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DO IT.I'M LIKE [INAUDIBLE] OK, WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:00 P.M.
[2. CALL TO ORDER ]
ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE NO.FOUR REQUESTS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEMS. THE PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON AGENDA ITEMS. THE BOARD MAY LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME 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 TO FROM THE PUBLIC PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE BOARD.
PLEASE FILL OUT THE REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CARD, WHICH MAY BE PICKED UP FROM MARGARET MACDONALD, SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
ANY PERSON ADDRESSING THE BOARD SHOULD FIRST STATE THEIR NAME AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE
[5. CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ]
DISTRICT.WE WILL CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION AT 6:01.
[7. CALL TO ORDER ]
THEY WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:00 P.M..WE HAVE A REPORT OUT OF A CLOSED SESSION, PLEASE.
[8. REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION ]
IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO APPROVE A FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE BETWEEN PARENTS OF DM AND THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.O-H CASE NUMBER 2021080612 PURSUANT TO WHICH THE DISTRICT HAS AGREED TO FUND AND PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO THE STUDENT AND THE STUDENT'S PARENTS HAVE RELEASED CLAIMS AGAINST THE DISTRICT IN EXCHANGE FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AS SPECIFIED IN THE AGREEMENT.
MOTION WAS MADE BY DEREK, SECONDED BY GREG.
[9. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG ]
THANK YOU.PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR.
[10. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER AND CONTENT ]
APPROVAL OF AGENDA, ORDER AND CONTENT, I NEED A MOTION.MOTION BY JIM AND SECOND BY DEREK.
[11. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING ]
APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING ABOUT THE MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 3, 2021 REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING.COULD I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVE.
MOTION BY DEREK, SECOND BY GREG, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THIS BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING.
WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU AND APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO COME TONIGHT.
THERE WILL BE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK ON VARIOUS TOPICS THIS EVENING, AS WE HAVE ASKED BEFORE.
PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER, EVEN IF YOU DISAGREE, ALLOWING EVERYONE TO SPEAK WITHOUT INTERRUPTION.
AS WE'VE SHARED IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, THE BOARD'S LACK OF RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS DOES NOT INDICATE OUR LACK OF CONCERN.
BECAUSE OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE BROWN ACT OPEN MEETING LAW, BOARD MEMBERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DISCUSS ITEMS WHICH ARE NOT ON THE MEETING'S PUBLISHED AGENDA.
AS ALWAYS, DISTRICT STAFF WILL STAY AFTER THE MEETING AS LONG AS NECESSARY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND OR GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON ANY ISSUES RELATED TO DISTRICT BUSINESS UNDER L.A.
MASKS ARE REQUIRED TO BE WORN INDOORS.
ORDER REQUIRES PEOPLE AGED TWO YEARS AND OLDER, REGARDLESS OF VACCINATION STATUS, TO WEAR A FACE MASK IN ALL INDOOR PUBLIC SETTINGS, INCLUDING ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BUSINESSES.
UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE MAY BE SOME IN OUR AUDIENCE TONIGHT THAT HAVE EXEMPTIONS, WE RESPECTFULLY, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AN EXEMPTION, PLEASE WEAR YOUR MASK WHEN YOU WERE IN THE BUILDING, INCLUDING SPEAKING AT THE PODIUM.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BRING STUDENTS BACK TO OUR MEETINGS AGAIN.
WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, RECEIVE REPORTS ON THE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING AT THEIR SCHOOLS AND APPRECIATE THEIR PERFORMANCES.
WE WOULD NEED FULL COMPLIANCE WITH MASKS.
THE MASK MANDATE TO ENSURE THAT OUR GATHERINGS ARE CONSISTENT WITH HEALTH ORDERS AND SAFE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
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REGARDLESS OF YOUR POSITION ON MASKS OR THEIR NECESSITY, WE MUST FOLLOW THE MANDATES SET BY L.A.COUNTY AND AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE AGAIN, WE ARE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING YOUR HELP.
THERE ARE NO CHANGES TONIGHT, BUT PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WE MAY NEED TO REEVALUATE OUR BOARD MEETING PROCEDURES IN ORDER TO BRING STUDENTS BACK TO OUR BOARD MEETINGS.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE TONIGHT AND NOW
[12. COMMUNICATIONS FROM STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES ]
LET'S HEAR FROM OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES WHO HAVE RECORDED THEIR REPORTS TO THE BOARD.AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH MEGAN [INAUDIBLE] FROM BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT COYNE, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT COLES, EXECUTIVE CABINET AND AUDIENCE.
MY NAME IS MEGAN OTTO AND I'M THE PRESIDENT AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.
OVER THE PAST MONTH, OUR SCHOOL HAS PUT ON A LOT OF FUN EVENTS.
WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL TIME OF GIVING.
WE WERE ABLE TO DONATE OVER 200 ITEMS TO SHEPHERD'S PANTRY ENGLAND NORTH HELP FAMILIES IN NEED FOR THANKSGIVING.
THE WEEK WE CAME BACK FROM THANKSGIVING BREAK, WE HAD WELLNESS THIS WEEK.
THIS WEEK FOCUSES ON MENTAL HEALTH AND WAYS TO DISTRESS.
WE HAD A LOT OF TEACHERS OPENING UP THEIR CLASSROOMS DURING LUNCH OR DISTRESSING ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING WATCHING MOVIES, MEDITATING, PAINTING AND JOURNALING.
[INAUDIBLE] WE LIKE TO FOCUS ON OUR MENTAL HEALTH AND GIVING OUR PEERS RESOURCES TO HELP EACH OTHER OUT.
THESE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS HAVE BEEN FILLED WITH OUR WINTER SPORTS PLAYING SAN DIMAS, OUR GIRLS WATER POLO, GIRLS BASKETBALL AND BOYS WRESTLING.
WE'RE ABLE TO BRING THE TITLES HOME.
OUR STUDENTS ARE SO EXCITED TO BE BACK TOGETHER IN OUR STUDENT SECTION, WHICH WE CALL THE DEN TO SUPPORT OUR FELLOW BEARCATS.
OUR CHOIR WILL BE HAVING THEIR ANNUAL HOLIDAY CONCERT TODAY AND TOMORROW WITH THE BCA BONITA DANCE, AND [INAUDIBLE] WILL ALSO BE HAVING THEIR PERFORMANCE IN THE BCA ON SATURDAY.
BAND HAD THEIR HOLIDAY CONCERT LAST WEEK.
WE LOVE THAT OUR ARTS ARE GETTING US IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT.
WE LOVE SEEING ALL OUR BEARCATS SHOWING OFF WHAT THEY LOVE DOING AND SUPPORTING EACH OTHER.
NEXT MEDLEY [INAUDIBLE] FROM CHAPARRAL.
SUPERINTENDENT COLES, PRESIDENT COYNE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CABINET MEMBERS AND AUDIENCE .
CELEBRATIONS, AWARDS, AND RECOGNITION.
12, WE HELD OUR RECOGNITION ASSEMBLY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
JUAN LOPEZ WAS NAMED THE [INAUDIBLE] STUDENT OF THE MONTH AND [INAUDIBLE] WAS NAMED THE [INAUDIBLE] STUDENT OF THE MONTH.
MR. MYERS WAS NAME THE STAFF MEMBER OF THE MONTH.
WE CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE ALL STUDENTS WITH ZERO TARGETS, ACADEMICS, COLLEGE AND CAREER PREPARATION.
LAST FRIDAY, WE HELD HER COLLEGE CAREER DATE.
STUDENTS LISTEN TO GUEST SPEAKERS AND RESEARCH COLLEGE CAREER READINESS.
THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 15 GUEST SPEAKERS.
THE [INAUDIBLE] STUDENTS ESCORTED THE GUESTS TO ASSIGNED ROOMS AND OFFER CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST.
THERE WERE SIX SESSIONS THAT STUDENTS ATTENDED FOR THE SPEAKERSHIP VIDEOS, WEBSITES AND VISUALS OF OTHER CAREERS TO HAD LUNCH WITH THEIR SPEAKERS AND ENDED THE DAY WITH COLLEGE SHIRTS THAT MATCH WHAT WAS REQUIRED FOR THE DESIRED CAREER.
THE THEME WAS YOUR FUTURE IS NOW ARTS AND ARCHIVES.
STUDENTS ARE WORKING WITH CHARCOAL, CREATING IMAGES USING A FULL VALUE SCALE.
STUDENTS ARE FIRST REQUIRED TO MAKE PRACTICE VALUE SCALES, MATCHING UP SUPPLIES TO THEM AFTER THEY MASTERED THE STEP AND FIT FELT CONFIDENT USING THE MATERIAL THEY'LL MOVE ON TO CHOOSING THE PHOTO THEY WILL HAVE TO REDRAW AND MATCH TO THE VALUES.
18, WE HELD OUR ANNUAL TURKEY SHOP WHERE STUDENTS RAISED THE WIN A FROZEN TURKEY FOUR TURKEY USE WERE AWARDED, [INAUDIBLE], WHO RAN A VICTORY LAP ALL OVER THE SCHOOL, HOLDING THE FROZEN TURKEY OVER HIS HEAD.
A BIG THANK YOU TO SAN DIMAS [INAUDIBLE] FOR PROVIDING THE TURKEYS.
NOVEMBER 20TH WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL THANKSGIVING OLYMPICS, WHERE ALL [INAUDIBLE] CLASSES COMPETE FOR A RIDICULOUS LOOKING TROPHY THAT LOOKS LIKE A TURKEY AND COMES WITH BRAGGING RIGHTS.
TEAMS DRESSED UP IN THEIR TEAM COLOR, [INAUDIBLE] FACE PAINT, AND CAPES AND ONE TEAM EVEN WORE PURPLE TUTUS.
THIS YEAR'S WINNERS WERE THE TEAL TEAM FROM [INAUDIBLE] THE SPIRIT AWARD WENT TO THE [INAUDIBLE] BLUE TEAM.
AS PART OF OUR THIRTY DAYS OF GIVING WE'RE CURRENTLY MAKING BLANKETS FOR THE HOUSE OF [INAUDIBLE].
STUDENTS COME INTO THE RENAISSANCE ROOM DURING LUNCH AND PARTNER UP FOR EACH BLANKET.
OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE 15 TWIN SIZED BLANKETS.
OUR RENAISSANCE CLASS IS CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR DONATIONS OF FLEECE FOR THIS PROJECT.
WE HOLD TO BAKE SALE EVERY WEDNESDAY AND WILL BE DONATING THESE PROCEEDS TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN SAN DIMAS.
IN NOVEMBER, WE MADE EACH STUDENT AND STAFF MEMBER HAND SANITIZER CALLED BULLDOG [INAUDIBLE].
WE ALSO MADE EACH PERSON A BLANKET WITH VARIOUS COLORS, PATTERNS OF BEADS, THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
WE EACH HAD TO FIND TWO OR THREE PEOPLE WEARING THE SAME EXACT BRACELET.
THIS EXPERIMENT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN ENCOURAGING STUDENTS AND STAFF TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE AND BECOME MORE COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT.
SPORTS, OUR FOOTBALL SEASON IS OVER AND BASKETBALL WILL BE STARTING ON DEC.
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15.BIG THANKS TO THE BEARCATS FOR ALLOWING US TO GIVE THEIR GYM FOR OUR HOME GAME.
WE WERE CHALLENGED TO A VOLLEYBALL TEAM BY MOUNT OLIVE HIGH SCHOOL ON DECEMBER 1ST.
THAT WAS PLAYED AT SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL AND A BIG SHOT TO THE SAINTS FOR THE USE OF THE GYM.
MOUNT OLIVE BEAT THE BULLDOGS TWO GAMES TO ONE.
I LIKE WISH THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT COLES, AND THE BONITA SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMUNITY VERY HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HEALTHY, PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
AND NOW, EMILY [INAUDIBLE] WITH SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, SUPERINTENDENT COLES, PRESIDENT COYNE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ATTENDING STAFF AND VIEWERS.
I'M THE SCHS [INAUDIBLE] PRESIDENT AND I AM SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
SAN DIMAS HAS HAD AN AWESOME FEW MONTHS.
WE'VE BEEN AWESOME SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.
IN THE ACADEMIC CATEGORY, WE HAVE KIND OF SHIFTED OUR MINDSET FROM SEEING ACADEMICS RATHER THAN AN ADDITION TO ATHLETICS AS ITS OWN ENTITY AND EVEN RECOGNIZING THAT.
WE'RE ALSO FOCUSING ON RECOGNIZING OUR ACADEMIC STUDENTS BY OPENING UP OUR GOLDEN WORLD OF STARS IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
AND ALSO, WE'RE ENDING OUR SEMESTER STRONG BY RECOGNIZING THOSE IN OUR CLASSROOMS, WITH FINALS COMING UP IN THE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT, WITH MOST OF OUR TEAMS GOING TO CIF WE HAVE ALL MOVED ON IN THE FALL SPORTS CATEGORY.
SO WE ALL MAKE IT TO THE SECOND ROUND OR FURTHER.
AND THEN WITH STARTING OUR WINTER SEASON, WE HAVE HAD OUR BONITA GAMES AND WE HAVE WON ALMOST ALL OF THEM.
SO IT'S VERY EXCITING AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF RECOGNIZING OUR SENIORS AND VARSITY SPORTS FOR THE WINTER SEASON.
IN THE ACTIVITY DEPARTMENT, WE'VE KIND OF SEEN A DROP OFF IN ACTIVITIES BUT OUR [INAUDIBLE] IS WORKING ON CREATING SOME NEW FUN THINGS FOR NEXT WEEK, LIKE STRESS TRIGGERS LIKE A STRESS FREE WEEK AND RECOGNIZING OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND TRYING TO INCREASE POSITIVITY WITH FINALS SEASON.
IN OUR ARTS DEPARTMENT, OUR CHOIR PERFORMED THEIR FIRST TIME IN DCA.
WE HAVE HAD A DRUM PERFORMANCE IN THE QUAD CALLED THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT TIME.
OUR MARCHING BANDS DID A WONDERFUL JOB.
WE [INAUDIBLE] TO GO TO FINALS, AND WE ALSO HAVE A [INAUDIBLE] COLLEGE WORKSHOP WITH OUR CHOIR AND JAZZ.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND I WILL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH.
THANK YOU TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
[13.1. San Dimas High School Choir Performance ]
NEXT, WE HAVE A FEATURED PERFORMANCE BY THE SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR.YEAH, JUST REALLY EXCITED THAT THE CHOIR IS HERE.
THEY'RE GOING TO SING FOR US OUTSIDE, AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PERFORMANCE.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO STREAM IT OUT THERE, SO WE WILL DEFINITELY COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT IT.
WHAT A GREAT JOB THAT THEY WILL DO.
SO WE'LL HEAD OUTSIDE, OK? EVERYONE'S INVITED TO JOIN US OUTSIDE.
WELL, THAT WAS VERY NICE, THANK YOU TO THE SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR.
NUMBER 14 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 COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE BOARD.
PLEASE FILL OUT THE REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CARD, WHICH MAY BE PICKED UP FROM OUR MARGARET MACDONALD, SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
ANY PERSON ADDRESSING THE BOARD SHOULD FIRST STATE THEIR NAME AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE DISTRICT.
[15. CONSENT AGENDA ]
MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD TO BE ROUTINELY OR ROUTINE OR SUFFICIENTLY SUPPORTED BY PRIOR OR ACCOMPANYING REFERENCE MATERIALS AND INFORMATION AS TO NOT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION.IF ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD SO REQUESTS AN ITEM SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THIS SECTION AND PLACED IN THE REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS.
FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEMS WILL BE APPROVED WITH ONE MOTION WHICH IS NOT DEBATABLE AND WHICH REQUIRES A UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR PASSAGE.
BEFORE WE GO FURTHER, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 15.3.2 APPROVED RATIFY
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TERMINATIONS, RESIGNATIONS, LEAVES OF ABSENCE, EMPLOYMENT CHANGES OF STATUS, EXTRA DUTY AND OTHER ROUTINE PERSONNEL ITEMS FOR CLASSIFIED MANAGEMENT AND CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES AS LISTED ALL EMPLOYMENT AT APPROPRIATE STEP AND COLUMN ON DESIGNATED SALARY SCHEDULE.THE ATTACHED PERSONNEL REPORT REQUIRES A CORRECTION.
[INAUDIBLE], LISTED AS THE DIRECTOR OF FOOD SERVICES, HAS DECLINED OUR OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT SO HER NAME NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE REPORT.
ANY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BOARD? CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEM WITH THE REVISION TO THE CLASSIFIED REPORT PLEASE? SO MOVED.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEM? WE DID THAT.
SUSAN, WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER THAT'S OKAY, MARLA TAYLOR.
HOW'S YOUR GRASS DOING? GRASS IS DOING GREAT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY GRASS, SO I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT BUDGET ALLOCATION.
I'VE MADE THIS POINT BEFORE, AND I'M GOING TO BRING THIS UP TO YOU GUYS AGAIN SO THAT YOU JUST THINK ABOUT IT.
BUDGET FOR CALIFORNIA SCHOOL PER KID IS ABOUT THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
A PRIVATE SCHOOL, WE PAY TUITION.
YOU KNOW, THAT IS ABOUT $11000.
AND IF YOU GO TO SOMETHING LIKE WEB, IT'S THIRTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS.
WHY I'M BRINGING IT UP IS OUR KIDS, DON'T HAVE THE AMENITIES THAT THESE KIDS IN PRIVATE SCHOOL HAVE, WHICH WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO THEM WITH THE MONEY WE ARE GETTING.
A GOOD CODING CLASS, LANGUAGE, LANGUAGE SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS STARTED.
WE HAVE MORE THAN 50 PERCENT SPANISH KIDS.
WHY DON'T WE HAVE A SPANISH LANGUAGE STARTING AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? HOW ARE WE BUILDING THIS KIDS? WE ARE THROWING THEM IN A WORLD WITHOUT BEING PREPARED FOR ANYTHING.
MIDDLE SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE PROPER LABS, A CHEMISTRY LAB, A PHYSICS LAB, A BIOLOGY LAB.
I COME FROM A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY AND WE WENT TO LABS STARTING 7TH GRADE SMALLER OR BIG.
WHY IS THIS NOT ANY OF YOUR CONCERNS? IS IT BECAUSE MOST OF YOUR KIDS GO TO PRIVATE SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
WHY IS IT NOT ALLOCATED IN THERE? THIRD THING IS THAT HIGH SCHOOL? DO YOU KNOW THAT GLENDORA HIGH SCHOOL KIDS HAVE MORE AP CLASS OPPORTUNITIES VERSUS BONITA UNIFIED? WHY IS THIS NOT A CONCERN WHEN WE ARE SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT ETHNIC STUDIES ABOUT SEX ED, BUT WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT GETTING THE KIDS READY FOR THE REAL WORLD.
THOSE ARE GOING TO GO COMPETE GLOBALLY, NOT JUST THE STATE, NOT JUST THE CITY, BECAUSE THE WORLD IS GETTING BECOMING GLOBAL.
WHERE IS YOUR CONCERN? AT WHAT POINT? THIS IS 2021.
WE ARE DIVIDING PEOPLE, KIDS BASED ON COLORS.
BUT YOUR CONCERNS, YOU ARE MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE POLITICS OF IT THAN ACTUALLY KIDS FUTURE.
DO YOU GUYS EVER SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT, HEY, LET'S TALK ABOUT PUTTING SOME BUDGET TO GET THESE, TO BRING THIS TO SCHOOL? THE TEACHERS HAVE TO PAY OUT OF THEIR POCKET TO GET STUFF FOR THE KIDS IN THE CLASSROOM.
WHY IS THERE NOT BUDGET ALLOCATED THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR? EACH TEACHER SO THAT THEY CAN GET WHATEVER THEY NEED FOR THE CLASS TO BUILD OUR KIDS.
I'M SORRY YOU GUYS ARE FAILING THIS CITY, THIS ENTIRE UNIFIED DISTRICT, IF
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YOU ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT IT, NOT THINKING ABOUT IT.I HOPE THIS WILL BE A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION FOR YOU GUYS SOMETIME SOON.
[16.1.1. First Interim Financial Report for the 2021-2022 Fiscal Year with a Positive Certification ]
WE WILL BE RECEIVING THE FIRST INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE 2021, 2022 FISCAL YEAR, THE POSITIVE CERTIFICATION.WELL, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
IT'S DECEMBER, SO IT'S TIME FOR FIRST INTERIM.
SO THE FIRST INTERIM REPORT IS ONE OF THE THREE FINANCIAL REPORTS WE BRING TO THE BOARD EACH YEAR WHERE WE UPDATE YOU ON OUR BUDGET, HOW WE'RE DOING FINANCIALLY.
WE LOOK AT OUR RESULTS, ACTUAL RESULTS TO DATE AND THEN THE PROJECTED BUDGET UPDATED BUDGET SINCE WE'RE ALWAYS UPDATING OUR BUDGET AS WE GO ALONG.
AND THEN WE ALSO BRING YOU A THREE YEAR PROJECTION TO LOOK OUT INTO THE OUT YEARS AND JUST TO SEE HOW WE ARE DOING, MAKING SURE WE'RE STAYING ON TRACK FINANCIALLY.
SO THE REPORT IS MADE UP OF A VERY LARGE STATE REQUIRED FORMAT, A LOT OF PAGES WITH A LOT OF SMALL NUMBERS.
SO WHAT WE GIVE YOU TO TRY TO MAKE IT MORE EASILY DIGESTIBLE IS A ONE PAGE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR EACH OF OUR FUNDS, WHICH COMPARES THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WE BROUGHT TO YOU IN JUNE WITH THE UPDATED BUDGET NOW.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A NARRATIVE WHICH GIVES YOU ALL OF OUR MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS AND FACTORS THAT WE'RE USING TO COMPILE OUR BUDGET AND PROJECTIONS.
SO AT FIRST INTERIM, THE FIRST THING WE DO IS WE UPDATE THE BUDGET THAT WE BROUGHT TO YOU, AND IT WAS PASSED IN LATE JUNE.
UP TO WHAT IT IS CURRENTLY, AS THEY SAID BEFORE, OUR BUDGET IS A LIVING DOCUMENT.
WE'RE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO IT ALL YEAR LONG AT THIS POINT IN A YEAR.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE NO MATERIAL, NON-ROUTINE BUDGET CHANGES.
SOMETIMES WE PASS A BUDGET IN JUNE AND BECAUSE OF THE TIMING, THE STATE BUDGET PASSES AFTER OURS AND THERE'S SOMETIMES MAJOR CHANGES THAT WE HAVE TO UPDATE NOW.
BUT THAT DID NOT HAPPEN THIS YEAR.
PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT THE GOVERNOR HAD PREDICTED, AS MAY REVISE, CAME TRUE.
AND SO WE'RE NOT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF BIG, NON-MATERIAL CHANGES TO OUR BUDGET.
SO WHAT ARE THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE AND INCORPORATED IN THERE ARE BASICALLY THE THINGS WE DO EVERY YEAR WE UPDATE ALL OUR BEGINNING FUND BALANCES TO WHAT OUR ACTUAL AGING BALANCE WAS.
WE RECORD ALL OF OUR CARRYOVERS.
SO UNSPENT FUNDS IN THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND THE SITE BUDGETS GET CARRIED OVER INTO THE NEW YEAR.
IF WE HAVE REVENUES THAT ARE BASED UPON ENROLLMENT AND THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN ENROLLMENT, WE WILL UPDATE THOSE.
WE WILL USUALLY HAVE AN UPDATE TO THE LCFF, LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA.
THERE'S ACTUALLY BEEN NO CHANGES SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, SO BASICALLY WE'RE WORKING WITH THE SAME NUMBER ON THAT REVENUE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ALL YEAR LONG.
AND OF COURSE, WE LOOK AT OUR CATEGORICAL REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES ALSO AND UPDATE THOSE TO THE MOST CURRENT GRANT LETTERS.
WE ALSO LOOK AT ALL OUR OTHER INCOME ACCOUNTS.
THE GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTIONS TO SPECIAL EDUCATION, THE ROUTINE RECURRING MAINTENANCE FUND.
WE UPDATE ALL OF OUR SALARY BENEFITS AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
SO WHEN WE HAVE THE JUNE BUDGET, WE KIND OF PRETTY MUCH KNOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOW.
WE'RE SLOTTING THEM INTO THEIR PROPER STEP AND CALL ON MAKING SURE THEIR BENEFITS ARE RIGHT.
AND LET ME JUST LOOK AT ALL OF THE EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTS AND PROGRAMS AND UPDATE EVERYTHING.
SO PUTTING ALL OF THAT TOGETHER AT JUNE, OUR PROJECTED LOSS AND THIS IS UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND ONLY IS 3.7 MILLION.
NOW THAT'S 4.210 MILLION, WHICH IS A FOUR POINT SIXTY NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS CHANGE, AND MOST OF THAT IS DUE TO THE CARRYOVERS FROM LAST YEAR.
SO AT THE END JUNE 30TH, 2021, THE SITES HAD NOT SPENT ALL OF THEIR MONEY.
SO WE ROLL THAT MONEY OVER INTO THE NEXT YEAR, SO IT BECOMES A BUDGETED EXPENDITURE OF THIS YEAR.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE DOING WORSE, IT'S MOSTLY JUST A TIMING CHANGE, JUST MOVING EXPENDITURES FROM ONE YEAR INTO THE NEXT.
SO THE PROJECTED UNRESTRICTED ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR'S TWENTY THREE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY THREE THOUSAND, THAT IS 18 PERCENT OF TOTAL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, STATE REQUIREMENT IS THREE PERCENT AND OUR DISTRICT REQUIREMENT IS SEVEN PERCENT.
SO THE AMOUNT ABOVE THE THREE PERCENT STATE REQUIREMENT IS NINETEEN AND
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A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.SO WE'RE IN A VERY GOOD POSITION THERE.
THIS GRAPH JUST GIVES YOU SOME HISTORICAL INFORMATION, SHOWS YOU THE 19-20 ACTUALLY 2021 ACTUALS.
AND THEN AGAIN, THAT 18 PERCENT THAT WE'RE PROJECTING OUT FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 2021-22.
SO THAT RANGE AROUND THE 17 PERCENT THAT'S BEEN VERY CONSISTENT WITH THE DISTRICT'S BEEN OUT FOR MANY YEARS.
AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT NOT MUCH HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE UNIFIED, UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND BALANCE PERCENT ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO WE'RE REALLY IN LINE WITH PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY ELSE THERE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTIONS, SO THE MULTIYEAR PROJECTIONS IS REALLY THE MEAT OF THIS REPORT BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST CAN'T WORRY ABOUT THE THE CURRENT YEAR.
WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING OUT INTO THE OUT YEARS.
SO WE DO A THREE YEAR PROJECTION BASED UPON WHAT WE KNOW NOW.
AGAIN, IT'S JUST A PROJECTION IS WHAT WE KNOW.
THE STATE AND OUR COUNTY OFFICE GIVES US PARAMETERS TO USE.
AND THEN SO WE'RE JUST ESTIMATING AT FOR THE THREE YEARS.
THE OBVIOUSLY THE BIGGEST PART OF OUR REVENUE IS OUR LCFF.
AND THE FACTORS THE MAJOR FACTORS IN THAT ARE OUR ADA, THE STATUTORY COLA GIVEN TO US BY THE STATE AND THEN OUR OWN UNDUPLICATED PERCENT ACCOUNT OF STUDENTS.
SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WORKING WITH AN ADA FOR THE CURRENT YEAR FUNDED ADA NINE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE.
SO THAT NUMBER IS THE ACTUAL ADA FROM 19 20, SO WE'RE ON A ONE YEAR HOLD HARMLESS.
AND THEN WE ALSO GET AN EXTRA YEAR HOLD HARMLESS BECAUSE WE ARE IN A DECLINING ADA SITUATION.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY USING THIS YEAR WE WILL BE FUNDED AGAIN ON THE ADA FROM TWO YEARS AGO.
SO IN 22-23, WE WILL START BEING FUNDED.
THAT REFLECTS THE DECLINE IN AN ADA FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.
SO WE'RE ESTIMATING RIGHT NOW THAT'S ABOUT A FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SIX STUDENT OR ADA DECLINE, TWO YEARS.
AND THAT'S A COMBINATION OF A DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT AND ALSO A DECLINE IN ADA PERCENT.
THERE ARE THE FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SIX ADA.
USUALLY, IF THIS TIME WHEN WE WOULD COME TO YOU, YOU WOULD SEE THE SAME NUMBER ACROSS THE TOP THERE.
USUALLY, WE DON'T ADJUST THAT NUMBER UNTIL WE GET TO SECOND INTERIM BASED UPON OUR P1 ADA, WHICH WE COUNT AT THE END OF DECEMBER SINCE WE HAD A TWO YEAR DROP AND WE KNOW THAT WAS A LARGE AMOUNT.
WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND PUT IT IN THERE JUST TO BE VERY CONSERVATIVE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO OVERSTATE ANYTHING.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT BIG DROP.
THAT'S THE MOST UNUSUAL THING IN THE IN THE WHOLE REPORT THIS YEAR.
THEN YOU SEE THE THE STATUTORY COLA, THE 1.7, 2.48, AND THE 3.11.
WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT SOME NEW PROJECTED COLAS THAT CAME OUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AFTER WE FINALIZED OUR REPORT.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE WHEN WE GET FURTHER DOWN INTO THE PRESENTATION.
YOU CAN SEE THIS YEAR THE FUNDED COLA, WHICH IS WHAT THE STATE IS ACTUALLY PAYING US ON FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY GIVING US OVER FIVE PERCENT COLA.
THAT WAS LIKE A LITTLE BOOST UP BECAUSE IN THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR, THEY DIDN'T GIVE US ANY INCREASE AT ALL.
SO THAT REALLY REFLECTS ALMOST TWO YEARS WORTH OF COLA FROM THE STATE.
AND THEN YOU COULD SEE OUR UNDUPLICATED COUNT.
IT'S BEEN HOVERING AT THAT THIRTY-NINE, FORTY PERCENT LEVEL FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.
SO ALL THAT TRANSLATES INTO A DOLLAR CHANGE, ADA, FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY THREE DOLLARS THIS YEAR AND TWO FIFTY FIVE AND THREE THIRTEEN, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL DOLLARS PER ADA PROJECTION FOR THE CURRENT IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS BASICALLY FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, A STUDENT COMES FOR EVERY DAY OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY ODD DAY PERIOD IN THE PT REPORTING.
WILL EARN THE DISTRICT $9,954.
SO WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT.
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I LIKE TO SHOW THIS CHART OVER TIME, YOU CAN SEE WE GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT 15 YEARS WORTH OF ENROLLMENT.SO OVER THAT 15 YEARS, THE CHANGE IN THE CHANGE IN ENROLLMENT IS SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR STUDENTS, SIX AND A HALF PERCENT.
THIS IS NOT A BIG CHANGE FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
AND YOU CAN SEE IN THIS DISTRICT ADA ENROLLMENT GOES UP, IT GOES DOWN, BUT IT'S FAIRLY THIS IS REALLY FAIRLY CONSISTENT.
WE THINK THESE LAST TWO YEARS, THIS IS AN ANOMALY.
WE DO EXPECT THIS TO COME BACK.
BUT OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF COVID DIDN'T LOSE STUDENTS LAST YEAR AND THEN ALSO THIS YEAR, TOO.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S COMBINED WITH THE DECREASE IN THE 88 PERCENT TO ACTUAL ATTENDANCE RATE OF KIDS COMING TO SCHOOL, JUST CAUSING THAT DROP IN THE FUNDED ADA IN OUR LCFF.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THIS IS WE'RE NOW SAYING, I MEAN, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT KIDS.
WE WANT KIDS TO COME TO SCHOOL, OBVIOUSLY.
BUT NOW THIS IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS AND WORK ON SPECIFIC THINGS WE CAN DO TO INCREASE NOT ONLY ENROLLMENT, BUT ALSO INCREASE THE 88 PERCENT GETTING IT TO SCHOOLS FEWER ABSENCES.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE ALL WORKING ON NOW FOR THAT.
I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THIS TALKING ABOUT ENROLLMENT THAT JUST TO COMPARE US TO THE STATE, I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE STATE ITSELF.
TOTAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT, PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PEAKED IN 13-14.
IT HAD ALSO DROPPED ABOUT 1.6 PERCENT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY THE STATE HAS DROPPED ALSO, AND THEY'RE ALSO PROJECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE IS PROJECTING AN 8.7 PERCENT DECREASE THROUGH 2031 IN OVERALL STUDENT POPULATION IN THE STATE.
SO WE'RE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE IN THIS SITUATION.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE SEGWAY AND TALK ABOUT COVID 19 FUNDING BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT.
EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT THAT.
WE DO HAVE SEVEN DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WHERE WE'RE BEING FUNDED.
TOTAL REVENUE OF TWENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
THESE ARE FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDED PROGRAMS. THE DEADLINES FOR SPENDING THE PROGRAMS VARY FROM MAY 31ST OF THIS YEAR, JUST PASSED ALL THE WAY OUT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2024.
WE MADE ALL THE DEADLINES AND SPENT ALL OUR MONEY THAT WE NEEDED TO BUY MAY 31ST IN THAT PROGRAM.
AND WE'VE SPENT TODAY WELL THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST, ALMOST 12 MILLION OF THE 25 MILLION.
SO WE HAVE A PLAN OF HOW WE'RE SPENDING THAT MONEY.
THERE'S THERE'S A BIG LAUNDRY LIST HERE OF ALL THE THINGS WE'RE SPENDING IT ON, BUT WE DO HAVE A PLAN TO SPEND THAT OUT THROUGH THE TIME PERIOD VERY CAREFULLY AND WE HAVE CONTINGENCIES BUILT INTO THAT.
JUST SO WE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO SPEND IT ALL.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE ANY MONEY ON THE TABLE, BUT A CAREFUL PLAN SO THAT WE'RE NOT STAFFING UP TOO MUCH AND THEN HAVING TO LAY PEOPLE OFF OR JUST BUYING UNNECESSARY THINGS, OBVIOUSLY.
SO MATT AND HIS TEAM IS HEADING THAT UP.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO REPORT ON THAT TO YOU.
AND YOU ALSO YOU'VE HEARD MATT, COME AND TELL YOU WHAT OUR PLANS ARE FOR THAT MONEY, TOO.
SO YOU KIND OF TAGGING TEAM THIS ONE.
SO ON THE MULTI YEAR PROJECTIONS, BESIDES THOSE REVENUES WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, PROBABLY THE MAJOR EXPENSES THAT WE PUT IN THERE INCREASES OUR STORES AND PURSE RATES DO CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
YOU CAN SEE THE DETAIL OF THAT IN THE NARRATIVE.
BUT THE PROGRAM, THOSE PROGRAMS ARE UNDERFUNDED IN THIS STATE IS PASSING THIS COST ALONG TO US AND THE EMPLOYEES, TOO.
SO THOSE RATES DO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
WE HAVE WORKED TO THOSE THE COST OF THOSE INCREASE INTO OUR PROJECTION.
WE ALSO PUT ROUTINE STEP IN COLUMN INFLATION INCREASES INTO THE PROJECTIONS, BUT THERE'S NO OTHER MAJOR BUDGETED INCREASES OR PROGRAM INCREASES IN THERE.
IF YOU DO LOOK AT THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTIONS, THE DETAIL, MULTI-YEAR PROJECTIONS IN THE ACTUAL DOCUMENTS YOU'LL SEE IN THE 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR, WE DO HAVE A DECREASE IN EXPENDITURES, A PROJECTION TWO MILLION DOLLAR DECREASE THAT WE'VE PUT IN THERE IN ORDER TO MAKE OUR SEVEN PERCENT RESERVE IN THE THIRD YEAR OUT.
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WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT IS GOING TO MATERIALIZE OR HAVE TO TAKE PLACE AGAIN BECAUSE WE DO BELIEVE OUR WE'RE GOING TO.FIRST OF ALL, OUR BUDGETING IS SO CONSERVATIVE THAT WE HAVE THE MONEY TO COVER THAT, BUT ALSO WE ARE PROJECTING THAT WE WILL RECEIVE A GREATER ADA.
I MEAN, AN INFLATIONARY INCREASE NEXT YEAR FROM THE STATE IN THE COLA THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF THAT.
SO AT THIS SLIDE A COUPLE TIMES WE WILL SEE THAT.
SO PUTTING THAT ALL TOGETHER, THIS IS THE THREE YEAR PROJECTIONS, THE UNRESTRICTED LOSS PROJECTION FOR THE THREE YEARS AND THE UNRESTRICTED ENDING FUND BALANCE.
AND THEN AGAIN, THE FUND BALANCE PERCENT, WHICH DOES LEAVE US WITH THE SEVEN PERCENT IN THE THIRD YEAR OUT.
WE DO HAVE SOME REQUIRED DISCLOSURES ABOUT, AGAIN, WHAT IS THE THREE PERCENT MINIMUM AND WHAT'S THE R AMOUNT ABOVE THE THREE PERCENT MINIMUM.
SO AGAIN, THIS THE STATE MINIMUM OF THREE PERCENT IS JUST A LITTLE UNDER $4 MILLION.
THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE ARE PROJECTING.
OUR AMOUNT ABOVE THE THREE PERCENT WOULD BE.
AGAIN WITHIN OUR OWN SEVEN PERCENT LIMIT.
AND WE DISCLOSED THE STATE HAS JUST DISCLOSED PROBABLY WE NEED TO KEEP MORE THAN THREE PERCENT.
YOU GUYS CAN SEE THE THREE PERCENT IS SUCH A LOW NUMBER.
THAT'S NOT EVEN A QUARTER OF A PAYROLL.
SO THAT WOULD BE VERY IMPRUDENT TO KEEP HAD TO HAVE THAT SMALL OF A RESERVE.
SO WE DO HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT REASONS, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY BECAUSE YOU WANT TO HAVE A RESERVE FOR EMERGENCIES AND A FEW THINGS THAT MIGHT COME UP AND WE NEED TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO PLAN LIKE RIGHT NOW.
THE STATE PROJECTIONS ARE PRETTY ROSY FOR THE NEXT, AT LEAST THE NEXT YEAR, BUT WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER THAT? SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE THAT MONEY IN YOUR PIGGY BANK.
SO JUST A MINUTE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE STATE BUDGET OUTLOOK.
SO THE LAO DID COME OUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, PROJECTING THAT THERE WOULD BE $20 BILLION MORE IN PROP 98 FUNDING FOR 22-23 THAN WHAT THEY HAD ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED BACK IN JUNE.
THAT INCREASE OF 20 BILLION IS MADE UP HALF.
YOU KNOW, THEY JUST USED VERY CONSERVATIVE BUDGET ESTIMATES, RIGHT? THEY JUST DID NOT FORESEE OR DID NOT PROJECT THIS SURGE IN STATE REVENUES THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, BECAUSE TAXES ARE UP.
THAT INCREASES THE K-14 PROP 98 GUARANTEE CALCULATION.
SO THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATED COLAS FROM BACK IN JUNE.
THESE ARE THE COLAS THAT WE'VE USED IN OUR PROJECTION.
NOW WHAT THEY'RE TELLING US IS THAT FOR 2022-23, INSTEAD OF 2.48 THEY'RE PROJECTING MORE THAN DOUBLE TO 5.35 PERCENT AND THEN FOR 23-24, AN INCREASE FROM 3.11 TO THE 3.5 PERCENT.
SO WHEN I SPOKE BEFORE ABOUT THAT $2 MILLION PLUG WE HAVE IN, IF THIS COLA PANS OUT FROM THE 5.35 WHICH IT'S GOING TO LAND SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE, THAT WILL GIVE US ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS MORE IN ONGOING REVENUES STARTING NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO MORE THAN OFFSET THAT $2 MILLION PLUG OF OURS THAT WE HAVE IN THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO MAKE OUR ALREADY REALLY STRONG FINANCIALS EVEN STRONGER.
SO WE'LL HEAR, WE'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT IN JANUARY.
YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY AND THE STATE SAYS, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD MORE MONEY, BUT THERE ARE THINGS WE DO NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT.
OBVIOUSLY, THE INFLATION, NOT TO MENTION THE SUPPLY CHAIN PROBLEMS THAT ARE AFFECTING EVERYBODY, DOES AFFECT US TOO.
AGAIN, THE RISING PENSION COSTS, BUT WE REALLY DO TRY TO PLAN FOR THOSE RISING PENSION COSTS.
WE PUT ALL OF THAT IN OUR PROJECTIONS AND THEN BUT WE DO HAVE TO NEED TO KEEP TRACK OF ON TOP OF ENROLLMENT ADA.
AND THEN JUST THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK IN THE OUT YEARS.
SO WE'LL BE KEEPING TRACK OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO PUTTING THAT ALL TOGETHER WE ARE CERTIFYING A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION, WHICH MEANS WE WILL BE ABLE TO MEET ALL OF OUR FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS AND CASH FLOW FOR THE CURRENT AND THE SUBSEQUENT TWO FISCAL YEARS.
SO OUR NEXT STEPS ARE AGAIN IN DECEMBER, THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US
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TO DO OUR P-1 ADA.THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THAT.
SO LET'S LET'S GET OUR P-1 AND KIND OF KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING FOR THE YEAR IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE THEN WILL HAVE OUR, WE WILL FILE THIS REPORT WITH THE LACOE, WITH LACOE FOR REVIEW.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE GETTING OUR AUDIT YEAR UNDER AUDIT.
THEN IN JANUARY, THE GOVERNOR WILL RELEASE HIS BUDGET PROJECTION FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE WORK ON OUR LCAP, WE GET A SECOND IN OUR MARCH AND THEN WE'LL GET OUR P2-ADA, WHICH IS REALLY OUR KEY PIECE OF INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR.
SO SONYA IS HERE, SONYA [INAUDIBLE] OUR SENIOR FISCAL DIRECTOR WHO REALLY DOES ALL THE REALLY HEAVY NUMBER CRUNCHING IN HERE.
SO I THANK HER AND ALL OF OUR STAFF, WHICH ARE JUST FIRST GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MIGHT HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND I THINK FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOLKS IN THE GALLERY TONIGHT.
WE TALK ABOUT ADA AND THEN FUNDED ADA.
BUT WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? SO IN A YEAR WHERE OUR ADA, OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE INCREASES, WE WILL GET PAID ON THAT ADA.
IF, HOWEVER, WE DECREASE THE STATE GIVES US A ONE YEAR HOLD HARMLESS SO WE WILL GET PAID, THE FUNDED ADA WILL ACTUALLY BE THE PRIOR YEAR ADA.
SO FOR FOR OUR DISCUSSION TONIGHT, WHAT WAS THE NUMBER? WE HAVE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE OR THE THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS, RIGHT? AND THEN WHAT WE ACTUALLY GET PER STUDENT ADA FUNDING FORMULA, RIGHT? YES.
AND THAT'S AN AVERAGE BASED ON VARIOUS SOURCES, RIGHT? THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, YES, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS BASED UPON WHAT THE STATE IS GIVING US AND THAT PERCENT INCREASE EVERY YEAR, THE COLA INCREASE EVERY YEAR.
AND THEN BY WAY OF SOURCE OF TRUTH.
AND YOU TOLD US A NUMBER OF TIMES AND IT WAS IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT MY FONDNESS FOR ACRONYMS DEMANDS THAT I ASK WHEN WE SAY COUNTY AND STATE, RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT THE COUNTY AND STATE IS TELLING US.
WHO AND WHAT ENTITY ARE WE REFERRING TO? SO THOSE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS.
THE STATE WHERE WE GET A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE WILL TELL US WHAT TO DO AND THEN THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.
WE USE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE COLAS.
SO WE REPORT TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.
ALL OF OUR FINANCES IS HANDLED THROUGH THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A REALLY GREAT INTERNAL CONTROL BECAUSE NOT ONLY THEY ARE REVIEWING ALL OF OUR FINANCES TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE UP AND UP.
SO WE SUBMIT ALL THESE DOCUMENTS AND THEY GO THROUGH THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT THE ESTIMATES AND ALL OF ALL OF OUR FACTORS AND ASSUMPTIONS WE'RE USING ARE ARE CORRECT OR ARE REASONABLE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE PROJECTIONS.
AT THE SAME TIME, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS.
LIKE IF YOU CAME IN AND SAID, I COULDN'T WRITE MYSELF A CHECK, I DON'T HAVE A CHECKBOOK HERE.
ALL OF OUR CHECKS COME THROUGH THE COUNTY OFFICE, SO THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY STRONG INTERNAL CONTROLS.
WE CAN'T ISSUE CHECKS UNLESS WE HAVE ALL THE PROPER PAPERWORK.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO LIKE BID CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
THE COUNTY WILL MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL.
IF WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING CORRECTLY BEFORE, THEY'LL PAY ANYBODY.
SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD INTERNAL CONTROL AND AN OVERSIGHT.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S OUR MONEY AND WE SPENT IT THE WAY WE WANT, BUT WE HAVE THAT EXTRA CONTROL THERE.
AND THE LAST QUESTION, YOUR A COUPLE OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY IN THE BEGINNING YOU TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE ADJUST THE BUDGET.
DOES THAT MEAN? BUT YOU ALSO SAID THAT THE FOUNDATION OF THE BUDGET FOR 21-22 IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME RIGHT.
WE WERE RELYING ON THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS PASSED BY THE BOARD IN JUNE.
SO WHAT IS EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN? WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY REOPENING IT.
WE'RE ADJUSTING BASED ON OUR EXPENSES AND THEN THE REVENUES, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO WE GO THROUGH WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET AND AND WE FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, EACH SITE HAS A LOT OF DISCRETION ABOUT THEIR OWN BUDGETS.
THEY HAVE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS AS WELL AS SOME CATEGORICAL TYPE FUNDS LIKE SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS.
SO THEY SET UP A BUDGET AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND AND IT'S BROKEN OUT INTO
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CATEGORIES.SO SOME OF THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS ARE THEM SAYING, HEY, I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE I NEEDED OVERTIME FOR THIS PROGRAM.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M NOT GOING TO NEED THAT ANYMORE.
I'D RATHER SPEND THAT OVER HERE ON THIS AFTER SCHOOL INTERVENTION PROGRAM INSTEAD.
SO A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE SAY BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS, IT'S JUST MOVING MONEY BETWEEN CATEGORIES LIKE THAT.
THEN FOR US ON THE DISTRICT LEVEL, WE WE WILL SAY, OH, YOU KNOW, WE ESTIMATED LOTTERY WAS GOING TO COME IN AT THIS.
AND AGAIN, WE USE VERY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES AND THAT IS THE LOTTERY MONEY STARTS TO COME IN.
SONYA SAYS, LOOK AT IT'S HIGHER.
SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT SOME MORE REVENUE OVER THERE THAT WILL MAKE IT BETTER.
THE SAME TIME, CORRESPONDING OH, THERE'S AN EXPENSE MORE OVER HERE THAT'S HIGHER THAN WE THOUGHT.
BUT IT'S MORE OFTEN THAT WE'RE ADJUSTING REVENUES UP THAN EXPENDITURES.
PUT DOWN THE LINE, YOU ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION OR COMMENTS.
SO I SEE WE'RE LOSING ALMOST FIVE HUNDRED, WHICH ALREADY THERE IS CONCERNING.
OF COURSE, I KNOW STATEWIDE THAT'S HAPPENING.
I'M SURE IDAHO, ALL THE NUMBERS ARE GOING UP THERE AND THEY'RE GETTING TONS OF FUNDING.
BUT WHAT I SEE IS THE DOLLAR PER ADA IS GOING UP.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE LOSING THAT MANY KIDS THE WAY THE FUNDING GOES, WE'RE STILL MAKING AN EXTRA HALF MILLION ON THAT THIRD YEAR.
IS THAT TREND SOMETHING THAT YOU EXPECT TO CONTINUE? YEAH, YOU'RE YOU'RE RIGHT.
SO EVERY YEAR THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE LCFF, IT'S THE DIFFERENCE WE ACTUALLY DO THAT.
WE HAVE A VERY DETAILED COMPARISON BETWEEN THE YEARS AND WE GET IT DOWN TO THE BOTTOM LINE OF THIS IS THE CHANGE IN THE LCFF DUE TO ADA, AND THIS IS THE CHANGE DUE TO THE COLA.
SO YES, SO IN THE THIRD YEAR, YOU'RE SEEING THAT THE COLA IS LARGE ENOUGH TO OFFSET ANY ANY CHANGE IN ADA.
SO WE HAVE TO REALLY KEEP LOOKING AT OUR ADA TO MAKE SURE THAT AND IF THE COLA IS BIG ENOUGH, IT WILL OFFSET THAT.
AND THAT'S LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH YEARS PAST YEAR THREE.
SUSAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU TO YOUR WHOLE TEAM OVER THERE.
IT'S A LOT OF SHARP PENCIL WORK AND WE ALL APPRECIATE IT.
NEEDING A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ACCEPT THE FIRST INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT.
MOTION BY JIM, SECONDED BY DEREK.
[16.2.1. Conduct a Public Hearing of the Initial Proposals for Negotiations Between the California School Employees Association Chapter #21 and the Bonita Unified School District for the 2022-2023 School Year ]
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE INITIAL PROPOSALS FOR NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, CHAPTER NUMBER 21 AND THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE 2020 TO 2023 SCHOOL YEAR.THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN AT 6:53.
IT WILL START WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IT SEEMS LIKE ALL OF US HAVE A LOT TO SAY.
SO COMING TO THE NEGOTIATION BETWEEN OUR UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH BE IT CALIFORNIA, BE IT WITH LOS ANGELES, WHOEVER WE ARE NEGOTIATING WITH FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I FEEL LIKE NEGOTIATIONS SHOULD BE THERE.
SO YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
GOING INTO THE FIRST POINT IS ETHNIC STUDIES, RIGHT? I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
WE WENT TO TARGET AND THERE WAS A BLACK GENTLEMAN WALKING TOWARDS US AND MY KID LOOKED UP, SAY, HEY, MOM, LOOK, IT'S AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
I HAD TO CORRECT HIM LIKE, NO HONEY.
HE'S NOT AN AFRICAN AMERICAN, HE'S AN AMERICAN.
THAT'S SOMETHING HE LEARNED FROM SCHOOL.
WE ARE DIVIDING OUR KIDS BASED ON COLOR AGAIN.
IT'S SUCH A REDUNDANT THING TO SAY, BUT IT IS TRUE, RIGHT? WITH ETHNIC STUDIES.
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S GOING TO BE BAD.
WE LEARN TO RESPECT AND LEARN DIFFERENT CULTURES AND BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER, BUT TO MAKE EVERYBODY COMFORTABLE.
THE ONLY THING, THE ONLY THING YOU GUYS NEED TO DO IS BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE TEACHING THE KIDS.
WHAT IS THE CURRICULUM? WHAT IS THE STUDY GUIDE? THIS IS A QUESTION.
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THIS IS EVEN SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO BRING UP BECAUSE WE WERE NOT VERY TRANSPARENT WHEN IT CAME TO SEX ED THAT WE WERE TEACHING OUR KIDS OR THE CURRICULUM THEY WERE PUTTING KIDS THROUGH.THE PARENTS WERE TOLD TO COME TO THE OFFICE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE MATERIAL AND WAS TOLD THERE WERE COPYRIGHT ISSUES.
THAT'S WHY THEY CANNOT GIVE THE MATERIAL OUT OR SHOW IT TO THE PARENTS OTHERWISE WHICH ME AND MY FRIEND CAME AND SAW.
AND SHE CALLED THE COMPANY THAT IS THAT HAS THE MATERIAL THAT WE ARE PRODUCING TO THE KIDS, AND THEY DENIED ANY SUCH COPYRIGHT ISSUES.
THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS A BIG PROBLEM IN THE BAY AREA WITH THE PARENTS, AND INSTEAD OF TAKING THE TIME TO EXPLAIN TO THE PARENTS THAT WHAT YOU ARE TEACHING IS GOOD AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE KID, THEY DECIDED MORE SCHOOL DISTRICT DECIDED TO HIDE IT FROM THE PARENTS.
THIS IS A VERY DIVIDED COUNTRY AND A VERY DIVIDED WORLD WE ARE IN IN.
THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE WE SHOULD ALL BE UNIFIED, WHERE WE COME IN AND WE AGREE ON HOW TO MOVE OUR KIDS AND THEIR FUTURE AHEAD.
IF YOU HAVE YOUR POLITICS, REGARDLESS OF WHICH PARTY IT IS.
PLEASE LEAVE IT OUTSIDE THE DOOR.
WALK IN TO WORK WITH THE PARENTS, NOT WITH WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS RIGHT IN YOUR HEAD BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL PARTY YOU ARE ASSOCIATED WITH.
KEVIN, YOU'RE GOING TO PROVIDE US WITH AN OVERVIEW, PLEASE.
THE DISTRICT, IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, HAVE A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2022 BECAUSE THE THREE YEAR CONTRACT IS EXPIRING AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
THE DISTRICT AND THE ASSOCIATION MAY OPEN AS MANY CONTRACT ARTICLES AS DESIRED BY EITHER PARTY.
SECTION 3547 OF THE EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS ACT REQUIRES INITIAL CONTRACT PROPOSALS BE MADE BY BOTH SIDES TO BE PRESENTED AT A PUBLIC MEETING PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF EMPLOYER EMPLOYEE NEGOTIATIONS.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE PROCEDURES, CSCA AND THE DISTRICT ARE SUBMITTING THEIR INITIAL PROPOSALS TO OPEN NEGOTIATIONS.
FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE BOARD WILL NEED TO CONSIDER ADOPTING BOTH PROPOSALS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR ASSOCIATION IN NEGOTIATIONS.
WE WILL CLOSE THE HEARING AT 6:57.
I AM TO ADOPT THE INITIAL PROPOSAL FOR NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE CALIFORNIA
[16.2.2. Adopt the Initial Proposal for Negotiations Between the California School Employees Association Chapter #21 and the Bonita Unified School District for the 2022-2023 School Year ]
SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, CHAPTER NUMBER 21AND THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE 2022 2023 SCHOOL YEAR MAY I HAVE A MOTION.MOTION BY GREG AND A SECOND BY DEREK.
ITEM THREE, ADOPT THE INITIAL PROPOSAL.
DOESN'T HE PRESENT OUR PROPOSALS BEFORE WE VOTE ON THEM? THEY DON'T SUNSHINE THEM? WHAT'S THE QUESTION, GLEN? DO YOU SUNSHINE THE PROPOSALS RIGHT NOW? YES.
SO RIGHT NOW YOU'RE APPROVING THE SUNSHINE PROPOSALS.
I THINK HE'S ASKING FOR THE DETAIL CHAPTERS.
ARE WE GOING TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SUNSHINING OR WE'RE JUST.
GO AHEAD AND KEVIN, GO AND EACH WHICH ONE OF THE SO WITH CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, THE ARTICLES THAT OPENED BY THE ASSOCIATION, ARE MEET AND NEGOTIATE A TERM OF AGREEMENT, TRANSPORTATION, HOLIDAYS, VACATION, COMPENSATION, LEAVES, TRANSFERS, HOURS, ASSOCIATION RIGHTS, AND NEW LANGUAGE HARASSMENT.
THE DISTRICT WILL BE OPENING THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES FOR NEGOTIATIONS.
THE PREAMBLE HOURS, COMPENSATION, VACATIONS, HOLIDAYS, MEET AND NEGOTIATE TERMS OF AGREEMENT, AND PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE.
DO WE HAVE VOTES? THOSE IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED? IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[16.2.3. Adopt the Initial Proposal for Negotiations Between the Bonita Unified School District and the California School Employees Association Chapter #21 for the 2022-2023 School Year ]
THREE, ADOPT THE INITIAL PROPOSAL FOR NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION.CHAPTER NUMBER 21 FOR THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR.
[16.2.4. Conduct a Public Hearing of the Initial Proposals for Negotiations Between the Bonita Unified Teachers Association and the Bonita Unified School District for the 2022-2023 School Year ]
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FOUR CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE INITIAL PROPOSALS FOR NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE BONITA UNIFIED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AND THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE 2022 2023 SCHOOL YEAR.WE WILL OPEN THIS HEARING AT 7:00 P.M.
AND KEVIN, WILL YOU PLEASE GIVE US AN OVERVIEW? THANK YOU.
THE DISTRICT AND THE BONITA UNIFIED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION ARE IN THE SECOND YEAR OF A THREE YEAR CONTRACT, PER ARTICLE.
TWENTY SIX OF THE CONTRACT, THE PARTIES AGREED TO COMMENCE REOPENING NEGOTIATIONS ON SALARY, HEALTH AND WELFARE CALENDAR AND NO MORE THAN TWO ARTICLES OF CHOICE FROM THE CHAPTER AND FROM THE DISTRICT.
THE ITEMS BEING BROUGHT UP TONIGHT FROM BONITA UNIFIED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION ARE CLASS SIZE AND HOURS AND FROM THE DISTRICT JOB SHARING AND HOURS.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3547OF THE EERA [INAUDIBLE] AND THE DISTRICT ARE SUBMITTING THEIR INITIAL PROPOSALS TO OPEN NEGOTIATIONS FOLLOWING THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
THE BOARD WILL NEED TO CONSIDER ADOPTING BOTH PROPOSALS.
THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSES AT 7:01 .
[16.2.5. Adopt the Initial Proposal for Negotiations Between the Bonita Unified Teachers Association and the Bonita Unified School District for the 2022-2023 School Year ]
I'VE ADOPTED THE INITIAL PROPOSAL FOR NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BETWEEN THE BONITA UNIFIED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AND THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE 2022 2023 SCHOOL YEAR.I DIDN'T CATCH WHO MADE THE MOTION.
I THINK GREG AND GLENN MADE THE SECOND.
ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM SIX ADOPT THE INITIAL PROPOSAL FOR NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE BONITA UNIFIED
[16.2.6. Adopt the Initial Proposal for Negotiations Between the Bonita Unified School District and the Bonita Unified Teacher Association for the 2022-2023 School Year ]
SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE BONITA UNIFIED TEACHER ASSOCIATION FOR THE 2022 2023 SCHOOL YEAR MAY HAVE A MOTION.ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[16.3.1. Call for Nominations for California School Board's Association Delegate Assembly ]
NEXT, SUPERINTENDENT CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.SO HISTORICALLY, THIS IS [INAUDIBLE] YOU KNOW, LACK OF MOTION.
BUT YOU DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AS A BOARD TO NOMINATE ONE MEMBER OF THE BOARD SO THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION, THEIR DELEGATE ASSEMBLY, CAN, YOU KNOW, SEE IF THEY CAN VOTE SOMEBODY IN TO BE A PART OF THEIR DELEGATE ASSEMBLY? AGAIN, THIS IS HISTORICALLY DIED FROM A LACK OF MOTION, BUT YOU KNOW YOU DO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT IF YOU WISH TO.
DAIS FOR LACK OF MOTIONS, THANK YOU.
[16.3.2. Conduct Public Hearing Under the California Voting Rights Act Regarding the Criteria for Drafting Trustee Area Maps ]
TO CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING UNDER THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT REGARDING THE CRITERIA FOR DRAFTING TRUSTEE AREA MAPS.CARL WILL DO SOME INTERACTIONS FOR US.
AND SO JUST AGAIN, BEFORE YOU OPEN UP THIS HEARING, IT'S THE THIRD OF FOUR REQUIRED HEARINGS AND THE FIRST TWO WAS TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAPS.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST HEARING TO ACTUALLY START LOOKING AT MAPS.
TODD ROBINSON WITH ATKINSON, [INAUDIBLE] AND I GET IT ALL RIGHT.
AND DOUG WITH COOPERATIVE STRATEGIES ARE HERE TO PRESENT IT TO YOU.
AND WE'RE READY TO GO SOON [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU.
AND WE WILL OPEN THE HEARING AT 7:03.
GOOD EVENING, THANKS FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.
MY NAME IS TODD ROBBINS, I'M A PARTNER WITH ATKINSON, ANDELSON, LOYA RUUD AND ROMO.
SO TONIGHT YOU ARE BEGINNING THE NEXT PHASE OF THE TRANSITION PROCESS.
YOU'VE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS WHERE YOU'VE HAD PUBLIC HEARINGS, WHERE PEOPLE MAY HAVE COME AND PROVIDED INPUT ON WHAT THEY THINK THE MAPS SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
I KNOW THE BOARD HAS PROVIDED SOME INPUT ON WHAT CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
TONIGHT, THOSE MAPS ARE GOING TO BE REVEALED.
THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING.
YOU'LL HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING AT A SUBSEQUENT BOARD MEETING AND THEN AT A FINAL BOARD MEETING, YOU'LL ADOPT A RESOLUTION AND I'LL PROBABLY RECOMMEND YOU HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AT THAT ONE, TOO, JUST TO BE ABUNDANTLY SAFE.
SO DOUG MENDI FROM COOPERATIVE STRATEGIES IS HERE TO GO THROUGH KIND OF THE MAP DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, AND HE'S BROUGHT SEVERAL MAPS TO SHOW YOU WITH SUBTLE DIFFERENCES WITH EACH ONE, AND HE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THE SHAPES OF THE MAPS AND THEN THE DEMOGRAPHICS AS WELL.
AND AFTER THAT, WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE SOME QUESTIONS.
AND THEN IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE MAPS WILL THEN GO ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE FOR
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REVIEW AND COMMENT OVER THE NEXT PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.SO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM, PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND THEN, IF ANY ADJUSTMENTS NEED TO BE MADE TO WHATEVER MAPS GET POSTED ON THERE, WE CAN MAKE THOSE.
AND ON THAT NOTE, THERE ARE MULTIPLE MAPS TONIGHT.
IF THE BOARD IS COMPELLED TO DISCARD ANY OF THE MAPS TONIGHT, YOU CAN JUST PROVIDE US WITH THAT DIRECTION.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES A MOTION FOR YOU TO DO.
IT'S JUST IF THE CONVERSATION GOES WHERE THE CONSENSUS APPEARS TO BE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T LIKE THAT ONE, AND THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS TO THAT STATEMENT THAT WE DON'T LIKE THAT ONE.
THEN THAT WILL BE SOME DIRECTION THAT WE JUST SHOULDN'T PUT THAT ONE UP ON THE WEBSITE.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER OR DO, HERE'S DOUG MEHNDI, AND HE'S GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE MAPS AND THE PROCESS.
AND DOUG, JUST BEFORE YOU GO, LET ME JUST KIND OF WALK AWAY THROUGH WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE KIND OF HIGHLIGHT WHAT TODD HAD MENTIONED.
TOMORROW ON OUR WEBSITE WE'LL HAVE A NEW TAB ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.
IT'LL HAVE LINKS TO ALL OF THE HEARINGS.
IT ALSO HAVE LINKS TO THE MAPS THAT WE DISCUSSED TODAY THAT ON THE BOARD'S PREVIEW TO PUT AND SHARE UP THERE, AND IT WILL ALSO HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS THAT WILL BE LINKED SO THAT WE CAN FORWARD THE COMMENTS ONTO THE BOARD SO THAT THEY CAN REVIEW THE COMMENTS RELATED TO THE PROPOSED MAPS TO CONTINUE TO GET INPUT THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
SO I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS TRANSPARENT AND OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY TO KIND OF WEIGH IN ON THESE MAPS BEFORE ANY DECISIONS ARE MADE BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
LET'S JUST BRIEFLY REVIEW AND GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND THE BOARD.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE WE'VE DONE.
WE'VE NOW WORKED ON THIS SINCE OCTOBER, WHEN WE FIRST MET TO ANNOUNCE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE OPENING.
WE HAD TO PRE MAP MEETINGS AND THEN THE DRAFTING OF THE MAPS BEGAN.
SO BASICALLY, THERE ARE SIX ALTERNATIVES, AND THAT'S QUITE A FEW.
BUT I WANTED TO GET A GOOD STARTING POINT FOR THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT AND START IN THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT LOOK AT WHAT THE ALTERNATIVES WERE.
EACH ONE OF THEM MEETS THE CRITERIA AND SO THAT POPULATIONS ARE BALANCED.
SO THE ONE THING JUST TO RECAP, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE BALANCED NUMBERS.
SO AS WE'VE SAID BEFORE, THAT WE MEET WITHIN A VARIANCE OF 10 PERCENT AND WE DESCRIBE THAT BETWEEN THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST TRUSTEE AREA IN TERMS OF POPULATION THAT IT MEETS WITHIN THAT VARIANCE.
THOSE NUMBERS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR EACH ALTERNATIVE.
THESE ARE DRAWN TO COMPLY WITH THE FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT.
WE DROVE THEM CONTINUOUSLY CONTIGUOUS AND COMPACT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
THERE ARE SOME DISTRICTS IN WHICH WE LOOKED AT MORE SEE THAT SORT OF VOTING AGE PRIMARILY IN THE HISPANIC POPULATION TO INCORPORATE SOME MORE OF THAT, TO BALANCE THINGS OUT, TO GET COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST A LITTLE BIT MORE OUTLINED.
SO THERE'S SOME ALTERNATIVES AND CONSIDERATIONS THERE.
WE FOLLOWED A MAN MADE FEATURES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SOME OF THEM FOLLOW EXACTLY LIKE THE 210 FREEWAY AS A SPLIT.
OTHERS DON'T NEEDED TO BALANCE FOOTHILL BOULEVARD AND OTHER THOROUGHFARES BECAME THE THE BOUNDARY RESPECT OR BOUNDARY.
FOR THAT, WE RESPECTED INCUMBENCY OF POSSIBLE ON THESE.
WE ALSO TOOK IN LOCAL CONSIDERATIONS, SO SCHOOL AREAS, BALANCE SCHOOLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WERE IMPORTANT IN THE DRAFTING OF THE FIRST SIX SCENARIOS.
AND SO JUST TO RECAP THE DISTRICT HERE, THE OVERALL DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE DISTRICT, SO WE CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, AS AN AREA OF SIXTY THREE THOUSAND TOTAL POPULATION.
THERE IS ALSO SITTING VOTING AGE, CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL BECAUSE WE LOOK AT THAT MORE WHEN WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK FOR COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST.
AND SO THAT'S THESE ARE THE IMPORTANT NUMBERS THERE.
AS YOU'LL SEE, WE PROVIDE BOTH TOTAL POP AND CVAP ON ALL THE ALTERNATIVES, WHICH WILL GO OVER HERE IN A SECOND.
SO LET'S JUST JUMP IN AND LOOK AT THE THE GEOGRAPHY.
SO IN THIS CASE, THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE DRAFTING.
TAKING SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE HAD RECEIVED WAS TO CREATE LONG A HORIZONTAL AND LINEAR THINGS LIKE GLADSTONE, THE 210 FREEWAY AND AREAS THAT REPRESENT THESE.
THESE HORIZONTAL LINEAR AREAS WERE TAKING NO EFFECT ON THIS MAP.
IN THIS CASE, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW THE THE BOUNDARIES ARE.
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YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT A NUMBER FOUR IS AS LONG AND LINEAR, BUT ALL THE OTHER ONES ARE KIND OF COMPACT AND FOLLOW A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.SO THEY'RE VERY THEY DON'T LEAVE IN AND OUT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND SPLIT THINGS UP THAT WAY.
AND SO THE OVERALL VARIANCE OF PROPOSED SCENARIO ONE IS IT'S FOUR PERCENT.
SO WE CAN SEE THAT THAT TRUSTEE AREA THREE AND TRUSTEE AREA FOUR ARE IT'S A FOUR IS UNDER ESSENTIALLY THE IDEAL TRUSTEE SIZE OF TWELVE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FOUR.
AND SO THAT'S A TWO PERCENT UNDER IN TRUSTEE AREA THREE IS IS TWO PERCENT OVER SO ACCOMMODATING FOR GROWTH AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
PROPOSAL SCENARIO TWO A LITTLE BIT MORE VERTICAL INTEGRATION BETWEEN THE DISTRICTS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND A TON OF TIME TONIGHT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ON CITIZENS VOTING AGE POPULATION.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE TABLES THAT PRETTY MUCH THE MAXIMUM NUMBER WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE ACROSS THESE SCENARIOS IS ABOUT 40 PERCENT IN ONE AREA.
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO CREATE MAJORITY MINORITY AREAS IN YOUR DISTRICT, SO YOUR HISPANIC POPULATION IS NOT CONCENTRATED ENOUGH OR THERE'S JUST INSUFFICIENT NUMBERS OF OF INDIVIDUALS TO DO THAT.
SO AS DOUG IS GOING THROUGH THAT, IF YOU'VE ATTENDED PRESENTATIONS ON THIS TOPIC OR IF YOU'VE BEEN TO OTHER AGENCIES PRESENTATIONS ON THIS TOPIC, I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS PRIMARILY ON THE SHAPES AND THE POPULATION BETWEEN THE TOTAL POPULATION VARIANCES BETWEEN THE AREAS JUST BECAUSE WE WEREN'T REALLY ABLE TO CREATE A MAJORITY MINORITY AREA IN ANY OF THE SCENARIOS.
SO SORRY, DOUG, THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
I HAD NOTED THE HIGHER PERCENTAGES TOO.
SO SCENARIOS ONE, THREE, FOUR AND SIX GET ABOVE 40 PERCENT AND WE CAN SEE OVERALL HISPANIC, THAT'S WHAT, 31.6 PERCENT IN THE DISTRICT.
SO SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE A LITTLE HIGHER.
BUT WITH THAT ASIDE, LET'S JUST KEEP GOING THROUGH THE SHAPES.
SO YOU SEE THAT IN SCENARIO TWO, THAT TRUSTEE AREA ONE SIMILAR TAKES INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE THE GROUP TRUSTEE AREA NUMBER TWO, BASIC LA VERNE AND EXTENDS ABOVE FOOTHILL BOULEVARD.
AND WE HAVE TRUSTEE AREA NUMBER THREE TAKES INTO ACCOUNT MOSTLY THE SAN DIMAS SIDE AND AND BRINGS OVER A POPULATION TWO FROM THE LA VERNE SIDE, AS WELL AS TRUSTEE AREA NUMBER FOUR, OF COURSE, EXTENDS UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS ALONG WITH TRUSTEE FIVE.
THE ONE I HAVE ON MY PAPER SCENARIO TOO IS VASTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING ME HERE.
IS THE SMALL ONE IS SIMILAR TO THAT ONE, BUT THE BIG ONE IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
THE MAPS WE HAVE HERE ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU'RE WHAT'S PROJECTED.
WHICH WAS PRINTED OUT THAT IS.
IT LOOKS DIFFERENT IN THE WORLD.
MAYBE TWO AND THREE ARE INVERTED.
ARE THEY INVERTED ON THIS [INAUDIBLE]? NO, ENTIRELY DIFFERENT.
THE BOARD THERE IS NO CONCENTRATION IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP AND THERE ARE STARS ABOVE MIC] SIDE OF IT? SO WE ARE VERY WELL DIVERSE AND WE REPRESENT ALL SIDES OF THE MAP LIKE, OK, THAT'S ENOUGH.
WE NEED TO STRAIGHTEN THIS OUT.
WHAT'S UP HERE? OK, SO I THINK PROPOSAL TWO AND THREE ARE FLIPPED IN THE PRESENTATION AND IN THE PACKET.
WHEN WAS THIS PRINTED OUT? THIS MORNING? SO, OKAY, SO THIS MIGHT, YOU KNOW, LET'S CAN WE THIS PRESIDENT CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND LET'S TAKE A FIVE TEN MINUTE BREAK TILL WE HAVE THIS CLEARED UP.
OK, WE'LL CALL IT BACK INTO ORDER, SORRY FOR THE TECHNICAL GLITCH, AND NOW
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WE'LL GET A LITTLE EXPLANATION, PLEASE.SO WHAT WE DO IS WE LOOKED AT THE MAPS.
THE DATA THAT MATCHES UP WITH THE BIG PART OF THE MAP IS RIGHT.
THE INSETS MAPS ARE OUT OF SEQUENCE.
SO IN THIS ONE SCENARIO, FOUR IS ACTUALLY SCENARIO THREE, YOU SEE THE BIG MAP AND THEN THE INSET MATCHES THAT SO THEY'RE ON THE WRONG SLIDE.
WELL, THE MAIN PART OF THE MAP IS.
YOU DON'T NEED TO ANSWER THE AUDIENCE.
THE MAIN PART OF THE MAP IS WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON.
OK, SO EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE INSET JUST IGNORE THE INSET.
OK, SO STARTING OVER, LET'S LOOK AT THIS.
SO THE LONG LINEAR WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, THIS SCENARIO.
THE IMPORTANT THING, TOO, IS THAT THESE ARE STARTING POINTS.
THESE ARE NOT POINTS IN WHICH WE ARE ADOPTING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TONIGHT, RIGHT? SO WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE AREAS THAT ARE BALANCED.
THESE ARE THE GEOGRAPHIES THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON AND MOVE ON FROM THERE.
SO THE IMPORTANT THING IS THESE ARE STARTING POINTS.
YEAH, FOR THE PUBLIC TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I LIKE SCENARIO ONE.
I LIKE SCENARIO TWO, LIKE SCENARIO THREE.
THE ONLY THING IS I LIKE SCENARIO THREE, BUT I LIKE TO HAVE A MODIFICATION OR I DON'T LIKE AT ALL SCENARIO ONE.
SO THAT'S THE TYPE OF THING THAT YOU KNOW WE WANT TO MOVE ON, MOVE FORWARD WITH TONIGHT.
SO WITH THAT, WE FOCUS ON THE BIG PART OF THE MAP AND THE BOUNDARIES THERE.
OK, IN THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS, OF COURSE, ARE OUT THERE, SO DON'T FOCUS ON THE INSET.
I SHOULD HAVE ASKED THIS BEFORE THE BLUE LINES RMD BOUNDARY.
WHAT DOES RMD? THAT WAS A BOUNDARY FOLLOW THAT I WAS GIVEN THAT DIVIDED ESSENTIALLY THE AREAS BETWEEN LA VERNE AND SAN DIMAS.
IT'S JUST KIND OF A REFERENCE LINE.
WE CAN REMOVE IT ON THE NEXT MAP OF IT.
SO THAT IS THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THAT IS THE CITY LIMITS BETWEEN LA VERNE AND SAN DIMAS.
IT IS THE THERE'S [INAUDIBLE] IN THERE, TOO.
THIS IS THE A DEMARCATION BETWEEN THE TWO THAT I WAS JUST GIVEN.
WE CAN MOVE OFF AND YOU KNOW, I CAN PUT ON THE CITY BOUNDARIES AS WELL.
CITY BOUNDARIES WILL BE ADDED.
SO WE COULD, YOU KNOW, LOOKED AT THE VARIANCE ON THAT FIRST SCENARIO AT A 4.0.
MOVING ON TO PROPOSED SCENARIO TWO, LOOKING AT THE BIG PART OF THE MAP, WE LOOK AT TRUSTEE AREA ONE, SOUTH END AREA TWO LA VERNE AREA THREE IN THE MIDDLE, OBVIOUSLY, AND IN TRUSTEE AREA THREE COMPRISES THE SAN DIMAS PORTION IN A CONTIGUOUS PATTERN THERE.
THE TRUSTEE AREA NUMBER FIVE FOCUSES ON THE THE MOUNTAINOUS AND THE HEIGHTS AREA.
AND SO THESE ALL BALANCE OUT TO A 2.6 VARIANCE.
AND WE LOOK AT THE, YOU KNOW, THE HISPANIC LATINO IS 42.8, SO IT'S A LITTLE LARGER OR A LITTLE LARGER THAN THREE.
CAN I ASK ABOUT THAT PAGE? YEAH, BECAUSE YOU HAVE ONE, STAR SAYS 2021.
THE OTHER STAR SAYS 2015 DATA LIKE YEAH ANSWER THAT THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE DOING TO DRAFT THE MAPS COMES FROM SEPTEMBER 27TH DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE ADJUSTED U.S.
CENSUS DATA THAT WAS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 27TH.
THE INFORMATION THAT'S INTEGRATED INTO THAT COMES FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU FOR THE CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION, AND SO THAT'S MODELED BY OUR STATE INTO EACH BLOCK.
AND SO THE CEVAP IS ORIGINALLY COLLECTED FOR FIVE YEARS FOR THE 2015 AND 2019.
SO THEY DON'T DO CVAP THAT IT RELIES ON THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY, WHICH WILL BE RELEASED, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME NEXT YEAR.
SO THE UPDATE WILL COME NEXT YEAR? YES, IT'LL BE COMING NEXT YEAR.
SO IT'S RELEVANT KIND OF TO THE DRAWING OF THE MAPS RIGHT NOW.
DO YOU KNOW WHY? IT'S LATE, YEAH.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S SOMETIME IN THE SUMMER.
PROPOSED SCENARIO THREE LITTLE BIT DIFFERENCE IN
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LA VERNE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT A MIX OF THE LA VERNE DOWN OF THE UNIVERSITY LONG THE WASH THAT WE HAD RECEIVED INFORMATION TO DO THE, YOU KNOW, THE ALIGNMENTS WITH.AND IN THIS CASE, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ALSO USED GLADSTONE QUITE A BIT BECAUSE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AS AN INPUT, YOU KNOW, GUIDE TO KIND OF WHERE DEMARCATIONS CAN BE DRAWN.
IN THIS CASE, IT DIVIDES THE HEIGHTS INTO TWO SCENARIOS IN FOUR TO TRUSTEE AREA TWO AND TRUSTEE AREA FIVE.
ONCE AGAIN, THE SOUTH IS COMPRISED PRIMARILY IN TRUSTEE AREA ONE.
SO THE GEOGRAPHIES AND THE SHAPES ARE QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT, BUT THE AREAS ARE, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTED SIMILAR, AND WE CAN SEE THAT THIS HAS A TOTAL VARIANCE OF 2.7 AND THE OF COURSE, THE POPULATION VARIANCE IN TWO IS HIGHER, BUT PRETTY BALANCED IN THE REST OF THEM.
SO THIS ONE, OF COURSE, HITS THE TARGET PRETTY CLOSELY.
THEY JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS A LITTLE BIT TO SEE TWO HISPANIC LATINO TRUSTEE AREAS OF THE CVAP.
FIFTY FOUR PERCENT AND FORTY FOUR PERCENT, I'M SORRY.
THIRTY SIX PERCENT AND FORTY POINT ONE PERCENT.
PROPOSED A SCENARIO FOR ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THAT.
ONE MOMENT, MY PROPOSED SCENARIO FOR PAGE IS BLANK.
OK, SO THE PROPOSED SCENARIO FOUR TAKES INTO ACCOUNT SPLITS UP THE SOUTH INTO A DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENT, SO IT BRINGS INTO AND TRIES TO KEEP EVERYTHING ON THE ONE SIDE OF THE THE 57 FREEWAY TOWARDS THE WEST INTACT AND COMES A LITTLE BIT ACROSS THE FREEWAY IN THE NORTH TO BALANCE IT OUT.
AS TRUSTEE AREA THREE TAKES IN THE HEIGHTS, AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS.
IN THIS CASE, YOU HAVE THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS DIVIDED INTO THREE TRUSTEE AREAS.
AND SO YOU HAVE THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE THAT ARE SPLIT ALONG THOSE LINES.
AND ONCE AGAIN, KIND OF THINK OF WHERE THE SCHOOLS ARE AND HOW THE SCHOOLS ARE BALANCED AND WHICH SCENARIOS WORK IN SOME, YOU KNOW, IN THAT IN THAT FRAMEWORK AND WE CAN SEE IT, THIS ONE HAS A TOTAL VARIANCE OF 3.9 PERCENT.
THE HISPANIC LATINO IS AT 37.7, 37.8 AND THREE AND FOUR WITH A LOWER.
PROPOSED SCENARIO FIVE ALSO GETS ANOTHER LOOK AT ONE IS SPLIT TWO IS INTACT, BUT WE LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE LENGTHENING THINGS OUT ALONG THE CORRIDORS AS DIRECTION WAS GIVEN.
SO THIS HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE LENGTH TO IT ON THE EAST WEST COAST.
IT'S THE SAME AS SCENARIO FOUR.
ONE OR TWO? SO, IS FIVE AND FOUR ON THE SAME ON YOUR SLIDES? YES.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE THE REST OF THE BOARD CONCURRENCE IS POSTPONE THIS UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING, SO WE HAVE ALL OUR DUCKS IN A ROW.
THIS IS FAR TOO IMPORTANT TO GO IN OFF SCATTERSHOT LIKE THIS.
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APPRECIATE YOU COMING TONIGHT.BUT LET'S GIVE IT ANOTHER TRY IN JANUARY.
SO I WANTED I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT TO COVER.
WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER SOME STUFF ON A WEBSITE, CORRECT WHERE THE COMMUNITY COULD MAYBE LOOK AT THE DATA AND PLAY WITH THE DATA AND MAYBE SEE HOW THEY CAN DRAW THEIR OWN MAPS.
WHAT IS THAT LIKE AND HOW WOULD THEY DO THAT? OR WOULD THEY ACCESS THAT? YEAH, THE DIFFICULTY IN DOING THAT IS THAT THE VENDOR THAT DOES THAT IS BOOKED SOLID SO THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MORE SLOTS, WE'VE BEEN TOLD.
WHAT WE DO HAVE IS WE DO HAVE THE BLOCK INFORMATION AND EXISTING BOUNDARIES THAT CAN BE PUT ONLINE.
SO THAT INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE ABLE INSTEAD OF DRAWING YOUR OWN SCENARIOS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ZOOM IN, LOOK AT THE BLOCK VALUES AND AND UNDERSTAND THE BOUNDARIES INSIDE OF THAT.
DOUG, I GOT TO JUST PUT THIS OUT THERE AND MAYBE WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND REALLY SORT THIS OUT BECAUSE AT THE LAST MEETING, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY WITH MAPS.
THE BOARD HERE MUST TO BE EXTREMELY TRANSPARENT WITH THIS.
IT'S DISAPPOINTING THAT THE MAPS DON'T MATCH.
AND SO I THINK MAYBE YOU ME, AND TODD, WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND SORT THROUGH THIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE WISH OF THE BOARD, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT FOR JANUARY.
IN THE MEANTIME, YOU KNOW, I KNOW CHUCK HAS A PROPOSAL TO PUT IT ON HOLD AT THIS TIME, BUT THIS IS JUST FAR TOO IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW, AND WE JUST NEED A LOT MORE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS 100 PERCENT CORRECT.
JUST BY WAY OF OUR PROCESS AND TIMELINE, WE COMMITTED TO A TIMELINE AND NOW WE'RE BIFURCATING IT RIGHT.
SO WE'RE TAKING A PAUSE FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS.
IS IT, YOU KNOW, HOW IS IT GOING TO AFFECT OUR TIMELINE? AND ARE WE STILL IN GOOD STEAD WITH OUR REQUIREMENTS IN OUR COMMITMENTS? AND THEN SECONDLY, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE WISE TO PUT THIS MATERIAL OUT ON A WEBSITE, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT READY TO DO THAT.
SO THAT'S JUST BY WAY OF CLARITY.
WE DO HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
I THINK THAT WANTED TO ASK QUESTIONS.
CAN WE STILL TALK BEFORE OR? WELL, LET'S, THE SEQUENCE WAS GOING TO BE ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO ASK QUESTIONS AND THEN THE BOARD WOULD ASK THEIR QUESTIONS.
SO I'D LIKE TO REVERT TO THAT PLAN.
AND IF THE PUBLIC HAVE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN, YOU MAY NOW DIRECT YOUR QUESTIONS TO THEM.
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, AT WHAT POINT OF TIME YOU CAN GIVE US A MAP AS WELL AS CENSUS, WHICH IS 100 PERCENT CORRECT.
IT COULD BE A SCENARIO WHEN IS IT THAT YOU CAN SAY, YES, WE CAN COME IN HERE AND, YOU KNOW, MAP OUT A CENSUS, WHICH IS 100 PERCENT.
IT'S JUST LA VERNE [INAUDIBLE] AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ACCURATE INFORMATION? MM HMM.
SO WHEN IS IT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME HERE AND NOT JUST ASSUME SOMETHING OR YEAH, SO LET ME GO BACK TO THE DATA.
THE DATA IS RELEASED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, SO WE'RE USING THAT DATA, THE DATA TO DRAFT THE MAPS THAT'S AT THE BASE CORE OF WHAT THE DRAWINGS ARE.
I'VE GOT TO LOOK AT WHAT THE SEQUENCE ARE IN THE SLIDES VERSUS THE DATA.
SO THE DATA IS THE DATA AND THE DATA AND THE CALCULATIONS HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT ON NUMEROUS OTHER DISTRICTS.
SO I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK AND CIRCLE BACK ON WHY THIS, YOU KNOW, WHY THINGS ARE OUT OF SYNC AND WHAT THE SCENARIOS ARE.
MY QUESTION AGAIN, THAT SINCE WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING WHERE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO CIRCLE BACK TO THIS MEETING AND HAVE THE DATA MIC].
THE BOARD WILL BRING THAT UP AT THE JANUARY MEETING.
OK, SO WE WILL BE THERE IN JANUARY.
IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THIS TIMELINE, WILL YOU BE GIVING US EXACTLY THE EXACT MAP WITHOUT ANY MISTAKE OR IS THIS GOING TO BE A WASTE OF TIME ALSO YOU KNOW, EACH OF THOSE SCENARIOS WILL BE VERIFIED WHEN WE PUT ON THE ON THE WEBSITE, ON THE PAGE.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE BEST.
ARE YOU REPRESENTING THE? WHO ARE YOU? WHERE DO YOU WORK.
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WELL, WE WORK FOR A [INAUDIBLE] STRATEGY SO DEMOGRAPHICS? YEAH.SO AFTER THE INFORMATION THAT WE WERE ALREADY SEEING THE NUMBERS, WHY SHOULD WE CONTINUE TO EVEN DISCUSS THIS BECAUSE THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SHOWED, SHOWED VERY DIVERSE SCENARIOS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
YEAH, SO THIS IS THE PART THAT WE'D LIKE IS THE FEEDBACK SAYING WHICH SCENARIOS YOU LIKE.
[INAUDIBLE] AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO START OR DRAFT YOUR OWN AND SUBMIT IT AS PUBLIC COMMENT.
RIGHT? I JUST WANT TO HEAR WHY.
YEAH, THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT ONCE THE BOUNDARIES RIGHT, SO WE GET THE PRESENTATION CORRECTED YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THESE ARE BALLOTS, THESE SHAPES, THESE GEOGRAPHIES.
[INAUDIBLE] SHOW THAT WE'RE BALANCED? WELL, THEY'RE BALANCED AS THEY'RE DRAFTED.
IF YOU HAVE SAY, OK, LET'S LOOK AT ONE OF THE SCENARIOS TAKE LIKE SCENARIO THREE.
SO THERE'S SOME THINGS I LIKE ABOUT IT, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS ADJUSTED IN THERE.
THAT WE CAN, I CAN TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
AND JUST KEEP IT AS IT IS BECAUSE WE ARE BALANCE EXISTING.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON YOUR NEXT PRESENTATION, PLEASE.
WITHOUT THE BOUNDARIES, BECAUSE WE ALREADY DIVERSE IN OUR VOTING AND YOUR NOT GONNA SHOW THAT.
YOU MAY WANT TO HANDLE THAT LEGALLY BECAUSE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE LEGAL.
SO UNDER THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT, THE BOARD BEGAN THE PROCESS FOR TRANSITION.
THE METHOD OF ELECTION WITH NO BOUNDARIES IS WHAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY USING.
IT'S CALLED AT-LARGE ELECTIONS, AND AS WE DISCUSSED IN PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS A PUBLIC POLICY THAT AT-LARGE METHODS OF ELECTION ARE SUSPECT BECAUSE THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS FOUND THAT THEY HAVE THE TENDENCY TO DILUTE THE VOTING STRENGTH OF MINORITY AND PROTECTED CLASS POPULATIONS.
SO WHAT THE BOARD IS DOING IN THIS PROCESS, WHICH IT STARTED BACK IN OCTOBER, IS MOVING ITSELF AWAY FROM AT-LARGE METHODS OF ELECTION AND MOVING TOWARDS THE BI TRUSTEE AREA METHOD OF ELECTION, WHICH IS WHERE YOU SEE THESE THESE MAPS THAT HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT AREAS ON THEM.
THE BALANCE OF THE POPULATION OR THE THE DEMOGRAPHIC MAKEUP OF THE POPULATION IS NOT THE EVIDENCE THAT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS CONCERNED WITH WHEN LOOKING FOR A POTENTIAL VIOLATION UNDER THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT.
AS WE DISCUSSED LONG AGO AT AN EARLIER PRESENTATION, WE'RE LOOKING AT ELECTION OUTCOMES, ELECTION DATA, HOW THE COMMUNITY HAS VOTED IN THE PAST AND IS THERE EVIDENCE OF WHAT'S CALLED RACIALLY POLARIZED VOTING IN THE COMMUNITY? THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT CREATE RISK FOR A PUBLIC AGENCY, AND PUBLIC AGENCIES ACROSS THE STATE HAVE ASSESSED THAT RISK OR HAVE FELT THAT THAT POTENTIAL RISK RESIDES WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND THEREFORE, RATHER THAN SUBJECTING ITSELF TO A POTENTIAL LAWSUIT OR IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, RATHER THAN SUBJECT ITSELF TO A DEMAND LETTER FROM AN ATTORNEY WHICH UNDER THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT, ENTITLES THAT ATTORNEY TO A FEE OF $30000 JUST FOR WRITING A LETTER, THE DISTRICT TOOK THE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE APPROACH TO JUST MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN GETTING THESE LETTERS FOR YEARS, AND IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS DISTRICT JUST BECOMES A TARGET.
AND SO THAT WAS PART OF THE CALCULATION.
AND SO HERE WE ARE TODAY, KIND OF MOVING ALONG IN THE PROCESS TO GET US TOWARDS THE NOVEMBER 2022 ELECTION AS A BI TRUSTEE AREA ELECTION.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THIS PROCESS IN TIME.
THE MAPS WILL BE ADJUSTED AND REPRESENTED IN JANUARY.
BE A PUBLIC HEARING IN JANUARY.
PUBLIC HEARING IN FEBRUARY, YOU'LL ADOPT A RESOLUTION AT THE FEBRUARY 2ND BOARD MEETING AND WE'LL GO OFF TO THE L.A.
COUNTY COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION TO GET YOUR WAIVER TAKEN CARE OF AND TO GET THE PROCESS FINALIZED.
THE THREAT OF THE LETTER WE MIGHT RECEIVE AND THAT'S THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, I GET THAT .
ARE WE PAYING YOU AND THIS GENTLEMAN HERE FOR YOUR TIME? I AM ASSUMING WE ARE.
SO WHY DON'T WE GET THE LETTER AND SAY AND FIGHT THE LETTER? BECAUSE YOU GUYS KNOW OUR COMMUNITY, YOU DON'T REALLY THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE
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BREAKING UP THE BOUNDARIES OF WHOSE VOTING WHAT.ARE THEY STILL ABLE TO STOP THIS PROCESS? THAT'S ULTIMATELY A QUESTION FOR THE BOARD.
NO, I'M ASKING YOU AS AN ATTORNEY, ARE THEY IF THEY SAY RIGHT NOW? THEY CERTAINLY.
BUT YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT 100 PERCENT OF THE PUBLIC ENTITIES THAT HAVE TRIED TO FIGHT THIS HAVE LOST BECAUSE THE LAW IS WRITTEN IN A WAY.
THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A LETTER, THE COMMUNITY WILL BACK US NOT DOING THIS.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO MAP ONE PLEASE? NO, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING BACK TO THE MAP.
OKAY, SO IN THE PROPOSED SCENARIO ONE, YOU HAVE STARS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT THEY REPRESENT.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, IF YOU GO BACK AND YOU LOOK AT THE MAP AND YOU THINK THAT THE MAP IS CORRECT, YOU WILL SEE THE STARS [INAUDIBLE] HERE ARE REPRESENTED FROM DIFFERENT PARTS LIKE THE [INAUDIBLE] ONE.
SO WHAT CHANGES WHEN YOU DO THAT? SECONDLY, IS THAT I JUST LOVE THE AUDACITY OF THE PEOPLE COMING TO THE CITY IN FRONT OF OUR BOARD AND THREATENING OUR BOARD.
EVEN IF YOU COME UNPREPARED AND WITH NO MAPS, NO DATA, THAT IS ACTUALLY CORRECT.
THAT IS SHAME ON YOU GUYS, YOU SHOULD NOT BE REPRESENTING LIKE THAT.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE COLOR [INAUDIBLE] MEANS? YOUR PURPLE, YOUR RED, YOUR YELLOW LIKE WHAT IS THAT? WHAT DOES THAT [INAUDIBLE]? YEAH THOSE ARE THE PROPOSED TRUSTEE AREAS.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO THOSE WILL BE THE ONE TRUSTEE WILL REPRESENT THAT GEOGRAPHICALLY ON THERE.
AND YOU ARE TRYING TO BALANCE US OUT THAT YOU HAVE A BALANCE OF RACE.
AND THERE IS A PROBLEM? IS THERE A PROBLEM RIGHT NOW WITH THE WAY OUR BOUNDARIES ARE EXISTING? IS THERE A MAJOR PROBLEM THAT WAS BROUGHT UP? POTENTIAL SO THERE IS NO RISK RIGHT NOW? I WOULDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SAYING THERE IS NO RISK RIGHT NOW.
I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.
AND THEN WHO? IS THIS SOMETHING OUR BOARD WANT TO HAPPEN? OR IS THIS JUST SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTED OUR 20.
I'M JUST NOT SURE LIKE WHY? I'M NEW TO THIS SO I'M NOT SURE WHY THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING BECAUSE WAS THERE SOMEBODY ASKED YOU TO COME HERE TO DO THIS FOR OUR CITY.
I ACTUALLY REPRESENT THE SCHOOL BOARD, SO I'M NOT SUING YOUR CITY OR YOUR SCHOOL.
I THINK HER QUESTION IS, DID YOU GUYS SOLICIT THE SCHOOL BOARD OR DID THE SCHOOL BOARD SOLICIT YOU? THAT'S GENERALLY AN ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE SITUATION.
BUT I IF THE BOARD OF THE SUPERINTENDENT FEELS COMFORTABLE ASKING THAT QUESTION.
THEY CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT AND LIKE.
SO WE WERE CONTACTED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO IF WE'RE ALREADY FAIRLY DISTRIBUTED AND REPRESENTED, THEN WOULDN'T IT BE EASY FOR YOU TO DEFEND THE CITY.
[INAUDIBLE] WELL, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I DON'T LIKE TO SEE ANYONE [INAUDIBLE].SO IT RIGHT, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UNFORTUNATELY, THESE LAWSUITS ARE BASED ON STATISTICAL DATA THAT WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW.
BUT WHAT IT DOES WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATISTICAL DATA, YOU GET EVIDENCE, CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, BUT EVIDENCE NONETHELESS THAT RACIALLY POLARIZED VOTING MAY EXIST IN AN AREA AND COURTS HAVE NOT SET A BRIGHT LINE RULE ABOUT IF IT'S BELOW THIS NUMBER, YOU'RE FINE.
AND IF IT'S ABOVE THIS NUMBER, YOU'RE FINE OR YOU'RE IN TROUBLE.
AND SO THIS LAW, THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT, THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF IT, YOU WILL SEE IN THERE THAT THE LEGISLATURE CREATED FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR PLAINTIFFS LAWYERS TO SUE CITIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO GET THEM TO TRANSITION TO TRUSTEE AREA, ELECTION METHODS.
AND SO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CITIES ARE ALL FACING THIS KIND OF.
YOU KNOW, TERRIBLE CHOICE, DO WE REMAIN AT LARGE? OR DO WE RISK OUR GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, WHICH IS WHAT GOES TO EDUCATE YOUR KIDS IN
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FIGHTING ONE OF THESE LAWSUITS? AND JUST BY EXAMPLE, THE CITY OF PALMDALE LOST ONE OF THESE LAWSUITS CHALLENGE IT AND PAID THE PLAINTIFFS LAWYER OVER $4 MILLION IN ATTORNEY'S FEES BECAUSE THEY LOST.THE CHALLENGE IS IF YOU WIN WHICH NO PUBLIC ENTITY HAS WON, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT THAT WOULD ALLOW THIS BOARD TO RECOUP ITS ATTORNEY'S FEES SO IT WOULD PAY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO ATTORNEYS, TO EXPERTS TO LITIGATE THIS CASE, THEY'D COME OUT A WINNER.
BUT THEY'VE SPENT A MILLION DOLLARS.
AND GUESS WHAT? THE NEXT ATTORNEY COULD COME IN AND WRITE ANOTHER LETTER, AND WE BACK AT IT AGAIN.
THERE'S NOTHING IN THE LAW THAT SAYS ONCE YOU'VE WON A LAWSUIT, YOU'RE INSULATED FOREVER MORE FROM IT.
BECAUSE THE DATA IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING, IT'S CONSTANTLY EVOLVING.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, BOARD MAKE THE DIFFICULT FISCAL CHOICE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS IN ORDER TO PROTECT THAT MONEY THAT, YOU KNOW, AS YOU SAW IN THE BUDGET PRESENTATION, WE'RE DOING OK RIGHT NOW.
BUT YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS THAT COULD OTHERWISE GO TOWARDS KIDS.
SO YOU ARE A LAWYER THAT'S [INAUDIBLE].
THIS GENTLEMAN BACK HERE HAS THE QUESTION.
IS THERE ANY PROVISION OR ANYTHING IN THERE WHERE THE PLAINTIFF HAS TO BE? THEY CAN GET THAT $30000 FROM THE DISTRICT FOR LEGAL FEES OR WHATEVER THAT WAS INSET.
IS THERE ANY PROVISION IN THERE WHERE THEY GET REJECTED, WHERE IF IT DOES REPORT, YOU SAID THAT NONE OF THESE HAVE BEEN? NO, NO PUBLIC ENTITY HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN FIGHTING ONE OF THESE.
SO EVEN IF YOU HAD ALL YOUR DISTRICT WAS 50 PERCENT OR ALL EQUAL, THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT AND THEY'RE JUST SAYING YOU HAVE TO CHANGE TO THESE STANDARDS.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THESE SLIDES TONIGHT IS NOT THE EVIDENCE WE WOULD BE PRESENTING AT A TRIAL.
WE'D BE PRESENTING STATISTICAL DATA BASED ON ELECTION TENDENCIES, HOW VOTERS VOTE, THAT WE CAN GET ACCESS TO.
TO SHOW A CORRELATION BETWEEN RACE AND VOTING PREFERENCE.
THAT'S WHAT THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT IS CONCERNED ABOUT.
AND AGAIN, THAT DATA IS JUST CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
IT'S NOT DIRECT EVIDENCE, AND COURTS KNOW THAT THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE HAS A PREFERENCE FOR THESE BY TRUSTEE AREA METHODS OF ELECTION.
AND SO THEY ARE GOING TO, AS A GENERAL RULE, LOOK AT THE DATA AND WEIGH IT MORE IN FAVOR OF THE PLAINTIFFS THAN THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF THE PUBLIC AGENCIES.
IF HYPOTHETICALLY, THEY DID TAKE YOU TO COURT, YOU WERE TO WIN IN COURT.
WOULD THE DISTRICT BE REFUNDED THAT THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS? NO, AND THEY WOULD BE OUT WHATEVER MULTIPLE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THEY'D HAVE TO PAY TO DEFEND THE CASE.
SO IT'S BASICALLY THEY CAN COME AND EXTORT MONEY FROM DISTRICT.
THAT'S NOT A BAD WAY TO PUT IT.
MAYBE ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS NEED TO GET TOGETHER WITH THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD AND GO TO THE STATE AND SAY, WE ARE BEING EXTORTED.
WELL, I'LL CONTINUE [INAUDIBLE].AND IT'S NOT JUST SCHOOL BOARDS, IT'S CITIES, WATER BOARD ACROSS THE STATE.DISTRICTS.
IN PUBLIC WORKS PUSHED IN THE CORNER.
YOU HAVE TO STAND UP TO DO SOMETHING AT SOMETIME.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IF YOU DRAW THOSE LINES, YEAH, THEN BASICALLY YOU'RE SAYING EVEN THOUGH THE VOTING MIGHT NOT BE EVENED OUT, BUT BECAUSE WE DRAW THOSE LINE, WE'RE OK.
BUT RIGHT NOW DO WE HAVE ANY EVIDENCE THAT WE'RE NOT.
SO YOUR QUESTION IS A GREAT ONE.
SO THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA WAS SUED, AND THEY MADE THAT VERY ARGUMENT THAT EVEN IF WE DRAW THESE LINES THIS WAY, WE CAN'T SATISFY THE PURPOSE OF THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT, WHICH IS TO STRENGTHEN THE VOTING PREFERENCES OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINORITY VOTERS.
IT WAS A BIG SHOCK AND WE WERE ALL THINKING, HEY, THIS IS AMAZING.
SANTA MONICA LOST AT TRIAL COURT, BUT THEY WON AT THE COURT OF APPEAL.
THE COURT OF APPEAL SAID, NO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T SHOW THAT THAT THE METHOD OF ELECTION CHANGE WOULD WOULD HAVE AN EFFECT ON BENEFITING THE MINORITY CANDIDATE.
WE FINALLY GOT A GOOD COURT DECISION.
THEY LOST AT TRIAL COURT, BUT THEY WON A COURT OF APPEAL AND THE COURT OF APPEAL DECISIONS ARE THE ONES THAT MATTER FOR US FROM FROM A HOW WE ADVISE PUBLIC AGENCIES.
BUT THEN THE PLAINTIFF APPEALED TO THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT.
CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT TOOK THE CASE AND STAYED BASICALLY REJECTED THE CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEALS RULING PENDING ITS DECISION.
SO WE CAN'T RELY ON THAT DECISION.
WE'RE BACK TO THE OLD LAW WHERE ALL WE GOT TO DO IS WORRY ABOUT POTENTIAL
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RACIALLY POLARIZED VOTING, AND THAT IS SUCH AN EASY AND LOW STANDARD TO SATISFY.SO NOT ONLY ARE WE LOOKING AT RACIALLY POLARIZED VOTING, POTENTIALLY FOR SCHOOL BOARD, BUT ALSO FOR THE CITIES THAT TOUCH YOUR AREA FOR THE WATER DISTRICTS THAT TOUCH YOUR AREA.
SO IF RACIALLY POLARIZED VOTING IS ABSENT IN THE SCHOOL BOARD, THAT'S OK.
BUT IF IT'S PRESENT IN THE CITY ELECTIONS OR PRESENT IN THE WATER DISTRICT ELECTIONS, WE'RE LIABLE WE'RE DEAD IN THE WATER.
SO THERE'S SO MUCH RISK INVOLVED THAT, YOU KNOW, MANY SCHOOL BOARDS, ALL OF THEM BASICALLY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSITIONING BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR THEM TO SPEND THAT MONEY WHEN IT COULD GO TO CLASSROOMS. NO, YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE THING IS THAT EVERY TIME I VOTED FOR, I FELT LIKE YOU WERE AGAINST THE CITY.
SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS THAT YOU ALREADY PAID YOUR YOU ARE NOT COMPETENT TO FIGHT THE STATES.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A QUESTION.
THIS IS ALSO MY FIRST TIME HERE TALKING ABOUT THIS SINCE, LIKE THREE MONTHS AGO.
YOUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE THOROUGHLY.
CAN WE GET A QUESTION? I MEAN, TODAY UP TO THREE HOW WOULD YOU I WILL DEFER TO THE DEMOGRAPHER WHO REVIEWS THE DATA.
I'M ONLY ABLE TO RELY ON MY EXPERTS WHEN IT'S LOOKING AT THE DATA, SO I CAN'T DO TOO MUCH.
HE'S GOING TO CORRECT IT AND WE'RE GOING TO TRUST THAT REPRESENTATION.
WE'LL GET BETTER EXPERTS IN THE PAST AND IF YOU NEED HELP LET US KNOW.
THE GENTLEMAN AT THE BACK HAS HIS HAND UP.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS, BUT YOU HAVE THE TRUSTEE DISTRICT AND YOU'RE BASICALLY GOING TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVE PER DISTRICT [INAUDIBLE].
NUMBER ONE DOES THAT REPRESENTATIVE DOES THAT HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT OR IS THAT SOMEBODY THAT COULD BE FROM OUTSIDE THAT AREA? NO, IT HAS TO BE A RESIDENT IN THAT DISTRICT.
ALSO, THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN THAT.
SO THOSE BASICALLY THAT REPRESENTATIVE OR THAT TRUSTEE WILL BE REPRESENTING THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN.
EACH BOARD MEMBER WILL STILL REPRESENT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE EVEN PUBLISHED A PROCLAMATION TO THAT POINT THAT IT WILL BE FIVE BOARD MEMBERS EQUALLY VESTED DISTRICT WIDE IN BOTH CITIES.
THE STARS ON THE MAP WHAT ARE THOSE ACTUAL STARS THAT ARE ON THE I THINK THAT SHOWS THE LOCATIONS OF EACH OF THE SCHOOLS OH THE STARS NO THAT'S WHERE EACH OF THE CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS LIVE.
THEIR WILL BE SOME DISTRICTS THAT DON'T HAVE CURRENT BOARD NO EVERY DISTRICT, EVERY AFTER THE ELECTION EVERY DISTRICT WILL.
RIGHT NOW, EVERY DISTRICT DOES NOT.
SOME SCENARIOS HAVE ALL FIVE TRUSTEES IN THEIR OWN AREA.
ONE MORE QUESTION THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON.
I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW THESE MAPS CHANGE.
IF THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE SO, LOCATIONS IN SCHOOLS IT HAS NOTHING OK, AND THEN THE LADY WITH THE BABY, I THINK, WANTED A QUESTION ASKED.
IS THAT GOING TO INCLUDE THE CHOICE OF TRUSTEE OUTSIDE OF THOSE AREAS YES, SO.
I THINK AND IF I DON'T, YOU CAN CLARIFY WITH ME, BUT.
SO CURRENTLY YOU'RE ABLE TO VOTE FOR ALL FIVE TRUSTEES.
WHEN THE TRANSITION HAPPENS, YOU WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR THE TRUSTEE WHO RESIDES WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES IN WHICH YOU RESIDE.
YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR THE OTHER FOUR.
YOU ARE SHRINKING YOUR POPULACE VOTE
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RESTRICT WHO INDIVIDUALS CAN VOTE FOR.SO WOULD IT ALSO BE A FAIR LEGAL STATEMENT TO SAY THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY POWER FROM THE POPULACE TO ALLOW FAIRNESS.
I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION FOR THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE.
THEY DON'T SEE IT AS SUCH, BUT IT'S A REASONABLE.
I'M TELLING YOU WHAT THE LEGAL ANSWER IS.
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO, ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS IF IN A DISTRICT LIKE IN L.A.
AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT DIVERSE AREAS.
THAT YOU'RE GETTING SOMEBODY, YOU'RE VOTING ON A SPECIAL LIKE AREA THAT YOU'RE IN.
NOT VOTING FROM LIKE MALIBU BEACH, YES.
SO THIS THIS LAW HAS AN EXTREMELY NEGATIVE IMPACT ON SMALLER JURISDICTIONS.
WE NEED TO MOVE ON WITH THE BOARD'S APPROVAL.
IF YOU HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS, WE WILL JUST DEFER THIS UNTIL THE JANUARY MEETING.
A COUPLE OF SCENARIOS AND I KNOW THE MAPS WEREN'T EXACTLY RIGHT FOUR AND FIVE.
WELL, DISTRICT ONE HAD NO SCHOOLS IN IT.
AND PERSONALLY, I DON'T WANT TO SEE A DISTRICT THAT DOESN'T HAVE A SCHOOL IN IT.
AND AGAIN, I AGREE EXTORTIONS A DECENT WORD.
I SEEN THAT AT THE CITY LEVEL AS WELL.
I DON'T THINK WE ALL VOTE ON [INAUDIBLE] MYSELF, BUT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WHERE I WANT TO FIGHT AND SPEND THE DISTRICT'S MONEY ON WHERE IT'S NOT FOR KIDS.
BECAUSE IF IT'S THIRTY THOUSAND, YEAH, THAT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.
BUT WHEN IT GETS INTO THE MILLIONS, THAT'S WHERE I KIND OF DRAW THE LINE.
WITH THIS SCENARIO IS ONE THING I ALSO WANT TO SEE WITH THAT I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THE MAPS AND ALL THE MAPS ACTUALLY GIVE ME CONCERN.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT'S MORE JUST LIKE BLOCK AREAS AS OPPOSED TO LIKE, HERE'S ONE DISTRICT, HERE'S SOMEONE ELSE, BUT THE OTHER ONE STILL GOES TO THE OTHER SIDE.
LIKE IF WE COULD SEE A LOT OF THESE I SEE LIKE WE'RE DIVIDING UP THE HILLS INTO THREE AREAS OR EVEN DOWNTOWN SAN DIMAS INTO FOUR DIFFERENT AREAS.
IF WE COULD JUST MAKE SURE I SEE THE HILLS AS ONE THING, MAYBE JUST KIND OF GO DOWN WITH LITTLE BLOCKS LIKE TWO IN SAN DIMAS TWO IN LA VERNE.
SO WE'RE KIND OF GUARANTEED AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE ARE FROM EACH CITY.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT HAS TO DO WITH THAT THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT THE TOTAL POPULATION OF THE ENTIRE JURISDICTION AND THEN WE HAVE TO DIVIDE THAT BY FIVE.
AND AS YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERY JURISDICTION IS SHAPED LIKE A SQUARE OR SHAPED LIKE A CIRCLE WHERE WE COULD JUST MAKE A PIE OR TAKE OUT CHUNKS SO WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO MEET THOSE CONCERNS.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHERE IS THE POPULATION IN THE JURISDICTION AND IF IT'S MORE DENSELY POPULATED IN AN AREA THAT MAY CAUSE A LINE TO HAVE TO MOVE EAST, WEST, NORTH OR SOUTH SO THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HONOR THAT REQUEST, BUT WE WILL DO OUR BEST.
BUT I SEE, LIKE A LOT OF SCENARIOS, HAVE SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN VAL VERDE ALSO REPRESENTS SOMEONE ALL AT THE FAR END OF LA VERNE.
YEAH, WHERE THEY COULD JUST GO UP A LITTLE BIT MORE NORTH AND REPRESENT MORE OF THEIR SCHOOL AREA BECAUSE THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT'S GOING OVER HERE AND WAY OVER HERE.
AND MOST OF THOSE MAPS HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WHEN'S THE LATEST DATE WE HAVE TO MAKE A VOTE ON THIS FOR NOVEMBER.
AND I CAN REACH OUT TO THE L.A.
COUNTY COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION.
BUT REALISTICALLY, WHAT WE NEED TO BE DONE, WE NEED TO BE DONE IN ORDER FOR THE L.A.
REGISTRAR OF VOTERS TO BE ABLE TO GET THEIR PAPERWORK READY FOR CANDIDATE FILING.
AND GENERALLY, THAT'S WE HAVE TO BE DONE IN THE L.A.
COUNTY COMMITTEE HAS TO BE DONE BY MAY, EARLY MAY AT THE VERY, VERY LATEST.
SO THAT MEANS YOUR VOTE PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE DONE BY MARCH AT THE EARLIEST OR AT THE VERY LATEST EXCUSE ME SO THAT WE CAN GET THE L.A.
COUNTY COMMITTEE AND HEAR IT AND NOTIFY THEM AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE.
OK, YEAH, I MEAN, THANKS TO THE AUDIENCE FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.
I ALSO AGREE YOU KNOW ONE VOTE EVERY FOUR YEARS FOR SOMEONE IN YOUR DISTRICT.
I WISH I COULD HAVE A SAY ON THE MAJORITY OF MY BOARD TOO.
ONE THING I AM ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, QUITE EMBARRASSED ABOUT ALL THIS THAT HAPPENED TODAY.
I HAVE BIG CONCERNS NOW WITH THE FIRM, JUST BECAUSE I MEAN, IF I GO INTO ONE OF MY MEETINGS AT WORK AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF WORDS WRONG, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LOT FOR ME.
[INAUDIBLE] BEEN PUTTING THIS ON A WEBSITE WOULD BE JUST WRONG.
AND TALKING ABOUT THIS HERE, I FEEL LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF TRUST I HAVE IF IT GOES THIS BAD THIS EARLY AND THIS IS MY TWO CENTS, THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS? YEAH.
CHUCK, JUST A JUST A COMMENT AND A REMINDER.
IF WE GO BACK TO OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, THE BOARD PASSED A RESOLUTION THAT
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REGARDLESS OF HOW THE DISTRICTS THESE TRUSTEE AREAS TURN OUT, WE ARE COMMITTED HENCEFORTH AND FOREVER TO REPRESENT ALL THE CHILDREN IN ALL OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES OF OUR DISTRICT, RIGHT? SO THAT COMMITMENTS ALREADY BEEN MADE.AND THAT'S PART OF THE FOUNDATION OF THIS PROCESS, ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO QUIT.
AND I GUESS I WOULD FIRST TO OUR LAWYER.
YOU GUYS ARE DIFFERENT, DEFINITELY, AND I APPRECIATE THE LEGAL COUNSEL THAT YOU'VE GIVEN.
I'M HOPEFUL FOR MAYBE A LITTLE MORE CLARITY IN THE FUTURE.
BUT YEAH, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THINGS ON A WEBSITE SO OUR COMMUNITY CAN HAVE ACCESS FOR THINGS TO LINE UP, AND I'M HOPING THAT'LL HAPPEN.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE ONLINE TOOL, THE MAP THAT GETS PUT UP THAT PEOPLE CAN THEORETICALLY, WHENEVER IT'S READY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO IN AND MANIPULATE THE MAP AND MOVE IT AROUND AND SORT OF CREATE THEIR OWN DISTRICTS OR THEIR OWN SUGGESTED DISTRICTS.
YEAH, CREATING YOUR OWN DISTRICT IS OUR COMPANY THAT DOES THAT, AND THEY HAVE SAID THAT WE HAVE NO MORE SLOTS.
IF I CAN PUSH THAT, WHICH I WILL.
WAS THAT CAPABILITY SOMETHING THAT WAS NEGOTIATED FROM THE DISTRICT TO YOU TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE? I DIDN'T.
BUT WE LIKE THE ONLINE PART WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE BOUNDARY AMOUNTS WHERE YOU CAN ZOOM AROUND AND LOOK AT THE BOUNDARIES THAT WILL BE PROVIDED.
SO THE ONLY PROBLEM IS DESIGNING YOUR OWN SCENARIOS IS ANOTHER TOOL.
THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS HAD SUCH A TOOL.
LA VERNE AS WELL, SO I CAN ONLY SPEAK FROM MY EXPERIENCE WITH OTHER SCHOOL BOARDS, AND I KNOW OTHER SCHOOL BOARDS HAVE REQUESTED THAT TOOL.
AND I KNOW STATEWIDE THE VENDOR IS WHICH IS NOT THE DEMOGRAPHER THAT YOU'RE USING.
IT'S A THIRD PARTY VENDOR STATEWIDE THEY'VE SOLD ALL OF THEIR LICENSES, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SERVER CAPACITY THAT MIGHT BE LIMITING TO HOW MANY LICENSES THEY OFFER, BUT THEY'RE JUST FOR ANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE ASKING FOR THAT TOOL.
IT'S JUST NOT AVAILABLE, AND I DON'T I DON'T WORK WITH THAT VENDOR.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WOULD NEED TO DO TO IMPROVE THAT CAPACITY, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING IN OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL.
WE WILL CLOSE THE HEARING AT 8:09.
[16.4.1. Election of Board Officer - President ]
NUMBER FOUR ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING BOARD OF EDUCATION.THE CALIFORNIA EDUCATION CODE REQUIRES US TO HOLD AN ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING TO VOTE IN A NEW PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND CLERK.
AND SO WE WILL BEGIN WITH A NOMINATION FOR THE PRESIDENT NEXT YEAR, AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOMINATE DEREK.
CHUCK, LET ME BEFORE YOU GUYS MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A YEAR, CHUCK THAT I CANNOT EXPRESS SUCH A DEEP APPRECIATION AND LEADERSHIP, AS YOU CAN EVEN SEE BY TONIGHT.
THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING NOT COMPLICATED FROM THIS YEAR WITH THE MANDATES.
AND DURING YOUR PRESIDENCY, WE STARTED WITH SCHOOLS CLOSED.
WE OPENED BACK UP WHEN THEY ALLOWED US TO TWO DAYS A WEEK.
WE MADE ANOTHER TRANSITION TO THREE DAYS A WEEK.
WE QUICKLY STARTED TO PIVOT WITH OUR STUDENTS TO GET ALMOST THREE THOUSAND STUDENTS IN SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM THIS YEAR.
WE WERE ABLE TO START THIS YEAR FULLY BACK TO CAMPUSES.
AND THEN RECENTLY WE WERE VOTED OR NOT EVEN VOTED.
WE WERE SELECTED AS THE NUMBER ONE DISTRICT FOR READING IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AMONGST A LOT OF OTHER THINGS HAPPENING OUT ALSO, DURING YOUR PRESIDENCY IN THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR, THIS DISTRICT WAS NAMED AS THE TOP WORKPLACE.
SO CHUCK, FROM A LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVE, AND THIS YEAR, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FROM ALL OF THE STAFF, THE DISTRICT AND TO COMMEMORATE THAT I'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A GAVEL THAT HAS YOUR NAME AND THE BOARD PRESIDENT 2021.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS WILL BE A YEAR THAT YOU WILL NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER FORGET.
SO ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE DISTRICT AND THE OTHER BOARD, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THAT.
YOU KNOW, THE MORE TIME YOU SPEND WORKING WITH THE PHENOMENAL PEOPLE THAT WORK
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FOR THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY'RE THE BEST OF THE BEST AND THEY MAKE OUR JOB EASY AND MAKE US LOOK GOOD IN GENERAL.I'M SO PROUD OF OUR SUPERINTENDENT OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS, EVERYONE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, THE MOST UNSENIOR PART TIMER, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET A JOB HERE WITH THE DISTRICT.
NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO IN THE DISTRICT PEOPLE DO NOT LOOK AT THIS AS A BURDEN.
THEY LOOK AT IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AND IMPROVE AND EXPAND THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE FOR THE STUDENTS.
OUR TEACHERS ARE ALL THE GREATEST TEACHERS AND THE CLASSIFIED FOLKS THAT SUPPORT THEM ARE THE BEST OF THE BEST OF THE CLASSIFIED FOLKS.
SO THANK YOU, CARL AND WE'LL MOVE ON HERE NOW.
[16.4.2. Election of Board Officer - Vice President ]
ELECTION OF BOARD OFFICER VICE PRESIDENT, MAY I HAVE A NOMINATION? I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE GLENN.ELECTION OF BOARD OFFICER CLERK.
[16.4.3. Election of Board Officer - Clerk ]
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS.[16.5.1. Appoint One Representative to San Antonio Regional Occupational Program Board of Directors ]
BOARD OF EDUCATION ASSIGNMENT OF COMMITTEES AND APPROVAL OF MEETINGS SCHEDULED FOR 2022.FIRST OF ALL, APPOINT ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL OCCUPATION PROGRAM BOARD OF DIRECTORS NOMINATION PLEASE.
[16.5.2. Appoint One Alternate Representative to San Antonio Regional Occupational Program Board of Directors ]
APPOINT ONE ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL OCCUPATIONAL PROGRAM BOARD OF DIRECTORS.I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MARGARET.
APPOINT ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SCHOOL TRUSTEES ASSOCIATION.
[16.5.3. Appoint One Representative to the Los Angeles County School Trustees Association ]
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE GLENN.[16.5.4. Appoint One Representative to Elect Members to the Los Angeles County Committee on School District Organization ]
APPOINT ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO ELECT MEMBERS TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION.APPOINT FIRST OF TWO REPRESENTATIVES TO SERVE ON THE CITY OF LA VERNE AD HOC
[16.5.5. Appoint First of Two Representatives to Serve on the City of La Verne Ad Hoc Committee ]
COMMITTEE.SIX APPOINT SECOND OF TWO REPRESENTATIVES TO SERVE ON THE CITY OF LA VERNE AD HOC
[16.5.6. Appoint Second of Two Representatives to Serve on the City of La Verne Ad Hoc Committee ]
COMMITTEE.[16.5.7. Appoint One Representative to Serve on the City of La Verne Youth and Family Action Committee ]
APPOINT ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO SERVE ON THE CITY OF LA VERNE YOUTH AND FAMILY ACTION COMMITTEE.CAN I GET A CLARIFICATION ON THAT SECOND? WHO WAS THE SECOND? JIM, THANK YOU.
NONE OPPOSED PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[16.5.8. Appoint First of Two Representatives to Serve on the City of San Dimas Ad Hoc Committee ]
APPOINT FIRST OF TWO REPRESENTATIVES TO SERVE ON THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS AD HOC COMMITTEE.[16.5.9. Appoint Second of Two Representatives to Serve on the City of San Dimas Ad Hoc Committee ]
APPOINT SECOND OF TWO REPRESENTATIVES TO SERVE ON THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS AD HOC COMMITTEE.APPOINT ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE LA VERNE SAN DIMAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.
[16.5.10. Appoint One Representative to the La Verne-San Dimas Educational Foundation ]
I NOMINATE JIM.[16.5.11. Approve Board of Education Regular Meeting Schedule for 2022 ]
APPROVE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULED FOR 2022.[17. REPORTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT ]
REPORTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT.JIM, MAY WE START WITH YOU AGAIN? SURE.
SO IT WAS SUCH A TREAT TO HAVE A SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR COME OUT TONIGHT
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AND SING CHRISTMAS CAROLS.THAT REALLY DOES HELP US SET THE MOOD FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
MY DAUGHTER SANG ALL THE WAY FROM FOURTH GRADE THROUGH 12TH GRADE IN OUR DISTRICT.
INQUIRE WHAT IS A SPECIAL PART OF HER LIFE.
I SANG IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING THEM COME OUT TONIGHT.
AND ALTHOUGH WE HAD TO GO OUTSIDE TO HEAR THEIR VOICES, IT WAS STILL A TREAT.
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY RIGHT AFTER OUR BOARD MEETING LAST TIME TO AGAIN ATTEND A LEARNING WALK.
SO THANKS TO JAMIE AT LA VERNE HEIGHTS AND LESLIE AT GRACE MILLER FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND YOUR TIME AND COURTESY.
YOU KNOW BOARD MEMBERS ARE THE NONPROFESSIONALS IN THE ROOM FOR THE MOST PART, AND I APPRECIATE AGAIN THEIR INSIGHT HOW THEY USE DATA.
BUT IT REALLY, AGAIN AT THE END OF THE DAY IS ALL ABOUT THE KIDS.
I HOPE EVERYONE REMEMBERED YOUR FAVORITE VETERAN.
THANK YOU CARL FOR SENDING OUT A LETTER AND AN FAQ RIGHT BEFORE THE THANKSGIVING BREAK.
HOPEFULLY TO HELP CONTINUE THAT DIALOG AND COMMUNICATION TO THE FOLKS THAT WE SERVE AND THE FOLKS THAT ARE PART OF OUR DISTRICT ON THE ISSUES OF THE DAY AND SOURCES OF TRUTH AND SO ON.
AND IT WAS FOR ME, IT WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE DIALOG THAT'S SO KEY TO OUR SUCCESS.
I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT THANKSGIVING WITH YOUR FAMILY.
AGAIN, A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN EVERYONE BEING ON LOCKDOWN LAST YEAR.
HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND THE SAN DIMAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MIXER AT THE WALKER HOUSE, AND THIS WAS THEIR BIG COMBINED MIXER.
IT WAS AGAIN SO NICE TO SEE FOLKS FROM THE CITY, OLD FRIENDS FROM THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND SO ON.
HAD A GREAT TIME, EVEN THOUGH WE KIND OF LOOK LIKE DORKS.
WE MADE OUR BEST PRESENTATION THIS PAST SATURDAY AT LET IT SNOW CITY OF SAN DIMAS HOLIDAY PARADE AND CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING AGAIN.
SO NICE TO SEE FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND GET OUT THERE AND REPRESENT, EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW WE NEED SUPERVISION AND WE NEED TO BE POINTED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, IT WAS GREAT TO GET OUT AND REPRESENT.
APPRECIATE ALL OF THE PROCESS AND OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW BOARD OFFICERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF PUT SOMETHING IN THE HOPPER FOR OUR UPCOMING YEAR.
YOU KNOW, CARL, YOU SEND US OUT SOME NUMBERS ABOUT SCHOOL BASED GUN VIOLENCE.
AND BY MY READ, IT'S UP 200 PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR NATIONWIDE ANYWAY, STATISTICALLY.
AND FOR US HERE IN OUR DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, SO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE ENJOY IN THIS DISTRICT.
SAFETY AND SECURITY BEING ONE, I THINK OFTENTIMES WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED, BUT TO TELL THE STORY AND MAKE THE LINKAGE TO WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THE COMMITMENT THIS DISTRICT HAS MADE PROUDLY TO MENTAL HEALTH.
AND IF THERE'S SOME PRESENTATION THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT CASE AND KIND OF TALK THROUGH OUR NOT ONLY OUR READINESS, BUT WHAT OUR DISTRICT IS DOING BY WAY OF PREVENTION, BECAUSE AT THE ROOT OF IT, BY MY READ, IT'S REALLY A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE.
AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST TO EACH AND EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT, FROM MY HOUSE TO YOUR HOUSE, ALL THE VERY BEST TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON, REGARDLESS OF WHICH FAITH TRADITION YOU CELEBRATE.
AND I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW, SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.
HAPPY DECEMBER HOLIDAY SEASON TO EVERYONE, SO THERE ARE SEVEN MORE SCHOOL DAYS LEFT UNTIL BREAK.
I KNOW THE KIDS, MY KIDS, STAFF ARE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME TIME OFF TO RECHARGE.
BUT REALLY, TO ALL THE STAFF OUT THERE, TEACHERS ADMIN CERTIFICATE CLASSIFIED.
I SINCERELY APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME AND ENERGY YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING IN FOR OUR STUDENTS.
MANY OF US EDUCATORS OUT HERE JUST FROM THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ARE REALLY BURNT OUT.
YEAH, WE CONTINUE TO PERSEVERE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THERE'S A REASON WHY YOU KNOW WE ARE AS HIGH ACHIEVING AS WE ARE HERE IN BONITA IT TRULY SHOWS WITH THE STAFF.
TYPICALLY, I ENJOY SHARING GREAT THINGS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT BONITA AND WHY [INAUDIBLE] IT IS NOT THE LEAST OF [INAUDIBLE] WAS THE CHOIR.
THE SAN DIMAS HOLIDAY PARADE HAD THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CHEER TEAM DRAMA, DANCE AND PERFORMANCE AS WE GET IN THE THEATER.
SO WE DO GREAT THINGS ACADEMICALLY.
BUT WE ALSO DO REGARD OUR KIDS TO BE HIGH ACHIEVING AND WELL-ROUNDED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S SOMETHING I TAKE PRIDE IN.
A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, WE HAD THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS, AND ONE THING I KNOW I ASKED A LOT WAS A BIG QUESTION OF MINE.
IS THERE ARE VIEWS ON CERTAIN TOPICS? AND HONESTLY, I FEEL LIKE THEY PUT THEMSELVES OUT THERE.
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SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT NOT ALL BE UNIFORM, BUT WE ARE UNIFIED.WE ALL THINK DIFFERENTLY, BUT WE DO COME TOGETHER FOR ONE COMMON PURPOSE.
AND I DO RESPECT A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT GET ASKED BOTH THROUGH EMAILS AND HERE IN PERSON.
ONE BIG THING IS THAT PROPOSED STATE VACCINE MANDATE AND JUST PERSONALLY FOR MYSELF, I'M OK WITH THE VACCINE, FOR MY FAMILY.
MY DOCTOR SAID, IT'S OK WITH ME, AND THAT'S FINE.
IT MIGHT NOT BE OK WITH YOU, AND I RESPECT THAT BECAUSE I'M NOT A DOCTOR.
I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T COMFORTABLE.
I UNDERSTAND THE REASONS THE MYOCARDITIS, THAT'S A VERY SCARY THING.
I DON'T GIVE MEDICAL ADVICE, BUT I JUST HOPE THAT PEOPLE KNOW WITH THAT PROPOSED MANDATE COMING OUT THERE IS THAT PERSONAL BELIEF EXEMPTION.
YOU JUST KIND OF WRITE A NOTE.
I DON'T BELIEVE IN IT FOR MY FAMILY, AND I THINK THAT KIND OF MEETS THAT NEED AS WELL.
THERE'S A LOT OF CONTROVERSY OVER THE WHOLE ETHNIC STUDIES COURSE COMING.
I KNOW THERE'S CONCERNS AND FROM WHAT I HEAR, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I HEAR PEOPLE IN THE EMAILS IN PERSON.
WE DON'T WANT OUR KIDS TO FEEL PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS OF OUR FOREFATHERS.
WE DON'T WANT ANYONE TO FEEL ASHAMED BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE [INAUDIBLE] HAVE TRANSPARENCY BECAUSE THIS ETHNIC STUDIES COURSE IS COMING, BUT WE CAN ADDRESS IT AS A COMMUNITY TO MAKE IT WHERE KIDS DO GROW IN A WAY THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
AS ONE, THOUGH, I HEAR YOU GUYS, I HEAR CONCERNS FROM ALL SIDES.
I JUST HAD THE FIRST TIME MY OWN DAUGHTER HAD A RACIST COMMENT SAID TO HER RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
SO I JUST WANT OUR KIDS TO GROW.
THE LABS WAS BROUGHT UP BEFORE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING I DO LOOK FOR IN THE FUTURE.
ONE OF MY BIG THINGS, YOU KNOW, WITH SPECIAL ED MENTAL HEALTH, CAREER TECH.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN IN THE FUTURE WITH THESE GREAT BUDGETS.
LOOK AT WHAT OUR KIDS WANT AND WHAT I HEAR OUR KIDS WANT ARE MORE OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS CAREER.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO THAT WITH UPDATING OUR LABS.
IT WOULD NEED A LOT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
SO WITH ALL THE HEAD NODDING, I HOPE I SEE SOME HEADS NOD AT HOME.
I WOULD LOVE TO HELP BRING THAT TOGETHER AS A SOLUTION.
ONE OF MY BIG PRIORITIES AGAIN IS SCHOOL SAFETY.
AND RECENTLY, CONCERNS HAVE SURFACED AGAIN.
SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERNS WITH SOME OF THE HATE SPEECH AT SCHOOL, PICTURES OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE BATHROOM, GOING BOTH WAYS, ONE GROUP SAYING SOMETHING TO SOMEONE ANOTHER GROUP RESPONDING BACK.
I KNOW THIS IS NOT NEW, BUT I AM YOU, AND I JUST HOPE WE CAN SEE SOME GROWTH IN SCHOOLS IN THIS AREA BECAUSE ABSOLUTELY IT'S NOT OK.
AND I KNOW PARENTS AT HOME ARE TALKING TO YOUR KIDS, BUT REALLY DOING NOTHING CHANGES NOTHING.
SO I DO APPRECIATE THE ADMIN WHO ARE STEPPING UP AND TRY TO MAKE THE CHANGE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
THESE TYPE OF THINGS CAN'T CONTINUE, SO I HOPE YOU FIND SOLUTIONS.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S ENOUGH FOR ME, I GUESS.
WELL, 80 YEARS AGO, YESTERDAY WAS WHAT THEY CALL A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY WHEN PEARL HARBOR WAS ATTACKED.
AND AS I LOOK BACK, I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY THE LAST TIME OUR COUNTRY WAS TRULY UNITED ON ALL ISSUES.
EVEN 911 DIDN'T DO IT BECAUSE THERE WERE STILL PEOPLE THAT HAD DISSENT.
AND IT'S SAD THAT IT TAKES SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO UNITE OUR COUNTRY ON COMMON ISSUES.
AND YOU KNOW, I DO APPRECIATE THE PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO SHOW UP AND EXERCISE THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS BECAUSE BOARDS LIKE THIS ARE THE ONLY FORUM MOST OF YOU HAVE TO EXPRESS YOUR FRUSTRATIONS WITH THE CURRENT SITUATIONS IN OUR DEEP BLUE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EVEN IF WE HAVE REALLY NO AUTHORITY TO IGNORE, OR ENFORCE THE LAWS OR ED CODE OR WHATEVER ELSE WE DON'T AGREE WITH OR OUR COMMUNITY DOESN'T AGREE WITH.
WHAT WE CAN AND HAVE ALWAYS DONE IS TRY AND MAKE THESE AS PALATABLE AS POSSIBLE AND MITIGATE THE IMPACT THROUGH RESEARCH AND CONSULTATION WITH OUR PARENTS, OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR STAFF.
SINCE GREG DID MENTION THE VACCINE MANDATE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE COMING, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE ON THAT SUBJECT TO DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH.
TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR RESEARCH IF SOMEONE TELLS YOU.
BUT HUMAN NATURE IS THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT OPPOSES THEIR VIEWPOINT.
DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH AND MAKE THE DECISION THAT'S RIGHT FOR YOUR FAMILY.
AND BOTTOM LINE CAME DOWN AFTER ALMOST 36 YEARS OF INHALING, WADING THROUGH AND CRAWLING THROUGH ALL THE CHEMICALS I DID.
THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE THAT WAS GOING TO AFFECT US, SO I GOT THE SHOT, BUT I WILL NOT VOTE TO IMPLEMENT AT A DISTRICT LEVEL A VACCINE MANDATE.
AND IF IT'S IMPLEMENTED AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL, WE WILL WORK TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT THROUGH THE PERSONAL EXEMPTIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO.
AND I DO ASK THAT EACH OF YOU EXTEND THE SAME COURTESY TO EVERY SPEAKER TONIGHT.
REGARDLESS OF YOUR VIEWPOINT THAT YOU RECEIVE WHEN YOU SPEAK AND YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY BEFORE, I WON'T ACCEPT CANCEL CULTURE FROM EITHER SIDE OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM AND IF YOU CHOOSE TO INTERRUPT OR HECKLE OTHER SPEAKERS LIKE WE HAD IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
DON'T EXPECT ME TO GIVE YOU CONSIDERATION TO YOUR STATEMENTS.
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AND THERE'S AN OLD FIRE SERVICE ADAGE THAT SAYS DON'T ACCEPT CRITICISM FROM SOMEONE YOU WOULDN'T ASK FOR ADVICE.SO WITH THAT, I WISH EVERYBODY A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
WELL, VERY WELL, SAID COMMENTS.
I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS SHORT SINCE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS WERE COVERED.
SO ONE, OUR SCHOOLS ARE DOING GREAT.
HONESTLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TEST SCORES, THE LAST TIME WE HAD STATEWIDE TESTS, OUR SCHOOLS WERE NOT ONLY RANKED REALLY HIGH AND I'M SAYING COMPARED TO OTHER NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS IN NEARBY.
BUT ALSO IF LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY VALUE, OUR KIDS DID BETTER THAN THEY SHOULD HAVE.
IF YOU JUST LOOK AT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, WHICH I THINK IS VERY IMPRESSIVE.
SO WHEN YOU SEE THE AWARDS LIKE NUMBER ONE SCHOOL IN READING WITHIN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS OR NUMBER ONE WORKPLACE, I THINK THAT REALLY REFLECTS SOME GREAT MANAGEMENT, SOME GREAT PRIORITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING.
MY WIFE, I WASN'T GOING TO SHARE THIS, BUT MY WIFE HAD A MOMENT WHICH I THOUGHT WAS HILARIOUS.
I'LL PROBABLY GET IN TROUBLE FOR SHARING THIS LATER.
SHE'S DEFINITELY I MARRIED UP.
SHE WAS VALEDICTORIAN OF HER HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE WENT TO CAL DOUBLE MAJOR PRESIDENT OF HER SORORITY, AND SHE HAD HER FIRST ACADEMIC CHALLENGE THIS LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
IT WAS WITH MY DAUGHTER'S FOURTH GRADE HOMEWORK.
SHE PROOFREAD SOME OF THE WORK AND IT WAS LATE AND THAT PROBLEM ENDED UP BEING WRONG.
SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S RIGOR HERE.
I JUST FOUND IT VERY IRONIC THAT MY WIFE, WHO'S AMAZING.
WAS CHALLENGED BY THE MATERIAL OUR KIDS ARE GOING THROUGH, SO GOOD JOB TO THE TEACHERS, AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE EXCELLENCE THAT OUR KIDS ARE GOING THROUGH, LIKE THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, THE KIDS WHO SING THEY DID A VERY GOOD JOB.
PITCH KEY, EVERYTHING THEIR PRESENTATION WAS AMAZING.
WHEN I SEE PLAYS, THEY DO A GREAT JOB.
WHEN I SEE OUR KIDS TEST SCORES.
WE'LL SAY THE STAAR TEST SCORES THAT JUST HAPPENED.
OUR KIDS DID A VERY GOOD JOB AND THAT'S NOT BY ACCIDENT.
SO I WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE US TO GET MORE TRADES.
I LIKE US TO HAVE BETTER LAB EQUIPMENT CODING.
ALL THESE THINGS ARE THINGS I WOULD LIKE US TO DO.
WE ALSO HAVE A BUDGET THAT CONSTRAINS US TO SOME DEGREE, BUT THESE ARE THINGS TO WORK TOWARDS.
AND I HOPE WE'LL WORK TOWARDS THEM.
OUTSIDE THAT, MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE.
HOPE YOU HAVE A COMFORTABLE COUCH? OH I KNOW.
THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY PAST MONTH WAS AS USUAL, SCHOOL VISITS WHERE WE HAD THE LEARNING WALKS AND I PROBABLY SAID SIMILAR THINGS BEFORE.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY ENJOY MOST ASIDE FROM JUST SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CLASSROOMS, IS TO SEE THE PRIDE THAT THE PRINCIPALS HAVE AND THE TEACHERS AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN EACH OF THE CLASSROOM.
AND I'M ALSO IMPRESSED WITH HOW MUCH EACH PRINCIPAL KNOWS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CLASSROOM.
I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT DOZENS AND DOZENS OF CLASSROOMS AND THEY SEEM TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
OF COURSE THEY KNOW WE'RE COMING.
SO MAYBE THAT EXPLAINS PART OF IT.
BUT THE PRIDE THAT THEY HAVE AN THE ENJOYMENT THAT THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF ALLUDED TO IT BEFORE, YOU KNOW, I SEE PEOPLE OUT THERE WORKING WHO ARE REALLY, REALLY ENJOYING THEIR WORK MORE THAN I DID IN A LOT OF TIMES IN MY OWN CAREER.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, WARMS MY HEART TO SEE THAT HAPPENING.
AND SO LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE OF THOSE LEARNING WALKS IN THE COMING MONTHS.
AND I THINK MY SPEAKING TIME HAS BEEN BURNED UP BY YOU FOUR SO I WILL JUST SAY HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE, HOWEVER YOU CELEBRATE.
IT'S A TIME OF CELEBRATION AND THANKS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO A NEW YEAR, AND HOPEFULLY IT GOES SMOOTHER THAN 2021.
SO BEFORE TODAY'S BOARD MEETING, FRONT PAGE OF THE L.A.
TIMES HAD TEACHERS WHO WERE NOT VACCINATED FROM LAUSD WERE RELEASED AND STUDENTS WERE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
SO I JUST WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD THAT WE ARE HIRING AND WE ARE ACCEPTING STUDENTS TO COME TO BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO WITH THAT SAID, IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE FOCUSED ON ACADEMICS, BUT WE'RE ALSO FOCUSED ON KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICE.
AND I RECENTLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AT ALLEN FOR A FUNDRAISING EVENT WHERE THEY RAISED OVER 2000 CANNED DONATIONS AND IN RETURN, I HAD PROMISED THAT THEY CAN SLIME ME.
SO I WAS SLIMED BY A COUPLE OF HUNDRED KIDS, BUT I WAS ALSO SLIMED BY SUSAN HUME AND MARGARET MACDONALD AFTERWARDS.
BUT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS REALLY GOT INTO THE SPIRIT OF CHARITY AND DONATIONS, AND SO THANK YOU TO ALL THE FAMILIES WHO DONATED.
IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER VETERAN'S DAY AND THE IMPORTANCE THAT IS TO CELEBRATE THAT.
AND ON THE BOARD, WE DO HAVE A VETERAN.
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HE DOESN'T TALK ABOUT IT.HE'S HUMBLE ABOUT IT, BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO GO UNNOTICED.
ON NOVEMBER 10TH, WE WERE ABLE TO GO OUT AND CELEBRATE ALL OF OUR VETERANS, WHICH INCLUDE DON ROBERTS, THE CSEA PRESIDENT WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY AS WELL.
[APPLAUSE] AND SO I HAD SAVED THE MOMENT TO AT LEAST RECOGNIZE GLENN PUBLICLY, AND NO, HE DOESN'T LIKE THE PUBLIC RECOGNITION FOR THIS.
HE'S A MAN WHO LIKES TO WORK BEHIND THE SCENES IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
BUT GLENN, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE SAME THING THAT WE GAVE EVERYBODY ELSE, WHICH IS A YETI MUG AND LOWE'S AND YOUR SERVICE REALLY COUNTS AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAD DONE IN YOUR SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY.
[APPLAUSE] SO MR. COLES, I SAW THE PHOTOS OF YOU BEING SLIMED AND BEING WRAPPED FROM HEAD TO TOE IN PLASTIC SEEMS TO BE CHEATING.
[LAUGHTER] WELL, EXCEPT THERE WAS ONE STUDENT OR AN ADULT WHO DECIDED TO PULL IT TO THE SIDE, AND IT WAS ALL GOOD FUN.
[18. REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC ]
18, REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS COMMUNICATION 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 PER BOARD POLICY, 9055.
INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS MAY BE ALLOWED UP TO THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. THE BOARD RESERVES THE RIGHT TO LIMIT THE TIME ON A NON AGENDA ITEM.
PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE BOARD PLEASE FILL OUT THE REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CARD, WHICH MAY BE PICKED UP FROM MARGARET MCDONALD SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
ANY PERSON ADDRESSING THE BOARD SHOULD FIRST STATE THEIR NAME AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE DISTRICT.
MY NAME IS JENNIFER KOSTIN, I WAS A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER FOR EIGHT YEARS.
I AM NOW A MOTHER TO FOUR CHILDREN, TWO WHO ARE ENROLLED IN BONITA UNIFIED.
WE LOVE OUR LOCAL SCHOOL, ITS TEACHERS AND ITS LEADERSHIP.
I WANT TO START BY THANKING THE DISTRICT FOR ITS THANKSGIVING EMAIL.
EMBEDDED IN IT, WHERE SOME FAQS.
I HAVE COME WITH ONE OF MY OWN QUESTION WHY ARE PARENTS CONCERNED AND FREQUENTLY ASKING ABOUT A VACCINE MANDATE WHEN THERE ISN'T CURRENTLY ONE ENACTED? ANSWER.
AS YOU KNOW, GOVERNOR NEWSOM, WHOSE OWN DAUGHTER HAS STILL NOT BEEN VACCINATED, HAS STATED HIS INTENTION TO REQUIRE PENDING FDA APPROVAL, A COVID VACCINE AS A REQUIREMENT TO ATTEND IN PERSON SCHOOL, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE.
PARENTS UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT THE CASE NOW.
HOWEVER, PARENTS WANT TO GET AHEAD OF THIS AND GET RID OF IT, EVEN AS A POSSIBILITY AS THEY DO NOT WANT A THREAT HANGING OVER THEIR CHILDREN'S IN-PERSON EDUCATION.
AN EDUCATION THEIR STUDENTS WERE ALREADY DENIED FOR OVER A YEAR.
THEY DON'T WANT WHAT THEY LOVE JEOPARDIZED AGAIN.
PARENTS WANT THE SCHOOL BOARD, WHICH REPRESENTS THEM TO PROTECT THEIR CHOICE.
THE RESPONSES FROM THE BOARD OF THE LAST MEETING WERE CONCERNING TO HEAR CONDESCENDING AND INSULTING ANALOGIES TO AVOID SOLUTIONS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
YOU WERE NOMINATED TO LEAD AND TO TAKE THE OPINIONS OF YOUR COMMUNITY TO ACTION.
AND NOW BONITA MUST NOT LEAD BUT FOLLOW THE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE SAID NO PUBLICLY TO A COVID VACCINE MANDATE.
FOLLOW HESPERIA, APPLE VALLEY, CALAVERAS, SIERRA NEVADA, HAPPY UNION, MARK TWAIN, OCEAN VIEW, SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, PLACENTIA YORBA LINDA, NORWALK AND LA MIRADA.
WE WANT YOU TO PUBLICLY STATE YOUR INTENTION TO ALLOW CHOICE FOR PARENTS OF OUR DISTRICT CHOICE FOR THE VERY SAME PARENTS WHO YOU VOTED TO REPRESENT YOU.
TO INCLUDE IN YOUR THANKSGIVING CORRESPONDENCE CONTACTS TO LOCAL OFFICIALS TO REACH OUT TO, RATHER THAN STATE THESE INTENTIONS TO PROTECT OUR CHOICE IS NOT ENOUGH.
PARENTS REALIZE THEY CAN AND HAVE REACHED OUT TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
WE WANT YOU TO STAND BESIDE US.
AT THE LAST MEETING WE ALL LUXURIATE IN THE GLORY THAT WAS BONITA AND WHAT A GREAT DISTRICT IT IS.
DON'T FORGET, HOWEVER, THAT WHAT MAKES IT GREAT IS OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, FAMILIES WHOSE PARENTS NOMINATED YOU AND WHO WORKED TO UTILIZE THE BENEFITS THE DISTRICT OFFERS AND ARE LARGELY PAID FOR IT THROUGH OUR TAX DOLLARS.
YOUR SCHOOL POPULATION WILL NOT BE SO GREAT WHEN THESE SAME FAMILIES SEEK OTHER PLACES TO EDUCATE THEIR WONDERFUL CHILDREN.
FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE RECENTLY ENACTED VOLUNTEER POLICY.
UNLESS OUR DISTRICT HAS HEALTH DATA THAT SHOWS THAT THE VACCINE STOPS COVID FROM
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SPREADING THEN EVERY VOLUNTEER SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO TEST PRIOR TO COMING INTO CONTACT WITH OUR STUDENTS.ONE OF THE PILLARS OF THIS DISTRICT IS EQUITY.
THIS CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED WITH TESTING EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF VACCINE STATUS.
WHEN WE, AS A DISTRICT, START ENACTING POLICY THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR THE SAKE OF COMPLACENCY AND IS DISCRIMINATORY, IT SPELLS DANGER FOR OUR CHILDREN.
PLEASE START MAKING SENSE [APPLAUSE] EMILY TAYLOR.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GREG AND GLENN FOR STANDING UP WITH THE PARENTS AND CONSIDERING THEIR CONCERN AND GIVING THEM A CHOICE AND SAYING THAT YOU WON'T VOTE.
I HOPE ALL OF YOU ALSO AGREE WITH IT.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT US, AGAINST YOU OR YOU AGAINST US.
IT'S ABOUT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PARENTS AND THE BOARD CAN WORK TOGETHER.
HAVING SAID THAT, THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE CHALLENGES THAT WILL COME IN FRONT OF US COME NEXT YEAR.
HOPEFULLY, WE CAN ALL UNITE AND WORK TOGETHER.
SECONDLY, THE SCHOOL BUDGET OUTLOOK HAD A MAGIC BALL IN IT, AND THAT'S WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
THE BUDGET IS SO LOW BECAUSE THE KIDS, THOSE WHO ARE HAVING ANY SYMPTOMS, HAVE TO STAY AT THE HOUSE FOR TWO WEEKS, WHICH IS NOT ONLY BRINGING THE ATTENDANCE DOWN, IT ALSO IS MAKING THESE KIDS FALL BEHIND IN THEIR ASSESSMENTS AND CLASSES AND GRADES.
YOU MIGHT RECONSIDER STARTING ZOOM FOR THESE CLASSES, THESE KIDS, SO THEY CAN KEEP UP AND HELP THEM.
BECAUSE THERE IS A WHOLE BUNCH OF KIDS.
THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD ARE FALLING BEHIND MINE BEING ONE.
HE'S BEEN A GREAT STUDENT, HE'S ALL A'S.
HE'S STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW TO KEEP UP WITH THE TWO WEEKS HE MISSED.
THIRDLY, I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE LAWYER THAT WE HAVE.
I'M GOING TO GO ON RECORD, AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT I DID NOT THINK THAT HE WAS REPRESENTING US BECAUSE THIS IS US, RIGHT? HE ACTUALLY STOOD HERE AND THREATENED US ABOUT THE $30,000 DOLLARS.
I WANT TO ASK YOU GUYS KINDLY AND VERY RESPECTFULLY TO GIVE THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY IN HIGHER DETAIL ABOUT WHO THE LAWYER IS, WHO'S THE FIRM, HOW DID WE GO UP TO HIRING THEM SO THAT WE KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING? HE'S SUPPOSED TO FIGHT FOR US.
I USED TO BE A LAWYER IN INDIA.
HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTING US THE ENTIRE TIME.
HE KEPT TELLING YOU GUYS THAT YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS, AND I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT WITHOUT ANY PREPARATION, WITHOUT ANY SOLID DETAILS, WITHOUT ANYTHING.
HE CAME HERE AND STOOD THERE AND TOLD YOU GUYS, EITHER YOU DO THIS OR YOU WILL PAY.
THIS IS NOT OK WHEN HE SAYS THAT TO YOU.
WHEN HE SAYS THAT TO US, HE'S TELLING THIS TO US AS A UNITED FRONT.
THIS IS NOT OK, RIGHT? SO PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
MAYBE CONSIDER GETTING SOMEBODY WHO IS WILLING TO FIGHT FOR US.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF REFERENCE AND REFERRALS YOU GOT FOR HIM.
IT'S NOT OK, ESPECIALLY WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS THAT OUR CITY IS VERY WELL DIVERSE.
WE ARE REPRESENTATIVE FROM DIFFERENT CORNERS, EXCEPTING FROM THE NORTH.
BUT IF HE WAS RIGHT THAT THERE IS NO REASON WHY WE CANNOT FIGHT THIS AND WHY WE SHOULD NOT FIGHT THIS, THERE IS THE THING IS GOING TO CHANGE BY THOSE DIVISIONS.
BUT DON'T LET PEOPLE BULLY YOU, ESPECIALLY WHO SUPPOSED TO BE ON YOUR SIDE.
I APPRECIATE GREG BRINGING UP ALL THE POINTS THAT YOU DID.
BUT IF YOU PUT THE INFORMATION I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL.
SO I COME THIS EVENING WITH A HEAVY HEART BECAUSE I KNOW MANY PARENTS HAVE BEEN
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DECEIVED REGARDING THE SEXUAL INDOCTRINATION TAKING PLACE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION.I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE DISTRICT REGARDING THE COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION THAT'S GOING TO BE TAUGHT JANUARY 3RD AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL FOR OUR 9TH AND 10TH GRADERS.
I HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME YET TO GO VIEW THE CURRICULUM, BUT HOPEFULLY I CAN BEFORE THE BREAK.
BUT I HAVE HAD THE TIME TO VIEW THE TEEN TALK CURRICULUM FOR SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK MR. WIEN FOR ALLOWING ME AND ANOTHER PARENT TO GO INTO HIS OFFICE AND VIEW THE CURRICULUM, THE SLIDES AND THE VIDEOS.
WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE NOTES, BUT NO PICTURES.
SO [INAUDIBLE] PARENTS, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO VIEW THE CURRICULUM, MAKE SURE YOU SEE THE VIDEOS ON THE SLIDES AS WELL.
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO DISCUSS ALL THAT I SAW, BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT ONE THING ABOUT SESSION SEVEN OR SESSION FOUR ON ABSTINENCE.
AND I THINK PARENTS LIKE WHEN I SAW THAT, I THOUGHT, OK, YAY, ABSTINENCE, YOU KNOW, FOR 12 AND 13 YEAR OLDS, THAT'S GREAT.
SO LET ME READ TO YOU WHAT I SAW.
TEEN TALK SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE LESSONS SESSION FOR NOT HAVING SEX ABSTINENCE OBJECTIVE ONE [INAUDIBLE] ORAL SEX, ANAL SEX AND VAGINAL SEX.
WAYS TO SHOW AFFECTION WITHOUT HAVING SEX.
TOUCHING EACH OTHER'S GENITALS.
MAKING HICKEY'S TOUCHING THEIR BODIES.
OK, THAT'S THE ABSTINENCE PART.
TESTING COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR PARTNER.
LIMIT THE NUMBERS OF SEX PARTNERS.
GET HEPATITIS AND HPV VACCINE DENTAL DAMS. TEACHER WHAT'S A DENTAL DAM? WELL, IT'S LIKE A CONDOM TO COVER YOUR MOUTH WHEN GIVING ORAL SEX VAGINALLY OR ANALLY.
SO THAT'S FOR OUR 13 AND 12 YEAR OLD'S, SO I JUST WANT TO READ A COUPLE OF THINGS FROM THE LETTER THAT I RECEIVED.
INSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS MUST BE AGE APPROPRIATE, PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO DEVELOP HEALTHY ATTITUDES CONCERNING ADOLESCENT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AND BODY IMAGE.
PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NECESSARY TO HAVE A HEALTHY, POSITIVE AND SAFE RELATIONSHIPS AND BEHAVIORS.
THE BUSD IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION, BUT YOU MUST BE TRANSPARENT AND HONEST TO WHAT IS BEING TAUGHT TO OUR CHILDREN.
AND I DON'T THINK THIS LETTER IS BEING TRANSPARENT.
IF I DIDN'T GO SEE THAT CURRICULUM, I WOULD THINK, OH, THIS IS GREAT.
AND SO WHAT WE JUST READ ISN'T APPROPRIATE FOR 12 AND 13 YEAR OLD'S.
AND CAN YOU IMAGINE THE STUFF THAT THEY DID TAKE OUT? SO I THOUGHT THAT THIS LETTER IS DECEIVING.
AND I ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO OPT OUT.
AND I JUST ASK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT JUST TO SHARE THE ACTUAL A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT IS BEING TAUGHT TO THE KIDS.
AND I DO WANT TO THANK YOU AS WELL BECAUSE I KNOW YOU DID NOT THANK YOU.
OKAY OUR NEXT TWO SPEAKERS EACH FILLED OUT TWO SEPARATE CARDS, SO YOU WILL HAVE ONE THREE MINUTE SPEAKING OPPORTUNITY, EACH.
GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS KRISTA CHAKMAK, I'M A FORMER BOARD MEMBER AND MOTHER OF TWO BOYS THAT I'M CURRENTLY HOME SCHOOLING DUE TO A VARIETY OF REASONS THAT CONTINUE TO EXIST TODAY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MASKING, COVID TESTING, TRACING AND VACCINE COERCION AND DISCRIMINATION.
ON NOVEMBER 11TH, LA VERNE HEIGHTS HAD A TRIBUTE ASSEMBLY FOR VETERANS DAY.
THIS PROGRAM WAS HELD IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL CAMPUS OUTSIDE WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN ACCESS.
VETERANS WERE INVITED TO BE PART OF THE TRIBUTE.
UNFORTUNATELY, IF THE VETERANS ATTENDED WERE NOT VACCINATED AND WOULD NOT SHOW PROOF OF NEGATIVE COVID TEST, THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO SIT AND PARTICIPATE, BUT MADE TO STAND BEHIND CAUTION TAPE.
I REACHED OUT TO ONE OF THE PARENTS THAT WAS AFFECTED BY THIS WITH THESE WORDS, I'M HEARTBROKEN AND EMBARRASSED BY THE ACTION OF OUR LEADERS.
WE ARE HERE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO COME BACK.
I WISH I HAD KNOWN, COME AND SUPPORTED OUR SOLDIER OR VETERAN.
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I'M SORRY TO YOU, YOUR HUSBAND, YOUR KIDS.I PRAY YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FIND THE TRUE RESPECT, FREEDOM AND PATRIOTISM WE ALL DESERVE.
ETERNALLY THANKFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE, SIR.
THIS FAMILY HAS SINCE UNENROLLED THEIR CHILDREN AND HAVE MOVED OUT OF OUR STATE.
THAT PLAN WAS ALREADY IN PROGRESS, BUT I'M SURE IT WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF REASONS TO LEAVE .
IN OCTOBER 2021 CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM ASSIGNED ASSEMBLY BILL 101 WHICH ADDS THE COMPLETION OF A ONE SEMESTER COURSE IN ETHNIC STUDIES AS A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENT, STARTING WITH THE CLASS OF 2030.
THIS EVENING, YOU APPROVE THE BLOCK GRANT, WHICH HAS A PLANNED EXPENDITURE OF EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO BE USED FOR INSTRUCTION, EDUCATION AND STRATEGIES TO INCORPORATE ETHNIC STUDIES CURRICULA INTO PUPIL INSTRUCTION FOR GRADES 7 TO 12.
I HAVE HEARD YOU ALL PREACH FOR MONTHS THAT BUSD WILL NOT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND BILL 101, YET THIS CLEARLY STATES OTHERWISE.
ETHNIC STUDIES IS THE INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF DIFFERENCE.
CHIEFLY RACE, ETHNICITY AND NATION, BUT ALSO SEXUALITY, GENDER AND OTHER SUCH MARKINGS.
ETHNIC STUDIES IS ANOTHER ATTACK ON OUR CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY.
THIS WILL CONTINUE TO DIVIDE OUR COUNTRY, OUR COMMUNITY, OUR SCHOOLS ALONG RACIAL LINES BY CATEGORIZING OUR CHILDREN AS OPPRESSORS AND OPPRESSED.
WE CONTINUE TO SEPARATE, DIVIDE AND CULTIVATE HATE UNDER A FALSE NARRATIVE OF INCLUSION.
THIS DISTRICT CONTINUES TO BE SILENT AND COMPLACENT.
ALTHOUGH THIS EVENING I'M VERY HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS AGAINST THE ATTACKS ON OUR CHILDREN.
THE PAID EMPLOYEES OF BUSD I CAN SOMEWHAT WRAP MY MIND AROUND SINCE YOU'RE VERY NICELY COMPENSATED FOR YOUR COMPLACENCY.
BUT THE FIVE ELECTED OFFICIALS CONTINUING TO STAY SILENT, I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND.
THE FACT THAT YOU ARE NOT ACTIVELY CREATING SOLUTIONS TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN FROM THESE DANGEROUS MANDATES AND LAWS DEMONSTRATES YOUR LACK OF MORAL COMPASS.
20 MONTHS INTO THIS, AND NOT ONE OF YOU HAVE PUBLICLY RAISED A QUESTION CONCERN BRAINSTORMING SESSION OR ANYTHING THAT RESEMBLES FROM CRITICAL THINKING FOR OUR CHILDREN.
YOU SHOULD BE FIGHTING FOR OUR CHILDREN, OUR FAMILIES, AND OUR COMMUNITY.
I HAVE A CHILD AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL, A COUPLE THINGS THAT I FEEL HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED, AND AS REENROLLMENT COMES IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS BECAUSE WE AREN'T GETTING VACCINATED AND WE PLANNED ON, I GUESS, SUBMITTING A RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION, THERE HASN'T BEEN.
AND TODAY THERE WAS A FEW BOARD MEMBERS THAT DID TALK ABOUT THE SUBJECT.
BUT I NEED TO FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WHEN AND IF WE PUT AN EXEMPTION IN THAT A IT WOULD BE APPROVED AND B THAT MY CHILD WOULD BE TREATED JUST AS ANY OTHER STUDENT NOT BE MADE TO DO ZOOM OR, YOU KNOW, BE TREATED OTHERWISE.
SO IT HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED HOW THAT WOULD, WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND HOW IT WOULD AFFECT THOSE KIDS.
AND THERE'S MANY OF US THAT ARE ON THE BUBBLE AND NOT SURE IF WE'RE PULLING OUR CHILD OUT NEXT YEAR.
SO I FEEL LIKE A STATEMENT OF CLARITY ON HOW THAT'S GOING TO LOOK AND OR HOW YOU GUYS FEEL ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SEEING LAUSD KICK CHILDREN OUT.
SO THIS IS OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, SO TWO BOARD MEMBERS DID SPEAK OF IT.
I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE OTHER THREE, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE KIDS ARE ALL TREATED EQUALLY.
AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE TREATED ANY DIFFERENT, THEN THAT WOULD EXPOSED, YOU KNOW, EACH CHILD'S VACCINATION STATUS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT DURING THOSE, MY CHILD WAS ON QUARANTINE THAT THERE WAS THAT WEEK.
AND I'VE ALSO TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE KNOW THAT AND I THINK YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THAT THE VACCINATED ARE SPREADING THIS.
AND SO THAT WEEK THAT MY CHILD HAD TO SIT HOME WHO DIDN'T HAVE COVID FOR AND MISS OUT, ALL FIVE KIDS THAT TESTED POSITIVE WERE VACCINATED KIDS.
SO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A TWO TIER SYSTEMS INSANE.
NUMBER TWO, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO.
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SO PLEASE, I'M ASKING THAT YOU GUYS CLARIFY SO THAT WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF, YOU'LL HAVE A MASS EXODUS IF YOU TREAT, CHOOSE TO TREAT CHILDREN DIFFERENTLY.BUT I WANT TO ADDRESS LAST NIGHT I WENT TO A MEETING ABOUT THE JUVENILE CAMP THAT THEY'RE DECIDING TO PUT PRISONERS.
THIRTY SIX PERCENT COULD BE MURDERERS.
LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VIOLENT 17 TO 25 YEAR OLD'S IN A VERY NON SECURE PLACE.
SO I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THAT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT DIDN'T SHOW UP, DIDN'T TALK ABOUT OUR BUS STOPS, OUR TRACK TEAM, OUR COUNTRY CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM RUNNING IN THE HILLS.
THERE'S SO MANY REASONS WHY YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE OR ONE OF YOU SHOULD HAVE REPRESENTED THE SCHOOL.
AND I HAVE TWO CARDS SO DO I GET [INAUDIBLE] MINUTES.
SO I WILL BE HERE IN JANUARY AND I'M HOPING THAT ONE OF YOU OR SOMEBODY TELLS ME HOW YOU SEND A LETTER AND THEY'RE REAL QUICK LIKE THIS TO OUR KIDS OFFENDERS AND CRIMINALS CAME FROM FAMILIES THAT SO MANY OF THEM HAVE THE SAME BACKGROUND AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE STOPS AND SO OUR YEAH, THANK YOU.
[19. FUTURE MEETING DATES ]
FUTURE MEETING DATES, THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING WILL BE JANUARY 12, 2022.[20. ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS ]
ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS.I WOULD LIKE SOME DISCUSSION ON THE SUBJECT THE LADY JUST BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE INCARCERATION CAMP, WHATEVER THEY CALL IT UP THERE, THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF IT AND CERTAINLY WISH THAT WE HAD BEEN INFORMED.
I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYONE ELSE ON THE BOARD HAD BEEN INFORMED EITHER, SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS? WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:50.
[21. CLOSED SESSION ]
OH, OK.WE'RE ALSO GOING TO ADJOURN INTO CLOSED SESSION AGAIN THIS EVENING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.