[13.1. Multimodal Regional Corridor Plan For Arrow Highway Presentation, By Adriana Pinedo, Representative from Active SGV - Introduced by Matthew Wien]

FIRST IS THE MULTIMODAL REGIONAL CORRIDOR PLAN FOR ARROW HIGHWAY PRESENTATION BY ADRANA PINEDO, REPRESENTATIVE FROM ACTIVE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.

TONIGHT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM ADRIANA PINEDO, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST FROM ACTIVE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.

SHE WILL EXPLAIN THE CURRENT RESEARCH AND PLANNING FOR A BIKE AND WALKING CORRIDOR INVOLVING THE CITIES OF SAN DIMAS, LA VERNE, CLAREMONT, GLENDORA AND POMONA.

CHRIS ANN HORSLEY IS OUR DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE ON THIS FIVE CITY COMMITTEE, AND SHE'S ASKED ADRIANA TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT.

ADRIANA. THANK YOU, BOARD.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING COMMUNITY AND BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS ADRIANA PINEDO, I AM A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST AND FORMER ASB PRESIDENT. THE LADIES ARE GONE, BUT I WAS SITTING THERE JUST A FEW SHORT TWO DECADES AGO.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH CHRIS ANN INVITING ME TODAY AND [INAUDIBLE] FOR SETTING EVERYTHING UP, I HAVE SOME INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD HERE TONIGHT THAT RELATES TO OUR COMMUNITIES, TO OUR PARENTS, OUR SCHOOLS.

AND WITH THE PLAN, THIS IS A MULTI-CORRIDOR PLAN ALONG ARROW HIGHWAY.

OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW THAT WE ALL BIKE AND WALK AND DRIVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, BUT WHAT THIS PLAN SEEKS TO DO IS FIND THE BEST WAY TO CONNECT THE FIVE CITIES IN A SAFE AND MEANINGFUL WAY. EACH COMMUNITY KNOWS ITSELF BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE, SO WHAT WE ARE TASKED TO DO IS TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT THIS PLAN IS BEING DEVELOPED, THAT THE FIVE CITIES OF GLENDORA, SAN DIMAS, LA VERNE, POMONA AND CLAREMONT ARE LOOKING TO IMPROVE MOBILITY ALONG AREA ON BONITA HIGHWAY.

AND WE COME TO YOU AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO LET US KNOW WHAT IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE MADE.

ALL OF THE INPUT IS BEING GATHERED TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH .

EVERYTHING WILL BE FINALIZED AND THE CITIES ARE HOPING TO ADOPT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLAN ABOUT SPRING OF THIS YEAR.

SO WHAT I'VE SPECIFICALLY HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH DOING IS CONDUCTING BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN COUNTS, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE, SITTING FOR TWO HOURS AT A TIME IN DIFFERENT PLACES TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS BETWEEN 7 A.M.

TO 9 A.M. AND THEN AGAIN BETWEEN 4 AND 6 P.M.

AND ON SATURDAYS, REALLY IN THE INTEREST OF FINDING PEAK TIMES WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SCHOOL, GO ING TO WORK, DOING SHOPPING OVER THE WEEKEND, JUST TO SEE WHAT THE STREETS REALLY LOOK LIKE AND HOW THEY COULD IMPROVE.

SO HERE IS A MAP OF THESE SITES THAT WERE COUNTED.

AS YOU CAN SEE IN LA VERNE AND SAN DIMAS WE'LL HAVE SOME PICTURES UP HERE FOR YOU.

IN SAN DIMAS WE COUNTED ON THE CORNER OF ARROW HIGHWAY AND CATARACT, SCHOOL NEAR THAT AREA, AND ON WEST BONITA AVENUE AND THE CORNER OF MONTE VISTA.

SO RIGHT IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN.

AS EXPECTED, WE HAVE SOME DATA INFORMATION HERE FOR YOU ON ARROW, NOT MUCH ACTIVITY.

WE KNOW THAT, BUT IT WAS NICE TO SEE THAT, FOLKS.

IF THERE'S NO SIDEWALK, IF THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE, OF COURSE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO USE THAT. SOMETHING REALLY INTERESTING, THOUGH, ABOUT THE FIRST LOCATION ON CATARACT IS THAT THERE'S A SCHOOL NEARBY. SO LOTS OF SCHOOLCHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING, ON BICYCLE, ON SKATEBOARDS, ON FOOT, BUT THEY WERE USING CATARACT.

NO ONE WAS REALLY ACCESSING ARROW HIGHWAY BECAUSE IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE THE BEST ROUTE TO TAKE, OF COURSE. AND ON BONITA, LOTS OF MOBILITY, LOTS OF CYCLISTS.

ONE OF THE ONLY CITIES, ACTUALLY, THAT HAD WHEELCHAIRS OUT AND ABOUT ON THE STREET, SO THAT'S WORTH NOTING. AND IN LA VERNE, WE COUNTED ON BONITA AVENUE, RIGHT BETWEEN D AND E STREET, AND ON ARROW HIGHWAY, BETWEEN E AND FAIRPLEX.

AND ONCE AGAIN, ARROW VERY BUSY, A LOT MORE PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS ON BONITA AVENUE, RIGHT BY THE UNIVERSITY, OF COURSE.

SOME SKATEBOARDS, SCOOTERS, LOTS OF BICYCLE'S, LOTS OF PEDESTRIANS.

AND SO WHAT WE ARE NOW TASKED WITH DOING, THE CONSULTANTS THAT ARE WORKING WITH OUR CITIES WANT TO LET FOLKS KNOW IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT, SKIP THROUGH THESE, THAT WE HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE.

AND SO WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THE BOARD, IS THAT SOME OF THESE IDEAS APPEAR CAN HELP WITH MOBILITY AND SAFETY ON OUR STREETS, WHETHER THEY ARE BICYCLE LANES, SHARELANE MARKINGS, HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALKS, WHICH SOME CITIES HAVE DONE. IN DOWNTOWN PASADENA THERE'S A LOT OF ART DISPLAYED OUT ON THE SIDEWALK.

SO IT'S A NICE WAY TO HAVE OUR MOTORIST FOCUS IN ON THE ROAD AND PAY ATTENTION AS YOU'RE DRIVING. RIGHT? THERE'S ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE.

AND SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL IS THIS WEBSITE, EASTSGVCONNECT.ORG.

IF YOU GO ON THE WEBSITE, THERE'S AN INTERACTIVE MAP ON THERE AND YOU'RE ABLE TO LEAVE COMMENTS. SO ALL OF THOSE NOTES AND COMMENTS ARE BEING AGGREGATED BY OUR CONSULTANTS.

THE CITIES WILL SEE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION AND KNOW HOW OUR CITY'S RESIDENTS WANT TO IMPROVE MOBILITY ALONG THAT CORRIDOR, THERE IS ALSO A REALLY IMPORTANT ONLINE SURVEY ON

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THERE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE SOME FIVE TO 10 MINUTES AND LET US KNOW WHAT BIKING AND CYCLING AND DRIVING LOOKS LIKE FOR YOU ALONG ARROW AND BONITA HIGHWAY.

IT WOULD BE VERY VALUABLE INFORMATION.

THANKS TO CHRIS ANNE AND STUDENTS AT SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE STUDENTS TOOK THAT SURVEY RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS BREAK.

LOTS OF INPUT, AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO AGGREGATE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND DESIGN BETTER STREETS AND THUS BETTER CITIES.

AND SO THE DEADLINE FOR THAT IS JANUARY 31ST.

IT'S ALL ONLINE, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, THIS IS MY CONTACT INFORMATION.

FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT AND WE'LL BE PUTTING TOGETHER MORE EVENTS.

I'M SURE YOU MIGHT SEE ME IN THE FUTURE.

THE CITIES OF SAN DIMAS, LA VERNE AND POMONA ARE WORKING ON AN OPEN STREETS EVENT ON APRIL 19TH. PART OF THE FOOTHILLS RIDE, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE OPENING UP ABOUT FIVE MILES OF STREET ALL ALONG BONITA AVENUE FOR BIKING, WALKING, SKATING, KIDS, DOGS, CATS, ALL THE BUNCH. AND IT'S BEEN A VERY POPULAR EVENT.

WE DID IT LAST YEAR.

THE CITY'S HAVING US BACK, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO DO THAT.

YEAH. SO GET YOUR BICYCLE HELMETS READY AND YOUR LIGHTS AND WE'LL SEE YOU ON THE STREETS.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? YES, SIR. YES.

I'M VERY INVOLVED IN THE BICYCLE INDUSTRY AS IT TURNS OUT, AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. WHO IS ACTIVESGV.ORG? WE ARE ACTIVE SGV.

WE STARTED ACTUALLY AS A VOLUNTEER GROUP IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY THAT WANTED TO GET FOLKS TOGETHER AND GO ON SUNDAY MORNING BICYCLE RIDES.

AND IT'S NOW A LEGITIMATE 501(C)(3).

WE DO WORK ALL OVER THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, PARTICULARLY AROUND MOBILITY ISSUES.

SO WHETHER THAT MEANS BICYCLE EDUCATION CLASSES FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR WHETHER THAT MEANS HOSTING COMMUNITY BIKE RIDES ON SATURDAY MORNINGS FOR FOLKS TO SHOW UP FOR FREE AND HAVE A BIKE RIDE AROUND THEIR COMMUNITY.

WE'VE NOW EVEN MOVED INTO SUSTAINABILITY.

GLAD TO SEE THAT THE SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE LOOKING INTO COMPOSTING AND THE GASES AND WHAT THAT ALL LEADS TO OUR ENVIRONMENT, SO WE'RE WORKING WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON AND FEW OTHER ORGANIZATIONS JUST TO GET MORE INFORMATION AND PROGRAMMING TO OUR RESIDENTS.

THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES AND YOU CAN'T ACCESS THEM IF YOU DON'T KNOW THEY EXIST.

SO A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IS ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY FOR A HEALTHIER, GREENER AND MORE LIVABLE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. YEAH.

SO YOUR IMMEDIATE MISSION IS ARROW ROUTE CORRIDOR? WE ARE JUST DOING IT. WE'RE HELPING WITH THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN COUNTS AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PORTION OF THIS.

ALTA PLANNING IS THE CONSULTANT BEING HIRED BY THE CITIES OF SAN DIMAS, LA VERNE, POMONA, CLAREMONT, AND GLENDORA.

YEAH. ACTIVE SGV, WE'RE JUST A COMMUNITY GROUP THAT'S HELPING WITH THE COUNTS.

WILL THE RESULTS BE AVAILABLE ONLINE OF YOUR SURVEY? I'M SURE THEY WILL.

I THINK PERHAPS A BETTER ACCESS POINT MIGHT BE CHRIS ANNE.

SHE'S ONE OF OUR WONDERFUL COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND SO SHE'LL HAVE FIRST DIBS ON THE INFORMATION AND CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE BOARD AS WELL, YEAH.

SO BEYOND THE CORRIDOR, IS YOUR GROUP IN A POSITION OR DO YOU DO THINGS SUCH AS HELP US WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE IT MORE APPEALING TO STUDENTS TO RIDE TO SCHOOL IN MIDDLE SCHOOL? I'M SURE WE COULD. I THINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, PARENTS ARE PRETTY HINKY ABOUT LETTING ELEMENTARY AGE KIDS RIDE BIKES TO SCHOOL.

YEAH. I RODE MY BICYCLE TO MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR TWO YEARS, AND, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE DAY, OKAY BOOMER. [LAUGHTER].

YOU KNOW, WE HAD RACKS OF DOZENS AND DOZENS AND DOZENS, I MEAN, EVERYBODY RODE THIER BIKES, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS TOO FAR TO WALK.

THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME THAT I WALKED BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO INTERSECT MY ROUTE WITH A GIRL THAT I KIND OF HAD A CRUSH ON.

BUT THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT, SO I WENT BACK TO MY BICYCLE.

VESTED INTEREST, YES.

I WENT BACK TO OLD FAITHFUL BICYCLE.

SO IS YOUR GROUP SOMETHING THAT WE COULD REACH OUT TO FOR HELP WITH? YES. INSTILLING MAYBE MORE OF A BICYCLE-CENTRIC CULTURE? ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST NOW STARTING OVER IN PASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO HELPING NOT JUST ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL, I FEEL ALL PARENTS ARE WARY OF THEIR KIDS ON A BIKE, RIGHT? AND I THINK EVEN AS ADULTS, IF WE'RE NOT COMFORTABLE ON THE ROAD, IF WE DON'T KNOW THE RULES OF THE ROAD, WE COULD CAUSE MAYBE MORE HARM THAN GOOD.

SO WE DO BICYCLE EDUCATION CLASSES ON SCHOOL SITES.

WE'LL COME OUT THERE, HELMETS AND BIKES AND CONES AND ALL AND TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO BE THE SAFEST THEY CAN ON THE STREET.

SO, YES, PLEASE REACH OUT FOR US FOR THAT AS WELL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE'LL SEE YOU ON BONITA ON THE 19TH.

THAT'S CICLAVIA, CORRECT? YES. JUST LIKE CICLAVIA, CORRECT.

YES. HEART OF THE FOOTHILLS.

WE USED CICLAVIA SO MUCH, BUT OUR EASTERN SAN GABRIEL VALLEY COMMUNITIES AREN'T AS

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FAMILIAR WITH THE TERMINOLOGY.

WITH CICLAVIA, THEY DO IT IN L.A.

ALL THE TIME. WE WANTED TO MAKE THIS REALLY OURS.

SO HEART OF THE FOOTHILLS. YEAH, YEAH.

FIRST ONE WAS A LOT OF FUN, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE.

OH, WELL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON THE ROUTE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT, WE HAVE OUR BONITA CENTER FOR THE ARTS FIVE YEAR OVERVIEW BY

[13.2. Bonita Center for the Arts Five-Year Overview by Bill Cox - Introduced by Susan Cross Hume]

BILL COX. BEES, PERSEVERANCESO I'M VERY PLEASED TO CALL UP TO THE PODIUM OUR FOUNDING DIRECTOR AND THEATER MANAGER OF THE BONITA CENTER FOR THE ARTS.

THE CENTER OPENED FIVE YEARS AGO, AND AS YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT AGO, BILL IS RETIRING.

SO HE WANTED TO COME OVER HERE AND WE WANTED TO HEAR HIM SPEAK ABOUT THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF THE BCA, SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO BILL.

WOW. IT'S BEEN A WHILE, HASN'T IT? I HOPE IT'S BEEN AS FRUITFUL FOR ME AS A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL DECADE FOR BOTH OF US.

I HAD TO LOOK BACK IN MY RECORDS, BUT IT WAS IN THE SPRING OF 2010 THAT I BEGAN MY JOURNEY WITH THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I WAS FIRST HANDED A SET OF BLUEPRINTS FOR THE FACILITY, AN EXTRAORDINARY STRUCTURE, REALLY. AND LATER I WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ALONGSIDE A SMALL GROUP OF DEDICATED PEOPLE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ANN SPARKS, WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE WAS TO CREATE SOMETHING UNIQUE AND SET APART FROM OTHERS.

FOUR YEARS LATER, BY SOME GRACE OF A FEW ON JULY 1ST, I BECAME THE MANAGER OF THE BONITA CENTER FOR THE ARTS, AND I NEVER GET TIRED OF LOOKING AT THAT PICTURE.

I JUST NEVER GET TIRED OF IT.

THREE MONTHS AFTER THAT, THE BCA WOULD OFFICIALLY OPEN ITS DOORS TO THE PUBLIC ON OCTOBER 14TH, 2014.

NOW, FROM THERE, WE'VE HAD ART EXPOS, SPELLING BEES, PERSEVERANCE AWARDS, AND THE BCA HAS BEEN VERY, VERY BUSY.

SINCE 2014, WE'VE HOSTED SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE EVENTS.

IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS WE'VE HAD 542 EDUCATIONAL DAYS, PUBLIC PERFORMANCES AND 253 RENTAL DAYS. INCLUDING WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS, BE IT EDUCATIONAL OR PRIVATE PARTY, WE'VE AVERAGED 12 PUBLIC EVENTS EACH MONTH AND EVERY MONTH SINCE WE OPENED OUR DOORS, AND THAT'S OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS.

FIVE TIMES A YEAR THE ARTS CENTER HOSTS A VARIETY OF MUSICALS AND THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS.

CINCE BCA OPENED WE'VE HAD 30 FULL SCALE THEATRICAL MUSICALS OR STAGE PRODUCTIONS.

SAN DIMAS HAS DONE THE WIZARD OF OZ, RAMONA DID AN AMAZING SEUSSICAL, BONITA DID GUYS AND DOLLS. AND WE'VE EVEN DONE PETER PAN WITH FLYING BY FOY.

WILLY WONKA'S COMING IN THE SUMMER.

I'VE BEEN WITNESS TO SOME WONDERFUL STAGE MOMENTS PERFORMED BY STUDENTS OF THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS OVER THE YEARS, AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN HOST TO SEVERAL BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COMMERCIAL MUSIC FESTIVALS PRESENTED ANNUALLY.

WE HAVE PROVIDED COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR A VARIETY OF ORGANIZATIONS.

WE'VE EVEN BEEN HOST TO ONE PEACE CONFERENCE BY ROTARY INTERNATIONAL AND HAVE SERVED AS A SITE FOR THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR FIRE TRAINING.

REVENUES RETURNED TO THE DISTRICT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

TOTAL EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY SEVEN DOLLARS AND FORTY FIVE CENTS. BUT I DIDN'T SAY WE BROKE EVEN.

SUSAN CAN EXPLAIN THAT BETTER THAN I CAN.

THE NUMBER OF PATRONS THAT HAVE CROSSED OUR DOOR, OUR THRESHOLD SINCE WE'VE OPENED ON OCTOBER 6TH WITH OUR PRE-SHOW, IS CONSERVATIVELY SET AT THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND PEOPLE. AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE PERFORMED AT THE BCA ONSTAGE OR HAVE WORKED VAST BACKSTAGE, WE CONSERVATIVELY ESTIMATED TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED.

REALLY, THAT'S ABOUT IT. I SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR TRUST, THE AUTONOMY TO BE OF SERVICE. FOR ME, IT'S BEEN A UNIQUE PLEASURE.

OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS AND I BELIEVE BCA HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE.

I WISH YOU ALL SUCCESS FOR THE NEXT DECADE TO COME.

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THAT'S IT FOR ME. [APPLAUSE]. SO, BILL, WE'RE GONNA AMBUSH BILL, HE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE DOING THIS TO HIM. SO YOU'VE JUST HEARD ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT BILL HAS DONE.

STARTING IN 2010, WORKING ON THE PLANS WITH ANN SPARKS, MY PREDECESSOR.

REALLY, HE'S BEING VERY MODEST HERE, HE REALLY DEVELOPED OUR WHOLE THEATER.

HE HAS SUCH A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE, HAVING WORKED AT UPLAND UNIFIED AS THE DIRECTOR OF AUDITORIUMS THERE FOR TWENTY FIVE YEARS, AND SO HE HAS SUCH A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE.

AND HE HELPED BUILD THIS BEAUTIFUL THEATER THAT WE HAVE AT THE BCA.

AND AS HE SAID, YOU KNOW, AS HE WAS WORKING ALONG WITH ANN, ANN IT'S A VERY SMART WOMAN, AS WE ALL KNOW, AND I THINK SHE SAID, "WE GOT TO GET THIS GUY ON BOARD," SO SHE DID.

SHE HIRED HIM AS THE DIRECTOR.

AND JUST IN THE TWO AND HALF YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE, I'VE BEEN SO IMPRESSED.

BILL IS SUCH A PROFESSIONAL AND THIS WONDERFUL THEATER THAT WE HAVE, AND YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS GOING ON HERE.

IT REALLY IS THE THEATER IS JUST A JEWEL IN BONITA UNIFIED'S CROWN.

IT'S SUCH A GREAT PLACE, AND BILL IS SUCH A LARGE PART OF THAT.

FROM THE INITIAL DESIGN TO OPENING THE THEATER TO MAINTAINING, EXPANDING THE PHYSICAL SPACE, TO NOT LETTING US EAT IN THE AUDITORIUM.

EVERYTHING BILL'S DONE HE'S DONE FOR THE KIDS AND THE COMMUNITY AND JUST TO KEEP OUR THEATER SO BEAUTIFUL.

SO AS YOU KNOW, BILL'S RETIRING.

I ASKED HIM HOW LONG HE'S BEEN IN SHOW BUSINESS, SO HE SAID TO ME WHILE I WAS TEACHER FOR 25 YEARS. I HAVE 32 YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL THEATER MANAGEMENT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF, YOU KNOW, BILL WORKED AT THE L.A.

COUNTY MUSIC THEATER CENTER, THE CENTER THEATRE GROUP.

HE WAS GENERAL MANAGER FOR SEVERAL OTHER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VENUES.

AND HE HAS 50 YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE BECAUSE HE FIRST WAS ON THE STAGE IN 1970.

I DID NOT ASK HIM WHAT THE SHOW WAS, SO YOU CAN ASK HIM WHAT SHOW HE WAS IN.

HARVEY. HARVEY.

OK. SO 50 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, WHICH IS JUST AMAZING.

SO JUST IN RECOGNITION OF EVERYTHING HE'S DONE, NOT ONLY HERE AT BONITA, BUT AT UPLAND AND FOR ALL THE STUDENTS LIVES HE'S TOUCHED OVER THERE WE DID WANT TO GIVE HIM A BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT [INAUDIBLE] COIN.

WOW. THAT'S SO COOL.

[APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU.

WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO IN HIS RETIREMENT.

YOU HAVE TO COME TO HIS PARTY, HIS RETIREMENT PARTY NEXT TUESDAY AT THE BCA AT 3:00 P.M..

WE'LL HAVE TREATS AND WE'LL HAVE MORE OF A ANOTHER SENDOFF FOR HIM, SO PLEASE COME.

IT'S OPEN TO EVERYBODY.

WELL, SINCE MOST OF OUR STUDENTS ARE GONE, THEN OUR AUDIENCE PROBABLY HAS SOME IDEA WHO HARVEY IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SHOW HARVEY.

[LAUGHTER]. I'M SURE THE KIDS WOULD HAVE NO IDEA, BUT MOST OF YOU SITTING OUT THERE SHOULD HAVE SOME VAGUE NOTION.

ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT FEATURE PRESENTATION IS THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD UPDATE.

[13.3. California Dashboard Update - Presented by Matthew Wien]

I KIND OF WANT TO SPEND THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES MAYBE EXPLORING MR. COYNE'S MIDDLE SCHOOL CRUSH A LITTLE BIT.

THAT WAS INTERESTING. [LAUGHTER].

INTERESTING NEWS TONIGHT.

MY SOCIAL INEPTNESS WAS VERY VISIBLE BACK THEN.

[LAUGHTER]. THAT'S AWESOME. OK.

SO TONIGHT, I GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD.

THINK OF THIS PRESENTATION IN CONJUNCTION TO THE ONE THAT WE DID IN NOVEMBER THAT TALKED ABOUT STATEWIDE TEST SCORES.

WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS LOOK AT A NUMBER OF INDICATORS HE STATE HAS PUT FORTH THAT THEY MEASURE US ON THESE TO HAVE US JUDGED BASICALLY AS A DISTRICT AND AS INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS.

THEY USE TWO VARIABLES TO DO THAT, ONE IS STATUS WHICH IS THE ACTUAL RESULT OF WHERE YOU ARE. THE OTHER IS CHANGE, LOOKING AT PREVIOUS YEAR VERSUS THIS YEAR TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT YOU WENT UP OR DOWN, PUT THOSE TWO VARIABLES TOGETHER AND GIVE YOU A COLOR RANGING FROM RED TO BLUE, GREEN AND BLUE ARE AREAS OF STRENGTH.

YELLOW, ORANGE AND RED WOULD BE AREAS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO GROW IN FOR THE FUTURE.

AS WE LOOK THROUGH THE DASHBOARD TONIGHT OF THE TWO VARIABLES, WE'RE GONNA SPEND MOST OF THE TIME LOOKING AT STATUS .

CHANGE IS IMPORTANT, STATUS IS MORE IMPORTANT.

I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.

A COUPLE OF GLARING EXAMPLES WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS, WHEN WE COMPARE

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IN A FEW SLIDES. YOU'VE MEMORIZED THESE DEMOGRAPHICS ALREADY, BUT WE'RE GONNA PUT THEM UP THERE. ABOUT TEN THOUSAND KIDS, ABOUT 40 PERCENT OF THOSE KIDS FREE AND REDUCED, 6 PERCENT EL AND 1 PERCENT FOSTER YOUTH.

LET'S LOOK AT THE DASHBOARD. SO YOU SEE KIND OF A RAINBOW UP THERE RIGHT NOW.

IT'S THREE GREEN, ONE BLUE AND TWO ORANGE.

TOP TWO ARE THE ACADEMIC INDICATORS, ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATHEMATICS.

THOSE INDICATORS ARE GREEN OR STRONG.

NOT A SURPRISE. THINK ABOUT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN NOVEMBER, WE'RE TOP 10 PERCENT OF ALL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THIS REFLECTS THAT.

BUT THE STATE DOESN'T USE PERCENT PASSING THE TEST AS THE INDICATOR.

THEY USE SOMETHING CALLED POINTS ABOVE STANDARD, ESSENTIALLY.

SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT FORTY THREE POINT EIGHT FOR LANGUAGE ARTS, WHAT THAT'S SAYING IS OUR AVERAGE STUDENT WHO TOOK THE TEST WAS ABOUT 44 POINTS ABOVE THE STANDARD SET FORTH BY THE STATE. WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW THAT RANKS RELATIVE TO THE STATE.

BUT LET ME TELL YOU, IT'S REALLY, REALLY STRONG.

SAME FOR MATH. SIXTEEN POINTS ABOVE STANDARD.

SO THAT'S SAYING THE AVERAGE STUDENT SIXTEEN POINTS ABOVE THE STANDARD SET FORTH BY THE STATE. SO ACADEMICALLY, PROGRAMS NEVER BEEN STRONGER.

AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRY TO GROW THERE COLLEGE AND CAREER NUMBER OF WAYS A STUDENT CAN QUALIFY FOR BEING COLLEGE AND CAREER READY.

A COUPLE OF THE VARIABLES THAT THEY WOULD USE STATE TEST SCORES, DUAL ENROLLMENT, COMPLETION OF THE CTE PATHWAY, AP EXAM, SO ANY NUMBER OF THOSE VARIABLES A STUDENT CAN QUALIFY AS BEING CONSIDERED COLLEGE AND CAREER READY.

SIXTY FOUR PERCENT OF OUR KIDS RIGHT NOW WOULD QUALIFY FOR THAT STUFF, ABOUT FOUR PERCENTAGE POINTS FROM THE YEAR PREVIOUS.

THAT'S GREEN. THAT'S GOOD.

GRAD RATE CONTINUES TO BE STRONG.

THE GRADUATION RATE IN THIS DISTRICT REALLY HAS NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE.

NINETY SIX PERCENT. THAT'S GREAT.

THAT'S BLUE. AND THAT'S OUR HIGHEST INDICATOR BASED ON COLOR.

THE BOTTOM THREE I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH VERY QUICKLY ON THIS SLIDE, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND WE'RE GONNA DIVE INTO EACH ONE OF THESE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT AND EXPLANATION FOR CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, SUSPENSION AND EL PROGRESS.

SO CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IS DEFINED AS A STUDENT THAT MISSES MORE THAN 10 PERCENT OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO IF YOU'RE ENROLLED 180 DAYS, YOU MISS 18 OR MORE, YOU'D BE CONSIDERED CHRONICALLY ABSENT. SEVEN POINT FOUR PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE CHRONICALLY ABSENT.

AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THAT ONE.

SUSPENSION RATE, ANY STUDENTS SUSPENDED AT LEAST ONCE WOULD BE IN THIS INDICATOR, 3.8 PERCENT SUSPENDED ONE TIME OR MORE.

AND THEN EL PROGRESS, 41 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY. WE'RE GLOSSING OVER THOSE NOW BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GO IN DEPTH IN A MOMENT. THE COMPARISON DISTRICTS AGAIN, CLAREMONT, GLENDORA, WALNUT, ARCADIA.

OVER TO THE RIGHT IS THE STATE AVERAGE FOR CALIFORNIA.

SPEND LESS TIME WORRYING ABOUT THE COLORS ON THIS ONE.

SPEND MORE TIME LOOKING AT THE INDIVIDUAL NUMBERS.

SO AS WE GO THROUGH FOR ELA AND MATH IT'S JUST LIKE IT IS FOR THE PROFICIENCY RATES ON THE STATE TEST. WE ARE STRONGER THAN BOTH CLAREMONT AND GLENDORA AND CONTINUE TO CHASE WALNUT VALLEY, ARCADIA.

BUT IF YOU LOOK OVER TO THE RIGHT FOR BOTH ELA AND MATH SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE ON THOSE TWO ACADEMIC INDICATORS.

SO AGAIN, THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM CONTINUES TO BE STRONG.

COLLEGE AND CAREER AGAIN, SAME STORY, HIGHER THAN CLAREMONT AND GLENDORA, AND CONTINUE TO CHASE AFTER THOSE OTHER TWO DISTRICTS.

SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN STATE AVERAGE.

CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM.

WE HAVE A HIGHER RATE AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT ONE IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES, BUT WE DO HAVE A HIGHER RATE OF CHRONICALLY ABSENT STUDENTS THAN THE OTHER DISTRICT.

BUT WE ARE BELOW THE STATE AVERAGE.

BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AND NOT THE COLORS TO LOOK AT CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM.

AND LOOK AT CLAREMONT AND GLENDORA.

CLAREMONT HAS A 5.9 PERCENT RATE, GLENDORA HAS A 5.6 PERCENT RATE. THE LOWER RATE IS THE BETTER RATE, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE COLOR, IT APPEARS THAT GLENDORA IS SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE THAN CLAREMONT ON THAT ONE.

THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE THEY HAD A RATE THAT WENT UP FROM THE YEAR PREVIOUS.

SO THAT'S WHY SOMETIMES WHEN THE STATE PUTS IN THE CHANGE VARIABLE IT KIND OF CONFUSES THE ISSUE, BECAUSE IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS, THE COLOR WOULD INDICATE THAT SOMEONE IS PERFORMING BETTER THAN THEY ARE AND VICE VERSA.

THE SAME THING YOU CAN SEE WITH THE SUSPENSION RATE WITH WALNUT AND GLENDORA, WALNUT HAS A LOWER SUSPENSION RATE, WHICH IS BETTER.

BUT ON THE DASHBOARD, THEY APPEAR TO BE WORSE BY COLOR.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

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AND AS WE COMMUNICATE THIS TO PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE STATUS AND THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF WHERE YOU ARE AS A DISTRICT.

SUSPENSION RATE, THREE POINT EIGHT, SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN OUR COMPARISON DISTRICTS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THAT AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ONE.

AND EVEN FOR SUSPENSION, THAT ONE IS HIGHER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE.

SO THAT WOULD BE AN AREA OF GROWTH FOR US, WHICH WE'LL DISCUSS.

AND THEN THE EL PROGRESS., YOU SEE THAT NUMBER APPEARS LOWER THAN THE OTHER DISTRICTS AND EVEN LOWER THAN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THE CONTEXT FOR THIS ONE, THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO SIGNIFY THAT YOU'RE MAKING PROGRESS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY.

THE FIRST WAY IS FOR A STUDENT TO RAISE ONE LEVEL ON THE LPAC TEST, WHICH IS THE TEST THAT EL STUDENTS TAKE EVERY YEAR.

AND SO IF I WERE A STUDENT IN '17-'18 AND I GET A 1, WHICH IS THE LOWEST SCORE YOU CAN GET ON THAT TEST, AND IN YEAR 2, I GET A 2, I RAISE ONE LEVEL, I WOULD BE SAID TO BE MAKING PROGRESS. THAT'S ONE WAY THAT YOU CAN MAKE PROGRESS.

THE OTHER WAY IS TO HAVE A 4, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST SCORE FOR TWO YEARS IN A ROW.

RIGHT? SO THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO QUALIFY.

EITHER GO UP A LEVEL OR MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST LEVEL FOR TWO YEARS.

AS A RESULT OF FPM LAST YEAR, WHICH Y'ALL REMEMBER, WE WENT THROUGH AND LOOKING AT THE RECLASSIFICATION CRITERIA WE WENT THROUGH AND WE RECLASSIFIED 150 OF OUR EL STUDENTS LAST YEAR. WHAT THAT MEANS IS A) IT'S THE BEST THING FOR KIDS.

ONCE YOU REACH THE CRITERIA, YOU SHOULD BE EXITED FROM THE PROGRAM.

BUT THE RESULT OF THAT FOR THE DASHBOARD IS WE TOOK 150 OF THE VERY STRONGEST EL STUDENTS THAT WE HAD AND THEY DID NOT TAKE THE EL TEST IN YEAR TWO.

SO WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN 150 EXTRA STUDENTS SCORING FOURS TWO YEARS IN A ROW, WE TOOK THOSE KIDS OUT OF THE EQUATION AND THAT'S WHY THE 41 PERCENT LOOKS THE WAY IT DOES THIS YEAR. HAD THOSE STUDENTS STAYED IN AND RECEIVED FOURS FOR THE SECOND YEAR, THAT NUMBER COULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT THE FIFTY FIVE TO FIFTY SIX PERCENT RANGE, WHICH PUTS US COMMENSURATE WITH THE TWO DISTRICTS IN ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE.

SO THAT'S THE CONTEXT FOR EL.

FURTHER CONTEXT OF THIS, SO IF YOU TAKE THE DASHBOARD OUT OF IT AND YOU JUST LOOKED AT HOW ARE EL STUDENTS DO ON THE STATE OVERALL OR THE TEST OVERALL, OUR EL STUDENTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS SCORE ABOUT 50 POINTS HIGHER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE FOR EL STUDENTS, SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN THE STATE EL STUDENTS.

THOSE ARE OUR ELS. BUT LOOK AT THAT THIRD BULLET, OUR EL STUDENTS SCORE HIGHER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE FOR ALL STUDENTS, NOT EL STUDENTS, FOR ALL STUDENTS.

THAT'S A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE MEASURE TO THINK OUR EL STUDENTS WHO WERE LEARNING AND ACQUIRING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARE SCORING BETTER THAN THE AVERAGE FOR ALL STUDENTS IN THE STATE. MATHEMATICS IS THE SAME STORY, SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN THE STATE EL STUDENTS AND TWENTY EIGHT POINTS BETTER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE FOR ALL STUDENTS IN MATHEMATICS, NOT ELS, BUT ALL STUDENTS.

SO THIS TO ME IS A BETTER INDICATOR THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE MAKING PROGRESS AND ACADEMICALLY OR MAKING GAINS EVEN HIGHER GAINS THAN STUDENTS, WELL, REGULAR, QUOTE "AVERAGE," ALL STUDENTS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

CONTEXT FOR CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, SO YOU SAW THE RATE.

THE RATE ON THE DASHBOARD IS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE KINDER THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE.

ON THIS SLIDE, WE PUT STUDENTS K THROUGH 12TH, 8.5 PERCENT. SO FOR EVERY STUDENT THAT CAME IN, IT WAS ENROLLED FOR AT LEAST 30 DAYS LAST YEAR WITH US WE HAD AN 8.5 PERCENT CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM RATE, FAIRLY HIGH.

BUT FOR STUDENTS WHO WERE ENROLLED WITH US FOR 180 DAYS, THEY WERE WITH US FROM DAY ONE TO DAY 180, THAT RATE GOES TO 5.6.

AND THE NEXT TWO BULLETS KIND OF PARTIALLY EXPLAIN WHY THAT IS.

FOSTER YOUTH, WE HAVE 1 PERCENT, BUT CUMULATIVE 3.2 PERCENT FOSTER RATE GOING THROUGH.

SO ABOUT BETWEEN 300 AND 350 FOSTER YOUTH GOING THROUGH OUR SYSTEM LAST YEAR.

32 PERCENT OF THOSE FOSTER STUDENTS WERE CHRONICALLY ABSENT.

THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT RATE.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE FOUND IS OUR TK STUDENTS HAD AN EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH RATE OF CHRONICALLY ABSENT OF THE TWO SCHOOLS.

THE TK AND KINDERGARTEN RATE DISTRICTWIDE IS THIRTEEN POINT FIVE.

OF THE TWO SCHOOLS WHO HAVE TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN, EKSTRAND AND ALLEN, THE RATE FOR TK AND KINDER WAS 22 PERCENT CHRONICALLY ABSENT.

SO WE HAVE SOME EDUCATION TO DO WITH THOSE PARENTS.

THIS IS NOT JUST A SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAM.

IF YOU ENROLL IN TK, THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE THAT YOU COME EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT YOU'RE HEALTHY. SO 8.5,

[00:55:01]

IT'S HIGH, OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE WITH US ALL YEAR, SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER.

AND THEN WE HAVE TO TWO AREAS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE.

TK WE HAVE A LOT MORE ABILITY TO KIND OF MANAGE THAT ONE, THE INHERENT TRANSIENT NATURE OF FOSTER YOUTH, AND REMEMBER, MARK CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE AVERAGE STAY OF A FOSTER IS ABOUT FORTY FIVE DAYS? SO FORTY FIVE DAYS, 10 PERCENT TO [INAUDIBLE] IS FIVE DAYS.

SO IF WE HAVE A FOSTER YOUTH HERE, 45 DAYS, THEY MISS FIVE.

THEY'RE ON THE LIST. ALL RIGHT.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER TO MANAGE, BUT WE WILL TRY MOVING FORWARD.

CONTEXT FOR SUSPENSION, SO WE PUT THE CONTEXT FOR EL AND THE CONTEXT FOR THAT IS IS REALLY WAY BETTER NEWS THAN THE DASHBOARD WOULD INDICATE.

WE SET SOME CONTEXT FOR CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AND WE PUT SOME MITIGATING FACTORS UP THERE TO MAKE IT SAY THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S BETTER THAN IT IS ON THE DASHBOARD.

WITH SUSPENSION WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAY THAT.

BE VERY OPEN AND HONEST WITH YOU AND SAY THAT WE SUSPEND AT A RATE HIGHER THAN PROBABLY WE SHOULD. WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE SUBGROUP, WHETHER IT'S WHITE, AFRICAN-AMERICAN, HISPANIC, SPECIAL ED, FOSTER, FREE AND REDUCED, WE SUSPEND THOSE STUDENTS AT A RATE HIGHER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE GROUPS.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING AS MOVING FORWARD THAT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT.

AND IT'S LIKE WE PUT THE CONTEXT FOR THE SUSPENSION STATUS UP THERE, NOT TO MITIGATE IT AND TRY TO SAY, WELL IT REALLY IS BETTER THAN IT APPEARS ON DASHBOARD.

THOSE ARE UP THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME SOME REAL WORK TO DO HERE.

AND THEN THE SECOND BULLET IS NOT A MITIGATING FACTOR.

THE SECOND BULLET UP THERE IS ABOUT WE OFTEN HEAR, WELL, WE HAVE FOSTER YOUTH AND THAT'S WHY THE SUSPENSION RATE IS HIGHER.

IT'S NOT. IF YOU TAKE THE FOSTER YOUTH OUT WE'RE STILL 3.2 PERCENT, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE COMPARISON DISTRICTS AND SLIGHTLY LOWER IN THE STATE AVERAGE, BUT CLOSE TO THAT STATE AVERAGE.

AND SO WE DO HAVE SOME WORK MOVING FORWARD.

SO AREAS OF FOCUS, CONTINUES TO BE EQUIT, ABOUT FINDING WHAT WORKS FOR EACH STUDENT, BOTH ACADEMICALLY AND BEHAVIORALLY.

AGAIN, IF YOU THINK BACK TO US BEING A TOP 10 PERCENT DISTRICT IN THE STATE, WE'RE DOING IT WITH STUDENTS, A 40 PERCENT FREE REDUCED RATE THAT ALMOST NO OTHER DISTRICT IN THE STATE IS ABLE TO DO IT WITH.

ONLY TWO OF THE DISTRICTS ON THAT LIST THAT WE SAW IN NOVEMBER HAD FREE AND REDUCED RATES HIGHER. SO WE OUTPERFORM OUR DEMOGRAPHIC.

AS WE MOVE CLOSER TO 80/70 WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS TO HAVE OUR DEMOGRAPHIC OUTPERFORM WHAT WOULD BE EXPECTED FOR THE STATE.

AND SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ACADEMICALLY, MATH INTERVENTION TEACHERS, YOU HIRE THOSE THIS YEAR, THEY'RE HAVING AN EFFECT.

WE EXPECT THOSE SCORES TO INCREASE.

WE HAVE FOCUSED OUR PD THIS YEAR IN ELEMENTARY AND MATHEMATICS.

THAT'S GOING TO HAVE AN EFFECT.

SECONDARY CONTINUES TO FINE TUNE THEIR STANDARDS AND THEIR ASSESSMENTS.

WE EXPECT THAT TO HAVE AN EFFECT ACADEMICALLY.

AND THEN ON THE BEHAVIORAL SIDE OF IT, FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING.

WE HIRED THE EIGHT COUNSELORS.

AS THEY CONTINUE TO NOT ONLY COUNSEL INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS, BUT CREATE FULL SCALE CULTURAL PROGRAMS FOR THE SCHOOL SITES WE DO EXPECT THAT TO HAVE AN EFFECT ON CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AS STUDENTS FEEL MORE SUPPORT, MORE CONNECTION, LESS ANXIETY THEY GO TO SCHOOL MORE.

AND WE ALSO DO EXPECT TO HAVE THAT EFFECT ON SUSPENSION RATE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO BETTER MANAGE THE BEHAVIORS THAT STUDENTS HAVE.

IN ADDITION TO COUNSELING FOR THE SUSPENSION RATE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME VERY OPEN AND HONEST CONVERSATIONS THIS WINTER AND SPRING WITH SITE ADMIN, OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, ABOUT OUR PHILOSOPHY OF DISCIPLINE AND CAN WE FIND OTHER WAYS TO INTERVENE WITHOUT SIMPLY RESORTING TO SUSPENSION.

AND SO THOSE ARE THE AREAS OF FOCUS.

REMEMBER THAT WE DON'T DO ANYTHING IN SERVICE OF THE DASHBOARD.

WE DO IT IN SERVICE TO MAKE SURE EVERY STUDENT CAN MAXIMIZE THEIR OUTCOME AND WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE ON OUR WAY.

SO QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I ACTUALLY FIRST HAVE A COMMENT.

I DID NOTICE THAT IN A SENSE, WE HAVE A HIGHER ABSENTEE RATE THAN SOME SURROUNDING DISTRICTS AND WE HAVE A HIGHER SUSPENSION RATE.

YUP. BUT WE ALSO HAVE HIGHER TEST SCORES.

YEAH. IF I HAD TO PICK WHICH ONE OF THOSE, I WOULD PRIORITIZE I'M PERSONALLY VERY PROUD OF THE TEST SCORES AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PRIORITY FOR US TO HAVE.

YUP. THE ART OF IT IS THE BALANCE AND CAN YOU DO BOTH? RIGHT.

CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WE CAN DO BOTH OF THOSE OR ALL OF THOSE.

BUT YEAH, I'M WITH YOU THERE, TOO.

HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO BE THE FOSTER GROUP SUCH AS MCKINLEY AND THE OTHERS TO SEE IF THERE'S INCENTIVES OR PROGRAMS OR SOMETHING WE CAN DO FOR THEM TO IMPROVE ATTENDANCE?

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I'M SURPRISED THAT IT HAS THAT LITTLE EFFECT ON OUR OVERALL ABSENTEEISM, BUT EVERY BIT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE THAT WOULD BE A POSITIVE MOVE.

ABSOLUTELY. OUR FOSTER LIAISONS WORK NOT ONLY WITH STUDENTS, BUT THE HOMES.

MARK DOES A GREAT JOB CONTINUING TO REACH OUT TO THEM.

WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO TO REACH OUT AND DEVELOP PROGRAMS, BUT WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON STAFF THAT THEIR THEIR JOB IS DEDICATED TO TRYING TO GET THESE STUDENTS HERE AND SUCCESSFUL.

BECAUSE NOT JUST THE FACT THAT THEY'RE MISSING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WE LOSE ADA FOR EVERY DAY THAT THEY'RE MISSING.

THAT'S RIGHT. CAN YOU DRILL DOWN WITH THE SYSTEM THAT YOU HAVE THERE, THE TOOLS, THE ABSENTEEISM FROM THE FOSTERS ARE THEY MOSTLY A HIGH SCHOOL? IS THERE AN AGE GROUP WHERE MOST OF THE ABSENTEEISM I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION OFF TOP MY HEAD, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY DRILL DOWN ON THAT.

SO YOU CAN? YUP.

THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND JUST WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU TO MATT AND HIS TEAM.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE DATA IS THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. AND WE DISSECT IT AND WE LOOK AT IT AND THERE'S AREAS TO GROW.

AND THE NICE THING IS, I HOPE WHAT YOU HEAR IS THERE'S A PLAN FOR IT.

EACH ONE OF THEM, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP TACKLING THEM.

AND THE GOAL IS THAT WE JUST KEEP MOVING THAT NEEDLE AND WE KEEP CHIPPING AWAY AT EACH OF THESE THINGS. MATT, THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

IT'S A LOT MORE COMPLICATED THAN HE MADE IT SOUND.

AND SO APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. OK.

MOVING ON TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS, ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE

[14.1. Adopt the Minutes of the December 11, 2019 Regular-Organizational Board of Education Meeting]

DECEMBER 11TH, 2019 REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING AS CORRECTED.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR. AYE.

OPPOSED. REQUEST TO SPEAK ON AN OPEN SESSION AGENDA ITEMS. ANY CARDS?

[16. CONSENT AGENDA]

NO CARDS. CONSENT AGENDA. MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO BE ROUTINE OR SUFFICIENTLY SUPPORTED BY PRIOR OR COMPANY REFERENCE MATERIALS AND INFORMATION AS TO NOT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION.

IF ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD SHALL REQUESTED 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.

AYE. OPPOSED.

ONE OF THE THINGS YOU GUYS THAT JUST PASSED A SECOND AGO WAS THREE RESOLUTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF US ARE REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF AND JUST WANT TO JUST BRING ATTENTION TO THAT. AND THE FIRST, AS MANY OF US KNOW, FEBRUARY IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH, AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO JUST CELEBRATE AND LEARN ABOUT THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO MADE THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICA THROUGH SCIENCE AND POLITICS AND LAW, SPORTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND SO ON IN MANY FIELDS.

AND IT'S AN HONOR FOR US TO THIS BUILD, RECOGNIZE THAT AND THEN ALSO YOU HEAR MATT TALK ABOUT THE COUNSELING PROGRAMS AND THE MENTAL HEALTH.

IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RECOGNIZE OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 3RD THROUGH THE 7TH AND JUST THE TREMENDOUS WORK AND THE IMPACT THAT THEY HAVE ON HELPING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS REACH THEIR CAREER GOALS.

AND PART OF THAT IS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE HEALTHY, BOTH ACADEMICALLY AND SOCIAL EMOTIONALLY. AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IT'S ALSO A CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH. AND IT'S SO FITTING FOR US THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR JOB IS IT'S MUCH BIGGER THAN JUST TEACHING KIDS HOW TO READ AND WRITE.

AND WE TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY SERIOUSLY AND JUST FOR THE FIVE OF YOU TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT.

WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO OUR DISCUSSION AGENDA.

[17.1.1. Receive and Accept 2018-2019 Annual Audit Report by Nigro & Nigro, PC, Certified Public Accountants]

BUSINESS SERVICES, RECEIVE AND ACCEPT THE 2018-2019 ANNUAL AUDIT REPORT BY NIGRO & NIGRO PC, CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS.

THANK YOU. I'M VERY PLEASED TO INVITE UP TO THE PODIUM MICHAEL KLEIN, WHO IS THE PARTNER AT NIGRO & NIGRO, OUR INDEPENDENT CPA FIRM.

AND HE'S GOING TO GO OVER THE '18-'19 AUDI WITH YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SUSAN THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I ALWAYS HAVE THE CHALLENGE OF BEING AS EXCITING AS POSSIBLE AT THESE MEETINGS WITH OUR AUDIT REPORT.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE CHOOSE TO LEAVE IN MASS EXODUS, BUT I HOPE THAT WON'T HAPPEN.

SO MAINLY WHAT I WANT TO DO HERE IS JUST HIGHLIGHT A 10,000 FOOT, SORRY, 10,000 FOOT LEVEL. OUR AUDIT PROCESS, HOW THE AUDIT REPORT'S LAID OUT AND THEN JUST SOME KEY HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE REPORT ITSELF.

MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK THROUGH SOME OF THE REPORT ALREADY,

[01:05:06]

BUT WHAT WE DO IS PRIMARILY THREE COMPONENTS TO OUR AUDIT.

SO THE FIRST COMPONENT IS WE GET AN UNDERSTANDING FOR THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF THE DISTRICT AND THAT ALLOWS US TO TEST SOME TRANSACTIONS RANGING FROM CASH RECEIPTS AND DEPOSIT CYCLES TO DISBURSEMENTS AND PAYABLES, PERSONNEL AND PAYROLL RELATED, AND ALSO GENERAL I.T. SYSTEMS AND ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS. AND WE TEST THOSE TRANSACTIONS, GAIN AND UNDERSTANDING, AND THEN THAT ALLOWS US TO DESIGN MORE PROCEDURES TO TEST FINANCIAL ACCOUNT BALANCES, WHICH WE DO AFTER THE BOOKS ARE CLOSED AS THE SECOND COMPONENT.

AND THE LAST COMPONENT, WE DO TEST COMPLIANCE, FEDERAL COMPLIANCE, STATE COMPLIANCE, WHICH FEDERAL COMPLIANCE IS THE COMPONENT OF A SINGLE AUDIT.

AND SO THIS YEAR WE TESTED TITLE 1 AND IDE A, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.

AND THEN WE ALSO, AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE, HAVE A LIST OF STATE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS THAT VARIED RANGES OF SEVERAL COMPONENTS THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO TEST.

SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE DO WHEN WE AUDIT.

AND THE REPORT ITSELF IS LAID OUT.

YOU'LL SEE THE FIRST AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS EVERYBODY LOOKS FOR IS THE OPINION. AND SO THAT IS OUR CPA STAMP OF APPROVAL ON THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THERE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN SUBSTANTIATING EVIDENCE TO GIVE AN OPINION ON THESE STATEMENTS. AND THAT OPINION FOR THE DISTRICT IS UNQUALIFIED, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.

YOU DON'T WANT A QUALIFIED OR ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT.

SO AN UNQUALIFIED OPINION IS WHAT WE HAVE ISSUED HERE WITH YOUR REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2019, WHICH SAYS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO ISSUE THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SAY THAT THEY ARE, WITH REASONABLE ASSURANCE, THEY'RE FAIRLY STATED. SO BEYOND THAT, AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE REPORT, THE FIRST SECTION IS THE MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS.

AND YOU GUYS ACTUALLY PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE REPORT, WHICH IS NICE TO SEE SOME TRENDING DATA IN ADA AND ENROLLMENT.

AND AS YOU'LL NOTICE, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS A STATEWIDE ISSUE IS JUST DECLINING ENROLLMENT.

SO IT'S NOT ISOLATED TO THE DISTRICT HERE.

BUT SOME OTHER THINGS I NOTED WERE YOU'RE GENERAL FUND BALANCE, WHICH PRESENTS A NICE PICTURE THERE, THE TRENDING UPWARD OF THE UNRESTRICTED BALANCE AND WHERE YOU LANDED AS OF JUNE 30TH, YOU CAN SEE THERE WITH ABOUT '18-'19 PERCENT RESERVE, WHICH IS WELL ABOVE YOUR OWN POLICY AND WELL ABOVE THE STATE REQUIREMENT OF 3 PERCENT.

SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.

ASIDE FROM THAT, SOME MAJOR CHANGES IN YOUR FISCAL POSITION THAT'S JUST OVERALL AS OF JUNE 30, WHERE DO YOU STAND ASSETS, LIABILITIES AND NET POSITION? NOT TOO MUCH TO HIGHLIGHT IN THE WAY OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGES OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD SOME OF THE SPENDING DOWN OF THE BOND PROCEEDS WHICH LOWERED YOUR CURRENT OR LIQUID ASSETS, AND THEN THE NET PENSION LIABILITY INCREASED ABOUT 4 MILLION, WHICH IS REALLY A NON-CASH ACCRUAL BASIS EXPENSE.

AND ALL DISTRICTS ARE FACING THIS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

SO WITH INCREASING PENSION OBLIGATIONS, IT'S KIND OF A STRUCTURAL PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IN THE STATES. SO THAT INCREASE OF 4 MILLION CONTRIBUTED TO A DECLINE IN NET POSITION OVERALL OF ABOUT 6 MILLION.

THAT WAS SOME OF THE MAIN THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT THERE.

BEYOND THAT, THE REPORTS LAID OUT WE HAVE REPORTS OF YOUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS.

YOU CAN SEE THERE THE OVERALL FUND BALANCE FOR ALL GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS DECLINED, MOSTLY AGAIN RELATED TO YOUR BOND FUND, SPENDING DOWN OF QUITE A BIT OF CASH IN THERE FOR CONSTRUCTION RELATED AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

TOWARDS THE END, WE'VE HAVE OUR NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WHICH GIVE MORE DETAIL AND THEN ALSO RESULTS OF OUR AUDIT IN THE SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS IN QUESTION COSTS.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER KEY AREA A LOT OF DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES LIKE TO PAY ATTENTION TO.

AND WITH BONITA THIS YEAR, WE FOUND NO FINDINGS.

SO NO FEDERAL FINDINGS, NO STATE FINDINGS, NO FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDINGS.

BUT NOT ONLY THAT, TYPICALLY, WE ISSUE A MANAGEMENT COMMENT LETTER WHICH DOESN'T INCLUDE MATTERS THAT ARE WORTHY OF FINDINGS, BUT JUST MATTERS THAT WE THOUGHT WORTHY TO RAISE TO

[01:10:02]

THE BOARD'S ATTENTION. BUT WE DIDN'T FIND ANY OF THOSE MATTERS EITHER.

IN CONTROL WEAKNESSES WORTHY ENOUGH TO RAISE TO ATTENTION OF THE BOARD.

SO THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF AS WELL FROM THE STAFF AND THE ACCOUNTING STAFF THAT WE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE SIGNIFICANT CONTROL WEAKNESSES TO RAISE TO YOU GUYS. SO THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAD.

ASIDE FROM ANY QUESTIONS FROM YOU GUYS YOU MAY HAVE A REPORT.

WHY DON'T YOU CLARIFY QUALIFIED VERSUS UNQUALIFIED.

THE OPINION? BECAUSE AND WE KIND OF ASK THIS SAME QUESTION EVERY YEAR BECAUSE UNQUALIFIED, IF YOU'RE UNQUALIFIED FOR A JOB [INAUDIBLE].

[LAUGHTER]. YEAH I KNOW.

BUT WHAT IS AND EXAMPLE OF BEING A QUALIFIED AUDIT? WHAT WOULD BE A CIRCUMSTANCE.

YEAH. THAT A DISTRICT WOULD END UP WITH A QUALIFIED AUDIT? YEAH. SO A QUALIFIED AUDIT USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS IF YOU HAVE A QUALIFIED OPINION, THERE'S AN AREA OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT WE CAN'T OBTAIN SUBSTANTIATING EVIDENCE FOR. ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES IS CAPITAL ASSETS, YOUR FIXED ASSETS.

IF WE'VE EVER ISSUE A QUALIFIED OPINION, IT TENDS TO LIE HERE AND THAT SITUATION WOULD ARISE IF, SAY, THERE'S A BIG GAP IN THE RECORD KEEPING FOR WHAT EQUIPMENT AND ASSETS YOU HAVE ON HAND. AND THAT CAN HAPPEN IF THERE'S NOT A GOOD TRACKING SYSTEM OR MECHANISM FOR TRACKING DISPOSALS AND ADDITIONS TO ALL YOUR HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND YOUR FIXED ASSETS.

AND SO IF WE CAN'T GAIN ENOUGH EVIDENCE, SOMETIMES WE'LL HAVE TO ISSUE A QUALIFIED OPINION. AND IT CAN BE JUST ON A PARTICULAR BALANCE, WE COULD ISSUE A QUALIFIED OPINION ON CAPITAL ASSETS, BUT EXCEPT FOR THAT, EVERYTHING ELSE WE CAN STATE IS FAIRLY STATED.

BUT YOU STILL HAVE THE QUALIFIED OPINION ON THAT PARTICULAR LINE ITEM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

OK. WE NEED A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND ACCEPT THE AUDIT.

SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE. OPPOSED.

OK. STUDENT DISCIPLINARY ACTION FOR STUDENT SSIS

[17.2.1. Student Disciplinary Action for Student SSID #4121044604]

4121044604 RECOMMENDATION THAT STUDENT SSID 4121044604 WHO IS CURRENTLY UNDER AN EXPULSION ORDER WITH ENFORCEMENT SUSPENDED FROM ANOTHER CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT BE ADMITTED TO THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR WITH PLACEMENT AND CHAPARRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

SOME MOVED. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR. AYE.

OPPOSED. REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. NO ACTION CAN BE TAKEN ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. BOARD POLICY 9055, INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS MAY BE ALLOWED UP TO THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON ANY NON-AGENDA ITEM.

THE BOARD RESERVES THE RIGHT TO LIMIT THE TIME ON A NON-AGENDA ITEM.

PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE BOARD PLEASE FILL OUT A REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CARD WHICH MAY BE PICKED UP FROM THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.

ANY PERSON ADDRESSING THE BOARD SHOULD FIRST STATE THEIR NAME, ASSOCIATION WITH THE DISTRICT AND ADDRESS. AT THIS TIME NO CARDS.

PTA, BONITA UNIFIED TEACHERS, CSA, BUMT.

FUTURE MEETING DATES. NEXT REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING IS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH,

[19. FUTURE MEETING DATES]

2020 AT 6:00.

DISTRICT OFFICE 115 WEST ALLEN AVENUE IN SAN DIMAS.

ANYTHING FOR FUTURE AGENDAS? OK. THE BOARD IS GOING TO RECONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION TO FINISH DISCUSSION ON CLOSED SESSION AGENDA, AND WE WILL REPORT OUT IF ANY ACTION IS TAKEN AT 7:22.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Bonita USD, CA

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9. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

13. FEATURED PRESENTATIONS

14. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING

17. DISCUSSION/ACTION AGENDA

17.1. BUSINESS SERVICES

17.2. STUDENT DISCIPLINARY ACTION

Jan 08, 2020 Regular Board Meeting

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9. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

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