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ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO CALL TO ORDER AT 5:00.

[2. CALL TO ORDER ]

REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEMS.

[5. CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ]

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

IN THE CASE OF A NON AGENDA ITEM, COMMENTS MAY BE MADE UNDER A REQUEST 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 AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE DISTRICT.

WE HAVE NO CARDS AND WILL CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION AT 5:00.

[7. CALL TO ORDER]

[8. REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION ]

DEREK. IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO APPROVE A FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE BETWEEN PARENTS OF DL AND THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. OAH CASE NUMBER (202) 407-0834, PURSUANT TO WHICH THE DISTRICT HAS AGREED TO FUND AND PROVIDE 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 WITH A SECOND BY JIM, AND THE ROLL CALL WAS UNANIMOUS.

ALL RIGHT, IF YOU PLEASE, RISE AND REPEAT WITH ME THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF OUR COUNTRY.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

WITH THE APPROVAL OF AGENDA, ORDER AND CONTENT.

[10. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER AND CONTENT ]

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. PASSES.

[11. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING ]

SO WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 9TH, 2024 REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

I ABSTAIN. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE.

[12. COMMUNICATIONS FROM STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES ]

BRIANNA JUAREZ FROM BONITA.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT PALATTO.

MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT WIEN, CABINET AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS THE [INAUDIBLE] AND IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE AGAIN TONIGHT TO SHARE UPDATES ON THE CONTINUED SUCCESS AND GROWTH AT OUR SCHOOL.

WHEN I SPOKE TO YOU PREVIOUSLY.

OH, SORRY. WHEN I SPOKE TO YOU PREVIOUSLY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR STUDENTS.

TONIGHT, I AM PROUD TO REPORT ON MORE EXCITING ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.

TO BEGIN, ALL OF OUR FALL ATHLETIC TEAMS HAVE QUALIFIED FOR CIF COMPETITION THIS PAST SATURDAY.

OUR FIELD HOCKEY TEAM, WHICH I AM A PART OF, ACHIEVED AN INCREDIBLE VICTORY, DEFEATING HARVARD-WESTLAKE 1 TO 0 IN AN INTENSE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AT THE TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS.

IN ADDITION, OUR FOOTBALL TEAM FINISHED THE REGULAR SEASON UNDEFEATED, SECURING A TEN ZERO RECORD AND GETTING FIRST PLACE IN LEAGUE AFTER THEIR RECENT WIN AGAINST THE OTHER UNDEFEATED TEAM IN OUR LEAGUE, CHARTER OAK.

THEY WILL NOW ADVANCE TO THE CIF PLAYOFFS, WHERE THEY WILL FACE CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN THE FIRST ROUND THIS FRIDAY.

OUR GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM, IN THEIR VERY FIRST YEAR OF COMPETITION, MADE AN IMPRESSIVE SHOWING, FINISHING AS UNDEFEATED LEAGUE CHAMPIONS AND EARNING A SPOT IN THE D2 BRACKET FOR CIF. THEY ALSO WON THE FIRST ANNUAL SMUDGE CROWN AGAINST SAN DIMAS.

IN TENNIS, OUR DOUBLES TEAM PLACED SECOND IN LEAGUE, WHILE SINGLES PLAYER VALERIE TRAN EARNED THIRD.

OUR WATER POLO TEAM WENT FOUR ONE, SECURING FIRST PLACE IN LEAGUE AND EARNING A PROMOTION TO DIVISION THREE FOR CIF.

IN ADDITION TO OUR ATHLETIC SUCCESS, I WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE YOU ON SOME OF THE IMPORTANT ACADEMIC MILESTONES HAPPENING AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE CONCLUSION OF OUR FIRST QUARTER. OUR SENIORS HAVE COMPLETED THE SUBMISSION OF THEIR LETTER OF COMMITMENT FOR PACE.

WE ALSO HELD A CAREER FAIR WHERE MANY COLLEGES FROM IN STATE AND OUT OF STATE, CAME TO BONITA HIGH SCHOOL TO GIVE STUDENTS A GREATER EXPOSURE TO HOW MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF COLLEGES THERE ARE. SAN DIMAS AND DAMIEN ALSO ATTENDED.

ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE BEEN HOSTING A SERIES OF COLLEGE APPLICATION WORKSHOPS, INCLUDING THE UC SCHOOLS AND CALIFORNIA STATE SCHOOLS, TO SUPPORT OUR SENIORS AS THEY NAVIGATE THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

THESE WORKSHOPS, LED BY OUR DEDICATED COUNSELORS, PROVIDE HANDS ON ASSISTANCE AND ARE OPEN TO ALL SENIORS.

OUR MOST RECENT WORKSHOP WAS HELD ON NOVEMBER 5TH, AND WE ARE HAVING ANOTHER SESSION SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW.

WE ARE ALSO HOUSING ON THE SPOT ADMISSIONS FOR APU, UAV AND MOUNT SAC, PROVIDING OUR STUDENTS WITH ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION.

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I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK NEXT MONTH AND UPDATING YOU ON WHAT IS NEW.

ALRIGHT. MARISSA HERNANDEZ FROM VISTA.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT WIEN, PRESIDENT PALATTO, CABINET MEMBERS AND AUDIENCE OR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND THE AUDIENCE FOR CELEBRATIONS.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS.

ON OCTOBER 11TH, WE CELEBRATED OUR STUDENT OF THE MONTH FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

OUR CHAPARRAL STUDENT OF THE MONTH WAS ANGELINA PLATZ AND OUR VISTA STUDENT OF THE MONTH IS GRACIE TORRES.

OUR STAFF OF THE MONTH IS OUR CAMPUS SUPERVISOR, GREG PORTIS, AND WE HAD TWO STUDENTS RECLASSIFY FROM ENGLISH LEARNER TO ENGLISH PROFICIENT, WHICH WAS SAMUEL FRANCO AND LYNETTE CRUZ IN ACADEMICS.

OCTOBER WAS A BUSY MONTH WITH COLLEGE AND CAREER.

WE TOOK THE SENIORS TO CITRUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO EXPLORE THEIR CTE OFFERINGS.

STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN A SCAVENGER HUNT WHERE THEY HAD TO VISIT AS MANY CTE AND CLUB BOOTHS AS POSSIBLE, WHICH WAS REALLY FUN AND WE GOT TO LIKE GO INTO A RAFFLE. AND AFTER WE DID THAT, THEY HAD TO GO AND LIKE VISIT THE RECORDING STUDIO ON CAMPUS AND MOUNT SAC CAME OUT TO HOLD A GENERAL PRESENTATION FOR ALL SENIORS IN CITRUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS COMING OUT ON NOVEMBER 20TH TO HOLD THEIR GENDER PRESENTATION.

OUR ACADEMIC OR ACADEMIC.

SORRY. OUR ECONOMIC STUDENTS HELD THEIR SHARK TANK PRESENTATIONS, AND ALL SENIORS ARE REQUIRED TO COME UP WITH A BUSINESS PLAN AND PRESENT IT TO A PANEL OF DISTINGUISHED JUDGES TO INVEST IN THE SEMESTER.

WINNERS WERE ISHMAEL CARDENAS, WHOSE IDEA WAS TO CREATE A PROSTHETIC LIMB THAT WORKS DIRECTLY WITH THE NERVES TO CREATE A MORE ACCURATE BODY MOVEMENT AND GRACIELA GIULIANA, WHO IDEA, WAS AN APP FOCUSED ON INDIVIDUALS WITH ADHD TO HELP BETTER SUPPORT THEM THROUGHOUT THE DAY TO COMPLETE WHAT SOME WOULD CONSIDER AN EASY, MUNDANE TASK.

UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO SCHEDULING CONFLICTS, CAREER DAY WAS POSTPONED FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER AND A DATE HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED.

BUT WE'RE STILL UTILIZING THE EXTRA TIME TO ENSURE IT IS BIGGER AND BETTER THAN THE YEAR BEFORE.

IN OUR ARTS, OUR ART CLASSES ARE WORKING ON A COLORED PENCIL UNIT.

WE'RE CREATING TITLES IN DIGITAL ART.

STUDENTS ARE WORKING ON OVERLAID SELF-PORTRAITS.

ON OCTOBER 22ND, THE FOODS CLASS PARTICIPATED IN A FIT DAY, WHICH IS FORCED IN TRAINING, AND IT TEACHES STUDENTS JOB READINESS SKILLS SUCH AS HOW TO CONDUCT A JOB SEARCH, PREPARE A RESUME, AND THAT A JOB BE GOOD IN A SORRY, BE A GOOD EMPLOYEE, AND BE A LEADER.

STUDENTS ALSO PREPARED AN ELEVATOR, SPEECHES AND DID MOCK INTERVIEWS.

THE VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS AND THE MANAGER OF BUSINESS SPECIALIZES FROM CISCO CAME IN TO LEAD THE EVENT.

TWO WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL ADVISORS CAME IN TO TALK TO STUDENTS ABOUT BANKING, CREDIT CARDS AND HOW TO BREAK DOWN A PAYCHECK.

STUDENTS SET A LONG AND SHORT TERM FINANCIAL GOALS FOR ON OCTOBER 31ST.

KAREN BEAUCHAMP AND KRIS ANN HORSLEY FROM MRS AND KIMLEY-HORN BONITA, UNIFIED SENIOR DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY CURRICULUM, CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, DONATED PLANTS TO THE FOODS PROGRAM.

MRS, HORSLEY AND DOCTORS LAW CAME TO HELP THE FOOD STUDENT PLANT AND PLANT TEACH PLANTS AND TEACH THEM HOW TO CARE FOR THEM FOR CHAPARRALS.

VISTA'S MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR, TAKASHI MATSUMOTO, IS TAKING THE LEAD IN HELPING THE STUDENTS WITH THE GARDEN.

HE SAYS GARDENING IS A GOOD OUTLET FOR SOME PEOPLE AND HOPES THAT THE GARDEN WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO THE STUDENTS.

WE THANK OUR PRINCIPAL, SEAN CASEY, FOR BUILDING A FIFTH GARDENING BOX BECAUSE SO MANY PLANTS WERE DONATED, SO WE NEEDED ANOTHER BOX AND HE CAME OVER ON THE WEEKEND AND DID IT HIMSELF, WHICH WAS VERY GOOD AND ON OUR ACTIVITIES.

ON OCTOBER 23RD THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST, WE CELEBRATED RED RIBBON WEEK AND THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING A HEALTHY LIFE.

WE CREATE A TEAMS AND COMPETED IN A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES AND REPRESENT HEALTHY CHOICES LIKE TAG TEAM PUSHUPS AND UNSCRAMBLING SOURCES OF PROTEIN.

WE ALSO HELD FIVE DIFFERENT SPIRIT DRESS DAYS WITH TEAMS EARNING POINTS IF THEY PARTICIPATED.

MISS FOWLER, SHE WAS OUR RED TEAM AND SHE WON THIS YEAR AND CELEBRATED WITH PIZZA.

MR. CARTWRIGHT'S BLACK TEAM WON THE PUMPKIN PIE PUMPKIN PAINTING CONTEST, AND ANGEL DOMINGUEZ WAS THIS YEAR'S WINNER OF OUR ANNUAL.

GUESS HOW MANY SEEDS ARE IN THE PUMPKIN? THAT CONTEST WAS THREE SEEDS AWAY FROM THE ACTUAL NUMBER, WHICH WAS 440 AND OUR HORSE, OUR HORSESHOE TOURNAMENT IS DOWN IN FOUR TEAMS AND YES, MY TEAM IS ONE OF THEM AND I'M STILL IN THIS THING AND I'M PRETTY SURE I'M GONNA END UP WINNING.

SO IT IS AN HONOR TO REPRESENT CHAPARRAL AND VISTA HIGH SCHOOL AS STUDENT BOARD REPRESENTATIVES.

SO THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

HI. FROM SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL, MADELINE BECK.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT WIEN BOARD MEMBERS ATTENDING AUDIENCE AND STAFF.

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OUR ROYAL COURT SET A SEASON RECORD OF THE HIGHEST FIRST REGULAR SEASON SCORE WITH 84.2.

THE ROYAL COURT ALSO RECEIVED FIRST PLACE IN DIVISION 6A AND RECEIVED A HIGH GENERAL EFFECT, AND TOOK SECOND PLACE OVERALL.

ONE ROYAL COURT MEMBER, ANDREW WARD, AUDITIONED AND PLACED IN THE TOURNAMENT OF ROSES HONOR BAND.

CHOIR WAS SELECTED TO ATTEND THE DRESS REHEARSAL OF LA'S OPERA PRODUCTION OF ROMEO AND JULIET.

OUR ARTISTS SPOTLIGHT OF THE MONTH WAS SAMANTHA BREWER.

SHE IS A SENIOR REPRESENTING THE THEATER ARTS DEPARTMENT, AND SHE IS A ROLE MODEL FOR YOUNGER STUDENTS AND A FRIEND TO HER COHORTS.

MOVING ON TO ATHLETICS.

FOOTBALL HAS THEIR FIRST ROUND OF CIF AT HOME THIS FRIDAY AGAINST ALISO NIGUEL AT 7PM.

TENNIS PLAYS THE FIRST ROUND TODAY AT HOME VERSUS LA CANADA AT 9AM, AND GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE CIF QUARTERFINALS AND LOST A CLOSE GAME TO TROY, 24 TO 22.

ASHLEY [INAUDIBLE] WAS THE LEAGUE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME.

WATER POLO MADE CIF AND HAD A TOUGH LOSS AGAINST SCHURR HIGH SCHOOL IN THE SECOND ROUND OF CIF AND THEN CROSS COUNTRY WAS ONLY ARIANNA RAMIREZ QUALIFIED FOR CIF LEAGUE CHAMPS FOR FALL SPORTS WERE TENNIS.

THEY WERE UNDEFEATED AND THEN VOLLEYBALL WAS UNDEFEATED LEAGUE CHAMPS AS WELL.

GIRLS GOLF JUNIOR JOCELYN RIVER IS AT LEAGUE MVP AND SOPHIA INGRAM, JOCELYN LA VERNE AND MAYA CASTANEDA QUALIFIED FOR CIF INDIVIDUALS.

IN TERMS OF ACADEMICS, AP TESTING SEASON IS APPROACHING WITH CLOSE TO 350 EXAMS ORDERED SO FAR AT THE MONTH AT THE STAFF MEETING.

SENIOR AVID STUDENT ELISA SUAREZ WAS FEATURED IN THIS MONTH'S STUDENT TESTIMONIAL, SHARING HER STORY OF HOW AVID HAS IMPACTED HER ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL JOURNEY AT SCHS.

SENIOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDENT LUIS PADILLA WAS ALSO FEATURED IN THIS MONTH'S STUDENT TESTIMONIAL, SHARING HIS STORY OF HOW TEACHERS, STAFF AND INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES IMPACTED HIS LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, CULTURAL IMMERSION, AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS LEADING TO HIS RECLASSIFICATION.

OUR CO-TEACHING PROGRAM JUST COMPLETED SCHEDULING THEIR FIRST VISIT TO DEL NORTE HIGH SCHOOL AS THEIR SUPPORTING INCLUSIVE PRACTICES DEMONSTRATION SITE.

OUR TEAM WILL BE LOOKING FOR EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES, MODELING OF THE DIFFERENT CO-TEACHING APPROACHES, AND ANY OTHER IDEAS THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED AT SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL. OUR SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT HAS FINALIZED THE ETHNIC STUDIES, FINALIZED, AND ARE WORKING ON UNIFORMITY ON LESSON PLAN STRUCTURE.

OUR ELA DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON CONTINUING SITE CONTINUITY AMONG GRADE LEVELS IN TERMS OF CURRICULUM, PACING, AND SEQUENCE.

FINALLY, ACTIVITIES ARE SAN DIMAS HOMECOMING PARADE WAS A SUCCESS WITH OVER 500 PEOPLE ATTENDING.

ACCORDING TO THE LA SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, HOMECOMING DANCE WAS HELD AT HANGAR 21 AND OVER 500 STUDENTS DANCED THE NIGHT AWAY.

ASB HAS ALSO HELD TWO RALLIES WITHIN THE LAST MONTH.

OUR HOMECOMING RALLY AND OUR FALL RALLY, WHERE OUR DANCE, CHEER AND BAND ALL GOT TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENTS.

OUR FOUNDATIONS OF LEADERSHIP CLASS IS CONTINUING TO HOST COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS AT SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL, TACKLING CONVERSATIONS SUCH AS THE NEED FOR IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION, EXAMINING THE EQUITY IN OUR CURRENT DRESS CODE, AND STUDENT DRIVEN SUPPORT FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDENTS ON CAMPUS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I LOOK FORWARD TO UPDATING YOU ON SAN DIMAS NEXT MONTH.

ALL RIGHT. FOR OUR FEATURED PRESENTATION, RECOGNITION OF THE LA VERNE SAN DIMAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION TEACHER MINI-GRANT.

[13. FEATURED PRESENTATIONS]

SINCE 1983, THE LA VERNE SAN DIMAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO ENRICHING AND ENHANCING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENTS. THE FOUNDATION'S PRIMARY FUNCTION IS TO RECOGNIZE AND REWARD STUDENTS WHO HAVE SUCCEEDED IN SCHOOL DESPITE EXPERIENCING HARDSHIPS.

THE FOUNDATION ALSO SUPPORTS TEACHER'S EFFORTS THROUGH TEACHER MINI GRANTS.

LISTED ON OUR SCREEN WILL BE THE 2425 TEACHER MINI GRANT AWARD RECIPIENTS.

THE 27 GRANTS TOTAL NEARLY $10,000.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE MEMBERS OF THE LA VERNE SAN DIMAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, WHO WILL RECOGNIZE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE 2425 TEACHER MINI GRANTS.

ANTHONY PORTER.

SELENA GARCIA.

JODI GRENIER AND VICKY MALISHEVSKY AND PRESENTING TONIGHT WILL BE MICHELLE RYDELL.

THANK YOU, BOARD SUPERINTENDENT, GUESTS AND OUR BELOVED STAFF OF THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE ARE VERY HONORED THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR AND TAKE OUR HARD EARNED FUNDRAISING EFFORTS FROM, MOST NOTORIOUSLY, FROM OUR ANNUAL

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SO NOT ONLY OUR TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THIS, BUT THE STUDENTS FROM THE PROGRAMS THAT THESE TEACHERS COME UP WITH AND OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF AS WELL.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE'RE GOING TO GET STRAIGHT TO THE NAMES OF THESE WELL-DESERVED PEOPLE WE WISH WE COULD HAVE.

GRANTED THE THE MINI GRANTS, WHICH I DO SAY MINI IS A TERM THAT THE EFFECT THAT THESE GRANTS HAVE ON THESE KIDS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE LESSONS THAT THEY LEARN IN THE CLASS, GO FAR BEYOND JUST BEING MINI.

THERE'S AN IMPACT THAT'S THERE.

SO WHILE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO SAY YES TO EVERYBODY, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL THAT WE ARE VERY HONORED TO PRESENT TONIGHT.

SO CASEY DESALVIO, PLEASE COME FORWARD FROM ALLEN AVENUE.

PLEASE GO AHEAD AND STAY UP HERE IN THE FRONT.

JOHN BLONDY FROM ALLEN AVENUE ELEMENTARY. GENEVIEVE HANG FROM ALLEN AVENUE ELEMENTARY.

JOHN MCLUCKIE FROM BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.

NOT ABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.

DUSTIN MYERS FROM CHAPARRAL VISTA.

CHRISTINA CORTEZ FROM CHAPARRAL VISTA.

VALERIE GRAY, EKSTRAND ELEMENTARY.

CAROL PHIPPS, EKSTRAND ELEMENTARY.

CHELSEA WEIRICH, EKSTRAND ELEMENTARY.

ALINA HABBA, EKSTRAND.

ELEMENTARY. KRISTIN VOMACKA FROM GLADSTONE ELEMENTARY.

HE'S NOT ABLE TO BE WITH US.

MADISON FIOLA FROM GLADSTONE ELEMENTARY.

ALSO NOT ABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING.

JULIE PRAGER FROM GRACE MILLER.

[INAUDIBLE] LA VERNE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY.

STEVE GILES FROM LONE HILL MIDDLE.

[INAUDIBLE]. KIMBERLY OTTEN FROM LONE HILL MIDDLE.

JILLIAN FARMERY.

LONE HILL MIDDLE.

ERIN HAGEMANN.

LONE HILL MIDDLE.

THANK YOU. AUDREY [INAUDIBLE] OAK MESA ELEMENTARY.

BELINDA RODRIGUEZ FROM RAMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AARON MOFFAT FROM ROYNON ELEMENTARY.

LAURA ELDRIDGE FROM ROYNON ELEMENTARY.

UNABLE TO JOIN US.

JANINE FRANKE FROM ROYNON ELEMENTARY.

MONICA REDFOX, FROM SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

ROBIN MCCONATHY, FROM SHULL ELEMENTARY.

KELLY MONTGOMERY, FROM SHULL ELEMENTARY AND SHARING OUR LAST GRANT FOR THE EVENING ARE KIMBERLY MORTON AND AARON ROUNTREE FROM SHULL ELEMENTARY.

THANK YOU ALL FOR HOW YOU SERVE OUR STUDENTS.

APPRECIATE IT AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR NAMES ON APPLICATIONS FOR THE 25-26 YEAR TOO.

THANK YOU. IF YOU'LL WAIT JUST A MOMENT SO THEY CAN GET A PICTURE, WE'D APPRECIATE IT.

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EVERYONE'S GONE. ALL RIGHT, SO REQUEST 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 THREE MINUTES AT THE TIME THE ITEM APPEARS ON THE AGENDA.

IN THE CASE OF A NON AGENDA ITEM, COMMENTS MAY BE MADE UNDER REQUEST 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, AND ANY PERSON ADDRESSING THE BOARD SHOULD FIRST STATE THEIR NAME AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE DISTRICT AND WE HAVE NO CARDS.

MOVES US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[15. CONSENT AGENDA ]

IF ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD SO REQUESTS, AN ITEM SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THE 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.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES. WHICH BRINGS US TO OUR DISCUSSION AND ACTION AGENDA.

[16. DISCUSSION/ACTION AGENDA ]

YES. SO WE HAVE A BIG STACK OF POLICIES GOING FOR FIRST READ, THIS TIME AGAIN REFLECTING CHANGES IN LAW.

ET CETERA.

SO WE'LL COME BACK IN DECEMBER FOR THE SECOND READING.

OKAY. REPORTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT GLENN.

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

OKAY. WELL, I'D LIKE TO START TONIGHT BY CONGRATULATING THE LADY BEARCATS ON THEIR TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS VICTORY.

I APPRECIATE ONE LAST CHAMPIONSHIP BEFORE I LEAVE.

I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE IT, YOU READ IT.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO, GLENN.

I APPRECIATE THE ONE LAST CHAMPIONSHIP BEFORE I RETIRE AND BE IT IN ATHLETICS, ACADEMICS, THE ARTS, OR WHATEVER OTHER ENDEAVORS, BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT REMAINS THE DISTRICT OF CHAMPIONS.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE DODGERS ON THEIR LATEST WORLD SERIES VICTORY.

WHILE IT WAS A GIVEN THAT I WOULD BE WEARING A REYN SPOONER SHIRT TO MY LAST MEETING.

SINCE I HAVE NEVER LIKED SUITS AND TIES, MY CHOICE OF SHIRTS WAS COMPLICATED BY THEIR VICTORY AND NOW TRYING TO DECIDE WHICH DODGER SHIRT TO WEAR. THERE SEEMS TO BE QUITE A BIT TO ACKNOWLEDGE TONIGHT.

SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE CHRIS ANN ON HER UNOPPOSED REELECTION AND AS WE NOW TRANSITION FULLY TO TRUSTEE AREAS, THE REPRESENTATIVE OF DISTRICT ONE, ALSO GREG PALATTO ON HIS RE-ELECTION AND AS THE NEW REPRESENTATIVE OF AREA FOUR, AND

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AS I SAT DOWN TO JOT A FEW NOTES FOR TONIGHT'S COMMENTS, I WAS STRUCK BY A COUPLE OF THINGS.

FIRST, I REALLY DO NOT LIKE PUBLIC SPEAKING AND SECOND, AFTER 21 YEARS, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THANK AND ACKNOWLEDGE.

SO TO KEEP MY SPEAKING TIME DOWN AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO NOT FORGET ANYONE.

I'M GOING TO, FOR THE MOST PART, THANK GROUPS RATHER THAN INDIVIDUALS, WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS.

FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY, MY WIFE DOLORES, DAUGHTER LAUREN, AND SON JEFFREY.

THEY WERE THE CAMPAIGN STAFF IN 2003 AND DID ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING FOR A FIRST TIME CANDIDATE.

MY DAUGHTER HANDLED THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND TECH STUFF IN 2020, WHEN WE HAD AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT KIND OF CAMPAIGN.

I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO REPAY ALL THE FAMILY TIME THEY SACRIFICED OVER THE YEARS.

SECOND, I WILL THANK THE STAFFS AND PARENTS AT GLADSTONE AND LONEHILL WHO SUPPORTED, ENCOURAGED AND PUSHED ME TO RUN IN THE FIRST PLACE AND TO SANDY REIMANN, FRANK FORMOSA GLADSTONE, WHO WERE THE FIRST TO SHOW ME WHO IS INVALUABLE TO THE SUCCESSFUL OPERATION OF THE SCHOOL. THE SCHOOL SECRETARY AND CUSTODIAN.

THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB OF A SCHOOL BOARD HAS IS HIRING THE SUPERINTENDENT AND WHILE WE MAY HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF BUMPS ALONG THE ROAD, I HAVE HAD THE HONOR AND PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH FOUR OUTSTANDING SUPERINTENDENTS OVER THE YEARS.

EACH WAS THE RIGHT PERSON IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME TO SET OUR DISTRICT ON THE PATH TO GREATNESS.

SO THANK YOU TO DOCTOR BOB OTTO, DOCTOR GARY RAPKIN, ALSO AN OLD DODGER FAN, CARL COLES AND MATT WIEN.

I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ALSO THANK THE POWER BEHIND THE THRONE, SO TO SPEAK.

THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, BARBARA LITWIN, ADELA DREW, AND OF COURSE, MARGARET MCDONALD.

TO MY PAST AND PRESENT BOARD MEMBER COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THE DISTRICT AND YOUR WORK TO MAKE BONITA THE DISTRICT IT IS TODAY.

WE MAY NOT ALWAYS HAVE HAD ALWAYS AGREED ON THINGS OVER THE YEARS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THINGS WERE DECIDED WITH A POLITE AND RESPECTFUL DISCUSSION AND WE HAVE ALWAYS TRIED AS A GROUP TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR STUDENTS.

TO THE STAFF, THE BONITA FAMILY, YOU ARE TRULY THE ONES WHO MAKE THE DISTRICT WHAT IT IS TODAY.

THE BOARD MAY SET THE TONE AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE MAY PROVIDE SUPPORT, BUT THOSE OF YOU ON THE FRONT LINE DESERVE THE CREDIT.

THERE ARE SO MANY WHO PROVIDE SUPPORT BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT ARE JUST AS VITAL A PART OF OUR SUCCESS.

ADMIN, CIS, FOOD SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION, MAINTENANCE AND A HOST OF OTHERS.

OUR [INAUDIBLE] AND CSCA MEMBERS ARE THE FACES OF THE DISTRICT.

TO OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND TO YOU AND YOU DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

I AM PROUD TO CALL MANY OF YOU MY FRIENDS.

TO THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS, YOU HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO BE A PART OF ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO YOU IN ALL THE AREAS, WHETHER IT'S ACADEMICS, ATHLETICS, THE ARTS, ACTIVITIES OR CTE.

THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE YOURS FOR THE TAKING AND TO EVERYONE.

IT TOOK A LONG TIME FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO REACH THE PLACE IT OCCUPIES TODAY.

SO I ASK EACH OF YOU INVOLVED, EACH OF YOU INVOLVED NOW OR IN THE FUTURE, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR ROLE OR AFFILIATION WITH THE DISTRICT, TO REMEMBER ONE SIMPLE THING PUT ASIDE YOUR EGOS, AGENDAS, POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS, OR CRUSADES.

IT IS NOT ABOUT YOU OR ME.

IT NEVER WAS.

IT IS AND SHOULD ALWAYS BE ABOUT THE KIDS AND FINALLY, REMEMBER, NEXT MONDAY IS VETERAN'S DAY.

AS THE SAYING GOES, WE DON'T KNOW THEM ALL, BUT WE OWED THEM ALL.

THANK YOU FOR ALL GIVING ME THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING ON THE BOARD FOR THE LAST 21 YEARS.

THAT WAS QUITE A SPEECH.

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IT WAS JUST A MOMENT AGO.

RIGHT, YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE CHALLENGES ONE BY ONE, AND IT'S A LONG LIST.

SO WE WILL TRULY MISS YOU.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR THREE NEW BOARD MEMBERS ONE I KNOW CHRIS ANN, YOU FOUGHT HIM ALL THE WAY IN DISTRICT ONE.

SO AREA ONE.

YEAH AND TO GREG AND BRITTANY, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT MONTH FOR OATH OF OFFICE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS AND THEIR NEW CITY MANAGER, BRAD MCKINNEY.

THANKS TO OUR ONGOING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND OUR MANY SHARED INTERESTS.

SPECIAL THANKS, PARTICULARLY TONIGHT TO THE LA VERNE SAN DIMAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THEIR DIRECT SUPPORT TO OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS WITH ANOTHER $10,000 IN MINI GRANTS AND I AM LIKE ALL MY COLLEAGUES, I'M SURE LOOKING FORWARD TO RENEWING OUR DIALOG AROUND THE DISTRICT'S NEED FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE STRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND MODERNIZATION.

THAT'S IT. THANKS.

FIRST, GLENN.

IT IS RARE FOR SOMEONE TO HAVE SERVED ON BOARDS THAT HAVE BEEN RADICALLY DIFFERENT, BUT DURING YOUR TIME PERIOD, THE DISTRICT HAS HAD A MUCH BETTER MORALE.

THE TEST SCORES HAVE GONE UP DRAMATICALLY.

SO IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT LEGACY, OBVIOUSLY THE STAFF DID ALL THE WORK, BUT I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW YOU CONTRIBUTED IN MAKING OUR DISTRICT A MUCH BETTER PLACE FOR OUR KIDS.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE THREE WINNERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTION OR I HAVE ONE TENTATIVE, BUT TWO OTHER WINNERS.

CHRIS ANN I'M SUPER HAPPY YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO RUN AGAINST ANYONE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.

GREG, YOU DID GREAT.

IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR WORK.

I SAW THE PERCENTAGES, AND I THINK IT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION YOU'VE GIVEN AND, BRITTANY, I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS.

I KNOW IT'S TIGHT, BUT IT'S.

I WOULD BET THAT IT'S GOING TO BE YOU, SO.

CONGRATULATIONS. YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU SHOWED A LOT OF GRIT AND DETERMINATION AND.

YEAH, I THINK IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

LET'S SEE.

I GUESS I SHOULD DO I'D LIKE TO MAKE ONE OTHER.

THANK YOU. I WAS AT AN EKSTRAND PTA EVENT.

MY WIFE'S VERY INVOLVED IN THE UNION, AND THERE WAS A NEED TO CALL UP PEOPLE TO HELP OUT AND SOMEONE WHO USED TO HAVE HER KIDS AT EKSTRAND DOESN'T ANYMORE. SHE'S A CITY COUNCILWOMAN.

RACHEL BERTACCO. SHE GOT A PHONE CALL.

SHE CAME OVER, SHE VOLUNTEERED HER AND I WORKED THE POPCORN MACHINE AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO ALL OF OUR CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE AND BOTH MAYORS WHO ARE SUPER INVOLVED IN OUR DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO AND EVEN WHETHER IT'S THE PUBLIC WORK YOU DO OR THE PRIVATE WORK YOU DO, WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT YOU'VE GIVEN OUR COMMUNITY.

I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR, LIKE, MUCH OF THE POLITICAL RACE THAT HAPPENED, BUT I JUST THOUGHT THIS WAS KIND OF INTERESTING.

THAT HAPPENED AND I THINK IT WAS SIX YEARS BEFORE BONITA WAS FOUNDED.

THERE'S A GUY NAMED GROVER CLEVELAND.

HE WAS OUR 22ND PRESIDENT.

THERE WERE SOME SCANDALS, AND THEN HE BECAME OUR 24TH PRESIDENT.

SO, YOU KNOW, IN THIS LAST CENTURY, I LIVED THROUGH A PANDEMIC.

WE WENT THROUGH SOME PROTESTS.

THERE WAS A STOCK MARKET CRASH, AND NOW WE'VE HIT THE SECOND TIME HAVING A PRESIDENT OR PRESIDENT ELECT WHO'S BEEN ELECTED IN TWO NONCONSECUTIVE TERMS. SO I GUESS WE'RE LIVING THROUGH HISTORY, OR AT LEAST THE SEQUEL TO HISTORY AND I JUST KIND OF THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ON WINNING THE PRESIDENCY AGAIN AND LET'S SEE.

BUT I THINK THIS.

OH, AND THANK YOU TO THAT FOUNDATION BUSD THE DATA IS AMAZING.

OUR STAFF DOES A GREAT JOB.

WE SHOULD ALWAYS WORK FOR BETTER AND THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM TO IMPROVE.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA, I THINK AN ARGUMENT CAN BE MADE THAT WE ARE THE BEST DISTRICT IN THE STATE AND I'M NOT LIKE TRYING TO BE DO HYPERBOLE AND I DO THINK YOU DO GET SOME CREDIT FOR THAT FOR SURE.

BUT WE'RE ONE OF 15 SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT SAW THAT HAVE MITIGATED THE LEARNING LOSS FROM COVID.

WE'RE ONE OF FIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAS DONE SO THAT HAVE, I THINK, VERY RESPECTABLE TEST SCORES.

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YOU LOOK AT OUR MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS, YOU LOOK AT OUR TRADE PATHWAYS.

I THINK WE'RE ONE OF ONE.

SO I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN ALWAYS PARSE THE DATA DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, BUT I'M SOMEONE WHO THINKS THAT PARENTS ARE THE NUMBER ONE EDUCATOR OF KIDS, AND A SCHOOL DISTRICT REALLY SEES THEIR VALUE ON WHETHER THEY ACHIEVE BETTER RESULTS THAN WHAT WAS THE NORM OF LAST CENTURY.

I HAD FRIENDS WHO LIVED HERE AND THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT GLENDORA SCHOOLS.

GLENDORA, AND CLAREMONT WAS PRETTY GOOD TOO, AND THEY'RE STILL GREAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA, I THINK THAT A SOLID CASE CAN BE MADE THAT BONITA SHOULD BE RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE WORK THEY DO.

SO I WANTED TO THANK THE CAC STAFF, THE TEACHING STAFF, OUR ADMIN, OUR SUPERINTENDENT, BOARD MEMBERS WHO'VE SERVED MANY YEARS.

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU GUYS BECAUSE MY KIDS HAVE GOTTEN A GREAT EDUCATION, BUT MY NEIGHBORS KIDS HAVE GOTTEN A GREAT EDUCATION.

AND I THINK THAT THE VALUE THAT BONITA ADDS IS VERY NOTABLE.

SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE CAN PACKAGE IT BETTER, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE WE'RE NUMBER ONE LIKE THE DODGERS.

GOOD EVENING.

GLENN, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I BECAME A PRINCIPAL IN THIS DISTRICT JUST AS YOU BECAME A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IN THIS DISTRICT AND OVER THE 20 YEARS AND I WAS A PRINCIPAL HERE FOR 17 YEARS, YOU WERE THE MOST HIGHLY VISIBLE BOARD MEMBER ON MY CAMPUS AND I REALLY APPRECIATED ALL THE TIMES THAT YOU WERE ON CAMPUS THAT YOU ALWAYS HAD A KIND WORD.

THERE WAS NO ANXIETY HAVING A BOARD MEMBER, YOU KNOW, HOP ONTO THE CAMPUS.

IF WHEN GLENN WAS THERE, EVERYONE WAS COMFORTABLE, EVERYONE WAS SHARING.

HE WAS ALWAYS SOMEBODY THAT JUST YOU ALWAYS GAVE A LOT OF GOOD, HAPPY COMPLIMENTS AND JUST MADE EVERYBODY GLAD THAT THEY'RE IN BONITA.

SO. YEAH.

THANK YOU. YOU'VE BEEN A MODEL FOR ME.

I REALLY ENJOY BEING A BOARD MEMBER AND I'M SO GLAD THAT I'M GOING TO BE CONTINUING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

THIS LAST MONTH, I WAS THRILLED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HOMECOMING PARADE.

I WAS ASKED TO HELP OUT BY PROVIDING THE THE FLOAT.

MY HUSBAND HAS AN OCEAN GOING BOAT, SO WE TOOK THE SHULL SHARKS ONTO IT AND THE KIDS HAD TONS OF FUN AND I HAD JUST AS MUCH FUN AS THEM. I ALSO DID GET TO HELP OUT WITH THAT CHAPARRAL GARDEN, DOING THE PLANTING AND WATCHING JUST HOW RELAXED AND HAPPY THOSE STUDENTS ARE GETTING THEIR HANDS IN THE SOIL AND THEIR INTEREST IN EVERY SINGLE PLANT, AND WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO WITH IT WHEN THEY GOT IT INTO THEIR CULINARY CLASS AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE THIS WEEK WITH THE WALKATHON IS TOMORROW AND I'LL BE OUT THERE AND ROYNON HAS A SECOND GRADE PRESENTATION ON FRIDAY THAT I PLAN TO ATTEND AND THEN WE HAVE CIF SAN DIMAS RIGHT.

FRIDAY NIGHT. SO VERY IT'S REALLY A WONDERFUL PART OF BEING A BOARD MEMBER THAT YOU GET TO SHARE IN SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICT AND THEN I HAVE THREE COMPLIMENTS TO GIVE.

I LOVE THE FOUNDATION THAT WE HAVE HERE, $10,000 IN GRANTS THAT IS SO SUPPORTIVE OF TEACHERS AND AS WHEN I WAS A PRINCIPAL, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT WHEN TEACHERS WOULD COME TO YOU AND THEY HAD A PROJECT THAT THEY WANTED TO DO, BUT YOU THEN YOU HAVE 20 TEACHERS, AND IF YOU DO ONE, THEN YOU HAVE TO DO THEM ALL.

SO IT WAS IT'S BEEN GREAT HAVING A FOUNDATION THAT PROVIDES THE SUPPORT WHEN TEACHERS REALLY HAVE A HEART TO PUT A PIECE OF CURRICULUM IN PLACE AND DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THEIR STUDENTS.

I WANTED TO COMPLIMENT KIM LAW.

YOU DID SOME TRAINING WITH OUR BILINGUAL INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES.

IT WAS SO GREAT TO SEE THAT THEY WERE GETTING SOME TRAINING, AND THAT JUST BENEFITS A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUDENTS AND THOSE BIS THEMSELVES.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND ALSO IN THIS LAST MONTH, I NOTED THAT YOUR NEW PRINCIPALS ARE GETTING A TRAINING ON LEADERSHIP IN LITERACY, AND I JUST THINK THAT IS A REALLY WONDERFUL EXTRA THING, JAMIE, THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO AND THAT REALLY BRINGS THEM ON BOARD IN BONITA AND I JUST IT WILL HELP US WITH OUR ACHIEVEMENTS WHEN WE HAVE OUR PRINCIPALS REALLY WELL VERSED.

SO GOOD JOB GUYS AND IN OUR IN THE BOARD PACKET TONIGHT, WE ALSO APPROVED NOVEMBER AS THE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN MONTH AND ALSO OUR IT, IT'S OUR MONTH TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL YOUTH HOMELESS STUDENTS AND I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT THE DISTRICT CHOOSES TO RECOGNIZE THESE DIFFERENT THINGS OVER

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SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.

ALL RIGHT, GLENN.

I THINK I'VE KNOWN YOU THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TIME UP HERE.

I JUST MET YOU FOUR YEARS AGO, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT FIRST MEETING DIDN'T GO WELL FOR ME BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN I RAN FOR AN APPOINTMENT, AND YOU ALL SAID NO.

BUT SINCE THEN, I FELT LIKE WE HAD THIS BOND.

WHEN I RAN AGAIN TWO YEARS LATER TO FOR THE ACTUAL ELECTION, WE DID EVENTS TOGETHER.

THEN I LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU BECAUSE I CAME IN NOT KNOWING REALLY MUCH OF ANYTHING.

THIS GOVERNANCE WISE.

BUT I FELT LIKE YOU TOOK ME UNDER YOUR WING AND GAVE ME PHONE CALLS, GAVE ME SOME ADVICE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I LOVED ALL THE FALL CLASSICS THAT WE PICKED.

TAKE A PEEK AT THE SCORES ON THE PHONE FOR THE DODGERS OVER THE YEARS.

SO I DO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THAT HISTORY THAT YOU IMPARTED ON ME, BECAUSE I MIGHT KNOW JUST AS LIMITED SCOPE, BUT YOU'VE HAD THE HISTORY TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES TWICE, BUT WE KNOW WHAT WORKS AND WE CONTINUE THAT.

SO DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE GIVEN AND FOR THE MENTORSHIP YOU HAD WITH ME.

THANKS TO THE ED FOUNDATION AS WELL AND TO THE MINI GRANT WINNERS, IT IS AMAZING WHAT SOME OF THESE TEACHERS COME UP WITH IDEAS LIKE MAKING A GARDEN OR SOME KIND OF PLAY THING, OR A THERAPY CORNER OR WHATNOT.

IT'S JUST AMAZING WHERE THEIR MINDS GO AND THEY HAVE A TRUE HEART FOR WHAT THEY DO AND WITH THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FUNDING THEY CAN MAKE THOSE DREAMS COME TRUE.

THEY GET THIS FUNDING FROM THE GOLF TOURNAMENT.

SO LET'S WORK ON OUR SWINGS AND GET OUT THERE IN THE SPRING AND SUPPORT THEM SO WE CAN SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS AS WELL.

ON MONDAY CURRENTLY THE MASTER OF THE LODGE FOR THE SAN DIMAS LODGE, I GOT REELECTED AGAIN TO CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER YEAR.

AND THE BEST PART ABOUT BEING THE MASTER IS WE GET TO CHOOSE THE CHARITY FOR THE YEAR AND WHAT WE CHOSE WAS, I THINK I MENTIONED IT BEFORE, SOMETHING CALLED SHOES THAT FIT, WHERE WE HAVE A PROGRAM AND THE MEMBERS THERE.

WE RAISE MONEY TO OVER $1,200 TO FIT 40 KIDS WITH BRAND NEW SHOES AND TODAY I JUST GOT THIS CARD, SO THANK YOU CARD WITH ALL THE KIDS WHO SIGNED IT.

SO I'M GOING TO SHARE THIS WITH EVERYONE OUT THERE.

BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THEY SAID LIKE ONE KID LIKE, OH, THESE ARE EXTRA AND BLUE, THESE ARE MY FAVORITE COLOR AND SOME KIDS JUST STARTED RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE HALL WHICH THEY PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE, BUT IT WAS FUN TO WATCH SOME KIDS LIKE, LOOK AT MY VERTICAL HOPS AND THEY JUST START JUMPING, SO YOU COULD TELL HOW EXCITED THEY WERE TO HAVE SHOES THAT ACTUALLY FIT THEM. BECAUSE WE KNOW WITH KIDS STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY, MAYBE SHOES MIGHT BE ONE OF THE LAST THINGS YOU CONSIDER WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT FOOD OR RENT.

LIKE, OKAY, THE SHOES ARE A LITTLE BIT TIGHT, LET'S SEE HOW LONG THEY CAN LAST.

BUT NOW THEY GOT ALL BRAND NEW SHOES AND THEY WERE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT.

SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT MOMENT.

I'M GLAD THIS ELECTION CYCLE IS OVER.

THAT WAS FUN. CONGRATULATIONS ON NOT BEING CHALLENGED.

I WAS VERY JEALOUS OF YOU, BUT I'M VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU CONTINUE.

THE THING ABOUT IT IS, LIKE, WE KIND OF RUN ON OUR RECORD, BUT MY RECORD IS NOTHING WITHOUT WHAT YOU GUYS DO OUT THERE WITH THE STAFF.

I ONLY GIVE A SMALL DIRECTION.

I'M ONLY ONE OF FIVE PEOPLE, BUT NONE OF THIS MAGIC HAPPENS FOR BONITA TO BE WHAT IT IS WITHOUT THE WORK.

FROM ADMIN TO CSA TO THE TEACHERS TO EVERYONE ELSE THAT'S INVOLVED.

SO WHAT YOU DO WITH THE KIDS, THE WAY YOU SUPPORT THEM? FROM ALL THE ASPECTS AND FINE PARTS YOU DO WITHIN THE DISTRICT REALLY MAKES ME LOOK GOOD.

SO THANK YOU GUYS. BUT THE MAGIC DOES HAPPEN AT THE SCHOOLS AND I THINK LIKE DEREK SAID AND GLENN SAID, PEOPLE ARE REALIZING WE ARE REALLY THE BEST THING OUT THERE.

WE USED TO COMPARE OURSELVES WITH THE GLENDORA'S AND CLAREMONT'S, AND NOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT US, TRYING TO CHASE US, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGHER SETTINGS.

ALL THESE AWARDS AND ACCOLADES OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

IT'S NO WONDER WHY, YOU KNOW, PARENTS ARE HAPPY AND THIS IS A PLACE THEY WANT TO MOVE TO.

SO THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF OUT THERE TO MAKE BONITA WHAT IT IS.

MY KIDS APPRECIATE IT.

I APPRECIATE AS A PARENT, I'M SURE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY DOES.

THANK YOU. VERY GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO START ON MONDAY.

HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO BONITA HIGH SCHOOL AND WATCH SENIOR LINEBACKER NOAH MCHALE FROM THE TEAM BE PRESENTED WITH HIS JERSEY FOR THE NAVY ALL-AMERICAN BOWL GAME. ONLY ONE OF 100 KIDS IN THE COUNTRY GET THAT HONOR, AND IT WAS AWESOME TO SEE HIM GET THAT HIS WHOLE TEAM WAS WITH HIM.

NBC IS GOING TO AIR.

I THINK THAT MAYBE TODAY ALREADY THE GAME IS ON JANUARY 11TH IN SAN ANTONIO.

SO LET'S ROOT NOAH ON A GREAT KID AND THEN A GREAT ATHLETE AS WELL AND WE MENTIONED SECONDARY PD THAT WE HAD A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

I ALSO WANT TO MENTION NOVEMBER 1ST WE HAD AN ELEMENTARY PD.

IT WAS CENTERED AROUND MATH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT JAMIE HABERSHAM WHO IS HERE, AND DEB BROWNLEE AS WELL FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER, PLANNING IT, COORDINATING IT. A GREAT DAY FOR THE TEACHERS.

VERY MUCH APPRECIATED TO DO THAT AND THEN, GLENN, MUCH MORE TO COME FROM ME.

DECEMBER 11TH AT THE FAREWELL.

I'LL SPEAK FORMALLY, BUT JUST WANTED TO JUST FOR A MOMENT, JUST SAY WHAT A GREAT BOARD MEMBER YOU HAVE BEEN.

REALLY EASY TO WORK WITH, PERSONABLE, FUNNY, KEPT IT LIGHT, ALWAYS PRESENT.

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I'VE BEEN IN THE DISTRICT FOR 14 OR 15 YEARS, AND YOU'VE JUST BEEN A STABLE PRESENCE, AND I HAVE APPRECIATED THAT GREATLY.

IT'S BEEN MENTIONED A COUPLE TIMES WHERE THE DISTRICT WAS WHEN YOU STARTED AND WHERE WE ARE NOW, AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN GREG MENTIONED IT.

IT'S EASY FOR A BOARD TO SAY THEY TAKE A STEP BACK AND THEY'RE NOT PART OF IT.

YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY PART OF IT.

TO HAVE A STABLE BOARD THAT UNDERSTANDS THE ROLE IS CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS THAT WE HAVE AND SO I WANT YOU TO HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT REFLECT BACK AND SAY YOU ARE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, AS DEREK SAID, WE'RE ONE OF THE BEST DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, RIGHT? AND THAT DOES FALL ON YOU.

I KNOW YOU'RE ONE OF FIVE, BUT TO HAVE YOU AS A BOARD MEMBER HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.

AGAIN, MORE TO COME IN DECEMBER.

BUT YOU'VE HAD A TREMENDOUS RUN AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, AND I DEEPLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

REQUEST TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC.

THE PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. ANY PERSON WISHING TO SPEAK ON A NON-AGENDA ITEM MAY BE GRANTED UP TO THREE MINUTES.

THE BOARD MAY LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME FOR EACH TOPIC TO 20 MINUTES.

TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS, PLEASE COMPLETE 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.

DO YOU HAVE ANY CARDS? NO PCA, [INAUDIBLE], CCA? BUMPED? NO.

ALL RIGHT. OUR FUTURE MEETING DATE.

[19. FUTURE MEETING DATES ]

ANY ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS? IF NOT, WE WILL ADJOURN AT 6:45.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.