE.
I THINK THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO TAKE IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC AGAIN IF THEY WANT TO RAISE IT.
>> I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU DO.
YOU'VE SAVED OUR FAMILIES A LOT OF MONEY.
YOU, AND YOUR TEAM, YOU HAVE MADE SURE THAT WE FOCUS OUR MONEY ON OUR KIDS, WHICH IS WHERE IT SHOULD GO.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL WORK YOU DO.
>> THANK YOU, SUSAN. I NEED A MOTION ON AN AUDITED ACTUALS REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020-2021.
>> WAS IT FAVORED. [OVERLAPPING] PASSAGE UNANIMOUSLY.
REPORTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT TONIGHT.
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HOW ABOUT IF WE START WITH DEREK AND GO THAT WAY.>> SURE. FIRST, IT'S BEEN A VERY INTERESTING ROAD WITH COVID.
WE HAD HYBRID, AND NOW WE'RE BACK WITH SOME MODIFIED PROCEDURES.
JUST LOOKING AT IT FROM AN EDUCATOR, AND A PARENT, DISTANCE LEARNING HAD SOME CHALLENGES.
THERE WERE MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES FOR SURE.
IT WAS HARD TO BE HOME WITH YOUR KIDS.
I LOVE MY KIDS, BUT SOMETIMES I LIKE A BREAK.
[LAUGHTER] I'VE AMAZING KIDS BY THE WAY.
HYBRID WAS HARD BECAUSE I THINK THEY WEREN'T REALLY THERE LONG ENOUGH.
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THERE WERE STILL SOME EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS. THE TEACHERS DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FACE-TO-FACE TIME WITH THEM, I THINK.IT CREATED THE DAYCARE CHALLENGES.
I DON'T THINK I'M SAYING ANYTHING THAT'S CONTROVERSIAL IN THIS.
NOW WE HAVE A NEW SYSTEM THAT IS FULL-TIME SCHOOL WITHOUT RADICAL SPACING, OPTIONS FOR OTHER PEOPLE, AND MASKS.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE, AND THE AUDIENCE AT HOME ARE VERY UPSET WITH THE LAWS SACRAMENTO HAS PASSED, AND IT'S SACRAMENTO THAT PASSED THEM.
OR SOME LAWS THAT THE LA COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH HAS PASSED.
I UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR KIDS.
BOTH SIDES WE CARE ABOUT OUR KIDS, AND THAT'S WHY WE ACTUALLY SHARE OPINIONS.
AS SOMEONE WHO HEARS OPINIONS QUITE FREQUENTLY I CAN TELL YOU THERE'S A LOT OF PASSION ON ALL SIDES.
EVERY SINGLE PERSON I'VE SEEN THAT AS PASSIONATE HAS BEEN COMING FROM A PLACE OF CARE, THEY CARE ABOUT THEIR KIDS.
BUT I DO THINK SOMETIMES PASSION CAN GO SIDEWAYS A LITTLE BIT.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, I HAVE A REQUEST, NOT JUST FOR SOME PEOPLE HERE, I DOUBT IT'S PEOPLE HERE, BUT JUST FOR ANYONE WHO CAN HEAR ME.
WE DO A VERY GOOD JOB OF LOOKING FOR STAFF, OF CHECKING ON THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE NOT LYING.
IF STAFF DOES NOT PERFORM, THEY GET COACHING.
I MEAN, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING WHERE WE'RE JUST GOING TO SAY, HEY, YOU HAVE A PULSE, YOU'RE GOOD.
WE REALLY DO TRY TO GET STAFF WHO DO A GREAT JOB.
HONESTLY, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A COUPLE OF SHOUT-OUTS TO STAFF WHO ARE AMAZING, WHO DO A GREAT JOB.
WE HAVE AMAZING SCHOOL SECRETARIES.
OUR SCHOOL-AGE CARE PROGRAM IS PHENOMENAL.
WE HAVE AMAZING NURSES, COUNSELORS, KITCHEN STAFF, MAINTENANCE, TEACHERS, TEACHERS A'S, PRINCIPLES, AND ANYONE ELSE I MIGHT HAVE MISSED, THEY DO A GREAT JOB.
RIGHT NOW, WHEN PEOPLE ARE VERY PASSIONATE, THEY'RE GETTING YELLED AT.
THEY'RE GETTING YELLED AT, NOT BECAUSE OF THE DECISIONS THEY'RE MAKING, THEY'RE GETTING YELLED AT FOR DOING THEIR JOB.
YOU COULD GET FRUSTRATED WITH THE JOB THEY HAVE TO DO.
I'VE GOTTEN A SPEEDING TICKET BEFORE.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY HOW FAST I WAS DRIVING, BUT I CLEARLY BROKE THE LAW.
THAT POLICE OFFICER DID HIS JOB BY PULLING ME OVER, AND GIVING ME A TICKET.
IT WASN'T A GRUDGE AGAINST ME.
IT WASN'T HE REALLY WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE TICKET, I WAS DRIVING SO FAR OVER BUT NOT UNDER 100 MILES AN HOUR, BUT I WAS DRIVING SO FAR OVER THE SPEED LIMIT.
HE'S LIKE, IT WOULD NOT BE RIGHT FOR ME NOT TO DO MY JOB.
WE HAVE PRINCIPALS, SCHOOL SECRETARIES, AND NURSES WHO ARE GETTING YELLED AT FOR DOING THE DUTY THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO.
I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE THERE'S LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT FOR THINGS.
I THINK POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT, THERE'S A GOOD PART TO IT TOO.
BUT IF YOU GUYS IN THAT POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT COULD ALSO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE KIND, I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE WE HAVE GREAT STAFF, AND THEY SHOULD KNOW THEY MATTER THAT WE CARE ABOUT THEM.
THAT THIS FIGHT ISN'T ABOUT THEM DOING THEIR JOB, THIS POLITICAL DISAGREEMENT IS ABOUT THE LAWS THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO ENFORCE.
FOR ME, I SEE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAWS THAT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO ENFORCE AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO ENFORCE THEM.
OUR PEOPLE ARE AMAZING PEOPLE.
MY KID, BOTH OF THEM ACTUALLY WENT TO SCHOOL, THEY SAW MISS WANG, SHE'S A ROCK STAR.
THEY WERE LIKE, ''LOOK MISS WANG WAS OVER HERE.'' I'M LIKE, ''OH, THAT'S GOOD.'' THERE'S A FRIDAY REVEAL.
FRIDAY A LOT OF PEOPLE FOUND OUT WHO THEIR TEACHERS WERE.
MY KIDS WERE LIKE, ''WHO'S MY TEACHER?'' I'M LIKE, ''I'LL CHECK MY TEXT MESSAGES A LITTLE BIT.'' THEY WERE EXCITED. ONE OF THE TEACHERS SENT THIS LITTLE POSTCARD.
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, THEY TALKED ABOUT SCHOOL-AGED CARE.
SADNESS FOR ME, THEY DIDN'T WANT MY LUNCH OR BREAKFAST.
THEY WANTED TO EAT AT SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY LIKE THE SCHOOL FOOD BETTER.
[LAUGHTER] NOW, GREAT FOR THE SCHOOL.
I NEED TO WORK ON MY CULINARY ABILITIES.
BUT ALL THIS GOES TO SAY THAT IF YOU GUYS COULD IN THIS PASSION, I DEFINITELY AGREE.
IF YOU WANT TO WRITE LETTERS OR SOMETHING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, WE SIGNED UP FOR THIS.
IF YOU WANT TO WRITE LETTERS TO THE GOVERNOR, TO STATE LEGISLATORS, I THINK THAT IS RIGHT.
IF YOU DISAGREE, WERE IN A DEMOCRACY, PLEASE ADVOCATE.
BUT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO DO THEIR JOB, I'M ASKING PLEASE BE KIND.
THE PROBLEM WITH IT IS WHEN PEOPLE YELL AT STAFF VERY UNKINDLY, AGGRESSIVELY.
I DON'T THINK IT MAKES ANY CAUSE LOOK BETTER.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN YOUR CAUSING BEING HEARD MORE BY A WIDER AUDIENCE PLEASE ALSO REMEMBER THAT DOING SO WITH KINDNESS, HAVING SOME SELF-CONTROL AND RESTRAINT, LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR.
I THINK THESE THINGS CAN ACTUALLY GO FAR AWAY, AND HAVING YOUR VOICE HEARD A LITTLE BIT MORE.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, HERE'S MY ASK.
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ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IF YOU GUYS ORGANIZED AT ALL, CAN YOU ALSO JUST PUT OUT SOMETHING ON BEING KIND TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO DO THEIR JOB.I COULD GO OVER ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THEY DO BUT I THINK YOU GUYS KNOW THAT.
I WOULD NOT CHOOSE ANOTHER DISTRICT TO PUT MY KIDS IN.
BY THE WAY, I DON'T HAVE A CHOICE MY DAUGHTER TOLD ME SHE'S STAYING IN THIS DISTRICT NO MATTER WHAT, BECAUSE SHE LOVES HER TEACHERS, LOVES HER SCHOOL, AND SHE'S NOT LEAVING, AND SHE MAKES THE RULES, I GUESS.
THERE'S MY ASK. I HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS I COULD TALK ABOUT, BUT I JUST ASKED YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER BE NICE TO OUR STAFF.
THEY DO GOOD WORK, AND AT SOME POINT, WE WENT FROM DISTANCE LEARNING TO HYBRID TO MODIFICATION.
THIS MIGHT NOT BE A FOREVER THING.
LET'S NOT CHASE AWAY GOOD PEOPLE FOR A TEMPORARY FIGHT.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. [NOISE].
>> WELL, I LIKE TO START BY WELCOMING EVERYBODY BACK TO SCHOOL, AND A SUCCESSFUL FIRST WEEK, GIVEN ALL THE CHANGING CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS WE FACED.
THE LA COUNTY SCHOOLS WE ONLY ONES IN THE STATE UNDER THE RESTRICTIVE QUARANTINE RULES IMPOSED BY THE COUNTY.
WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN DO TO ACHIEVE CLARITY, AND EQUALITY WITH THE REST OF THE STATE.
NORMALLY, THIS TIME OF YEAR WHEN SCHOOL STARTS, AND THE WEATHER COOLS WHERE WE RETURNED TO WEARING SUITS AND TIES, THAT'S MY CALL EXCEPT.
[LAUGHTER] BUT UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT I GET FULL FUNCTION BACK IN MY HAND, AND CAN TIE A TIE, I WILL BE USING MY INJURY EXEMPTION, AND REMAIN COMFORTABLE YET COLORFUL.
[LAUGHTER] THIS YEAR MARKS THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACKS.
PATRIOT'S DAY HAS A SPECIAL MEANING FOR ME BECAUSE OUR LAST 343 MEMBERS OF MY EXTENDED FAMILY FROM THE FDNY WHEN IT WAS TRADE CENTER TOWERS COLLAPSED.
IN THE AFTERMATH OF THAT DAY, OUR COUNTRY WAS REUNITED IN A WAY I'VE NEVER SEEN, AND IMAGINED HAD NOT OCCURRED SINCE WORLD WAR II.
COUNTRY WAS DIVIDED DURING VIETNAM, COUNTRIES HAD BEEN DIVIDED MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN DIVIDED AS BADLY AS WE WERE DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS ARE BEING TRAMPLED ON BY EVERY ASPECT OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM.
I ASKED YOU JUST TRY TO REMEMBER THAT SOMEONE ELSE'S RIGHTS DON'T END WHERE YOUR FEELINGS BEGIN.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR HEROES OR INSPIRATION, LOOK AT ALL THOSE WHO ARE MOVING TOWARD DANGER WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE IS RUNNING AWAY.
WHERE THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS BADLY IN THIS PANDEMIC OR EVEN A CANCER PATIENT WHO IS FIGHTING WITH ALL OUR BEING JUST TO SURVIVE.
TAKES NO COURAGE TO BE AN INTERNET TROLL OR KEYBOARD WARRIOR.
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN OUR COUNTRY, GET INVOLVED AND STEP UP.
YOU CAN'T WIN IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE GAME.
FINALLY, I'LL CLOSE WITH A QUOTE FROM JOHN WAYNE.
HE SAID COURAGE IS BEING SCARED TO DEATH, BUT SADDLING UP, AND RUNNING OUT ANYWAY.
>> MAN, I GOT TO GO AFTER THOSE TWO HEAVY ONES.
[LAUGHTER] I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH WHAT DEREK SAID.
I WORK IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I SEE FIRSTHAND NURSES GETTING YELLED AT WHEN YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO DO THEIR JOB.
BUT IT IS NICE TO BE BACK IN SCHOOL LIKE YOU SAID.
I'VE SEEN TWOFOLD DAYS OF SOCIAL MEDIA, JUST KIDS HOLDING THE LITTLE PLAQUES JUST LIKE YOU, DR. LEE.
I ALSO KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF CONCERNS OUT THERE WITH SAFETY.
I'M ONE OF THOSE PARENTS WHO GOT THE CALL ON THE FIRST WEEK THAT MY KID WAS SITTING NEXT TO SOMEONE WITH COVID, AND HE MIGHT HAVE TO STAY HOME 10 DAYS. I UNDERSTAND.
FIRST, THE FEAR THAT HE HAVE, AND THEN THE FRUSTRATION.
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH 10 DAYS WITH MY KIDS? I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE UPSET IS COMING FROM, BUT THE TARGETS IS NOT THE PERSON ENFORCING THE RULES.
IT'S NOT THE NURSE OR DISAPPROVAL SECRETARY.
I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION AS A SCHOOL EMPLOYEE ALSO, I UNDERSTAND NOT WANTING TO BE ALL THAT FOR DOING WHAT I'M TOLD TO DO.
FOR SPORTS. SPORTS YEAR STARTED.
I GOT TO CHECK OUT ONE OF THE FOOTBALL GAMES.
I REALLY BELIEVE IN THESE KIDS.
THESE KIDS ARE REALLY PUTTING THEIR HEART AND SOUL IN EVERY GAME THAT I'VE BEEN TO.
I JUST WISH EVERYONE ELSE BELIEVE IN THEM.
BECAUSE WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS, I LOOK AT THE SAN GABRIEL TRIBUNE AND I GET THE INFORMATION BEFOREHAND ABOUT WHAT'S COMING UP IN THESE GAMES AND THE SCORES AFTER AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT SEEMS LIKE OUR SPORTSWRITER GIVES UP ON OUR KIDS.
HE EXPECTED TWO BIG BLOW OUTS BOTH FOR BONITA AND SAN DIMAS THAT FIRST WEEK.
SAN DIMAS BLEW OUT THE OTHER TEAM BY FAR, BONITA BEAT THEIR OPPONENT IN AN OVER TIME THRILLER.
I'M PROUD OF OUR KIDS, I WANT THEM TO KEEP FIGHTING, ESPECIALLY BEING THE UNDERDOG.
I KNOW IT GIVES THEM MORE FIGHT AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SUPPORT YOU EVERY WEEK, EVEN IF WE ARE TWO AND [INAUDIBLE] TEAM AND WE'RE STILL RANK BELOW ZERO IN TWO TEAM, KEEP YOUR HEADS UP [LAUGHTER] AND WE'LL GET THEM.
LET'S PROVE THE EXPERTS WRONG BECAUSE THAT'S FUN TO DO.
BUT WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING IS WE CAN LOOK AT OUR SMUDGE POT GAME.
SAN DIMAS AGAINST BONITA, IT'S IN THE BIG COVINA DISTRICT FIELD, SO THERE'S NO FAVORITISM.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME OUT THERE AND SUPPORT OUR KIDS.
ONE OF US IS GOING TO BE A WINNER, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
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THE APPOINTMENT STARTS TOMORROW.I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET THOSE APPLICATIONS OUT THERE.
I REALLY WANT TO STRESS, I HOPE THIS IS REALLY UNBIASED AND ANYONE THAT'S VESTED IN OUR SCHOOLS, YOU HAVE KIDS IN OUR SCHOOLS.
YOU'RE WORKING WITH A PTA, REALLY PUT IN AND APPLY.
I UNDERSTAND FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE HOW IT IS.
IT'S REALLY INTIMIDATING TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE GETTING ASKED ALL THE QUESTIONS BUT I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO REALLY WANTS TO SEE THIS DISTRICT DO BETTER FOR OUR STUDENTS, TO REALLY COME OUT AND PUT THEIR NAME OUT THERE.
FINALLY, PEOPLE KNOW THAT SPECIAL ED IS ONE OF MY BIG PRIORITIES NOT JUST FOR STUDENTS AND FOR THEIR SERVICES, BUT ALSO FOR THE PARENTS.
AS A PARENT WITH KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND ALL MY FAMILY'S INVOLVED, I KNOW HOW SCARY IT IS TO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU FIRST GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WHAT'S OUT THERE? WHAT'S AN IEP? THERE'S ACRONYMS. YOU COULD GO ALL DAY ON.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO SAY WITH THE HELP OF OUR SPECIAL ED DIRECTOR DANIEL WALKER, HER TEAM MADE UP A WEBSITE ON OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE LINKS THAT GIVES YOU ALL THE INFO.
IF YOU'RE CONCERNED WHAT AN IEP IS, YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR KID MIGHT HAVE A DISABILITY, WHO TO TALK TO.
WE HAVE ALL THAT PLAYED OUT THERE.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS AS A PARENT, WE HAVE LINKS THAT'S REALLY EASY TO UNDERSTAND.
I'M VERY EXCITED THAT THAT GOT OUT THERE.
THERE'S ALSO A SEASONAL NEWSLETTER OUT THERE JUST TO KEEP INFORMED.
THANK YOU FOR THAT FOR THE TEAM.
>> THANK YOU. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO THAT WE MISSED LAST YEAR WAS THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW TEACHERS AT EXTRA AND IN MID AUGUST OR SO A WEEK OR TWO BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS.
I WAS REAL HAPPY THAT WE HAD IT AGAIN THIS YEAR AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE INTRODUCED TO SEVERAL OF THE NEW TEACHERS BY SOME OF THE DIFFERENT PRINCIPLES.
IT WAS REALLY HEARTWARMING TO SEE HOW EXCITED THESE PRINCIPLES WERE TO INTRODUCE THESE NEW TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THIS DISTRICT DRAWS THE BEST OF THE BEST IN TEACHERS AS WELL AS EVERYONE ELSE.
BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE TEACHERS RIGHT NOW.
THEY SEE EACH ONE OF THESE, THESE NEW TEACHERS AS A KEY COMPONENT TO MAKE THEIR ALREADY GREAT SCHOOLS, EVEN BETTER TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS, AND EVEN BETTER EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.
IT WAS JUST SO HEARTWARMING TO SEE HOW EXCITED THOSE PRINCIPLES WERE.
THEY EACH HAVE THE GOAL OF 80, 70 THAT WE HAVE DISTRICT WIDE AND THEY SEE EACH OF THOSE NEW TEACHERS AS A KEY TO GETTING THERE.
ALSO THE KEY TO MAINTAINING AND GETTING FURTHER UP IN IN BEING ONE OF THE TOP TEN IN TEST SCORES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN CALIFORNIA.
I KNOW GREG WAS ABLE TO BE THERE AND IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE PRINCIPLES FOR ATTRACTING SOME REALLY GREAT NEW TEACHERS FOR THE COMING YEARS. CARL.
>> RIGHT BEFORE TODAY'S MEETINGS, I WAS TALKING TO MY 12-YEAR-OLD.
WE TALK A LOT ABOUT SCHOOL AND IN GENERAL.
HE'S STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT A SUPERINTENDENT DOES BECAUSE HE'S NEVER MET A SUPERINTENDENT IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I SIT DOWN AND EXPLAIN TO HIM AND HE GOES LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TONIGHT? I SAID, WELL, I'M AT A BOARD MEETING.
BECAUSE YOU PURPOSELY GO TO MEETINGS TO BE BORED? I SAID, NO SON. I DON'T.
BUT WE DEAL A LOT WITH ADULT STUFF.
LATELY, A LOT OF THINGS DEALING WITH COVID, A LOT OF RULES AND REGULATIONS.
WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR 18 PLUS MONTHS.
BUT LAST WEEK WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST WEEKS SINCE COVID STARTED, JUST A WALK ON THE CAMPUSES TO SEE YOUR CHILDREN, TO SEE THE KIDS OUT THERE, AND TO BE ABLE TO JUST INTERACT, PLAY TETHER BALL, PLAY BASKETBALL, BE PRETTY GOOD.
JUST TO BE ABLE TO JUST HANG OUT WITH THE KIDS.
THIS IS WHY WE ALL GOT INTO THIS.
THERE'S NO DOUBT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF CHALLENGES AHEAD OF US BUT LAST WEEK WAS ABSOLUTELY ONE OF MY BEST WEEKS.
I KNOW SUSAN AND MATT AND KEVIN BEEN ABLE TO GET OUT.
IT JUST IT REMINDS US IN RE-ENERGIZES US WHY WE'RE HERE AND OUR PURPOSE IS TO SUPPORT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE BOARD SELECTION AND APPLICATIONS WILL START TOMORROW.
WE WILL HAVE IT UP ON THE WEBSITE AND HOW TO OBTAIN AN APPLICATION.
THE SUBCOMMITTEE SELECTED LAST TIME, DEREK AND CHUCK AND MYSELF, WE WILL MEET, WE WILL REVIEW THE APPLICANTS AND THE INTERVIEW PROCESS WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 15TH.
IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO MYSELF OR MARGARET, BUT IT WILL BE ON THE WEBSITE STARTING TOMORROW MORNING WITH THE APPLICATION AND THE PROCESS ON HOW TO DO THAT.
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WE ABSOLUTELY LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING A FIFTH BOARD MEMBER TO COMPLETE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. THAT'S IT.[17. REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC]
REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS, COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. NO ACTION CAN BE TAKEN ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. BOARD POLICY 9055.
INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS MAYBE ALLOWED UP TO THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON ANY NON-AGENDA ITEM.
THE BOARD RESERVES THE RIGHT TO LIMIT THE TIME ON A NON-AGENDA ITEM.
PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE FILL OUT THE REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CARD 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.
FIRST UP, WE'LL HAVE MICHAEL [INAUDIBLE]
>> I DIDN'T FORGET. GOOD EVENING BOARD.
I HAVE TWO CHILDREN HERE IN THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I'D LIKE TO SAY THIS FIRST WEEK BACK TO SCHOOLS, GREAT.
BUT IT'S NOT WITHOUT ITS CHALLENGES.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE'RE HAVING IS WITH THIS TRACE TESTING AND SUBSEQUENT REMOVAL FROM SCHOOL.
IT'S LACKING THE INSTRUCTION THAT IT SHOULD HAVE.
I'M SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING WITH THE 7 THROUGH 12.
KIDS ARE PUT OUT, THEY'RE TOLD THEIR WORKS ON CANVAS.
I'VE ALREADY SPOKE TO SEVERAL PARENTS THEIR KIDS ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE STUFF ON CANVAS.
I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN IN TALKS WITH THE TEACHERS UNION ABOUT THE FACT THAT ZOOM IS AN ABSOLUTE NO, THERE WILL BE NO LIVE INSTRUCTION.
UNDERSTAND. THEY MAY RECORD THEIR LECTURES.
"MAY", I LOVE THAT LEGAL WORD.
I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER.
HAVING A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, FIRST OF ALL, IS A REAL TOUGH ONE WHEN THEY'RE PUT OUT THIS WAY.
I THINK WE NEED TO START IMPLEMENTING THIS, HOW DO WE GET THAT DONE? THEY SHOULD HAVE SUBSEQUENT INSTRUCTION LECTURES OF THEIR MATERIALS SO THESE KIDS CAN VIEW IT SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY DO THE WORK WHEN THEY'RE NOT IN SCHOOL.
THEY'RE BEING PUT DOWN AS A MEDICAL ABSENCE.
FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE SEEN NO PROOF OF MY CHILD OR ANYONE ELSE'S THAT THEY WERE MEDICALLY SICK OR NEEDED TO BE MOVED FROM SCHOOL.
THIS WAS A GOVERNMENT MANDATE THING.
HOWEVER, IT IS, IT'S NOT MEDICAL.
THEY'RE BEING SUSPENDED OR REMOVED FROM SCHOOL AGAINST THEIR WILL BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE HAS SELF-REPORTED.
WHAT'S THE PROOF OF THEIR REPORT? ARE THEY TESTED A SECOND TIME? WE'RE JUST TAKING THEIR WORD ON IT THAT THESE KIDS HAVE COVID.
I WON'T EVEN GO INTO THE TESTING AND HOW FLAWED IT IS. NOT GOING ARGUE THAT POINT.
WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH THESE FAMILIES ON WHETHER THESE KIDS ACTUALLY TRULY HAVE COVID.
IS THERE A FOLLOW-UP TEST BECAUSE WE'RE REMOVING SEVERAL KIDS, 500 IN THE FIRST WEEK? WE'RE NOT EVEN IN PEAK FLU SEASON YET AND WE'RE ALREADY MOVED 500 KIDS.
BECAUSE IF WE'RE SELF-REPORTING AS SOON AS THESE KIDS GET THE FLU OR ANYTHING ELSE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE HOME EVERY BEEN AROUND THEM IS GOING TO BE OUT OF SCHOOL.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EVERYBODY AT HOME LEARNING ON CANVAS.
IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK OUT. LET'S SEE.
I'M SADDENED BY THE FACT THAT WE'VE HAD THIS IN PLACE BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING IN PLACE TO REALLY REMEDY THIS AND WE NEED TO WORK ON THAT.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO COVER IS THE OPEN AGENDA ITEMS OF THIS PART OF IT ON OUR MINUTES IS LACKING.
ON THOSE MINUTES IF YOU READ THEM, IT SAYS PARENTS SPOKE ON MASS.
DOESN'T SAY WHAT PARENTS SAID, WHETHER THEY WERE FOR OR AGAINST IT.
IT JUST SAYS THAT THEY SPOKE ON IT.
THAT'S SECTION OF OUR WRITTEN AGENDA STUFF NEEDS TO BE INCREASED AND I WON'T TAKE ANY MORE OF ANYBODY'S TIME. THANK YOU TONIGHT.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS MIKE GIOVANNI.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MY DAUGHTERS, A FIRST GRADER AND A THIRD GRADER FROM ALLEN AVENUE ELEMENTARY, WHO ARE NOW PARTICIPATING IN THE INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAM.
I'M HERE TODAY WITH THE SUPPORT OF SOME FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO EXPRESS SOME DEEP CONCERNS ABOUT THE START OF OUR SCHOOL YEAR.
AS YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW FROM OUR EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, MY WIFE AND I AND OTHER PARENTS WHO DECIDED ON THE INDEPENDENT STUDY OPTION WERE SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT INDEPENDENT STUDY WAS GOING TO OFFER LESS SYNCHRONOUS TIME THAN WHAT WAS OFFERED LAST YEAR.
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WE BECAME INCREASINGLY CONCERNED WHEN FRIENDS IN OTHER DISTRICTS REVEAL THAT THERE IS PROGRAMS WERE IN FULL DEVELOPMENT AS EARLY AS JUNE WITH FULL DAY SYNCHRONOUS SCHEDULES.IT SEEMS THAT THIS BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT CALLS BELIEVE THAT THE BARE MINIMUM IS SUFFICIENT FOR BONITA USD STUDENTS.
THIS WAS MADE COMPLETELY CLEAR WHEN WE REACHED OUT AND SPOKE WITH VARIOUS DISTRICT PERSONNEL AND TRYING TO GATHER DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
QUESTIONS POSED TO CHRISTIAN IN THE CURRICULUM OFFICE, TO PRINCIPAL GRENIER AT ALLEN, TO JENNIFER FLORES IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE WERE MET WITH CONFUSION AND VERY BASIC NONSPECIFIC RESPONSES.
THIS WAS NOT SURPRISING CONSIDERING ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT MATT WIEN PRESENTATION ONLY A WEEK PRIOR ON AUGUST 11TH, HAD NO SUBSTANTIVE INFORMATION ON THE DETAILS OF THE PROGRAM.
WE ARE NOW CONVINCED THAT MINIMAL ADVANCED PLANNING WAS COMPLETED FOR THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THIS WAS HAMMERED HOME WHEN WE WERE LEFT TO WAIT UNTIL THE THURSDAY BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED TO RECEIVE ONLY A ZOOM LINK WITH WORKSHEETS THAT WE NEEDED TO PRINT FOR OUR FIRST GRADERS PROGRAM.
WHILE ON OUR THIRD GRADER WE WERE LEFT TO WAIT UNTIL FRIDAY AT 05:30 PM BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED TO RECEIVE THEIR NOTICE.
HOW CAN ANY ORGANIZATION OF ANY TYPE HANDLE COMMUNICATIONS IN SUCH A POOR WAY, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN RETURNING TO SCHOOL AFTER A PANDEMIC YEAR.
DID NO ONE ON THIS BOARD OR IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE THINK THAT A BETTER COMMUNICATION PLAN COULD BE HELPFUL FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS? NOW THAT THIRD GRADE SYNCHRONOUS INSTRUCTION TIME HAS BEEN EXTENDED, THANK YOU FOR THAT, TO ALMOST A FULL DAY.
I'M HAPPY TO KNOW THAT SOMETHING IS FINALLY BEING DONE.
HOWEVER, THERE IS STILL NO EXPANSION FOR OUR FIRST GRADER.
I AM ALSO STILL AWAITING A RESPONSE TO MY REQUEST FOR THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION.
HOW DOES BONITA USDS CURRENTLY ASCRIBE TWO HOURS OF SYNCHRONOUS INSTRUCTION, MEET AB-130S AND YOUR OWN BOARD POLICIES 6158, PROVISION OF STANDARDS ALIGNED CONTENT THAT IN IS IS SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE QUALITY AND INTELLECTUAL CHALLENGE OF IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION.
IN LIGHT OF SUPERINTENDENT CARL'S EMAIL TO THE DISTRICT YESTERDAY, I HOPE THAT YOU ARE NOT SO BUSY FIGHTING FOR PERSONAL IDEOLOGIES THAT YOU NEGLECT YOUR DUTY TO LEAD THIS DISTRICT TO SAFELY SERVE ALL OF THE CHILDREN.
YES, EVEN THE SCANNED FEW WHO MAY NOT BE INTERESTED [INAUDIBLE].
I WANT TO CLOSE BY THANKING YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSE TO MY [INAUDIBLE], I APPRECIATE THAT.
MY INTENTION IS TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTIVE [INAUDIBLE] AND EXPRESS DIRECTLY MY CONCERNS.
TO THAT END I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY THANK GREG FOR THE RESPONSE THAT WAS ADEQUATE, FULLY EMPATHETIC AND DEMONSTRATED CLARITY AND [INAUDIBLE] MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO BETTER.
IT IS THIS TYPE OF COMMUNICATION THAT WILL ALLOW US ALL TO DO BETTER IN THIS COMMUNITY.
[INAUDIBLE] AND I REALLY THANK YOU VERY MUCH [APPLAUSE].
NO SHARON DALLAS? OKAY, LUI BERNARD.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE BONITA SCHOOL DISTRICT AND A SUPERINTENDENT.
I HAVE TWO KIDS IN BONITA DISTRICT.
FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE OUR SCHOOL BOARD.
THEY DO A LOT OF WORK FOR OUR SCHOOL.
THE FIRST WEEK, I THINK IT'S AMAZING FOR MY KIDS BECAUSE AFTER STAYING HOME FOR MORE THAN ONE AND A HALF YEAR, THEY FINALLY GET BACK TO SCHOOL.
I FEEL SO BLESSED BECAUSE HE GET THAT NEW ROUTINE.
EVERY DAY I PICK HIM UP, SOMETIMES HAPPY, SOMETIMES HE'S BORED.
I THINK IS STILL VERY, VERY GOOD NEWS.
I APPRECIATE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, DOING A VERY GOOD JOB LAST WEEK, I THINK.
OTHER TWO THINGS THAT CAUGHT MY EYES, AS I SAID, OUR BONITA'S BEAR MOM GROUP IS THE INFORMATION GROUP.
TWO THINGS THAT CAUGHT MY EYE IS TWO NEWS.
ONE IS THE [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOL DISTRICT, ONE LADY, A VERY PRETTY TEACHER.
SHE SHOWED THE PRIOR FLAG INSTEAD OF THE AMERICAN FLAG IN THE CLASSROOM, IT BECAME BIG NEWS ACTUALLY.
SHE HAS BEEN REMOVED RIGHT NOW.
THE OTHER ONE IS THE HIGH-SCHOOL TEACHER,
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GABRIEL GIPE IN SACRAMENTO AND THEN HE SHOWED ANTIFA IN HIS CLASSROOM AND THE CHAIRMAN MAO PICTURE IN HIS CLASSROOM AND TALKED ABOUT GIVING HIM 180 DAYS, HE WILL TURN HIS STUDENT INTO REVOLUTIONARIES.IT REALLY SCARED ME BECAUSE I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN COMMUNIST COUNTRY, CHINA.
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE, I'VE COME TO US FOR FREEDOM.
FOR MY FAMILY HISTORY, I HAVE TWO UNCLES WHO REALLY SUFFERED AND DIED IN CULTURAL REVOLUTION.
WHEN I READ ALL THOSE NEWS, AND I FIGURED OUT CRT, WHICH IS CRITICAL RACE THEORY HAS BECOME VERY BIG DISCUSSION IN THE COUNTRY.
ACTUALLY, IF YOU GO TO DETAIL IT'S AN ETHNIC STUDY AND COMMON TO CALIFORNIA AND EVEN OUR SCHOOL.
THERE'S A GROUP CALLED, I THINK IT'S A DEMOCRATIC ETHNIC COMMUNITY.
THEY HAVE A MEETING AT THE SAME TIME RIGHT NOW TO DISCUSS HOW TO DO THE PROPOSAL TO PUSH IN OUR SCHOOL TO TEACH ETHNIC STUDY.
I WANTED TO LOOK AT THE CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
SO MANY THINGS ARE CRUEL, NOT JUST COMMUNISTS, IT INCLUDES GENDER IDENTITY, SEX ORIENTATION, AND SOMETHING I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT SEX EDUCATION.
OF COURSE, I HOPE THE NOTICE SENT OUT EARLIER FOR THE 7TH GRADE, 8TH GRADE, 9TH GRADE AND 10TH GRADE.
NOW I REALLY REQUEST THE TRANSPARENCY FOR CRT SINCE IT HAS COME INTO OUR DISTRICT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY REALLY A BIG DEAL.
I KNOW ABOUT IT AFTER I DIG DEEP TOO.
I KNOW ABOUT IT AND GO TO ORANGE COUNTY AND I KNOW IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THAT I HOPE [INAUDIBLE].
>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] FUTURE MEETING DATES, WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2021, BEGINNING AT 04:00 PM.
THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING WILL BE ON OCTOBER 6TH, 2021, BEGINNING AT 04:00 PM.
ANY ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS? THE MEETING WILL BE ADJOURNED AT 6:42.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.