[00:00:04] I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 5 P.M.. ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. [2. CALL TO ORDER] 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 A 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 NON-AGENDA ITEMS, COMMENTS MAY BE MADE UNDER REQUEST TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA COMMENT. NON-AGENDA ITEMS. COMMENT. 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, AND THERE ARE NO CARDS. I NOW, I GUESS WE'RE CONVENING TO CLOSED SESSION AT 501. [5. CLOSED SESSION AGENDA] SORRY FOR THE DELAY. WE HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS AND A LOT OF THINGS TO DISCUSS. CALL TO ORDER. THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AT 6:17. [7. CALL TO ORDER] REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION. IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO APPROVE A FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE BETWEEN PARENTS [8. REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION] OF GC AND THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. OAH CASE NUMBER 2025100365, PURSUANT TO WHICH THE DISTRICT HAS AGREED TO FUND AND PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO THE STUDENT AND THE STUDENT'S PARENTS, HAVE RELEASED CLAIMS AGAINST THE DISTRICT IN EXCHANGE FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AS SPECIFIED IN THE AGREEMENT. THE MOTION WAS MADE BY GREG WITH A SECOND BY DEREK. THE ROLL CALL VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME IN PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF OUR COUNTRY. READY? BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. APPROVAL OF AGENDA, ORDER AND CONTENT. [10. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER AND CONTENT] SO MOVED. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING. [11. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING] ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 4TH, 2026 REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. COMMUNICATION FROM STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES. [12. COMMUNICATIONS FROM STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES] FIRST WE HAVE SAVANNAH MAROUA. DID I GET THAT ONE RIGHT? SO CLOSE. MAROUA FROM BONITA HIGH SCHOOL. [APPLAUSE] GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT BAHMANOU. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT WIEN CABINET MEMBERS AND AUDIENCE. THIS MONDAY, WE WILL BE HOSTING OUR EIGHTH GRADE RALLY TO WELCOME THE INCOMING CLASS OF 2030 AND SHOW THEM WHAT HIGH SCHOOL IS ALL ABOUT. LATER THAT EVENING, WE WILL ALSO HAVE A PARENT NIGHT TO FURTHER SHOWCASE OUR SCHOOL AND GEAR UP THE EIGHTH GRADERS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP IN BECOMING A BEARCAT. OUR AUTO SHOP PROGRAM WILL BE HOSTING OUR ANNUAL CAR SHOW ON SATURDAY, SHOWCASING REMARKABLE CARS THAT WILL ALSO COMPETE IN THE TOP TEN COMPETITION THAT DAY. ADDITIONALLY, THESE STREET WILL BE HOSTING A DANCE CLINIC THIS WEEKEND AT THE BCA, HELPING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES STEP OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE AND GROW AS A DANCER. IN ACADEMICS, OUR SAT PREP CLASS CONTINUES THIS MONTH, GETTING OUR STUDENTS READY TO TAKE THE SAT AND SCORE WELL. ALONGSIDE THIS, WE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE OUR STUDENT OF THE WEEK, WHO REPRESENTS WHAT AN ACADEMICALLY COMMITTED AND DRIVEN STUDENT LOOKS LIKE. THIS WEEK WE ARE CELEBRATING SOPHIA QUESADA. SOPHIA NOT ONLY CHALLENGES HERSELF EVERY DAY TO WORK HARD ACADEMICALLY THROUGHOUT HER SENIOR YEAR, BUT SHE IS ALSO. SHE JUST WRAPPED UP HER SENIOR WATER POLO SEASON AND CONTINUES TO STAY DEDICATED WITH EXCEPTIONAL WORK ETHIC. IN ATHLETICS OR SPRING SPORTS ARE HEADED INTO THEIR SEASON, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THEIR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK WILL BRING TO START THEIR SEASON OFF STRONG. OUR SOFTBALL TEAM HAD AN INCREDIBLE RUN, GOING UNDEFEATED AND WINNING THE MAUI TOURNAMENT IN HAWAII. GOING UNDEFEATED AND BRINGING HOME A CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE IS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT, AND WE ARE PROUD OF THEIR DEDICATION AND TEAMWORK IN THE ARTS. OUR BAND FESTIVAL STARTED LAST NIGHT AND WILL WRAP UP TOMORROW NIGHT. BAND ALSO COMPETED IN THE MONROVIA INDOOR PERCUSSION COMPETITION AND PLACED SECOND OUT OF 14. OUR CULINARY CLASS COMPETED IN THE 2026 PROSTAR CUP AND PLACED SECOND. THIS IS AN AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT THAT HIGHLIGHTS OUR TALENT, CREATIVITY AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IN THE KITCHEN. WE ARE PROUD OF THE CONTINUED ACCOMPLISHMENTS ACROSS CAMPUS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING EVEN MORE EXCITING UPDATES NEXT MONTH. THANK YOU. [00:05:11] [APPLAUSE] NEXT WE HAVE ROCHELLE TORRES FROM CHAPARRAL VISTA HIGH SCHOOL [APPLAUSE]. GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT WIEN, PRESIDENT BAHMANOU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CABINET MEMBERS AND AUDIENCE. ON FEBRUARY 13TH, WE HELD OUR JANUARY STUDENT OF THE MONTH RALLY. OUR TOP CREDITS EARNED. OUR TOP CREDIT EARNERS WERE JEFFERSON ACEITUNO, FALCO BASULTO, JESSICA ESTRADA, AND SENIOR EMILY PENA NUNEZ. JESSICA ESTRADA IS OUR STUDENT OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY. MARCH IS AN INCREDIBLY EXCITING AND BUSY MONTH FOR COUNSELING, COLLEGE, AND CAREER AT OUR SCHOOL TODAY, OUR JUNIORS AND SENIORS ATTENDED THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED MOUNT SAC PREVIEW DAY, ONE OF OUR MOST IMPACTFUL FIELD TRIPS OF THE YEAR. STUDENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR THE CAMPUS, CONNECT WITH PROFESSORS AND CURRENT STUDENTS, AND EXPLORE THE WIDE RANGE OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND CAREER PATHWAYS AVAILABLE TO THEM. EXPERIENCES LIKE THIS MAKE COLLEGE FEEL REAL AND ATTAINABLE. ON MARCH 12TH, WE HELD OUR, WE WILL HOST OUR FASFA AND SCHOLARSHIP WORKSHOP DURING SECOND AND THIRD PERIOD, ENSURING OUR STUDENTS RECEIVE A HANDS ON SUPPORT TO MAXIMIZE FINANCIAL AID OPPORTUNITIES. SHORTLY AFTER, ON MARCH 17TH, OUR SENIORS WILL CENTER STAGE AS THEY PRESENT THEIR SENIOR PROJECTS. A POWERFUL REMARK OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL JOURNEY THAT HIGHLIGHTS THEIR GROWTH, RESEARCH AND FUTURE GOALS. WE WILL ALSO BE WELCOMING FAMILIES TO OUR OPEN HOUSE AT SHAPIRO LANE ON MARCH 26TH, FOLLOWED BY OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER FAIR AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL ON MARCH 27TH, WHERE STUDENTS WILL CONNECT DIRECTLY WITH COLLEGES, TRADE PROGRAMS AND INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS. IN OUR CLASS, THEY JUST FINISHED A COLORED PENCIL TIED DESIGN AND NOW ARE DOING A DRAWING WORKSHOP THIS WEEK WHERE STUDENTS ARE WORKING ON FUNDAMENTAL DRAWING SKILLS. ADVANSTAR IS WORKING ON MAKING A REPLICA OF THE WELCOME TO FABULOUS LAS VEGAS SIGN FOR THIS YEAR'S PROM. PROM TICKETS ARE OFFICIALLY ON SALE. THEY ARE ONLY $40 AND INCLUDE DINNER. STUDENTS WILL VOTE FOR THIS YEAR'S PROM COURT ON MARCH 13TH. ON FEBRUARY 13TH, WE CELEBRATED OUR ANNUAL LOVE YOURSELF DAY. EVERY STAFF AND STUDENT WAS GIVEN A SELF LOVE BUTTON. THEY ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUT WHAT THEY LOVED ABOUT THEMSELVES. ON FEBRUARY 7TH, WE HAD OUR FIRST EVER FANCY FRIDAY. INSTEAD OF CASUAL FRIDAY, WE WORE OUR PROM DRESSES AND SUITS AND SHOWED OFF OUR SUNDAY BEST. OUR SOCCER SEASON WAS SUCCESSFUL, MORE STUDENTS PARTICIPATING THAN EVER BEFORE. BASKETBALL WILL HAVE THEIR FIRST GAME TOMORROW AGAINST SAN ANTONIO. OUR CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT HAS BEGUN. WE'LL UPDATE YOU GUYS NEXT MONTH ON HOW IT GOES. THANK YOU.[APPLAUSE] JACOB HADAS WAS NOT AVAILABLE THIS EVENING, AND WE HAVE SARAH FAULKNER, WHO WILL BE REPRESENTING SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT BAHMANOU AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT WIEN AND CABINET MEMBERS AND AUDIENCE. MY NAME IS SARAH FAULKNER, AND I'M STANDING IN FOR JACOB TODAY AS HE IS OUT ON A COLLEGE VISITING TOUR. I'M HERE TO GIVE AN UPDATE WITH THE SAINTS. LET'S START WITH ACADEMICS. ALL JUNIORS TOOK THE THE PRACTICE TEST ON FEBRUARY 12TH. AVID POWER PRACTICE TEACHER SHOUT OUT FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. WAS MISS LERMAN. THE LESSON WAS THE GLASS CASTLE, FOUR CORNERS AND THE WICKER SPOTLIGHT INCLUDED INQUIRY, COLLABORATION AND READING. STUDENTS LOVE BEING ABLE TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS FREELY AND DISCUSS HOT TOPICS AND THEMES FROM THE NOVEL IN A LOW STAKES ATMOSPHERE. OUR COUNSELORS CONDUCTED PRE REGISTRATION FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, ENSURING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS SIGNED UP FOR THE APPROPRIATE COURSES FOR NEXT YEAR. ATHLETICS. GIRLS BASKETBALL WENT UNDEFEATED IN LEAGUE. GIRLS WRESTLING WENT UNDEFEATED IN LEAGUE AS WELL. WE HAVE TWO TIME CAF CHAMPION SOPHOMORE AUBREY BAEZA, WHO IS A CIF UPPER WEIGHT MVP. SHE FINISHED SECOND IN MASTERS, COMPETED IN STATE THIS PAST WEEK AND TOOK FOURTH TO PLACE IN STATE. WE ALSO HAVE KARINA KAMARA WHO FINISHED SECOND PLACE CIF. ALSO LEILANI JAMIE PLACED SECOND AND WE HAVE ANGEL MARQUEZ WHO FINISHED FOURTH AT CIF. WE HAVE A CIF CHAMPION IN BOYS WRESTLING TOO. MIKEY BAEZA, HE IS A CIF UPPER WEIGHT MVP AND CIF MASTERS CHAMPION AND COMPLETED IT STATE THIS PAST WEEK WE HAD THE BOYS WRESTLING PLACE IN CIF. DANIEL BALLEZA TOOK SECOND PLACE AND KAMARI BALDOMIR PLACED FOURTH AT CIF. GIRLS WATER POLO ARE REPEAT CIF CHAMPIONS AND THEY WON DIVISION FOUR AND DIVISION THREE. [00:10:02] THEY PLACED IN THE FIRST ROUND OF STATE PLAYOFFS ON FEBRUARY 22ND VERSUS LA SERNA. CHEER TOOK FOURTH PLACE IN CIF AND WE HAVE HAD BEEN NAMED SORRY. CHEER HAS PLACED FOURTH IN CIF AND HAS BEEN NAMED TOP FIVE IN THE STATE. ON TO ARTS, OUR WINTER COLOR GUARD, NOW BOASTING A JV AND VARSITY SQUAD, TOOK FIRST IN THEIR RESPECTIVE DIVISIONS AT CHINO HIGH SCHOOL. THE JV SQUAD IS A MIX OF LONE HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. ART IS CELEBRATING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH BY PREPARING FOR THE WOMEN'S WORK ART INSPIRATION BY AMERICAN WOMEN ARTISTS SHOW ON MARCH 19TH AT 5 P.M. IN THE BCA. THEATER WRAPPED UP WITH AN EPIC PERFORMANCE OF CINDERELLA AND DEBUTED THE OPENING NUMBER OF THEIR NEXT SHOW, SIX AT OUR DISCOVER SAINTS NATION OPEN HOUSE YESTERDAY. JAZZ AND WIND BAND WILL PERFORM, AS WELL AS SPECIAL GUESTS, WHICH ARE LOCAL COMPOSERS WHO WROTE THE MUSIC BEING PERFORMED ON THURSDAY AT THE BCA. THIS WEEK, OUR BAND STUDENTS WILL BE PERFORMING AT THE BUSD BAND AND ORCHESTRA FESTIVAL IN THE BCA. ACTIVITIES, WE WELCOMED LONE HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL EIGHTH GRADERS YESTERDAY AT OUR ANNUAL FUTURE SAINT WALK, WHERE WE EXPOSED THEM TO A MINI RALLY, PERFORMANCES BY CHEER AND DANCE AND WERE LED BY TOURS BY AVID. WE ALSO HOSTED OUR ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE YESTERDAY AND AS WE LIKE TO CALL IT, DISCOVER SDHS, EXPLORE SAINTS NATION AND IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS WHERE FAMILIES LISTENED TO WHY SDHS IS A GREAT SCHOOL AND THEY WERE TREATED TO PERFORMANCES BY OUR ART STUDENTS AND WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT TABLES OF ATHLETICS. THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. SARAH. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB. IT'S ALWAYS KIND OF NERVE WRACKING WHEN YOU DO THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME. I ALSO NOTICE MY DAUGHTER LOVES THE COLOR PINK SOMETIMES, AND SHE WOULD HAVE LOVED YOUR TABLET OR LAPTOP [LAUGHS]. FEATURED PRESENTATION RECOGNITION OF THE 2026 ELEMENTARY SPELLING BEE WINNERS. [13. FEATURED PRESENTATIONS] GOOD EVENING! THE 2026 SPELLING BEE DID NOT DISAPPOINT, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY A QUICK THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE MEMBERS ON MY TEAM THAT HELPED PUT THE SPELLING BEE TOGETHER. AND HERE TO RECOGNIZE OUR WINNERS THIS EVENING IS JAMIE. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. ON FEBRUARY 2ND, WE HELD OUR 20TH ANNUAL SPELLING BEE 20 YEARS WITH 56 SPELLERS REPRESENTING FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE AT THE EIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. WE THANK EVERY COACH AND COMMEND EVERY STUDENT THAT PARTICIPATED. IT'S NOT EASY TO GET UP ON STAGE AND SPELL CHALLENGING WORDS IN FRONT OF A HUGE AUDIENCE. THIS EVENING, THOUGH, WE'RE PLEASED TO HONOR THE TOP THREE SPELLERS FROM THIS EVENT. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME UP IN THIRD PLACE. SOFIA SALVADOR FROM SHULL ELEMENTARY [APPLAUSE]. AND SHE WAS COACHED BY CARA GALLEGOS AND TERRY HUGGAR AND HER TEACHER KAREN IS ALSO HERE I SAW. SO CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU TO THEM AS WELL [APPLAUSE]. IN SECOND PLACE FROM GLADSTONE, MADDOX MACIAS. SECOND IS GREAT. HE WAS COACHED BY ADRIAN WONG AND ALSO HIS TEACHERS TRACIE PANG AND JANET O'MALLEY ARE HERE TONIGHT [APPLAUSE]. AT OUR FIRST PLACE WINNER WITH THE WORD PARTICIPANT, BY THE WAY, ALESSANDRA ABAD, ALSO FROM GLADSTONE. CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE]. SHE WAS ALSO COACHED BY ADRIAN WONG, AND SHE'S ALSO IN MRS. PANG AND MRS. O'MALLEY'S CLASS [APPLAUSE]. DO WE WANT TO ASK THE COACHES TO COME UP WITH THEM AS WELL? LET'S DO THAT. YEAH. SO, COACHES, WOULD YOU MIND JOINING US FOR OUR PHOTO? [00:15:04] SURE. AND THEN WE'RE NOT DONE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BUT DON'T GO YET. WE'RE STILL NOT DONE. WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THE MASONIC LODGE WITH US TONIGHT. BOARD PRESIDENT DEREK BAHMANOU AND THEN GREG PALATTO, ALSO BOARD MEMBER, AND JACK ROSE WITH US TONIGHT, WHO HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING SPECIAL BEYOND THAT. AND I'LL INTRODUCE IT. SO ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF KIND OF BEING IN A COMMUNITY GROUP IS AND THERE'S SEVERAL REPRESENTED HERE TODAY IS YOU GET TO GO AND SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY AND KIND OF HELP OUT IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. SO IF YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY GROUP AND WE HAVE SEVERAL VERY INVOLVED, THE SOROPTIMIST WOMEN'S CLUB, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ROTARIES MULTIPLE, AND THE MASONIC LODGE, AND WE GET TO SUPPORT KIDS AND OTHER CHARITY EVENTS WHEN EVENTS HAPPEN. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE GET TO DO THIS YEAR IS WE HAVE TWO CHECKS. ONE FOR THE WINNING STUDENT. SO YOU WON MONEY AND THE OTHER ONE FOR THE SCHOOL LIBRARY, BECAUSE WE REALLY THINK READING IS FOUNDATIONAL AND WE WANT TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. SO IF YOU'RE A MASON, PLEASE COME ON UP AND WE GET TO TAKE A PICTURE. AND MR. HENG, CAN I ASK YOU TO COME UP AND ACCEPT THAT CHECK FOR THE LIBRARY AS THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL? [APPLAUSE] ARE. YOU ALL RIGHT? THERE'S ONE MORE. YEAH. AND THEN ONE FINAL NOTE, ALESSANDRA WILL ALSO BE REPRESENTING US AT THE LA COUNTY SPELLING BEE ON MARCH 18TH. AND YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY. BUT IF YOU CAME TO SUPPORT A CHILD AND YOUR CHILD'S ALREADY BEEN HONORED, WE WILL TAKE, LIKE, 1 OR 2 MINUTE INTERMISSION. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE DO OTHER THINGS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY. WE HAVE A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING, BUT WE UNDERSTAND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO STAY THE WHOLE TIME. REPORTS ARE REALLY FUN. BEST. FEEL FREE TO MOVE UP. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. REQUEST TO SPEAK ON OPEN SESSION AGENDA ITEM. 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 NON-AGENDA ITEMS, COMMENTS MAY BE MADE UNDER REQUEST TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. COMMUNICATION TO THE PUBLIC. PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE FILL OUT REQUESTS 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. YEAH, WE'LL HAVE TWO DIFFERENT ITEM. I'LL PASS THAT WHEN IT'S TIME. [00:20:01] OH, SO NOT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. PERFECT. CONSENT AGENDA. [15. CONSENT AGENDA] MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD TO BE ROUTINE, OR SUFFICIENTLY SUPPORTED BY PRIOR OR ACCOMPANYING REFERENCE MATERIAL AND INFORMATION AS TO NOT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. 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? SO MOVED. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. DISCUSSION ACTION AGENDA. BUSINESS [16. DISCUSSION/ACTION AGENDA] SERVICES. APPROVE SECOND INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT AS OF JANUARY 31ST, 2026 AS PRESENTED WITH A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION. I BELIEVE POSITIVE MEANS IT'S GOOD. IT'S GOOD. YES. YES. EXCELLENT. SPOILER ALERT. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. SO TONIGHT WE'LL START REVIEWING THE SECOND INTERIM REPORT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. THESE INTERIM REPORTS JUST CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE FOR US FOR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, STARTING OUT WITH ADOPTED BUDGET. WE DID FIRST INTERIM, SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH AN UPDATE AS OF JANUARY 31ST, WHICH IS THE END OF THE SECOND INTERIM PERIOD. OKAY. OKAY. SO SOME OF THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE DO AT FIRST INTERIM, SORRY, AT SECOND INTERIM IS TAKING US FROM FIRST INTERIM TO NOW. ONE OF THE BIG ADJUSTMENTS IS BY NOW WE'VE ALREADY FILED OUR P1 ATTENDANCE REPORT EARLIER THIS YEAR. AND SO WE LOOK TO SEE HOW IT COMPARES TO WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED. AND IF WE THINK BACK, WE BASED OUR BUDGET ON HOW WE ENDED THE PREVIOUS YEAR. SO WE COMPARE THE TOTALS AND WE MAKE ANY NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS, ADJUSTMENTS. BUT WE'RE STILL SHYLY CONSERVATIVE. SO I'LL, I WON'T, I'LL GO INTO IT MORE DEEPLY AS TO WHAT THE CHANGES ARE. WE REVIEW ALL OF OUR CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE STILL ON TRACK WITH OUR EXPENDITURES, AND THAT WE'VE RECORDED AND UPDATED ALL OF OUR REVENUES TO REFLECT THE CURRENT AWARDS. WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND ALL THE OTHER EXPENDITURE AND INCOME ACCOUNTS. SO STARTING OFF WITH A BROAD OVERVIEW, WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN REVENUE OF 1.3 MILLION, A SLIGHT INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES. WE HAVE AN ADJUSTMENT TO OUR CONTRIBUTION TO OUR SPECIAL ED PROGRAMS OF 607,000. IT LOOKS LIKE AN EXPENSE TO THE UNRESTRICTED. I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THAT. BUT OVERALL, WE HAVE AN OVERALL INCREASE TO OUR FUND BALANCE OF $694,000. SO A LITTLE DETAIL ABOUT THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION INCREASE. WE WORK WITH OUR LOCAL GROUP, OUR EAST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY SPECIAL EDUCATION LOCAL PLAN, AND THEY HAVE UPDATE, THEY GIVE US VARIOUS PROJECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE START THE YEAR OUT WITH USUALLY THE FINAL ONE FROM PREVIOUS YEAR AND THEN THEY JUST UPDATE US. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT A FULL UPDATE. THEY UPDATE COMPONENTS OF THE ENTIRE EQUATION OF THEIR PLANS. SO THE ONE RECENT UPDATE THAT THEY MADE WAS THE COST OF OUR PROGRAMS. SO OUR STUDENTS ATTENDING OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT CLASSES WITHIN THE SELPA PROGRAM. IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, INCREASE IN COST. AND IT'S ABOUT A 607,000. AND TRANSPORTATION, THEY ALSO DID A INCREASE IN THAT ESTIMATE OF ABOUT 100,000. SO IN TOTAL WE DID RECEIVE SOME EXTRA REVENUE, BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO SIGNIFICANTLY COVER THE INCREASE. SO THE NET CHANGE IS 607,000 THAT WE THAT THE GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE RESTRICTED RESOURCE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION. SO NOW WE'LL GO WE'LL DIVE INTO THE REVENUES. THE 1.3 MILLION INCREASE. SO GOOD NEWS. AT P1 OUR ADA DID INCREASE BASED ON OUR OUR INITIAL PROJECTION, WE HAD ABOUT 43 ADA POINTS THAT DID INCREASE. IT'S ABOUT $1 MILLION INCREASE, STILL CONSERVATIVE INCREASE. BUT WE HOPE TO MAINTAIN THIS PROGRESS AT P2 BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY FINAL. [00:25:01] AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FUNDED ON. SO ANOTHER SLIGHT CHANGE IN STATE REVENUES. IT'S BASICALLY IT'S BASICALLY MANDATED COST REIMBURSEMENTS. ALL OTHER LOCAL REVENUES PERTAINS TO DONATIONS AND ABATEMENTS FROM THE SCHOOL SITES TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THAT ABATEMENTS INCLUDE WHEN BOOSTERS OR ASB'S PROVIDE US MONEY TO PAY FOR COACHES. THEY USUALLY DO THAT BY SEASON OR BY SPORT, AND THEY DEPOSITED IT WITHIN OUR ACCOUNTS. AND THEN IT TAKES ABOUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO POST TO THEIR SALARY ACCOUNTS BEFORE WE PAY THE COACH. SO THAT IS THE INCREASE FOR DONATIONS AND ABATEMENTS. SO A TOTAL IMPROVEMENT TO REVENUE OF 1.3 MILLION. MOVING ON TO EXPENDITURES, THERE WAS NOT A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE TO EXPENDITURES, A NET INCREASE OF ABOUT $23,000. BASICALLY, WE WERE JUST SHIFTING TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS. WHAT I CAN SAY ABOUT SALARY AND BENEFITS, IT'S A NET DECREASE OF 74,000. THE DISTRICT OFFICE JUST LOOKS AT VACANCIES, WE ADJUST THINGS FOR FOR CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. NOTHING REALLY SIGNIFICANT. OVERALL AGAIN, 23,000, THERE'S NOTHING REALLY ELSE I COULD. BUT WE DID ADD IN ANY DONATION MONEY THAT WAS RECEIVED AND WE POSTED TO THE SCHOOL SITE. EXCUSE ME, SCHOOL SITE BUDGETS WERE POSTED HERE, AND SO YEAH. SO OVERALL, WE'RE LOOKING AT A PROJECTED UNRESTRICTED ENDING FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT $15.7 MILLION, WHICH REFLECTS 9.64% OF TOTAL EXPENDITURES. AND IT'S ABOUT $10, 11 MILLION ABOVE THE 3% REQUIRED STATE MANDATED LEVEL. SO THE NEXT PORTION OF OUR REPORT ARE THE MULTI YEAR PROJECTIONS. SO HERE WE'RE JUST LISTING OUR ASSUMPTIONS. WE ARE USING THE ADA OF 9460, WHICH IS OUR INCLUDES A LITTLE DETAIL ON THAT. IT INCLUDES THE DISTRICT ADA THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO FUNDED ON STUDENTS WHO ATTEND COUNTY PROGRAMS. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT SOUNDS GREAT BECAUSE WE GET REVENUE ON THEM, BUT THEN THEY JUST BILL US. SO IT'S A NET CHANGE OF ZERO, BUT WE LIST IT THERE. WE DO ALSO INCORPORATE THE CHANGES IN PERS RATE. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAD A LITTLE INCREASE YEAR TWO. IT GOES DOWN A BIT AND RIGHT BACK UP AGAIN. WE DO ALSO INCLUDE PERCENTAGES FOR CPI IN YEARS TWO AND THREE. ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IN YEARS TWO, CPI REPRESENTS ABOUT $388,000 OF INCREASED INFLATION IN THAT YEARS, AND IN YEAR THREE, IT'S 343,000 THAT WE'RE JUST ADDING TO THE BUDGET FOR THE INFLATION. THE ESTIMATED INFLATIONARY COST OF OUR MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES. SO ENDING THE YEAR. I'M SORRY. SO LOOKING OUT TO OUR THIRD YEAR OUT, WE'RE LOOKING AT A I'M SORRY, ENDING FUND BALANCE PERCENT OF 7.68%. AND IN COMPARISON AT FIRST INTERIM THAT WAS A SOLID 7%. SLIGHT INCREASE WHICH IS GOOD. WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THE TREND THROUGHOUT THE END THROUGHOUT THE END OF THE YEAR. SO WITH THAT, WE ARE CERTIFYING POSITIVE AND AND WE HAVE OUR WAY ABOVE OUR 3% ENDING FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT. SO NEXT STEPS WE WILL SUBMIT THE SECOND INTERIM REPORT TO LACOE FOR REVIEW. WE'VE ALREADY STARTED OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE, OUR TEAM HAS ALREADY STARTED MEETING WITH SCHOOL SITES AND DEPARTMENTS TO START CREATING THEIR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. WE OBVIOUSLY ARE WORKING ON ASSUMPTIONS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE ASSUMPTIONS UNTIL OUR GOVERNOR'S MAY REVISE, WHEN HOPEFULLY WE GET POSITIVE NEWS AND WE CAN GO BACK AND INCREASE THOSE ASSUMPTIONS. WE WILL FILE OUR P2 LATER ON IN THE SPRING AND WORK CLOSELY WITH ED SERVICES ON DEVELOPING THE LCAP. ANY QUESTIONS? I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK WE GOT 2 OR $300,000 IN MONIES FOR INFLATIONARY, I GUESS, INCREASES. AND IT WAS A MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES. YES. WAS THAT LIMITED TO JUST MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES AND NOT INCLUDING ELECTRICAL AND, YOU KNOW, [00:30:06] CONTRACTORS AND OTHER THINGS ARE. I WAS JUST TRYING TO QUANTIFY WHAT THAT INCREASE WAS FOR. SO WE WE HAVE OBJECT CODES FOR WHICH IS OUR MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES. THAT WOULD INCLUDE COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, SMALL, YOU KNOW, TEXTBOOKS, PAPER, THOSE TYPES OF SUPPLIES. THEN YOU HAVE THE FIVES, THE FIVE OBJECT CODES. THAT IS FOR CONTRACTED SERVICES. THAT'S WHERE OUR UTILITIES LIE. SO NOW OUR UTILITIES, WE ALREADY KNOW, HAVE BEEN INCREASING SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. THIS IS JUST A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL OF THE TWO TO KIND OF REFLECT THAT INCREASE BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE. SO WE DO OUR OWN INCREASE MANUALLY, BUT THAT'S MORE OF A BLANKET INCREASE FOR YEARS TWO AND THREE. WHEN WE'RE DEVELOPING THE BUDGET IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE PRECISE. OKAY. YES. SO SO BASICALLY IT WAS IN YOUR PROJECTION. YOU'VE MADE THOSE INCREASES KNOWING THAT THEY ARE PROBABLY MOST LIKELY COMING AND HOPEFULLY WON'T BE MORE THAN WHAT YOU PROJECTED. YES. YES. IN OUR BUDGET YEAR, WE BASE EVERYTHING REALLY ON TRUE NUMBERS OR ACTUAL TRUE NUMBERS, BUT THE YEAR TWO AND THREE ARE STRICTLY BASED ON THE CPI PERCENTAGE. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. THE CHANGES IN PERS RATE? YES. IS THAT SUPPOSED TO END AT SOME POINT OR? I DON'T BELIEVE SO. IT LOOKS LIKE STIRS HAS PRETTY MUCH EVENED OUT. I DON'T KNOW THE THE FUTURE OF PERS. BUT WASN'T PERS GOING SLOWER THAN STIRS IN THE BEGINNING? IN THE BEGINNING. AND IT JUST TOOK A A JUMP AND IT STAYED AHEAD. OKAY. YEAH. SONIA, WITH OUR ONGOING FONDNESS FOR ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS, COULD YOU SHARE WITH THE FOLKS HERE IN THE GALLERY AND FOLKS WATCHING AT HOME WHAT ADA MEANS. COULD YOU REMIND US WHAT THE. AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR ENROLLMENT OF 10,000, IF WE ARE AT A 95% ATTENDANCE RATE, THAT IS OUR ADA. IT'S A IT'S A FULL CALCULATION THAT WE DO OBVIOUSLY ON A GREAT SPREADSHEET AND WE SUBMIT IT ON A REQUIRED REPORT. SO WE USUALLY TALK ABOUT ADA AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL ENROLLMENT. RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THEN P1 AND P2. PERIOD ONE AND PERIOD TWO. SO PERIOD ONE IS IS I BELIEVE IT'S AT THE END OF DECEMBER DUE IN THE BEGINNING USUALLY DURING WINTER BREAK. AND IT'S LIKE AN ESTIMATE. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A PROGRESS REPORT TO SEE WHERE, WHERE WE'RE HEADING. IT ALLOWS US TO ESTIMATE THE THIS COUNTY REQUIRES IT. P2 PERIOD TWO IS CLOSER TO APRIL AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE FUNDED ON. THERE ARE SOME ATTENDANCE NUMBERS, FOR EXAMPLE, COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL THAT WE ARE FUNDED ON OUR ANNUAL. THAT IS AT THE END OF THE YEAR. THAT IS A ONE TIME REPORT THAT IS CAPTURED ONLY AT THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT FOR THE BULK OF OUR ATTENDANCE, WE GET A PROGRESS REPORT AND THEN A ACTUAL P2 FUNDED REPORT. AND THEN FINALLY LACOE. YES. LOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION. YES. YES. AND WHAT'S OUR INVOLVEMENT WITH LACOE RELATIVE TO THIS PROCESS? THEY ARE, THEY OVERSEE EVERYTHING BEFORE IT GETS TO THE STATE. SO THEY DO HELP US WITH GIVING PROVIDING GUIDANCE WHEN WE HAVE QUESTIONS. THEY DO REVIEW THE LCAP AND OBVIOUSLY OUR BUDGET, THEY ALLOW THEY DON'T NECESSARILY APPROVE IT, BUT THEY MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE COVERED ALL OUR BASES, THAT WE ARE USING REASONABLE ASSUMPTIONS. AND WHEN WE WHEN WE STRAY FROM THOSE ASSUMPTIONS, WE HAVE JUSTIFICATION FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION. SO BECAUSE THIS IS FOR, YOU KNOW, LACOE AND STATE OVERSIGHT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT 3% NUMBER BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT REQUIRED OF US. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S REQUIRED OF US. BUT COULD YOU SPEAK TO WHAT OUR INTERNAL NUMBER IS AND WHY THAT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR MULTI YEAR PROJECTIONS AND THE CONSERVATIVE MINDSET. WE LIKE TO TAKE. SO YEARS AGO THE BOARD PASSED A, WAS IT A RESOLUTION OR POLICY? BOARD POLICY THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD MAINTAIN AN ADDITIONAL 4% ON TOP OF THE STATE'S REQUIRED 3%. IT ALLOWS US THE GIFT OF TIME. USUALLY WHEN YOU EXTEND YOUR PERCENTAGE OF FUND BALANCE AND YOU WORK WITH THAT ASSUMPTION THAT THAT IS YOUR FLOOR, IT GIVES YOU THE GIFT OF TIME BEFORE YOU HIT THAT 3% TO MAKE ANY NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS TO YOUR BUDGET IN, LET'S SAY, 6 TO 8 MONTHS OR A YEAR. THAT IS REALLY THE KEY IN IN TOUGH TIMES. IN GOOD TIMES, WELL, THEN IT'S JUST A NUMBER THAT'S FAR, FAR AHEAD. AND OUR OVERALL NOT I MEAN, WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT LIKE WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I THINK WE'VE HAD GREAT PRIORITIES. BUT THAT FUND BALANCE, THAT CUSHION HAS SHRUNK A LITTLE BIT. [00:35:03] IT HAS SHRUNK. IT HAS SHRUNK, YES. THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVED. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. SUPERINTENDENT APPROVAL RESOLUTION 2026-22 OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. ORDERING AN ELECTION AND ESTABLISHING SPECIFICATIONS OF THE ELECTION ORDER. YEAH. SO THIS RESOLUTION BEFORE THE BOARD, WHICH WE DISCUSSED AT LENGTH AT LAST BOARD MEETING, DOES THREE THINGS. IT CALLS FOR AN ELECTION WITHIN THE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPROVING GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. SECOND, IT REQUESTS THAT THE LA COUNTY REGISTRAR OF VOTERS CONDUCT THE ELECTION ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT. AND THIRD, AUTHORIZES THE PREPARATION OF ELECTION MATERIALS. SO THIS IS A NECESSARY STEP IN THE PROCESS OF PLACING A BALLOT MEASURE FOR THE JUNE 2ND ELECTION CYCLE THAT ALLOWS BONITA UNIFIED TO ADDRESS CRITICAL FACILITY NEEDS FOR OUR DISTRICT. IN THE AREAS OF REPLACING 40 YEAR OLD HVAC, UPDATING PLUMBING SYSTEMS, INCREASING SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY MEASURES, PROVIDING ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH ACCESS TO MODERN SCIENCE LABS, AND INCREASING FACILITY SPACE THROUGHOUT OUR 13 SITES. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. AND AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION. AND THE FIRST CARD WE HAVE IS FROM JEFF GRUND AND SELENA GARCIA. CITIZENS FOR SAFE AND UPDATED LA VERNE AND SAN DIMAS SCHOOLS. HELLO. GOOD EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, CABINET MEMBERS, AUDIENCE OUT THERE AND OUR AUDIENCE THAT IS PRESENT IN THE ROOM. MY NAME IS JEFF GRUND. I AM A LA VERNE RESIDENT AND THIS IS MY COUNTERPART, SELENA. I'M SELENA GARCIA, I RESIDE IN SAN DIMAS, SO WE ARE ACTUALLY HERE. I'M GOING TO DO THIS. WE ARE ACTUALLY LETTING YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE HAVE FORMED A COMMITTEE. WE ARE YOUR BOND COMMITTEE. YEAH. WE OUR LOVELY SUPERINTENDENT STOLE PART OF MY THUNDER, BUT IT'S OKAY. AND WE WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THE BOARD, TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY OUT HERE AND ON OUR TV OR WHEREVER YOU'RE CHOOSING TO WATCH US. AND JUST HOW CENTRAL IT IS TO UPGRADE OUR FACILITIES. KEEP OUR STUDENTS SAFE TO SUPPORT AND ULTIMATELY, THE STUDENTS. RIGHT. THIS BOND, HOPEFULLY, IS GOING TO BE TOTALLY SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS, UPGRADING THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS, MAKING OUR SCIENCE LABS 21ST CENTURY AND COMPETITIVE WITH THE WONDERFUL TEST SCORES THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, AND OUR GREAT TEACHERS. SO WE WANT TO KEEP THIS FIRST AND FOREMOST ABOUT THE KIDS AND SUPPORTING THEM AND MAKING EVERYTHING CURRENT AND UP TO DATE AND SAFE AND CONTINUING THE TOP TIER EDUCATION THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR YOUR WONDERFUL SAINTS AND YOUR BEARCATS. SO. THANK YOU FOR SAYING YES. THANK YOU FOR VOTING YES TO THIS. YOU WILL BE SEEING OUR FACES A LOT OVER THE NEXT 90 DAYS. AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU AND WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GET OUT TO THE POLLS AND VOTE YES ON OUR BOND MEASURE. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BOND MEASURE IS YET, BUT WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO GO AND SUBMIT TOMORROW AND WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL. SO SEE OUR FACES, ASK US ALL THE QUESTIONS. WE'RE ALL OVER LA VERNE AND SAN DIMAS ASK US QUESTIONS. WE'RE HERE TO HELP EVERYONE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THEIR YES. BUT WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO HELP THIS TO, TO HELP OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT REALLY JUST BE ABLE TO HELP WITH SAFE AND UPDATED SCHOOLS. YOU GUYS, WE REALLY NEED IT. WE UNDERSTAND THE NEED. WE'RE EXCITED. AND TO CLOSE IT OUT, I DO WANT TO STRESS THAT IT IS IMPORTANT. IT IS SOMETHING WE DO NEED. THE BOARD AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT WOULD NOT HAVE UNDERTAKEN THIS IF IT WASN'T A NECESSITY. SO, AGAIN, PLEASE CONTACT MYSELF, JEFF GRUND OR SELENA IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. AND WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU GUYS, THE TEACHERS, THE SECRETARIES AND CUSTODIANS, THE COACHES, THE ADMINISTRATORS. AND ULTIMATELY IT'S ABOUT THE KIDS. SO AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU GUYS. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN OUR KIDS LIVES. LIKE I'VE SEEN YOU GUYS AT EVENTS. AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU'VE DONATED TO MAKING SURE KIDS GET A GREAT EDUCATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANKS. NEXT WE HAVE TRACIE PANG REQUESTING TO TALK ABOUT A BOND PROPOSAL. [00:40:10] I'M NOT AN [INAUDIBLE] LIKE THEM, SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO READ MY PAPER. OKAY. HI. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS AND EXECUTIVE CABINET. MY NAME IS TRACIE PANG, AND I'M A FIFTH GRADE TEACHER AT GLADSTONE ELEMENTARY. AND I AM THE BONITA UNIFIED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS BOND MEASURE FOR US. OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ARE IN REAL NEED OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. I HEAR IT A LOT. AND THESE UPGRADES WOULD MAKE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE IN THE DAILY LEARNING AND WORKING CONDITIONS ON ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES. YOUR WILLINGNESS TO INVEST IN OUR FACILITIES SHOWS A COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT BOTH OUR STUDENTS SUCCESS AND THE TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS WHO SERVE THEM. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S IT. AND TRACY, I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO. SO I KNOW YOU SAID YOUR TWO MAIN THINGS, TEACHER AND ALSO UNION PRESIDENT, BUT I'VE BEEN TO MANY EVENTS. WHEN YOU'RE IN THE BACK DOING EXTRA WORK, KIND OF MAKING SURE YOU SUPPORT OUR KIDS AT THE SPELLING BEE OR ANY OF THESE OTHER THINGS. SO THANK YOU FOR THE EXTRA TIME YOU PUT IN TO OUR KIDS. I DO APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. OKAY. LOOKS LIKE WE'RE DONE WITH THAT. LET'S SEE. OH, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. ANY COMMENTS THEY WANT TO MAKE? DO YOU GUYS WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS FIRST, OR SHOULD WE MAKE COMMENTS AFTER? IF YOU WHAT YOU CAN DO IT. EITHER YOU CAN DO IT DURING YOUR DO IT THIS TIME IF IT'S RELATIVE TO THE BOND. OR YOU CAN ALSO DO IT DURING YOUR CLOSING COMMENTS. WELL DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS RIGHT NOW? PLEASE? YEAH. JIM DOES. SURE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TALK ME INTO IT [LAUGHS]. I WANT TO THANK YOU, SELENA AND JEFF AND, OF COURSE, TRACY, FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT. BUT WHAT'S NOTABLE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PARENT FROM LA VERNE, PARENT FROM SAN DIMAS GIVING OF THEIR TIME OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS. AND THIS IS IT'S GOING TO BE A THING. IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF MESSAGING A LOT OF CONVERSATION, A LOT OF DIALOG. WE HAVE TO MAKE THE CASE TO THE TAXPAYERS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR DISTRICT AND THE FUTURE FOR OUR CHILDREN, NOT JUST TODAY, BUT IN THE YEARS TO COME. AND THAT ESSENTIALLY, WE'RE BORROWING MONEY TO PAY FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE JUST CAN'T DO OTHERWISE. AND THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT THING, AND IT'S A BIG THING. AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO THIS CAMPAIGN. IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK. AND I, FOR ONE, AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE EFFORT AND JUST TELL ME WHAT TO DO. SO THANK YOU. SELENA WILL DEFINITELY TAKE YOU UP ON THAT. TAKE ME UP ON IT AS WELL. I ALSO WANT TO ECHO A THANKFULNESS. THE THE SPIRIT WITH WHICH YOU ALL SPEAK IS FOCUSED ON WHAT WE'RE ALWAYS FOCUSED ON, WHICH IS THE KIDS, AND WHAT DO THEY NEED TO SUCCEED AND THRIVE. AND WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME IN THIS BOARDROOM CELEBRATING OUR GREAT SPELLERS AND OUR ATHLETES AND, YOU KNOW, OUR ARTISTS AND THESE KIDS THAT ARE DOING FANTASTIC THINGS. AND THIS IS A MOMENT TO ASK OURSELVES, WHERE DO THEY DO THEM AND WHAT DO THEY NEED TO DO? WHAT DO THEY NEED TO CONTINUE TO THRIVE? SO THANK YOU FOR BEING PEOPLE WHO ARE STANDING UP AND SPREADING THAT INFORMATION. AND I APPRECIATE YOU. I AGREE AND KIND OF LIKE WHAT JEFF SAID. THIS ISN'T ABOUT JUST WANTS THAT WE HAVE. IT'S ABOUT NEEDS THAT WE HAVE. IF YOU'RE A STUDENT IN AUGUST AND YOUR TEMPERATURE IS LIKE IN THE 90S BECAUSE YOUR AIR CONDITIONER BROKE, YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO LEARN. OR IF THE PLUMBING GOES OUT, THE WHOLE SCHOOL IS OUT FOR THE WHOLE DAY. SAFETY IS NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SAFETY. SO ALL THESE THINGS IT'S NOT REALLY JUST A WANT. IT'S DEFINITELY A NEED FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND IF YOU INVEST OUR STUDENTS, YOU'RE INVESTING IN YOUR COMMUNITY. SO EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE MIGHT NOT HAVE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT THE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE, TAKING CARE OF US, YOU KNOW, IN A FEW YEARS. SO YOU'RE INVESTING IN OUR SCHOOLS, WHICH IS INVESTING IN THE PROPERTY VALUE, WHICH IS WHAT MAKES LA VERNE AND SAN DIMAS, YOU KNOW, ATTRACTIVE PEOPLE COME HERE FOR THE SAFETY AND FOR THE SCHOOLS. AND THAT'S THE TWO REASONS I HEAR MOST IN THE COMMUNITY. AND A DIRECT INVESTMENT IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD JUST A COMMENT ABOUT BEING A A BOARD MEMBER, BUT ALSO WHO CARES ABOUT SCHOOLS. BUT I'M ALSO A PROPERTY OWNER, AND I KNOW THAT THIS WOULD IMPACT ME. AND AND YET IT'S AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. EVEN THESE REALLY TIGHT TIMES. THIS IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST BECAUSE I AM A HOMEOWNER AND I OWN A HOME THAT WAS BUILT IN THE 80S, AND I'VE ALREADY REDONE THE PLUMBING FROM THE HOUSE TO THE ROAD, AND I'VE ALREADY REPLACED THE AIR CONDITIONING TWICE. [00:45:08] RIGHT. AND YET I WAS A PRINCIPAL IN A SCHOOL THAT WAS BUILT IN THE 60S THAT HAS THE SAME HEATER AIR CONDITIONING UNIT, LIKE SERVING THE OFFICE THAT IT THAT IT ORIGINALLY HAD THERE YEARS PAST THEIR EXPIRATION DATES. WE HAVE GOT TO DO THIS FOR OUR SCHOOLS. THIS ISN'T JUST A WANT. THIS IS A REAL NEED. AND THE STATE DOES NOT PICK UP THE FUNDING FOR THIS. WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE GOT TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS. AND I JUST I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH. I CAN'T PRAISE YOU ENOUGH FOR STEPPING FORWARD AND HELPING US OUT WITH THAT. THANK YOU. SO I THINK WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE ECHOING THE SAME SENTIMENTS. I LOOKED UP TWO QUOTES THAT I THOUGHT REALLY FRAMED. THIS ONE IS IT'S A GREEK PROVERB AND IT SAYS A SOCIETY GROWS GREAT WHEN OLD MEN PLANT TREES IN WHOSE SHADE THEY SHALL NEVER SIT. AND ANOTHER ONE WAS THE COMMENT OF A PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOLISH. I THINK ROBERT BURTON IN 1621, STATED TO BE A PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOLISH, MEANS TO FOCUS SO INTENSELY ON A SMALL SAVINGS THAT YOU MISS A BIGGER WINDFALL. AND I THINK WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR KIDS, INVESTING IN THEIR FUTURE PAYS THE BEST DIVIDENDS. INVESTING LOCALLY PAYS THE BEST DIVIDENDS. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS THAT WE HAVE AND SOME ISSUES OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, SUCH AS PLUMBING AIR CONDITIONING, YEAH, I WOULD REALLY HATE FOR OUR KIDS TO PAY THE COST FOR THE BILLS WE'RE UNWILLING TO PAY. SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO NOT HAVE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND INVEST IN OUR FUTURE. OKAY. IS THERE A VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. TO BE A STICKLER. DID WE DO A MOTION AND A SECOND? WE DID. OKAY. LET'S SEE. WE DID THAT. ELECTIONS OF CANDIDATES TO THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION DELEGATE ASSEMBLY. YEAH. IN DECEMBER, CSBA CALLED FOR NOMINATIONS FROM SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO SERVE A TWO YEAR TERM TO REPRESENT SUBREGION 23C. OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY NOW, IF IT WANTS, CAST A VOTE FOR TWO CANDIDATES TO REPRESENT THIS REGION. TWO CANDIDATES ARE MARIA CASARES FROM COVINA VALLEY AND ROBERTA PERLMAN FROM POMONA. THE BALLOT ALSO CONTAINS A PROVISION FOR WRITE IN CANDIDATES, SO YOU HAVE THE CHOICE TO VOTE FOR BOTH CANDIDATES. ONE OF THEM PROVIDE A WRITE IN OR ABSTAIN. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL SECOND. OH, WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. STUDENT DISCIPLINARY ACTION. STUDENT DISCIPLINARY ACTION PURSUANT TO EDUCATION CODE 48900(0.4) AND 48900(I) FOR THE STUDENT NUMBER 120303574. RECOMMENDATION THAT THE STUDENT NUMBER 120303574 BE READMITTED FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER 2025 2026 SCHOOL YEAR WITH PLACEMENT IN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVED? SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NUMBER TWO. STUDENT DISCIPLINARY ACTION PURSUANT TO EDUCATION CODE 48900(A1)(I) FOR STUDENT NUMBER 150304041. STUDENT DISCIPLINARY ACTION PURSUANT TO EDUCATION CODE 48900(A1) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUSPENDED EXPULSION AGREEMENT FOR THE PERIOD OF THE REMAINDER OF THE 2025 2026 SCHOOL YEAR AND THE FALL SEMESTER OF THE 2026 2027. THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT STUDENT NUMBER 150304041 WILL REMAIN AT SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NAY. SO. MOTION PASSES FOUR ONE. REPORTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT. [17. REPORTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT] AND IF WE CAN START AT THE END. CHRIS ANN. THANK YOU. I HAD THE PLEASURE THIS MORNING OF GOING TO ALLEN AVENUE AND PARTICIPATING IN READ ACROSS AMERICA, AND I SPENT ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF IN THE CLASSROOM, 30 MINUTES IN, IN THREE DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS. SECOND GRADE, THIRD GRADE, FOURTH GRADE. AND IT WAS JUST AWESOME. THE STUDENTS WERE SO RECEPTIVE OF HAVING A GUEST IN THE CLASSROOM AND THEN READING WITH ME BECAUSE AS WE DID DOCTOR SEUSS, [00:50:05] I HAD THEM FILL IN THE RHYMING WORDS. THEY AND THEY GUESSED CORRECTLY MOST OF THE TIME, AND IT WAS JUST REALLY AN ENJOYABLE MORNING. AND SO MY COMPLIMENTS TO ALL THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN READ ACROSS AMERICA AND FOR INVITING THE COMMUNITY. BECAUSE THERE THIS MORNING THERE WAS A WOMAN'S GROUP FROM SAN DIMAS AND LA VERNE. THEY, THEY HAD ABOUT TEN WOMEN THAT WERE PARTICIPATING. AND THEN THERE WERE OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS LIKE OUR COUNCILWOMAN RACHEL BRATAKOS WAS THERE AS WELL. SO IT WAS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INTERACT WITH STUDENTS AND THAT'S VERY VALUABLE FOR US AND I APPRECIATED IT. MATT, I WANTED TO COMPLIMENT YOU AGAIN FOR THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT ADDRESS ON MONDAY EVENING. IT WAS FANTASTIC. YOUR COMMENTS, AS WELL AS THE STUDENT PERFORMANCES WAS THE YOU KNOW, WE ALL LOVE THOSE STUDENT PERFORMANCES. I THINK YOU DO A SUPER JOB AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. AND LASTLY I PARTICIPATED WITH [INAUDIBLE] LA VERNE AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS A CAREER EDUCATION COURSE FOR GIRLS AT THE WE ROTATE AT THE DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS. SO WE'VE BEEN AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL, AND IN THE LAST MONTH, I'VE SPENT A DAY AND A HALF WITH 20 OF THE STUDENTS OVER THERE. AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT WE CAME AWAY ALL OF THE SOROPTIMISTS THAT WERE WORKING WITH THIS WOMAN, AND WE HAD SOME WOMEN EVEN COME FROM AZUSA, GLENDORA AND CLAREMONT BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO SEE OUR PROGRAM. AND THE WOMEN WERE JUST BLOWN AWAY AT THE HIGH QUALITY OF THE STUDENTS THAT WERE THAT WE WERE WORKING WITH. THEY LEARNED A LOT. THOSE GIRLS LEARNED, IN FACT, THEY SAID, COULD CAN YOU COME BACK AND WE'LL DO IT AGAIN? I MEAN, THEY REALLY ENJOYED IT, BUT WE CAME AWAY WITH THE FEELING THAT WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB IN THIS DISTRICT'S PREPARING THESE THESE KIDS AND THESE CHILDREN. THEY ARE REALLY INTO THEIR EDUCATION AND INTO WHERE THEY'RE GOING IN THE WORLD. AND WE FELT GOOD. WE CAME AWAY FEELING LIKE WE ARE PREPARING OUR THAT NEXT GENERATION OF STUDENTS. SO IT WAS FANTASTIC. THAT'S AWESOME. IT'S MARCH. MARCH IS THE LONGEST MONTH OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THERE'S VERY LITTLE BREAKS, AND IT'S JUST A LONG TREK UNTIL SPRING BREAK. BUT WE'RE GETTING THROUGH IT, AND THERE'S A LOT TO CELEBRATE WITH AWARENESS AND RECOGNITION OF PEOPLE. MARCH HAS TONS OF AWARENESS. WE CELEBRATE WOMEN'S ACHIEVEMENT IN MARCH. AT THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT MR. WIEN PUT ON A VIDEO WHERE WE HIGHLIGHTED ONE OF OUR OWN. SHE WAS A GLADSTONE ELEMENTARY STUDENT, LONE HILL MIDDLE, SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER ALUM STOOD OUT. LOTS OF DISCIPLINE AND TEAMWORK LED HER TO GO TO UCLA AND NOW A PROFESSIONAL PLAYER, I THINK DRAFTED IN THE TOP TEN AT ORLANDO PRIDE ARE ALLY LEMOS. BUT WHAT MAKES HER DIFFERENT, WHAT MAKES HER HISTORICAL LOCALLY IS NOT JUST HER PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS, IT'S HER CHARACTER. FROM THE VIDEO WE SAW, SHE CAME BACK TO SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL AND SHE'S GIVING BACK TO THE PLAYERS THERE. SHE BROUGHT THINGS FOR THEM. SHE SPENT A DAY WITH THEM. SO THAT KIND OF STUFF, JUST THE LOCAL YOU KNOW, SOMEONE TO LOOK UP TO. I THINK THAT'S AMAZING. SO THANK YOU TO HER COACHES AND EVERYONE WHO WORKED WITH HER TO MAKE HER THE WOMAN SHE IS. IT WAS A GREAT JOB THERE. LIKE CHRIS ANN ALLUDED TO NATIONAL READING MONTH, I'M ALSO IMPRESSED BY THE READING CHALLENGES AND READ ACROSS AMERICA. WE KNOW THAT LITERACY IS A COMMUNITY EFFORT. IT'S ALWAYS WANT TO ENCOURAGE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE STARTING TO GET LOST WITH TABLETS AND WHATNOT IS TO REALLY JUST GET THERE AND READ WITH YOUR STUDENT, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST INDICATORS OF READING GROWTH. SO I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT. ONE THING THAT'S HUGE IN BONITA I KNOW WE'RE A BIG SPORTS AND WE'RE ON ACADEMICS, BUT IT'S ALSO MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH. AND WHEN I WATCH OUR STUDENTS PERFORM, I DON'T SEE A SONG. IT'S HOURS OF DISCIPLINE I SEE IN REHEARSAL AND CRITICAL THINKING. THEY'RE NOT TEACHING NOTES. THEY'RE TEACHING STUDENTS HOW TO LISTEN TO EACH OTHER, HOW TO WORK TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL. I'M ALWAYS REALLY IMPRESSED EVERY TIME I SEE, YOU KNOW, MR. YODER OR MISS SHAW OR ALL THOSE TEACHERS UP THERE LA VERNE SINGS OR EVEN AT THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT, THE WAY THEY SEE A SONG AND CREATIVELY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND THEN THEY JUST HIT THAT IT'S EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH. SO WE'RE GOING TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THEM. WE KNOW A HUNGRY KID DOESN'T REALLY LEARN THE BEST, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, ADULTS AS WELL. WE DON'T DO THE BEST WHEN WE'RE HUNGRY, BUT IT MAKES OUR CAFETERIA STAFF SOME OF THE MOST ESSENTIAL EDUCATORS AS WELL. AND THEN CLOSE TO ME, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK WEEK. WHEN WE DISCUSS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, WE SEE THE GRADES. WE SEE CURRICULUM AND TEST SCORES AS A BOARD. WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS CAN'T LEARN IF THEY ARE HUNGRY, BUT ALSO IF THEY'RE IN CRISIS OR STRUGGLING WITH TRAUMA. THOSE PEOPLE ARE THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE CLASSROOM AND HOME, MAKING SURE EVERY KID, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES, HAS EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL STABILITY TO SUCCEED. SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE THE QUIET STRENGTH BEHIND OUR STUDENT SUCCESS. AND FINALLY MARCH IS ALSO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AWARENESS MONTH. SO I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO EVERY STUDENT IN BONITA THAT REAL INCLUSION IS NOT ABOUT PUTTING A KID INTO A CERTAIN CLASSROOM, [00:55:07] BUT MAKING SURE THOSE STUDENTS HAVE THE TOOLS, RESPECT, AND A COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT TO THRIVE THERE. IT'S MOVING TOWARDS ACCEPTANCE AND BELONGING MORE THAN JUST RECOGNITION. SO TO OUR FAMILIES NAVIGATING THESE, YOU KNOW, WE SEE YOU INTO THE TEACHERS HELPING, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY BELIEVE ALL MEANS ALL. AND FINALLY, TODAY'S A VERY SPECIAL DAY. I WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY WIFE. I'LL BE HOME SOON. SHE HOLDS IT DOWN AT HOME SO THAT I COULD DO WHAT I DO HERE. IT'S REALLY A TEAM PARTNERSHIP. SO THANK YOU. LUCKY TO HAVE YOU. AND SEE YOU TONIGHT. WONDERFUL. AS YOU HEARD FROM OUR STUDENT REPS, THERE'S JUST SO MANY GREAT THINGS HAPPENING ACROSS OUR CAMPUS. AND GREG MENTIONED SO MANY IMPORTANT THINGS TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE. AND MY ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE COMMUNITY IS TO JUST TRULY SHOW UP SO THAT THOSE THINGS CAN CONTINUE TO HAPPEN, RIGHT? THAT MEANS SHOWING UP WITH YOURSELF TO VOLUNTEER AND TO SUPPORT. SOMETIMES IT MEANS SHOWING UP WITH THE FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THINGS. THAT MEANS CHECKING OUT THE BCA SCHEDULE AND TAKING SOME LOCAL ARTS. IT'S SO MUCH FUN TO BRING YOUR KIDS, YOUR GRANDKIDS LOOK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULE, SHOW UP TO READ AT A SCHOOL, GO GOLFING WITH THE LA VERNE EDUCATION FOUNDATION. IF YOU'RE A BUSINESS SPONSOR THE SCHOOLS LOCAL BUBBLE RUN OR FUN RUN, RIGHT? THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS THAT THIS COMMUNITY CAN REALLY GET INTO GET INVOLVED IN BEING A PART OF WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT BONITA UNIFIED. RECENTLY I WAS ABLE TO ENJOY LA VERNE SINGS, WHICH WAS JUST MAGICAL TO SEE THE WORK THAT OUR MUSIC DEPARTMENTS ARE ABLE TO DO. RAMONA'S FROZEN JUNIOR. I WASN'T EXPECTING IT TO MAKE ME CRY NEARLY AS MUCH AS IT DID, BUT WATCHING EIGHTH GRADERS SOB AT THE END OF THEIR LAST PERFORMANCE IS JUST LIKE, IT'S TOO MUCH. IT'S AMAZING. WATCHING THE SPELLING BEE WAS SUCH A JOY TO GIVE THESE KIDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY SOMETHING HARD AND TO PUT THEMSELVES OUT THERE, AND THEN TO TO NAVIGATE THE COPING MECHANISM OF WINNING AND SOMETIMES NOT WINNING LIKE THERE IS SUCH INTANGIBLE WORK HAPPENING. EDUCATION HAPPENING IN ALL OF THESE IN ALL OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES. JUST A COUPLE. WAS IT JUST YESTERDAY? YESTERDAY I VOLUNTEERED AT THE ELEMENTARY HONOR CHOIRS SING-A-THON FUNDRAISER WHERE WE HAD 200 HONOR CHOIR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AT A SIX HOUR CHOIR REHEARSAL, AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE TO WATCH THEM PRACTICE THIS LIKE, ARMS UP CHOREOGRAPHY ON THEIR LIKE, FIFTH HOUR OF PRACTICING. AND I'VE NEVER SEEN THE CALMEST LINE AS THEY GOT DISMISSED FOR, YOU KNOW, PIZZA AT THE END OF SINGING FOR FIVE HOURS. KIDS ARE USUALLY PRETTY RAMBUNCTIOUS WHEN THEY'RE WAITING FOR PIZZA, BUT THEY WERE ALL SO TIRED UNTIL WE GAVE THEM PIZZA AND COOKIES. AND THEN THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, AT IT AGAIN. SO JUST A REALLY BIG HOLLER OF APPRECIATION TO TO THE PARENTS, TO THE BUSINESSES, TO THE TEACHERS, TO EVERYBODY THAT KEEPS THESE THINGS HAPPENING AND KEEPS THESE THINGS THRIVING. AND IF YOU AREN'T YET INVOLVED IN ANY ONE OF THOSE WAYS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET INVOLVED BECAUSE IT'S BEAUTIFUL. I'D LIKE TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN MENTION NATIONAL READING MONTH, AND THEN THIS IS NATIONAL READING WEEK, I BELIEVE. AND IT WAS ORIGINALLY, IF I GET THIS RIGHT, KRIS AND DOCTOR SEUSS'S BIRTHDAY. AND SO AND HOW FOUNDATIONAL LITERACY IS TO LEARNING AND HOW MUCH A PART OF OUR DECIDED CULTURE BONITA UNIFIED IT HAS BECOME. AND GREAT THINGS COME FROM FROM READING AND THAT FOUNDATION. THANKS FOR, SONIA, THANKS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. APPRECIATE READING THAT. AND IT'S NICE TO HAVE THAT DOWN ON PAPER WITH A TODAY AND TOMORROW AND WHAT THE MONEY LOOKS LIKE. AND I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. WE PASSED ON CONSENT EARLIER THIS EVENING AS WE DO EACH EACH YEAR AROUND THIS TIME, WE TAKE ON A CERTIFIED AUDITOR TO, TO CONDUCT OUR ANNUAL AUDIT. COULD YOU GIVE US A SENTENCE ABOUT WHY WE DO THAT? AND A COUPLE OF THE MECHANISMS AND HOW IT RELATES TO YOUR PROCESS EARLIER? SO IN CALIFORNIA, EXCUSE ME, IN CALIFORNIA, EDUCATION CODE REQUIRES US TO HAVE OUR FINANCIALS AND COMPLIANCE SIDE ARE AUDITED BY AN EXTERNAL AUDITOR. SO I BELIEVE AT THE LAST MEETING WE APPROVED A CONTRACT WITH OUR OUR CURRENT AUDITOR. NOW THE, THE IDEA IS TO HAVE A NEW PARTNER EVERY SIX YEARS IF YOU CONTINUE WITH THE SAME CPA FIRM. SO WE HAVE AND SO EVERY SIX YEARS THEY MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE BY SWITCHING LEADING ACCOUNTANT OR SLASH PARTNER ON ON THIS ON THIS ON OUR CASE. SO WE'VE DONE WE'VE WORKED WELL WITH THEM AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER SIX YEARS. [01:00:04] AND ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR AND THE TAX YEAR. AND WHERE DOES ALL OF THIS PROCESS. SO WE WE ARE ON A FISCAL YEAR. SO THEY AUDIT US. THEY COME OUT THE SUMMER, USUALLY THE SUMMER OR EARLY FALL AFTER WE CLOSE THE YEAR. I PRESENT UNAUDITED ACTUALS BECAUSE THOSE ARE JUST THE WAY WE CLOSE THE YEAR. THEN THEY REVIEW ALL OF OUR RECORDS, OUR FINANCIAL RECORDS. THERE ARE, THEY DO COMPLIANCE TESTING WHEN THEY LOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ADA, OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE IS REPORTED CORRECTLY. THEY TEST FILES ON STUDENT CURRICULUM CURRICULUM FILES AND THEY EVERY YEAR IT'S DIFFERENT. SO IT'S HARD TO SPEAK ON IT. THERE IS AN AUDIT PROGRAM THAT THEY FOLLOW THAT HAS THEM TEST DIFFERENT ITEMS EVERY YEAR. SOMETHING'S DIFFERENT. FOR EXAMPLE, PROP 28 IS GOING TO BE AUDITED COMING UP THE NEXT ROUND. THEY, THEY DO HAVE A FEDERAL AUDITS THAT THEY ALSO DO ON THE COMPLIANCE SIDE. SO EVERY YEAR IT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT THEY GO AHEAD AND LEAD US THROUGH BY SENDING US WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE TESTING. WE PULL OUT EVERYTHING. OUR TEAM IS ALWAYS READY FOR AN AUDIT REVIEW. THEY DO COME OUT MID-YEAR TO DO A PRELIMINARY VISIT. THEY GO TO OUR SCHOOL SITES BECAUSE ALSO IN THE AUDIT IS INCLUDED ARE ASB'S, AND THEY LOOK AT THE FINANCIALS AT THAT POINT IN TIME. SO IT'S IT'S VERY THOROUGH AUDIT THAT REALLY TAKES ALL 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE. AND AS WE EMBARK ON A CAMPAIGN FOR A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, AND WHEN THIS BOND PASSES FOR OUR DISTRICT, WHAT REQUIREMENTS ARE THERE FOR FISCAL MONITORING AND SO ON OF THE BOND PROCEEDS? SO THOSE WILL BE HELD IN A SEPARATE FUND, FUND 21. AND SO THOSE WILL BE AUDITED ALSO AS A SEPARATE ENGAGEMENT OF, OF AN AUDIT. SO IT'LL BE COMPLETELY SEPARATE. THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WILL BE THE ONES WHO THE AUDITORS WILL PRESENT TO. AND THEN THEY WILL THEN COME TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO PRESENT THAT IT'S A COMPLETELY SEPARATE AUDIT, REALLY DONE IN THE SAME SPIRIT AND GUIDANCE AS OUR FULL AUDIT. AND SO IT'S PERFECTLY ALIGNED. AND YOU SAID SOMETHING JUST NOW BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? SO THAT IS A COMMITTEE MADE OF A COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION, WHETHER IT BE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, STAFF, AND THEY SERVE AS A COMMITTEE THAT MEETS REGULARLY. WE UPDATE THEM ON PROJECTS, ON OUR FINANCIALS AND WHAT IT'S A REQUIREMENT AS PART OF HAVING THESE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO US. AND SO THE AUDITORS GO AHEAD AND PRESENT THE AUDIT REPORT TO THEM, AND THEN THEY COME AND REPORT IT TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. SO IT SERVES LIKE AN ENTIRE ANOTHER DIFFERENT BOARD. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT. MUCH APPRECIATED. AND IF MY SPIES ARE CORRECT. LA VERNE SAN DIMAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION HAS THEIR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER, ITS GOLF TOURNAMENT COMING UP. WHAT? 10TH APRIL? DID I GET THAT RIGHT? SELENA LEFT. 10TH OF APRIL. YES. COME OUT, PLAY SOME GOLF, TELL SOME LIES AND SUPPORT OUR CLASSROOMS AND SEE YOU NEXT TIME. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. THERE ARE SO MANY WONDERFUL AND IMPRESSIVE THINGS HAPPENING IN UNIFIED. I HAVE A HUGE LIST, I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET THROUGH IT QUICKLY, BUT THERE IS SOME. I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME GREAT THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WATER POLO TEAM. I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT'S IN THE WATER, BUT IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE A TRADITION. SOMEONE AT BONITA UNIFIED, WHETHER IT'S BONITA BOYS BONITA GIRLS SAN DIMAS GIRLS, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE EVERY YEAR, IF NOT MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR, WE'RE CELEBRATING WATER POLO SUCCESS. SO GREAT JOB COACHES, GREAT JOB KIDS. BUT YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU HAVE THIS MUCH SUCCESS, I'M HOPING TO SEE MORE OF IT. SO GREAT JOB TO YOU GUYS. THERE WAS AN EVENT THAT HAPPENED THAT I THINK REALLY SHOWS THE FLEXIBILITY OF OUR STAFF. THERE WAS A BUS ISSUE THAT HAPPENED, AND OUR CAFETERIA DEPARTMENT MADE SURE THAT THE KIDS ON THE BUS GOT FOOD. SO I JUST THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WHEN THESE LITTLE HICCUPS HAPPEN AND IN LIFE, THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN, THAT WE HAVE STAFF WHO ARE QUICK TO RESPOND IN WAYS THAT SUPPORT KIDS. AND I THINK THAT'S POWERFUL. LA VERNE SINGS WAS AMAZING. EVERY TIME I SEE THEM SING LIKE IT'S AMAZING. I HAD A FRIEND AND YOU HAVE SOME FRIENDS WHO REALLY PUT IN A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO THEIR KIDS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE WE, WE COMPARE GOOGLE CALENDARS. WE'RE LIKE, YEAH, WE GOT TO DRIVE THEM TO THIS, DRIVE THEM TO THAT, DRIVE THEM TO THIS. WE GOT THE SCHOOL STUFF, THE PRIVATE LESSONS, AND YOU KNOW, IT GETS QUITE A BIT AS THEY GET OLDER AND MORE EXPENSIVE AND THEY HAVE MORE TIME DEMANDS. AND THIS ONE PARENT IS A PARENT THAT HAS THIS TRULY TALENTED CHILD. [01:05:02] AND THEY'RE AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID. THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, WE THOUGHT ABOUT AN ART MAGNET, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU HAVE THIS SCHOOL THAT REALLY FOCUSES JUST ON ART AND, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY'RE TALENTED IN, YOU WANT THEM TO GET THAT SUPPORT. BUT THEY'RE ALSO HERE IN BONITA UNIFIED. AND BONITA UNIFIED IS GIVING THEM AN AMAZING ART EXPERIENCE WHERE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE IN AN ART MAGNET WITHOUT HAVING TO GO OUT OF THE WAY TO GO TO AN ART MAGNET. AND THEN I WAS THINKING, I'M LIKE, WELL, WE'RE A MAGNET, A MUSICAL THEATER MAGNET, A CULINARY ARTS MAGNET, A WATER POLO MAGNET, A CHEER AND DANCE MAGNET, A BAND MAGNET. AND AS I'M GOING DOWN THE LIST, I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WORD FOR THAT, MAYBE A MAGNET, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE SO MANY AMAZING PATHWAYS THAT GIVE OUR KIDS THESE AMAZING EXPERIENCES, SO THAT OUR PARENTS DON'T HAVE TO GO TO A SPECIALTY SCHOOL TO GET THE SPECIALTY INSTRUCTION THEY NEED. THEY CAN BE RIGHT HERE AND THEY CAN HAVE A MUCH BROADER EXPERIENCE. THE CULINARY PROGRAM. THERE ARE CULINARY MAGNETS. AND YET OUR SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL CULINARY TEAM WON THE NOT JUST STATE, BUT NATIONALS. THAT'S IMPRESSIVE. THEY'RE BEATING SCHOOLS THAT GET A LOT MORE FUNDING, AND OUR KIDS ARE HAVING THAT EXPERIENCE AND THAT SUCCESS. AND I REALLY THINK THAT SPEAKS WELL TO THE SYSTEM WE HAVE. I ALSO HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING TO FROZEN. I THINK RAMONA WAS PUTTING ON FROZEN AND I WAS JOKING WITH MY FRIEND. I'M LIKE, WOW, THAT WAS A BRILLIANT HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMANCE. I KNOW IT'S MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THEY HAD LIKE AMAZING MAKEUP. THE SONGS WERE GREAT, THE SINGING WAS AMAZING, THE ACTING WAS GREAT. OLAF WAS SUPER ENDEARING. YOU HAD A SMOKE MACHINE, YOU HAVE ALL THE VISUAL LIGHTS. AND, YOU KNOW, AS I'M GOING THROUGH THIS AND I'VE SPENT MONEY GOING TO PANTAGES, WE GO TO A COUPLE PLAYS AND I'M LIKE, THIS IS HIGH QUALITY STUFF. AND IT'S A MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'VE BEEN TO SOME MIDDLE SCHOOL PLAYS THAT I WOULD NOT BRING UP IN BOARD COMMENTS. THIS ONE WAS HIGH QUALITY AND GOOD JOB TO YOU. I THINK THE TEACHER'S NAME IS CAMPBELL. I COULD GET IT WRONG, I SEE NODDING, SO I GOT THAT ONE RIGHT. BUT JUST A PHENOMENAL JOB. ALL OF OUR TEACHERS DO A GREAT JOB. BUT THAT WAS A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE. MATH DECATHLON AND I'M A LITTLE BIASED ON THIS ONE. MY SON GOES TO EKSTRAND. HE'S A MATH GUY. MY DAUGHTER'S AN ENGLISH GIRL. MY SON LOVES MATH. AND HIS TEAM WON IN FOURTH GRADE AND EKSTRAND WON YET AGAIN IN FIFTH GRADE. BUT THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS I NOTICED FIRST. I DON'T MEAN TO BE. YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO MANAGE YOUR HELP. YOUR KIDS MANAGE THEIR EMOTIONS, AND I'M TRYING TO LIKE, BEFOREHAND. I'M LIKE, HEY, BUDDY, ALL YOU CAN DO IS YOUR BEST. YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY STIFF COMPETITION. YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYONE CAN WIN. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE TALENTED. YEAH, YOU PREPARE AND IF YOU PREPARE, YOU HAVE A MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF SUCCESS. BUT THERE'S ALSO A DEGREE OF LUCK. AND SOMETIMES THINGS BREAK A DIFFERENT WAY. SO I'M EXPECTING HIM TO PLAY. SO I WAS VERY OPTIMISTIC. AND THEY WON AGAIN. AND YOU KNOW I THINK MY WIFE SCREAMED AGAIN AND WE WERE SUPER EXCITED. BUT THERE WERE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WERE NOTABLE. ONE, A KID FROM LAST YEAR'S TEAM DIDN'T MAKE IT. AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS HAPPEN. THEY HAVE A COMPETITION. THIS KID DIDN'T MAKE IT. HE MADE IT LAST YEAR. HE SHOWED UP TO THE EVENT TO SUPPORT HIS FRIENDS. AND I'M LIKE, THIS IS NOT JUST TEACHING MATH. WE'RE TEACHING CHARACTER. AND THAT KID DEMONSTRATED CHARACTER. WE HAVE PEOPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO VOLUNTEER BEHIND THE SCENES, SOME OF WHICH MAY BE IN THE AUDIENCE, AND IT IS JUST AMAZING TO SEE THEM DO THAT EXTRA SUPPORT. AND THEN I'M ASSUMING THEY I HAVE NO IDEA. HE MIGHT BE A THEATER KID. WE'LL SEE WHERE HE GOES. THEY GET TO MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICES, BUT MY SON IS A MATH GUY LIKE HE INTUITIVELY. HE'S ALWAYS BEEN GIFTED AT MATH. BUT IF YOU'RE JUST GIFTED AT MATH, RIGHT, YOU'RE GOOD AT PHYSICS OR ACCOUNTING OR BEING AN ENGINEER, YOU'RE NOT GETTING PROMOTED TO MANAGEMENT BECAUSE YOU ALSO NEED SOFT SKILLS. BUT OUR MATH PROGRAM ACTUALLY HAD THEM WORKING ON THEIR SOFT SKILLS, WORKING TOGETHER AS A GROUP. AND YOU HAVE THESE COMMUNICATION COMPONENTS TO IT THAT I THOUGHT WAS VERY POWERFUL, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT JUST EQUIPPING KIDS AND HAVING THEM KNOW HOW TO DO MATH WELL, WE'RE ACTUALLY HELPING OUR KIDS HAVE THESE SOFT SKILLS SO THEY CAN GET PROMOTED IN THEIR JOB. AND AS A PARENT, I WAS PERFECTLY SATISFIED WITH THIS EQUITY MOMENT WHERE MY KID AND ALL THE OTHER KIDS WERE GETTING EXTRA SUPPORT IN MATH, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, HE'S GIFTED AT MATH, AND WE'RE FEEDING THAT STRENGTH, AND HE'S PRACTICING MATH, DOING EXTRA WORK, AND THAT'S GREAT. BUT THEN I SEE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING AND I SEE COMMUNICATION SKILLS HAPPENING. AND I'M LIKE, WE'RE REALLY EQUIPPING HIM FOR SUCCESS IN HIS FUTURE. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY POWERFUL. I WAS ALSO VERY PLEASED. I THINK THAT'S THE SIGN I SHOULD HURRY UP. MESSAGE TAKEN. I WILL SPEED THROUGH THIS. RONAN DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB FOR BOTH. I LOVE THAT OUR KIDS, REGARDLESS IF THEY GO TO A HIGH INCOME OR. IT'S OKAY, WE'LL JUST ROLL THROUGH IT. I LOVE THE REUBEN. [01:10:01] THAT'S RIGHT. OH, WE'RE TURNING OFF LIGHTS NOW. I CAN'T READ MY NOTES NOW. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NO, JUST ROLL WITH IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IT WAS ALSO NICE TO SEE OUR LOW INCOME STUDENTS DO SO WELL. THE SPELLING BEE AND MATH DECATHLON HAD AMAZING MCS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED FACILITATE THAT. IT'S KIND OF HARD TO GET IN FRONT OF PEOPLE. AND WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE NAILING IT AND CONNECTING WITH THE CROWD, THAT'S GREAT. AND LUCKILY FOR THE MCS, THE LIGHTS DIDN'T TURN OUT TURN OFF ON THEM. THE SAN DIMAS OPEN HOUSE. FUTURE SAINTS WALK WAS AMAZING. MY KIDS DITCHED ME, BUT I DEFINITELY WANTED TO THANK OUR SAN DIMAS MAYOR, EMMETT BADER, RYAN VIENNA, RACHEL, AND KASH FOR SHOWING UP AND SUPPORTING OUR KIDS AT THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT. THERE WAS STAFF MENTIONED, THEY HAD THE VIDEO, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS AMAZING, BUT WE HAD A STAFF MENTIONED. HER NAME WAS CHERRY AGAPITO, I HOPE I PRONOUNCED THAT RIGHT. SHE'S A PHENOMENAL TEACHER. AND IN THIS PRESENTATION AND MATT TALKED ABOUT IT, WE TALKED ABOUT A STUDENT WHO HAD STRUGGLES. AND WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO HAVE REAL STRUGGLES. AND THIS TEACHER JUST POURED A WHOLE BUNCH OF TIME INTO THIS KID, CHANGED HIS LIFE, AND HE'S WORKING ON HIS DOCTORATE DEGREE. AND WHAT'S AMAZING IS WHEN YOU HAVE THESE DEDICATED STAFF PUTTING IN THIS EXTRA WORK, EXTRA TIME, YOU CAN CHANGE LIVES. AND I DON'T THINK SHE'S AN OUTLIER AND MY OWN KID'S SCHOOL, THERE HAVE BEEN TEACHERS THERE WHO HAVE JUST DONATED TIME. I'VE SEEN IT IN OUR OTHER SCHOOLS TOO. SO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE POURING THEIR LIVES INTO OUR KIDS, IT'S AMAZING. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK THE BOARD FOR ADOPTING RESOLUTION 2026 2022 OR 2026-22. YOUR UNANIMOUS SUPPORT IN DESIRING TO ADDRESS OUR FACILITY NEEDS AND UNDERSTANDING THE VITAL IMPORTANCE TO DO SO IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. AND THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT WAS MONDAY. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE. WHO MADE THE NIGHT GO SMOOTHLY. FIRST. MELISSA. MELISSA STONE AND THE BCA STAFF. BOTH HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR DIRECTORS, JARED PEW, RYAN YODER, OUR MARKETING FIRM, VMA FOR HELP IN CREATING THE SLIDE DECK AND THE OUTSTANDING VIDEO CALLED BONITA UNIFIED TRAILBLAZERS. AND, OF COURSE, MARGARET MCDONALD, WHO SOMEHOW STAYS PATIENT WITH ME AS I MAKE CHANGES UP UNTIL THE HOUR BEFORE THE PROGRAM. I WANT TO END THE COMMENTS TONIGHT BY THANKING A GROUP OF RAMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO YESTERDAY ENCOURAGED ME TO JOIN A FLAG FOOTBALL GAME AT LUNCH. I DID SO, HAD A GREAT TIME WITH THEM AND FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES FELT LIKE A KID AGAIN. SO IT WAS FUN. I THANKED THEM, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN YESTERDAY. THANK YOU. GIVE ME A SECOND. I GOTTA FIND WHERE MY NOTES WERE. I GOT SO EXCITED I MISPLACED THEM. I WILL. PERFECT. 18. THANK YOU. REQUEST TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC. THE PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. ANY PERSON WISHING TO SPEAK ON 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 REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CARD, WHICH MAY BE PICKED UP FROM MARTIN 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. FUTURE MEETING DATES. THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING WILL BE ON APRIL 8TH, [19. FUTURE MEETING DATES] 2026. ANY ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDA? THEN ADJOURNMENT. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 7:30. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.