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REQUEST TO SPEAK ON CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEMS. THE PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON AGENDA ITEMS. THE BOARD MAY LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME FOR EACH AGENDA ITEM TO 20 MINUTES.

PERSONS WISHING TO COMMENT ON AN AGENDA ITEM WERE NOTIFIED TO SUBMIT AN EMAIL TO ADELA DROE SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.

ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC PERTAINING TO ITEMS LISTED IN THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA WILL BE READ ALOUD DURING THIS TIME.

NO EMAILS.

CLOSED SESSION AGENDA.

[5. CLOSED SESSION AGENDA]

[7. CALL TO ORDER]

PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I THINK THAT'S THE QUIETEST PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WE'VE EVER HAD IN THIS ROOM.

[10. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER AND CONTENT]

SO MOVED. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED?

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

WELL, I JUST WANTED TO SAY TWO THINGS BEFORE I GET INTO MY FINAL COMMENT.

FIRST, I WANTED TO COMPLIMENT THE DISTRICT AND ITS STAFF ON THE DEVICE DISTRIBUTION.

LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS, WHEN YOU HAVE OVER TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED REQUESTS AND WITH A FOCUS ON EQUITY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT DISTANCE LEARNING, SEEING THE DISTRICT COMMIT TO MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS COULD CONNECT AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT, IT JUST IT WAS REMARKABLE TO SEE AS A PARENT AND AS A BOARD MEMBER.

AND THEN SECONDLY, THE MEAL PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, EVERY DISTRICT'S OFFERING IT.

AND SUCCESS WAS NEVER ABOUT JUST OFFERING THE PROGRAM.

IT'S ABOUT GETTING THE MEALS IN THE BELLIES OF THE KIDS.

AND WE HAVE PROVEN THAT TO BE A PRIORITY OF OURS.

AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE A FOUR WEEK NUMBER OF OVER FORTY SEVEN THOUSAND MEALS.

I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO'S HAD THEIR HAND IN THE TECH DISTRIBUTION AND THE MEAL DISTRIBUTION, BECAUSE IT IS THE DISTRICT AT ITS FINEST.

AND I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

WHEN YOU SEE THOSE STORIES ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT FAMILIES GETTING THEIR MEALS OR THE KIDS GETTING THEIR MEALS, IT'S JUST HEARTWARMING.

AND AGAIN, IT'S THE DISTRICT AT ITS FINEST.

SO I GUESS FOR FOR MY FINAL BOARD STATEMENT.

I'M ALMOST BETTER SERVED JUST SAYING THANK YOU BECAUSE IT'S BEEN ABSOLUTE...

DAMN. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU, AND BUT I REALLY WANTED TO...

DIDN'T THINK I'D BE DOING THIS IN A MASK, SO..

BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO THANK GLENN, DIANE.

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HE WAS A WONDERFUL ADVOCATE FOR MY APPOINTMENT, AND I CAN SAY WITH CONFIDENCE I WOULD NOT BE UP HERE IF IT WEREN'T FOR HIS FRIENDSHIP AND ADVOCACY.

AND I WANT TO THANK DIANE AND GLENN FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE.

YOU WERE SO VERY WELCOMING TO A NEW MEMBER.

KNOWING WHAT I KNOW NOW, I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GETTING MYSELF INTO.

I KIND OF JOKE A LITTLE BIT.

I WALKED IN MY FIRST CLOSED SESSION WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND WALKED OUT WITHOUT ONE AND DIDN'T QUITE KNOW THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE CASE.

BUT, CARL, YOU ARE THE RIGHT PERSON AT THE RIGHT TIME.

AND WE AS A DISTRICT DID NOT SKIP A BEAT.

AND YOU MADE EVERY MEETING THEREAFTER THAT MUCH MORE EASIER.

YOUR VISION FOR THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN SUCH A WELCOME VISION, AND ITS BEAUTY IS IN ITS SIMPLICITY WITH ITS CORE VALUES AND REALLY HAVING THE KIDS FOCUS OR THE DISTRICT FOCUSED ON WHAT REALLY MATTERS.

AND THAT'S THE KIDS AND OUR BEST DAYS ARE AHEAD OF US.

I HAVE SO ENJOYED MEETING EVERYONE ALONG THE WAY.

AGAIN, I WASN'T EXPECTING TO HAVE THIS FINAL SPEECH SO SOON.

BUT I HAVE SUCH A DEEPER APPRECIATION FOR GLENN, DIANE AND CHUCK IN YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.

WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH COMMITTED AND GREAT BOARD MEMBERS.

AND IT'S BEEN GREAT TO WELCOME DEREK AS WELL.

AND I JUST I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING THE COMMUNITIES I LOVE: LA VERNE-SAN DIMAS IN A LESS FORMAL CAPACITY.

YOU'RE CERTAINLY NOT GETTING RID OF ME.

AND IT JUST WILL BE NOT WITH THE TITLE OF BOARD MEMBER.

SO I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE DISTRICT IN THE COMMUNITY IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

SO. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WELL, I'M GOING TO FOLLOW MATT'S CHRONOLOGY HERE AND PASS MY COMPLIMENTS ON TO SUPERINTENDENT COLE'S AND [INAUDIBLE] STAFF AND ACTUALLY FOR EVERYONE EMPLOYED BY THE DISTRICT. THESE ARE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES.

AND IT'S TIMES LIKE THIS WHEN THE CHALLENGES ARE THE HIGHEST THAT THE QUALITY OF YOUR LEADERSHIP SHINES THROUGH.

AND FROM CARL TO SUSAN TO MATT AND AND KEVIN, YOU DON'T TRAIN FOR THIS.

YOU DON'T EXPECT THIS.

AND I'M JUST DELIGHTED WITH HOW FLEXIBLE, HOW RESILIENT OUR LEADERSHIP IS IN THIS INSTANCE. AND I KNOW THAT THE CHALLENGES ARE POSSIBLY JUST BEGINNING.

AND SO WHO KNOWS WHAT THE FUTURE BRINGS.

BUT I FEEL 100 PERCENT CONFIDENCE IN THIS DISTRICT'S ABILITY TO REBOUND AND RETURN TO WHATEVER THE NEW NORMAL IS GOING TO BE WITH THE SCHOOL YEAR.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE KIDS IN THE CLASSROOMS IN THE FALL AND TEACHERS WITH THEM, AND WE'LL HAVE SOME SEMBLANCE OF NORMALITY.

I JUST NOTICED ONE SEMBLANCE OF NORMALITY, I SAW A LOT MORE GOING OUT TO MOW LAWNS OUT IN ONE OF THE SCHOOLS. SO THE WORK GOES ON AND A LOT OF APPRECIATION ALSO TWO BARGAINING UNITS, THE CSEA AND BUTA FOR THE FLEXIBILITY THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTING WITH THE LEADERSHIP HERE AT THE DISTRICT. AND AND, YOU KNOW.

SO HATS OFF TO TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES FROM CARL ON DOWN.

MATT, I'VE KNOWN YOU SINCE BEFORE I WAS ON THE BOARD BECAUSE WE RAN AGAINST EACH OTHER IN 2003 AND I WAS DELIGHTED THAT YOU STEPPED FORWARD TO HELP FILL A POSITION WHEN YOU DID.

I HAVE SEEN YOU IN ACTION OVER THOSE YEARS ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER OCCASIONS.

AND CLEARLY, YOUR HEART HAS BEEN IN THE PLACE THAT YOU WANT SOMEONE'S HEART TO BE IF

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AND I APPRECIATE ALL THOSE ASPECTS AND MORE THAT YOU BROUGHT TO THE BOARD AND I'LL MISS WORKING WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE.

BUT I KNOW WE'LL BE SEEING YOU AROUND THE LA VERNE-SAN DIMAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU HELPED ALONG THE WAY.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

AND LIKE YOU SAY, YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

SO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU OUT ON THE STREETS WHEN WE'RE ALLOWED BACK ON THE STREETS.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS.

CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR BADAR.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS [INAUDIBLE] AND [INAUDIBLE].

LA VERNE, CONGRATULATIONS TO MAYOR TIM HEPBURN AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

CROSBY AND LAU.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR STAFF.

THEY'RE DOING AN AMAZING JOB.

THE TEACHERS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH REMOTE LEARNING.

THE CSEA STAFF ARE DOING A GREAT JOB PASSING OUT LAPTOPS, PROVIDING FOOD AND OTHER THINGS. CIS OUR ADMIN, PRINCIPALS, EXECUTIVE CABINET, COMMITTEE PARTNERS AND FAMILIES ARE ALL REALLY RALLYING TOGETHER AT THIS TIME.

MATT, IT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU.

I UNDERSTAND THESE ARE COMPLICATED AND BUSY TIMES RIGHT NOW, BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A REAL GIFT FOR GOVERNANCE AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE ADDED VALUE TO THIS BOARD. I FOUND YOU OPEN TO NEW IDEAS.

YOU WORKED TO FIND WIN-WIN SOLUTIONS HERE, YOU'RE A MAN OF CHARACTER AND HONOR YOU PAY ATTENTION TO DETAILS.

AND SOME OF THE DETAILS HAVE BEEN VERY IMPORTANT.

AND YOU FOCUSED ON THE BIG PICTURE.

I GOT YOU A GIFT. I KNOW YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING IT, BUT IT'S A BOOMERANG.

AND THE REASON WHY I SELECTED THIS, MY WIFE AND I GOT THIS IN AUSTRALIA.

BUT A BOOMERANG, IF YOU THROW IT THE RIGHT WAY, IT COMES BACK.

AND BECAUSE YOU HAVE A REAL GIFT FOR GOVERNANCE, I HOPE THAT IN THE FUTURE, WHEN THINGS ARE LESS BUSY, YOU WILL CONSIDER DONATING YOUR TIME AND EFFORT TO GOVERNANCE AGAIN, WHETHER ON CITY COUNCIL WATERBOARDS SOMEWHERE.

BUT I DO THINK OUR COMMUNITIES ARE BETTER OFF BECAUSE OF YOUR SERVICE.

SO I KIND OF VIOLATING NORMALLY WE STAY SEATED, BUT I WANT TO GIVE THIS TO YOU.

I WANTED TO THANK YOU, CARL.

SUSAN, MATT AND KEVIN, FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING TO COORDINATE AND LEAD OUR DISTRICT THROUGH THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING WITH THE STAY AT HOME ORDERS.

YOUR UPDATES HAVE SHOWN THAT THINGS ARE STILL MOVING HERE AT A VERY FAST PACE IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR KIDS FED, EQUIP THEM WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO LEARN, SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS, DISINFECT AND CLEAN OUR FACILITIES, PAY OUR EMPLOYEES AND CONTINUE FILLING POSITIONS AS THEY OPEN UP.

PLEASE MAKE SURE AND SHARE OUR APPRECIATION WITH YOUR STAFF FOR THE WORK THEY CONTINUE TO DO UNDER THESE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES.

MATT, YOU'VE REALLY BEEN A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR BOARD AND IT HAS BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOUR CONNECTIONS WITH OUR COUNTY AND SACRAMENTO AND I FEEL THAT YOU CAN SHARE YOUR VALUABLE INSIGHT WITH THEM FROM YOUR EXPERIENCES ON OUR SCHOOL BOARD, ESPECIALLY REGARDING OUR FOSTER YOUTH.

I'M REALLY GONNA MISS YOU AND WISH YOU ELIZABETH, AND EVAN THE BEST.

THAT'S IT. I'D LIKE TO START BY THANKING CARL, THE CABINET AND ALL THE STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK THEY'VE DONE AND KEEPING US TOGETHER IN THESE TIMES.

WE WERE AN OUTSTANDING DISTRICT AND WE CONTINUE TO BE AN OUTSTANDING DISTRICT BY PLANNING AHEAD. AND THE WORK WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST TO BUILD AT THIS POINT IS HELPING, KEEPING US GOING WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND SPECIFICALLY FOOD SERVICES, WHO TO THIS POINT HAVE PASSED OUT OVER 50000 THOUSAND MEALS AND OUR CIS, WHO HANDED OUT TWO THOUSAND CHROMEBOOKS TO THE KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO KEEP THEM ON A LEARNING PATH.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK MATT FOR HIS SERVICE.

I INITIALLY HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT A CONFLICT WITH YOUR DAY JOB AND YOUR BOARD SERVICE.

AND YOU PROVED ME WRONG.

I NEVER ONCE SAW A CONFLICT.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I KNOW WE'RE STILL GOING TO SEE YOU ON YOUR DAY JOB, BECAUSE NOW WHEN WE HAVE THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR AND DIFFERENT THINGS, YOU CAN BE THERE REPRESENTING [INAUDIBLE] AND HOLD AND PRESENTING THE CERTIFICATES THAT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN SINCE YOU'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD,

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WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AND WORKING WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE.

AND FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO MENTION ONE OF OUR TEACHERS, MATT MILLER, WHO HAD TAKEN A 3-D PRINTER HOME, AND WE FOUND OUT EARLIER THAT KIND OF TOOK SOME OF THE WIND OUT OF MY SAIL.

CARL ANNOUNCED THAT THE DISTRICT IS TRYING TO GET SOME MORE TO HIM.

HE'S BEEN PRINTING MASK BANDS FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD THAT GO ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD FOR THE HEALTH PROVIDERS. SO THEY DON'T HAVE THEM OVER THEIR EARS ALL DAY.

AND I THINK SOME SHIELD FRAMES FOR THE FACE SHIELDS, TOO.

SO IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT OUR PEOPLE, WHILE THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR STUDENTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON, THEY'RE THINKING BIGGER PICTURE AND TRYING TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL AND USING THINGS TO DO THAT.

AND I HAD SEVERAL STAFF OVER THE LAST MONTH OR SO WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DONATE ALL OUR GLOVES AND MASKS AND EVERYTHING TO THE HOSPITALS BECAUSE THEY'RE SHORT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I MENTIONED TO THEM WAS WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE'RE GOING TO OPEN BACK UP AND WHAT OUR SUPPLIES ARE GOING TO BE.

SO, WELL, SOME DISTRICTS THAT HAD THOUSANDS OR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF EXCESS DID, WE'RE PRUDENT IN MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE OPEN UP AND IF WE OPEN UP, WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED TO KEEP OUR KIDS AND OUR STAFF SAFE BECAUSE WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO REORDER IN TIME FOR THAT. BUT I DO APPRECIATE USING THE 3-D PRINTERS, WE CAN GET OUT AND ENCOURAGE ANYONE THAT WOULD WANT TO.

I KNOW HE HAS A GOFUNDME PAGE LOOKING FOR MATERIALS FOR THE 3D PRINTER TO PRINT ALL THE STUFF THAT HE'S DONATING.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, GIVE HIM A LOOK.

WELL, YOU KNOW, AS SUPERINTENDENT, I CONTINUE TO BE ABSOLUTELY AND ARE AMAZED WITH ALL OF THE TREMENDOUS WORK THAT'S HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

YOU KNOW, AND I REALLY WANT TO JUST PAUSE FOR A SECOND AND JUST THANK OUR TEACHERS AND OUR CERT STAFF WHO ARE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO CONNECT WITH THEIR STUDENTS AND ALL OF THE FAMILIES. AND I WANT TO THANK THE CSEA FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT IN THESE CHALLENGING TIMES, MANY OF WHICH HAVE PUT YOU IN THE FRONT LINES.

AND SO ALL OF OUR LEADERS.

THERE'S NO PLAYBOOK FOR ANY OF THIS.

WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO LEAD WITH HEART, CONTINUE TO SEEK INPUT FROM OTHERS AND KNOW THAT YOU ARE TRUSTED AND THAT YOU ARE ALL VALUED.

YOU KNOW, AND JUST LIKE ANY ORGANIZATION OVER TIME FACING CHALLENGES, IT'S INEVITABLE.

HOWEVER, THE TRUE STRENGTH OF ANY ORGANIZATION IS THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL TO GROW FROM THESE CHALLENGES AND GET BETTER OVER TIME.

YOU KNOW, ON THAT SAME NOTE, THE BEST PREDICTOR OF FUTURE SUCCESS IS PAST SUCCESS AND ULTIMATELY HOW THEY HANDLE THOSE THOSE TIMES.

BUT WITHOUT A DOUBT, BONITA UNIFIED OUR 10000 STUDENTS AND OUR 1100 EMPLOYEES, WHAT I CAN AFFIRMATIVELY LET YOU KNOW IS THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS THAT WE WILL COME OUT STRONGER FOR THIS. WE WILL BE BETTER BECAUSE OF IT.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY SEEN SO MANY OF THESE AMAZING THINGS THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED.

YOU KNOW, FOOD SERVICES FOR 50000 MEALS IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME TO FAMILIES WHO NEED IT, OVER TWO THOUSAND CHROMEBOOKS IN THREE DAYS TO A DRIVE THROUGH A SYSTEM THAT TOOK LESS THAN 60 SECONDS TO PASS OUT TO FAMILIES.

SUCH A COORDINATED EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED FOR REMOTE LEARNING. AND WE JUST MENTIONED ABOUT THE 3-D MASKS, REALLY PUTTING HUMANITY IN THE FOREFRONT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING OUT THERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, FROM MY PROSPECTIVE, IT IS SO NICE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A BOARD MEETING, IT'S SO NICE TO SEE OTHER FACES AND NOT THROUGH A VIDEO SCREEN, AND OUR DISTRICT IS SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE A BOARD THAT PUTS PEOPLE FIRST AND WHOLEHEARTEDLY BELIEVES IN THEM AND THAT TRUSTS THEM AND IT'S NOT UNNOTICED.

AND SO ON BEHALF OF THE ELEVEN, OUR EMPLOYEES WHO WORK HERE, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. THERE'S NO BETTER PARTNERSHIP.

AND I AM SO FORTUNATE TO BE A PART OF IT.

SO, AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, TODAY ALSO IT'S BITTERSWEET.

IT'S NICE TO HAVE A BOARD MEETING, BUT IT'S TOUGH THAT WE'LL BE SAYING GOODBYE TO MATT AS HIS OFFICIAL POST AS A BOARD MEMBER.

IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A GOODBYE IN THE SENSE OF WE WON'T BE SEEING YOU, BUT YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND INSIGHT HAS BEEN TREMENDOUSLY APPRECIATED.

AND OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I'VE WITNESSED FIRST HAND YOUR DILIGENCE AND YOUR FORTITUDE IN ALL THE DECISIONS THAT YOU'VE MADE.

BUT WHILE ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT YOU PUT STUDENTS FIRST AND ALTHOUGH THIS MAY BE YOUR

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AND I WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WELL IN ALL FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

MATT, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING ADOPT THE

[12.1. Adopt the Minutes of the March 4, 2020 Regular Board of Education Meeting]

REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING.

SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR: AYE.

OPPOSED? ADOPT THE MINUTES OF MARCH 13TH, 2020.

[12.2. Adopt the Minutes of the March 13, 2020 Emergency Board of Education Meeting]

SOME MOVED. I SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR: AYE.

OPPOSED? REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON OPEN SESSION AGENDA ITEMS. WE RECEIVED NO COMMENTS. CONSENT AGENDA: MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE

[14. CONSENT AGENDA]

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

FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, ITEMS WILL BE APPROVED WITH ONE MOTION, WHICH IS NOT DEBATABLE AND WHICH REQUIRES AN UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR PASSAGE.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR: AYE. OPPOSED? SO ON HERE THERE WAS THREE RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE JUST ADOPTED, RECOGNIZING ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL'S DAY, DAY OF THE TEACHER AND NATIONAL SCHOOL NURSE DAY.

YOU KNOW, THE PLANNING AND THE EXECUTION OF ALL OF THIS DISTANT LEARNING WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FROM ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS.

AND I KNOW WE HAVE AN EMPTY ROOM HERE, BUT SOMEBODY WHO'S NEAR AND DEAR TO ME IS ADELA.

ADELA, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO IN SUPPORT OF THIS ENTIRE DISTRICT. AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AS WELL.

DOING WHAT WE DO IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FROM THEM.

AND THEN WHEN I THINK ABOUT OUR TEACHERS, YOU KNOW, NO ONE WOULD HAVE PREDICTED THAT WE WOULD HAVE GONE TO A MODEL OF REMOTE LEARNING AT ALL.

AND JUST THE WORK THAT WAS DONE TO SEND KIDS HOME ON MARCH 13TH SO THAT THEY HAD ENOUGH WORK TO DO OR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

AND HOW QUICKLY TEACHERS UNITED TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE THAT THEY CAN HAVE MEANINGFUL CONNECTION AND DISTANT LEARNING WITH OUR STUDENTS IS JUST NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS.

AND WHILE ALL THIS WAS GOING ON WITH SCHOOL NURSES HERE WHO ARE KEEPING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS SAFE, WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN NUMEROUS TELECONFERENCES AND BRIEFINGS, AND THEY ARE A TREMENDOUS REASON WHY WE ARE YOU KNOW, WE'RE HEALTHY AND SAFE WHEN WE LEFT ON MARCH 13. AND ADDITIONALLY, WE ALSO HAVE NURSES FROM SURROUNDING DISTRICTS AND US THAT THEY'RE JUST NOT SCHOOL NURSES, THEY'RE NURSES.

AND SOME OF THEM ANSWERED THE CALL TO GO WORK IN HOSPITALS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP FIGHT THIS PANDEMIC.

AND SO TO ALL OF OUR HEALTHCARE WORKERS, ESPECIALLY OUR NURSES ON THE FRONTLINE, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING.

YOU TRULY ARE HEROES.

[15.1.1. Discuss and Approve a Process for Filling a Board of Education Vacancy]

DISCUSS AND APPROVE A PROCESS FOR FILLING A BOARD OF EDUCATION VACANCY.

AS YOU KNOW, WITH MATT'S RESIGNATION FROM THE BOARD, IT PROMPTS THE APPOINTMENT OR PROCESS TO FILL PROVISIONALLY A BOARD MEMBER TO FILL MATT'S SEAT.

AND SO ALSO ON THE PHONE WITH US TODAY IS JIM ROMO.

HE'S AN ATTORNEY.

AND SO IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS PROCESS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO JUST ASK HIM THROUGH THE MICROPHONE.

BUT WHAT THIS ITEM IT ALLOWS US TO DECIDE ALLOWS YOU TO DECIDE TO EITHER APPOINT OR HOLD AN ELECTION TO FILL THE VACANCY AND THEN TO HAVE A DISCUSSION OF WHAT YOU FEEL WOULD BE BEST MOVING FORWARD AS A AS A DISTRICT.

GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION OF WHAT OUR TIMELINE WOULD LOOK LIKE AND COST FOR BOTH. IF WE WERE TO DO A SPECIAL BOARD ELECTION, IT WOULD COST ABOUT NINETY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO RUN THAT PROCESS.

AND THEN THE BOARD MEMBER WOULD STILL END THE TERM IN NOVEMBER.

SO, IT'S A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE RUN AN ELECTION, IT'S QUITE THE PROCESS TO RUN THE CAMPAIGN, GO THROUGH AN ELECTION, AND THEN BE ABLE TO ONLY HOLD THE SEAT FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF

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THE OTHER WAY TO FILL THE VACANCY IS THROUGH AN APPOINTMENT PROCESS.

WE HAVE 60 DAYS TO FILL THIS SEAT.

AND SO WITH THAT, IF THAT CHOICE IS MADE TO GO THROUGH AN APPOINTMENT PROCESS, THEN I WOULD GO AHEAD AND SKETCH OUT A PROPOSED TIMELINE FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER WITH THAT.

SO WITH THAT BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE.

ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS REGARDING AN APPOINTMENT PROCESS VERSUS AN ELECTION PROCESS? EVEN IF IT'S JUST A DISCUSSION OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE KIND OF THINKING.

WELL, I WOULD BE AVERSE TO THE ELECTION PROCESS BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE ON A BOARD IF THEY HAD THE ELECTION, BECAUSE THE ELECTION WOULD HAPPEN 90 DAYS FROM NOW, WE'LL SAY.

AND THEN WE'RE INTO SOMEONE LOOKING AT A TERM OF A FEW SHORT MONTHS.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD ATTRACT ANY CANDIDATES IF WE WENT THAT WAY.

I DON'T, YOU KNOW, IF I WAS LOOKING AT IT, I WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT RUNNING AN ELECTION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING TO RUN ANOTHER ELECTION JUST A FEW MONTHS LATER.

SO I THINK AS A PRACTICAL MATTER AND THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF NINETY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO PAY FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION, YOU KNOW, TIP CHIPS TO ME TO HAVE THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS. I DO FIND THE FINANCIAL COSTS TO BE PROHIBITIVE.

SO, YEAH, NINETY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS SO SOMEONE CAN RUN AN ELECTION? IF WE APPOINT SOMEONE, THEY CAN RUN IN NOVEMBER.

I THINK THE COMMUNITY WILL STILL GET THEIR SAY.

AND I AGREE TOO. IT'S JUST NOT LOGICAL TO GO FOR AN ELECTION.

YEAH, I'M COMPLETELY FOR THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS.

THE COST OF THE ELECTION AND THE FACT THAT EVEN IF WE WERE TO DO IT UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU CAN'T CAMPAIGN LIKE A NORMAL ELECTION.

THERE IS NO BUZZ FOR IT.

IT'S NOT A PRE-SCHEDULED ELECTION.

PEOPLE KNOW WE'RE COMING AND NO ONE'S GOING TO WANT YOU OUT THERE PASSING OUT FLYERS OR GOING DOOR TO DOOR WITH THE MASK AND GLOVES ON FOR A SHORT TERM.

SO I THINK OUR APPOINTMENT PROCESS, FOLLOWING THE [INAUDIBLE] POLICY WOULD BE OUR BEST BET. DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT? YEAH, I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE FOLLOW THE--HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

BECAUSE IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN APPOINTMENT PROCESS AS A POTENTIAL.

THEN I LIKE TO SKETCH OUT A TIMELINE.

THAT WAY YOU KIND OF TAKE THE ONE MOTION BASED ON POTENTIAL APPOINTMENT PROCESS AS WELL AS A TIMELINE. SO WHAT THAT IS, AS I SAID EARLIER, YOU HAVE 60 DAYS TO FILL THIS POSITION. AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE IS A TIMELINE THAT WOULD KIND OF PUT US ON A TRACK THAT WOULD ADVERTISE AND THEN REVIEW APPLICANTS AND THEN A DATE TO ACTUALLY INTERVIEW. AND SO I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE TO THE BOARD THAT FROM APRIL 20TH TO APRIL TWENTY NINTH WOULD BE THE WINDOW THAT WE WOULD BE ADVERTISING THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE CONSIDERATION FOR THE BOARD.

THEY CAN FILL OUT AN APPLICATION.

AND IN THAT WE WOULD BE VERY SPECIFIC ON THE PROCESS.

THROUGH THAT PERIOD, A WINDOW WOULD BE ADVERTISED IN MULTIPLE AREAS.

YOU KNOW, EMAIL, WEB SITE, NEWSPAPER, YOU KNOW THE MINIMUM'S THREE, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S MORE OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

THEN ON MAY 1ST, THE SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD MEET TO REVIEW APPLICANTS.

AND SO TYPICALLY IN THE PAST, THE SUBCOMMITTEE HAS CONSISTED OF, AND WE'LL GET TO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT AGENDA ITEM.

BUT IT'S MAXIMUM OF TWO BOARD MEMBERS AND USUALLY A SUPERINTENDENT.

AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS YOU'RE REVIEWING APPLICANTS TO ENSURE THAT THEY MEET ALL OF THE CRITERIA AND LEGAL MANDATES TO BE ABLE TO BE CONSIDERED TO BE A BOARD MEMBER.

AND THEN ON MAY 6 IS OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING.

AND THAT DAY WE WOULD USE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW CANDIDATES.

AND WITH THAT, WE WOULD CREATE A SYSTEM THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO APPEAR IN PERSON OR REMOTELY FOR THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.

SO ON MAY 6, POTENTIALLY AFTER YOU INTERVIEW THE CANDIDATES, THE BOARD WOULD BE ABLE TO

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IF IT TAKES LONGER, IF WE HAVE MORE DAYS, WE CAN KIND OF DISCUSS IT AFTER THE APPLICANTS COME IN. WE MAY NEED MORE DAYS, BUT WE CAN SET THOSE FORWARD, BUT WE CAN SET IT UP AS OF RIGHT NOW, MAY 6 TO POTENTIALLY DO THE INTERVIEWS.

AND SO WITH THAT, IF YOU WANTED TO GO THROUGH THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'D BE SEEKING A VOTE FROM THE BOARD TODAY, WHICH WOULD BE TO HOLD THE ELECTION THROUGH THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS.

THE WINDOW OF ADVERTISEMENT WOULD BE OPEN FROM APRIL 20TH TO THE TWENTY NINTH.

MAY 1ST, A SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD MEET TO REVIEW THE APPLICANTS IN ON MAY 6, THOSE CANDIDATES WOULD BE INTERVIEWED FOR A POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE FIFTH BOARD MEMBER. THEN I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE PROPOSED TIMELINE AS PRESENTED AND GO THROUGH THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR: AYE.

OPPOSED? ADELA, I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS.

OK. NEXT IS DESIGNATION OF A BOARD SUBCOMMITTEE TO REVIEW APPLICATIONS FOR PROVISIONAL

[15.1.2. Designation of Board Subcommittee to Review Applications for Provisional Appointment to Board of Education]

REAFFIRM THAT THIS IS NOT A PAPER SCREENING OF THE APPLICATIONS, BUT JUST TO SEE THAT THEY MEET THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS TO RUN FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

AND SO WHAT WE WILL BE DOING IN THIS SECTION IS YOU'LL BE NOMINATING WHO THAT COMMITTEE WOULD BE AND THEN VOTING ON IT, KNOWING THAT YOU CAN ONLY HAVE TWO BOARD MEMBERS AND POTENTIALLY THE SUPERINTENDENT TO KIND OF REVIEW THIS AS THE SECRETARY TO THE BOARD IS HISTORICALLY. BUT I WOULD LEAVE IT OPEN TO YOU GUYS WHO WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.

AND YOU CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION OVER THIS AND THEN NOMINATE THE TWO.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S LIKE GLENN KIND OF TALKED ABOUT, IT'S NOT REALLY A PAPER SCREENING TO SAY YES OR SAY NO. IT'S JUST TO FIND OUT IF YOU HAVE A LEGAL MANDATE WITH IT OR NOT.

I THINK IT'S PROPER TO HAVE THE PRESIDENT ON THE COMMITTEE, AT LEAST.

WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SERVE? I'LL HELP YOU.

OK. SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPOINT CHUCK AND I? I MAKE, A MOTION TO APPOINT CHUCK AND GLENN.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR: AYE.

OPPOSED? I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN AS WELL.

OKAY, NEXT DISCUSS AND APPROVE BOARD REORGANIZATION TO FILL THE BOARD ROLE OF VICE

[15.1.3. Discuss and Approve Board Reorganization to Fill the Board Role of Vice President]

SO THIS WOULD ALLOW SOMEBODY TO BE NOMINATED TO BECOME THE VICE PRESIDENT AND FILL THAT SEAT. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE CHUCK TO TAKE OVER AS VICE PRESIDENT.

I'M FIGURING HE'S THE CLERK RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S THE NEXT STEP UP.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR: AYE.

OPPOSED? I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE DEREK AS THE SECRETARY.

DID YOU GET THE ABSTAIN? YEAH, SHE GOT IT.

I SECOND. YOU CAN VOTE ON THE ON THE REORGANIZATION TO POTENTIALLY FOR A NEW CLERK NOW THAT CHUCK HAS VACATED THAT SEAT.

WAS NOT ON MY AGENDA.

SO YOU CAN DO THAT IF YOU'D LIKE.

OH, I'M SORRY. WELL, CAN WE..

HEY, BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS, JIM, CAN YOU HEAR US? YEAH, I CAN. QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU RIGHT NOW, AS YOU HEARD, THE BOARD HAD VOTED ON THE REORGANIZATION FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT AND THE CLERK WAS VOTED TO BE THE VICE PRESIDENT, WHICH NOW LEAVES THE CLERK SEAT VACANT.

CAN WE AT THIS TIME.

GO AHEAD, NOW THAT THAT SEAT'S VACANT, CAN THE BOARD TAKE ACTION ON VOTING ON A NEW CLERK? YES.

YES.

[00:35:03]

YEAH, AND I SECONDED.

DIANE SECONDED IT. ALL IN FAVOR: AYE.

OPPOSED? I'LL ABSTAIN.

[15.1.4. Approve Changes to Regular Board of Education Meetings]

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE MEETING REGULARLY.

RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE THE BOARD MEETING SCHEDULED FOR MAY 6TH.

WE HAVE TWO IN JUNE, BUT BY US AGENDIZING THIS, IT DOES ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY TO HOLD BOARD MEETINGS AT DIFFERENT TIMES SINCE WE HAD ALREADY VOTED IN DECEMBER BASED ON THE DATES AND TIMES.

AND SO THE ONE COMING UP FOR MAY 6TH, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF CHANGE THE TIME FOR MAY 6 TO A 4 O'CLOCK START.

WE'D BE INTERVIEWING POTENTIAL CANDIDATES; IT WOULD STILL GIVE THEM A TIME TO BE OFF OF WORK. AND THEN ON MAY 6, WE'LL RE-AGENDIZE THIS AGAIN TO SEE WHAT POTENTIAL TIME WE MAY WANT TO HAVE THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IN JUNE DEPENDING ON CALENDARS AND OBVIOUSLY WHOEVER GETS SELECTED ON THEIR CALENDARS AS WELL.

BUT BY AGENDIZING, THIS AS ALLOWS US TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OF A CHANGE IN TIME.

JUST TO COMMENT. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT MY CALENDAR IS FAIRLY FREE.

[LAUGHTER] SO WE'RE APPROVING, RIGHT NOW YOU'LL BE CHANGING, THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO TAKE MAY 6TH INSTEAD OF A SIX O'CLOCK START TIME FOR OPEN SESSION, WE WOULD BE CHANGING THIS TO A FOUR O'CLOCK START.

SO WE'RE CHANGING A SPECIFIC MEETING DAY TIME, NOT A GENERAL UMBRELLA.

OKAY. YEAH, WE'LL TAKE ONE AT A TIME RIGHT NOW.

SO, YOU KNOW, WITH SO MUCH INFORMATION SO FLUID OUT THERE.

SO RIGHT NOW, BE SEEKING A VOTE ON CHANGING MAY 6TH REGULAR START TIME TO 4 O'CLOCK ON MAY 6TH. SO MOVED.

I SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR: AYE.

OPPOSED? AND I'LL ABSTAIN.

REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS, COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC--JUST A POINT OF ORDER. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ON AGENDA ITEM FIFTEEN POINT ONE POINT THREE, THE RE-ORGANIZATION ALSO INCLUDED MANY ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS.

THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, THE ROP.

DID I MISREAD THAT OR IS THAT GOING TO BE HANDLED AT A LATER DATE? YEAH, WE'LL HANDLE THAT. W'LL, AGENDIZE THAT AND HANDLE ALL OF THOSE OTHER BOARD APPOINTMENTS SUCH AS ROP AND THOSE THAT WOULD FILL THAT POSITION AT ANOTHER DATE.

REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS, COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.

DID WE HAVE ANY E-MAILS FROM THOSE?

[17. FUTURE MEETING DATES]

AND WE'LL START AT 4:00 P.M..

ANYTHING FOR FUTURE AGENDAS? THEN WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 11:16.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.