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CALL TO ORDER. DO THE ROLL CALL.

[2. CALL TO ORDER]

[5. CLOSED SESSION AGENDA (Part 1 of 2)]

[7. CALL TO ORDER]

ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEMS? WE HAVE NO REQUEST.

ADJOURN INTO CLOSED SESSION AT 4:01.

OK. THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION AT 5:10.

REPORT OUT A CLOSED SESSION.

IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO APPROVE A FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE BETWEEN PARENT OF STUDENT 080802388 AND THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT DISTRICT CASE 02261920 PURSUANT TO WHICH THE DISTRICT HAS AGREED TO FUND AND PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO THE STUDENT AND THE STUDENTS PARENTS HAVE RELEASED CLAIMS AGAINST THE DISTRICT IN EXCHANGE FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AS SPECIFIED IN THE AGREEMENT.

MOTION WAS MADE BY CHUCK AND SECONDED BY DIANE.

THE ROLL CALL WAS AS FOLLOWS.

UNANIMOUS. IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO APPROVE THE FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE BETWEEN PARENT OF PTT AND THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT OAH CASE NUMBER 2019100276 PURSUANT TO WHICH THE DISTRICT HAS AGREED TO FUND AND PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO THE STUDENT.

AND THE STUDENT'S PARENTS HAVE RELEASED CLAIMS AGAINST THE DISTRICT.

IN EXCHANGE FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AS SPECIFIED IN THE AGREEMENT, THE MOTION WAS MADE BY CHUCK WITH A SECOND BY DIANE, AND THE ROLL CALL WAS UNANIMOUS.

IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO APPROVE THE FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE BETWEEN PARENTS OF E.A.

AND THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT OAH CASE NUMBER 2020020268 PURSUANT TO WHICH THE DISTRICT HAS AGREED TO FUND AND PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO THE STUDENTS AND THE STUDENTS PARENTS HAVE RELEASED CLAIMS AGAINST THE DISTRICT IN EXCHANGE FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AS SPECIFIED IN THE AGREEMENT.

THE MOTION WAS MADE BY DIANE AND SECONDED BY CHUCK.

THE ROLL CALL VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS AND THEN WE HAVE TWO HIRES THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN CLOSED SESSION.

THE BOARD TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT OF DR.

JOHN TOM AS PRINCIPAL OF LONE HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH APPROPRIATE PLACEMENT ON THE MANAGEMENT SALARY SCALE.

THE MOTION WAS MADE BY CHUCK AND SECONDED BY DIANE.

THE ROLL CALL VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS.

IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO APPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT OF ADAM [INAUDIBLE] AS PRINCIPAL OF SCHULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH APPROPRIATE PLACEMENT ON THE MANAGEMENT'S SALARY SCALE.

THE MOTION WAS MADE BY DEREK AND WAS SECONDED BY CHUCK.

[10. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER AND CONTENT]

THAT'S IT. IF YOU'LL STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

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

SO MOVED. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR. AYE.

OPPOSED.

REPORT FROM THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT.

DIANE. OK.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR EFFORTS. WE REALLY HAVE SOME STRONG CANDIDATES, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT EACH OF YOU AND WORKING WITH YOU.

THIS WEEK IS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK.

AND THANK YOU TO OUR TEACHERS WHO HAVE HAD THE ADDED CHALLENGE OF TEACHING OUR KIDS VIA THE INTERNET DURING THIS QUARANTINE.

I'VE HEARD MANY ARE SPENDING A LOT OF EXTRA TIME LEARNING THE TRICKS TO SHARE THEIR LESSONS, USING THE TECHNOLOGY AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR EFFORTS.

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THANK YOU TO THE PARENTS OF OUR STUDENTS WHO NOW HAVE A NEW APPRECIATION FOR THEIR TEACHERS AND ARE WORKING HARD TO HELP TEACH OUR KIDS.

THANK YOU ALSO TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVES CHLOE CHIN, JUSTINE PLOWMEN AND BERNADINE [INAUDIBLE], WHO DID A GREAT JOB REPRESENTING EACH OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND I WISH THEM THE BEST AS THEY MOVE ON TO THEIR NEXT CHAPTERS IN LIFE.

YES, I WOULD LIKE TO AGREE WITH EVERYTHING DIANE SAID, ESPECIALLY THANKING ALL OF OUR AMAZING TEACHERS WHO ARE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MATT MILLER.

HE IS MAKING THESE AMAZING MASK CLIPS RIGHT OVER HERE.

I KNOW MY WIFE'S HOSPITAL GOT A MASSIVE DELIVERY OF THEM AND THE NURSES WERE INCREDIBLY APPRECIATIVE. SO OUR STAFF ARE NOT ONLY DOING A GREAT JOB TEACHING AND CARING FOR OUR KIDS, BUT THEY'RE ALSO COMMUNITY MINDED AND THEY'RE REALLY HELPING OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND NURSES TO BE A LITTLE SAFER DURING THESE UNIQUE TIME.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN, EVERYONE, FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR OUR CANDIDATES FOR STEPPING FORWARD IN AND COMING TO THE AID OF THE DISTRICT WHEN WE HAVE A TIME OF NEED HERE.

AS MENTIONED, IT IS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK, AND I THINK NOT JUST IN THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT NATIONWIDE.

THERE IS A LOT OF PARENTS OUT THERE WHO HAVE A NEW APPRECIATION FOR THEIR TEACHERS, STUDENTS, TEACHERS.

THERE'S A LOT OF MEMES AND JOKES ON THE INTERNET THAT ARE QUITE FUNNY.

I'M SURE A FEW AT LEAST THERE IS A LITTLE HUMOR TO BE SHARED IN THESE IN THESE TOUGH TIMES. LAST NIGHT, I ATTENDED THE BOARD MEETING OF THE MCKINLEY CHILDREN'S CENTER.

THEY FACED INNUMERABLE CHALLENGES LIKE ALL OF US.

BUT, SUSAN, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, THEY VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ALL THE COOPERATION AND SPEED WITH THE PAYMENT THAT YOU WORK OUT WITH THEM.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS FRIDAY THE 13TH WHEN ALL THIS HIT.

AND THEY ALSO EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE OTHER WAYS THAT THE DISTRICT COOPERATED AND HELPED OUT DURING THAT TIME.

AND IT'S A GOOD REFLECTION OF THE TREMENDOUS VALUE OF HAVING ONGOING GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH WITH ALL OUR STAKEHOLDERS OUT THERE.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE MISSING AND THE STUDENTS ARE MISSING A LOT THIS SPRING, GRADUATIONS, PROMS, SPORTS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M MISSING, DEAR, TO MY HEART IS THE LA VERNE SAN DIMAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION'S ANNUAL PERSEVERENCE AWARDS AND THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

THE AWARDS GO TO STUDENTS WHO HAVE PERSEVERED THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES.

AND I THINK MAYBE IT WILL BE APPROPRIATE THIS YEAR TO GIVE THE PERSEVERANCE AWARD TO EVERYONE IN THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL IN THIS IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES TOGETHER, TRYING JUST TO FIND OUR WAY FORWARD.

SO FROM CARL ON DOWN.

THANKS FOR CONTINUING TO PROVIDE THE LEADERSHIP AND AND LOOKING FORWARD TO INTERESTING DAYS AHEAD. I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR BOARD CANDIDATES THAT ARE SITTING OUT IN THE OTHER ROOM NERVOUSLY WAITING THEIR TURN TO BE INTERVIEWED FOR STEPPING UP IN THIS TIME WHEN WE ARE ALL FACING AN UNCERTAIN ISSUES COMING FORWARD.

AND THANK OUR TEACHERS AGAIN FOR TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK.

PARENTS REALLY DO NOW APPRECIATE YOU, I THINK, MORE THAN EVER.

AND CHUCK MENTIONED SOME OF THE INTERNET FUNNY'S MOVING AROUND.

TWO THAT REALLY STRUCK ME.

WAS ONE WITH THE NEW MATH OR COMMON CORE MATH OFF TO ONE SIDE AND THEN DOWN BELOW IT WAS THE WAY I LEARNED MATH.

THAT'S HOW I'D HAVE TO BE TEACHING MY KIDS.

AND THE OTHER WAS A NOTE FROM THE TEACHER TO HER PARENTS TO THE TEACHER GOING.

YOU LIED. JOHNNY IS NOT A PLEASURE TO HAVE IN CLASS.

I THINK WHEN YOU'RE STUCK INSIDE WITH ANYONE THAT AMOUNT OF TIME, IT'S PROBABLY TRUE.

I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH OUR NEW HIRES AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE WE DIDN'T CHANGE OUR PROCESS OR OUR INTEGRITY IN THE PROCESS.

IT WAS ALL DONE VIRTUALLY OVER THE PHONE AND ON SKYPE OR A DIFFERENT TYPE OF MEETINGS.

THEY USE ZOOM AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT THEY WENT THROUGH JUST AS RIGOROUS A PROCESS AS THEY WOULD HAVE IF THEY WERE SITTING IN THE ROOM.

SO YOU CAN REST ASSURED WE'RE GETTING THE HIGHEST QUALITY PEOPLE.

WELL, I, TOO, WOULD LIKE TO ECHO AND THANK OUR THREE CANDIDATES WHO ARE WAITING.

JUST THE COURAGE IS VALUED ESPECIALLY EVEN MORE DURING THESE UNCHARTED TIMES.

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BEST OF LUCK TODAY. AND JUST ON BEHALF OF EXECUTIVE CABINET, WE ENJOYED OUR TIME TOGETHER ON MONDAY AND WE ENJOY CONTINUING TO LEARN AND JUST GETTING TO KNOW YOU MORE.

ALL THREE OF YOU, THE YEARS TO COME.

SO BEST OF LUCK.

AND I KNOW THE BIG QUESTION ON EVERYONE'S MIND IS WHAT IS SCHOOL GOING TO LOOK LIKE NEXT YEAR? I DON'T KNOW WITH THAT AT THIS TIME.

BUT WHAT I WANT TO DO IS MAKE A COMMITMENT TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING ON IT. ONE OF OUR CORE VALUES IS EQUITY.

SO AS WE PLAN, YOU HAVE OUR COMMITMENT AND OUR PROMISE THAT OUR PLANNING IS GOING TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

WHEN WE DO COME BACK, WE REALIZE THAT EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT NEEDS.

SO WE ARE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE NEEDS WITH A LENS THAT THERE RIGHT NOW ARE MORE QUESTIONS THAN THERE ARE ANSWERS.

WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN TRANSPARENT IN OUR PROMISES THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT, EVEN IF IT IS FROM OUR LIVING ROOMS FOR AWHILE.

AND TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS, IT'S TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK.

YOU ARE AMAZING. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE DOING TO SUPPORT OUR 10000 STUDENTS.

[1. Adopt the Minutes of the April 15, 2020 Special Board of Education Meeting]

WE'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF FAMILIES AND PARENTS OUT THERE.

THEY UNDERSTAND THAT EACH OF US ARE LEARNING NEW WAYS OF DELIVERING INSTRUCTION.

AND IT IS NOT UNNOTICED.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING AND WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO.

AGAIN, YOU ARE AMAZING.

THANK YOU. APPROVAL OF AGENDA, APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS.

I HAVE A CORRECTION FROM.

WHEN WOULD I MAKE THAT CORRECTION FROM MINUTES LAST WEEK OR LAST MONTH'S MEETING.

YOU CAN MAKE IT NOW.

AT THE LAST MEETING. IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, I MENTIONED THAT MATT LYONS AND I WERE IN THE

[14. CONSENT AGENDA]

THAT WAS ACTUALLY 2005.

MINOR DETAIL, BUT LET HISTORY BE CORRECT.

IF YOU HAD JUST I WOULD JUST ADD THE MOTION WITH THAT AMENDMENT.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR.

OPPOSED.

REQUEST TO SPEAK ON OPEN SESSION AGENDA ITEMS. WE HAVE NO CARDS OR NO E-MAILS FOR THAT.

NEXT, WE'LL GO TO CONSENT AGENDA.

I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TO REMOVE AGENDA ITEM FOURTEEN POINT THREE POINT TWO FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO ALLOW ME TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF MY SON IN LAW MATTERS LISTENING TO THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO BE ROUTINE OR SUFFICIENTLY SUPPORTED BY PRIOR OR ACCOMPANYING REFERENCE MATERIALS AND

[2. Approve/Ratify Terminations, Resignations, Leaves of Absence, Employment, Changes of Status, Extra Duty, and Other Routine Personnel Items for Classi]

IF ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD SO REQUESTED ITEM SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THIS SECTION AND PLACED IN REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA.

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

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR.

OPPOSED? MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 14.3.2.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR. OPPOSED.

AYE. ABSTAINED. SO TWO THINGS THAT WERE JUST PASSED IN THE CONSENT ITEM IS JUST ONE OF THEM IS THE FOSTER YOUTH WEEK.

YOU KNOW, OUR DISTRICT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST FOSTER YOUTH POPULATIONS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. AND WHAT I WANT OUR FOSTER YOUTH TO KNOW IS THAT WE CONSIDER YOU JUST YOUTH.

AND AS MUCH AS WE AS A STAFF SUPPORT OUR YOUTH, I THINK WE GET SO MUCH MORE IN RETURN IN THE WORK THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO.

AND TO ALL OF THOSE THAT WORK ON BEHALF OF THE 400 STUDENTS THAT WILL COME TO BONITA UNIFIED EACH YEAR.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR ADVOCACY.

WITH EACH CHILD AT THE COUNTY AND STATE LEVELS.

THANK YOU. AND SOON WE'RE GONNA BE COMING UP TO CLASSIFIED APPRECIATION WEEK.

YOU KNOW, OUR DISTRICT, IT'S IN THE TOP 10 PERCENT OF ALL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. NO EASY FEAT TO BE AMONG SOME OF THE BEST DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THIS CANNOT HAPPEN WITHOUT TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FROM OUR CLASSIFIED TEAMS.

[15. DISCUSSION/ACTION AGENDA]

[1. Adopt Resolution 2020-22 to Authorize Staff to Advise the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk on Candidate Statements for Board of Education Elections]

OUR FACILITIES ARE SECOND TO NONE.

THE FOOD SERVICES HAVE NOW SERVED APPROXIMATELY 90000 MEALS SINCE MARCH 13.

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AND I CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON ABOUT ALL THE GROUPS OUT THERE.

BUT TO OUR CLASS, FIVE HUNDRED CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES, PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU ARE VALUED AND THAT YOU ARE LOVED. DISCUSSION, ACTION, ACTION AGENDA.

ADOPT RESOLUTION 2020 - 22 TO AUTHORIZE STAFF TO ADVISE LOS ANGELES REGISTRAR RECORDER COUNTY CLERK ON CANDIDATES STATEMENTS FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION ELECTIONS.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

SO THIS IS THIS IS A PRETTY ROUTINE EACH YEAR.

EACH TIME THAT WE HAVE AN ELECTION.

AND SO THIS GIVES THE BOARD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BASICALLY HAVE A MOTION ON TWO ITEMS. ONE IS TO LIMIT THE WORD COUNT.

AND THE SECOND IS WHO ULTIMATELY PAYS FOR THEIR FILING WITH THE COUNTY.

HISTORICALLY, THE BOARD HAS HAD THE CANDIDATES THEMSELVES PAY FOR THE FILING AND HAS LIMITED THE WORDS UP TO 400 WORDS HISTORICALLY.

SO. DISCUSSION.

WELL, THE RATIONALE YOU HAVE EITHER 400 WORDS OR 800 WORDS.

TWO OR FOUR. TWO OR FOUR. TWO OR FOUR.

OK. AND SO WE'RE GOING WITH 400.

YEAH, I THOUGHT WE ALWAYS.

BUT IT'S UP TO YOU CAN CHOOSE 200 OR 400.

I COULD GO EITHER DIRECTION.

I WAS JUST KEEPING IT PAST PRECEDENT.

IT'S JUST TWO YEARS AGO, I WISH I COULD REMEMBER.

[1. Candidate Interviews for Provisional Appointment]

IT'S HISTORICALLY IT'S BEEN 400 WORDS.

AND THEN THEY FILE THE CANDIDATE PAYS FOR THEIR OWN FILE.

AND CANDIDATE STILL HAS THE OPTION TO DO A 200 WORD STATEMENT AND PAY LESS.

THAT'S WHAT IT IS. OK. OK.

THE MOTION IS A 400 WORD AND THE CANDIDATE PAYS.

SO WE HAVE MOTION AND SECOND ALL IN FAVOR.

OPPOSED. OK. NOW I'D SAY WHAT EVERYBODY'S BEEN WAITING FOR.

BUT THERE'S NOBODY SITTING OUT HERE EXCEPT THREE IN THE OTHER ROOM.

THE PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

YOU WANT ME TO BRING THOSE? BOB, WENT TO GO GET THE CANDIDATES.

I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE COURAGE TO APPLY TO BE ON THIS BOARD, EVEN THOUGH THE TERM IS ONLY GOING TO BE SIX MONTHS.

THE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES WE'RE IN AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE'RE FACING THE NEXT SIX MONTHS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.

I WILL ASK YOU A SERIES OF QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD AGREED UPON, A FEW REMINDERS.

THE MEETING IS BEING LIVE STREAMED AND RECORDED.

AND WE ASK THAT WHILE YOU'RE WAITING IN THE LOBBY, YOU DO NOT ACCESS YOUR PHONE TO LISTEN IN ON ANYONE'S INTERVIEW TO ENSURE EVERYONE HAS A FAIR ADVANTAGE IN THIS PROCESS.

AFTER ALL, THE CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED.

WE'LL INVITE YOU BACK INTO THE BOARDROOM WHERE THE BOARD WILL DELIBERATE AND ULTIMATELY VOTE FOR THE FIFTH BOARD MEMBER.

SO WE'LL GET STARTED. WE'LL BE GOING IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER USING YOUR LAST NAME.

SO FIRST UP IS KRISTA CHAKMAK.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, I HAVE SOME REFERENCES I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU.

CAN I PASS THEM OUT? OK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I'M SUPER NERVOUS.

WELL, THIS ONE SHOULD BE AN EASY ONE.

BRIEFLY, TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF, INCLUDING YOUR EDUCATIONAL AND WORK EXPERIENCES AND EXPERIENCE IN BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THEN ADDRESS WHERE YOU WISH TO BECOME A

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OK. MY NAME IS KRISTA CHAKMAK.

I LIVED. I HAVE LIVED IN LA VERNE FOR MOST OF MY LIFE.

I WENT THROUGH THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOLS AND I HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

I GRADUATED FROM BONITA HIGH SCHOOL AND I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS EXPERIENCES WITH OUR DISTRICT, INCLUDING PTAS.

I'M A CURRENT PTA MEMBER AT ROYNON.

I'M ON THE BOARD AND I HAVE TWO BOYS THAT ATTEND ROYNON IN ELEMENTARY AND KINDER AND FIRST GRADE AND WE MISS IT.

I HOPE TO BE BACK SOON.

MY MOM WORKED FOR ALLEN AVENUE FOR THE DISTRICT FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

SHE WAS A HEALTH CLERK, WHICH REALLY GAVE ME AN INSIGHT TO HOW WONDERFUL OUR DISTRICT IS WITH OUR EMPLOYEES AND REALLY SHOWED ME HOW INSTRUMENTAL THE EMPLOYEES ARE TO OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM.

I AM MARRIED.

MY HUSBAND ALEX.

WE'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 13 YEARS.

AND WE LOVE LIVING IN LA VERNE.

I DO A LOT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND I AM ACTIVE ON A BOARD FOR SAVE THE HEARTBEAT.

I DO. I WORK ON THEIR GALA.

I HAVE BEEN ON THE HILLCREST BUSINESS ASSOCIATES, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE, NO LONGER HAPPENING. THE CITY OF LA VERNE YOUTH AND FAMILY ACTION COMMITTEE.

I'VE BEEN GOING TO THOSE MEETINGS FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS AND THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR ON THE ROAD AND PTA. I'VE ALSO BEEN ON THE LA VERNE PARENT PARTICIPATION BOARD MEMBER.

WHEN MY KIDS WERE THERE AND I WAS ON THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE RECENTLY.

CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? MAKE SURE I GOT EVERYTHING ABOUT YOURSEL, YOUR EXPERIENCE, EDUCATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE, EXPERIENCE IN THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WHY YOU SHOULD BECOME A BOARD MEMBER. I MY WORK EXPERIENCE, I WORKED FOR AN INTERIOR DESIGN COMPANY.

I RAN MANY LARGE PROJECTS.

I ALSO HAD MY OWN INTERIOR DESIGN BUSINESS.

AND AFTER HAVING KIDS, I DECIDED TO STAY HOME AND DO THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB THERE IS.

AND NOW I AM A TEACHER.

CAN I PUT THAT DOWN AS EXPERIENCE? I THINK THAT I WOULD BE A GREAT ASSET TO THIS BOARD BECAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND BRINGING THE NEEDS OF OUR KIDS.

I'D LIKE TO READ SOMETHING IF YOU DON'T MIND.

I REALLY BELIEVE THAT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IS KEY TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CHILDREN.

IF WE'RE GOING TO PROTECT OUR KIDS AND KEEP THEM SAFE AND KEEP THEM IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN LEARN AND GROW.

THEN WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I THINK THAT I WOULD BE A GOOD VOICE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND BRING DIVERSE OPINIONS AND REALLY BRING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

SECOND QUESTION, IF A PARENT, GUARDIAN, COMMUNITY MEMBER OR SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP CALLS YOU WITH A CONCERN, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I WOULD LISTEN TO THE CONCERN AND I WOULD BRING IT BACK TO MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.

DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC AREA OF INTEREST THAT YOU COULD ADVOCATE IN YOUR ROLE AS A BOARD MEMBER? YES, I WOULD SAY.

GOT REALLY LOUD. I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE BALANCE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I THINK THAT THE TEST SCORES, THE EDUCATION, ALL OF THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

BUT I THINK WE NEED TO TEACH OUR KIDS TO BE BALANCED AND LOOK AT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR KIDS AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS OUR TEST SCORES.

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LOOKING DEEPER INTO THE MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF OUR KIDS AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO CONNECT ALL THE DOTS BETWEEN FAMILY, COMMUNITY, EDUCATION AND MENTAL HEALTH.

IS IT ANYTHING YOU WOULD HAVE HANDLED IN ANOTHER WAY IF YOU HAD BEEN ON THE BOARD IN THE PAST? I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK THAT OUR BOARD IS VERY HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AND TRANSPARENT AND SUPPORTIVE OF OUR KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WHAT STRENGTHS WOULD YOU BRING AS A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BOARD? I WOULD SAY COMMUNITY OUTREACH, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS.

I'VE ALREADY BUILT RELATIONSHIPS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT I THINK WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE DISTRICT, SUCH AS MY RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I'M TOTALLY AT A LOSS FOR WORDS.

I KNOW THE CITY.

CURRENT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF LA VERNE AND SEND E-MAILS.

AND I THINK THAT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR COMMUNITY IS ONLY GOING TO MAKE OUR DISTRICT STRONGER. WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD ENJOY IN YOUR ROLE AS A BOARD MEMBER AND WHAT WOULD BE A CHALLENGE TO YOU AS A BOARD MEMBER? I THINK THAT I WOULD ENJOY THE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE DISTRICT.

I THINK THAT I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES AND REALLY GET TO KNOW EVERYONE AND CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT PEOPLE ARE HEARD AND ACKNOWLEDGED AND EMBRACED THEIR OPINIONS.

I THINK IT WOULD BE CHALLENGING FOR ME TO HEAR OF KIDS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT ARE HAVING THEIR OWN PERSONAL CHALLENGES AND HAVING AND TRY.

I WOULD REALLY HAVE TO WORK ON REMOVING MYSELF FROM THAT AND NOT GETTING TOO EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT. HOW DO YOU SEE THE ROLE OF A BOARD MEMBER IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS? I SEE THEM AS A TEAM WORKING TOGETHER.

THEY HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP.

TRUSTING, VULNERABLE, OPEN, GOOD COMMUNICATION.

I THINK THAT IT'S A TEAMWORK AND IT HAS TO BALANCE AND WORK TOGETHER.

FINALLY ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD.

THIS IS INCREDIBLY NERVE WRACKING.

OH, I'M GLAD I JUST REALIZED THAT.

I GUESS I THERE'S MORE I WOULD LIKE TO ADD.

TO BE TRULY TRANSPARENT THROUGH THIS APPOINTMENT PROCESS.

I HAVE TO CONFESS THAT WHEN I INITIALLY HEARD OF THE OPEN POSITION, I DIDN'T IMMEDIATELY JUMP ON IT. WITH THE RECENT WORLD EVENTS ADDED ON TOP OF MY OWN BUSY LIFE, THE TWO YOUNG BOYS SEEMED MORE THAN IDEAL.

AFTER DEEP SOUL SEARCHING CONSIDERATION DISCUSSIONS WITH MY HUSBAND AND FAMILY, I

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I HAVE A PERSPECTIVE THAT OUR DISTRICT AND COMPUTE AND COMMUNITY NEEDS.

I AM LIVING THE SITTLER OF IT LEARNING.

I AM LIVING THE CHALLENGES OUR CHILDREN ARE FACING TODAY, AND I AM LIVING THE ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH HEALTH ISSUES AND THE COMPLEXITY THAT INVOLVES THIS COMMUNITY CENTER LIFE I HAVE CREATED AS AUTHENTIC AND IT'S TAKEN YEARS TO BUILD AND FOSTER.

YEARS OF WAVING MY NEIGHBORS, YEARS OF INCLUDING OTHERS.

I DIDN'T KNOW YEARS OF MEAL DELIVERIES AND VOLUNTEERING AND CREATING RELATIONSHIPS WITH MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF PEOPLE.

MY GENUINE BELIEF IN THE COMMUNITY POWER OF COMMUNITY HAS BLOSSOMED INTO A PASSION FOR SERVICE, AND THE CENTER OF THE PASSION IS MY FOCUS FOR WELL-BEING OF ALL OF OUR CHILDREN.

MAINTAINING THAT EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE OF BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND EXPANDING PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT THE EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF OUR KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS TO THE SAFETY AND STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNITY.

OUR CHILDREN LEARN FROM US AND OUR ACTIONS.

IF WE START CONNECTING AND SUPPORTING EACH OTHER, OUR CHILDREN WILL FOLLOW THAT.

WE ALL SHARE A DEEP RESPECT FOR THE VALUE OF EDUCATION.

OUR WORLD TODAY DEMANDS A LARGER COMMITMENT TO THE OVERALL PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL HEALTH OF OUR KIDS. ISSUES THAT HAVE LITERALLY BECOME MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH, CONNECTIONS AND COMMUNITY PROTECT US AND HELP US TO GROW.

I INVITE YOU TO JOIN ME IN THE IMPORTANT WORK OF BUILDING THE COMMUNITY.

OUR KIDS DESERVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING AND YOUR CONTINUED DEDICATION TO OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

JENNIFER'S NEXT.

GOOD EVENING. FIRST QUESTION.

YES, BRIEFLY TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF, INCLUDING YOUR EDUCATIONAL AND WORK EXPERIENCES AND EXPERIENCE IN THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THEN ADDRESS WHERE YOU WISH TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I COME FROM A PLACE OF GRATITUDE.

I AM A DAUGHTER OF A MOTHER WHO IS A MIGRANT WORKER, ACTUALLY FROM TEXAS TO CALIFORNIA FROM THE AGE OF EIGHT TO ABOUT 12.

WELL, SHE GOT TO CALIFORNIA, DIDN'T TAKE THAT LONG TO GET HERE, BUT SHE WAS A MIGRANT WORKER. AND MY FATHER WAS FROM A VERY SMALL TOWN IN NEBRASKA.

AND SO THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER REALLY PUSHED EDUCATION IN OUR FAMILY AND DOING WELL AND MAKING THE MOST OF WHAT YOU CAN DO, WORKING HARD.

AND THAT EDUCATION WAS THE WAY I WORKED HARD IN HIGH SCHOOL.

I GREW UP IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AND CONTINUED ON TO COLLEGE AND FROM THERE WENT TO GRADUATE SCHOOL AND IT TOTALLY DIDN'T.

IT REALLY STRUCK ME AT THE MOMENT WHEN I WAS AT MY GRADUATIONS COMMENCEMENT.

ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND SITTING THERE WITH WAS IN THIS BEAUTIFUL YARD AND IT HAS THE TREES ARE BLOWING IN.

THE WIND WAS BLOWING AND THE CHOIR WAS SINGING AN ALLELUIA SONG AND IT HIT ME HOW MUCH HAD CHANGED IN ONE GENERATION FOR OUR FAMILY.

AND THAT THAT WAS THROUGH EDUCATION AND THE POWER OF EDUCATION TO BE TRANSFORMATIVE.

SO TAKING THAT FROM THERE, I NATURALLY MY FIRST JOBS WERE IN EDUCATION.

THAT WAS THE MOST NATURAL WAY TO GO FOR ME.

SO I WORKED AT SANTIAGO CANYON COLLEGE IN COMMUNICATIONS AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM DOES SUCH GREAT WORK FOR ITS STUDENTS.

AND THEN FROM THERE, I WENT TO SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WORKED IN THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE. SO IT WAS MY HONOR TO COMMUNICATE THE STORIES OF THE STUDENTS, AS WELL AS MAKING BUSINESS AND BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH UNIVERSITIES TO HELP THE STUDENTS. AND THEN WE ALSO WOULD DO SPECIAL EVENT PLANNING AT OUR OFFICE.

SO WE MADE IT A BIG EVENT TO HONOR THE TEACHERS OF THE YEAR, TO HONOR THE CLASSIFIED STAFF. AND THEN AT TIMES AS THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER OR THE SUPERINTENDENT COULDN'T MAKE MEETINGS AND I WOULD GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND BE THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THEM.

I LOVED WORKING, BUT THEN I THINK EVERYONE GETS TO A MOMENT WHEN THEY START GROWING THEIR FAMILY. AND I DECIDED MY HUSBAND AND I DECIDED THAT I WOULD STAY HOME.

AT THAT POINT. WE KIND OF WANTED.

WELL, WE WANTED FOUR CHILDREN, WE WERE HOPING AND WE GOT TO SEVEN.

SO I KEPT FEELING THAT WE WEREN'T DONE.

BUT NOW WE'RE FEELING GOOD. SO WE HAVE SEVEN CHILDREN.

AND THROUGHOUT THEIR EDUCATION, IT'S BEEN IMPORTANT TO ME TO GIVE BACK AND TO AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE'RE APART, WHETHER THAT'S OUR COMMUNITY OR CITIES THAT WE LIVE IN OR IF THAT IS THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY THAT THAT THEY'RE A PART OF.

SO I'VE DONE THAT EVER SINCE THEY STARTED.

AND WE WERE AT ANOTHER WE WERE IN OTHER CITIES BEFORE.

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AND SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE, IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.

I BELIEVE IN SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I BELIEVE IN WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO IT.

AND I THINK IT'S TELLING THAT I USE THE WORD WE BECAUSE AS A PARENT, I HAVE FELT LIKE A VESTED MEMBER OF THIS FAMILY, OF THIS BONITA FAMILY, REALLY.

I BELIEVE IN THE VISION AND THE PURPOSE AND THE CORE VALUES AND THE MISSION STATEMENT THAT I THINK, THANKS TO ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN ADOPTED AND THE WORK OF MR. COLES, YOU HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB IN LAYING IT ALL OUT THERE.

AND THEY ARE SO SPOT ON TARGET.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AS A PARENT, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO I'VE TRIED IT.

I BELIEVE IN PUBLIC SERVICE.

I BELIEVE IN GIVING HOWEVER YOU CAN, WHETHER THAT IS DONATING COOKIES TO THE TEACHER AND STAFF LUNCHEONS. I LIKE TO BAKE TO PTA OR BEING ON THE PTA BOARD AT LA VERNE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY AND CONTRIBUTING IN THAT WAY AND TRYING TO BE AS PROFESSIONAL AND ENTHUSIASTIC AND DEPENDABLE AS POSSIBLE.

AND I THINK THOSE WHO I HAVE WORKED WITH WITH SAY THAT I AM THOSE THREE THINGS AND THAT I'M ALSO BEEN VERY HONORED TO BE ELECTED BY MY PEERS TO REPRESENT THEM ON THE SCHOOL SITE COUNCILS AT LA VERNE HEIGHTS AND RAMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND THOSE EXPERIENCES HAVE HAD BEEN FANTASTIC TO BE AT THE TABLE WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR, THE PRINCIPAL, WITH THE CERTIFICATE, WITH THIS CLASSIFIED STAFF, WITH THE TEACHERS AND WITH MY FELLOW PARENTS AND WORKING TOGETHER ON THE SCHOOL SITE PLANS AND ON THE SAFETY PLANS TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ON IN ENGLISH INTERVENTION PROGRAM.

AND THEN HAVING PASSED, TRUSTING THAT THE STAFF IS GOING TO TAKE IT FROM THERE.

AND THE TEACHERS REALLY DO A GREAT JOB WITH THE INTERVENTION PROGRAM AT RAMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO FOR ALL THESE REASONS, I BELIEVE IN THE PUBLIC.

I MEAN, I BELIEVE IN THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF EDUCATION.

AND I AND I JUST ALWAYS TRY TO DO GOOD IN THAT SENSE.

SO I COME TO YOU WANTING TO DO GOOD.

IT WOULD BE AN HONOR TO JOIN YOU ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE.

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU AND ALL THE WONDERFUL TEACHERS AND THE STAFF AND THE FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE SERVE TO BE A BOARD MEMBER WITH YOU.

THANK YOU. IF A PARENT, GUARDIAN OR COMMUNITY MEMBER OR SPECIAL SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP CALLS YOU WITH CONCERN, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I WOULD LISTEN TO THEM FOR SURE.

TO HIM OR HER. HAVE THEM WANT THE OBVIOUSLY ONE HAVE SOMEONE TO TALK TO.

SO I WOULD BE A LISTENING EAR AND WHEN I WOULD IF IT WAS A CONCERN THAT I OBVIOUSLY WOULDN'T BE TAKING A VOTE ON RIGHT THEN.

BUT I WOULD WANT TO BE IN NEUTRAL AND TO RECEIVE THE FEEDBACK AND THEN COME BACK AND SHARE IT WITH SUPERINTENDENT COLES FOLLOWING THE GOVERNANCE POLICIES.

AND IF THEY'RE IF IT WAS A IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I COULD SAY, HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO THE PRINCIPAL THAT IT IS TO HELP REDIRECT, TO HELP CONNECT THEM TO SOMEONE WHO COULD HELP THEM. I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY THAT AS WELL.

AND THEN IF IT IS SOMETHING BIGGER THAN TWO TO BRING IT, WE ARE.

I'M NOT I'M ONLY ONE PERSON.

I WOULD ONLY BE ONE PERSON AS A PART OF THE BOARD AND THAT WE ALL WORK TOGETHER.

AND THE SUPERINTENDENT IS THE ONE THAT MANAGES THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS AND THAT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IT TAKEN CARE OF AT THE LOWEST PLACE POSSIBLE WOULD BE IDEAL.

BUT I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT I'M APPROACHABLE AND WILLING TO LISTEN AND WANT TO HELP THEM GET THE SOLUTION THAT THEY NEED.

DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC AREA OF INTEREST THAT YOU COULD ADVOCATE IN YOUR ROLE AS A BOARD MEMBER? I REALLY I'M REALLY JUST BELIEVING IN THE 10000 STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE.

THOSE ARE 10000 STORIES.

AND JUST LIKE MY STORY IS MY STORY.

THEY EACH HAVE THEIR OWN STORIES AND THE FAMILIES THAT SUPPORT THEM HAVE THEIR STORIES.

SO I WOULD SAY, NO, I'M HERE TO REPRESENT ALL STUDENTS.

I BELIEVE THEY ALL, WHETHER THEY ARE STUDENTS WHO DO THE WORK, COMES EASY TO THEM OR IF THE STUDENTS WHO NEED MORE HELP OR IF IT'S STUDENTS WHO NEED A IEP OR IF THEY'RE A FOSTER CARE STUDENT, THEY EACH HAVE THEIR OWN STORY, IF THEY'RE A GATE STUDENT, EACH OF THEIR OWN STORY. AND THEN WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT ALL OF THEM.

I'M GRATEFUL WITH OUR CHILDREN, WE SIX THAT ARE IN THIS DISTRICT ALREADY, WE THEY EACH OF THEIR EACH THEIR OWN UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS.

AND SO YOU WORK WITH THE TEACHERS AND YOU WORK WITH THEM TO HELP THEM MEET THEIR GOALS.

MY OLDEST IS STUDYING FOR FOUR AP TESTS FOR NEXT WEEK THAT SHE'LL BE TAKING OUR LANGUAGE.

I MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH WI-FI AND EVERYTHING AT THE HOUSE SO THAT SHE CAN DO THAT.

THE OTHER YOU KNOW, THE OTHER ONES, THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT INTERESTS IN THE FOUR A'S.

AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE 10000 STUDENTS AND THEIR STORIES.

SOME OF THEM ARE REALLY MISSING SPORTS RIGHT NOW.

SO WE KEEP TELLING THEM TO GO OUTSIDE AND START GETTING FAT IN THEM.

BUT THEY EACH EACH STUDENT HAS THEIR OWN STORY.

AND I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR ALL OF THEM.

AS A BOARD MEMBER, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR TOP THREE PRIORITIES FOR THE DISTRICT? MY TOP THREE PRIORITIES.

THE FIRST WOULD BE TO CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING THAT THAT IS BEING DONE BY THE WHOLE DISTRICT, FROM THE TEACHERS TO THE STAFF TO THE ADMINISTRATORS, TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE SUPERINTENDENT, TO KEEP TREKKING ALONG.

WE'RE IN THIS UNCHARTERED TERRITORY.

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BUT TO BE ABLE TO ENCOURAGE THEM AND TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.

MY SECOND ONE OVERALL WOULD BE TO CONTINUE TO NEW TO HONOR THE PUBLIC TRUST THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN ME. REPRESENTATIVE OF YOU, WHEN I FIRST WENT TO KINDERGARTEN THAT WHOLE SUMMER, I WAS CRYING CRYING SO MUCH BECAUSE I REALLY FELT LIKE I WAS HANDING HER OVER TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. AND YOU DO YOU HAND YOUR CHILD OVER TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND YOU ARE TRUSTING THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT THEY ARE GOING TO ACCEPT THEM AND TAKE CARE OF THEM AND HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND GUIDE HER AND ENCOURAGE HER AND MOTIVATE HER TO HONOR THAT PUBLIC TRUST IS A PRIORITY OF MINE.

AND THE THIRD PRIORITY, I THINK, IS IS A GOAL THAT HAS BEEN ALREADY DISCUSSED BY THE DISTRICT IS TO CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES AND NEEDS FOR OUR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIME.

I KNOW OUR CHILDREN ARE REALLY MISSING THE SOCIAL ASPECT OF SCHOOL, AND THAT'S SUCH A BIG PART OF SCHOOL. AND TO NOT SEE THEIR FRIENDS, ESPECIALLY THE LITTLE ONES THAT DON'T HAVE PHONES. SO THEY CAN'T BE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM, TOO, TO CONTINUE TO HELP.

AND THEY HAVE BEEN SO RESILIENT RIGHT NOW AND THE TEACHERS HAVE BEEN SO RESILIENT.

AND WE HAD OUR OLDEST ONE OF OUR DAUGHTERS IS ON THE DANCE TEAM AT BONITA.

AND SO THEY DROVE BY THEIR THEIR AWARDS SINCE WE DIDN'T WEREN'T ABLE TO HAVE THE BANQUET.

WE WERE ABLE TO YOU KNOW, WE JOINED BY ANOTHER HOUSE FOR THE WATERPOLO BANQUET AWARDS.

EVERYONE IS BEING SO CREATIVE OF HOW TO CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER.

SO TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

BUT BUT IN THAT WHOLE PROCESS, IT'S HOW ARE THE CHILDREN DOING AND HOW ARE THE STUDENTS DOING? SO HOWEVER, WE CAN CONTINUE TO HELP THEM.

THE WELLNESS RESOURCES THAT ARE ON THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW HAVE BEEN HELPFUL TO MYSELF.

SO TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT OUTREACH, THAT WOULD BE MY THIRD PRIORITY.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD HAVE HANDLED IN ANOTHER WAY IF YOU HAD BEEN ON THE BOARD IN THE PAST? I DON'T BELIEVE AT THIS TIME I COULD SAY THAT I THAT I WOULD.

WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND WHAT I HAVE SEEN AND WHAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED AS A PARENT HERE.

WHEN WE FIRST MOVED HERE, WE WE KNEW BONITA WAS A GREAT SCHOOL DISTRICT BY ITS NUMBERS.

I DID MY RESEARCH. I WAS ON THE DATA.

I WAS LOOKING AT EVERYTHING LIKE YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE MOVING TO A NEW HOUSE.

SO WE WERE CONFIDENT THAT WE WERE COMING INTO THE NEW SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WHEN WE GOT HERE, WE LEARNED BONITA WAS GREAT BY ITS PARENTS, BY ITS BY THE PEOPLE.

AND THE MOMENT WE STEPPED ONTO THE CAMPUSES IN OUR CASE, LA VERNE HEIGHTS AND RAMONA, WE WERE WELCOMED.

AT RAMONA, THE COUNCILOR TOOK US ON A TOUR.

SHE HAD GROWN UP HERE, SO SHE EXPRESSED HOW MUCH SHE LOVED THE AREA.

IT WAS VERY COMFORTING.

ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, WE OUR KIDS STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR. WE TOOK THE KIDS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO EACH CLASSROOM, AND OUR FIFTH DAUGHTER WAS GOING TO KINDERGARTEN THAT YEAR AND THE TEACHER WELCOMED HER AND SHE SAID, WE'RE SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE. WELCOME. WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU.

YOUR SPOT IS RIGHT HERE AND HAS A NEW PARENT COMING INTO THE DISTRICT.

WE WERE BLOWN AWAY. WE WERE BLOWN AWAY.

AND THAT JUST CONTINUES. THE STORIES CONTINUE.

I PROMISE I'M NOT A PERFECT PARENT, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A LOT OF CHILDREN.

THAT DOESN'T NOT MAKE ME PERFECT.

MY CHILDREN VOUCH FOR THAT.

BUT HAVING A LARGE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN THE SYSTEM, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WITNESS SO MANY GREAT THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT THAT HAPPENS, PARENTS CONSTANTLY THROUGHOUT THE MEETING IN A FIGHT.

SO I APPRECIATE WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

SO I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT STRIKES WOULD YOU BRING AS A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BOARD? I BELIEVE I TRY TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE.

I BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS CONNECT WITH SOMEBODY IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

OUR STORIES HAVE TO CROSS IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

I REALLY BELIEVE THAT. AND SO I TRY TO CONNECT WITH THE PEOPLE WITH WHOM I SERVE.

SO THOSE RELATIONSHIP SKILLS, I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE PERSONAL ENDORSEMENTS OF FORMER BOARD MEMBER MATTHEW LYON OF CELINA GARCIA, WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THE PTA COUNCIL, AS YOU KNOW, FOR BONITA AND OF MAYOR LA VERNE MAYOR TIM HEPBURN.

I BELIEVE THEIR ENDORSEMENTS REPRESENT THE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY IN MY TIME OF SERVICE HERE.

I CAN'T GIVE YOU EVERYBODY, BUT THOSE ARE THOSE PEOPLE SKILLS.

I REALLY JUST TRY TO WORK WELL WITH PEOPLE.

WE CAN ALL COME TO GOING BACK TO HOW I APPRECIATE HOW THE DISTRICT IS WORKING, COMING TO.

YES. GETTING, YOU KNOW, SERVANT LEADERSHIP.

THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT I BELIEVE IN AND TRY TO EMBODY.

AND SO THOSE RELATIONSHIP SKILLS, WORKING TOGETHER AS A BOARD, AS A TEAM MEMBER, I'M ONE OF FIVE AND THEN ONE OF THE TEAM OF SIX I'M NOT HERE BY MYSELF AND WORKING TOGETHER AND BEING ABLE TO RESPECT EVERYONE IS COMING FROM AND HOPEFULLY HEARING FROM FROM PEOPLE AND AND ALWAYS CONSTANTLY THINKING, WHOSE VOICE ARE WE NOT HEARING YET? WHO HAVE WE NOT THOUGHT ABOUT? WHO ELSE DO WE NEED TO HEAR FROM SO THAT OUR DECISIONS CAN BE INFORMED? THESE IS THAT THIS IS MY EDUCATIONAL BACK, MY MY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN MY PERSONAL BELIEFS. THEY WOULD BRING WITH ME TO THIS POSITION.

WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD ENJOY IN YOUR ROLE AS A BOARD MEMBER?

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WE'RE AT THE BCA THREE NIGHTS IN ONE WEEK JUST BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT THAT WAY.

WE'RE AT WE'RE AT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE HAD OUR SON WAS AT ALLEN AVENUE IN THE TK, SO HE HAD HIS OPEN HOUSE. THEN WE HAD TO RUN TO LA VERNE HEIGHTS FOR THEIR IOEN HOUSE.

AND THEN WE WENT TO THE BCA FOR ROMONA BAND CONCERT.

AND I DID IT BY MY ALARM ON MY PHONE AND WE JUST MARCHED THERE.

IT'S A GREAT IT'S IT'S A IT'S A BUSY NIGHT, BUT IT'S SUCH A GREAT NIGHT BECAUSE YOU'RE SEEING ALL THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE BEST PART FOR ME IS TO BE ABLE TO BE AT ALL THE ALL THE SCHOOLS AND SEEING EXPERIENCING THEIR CULTURE IS EXPERIENCING WHAT THEY WHAT THEY PUT FORTH.

THAT WOULD BE THE BEST. I LOVE IT WITH OUR OWN CHILDREN AND SUPPORTING EVEN EVENTS THAT THEY'RE NOT IN. WE WENT TO THE GREASE PRODUCTION LAST MONTH, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.

EXCELLENT. IT WAS STANDING ROOM ONLY.

IT WAS FANTASTIC.

SO, YEAH. SO GETTING OUT TO THE SCHOOLS AND SEEING ALL THE FANTASTIC WORK THAT IS DOING.

I KNOW THE TEACHERS THAT WE'VE HAD, BUT TO SEE OTHER TEACHERS IN THE PROFESSIONALISM THAT THEY BRING TO THEIR JOBS, THAT WOULD BE THE BEST.

I THINK THE CHALLENGE WITH IT WOULD BE THE TRANSITION TO WEARING A BOARD MEMBER HAT.

LIKE I TELL MY KIDS, I'M I'M NOT YOUR FRIEND.

I'M YOUR MOM FIRST. AND IT KIND OF SOUNDS HARSH, BUT IT'S IN THE SENSE THAT THERE'S A ROLE. AND I AM THEIR MOTHER.

AND WE ARE FRIENDLY, OF COURSE.

AND WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP.

BUT THERE IS THAT. SO TRANSITIONING TO THE BOARD THAT WOULDN'T BE IS NOT A CHALLENGE THAT I CAN'T DO. BUT IT IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT'S A DIFFERENT DYNAMIC OF HOW I WILL BE INVOLVED. AND THAT MIGHT EXCUSE ME, THAT MIGHT BE JUST JUST DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT HAS BEEN, BUT IS ONE THAT I'M READY AND WILLING AND ABLE TO TAKE ON.

HOW DO YOU SEE THE ROLE OF A BOARD MEMBER IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS? THANK YOU. I SEE THE ROLE OF A BOARD MEMBER.

WE, THE BOARD MEMBER. THE BOARD.

SCUSE ME. IS THE ROLE OF GOVERNANCE, OF OVERSIGHT, OF HIRING THE SUPERINTENDENT, WHICH I APPLAUD YOU. YOU HAVE AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH SUPERINTENDENT COLES AND PROVIDING THAT VISION AND BEING FIDUCIARY AND BEING RESPONSIBLE TO THE FIDUCIARY BEING HAVING TO SHARE RESPONSIBILITY. SO IN RELATION TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, THOUGH, EXCUSE ME, WE ARE STILL A TEAM OF SIX AND I THINK THAT IS DYNAMIC.

AND AGAIN, TO SPEAKS TO BONITA UNIFIED STRENGTHS THAT THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP ALL THE WAY BECAUSE THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO BE EFFICIENT AND TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND IN TERMS IN THE LATTER PART OF THE QUESTION WAS WITH THE UNIONS.

I KNOW THAT THE THAT DR.

LEE WORKS WELL WITH THEM AND MEETS WITH THEM ALL THE TIME.

AND AND I RESPECT THE WORK THAT THEY DO.

AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE IS I HAVE RESPECT FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO AS A TEACHER AND AS A FORMER CLASSIFIED MEMBER MYSELF.

I KNOW THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING AND THE COMMITMENT THAT THEY HAVE AND THE PROFESSIONALISM THEY BRING TO IT.

SO TO RESPECT THAT, TO BE ON POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND AND TO MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE.

FINALLY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THIS IS AN UNCERTAIN TIME, BUT AS I DISCERNED ABOUT APPLYING, I REALLY FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT CONTRIBUTING WHAT I CAN IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.

OVER THE YEARS, I'VE DONE THAT IN A VARIETY OF WAYS AND DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT BODIES AND COMMUNITY COMMUNITY ADVISORY BODIES AND A CITIZEN TASK FORCE LOOKING AT FINANCES.

AND I BRING WITH ME THESE SKILLS THAT I HAVE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE WAY THAT THINGS CAN BE RUN AND HOW TO AND JUST TRYING TO WORK WELL WITH PEOPLE TO GET THE JOB DONE AND TO MEET THE IDENTIFIED GOALS.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WHICH IS WORSE, BEING FIRST OUT OF THE GATE OR SITTING OUT THERE WAITING AND BEING THE LAST. I DON'T THINK THEY'RE RELAXING WHEN THEY'RE WAITING OUTSIDE.

NO.

ALL RIGHT, BRIEFLY TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF, INCLUDING YOUR EDUCATIONAL AND WORK EXPERIENCES AND EXPERIENCE IN BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEN ADDRESS WHY YOU WISH TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

THAT'S THREE QUESTIONS. ONE. ALL RIGHT.

MY NAME IS GREG PALLOTTA.

I LIVE HERE IN LA VERNE.

MY WIFE, JOANNA. SHE'S A TEACHER.

I HAVE TWO KIDS IN THE DISTRICT.

MY DAUGHTER TAYLOR IS IN THIRD GRADE AT GRACE MILLER, MY SON RYAN IS FINISHING UP GRACE

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THEY'RE BOTH REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BEING AT HOME.

BUT I DO MISS GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.

MY EDUCATION. WENT TO UCLA FOR MY UNDERGRAD.

I STARTED PREMED. BUT THEN DURING THAT TIME, I'VE GOT A LOT OF FAMILY IN NEW YORK.

I'M FROM NEW YORK. I GOT TWO CALLS WITHIN TWO MONTHS FROM TWO DIFFERENT AND SAYING THAT THEIR KID HAD AUTISM.

MY COUSIN OUR SCHOOL HAD A PROGRAM ABOUT AUTISM AT UCLA.

KIND OF KNOWN PRETTY WELL BACK IN THE 90S.

SO I TOOK A CLASS ON THAT AND IT JUST KIND OF STUCK WITH ME.

I START TAKING SOME MORE CLASSES IN PSYCHOLOGY.

I JUST DECIDED CHANGE MY MAJOR AND THIS IS WHAT I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT.

SO I WENT ALL IN WITH THAT.

DURING THAT TIME, I WORKED AS A THERAPIST, THEY CALL THE INTERN THERAPIST AT UCLA FOR A.B.A. FOR STUDENTS WITH AUTISM.

SO I WAS ABLE TO LEARN FROM THE BEST PEOPLE, TRY TO MAKE MY OWN CURRICULUM AND DESIGN SOMETHING FOR MY COUSINS IN NEW YORK TO SET UP PROGRAMS THERE.

I WENT ON TO GRAD SCHOOL AT CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY. GOT MY MFT HOURS THERE.

I WANTED INITIALLY TO OPEN UP MY OWN AUTISM CLINIC BECAUSE I WAS WORKING PART TIME FOR ONE. BUT THEN I.

I APPLIED INITIALLY FOR THE MFT, BUT THEY SAID ACTUALLY WE HAVE THIS SCHOOL PSYCH/MFT PROGRAM. WE WOULD LOVE YOU TO BE PART OF OUR PILOT PROGRAM FOR SIX PEOPLE.

I HAD NO IDEA WHAT A PSYCHOLOGIST WAS BACK THEN, WHICH I GUESS IS A GOOD THING AS A STUDENT. BUT THEN AFTER THAT, I FELL IN LOVE, FELL IN LOVE WITH IT.

SO I STARTED DOING THAT. I WORKED AS A ON A CLASSIFIED SIDE AND INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE FOR STUDENTS WITH AUTISM IN THE CLASSROOM.

I BECAME A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER TO PAY MY WAY THROUGH COLLEGE AND GRAD SCHOOL.

AND FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, I'VE BEEN A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST.

THERE WAS MORE PARTS OF THAT QUESTION.

YOU KNOW, I'M LIVING LA VERNE, I'M ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, NOT SO MUCH IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ITSELF. I DO VOLUNTEER AT EVENTS.

I'M MORE BEHIND THE SCENES AT GRACE MILLER.

LIKE, I'LL PUT TOGETHER A LOT OF STUFF FOR THE BIG HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL.

I HELP OUT A SCHOOL AGED CARE.

I DONATE THINGS THERE.

I DON'T MUCH HAVE A NAME IN THE HEADLIGHTS, BUT I DO A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES.

I COACH MY SON'S BASEBALL TEAM AT LA VERNE LITTLE LEAGUE.

I COACH MY DAUGHTER'S SOFTBALL TEAM AT LA VERNE GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION.

I WORK WITH THE MASONS IN SAN DIMAS AS A BENEVOLENCE AND I WORK WITH SCOUTS PACK FOUR SIX TWO. AS A VOLUNTEER, I PUT SOME ORGANIZATION, SOME ACTIVITIES TOGETHER.

I THINK THAT'S MOST OF THE QUESTION.

AND WHY YOU'D LIKE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

NW I KNOW WHO IS TALKING. IT'S HARD TO SEE WITH THE MASKS.

WHY DO I WANT TO BE? BECAUSE I THINK MY GOALS ALIGN WITH SOME OF YOUR EL CAP GOALS, ESPECIALLY THOSE FIRST TWO, WHEN I JUST I KNOW WE HAVE DIFFERENT LENSES HERE AND I COME FROM OVER MENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY LENS.

I KNOW YOUR FIRST GOAL IS THAT HIGH QUALITY STUDENTS ARE LEARNING FOR ALL STUDENTS, LONG TIME ALL STUDENTS. YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THESE SUBGROUPS.

I KNOW SOMEONE SAID NO.

FOSTER STUDENTS ARE STUDENTS LIKE, YES, THAT'S TRUE.

SAME WITH SPECIAL ED STUDENTS, WHICH IS MORE MY PASSION.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS THERE.

BUT YOUR SECOND LCAP GOAL IS REALLY WHERE MY FOCUS IS.

AND I JUST CALLED THE STUDENTS FEELING SAFE GOAL BECAUSE I WOULD BE CONCERNED WHEN I KNOW WE'RE DOING SO MANY GREAT THINGS HERE IN THE DISTRICT.

LOOK AT THE 80 70.

AND OUR FIRST GOAL, WE DIDN'T MEET LAST YEAR, BUT WE STILL OUR NUMBERS ARE HIGHER THAN EVER ELSE AROUND US. BUT FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH, I KNOW YOU SAID 40 PERCENT OF STUDENTS WERE FELT UNSAFE, YOU KNOW, DURING OUR LAST SCHOOL YEAR.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING I WENT TO.

MY VISION WOULD BE I MEAN, FIRST OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, I'M GOING TO BE LEARNING AND LISTENING ON THAT. I GOT TO LEARN FROM YOU GUYS HOW IT IS TO BE ON THAT SIDE OF THE TABLE, BECAUSE WHEN I WATCH BOARD MEETINGS, IT'S USUALLY FROM MY COMPUTER AT HOME, BUT FOR THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. MY DAUGHTER STRUGGLED WITH IT.

SORRY. WE CAME HERE IN KINDERGARTEN.

MY DAUGHTER WAS SO HAPPY TO GO TO GRACE MILLER, WE MOVED.

WE DIDN'T. WE'RE NOT A FAMILY FROM BONITA.

WE MOVED BONITA BY CHOICE BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW THE DISTRICT AND THE COMMUNITY IS.

I WAS SO EXCITED TO HAVE MY KIDS.

WE FOUND A HOUSE TO GO INTO.

CHRIS MILLER FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS SHE WOULD JUST CRY EVERYDAY.

SORRY I'VE SAID THIS STORY BEFORE.

I NEVER REALLY TEARED UP. BUT THE FIRST TWO WEEKS SHE WOULD BE IN THE OFFICE AND SHE WOULD DESCRIBE HERSELF TO SLEEP.

I FELT SO BAD I HAD TO TAKE HER OUT OF THE DISTRICT TO MOVE HER TO MY DISTRICT BECAUSE SHE KNOWS SOME OF MY FRIENDS WHO ARE TEACHERS THERE IN KINDERGARTEN THERE.

I PUT HER IN A LOT OF ACTIVITIES IN LA VERNE, ESPECIALLY LIKE THE GIRL SCOUT TROOP WHERE SHE WOULD MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH KIDS AND SHE WAS ABLE TO COME BACK HERE.

BUT THEN I KNOW YOU GUYS AND I THINK THE PEOPLE I MET AT THE CABINET WHO HAD THAT DECISION TO INCREASE THE CASTING STAFF, I THINK THAT HAD A DIRECT IMPACT ON MY STUDENT THAT SHE'S SUCCESSFUL NOW.

THIS IS CRAZY. I MEAN, MY DAUGHTER AND THE COUNSELOR STILL DO ZOOM SESSIONS, BUT SHE'S HAPPY. AND THEN TO ME, STUDENTS FEEL SAFE AND STUDENTS FEEL SECURE.

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THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE ABSENTEE RATES ARE GONNA GO DOWN.

I THINK WE'RE AT SEVEN PERCENT LAST TIME I CHECKED.

AND THAT'S GOING GO DOWN IN MY DISTRICT.

AND I'M SURE IT'S EVERYWHERE.

THESE BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS ARE A BIG CONCERN AND A SCHOOL CONNECTEDNESS.

AND I FEEL IF KIDS FEEL SAFE AT SCHOOL, THAT'S GOING TO BE AND WE HANDLE THAT IS GOING TO SHOW MY VISION IS TO EXPAND UPON THAT PROGRAM.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE LIKE A PEER MEDIATION STUDENT RESILIENCY WHERE THEY CAN SOLVE THEIR OWN PROBLEMS. THEY WORK WITH THEIR OWN PEERS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S HARD FOR KIDS TO SOLVE THEIR OWN PROBLEMS. I'VE NOTICED EVEN TRYING TO GO TO GOOGLE TO ANSWER A QUESTION, THEY WANT SOMEONE TO DO IT FOR THEM.

I'M A TEACHER OR A COUNSELOR.

IF KIDS CAN GET TOGETHER AND SOLVE THEIR OWN PROBLEMS AND START AT A YOUNG AGE, I THINK INTERVENTION LIKE THAT'S GOING TO PAY OFF IN THE LONG RUN.

I'M SORRY IF A PARENT, GUARDIAN, COMMUNITY MEMBER OR SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP CALLS YOU WITH CONCERNED, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? A SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP CAUSING THE CONCERN? I KNOW MOST OF OUR MEDIA STUFF GOES THROUGH THE PRESIDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT.

FOR ME, I WOULD HAVE TO KIND OF DEFLECT THAT MYSELF.

I DON'T WANT TO REPRESENT EVERYONE ON THE BOARD BECAUSE I'M ANSWERING A QUESTION AND WE'RE A TEAM OF SIX. I DON'T WANT MY PERSONAL VIEWS BEING CAST UPON ALL OF YOU.

WE ALL ARE INDIVIDUALS.

IF IT'S DURING THE CAMPAIGN SEASON, THAT'S GONNA BE ONE THING.

YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO SAY MY VIEWS OF WHAT I BELIEVE IN BECAUSE I'M REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY. AND IF MY VIEWS ARE THE SAME AS THEIRS, THAT'S ONE THING THAT WOULD MAKE ME A GOOD FIT FOR THIS PROGRAM.

AS A BOARD MEMBER WENT ON THE BOARD, THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT THING BECAUSE I DON'T WANT MY VIEWS BEING, YOU KNOW, CATHOLIC AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD.

THIS PERSON SAID THIS AND SOMETIMES IT GENERALIZES THAT.

DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC AREA OF INTEREST THAT YOU COULD ADVOCATE IN YOUR ROLE AS A BOARD MEMBER? LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, MY PASSION IS MENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY.

I RAN CAMPAIGNS FOR LIKE STATE WIDE ASSOCIATIONS WHERE I WORK ON THE STATE COUNCIL OF EDUCATION FOR STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES.

I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH BECAUSE IF, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WHEN STUDENTS FEEL SAFE, JUST LIKE THE SECOND, I'LL KEEP GOING.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THINGS BEYOND WHAT WE CAN SEE.

SAFETY IS ANOTHER ONE.

NO KIDS HAVE TO FEEL SAFE.

IF KIDS FEEL SAFE, THEY'LL LEARN BEST.

THAT'S MY VISION. AND THAT'S THAT'S MY NUMBER ONE GOAL AS A BOARD MEMBER.

WHAT WOULD BE YOUR TOP THREE PRIORITIES FOR THE DISTRICT? ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE TOUCH ON THE MENTAL HEALTH ONCE I'M GOING TO BEAT THAT NE TO DEATH.

BUT THE REASON I DIDN'T MOVE HERE WAS BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE SUCH A HIGH ACHIEVING DISTRICT. MY GOAL IS TO CONTINUE THAT SUCCESS.

I KNOW I'M A PSYCHOLOGIST, SO I LOOK AT THE DATA AND MY DATA DRIVES MY DECISIONS.

SO IF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WORKING, I SUPPORT THAT.

AND I WANT TO ENABLE THE DISTRICT TO CONTINUE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THAT.

SORRY. SORRY.

THAT'S ME. I'M SORRY.

THAT'S PRIORITIES. AND MY VISIONS.

WELL, THAT'S IS WHY I CAME TO THIS DISTRICT.

I WANT TO CONTINUE THAT SUCCESS.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD HAVE HANDLED IN ANOTHER WAY IF YOU HAD BEEN ON THE BOARD IN THE PAST? NO, NOT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

I MEAN, I'D BEEN HAPPY WITH THE DECISIONS MADE HERE.

I'VE WATCHED AT LEAST THE LAST YEAR OF THESE BOARD MEETINGS THAT HAVEN'T HAD MUCH CONCERNS WITH THAT. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE UPCOMING WITH THE COVID DECISIONS THAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLY HAPPENING.

I KNOW MOST OF THAT STUFF COMES FROM THE COUNTY AND STATE AND IT'S REALLY BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE ON HOW WE IMPLEMENT THOSE IS GOING TO BE A CONCERN.

I HAVEN'T HAD CONCERNS FROM THE BOARD IN THE PAST AND I JUST HOPE TO BE PART OF A TEAM THAT CONTINUES THE SUCCESS.

WHAT STRENGTHS WOULD YOU BRING AS A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BOARD? I BELIEVE ON A DIFFERENT LENS.

I KNOW WE'VE GOT A FIREFIGHTER, WE GOT A TEACHER VIEW.

WE GOT A [INAUDIBLE].

I'M MORE OF A MENTAL HEALTH LENS, PSYCHOLOGIST VIEW.

I DO HAVE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT, SO I THINK I CAN ADD TO THAT.

I FEEL LIKE A BIG ATTRIBUTE OF BEING A BOARD MEMBER IS HAVING A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY.

I USE DATA TO MAKE MY DECISIONS.

I SEE WHAT'S WORKING. AND IF IT'S WORKING, WE CONTINUE.

AND IF IT'S NOT WORKING, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. I DON'T JUST SHOOT OFF THE HIT.

I'M VERY ANALYTICAL AND CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT I'M PROPOSING OR WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT.

AND I'M VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT IT.

BUT WE HAVE KNOW 10000 KIDS.

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SO I TAKE THAT SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY VERY SERIOUSLY.

I DID RUN FOR AN APPOINTMENT BEFORE, BUT I HAD TO PULL MY NAME OFF BECAUSE I REALLY ONLY WANT TO COMMIT TO SOMETHING WHERE I REALLY HAVE THE TIME TO DO IT.

I DON'T LIKE TO DABBLE INTO LITTLE THINGS HERE AND THERE.

BE A PART OF A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.

IF I'M GOING TO GO SOMETHING ALL IN, I'M GOING TO GO ALL IN AND GIVE MY BEST TO IT.

I DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS FAIR FOR THE STUDENTS OR THE STAFF OR THE COMMUNITY AT THE TIME LAST TIME. NOW I FEEL THIS IS MY TIME.

WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD ENJOY IN YOUR ROLE AS A BOARD MEMBER AND WHAT WOULD BE A CHALLENGE TO YOU AS A BOARD MEMBER? I ENJOY BEING PART OF THE SUCCESS OF THE DISTRICT.

I ENJOY BEING A PART OF MY KIDS LIVES AND HAVING A DIRECT IMPACT ON WHAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THEM. I KNOW CHUCK SAID ONCE.

WE DON'T WANT GOOD. WE WANT GREAT.

I'M GLAD YOU SAID SOMETHING SIMILAR, LIKE.

IS THIS THE BEST DECISION FOR THE STUDENTS? AND THERE'S SOMETHING I WANT TO BE A PART OF.

I HAVE STRONG PRINCIPLES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOOD FOR MY STUDENTS.

AND THAT'S WHY WE DID MOVE TO DISTRICT TO THE DISTRICT WHEN I CONCERNS WITH POVERTY.

I KNOW THERE'S A BUNCH OF ADVOCACY GROUPS.

I KNOW THE WHOLE SEX ED CURRICULUM, AT LEAST IN MY DISTRICT.

THAT WAS SOMETHING WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME UP.

THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE ABOUT IT.

YOU HAVE TO BE EVEN KEEL.

YOU HAVE TO STICK TO YOUR PRINCIPLES, WORK AS A TEAM TOGETHER.

YOU CAN'T JUST FLY OFF THE HANDLE.

SO I KNOW THE CONCERN IS THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE, ESPECIALLY IF WHEN WE'RE RUNNING FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PUBLIC CONCERNS.

THEY IMPACT MY FAMILY NOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT I CAN OFFER TO THE BOARD AND WHAT I OFFER TO OUR COMMUNITY AND STUDENTS IS IN LINE WITH THAT.

IT HAS TO BE WORTH THEIR SACRIFICE.

SO I THINK IT IS. HOW DO YOU SEE THE ROLE OF A BOARD MEMBER IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS? WELL, MY ROLE IS THEM TO GIVE GUIDANCE.

I'M NOT THE ADMINISTRATOR. I'M NOT MAKING THE DECISIONS BY AM ESTABLISHING POLICY.

I AM CREATING LEADERSHIP AND GIVING THEM THE TOOLS THAT WE BELIEVE IS IN THE BEST DISTRICT. AND THEY COULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO APPLY THAT TO THE STUDENTS AND TO THE DISTRICT. WE'RE MORE.

YEAH, I'M FEARY. WE ESTABLISH HOUSING.

WE GIVE THE DIRECTIVES. OF COURSE, I'M STILL NEED TO LEARN FROM THAT SIDE OF THE TABLE.

I CAN'T JUST DO EVERYTHING AT ONCE THAT WE ARE A TEAM.

I WOULD EXPECT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE TO DO WHAT'S BEST IN A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WAY BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO GIVE THE KIDS EVERYTHING THAT I KNOW FOR THE LONGEVITY OF THE DISTRICT.

WE HAVE TO BE FISCALLY SOUND ABOUT THAT.

I UNDERSTAND IT FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? THIS WAS A LOT DIFFERENT. I EXPECTED TO BE.

I'M JUST EXCITED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

I FEEL LIKE I HAVE THE TIME TO DEDICATE TO IT.

I HAVE STRONG PRINCIPLES ABOUT IT.

I BELIEVE I COULD BE A DIFFERENT LENS.

I KNOW I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH MY NAME'S NOT ON THE PTA.

I HAVEN'T BEEN DOING A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT ROLES.

I DO A LOT OF BEHIND THE SCENES THINGS.

BUT MY PASSION FOR EDUCATION AND FOR LEADERSHIP OF OUR STUDENTS IS THERE.

MY WHOLE CAREER HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO THAT.

I WANT THE BEST FOR MY KIDS, ALL THEIR FRIENDS, OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY.

THIS IS WHY I MADE A DELIBERATE CHOICE TO MOVE TO LA VERNE.

AND THIS IS WHY I'M GONNA STAY HERE.

THANK YOU.

I DO HAVE A GIFT FOR THEM AS WELL.

I WOULDN'T MIND, CAN I GIVE THAT TO THEM BEFORE WE? YEAH.

THAT WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER.

FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR APPLYING.

WE HAD THREE AMAZING CANDIDATES.

YOU GUYS ALL HAVE A LOT TO OFFER.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PROS AND CONS TO THAT.

THE PRO SIDE IS I KNOW NO MATTER HOW THIS AUTHENTIC PROCESS GOES, WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH A GREAT PERSON ON THE BOARD.

SO FROM MY ANGLE, THAT TAKES AWAY ALL THE STRESS, DOESN'T TAKE AWAY YOUR STRESS.

[01:05:03]

THE HARD PART IS IT'S KIND OF HARD WHEN YOU HAVE THREE CANDIDATES TO PICK WHICH ONE YOU THINK WOULD BE THE BEST FIT AT THIS TIME.

I WAS ALSO TAKEN ABACK.

SO IS READING ALL THE STUFF YOU GUYS SUBMITTED.

AND I THINK WE FEEL THIS COLLECTIVELY THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY A PART OF THE BONITA FAMILY. YOU GUYS CARE ABOUT OUR KIDS.

YOU CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITIES.

YOU GUYS ARE INVOLVED DOING THINGS, MAKING THINGS BETTER.

SO YOU GUYS ARE GREAT PARENTS, MAKING SURE YOUR KIDS GET A GREAT EDUCATION, BUT OUT OF IT, OVERFLOWING OF LOVE, YOU'RE GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

SO I WAS THINKING ABOUT FIRST I WAS GONNA GIVE THIS TO THE PERSON WHO WOULD ULTIMATELY GET SELECTED, BUT I THOUGHT IT'D BE SOMETHING BETTER TO GIVE TO ALL THREE OF YOU WHO IS A PLANT AND A PLANT IS KIND OF LIKE, I KNOW YOU GET A PLANT, YAY.

BUT A PLANT, I THINK THERE'S A LOT RELATED TO EDUCATION ABOUT PLANTS.

THEY NEED A LOT OF CARE.

THEY NEED A LOT OF LOVE AND UPKEEP.

AND WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS THEY GROW AND DO SOMETHING AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL.

YOU GUYS ARE DOING THAT WITH YOUR KIDS AND YOU GUYS ARE DOING THAT WITH OUR KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU JUST FOR BEING AMAZING PEOPLE.

AND YOU GUYS GOT A PLANT FOR MYSELF.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OK, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN TIME. I KNOW IT WAS NERVE WRACKING.

I STILL DON'T KNOW WHICH WAS WORSE COMING IN FIRST OR BEING LAST AND SITTING OUT THERE ALL THAT TIME. EITHER WAY, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT UP NOW AND DISCUSS IT WITH THE BOARD.

WELL, WE'D LIKE TO START. LET'S SEE.

I DON'T MIND STARTING, ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO KIND OF GO THROUGH ALL MY NOTES.

YOU GUYS KEPT ME BUSY WRITING, WHICH IS A REALLY GREAT THING.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IS SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING BECAUSE OF COVID 19.

I THINK THAT IS A HUGE CONCERN.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW THE BUDGET'S GOING TO GO.

WE USUALLY DON'T KNOW HOW THE BUDGET'S GOING TO BE.

WE HAVE MORE CONCERNS NOW.

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY GREAT TO FIND SOMEONE WHO'S NOT ONLY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, BUT SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT INSTABILITY.

IF WE START TEARING THINGS DOWN, WE'RE GOING TO HURT OUR MORALE AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WORSE STUDENT OUTCOMES.

SO ONE OF THE GUIDING CRITERIA IS I'M HAVING IS SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTION, THE SERVICES WE GIVE OUR KIDS.

THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S A DRIVER FOR MY DECISION.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO GET SOMEONE WHO IS INVOLVED IN BEHIND THE SCENES THINGS AND SOMEONE WHO COULD SEE THINGS FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M COMING FROM.

AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU WILL DO A GREAT JOB FOR SURE.

BUT THAT'S KIND OF A CRITERIA AND KIND OF WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR STEPPING FORWARD IN THIS TIME OF NEED AT THE DISTRICT.

AND WHAT I'M THINKING IS SEVERAL OF HAS BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR A LONG TIME AND AND GLENN IS ACTUALLY OUR SENIOR MEMBER.

AND HE CAN BACK ME UP ON THIS.

ONE OF THE PHRASES THAT WE'VE REPEATED TIME AND TIME AGAIN OVER THE YEARS.

IS THE BONITA WAY.

AND AND SO DEFINED THE BONITA WAY.

WELL, YOU REALLY CAN'T.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT YOU HAVE TO EXPERIENCE.

AND I THINK THAT LONGEVITY OF OF BEING A RESIDENT IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN IN THAT EXPERIENCE. AND FRANKLY, MYSELF, PERSONALLY, I PUT A WHOLE LOT OF WEIGHT INTO SOMEONE WHO HAS RUN A CAMPAIGN TO BE ON THE BOARD THEMSELVES BEFORE I'VE RUN THREE TIMES AND I'VE ONLY WON TWICE.

SO. SO TO ME, I YOU PROBABLY ALL HAVE EQUAL PASSION TO HELP OUT THE DISTRICT.

I KNOW THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE THE LAST TIME WE SEE THE THREE OF YOU AND AND THE SORT OF THE BONITA WAY IS IS.

IT'S A CULTURAL SORT OF THING.

AND THE EXCELLENCE THAT THIS DISTRICT HAS THAT BROUGHT YOU GUYS TO THE DISTRICT DID NOT

[01:10:05]

IT'S IT'S AN EVOLUTION THAT STARTED LITERALLY 20 YEARS AGO WHEN WHEN SOME VERY GOOD PEOPLE GOT ONTO THE BOARD AND WE WALKED AWAY FROM SOME VERY DIFFICULT TIMES.

WE'VE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME SINCE.

BUT BUT AS A BOARD, WE WE MAINTAIN A VERY GOOD, CONSISTENT DESIRE TO DO ALWAYS WHAT IS BEST FOR THE STUDENTS.

THAT'S WHAT ALWAYS BOILS DOWN TO.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF MY DRIVER OF WHERE MY DECISION MAKING IS, YOU KNOW.

AND THIS, YOU KNOW, TO BE STRAIGHT UP ON US.

WE WENT THROUGH THIS TWO YEARS AGO, TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO.

AND THAT WAS MY FOUNDATION, THAT IF YOU RUN A RUN A CAMPAIGN, YOU'VE DEMONSTRATED TO ME THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO JUST YOU KNOW, JUST WHAT? YOU'RE NOT JUST WALKING THE WALK.

YOU'RE TALKING THE TALK. BECAUSE CAMPAIGNING IS DIFFICULT.

AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GIVE IT A TRY AT SOME POINT IN THEIR IN THEIR CAREERS AS A PARENT OF STUDENTS AND THE NEED TO UNIFY.

I WOULD LOVE TO TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU THAT I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'VE THOUGHT OF YET, BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE YOU'VE GOT OLDER KIDS, BUT QUITE A FEW OF YOU HAVE YOUNGER KIDS, TOO, THAT THEY'RE THERE WATCHING YOU.

AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH YOUR EXAMPLE IS A GIFT TO THEM.

AND I DIDN'T REALIZE IT UNTIL MY CHILDREN GREW UP AND KIND OF FED BACK WHAT THE INVOLVEMENT THAT I HAD DONE.

AND I THINK WITH ALL OF US HAVE DONE, IT'S A GIFT TO THEM THAT WILL CHANGE THEIR LIVES IN A POSITIVE WAY.

AND IT REALLY DOES FILL YOUR HEART WHEN YOU SEE THEM OUT THERE VOLUNTEERING AND GIVING BACK BECAUSE THEY LEARN THAT FROM YOU.

SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ALONG WITH THE COURAGE FOR BEING HERE TODAY TO HELP US OUT.

I'VE BEEN IN YOUR SEAT AND I KNOW IT IS TOUGH, ISN'T IT? YOU HAVE SO MANY GOOD IDEAS COMING IN AND IT'S IT'S HARD TO RELAY THEM UNDER THE PRESSURE THAT YOU'RE UNDER.

I WANTED TO KIND OF SHARE WITH YOU SOME TIDBITS THAT I PICKED UP.

I ENJOYED EACH ONE OF YOU HAVE REALLY SPECIAL STORIES TO SHARE THAT MAKE YOU UNIQUE AND SUCH GREAT CANDIDATES.

GREG, I LOVE WHAT YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT, HOW YOUR LIFE GOT CHANGED JUST WITH THE CLASS, THAT AUTISM CLASS THAT RANG A BELL AND JUST SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, I WANT TO GO IN THIS DIRECTION. THIS IS MY PASSION.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY IT HAPPENS A LOT.

THAT'S WHAT COLLEGE IS ALL ABOUT.

BUT TO TO HEAR IT HOW THAT HAS MADE SUCH AN IMPACT ON YOUR LIFE.

JENNIFER, I LOVE YOUR BACKGROUND AND HOW YOU'RE YOU'RE DEFINITELY EXPERIENCING ALL OF THE SECTIONS OF OUR DISTRICT AT THIS POINT OF YOUR LIFE.

AND IT'S KIND OF EXCITING, WHICH YOUR PERSPECTIVE IS.

AND KRISTA, WHAT I REALLY I I KNOW YOU FROM WORKING WITH YOU, BUT WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT YOU IS THE DEEP ROOTS THAT YOU HAVE.

YOU JUST YOUR FAMILY HISTORY WITH OUR DISTRICT AND OUR COMMUNITY IS JUST AMAZING.

AND YOU'VE BEEN SO INVOLVED ALL YOUR LIFE.

BUT EVEN JUST AS A KID WITH YOUR MOM WORKING IN THE DISTRICT AND ALL, BUT WITH THE VOLUNTEERING AND THE COMMUNITY WORK THAT YOU DO.

I REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US.

THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, YOU RARELY HAVE YOU ARE PRESENTING SOME SOME SPECIAL GIFTS TO US.

AND THAT'S THE HARD PART.

LIKE THEY HAD SAID BEFORE, IS WE ONLY GET TO PICK ONE.

BUT PLEASE, IF IT DOESN'T WORK THIS TIME.

CONSIDER IT IN THE FUTURE.

I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR BEING HERE.

AND IT'S TOUGH FOR ME BECAUSE I KNOW, GREG, YOU SAID YOU'RE YOUR DATA DRIVEN AND YOU ANALYZE STUFF AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

WELL, FOR THE BULK OF MY ADULT LIFE, IN MY OCCUPATION, I DIDN'T HAVE DATA OR ANYTHING ELSE. WHEN I PULLED UP IN FRONT OF A BUILDING, I HAD FIVE OR 10 SECONDS TO MAKE A DECISION. DOES A BUILDING BURN OR NOT? DO THE PEOPLE LIVE OR NOT? SO MORE DATA I GET.

THAT WAS MY BIGGEST CHALLENGE.

BECOMING A BOARD MEMBER IS WE GET A TON OF DATA AND IT'S I HAD TO STOP AND LEARN TO READ

[01:15:03]

AND KRISTA, YOU'RE YOU'VE BEEN ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR SO LONG.

IT JUST. YOU SEEM LIKE YOU'RE EVERYWHERE WE LOOK.

THERE'S A FUNCTION, YOU'RE THERE.

JENNIFER, YOU SAID A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE, WHEN ASKED ABOUT HANDLING AN ISSUE, YOU SAID AT THE LOWEST LEVEL POSSIBLE, WHICH IS THE WAY I WAS TAUGHT. IT'S IF YOU CAN RESOLVE IT AT THE TEACHER LEVEL, YOU DON'T GO TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND YOU WORK YOUR WAY UP.

AND SOMETHING YOU SAID WAS A CHALLENGE.

I THINK ALL OF YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT IS WHEN YOU BECOME A BOARD MEMBER, EVERYTHING CHANGES. IT'S NOT JUST THAT YOU'RE THE BOARD MEMBER NOW.

YOU'RE NOT THE PTA MOM OR THE PTA DAD ANYMORE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BE INVOLVED IN IT.

YOU CAN BE A MEMBER, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ON THE BOARD.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.

AND WHEN YOU WALK ON CAMPUSES TO OPEN HOUSE BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS, WHATEVER IT IS YOU'RE LOOKED AT, DIFFERENT. YOU CAN'T JUST POP IN AND WORK AND BE THE VOLUNTEER.

I KNOW I TRIED THAT FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS AND IT JUST FINALLY GOT TO THE POINT OF ITS. AND I KNOW WHEN WE APPOINTED MATT.

HE WAS A BECAME PRESIDENT AND HE HAS HAD TO GIVE UP THAT JOB TO BECOME THE BOARD MEMBER.

SO THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING.

I DON'T THINK I REALIZED.

AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF YOU, BUT WHEN YOU COME OVER ON THIS SIDE, YOU GIVE UP A LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT.

IT TAKES A DIFFERENT FORM OF GETTING THAT PASSION.

BUT OTHER THAN BEING A CLASSROOM VOLUNTEER AND HELPING IN THE KIDS CLASS, YOU'RE NOT THERE FOR A LOT OF THE OTHER STUFF BECAUSE YOU YOU CAN'T BE THAT PTA PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT. SO SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU MAKE THAT COMMITMENT.

BUT YOU GUYS MADE IT TOUGH, MADE IT REALLY TOUGH.

DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS EVEN YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON ON GENERAL ADVICE LIKE GLEN WAS JUST SAYING? ONE ONE POINT I WOULD POINT OUT IS THAT YOU YOU ARE VIEWED COMPLETELY DIFFERENTLY AS A BOARD MEMBER WHEREVER YOU GO.

YOU'RE. YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT.

AND IN SITUATIONS CAN AND DO OCCUR WHERE IF YOU'RE A NORMAL PARENT, YOU CAN GO STORMING IN THERE AND SAY, HEY, HEY, HEY, YOU COULD PROBABLY DO THAT AS A AS A BOARD MEMBER.

BUT IT'S IT'S IT'S RATHER UNSEEMLY TO DO THAT.

SO THERE ARE THERE ARE SUCH THERE ARE DOWNSIDES WITH YOUR OWN PERSONAL FAMILY, YOUR OWN CHILDREN THAT CAN AND DO OCCUR.

AND YOU REALLY HAVE TO MODERATE YOUR YOU DON'T WANT TO BE THAT GUY OR THAT WOMAN WHO IS ON THE BOARD AND, YOU KNOW, THINKS THAT THEY CAN CAN RUN A SCHOOL BY FIEFDOM.

SO THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S MY LITTLE 10 CENTS WORTH OF ADVICE.

NOW, ONE THING AND TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, ALL OF YOU GUYS HAVE KIDS.

AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE KIDS AROUND MY KIDS' AGE.

ONE OF THE THINGS MY WIFE AND I HAVE SAID IS I AM THE ONE WHO DOES A LOT OF HOMEWORK WITH THEM. I AM NOT THE ONE WHO COMMUNICATES WITH THEIR TEACHER.

I HAVE JUST TAKEN MYSELF HOW TO DO THAT.

AND THE REASON WHY THEY'RE DOING AN AMAZING JOB, LIKE I HAVE NO REASON TO EVER COMPLAIN BECAUSE MY KIDS FROM KINDERGARTEN BEFORE I RAN TO NOW HAVE ALWAYS CONSISTENTLY GOTTEN A GREAT EDUCATION. BUT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS WHERE A TEACHER OR SOMEONE OR IF THEY'RE GETTING BULLIED OR ALL THESE THINGS HAPPEN, I HAVE CHOSEN BECAUSE I'M ON THIS POSITION TO JUST DEAL WITH IT.

AND THE REASON WHY IT'S NOT ABOUT MY KID, IT'S ABOUT THE BONITA KIDS.

AND THAT'S A HARD THING.

I HAVEN'T BEEN TESTED ON THAT YET, BUT WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE SET UP.

SO WHOEVER GETS SELECTED AND I HAVE ACTUALLY NO IDEA WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THAT BOUNDARY, TOO.

SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

LIKE YOU ARE. IT IS A GREAT PRIVILEGE, I THINK.

BUT IT DOES COME WITH SOME DOWNSIDES.

AND YOU WILL LOSE SOME OF YOUR PRIVACY.

USED TO BE PENNY'S BIGGEST CONCERN AND NOW MAYBE NOT BECAUSE THEY WON'T RECOGNIZE YOU, BUT WHEN YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH THE STORE, THE MARKET AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND SOON AS PEOPLE RECOGNIZE YOU, IF THEY HAVE WHETHER IT'S A COMPLIMENT OR A COMPLAINT, THEY WILL COME UP AND START ESPECIALLY THE COMPLAINTS, THE COMPLIMENTS USUALLY.

OK. THINGS ARE GREAT. YEP.

BUT IF THEY'VE GOT AN ISSUE, THEY WILL HUNT YOU DOWN IN PUBLIC LIKE THAT.

AND THEY'LL HUNT YOU DOWN OTHER WAYS TO MY PERSONAL EMAIL.

[01:20:02]

AND WITH WILD THINGS LIKE DEMANDING THAT WE AS A BOARD CHANGE THEIR STUDENTS GRADES WHEN ADMINISTRATORS CAN'T DO THAT EXCEPT UNDER EXTRAORDINARY CONDITIONS LIKE A DEATH OF A

[2. Name the Provisional Appointee to the Board of Education]

SO I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN YOUR CHILD.

I WOULD CHANGE THEIR GRADES.

IT WOULD HAVE BE MINE. BUT THAT'S I MEAN, FROM BENIGN TO ABSURD.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN THIS ESPECIALLY LIKE COSTCO, YOU KNOW, IN A BIG STORE, LIKE AT SOME YOU'LL SEE YOU FROM A LONG WAYS AWAY AND THEY WILL HUNT YOU DOWN TO BRING UP SOMETHING.

SO JUST BE AWARE OF THAT.

ANYBODY HAVE MOVED A MOTION THAT WE APPOINT KRISTA CHAKMAK TO BE TO THE BOARD.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE. OPPOSED.

THERE YOU GO. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.

WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU DELIVER THE CELEBRATORY 15 MINUTE SPEECH.

WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU.

BOTH OF YOU. IT WAS LAST TIME IT WAS A KIND OF A TOUGH DECISION, BUT NOT THIS WAS A LOT TOUGHER DECISION. AND HAD IT BEEN AN ELECTION DECISION.

I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE DONE NONE OF THE ABOVE BECAUSE I WOULDN'T HAVE WANTED TO TO MAKE IT MAKE THIS DECISION.

IT'S IT'S VERY TOUGH ON ALL OF US.

AND I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO STAY INVOLVED.

THERE'S AN ELECTION IN NOVEMBER COMING BACK UP AGAIN.

I REALLY DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT BECAUSE MY SPOT'S COMING BACK UP AND I DON'T WANT TO RUN AGAINST ME. BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE GOOD OF THE DISTRICT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.

THANK YOU. AND STAY INVOLVED. BECAUSE WHILE YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING BACK TO YOUR OWN SITES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, NOW YOU'RE ON THE RADAR NOW.

WELL, WE NEED. WE NEED PEOPLE FOR STUFF.

YOU'RE GONNA BE THE ONE THAT GETS TO HAVE FOUGHT FOR ADVISORY AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON BEHALF OF EXECUTIVE CABINET.

YOU KNOW, TO SUPPORT THAT, YOU GIVE THIS DISTRICT.

IT'S IT'S IT'S PHENOMENAL.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO JUST CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ALL THREE OF YOU IN WHATEVER CAPACITIES AS MAYBE WHEN WE FINISHED WITH MONDAY, JUST IN ADDITION TO THE DISTRICT EXECUTIVE CABINET, WE JUST IT JUST PHENOMENAL PEOPLE AND SUPPORT.

AND SO JUST LOOK FORWARD TO THAT SUPPORT IN WORKING YOU COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER AND WHATEVER ROLES ARE THERE JUST ON BEHALF OF EXECUTIVE CABINET.

THANK YOU. AND IF I COULD SAY MY THANKS ALSO, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE YOU DO HAVE THE HEART THAT WE WANT TO SEE ON THE BOARD.

AND AND IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING STAYING INVOLVED.

I THINK I THINK IT WOULD TAKE WILD HORSES TO KEEP YOU GUYS FROM BEING INVOLVED.

SO SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR PAST INVOLVEMENT AND REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING BOTH OF YOU. HOPEFULLY ON THE SCHOOL'S SITES, YOU'RE ONE OF THESE DAYS AND MAYBE NOT EVEN BEHIND

[3. Administer the Oath of Office to Provisional Board Appointee]

LIKE I SAID, IT'S A TIME OF NEED FOR THE DISTRICT.

AND IT'S REALLY APPRECIATED THAT YOU THREW YOUR NAMES IN THE HAT.

I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.

AND I HOPE I SEE JENNIFER AND GREG.

I WANT TO SEE YOU GUYS BACK HERE AGAIN BECAUSE YOU GUYS WILL BE AWESOME AS NET BOARD MEMBERS ALSO. THIS WAS VERY TOUGH.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE.

SO IF YOU WANT TO JOIN ME AT THE.

ISN'T THIS SPECIAL WITH THE WITH THE MASK? I KRYSTA CHEKMAK.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.

AND THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

[01:25:04]

I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OR EVASION AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES IN WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER.

THANK YOU. YES

[4. Appoint Representative to Serve on Open Committees]

OKAY, NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO APPOINT REPRESENTATIVES TO SERVE ON OPEN COMMITTEES.

AND FIRST IS REPRESENTATIVE TO SERVE ON THE CITY OF LA VERNE YOUTH AND FAMILY ACTION COMMITTEE. SINCE THE BYLAWS SAY IT SHOULD BE A LA VERNE RESIDENT ONLY, THAT NARROWS IT DOWN. DO I HAVE A MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? REPRESENTATIVE TO SERVE ON THE CITY OF LA VERNE AD HOC COMMITTEE.

[18. FUTURE MEETING DATES]

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

[5. CLOSED SESSION AGENDA (Part 2 of 2)]

THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING WILL BE ON JUNE 10TH, 2020.

THE MEETING WILL BE STREAMED LIVE ON THE INTERNET.

WE REQUESTED IT USE THE TIME.

WE'RE RECOMMENDING 10 A.M.

IF THAT WORKS. YEAH.

CURRENTLY, THE SCHEDULED TIME IS A SIX O'CLOCK RECOMMENDATION.

IF IT WORKS IN YOUR SCHEDULE TO HAVE THE JUNE 10TH BOARD MEETING AT 10AM.

THE ITEMS FROM FUTURE AGENDAS, WHICH CASE WE WILL ADJOURN BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION AND REPORT OUT IF ANY ACTION IS TAKEN AT 6:37.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.