[2. CALL TO ORDER ]

[00:00:02]

CALL TO ORDER, THE MEETING STARTS AT 4:30 FOUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT, THE HONORABLE JIM ELLIOTT IS CURRENTLY ABSENT AND STUCK IN TRAFFIC.

REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEMS, THE PUBLIC HAS THE

[4. REQUESTS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEMS ]

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

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

PLEASE FILL OUT THE REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CARD, WHICH MAY BE PICKED UP FROM MARGARET 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 AT 4:31.

[5. CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ]

[7. CALL TO ORDER ]

THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION.

CARL TIME IS AT SIX P.M.

[8. REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION ]

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

THE ROLL CALL VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS IN FAVOR A.

[9. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG ]

PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

READY. BEGIN .

[10. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER AND CONTENT]

DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES.

[11.1. Adopt the Minutes of the February 2, 2022 Regular Board of Education Meeting ]

ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 2ND, 2022 REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVE.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED?

[11.2. Adopt the Minutes of the February 9th, 2022 Special Board of Education Meeting ]

ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 9TH, 2022, SPECIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

SECOND,. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED?

[12. Communications from Student Board Representatives ]

COMMUNICATION FROM STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BAHMANOU, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT COLES, EXECUTIVE CABINET AND AUDIENCE, MY NAME IS MEGAN AND I'M THE ASB PRESIDENT I'VE BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS HAPPENING AND WE ARE SO EXCITED.

OUR ARTS PROGRAMS ARE WORKING HARD IN REPRESENTING AS WELL.

WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE] WHO COMPETED LAST WEEKEND AND WON THE OVERALL HIP HOP DANCE CHAMPIONSHIP. OUR CHOIR PROGRAM IS PERFORMING AT NUMEROUS FESTIVALS AND PREPARING FOR THEIR SPRING PERFORMANCES, AND OUR BAND PROGRAMS ARE PLAYING FOR THEIR FESTIVAL SEASON AS WELL. OUR JAZZ ENSEMBLE FINISHED FIRST AT THE WESTERN STATE JAZZ FESTIVAL, AND THEY HAVE THEIR NEXT COMPETITION ON MARCH 19TH AT OUR DISTRICT JAZZ FESTIVAL.

OUR GIRLS WATER POLO TEAM WON THE DIVISION THREE CIF CHAMPIONSHIP LAST WEEKEND.

WE'RE SO PROUD OF ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK.

OUR GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM FINISHED THEIR SEASON AS THE POLYMERS LEAGUE CHAMPIONS FOR THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW. OUR SPRING SPORTS ARE UNDERWAY AND OUR BASEBALL TEAM JUST WON THE INLAND VALLEY BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.

WE JUST HAD OUR FIRST DANCE OF 2022, CARNIVAL DE BONITA.

IT WAS A GREAT EVENT FILLED WITH DANCING KARAOKE, A FORTUNE TELLER, FACE PAINTING, FUN BOOTHS AND FRIENDS.

THIS WEEK WE HAVE OUR FIRST EVER CULTURAL FEST.

WE HAVE VARIOUS GROUPS ON CAMPUS HOSTING TABLES FOR STUDENTS TO EXPERIENCE THINGS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, FROM ORIGAMI FOLDING TO WRITING NAMES IN CHINESE CHARACTERS WITH OUR BELOVED MR. YIP.

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

TOMORROW, WE WILL BE HOLDING OUR MONTHLY RECOGNITION ASSEMBLY, DURING WHICH OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF OF THE MONTH WILL BE RECOGNIZED.

A HIGHLIGHT OF THIS RALLY WILL BE TO ANNOUNCE OUR CERTIFICATED AND CLASSIFIED STAFF MEMBERS OF THE YEAR. BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO JUNIOR ANTONIO ESCOBAR RECENTLY ACHIEVED RE

[00:05:03]

THIS IS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT AND ANTONIO'S BULLDOG FAMILY IS VERY PROUD OF HIM.

ACADEMIC'S COLLEGE AND CAREER PREPARATION IN EARLY FEBRUARY, TWO GUEST SPEAKERS CAME IN PERSON TO SHARE ABOUT THEIR CAREERS.

MARISSA [INAUDIBLE], CEO OF AMC IT MODERN COMPANY, CAME OUT AND OFFERED INTERNSHIPS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE SERIOUS ABOUT THE WORLD OF IT.

MARISSA SHOWED THAT MOST COMPANIES DEPEND ON IT, AND IT IS A JOB THAT WILL BE HIGH IN DEMAND IN THE FUTURE.

MARISSA WILL BE SHARING HER STORY WITH OUR VISTA STUDENTS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

THE MILITARY CAME OUT AND GAVE A REALLY COOL PRESENTATION.

THE U.S. ARMY STAFF SERGEANT JUAN ZENDO ENCOURAGED STUDENTS TO BE PERSISTENT AND SHARED INTEL ABOUT FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES.

THREE MORE SENIORS PRESENT THEIR SENIOR PROJECT THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE NOW A FEW STEPS CLOSER TO GRADUATION.

SO FAR, WE HAVE 13 GRADUATES IN THE CLASS OF 2022.

THREE STUDENTS EARNED THEIR ICEVS EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS CAREER PREPAREDNESS CERTIFICATION IN MS. FOWLER'S BUSINESS CLASS.

ICEV IS A LEADING ONLINE PLATFORM FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM.

ICEV PREPARE STUDENTS FOR CAREERS BY PROVIDING INDUSTRY BACKED CERTIFICATIONS AND A VARIETY OF SUBJECT AREAS.

THE CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENTS IS WRITTEN AND SCORED BY INDUSTRY SPECIALISTS AND CERTIFICATION IS AWARDED BY THE INDUSTRY.

BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO JUNIORS LILLIAN ACHARYA, AUDREY HALL AND MADISON SCOTT.

IN OUR CLASSROOMS ARE WORKING ON A COLORED PENCIL TILE DESIGN, CREATING AN ASYMMETRICAL DESIGN THAT WILL BE MIRRORED AND ROTATED 16 TIMES TO CREATE A LARGER, MULTI SYMMETRICAL DESIGN.

ACTIVITIES. THE [INAUDIBLE] MURDER MYSTERY NIGHT WAS ANNOUNCED ON FEB.

22ND, WITH 10 STUDENTS REPRESENTING CHAPARRAL FOR OUR PROM, WHICH WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 4TH AT THE SAN DIMAS CIVIC CENTER.

THERE WILL BE DINNER AND DANCING AT THIS YEAR'S PROM WILL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, WITH STUDENTS BEING ABLE TO SOLVE A MYSTERY AS THEY GATHER CLUES THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.

ALSO, FOR OUR PROM, WE WILL NOT BE CROWNING A KING AND QUEEN, AS IS THE TRADITION.

WE WILL BE CARRYING THREE STUDENTS OR TOP VOTE GETTERS AND REFER TO THEM AS THE COURT, REGARDLESS OF GENDER.

ON FEBRUARY 4TH, WE HELD OUR STUDENT OF THE MONTH RALLY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY.

NICO TAPIA WAS ANNOUNCED AS OUR CHAPARRAL STUDENT OF THE MONTH AND MICHELLE CASTRO WAS SELECTED AS A STUDENT OF THE MONTH.

AURÉLIE WAS VIRTUAL, SO WE PLAYED A SCHOOL WIDE FOOTBALL TRIVIA REPRESENTING THE UPCOMING SUPER BOWL. THE BULLDOGS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR ANNUAL STRIKE FOR SUCCESS OPEN HOUSE ON THURSDAY, MARCH 24TH FROM FOUR TO 6:30 P.M.

AT SHOP ORLEANS IN SAN DIMAS.

STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS WILL COME OUT TO SPEND AN EVENING EVENING OF BOWLING AND FUN WITH THEIR BULLDOG FAMILY.

THIS EVENT IS SPONSORED BY THE SAN DIMAS ROTARY.

I'D LIKE TO THANK THE ROTARY FOR THIS AND MANY WAYS THEY SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL SPORTS.

OUR SOCCER SEASON HAS BEGUN.

WE HAVE PLAYED TWO GAMES SO FAR AGAINST HERA AND MOUNT OLIVE SOCCER IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE INTERMIX BOTH TEAMS TO MAKE THINGS EVEN AND PLAY THAT WAY.

WE DON'T KEEP SCORE. WE END UP GETTING TO KNOW THE SCHOOLS.

WE PLAY MUCH BETTER.

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

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

MY NAME IS EMILY WINKLER, I'M SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL'S EXECUTIVE BOARD PRESIDENT FOR THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR. THE HONOR OF BEING HERE AND UPDATING YOU ALL ON SAN DIMAS AND WHERE WE'VE REALLY BEEN AT THE LAST MONTH OVER THERE FOUR AS, THE ACADEMICS, ATHLETICS, ACTIVITIES AND ARTS DEPARTMENT.

STARTING WITH THE ACADEMICS, WE HAVE RECENTLY HANDED OUT GPA [INAUDIBLE] FOR STUDENTS WITH A 3.3 OR HIGHER FOR LAST SEMESTER.

WE HAD AN ELECTIVE SPIRIT TO GET PEOPLE READY FOR SIGNING UP FOR THEIR CLASSES FOR NEXT YEAR. WE HAVE ADDED CLASSES THAT ATTENDED THEIR FIRST FIELD TRIP WOULD BE TOWARD A COLLEGE CAMPUS AND ALSO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE SAINT NIGHT, WHERE THE EIGHTH GRADERS AND TRANSFER STUDENTS CAME TO OUR SCHOOL AND LOOKED AROUND TO SEE WHAT WE OFFER, WITH THE MOST ATTENDANCE WE'VE EVER HAD.

FOR THE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT AND THE GIRLS WRESTLING TEAM.

SB DURANTES AND CAMI ORTIZ ARE CURRENTLY AT MASTERS.

THE TEAM FINISHED CIF MASTERS RUNNER UP OUT OF 159 TEAMS, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE.

OF COURSE, BASKETBALL ENDED UP GOING TO CIF ROUND THREE, BUT THAT BASKETBALL WENT TO CIF ROUND TWO. WE ARE RECOGNIZING WINTER SPORTS AT OUR NEXT RALLY.

SORRY, SPRING SPORTS AT OUR NEXT RALLY AND WINTER SPORTS IN HOME ROOMS. WE HAD OUR FIRST EVER BOYS VOLLEYBALL GAME.

WE JUST CREATED THE TEAM AND IT WAS THEIR FIRST GAME THIS THURSDAY.

[00:10:01]

BOYS WRESTLING HAD ONE WRESTLER COMPETE AT MASTERS, THE JUNIOR SETH [INAUDIBLE], WHO WENT TWO AND TWO IN HIS MATCHES AND ENDED UP WITH A GREAT LEAD.

WE WERE REALLY PROUD OF HIM.

SAN DIMAS CHEER PARTICIPATED IN BOTH STATE REGIONALS AND ALSO THEY'RE CURRENTLY TODAY, NOW AT NATIONALS.

THEY WON SOUTHERN REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND THEY BROUGHT HOME THE SECOND STATE REGIONAL TITLE EVER. OUR SONG TEAM TOOK FIRST PLACE IN GRAND CHAMPIONS AT TFC COMPETITION IN ARIZONA, SO WE WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF OUR ATHLETICS AND THE ACTIVITIES DEPARTMENT.

WE HAD [INAUDIBLE] COME TO OUR SCHOOL FOR THE FUTURE SAINT WALK-THROUGH DAY.

WE GAVE THEM A TOUR OF OUR SCHOOL KIND OF SHOW WHAT WE WERE ALL ABOUT.

WE ALSO PASSED OUT COCO ON NATIONAL KINDNESS DAY.

WE CELEBRATED LUNAR NEW YEAR, AS WELL AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH CONVERSATIONS SURROUNDING INCLUSIVITY AND EQUITY ON OUR CAMPUS.

WE ALSO HAD SOMETHING WE CALL HEART ATTACK.

WE PUT EVERY SINGLE STUDENT'S NAME ON THE PAPER HEART.

WE PASSED IT ALL OVER THE SCHOOL, SO EVERYBODY FEELS SPECIAL.

IT'S A VERY FUN THING WE DO.

AND OUR ARTS DEPARTMENT, TWO OF OUR PERFORMING ARTS HAD A WEEKEND THAT SAW THEM FINISH IN TOP FIVE FOR BOTH PROGRAMS. BOTH RESULTS ARE THE BEST IN OUR SCHOOLS HISTORY, SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THEM.

THE PAGEANTRY HAD A GREAT COMPETITION, FINISHING SECOND OUT OF NINE TEAMS, AND DRUMLINE ALSO HAD A FANTASTIC COMPETITION, FINISHING FOURTH OUT OF 14 TEAMS. SO WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR 4AS AND WE HAD A REALLY AWESOME MONTH, SO IT'S FUN TO SEE WHAT WE DO NEXT. AND WE'RE PLANNING SOME REALLY AWESOME RALLIES AND RECOGNITION ACTIVITIES, SO I CAN'T WAIT TO SPEAK NEXT MONTH AND CHECK IN WITH YOU ALL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

OH, IT'S NICE.

FEATURED PRESENTATION RECOGNITION OF THE LA VERNE SAN DIMAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION TEACHER

[13.1. Recognition of the La Verne/San Dimas Educational Foundation Teacher Mini-Grant Award Recipients - Introduced by Matthew Wien]

THIS YEAR, THE FOUNDATION DONATED NEARLY $10000 WORTH OF GRANTS TO 24 TOTAL WINNERS.

THE CHECKS HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO OUR WINNING TEACHERS.

TONIGHT, WE HAVE SEVERAL TEACHERS IN ATTENDANCE REPRESENTING THE COLLECTION OF 24 AWARD WINNERS, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE FOUNDATION MEMBER MICHELLE RIDDELL.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD AND OUR MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, THE LA VERNE SAN DIMAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, HAS BEEN A COMMUNITY PARTNER WITH BONITA UNIFIED SINCE 1983, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO CONTINUE OUR CHARITY WORK HERE IN THE DISTRICT.

OUR MISSION IS TO EMPOWER COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT AND CELEBRATE STUDENTS SUCCESS IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

AND ONE OF THE WAYS WE'RE REALLY PROUD TO DO THAT IS EVERY YEAR TO BE ISSUING THESE TEACHER MINI GRANTS.

TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ THE NAMES, AND IF YOU'RE PRESENT, IF YOU CAN, PLEASE COME UP AND BE RECOGNIZED.

MANY OF OUR TEACHERS HAVE ALREADY ALREADY BEGUN TO PUT THEIR GRANTS INTO ACTION ON OUR CAMPUSES. THEY RANGE FROM TECHNOLOGY, PEACE AND WELLNESS LIBRARIES, STUDENT ACTIVITIES, EVERYTHING THAT SHOWS WHAT IT TAKES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO SUCCEED.

AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL THAT WE CAN BE A PART OF THAT SUCCESS AND THE CONTINUING GROWTH IN OUR DISTRICT. SO IF WE CAN BEGIN, WE HAVE CHERYL DIMAS FROM ALLEN AVENUE.

ADAM ARCHIBALD FROM BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.

JOHN MCCLUSKEY FROM BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.

JOHN MCGARVEY FROM BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.

LAURIE BRAMNER FROM BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.

COURTNEY LYTLE FROM CHAPARRAL VISTA, VALERIE HERRERA FROM CHAPARRAL VISTA.

DUSTIN MYERS FROM CHAPARRAL VISTA.

MICHAEL MCCORMACK FROM CHAPARRAL VISTA, PAIGE QUIJANO FROM ECKSTRAND ELEMENTARY.

ROBIN ALARCON FROM GLADSTONE, CRISTINA CARDINO FROM THE SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT AT GLADSTONE. JOHN CHO FROM GRACE MILLER, MICHELLE HORNE FROM LA VERNE HEIGHTS,

[00:15:04]

ALISHA SALDANA FROM LONE HILL.

TIFFANY KERRY FROM LONE HILL, KERRY COOPER FROM LONE HILL.

SASSON HARP FROM LONE HILL, SHERI ACAPIT AND MARY ADRIA FROM ROYNON ELEMENTARY, KERRI SPIVEY FROM ROYNON ELEMENTARY.

ARMANDO JACQUEZ FROM SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

NICOLE GRANT FROM SCHULL ELEMENTARY.

AND SUSAN [INAUDIBLE] FROM SCHULL ELEMENTARY.

AND I'D ALSO LIKE A MOMENT TO INTRODUCE ANTHONY PORTER, HE'S OUR CURRENT SITTING LA VERNE SAN DIMAS EDUCATIONAL PRESIDENT.

FUNDS FOR THESE GRANTS WERE SUPPORTED BY OUR FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE GOING ON IS OUR GOLF TOURNAMENT.

WE'RE BACK AFTER TWO YEARS.

WE'RE SUPER EXCITED.

SO IF YOU CAN SAVE THE DATE OF APRIL 22ND, WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU UP AT OUR SAN DIMAS CANYON GOLF COURSE.

THANK YOU.

[13.2 Recognition of the San Dimas High School Girls' Wrestling CIF Champions]

KEVIN LEE WILL INTRODUCE.

THANK YOU. TONIGHT WE ARE RECOGNIZING TWO GROUPS OF CIF CHAMPIONS, ONE FROM SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL AND ONE FROM BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.

FIRST, OUR SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL CIF WRESTLING CHAMPIONS.

THIS YEAR, SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WRESTLING COMPETED IN CIF SOUTHERN SECTION CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD AT SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

THE GIRLS CAME AWAY WITH THREE CIF CHAMPIONS TEAM RUNNER UP TROPHY AND EIGHT CIF MASTERS QUALIFIERS AT THE CIF MASTERS MEET SAN DIMAS HAD TWO CHAMPIONS AND ALSO A TEAM RUNNER UP TROPHY AND FOUR STATE QUALIFIERS.

THE GIRL WRESTLERS, LIKE ALL ATHLETES, WERE EXCITED TO COMPETE AFTER THE SHORTENED YEAR DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

COACH JESSE JAIME DOES MORE THAN MAKE GREAT WRESTLERS.

HE BUILDS CHARACTER AND HUMILITY IN HIS YOUNG ATHLETES.

THIS YEAR, THE TEAM CAME BACK STRONGER AND READY TO MAKE A CIF AND STATE RUN.

LET'S WATCH THIS HIGHLIGHT VIDEO.

HERE, I REALLY WANTED TO LEAVE MY MARK AND MY SENIOR YEAR WITH A BANG.

SO I MEAN, I WOULDN'T SAY I'VE TWICE, AND THEN I PLACED FIFTH AT STATE.

I'M PROUD OF MYSELF FOR MAKING IT THIS FAR RIGHT.

FROM WHERE I STARTED TO WHERE I AM NOW, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, MAKING THE STATE, ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T PLACE, I'M VERY PROUD OF WHERE I STAND AND WHERE I.

[00:20:11]

THE CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE 11TH, OUR SEASON STARTED OUT GREAT AND ENDED OUT FANTASTIC.

AND THIS YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE'VE EVER TAKEN FOUR WRESTLERS TO STATE AND OUT OF THOSE FOUR, THREE OF THEM PLACED IN STATE.

WE COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER PROGRAM, AND WE COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER YEAR.

SO NEXT YEAR, WE'LL THRIVE OFF OF WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR.

BUT WE HAD A GREAT YEAR AND I'M VERY PROUD AND I'M EXCITED.

MAY I PLEASE HAVE PRINCIPAL SCOTT SPARKS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL JACK NANCE TO THE PODIUM TO ASSIST WITH THE AWARDS.

WE FIRST LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR COACHES, COACH JESSE JAIME.

COACH ANGEL SOLIS.

COACH DAISHA JAIME AND CHILD AND COACH EMMANUEL SALARIO.

AND NOW, MR. NANCE, WILL YOU PLEASE RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENT ATHLETES? WE'D FIRST LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SENIOR ESPERANZA SB DURANTES CIF CHAMPION AND CIF MASTERS SOUTHERN SECTION CHAMPION AT 126 POUNDS SB DID NOT HAVE A SINGLE POINT SCORER ON HER IN THE CIF CHAMPIONSHIPS AND HER FOUR MATCHES AT SENIOR ESPERANZA DURANTES.

NEXT UP IS SENIOR CAMERON CAMI ORTIZ, CIF CHAMPION, HAD 131 POUNDS AND MVP OF THE LOWER WEIGHTS FOR THE CIF CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE CIF CHAMPIONSHIPS CAMI ALSO DID NOT HAVE A POINT SCORED ON HER. THE CRAZY PART ABOUT IT IS THEY HAVE THREE PERIODS OF TWO MINUTES TO WRESTLE. SHE PENNED ALL FOUR OF HER OPPONENTS IN 48 SECONDS OR LESS.

AND FINALLY, THE ROOKIE FRESHMAN JULIANA MARQUEZ, CIF CHAMPION, CIF MASTERS CHAMPIONS AT 160 POUNDS. JULIANA WAS ALSO DOMINANT THROUGH HER CIF RUN AND WAS AN EIGHTH PLACE FINISHER AT STATE.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT CAMI WAS FOURTH PLACE AT STATE AND SB WAS FIFTH PLACE AT STATE.

CONGRATULATIONS. IF I CAN GET THE PRINCIPAL AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN FOR THE GROUP PHOTO, PLEASE.

THANK YOU AGAIN, COACHES, ADMINISTRATORS AND STUDENT ATHLETES.

MR. PRESIDENT, ONE MOMENT, LADIES.

MR. PRESIDENT.

CONGRATULATIONS. BEFORE THEY LEAVE, I HAVE A WORD.

YES. LADIES, NUMBER ONE, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU AND ALSO TO YOUR COACHES.

MARCH, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON PUTTING SOME HISTORY UP FOR SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, FOR YOUR OWN HISTORIES AS YOU GO THROUGH LIFE, THESE ARE TIMES YOU'LL NEVER FORGET, AND I'M GLAD YOU HAD A GREAT TIME AND ENJOYED YOURSELVES.

CONGRATULATIONS. WELL DONE.

[00:25:02]

IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE'S INSIDE ANOTHER FEATURED PRESENTATION RECOGNITION OF BONITA HIGH

[13.3 Recognition of Bonita High School Girls' Water Polo Team ]

DR. LEE? THANK YOU.

WE WOULD NOW LIKE TO RECOGNIZE BONITA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WATER POLO TEAM FOR THEIR CIF CHAMPIONSHIP. THE BONITA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS.

GO FOR IT. THE BONITA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WATER POLO TEAM WON THE DIVISION THREE CIF SOUTHERN SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP, ACCORDING TO MAX PREP'S, THE BEARCAT TEAM HAD A 24-6 RECORD OVERALL IN LEAGUE.

THE TEAM WAS 9-1 WITH JUST ONE LOSS AND ONLY BY ONE GOAL.

IN ONE OF THEIR PLAYOFF GAMES, THE TEAM CRUSHED THEIR OPPONENT BY A SCORE OF 17-9.

THE TEAM PLAYED IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND, WHERE THEY LOST A VERY CLOSE GAME TO CARLSBAD HIGH SCHOOL.

THESE GIRLS HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF.

MAY I PLEASE HAVE PRINCIPAL KENNY RICHIE COME TO THE PODIUM TO SAY A FEW WORDS? ALL RIGHT. SO WHEN I TALKED TO OLGA, I SAID, CAN YOU? YOU KNOW, SOME SUM UP THE WHOLE SEASON IN ONE PARAGRAPH, AND THIS IS HOW SHE DID IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 2021.

EVERYTHING WAS NEW.

NEW ATHLETES, NEW SEASON.

NEW COACHING STAFF.

IT TOOK TIME TO BUILD TRUST AND COHESION.

BUT THE TURNING POINT OF THE SEASON WAS WHEN THEY BEAT GLENDORA IN AN UNEXPECTED UPSET.

A DIVISION TWO SCHOOL IN THE LEAGUE, BATTLING THROUGH BATTLING THROUGH LEAGUE AND ONLY LOSING ONCE THE BEARCATS CAME OUT ON TOP OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS GOING INTO CIF THEY FOCUSED ONE GAME AT A TIME, ONE ROUND AT A TIME.

THEY WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS COULD BE THEIR LAST TIME PLAYING TOGETHER AND TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY QUARTER COUNTED IN EVERY MINUTE COUNTED ALL THROUGHOUT THEIR CIF RUN.

THE ATHLETES PLAYED FOR EACH OTHER.

THEY WORKED HARD THE ENTIRE SEASON.

MORNING PRACTICES, WEIGHT ROOM SESSIONS AND TOUGH SWIM SETS BROUGHT THEM TO THE FINAL ROUND FOR THE DIVISION TITLE.

THAT MORNING, THEY HAD A LONG DRIVE DOWN TO IRVINE, BUT WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY WERE IN GREAT SPIRITS AND VERY FOCUSED THROUGHOUT THE GAME.

THEY KNEW THE JOB WASN'T DONE UNTIL THE LAST BUZZER WENT OFF, AND WHEN IT FINALLY DID, THE BEARCATS TOOK THE DIVISION THREE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE.

WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR GIRLS AND OUR COACHING STAFF BATTLED HARD ALL YEAR, HAD SOME GREAT GAMES, SOME CLOSE GAMES AND YOUR HARD WORK PAID OFF.

BECAUSE COACH OLGA IS HOLDING THAT PLAQUE, THEY'LL BE HANGING IN TO THE OFFICE FOREVER.

SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR WATER POLO GIRLS AND WHAT THEY DID THIS YEAR.

WATCH THE VIDEO.

CARL ON THE LEFT SIDE, GOES IN AND TAKES A SHOT.

WITH TWO SECONDS LEFT.

YOU.

VERY WELL, GOOD JOB.

ALL RIGHT, SO IF WE COULD, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OLGA COME UP HERE.

SHE'S GOING TO BE PASSING OUT SOME CERTIFICATES WHEN GIRLS, WHEN YOU GET CERTIFICATES, PLEASE LINE UP IN THE FRONT HERE AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE A PICTURE.

[00:30:01]

WE HAVE COACH GAGE UNCELL, COACH JOE LAMPSON.

COACH JESSICA STEPANIAN.

AND NOW FOR OUR ATHLETES, MATTY JACKSON.

MADDY BARON EMMA DOOR, NATALIE TRAN, TORREY CARLSON. HAYLEY HEATON, GRACE JACKSON, KATIE HAGER, NATALIE SUNG, KAYLA MCKAY, BRIANA FLORES AND CAITLIN DAUGHERTY.

CONGRATULATIONS, GIRLS.

WHAT A TREMENDOUS SEASON.

IT WAS SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH YOU, SO LET'S KIND OF CLOSE IN A LITTLE BIT CLOSER SO WE CAN GET YOU ALL IN ONE, MAYBE TWO ROWS BEFORE THEY BREAK UP.

KENNY, I HAVE A QUESTION.

SURE THING.

AFTER THE PHOTO, I HAVE A QUESTION.

. BEFORE YOU GO, BOARD MEMBER ELLIOT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A WORD, HAS A WORD FOR YOU.

MAYBE THIS QUESTION'S FOR OLGA OR MAYBE KENNY.

YOU CAN HELP OUT WHAT DIVISION IS BONITA HIGH SCHOOL NORMALLY IN FOR GIRLS WATER POLO? SO YOU MOVED UP TO DIVISION THREE, BUT FOR STATE YOU WERE SEATED DIVISION TWO.

SO JUST SAYING RIGHT AND YOU KNOW, OLGA, MY DAUGHTER PLAYED WITH YOU AND IN THE SOUTHERN SECTION, CIF CHAMPS AND I CAN'T HELP BUT SAY CONGRATULATIONS.

A LITTLE MEASURE OF REDEMPTION ON THIS WIN.

SO CONGRATULATIONS THE ENTIRE TEAM.

SO GREAT TO SEE YOU OUT TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. BEFORE THEY LEAVE, I'D LIKE TO ADD ONE MORE COMMENT, RICHIE, IF I MR. RICHIE, IF I MAY, LADIES TODAY IS WOMEN ARE THIS MONTH ACTUALLY IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU FOR ADDING TO BONITA HIGH SCHOOL'S LONG AND STORIED HISTORY. YOU'LL HAVE YOUR THING UP ON THE RAFTERS FOREVERMORE IN THE GYM.

AND MORE IMPORTANT, THIS IS A GREAT PIECE OF HISTORY FOR ALL OF YOU TO CARRY AHEAD AS YOU GO THROUGH LIFE AND REMEMBER THE GREAT DAYS YOU HAD BEEN ON THE CIF CHAMPIONSHIP WATER POOL TEAM. SO CONGRATULATIONS.

[13.4 College and Career Readiness Presentation - Introduced by Matthew Wien ]

OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, BONITA UNIFIED HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES IN INCREASING ACCESS TO COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS PROGRAMS. TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT OUR PROGRAM, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION

[00:35:02]

GOOD EVENING. I GUESS THIS IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A LETDOWN AFTER THOSE AWESOME SPORTS TEAMS, GIRLS SPORTS REALLY STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME TALKING ABOUT OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS PROGRAMS AND JUST SORT OF HIGHLIGHT HOW MUCH ENERGY AND EFFORT HAS GONE INTO EXPANDING THESE PROGRAMS AND MAKING THEM MORE ROBUST AND MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR MORE STUDENTS.

SO, YOU KNOW, IN BONITA UNIFIED WERE ALL ABOUT PREPARING STUDENTS TO LIVE THEIR PURPOSE.

AND ONE OF THE WAYS I CAN HELP DO THAT IS BY OFFERING CHOICES FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER.

AND WE DO THAT IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS, AND I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THESE THIS EVENING.

SO THE FIRST CTE PATHWAYS AND THEN DUAL ENROLLMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN CAREER PATHWAYS ARTICULATIONS. SO I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THOSE ARE.

WHAT IS CAREER TECH? AND WE HEAR THAT THROWN AROUND A LOT.

WELL, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE REALLY WANT HIGH QUALITY CTE COURSES AND WHAT COMPRISES A HIGH QUALITY CTE COURSE? WELL, IT NEEDS TO BE PART OF A SERIES OF COURSES, PARTICULARLY.

IT SHOULD HAVE A CONCENTRATOR COURSE AND A CAPSTONE COURSE.

SO SORT OF THINK OF IT AS YOUR INTERMEDIATE AND YOUR ADVANCED COURSES, AND THOSE COURSES NEED TO ENTAIL 300 HOURS WORTH OF INSTRUCTION COMBINED.

SECONDLY, THE COURSE SHOULD MEET THE NATIONAL AND STATE CURRICULUM GUIDELINES.

THOSE WERE DEFINED BY A WORKGROUP AND THOSE ARE WITHIN 15 INDUSTRY SECTORS.

SO THINK ABOUT DIFFERENT CAREER INDUSTRIES THAT YOU MIGHT GO INTO.

THERE ARE STANDARDS WITHIN AND PATHWAYS WITHIN THOSE 15 INDUSTRY SECTORS.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE REALLY WANT THESE COURSES.

WE NEED THESE COURSES TO BE TAUGHT BY AN APPROPRIATELY CREDENTIALED CTE TEACHER.

PART OF BEING AN APPROPRIATELY CREDENTIALED CTE TEACHER IS HAVING INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE SO VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY CAN BRING THAT TO OUR CLASSROOMS. SO REMEMBER, I MENTIONED THE 15 INDUSTRY SECTORS, HERE ARE THE EIGHT THAT WE CURRENTLY REPRESENT WITH OUR COURSES, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF INDUSTRIES COVERED HERE FROM, YOU KNOW, ARTS AND MEDIA TO INFORMATION AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, PUBLIC SERVICE, TRANSPORTATION, LOTS OF DIFFERENT AREAS AND LOTS OF DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES REPRESENTED. NOW WITHIN THOSE INDUSTRY SECTORS.

WE HAVE PATHWAYS.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE 21 PATHWAYS NOW, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE WE HAVE REALLY SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED OUR PATHWAYS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

SOME OF YOU SEE 16 REPRESENTED HERE BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY HAVE SAID PATHWAYS.

SO FOR AN EXAMPLE, FOOD SERVICE AND HOSPITALITY ARE FABULOUS.

ONE OF OUR FABULOUS CULINARY TEACHERS, LAURIE BRENTLER, WAS HERE EARLIER GETTING A MINI GRANT, BUT THERE'S ALSO A TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY SUB PATHWAY THAT'S REPRESENTED SO YOU CAN SEE HERE LOTS OF GREAT COURSES, VARIED OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO GET ENGAGED AND GET PREPARED FOR THE WORKFORCE.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME PARTNERSHIPS, THE FIRST ONE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT IS THE LEARNING CENTERS AT THE FAIRPLEX.

WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM WHERE OUR STUDENTS CAN TAKE CTE COURSES THERE.

THEY HAVE SOME VERY INTRIGUING COURSES THAT WE DON'T OFFER, PARTICULARLY THE WELDING AND URBAN FARMING. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN OVER TO THEIR FARM, BUT THEY HAVE A FABULOUS FACILITY AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY BUILT AN INCREDIBLE WELDING PROGRAM WITH THE HELP OF SOMEONE YOU MIGHT NAME.

YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE JOHN BLAKE AND STAFF.

SO OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENROLL IN COURSES AT THE LEARNING CENTERS.

AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE IN A JOINT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH POMONA VALLEY OR POMONA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND OUR STUDENTS CAN ALSO TAKE COURSES DOWN AT THEIR INDIAN HILL CAMPUS.

AND THEY HAVE THE FULL COSMETOLOGY PROGRAM, WHICH OFFERS THE FULL CERTIFICATIONS IN BARBERING. SO STUDENTS THAT COMPLETE THAT PROGRAM ARE ACTUALLY STATE CERTIFIED AND THEN COULD GO ON TO BECOME STYLISTS.

YOU'LL SEE SOME ASTERISKS THERE AND THAT NOTATES AN ARTICULATED COURSE, WHICH I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN THE NEXT SLIDE.

ACTUALLY, IT'S THE FLIGHT AFTER THIS, BUT KEEP ARTICULATION IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND.

ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS IS SOMETHING CALLED DUAL ENROLLMENT.

SO THIS IS WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY ENROLLED IN A COLLEGE COURSE WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS AT NO COST TO OUR STUDENTS, AND THESE COURSES ARE UC/CSU TRANSFERABLE.

I ACTUALLY HAVE A SENIOR ENROLLED IN THE ENGLISH PROGRAM, AND I'M PRETTY EXCITED BECAUSE

[00:40:01]

SO ON THE HIGH SCHOOL SIDE OF THE HOUSE, IT WOULD BE KNOWN AS YOUR AP CALCULUS CLASS.

BUT WHEN IT TRANSFERS TO THE COLLEGE, IT'LL ACTUALLY BE A MATH 180 OR MATH 181, WHICH IS LIKE ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY.

SIMILARLY ON FOR ENGLISH, IT WOULD BE ENGLISH 12 OR SENIOR ENGLISH AND ON THE COLLEGE TRANSCRIPT, IT WILL LOOK LIKE COMPOSITION AND CRITICAL THINKING.

SO EIGHT UNITS OF MATH ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR STUDENTS, AS WELL AS EIGHT UNITS OF ENGLISH.

THEN EARLIER, I MENTIONED ARTICULATED COURSES.

SO THESE ARE COURSES THAT OUR TEACHERS HAVE GONE THROUGH IN ARTICULATION WITH MT.

SAC, WHERE THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH A TRAINING AND ADOPTED THE RUBRIC OR SYLLABUS OF THE COURSE AT MT.

SAC. SO THOSE COURSES THAT YOU SEE LISTED ON THE RIGHT THERE, THOSE COURSES, STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY DOING MT.

SAC COURSEWORK IN THOSE CLASSES AT THE CONCLUSION OF THOSE CLASSES, DEPENDING ON THE COURSE, THEY WERE EITHER TAKING AN EXAM OR HAVE TO DO SOME SORT OF A PERFORMANCE GRADED BY MT. SAC INSTRUCTORS AND UPON THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THAT EXAM OR THAT PERFORMANCE, THEY WILL THEN BE AWARDED THOSE UNITS AT MT.

SAC. ADDITIONALLY, THEY ARE THEN ALREADY CONSIDERED A MT.

SAC STUDENT. SO SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO ATTEND MT.

SAC IN THE FALL, THEY GET PRIORITY REGISTRATION, SO IT'S REALLY A NICE BENEFIT FOR THEM.

AND THE ONES THAT HAVE ACTUALLY ACCOUNTING IS OUR ONLY ONE THAT'S AN EXAM BASED.

THE REST OF THOSE ALL REQUIRE SOME SORT OF A PERFORMANCE.

SO PRE-COVID, OUR STUDENTS WOULD GO TO MT.

SAC, AND IN THE CASE OF SPORTS MEDICINE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO PERFORM DIFFERENT REPS AND DIFFERENT INJURIES IN FRONT OF THE MT.

SAC FACULTY. IT'S THAT ONE IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT EXAMS, ACCORDING TO THE FACULTY THAT I WORK WITH AT MT.

SAC. SO WE DO A GREAT JOB PREPARING OUR STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THESE COURSES AND THESE EXAMS. FINALLY, WE HAVE SUPPORTED THIS WORK THROUGH SEEKING GRANTS, AND WE WERE AWARDED THE CTEIG GRANT, WHICH STANDS FOR THE CTE IMPROVEMENT GRANT, AND IN 2021 WE GOT THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS A LITTLE BIT OVER THAT AND WE'VE USED IT FOR CULINARY ROOMS SAN DIMAS TO UPDATE THEM TO INDUSTRY STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS AND INDUSTRY STANDARD EQUIPMENT.

SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL BUILT A FARM TO TABLE GARDEN, SO NOW THEY'RE ACTUALLY GROWING SOME OF THE FOOD THEY'RE COOKING. VERY COOL.

WE'RE BUYING A LOT OF LASER CUTTERS AND ENGRAVERS FOR SOME OF OUR CLASSES AND LOTS OF VIDEO EQUIPMENT FOR CLASSES IN THOSE INDUSTRIES.

THIS IS VERY EXCITING.

SO WE JUST FOUND OUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT OUR GRANT FOR THIS YEAR WILL BE 610 THOUSAND DOLLARS. SO WE'RE MEETING OUR HIGH SCHOOL.

PRINCIPALS ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING THE PLANS.

I'M ENCOURAGING THEM TO THINK BIGGER AND THINK MUCH MORE ROBUSTLY BECAUSE THE MONEY IS NEARLY DOUBLE WHAT THEY'VE GOTTEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT BOTH COURSES ARE COMMITTED TO OFFERING A CYBERSECURITY PATHWAY, AND BONITA HIGH SCHOOL IS ACTUALLY BECOMING A CISCO ACADEMY.

AND SO STUDENTS THAT COMPLETE THAT PATHWAY SUCCESSFULLY WILL BE FULLY CISCO CERTIFIED, AND THEY COULD ACTUALLY COME WORK IN OUR IT DEPARTMENT UPON COMPLETION OF THAT.

SO OUR NEXT STEPS AS WE CONTINUE TO REALLY FOSTER AND EXPAND THESE AND SUPPORT THESE PROGRAMS IS TO KEEP EXPANDING OUR PATHWAYS AND IN PARTICULAR, WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS TO TAKE THAT ADVANCE THAT CAPSTONE COURSE.

SO I WAS JUST TALKING TO LAURIE THE OTHER DAY.

SHE CURRENTLY HAS ONE ADVANCED COURSE, AND SHE HAS PLENTY OF STUDENTS NOW TO EXPAND IT TO TWO. SO THAT WILL INCREASE OUR STUDENTS WHO GRADUATE WITH A FULL PATHWAY CERTIFICATION.

SHE, YOU KNOW, KIDS HAVE INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS LIKE THE FOOD HANDLER'S CARD AND THE SERVE SAFE CARD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE REALLY WANT TO EXPAND ON SUPPORT OUR COURSES LIKE THAT IN ADDITION TO ADDING NEW COURSES. WE WANT TO INCREASE OUR PARTICIPATION AT THE LEARNING CENTERS AND SAVE UP AND THEN OBVIOUSLY BUILDING NEW PATHWAYS BASED ON BOTH INDUSTRY NEED AND STUDENT INTEREST.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? SURE, I'LL START. WE SAID STUDENT INTEREST, HOW DO KIDS COME UP AND LET YOU KNOW LIKE WHAT THEY WANT TO TAKE OR MAYBE A PATHWAY OF THEIR OWN? YEAH, WE'VE DONE STUDENT SURVEYS AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES OR THIS.

AND THEN WE USUALLY HAVE AN OPEN RESPONSE QUESTION WHERE STUDENTS CAN WRITE WHAT SORTS OF

[00:45:01]

BUT WE TRY TO GUIDE THEM IN THE DIFFERENT INDUSTRY SECTORS BECAUSE THEY MIGHT COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY, REALLY WOULDN'T BE A HIGHLY CTE QUALIFIED PATHWAY.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET THE 300 HOURS? TWO YEARS, SO TAKING THE INTERMEDIATE AND THE ADVANCED COURSE.

AND HOW LONG HAVE WE HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH SAN ANTONIO ROP? I KNOW IT'S A PARTNERSHIP, BUT HOW LONG? HOW OLD IS THAT PARTNERSHIP? OH GOSH. NOW YOU KNOW, I'M OLD AND I'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME AND IT'S BEEN AROUND ME. IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR, GOSH, 15 YEARS.

YEARS. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE, BUT WE'VE BEEN A PARTNER WITH THEM FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

A COUPLE OF DECADES. YEAH.

YEAH. OK. AND THAT'S YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER YEARS AGO THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, IT HAD BEEN REDUCED AND IT APPEARS THAT IT'S BEEN REFRESHED AND IT'S GROWING AGAIN.

I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT, YEAH, THEY'VE GOT SOME NEW, NEW FOLKS IN THERE AND THEY'RE REALLY TAKING CARE TO GROW THE PROGRAM.

THANK YOU. THE GRANTS THAT YOU GOT ARE FOR EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES ONLY.

NO, YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE THEM FOR PEOPLE, FOR MATERIALS, WE SEND OUR KIDS TO COMPETITIONS. THERE'S A LOT OF CTE STUDENT LEADERSHIP CLUBS THAT THEY REALLY ENCOURAGE, LIKE FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA.

THERE'S REALLY ALMOST ONE FOR EVERY INDUSTRY SECTOR, SO YOU CAN USE IT FOR THAT, FOR TRANSPORTATION TO DIFFERENT EVENTS.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, VERY BROAD AS TO HOW YOU CAN USE THE FUNDS.

THAT'S GOOD. DON'T NEED IT RIGHT NOW, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET A LIST OF ALL THE INDUSTRY SECTORS JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY AND MAYBE SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE.

SURE. THANK YOU.

AND I WOULDN'T MIND GETTING A LIST OF ALL THE CERTIFICATIONS.

I KNOW OUR STUDENTS, BOTH THROUGH US WITH THEIR DUAL ENROLLMENT PARTNERSHIPS, AND I BELIEVE THE RFP PROGRAM HAVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS IF WE CAN JUST GET A LIST OF THOSE THAT BE GREAT. SURE.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU.

YOU DO A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES.

I KNOW YOU'RE VERY INVOLVED IN HELPING US EXPAND OUR CTE PATHWAYS, AND I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB MAKING SURE WE HAVE STAFFING.

YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB MAKING SURE THAT OUR KIDS GET THIS OPPORTUNITY.

AND I REALLY JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HELPING OUR KIDS HAVE MORE CHOICES IN THEIR EDUCATION. I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB IN THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WE HAVE SOME AWESOME CTE TEACHERS THAT I FELT LIKE WE'RE KIND OF IN THE SHADOWS A LITTLE BIT.

SO IT'S BEEN NICE TO REALLY BRING THEM TO THE FRONT AND CENTER AND RECOGNIZE THEM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OK.

[14. REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON OPEN SESSION AGENDA ITEMS]

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

IN THE CASE OF NON AGENDA ITEMS, COMMENTS MAY BE MADE UNDER REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE FILL OUT THE REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CARD, WHICH MAY BE PICKED UP FROM MARGARET MACDONALD, SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.

ANY PERSON WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD SHOULD FIRST STATE THEIR NAME AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE DISTRICT. OH OK.

[15. CONSENT AGENDA ]

ITEMS WILL BE APPROVED WITH ONE MOTION WHICH IS NOT DEBATABLE AND WHICH REQUIRES A UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR PASSAGE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

OK. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. JUST WANT TO PAUSE AND JUST KIND OF RECOGNIZE THREE THINGS THAT WERE JUST APPROVED. FIRST ONE IS THE RESOLUTION OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS DISTRICT HAS A STRONG EMPHASIS IN LITERACY AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT EMPHASIS IN READING IN THE LOVE OF READING.

AND TODAY'S DR.

SEUSS BIRTHDAY AND JUST THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ TO A CLASS TODAY AND JUST THE LOVE OF WATCHING KIDS, JUST TO LOVE, TO READ OUR LIBRARIANS AND OUR MEDIA SPECIALISTS. THEY DO A PHENOMENAL JOB ON ALIGNING STUDENTS WITH THE RIGHT BOOKS.

AND A LOT OF THE BEHIND THE SCENES WORK SO THAT THERE'S BOOKS IN KIDS' HANDS.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PASSING THAT RESOLUTION TONIGHT.

THE OTHER ONE IS THE RESOLUTION YOU PASSED WAS NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH.

[00:50:03]

AND THEN THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BITTERSWEET.

AN APPROVAL TODAY.

YOU ACCEPTED SUSAN HUME'S RETIREMENT.

AND I JUST WANT TO, SUSAN, JUST TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND TO TELL YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. AND YOU KNOW, YOU'VE SEEN SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ANOTHER ONE RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE SECOND INTERIM, BUT CERTAINLY NOT GOODBYE YET THREE MONTHS UNTIL THE YOU DON'T HAVE TO SET THAT ALARM CLOCK ANYMORE.

BUT I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT TODAY IT WAS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

AND SUSAN, WE WISH YOU WELL IN RETIREMENT, BUT NOT FOR 90 MORE DAYS.

SO THANK YOU, SUSAN.

[16.1 Approved Second Interim Financial Report as of January 31, 2022, as Presented with a Positive Certification]

WELL, GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT RECOGNITION, CARL, THANK YOU AND YEAH, I HATE GOODBYES, SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO RIGHT ON.

SO SECOND INTERIM TONIGHT, WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SECOND INTERIM.

AND THE SECOND INTERIM IS ONE OF OUR THREE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS THAT WE COME OUT AND REPORT TO THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY AND ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS HOW WE'RE DOING.

SO WE HAVE HOW WE'RE DOING SO FAR THIS YEAR THROUGH JANUARY 31ST, AND THEN WE HAVE PROJECTIONS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND THEN THE TWO YEARS OUT.

SO REALLY, WE WE LOOK AT ALL OF THIS TOGETHER TO SEE HOW IS THE DISTRICT DOING FINANCIALLY? THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THAT REPORT, INCLUDING A REALLY THICK PACKET OF PAPERS THAT WE HAVE TO TURN IN THE STANDARD FORMAT TO THE STATE.

WE ALSO GIVE YOU OUR OWN FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WHICH ARE SUMMARIZED FIRST INTERIM TO SECOND INTERIM WITH A NARRATIVE SO YOU CAN SEE ALL OF OUR ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT OUR PROJECTIONS. AND THEN YOU KIND OF COMPARE HOW WE'RE HOW WE'RE DOING SO FAR THIS YEAR.

SO AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS UPDATING OUR BUDGET, IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT, CONSTANTLY GOING FORWARD.

SO AGAIN, THE FIRST THING WE DO WHEN WE DO THE SECOND TERM IS WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR 21-22 BUDGET. BASICALLY, WE REVIEW ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS AND THEN WE SEE IF THERE'S ANY MATERIAL CHANGES WE HAVE TO MAKE AT THIS TIME.

THERE'S REALLY NO UNUSUAL ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE HAD TO MAKE TO OUR CURRENT YEAR BUDGET.

SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE DO REVIEW AS WE'RE AS WE'RE LOOKING TO UPDATE OUR BUDGET AT THIS TIME.

WE DO LOOK AT A BIG ONE IS ENROLLMENT IN ADA BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS WE KNOW, SO MANY OF OUR REVENUES ARE DEPENDENT ON WHAT OUR ENROLLMENT ADA IS.

SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON A HOLD HARMLESS FOR ANOTHER YEAR.

SO WE ARE ACTUALLY STILL USING OUR 19-20 ADA TO CALCULATE OUR LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA, LCFF.

SO THAT WE'LL HOLD ON FOR THIS YEAR.

AND THEN NEXT YEAR, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET INTO THE THREE YEAR PROJECTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR. WE DO REVIEW ALL OF OUR CATEGORICAL REVENUES AND EXPENSES, OTHER INCOME ACCOUNTS, GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION TO OTHER PROGRAMS. OF COURSE, WE LOOK AT ALL OF OUR SALARY BENEFITS.

MAKE SURE THEY'RE UP TO DATE.

AT THE SECOND INTERIM, WE USUALLY HAVE A LARGE ADJUSTMENT THAT WE HAVE EVERY YEAR WHERE WE ACTUALLY TAKE OUR HEALTH BENEFITS BACK TO WHAT THEY ACTUALLY ARE.

WE ALWAYS BUDGET AS IF EVERYBODY WHO IS ELIGIBLE WILL RECEIVE THOSE BENEFITS.

NOT EVERYONE TAKES THEM, SO WE PULL THOSE BACK AT THIS TIME AND THEN WE JUST LOOK AT ALL ALL OF OUR EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTS AND PROGRAMS AND ADJUST THEM ACCORDINGLY.

SO AT THIS POINT OF THE YEAR, AT FIRST INTERIM, WE HAD PROJECTED NET INCOME, UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND OF FOR JUST A FOR A LITTLE BIT OVER A $4 MILLION LOSS AT THIS POINT, AND SECOND INTERIM, WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST OVER $3 MILLION LOSS.

SO WE HAD A MILLION DOLLAR IMPROVEMENT, POSITIVE VARIANCE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND ERA.

AND YOU KNOW THAT AT THIS POINT, I WOULD ALWAYS TELL YOU WE WE DO EXPECT TO END THE YEAR MUCH BETTER, PROBABLY ABOUT A BREAK EVEN.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE UP A LOT OF THAT $3 MILLION LOSS BEFORE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

[00:55:02]

TWENTY FOUR MILLION FIVE HUNDRED NINETY SIX THOUSAND, WHICH IS 18.9 PERCENT OF TOTAL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.

AND AS WE KNOW, THE STATE REQUIREMENT IS THREE PERCENT AND OUR OWN DISTRICT REQUIREMENT IS SEVEN PERCENT.

SO WE'RE WELL ABOVE THAT.

JUST TO GIVE YOU A COMPARABLE LAST YEAR AT SECOND INTERIM, THAT NUMBER WAS 19 PERCENT.

SO WE ARE JUST VERY STANDARD THERE.

AND THEN AT FIRST WHEN WE WERE AT 18.1 PERCENT AND THAT'S 18 PERCENT RANGE, 17-18 PERCENT IS AVERAGE FOR A UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN CALIFORNIA.

SO WE'RE JUST VERY ROUTINE IN EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING HERE.

SO LET'S MOVE ON TO THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTIONS, SO AGAIN, WHEN WE DO THESE INTERIM REPORTS. DO A THREE YEAR PROJECTION, AND WE SEND ALL OF OUR ASSUMPTIONS DOWN TO THE COUNTY AND OUR ANALYSTS DOWN THERE REVIEWS EVERYTHING, THEN REPORTS BACK TO THE BOARD, YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ACCEPTABLE BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAVE A STAKE IN THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS COPACETIC AND WE'RE ALL MANAGING OUR MONEY WELL.

SO WE START WITH THE GOVERNOR'S JANUARY BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR 22-23.

SO IN JANUARY, THE GOVERNOR COMES OUT WITH HIS PROPOSAL FOR THE YEAR FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, WHICH WILL HE WILL REVISE IN MAY AND THEN THE LEGISLATURE WILL FINALIZE IT, HOPEFULLY BY THE MIDDLE OF JUNE.

SO AGAIN, AT THIS POINT, THIS IS JUST A PROPOSAL.

SO WE'RE WORKING WITH WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT YEAR.

SO THE BIG ITEMS COMING OUT OF THAT PROPOSAL ARE ONE AN INCREASE IN OUR LCFF FUNDING, A COLA OF MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT.

SO THAT'S AN INCREASE SINCE WHAT WE HEARD AT FIRST INTERIM, AND THAT WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE DISTRICT.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE OFFSET TO THAT NICE LARGE COLA IS THE IS OUR ADA CALCULATION.

SO YOU ALL KNOW THAT PRETTY MUCH EVERY DISTRICT IN THIS STATE IS IN DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND WE ARE ALL IN ADA DECLINE BECAUSE WITH COVID, ESPECIALLY DURING JANUARY, SO MANY KIDS JUST DID NOT COME TO SCHOOL.

AND YOU GUYS DON'T WE DON'T GET PAID.

IF THE KIDS DON'T COME TO SCHOOL, WE DON'T EARN ADA.

SO IT'S A REAL QUESTION OUT THERE.

HOW IS THE STATE GOING TO FUND THAT? THERE'S SOME PROPOSALS OUT THERE.

THERE'S A PROPOSAL TO DO A THREE THREE YEAR AVERAGE.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, GIVE US ANOTHER YEAR OF HOLD HARMLESS.

THERE'S SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT USING ENROLLMENT.

SO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS OUT THERE.

NOTHING HAS BEEN NAILED DOWN QUITE YET.

SO THAT'S A BIG UNKNOWN, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH ADA.

OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NOT IN THE BUDGET ARE ADDITIONAL PENSION RELIEF.

SO WE'LL HAVE A SLIDE A COUPLE SLIDES ON ABOUT OUR [INAUDIBLE] RATES, SOMETIMES IN SOME YEARS. IN THE PAST, THOSE THOSE HAVE GONE UP IN THE STATE WHEN THEY HAD EXTRA MONEY GAVE US A LITTLE HELP ON THIS AND THEY DID NOT DO THAT.

AT LEAST NOT YET.

SO WE'LL SEE THOSE.

THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT COLA AUGMENTATION.

SO YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR THE STATUTORY COLA IS 1.7 PERCENT, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING OVER FIVE PERCENT COLA THIS YEAR.

SO THE STATE, WHEN THEY MADE THE BUDGET LAST YEAR, THEY SAID, OH, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS MORE MONEY.

THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY IN SACRAMENTO RIGHT NOW.

YOU ALL READ THE PAPERS. YOU KNOWS THAT THE STATE IS DOING VERY WELL.

SO THERE'S A QUESTION OF HOW WILL ALL THAT EXTRA MONEY BE ALLOCATED? AND A LOT OF IT IS IN PROP 98.

SO THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, A GOOD CHANCE, I THINK OF GETTING AGAIN AN AUGMENTATION TO THAT COLA. BUT IT ALSO COULD BE, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT DECIDE TO PUT IT INTO MORE CATEGORICAL FUNDING ALSO. THERE'S ALSO A PROPOSAL ON THE TABLE FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR TK.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT TK.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT EXPENSE, SO STILL WAITING TO HEAR ABOUT THAT, TOO.

SO STILL, A LOT OF QUESTIONS, A LOT OF UNKNOWNS ABOUT THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO WHAT WE DO WHEN WE DO THIS PROJECTION IS YOU CAN SEE IN OUR NARRATIVE, HERE'S ALL THE ASSUMPTIONS WE'RE USING, AND BASICALLY WE TRY TO BE VERY, VERY CONSERVATIVE WHEN WE DO THOSE [INAUDIBLE] BUDGET.

SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE MAJOR FACTORS IN DETERMINING THE LCFF.

[01:00:06]

IT'S NINETY SIX POINT FOUR MILLION DOLLARS.

YOU CAN SEE THE FUNDED ADA UP THERE.

SO FOR '21-22 IN THE CURRENT YEAR, THAT'S REALLY THE HOLD HARMLESS, AND THAT'S REALLY THE ADA FROM '19-20.

SO IT'S FROM TWO YEARS AGO, THAT'S THAT ADA THAT WE'RE USING.

THE NEXT TWO YEARS OUT OR WE'RE USING IS REALLY A COMBINATION OF A DROP OF TWO YEARS OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY AND THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY DROP.

SO IT'S REALLY LIKE A TWO YEAR HIT RIGHT THERE.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S THAT QUESTION OF IS THE STATE GOING TO HOLD WITH THAT OR ARE THEY GOING TO MAYBE GIVE US SOME HELP ON THAT? YOU COULD SEE THE STATUTORY COLAS AND THEN WHAT THE ACTUAL FUNDED COLAS ARE AGAIN THIS YEAR, FIVE PERCENT AGAIN OVER FIVE PERCENT NEXT YEAR PROJECTED AND THEN THREE POINT SIX FOR '23-24, AND ALL THOSE NUMBERS ARE THE '22-23 AND '23-24 BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD PROJECTED AT FIRST INTERIM.

OUR UNDUPLICATED PERCENT IS HOVERING STILL AROUND 40, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE PER EIGHTY EIGHT PERCENT CHANGE.

THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS THE ADA OVER THE LAST SINCE '06-07, SO, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT DECREASE THAT WE'RE PROJECTING RECORDED ADA, AND THEN THERE'S THE ONE YEAR, THERE'S THE LAG TIME FOR ACTUAL WHAT WE GET PAID ON.

SO AGAIN, THE DISTRICT'S ADA HAS BEEN VERY STEADY.

I DO EXPECT IT TO GO BACK UP ONCE WE GET PAST COVID, BUT FOR NOW IT HAS GONE DOWN.

THEN WE HAVE THE PER PUPIL FUNDING.

SO RIGHT THIS YEAR, '21-22, WE ARE JUST UNDER TEN THOUSAND PER STUDENT PER ADA, AND YOU COULD SEE THE INCREASES OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS PROJECTED, AND I LIKE TO PUT THIS SLIDE IN JUST TO SHOW THE CHANGE IN OUR PER PUPIL FUNDING.

SO THESE THESE DATA POINTS ARE EACH YEAR HOW THE PER PUPIL LCFF FUNDING THAT NOT HAVING TO DO ANYTHING WITH ADA, JUST HOW MUCH THAT WE RECEIVED PER STUDENT FROM THE STATE VARIED EACH YEAR. SO YOU CAN SEE WE WERE 13 PERCENT ONE YEAR AND NEGATIVE ANOTHER YEAR.

SO I THINK THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS THE VOLATILITY WHICH AGAIN, I THINK REINFORCES WHY WE NEED TO KEEP A VERY SAFE FUND BALANCE.

BECAUSE IF I LAID FOR YOU AGAINST THIS GRAPH, LIKE WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN TOLD EVEN A YEAR BEFORE, WHAT THE CHANGE MIGHT BE, IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT, TOO.

SO IT KIND OF SHOWS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR PROJECTIONS.

SO IN OUR PROJECTIONS, WE DO INCLUDE ONGOING STEP AND COLUMN.

WE PUT AN INFLATIONARY INCREASE IN THERE AND AS YOU KNOW, INFLATION IS INCREASING, SO YOU KNOW THE UPSIDE OF WHEN YOU HAVE A HIGHER STATUTORY COLA, THAT'S GREAT, BUT THAT'S THE COLA'S HIGHER BECAUSE INFLATION IS HIGHER.

THAT'S ONE OF THE FACTORS THEY USED TO CALCULATE THAT.

SO WE DO PUT THOSE INFLATIONARY INCREASES INTO OUR PROJECTION.

WE DO HAVE THE STRS AND PERS RATE INCREASES.

WHEN IT COMES TO SALARIES BECAUSE WE ARE STILL IN NEGOTIATIONS, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN THE PROJECTIONS YET FOR ANY NEW NEGOTIATED ITEMS OR CHANGES TO OUR NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS WITH OUR EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATIONS.

THIS IS JUST A SLIDE TO SHOW YOU THE CHANGES IN THE STIRS AND PERS RATES OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AND THEN PROJECTED UPCOMING, SO YOU CAN SEE FROM '19-20 TO 2021, THE STRS RATE ACTUALLY WENT DOWN.

THE STATE GAVE US A LITTLE BREAK THAT YEAR, TRYING TO HELP US OUT, AND NOW IT'S GOING BACK UP, BUT AGAIN, THE STRS IS NOT GOING UP AT THE RATE.

THE PERS RATE IS AND YOU CAN SEE THAT PERS RATE THE CHARGE THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO GO OVER TWENTY FIVE PERCENT BY THE '23-24 OR ACTUALLY '22-23 SCHOOL YEAR.

SO JUST BRIEFLY, I JUST WANTED TOUCH ON THE COVID 19 FUNDING.

WE HAVE SEVEN DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OVER TWENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE THAT WE'RE USING FOR ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT'LL BE ON THE

[01:05:05]

VARIOUS SPENDING DEADLINES WE ARE SPENDING RIGHT ALONG AND WE WILL MAKE ALL OF OUR DEADLINES ON THAT, AND THROUGH JANUARY, WE'VE SPENT ABOUT $11 MILLION OF THAT, BUT WE STILL HAVE SEVERAL YEARS ON SOME OF THE GRANTS.

THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE SPENDING IT ON.

TECHNOLOGY, OBVIOUSLY ALL KINDS OF PPE, STAFF COSTS, ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT FOR FOOD SERVICES WHEN WE WERE SERVING FREE MEALS OUTSIDE ISOLATION ROOMS, TUTORING, INCREASED INTERVENTION, EXPANDED SUMMER SCHOOL, USING IT AGAIN FOR SUMMER SCHOOL THIS YEAR, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, JUST A LOT OF DIFFERENT SERVICES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SO PUTTING THAT ALL TOGETHER, THE THREE YEAR PROJECTION SHOWS UNRESTRICTED LOSS PROJECTION FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, WHICH IS NORMALLY WHAT WE SHOW, SO YOU COULD SEE THE THREE YEARS OUT THERE.

THE PROJECTED UNRESTRICTED ENDING FUND BALANCE AND THE FUND BALANCE PERCENT.

AGAIN THIS YEAR EIGHTEEN POINT NINE, '22-23, TWELVE POINT THREE AND '23-24 EIGHT POINT THREE. SO AGAIN, ABOVE BOTH THE STATE REQUIREMENT AND OUR OWN REQUIREMENT, AND AGAIN AT THIS POINT IS WHERE I SAY WE HAVE EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE BUDGETING, I WOULD NOT EXPECT IT TO END UP THAT WAY. I WOULD EXPECT IT TO BE BETTER THAN THAT.

NOW ONE THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WHILE WE WERE ON THIS SIDE WAS SB 751.

SO SB 751 IS A LAW THAT WAS PASSED SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT IS MEANT TO LIMIT SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO WHEN SEVERAL FACTORS HAPPEN AT THE STATE LEVEL.

LIMIT OUR UNRESTRICTED ENDING FUND BALANCE, THAT NUMBER YOU SEE ON THE BOTTOM LINE, WOULD HAVE TO BE LIMITED TO 10 PERCENT, AND IT APPEARS THAT ALL OF THE FACTORS THAT WOULD TRIGGER THAT WILL BE IN PLACE FOR '22-23.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BEING TOLD.

SO AT THAT POINT, WE COULD NOT SHOW A PROJECTION WHERE WE HAD TWELVE POINT THREE PERCENT.

YOU HAVE TO SHOW THAT WE WOULD ONLY HAVE 10 PERCENT.

SO BUT THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT, WHICH WE WILL DO.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO IS WE WILL HAVE TO DO AT OUR BUDGET WHEN WE FILE OUR BUDGET IS THAT WE CAN EITHER ARTIFICIALLY INFLATE OUR EXPENSES, WHICH I DON'T RECOMMEND DOING BECAUSE I LIKE TO HAVE AN ACCURATE, CONSERVATIVE BUT FAIRLY ACCURATE BUDGET, BUT ANOTHER THING WE CAN DO IS WE TAKE PART OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AT ANY FUND BALANCE AND WE COMMIT IT. SO THIS IS A BOARD ACTION TO COMMIT FUNDS THAT WE THAT THE BOARD SAYS WE ARE SETTING ASIDE THESE FUNDS FOR THIS SPECIFIC FUTURE USE.

IT COULD BE FOR TK TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES, BUT IT IS A BOARD ACTION THAT YOU ALL HAVE TO TAKE AND THEN TO TAKE THE MONEY OUT LATER ON, YOU HAVE TO MAKE ANOTHER BOARD ACTION.

SO IT'S A LITTLE MORE ADMINISTRATIVE WORK, BUT IT KEEPS US SAFE FINANCIALLY, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT MORE THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND WE'LL BRING THAT TO YOU, BUT I KNOW PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO TALK ABOUT THAT 751 AGAIN.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE UP TO DATE ON THAT.

SO ALL OF THAT TOGETHER, WE ARE SHOWING WE'RE ABOVE THE REQUIRED THREE PERCENT RESERVE.

THE DISTRICT IS CERTIFYING POSITIVE AND THAT MEANS WE WILL BE ABLE TO MEET OUR FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS FOR THE CURRENT AND THE SUBSEQUENT TWO FISCAL YEARS.

SO NEXT STEPS WE DO FILE THE SECOND REPORT WITH LACOE.

WE WILL BE TAKING OUR P2 ATTENDANCE REPORT RIGHT BEFORE WE GO ONTO SPRING BREAK.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY KEY TO SEE WHAT NUMBER THAT SHOWS, AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT FINDING OUT FROM THE STATE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH OUR ADA CALCULATION, THE LCAP IS IN PROCESS WE WILL GET TO MAY REVISE, AND THEN WE BRING YOU THE DISTRICT BUDGET ON THE 15TH FOR THE FIRST READING.

IT'S WHEN I WOULD DO THE PRESENTATION AND THEN YOU WILL FORMALLY APPROVE THAT ON THE 29TH AND THEN THE STATE BUDGET WILL COME IN AROUND THAT TIME, TOO.

OKAY, SO WITH THAT, I WILL SAY THANK YOU AGAIN TO SONIA ECKLEY, OUR SENIOR DIRECTOR OF FISCAL SERVICES, WHO DOES ALL THE DETAIL WORK ON THIS AND HER WHOLE TEAM, THEY JUST DO AN EXCELLENT JOB. WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE FINANCIAL PROFESSIONALS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT WORKING ON ALL OF OUR FINANCIAL ISSUES.

SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

[01:10:02]

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMITTING MONEY TO SPECIFIC PRIORITIES, SO WE DON'T GET PENALIZED, AND OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD ALIGN THAT TO THE PRIORITIES WE DO HAVE, BUT SAY IF THERE WAS A NEED, WOULD THERE BE A PROCESS WHERE WE COULD COMMIT THAT FUNDS AS WELL? THIS WAY, THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY.

ABSOLUTELY, SO YOU ALL MAKE A DECISION AND DO THE COMMITMENT, AND THEN IF YOU EVER WANT TO TAKE IT OUT, YOU CAN TAKE IT OUT.

SUSAN, ON YOUR SLIDE THAT SHOWS PERS AND STRS INCREASE, RATHER TELLING, AND JUST FOR CLARITY, COULD YOU TALK US THROUGH WHERE IT'S PARTICULARLY PERS OBLIGATIONS ARE WELL NORTH OF TWENTY FIVE PERCENT.

TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OF WHAT? SO THIS IS THE RATE THAT THE DISTRICT PAYS FOR EACH EMPLOYEE.

SO AN EMPLOYEE MADE TEN THOUSAND IN A YEAR AND THEY WERE A PERS EMPLOYEE, WE WOULD BE PAYING $2500.

SO TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE EMPLOYEE'S SALARY.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE DISTRICT PAYS IN.

EMPLOYEES PAY IN ALSO.

ITS DIFFERENT RATES AND DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY ARE FOR FOR THEM, FOR THE STRS & PERS.

AGAIN, IT'S A GIANT POOL AND WE'RE PAYING FOR FOLKS THAT ARE NOW RETIRED, RIGHT? CORRECT. HOW DOES THAT WASH OUT, PARTICULARLY AS WE LOOK AHEAD, RIGHT? IT'S NOT SELF-FUNDING AND WE'RE HAVING TO ENCROACH ON OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO CONTINUE THESE OBLIGATIONS, AND YOUR CHART CONTINUES TO GO THIS WAY AS WE BRING '21-22 IN FOR A LANDING AND WE LOOK AHEAD TO '22-23 AND BEYOND IT JUST.

THAT'S CORRECT. SO THE WAY STRS AND PERS WORK, WE HAVE TO PAY THESE AMOUNTS INTO THE STATE POOLS, WHICH YOU'RE SAYING THESE ARE HUGE POOLS WITH EVERY ALL THE TEACHERS IN STRS AND ALL CERTIFICATED PEOPLE AND STRS AND EVERYBODY ELSE CLASSIFIED IN PERS.

SO OUR OBLIGATION IS JUST TO PAY THOSE RATES AND THEN THE SYSTEMS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING OUT ALL THE BENEFITS.

SO THE SYSTEMS DO HAVE THEIR ACTUARIAL STUDIES WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING OUT INTO THE FUTURE AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE COMING UP WITH THESE RATES THAT'S SAYING, HEY, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CITIES AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND EVERYONE ELSE, YOU GUYS HAVE TO PAY IN THIS RATE ONCE WE'VE PAID IN.

WE'VE MET OUR OBLIGATION, BUT THEY WILL CONTINUE, OR I WOULD EXPECT THE SYSTEMS TO CONTINUE TO TELL US, AS YOU'RE SAYING, THE RATES ARE GOING TO GO UP UNLESS THERE'S SOME KIND OF CONTROL PUT ON BY THE SYSTEMS, EITHER REDUCING BENEFITS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THEY ALL WORK OUT. WE DON'T DETERMINE THE BENEFITS, AND FOR US, AND I'M SURE MANY DISTRICTS ARE WRESTLING WITH THE SAME REALITIES, BUT IS THERE AN INTERSECTION AND A SHORT TERM INTERSECTION BETWEEN THE SUNSET OF COVID-19 FUNDS IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO? AND YOU KNOW, OUR OBLIGATIONS FOR THOSE UNFUNDED NON CLASSROOM OBLIGATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PREPARE FOR, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY, SO I CAN TELL YOU CABINET IS WORKING ON THAT VERY CLOSELY.

ALL OF US TOGETHER BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE THAT CONCERN BECAUSE WE'VE ADDED POSITIONS.

I MEAN, THINGS LIKE PPE THAT'S GOING TO GO AWAY, THAT'S FINE, BUT IF WE HAVE JOBS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO KEEP THOSE JOBS GOING OR SLAP THOSE PEOPLE INTO OTHER JOBS? BUT YEAH, THAT'S AN ONGOING CONCERN TO TRY TO MAKE THAT OF A SMOOTH LANDING.

THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT.

SUSAN, ARE THERE PROJECTIONS AVAILABLE AS TO HOW HIGH THIS PERCENTAGE MAY GO OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS? FOR STRS AND PERS? RIGHT. I THINK THEY'RE KIND OF LEVELING OUT.

RIGHT NOW, THEY SHOW THEM ABOUT THOSE LEVELS.

OKAY, GOOD, THANK YOU.

JUST WANT TO KIND OF MENTION SOMETHING WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE BUDGET AND THEN OUR UNION PRESIDENT FROM [INAUDIBLE] IS HERE AND YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW NICOLE FROM BUTA REALLY SHARES THE SAME VALUES OF THE FISCAL SOLVENCY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I SEE HIM NODDING HIS HEAD BACK THERE BECAUSE WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND WE SHARE THE SAME GOALS, AND YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS IN A PLACE THAT IT IS BECAUSE OF THESE PARTNERSHIPS AND THEY'RE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE WILL NEVER TAKE FOR GRANTED AND TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AT A TABLE AND SAY, HEY, HERE'S THE TRANSPARENCY.

HERE'S THE STRUGGLES. HERE'S THE REALITY OF WHAT WE FACE SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AT THE HIGH STANDARDS THAT IT HAS AND BE ABLE TO ATTRACT QUALITY PEOPLE AND RETAIN, AND GOING BACK TO THE QUESTION WITH RESPECT TO THE ONE

[01:15:06]

SO I JUST APPRECIATE YOU AND NICOLE AND ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER ON THE BUDGET, SO I APPRECIATE IT. SUSAN, CARL'S RIGHT.

IT IS BITTERSWEET. THIS IS YOUR FINAL--IT'S MY FINAL SECOND INTERIM, BUT I'LL BE BACK, HOPEFULLY FOR BUDGET.

WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY WE'RE IN THE VERY GOOD FINANCIAL POSITION THAT WE ARE THANKS TO YOUR MANY YEARS OF STEADFAST GUIDANCE, EXPERTISE AND WISDOM.

SO YOU KNOW, IN ADVANCE OF YOUR ACTUAL RETIREMENT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU, THAT'S NICE TO HEAR.

[APPLAUSE] DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SECOND INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT? SO MOVED.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES.

[16.2.1 Receive First Reading of Board Policies]

FIVE OF THOSE BEING BRAND NEW LAWS AND JUST BY WAY OF PROCESS, TONIGHT, YOU'RE NOT APPROVING THESE BY WAY, IS REALLY WHAT IS HAPPENING, THEY'RE BEING PRESENTED TO YOU AND IT ALERTS THE PUBLIC.

YOU KNOW THAT NEXT MONTH THEY WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR FOR APPROVAL.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK WITH THE POLICIES.

THIS IS ESSENTIAL WORK OF A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, AND SO THANK YOU.

OK, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO--SO MOVED? I WAS GOING TO SAY I THINK WE WERE JUST ANNOUNCING THAT--DO I HAVE A MOTION TO SUBMIT OUR BALLOTS FOR, I BELIEVE JEANETTE FLORES? WELL, SO WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS YOU'VE GOT THE NEXT AGENDA.

[16.2.2 Election of Candidates to the California School Boards Association Delegate Assembly]

ONE IS SEEKING A REAPPOINTMENT.

I WILL BUTCHER THIS LAST NAME, BUT HE'S FROM CLAREMONT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IT'S STEVEN L.

AND HE'S ALREADY ON THERE, AND SO HE'S SEEKING A NEW ONE, AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE COREY E. FROM GLENDORA IS PUTTING IN.

HIS TERM IS UP IN 2022, AND SO JESSICA IS SEEKING THIS.

PREVIOUSLY, THIS HAS KIND OF DIED FROM A LACK OF MOTION BUT I THINK JUST BY WAY OF PROCESS, THERE'S TWO BASICALLY TERMS ARE UP, TWO ARE COMING ON, AND SO I THINK THAT THIS WILL BE THE NEW DELEGATE ASSEMBLY EITHER WAY.

SO ARE WE GOING TO VOTE ON IT OR NOT? OK, I THINK I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR NOMINATIONS, [INAUDIBLE] CANDIDATES CARL DISCUSSES, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO SUBMIT OUR BALLOTS FOR POSSIBLY JEANETTE FLORES AND STEPHEN L.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES. STUDENT DISCIPLINARY ACTION.

[16.3.1 Student Disciplinary Action for Student #212010151]

489008A(2) FOR STUDENT NUMBER 212010151 STUDENT DISCIPLINARY ACTION PURSUANT TO EDUCATION CODE 48900B AND 48900A(2).

RECOMMENDATION IS THAT STUDENT NUMBER 212010151 BE EXPELLED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 2021 2022 SCHOOL YEAR, WITH PLACEMENT IN OUR PROGRAM OUTSIDE THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. DO I HAVE A MOTION?

[01:20:02]

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

[16.3.2 Student Disciplinary Action for Student #201010174]

48915A(1)-A FOR STUDENT NUMBER 20101074.

STUDENT DISCIPLINARY ACTION PURSUANT TO EDUCATION CODE 48900A(2) AND 48915A(1)-A RECOMMENDATION IS THAT STUDENT 20101074 BE EXPELLED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 2021 2022 SCHOOL YEAR, PLUS THE FIRST SEMESTER OF THE '22-23 SCHOOL YEAR, WITH PLACEMENT IN A PROGRAM OUTSIDE THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO MOVED.

SECOND. ANY OPPOSED? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES.

[17. REPORTS FROM MEMBRS OF THE BOARD AND SUPREINTENDENT]

THANK YOU, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A LEARNING WALK WITH MATT AND CARL THROUGH THE ROYNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND RAMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL.

ALWAYS FUN TO DO. IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE JOB, I THINK, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THE FOCUS ON MATH THAT WE WERE SHOWN IN ALL THE CLASSROOMS. GETTING THEM STARTED ON IN MATH AND MASTERING THOSE SKILLS AT A YOUNGER AND YOUNGER AGE IS REALLY CRITICAL.

SO I WAS ALSO REAL DELIGHTED TO SEE THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH GOING ON IN THE WAY OF INTERVENTION FOR THE STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT KEEPING UP, AND I LIKE THE ASPECT OF THE INTERVENTION. IT'S NOT JUST TO GET THEM CAUGHT UP TO WHERE THEY SHOULD BE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY BRINGING THEM UP AHEAD SO THAT WHEN THE REST OF THE KIDS COME, THEY'RE ACTUALLY AHEAD OF THEM A LITTLE BIT IN SOME OF THOSE CLASSES, AND SO AGAIN, GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A LOT OF STUDENTS USING TECHNOLOGY FOR MATH IN WAYS THAT STILL BOGGLE MY MIND THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT, OF COURSE, BACK IN THE IN THE STONE AGE.

SO APPRECIATE THE TOURS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUPLE OF THINGS, I'D LIKE TO RENEW MY INTEREST AND REQUEST TO FORMALLY INVITE BOTH STATE SENATOR PORTANTINO AND OUR LOCAL ASSEMBLY MEMBER HOLDEN TO THE DISTRICT FOR, I THINK, WHAT WOULD BE BEST DESCRIBED AS A TOWN HALL TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE THINKING AND WHAT THEIR SUPPORT AND THE DETAILS OF SENATE BILL 866 AND SENATE BILL 871, 866 BEING THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW 12 YEAR-OLDS TO BECOME VACCINATED WITHOUT THEIR PARENT'S PERMISSION AND THEN SENATE BILL EIGHT SEVENTY ONE, WHICH WOULD MANDATE COVID-19 VACCINES FOR ALL CHILDREN TO ENTER SCHOOL, LIKE HEPATITIS B VACCINES AND SO ON.

SO I HAVE A KEEN INTEREST, AND I THINK WE ALL SHARE AN INTEREST IN HAVING OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES TALK A LITTLE FURTHER ABOUT THOSE BILLS, AND SO, YEAH, ROLLED THAT ACROSS THE TABLE.

THE OTHER THING, CARL, LAST NIGHT YOU SENT OUT A NOTICE THAT ON MARCH 14, CONSISTENT WITH LOS ANGELES COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS AND GUIDELINES THAT THE MASK MANDATE WILL BE LIFTED IN OUR DISTRICT, AND I WONDER, AS YOU KNOW, OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST TWO YEARS AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT BONITA UNIFIED'S FOLLOWING OF PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS AND YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT'S CONSISTENCY AND COMMITMENT TO FOLLOWING PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS. CAN YOU GIVE US A SENTENCE OR TWO UP OR DOWN HOW HAS THE DISTRICT KIND OF PERFORMED OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST TWO YEARS RELATIVE TO PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS? AND THEN HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO THE ORDER THAT IS GOING TO FINALLY ALLOW US ALL TO BREATHE A LITTLE EASIER WITHOUT A MASK ON THE 14TH? YEAH, I MEAN, SINCE EARLY ON IN THE PANDEMIC, THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN STEADFAST ON ITS COMMITMENT TO A.) ADHERE TO THE ORDERS AND THE MANDATES.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT IN A POSITION TO IGNORE THESE MANDATES OR THESE ORDERS, BUT THEN ALSO TO ENSURE THAT OUR PRACTICES WOULDN'T GO MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN THE HEALTH ORDERS, AND SO

[01:25:06]

WE HAVE TRIED TO MAXIMIZE EVERY OPPORTUNITY, AND HERE'S JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF OF THE MASK MANDATES HAS BEEN LIFTED AS OF MARCH 12TH, AND I'M REALLY PLEASED WHEN THEY DID IT.

THE CONCERN WAS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO SEPARATE VACCINATED VERSUS UNVACCINATED STUDENTS , AND I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT THEY DID NOT DO THAT.

I'M PLEASED THAT L.A. COUNTY ALIGNED TO THE STATE VERY QUICKLY.

I THINK THE GOVERNOR'S ANNOUNCEMENT CAME AT 11:00 P.M., L.A.

COUNTY HAD THEIR STATEMENT READY BY NOON.

WE HAD A PHONE CONFERENCE THE NEXT DAY WITH L.A.

COUNTY CONFIRMING THIS AND FELT VERY COMFORTABLE SENDING THE LETTER OUT, VERY CONSISTENT WITH OUR PRACTICES THAT WE WOULD NOT BE MORE RESTRICTIVE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO REMOVE THE MASK FOR THOSE WHO WANT IT AND RESPECTING THOSE WISHES WHO WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE IN THE MASKS ON MARCH 12TH.

SO IN SUMMARY, MORE OR LESS AND I APOLOGIZE ON THE DATE I MIXED MY STORIES WITH SOMETHING AT WORK. IN SUMMARY, MORE OR LESS, THE DISTRICT HAS FOLLOWED LOS ANGELES COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDELINES AND ORDERS CONSISTENTLY OVER THE COURSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND LASTLY, WE HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND SAN DIMAS LITTLE LEAGUE OPENING DAY THIS PAST SATURDAY, AND IT WAS A REAL TREAT TO CHEER ON THE MAYOR OF SAN DIMAS THROWING OUT THE FIRST PITCH. I THINK HE DID A GREAT JOB.

I KNOW HE'S GOING TO PRACTICE REAL HARD SO HE CAN DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER NEXT TIME, BUT IT WAS ALWAYS A TREAT TO GET OUT AND IT WAS A GREAT DAY AND SEE ALL THE KIDS OUT THERE IN PERSON. THEY HAD THEIR PARADE FIRST TIME BACK IN TWO YEARS, SO A GREAT CELEBRATION AND A GREAT DAY TO BE OUT THERE.

SO, THANKS GUYS.

ALL RIGHT, YEAH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE THE SAME THING WITH THE LEGISLATION THE SENATE BILL IS COMING DOWN, I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT FOR EVERYBODY, BUT TODAY I KIND OF WANTED TO CHAT ABOUT SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING OVER AT ROYNON.

I GOT TO DO THE WALK ALONG WITH CHUCK AND YOU GUYS, AND THERE'S SOME GREAT THINGS HAPPENING THERE, BUT I ALSO LEARNED A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT ITS HISTORY THAT I JUST FOUND OUT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE ELSE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S PRETTY EXCITING.

WE KNOW ROYNON WASN'T ALWAYS NAMED ROYNON.

IT USED TO BE NAMED LINCOLN SCHOOL.

IT WAS NAMED AFTER MARION ROYNON LATER ON, WHO GREW UP LOCALLY.

HE WENT TO LAWRENCEBURG COLLEGE AS A TEENAGER.

MARION STARTED HIS CAREER AT LINCOLN ELEMENTARY AS A TEACHER, EVENTUALLY WORKED OUT, BECAME THE PRINCIPAL, AND LATER ON THIS WHOLE, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE DISTRICT.

AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WAS ANOTHER SCHOOL JUST SOUTH OF THE TRACKS CALLED PALOMARES, AND THIS IS THE TIME WHEN ALL OF THOSE BIG ORANGE TREES WERE UP HERE.

IT WAS A LARGE HISPANIC POPULATION ON THAT SIDE, AND IT SEEMED LIKE THE WAY IT WORKED OUT IS THE KIDS FROM HISPANIC ORIGINS WENT TO PALOMARES, WHILE THE WHITE KIDS ATTENDED LINCOLN SCHOOL, MARION WAS LOOKING AT THIS.

HE WORKED IN THIS SCHOOL WITH ABOUT A CLASS OF 20 KIDS.

HE WENT TO VISIT LINCOLN AND SAW THOSE CLASSES UP TO 70 KIDS, AND HE KNEW THIS WASN'T RIGHT. SO IN 1974, WHILE HE WAS SUPERINTENDENT AND BEFORE ANY FEDERAL MANDATE WAS OUT THERE, HE LED THE WAY TO DESEGREGATE THE SCHOOLS, A WHOLE NEW CONCEPT AND A PROUD REASON WHY THAT SCHOOL IS NAMED WHAT IT IS TODAY.

ALSO THE SAME YEAR, JACKIE ROBINSON BROKE THAT COLOR BARRIER KNOCK ON WOOD FOR A SEASON THIS YEAR.

ROYNON'S GRANDDAUGHTER, KAREN--I CAN'T PRONOUNCE THE NAME RIGHT--[INAUDIBLE], SHE ALSO ATTENDED ROYNON ELEMENTARY.

HER MOM DID. HER KIDS DID.

SHE ALSO TAUGHT THERE FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.

NOW SHE'S RETIRED, BUT HER WORK AT ROYNON CONTINUES, AND WHILE SHE LIVES IN MONTANA HALF THE YEAR, SHE COMES DOWN HERE HALF THE YEAR AS WELL, BECAUSE ROYNON'S HER BABY, SHE STARTED THIS ROYNON BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT, AND BEFORE THIS, ROYNON, KIND OF WHAT I HEARD LOOKED LIKE MORE OF AN INSTITUTION HAD DEAD GRASS.

NOT TOO MUCH THERE.

I KNOW SHE ASKED THE DISTRICT FOR HELP.

IT SEEMED LIKE A PROJECT THAT IT WOULD TAKE TOO MUCH MONEY AND MANPOWER TO HANDLE, BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP HER. SHE KIND OF DID HER OWN THING.

SHE LED BAKE SALES.

THEY HAD CONCERTS SHE DID BABYSITTING, SLOWLY GETTING LIKE A THOUSAND BUCKS HERE AND THERE MADE ABOUT SIXTY THOUSAND, AND NOW SHE PUT THAT TO USE.

IF YOU GO NOW, THERE'S A FULL-ON GARDEN THERE, A BEAUTIFUL, LUSH, SHADED PAVILION.

AND THE WORK KEEPS CONTINUING.

ON FRIDAY MORNINGS, THE RECYCLES ARE COLLECTED IN THE MORNING BEFORE SCHOOL TO KEEP THE MONEY COMING IN. SO ANYONE, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ROYNON, YOU HAVE EXTRA RECYCLES, GET THERE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS, EVERYTHING IS APPRECIATED.

[01:30:04]

WE JUST HAD A HUGE YARD SALE.

I KNOW SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE WAS WORKING THERE.

LAST WEEK THEY BROUGHT IN OVER $3000 FROM THEIR YARD SALE.

SO IF YOU SEE FUTURE ONES, PLEASE DONATE.

PLEASE COME AND BUY A FEW THINGS.

IT'LL BE VERY HELPFUL FOR OUR PROJECT.

I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT I'M WEARING, I GUESS I HAVE TO STAND UP FOR THIS, BUT MORE IN LINE WITH FASHION WHO I'M WEARING, I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT I'M WEARING A TIE.

THIS USED TO BE A FULLY BLACK TIE.

THIS IS DESIGNED BY OUR ARTIST NAMED DAVID SCARBOROUGH.

HE EVEN SIGNED THE BACK OF IT.

DAVID IS A STUDENT AT ROYNON, ALONG WITH HIS MOTHER, WHO GOES BY THE NICKNAME WEEZER, AND A FEW OTHER VOLUNTEERS.

THEY PUT IN LONG HOURS WITH THAT BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT.

BUYING WOOD, SHOVELING MULCH AND ALL THE HANDS-ON TASKS TO MAKE ROYNON LOOK LIKE IT DOES TODAY. DAVID IS A VERY ARTISTIC STUDENT.

HIS FAVORITE PAINTER IS VAN GOGH, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THEME BECAME A BIT VAN GOGH THERE. SO HE PAINTED THIS ONCE ALL BLACK TIE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THIS, DAVID.

I APPRECIATE IT, AS WELL AS ALL THE WORK YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS DO FOR THE GARDEN TO IMPROVE YOUR SCHOOL. COMMUNITY SERVICE IS A BIG, IMPORTANT THING IN MY LIFE, AND I JUST REALLY LOOK AND RESPECT THOSE WHO DO THAT, ESPECIALLY AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT IS EVEN JUST TO GET THEM TO BRUSH THEIR TEETH MUCH LESS PLANT A GARDEN AND SHOVEL MULCH.

SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE A WALK DOWN SIXTH STREET ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ROYNON CAMPUS. JUST KIND OF CHECK IT OUT.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FARM TO TABLE HAPPENING AT BONITA.

THAT'S HAPPENING ALSO AT ROYNON.

THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO START, AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY SCHOOL YEAR.

MY ONE WISH IS THAT SOMETIME DURING THE YEAR, WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR A CIF CHAMPION. TONIGHT WE HAD TWO, ACTUALLY WE HAD FOUR, WE HAD THREE INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS AND ONE TEAM, AND LAST MONTH WE MENTIONED AND IF YOU ROLL THE TAPE BACK, I DID SAY THAT OUR LADIES TEAMS HAVE BEEN OUTPERFORMING THE MEN'S TEAMS, AND TODAY WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.

THE GIRLS WATER POLO AND GIRLS WRESTLING WERE OUR CIF CHAMPIONS, SO THEY'RE STUDENT ATHLETES, AND I THINK THAT'S ONE THING WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THEIR STUDENTS FIRST AND ATHLETES SECOND, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO TIE INTO THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE LEGISLATION IN ADDITION TO JUST HAVING A TOWN HALL AND BRINGING OUR REPRESENTATIVES HERE.

I'D LIKE THE DISTRICT TO LOOK AT A RESOLUTION TO OPPOSE 871 SENATOR PAN'S BILL ON THE VACCINE MANDATES WITH NO EXEMPTIONS.

I'D ALSO LIKE IF WE CAN GET A PRESENTATION ON SENATOR PORTANTINO'S BILL 906, WHICH OSTENSIBLY IS ABOUT PREVENTING SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, AND THAT'S HOW IT STARTS, BUT THE SECOND PROVISION RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT TURNS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT INTO A GUN REGISTRATION AND REQUIRES THAT ALL PARENTS SHOWING UP WILL HAVE TO DISCLOSE WEAPONS IN THEIR HOUSE THAT MIGHT BE ACCESSIBLE TO THEIR CHILDREN.

I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WE SHOULD BE ANY KIND OF GUN REGISTRATION FOR THE STATE, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A PRESENTATION ON THAT AND IF THEY SHOW UP, THEN WE CAN QUESTION THEM ON AT THEIR TOWN HALL.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, I THINK I WILL REACH OUT TO JUST KIND OF REACH OUT TO HOLDEN REPRESENTATIVES. I WILL REACH OUT TO PORTANTINO'S REPRESENTATIVES.

I WILL INVITE THEM FOR HIM TO COME HERE AND EXPLAIN HIS BILL TO YOU, AND IF THEY HAVE ANY DESIRE ON DOING A TOWN HALL, WE WILL BE SURE TO SET THAT UP WITH RESPECT TO THE RESOLUTION. IF IT IS THE BOARD'S WISHES, I WILL BRING A PROPOSED RESOLUTION THAT WOULD LOOK AT OPPOSING THESE BILLS.

AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT EIGHT SEVENTY ONE ONE OF THE AND THEN 866, I THINK IT'S 866.

LOOKING AT THE [INAUDIBLE] BILL IF A 12 YEAR OLD CAN GET A VACCINATION WITHOUT PARENT PERMISSION, AND I'VE HEARD FROM PARENTS THAT SAYS, HEY, HERE'S THE ISSUE, THEN THE SCHOOL CAN SET UP THE VACCINATION CLINIC, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO DO, BUT IT DOES CREATE THAT FEAR THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO TELL THEIR PARENTS, AND THE BIGGEST ISSUE WITH THE VACCINE BEING MANDATED THROUGH CURRENT LEGISLATION IS THAT THE ALTERNATIVE IS THAT KIDS CANNOT GO TO SCHOOL, AND SO THE WAY THAT IT PRESENTS NOW IT DOES ARE PROBLEMATIC FOR MANY FAMILIES, FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS YOU KNOW, NOT THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS AREN'T VACCINATED.

I KNOW THIS BOARD HERE AND I KNOW OTHERS AREN'T NECESSARILY.

I KNOW ALL OF YOU ARE NOT ANTI-VACCINE, BUT DEFINITELY LOOKING AT A PROVISION THAT WOULD FORCE THE FAMILIES TO DO THAT, AND SO I'D BE HAPPY TO BRING A RESOLUTION IF THAT IS THE WISHES OF THE BOARD FOR YOU TO CONSIDER AT THE APRIL BOARD MEETING.

[01:35:03]

I THINK WE'D ALL SUPPORT THAT, BUT I WONDER ABOUT THE TIMING THOSE BILLS ARE STILL IN IN SENATE COMMITTEE AND WHAT THE TIMING IS EITHER NOW OR A MONTH FROM NOW, WHETHER THERE'S SENSITIVITY TO THAT OR WE SHOULD JUST MOVE FORWARD.

I COULD TELL YOU THE WAY THAT THE PROCESS WORKS IS THAT THEY ARE IN COMMITTEE NOW, AND SO THE BILLS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED.

THE DEADLINE TO INTRODUCE NEW BILLS WAS FEBRUARY 18TH, AND SO IT IS IN THE POLICYMAKING COMMITTEES NOW.

IN SPEAKING TO MARCO, WHO HAPPENS TO BE SENATOR PORTANTINO'S REPRESENTATIVE IN OUR AREA, AND THEY CONSIDER THEIR POSITIONS ON THIS HE ASKED IF THERE IS A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD TO PLEASE PASS IT ALONG EARLY SO THAT THE SENATOR WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT INTO PLACE TAKE THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION, ESPECIALLY WITH PORTNATINO BEING THE APPROPRIATIONS CHAIR IN THE SENATE AND NOW HOLD AND BEING THE APPROPRIATIONS CHAIR.

THE THING THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IF THE BOARD IS CONSIDERING AN OPPOSITION TO IT AT LEAST PRESENT THE OPPOSITION NOW AND THEN AS THEY ENTER INTO THE COMMITTEES THROUGH THE RESOLUTION PROCESS THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY GIVE FAMILIES CHOICE THEY WOULD HEAR THIS BOARD AND OTHERS WHO WISH TO STAND WITH IT EARLY ON IN THE DEVELOPMENT PHASES.

SO I WOULD RECOMMEND EARLIER ON THIS ONE AS PEOPLE ARE CONSIDERING REWRITING, AND BEFORE IT GETS TOO LONG DOWN THE PROCESS.

IS THERE ANYONE OPPOSED TO US LOOKING AT A RESOLUTION? I THINK THERE'S NO ONE OPPOSING.

THEN, I WILL BRING A PROPOSED RESOLUTION AT THE APRIL BOARD MEETING AND I WILL INVITE PORTANTINO TO THAT MEETING AS WELL, OR AT LEAST ONE OF HIS REPRESENTATIVES TO TALK ABOUT SENATE BILL 906 AS WELL.

SHOULD THEY BE COMBINED OR SEPARATE RESOLUTION? I THINK RIGHT NOW, WITH THE 871 AND 866, I WOULD COMBINE THOSE TOGETHER AS ONE RESOLUTION AND THEN WITH 906, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE LET'S HEAR WHAT THAT IS FIRST, AND THEN POTENTIALLY IF IT'S THE WISHES OF THE BOARD TO TAKE A FUTURE RESOLUTION FOR THAT AS WELL.

OK, FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S ASH WEDNESDAY, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ON THE DAIS WHO ARE JUST REALLY REFLECTING UPON THEIR LIFE AND LOOKING AT REDEMPTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT NOTE REGARDING THE RESOLUTION.

I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT, AND REGARDING THE TOWN HALL MEETING, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO GET A VOICE TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE TO THEIR REPRESENTATIVES WHAT THEIR OPINIONS ARE. A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL TELL US, AND WE'RE NOT REALLY THE ONES WHO GET TO MAKE THE DECISIONS, BUT WE'RE THE ONES WHO GET TO HEAR THE VOICE QUITE FREQUENTLY, AND I THINK IT'D BE GREAT FOR US TO MAYBE BE ABLE TO ALLOW PEOPLE FROM ALL SIDES TO SHARE THEIR VOICE AND MAYBE HAVE A TOWN HALL.

SO ANYONE BE OPPOSED TO US, MAYBE HAVING A TOWN HALL OR HOPEFULLY PORTANTINO OR HOLDEN THEM WILL SHOW UP.

I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S THE CASE.

MAYBE THEY'LL SEND A STAFF MEMBER, BUT I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE US HAVE A TOWN HALL EITHER WAY. MR. PRESIDENT, I SUSPECT THAT EVERYONE IN THE GALLERY WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING WHAT BOTH THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER AND THE SENATOR WOULD HAVE TO SAY, AND IT'S OK THE BOARD'S WISHES, I THINK THE TOWN HALL, IT'S APPROPRIATE.

LET ME REACH OUT TO THE REPRESENTATIVES.

LET ME GET THE TIMING OF THIS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RIGHT INFORMATION IS BEING PRESENTED AND EARLY ON KIND OF GOING BACK TO JIM'S QUESTION.

THEY'RE REWRITING THINGS RIGHT NOW, AND SO LET ME KIND OF GAUGE THAT AND I WILL BRING YOU BACK A REPORT KIND OF WHEN THE TIMING WOULD BE MOST APPROPRIATE FOR A TOWN HALL.

IF YOU KIND OF EVEN THINK ABOUT LIKE WHEN THE COUNTY WAS TAKING CONSIDERING [INAUDIBLE] BY PAGE AND OTHERS THAT IT WAS CLEAR ON WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT, AND RIGHT NOW, IT'S MUDDY BECAUSE IT'S STILL IN THE INFANCY STAGES, AND IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS FOR THE COMMUNITY, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR.

SO IF IT'S OK WITH THE BOARD, I THINK TOWN HALL IS GREAT.

LET ME JUST KIND OF GAUGE A LITTLE BIT AND I'LL REPORT BACK TO YOU AS SOON AS WE KIND OF GET A BETTER TIMING OF THAT.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

I DO THINK IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE ISSUES UP, SO IF YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY CONCERNED ABOUT FIVE OR 10 THINGS IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE JUST TO HAVE A TIME WHEN PEOPLE CAN JUST KIND OF SHARE THEIR OPINIONS AND GET THEM OUT THERE.

SO I GET HAVING A TARGETED TOWN HALL, BUT I THINK TOWN HALLS CAN BE A LITTLE RAUCOUS AND PASSIONATE ANYWAY AND GET OFF TRACK.

SO I WOULD SAY IT'D BE GREAT IF THERE WAS LIKE AN OVERARCHING IDEA, BUT TO HAVE IT OVERLY

[01:40:07]

I GUESS I SHOULD FINISH MY COMMENTS.

SAN DIMAS LITTLE LEAGUE CEREMONY WAS AMAZING.

I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO A YARD SALE AT REUNION AND I HAD A TOUR OF THEIR GARDEN AND THAT STUDENT GARDEN WAS AMAZING.

I LOVED IT.

I HAVE A GARDEN BED AT MY HOUSE TOO, AND I HAD SOME IDEAS THAT I MIGHT TRY.

I THINK FAVA BEANS IS SOMETHING I NEED TO TRY TO GROW, AND YEAH, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS DOING SOME REALLY AMAZING THINGS.

ONE THING ON A PERSONAL NOTE THAT WAS SPECIAL FOR ME, AND I THINK IT WAS SPECIAL FOR JIM TOO. ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS, WE PLAYED WATER POLO TOGETHER MANY DECADES AGO AT MT.

SAC AND HIS DAUGHTER NOW HAS WAS ON THE TEAM THAT WON CIF.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY TO MR. JIM CARLSON AND THE CARLSON FAMILY, CONGRATULATIONS, AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL I GOT.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THE DISTRICT IS REALLY KIND OF LEAVING A PANDEMIC REACTIVENESS TO AN ENDEMIC APPROACH AND THE MASS DOES MARK A MILESTONE IN THAT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE GREAT WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED IN, AND THAT'S TEACHING AND LEARNING IT'S DEFINITELY ALWAYS ON THE FOREFRONT, BUT BEING ABLE TO I'D BE REMISS NOT TO SAY THAT WITH THE STUDENTS NOT IN THE CLASSROOM DUE TO THE OMICRON VARIANT THAT PLAYED OUT DIDN'T HAVE AN IMPACT TO US, AND SO VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THE GREAT WORK THAT'S AHEAD OF US AS WE LOOK TO CLOSE OUT THIS SCHOOL YEAR EVEN STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE, AND SO JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. OK, REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS, COMMUNICATION FROM THE

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

INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS MAY BE ALLOWED UP TO THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON ANY NON AGENDA ITEM. THE BOARD RESERVES THE RIGHT TO LIMIT THE TIME ON A NON AGENDA ITEM.

PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE BOARD.

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

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

WE GOT A COUPLE OF CARDS.

FIRST UP IS DANIEL S.

I HOPE I PRONOUNCED IT CORRECTLY.

EXCELLENT. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS. SO MY NAME IS DANIEL S.

I TEACH PHYSICS AND BAND AT SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M JUST HERE TO CHAT ABOUT YOUR THE POLICIES THAT WE'VE HAD REGARDING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.

ALTHOUGH I AM A SCIENCE TEACHER AT SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL, MY FIRST DEGREE WAS ACTUALLY IN POLITICAL SCIENCE WITH A PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION EMPHASIS.

SO THE WHOLE PANDEMIC FOR ME IS INTERESTING ON BOTH SIDES, THE SCIENCE SIDE AND THE POLITICS SIDE.

AS WE SEEM TO BE COMING TO AN END OF THE PANDEMIC, I CAME HERE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR THEIR ACTIONS FOR THESE PAST TWO YEARS.

YOUR ACTIONS SHOWED THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REAL SCIENCE AND PSEUDOSCIENCE PUBLISHED FOR POLITICAL REASONS WHEN THE ANTI-SCIENCE CROWD CAME AND CLAIMED THAT THEY HAD DONE THEIR RESEARCH.

YOU STOOD FIRM AGAINST PSEUDOSCIENCE AND REFERENCES FROM QUACK DOCTORS.

AS A SCIENCE TEACHER, I APPRECIATE YOUR POLICIES LINED UP WITH SCIENCE RESEARCH PUBLISHED IN PEER REVIEWED SCIENCE JOURNALS.

THERE'S A REASON THAT 99 PERCENT OF ALL DOCTORS AND NURSES HAVE FACES BRUISED FROM WEARING TIGHT FITTING MASKS, AND THERE'S A REASON THE DEATH RATE FROM COVID IS FAR HIGHER IN COUNTIES THAT HAVE A LOW COVID 19 VACCINATION RATE.

THE LOUD VOICES THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW TO TELL GOOD SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FROM POLITICAL SPEECH DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT YOU CLEARLY DO.

YOUR ACTIONS SHOWED THAT YOU'RE HERE TO REPRESENT YOUR VOTERS.

ALTHOUGH A VOCAL MINORITY ATTEMPTED TO MAKE ITSELF APPEAR AS THE MAJORITY YOU STOOD FIRM.

TO DATE, OVER SEVENTY EIGHT PERCENT OF PEOPLE IN OUR CITIES HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE COVID 19 VACCINE, AND I DIDN'T INVENT THAT NUMBER.

IT'S PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET.

OF THE OTHER TWENTY TWO PERCENT, SOME OF THEM HAVE A LEGITIMATE MEDICAL REASON OR OTHER

[01:45:05]

YOUR ACTIONS SHOWED THAT YOU UNDERSTOOD THE LAW WHEN A VOCAL GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY AND LOCAL POWER DEMANDED THAT YOU TAKE ACTIONS THAT YOU HAD LITERALLY NO AUTHORITY TO TAKE.

YOU STOOD FIRM, NO MATTER HOW OFTEN THEY SHOWED UP WITH THE SAME MISINFORMED DEMANDS, YOU POLITELY DECLINED TO TAKE ILLEGAL ACTIONS.

I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES IS THE BODY THAT DECIDES WHAT'S CONSTITUTIONAL AND WHAT'S NOT.

THIS PAST JANUARY, THE CURRENT SUPREME COURT RULED AGAIN THAT MASK MANDATES AND VACCINE MANDATES DO NOT VIOLATE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, AND THEY RECONFIRMED THE SEPARATION OF WHAT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT HAVE THOSE POWERS, AND THUS, IN SUMMARY, BECAUSE I'M OUT OF TIME. YOU'VE SHOWN THAT THE WELL-BEING OF BUSD STUDENTS WAS YOUR FIRST PRIORITY.

I'M PROUD TO HAVE YOU AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IN THIS DISTRICT, AND I FIRMLY BELIEVE THE VAST MAJORITY OF PARENTS AND STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT AGREE WITH ME.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE JENNIFER KOSTON.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JENNIFER KOSTON.

I WAS A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER FOR EIGHT YEARS.

I AM NOW A MOTHER TO FOUR CHILDREN, TWO WHO ARE ENROLLED IN BONITA UNIFIED.

WE LOVE OUR LOCAL SCHOOL, ITS TEACHERS AND ITS LEADERSHIP.

AS I STATED IN THE EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE TO EACH OF YOU LAST WEEK, AND YOU ADDRESSED THIS IN YOUR COMMENTARY.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I'M GOING TO GO A LITTLE BIT OFF SCRIPT HERE.

THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING FOR MOVING FORWARD, AND I HOPE THAT YOU DO.

I ATTACHED THE SAMPLE FROM SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO THAT THEY HAD RELEASED IMMEDIATELY AT THE END OF OCTOBER AFTER GOV.

NEWSOM'S ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE OCTOBER 1ST, AND SO I GUESS I JUST WANT TO SAY PARENT TO PARENT. IT MEANS A LOT FOR YOU TO LISTEN TO THAT AND TO NOT BE OPPOSED TO EMBRACING FAMILIES AS PART OF THE FABRIC, WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD A PATH FORWARD SO THAT CHOICES ARE RESPECTED.

THERE ARE OTHER SENATE BILLS INTRODUCED.

SB 871 IS ON THE HEALTH AND EDUCATION FOR REVIEW.

THEY HAVE DROPPED IT FROM THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE FOR WHATEVER REASON.

THEY SAID IT WAS FOR COVID RESTRICTIONS.

SO I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT GIVEN THE LEGALITIES THAT ARE INVOLVED AND EVEN SUGGESTING SOMETHING LIKE THIS AT THIS TIME WITH THE DATA AND THE SCIENCE THAT WE HAVE, IT IS INCREDIBLY POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TO ACT ON AT THIS TIME.

I THINK TIME IS SOMETIMES WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CHILDREN, IS IT IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE FIRST, OR IS IT MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE RIGHT AND ACT ON THEIR BEST BEHALF? AND SO GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW IN THE POPULATIONS AND THAT WAS REVEALED IN DATA THAT JUST CAME OUT YESTERDAY, IT'S NOT SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE FOR CHILDREN AT THIS TIME.

SO THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE SCIENCE RIGHT AS FAR AS TACKLING IT MOVING FORWARD FOR THE CHILDREN, AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN TAKE BACK, AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN THAT THERE'S ANOTHER BILL BY SENATOR PAN IN REGARD TO, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE GUN REGISTRY.

THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER SENATE BILL THAT'S BEING INTRODUCED, AND THAT'S ONE THAT WOULD I WOULD ENCOURAGE TO BE ADDED TO THE TOWN HALL WHERE THEY WILL KEEP A REGISTRY HEALTH INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS AT THE READY.

AND I THINK THAT IF YOU ENTER AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DISTRICT TO BE A PARTNER IN YOUR CHILD'S EDUCATION, THAT'S INFORMATION THAT A PARENT IS GOING TO VOLUNTEER AT THE FOREFRONT, AND THAT AGAIN, NOT HAVING THE OVERREACH AND ALLOWING THAT TO BE A CHOICE IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE AND TREATING EACH OTHER WITH THAT MUTUAL RESPECT AND HAVING THE CONVERSATION TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD TO BENEFIT EVERYBODY.

I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF BOXES THAT YOU HAVE TO CHECK.

I KNOW THAT THIS FORUM DOES NOT ALWAYS ALLOW FOR DIALOG, WHICH IS WHY I HAD REQUESTED THOSE ITEMS BEING ADDED TO THE AGENDA.

SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOU ADDING THEM, ADDRESSING THEM, AND I URGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT ENROLLMENT AND YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT ADA, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT THERE IS A LARGE POPULATION IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT IS

[01:50:02]

THAT DOES NOT SPEAK TO SUCCESS, THAT SPEAKS TO SOMETHING ELSE THAT I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WANT TO ENGAGE IN HERE.

SO THANK YOU.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE, OH, I'LL GET TO THE ANONYMOUS ONE IN A MINUTE, BUT WE HAVE MAURICIO.

HOW DO YOU SAY YOUR NAME? [INAUDIBLE] VERY NICE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I WAS HERE TO TALK ABOUT A RESOLUTION FOR AND THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT AND JUST BRING THAT UP FOR SB 866 AND SB 871 AND THE SAME THING WITH THE REGISTRATION OF OF FIREARMS OR GUNS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, I THINK MORE THAN ANYTHING BEING A PARENT AND YOU KNOW, AS WAS JUST MENTIONED THERE'S SO MUCH SCIENCE OR THINGS THAT ARE PEER REVIEWED THAT IS COMING OUT IN THE VERY BEGINNING, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE VACCINE WOULD NOT SPREAD IF YOU GOT IT YOU WOULD YOU WOULD BASICALLY NOT BE SPREADING THE VIRUS, AND NOW WE LEARNED THAT YOU CAN AFTER 12 WEEKS, AND SO IT'S SOMETHING WHERE WE LOOK AT THIS STUFF AND AGAIN, WE HAVE TO BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN OUR KIDS BODIES? AND SO THIS RESOLUTION IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT AND JUST BRING UP. I KNOW IT'S COMING DOWN THE PIPE, AND SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN AND I DON'T KNOW YOU ALL, AND OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T KNOW YOUR POSITIONS ON WHERE YOU STAND WITH ALL THIS STUFF, AND ALL I CAN DO IS TRY TO PROTECT MY CHILD'S BEST INTERESTS AND IN THE SAME WAY. I'M SURE YOU WOULD BE DOING THE SAME, AND SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT WAS JUST SAID. I MEAN, IF IT HAS TO COME DOWN TO WHETHER OR NOT MY KIDS GO TO SCHOOL IN THIS DISTRICT OR HAVING TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE BELIEVE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE GO SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE I JUST I JUST CAN'T SEE MYSELF DOING THAT, NOT KNOWING EVERYTHING AS WE'RE STILL LEARNING ABOUT THE VACCINE AND THIS THIS VIRUS, AND SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO, AND I JUST HOPE THAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO WE HAVE ONE MORE PERSON, BUT THEY DIDN'T PUT A NAME.

SO IS THERE AN ANONYMOUS PERSON IN HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? YES, HIS IS YOU? OK. GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LILY B.

IF I COULD GRANT A THREE MINUTE MORE [INAUDIBLE], SO I WOULD LIKE TO FINISH THIS.

AS MYSELF, LILY B.

I COME HERE PRETTY MUCH OFTEN AS THE FIRST TIME WAS.

THREE YEARS AGO. I STILL FEEL NERVOUS ABOUT PUBLIC SPEAKING BECAUSE I STILL HAVE TO DO THAT. ACTUALLY, I'M SO GLAD OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS A GREAT DISTRICT.

SO SEE THE GIRLS WHO WE WITNESSED ARE SUCCESSFUL AND I PARTICIPATE IN THE YARD SALE AND THEN I LOVE ROYNON.

I HAVE TWO KIDS THAT ATTENDED ROYNON.

I STILL REMEMBER YOU WERE THE PRINCIPAL AT THAT TIME WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE.

SO I LOVE OUR BONITA DISTRICT, BUT I FEEL VERY TIRED AND SAD BECAUSE CURRENTLY MY TWO KIDS ARE IN PRIVATE SCHOOL; I PULLED THEM OUT.

WHY? I KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT SEX EDUCATION, CRT, SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. ACTUALLY, LAST NIGHT, WE HAVE A VERY GREAT MEETING.

I WOULD INVITE EVERYONE TO COME TO THE NEXT MEETING.

IT'S A PARENTS INFORMATION MEETING ABOUT SEX EDUCATION IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO SINCE THE FIRST TIME I BROUGHT UP COME TO US, THAT IS THREE YEARS AGO, BUT LAST NIGHT, SOME NEW PARENTS, THEY STILL THE FIRST TIME HEARD ABOUT IT AND THEN THEY ARE SO SHOCKED.

I KNOW THEY'LL BE VERY STRESSFUL, JUST LIKE I WAS BEFORE.

JUST REALLY UNBELIEVABLE FOR SOME DETAIL.

SO I WILL INVITE EVERYONE TO COME TO THE INFORMATION MEETING TO REALLY DIG DEEP AS THE PARENTS, AS THE GRANDPARENT, TO KNOW WHAT THEY TEACH ABOUT IN DETAIL.

YEAH, WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE]FOLDER HERE IN SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BONITA HIGH AND LONG HILL ACTUALLY THE FOLDER, ALL THE LIGHT UP THERE, NOBODY WILL FIGURE IT OUT WHAT'S INSIDE.

FOR EXAMPLE, MIDDLE SCHOOL HAVE LESS THAN 10, 10 LESSONS UP TO TWO WEEKS.

SO ONE THING TO TALK ABOUT IS ABSTINENCE, RIGHT? JUST NOT HAVING SEX, BUT ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT REALLY LIKE YOU THINKING NOT HAVING SEX.

[01:55:05]

STILL, JUST THE SEXUALIZED TOUCHING, THE SEX PRESSURE.

THEY SHOULD LEARN SCIENCE, REAL SCIENCE, ACADEMIC SPORT COMPETITION, NOT ENCOURAGE THEM TO SEX PRESSURE IN CAMPUS.

IT HAPPENED AT LONG HILL.

WE HEARD ABOUT LAST NIGHT FROM SOMEBODY WALKING LONG HILL.

IT HAPPENED IN CAMPUS IN LUNCHBREAK.

NOT JUST TALKING IS TOUCHING BECAUSE THE SCHOOL ENCOURAGES THIS NOT REPORT IS LEGAL.

LEGAL PORN. OK, SO I STILL HAVE PROBLEM TO AS A PARENT TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND HAS TO GET A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THIS, OKAY, COULD I HAVE A LET ME FINISH THIS ONE? SOMETHING HAPPENED IN THE CURRICULUM IS NOT REALLY LIKE YOU THINK.

THEY SAY IT'S SCIENCE. IT'S NOT.

IT'S REALLY SEXUALIZING KIDS, JUST AS THE PARENTS AS COMMON SENSE THE THING ABOUT IT.

I DON'T WANT TO MENTION ABOUT THE POLITICS.

I HAS TO [INAUDIBLE] A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH 20 MINUTES.

MAYBE THIS IS MY LAST TIME.

MY KIDS ARE ALREADY IN PRIVATE SCHOOL.

SO BUT THIS MEETING PLEASE COME OR JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

ALL THE CURRICULUM YOU ARE TEACHING OUR KIDS.

SO MANY PARENTS YESTERDAY, THEY [INAUDIBLE] BONITA [INAUDIBLE] GROUP UP TO THREE HUNDRED TODAY. THANK YOU.

ALL KINDS OF PARENTS.

I INVITE YOU GUYS COME TO OUR GROUP.

IT'S OPEN GROUP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] OKAY, FUTURE MEETING DATES THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING WILL BE ON APRIL 6TH, 2022.

WELL, I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE FOR THE FUTURE AGENDA, BUT ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDA? OK, ADJOURNMENT, THIS MEETING WILL ADJOURN AT 7:55.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.