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CALL TO ORDER. THE MEETING WILL START AT 5 P.M.

[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, COMMUNICATION 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.

THERE IS NONE. THE BOARD WILL CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION AT 5:01.

[5. CLOSED SESSION AGENDA]

[7. CALL TO ORDER]

CALL TIME IS 6 P.M.. REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION.

[8. REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION]

THE MOTION WAS MADE BY DEREK WITH A SECOND BY JIM.

THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS. ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] SO LAUREN COMES TO US WITH SEVERAL YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION. PRIOR TO THAT, LAUREN TAUGHT HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH, ELD AND AP PSYCHOLOGY.

HER MOST CURRENT POSITION WAS AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT CYPRESS HIGH SCHOOL.

LAUREN RECEIVED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM BIOLA AND SHE HAS TWO MASTER'S DEGREES, ONE FROM BIOLA AND THE OTHER FROM CAL STATE, LONG BEACH. LAUREN AND HUSBAND ROBERT ARE 14 YEAR RESIDENTS OF SAN DIMAS, MAKING LAUREN'S COMMITMENT TO THE STUDENTS OF BONITA UNIFIED, BOTH PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL. HER DAUGHTER, SOPHIA, ATTENDS SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL AND YOUNGER DAUGHTER MADELEINE WILL ATTEND LONE HILL MIDDLE. IN HER FREE TIME, LAUREN ENJOYS CHEERING ON HER DAUGHTERS AT NINJA AND VOLLEYBALL COMPETITIONS, EXPLORING NEW RESTAURANTS, HIKING, READING, LISTENING TO PODCASTS AND TRAVELING.

PLEASE WELCOME LAUREN. [APPLAUSE] IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO APPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT OF KIRA GRUND AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR HIGH SCHOOL.

THE MOTION WAS MADE BY JIM WITH A SECOND BY DEREK.

THE ROLL CALL VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS. AND KIRA COMES TO US WITH 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN AND CHARTER OAK UNIFIED. DURING THAT TIME.

SHE TAUGHT SCIENCE AND SERVED IN A VARIETY OF LEADERSHIP ROLES, INCLUDING [INAUDIBLE] COORDINATOR PLC LEAD, SCIENCE DEPARTMENT CHAIR, IB, AP COORDINATOR AND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS ATTENDANCE ADVISOR.

PRIOR TO ENTERING EDUCATION, KIRA WORKED AS A CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINER AT BISHOP VERMONT, UC IRVINE, AND INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY. OUTSIDE OF WORK, KYRA ENJOYS COOKING AND BAKING AND SPENDING TIME WITH HER TWO DOGS.

KIRA'S FAVORITE PLACE TO BE IS BACKSTAGE WORKING A MUSICAL FOR HER DAUGHTER KATHERINE, OR DOING THE PITCH COUNT AND BOOK AT BASEBALL GAMES FOR HER SON LUCAS.

IN THE REMAINING BITS OF HER FREE TIME, SHE LOVES TO READ THE LATEST RESEARCH AND FUNCTIONAL NUTRITION AND COACH OTHERS TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH.

PLEASE WELCOME KIRA. [APPLAUSE] 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.

[10. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER AND CONTENT]

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

[11. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING]

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

[12. FEATURED PRESENTATIONS]

TOP READERS FOR THE 2025 2026 SCHOOL YEAR. SO TONIGHT, WE GET TO HONOR OUR TOP READERS FROM EACH OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND BOTH OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

SO HERE TO DO THE HONORS TONIGHT IS DOCTOR JAYMI ABUSHAM, OUR SENIOR DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS WHO READ MORE ACHIEVE AT HIGHER LEVELS.

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I'M SURE YOU KNOW THIS VERY WELL BECAUSE THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE.

THIS YEAR, WE'RE EXCITED TO HONOR THIS YEAR'S TOP READERS FROM EACH OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND ALSO THE PRIMARY AND UPPER GRADE TOP READERS FROM EACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME UP, I'LL GIVE YOU YOUR CERTIFICATE, AND WE'D LIKE YOU TO STAND UP HERE UNTIL EVERYONE HAS BEEN CALLED. SO KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SECOND GRADE FROM ALLEN AVENUE.

SEBASTIAN RUIZ. [APPLAUSE] UPPER GRADE AT ALLEN. ALAINY HOPE. [APPLAUSE] THE PRIMARY GRADES FROM EKSTRAND. DELLA MONTEROSA STONE.

[APPLAUSE] AND UPPER GRADE FROM EKSTRAND. JOSEPHINE YOUNG.

[APPLAUSE] FROM GLADSTONE IN THE PRIMARY GRADES.

SEVERE AUSWAHL. [APPLAUSE] AND FROM UPPER GRADE.

NATANA [INAUDIBLE]. [APPLAUSE] FROM GRACE MILLER NEHED PONDI.

[APPLAUSE] PRIMARY GRADES. AND IN THE UPPER GRADES ILA STEKY.

[APPLAUSE] FROM LA VERNE HEIGHTS IN THE PRIMARY GRADES.

FRENDRA BRATCHER ROSENBERRY. [APPLAUSE] AND IN THE UPPER GRADES. KAYLA BOWLIN. [APPLAUSE] FROM OAK MESA IN THE PRIMARY GRADES. ILA SHEAHAN.

[APPLAUSE] AND IN THE UPPER GRADES. DANIELA DELPHINE.

[APPLAUSE] FROM ROYNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE PRIMARY GRADES.

STONE BALLARD. [APPLAUSE] AND IN THE UPPER GRADES.

OPHELIA LAURA. [APPLAUSE] FROM SHULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE PRIMARY GRADES.

CONNOR POPE. [APPLAUSE] AND IN THE UPPER GRADES MIA LEE.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. AND ONE WINNER FROM EACH OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS FROM LONE HILL.

LITZY LARA. [APPLAUSE] AND FINALLY FROM RAMONA CHARLES OWENS. [APPLAUSE] SO WE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE A PHOTO. WE CAN HAVE EVERYBODY FACE THE CAMERA HERE.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY A QUICK THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE. I SEE YOU BEAMING WITH PRIDE AND TAKING YOUR PHOTOS. SO THANKS FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT TO SUPPORT ALL OF OUR TOP READERS. [APPLAUSE] AND I SAW A FEW OF THEIR TEACHERS AS WELL.

SO MANY THANKS. I SEE YOU OVER THERE, TEACHERS.

YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH. BEAMING WITH PRIDE. AND I OFTEN GET ASKED.

[APPLAUSE] SO I WILL SAY OUR TOP READER OF THE YEAR WITH MORE THAN 1200 POINTS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO KAYLA BOLAND. [APPLAUSE] GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORT. AND WE KNOW WE'LL PROBABLY SEE SOME OF YOU AGAIN UP HERE NEXT YEAR.

GREAT JOB.

WE'LL TAKE A MINUTE. YOU GUYS

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CAN YOU BE ABLE TO SAY THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GREAT. HE ALSO GOT A PERFECT SCORE ON THE MATH AND ENGLISH PLACEMENT TEST.

YEAH, I'M NOT COMPLAINING. Y'ALL LONELY OUT THERE NOW? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CONTINUE. REQUEST TO SPEAK ON OPEN SESSION AGENDA ITEMS. 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. NO CARDS.

CONSENT AGENDA MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD TO BE ROUTINE OR SUFFICIENTLY SUPPORTED BY PRIOR ACCOMPANYING REFERENCE MATERIAL AND INFORMATION

[14. CONSENT AGENDA]

FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, ITEMS WILL BE APPROVED WITH ONE MOTION, WHICH IS NOT DEBATABLE AND WHICH REQUIRES A UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR PASSAGE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES.

[15. DISCUSSION/ACTION AGENDA]

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE DISTRICT 2026 2027 LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN, ALSO KNOWN AS LPAC. ANNUAL UPDATES. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN AT 6:12.

GOOD EVENING. SO TONIGHT I GET TO SHARE WITH YOU A RECAP OF OUR LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN FOR THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR.

AS YOU KNOW, THE LCAP IS A STRATEGIC ROADMAP TO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

IT'S A THREE YEAR PLAN THAT ENCOMPASSES ALL OF OUR GOALS AND ACTION STEPS TOWARDS POSITIVE STUDENT OUTCOMES.

AND IT'S PERFORMANCE BASED. SO WE HAVE MANY METRICS BAKED INTO OUR LCAP AND TIED TO OUR DOLLARS THAT WE SPEND TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR DOLLARS GO TOWARDS OUR GOALS AND ALLOWING STUDENTS TO HAVE POSITIVE OUTCOMES AND TO LIVE THEIR PURPOSE.

A QUICK OVERVIEW, WHICH IS IN THE LCAP, AS YOU SEE CALLED THE BOP, THE BUDGET OVERVIEW FOR PARENTS.

IT COMES IN TWO BIG POTS AND THEN ONE SMALL POT.

THE FIRST BIG POT OF MONEY IS THE BASE FUNDING.

THAT'S OUR GENERAL FUND FOR THE LCAP OR LCFF FUNDING FORMULA.

SO LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA. AND THEN THE SECOND POT OF MONEY IS SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING.

AND SO GOING FROM GENERAL TO SPECIFIC. AND SO SOME OF WHAT WE USE OUR SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR IS OUR INTERVENTION PERSONNEL. SOME SUMMER SCHOOL EL STAFF THAT IS NOT COVERED BY OUR TITLE THREE ALLOCATIONS AND SOME OF OUR SECONDARY STAFF THAT'S FOCUSED ON GRADUATION RATES AND COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.

THE THIRD PIECE IS SOME LCFF ADD ONS THAT ARE THINGS LIKE HOME TO SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION AND ADDITIONAL TK TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN FUNDING.

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SO THAT WOULD BE TWO YEARS AGO THE STATE IN ALL OF ITS WISDOM CHANGED ITS TEMPLATE.

SO WE WENT FROM SIX GOALS DOWN TO FOUR. THE GOALS REMAIN THE SAME IN THE UPCOMING YEAR, WHICH IS YEAR THREE OF OUR LCAP.

SO IN THE UPCOMING YEAR WE WILL BE COMPLETING THIS THIRD YEAR OF THIS LCAP.

AND FOR EXTRA FUN, WE GET TO WRITE THE NEW LCAP WHILE WE'RE COMPLETING THIS LCAP.

SO GOAL ONE IS OUR BIG GOAL AROUND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON SOME POPULATIONS, INCLUDING OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, FOSTER YOUTH AND OUR HOMELESS STUDENTS. THE GOALS TWO SORRY.

ANNE? YES. WHAT IN BULLET TWO UNDER GOAL NUMBER 1.

YES. ELS WD AND SED, WHAT ARE THOSE? SURE. ENGLISH LEARNERS, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS.

AND THEN FOSTER AND HOMELESS YOUTH. SO THOSE ARE FOCUS POPULATIONS.

GOAL TWO IS ALL ABOUT SAFE SCHOOLS AND HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND STAFF.

GOAL THREE IS OUR GOAL AROUND ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'RE FOSTERING POSITIVE CONNECTIONS TO SCHOOL AND SCHOOL CLIMATES.

AND THEN GOAL FOUR IS A MANDATED GOAL. THAT IS OUR EQUITY MULTIPLIER GOAL FOR VISTA OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL.

THAT'S OUR 9TH AND 10TH GRADE SCHOOL HOUSED KIND OF A SCHOOL WITHIN A SCHOOL OVER THERE AT CHAPARRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

AND SO THAT GOAL IS AROUND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR THOSE STUDENTS AND FOCUSED ON CREDIT RECOVERY TO GET THEM BACK ON TRACK FOR GRADUATION.

SO THOSE GOALS WILL REMAIN THE SAME IN THE 26, 27 SCHOOL YEAR.

DURING THE PREPARATION OF THIS LCAP, WE ENGAGE WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS SURVEYS AND MEETINGS.

AND SO WHEN WE ASK THOSE PARTNERS, WHAT ARE THE VALUED PROGRAMS IN OUR SCHOOLS THAT WE OFFER? SORT OF THE BIG THREE ARE AFTER SCHOOL AND EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAMS THAT WE DO OUR PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS AND OUR COUNSELING AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS THAT WE OFFER.

WHEN SURVEYED OVERWHELMINGLY THE TOP PRIORITIES THAT COME UP AGAIN AND AGAIN ARE THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS AND MAINTAINING THE HIGH LEVEL OF PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THEN FINALLY INCLUDING STUDENT VOICE IN THE FORMULATION OF THIS LCAP.

WE WORK WITH OUR STUDENT GROUP AND THEY TELL US THAT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO THEM. THEY FEEL THAT IT HELPS THEM ATTEND SCHOOL MORE, FEEL MORE CONNECTED TO SCHOOL, AND DO BETTER IN SCHOOL. AND THEY POINT TO THINGS LIKE IN ADDITION TO OUR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES AND OUR SOCIAL WORKERS, THINGS LIKE LINK CREW THAT YOU'LL SEE AT OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS OR AVID PROGRAMS, PEER COUNSELING.

SO THOSE PROGRAMS ARE OF HIGH VALUE TO OUR STUDENTS.

SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH THIS FEEDBACK. SO WE TAKE IN THIS FEEDBACK AND RESPOND IN ACTION IN OUR LCAP.

SO WHEN PEOPLE SAY WE REALLY VALUE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, WE'VE EXPANDED OUR COUNSELING AND OUR SOCIAL WORK SUPPORT TO INCLUDE OUTSIDE PARTNERS.

SHOUT OUT TO MR. PATTERSON AND STUDENT SERVICES FOR HIS WORK WITH OUR SOCIAL WORKERS, TAKING ON INTERNS, EXPANDING OUR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SPECIALISTS, ADDING A CYBHI THIS YEAR SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO KEEP THOSE PROGRAMS ON BOARD. WHEN OUR PARTNERS HAVE TOLD US THAT THEY REALLY, REALLY VALUE ACADEMIC CATCH UP, WE'VE ADDED MATH TOSA, WE SAW GREAT SUCCESS OUT OF THAT DURING OUR ELEMENTARY MATH ADOPTION.

AND RECENTLY WE ADDED A TITLE ONE TOSA TO HELP DO LIKE DEMONSTRATION LESSONS AND HELP OUR STUDENTS.

OUR TEACHERS WORK WITH SMALL GROUPS AND DIFFERENTIATE LESSONS.

SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE'VE EXPANDED SOME OF THOSE THINGS AS A RESULT OF OUR STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK.

AND THEN FINALLY ENHANCED SAFETY OR IMPROVED SAFETY.

YOU KNOW, I WAS HOPING TO STAND UP HERE AND SAY WE WOULD HAVE A NEW REVENUE STREAM OR A NEW STREAM OF MONEY TO INCREASE DOING THOSE.

BUT SONIA AND HER TEAM WORK REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUALLY ADDING PROJECTS TO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS SAFE,

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AFTER JULY 1ST PRICING COMES OUT, THAT'LL BE A BIG PROJECT THAT BOB AND HIS TEAM, NCIS IS UNDERTAKING AS PART OF THAT, RESPONDING TO STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME ACADEMIC OUTCOMES.

AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS JUNE OF 2025 DATA.

SO WHEN I GIVE MY MID-YEAR REPORT IN FEBRUARY OF 27, THAT'LL BE THE DATA THAT'S COMING IN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SOME LAG TIME ON THAT DATA. THAT DATA SPOILER ALERT LOOKS EXTREMELY PROMISING.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO RETIRE AS SOON AS THIS DATA FLATTENS OUT.

I'M JUST TELLING YOU GUYS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO, BUT OUR SCHOOLS JUST ARE DOING SUCH AN AMAZING, AMAZING JOB. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR GOALS. YES.

JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT YOU SAID IS YOU'RE NOT RETIRING UNTIL THE DATA OF LAST YEAR.

[LAUGHTER] I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, THOSE GUYS THAT LIKE THEY WIN ALL THOSE SUPER BOWLS AND THEN THEY COME BACK AND IT'S JUST NEVER THE SAME.

I GOT TO GO OUT ON A HIGH. I GOTTA, I GOTTA FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT PEAK IS AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO GO OUT.

SO GOAL ONE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR, ALL OF OUR ACADEMICS, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN, A COUPLE DIFFERENT PLACES HERE. YOU KNOW, OUR TARGET IS 80/70 AND JUNE OF 2025, WE WERE AT 74 AND 63.

AND SPOILER ALERT. IT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD FOR NEXT YEAR AS WE KEEP INCHING TOWARDS OUR TARGET GOALS THERE.

OUR CTE PARTICIPATION. SO THINK ABOUT GIVING KIDS OPPORTUNITIES TO BE PREPARED TO LIVE THEIR PURPOSE IF IT'S CAREER READY.

WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATE IN CTE PATHWAYS.

VANESSA TILFORD HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB CONNECTING OUR KIDS TO INDUSTRY PARTNERS AND PATHWAYS.

AND YOU SAW AT THE GRADUATIONS, ALL THE STUDENTS WEARING THE TEAL CORDS AS PATHWAY COMPLETERS.

THOSE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO GO UP. SO HIGH SCHOOLS DOING A GREAT, GREAT JOB WITH THAT.

THIS ONE IS REALLY SPECIAL TO ME. THESE ARE EL RECLASSIFIED STUDENTS.

SO THESE ARE STUDENTS THAT WERE ONCE ENGLISH LEARNERS WITH US THAT RECLASSIFIED AND NO LONGER HAVE LIKE THE EL DESIGNATION.

THEIR DESIGNATION IS NOW RECLASSIFIED. LOOK AT THEIR SCORES.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY OUTPERFORMING OUR NON-EL STUDENTS.

THAT'S AMAZING. SO THEY'RE PASSING THE ENGLISH AT 86 AND MATH AT 72.

SO GREAT WORK TO REUBEN AND HIS TEAM FOR THEIR WORK WITH OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS.

AND THEN FINALLY NOT TO FORGET OUR ADVANCED PLACEMENT STUDENTS.

WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS ACCESSING ADVANCED PLACEMENT CLASSES.

I THINK WE'RE UP ALMOST 70 MORE STUDENTS TAKING A SEAT IN ADVANCED PLACEMENT CLASSES.

AND WE'RE PASSING AT ABOUT 10% MORE STUDENTS.

SO MORE STUDENTS TAKING MORE STUDENTS PASSING.

THAT'S A GREAT STATISTIC TO BE ABLE TO GET UP HERE AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT.

AND I THINK WE TOOK 500 MORE TESTS IN 25, 26.

IT'S NOT EXACT YET, BUT WHEN I TALKED TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS, THAT WAS ABOUT THE METRIC THAT THEY WERE GIVING ME.

SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE LEVEL OF ACCESS BEING IMPROVED FOR STUDENTS ACCESS TO AP TESTS.

SO SOME REALLY GREAT METRICS. I GET TO GET UP HERE AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT.

FINALLY, THIS IS GOAL THREE. WHEN OUR PRINCIPALS WRITE GOALS, THEY'RE ALWAYS WRITING, INCLUDING A GOAL AROUND SCHOOL CONNECTEDNESS.

AND SO IT'S KIND OF A THREE PART ATTACK THERE.

REDUCING CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. THAT'S TEN DAYS OR MORE IN A SCHOOL YEAR.

SO STUDENT SERVICES HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK IN TRYING TO REDUCE THAT AND PUT IN SUPPORTS AROUND STUDENTS WORKING ON SCHOOL SAFETY PERCEPTION AND HOW OUR STUDENTS FEEL ABOUT THAT.

AND JAYMI'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SCHOOL CONNECTEDNESS, ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SCHOOL CONNECTEDNESS IN HER LOCAL INDICATORS PRESENTATION.

BUT THAT IS AN AREA THAT, THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON.

SOME HIGHLIGHTED EXPENDITURE AREAS. I KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THIS WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THE BUDGET.

SOME OF THE BIGGER TICKET ITEMS ATTACHED TO THOSE ACTION STEPS INTERVENTION PERSONNEL, OUR LIAISONS THAT WORK WITH OUR FOSTER AND HOMELESS STUDENT HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS THERE, MAKING SURE WE HAVE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND THEN OUR, OF COURSE, OUR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING.

NEXT STEPS ON JUNE 24TH, JAYMI IS GOING TO GIVE YOU OUR LOCAL INDICATORS PRESENTATION.

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AND THEN SOMETIME IN MID-AUGUST, WE GET THE OFFICIAL ACCEPTANCE FROM THEM.

THANK YOU. QUESTIONS ON THAT. I HAVE A QUICK QUICK TWO.

SURE. AND THIS FEELS INCREDIBLY TRANSPARENT. AND WITH THIS BIG FOCUS ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

AND SO I'M WONDERING HOW LONG HAS BONITA UNIFIED BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, PUTTING THAT FEEDBACK INTO PRACTICE AND BEING TRANSPARENT IN OUR GOALS AND WAY FORWARD.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK MY TEAM.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN BAKED INTO THE LCAP AS ACTION STEPS, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOTTEN MUCH BETTER AT FINDING WAYS TO GET THAT FEEDBACK AND MAKE IT REAL. AND I THINK JAYMI'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE'RE ACTUALLY CHASING AFTER LIKE A DIFFERENT SURVEY AND SOME OF WHAT WE FOUND WHEN WE DUG A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THE SURVEY AND PEOPLE'S PERCEPTIONS AND STUDENTS PERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE SURVEY AND WHAT WAS ASKING.

SO A BIG THANKS TO THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE REALLY MINDFUL ABOUT HOW WE'RE ACCESSING THAT FEEDBACK.

BUT TIME WISE, IT'S BEEN OVER A DECADE WE'VE BEEN DOING.

YEAH, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN BAKED INTO THE LCAP. I THINK WE'RE JUST GETTING BETTER AT USING IT.

MAYBE. OKAY, SO TO BE CLEAR, WE'VE BEEN DOING THE LCAP PROCESS FOR OVER A DECADE.

I THINK 2016. AND THEN BECAUSE OF OUR BELIEF IN TRANSPARENCY AND PRIORITIZING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR TEAM IS CONSTANTLY PURSUING WAYS TO INCREASE THAT ENGAGEMENT, MAKE IT MORE DYNAMIC.

YEAH. HOW DO WE GET IT A LITTLE MORE AUTHENTIC TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, ASK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND ALLOW PEOPLE WAYS TO GIVE US THAT FEEDBACK.

TO GET REALLY VALUABLE FEEDBACK THAT WE CAN PUT INTO PRACTICE.

OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS, HOW COULD THEY FIND THAT. THIS DOCUMENT, IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE, ALL 113 FASCINATING PAGES OF IT IS RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S WHERE IT LIVES. OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN LAST THING, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO REGULARLY.

WHAT SHOULD COMMUNITY MEMBERS LOOK OUT FOR IN ORDER TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS MOVING FORWARD? YES. SO JOIN OUR STAKEHOLDER GROUPS AND THEN WHEN WE SEND OUT THE SURVEYS, I KNOW THERE'S SURVEY FATIGUE.

AND SO WE TRY TO BE JUDICIOUS ABOUT THE TIMING.

KRIS BONEMAN DOES A GREAT JOB OF SORT OF MONITORING THAT WE'RE NOT SENDING OUT TOO MANY THINGS.

BUT, REALLY LOOK FOR THAT STUFF. IT'S FUNNY. AND I DON'T WANT TO STEAL JAYMI'S THUNDER, BUT WHEN SHE TALKED TO THE KIDS, THEY WERE LIKE, SOMEBODY ACTUALLY READS THAT.

LIKE THEY WERE LIKE SHOCKED. AND I THINK PROBABLY SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS DON'T ALWAYS REALIZE THAT WE DO ACTUALLY GO OVER THAT DATA.

GREAT. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. AND I KNOW WE TALK A LOT ABOUT KIND OF PERCEPTION.

AND I THINK WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT IS THE REALITY THAT BONITA UNIFIED IS DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.

AND JUST TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS, I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS. I DID LOOK AT SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY TEST SCORES, AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT RETIRING THIS YEAR. BUT YOU HAVE THE BEST MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM I THINK I'VE SEEN.

IT'S PHENOMENALLY GOOD. AND YOU'VE HIRED SOME REALLY GOOD STAFF.

OUR TEST SCORES ARE WELL ABOVE WHERE THEY SHOULD BE BASED ON OUR DEMOGRAPHICS, PROPERTY VALUES, OR ANY OTHER METRICS THAT YOU TRY TO DIVIDE THINGS.

THERE SEEMS TO BE A BONITA ADVANTAGE. IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS I FEEL LIKE OVERSHOOT WHERE THEY SHOULD SHOOT.

SKIPPING THAT PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS RECOGNIZE ALL THE WORK AND PLANNING AND STRUCTURE THAT HAPPENS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK SETS BONITA APART? AND I KNOW IT'S IN THE LCAP AND THE GOALS AND ALL THAT STUFF.

AND WE HIRE GREAT STAFF AND WE TRY TO MAKE SURE WE PUT THE STAFF IN THE BEST POSITIONS TO TEACH.

WE HAVE GREAT PARENTS, GREAT COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

I KNOW ALL THOSE FACTORS. BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK HAS MADE THE DIFFERENCE FOR US VERSUS MAYBE SOME NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS? AND JUST TO FRAME IT, ONE, SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO BE GRANDSTANDING.

UC'S ARE SAYING THAT PEOPLE'S MATH SCORES ARE SERIOUSLY LOW.

THEY'VE ADJUSTED THEIR CURRICULUM TO REFLECT THAT, I THINK.

PEOPLE DON'T READ. THEY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH SENTENCES.

YOU HAVE PEOPLE THREE GRADES BELOW IN MATH. SO WE'RE DOING REMEDIAL MATH CLASSES AT UCSD.

AND THAT SHOULD PROBABLY NOT HAPPEN. AND YET OUR KIDS HAVE BETTER TEST SCORES THAN THEY DID PRE-COVID.

THEY'RE DOING MUCH BETTER THAN NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS.

WHAT CAUSED THAT CHANGE? BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SAME POPULATION WITH DIFFERENT OUTCOMES.

AND I THINK THAT'S NOTEWORTHY. YEAH, I AGREE, AND I GOT THE PRIVILEGE OF HOSTING SOME LOCAL ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS WHO I THINK WERE DISPATCHED BY THEIR BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENTS TO GO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

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AND I BELIEVE FOR ME PERSONALLY, HAVING BEEN IN THIS DISTRICT A LONG TIME AND BEEN A PRINCIPAL, IT'S TWO THINGS. IT'S THE ACADEMIC. IT'S OUR PROGRAM.

OUR PROGRAM IS NOT FANCY. IT'S NOT A BINDER. IT'S NOT A CONSULTANT.

IT'S WE ARE VERY DELIBERATE ABOUT WHAT WE TEACH AND HOW WE MEASURE HOW WE TEACH THAT.

SO IT'S THE STANDARDS AND IT'S OUR CYCLE OF IMPROVEMENT.

SO WHILE IT'S NOT SUPER JAZZY, IT'S EXTREMELY CRITICAL.

AND THEN THE SECOND PIECE IS IT'S THE PEOPLE I KNOW THAT'S CLICHE, BUT I WALK AROUND OUR CLASSROOMS FROM TK TO HIGH SCHOOL AND THE RELATIONSHIPS OUR STAFF AND TEACHERS HAVE WITH OUR STUDENTS IS INCREDIBLE.

WE KNOW THAT IS A HUGE PIECE TO STUDENT SUCCESS.

SO REALLY, TO ME, IT'S A COMBINATION OF THOSE BOTH THINGS ARE OUR EXCELLENCE.

ABSOLUTELY. AND JUST TO KIND OF FRAME IT, I SAW THE UNION PRESIDENT HERE.

I SAW TEACHERS HERE NOT UNION PRESIDENT THE PTA PRESIDENT WAS HERE.

YEAH. I GO TO DIFFERENT EVENTS AT, SAY, THE HIGH SCHOOL.

I'LL SEE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS SHOWING UP. I'LL SEE PRINCIPALS SHOWING UP.

SO IT'S THAT ENGAGEMENT AND MAKING THAT CONNECTION WITH THE KIDS AS WELL.

SURE. YEAH. AND NOT JUST OUR ACADEMIC. I MEAN, LOOK AT OUR CTE PROGRAMS, LOOK AT OUR CULINARY.

I MEAN, LIKE WILDLY SUCCESSFUL. OUR KIDS LOVE THOSE PROGRAMS. SO IT'S, THE PROGRAM AND THE PEOPLE. SO, AND I AGREE WITH YOU.

I'M SAD THAT WE DIDN'T GET MORE REVENUE. I AM SAD TOO.

FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THAT WAS A BUMMER. BUT THE CORE THING THAT I THINK PEOPLE WANT FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THEIR KIDS ARE LEARNING TO READ AND WRITE VERY WELL. AND I THINK WE DO THAT.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. YEAH. OH, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I'M NOTHING WITHOUT MY TEAM. ABSOLUTELY.

AND BACK TO HIGHLIGHTED ACADEMIC OUTCOMES. YES.

ON THE EL RECLASS. YES. WHAT'S THE END WHAT'S THE THE WHOLE OF IT.

HOW MANY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? OH REUBEN, WE WELL, WE'VE RECLASSIFIED A TON OF KIDS.

I KNOW WE DID OVER 100 IN THE FALL AND THEN WE JUST DID.

HOW MANY DID WE JUST DO? 101? YEAH. SO WE'RE RECLASSIFYING AT A REALLY HIGH RATE, WHICH IS GREAT.

SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THAT DOES WITH THE WE HIRED ADDITIONAL BILINGUAL ASSISTANTS TO MANDARIN BILINGUAL ASSISTANTS.

REUBEN HAS DONE A TERRIFIC JOB WITH TRAINING THEM, GIVING THEM SKILLS AND TECHNOLOGY AND A PROGRAM TO WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS. SO JUST REAL BIG EFFORT AND EMPHASIS ON.

WHEN YOU SAY IT OUT LOUD, THE EL STUDENTS. RIGHT.

AND NOW THEY'RE BEATING OUR. YEAH, I KNOW ISN'T THAT CRAZY. STRATEGIC GOALS, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH. THERE, YOU SAY IT OUT LOUD. LIKE WHAT THE HECK? YEAH. IT'S QUITE, IT'S QUITE. GOOD NEWS, BUT SOMETHING TO LEARN THERE.

VERY VERY GOOD NEWS. AND OUR EL POPULATION HAS INCREASED. SECOND QUESTION, HOW DOES THE 79% PASS RATE ON THE AP AND HUGE INCREASE, RIGHT. HOW DOES THAT COMPARE? LOCALLY, I THINK THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS LIKE IT PROBABLY COMMENSURATE WITH LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE PAST. BUT AGAIN, THE END RATE AT THE END IS SO MUCH BIGGER, RIGHT. YEP. SO THAT WOULD ARGUABLY DILUTE. EXACTLY.

YEAH. NO, IT'S THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS TAKING AP COURSES.

SO BUT HOW DOES THE PASS RATE COMPARE? WE'RE PRETTY COMMENSURATE WITH OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS AS FAR AS PASS RATE GOES.

BUT TO ME, THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS WE HAVE MUCH MORE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN AP COURSES.

SO THE PASS RATE IS ABOUT THE SAME AT THE OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE AS MANY STUDENTS ENROLLED IN AP COURSES AND AS MANY AP OFFERINGS.

RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE EVEN HAD A VALEDICTORIAN REACH A 4.8, WHICH I DIDN'T OH MY GOSH. ALL OF THOSE VALEDICTORIANS AND EVERYBODY GOING TO UCLA.

YES. SORRY TO ALL THE SC FANS OUT THERE, BUT THEY'RE ALL GOING TO UCLA.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AT 6:33.

BUSINESS SERVICES CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO REVIEW THE DISTRICT'S 2026 2027 PRELIMINARY PRELIMINARY BUDGET.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN AT 6:33.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING. SO TONIGHT WE'LL START GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE BUDGETING FISCAL CYCLE FROM THE BEGINNING BUDGET FOR 2027. SO WE WILL BEGIN THE PRESENTATION. SO LIKE I MENTIONED THE CYCLE WE START, WE LIKE TO THINK THAT IT STARTS IN JANUARY WHEN THE GOVERNOR RELEASES HIS PROPOSAL FOR THE 2027 BUDGET YEAR.

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THEY SIT DOWN AND HAVE A MEETING WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL SITE ADMIN AND WHOEVER THEY LIKE TO BRING.

THEY GO LINE BY LINE, CREATING A UNIQUE BUDGET FOR EACH SCHOOL SITE, FOR THEIR NEEDS, FOR WHAT THEIR SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL HAS DECIDED THAT THEIR NEEDS AND PRIORITIES ARE. ONCE THEY'VE MET WITH ALL OF THE SCHOOL SITE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND SORRY, SCHOOL SITES AND OUR LOCAL DEPARTMENT HEADS, WE GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT ALL TOGETHER TO CREATE OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET.

NOW, WE DO HAVE SOME DETAILS FROM OUR GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET.

SOME OF THE DETAILS INCLUDE A 2.87% COLA FOR OUR LCFF AND ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT OF 1.44% COLA ON TOP OF THAT, FOR A TOTAL OF 4.31%.

HIS PROPOSAL ALSO INCLUDES SOME ONE TIME DISCRETIONARY FUNDS AND SOME INCREASES.

SOME HISTORIC INCREASES TO OUR SPECIAL ED FUNDING.

NOW, I SAY THAT IT THE BUDGET IS PROPOSED TO INCLUDE THAT OUR BUDGET TONIGHT WILL NOT INCLUDE SOME OF THOSE ONE TIME DOLLARS.

SO BEGINNING WITH AN OVERVIEW OF OUR BUDGET. SO OUR LCFF REVENUE INCREASED BY $5.3 MILLION DUE TO AN INCREASE IN THAT PER PUPIL FUNDING. THAT GENEROUS COLA THAT WE DID APPLY TO OUR BUDGET, BUT WE DID USE OUR CURRENT ENROLLMENT FOR NEXT YEAR. OUR STATE REVENUE INCLUDED IN THAT TOP REVENUE BUDGET IS ABOUT $200,000 LESS.

NOT MATERIALLY DRAMATIC, BUT WE DO HAVE WE DO ALWAYS BUDGET CONSERVATIVELY FOR LOCAL REVENUE.

THAT INCLUDES THE DONATION, THE ABATEMENTS THAT WE DON'T REALLY BUDGET IN ADVANCE, BUT MORE SO WE ADJUST THE BUDGET WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY RECEIVED.

SO THE BOTTOM LINE HERE ON THAT RIGHT HAND COLUMN IS A $4.8 MILLION DEFICIT IN OUR PROPOSED BUDGET. SO WE WILL. THE ONE THING I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT BEFORE WE DO JUMP INTO THE BUDGET, WE WORK HARD ON ESTIMATED OUR ACTUALS BECAUSE THE END OF THE CURRENT YEAR IS REALLY WHERE WE'RE STARTING OFF OUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO THAT IS AN ESTIMATE, AN ESTIMATE OF HOW WE SEE OUR CURRENT BUDGET THIS YEAR.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO OUR BUDGET FOR 2027.

SO TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT TOTAL REVENUE OF $152 MILLION.

I HAD MENTIONED THE INCREASE IN OUR LCFF. THAT DOES INCLUDE THAT 2.8% COLA AND THAT ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT.

THOSE ARE TWO OF THE FACTORS THAT WE DID INCLUDE FROM THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

THEY WERE EVALUATED AS BEING LOW RISK, MEANING WE COULD GO AHEAD AND ENCOURAGE US TO INCLUDE THAT INTO OUR BUDGET.

LIKE I MENTIONED, WE DID NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THAT ONE TIME FUNDING.

OH, THAT LOOKS A LITTLE OKAY. SO LOOKING AT YOUR HARD COPY WITH THOSE NUMBERS ON THE PIE.

LCFF STILL REPRESENTS 83% OF OUR TOTAL REVENUE FOR OUR GENERAL FUND FEDERAL IS ABOUT 4 MILLION AND OUR STATE IS ABOUT 9.8.

SO THE TOTALS EQUALS $152 MILLION APPROXIMATELY.

AND THAT'S A VISUAL OF WHAT THAT BLUE SECTION WOULD BE.

SO LCFF IS STILL THE MAJOR PART OF OUR LCFF OF OUR TOTAL REVENUE.

SO THIS IS JUST A VISUAL TO GIVE US OF OUR ENROLLMENT COMPARED TO OUR ATTENDANCE.

LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'VE USED THE PRACTICE OF USING CURRENT YEAR ENROLLMENT ADA PERCENTAGES, PROJECTING IT TO NEXT YEAR. EVERY YEAR WE KIND OF ADJUST AT FIRST INTERIM ONCE SCHOOL HAS STARTED AND WE HAVE ACTUAL ENROLLMENT, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THAT EVERY, EVERY CHANCE WE GET TO CREATE A BUDGET OR AN INTERIM REPORT, WE ADJUST IT. SO THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT LOOKING AT THIS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS IS THAT WE'VE BEEN PRETTY MUCH STEADY AT 95% ADA ATTENDANCE. SO NOW MOVING FORWARD TO EXPENDITURES. ONE OF THE MAJOR INCREASES THAT WE HAVE EVERY YEAR IS OUR ADJUSTMENT FOR STEP AND COLUMN.

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WE ALWAYS GO IN AND ADJUST. WE TRY TO PROJECT OUR EXPENDITURES FOR GOODS AND SERVICES.

WE DO INCLUDE THE CPI PERCENTAGES THAT ARE RECOMMENDED TO US BY SCHOOL SERVICES.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DRAMATICALLY INCREASED LAST YEAR.

SO THIS YEAR THERE WAS NOT SO MUCH OF A DRAMATIC INCREASE IS UTILITIES.

UTILITIES THIS YEAR WAS ONLY ABOUT $170,000. LAST YEAR IT WAS ABOUT $600,000.

AND FOR US, UTILITIES INCLUDE GAS, WASTE, ELECTRICITY AND WATER.

ANY EXPLANATION OR REASON WHY THAT CHANGED SO MUCH.

I WOULD THINK WHAT WE NOTICED WAS OUR SOLAR PANELS WEREN'T WORKING EFFICIENTLY.

WE'VE NOW CONTRACTED WITH A NEW COMPANY TO REPAIR AND TO IMPROVE THE REPORTING THAT WE GET FROM THE ACTUAL SOLAR PANELS.

WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT IS IT BECAUSE OUR ELECTRICITY DID GO UP SIGNIFICANTLY? AND WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE LA VERNE WATER RATES ON THAT SIDE, BUT I WON'T GO INTO THAT.

OH, GOOD. OKAY. SO NOW I'M GETTING A VISUAL FOR OUR EXPENDITURES.

AS ALWAYS, SALARY AND BENEFITS MAKE UP THE MAJOR PORTION OF OUR TOTAL COST ABOUT 85% LAST YEAR WAS 84%. I MENTIONED THE SECOND CATEGORY THAT IS ALWAYS THE LARGEST FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD BE OUR SERVICES.

SO NOW THAT INCLUDES UTILITIES, INSURANCE LICENSES, LEGAL FEES, AND A PORTION OF OUR SPECIAL ED COSTS THAT WE ACTUALLY PAY TO SELPA. IT COMES IN AND IS CATEGORIZED IN THAT YELLOW WEDGE AT ABOUT $15.5 MILLION TOTAL. BUT THAT IS THE TWO LARGEST CATEGORIES IN OUR EXPENDITURES.

SO PUTTING THAT ALL TOGETHER, WE HAD A TOTAL NET DECREASE OF THAT 5.8 MILLION.

IT'S MADE UP OF TWO POTS. WE HAVE THE UNRESTRICTED PORTION OF OUR GENERAL FUND AND THE RESTRICTED PORTION.

AND YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF SPENDING DOWN OF ONE TIME FUNDS.

AND WE HAVE ABOUT PROJECTING ABOUT $1 MILLION MORE OF THAT.

SO THE NEXT PORTION OF THE BUDGET IS OUR OUR MULTI YEAR PROJECTIONS.

AND THOSE ARE ALSO BASED ON ASSUMPTIONS THAT ARE PROVIDED TO US BY SCHOOL SERVICES AND ALSO OTHER AGENCIES.

SO 1 OF THE MAJOR THINGS IS HERE THEY DO GIVE US COLAS FOR THE NEXT 2 YEARS.

SO WE WENT AHEAD AND USED THOSE IN OUR PROJECTIONS.

AS FAR AS REVENUE, THERE'S REALLY NOT A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE OTHER THAN HOW COLA AFFECTS THE LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA, BECAUSE WE DO STILL USE THE CURRENT YEAR'S ENROLLMENT.

SO THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY CHANGE IN FACTOR. OUR EXPENDITURES, AS ALWAYS, WE, WE INCORPORATE EACH RESPECTIVE YEAR STEP AND COLUMN.

THE CPI ALSO WE, IT VARIES PER YEAR AND THE SLIGHT CHANGE IN PERS RATE.

SO HERE AGAIN ARE THOSE 3 YEAR ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE'VE USED.

YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT WE'RE USING THE 9405 FOR OUR FUNDED ADA.

SO HERE WE HAVE WHAT OUR 3 YEAR, OUR 3RD YEAR OUT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

WE ALWAYS POINT TO THAT 3RD YEAR BECAUSE THAT 3RD YEAR IS THE YEAR THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN A 3% MINIMUM OF A 3% RESERVE IN OUR FUND BALANCE. IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THAT BY THAT 3RD YEAR.

OF COURSE, WE'RE ALWAYS AIMING FOR 7%, BUT THAT 7% DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE AN ABUNDANCE EXTRA ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THAT ACTUALLY DOES GIVE US. IT GIVES US THE LUXURY OF TIME TO MAKE ANY NECESSARY CUTS THAT WE NEED TO DO.

SO I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THAT 3RD YEAR TO GET TO 7 INCLUDES $1.7 MILLION IN CUTS THAT WE DO NEED TO MAKE IN ORDER TO HIT THE 7%. IF THAT WERE 3, IF OUR REQUIREMENT WOULD HAVE BEEN 3, THAT ONLY BUYS US ONE MORE YEAR OF OUR

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AND SO I THINK WE HAVE 2 YEARS TO PLAN THAT 1.7 MILLION IN COST SAVING DECISIONS THAT WE CAN DO IN ORDER TO GET US THERE. AND WE STAY FAR AWAY FROM THAT 3% BECAUSE IT, IT DOES CREEP UP ON YOU QUICKLY AND IT GETS DISTRICTS INTO TROUBLE.

IT WOULD HAVE HELP US TO AVOID A NEGATIVE CERTIFICATION IF WE DIDN'T MAKE THAT 3RD YEAR OUT.

CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TYPE OF TROUBLE OR WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE ON STUDENTS, ON TEACHERS, ON THE COMMUNITY. IF WE WERE A DISTRICT THAT AT THAT MINIMUM 3% AND REVENUES DECREASE.

WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE? WELL, YOU, YOU WERE GOING TO GET DOWN TO THE, THE BASIC SKELETON OF YOUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.

HONESTLY, I'VE SEEN DISTRICTS WHO ELIMINATE ALL OVERTIME.

THEY REDUCE THEIR INTERVENTIONS FULL TIME STAFF DOWN TO THE BARE MINIMUM, WHAT IS REQUIRED? YEAH, A LOT OF THOSE EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAMS ARE BCA WE'VE COMMITTED ABOUT $300,000 TO THAT PROGRAM.

SO TECHNICALLY IT RUNS IN A $300,000 DEFICIT.

SO DECISIONS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU GOING TO CONTINUE TO RUN PROGRAMS THAT WERE DESIGNED TO ALWAYS RUN A DEFICIT? BECAUSE HAVING THAT FACILITY FOR OUR STUDENTS MEANS THAT MUCH TO YOU.

SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF, I DON'T WANT TO SAY LUXURIES, BUT ADVANTAGES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER OTHERWISE, IF WE WEREN'T ABLE TO MEET THAT 3% REALLY HARD, HARD DECISIONS.

WELL, AND JUST TO POINT OUT, THREE OF THE AREAS MENTIONED WERE THE ONES THAT ANN TALKED ABOUT WERE SO IMPORTANT TO THE PROGRAM.

RIGHT. AND SO THOSE WOULD BE THEY'RE NOT EXTRAS.

THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT. BUT WHEN IT'S TIME TO DO THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY'RE ON THE LIST. YEAH. THAT WAS EXACTLY THE, THE TIE IN THAT I WAS WONDERING IS IF WE WERE TO HAVE TO GET TO THAT POINT OF CUTTING ALL OF THAT EXTRA STUFF.

YES. HOW DOES THAT IMPACT WHAT ANN JUST PRESENTED ON? IT WOULD LOWER IT, OBVIOUSLY, BUT I'M SORRY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ADD SOME MATH BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE STILL PROCESSING THE FACT THAT WE HAVE REAL NEEDS THAT AREN'T BEING TAKEN CARE OF.

AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST WITH A THE CALCULATOR.

I DID THIS MATH RIGHT NOW YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IF WE GOT RID OF THE BCA BUDGET, WHICH WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT A LOT OF PROGRAMS AND A LOT OF SCHOOLS, EVERYTHING FROM DRAMA TO BAND MUSIC, AND THESE ARE VERY HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOLS WITH GREAT REPUTATIONS, LIKE EVEN OUT OF STATE, LIKE THEY GO PLACES, DO THINGS. IF WE CUT THAT, IT WOULD ONLY TAKE US 33 YEARS.

IF INFLATION WASN'T AT 4.2%. BUT IS THAT 0 TO GET RID TO FIX AN AC SYSTEM? IF WE DID A BAKE SALE AND MADE 3000 EVERY MONTH, IT WOULD ONLY TAKE US 4000 YEARS WITHOUT INFLATION TO PAY OFF.

JUST THAT ONE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. AND IF WE CUT 10% OF OUR BOOK BUDGET, I THINK IT WAS BOOKS AND OTHER THINGS, IT WOULD ONLY BE 50 YEARS. THE PROBLEM IS, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE AROUND TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.

AND I DIDN'T EVEN FACTOR WHAT HAPPENS IF WE HAVE INFLATION, BECAUSE THAT NUMBER GOES FURTHER AND FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY.

SO THERE'S A MAGNITUDE OF SCALE, YOU KNOW. YEAH.

SO I, I DO APPRECIATE YOUR ADVOCACY. I DON'T INTERNALLY, I KNOW THAT WHEN PEOPLE GET THEIR EYES BIG AND THEY WANT TO DO THESE REALLY LOFTY IDEAS, YOU'RE, THEY'RE GOING, WE NEED TO PAY OUR BILLS.

WE NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE. AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT ADVOCACY.

AND I'M ALSO APPRECIATIVE THAT YOUR TEAM AND EDITOR SERVICES AND ACTUALLY ALL OF US HAVE FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE OUR KIDS GET THE EDUCATION THEY NEED. LIKE WE'VE MET OUR PURPOSE. AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.

COULD WE GO BACK AND I APPRECIATE, BRITTANY, YOU KIND OF OPENING THE DOOR ON THE 3% VERSUS THE 7%? YES. WHAT'S REQUIRED BY STATUTE? THE STATUTE REQUIRES 3% IN THE 3RD YEAR OUT.

WHAT'S POLICY AT BONITA UNIFORM? 7%. RIGHT. SO THAT THAT DELTA IS THE KEY POINT OF CONVERSATION.

AND THAT'S PART OF THE CULTURE AT THIS DISTRICT, AND IT HAS BEEN FOR DECADES.

RIGHT. AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY FOR THOSE WATCHING AT HOME TONIGHT AND FOLKS IN THE GALLERY, AND SOMETHING THAT WE'VE RELIED ON OVER THE YEARS, PARTICULARLY IN DIFFICULT BUDGET TIMES.

SO THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. SO WE ALWAYS ASK OURSELVES WHAT'S NEXT? WE WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH OUT FOR THE STATE BUDGET AND SEE HOW IT IMPACTS WHAT WE WHAT WE HAVE HERE.

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THAT WILL ALLOW US TO GO AHEAD AND CREATE OUR UNAUDITED ACTUALS THIS SUMMER.

AND WE WAIT FOR SCHOOL TO START, COUNT OUR ENROLLMENT AND START THE CYCLE ALL OVER AGAIN.

JUST THANK YOU. I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. YES.

AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE THE EXACT SAME QUESTIONS I HAD FOR ANN BECAUSE THIS FEELS INCREDIBLY TRANSPARENT.

AND I WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN FIND THIS.

AND IF THE COMMUNITY AND FAMILIES CAN FIND A DETAILED BUDGET, IF THEY REALLY LOVE READING 500 PAGES OF NUMBERS. YES. SO ON OUR WEBSITE, UNDER BUSINESS SERVICES, UNDER FINANCIAL REPORTS, THERE IS A LINK EVERY EVERY TIME YOU SEE ME PRESENTING, SOON AFTER, ONCE IT'S APPROVED, IT GETS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.

AND SO WE TRY TO TAKE ALL OF THE STATE FORMS THAT ARE JUST REALLY, REALLY HARD TO TO INTERPRET IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE PROFESSION. AND WE TRY TO SIMPLIFY THEM WITH SIMPLER SCHEDULES.

IN THE BEGINNING, IF THEY WERE JUST TO LOOK AT THOSE, THEY WILL FIND A REPORT ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR FUNDS.

AND WE AS A GOVERNMENT ENTITY, WE WORK IN FUND ACCOUNTING.

IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS UNIQUE TO BONITA UNIFIED BY ANY MEANS.

SO ONCE YOU GET FAMILIAR WITH THAT, YOU CAN COMPARE OUR FUND 12 TO ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FUND.

12 YOU KIND OF GET THE SIMILAR PATTERNS. BUT LIKE I SAID, EVERY, EVERY REPORT THAT WE DO, WE DO IT PER FUND. THEY ARE ALL LISTED THERE AND WE'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

THEY CAN JUST CLICK AND EMAIL US. OKAY. AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION WAS, HOW LONG HAS BONITA UNIFIED BEEN THIS INCREDIBLY TRANSPARENT? OH, WELL, IT'S AN ACCOUNTING STANDARD. SO I WOULD HOPE FROM THE BEGINNING.

YES. THANK YOU. ARE THERE IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OH YEAH. ONE LAST QUESTION. THANK YOU SONIA, I APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR PROCESS AND YOUR REPORT TONIGHT.

AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO WHEN WE ACTUALLY PASS OUR BUDGET IN TWO WEEKS.

AND I SUSPECT IT WILL LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT IF THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR GET OFF THEIR BEHINDS AND ACTUALLY PASS A BUDGET, THEN WE'LL KNOW WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH.

BUT BACK ON THE 3%, 7% QUESTION WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO SPEND THOSE MONIES ON? SO IN GENERAL FUND, YOU CAN SPEND THOSE ON TEACHER SALARIES, TEXTBOOKS, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, EVERYTHING THERE IS. SO OPERATIONS. YES. SO THIS CAME UP IN A RECENT GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND CAMPAIGN.

AND I THINK MANY FOLKS BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE IT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WENT BACK AND FORTH.

AND TO THIS DAY, I THINK SOME FOLKS WERE COMPLETELY LOST ON MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SET ASIDE THIS AND THAT, AND COULD IT BE SPENT ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS? WELL, A LOT OF THOSE, WHEN I GO BACK TO THIS ONE FUND RIGHT HERE, WELL, IT KIND OF SHOWS YOU.

BUT THIS IS JUST THE CHANGE. YOU ALWAYS KNOW THAT OUR GENERAL FUND IS SPLIT UP INTO 2, THE RESTRICTED AND THE UNRESTRICTED.

SO THE OPERATIONS USUALLY COMES OUT OF THE UNRESTRICTED.

THE RESTRICTED PORTION IS WHAT IT IS SPENT ON SPECIAL PROGRAMS. LIKE I MENTIONED, SPECIAL EDUCATION IS A SPECIAL PROGRAM OR TITLE ONE.

A LOT OF DIFFERENT. SO WE HAVE SOME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

SO THEY COME VERY TAILORED TO CERTAIN PURPOSES.

FACILITIES IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET. WE, WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THE RESTRICTED FUNDS.

OF COURSE WE HAVE ACCESS TO GENERAL FUND MONIES, BUT I ALREADY MENTIONED THAT 85% OF THAT IS SPENT ON SALARY AND BENEFITS.

SO THERE'S NOT MUCH LEFT. AND WE STILL NEED TO BUY ELECTRICITY AND TEXTBOOKS.

THAT WAS A VERY NICE ANSWER. I CAN TELL YOU AS A VOTING BOARD MEMBER, THERE'S NO WAY THAT I WOULD SUPPORT SPENDING THOSE SET ASIDE MONIES FOR OPERATIONS, CLASSROOM OPERATIONS TO TEAR DOWN A BUILDING AND REDO AIR CONDITIONING.

AND SO IT WOULD JUST NOT BE RESPONSIBLE, RIGHT? SO AND IT'S ANYWAY POINT MADE, IT'S ON THE RECORD AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

ALSO, I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD FIX THE AC. WE JUST DON'T HAVE IT.

7% SIGN UP. YEAH YEAH YEAH. GREAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC. UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AT 6:54. ADOPT RESOLUTION 2026-42. CONFIRMING A DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENT OF THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT RECREATION IMPROVEMENT.

ONE SECOND. NUMBER 2. OH, DID I SKIP SOMETHING? OH MY BAD. THANK YOU. APPROVE EDUCATION PROTECTION ACCOUNT EXPENDITURE PLAN FOR 2026 2027.

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THAT'S WEIRD. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING. CONFIRMING A DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENT FOR THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT RECREATION IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN AT 6:54.

SO BECAUSE OUR RESIDENTS VOTED IN A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT YEARS AGO, THIS GRANTED THE DISTRICT A SPECIAL REVENUE FLOW TO MAINTAIN GREEN SPACES, BALL FIELDS, PLAYGROUNDS, STADIUMS AND GYMS. THIS RESOLUTION ALLOWS FOR THE RENEWAL AND CONTINUATION OF THESE ASSESSMENTS.

HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AT 6:55. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE WHERE I THOUGHT WE WERE.

OKAY. ADOPT RESOLUTION 2026-42. CONFIRMING A DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENT FOR THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT RECREATION IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027, PURSUANT TO LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 1972.

PART 2 OF DIVISION 15 OF THE CALIFORNIA STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE AND ARTICLE X111D OF THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES. ADOPT RESOLUTION 2026-43.

CASH BORROWING FOR THE TEMPORARY INTERFUND CASH BORROWING FOR THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2026 2027.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES. SUPERINTENDENT. ADOPT REVISED RESOLUTION 2026-30.

ESTABLISHING THE BIENNIAL GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER ELECTION FOR NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026.

YEAH. SO THIS IS A REVISION FROM THE APRIL 8TH BOARD MEETING FOLLOWING THAT MEETING AND NOTIFIED THE DISTRICT OF AN UPDATED ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENT THAT TRUSTEE AREA NUMBERS FOR EXPIRING BOARD, MEMBERS AND BE EXPLICITLY INCLUDED IN THE RESOLUTION.

RESOLUTION LANGUAGE. AND SO WE'VE DONE THAT WITH THIS REVISION FOR NOVEMBER 3RD ELECTION.

EXCELLENT. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES. APPROVE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS FOR THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF BUSINESS SERVICES, EDUCATION SERVICES AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COMMENCING ON JULY 1ST, 2026 THROUGH JULY 30TH, 2028. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES.

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

OH. YES. SCHOOL IS OUT FOR SUMMER, BUT SCHOOL IS NOT OUT FOREVER.

HAPPY SUMMER EVERYONE. AS IT CAME UP IN FLEX AS YOU HEARD TONIGHT, MEASURE A DID NOT PASS.

AND, AND I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE THESE MATTERS GET PUT ON THE BALLOT BECAUSE EDUCATION, AS YOU'VE SEEN HERE TONIGHT, IS IN LARGE PART A UNDER LOCAL CONTROL.

LIKE YOU SAW HERE TODAY, WE SAW THE LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN IN WHICH THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATES IN THE FORMATION AND THE REVIEW OF IT.

THE BUDGET IS REGULARLY PRESENT, PRESENTED HERE, LINKED ONLINE, TRANSPARENTLY AVAILABLE, AS HAS BEEN DONE FOR DECADES.

THIS TYPE OF TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IF IT ISN'T CLEAR, I WANTED IT TO BE ON THE RECORD THAT I DO SEE IT AS BEING 100% NECESSARY TO FULFILL OUR DUTY AND MISSION UP HERE.

UP HERE. IT'S OUR JOB THOUGH, TO ALWAYS DO WHAT'S BEST FOR STUDENTS AND OUR STUDENTS NEEDED AND NEED THE UPGRADES THAT MEASURE A WAS DESIGNED TO TAKE CARE OF. AND AS YOU HEARD HERE TONIGHT, OUR GENERAL FUND WILL NEVER COVER ALL OF THOSE NEEDS.

AS YOU ALSO HEARD HERE TONIGHT, WE WILL CERTAINLY DO OUR BEST TO CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO, TO CHIP AWAY WITH THE CAMERAS, WITH THE THINGS WE CAN DO HERE AND THERE.

BUT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED ARE SIMPLY TOO LARGE TO EVER BE DONE WITHOUT A BOND OR A TAX OF SOME SORT.

SO IT IS MY HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO, TO FORGE A WAY FORWARD WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR THAT TIME TO COME FOR A, A BOND OR A TAX TO PASS SO THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN GET EXACTLY WHAT THEY DESERVE.

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WELL. AND AS OF YESTERDAY'S VOTE COUNT WHILE 9339 PEOPLE HAD VOTED IN SUPPORT, 10,410 PEOPLE OPPOSED MEASURE A, SO WE ARE LEFT TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO MOVING FORWARD.

AND HOW TO ENSURE THAT WE ULTIMATELY GET TO THE POINT TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, MAKING INFORMATION MORE ACCESSIBLE.

I ASKED EVERY SINGLE PERSON, HOW CAN THE COMMUNITY ACCESS IT, ACCESS IT.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WILL FOREVER, AS LONG AS I'M IN THIS SEAT, PRIORITIZE POINTING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY HOW THEY CAN ACCESS INFORMATION AS WELL AS DOING SOMETHING THAT I OFTENTIMES DO IN MY BOARD COMMENTS.

AND IT IS INVITE FURTHER PARTICIPATION. I SAW THESE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS ASK LOTS OF QUESTIONS THAT HAD BEEN ANSWERED ASKED FOR LOTS OF THINGS THAT HAD BEEN DONE.

OUR DISTRICT WENT THROUGH A PROCESS OF HOLDING FACILITIES MEETINGS WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE INVITED TO COME.

WE DIRECTLY MAILED TO EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT. INFORMATION ABOUT THE FACILITY NEEDS AND A REQUEST TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

WE DO WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU AND WE WANT YOU TO BE INVOLVED.

AND I BELIEVE I'VE QUOTED THIS UP HERE BEFORE, BUT I LOVE THIS QUOTE.

THE BEST TIME TO HAVE PLANTED A TREE WAS 10 YEARS AGO.

THE BEST TIME FOR YOU TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WAS 10 YEARS AGO WAS 2 YEARS AGO.

THE SECOND BEST TIME TO GET INVOLVED AND GET INFORMED IS NOW.

BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT WITH YOUR PARTICIPATION ANYONE THAT EVER IS WATCHING THIS AT HOME THAT YOU WILL SEE THAT THE TRANSPARENCY IS THERE, THE DESIRE FOR ENGAGEMENT IS THERE.

AND AS WE HEARD AND SHARE THE WILLINGNESS TO ADAPT AND MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS ALSO THERE, RIGHT? WE WILL CONTINUALLY, AND I WILL SEE TO IT THAT WE PRIORITIZE CONTINUING TO MEET THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY ARE.

RIGHT? SURVEY FATIGUE HAPPENS, SO WE LOOK FOR BETTER TIMES TO SEND SURVEY MAIL DIRECTLY TO YOUR HOUSE.

DO WE NEED TO DO MORE ON SOCIAL MEDIA? DO YOU NEED LIKE A MINUTE OF ME TALKING TO YOU EVERY SINGLE WEEK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING? I HOPE NOT THAT LAST ONE, BUT BUT LET US KNOW AS A BOARD, AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHAT YOU NEED MOVING FORWARD.

AND IN AS MUCH AS IT IS REASONABLE, I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO BE ON THIS RIDE WITH US BECAUSE AS YOU'VE HEARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND BY THE COMMUNITY. AND I BELIEVE IN US AND I BELIEVE IN YOU.

AND SO I JUST HOPE THAT WE WILL FORGE THAT WAY FORWARD.

AND THAT EVERYONE HAS A WONDERFUL SUMMER. CONGRATULATIONS ON 3 FANTASTIC HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS, CELEBRATIONS, ALL OF THEM SPECIAL IN THEIR OWN WAY, ALL OF WHICH TOOK A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO PRESENT.

AND I KNOW OUR HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITIES ARE GRATEFUL.

WELCOME ONCE AGAIN TO OUR NEW HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS OVER AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.

AND COULD YOU TAKE JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND GIVE US A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE DISTRICT'S SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS? SURE. HAPPY TO DO IT. SO SUMMER SCHOOL IS OFF AND RUNNING.

WE OFFER SUMMER SCHOOL AT BOTH OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS AND AT OUR ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL, CHAHP, WITH ABOUT 1200 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN SUMMER SCHOOL.

SO IT'S PRETTY ROBUST AS ALWAYS OFFERING ABOUT 35 CLASSES OVERALL.

AT, AT BETWEEN ALL 3 HIGH SCHOOLS AND ORIGINAL CREDIT AS WELL AS CREDIT RECOVERY.

AND WHAT ABOUT READING PROGRAMS? READING PROGRAMS? WE HAVE OUR ROYNAN LIBRARY OPEN TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS FOR ABOUT 6 WEEKS FOR STUDENTS, AND THEN AR IS OPEN FOR OUR STUDENTS DURING THE SUMMER AS WELL.

SO WE WANT TO KEEP UP THOSE READERS. RIGHT. THANK YOU.

PART OF THE CULTURE. YEAH. AND THEN I JUST WANT TO SAY REALLY QUICKLY, IF I COULD STEAL TEN MORE SECONDS.

I DID NOT THINK THE PERSON MOST IMPORTANT IN OUR LCAP, WHICH IS JAYMI.

IT'S HER HARD WORK AND BRILLIANCE THAT PUTS THAT DOCUMENT TOGETHER AND TAKES A HUGE LOAD OFF OF ME.

AND AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, JAYMI HAPPENS TO BE RIGHT HERE.

SHE DOES. I GOT TO THANK AND CALL OUT MANY MEMBERS OF MY TEAM, AND I DIDN'T GET TO THANK THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON.

SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME DO THAT. AND THANK YOU, JAYMI. AND IN THE RUN UP.

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IN THE RUN UP TO OUR NATION'S 250TH CELEBRATION OF THE RATIFICATION OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

BOTH OF THE CITIES THAT THIS DISTRICT SERVES ARE HAVING PRETTY GRAND CELEBRATIONS, AND SAN DIMAS IS HOSTING THEIR 66TH BIRTHDAY AND THEIR 250TH, AND IT'S TITLED STARS AND STRIPES AND DRONE LIGHTS.

AND IT'S ON FRIDAY, JULY 3RD. AND ONE OF THE FEATURED PRESENTATIONS IS STUDENT ARTWORK FROM THE SAN DIMAS SCHOOLS.

AND AS IT TURNS OUT, 349 PIECES OF ART WERE SUBMITTED BY STUDENTS FROM SAN DIMAS SCHOOLS.

AND I WOULD INVITE YOU TO CIVIC CENTER PARK IN SAN DIMAS ON FRIDAY, JULY 3RD, WHERE INSTEAD OF FIREWORKS, THERE'LL BE DODGER STADIUM STYLE DRONE LIGHT CELEBRATION OR PRESENTATION AT 9:00.

SO COME OUT AND SEE THAT. AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO LA VERNE 4TH OF JULY PARADE.

AND OF COURSE, WE'LL BE THERE REPRESENTING AND.

AND THEN ON INTO THE EVENING. LA VERNE HAS THEIR ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION.

AND THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AFTER SCHOOL'S OUT FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR.

AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME WHEN WE WILL INDEED PASS OUR BUDGET FOR FISCAL 26-27 AND HAVE A GREAT SUMMER. THANK YOU. I DEFINITELY DO APPRECIATE OUR COMMUNITY AND I APPRECIATE OUR DEMOCRACY, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING ON, AT LEAST IN SAN DIMAS ON THE 3RD OF JULY AT CIVIC CENTER PARK.

WINSTON CHURCHILL HAS A GREAT QUOTE ON DEMOCRACY.

IF YOU'VE EVER WANTED SOMEONE ELECTED AND THEY DIDN'T GET ELECTED OR YOU WANTED SOME A MEASURE TO PASS AND IT DIDN'T.

THIS QUOTE ALWAYS KIND OF RESONATES WITH ME FROM WINSTON CHURCHILL.

DEMOCRACY IS A DEEPLY FLAWED AND NOTORIOUSLY INEFFICIENT.

BUT HISTORICALLY, IT REMAINS THE LEAST BAD SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE AVAILABLE.

NOW I'M SAD THAT MY TEAM DIDN'T WIN. YOU KNOW, I'M SAD THAT WHAT I THINK IS BEST DIDN'T HAPPEN.

BUT I DO DEFINITELY RESPECT THE VOTERS. AND I THINK THAT THERE WERE AT LEAST SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO I HAD THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH.

AND WE TALKED. THERE WERE SOME ISSUES THAT CAME UP.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LIKE, I HEARD SOME I WAS HAPPY, I HAD HOPE.

THEY'RE LIKE, YES, ASBESTOS IS BAD. I'M LIKE, YES, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL SAY.

AND THEY'RE LIKE, WE NEED TO REMOVE IT. I'M LIKE, GREAT.

WOULD YOU LIKE A SIGN? NO. WHY SO MUCH? ANOTHER ONE WAS IT'S REALLY HARD RIGHT NOW, INFLATION, WE'RE BARELY GETTING BY. AND ALL THOSE WERE JUST, I THINK REALLY POINTS THAT RESONATED.

AND ANY TIME SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK HAS REAL NEEDS DOESN'T HAPPEN OR REALLY GOOD DECISION DOESN'T HAPPEN, I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE.

EVEN IF YOU THINK THEY DIDN'T MAKE THE BEST CHOICE TO HEAR THEIR POINT OF VIEW, I THINK IS VERY VALUABLE.

BUT THE NEEDS ARE STILL THERE. ANOTHER ONE THAT I HOPE WE DON'T FIX WAS I THINK ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH MEASURE A WAS THE SUCCESS OF BONITA UNIFIED.

I'M GLAD WE HAVEN'T FIXED THAT PROBLEM, BECAUSE I LIKE HAVING A SCHOOL THAT I CAN SEND MY KIDS TO, AND THEY GET GREAT TEST SCORES AND LEARNED A LOT OF STUFF AND HAVE GREAT EXPERIENCES.

BUT IT'S REALLY HARD, I THINK, WHEN SOMETHING'S WORKING SO WELL FOR PEOPLE, FOR THEM TO SEE THAT UNDERNEATH THE HOOD, THERE'S SOME MAINTENANCE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND THAT COULD ACTUALLY HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THINGS. I COULD GO ON, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY STAFF, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK.

AND YEAH, THAT'S ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. SO. BONITA UNIFIED DID HAVE ANOTHER INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL YEAR.

WE DID RECEIVE A NUMBER OF RECOGNITIONS AND DISTINCTIONS AS A DISTRICT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND I WANT TO THANK STUDENTS, STAFF, PARENTS, AND COMMUNITY FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE THIS YEAR TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK BOTH ED SERVICES AND BUSINESS SERVICES TEAMS FOR THEIR WORK IN PREPARING THE LCAP AND THE BUDGET FOR THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR.

THANK YOU. I REQUEST TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS COMMUNICATIONS 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 3 MINUTES.

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

TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS, PLEASE COMPLETE THE REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CARD WHICH MAY BE PICKED UP FROM MARGARET MCDONALD, SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.

ANY PERSON ADDRESSING THE BOARD SHOULD FIRST STATE THEIR NAME AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE DISTRICT.

NOPE. OKAY. FUTURE MEETING DATES. THE NEXT BOARD OF EDUCATION.

[18. FUTURE MEETING DATES]

THE CALL TIME IS 7:09.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.