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[2. CALL TO ORDER]
>> CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:00 PM.
ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT AND REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEMS. THE PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON AGENDA ITEMS. THE BOARD MAY LIMIT THE TIME FOR EACH SPEAKER TO THREE MINUTES AND 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 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.
ANY PERSON ADDRESSING THE BOARD SHOULD FIRST STATE THEIR NAME AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE DISTRICT. NO CARDS.
THE BOARD WILL CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION AT 5:01 PM. THERE WE ARE.
[5. CLOSED SESSION AGENDA]
[7. CALL TO ORDER]
I'M CALLING THE BOARD TO RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AT 6:00 PM.WE'LL NOW HAVE A REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION.
[8. REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION]
JIM WILL REPORT ON THE ONE PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEE NON [INAUDIBLE].>> THANK YOU, CHRIS ANN. ITEM 5.1.
IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO APPROVE A FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT RELEASED BETWEEN PARENTS OF KJ AND THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, OAH CASE NUMBER 202410863, 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 DERRICK BOMANU, SECONDED BY BRITTANY ALLISON, AND THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS.
ITEM 5.2. IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO NON RE ELECT EMPLOYEE NUMBER VM36136781, A PROBATIONARY CERTIFICATED ELEMENTARY TEACHER, PURSUANT TO EDUCATION CODE, SECTION 44929.21(B), EFFECTIVE AT THE END OF THE 24, 25 SCHOOL YEAR.
THE BOARD DIRECTED THE SUPERINTENDENT TO SEND APPROPRIATE LEGAL NOTICES.
THE MOTION WAS MADE BY GREG PLATO WITH A SECOND BY CHRIS ANNE HORSLEY, AND THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS.
>> THANK YOU, JIM. WE'LL NOW DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND I'LL LEAD YOU IF YOU'LL PLEASE STAND.
PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY, BEGIN.
[10. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER AND CONTENT]
>> THANK YOU. WE MOVE TO THE APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER AND CONTENT. IS THERE A MOTION?
>> ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> ANY OPPOSED? NOW, WE'LL DO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING.
[11. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING]
WE ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 5, 2025 REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING. IS THERE A MOTION?>> ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED? NO. COMMUNICATIONS FROM OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES.
[12. COMMUNICATIONS FROM STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES]
THIS EVENING. WE START WITH BRIANA JUAREZ FROM BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HORSLEY, MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL, BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT WEEN, EXECUTIVE CABINET, AND HONORED GUESTS.
IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO STAND HERE BEFORE YOU ONCE AGAIN TO SHARE THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND EVENTS TAKING PLACE AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR SENIORS FOR COMPLETING THEIR PACE PAPERS.
THIS IS A MAJOR MILESTONE FOR THEM, AND WE'RE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE HARD WORK THEY'VE PUT IN TO FINISH THIS IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR ACADEMIC JOURNEY.
THEY WILL NOW BEGIN TO PREPARE FOR THEIR BOARD SPEECHES WHICH HAPPENED TOWARDS THE END OF MAY.
IN THE MATH DEPARTMENT, STUDENTS HAVE BEEN DILIGENTLY PREPARING FOR THE STATE TESTING.
THE ICA WAS COMPLETED RECENTLY AND WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT THE STRONG PREPARATION WILL SERVE THEM WELL IN THE UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS.
MOVING ON TO SPORTS, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR BOYS SOCCER TEAM.
THEY PLAYED AN INCREDIBLY TOUGH MATCH LAST NIGHT IN
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ESCONDIDO AND CAME UP JUST SHORT WITH A 1-0 LOSS.MAKING IT TO STATE IS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT AND WE'RE PROUD OF THEIR EFFORT AND DEDICATION THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.
AS FOR SOFTBALL, OUR TEAM HAD HAD AN INCREDIBLE VICTORY OVER SAN DIMAS.
WHILE WE WON'T FOCUS ON THE SPECIFICS, THE TEAM HAD AN INCREDIBLE SHOWING.
IN THE ARTS, OUR CHOIR IS GEARING UP FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE.
THEY'LL BE TRAVELING TO NEW YORK SOON TO PERFORM IN THE PRESTIGIOUS CARNEGIE HALL.
IT IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE.
FINALLY, OUR BAND IS PREPARING FOR A PERFORMANCE IN NEW ORLEANS OVER SPRING BREAK.
THIS TRIP WILL BE AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENT AND REPRESENT OUR SCHOOL IN A CITY WITH SUCH RICH MUSICAL HISTORY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK AGAIN NEXT MONTH. [APPLAUSE]
NOW MARISSA HERNANDEZ FROM CHAPARRAL VISTA. [APPLAUSE]
>> GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT WEEN, PRESIDENT HORSLEY, CABINET MEMBERS, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AS WELL AS AUDIENCE.
FOR CELEBRATIONS AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS, OUR PRIME COURT FINALISTS WERE ANNOUNCED AT OUR LAST RALLY ON VALENTINE'S DAY.
THERE WERE EIGHT SENIORS AND JUNIORS ON THE COURT.
AS WE ENTER MARCH, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO CELEBRATE.
WE CELEBRATED TWO MORE EARLY GRADUATES, CAMILA BOSITO, AND KATHERINE SWAZ WE HAVE TWO STELLAR CONCURRENTLY ENROLLED SENIORS MYSELF, AND THEO GONZALEZ, WE'RE BOTH SELECTED TO JOIN THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF LEADERSHIP AND SUCCESS AT CITRUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
ACADEMICS, COLLEGE AND COOPERATION, THE TWO STUDENTS WHO ARE DULY ENROLLED AT CITRUS AND CHOCO HAVE FINISHED THEIR SECOND TERM AT CITRUS IN THE SPRING TERM HAS BEGUN.
I'M TAKING A POLITICAL SCIENCE CLASS AND THEO IS TAKING STRESS MANAGEMENT AND A US HISTORY COURSE.
WE ARE BOTH PLANNING TO TRANSFER FOLLOWING GRADUATING WITH AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE.
OUR STUDENTS HEADED OVER TO SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL ON FEBRUARY 25TH FOR THEIR CAREER FAIR AND ON THE 26TH.
TWENTY ONE STUDENTS ATTENDED THE ASBAB REVIEW SESSION TO GO OVER THEIR SCORES AND POTENTIAL PASS AVAILABLE TO THEM POST HIGH SCHOOL.
THINGS WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS MONTH INCLUDE MOUNT SAC PREVIEW DAY, WHICH WAS EARLIER TODAY AND JUNIORS AND SENIORS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR MOUNT SACS CAMPUS TO POP INTO CLASSES AND SEE THINGS THAT MOUNT SAC HAS TO OFFER.
AS WELL AS WE HELD OUR CITRUS ORIENTATION WORKSHOP ON MARCH 13TH, SENIORS WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR CITRUS WILL NOW HAVE A CHANCE TO WORK WITH THE CITRUS REP TO COMPLETE ORIENTATION AND SET UP THEIR COUNSELING APPOINTMENTS NECESSARY TO QUALIFY FOR THE CALIFORNIA PROMISE AFTER GRADUATION.
MOUNT SAC WORKSHOP ON MARCH 19TH, SENIORS WHO HAVE APPLIED AND COMPLETED ORIENTATION WILL NOW WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE MOUNT SAC REP TO SET THEIR COUNSELING APPOINTMENTS, NECESSARY TO QUALIFY FOR THE CALIFORNIA PROMISE AFTER GRADUATION.
LASTLY, WE WILL BE HOSTING A FAST FOOD WORKSHOP ONCE A MONTH IN GOVERNMENT AND ECON IN BOTH MARCH AND APRIL 10TH SURE EACH SENIOR HAS ACCESS TO A WORKSHOP AND ARE READY TO GO BEFORE OUR GRADUATION.
IN OUR ART CLASS, WE HAVE THEM FINISHING WORKING ON LINOLEUM INC BLOCK PRINTS THAT STUDENTS MADE TO TAKE A STANCE ON THE SOCIAL ISSUE.
ONE OF MR. MYERS STUDENTS IS WORKING ON A CRESCENT MOON FOR OUR POEM.
THE MOON WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT BY MR. CART RATE, SO THIS IS A WAY THAT EVERYONE IS INVOLVED INTO OUR PROMS. FEBRUARY 24 STUDENTS ATTENDED THE CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT, FOUNDATION, COLLEGE, AND CAREER EXPO AT THE PROUD BIRD BY LAX.
AS STUDENTS WERE TREATED BY LUNCH AND GOT TO MEET HOSPITALITY EMPLOYEES AND COLLEGES.
STUDENTS ARE CURRENTLY SELECTING THEIR OWN DISHES TO CREATE IN THE CLASS AS THE HEAD CHEF, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECIPE AND ORDERING OF INGREDIENTS.
THEY PREPARE AND TEACH THEIR RECIPES TO THE CLASS, ORGANIZING STUDENTS INTO GROUPS, AND DELEGATING RESPONSIBILITIES AND HELPING THE CLASS EXECUTE THE DISHES.
FOR ACTIVITIES, WE'VE HAD A FEW SPIRIT DAYS LIKE PAJAMAS DAYS, ANIMATED DAYS, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S ALL ABOUT THIS FRIDAY'S PROM, WISHONA BULLDOG.
OUR CORN HOLD TOURNAMENT WILL BEGIN NEXT WEDNESDAY AND OUR VOLLEYBALL SEASON HAS OFFICIALLY BEGAN, SO OUR FIRST GAME IS MARCH 20TH AGAINST SAN ANTONIO CONTINUATION SCHOOL.
THANK YOU FOR TONIGHT AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
>> THANK YOU, MELISSA. [APPLAUSE] NOW WE HAVE MADELYN BECK FROM SAN DIMAS.
>> GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT, WEEN, BOARD MEMBERS, ATTENDING AUDIENCE, AND STAFF.
SAN DIMAS HAS HAD SOME AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS MONTH, AND I'M VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO FILL YOU ALL IN. LET'S GET INTO IT.
STARTING WITH THE ARTS. OUR TROUBLE CHOIR HAD A FANTASTIC TIME PERFORMING AT THEIR FESTIVAL ON FRIDAY.
OUR BAND WILL BE PERFORMING IN THE BENITA UNIFIED BAND FESTIVAL TOMORROW AT THE BCA.
GIRLS WATER POLO ARE THE DIVISION FOUR CIF AMPS BEATING TROY 9-2.
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THIS IS THE FIRST CIF CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE SCHOOL HISTORY FOR GIRLS WATER POLO.BOYS BASKETBALL ARE THE DIVISION 3A CIF CHAMPIONSHIPS RUNNER UPS.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE BEEN IN THE CIF FINALS SINCE 1999.
ABRIL BAEZA FINISHED AS CIF CHAMPION AND A SEVENTH IN STATE AS A FRESHMAN.
CHARLENE SMITH WITH CIF RUNNER UP AND CIF STATE RUNNER UP IN WRESTLING.
SPRING SPORTS ARE NOW IN FULL SWING, INCLUDING BOYS AND GIRLS TRACK, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, BOYS GOLF, BOYS TENNIS, GIRLS AND BOYS SWIM AND DIVE AND BOYS VOLLEYBALL.
IN TERMS OF ACADEMICS, WE JUST COMPLETED LPAC TESTING ON FRIDAY.
MS. MCGILL AND MR. DUVAL JUST UPDATED THE SDHS MATH PATHWAYS TO REPRESENT CHANGES IN PATHWAYS AND COURSE NAMES.
AVID AND FOUNDATIONS OF LEADERSHIP SENIORS ACCOMPANIED BY MR. MAYEN RODE DOWN TO GLADSTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THIS MORNING TO PARTICIPATE IN RAD ACROSS AMERICA BY READING THEIR FAVORITE BOOKS TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.
OUR CULINARY TEAMS CAME AWAY FROM THE PRO STAT CULINARY CUP AS STATE CHAMPIONS WITH A FIRST PLACE FINISH AND A 10TH PLACE FINISH.
AS STATE CHAMPIONS, SDHS WILL NOW REPRESENT CALIFORNIA AND COMPETE IN THE NATIONAL PRO STAR INVITATIONAL IN BALTIMORE IN MAY.
JUNIOR KYLE YOMT MEMBER OF THE WINNING TEAM WAS ALSO SELECTED FOR AN EXCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITY.
HE IS ONE OF ONLY THREE STUDENTS IN THE STATE CHOSEN FOR A YEAR LONG MENTORSHIP WITH A TOP INDUSTRY LEADER.
KYLE WILL BE MENTORED BY THE EXECUTIVE CHEF AND EXECUTIVE TEAM OF ASM GLOBAL SAVIOR.
AS PART OF THIS OPPORTUNITY, HE WILL BE INVITED TO TOYOTA ARENA, WHERE HE WILL GAIN HANDS ON EXPERIENCE IN EVENT OPERATIONS AND LEARNING THE INS AND OUTS OF BEHIND THE SCENES LOGISTICS.
WE HAVE PREPARED A SPECIAL RALLY FOR THE CLASS OF 2029 AS WE HOST FUTURE SAINT WALK TOMORROW FROM 9:30-11:45 AM.
WE HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR FUTURE SATES TONIGHT AS WELL, ALSO TAKING PLACE TOMORROW FROM 5:30-7:30 PM.
THEN CONGRATULATIONS TO MS. AFIF, WHICH IS OUR BILINGUAL AND STRUCTURAL AID, AS SHE WAS SELECTED AS CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR, AND MS. MCGILL AS SHE WAS SELECTED FOR THE CERTIFIED EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR.
WE HAVE A LOT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS MONTH.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO CELEBRATE WITH US AND WE'LL SEE ALL NEXT MONTH. [APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU, MADELEINE. THOSE WERE ALL WONDERFUL PRESENTATIONS.
[13. FEATURED PRESENTATIONS]
NOW WE HAVE THE RECOGNITION OF THE 2025 ELEMENTARY SPELLING BEE WINNERS.>> GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT TO RECAP THE EXCITING 2025 SPELLING BEE IS JAMIE ABUCH, DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR ANNUAL SPELLING BEE WAS HELD ONE THIRD WITH 56 STUDENTS COMPETING FROM FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE CHOSEN TO REPRESENT OUR EIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
AFTER SIX NAIL BITING ROUNDS, THE TOP 3 STUDENTS PREVAILED AND WE'RE PLEASED TO HONOR THEM HERE TONIGHT.
IN THIRD PLACE, COACHED BY NICOLE DORST AT GRACE MILLER, KAMSI ANIWIGBO. CAN YOU COME UP, PLEASE? [APPLAUSE]
>> IN SECOND PLACE, COACHED BY MAKARA GALLEGOS AT SHULL, ALEX YANG.
[APPLAUSE] IN FIRST PLACE, COACHED BY ADRIAN WONG AT GLADSTONE, IRESH OSWAL. [APPLAUSE]
>> LET'S HAVE A NICE PHOTO OF NOW WITH THEM ALL TOGETHER.
>> YOU MAY RETURN TO YOUR SEAT, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL SPECIAL HONOR FOR OUR FIRST PLACE WINNER, IF YOU'D LIKE TO STAY RIGHT HERE WITH ME.
I'D LIKE TO ASK IF THE MEMBERS OF SAN DIMAS MASONIC LODGE, WHO ARE ALSO PART OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD, VICE PRESIDENT DEREK AND GREG PLATO THEY HAVE SOMETHING THEY WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU.
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>> AS PART OF MASONIC LODGE, REALLY VALUE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT MASONIC LODGE REALLY LOOKS AT COMMUNITY SERVICE AND BEING CURRENTLY THE MASTER OF THE LODGE AND OUR SECOND IN CHARGE AT THE LODGE.
IT'S JUST A GREAT CONNECTION THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE SPONSORING A SPELLING BEE.
IRISH AND HIS FAMILY AND HIS COACH AND TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL ALL CAME OVER ON MONDAY NIGHT, HAVE A DINNER WHERE WE GOT TO CELEBRATE THEM IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE LODGE AND PRESENT THEM WITH A SMALL LITTLE CHECKS, BUT TONIGHT WE WANT TO HONOR THEM WITH THE BIG CHECKS BECAUSE WE DO PARTNERSHIP.
WE WANT TO SUPPORT HIM AND HIS ENDEAVOR, SO MAYBE BUY SOME MORE BOOKS AS WELL AS HIS SCHOOL'S LIBRARY AND COACH TO MAKE THEIR PROGRAM EVEN STRONGER.
I GET THAT. THIS FIRST ONE IS FOR IRISH.
IF YOU COULD TAKE THAT GO TO THE FRONT [APPLAUSE].
>> SHOW EVERYBODY. MR. WONG, MR. HANG, MR VITALITY, IF YOU WANT TO COME AND RECEIVE DONATION FOR YOUR SCHOOLS LIBRARY OR SPELLING B PROGRAM [APPLAUSE].
>>YOU GOT REAL WORK [LAUGHTER].
>> HOW'S THE MOMENT FOR SOME OF YOU THAT MIGHT WANT TO ESCAPE BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS DEEP ITEMS HERE.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY, BUT [NOISE].
>> WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 14, 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'S SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
ANY PERSON ADDRESSING THE BOARD SHOULD FIRST STATE THEIR NAME AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE DISTRICT.
[15. CONSENT AGENDA]
MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED BY THE [NOISE] 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 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. I NEED A MOTION?
>>ANY DISCUSSION? NO. ALL IN FAVOR?
>> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
[16. DISCUSSION/ACTION AGENDA]
WE WILL APPROVE THE SECOND INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT AS OF JANUARY 31ST 2025, AS PRESENTED WITH A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION.WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION. HI SONIA.
>> HELLO. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
TONIGHT, I'LL BE PRESENTING THE SECOND INTERIM REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2025.
THIS IS ONE OF OUR THREE FINANCIAL REPORTS THAT NOT KIND OF IT ACTUALLY DOES MEASURE OUR FINANCIAL POSITION AS OF JUNE 31ST, 2025 AND THEN WE PROJECT THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.
WE UPDATE THIS REPORT MULTIPLE TIMES FROM FIRST INTERIM TO NOW.
I'LL GO OVER SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE HAD TO MAKE FROM THE LAST TIME THAT I PRESENTED AT FIRST INTERIM.
THIS REPORT HAS MULTIPLE COMPONENTS SIMILAR TO FIRST INTERIM.
WE ALWAYS INCLUDE OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WHERE WE NOW COMPARE FIRST INTERIM TO SECOND INTERIM.
AT FIRST INTERIM, I COMPARED ADOPTED BUDGET TO FIRST.
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WE JUST COMPARED TO THE PRIOR INTERIM REPORT EACH TIME.WE STILL PRESENT EACH OF OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN THE STATE REQUIRED FORMAT THAT ARE SO EASY TO READ AND WE INCLUDE AND UPDATE OUR MULTI YEAR PROJECTIONS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
LIKE I MENTIONED, WE ARE GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE SINCE FIRST INTERIM, JUST LOOKING AT NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR WE GO THROUGH ALL OF OUR LINE ITEMS, UPDATE REVENUE, UPDATE EXPENDITURES.
ONE EXCITING THING THAT WE DO DO IT THIS YEAR, WE'VE NOW ALREADY FILED OUR P1 REPORT, OUR ATTENDANCE REPORT.
WE LOOK AT THE OUTCOME OF THAT AND WE MAKE ANY CHANGES TO OUR PROJECTED REVENUE FOR CURRENT YEAR.
WE LOOK AT SALARY AND BENEFITS AND ANY OTHER ACCOUNTS THAT WE MAY HAVE CHANGES AND WE WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE FOR.
A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY AT THIS POINT TO START OFF WITH.
WE HAVE AN OVERALL CHANGE TO OUR FUND BALANCE TO THE POSITIVE, ABOUT $40,000 OVERALL.
WE'RE LOOKING AT AN INCREASE IN REVENUE OF ABOUT TWO MILLION, EXPENDITURE IS ABOUT 373,000, AND AN INCREASE TO CONTRIBUTION TO OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. IT LOOKS LIKE A NEGATIVE, BUT IT'S JUST A CONTRIBUTION THAT WE REPORT.
THE NET OF ALL THAT IS ABOUT 40,000 AND I'LL GO OVER EACH ONE NEXT.
I HAD MENTIONED THAT OUR P1 REPORT HAS NOW BEEN FILED.
WE DID INCREASE OUR ADA AT P1.
IT'S A GOOD MARKER TO BE UP UP FROM LAST YEAR, AND WE'RE GLAD TO REPORT THAT WE ARE.
WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT CONSISTENTLY BECAUSE WE STILL ARE ONLY FUNDED AT P2 BUT IT'S A GREAT START.
WE WENT AHEAD AND LOOKED TO WHAT OUR REPORT CAME IN AND THEN WE WENT AHEAD AND UPDATED OUR REVENUE.
WE SAVED A LITTLE ROOM TO BE CONSERVATIVE.
THERE WAS A CHANGE TO OUR LCFF REVENUE AND THAT'S CLOSE TO $971,000 TO THE GOOD.
THE OTHER MAJOR CHANGE COMES IN OUR LOCAL REVENUE.
THE BULK OF THAT IS AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, WE RECORD THE TRANSPORTATION REIMBURSEMENT THAT WE RECEIVED, THE 60 PERCENT FORMULA THAT STARTED LAST YEAR.
THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT MILLION DOLLAR ALONG WITH SOME ADJUSTMENTS FOR LOCAL DONATIONS THAT OUR SCHOOL SITES HAVE RECEIVED.
WE RECORD THAT REVENUE AT THIS TIME.
THAT IS THE TOTAL OF THOSE MAJOR CHANGES TOTAL TO THE TWO MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE IN REVENUE.
NOW LOOKING AT OUR MAJOR EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES.
FOR FIRST INTERIM TO SECOND INTERIM, YOU SEE A LOT OF CHANGES THROUGHOUT A LOT OF TIMES.
WE'RE JUST SHIFTING FROM ONE MAJOR OBJECT CODE TO ANOTHER.
THE OVERALL CHANGE IS ABOUT 373,000.
WHAT'S EMBEDDED IN HERE IS WE DECREASE THE REVENUE FOR, I'M SORRY, EXPENDITURES FOR THE HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE UNUSED PORTION OF THAT, THAT YOU WOULD SEE THAT EMBEDDED IN THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.
WE ALREADY STARTED OUT WITH A PROJECTED CREDIT OF ABOUT 800,000 SO THAT 391,000 IS A CONSERVATIVE REDUCTION TO WHAT WE HAVE OUT THERE.
THERE'S STILL SOME IN THERE, A LITTLE ROOM IN THERE, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE'VE ALREADY RECOGNIZED THAT SAVINGS FROM JULY 1 TO NOW FOR UNUSED BENEFITS.
OTHER MAJOR CHANGES IN THERE WOULD BE THE ONE TIME $500 PAYMENT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED IN THERE.
WE HAD A REDUCTION IN SOME VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE THAT WE BUDGET FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND AT THIS POINT WE'RE ABLE TO RELEASE THOSE ENCUMBRANCES.
OVERALL CHANGE IS ABOUT $373,000 TO THE GOOD IN EXPENDITURES.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE LOOKING AT A PROJECTED UNRESTRICTED ENDING FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT 19 MILLION, WHICH REPRESENTS 12.25% OF OUR TOTAL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES AND THIS IS ABOUT 14.6 MILLION DOLLAR OVER THE REQUIRED STATE MINIMUM FOR THIS ONE YEAR.
NOW MOVING ON TO THE NEXT COMPONENT OF OUR SECOND INTERIM REPORT IS THE MULTI YEAR PROJECTIONS.
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THESE ARE ALL BASED ON THE RELEASE OF THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.WE UPDATE OUR PROJECTIONS FROM WHAT WE WERE USING AT FIRST INTERIM.
FOR RIGHT NOW, THE BIGGEST CHANGE HERE IS OUR COLA.
WE WENT AHEAD AND UPDATED COLA FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
YOU SEE THAT THERE, WE'RE USING SCHOOL SERVICES RECOMMENDATION OF 2.43 PERCENT IN THE SECOND YEAR AND 3.52 PERCENTN THE THIRD YEAR.
THAT IS WHAT WE'RE USING TODAY AS WE KNOW, THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL IS WORKING THROUGH ITS WAY AND WE WON'T KNOW WHAT IS ACTUALLY ADOPTED.
FOR NOW, THIS IS HOW WE'RE PROJECTING THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
WHAT WE DID NOT INCLUDE THAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED IN THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL ARE THINGS LIKE THE ONE TIME DISCRETIONARY FUNDS, THINGS THAT ARE STILL BEING NEGOTIATED.
WE'LL LEAVE THAT OUT ADDITIONAL TK FUNDING.
IT WOULD BE FABULOUS TO HAVE, BUT IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN OUR CONSERVATIVE PROJECTIONS.
WE ALWAYS LIKE TO SHOW THIS TO SHOW THAT OUR LCFF FUNDING PER ADA IS INCREASING EVERY YEAR, SO WE LIKE TO DO OUR PART TO ENCOURAGE THAT ADA TO GROW.
THAT IS OUR PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FORMULA.
OUR MULTI YEAR PROJECTIONS INCLUDE THE INCREASES IN THE PERS RATE RETIREMENT CHANGES.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A $5.6 MILLION INCREASE EACH YEAR.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S INCORPORATED IN OUR MULTI YEAR PROJECTIONS.
THE ROUTINE STEP AND COLUMN FOR ALL OF OUR FTE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE INCORPORATED IN YEAR 1 BUDGET.
OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS INCLUDE THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX INCREASES FOR MATERIALS.
AGAIN, WE'RE USING THE LATEST ESTIMATES.
THOSE WILL PROBABLY BE CHANGING.
OUR THIRD YEAR OUT, WE'RE LOOKING AT UNRESTRICTED ENDING FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT $11 MILLION AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE SEVEN PERCENT THAT WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT THIRD YEAR OUT.
FINALLY, WE ARE CERTIFYING A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION WHICH INDICATES THAT THE DISTRICT WILL BE ABLE TO MEET ITS FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS FOR CURRENT YEAR AND SUBSEQUENT TWO YEARS OUT.
NEXT STEP FOR US IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO FILE THE SECOND INTERIM WITH LACE FOR REVIEW.
WE'VE ALREADY STARTED OUR BUDGET PROCESS WITH OUR SCHOOL SITES, DEVELOPING OUR NEXT FISCAL YEARS BUDGETS, WE SIT WITH EACH SCHOOL SITE, ADMIN, WE GO THROUGH DEPARTMENT BUDGETS TO BUILD OUR OVERALL DISTRICT BUDGET.
WE'LL WORK WITH A SERVICES TO DEVELOP THE LCAP AND WE AWAIT FILING THE VERY IMPORTANT P2 ATTENDANCE REPORT, AND WE'LL UPDATE ALL OUR PROJECTIONS FOR THE GOVERNORS MAY REVISE.
THEN MY NEXT STEP IS TO THANK OUR SENIOR DIRECTOR OF FISCAL SERVICES, JAZMIN EGAS.
YEAH. HER AND HER TEAM PUT LOTS OF HOURS AND NOT ONLY PROVIDING THIS REPORT, BUT SIMULTANEOUSLY WORKING ON NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, BEGINNING THAT. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUMP IN REAL QUICK AND WE CAN GO ON DOWN THE LINE HERE.
BUT IN TERMS OF OUR UNDUPLICATED ACCOUNT, I SAW JUST SLIGHT CHANGES IN THE PERCENTAGES.
IS THAT DUE TO A FORMULA OR IS THAT IN GENERAL, HOW ARE YOU MAKING THAT PROJECTION?
>> THE ONE THAT WE HAVE, IT IS AN AVERAGE OF THE LAST THREE YEARS.
EVERY YEAR WE CALCULATE OUR CURRENT YEAR AND THE WAY THE LCFF FORMULA, IT CREATES AN AVERAGE A ROLLING AVERAGE OF THREE YEARS.
>> YOU LOOK AT YOUR LAST THREE YEARS AND THEN PLUG EVERYTHING IN.
>> IT TELLS YOU. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT TK FUNDING COME THROUGH AS WELL.
A LOT OF DISTRICTS ARE CROSSING THEIR FINGERS HERE.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DISTRICTS RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE STATE THAT ARE FINDING THEMSELVES GOING BELOW THEY'RE DESIGNATED WHEREVER THEY'VE SAID.
USUALLY IT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THE THREE PERCENT THAT THEY ARE FINDING THEMSELVES IN SOME FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND HAVING A NUMBER OF LAYOFFS.
IT'S VERY NICE TO SEE THAT WE'RE STAYING REALLY STEADY AND A GOOD JOB ON PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. THANK YOU.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I ALWAYS ENJOY THESE PRESENTATIONS.
I THINK THEY'RE VERY WELL DONE AND THE ACCOUNTING IS FLAWLESS. THANK YOU.
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I WONDER IF YOU COULD SHARE WITH US AND THE FOLKS HERE IN THE GALLERY AND FOLKS WATCHING AT HOME.WHAT CONTRIBUTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION ACTUALLY MEANS? WHAT DOES CONTRIBUTION MEAN?
>> THE SPECIAL ED PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY CONSIDERED A RESTRICTED PROGRAM.
IT'S ACCOUNTED FOR ON THE RESTRICTED SIDE OF OUR FUND BALANCE.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T GET ENOUGH FUNDING TO COVER ALL OF THE COSTS.
OUR GENERAL FUND MAKES A CONTRIBUTION TO BRING THAT TO AN EQUAL MATCH TO OUR EXPENDITURES.
ANYTIME WE MAKE CHANGES TO THE NEEDS OF OUR PROGRAMS BY ADDING FTES OR CHANGES IN TUITION RATES, ANY KIND OF CHANGES, IT'S VOLATILE TO THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROGRAM.
UNFORTUNATELY, OUR FUNDING DOESN'T INCREASE BASED ON THAT ADDITIONAL NEED, SO THE GENERAL FUND COMES IN TO SAVE THE DAY TO SAY.
>> IT IS SPECIAL ED, BUT WHAT ARE THE DRIVERS BEHIND THAT?
>> OH, I ALSO INCLUDES OUR NON PUBLIC SCHOOL TUITIONS.
WE'RE PART OF OUR SLPA. DON'T ASK ME TO.
>> SPECIAL EDUCATION LOCAL PLAN.
>> THANK YOU. LOCAL PLAN [LAUGHTER].
>> YES. ALL THOSE SERVICES ARE ALSO INCLUDED THERE, WHERE OUR STUDENTS EITHER ARE IN SPECIAL PROGRAMS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT OR TRAVEL OUTSIDE OUR DISTRICT TO OUR PARTNER DISTRICTS TO RECEIVE THOSE SERVICES.
THE STATE DOES FUND A PORTION OF THAT THROUGH OUR SELPA PROGRAM, BUT WE ALSO PAY OUR OTHER DISTRICTS FOR THEIR SERVICES.
THE DISTRICT HERE ONLY RECEIVES THE NET OF THOSE CHANGES.
WHENEVER OUR STUDENTS JUST REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT MORE ASSISTANCE, THAT COST IS DEDUCTED FROM THE REVENUE THERE.
WHAT ELSE WOULD BE INCLUDED THERE? LET'S SEE HERE.
IT IS ALL OF OUR FTE FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, THE SUPPORT STAFF.
>> THE TAKEAWAY IS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THESE STUDENTS, OUR CHILDREN, EVEN THOUGH IT COSTS US MORE THAN WE'RE ACTUALLY FUNDED FOR.
ON THE OLD DAYS, WE CALLED IT ENCROACHMENT.
WE DON'T USE THAT TERM ANYMORE.
>> NO. IT'S A CONTRIBUTION BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS STILL GENERATE ADA.
THEY ALL INCLUDED IN OUR GENERAL FUND.
WE CALL IT CONTRIBUTION BECAUSE IT DOESN'T COVER ITSELF.
>> FOLLOWING ON THAT, DOES THAT CONTRIBUTION GO TO OUR MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT SO WE HAVE TO ADD THAT PART SINGLE YEAR?
>> YES. EVERY YEAR WE WATCH THE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT, WHICH ISN'T USUALLY A PROBLEM BECAUSE THE COST OF SERVICES DOES RISE.
BUT LET'S SAY EVERYTHING WERE TO BE FLATLINING WITH THE INFLATION OF THE INCREASING COST, WE ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN A LEVEL OF SERVICE.
AT THE END OF THE YEAR IN OUR UNAUDITED ACTUALS, THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPLEMENTARY REPORTS THAT ACTUALLY COMPARE WHAT WE HAVE CONTRIBUTED IN THE PAST TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE BUDGETING PROPERLY AND THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY SPENDING THE DOLLARS THAT WE'VE ALWAYS SPENT OR BALANCING.
THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE WE'VE WRITTEN EXCEPTIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO MAYBE MOVE OUT OF OUR DISTRICT FOR EXCEPTION, BUT THOSE ARE THE RARE CASES.
>> I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORTS ON THIS.
I LOVE THE CONSERVATIVE BUDGETING, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.
ALSO, JUST FOR EVERYONE WANTED TO ECHO HOW IMPORTANT THAT ADA FORMULA IS FOR OUR FUNDING.
ALONG WITH BEING THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU DO TO CONTRIBUTE, I WANTED TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO THE SITES THAT ARE DOING ALL THAT THEY DO TO INCREASE OUR ADA NUMBERS AND KEEP THEM AT LEVELS.
THAT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT KIDS FEEL CONNECTED TO THEIR SCHOOLS.
KIDS ARE STAYING HEALTHY ENOUGH TO BE AT SCHOOL.
ALL OF THAT CONTRIBUTES TO US BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE STABILITY THAT YOU SHOW HERE. I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> IN ORDER TO APPROVE THE SECOND INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT, I WILL NEED A MOTION.
>> ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
>> ANY OPPOSED? IT'S NOW OVER TO YOU.
>> IT IS. ELECTION OF CANDIDATES TO THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO VOTE ON THAT CSBA DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.
ASSEMBLY CONSISTS OF ACTIVE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, AND WORKS TO ENSURE THAT CSBA REFLECTS THE INTERESTS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
BALLOT HAS ONE CANDIDATE VYING FOR ONE SPOT.
SHE'S AN INCUMBENT, EILEEN MIRANDA JIMENEZ FROM WEST COVINA.
>> I'M GOING TO CALL FOR A MOTION.
>> I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY IT'S VERY NICE TO HAVE A LOCAL PERSON SERVING ON THAT CSBA.
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I THINK THAT'S NICE THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. ALL IN FAVOR?[17. REPORTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT]
REPORTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT, AND I'M GOING TO START WITH DEREK. AND MOVE ON DOWN.>> FIRST, HAPPY ASH WEDNESDAY.
ALSO HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A BIAS, BUT IF THERE'S EVER A HEROINE, SHE'S A LITTLE MORE INTERESTED AND SOME OF HER FAVORITE PEOPLE IN WOMEN'S HISTORY ARE OLGA OF KIEV.
SHE BOTH THE PATRON SAINT OF SOMETHING AND MAYBE MURDERED SEVERAL PEOPLE IN INNOVATIVE WAYS.
SHE BROUGHT CHRISTIANITY TO THE ROOST PEOPLE, BUT VERY INTERESTING REGARDING TACTICS.
MY DAUGHTER LOVES HER, SO HAPPY WOMAN'S HISTORY.
I DON'T KNOW ALL THE EVENTS BLEND TOGETHER, BUT THERE WAS A MATH DECATHLON.
THE MATH DECATHLON IS ALWAYS AN AMAZING EVENT.
MS. ABASHAM WAS VERY INVOLVED WITH HER TEAM. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK.
I HEAR FROM MY SON THAT IT WAS A VERY RIGOROUS EVENT AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK.
THE MC DID AN AMAZING JOB, DEB BROWNLEE.
THEY WERE ALL HAPPY AND I THOUGHT YOU WERE VERY SMOOTH AND HOW THE JOKES YOU MADE AND HOW YOU PRESENTED THINGS.
I SHOULD SAY, GLADSTONE, ONE FOR FIFTH GRADE, AND EXTRA, THE SCHOOL MY SON GOES TO, ONE FOR FOURTH GRADE.
WATCHING THIS, I JUST SAW MY SON HE LOOKED A LITTLE SAP THE THIRD PLACE, SECOND PLACE.
THEN WHEN FIRST PLACE HAPPENED I SEE THEM ALL JUMP UP.
I SAW MY WIFE JUMP UP HIGHER THAN I THOUGHT SHE CAN JUMP.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK. THAT WAS VERY NICE.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO SEE THE LITTLE LEAGUE OPENING DAY.
THAT WAS VERY FUN TO SEE ALL THE KIDS RUNNING AROUND WITH THEIR UNIFORMS ON AND I THINK THEY'RE EATING DONUTS.
HAD A CHANCE TO GO SEE GIL CISNEROS SWORN IN AT LAVERNE, AND IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE A PERSON WHO'S IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAKE HIMSELF AVAILABLE TO US.
IT'S AN ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF ACCESS THAT WE'RE GETTING.
HE'S CONTACTED US WHEN HE WAS RUNNING.
HE HAS VISITED OUR COMMUNITY MULTIPLE TIMES, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY COME TO VISIT US.
USUALLY, THEY'RE JUST DOING THEIR JOB AND OUR FEEDBACK IS NOT SOMETHING THEY MIGHT SEEK OUT AS OFTEN.
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SHREK.
IT WAS AN AMAZING MUSICAL. IT WAS FUN.
THE SINGERS, THE LEADS DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
WAS WELL DIRECTED, AND THE COSTUMES WERE AMAZING.
I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH AND IT WAS A MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT PUT IT ON.
I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH OF HOW GREAT IT WAS. MY WIFE WENT.
SAW THE CHOIR SING AT A RAINES GAME.
I HAVE SOMETHING ELSE, BUT I FORGOT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, CONGRATULATIONS, SPEAKING OF WHAT YEAR THE WOMEN, FOR THE CIF CHAMPION GIRLS WATER POLO TEAM OF SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE A CIF CHAMPION WOMEN'S WRESTLER AND NOT, I THINK, PURELY GIRLS SPORT, BUT OUR CULINARY PROGRAM DID WELL AT SAN DIMAS, AND ALSO THE BASKETBALL TEAM REALLY PERFORMED ADMIRABLY AND BECAME SECOND PLACE IN CIF.
WE ARE A DESTINATION DISTRICT.
WE'RE ONE OF THE BEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE AREA IN BOTH OF THOSE.
BUT WE ALSO ACHIEVE VERY WELL WITH THE ARTS AND WITH SPORTS. ON THAT, THAT'S ALL I GOT.
>> GOOD EVENING. EARLIER TONIGHT ON CONSENT AGENDA, WE APPROVED THE MONTH OF APRIL AS AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH.
NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, AS MY DAUGHTER IS AUTISTIC RESOURCE MANAGER FOR A BOYS HIGH SCHOOL IN ENGLAND.
SPECIAL ED NERD THAT SHE IS, AND SO SPECIAL TO ME AS WELL.
APRIL 6TH-12TH NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.
APRIL 16TH, NATIONAL LIBRARIAN DAY.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK AND FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR STUDENTS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.
ALONG WITH DEREK, I ATTENDED THE SAN DIMAS LITTLE LEAGUE OPENING DAY ON SATURDAY AND WHAT A GREAT START TO THE BASEBALL SEASON.
IT ALWAYS BRINGS BACK FOND MEMORIES, AND IT'S ALWAYS A TREAT TO SEE THE ENERGY FOR THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE AS THEY PLAY MY FAVORITE SPORT.
THE EDUCATION RECOVERY SCORECARD, A NATIONWIDE CONSORTIUM OF STANFORD, HARVARD, AND DARTMOUTH, WHICH MEASURES THE EFFECTS OF AND REBOUND IN LEARNING POST-PANDEMIC.
REPORTED. "ALTHOUGH THE EXCEPTION,
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THOSE WHO TEST SCORES IMPROVED IN EITHER MATH, READING, OR BOTH INCLUDED BONITA UNIFIED, WHO STUDENTS GAIN NEARLY A HALF A GRADE LEVEL OF LEARNING COMPARED WITH PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS.IN SHORT, NOT ONLY RECOVERED FROM THE PANDEMIC, BUT BETTER THAN EVER.
THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT, SELECTED LONE HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER, LESLIE.
BUT PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR 2024, WHERE SHE HAS BEEN GUIDING HER STUDENTS ON THE OPERATIONS OF THE MOSQUITO GRID FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, AND WHAT A GREAT WAY TO BRING SCIENCE TO LIFE IN THE CLASSROOM.
LAST SATURDAY AT MOUNT SACK, THE SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' WATER POLO TEAM BEAT TROY HIGH SCHOOL WITH A FINAL SCORE OF 9-2 TO WIN THE SCHOOLS FIRST EVER GIRLS WATER POLO CIF CHAMPIONSHIP.
REMEMBER THAT WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED IN 2003, THERE WASN'T EVEN A GIRLS' WATER POLO PROGRAM AT SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL.
IN A VERY SHORT TIME, VERY EXTRAORDINARY.
SAN DIMAS WRESTLER, AUBREYELLE BAEZA, DID I GET THAT RIGHT? ONE CIF WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP OVER AT SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS YEAR'S POLO START COMPETITION SAW THE SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL CULINARY TEAM WIN THE CALIFORNIA STATE TITLE ON THEIR WAY TO THE NATIONAL COMPETITION IN MAY.
THE BONITA HIGH SCHOOL TEAM CAME IN SECOND PLACE IN THE MANAGEMENT CATEGORY, AND NICK AND LAURIE BRANDLER'S DAUGHTER ABBY WAS ON THAT TWO-MEMBER TEAM.
BONITA ALSO PLACED THIRD IN THE CULINARY CATEGORY WITH A TEAM OF THREE STUDENTS COMPARED TO THE OTHER SCHOOLS THEY COMPETED AGAINST WHO HAD FIVE-MEMBER TEAMS. IT'S THE CONTINUATION OF THE BRANDLER FAMILY BONITA UNIFIED DYNASTY CULINARY COMPETITION.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ANNUAL SAN DIMAS CITY OLYMPICS ON 15TH OF MARCH OVER AT SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN THE LAVERNE CITY OLYMPICS ON APRIL 12TH AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT FACILITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON 22ND OF APRIL.
I WONDER, IN SOME TIME, HOPEFULLY BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, AS WE CONSIDER GETTING MORE SERIOUS ABOUT OUR FACILITIES MASTER PLAN AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT.
I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER HAVING AN OPEN SESSION WORKING SESSION WITH BOTH OF OUR CITIES SEPARATELY, BUT ACTUALLY WITH THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCILS FROM EACH OF OUR CITIES AND THE ENTIRE SCHOOL BOARD.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AGENDIZED, OF COURSE, BUT I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE DO THAT.
I THINK OVER THE YEARS PANDEMIC, WE'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE OUT OF TOUCH, AND I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE DO A BIG BANG, GET BACK TOGETHER, AND THERE'S LOTS TO DISCUSS, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD SESSION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR'S RETIREE AND TEACHER OF THE YEAR CELEBRATIONS COMING UP NEXT MONTH, ON THE 23RD, THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION'S ANNUAL PERSEVERANCE AWARDS ON THE 28TH, AND THAT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY EVENT.
IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO ATTEND.
THEN THE DISTRICT ROUND TABLE COMING UP, AND I UNDERSTAND WE DON'T HAVE A DATE YET.
>> THERE YOU GO. WHERE SOME HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM WILL BE FEATURED PRESENTATION ALONG WITH DIALOGUE.
LASTLY, IT'S A LONG ONE TONIGHT, GUYS, SORRY, BUT ENJOY YOUR SPRING BREAK.
>> GOOD STUFF. WHAT AN EXCITING TIME TO BE A PART OF BUSD.
IT IS JUST SO COOL TO HEAR OUR STUDENT REPS BE ABLE TO SHARE THEIR SUPPORT AND CELEBRATE THE SUCCESSES OF THEIR STUDENTS.
IT'S A GOOD THING WHEN YOU'RE WINNING STUFF.
I'M EXCITED TO WATCH SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL'S CULINARY TEAM GO COMPETE NATIONALLY, REPRESENTING TEAM CALIFORNIA.
THAT'S REALLY HUGE. IT'S REALLY COOL.
IT'S JUST A TESTAMENT TO THE WAY THAT PEOPLE ARE POURING INTO THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE OFFERING OUR STUDENTS.
IT'S CERTAINLY A CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO TOUCH THOSE ATHLETICS AND THOSE ARTS PROGRAMS. LIKE DEREK, I WAS ALSO AT SHREK.
ME AND MY HUSBAND TOOK OUR THREE KIDS AND MY NIECE TO WATCH MY NIECE AND THE REST OF RAMONA PUT ON THIS SHOW, AND THEY ARE STILL SAYING FUNNY LINES FROM THAT SHOW.
MY SON HAS DECIDED THAT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLER WHO PLAYED
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FIONA SHOULD REPLACE THE PERSON WHO WAS IN THE MOVIE BECAUSE SHE WAS DOGGONE FUNNY.AS WE HEARD FROM OUR STUDENT REPS, CELEBRATING READ ACROSS AMERICA WEEK.
THAT'S BEING RECOGNIZED ON LOTS OF OUR CAMPUSES, AND IT'S JUST SUCH AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO POUR THE LOVE OF READING INTO OUR STUDENTS, AND IT'S BEEN REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THE WAY THAT MY KIDS SCHOOLS CELEBRATE THAT.
I ACTUALLY WAS LUCKY ENOUGH THIS PAST MONTH TO VISIT A THIRD-GRADE CLASS FROM LAVERNE HEIGHTS AND FROM RONAN ALONGSIDE LAVERNE'S CASI, WHICH IS THEIR COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL AWARENESS AND SOCIAL INCLUSION.
WE IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, DONATED TO EACH OF THESE THIRD GRADERS AN INFORMATIONAL TEXT ON 15 BLACK INVENTORS AND THEIR INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD.
BEING IN THOSE ROOMS AND SEEING THESE KIDS GET SO EXCITED TO TAKE HOME A NEW BOOK, THEY LOOK TO THEIR TEACHERS AND THEY'RE LIKE, WE GET TO KEEP THIS.
IT'S LIKE, YEAH, THESE PEOPLE CAME INTO MY CLASSROOM TO GIVE ME A BOOK AND THEY INSTANTLY START FLIPPING THROUGH TO LEARN ABOUT THESE PEOPLE AND THEIR STORIES.
I JUST DEEPLY BELIEVE THAT STORIES MATTER.
YES, TO CELEBRATING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND AUTISM AWARENESS AND ALL OF THE THINGS.
I DON'T THINK THAT CELEBRATING THINGS TAKES AWAY FROM OTHER THINGS BECAUSE THERE IS ENOUGH ROOM FOR ALL THE THINGS. IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ME THERE.
ALSO, I WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW AND ANNOUNCE THAT THE CITY OF LAVERNE RECENTLY, I THINK, ACTUALLY EVEN JUST THIS MORNING, ANNOUNCED A RECYCLING COLLECTION INITIATIVE, WHERE YOU CAN DROP OFF YOUR NUMBER 2 RECYCLABLES, WHICH ARE LAUNDRY DETERGENT JUGS AND A LOT OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T RECYCLE CURBSIDE BUT HATE TO SEND TO A LANDFILL.
THE CITY OF LAVERNE HAS PARTNERED WITH NIAGARA WATER AND THIS BUDDY BENCH PROGRAM WHERE YOU CAN DROP OFF THOSE RECYCLABLES AT CITY HALL AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN LAVERNE, AND THEY WILL BE TURNING THEM INTO BUDDY BENCHES AT PARKS ACROSS LAVERNE.
IT'S COOL TO KEEP THE STUFF OUT OF LANDFILLS AND IT'S EVEN COOLER TO HAVE SOME NEW BENCHES AT OUR PARKS.
ALSO COMING UP, WE HAVE LAVERNE SAN DIMAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS GOLF TOURNAMENT, WHICH IS A REALLY GREAT WAY TO SUPPORT OUR DISTRICT.
WHETHER YOU LIKE TO GOLF OR WHETHER YOU KNOW A BUSINESS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT OUR DISTRICT THROUGH THAT AVENUE, AND IT IS ALWAYS A FUN DAY.
IT'LL BE MY THIRD OR FOURTH YEAR GOING AS A PART OF THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
NEVER GOLFING, ONLY GOING, BUT IT'S A GOOD DIME. THANKS.
>> IF YOU THOUGHT JANUARY WAS LONG, WHICH IT WAS, WELCOME TO MARCH.
MARCH IS THE LONGEST MONTH OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
YOU'LL KNOW WHAT I MEAN BY SPRING BREAK.
ESPECIALLY IN SPECIAL ED LAND WHERE I LIVE.
MOST OF WHAT I HAVE HAS BEEN SAID THREE OR FOUR TIMES EVEN BY THE STUDENT REP, SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER EVERYTHING.
I WAS GOING TO BRAG AS WELL ABOUT THE BRANDLERS AS MUCH.
THEY HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT AND LOVE.
ONE THING THAT DID COME UP, I DID GET A CHANCE TO SEE LA VERNE SINGS!.
THIS IS MY FOURTH YEAR GOING, AND THIS IS WHERE WE GET 700 PLUS KIDS, KIDS FROM ELEMENTARY ALL THE WAY TO HIGH SCHOOL, ALL IN THE SAME ROOM SINGING FOR ALL THE PARENTS.
THAT PLACE IS PROBABLY THE HARDEST TICKET TO GET IN LA VERNE, BESIDES SMUDGE POT.
YOU CAN SEE JUST THE PROGRESSION FROM THE KIDS IN ELEMENTARY WITH MRS. BIRD AND MS. RADBILL, THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH MS. SHAW AND TO MR. YODER WITH HIS CHORUSES.
MY DAUGHTER WAS IN IT LIKE, SHE CAN'T SING, AND THEN SHE GETS TO THE NEXT LIVE LIKE, MAYBE THESE TEACHERS CAN FIX VOICES.
I NEED THEIR HELP MYSELF. BUT CONGRATULATION TO ALL THOSE.
THEY'RE GOING BACK TO CARNEGIE HALL AND WHATNOT.
WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE MR. YODER AND THE REST OF THESE TEACHERS.
I HOPE WE GET TO KEEP THEM BECAUSE I'M SURE EVERYONE'S KNOCKING ON THEIR DOOR AS WELL.
CONGRATULATE TO THEM AND TO OUR STUDENTS.
OPENING DAY, I HEARD ABOUT THAT.
IF YOU WANT TO REALLY KNOW WHAT BUSINESSES TO SUPPORT, GO LOOK AT YOUR LOCAL LITTLE LEAGUES AND PEOPLE WHO DONATE TO OUR YOUTH, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONES INVESTED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I DIDN'T GET TO GO TO SAN DIMAS LITTLE LEAGUE.
I'M COACHING MY DAUGHTER'S SOFTBALL TEAM, SO I WAS AT LA VERNE GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION.
IT'S MY DAUGHTER'S LAST YEAR IN REC BALL, BECAUSE SHE'LL BE IN HIGH SCHOOL NEXT YEAR.
IF YOU'RE A PARENT OF A COUPLE OF KIDS, YOU KNOW YOUR WHOLE LIFE IS JUST BEING A UBER TO AND FROM SPORT EVENTS, UNLESS YOU DO DRAMA AND BAND AS WELL.
ONE THING I NOTED ABOUT IRISH, WE HAD HIS DINNER WITH HIM ON MONDAY.
THEN HIS TEAM ALSO CAME IN FIRST PLACE FOR THE MATH DECATHLON.
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LAST YEAR, HE READ NINE MILLION WORDS.I WAS TALKING TO HIS COACH, AND I THINK SECOND PLACE WAS 700,000.
HE MIGHT HAVE THE BONITA RECORD OF ELEMENTARY FOR HOW MANY WORDS HE'S READ.
I THINK WE SHOULD GET A PLAQUE IF WE COULD VERIFY THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS JUST AMAZING.
I DON'T EVEN THINK I CAN COUNT TO THAT MANY NUMBERS, AND THIS KID JUST READ IT.
I ASKED HIM, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE MONEY, LIKE YOU WANT TO LOOK AT ROBLOX, YOU WANT TO DO V BOOKS, VIDEO GAMES? HE'S LIKE, I'M GOING TO GO TO BARNES & NOBLE.
I'M LIKE, ALL RIGHT, MAN. I WISH MY KIDS THOUGHT LIKE THAT.
BUT CONGRATULATES TO HIM AND OUR STUDENTS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SPRING BREAK WITH YOU ALL.
>> THANK YOU. I HAD A REALLY NICE LAST MONTH AND WAS ABLE TO ATTEND LA VERNE SINGS!, WHICH WAS A WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE, HAVING THE ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH-SCHOOL CHOIRS.
JUST THE LINE TO GET IN JUST WRAPPED AROUND ALL OF RAMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THEN WITH ALL THE FAMILIES AND JUST COMMUNITY MEMBERS THERE HAVING THOSE STUDENTS ALL PARTICIPATE, IT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
I'D LIKE TO SAY, AGAIN, IF WE GET TO CARNEGIE HALL NEXT YEAR AND YOU TELL ME EARLY ENOUGH, I'M GOING TO TRY AND GET IN, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE AN AMAZING THING TO GO AND SEE.
BONITA JUST DOESN'T DISAPPOINT.
YOU CAN HEAR FROM WHAT EVERYONE HAS SAID TONIGHT AND FROM THE PRESENTATIONS FROM OUR STUDENTS.
WE CONTINUE TO JUST EXCEL IN OUR ARTS AND ATHLETICS.
WE BREAK STEREOTYPES, AND ALL THE SPELLING BEE WINNERS WERE GUYS, AND I WAS LIKE, WOW, WHAT HAPPENED TO GIRL SPELLERS? THAT WAS JUST REALLY COOL.
MAYBE THERE'LL BE A LOT OF GIRLS ON THE MATH OLYMPIAD THAT DID WELL.
>> GIRLS WON LAST YEAR SPELLING BEE.
>> THE BOARD WAS GIVEN AN UPDATE ON READING IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND WE SAW SOME NICE INCREASES ON OUR STAR READING, AND SO IT GOES.
I ALSO WILL GET TO GO TO SEE READ ACROSS AMERICA'S DR. SEUSS CONTEST TOMORROW AT SHOAL.
IT'S THE 20TH YEAR OF THE COMPETITION.
I'M GOING TOMORROW MORNING TO WATCH THAT.
I PARTICIPATED IN THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WITH THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF GREAT DISCUSSION, REALLY ENJOYED THAT.
I HAD SOME FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH THE MAYOR, WHO I HAPPENED TO SEE, AND HE ALSO AGREES, JIM, THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO HAVE SOME COORDINATION WITH OUR BOARD MEMBERS ON BOTH SIDES.
THAT WAS AN INTERESTING SUGGESTION.
THIS IS THE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, BUT ALSO, THIS SATURDAY IS THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY, AND I'M PARTICIPATING JUST ON ZOOM, BUT LISTENING IN ON THE UNITED NATIONS' COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN.
I DO THIS JUST BECAUSE I'M INTERESTED IN THIS AND AS A PRESIDENT OF OUR LOCAL SOROPTIMIST.
I SHARED THIS MORNING WITH OUR LOCAL SAN DIMAS LA VERNE SOROPTIMIST GROUP THAT WE HAVE MADE A LITTLE BIT OF INROADS INTO THE NUMBER OF GIRLS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO GO TO SCHOOL WORLDWIDE.
HERE WE GO. WE HAD 119 MILLION GIRLS OUT OF SCHOOL TODAY VERSUS 124 MILLION IN 2015.
IN 10 YEARS, WE'VE GOTTEN, WITH A PUSH, INTERNATIONALLY, FIVE MILLION MORE GIRLS TO BE IN SCHOOL, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS WONDERFUL.
THE BRANDLERS AND THEIR WONDERFUL PROGRAM AND THE PRO STAR IS REALLY AWESOME.
IN ADDITION TO THE TEAMS PLACING, WE ALSO HAD SAN DIMAS'S KYLE YAMATE WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THAT WINNING TEAM WAS ALSO SELECTED FOR AN EXCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITY.
ONLY THREE STUDENTS IN THE STATE GET TO BE CHOSEN FOR A YEAR-LONG MENTORSHIP WITH A TOP INDUSTRY LEADER.
WHAT INCREDIBLE HONOR FOR ONE OF OUR STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN, AND I HOPE WE GET TO HEAR WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT LATER ON.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT ALL OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO BEGIN TONIGHT BY THANKING THE BOARD, ACTUALLY, FOR THE APPROVAL ON CONSENT FOR THE ADDITIONAL FTE FOR LANGUAGE SUPPORT FOR OUR EL POPULATION.
CURRENTLY OVER ONE-THIRD OF OUR EL STUDENTS INDICATE THEIR PRIMARY LANGUAGE AS CHINESE, AND SO YOUR SUPPORT OF THE FTE INCREASE WILL ALLOW US TO HIRE AN ADDITIONAL CHINESE-SPEAKING PARAEDUCATOR THAT WILL HELP MULTIPLE SITES AND KIDS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALSO, WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE INDIVIDUALS HERE TONIGHT FROM TRANSPORTATION.
I'VE MET NOW WITH THIS GROUP ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS IN THE LAST MONTH.
I'VE APPRECIATED THE OPENNESS WITH WHICH YOU HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH ME.
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I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT OUT OF THE 10 DRIVERS THAT CAME TO THE LAST MEETING, ALL 10 HAVE AGREED TO BE PART OF THE ADVISORY GROUPS THAT WILL GIVE YOU VOICE ON THE SOLUTIONS ON THE ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE RAISED.I'M HOPEFUL THAT WITH YOUR HELP, WE CAN GET TO RESOLUTION.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL GOING FOR, RESOLUTION ON THESE ISSUES.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M COMMITTED TO HELPING CREATE SOLUTIONS, NOT ONLY FOR THE SHORT TERM, BUT FOR THE LONG-TERM SUCCESS OF THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO KEEPING TO WORK WITH YOU. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE, MATT.
NUMBER 18 REQUEST TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS,
[18. REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC]
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, AND WE DO HAVE A CARD FROM FRANCISC BUDUCEA, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I'M SORRY. WELL, YOU CAN CORRECT ME. WELCOME.
>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS FRANCISC BUDUCEA, AND I'M THE DISPATCHER, DRIVER INSTRUCTOR, AND ALSO I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF DRIVING A BUS QUITE A BIT.
AFTER WATCHING THE LAST FEW MEETINGS, I NOTICED THAT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT SEEMS TO BE A POPULAR TOPIC.
I BELIEVE IT'S NECESSARY AND BENEFICIAL TO INCLUDE SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN INTENTIONALLY OMITTED OR WERE SIMPLY NOT KNOWN AT THE TIME.
I HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
NUMBER 1, THERE HAVE BEEN VARIOUS DESCRIPTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN USED REGARDING THE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR THAT, IN MY OPINION, DO NOT ACCURATELY CONVEY HER CHARACTER OR INTENTIONS.
THESE DESCRIPTIONS WERE BOTH HIGHLY NEGATIVE AND INACCURATE.
SHE'S FOCUSED ON ENHANCING THE DEPARTMENT'S OPERATION AND TO ALIGN IT MORE CLOSELY WITH THE INDUSTRY STANDARDS.
I ENJOY WORKING WITH HER AND TO ENHANCE AND IMPROVE THE DEPARTMENT.
NUMBER 2, THERE'S A TRIP REGARDING STUDENTS BEING LEFT IN A DIFFERENT COUNTY, WHICH IS ALSO INACCURATE AND LACKS CERTAIN DETAILS.
THERE'S MORE TO DRIVING A BUS THAN JUST DRIVING.
AS DRIVERS, OUR SHIFT IS 16 HOURS, IN WHICH WE CANNOT DRIVE FOR MORE THAN 10 HOURS.
THE ONLY THING THAT RESET THIS 16 HOURS IS A BREAK OF AT LEAST EIGHT CONSECUTIVE HOURS.
THE TRIP IN QUESTION WAS ON MARCH 8TH, 2023.
IT WAS BONITA HIGH SCHOOL GOING TO ORANGE COUNTY GREAT PARK IN IRVINE.
DRIVER STARTED THEIR DAY AT 6:15 AM.
THEIR 16-HOUR WINDOW WOULD CLOSE AT 10:15 PM.
THE DRIVER CONTACTED THE OFFICE SOMEWHERE BEFORE 9:00 PM TO LET US KNOW THAT THEY WERE CLOSE TO THE END OF THEIR AVAILABLE HOURS FOR THE DAY.
AFTER SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN OUR OFFICE AND THE GROUP, THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND THE PRINCIPALS DECIDED THAT IF THE GROUP WAS NOT ON THE BUS BY 9:00 PM, THE DRIVER CAN LEAVE, WHETHER OR NOT THE GROUP WAS ON THE BUS.
UNFORTUNATELY, NO ONE ARRIVED ON TIME AND THE DRIVER HAD TO DEPART.
THE DRIVER RETURNED TO THE YARD AT 10:15.
NUMBER 3, THE CONDITION OF OUR AGING BUS FLEET.
IS THAT A CONCERN? WOULD DRIVERS LIKE NEWER BUSES WITH MORE DRIVER COMFORTS? WHO WOULDN'T LIKE A NEWER BUS OR NEWER CAR? IS THAT IN THE BUDGET? KEEP IN MIND THAT SCHOOL BUSES ARE NOT DESIGNED TO BE THE FASTEST VEHICLES ON THE FREEWAY.
THEY ARE BUILT WITH SAFETY AS A PRIORITY.
WITH A WELL-PLANNED MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE AND THE SUPPORT OF DEDICATED MECHANICS, THESE VEHICLES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO OPERATE SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY FOR SEVERAL MORE YEARS.
NUMBER 4, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO CHAT WITH ANY OF YOU WHO WOULD WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND SHARE MORE DETAILS.
HOWEVER, I WILL NOT BE COMING BACK EVERY MONTH TO MAKE CLARIFICATIONS AND UPDATES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THE PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION.
NO. BONITA UNIFIED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.
CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION. DON.
>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DON ROBERTS.
I AM THE CHAPTER PRESIDENT FOR THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, BONITA CHAPTER 21.
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GOOD EVENING, CHRIS AND BOARD PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT WAYNE, CABINET, TEACHERS, CLASSIFIED, AND STUDENTS, WHAT AMAZING JOB THEY DID.I AM HERE TO SHARE MORE OF WHAT WAS TALKED ABOUT, A COUPLE OF ITEMS. ONE IS I'VE GROWN UP SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 30 YEARS.
YOU DON'T MESS WITH PEOPLE'S CHILDREN, AND YOU DON'T MESS WITH THEIR MONEY.
LEAVING STUDENTS IN ANOTHER COUNTY, AND I DON'T CARE WHAT THE REASON IS, IS NEVER A GOOD PRACTICE.
THEY COULD HAVE SCHEDULED MULTIPLE DRIVERS.
THERE'S OTHER WAYS THEY COULD HAVE DONE THAT.
I HAVE A BUNCH OF INVOICES BECAUSE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE FILED MULTIPLE GRIEVANCES.
IN THE 18-MONTH PERIOD I'VE BEEN TRACKING, 380,000 WENT OUT THE DOOR, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE IN-HOUSE, WHICH WOULD HAVE DRASTICALLY REDUCED THAT NUMBER.
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW THE INVOICING AND ALL THAT WORKED, WE HAD A TRANSMISSION ON TRUCK 50, WHICH FAILED, AND WE SENT IT OUT, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE IN-HOUSE, BECAUSE BACK IN THE DAY WHEN I WORKED THERE, THAT'S WHAT I USED TO DO.
NOW, THEY REPLACED THE FLUIDS.
THEY WENT AND GOT A MODIFIED TRANSMISSION, AND THEN THEY INSTALLED IT, $9,245.
NOBODY PAYS THAT MONEY, BUT APPARENTLY, WE HAVE.
THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON OR WHAT YOU'RE DOING, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
AN OIL CHANGE FOR THAT SAME VEHICLE WAS $565.
A DEALER DOESN'T EVEN CHARGE THAT.
WE ALSO HAD BRAKES DONE ON THAT PARTICULAR VEHICLE.
BY THE WAY, THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 900 MILES, SO IT DIDN'T NEED AN OIL CHANGE, BRAKES, OR TIRES, OR SHOCK.
THE BRAKE JOB ALONE WAS TWO GRAND.
THIS IS A STANDARD 3,500 HEAVY-DUTY TRUCK THAT ANY ONE OF YOU COULD HAVE PURCHASED OR OWNED, AND I ACTUALLY OWN A 550 MYSELF.
LET'S GET ON TO SOME MORE SERIOUS INVOICE BECAUSE I FOUND ONE HERE THAT JUST REALLY BLOWS ME AWAY.
WE HAD A COOLANT LEAK ON ONE OF OUR BUSES.
THEY HAD TO PUT NEW COOLANT IN IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE TO REPLACE A PIPE, THE COOLANT DRAINS OUT.
THIS PARTICULAR REPAIR FOR THAT COOLING PIPE AND A SPECIAL LINE WAS MADE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY, BECAUSE YOU CAN BUY THAT UP IF YOU GO TO THE RIGHT DISTRIBUTORS.
BUT YET THE PARTS ARE LESS THAN 200 BUCKS.
NOT A GOOD LOOK. I GOT ANOTHER ONE.
WE HAD AN ALIGNMENT DONE ON A VEHICLE AND WE HAD TIE RODS PUT ON IT.
NOW THAT NORMALLY WOULD BE ABOUT EIGHT OR $900.
HERE'S AN AIR CONDITIONING ONE.
WE HAD A COMPRESSOR PUT IN AND SOME MORE RINGS.
THEY SAID THE COMPRESSOR WAS $2,200.
YOU COULD HAVE PUT AIR CONDITIONING IN YOUR HOME FOR THAT, AND I MEAN THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
I KNOW, BECAUSE I'M ACTUALLY AN AIR-CONDITIONING CONTRACTOR.
MAYBE WE ALL SHOULD HAVE THREE MINUTES.
THANK YOU. I'LL BE BACK NEXT MONTH.
>> TO TALK ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION SIDE.
>> BONITA UNIFIED MANAGEMENT TEAM.
[19. FUTURE MEETING DATES]
THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING IS APRIL 9, 2025.[20. ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS]
>> I HAVE ONE FOR CONSIDERATION.
MAYBE SOMETIME IN MAY THROUGH AUGUST, IF WE COULD MAYBE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING TO LOOK AT.
WE HAVE A NEW BOARD MEMBER, AND I THOUGHT IT'D BE NICE TO LOOK AT GOALS, IDEAS, AND PRIORITIES SO WE CAN BETTER ALIGN OURSELVES.
>> WE CAN ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 7:02 PM.
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING TONIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.