[2. CALL TO ORDER]

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ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT AND WE WILL WE WILL CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION AT 4:30.

[5. CLOSED SESSION AGENDA]

OKAY. WE WILL RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AT 6:02 AND REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION.

[7. CALL TO ORDER]

[8. REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION]

PURSUANT TO WHICH THE DISTRICT HAS AGREED TO PLACE THE STUDENT IN THE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM AT SHULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 2022 2023 SCHOOL YEAR AND WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO THE STUDENT.

AND THE STUDENT'S PARENTS HAVE RELEASED CLAIMS AGAINST THE DISTRICT IN EXCHANGE FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AS SPECIFIED IN THE AGREEMENT.

THE MOTION WAS MADE BY GREG PALATTO WITH A SECOND BY DEREK BAHMANOU.

THE ROLL CALL VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN A FLAG SALUTE.

READY, BEGIN.

RIGHT APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER AND CONTENT.

[10. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER AND CONTENT]

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

POST.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES TO THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING.

[11. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING]

MOVED. SECOND ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED.

ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES.

[12. COMMUNICATIONS FROM STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES]

GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT WIEN, PRESIDENT CREIMAN, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CABINET MEMBERS AND AUDIENCE.

CELEBRATIONS, AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS.

THE BULLDOGS ARE EXCITED FOR A NEW YEAR AND NEW SEMESTER.

THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS PLANNING CLASSROOMS AND ON CAMPUS.

WE HELD OUR RENAISSANCE ASSEMBLY ON JANUARY 20TH TO RECOGNIZE HARD WORK AND ACHIEVEMENT DURING THE SECOND QUARTER.

ON DECEMBER 16TH, WE RECOGNIZED OUR STUDENTS OF THE MONTH.

[INAUDIBLE] HALL IS OUR CHAPARRAL STUDENT OF THE MONTH AND MARISSA [INAUDIBLE] HERNANDEZ IS VISTA STUDENT OF THE MONTH.

OUR STAFF MEMBER OF THE MONTH IS MR. MATSUMOTO, OUR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR, WHO IS ALWAYS THERE FOR US WHEN WE NEED HIM.

ONE OF OUR TRADITIONS IS THAT OUR EVENTS CULINARY CLASS MAKES LUNCH FOR THE STAFF AND STUDENTS ON THE MONTH.

IN DECEMBER, THEY MADE UP TOMATO SOUP AND GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICHES.

IT WAS A GOURMET AND VERY DELICIOUS.

ACADEMICS, COLLEGE AND CAREER PREPARATION.

ON DECEMBER 20TH 29 BULLDOGS SUCCESSFULLY PRESENTED THEIR SENIOR PROJECTS.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME EVERY PRESENTER HAS PASSED THE RIGOR TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATING SENIORS ON THEIR FIRST ATTEMPT.

WE APPRECIATE THE MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY WHO SERVED AS ADJUDICATORS AND WANT TO THANK THEM FOR TAKING TIME TO HEAR ABOUT OUR SENIORS EDUCATIONAL PATH AND THEIR FUTURE PLANS. 20 MORE SENIORS WILL PRESENT THEIR PLANS ON FEBRUARY 21ST.

THIS FRIDAY, CITRUS COLLEGE WILL BE ON CAMPUS TO ASSIST INTERESTED SENIORS IN COMPLETING THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

SEVERAL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN THE SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL [INAUDIBLE] VIA PROGRAM BEGINNING NEXT WEEK.

THIS WILL INCLUDE A SERIES OF THREE WORKSHOP SESSIONS HELD BY OUR LOCAL SAN DIMAS LA VERNE SOROPTIMIST CLUB INCLUDES INTERACTIVE LESSONS AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, SETTING AND ACHIEVING GOALS, OVERCOMING OBSTACLES TO SUCCESS, AND MOVING FORWARD AFTER SETBACKS.

OUR STUDENTS ARE WORKING ON ONE WORD RESOLUTION ART PROJECTS WHERE THEY ARE CHOOSING ONE WORD AS A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION AND CREATING A COLLAGE AROUND THAT WORD TO DEPICT WHAT THAT WORD MEANS TO THEM AND HOW THEY PLAN TO UTILIZE IT IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.

ACTIVITIES. ON DECEMBER 23RD, WE CONCLUDED OUR 30 DAYS OF GIVING.

WE DELIVERED TEN TWIN SIZED BLANKETS MADE BY RENAISSANCE STUDENTS AND SEVERAL BOXES OF CLOTHING AND CANNED GOODS TO THE HOUSE OF RUTH AND POMONA.

RENAISSANCE ALSO ADOPTED A STUDENT FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT, AND WE HELD BAKE SALES UNTIL WE EARNED ENOUGH TO PURCHASE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FOR HIM.

SPORTS. THERE ARE SIX TEAM REMAINING IN OUR HORSESHOE TOURNAMENT AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THE WEATHER WILL PERMIT BECAUSE FOLLOWING THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH WE WILL BE HOLDING OUR STAFF STUDENT CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT AND NEXT WEEK WE WILL CONCLUDE OUR BASKETBALL SEASON WITH A GAME AGAINST CORONADO AND WEST COVINA.

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[LAUGHTER] ON BEHALF OF THE BULLDOGS, I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE ALL THE BEST IN 2023 AND WANT TO THANK THE DISTRICT AND THE BOARD FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

JAIDEN .

GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT WIEN.

WE ATTEND AUDIENCE AND STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS.

I HOPE YOU GUYS ALL ENJOYED YOUR HOLIDAY SEASON AND YOUR BREAK, BECAUSE I KNOW I DID.

FOR ACADEMICS, SEMESTER ONE COMES TO A CLOSE.

THESE ARE THE FINAL GRADES THAT ARE USED TO NAME OUR VALEDICTORIAN AND TOP TEN FOR EACH GRADE.

THIS TAKES PLACE AT THE END OF THE YEAR RALLY CALLED RENAISSANCE.

OUR ADVANCED CULINARY CLASS WILL BE TAKING A FIELD TRIP TO MOUNT SAC THIS FRIDAY.

FOR ATHLETICS OUR GIRLS SOCCER IS CURRENTLY THREE AND ZERO IN LEAGUE.

AS WE'RE MAKING A RUN TO WIN THEIR THIRD LEAGUE TITLE IN A ROW, OUR BOYS BASKETBALL IS ALSO UNDEFEATED AS THEY DEFEATED NORTH VIEW LAST NIGHT AT OUR ANNUAL SILENT NIGHT GAME.

CHEER HAS THEIR FIRST USA REGIONAL COMPETITION AT YORBA LINDA HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS IS WHERE THEY HAVE THE CHANCE TO QUALIFY FOR NATIONALS.

AND FOR OUR ARTS, OUR AMAZING DRAMA PROGRAM IS PREPARING FOR THEIR SPRING MUSICAL OLIVER.

INTO OUR ACTIVITIES, WE HAVE AN UPCOMING WINTER RALLY TO REPRESENT OUR WINTER SPORTS AND OUR ATHLETES.

ASB IS ALSO PREPARING FOR SPRING FLING THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE END OF FEBRUARY.

SILENT NIGHT WAS LAST NIGHT.

SO MANY STUDENTS CAME OUT IN COOL COSTUMES TO SUPPORT OUR BASKETBALL TEAM, AND HANNAH MONTANA TOOK HOME THE COSTUME CONTEST.

I'M SO STOKED TO SEE WHAT THIS LAST SEMESTER HAS IN STORE FOR SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] ONTO OUR FEATURED PRESENTATIONS.

[13. FEATURED PRESENTATIONS14. REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON OPEN SESSION AGENDA ITEMS 15. CONSENT AGENDA 16. DISCUSSION/ACTION AGENDA 17. REPORTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT 18. REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC ]

SO TONIGHT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, THE LA VERNE ROTARY.

WITH US TONIGHT, WE HAVE CLUB PRESIDENT CRAIG RUBIN, DEBBIE DEACY, DIANA LAGUNA, AND A VERY FAMILIAR FACE TO US, SUSAN HUME. THE LA VERNE ROTARY HAS CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

ONE OF THE WONDERFUL WAYS THEY SUPPORT OUR DISTRICT IS BY AWARDING MANY GRANTS TO OUR TEACHERS.

CRAIG WE'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE MINI GRANT PROGRAM, THE TEACHERS YOU'RE AWARDING TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR INVITING US.

AND THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IT'S A PLEASURE FOR ME TO BE WITH YOU.

SO THE MINI GRANT PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1998 BY ROTARIAN DR.

ROGER THANK YOU. THE TEACHER MINI GRANT FUND IS ESTABLISHED TO INCREASE THE COOPERATION OF INDUSTRY IN EDUCATION AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION.

THE LA VERNE ROTARY CLUBS TEACHER MINI GRANT FUND AWARDS A LIMITED NUMBER OF MINI GRANTS WITH A MAXIMUM AWARD OF $500 FOR SPECIAL CLASSROOM PROJECTS TO INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS OF GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH IN LA VERNE SCHOOLS.

THE MINI GRANTS PROVIDE RISK CAPITAL TO INNOVATIVE TEACHERS WHO WANT TO DEVELOP NEW IDEAS TO ENRICH STUDENT CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE.

THE MINI GRANTS ARE AWARDED TO TEACHERS WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE HAVE SOURCES OF FUNDING OR WHO WOULD HAVE TO USE THEIR OWN MONEY TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT.

BASICALLY, THE WAY WE SEND OUT THE APPLICATIONS AND A PANEL OF LA VERNE ROTARIANS REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS, EVALUATING THEM FOR INNOVATION BENEFIT TO STUDENTS AND CLARITY.

GRANT AWARDS WILL PROVIDE FOR MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT AND OTHER RESOURCES NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE PROPOSED PROJECT.

THIS YEAR WE ALLOCATED $3200 FOR THIS.

WE SELF-FUND THE PROJECT SO ALL THE INDIVIDUAL ROTARIANS ARE ASSESSED FOR TO COME UP WITH THAT MONEY.

AND AS WAS ANNOUNCED, I AM THE CURRENT PRESIDENT.

DIANA LAGUNA IS PRESIDENT ELECT.

SHE WILL BE STANDING HERE NEXT YEAR.

DEBBIE DEACY, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND SUSAN HUME, WHO YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH.

SO BASICALLY, TO GO DOWN TO GIVE OUT THE AWARDS, I WILL ANNOUNCE THE NAMES.

AND I KNOW A FEW OF THEM, TOO THE TEACHERS ARE NOT HERE.

SO THEN BEING THE FIRST ONE, TIM WEST OF BONITA HIGH SCHOOL FOR HIS PROJECT LINKING TECH WITH COLLABORATIVE WHITEBOARDS.

SO WE'LL HOLD THAT ONE.

JULIE PRAGER FROM GRACE MILLER ELEMENTARY.

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CONGRATULATIONS. SO HER PROJECT IS HANDS ON GARDENING OBSERVE AND WRITE ON FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCES.

THANK YOU. MAY WANT TO STAY UP HERE.

STAY UP HERE JULIE. MARIA BROCK, ALSO OF GRACE MILLER ELEMENTARY.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS. SO HER PROJECT IS SCHOLASTIC STORY WORKS MAGAZINE.

EACH STUDENT OWNED COPY OF MAGAZINE AND ACCESS TO DIGITAL RESOURCES INVITATION FOR WEBINARS FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.

SO THE NEXT ONE IS TIFFANY HUIE, GRACE MILLER ELEMENTARY.

[APPLAUSE] WELL.

HER PROJECT IS MEET THE NEED AND WE WILL READ.

ASSIST STRUGGLING READERS WITH TOOLS, STRIPS, WOBBLE CUSHIONS, [INAUDIBLE] UPPER READERS, AUDIOBOOKS, JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH.

NEXT ONE IS HEATHER HOYNES.

[APPLAUSE] FROM OAK MESA ELEMENTARY.

HER PROJECT IS MONARCH BUTTERFLY GARDEN HABITAT.

NEXT ONE. I UNDERSTAND IS NOT HERE, ROXANNE LARSON FROM RAMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL, 6TH GRADE GARDEN IMPROVEMENT. NEXT ONE IS A JOINT WINNER, CHERRY AGAPITO, HOPEFULLY I DON'T BUTCHER THE NAME.

AND MARY UDRIA.

GOOD, HUH? [APPLAUSE] FROM ROYNON ELEMENTARY.

YES. YEAH.

I'LL GET IT. OKAY.

CHEERS. YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS? YEAH. WE MAKE TWO.

THERE ARE TWO CHECKS IN THERE.

OKAY. THE PROJECT IS ROYNON SENSORY LIBRARY SENSORY TOOLS.

[APPLAUSE] SO CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND HER PROJECT IS NOVELS COME TO LIFE BOOKS.

SO THAT'S THE AWARDS FOR THIS YEAR.

I GUESS IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE IN FRONT OF THE.

GO IN FRONT. GO IN FRONT.

BY THE WAY, GUYS, YOU'RE ON TVS OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR AND MOST OF THEM ARE NOW'S YOUR CHANCE.

AND OUR NEXT FEATURED PRESENTATION IS THE REVIEW OF THE 2022 CAASPP ASSESSMENT DATA IN THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AS WE GO INTO SECOND SEMESTER, WANTED TO GIVE THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF OUR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A FEW THINGS TONIGHT.

NUMBER ONE, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE CAASPP DATA FROM 2022, AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A LOOK AT THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD THAT WAS JUST RELEASED RIGHT PRIOR TO THE HOLIDAYS. LAST SPRING, 2022 WAS THE FIRST TIME WE TOOK THE STATE TEST SINCE 2019. AND IF WE DO A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY LESSON, WHEN WE REPORTED ON THE TEST RESULTS IN 2019, WE WERE REPORTING ON ALL TIME HIGHS AT THAT POINT.

WE PASSED LANGUAGE ARTS AT 71%.

WE PASSED MATH AT 60% IN 2019.

AND SO NOW YOU CAN SEE NOW THREE YEARS LATER POST PANDEMIC WHAT THE RESULTS WERE ON THE 2022 STATE TEST.

68% OF OUR STUDENTS PROFICIENT IN LANGUAGE ARTS, 54% IN MATHEMATICS.

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SO THAT'S 68 AND 54.

HARD TO LOOK AT IF YOU'RE JUST WITHOUT CONTEXT.

IT'S HARD TO JUDGE WHAT THOSE NUMBERS MEAN.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME PUTTING THESE NUMBERS IN CONTEXT AND LOOK AT OUR RELATIVE STANDING, NOT ONLY RELATIVE TO LOCAL DISTRICTS, BUT THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND WE'LL DO THAT HERE FIRST WITH THE STATE AVERAGE.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE STATE AVERAGE FOR LANGUAGE ARTS PASSING AT 47% AND 33% IN MATH.

SO WE'RE 21 POINTS BETTER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE RELATIVE TO 2022 CAASPP RESULTS.

IMPORTANTLY, WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THAT 68% PASS RATE REPRESENTS TOP 10% OF ALL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THAT 54% MATH REPRESENTS A TOP 12% OF ALL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.

AND SO RELATIVE TO OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WE'RE IN REALLY, REALLY GOOD STANDING.

BEGINNING IN 2019, WE ALSO BEGAN TO LOOK AT SOME LOCAL DISTRICTS AND COMPARING OURSELVES AND OUR ACHIEVEMENT TO LOCAL DISTRICTS, TWO OF WHICH ARE NEIGHBORS, CLAREMONT AND GLENDORA.

AND WE ALSO DECIDED AT THAT POINT TO BEGIN LOOKING AT ARCADIA AND WALNUT VALLEY TO BENCHMARK OURSELVES AGAINST TWO OF THE HIGHER PERFORMING DISTRICTS IN THE STATE. AND HERE YOU CAN SEE HOW WE STACK UP WITH THOSE FOUR COMPARISON DISTRICTS.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE CONTINUE TO OUTPACE CLAREMONT AND GLENDORA IN BOTH LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATHEMATICS, AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO CHASE AFTER ARCADIA AND WALNUT VALLEY.

WE ALSO PUT ON HERE THE CHANGE FROM 2019.

AND SO WE SAID WE WERE DOWN THREE IN LANGUAGE ARTS AND DOWN SIX IN MATH.

YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT STACKS UP WITH THE OTHER COMPARISON DISTRICTS, THE DROPS AND DECLINES THAT THEY HAD DURING THE PANDEMIC AS WELL.

WE WANTED TO TAKE A BIT OF A DEEPER DIVE AS WELL.

AND SO WE LOOKED AT COMPARISON DISTRICTS, UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT HAD A SIMILAR PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM AND THE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH PROGRAM.

OUR RATE, DEPENDING ON THE YEAR, GOES ANYWHERE BETWEEN 35 AND 38% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE IN THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM FREE AND REDUCED.

AND SO WE TOOK EVERY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN CALIFORNIA THAT HAD A FREE AND REDUCED RATE BETWEEN 30 AND 40%.

SO WE CONSIDER THOSE DISTRICTS SIMILAR TO US DEMOGRAPHICALLY, AND WE FOUND 36 DISTRICTS, UNIFIED DISTRICTS, THAT FIT IN THAT CATEGORY OF HAVING FREE AND REDUCED RATES BETWEEN 30 AND 40.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE AVERAGE PASS RATE IN LANGUAGE ARTS OF THOSE 36 SIMILAR DISTRICTS WAS 53.

WE'RE AT 68.

AND WHEN YOU STACK UP AND RANK THOSE 36 DISTRICTS IN A LINE, BONITA UNIFIED WAS RANKED SECOND OUT OF THOSE 36 DISTRICTS.

THAT'S FOR LANGUAGE ARTS.

HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN MATH, SAME STORY, SAME DISTRICTS LINE UP.

AVERAGE PASS RATE OF THOSE 36 DISTRICTS IN MATH WAS 39.

WE'RE UP 15 FROM THAT.

WE'RE AT 54.

AND AGAIN, WHEN YOU LINE THEM UP, WE RANKED SECOND OUT OF THOSE 36 DISTRICTS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO US DEMOGRAPHICALLY.

AND SO IF YOU JUST PAUSE HERE BEFORE WE GET INTO ONE OF THE FOCUS AREAS THAT WE HAVE IN BONITA UNIFIED, MOVING FORWARD, YOU CAN LOOK AND SUMMARIZE BY SAYING OUR RELATIVE STANDING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC IS EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG.

TOP 10% IN LANGUAGE ARTS, ABOUT 12% IN MATHEMATICS.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT SIMILAR DISTRICTS, WE'RE AT NEAR THE VERY TOP OF THAT LIST.

AND SO IT'S TESTAMENT TO THE WORK THAT OUR TEACHERS DO, OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF, OUR MANAGEMENT ON A DAILY BASIS TO PREPARE OUR STUDENTS TO PUT FORTH THEIR VERY BEST ON THAT STATE TEST. NOW, WE TALKED A BIT ABOUT FREE AND REDUCED STUDENTS.

AND ONE OF THE TOPIC AREAS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THIS DISTRICT SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2021, SO OVER A YEAR NOW, IS THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT DOES OUR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS SERVICE STUDENTS THE SAME WHO COME FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS, FROM THOSE WHO DON'T COME FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS? AND THE METAPHOR THAT WE'VE USED TO DESCRIBE THIS AS HEADWINDS AND TAILWINDS.

SO YOU KNOW THAT A TAILWIND IS THIS FORCE, THESE VARIABLES THAT PUSH YOU FORWARD, THEY BLOW AT YOUR BACK AND THEY MAKE MOVEMENT MUCH EASIER. A HEADWIND IS THE OPPOSITE OF THAT AND BLOWS RIGHT AT YOUR FACE.

AND THEY'RE VARIABLES AND FACTORS THAT MAKE MOVEMENT MORE DIFFICULT.

AND SO HISTORICALLY IN THIS COUNTRY, THERE ARE VARIABLES THAT HAVE MADE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT MORE DIFFICULT, ONE OF WHICH IS COMING FROM A BACKGROUND OF POVERTY.

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IF YOU QUALIFY FOR THAT, THEN RIGHT NOW WE'RE LABELING SES DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUND.

THAT'S A HEADWINDS STUDENT VERSUS THOSE WHO ARE NOT, THOSE ARE TAILWINDS.

AND SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS TO SEE DOES OUR ACADEMIC PROGRAM SERVE BOTH OF THOSE GROUPS EVENLY? AND YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP, THAT'S FOR LANGUAGE ARTS, THAT FIRST BLUE BOX PERCENT OF HEADWINDS.

SO THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE ON THE FREE AND REDUCED LIST, THEIR PASS RATE IN LANGUAGE ARTS WAS 59%, WHEREAS THOSE STUDENTS WHO WERE NOT ON THE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH LIST IS 74%.

IT'S A GAP OF 15 POINTS.

NOW, UNDERSTAND THAT THE GAPS LIKE THIS HAVE EXISTED IN OUR EDUCATIONAL, NOT BONITA, AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME.

WHAT WE'RE BEGINNING TO DO IS HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY ON EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT.

AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S THE SAME STORY FOR MATHEMATICS.

A LITTLE BIGGER GAP, 42% OF HEADWIND STUDENTS PASSED THE TEST IN MATH AND THEN 61% OF TAILWINDS.

AND SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS IN MANAGEMENT.

THOSE OUR PRINCIPALS ARE GOING BACK TO SES AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE POVERTY STATUS OF OUR STUDENTS.

WHAT WE CAN DO IS LOOK FOR WAYS TO MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY ON EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT.

AND ONE THING I TOLD LEADERSHIP IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR WAS THIS IS THE GOAL MOVING FORWARD, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A NEW A NEW PUSH NEXT YEAR.

THE PUSH IS GOING TO BE THAT WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT GAP IN BONITA UNIFIED.

HOWEVER, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE CLOSED BY TAILWIND STUDENTS PERFORMING LESS WELL.

IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSED BY OUR TAILWIND STUDENTS CONTINUING TO ACHIEVE, BUT OUR HEADWIND STUDENTS WILL ACHIEVE AT A RATE FASTER.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GET BOTH GROUPS TO ACHIEVE HIGHER IN THE COMING YEARS, AND THAT GAP IS GOING TO CLOSE.

HERE ARE THE OTHER FOUR COMPARISON DISTRICTS.

JUST TO GIVE YOU AGAIN, CONTEXT TO SEE OUR HEADWINDS AND TAILWINDS STUDENTS AS COMPARED TO THE HEADWINDS AND TAILWINDS STUDENTS OF THE FOUR COMPARISON DISTRICTS. THIS IS FOR LANGUAGE ARTS.

AGAIN, YOU SEE OUR 15 POINT GAP, YOU SEE THE GAPS OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL.

IT HELPS JUST TO ILLUSTRATE IF YOU JUST LOOK DOWN THE LIST, THESE ARE THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS OF HEADWINDS FOR THOSE DISTRICTS AND THEN TAILWINDS HERE.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE RELATIVE TO HOW OUR STUDENTS PERFORM RELATIVE TO THOSE OTHER FOUR DISTRICTS.

SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT.

THEREFORE, LANGUAGE ARTS AND THEN YOU SEE MATHEMATICS HERE.

AND SO THE GAP IS BIGGER IN MOST OF OUR COMPARISON DISTRICTS THAN IT WAS FOR LANGUAGE ARTS.

THAT'S HISTORIC AS WELL.

IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP WORKING ON CLOSING THE GAP, BOTH THE LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATHEMATICS.

WE KNOW IT'S A TALL ORDER.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE HAVING THE RIGHT CONVERSATIONS TO MOVE THE CONVERSATION FORWARD TO DO THAT, BECAUSE WE WANT THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM TO SERVE ALL OUR STUDENTS, NOT JUST POCKETS OF THEM.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE METRICS THAT WE'LL USE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE DOING THAT.

AND SO THAT IS A STROLL THROUGH OUR CAASPP DATA FOR 2022.

WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN PRETTY STRONG POSITION AS WE GO INTO 2023.

TESTING BEGINS IN APRIL.

WE HAVE A LOT OF TIME AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT OUR STUDENTS DO THIS SPRING.

BEFORE WE MOVE OUT OF THIS WANTED TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD.

THIS IS A A PUBLIC WEBSITE THE STATE PUTS TOGETHER THAT MEASURES DISTRICTS AND SCHOOLS ON VARIOUS FACTORS.

THIS WAS JUST RELEASED DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND POINT OUT OUR RELATIVE STANDING HERE.

AND SO YOU SEE THE VARIABLES IN THE LEFT THAT THE STATE USES FOR THE DASHBOARD AND THEN GRAYED OUT YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE STATE WAS IN 2019 AND WHERE BONITA WAS IN 2019. AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE NOW IN 2022.

AND SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE REALLY QUICKLY.

SO, YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IS DEFINED AS A STUDENT THAT MISSES 10% OR MORE OF A SCHOOL YEAR.

AND SO IF THEY'RE ENROLLED 180 DAYS, ANY STUDENT THAT MISSES 18 OR MORE DAYS IS CONSIDERED CHRONICALLY ABSENT.

YOU CAN SEE THE PERCENTAGE THERE IS BASICALLY 25%.

IT'S HUGE NUMBERS, THREE TIMES PLUS WHAT IT WAS IN 2019.

IT'S WHAT HAPPENS DURING A PANDEMIC.

AND SO STATE BLEW UP THREE TIMES AS WELL.

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SUSPENSION RATE, SELF EXPLANATORY THERE UNDERNEATH THE STATE AVERAGE.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRESS.

THE WAY THIS ONE IS DEFINED IS WHEN THE STUDENT TAKES THE EL TEST IF THEY GO UP A LEVEL, THERE ARE FOUR LEVELS.

IF THEY IMPROVE BY ONE LEVEL FROM YEAR TO YEAR, THEY'RE COUNTED IN THIS OR IF THEY SCORE THE TOP LEVEL OF FOUR.

TWO YEARS IN A ROW, THEY'RE COUNTED.

AND SO WE HAD 47% OF OUR EL STUDENTS WHO TOOK THE TEST ARE CONSIDERED PROGRESSING.

NOW, THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW METRICS THAT WE SCORE LOWER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE.

AND ONE WAY THAT WE EXPLAIN THAT IS, IS WHEN A STUDENT SCORES A FOUR IN OUR DISTRICT.

WE USE MULTIPLE CRITERIA, BUT WE EXIT THEM OUT OF THE PROGRAM.

AND SO ON A YEARLY BASIS, OUR VERY STRONGEST EL STUDENTS ARE BEING WHO SCORE FOURS WE PULL OUT.

AND SO WE DON'T OFTEN SEE THAT MANY FOURS SCORING OR STUDENTS SCORING FOUR TWO YEARS IN A ROW BECAUSE WE PULL THEM OUT OF THE PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY'VE ESSENTIALLY WORKED THEIR WAY OUT OF IT. SO THAT'S EXPLAINS THE 47.2% THERE.

GRAD RATE HAS NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE IN THIS DISTRICT.

IT'S ABOUT 97% ON THE DASHBOARD.

AND THEN THE BOTTOM TWO ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATHEMATICS, THESE ARE ON THE DASHBOARD, REPORTED IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY THAN WHAT I JUST SHOWED YOU AS FAR AS PERCENT PASSING.

SO THE EASIEST WAY TO TRANSLATE THESE NUMBERS IS A POSITIVE NUMBER IS GOOD.

A NEGATIVE NUMBER IS NOT GOOD.

A POSITIVE NUMBER INDICATES THAT THE AVERAGE STUDENT, THE AVERAGE STUDENT SCALE SCORE IS ABOVE PROFICIENCY, WHEREAS IF IT'S NEGATIVE, THAT MEANS THE AVERAGE STUDENT IN YOUR DISTRICT HAS THE SCALE SCORE THAT'S UNDERNEATH PROFICIENCY.

YOU CAN SEE OUR SCORES ARE POSITIVE.

THAT'S GOOD. STATE SCORES ARE NOT, THEY'RE NEGATIVE.

SO WE CLEARLY OUTPACE THE STATE SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN LOOKING AT THE SCALE SCORES, AND SO THAT'S OUR DASHBOARD, IT'LL LOOK DIFFERENT NEXT YEAR. RIGHT NOW FOR 2022 COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, THEY JUST LOOKED AT STATUS NUMBERS.

HISTORICALLY, IT'S STATUS AND CHANGE.

AND SO THIS IS THE BASELINE.

AND THEN WE'LL SEE HOW WE STACK UP TO THESE NUMBERS NEXT YEAR AND IT'LL LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

THE GOAL CONTINUES, AS WE STATED IN 2019 WHEN WE WERE SITTING AT 71, 60, THE GOAL CONTINUES TO BE 80, 70.

BUT AS I MENTIONED WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT STUDENTS FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS, THIS IS GOING TO BE A DISTRICT WIDE GOAL OF 80, 70.

IT'S GOING TO BE A TAILWINDS GROUP GOAL OF 80, 70.

AND IMPORTANTLY, IT WILL EVENTUALLY BE A HEADWINDS GROUP GOAL OF 80, 70.

WE DON'T WANT JUST ONE GROUP OF STUDENTS TO BE ACADEMICALLY SUCCESSFUL IN THIS DISTRICT.

AND SO THERE IS NO TIMELINE ON THIS.

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP WORKING ON IT UNTIL WE ACHIEVE IT, BUT WE ARE CERTAINLY ON THE RIGHT PATH.

QUESTIONS? WELL, I ACTUALLY HAVE.

WELL, FIRST, WONDERFUL DATA.

THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION.

I GUESS I SHOULD SAY THE OBVIOUS, AND I'M GOING TO DISAGREE WITH THE ASSERTION YOU MADE, BUT I'D LIKE TO SUPPORT IT WITH EVIDENCE FIRST.

SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE SEEN IS IN THE PRESENTATION AND I'VE SEEN THE DATA BEFORE.

WE HAVE HIGHER TEST SCORES THAN A LOT OF DISTRICTS.

I THINK WE'RE RANKED NUMBER TWO WITH COMPARABLE STUDENTS, BUT OUR TEST SCORES ARE ALSO HIGHER THAN CLAREMONT AND GLENDORA.

IF YOU JUST LOOK AT OUR AGGREGATE, WE HAVE LESS DISPARITIES BETWEEN GROUPS THAN GLENDORA AND CLAREMONT.

AND THEN I LOOKED AT OUR PROFICIENT OF JUST THE TAILWINDS, OUR LOW INCOME STUDENTS, AND THEY'RE DOING BETTER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE.

SO IF WE JUST LOOK AT THAT POPULATION IN GENERAL.

THAT'S RIGHT. THEY'RE ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE, WHICH INCLUDES EVERYONE.

THAT'S RIGHT. AND THEN THE DISAGREEMENT IS, I KNOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A CONTEXT.

YOU'RE LIKE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THESE STUDENTS POVERTY LEVEL.

SURE. I WOULD ARGUE THAT A GOOD EDUCATION WILL, IN THE FUTURE CHANGE THEIR POVERTY LEVEL.

EVENTUALLY IN THE FUTURE THAT'S THE GOAL, ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. SO GREAT DATA.

I THINK YOU'RE DOING GREAT WORK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S RIGHT. MATT.

YES. I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON THAT PRESENTATION, BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT'S JUST TERRIFIC DATA FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS.

MY COMPLIMENTS TO EVERYBODY HERE, DISTRICT OFFICE, EVERY SCHOOL, EVERY TEACHER, EVERY CLASSIFIED PERSON, BECAUSE THIS TAKES A VILLAGE.

AND ALSO THAT YOUR GOAL IS THAT WE KEEP DOING THIS AND WE KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

IT WOULD BE SO EASY TO REST ON OUR LAURELS, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS DISTRICT DOES.

AND MY COMPLIMENTS TO EVERYBODY, BECAUSE I KNOW WE WILL KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU. YOU TOOK MY WORDS.

[LAUGHTER] MATT, I APPRECIATE YOU.

YOU'VE HIGHLIGHTED THIS A NUMBER OF TIMES IN THE LAST MONTHS AS ONE OF THE ROOT CAUSES YOU KNOW THE POVERTY QUESTION FOR THOSE WHO ARE CHALLENGED.

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SURE. AND, YOU KNOW, THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE RELY ON OUR COMMUNITY AND THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND HOW WE NEED TO UP OUR GAME IN THAT AREA, PLEASE KEEP US INFORMED AND LET US KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO AS PARTNERS TO BE BETTER PARTNERS IN WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE ALL THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL, BECAUSE THAT REALLY IS THE ROOT CAUSE TO HELP OUR STUDENTS BE SUCCESSFUL.

ABSOLUTELY. AND IT REALLY IS NEEDS TO BE PART OF OUR ONGOING DIALOG.

AND THAT'S SERIOUS BUSINESS, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. AND I'LL COMMEND MARK.

YOU KNOW, HE'S IN THE AUDIENCE. MARK ROGERS AND HIS TEAM HAVE CONTINUED TO REACH OUT TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR LIAISONS, COMMUNITY LIAISONS ARE PUTTING OUR FAMILIES IN THE BEST POSSIBLE POSITION TO RECEIVE THOSE RESOURCES.

WE CAN DO BETTER, BUT THAT TEAM HAS DONE A GREAT JOB THIS YEAR LINKING OUR FAMILIES UP.

YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF DISTRICTS WOULD SEE THIS PRESENTATION AND BE SURPRISED AT HOW WELL THEY DID.

AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE SURPRISED.

YEAH. WE EXPECTED IT.

IT'S HAPPENED EVERY YEAR AND IT JUST CONTINUES TO HAPPEN, WHICH IT'S TESTAMENT TO YOU AND EVERYONE IN THIS DISTRICT.

OF THE TEAM ABSOLUTELY. HOW HARD THEY WORK TO KEEP THIS GOING BUT.

I HAD THE PERSPECTIVE OF HAVING BEEN WORKING IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND JUST JUST ONE LITTLE THING, WATCHING THAT SUSPENSION RATE GO DOWN.

RIGHT. AND KNOWING WHAT IT WAS LIKE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND THAT THERE WAS A FOCUS ON THAT AND THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS AND THERE WAS WHAT STRATEGIES ARE WE GOING TO USE AND THAT THAT PAYS OFF AND LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE NOW.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU.

REQUEST TO SPEAK ON OPEN SESSION AGENDA ITEMS, NO CARDS.

CONSENT AGENDA. MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD TO BE ROUTINE OR SUFFICIENTLY SUPPORTED BY PRIOR OR ACCOMPANYING REFERENCE MATERIALS AND INFORMATION AS TO NOT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION.

IF ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD SO REQUESTS, AN ITEM SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THIS SESSION 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 REQUIRES A UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR PASSAGE.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? DISCUSSION ACTION AGENDA NUMBER ONE.

RECEIVE FIRST READING OF BOARD POLICIES.

YEP. SO WE HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF BOARD POLICIES GOING FOR OUR FIRST READ TODAY.

LAWS CHANGE, POLICIES NEED TO BE UPDATED.

REALLY NOTHING SIGNIFICANT IN THIS BATCH.

A LOT OF THE CHANGES, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND NOT REALLY MANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THESE POLICIES.

QUESTIONS? OK.

REPORTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

LET'S START WITH DEREK.

I'M GOING TO BE VERY QUICK.

FIRST, WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE.

TEST SCORES ARE GREAT. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING TO ALL OF OUR STAFF.

IT REALLY IS A TEAM EFFORT.

I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, THE LA VERNE, ROTARY AND ALL THE GROUPS THAT HELP SUPPORT OUR KIDS.

AND THAT'S ALL I GOT.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS TO OAK MESA ON EARNING CALIFORNIA DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL.

FEBRUARY IS AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH, AND OF COURSE, THIS COMING MONDAY WE RECOGNIZE NATIONAL HOLIDAY FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

YOU KNOW THE AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER.

AND OF NOTE THAT THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THAT HOLIDAY.

AND MATT ON CONSENT EARLIER WE, HR NUMBER FIVE AND SIX WE PASSED APPROVED ADULT TRANSITION STUDENTS AND THE MOUS WITH UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE AND I WONDER IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US A SENTENCE OR TWO ON WHAT AN ADULT TRANSITION STUDENT IS AND WHAT THE MOUS TALK ABOUT.

AND OF COURSE WE GOT TO READ ABOUT THAT.

BUT I THINK FOLKS IN THE GALLERY AND THE FOLKS WATCHING AT HOME WOULD BE INTERESTED.

SURE. ADULT TRANSITION WOULD BE A STUDENT BETWEEN OR A YOUNG ADULT BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 22 WHO GRADUATE OR LEAVE OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM WITH A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION AS OPPOSED TO A DIPLOMA.

AND THESE STUDENTS OFTEN HAVE MODERATE TO SEVERE DISABILITIES.

AND SO WHAT THE ADULT TRANSITION PROGRAM DOES IS TEACH THEM FUNCTIONAL SKILLS TO LIVE AS INDEPENDENTLY AS THEY CAN IN THE COMMUNITY.

HISTORICALLY, THAT HAS BEEN DONE AT SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

THE MOU THAT WAS PASSED TONIGHT WITH ULV WILL TRANSITION THAT FROM THREE DAYS A WEEK AT SAN DIMAS, TWO DAYS A WEEK AT UNIVERSITY LA VERNE.

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THEY'RE GOING TO WORK A THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO THE GYM EVERY DAY AT ULV WHEN THE TWO DAYS THAT THEY'RE THERE.

THEY'RE GOING TO WORK OUT AT THE GYM.

THEY'RE GOING TO GET SOME WORK EXPERIENCES AT THE ULV BOOKSTORE.

WE'RE WORKING WITH SOME DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES TO GIVE SOME MORE WORK EXPERIENCES FOR THEM.

AND SO IT'S JUST IT'S A GREAT TESTAMENT.

IT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A WHILE.

SPECIAL EDUCATION HAS WANTED TO BRANCH OUT INTO OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SEAL THIS DEAL WITH ULV.

AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT ULV HAS AGREED TO IT.

AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY WELCOMING SO FAR.

THANK YOU FOR THAT AND EMBLEMATIC OF OUR GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE.

LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR CAMPUS LEARNING WALKS RESUMING LATER THIS MONTH.

LA VERNE SAN DIMAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION STARTED THE NEW YEAR, YOU KNOW, RUNNING AND COMING UP IN APRIL THEIR PERSEVERANCE AND ACT OF KINDNESS AWARDS AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN MARCH, MID-MARCH, MARCH 13TH.

AND OF COURSE, IT'S TIME TO GET YOUR GOLF CLUBS OUT.

THEIR ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT, WHICH IS THEIR BIG FUNDRAISER EACH YEAR, IS APRIL 28TH AT SAN DIMAS CANYON.

AND OF COURSE, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, A GOOD DAY AT THE GOLF COURSE IS NOBODY GETS HURT.

BUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT IN THE COMING WEEKS.

AND FINALLY, THE BOARD IS WORKING, AS PROMISED LAST TIME TO FINALIZE A CONTRACT WITH MATT AS OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT.

SO STAY TUNED. AND I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY. QUICKLY, LOOKING BACK AT THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND SITTING IN AS A NEW BOARD MEMBER, I WAS ABLE TO REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE BAND AND CHORUS TEACHERS THAT PREPARE OUR STUDENTS FOR THEIR PERFORMANCES.

THEY REALLY GET EVERYBODY IN THE MOOD.

BUT AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED BY THE NUMBER OF TOY DRIVES AND OTHER EFFORTS THAT SCHOOLS AND OUR COMMUNITIES MAKE TO GIVE TO OTHERS DURING THE HOLIDAYS.

I KNOW OUR SAN DIMAS LA VERNE SOROPTIMIST PAIRED UP WITH EKSTRAND TO PROVIDE GIFTS TO AN AT RISK FAMILY WITH THREE CHILDREN ATTENDING BONITA SCHOOLS.

AND THAT'S JUST ONE OF MANY OF THE EFFORTS THAT I SAW OUT THERE.

I JUST THINK WE HAVE REALLY SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY AS WE SEE LIKE ROTARY AND OUR ED FOUNDATION GIVING TO OUR TEACHERS AND THEN TEACHERS GIVING TO THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S JUST IT'S A LOVELY PLACE TO BE IN SAN DIMAS AND LA VERNE.

AND THEN I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT I WAS DRIVING BY ROYNON AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY THE NEW FENCING THAT THEY PUT IN ALONG THE STREET TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS.

AND I KNOW THE DISTRICT IS WORKING HARD AND CONTINUING TO TRY AND GET YOU KNOW GOOD TOY, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR THOSE CHILDREN.

BUT I DID SEE THOSE LITTLE TINY PEOPLE WALKING BEHIND THAT FENCE, AND I WAS JUST VERY IMPRESSED THAT WE'RE TAKING GOOD CARE OF THEM.

[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU.

NOT TOO MUCH FOR ME.

I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GOOD HOLIDAY BREAK.

I DID. THAT'S WHY I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH.

BUT JUST TO WELCOME BACK TO EVERYONE AGAIN, AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS TO OAK MESA.

I'M SURE ALL OF US CAN SAY THAT.

WELL DESERVED TO EARN THAT AWARD.

AND THAT'S IT FOR ME.

I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY BACK AND CONGRATULATE OAK MESA.

AND FOR THE STUDENTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE LISTENING YOU'RE OVER HALFWAY THROUGH YOUR FIRST YEAR IF YOU'RE A SENIOR.

I KNOW THEY'RE HOME ALREADY DOING THEIR HOMEWORK, BUT IF YOU'RE A SENIOR, IT'S GOING TO GO QUICK.

BY THE TIME YOU BLINK, YOU'LL BE A GRADUATE.

SO VERY GOOD.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE MY TIME TONIGHT AND TALK ABOUT THE THREE RESOLUTIONS THAT WE PASSED DURING CONSENT.

FIRST HAS BEEN MENTIONED ALREADY DESIGNATING FEBRUARY AS AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH.

THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS TO THIS COUNTRY CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT THEY DO RECEIVE SPECIAL RECOGNITION DURING FEBRUARY WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

SECOND RESOLUTION WAS FOR DESIGNATING FEBRUARY AS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH RECOGNIZES CTE COURSES.

THEY PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS WITH A SCHOOL TO CAREER CONNECTION AND THAT THESE COURSES ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO APPLY LEARNING IN A MEANINGFUL WAY THAT WILL CONNECT THEM TO THEIR FUTURE.

AND THEN THIRD, RESOLUTION DESIGNATED FEBRUARY 6TH THROUGH THE 10TH AS NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK.

WE'VE GOT GREAT SCHOOL COUNSELORS, AND THIS WEEK WE'LL FOCUS THE ATTENTION ON THEM AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR STUDENTS TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE ACADEMICALLY AND PLAN FOR THEIR CAREERS. SO AT THE DISTRICT, VERY HAPPY TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THREE RESOLUTIONS FOR RECOGNITION.

NEXT, WE HAVE REQUEST TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS, COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.

WE HAVE NO CARDS.

BTA? BONITA UNIFIED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION? CSCA. BUMPED.

OUR NEXT FUTURE MEETING DATE IS FEBRUARY 1ST, 2023.

[19. FUTURE MEETING DATES]

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