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YES. PICKING UP FROM THE GROUND.

[2. CALL TO ORDER]

WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:00 P.M..

ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

NUMBER FOUR REQUESTS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEMS. THE PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON AGENDA ITEMS. THE BOARD MAY LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME FOR EACH AGENDA ITEM TO 20 MINUTES.

ANY PERSON WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN AGENDA ITEM MAY BE GRANTED UP TO 3 MINUTES AT THE TIME THE ITEM APPEARS ON THE AGENDA IN THE CASE OF A NON AGENDA ITEM 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 MCDONALD, SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.

ANY PERSON ADDRESSING THE BOARD SHOULD FIRST STATE THEIR NAME IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE DISTRICT AND WE WILL CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION AT 6:01 OR

[5. CLOSED SESSION AGENDA]

OKAY. WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:00 P.M..

[7. CALL TO ORDER]

WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME FOR THIS FLAG SALUTE? READY. BEGIN.

[10. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER AND CONTENT]

ITEM 11 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING.

[11. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING]

AYE. OPPOSED.

THANK YOU. ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER.

WE JUST DID THAT. WELL, THAT WAS IT, RIGHT? OKAY. 12 COMMUNICATIONS FROM OUR STUDENT BOARD REPRESENTATIVES.

[12. COMMUNICATIONS FROM STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES]

GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS AND AUDIENCE.

I KNOW THAT IT'S ONLY BEEN A MONTH SINCE I LAST SPOKE ABOUT MY SCHOOL, BUT HERE AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL, WE NEVER SLOW DOWN WHEN IT COMES TO OUR ATHLETICS, ARTS, ACADEMICS OR ACTIVITIES. OUR ARTS PROGRAM IS KICKING INTO HIGH GEAR AS OUR THEATER DEPARTMENT IS GETTING READY TO PRESENT THE FALL PLAY ENTITLED THE WOLVES.

THE SHOW DATES ARE NOVEMBER 17TH, 18TH AND 19TH, SO BE SURE TO GRAB A TICKET.

OUR MARCHING BAND PROGRAM ALSO WENT OUT FOR OUR FIRST COMPETITION AND TOOK HOME FIRST PLACE IN OUR DIVISION.

AND I PERSONALLY AM SO EXCITED TO SEE HOW FAR WE GO THIS SEASON.

OUR FALL SPORTS HAVE COME TO A CLOSE AND IT WAS QUITE AN AMAZING SEASON FOR THEM ALL.

OUR FIELD HOCKEY TEAM GOT THIRD IN CIF AND FINISHED AS LEAGUE CHAMPS.

WE RECENTLY HAD OUR DANCING THROUGH THE DECADES HOMECOMING DANCE AND RALLY, AND IT WAS SUCH A BLAST.

WE HAD MORE THAN 1100 STUDENTS ATTEND AND IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE ALL OF OUR BEARCAT FAMILY DANCING THE NIGHT AWAY TOGETHER.

FINALLY, FOR ACADEMICS, WE HELD LOTS OF COLLEGE PRESENTATIONS FOR OUR GRADUATING SENIORS FROM SCHOOLS SUCH AS USC, CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, AND HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE.

OUR FIRST QUARTER JUST ENDED, SO STUDENTS ARE GETTING READY TO DO THAT FINAL PUSH TO FINISH OUT THE SEMESTER.

AND OUR AMAZING TEACHERS ARE RIGHT BY OUR SIDE TO HELP US SUCCEED.

FINALLY, I WANT TO LEAVE YOU ALL WITH BONITA'S VISION STATEMENT, WHICH OUR INCREDIBLE STAFF UPHOLDS EVERY DAY.

THE FACULTY AND STAFF OF BONITA HIGH SCHOOL ARE DEDICATED TO CREATING A CULTURE THAT PROVIDES A RIGOROUS, WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION AND PRODUCES CITIZENS WHO ARE COLLEGE AND CAREER READY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU GRISSHOM.

NEXT, WE'LL HAVE NATALIE BOLANOS FROM CHAPARRAL VISTA HIGH SCHOOL.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT WIEN.

PRESIDENT COYNE. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CABINET MEMBERS AND AUDIENCE.

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING IN CLASSROOMS ON CHAP VISTA CAMPUS, CELEBRATIONS, AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS.

OCTOBER 14TH, WE HELD OUR STUDENT OF THE MONTH RALLY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

OUR STUDENT OF THE MONTH FOR CHAPARRAL IS VINNY ORTEGA AND THE STUDENT OF THE MONTH FOR VISTA IS MICHAEL PINEDA.

OUR STAFF MEMBER OF THE MONTH IS MR. PANDO, WHO IS OUR CULINARY ARTS TEACHER.

OUR ADVANCED CULINARY CLASS SERVED UP AN AMAZING ORIGINAL RECIPE OF PUMPKIN PANCAKES WITH HOMEMADE APPLE BUTTER AND WHIPPED CREAM FOR ALL OF OUR TEACHERS SELECTED

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AS YOU HAVE HEARD FROM VARIOUS PORTS, OUR CHAP VISTA FAMILY IS FOCUSED ON EQUITY AND INCLUSION, POSITIVE, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL PRACTICES AND THE MENTAL AND THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.

PART OF OUR RALLY CELEBRATED OUR FIRST OUR VERY FIRST LOVE YOURSELF DAY.

OUR TEACHER, MRS. FOWLER, AND THE RENAISSANCE CLASS MADE THESE BUTTONS LIKE THE ONE I'M WEARING FOR EVERY STUDENT AND STAFF MEMBER WITH THE WORDS I HEART MYSELF WRITTEN ON THEM.

ON THE 21ST OF OCTOBER, WE HELD OUR FIRST RENAISSANCE ASSEMBLY, CELEBRATING THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER AND RECOGNIZING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

PART OF THE ASSEMBLY WAS DEDICATED TO CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

WE WORE PINK OR LIGHT BLUE FOR BREAST CANCER AND PROSTATE CANCER.

WE FORMALLY STOOD UP TO CANCER, HOLDING UP SIGNS WITH NAMES OF LOVED ONES WHO ARE BATTLING OR HAVE BATTLED CANCER, INCLUDING A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

ACADEMIC COLLEGE AND CAREER PREPARATION.

22 CHAPARRAL SENIORS OFFICIALLY APPLIED FOR FAFSA, AND MANY MORE HAVE STARTED THE PROCESS AND ARE IN PROGRESS.

17 SENIORS HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED FOR MOUNT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE.

ONE HAS REGISTERED TO ATTEND LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY AND CITRUS WILL BE JOINING US NEXT MONTH TO GET OUR FUTURE CITRUS BOUND SENIORS REGISTERED.

CHAP IS ON FIRE AND STUDENTS HAVE SET UP FOR SUCCESS.

WE ARE EXCITED FOR ALL THAT IS AHEAD.

SENIORS ENROLLED IN MRS. LIEDLE'S ECONOMICS CLASS JUST COMPLETED IN SHARK TANK.

SHARK TANK IS A PROJECT BASED ASSESSMENT ASSIGNED TO TEACH STUDENTS THE RISK AND REWARD THAT COMES FROM OWNING AND OPERATING YOUR OWN BUSINESS.

STUDENTS ARE ASKED TO DEVELOP A BUSINESS PLAN THEY THINK THAT WOULD DO WELL IN THEIR CURRENT ECONOMY.

THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT IF THEIR BUSINESS IS GOING TO BE GOODS OR SERVICES OR BOTH, AND IF IT IS GOING TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OR WANTS OF SOCIETY. THEY CELEBRATE WITH PEERS TO CONSTRUCT A SALES PITCH THAT REQUIRES THEM TO LET THEIR INVESTORS KNOW WHAT THEIR PRODUCT IS, WHY IT WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL IN OUR CURRENT ECONOMY, WHO THEIR INTENDED CONSUMER WOULD BE, AND HOW ARE THEY GOING TO MARKET TO THAT AUDIENCE TO INCREASE SALES, THEY HAVE TO ORALLY PRESENT THIS PITCH TO AN ADJUDICATING PANEL WHILE ADJUST PROFESSIONALLY TO NOT ONLY INCREASE THEIR PUBLIC SPEAKING CONFIDENCE, BUT ALSO TO HELP THEM PREPARE FOR THEIR SENIOR PROJECT PRESENTATION.

ALSO, OUR ERWC SENIOR ENGLISH STUDENTS ARE WRITING AN ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY FOCUSED ON WRITING PROMPTS THAT COVER CURRICULUM FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMIC CLASSES.

THE THREE TEACHERS COLLABORATING FOR THE ESSAY WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION AND AND SUPPORT ACROSS THE CURRICULUM IN MORE THAN ONE CLASS.

ART. OUR STUDENTS ARE WORKING ON COLOR, PENCIL TILE DESIGNS.

STUDENTS HAVE THE DESIGNS ALL DRAWN UP, AND NOW WE ARE WORKING ON COLOR SCHEMES IN DESIGN AND MIXED MEDIA CLASS STUDENTS ARE APPLYING PAINT THIS WEEK TO COMPLETE THEIR POSTERIZED PORTRAITS. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU.

THIS IS ONE POSTERIZED PORTRAIT I DID OF MY GODSON THAT I ACTUALLY FINISHED.

IT'S JUST A COPY AND IT CAME OUT REALLY GOOD.

[APPLAUSE] ACTIVITIES.

EACH DAY OF RED RIBBON WEEK, WE HELD AN ACTIVITY FOR OUR GUIDANCE CLASSES TO COMPETE AT LUNCH, EMPHASIZING THE NEED FOR HEALTHY CHOICES IN LIFE.

WE SOLVED THE FOOD SCRAMBLE, COMPETED IN A WATER CHUG CONTEST, BOBBED FOR APPLES AND COMPETED IN A BALLOON RELAY.

AND WE STRUCK A YOGA POST CALLED STANDING TREE TO SEE WHO COULD HOLD IT THE LONGEST.

CHAP VISTA IS STARTING UP SOME NEW SCHOOL CLUBS INITIATED BY STUDENTS.

STUDENT NICOLE GODDESS WILL LEAD AN ORGANIZED SPORTS CLUB PROMOTING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.

THE CLUB'S FOCUS IS RECREATIONAL BUT COMPETITIVE.

THERE IS ALSO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB HOSTED BY STUDENT TRINITY RIVERA.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLUB IS TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HUMAN ACTIONS AND OUR ENVIRONMENT AND EDUCATE THE SCHOOL'S COMMUNITY OF STEPS THAT CAN BE TAKEN TO IMPROVE OUR ENVIRONMENT.

SPORTS. OUR FOOTBALL TEAM COMPLETED ITS UNDEFEATED SEASON, AND THIS MORNING WE PLAYED OUR FIRST BASKETBALL GAME AGAINST SIERRA HIGH SCHOOL.

I WANT TO THANK THE SAN DIMAS SAINTS FOR ALLOWING US TO USE OUR GYM TO PLAY OUR HOME GAMES.

OUR NEXT GAME IS AGAINST MOUNT OLIVE [INAUDIBLE] HIGH SCHOOL ON NOVEMBER 10TH.

WE CONTINUE WITH OUR HORSESHOE TOURNAMENT WITH SEVERAL MORE TEAMS BEING ELIMINATED FROM THIS DOUBLE ELIMINATION COMPETITION.

IT'S GETTING REALLY SCARY.

[LAUGHTER]WE ARE HOPEFUL THE WEATHER WILL COOPERATE WITH US WITH OUR SCHEDULE MATCHES.

LASTLY, THE BULLDOGS ARE VERY EXCITED FOR OUR UPCOMING THANKSGIVING ACTIVITIES HIGHLIGHTED BY OUR ANNUAL THANKSGIVING OLYMPICS AND FEAST ON NOVEMBER 18TH.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY BROTHER WHO CAME FROM THE NAVY WHO CAME TO SUPPORT ME TODAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, NATALIE.

NEXT WE'LL HAVE JAYDEN MIRANDA FROM SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL, PLEASE.

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SAN DIMAS HAS BEEN DOING GREAT THESE LAST FOUR WEEKS FOR OUR ATHLETICS.

VOLLEYBALL WENT UNDEFEATED IN LEAGUE AND PLAYED ROUND ONE OF CIF.

UNFORTUNATELY, THEY COULD NOT PULL AWAY WITH THE WIN, BUT THEY HAD AN AMAZING SEASON.

WE HAVE THREE SENIORS SIGNING THEIR LETTER OF INTENT TO FURTHER THEIR ATHLETIC AND ACADEMIC CAREERS AT A COLLEGIATE LEVEL.

BOYS WATER POLO WAS ABLE TO SECURE THE LEAGUE TITLE THIS YEAR WITH AN IMPRESSIVE EIGHT AND ONE RECORD IN LEAGUE.

THE BOYS TOOK ON PALM SPRINGS YESTERDAY AND PULLED AWAY WITH THE WIN 22 THREE.

AND THEY ARE IN DIVISION 5AND THEY'RE SEATED NUMBER TWO.

TODAY WE HAD OUR GIRLS TENNIS TEAM PLAY ROUND ONE IN CIF.

THEY ALSO WENT UNDEFEATED IN LEAGUE THIS YEAR.

ON TO ACADEMICS.

WE HAD 148 SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS TAKE THE PSAT.

OUR BIO-MEDICAL CLASS HAD A DETECTIVE AS A GUEST SPEAKER.

THEY SET UP A CRIME SCENE AND ATTEMPTED TO SOLVE THE CRIME.

THE ST. SCROLL, WHICH IS OUR SCHOOL NEWSPAPER, WAS JUST RELEASED.

THE STUDENTS DID A GREAT JOB UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MRS. LEHRMAN. THERE'S ALSO A GREAT TRIBUTE TO OUR BELOVED SUBSTITUTE TEACHER, MR. ROCK.

ONTO OUR ARTS. THE CHOIR HAD ITS FALL CONCERT.

STUDENTS LEARN TO SING AND SPEAK IN 3 TO 4 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.

THE BCA WAS FILLED.

THE BAND COMPETED IN THE FALL STATE FIELD SHOW COMPETITION, QUALIFYING ROUNDS IN WHITTIER AND SAN DIEGO.

AND NOW INTO OUR ACTIVITIES.

WE HAD A CRAZY HOMECOMING.

AS MANY OF YOU GUYS KNOW, IT POURED ON OUR OUTSIDE VENUE.

IT WAS, HEY, BUT EVERYBODY HAD A GOOD TIME.

ACTUALLY, A LOT OF KIDS I'VE ASKED HAD IT FELT LIKE IT WAS STRAIGHT OUT OF A MOVIE, WHICH IS THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING.

THE WEEK STARTED SUCCESSFUL WITH A RALLY WHERE WE HIGHLIGHTED OUR HOMECOMING KING, BRIAN FREELAND.

WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL PARADE WHERE WE INCLUDED OUR SCHOOL OFFICIALS, GRADE SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE.

THE FOOTBALL GAME FOLLOWED THAT NIGHT WHERE WE CROWNED OUR HOMECOMING QUEEN, FRANKIE COLEMAN.

WE ALSO CELEBRATED DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS WITH FUN FILLED EVENTS IN OUR QUAD WHILE ALSO CELEBRATING HALLOWEEN.

OUR TWO MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST, MR. FLOWERS AND MS. ZUNIGA ALSO PUT ON A THING FOR THE DECEASED, AND WE WROTE STICKY NOTES SAYING HOW WE MISS EVERYBODY.

AND IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED, BUT THE THING WHERE THEY OFRENDA THERE WE GO.

SORRY, BUT YEAH, THEY STUDENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING A PICTURE OF ONE OF THEIR DECEASED LOVED ONES THAT ADD IT TO THE OFRENDA AND ALL THE STUDENTS REALLY ENJOYED THOSE EVENTS. I'M EXCITED FOR WHAT THIS NEXT MONTH HAS TO OFFER AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE.

NEXT, WE'LL HAVE FEATURED PRESENTATIONS.

[13. FEATURED PRESENTATIONS]

THIS INNOVATIVE PROGRAM, WHICH LAUNCHED IN 2015, ALLOWS STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS TO ATTEND SCHOOL WITH THEIR PEERS.

OUR PRESCHOOL PROGRAM WAS RECENTLY SELECTED BY THE CALIFORNIA EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AS AN EXEMPLAR, INNOVATIVE AND INCLUSIVE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM.

SPEAKING TONIGHT TO AWARD OUR OUTSTANDING STAFF WHO RUN THE PROGRAM, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF SPECIALIZED SERVICES, DANIELLE WALKER.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, MR. WIEN AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

AS MR. WIEN SHARED, OUR BLAST PRESCHOOL PROGRAM WAS SELECTED AS AN EXEMPLAR, INNOVATIVE AND INCLUSIVE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM.

THIS WAS QUITE THE HONOR, AS THERE WERE 48 APPLICANTS FROM ACROSS THE STATE THAT APPLIED, AND WE WERE THRILLED TO BE THE ONE OF TWO DISTRICTS RECOGNIZED.

FROM ITS INCEPTION, THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, EVEN DURING THE SELECTION PROCESS OF THIS RECOGNITION, WHICH INCLUDED BOTH A WRITTEN APPLICATION AND AN INTERVIEW. THE TEAM WORKED TOGETHER TO APPLY EACH MEMBER SHARING THEIR CONTRIBUTION TOWARD CREATING A MODEL INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT.

AS PART OF THE GRANT, WE WILL BE SHARING OUR EXEMPLAR PROGRAM WITH OTHER DISTRICTS AND SELPAS, WHICH IN TURN WILL POSITIVELY IMPACT PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS AND THEREFORE STUDENTS, BOTH WITH AND WITHOUT IEPS ACROSS CALIFORNIA, WE HAVE TWO PROGRAMS IN OUR DISTRICT ONE AT GRACE MILLER ELEMENTARY AND ONE AT SHULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE BOTH THE GRACE MILLER TEAM AND THE SHULL TEAM AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM SO YOU CAN BE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR YOUNGEST STUDENTS AND YOUR DEDICATION TO INCLUSIVITY.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT HAS MADE OUR PRESCHOOL AN EXEMPLAR EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAM, AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE EACH OF YOU.

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[APPLAUSE]. MATT.

CAN I HAVE A SECOND. I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU GUYS ON YOUR DEDICATION.

ONE BIG THING WE JUST HAD THIS LAST MONTH WAS A SPECIAL ED SELPA WIDE ART FESTIVAL.

ALL THESE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS LIKE GRACE MILLER WOULD MAKE PROJECTS.

IT WAS AT ROYAL OAK AND CHARTER OAK.

AND IT'S JUST FOR ALL KIDS ACROSS THE SELPA WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

AND SOME OF OUR DEDICATED PEOPLE LIKE TAYLOR SMITH AND DANIELLE WALKER.

WE'RE SETTING UP BOOTHS, MAKING CLAY, LEADING CLAY SCULPTURES WITH KIDS.

SO. I LOVE YOUR DEDICATION.

WE COULDN'T BE HAPPIER TO HAVE ALL YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.

NEXT. NEXT, WE'LL HAVE THE RECOGNITION OF THE LA VERNE SAN DIMAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION TEACHER MINI GRANT AWARD RECIPIENTS, AND MATT WILL DO THE INTRODUCTION.

LA VERNE SAN DIMAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION IS A GENEROUS SUPPORTER OF OUR TEACHERS IN BONITA UNIFIED.

TONIGHT, THE FOUNDATION WILL RECOGNIZE TEACHERS WHO ARE AWARDED MONEY FROM THE FOUNDATION'S TEACHER MINI GRANT PROGRAM.

THIS YEAR, THE FOUNDATION DONATED NEARLY $13,000 WORTH OF GRANTS FOR 39 PROJECTS.

SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE FOUNDATION, MICHELLE RIDDELL.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR INVITING US THIS EVENING.

WE ARE TRULY BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH OUR TEACHERS THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT TO FOR AN UNPARALLELED AMOUNT OF MINI GRANTS THIS YEAR, WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO FUND THROUGH OUR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS LIKE OUR ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, MANY OF OUR TEACHERS ARE HERE THIS EVENING.

OUR MINI GRANTS BASICALLY GO TO FILL IN SOME OF THOSE GAPS AND ENHANCE OUR TEACHER PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHETHER IT'S IN THE CLASSROOMS OR FUNDAMENTAL THINGS IN OUR LIBRARIES OR SPECIAL SERVICES.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ANTHONY PORTER, WHO'S OUR PRESIDENT OF THE FOUNDATION.

SELINA IS OUR SECRETARY.

VICKI AND MYSELF ARE ON OUR PR COMMITTEE, AND SEVERAL OF YOU ARE MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD AS WELL.

AS MATT MENTIONED, WE WERE ABLE TO FUND 39 OF 53 ENTRIES THIS YEAR, EITHER PARTIALLY OR FULLY, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PTAS AND OUR SCHOOLS TO TRY AND FILL THE GAP TO GET THE REST OF THAT 53 FUNDED.

AND IT WAS FOR A REMARKABLE ALMOST $13,000.

SO THIS EVENING, AS I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU CAN COME FORWARD AND RECEIVE YOUR CHECKS AND YOUR CERTIFICATES, IF YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW THE PERSON ISN'T HERE THIS EVENING, IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND PICK UP THEIR, IF A REPRESENTATIVE CAN GO AHEAD AND PICK UP THEIR CHECKS AND THEIR CERTIFICATES FOR THEM.

ALL RIGHT. FIRST WE HAVE LAURA ELDRIDGE FROM ROYNON ELEMENTARY.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. JOHN MCCLUCKEY, BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.

[APPLAUSE] COURTNEY VITAL FOR CHAP VISTA HIGH SCHOOL.

KELLY BOCKMAN FROM CHAP VISTA HIGH SCHOOL.

CHELSEA WEIRICH FROM EKSTRAND ELEMENTARY.

[APPLAUSE] JENNIFER SVOTA, EKSTRAND ELEMENTARY . [APPLAUSE] KELLY STELLESE, EKSTRAND ELEMENTARY.

[APPLAUSE] KELSEY BERMUDEZ, EKSTRAND ELEMENTARY.

[APPLAUSE] LARISSA GOTTO EKSTRAND ELEMENTARY.

[APPLAUSE] GRACE GLADSTONE ELEMENTARY.

[APPLAUSE] TIFFANY HUEY, GRACE MILLER ELEMENTARY.

[APPLAUSE] JEN [INAUDIBLE] FROM LA VERNE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

CARLA INIGUEZ FROM LA VERNE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY.

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[APPLAUSE] ALISHA SALDANHA FROM LONE HILL MIDDLE.

[APPLAUSE] GABRIELLE NAVARRO, LONE HILL MIDDLE.

[APPLAUSE] JENNIFER POTTER, LONE HILL MIDDLE.

CARRIE COOPER, LONE HILL MIDDLE.

[APPLAUSE] KEVIN AMAGEN LONE HILL MIDDLE.

[APPLAUSE] LESLIE ALZADAY LONE HILL MIDDLE.

MARLESSE MARTINEZ, LONE HILL MIDDLE.

MICHELLE CRUZ LONE HILL MIDDLE.

[APPLAUSE] TIFFANY CAREY LONE HILL MIDDLE.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. AMANDA NISHIDA, OAK MESA ELEMENTARY.[APPLAUSE] COURTNEY BOYLE, OAK MESA ELEMENTARY.

[APPLAUSE] DIANA NARUSE OAK MESA ELEMENTARY.

[APPLAUSE] MARY FAVELA, OAK MESA ELEMENTARY.[APPLAUSE] BRANDON OLNEY, RAMONA MIDDLE.

[APPLAUSE] ROXANNE LARSEN, RAMONA MIDDLE.

[APPLAUSE] TRACIE LYNNHEIR, RAMONA MIDDLE.

[APPLAUSE]. KIRYAGA PETA AND MARY UDRIAH ROYNON ELEMENTARY.

[APPLAUSE] HEIDI TORRES, ROYNON ELEMENTARY.

[APPLAUSE] KERRY SPIVEY, ROYNON ELEMENTARY [APPLAUSE].

LORI DUKOWSKY, ROYNON ELEMENTARY.

MEGAN SHOCKEY, ROYNON ELEMENTARY.

[APPLAUSE] ARMANDO JAQUEZ, SAN DIMAS HIGH . [APPLAUSE] E. DOMINIC BLACK, SAN DIMAS HIGH.

[APPLAUSE] AND MONICA REDD FOX FROM SAN DIMAS HIGH.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU ALL FOR APPLYING AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR KIDS.

WE APPRECIATE IT. YAY! [APPLAUSE] KATHLEEN MARTINEZ.

KATHLEEN. YES.

[LAUGHTER] DO I NOT READ IT? WE CALLED IT OUT DIDN'T WE? I DIDN'T HEAR.

SMILE, PLEASE.

COME ON. COME ON.

I HAVE A FACEBOOK FRIEND.

IT'S NICE THAT A LOT OF PRINCIPALS AND VICE PRINCIPALS SHOWED UP TOO.

[INAUDIBLE] YOU GUYS AREN'T GOING TO STAY.

HELLO. HI.

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OKAY. NEXT, WE WILL HAVE THE COUNSELING SERVICES REPORT, MR. WIEN. SO OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, BONITA UNIFIED HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO SERVICES THAT WILL ENHANCE THEIR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING. TONIGHT, AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE PROVIDED AND WE'LL CONCENTRATE ON THE IMPACT OF THE STAFF AND PROGRAMS DURING THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR.

HERE TO PROVIDE THAT REPORT, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES, MARK ROGERS.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

APPRECIATE SOME TIME TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT OUR COUNSELING AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT PROGRAMS. FIRST OF ALL, KIND OF JUST INTRODUCE YOU TO THE TEAM.

WE CALL THIS THE EXTENDED WELLNESS TEAM.

SO WE HAVE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SPECIALISTS WHO ARE LICENSED THERAPISTS, EITHER MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY OR SOCIAL WORK LICENSES, 14 OF THOSE ARE 16 GUIDANCE COUNSELORS WHO ARE CREDENTIALED COUNSELORS.

THREE DIS ERMHS COUNSELORS.

THAT'S ONE OF THE BEEFIEST ACRONYMS YOU'LL SEE.

SO IT TAKES THE WHOLE PAGE TO DEFINE IT DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM.

OUR 12 SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST DIS ERMHS BY THE WAY, ARE TYPICALLY LICENSED COUNSELORS WHO PROVIDE COUNSELING SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE COUNSELING IN THEIR IEPS.

AND THEY HOLD SIMILAR LICENSES TO WHAT OUR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SPECIALISTS HOLD.

OUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS WE HAVE FOUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST INTERNS THIS YEAR TWO SOCIAL WORKERS WHO BEGAN AS OUR FOSTER YOUTH LIAISONS.

WE'RE EXPANDING THAT HAVE BEEN IN THIS YEAR WE HAVE NINE SOCIAL WORK INTERNS AND OF COURSE, OUR 24 SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS WHO SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTE TO THAT.

YOU TOTAL ALL THIS UP.

THIS TEAM'S ABOUT 80 PEOPLE WHO WORK TOWARDS SUPPORTING THE GENERAL WELLNESS OF OUR STUDENTS.

TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR JOURNEY SINCE 2019.

THIS STARTED JUST BEFORE COVID, SO WE WERE A BIT AHEAD OF THE GAME ON THIS.

2019, WE HIRED OUR FIRST GROUP OF EIGHT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SPECIALISTS ALL AT ONCE.

OVER ONE SUMMER WE BROUGHT THAT WHOLE TEAM OF EIGHT IN TOGETHER, WHICH WAS BY DESIGN.

WE WANTED TO ESTABLISH ESSENTIALLY THAT WHOLE LEVEL AND NOT KIND OF PIECE IT IN; ONE AT EACH OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS, ONE FOR EVERY OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

IT TOOK US ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO REALIZE THAT ONE PER SECONDARY SCHOOL WAS NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH.

SO WE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT.

SO OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, WE HIRED AN ADDITIONAL FORCE AND WE NOW HAVE TWO FULL TIME MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SPECIALISTS AT EACH OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

AND THEIR CASELOADS ALSO FILLED UP FAIRLY QUICKLY.

AND THEN CHAPARRAL VISTA ALSO FUNDS TWO ADDITIONAL COUNSELORS THROUGH A GRANT THAT COMES THROUGH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE TOTAL OF OUR CURRENT 14 COME FROM.

AND WE'LL TALK A BIT AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION ABOUT KIND OF AS WE LOOK FORWARD, WHAT DO WE IMAGINE THIS COMPLETE SYSTEM LOOKING LIKE? JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE DO IN TERMS OF COUNSELING AND WELLNESS.

THE FIRST FEW BULLETS ARE THINGS THAT GUIDANCE COUNSELORS HAVE DONE FOR MANY YEARS.

THIS ACADEMIC SUPPORT IS HELPING KIDS GET INTO COLLEGE, WORKING WITH STUDENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING.

A LOT OF WHAT WE JUST GENERALLY CALL PERSONAL SOCIAL ISSUES, RELATIONAL ISSUES, SUPPORT AND INTERVENTION FOR THINGS LIKE ATTENDANCE OR OTHER ISSUES THAT MAY BE CAUSING STUDENTS TO STRUGGLE IN SCHOOL.

WE NOW HAVE A WHOLE, WHAT I CALL A THERAPEUTIC SUPPORT LAYER.

THAT'S PRIMARILY WHAT OUR LICENSED COUNSELORS DO, INCLUDING DIRECT INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING AND GROUP COUNSELING, THAT REALLY EXACTLY THE SAME AS WHAT A STUDENT MAY ACCESS IN A CLINIC FROM A LICENSED SUPPORT PERSON.

WE NOW HAVE THOSE EMBEDDED IN SCHOOLS.

THE ELEMENTARY IN PARTICULAR, CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO WHAT WE CALL OUR KIND OF FOUNDATIONAL OR WHAT MIGHT BE CALLED TIER ONE SUPPORT SYSTEMS, MEANING THOSE THINGS YOU DO FOR ALL STUDENTS AROUND MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS.

SECOND STEP IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.

AND THEN OF COURSE, WELLNESS, RESOURCES, INFORMATION.

AND NOW WE HAVE A SOCIAL WORK SERVICES DEPARTMENT WHERE WE SUPPORT FAMILIES WITH ISSUES THAT MAY EXIST OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL WALLS THAT ARE CAUSING ISSUES WITH EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS AND REALLY BUILDING THAT PROGRAM THROUGH OUR TWO SOCIAL WORKERS AND THE INTERN PROGRAM.

NOW, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO MEASURE THE IMPACT OF COUNSELING BECAUSE COUNSELING IS A LOT ABOUT MAINTAINING STABILITY AND PREVENTING CRISIS.

SO IT'S OFTEN MEASURED BY WHAT DOES NOT HAPPEN, WHICH IS A BIT HARD TO QUANTIFY.

BUT WE DO MEASURE COUNSELING CONTACTS DURING THE 2021, 2022 SCHOOL YEAR IN AREAS IN WHAT WE CALL INTERVENTIONS.

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AND I GUARANTEE YOU THAT WAS NOT EVEN HALF OF THE ACTUAL CONTACTS BECAUSE THAT MEANT IT WAS ENOUGH FOR THEM TO WRITE IT DOWN.

MANY CONTACTS ARE MORE CASUAL, BUT JUST AS IMPORTANT ABOUT A LITTLE UNDER OVER 13,000 WERE FOR PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND OVER 9000 FOR ACADEMIC SUPPORT, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER CATEGORIES THAT WERE A BIT SMALLER.

THIS YEAR WE ADDED A SPECIFIC CATEGORY TO HELP US TRACK SOCIAL WORK CONTACTS WHERE THAT WAS SPECIFIC, MAYBE WORKING WITH THE FAMILY FOR FOOD OR HOUSING OR SOMETHING.

OF OVER 4200 INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS HAD COUNSELING CONTACTS, ONE OR MORE CONTACTS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT'S AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT SIX CONTACTS PER KID IN TERMS OF WHAT WAS RECORDED.

SOME MAY HAVE HAD ONE TO TALK ABOUT GETTING INTO COLLEGE.

OTHERS MAY HAVE BEEN SEEING A COUNSELOR TWICE A MONTH FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE WE DO LOG THERAPY SESSIONS AND THAT KIND OF THING.

AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THERE WERE ABOUT 700 STUDENTS WHO WERE ON ONE OF OUR COUNSELORS CASELOAD, MEANING THEY WERE RECEIVING REGULAR THERAPEUTIC SUPPORT.

PRIOR TO 2019 THAT CASELOAD WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST THE DIS ERMHS COUNSELORS AND WOULD HAVE BEEN MAYBE 100 TO 150 STUDENTS.

SO IT IS A HUGE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS RECEIVING DIRECT, THERAPEUTIC, ONGOING SUPPORT THROUGH SOMEONE WHO WORKS FOR THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE REALIZED PRIOR TO 2019.

I'LL KIND OF GET TO THAT IN A SEC, THAT WE KIND OF ALSO LEVERAGE COMMUNITY RESOURCES, BUT THERE WAS A LIMIT TO THAT UNTIL WE PUT IT ON OUR CAMPUSES, IT WAS NOT REALLY GOING TO HAVE THE IMPACT WE WERE HOPING FOR.

BUT SINCE WE'VE DONE THAT, IT IS ABSOLUTELY WE'RE SEEING THE IMPACT OF IT IN THE NUMBER OF CONTACTS AND THE NUMBER OF KIDS RECEIVING THERAPY.

A FEW OTHER KIND OF WELLNESS AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS IN ADDITION TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE PARTNER WITH A GROUP CALLED CARE SOLACE, AND THEY DO WHAT WE CALL A WARM HANDOFF.

A COLD HANDOFF IS GIVING YOU A WEBSITE OR A PHONE NUMBER.

A WARM HANDOFF MEANS SOMEONE IS WORKING WITH YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS.

CARE SOLACE HAS TWO OPTIONS.

THEY HAVE A SEMI WARM, ANONYMOUS SEARCH, BUT IT'S EXTENSIVE.

IT'S 10 OR 12 QUESTIONS THAT ARE ANSWERED.

AND THEN THE END PRODUCT IS A LIST OF LOCAL THERAPISTS OR DRUG REHABILITATION CENTERS THAT MEET THE CRITERIA THAT YOU PUT IN.

AND THEN BUT THEY CAN ALSO CALL CARE SOLACE AND GET CONNECTED TO A HUMAN BEING WHO WILL WALK THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS, INCLUDING HELPING THEM NAVIGATE INSURANCE AND FIND A THERAPIST. AND THEN WE TRACK WHAT'S CALLED AN APPOINTMENT INTO CARE, WHICH MEANS THEY HAD A VERIFIED FIRST APPOINTMENT WITH A THERAPIST.

WE HAD 141 OF THOSE LAST YEAR.

THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE 700 KIDS WHO WE WERE SEEING.

AND THIS IS AVAILABLE TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

SO FAR THIS YEAR, ALMOST HALF OF OUR REFERRALS IN CARE SOLACE HAVE BEEN FOR ADULTS.

SO BOTH FOR OUR STAFF AS WELL AS PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND CARE SOLACE SETS THAT UP ON PURPOSE.

IT'S NOT LIKE PEOPLE ARE SNEAKING IN THE PURPOSE IS YOU OPEN IT TO THE COMMUNITY AND WHOEVER NEEDS ASSISTANCE CAN GET IT.

WE'RE ALSO COLLECTING SOCIAL EMOTIONAL DATA THROUGH A SYSTEM CALLED PANORAMA, AND THAT'S LIKE IN THE PRESENTATIONS YOU HEARD FROM THE PRINCIPALS WHERE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE SENSE OF BELONGING.

THIS IS WHERE THAT KIND OF DATA IS COMING FROM.

AND SO WE DO THAT TWICE A YEAR.

IT STOPPED A BIT DURING COVID, BUT WE HAVE REINSTITUTED THAT IT ACTUALLY STARTED JUST BEFORE COVID AND WE HAVE BROUGHT THAT BACK.

AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT DATA.

WE HAVE A SUICIDE RISK ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR A WHILE THAT ALL OF OUR PSYCHOLOGISTS AND MENTAL HEALTH FOLKS ARE TRAINED ON.

WE DO SUICIDE AWARENESS TRAINING FOR STAFF.

THE GOAL IS TO OFFER IT TO EVERY STAFF MEMBER.

WE DO IT PRIMARILY IN STAFF MEETINGS, AND THEN I DO A COUPLE OF ZOOM SESSIONS FOR ANYONE ELSE WHO COULDN'T GET TO A STAFF MEETING.

AND THEN WE MAINTAIN SEVERAL WELLNESS RESOURCES WEBSITES, ONE AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL AND THEN INDIVIDUAL COUNSELORS ALSO SOMETIMES SET UP SITES WHERE PEOPLE CAN JUST FIND HELPFUL INFORMATION, THINGS TO DO, HOW TO TALK TO KIDS AND THAT SORT OF THING, AS WELL AS LINKS TO OUTSIDE RESOURCES.

WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS WE HAVE OUR TWO LOCAL COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, TRI-CITY ON THE LA VERNE SIDE AND MCKINLEY ON THE SAN DIMAS SIDE. IT'S ONE OF MANY THINGS THAT ARE INTERESTING ABOUT A TWO CITY DISTRICT.

WE HAVE RIGHT TO DIFFERENT POLICE DEPARTMENTS, TWO DIFFERENT MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS.

SO WE DO SCHOOL BASED COUNSELING THROUGH BOTH OF THEM, WHERE THEY SEND EITHER INTERNS OR THERAPISTS ONTO CAMPUS TO MEET WITH KIDS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY INCREASE THAT 700 I TALKED ABOUT WOULD NOT HAVE EVEN INCLUDED THESE CASELOADS.

SO THAT WOULD MAKE THIS EVEN BIGGER.

AND WE'RE ALSO PART OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR A GRANT THAT TRI-CITY RECENTLY ONE CALLED THE MENTAL HEALTH STUDENT SERVICES ACT.

SO WE'RE ONE OF THEIR DISTRICT PARTNERS AND AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER THAT I ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS.

AND WHAT I'M PARTICULARLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IS THEY'RE GOING TO BE THEY ARE GOING TO BE CREATING A LOCAL CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM THAT OPERATES JUST HERE IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.

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SO ACCESS CAN BE UNPREDICTABLE, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO DEVELOP ONE THAT WILL BE MORE ACCESSIBLE, PARTICULARLY TO THE THREE DISTRICTS THAT MAKE UP TRI-CITY, WHICH IS US, POMONA AND CLAREMONT.

SO THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS TO ROLL OUT.

JUST STARTED THIS YEAR WE'RE IN THE PLANNING PHASE, BUT WE'RE A PART OF THAT PROCESS AS WELL.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE ADDED A LOT OF INTERNAL MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, WE DO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO FIND EVERY RESOURCE POSSIBLE TO REACH AS MANY KIDS AS WE CAN. AND THEN WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS WE KIND OF HEAD TOWARDS THE FUTURE.

WE HAVE SOMETHING JUST SIMPLY CALLED THE WELLNESS PROJECT.

IT INVOLVES ALL 80 OF THE PEOPLE FROM THE FIRST SLIDE.

OUR FIRST BIG MEETING IS ACTUALLY NEXT WEEK WHERE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE DATA THAT WE JUST COLLECTED IN PANORAMA AND HAVE KIND OF A STRUCTURED CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT THAT'S TELLING US. SO IT'LL BE THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE THAT WITH A GROUP THAT LARGE.

WE ARE WORKING ON A CRISIS RESPONSE AND INTERVENTION PROTOCOL THAT WILL BE KIND OF IN ADDITION TO OUR SUICIDE RISK ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL THEY HAVE A BROADER UMBRELLA THAT INCLUDES THREAT ASSESSMENT AS WELL AS HOW DO YOU RESPOND WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL STUDENT OR A GROUP OF STUDENTS HAS A CRISIS, LIKE IF A CLASSMATE PASSES AWAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO DO THAT.

MOST OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SPECIALISTS ARE GOING THROUGH DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY TRAINING, WHICH I DON'T KNOW A TON ABOUT.

BUT FROM WHAT I'VE READ, IT'S REALLY JUST A THERAPY TECHNIQUE THAT LOTS OF FOLKS ARE GETTING TRAINED ON.

SO IT JUST GIVES US ANOTHER LAYER OF EXPERTISE AMONG THE PEOPLE THAT WE EMPLOY.

I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY NEXT WEEK AS WELL.

WE ARE DEVELOPING STUDENT SUICIDE AWARENESS, EDUCATION, RESOURCES.

THEY COME PRIMARILY FROM RESEARCH CALLED ERIKA'S LIGHTHOUSE, WHICH IS A FREE NATIONAL RESOURCE, SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO TRAIN STUDENTS ON SUICIDE AWARENESS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THAT'S BEGINNING TO ROLL OUT.

WE'RE DEVELOPING A SOCIAL WORK SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WHICH WE'RE EXPANDING KIND OF FROM THE FOSTER YOUTH.

WE'RE HOPING TO WORK WITH PTA ON A SPRING WELLNESS CONFERENCE, VERY HOPEFUL THAT COVID COOPERATES WITH THAT.

WE'LL HAVE TO SEE. I WOULD LOVE FOR IT TO BE IN PERSON AND NOT VIRTUAL NOW THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO THAT WE DID THAT LITERALLY.

I THINK WE HAD A SESSION WE DID A WORKSHOP ON THE TUESDAY BEFORE WE CLOSED SCHOOLS IN 2020.

IT WAS LIKE THE LAST DISTRICT EVENT THAT I DID IT WAS LIKE A SPRING MINI CONFERENCE ON WELLNESS.

AND SO WE'RE NOW GETTING BACK TO THAT.

AND THEN IN TERMS OF FUTURE STAFFING, WHEN WE SORT OF THINK OF THIS EXPANSION PROJECT AND WHERE WE BELIEVE KIND OF WHAT WE'RE GETTING TO THE GOLD STANDARD IS WE WOULD WANT TO LAND AT ONE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SPECIALIST AT EACH OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS INSTEAD OF SPLITTING BETWEEN TWO.

SO THAT'S FOUR MORE.

AND THEN AN EXPANSION OF OUR DIS ERMHS PROGRAM TO KIND OF ACCOMMODATE THOSE CASELOADS GROW YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.

WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE.

FOUR WOULD REALLY KIND OF FINISH THAT OFF.

SO JUST NEED FIVE MORE FULL TIME COUNSELORS AND WE ARE GOOD TO GO.

BUT THE WAY WE'VE APPROACHED THIS, WE'VE KIND OF DISCOVERED IF WE HIRE PEOPLE IT'S A BIT UNUSUAL THAT IT'S EXTREMELY DECENTRALIZED. SO THE GOAL IS WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF MAKE A FRAMEWORK FOR THIS.

WE'RE GOING TO HIRE REALLY GOOD PEOPLE AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT 100% OF OUR RESOURCES OUT INTO THE SCHOOLS WORKING WITH KIDS AND STAFF.

WE DIDN'T HIRE A LEAD COUNSELOR.

I KIND OF WORK WITH THESE FOLKS.

I DON'T HAVE A COUNSELING BACKGROUND.

I'M JUST KIND OF THEIR LIAISON.

AND THAT HAS WORKED EXTREMELY WELL.

THOSE EIGHT PEOPLE WE HIRED IN 2019 ARE ALL STILL HERE AND ALL IN THEIR ORIGINAL ASSIGNMENTS.

SO IT'S AN UNUSUAL MODEL THAT HAS WORKED EXTREMELY WELL FOR US.

ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, FIRST, WELL DONE.

IT'S A GREAT PRESENTATION.

WHEN YOU I GUESS I WOULD REQUEST MAYBE A COPY OF THE DATA YOU'RE GOING TO BE SHARING FROM THE PANORAMA.

SURE. AND MAYBE, LIKE, JUST TO SEE WHAT THE PRESENTATION IS.

THIS SEEMS AMAZING. AND I JUST KIND OF WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT WHAT OTHERS PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT AS WELL.

YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE LIGHTHOUSE WEBSITE.

ERIKA'S LIGHTHOUSE YEAH.

I'LL LOOK IT UP FIRST BEFORE I ASK ANOTHER QUESTION, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION IT'S WELL DONE.

THANK YOU.

MARK. YOU DID HAVE DATA.

IT WAS JUST CONTACT NUMBERS RIGHT.

DO YOU HAVE OTHER DATA? WELL, YEAH.

I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, IT'S WE HAVE ANECDOTAL DATA, YOU KNOW, FROM STORIES THAT WE HEAR.

WE WILL HAVE DATA THIS WILL REFLECT IN PANORAMA.

THAT'S PART OF WHY WE DO THIS TWICE A YEAR THAT WE KIND OF LOOK AT THAT DATA BECAUSE THAT'S SELF REPORTED DATA FROM STUDENTS ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THINGS AND HOW THEY PERCEIVE THINGS AND THEN COMPARE IT IN THE SPRING.

SO WE'LL HAVE DATA.

SO LONGITUDINAL DATA IS WHAT I'M GOING FOR.

FOR SURE. YEAH, OVER TIME, COMPARISON DATA.

YEAH. WE HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THAT.

YEAH. THIS DATA, THIS TYPE OF DATA COLLECTION, WE'VE DONE.

REFERRALS. YES.

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SO JUST KIND OF WORK WITH ME ON THIS.

SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, HOW MUCH OF OUR CONTACTS AND MAYBE IT'S FAIR IF YOU COULD KIND OF DIVIDE IT BETWEEN ELEMENTARY AND OUR SECONDARY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.

HOW MUCH OF OUR CONTACTS INVOLVE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.

YEAH, AS A PERCENTAGE, IT'S RELATIVELY SMALL.

WE HAVE ACTUALLY EXPLICIT DATA IN CARE SOLACE THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION THAT IS SELF REPORTED.

WHY ARE YOU HERE? AND THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE ANSWERS IN CARE SOLACE THAT'S USUALLY LESS THAN 5%.

OUR TOP CATEGORIES BY FAR ARE ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION, AND THAT PROBABLY WOULD BE REFLECTED.

WE DON'T EXPLICITLY COLLECT THAT DATA LIKE IN AREAS THAT I KNOW.

I KNOW THE STUDENT WAS HERE FOR A SOCIAL EMOTIONAL ISSUE, BUT I DON'T KNOW PRECISELY WHAT THE ISSUE WAS.

BUT I WOULD SAY THAT WOULD BE REFLECTIVE THAT THE VAST MAJORITY ARE COMING FOR ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, AND THEN THE NEXT WOULD BE A VARIETY OF FAMILY ISSUES THAT A STUDENT IS GOING THROUGH DIVORCE, A DEATH IN THE FAMILY, THAT KIND OF THING.

SO AGAIN, I'D BE VERY INTERESTED.

IT'S KIND OF A BIG ASK BECAUSE IT DOES REQUIRE SOME WORK HERE, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU HAVE PARTNERS BECAUSE YOU'RE COLLECTING DATA IN DIFFERENT FORMATS WITH DIFFERENT TOOLS AND SO ON. AND I WONDER SOMEDAY IF WE COULD CONNECT THE DOTS BETWEEN THIS TYPE OF DATA AND THEN THINGS LIKE INTELLECTUAL DISORDERS AND SPECIAL ED AND SO ON, IT MIGHT BE VERY USEFUL AND ACTUALLY PRETTY INSIGHTFUL.

YEAH. TO GIVE US SOME CLUES ABOUT NEEDS ASSESSMENTS AND REALLY INFORM OUR TEAMS AS TO BE BETTER PREPARED.

AND THEN SUICIDE, SUICIDAL IDEATION.

AND YOU TALKED ABOUT SUICIDE RISK ASSESSMENTS.

WHAT TRIGGERS A RISK ASSESSMENT? WELL, IT REALLY A VARIETY OF THINGS.

THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO LEVELS.

THERE'S WHAT WE THERE'S SORT OF AN INITIAL LEVEL WHERE THAT CAN BE TRIGGERED PRETTY QUICKLY.

A STUDENT WHO IS USING THE WORD SUICIDE, A STUDENT WHO'S DESCRIBING A PLAN, A STUDENT WHO IS SHOWING BEHAVIORS THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED, THAT INDICATE MAYBE A SEVERE DEPRESSION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THERE'S A QUICK EVALUATION THAT TAKES PLACE.

AND THEN BASED ON THAT, THERE'S A MORE EXTENSIVE EVALUATION THAT, LIKE A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL WOULD DO, NOT JUST LIKE I WOULD NOT BE QUALIFIED TO DO THAT.

SO THERE IS NOW SORT OF A STANDARD OF KIND OF QUESTIONS YOU ASK THAT ASK YOU WHERE'S THE TRIGGER THAT DIDN'T EXIST.

SO STANDARDIZED TOOLS THAT ARE USED.

YEAH, EXACTLY. YEAH, IT'S COMPLETELY STANDARDIZED.

EVERYBODY USES THE SAME THING.

IT'S A RESEARCH. WE DIDN'T CREATE THE TOOL.

WE FOUND THE TOOL.

AND ACTUALLY FOR SUICIDE RISK ASSESSMENT, WE DON'T MANAGE THAT DATA IN AREAS, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT DATA.

I WOULD BE ABLE TO SAY DON'T OFF TOP MY HEAD, BUT WOULD IT BE ABLE TO SAY HOW MANY RISK ASSESSMENTS TOOK PLACE LAST YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE? WE DO HAVE THAT DATA AVAILABLE.

AND THEN WE ALSO WHEN YOU WERE SORT OF TALKING ABOUT DRUG RELATED STUFF, WE HAVE DISCIPLINE DATA AVAILABLE AS WELL.

I COULD TELL YOU, FOR EXAMPLE, HOW MANY STUDENTS WERE CAUGHT WITH DRUGS AT SCHOOL OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, WHICH MAY, IF NOTHING ELSE, BE AN INDICATOR THAT THERE'S A LARGER ISSUE. SO AND AS YOU WELL KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU CAN GO DOWN A RABBIT HOLE, CHASING DATA, AND IT GET TO A POINT WHERE IT'S NOT USEFUL.

SO I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

SO I GET IT.

BUT SOMETIMES THERE IS A GOLD MINE IF DEPENDING ON HOW YOU SLICE AND DICE THE DATA.

YEAH. AND VIOLENCE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, JUST PLAIN OLD VIOLENCE.

AND WHAT ARE WE SEEING? RELATIVELY SMALL.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE MOST COMMON FORM OF THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, HARASSMENT LEVEL THINGS.

WE TRACK ALL OF THAT AGAIN IN THE DISCIPLINE.

AND WE ACTUALLY WE ADDED SOMETHING A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

THIS WAS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EQUITY COMMITTEE IS THAT WE ADD SUBCATEGORIES SO THAT WE ARE TRACKING NOT ONLY THAT HARASSMENT OCCURRED, BUT WHAT WAS IT, HARASSMENT RELATED TO RACE, TO GENDER, TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE WAYS TO LOOK AT DATA.

NOT ONLY THAT THERE WAS HARASSMENT AND BULLYING, BUT WHAT WAS THE ORIGIN OF IT.

SO THAT WOULD MAINLY BE IN OUR DISCIPLINE DATA AND THEN IT WOULD BE REFLECTED IN A PANORAMA SURVEY IN TERMS OF HOW STUDENTS PERCEIVE THEIR SCHOOL.

THEY WOULD KIND OF REPORT BACK ON HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT HOW OFTEN HARASSMENT OCCURS.

WE HAVE SURVEY DATA RELATED TO THAT AS WELL FROM THIS YEAR.

AND WITH THE THERAPEUTIC SERVICES, YOU TALKED ABOUT FAMILY A COUPLE OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR PRESENTATION AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS IN THERE.

ONE, AND THERE'S SOME SMALL AMOUNT OF DATA, BUT TO THE DEGREE THAT FAMILIES ARE INVOLVED, WHAT ARE WE TALKING

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BUT THE PARENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN A COUNSELING SESSION.

OURS WOULD JUST BE SCHOOL BASED.

THE TRI-CITY AND MCKINLEY COUNSELORS WE WORK WITH CAN GO TO THE HOME AND PROVIDE SERVICES AT THE HOME.

SO THAT'S ONE THING, ONE REASON WHY IT'S GOOD TO MAINTAIN THOSE PARTNERSHIPS.

SO WE HAVE A BIT OF THAT.

AND THEN KIND OF ON THE SOCIAL WORK SIDE, IT'S SORT OF HELPING FAMILIES MEET BASIC NEEDS OR OVERCOME ISSUES WHICH.

ON THE CARE MANAGEMENT, BUT SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON THE THERAPEUTIC PIECE.

RIGHT. AND THEN ON THE SECOND QUESTION WITH FAMILIES AND PARENTS, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MINORS, 99% OF THE FOCUS OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS PARENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND PARENTAL CONSENT.

YEAH. SO WHERE IS THE THRESHOLD THERE? WELL, OUR GENERAL IDEA IS A COUNSELOR MIGHT MEET WITH A STUDENT, WANTS TO DO AN ASSESSMENT OR A COUPLE OF TIMES ON LOWER LEVEL ISSUES.

BUT ONCE THEY START SEEING THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS, THEN THERE WOULD BE AN INFORMED CONSENT SIGNED.

IT'S ROUGHLY THE SAME ONE YOU WOULD SIGN AT A CLINIC.

AND SO DOES SOMETHING GO? DOES A PROCESS GO FORWARD WITHOUT CONSENT? I MEAN, WHAT IS A BETTER QUESTION? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YOU SAID IT WOULD BE THE SAME, BUT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YEAH, WELL, I MEAN, IN ORDER FOR US TO OFFER THERAPY TO A STUDENT, EITHER INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP, WE WOULD LEGALLY HAVE TO HAVE INFORMED CONSENT.

SO IF A PARENT DOESN'T GIVE US THAT CONSENT, WE CANNOT LEGALLY DO THERAPY.

NOW, THAT STUDENT COULD STILL PARTICIPATE IN FOUNDATIONAL STUFF LIKE A WELLNESS LESSON THAT WE DO WITH ALL STUDENTS, BUT AT THE THERAPEUTIC LEVEL.

SO IT WOULDN'T BE LIMITED TO SOME BASIC DIDACTIC STUFF, BUT NO THERAPEUTIC, RIGHT? YEAH. AND THEN WHAT KIND OF COMMUNICATION BACK AND FORTH TO HOME, EVEN WITH THAT LEVEL? LIKE AS THERAPY IS HAPPENING? YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S IF THE PARENTS ARE KEPT INFORMED.

THERE IS A COUNSELOR PATIENT RELATIONSHIP THAT INVOLVES PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY.

AND SO OUR COUNSELORS, BUT THEY ALSO WORK IN A SCHOOL SYSTEM.

SO IT CAN BE A BIT OF A GRAY AREA.

OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE'S ANYTHING REGARDING SELF HARM OR HARM TO OTHERS THAT'S REPORTED, YOU HAVE TO.

AND THEN IT'S SORT OF THAT FINE LINE OF MAKING SURE THAT PARENTS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WHILE STILL RESPECTING THE THE COUNSELOR CLIENT RELATIONSHIP.

AND THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED BY THEIR LICENSE.

GREAT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

YEP. ALL RIGHT.

A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. AND THAT WAS UNDER YOUR ASSUMPTION WE WERE ALREADY MOVING TOWARDS THAT 1 TO 1 PER ELEMENTARY SITE.

SOUNDS GOOD TO ME, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I.

THAT'S WHAT I FELT LIKE I HEARD. IF IT WE'RE ONLY THAT EASY.

AND WE HAD THE MONEY COMING IN FROM LAST YEAR, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS PART OF THE DEAL.

SO I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW FAR IN THE FUTURE IS THAT STAFFING HAPPENING? I WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

NO, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ON THE DOCKET FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.

WE'D HAVE TO EVALUATE AS A STAFF AND THEN A BOARD.

IT IS A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

IF WE ADDED FIVE WELL OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS ONGOING.

YEAH. OKAY.

I MEAN, A LOT OF THIS WE TALK ABOUT DATA AND SOME OF THE DATA WITH THIS KIND OF PROFESSION, YOU NEVER SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

LIKE HOW MANY KIDS HAVE WE SAFED YOU'LL NEVER SEE THAT NUMBER.

RIGHT. BUT THEN AGAIN, SO WHEN I THINK BUT GOING BACK ON THIS POINT, SOMEONE REALLY INVESTED IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FULL TIME BECAUSE PROBLEMS DON'T ALWAYS HAPPEN ON MONDAYS. THEY ALSO HAPPEN ON THURSDAYS.

AND HAVING SOMEONE AVAILABLE TO ME IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST DEALS YOU CAN DO.

QUESTION FOR THE DIS ERMHS COUNSELING.

YEAH. SO EVERY STUDENT WITH AN IEP WHO GETS COUNSELING, IS THAT ONLY THROUGH THEM OR DO OTHER COUNSELORS SEE THOSE AS WELL? GENERALLY, IF THE COUNSELING IS ESTABLISHED IN THE IEP, THEY WOULD SEE A DIS ERMHS COUNSELOR, BUT LIKE A STUDENT WHO MAYBE NEEDS SOME COUNSELING SUPPORT, BUT NOT AT THE LEVEL WHERE IT'D BE PLACED IN THE IEP CAN STILL ACCESS THE OTHER LICENSED THERAPIST.

SO THEY'RE NOT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON HOW THE DECISION TO PROVIDE THEM COUNSELING IS MADE.

SO FOR ALL KIDS IN IEP ANY KID IN IEP, IT COULD BE THEM, OR IT COULD BE SOMEONE ELSE DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OR? DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT THE SERVICE IS SPECIFICALLY ESTABLISHED IN THEIR IEP OR WHETHER IT'S NOT.

SO THE ONES THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY ESTABLISHED GO TO THE COUNSELORS.

YEAH. AND THREE OF THEM COVER THE WHOLE DISTRICT.

YEAH. WOW.

[LAUGHTER] THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ON THE.

YEAH. NO. DO THEY WRITE THE GOALS AS WELL FOR THOSE STUDENTS? SO WE'VE GOT THREE PEOPLE WRITING GOALS AND DOING ALL THE IEP COUNSELING FOR THE DISTRICT.

YEAH.

FOR YOUR REP DO YOU HAVE REP SERVICES YOU CONTRACT OUT FOR? NOT DIRECTLY. I MEAN, WE PARTNER WITH DCFS AND THAT KIND OF THING, BUT WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC REP SERVICES [INAUDIBLE].

OUR FOSTER YOUTH ALL HAVE THOSE LIKE IT'S BUILT IN, BUT NOTHING THAT WE CREATE.

LIKE STUDENTS WITH, LIKE SEVERE EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE WHO NEED MORE THERAPEUTIC COUNSELING THAT MIGHT BE BEHIND MORE LIKE WITH THE FAMILY CONNECTION.

YEAH, WE'D WORK WITH THE FAMILY TO ACCESS THROUGH THEIR INSURANCE TYPICALLY OR AND CARE SOLACE CAN HELP THEM WITH THAT IF IT'S BEYOND THE SCOPE OF WHAT OUR FOLKS WOULD DO.

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FOR I KNOW JIM WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND I THINK SOMETIMES THE FIRST INITIAL OF THAT IS WITH THE SRO, NOT SO MUCH WITH THE COUNSELOR.

IS THERE SOME KIND OF WARMER ANY KIND OF HANDOFF FROM THAT TO A COUNSELOR? IS THERE A PARTNERSHIP THERE OR ARE THOSE COMPLETELY? NO WE'RE BUILDING THAT? LIKE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE INSTITUTED IS A DRUG EDUCATION PROGRAM.

THE STUDENTS WHO ARE DISCIPLINED WOULD DO THAT.

SAN DIMAS WAS KIND OF DEVELOPED INTERNALLY.

BONITA IS WORKING ON ONE IN COLLABORATION WITH LA VERNE PD.

SO WE ARE BEGINNING TO THERE'S A PUNITIVE ELEMENT WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A SUSPENSION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT ALSO KIND OF THE INTERVENTION AND SUPPORT FOLLOW UP IS BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY FUTURE DATES FOR THAT FUTURE STAFFING.

IT'S JUST KIND OF UP IN THE AIR.

I'M READY TO GO ANY TIME.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE PLAN IS READY.

YEAH. OKAY. I THOUGHT WE WERE THERE ALREADY.

A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED. WE'LL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE, BUT IT'S ABSOLUTELY ON THE LIST OF SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO IS ADD THE FOUR.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH.

I'LL KEEP MINE SIMPLE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

YEAH. AND YOU AND THE TEAM HAVE COME A LONG WAY IN A SHORT TIME.

FOR SURE. FROM NOTHING TO OUTSTANDING.

YEAH. NO, I SAID THAT TO MATT NOT LONG AGO, THAT THE SCALE OF THIS PROJECT, THIS IS THE FASTEST I'VE EVER SEEN A PROJECT OF THIS SCALE MOVE IN TERMS OF WHERE WE WERE IN MAY OF 2019 AND WHERE WE ARE NOW IS WAS VERY RAPID GROWTH AND HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.

AND THAT REALLY THE INITIAL COMMITMENT OF SAYING WE'RE GOING TO BRING ALL EIGHT IN TOGETHER AND NOT KIND OF PIECE IT IN, I THINK IS WHAT MADE THIS WORK.

MARK, YOU HAD MENTIONED THE FIRST HIRES WERE IN 2019, BUT OF COURSE, BEFORE YOU HIRE ANYBODY, YOU NEED TO FIND THE MONEY.

AND BEFORE YOU ASK FOR THE MONEY, YOU NEED TO HAVE A PLAN.

BEFORE YOU HAVE A PLAN, SOMEONE HAS TO HAVE A VISION.

SO WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS, AND I HOPE YOUR MEMORY IS BETTER THAN MINE WAY BACK IN 2015, 16, 17 IS WHEN WE REALLY STARTED.

FOR SURE. FOCUSING ON.

IT WAS REALLY WHEN WE STARTED DOING KIND OF THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO BUILD OUR LCAP WAS WHEN THAT STARTED EMERGING AS A CONSTANT THEME.

AND I'M REMEMBERING SAYING IT WAS TWO OR THREE YEARS IN A ROW AND THEN IT WAS LIKE TIME TO MOVE.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT INITIAL COMMITMENT WAS $1,000,000 TO BRING THAT FIRST LEVEL IN AND TO DO IT ALL AT ONCE.

THAT WAS A HUGE COMMITMENT THAT INVOLVES SOME RISK IF IT DOESN'T WORK.

BUT LIKE I SAID, I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WHAT MADE IT WORK.

AND WHAT YOU SAID IS TRUE.

IT WAS WE CHEWED ON IT FOR A FEW YEARS.

WE HAD AGREEMENT ON THE VISION.

WE BUILT A PLAN AND FOUND THE FUNDING AND HAS REALLY WORKED WELL AND WE WERE WE'VE WATCHED A LOT OF DISTRICTS SCRAMBLE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN SINCE COVID HIT.

AND I'VE SAID THAT MANY TIMES TO THE COUNSELORS, CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT THOSE COVID YEARS WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS AVAILABLE BECAUSE IT WAS ROUGH, EVEN WITH A VERY ROBUST SUPPORT TEAM IN PLACE.

IT'S LIKE SO MANY OVERNIGHT SENSATIONS.

IT TAKES YEARS TO GET THAT RIGHT.

AND I'LL JOIN THE GROUP WITH THANKING YOU FOR DOING SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB PLANNING, INCORPORATING AND RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS AND HAVING A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE TO EXPAND ON IT.

SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. ALSO THANK YOU TO THE HR BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE WE HAVE ARE AMAZING.

OH YEAH. THE ONES MY KIDS GO TO.

IT WAS MS. [INAUDIBLE].

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BY THE WAY. TODAY'S HER BIRTHDAY.

YEAH. THEY TRANSFORMED MY KIDS.

YEAH, THEY ARE FANTASTIC.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

GREAT JOB. YEAH. YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO, MARK, I'M SORRY.

INCHES FROM A CLEAN GETAWAY.

JUST ONE REQUEST.

ALONG WITH OUR FONDNESS FOR ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS FOR US NONPROFESSIONALS, I WONDER IF WE COULD PUT UP TERMS AND VOCABULARIES.

I THINK IT WOULD HELP.

NOT JUST THE FOLKS HERE IN THE GALLERY, BUT FOLKS ON OUR WEBSITE THAT COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT THE HECK A DIS ERMHS COUNSELOR IS AND KIND OF WHAT IT MEANS.

AND I THINK IT WOULD HELP OUR DIALOG AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE IN MESSAGE WITH THESE PROGRAMS AND OTHERS, PARTICULARLY AS WE WORK THIS VISION FORWARD IN THE YEARS TO COME.

SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL, EASY TO DO AND WOULDN'T COST ANYTHING.

SO. ABSOLUTELY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANKS. THANK YOU, MARK. NEXT REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON OPEN SESSION AGENDA ITEMS. THE PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON AGENDA ITEMS. THE BOARD MAY LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME FOR EACH AGENDA ITEM TO 20 MINUTES.

ANY PERSON WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN AGENDA ITEM MAY BE GRANTED UP TO 3 MINUTES AT THE TIME THE ITEM APPEARS ON THE AGENDA.

IN THE CASE OF A NON AGENDA ITEM, COMMENTS MAY BE MADE UNDER THE REQUEST TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS.

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

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

I DON'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR OPEN SESSION.

OKAY. ON THE CONSENT AGENDA MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD TO BE ROUTINE OR SUFFICIENTLY SUPPORTED BY PRIOR OR

[15. CONSENT AGENDA]

IF ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD SO REQUESTS, AN ITEM SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THIS SECTION AND PLACED IN THE REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS.

FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, ITEMS WILL BE APPROVED WITH ONE MOTION, WHICH IS NOT DEBATABLE AND WHICH REQUIRES A UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR PASSAGE.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE. NONE OPPOSED PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU.

DISCUSSION, ACTION AGENDA, HUMAN RESOURCES.

[16.1.1. Conduct a Public Hearing of the Initial Proposals for Negotiations Between the Bonita Unified Teachers Association and the Bonita Unified School District for the 2022-2023 School Year]

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN AT 6:55.

MR. LEE.

THANK YOU PRESIDENT COYNE.

THE DISTRICT AND THE BONITA UNIFIED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION ARE IN THE THIRD YEAR OF A THREE YEAR CONTRACT PER ARTICLE 26 OF THE CONTRACT.

THE PARTIES AGREED TO COMMENCE NEGOTIATIONS ON SALARY, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ANY OTHER ARTICLES OF CHOICE FROM THE CHAPTER AND FROM THE DISTRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3547 OF THE EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS ACT.

BUDA AND THE DISTRICT ARE SUBMITTING THEIR INITIAL PROPOSAL TO OPEN NEGOTIATIONS.

SOMETIMES THESE PROPOSALS ARE REFERRED TO AS SUNSHINE PROPOSALS BECAUSE THEY SHED A LIGHT ON THE BARGAINING PROCESS THAT IS NOT GENERALLY CONDUCTED IN THE PUBLIC EYE. SUNSHINE PROPOSALS ALLOW ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE PUBLICLY FUNDED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WHILE THE PROPOSALS ARE WRITTEN VERY BROAD TERMS, THEY WILL BE SPELLED OUT IN GREATER SPECIFICITY AND DETAIL BY THE BARGAINING TEAMS DURING NEGOTIATIONS.

FOLLOWING THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THE BOARD WILL NEED TO CONSIDER ADOPTING BOTH PROPOSALS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THE HEARING IS CLOSED AT 6:56.

NEXT, WE HAVE TO ADAPT THE INITIAL PROPOSALS FOR NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE BONITA UNIFIED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AND THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE

[16.1.2. Adopt the Initial Proposals for Negotiations Between the Bonita Unified Teachers Association and the Bonita Unified School District for the 2022-2023 School Year]

MAY I HAVE A MOTION.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. NEXT, WE ADOPT THE INITIAL PROPOSALS FOR NEGOTIATIONS

[16.1.3. Adopt the Initial Proposals for Negotiations Between the Bonita Unified Teachers Association and the Bonita Unified School District for the 2022-2023 School Year]

MAY I HAVE A MOTION.

SO MOVED.

SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.

NUMBER FOUR APPROVE THE REVISED DECLARATION OF NEED FOR FULLY QUALIFIED EDUCATORS FOR THE 2022 2023 SCHOOL YEAR.

[16.1.4. Approve the Revised Declaration of Need for Fully Qualified Educators for the 2022-2023 School Year]

SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.

NEXT, RECEIVE THE FIRST READING OF BOARD POLICIES.

[16.2.1. Receive First Reading of Board Policies]

LOOK AT BOARD POLICIES, REGULATIONS AND BYLAWS.

SINCE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THOSE GOING TODAY, I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE THAT'S ON THE LIST, WHICH IS BOARD POLICY 5141.21.

IT DEALS WITH ADMINISTERING MEDICATION.

WE'VE MADE AN ADDITION TO THIS POLICY.

WE'VE ADDED NARCAN OR ANY OPIOID ANTAGONIST.

WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT IS IT WOULD ALLOW US TO TRAIN STAFF AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE BE ABLE TO HAVE NARCAN ON ALL 13 CAMPUSES.

WITH THE INCREASE IN OPIOID USE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, IN OUR COMMUNITIES WE WANT TO BE PREPARED.

AND SO THE PROCESS WOULD BE, AS IT'S FIRST READ TONIGHT, IT WOULD GO IN FOR A SECOND READ IN DECEMBER.

BUT IN THE INTERIM, TO BE READY FOR DECEMBER, WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND FIND VOLUNTEERS AND TRAIN THOSE VOLUNTEERS SO THAT WE WOULD BE READY IN MID-DECEMBER IN CASE THE NEED ARISES. THANK YOU.

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

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ALL RIGHT. AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, THE STATE FINALLY RELEASED THE SCORES FROM THEIR STATEWIDE TESTING.

WE DID SUSTAIN A SMALL DROP IN THEIR NUMBERS, WHICH WAS EXPECTED GIVEN THE TURMOIL OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, BUT NOTHING WHAT MANY OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE EXPERIENCED.

AND THERE'S BEEN NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ABOUT HOW BAD SOME OF THEM HAVE DROPPED.

WE'RE STILL IN THE TOP 10% RIGHT THERE OF ALL THE UNIFIED DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.

AND WHEN I TALKED TO BOARD MEMBERS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS, ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE THE SAME QUESTIONS FROM THEM.

WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING OVER THERE? YOU'RE KILLING IT WITH YOUR TEST SCORES AND PERFORMANCE.

NOW, I ALWAYS GIVE THEM THE SAME ANSWER.

WHAT WE THE BOARD IS DOING IS HIRING THE RIGHT PEOPLE, PUTTING THEM IN THE RIGHT SEATS, GETTING THEM THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO SUCCEED.

AND GETTING OUT OF THEIR WAY IS MICROMANAGEMENT AND NOT LETTING PEOPLE DO THE JOB THEY WERE HIRED FOR.

IT'S THE SUREST WAY TO FOUL UP A GREAT ORGANIZATION.

THEY USUALLY FOLLOW UP WITH, WE HAVE SOME GREAT PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD TAKE A LOOK.

AND I TRY TO ANSWER RESPECTFULLY THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING, I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT THE FEW DISTRICTS THAT OUTPERFORM US DO, NOT THE ONES THAT ARE CHASING US.

AND OUR SCORES ARE THE RESULTS OF A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS THE BEST EDUCATION POSSIBLE UNDER SOME BAD CIRCUMSTANCES THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND STAFF, OUR ADMINISTRATORS, SUPPORT STAFF ALL PLAY A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN HOW WE DO.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS OUR PERFORMANCE IS DICTATED BY HOW WELL JUST TWO GROUPS DO.

OUR TEACHERS AND PARA EDUCATORS ARE EXTREMELY DEDICATED TO PROVIDING THE BEST AND MOST EQUITABLE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS.

AND SECONDLY, WITHOUT THE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS DOING THEIR PART TO MAKE THE BEST OF A LESS THAN IDEAL SITUATION AND GIVING THEIR BEST NOT ONLY TO TEST WELL, WHICH GOD KNOWS, IT'S TOUGH TO GET KIDS TO FOCUS ON THE TEST, BUT TO ACTUALLY LEARN NONE OF THESE SCORES WOULD BE POSSIBLE.

THERE'S MUCH TO BE PROUD OF WITH OUR SCORES, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

WE TALK ABOUT 80 70 BEING OUR GOAL, BUT HONESTLY, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO ACCOMPLISH THAN THAT.

AND FINALLY, IF YOU HAVEN'T VOTED BY NOW, REMEMBER TO DO SO BY THE 8TH.

ALL RIGHT. NOW, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAY.

JUST GET OUT OF OUR WAY. WE HIRED SOME GREAT TEACHERS, GREAT STAFF.

I'M PROUD OF THIS DISTRICT. THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE MOVED HERE IS BECAUSE OF THESE SCHOOLS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE PAST PRACTICE AND HOPE TO CARRY THAT ON TO THE FUTURE.

WE GOT TO THE LEARNING WALK.

I ONLY MADE ONE OF THEM. I GOT TO HIGH SCHOOL.

WE SAW TWO PROGRAMS OR I SAW TWO PROGRAMS. ONE'S THE AUTO SHOP.

AND WE ALL KNOW HOW GREAT THE AUTO SHOP IS.

THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY DONATED THEM A TRUCK.

THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT 1938, AND IT'S STILL COMING ALONG.

BUT ONE THING THAT WAS NEW WAS AN ELECTRIC CAR.

SO THEY'RE JUST MOVING ON TO THE FUTURE.

THEY BUILT AN ELECTRIC CAR.

HOPEFULLY I'LL GET TO DRIVE IT.

ABSOLUTELY. BUT JUST SOME OF THESE THINGS, THESE KIDS ARE GOING LIKE THEY'RE LEARNING LEARNING ABOVE IT.

IT'S NOT JUST BUILDING THE CAR, BUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT MAKES IT HAPPEN.

SO HATS OFF TO THAT.

AND THEN I GOT TO CHECK OUT OUR ENGLISH DEPARTMENT.

AND I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL, ENGLISH WAS READING A BOOK, WRITING AN ESSAY AND ANALYZING THAT AND GETTING A BAD GRADE.

THESE DAYS. ENGLISH WASN'T MY THING.

I'M A MATH GUY, BUT WHAT THESE KIDS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL ARE DOING, THEY'RE JUST REALLY WORKING ON THESE CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS.

AND IT WAS AMAZING TO ME.

THEY HAD A CLAIM THEY HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SUPPORT THEIR CLAIM, WHETHER THEY SUPPORTED OR AGAINST IT, AND IF THEY SUPPORT IT, THEY HAVE TO ATTACK THAT SUPPORT SO THEY CAN SEE BOTH SIDES OF AN ISSUE, WHICH I THINK IS HUGE IN TODAY'S SOCIETY, NOT JUST THINKING ONE WAY, BUT I SEE YOUR OTHER SIDE AND I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU THINK THAT WAY.

I COULD SEE BOTH SIDES AND THEN YOU MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.

SO HATS OFF TO THAT.

I KNOW BONITA SCORED.

I'D BE LOOKING AT 8070.

I THINK THERE WERE 88% PASSING RATE FOR ENGLISH.

HATS OFF TO THAT. THAT WAS AMAZING STUFF.

AND I COULD SEE WHY.

BECAUSE OF THAT TEACHING IN THE CLASSROOM.

I'M PART OF YFAC. SO THE YOUTH FAMILY ACTION COUNCIL IN LA VERNE, THAT'S ONE OF OUR COMMITTEES.

WE ALL HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMITTEES WE SIT ON AND THIS ONE STOOD OUT TO ME AND I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, I THINK WE ALL DO JUST ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS IN OUR DISTRICT.

BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO CONCERNS IN THE DISTRICT THAT WE WANT TO GET AHEAD OF ONE BEING FIT.

NOW, I KNOW THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP WITH THAT BOARD POLICY FOR NARCAN AND FOR ME.

I HAVE A HUGE PERSONAL INVESTMENT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MY LITTLE SISTER DIED OF THREE MONTHS AGO NOW.

IF YOU LOOK UP AND I'M SAYING THIS IS BECAUSE I REALLY WANT PARENTS TO HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR WITH THEIR OWN KIDS.

I HAD IT WITH MINE. WE HAD THE YFAC, WE HAD THE LVDP COME AND GIVE A PRESENTATION ON IT.

AND FENTANYL, I MEAN, IT'S VERY DANGEROUS, BUT THEY EVEN HAVE IT WHERE IT LOOKS DELICIOUS.

LIKE IF I SAW A PLATE OF THIS AND YOU JUST GOOGLE RAINBOW FENTANYL, IT LOOKS LIKE CANDY.

I'M A HUGE GRAPE CANDY GUY.

IF I SAW SOME OF THOSE PURPLE ONES NOT KNOWING ANY BETTER, I TAKE A LOT OF CANDY.

[01:05:05]

I'M NOT TRYING TO SCARE PEOPLE.

LIKE I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GIVE IT AWAY FOR HALLOWEEN BECAUSE THAT'S NOT REALLY A GOOD BUSINESS MODEL.

BUT I'M ONE WHO IN THIS CASE I DON'T MIND OVERREACTING COMPARED TO UNDER REACTING.

SO PLEASE TALK TO YOUR KIDS.

I SEE THAT IN THE YFAC WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING THIS EDUCATION TO OUR SCHOOLS, TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.

THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING DOWN THE LINE.

WE HAVE ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAS REAL GOOD CONNECTIONS WITH UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE AND THEY'RE FILLING DEPARTMENT MAKE SOME VIDEOS THAT WE CAN REALLY GIVE SOME REALLY GOOD EDUCATION.

SO PLEASE TALK TO YOUR KIDS.

CHECK IT ON THE NEWS. IF YOU SEE ON THE NEWS, IT'S JUST EVERYWHERE AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU COULD DO TO BE TOO SAFE.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

AS WINTER SPORTS WRAP UP, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR LEAGUE CHAMPIONS AND WISH THEM ALL THE BEST AS THEY GO ON TO CIF AND NOTE WITH INTEREST THE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM OVER AT SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL, FIVE YEARS RUNNING.

SONIA, I WONDER AND THIS IS A FOLLOW UP QUESTION WITH OUR GOOD FRIENDS OVER AT DSA.

WE HAD SOME PROJECTS THAT SEEM TO HAVE BEEN TAKING A LITTLE EXTRA LONG TIME FOR APPROVAL.

WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THOSE PROJECTS? WELL, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT DSA HAS FINALLY APPROVED ONE OF OUR MANY PROJECTS, AND SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD IN THE BID PROCESS.

WE HOPE TO PRESENT A WINNING BID FOR APPROVAL IN DECEMBER, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE FURTHER APPROVALS OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS, HOPEFULLY BY THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW YEAR. SO IT WAS THE BATHROOM, WAS IT? IT WAS THE SAN DIMAS MODULAR RESTROOM BUILDING.

YES. SO YOU GOT TO LOVE IT UNDER TITLE 24 OF THE BATHROOMS. LIKE THE MOST COMPLICATED BECAUSE OF ADA, RIGHT? YES. OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. YES.

LEARNING WALKS. I HAD A CHANCE TO GO OVER TO GLADSTONE AND I WAS REMINDED.

IT'S FUNNY HOW YOU LEARN THESE THINGS, RIGHT? AND THEY'RE JUST IN THERE.

I'M GETTING TO BE AN OLD GUY.

GETTING TO BE AN OLD GUY.

BUT I WAS IN AN ELEMENTARY AND I FORGET WHICH GRADE LEVEL, BUT ENGLISH CLASS OR IT WAS AN ENGLISH LESSON.

I WAS REMINDED ABOUT THE CONSONANCE ROLE IN DETERMINING THE LONG OR SHORT VOWEL.

SO I APPRECIATED THAT LITTLE MOMENT.

AND OF COURSE, OVER AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL WITH KENNY RITCHIE AND YOU KNOW, WE WALKED INTO A CALCULUS CLASS AND THERE THEY WERE, WHITEBOARDS ALL AROUND THE ROOM AND REMINDED ME OF MY MATH CLASS, A MATH CLASS THAT I HAD IN HIGH SCHOOL, KIND OF OLD SCHOOL.

AND WHAT A GREAT WAY TO TEACH MATHEMATICS.

SO THERE ARE STUDENTS UP AND WALKING AROUND FOR EVERYONE TO SEE, AND PROBLEMS WERE THERE FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK.

SO GOOD OLD WHITEBOARDS.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

COMING UP AT THE END OF THIS WEEK, WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER AND SEE TAMMY DEGRASSI OVER AT [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN SCOTT SPARKS AT SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE LEARNING WALKS.

IT'S ONE OF THE THE NICEST WAY A BOARD MEMBER CAN CONNECT WITH OUR SCHOOLS AND LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT THE THE DAY TO DAY ABOUT WHAT GOES ON IN OUR CAMPUSES.

HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND A SAN DIMAS HOMECOMING PARADE AND CELEBRATE ALL YOU KNOW ONE OF THE GREATEST LITTLE MOMENTS FOR THAT CAMPUS.

AND MATT, I WONDER AND IT WAS WITH THE FRIDAY UPDATE, THE CALIFORNIA HEALTHY YOUTH ACT, THE SEX ED PARENT MEETINGS ARE GOING TO START.

AND COULD YOU JUST GIVE US A SENTENCE ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW THOSE ARE SCHEDULED IN THE THE WEEKS OR MONTHS AHEAD, KIND OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? SURE. SO PRIOR TO INSTRUCTION AS PART OF CALIFORNIA HEALTHY YOUTH ACT, WE WILL HAVE EVENINGS WHERE THE CURRICULUM WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PARENTS AT NIGHT.

IT IS AVAILABLE DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.

YOU CAN SET UP AN APPOINTMENT WITHIN THE SCHOOL, AT THE SCHOOL OR HERE AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE, BUT WE DID WANT TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO PARENTS IN THE EVENINGS AND SO PARENTS WILL HAVE AN OPTION TO COME IN, REVIEW THE CURRICULUM AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS THEY HAVE PRIOR TO INSTRUCTION.

YEAH THANK FOR THAT HAD A CHANCE TO GET OVER TO TASTE OF LA VERNE LA VERNE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND BUSINESSES OVER IN LA VERNE.

IT WAS A GOOD CHANCE TO TO VISIT NETWORK AND HAVE SOME GREAT FOOD OVER OVER IN LA VERNE AT BRACKETT FIELD AND REPRESENT OUR DISTRICT.

GREG AND I, OF COURSE, ATTENDED THE LA VERNE AD HOC AND WE GOT AN UPDATE ON THE AQUATIC CENTER AND THE UPGRADES, OF COURSE, FOR OUR WATER POLO AND SWIM TEAM.

AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS A FOLLOW UP TO A STUDENT THAT CAME, I THINK IT WAS THE LAST BOARD MEETING AND SHE TALKED ABOUT THE SOFTBALL FIELD.

AND SINCE THEN YOU'VE HAD A WALK.

YOU WALKED OVER AND SAW THE FIELD.

AND WE HAVE WE HAD A TEAM OF DISTRICT OFFICIALS, HAD A TEAM OF CITY OFFICIALS, WALKED SOFTBALL FIELD, WALKED THE BASEBALL FIELD.

AND THEN WE'LL GET TOGETHER IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS AND MAKE ANY NEEDED ADJUSTMENTS.

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AND SPECIAL THANKS TO LA VERNE AND SAN DIMAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR PARTNERING AND SPONSORING THE CANDIDATES FORM ALONG WITH JILL DOLAN, PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR OVER AT MT.

SAC AND FOR CITY OF LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL FOR HOSTING THE SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES FORUM LAST WEEK ON THE 26TH.

ELECTION DAY COMING UP THIS COMING TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH.

SO PLEASE VOTE.

AND OUR VERY OWN BCA, OUR BONITA CENTER FOR THE ARTS IS A VOTE CENTER, SO MAKE SURE YOU GO OUT AND AND VOTE.

VETERANS DAY COMING UP, 11-11 SO REMEMBER THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE US MILITARY.

AND YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS LIKE TO PICK MY FAVORITE VETERAN TO RECOGNIZE AND FROM ME TO YOU, FROM MY HOUSE TO YOUR HOUSE, HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

SO HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

THE BEST OF THE HOLIDAY. THANKS.

WELL, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE SAN DIMAS HOMECOMING PARADE.

AND I HAVE TO SAY, PERSONALLY, I FOUND IT TO BE THE MOST AMAZING PARADE I'VE EVER BEEN IN.

THERE'S A NEW BOBCAT MASCOT AT EKSTRAND ELEMENTARY, AND THAT'S MY DAUGHTER.

SO AS A PARENT, I WAS LIKE, THIS IS AMAZING.

IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HER WITH ALL OF HER CHEER AND PEP.

MARK, I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU DEFINITELY A SHOUT OUT TO WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT COVID AND ALL THE STUFF WE WENT THROUGH.

I ALWAYS FOUND YOU TO BE VERY CLEAR, CONCISE AND VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE.

AND WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM, I REALLY APPRECIATED THE DATA YOU GAVE US, BUT I'M GOING TO SLIGHTLY DARE TO DISAGREE WITH YOU AND JUST JUST HEAR ME OUT FOR A SECOND. YOU SAID IT'S DIFFICULT TO MEASURE THE EFFECT OF OUR COUNSELING.

AND FOR THE MOST PART THERE IS YOU KNOW, THE COUNSELING WE'RE GIVING KIDS ISN'T JUST GOING TO AFFECT THEM TODAY.

IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THEM FOR A LIFETIME.

AND WE DON'T HAVE THOSE LONGITUDINAL STUDIES.

BUT WE DO HAVE ONE MEASURE THAT I DO THINK POINTS TO THE EFFECTIVENESS IN PART OF THE WONDERFUL COUNSELING PROGRAM.

AND THAT'S OUR AMAZING TEST SCORES, BECAUSE KIDS WHO ARE IN CRISIS, IF WE HELP THEM NOT BE IN CRISIS, THEY'RE GOING TO PERFORM BETTER AND LEARN BETTER.

SO I DO THINK THAT DATA SHOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED WHEN WE EVALUATE THIS PROGRAM.

AND JUST TO BRAG A LITTLE BONITA TEST SCORES WERE HIGHER AGAIN THAN CLAIR MOUNTAIN AND GLENDORA AND SOMETIMES I WALK THE STREETS, I'LL SEE LIKE A GLENDORA FOOTBALL SIGN IN OUR DISTRICT.

AND I'M LIKE, WELL, WE HAVE A GOOD FOOTBALL PROGRAM TOO, BUT WE'RE CURRENTLY TESTING HIGHER.

AND I KNOW THAT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE, BUT I THINK US GIVING THAT SUPPORT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY OUR SCHOOLS ARE PERFORMING SO WELL.

SO JUST AS A MEASUREMENT OF SOMETHING TO BRAG ABOUT ONE SCHOOL, THERE'S A COUPLE THAT ACTUALLY INCREASED THEIR TEST SCORES.

I THINK IF I'M CORRECT ME IF I'M MISTAKEN, I THINK SAN DIMAS AND HIGH SCHOOL AND EKSTRAND WENT UP IN SEVERAL CATEGORIES.

SO THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO HEAR ABOUT COVID SLIDE, BUT COVID GROWTH IS A VERY WEIRD THING TO TALK ABOUT.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD AND OUR STAFF HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB.

SO THANK YOU AND THANK EVERYONE ELSE WHO'S DEFINITELY HELPED THAT DATA TO HAPPEN, THAT FOUNDATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR $13,000 FUNDING, 39 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. THAT'S GREAT. SO IT'S NOT JUST OUR STAFF DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT IT'S OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORTING THE TEACHERS TO HELP HAVE THOSE AMAZING LESSONS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THE BLAST PROGRAM.

FIRST, THIS IS SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC, BUT I REMEMBER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I DID A LEARNING WALK IN RAMONA AND OF COURSE I'M A SCIENCE TEACHER, SO THEY'RE LIKE, HERE, LOOK AT SCIENCE LABS. AND I'M LIKE, YEAH, I'VE SEEN THAT ONE.

I'VE SEEN THAT ONE. OH, THAT'S NICE ON THE WALL.

AND, AND THEN I WAS LIKE, I'D LIKE TO SEE OUR EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CHILDREN.

AND OF COURSE THERE'S LIKE THAT PAUSE GOING, NO, WE DON'T WANT YOU TO SEE THOSE KIDS.

BUT WHEN I WENT THERE, I SAW A LOT OF STAFF THERE, I SAW A LOT OF SUPPORTS.

AND EVENTUALLY I REALIZED THAT OUR KIDS WHO NEED THOSE EXTRA SUPPORTS GET IT HERE AND NOTHING'S PERFECT.

LIKE EVERYONE'S GOING TO STILL ADVOCATE AND WANT MORE.

AND I THINK WE WORK FOR BETTER.

BUT WHAT I THINK IS GREAT IS THERE'S AN OLD JOKE.

YOU KNOW, TWO PEOPLE ARE WALKING IN A FOREST AND THEY SEE A BEAR AND ONE TIES THEIR SHOE AND THE GUY'S LIKE, HEY, YOU CAN'T OUTRUN THE BEAR.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE PERFECT IN THE ACCOMMODATIONS WE GIVE.

BUT IN THAT, AT THE END OF THE JOKE IS, WELL, I DON'T HAVE TO OUTRUN THE BEAR.

I JUST HAVE TO OUTRUN YOU.

AND IN A LOT OF WAYS, OUR PROGRAMS ARE OUTRUNNING THE OTHER PEOPLE RUNNING.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL WORK YOUR DEPARTMENT DOES AS WELL.

AND IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.

LET'S SEE.

I ATTENDED A FAMILY NIGHT.

NO EXCUSES UNIVERSITY WAS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME AND LOVED THE PREMISE OF NOT HAVING EXCUSES.

THAT WAS GREAT.

AND PLEASE REMEMBER TO VOTE.

THANK YOU. I'M NOT AT ALL SURPRISED WITH THE STATE TEST SCORE FINDINGS THAT WE RECEIVED, AND

[01:15:04]

IN THE 17 YEARS I'VE SERVED ON THIS BOARD, I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW SO MANY TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPPORT STAFF WHO ARE DEDICATED, DETERMINED, PASSIONATE, IMAGINATIVE, INNOVATIVE AND RESOURCEFUL.

IF EVER THERE WAS A TEAM THAT WAS GOING TO WEATHER THE COVID STORM, WELL, IT WAS CERTAINLY OURS.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THEM ALL FOR THEIR EFFORTS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE MANY, MANY PARENTS AND FAMILIES WHO DEMONSTRATED MUCH NEEDED AND APPRECIATED PATIENCE AND GRACE DURING THOSE LONG MONTHS OF REMOTE LEARNING AND MODIFIED CLASSROOMS, SCHEDULES AND PROCEDURES.

WHEN WE FINALLY STARTED RETURNING TO THE CLASSROOMS. IT WAS A CHALLENGING TIME FOR EVERYONE.

NO SEGMENT OF SOCIETY WAS UNAFFECTED.

WE REALLY OWE A LOT TO ALL OUR BUSD TEACHERS WHO HAD THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DELIVERING THE BEST EDUCATION POSSIBLE UNDER VERY CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES.

A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.

ON OUR BOARD LEARNING WALK IN OCTOBER WE AGAIN SAW MORE OF THOSE DEDICATED, DETERMINED, PASSIONATE, IMAGINATIVE, INNOVATIVE AND RESOURCEFUL TEACHERS IN THEIR ELEMENTS AT GLADSTONE ELEMENTARY AND BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.

AT GLADSTONE, WE SAW SOME OF THE EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM INTERVENTION INTERVENTION WORK BEING DONE, WHICH CERTAINLY HELPS REINFORCE MY GREAT APPRECIATION OF OUR AMBITION TO KEEP ALL STUDENTS ON TRACK AND LEAVE NO CHILD BEHIND.

FOR ME, THE HIGHLIGHT OF OUR VISIT TO BONITA HIGH SCHOOL WAS THE TOUR OF THE AUTO SHOP, WHERE THEY RECENTLY OBTAINED AN ELECTRIC CAR KIT THAT THE STUDENTS ARE BUILDING.

THEY WILL ACTUALLY ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO DRIVE IT AROUND WHEN IT'S COMPLETED.

AND IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF OUR GROWING [INAUDIBLE] EFFORTS IN THE DISTRICT AND BRINGING TOMORROW'S TECHNOLOGY TO OUR CLASSROOMS TODAY.

I ENJOYED BEING IN THE SAN DIMAS HOMECOMING PARADE AGAIN, SADLY, MY LAST ONE AS A BOARD MEMBER, BUT I'LL STILL BE CHEERING FROM THE SIDELINES, FROM, YOU KNOW, AT THE PARADES FOLLOWING AND ALSO WISH EVERYBODY VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

AS A DISTRICT, WE HAVE A LOT TO BE VERY THANKFUL FOR AND I HOPE EVERYONE TAKES A MINUTE OR TWO TO JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT GOOD SHAPE THIS DISTRICT IS IN.

AND AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU. I WANT TO JUST THANK THE BOARD FOR THE COMMENTS BOTH ON THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM AND THE COUNSELING PROGRAM.

SUPPORT OF THE BOARD IS CRITICAL IN BOTH OF THOSE.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE SHOWN WITH THOSE THOSE PROJECTS FOR US TO TALKING POINTS RELATIVE TO THE TEST SCORES, TOP 10% OF ALL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND LANGUAGE ARTS, TOP 12% OF ALL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN CALIFORNIA AND MATHEMATICS.

AND SO THERE'LL BE A FULL REPORT EITHER IN DECEMBER OR JANUARY ON TEST SCORES, BUT REALLY, REALLY GOOD NEWS FOR THE DISTRICT.

AND LIKE EVERYONE HAS MENTIONED, IT'S A TOTAL TEAM EFFORT, GREAT STAFF, GREAT TEACHERS, PARA EDUCATORS, CLASSIFIED MANAGEMENT, EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER TO GET THOSE SCORES.

AND OF COURSE, IT COMES DOWN TO THE STUDENTS PERFORMING AND THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.

I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TWO EVENTS THAT I WENT TO RECENTLY, ONE AT LONE HILL MIDDLE.

IT WAS THE STAFF VERSUS STUDENT VOLLEYBALL GAME, SAW THE SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS BATTLE THE STAFF.

IT WAS AWESOME. FULL GYM AT LUNCH, THE KIDS CHEERING.

THE STAFF EKED OUT A 2219 THRILLER, BUT WHAT IT REALLY ILLUSTRATED WAS JUST SCHOOL SPIRIT AND CAMARADERIE WITH THE TEACHING, THE TEACHERS AND THE STAFF OR THE KIDS, WHICH WAS JUST REALLY AWESOME TO SEE.

AND THEN ON LAST THURSDAY, IT WENT TO THE ROYNON TALENT SHOW HELD AT THE BCA.

A LOT OF REALLY CUTE ACTS SINGING, DANCING, SOME MARTIAL ARTS.

BUT THE SHOW ENDED WITH FIFTH GRADE STUDENT LEAH COMPTON, SINGING CHAMPION BY CARRIE UNDERWOOD BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN.

SHE WAS REALLY, REALLY TALENTED, REALLY AWESOME WAY TO END THE SHOW AND WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE BCA STAFF BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF TRANSITIONS DURING THAT SHOW AND THEY HANDLED IT REMARKABLY WELL.

THANK YOU. REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS, COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC.

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

INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS MAY BE ALLOWED UP TO 3 MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON ANY NON AGENDA ITEM.

THE BOARD RESERVES THE RIGHT TO LIMIT THE TIME ON A NON AGENDA ITEM PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE BOARD.

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

ANY PERSON ADDRESSING THE BOARD SHOULD FIRST STATE THEIR NAME AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE DISTRICT, AND I WILL NOTE THAT THAT SINCE IT'S A NON AGENDA ITEM, WE CAN'T RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

BUT AFTERWARDS FEEL FREE TO COME UP AND DISCUSS WITH US OR THE SUPER

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SO WE HAVE BENJAMIN, VANESSA AND CADENCE, SO WE'LL JUST LET YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND GO IN WHICHEVER ORDER YOU PREFER.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

OOH, IT'S A LITTLE NERVE WRACKING TO BE UP HERE, BUT I'M A PROUD PARENT OF TWO [INAUDIBLE] SHARKS, A FIFTH GRADER AND A SECOND GRADER.

AND I'M HERE TO REQUEST THAT A FENCE BE PUT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SCHOOL TO PROTECT THE ROW OF CLASSROOMS, WHICH CAN BE EASILY ACCESSED BY ANYONE WALKING ON AMELIA AVENUE. MY SON BEN IS IN ONE OF THOSE CLASSROOMS, AND FRANKLY, EVERY TIME I DROP HIM OFF, I'M CONCERNED FOR HIS SAFETY ON A DAILY BASIS.

SO A FENCE WOULD SERVE AS A DETERRENT TO ANYONE WITH ILL INTENT.

SAID FENCE SHOULD ALSO EXTEND TO THE PORTABLES LOCATED ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE SCHOOL, JUST PAST THE STAFF PARKING LOT.

MY DAUGHTER CADENCE, WHO WAS THE FIRST EVER LAST PROGRAM PARTICIPANT AT SCHOOL AND IS NOW A VERY SUCCESSFUL SECOND GRADER MEETING HER IEP GOALS.

SHE'S IN ONE OF THOSE VERY VULNERABLE PORTABLES, AND AGAIN, I WORRY ABOUT HER SAFETY AND THAT OF HER CLASSMATES.

A FENCE WOULD BUY THE TEACHERS A FEW EXTRA MINUTES IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

I PERSONALLY HAVE WORKED IN SPECIAL ED FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND THAT LIVING THROUGH A SCHOOL LOCKDOWN, BEING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT DOOR IS EXTREMELY TRAUMATIC HAVING CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS COUNTING ON YOU FOR THEIR SAFETY.

SO I IMPLORE YOU TO TO REALLY TAKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS AT SURE A LEG UP ON ANY AGGRESSOR WHO WOULD WANT TO HARM THEM.

MY SECOND REQUEST IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE ALTERNATIVE TO EATING IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL.

IF YOU WERE TO DRIVE PAST THAT LUNCHTIME, YOU'LL SEE THAT MANY OF THE CHILDREN ARE EATING THEIR LUNCH IN FRONT OF THE LAWN AT THE SCHOOL, AND AT FIRST GLANCE IT'S HARMLESS.

BUT AGAIN, IN THE DAY AND AGE THAT WE'RE LIVING IN, WITH SCHOOL SHOOTINGS BECOMING MORE AND MORE COMMON, OUR KIDS ARE TOO VULNERABLE AND THEY'RE EXTREMELY EXPOSED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT LAWN. SO THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN IS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION.

BUT WHAT ABOUT A CAR ACCIDENTALLY PLOWING THROUGH OR A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS RUNNING OUT INTO THE STREET.

SO THESE ARE ALL RISKS THAT WE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO TAKE AND NOT TO MENTION THE LIABILITIES INVOLVED IF ANY OF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN.

LASTLY, THERE'S ALSO THE ISSUE OF EQUITY.

SO GLADSTONE, ALLEN, EKSTRAND, ETC.

HAVE ALL THESE FENCES, SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SHULL IS STILL NOT THERE.

AND UPON DOING SOME RESEARCH, A PLAUSIBLE SOLUTION IS TO PLACE TABLES UNDER THE EXISTING SOLAR PANELS BEHIND THE PLAYGROUND.

I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE THAT WE'RE WAITING FOR A GRANT TO ENLARGE THE CAFETERIA TO ACCOMMODATE THE OVERFLOW.

BUT WE KNOW IT TAKES YEARS FOR THOSE THINGS TO COME INTO FRUITION.

SO I'M ASKING THAT WE PUT A TANGIBLE PLAN WITH A CONCRETE TIMELINE INTO PLACE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH THE BOARD, THE DISTRICT PARENTS, STUDENTS, TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE BECAUSE THEY'RE SO PRECIOUS TO US.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, ESTEEMED BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS BENJAMIN ORDAZ.

I'M A PROUD [INAUDIBLE] SHARK.

I'M IN THE FIFTH GRADE AND I'M A FORMAL AND I'M A FORMER FIRST PLACE MATH OLYMPIAD WINNER.

I HOPE YOU DON'T THINK I'M DEAD.

I'M BEING PRETENTIOUS BY SAYING THAT.

I ONLY SAY THAT BECAUSE I LOVE SCHOOL AND SHULL, IT HAS CHALLENGED ME ACADEMICALLY.

WE ARE A BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL, AFTER ALL.

I WANT TO BE AN ENGINEER WHEN I GROW UP AND SHULLS' PREPARING ME TO SUCCEED NOT ONLY IN SCHOOL, BUT IN PREPARING ME TO LIVE MY PURPOSE.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, I'M VERY PROUD TO BE AT SHULL.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD HATE FOR ANYTHING TO CUT MY, MY OR THE DREAMS OF MY SCHOOL MADE SHORT.

AT THE MOMENT, MY CLASSROOM CAN BE ACCESSED BY ANYONE WALKING ON THE STREET, SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A FENCE TO KEEP ME, MY CLASSMATES AND MY TEACHERS SAFE.

IN ADDITION, I WOULD LIKE TO.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE THERE TO BE A MORE SECURE SEATING AREA AT LUNCH TIME FOR MY SCHOOLMATES.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, ALL OF US ARE BEING SEATED AT THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL.

LIKE I SAID EARLIER, ANYBODY COULD CAUSE HARM TO MY CLASSMATES AT THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE PROPOSING TO HAVE MORE TABLES AT THE BACK OF THE SCHOOL UNDERNEATH THE SOLAR PANEL.

THIS WOULD BE GUARANTEED TO HELP PROTECT ALL THE STUDENTS AT LUNCHTIME.

ALSO, IT WOULD SERVE AS A MORE COMFORTABLE AREA TO SIT AT RATHER THAN THE CAFETERIA, WHICH IS ALWAYS JAM PACKED WHEN THE GRADE IS HIGHER THAN KINDERGARTNERS EATING IN IT.

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THIS GRADE WAS SEATED ON ONE SIDE, WHILE FOURTH GRADE WAS ON THE OTHER.

ON EITHER SIDE, THERE WAS JUST BARELY ENOUGH ROOM TO CRAM BOTH GRADES IN.

I SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE AS MY ELBOWS ARE SQUISHED AND IT'S HARD TO EAT WHEN YOUR ELBOWS ARE SQUISHED.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THAN OUR COMFORT IS OUR SAFETY.

SO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I ASK THAT WE INSTALL A GATE AND PROVIDE US WITH A MORE APPROPRIATE AND SAFE LUNCH SEATING AREA.

OUR FUTURES ARE IN YOUR HANDS.

THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS CADENCE. I WANT I WANT ALL MY FRIENDS AND TEACHERS TO BE SAFE.

I WANT I WANT EVERYONE TO BE SAFE AND I WANT WANT EVERYONE TO BE PROTECTED.

SOMEBODY CAN CAN HARM US.

AND I DON'T WANT TO TO LOSE EVERY ONE I KNOW.

SO PLEASE, PLEASE, CAN WE HAVE A FENCE AND A SAFE EATING PLACE.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I GUESS WE HAVE NO OTHER SPEAKERS FOR THIS EVENING.

SO FUTURE MEETING DATES.

[19. FUTURE MEETING DATES]

AND AT THIS MEETING WE WILL CONDUCT THE ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING.

ANY ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS? WE WILL ADJOURN AT 7:25.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.