[7. CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD EVENING. I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:13 AND TONIGHT WE HAVE NOTHING TO OR THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN IN OUR CLOSED SESSION. WE'LL NOW HAVE OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. DEBBIE [INAUDIBLE]. CAN YOU LEAD US PLEASE.

[INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER AND CONTENT. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE.

[10. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER AND CONTENT]

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

GIVEN THE FACT THAT HE ATTENDED SUMMER SCHOOL AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE THERE AND HE HAD HIS FIRST COMMITMENT FOR CLASS COUNCIL TODAY. SO IN HIS WORDS IT JUST WASN'T LONG ENOUGH SO BUT MY WIFE SAYS OTHERWISE. BUT  ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AND AGAIN IT'S THE CONTINUATION OF COMPLEMENTS TO EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE IN THE DISTRICT. AND TONIGHT ON CONSENT WE HAVE EIGHT NAMES AND WE HAVE EIGHT NEW MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SPECIALISTS FOR OUR DISTRICT THAT I WILL BE EASILY SAYING I TOO AND I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN HIGHLIGHT THE EFFORT THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN OUR DISTRICT PLAYED TO MAKE THAT A REALITY. WE DELIVERED ON A AN LCAP DRIVEN STAKEHOLDER PRIORITY. IT WAS MENTIONED MULTIPLE YEARS. THE DISTRICT SAID HOW CAN WE GET TO A YES DESPITE THE FACT THERE IS NO NEW FUNDING NO NO DEDICATED FUNDING THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM ANYONE. WE HAVE A DISTRICT COMMITMENT TO SAY OUR STAKEHOLDERS SAY THIS IS IMPORTANT AND WE WANT TO DELIVER. SO SEEING THAT ON ON THE THE PAYROLL STUFF AND SEEING THE NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE NEW POSITIONS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY AS A PARENT AS AN INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU AND THAT'S IT.

WELL NORMALLY YOU KNOW I START OFF AND TALK ABOUT WHICH SPORTS TEAMS ARE DOING WHAT AND HOW WELL WE'RE DOINGBUT SINCE NO ONE'S PLAYING YET WE'LL HAVE TO SKIP THAT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TIE INTO A LITTLE BIT OF SPORTS THE COACH FOR FOOTBALL OVER A CHARTER OAK LOU FARRAR HAS BEEN THERE 40 SOMETHING YEARS I BELIEVE 50 SOMETHING IN EDUCATION AND THE HEAD COACH THERE FOR MANY YEARS AND HE HAS LEUKEMIA AND THEY'RE DOING A DRIVE TO FIND A MATCH FOR HIM. I GUESS IT'S VERY SIMPLE YOU GO ON CHARTER OAK'S SITE AND THEY HAVE A THING WHERE YOU SWAB YOUR CHEEK AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO FOR THOSE IN EDUCATION I WOULD SAY MAYBE TRY TO GIVE BACK TO SOMEONE IN EDUCATION. YOU GET ON THE REGISTRY FOR THE MARROW AND STAY ON IT. I BELIEVE IT'S EITHER 60 OR 65 THEY AGE YOU OFF SO YOU GO AWAY AND CAN'T DO IT ANYMORE. FOR THOSE YOUNGER I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET ON FOR HIM AND CHANCES ARE YOU WON'T BE A MATCH FOR HIM BUT YOU COULD BE A MATCH FOR SOMEONE ELSE THAT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT SO THAT'S IT. OK. IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T CHECKED YOUR CALENDARS IT IS 12 DAYS NOW TILL SCHOOL STARTS. TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MEDIA CLERKS I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK WELCOME AND US OLD FOLKS CALL THEM OUR BELOVED LIBRARIANS AND JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR SUMMER WITH OUR KIDS AND OPENING UP YOUR LIBRARIES AND MEDIA

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SO EITHER I'M DOING SOMETHING WRONG AND PLANNING A VACATION OR SCHOOLS ARE DOING SOMETHING VERY RIGHT AND MAKING SCHOOL A FUN PLACE FOR MY DAUGHTER [INAUDIBLE]. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND WELL MAYBE NOT THANK YOU BUT THANK YOU. I THINK OUR KIDS ARE GETTING A GREAT EDUCATION. MY DAUGHTER'S ALSO COUNTING DOWN SO I'M VERY AWARE THAT WE HAVE 12 DAYS LEFT. IT'S BEEN A MONTH LONG COUNT. AND I SHOULD ALSO SAY MY WIFE HAS TAKEN OUR DAUGHTER TO A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS. AND YOU KNOW THANK YOU GUYS FOR JUST HAVING A GREAT PLACE FOR OUR KIDS TO DO ALL THE [INAUDIBLE] TESTS AND NOT TO HAVE THE SUMMER SLIDE. I DO THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY OUR TEST SCORES ARE SO AS HIGH AS THEY ARE AND GETTING HIGHER. SO I DO THINK YOU GUYS ARE REALLY CONTRIBUTING.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. COUPLE OTHER QUICK NOTES. I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER FRANKIE CAMARILLO FOR BEING PROMOTED TO CORPORAL. LAST WEEK I WENT TO AMAZING EVENT BOTH AT THE WALKER HOUSE AND THE [INAUDIBLE] BIRTHDAY PARTY.

GREAT FOOD, NICE ART, IT WAS A GOOD EVENING OR DAY. LET'S SEE AUGUST 11TH THE ANSWER AT LA VERNE AND LA VERNE SO IT'S COMING UP. [INAUDIBLE] HAVING AWARD WINNING MUSICIAN [INAUDIBLE] CAMERON. AND FINALLY WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT DO A LOT FOR OUR KIDS NOT JUST OUR STAFF OUR COMMUNITY GROUPS. A COUPLE I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT. WE HAVE THE SIR OPTIMUS AND LA VERNE ROTARY THAT PROVIDED BACKPACKS FOR STUDENTS AND THAT'S AMAZING. AND THE PTA. THEY DO SO MUCH. MATTER OF FACT I THINK THERE'S A BUBBLE RUN COMING UP MY DAUGHTER'S TALKING ABOUT. I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT ENTAILS. MY DAUGHTER HAD BUBBLES AND WE HAVE TO GO NOW BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING AND THAT'S ALL I GOT. [INAUDIBLE] WE HAVE ELEVEN HUNDRED EMPLOYEES IN THIS DISTRICT AND THERE'S ONE THING THAT UNITES US ALL AND THAT'S OUR PURPOSE. AND THAT PURPOSE IS THAT WE PREPARE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN LIVE THEIR PURPOSE. IT'S INDIVIDUALIZED. AND I'M EXCITED THAT ON AUGUST 19TH WE WILL WELCOME TEN THOUSAND STUDENTS AS WE START TO PREPARE THEM TO LIVE THEIR PURPOSE EACH AND EVERY DAY AND IT'S AN HONOR FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND REALLY REALLY EXCITED. BUT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK OVER THE SUMMER AND I WOULD REALLY JUST LIKE TO TAKE A SECOND TO THANK ALL OF THOSE IN GROUNDS, OUR CUSTODIANS, AND OUR MAINTENANCE WORKERS. IT'S HOT AND THEY GO OUT EVERY DAY AND THEY MAKE IT HAPPEN SO THAT OUR SCHOOLS LOOK GREAT AND THAT THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL ON AUGUST 19TH IT'S A DAY OF SCHOOL AND WE START LEARNING RIGHT AWAY.

AND SO ROB WOULD YOU PLEASE EXTEND MY THANK YOU AND ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOARD FOR ALL OF THE WORK THIS SUMMER SO THAT WE'RE READY TO GO ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL SO THANK YOU. OK ON TO OUR FEATURED PRESENTATION RECOGNITION OF THE

[12.1. Recognition of the Elementary School Media Clerks for Their Dedication to Bonita Unified Summer Library Program - Introduced by Matthew Wien]

GOOD EVENING BOARD CABINET MEMBERS AND AUDIENCE. IT'S WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE ELEMENTARY MEDIA CLERKS OUR FANTASTIC LIBRARIANS THIS EVENING. BUT FIRST I WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED IN OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM AND CHRIS [INAUDIBLE] UP HERE SHE WORKS WITH THE LIBRARIANS ALL YEAR LONG AS WELL AND HELPED GET EVERYTHING IN PLACE FOR THE SUMMER AS WELL SO SHE CAN HELP ME GIVE OUT CERTIFICATES. BUT LET'S GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF DATA I GUESS YOU GUYS IT'S BEHIND YOU SO HERE WE GO. WHAT WE DID THIS THIS SUMMER IS THAT WE

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SO IT'S ALL ABOUT STUDENTS FINDING THEIR PURPOSE BECAUSE YOU'D BE IT'S NOT ALL FICTION THAT KIDS READ IT'S A LOT OF NONFICTION AS WELL. THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF LEARNING WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR READING AND MY COMPLIMENTS TO ALL OUR FANTASTIC MEDIA CLERKS. SO WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME IF YOU'LL COME UP HERE WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE FROM THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS A GIFT CARD FOR YOU BARNES AND NOBLE SO THAT YOU CAN RELAX AND READ SOMETHING THESE NEXT TWO WEEKS BEFORE ALL THOSE KIDS COME BACK. YES. OK. JACKIE [INAUDIBLE] FROM ALLEN [APPLAUSE]. MICHELLE ENSLEY FROM X STRAND. AND SHE COULDN'T BE HERE THIS EVENING. [APPLAUSE]. CHRISTINE [INAUDIBLE] FROM GLADSTONE AND SHE WANTED TO BE HERE BUT THE LIBRARY STILL OPEN AT HER SCHOOL OVER AT GLADSTONE SHE COULDN'T BE HERE THIS EVENING. SERENA [INAUDIBLE]. [APPLAUSE]. SERENA FROM LA VERNE HEIGHTS. AMY TORRES SHE COULD BE HERE BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE [INAUDIBLE] COME ON UP AND TAKE THAT FOR HER. [APPLAUSE]. AND JENNIFER MCCARTNEY OUR BRAND NEW LIBRARY MEDIA CLERK FROM ROYNON COME ON UP. [APPLAUSE]. AND SO SHE SHE TOOK OVER THIS SUMMER AND WHEN I WENT TO [INAUDIBLE] TO VISIT HER REALLY SHE HAD MORE PEOPLE THERE ON THAT DAY THAN I HAD SEEN SO FAR. AND SHE'S JUST LOOKING AT ME LIKE OH MY GOSH IS IT REALLY GOING TO BE THIS WAY EVERY DAY AND I THINK IT WAS. [INAUDIBLE] FROM [INAUDIBLE]. [APPLAUSE]. EMILY [INAUDIBLE] FROM OAK MESA.

[APPLAUSE]. AND WE'RE ALL GONNA SQUISH TOGETHER AND GET A NICE PICTURE NOW.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU AGAIN ALL OF YOU. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. APPROVAL OF OUR MINUTES ADOPT

[13.1. Adopt the Minutes of the June 26, 2019 Board of Education Study Session and Special Board Meeting]

[13.2. Adopt the Minutes of the July 3, 2019 Board of Education Meeting]

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

[15. CONSENT AGENDA]

OK. LET'S SEE. OK  WE'RE GONNA GO BACK HERE THEN. I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE 15.3.3. SO MOVE.

[15.3.3. Approve/Ratify Classified/Certificated Attendance at Conferences, Conventions, Workshops and Meetings as Listed.Actual and Necessary Expenses Incurred by Such Attendance to be Paid by Bonita Unified School District Unless Otherwise Specified in Accordance With Board Policy 3350]

[15.2.8. Approve Renewal Agreement for Services Between Bonita Unified School District and VMA Communications]

[16.1.1. Approve Agreement Between Bonita Unified School District and FM3 Research for a Community Survey Regarding a Potential Bond Election]

WE HEARD FROM OUR ARCHITECT WITH THE FACILITIES ASSESSMENT ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT AND THEN WE ALSO HEARD ABOUT FROM OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL BONDING CAPACITY OF THE DISTRICT. AND THE FIRST STEP FOR US TO DO THAT POTENTIAL BOND WOULD BE A COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT WOULD BE HELD IN AUGUST. AND SO THE BOARD ASKED SUPERINTENDENT TO BRING BACK A CONTRACT FOR SERVICES. WE DID GO OUT AND GET THREE PROPOSALS AND THE FIRM WE ARE RECOMMENDING IS A FM 3 RESEARCH WHICH IS A EXPERIENCED FIRM THEY DO THE POLLING ACTUALLY FOR THE MOUNT SAC BOND LAST YEAR. THEY'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA AND THEY WORK WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS UP AND DOWN THE STATE. SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE GO INTO A CONTRACT WITH THEM. AND OF COURSE THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN LOOKING AT GENERAL EDUCATION BOND JUST KIND OF POLLING THE COMMUNITIES AND IT WILL ALLOW US TO COME BACK HERE A PRESENTATION FROM THEM BASED ON THEIR RESEARCH AND THEN AS A BOARD WE CAN YOU CAN START TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL NEXT STEPS BUT THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP IN THIS PROCESS. WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME FOR THE POLL GOING OUT AND THE RESULTS BEING

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DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. [INAUDIBLE]. I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ANY OPPOSED.

[16.2.1. Approve Variable Term Waiver for the 2019-2020 School Year]

[16.2.2. Approve Teaching Credential Assignments for Employees Per California Education Code and the California Code of Regulations]

[16.2.3. Approve Provisional Internship Permits for the 2019-2020 School Year]

AYE. ANY OPPOSED. OK. REQUEST TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS COMMUNICATION FROM THE

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

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THE CHANCE TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS JUDITH [INAUDIBLE] I'M WITH THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE MT. BALDY AREA DON [INAUDIBLE] WAS ALSO IS ALSO PART OF THAT SHE USED TO BE AN OBSERVER HERE. AND I WAS ASKED TO MENTION THAT I LEFT A MESSAGE FOR HER BUT I DIDN'T HEAR BACK FROM HER. SO I'M HERE AS A MEMBER OF THE LEAGUE WHICH INCLUDES ELEVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS. I OBSERVE ONE OF THEM. I OBSERVED CLAREMONT AND I AM REACHING OUT TO EVERY SINGLE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT. I'VE BEEN TO GLENDORA. I'VE BEEN TO CHAFFEY JOINT UNION ALL OF THEM. COUNTING FOR THE 2020 CENSUS WILL BEGIN IN MARCH OF NEXT YEAR AND THERE IS MUCH WORK TO BE DONE IF WE'RE TO ENSURE AN ACCURATE COUNT. UNFORTUNATELY LOS ANGELES COUNTY RANKS AS THE HARDEST TO COUNT COUNTY IN THE US. WE STAND TO LOSE TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EVERY PERSON UNDERCOUNTED. A POOR COUNT COULD LEAVE L.A. COUNTY MISSING OUT ON A BILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDING OVER 10 YEARS. MONEY THAT GOES TOWARD SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAMS, SNAP, WIC, SECTION 8, MEDICAID, MEDICARE, STATE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, TITLE I GRANTS, SPECIAL EDUCATION GRANTS, AND HEAD START.

THE CENSUS DATA ARE ALSO USED TO APPORTION REPRESENTATION AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND TELLS US WHERE TO BUILD SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, CHILD AND SENIOR CARE CENTERS, AND MORE. HARD TO COUNT POPULATIONS INCLUDE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH LIMITED INTERNET ACCESS, NEIGHBORHOODS WITH HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF RENTERS, HOMELESS POPULATIONS, AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. IT'S ESTIMATED THAT APPROXIMATELY FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND LATINO CHILDREN AGE 0 TO 4 WERE LEFT UNCOUNTED IN THE 2010 CENSUS. FORTY SEVEN THOUSAND CHILDREN IN L.A. COUNTY ALONE. MANY PARENTS SIMPLY DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO COUNT THEIR CHILDREN. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST CENSUS DONE PRIMARILY BY INTERNET. POSTCARDS WILL BE SENT OUT TO HOUSEHOLDS FIRST IN MARCH AND THEN AGAIN IF NO RESPONSE IS RECEIVED. THOSE THAT CONTINUE NOT TO RESPOND WILL BE CONTACTED IN PERSON WITH PAPER FORMS BUT THE CENSUS BUREAU HAS REDUCED THE NUMBER OF

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WEBSITES CAN HAVE LINKS TO INFORMATION. LIBRARIES CAN POST POSTERS IN THEIR BUILDINGS. TEACHERS CAN DEVELOP LESSON PLANS ACROSS THE CURRICULUM BASED ON THE CENSUS. I ASK THAT THE BOARD MAKE THIS A HIGH PRIORITY IN THE NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT BARBARA [INAUDIBLE]. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. DEAR BOARD AS WELL. MY NAME IS BARBARA BELLO. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN MEXICO CITY AND GOT MARRIED CAME TO TO THE AMERICA FOR THE DREAM OF COURSE AND LUCKILY I'VE BEEN PTA PRESIDENT FOR THREE YEARS AND DIFFERENT SCHOOLS WEST ELEMENTARY DEXTER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND [INAUDIBLE] HIGH UNDER THE AMAZING LEADERSHIP OF SANDRA [INAUDIBLE] WHICH NOW IS RETIRED. AND SHE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH GOVERNOR BROWN TO CREATE THAT YOU KNOW SAFETY NET FOR OUR KIDS. AND NOT ONLY SAFETY HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH AND EDUCATION ABOVE ALL. THE REASON I'M HERE TODAY IS TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT I DO NOW. MY KIDS NOW ARE ADULTS BILINGUAL ADULTS AND RESPONSIBLE ADULTS AMERICAN CITIZENS THAT THEY REALLY CARE ABOUT OTHER KIDS AS WELL. SO I JUST PASS BY SOME CHILD SAFE KIDS THAT YOU CAN SEE I'M SORRY I DIDN'T BRING ENOUGH BUT I CAN JUST BRING SOME MORE FOR THE REST OF THE BOARD AND THAT CONTAINS INFORMATION FOR PARENTS SO THEY CAN FILL OUT INFORMATION FOR THE CHILDREN WHENEVER THEY GET LOST OR WHENEVER THERE'S AN AMBER ALERT WHENEVER THERE'S A TRAGEDY. IN OUR COMPANY WHICH IS AN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY AMERICAN INCOME LIFE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH NEW ZEALAND, CANADA, AND UNITED STATES WITH THE INTERNATIONAL UNION POLICE ASSOCIATION WITH ASSOCIATION FEDERATION AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS AND THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ADMINISTRATORS SO THIS IS ENDORSED BY ALL OF THEM. AND WHAT WE DO IS WE JUST PROVIDE THIS AS A FREE OF COST TO ALL THE SCHOOLS AND WE JUST REACHING OUT TO SEE WE CAN HAVE OUR MISSION TO REACH OUT YOUR PRINCIPALS AT SCHOOLS AND SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH THEM. AND THIS DOESN'T GO TO A REGISTRY IT'S ONLY FOR THE PARENTS PURPOSE AND IT JUST PROVIDES THE FINGERPRINTING DNA WHENEVER YOU PULL A HAIR FROM THE HAIR YOU DON'T PULL THE HAIRS FOR YOUR KID BUT USEFUL ONE RIGHT.

AND JUST SAVE IT HERE AND YOU CAN READ IT. FIRST YOU CAN TAKE IT TO FIELD TRIPS ET CETERA AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT ROBIN WALKER. GOOD EVENING. I'M NOT AS PREPARED AS I WISH I WAS BUT I DID WRITE A FEW NOTES BE I'M ACTUALLY WANTING TO DISCUSS THE NEW HEALTH CARE HEALTH CURRICULUM. I UNDERSTAND THAT NONE OF YOU PROBABLY HAD MUCH OF A HAND IN WRITING IT BUT HOWEVER I'VE SEEN A LOT OF IT AND I I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE TEACHING AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL WHICH IS THE PREVENTIVE PLUS CURRICULUM. AND I'VE SEEN QUITE A BIT OF IT AND I'M PRETTY APPALLED AND I OBJECT TO THE CONTENT AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL BOOKS AND ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CURRICULUM. IT GOES WAY BEYOND THE OLD BIRDS AND THE BEES AND THE SEX ED, HOW TO PREVENT PREGNANCY, AND VENEREAL DISEASES. I BELIEVE IT HAS QUITE A BIT ABOUT

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I JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. IS MY SCHOOL BOARD PUSHING BACK TO [INAUDIBLE]. ARE YOU GUYS LETTING THEM KNOW THAT WE DON'T WANT TO TEACH THIS THAT THERE'S STUFF IN THIS MATERIAL IN THIS CURRICULUM THAT IS OBVIOUSLY VERY AGENDA BASED AND DANGEROUS ACTIVITIES. THINGS LIKE AND I AM EMBARRASSED TO SAY IT BUT I FEEL LIKE IF THIS TEACHER HAS THE FREEDOM TO SHARE THIS WITH MY INCOMING FRESHMAN 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER THAT I UNFORTUNATELY HAVE TO SAY THIS IN FRONT OF ALL OF YOU BUT FIST PLAY NEVER HEARD OF THAT DAY IN MY LIFE UNTIL I HAD TO LOOK INTO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND I DON'T KNOW MAYBE THERE'S SOME OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW AND I IMPLORE YOU TO INVESTIGATE WHAT I'M DISCUSSING BECAUSE IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS ACTIVITY. TO THINK THAT YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN YOUNG GIRLS WILL BE IN A SAME ROOM AND THEY WILL BE ASKED TO LEARN ABOUT AN ACTIVITY AS DISGUSTING AND HARMFUL AS SEXUAL PLEASURE WHEN IF ANYTHING I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT YOU ARE STARTING A YOUNG GIRL ON ON WHAT WHERE WHERE IF SHE STARTS OFF IN THIS KIND OF PLAY WHAT IS SHE GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN 20 YEARS. I'M JUST BEING HONEST WITH YOU. AS BEING A YOUNG GIRL COMING FROM A BROKEN FAMILY AT 16 YEARS OLD US GIRLS WHEN WE'RE NOT STRONG WITH LOW SELF-ESTEEM WE MIGHT BE REALLY OPEN TO PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION WITH A YOUNG MAN AND TO TO KNOW THAT THIS YOUNG MAN HAS LEARNED ABOUT ALL THESE ACTIVITIES THAT PROBABLY WOULD NEVER HAVE KNOWN ABOUT WANTS TO NOW INTRODUCE THEM TO THIS YOUNG WOMAN AND MAYBE SHE'S GOING TO GO ALONG WITH SOME CRAZINESS LIKE WHAT I JUST DESCRIBED OR BLOOD AND FLUID PLAY I MEAN JUST SOME OF THE THINGS ARE SO HARMFUL. SO WHEN IT'S UNDER THE GUISE OF THE HIV SAFETY NET IT MAKES NO SENSE BECAUSE YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THAT ANAL SEX AND ANY ANY KIND OF FLUID AND BLOOD PLAY AND I MEAN THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING OF STAYING AWAY FROM AND TO PREVENT HIV. SO TO USE THAT AS A POSSIBLE METHOD TO PREVENT PREGNANCY AND EQUATE IT TO THE VAGINAL SEX IS INSANE AND HARMFUL TO OUR YOUNG GIRLS AND EVEN OUR YOUNG MAN THAT FOR SOME REASON FIND THEMSELVES IN THAT SITUATION. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. SO I THESE ARE MY QUESTIONS IS IF OUR SCHOOL BOARD HAS REPRESENTATIVES AND SAID TO SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA BOARD OF EDUCATION THAT WE DON'T WANT TO TEACH THIS WE PUSH BACK. I MEAN LET'S FIX THIS. THIS THIS MATERIAL THIS CURRICULUM IS VERY HARMFUL. NUMBER TWO I DO REALIZE I HAVE THE I CAN OPT OUT. SO LET'S SAY MY CHILD DOES OPT OUT.

ARE THERE PROCEDURES IN PLAY TO PREVENT ANY KIND OF EMBARRASSMENT TO THE CHILDREN THAT ARE BEING OPTED OUT. ANY YOU KNOW THAT CAN KIND OF GO WRONG REALLY QUICKLY ON A WHY AREN'T YOU YOU KNOW WHY ARE YOU NOT GOING TO BE IN THIS CLASS. AND YOU KNOW THE SAD THING IS IS THESE KIDS ARE GOING TO LEARN THIS KIND OF STUFF AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT IT AND SHARING WITH IT. AND YOU KNOW I I'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE GO OH THEY ALREADY KNOW ABOUT I'M TELLING YOU THEY DO NOT KNOW ABOUT SOME OF THIS STUFF I READ BECAUSE I'M 45 YEARS OLD AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT AND I'M NOT A NAIVE PERSON. SO YOU KNOW THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT I WANTED TO DISCUSS. WHY WE WOULD GO ALONG WITH ANY KIND OF CURRICULUM THAT WOULD PROMOTE ANAL SEX. I ALSO WANTED TO YOU KNOW I THINK IT'S ON PAGE 7 ON POSITIVE PREVENTION PLUS THE TWO THE INSTRUCTORS EMPHASIZE THAT IN CALIFORNIA MINORS OF ANY AGE CAN ACCESS ASSESS FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES WITHOUT PARENT CONSENT INCLUDING PREGNANCY CONTRACEPTION, ABORTION RELATED MATERIALS.

MINORS AGE 12 AND OVER CAN ALSO ASSESS ACCESS STI DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT. BOY THAT'S DANGEROUS WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A 12 YEAR OLD BEING ABLE TO YOU KNOW ACTUALLY GO AND GET AN ABORTION WITHOUT PARENT CONSENT. AND LIKE I SAID I KNOW THAT YOU ALL DIDN'T I DON'T KNOW WHO SUPPORTS IT AND WHO DOESN'T BUT YOU KNOW YOU MANY OF YOU ARE ELECTED AND I THINK SOME OF YOU MAY BE THE APPOINTED I DON'T

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CATHERINE [INAUDIBLE]. HELLO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR COMMENTS. I'M COMING TO YOU AS A LA VERNE RESIDENT BUT ALSO I HAVE SPENT 25 YEARS IN EDUCATION AND THE LAST 13 YEARS PRACTICING AS A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST IN L.A. AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES WORKING WITH STUDENTS IN THE K THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS SETTING VARIOUS AGES THROUGHOUT MY CAREER. I'M ALSO THE MOTHER OF A VERY PROUD BONITA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE WHO WENT THROUGH THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH ONLY GOOD THINGS TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE EXCELLENT JOB THAT YOU'VE DONE TO THIS POINT. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE. ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE AND AGAIN I REALIZE THAT THE STATE MANDATES THINGS THAT WE CAN'T ALWAYS CONTROL HOWEVER THE MATERIAL IS SO DISTRESSING ON SUCH A NUMBER OF LEVELS BOTH AS A MOTHER AND AS A PROFESSIONAL WORKING WITH CHILDREN WHO I SEE THE INNOCENCE EVERY DAY.

WE WORK ALL THE WAY FROM PRE-K UP TO THOSE WHO ARE DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE SYSTEM AT 22. AS YOU KNOW IN SPECIAL EDUCATION WE HAVE OBLIGATIONS THROUGH AN ENTIRE RANGE OF ABILITIES. MANY OF THESE STUDENTS ARE STRUGGLING WITH JUST THE BASICS OF FIGURING OUT READING, WRITING, MATH, AND THE NEGOTIATION OF HOW DIFFICULT THE SOCIAL WORLD HAS BECOME. WHEN YOU ADD A LAYER OF VERY EXPLICIT SEX EDUCATION CURRICULUM INTO WHAT THEY ARE ALREADY WRESTLING WITH IN TERMS OF THEIR PEER RELATIONSHIPS IS VERY TROUBLING. I WANT TO REFER YOU TO SECTION 51937 OF THE CALIFORNIA ED CODE THAT SAYS PARENTS AND GUARDIANS HAVE THE ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IMPARTING VALUES REGARDING HUMAN SEXUALITY TO THEIR CHILDREN. IT IS OUR OBLIGATION TO PROTECT THE INNOCENCE OF CHILDREN. NONE OF THE TEACHERS THAT I WORK WITH AND I HAVE WORKED WITH TEACHERS IN MANY SETTINGS FOR MANY YEARS NONE OF THEM ARE COMFORTABLE OR WENT TO SCHOOL TO LEARN HOW TO TALK ABOUT GRAPHIC SEXUAL ROLE PLAY WITH STUDENTS AND EXPLAINING ALL THE INS AND OUTS OF WHAT THE CURRICULUM IS PROPOSING. THEY WENT TO LEARN HOW TO SCHOOL TO LEARN HOW TO TEACH THE BARE BONES ESSENTIALS THAT STUDENTS REALLY SHOULD BE FUNCTIONING LEARNING TO MASTER IN ORDER TO FUNCTION HAVE A CAREER. SO I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU IN YOUR ROLE IF YOU COULD DO THE MAXIMUM OF WHAT YOU WERE ABLE TO DO TO PROTECT THESE CHILDREN. THEY ARE NOT SAVVY. THEY ARE VERY INNOCENT YOU KNOW BECAUSE YOU WORK WITH THEM. I SEE THEM IN MY OFFICE EVERY DAY. PARENTS GET FLUSTERED AND THEN THEY COME AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR AVENUES ARE FOR EFFECTING CHANGE. AND I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO WHAT YOU CAN TO STAND UP FOR THE RIGHTS OF THESE CHILDREN AND FOR THE PARENTS WHO ARE CONFUSED. I'VE TALKED WITH MANY TEACHERS THIS WEEK AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THIS HAS ALREADY GONE DOWN. SO AGAIN I WASN'T PREPARED TO SPEAK TONIGHT SO I APOLOGIZE FOR SORT OF BEING ALL OVER THE PLACE BUT AGAIN IT IS AN EMOTIONAL ISSUE. IT HIT KIND OF AT THE HEART OF WHAT PARENTS WOULD LIKE TO IMPART TO THEIR CHILDREN. AND I FEEL THAT WE AS PARENTS HAVE THAT RIGHT TO BE THE INSTRUCTORS IN THAT AREA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LEE [INAUDIBLE].

[00:40:07]

WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR SCHOOL OPEN OK SO WE CAN GET SOME FREEDOM. SO THAT'S WHY WE WORK SO HARD PAY TAX AND THEN I DECIDE I BECOME CITIZEN AFTER 13 YEARS LATER I START TO VOTE SO THAT'S WHY WE TRUST PROFESSIONAL DO PROFESSIONAL THINGS RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO FOLLOW UP THIS CASE WHEN IT COMES TO AB 329 I COULDN'T STOP TO WORRY ABOUT HOW MUCH FREEDOM THAT SCHOOL COULD DESIGN.

AS WE COULD DO IS ASK FOR TRANSPARENCY. PLEASE PLEASE BE A CONSIDERATION. MOST PARENTS ARE VERY BUSY. SOMETIMES WE'LL MISS THE NOTICE FROM KID'S BACKPACK OR KIDS THEY'RE GOING TO HIDE IT YOU KNOW. IF THEY WANT TO GO TO THE CLASS THEY THINK IT'S VERY COOL THEY CAN HIDE THE NOTICE RIGHT. IT'S HAPPENED. AND THE THING ABOUT THE PLAYGROUND AND THE THING ABOUT THE PEER PRESSURE THEY MIGHT THINK THAT'S PRETTY COOL TO HAVE MULTIPLE CHOICES OF THEIR LIFE BECAUSE I COULD FROM MY KIDS EVEN MY [INAUDIBLE] WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHEN TO GROW UP. I SAID WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM. OK. I THINK IT'S NOT YOUTUBE. IT'S NOT THIS. I KNOW THEY  LEARN FROM PLAYGROUND FROM OTHER MAYBE OTHER KIDS. AND THEN MY SON ASKED ME HEY MOMMY COULD I HAVE MY CELLPHONE SMARTPHONE IN SEPTEMBER. I SAY AS LONG AS YOU COULD CONTROL YOURSELF AND THEN HE TOLD ME I WILL NOT GO TO A [INAUDIBLE]. SO WHAT IS [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE]. THINK ABOUT HOW THEY LEARN FROM THE SCHOOL I MEAN I MEAN A PLAYGROUND. I DON'T MEAN IT FROM THE TEACHER. THAT'S WHAT I WORRY ABOUT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THE OPTION FOR KIDS TO OPT OUT IN THE FUTURE. IT'S KIND OF COMPLICATED BECAUSE HAS TO USE THE WRITTEN MATERIAL NOT JUST LIKE A NOTICE GET THE CHECK IT'S NO MORE THAT SIMPLE. IT'S KIND OF COMPLICATED. I DID THAT RESEARCH BECAUSE FOR A LOT OF PARENTS THEY MAYBE THEY SAID OK I CHECK IT MAYBE YES OR NO IT DOESN'T MEAN LIKE IT BEFORE IT'S OP IN IT'S [INAUDIBLE]. SO I THINK ABOUT IT IT'S ONLY FEW KIDS OPT OUT.

THE ENVIRONMENT IS VERY PRESSURE FOR THE KIDS WHO CHOOSE TO OPT OUT. SO I START TO TALK TO MY KIDS BECAUSE OUR FAMILY WANT TO BECAUSE THE WORLD IS CHANGING SO WE NEED TO TEACH THEM TO FACE THE REALITY. BUT I STILL HAVEN'T GIVE UP BECAUSE I THINK THIS WILL HAVE SOMETHING WRONG SOMETHING I STILL HAVE STANDARDS. I COULDN'T I COULD TEACH THEM YOU YOU [INAUDIBLE] THIS WAY IF I KNOW THIS WAY IS WRONG I WILL NOT PUSH THEM TO THE WRONG DIRECTION. I WON'T MYSELF MY FAMILY AND EVEN THE SCHOOL WILL REALLY LEAD THE KIDS TO GO TO THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I DON'T WANT THEM LIKE THEM FOLLOW

[00:45:04]

THEY LOVE RAMONA. MY KIDS ARE GOING TO ON THE [INAUDIBLE] THEY REALLY LOVE THIS  THIS IS VERY MUCH THEY LOVE THEIR FRIENDS OK. SO I HOPE AFTER TONIGHT IN THE FUTURE NEXT WEEK REGISTRATION I'M SURE SO MANY PARENTS THEY'RE GOING TO CALL OR EMAIL OR QUESTION WILL COME TO THIS TOPIC BECAUSE THE WHOLE STATE AND ALL THE HISTORY START [INAUDIBLE] IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA GROUP EVERYBODY QUESTION. SO I JUST REQUEST THE INFORMATION MEETING FOR THE PARENTS HAS TO REALLY LET EVERYBODY KNOW.

WHATEVER EMAIL, MAIL, SOCIAL MEDIA IT'S JUST HAS TO LET THEM SHOW UP TO KNOW THIS IS NOT JUST LIKE THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW IT'S THE NEW ONE OK IT'S VERY VERY IMPORTANT.

SO SO IN THE FUTURE OK I WILL NOT GIVE UP. I WILL STILL FIGHT FOR MY CHILDREN FOREVER. SO THE SCHOOL IS ON WATCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF THOSE WHO CAME TO SPEAK TONIGHT AND I  WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT'S THE COMMITMENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE DISTRICT THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE EXTREMELY TRANSPARENT WITH ALL OF OUR FAMILIES AND GONNA COMMUNICATE IN MULTIPLE WAYS SO THAT FAMILIES FULLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE CURRICULUM AND THAT THEY'RE FULLY INFORMED ON THE PROCESS TO OPT OUT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A SENSITIVE TOPIC AND IT'S OUR COMMITMENT TO ENSURE THAT FULL TRANSPARENCY WILL TAKE PLACE. SO I JUST AGAIN WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL ADDRESS TODAY. THANK YOU. OK DO I HAVE ANYONE FROM THE COMMUNITY, PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION, BONITA UNIFIED, TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, BONITA UNIFIED MANAGEMENT TEAM. OK. FUTURE MEETING DATES. THE BOARD WILL HAVE A SPECIAL BOARD

[18.1. The Next Regular Board of Education Meeting Date]

OK THEN THIS MEETING IS OVER AT 7:02 P.M..  THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.