[2. CALL TO ORDER]
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ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEMS.
[5. CLOSED SESSION AGENDA]
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 REQUEST TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC.
PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE FILL OUT THE REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CARD, WHICH MAY BE PICKED UP FOR MARGARET MACDONALD, SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
ANY PERSON ADDRESSING THE BOARD SHOULD FIRST STATE THEIR NAME AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE DISTRICT.
WE WILL CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION AT 5:01.
CALL THIS SESSION INTO RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION AT 6:01, REPORT OUT OF CLOSED
[6. OPEN SESSION AGENDA]
[8. REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION]
SESSION MR. CREIMAN, PLEASE.IN THE MATTER OF A CHALLENGE TO THE CONTENTS OF A PUPIL RECORD FOR STUDENT ONE FIVE SEVEN SEVEN ZERO FOUR ONE SEVEN NINE UNDER CALIFORNIA EDUCATION CODE FOUR NINE ZERO SEVEN ZERO THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO DENY THE CHALLENGE MOTION MADE BY GREG, SECOND BY DEREK.
SECOND, IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO APPROVE A FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE BETWEEN PARENTS OF STUDENT EIGHT ZERO SIX ZERO TWO FOUR THREE SIX AND THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
CASE NUMBER ONE ZERO ONE THREE TWO ONE TWO TWO.
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 JIM, SECONDED BY DEREK.
WOULD Y'ALL PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME.
[9. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA, ORDER AND CONTENT.
[10. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER AND CONTENT]
SO MOVED.APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER
[11. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING]
SIX, 2021, REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING.[12. COMMUNICATIONS FROM STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES]
COMMUNICATIONS FROM STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES.THIS WILL BE OUR COMMUNICATIONS FROM OUR STUDENT BOARD REPRESENTATIVES AND WE WILL HAVE VIDEO PRESENTATIONS.
FIRST UP, MEGAN [INAUDIBLE] FROM BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.
GOOD EVENING, PRESENT COYNE, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT COLES, EXECUTIVE CABINET AND AUDIENCE, I'M [INAUDIBLE] THE AC PRESENT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL OVER THE LAST MONTH, WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF ACTIVITIES AT BONITA, FROM FOOTBALL GAMES TO CRAZY SPIRIT DRESS DAYS.
BEARCATS ARE HAVING A BLAST BEING BACK ON CAMPUS TOGETHER.
AFTER A VERY INTENSE GAME THAT WENT INTO MULTIPLE OVERTIME.
THE SENIORS WON OUR ANNUAL POWDER PUFF FOOTBALL GAME.
UP NEXT, WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT WITH 13 TEAMS COMPETING.
THE WINNING TEAM WILL PLAY THE BEARCAT STAFF.
TIME OF GIVING WILL BE IN NOVEMBER.
WE ARE RUNNING A FOOD DRIVE FOR SHEPHERD'S PANTRY IN GLENDORA.
OUR CHOIR HAD IT'S FIRST PERFORMANCE WITH OUR NEW CHOIR DIRECTOR MR. [INAUDIBLE] AT THE BCA, AND OUR THEATER DEPARTMENT IS PREPARING FOR ITS FALL PERFORMANCE UPRISING THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER.
OUR BAND CONTINUES COMPETING SUCCESSFULLY THIS SEASON AND [INAUDIBLE] HAD THEIR DANCE SHOW AT THE BCA.
THEY ALSO PUT ON AN AWESOME HALLOWEEN PERFORMANCE FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL LAST WEEK.
AS FALL SPORTS ARE WRAPPING UP.
MANY OF OUR TEAMS ARE HEADED TO PLAYOFFS, INCLUDING TENNIS, FIELD HOCKEY, WATER POLO, GIRLS GOLF AND FOOTBALL.
BEARCATS ARE CONTINUING TO WORK HARD IN THEIR CLASSES AND WE JUST HOSTED THE PSAT AND SAT ON CAMPUS FOR OUR JUNIORS AND SENIORS.
AND NEXT, NEXT NATALIE [INAUDIBLE] FROM CHAPARRAL VISTA.
GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT COLES PRESENT COYNE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CABINET MEMBERS AND AUDIENCE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING CELEBRATIONS, AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS.
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WE HELD OUR STUDENT OF THE MONTH RALLY FOR THIS MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.THIS IS STUDENT OF THE MONTH IS LIAM [INAUDIBLE] AND XAVIER [INAUDIBLE] AS OUR CHAPARRAL STUDENT OF THE MONTH.
[INAUDIBLE] STARTED THE RALLY WITH THE REMINDER REGARDING [INAUDIBLE] ATTENDANCE AND BEING ON TIME.
YOUR MIND IS TO GROW UP AND SHOW UP.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR FIRST [INAUDIBLE].
SEVEN STUDENTS WERE RECOGNIZED IF THEY MET THE CRITERIA FOR ONE OF THE FOUR [INAUDIBLE] BRONZE, SILVER, GOLD AND PLATINUM, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST.
TO QUALIFY FOR PLATINUM STUDENTS HAD EARNED MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE CREDITS POSSIBLE.
THIS MEANS STUDENTS WOULD NEED TO BE TAKING A [INAUDIBLE] CLASS OR EARNING [INAUDIBLE] CREDITS FOR ADDITIONAL COURSES ON APEX.
WE HAD NINE STUDENTS QUALIFIED FOR THE PLATINUM TIER.
SENIOR JUAN LOPEZ HAS CURRENTLY EARNED MORE CREDITS THAN ANYONE AT OUR SCHOOL.
ACADEMICS, COLLEGE AND CAREER PREPARATION.
[INAUDIBLE] WILL BE COMING TO SHOP IN PERSON TO HELP STUDENTS REGISTER FOR COLLEGE ON NOVEMBER 9, 2021, LATER THAT EVENING.
A FESTIVAL WORKSHOP IS SCHEDULED ON CAMPUS FROM FIVE THIRTY TO SEVEN P.M..
PARENTS AND STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO SUPPORT THEIR COUNSELOR AND ON SITE REPS, FILL OUT THEIR APPLICATIONS TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL AID.
ORIENTATION AND REGISTRATION FOR FALL CLASSES HAVE ALSO BEEN SET UP WITH [INAUDIBLE].
ARTS, THIS WEEK IN ART CLASS STUDENTS ARE PAINTING PUMPKINS.
EACH STUDENT IS GIVEN A PUMPKIN AND NEEDS TO COME UP WITH AN ORIGINAL IDEA WHICH THEY WILL SKETCH OUT ON PAPER FIRST AND THEN ONCE APPROVED BY A TEACHER WILL PAINT PUMPKIN USING THEIR PAINT.
THIS PAST WEEK, WE RECOGNIZE RED RIBBON WEEK CELEBRATING THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING A HEALTHY LIFE.
THE THEME FOR THE WEEK WAS REMEMBER TO LOVE YOURSELF.
WE HELD AN HOUR LONG ASSEMBLY PARTICIPATING IN GAMES THAT CONNECTED TO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF A HEALTHY LIFE, INCLUDING MENTAL WELLNESS.
WE HELD OUR ANNUAL GUESS HOW MANY SEEDS ARE IN THE COFFEE CONTEST.
THERE WERE SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY NINE SEEDS THIS YEAR.
WE ALSO HAD MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS COME TO OUR CAMPUS TO HELP RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR FITNESS.
THE MARINES RAN A PULL UP COMPETITION AT LUNCH.
EACH WEEK OUR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR [INAUDIBLE], WHO RUNS A YOUNG MEN'S GROUP.
TWELFTH GRADE YOUNG MEN DISCUSS A VARIETY OF TOPICS SUCH AS MASCULINE [INAUDIBLE], ROLE MODELS, FUTURE PLANS, CAREER GOALS, WORK EXPERIENCES, REFLECTIONS FROM THE PANDEMIC, TRAUMA, RESILIENCE AND LIFE SKILLS.
STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSIONS AND ACTIVITIES THAT FOCUS ON EMPATHY AND SELF-REFLECTION.
THE GROUP HAS BEEN MEETING CONSISTENTLY AND THE STUDENTS LOOK FORWARD TO THE GROUP EACH WEEK.
STUDENT VOICES MEETS WEEKLY DURING LUNCH.
THIS IS A GROUP THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE STUDENT VOICE.
A VOICE THAT FOR SO LONG IN EDUCATION HAS BEEN SILENCED WHEN IT COMES TO POLICY DECISION MAKING.
STUDENTS CHOOSE A TOPIC AND CONTROL THE DISCUSSION.
TOPICS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED SO FAR INCLUDE DRESS CODE, RACISM AND EDUCATION, THE SCHOOL'S BACKPACK POLICY, SOCIETAL EXPECTATIONS FOR POST HIGH SCHOOL LIFE, DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TODAY'S GENERATION AND THE GENERATION OF THEIR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS AND ANXIETY.
THIS GROUP IS NEW TO CHAPARRAL VISTA AND THE GOAL IS TO HEAR AND VALIDATE VOICES OF STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE UNDERSERVED AND CERTAINLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS.
THE SPORTS PROGRAM HERE AT CHAPARRAL IS OFF TO A GREAT START.
WE HAVE 16 ATHLETES PARTICIPATING IN FOOTBALL.
OUR STUDENT ATHLETES ARE SHOWING IMPROVEMENT IN BEHAVIOR AND COMPLETION OF ASSIGNMENTS.
THIS IS PROVING TO BE AN EXCELLENT INTERVENTION, AND IT GIVES OUR STUDENTS A CHANCE TO REPRESENT OUR SCHOOL INDUSTRY.
THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE STARTING IN DECEMBER TO MID-JANUARY.
SOCCER WILL BEGIN IN FEBRUARY WHEN WE WILL FINISH UP AND THEN WE WILL FINISH UP SPORTS WITH SOFTBALL IN MARCH.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT COLES AND THE CABINET FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH YOU ALL.
AND FINALLY, EMILY WINKELMAN FROM SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT COLES, PRESIDENT COYNE, ATTENDING STAFF AND VIEWERS.
I'M EMILY WINKELMAN AND I'D BE PRESIDENT OVER AT SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL.
AND I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY VIRTUALLY TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON HOW SAN DIMAS HAS BEEN DOING THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
SO SINCE WE LAST MET, SAN DIMAS HAS BEEN GOING TO THE ROOTS OF OUR CAMPUS CULTURE AND REALLY ENVISIONING WHERE WE WANT IT TO GO.
AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS, A LOT OF OPEN FORUMS OF HOW WE CAN BETTER OUR CAMPUS CULTURE.
OUR ADMIN HAS BEEN DOING AN AMAZING JOB AT COMING IN, AND EVEN BEEN DOING PERIODIC CHECK INS WITH CLASS PERIODS THAT NEED IT MOST.
THE TEACHERS HAVE REACHED OUT TO THEM AND WE'VE REALLY BEEN TRYING TO ENVISION AN
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UTOPIAN CAMPUS CULTURE.SO THAT'S HOW THE PAST FEW WEEKS HAVE BEEN ON TOP OF THE WHOLE GETTING TO THE ROOTS.
WE HAVE BEEN ALSO FOCUSING ON THE THREE A'S THAT I COVERED LAST TIME ACADEMIC, ATHLETICS AND ACTIVITIES.
WE'VE JUST COMPLETED OUR RENAISSANCE CELEBRATION, WHERE WE RECOGNIZED ALL STUDENTS WHO HAVE OVER A THREE POINT THREE GPA LAST SEMESTER AT SAN DIMAS.
THEY WERE REWARDED WITH CANES AND A PUMPKIN AT OUR [INAUDIBLE] OUR RENAISSANCE CARNIVAL.
THAT WAS SUPER FUN, ACTIVITIES WISE.
WE HAVE JUST COMPLETED [INAUDIBLE] THE FIRST ROUND OF MAJOR EVENTS LIKE THREE RALLIES, WE HAD SMUDGE POT, HOMECOMING.
WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE RECOGNITION AND CULTURE EVENTS, AND WE'VE EVEN LAUNCHED OUR OWN ASB WEBSITE, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING.
IT'S A PROJECT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO EXPLORE LAST THE NEXT FEW WEEKS OF HOW WE CAN BETTER OUR CAMPUS CULTURE AND IN THE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT.
ALL OF OUR FALL SPORTS HAVE ADVANCED ON CIF IN EITHER COMPLETED THE SEASON OR ARE STILL GOING CURRENTLY.
WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR GIRLS TENNIS TEAM AND OUR GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM FOR BECOMING UNDEFEATED LEAGUE CHAMPS AND OUR BOYS FOOTBALL TEAM, FOR BEING ALSO LEAGUE CHAMPS.
THEY ARE GOING TO CIF ROUND ONE OR SORRY PLAYOFF ROUND ONE.
THIS FRIDAY IS GOING TO BE THE [INAUDIBLE] GAME, SO WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR THAT.
I'M SO EXCITED FOR SAN DIMAS, WHERE WE CAN GO IN THE NEXT MONTH WHERE WE'VE GONE THIS MONTH.
SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR SCHOOL.
NEXT OUR FEATURED PRESENTATIONS.
[13.1. E-Sports Presentation]
OUR FIRST ONE WILL BE ON E-SPORTS.SO I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT MR. RITCHIE AND THE TEAM IS HERE TO INTRODUCE SOME OF OUR NEWEST SPORTS, WHICH IS E-SPORTS AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL AND ALREADY CARRYING IN THEIR FIRST YEAR AN ENORMOUS TROPHY.
AND SAN DIMAS IS RIGHT BEHIND BONITA AND STARTING A CLUB THIS YEAR AND AND ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, REALLY PROUD OF BOTH OUR HIGH SCHOOL'S COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS CREATING ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL KIDS, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THEY CAN BE CONNECTED TO, YOU KNOW, TO OUR FORAY.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELL, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I WENT TO SOMETHING WITH CIF AND THEY STARTED TO BRING OUT E-SPORTS.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT E-SPORTS IS, IF YOU HAVE A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL KID, ELEMENTARY KID, HIGH SCHOOL KID AND YOU SEE HIM PLAYING GAMES ON PS4, THAT IS E-GAMING AND IT IS A HUGE THING.
IT STARTED OFF FOR US RATHER LITTLE SMALL, BUT IT IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING SPORTS IN THE NATION AND KIDS ARE PRACTICING ALL NIGHT LONG TILL 2, 3 IN THE MORNING.
[LAUGHTER] AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY TELL THEIR PARENTS THAT THEY ARE JUST PRACTICING FOR THEIR SPORT.
BUT IT IS AN AMAZING THING TO WATCH THESE STUDENTS COMPETE.
AND LAST WEEK I WAS ABLE TO GO WATCH ONE OF THE MATCHES.
IT WAS A SUPER SMASH BROTHERS AND I WAS JUST AS NERVOUS AS IF I WAS WATCHING A FOOTBALL GAME.
THEY'RE ATHLETES IN A NONTRADITIONAL WAY, BUT THEY IT TAKES A LOT OF SKILL, A LOT OF HAND-EYE COORDINATION.
AND THESE KIDS ARE GETTING FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO COLLEGE ON E-SPORTS.
IT'S A HUGE THING AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE KIND OF ON THE FOREFRONT OF IT.
AND WE BROUGHT SOME OF OUR TEAMMATES HERE TODAY.
LAST YEAR WE STARTED THIS AS A CLUB AND AS A CLUB.
WE DIDN'T COMPETE IN CIF, BUT WE DID TAKE FIRST PLACE IN FIFA SOCCER IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE PIECE.
THIS YEAR WE DID HAVE TRYOUTS.
THEY WILL GET LETTERMAN'S JACKETS.
THEY WILL GET LETTERS JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND WE ARE COMPETING CURRENTLY IN FOUR DIFFERENT GAMES.
SO WHEN I CALL THE GAME OUT, IF YOU ARE COMPETING IN THAT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND KIND OF STEP FORWARD.
FIRST OFF, IT IS ROCKET LEAGUE.
IT'S A TEAM SPORT, FIFA AND SUPER SMASH BROTHERS.
THE TEAM SAW THEM COMPETE LAST WEEK, SO THEY THEY COMPETE JUST LIKE THEY WOULD WITH ANYBODY ELSE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
AND WITH ALL OF THE COMPETITION THAT THEY DO, THEY RANK UP AND DOWN, AND RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY WE HAVE OUR FIFA PLAYER IS NUMBER FIVE IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO THAT IS A PRETTY INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT.
[APPLAUSE] AND SO THERE'S A VIDEO, I THINK IF BOB FORD IS CAN PLAY THAT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH E-SPORTS.
SO CURRENTLY WE DO NOT HAVE A LAB.
WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING A LAB RIGHT NOW AND PURCHASING A BUNCH OF COMPUTERS, GAMING COMPUTERS, BUT THEY'RE ALL STUCK OFF THE HARBOR OF LONG BEACH IN L.A.
BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY DO EVERY FOUR DAYS A WEEK.
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THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, AND THEY'RE COMPETING WITH TEAMS ALL OVER THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.I HAVE MR. [INAUDIBLE] COME UP IN A MINUTE AND KIND OF JUST TALK ABOUT HOW HE HOW HE TALKS TO THE COACHES AND SETS THESE GAMES UP.
MR. [INAUDIBLE], WHY DON'T YOU COME ON UP HERE? AND THIS IS OUR COACH, MR. [INAUDIBLE].
AND WHEN I FIRST STARTED TO THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE COULD DO AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL, I THOUGHT MR. [INAUDIBLE] BECAUSE HE'S A GAMER AS WELL.
AND I SAID, HOW ABOUT TAKING OUR TEAM? AND HE WAS ALL EXCITED ABOUT IT, SAID, ABSOLUTELY.
HE'S REALLY TAKEN CHARGE OF IT AND REALLY MADE IT A HUGE PIECE.
THIS YEAR WE HAD ABOUT 50 KIDS TRY OUT, AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 30 KIDS ACTUALLY COMPETING.
SO WE HAVE A CIF COMPETITION TEAM, WHICH IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
BUT IF YOU CAN JUST TALK TO THEM JUST ABOUT PLAY VERSUS THAT'S THE COMPANY WE'RE USING, BUT HOW YOU COMMUNICATE WITH THE COACHES AND SET THESE UP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO ONE OF THE FUN THINGS ABOUT THIS, WHEN WE USUALLY HAVE COMPETITIONS IN OUR SPORTS ACROSS THE STATE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE LOW, WE ARE LIMITED TO OUR LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS.
ONE OF THE COOL THINGS ABOUT BEING ON A DIGITAL SPACE IS A LOT OF OUR MATCHES ARE WITH TEAMS, YOU KNOW, THE HIGH SCHOOLS UP IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, ANYWHERE ACROSS CALIFORNIA.
WHAT WE TEND TO DO IS WE WORK THROUGH A COMPANY CALLED PLAY VERSES.
WHERE IT CONNECTS OUR COACHES AND OUR PLAYERS.
AND SO THAT AS THE GAMES ARE APPROACHING, WE COMMUNICATE IN THERE THROUGH A CHAT SYSTEM THAT THEY HAVE IN THERE.
MAKE SURE OUR PLAYERS ARE ALL REGISTERED UP.
THEY GET INFORMATION FROM THE CLIENT ITSELF.
THEY'RE CONNECTED, THROWN INTO A GAME AND THEY'RE OFF TO THE RACES.
ONE OF THE NICE ACTUAL THINGS, AS WE'VE DEVELOPED WITH THIS, THEY'VE ALLOWED OUR STUDENTS TO ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE SO AS THEY NEED TO ADJUST, FIX THINGS, HELP MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT THE RIGHT THING.
IT REALLY HELPS US GET GET OFF THE GROUND RUNNING.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WHERE WE TAKE OFF FROM HERE.
[APPLAUSE] SO THIS IS REALLY HITTING ANOTHER GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO MAYBE MIGHT NOT HAVE GONE OUT FOR A TRADITIONAL SPORTS, BUT THEY ARE VERY SKILLED IN WHAT THEY DO, AND SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS ON OUR CAMPUS AND WE COMPETE FOUR DAYS A WEEK AND WE'RE HOPING TO JUST KEEP BUILDING THIS INTO A LARGER, LARGER AREA AS WE COMPETE AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE BRINGING HOME SOME MORE TROPHIES.
BUT THESE GUYS, THEY WILL LETTER IN A CIF SPORT FOR E-GAMING.
AND SO THAT'S JUST A REALLY COOL THING FOR THESE KIDS, AND WE CAN'T BE MORE HAPPY AND PROUD OF THEM AND THANK FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK.
SO THAT IS E-SPORTS AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
KENNY, KENNY KENNY, WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
AND MY SON, HE'S A MIDDLE SCHOOL BOY, SO HE WOULD NOT LET ME OFF THE HOOK UNLESS I ASK SOME QUESTIONS.
WHO PICKS THE GAMES? THE CIF DOES THE KIDS? CIF PICKS THE GAMES, AND SO ONE OF THE BIG ONES THAT THEY WANTED WAS FORTNITE.
AND FORTNITE IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL GAME.
THEY COMPETE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL AS WELL, BUT IT'S NOT IN THE CIF REPERTOIRE, SO IT'S ONLY THE FOUR GAMES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
SO WE HAVE THIS AT MIDDLE SCHOOL TOO.
IT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
OK, SO WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED FOR THAT? HAVE THEM GET A HOLD OF ME.
WE'LL PUT THEM IN IN TOUCH WITH PLAY VERSUS THAT'S THE COMPANY THAT THEY ALL GOES THROUGH AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION.
FOR THE KIDS WHO DON'T MAKE THE TEAM.
IS THERE LIKE A CLUB OR SOMETHING ELSE FOR THEM? SO I CAN SPEAK TO THAT FOR A COUPLE OF THE CLUBS.
WE DO, FOR INSTANCE, FOR SMASH.
ONE OF THE GREAT REASONS WE HAVE SUCH A GOOD TURNOUT IS WE HAVE A SMASH CLUB ON CAMPUS AND WE ENCOURAGE.
AND AS I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF STUDENTS, MANY OF THEM, LIKE ANY GAMES WITH GUNS IN THEM AND CIF ISN'T VERY FOND OF THOSE.
SO MOST OF THOSE I SAY, YOU KNOW, HEY, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO CLUBS PLAY WITH YOUR FRIENDS.
YEAH, WHEN I WAS A KID IS ALL MADDEN AND STREET FIGHTERS.
SO NOW IT'S STUFF MY KID BEATS ME IN ALREADY.
AND ONE THING TO THINK OF FOR THE FUTURE HERE I WAS GOING TO BRING UP LATER IS WE USED TO HAVE A TROPHY CASE IN THE LOBBY WHERE OUR CIF AND STATE CHAMPIONS WOULD DISPLAY A FOOTBALL OR BASEBALL OR SOMETHING.
SO YOU NEED TO THINK WHEN YOU GET YOUR FIRST CIF CHAMPIONSHIP, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IN, THEY'LL GO RIGHT NEXT TO THE HEISMAN.
YOU KNOW, BUT THIS RIGHT HERE IS ACTUALLY IN A TROPHY CASE.
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AS SOON AS YOU WALK INTO THE LOBBY, IT'S RIGHT TO THE RIGHT.KENNY, COULD YOU SHARE WITH ME? CERTAINLY.
I'LL JUST SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND THEN ALL THE FOLKS HERE IN THE GALLERY TONIGHT.
YOU SAID IT'S A COMPETITION CIF.
AND SO HOW IS IT OFFICIATED? THERE'S NOT A GUY WITH A STRIPE THAT'S NOT IT'S REALLY IT'S SO IN THE DIFFERENT GAMES.
AND MAYBE MR. [INAUDIBLE] TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS.
AND SO AT THE END OF THE GAME, WHOEVER HAS THE MOST GOALS, THEY WIN.
IS THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT ROUNDS AND SO YOU PLAY, YOU PLAY THE THREE ROUNDS.
AND IF YOU BEAT THE OTHER PERSON AND IN THAT GAME IS IF YOU KNOCK ALL THEIR POWER OUT ON A VERY BASIC LEVEL, GUYS AND GALS, I'M SURE.
BUT WHEN YOU KNOCK ALL THE POWER OUT AND THEY GO FLYING OFF THE SCREEN, THAT IS YOU WIN.
AND I WAS MORE DETAILED THAN THAT.
BUT THAT'S THE TYPE OF THING THAT THEY WILL DO FOR SUPER SMASH BROS.
AND THEN IF YOU WIN TWO OUT OF THREE, THEN YOU WIN THAT COMPONENT OF IT AND IT'S A TEAM GAME.
SO THERE'S THREE PLAYERS THAT ARE GOING TO PLAY AND YOU HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL THE ALL THE INDIVIDUAL GAMES AND SEE WHO WINS AT THE VERY END.
CAN YOU BE DISQUALIFIED? THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
FOR INSTANCE, WE WERE DEALING WITH IF THERE'S A LAST-MINUTE SUBSTITUTION THAT DOESN'T WORK, THERE ARE SOME VERY SPECIFIC RULES ON WHEN SUBSTITUTIONS ARE ALLOWED.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I'M THERE AND I'M THERE TO ALWAYS HAVE COMMUNICATION OPEN WITH THE OTHER TEAM, AS WELL AS MY PLAYERS WHO ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF GAMES JUST IN CASE ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMEBODY DISCONNECTS BECAUSE THAT ALSO HAPPENS WHERE INTERNET CAN GET SPOTTY.
AND SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOMEBODY SNEAK ON LAST MINUTE TO COMPLETELY CHANGE THE COMPETITION VERSUS A POWER OUTAGE, WHICH HAPPENS.
SO THERE ARE WE DO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE RULES AND IF ANYTHING EVER DOES COME UP, WE'RE ABLE TO GO THROUGH PLAY VERSUS TO SAY, HEY, THIS SEEMED FUNNY, CAN WE KIND OF ADDRESS THIS? SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS IN CASE THINGS GET A LITTLE DICEY.
[APPLAUSE] HAVE A GREAT DAY, EVERYBODY.
NEXT, WE'LL HAVE THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THE BONITA
[13.2. La Verne Historical Society and Bonita Unified School District Partnership Projects]
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT'S PARTNERSHIP PROJECT.YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, A SCHOOL DISTRICT IS AS GOOD AS ITS PARTNERSHIPS AND ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE FOR OUR STUDENTS, IT'S BEEN A PHENOMENAL PARTNERSHIP.
AND SO TO INTRODUCE THAT, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHRIS ANN.
HI, I'M CHRIS ANN HORSLEY, YOUR SENIOR DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM, AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO THE BOARD TONIGHT SHERRY BEST, WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND BARBARA SMYTH, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE STORY OF LA VERNE, A PROJECT THAT WE DID WITH OUR THIRD GRADE STUDENTS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HERE IN BONITA UNIFIED, AND SHE'S GOING TO TELL US ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS WITH VIDEO 21.
SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SHERRY BEST FIRST FOR HER PRESENTATION.
THIS IS A 1938 INTERNATIONAL FLATBED TRUCK THAT BELONGED TO A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
HIS NAME WAS WESLEY INMAN [INAUDIBLE].
HE PUT OVER 900000 MILES ON THIS TRUCK BEFORE HE RETIRED IT.
THE TRUCK HAS LIVED UP AT LA VERNE HERITAGE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND HAS BELONGED TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND WE HAVE HAD THE TRUCK TAKEN OVER TO BONITA HIGH SCHOOL AND IN ROB ZAMBONI'S AUTO SHOP CLASS, TWO OF THE CLASSES THAT HE TEACHES ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REHABBING THIS TRUCK.
SO OUR JOB IS TO WANT TO GET THIS TRUCK STREET READY AGAIN SO THAT WE CAN ENJOY IT.
SO LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS BEEN AROUND.
WE'RE REALLY ABOUT TRYING TO PRESERVE OUR PAST HISTORY AND REMEMBER THAT WE'RE ALWAYS MAKING HISTORY IN THE FUTURE.
AND WE HAVE WE HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF IN THE HISTORY OF LA VERNE.
THESE ARE SOME ARCHIVAL PHOTOS FROM OUR EDUCATION IN LA VERNE AND THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO WE'RE THERE'S ROB'S CLASS WORKING ON THE TRUCK.
CHANNEL SEVEN NEWS WAS HERE LAST WEEK AND THEY AIRED THEIR LITTLE NEWS SPOT YESTERDAY.
AS SOON AS THEY SEND YOUTUBE LINK TO ME, I WILL SEND THE YOUTUBE LINK TO SUSAN.
I WILL HAVE HER PUT IT ON FACEBOOK AND WE'LL ALL GET TO SEE IT.
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WE'LL ALSO PUT IT UP ON THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY WEBSITE AND ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.SO WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN BUSY WITH THE TRUCK.
MY FANTASY HOPE FOR THE TRUCK IS THAT WE'LL BE READY TO ROLL IN THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE.
SO CAN YOU IMAGINE THE KIDS IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK WHO HELPED TO REHAB THE TRUCK DRIVING DOWN BONITA? THAT WILL BE EXCITING.
THE OTHER, ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN IS WRITING A BOOK, WHICH IS THE IMAGES OF AMERICA - LA VERNE.
I WORKED ON THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH BILL LEMMON, WHO IS THE CITY HISTORIAN.
AND SO BILL AND THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARE GIVEN CREDIT FOR THE WRITING OF THIS BOOK.
A COPY OF THIS BOOK WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL THIRD GRADE TEACHERS IN THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THEY CAN HELP USE THAT TO HELP THE STUDENTS WITH THEIR HANDS ON HISTORY PROJECTS IN BONITA UNIFIED.
SO BEFORE I SIT DOWN, I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT A COUPLE OF LITTLE PROJECTS THAT ARE SITTING IN MY BRAIN.
I'VE NEVER DONE WITH THINGS TO DO.
COVID GOT IN THE WAY OF A LOT OF OUR IDEAS, BUT WE'RE BACK UP AND RUNNING AGAIN.
AND TWO THINGS I'M THINKING ABOUT IMMEDIATELY IS THAT IN MAY, WE HOPE TO REVIVE OUR B STREET CEMETERY TOUR, WHICH IS NOT AS GRISLY AS IT SOUNDS.
IT'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF FUN, AND WE VISIT A NUMBER OF GRAVE SITES AND WE HAVE PEOPLE REENACT OF THE STORY OF THE PERSON WHO'S INTERNED THERE.
AND THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO BE REFERRING TO A COUPLE CHILDREN WHO ARE BURIED THERE.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE TAPPING INTO THE DRAMA DEPARTMENT AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE HOW MUCH FUN THAT WOULD BE TO DRESS UP AND PLAY A DEAD PERSON? SO I THINK THAT COULD BE A LOT OF FUN AND IT REALLY IS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN WITH THAT.
AND ALTHOUGH I HAVE MANY OTHER IDEAS, THE ONLY OTHER ONE I WILL SHARE TONIGHT IS THAT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS 12 BIG DISPLAY CASES THAT WE'VE WANTED TO PUT OUT AT THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS WITH ARTIFACTS THAT BELONG TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
BUT SINCE WE HAVE NO MUSEUM, WE DON'T HAVE A PERMANENT PLACE TO DISPLAY THESE ARTIFACTS.
WE'RE THINKING WHAT WE'LL DO IS CREATE WHAT WE CALL POCKET MUSEUMS. AND IF WE CAN HAVE ONE AT EACH OF THE SCHOOLS, THEN THE CHILDREN CAN TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S INSIDE AND WE CAN ROTATE THE CONTENTS OF THOSE POCKET MUSEUMS AT THE SCHOOLS.
SO THAT'S JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT I'VE GOT GOING HERE WITH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
AND NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER TO BARBARA SMYTH.
[APPLAUSE] I TELL YOU, SHE IS REALLY FUN TO WORK WITH.
ALWAYS, ALWAYS THINKING OF THINGS.
I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE STORY OF LA VERNE, WHICH WAS AN EXHIBIT WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OUT AND WE SPENT ABOUT TWO YEARS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT MENTIONED THE COLLABORATION AND AND I JUST WANT TO GO OVER THAT AGAIN, THAT IT WAS THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE, HILLCREST, THE CULTURAL NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS AND BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT PROVIDED US WITH A GREAT CONSULTANT IN CHRIS ANN HORSLEY, AND WE DEVELOPED THAT AS AN EXHIBIT FOR THIRD GRADERS AS PART OF THEIR HANDS ON HISTORY.
WE HAD ABOUT A THOUSAND STUDENTS THAT CAME TO HILLCREST TO SEE THAT EXHIBIT.
IT WAS DELIGHTFUL AND THEN WE HAD THE PANDEMIC.
AND SO THAT WAS THE END OF THAT.
BUT WE WANTED TO MAINTAIN IT, AND WE WANTED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD PRESERVE IT AND PRODUCE A VIDEO THAT WOULD GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAINTAIN THE ELEMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE EXHIBIT, TELLING THE STORY THROUGH SIX TOPICS FILMING EACH TOPIC AS A STANDALONE SO THAT FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE TEACHERS, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO SHOW THE WHOLE THING, THEY CAN SHOW A TOPIC AND REALLY FOCUS ON IT WITH THE CHILDREN AND FEATURE THE STORYTELLING OF OUR CULTURE BEARERS, THE ELDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE ALSO ARE GOING TO PROVIDE A TEACHER'S GUIDE TO GO WITH IT.
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WITH BACKGROUND HISTORY OF THE TOPIC AND SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR THE CHILDREN AND POSSIBLE NEW WORDS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE USED THAT MAYBE THE KIDS WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND RIGHT AWAY.OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE AN ENGAGING VISUAL STORY OF LA VERNE FOR THIRD GRADERS AND MAYBE THEIR PARENTS.
THAT'S HISTORICALLY ACCURATE AND ALSO PROVIDES THE CHILDREN WITH STORYTELLING FROM THEIR ELDERS ABOUT WHAT ELDERS LIVES WERE LIKE AND HOW THEY CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
WE'RE HOPING THAT THE CHILDREN WILL TAKE AWAY FROM ALL OF THIS WILL BE THE SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AS A AS A RESIDENT, AS A CITIZEN IN ANY COMMUNITY THAT THEY HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE ALL OF THEIR TALENTS AND SKILLS TO MAKE THE CITY THEY LIVE IN THE PLACE THEY WANT TO LIVE IN.
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL SHOW YOU A BRIEF LITTLE CLIP AND YOU'LL GET A TASTE OF IT.
I'M ANN COLLIER AND I WORK AT THE CULTURAL AND NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE, BUT TODAY I'M GOING TO BE YOUR TIME TRAVEL GUIDE FOR THE STORY OF LA VERNE.
BEST OF ALL, I GET TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SOME VERY INTERESTING PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO TELL YOU STORIES ABOUT THE CITY THAT YOU PROBABLY HAVE NEVER HEARD BEFORE.
THE STORY OF LA VERNE IS TOLD BY OUR COMMUNITY ELDERS, PEOPLE LIKE YOUR GRANDPARENTS OR MAYBE EVEN YOUR GREAT GRANDPARENTS.
AND JUST LIKE YOUR GRANDPARENTS, THEY HAVE REALLY COOL STORIES TO TELL US AND WE CAN LEARN A LOT FROM THEM.
THEY WILL EACH TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN IMPORTANT IN THEIR LIFE ABOUT LIVING OR WORKING HERE IN LA VERNE.
WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED WATCHING AND LISTENING TO THEIR STORIES, YOU WILL HAVE LEARNED ABOUT COMMUNITY AND FAMILY LIFE IN LA VERNE, HOW TRANSPORTATION CREATED THE TOWN, THE FAITH PRACTICES OF PEOPLE WHO SETTLE IN LA VERNE, HOW EDUCATION IS VALUED, ALL ABOUT COMMERCE AND EVEN ARTS AND CULTURE IN THE COMMUNITY.
ARE YOU READY TO TAKE A TRIP BACK IN TIME? WE DON'T HAVE THAT, THAT'S ALL, FOLKS.
[LAUGHTER] WELL, I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC.
JUST WHEN WE LEARNED THAT WE WERE DOING THE BOARD PRESENTATION, SURELY FROM HILLCREST WORKED ON PUTTING THAT TOGETHER FOR YOU GUYS, AND THAT REALLY TURNED OUT WELL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR BARBARA OR SHERRY? OH, SURE, I'LL START.
AND I DID GO TO THAT HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING.
IT WAS FUN TO WATCH THE WHOLE CLIP OF THE MAKING OF THAT MOVIE.
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SOMEONE LIKE PEGGY [INAUDIBLE] UP THERE, IT'S LIKE IT'S EVERYONE'S.I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME AND WATCH THIS.
THIS IS SOMETHING I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT, LIKE THE DOORS AT THE LIBRARY MADE FROM [INAUDIBLE] THAT JUST BLEW MY MIND.
SOME AMAZING STUFF IN THERE, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
FOR ME PERSONALLY, UNFORTUNATELY, MY DAUGHTER MISSED THAT THIRD GRADE PART BECAUSE OF COVID, SO I HOPE SHE GETS TO CATCH UP WITH THAT.
SHE'S JUST FINISHING UP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND I SEE A COUPLE OF FINGERS UP THERE LIKE FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE AS WELL.
SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
WHILE YOU'RE TAKING PHOTOS OF THAT OLD TRUCK.
I WILL GIVE MY APPRECIATION FOR YOUR GROUP BRINGING SOME POSITIVE NEWS ABOUT GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT IN THE CITY WITH THAT RESTORATION OF THE OLD TRUCK.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT PROJECT AND ALL THE OTHER WONDERFUL THINGS YOU GUYS ARE DOING FOR THE STUDENTS.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT, WE WILL HAVE THE LA VERNE ROTARY TEACHER MINI GRANT RECIPIENTS INTRODUCED
[13.3. La Verne Rotary Teacher Mini-Grant Recipients - Introduced by Susan Hume]
BY SUSAN HUME.I WILL AS THE ROTARIANS ARE MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE PODIUM.
I JUST CAN'T RESIST ADDING ON TO MY FRIEND SHERRY BEST PRESENTATION THAT BILL LEMMON, WHO IS THE CITY OF LA VERNE HISTORIAN, IS A RETIRED BONITA USD BUS DRIVER, SO HE'S GOT DEEP ROOTS HERE IN THE DISTRICT AND THE CITY.
SO TONIGHT AGAIN, ANOTHER GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE ROTARY CLUB OF LA VERNE.
SO TONIGHT WE HAVE DEBBIE DACEY, CRAIG RUMEN AND OUR PRESIDENT SHARON JOHNSON MAY .
BOARD MEMBER PALATTO AND MYSELF ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF LA VERNE ROTARY.
LA VERNE ROTARY HAS DONE SO MANY THINGS FOR THE DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
ALWAYS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF US AND INCLUDING ANNUALLY GIVING OUT MINI GRANTS TO OUR TEACHERS.
SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SHARON.
I'LL COME OVER THERE AND HELP THEM PASS OUT THE CHECKS.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF TEACHERS HERE TONIGHT READY TO GET THEIR CHECKS.
THANK YOU, SUSAN, AND WELCOME AUDIENCE MEMBERS AND BOARD.
ALTHOUGH I GUESS I SAID THAT IN THE WRONG ORDER.
I'M JUST GOING TO SAY SOMETHING REALLY BRIEF ABOUT THE MINI GRANT FUND THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BACK IN 1998 BY DR.
ROGER [INAUDIBLE], WHO MANY OF US KNOW HERE.
AND THEY, THE LA VERNE ROTARY CLUB TEACHERS MINI GRANT FUND AWARDS A LIMITED NUMBER OF MINI GRANTS WITH A MAXIMUM AWARD OF $300 FOR SPECIAL CLASSROOM PROJECTS TO INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS OF GRADES K THROUGH 12 IN LA VERNE SCHOOLS.
THE MINI GRANTS PROVIDE RISK CAPITAL TO INNOVATIVE TEACHERS WHO WANT TO DEVELOP NEW IDEAS TO ENRICH STUDENT EXPERIENCE.
THE MINI GRANTS ARE AWARDED TO TEACHERS WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE HAVE SOURCES OF FUNDING OR WHO WOULD HAVE TO USE THEIR OWN MONEY TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT.
SO WE HAVE 11 AWARDEES TEACHERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE AWARDED THEM TONIGHT, AND I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO THEN IS WE'LL CALL YOU UP ONE AT A TIME AND WE'LL PASS OUT YOUR AWARD AND YOUR CERTIFICATE AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A PHOTO OP AT THE VERY END.
FIRST FOR BONITA HIGH SCHOOL, LORI BANDLER.
[APPLAUSE] AND HER PROJECT WAS KNIFE SKILLS AND FARM TO TABLE.
NICOLE DORST FROM GRACE MILLER [APPLAUSE] CLASSROOM LIBRARY BOOKS.
TOM KIERNAN FROM RAMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL [APPLAUSE] THE TRACK SERIES.
READING SERIES AND BOOKS TO PROMOTE READING.
[APPLAUSE] REBUILDING CLASSROOM LIBRARY.
CHRISTINE MCPHAIL AND JENNIFER [INAUDIBLE] I HOPE I SAID THAT CORRECTLY.
[APPLAUSE] AUDREY [INAUDIBLE] FROM OAK MESA ELEMENTARY IS THIS CALLED CUE BALL WIRELESS MICROPHONE? IS THAT IT? OK.
[APPLAUSE] AND BELINDA RODRIGUEZ, RAMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL [APPLAUSE] ACCELERATED READING CLASSROOM LIBRARY.
AND I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TEACHERS THAT ARE NOT HERE THIS EVENING.
CARRY COS FROM RAMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL, CARLA [INAUDIBLE] FROM LA VERNE HEIGHTS, [INAUDIBLE] FROM OAK MESA AND DIANNA [INAUDIBLE] FROM OAK MESA ELEMENTARY, WHO ARE
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NOT HERE TONIGHT BUT ALSO HAVE RECEIVED A GRANT.[14. REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON OPEN SESSION AGENDA ITEMS]
NEXT, WE'LL HAVE REQUESTS 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 MADE UNDER THE REQUEST TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.
PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE FILL OUT THE REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CARD, WHICH MAY BE PICKED UP FOR MARGARET MCDONALD, SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
ANY PERSON ADDRESSING THE BOARD SHOULD FIRST STATE THEIR NAME AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH THE DISTRICT.
AND FIRST UP, WE HAVE LILY [INAUDIBLE].
EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT AND HONORABLE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
I DIDN'T KNOW I SPEAK EARLY BEFORE THE PRESENTATION, SO MIGHT COMMENT TONIGHT TOPIC IS CRT BECAUSE I KNOW THE FUNDING IS COMING.
A BIG CHUNK OF MONEY, 1.8 MILLION DOLLAR.
I HAVE TWO KIDS IN BONITA DISTRICT.
OF COURSE, I WANT OUR DISTRICT TO HAVE A GOOD RESOURCE AND ENOUGH MONEY TO PROVIDE A GOOD SERVICE FOR OUR KIDS.
BUT CRT STANDS A CRITICAL THEORY.
RACE THEORY IS ACTUALLY A VERY BAD NAME IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW TO TALK ABOUT WHITE SUPREMACY.
ALL THOSE THINGS ARE PRETTY MUCH BRAINWASH.
SO NOW IT SHOWS DIFFERENT NAME ETHNICITY, EQUALITY.
SO MY CONCERN IS I REALLY WANT MY KIDS TO LEARN SOMETHING GOOD IN THEIR AGE, ESPECIALLY AS ASIAN MOM.
I WANT THEM GOOD ACADEMIC, NOT GET ANY BENEFIT BECAUSE MY SOUTH ASIAN MINORITY ACTUALLY, I KNOW ASIAN WILL NOT GET ANY BENEFIT FROM CRT BECAUSE IT'S THE WHAT I CALL THE ASIAN Y ADJACENT BECAUSE WE BENEFIT FROM WHITE PRIVILEGE.
SO MY KIDS IS HALF WHITE, HALF ASIAN.
I DON'T THINK THEY GET ANY BENEFIT FROM CRT.
SO IN THE FUTURE, I DON'T REALLY WANT THEM GET ANY BENEFIT.
THEY DON'T NEED TO BECAUSE THEIR SKIN, I WANT THEM GET ANY ACHIEVEMENT BECAUSE THEY ARE EXCELLENT, BECAUSE THEY WORK HARD.
I COME HERE ALWAYS FOR SEXUAL EDUCATION, RIGHT? SO I HATE THAT TOPIC, BUT I ALWAYS FOLLOW UP WHAT'S HAPPENING.
BUT CRT IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE I'M SO AFRAID WE ARE SUCH A GOOD DISTRICT.
WE SHOULD HAVE MORE PARENTS SIT HERE TO [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE WONDERFUL KIDS.
THEY WANT THE E-SPORT AND THEN THE WONDERFUL HISTORICAL BOARD LA VERNE.
WE SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE SOME PEOPLE SIT HERE, CLAP WHERE YOU GUYS DO A GOOD JOB, BUT WHY WE COME HERE TONIGHT AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE COME HERE FOR VACCINE MANDATE OR MASK MANDATE.
I COME HERE EVERY SINGLE TIME, RIGHT FROM SHORT HAIR TO LONG HAIR.
I DON'T WANT TO BE THE ICON AS THE BONITA BEAR MOM.
MAYBE I'M THE STARTER, BUT WHY I'M HERE? BECAUSE CRITICAL CRT.
IT'S SAME AS A CULTURAL REVOLUTION HAPPENED IN THE COUNTRY I BORN AND RAISE, WE SEPARATE.
TWO OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS SUFFER AND DIE.
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BEFORE THAT, I WILL HAVE LONG STORY FOR THAT.THEY COME TO THEY BORN IN THIS COUNTRY.
BORN IN LA VERNE FROM [INAUDIBLE] RAMONA, THEY HAVE TO SUFFER LIKE MY MY FAMILY IN THE COMMUNIST COUNTRY.
PLEASE DON'T FOLLOW THE MONEY.
SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD, BUT IT'S DIRTY MONEY TO LEAD TO THE WRONG DIRECTION.
THIS TOPIC IS CRT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.
I FLEW IN FROM RENO AT FIVE O'CLOCK THIS MORNING TO SPEAK I AM A TEACHER.
I TOOK A LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO GO TO THE NURSING PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF RENO, AND CRT IS JUST I AGREE IT'S BRAINWASHING.
I'M JUST I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH ON THIS.
IT IS NOTHING MORE THAN ANYTHING LESS THAN THE NEO MARXIST BASED ON RACE AND SOCIAL CLASS.
THEY EVEN TOOK MARTIN LUTHER KING OUT OF IT BECAUSE HE'S TOO PASSIVE AND HE'S TOO DOCILE.
WE HAVE A NATIONAL HOLIDAY FOR HIM, BUT THEY TOOK HIM OUT OF IT.
THEY BOTH ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
ALISON, SHE LOOKS MORE OF THE WHITE.
OK, SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO TEACH THEM TO OH, THE WHITES ARE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO OPPRESS THEM OR WHATEVER THAT IS.
NOT WHAT HOW ARE THEY GOING TO FIT IN? THEY ARE MIXED.
WHERE DO THEY SIT IN? WHERE DO THEY FIT IN? SO I'M A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS.
IT'S AN EMPHASIS ON GROUP IDENTITY BASED ON RACE AND PRIVILEGE.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY WHITE PRIVILEGE.
IF YOU GUYS KNEW HOW I GREW UP, I'VE WORKED HARD FOR EVERYTHING I HAVE.
THEY'RE SET UP FOR OPPOSITIONAL, OPPOSITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GROUPS, AND IT'S GOING TO BE NOTHING BUT NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR THESE KIDS.
I WILL NOT TEACH THIS AS A TEACHER.
IN THE MODEL THAT THE STATE HAS PROVIDED, THERE ARE OVER TWO HUNDRED TIMES OPPRESSION IS MENTIONED IN THE STATE IN THE MODEL.
WHEN OPPRESSION IS MENTIONED, IT'S A GUILT AND SADNESS AND HELPLESSNESS COME UPON THESE KIDS.
WE SHOULD NOT EVEN BE PUTTING THAT INTO THEIR MINDS.
I CAN SEE IF ALL OF MY KIDS ARE ONE HUNDRED PERCENT.
THEY'RE PROFICIENT IN READING, WRITING AND ARITHMETIC.
WE DO NOT NEED TO INTRODUCE THIS STUFF TO THEM.
THERE'S ALSO A WARNING FOR TEACHERS ON THIS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW THIS, BUT THERE IS A LITTLE THING THAT SAYS TEACHERS NEED TO BE ATTENTIVE TO TRAUMA INFORMED EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES WHEN TEACHING ETHNIC STUDIES.
THERE IS NO WAY THAT THERE SHOULD BE A WARNING ON A CURRICULUM THAT IS GOING TO HAVE A IT'S GOING TO BE A TRIGGER FOR WARNINGS.
YOU GUYS NEED TO REALLY RESEARCH WHAT THIS IS.
THIS IS NOTHING BUT INDOCTRINATION TO OUR KIDS.
I AM FOR MULTICULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND EDUCATION.
I'M 100 PERCENT FOR MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION.
I AM NOT FOR ETHNIC STUDIES, WHICH IS GOING TO SEPARATE DIVIDE, AND IT'S ALSO GOING TO HAVE MORE BULLYING AND HARASSMENT FOR THESE KIDS.
ALSO THERE, IF YOU FOLLOW CUPERTINO SCHOOL DISTRICT IN CALIFORNIA, EIGHT AND NINE YEAR OLDS HAD TO LIST THEIR GROUP AFFILIATIONS.
THEY HAD TO GIVE THE FEELINGS OF WHY THEY FELT CERTAIN GROUPS HAD WHITE PRIVILEGE AND POWER OR NOT JUST WHITE, BUT PRIVILEGE AND POWER BASED ON RACE AND RELIGION.
EIGHT AND NINE YEAR OLDS, THEY DON'T EVEN NEED TO BE DOING THIS.
THEY NEED TO BE OUT THERE AT RECESS PLAYING [APPLAUSE].
THEY SHOULD NOT BE DOING THIS .
MARLA TAYLOR MILLER, SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED YOUR NAME.
HI, MY NAME IS MARLA TAYLOR AND I'M HERE, NOT FOR POLITICS, NOT FOR YOU VERSUS US OR THEM VERSUS ANYBODY ELSE.
I COME FROM A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY, I COME FROM INDIA.
IN 1994, WE HAD A LAB THAT WAS FULL OF 50 UNITS OF COMPUTER WHERE KIDS LEARN CODING.
WE ARE IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE THE BUDGET PER KID PER KID IS ABOUT THIRTY THOUSAND FOR THE STATE.
BUT I DON'T SEE MY KIDS LEARNING WHAT WE LEARN IN 1994, IN INDIA, A MIDDLE SCHOOL DOESN'T HAVE A LAB, A SCIENCE LAB, A PROPER CHEMISTRY LAB OR A PHYSICS LAB.
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WE ARE FALLING BEHIND WHAT WE NEEDED TO TEACH, AND NOW WE ARE TEACHING OUR KIDS TO DIVIDE THEMSELVES, LITERALLY DIVIDE THEMSELVES BY THE SKIN COLOR LIKE THE LADY THAT SPOKE RIGHT NOW.I HAVE MY MY HUSBAND IS WHITE, TOO.
I HAVE A LIGHT-SKINNED KID AND A DARK SKINNED KID.
HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO THEM? LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT STANDING UP AGAINST SOME POPULAR OPINION WHEN YOU HAVE TO STAND UP FOR THE PEOPLE THAT PUT YOU IN THAT POSITION.
I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD TIME FOR ALL OF US WHO ARE IN THE LEADERSHIP POSITION, WHO'S GOING TO MAKE THE DECISION TO LOOK DEEP WITHIN YOURSELF AND SEE IF YOU'RE VOTING OR YOU'RE GOING FOR SOMETHING THAT'S JUST POPULAR.
ARE YOU DOING IT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS, RIGHT? INDIA WAS LIKE TAKEN OVER BY THE BRITISHERS, BY ONE POLICY, AND THEY JUST USED ONE POLICY.
IF YOU GO AND STUDY THE HISTORY, IT WAS DIVIDE AND RULE.
RIGHT? STOP DIVIDING THE KIDS ON THE BASIS OF COLOR, ON THE BASIS OF WHO'S RICH, WHO'S POOR.
THAT'S OUR JOB IS TO TEACH THEM TO BE READY AND PREPARED FOR THE LIFE THAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
BECAUSE WE ARE GLOBALIZING, WE ARE BECOMING A ONE BIG, HUGE COMMUNITY AND OUR KIDS ARE FALLING BEHIND AND THE KIDS FROM THIRD WORLD COUNTRY ARE COMING UP.
WE NEED TO BE THERE FOR OUR KIDS.
WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR OUR KIDS AND IT STARTS LIKE RIGHT NOW.
SO YOU GUYS REALLY HAVE TO LOOK DEEPER THEN BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE YOU ARE HERE FOR IF AND AT ANY POINT OF TIME, IF THIS CRT THING COMES INTO PLAY AND YOU DON'T FIGHT FOR IT, YOU'RE GOING TO FAIL EVERYBODY WHO TRUSTS IN YOU.
I DON'T CARE WHICH POLITICAL PARTY YOU AFFILIATE WITH, WHAT POLITICS YOU BRING TO THE TABLE.
IF YOU FEEL THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, THEN YOU ARE IN THE WRONG PLACE.
YOU NEED TO REMOVE YOURSELF [APPLAUSE].
GREETINGS TO THE BOARD AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
I'M A GRANDPARENT, I GOT EIGHT KIDS LA VERNE.
THEY'VE ALL GONE THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND I'M A RETIRED TEACHER FROM THE RURAL INDUSTRY.
I GOT TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD, SO I'VE DONE MY HOMEWORK.
I GOT A LOT OF I WAS A LAPD FOR TWENTY SIX YEARS.
MR. [INAUDIBLE] I WAS THERE WHEN YOU WERE THERE ACROSS THE STREET.
I WORKED ON [INAUDIBLE] IN ST.
I'M GLAD ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE THAT I'M ON.
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS? GOT YOUR NAME ON THE TOP? IS THAT OK? ALL RIGHT.
ANYWAY, IT SAYS TO TO CHECK OUT AB 130.
THAT'S TWO HUNDRED AND SIX WORDS TWO HUNDRED AND SIX PAGES OF A WORD SALAD.
MY GOSH, I READ THAT AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU'VE EVER TRIED TO READ THROUGH THAT THING, BUT THAT'S PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S STRATEGY NOW IS TO BE CONFUSING AND NOT KNOW WHAT'S COMING THROUGH THERE.
CRT THEY DO EVERYTHING THROUGH RACE.
THEIR VIEWS ARE THESE VIEWS SHOULD BE TAUGHT BY PARENTS AT HOME, NOT IN OUR CLASSROOM.
AND I WAS BORN HERE IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AND SEVENTY THREE YEARS OLD I'VE LIVED MY WHOLE LIFE HERE.
I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES AND WE'RE IN A TOXIC TIME RIGHT NOW.
WHEN I WENT TO COLLEGE AND I GOT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL IN 1966, I WENT TO CAL STATE L.A.
YOU COULDN'T WALK FROM CLASS TO CLASS, FROM ALL THE DEMONSTRATIONS AND PROBLEMS, AND I SEE THAT COMING HERE.
IT'S NOT WHAT THE PARENTS WANT AND THEY WOULD PICK THIS TIME OF YEAR.
I THINK THEY GAVE TILL DECEMBER 30TH FOR YOU GUYS TO AND LADIES TO DECIDE ON THIS.
WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S 55 DAYS AWAY.
YOU GOT THE WINTER HOLIDAYS AND THANKSGIVING DOESN'T GIVE YOU A LOT OF TIME TO LOOK INTO THAT.
THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE A BRIBERY OR BLACKMAIL OVER 1.8 MILLION DOLLARS.
IF YOU IF YOU SUBMIT TO THIS CRT THAT THEY'RE PASSING OUT AND I THINK THE VAST MAJORITY OF YOUR PARENTS ARE GOING TO BE AGAINST THIS, I KNOW IT REQUESTED IN THERE TO HAVE A MEETING, PARENTAL MEETINGS.
AND SO IF IT DOES PASS, THEY KNOW WE'RE GOING TO LOSE A LOT OF KIDS.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING TO PRIVATE SCHOOL HOMESCHOOLING OR JUST MOVING TO TEXAS OR SOMETHING, AND WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT.
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AND ANYWAY, AND I SEE WHERE SOME SCHOOL BOARD, I MEAN, PEOPLE SPEAKING AT SCHOOL BOARDS HAVE BEEN LABELED TERRORISTS AND THEY GOT THE DARN FBI AND DOJ INVESTIGATING IF THERE IS A PROBLEM LIKE THAT IT SHOULD BE A LOCAL POLICE MATTER.IT'S THE BIG GOVERNMENT TRYING TO SLAP DOWN ANYBODY THAT DOESN'T AGREE WITH THEM, AND WE SAW THOSE TWO ELECTIONS LAST NIGHT.
SO PLEASE CONSIDER BOTH SIDES OF THE NEWS WHEN YOU WATCH BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF LIES OUT THERE.
[APPLAUSE] CYNTHIA GABALDON, GABALDON.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY I ACTUALLY DIDN'T REALIZE WAS ALSO PART NUMBER 16, SO I'M IN A RUSH THROUGH THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN I THOUGHT, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
I WAS ACTUALLY RAISED BY A SINGLE MOM OVER IN DOUGHERTY.
I WAS THE ONLY ONE MY SISTER, TOO.
WE WERE THE ONLY WHITE GIRLS IN OUR WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD CRT IS A BUNCH OF B.S..
I CAN TELL YOU THAT AND I TELL THIS VERY FAST STORY.
TWICE A MONTH, I WENT TO AN ALL BAPTIST CHURCH WITH MY VERY, VERY BLACK, BEST FRIEND, VERY, VERY BLACK, BEST FRIEND.
AND AT THE END OF THAT SERVICE EVERY TIME, AND I'M THE ONLY GIRL GOING, WOO, WOO, WOO.
WE DON'T GO WOO, WOO, WOO WOO AND STUFF.
BUT AT THE END OF EVERY ONE OF THOSE LITTLE SERVICES, THEY HAD TIME WITH THE ELDERS.
AT THE END OF IT, THOSE PEOPLE WERE REAL SHARECROPPERS.
THOSE PEOPLE WERE REALLY PART AND AFFECTED BY WORLD WAR ONE.
THOSE PEOPLE HAD REAL STORIES.
THEY ARE ROLLING OVER IN THEIR GRAVES RIGHT NOW, KNOWING WHAT CRT IS AND WHAT IT'S DOING TO THIS COUNTRY.
THOSE PEOPLE DID NOT SUFFER DURING THE 1800S, AND THE EARLY 1900S FOR WHAT THIS IS HAPPENING NOW, DO NOT LET CRT COME IN AT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT.
THIS IS VERY, VERY DIRTY MONEY.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ESPECIALLY IN THE STATE, ARE PUSHING BACK ON THE MANDATES AND CHANGING GEARS ON YOU.
I HAVE SEVEN COPIES OF WHAT APPLE VALLEY UNIFIED ACTUALLY VOTED ON.
IT IS THE RESOLUTION THAT THEY VOTED ON A WEEK AGO NOW, AND WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO IS THEY HAVE INCLUDED PARENT CHOICE FOR VAX.
THEY HAVE SAID THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL NOT MANDATE THE VACCINATION OR MASKS ANYMORE, AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO INTERRUPT YOU RIGHT THERE.
THAT IS NOT ON THE OPEN AGENDA TODAY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO SPEAK ON THAT SUBJECT.
DURING THE COURSE, I WAS TOLD TO DO THAT NOW.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD BY THEM WHEN THEY LET ME IN [APPLAUSE].
I BASICALLY I BASICALLY GAVE YOU GUYS A COPY OF THAT.
THERE IS NO REASON WHY THIS BOARD CANNOT MAKE A DECISION AND MOVE FORWARD FOR THE PARENTS HERE.
EAST WHITTIER, AND I'VE GOT THAT RIGHT HERE, HAS ALSO IN WRITING THAT THEY'VE PUSHING BACK ON THE STATE AND SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN ORANGE COUNTY ARE NOW PUSHING BACK ON THE STATE.
LASTLY, IT WAS ALREADY BROUGHT UP, SO VIRGINIA MADE A POINT.
THE PARENT RIGHTS MUST BE FIRST.
EVERY SINGLE DECISION YOU MAKE SEX ED HEALTH OR CRT.
OUR RIGHTS MUST BE FIRST IN YOUR MINDS.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT THE SCHOOL TEACHERS UNIONS ANYMORE.
THIS IS ABOUT OUR KIDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
ALSO, WE NEED TO START ALLOWING 45 MINUTES FOR TALKING BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE OF US HERE IN THE FUTURE.
THIS 20 MINUTE THING IS YOU'RE DONE WITH THAT.
I CAN GET HARRIET REID AND I EMAILED ALL OF YOU ABOUT THIS.
I CAN GET HARRY REID TO COME HERE AND SPEAK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT CRT.
SHE'S A VERY WELL-KNOWN ANTI CRT SPEAKER.
SHE WOULD BE EXCELLENT FOR YOU, FOR ALL OF YOU TO LISTEN TO.
AND LASTLY, A GROUP OF US WOULD LIKE TO PAY FOR COPIES MANY COPIES OF THE CONSTITUTION FOR ALL THE KIDS HERE, HERE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I JUST NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY GRADES AND HOW MANY KIDS AND I'VE GOT IT COVERED.
WE'VE GOT TO BRING THE CONSTITUTION BACK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOULD BE THE LEADER IN THE EASTERN SAN GABRIEL VALLEY [APPLAUSE].
MY NAME IS KRISTA CHAKMAK, AND I AM A FORMER BOARD MEMBER.
I'M A LA VERNE RESIDENT AND A PARENT TO TWO BOYS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNENROLLED FROM [INAUDIBLE] ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR PARTLY BECAUSE OF A TOPIC LIKE THIS.
LAST NIGHT I WAS LOOKING AT THE AGENDA AND TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING TO BE ON IT, AND I NOTICED THIS EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS BLOCK GRANT 2021 AND I THOUGHT, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? SO I STARTED READING IT NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT I'M REALLY CONCERNED BECAUSE I DO SEE THAT SOME OF IT LOOKS GREAT LIKE THE $1.8 MILLION THAT OUR DISTRICT WILL RECEIVE.
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I SEE HERE IF I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE'S SEEN THIS YET, BUT THE ALLOWABLE USE OF FUNDS NUMBER FIVE PRACTICES TO CREATE A POSITIVE SCHOOL CLIMATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE TRAINING AROUND IMPLICIT BIAS, PROVIDING POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL SUPPORTS, MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT TRANSFERRING, TRANSFORMING A SCHOOL SCIENCE CULTURE TO ONE THAT VALUES DIVERSE CULTURAL AND ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS AND PREVENTING DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT, BULLYING AND INTIMIDATION BASED ON ACTUAL OR PERCEIVED CHARACTERISTICS, INCLUDING DISABILITY, GENDER, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION, LANGUAGE, NATIONALITY, RACE OR ETHNICITY, RELIGION OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION.AND WE HAVE OR, AS PROPOSED HERE, HAVE ESTABLISHED WE'RE GOING TO ESTABLISH CONTRACTS WITH OUTSIDE VENDORS TO TRAIN OUR SCHOOL SITES IN THE AREAS OF EQUITY AND CULTURE.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO THESE OUTSIDE VENDORS ARE AND ARE THEY IS IT GOING TO BE THE CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.
BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THAT TRAINING AND ALSO WE'VE PUT WE'RE GOING TO PUT ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS INTO THIS.
AND I'M SORRY, BUT THESE IDEOLOGIES ARE NOT SHOULD NOT BE ADDRESSED IN OUR SCHOOLS.
THESE ARE TOPICS THAT SHOULD BE LEFT AT HOME WITH THE PARENTS.
SO I WOULD AND YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S THROWING AROUND CRT AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE AND IT'S THEY'RE PUTTING IT UNDER ETHNIC STUDIES.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO TELL YOU THAT CRT IS NOT GOING TO BE IN OUR SCHOOLS, BUT IT'S REALLY DONE UNDER ETHNIC STUDIES.
SO I WANT TO KNOW IF WE GO FOR THIS GRANT.
DO WE HAVE TO PUT MONEY INTO THESE TOPICS THAT AS PARENTS WERE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH? YOU CAN'T RESPOND, I GUESS.
SO ALSO, IF WE ZERO OUT THESE ITEMS LIKE NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS INSTRUCTION, EDUCATION AND STRATEGIES TO INCORPORATE ETHNIC STUDIES CURRICULUM, YOU GUYS HAVE PUT AN $80000 TOWARDS THAT.
CAN WE SAY NO TO THAT? LIKE WE DON'T WANT TO PUT IN THAT MONEY, WE WANT TO PUT IT TOWARDS SPECIAL EDUCATION BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER COLUMNS THAT WE WOULD BENEFIT MORE FROM THAT [APPLAUSE].
[INAUDIBLE] OK, THEN BRIEFLY, I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY SO WE CAN SAVE TIME FOR OTHERS.
I'M ECHOING WHAT THEY'VE ALL SAID.
CRT DOES NOT BELONG IN OUR SCHOOLS.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF TEACHING THE ABCS AND THE ONE TWO THREES.
YOU SHOULD BE ALLEVIATED OF ALL OTHER DUTIES THAT ARE MORAL FOR ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT IS UP TO THE PARENTS TO TEACH THE CHILDREN.
AND WE'RE OFFENDED THAT YOU'RE NOT PUSHING BACK AND YOU'RE YOU'VE SAID OVER AND OVER IN MEETINGS THAT I'VE COME TO.
THIS IS NOW MY FOURTH OR FIFTH MEETING, BUT I'M COMMITTED TO COME FROM NOW ON.
AND I HOPE THE REST OF YOU PARENTS THAT ARE HERE CONTINUE TO COME EVERY WEEK BECAUSE WE NEED TO SEE IN ADVANCE WHAT'S COMING SO THAT WE CAN PUSH BACK ON IT BEFORE IT HITS THE SCHOOL LEVEL.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
WE NEED WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S IN THAT CURRICULUM.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S BEING TAUGHT TO THE TEACHERS TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN.
WE DON'T WANT TO TAUGHT AT ALL, BUT WE CERTAINLY NEED MORE TRANSPARENCY SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND WE CAN COMBAT IT AND PUSH BACK AND AND REPLACE SOME OF YOUR POSITIONS IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO ADVOCATE FOR US.
WE NEED TO BE REPRESENTED BY OUR SCHOOL BOARD.
IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT IS YOUR JOB.
YOU NEED I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOR YOU GUYS TO CREATE PARENT COMMITTEES OR COMMUNITIES SO THAT YOU CAN GET MORE FEEDBACK FROM US.
BUT WE NEED A BETTER DIALOG TO BE ABLE TO DIALOG WITH YOU ABOUT THESE ISSUES SO THAT YOU CAN KNOW WHAT OUR FEELINGS ARE SO THAT YOU CAN ACCURATELY REPRESENT US.
SO WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU CREATE THE FORUM SO THAT WE CAN JOIN IN ON THE CONVERSATION AND BE PART OF YOUR DECISION MAKING BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS INTENDED TO BE.
AND THAT'S WHY THERE IS A SCHOOL BOARD.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTING THE PARENTS, SO PLEASE HELP US, THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].
IN THE CONTROL ROOM, WE HAVE TWO MORE CARDS, SO LET'S KEEP THE TIMER GOING BEYOND 20 MINUTES, IF WE COULD, PLEASE.
NEXT IS MIKE TAYLOR [INAUDIBLE].
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INTERESTING.OK, WE'LL SKIP AHEAD TO CAROLINE LAURIE.
OK, SO I JUST HAD SOME QUESTIONS I KNOW KRISTA KIND OF TALKED ABOUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT REGARDING THE THE GRANT.
AND I NOTICED THAT THERE IS $700000 GOING TO BE SPENT ON PROMOTING TEACHER SELF-AWARENESS, SELF-MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL AWARENESS, RELATIONSHIPS AND RESPONSIBLE DECISION MAKING, SKILLS, IMPROVING TEACHER ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS ABOUT ONESELF AND OTHERS.
I HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS WHO ARE TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEIR FRIENDS BECAUSE THEY HAVE GOOD ATTITUDES AND THEY HAVE GOOD BELIEFS.
AND SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED TO IMPROVE TEACHERS ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS.
YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE SOME TEACHERS WHO WHO HAVE THOSE SITUATIONS, I'M SURE THERE'S PROBABLY IT'S PROBABLY JUST I DON'T KNOW A HANDFUL OF THEM, BUT I THINK THAT SHOULD BE DEALT WITH ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.
BUT TO SPEND $700000 ON THAT? YOU KNOW, AND I'VE GOT TO KNOW A LOT OF THE ADMIN AND STAFF AND TEACHERS AND COACHES WHO ALL HAVE REALLY GREAT CHARACTER AT THE SCHOOL THAT THAT MY CHILDREN ATTEND.
AND I JUST FIND IT, YOU KNOW, HAVING THESE TYPES OF TRAININGS FOR MYSELF AS BEING A PASS AS A TEACHER, I FIND IT KIND OF DEMORALIZING THAT YOU GUYS SEEM TO THINK YOU NEED TO CHANGE THE ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS OF MY FRIENDS WHO ARE TEACHERS.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT $700000 ON THAT.
AND THEN I ALSO NOTICED THERE'S $100000 GOING TO BE SPENT FOR OUTSIDE VENDORS TO TRAIN ON OUR SCHOOL SITES ON EQUITY.
AND ONCE I HAVE TWO WANT TO KNOW WHO ARE THESE OUTSIDE VENDORS, IS IT THE CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION? AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE TRAINING ON IS IMPLICIT BIAS.
AND I'VE TALKED TO YOU BEFORE ABOUT WHAT I FEEL OR WHAT I'VE RESEARCHED ABOUT IMPLICIT BIAS.
AND IT'S IT IS, I GUESS, BASED ON OUR ATTITUDES THAT EXISTS UNCONSCIOUSLY IN OUR MINDS, AN UNCONSCIOUS BIAS.
AND LIKE I SAID, I FIND THIS TRAINING MANIPULATING.
I THINK IT BRINGS CONFUSION TO OUR CHILDREN.
IT PUTS NEGATIVE THOUGHTS IN OUR CHILDREN THAT OUR CHILDREN'S MINDS, THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE IN THEIR MINDS, YOU KNOW.
SO I'M REALLY CONFUSED WHY YOU WANT TO SPEND $100000 ON THAT.
AND IT SAYS THAT I KNOW KRISTA ALSO, BUT THAT TOO.
BUT THIS IS DONE TO PREVENT DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT, BULLYING, INTIMIDATION, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES LIKE GENDER, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION, LANGUAGE, RACE, ETHNICITY, RELIGION.
WELL TRAINING IMPLICIT BIAS GOES AGAINST MY RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
AND THEN LASTLY, I SEE $80000 IS GOING TO GO TO HELP IMPLEMENT ETHNIC STUDIES CURRICULUM.
WELL, I DID MY RESEARCH, I LOOKED AT THE ETHNIC STUDIES CURRICULUM.
I HAVE IT HERE AND BEING I'M MEXICAN.
I LOOKED AT THE THE CHICANO STUDIES SECTION AND THEY ACTUALLY SAY DO YOU HAVE MIKE TAYLOR? MY FRIENDS AND MY HUSBAND SAY I TALK A LOT.
SO, OK, THIS IS ABOUT VACCINATION.
I AM HAPPY THERE IS VACCINATION FOR KIDS.
I AM HAPPY THAT THE PARENTS HAVE CHOICE FOR VACCINATING THEIR KIDS IF THEY WANT TO.
I WAS SPEAKING WITH A PEDIATRICIAN TODAY FOR MY KID, AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID.
ONE IN 500000 CHANCE THAT YOUR SON OR YOUR DAUGHTER COULD END UP IN THE HOSPITAL
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IF THEY GET COVID.ONE IN TEN THOUSAND CHANCE IS THAT THEY MIGHT GET SOMETHING OUT OF THIS VACCINATION.
THE HEART PROBLEM? I CAN'T SAY THE SCIENTIFIC WORD.
EXACTLYSO THE THING IS THAT IT HAS TO BE A LOGICAL DECISION.
I KNOW LAUSD IS NOT MANDATING IT.
I THINK TODAY THEY CAME OUT AND THEY SAID THAT, AND I'M HOPING THAT YOU GUYS WON'T EITHER.
BUT EVEN IF ANYBODY ELSE DOES.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND YOU GUYS ARE ALL PARENTS THAT ANY PARENT WHO'S MAKING A DECISION FOR THEIR KIDS ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE DECISION WITH THE BEST OF THE KNOWLEDGE AND BEST OF RESEARCH.
WE ALL UNDERSTAND HOW SERIOUS THIS IS.
YOU HAVE TO TRUST US THAT WE WILL DO THE BEST FOR OUR OWN KIDS.
DO NOT TRY TO TAKE THIS AWAY FROM THE PARENTS BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS NOT YOUR PLACE TO DO SO.
THIS IS WAY ABOVE WHERE OUR LEADERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE, RIGHT? EVERY FAMILY HAS DIFFERENT DECISIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING THE RESEARCH.
THERE IS NO MANDATED RESEARCH.
THERE IS NO PROPER RESEARCH BEHIND THIS VACCINATION OF THE KIDS.
I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE EDUCATED ENOUGH AND INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A LOT OF POLITICAL PRESSURE ON OUR SCHOOLS TO MANDATE IT TO MAKE THIS GO THROUGH.
WE NEED TO WAIT AND SEE WHERE AND HOW THINGS ARE EVOLVING BEFORE WE PUT OUR KIDS AS EXPERIMENTS [APPLAUSE].
[INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CRYSTAL JONES, CRYSTAL JONES BACON.
I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE REMARKS PREPARED, I WAS DRIVING FROM PICKUP AND WAS LISTENING TO THE BOARD MEETING AND I THOUGHT I WOULD COME IN WHILE I RESPECT EVERYBODY'S RIGHTS TO THEIR OPINIONS AND THEIR OWN THOUGHTS AND THEORIES.
I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT CRITICAL RACE THEORY, WHICH IS NOT BEING IMPLEMENTED OR NOT ASKED TO BEING IMPLEMENTED IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
IT'S IT'S UNFORTUNATE AT TIMES THAT IT HAS TO BE ONE PERSON AGAINST ANOTHER OR THAT ANY TYPE OF ETHNIC OR DIVERSITY OR ANYTHING THAT IS LOOKED AT TO TRY AND TRAIN FOR UNIFYING PEOPLE BECOMES A GREY VERSUS CRYSTAL SITUATION.
AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THAT'S HOW IT'S LOOKED AT AND VIEWED WHEN I BELIEVE THAT THE DISTRICT SHOULD BE HOLDING SEMINARS AND HOLDING COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS TO FIND WAYS THAT WE CAN WORK TO BETTER MAKE THIS INTO SOMETHING THAT BONITA UNIFIED CAN USE TO THE BEST SUITING OF ALL OF THE STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT.
WHEN I HEAR PARENTS TALK ABOUT HOW GREAT SCHOOLING IS AND HOW GREAT BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL IS AND HOW GREAT THEIR STUDENTS EXPERIENCES ARE, I THINK IT'S AWESOME.
BUT UNIFIED IS A GOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT OR ELSE I WOULDN'T BE HERE STILL.
YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T HAD THE BEST EXPERIENCE, BUT I'M STILL HERE BECAUSE IT IS A GREAT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M NOT GOING TO PUT FORTH AND PUT UP THE OTHER OPINIONS OF OF OTHER THINGS THAT COULD MAKE THIS DISTRICT BETTER.
WHEN I HEAR ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING THROWN AROUND ALL THE TIME AND CONSTANTLY USED, IT KIND OF FRUSTRATES ME SOMETIMES BECAUSE IN MARTIN LUTHER KING'S TIME, HE WAS PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE.
AND WE HOLD HIM IN SUCH HIGH REGARD FOR ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT HE DID DO.
BUT IN THAT TIME HE FOUGHT SO MUCH AND THERE WAS SO MUCH THAT HE WENT AGAINST AND SO MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE AGAINST HIM.
AND IF MAYBE PEOPLE TOOK THE TIME TO PAUSE AND HAVE THE DISCUSSIONS AND HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE COME ALONG A LOT FURTHER, A LOT SOONER, AND WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION NOW.
AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CRT AND ETHNIC STUDIES AND ALL OF THESE THINGS, I JUST FIND IT, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATE AND DISHEARTENING BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL SITUATIONS THERE.
JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, THERE WAS STILL A SITUATION AT SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT NOBODY'S STUDENT OR NOBODY WANTS THEIR CHILD TO BE CALLED AN OPPRESSOR.
BUT I CAN ALSO TELL YOU THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO BE CALLED [EXPLICIT] LIKE, LET'S BE REALISTIC.
AND IF THAT IS HAPPENING IN SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, I WOULD NEVER THINK TO CALL ANYBODY HERE AN OPPRESSOR.
AND I AND I QUESTION IF ANYBODY HERE HAS EVER ACTUALLY BEEN CALLED AN OPPRESSOR, LIKE, THAT'S MY QUESTION, AND I APOLOGIZE.
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I'M I'M SORRY THAT SOMEBODY HAS EVER THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE OK TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT.LET'S NOT HAVE A CONVERSATION WE WANT TO HEAR YOU MOVING ON, MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[15. CONSENT AGENDA]
NEED A MOTION, SO MOVED, SECOND.PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, THANK YOU.
DISCUSSION ACTION AGENDA, HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS BLOCK
[16.1.1 Educator Effectiveness Block Grant 2021]
GRANT 2021.MR. LEE WILL PRESENT THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT COYNE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT COLES AND EXECUTIVE CABINET AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE LIKE THE FIRST.
THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS BROUGHT FORWARD TONIGHT REGARDING THIS AGENDA ITEM.
THE EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS FUNDS IS A DISCUSSION THAT WE'LL BE HAVING TONIGHT, AND THIS IS A PLAN PRESENTED TO YOU AS A PLAN MUST BE PRESENTED TO YOU PRIOR TO BOARD APPROVAL.
THESE FUNDS WERE ALLOCATED TO US THROUGH ASSEMBLY BILL 130 BACK WHEN THE ASSEMBLY BILL 130 WAS PASSED.
WE WERE INFORMED THAT THERE WERE EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS FUNDS IN THE BILL, BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE WERE GOING TO GET.
HR AND ED SERVICES BEGAN TO DEVELOP A PLAN, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE WERE GOING TO GET TO GO TO THIS PLAN UNTIL LATE SEPTEMBER, WHEN WE ACTUALLY STARTED TO BUILD THE PLAN.
SO KIND OF THE RULES BEHIND THE PLAN IS MANY DISTRICTS LIKE WE ARE DOING TONIGHT ARE PRESENTING BECAUSE THEY JUST GOT THEIR FUNDING IN LATE SEPTEMBER.
THEY'RE PRESENTING THEIR BOARDS, THEY'RE PRESENTING THEIR PLANS TO THEIR BOARDS TONIGHT, AND ADOPTION WOULD TAKE PLACE IN THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING.
THE FUNDING IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF FTES IN THE DISTRICT, BOTH CERTIFICATED AND CLASSIFIED, AND OUR EXPENDITURES MUST BE EXPENDED BY THE END OF THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR.
SO FOUR YEARS OUT FROM NOW AND NOW IN YOUR REPORT IS DUE EACH YEAR TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, WHICH MR. WIEN AND I WILL BE PREPARING EACH YEAR.
THE TEMPLATE HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED TO US YET ON PREPARING THAT EACH YEAR FOR THE CDE.
THERE ARE, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, 10 USES OF THE FUNDS AND THE AMOUNT IS 1.8.
IN 2015 THE PREVIOUS GOVERNOR HAD ALLOWED TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS GRANT.
THOSE MONEYS RAN OUT IN 2019, AND WE HAD USED A LOT OF THOSE FUNDS TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS AND THEIR NEW ADMINISTRATORS IN THEIR INDUCTION PROGRAM.
SO THESE ARE THE 10 ALLOWABLE USES, AND AS YOU HEARD, THEY ARE MUCH MORE DETAILED THAN WHAT YOU HAVE LISTED HERE, BUT I'LL JUST GO OVER THESE VERY QUICKLY.
NUMBER ONE COACHING AND MENTORING STAFF.
TWO STANDARDS ALIGN INSTRUCTION IN ALL SUBJECT MATTERS.
THREE RE-ENGAGEMENT OF STUDENTS AND ACCELERATED LEARNING.
FOUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING.
FIVE IMPROVING SCHOOL CLIMATE.
SIX IMPROVING INCLUSIVE PRACTICES.
SEVEN SUPPORTING ENGLISH LEARNERS.
EIGHT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING NETWORKS.
NINE PD FOR NEW COURSES REQUIRED BY THE STATE AND 10 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
TONIGHT, WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD SEVEN OF THOSE ITEMS IN AREAS WHERE WE'D LIKE TO SPEND SOME OF THE MONEY.
BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS IS A PLAN WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU THAT DOESN'T GET ADOPTED UNTIL THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, AND ADJUSTMENTS MAY BE MADE TO IT.
AREA NUMBER ONE COACHING AND MENTORING AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A $700000 COST, REMEMBERING THAT THIS GOES ACROSS FOUR YEARS.
THE IDEA IS AROUND THIS MONEY IS THAT WE CURRENTLY SPEND $3000 PER TEACHER TO BE IN OUR INDUCTION PROGRAM AS A REMINDER INDUCTION IS SOMETHING THAT TEACHERS MUST GO THROUGH NEW TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS A TWO YEAR PROGRAM IN ORDER TO CLEAR THEIR CREDENTIALS.
SO CURRENTLY, THE DISTRICT IS PAYING $3000 PER YEAR FOR THE EMPLOYEES, THE NEW ONES TO BE AN INDUCTION.
IN ADDITION, EACH NEW TEACHER OR ADMINISTRATOR PAYS $1500 PER YEAR OR $3000 ACROSS THE TWO YEARS IN ORDER TO HAVE THEIR OWN INDUCTION PROGRAM TO CLEAR THEIR CREDENTIAL.
WE WOULD LIKE TO USE THE FUNDS FOR THE SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER THE FOUR YEARS SO THAT IT WOULD COVER THE $3000 THE DISTRICT'S EXPENSE ON THIS
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COST, AND ALSO TO TAKE THAT COST OFF OF OUR NEW TEACHERS AND OUR NEW ADMINISTRATORS.WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE RECRUIT TEACHERS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST OF THE NEW TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS BECAUSE THIS IS ONE MORE THING THAT WE WOULD OFFER TO OUR EMPLOYEES.
THAT IS A CHUNK OF THE $1.8 MILLION.
NUMBER TWO, STANDARDS ALIGNED INSTRUCTION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND, BASICALLY ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND A YEAR OVER THE FOUR YEARS.
THE FIRST AREA WOULD BE TO ESTABLISH A FULL TIME SECONDARY COACH TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR CALIFORNIA STATE STANDARDS.
WE ENVISION ONE TEACHER REMOVED FROM THE CLASSROOM, ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR FIVE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN REALLY DEVELOPING THE CURRICULUM, LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT OPEN SOURCES THAT WE HAVE IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THOSE STATE STANDARDS AND HELP US REACH OUR 80 70 GOAL.
SECONDLY, WE'D LIKE TO ESTABLISH A POINT FOUR BASICALLY TWO SECTIONS OF A TEACHER AT THE SECONDARIES TO SUPPORT OUR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS.
NEXT, AT FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR, A POINT FIVE FTE OR HALF OF A MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SPECIALIST TO PROVIDE TRAINING.
AS YOU KNOW, THAT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SPECIALIST IS A VERY NEW POSITION IN OUR DISTRICT.
WE JUST WROTE THAT JOB DESCRIPTION ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, AND WE'VE HIRED SEVERAL NEW MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SPECIALISTS.
WHAT WE WANT IS TO GIVE THEM THE PROPER TRAINING TO PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS WITH THE BEST MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOL SITES.
NEXT, POSITIVE SCHOOL CLIMATE, WE'VE ESTIMATED APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THAT AREA, AND THAT'S TO ESTABLISH CONTRACTS WITH OUTSIDE VENDORS AND AGENCIES TO TRAIN EMPLOYEES ON EQUITY.
ONE OF OUR CORE VALUES AND CULTURE, AGAIN, ALL OF THESE VENDORS AND AGENCIES, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME TO YOU BEFORE BOARD APPROVAL OR FOR BOARD APPROVAL BEFORE WE'RE ABLE TO USE THESE AGENCIES OR VENDORS AT A PARTICULAR SCHOOL SITE IN A PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT OR DISTRICT WIDE.
NEXT, IMPROVING INCLUSIVE PRACTICES.
AND THIS IS SETTING ASIDE ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR TRAINING TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF TO ATTEND TRAININGS.
UNLIKE THE 2015 TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS GRANT, WHICH WAS ONLY FOR TEACHERS, THIS GRANT IS FOR CLASSIFIED AND CERTIFICATED, AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THIS MONEY TO SEND BOTH CERTIFICATED AND CLASSIFIED STAFF TO ATTEND TRAININGS TO HELP SUPPORT OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.
THE NEXT AREA WHERE WE'RE ALLOWED TO SPEND MONEY ON IS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR NEW COURSES REQUIRED BY THE STATE.
BEGINNING IN THE FALL OF 2023, WHICH IS A LOT OF WHAT WE HEARD TONIGHT, WOULD WANT TO ESTABLISH A POINT FOUR FTE TWO SECTIONS FOR A COACH TO HELP WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ETHNIC STUDIES CURRICULUM, WHICH DOESN'T BEGIN UNTIL THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR.
THE EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IT'S FORTY THOUSAND A YEAR FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS.
AND FINALLY, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
THIS TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IS SET ASIDE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO PREPARE AND CREDENTIAL TEACHERS FOR UNIVERSAL TKS.
AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, OUR GOVERNOR HAS APPROVED A LAW TO HAVE ALL FOUR YEAR OLD'S ENROLLED IN TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN BEGINNING THE YEAR 25-26.
OUR TEACHERS THAT TEACH TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN NEED MORE THAN JUST A CREDENTIAL.
THEY NEED EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION UNITS OR CHILD DEVELOPMENT TEACHER PERMIT IN ORDER TO TEACH THAT CLASS.
SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS THAT WANT TO MOVE FROM 1ST 2ND 3RD GRADE AND MAYBE MOVE DOWN TO THE TRANSITIONAL K BECAUSE WE WILL BE ADDING CLASSES OF TRANSITIONAL K EVERY YEAR TO BUILD OUT TO THE GOVERNOR'S PLAN OF EVERY FOUR YEAR OLD BY 25-26.
SO THAT'S OUR PLANNED USES FOR THESE FUNDS.
AGAIN, IT CAN BE ALTERED AND CHANGED BY THE TIME WE COME BACK FOR ADOPTION IN DECEMBER.
SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT MR. WIEN AND I CAN ASSIST YOU WITH? I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE, AND IT'S JUST TWO POINTS OF CLARITY.
ONE WOULD BE WHEN YOU GAVE THE LIST OF 10.
ARE THERE ANY THAT ARE REQUIRED OR IS IT JUST THESE ARE THE DOMAINS WE COULD SPEND MONEY ON AND WE COULD ALLOCATE THE MONEY HOWEVER WE CHOOSE TO.
WE CAN ALLOCATE THE MONEY IN ANY OF THE 10.
WE COULD JUST CHOOSE ONE, OR WE COULD CHOOSE ALL 10.
AND THE SECOND ONE WAS IN REGARDS TO AN OUTSIDE VENDOR.
I REMEMBER I WENT TO A PRESENTATION ONE TIME AND I HAPPENED TO LIKE THE PRESENTATION.
OUR STAFF DID A LOT MORE THAN THE OUTSIDE VENDOR.
SO WITH THE ONE SPECIFICALLY WITH THE OUTSIDE VENDOR, WOULD WE NEED TO GO TO AN OUTSIDE VENDOR? OR COULD WE POSSIBLY HAVE SOMEONE IN STAFF DELIVER THE TRAINING? WELL, IT ACTUALLY COULD GO.
EITHER WAY, WE COULD HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S PREPARED TO PROVIDE THAT PRESENTATION, OR IT MIGHT BE AN OUTSIDE VENDOR THAT CAN PROVIDE A BETTER PRESENTATION TO US.
SURE, IF WE ADOPT A PLAN NEXT MONTH, CAN WE MODIFY THAT PLAN AFTER IT'S ADOPTED OR IS IT FIXED IN STONE? NO.
THE PLAN CAN BE MODIFIED EVERY YEAR AS LONG AS BY SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THE YEAR THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE CDE.
WHAT WE'VE USED THE FUNDS FOR, BUT IT MAY BE MODIFIED EVERY YEAR.
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BECAUSE IT ONLY AGAIN TO THE OUTSIDE VENDORS, THE THEORY IS FINE, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO BE TAUGHT AND BY WHO.WHO'S GOING TO BE WHERE THAT MONEY'S GOING TO BE SPENT? AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR NEW COURSES REQUIRED BY THE STATE.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TEACH ETHNIC STUDIES THIS IS NEW STATE LAW LIKE THE SEX EDUCATION THE CURRICULUM WAS VERY THICK AND WE PICKED WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS MOST APPROPRIATE FOR OUR STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
I'M HESITANT TO VOTE TO IMPLEMENT A COACH UNTIL WE GO THROUGH THAT CURRICULUM AND PICK WHAT WE FEEL IS APPROPRIATE TO BE TAUGHT.
SO IF WE APPROVE THE EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, WE HAVE TILL 23 TO GO THROUGH THAT CURRICULUM.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE LOOK, LOOK AT THAT AND DON'T JUST BLINDLY TAKE THE BIG CHUNK THAT THE STATE PUSHES ON US BECAUSE WE PROBABLY CUT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PAGES SEX ED WAS DOWN TO A FEW PARAGRAPHS OUT OF ALL THOSE PAGES.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WHEN WE DO THAT, WE DO GET COMMUNITY INPUT ON LET THE COMMUNITY SEE THE CURRICULUM, WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO THEM.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ACCEPTABLE BY EVERYBODY [APPLAUSE].
I CAN I CAN LET MR. WIEN ADDRESS WHAT THAT PROCESS WOULD BE.
AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW IT DOES.
THE CLASS DOES NOT BEGIN UNTIL 2025.
WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO BEGIN LOOKING AT CURRICULUM UNTIL THE FALL OF 23.
AND THAT GIVES US TWO FULL YEARS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
THE IDEA OF THESE TWO SECTIONS WOULD BE THAT ONE OR TWO TEACHERS WOULD SPEARHEAD THAT PROCESS.
AND SO IN THE FALL OF 23, WHEN THAT INDIVIDUAL BEGINS LOOKING, THE CURRICULUM WOULD NOT BE ADOPTED AT THAT POINT.
IT WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD THEY WOULD BEGIN THE PROCESS AND WE WOULD GO THROUGH A TWO YEAR PROCESS, JUST LIKE MR. CREIMAN SAID WITH CALIFORNIA HEALTHY YOUTH ACT.
WE WILL AT SOME POINT HAVE IT MADE PUBLIC.
PARENTS CAN COME IN, CAN LOOK AT IT PRIOR TO ADOPTION AND UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MODEL FRAMEWORK ON THE CDE, THAT IS A SUGGESTION OF WHAT WOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO ETHNIC STUDIES.
IT'S NOT THAT EVERY PAGE IS ADOPTED FOR A PARTICULAR DISTRICT, AND JUST LIKE WE DID WITH[INAUDIBLE], WE WOULD ADOPT CERTAIN PIECES OF IT.
WE WOULD MODIFY PIECES OF IT AND WE WOULD ELIMINATE PIECES OF IT.
AND AND IT'S THE SAME PROCESS.
WE HAVE TWO FULL YEARS TO DO IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? NO, THIS IS THIS IS NOT A TIME FOR THAT, MR. ELLIOTT.
KEVIN, CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF WHEN IT WHEN IT READS, ESTABLISH CONTRACTS WITH OUTSIDE VENDORS? CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT BETTER SENSE ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS? ARE THESE TEACHERS ARE THEY CURRICULUM, FOLKS? I MEAN, I'M STILL NEW AND TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED HERE.
LET'S SAY THAT WE IDENTIFY SOMETHING ON CAMPUS.
IT COULD BE A SOCIAL EMOTIONAL GAP WHERE THE KIDS ARE NOT GETTING WHAT THEY NEED FOR WHATEVER REASON.
AND WE WE TAP OUR OWN RESOURCES AND WE REALIZE THAT THERE'S A GAP IN OUR OWN KNOWLEDGE.
WE COULD GO OUT TO AN OUTSIDE VENDOR WHO HAS EXPERTISE IN THIS TO COME IN AND TRAIN OUR OWN STAFF.
BUT AS THE POINT WAS MADE EARLIER, WE ATTEMPT AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO USE OUR OWN.
BUT AT SOME POINTS, WE HAVE GAPS IN OUR OWN KNOWLEDGE, AND IF AN OUTSIDE VENDOR CAN FILL THAT GAP FOR US, WE WOULD DO THAT.
AND JUST KIND OF TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT.
SO THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT GAP ANALYSIS AND WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID AND I THINK I HAVE A VISUAL ABOUT HOW THAT MIGHT WORK.
BUT CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE RELATIVE TO THIS POT OF MONEY? YEAH.
AND SO IT WOULD BE JUST LIKE WE DO WITH ANY CONTRACT.
SO THIS POT OF MONEY IS NOT SPECIAL, IT'S JUST EARMARKED FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, AS WE JUST WENT THROUGH, THERE ARE OUTSIDE CONTRACTS ON THOSE SURE ON A PRETTY CONSISTENT BASIS.
THE PROCESS WOULD BE THE SAME.
HERE IS THE BOARD SEES THOSE AGENDA ITEMS PRIOR TO AND THERE CAN ALWAYS TIME FOR ANY CLARIFYING, CLARIFYING COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THOSE ITEMS, WHICH WE CAN ADDRESS AT THE TIME.
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FIVE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SPECIALIST TRAINING KIND OF GIVE ME A VISUAL LIKE, WHO'S TRAINING WHO AND WHERE THAT IS? [INAUDIBLE] WHAT WE ENVISION IS USING ONE OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SPECIALISTS TO REALLY GO OUT AND SIT SIDE BY SIDE, SOMETIMES WITH OUR OTHER MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SPECIALISTS TO GIVE THEM THAT ONE ON ONE TRAINING AFTER THEY'VE BEEN TRAINED TO BE MORE HIGHLY SKILLED THAN THE OTHER MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SPECIALISTS.AND THEN NOT ONLY TO DO THAT ONE ON ONE SIDE BY SIDE, BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE PRESENTATIONS TO THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SPECIALISTS SO THAT THEY CAN GET BETTER AT THEIR CRAFT.
AS I SAID, THIS IS A NEW POSITION AND WE JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO HELP THOSE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES TO CONTINUE TO GET BETTER AT WHAT THEY DO WITH OUR KIDS.
SO IT'S LIKE A TRAINER OF TRAINERS TYPE.
BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SPECIALISTS WE HAVE, IT WOULD BE ONE PERSON KIND OF LIKE RELEASED HALF TIME SO THEY WOULD GET TRAINED.
AND THEN GO OUT AND WORK WITH THOSE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SPECIALISTS.
IT WOULDN'T BE TRAINER OF TRAINERS BECAUSE THE OTHER ONES WOULDN'T BE TRAINING.
THEY WOULD JUST BE WORKING WITH OUR KIDS.
QUESTION, YOU MENTIONED ADDITIONAL PRE-K CLASSES COMING UP.
DO WE HAVE THE PHYSICAL SPACE TO PUT ALL THESE NEW PRE-K STUDENTS? WE ARE WORKING ON THE PLANS FOR THAT RIGHT NOW.
MR. WIEN IS WORKING WITH FACILITIES TO DETERMINE WHERE THE EXTRA CLASSROOMS ARE.
WHEN WE LOOK AT IT RIGHT NOW, WE ARE FILLING THOSE UP WITH INDEPENDENT STUDY CLASSES, SO WE KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE SOME SPACE OUT THERE, BUT WE ALSO NEED NEED TO WORK WITH SUSAN TO IDENTIFY, ARE THERE OTHER SPACES THAT WE NEED TO IDENTIFY AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW? FORTUNATELY, WE HAVE SPRING TK, SO WE'RE ABLE TO OPEN SPRING TK AND WE KNOW WE HAVE CLASSROOMS FOR THOSE KIDS THIS YEAR, AND WE DON'T EXPECT NEXT YEAR TO BE MORE THAN THE SPRING TK THAT WE HAVE COME IN INTO THIS YEAR.
BUT AS THE GOVERNOR'S PLAN IS, IS SO RIGHT NOW THAT THERE'S A CUTOFF DATE OF DECEMBER 2ND NEXT YEAR, IT GOES TO FEBRUARY 2ND, THE FOLLOWING YEAR, IT GOES TO APRIL 2ND AND THE FINAL YEAR GOES TO JUNE 2ND, SO THAT BY THEN, ALL FOUR YEAR OLD'S ARE IN.
SO WE HAVE TIME TO PLAN FOR THOSE CLASSES.
WE DO NEED TO IDENTIFY HOW MANY KIDS WE THINK WILL BE COMING IN ANY TWO YEAR BASED ON BIRTH DATES.
AND SO WE STARTED OUR ANALYSIS OF THAT WITH MARK ROGERS SO WE CAN START, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING AT SPRING TK THIS YEAR TO FIND OUT HOW MANY MORE KIDS WE SHOULD EXPECT ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JUST A QUICK POINT OF CLARIFICATION FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS QUESTIONS IN THE AUDIENCE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAPPY TO STICK AROUND AND ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
SO MATT, KEVIN, SUSAN AND I WILL STAY AS LONG AS WE NEED TO TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED.
OKAY? NUMBER TWO, SUPERINTENDENT ADAPT FOR RESOLUTION 2022-08.
[16.2.1 Adopt Resolution 2022-08 Resolution of Board Commitment to Whole District Representation]
RESOLUTION OF BOARD COMMITMENT TO HOLD DISTRICT REPRESENTATION.SO WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU AND I KNOW WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS PROCESS TODAY IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING FOR INPUT WITH RESPECT TO DRAWING UP BOUNDARIES FOR, YOU KNOW, THE TRUSTEE AREAS.
YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH ONE PRESENTATION.
BUT THIS RESOLUTION, YOU KNOW, I HAVE THE BENEFIT OF KNOWING EACH OF YOU AND YOUR HEARTS.
AND EACH OF YOU HAD THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WITH RESPECT TO THE PROS AND CONS OF A TRUSTEE AREA.
BUT WHAT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, TRUE IN ALL FIVE OF YOU IS THE FACT THAT EVEN IF YOU'RE IN TRUSTEE AREAS IS THAT YOUR COMMITMENT IS TO THE TEN THOUSAND STUDENTS, THE ELEVEN HUNDRED PEOPLE, THE SEVENTY THOUSAND RESIDENTS OF, YOU KNOW, SAN DIMAS AND LA VERNE.
AND SO I APPLAUD YOU FOR TAKING THAT STEP.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT STEP FOR A BOARD TO LOOK AT AS YOU TRANSITION INTO TRUSTEE AREAS THAT SAYS, I MAY REPRESENT THIS AREA, BUT MY COMMITMENT IS MUCH BIGGER TO THAT, AND THAT'S TO THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.
SO SUPERINTENDENT, I WANT TO THANK YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS ISN'T IN ISOLATION TO JUST THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU LIVE IN, BUT RATHER TO THE COMMITMENT TO ALL 13 SCHOOLS IN EVERY STUDENT THAT ATTEND SCHOOL.
SO I APPLAUD YOU FOR TAKING THIS RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU CARL, NEED A MOTION.
SO MOVED, SECOND, THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
[16.2.2 Conduct Public Hearing Under the California Voting Rights Act Regarding the Criteria for Drafting Trustee Area Maps]
NEXT, CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING UNDER THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT REGARDING THEIR CRITERIA FOR DRAFTING TRUSTEE MAPS.WE WILL OPEN THAT HEARING AT 7:35.
WELCOME TO THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT'S SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT OR CVRA AS IT IS COMMONLY KNOWN.
THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING IS TO PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH INFORMATION REGARDING THE CVRA AND TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC ON ON THE CRITERIA THAT SHOULD BE USED TO DRAW THE BOUNDARIES FOR THE TRUSTEE AREAS THAT WILL BE DRAWN.
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AFTER THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING THE DISTRICT'S DEMOGRAPHER WILL PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH SEVERAL MAPS REFLECTING THE PUBLIC INPUT THAT THE BOARD HAS RECEIVED.THE BOARD WILL THEN HOLD A THIRD AND FOURTH PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT ON THE PROPOSED MAPS AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING.
THE BOARD WILL THEN MAKE A DECISION ON WHICH MAP TO ADOPT.
I'M GOING TO JUST MENTION A FEW MAJOR POINTS AND THEN WE WILL HEAR INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC AND THEN THE BOARD MEMBERS.
THE CVRA IS A STATE LAW WHICH PROHIBITS AT LARGE SYSTEMS THAT IMPAIR THE ABILITY OF RACIAL OR ETHNIC MINORITIES TO ELECT THE CANDIDATE OF THEIR CHOICE.
THE CVRA FAVORS DISTRICT BASED ELECTION SYSTEMS IN WHICH CANDIDATES MUST RESIDE IN A TRUSTEE AREA AND ONLY THE VOTERS RESIDING IN THAT TRUSTEE AREA VOTE FOR THOSE CANDIDATES.
THIS MEANS THAT BEGINNING IN 2022 VOTERS IN THESE TRUSTEE AREAS, UP FOR ELECTION IN 2022 WILL VOTE FOR ONE CANDIDATE IN THEIR TRUSTEE AREA AND THE REMAINING TRUSTEES WILL HOLD AN ELECTION IN 2024.
THE CHANGE IN THE ELECTION SYSTEM WILL NOT AFFECT SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES.
I AM NOW GOING TO ASK IF THERE ARE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE WILL HAVE BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS FOLLOWING THAT.
SO THIS IS A TIME FOR THE PUBLIC TO ASK QUESTIONS OR SPEAK UP REGARDING THE VOTING BY DISTRICT.
MAYBE STAND UP SO EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU ARE ACTUALLY.
LET'S DO [INAUDIBLE] SO YOU'RE ON THE MICROPHONE AND THAT WAY THEY CAN HEAR IT ON TV.
I WAS ACTUALLY DID NOT REALIZE THIS WAS ON HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THE AGENDA.
JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS CVRA IS VERY MUCH A FALSE NARRATIVE.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT SEGREGATING AND BREAKING UP ANY TYPE OF COMMUNITY.
I CAN UNDERSTAND IT FOR REALLY BIG CITIES LIKE BALTIMORE, WHICH IS WHERE IT STARTED.
SEATTLE, THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT A LONG TIME TO DO.
WE WANT TO BE LIKE THOSE GIANT CITIES.
SO JUST THINK ABOUT THIS AND EVERYBODY SITTING HERE INVOLVED RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE BEING PUSHED THROUGH IT, TOO.
THIS IS A VERY HUGE NARRATIVE COMING DOWN THROUGH CALIFORNIA, AND IT HAS ONE PURPOSE AND IT'S TO SPLIT ALL OF US UP.
BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THIS GERRYMANDERING.
IF YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE MAPS, GET INVOLVED ON THESE MAPS BECAUSE GERRYMANDERING IS VERY EASY TO DO WITH THIS.
AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, I CAN TALK TO YOU LATER.
AND I WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH PUBLIC INPUT HAS ACTUALLY COME IN.
IF YOU'VE ONLY GOTTEN TWO MAPS, YOU HAVEN'T DONE ENOUGH OUTREACH.
AND ALSO DOES THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS REALLY MEANS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT IN THE CITY LA VERNE AND THEY DO NOT HERE IN SAN DIMAS, AT THE CITY HALL MEETINGS, I'M TELLING YOU THAT RIGHT NOW PEOPLE NEED TO BE VERY AWARE ABOUT WHAT THIS REALLY MEANS.
YOU CAN GET ONE PERSON IN, YOU CAN GET A FAMILY IN, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED.
AND IN BALTIMORE AND CHICAGO AND A LOT OF THESE OTHER CITIES, YOU GET INCUMBENT FAMILIES.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE MOB AND THEY END UP RUNNING THOSE DISTRICTS FOREVER.
AND YOU SEE WHERE THAT'S GOTTEN EVERYBODY BE VERY, VERY, VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THIS AND PEOPLE NEED TO GET INVOLVED ON THESE MAPS AND START AND START RUNNING FOR OFFICES.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS TOPIC.
ACTUALLY, I FOLLOWED THIS TOPIC TO CITY COUNCIL TWO DAYS AGO.
ACTUALLY, I FOLLOW UP FROM THE BEGINNING BECAUSE I LIVE IN OLD TOWN AND THEN VERY NICE COMMUNITY.
I LOVE MY NEIGHBORS ARE VERY FAMILIAR I'VE LIVED THERE FOR 15 YEARS AND THEN MY KIDS BORN THERE.
AND THEN WE THINK ABOUT THIS REVOLT AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
WE WILL CUT BECAUSE THE Y AVENUE OR BONITA BECOME TWO SEPARATE SMALL BLOCK.
OUR VOTING RIGHT WILL BE TAKEN AWAY, TAKEN AND AWAY, REALLY.
AND THEN WE ALWAYS HAVE NO CHANCE TO DRAW THE MAP.
I KEEP ASKING LEAST THREE TIMES.
HOW CAN WE PLAY THE MAP? I USED TO BE A GRAPHIC DESIGNER.
I COULD BE VERY GOOD AT TO DO THAT, RIGHT? IT'S INTERESTING POPULATION REASONS.
I NEVER KNOW THERE ARE EIGHT THOUSAND ASIAN IN THIS COMMUNITY.
I NEVER KNOW MYSELF, THE ASIAN.
OK, SO BUT I COULDN'T GET TO THE MAP AND I COULDN'T REALLY PLAY ON THAT.
AND THEN IT'S PRETTY MUCH AVAILABLE FOR FOUR DAYS AND THEN I TRY TO DO IPHONE, IPAD ANYTHING.
AND I MISSED THE DEADLINE AND WE WENT TO THE MEETING LAST MONDAY AND THEN EXTEND TO THIS FRIDAY.
YOU COULD GET THE MAP OR SUBMIT ONLINE NEXT MONDAY.
I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY RUSHED.
WE'RE PRETTY MUCH FORCED TO CUT TO FOUR PIECES NO.
FIVE PIECES, OK? WE COULD DO FOUR PIECES AS MUCH LITTLE BIT REASONABLE AND THEN WE HAVE TO ROTATE.
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MAYOR ROTATE MAYOR.THAT MEANS SOME SQUARES, SOME DISTRICT VOLVO, MAYBE A HUNDRED VOTES [INAUDIBLE] THE THREE THOUSAND VOTES.
THE CONCEPT WILL BE ROTATE MAYOR.
WE COULD THEN VOTE FOR ONE MAYOR WE IN FAVOR.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT RELATE TO A DISTRICT IS THE SAME THING BECAUSE IT'S NOW TWO CITY.
BONITA IS THE LA VERNE AND SAN DIMAS.
I TRY TO UNDERSTAND LAST TIME I HAVE ZERO UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HOW TO CUT THOSE THINGS VERY DEVICE WASTE TIME AND MONEY.
WHY NOT FOCUS THE ACADEMIC? I'M NOT A TIGER MOM.
I'M JUST SO FRUSTRATED MY KIDS GO RIGHT NOW.
SO EIGHTY ONE POINT ZERO, THEY WILL GRADUATE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
DISTRICT? BONITA COULD BE AN EXAMPLE.
GET A RESOLUTION TO SAY NO TO ALL THOSE BUYERS.
[APPLAUSE] WELL, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU AT HOME.
LA VERNE IS SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OF THE TOP CITIES IN THIS ENTIRE COUNTRY.
WE ARE ALL TOGETHER AND WE ARE GROWING TOGETHER LIKE I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY ARE WE EVEN TALKING ABOUT BREAKING THE CITY DOWN? WHO IS NOT BEING REPRESENTED? WHO IS NOT? WHO DOESN'T HAVE A SOUND LOOK AT TODAY.
THIS IS JUST AN UNNECESSARY STEP THAT WE ARE TAKING WHEN WE CAN DO SO MUCH MORE RIGHT NOW TO PROTECT OUR CITY FROM THE CRAZINESS OF THE WORLD.
WHY ARE WE EVEN TALKING ABOUT DIVIDING THE CITY AND GETTING MORE CRAZINESS INTO THE CITY, RIGHT? LET'S KEEP THE CITY AS WE ARE.
I DON'T THINK SO ANYBODY UNDERSTANDS ANYBODY HAS ANY IDEA.
AND ONCE THEY DO, I DON'T WANT I DON'T SEE ANYBODY WANTING TO BREAK DOWN THE CITY THE WAY EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT.
WE ALL HAVE A VOICE IN THE CITY.
WE THE CITY IS DOING GOOD IN SO MANY WAYS AND CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER IF WE JUST WORK TOGETHER.
SO LET'S STOP TALKING ABOUT BREAKING THE CITY AND PLEASE, YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO STOP IT.
I GREW UP IN THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH ALL THE SCHOOLS FROM BONITA EVERYWHERE BONITA HIGH SCHOOL, BUT I GRADUATED OUT OF SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THE REASON WHY I'M HERE IS BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED I HAVE A GRANDSON THAT'S IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOL, WHICH I ALSO ATTENDED THERE.
AND I SEE THE CONCERNS OF THE PARENTS.
PARENTS WOULD NOT BE HERE UNLESS THERE'S A PROBLEM IN AN ISSUE.
SEE, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN IN THE HOME FROM RIGHT AND WRONG.
WE LIVE IN A NATION OF ONE NATION UNDER GOD THAT WE JUST PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
AND IF THERE'S A NATION UNDER GOD, WE SHOULD HAVE FREEDOM TO SHARE AND TO SPEAK OUR TRUTH.
THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, AND I KNOW A LOT OF YOU AND YOUR HEART THAT PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
YOU SHOULD HAVE CONVICTION IN YOUR HEART THAT YOU KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT AND WHAT'S WRONG.
SEE IF WE IF WE LIVE IN A NATION OF WHAT HAPPENED YEARS AGO TO TO THE RACE OF HISPANICS AND THE BLACKS AND DIFFERENT RACES.
IT'S NO LONGER THE SAME, SO OUR CHILDREN SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE PAID, HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, DEAL WITH THAT KIND OF SITUATION.
IF WE ARE AT SUCH AN A RACE TIME, OBAMA SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN VOTED IN TWICE TWICE.
AND YOU GOT ALL THESE PEOPLE HERE THAT YOU SEE THE ATHLETES, HOW MANY ATHLETES OF A CERTAIN RACE THAT ARE MAKING BIG MONEY? THIS IS THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY TYPE OF RACE.
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DO IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE IT'S A COUNTRY OF OPPORTUNITY.
SO WE SHOULD NOT BE TEACHING THINGS THAT, OH, YOU KNOW, POOR ME AND POOR ME OR POOR HISPANIC ME.
NO, THIS IS THE TIME THAT WE CAN RISE UP AND BECOME REALLY ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
I KNOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SPEAKING ON THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC, SO BOTTOM LINE IS THEY'RE TRYING TO WATER DOWN OUR REPRESENTATION.
IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT AS A CITY, WE NEED TO STAY UNITED AND PUSH BACK AGAINST ALL OF THIS.
AND I HEARD THE PRESENTATION IN THE LAST MEETING AND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE UP AGAINST.
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CITIES ARE SUING, SMALL ENTITIES THAT ARE WORKING WITH THE LAWYERS, WHERE THE LAWYERS, THIS IS JUST IF YOU GUYS MISSED THE LAST MEETING, GO BACK AND CHECK IT OUT.ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE, YOU COULD LOOK AT PREVIOUS MEETINGS.
IT OUTLINED A LOT OF DETAILS OF WHY THIS IS HITTING OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S NOT RIGHT, AND IT'S LITTLE TINY GROUPS THE WAY THAT THEY WEIGHTED IT.
THE LAWYERS PARTNERED UP WITH SMALL LITTLE ACTIVISTS, AND THEY GET ALL THEIR LAWYER FEES PAID FOR BY OUR TAX DOLLARS, AND THEY'RE SUING THE CITIES THAT ARE NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS AGENDA BECAUSE THEY PUT IT INTO LAW BECAUSE THEY WROTE IT INTO LAW THAT WAY.
UNITED, WE STAND DIVIDED BY WE FALL.
AS A COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO PUSH BACK ON THE DISTRICT LEVEL.
WE NEED TO PUSH BACK AND ON THE CITY LEVEL, WE NEED TO PUSH BACK.
WE NEED TO GET EDUCATED ON THIS.
SO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING.
THERE WAS A LAWYER THAT GAVE A PIN POINT PRESENTATION ON WHAT'S GOING ON.
I ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO ALL WATCH IT.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST SO THAT WE CAN REALLY UNITE AS A TEAM AND PUSH BACK ON THIS STUFF.
YEAH, I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO ADD HERE, BUT BASICALLY I AGREE, I THINK IT'S A I DON'T I'M NOT EDUCATED ON THE ISSUE, BUT I DO THINK IT'S A IT'S A DIVISIVE TACTIC.
AND ON THE SURFACE, WHEN I READ THE ARTICLE, I THINK THROUGH THE SAN DIMAS COMMUNITY POST THAT IT JUST SOUNDED LIKE THERE WAS A BUNCH OF LIKE SOME CHUCKLEHEAD LAWYERS.
YEAH, GOING AROUND CITY TO CITY AND PUTTING THESE LAWSUITS TOGETHER.
AND I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T REALLY AGREE ON THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
AND AND THAT BOTHERED ME BECAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S NOT.
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO SEE WHAT YOUR IN-HOUSE COUNSEL GIVES YOU ADVICE, BUT I THINK YOU DO NEED TO.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT DOES YOUR COMMUNITY WANT YOU TO DO RIGHT AND STAND STAND WITH CONVICTION AGAINST SOME OF THESE THESE LAWSUITS, RIGHT? A LOT OF THEM, WHICH ARE JUST PROBABLY BASELESS.
SO, YOU KNOW, YEAH, I THINK YOUR COMMUNITY WOULD RALLY IN SUPPORT OF, YEAH, OF US SPENDING MONEY TO FIGHT SOME OF THESE LAWSUITS.
YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING THAT CROSSED MY MIND IS, YOU KNOW, REGARDING THE LAWSUITS, IT'S LIKE, MAN, THESE GUYS FOLD AS SOON AS YOU THREATEN A LAWSUIT.
SO I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF THE MASKS FOR THE CHILDREN.
SO I'M LIKE, WELL, WE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST THREATENED TO SUE THE BOARD TO GET RID OF THE MASK FOR THE CHILDREN [APPLAUSE].
IS THAT THE ONLY THING THEY RESPOND TO.
SO I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE VERY, YOU KNOW, JUST STAND UP FOR YOUR CONVICTION IF YOU THINK IT'S RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, SPEND THE MONEY AND FIGHT IT, HIRE THE LAWYERS AND, YOU KNOW, FIGHT IT, RIGHT? I THINK SANTA MONICA, THERE WAS ONE CITY THAT STILL TO BE DETERMINED.
SO I JUST I THINK THE COMMUNITY WOULD RALLY AGAINST PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE CONVICTION.
THEY'RE NOT JUST WORRIED ABOUT, OH, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND X AMOUNT ON LAWYERS, YOU KNOW, TO DEFEND AGAINST CHUCKLEHEADS.
[APPLAUSE] ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC, THEN WE WILL GO TO THE TO THE BOARD.
AND I'M SORRY, ONE MORE, ONE MORE.
HI THIS IS IN REGARDING THIS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION TO MR. WIEN.
YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THE CRITICAL RACE THEORY WASN'T SUPPOSED TO COME OUT OR BE IMPLEMENTED FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
MY SON, HE WAS AT ROYNON AND I JUST RECENTLY UNENROLLED HIM.
HE WAS CURRENTLY HAVE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS SLIP IN.
THERE WAS A BOOK THAT WAS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO READ IT IN DECEMBER.
THE ONLY REASON I READ IT IS BECAUSE I ASKED THE TEACHER FOR ALL THE BOOKS AND I READ IT MYSELF IN THAT BOOK.
THEY HAD A LOT OF RACIAL DIVISION.
THEY PORTRAYED COPS AS RACIST.
IT HAD IT FOSTERED THE NOTION OF WHITE PRIVILEGE, AND IT TEACHES THAT AMERICA IS A RACIST COUNTRY, AND WHERE NOT ALL PEOPLE ARE EQUAL.
IT WAS ABOUT IMMIGRANTS THAT WERE COMING INTO THIS COUNTRY AND THE STRUGGLES THAT THEY WENT TO.
MY FAMILY HAS BEEN HERE FROM MEXICO FOR FOUR YEARS AND NEVER, NEVER DID THEY EVER BLAME ANYONE FOR THEIR STRUGGLES, AND THEY ALL WORKED HARD FOR THAT.
MY MOM WAS MEXICAN AND THEY IMMIGRATED HERE LIKE, SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S THE
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS FROM NOW WHEN CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS IMPLEMENTED TO WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW? [APPLAUSE] ABOUT CURRICULUM.MAYBE YOU COULD COME UP AFTERWARDS AND GET AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.
AND THEN WOULD EVERYONE BE ABLE TO HEAR THAT ANSWER? BECAUSE IF THEY WANT TO SAY SURE, AND THEN ALSO JUST EVERYONE OUT THERE NEXT TIME, LIKE WILL THEY BE ABLE TO COME IN HERE? OR MAYBE WE COULD HAVE LIKE A BIGGER AREA SO EVERYONE CAN BE PRESENT? WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT.
I'M WITH ATKINSON, ANDELSON, LOYA, RUUD & ROMO AT THE LAST MEETING [INAUDIBLE] SPOKE.
WE'RE GOING THROUGH A LOT WITH THE CENSUS DATA COMING OUT REDISTRICTING.
WE'RE SPREAD PRETTY THIN, SO I'VE COME [INAUDIBLE].
I'M NOT USED TO SPEAKING WITH A MASK ON.
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, I'LL REPEAT MYSELF, MY NAME IS PAUL MCLAUGHLIN.
I'M WITH ATKINSON, ANDELSON, LOYA, RUUD & ROMO.
[INAUDIBLE] WAS HERE FROM MY FIRM LAST TIME TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND WHAT THIS PROCESS ENTAILS.
DOUG MENDI FROM COOPERATIVE STRATEGIES IS ALSO WITH ME.
HE'S OUR DEMOGRAPHER THAT THAT WE USE TO ASSIST IN THE THE MAP DRAWING PROCESS.
SO WE DO HAVE THE PRESENTATION THAT WE DID GIVE LAST TIME JUST AS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM JUST TO GIVE ANOTHER OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS.
SO IF I COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, THAT'S ME.
JUST SO BRIEF OVERVIEW ABOUT WHAT THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT IS.
IT'S A LAW THAT TOOK EFFECT IN JANUARY 2003.
AND BASICALLY, WHAT IT SAYS IS IN A NUTSHELL, PROHIBITS THE USE OF AT-LARGE ELECTIONS WHEN SUCH ELECTION SYSTEMS IMPAIR THE ABILITY OF PROTECTED CLASSES TO ELECT CANDIDATES OF ITS CHOICE OR ITS ABILITY TO INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF AN ELECTION.
SO THAT, IN A NUTSHELL, IS WHAT THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT IS ALL ABOUT.
AND REALLY, THE WAY THAT THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT IS WRITTEN TO COMBAT THESE ISSUES IS CHANGING METHODS OF ELECTION OR PUTTING IN METHODS OF ELECTION FOR LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES SUCH AS SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AMONG OTHER SPECIAL DISTRICTS, CITIES, COUNTIES, ET CETERA.
SO THERE'S BASICALLY THREE TYPES OF ELECTIONS JUST AGAIN AS OVERVIEW AT LARGE FROM TRUSTEE AND BY TRUSTEE AREA ELECTIONS.
SO CURRENTLY, THE BOARD IS ELECTED AT LARGE, WHICH MEANS EVERYONE WITHIN THE DISTRICT VOTES FOR EVERY POSITION ON THE BOARD FROM TRUSTEE AREA ELECTIONS.
THAT'S WHERE CANDIDATES RESIDE IN A PARTICULAR TRUSTEE AREA, BUT EVERYONE VOTES AT LARGE, SO EVERYONE WITHIN THE DISTRICT VOTES FOR THOSE CANDIDATES WHO COME FROM CERTAIN TRUSTEE AREAS BY TRUSTEE AREA ELECTIONS OR WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE AND WHAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS GOING THROUGH THAT IN TERMS OF HOLDING THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND GOING THROUGH THE MAP DRAWING PROCESS BY TRUSTEE AREA ELECTIONS OR WHERE CANDIDATES RESIDE IN SPECIFIC TRUSTEE AREAS AND THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THOSE BOUNDARIES VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATES WITHIN THAT AREA.
THIS IS THE ONLY METHOD OF ELECTION METHOD OF ELECTION THAT'S SAFE FROM CHALLENGE UNDER THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OVER.
OVER THE LAST DECADE OR SO, ESPECIALLY.
AND BECAUSE WE'RE NOW IN A IN A TIME WHERE CENSUS DATA HAS COME OUT, A LOT MORE DISTRICTS ARE LOOKING AT THAT AND ALSO LOOKING AT REVISING THEIR EXISTING BOUNDARY AREAS TO TO MEET SOME OF THE CHANGES WITHIN THE CENSUS.
SO WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS HERE? JUST WANTED TO AGAIN POINT THIS OUT JUST WHERE WE ARE, WE'RE SITTING.
WE'RE AT THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, PRE MAP, PUBLIC HEARING.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS MAPS HAVE NOT YET BEEN DRAWN, AND THIS IS WHERE DOUG IS GOING TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT HE DOES, JUST AS A REMINDER.
SO WE'RE HAVING THE SECOND PRE MAP PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'RE GETTING INPUT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW POTENTIALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE POTENTIAL TRUSTEE AREAS DRAWN.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT CAN BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT AS PART OF THIS AS WELL.
SO WHERE WE ARE AFTER THIS MEETING, MOVING ON THROUGH THE PROCESS BASED ON CENSUS DATA AND THE INPUT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THUS FAR, THERE WOULD BE DRAFT TRUSTEE MAPS
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DRAWN.DIFFERENT SCENARIOS WILL BE PRESENTED.
SO FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, THERE WILL BE AT LEAST TWO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARINGS WHERE FEEDBACK AND INPUT CAN BE GIVEN ON THOSE MAPS THAT HAVE BEEN DRAWN.
THEIR PROPOSED MAPS AT THAT POINT, SO WHERE WE ARE TODAY? SECOND, PRE MAP PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'VE NOT YET DRAWN MAPS, BUT THE PURPOSE OF TODAY IS REALLY TO SEEK INPUT ABOUT HOW THOSE OUGHT TO BE DRAWN.
SO CERTAIN CONSIDERATIONS IN DRAWING TRUSTEE AREAS UP.
THESE ARE ALL HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED UNDER VOTING RIGHTS ACT.
THESE ARE REALLY THE PARAMETERS UNDER WHICH WE OPERATE AND THINGS WE CAN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
SO EACH AREA SHALL CONTAIN NEARLY EQUAL NUMBER OF INHABITANTS.
AND SO THIS WOULD BE FIVE TRUSTEE AREAS.
THERE HAS TO BE WITHIN A CERTAIN PERCENT OF VARIANCE OF POPULATION THAT EACH TRUSTEE AREA HAS TO BE AS EQUAL AS POSSIBLE, WITH POPULATION DRAWN TO COMPLY WITH THE FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT.
BASICALLY, IF WE'RE FOLLOWING THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT, WHICH WAS MODELED ON THE FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT FROM THE 1960S WHEN THAT WAS FIRST IMPLEMENTED AND THERE HAVE BEEN VARIOUS AMENDMENTS TO THAT FIVE AMENDMENTS TO THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, MOST RECENTLY IN 2003, THEN WE WILL BE RESPECTING THAT.
TRUSTEE AREAS SHOULD BE COMPACT AND CONTIGUOUS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, SO WE CAN'T BE PICKING AND CHOOSING ISLANDS OF DIFFERENT DIFFERENT AREAS TO BE INCLUDED WITHIN A SINGLE TRUSTEE AREA SO THEY HAVE TO BE CONTIGUOUS AND AS COMPACT AS POSSIBLE.
WE WANT TO RESPECT COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND THAT'S WHERE WE LOOK AT VARIOUS FACTORS THAT ARE OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY.
ONE OF THOSE BEING POTENTIALLY MANMADE AND NATURAL GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE DISTRICT I WORK WITH IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY LOOKED AT WHETHER WHETHER OR NOT ITS' ONE OF THE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SPECIFIC FEATURES OF THE MOUNTAIN AND HOW IT'S DIVIDED, LOOKING AT HIGHWAYS, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CAN BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN DRAWING THOSE MAPS.
WE RESPECT INCUMBENCY IF POSSIBLE.
THAT IS A CONSIDERATION THAT WE CAN TAKE.
SO WHERE CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS RESIDE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE'RE DRAWING MAPS AND THEN OTHER LOCAL CONSIDERATIONS THINGS LIKE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES, POTENTIALLY LOCATIONS OF SCHOOL SITES, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AND CERTAIN CITY BOUNDARIES.
BASICALLY, ANYTHING CAN BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE'RE CONSIDERING THESE MAPS.
SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DOUG TO TALK A LITTLE BIT, GO OVER SOME OF THE OTHER INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED LAST TIME TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE CENSUS DATA THAT RECENTLY CAME OUT END OF SEPTEMBER AND TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH THE.
YEAH, WITH THE WHEN WE LOOKED AT THESE LAST TIME AND BASICALLY THE PROFILES OF THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, AND SO THIS IS THE SECOND TIME PRESENTING IT.
SO I JUST KIND OF POINT OUT THE NUMBERS HERE AND REGARDING THE BALANCE OF THE DISTRICT, WE'RE WORKING OUT THE TOTAL POPULATION.
THE THE DECISION TO GO TO TRUSTEE AREAS IN ORDER TO AVOID THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS REQUIRES INFORMATION.
AND THE DATA BEHIND THIS IS THE THE U.S.
CENSUS AND THE STATEWIDE FILE.
AND THE STATEWIDE FILE IS A PRODUCT THAT WAS PUT OUT BY THE U.S.
CENSUS AND AND USED IN THE STATE.
THERE'S A STATE VERSION THAT INCLUDES PRISONERS AND OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE LOCATE RELOCATED FROM THE PRISON WHERE THEY VOTED CURRENTLY TO LIKE WHERE THEIR RESIDENTS ARE.
SO THEY HAVE ADJUSTED THE POPULATION OF THE CENSUS TO BE A STATEWIDE FILE.
IT'S SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, BUT IT'S NOT MAJORLY DIFFERENT.
AND WE USE THAT INFORMATION TO TO DRAFT THESE BOUNDARIES AND TO DO IT WITHIN THE LAW.
AND THAT'S THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THAT.
SO THAT'S THE CENSUS DATA THAT WE'LL BE USING.
OTHER INFORMATION IS THE CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION ESTIMATES.
THIS COMES FROM THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY, WHICH IS A PRODUCT OF A CENSUS.
THIS DATA THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS BASED ON 2010.
SO IT'S THE LATEST THAT THAT WE HAVE ON THIS, BUT THIS WOULD BE THE LIKELY VOTER.
SO THESE WOULD BE CITIZENS THAT WOULD BE OF VOTING AGE.
AND SO THAT NUMBER BECOMES IMPORTANT WHEN YOU'RE ANALYZING A DISTRICT AND WITHIN THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT, AND WE CAN SEE THE DIVERSITY IN THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE DISTRICT WITHIN THE VOTING AGE POPULATION ON THIS SLIDE.
SO THE SO THE THE QUESTION BECOMES ON HOW LINES SHOULD BE DRAWN.
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AND IT'S STILL IS UP TO YOU TO PROVIDE PUBLIC INPUT TO GUIDE THE PROCESS IN WHICH WE WILL USE THE DATA TO COME OUT WITH THE THE BEST SCENARIOS THAT CAN BE DRAWN FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND AND TO AND TO HELP THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SUPPORT.WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME.
IT'S ABOUT KEEPING NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER.
SO WE'RE KEEPING NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER, RIGHT? JUST EXAMPLE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S THINGS THAT RIGHT? BUT SO, SO IN DISTRICTS, YOU CAN CONSIDER FREEWAYS, ROADS, PUBLIC THINGS, RIGHT? THAT MAKES SENSE.
KEEP COMMUNITIES TOGETHER AND HAVE GOOD REPRESENTATION.
MIC] YEAH, AND WE USE OFFICIAL BOUNDARIES, RIGHT? SO THE STATE IS RECORDED AND WE HAVE A LEGAL DEFINITION OF THIS.
WELL, THE SOURCE OF THIS IS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SO.
WE WILL DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT STREETS, WHAT DISTRICTS WILL BE.
[INAUDIBLE] THE QUESTION PERIOD IS NOW FOR THE BOARD, SO ANY QUESTIONS WE HAVE ANY INPUT ON IN TERMS OF WHAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED OR MIGHT YOU LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED AND.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IF WE GET THAT MAP BLOWN UP AND TO ME, IT LOOKS REALLY SMALL, LIKE I THINK THE END IS FULTON STREET, BUT THAT PICTURE OF THE MAP HAS MOSTLY LIKE HIKING TRAILS AT THE TOP AND YOU CAN'T REALLY ZERO IN WHAT'S DOWN THERE.
SO IT'D BE NICE IF WE COULD GET THAT BLOWN UP TO SEE WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE AND NOT TO USE THE 2010.
BUT I KNOW EVERY NEW CENSUS THAT'S OUT IF YOU USE THAT DATA BECAUSE A LOT'S CHANGED IN 10 11 YEARS.
SO MAY BE LIKE ON THE COMPUTER, WE CAN MAKE BIGGER WITH OUR FINGERS AND.
YES, YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THE 2010 DATA.
THAT'S WHAT IT WAS BASED ON BEFORE, YEAH, 2010 DATA SHOWS HOW MANY OF THE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE, UNLIKE YEARS, HAVE BEEN DRAWN.
THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE GROWTH AND EVERYTHING WE'RE USED IN ANALYSIS OF THAT TO GROW, WE WILL BE PRESENTING THIS IN DETAILED FORM WITH STREETS, WITH BLOCKS.
AND ALSO THE 2010 CENSUS DATA AND THE COMMUNITY.
THE 2010 WILL JUST SHOW US SOME GROWTH THAT OCCURS WITHIN THERE.
ARE WE GOING TO GET THE 2010 OR THE 2020 DATA? WELL, THE 2010 IS ALREADY OUT.
SO WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO SEE PRETTY MUCH A MAP OF THE 2020 DATA, CORRECT? YES, THE DATA THAT BALANCES IS BASED ON THE 2020 DATA.
ONE OF THE GENTLEMAN REFERENCED SANTA MONICA.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF SUITS, HAS ANYBODY BUT SANTA MONICA MOVE PAST EVEN EVEN ONE TO WHERE THEY MOVED ON TO THE APPEALS COURT AND OUT OF THE STATE SUPREME COURT.
IN TERMS OF LITIGATION WITH THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND I'LL START THERE AND MOVE INTO YOUR NEXT QUESTION.
SO THERE'S BEEN THERE HAVE BASICALLY BEEN FOUR LAWSUITS THAT HAVE GONE ALL THE WAY THROUGH TRIAL UNDER THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT.
CITY OF HIGHLAND, CITY OF PALMDALE, CITY OF SANTA CLARA AND CITY OF SANTA MONICA.
OF THE FOUR CITY OF SANTA MONICA RECENTLY WENT UP WELL RECENTLY WITHIN THE LAST
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COUPLE OF YEARS APPEALED.AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE COURT OF APPEAL REVERSED THE TRIAL COURT.
IT'S CURRENTLY PENDING BEFORE THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT.
BEFORE I DROVE OVER HERE TODAY, I JUST WANTED TO CHECK AT 3:30 JUST REFRESHING CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT'S NOT YET COME OUT WITH THEIR OPINION ON IT.
THEY SHOULD BE ISSUING AN OPINION THIS TERM.
SO IN TERMS OF COURT OF APPEAL CASES, THAT CITY OF SANTA MONICA CASE IS REALLY THE MAIN ONE AND THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING REVIEWED BY THE SUPREME COURT.
SO JUST TO CONTINUE ON WITH OUR QUESTIONING, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS IS TO THE DEMOGRAPHER.
OUR DATA, SURPRISINGLY SO IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN SANTA MONICA'S RIGHT.
LIKE, THEY ACTUALLY HAD A LITTLE MORE OF A NUANCED ARGUMENT THAN WE DO WHERE I DON'T THINK THEY WERE ABLE TO CREATE A A MAJORITY MINORITY DISTRICT.
AND I THINK LOOKING AT THIS DATA, IT SHOWS THAT WE CAN CREATE MAJORITY MINORITY DISTRICTS.
SO THE SANTA MONICA, I GUESS LITMUS TEST DOESN'T QUITE FIT US.
AND YOUR DATA AS PRESENTED HERE.
SO WE SEE THAT THE NUMBERS AREN'T AS DIVERSE IN SOME OF THESE CASES AND TO, I GUESS TO THE LAWYER JUST TO HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
COURTS CAN BE RATHER UNEXPECTED.
THEY CAN HAVE DIFFERENT RULINGS.
AND I THINK EVERYONE HOPEFULLY KNOWS WE LIVE IN CALIFORNIA WITH GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY, AND THEY'RE GOING TO WRITE LAWS AND MAKE LAWS THAT THEY SEE APPROPRIATE.
BUT UNDER THIS FRAMEWORK, IF THINGS CHANGED AND THIS THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS LAW, WHICH IS LAW, IF IT GETS OVERTURNED, WE WOULD THEN HAVE THE ABILITY TO REEXAMINE THESE THINGS AT A LATER DATE.
THERE ARE METHODS TO CHANGE BY TRUSTEE AREA FROM AT-LARGE THAT EXIST UNDER THE BOTH THE EDUCATION CODE AND THE ELECTIONS CODE THAT'S YET TO BE SEEN.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED TO THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT HAVE ALL BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.
SO IT'S STILL IT'S STILL, WELL, INVALID LAW UNDER THE EYES OF CALIFORNIA, FEDERAL LITIGATION HAS UPHELD THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT AS WELL.
SO FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, IT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND.
SO OUR CHECKS AND BALANCES IN THE CONSTITUTION, THE JUDICIAL BRANCH HAS PRETTY MUCH SAID SO FAR THAT THIS IS LAW AND THIS IS A LAW WE NEED TO GRAPPLE WITH AS A BOARD.
IF WE PROCEED DOWN THIS AND DECIDE TO TO GO AHEAD WITH IT PRIOR TO BEING SUED, WE CONTROL THE PROCESS OF OUR DISTRICTS.
WHEN YOU PRESENT THE INFORMATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE WITH INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY, INPUT FROM THE BOARD AND EVERYTHING ELSE WE CONTROL.
IF ONE PERSON DECIDES TO SUE THE BOARD AND FINDS THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THEIR COTTAGE INDUSTRY OF SUING GOVERNMENTS FOR THIS, ALL IT TAKES US ONE PERSON TO SUE US AND WINS IN ADDITION TO WHATEVER MONEY IT COSTS US ON TOP OF THE THIRTY THOUSAND THAT THEY GET OFF THE TOP, THEN WE HAVE TO MEET THEIR DEMANDS, SO TO SPEAK, OR THEY HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE FOR THE MAPPING.
AND THE DISTRICT PICKS WHERE UNDER THIS SCENARIO.
UNDER THIS SCENARIO, YOU CONTROL IT.
IF YOU MOVE TO THE BI TRUSTEE AREA METHOD OF ELECTION THAT SAVES UNDER THE EYES OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, THERE'S NO VOTE DILUTION.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'VE SEEN THIS TREND OF GETTING DEMAND LETTERS FROM ATTORNEYS UNDER THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT.
IT'S FOR ENTITIES THAT HAVE NOT STARTED THE PROCESS TO TRANSITION, OR THAT'S BASICALLY WHERE WE GET THOSE DEMAND LETTERS AND WE'VE SEEN THEM POP UP AND ALL SORTS OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS, CITIES, COUNTIES.
SO THE PROCESS THAT THIS BOARD IS GOING THROUGH IN TRANSITIONING TO THE BI TRUSTEE AREA METHOD OF ELECTION UNDER THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, THAT'S GOING TO BE COMPLIANT, CONSIDER CONSIDERED COMPLIANT WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT.
SO THEY DON'T BECAUSE THERE'S NO PLAINTIFF.
THEY DO NOT HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE WHEN WE'RE MAKING OUR DISTRICTS, IN TERMS OF THIS PROCESS, YES.
THIS PROCESS IS COMMUNITY DRIVEN AND BOARD DRIVEN IN TERMS OF INPUT AND THE BOARD'S INPUT AND HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE MAPS BEING DRAWN.
AND I JUST I ALSO DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PRE MAP.
AND SO THERE'S GOING TO BE AT LEAST TWO ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES POST MAP AND THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A SINGLE MAP CAN PRESENT MULTIPLE SCENARIOS FOR CONSIDERATION THAT IT'S REALLY COMMUNITY AND BOARD DRIVEN.
AND SO WITH THAT INPUT, THAT'S WHERE THE BY-IN COMES.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE'S BEEN NO INDICATION THAT THERE WOULD BE ANYTHING TO
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KIND OF SET THAT OFF ITS COURSE.SO THERE'S GOING TO BE, AS WE HAD IN THE THE TIMELINE, YOU KNOW, DECEMBER 8 WOULD BE THE FIRST PROPOSED MAP.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE INPUT, TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT'S BEEN SAID.
YOU KNOW, WHAT'S IMPORTANT, WHAT'S WHAT STATE IS IMPORTANT AND THEN CREATE MULTIPLE SCENARIOS AND THERE WILL BE AT LEAST TWO ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
WE BUILT IN THE TIMELINE ENOUGH TO HAVE POTENTIALLY THREE POST MAP DRAWING.
AND THEN FROM THAT PROCESS, IT GOES TO THE COUNTY COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION AND THEY HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY BY IN BOARD BY IN IN THIS PROCESS.
MY QUESTION BEING AND THE PEOPLE AREN'T HAPPY WITH THIS AND THEY DON'T LIKE IT IF IF WE'RE DOING IT THIS WAY, THEY GET THE COMMUNITY BUY IN AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
IF WE DID NOT PURSUE THIS COURSE AND GOT SERVED, GOT GOT SUED, WE WOULD LOSE AND HAVE TO DO THIS ANYWAY.
AND WHOEVER SUED US THEN HAS AS MUCH INPUT INTO THE MAPS.
IF WE GOT ALL THE COMMUNITY INPUT WE WANTED AND DREW UP MAPS THAT EVERYBODY AGREED TO.
THEY CAN SAY, I DON'T LIKE IT AND WE STILL HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEM BEFORE THE FINAL DECISION, POTENTIALLY.
AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THEY DO THAT IS THROUGH LITIGATION.
IF THERE'S A COURT ORDER THAT MAKES SPECIFIC FINDINGS.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE LITIGANTS HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THEIR INPUT.
THEIR SPECIFIC FINDINGS MADE AFTER GETTING THROUGH A TRIAL AND THE DECISIONS MADE THAT THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT WAS NOT BEING RESPECTED, THEN IN THAT MANNER, THERE WOULD BE SPECIFIC PARAMETERS THAT A COURT WOULD SAY, YOU NEED TO BE TAKING THESE SPECIFIC ITEMS INTO CONSIDERATION IN COMING UP WITH WITH POTENTIAL MAPS AND SCENARIOS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF I CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION IF WE DO THE MAPS HAVE AT LEAST TWO FROM EACH CITY KIND OF INCORPORATED IN THERE.
YES, I'M THE ONE LA VERNE AND I TRY TO REPRESENT, BUT IT'S NICE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TRAINS OF THOUGHT AND MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.
I MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH SOMEONE ELSE, BUT PUTTING OUR MINDS TOGETHER, WE GET BETTER DECISIONS.
AND HOW DOES THE COMMUNITY GIVE INPUT LIKE ON HOW TO MAKE THE MAPS? BECAUSE LIKE, I'M WHERE I LIVE, I KNOW THERE'S A BIG WASH DOWN [INAUDIBLE] STREET.
IT'S KIND OF FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.
I'M NOT SURE HOW HIGH THAT GOES, BUT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
BUT HOW DO OTHER PEOPLE PUT THEIR CONSIDERATION IN? IS THERE SOMETHING SPECIFIC THEY CAN DO? THERE'S NO SPECIFIC BOUNDS ON IT.
YOU KNOW, AFTER WE DRAW MAPS, TOO, WE CAN TAKE INPUT INTO CONSIDERATION.
WE'LL HAVE TWO MORE PUBLIC HEARINGS TO GIVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
THERE'S ALSO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INFORMAL INPUT OR PEOPLE ASKING TO TAKE CERTAIN THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION.
SO AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE MAP DRAWING PROCESS, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO TO KNOW AS MUCH OF WHAT'S AT INTEREST FOR EVERYONE BECAUSE WE WANT TO PRESENT SCENARIOS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE VARIETY AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TO PRESENT THAT YOU'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, STUCK WITH ONE CHOICE.
WE DON'T WANT TO PRESENT AS A TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.
WE WANT TO BE TAKING AS MANY THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION AS POSSIBLE THAT THAT ARE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT, ARE IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW THAT THE TWO CITIES WAS RAISED LAST TIME AS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT AND WE ARE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THE MAPS, IF THAT'S FEASIBLE BASED ON THE CENSUS DATA TO DO THAT.
I THINK THE MORE OPTIONS WE COULD GET WITH MAPS, THE BETTER, NOT JUST TWO OR THREE, FIVE, TEN TO ME, I THINK WE CAN MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.
YEAH, I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING SEVERAL MAPS AS WELL, AND TWO MAJORITY LA VERNE DISTRICT SEATS AND TWO MAJORITY SAN DIMAS SEATS WOULD BE USEFUL BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE.
THE CITIES ARE ROUGHLY ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AND YOU DON'T WANT ONE CITY FEELING LIKE THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE SAME REPRESENTATION.
AND I KNOW THAT'S, I DON'T THINK, WRITTEN IN THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE CARE ABOUT AS A BOARD AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED.
I HAVE SEEN THE WASH, I WOULD SAY, LOOKING AT THE MAP, AND IT IS KIND OF HARD TO TELL WHERE THINGS ARE LOCATED IN THAT MAP.
I DO HAVE A GENERAL IDEA JUST BECAUSE I THINK I'VE WALKED EVERYWHERE IN THAT MAP.
ONE PLACE IN SAN DIMAS, JUST LOOKING, IT LOOKS LIKE NEAR THE 210 FREEWAY, IT LIGHTENS UP A LITTLE BIT.
I WAS THINKING A POSSIBLE BOUNDARY LINE TO CONSIDER IN AT LEAST ONE OF THE MAPS BESIDES THE WASH WOULD BE ALLEN OR GLADSTONE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE TO LOOK AT.
AND AGAIN, I CAN'T TELL WHICH ONE WOULD.
WORK BETTER BASED ON THAT MAP, I'M GUESSING 66 IS FOOTHILL, SO I SEE THAT LITTLE AREA OF JUST BEYOND IT, BUT IT JUST KIND OF HARD TO TELL.
SO I'D SAY ALLEN AND GLADSTONE AND JUST LOOKING AT THE MAPS OF OUR CITIES, WE HAVE LA VERNE, YOU HAVE SAN DIMAS, BUT YOU HAVE ON THE CORNER OF SAN DIMAS THIS LITTLE AREA [INAUDIBLE].
AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE AN ADD ON YOUR WEST COVINA.
AND I THINK HAVING AT LEAST ONE MAP THAT LOOKS AT THAT AS A WHOLE, IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL.
AND THIS THIS NET PRODUCT OF THAT AND THIS IS SOMETHING I MIGHT THINK COULD BE USEFUL, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING OUR RESOLUTION WOULD BE TO HAVE PEOPLE NOT
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JUST IN ONE SCHOOL, BUT THIS WAY WE'RE MORE COMMUNITY DRIVEN IF WE'RE REPRESENTING MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL.SO IF WE COULD KIND OF HAVE ACCESS TO DIFFERENT POPULATIONS, THIS COULD HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THAT TRIBALISM THAT I THINK PEOPLE MIGHT BE CONCERNED ABOUT.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS WELL.
JIM? YEAH, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, AND I THINK WE COULD ALL BENEFIT FROM JUST A BRIEF HISTORY LESSON.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT WAS PASSED IN 2003.
SO WHY HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY NOW AFTER ALL THESE YEARS? AND SO THE QUESTION THE HEART OF THE QUESTION IS WHAT'S THE WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR ALL THESE YEARS AND WHY US AND WHY NOW? RIGHT? I THINK EVERYBODY IN THE GALLERY TONIGHT WOULD BENEFIT FROM SOME FOUNDATIONAL HISTORY.
AND THEN I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT ACCESS AND SCENARIOS AND SOME OTHER THINGS.
AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MAIN DRIVERS IN THIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, VOTING RIGHTS ACT WAS PASSED IN 2003, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN INCREASING CHALLENGES THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO AT LARGE SYSTEMS, AT EVERY SINGLE LEVEL THAT HAVE REALLY PROLIFERATED WITHIN THE LAST FIVE TO TEN YEARS.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THERE ARE ATTORNEY FEE PROVISIONS WITHIN THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT FOR PREVAILING PLAINTIFFS, AND THAT HAS DRIVEN A LOT OF OF THE MOVES TO AND BASED ON THE WAY THAT THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT IS WRITTEN.
IT IS VERY IT'S WRITTEN IN A WAY THAT AT LARGE SYSTEMS ARE GENERALLY UNDER ATTACK AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY.
IT'S BEEN A TREND THAT WE'VE SEEN.
BUT WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS IT APPEARS THAT THERE ARE YOU MENTIONED THREE OTHER CITIES BESIDES SANTA MONICA EARLIER, AND THOSE ARE BIGGER CITIES.
A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND RIGHT.
SO DID THE PLAINTIFFS START AT THE BIG CITIES AND THEY'RE WORKING THEIR WAY DOWN TO THE SMALLER CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS? IS THAT KIND OF THE GIST OF IT? IT'S COME FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS.
THERE HAVE BEEN MUCH SMALLER ENTITIES THAT HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED, SOME WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE POPULATION OF SOME SPECIAL DISTRICTS UNDER 10000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED.
SO IT'S KIND OF COMING FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT THAT THE ACTUAL PIECES OF LITIGATION THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH TRIAL, THOSE ARE GENERALLY LARGER CITIES.
BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SMALLER, SPECIAL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE COME UNDER SCRUTINY SMALLER THAN BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE OTHER THREE CITIES THAT DECIDED TO APPEAL AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE MILLIONS THAT THEY SPENT IN LEGAL FEES, WHATEVER THEY WERE.
BUT HOW ARE THEY DOING WITH THEIR CASES OR WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR CASE? ONLY THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA APPEALED.
THE OTHER THREE ENDED UP PAYING ATTORNEY'S FEES FOR PROVISIONS.
THEY DECIDED IT WAS NOT WORTH THE APPEAL PROCESS.
SO CITY OF SANTA MONICA, THAT WAS A [INAUDIBLE].
IF YOU'VE READ THE CASE, IT WAS A $22 MILLION TRIAL, LITIGATION FEES THAT ULTIMATELY THE CITY DECIDED TO APPEAL IT.
AND SO IF THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT DOES FLIP THEM, THEN THE LITIGANTS WILL GET THEIR ATTORNEY'S FEES ON APPEAL AS WELL.
AND JUST LOOKING AT THE AMOUNT OF FILINGS IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE A SIMILAR NUMBER, IN MY OPINION.
I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES THAT THE MORE INFORMATION AND MORE SCENARIOS, THE BETTER AND THE MORE INPUT AND PROCESS FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR DISTRICT, THE BETTER OFF WE'LL BE BY, BY THE WAY, THIS ENDS UP.
BUT JUST FOR CLARITY, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SAN DIMAS AND LA VERNE AND THEIR PROCESS, AND THEY'RE INDEED SEPARATE PROCESSES FOR A DIFFERENT.
WELL, THEY'RE A CITY WE'RE A SCHOOL DISTRICT, RIGHT? SO ALTHOUGH I AGREE THAT WE OUGHT TO HAVE A LOOK AT THEIR PRELIMINARY MAPS BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T PASSED THEIRS YET, AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT TIMELINE TO RIGHT OUR OUR PROCESS AND OUR DISTRICT IS SEPARATE FROM THE CITIES.
THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS DRIVEN PRIMARILY BY THE EDUCATION CODE.
AND SO THERE'S PORTIONS OF THE EDUCATION CODE THAT TALK ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC PROCESS WHERE WE GET INTO, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, PRE MAP AND AT LEAST TWO POST MAP.
THAT'S EDUCATION CODE ONE ZERO ZERO ONE ZERO.
AND SO THAT PROCESS IS DRIVEN THROUGH, AND THAT'S HOW WE BUILT THIS TIMELINE IS TO RESPECT THAT PROCESS.
THIS COMPLIES WITH THE BLACK AND WHITE LETTER OF THE LAW.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE EDUCATION CODE IN SECTIONS FIVE THOUSAND THEREABOUTS THROUGH 50 30 THAT OUTLINES THE PROCESS.
AND SO WHERE WE ARE GOING IS WE GO FROM HERE, WE GET THROUGH AND ADOPT A MAP.
IT WOULD BE TO THE COUNTY COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION.
THEY DECIDE WHETHER TO APPROVE OR NOT APPROVE.
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AND THEN FROM THERE IT GOES TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO IMPLEMENT.THE LAST QUESTION IS IN THE GROUP THAT'S HERE TONIGHT AND FOLKS, IN SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS BY WAY OF INTERACTIVITY, INPUT AND PROCESS.
PUBLIC HEARINGS, OF COURSE, ARE IMPORTANT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CONDUCT THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS TO DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO AND GET WHATEVER INPUT.
BUT I THINK WE NEED SOMETHING A LITTLE BETTER THAN THAT.
AND I WONDER IF ONCE WE PICK SCENARIOS, WHETHER WE CAN PUT IT OUT ON A WEBSITE, ON OUR WEBSITE AND HAVE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO AT ANY TIME, GO AND HAVE A LOOK AND PLAY AROUND WITH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING THE OTHER DAY WITH IN OUR AD HOC WITH THE CITY OF LA VERNE, AND THEY TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR PROCESS.
AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A TOOL, AN APP, RIGHT? AND THEY PUT SCENARIOS UP AND PEOPLE CAN GO HAVE A LOOK AT THEM, RIGHT? SO WE'RE WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, CONFINED TO THE RULES OF THE BROWN ACT OR HOW WE CAN INTERACT, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO BEFORE WE DO THE THIRD AND FOURTH PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE PROVIDE THE MAPS AS A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO REVIEW SEVEN DAYS BEFORE AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
AND I HEARD THE COMMENT ABOUT CAN WE GET MORE DETAILED MAPS AND BE ABLE TO DO THAT? THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN DO AS WELL.
WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE THAT.
AND WHAT I MEAN IS WHERE PEOPLE CAN REALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET DOWN INTO THE INTRICACIES OF THE DETAILS.
YOU CAN GET REALLY DOWN FINE INTO THOSE RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, A PDF COPY OF HERE.
AND I THINK THE IDEA IS FOLKS THAT WOULD COME AND PARTICIPATE IN A HEARING WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO KIND OF HAVE A CHANCE TO PLAY WITH THE SCENARIOS AND HAVE A MUCH BETTER LOOK.
SO WHEN THEY DO COME TO THE HEARING, THERE ARE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS ARE A LITTLE MORE FOCUSED.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE THE AND SOMEONE BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT THE VERY BASIC MAP THAT SHOWS THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES WE USED TO HAVE AROUND HERE, A BIG OLD WALL CHART.
BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, LONG GONE.
CERTAINLY, IT HAS TO BE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE COUNTY OR THE STATE.
A MORE DETAILED MAP THAN THAN THIS.
I MEAN, THIS WAS DRAWN FROM SOMETHING.
AND SO IF WE COULD PROVIDE EVEN ON THE WEBSITE, THE DISTRICT WEBSITE, THE THE OFFICIAL COUNTY OR STATE OUTLINE OF THE DISTRICT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD FIRST STEP FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET INVOLVED.
AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE DOING YOUR THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS HAS A SIMILAR ONLINE TOOL THAT THAT AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT SORT OF THING.
WILL THAT ALSO ALLOW PEOPLE TO SEE THE THE PROPOSED FIVE DISTRICTS LAID OVER WITH THE EXISTING SCHOOL BOUNDARIES? YES, THAT'S TYPICAL.
WE USE A GIS SOFTWARE, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS WHICH ALLOW US TO DEAL WITH THE MOST GRANULAR LEVEL OF INFORMATION, WHICH IS THE THE BLOCK, RIGHT? SO THAT YOUR CITY BLOCK THAT THAT IS THE BASIC COMPONENT OF HOW THESE TRUSTEE AREAS ARE THEN DERIVED.
AND AS FOR DISPLAYING THEM ON THE WEB? ABSOLUTELY.
AND SO THINK OF IT AS LAYERS, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CITY BOUNDARIES, YOU HAVE BLOCKS, INFORMATION.
WE CAN LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT NEIGHBORHOODS, WE CAN SEE UNDERLYING STREAMS AND CHANNELS AND AND ALL THAT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS.
WE'RE GUIDED BY THE PRINCIPLE THAT WE HAVE TO BALANCE THESE WITHIN A VARIANCE OF LESS THAN 10 PERCENT FROM THE HIGHEST TO THE LOWEST OFF AVERAGE.
AND SO WHEN WE GET THE SCENARIOS, WE'LL HAVE THE THE MAP SURVEY TO SEE THAT THAT NUMBER SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, YOU KNOW, IS GUIDING US TO DO SO WITH THAT.
THERE ARE LEVELS OF INTERACTIVITY.
THAT WE CAN CONSIDER AND WE'LL BE TALKING WITH YOUR STAFF ABOUT THAT.
SO WITH THAT, WE WE DEFINITELY CAN MAKE THIS AS OPEN AND TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE FOR THE WHOLE PROCESS.
AND SO PART OF YOUR BEING HERE THIS EVENING IS TO HEAR FROM EACH OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT OUR SORT OF IDEALS WOULD BE FOR FOR THE DISTRICTS.
SO HERE'S MINE FIVE HORIZONTAL BANDS EAST TO WEST.
THE NORTHERNMOST BAND WOULD HAVE 20 PERCENT OF LA VERNE AND 20 PERCENT OF SAN DIMAS, AND THE NEXT BAND DOWN WOULD BE 20 PERCENT SAN DIMAS AND 20 PERCENT LA VERNE.
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AND SO THIS IS IDEAL, RIGHT? I UNDERSTAND WITH THE GEOGRAPHY WE HAVE, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, BUT THAT WOULD BE MY IDEAL.FIVE EQUAL BANDS HORIZONTAL EAST TO WEST EQUAL, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY EQUAL BETWEEN ALL ALL FIVE FOR WHATEVER THAT'S WORTH AND THEN JUST TO GO BACK, WHAT WE'LL DO IS, FROM THE DISTRICT PERSPECTIVE, KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE MAPS IS WE'LL CREATE A WHOLE NEW TAB UNDER THE DISTRICT WEBSITE THAT JUST TALKS ABOUT THE PROCESS, LINK THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN GO BACK TO IT AS WELL.
AND THEN THERE WILL BE THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN THE MAPS ARE DRAWN.
WE'LL PUT THE WEBSITE SO THAT EVERYBODY WILL MAKE IT REAL USER FRIENDLY SO PEOPLE CAN GO IN AND ACCESS IT WITH A PARTICULAR TAB ON THE ON THE WEBSITE THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
AND ONE OTHER ITEM THAT'S ALSO OF NOTE, IT'S BEEN MENTIONED THAT BOTH CITIES ARE GOING TO DISTRICT AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT UNDER THE GUN AND MUCH MORE RUSHED THAN WE ARE.
OUR ELECTION IS NOT UNTIL NOVEMBER A YEAR, A YEAR AND A MONTH FROM NOW NOVEMBER OF, WELL, A YEAR FROM NOW, NOVEMBER OF 2022.
AND I THINK THE CITY ELECTIONS ARE JUNE NEXT YEAR.
SO THEY'RE A LITTLE MORE OF A QUANDARY AS FAR AS TIME IS CONCERNED.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMMITTED TO, YOU KNOW, BEING AROUND AND TAKING AS MUCH PUBLIC INPUT ABOUT THIS PROCESS AND LISTENING TO EVERYBODY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
AND THERE'S NO HURRY TO RUSH THIS THROUGH.
WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF TIME AND APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING OUT TONIGHT.
MIC] DEMOGRAPHICS SO THE BIG BROWN AREA IS UP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND [INAUDIBLE].
SO THIS WHOLE FOCUS IS ON THE LITTLE TINY OR LITTLE RED AREA.
AND THAT'S THE AREA WHERE THERE'S ALWAYS AN EXTRA ALLOWANCE ALLOWANCES BEING MADE FOR ONE AREA AND OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT JUST SO THAT TO POINT IT OUT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? OK, THEN WE WILL CLOSE THIS HEARING AT 8:27.
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STUDENT NUMBER TWO ZERO ONE ZERO ONE ZERO ONE FIVE THREE STUDENT DISCIPLINARY ACTION PURSUANT TO EDUCATION CODE FOUR EIGHT NINE ZERO ZERO EIGHT TWO FOUR EIGHT NINE ONE FIVE EIGHT ONE DASH E AND FOUR EIGHT FIVE NINE NINE ONE FIVE EIGHT ONE A RECOMMENDATION IS THAT SCHOOL THAT STUDENT NUMBER TWO ZERO ONE ZERO ONE ZERO ONE FIVE THREE BE EXPELLED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR, WITH PLACEMENT IN A COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL OR ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL OUTSIDE THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.[02:30:03]
NUMBER SEVENTEEN REPORTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT.[17. REPORTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT]
JIM, LET'S START WITH YOU AGAIN, PLEASE.THANK THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
A COUPLE OF THINGS, AND THIS IS THE THE BEST PART OF BEING A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.
AND I WANT TO SAY I DO SO APPRECIATE MY MY BABY IS 28 YEARS OLD, BUT IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE SINCE MY KIDS WERE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
BUT IT WAS SUCH A TREAT TO ATTEND THE LEARNING WALK AT SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL AND EXTEND AND MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS AND REALLY GIVE US A VISUAL AND A SENSE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ALL HERE FOR AND WHAT WE ALL CARE ABOUT.
SO THANKS TO SCOTT AND [INAUDIBLE] FOR THEIR TIME AND THEIR PROFESSIONALISM.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE LEARNING WALKS LATER THIS WEEK AT GRACE MILLER AND LA VERNE HEIGHTS.
AND TO CONTINUE THAT STORY AND FOR US TO REALLY UNDERSTAND AND HAVE THE DIALOG THAT HELPS US BE BETTER BOARD MEMBERS HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND THE TASTE OF LA VERNE, WHICH IS A SHOWCASE OF LA VERNE RESTAURANTS AND AND BUSINESSES.
WAS SUCH A TREAT TO GET BACK OUT AND MEET AND GREET AND RECONNECT WITH OLD FRIENDS.
I HAD A NICE CHAT WITH MAYOR LA VERNE AND OTHER BUSINESSES AND FRIENDS.
WHAT A TREAT THAT WAS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE CITY OF LA VERNE FOR THAT EVENT.
THIS THIS CYCLE, AS WE DO, WE GO BACK AND FORTH WITH EACH OF OUR CITIES, TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TWO BOARD MEMBERS.
WE HAVE AD HOC MEETINGS AND THIS TIME WE MET WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS IN LA VERNE HERE, HAD A NICE TALK, LEARNED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR DISTRICTING PROCESS.
WHAT'S THE SAME AND WHAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE? AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE END AT THE END OF THE DAY.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP US UP TO DATE AND WE'LL KEEP THEM UP TODAY IN OUR PROGRESS AND PROCESS.
WE PASSED A RESOLUTION EARLIER THIS EVENING THAT REGARDLESS OF HOW THIS DISTRICTING PROCESS TURNS OUT, THAT WE ARE COMMITTED AND WILL REMAIN COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING ALL OF THE CHILDREN IN THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.
SO I THINK THAT'S SENDS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE THAT WE CAN ALL HOOK OUR WAGONS TO AND THAT IT'S FOUNDATIONAL.
YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK AHEAD OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WITH THIS PROCESS OF DISTRIBUTING BASED ON THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT, IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE REMAIN FOCUSED ON ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND ALL OF THE SCHOOLS AND THOSE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES.
AND I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW.
I GUESS THE BIGGEST THING I WANTED TO SPEAK TONIGHT IS JUST SPEAKING OUT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW SOMETHING THAT WAS ON EVERYONE'S MIND THIS LAST WEEK AND THANKSGIVING IS COMING UP.
SOMETHING WE CAN'T BE THANKFUL FOR IS THE RETURN OF OUR TWO STUDENTS WHO RAN AWAY LAST WEEK.
THANKS TO EVERYONE I KNOW SOME FACES OUT THERE.
I SAW YOUR POST ON THE LVPD REPOSTED EVERYONE'S EFFORT AND THEIR EFFORT.
YOU KNOW, THESE KIDS ARE HOME SAFE NOW.
AND AS A PARENT THAT KIND OF REEVALUATE HOW YOU TREAT YOUR KIDS, HOW YOU TALK WITH YOUR KIDS AND WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IN LIFE.
SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT THOSE KIDS ARE HOME.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I KNOW WE PASSED IN THE CONSENT FOR [INAUDIBLE] TO GO TO SCIENCE CAMP.
MY DAUGHTER JUST CAME BACK FROM SCIENCE CAMP.
SHE SAID IT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT SO FAR OF HER SCHOOLING.
THANK YOU TO THE TEACHERS WHO TOOK PICS EVERY SINGLE DAY AND KEPT FORWARDING TO THEM.
MY DAUGHTER IS THE PICKIEST EATER.
I HAVE A 5TH GRADE GIRL AND SHE REALLY ONLY EATS CHICKEN NUGGETS AT HOME.
BUT SHE KEPT TALKING ABOUT HOW GOOD THE FOOD WAS THERE.
SHE SAID THAT I ATE A SALAD FOR THE FIRST TIME.
I THINK SHE LIKED THE FOOD SO MUCH BECAUSE WHEN SHE CAME HOME, SHE HAD ALL HER CLOTHES IN HER SUITCASE STILL FOLDED PERFECTLY, SO SHE NEVER CHANGED ONCE, KIND OF LIKE JIM AND CHUCK GOT TO GO ON SOME OF THE WALKS [INAUDIBLE] I JUST SEE SOME GREATNESS WITH THAT SCHOOL.
THAT VISION FROM MS. WANG IS NOT SO MUCH, JUST HER VISION AND THE NEU THAT SHE USES THE NEW NO EXCUSES UNIVERSITY.
IT'S REALLY HOW THE WHOLE STAFF AND ALL THE STUDENTS REALLY BUY INTO THAT VISION.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT WORK.
ALL THE STAFF CLASSIFIED AND TEACHERS AND STUDENTS REALLY ARE BUYING INTO THAT.
AND I EXPECT IN A YEAR OR TWO THOSE RESULTS ARE JUST GOING TO POP PROBABLY FASTER THAN MOST OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS OUT THERE.
SAN DIMAS HAS GOT TO LOOK AT AS WELL SOME GREAT THINGS FROM THE KIDS.
THEY WERE GIVING MEDICAL PRESENTATIONS ON BUSINESSES.
ASL KIDS WERE PAYING THEIR HANDS TO SHOW THE SYMBOLISM OF A CERTAIN WORD.
SOME KIDS ARE MAKING FRIED RICE THAT SMELLED PRETTY GOOD THERE, BUT IT WAS REALLY MOST IMPRESSED WITH WAS THE WELLNESS CENTER.
THERE WAS A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL, [INAUDIBLE], WHO WAS KIND OF SHOWING US
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AROUND.AND RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST A BUILDING WITH SOME WHITE WALLS AND A COUPLE OF DESKS, SO IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT INSTITUTIONALIZED.
BUT HE WAS HOPING TO GET SOME OF THAT ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND FROM [INAUDIBLE] MONEY TO REALLY PUT A VISION IN.
HE SEES KIDS MAKING MURALS AND MAKING IT THEIR OWN SPACE.
AND SO WHEN KIDS ARE REALLY IN THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND, THEY'RE BETTER ABLE TO LEARN.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT IN THE FUTURE.
YFAC? I KNOW SOME PEOPLE HERE KNOW WHAT YFAC IS IN LA VERNE YOUTH FAMILY ACTION COMMITTEE.
SOME BIG THINGS THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT TOO REALLY THINGS THAT CAME UP LAST MEETING.
ONE WAS WITH THE SRO AT BONITA JANESSA GONZALEZ.
WE GOT TO LEARN ABOUT HER EXTENSIVE TRAINING, HOW MUCH SHE GOES IN, GOES INTO THAT AND HOW I ONLY HEARD POSITIVE STORIES ABOUT HER FROM STUDENTS AND STAFF AND TEACHERS AS WELL.
WHAT I LEARNED DURING THAT AD HOC MEETING AND THAT MEETING IS SHE'S ABLE TO DO THIS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEN HER TERM'S UP AND IT'S REALLY UP TO HER IF SHE WANTS TO CONTINUE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TO GO BACK ON PATROL, SO I WENT TO TALK TO HER MYSELF.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO DO THIS AS LONG AS I CAN.
SO HAVING SOMEONE WITH THAT KIND OF BY IN WHO THE KIDS RESPECT AND WHO SHOWS LAW ENFORCEMENT IN A POSITIVE LIGHT.
WE ALSO GET COUNSELING SUPPORT.
WE DONATE MONEY TO TRI-CITIES TO GET SOME EXTRA COUNSELING SUPPORT IN THE DISTRICT.
WELL, I LEARNED FROM THEM IS IS LESS OF A NEED.
NOW I KNOW WE DID SUCH A GOOD JOB HIRING MORE PROFESSIONAL MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS THAT SOME OF THE NEED ISN'T THERE AS MUCH ANYMORE.
ONE THING I DID SEE SOME CONCERN WITH THAT.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIGURE OUT SOME MAGIC TO DO IS SOME SCHOOLS STILL WANTED THAT EXTRA HELP, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE SPACE FOR IT.
SO IF WE COULD MAGICALLY FIND SOME SPACES, I KNOW THAT COULD BE AN ISSUE.
BUT I THINK OUR KIDS MENTAL HEALTH REALLY DESERVES AT LEAST THAT EXTRA LOOK INTO IT.
AND FINALLY, I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BY ONE EVENT THAT JUST POPPED UP ON MY RADAR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND I LEARNED A LOT WITH THE SCHOOL BUS DRIVER APPRECIATION LUNCH DURING THE SCHOOL BUS SAFETY WEEK.
I WAS THERE, CARL WAS THERE, YOU KNOW, AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AND A SUPERINTENDENT, WE WERE LIKE, HEY, THAT'D BE COOL TO DRIVE A BUS, BUT WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO DRIVE THE BUS.
THERE'S SO MUCH THAT GOES INTO A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER GETTING THEIR LICENSE, SO THEY HAVE TO GET THAT SPECIAL LICENSE, GO TO THE DMV, GET THAT EXTRA CREDENTIAL, THE CERTIFICATE.
AFTER THAT, THEY HAVE TO GO DRIVE ALONG WITH THE CHP AND GET APPROVAL FROM THEM.
REMEMBER BEING 16, TRYING TO DRIVE WITH THE DMV PERSON NEXT TO ME I COULDN'T IMAGINE WITH A CHP OFFICER.
AFTER THAT, YOU GOT 30 MINUTES, HOW FAST THEY CAN DO THE SAFETY CHECKS BEFORE THEY CAN EVEN TURN THE BUS ON.
I DO HAVE APPRECIATION FOR THEM THAT I DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.
I THOUGHT WE COULD JUST KIND OF GET ANYONE OFF THE STREET TO DRIVE THE BUS BECAUSE I KNOW BUSSING WAS AN ISSUE BEFORE.
BUT THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES ON TO IT, SO BE GRATEFUL TO PUT THAT APPRECIATION OUT THERE.
I ENJOYED GOING TO TASTE OF LA VERNE THIS YEAR, AND IT WAS A LITTLE SURPRISING THAT THERE WAS NOT AS MANY RESTAURANTS AS I EXPECTED, AND WHEN YOU TALKED TO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE, THE RESTAURANTS COULDN'T FIND ENOUGH HELP TO COME TO AN EVENT LIKE THAT AND STILL KEEP THEIR BUSINESSES OPEN.
SO IF YOU CAN ALL SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS, THEY NEED AS MUCH AS THEY CAN SO THEY CAN KEEP EXPANDING THEIR STAFF.
AND IT ALSO IS THE FIRST TIME IN MY MEMORY THAT LA VERNE FIRE WAS AT TASTE LA VERNE, AND THAT WAS AN IMPRESSIVE SEEING COME IN.
THEY WERE ALL HAD THE RADIOS AND WE'RE LISTENING, BUT THEY WERE ALL THERE AND GOT TO MEET THE NEW FIRE CHIEF AND HOPEFULLY GOOD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT.
AND IT'S THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN OUR STUDENT REPS TALKED ABOUT THE PLAYOFFS IN CIF, AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO BRING THAT UP.
YOU KNOW, MY HOPE EVERY YEAR IS ONE OF THE SCHOOLS, HAS A CIF CHAMPION OR A STATE CHAMPION.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS SAN DIMAS CHEER A COUPLE OF YEARS HAS WON NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE THE MAJOR SPORTS, IT'S NOT THE FOOTBALL TEAMS OR BASEBALL TEAMS THAT MAKE THAT.
AND I THINK CHUCK WILL REMEMBER AND DEREK, YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN HERE A FEW YEARS AGO, THE VERY END OF THE YEAR.
OUR LAST PRESENTATION WAS A COUPLE OF SAN DIMAS SWIMMERS, ONE CIF, AND WE SAW A VIDEOS OF THAT WAS FOLLOWED UP BY BONITA IS FOUR BY 400 GIRLS RELAY TEAM THAT WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND THEY KIND OF CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.
THEY THEY WERE RANKED, BUT NOT THAT WELL.
AND TO WATCH THAT VIDEO, YOU ALMOST COULDN'T SEE THE SECOND PLACE TEAM IN THE VIDEO WHEN THEY WERE RUNNING.
SO WHEN IT COMES TIME, DON'T JUST GO TO THE FOOTBALL GAMES OR THE BASEBALL GAMES, THE BASKETBALL GAMES, BUT WATCH THE TRACK MEET OR A FIELD HOCKEY GAME OR A SWIM MEET OR SOMETHING SUPPORT ALL OUR KIDS.
AND FINALLY, ON THE 11TH IS VETERANS DAY, SO THANK A VETERAN, IF YOU CAN SUPPORT THEM, ACTUALLY IS 11-11 AT 11 A.M., WHICH WAS THE TIME THEY SIGNED THE WORLD WAR ONE ARMISTICE.
SO SAY THANK YOU TO A VETERAN.
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[APPLAUSE] I'M GOING TO SLIGHTLY PUT A PLUG IN HERE FOR SOMETHING.SOME OF THE COMMUNITY GROUPS IN SAN DIMAS AND DIAMOND BAR ARE PUTTING TOGETHER.
SOME OF OUR MILITARY FAMILIES SOMETIMES HAVE SOME STRUGGLES.
THEY SACRIFICE A LOT FOR OUR COUNTRY, BUT SOMETIMES THEIR FAMILIES HAVE TO SACRIFICE AS WELL.
ON NOVEMBER 10TH, THE YOUNG MARINES DIAMOND BAR, WOMEN'S CLUB SAN DIMAS ROTARY SAN DIMAS MASONIC LODGE THEY ARE HAVING A SPAGHETTI DINNER, AND THIS MONEY IS REALLY TO RAISE MONEY SO THAT OUR MARINES AT 29 PALMS CAN GET THEIR FAMILIES CAN GET BETTER CHRISTMAS GIFTS, AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEEDS.
AND I THINK THE SAN DIMAS ROTARY WAS TALKING ABOUT MAYBE PARTNERING WITH THEM.
SO I THINK A COUPLE OF ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO PROTECT US AND KEEP US SAFE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR FAMILIES TAKEN CARE OF.
SO IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THAT, PLEASE, YOU CAN TALK TO ME OR ANYONE IN ANY OF THOSE GROUPS.
THEY'D BE HAPPY TO TELL YOU HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT OUR MILITARY, AND IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE, ESPECIALLY WITH VETERANS DAY COMING UP.
THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO A SCHOOL AND GIVING KIDS AN EDUCATION AS A PARENT.
MY NUMBER ONE GOAL, I WANT MY KIDS TO BE ABLE TO READ AND WRITE WELL.
I WANT THEM TO STILL KEEP MY VALUES, NOT TO HAVE MY VALUES SUBVERTED.
I WANT FOR EVERYONE WHO GOES TO OUR SCHOOLS TO BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY.
AND ONE MORE THING AND I WISH CALIFORNIA MEASURED THIS.
I WOULD LIKE THEM TO GET A WELL-PAYING JOB WHEN THEY GRADUATE, WHETHER IT'S IN, YOU KNOW, BECOMING A CHIROPRACTOR OR IT'S BECOMING HAVING A TRADE SKILL TEACHER, NURSE, MY DAUGHTER WANTS TO BE A LAWYER.
BUT MY GOAL IS JUST TEACHING OUR KIDS.
WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF TEACHING OUR KIDS TO READ AND WRITE.
OUR RANKING ON READING IS AMAZING.
WE BEAT A LOT OF LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
WE'RE CURRENTLY COMPETING WITH ARCADIA AND WALNUT, SO WE'RE NAILING THE BASICS IN EDUCATION.
I'M HOPING WE CAN EXPAND THAT FURTHER, BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT'S REALLY WHAT SCHOOL IS ABOUT, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT OUR FOCUS IS ABOUT.
WE'RE TRYING TO HELP OUR KIDS LEARN, AND WE'RE TRYING TO HELP OUR KIDS EVENTUALLY LEAVE OUR HOUSES BECAUSE THEY'RE GAINFULLY EMPLOYED AND THEY CAN AFFORD A HOME IN CALIFORNIA.
[LAUGHTER] AND THAT'S I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW.
COUPLE OF THINGS I'D ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE E SPORTS THING.
THERE WAS A GIRL NOT TOO LONG AGO.
SHE WAS SAYING THERE WASN'T MUCH FOR STUDENTS WHO AREN'T EXCELLING AT ACADEMICS OR PHYSICAL SPORTS.
WHEN WE BRING THINGS LIKE E SPORTS, WE'RE KIND OF BROADENING THESE ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS BECAUSE ACTIVITIES ACTUALLY DO HELP WITH MENTAL HEALTH.
KIDS WHO ARE PLUGGED INTO PROGRAMS ACTUALLY FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEMSELVES.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE ALSO DOING IS PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT.
AND IT'S NOT JUST HELPING KIDS IN CRISIS, BUT IT'S GIVING THEM THINGS TO BELONG TO THAT THEY CAN PLUG INTO.
I GUESS IN THAT CASE, LITERALLY THAT CAN HELP THEM DO BETTER IN LIFE TO HAVE THAT FEELING OF PURPOSE, BELONGING, IDENTITY.
AND I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT OUR DISTRICT IS GOING IN THAT DIRECTION.
THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THAT WAS AN AMAZING PRESENTATION.
I DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT.
WAS IT 1938 INTERNATIONAL PICKUP TRUCK ON THE ROAD? OUR COMMUNITIES ARE DOING GREAT THINGS, AND I KNOW EVERYONE ALWAYS FOCUSES ON THE ONE OR TWO THINGS SACRAMENTO DOES, AND THAT'S ALWAYS THE REASON WHY PEOPLE COME HERE.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING LIKE, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS WE'RE DOING LOCALLY AND OUR KIDS ARE GETTING THE BENEFIT FOR THAT.
AND ONE LAST POINT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I DECIDED SEVERAL YEARS AGO THEY SAID, WE'RE IN A DROUGHT.
AND THEN THERE, LIKE, THE DROUGHT IS OVER.
THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO CHANGE THEIR MIND AGAIN.
BUT I WAS LIKE, OK, I CAN WATER MY PLANTS.
I PLANTED STUFF AND THEN THEY HIT ME WITH THIS FEE.
I GOT A VERY EXPENSIVE WATER BILL BECAUSE I INCREASED MY WATER USAGE.
THERE'S A REASON WHY I'M BRINGING THAT UP AS FRUSTRATED AS I WAS.
AND TRUST ME, IF YOU WERE MY NEIGHBOR, YOU HEARD THAT STORY LIKE AT LEAST FIVE TIMES BECAUSE IT WAS A LOT OF MONEY.
WE AS A BOARD CAN'T CHANGE WHAT THE WATER COMPANY DOES.
WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SAY, HEY, WHY DON'T YOU JUST CHARGE A FLAT RATE FOR WATER? AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THIS INCREASING METHOD, A FLAT RATE WOULD BE BETTER AND MORE JUST.
NO, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S OTHER VARIABLES IN IT.
IN THE SAME WAY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A VACCINE MANDATE, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MASK USAGE, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE OTHER THINGS.
THIS ISN'T SOMETHING SOURCED AT THE BOARD.
TO BE VERY FRANK WITH YOU, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S COMING FROM THE STATE
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GOVERNMENT.YES, THE BIGGER PICTURE IS THE BIGGER PICTURE COMPANY SAID THAT I WAS TICKED OFF, I COULD WRITE A PETITION.
THAT'S CALLED BEING A RESPONSIBLE ADULT IN THE SAME WAY AGAIN.
BY THE WAY, GUYS TAKE THE MASK OFF.
MA'AM, I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN.
MY STUDENTS, I TEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I DON'T HAVE TO TALK AND ASK THEM TO BE QUIET AS OFTEN, SO PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL.
RIGHT? PLEASE, CAN YOU LET ME SPEAK BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD TO SPEAK OVER PEOPLE.
I HONESTLY, IF THIS IS NOT NORMAL, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I USUALLY GO THROUGH WHERE PEOPLE SHOUT AT ME CONSISTENTLY AND I DON'T THINK I HONESTLY THINK YOU GUYS HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT ARE LEGITIMATE.
BUT HOW YOU'RE GOING ABOUT THIS, I'M SORRY, I DON'T THINK THIS IS PROPER.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO SPEAK TRUTH TO THAT.
[APPLAUSE] AND LET ME HOLD ON.
SO WHEN I GAVE MY WATER EXAMPLE AND AGAIN, THERE'S GREAT PEOPLE ON THE WATER BOARD, I DON'T I'M NOT CRITICIZING ANYONE, BUT THEY MADE THAT DECISION.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO AUTHORITY OVER WHAT THE WATER BOARD DOES, AND I'M JUST HONESTLY JUST SAYING HOW THE STRUCTURE IS SET UP.
IN THE SAME VEIN, IF SACRAMENTO, THE LEGISLATURE PASSES A BILL, A SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN'T OVERTURN THAT.
IF GOVERNOR NEWSOM PASSES AN EXECUTIVE ORDER.
MAYBE IT CAN GET OVERTURNED IN THE COURT.
WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO OVERTURN IT.
OFFICE AND THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION, IT DISAGREES.
BUT MY CONTENTION IS I'M NOT SAYING, DON'T SPEAK YOUR TRUTH.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT I WILL AGREE WITH YOU ON.
I AM IN NO WAY SAYING THAT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO SHOULDN'T BE DONE.
I WISH OUR GOVERNMENT CARED FOR BOTH SIDES.
HONESTLY, I USUALLY SEE ONE PARTY THING.
I WISH WE WOULD LOOK AT BOTH PARTIES AND THE IDEALS OF BOTH PARTIES.
I WISH WE HAD A GOOD ROOMMATE POLICY.
THAT BEING SAID, IF A GOVERNMENT AGENCY MAKES THAT POLICY AND THEY'RE A HIGHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY, LIKE IF SOMEONE INVADES IRAQ, WE CAN'T SAY, GET OUT OF IRAQ, WE PASS THE BOARD RESOLUTION.
OUR CONSTITUTION GUYS HAVE OPINIONS.
MY CONTENTION REALLY IS WE DON'T HAVE THE CONTROL FOR THE THING YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT.
YOU ARE PROTESTING IN THE WRONG SPOT, JUST LIKE.
SO THIS WAS MY PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'M SORRY I ENGAGED MORE THAN I SHOULD HAVE.
THE REASON WHY I DID, AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, PLEASE HEAR THE REASON WHY I'M TALKING TO YOU GUYS.
I'M TRYING TO TALK TO YOU GUYS AS PEOPLE.
I HOPE YOU CAN RESONATE WITH THAT.
AND THE REASON WHY I'M TRYING TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU IS WHEN I WAS IRRITATED WITH THE WATER COMPANY, IF I'D HAVE WENT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, LET ME FINISH MY POINT.
IF I'D HAVE WENT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND SAID MY WATER BILL IS TOO HIGH, THESE GUYS WOULD HAVE PROBABLY SAID, YEAH, MINE IS TOO.
WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
IF I WOULD GO TO THE WATER COMPANY AND SAY, HEY, MY WATER BILL IS TOO HIGH, THEY WOULD PROBABLY SAY, YEAH, SO WHAT? BUT IF MANY PEOPLE WENT TO THE GOVERNING AGENCIES THAT ACTUALLY MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO CHANGE HEARTS AND MINDS.
SO I HAVE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A COUPLE OF SCHOOL SITE VISITS, AND THAT IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF BEING ON THE BOARD, GETTING TO SEE THESE WONDERFUL TEACHERS WITH THE OUTSTANDING STUDENTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED AT EKSTRAND DEREK IS THAT YOUR DAUGHTER IS ON THE
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LEADERSHIP TEAM AND.SHE HAS HER EYES ON BEING A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, NOT JUST BEING AN ATTORNEY, SO KUDOS TO HER.
THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES OF ATTITUDE GOING ON AT SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL.
I REALLY LIKE THE INTENTIONAL AND MINDFUL DIRECTION THAT NEWISH PRINCIPAL AND HIS STAFF ARE TAKING THE SCHOOL.
I THINK IT'S CALLED SAINTS RESPECTING SAINTS, AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO ALSO PAY BIG DIVIDENDS DOWN THE ROAD AS FAR AS PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER AND BEING IN A COMMUNITY THAT RESPECTS AND WORKS WITH EACH OTHER.
GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE CIF TEAMS ON PLAYOFFS THIS FALL.
ANOTHER GREAT SEASON FOR ALL, AND IT'S THANKSGIVING THIS MONTH.
I THINK IF WE LOOK AROUND THE WORLD, THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES THAT HAVE NOWHERE NEAR THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO BE THANKFUL ABOUT.
I KNOW PERSONALLY, I'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS TO BE THANKFUL ABOUT THIS YEAR, AND SO I'M THANKFUL WE HAVE SUCH A WONDERFUL DISTRICT.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE INPUT FROM EVERYBODY.
WE WENT MANY, MANY YEARS WITHOUT HALF THIS NUMBER OF PEOPLE SHOWING UP, SO IT'S GOOD TO HAVE PUBLIC INPUT AND APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS.
LET'S ALL TRY AND, YOU KNOW, BE RESPECTFUL AS WE DO THIS AND WE'LL KEEP PROGRESSING TOGETHER AND WE'LL BE VENETIANS RESPECTING VENETIANS.
YOU KNOW, RUNNING A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S COMPLICATED ENOUGH.
AND I LOOK BACK ON MY TENURE, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC AND YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR IS THE 1100 PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE.
THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY GOOD DISTRICT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE TEACHERS AND THE STAFF, THEY CARE A GREAT DEAL ABOUT YOUR KIDS.
THIS IS AN AWARD WINNING DISTRICT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF AWARDS.
WE DON'T DO IT FOR THE AWARDS.
WE DO IT TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF DEREK IS TO PREPARE OUR STUDENTS THAT THEY CAN DO WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY WANT TO DO.
IF THEY WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE, WE'RE GOING TO HELP THEM GET THERE.
IF THEY WANT TO GO TO THE MILITARY WE'RE GOING TO HELP THEM GET THERE.
IF THEY WANT TO GO INTO THE WORKFORCE THAT'S OUR JOB IS TO PREPARE THEM FOR THAT.
AND SO I'M JUST EXTREMELY THANKFUL FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE STAFF HERE, THIS IS A VERY, VERY DEDICATED STAFF, YOU KNOW, WHO CARE A GREAT DEAL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE STUDENTS THAT GO HERE.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LATE EVENING, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE AND VALUE, YOU KNOW, THE INPUT.
AND WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS EXTEND ANOTHER INVITATION TO ALL OF YOU.
YOU KNOW, BOTH OUR HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS ARE PLAYING CIF.
BOTH ARE AT HOME ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
IF ANYBODY HERE'D LIKE TO GO TO THE GAME, YOU KNOW, AND CHEER ON THE SAINTS OR THE BEARCATS.
I'LL MAKE SURE I GET YOU ON THE GUEST PASS.
YOU KNOW, VERY MUCH LIKE, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO SEE JUST THE GREAT WORK THAT TAKES PLACE OUT THERE.
AND WE WISH THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO DEEP IN THE CIF PLAYOFFS AND, YOU KNOW, SINCERELY LIKE TO SEE YOU OUT THERE.
AND IF YOU CAN EMAIL ME OR STOP BY AND I'LL GET YOU, MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ON THE GUEST LIST.
WE WILL TAKE A WE'LL TAKE A QUICK FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
OK, WE WILL RECONVENE INTO SESSION AT 9:00 P.M..
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EIGHTEEN 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 NINE ZERO FIVE FIVE INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS MAY BE 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 MACDONALD, SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
ANY PERSON ADDRESSING THE BOARD SHOULD FIRST STATE THEIR NAME AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE DISTRICT.
WE WILL AGAIN BE LIMITING COMMENTS ON ANY SINGLE SUBJECT TO 20 MINUTES.
WE HAVE QUITE A NUMBER OF CARDS, PROBABLY MUCH MORE THAN 20 MINUTES WORTH, SO WE WILL SHUFFLE THESE CARDS OR I WILL SHUFFLE THE CARDS AND WE'LL TAKE THEM FROM THE [INAUDIBLE] YOU JUST TOLD THEM TO STAY HERE UNTIL ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED.
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[INAUDIBLE] YOU'RE ALL GETTING PAID TO BE HERE, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT BEING PAID TO BE HERE WERE SACRIFICING OUR TIME WITH OUR CHILDREN, OUR JOBS TO BE HERE, SOME OF US FLEW IN, SOME OF US TOOK A LEAVE OF ABSENCE WITHOUT PAY.SO WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE CARE.
OKAY WE'LL START WITH JENNIFER [INAUDIBLE].
[LAUGHTER] MY NAME IS JENNIFER COSTON.
I WAS A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER FOR EIGHT YEARS.
I AM NOW A MOTHER TO FOUR CHILDREN, TWO WHO ARE ENROLLED IN BONITA UNIFIED.
BONITA UNIFIED IS A GEM IT SHINES IN OUR GOLDEN STATE, ENSURING QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS.
WE LOVE OUR LOCAL SCHOOL, ITS TEACHERS AND ITS LEADERSHIP.
IT PAINS ME TO SEE A JEOPARDIZED AND SUBJECT TO OUR CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS.
WITH THE OCTOBER 1ST ANNOUNCEMENT BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM OF THE PENDING COVID 19 MANDATE, I REALIZED THAT THE TIME HAS COME FOR OUR DISTRICT TO SHINE AS A TRUE EXAMPLE TO OTHERS.
NEWSOM'S POWER PLAN TO DIVIDE AND OVERSTEP INTO PARENTAL DOMAIN EVEN WHEN HIS OWN DAUGHTER, AGE 12, HAS YET TO BE VACCINATED.
THE PURPOSE OF OUR TAXPAYER FUNDED PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS TO PARTNER WITH PARENTS.
THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT A STATE DOCTOR AND SHOULD NOT DICTATE PERSONAL MEDICAL DECISIONS.
THE COVID VACCINE FOR CHILDREN SHOULD BE A CHOICE AND NOT A PENDING POLICY THAT WILL COST STUDENTS ACCESS TO THEIR IN-PERSON EDUCATION.
OUR FAMILY PEDIATRICIAN SAID IT BEST.
IT IS PROBLEMATIC THAT POLICY IS ANNOUNCED BEFORE SCIENCE HAS EVEN DEMONSTRATED NECESSITY, EFFICACY AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, LONG TERM SAFETY FOR OUR CHILDREN.
I AM NOT A SCIENTIST OR A DOCTOR.
HOWEVER, IT TAKES NO SPECIALIST TO YIELD TO THE FACTS FACTS.
THERE IS NO LONG TERM DATA OR SUFFICIENT CLINICAL POPULATION TO DEMONSTRATE THE RISK OF THIS VACCINE.
THE FDA ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADMITTED IN THEIR OWN OCTOBER 26TH PANEL THAT THEY WILL NOT KNOW THE LONG TERM EFFECTS UNTIL IT IS WIDELY DISTRIBUTED TO OUR CHILDREN.
NEWS AND WORLD REPORT ARTICLE, DR.
VINAY PRASAD STATES FORCING KIDS TO GET A TWO DOSE VACCINE REGIMEN AND TAKING AWAY SCHOOL IF THEY DON'T COMPLY AS BAD POLICY, ACCORDING TO OUR DISTRICT'S OWN COVID DASHBOARD.
AS OF NOVEMBER 1ST, THERE HAVE BEEN MINIMAL CASES, ACCORDING TO THE BMJ ANINTERNATIONAL PEER REVIEWED MEDICAL JOURNAL.
COUNTRIES SUCH AS THE U.K., SWEDEN, ICELAND AND NORWAY HAVE SUSPENDED THE USE OF MRNA AND POPULATIONS UNDER 30 BECAUSE OF THE KNOWN RISKS OF MYOCARDITIS AND OTHER UNKNOWN LONG TERM EFFECTS.
ACCORDING TO JOHN HOPKINS HOSPITAL, THE STANDARD VACCINE DEVELOPMENT FROM TESTING, PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND MONITORING IS A MINIMUM OF FIVE TO TEN YEARS.
THIS CONSIDERED THE GOLD STANDARD IN OUR GOLDEN STATE.
IT SHOULD BE THE SAME FOR OUR GOLDEN DISTRICT.
GIVEN THESE FACTS FROM DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS, I'D LIKE TO PARTNER TWO OF MY SIMPLE MOM OBSERVATIONS.
NUMBER ONE, FOR EVERY REQUIRED VACCINE, YOU MUST HAVE AN INFORMED CONSENT BEFORE THE SHOT IN QUESTION IS ADMINISTERED TO YOUR CHILD.
HOW CAN OUR DISTRICT OR ANY OTHER THROUGHOUT THE STATE ASK US TO GIVE OUR INFORMED CONSENT WHEN WE DO NOT YET HAVE ALL OF THE NECESSARY INFORMATION.
NUMBER TWO, WHY WOULD WE, AS A COMMUNITY OR A STATE, SETTLE FOR ANYTHING LESS THAN THE GOLD STANDARD FOR OUR CHILDREN? HISTORICALLY, BONITA HAS BEEN AN EXAMPLE OF PROGRESS AND PARTNERSHIP, NOT FEAR AND FORCE.
IT SHOULD SUPPORT PARENTS WHO CHOOSE TO GIVE THEIR CHILDREN THE VACCINE AND SUPPORT THE PARENTS WHO DO NOT.
JUST AS WE SUPPORT THIS DISTRICT BY ENTRUSTING OUR TAX DOLLARS OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, WE HOPE THAT THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS DISTRICT WILL SUPPORT US BY MAKING THIS VACCINE A CHOICE AND NOT COST OUR CHILDREN THEIR EDUCATION.
[APPLAUSE] WE PARENTS ARE NOT GOING AWAY.
WE NEED REPRESENTATION ON THIS SCHOOL BOARD WHO SUPPORT THE PARENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY.
WE NEED TO KNOW THAT EACH OF YOU STAND WHERE EACH OF YOU STAND ON THESE HOT TOPIC ITEMS SO THAT WE CAN ASSURE THAT WE ARE REPRESENTED.
I AM SO RELIEVED THAT PARENTS HAVE WOKEN UP ACROSS THIS COUNTRY TO SEE THE IMBALANCE THAT COMPLACENCY AND MISGUIDED TRUST HAS RESULTED IN SOMEWHERE IN THIS PANDEMIC JOURNEY.
GOVERNMENT HAS FORGOTTEN ITS PLACE.
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WE, THE PEOPLE, ARE YOUR BOSS.OUR CONSTITUTION MAKES THAT VERY CLEAR.
WE HAVE GOD GIVEN RIGHTS OVER OUR BODIES AND THE BODIES OF OUR CHILDREN.
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND MANY SCHOOL BOARDS ACROSS THE NATION HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY HAVE FORGOTTEN WHO CARRIES THAT BURDEN OF RESPONSIBILITY.
OUR CONSTITUTION MAKES IT VERY CLEAR.
PLEASE LET ME REMIND YOU, GOD PLACES CHILDREN UNDER THE CARE AND PROTECTION OF THEIR PARENTS.
YOU ARE RELIEVED OF THAT DUTY.
WE ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT THE PARENTS AND PUSH BACK WHEREVER YOU CAN LEGALLY.
WE NEED FOR YOU TO PUT THE HOT TOPICS FACING PARENTS ON THE AGENDA AT EACH MEETING SO THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DIALOG WITH YOU.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IT TAKES TWO BOARD MEMBERS TO HAVE A TOPIC PLACED ON THE AGENDA.
I SUGGEST THAT TWO THAT THE TWO MEMBERS THAT ARE UP FOR REELECTION START PUTTING THOSE TOPICS ON THE AGENDA SO WE CAN HEAR YOUR VIEWPOINTS.
THAT WOULD BE YOU, DEREK AND YOU.
WHAT WAS IT, DEREK AND CHUCK? YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE UP FOR THE NEXT REELECTION.
YOU'RE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, SO SHOW US THAT YOU ARE UP FOR THE DIFFICULT JOB OF ADVOCATING FOR US.
THE THE SIT OUT WAS JUST A START.
THANK YOU, MOMS ON THE GROUND FOR COORDINATING.
OUR DISTRICT HAD 20 PERCENT PARTICIPATION IN THE SIT OUT, NOT TWO PERCENT, LIKE SOME OF THE LIBERAL NEWS TRIED TO STATE WE AS A DISTRICT, WE WERE ON THE NEWS ALL DAY.
NOW THAT THE EMERGENCY USE HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR KIDS FIVE TO ELEVEN, WATCH HOW PARENTS IN OUR DISTRICT PARTICIPATE IN OUR NEXT SIT OUT.
YOU NEED TO BE MORE AFRAID OF LOSING PARENT TAX DOLLARS THAN BEING FINED FOR NOT COMPLYING WITH RADICAL MANDATES.
JUST LAST WEEK, THIS DISTRICT ALLOWED A NEW MANDATE IN OUR DISTRICT THAT NO LONGER WILL ALLOW UNVACCINATED PARENTS TO BE ON CAMPUS FOR ANY SCHOOL BUSINESS OR VOLUNTEER POSITIONS.
YOU CROSSED A LINE WITH THAT ONE BIG TIME.
NOW YOU HAVE NOW LEARNED THAT WE HAVE PRESS CONTACTS.
WE'RE NOT AFRAID OR INTIMIDATED.
AND WE WILL TAKE ALL LEGAL STEPS NECESSARY TO PUT THINGS BACK IN THEIR PROPER ORDER.
I PROPOSE THE NEXT SIT OUT BEFORE ONE WEEK.
PERHAPS WHEN YOU SEE THE LOST DOLLARS, IT WILL IT.
IT WILL GIVE YOU THE MOTIVATION TO GIVE THE PROPER PUSHBACK THAT WE ARE REQUIRING OF YOU.
I WILL NOT GET THESE GIRLS VACCINATED.
NUMBER ONE, SHE GOT VACCINATED ON HPV HAS SHAKING NOW.
SOMETIMES SHE HAS LIKE A TOURETTE SYNDROME.
HER BROTHER, THE SAME THING CHRISTOPHER STARTED IN KINDERGARTEN HERE IS GRADUATING THIS YEAR.
TOURETTE'S, BECAUSE I BELIEVE FROM THE HPV VACCINE.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, SHE IS A JUNIOR OLYMPIAN.
SHE'S BEEN TO THE INTERNATIONAL GAME.
SHE'S RANKED NUMBER TWO IN HURDLES IN THIS NATION.
THIS IS JUST A SAMPLING OF HER MEDALS.
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, I HAVE PICTURES.
SHE'S BEEN A STRAIGHT-A STUDENT SINCE ROYNON, AND SHE'S GOT ONE B-PLUS IN HER LIFE AND IT WAS IN PUBLIC SPEAKING OR SOMETHING CRAZY LIKE THAT.
I HAVE A PROOF OF HER REPORT CARD STRAIGHT A'S.
HERE'S HER ON THE COVER OF A BROCHURE FOR THE JUNIOR OLYMPICS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BIG DEAL IS.
WE HAVE A CONSTITUTION IN THIS UNITED STATES THAT TRUMPS ALL OTHERS.
WE HAVE FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND MY RELIGION DOES NOT MANDATE OR REQUIRE THIS.
WE NEED MORE JESUS IN THIS COUNTRY IS WHAT WE NEED NOW.
I DECIDE, WELL, GOSH, I'M GOING TO RUN OUT OF TIME NOW HERE, OK? AS FAR AS LET ME SEE HERE HERE, IT'S NOT TESTED.
WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR PEOPLE WHO ARE STANDING UP AGAINST THIS APPLE VALLEY LAUSD.
WE CANNOT LET THEM STAND ALONE LIKE ARIZONA DID FOR US IN THIS LAST ELECTION.
EVEN BEN CARSON AND HE WAS A PEDIATRICIAN, NOT A PEDIATRICIAN.
BUT HE SAID THAT IT WAS A ZERO POINT TWO FIVE PERCENT DEATH RATE FOR AGES FIVE TO ELEVEN YEARS OLD OF COVID.
OK, THAT'S NOT EVEN ONE PERCENT NOTHING.
AND COINCIDENTALLY, IT'S THE SAME RATE AS A SEASONAL FLU.
WE HAVE NO MIDTERM, NO LONG TERM RISK HAVE BEEN THINGS HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED.
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I SPENT MORE TIME IN THE HOSPITAL FROM AN INFECTION, FROM THIS MASK ON MY NOSE THAN I DID FOR COVID ZERO DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR COVID TWO VISITS AND ANTIBIOTICS FOR AN INFECTION FROM A MASK.OK, I WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY YOU'RE GETTING TO KEEP OUR KIDS MASKED.
A VACCINE WILL ACTUALLY STOP SOMETHING.
THIS IS NOT STOPPING ANYTHING HERE.
I KNEW THE NEWS WAS GOING TO TAKE IT DOWN, SO I PRINTED IT.
LA COUNTY 20 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE FULLY VACCINATED HAD COVID.
WE CANNOT MANDATE THIS STRAIGHT-A STUDENT.
HOW IS SHE GOING TO GET ANY RECOGNITION FOR COLLEGES RANKED NUMBER TWO IN THE NATION FOR HURDLES? RANKED NUMBER SIX FOR I MEAN, FOR HER PENTATHLON SINCE EIGHT YEARS OLD.
YOU TELL ME IF I PULL HER OUT OF SCHOOL, HOW IS SHE GOING TO BE A STRAIGHT-A STUDENT IN ADVANCED MATH ADVANCED PLACEMENT RIGHT NOW? HOW IS SHE GOING TO GET THAT? SHE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN, TOO, ON TOP OF IT ALL.
YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THIS.
IT'S ANOTHER FORM OF DISCRIMINATION.
WHY AREN'T PEOPLE ALLOWED TO VACCINATED, NOT REQUIRED TO GO TO SCHOOL? I MEAN, DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO DO NOT ARE WEARING MASKS.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY CRAZY THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD BE NASAL SWAB TO GO TO SCHOOL, NOT JUST THE UNVACCINATED, [INAUDIBLE].
GOOD EVENING, CARL BOARD MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS KRISTA CHAKMAK, AND I'M A PREVIOUS BOARD MEMBER, LA VERNE RESIDENT AND PARENT TO TWO BOYS UNENROLLED IN ROYNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WHEN I SAT UP THERE, I ALWAYS SPOKE MY TRUTH.
THE COMMUNITY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT I STOOD FOR, WHAT I WAS ADVOCATING FOR.
I WAS TRANSPARENT AND CLEAR WITH MY WORDS BECAUSE I LIVED THEM.
YOU ARE ALSO TRANSPARENT THROUGH YOUR LACK OF VOICE ACTION AND OBVIOUS AVOIDANCE.
YOUR YOU'VE CLEARLY FORGOTTEN WHO YOU REPRESENT AND WHO YOU WORK FOR.
WE FIND OURSELVES IN VERY CHALLENGING CLIMATE.
IT'S FAR FROM EASY AND OBVIOUSLY MY SOUL COULDN'T TAKE IT.
THE SUPPORTING OF MASKING VACCINES, EXCESSIVE COVID TESTING, REMOVING PARENTAL CHOICE, CRT FAR LEFT IDEOLOGIES BEING PROPAGATED IN THIS DISTRICT.
THE INDOCTRINATION OF OUR CHILDREN UNDER THE GUISE OF HEALTH, SAFETY, EQUITY, SOCIAL JUSTICE.
BUT YOU, OUR LEADERS, CONTINUE TO SIT UP THERE CELEBRATING SPORTS AND EVENTS, SCIENCE CAMP.
GREG, I'M GLAD YOUR DAUGHTER HAD A NICE LUNCH.
I FEED MINE EVERY DAY BECAUSE THEY'RE AT HOME WITH ME, SO I'M SORRY.
I DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT DOING WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING.
SO ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR EVERY DAY KNOWING THAT YOU ARE COMPLIANT WITH MANDATING THIS PFIZER INJECTION INTO OUR CHILDREN? NOT BECAUSE SCIENCE TELLS US TO.
NOT BECAUSE OUR CHILDREN ARE DYING FROM COVID.
NOT EVEN BECAUSE OUR CHILDREN ARE KNOWN SPREADERS OF COVID, BUT BECAUSE OUR GOVERNOR IS FUNDED BY BIG FARM.
IN CASE YOU'RE MISSING THIS, LET ME EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO YOU.
THE SAME INJECTION APPROVED FOR OUR CHILDREN GAVE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ON BEHALF OF OF OUR GOVERNOR TO NONPROFIT DURING HIS RECALL EFFORT.
AMONG HIS LARGE DONORS INCLUDE FACEBOOK, BLUE SHIELD AND KAISER.
IMAGINE THAT THIS SHOULD CONCERN YOU.
YOU HAVE BEEN CONVINCED THROUGH MONEY THAT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THESE MANDATES RECEIVING MILLIONS FROM OUR GOVERNMENT IN EXCHANGE FOR OUR CHILDREN'S BODIES THAT WILL NEVER BE OK WITH ME.
AND YOU SHOULD BE STATING THAT EVERY MONTH THAT YOU SIT UP HERE, THAT IT'S WRONG, BUT INSTEAD YOU TELL US ABOUT EVENTS THAT WE DON'T CARE ABOUT.
OUR KIDS ARE HURTING, CREATING RESOLUTIONS TO PROTECT OUR RIGHTS AND OUR CHILDREN SHOULD BE YOUR PRIORITY, NOT GOING TO THE TASTE OF LA VERNE.
FIGHT FOR MY CHILDREN THAT ARE AT HOME SUFFERING.
ON OCTOBER 18TH, APPROXIMATELY NINETEEN HUNDRED OF YOUR STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN A STATEWIDE SIT OUT.
THAT'S 20 PERCENT OF YOUR CUSTOMERS.
I SAID WE WERE OUT THERE UNLESS I'M WRONG.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF YOU OUT THERE.
A LARGE GROUP SAT OUT THERE AND YOU DID NOTHING.
IF 20 PERCENT OF MY CLIENTS WERE THAT UPSET AND SAT OUTSIDE MY BUSINESS, I WOULD BE TALKING TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
SO IF I'M WRONG, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME.
I ALSO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT I WILL EMAIL ALL OF THEM TO YOU.
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BUT PLEASE START FIGHTING FOR OUR KIDS.ADRIAN AND I CAN'T QUITE MAKE OUT THE LAST.
GOOD EVENING, OR IS IT EVENING STILL I THINK SO.
MY NAME IS ADRIENNE EWERS AND I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE OR LISTENING TONIGHT TO URGE THIS DISTRICT AND THIS COMMUNITY TO BE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO BE UNIFIED AGAIN.
IT'S BEEN SO HEAVY ON MY HEART FOR MANY MONTHS THAT WE, ALONG WITH THE REST OF THIS COUNTRY, HAVE SOMEHOW LOST OUR WAY.
THERE IS A CLEAR DIVISION, AND WHILE I SEE HOW IT HAS AFFECTED SO MANY RELATIONSHIPS IN MY OWN ADULT CIRCLE, CAN YOU IMAGINE THE EFFECT THAT IS HAVING ON OUR CHILDREN WHO ARE WATCHING AND LEARNING FROM US? I KNOW THE TOPIC OF VACCINE MANDATES FOR OUR CHILDREN IS ON THE FOREFRONT OF EVERYONE'S MIND.
I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE BOARD WILL NOT PUT THIS TOPIC ON THE AGENDA UNTIL YOU FEEL IT IS RELEVANT.
THAT SAID, I SINCERELY HOPE THIS DOESN'T MEAN OUR LEADERS ARE WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO BE FINAL TO BEGIN THE CONVERSATION ON HOW OUR DISTRICT MIGHT RESPOND TO THIS VERY LIKELY DIRECTIVE.
IN DOING SO, IT SENDS A MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE REACTIVE AS OPPOSED TO PROACTIVE, AND IT JUST CANNOT BE THIS WAY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CHILDREN.
I PRAY THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE WILL SEE LESS OF AN EMPHASIS ON THE VACCINATED STUDENTS VERSUS THE UNVACCINATED STUDENTS.
UP UNTIL THIS POINT, IT HAS BEEN DISHEARTENING TO WITNESS THE DIFFERENT SET OF RULES FOR THESE TWO RESPECTIVE GROUPS.
I COULD UNDERSTAND THINGS WOULD HAVE TO BE THIS WAY IF THOSE VACCINATED CHILDREN COULD NOT CATCH AND SPREAD THE VIRUS.
BUT WE HAVE SEEN ENOUGH THAT THIS IS NOT THE CASE.
IT'S NO LONGER A STRETCH TO SAY ASYMPTOMATIC VACCINATED CHILDREN COULD ALSO BE SPREADERS.
SO TO CONSISTENTLY ACQUIESCE TO THE RULES THAT ARE BEING HANDED DOWN AT THE COST OF FORCING SOME FAMILIES TO MAKE DECISIONS THEY MAY NOT BE COMFORTABLE WITH SO THAT THEIR KIDS CAN STAY IN SCHOOL.
THEY ARE ULTIMATUMS, AND THEY NO LONGER MAKE SENSE TO AID IN COMBATING THE VIRUS IN OUR SCHOOLS.
I DO KNOW THERE ARE DISTRICTS WHERE THE LEADERS, PARENTS AND STAFF HAVE COME TOGETHER TO PROBLEM SOLVE TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.
THERE WAS A DISTRICT IN ORANGE COUNTY, LOS ALAMITOS, THAT MANAGED TO SAFELY MAINTAIN IN-PERSON LEARNING THE MAJORITY OF THE PANDEMIC WHILE OUR STUDENTS STAYED HOME ON REMOTE LEARNING.
I WAS ABLE TO GET THE PLAYBOOK ON HOW THEY MADE THIS HAPPEN.
AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I MADE MENTION OF THIS AT A MEETING AND PASSED THIS INFORMATION ALONG, BUT WAS TOLD EVERY DISTRICT IS DOING THEIR BEST.
WELL, HOW CAN WE BE THE NEXT LOS ALAMITOS OR HOW CAN WE BE APPLE VALLEY DISTRICT, WHERE THEIR FAMILIES KNOW WHERE THEY STAND RIGHT NOW TODAY, BEFORE ANYTHING HAS BEEN MADE FINAL, THEY HAVE SAID NO.
IT IS TIME FOR PARENTS, LEADERS AND STAFF IN THIS COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER TO ENABLE A NEW GENERATION OF YOUNG MINDS THROUGH OUR EXAMPLE, TO HAVE THE SKILL SETS TO WORK TOGETHER.
RESPECTS THE DECISIONS EACH PERSON MAKES FOR THEMSELVES AND LOVING EACH OTHER ALL THE WHILE, BONITA WE CAN AND WE HAVE GOT TO DO BETTER.
PLEASE PUT AN END TO THIS DIVISIVENESS.
LET FAMILIES MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES.
[APPLAUSE] BUT CYNTHIA, ARE YOU SPEAKING ON YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW WHO I AM.
I CAN BRING HARRIET REID HERE TO TALK TO EVERYBODY IF WE WANT TO HAVE A SEPARATE MEETING ON CRT.
SHE WAS ACTUALLY THE LEADER AT LOS ALAMITOS SCHOOL BOARD TO ACTUALLY FIGHT AGAINST CRT THERE.
AND SHE'S AN EXCELLENT SPEAKER ONE.
AND THEN AND THEN ALSO AGAIN, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO OFFER THAT MY FAMILY WILL BUY COPIES OF THE MINI CONSTITUTION FOR EVERY STUDENT HERE IN THE DISTRICT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE NEED TO START EXTENDING OUR TIME TO SPEAK TO AT LEAST FORTY FIVE MINUTES.
WHY DID YOU GUYS GIVE ME SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT? DEREK, I'LL START WITH YOU.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH YOUR DEAD GRASS.
NOW YOU CAN IMAGINE WHY THE PARENTS ARE UPSET BECAUSE IT WAS JUST A DEAD GRASS AND YOU'RE HOLDING IT STILL AND IT'S OUR KIDS WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR.
IF YOU GUYS ARE SCARED, YOU CANNOT FIGHT THIS.
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RESIGN.SOMEBODY ELSE WILL STEP IN AND FIGHT FOR THE CITY.
IF YOU CANNOT DEAL WITH IT, STEP AWAY THEN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING IN THE MONEY FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT BECAUSE WE DON'T SPEAK ABOUT IT.
WE HAD A LOT OF KIDS WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE LAST YEAR, SO THANK GOD FOR THAT AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BRINGING THAT IN.
CRT MATT, I WILL BRING TO YOU WHEN YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT SEX ED AND YOU CAME UP AND YOU SAID A THIRD PARTY AND THERE'S A COPYRIGHT ISSUE, SO YOU HAVE TO COME INTO THE OFFICE AND CHECK OUT THE MATERIAL.
WE CHECKED OUT THE MATERIAL FOR SEVENTH GRADER.
IT INCLUDED ANAL SEX MOUTH GUARD THINGS THAT WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT OVER HERE.
I WANT THAT TO BE TRANSPARENT.
KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO GO TO YOUR OFFICE AND WATCH IT.
WE WANT IT ONLINE SO WE CAN LOOK AT IT IF YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO PASS IT.
FOURTH THING IS THAT THIS CVRA ISSUE, IT'S GOING.
ONCE YOU GO INTO THAT MUD, YOU'LL COME OUT DIRTY.
IF YOU CANNOT AGAIN STAND UP FOR IT.
IF YOU CANNOT STAND UP AGAINST IT, YOU'RE SCARED TO DO THAT.
RESIGN, SOMEBODY ELSE WILL FIGHT.
YOU GUYS FOUGHT FOR THE POSITION YOU ARE IN.
DON'T TELL US THAT YOU CANNOT FIGHT OR YOUR HANDS ARE TIED.
IT'S A FREE COUNTRY, AND IF YOU ARE NOT THERE TO FIGHT FOR WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE IN THIS POSITION, YOU DO NOT BELONG HERE.
SO I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANY OF YOU SAY THAT OUR HANDS ARE TIED.
NO, WE DID NOT ELECT A WATER COMPANY PEOPLE, WE ELECTED.
YOU GUYS, IF YOU CANNOT DO IT, DON'T BE HERE.
IF YOU CAN'T DO IT, WE WILL STAND BY YOU BEHIND YOU UP TILL THE END AND WE ARE THERE.
THE CITY IS GOING TO BE BEHIND YOU AND WE'LL RALLY YOU.
AND IF ANYTHING HAPPENS, WE ARE GOING TO SUPPORT YOU, BUT NOT BY YOU GUYS COMING AND TELLING US YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT IF YOU'RE THAT HELPLESS.
OK, MONEY, AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU HAVE GOT.
YOU SHOULD TRY TO BRING IN CODING.
A SECOND LANGUAGE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LABS, CHEMISTRY LABS, PHYSICS LABS, NOT THE STUPID ISSUES LIKE SEX ED AND CRT TO DIVIDE THIS WHOLE THING.
DON'T DON'T FALL INTO THIS WHATEVER WE ARE GOING INTO.
IF YOU CAN'T STAND DOWN, WE WILL THANK YOU.
HI, MY NAME IS ABBY DUNCAN AND THE MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN ENROLLED IN BONITA SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS ONE WORD.
THERE EXISTS DATA ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TOPICS FOR MANDATED VACCINES AND CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
AS A PARENT, IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO NURTURE AND PROTECT MY CHILDREN.
IT IS NOT THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MANDATE ON WHAT IS TO BE INJECTED INTO MY CHILD.
NOR IS IT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DISTRICT OR THE GOVERNMENT TO MANIPULATE AND INDOCTRINATE THE HISTORY OR CURRICULUM PRESENTED WITH THE INTENT TO DISMISS AND SHAME OUR CHILDREN.
I DO NOT HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, BUT AS A MOTHER AND PARENT, I WILL CONTINUE TO EXERCISE MY RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE PROTECTION AND GUIDANCE OF MY CHILDREN.
YES, IT DOES TAKE A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD.
HOWEVER, WHEN FORCED MANDATES AND POLITICAL AGENDAS ARE FORCED UPON OUR CHILDREN, I STAND TALL AND SHOUT LOUDLY, NO, I END WITH ONE QUESTION.
WHAT ARE YOU AS A BOARD DOING TO SUPPORT AND RESTORE PARENTAL CHOICE? THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE] WE HAVE WE HAVE A LOT OF CARDS THAT WE STILL NEED TO GET THROUGH.
AND SO IF YOU ALL HAVE THE PATIENCE, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND LET EVERYONE SPEAK TONIGHT.
NEXT WOULD BE [INAUDIBLE] EXCUSE ME, MY PRONOUNCE PRONUNCIATION HERE.
WAS THAT ANYWHERE CLOSE? THANK YOU.
I HAVE THREE CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT, A MIDDLE SCHOOLER AND TWO ELEMENTARY AGED CHILDREN.
BUT I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT FROM MY HEART.
I HAVE A CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT, AND SO THE ISSUE OF VACCINATION HITS VERY CLOSE TO HOME FOR ME BECAUSE THERE IS STRONG EVIDENCE THAT VACCINATING CHILDREN CAUSES
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MYOCARDITIS AND PERICARDITIS.I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU AS A FORMER TEACHER.
I WAS A SOCIAL SCIENCE TEACHER IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, IN SECONDARY SOCIAL SCIENCES FOR 10 YEARS.
I TAUGHT ECONOMICS AND GOVERNMENT, AND WHEN I TAUGHT, I TAUGHT ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION, NAMELY THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS THAT WE ALL HAVE.
AND ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T PREPARE A WRITTEN SPEECH FOR YOU, I'VE BEEN LISTENING VERY EARNESTLY AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WHERE WE ARE ENCROACHING ON THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS, IT BREAKS MY HEART.
I WILL NOT ALLOW MY CHILDREN TO BE VACCINATED.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT IS WITHIN THE REACH OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DO SO TO FORCE ANY TYPE OF MANDATES.
AND WHAT I DID LAST YEAR IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
I HAVE A CHILD THAT RECEIVES SPECIAL SERVICES FOR SPEECH, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND RECEIVES OTHER SERVICES.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING IS RIGHT.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE SCHOOL SHOULD BE ABLE TO DICTATE THIS TO PARENTS.
AND ESPECIALLY, I'M GOING TO SPEAK NOW DIRECTLY FROM MY HEART FOR ALL OF THE PARENTS THAT HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT PARENTS THINK THAT THEY HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO UNENROLL STUDENTS AND DO THIS ON THEIR OWN.
I HAVE AN ARMY BEHIND ME THAT I KNOW IS GOING TO UNENROLL THEIR CHILDREN IF THIS MANDATE PASSES, AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU SHOULD LOOK IN YOUR HEARTS.
AND STAND TALL AND STAND UNITED WITH US BECAUSE THIS IS BREAKING MY HEART, IT IS BREAKING THE HEARTS OF A LOT OF THE MOTHERS IN THIS ROOM THAT WE CANNOT BE MORE UNITED AS A PEOPLE AND STAND TOGETHER.
AND NOT ALLOW THIS DISTRICT TO PASS A MANDATE THAT WOULD FORCE PARENTS NOT TO BE IN CONTROL OF WHAT IS BEST FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
OK, I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE JEFF.
WELL, IT'S APPARENT TO ME WE GOT A LOT OF MAMA BEARS OUT HERE, AND A SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO HAVE YOUR NEXT MEETING ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL GYMS WHERE IT CAN ACCOMMODATE EVERYBODY TO SIT INSIDE.
SO MAYBE YOU COULD THINK ABOUT THAT AND AND CONSIDER THAT I WON'T TAKE UP THE WHOLE THREE MINUTES, BUT I KNOW THAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW BECAUSE THEY KEEP THIS STUFF SECRET, SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND U.S.
I WON'T ASK YOU TO STICK YOUR HANDS UP.
CONGRESS, NANCY PELOSI AND HER CROWD, THEY'RE EXEMPT.
THE FEDERAL JUDGES ARE EXEMPT.
I SAW IN THE PAPER, I MEAN, ON THE NEWS TODAY, THE CHICAGO POLICE WHO'S GOING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF GUYS LADIES DON'T HAVE IT THERE.
THEY JUST WANT A COURT BATTLE TODAY WHERE THEY CAN'T ENFORCE IT.
THEY HAVE A CRAZY MAYOR, THEY'VE GOT TO KIND OF FORCE IT AND RUIN THAT CITY.
APPROVED PFIZER VACCINE FOR [INAUDIBLE] 11 YEAR OLD.
AND SO THINK IN YOUR HEART BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DO, YOU KNOW, PASS THIS THING AND YOU AND I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE IN 2022 DECEMBER, THEY'RE BOARD IS UP A COUPLE OF TWENTY TWENTY FOUR.
I DON'T KNOW THEM ALL, BUT YOU WILL CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, BE VOTED OUT IF WE DON'T HAVE THIS BECAUSE IT'S.
AND ASK YOUR POSTAL CARRIER IF THEY'VE TAKEN IT.
I'VE TALKED TO MINE THE LADY, SHE SAID.
SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE GOVERNMENT AND YOU MUST KNOW THEY EMBELLISH THE COVID CASES.
NURSE HERE AT POMONA VALLEY AND EVERYBODY THAT DIES IN THERE, WHETHER IT'S A MURDER, TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AND HEART ATTACK STROKE.
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THEY DIED OF COVID BECAUSE THEY GET THIRTY NINE THOUSAND SOME ODD DOLLARS.THERE'S A LOT OF LIARS OUT THERE, SO YOU CAN DETERMINE THE TRUTH BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE READ IN L.A.
THEY LOST TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND STUDENTS THIS YEAR.
THAT'S A LOT OF TEACHERS LOST THEIR JOB.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OUR DISTRICT IS DOWN HERE.
I SAW LAST MONTH WHERE THEY WERE RATED NUMBER ONE COALITION FOR READING OR SOMETHING, AND THAT'S GREAT NEWS.
AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF YOUR PERSONAL ISSUES, BUT WE'RE NOT HERE TO HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE TO, YOU KNOW, GO TO BAT FOR ALL THESE MAMA BEARS BECAUSE IF IT DOESN'T GET BETTER, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TEN TIMES AS MANY PEOPLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEN WE'VE GOT A TOXIC ENVIRONMENT AND WE DON'T WANT THAT.
SO DO THE BEST YOU CAN WHENEVER THIS MANDATE COMES DOWN TO YOU GUYS, BECAUSE MAYBE YOU KNOW OR NOT.
BUT YOU KNOW, GOVERNOR NEWSOM, HE'S GOT NEW RULES ON CONDOMS, WHEN AND WHEN YOU CAN AND CAN'T AND THE RULES.
GOVERNOR NEWSOM, THE STATE COMING DOWN FROM THE STATE.
SOME OF THE SILLY THINGS HE'S GOT DONE.
GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS JEREMY CLARK, AND I'M A FATHER OF THREE BOYS THAT ARE IN THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU.
AS STATED EARLIER, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE IN A POSITION TO MAKE DECISIONS ON VACCINE MANDATES, BUT YOU ARE THE BOARD OF FOR THIS DISTRICT.
SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO TALK TO.
YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO MAKE SOME CHANGES AND DO SOME STUFF, AND I EXPECT THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL DO.
I ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO REQUIRE A VACCINE MANDATE FOR STUDENTS WHILE WE PROVIDE FREEDOM FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO TAKE THE VACCINE.
WE SHOULD ALSO BE PROVIDING THE FREEDOM FOR THOSE TO CHOOSE NOT TO.
AND IN MY CASE, MY FAMILY, MY ENTIRE FAMILY HAS HAD COVID AND IT'S ACTUALLY A BLESSING, WHICH SOUNDS KIND OF STRANGE, BUT I NO LONGER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT COVID IS GOING TO DO.
THE ENTIRE FAMILY HAS EXPERIENCED IT.
IT WAS NOT BAD IF I HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN TAKING GETTING COVID AGAIN AND INJECTING A VACCINE INTO MY NINE YEAR OLD.
THAT'S THE DECISION I GET TO MAKE AS A PARENT, AS A FATHER.
IF YOU MAKE A VACCINE MANDATE THAT LIMITS MY STUDENTS OR MY MY SON'S ABILITY TO ATTEND YOUR SCHOOL, IN FACE TO FACE THAT I WILL VERY EASILY TAKE THEM OUT.
WE DID IT LAST YEAR, TWO OF THE KIDS WERE AT HOME.
I HAVE A WONDERFUL WIFE WHO WENT THROUGH AND DID HOME SCHOOLING WITH THEM.
WE PUT THEM BACK IN THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY WERE ALLOWED TO BE IN FACE TO FACE.
IF I HAVE TO TAKE THEM OUT AGAIN, I WILL.
IT'S NOT A DECISION I WANT TO HAVE TO MAKE, BUT IT'S A DECISION I WILL.
I'M LOOKING FOR YOU TO BE A SOLUTIONS BASED APPROACH TO THIS.
FIND ME A SOLUTION THAT ALLOWS ME TO HAVE MY SONS IN YOUR SCHOOL AND I WILL HAVE THEM THERE.
HI, MY NAME IS JESSICA STURDY, PROUD LA VERNE RESIDENT FOR 11 YEARS.
I HAVE A DAUGHTER AT RAMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND A SON AT LA VERNE HEIGHTS.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON OPPOSITION OF SCHOOL VACCINE MANDATE.
PERSONALLY, MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE DECIDED TO PULL OUR CHILDREN OUT OF BONITA DISTRICT AND MOVE ACROSS COUNTRY.
DON'T THINK FOR ONE SECOND THAT OTHER FAMILIES WON'T DO THE SAME IF YOU DON'T FIGHT FOR PARENTS RIGHTS AND WISHES.
THIS EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE IS NOT THE SAME AS WHAT'S ON THE CHILDREN'S IMMUNIZATION RECORD CARDS.
FOR EXAMPLE, POLIO CHILDREN MORTALITY RATE PRIOR TO THE VACCINE WAS 10 PERCENT YEAR'S VACCINE IN USE 69 YEARS.
SMALLPOX CHILDREN MORTALITY RATE WAS 30 PERCENT.
YEAR'S VACCINE AND USE 200 PLUS YEARS.
COVID VACCINE CHILDREN MORTALITY RATE ZERO POINT ZERO ZERO ONE PERCENT YEARS
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OF THE VACCINE IN USE LESS THAN ONE.NOT TO FORGET ABOUT THE UNKNOWN SIDE EFFECTS TO THIS EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE.
YES, EXPERIMENTAL BECAUSE DOCTORS DO NOT KNOW THE LONG TERM SIDE EFFECTS IT COULD HAVE ON OUR CHILDREN.
DOESN'T THAT CONCERN YOU GUYS? WITH MYOCARDITIS.
WHY THE RUSH? WHY THE PRESSURE ONCE THIS VACCINE IS INJECTED, INJECTED TO OUR SMALL CHILDREN, THERE IS NO REVERSING IT WITH THE COVID SUCCESS RATE OF NINETY NINE POINT NINETY NINE PERCENT.
ALSO, MY FAMILY HAD COVID AND WE HAVE NATURAL IMMUNITY, BUT THAT IS NOT BEING TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
JUST PRESSURE, PRESSURE, PRESSURE.
WELL, NOW THE PRESSURE IS ON YOU.
IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO STAND UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT AND STOP THIS VACCINE MANDATE, OR THERE WILL NO LONGER BE A BUSD.
WE WILL PULL OUR CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOLS AND GO TO HOME SCHOOL.
ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THAT? ARE YOU READY FOR SCHOOLS TO CLOSE DOWN? STAFF, TEACHERS, BOARD MEMBERS, BOARD MEMBERS, ALL OF YOU WILL BE UNEMPLOYED.
IT IS NOW YOUR JOB TO PUT THIS END TO THE MANDATE.
TAKE THESE MASKS OFF OUR CHILDREN.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, MY NAME IS RUSSELL NORD, I'VE TWO KIDS IN THE DISTRICT, 8 AND 10.
AND I PREFACE IT BY SAYING, I'M NOT HERE TO BEAT YOU UP TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW THEY GOT YOU GOT MAMA BEAR OUT HERE AND SHE'S LOOKING OUT FOR THE CUBS AND YOU GOT ENOUGH OF THAT COMING FROM THAT SIDE.
YOU KNOW, I I ENVY THAT YOU SIT IN THOSE SEATS, THEY'RE HOT SEATS THIS SEASON.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE AND MR. DEREK, THANK YOU FOR THE THE ATTEMPT TO BRIDGE EARLIER.
I GOT WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, YOU KNOW.
THE FIRST TWO MINUTES OF MY SPEECH IS ALREADY A LOT OF THINGS.
YOU'LL HEAR HALF A DOZEN TIMES TONIGHT, SO I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF SKIP INTO MORE OF A SOLUTION ORIENTED PLACE LIKE MR. JEREMY WAS MENTIONING EARLIER.
SO IF THIS ENDS UP BEING A THING, I'M JUST GOING TO ASSUME THAT, OK, YOUR HANDS ARE TIED.
YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE, THEY'RE APPLYING PRESSURE, IT'S TRYING TO TRICKLE BACK UP, YOU KNOW, TO WHERE IT CAN GET TO AN EFFECTIVE PLACE.
IF WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS THING RATHER THAN A PLACE OF COMPLIANCE.
I MEAN, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COME HOME FROM MY SCHOOL, IT'S COMPLIANCE, COMPLIANCE, COMPLIANCE, COMPLIANCE.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE DIALOG STARTING TO OPEN UP ABOUT WHAT WILL BE A DISTRICT APPROVED WAIVER, WHAT WILL BE YOUR RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION, WHAT WILL BE YOUR MEDICAL EXEMPTION HELP FEED US WITH THINGS THAT WE WILL NEED FOR THESE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT WANT TO BE VAXXED TO HELP FACILITATE THE PAPERWORK TO TO HELP GET THEIR KIDS WHERE THEY WANT THEM TO BE.
IT MAY BE A WAY THAT YOU CAN KIND OF COMPROMISE AND START TO BRIDGE SOME OF THIS, THIS GAP THAT'S REALLY STARTING TO WIDEN.
SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT POPPED IN MY MIND.
THANK YOU ALL FOR SITTING ON THE HOT SEAT THIS YEAR.
MEYER, I LIVE HERE, WORK HERE KNOW MOST OF YOU AND.
YOU CHOOSE YOU WANT TO SIT OVER ME ON THE LAST ELECTION, AND I DO HAVE A REQUEST FOR YOU AS A COLLEAGUE.
ANYBODY THAT KNOWS ME, I'M NOT A GOOD PUBLIC SPEAKER.
THAT'S ONE OF MY WEAKNESS ON MY LAST ELECTION.
BEING A PRACTITIONER WORKING IN THIS COMMUNITY.
I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO BE A SOLUTION.
I'M DOING IT RIGHT NOW, AND I THANK MATT FOR THAT BECAUSE I'M ON THE BOARD OF LA VERNE FOUNDATION AS A WELLNESS COMMITTEE.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF GOOD THAT POSSIBLY WE CAN'T.
BUT AT THIS POINT, I DO HAVE A REQUEST.
WHEN A PATIENT COMES TO MY OFFICE, I'M OBLIGATED TO HAVE THEM TO SIGN INFORMED CONSENT.
AND IF I DON'T HAVE THAT, I'M IN BIG TROUBLE, RIGHT?
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I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMED CONSENT AS FAR AS THIS VACCINE ISSUE, THOUGH, AND I'M TELLING YOU ONE THING I'M NOT AGAINST VACCINE, BUT I'M TELLING YOU THERE SHOULD BE OPTIONS, THOUGH.I FOUGHT THROUGH THIS THROUGH MY ASSOCIATION YEARS AGO.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I KEEP MY PRIDE FOR THAT, AND I KEEP MOVING OUT, THOUGH.
ALL I'M ASKING YOU IS FIND SOLUTIONS, MAKE CHOICES FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO IT FOR ME, BUT FOR PEOPLE WHO FOR ANY REASON DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
AND AGAIN, YOU WON THE SEAT OVER ME.
I SAT WITH YOU ALL, THOUGH I SAT IN EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THIS BOARD ONE ON ONE ON DIFFERENT MEETINGS, THOUGH THESE PEOPLE ME NEED YOUR HELP.
[APPLAUSE] ADRIA AND I CANT EVEN GUESS THE LAST NAME, A.D..
I ALWAYS KNOW WHEN IT'S MY NAME BEING CALLED BECAUSE IT'S EITHER MY FIRST NAME OR MY LAST NAME THAT PEOPLE CAN'T PRONOUNCE, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME TO SPEAK.
I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU MAKING US FEEL LIKE OUR PRESENCE HERE IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS YOUR PRESENCE HERE AND LISTENING TO US IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS US LISTENING TO EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SAID TONIGHT.
I AM A SINGLE MOTHER OF THREE BOYS.
I'M A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WHO LEFT A 12 YEAR RELATIONSHIP WITH A BACKPACK ON MY BACK FULL OF MY CHILDREN'S CLOTHES THREE YEARS AGO, RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC BROKE OUT WITH NOTHING.
MY EX TOOK THE VEHICLE, THE HOUSE, BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS IN HIS NAME.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY BACK STORY AND NOW I FOUGHT THROUGH THAT.
I HAVE MY OWN CAREER IN CATERING.
I AM BOUNCING BACK FROM WHERE I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE ABLE TO BE.
SO TO HEAR A MEMBER SAY THAT WE'RE IN THE WRONG PLACE OR THAT WE'RE NOT HERE BECAUSE THIS ISN'T ON THE AGENDA OR YOU'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE SITTING HERE BEFORE, WELL, NOW MAYBE IS THE TIME TO STEP UP AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE HERE FOR A REASON AND PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
I DON'T FEEL AT THIS MOMENT THAT YOU ARE SUPPORTING MY THREE CHILDREN'S BEST INTERESTS ANYMORE WITH THIS PANDEMIC.
I ALSO AS WELL HAVE A SON WHO'S ON THE SPECTRUM, AND I WAS REALLY HOPING THAT I WOULD RECEIVE SOME SORT OF SERVICES.
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE THE DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION THERE AND HAVING ZOOM FOR A CHILD WHO IS NON-VERBAL, WHO CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, WHO NEEDS EXTRA CARE IS NOT A SOLUTION, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DEEMED IT NECESSARY TO KEEP ALL OF THE HEAD START PROGRAMS OPEN DURING THE WHOLE PANDEMIC FOR EVERY SINGLE HEAD START THE ONE IN WEST COVINA.
ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS, NONE OF THEM WERE EVER SHUT DOWN.
NONE OF THE KIDS THERE WERE EVER FORCED TO BE HOME SCHOOLED OR TO HAVE TO DO CANVAS OR ZOOM, BECAUSE THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SAID THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE YOUNG AND THEIR THEIR MINDS ARE STILL MOLDING THAT THIS IS DEEMED ESSENTIAL.
BUT FOR ME, WITH MY CHILD, WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, HIS EDUCATION SHOULD HAVE BEEN DEEMED ESSENTIAL AS WELL, BEING THAT THERE'S LESS THAN NINE CHILDREN IN HIS CLASS.
SO TO COME TONIGHT AND TO HEAR THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND TO TEACH TEACHERS THE PROPER PRONUNCIATION OF PRONOUNS FOR A CHILD WHO CAN'T EVEN FIGURE OUT WHAT TWELVE TIMES TWELVE IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DECIDE WHAT THEIR GENDER IS GOING TO BE AND THAT WE NEED TO PAY TEACHERS TO LEARN HOW TO SAY HE SHE THEY THE WHEN WHO.
BECAUSE FOR YOU GUYS TO SAY THAT THE CURRICULUM ISN'T GOING TO COME INTO PLAY UNTIL THEN, IT'S NOT TRUE.
MY SON'S 14, HE DRESSES OUT IN A P.E.
LOCKER ROOM NEXT TO ANOTHER 14 YEAR OLD HOW IS THAT OK? AND HOW IS THAT NOT CONFUSING? SO LET'S LET'S DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, I RECEIVED SO MANY SURVEYS OF DO I WANT TO
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ATTEND IN PERSON OR NOT IN PERSON? I HAVE RECEIVED ONE SURVEY ABOUT HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE VACCINATION.SO DO SOME SURVEYS, SEND US SOME SURVEYS.
WE'LL GIVE YOU THE DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR US BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU WHAT, I TOOK THE TIME OUT OF MY DAY TO COME HERE TONIGHT, AND IF I DON'T SEE CHANGES, I WILL TAKE THE TIME OUT OF EVERY SINGLE DAY TO MAKE MY PRESENCE BE KNOWN.
MAKE MY VOICE BE HEARD AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE MEETINGS, AND I'LL BRING AS MANY PEOPLE AS I CAN UNTIL THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE IS ON THE AGENDA FOR YOU GUYS TO ADDRESS [APPLAUSE].
I HAVE TWO KIDS IN THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I STARTED AT UNIVERSAL LA VERNE AND I ACTUALLY GOT MY MASTER'S IN EDUCATION.
SO EDUCATION IS A BIG PASSION OF MINE.
I ACTUALLY GOT OUT OF EDUCATION FOR SOME OF THESE REASONS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TONIGHT.
CHUCK, SIR, I THINK YOU WERE TRYING TO BE RELATABLE TO US WHEN YOU AND YOU CAN HEAR THE DISDAIN OF THE CROWD WHEN YOU COMPARED OUR KIDS TO GRASS AND WATER.
SORRY, I DON'T HAVE GLASSES AS I WAS TRYING TO LOOK AT YOU GUYS, BUT I THINK YOU DID A DISSERVICE TO ALL OF YOUR PEOPLE UP HERE BY SAYING ALREADY THAT YOU FELT YOU ALREADY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS FELT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A VOICE BECAUSE YOU DO.
AND MY MOM BEFORE SHE'S PASSED AWAY, BUT SHE'S ALWAYS INSTILLED INTEGRITY IN ME, AND SHE'S ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT EVERYONE HAS A PRICE AND I PRAY THAT YOUR INTEGRITY UP HERE IS GREATER THAN THE PRICE AND THE PAYMENT THAT'S BEING PAID TO THE GOVERNMENT THAT'S BEING PAID TO EVERYONE THAT'S INVOLVED.
SO I I WANT TO SAY THAT ALL THE RESEARCH HAS BEEN THROWN OUT HERE.
I'VE BEEN RACKING MY BRAIN WITH ALL THIS STUFF, SO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY AS A MOM AND I'VE HEARD SOME OF YOU GUYS SAY, YOU HAVE KIDS.
SO AS A MOM, I, I ALMOST DIDN'T CARE ABOUT MUCH UNTIL I BECAME A MOM.
AND WHEN I TELL YOU, I RESEARCHED ANYTHING FROM THE NIPPLE OF MY KIDS BOTTLE TO THE BREAST MILK THAT I WAS, I HAD A C-SECTION AND I DIDN'T TAKE ANY MEDICATION BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID THAT THAT MEDICATION WOULD GET INTO MY KID'S BODY.
SO WHEN I TELL YOU THAT AS A MOM, WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL FOR THIS INJECTION THAT HAS NOT BEEN RESEARCHED.
IT'S SERIOUS, AND I PRAY THAT YOU GUYS CAN FIND IT IN YOUR HEARTS TO HAVE INTEGRITY AND TO BACK UP ALL OF THESE PARENTS IN HERE THAT ARE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
SOME OF US DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY TO ACTUALLY PULL OUR KIDS FROM SCHOOL.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT, BUT I WORK THEIR DAD WORKS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO DO THAT.
SO I PRAY THAT YOU GUYS DO FIND A WAY FOR US PARENTS.
I HATE THAT THEY CALL US CONSPIRACY THEORIST OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE ARE FULLY VACCINATED WITH THE VACCINES THAT HAVE BEEN TESTED.
SO WE'RE NOT OK WITH A VACCINE THAT'S GOING TO ALL OF A SUDDEN, EVERYBODY SAYING, SO I DON'T LIKE THAT LABEL, AND I JUST PRAY THAT YOU GUYS FIND IT IN YOUR HEARTS TO HAVE THE INTEGRITY TO FIGHT FOR US.
[APPLAUSE] LILY LILY STILL HERE.
EVEN I WANTED SOMEBODY ELSE TO SPEAK IF THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITY, BUT I STILL VERY CHERISH THE THREE MINUTES BECAUSE SO MANY THINGS I WANT TO SAY.
OK, SO I WANT TO SAY I HAVE TWO BOYS IN DISTRICT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE I KNOW TWO THREE YEARS AGO WHEN I TALKED TO THEM ABOUT SEX EDUCATION, ACTUALLY I SCARED A LOT OF PEOPLE AWAY THAT ESPECIALLY ASIAN GROUP 6 PEOPLE IN MY WECHAT GROUP, MOST OF THEM ALREADY HOMESCHOOLING PRIVATE SCHOOL, EVEN DROVE TO FULLERTON CHOICE HIGH SCHOOL EVERY SINGLE DAY.
SO THEY ARE ASIAN IS JUST PRETTY MUCH WITH VERY FOCUSED ACADEMIC, RIGHT, BECAUSE WE COULDN'T TAKE THAT RISK.
THIS IS THE ONE PICTURE IS OR IT COULD DESTROY YOUR MIND.
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THAT'S OK.THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SO SCARY ABOUT SEX EDUCATION AND THEN CRT ACTUALLY COVER EVERYTHING.
IT'S VERY SNEAKY TO GO THE GENDER EVOLUTION THROUGH ANYTHING.
I HAVE VERY HARD TIME TO COMMUNICATE.
MY TWO SON, PRETEEN AND TEENAGER, EVEN THE LAST MINUTE CAME HERE, THEY STILL TALKING BACK TO ME.
WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO DO? THEY ARE MY LIFE, RIGHT? AND THEN THE MOM JUST SAID, I DON'T HAVE ANY PAINKILLER AFTER BABY BORN TOO.
I DON'T KNOW HOW PAIN AND NOT ONLY MOM KNOW HOW PAIN IS THAT RIGHT? I STILL SURVIVE, [INAUDIBLE] KIDS.
SO WHEN THESE THINGS COME TO ME, WHY I FIGHT SO HARD, I GIVE UP MY CAREER IN BEFORE, BEFORE I MARRY.
AND THEN I EVEN GIVE UP MY SIX DIGIT INCOME CAREER TO FOCUS THIS FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS RIGHT NOW.
SO WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT FOR ME? BECAUSE AFTER 12 YEARS OLD, BETWEEN 12 YEARS TO 18 YEARS OLD, THEY ARE NOT BELONG TO ME.
THEY COULD CHANGE THEIR GENDER WITHOUT PARENTS CONSENT FOR THE INJURED, OF COURSE, INCLUDE THE VACCINE IN THE FUTURE.
BECAUSE THE CALIFORNIA LAW IS SCARY.
I DON'T WANT MY KIDS TREAT ME LIKE AN ENEMY.
ASIAN MOM WANT ME TO BE DOCTOR TO BE LAWYER.
[INAUDIBLE] THEY LAUGH AT ME, SO I ASK THEM, DO YOU EXPERIENCE ANY RACIST IN SCHOOL? THEY SAID, YEAH, CHING CHING CHING.
DO YOU CARE? WHO CARE? KIDS NOT REALLY CARE.
WHY MAKE IT SO SERIOUS TO SEPARATE THEM FOR THEIR RACE? EVERYTHING ABOUT VOTING HISTORY.
I ONLY LEARN ABOUT THIS RACE RACE RACE, RIGHT? I DIDN'T REALLY LEARN ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE.
I'M NOT REALLY GOOD AT NUMBER AND THE SQUARE OR THE MAPPING THINGS.
BUT EVERYTHING I SEE EMPHASIZE IS THAT SOMEBODY [INAUDIBLE] PRESENTATION.
SO I COME FROM A COMMUNIST COUNTRY WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE A FREEDOM.
I WAS ALWAYS THE TEACHER'S FAVORITES BECAUSE MY DAD IS THE PRINCIPAL.
MY MOM IS THE ENGLISH TEACHER.
I SPEAK THREE LANGUAGES AND THEN I WAS SO SCARED.
I WAS SO DEPRESSED BECAUSE I'M SO SCARED BECAUSE WE HAVE TO LISTEN.
BUT [INAUDIBLE] LILY, I HATE TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT YOUR WAY OVER TIME AND THERE ARE THERE ARE PEOPLE WAITING TO SPEAK.
I'M A 15 YEAR RESIDENT OF LA VERNE 22 YEAR MOM OF MY 20 OR 21 YEAR OLD SON, ALMOST 22.
MY DAUGHTER IS 13 AND IS AT RAMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I'M A 32 YEAR PUBLIC SERVANT FIRST RESPONDER.
MY HUSBAND IS A 25 YEAR FIREFIGHTER FIRST RESPONDER, AND SO I WASN'T EVEN SUPPOSED TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
I WAS ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK TRYING TO GET HERE, AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET TO THESE MEETINGS.
AND EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT, DON'T SEE A LOT OF US ALL THE TIME, MYSELF INCLUDED.
I PUT MY TRUST IN YOU GUYS TO HANDLE EVERYTHING FOR ME, AND I FOLLOW IT BASED ON THE AGENDA AS I LOOK ON WHAT'S GOING ON THE SAME THING WITH CITY COUNCIL.
BUT BUT I TRUST THAT YOU'RE MAKING THE DECISIONS FOR MY CHILDREN THAT ARE THE RIGHT ONES.
SO HERE WE ARE, BECAUSE NOW WE REALLY DO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU, YOU SEE US AND WE'RE HERE.
I WAS STANDING OUTSIDE AND I WASN'T EVEN GOING TO SPEAK, EVEN WHEN I FINALLY GOT HERE LATE FROM WORK.
AND I'M NOT REPRESENTING ANYTHING OFFICIALLY OR I'M.
[03:50:01]
I DIDN'T PLAN TO COME LIKE THIS, BUT WHEN I WAS STANDING OUTSIDE, WE TALK ABOUT INCLUSION AND I WAS STANDING IN THE CROWDED AREA LIKE I WAS PUT IN THE CORNER.I WAS REALLY GETTING PISSED BECAUSE I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO STAND OUT THERE INSTEAD OF BEING INCLUDED IN THIS AREA.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE US ALL FEEL LIKE WE'RE PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND HAVE IT AT A PLACE WHERE WE CAN ALL REALLY BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP COMING, SO WE NEED TO MOVE THIS VENUE TO SOMEPLACE WHERE WE CAN ALL FEEL INCLUDED.
I KNOW WE ALL HAVE THE SAME THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT, BUT REALLY, WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO IS AS A PUBLIC SERVANT FOR A LONG TIME AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, NEW COVID ERA AND EVERYTHING WHAT WE FACED AND MY HUSBAND HAS SEEN OUT THERE AND HIS LONG TERM AS A FIREMAN, WE WERE ALREADY KIND OF READY FOR THIS BECAUSE LET ME TELL YOU, HEP C, TB, ALL THE THINGS THAT HE'S BEEN FACING FOR A LONG, LONG TIME WITH SOCIETY WAY WORSE THAN WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW.
THIS IS THIS HAS ALL BEEN GOING ON AND THERE'S A LOT OF BAD THINGS OUT THERE THAT HAVE REALLY BEEN OUT THERE FOR A LONG TIME AND THIS IS NEVER GOING TO GO AWAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE'RE TO THE POINT WHERE NOW WE'RE GOING TO START MANDATING THIS VACCINE.
AND AND IT'S REALLY NOT EVEN JUST ABOUT THE VACCINE THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS BECAUSE IN THE NEXT THIRTY FIVE SECONDS, I'VE GOT TO SOMEHOW EXPLAIN IT ALL.
BUT ANY TIME THAT I HAVE TO BE MANDATED TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S A PROBLEM, WHETHER IT BE CRT, SEX EDUCATION, ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE BEING TRYING TO BE SHOVED DOWN OUR THROATS NOW THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT SHOULD BE MY DECISION.
AND YOU TAKE AWAY MY RIGHTS AS A PARENT AND AS AN EDUCATED PERSON, THEN WE HAVE A BIG PROBLEM.
AND WHAT I'M ASKING FOR YOU IS FROM YOU IS TO AGAIN, LIKE EVERYONE'S BEEN SAYING, LISTEN TO YOUR HEART, LISTEN TO US AND HELP US COME UP WITH A SOLUTION OF HOW TO FIGHT IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE POWER WE HAVE ONE LAST CARD.
THE INDIVIDUAL DID NOT PUT THEIR NAME ON IT, BUT THEY'RE FROM SAN DIMAS LIVE ON [INAUDIBLE].
I AM LITERALLY, LITERALLY THE ONLY PERSON IN THIS ROOM THAT MAY PRESENT A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW.
I'VE SAT IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.
I'VE BEEN TOLD TO SOMEONE TRIED TO GET LAW ENFORCEMENT TO REMOVE ME FROM THE ROOM.
I TOO WAS DRIVING HOME AND I WANTED TO COME IN TO GIVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
THERE ARE 54 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT ARE NOT REPRESENTED HERE.
AND FOR THE PEOPLE WATCHING TONIGHT ON TELEVISION, I WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS AT LEAST ONE PERSON THAT WILL COME INTO THIS ROOM BECAUSE THAT 54 PERCENT DOESN'T FEEL SAFE TO COME IN THIS ROOM.
THE REASON THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE IS BECAUSE THIS HAS BECOME A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE IN THE ROOM IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I, AS A MOTHER WHO HAVE TWO AUTOIMMUNE DAUGHTERS WHO CANNOT GET THE VACCINE.
I AM NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEM FOR A WHILE BECAUSE I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE NEIGHBORS GOING THROUGH CHEMO, WHO HAVE OTHER.
HE WAS A POLICE OFFICER FOR 32 YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN TO TOO MANY FUNERALS THIS YEAR, A LOT OF THEM VETERANS, FRIENDS BEFORE THEY COULD GET THE VACCINE.
THEY HAVE TO FEEL SAFE TO GO OUT.
AS A MOTHER OF FIVE CHILDREN, I LOOK BACK IN HINDSIGHT AND I SEE A LOT OF THE CONCERNS OF THE PARENTS HERE, BUT THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE A LITTLE HYPERSENSITIVE RIGHT NOW.
AND WHEN YOUR KIDS GET A LITTLE OLDER, YOU PUT THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE.
AND I THINK AN OLDER PERSPECTIVE SOMETIMES IS NECESSARY, AND IT'S ALSO A GOOD THING.
I MEAN, MY CHILDREN RANGE IN AGE FROM 51 DOWN TO 37.
MY GRANDCHILDREN RANGE IN AGE FROM 6 TO 21.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT REPRESENT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF VACCINATION, DIFFERENT LEVELS OF EDUCATION, DIFFERENT LEVELS OF HEALTH, DIFFERENT LEVELS, DIFFERENT LEVELS OF EDUCATION WORK.
THEY GO INTO THE WORKFORCE DEALING WITH THE VACCINATION ISSUES.
[03:55:04]
THERE ARE MANDATES IN OUR SCHOOL THAT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN PLACE.I VENTURE TO SAY THAT ALMOST EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IS VACCINATED AGAINST POLIO, AGAINST MUMPS, AGAINST RUBELLA.
THOSE ARE THE SERIES OF SHOTS THAT WE ASK THAT WE HAVE.
MY DAUGHTER CANNOT BE WORK AT THE OFFICE THAT SHE WORKS AT UNLESS SHE'S VACCINATED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THOSE MANDATES.
IT DOESN'T TAKE YOUR FREEDOMS AWAY.
IT'S PART OF CARING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.
IT'S PART OF CARING ABOUT YOURSELF.
IT'S ABOUT SHOWING RESPECT FOR EVERYONE.
OK, ONE MORE MINUTE ON THE ON THE MIC, PLEASE.
I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT BEING A BULLY DOESN'T MAKE THINGS BETTER.
THIS THIS GROUP IS BEING REENACTED IN IN CITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY ARE RIGHT.
AND I WANT YOU TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
THEY ARE NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
THEY ARE NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR FAMILIES.
THEY ARE CREATING A SITUATION THAT'S HAZARDOUS FOR NOT ONLY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE, BUT ANYWHERE ELSE THAT THEY ROAM WITHOUT THEIR MASKS ON.
SO FOR ME, THEY CREATE AN UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE LIKE MY CHILDREN WHO CANNOT FEEL SAFE IN A GROCERY STORE, CANNOT FEEL SAFE HERE, COULD NOT FEEL SAFE IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL IF THIS IF THIS BEHAVIOR CONTINUES.
THERE'S THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE ISSUES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED TOO.
THAT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN THOSE PEOPLE INTO CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH [INAUDIBLE] CONSTANT PROBLEM.
CAN WE HAVE THE SHERIFFS IN PLEASE.
HEY, GUYS, MAYBE LATER, LET'S JUST MOVE ON.
[19. FUTURE MEETING DATES]
FUTURE MEETING DATES, THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING WILL BE DECEMBER 8, 202 1.[20. ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS]
ANY ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS? YEAH, MIKE.I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT AFTER CSVA, WE HAVE A REFRESHER TYPE PRESENTATION ON THE BROWN ACT.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE WEEKS AND MONTHS AHEAD.
WERE ADJOURNED AT 10:05.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.