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CALL TO ORDER. CALL TIME 5:00 P.M. JIM ELLIOTT AND BRITTANY ALLISON ARE NOT IN ATTENDANCE DUE TO FAMILY COMMITMENTS. 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 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, ITEMS COMMENTS MAY BE MADE UNDER REQUEST TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.

PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE BOARD PLEASE FILL OUT A 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.

THERE BEING NONE, THE BOARD WILL CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION AT 5:01 P.M.

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THE TIME IS 6:00 P.M. THERE'S NO REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION.

PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME IN PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF OUR COUNTRY.

READY? BEGIN AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA, ORDER AND CONTENT. MOVED.

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APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING.

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[12. COMMUNICATIONS FROM STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES]

MORUA? MORUA GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BAHMANOU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT WIEN, CABINET MEMBERS AND AUDIENCE.

THIS FRIDAY, ASB WILL BE HOSTING OUR ANNUAL WINTER RALLY.

AND IT IS THEMED BASED OFF THE TRENDING TV SHOW STRANGER THINGS.

THIS WEEK IS A DRESS WEEK, ALSO BASED OFF OF STRANGER THINGS TO GET THE BEARCATS EXCITED FOR FRIDAY.

OUR PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT CONTINUES AND WILL WRAP UP NEXT WEEK.

COMING UP, THE SOPHOMORE CLASS COUNCIL WILL BE PUTTING UP ANITA'S FIRST EVER MORP.

MORP IS PROM, BUT SPELLED BACKWARDS. IT'S A CASUAL DANCE WHERE STUDENTS GO TO HANG OUT WITH THEIR FRIENDS, AND THEIR TICKET INCLUDES AN IN-N-OUT BURGER AND A SCOOP OF HANDEL'S ICE CREAM FOR ONLY $10.

IN ATHLETICS, OUR WINTER SPORTS ARE WRAPPING UP AND ARE HEADED INTO PLAYOFFS.

ON MONDAY OF THIS WEEK, ALL LEVELS OF BASKETBALL PLAYED AGAINST AYALA, AND TOMORROW THE GIRLS WATER POLO TEAM WILL PLAY IN THE FIRST ROUND OF CIF.

ADDITIONALLY, THE BOYS BASKETBALL AND GIRLS WATER POLO TEAMS SECURED THE PALOMARES LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP, HIGHLIGHTING THEIR HARD WORK, DEDICATION AND SUCCESS THIS SEASON.

IN THE ARTS, OUR THEATER DEPARTMENT IS HAVING A DANCE WORKSHOP THIS SUNDAY TO HELP ANY STUDENTS ON CAMPUS GROW THEIR DANCING SKILLS WHILE HAVING FUN WITH THEIR FRIENDS.

ALONGSIDE THIS, THEATER IS ALSO GETTING READY TO PUT ON THE SPRING PLAY INTO THE WOODS.

OUR CULINARY PROGRAMS SOLD SPECIALTY DRINKS YESTERDAY CALLED BEARCAT BEVS, WHICH INCLUDED THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL A STRAWBERRY MATCHA.

IN ACADEMICS, WE RECOGNIZED OUR HONOR ROLL STUDENTS WHO EARNED A GPA OF 3.5 OR HIGHER.

DURING THE FIRST SEMESTER, THESE STUDENTS WERE CELEBRATED WITH A CERTIFICATE, A STICKER, AND A CUPCAKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE.

BONITA ALSO HOSTED OUR ANNUAL ELECTIVES RUSH, GIVING STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE COURSES THEY MAY CHOOSE TO ENROLL IN NEXT YEAR.

WE ARE PROUD OF THE CONTINUED ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON CAMPUS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO RETURNING WITH MORE UPDATES NEXT MONTH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE] NEXT WE HAVE RACHELLE TORRES.

[APPLAUSE] GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT WIEN PRESIDENT BAHMANOU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND CABINET MEMBERS. ON JANUARY 16TH, WE HELD OUR STUDENT OF THE MONTH RALLY FOR DECEMBER. AT THE RALLY, WE TOLD OUR STUDENTS ABOUT THE PROM LAS VEGAS THEME,

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OUR STUDENT WORLD. OUR SCHOOL WIDE STUDENT OF THE MONTH WAS JARED GARCIA, AND OUR STAFF MEMBER OF THE MONTH WAS MS. TIFFANY ALVAREZ. LAST MONTH, STUDENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO STEP OUTSIDE CLASSROOM INTO A REAL WORLD LEARNING WITH BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR OF THE VAN NUYS AIRPORT, WHERE THE STUDENTS EXPLORED CAREER PATHWAYS IN FIRE AND POWER.

THIS ENGAGING EXPERIENCE WAS MADE POSSIBLE THANKS TO THE CONTINUED EFFORTS OF VANESSA TELFORD.

LOOKING AHEAD. COLLEGE AND CAREER MOMENTUM CONTINUES TO BUILD AS BOTH CITRUS COLLEGE AND MT.

SAC WILL BE ON CAMPUS THIS MONTH TO HOLD ORIENTATION WORKSHOPS SUPPORTING STUDENTS AS THEY TAKE MEANINGFUL STEPS FORWARD THEIR SECONDARY.

POST-SECONDARY GOALS. ADDITIONALLY, ON FEBRUARY 27TH, CITRUS AUTOMOTIVE WILL VISIT CAMPUS TO HOST AN INTERACTIVE HANDS ON WORKSHOP INTRODUCING STUDENTS TO A WORLD OF AUTOMOTIVE CAREERS IN ART CLASS, WE ARE WORKING ON COLOR PENCIL TIRE DESIGNS, WHERE STUDENTS ARE MASTERING PEN COLOR PENCILS AND CREATING DESIGNS THAT EXPLORE SYMMETRY.

RENAISSANCE IS BUSY PLANNING OUR PROM, WHICH IS ON APRIL 25TH AT THE SAN DIMAS MASONIC CENTER.

THIS YEAR'S THEME WILL BE VIVA LAS BULLDOGS! ON JANUARY 16TH, WE HELD OUR ANNUAL SOUP DAY WHERE WE PROVIDE SOUP FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL.

OUR SOCCER SEASON IS GOING STRONG. OUR THIRD GAME IS FEBRUARY 13TH AGAINST WHITCOMB.

THE BRACKETS FOR THIS YEAR'S CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT ARE BEGINNING TO FILL UP.

WE WILL BE GETTING STARTED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT WE HAVE JACOB PARDUS.

[APPLAUSE] GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT BAHMANOU AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. SUPERINTENDENT WIEN, CABINET MEMBERS AND AUDIENCE. I WILL BEGIN WITH UPDATES ON ACADEMICS.

OUR AVID PARA PRACTICE TEACHER SHOUT OUT FOR JANUARY GOES TO MR. DISTASO. HIS LESSON ON HUMAN BODY MANNEQUINS STOOD OUT FOR BEING EXTREMELY HANDS ON AND ENGAGING WITH WICKER SPOTLIGHT ON INQUIRY AND COLLABORATION.

STUDENTS REALLY LOVE HOW INTERACTIVE HIS LESSONS ARE, FROM WHITEBOARD RACES THAT CREATE FRIENDLY COMPETITION TO MODELING CONCEPTS INSTEAD OF JUST EXPLAINING THEM. MR. DISTASO ALSO MAKES LEARNING ACTIVE AND FUN.

IN ADDITION, SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN SELECTED TO REPRESENT SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN THE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS.

ON FEBRUARY 25TH 49 RANDOMLY SELECTED SENIORS WILL EITHER TAKE A MATH OR READING ASSESSMENT.

THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR SCHOOL TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE NATIONAL PICTURE OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. MOVING ON TO ATHLETICS.

SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR WINTER SPORTS AS THEIR SEASON WRAPS UP THIS WEEK, WITH THE SPRING SEASON OFFICIALLY STARTING NEXT WEEK. WE WANT TO WISH GOOD LUCK TO GIRLS WATER POLO AND GIRLS BASKETBALL AS THEY HEAD INTO CIF PLAYOFFS.

WE ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE TWO JUNIOR THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT AND WE'RE PROUD TO CELEBRATE THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. ADDITIONALLY, THE SCSH COMMUNITY IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF ED WOLF, WHO PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 23RD, 2026.

HIS MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 23RD, 2026 AT THE CHURCH IN SAN DIMAS.

NOW ON TO THE ARTS. A HUGE SHOUTOUT TO MS. KOCALIS AND HER ENTIRE PRODUCTION TEAM FOR THEIR HARD WORK ON CINDERELLA.

THE SHOW WAS A MAJOR SUCCESS, AND WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO SUPPORT AND CELEBRATE THE PERFORMING ARTS AT SCSH. AND FINALLY, ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THIS MONTH. SCSH IS ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO FOSTER AWARENESS, CURIOSITY, AND APPRECIATION FOR THE HISTORY, CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR MEANINGFUL LEARNING THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE RICHNESS AND LASTING IMPACT OF THE BLACK AND AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE.

THIS WEEK, SCSH IS ALSO CELEBRATING NATIONAL COUNSELING WEEK BY RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR AMAZING COUNSELORS.

THEIR DEDICATION AND SUPPORT PLAYS A HUGE ROLE IN MAKING SCSH THE BEST PLACE TO LEARN, WORK AND VISIT.

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR GIVING ME A CHANCE TO SHARE WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN SAN DIMAS. I HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOY THE REST OF THE MONTH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL IN MARCH.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT WE HAVE OUR FEATURED PRESENTATION AND BEFORE ANNE NEAL INTRODUCES THEM, I JUST REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE ROTARIANS WHO ARE HERE,

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AND ONE OF THE BEST THINGS, AT LEAST IN MY EXPERIENCE, HAVING BEEN ON THE BOARD, IS THAT I GET TO MEET SOME AMAZING PEOPLE AND THERE'S.

I CAN'T THINK OF ONE SINGLE ROTARIAN I HAVEN'T JUST BEEN BLESSED BY.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU GUYS DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE KIDS. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BEFOREHAND.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] BONITA UNIFIED DOES THANK

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THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT A MINI GRANT AWARDS TOTALING $3,200.

TO PRESENT THESE AWARDS ARE STEVE SCOTT AND MIKE WALLACE.

BUT ALSO, AS MENTIONED, THERE IS IN THE AUDIENCE A VERY LARGE SUPPORTING CAST OF ROTARIANS.

SO THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING TO EVERYBODY, AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR TAKING TIME AND ALLOWING US TO DO THIS.

ROTARY CLUB HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME IN THIS CITY, AND WE DO SOME PRETTY AMAZING THINGS, INCLUDING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, GIVING SEVERAL TONS OF FOOD TO LOCAL MILITARY BASES, SENDING STUDENTS FROM BUSD TO CAMP TO LEADERSHIP CAMP AT BOTH THE JUNIOR HIGH AND THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

WE'VE ALSO, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES, VACCINATED 250 PLUS THOUSAND RESIDENTS OF THE WORLD AGAINST POLIO.

BUT THE CORE OF OUR CLUB HAS ALWAYS BEEN EDUCATION.

AND WE WERE TRYING TO DO THE MATH TODAY. AND WE KNOW OVER THE LAST DECADE PLUS OR TWO DECADES, WE'VE GIVEN OUT OVER $100,000 WORTH OF GRANTS TO LOCAL TEACHERS.

MIKE AND I BOTH HAPPEN TO BE MARRIED TO TEACHERS.

AND SO NOT ONLY DO WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO AS, AS INSTRUCTORS AND WHAT YOU DO FOR KIDS, WE ALSO KNOW HOW HARD YOU WORK. WE ALSO KNOW HOW OFTEN YOU HAVE TO COME OUT OF YOUR OWN POCKET TO PAY FOR STUFF.

EVEN IN A GREAT DISTRICT LIKE BUSD, THAT'S JUST PART OF BEING A TEACHER.

THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR YOU AND SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR THE KIDS OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND MAKING THEIR FUTURE BRIGHTER.

SO TONIGHT WE'LL BE RECOGNIZING SOME PEOPLE I WANT TO RECOGNIZE TWO THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND.

FIRST WE HAVE ROBIN TORRES. SHE WILL BE RECEIVING A CHECK FOR $500.

WE ALSO HAVE BROOKE WHARTON, WHO WILL ALSO BE RECEIVING A CHECK FOR $500.

THE FIRST RECIPIENT WHO I BELIEVE IS HERE TONIGHT IS CHRISTINA ALEXANDER.

CHRISTINA, IF YOU'LL COME UP. [APPLAUSE] AND I'LL GET A PICTURE WITH YOU CONGRATULATIONS CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU THANK YOU. OVER HERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S YOUR GOOD SIDE? [LAUGHTER].

[APPLAUSE] NEXT UP WE HAVE TAYLOR GREEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH THANK YOU AGAIN. YOU'RE WELCOME THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS JESSICA TRUAX.

[APPLAUSE] AND BY THE WAY, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU CAN'T TAKE THE BIG CHECKS HOME, I APOLOGIZE. [LAUGHTER] WE NEED THOSE BACK. THEY DON'T CARE FINALLY, OUR LAST RECIPIENT OF THE NIGHT, JARED PEW.

[APPLAUSE] AGAIN TO THE BOARD. THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO ALLOW US TO BE HERE. TO THE TEACHERS WHO ARE HERE, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK YOU DO. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE SEE YOU.

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[APPLAUSE]. MID-YEAR LOCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN, OR LCAP PRESENTATION ANNE NEAL.

JESSICA EVENING. SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE CHECK IN ON OUR LCAP.

SO IF YOU REMEMBER, IN OCTOBER 23RD THIS LCAP MIDYEAR REPORT BECAME A MANDATE REQUIRING US TO PROVIDE AVAILABLE DATA AROUND OUR LCAP METRICS AND FISCAL INFORMATION.

I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE THANKS TO MY FRIENDS IN FISCAL WHO HELP US ALL YEAR LONG SPENDING OUR LCAP DOLLARS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLIANT WITH THEM. WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE ADOPTED BUDGET, WHICH IS PART OF WHAT I, THE BUDGET OVERVIEW FOR PARENTS THAT I SHOW YOU IN JUNE.

AND THAT'S SORT OF LIKE THE TWO POTS OF MONEY YOU'LL SEE THERE, WHICH IS THE LCFF EXPENDITURES AND THEN THE SUPPLEMENTAL EXPENDITURES.

SO SORT OF LIKE GENERAL FUND AND SUPPLEMENTAL THE P ONE YEAR TO DATE IS ABOUT THE HALF WAY POINT OF OUR EXPENDITURES.

AND, YOU SEE, WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF SPENDING DOWN OUR LCAP MONEY FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

THE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS ARE SPENT ON THINGS LIKE OUR INTERVENTION TEACHERS, BIAS, SLPS PEOPLE SOME OF OUR FOSTER AND HOMELESS LIAISONS AND OUR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SPECIALISTS.

LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF WHERE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS GO.

YOU MAY REMEMBER WE WENT WHEN THEY CHANGED THE LCAP FORMAT.

WE WENT FROM SIX GOALS TO FOUR AND THIS IS OUR FIRST GOAL.

THIS IS OUR BROAD GOAL AROUND ACADEMICS AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

THIS GOALS PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SOME OF OUR GROUPS OF STUDENTS LIKE OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED FOSTER YOUTH AND OUR HOMELESS STUDENTS.

HERE'S SOME METRICS AROUND GOAL 1. IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, THE KEY INSIGHTS FOR EACH OF THE GOALS ARE SET UP FOR YOU TO SEE A BASELINE THAT'S USING VARIOUS BASELINE DATA FROM THE. IT'S SPECIFIC TO EACH METRIC, BUT MOSTLY FROM THE 2023-24 SCHOOL YEAR.

AND THEN THE DIFFERENCE FROM THE BASELINE TO YEAR ONE AND THEN THE DIFFERENCE FROM THE BASELINE TO YEAR TWO, WHICH IS WHAT I'LL BE SHARING WITH YOU THIS EVENING.

SO THE FIRST TWO LINES ARE CAASPP ELA AND OUR CAASPP MATH.

I GET TO TELL YOU THAT ONCE AGAIN, WE CAN SHOW THAT WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY MITIGATED LEARNING LOSS FROM THE PANDEMIC.

THE DATA FROM YEAR TWO COMES FROM OUR JUNE CAASPP SCORES.

AND ONCE AGAIN, THEY ARE AN ALL TIME DISTRICT HIGH FOR BOTH ELA AND MATH.

I WANT TO POINT OUT THE MATH IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE THIS YEAR WE DID A K-5 MATH ADOPTION.

AND IF YOU KNOW CHANGE THEORY, YOU KNOW THAT ANY TIME YOU START SOMETHING NEW, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN IMPLEMENTATION DIP.

AND WE DID EXPECT TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIP.

WELL MY COMPLIMENT TO JAMIE ABISHAN TO DEB BROWNLEE, WHO WAS WORKING IN THE ROLE OF A MATH, AN ELEMENTARY MATH AT THAT TIME. OUR ELEMENTARY MATH OR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS ARE ELEMENTARY MATH INTERVENTIONISTS FOR NOT ONLY ADOPTING A NEW CURRICULUM BUT CONTINUING TO IMPROVE THEIR LCAP SCORES IN MATH.

SO SPECIAL COMPLIMENT TO THEM. LOTS OF BRIGHT SPOTS AGAIN IN ELA.

WE CONTINUE TO RECLASSIFY STUDENTS AT A HIGH RATE, AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT IN OUR NEXT SLIDE ABOUT THEIR SUCCESS RATE ON OTHER METRICS. AND SO WE HAVE A CONTINUED NUMBER OF NEWCOMER ELS.

WE'RE SEEING A TREND IN THAT. AND SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE RECLASSIFICATION RATE.

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FINALLY ONE MORE BRIGHT SPOT ON THIS PAGE, IN A PAGE FULL OF BRIGHT SPOTS, IS OUR AP EXAM PASS RATE.

SO THIS IS THE PASS RATE FOR STUDENTS WHO TAKE AN AP EXAM AND GET A THREE OR HIGHER.

WE CONTINUE TO EXCEED THE BASELINE AND OUR SCORES CONTINUE TO GO UP EVERY YEAR.

BUT WHAT I WANT TO ALSO POINT OUT IS THAT WE HAVE 66 MORE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN AP COURSES THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR.

SO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ACCESSING AP COURSES CONTINUES TO GO UP, AND WE EXPECT ABOUT 500 MORE AP TESTS WILL BE TAKEN THIS YEAR. SO LOTS OF GOOD ACCESS TOWARDS OUR AP EXAMS AND GOOD SUCCESS RATES.

SO COMPLIMENTS TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL AP SQUAD FOR THEIR HARD WORK IN THAT.

I MENTIONED A LITTLE TEASER ABOUT EL. THE DASHBOARD HAS A NEW METRIC.

IT'S A GROWTH METRIC. AND I DID TWO SCREEN GRABS.

THIS IS ONE OF THEM. SO THIS SCREEN GRAB SHOWS OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS ARE ACTUALLY PASSING THE CAASPP AT 77% OF THEM ARE IMPROVING THEIR SCORE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT OUR RECENTLY RECLASSIFIED ENGLISH LEARNERS, THEY'RE 76% OF THEM ARE IMPROVING THEIR CAASPP SCORES FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

SO NOT ONLY ARE THEY REDESIGNATING, BUT THEY'RE CONTINUING TO IMPROVE THEIR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS CAASPP SCORES.

SO THAT'S, TO ME A REALLY TELLING AND REALLY NICE METRIC.

THEY'RE EVEN OUT DOING OUR ENGLISH ONLY STUDENTS.

YES, THEY ARE IN THE IN THEIR GROWTH RATE. WHICH SHOWS YOU THE POWER OF THE STRENGTH OF THE ENGLISH, THE WHOLE LEARNING TO READ AND ENGLISH PROGRAM.

HERE'S ANOTHER SCREEN GRAB FROM THAT, THE DASHBOARD AND THE GROWTH DATA.

THIS IS OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS GROWTH DATA FOR ALL STUDENTS.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY STUDENTS IMPROVING AT A MINIMAL RATE OR A MODERATE RATE.

WE HAVE OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IMPROVING AT.

SO THIS IS GROWTH GROWING AT AN AVERAGE RATE.

WE HAVE MANY GROUPS GROWING AT AN ACCELERATED RATE.

AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO BE GROWING AT AN EXCEPTIONAL RATE. BUT I WOULD SAY IT'S PRETTY HARD TO GROW AN EXCEPTIONAL RATE WHEN YOU'RE REALLY ALREADY SCORING AT SUCH A HIGH RATE.

SO ANOTHER GREAT, ANOTHER GREAT DATA POINT HERE.

WE ALSO HAVE GREAT DATA AROUND MATH. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE ENGLISH FOR TONIGHT.

BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A CORRELATION THERE BETWEEN THE EL AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS.

GOAL 2 IS REALLY AROUND BASIC CONDITIONS. THIS IS THE GOAL THAT TALKS ABOUT A WELL-PREPARED STAFF, QUALITY MATERIALS, AND CLEAN AND SAFE SCHOOLS.

THIS FIRST METRIC IS CREDENTIALED TEACHERS. AND THIS IS THIS IS ONE OF THE METRICS THAT HAS A LAG DATA.

SO ACTUALLY THE BASELINE IS FROM 2021-22. THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE LAG IN THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF ED REPORT OUT.

SO THE BASELINE IS 91% OF OUR TEACHERS BEING FULLY IN APPROPRIATELY CREDENTIALED.

WE CONTINUE TO MEET THAT AND SURPASS THAT THAT BASELINE GOAL.

THE REASON YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE SOME I GUESS NOT FULLY CREDENTIALED OR APPROPRIATELY CREDENTIALED TEACHERS IS BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A TEACHER THAT GOES ON AN EXTENDED LEAVE, YOU MAY HAVE A SUB IN THERE.

WE MIGHT HAVE A TEACHER WITH A MILD, MODERATE, SEVERE CREDENTIAL TEACHING IN A MILD, MODERATE CLASSROOM OR SOME OF OUR FOLKS AT HIGH SCHOOLS THAT COACH SPORTS MAY HAVE ENOUGH KINESIOLOGY UNITS, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE CREDENTIAL.

AND THEY'RE TEACHING A PERIOD OF ATHLETICS. SO THAT COMPRISES THE BULK OF THOSE CREDENTIAL MISASSIGNMENTS.

OUR FACILITIES AND OUR MATERIALS ARE ALL AT THEIR HIGHEST RATING.

GOOD IS REALLY THE HIGHEST RATING YOU CAN GET.

A POINT OF INTEREST. WE ACTUALLY HAD AN IN-PERSON WILLIAMS COMPLIANCE.

BY THE STATE IN PERSON. INTERESTINGLY, THIS YEAR.

GOAL 3 IS OUR GOAL AROUND COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND THE METRICS HERE ARE ATTENDANCE AND THEN SOME METRICS FROM OUR STUDENT SURVEYS.

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ME PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK WE ARE EVER GOING TO GET BACK TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.

I THINK THERE'S JUST BEEN SOME SOCIETAL SHIFTS AROUND THAT.

BUT I THINK WE'VE MADE WE'VE REALLY RECOVERED SOME NICE GROUND THERE IN GETTING US BACK UP INTO THE HIGH 90S.

CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY EMPHASIZED, AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S PAYING OFF.

WELL WE WENT FROM A 20% ON CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM RATE TO NOW WE'RE DOWN TO 10%.

AND THAT STUDENTS WHO MISS 10 OR MORE SCHOOL DAYS, THANKS TO OUR SCHOOLS FOR THEIR EFFORTS ON THAT.

AND A LITTLE SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR STUDENT SERVICES FOR ALL THEIR SUPPORT IN THAT AREA.

THE NEXT TWO METRICS ARE STUDENT PERCEPTIONS AROUND SAFETY AND CONNECTEDNESS.

THE LCAP SCORES REPORT OUT SPRING DATA, BUT I WENT AHEAD AND THREW IN FALL DATA JUST SO WE HAD SOMETHING CURRENT TO REPORT FOR THIS REPORT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE LCAP, WE WILL USE THE SPRING DATA.

BUT FOR MY MID-YEAR REPORT YOU'RE SEEING FALL THERE.

NICE INCREASES IN ALL OF THOSE. AND I THINK THOSE ARE DUE TO THE PRINCIPAL'S FOCUS IN THESE AREAS.

AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE AT THE END ABOUT THAT.

IS THERE COMPARABLE DATA FOR OTHER FALLS? THAT WE HAVE.

I MEAN, FALL DATA ALWAYS A LITTLE HIGHER IS IT. DO WE TAKE THAT SURVEY BEFORE OR AFTER TESTING IN THE SPRING? I'M WONDERING MAYBE WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT ADJUSTING WHEN WE.

DID BEFORE TESTING, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF THEORIES ON THAT, [LAUGHTER] ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYTHING'S DEFINITELY ROOTED IN ANY SORT OF YOU KNOW, ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT WE CAN LOCK DOWN. BUT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FOCUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT, I CAN TELL YOU. MAYBE WE DO IT RIGHT AFTER SPRING BREAK.

[LAUGHTER] I DON'T KNOW. OR MAYBE THEY'RE. YEAH, THEY'RE MAYBE THEY'RE JUST READY FOR SPRING BREAK AND THEN THEY. SO THEY'RE TAKING THE SURVEY RIGHT BEFORE THAT. GOAL 4 IS A REQUIRED GOAL.

AND THIS IS AN EQUITY MULTIPLIER GOAL. IF YOU'LL REMEMBER VISTA SCHOOL QUALIFIED FOR AN EQUITY MULTIPLIER GOAL BECAUSE OF TWO CRITERIA.

THE SATURATION OF SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS AND MOBILITY RATE.

AS YOU'LL REMEMBER, PRIOR TO THIS YEAR, VISTA WAS A 10TH GRADE ONLY SCHOOL.

SO BY ITS NATURE, IT IS A COMPLETELY MOBILE SCHOOL WITH TRANSIENCY EXPECTED EVERY YEAR.

WE DO HAVE 9TH AND 10TH GRADERS THERE. WE'RE TRYING TO OFFER SOME SUPPORT FOR 9TH GRADERS WHO MAY NOT BE READY TO TRANSITION TO A COMPREHENSIVE.

SO WE DO HAVE 9TH AND 10TH GRADE STUDENTS AT VISTA THIS YEAR.

SO THE METRICS ON OUR EQUITY MULTIPLIER GOAL ARE THE CREDITS EARNED PER MONTH IN VISTA.

AND THE WAY STUDENTS EARN CREDITS THERE IS WHAT'S CALLED AN SBUS OR A STANDARDS BASED UNIT OF STUDY.

AND SO THE BASELINE THERE WAS 4.2. OH I'M SORRY.

YES. BECAUSE THE EQUITY MULTIPLIER WASN'T THERE IN THE FIRST YEAR.

SO THAT WAS THE 2023-24 DATA. STUDENTS ARE EARNING ABOUT A LITTLE SHORT OF FOUR CREDITS PER SBUS.

STILL TRYING TO MAKE IT TO THAT, THAT TARGET GOAL OF SIX CREDITS, WHICH IS THE MAXIMUM YOU CAN GET PER SBUS.

AND THEN THE OTHER TWO METRICS ARE AROUND BENCHMARKS.

AND SO WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS HAVING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED TAKE A BENCHMARK.

YOU KNOW, BUT THERE ARE SOME I GUESS, MITIGATING FACTORS.

IT CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO BOTH WHEN A STUDENT ENTERS VISTA AND EXITS VISTA, THAT WE MIGHT NOT CAPTURE A BENCHMARK FOR THEM THERE.

THEY MAY HAVE TAKEN A BENCHMARK AT THE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL AND NOT BEEN ENROLLED IN VISTA DURING THE TIME WHEN THE BENCHMARKS TAKEN AND IT'S ALSO THERE'S ALSO JUST A HIGHER TRANSIENCY RATE IN THAT POPULATION ALTOGETHER.

AND THEN THE FINAL PIECE IS IT'S A VERY SMALL SAMPLE SIZE OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN VISTA CHAP.

SO A SMALL NUMBER OF STUDENTS NOT TAKING THE BENCHMARK CAN REALLY AFFECT THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS.

I THINK YOU CAN SEE OUR PRINCIPALS HARD WORK IN THESE GOAL AREAS, BOTH IN ATTENDANCE IN ACADEMICS AND SCHOOL CONNECTEDNESS AND AN ENGAGEMENT. THEY CONTINUE TO REALLY FOCUS ON THOSE GOALS, AND I COMPLIMENT THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE IN THOSE THREE AREAS.

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WE'VE ALREADY BEEN MEETING WITH THE COUNTY AROUND OUR LCAP.

SO WE'LL BE SHARING THAT WITH YOU IN, IN THE JUNE BOARD MEETING.

YEAH. NEXT YEAR IS YEAR THREE AND A REWRITE. ANY QUESTIONS? ONE QUESTION ON THE GOAL TWO THE KEY INSIGHTS THERE.

IT SAYS FACILITIES AND GOOD REPAIR AS MEASURED BY FIT.

BUT I'M ALSO SEEING, LIKE, CONCERNS WITH OUR HVAC AND PLUMBING.

SO HOW DOES THAT PLAY INTO EACH OTHER. LIKE WHAT IS GOOD REPAIR BY FIT.

WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING AT COMPARED TO WHAT NEEDS WE MIGHT HAVE.

YEAH. SO I ACTUALLY HEARD FROM THE SITES WHAT THEY SAID WHEN THEY ACTUALLY CAME OUT TO LOOK AT IT, IS THAT EVERY BUILDING, EVERY FACILITY IS ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THINGS.

IT'S ABOUT THE TIMELINESS OF WHEN THINGS ARE REPAIRED AND HOW YOU'RE LOOKING TO ADDRESS IT.

I DON'T KNOW, SONIA, IF THEY LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT HVAC AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND WHEN THEY DO THOSE FIT INSPECTIONS.

I THINK IT IS THAT ALL WORK ORDERS HAVE BEEN ARE BEING PROCESSED IN A TIMELY FASHION AND THAT THEY'RE GETTING TO THEM DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE. YEAH, THEY MENTIONED THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO BREAK.

YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE GOING TO BREAK DOWN. THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN.

BUT YOU'RE WORKING TO REPAIR THEM AS, AS THEY COME UP.

YES. SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE A SHOUT OUT TO THE MAINTENANCE OPERATOR. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH.

THEY THEY DO A GOOD JOB WITH THAT. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. REQUEST TO SPEAK ON OPEN SESSION AGENDA ITEM. THE PUBLIC HAS AN 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 AGENDA ITEM MAY BE GRANTED UP TO THREE MINUTES AT THE TIME THE ITEM APPEARS ON THE AGENDA.

IN THE CASE OF NON-AGENDA ITEMS, 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.

THIS IS PERFECT. MOVING ON CONSENT AGENDA. MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD TO BE ROUTINE OR

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

FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEMS WILL BE APPROVED WITH ONE MOTION, WHICH IS NOT DEBATABLE AND WHICH REQUIRES A UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR PASSAGE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES. DISCUSSION ACTION AGENDA.

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WE ARE REQUIRED BY EDCO TO UNDERGO AN EXTERNAL AUDIT OF OUR FINANCIAL RECORDS EVERY YEAR.

THIS REQUIREMENT ENSURES THAT WE ARE TRANSPARENT.

IT ALSO MEASURES OUR ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE REASONABLE MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC FUNDS.

SO TONIGHT, PETER WILL PRESENT THE AUDIT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025.

GOOD EVENING. AS WAS MENTIONED, MY NAME IS PETER GLENN.

I'M THE AUDIT FIRM NIGRO AND NIGRO. AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT YOUR AUDIT FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH OF 2025.

THE AUDIT INVOLVED BOTH FINANCIAL AND COMPLIANCE SECTIONS, AS I'M SURE YOU'RE WELL AWARE.

SO BEFORE I START REALLY WITH THE AUDIT REPORT SPECIFICALLY, I THOUGHT I'D MENTION THE PROCESS OF THE AUDIT.

SO THE AUDIT TAKES PLACE OVER SEVERAL MONTHS, USUALLY IN THE EARLY EARLY SPRING MONTHS.

AND THAT'S WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCHOOL SITES, YOUR ATTENDANCE AND YOUR ASBS.

AND THEN A FEW MONTHS LATER, WE'LL VISIT THE DISTRICT OFFICE.

WE'LL START LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE STATE COMPLIANCE, FEDERAL COMPLIANCE.

WE'LL ZERO IN ON A FEDERAL PROGRAM OR TWO THAT WE'LL NEED TO AUDIT, AND THEN WE'LL START LOOKING AT CONTROLS.

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AND THEN WE'LL DO A WALKTHROUGH TEST TO SEE IF YOU'RE ACTUALLY FOLLOWING THOSE CONTROLS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF PART TWO IF YOU WILL, OF THE ACTUAL AUDIT.

AND THEN PART THREE IS WHEN THE BOARD APPROVES THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS.

AND THEN WE GET A COPY OF THOSE REPORTS AND WE WILL AUDIT THOSE MAKE SURE THAT THE BALANCES ARE CORRECT.

WE'LL LOOK AT CLASSIFYING FUNDS AS MAJOR AND NON MAJOR FOR PRESENTATION IN THE REPORT.

AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT TRANSACTIONS. WE'LL FINISH UP WITH THE COMPLIANCE STUFF THAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN STARTING.

AND THEN IT ALL COMES TOGETHER IN THE REPORT AND IT GETS ISSUED TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER, THE FEDERAL CLEARINGHOUSE CDE AND OF COURSE, THE BOARD. SO PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE AUDIT, FROM AN AUDITOR PERSPECTIVE IS THE AUDIT OPINION. AND WE HAVE AN AUDIT OPINION IN THIS REPORT.

IT'S ABOUT THREE PAGES LONG. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THREE PAGES.

DON'T WORRY. THERE'S A PARAGRAPH, THOUGH, THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT UNDER OPINIONS.

AND BASICALLY I'LL JUST READ IT REALLY QUICKLY HERE.

IT SAYS IN OUR OPINION, THE ACCOMPANYING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS REFERRED TO ABOVE PRESENT FAIRLY IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS, THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES, EACH MAJOR FUND AND THE AGGREGATE REMAINING FUND INFORMATION OF YOUR DISTRICT.

SO THAT IS WHAT'S KNOWN AS A CLEAN OPINION. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.

IF IT WAS MODIFIED, IT WOULD SAY, EXCEPT FOR THIS, THIS AND THIS IN WHICH CASE THERE WOULD BE SOME THINGS TO WORK ON.

SO THAT'S A CLEAN OPINION THERE. SO BASICALLY THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FAIRLY STATED, AND THEY'RE PRESENTED IN THE WAY THAT THE STATE COMPTROLLER WANTS THEM.

SO IF YOU'RE EVER CURIOUS AS TO WHY THINGS LOOK THE WAY THEY DO IN THE AUDIT REPORT, IT'S BECAUSE GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS REQUIRE THAT.

SO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INDIVIDUALLY THEY LOOK THEY'RE PRESENTED IN YOUR REPORT THEREAFTER THE OPINION LETTER. SO THOSE ARE PRESENTED THERE THROUGHOUT YOUR REPORT, THERE ARE SEVERAL STATEMENTS. THEN THE NEXT THING THAT COMES IN YOUR REPORT IS THERE'S SOME SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION THAT THE STATE REQUIRES, THINGS LIKE WHAT WAS YOUR ATTENDANCE LIKE? WHAT WAS YOUR P2, WHAT WAS YOUR ANNUAL.

SO THOSE ARE AUDITED. HOW MUCH INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES DID YOU HAVE? DID YOU PASS THE MINIMUM REQUIRED NUMBER OF MINUTES? BECAUSE THERE CAN BE VERY STIFF PENALTIES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE. SO THINGS LIKE THAT ARE PRESENTED IN THE REPORT.

AND THEN THERE'S A BIG SECTION ON THINGS LIKE PENSIONS AND OPEB, AND NOTES ALONG THOSE LINES.

AND THEN AT THE VERY END OF THE REPORT THERE'S SUPPLEMENTARY SECTIONS.

THERE'S ADDITIONAL LETTERS TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER STATE, INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FEDERAL.

AND THEN AT THE VERY END OF THE REPORT, THERE'S SOME FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF A REALLY QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS AND THE REPORT.

AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AT THIS TIME.

I WOULD JUST I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU. I THINK THAT THESE REPORTS ARE REALLY VERY THOROUGH.

AND WHEN YOU THINK THAT IT'D BE DIFFICULT TO READ THEM.

BUT I HAVE FOUND THEM VERY READABLE. AND YOUR FINDINGS ARE, WHEN THERE ARE FINDINGS THAT YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW THOSE GET MODIFIED SO THAT THEY ARE OKAY ARE VERY CLEAR CUT AND WE DO TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE DISTRICT FOR THEIR COOPERATION, FOR THE AUDIT. I DON'T WANT TO NOT MENTION THAT I KNOW AUDITS INHERENTLY ARE INVASIVE.

THEY HAVE TO BE. SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S COOPERATION.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. RESOLUTION 2026-18, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF THE ISSUANCE.

THANK YOU. OF THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, 2026 GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS.

SO WHEN INTEREST RATES CHANGE AND THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE, IT'S FINANCIALLY PRUDENT TO CONSIDER REFINANCING OUR CURRENT OUTSTANDING BONDS.

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BUT CHET WANG FROM KEYGENT, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS, WILL PROVIDE MORE IN-DEPTH INFORMATION ON THE POTENTIAL SAVINGS AND THE PROCESS.

THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT BAHMANOU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

SUPERINTENDENT WIEN. AS MISS ECKLEY MENTIONED, INTEREST RATES ARE FAVORABLE AND THE DISTRICT HAS A OPPORTUNITY TO REFINANCE PRIOR BONDS FOR TAXPAYER SAVINGS. SO BEFORE THE BOARD THIS EVENING, OUR LEGAL DOCUMENTS, WHICH, IF APPROVED, WOULD ALLOW US TO REFINANCE THOSE BONDS. SO WE'LL COVER THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, THE ESTIMATED SAVINGS.

AND THEN NICK HEUER, YOUR BOND COUNCIL FROM STRADLING, WILL THEN COVER A SUMMARY OF THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND NEXT STEPS.

SO IN LOOKING AT THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT, THIS IS OVER A 12 MONTH PERIOD.

AND THIS IS SPECIFIC TO MUNICIPAL BONDS. YOU CAN SEE IN APRIL 2025 INTEREST RATES SPIKED FOLLOWING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TARIFFS ON FOREIGN COUNTRIES. FOLLOWING THAT PERIOD, THE FED DID GO AND CUT RATES THREE TIMES AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR 2025, AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE TODAY IS ABOUT ONE PERCENTAGE POINT LOWER THAN WHERE WE WERE IN THE HIGHS OF 2025.

SO THE LOWER THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT, THE GREATER THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOCK IN LOWER RATES.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE PRIOR DISTRICT ISSUANCES, REFUNDING BONDS THAT WERE ISSUED IN 2014 AND TWO SERIES THAT WERE ISSUED IN 2016.

THE BEST ANALOGY FOR A REFUNDING BOND IS SIMILAR TO A MORTGAGE REFINANCING, WHERE WE PAY OFF HIGHER RATE DEBT WITH LOWER RATE DEBT.

THE ONE DIFFERENCE THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE WITH A BOND REFINANCING IS WE CANNOT EXTEND THE ORIGINAL REPAYMENT TERM.

SO ALL OF THE SAVINGS ACHIEVED ARE A FUNCTION OF LOWER INTEREST RATES.

THE BONDS ARE SOLD ON A TAX EXEMPT BASIS AND THE COSTS ARE PAID OUT OF REFUNDING BOND PROCEEDS.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS HERE, BUT WE'LL LOOK AT JUST THE BOTTOM NUMBER.

THE ESTIMATED SAVINGS IS ABOUT $1.3 MILLION. AND APOLOGIES FOR SOME OF THE FORMATTING THERE.

THE ANNUAL SAVINGS OR THE REDUCTION FOR TAXPAYERS IS ABOUT $150,000 PER YEAR.

SO WHAT YOU CAN SEE ON THAT TABLE TO THE LEFT IS THE ORIGINAL BONDS HAVE A FINAL PAYMENT IN 2035.

THE NEW BONDS HAVE A FINAL PAYMENT IN 2035. HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THE REDUCTION IN THE INTEREST RATE IS ABOUT 0.6%.

AND THE DISTRICT HAS A FAIRLY GOOD TRACK RECORD.

SO FIVE REFINANCING IS GOING BACK TO 2012 WHERE YOU SAVED 3 MILLION, 3 MILLION, 3 MILLION, 5 MILLION, IN TOTAL, $18.8 MILLION OF SAVINGS.

AND WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY ESTIMATING FOR THIS ONE IS 1.3 MILLION.

SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO GET A NICE ROUND NUMBER OVER $20 MILLION.

AND THAT REALLY DOES SHOW YOUR TAXPAYERS THAT YOU ARE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THEIR DOLLARS AND LOWERING THE COSTS WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. HEUER.

JEFF, IT'S GOOD TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU AGAIN THIS EVENING.

SO IF APPROVED THIS EVENING, THE RESOLUTION WOULD AUTHORIZE THE DISTRICT TO ISSUE REFUNDING BONDS TO REFINANCE THOSE WAS 2014 AND 2016 WERE FUNDING BONDS THAT CHET DESCRIBED FOR TAXPAYER SAVINGS, 100% OF THE BENEFIT OF THE REFUNDING GOES TO THE THE BENEFIT OF THE TAXPAYERS.

IT'S THE ONLY GOVERNMENTAL ACTION THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE BOARD IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE REFUNDING BONDS. AND THE RESOLUTION SPECIFIES THE BASIC TERMS AND PARAMETERS AND FORMS THE BONDS, AND PROVIDES A NOT TO EXCEED PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $45 MILLION, AND AUTHORIZES THE BONDS TO BE SOLD AT A NEGOTIATED SALE, AS WELL AS AUTHORIZES THE DISTRICT STAFF TO DO ANY AND ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE FINANCING. IT ALSO APPROVES THE CENTRAL FINANCING DOCUMENTS, WHICH ARE ALSO LISTED ON THIS SLIDE.

SO THE PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT IS THE OFFERING DOCUMENT, AND IT'S THE MEANS BY WHICH THE DISTRICT COMMUNICATES WITH THE INVESTING COMMUNITY.

AND INVESTORS WILL MAKE THEIR INVESTMENT DECISION WHETHER TO BUY YOUR BONDS AND AT WHAT PRICE BASED ON THE CONTENTS OF THAT DOCUMENT.

SO BECAUSE OF THAT, IT'S GOVERNED BY A FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS, WHICH ARE MEANT TO PROTECT INVESTORS.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE STANDARD FOR UNDER SECURITIES LAWS IS THAT DOCUMENT HAS TO CONTAIN ALL MATERIAL INFORMATION AN INVESTOR WOULD NEED TO KNOW BEFORE BUYING THE DISTRICT'S BONDS.

SO WITH THAT IN MIND, WE INCLUDE TOPICS IN THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT REGARDING, YOU KNOW, THE SECURITY FOR THE REPAYMENT, WHICH IS THE AD VALOREM TAX LEVY, THE TAX BASE UPON WHICH THAT AD VALOREM TAX GETS LEVIED INFORMATION ABOUT THE DISTRICT'S FINANCES.

THE MOST RECENT AUDIT THAT WAS JUST PRESENTED WILL BE AN APPENDIX TO THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT,

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THE PURCHASE CONTRACT IS THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNDERWRITER AND THE DISTRICT UNDER WHICH THE UNDERWRITER AGREES TO BUY THE DISTRICT'S BONDS, AND IT ALSO ESTABLISHES THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE CLOSING AND WILL CONTAIN THE FINAL INTEREST RATES.

THE CONTINUING DISCLOSURE CERTIFICATE. SO JUST LIKE THE DISTRICT HAS DONE FOR ALL PUBLICLY SOLD OFFERINGS IN THE PAST, YOU'LL AGREE AT THE CLOSING OF THE REFUNDING BONDS TO PROVIDE INVESTORS WITH AN ANNUAL UPDATE OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT SO THEY CAN KEEP TRACK OF THE DISTRICT AS THE YEARS GO BY. IN THE ESCROW AGREEMENT IS THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE ESCROW AGENT IN WHICH THE ESCROW AGENT IS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS ON PROVIDING THE HOLDERS OF THE REFUNDED BONDS THE PROPER NOTICE THAT THEIR BONDS ARE BEING CALLED FOR REDEMPTION, AND IT ALSO GOVERNS THE DEPOSIT OF THE PROCEEDS AND THE USE OF THOSE PROCEEDS TO REDEEM THE BONDS.

SO, IF APPROVED, THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE TO UPDATE THE DISTRICT'S CREDIT RATING WITH STANDARD AND POOR'S IN EARLY MARCH.

THE POS WILL GET CIRCULATED TO PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS IN LATE MARCH, WITH THE SALE DATE OCCURRING IN EARLY APRIL THAT'S THE DATE THAT THE INTEREST RATES ARE LOCKED IN AND THE SAVINGS ARE LOCKED IN. AND THEN AFTER THAT, THE CLOSING WILL OCCUR IN EARLY MAY.

WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. YOU HAD ME AT PAGE THREE.

IF WE'RE GOING TO SAVE MONEY FOR THE COMMUNITY, THERE'S NO QUESTION HERE. YEAH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL MOVE. I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THE MOTION PASSES. SUPERINTENDENT. POTENTIAL BOND REVIEW OF RESOLUTION ORDERING ELECTION AND BOND PROJECT LIST.

YES. OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, BONITA UNIFIED HAS EXPLORED THE POSSIBILITY OF PLACING A MEASURE ON THE JUNE 2ND BALLOT REGARDING A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, WHICH WILL HELP US UPGRADE AND ENGAGE IN CRITICALLY NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR DISTRICT FACILITIES.

TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THAT PROCESS, OUR CURRENT BONDS AND THE DRAFT OF A POTENTIAL RESOLUTION.

AS A REMINDER TO THE COMMUNITY, CRITICAL FUNDING IS NEEDED FOR OUR FACILITIES.

AND WE HAVE FIVE TOP PRIORITIES. THOSE ARE NUMBER ONE, REPLACING OUR 40 YEAR OLD HVAC SYSTEMS. NUMBER TWO, REPAIRING OUR PLUMBING SYSTEMS, MANY OF WHICH ARE OVER 55 YEARS OLD.

NUMBER THREE, ENHANCING OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY MEASURES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

NUMBER FOUR, ENSURING ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO MODERN SCIENCE LABS.

NUMBER FIVE INCREASING FACILITY SPACE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

TONIGHT WE WILL HEAR FROM JOY KUMMER FROM TEAMCIVX.

AND WE WILL HEAR ONCE AGAIN FROM CHET WANG AND NICK HEUER.

WE WILL START WITH JOY.

GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CABINET, SUPERINTENDENT.

I'M JOY KUMMER WITH TEAMCIVX. WE ARE A CONSULTING FIRM THAT WORKS WITH DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ON POTENTIAL BOND MEASURES. TONIGHT, WE ALSO HAVE CHET AND NICK WITH US FROM KEYGENT AND STRADLING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AS WE'RE PREPARING FOR A POTENTIAL GO BOND FOR THE DISTRICT.

SO RECENTLY, THE DISTRICT DID DO A SURVEY WITH THE COMMUNITY TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF A POTENTIAL BOND MEASURE. AND WE DID SEE POSITIVE RESULTS. IN ORDER FOR A GO BOND TO BE SUCCESSFUL, YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM THERE IT REQUIRES 55% SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY. OUR QUESTION DID ASK PEOPLE ABOUT A $59 PER $100,000 OF ASSESSED VALUATION BOND, WHICH WOULD RAISE ABOUT $256 MILLION.

THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES THAT THE COMMUNITY SAID THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO SUPPORT MATCH THOSE SAME PRIORITIES THAT THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN COMMUNICATING ABOUT. THIS SHOWS THAT THERE IS VERY GOOD ALIGNMENT WITH THE VALUES OF THE THINGS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN THINKING OF DOING, AND THE THINGS THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ALSO AGREE TO SUPPORT.

YOU CAN SEE IN HERE, YOU KNOW, REMOVING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, HELPING PREPARE STUDENTS FOR SKILLED TRADES, UPGRADING FIRE ALARMS, LEAKY ROOFS, FIRE SAFETY SYSTEMS, GAS AND SEWER LINES OUTDATED ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AND 40 YEAR OLD AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS, WHICH ARE ACTUALLY OLDER.

OH. SO AGAIN, VERY GOOD ALIGNMENT WITH THE THINGS THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH.

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WE HAD INITIAL SUPPORT AT 57%, SO ABOVE THE 55% SUPPORT THAT WAS NEEDED.

PARTICIPANTS WERE THEN GIVEN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD BE DOING.

THEY WERE TOLD MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THERE WERE ACCOUNTABILITY PROVISIONS.

ALL OF THOSE THAT WILL BE GONE OVER HERE AND YOU CAN SEE THAT SUPPORT AFTER THAT EDUCATION WAS RECEIVED, WENT UP TO 61%. SO WE DO THINK THAT THIS JUNE IS A GOOD ENVIRONMENT FOR THE DISTRICT TO MOVE FORWARD.

THERE WAS A LOOK AT RESULTS COMPARING JUNE TO NOVEMBER, AND WE HONESTLY SAW NO DIFFERENCE IN THE RESULTS.

SO IT WOULD NOT MATTER IF THE DISTRICT WENT IN JUNE OR NOVEMBER.

THE RESULTS AND THE NUMBERS WERE THE SAME. SO A QUICK OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE MATERIALS AND OUTREACH THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. I WANT TO SAY IT'S PROBABLY BEEN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW.

WE HAVE BEEN CREATING INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN SENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT HELP DEFINE THE NEED.

WE HAD FOUND PREVIOUSLY THAT PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY REALLY BELIEVED THAT THE SCHOOLS WERE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

THEY ARE INCREDIBLY HIGH PERFORMING AND THEY JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS DO NOT HAVE CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS, AND THEY DRIVE BY AND THEY SEE BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS, AND THEY KNOW THAT FAMILIES MOVE HERE FOR THE HIGH QUALITY SCHOOLS.

SO THEY JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE NEED. SO A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS PAST YEAR IS HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S UNDERNEATH AND SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY FACING SOME OF THE SCHOOLS. SO WE'VE BEEN DOING COMMUNICATIONS WITH A MAIL THAT HAS GONE OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.

SO YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THOSE PIECES THAT WENT OUT.

THE LAST MAIL PIECE WE HAD ACTUALLY HAD QR CODES WHERE PEOPLE COULD SCAN AND GO STRAIGHT TO VIDEOS, WHERE WE HAD A TEACHER TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH THE OLDER SCIENCE CLASSROOMS. WE ALSO HAD A STUDENT TALKING ABOUT WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS FAILED.

SO AGAIN, PEOPLE COULD HEAR FROM ACTUAL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WHO HAD BEEN IMPACTED BY SOME OF THESE CHANGES SO THAT THEY COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING ON IN THE SCHOOLS. WE'VE BEEN USING SOCIAL MEDIA AND SHARING THAT OUT THROUGH THE SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.

WE PUT TOGETHER AN FAQ AND A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.

I KNOW THAT YOUR SUPERINTENDENT AND CABINET MEMBERS HAVE BEEN GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, PRESENTING AT EVERY AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY HAD TO SHARE THIS WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

AND WE DO HAVE A DEDICATED PAGE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.

IN ADDITION, WE DID FORM A QUARTERLY FACILITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THIS HAD YOUR PRINCIPALS AND PARENTS FROM EACH OF THOSE COMMUNITY SCHOOL SITES COME TOGETHER.

I WOULD SAY MOST OF THE MEETINGS HAD BETWEEN 50 AND 100 PEOPLE AT THEM BEING ABLE TO RECEIVE INFORMATION, BUT ALSO HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN BETTER COMMUNICATE OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT TO INFORM HOW WE CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE OUT.

SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT OVER THESE PAST FEW MONTHS, AND WE REALLY THINK THAT THAT HELPED INCREASE SUPPORT FOR THIS POTENTIAL BOND.

WE CERTAINLY SAW THAT IN THIS MOST RECENT SURVEY.

SO AGAIN JUST KIND OF TAKING A LOOK, THESE ARE THE MAILERS THAT I MENTIONED THAT HAD GONE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, PICTURES REALLY SHOWING PEOPLE SOME OF THE NEEDS.

THOSE RIGHT THERE, THOSE VIDEO CLIPS WITH THE QUOTES FROM THE STUDENT AND THE TEACHER EXPLAINING IT WOULD ENABLE PEOPLE TO REALLY HEAR FROM THOSE FOLKS THEMSELVES. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER PIECE WHERE WE STARTED TO TALK ABOUT THE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AND THEN MEASURES C AND AB, SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE COMPLETED THROUGH THOSE JUST SHOWING GOOD STEWARDSHIP BY THE DISTRICT WITH PRIOR BONDS AS WELL.

SO TAKING A LOOK AT OUR OVERALL TIMELINE, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID, I LIKE THIS TIMELINE BECAUSE YOU'RE SEEING THIS VERTICALLY WITH FOUR DIFFERENT ARROWS, THOSE ARROWS THAT ARE IN BLUE, THEY SHOW YOU THE ITEMS THAT THE DISTRICT CAN DO.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THE DISTRICT CAN DO AS PART OF UNDERSTANDING IF THIS IS FEASIBLE, COMMUNICATING WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE NEED AND THEN PREPARING THE DOCUMENTS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE VOTED ON BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN A FUTURE BOARD MEETING.

THE ARROW CHANGES TO YELLOW THERE AT THE END, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT HAVE TO BE TAKEN UP BY AN INDEPENDENT CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE,

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THEY CAN'T ACTUALLY ASK PEOPLE TO TAKE A POSITION THAT HAS TO BE DONE BY AN INDEPENDENT CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT THAT CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE HAS ALREADY GOT VOLUNTEERS INVOLVED WITH IT, AND THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING SET UP AND STARTING TO BE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT INDEPENDENT CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.

SO WE'VE ALREADY COMPLETED THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.

THERE'S ACTUALLY BEEN A COUPLE STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE FOR THE DISTRICT OVER THE LAST YEAR.

AND AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE REALLY DUG DEEP INTO THIS AWARENESS BUILDING PERIOD WHERE WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO HELP BRING THE COMMUNITY ALONG TO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS THAT ALL THE SCHOOLS AND I THINK WE'VE SEEN THAT POSITIVE RESULT.

SO WE ARE NOW RIGHT HERE AT MAJOR DEVELOPMENT.

SO TONIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT YOU'VE HEARD BEFORE, BUT ALSO A FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU WOULD ULTIMATELY VOTE ON IN ORDER TO PUT THIS BEFORE THE BALLOT.

YOU CAN SEE IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE JUNE BALLOT, YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION BEFORE MARCH 6, 2026 THAT'S JUST A MONTH AWAY NOW. SO WE'VE BEEN PLANNING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WOULD BE READY FOR THAT JUNE ELECTION.

I THINK THIS IS THE END OF ME. SO BEFORE I GO, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION OR THE TIMELINE? ALL RIGHT. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CHET. GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

THESE NEXT THREE SLIDES ARE JUST A REFRESH FROM SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU MIGHT RECALL SEEING IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.

SO WE'LL LOOK AT WHERE BONITA UNIFIED'S TAX RATE IS RELATIVE TO THE OTHER LA COUNTY UNIFIED DISTRICTS.

SO HIGHLIGHTED IN ORANGE, YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE BOTTOM QUARTILE.

THE DISTRICT'S CURRENT BOND TAX RATE IS $67.89.

SO THE DISTRICT IS ON VERY MUCH SO ON THE LOWER END OF SOME OF YOUR PEERS, JUST TO CALL OUT SOME OF THE OTHER ONES.

DUARTE UNIFIED HAS THE HIGHEST TAX RATE IN LA COUNTY AT $212.

YOUR OTHER NEIGHBOR, POMONA UNIFIED AT $169 AND COVINA VALLEY AT $110.

SO IT REALLY GIVES YOU A SENSE OF WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO YOUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS.

AS FAR AS PRIOR BONDS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS PASSED AND APPROVED IT'S MEASURE C FROM 2004 AND MEASURE AB FROM 2008.

SO IT'S BEEN 18 YEARS SINCE YOUR LAST SUCCESSFUL BOND MEASURE.

MEASURE C HAS A FINAL TAX RATE IN 2031. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ON THE CHART IT DROPS BECAUSE THEN IT'S ONLY MEASURE AB WHICH HAS ITS FINAL TAX RATE IN 2038. AND IF THE DISTRICT WERE TO PURSUE A NEW MEASURE, THE TOP RIGHT CHART SHOWS A LEVEL $59 TAX RATE WHERE EACH COLOR REPRESENTS A SERIES OF BONDS UNDER A NEW PROSPECTIVE MEASURE.

SO UNDER A $59 TAX RATE, RELATIVELY CONSERVATIVE ASSUMPTIONS ON INTEREST RATES AND ASSESSED VALUE GROWTH, YOU CAN SEE ON THE VERY BOTTOM, IF WE ISSUE BONDS EVERY THREE YEARS IN EQUAL INSTALLMENTS, THAT SCHEDULE CAN CHANGE. WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 256 MILLION AS TO WHAT A JUNE 2026 MEASURE AT $59 COULD GENERATE, AND THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CHART SHOWS THE OUTSTANDING BONDS WITH PROSPECTIVE BONDS REPRESENTED IN GREEN IF THOSE ARE APPROVED. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE SLIDES? SO THESE NUMBERS AND THE ONES BEFORE THIS IS BEFORE THE REFINANCE.

THAT'S CORRECT. SO IT SHOULD BE EVEN LOWER. IT WOULD BE A TAD LOWER. YES THAT'S CORRECT.

SO OVER TO NICK. SO IF THE DISTRICT DOES DECIDE TO PLACE THE MEASURE ON THE BALLOT THE ELECTION WILL BE CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF PROPOSITION 39, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS OF THE STATE IN NOVEMBER OF 2000, AND IT LOWERED THE VOTER THRESHOLD FOR A SUCCESSFUL MEASURE FROM THE PREVIOUS TWO THIRDS SUPERMAJORITY TO THE 55% SUPERMAJORITY REQUIREMENT.

IT ALSO EXPANDED THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT CAN BE UNDERTAKEN SO BOND PROCEEDS CAN BE SPENT ON CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OR REPLACEMENT OF SCHOOL FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOL FACILITIES.

SO, PRIOR TO PROPOSITION 39, YOU COULDN'T SPEND BOND MONEY ON EQUIPMENT.

AND THIS WAS IN RECOGNITION OF THE FACT THAT AS WE ENTERED THE 21ST CENTURY, TECHNOLOGY BECAME AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CLASSROOM.

AND YOU KNOW, PROPOSITION 39 RECOGNIZED THAT TO EXPAND THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT COULD BE UNDERTAKEN.

PROP 39 ALSO REQUIRES THAT VOTERS BE PRESENTED WITH A SPECIFIC [INAUDIBLE] PROJECT LIST, WHICH WE'LL GO OVER WHEN WE GET TO THE RESOLUTION PORTION OF THIS

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YOU KNOW, IN IN ADDITION TO LOWERING THE VOTER THRESHOLD AS A CONDITION FOR MAKING IT EASIER TO PASS A SCHOOL BOND, PROPOSITION 39 ALSO IMPLEMENTED A MORE A MORE STRINGENT FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY REGIME.

SO THE DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO UNDERTAKE INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL AND PERFORMANCE AUDITS EVERY YEAR THAT BOND PROCEEDS ARE BEING SPENT, AND ALSO TO FORM A CITIZENS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE EXPENDITURES.

SO IN ORDER TO PLACE A BOND MEASURE ON THE BALLOT, THE BOARD MUST APPROVE A RESOLUTION ORDERING A BOND MEASURE ELECTION BY TWO THIRDS OF VOTE OF THE BOARD. SO FOR A BOARD CONSISTING OF FIVE MEMBERS, THAT'S 4 OR 5 MEMBERS VOTING YES AND PRESENT.

AND YOU KNOW, I THINK AT THIS POINT, WE ALL JUST WALK THROUGH THE, THE CONTENTS OF THE RESOLUTION AND SORT OF DESCRIBE IN BROAD TERMS WHAT THE PURPOSES ARE OF EACH PORTION OF THE RESOLUTION. AND SO IF YOU WANT, IT'S IN YOUR PACKET IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE RESOLUTION.

SO YOU KNOW, THE RESOLUTION IS BROKEN UP INTO THREE PARTS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S PAGES ONE THROUGH FIVE. THE EXHIBIT A, WHICH IS THE 75 WORD BALLOT QUESTION, WHICH IS WHAT VOTERS VOTE YES OR NO ON. AND THEN THERE'S EXHIBIT B, WHICH IS THE BOND PROJECT LIST THAT'S REQUIRED UNDER PROPOSITION 39.

AND THE SORT OF DETAIL OF WHAT TYPES OF PROJECTS ARE TO BE UNDERTAKEN.

SO THE WHEREAS CLAUSES, THE FIRST 12 WHEREAS CLAUSES ARE SORT OF THE POLITICAL TABLE SETTERS AND SORT OF DESCRIBES THE CONDITION OF THE DISTRICT, WHICH SORT OF RESULTED IN THE BOARD'S DECISION TO PLACE THE MEASURE ON THE BALLOT.

THE REST OF THE WHEREAS CLAUSES ARE RECITATIONS OF PROPOSITION 39, THE ELECTION CODE, AND THE LAW RELATING TO PLACING A MEASURE ON THE BALLOT.

SECTION 1 OF THE RESOLUTION ORDERS AND DIRECTS THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS TO CONDUCT THE ELECTION AND CONSOLIDATE IT, WITH ALL OTHER ELECTIONS BEING HELD IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.

SECTION 2 IDENTIFIES THE ELECTION DATE, WHICH IS JUNE 2ND, 2026.

SECTION 3 DETAILS ALL THE PROPOSITION 39 REQUIREMENTS.

AND THEN THE REST OF THE TEXT OF THE INITIAL PART OF THE RESOLUTION CONTAINS ALL THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY FOR A VALID ELECTION ORDER.

EXHIBIT A IS THE 75 WORD BALLOT QUESTION. AND AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS WHAT THE VOTERS VOTE YES OR NO ON.

THE 75 WORD BALLOT QUESTION HAS TO CONTAIN, YOU KNOW, BY LAW, THE NAME OF THE DISTRICT, THE PURPOSES OF THE MEASURE, THE AMOUNT OF THE, OF THE BONDS, SO NOT TO EXCEED PRINCIPAL AMOUNT, THE MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE IT HAS TO RECITE THE ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENTS OF PROP 39.

IT HAS TO DESCRIBE THE, THE RATE AND DURATION OF THE TAX AND ALSO HAS TO CONTAIN THE PHRASE SHALL THE MEASURE BE ADOPTED.

SO, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY 40% OR SO OF THE 75 BALLOT QUESTION IS REQUIRED TO BE, YOU KNOW, PRESENTED BY LAW.

SO IT DOESN'T LEAVE A LOT OF ROOM FOR FOR ANYTHING ELSE.

EXHIBIT B IS THE BOND PROJECT LIST. UNLIKE THE 75 BALLOT QUESTION, THERE'S NO WORD COUNT TO THE BOND PROJECT LIST. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT YOU KNOW, THE CERTAIN PROJECTS ARE ORGANIZED UNDER HEADINGS THAT ARE MEANT TO DESCRIBE THE OUTCOMES THAT THE DISTRICT HOPES TO ACHIEVE THROUGH THE BOND PROJECTS.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE WORDS ARE BOLDED, SOME OF THEM ARE IN BULLET POINTS, SOME ARE IN, YOU KNOW, THE LARGE PARAGRAPH THAT YOU KNOW, SUCCEEDS THE ITEMS UNDER THE, THE DIFFERENT SUBHEADINGS.

ALL OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE EQUAL STATURE UNDER THE LAW.

AND AND YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, AUTHORITY TO UNDERTAKE ANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE DESCRIBED IN THE BOND PROJECT LIST.

YOU KNOW, I SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THE LAW REQUIRES THAT THE PROJECTS BE DESCRIBED BY TYPE.

SO THERE'S A APPELLATE COURT DECISION INTERPRETING THE LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY THAT'S REQUIRED IN A BOND MEASURE.

AND THE COURT DETERMINED THAT, YOU KNOW, VOTERS DO NOT NEED TO KNOW THE MINUTIA OF WHAT ROOF NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED.

IT'S ENOUGH TO SAY, YOU KNOW, REPAIR OR REPLACE ROOFS AS THE IDENTIFIED BOND PROJECT.

SO THAT'S SORT OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE RESOLUTION AND THE EXHIBITS.

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JUST A QUICK. I HAVE JUST A QUICK ONE. SURE. IN THE BEGINNING OF THE RESOLUTION AND THEN ELSEWHERE IN THE RESOLUTION LIKE GOALS AND PURPOSES, IT MENTIONS OUR PLUMBING, WHICH IS IN SOME AREAS 55 YEARS OLD OR MORE.

BUT IN THE ACTUAL EXHIBIT A, IT DOESN'T SAY PLUMBING ANYWHERE.

SO IS THAT CONTAINED UNDER THE UPDATE REPAIR CONSTRUCT THE CLASSROOM SITES, FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT.

IS IT? AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. IT IS SO AND THE PHRASE THAT YOU JUST RECITED THE UPDATE, REPAIR, CONSTRUCT, ACQUIRE CLASSROOM SITES, FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, THAT'S SORT OF WHAT WE CONSIDER THE MAGIC WORDS OF THE 75 WORD STATEMENT THAT ALLOWS YOU TO UNDERTAKE ANY PROJECT THAT YOU WANT TO UNDERTAKE.

AND SO THAT'S MEANT TO CAPTURE EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE BOND PROJECT LIST.

THAT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED IN THE 75 BALLOT QUESTION.

THAT'S THE HOOK IN THE 75 WORD STATEMENT TO ALLOW FOR THOSE PROJECTS TO BE UNDERTAKEN.

SO THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. YEAH. I WAS READING IT.

IT SAYS SAFETY. WHAT IS INCLUDED IN SAFETY? I'M NOT SURE.

YEAH FOR US. SO PART OF IT IS FIRE ALARMS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS. WE WANT TO REDO SOME PERIMETER FENCING LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AT THE TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

WE WANT TO RECONFIGURE HOW THE ENTRANCES ARE.

ETC. ETC. SO THINGS LIKE THAT.

OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS PART? NO, I THINK YOU ANSWERED IT BUT THE MAIN POINT I GOT WAS FACILITIES. IS THE WHOLE FACILITY CORRECT? LIKE THE WHOLE CAMPUS? CORRECT. PERFECT.

OKAY. OTHER PIECES TO KIND OF CLOSE IT OUT SO, YOU KNOW, AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO COME UP FOR AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS.

AND SO TONIGHT IS THE FIRST LOOK AT THIS. RIGHT? AND THEN THIS WILL COME BACK IN FOR THE MARCH 4TH BOARD MEETING.

AT THAT POINT WE WILL OR YOU ALL WILL VOTE. IF VOTED BY TWO THIRDS MAJORITY THEN WE WILL TAKE THIS DOWN TO THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE ON MARCH 5TH TO HAVE IT FINALIZED TO PUT ON THE BALLOT FOR JUNE 2ND.

SO YOU GOT ONE DAY LEAD TIME TILL MARCH 6TH, THEN? YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO GET IT ON THURSDAY. [LAUGHTER] DEADLINE'S FRIDAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT THURSDAY. THAT'S RIGHT. [LAUGHTER] ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THOUGHTS ON THIS PART? I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TEAMCIVX JOY AND JOY AND ALSO FROM KEYGENT AND STRADLING NICK AND CHET, YOU'VE BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS. BE IMPOSSIBLE TO DO THE PROCESS WITHOUT THE FOUR OF YOU.

SO APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS. THANK YOU.

MORE ABOUT THINGS IN THE DISTRICT, AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

BUT STILL, EVEN TO KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT IT'S BEEN 18 YEARS SINCE WE DID A BOND MEASURE.

I MEAN, WE SEE THE DATES, BUT YOU'RE JUST NOT CALCULATING IT.

IT REALLY HAS BEEN A LONG TIME. I WORKED ON THAT ONE, BUT IT WAS 18 YEARS AGO AND 18 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS A PRINCIPAL.

THE PLUMBING AND AIR CONDITIONING WAS A PROBLEM THEN, AND IT'S 18 YEARS LATER.

SO YEAH. THANK YOU. RECEIVED FIRST READING OF BOARD POLICIES.

YES. TONIGHT WE HAVE SEVERAL MORE TO GO THROUGH FOR FIRST READ.

REVISIONS REFLECT CHANGES IN THE LAW THAT REQUIRE THE BOARD TO UPDATE POLICIES BY LAWS AND REGULATIONS.

THESE WILL COME BACK NEXT MONTH FOR A SECOND READ.

RECEIVE FIRST READING OF BOARD POLICIES, WAIVE SECOND READING.

SO WE JUST HAD A BATCH OF POLICIES FOR FIRST READ.

WE HAVE ANOTHER BATCH FOR A FIRST READ. BUT WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TONIGHT TO WAIVE THE SECOND READ OF THOSE.

AND THESE POLICIES ARE RELATED TO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. THE BACKGROUND ON THAT 1ST JANUARY 20TH, RECEIVED POLICY UPDATE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM CSBA RELATED TO AB 495 THE FAMILY PREPAREDNESS PLAN ACT ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 23RD, NOTIFIED BY CSBA THAT THESE AMENDMENTS REQUIRE THE POLICY UPDATES BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED TO THE CDE BY MARCH 1ST.

SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH BYLAW 9310, THE BOARD CAN WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT OF THE SECOND READ OF POLICY REVISIONS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AND APPROVE THE POLICIES AT THE SAME BOARD MEETING. SO I'M RECOMMENDING THAT THE BOARD WAIVE THE SECOND READING OF THESE POLICY REVISIONS AND APPROVE THEM TONIGHT.

THAT ALLOWS US TO SUBMIT BY MARCH 1ST. DO I HAVE A MOTION?

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CAN I MAKE A QUICK COMMENT? IT'S NOT DISCUSSION, BUT IT'S JUST A QUICK COMMENT.

SURE. AS BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE INFORMED OF, LIKE, WE'RE GIVEN THE MATERIAL FOR FIRST READINGS, AND WE ALL TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. WE CAN GIVE FEEDBACK IF WE SEE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE CHANGES, ETC. NOT ONLY DID WE GET INFORMATION ABOUT FIRST READINGS, BUT ALSO IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE DONE QUICKLY.

WE GOT IT NOT ONLY FROM THE DISTRICT, BUT WE GET IT THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION.

THEY SEND US NEWSLETTERS REGULARLY. 3 OR 4 A MONTH AND WE GET CAUGHT UP ON THAT.

SO IT WAS INTERESTING THAT AT LEAST I'M SO PLEASED THAT I WORK IN A DISTRICT WHERE I'M TOLD, YOU KNOW, VIA ORGANIZATIONS, THIS IS COMING DOWN THE LINE IN THE VERY NEXT TIME I SEE MY SUPERINTENDENT, HE'S SAYING, HEY, WE GOT TO DO THIS. SO IT WAS GREAT THAT WE HAD SUCH A QUICK TURNAROUND AND IT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. HUMAN RESOURCES CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE INITIAL PROPOSALS FOR NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION AND ITS CHAPTER #21 AND THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN AT 7:10. IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3547 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE, CSEA AND THE DISTRICT ARE SUBMITTING THEIR INITIAL PROPOSALS TO OPEN NEGOTIATIONS.

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

PER ARTICLE 19 OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND CSEA, AND IS CHAPTER 21.

THE PARTIES AGREE TO COMMENCE REOPENING NEGOTIATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COMPENSATION, WHICH INCLUDES SALARY AND HEALTH AND WELFARE BENEFITS, AND TO ARTICLES OF CHOICE BY THE DISTRICT OR ASSOCIATION.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AT 7:11 P.M.

ADOPT THE INITIAL PROPOSAL FOR NEGOTIATIONS FROM THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION AND ITS CHAPTER 21, #21, TO THE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE IT. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. ADOPT THE INITIAL PROPOSAL FOR THE NEGOTIATIONS FROM THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION AND ITS CHAPTER #21 FOR THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR.

SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES.

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE INITIAL PROPOSAL FOR THE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE BONITA UNIFIED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AND THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN AT 7:12, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3547 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE.

BUTA AND THE DISTRICT ARE SUBMITTING THEIR INITIAL PROPOSALS TO OPEN NEGOTIATIONS.

FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE BOARD WILL NEED TO CONSIDER ADOPTING BOTH PROPOSALS PER ARTICLE 26 OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND BUTA.

THE PARTIES AGREED TO COMMENCE NEGOTIATIONS ON SALARY, HEALTH AND WELFARE BENEFITS AND TWO ARTICLES OF CHOICE BY BOTH PARTIES.

ANY DISCUSSIONS? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AT 7:13.

ADOPT THE INITIAL PROPOSAL FOR NEGOTIATION FROM THE BONITA UNIFIED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION TO THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES. ADOPT THE INITIAL PROPOSALS FOR NEGOTIATIONS FROM THE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE UNIFIED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR. IS THERE A MOTION? MOVED.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

REPORTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT.

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

THOSE ARE MY PEOPLE OUT THERE. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS OUT THERE. FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR KIDS. DEEPLY GRATEFUL.

YOUR IMPACT GOES FAR BEYOND WHAT WE CAN SEE AND COLLECT DATA ON.

IT'S LIKE YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT OUTCOMES YOU DO HAVE.

SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. ONE OF OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS, WHO IS NOW THE CTE COUNSELOR,

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AND NOW HE'S A HELICOPTER MECHANIC WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, SO HE GOT TO SHOW WHAT HE DOES.

AND LAPD, LAFD DEPARTMENT OF WATER POWER. THEY CAME OUT THERE, SHOWED THEM THEY GOT TO HANG OUT INSIDE THE HELICOPTER, INSIDE THE HANGAR AND JUST LEARN OTHER CAREERS BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND LIKE COPS OR FIRE, BUT THEY SEE WHAT OTHER KIND OF JOBS ARE IN THAT FIELD. THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THEY HAVE AN 8:00 TO 5:00 WORKING IN THE SAME DEPARTMENT. I KNOW THE BUS RIDE TO VAN NUYS DURING THIS TIME IN THE MORNING WAS LONG AND THE WAY BACK, I THINK THE BUS RIDE WAS LONGER THAN THE PRESENTATION, BUT MY SON HAD A GREAT TIME.

A LOT OF KIDS GOT A LOT OUT OF IT, SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO DO A BIG SHOUT OUT TO VANESSA TILFORD.

SHE'S GONE WAY ABOVE AND BEYOND IN HER NEW ROLE AND ORGANIZING SUCH A MEANINGFUL ACTIVITY FOR OUR KIDS.

AND THEN TODAY WAS A FUN DAY. WE HAD A COUPLE LOCKDOWNS AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.

HAPPY TO KNOW EVERYONE WAS SAFE. I WANT TO THANK SINCERELY THANK ALL THE STAFF AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL AND THE LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR EFFORTS.

I KNOW PICKING UP KIDS. A LOT OF PEOPLE PICKED UP THEIR STUDENTS AND THERE WAS A LINE LONGER THAN DISNEYLAND, SOME OF THOSE RIDES THERE. I KNOW IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING, BUT WE WANTED TO DO SO AND EVERYONE DID COME OUT SAFE.

DO SO AS CAREFULLY AS WE CAN, AS CAUTIOUSLY AS WE CAN.

AND I KNOW WE'RE DISCUSSING AND THINKING ABOUT A BOND AND JUST KNOWING CAMERAS ARE OUT THERE AND MORE SAFETY FOR OUR KIDS, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THING I WANT TO GIVE.

LIKE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE KNOWING YOUR KIDS WILL COME HOME SAFE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO. SO IF THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE BOND, THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SUPPORT. AND THAT'S IT FOR ME.

GOOD EVENING. PART OF THE APPROVALS THIS EVENING INCLUDED RECOGNIZING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

I YAY, WOMEN. AND BOTH OF OUR TEAMS FROM BONITA AND SAN DIMAS, I BELIEVE, ARE BOTH MOVING FORWARD IN WOMEN'S WATER POLO. SO THEY ARE REALLY AWESOME PROGRAMS, AND I HOPE THOSE GIRLS DO REALLY WELL.

WE HELD SEPARATELY IN A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION THAT I AM PART OF.

WE HELD A CAREER SUPPORT PROGRAM OVER AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL FOR 18 YOUNG WOMEN, SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS.

AND IT WAS SO GREAT TO SPEND AN AFTERNOON WITH THEM.

AND WE'RE GOING BACK IN TWO WEEKS TO SPEND AN ENTIRE DAY JUST WATCHING THOSE GIRLS DIG INTO THE TYPES OF CAREERS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO. AND ONE OF THEM, FOR EXAMPLE, IS SHE'S JUST DETERMINED TO GO INTO CONSTRUCTION, AND SHE HAS BIG PLANS. AND IT WAS JUST IT'S REALLY NICE TO HEAR THEM SOMETIMES GO INTO THINKING ABOUT GOING INTO NONTRADITIONAL CAREERS.

I ALSO GOT TO SEE CINDERELLA THIS MONTH, AND IT WAS SO FANTASTIC.

AND TO SEE SO MANY CHILDREN ACROSS THE GRADE LEVELS ELEMENTARY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE PROGRAM, AND I SO ENJOYED IT. AND KUDOS TO EVERYONE WHO HELPS PUT THESE ON, THEY REALLY ARE NOT JUST FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY ARE REALLY FOR OUR WHOLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IT WAS A VERY, VERY NICE PRODUCTION. AND ALSO I WAS ABLE TO GO ALSO TO EKSTRAND TO LISTEN TO JUST SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR FACILITIES AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND IN IMPROVING THE DISTRICT. AND I WAS ABLE TO TALK TO A FEW MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AFTERWARDS.

AND WHEN I TALKED TO THEM ABOUT HAVING AIR CONDITIONING THAT'S OVER 40 YEARS OLD THAT WE'VE ONLY MADE REPAIRS TO JUST KIND OF KEEP IT GOING. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PLUMBING THAT I LITERALLY SEE, I MEAN, WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL SCHOOLS, BUT SOMETIMES YOU'LL WALK AFTER A HEAVY RAIN AND THERE'S WHOLE SIDEWALKS WIPED OUT BECAUSE WE CAN'T DRAIN THAT WATER AWAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING HAD A SCHOOL CLOSE IN THIS LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF RESTROOMS THAT ARE SHUT DOWN.

I JUST THINK THAT IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR NOT ONLY FOR ALL OF US TO KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT EVERYONE I'VE TALKED TO SINCE THEN, IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, ALARM BELLS GOING OFF IN THERE.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY LOOK SO GOOD, THESE SCHOOLS.

BUT WHAT'S UNDERNEATH THEM OR WHAT'S SUPPORTING THEM? YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T SEE. SO THEY APPRECIATED ME SHARING.

AND IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING PROCESS, BUT WE'RE ALL LEARNING FROM IT SO.

AND THAT'S IT. OKAY

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SHE WENT INTO CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.

I HAVE TO SAY THESE THINGS BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER IS VERY HAS NATURAL LEADERSHIP ABILITY.

AND IF I DON'T KIND OF POINT OUT THAT WOMEN CAN DO AN AMAZING JOB IN A VARIETY OF FIELDS, SHE WILL LET ME KNOW ABOUT IT.

SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT FACT.

ANOTHER THING MY DAUGHTER BROUGHT UP WAS AIR CONDITIONING.

WHENEVER THERE'S A PROBLEM, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT OR YOUR WIFE VOLUNTEERING ON THE CAMPUS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THEY WILL TELL YOU STUFF. SO MY DAUGHTER HAS WE HAVE GREAT MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.

I DON'T MEAN TO PUT THEM DOWN AT ALL, BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE REPAIRED.

AND IF THE ROOM IS TOO HOT, OR IF ONE OF HER FRIENDS IS SUPER HOT BECAUSE AIR CONDITIONING WAS BROKEN, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT IS OLD, IT IMPACTS THEIR EDUCATION.

SO I'VE HEARD IT WAS OVER 80 DEGREES. WE WERE SWEATING THIS AND THAT.

SO THESE AREN'T FABRICATED ISSUES. THESE ARE LONG STANDING ISSUES THAT DO NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

AND THEY IMPACT KIDS IN THEIR EDUCATION. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO A COUPLE EVENTS.

ONE OF THEM WAS THE SPELLING BEE. WE HAVE A BUNCH OF KIDS, ALL USUALLY VERY GOOD KIDS, SUPER SMART, HARD WORKING, AND THEY WERE ENGAGING IN A SPELLING BEE.

AND IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE BIT LIKE HIGHLANDER BECAUSE IT'S A COMPETITION AND THERE CAN ONLY BE 1 OR 3 WINNERS.

SO YOU HAVE ALL THESE KIDS HOPING TO BE THE WINNER.

AND MOST OF THEM ARE GOING TO FIND OUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE THE WINNER. MY SON WAS IN THE SPELLING BEE, AND I SAW THE MOMENT WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS SPELLING THE WORD INCORRECTLY. HE MADE IT TO THE SECOND ROUND. I WAS HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

THE SECOND ROUND WAS VERY EVENTFUL. THE FIRST ROUND YOU'RE LIKE, YES, THESE KIDS ARE DOING GREAT.

THE SECOND ROUND I'M LIKE, I WOULDN'T GET BEYOND THE SECOND ROUND.

I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN BEYOND THE FIRST, BUT MY SON WAS THERE AND I JUST SAW HIS HEAD GO BACK AND HE JUST REALIZED HE MISSPELLED THE WORD. AND THEN AFTERWARDS, MY WIFE WENT TO PICK HIM UP, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF KIDS WHO WERE SAD, LEGITIMATELY SO. SOME WERE CRYING AND THEY WERE JUST REALLY PROCESSING THAT THEY PUT IN ALL THIS EFFORT AND THEY CAME UP SHORT.

AND WHAT WAS AMAZING ABOUT THAT, BESIDES THEY STUDIED THEY'RE LEARNING A LOT AND THIS IS GOING TO PAY DIVIDENDS IN THEIR FUTURE.

WAS THERE WAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF GOOD PARENTING HAPPENING IN THAT ROOM, A WHOLE BUNCH OF PARENTS GOING, YOU KNOW, YOU DID A GREAT JOB. I'M SO PROUD OF YOU.

IT'S THE WORK YOU DID. AND FOR MY SON WHEN HE WAS GETTING NERVOUS, I'M LIKE, YOUR MAIN GOAL ISN'T TO CRUSH YOUR OPPONENTS.

YOUR MAIN GOAL IS JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE CALM, THAT YOU DO THE BEST JOB YOU CAN.

YOU NEED TO PUT IN THE WORK FOR PREPARATION, BUT IT'S HOW YOU APPROACH IT THAT I THINK PAYS BIGGER DIVIDENDS IN THE LONG RUN.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THESE PARENTS KIND OF SUPPORTING THEIR KIDS, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN LOVE ON YOUR KIDS ENOUGH.

AND THEY'RE IN THESE KIND OF COMPETITIVE SETTINGS, WHETHER YOU WIN OR NOT.

I THINK YOUR KIDS WIN. AND I WAS JUST VERY PROUD TO SEE ALL THE PARENTS SUPPORTING THEIR KIDS.

AND IS. IT'S SO HARD TO PROCESS THING, BUT I THINK IT WAS A VERY AMAZING EVENT.

HARD WORDS. I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE IN THE SPELLING BEE IN BONITA BECAUSE THAT LIST WAS SUPER HARD.

CINDERELLA WAS AMAZING. I BLANKED OUT ON THE GUY'S NAME, BUT YOU HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF SCHOOLS, SO SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL, RAMONA ALSO DID AN AMAZING PLAY, BUT SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL, THEY INVITE A WHOLE BUNCH OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE KIDS, MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS, HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, AND THEY PUT ON THIS FANTASTIC PLAY.

YOU HAVE LIGHTS. YOU HAVE JUST THE WHOLE THING.

THERE'S SINGING. AND ONE OF THE DADS ACTUALLY BUILT A CINDERELLA CARRIAGE THAT WAS MOVED AROUND, AND IT LOOKED PROFESSIONALLY DONE. I THINK SOME PEOPLE WERE ASKING, DID WE RENT THIS? LIKE THERE'S A RENT A CARRIAGE PLACE, AND IT'S ACTUALLY THE VOLUNTEERS WHO PUT IN THEIR TIME TO MAKE SURE OUR KIDS GET A WORLD CLASS EXPERIENCE.

JUST AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE THAT THEY'LL REMEMBER FOREVER.

SO FOR ALL THE TEACHERS, STAFF, PARENT VOLUNTEERS AND PARENTS WHO ARE JUST DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THEIR KIDS, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HELPING THE NEXT GENERATION TO HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT YOU DON'T GET WHAT YOU DON'T PAY FOR.

AND IT'S NEVER A GOOD TIME TO PAY FOR ANYTHING.

WHEN I WENT TO COLLEGE, I HAD NO MONEY TO GO TO COLLEGE.

IT WASN'T. I DIDN'T COME FROM A SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS THAT WOULD SAY YOU SHOULD GO TO COLLEGE.

AND I HAD TO TAKE OUT LOANS. THERE WAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF ISSUES GOING THERE.

BUT BECAUSE I MADE THAT SACRIFICE, I HAD MUCH BETTER OUTCOMES IN THE LONG RUN.

THERE WAS AN AMAZING RETURN ON INVESTMENT. AND WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT WHETHER IT IS A CITY THING WITH HAVING OUR STREETS PAVED OR FIGHTING CRIME OR KEEPING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS CLEAN, OR IF IT'S AN ISSUE WITH MAKING OUR SCHOOLS BETTER, THERE IS A FAR BETTER RETURN ON INVESTMENT WITH LOCAL PROJECTS THAN THERE IS ON

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OKAY OVER THE COURSE OF ANY SCHOOL YEAR, WE OCCASIONALLY HAVE INSTANCES IN WHICH WE NEED THE ASSISTANCE OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

AND SO TODAY WAS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE DAYS. I DO WANT TO THANK LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, BOTH SAN DIMAS SHERIFF'S STATION AND LA VERNE PD, FOR THE WORK THEY DO IN KEEPING OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES SAFE.

WHENEVER WE NEED THEM, THEY PROVIDE IMMEDIATE HELP, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO THEM FOR ALL THE WORK THEY DO FOR US.

I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF THE SCHOOL STAFF WHEN THESE INCIDENTS ARISE.

THEY HANDLE THESE EVENTS CALMLY, EFFECTIVELY, AND WITH GRACE.

AND THEIR WORK DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED. THANK YOU.

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

THE PUBLIC HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. ANY PERSON WISHING TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS 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 COMMUNICATION 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 HAVE A CARD FROM CHRISTINA OWENS.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA OWENS.

I HAVE THREE STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT. I'M HERE REPRESENTING NINE STUDENTS FAMILIES.

I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN AND FRUSTRATION WITH THE LOCKDOWN POLICIES THAT ARE IN PLACE.

MY THREE CHILDREN ARE CURRENTLY RAMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT RIDE THE BUS TO AND FROM SCHOOL DAILY.

THEIR BUS STOP IS ON D AND 10TH STREET AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.

IT IS FRUSTRATING AND CONCERNING THAT I AM STILL WAITING ON THE DISTRICT TO INFORM ME ABOUT THE LOCKDOWN SITUATION.

MY CHILDREN THAT WERE WAITING FOR THE BUS. WERE USHERED INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM FOR A HARD LOCKDOWN.

AT NO POINT DID ANYONE INFORM ME OF THE HARD LOCKDOWN THAT MY CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN.

AT 8:12, I CALLED BONITA HIGH SCHOOL WITH NO ANSWER.

AT 8:15, I CALLED RAMONA AND WAS TOLD THAT THE LOCKDOWN HAD BEEN LIFTED WITH NO FURTHER UPDATES ON THE STATUS OF MY CHILDREN.

AT 8:20, I CALLED THE DISTRICT OFFICE. THE OPERATOR SAID THE DISTRICT WAS WORKING ON A STATEMENT TO BE SENT OUT TO THE SCHOOL SITES.

I EXPLAINED THAT MY CHILDREN ARE NOT STUDENTS AT BONITA AND ASKED HOW I WOULD BE INFORMED OF THE UPDATES.

THE OPERATOR WAS NOT CONCERNED ON SOLVING THIS PROBLEM FOR ME AND SAID THE SCHOOLS WILL GET A STATEMENT SHORTLY.

AGAIN, I AM STILL WAITING. I'M REQUESTING A COPY OF THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR LOCKDOWNS.

I AM SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT POLICIES FOR STUDENTS AT BUS STOPS AND ALL STUDENTS AT ARRIVAL TIMES, WHEN MAYBE THE BEST OPTION IS TO RUN HOME VERSUS ONTO A CAMPUS WITH A PERSON WITH A GUN OR EXPLOSIVES.

THERE ARE MANY RUMORS THAT HAVE BEEN LAID THAT COULD BE LAID TO REST IF WE WERE INFORMED OF THE SITUATIONS.

RUMORS INCLUDE THE LOCKDOWN STARTED AT 7:00 A.M.

THERE WAS A STUDENT ON CAMPUS WITH A GUN SHOUTING HE WANTED TO SHOOT PEOPLE.

THERE WAS A BOMB THREAT. THE DOOR ON THE CLASSROOM THAT MY CHILDREN WERE IN DID NOT HAVE A LOCK.

THE BUS ROUTE WAS CANCELED BEFORE CHILDREN EVEN GOT TO THE BUS STOP.

ALL GOOD RELATIONSHIPS STARTS WITH COMMUNICATION.

TODAY BONITA UNIFIED FAILED IN THIS AREA OF OUR RELATIONSHIP.

ALL GOOD RELATIONSHIPS ARE BASED ON TRUST. TODAY, WE QUESTION THE TRUST AND THE POLICIES OF BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

LASTLY, DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROTECTION OVER OUR CHILDREN.

I PRAY FOR CONTINUED PROTECTION OVER THEIR HEARTS, MINDS AND BODIES THROUGHOUT THEIR DAY.

MAY WE ALL LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE IN THIS DARK WORLD.

AMEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANYONE FROM THE COMMUNITY? PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION, BONITA UNIFIED TEACHER ASSOCIATION, CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, BONITA UNIFIED MANAGEMENT TEAM.

FUTURE MEETING DATE. THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING WILL BE ON MARCH 4TH, 2026.

[19. FUTURE MEETING DATES]