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CALL TO ORDER, THIS MEETING STARTS AT 4:30.

[2. CALL TO ORDER]

REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON CLOSED SESSION AGENDA.

THE PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON AGENDA ITEMS, THE BOARD MAY LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME FOR EACH AGENDA ITEM TO 20 MINUTES.

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

IN THE CASE OF NON AGENDA ITEMS, COMMENTS MAY BE MADE UNDER REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEM COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC.

PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE FILL OUT REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CARD, WHICH MAY BE PICKED UP FROM MARGARET MACDONALD, SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. ANY PERSON ADDRESSING THE BOARD SHOULD FIRST STATE THEIR NAME AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE DISTRICT.

THE BOARD WILL CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION CALL TIME 4:31.

[5. CLOSED SESSION AGENDA]

CALL TO ORDER, THE BOARD WILL NOW CONVENIENT TO OPEN SESSION CALL TIME IS AT 6:01 P.M.

[7. CALL TO ORDER]

IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO APPROVE COMPROMISE AND RELEASE AGREEMENT

[8. REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION]

THE MOTION WAS MADE BY GLENN, WITH THE SECOND BY CHUCK.

THE ROLL CALL VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS, ALL IN FAVOR.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[9. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDERING CONTENT.

SO MOVED.

ALL IN FAVOR?

[10. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER AND CONTENT]

APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING, SO MOVED.

[11. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING]

SO WE GOT A MOTION AND THE SECOND ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? EXCELLENT, AND NOW THE ADOPTED MINUTES FOR THE JANUARY 12TH, 2022 REGULAR BOARD MEETING, SO MOVED.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALSO PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

COMMUNICATION FROM STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES.

[12. COMMUNICATIONS FROM STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES]

I'M THE [INAUDIBLE] PRESIDENT AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.

OUR DRAMA DEPARTMENT HAD AUDITIONS FOR THEIR SPRING MUSICAL, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS.

WE ARE SO EXCITED TO SEE OUR BEARCATS ON STAGE.

LAST WEEK WE HAD OUR [INAUDIBLE] TROUBADOURS THE ROPES OF SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AT OUR BASKETBALL GAMES. WE LOVE SEEING OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE BEARCATS SINGING TOGETHER.

WINTER SPORTS ARE WRAPPING UP AND GOING INTO PLAYOFFS.

OUR WRESTLING TEAM HAD ONE OF THE BEST SEASONS IN YEARS, AND OUR BASKETBALL, SOCCER AND GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAMS ALL REPRESENTED BONITA WELL WITH GREAT SEASONS.

SPRINGS SPORTS ARE BEGINNING THEIR PRACTICES TO PREPARE FOR THEIR SEASONS.

[INAUDIBLE] WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.

WE HAD THIRTY FIVE DIFFERENT CLASSES REPRESENTED IN THE SQUAD FOR STUDENTS TO TALK TO THE TEACHERS ABOUT CLASSES TO PICK FOR NEXT YEAR AND AS ALWAYS, OUR AP STUDENTS ARE WORKING HARD TO PREPARE FOR THEIR AP TEST IN A FEW MONTHS.

BONITA'S FIRST EVER SPRING FLING THEME IS CARNIVAL DE BONITA.

IT'S GOING TO BE ON FEBRUARY 25TH IN THE QUAD.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A COUNCILMAN DANCE WITH THE DJ, AND OUR CLUBS AND GROUPS ON CAMPUS WILL BE SPONSORING BOOTHS AT THE EVENT, WITH THINGS FROM BRACES AND FOOD TO FORTUNE TELLERS AND FACE PAINTING.

OUR FIRST RALLY OF THE SEMESTER WILL BE NEXT WEEK.

WE ARE ALSO PREPARING TO HAVE 8TH GRADERS ON OUR CAMPUS ON MARCH 7TH FOR THEIR EIGHTH GRADE RALLY. WE WERE SO EXCITED TO SHOW THEM WHAT BONITA IS ALL ABOUT.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT COLES, PRESIDENT BAHMANOU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CABINET MEMBERS AND AUDIENCE.

TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT CELEBRATIONS, AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS.

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TO REACH THE PLATINUM TIER, A STUDENT MUST HAVE EARNED MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THEIR CREDITS.

SO THEY MUST BE EARNING CREDITS THROUGH C-TECH OR SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE. THIRTY STUDENTS REACHED THE PLATINUM TIER.

WE ALSO PLAYED THE PRICES RIGHT FOR SEVEN MOVIE TICKETS.

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR MONTHLY WORKING MUTUALITY THIS FRIDAY.

CONGRATULATIONS, TO OUR COUNSELOR, MRS. R. WHO IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE SAN DIMAS ROTARY [INAUDIBLE] GRANT.

SHE'LL BE USING THIS GRANT TO HELP SUPPORT OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER PROGRAM.

CONGRATULATIONS ALSO GO OUT TO TEACHERS MR. MCCORMICK, MRS. L. AND MR. MYERS AND COUNSELOR VALERIA HERRERA, WHO RECEIVED GRANTS FROM THE LA VERNE SAN DIMAS FOUNDATION.

ALL RECIPIENTS WILL BE USING THEIR GRANTS TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT RECOGNIZING OUR STUDENTS EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL GROWTH AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.

ON BEHALF OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF, I'D LIKE TO THINK BOTH [INAUDIBLE] FOUNDATION FOR THE GENEROSITY. SPEAKING OF COUNSELORS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING OUR AMAZING COUNSELORS MRS. [INAUDIBLE], VALERIA HERRERA AND MR. MATSUMOTO.

NEXT WEEK DURING NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELORS WEEK ACADEMICS COLLEGE AND CAREER PREPARATION . CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOL CELEBRATED 12 GRADUATES SO FAR THIS YEAR AND HAVE SEVEN MORE WHO WILL BE FINISHING UP IN THE COMING WEEKS.

NEXT ON OUR SENIOR PRESENTATIONS IS THURSDAY, FEB.

24TH.

THREE MORE SENIORS ARE SCHEDULED TO PRESENT.

AT THAT POINT, WE WILL HAVE SEVEN STUDENTS REMAINING WHO WE'LL BE PRESENTING AT A LATER DATE. ON JANUARY 24TH, WE HELD A CITRUS COLLEGE APPLICATION WORKSHOP.

STUDENTS WERE INTRODUCED TO THE FIRST STEP TOWARD APPLYING TO CITRUS.

THE WHOLE STAFF AT. CHAP-VISTA WILL CONTINUE TRAINING WITH DR.

JOEL HOOD ON FEBRUARY 15.

AS YOU KNOW, OUR BLACK COMMUNITY IS COMMITTED TO MEETING THE EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL NEEDS OF STUDENTS AS WELL AS THEIR ACADEMIC NEEDS.

ARTS THIS CREDIT ART CLASS WE'RE WORKING ON LINOLEUM BLOCK PAINTING.

STUDENTS ARE CREATING IMAGES TO EXPRESS A VIEW ON A SOCIAL ISSUE.

STUDENTS FIRST WORK ON PRELIMINARY SKETCHES AND WE TRY AND SIMPLIFY THEM WITH THE USE OF SYMBOLS AND ICONS TO TRANSMIT AN IDEA REALLY SIMPLY.

THEN WE TRANSFER THIS DRAWING ONTO A BLOCK OF LINOLEUM AND STUDENTS USE A CARVING TOOL TO SCOOP OUT THE AREAS OF LINOLEUM THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INKED.

WHEN THE STUDENTS ARE FINISHED WITH THIS, THEY THEN USE A ROLLER FULL OF INK TO INK THE BLOCK AND THEN STAMP THIS IMAGE ON A PAPER MULTIPLE TIMES.

ACTIVITIES. WE ARE BUSY PLANNING OUR PROM, WHICH WILL BE MARCH 4TH AT THE SAN DIMAS CIVIC CENTER. THIS YEAR'S THEME IS MURDER MYSTERY NIGHT.

SO STUDENTS WILL BE DANCING AND TRYING TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY AT THE SAME TIME.

LAST THURSDAY, WE HELD OUR FIRST LUNCHTIME POETRY READINGS D.

HERNANDEZ, [INAUDIBLE] AND I EACH READ OUR ORIGINAL POEMS. I WAS NERVOUS, BUT I'M GLAD I DID IT.

WE HAVE STARTED OUR PING PONG TOURNAMENT THIS YEAR.

WE ARE HOLDING IT OUTSIDE AS LONG AS THE WIND DOESN'T COME BACK.

SPORTS, OUR SOCCER SEASON HAS BEGUN.

WE PLAYED OUR FIRST GAME THIS MORNING.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE OTHER SCHOOL HAD CANCELED, BUT WE HAD TWENTY TWO ON THE TEAM AND WE'RE ABLE TO PLAY AN INTRA-SQUAD GAME.

WE WILL SOON BE STARTING OUR CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT FOLLOWING PING PONG.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT BAHMANOU, SUPERINTENDENT COLES, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, ATTENDING AUDIENCE AND STAFF.

MY NAME IS EMILY W.

AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OVER HERE AT SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THE MEETING.

I'M ABSOLUTELY STOCKED TO BE BRINGING YOU AN UPDATE ON SAN DIMAS, HOW WE'VE BEEN DOING.

IT'S BEEN AN AWESOME MONTH OVER HERE AT CHS.

IN OUR ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT, WE ARE DOING AMAZING IN OUR WINTER SPORTS SEASON.

GIRLS SOCCER IS CURRENTLY FIRST PLACE AND RANKS 10TH IN DIVISION 10.

BOYS BASKETBALL IS CURRENTLY TIED FOR FIRST PLACE AND RANKS SIX IN DIVISION 4AA.

GIRLS BASKETBALL IS CURRENTLY 1ST AND RANKED 16TH IN THE DIVISION 2AA BOYS SOCCER, WHICH CURRENTLY RANKS NINTH IN DIVISION SEVEN AND GIRLS WRESTLING AS A TEAM, FINISHED FIFTH IN [INAUDIBLE] AYALA AND [INAUDIBLE] FINISH SECOND AGAINST THE NUMBER ONE RANKED FIRST IN THE NATION, WHO RANKED FIRST.

SO WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR [INAUDIBLE].

SHE'S DOING GREAT. WE WILL BE HOSTING [INAUDIBLE] INDIVIDUALS IN FEBRUARY.

GIRLS WATER POLO IS FIRST PLACE.

IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST TEAMS TO [INAUDIBLE] IN DIVISION FOUR, SO THEY'RE DOING AWESOME AND AMAZING AND OUR CHEER TEAMS OF SECOND PLACE [INAUDIBLE] TOOK SECOND PLACE IN FIRST PLACE IN REGIONALS THIS MONTH AND WILL COMPETE IN [INAUDIBLE] ON FEBRUARY 4TH.

IN THE ACADEMICS DEPARTMENT, OUR ASB IS FINDING NEW WAYS TO CONGRATULATE AND RECOGNIZE

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OUR [INAUDIBLE] OF THE MONTH WERE MRS. ROBUST WERE CERTIFIED, MS. [INAUDIBLE] FOR CLASSIFIED [INAUDIBLE] CARDENAS, MS. RODRIGUEZ, ISABELLE MAGUIRE, IVAN [INAUDIBLE], JACKIE ARMIDA, AUDREY LOPEZ, AARON A.

AND LEAH [INAUDIBLE]. THEY HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB THESE LAST TWO MONTHS, SO THEY WERE OUR [INAUDIBLE] LAST MONTH.

OUR 11TH GRADERS JUST TOOK THE ISDA PRACTICE TESTS TO BE ABLE TO CAASPP TESTING FOR OUR TEACHERS AND SEE WHERE THEY NEED TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS BEFORE THAT TESTING, AND WE WILL HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE AND FUTURE STATEMENT ON FEBRUARY 10.

IN THE ACTIVITIES DEPARTMENT, WE'RE HAVING OUR WINTER RALLY COMING UP AS WELL AS OUR SPRING RALLY.

WE'RE NOT SURE WHEN THAT WILL BE.

WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE AS MUCH COVID PRECAUTIONS AS POSSIBLE.

WE JUST HAD OUR [INAUDIBLE] BASKETBALL GAME, WHICH WE WON AGAINST WEST COVINA, AND WE ALSO ARE GOING TO BE HAVING OUR RENAISSANCE CELEBRATION COMING UP SOON, AS WELL AS [INAUDIBLE] AND OPEN HOUSE THAT I TALKED ABOUT.

IN THE ARTS DEPARTMENT WE HAVE OUR [INAUDIBLE] MUSICAL IN APRIL AND IN THE CHOIR AREA, OUR ETHAN [INAUDIBLE] WAS SELECTED TO PERFORM IN CALIFORNIA ALL CITY HONOR CHOIR, AND HE WILL BE PERFORMING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII COLLEGIATE PROFESSOR DR.

[INAUDIBLE] FOR ONE SINGLE PERFORMANCE AND OUR BAND OUR CHOIR ARE ALL STUDENTS RAISING AS A WHOLE. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

SAN DIMAS HAS BEEN DOING GREAT AND I'LL SEE YOU ALL NEXT MONTH.

THAT'S GREAT. FEATURED PRESENTATION, A RECOGNITION FOR THE L.A.

COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT STAFF NCYCLE AND SC VALERO FOR DONATING BIKES TO OUR

[13.1. Recognize LA County Sheriff Department Staff, Incycle and SC Velo for Donated Bikes]

SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR WORK AND MR. COLES.

IT'S MY HONOR TO BE ABLE TO IN A SECOND INTRODUCED THE MANY VOLUNTEERS BEHIND US WHO WERE SO GENEROUS TO HELP AND TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE SUCH A GIVING TIME DURING CHRISTMAS TO GO TO PASS OUT TOYS AND BIKES AND HELMETS TO OVER 73 BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENTS. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE WITH CAPTAIN ASH FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND HIS TEAM AND IT WAS JUST AN OVERWHELMING SENSE OF FEELING OF JUST BEING ABLE TO GIVE BACK AND WE WERE APPROACHED BY NCYCLE, THE OWNER OF NCYCLE HERE IN SAN DIMAS, AND THEN ALSO THE OWNER OF SC VALERO FOR THE BIKES AND WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND BONITA UNIFIED CAME TO MIND AND AS YOU KNOW, MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE, THE DISTRICT'S STRENGTH IS REALLY IN ITS POWER, AND OUR PARTNERSHIPS, AND THEY'RE REALLY IMPORTANT TO US IN THIS PARTNERSHIP REALLY HELPED BENEFIT, YOU KNOW, SEVENTY THREE FAMILIES DURING CHRISTMAS TIME TO GET THEM BIKES.

AND WE CANNOT BE MORE THANKFUL TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND MARK S.

THE OWNER OF NCYCLE AND BILL M.

WHO IS THE OWNER OF THE SC VALERO, FOR DONATING THESE BIKES FOR THIS DISTRICT.

SO DEREK, WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME UP HERE AND WE CAN PASS OUT THE CERTIFICATES? AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER AWARDS FOR THESE GROUPS.

SO FIRST, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE CAPTAIN ASH FROM THE SAN DIMAS SHERIFF'S STATION.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. ART DIAZ, DEPUTY IS PART OF THE CAT TEAM.

SHARON DURKIN, THE STATION VOLUNTEER.

[APPLAUSE] LINDA FREEDHOFF THE STATION VOLUNTEER.

[APPLAUSE] ROBERT LONG, SERGEANT OF THE CAT TEAM SERGEANT.

[APPLAUSE] BRETT LOVELACE, STATION VOLUNTEER.

[APPLAUSE] VANESSA PEREZ, DEPUTY THE CAT TEAM.

[APPLAUSE] STEVE SAGE, STATION VOLUNTEER.

[APPLAUSE] CINDY VELEZ, DEPUTY, THE

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[APPLAUSE]. I KNOW THERE WAS OTHERS WHO WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON TODAY, BUT BEFORE WE, YOU KNOW, MOVE ON, I KNOW THAT MARK S.

FROM NCYCLE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE.

HE IS HERE. OH, OK.

HUH? OH, SORRY.

ALSO, WALLY EMERY SAN DIMAS SHERIFF'S STATION.

[APPLAUSE].

MARK WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE IN PERSON FROM NCYCLE, AND NEITHER WAS.

YOU KNOW, BILL FROM SC VALERO, BUT WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IN THIS SETTING HERE IS OUR DISTRICT HAS THE HIGHEST AWARDS AND WE CALL THEM OUR PURPOSE AWARDS AND WHAT OUR PURPOSE AWARDS, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GIVE THEM OUT A WHOLE LOT, BUT WE DO, DO, IS WE GIVE THEM OUT TO PHENOMENAL INDIVIDUALS WHO MAKE MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MARK S.

FROM NCYCLE WILL BE PRESENTED AT A LATER DATE WITH THE PURPOSE AWARD AND SO WILL BILL FROM SC VALERO, BUT WITH THE SHERIFF'S STATION HERE TODAY, I HAVE THE HONOR OF BEING ABLE TO PRESENT CAPTAIN [INAUDIBLE] WITH OUR PURPOSE AWARD AND WHAT IT IS IS WE HAVE THREE CORE VALUES IN THIS DISTRICT AND IT'S EQUITY, IT'S MASTERY AND A FOCUS ON RESULTS AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE THIS EVENT, BUT IN ALL THE WHAT YOU DO TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF SAFE EACH AND EVERY DAY, THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS DESERVING OF THESE AWARDS FOR REALLY ACTING UPON OUR CORE VALUES OF EQUITY MASTERY AND YOU DEFINITELY HAVE A FOCUS ON RESULTS AND WHAT YOU DO IS YOU EACH AND EVERY DAY HAVE AN IMPACT IN PREPARING OUR STUDENTS SO THAT THEY'RE READY TO LIVE THEIR PURPOSE.

SO ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

CAPTAIN [INAUDIBLE] I'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH OUR HIGHEST HONOR FROM THE DISTRICT [INAUDIBLE]. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT BOARD, PRESIDENT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT TO ACCEPT THESE AWARDS, BUT FOR THIS SECOND AWARD THAT I GOT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A TRIBUTE TO ALL THE WORK THAT OUR SWORN PERSONNEL DO EVERY DAY.

SOME OF THEM ARE HERE AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT AND ALSO OUR WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE HERE STEP BY STEP WITH US EVERY DAY AND THEY GIVE THEIR PRECIOUS TIME TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ENSURE THAT WE PROVIDE A SAFE ATMOSPHERE AND ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYBODY AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO HAVE A STAFF TO WORK WITH TO ENSURE THAT WE MAKE CERTAIN OUR GOAL'S ACHIEVABLE, AND WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT OUR STAFF OUR SWORN AND ALSO OUR VOLUNTEERS.

THANK YOU.

SO, CHUCK, WHERE IS SC VALERO LOCATED.

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OH, WONDERFUL. YEAH.

RACING CYCLING CLUB.

SO THEY DO LIKE GMR AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

YEAH.

HI, NICE TO SEE EVERYONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE ANNUAL UPDATE TO THE 2021-22 LOCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN, THE

[13.2. Supplement to the Annual Update to the 2021-22 Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) -Presented by Matt Wien]

SO THIS PRESENTATION IS DIFFERENT THAN ONES WE'VE GIVEN IN THE PAST.

THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN REQUIRED TO GIVE A MID-YEAR UPDATE TO THE LCAP AS PART OF AB 130 STATES MANDATING THAT DISTRICTS PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE BOARD AND TO THE PUBLIC ON THREE THINGS.

FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE SUPPLEMENT TO THE LCAP, WHICH ADDRESSES FIVE PROMPTS MOSTLY RELATED TO CATEGORICAL MONEYS IN ONE-TIME FUNDS AND THEN IN PHASE TWO OF THE PRESENTATION, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH GOAL OF THE LCAP.

WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE METRICS INVOLVED AND MEASURING WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE MEETING OUR GOALS. THEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY THE WAY WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO SPEND IT WHEN WE ADOPTED THE LCAP IN JUNE OF TWENTY ONE.

IN JUNE OF TWENTY ONE, YOU LOOK AT THAT SECOND COLUMN HERE.

THAT'S THE MONEY THAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GET FROM THE LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA. IF YOU LOOK OVER TO THE RIGHT, IT'S ALMOST EXACTLY WHAT WE DID RECEIVE NO MATERIAL DIFFERENCE AND WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GET FROM THE STATE AND WHAT WE ACTUALLY GOT. SO LET'S JUMP INTO THE FIVE PROMPTS.

PROMPT NUMBER ONE DEALS WITH HOW WE ENGAGE OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS AS IT RELATES TO FOUR CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS, NEW CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS THE STATE PUT ON.

EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS GRANT IS ONE.

UNIVERSAL PRE-K PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION GRANT IS TWO.

THE EXPANDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THE EXPANDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES GRANT.

I'LL EXPLAIN THAT LATER.

THAT'S NUMBER THREE AND NUMBER FOUR IS IN A THROUGH G COMPLETION IMPROVEMENT GRANT.

SO WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THOSE FOUR CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS FROM NOW UNTIL AUGUST OF TWENTY TWO.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS AND WE'RE GOING TO START THERE BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THAT IS DONE AND HAS ALREADY BEEN BOARD APPROVED.

IF YOU REMEMBER, KEVIN LEE PRESENTED NOVEMBER 3RD ON EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS WITH ADOPTED DECEMBER 8TH. WHAT THAT GRANT DID, STATE PROVIDES MONEY FOR US TO TRAIN ADMINISTRATORS, CLASSIFIED STAFF AND TEACHING STAFF PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH TO DEVELOP THAT PLAN WE SET WITH ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM, TEACHERS AND TEACHER UNION, CLASSIFIED STAFF AND CLASSIFIED UNION AND DEVELOP THAT PLAN BASED ON IDENTIFIED NEEDS.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE OTHER THREE CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS, WE HAVE STARTED THOSE YET PLANNING STARTS REALLY NOW AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SPRING AND SUMMER LEADING INTO AUGUST OF TWENTY TWO. LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT EACH OF THOSE THREE GRANTS ENTAILS, AND THEN WE'LL TALK

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A THROUGH G COMPLETION IMPROVEMENT GRANT IS APTLY NAMED.

STATE'S GOING TO GIVE US MONEY TO IMPROVE THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO ARE A THROUGH G COMPLIANT WHEN THEY GRADUATE.

A THROUGH G IS THE COURSE LOAD THAT A STUDENT MUST TAKE IN ORDER TO ENTER INTO A CAL STATE UNIVERSITY OR A UC.

EXPANDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM IS A GRANT THAT IT'S A $1.3 MILLION GRANT NEXT YEAR THAT WILL ALLOW US TO EXPAND DAYCARE WHILE ALSO SUBSIDIZING THAT DAYCARE FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE UNDUPLICATED, UNDUPLICATED PUPILS, ELS, FOSTERS AND STUDENTS ON THE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH LIST.

AND THEN THIRD, PRE-K.

WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND OUR TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN NEXT YEAR.

STATES REQUIRING OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT THREE YEARS THAT WE ESSENTIALLY MAKE TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN A UNIVERSAL GRADE LEVEL JUST LIKE KINDER AND SO STARTING NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM AND GET IT FULLY FUNCTIONAL BY TWENTY FIVE TWENTY SIX AND SO PLANNING FOR THOSE THREE GRANT STARTS NOW.

WE'LL USE SIMILAR PROCESS THAT WE DID FOR EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS, TEACHERS TEACHER UNION CLASSIFIED A CLASSIFIED UNION AND ADMINISTRATORS.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO UTILIZE OUR SCHOOL SITE COUNCILS AT THE 13 SITES TO GET FEEDBACK AND INPUT ON WHAT THAT PLAN COULD LOOK LIKE AS IT RELATES TO EXPANDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE IT DEALS DIRECTLY WITH DAYCARE.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO OUR SCHOOL AGED CARE PERSONNEL AND OUR PATRONS IN SCHOOL AGED CARE . OBVIOUSLY TO RUN THESE PROGRAMS, FACILITIES WILL BE A KEY PIECE OF THAT.

SO WE'LL INCORPORATE OUR DISTRICT FACILITIES TEAM THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS BETWEEN NOW AND AUGUST, THE BOARD WILL BE APPRIZE.

THERE'LL BE MULTIPLE PRESENTATIONS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN GIVING UPDATES AND OF COURSE, GETTING YOUR FEEDBACK AS WELL.

PROMPT NUMBER TWO IN THE SUPPLEMENT DEALS WITH CONCENTRATION MONEY.

TO RECEIVE CONCENTRATION MONEY, A SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST HAVE 55 PERCENT OR MORE UNDUPLICATED COUNT. WE HAVE 37 PERCENT.

WE DON'T QUALIFY FOR THAT.

SO THAT WAS THE EASIEST PART OF THIS TO FILL OUT.

PROMPT NUMBER THREE. THIS SLIDE YOU'VE SEEN FOUR TIMES NOW.

THIS SLIDE IS TALKING ABOUT HOW WE ENGAGE OUR PARTNERS TO DECIDE HOW TO SPEND THE ONE TIME FUNDING, IN PARTICULAR ESSER THREE, BUT ALSO EXPAND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

SURVEY WENT OUT LAST SPRING, 1800 PARTICIPANTS WROTE BACK AND SAID TWO MAJOR ISSUES THEY WANTED US TO TACKLE.

ONE ACADEMIC INTERVENTION AND TWO MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR LCAP, THE ELL PLAN AND ESSER THREE, THOSE ARE HEAVILY IN THERE.

NUMBER FOUR ASKED US TO LOOK AT OUR ESSER THREE PLAN, WHICH WAS ADOPTED, AND THEN IT'S UP TO ME TONIGHT TO SAY, HAVE WE DONE WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO RELATIVE TO ESSER THREE. NOW THE TITLE OF THIS SAYS ESSER THREE, BUT REMEMBER HOW IT WAS PRESENTED IN THE FALL? WE LINKED THE $6 MILLION THAT WE RECEIVED FOR EXPANDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH WAS A ONE YEAR TIME, ONE YEAR FUND AND WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO WRITE A PLAN FOR THE ELL AND THEN WE WERE GOING TO FUSE ESSER THREE INTO THAT AND THE ITEMS THAT WE HAD FOR THE ELL WILL NOT ONLY BE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THEY'LL BE FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR AND SO AT THE TOP, IT COULD SAY ELL AS WELL BECAUSE WE FUSE THOSE TOGETHER. AND SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION OF S OR THREE REALIZE WE'RE NOT, WE HAVE NOT SPENT ANY MONEY RELATIVE TO S OR THREE YET, BUT WE WILL AS WE TRANSITION IN TWENTY TO TWENTY THREE AND TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR.

THESE ARE THE 10 ITEMS THAT WERE PART OF THE ESSER THREE PLAN.

YOU CAN SEE ONE THROUGH FIVE HERE AND YOU CAN SEE SIX THROUGH 10.

WHAT PROMPT FOUR ASKS IS, DID YOU DO IT OR NOT? AND SO RELATIVE TO ACTION ITEMS ONE, TWO, FIVE AND EIGHT.

LET'S GO BACK AND LOOK AT THOSE.

THOSE ARE FULLY IMPLEMENTED.

SO WE HIRED THE NURSES COMPLETELY.

WE HIRED THE MATH AND READING INTERVENTION TEACHERS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.

WE ADDED THE SECONDARY INTERVENTION SECTIONS AND NUMBER EIGHT, WE DID HIRE THE TWO BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONISTS.

SO THAT'S COMPLETELY AND FULLY IMPLEMENTED AS IT RELATES TO ACTION ITEMS FOUR AND SEVEN PARTIALLY COMPLETED, BUT LARGELY COMPLETED.

SO WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT? ITEM FOUR, PARAEDUCATOR SUPPORT.

WE HIRED THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PARAEDUCATORS THAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO HIRE.

WE HIRED 28 THREE HOUR FIRST GRADE AIDES TO HELP OUR FIRST GRADE TEACHERS AS THOSE KIDS TO TRANSITION IN FROM KINDERGARTEN.

WHEN THEY SPENT, IT WAS PREDOMINANTLY ONLINE TO FIRST GRADE IN CLASSROOM, WHERE WE

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AND SO WE DID NOT FILL THOSE POSITIONS AND THEN ITEM SEVEN, WE HAVE FOUR FTE MENTAL HEALTH HIRED THREE POINT FIVE, SO LARGELY IMPLEMENTED THERE.

ACTION ITEM THREE, SUMMER SCHOOL IN TWENTY ONE.

WE DID THAT. PLANNING ON OFFERING ROBUST SUMMER SCHOOL IN TWENTY TWO ITEM ACTIONS SIX AND NINE, EXCUSE ME, ARE TWO CONTRACTS.

ONE IS PAPER.CO ONLINE HOMEWORK SUPPORT FOR ANY STUDENT IN GRADES THREE THROUGH TWELVE.

HIGHLY RECOMMEND ANY STUDENT HAS A QUESTION ABOUT ANY HOMEWORK.

LOG ON THERE AND THEY CAN GET FREE ACADEMIC SUPPORT ON PAPER.CO THAT CONTRACT IS EXTENDED ALL THE WAY THROUGH JUNE OF TWENTY THREE AND THEN NUMBER NINE.

WE DID EXTEND THE CONTRACT WITH CARE SOLACE, WHICH ALLOWS COMMUNITY NOT ONLY STUDENTS BUT PARENTS ETC TO USE CARE SOLACE AND GET LINKED UP TO THE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY IF THEY NEED.

ITEM 10. WE DID PURCHASE THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED CHROMEBOOKS, BUT WE DIDN'T USE ELL, NOR DID WE USE ESSER SIMULTANEOUS TO ALL THIS COMING THROUGH.

WE ALSO RECEIVED A $1.3 MILLION GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT LARGELY PAID FOR THOSE THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED CHROMEBOOKS SO COMPLETED, BUT NOT OUT OF ESSER THREE AND SO PROMPT 4 ASKS, DID WE COMPLETE THE ITEM THAT WE LAID OUT? AND THE ANSWER IS LARGELY WE HAVE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR THE NEXT TWO SCHOOL YEARS. PROMPT NUMBER FIVE ASKED WHAT YOU WROTE IN ESSER THREE? WAS IT LINKED TO THE GOALS IN THE LCAP? AND SO YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THIS SLIDE, I'VE LISTED THE 10 AND THEN YOU SEE THE JUSTIFICATION FOR HOW THEY LINKED UP TO OUR SIX LCAP GOALS, SOME OF THEM IN MULTIPLE WAYS. AND SO IN A SNAPSHOT, THOSE ARE THE FIVE PROMPTS FOR THE LCAP SUPPLEMENT, WHICH AGAIN IS NEW AND THE TEMPLATE WILL BE PART OF THE LCAP THAT WE ADOPT IN JUNE.

THAT'S PHASE ONE AND WE'RE GOING TO GO PHASE TWO OF THIS AGAIN, A REQUIREMENT FROM THE STATE THAT WE GO THROUGH OUR SIX LCAP GOALS AND WE GIVE UPDATES ON THE METRICS.

NOW WHAT THIS SLIDE HERE REPRESENTS, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE THIS OVER AND OVER THROUGH THE REST OF THE SLIDES IS SOME OF THE METRICS THAT WE HAVE ARE NOT APPLICABLE YET BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAPPEN RIGHT NOW AND SO ON.

SOME OF THE SLIDES YOU'RE GOING TO SEE EITHER NOT APPLICABLE OR WE HAVEN'T STARTED THAT PART YET. IT'S IN PROGRESS OR WE'RE DONE.

YOU WILL NOTICE ON SOME OF THE METRICS SLIDES AND SOME OF THE FINANCIAL SLIDES.

I'M GOING TO GLIDE THROUGH THOSE PRETTY QUICKLY.

IF AT ANY POINT YOU HAVE A QUESTION, I DID NOT HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO BE HIGHLIGHTED. FEEL FREE TO STOP ME AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS.

LET'S JUMP INTO GOAL NUMBER ONE, GOAL NUMBER ONE IS THE OVERARCHING ACADEMIC PROGRAM GOAL, AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF METRICS THAT WE HAVE TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE MEETING OUR ACADEMIC PROGRAM.

AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE IN COLUMN ONE, THAT'S THE METRIC, THE MEASURE. COLUMN TWO IS THE BASELINE DATA THAT WE RECEIVED, MOST OF IT'S FROM 20-21.

SOMETIMES YOU SEE 19-20.

COLUMN THREE IS WHERE WE HOPE TO BE AT THE END OF TWENTY FOUR, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE COLUMN FOUR, WHICH IS THE UPDATE.

OK. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SLIDES WE'RE GOING TO GLIDE THROUGH BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT DATA IS NOT AVAILABLE YET UNTIL SUMMER OF TWENTY TWO.

I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE ON THIS SLIDE A THROUGH G REQUIREMENTS MET BY GRADUATES AND SO RIGHT NOW, THAT PERCENTAGE IS SIXTY THREE POINT THREE AND SO SIXTY THREE POINT THREE PERCENT OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES HAVE COMPLETED THE A THROUGH G REQUIREMENTS.

REMEMBER, WE'RE GOING TO GET RECEIVE A GRANT THAT WILL HELP BOOST THAT NUMBER UP OVER TIME. ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IN ROW THREE, THE INCREASE IN CTE PATHWAYS, TWENTY ONE PATHWAYS NOW. IT'S TESTAMENT TO TEACHERS GETTING APPROPRIATELY CREDENTIALED IN CTE TESTAMENT TO THE PRINCIPLES AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPLES GETTING CLASSES INTO THE PATHWAYS AND REALLY OUR DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY [INAUDIBLE] HAS DONE A GREAT JOB GETTING THOSE PATHWAYS SET UP TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES TO COMPLETE CAREER TECH PATHWAYS. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ON THIS ONE THE EL RECLASSIFICATION RATE RECLASSIFICATION FOR EL STUDENT, IF THEY MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA, THEY CAN BE WORKED THEIR WAY OUT OF THE PROGRAM.

RECLASS RELAPSE RATE FOR 20-21 WITH 16 PERCENT AND CHANGE.

CURRENTLY, WE'VE DESIGNATED ABOUT TEN AND A HALF PERCENT, BUT WE DO EXPECT THROUGH THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR FOR STUDENTS TO BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR RECLASSIFICATION AND THAT NUMBER

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THIS IS AN IMPORTANT SLIDE RIGHT HERE, AND I WANT TO FOCUS ON ROWS TWO AND FOUR BECAUSE STAAR READING IS ONE OF THE MEASURES WE USE TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT STUDENTS ARE PROFICIENT ACADEMICALLY. ROW TO START READING PROFICIENCY FOR ELEMENTARY.

YOU CAN SEE THAT METRIC TO THE RIGHT OF 73 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS IN DECEMBER MET PROFICIENCY LEVELS ON STAAR READING SEVENTY EIGHT PERCENT IN STAAR MATH.

WHAT THAT'S TELLING US IS NOT THAT WE'RE OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, BUT WHAT IT IS TELLING US THAT WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT HEADWAY NOW THAT THE KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION.

IT ALSO IS TELLING YOU THAT THE INTERVENTION PROGRAMS WE PUT IN PLACE, THEY'RE HAVING AN EFFECT ON THE STUDENTS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THEM AND SO WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THESE NUMBERS WON'T CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THEY CAN GO UP, THEY CAN GO DOWN, BUT THE RUBBER WILL MEET THE ROAD IN THE SPRING WHEN THE STATE TEST COMES AROUND, AND WE'LL SEE WHAT PROFICIENCY RATES ARE.

TYPICALLY, STAAR READING OVER PREDICTS CAASP PERFORMANCE A LITTLE, IN PARTICULAR IN MATHEMATICS, BUT WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE.

JANUARY DIDN'T HELP. AS YOU KNOW, JANUARY DIDN'T HELP BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF STUDENTS ABSENT, BUT NOW THAT THE SURGE IS ON THE DOWNTURN, WE CAN FEEL THE RATCHET UP NOW IN LATE WINTER GOING INTO THE SPRING AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR MAY FOR TESTING FINANCIALLY AND SO OVER HERE ON THE LEFT, YOU SEE, THIS ISN'T ALL IN THE LCAP AND THESE ARE THE WAYS THAT WE WERE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY AND THEN THE BUDGETED EXPENDITURE IN COLUMN TWO. THAT'S WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO SPEND AND THE THIRD COLUMN, IT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW. WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATED TO SPEND AND THEN THE IMPLEMENTATION, THOUGH ON THE SIDE SAYS ON TRACK AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GLIDE THROUGH THESE PRETTY QUICKLY BECAUSE WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO SPEND, WE HAVE BEEN SPENDING.

GO TO ANOTHER ACADEMIC GOAL, THIS ONE DEALING WITH SUBGROUPS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE SAID BEFORE, OUR GOAL OF 87 IN THIS DISTRICT, BUT NOT FOR THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE, FOR EVERY SUBGROUP AS WELL.

AND SO WE DO HAVE METRICS TO SEE HOW CLOSE IN SOME CASES, HOW MUCH WORK WE HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO GET THERE. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE GROUPS WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE FOSTER YOUTH, EL, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

WHAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE, IN PARTICULAR ON THREE AND FOUR IS THE GROWTH FROM THE FALL TO THE WINTER.

YOU SEE A FIVE POINT GROWTH FOR EL AND 10 FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

YOU CAN SEE AS WELL AS I CAN'T NOT THE NUMBERS WE WANT.

IT'S NOT WHERE WE WANT TO END, BUT WE ARE IMPRESSED WITH THE GROWTH THAT WAS MADE IN THE FOUR MONTHS WE CAME BACK.

THAT'S FOR ELA. SIMILAR STORY IN MATHEMATICS.

YOU CAN SEE GROWTH FROM THOSE GROUPS EIGHT POINTS IN EL AND NINE IN STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. WE ALSO MEASURE RACE AND WE MEASURE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, MOST IMPRESSIVELY FROM ALL THE SUBGROUP DATA.

AFRICAN-AMERICANS JUMPED 12 POINTS, 15 POINTS FOR HISPANICS AND THEN 15 POINTS FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS JUST FROM AUGUST UNTIL DECEMBER AND SO AGAIN, IT'S NOT WHERE WE WANT TO END.

WE DON'T WANT THE NUMBER TO BE SIXTY FOUR PERCENT AT THE END OF IT FOR MATHEMATICS, FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.

WE LOVE THE FACT THAT THEY'VE SHOWN 15 POINTS GROWTH OVER THE COURSE OF THE FOUR MONTHS.

ON TRACK TO SPEND.

NUMBER THREE DEALS WITH FACILITIES AND STAFFING METRICS HERE WE ARE APPROPRIATELY CREDENTIALED AT THE BOTTOM.

IMPORTANTLY, WE DO HAVE ONE TO ONE CHROMEBOOKS NOW MORE THAN ONE TO ONE WITH THE 3500 WE JUST PURCHASED. SO WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB PROVIDING THE STUDENTS WHAT THEY NEED THERE AND THEN THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE METRICS HERE ARE UNAVAILABLE AND THE REASON THAT IS WE GIVE A WEST ED SURVEY TO PARENTS AND STAFF IN THE SPRING, AND WE WILL DO THAT IN THE SPRING AND THEY'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHEN WE GIVE THE UPDATE IN JUNE HOW THAT TURNED OUT AS FAR AS THE WEST ED AND RELATIVE TO THESE ACTIONS AND SERVICES, WE ARE ON TRACK TO SPEND WHAT WE SAID.

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CLIMATE ENGAGEMENT THIS IS WHERE MENTAL HEALTH COMES IN AND SO THERE ARE SOME METRICS HERE THAT ARE KIND OF EYE POPPING, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO EXPLAIN THEM A LITTLE BIT AND THE FIRST ONE IS CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM.

CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IS DEFINED AS MISSING 10 PERCENT OR MORE OF THE DAYS AVAILABLE AND SO FOR FIRST SEMESTER, WE HAD 76 DAYS.

SO ANY STUDENT THAT MISSED MORE THAN EIGHT DAYS IS CONSIDERED CHRONICALLY ABSENT.

THAT NUMBER TO DATE IS 30 PERCENT AND ALMOST A THIRD OF OUR KIDS NOT AT FAULT OF THE STUDENTS, NOT AT FAULT OF THE PARENTS SIMPLY A SPIKE AND IN THE QUARANTINE RULES DID EXACERBATE THAT CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM RATE.

RELATED TO THAT IS THE ATTENDANCE RATE THAT'S ABOUT THREE POINTS DOWN FROM NORMAL 94 PERCENT. AND I HIGHLIGHT THAT IT'S RELATED TO CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, BUT DEPENDING ON WHAT THE STATE DOES, THERE COULD BE A FINANCIAL IMPLICATION FOR THREE POINTS DOWN FOR ATTENDANCE RATE. MORE TO COME ON THAT THROUGHOUT THE SPRING.

NOT MUCH OF NOTE HERE FOR SUSPENSIONS AND EXPULSIONS, MOST OF THAT IS FROM LAST YEAR, STUDENTS WERE NOT IN SESSION OR NOT IN PERSON FOR MOST OF THOSE NUMBERS OBVIOUSLY ARE REALLY LOW, BUT I WANT TO SPEND A MOMENT HERE.

AND THIS SLIDE BY ITSELF COULD BE A 20 MINUTE PRESENTATION.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE UP TO ANY POINT IN THE FUTURE IF THE BOARD WANTS TO DO A DEEPER DIVE ON PANORAMA.

BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

CAN I DO THINK IT MERITS SOME EXPLANATION ON SOME OF THESE? AND SO IF YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE PRESENTATION PRIOR TO TONIGHT, THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER STICKS OUT, WHICH IS GRADES 9 THROUGH 12 SCHOOL CONNECTIVENESS.

HOW STUDENTS FELT ON THE SURVEY THAT WAS GIVEN IN THE FALL.

NOW THERE'S A COUPLE OF EXPLANATIONS FOR THIS NUMBER ONE SCHOOL CLIMATE OF 39 PERCENT AND SENSE OF BELONGING AT 32 PERCENT IS TOO LOW, AND THERE'S NO DOUBT IT'S TOO LOW.

PRE-PANDEMIC, IT WAS A SENSE OF BELONGING WITH ABOUT 40, AND SO WE DO SEE A DECLINE SINCE THE PANDEMIC, WHICH YOU COULD EXPLAIN THAT PART AWAY, BUT WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE WAY PANORAMA COLLATES THE DATA KIND OF IT HIDES CERTAIN THINGS.

LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. SO FOR SCHOOL CLIMATE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ASKED OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, HOW POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE IS THE ENERGY AT YOUR SCHOOL? AND THEN YOU HAVE SEVEN OPTIONS RANGING FROM VERY NEGATIVE TO VERY POSITIVE.

SEVENTY TWO PERCENT OF THE KIDS SAID NEUTRAL OR BETTER.

SEVENTY TWO PERCENT SAID NEUTRAL OR BETTER, BUT THE WAY THE PANORAMA SCORES IT IS ONLY IF YOU CLICK ON THE TOP TWO OPTIONS, WHICH IS SOMEWHAT POSITIVE OR VERY POSITIVE AND SO IT SAYS 27 PERCENT NOW IS 20 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS SAYING SOMEWHAT NEGATIVE OR WORSE.

IS THAT ACCEPTABLE? NO, IT'S NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE, BUT I POINT THAT OUT TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT AS LOW AS 39 PERCENT AND SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHY IT DOES MERIT A DEEPER DIVE AT SOME POINT. JUST SO WE TRULY KNOW WHAT THOSE METRICS ARE MEASURING.

ACTIONS HERE, WE'RE ON TRACK FINANCIALLY AGAIN.

WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF BEING ABLE TO HIRE AND DO THE THINGS WE WANTED TO DO IN THE FALL, IN THE WINTER. GOAL NUMBER FIVE DEALS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND COMMUNICATIONS. ALL THIS DATA WILL COME IN THE SPRING EARLY SUMMER WITH THE WEST ED.

FINANCIALS SIMILAR AND GOAL SIX DEALS WITH CURRICULUM AND TRAINING.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER, THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT THE STAFF IS ENGAGED IN TRAINING IS LOWER THIS YEAR BY DESIGN.

TWO REASONS ONE SUB SHORTAGE.

DON'T WANT TEACHERS AND STAFF OUT BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO FIND SUBS AND NUMBER TWO A LOT OF THINGS ON TEACHER'S PLATE.

DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO ADD A LOT OF TRAININGS ON TOP, AND SO WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF MITIGATING A LOT OF THOSE TRAININGS.

WE DO EXPECT YEARS TO FOLLOW THAT WE'LL GET BACK ON TRACK WITH SOME OF THOSE HOURS AND MEET OUR GOALS THERE, BUT IT WILL NOT BE THIS YEAR.

SO A COUPLE OF TAKEAWAYS.

NUMBER ONE, AS REGARDS TO CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS, WE'VE DONE A NICE JOB OF ALLOCATING THE MONEY IN THE WAYS THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS US TO WITH INTERVENTIONS AND MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING THAT WILL CONTINUE.

ANOTHER TAKEAWAY IS ACADEMICALLY, WE'RE NOT BACK YET, BUT WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS AND SO I THINK THE BOARD CAN TAKE PRIDE IN THE PROGRAM THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED AND THAT THE

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WITH THAT. ANY QUESTIONS? DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE? I'VE GOT A QUESTION OR A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

ACTUALLY, FIRST, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PRETTY LONG REPORT, AND IT REPRESENTS A SLIVER OF THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT YOU AND MANY OTHERS HAVE PUT INTO IT.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE MONTHS AND MONTHS AND WEEKS OF WORK.

WELCOME.

YOU MENTIONED PAPER CO.

THE HOMEWORK APP, I GUESS.

YES. SEEMS LIKE A REALLY GREAT IDEA.

IS THAT BEING UTILIZED BY A LOT OF STUDENTS? NOT ENOUGH AND SO THERE'S TWO WAYS TO TO USE IT.

ONE IS FOR A STUDENT TO LOG IN AND JUST HAVE A SESSION WITH SOMEONE.

FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER, WE HAD ABOUT 1600 TIMES, STUDENTS WENT ON.

THAT'S ONE WAY. NOW, 1600 SOUNDS LIKE A LOT.

WE HAVE YOU KNOW, 9500 KIDS.

IT'S FOR GRADES 3 THROUGH 12.

THAT NUMBER COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER AND WE DO WANT TO DO A BETTER JOB PUBLICIZING IT MAKE SURE PARENTS AND KIDS KNOW.

THE OTHER WAY TO USE IT IS FOR TEACHERS TO TURN IN AND KIDS TURN IN ESSAYS AND GET FEEDBACK ON ESSAYS THEY READ, THE ESSAYS.

THEY GIVE FEEDBACK.

WE HAD 2700 ESSAYS GO THROUGH THAT SYSTEM, AND SO TOTAL WE'VE HAD ABOUT 4300 SEPARATE USES OVER THE COURSE OF THE SEMESTER.

SO NOT ZERO, CERTAINLY ACCEPTABLE, BUT WE COULD DO BETTER.

WELL, GOOD ADVERTISING IS REPEAT ADVERTISING, SO KEEP THAT WORD OUT THERE, AND I BET IT PICKS UP THE CONNECTEDNESS SURVEY.

YEAH. HOW LONG HAVE SURVEYS LIKE THAT HAVE WE? HOW LONG IN THE PAST HAVE WE DONE IN ORDER TO COMPARE? YOU KNOW, I DON'T RECALL THEM BEING A THING 10 YEARS AGO, SO THEY'RE KIND OF LIMITED ON THE HISTORY OF SO BEING ABLE TO COMPARE.

WE'VE JUST RECENTLY SWITCHED AND SO THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR THAT WE USED PANORAMA AND SO WE HAVE THREE YEARS OF DATA ON THE PANORAMA.

PRIOR TO THAT WE USE WEST ED, SO WE USE STILL USE WEST ED FOR STAFF AND PARENTS.

STUDENTS USED TO BE IN THERE AS WELL AND SO THERE ARE WAYS TO GO BACK AND GET DATA.

CERTAINLY FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN IN THIS POSITION, IT'S MY FIFTH YEAR WE'VE USED IT AND PRIOR TO THAT AS WELL, IT'S OFTENTIMES IT'S A METRIC FOR THE LCAPS.

I'M CERTAIN THAT WITH THE LCAP THAT WE'VE BEEN USING IT EVER SINCE THEN.

OKAY, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? MATT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND IT IS A LOT I'M REMINDED AND CHUCK KIND OF HINTED AT IT. HOW LONG HAS LCAP BEEN KIND OF THE ARCHITECTURE LAW OF THE LAND WITH THE STATE AND THEN OUR DISTRICT, WE HAD TO REORGANIZE, HOWEVER, MANY YEARS AGO.

THE POINT OF THE QUESTION, THOUGH, IS THAT HISTORICAL PIECE IS A FOUNDATION VERSUS, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT WE HAVE TO DO TODAY AND THE COMPLEXITIES OF ALL OF THESE NEW STREAMS OF FUNDING AND THE DIFFERENT LAYERS THAT ARE NOW ADDED.

SURE. IF YOU CAN GIVE US A SENTENCE OR TWO, THAT GIVES US A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT AN LCAP LOOKED LIKE FIVE YEARS AGO VERSUS TODAY, SURE.

AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE REASON THE LCFF WAS STARTED AN THE LCAP DOCUMENT WAS DEVELOPED WAS BECAUSE THE STATE WANTED TO GET RID OF CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS AND GIVE DISTRICTS BASICALLY A LUMP SUM OF MONEY TO USE AS THEY SEE FIT.

AND THE STATE DID A WONDERFUL JOB OF THAT FOR A FEW YEARS, BUT NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY KIND OF SWIMMING IN TWO POOLS NOW.

WE'VE CONTINUED WITH THE LCFF, BUT REALLY, SINCE COVID, WE'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS THAT HAVE THEN COME UP RIGHT BESIDE THEM AND SO I FEEL LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF THE SPIRIT OF LCFF IS BEING LOST BECAUSE OF ALL THESE ADDITIONAL CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS, AND EACH ONE SEEMS TO REQUIRE A FAIRLY LENGTHY PLAN, WHICH AGAIN WAS WAS THE REASON THEY DEVELOPED THE LCFF IN THE FIRST PLACE.

KIND OF CHIP AWAY AT THE ORIGINAL INTENT.

THEY HAVE. RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.

YEAH. INTERESTING. THANK YOU.

WELL, YEAH, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PANORAMA BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I SAW IN THE LCAP BEFORE I WAS EVEN UP HERE, WAS THAT CONCERN WITH THE NUMBER? AND NOW YOU'RE EXPLAINING LIKE THAT LIKERT SCALE.

SOME NUMBERS DON'T COUNT EVEN IF IT'S IN THE MIDDLE AND THEY'RE NEUTRAL.

THAT'S RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC DETAIL ON WHAT THE ACTUAL RESULTS LOOK LIKE. OK VERY GOOD.

AND THE REST OF THAT IS KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT OUR INTENTIONAL EFFORTS WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTION TEACHERS AND MORE THAN DOUBLING OUR CAREER PATHWAYS, THAT'S ONLY GOOD THINGS FOR OUR KIDS. THANK YOU.

YEAH, THE ONE METRIC WAS 900 KIDS TAKING SAT TESTS.

IS THAT 900 INDIVIDUAL TESTS OR NINE HUNDRED INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS? STUDENTS. TAKING SO.

NINE HUNDRED STUDENTS. SO WE MIGHT BE SOMEWHERE IN THE 2000+ PLUS RANGE OF TESTS, KNOWING

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IT SURE COULD BE AND THEN BUT NOW YOU KNOW, THAT IS BECOMING LESS AND LESS IMPORTANT.

SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT STILL ENGAGE IN THE SAT OR ACT EITHER ONE.

AP CLASSES I'M SORRY.

OH YEAH. AP YEAH. SO THAT WOULD BE, I BELIEVE LET WE LOOK AT THE METRIC, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS STUDENTS OR TESTS FOR THE APS.

I WOULD GUESS, BASED ON HOW MANY MOST OF THEM TAKE IT'S MULTIPLE. YEAH AND THE OTHER WAS WE DOUBLED OUR CTE CAREER PATHWAYS.

YEAH.

SOMEWHERE IN THE FUTURE, CAN WE SEE A EITHER A PRESENTATION OR JUST A LIST OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY OFFER FOR CTE PATHWAYS? ABSOLUTELY, YES.

YES, A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE, YEAH, THERE'S SOME AMAZING DATA THERE.

THE DOUBLING THE CTE PATHWAYS ONE THING AND IT'S KIND OF COMMON IN EDUCATION SPEAK, BUT I WAS WONDERING IF YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE FURTHER FOR THE AUDIENCE.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT, THE CONCEPT OF UNDUPLICATED FUNDS? SURE. SO EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT GETS A BASE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND THEN YOU GET AN ADDITIONAL WHAT'S CALLED SUPPLEMENTAL FUND FOR EVERY STUDENT THAT IS EITHER ON THE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH LIST EL OR FOSTER.

NOW IT'S CALLED UNDUPLICATED, BECAUSE IF YOU ARE EL FOSTER AND ON THE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH LIST, YOU ONLY GET COUNTED ONE TIME AND SO FOR BONITA UNIFIED, WE HAVE 37 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS THAT TICK OFF ONE OR MORE OF THOSE BOXES, BUT THEY'RE KIND OF ONCE AND SO WE GET EXTRA MONEY FOR EACH OF THOSE STUDENTS.

SO THEY PAY US FOR ONE OF THEIR CHALLENGES, BUT THEY KIND OF DON'T COVER THE COST FOR THE OTHER CHALLENGES THAT THE STUDENT MIGHT HAVE IF THEY MEET MULTIPLE CRITERIA.

FAIR TO SAY YES. OK.

ONE THING I THOUGHT WAS GREAT, AND I DON'T MEAN TO LIKE, SHARE THE STORY, BUT I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY WORTHWHILE TO POINT OUT AND THIS IS AN ANECDOTAL STORY, BUT I THINK WE HAVE THE WHY HERE IN YOUR PRESENTATION.

MY WIFE WAS TALKING TO ONE OF HER COLLEAGUES AT WORK, AND I'M NOT SURE WHICH SCHOOL IN BONITA UNIFIED, BUT THE COLLEAGUE, I BELIEVE, HAD THEIR KID IN BONITA UNIFIED, BUT THE COUSIN OR SISTER, I FORGOT BUT HAD THEIR KID IN A NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO THAT PROBABLY GETS MORE MONEY THAN US BECAUSE OF THE UNDUPLICATED FUNDS.

AND THEY WERE TRACKING ALONG ABOUT EVENLY FOR A WHILE UNTIL THE PANDEMIC HIT, AND THE PANDEMIC HAS HAD SOME CHALLENGES NOT SUGARCOATING THAT AT ALL.

BUT WHAT I THOUGHT WAS USEFUL AND SOMETHING I THINK THE MENTAL HEALTH AND THE ACADEMIC INTERVENTIONS REALLY HELPED WAS THEY WERE EQUAL IN ACADEMIC ABILITY IN THE BEGINNING AND THESE KIDS ARE RELATED THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULD BE SOMEWHAT EQUAL.

THE KID IN BONITA ENDED UP DOING A LOT BETTER.

THAT MEANS THE KID IN BONITA HAD LESS LEARNING LOSS BECAUSE OF SOME OF THESE INTERVENTIONS. SO, YOU KNOW, I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO, ALL THE WORK THAT OUR PRINCIPALS, THE PEOPLE AT THE SITE, OUR STAFF, OUR [INAUDIBLE] MEMBERS, OUR TEACHERS HAVE DONE, BUT I THINK WE'RE BENEFITING FROM IT AND WHETHER WE'RE MAD AT CERTAIN THINGS OR WE HAVE CERTAIN PASSIONS, I THINK EVERYONE HERE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT REALLY APPRECIATE IN THESE VERY CHALLENGING TIMES, THE WONDERFUL EDUCATION OUR KIDS ARE GETTING BECAUSE SOME DISTRICTS ARE HAVING FAR LESS, I GUESS, ACADEMIC GROWTH DURING THIS TIME AND IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT OUR KIDS EDUCATION IS SOMETHING THAT OUR DISTRICT STAFF ARE PUTTING IN THE FOREGROUND.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK AND I DO THINK INTERVENTIONS AND THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT HAD A LOT TO DO WITH IT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, I DID JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE THING THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO KIND OF MENTION, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN ADVOCATING WITH THE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES WITH RESPECT TO THE UNDUPLICATED FUNDS.

AND OUR DISTRICT HAS A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WITH FOSTER CARE.

AND YOU KNOW, IT'S I THINK ALTHOUGH IT WAS GOOD INTENTIONS OF HOW THE FUNDING FORMULA WAS GOING TO COME BACK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND THAT HIGHLIGHTED THAT I THINK IT HAD GOOD INTENTIONS AND THEY CONTINUE TO TAKE THOSE LOCAL CONTROL AWAY FROM SCHOOL BOARDS AND, YOU KNOW, MORE MANDATES CONTINUE TO COME DOWN FROM CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT EDUCATION.

AND THE UNDUPLICATED FUNDING IS A PROBLEM.

IT CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM.

YOU KNOW, STUDENTS DON'T JUST NEED ONE SERVICE, YOU KNOW, AND IT SHOULDN'T JUST BE ONE TIME FUNDS AND SO, YOU KNOW, US AND OTHER ENTITIES AND LOBBYISTS CONTINUE TO WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES, YOU KNOW, IN CHARGE OF SCHOOL FUNDING BECAUSE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR KIDS NEEDS BASED ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL MONEY NEEDS TO BE BASED ON NOT JUST A SINGULAR STUDENT, BUT BASED ON THEIR NEED OR NEEDS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THAT WORK.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. SO WE'RE GOING TO THE TIME WHERE WE HAVE OPEN SESSION AGENDA ITEMS.

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

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

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

ANY PERSON ADDRESSING THE BOARD SHOULD FIRST STATE THEIR NAME AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE DISTRICT, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THE CARDS.

NO, EVERY CARD WE HAVE TODAY IS GOING TO BE A NON AGENDA ITEM.

OH PERFECT. SO CONTINUE WITH THE AGENDA AND THEN WE'LL GET TO ALL THE COMMENTS ON THE NON AGENDA SECTION. THANK YOU.

OK, MOVING ON.

CONSENT AGENDA.

MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD ROUTINE OR

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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 THE UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR PASSAGE.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES. MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE A COMMENT ON ITEM SIX.

SURE. APPROVE RATIFY RENEWAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN BONITA UNIFIED AND SCHOOL HEALTH CORPORATION FOR AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS, SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE.

HAVING HAD AN INCIDENT, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE DISTRICT MAKING SURE THAT THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE AVAILABLE, AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE DO SOME KIND OF AN INVENTORY OF WHERE THEY ARE AND LET EVERYONE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.

BECAUSE IF WE NEEDED ONE RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW WHO'S GOING TO GO, GET IT FOR ME AND WHERE IS IT? SO SO I THINK IT'D BE IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE THEM, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO ADVERTISE WHERE THEY ARE SO THAT IF THEY'RE NEEDED, PEOPLE AREN'T RUNNING AROUND WONDERING WHERE THEY ARE. SO.

VERY GOOD. OK.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS.

SUPERINTENDENT, RECEIVE A DISCUSSION ACTION AGENDA, AND WE HAVE STUDENT DISCIPLINARY

[17.1.1. Student Disciplinary Action Pursuant to Education Code #48900(b) and #48915(c2) for Student #212010151]

STUDENT DISCIPLINARY ACTION PURSUANT TO EDUCATION CODE 48900B AND 48915C2 FOR STUDENT NUMBER 21210151 STUDENT DISCIPLINARY ACTION PURSUANT TO EDUCATION CODE 35146,48900, 48915, 48919, AND 48918(C) RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE STUDENT.

AND DO I READ THIS PART OR IS THIS GREG.

OK? THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT STUDENT NUMBER 21210151 FIVE ONE BE EXPELLED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 2021 2022 SCHOOL YEAR, WITH ENFORCEMENT SUSPENDED AND PLACEMENT AT VISTA SCHOOLS. DO I HAVE A MOTION.

SO MOVE.

SECOND.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

REPORT FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT.

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

HAD A MEETING WITH THE SAN DIMAS CITY, TWO MEMBERS OF THE SAN DIMAS CITY COUNCIL.

WE HAD OUR AD HOC MEETING THIS MONTH, DEREK AND I ATTENDED.

IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO HAVE THOSE MEETINGS BACK ON OUR SCHEDULE, SO IMPORTANT TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CITIES THAT WE SERVE BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF CROSS PURPOSES AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THAT LINE OF COMMUNICATIONS OPEN.

I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE LA VERNE SAN DIMAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION IS HAVING THEIR ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT IN APRIL.

I DON'T FOR SOME REASON HAVE THE DATE ON MY CALENDAR, BUT IT'S THE LAST.

TWENTY SECOND? TWENTY SECOND THANK YOU.

TODAY, COINCIDENTALLY JUST HAPPENS TO BE NATIONAL GIRLS AND WOMEN IN SPORTS DAY AND THAT

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SO IN 1972, THE TITLE NINE WAS SIGNED INTO ACTION.

IT WAS A FEDERAL LAW AND NOT GOING TO GET INTO ALL THE DETAILS, BUT THE RESULTS ARE THAT WE NOW HAVE GIRLS SPORTS EQUAL TO BOYS SPORTS.

FOR THE MOST PART, THAT'S REALLY IF YOU WANT TO IMAGINE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT, TRY IMAGINING TRYING TO GET RID OF GIRLS SPORTS.

NOW WE'D HAVE A BIGGER CROWD THAN THIS.

OR CONVERSELY, TRY AND IMAGINE A HIGH SCHOOL WITHOUT BOYS SPORTS AND ONLY GIRLS SPORTS.

SO BEING THE FATHER OF AN ONLY DAUGHTER, I'M KIND OF ATTUNED TO THESE THINGS, AND SO I'M PERSONALLY VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT AND THERE IS ACTUALLY A GROUP, A NATIONAL GROUP THAT'S PUTTING TOGETHER SOME KIND OF A CELEBRATION IN JUNE TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF TITLE 9. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO DO A PROCLAMATION IN JUNE OR SOMETHING, BUT AT THE VERY LEAST, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THIS IS NATIONAL GIRLS AND WOMEN IN SPORTS DAY AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR TREMENDOUS FEMALE ATHLETES THAT REPRESENT OUR SCHOOLS AN OUR CITIES AND SUCH A WONDERFUL WAY.

AND END OF REPORT.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO PUT ON THE RECORD TONIGHT.

SOME COMMENTS AND AGAIN, THANK YOU, MATT, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT ON THE LCAP.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DISTRICT ONCE AGAIN EARNING THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF BEING ONE OF THE TOP WORKPLACES IN THE INLAND EMPIRE.

THAT'S NOT A SMALL THING.

SO CONGRATULATIONS CARL TO YOUR TEAM AND ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT WORK SO HARD TO MAKE THIS A DESTINATION DISTRICT.

I NOTE WITH INTEREST THAT WE CONTINUE OUR INVESTMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY 35 HUNDRED CHROMEBOOKS AND INTERNET ACCESS AND UPGRADING OUR WIDE AREA NETWORK AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE BEHIND THE SCENE AND NORMALIZED TODAY.

MANY YEARS AGO, IT WAS GEE WHIZ AND IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY.

I THINK WHAT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE TODAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE WE'VE MATURED AND NORMALIZE TECHNOLOGY TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S MORE ABOUT CURRICULUM AND LEARNING RATHER THAN THE TECHNOLOGY.

SO THOSE INVESTMENTS CONTINUE AND THAT'S A GREAT STORY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN TO OUR PARTNERS FOR THE L.A.

COUNTY SHERIFF'S STATION HERE AT SAN DIMAS AND THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH INCYCLE AND S.C.

VELO CYCLING CLUB FOR THEIR INVESTMENT IN OUR CHILDREN THIS PAST CHRISTMAS SEASON.

HAD A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN A SATURDAY WORKSHOP FOR OUR TRUSTEE MAPS.

WE'RE HAVING A HEARING NEXT WEEK, A WEEK FROM TONIGHT TO LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE AT WITH OUR PROCESS IN TRUSTEE AREA DISTRICTS.

AND LASTLY, THIS IS A REQUEST TO MY COLLEAGUES AND TO CARL.

I WONDER, AS SENATE BILL 871 AND SENATE BILL 866 MAKE THEIR WAY OUT OF COMMITTEE AND THROUGH THEIR PROCESS IN OUR STATE SENATE.

WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN AT THE CORRECT TIME HAVE A WORKSHOP, NOT JUST FOR THE BOARD AND FOR THOSE WATCHING AT HOME, BUT FOR THE FOLKS HERE IN THE GALLERY.

I THINK IT WOULD BE EDUCATIONAL AND IT WOULD LEAD TO SOME GOOD DIALOG, AND I THINK WE'D ALL APPRECIATE THE PROCESS TO TO WALK THROUGH THOSE BILLS, NOT ONLY THEIR INTENT, BUT HOW THEY END UP IN THERE CLOSER TO FINAL FORM.

SO THAT'S PROBABLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS FROM NOW, BUT WHATEVER THEIR TIMELINE IS.

YEAH, JUST PRELIMINARILY, JUST SO THAT YOU AND OTHERS KNOW JUST RELATED TO THESE BILLS, YOU KNOW, THE BILLS HAVE TO BE INTRODUCED BY FEBRUARY 18TH, IS THE DEADLINE AND THEN FROM

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I HAVE REACHED OUT TO SENATOR PORTANTINO'S REPRESENTATIVE AND EVEN ASKED IF HE WOULD BE WILLING TO COME AND HAVE A TOWN HALL TO LET FOLKS HEAR THEIR THOUGHTS.

AS YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THE DECISION MAKERS REGARDING THE SENATE BILLS AND THE ASSEMBLY, AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT AND WITHOUT A DOUBT, AS WE GET CLOSER AND WE START TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE NUANCES THAT WILL FOLLOW WITH THESE BILLS THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY, WE WILL ABSOLUTELY HAVE A WORKSHOP FOR THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT IS NOT AND WHERE THEY ARE STAYING RIGHT NOW AS THEY MOVE ON DOWN THROUGH THE SENATE AND THE ASSEMBLY.

AND EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S DESK.

WELL, IF THERE'S CONSENSUS AND AGAIN SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, BUT IF THERE'S CONSENSUS, I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE OFFICIALLY INVITE BOTH SENATOR PORTANTINO AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER HOLDEN TO STOP BY AND HAVE A LITTLE TOWN HALL SESSION.

I THINK IT WOULD BE INFORMATIONAL, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO TALK THROUGH WHAT THEIR THINKING IS AND WHAT THEIR PERSPECTIVE IS ON THOSE TWO BILLS.

THANK YOU AND JUST BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN DO THAT NOW, WE CAN MAKE A MOTION ON THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE, I THINK I DON'T KNOW THAT HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT.

I THINK IT'S A MATTER OF.

YOU, BUT I'M STARTING TO SEE THE CONSENSUS THAT WE'RE ALL INTERESTED IN THESE BILLS, TOO AND BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO WILL ULTIMATELY BE VOTING ON IT AND THE CONSTITUENTS OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE GOING TO BE REALLY INTERESTED IN THIS, THAT I WILL REACH OUT AND I WILL INVITE THEM. I'M SURE EVERYBODY IN THE GALLERY HERE TONIGHT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED. SO THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL SEE IF THAT GETS OUT OF COMMITTEE FIRST.

WOW. SO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I HAVE KIDS AT GRACE MILLER AND RAMONA AND I WORK IN THE MORNING, I WORK AT 7:30.

SO I HAVE TO DROP MY KIDS OFF EARLY TO DAYCARE.

BEFORE THE YEAR STARTED, I STARTED SHOWING APPRECIATION, I WENT TO ALL THE DIFFERENT SCHOOL [INAUDIBLE] GAVE DONUTS AND WITH TIM TIM HEPBURN, THE MAYOR, WE KIND OF SORT OF APPRECIATION TO THEM.

ONE THAT MY SON WAS GOING TO GO TO WAS AT [INAUDIBLE] MIDDLE SCHOOL.

HIS NAME WAS ALEX HUDSON, A VERY POSITIVE GUY.

GREAT TO MEET. HE'S PROBABLY IN HIS LATE 20S.

NOTHING BUT GREAT THINGS ABOUT HIM.

ALL THE KIDS LOVED HIM.

HE PASSED AWAY JUST RECENTLY.

TOMORROW, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL JUST NEXT DOOR AT 6:30.

SO WHOEVER COULD COME OUT JUST TO CELEBRATE HIS LIFE AND WHAT HE DID FOR KIDS, THAT'D BE REALLY APPRECIATED. SO FOR MYSELF, JUST IF YOU COULD TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ALEX.

THANK YOU. OTHER THINGS.

ONE THING I REALLY LOVE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY IS WHEN WE ALL GET TOGETHER, WHEN SOMETHING BIG HAPPENS, AND I'M SURE ALL OF YOU HAD TO DEAL WITH IT A COUPLE A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, WE HAD THOSE HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE WINDS COME THROUGH OUR TOWN.

PROBABLY A LOT OF YOU LOST TREES, LOST DIFFERENT PARTS.

I KNOW I DID. I LIVE IN LA VERNE, WHERE NEXT TO GRACE MILLER AND NEAR QUEEN'S PARK, AND THAT PLACE LOOKED LIKE A WAR ZONE.

THIRD STREET, WITH ALL THE BIG TREES, MY KIDS WERE CLIMBING ON IT.

EVERYTHING FELL DOWN. IT JUST LOOKED TERRIBLE.

EVEN AT THE SCHOOLS WHERE MY KID GOES TO GRACE MILLER, ONE OF THE BIGGEST TREES.

I HAVE CRASHED TO A GATE INTO THE PARKING LOT, AND WHAT I AM THANKFUL FOR IS THE COMMUNITY WHO ALL CAME OUT JUST TO GET THIS STUFF DONE.

I SAW A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORS WHEN I PASSED BY, I SAW THIS GUY, ROB.

HE WAS WITH THE CHAINSAW FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS.

HE'S OUR DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES.

I DIDN'T KNOW IT THEN. I JUST THOUGHT HE WAS SOME RANDOM NEIGHBOR TRYING TO GET SOME FIREWOOD. BUT HE WAS OUT THERE WITH A HEAVY GAS POWERED CHAINSAW FOR HOURS, JUST CUTTING IT DOWN ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE FACILITY'S DEPARTMENT.

JEFF DANE TERRY EVEN SAW A TEACHER, MR. MILLER, COME OUT FROM. GRACE MILLER AND OUR CUSTODIAN CAME ON THE SATURDAY MORNING.

BY MONDAY, NOTHING.

YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW ANYTHING HAPPENED THAT HAPPENED TO SO MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS.

EVERYONE CAME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO HELP CLEAN THE STREETS.

I KNOW IN LOCAL DISTRICTS LIKE CLAREMONT HAD TO SHUT DOWN FOR A DAY.

I THINK THEY FINALLY JUST PICKED UP THE TREE FROM DAMIEN.

SO I'M JUST REALLY PROUD OF OUR STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY HERE WHO REALLY HELPED OUT.

AND I KNOW I DO SHOW APPRECIATION FOR STAFF A LOT, JUST LIKE I JUST DID THERE.

ONE THING I REALLY WANT TO SHOW APPRECIATION FOR THIS LAST MONTH OR LAST YEAR IS OUR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.

BOTH OUR NEW ONES WHO JOINED ON THE FORCE AS WELL AS OUR CURRENT TEACHERS WHO PERIODS OF OR HELP OUT AS WELL.

ON BEHALF OF, YOU KNOW, THE STUDENTS OUT THERE, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE WE NEEDED YOU TO GET THROUGH THIS LONG YEAR OF JANUARY.

AND IF ANYONE ELSE IS INTERESTED, I THINK ALL YOU NEED IS A BA NOW YOU CAN APPLY FOR EMERGENCY CREDENTIAL. WE HAVE SIGNS EVERYWHERE, YOU KNOW, PLEASE JOIN US.

HOPEFULLY NO MORE SURGES.

AND NO, A LOT OF YOU HEAR ABOUT MASKS AND I GET IT.

I GET YOU. WE GET A GUY WHO GIVES US AN ORDER AND WE SEE HIM NOT OBEYING THE ORDER.

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LIKE, IF WE MAKE A RULE, WE SHOULD FOLLOW IT.

HE MADE IT [INAUDIBLE] HE EXTENDED THIS ORDER TO FEBRUARY 15TH.

HOPEFULLY BY THEN WE SEE SOMETHING ELSE.

BUT AS LEADERS, WE LEAD BY EXAMPLE.

WE DON'T GET TO PICK AND CHOOSE.

AND WITH MASKING OF SOME LOVE IT, SOME FEEL REALLY SAFE WITH IT.

SOME DON'T LIKE IT. AND WHEN THIS IS ALL OVER, I JUST HOPE WE HAVE SOME RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WEAR A MASK AND THE ORDER IS LIFTED, YOU KNOW, PLEASE DON'T HARASS THEM IF YOU DO WANT TO WEAR.

PLEASE DON'T HARASS THEM.

MOST OF ALL, PLEASE DON'T.

SO PLEASE SHOW RESPECT TO YOUR SCHOOL STAFF.

DON'T TAKE IT OUT ON THE TEACHER.

DON'T TAKE IT OUT ON THE SCHOOL SECRETARY.

PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT ON THE SCHOOL NURSE.

IT'S NOT THEIR CHOICE. THEY MIGHT HAVE THEIR OWN VIEWS ON WEARING A MASK OR NOT WEARING A MASK, BUT THEY HAVE TO ENFORCE THIS RIGHT NOW.

HOPEFULLY, WE'RE OUT OF IT SOON.

HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S GONE SOON, THE PANDEMIC.

BUT UNTIL THEN, JUST EVERY SIDE PLEASE SHOW RESPECT BECAUSE THAT'S AS A COMMUNITY WHAT WE DO BEST. I'D LIKE TO EXTEND MY CONDOLENCES TO ALEX HUDSON'S FAMILY, NOT JUST HIS BIOLOGICAL FAMILY, BUT HIS BONITA FAMILY, BECAUSE HE TOUCHED A LOT OF PEOPLE.

TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT JIM SAID, WE WERE NAMED BEST WORKPLACE AGAIN.

THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW, SO IT'S NOT A ONE OFF AND OUR STUDENTS HAVE MENTIONED IT. THEIR SEASONS ARE WINDING DOWN AND THE CIF IS STARTING UP.

SO I'D ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TRY TO ATTEND SOME KIND OF CIF PLAYOFF AND TO KIND OF TIE IN WITH WHAT CHUCK SAID. IF YOU LOOK BACK, THE LAST FEW YEARS, OUR GIRLS HAVE PROBABLY BEEN DOING BETTER THAN THE BOYS OVERALL IN THE PLAYOFFS.

SO WHEN YOU THINK OF SPORTS, DON'T JUST THINK OF FOOTBALL OR BASEBALL OR SOMETHING, BUT GET SOME OF THE OTHER SPORTS AS WELL.

OKAY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND A HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF ALEX HUDSON.

HE WAS AN AMAZING GUY FROM EVERYTHING I HEAR, AND HE DID A LOT FOR OUR SCHOOL.

BLACK HISTORY MONTHS I GUESS, RIGHT NOW IT'S FROM FEBRUARY 1ST TO MARCH 1ST.

AND THERE'S SOME AMAZING PEOPLE WHO I DON'T THINK ALWAYS GET ENOUGH, PRESS MOUSSA MENSAH.

HE WAS IN, I THINK IT IS SYRIA NOW, SYRIA, SUDAN.

HE WAS. IF YOU JUST LOOK AT ALL THE WEALTH.

HE WAS THE RICHEST PERSON EVER TO EXIST.

THAT'S NOTEWORTHY.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE AUTHORS, ALEXANDER DUMAS.

HE WROTE THE THREE MUSKETEERS COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, AN AMAZING WRITER, AND HE ACTUALLY WROTE ABOUT AT SOME LEVEL HIS DAD, WHO IS A CONTEMPORARY OF NAPOLEON AND COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN THE LEADER OF FRANCE IF NOT FOR A SHIPWRECK.

SO THERE'S SOME AMAZING STORIES OUT THERE, BUT WHAT I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD HIGHLIGHT, AND IT'S A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME, AND IT'S SOMEONE WHO I THINK IS A GREAT ROLE MODEL FOR OUR KIDS. AND THAT PERSON IS FREDERICK DOUGLASS.

NOW, WHEN I WAS IN HISTORY, I LEARNED ABOUT FREDERICK DOUGLASS.

HE WAS JUST, OH, HE WAS INVOLVED IN SETTING UP THE CONDITIONS FOR THE CIVIL WAR.

THAT'S IT. HOWEVER, IF YOU ACTUALLY GO THROUGH HIS STORY, HE'S ACTUALLY QUITE REMARKABLE.

HE'S A PERSON WHO WAS BORN A SLAVE BORN PROPERTY, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD ACCEPTED THAT LOT IN LIFE. HE SAID THAT WAS WRONG.

HE ENDED UP TEACHING HIMSELF TO LEARN.

AND AS A TEACHER, I CAN TELL YOU, SOMETIMES KIDS DON'T WANT TO LEARN.

THIS MAN WAS PUNISHED FOR IT, BUT HE TAUGHT HIMSELF TO READ AND WRITE WELL.

THEN HE ESCAPED TO FIND HIS FREEDOM.

AND SOMETIMES I GET, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T AGREE WITH THOSE THINGS.

BUT HE ACTUALLY FOUGHT FOR IT BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT WAS RIGHT IN A DAY THAT WAS VERY RACIST. HE ENDED UP HAVING A BEST SELLING BOOK, AND THE 14TH AMENDMENT WHICH I THINK IS VERY ALIGNED TO AMERICAN VALUES, WAS PASSED IN PART BECAUSE OF HIS ACTIVISM.

SO I JUST REALLY WANTED TO SHARE THAT STORY BECAUSE HE'S SOMEONE WHO I THINK SHOWS REAL GRIT, REAL LEADERSHIP AND CHANGED THE WORLD FOR THE BETTER.

AND I THINK IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE ON AFRICAN HISTORY MONTH TO ACTUALLY BRING UP HIS CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COUNTRY.

AND I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF MY FRIENDS TRANSITIONING A LITTLE BIT SEND ME TEXT MESSAGES ABOUT OUR GOVERNOR AND OTHER CITY OFFICIALS WHO PASS BILLS AND THEN DON'T FOLLOW THEM.

AND THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT ANGERING PEOPLE BECAUSE ON THE ONE HAND, IF MASKS ARE NEEDED, THEY SHOULD HAVE WORK.

ON THE OTHER HAND, IF MASKS ARE NOT NEEDED, THEY SHOULDN'T REQUIRE OTHER PEOPLE TO WEAR THEM. AND I THINK THAT RUBBED A LOT OF PEOPLE THE WRONG WAY.

AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SYMPATHETIC OR OUTRAGED BY THAT HYPOCRISY OF OUR SACRAMENTO POLITICIANS OR AT LEAST A COUPLE SPECIFICALLY.

HOWEVER, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A POINT I WANT TO SAY WE DON'T GET TO VOTE ON WHICH LAWS WE'RE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW, MUCH LIKE ON DUPLICATED FUNDS.

I CAN TELL YOU, IF I GET TO TALK TO ANYONE IN THE SENATE, I PROBABLY WILL BRING UP A

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WHERE WE HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEN WE GET REIMBURSED ONE TIME.

THAT JUST SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THREE EQUALS ONE.

THAT'S REALLY BAD MATH.

AND THERE'S OTHER THINGS I'VE ADVOCATED FOR AS WELL.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, LAWS ARE WHAT THEY ARE AND YOU CAN DISAGREE WITH THEM.

FREDERICK DOUGLASS DISAGREED WITH THEM.

I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE WRONG TO DISAGREE.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS ORGANIZATIONS TEND TO HAVE TO FOLLOW LAWS AND WHETHER WE AGREE WITH THEM OR NOT, WHETHER WE'RE ANGRY OR NOT.

AND I CAN TELL YOU, THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE ANGRY THAT THEY'RE BEING HYPOCRITES.

THAT BEING SAID, FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING WE HAVE JURISDICTION OVER.

AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU GUYS.

TAKE IT HOWEVER YOU WILL, AND WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO HEAR YOU GUYS, I KNOW CARL AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME.

I THINK HE MET WITH A GROUP OF CONCERNED PARENTS AND HE ALSO SPENT TIME LISTENING TO YOU GUYS. WE UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION OUT THERE.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO MUCH ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THE ONES WHO GET TO MAKE THOSE VOTES.

WE'VE MADE OUR VOTES.

WE HAVEN'T ADDED ANYTHING ON TOP OF THE LAWS THAT ARE REQUIRED OF US.

WE HAVE MADE THOSE VOTES AND YOU COULD DISAGREE IF YOU LIKE.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHAT'S REQUIRED.

SO I JUST WANT TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU GUYS, WHETHER IT'S RECEIVED OR NOT, THAT'S FINE. IF YOU'RE SHARING YOUR TRUTH TODAY, AND I BELIEVE YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE COMMENTING ON IT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT OUR PLACE.

BUT WE REALLY DO THINK OUR POLITICIANS IN SACRAMENTO SHOULD HEAR YOUR VOICES.

AND WHEN WE MEET WITH PEOPLE, WE DO COMMUNICATE YOUR OPINIONS.

WE DO IT PRIVATELY, BUT WE DO COMMUNICATE YOUR OPINIONS.

AND SOMETIMES WHEN YOU PASS, THINGS ARE PROPOSING THINGS THAT COULD BE CONTROVERSIAL.

WE INVITE THEM TO COME OVER AND HEAR FROM YOU GUYS AS WELL BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT YOU, WHETHER YOU VOTE FOR THEM OR NOT, THEY REPRESENT YOU.

AND I DO THINK THEY SHOULD HEAR YOUR VOICES AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU FOR JUST BEING A PRETTY RESPECTFUL AUDIENCE.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I THINK, YEAH, I HAVE STUFF ON THANKING THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE FOOD DRIVE THAT'S HAPPENING ON, I THINK, THE 12TH OF THE SAN DIMAS MASONIC LODGE, BUT WE'LL MOVE ON MR. COLES. I TOO WANT TO SEND MY RESPECTS TO ALEX HUDSON'S FAMILY AND RAMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL. YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE THIS BEEN A MANAGEMENT, A LONG TIME AND ANY TIME THAT YOU HEAR OF THE DEATH OF A STAFF MEMBER OR A STUDENT, IT ABSOLUTELY BREAKS MY HEART.

AND IT'S HARD TO LEAD IN THOSE TIMES.

BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO JAMIE ALICE AND NANCY SIFTER BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY WORKED SIDE BY SIDE WITH ALEX NEED TO FIND A WAY TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES, BUT ALSO TO PREPARE THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

AND I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE BOTH JAMIE AND NANCY FOR STEPPING UP.

THE TOP WORKPLACE WAS MENTIONED THIRD YEAR IN A ROW.

REALLY PROUD OF THIS AWARD BECAUSE THE JUDGES ARE OUR STAFF AND IT'S A PART OF A CULTURE AND ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.

AND BECAUSE THEY ARE, THEY ARE THE JUDGES.

NOT EVERYBODY GETS IT.

COMPANIES PUT IN FOR IT AND THEY DON'T RECEIVE THE AWARD OR ENGAGEMENT CONTINUES TO BE AT A LEVEL, EARNING US A TOP SPOT IN THE TOP WORKPLACE.

AND SO ALL TO OUR WHOLE STAFF.

THIS IS A GREAT AWARD AND CONTINUES TO ATTRACT PHENOMENAL TEACHERS AND CLASSIFIED STAFF AND MANAGEMENT TO COME TO BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BECOME PART OF THIS FAMILY.

THE WIND WAS MENTIONED PHENOMENAL EFFORTS ON EVERYBODY'S PART TO GET READY FOR SCHOOL ON MONDAY AND HATS OFF TO ROB THE MAINTENANCE TEAM.

ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS.

AND GREG, I KNOW YOU'RE HUMBLE ABOUT IT, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU GOING AND COLLECTING THE FIREWOOD AND CLEANING IT UP BECAUSE IT WAS ALL HANDS ON DECK THAT DAY WHEN A SPUR OF THE MOMENT AND GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER AND TO THE CITY CITY OF SAN DIMAS AND THE CITY OF LA VERNE.

THEIR EFFORTS TO QUICKLY CLEAR THE ROADS AND MAKE IT SAFE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY MAKE IT LOOK EASY, BUT IT'S NOT.

AND SO OUR HATS OFF TO THE CITY LEADERSHIP AND TO OUR STAFF WHO MADE SCHOOL SEAMLESS ON MONDAY WHEN OUR STUDENTS SHOWED UP.

SO OK, DISCUSSION ACTION AGENDA, NO REQUEST TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS, COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC. AND WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS.

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

WE'LL BE GOING TO THE OVERFLOW ROOM FIRST AND THEN WE'LL ADDRESS THE CROWD IN HERE.

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I CAN'T QUITE READ IT, BUT THEY SHOULD BE IN THE OVERFLOW ROOM AND I IMAGINE WE'LL SEE THEM IN THE PODIUM BEHIND OUR COUNTRY'S FLAG.

I THINK IT MIGHT BE ON MUTE, THOUGH.

OK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE NEXT PERSON WE HAVE IS SARAH MIC] I BELIEVE SHE'S IN THE OVERFLOW ROOM AS WELL.

THERE. HELLO.

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I'M HERE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE DONE.

WE ARE DONE WATCHING OUR KIDS SUFFER FROM COVID RESTRICTIONS SO STARTING THIS FRIDAY, MYSELF AND OTHERS ARE DONE SENDING OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL WITH A MASK. WE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE CHAIN OF DISCIPLINE ACTIONS THAT CAN OCCUR.

WE WE PREPARED OUR FAMILIES ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THE REACTION FROM THE SCHOOL.

AT THIS POINT, THERE'S NO TURNING BACK FOR US.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO OUR KIDS AND WE WILL NOT COMPLY ANY LONGER FROM THE SCHOOL'S RESPONSE TO US.

AND OUR DECISION IS EVERYTHING.

SO I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE DONE AND YOU CAN THINK ABOUT THIS ONE.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THE NEXT PERSON WE HAVE ON THE LIST IS AMANDA, OH, WE'RE FINE, BUT THANK YOU, AMANDA.

[INAUDIBLE] .

NEXT PERSON UP IS KRISTIN LAWRENCE.

HI I'M ALSO A TEACHER KINDERGARTEN TEACHER IN THIS AREA, AND DOESN'T KEEP

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THE NEXT PERSON WE HAVE IS TRACY GONZALEZ.

YOU CAN BE FRUSTRATED AND YOU WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT, AND IT'S NOT YOUR PLACE TO TALK.

WELL, ACTUALLY, IT'S EXACTLY YOUR PLACE TO TALK.

YOU SHOULD BE HAVING MEETINGS, TOWN HALLS, HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT, EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FIND AGREE TO [INAUDIBLE] MANDATES THAT ARE RIDICULOUS AT, WE HAVE A CONVERSATION THAT YOU'RE NOT EVEN WILLING TO DO THAT.

INSTEAD, WE'RE HEARING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT YOUR DEAD GRASS AND LAWN THAT DON'T EVEN EXIST AND HOW FRUSTRATED YOU ARE AND GETTING NOWHERE.

IF YOU LOOK AT [INAUDIBLE] ANYTHING ONLINE THAT SPEAKS TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING ALL DAY LONG, THEY'RE ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THEY'RE MAKING DECISIONS.

SCHOOL BOARDS ARE STANDING UP, HAVING AN OPINION HAVING DISCUSSION WITH THEIR CITIZENS AND THEIR CONCERNED PARENTS, AND THEY'RE MAKING DECISIONS.

THEY MIGHT NOT EVEN GO THE WAY THEY WANT, BUT AT LEAST THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING ALMOST MORE FRUSTRATING AND DISAPPOINTING.

WATCHING THE NEWS AND SEEING THESE POLITICIANS THAT ARE COMPLETE HYPOCRITES AND HAVING THESE SO-CALLED MANDATES THAT ARE RIDICULOUS.

IT'S THE FACT THAT SOME OF OUR PEOPLE THAT WE'RE PUTTING TO TRUST OUR KIDS WITH THEIR EDUCATION AND THEY'RE [INAUDIBLE] WHILE THE REST OF US WORK DURING THE DAY OR TRY TO LIVE OUR LIVES IS THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING NOTHING.

NEXT PERSON FROM THE OTHER ROOM WILL BE JENNIFER CASTEN, I HOPE I PRONOUNCE THAT CORRECTLY.

HELLO. OH, HELLO.

MIC] STAY HOME, STAY HOME.

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SO CAN WE OR DO WE HAVE ANY MORE FOR THE OVERFLOW ROOM? ALL RIGHT. SO THE NEXT PERSON IN THIS ONE, WE HAVE A PODIUM RIGHT UP HERE, AND I BELIEVE THE NAME'S JOSHUA GELLES.

ARE YOU HERE? LAST NAME IS JOSHUA GELLES.

AND IF YOU'RE IN THE PERFECT, NO WORRIES.

FOR STUDENTS. DESPITE THE LOSS OF MILLIONS OF STATE FUNDING THIS IS DUE TO PERSONAL CHOICE, NOT LACK OF AVAILABILITY, AND I'M SURE YOU TO REMOVE PERSONAL CHOICE AND RELIGIOUS BELIEF EXEMPTIONS FOR COVID 19 AND ANY FUTURE VACCINE REQUIREMENTS, THOUGH MOST LIKELY PASSING THIS I'M SURE EVERY PERSON HERE WHO FEELS THE SAME WAY, AND MY FAMILY HAS ALREADY CONTACTED WE'RE HERE TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR HELP IN THIS EFFORT BY PUBLICLY STANDING WITH OTHER SCHOOL BOARDS BY OPPOSING THESE MANDATES.

AS ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, YOU REPRESENT YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

IF YOU FEEL THAT PEOPLE SEE YOU HERE TODAY DO NOT REPRESENT THE MAJORITY VIEW.

LASTLY, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT NOT ONLY YOUR ACTIONS BUT YOUR INACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES, CALIFORNIA TO SEE WHAT CAN WE DO IN THE FUTURE?

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THE NEXT PERSON I HAVE, AND I KNOW SHE'S IN THIS ROOM IS JESSICA PERKINS.

I GOT PLENTY OF CARDS, SO I MEAN, YEAH.

HI, JESSICA PERKINS, I HAVE TWO BOYS HERE, ONE AT T.K AND ONE IN FIRST GRADE.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WE'RE ALL FOCUSING ON NEWSOM NOT WEARING A MASK, BUT I THINK THE BIGGER PICTURE IS THAT HE WAS SURROUNDED IN HIS SUITE BY OTHERS WHO WERE ALSO NOT MASKED. SO IF NONE OF THEM WERE ESCORTED OUT AND HE WAS FULLY AWARE OF HIS MANDATE AND THE STADIUM'S POLICY TO BE MASKED, AND YET NOT ONE PERSON IN HIS SUITE WAS ESCORTED OUT. WHY ARE WE ESCORTING OUT OUR CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL? I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT IF THEY CAN GO TO A FOOTBALL GAME WITHOUT BEING ESCORTED OUT, OUR CHILDREN SHOULD BE OFFERED THE SAME OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR EDUCATION.

I KNOW YOUR HANDS ARE TIED OR THAT'S WHAT YOU SAY, BUT HE SHOULD HAVE FOLLOWED THAT.

AND NOW THAT GIVES US SOME LEEWAY TO DECIDE HOW TO HANDLE THE MANDATE.

I'M NOT SAYING DON'T SAY WEAR A MASK, BUT IF A CHILD TAKES THEIR MASK OFF IN CLASS, LET THEM STAY IN CLASS.

THEY HAVE MADE THAT PERSONAL CHOICE, JUST AS NEWSOM'S FRIENDS IN HIS BOX MADE THEIR PERSONAL CHOICE. SO ALL I'M ASKING IS FOR THE CHOICE FOR OUR KIDS TO DECIDE WHAT IS BEST FOR THEM AND STOP TAKING AWAY THEIR EDUCATION.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

THE NEXT PERSON I HAVE IS MIKE [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] YOU ALMOST GOT IT.

OK, WELL, THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME, I PROBABLY WON'T TAKE THE THREE MINUTES.

I TOO HAVE NEVER COME TO ONE OF THESE BEFORE, SO I WROTE A BUNCH OF NOTES TO COME UP HERE PREPARED AND THEN I HEARD THE COMMENT THAT YOU GUYS CAN'T DO ANYTHING AND I APOLOGIZE.

I'M UNEDUCATED WHEN I KNOW HOW MUCH POWER YOU GUYS HAVE.

I THINK YOU HAVE THE POWER OF THE PURSE, WHICH PROBABLY IS VERY MEANINGFUL IN TERMS OF HOW YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY.

AND YOU KNOW, THE GUYS IN THE SUITES IN [INAUDIBLE] CAN'T REALLY CONTROL THAT.

OR THEY CAN. I DON'T KNOW. I APOLOGIZE.

I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT.

BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS I AM A FATHER OF TWO KIDS IN THE DISTRICT AND A TAXPAYER AND A VOTER. AND I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING, YOU KNOW, IF KIDS COULD VOTE, YOU GUYS WOULDN'T BE UP HERE. THE GUY WOULDN'T BE IN THE SUITE, [INAUDIBLE].

HE'D BE GONE. IT'S JUST THE REALITY.

THEY DON'T WANT TO WEAR THEM. OR AT LEAST THEY DON'T.

THEY WANT TO AT LEAST HAVE THE CHOICE, OK? THE FREEDOM.

WE'RE TEACHING OUR KIDS, THERE IS NO FREEDOM.

YOU HAVE TO WEAR THIS, RIGHT? THERE'S NO CHOICE. I MEAN, GOING BACK TO WHAT DAN SAID EARLIER, BACK IN THE DAY, MY DAD IS A VIETNAM VET AND HE JUMPED OUT OF AIRPLANES.

AND YOU'RE TELLING AND YOU KNOW, AND NOW WE'RE SCARED.

WE'RE JUST WE'RE COVERING UP FEAR, NOT SCIENCE.

SCIENCE IS LONG GONE.

WE'RE NOW PAST THE COVID CRISIS.

WE'RE NOW IN THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

OK? AND HOW YOU GUYS ADDRESS THAT? I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT.

I'M NOT IN YOUR SEATS, OK? I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW TO DO THAT.

ALL I CAN ASK IS THAT WHATEVER POWER YOU GUYS DO HAVE.

DEREK, I KNOW YOU SAID YOU GUYS HAVE MUCH, BUT WHATEVER IT IS, USE IT BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THE VACCINE MANDATE THAT'S POSSIBLY COMING LIKE THIS, THIS YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE IT IN THE PARKING LOT, CLOSE DOWN THE STREETS.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT HERE.

OK, THIS IS THE BEGINNING, OK? YOU CAN MAKE IT THE END FIGHT.

TRY TO GET THIS THE CHOICE.

AGAIN, I'M NOT. IF THE KID WANTS TO WEAR A MASK, THAT'S OK, OK, BUT IF THE KID DOESN'T, DON'T KICK HIM OUT AT SCHOOL.

THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO LEARN.

THEIR PARENTS PAY TAXES NOW.

YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST END IT ON THIS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S THERE'S A HIERARCHY IN THE STATE, OK, BUT YOU GUYS DO HAVE MONEY, AND ALL I WOULD ASK IS MAYBE YOU CAN USE SOME OF THAT MONEY TO HIRE MAGIC JOHNSON TO TEACH OUR KIDS BECAUSE APPARENTLY HE CAN'T GET COVID AND HE COULD TEACH OUR KIDS WE CAN ALL TAKE OUR MASKS OFF.

OK? TONGUE IN CHEEK.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE SEVERAL MORE CARDS.

I'M ASKING.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SEE IF WE CAN EXTEND THIS TIME FOR 20 MORE MINUTES, DO I HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE. I THINK WE NEED TO HEAR EVERYONE THAT WANTS TO TALK.

VERY GOOD. [APPLAUSE] THE NEXT PERSON I HAVE IS CHEYENNE CURRY. HI, MY NAME IS CHEYENNE

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MY KIDS WENT THROUGH THE ENTIRE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND NOW MY GRANDSON'S HERE.

THE SIMPLE FACT IS THE MASKS DON'T WORK, THE VACCINES DON'T WORK.

IF THEY WORKED. NOBODY WOULD GET COVID.

EVERYBODY WOULD BE FINE.

THEY SAID, WEAR NO MASKS.

THEN THEY SAID WEAR TWO MASKS.

AND NOW THEY'RE SAYING THE NR NINETY FIVE.

THEY DON'T WORK. KINDERGARTNERS COME HOME WITH MASKS FULL OF SPIT.

THAT'S NOT HEALTHY FOR THEM.

THEY CAN'T TELL IF SOMEONE'S LAUGHING OR CRYING.

THEY CAN'T TELL WHAT THEIR TEACHER LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE THEY'VE NEVER SEEN THEM WITHOUT A MASK. THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TRY TO IDENTIFY ANOTHER STUDENT BY GOING LIKE THIS.

THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO CHOOSE.

WE LET THEM CHOOSE THEIR GENDER AT WHATEVER AGE THEY WANT, BUT THEY CAN'T CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT TO WEAR A MASK.

THAT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.

AND THE VACCINE DOESN'T WORK.

THERE'S NO POINT IN IT.

THEY SAID IT'LL WORK. YOU WON'T GET COVID.

YOU'LL BE FINE. NOW YOU CAN PASS IT ON.

NOW YOU HAVE TO GET IT EVERY THREE MONTHS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THREE BOOSTERS FOUR BOOSTERS.

WHEN DOES IT STOP? YOU GUYS HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THAT.

IT'S A MANDATE. YOU CAN CHANGE IT.

YOU CAN GO AGAINST IT.

YOU MAY LOSE SOME FUNDING.

YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED.

MAYBE THE COMMUNITY WILL COME TOGETHER AND HELP WITH THAT FUNDING.

YOU SHOULD DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN LET OUR CHILDREN SUFFER.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE NEXT PERSON I HAVE IS MARICELA NAVA.

WONDERFUL. JUST REAL QUICK, I JUST THANK YOU FOR COMING OVER OUR COMPUTER DIED, AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU BEING ABLE TO COME OVER HERE AND ACCOMMODATE, YOU KNOW, BEING HERE.

SO OUR APOLOGIES.

GOOD EVENING. ACTUALLY, MY NAME IS MARCELA NAVA.

I THINK I'M THE LONE PARENT THAT IS HERE IN FAVOR OF WEARING A MASK.

I RESPECT ALL YOU ALL'S POSITION.

I'M I'M JUST HERE AS A CONCERNED PARENT.

I WAS SURPRISED THIS MORNING WHEN I WAS GIVEN A FLIER WHEN I WAS DROPPING OFF MY KID AT SCHOOL. I'M NOT GOING TO LIE TO SAY THAT I WAS NOT UPSET, I WAS THE REASON I AM UPSET IS BECAUSE I'VE HAD FAMILY MEMBERS WITH COVID.

I'VE HAD FAMILY MEMBERS PASS AWAY FROM COVID.

AND I RESPECT THAT AND I FEEL FOR YOU ALL.

AND FOR US, IT'S A CHOICE.

I DO IT. I WEAR A MASK BECAUSE I HAVE TO AT WORK.

I WEAR. I WEAR A MASK FOR A VERY LONG TIME ALONG WITH MY PARENTS UNTIL THEY FELT COMFORTABLE ENOUGH THAT WE DID NOT HAVE TO WEAR A MASK.

BUT FOR ME, I THINK IT'S A MATTER OF RESPECT.

WE DO IT TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER.

WE ARE A COMMUNITY THAT CARES FOR EACH OTHER.

THAT'S HOW LA VERNE IS.

THAT'S HOW SAN DIMAS IS.

I GREW UP IN LA VERNE AND IN SAN DIMAS, AND NOW MY SON IS GOING TO SCHOOL [INAUDIBLE] WHERE I WENT TO SCHOOL.

FOR ME. LIKE I SAID, IT'S A MATTER OF RESPECT.

I UNDERSTAND AND COMPREHEND PEOPLE'S POSITION.

I JUST ASK THAT WE LEARN TO RESPECT EACH OTHER.

I PERSONALLY GOT AN EMAIL TWO WEEKS AGO SAYING THAT MY SON HAD BEEN EXPOSED OR HAD A CLOSE CONTACT WITH SOMEONE THAT HAD THAT HAD COVID AT SCHOOL.

IT'S AN EMAIL THAT I PERSONALLY, AS A PARENT, DON'T WANT TO RECEIVE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THEN IT THROWS OUR WHOLE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN.

I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AROUND MY PARENTS.

THERE ARE A LOT OLDER.

THEY ARE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED AND THERE ARE OUR PRIMARY CAREGIVERS FOR HIM.

SO TO ME, I'M IN FAVOR OF IT.

I'M PROBABLY THE LONE PERSON HERE LIKE IN FAVOR OF IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO COME AND VOICE MY CONCERN AS A PARENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT.

NEXT PERSON WE HAVE IS [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

I TOO AM CONCERNED PARENT, I LIVE IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE.

FATHER OF TWO.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I HEAR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I'M HERE TO ASK FOR HELP AND FOR ALL OF YOU TO HELP THAT SIT ON THIS BOARD.

YOU KNOW, I HEARD IT'S A LAW.

IT'S NOT A LAW.

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I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS LAW.

I'VE SEEN MANDATES AND I HAVEN'T SEEN LAWS.

AND SO WHEN I HEAR THAT, I QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE SOMETHING I DON'T HAVE, YOU'RE INFORMED DIFFERENTLY.

YOU KNOW, OF LAWS THAT I DON'T KNOW OF.

AND SO WHEN I HEAR ABOUT THESE LAWS, IT'S REALLY CONCERNING BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE LAWS. I READ SOMETHING.

SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN REALLY DIVING IN DEEP ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I'M ALSO A CONCERNED PARENT. I READ SOME STUFF AND I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE EVERYBODY CAN.

YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS AS WELL.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE WORLD, LIKE IRELAND'S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WON'T REQUIRE MASKS IN SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY MAY EXAGGERATE, EXASPERATE ANXIETY AND BREATHING DIFFICULTIES FOR SOME STUDENTS.

WHAT HAPPENS IS CHILDREN WOULD OVERCOMPENSATE FOR SUCH DIFFICULTIES BY BREATHING THROUGH THEIR MOUTHS. CHRONIC AND PROLONGED MOUTH BREATHING CAN ALTER FACIAL DEVELOPMENT.

IT WILL. IT'S WELL DOCUMENTED, BY THE WAY, THIS IS WELL DOCUMENTED.

THESE ARE STUDIES THAT CHILDREN WHO MOUTH BREATHE BECAUSE OF ADENOIDS BLOCK THEIR NASAL AIRWAYS CAN DEVELOP A MOUTH DEFORMITY AND AN ELONGATED FACE.

THE POSSIBLE PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM OF WIDESPREAD MASKING IS IS AN EVEN GREATER WORRY.

FACIAL EXPRESSIONS ARE AN INTEGRAL TO HUMAN CONNECTION, PARTIALLY FOR YOUNG CHILDREN WHO ARE ONLY LEARNING HOW TO SIGNAL FEAR, CONFUSION AND HAPPINESS.

COVERING A CHILD'S FACE MUTES THESE NONVERBAL FORMS OF COMMUNICATION AND CAN RESULT IN ROBOTIC AND EMOTIONLESS INTERACTIONS, ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION.

SEEING PEOPLE SPEAK IS BUILDING BLOCK FOR PHONETIC DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES SUCH AS HEARING IMPAIRMENT.

WHAT ABOUT THE RISKS OF COVID? WHICH MASK MANDATES ARE INTENDED TO BASICALLY TAKE CARE OF.

THE CDC REPORTS THAT FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 31ST, THE RATE OF HOSPITALIZATION WITH COVID FOR CHILDREN FIVE TO 17 WAS ZERO POINT OR 0.5 PER 100000, WHICH AMOUNTS TO ROUGHLY 250 PATIENTS. THE CDC ACKNOWLEDGES THAT NOT ALL OF THESE CHILDREN WERE IN THE HOSPITAL FOR COVID, SO CHILDREN HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO TRANSMIT COVID, BUT FAR LESS OFTEN THAN ADULTS DO SO. IN NORTH CAROLINA, STUDY CONDUCTED BEFORE VACCINES WERE AVAILABLE FOUND NOT A SINGLE CASE OF STUDENT TO TEACHER TRANSMISSION WHEN THERE WAS 90000 STUDENTS WERE IN SCHOOL.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO ASK FOR YOUR HELP AGAIN.

YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOUR HANDS ARE TIED, THEY'RE NOT TIED, AND WE WANT YOU ALL TO HELP OUT WITH WHAT'S GOING ON.

THANKS. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

NEXT CARD I HAVE IS MS. KRISTA [INAUDIBLE].

GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS KRISTA [INAUDIBLE], AND I'M A FORMER BOARD MEMBER AND PARENT OF TWO BOYS THAT I RELUCTANTLY AND PAINFULLY NOW DROP OFF AT [INAUDIBLE], YOUR LACK OF LEADERSHIP AS A PARENT IN THE DAY TO DAY PRACTICES AT OUR SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO COVID. YOU CAN VISIT ANY SCHOOL WITHIN THIS DISTRICT AND RECEIVE DIFFERENT COVID POLICIES, FROM OUTDOOR MASKING TO COVID TABLES.

I HAVE ZERO CONFIDENCE IN YOUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO OVERSEE THIS DISTRICT AND PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AND BE THE VOICE FOR THIS COMMUNITY THAT YOU ACTUALLY REPRESENT.

FOR THESE REASONS, I ASK THAT EACH OF YOU RESIGN IMMEDIATELY.

I'M SURE WE HAVE SOME PARENTS THAT WOULD BE GLAD TO TAKE YOUR POSITION AND ACTUALLY FIGHT FOR OUR KIDS. WE NEED COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE WILLING TO FIGHT, AND YOU ARE NOT.

SO WE ARE DONE.

WE'LL SEE YOU ON FRIDAY.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT, WE HAVE MARLEY [INAUDIBLE].

I'M SORRY, MY LAST NAME GETS BUTCHERED ALL THE TIME.

I APOLOGIZE. HI MARY LEE [INAUDIBLE].

I HAVE TWO BOYS AT LA VERNE HEIGHTS AND I JUST WANT TO READ A QUOTE VERY BRIEFLY BY CHARLES EISENSTEIN, WHO POINTS OUT THAT MANY PEOPLE TRUST THE AUTHORITIES AND WILLINGLY COMPLY WITH THEIR RULES.

THEY FACE NO DILEMMA, NO INITIATORY MOMENT, NO SELF-DEFINING WORLD CREATING CHOICE POINT NOT YET.

CONFORMING, LACKING COURAGE WILL NOT SPARE YOU FROM CHOICES THAT LIFE WILL DEMAND OF YOU.

EISENSTEIN CHALLENGES US AS THE AUTHORITIES NARRATIVES DEVOLVE INTO ABSURDITY AND THEIR RULES DEVOLVE INTO OPPRESSION.

MORE AND MORE OF US FACE THIS CHOICE TO DO WHAT YOU KNOW IS RIGHT OR TO CAVE INTO THE PRESSURE, CONSOLING YOURSELF WITH WORDS YOU DON'T BELIEVE.

I HAD NO CHOICE.

WE ALL HAVE A PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

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THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

NEXT, WE HAVE SHARON DALLAS.

HELLO. MY NAME IS SHARON DALLAS, I'M A RESIDENT OF LA VERNE SINCE 1995, AND I HAD FOUR KIDS GO THROUGH THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WAS ALL HAPPY ABOUT IT, WHERE I WANT TO KNOW IS WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH? TWO WEEKS TO FLATTEN THE CURVE TURNED INTO TWO YEARS TO SUFFOCATE OUR KIDS.

YOU AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ADVOCATES FOR OUR CHILDREN.

OUR KIDS ARE BEING CRATE TRAINED TO ACCEPT ISOLATION AND MASKING AS THE NORM.

YOU CRATE TRAIN PUPPIES, NOT KIDS.

MASKING SHOULD BE A CHOICE.

THE SCIENCE DOES NOT SUPPORT MASK WEARING, ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN.

WHY IS IT OK TO COME INTO A RESTAURANT AND TAKE OFF A MASK WHEN YOU SIT AT A BOOTH, BUT OUR KIDS CAN'T GO INTO THEIR DESKS AND TAKE OFF A MASK? IT MAKES NO SENSE.

THAT'S NOT SCIENCE.

THAT'S ABUSE.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

NEXT, WE HAVE DIANE MEADE.

HI, THERE. FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE YOUR POSITION, I UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS ARE IN A TOUGH POSITION. MY DAUGHTER IS A SCHOOLTEACHER IN SANTA ANA AND I'M A RESIDENT OF LA VERNE AND I KNOW THAT FOR HER, SHE'S JUST HAPPY TO BE BACK IN CLASS WITH HER STUDENTS.

BUT IT ALSO IS NOT IDEAL.

WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT AN IDEAL SITUATION, BUT MY QUESTION TO YOU GUYS IS THAT THERE'S BEEN MANY DISTRICTS THAT HAVE WON, YOU KNOW, THE FIGHT AGAINST THESE MANDATES, THEY'RE STANDING UP FOR IT.

SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU SAY YOUR GUY'S HANDS ARE TIED, HOW THESE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT SUPPORTING THIS GROUP BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF US OUT THERE. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PARENTS LIKE THE OTHER WOMAN WHO WANT THEIR KIDS TO WEAR A MASK.

SO WHY DON'T YOU DO A SURVEY AND FIND OUT WHAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE FOR? BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE CAN SHOW UP TO THIS MEETING, AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T CARE.

SOME PEOPLE ARE HAPPY PUTTING THE MASK ON THEIR KID AND JUST GETTING THEIR KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL. BUT HOW DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHERE EVERYBODY STANDS IF YOU'RE NOT ASKING THE WHOLE DISTRICT? SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO DO A SURVEY, AT LEAST FIND OUT HOW MANY OF US ARE THERE? ARE WE THE MAJORITY OR THE MINORITY? AND THEN CONSIDER STANDING UP FOR US LIKE THESE OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE DONE, BUT YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW THE NUMBERS, SO PLEASE CONSIDER SENDING OUT A SURVEY TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO SHARE TODAY.

I LOST A VERY DEAR FRIEND TO NOT COVID, BUT THE VACCINE.

SHE WAS FORCED, SHE WAS MANDATED, SHE FOUGHT IT.

SHE WAS AN H.R. MANAGER AT A COMPANY.

SHE DID NOT WANT TO TAKE THE VACCINE.

WITHIN TWO DAYS OF HER TAKING THE VACCINE, SHE HAD BREATHING DIFFICULTIES AND WAS ON A VENTILATOR FOR FOUR WEEKS AND PASSED AWAY TODAY.

SO WHEN DO MANDATES, SHE DIDN'T WANT TO GET THE VACCINE, BUT SHE HAD TO MAKE THE CHOICE BETWEEN HER JOB AND GETTING IT.

SO IT'S A TOUGH TIME YOU GUYS HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE RIGHT NOW TOO MAYBE YOU MIGHT LOSE YOUR POSITION, MAYBE YOU MIGHT LOSE FUNDING.

EVERYONE'S HAVING TO MAKE HARD CHOICES RIGHT NOW, AND YOU GUYS AREN'T ABOVE THAT.

SO MY FRIEND DIED THIS MORNING FROM THE VACCINE.

THERE'S VACCINE INJURIES THAT NOBODY'S TALKING ABOUT, EITHER.

SO ALSO, SOMEONE SUGGESTED GETTING LOOKING UP THE SCIENCE.

CAN WE HAVE THE SCIENCE SO WE CAN ALL HAVE A DISCUSSION ON WHAT THE ACTUAL SCIENCE, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE REALLY DIED FROM COVID VERSUS THE FLU IN PREVIOUS YEARS? ARE WE REALLY IN A PANDEMIC OR ARE WE JUST BEING MANIPULATED BY THE MEDIA AND BY ALL OF THIS PROPAGANDA AND BY THESE POLITICIANS WHO ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT THEY DON'T HAVE OUR BEST INTERESTS. OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE SEEN WHAT THEY'RE MADE OF, AND I JUST ASK THAT YOU GUYS DO A POLL AND FIND OUT WHERE OUR CITY STANDS AND CONSIDER THAT.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

NEXT, ALDO, WONDERFUL, THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION OF THE BOARD, DOES THE SCHOOL BOARD HAVE THE ABILITY TO NOT FOLLOW A MANDATE GIVEN BY THE COUNTY OF THEIR STATE? I'M NOT ASKING IF YOU GUYS WOULD CHOOSE NOT TO MAKE THAT CHOICE, BUT DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO NOT MAKE THAT CHOICE? NOT FOLLOW AN ORDER OR MANDATE? AND I KNOW YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE TO.

YOU CAN'T ANSWER. I KNOW.

BUT I WOULD. I WOULD LIKE THAT ADDRESS AT SOME POINT AND IT COULD BE AN OFFLINE.

I HAVE TWO CHILDREN WHO ATTEND OAK MESA ELEMENTARY.

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WE, AS PARENTS, JUST WANT TO MAKE A CHOICE, AND I WANT TO ADDRESS MARCELLA.

YOU GOT TO MAKE A CHOICE AND I RESPECT THAT.

BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE A CHOICE FOR OUR CHILDREN.

AND YOU SHOULD RESPECT THAT AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. THIS MASK MANDATE MAKES NO SENSE.

THE PEOPLE WHO CREATE THE RULES REFUSE TO FOLLOW THEM.

SO WHY SHOULD WE, MY CHILDREN AND I'M SURE THE MAJORITY OF THE CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE SUFFERING WHAT THIS DOES TO THEIR MENTAL HEALTH IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.

THE SCHOOL'S JOB IS TO EDUCATE THE CHILDREN, NOT PARENT THE CHILDREN.

HAVE ANY OF YOUR CHILDREN AND THIS IS PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS IF ANY OF YOUR CHILDREN WERE INFECTED BY COVID FROM SCHOOL WHILE WEARING A MASK? BECAUSE MY CHILDREN WERE BOTH OF MY CHILDREN AND THEY LIKE NINETY NINE POINT NINE NINE NINE PERCENT OF SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN SURVIVE.

MORE CHILDREN DIE OF SUICIDE.

IF WE PUT AS MUCH MONEY INTO ATTENTION AND ATTENTION INTO SUICIDE PREVENTION THAT WE DID MASK, WE COULD HAVE A REAL IMPACT FOR OUR CHILDREN.

THIS MANDATE IS STRICTLY BASED ON FEAR, AND WE'VE LOST SIGHT OF THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR CHILDREN. I NOTICED IN THAT LDAP REPORT EARLIER THAT THERE WAS A MILLION DOLLARS BUDGETED, ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS BUDGETED FOR MENTAL HEALTH.

WHERE DOES THAT GO? AND IS THAT EVEN ENOUGH? DID WE EVEN CONSIDER THAT THE BEST SOLUTION FOR THE CHILDREN WAS TO GET THEM BACK TO SOME SENSE OF NORMALCY, WHICH IS REMOVING THE MASK? ANY CHILD OVER THE AGE OF FIVE WHOSE PARENTS WANT TO VACCINATE THEIR KIDS CAN AND HAVE DONE SO. SO WHAT'S THE HOLDUP? YOU KNOW, YOU THINK THESE KIDS DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T BOTHER THEM.

YOU'RE WRONG. THESE KIDS ARE SO AFRAID TO GO BACK TO ZOOM SCHOOLING BECAUSE THEY DON'T COMPLAIN. SO THEY DON'T COMPLAIN BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN.

THEY'RE SUFFERING. JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T COMPLY DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE WILLING.

THEY'RE DOING IT WILLINGLY.

THEY DO IT OUT OF FEAR. AND US, PARENTS HAVE TO PICK UP THE PIECES AND DEAL WITH THE RAMIFICATIONS, RAMIFICATIONS SILENTLY AT HOME.

I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND THANK YOU GUYS.

MR. ALDO I HAVE TWO CARDS HERE FOR YOU, SO.

WE CAN GIVE YOU AN EXTRA 30, I THINK.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, STACEY SEVERSON.

OR. HELLO.

MY NAME IS STACEY SEVERSON.

I AM A PARENT OF A FRESHMAN AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL AND A FIFTH GRADER AT LA VERNE HEIGHTS.

I WAS A LITTLE TORN ON WHAT TO SAY TODAY.

I WAS ONE OF THE PARENTS THAT WAS HERE SPEAKING IN APRIL OF 2020 ABOUT GETTING THE KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL. AND AS THIS, THE CROWD IN THIS ROOM HAS GROWN.

I HAVE STEPPED BACK AND RESPECTED THE FACT THAT THE DISTRICT HAS NEEDED TO FOLLOW STATE MANDATES IN ORDER FOR MY CHILDREN TO REMAIN IN SCHOOL.

I WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT, BUT MY KIDS HAVEN'T MISSED ONE DAY OF SCHOOL THIS YEAR AND FOR THAT, I AM TRULY GRATEFUL.

HOWEVER, THE ACTIONS THAT OCCURRED LAST WEEKEND THAT WERE TELEVISED AND SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE HAVE IGNITED AN ANGER IN MY SOUL, WHICH HAS BROUGHT ME HERE TODAY.

SO NOW I GUESS I'M JUST HERE TO ASK YOU WHERE YOU ALL AS ANGRY AS I WAS? DID YOU SCOFF TO YOURSELF AND ASK, WHAT THE F ARE YOU KIDDING ME? YOU KNEW WHAT THIS WAS GOING TO DO, RIGHT? DID YOU THINK, OH GOD, THE CRAZY MOMS ARE COMING WITH THEIR SIGNS AND VOICES AGAIN? BUT AT ANY POINT, WERE YOU ACTUALLY ANGRY WITH THE LEADERS OF THIS STATE? THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ANSWER TO? JUST MADE YOU ALL LOOK STUPID.

I AM NOT HERE TO SPOUT FACTS, FIGURES, NUMBERS OR SCIENCE.

WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU CAN FIND AN ART ANY ARGUMENT TO EITHER SIDE ONLINE IF YOU GO TO THE RIGHT WEBSITE. I AM HERE TO ASK YOU TO FINALLY GET ANGRY.

I'M ASKING YOU TO LOSE SLEEP LIKE I HAVE FOR THIS GOVERNOR AND MAYOR BREAKING GUIDELINES YOU HAVE SO VALIANTLY PROTECTED, WHICH IN TURN IS JUST MAKING YOU LOOK FOOLISH.

GET ANGRY FOR THEM TELLING YOU THAT THEY WILL SHUT YOUR DISTRICT DOWN WHILE THEY DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. LOOK, I HAVE A JOB.

I HAVE TO WEAR A MASK AT WORK.

SO DO MY EMPLOYEES AND I UNDERSTAND THE POSITION THAT YOU ARE ALL IN.

HOWEVER, THE DAY ONE OF MY LEADERS OF MY COMPANY WALKS IN WITHOUT A MASK ON.

YOU BETTER BELIEVE I'M TELLING MY TEAM WE'RE DONE TOO.

THIS IS NOT MY KID'S FIGHT.

THIS IS MY FIGHT.

I FEEL THAT THE PARENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO FEEL POWERLESS, HELPLESS, LIKE EVEN THOUGH I'M FIGHTING. AM I EVEN HELPING MY KIDS? YOU ARE MAKING ME QUESTION MYSELF AS A MOTHER, AND FOR THAT, I AM DONE.

I KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT UNDO THE MANDATE, BUT YOU CAN GRANT LENIENCY.

I CAN SEND MY KIDS TO SCHOOL IN A RAMS JERSEY.

I CAN PAINT SOFI STADIUM ON EVERY CLASSROOM DOOR IN THIS DISTRICT.

I PERSONALLY WILL COORDINATE PARENTS PROVIDING SNACKS AND WATERS TO BE KEPT AT EVERY CLASSROOM DESK SO THE KIDS CAN BE AT LUNCH AND SIT IN CLASS WITHOUT THEIR MASK.

THEY FOUND WAYS TO BREAK THE RULES AND GET AWAY WITH IT.

SO, SO CAN YOU? AND IF YOU DON'T, WE WILL.

THE RIVERSIDE SHERIFF HAS PUBLICLY REFUSED TO COMPLY.

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AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO SHOW THE PARENTS OF LA VERNE THAT YOU WANT WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN? I ONLY HAVE 26 SECONDS, BUT MY SON WAS ON AN IEP UNTIL HE WAS SEVEN FOR SPEECH.

HE DIDN'T SPEAK TILL HE WAS FOUR AND HE WAS RELEASED AT SEVEN.

HE IS ON A 504 AND HAS NOT RECEIVED A 504 IN TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

I HAD TO TELL EVERY ONE OF HIS TEACHERS WHY HE PULLS HIS MASK DOWN TO COMMUNICATE, AND HIS TEACHERS HAVE THREATENED HIM FOR PULLING IT DOWN, BUT IT'S THE ONLY WAY HE KNOWS HOW TO SPEAK. SO I SUGGEST YOU GET YOUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT UNDER WRAPS.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT UP, WE HAVE CHRISTINE [INAUDIBLE], THANK YOU.

HELLO, MY NAME IS CHRISTINE [INAUDIBLE], I'M A RESIDENT OF LA VERNE AND I HAVE THREE CHILDREN ENROLLED IN THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

MY CHILDREN ARE THE REASON I'M HERE TODAY.

ALL THREE OF MY KIDS, THEY LOVE SCHOOL.

THEY STRIVE TO BE GOOD STUDENTS AND THEY WORK HARD FOR VERY GOOD GRADES.

THE LAST MONTH, MY OLDEST HAD AN INCIDENT AT SCHOOL.

SHE HASN'T WORN A MASK OUTDOORS SINCE SHE RETURNED TO SCHOOL BACK IN AUGUST, WHICH WASN'T A PROBLEM UNTIL JANUARY 13, WHEN SHE WAS SENT TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE BECAUSE HER TEACHER INSISTED THAT SHE PUT ONE ON OUTDOORS DURING P.E.

BECAUSE SHE WAS ON THE BLACKTOP AND MY DAUGHTER REFUSED.

MY DAUGHTER WAS TOLD THAT MASKING IS PART OF IS PART OF A SCHOOL POLICY AND THAT SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DRAW THE LINE AT WEARING THEM OUTDOORS.

SO NOW SHE WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN GROUP ACTIVITIES LIKE PE.

SHE HAS TO WEAR A MASK OVER HER MOUTH.

YES, YOU HEARD ME CORRECTLY.

HER TEACHER ONLY REQUIRES THE CHILDREN TO WEAR THE MASK, COVER THEIR MOUTH.

MAKE OF THAT WHAT YOU WILL.

I HAVE NOTICED A DRAMATIC SHIFT IN THESE GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND MANDATES IT WENT FROM TO KEEP YOU SAFE AND ASK THAT YOU FOLLOW THE SCIENCE TO DON'T ASK QUESTIONS, IGNORE THE SCIENCE THAT DOESN'T FIT THE NARRATIVE AND DEMANDING OUR COMPLIANCE.

WE HAVE WE ARE TWO YEARS INTO THIS SO-CALLED STATE OF EMERGENCY, AND WHILE OUR CHILDREN CONTINUE TO SUFFER FROM THESE RIDICULOUS POLICIES HERE IN CALIFORNIA, OUR GOVERNOR, THE MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES, AND ALL THEIR FRIENDS ARE ENJOYING INDOOR FOOTBALL GAMES, MASK FREE, MASKING HEALTHY CHILDREN ISN'T JUST MORALLY WRONG, IT'S PSYCHOLOGICALLY DAMAGING.

I PLEAD WITH YOU DO NOT SIT THERE AND TELL US THAT YOUR HANDS ARE TIED WHEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS CALIFORNIA AND ACROSS THIS COUNTRY ARE SAYING NO TO THE ABUSE.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. THIS IS ABUSE.

YOU'RE NOT HEARING THIS FROM SOME CDC EXPERT.

YOU'RE HEARING THIS FROM MOTHERS AND WE ARE THE EXPERTS IN THE ROOM WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CHILDREN. LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT WE LIVE IN AMERICA, LAND OF THE FREE.

AND I WILL NOT BE MADE TO FEEL SELFISH FOR EXPECTING THOSE VOTED INTO POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE AS INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE RIGHT AND THE ABILITY TO MAKE EDUCATED DECISIONS ABOUT OUR HEALTH AND THE HEALTH OF OUR CHILDREN FOR OURSELVES.

PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING AND ALLOW OUR CHILDREN TO SMILE AT SCHOOL AGAIN.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE GINA STANLEY. HELLO, MY NAME IS GINA STANLEY.

I HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO'S A FRESHMAN AT SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL AS A DAUGHTER THAT GRADUATED IN 2020.

AND I MYSELF WENT THROUGH BONITA UNIFIED.

SO PRETTY MUCH IT'S BEEN A REALLY LONG TIME HERE IN THE DISTRICT FOR ME.

I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT ALL OF THE MANDATES, NOT JUST THE MASKS, AND I WILL SAY THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE LAWS AND THE MANDATES ARE NOT LAWS.

IN FACT, THE MANDATES ARE AGAINST FEDERAL LAW.

SO ARE YOU AWARE THAT THE MASK, THE TESTS AND THE VACCINES ARE ALL EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION ONLY? THEY'RE AGAINST FEDERAL LAW, AS A PERSON, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE.

YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE OR NOT GIVE CONSENT.

ALSO, ARE YOU AWARE THAT THE MANDATES VIOLATE THE NUREMBERG CODE? OK. SO I ALSO WANT TO SAY, AS FAR AS THE MASKS, WHY ARE WE WEARING MASKS ON THE BOX OF

[02:10:04]

SO WHY ARE WE WEARING A MASK? [APPLAUSE] IMPORTANT NOTICE ON THE BOX OF MASKS, THE MANUFACTURER.

DISCLAIMS THAT THE MASK WILL PREVENT INFECTION OR THE TRANSMISSION OF VIRUSES OR DISEASE.

SO WHY ARE WE WEARING A MASK? OK, SO I WANT TO SAY TO YOU, WHEN YOU SAY OUR HANDS ARE TIED OR WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS, OK? I THINK MAYBE IT'S TIME THAT YOU DO THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE I WONDER, IS IT FOLLOWING ORDERS OR POCKETS ARE BEING STUFFED? OK. SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU DO THE RIGHT THING, BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE YOU ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY, YOU ARE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HUMANITY.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] AND THE LAST CARD WE HAVE IS FROM ALI [INAUDIBLE].

OH, DID I GET IT RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. WELCOME.

GET THE MICROPHONE, DEAR.

OH, YEAH, SORRY. YEAH, YEAH, I'M GOOD, THANK YOU.

HI, MY NAME IS ALI [INAUDIBLE] AND I'M A SEVENTH GRADER AT [INAUDIBLE] MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THIS PAST SCHOOL, IT'S BEEN HARD.

IT'S HARDER BECAUSE OF ALL THE MASK, ALL THE COVID RULES AND THE TEACHERS CONSTANTLY TALKING ABOUT COVID AND NOT FOCUSED ON TEACHING.

I UNDERSTAND WHY TEACHERS AND STAFF HAVE TO MAKE HEALTHY KIDS WORRY ABOUT GETTING SICK AND STAYING SIX FEET APART FROM EVERYONE WHEN THE KIDS AREN'T THE ONES GETTING SICK OR DYING. THE TEACHERS SAY THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO WEAR THE MASK NOW.

WE NEED TO STAY SIX FEET APART.

YET THE TEACHERS HAVE US PLAY FLAG FOOTBALL, WHICH REQUIRES CLOSE CONTACT, AND THE TEACHERS DON'T SEEM TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

AND THEY SAY THEY TAKE COVID SERIOUSLY.

BUT THE TEACHERS THAT SAY THEY TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY ARE THE ONES THAT DON'T WEAR THE MASK DURING CLASS, AND YET THEY GET ON TO THE KIDS TO HAVE THEIR MASKS ALONG THEIR NOSE.

AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY TEACHERS ARE MAKING US WEAR A MASK DURING PE WHEN WE'RE OUTSIDE. THEY SAY TO WEAR IT WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR EXERCISES, BUT THEN I TAKE FIVE STEPS AND I CAN TAKE IT OFF.

THAT'S A NEW STUDY THAT SAYS ONCE COVID 19 GETS AIRBORNE, THE VIRUS IS IN INFECTIVITY BY 90 PERCENT. THIS IS ONE OF MANY PIECES OF EVIDENCE THAT PROVE I DON'T NEED TO WEAR A MASK. ONE OF MY TEACHERS SAYS WE NEED TO BE SAFE AND HEALTHY.

YET SHE HAS THE STUDENTS WEAR THE MASK BELOW THEIR NOSE.

IF SHE AND OTHER TEACHERS TRULY CARED ABOUT HEALTH, THAT WE COULD ACKNOWLEDGE THE DAMAGE BEING DONE TO KIDS.

LAST TIME I WAS HERE TO SPEAK, I STARTED GET UPSET AND I STARTED TO CRY.

THESE PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA HOW BAD THIS WHOLE THING HAS DAMAGED KIDS.

YOU'RE DOING GREAT. FOR INSTANCE, I KNOW A LOT OF KIDS WHO WEAR THE MASK NOT BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS TELL THEM TO, BUT BECAUSE THEY FEEL INSECURE.

I THINK THAT'S SO SAD TO KNOW THAT BOYS AND GIRLS FEEL THIS WAY.

ADULTS SHOULDN'T BE BRINGING KIDS DOWN.

THEY SHOULD BE MAKING THEM FEEL GOOD.

DURING THE 2020 TO 2021 STUDY, IT SHOWS THAT DEPRESSION FOR KIDS DOUBLED BY TWENTY POINT FIVE PERCENT AND DURING THE LOCKDOWNS, AND ONE IN FIVE KIDS HAD EITHER ANXIETY OR DEPRESSION. TO ME, IT'S UNFAIR THAT HEALTHY STUDENTS HAVE TO WEAR THE MASK INSIDE AND OUTSIDE WHEN THE STAFF DOESN'T WEAR THEM.

I WALK INTO THE OFFICE AND ALL THE PEOPLE AT THE FRONT DESK HAVE THEIR MASK BELOW THEIR NOSE OR THEIR CHIN.

AND IN MY CLASSROOMS, MY TEACHERS TAKE OFF THEIR MASK.

YET THESE STAFF AND TEACHERS HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN A STUDENT HAS THEIR MASK BELOW THEIR NOSE FOR A FEW SECONDS.

I TRULY BELIEVE THAT WHAT THESE ADULTS ARE DOING TO STUDENTS IS WRONG.

THESE PEOPLE MAKE ME WEAR THE MASK WHEN IT HURTS MY CHEST, AND IT CAN GET HARD TO FOCUS ON WHAT MY TEACHERS ARE DOING ON THE BOARD BECAUSE I'M FOCUSED ON MY BREATHING.

THESE MASKS DON'T WORK.

EVEN FAUCI SAID THEMSELVES SAID THE CLOTH MASKS DON'T WORK.

IF GOV. NEWSOM CAN GO TO A FOOTBALL GAME WITH ABOUT 50000 PEOPLE WITHOUT A MASK, ALONG WITH THE MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO AND L.A., I CAN GO GET AN EDUCATION WITHOUT ONE.

[APPLAUSE] IF IT'S OK WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD, IT DOES TAKE A LOT OF COURAGE FOR SOMEONE YOUR AGE TO GIVE A SPEECH TO IN FRONT OF A PACKED ROOM AND THE BOARD.

[02:15:03]

GO AHEAD, PLEASE. [APPLAUSE] I UNDERSTAND FOR SURE.

DO YOU WANT TO STAND RIGHT OVER HERE OR WE ARE SO THIS WE CAN GET THE AUDIENCE AS WELL.

DO YOU WANT ME JUST TO TAKE THE PICTURE? YEAH. OKAY, EVERYONE, THIS SEEMS LIKE A MOMENT FOR THEM.

ALL RIGHT. SO ARE YOU READY? AND EVERYONE SMILE.

ALL RIGHT. HERE YOU GO, MA'AM. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT.

FUTURE MEETING DATES, THE NEXT BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING WILL BE ON MARCH 2ND 2022 AND

[20. FUTURE MEETING DATES]

MEETING WILL BE ON FEBRUARY 9TH AT 5:30.

ITEM FOR FUTURE AGENDA FROM THE BOARD.

[21. ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS]

SO THERE'S SOME KIND OF STANDARDIZATION.

OK. ADJOURNMENT.

THE MEETING IS ADJOURNING AT 8:15.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.