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OK, YEAH,

[2. CALL TO ORDER ]

ANY COMMENTS ON CLOSED SESSION?

[5. CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ]

OK. WE'LL RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AT 7:01

[7. CALL TO ORDER ]

[8. REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION ]

REPORT OUT OF A CLOSED SESSION.

IN THE MATTER OF A CHALLENGE TO THE CONTENTS OF A PUPIL'S RECORD FOR STUDENT 110902577 UNDER THE CALIFORNIA EDUCATION CODE 49070 THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO DENY THE CHALLENGE.

AND DO I READ THE VOTE COUNT? YES. AND THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS.

I THINK IT WAS.

OK, WELL, THE MOTION WAS MADE BY CHUCK AND SECONDED BY ME.

YES. YEAH. AND REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO APPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT OF ASHLEY MAR AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT LONE HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH APPROPRIATE SALARY PLACEMENT ON THE MANAGEMENT SCALE SCHEDULE.

MOTION MADE BY CHUCK, SECOND BY DIANE.

AND THAT VOTE WAS ALSO UNANIMOUS.

[9. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG ]

[Additional Item ]

AND IT'S THAT BITTERSWEET MOMENT IN THAT IT'S A HUGE LOSS FOR THE DISTRICT.

AND BUT I'M REALLY, REALLY HAPPY IN HER DECISION AND THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL BE DOING IN THE FUTURE. COME ON UP HERE.

[APPLAUSE] YOU KNOW, WHEN I STARTED AS A NEW SUPERINTENDENT THREE YEARS AGO, YOU QUICKLY LEARN THAT THE ONLY WAY TO REALLY BE SUCCESSFUL IS TO HAVE A STRONG PERSON RIGHT NEXT TO YOU.

AND THAT PERSON WAS ADELA.

AND IT'S ALSO VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE A PERSON WHO'S WAY SMARTER THAN YOU.

THAT PERSON IS ALSO ADELA.

AND WORDS CAN'T DESCRIBE HOW IMPORTANT AND IMPACTFUL THE WORK THAT HAS COME FROM YOUR DESK AND THE LASTING IMPACT THAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE ON THIS DISTRICT FOR A LONG TIME.

YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY FROM REVISING BOARD POLICIES AND TALKING TO ELECTED OFFICIALS AND SUPPORTING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND CREATING AND PUTTING OUT MULTIPLE COMMUNICATIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND JUST TO NAME A FEW, YOU KNOW, I ADELA HAS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN SUPPORTING ADMIN AT THE EXECUTIVE LEVEL, AND THERE'S NO SUBSTITUTION FOR THIS TYPE OF EXPERIENCE.

HER INSIGHT AND KNOWLEDGE IT'S INVALUABLE.

I WOULD CONSTANTLY ASK ADELA WHAT SHE THOUGHT OF AN IDEA.

AND SO FOR ANYONE WHO KNOWS ADELA, YOU QUICKLY.

THE ONLY WAY I CAN DESCRIBE ADELA IS THAT SHE'S JUST A STRAIGHT SHOOTER.

AND SHE'LL GIVE IT TO YOU THE WAY THAT IT IS.

AND IT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS SUPERINTENDENT AND TO, YOU KNOW, JUST BE SUCCESSFUL IN ALL THAT WE DO IN THE DISTRICT.

MY THREE YEARS, I'VE LEARNED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT FROM YOU.

AND, YOU KNOW, I CONTRIBUTE THE SUCCESS OF MY FIRST THREE YEARS IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF YOUR DEDICATION, YOUR INSIGHT AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOUR FORTITUDE JUST TO PUT UP WITH ME . I KNOW DURING YOUR RETIREMENT ADELA PLANS ON SPENDING TIME IN HER HOME IN WASHINGTON AND SPENDING TIME WITH HER WITH FAMILY.

ADELA I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR OUR TIME TOGETHER.

AND I KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T GOODBYE, BUT RATHER I WILL SEE YOU SOON.

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THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

AND I WISH YOU THE VERY BEST IN YOUR RETIREMENT.

IN ORDER TO HONOR THIS AS YOU WERE PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS, ONE OF OUR HIGHEST HONORS IS OUR PURPOSE AWARD.

THANK YOU. AND IT WOULD BE MY HONOR ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE ENTIRE DISTRICT TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE.

THANK YOU THIS [INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE] IF SHE'S SICK, I'M SICK, [LAUGHTER].

OH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT LOOKS SO MUCH NICER THAN [INAUDIBLE].

THIS IS TOO MUCH THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, WE'D LIKE TO WISH YOU A HAPPY RETIREMENT AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

I KNOW WHEN YOU STARTED IT WAS A LITTLE ROUGH WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT CHANGE AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT [INAUDIBLE]. AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WHEN THERE WAS A PROBLEM, AN ISSUE AROSE. YOU WEREN'T AFRAID TO SPEAK UP AND BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION SO WE COULD CORRECT A PROBLEM THAT COULD HAVE SERIOUSLY AFFECTED OUR DISTRICT.

SO WE HAVE A GIFT FOR YOU ON YOUR RETIREMENT.

AND SPEAKING AS THE ONLY RETIRED PERSON HERE, IT'S A GOOD THING.

RETIREMENT IS GOOD. AND ALSO, YOU HAVE A BIRTHDAY COMING UP.

SO WE HAVE A BIRTHDAY CARD FOR YOU AS WELL.

AWW THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK DIANE. SHE REMEMBERED.

SO ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD WE HAVE A BIRTHDAY PRESENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OK, WE'LL TAKE THE MASK OFF.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ADELA YOU DON'T GET AWAY SO QUICKLY.

ADELA I'D LIKE TO ADD MY COMMENTS, IF I MAY.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE, NOT JUST TO BONITA UNIFIED, BUT TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT YOU'VE SPENT YOUR CAREER ON.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO MISS THE INSIGHT AND THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL THAT YOUR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND ALL THAT YOU'VE LEARNED OVER THOSE YEARS, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY BENEFITED BONITA UNIFIED OVER THE FIVE YEARS THAT YOU WERE WITH US.

SIX YEARS. FIVE YEARS.

YEAH. AND AS GLENN SAID, WE HAD A ROCKY START.

BUT A BIG PART OF WHAT ALLOWED US TO GET THROUGH THOSE ROCKY DAYS WAS YOUR GUIDANCE AND HELP IN SITUATIONS THAT WE FACED.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I'M JEALOUS OF YOU GETTING TO RETIRE UP THERE IN WASHINGTON.

SUCH A BEAUTIFUL AREA.

AND YOU ENJOY IT UP THERE.

THANK YOU. I'LL CHIME IN AS WELL.

ADELA YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE AMAZING PEOPLE EVERYONE LOVES TO WORK WITH.

SO I JUST THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT A LOT EASIER FOR ALL OF US TO BE BOARD MEMBERS.

YOU'RE REALLY ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO MAKE EVERYONE BETTER AT WHAT THEY DO.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE IT.

GREAT SKILLS. YOU'RE ALWAYS A CLASS ACT.

VERY POSITIVE.

YOU'RE VERY EXACT WITH YOUR WORDING.

I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT, TOO.

SO YOU'LL BE MISSED.

AND I HOPE I WISH YOU THE BEST IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

AND I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I SURE AM GOING TO MISS YOU, BUT I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOU AND THE FAMILY. IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL WORKING WITH YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE TO SUPPORT US. AND YOU MAKE US LOOK GOOD.

SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. YES.

AND ADELA, FROM THE MOMENT I MET YOU, YOU'VE SUPPORTED ME AND MADE LIFE EASIER AS A NEW BOARD MEMBER. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.

AND I WISH YOU ALL THE HAPPINESS IN YOUR RETIREMENT, DO SOME FUN STUFF.

IT'S GOING TO BE FANTASTIC.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU. [LAUGHTER]

[10. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER AND CONTENT ]

I'D LIKE TO AMEND THE AGENDA, ORDER AND CONTENT BY PULLING CONSENT ITEM 14.1.15.

THE CERTIFICATION OF THE DASS FOR VISTA SCHOOL TO BE PLACED AND RENUMBERED UNDER SUPERINTENDENT DISCUSSION AS ITEM 15.3.2.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT AS AMENDED.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE. OPPOSED.

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

KRISTA.

GOOD EVENING. AS OUR DISTRICT CONTINUES TO NAVIGATE THE WORLD OF DISTANCE LEARNING, I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND SOME INCREDIBLE MOMENTS.

OUR TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, PARENTS AND STUDENTS HAVE OFFERED COMPASSION AND FLEXIBILITY, SUPPORT, VULNERABILITY AND REMARKABLE CREATIVENESS.

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THANK YOU ALL. I CONTINUE TO FEEL FRUSTRATION TOWARDS OUR MANDATED SCHOOL CLOSURE.

MANY OF OUR PARENTS, CAREGIVERS, GUARDIANS AND STUDENTS AND TEACHERS JOIN ME IN THE STRUGGLE. I AM EXCITED TO SEE WE RECEIVED FIFTY THOUSAND MASKS AND FACE SHIELDS, ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY NINE BOTTLES OF HAND SANITIZER AND FORTY NINE THERMOMETERS FROM THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.

THIS IS DEFINITELY A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

SEPTEMBER IS SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH.

IF YOU ARE SOMEBODY YOU KNOW IS HAVING SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, PLEASE CALL.

THE NUMBER IS 1800 273 8255.

I'D LIKE TO ALSO MENTION SOME LOCAL ARTS, RECREATION AND MUSIC IDEAS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR OUR KIDS IN THIS AREA TO HELP THEM TO BE ENGAGED DURING THIS TIME.

ROCK STARS OF TOMORROW IN LA VERNE HAS SOME GREAT PROGRAMS. MUDSHACK WILL BE OFFERING A FALL INSPIRED PROJECT FOR A PICKUP AND ALSO ZOOM CLASSES FOR KIDS STARTING SEPTEMBER 22ND.

THE CITY OF LA VERNE IS OFFERING AN OUTDOOR KID'S SPEED AND AGILITY CLASS, AND BOTH LA VERNE AND SANDY MIST POOLS ARE OFFERING LAP SWIM AT TIMES.

PLEASE CONTACT THE INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES FOR DETAILS, BUT LET'S KEEP OUR KIDS ENGAGED AND, YOU KNOW, DOING THE ARTS AND MUSIC AND ALL THAT INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT STUFF THAT OFFERS BALANCE TO OUR LIVES.

HAVE A GREAT SEPTEMBER AND BE SAFE.

THERE ARE SO MANY FEWER THINGS TO TALK ABOUT RIGHT NOW.

WITH EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN, YOU KIND OF SCRAMBLE.

I'VE BEEN HEARING REALLY GOOD THINGS ABOUT THE OPENING OF OUR SCHOOL YEAR.

I WANTED TO THANK YOU ONE MORE TIME TO OUR DISTRICT TEACHERS AND THE STAFF, ALL OF YOU, FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OVER THE SPRING AND SUMMER TO MAKE THE DISTANCE LEARNING POSSIBLE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

ALSO, THANK YOU TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR PARENTS FOR JOINING TOGETHER WITH YOUR TEACHERS VIA COMPUTER TO CONTINUE YOUR STUDIES.

WE ALL HOPE AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET BACK TO YOUR SCHOOLS. BUT WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS TO MAKE THE BEST OF OUR SITUATION RIGHT NOW AT HAND. THANK YOU AGAIN, ADELA, FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE TO HELP OUT.

YOU ARE USUALLY MY GO TO PERSON FOR ANY QUESTIONS TO RELAY MESSAGES AND TAKE CARE OF THINGS. I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU AND THE PLANS THAT YOU HAVE.

CONGRATULATIONS. AND I WISH THE BEST FOR YOU, MIKE, AND YOUR FAMILY.

WE HAVE REALLY AN UNUSUAL ELECTION CONDITIONS THIS YEAR WITH OUR NINE CANDIDATES NOT ABLE TO REALLY MEET THE PUBLIC IN THE USUAL WAY BECAUSE OF OUR COVID-19.

THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO HEAR FROM THEM.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE WILL BE AT LEAST ONE FORUM THAT THEY WILL PARTICIPATE IN.

AND CARL, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU CAN GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THIS EITHER TONIGHT OR IN ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS SO OUR COMMUNITY WILL KNOW WHAT THE INFORMATION IS WHEN YOU GET IT.

YEAH, THE BEST WAY IS ONCE WE GET THE PLANS SOLIDIFIED, WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE PUT IT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND REACH OUT TO THE FAMILIES KIND OF WHAT THE DETAILS ARE.

THEY'RE STILL BEING WORKED OUT, BUT WE WILL GET THAT INFORMATION OUT AS SOON AS THE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE STEPPED UP WITH ALL THOSE DETAILS.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OK, FIRST, I THINK THIS DISTANCE LEARNING HAS BEEN ROLLED OUT BETTER THAN EXPECTED.

I KNOW THIS DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A RINGING ENDORSEMENT, BUT AS A PERSON WHO HAS A LOT OF FRIENDS IN DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THAT IS AN AMAZING ENDORSEMENT BECAUSE DISTANCE LEARNING IS NOT AS EFFECTIVE AS IN CLASS LEARNING AND DISTANCE LEARNING, AT LEAST FROM MY OPINION AT BONITA, HAS BEEN FAR BETTER THAN OTHER DISTRICTS ARE EXPERIENCING.

AND I'D LIKE TO EXPAND UPON THIS, IF THAT'S OK.

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY DISTANCE LEARNING IS GOING SO WELL, AND I KNOW THEY'RE VERY IMPACTED, BUT I THINK OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT PROBABLY DOESN'T GET ENOUGH CREDIT.

I HAVE A FRIEND IN ANOTHER DISTRICT AND SHE WAS REALLY TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY HAD TWO PROGRAMS FIGHTING EACH OTHER AND THEY'RE NOT WORKING WELL NORMALLY.

AND I GUESS CANVAS AND WEBEX, THEY BOTH KIND OF WANT TO CONTROL A LOT OF STUFF AND THEY JUST DON'T MESH.

SO I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE PROGRAMS THAT AREN'T MESHING FOR OUR TEACHERS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD ENOUGH LEARNING A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY.

IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO GET THE KIDS AND FAMILIES TO LEARN TECHNOLOGY.

IT'S HARD ENOUGH WHEN TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO BE GLITCHY BECAUSE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE ARE USING IT SUDDENLY.

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AND I'M VERY HAPPY WE SKIPPED THAT EXTRA LAYER.

SO WHOEVER'S RESPONSIBLE, NOT SURE, BUT GREAT JOB TO THAT UNKNOWN PERSON.

I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE THE PLANNING BONITA DID.

AND THIS REALLY GOES THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE CABINET.

WE HAD EXTRA DAYS OF TRAINING.

SO DURING THE SUMMER, A LOT OF OUR TEACHERS CAME IN TO LEARN HOW TO USE THESE PROGRAMS. AND THE TRAININGS HONESTLY, FROM MY OPINION, WHEN I SAW YOU CAN GET GOOGLE CERTIFIED FROM GOOGLE, I WAS LIKE, THAT'S AN AMAZING TRAINING.

THAT'S ONE THAT I THINK A LOT OF TEACHERS WOULD APPRECIATE.

AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, A LOT OF OUR TEACHERS DID ENGAGE IN THAT.

YOU HAD TWO EXTRA DAYS.

YOU HAD ALMOST DOUBLE THE AMOUNT THAT A LOT OF OTHER DISTRICTS HAD, AND THAT WAS INTENTIONAL. WE ALSO HAD A VOTE THAT GAVE OUR TEACHERS A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME TO PREPARE. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW THAT TRANSLATED, I'M LOOKING AT MY CHILD.

I HAVE TWO CHILDREN THAT ARE ATTENDING ELEMENTARY ONE IN KINDERGARTEN, ONE IN THIRD GRADE. MY THIRD GRADER HAS BENEFITED DRAMATICALLY FROM THE EDUCATION SHE'S GOTTEN AT EKSTRAND. GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES, AND SOME OF THE REASON WHY SHE'S DOING SO WELL HAS TO DO WITH MY WIFE.

I MARRIED THE GENETIC JACKPOT SO SHE'S JUST NATURALLY SMART.

AND THE OTHER PART HAS TO DO WITH, I REALLY THINK, THE TRAINING THAT THE EKSTRAND HAS DONE WITH IN CLASS TEACHING.

SO IN KINDERGARTEN, THEY FOCUSED ON PHONICS.

IN FIRST GRADE, IT WAS SITE WORDS.

IN SECOND GRADE, IT WAS A LOVE OF READING.

AND THEN EDUCATION KIND OF STOPPED.

BUT WE CONTINUED THAT LOVE OF READING.

AND MY DAUGHTER WAS ASSESSED I THINK FIRST GRADE AS BEING BELOW GRADE LEVEL IN READING.

SHE'S NOW READING BETWEEN FOURTH AND SEVENTH GRADE.

SO THAT IS AMAZING FROM MY POINT OF VIEW AS AN EDUCATOR.

AND THAT HAPPENED BY THE STRUCTURE AND DESIGN THAT'S HAPPENING HERE.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT AS A PARENT.

MY OWN ORIGINAL CONCERN WAS WITH MY KINDERGARTNER, MY THOUGHT WAS HOW IS SOMEONE WHO CAN'T READ OR TYPE GOING TO HAVE SUCCESS IN A CLASS.

AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I'M WORKING FROM HOME.

I SET UP THEIR LITTLE COMPUTERS AWAY FROM ME, BUT I CAN STILL MONITOR THEM.

I HAD A WHOLE SETUP READY AND I WAS EXPECTING MY SON TO HAVE A LOT OF TEMPER TANTRUMS BECAUSE HE GETS FRUSTRATED EASILY.

BRIGHT KID GETS FRUSTRATED EASILY.

SO I'M WATCHING HIM AND HE'S SINGING SONGS.

HE'S SUPER HAPPY. HE'S SITTING QUIETLY, DRAWING PICTURES.

HE'S SHOWING HIS TEACHER THE WHITEBOARD WITH ALL THE LETTERS HE'S DRAWN.

AND I'M LIKE, THEY'RE DOING IT.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY TEACHING OUR KIDS HOW TO LEARN ONLINE.

SO I REALLY THINK IT'S BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL ROLLOUT.

I DO KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN CHALLENGES AS WELL.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAD THERE WAS ZOOM HAS SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.

NOW IT'S GREAT WE HAVE ZOOM IN CANVAS BECAUSE YOU CAN TRANSITION TO COLLEGE BETTER BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE PLATFORMS COLLEGES ARE USING.

SO IT KIND OF HELPS PREPARE KIDS FOR COLLEGE.

BUT WHEN IT HAS A GLITCH, BECAUSE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE ARE USING IT AND EVERYONE JUST GETS LOGGED OUT.

FOR MY KINDERGARTNER, THAT WAS THE END OF THE WORLD.

SO THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED, HE CAME CRYING.

HE'S THROWING A TEMPER TANTRUM.

I HAVE TO CONSOLE HIM AND CALM HIM DOWN BEFORE WE'RE READY TO EVEN TRY TO FIX IT.

AND I'M LIKE, THIS IS HORRIBLE.

AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN.

AND HE DIDN'T FREAK OUT AS MUCH.

SO I'M LIKE, OH, THIS IS GOOD.

IT'S NOT A LESSON I WANT, BUT MY SON'S LEARNING RESILIENCY.

HE'S LEARNING. IF SOMETHING DOESN'T WORK OUT, THAT'S FINE.

STAY CALM AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX IT.

SO IN A SENSE, I THINK THAT THERE'S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY HERE NOT JUST TO TEACH OTHER STUFF, NOT JUST TO HAVE MORE TIME WITH THE FAMILY, BUT THERE'S A TIME FOR KIDS TO REALLY LEARN HOW TO USE TECHNOLOGY EVEN BETTER AND THERE'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS TO LEARN RESILIENCY. ONE FINAL THING, AND I THINK IT WAS KIND OF TOUCHING FOR ME, MY DAUGHTER HAD HER BIRTHDAY. SHE'S ONE OF THE YOUNGEST IN HER CLASS AND THEY WERE MAKING VIDEOS.

SO I'M SEEING THIRD GRADERS MAKE VIDEOS AND THAT INCLUDED THEY'RE HAVING A DIALOG.

AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO HAVING WISHING MY DAUGHTER A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

SO IT'S KIND OF NICE TO HAVE THAT CONNECTION EMBEDDED INTO THE ACADEMICS.

SO I'VE JUST BEEN VERY IMPRESSED.

I WOULD ALSO SAY SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE SEEN AND OTHER PEOPLE SAID GREAT THINGS.

SOME OF THE STUFF I'VE HEARD HAVE BEEN CONCERNING WHERE SOMEONE'S LAPTOP CAUGHT ON FIRE.

WELL, I ALWAYS LOVE IT WHEN THE PROBLEM IS NOT US, IT'S GOOGLE.

SO YAY FOR THAT.

[LAUGHTER] AND OUR PRINCIPAL, THE PRINCIPAL WHO HANDLED THAT WAS I THINK TOMEIKA CARTER.

AND THE MOM'S JUST LIKE SHE WAS SO NICE, SHE JUST GAVE ME A NEW LAPTOP AND REPLACED IT.

SO IT WAS NICE THAT OUR STAFF ARE HELPING OUR PARENTS DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME.

SO THAT WAS SUPER JUST AMAZING.

SO FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF, FOR EVERYONE WHO'S WORKING REALLY HARD AS A PARENT AND A COMMUNITY MEMBER, I JUST REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

YOU'RE HELPING THIS DIFFICULT TIME NOT BE AS BAD FOR MY KIDS.

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WELL, I THINK IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT THE START OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR WAS PROBABLY THE MOST DIFFICULT FACED BY ALL OF OUR EDUCATIONAL PROFESSIONALS.

FROM CARL ON DOWN.

THE CHALLENGES ARE THE SAME CHALLENGES MET, YOU KNOW, STATEWIDE AS FAR AS MEETING THE STATE REQUIREMENTS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

AND I THINK IT'S A REAL TESTAMENT TO THE HARD WORK, THE INSIGHT AND JUST THE BASIC CAPABILITIES OF THE STAFF AND THE TEACHERS AND ALL THE SUPPORT PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT THAT THINGS HAVE GOTTEN OFF TO SUCH A SMOOTH START AS YOU CAN EXPECT UNDER THE THE CIRCUMSTANCES. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONE OF OUR KEY WORDS IS EQUITY IN THE DISTRICT.

AND I WAS REAL DELIGHTED TO SEE THAT THE DISTRICT WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN ENOUGH CHROME BOOKS FOR ALL STUDENTS AND THE HOT SPOTS, FOR THE FAMILIES THAT DIDN'T HAVE WI-FI AND THAT SORT OF THING IN THEIR RESIDENCES.

SO THAT THAT WE HAVE TRUE EQUITY.

I READ THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF DISTRICTS OUT THERE THAT ARE STILL WAITING FOR CHROME BOOKS. I KNOW AT MCKINLEY THEY'RE STILL WAITING FOR CHROME BOOKS BECAUSE THERE WERE JUST SUCH A DEMAND THAT THEY BECOME A VERY SCARCE RESOURCE.

SO GLAD WE GOT ON TOP OF THE ORDERS FOR ALL OF THOSE AHEAD OF TIME.

AND, YOU KNOW, I WISH I COULD TELL YOU WHAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IN SIX MONTHS, BUT WE'LL FIND OUT IN SIX MONTHS.

BUT FOR THE NEXT SIX WEEKS, I THINK WE'RE AT LEAST WE'RE IN VERY GOOD SHAPE.

AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT HAS WORKED SO HARD ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE DISTRICT FOR GETTING US OFF TO AS BEST A START AS COULD POSSIBLY BE IMAGINED.

I THINK THE WAY THINGS WENT IN THE SPRING, NO ONE WOULD HAVE PREDICTED THINGS GOING THIS SMOOTHLY AT THIS TIME.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND KUDOS TO EVERYONE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THIS ROLLOUT OF SOMETHING THAT'S BRAND NEW TO EVERYBODY.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ONE AND ALL.

I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO MADE OPENING AS PAINLESS AS POSSIBLE.

TEACHERS, OUR STAFF, ESPECIALLY CIS AND THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS.

WE HAD A FEW BUMPS IN THE ROAD, BUT WE HANDLED THEM QUICKLY AND PROFESSIONALLY AND OVERWHELMINGLY ALL THE CALLS AND IN-PERSON COMMENTS I'VE GOT FROM PEOPLE HAVE BEEN POSITIVE. AND I HATE TO SAY THEY WERE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED AT HOW WELL IT WORKED BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS EXPECTING A DISASTER AND IT WENT SO WELL.

AS CHUCK SAID, WE GOT HOT SPOTS TO THOSE FAMILIES THAT NEEDED THEM.

WE HAVE CHROME BOOKS TO PEOPLE THAT NEEDED THEM.

WE HAVE BACKUPS IF SOMETHING GOES DOWN.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER PREPARED FOR THIS IF WE HAD HAD YEARS TO PLAN FOR IT AND GOT LUCKY IN OUR ORDERING BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF DISTRICTS THAT ARE BEHIND. AND SOME BIG DISTRICTS I KNOW TEND TO DOMINATE.

WHEN L.A. UNIFIED ORDERS 100,000 OF SOMETHING AND WE WANT 300, IT KIND OF BOUNCES US DOWN THE FOOD CHAIN, BUT WE GOT EVERYTHING WE NEEDED.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT WE WERE PROACTIVE ENOUGH TO BE THERE AND GET THOSE.

WELL, JUST TO ECHO ALL FIVE OF YOU, IT'S BEEN SIX DAYS SINCE OUR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR THE 20-21 SCHOOL YEAR.

AND AS I'M TALKING, THERE'S A SLIDESHOW BEING PRESENTED JUST OF THE OPENING DAY.

YOU KNOW AS I LOOKED BACK TO MARCH 13TH, WITHIN A FEW WEEKS OF THE PANDEMIC EVERY PERSON THROUGHOUT THIS ORGANIZATION AND I MEAN EVERY PERSON STEPPED UP IN WAYS THAT REALLY BROUGHT OUT THE BEST IN PEOPLE.

AND IMMEDIATELY SEVERAL PROCESSES WERE PUT IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT ESSENTIAL OPERATIONS OF THE DISTRICT WOULD CONTINUE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION.

OVER THE SUMMER THERE WAS GREAT UNCERTAINTY.

WHAT WOULD THE START OF THE 20 21 SCHOOL YEAR LOOK LIKE? BUT ONCE THE DECISION WAS MADE TO START THIS YEAR VIA DISTANT LEARNING, JUST LIKE WE HAD SEEN BEFORE IN MARCH WHEN THE PANDEMIC FIRST STARTED, ELEVEN HUNDRED EMPLOYEES AT BUSD QUICKLY WENT TO WORK IN SOLVING UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES TO ENSURE THAT WE WOULD LIVE UP TO THE HIGH QUALITY AND RIGOROUS EDUCATION THAT OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR STUDENTS AND OUR PARENTS DESERVE. EACH CHALLENGE WAS TACKLED IN THIS MANNER AND SPIRIT OF BONITA, WHICH IS THROUGH COLLABORATION, GRIT AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, A STUDENT FIRST MINDSET.

I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH HOW PROUD I AM AS SUPERINTENDENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TEAM, THE BUSINESS SERVICES TEAM AND HUMAN RESOURCES, OUR 13 PRINCIPALS, [INAUDIBLE] AND FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE TEACHERS AND ALL OF OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF, THAT STEPPED UP TO MAKE GREAT THINGS HAPPEN FOR OUR STUDENTS WITH ONLY WEEKS TO PREPARE.

SEE, THE THING IS, STARTING A SCHOOL YEAR IS CHALLENGING ENOUGH WITHOUT A WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC, BUT WE WERE NOT GOING TO DWELL ON THE PROBLEM ADMIRATION.

INSTEAD, OUR TEACHERS SPENT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE SUMMER PLANNING, TRAINING AND

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FOOD SERVICES WAS EXPANDED.

THE MEAL DISTRIBUTION FROM TWO TO FOUR LOCATIONS, EDUCATIONAL TECH AND CIS WORKED UNTIL ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, THE NIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL.

AND A MYRIAD OF CSEA EMPLOYEES CONTINUED TO PREPARE OUR FACILITIES SO THAT THEY CAN BE SAFE FOR OUR STAFF, PARENTS AND OUR STUDENTS.

THE POINT IS THE WORK OF OUR STAFF WAS INCREDIBLE, AND ALTHOUGH THERE'S STILL MUCH WORK TO BE DONE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON THE POSITIVE MOMENTUM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

THE BEST PREDICTOR OF FUTURE SUCCESS IS PAST SUCCESS.

SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT AND I'M CONFIDENT TO REPORT THAT WHATEVER CHALLENGES ARE THROWN AT US NEXT, THERE ARE A TON OF THEM COMING OUR WAY.

I ASSURE YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO BE READY AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED BECAUSE WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY THE BEST STAFF IN ALL OF CALIFORNIA.

[12.1. Adopt the Minutes of the August 5, 2020 Regular Board of Education Meeting ]

SO MOVED. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE. OPPOSED. A REQUEST TO SPEAK ON OPEN SESSION AGENDA ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON OPEN SESSION ITEMS? NO.

[14. CONSENT AGENDA ]

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

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

SO MOVED. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE. OPPOSED.

[15.1.1. Approve Unaudited Actuals Report for Fiscal Year 2019-2020 ]

GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

SO WE'RE HERE TO LOOK AT OUR UNAUDITED ACTUALS FOR THE 19-20 SCHOOL YEAR.

SO THIS IS OUR ANNUAL REPORT.

IF WE WERE A BUSINESS, THIS WOULD BE OUR REPORT OUT OF WHAT'S OUR PROFIT AND LOSS AND HOW DO WE END UP THE YEAR? WHAT'S OUR BALANCE SHEET LOOK LIKE? WHAT'S OUR RETAINED EARNINGS, WHICH WE CALL OUR FUND BALANCE? SO THIS IS NORMALLY WHEN I'M STANDING UP HERE SHOWING SLIDES AND THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS, WE'RE TALKING BUDGET AND PROJECTIONS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.

BUT TONIGHT, THIS IS JUST HISTORICAL DATA.

THIS IS BOOKS ARE CLOSED.

THIS IS HOW WE DID. AND ALL THE NUMBERS YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOW IS WHAT WE GIVE OUR AUDITORS. THEY PERFORM THEIR FINAL AUDIT STEPS ON IT NOW THEY'RE COMING IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND THEN THEY TURN THAT INTO THE AUDIT REPORT, WHICH COMES BACK TO THE BOARD IN EITHER DECEMBER OR JANUARY.

SO THE REPORT, THE WAY WE REPORT OUT OUR UNAUDITED ACTUALS IS IN QUITE A DETAILED REPORT FROM THE STATE. THERE'S MANY, MANY PAGES WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THERE, AND A LOT OF SMALL NUMBERS. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS GIVEN YOU BOTH THAT STATE REQUIRED FORMAT AND THEN THERE'S COMPARATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PRIOR YEAR AND THE CURRENT YEAR OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE.

SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE FUND BY FUND WHAT THE COMPARISON IS BETWEEN THE TWO YEARS.

THERE'S A LOT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN THE STATE REPORTING PLUS AS SOME OF THE THINGS THERE, JUST A LOT OF GOOD DATA.

IF YOU'RE AN ACCOUNTING NERD LIKE ME, IT'S NICE TO HAVE ON HAND YOU CAN LOOK UP THINGS, A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE INDIRECT COST CALCULATION OR WHAT WAS THE LOTTERY DOLLARS THAT WE EARN LAST YEAR.

ALL THAT'S IN THAT REPORT, IF YOU'RE EVER BORED AND WANT TO READ THROUGH SOMETHING.

SO THE ACTUAL RESULTS ARE ALL THE FUNDS OF THE DISTRICT EXCEPT OUR ASB FUNDS.

THE GENERAL FUND OF THE DISTRICT IS THE LARGEST FUND, OUR OPERATING FUND.

THE MAJORITY OF TRANSACTIONS, BOTH BY NUMBER AND DOLLAR AMOUNT, ARE RECORDED IN THE GENERAL FUND OF THE DISTRICT.

BY DEFINITION, THAT RECORDS ALL TRANSACTIONS WHICH ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED IN ANOTHER FUND. WE HAVE SPECIALIZED FUNDS REQUIRED BY THE STATE.

THERE'S SEVEN OF THOSE.

THOSE INCLUDE THINGS LIKE NUTRITION SERVICES, DEVELOPER FEES, OUR RECREATION ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS WHICH ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE TO BE SEGREGATED IN A SEPARATE FUND.

WE ALSO PRACTICE A MODIFIED ACCRUAL ACCOUNTING, ITS FUND ACCOUNTING, SO WE DON'T HAVE LONG TERM ASSETS AND LIABILITIES ON OUR REGULAR BOOKS, THOUGH YOU WILL SEE THOSE ON THE AUDIT.

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SO THE BIG QUESTION, OF COURSE, IS HOW IS COVID-19 SHUTDOWN AFFECTING OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS? SO THROUGH THE YEAR THAT ENDED ON JUNE 30TH.

YEP, WE HAVE SOME MORE EXPENSES, THINGS WE HAD TO PAY FOR, A LOT OF SAFETY GEAR, EQUIPMENT, PPE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

ON THE OTHER HAND, WE KNOW THAT WE SAVED SOME MONEY ON THINGS, TOO, BECAUSE WITHOUT KIDS THERE, WE DID SAVE MONEY ON THINGS.

SO AS WE GO THROUGH THE STATEMENTS, I'M GOING TO TRY TO POINT OUT SOME OF THE PLACES WHERE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS HAVE BEEN MAYBE MATERIALLY AFFECTED BY THE SHUTDOWN.

I WILL SAY AS OF JUNE 30TH, THERE'S NOT A REALLY BIG CHANGE YOU'LL SEE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR ESTIMATED ACTUALS TO HOW IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.

THERE WASN'T LIKE A REALLY BIG CHANGE IN THE CURRENT YEAR BECAUSE REMEMBER, ALSO WE DID GET SOME EXTRA FUNDING THAT CAME IN FROM THE STATE RIGHT IN APRIL TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

AND THEN WE HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

SO I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE CHANGES IN THE CURRENT YEAR, THE 20-21 YEAR.

I THINK NEXT YEAR WHEN I'M STANDING UP HERE WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THIS. BUT I WILL TRY TO POINT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WERE AFFECTED, SO I'LL POINT THOSE OUT AS WE GO ALONG.

SO THIS IS A SUMMARY FOR THE TWO YEARS OF THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND THAT'S UNRESTRICTED AND RESTRICTED.

SO YOU SEE IN 2019 ON REVENUES OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN POINT SEVEN MILLION EXPENDITURES OF ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN POINT NINE, WE HAD AN INCREASE IN THE FUND BALANCE OF THREE POINT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS, RESULTING IN AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF THIRTY ONE POINT ONE MILLION.

IN 2020 WE DID HAVE AN INCREASE IN REVENUES TO ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN POINT SEVEN MILLION.

THAT'S MAINLY IN OUR LCFF LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA.

WE ALSO HAD AN INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES THAT INCREASED EXPENDITURES WAS LARGER THAN THE INCREASE IN REVENUES, WHICH RESULTED IN A NET LOSS FOR THE YEAR OF JUST ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

BUT STILL ENDING UP WITH A FUND BALANCE OF THIRTY POINT SIX MILLION, WHICH IS A VERY HEALTHY RESERVE.

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN A COUPLE SLIDES.

THIS IS A DETAIL COMPARISON OF THE GENERAL FUND, TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUES OVER THE TWO YEARS. SO YOU SEE LCFF OBVIOUSLY IS OUR LARGEST COMPONENT OF REVENUE FROM THE STATE.

THAT'S SEVENTY EIGHT POINT THREE PERCENT OF OUR TOTAL REVENUES IN THE GENERAL FUND.

OVER THE TWO YEARS, IT INCREASED TWO POINT FOUR MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH IS A TWO POINT SEVEN PERCENT INCREASE OVERALL FOR THE FUNDING.

THE PER STUDENT INCREASE WAS THREE POINT TWO SEVEN PERCENT, ACTUALLY.

BUT BECAUSE WE HAD AN A.D.A LOSS OF FIFTY SEVEN RECORDED IN THAT YEAR, THE NET IS JUST A TWO POINT SEVEN PERCENT INCREASE.

SO TWO POINT SEVEN, THAT'S GOOD.

WE'LL TAKE THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE WERE LOOKING AT DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASES. SO NOW WE HAVE REALLY THAT'S REALLY MODERATED THAT INCREASE NOW.

NOW, OF COURSE, GOING FORWARD, OUR PROJECTION FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND THE NEXT TWO YEARS OUT IS ABSOLUTELY FLAT FUNDING.

SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK OUT.

BUT FOR NOW, WE KNOW BASICALLY WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT SAME NINETY TWO POINT ONE MILLION DOLLARS, AGAIN FOR 20 21.

NOW, LOOKING AT THE EXPENDITURE COMPARISON, AGAIN, WE ALL KNOW THAT WE'RE A PEOPLE BASED BUSINESS, SALARY AND BENEFITS IS THE LARGEST PART OF OUR EXPENDITURES.

THAT'S EIGHTY FOUR PERCENT OF THE TOTAL.

YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASE THERE, ABOUT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE TWO YEARS.

THAT'S NOT ONLY OUR NORMAL ONGOING STEP IN COLUMN INCREASES, THAT'S ALSO THE RAISE THAT WE GAVE LAST YEAR AND SOME OTHER ONGOING INCREASES.

YOU SEE THAT THE BOOKS AND SUPPLY NUMBER HAS GONE DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

I THINK THAT IS A RESULT OF SOMEWHAT LESS SPENDING BECAUSE WE'VE COVID NOT HAVING THE KIDS HERE. BUT SERVICES ACTUALLY THIS IS SHOWING LIKE AN INCREASE, WHEREAS WE KNOW, IN FACT, THAT UTILITIES ACTUALLY WENT DOWN LAST YEAR BECAUSE IF THE KIDS AREN'T THERE WE'RE NOT RUNNING THE AIR CONDITIONING AND SO WE'RE SAVING A LOT OF MONEY ON THAT.

THE WATER BILL IS DOWN TOO SO BUT WE HAD OTHER INCREASES THAT OFFSET THAT.

WE ALSO KNOW WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT SUBS LAST WEEK, AND SO THE OVERALL CERTIFICATED SUBS

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BUT I WILL SAY THIS.

ON THE OTHER HAND, WHEN IT COMES TO SALARIES, YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE CONTINUE TO PAY AND WE DO CONTINUE TO PAY ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

WE HAVEN'T LAID ANYBODY OFF.

SO ALL OF THOSE EXPENSES ARE IN THAT.

AND AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, WE WERE ACTUALLY PAYING SOME EMPLOYEES AT TIME AND A HALF.

SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MEASURED OUT.

SO YOU SEE ANY FUND BALANCE DETAIL FOR THE YEAR.

SO A LITTLE INCREASE HERE AND THE RESTRICTED AND THEN THE DESIGNATED FUNDS AND THEN THIS IS THE UNRESTRICTED FUND.

WE DID HAVE A NET LOSS THERE AND WE'LL SEE THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND AND INCOME BALANCE AGAIN, IS THAT THIRTY POINT SIX MILLION.

THE UNDESIGNATED PORTION RESERVED FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES IS NINETEEN POINT FOUR MILLION, WHICH IS THE SIXTEEN POINT FOUR FOUR PERCENT OF TOTAL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.

SO, OF COURSE, OUR STATE REQUIREMENT IS THREE PERCENT AND OUR OWN DISTRICT REQUIREMENT IS SEVEN PERCENT. SO WE'RE WELL WITHIN THAT.

AND THAT'S ABOUT AVERAGE.

IT'S A LITTLE HIGHER THAN AVERAGE FOR UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.

SO IN THIS SLIDE IS COMPARING OUR ESTIMATED ACTUALS, WHICH IS WHAT IT WAS, OUR FINAL BUDGETED AMOUNT FOR THE YEAR VERSUS WHAT ACTUALLY CAME IN AND THEN SHOWING THAT VARIANCE.

AND IT'S A POSITIVE VARIANCE ACROSS THE UNRESTRICTED AND RESTRICTED FUNDS.

SO ESTIMATED ACTUALS, YOU KNOW, WE START THE YEAR WITH A BUDGET AND THEN WE ADJUST THAT BUDGET ALL YEAR LONG.

SO IT GETS DOWN TO JUNE AND WE'RE DOING THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.

THIS IS OUR YOU KNOW, FINAL ESTIMATE FOR THE YEAR.

WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO LOSE ABOUT FOUR POINT ONE MILLION IN THE UNRESTRICTED REALLY SPEND DOWN ALL OF OUR CATEGORICALS ONE POINT ONE.

SO A TOTAL LOSS FIVE POINT TWO THE ACTUAL WAS ONLY AT ONE POINT ONE MILLION LESS UNRESTRICTED. ACTUALLY, NET INCOME IN THE RESTRICTED FUND BALANCE BASICALLY MEANS WE DIDN'T SPEND ALL OUR CATEGORICAL FUNDING AND THEN THAT HALF MILLION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TOTAL LOSS. AND SO THEN YOU HAVE THESE POSITIVE VARIANCES.

AND THAT'S A NICE AMOUNT FOR A VARIANCE, BUT THAT'S VERY COMPARABLE.

I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT LAST YEAR, THESE NUMBERS WERE THREE POINT SIX, ONE POINT FOUR AND A TOTAL OF FOUR POINT NINE.

SO WE'RE VERY CONSISTENTLY COMING IN BETTER THAN WE EXPECT.

SO WHY DOES THAT HAPPEN? YOU GUYS KNOW, WE'RE VERY CONSERVATIVE BUDGETERS.

WE TRY TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH OUR MONEY BECAUSE I DON'T EVER WANT TO STAND UP HERE AND SAY, HEY, WE DID MUCH WORSE THAN WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DO.

SO WE VERY CONSERVATIVELY BUDGET AND TRY TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR FUNDING.

ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE NEVER SPEND ALL OF OUR CATEGORICAL FUNDS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT.

AND THEN JUST IN GENERAL, [INAUDIBLE] WAS AN UNDERSPENDING ACROSS ALL EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTS AND PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW, JUST IN GENERAL, PEOPLE DON'T SPEND ALL OF THEIR BUDGETS. AND THAT WOULD BE LIKE ESPECIALLY AT THE SCHOOL SITE LEVEL.

AND OF COURSE, HAVING THAT HIGHER THAN EXPECTING ENDING FUND BALANCE DOES PROVIDE US WITH A CUSHION GOING FORWARD AGAINST ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES.

IF THERE WAS EVER A TIME THAT WE NEEDED A CUSHION FOR EMERGENCIES, I WOULD SAY THIS IS IT. SO IT'S REALLY NICE THAT WE HAVE THAT MONEY TO KIND OF TIDE IS OVER.

AND OF COURSE, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH ENROLLMENTS. YOU ALL KNOW THIS YEAR THE GOVERNOR'S GOING TO FUND US AT EXACTLY THE SAME ADA AS LAST YEAR, NO MATTER WHAT OUR A.D.A COMES IN AT.

BUT STILL IN FUTURE, THIS GIVES US A LITTLE TIME TO ADJUST.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, LOOKING AT THE STATE FUNDING, LCFF AND THEN ANY OTHER EMERGENCY EXPENDITURES WE HAVE TO DO.

I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT INDIRECT COSTS, WE DO TALK ABOUT INDIRECT COSTS EACH YEAR THAT WE DO CHARGE ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. SO OUR POLICY IN DISTRICT IS THAT WE DO CHARGE FULL INDIRECT COSTS AGAINST ALL PROGRAMS. NOW, THIS YEAR, SCHOOL AGED CARE, SINCE WE WENT OUT IN MARCH 13, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO COLLECT ANY PARENT FEES AFTER MARCH 13TH THEY DID RUN AT A LOSS FOR THE YEAR, SO THEY WERE UNABLE TO PAY THEIR INDIRECT COSTS FOR THE YEAR.

NORMALLY, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT TWO HUNDRED THIRTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

NUTRITION SERVICES WAS ABLE TO PAY THEIR FULL INDIRECT COSTS FOR THE YEAR.

YOU'LL SEE THAT WHEN WE GET TO THEIR FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

THEY DID RUN A LOSS, BUT THEY HAD ENOUGH OF A FUND BALANCE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO PAY THE STATUTORY RATE OF TO THE GENERAL FUND.

SO THEY DID DO THAT. AND THEN YOU SEE THE DOLLARS ONE POINT SEVEN MILLION FROM ALL THE

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SO YOU COULD SEE IT WENT UP EVEN WITH NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT MONEY FROM SCHOOL AGED CARE. THE MAIN REASON THAT HAPPENED IS BECAUSE THE RATE WENT FROM SEVEN POINT FOUR FOUR TO NINE POINT NINE PERCENT.

SO IN YOUR COST IS A CALCULATED BASED ON A FORMULA FROM THE STATE AND IT GETS RECALCULATED EVERY YEAR.

SO IT WOULD ACTUALLY IT WAS ACTUALLY UP THIS PAST YEAR.

AGAIN, ANALYSIS TO CHARGE MORE INDIRECT COSTS AGAINST FEDERAL IT'S MOSTLY FEDERAL PROGRAMS. ALSO, LIKE [INAUDIBLE] EACH YEAR, THE THREE PERCENT RESERVE, SO WE HAVE TO CHARGE THREE PERCENT OF OUR GENERAL FUND INTO OUR ROUTINE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE ACCOUNTS, SO THIS MONEY GETS PUT ASIDE IN A SPECIAL ACCOUNT.

AND THIS IS HOW WE PAY FOR ALL OF OUR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS THE MAINTENANCE STAFF, THEIR TRUCKS, EQUIPMENT AND THEN ANY PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING COME OUT OF THAT THREE POINT FIVE MILLION. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE OTHER FUNDS JUST TO KIND OF SEE WHERE WE ARE ON THOSE, AGAIN, THESE ARE FUNDS AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE.

STARTING OFF WITH THE CAFETERIA FUND.

AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T TRY TO MAKE MONEY AND PILE UP MONEY IN THE CAFETERIA FUND.

IN FACT, THERE'S LIMITS ON HOW MUCH MONEY WE CAN INCREASE OUR FUND BALANCE IN THERE THROUGH THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE MAIN FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS.

SO LAST YEAR WE MADE JUST A VERY MODEST AMOUNT.

TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND THIS YEAR, AGAIN, EXCUSE ME, BECAUSE OF THE CLOSURE, LOST ABOUT THIRTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS.

BUT STILL, WE HAVE AN ADEQUATE FUND BALANCE THERE.

THIS IS SCHOOL AGE CARE, WHICH IS RECORDING THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT FUND, PRIOR YEAR, THEY MADE ABOUT FIFTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS AND SO BUT STILL A VERY LOW FUND BALANCE.

SO IN THE CURRENT YEAR, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE EFFECT RIGHT HERE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO COLLECT ANY PARENT FEES AFTER THE MIDDLE OF MARCH, A SUBSTANTIAL DECREASE IN THE REVENUES, WHEREAS THE EXPENDITURES WERE WERE ABLE TO CUT BACK THOSE A LITTLE BIT.

AND THIS IS MOSTLY NOT HAVING TO PAY THE INDIRECT COSTS.

SO WE STILL PAID ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

SO THE FUND REQUIRED A CONTRIBUTION FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THREE HUNDRED SIXTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, ALMOST LIKE A REVERSE INDIRECT COST SO THAT WE COULD BALANCE IT OUT TO ZERO. WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ANY FUNDS IN A NEGATIVE FUND BALANCE SITUATION.

SO WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS CONTRIBUTION FROM THE GENERAL FUND INTO SCHOOL AGED CARE.

SO BOND BUILDING FUND IT'S JUST THE REMAINING TRANSACTIONS.

FOR OUR BOND FUNDS THIS IS JUST THE REMAINING EXPENDITURES FOR THE I THINK WERE A FEW MORE LITTLE THINGS FOR THE DO AND THEN THE REMAINING EXPENDITURES FOR THE BONITA HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD PROJECT.

SO WE'VE SPENT ALL OF OUR BOND FUNDS NOW.

AND SO THAT FUND WILL BE CLOSED.

CAPITAL FACILITIES, RECORDS OUR DEVELOPER FEES.

LAST YEAR, WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD YEAR.

WE COLLECTED FOUR HUNDRED THIRTEEN THOUSAND IN FEES, ONLY ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY SIX THOUSAND THIS YEAR. I THINK PART OF THAT WAS BECAUSE OF COVID.

AGAIN, THERE WAS NOT REALLY A LOT OF ACTIVITY AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND ALSO IT'S JUST A FACTOR OF HOW MUCH DEVELOPMENT THERE IS GOING ON IN THE TWO CITIES.

BUT STILL, WE HAD A NET INCOME IN THERE AND OF 160,000 DOLLARS AND WE STILL HAVE THIS FUND BALANCE. IT'S GOING TO BE PUT ASIDE THIS FUND BALANCE, TRY TO SAVE THIS FOR ANY KIND OF BIG PROJECTS, BIG FACILITIES, PROJECTS WE NEED TO DO.

THIS MONEY SUPPOSED TO BE SPENT ON IT CAN ONLY BE SPENT ON FACILITIES, PROJECTS, AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST SOMEWHAT RELATED TO ENROLLMENT GROWTH.

AND THEN THIS IS OUR RECREATIONAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT, SO THE INCOME THERE IS THE TAXES PAID IN BY THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT AND THEN EXPENDITURES ON OUR FIELDS AND, YOU KNOW, OUR SHARED FACILITIES AND FIELDS WITH THE CITIES FOR RECREATION FOR THE KIDS.

SO STILL, WE TRY TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF INCOME IN THERE EVERY YEAR, KIND OF PILING UP SOME MONEY IN THERE. THIS IS WE'RE GOING TO BE FOR FUTURE USE.

I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE WHEN ANN LEFT SHE SAID YOU NEED TO SAVE THIS MONEY BECAUSE SOMEDAY

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NOW, MR. RITCHIE, WILL CALL ME TOMORROW AND SAY WHERE'S MY NEW TRACK.

AND FINALLY WE HAVE A SPECIAL RESERVE HERE FOR POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.

SO THIS IS A FUND THAT THE DISTRICT SET UP IN 2017 TO TRY TO START TO PUT SOME MONEY ASIDE. WE HAVE VARIOUS PROGRAMS OF RETIREE BENEFITS OTHER THAN THE STANDARD STRS AND PERS . SO THE FUND WAS STARTED WITH ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DEPOSIT, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL YEARS AGO. AND SINCE THEN, IT'S JUST BEEN COLLECTING INTEREST.

THIS YEAR WE HAD A REBATE FROM ASCIP.

YOU PROBABLY KNOW OF ASCIP YOU'RE MORE FAMILIAR ASCIP AS OUR PROPERTY AND LIABILITY INSURANCE CARRIER. THEY ALSO PROVIDE US WITH ONE OF OUR DENTAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS AND THAT DENTAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS IS DOING VERY WELL.

SO ASCIP SAID THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO GIVE REBATES OUT TO HELP THE DISTRICTS OUT BECAUSE THEY KNOW WE NEED IT. WE NEEDED MONEY AND WE'RE GETTING ANOTHER REBATE AGAIN THIS YEAR.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE EVEN MORE THAN THAT SO WE CAN DECIDE WHEN THAT COMES, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT. BUT FOR THIS ONE, WE SAID, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE NICE TO TRY TO BUILD UP THE FUND. IDEA IS JUST LIKE TO REALLY BUILD THIS FUND UP.

SO WE WENT AHEAD AND PUT IT IN THIS FUND LAST YEAR.

SO NEXT STEPS WE WILL SUBMIT THESE UNAUDITED ACTUALS TO LACOE AND THEN WE'LL WORK ON REVIEWING AND UPDATING THAT 2020-21 BUDGET.

THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR, AS I SAID, AND AUDITS ARE VERY INTERESTING IN THESE DAYS OF COVID. THE AUDITORS THEY DON'T EVEN COME HERE.

THEY DO EVERYTHING VIRTUALLY.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE PRETTY MUCH EVERY NOT, PRETTY MUCH EVERY INVOICE, EVERYTHING WE PAY IS GETS SCANNED INTO OUR SYSTEM.

SO IT'S EASY FOR US TO PROVIDE.

IT'S I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS I'M GETTING OLD.

IT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHEN I WAS AN AUDITOR, WHEN IT WAS VERY PAPER-BASED.

SO THEY WILL BE HERE SOON TO FINISH UP THAT AUDIT, WHICH THEN WE WILL PRESENT TO THE BOARD. AND THEN FINALLY, WE'LL COME BACK IN DECEMBER WITH OUR FIRST INTERIM REPORT, WHERE WE'LL HAVE A MUCH BETTER IDEA ON HOW OUR BUDGET IS GOING TO LOOK FOR 20-21.

SO WE KNOW WHAT OUR LCFF IS GOING TO BE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S GOING TO GIVE US A BETTER IDEA ON EXPENDITURES AND STUFF, HOW THOSE ARE GOING ALONG. SO I WANT TO THANK SONIA ECKLEY WHO'S OUR DIRECTOR, SHE DOES A LOVELY JOB PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER AND ALL OF THE ACCOUNTING STAFF, WHICH IS JUST FIRST RATE.

YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THAT BEFORE, BUT IT JUST BEARS REPEATING.

THEY'RE JUST GREAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, DURING COVID, THEY'VE BEEN MOSTLY WORKING AT HOME, INCLUDING PAYROLL.

WE HAVEN'T MISSED ANYBODY'S PAYROLL CHECK, WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE DO, BUT ALSO KEEPING ALL OF THE ACCOUNTING AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOING.

AND THEY'RE DOING IT. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

SUSAN, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE ROUTINE REPAIR MAINTENANCE TRANSFER.

YES.

WHAT ALL DOES THAT COVER? YOU MENTIONED VEHICLES.

IS THAT THE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE ON BUILDINGS AS WELL AS VEHICLES? YES. YES. SO THAT'S ROUTINE REPAIR MAINTENANCE IS BASICALLY IT'S THE WHOLE MAINTENANCE BUDGET. SO ALL OF THE SALARIES FROM ROB ON DOWN THROUGH ALL OF OUR SKILLED TECHNICIANS, IT'S NOT OPERATIONS.

SO WE CAN'T PUT CUSTODIAL IN THERE, BUT IT'S ANY KIND OF MAINTENANCE.

SO ALL OF THOSE SALARIES, PLUS ALL OF THEIR SUPPLIES, THEIR VEHICLES, GAS FOR THE VEHICLES, PLUS ANY BIG PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, LIKE WHEN WE CONTRACT OUT TO DO, YOU KNOW, THE PAINTING AND THE ASPHALT, ALL OF THAT GOES IN THERE.

YOU KNOW HOW WE USED TO HAVE A DEFERRED MAINTENANCE FUND, YOU'LL REMEMBER, BACK IN THE DAY. SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANYMORE.

THAT'S ALL IN THAT FUND NOW, TOO.

SO, AGAIN, THAT'S AS YOU KNOW, THE STATE REQUIRES US TO SPEND THREE PERCENT A YEAR ON THAT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING ON THAT AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT JUST TO KEEP UP ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS.

SO YOU MENTIONED VEHICLES.

THAT'S LIKE THEY'RE WORK TRUCKS.

YEAH THEIR TRUCKS.

BUT NOT BUSES. NOT BUSES YEAH. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION? THANK YOU. SO MOVED.

I SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, APPROVE

[15.2.1. Approve Teaching Credential Assignments for Employees Per California Education Code and the California Code of Regulations ]

THANK YOU. THE CALIFORNIA EDUCATION CODE AND THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS ALLOWS TEACHERS TO INSTRUCT STUDENTS IN SUBJECTS OUTSIDE OF THEIR CREDENTIAL AREAS IF SPECIFIED

[00:50:04]

APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM WOULD ALLOW FOR THE TEACHERS TO INSTRUCT IN THE IDENTIFIED SUBJECT AREAS. QUESTIONS.

HOW MANY TEACHERS DOES THAT REFLECT THIS YEAR? WELL, THIS YEAR, DEPENDING ON THE DIFFERENT ED CODE, SO THERE ARE SIX DIFFERENT ED CODES THAT WE'RE ACTING ON. AND THE FIRST ED CODE WOULD BE 22 ON THE FIRST ED CODE, WHICH IS BASICALLY FOR TEACHERS THAT ARE TEACHING SOMETHING LIKE A WEB CLASS OR A LEADERSHIP CLASS, SOMETHING OUTSIDE THE CREDENTIAL AREA.

THE SECOND ED CODE IS FOR A TEACHER.

THERE'S ONLY ONE TEACHER IN THIS ONE, AND IT'S BECAUSE HE'S PART TIME.

SO WE HAD TO GET A SPECIAL ED CODE FOR HIM TO TEACH AN ATHLETIC COURSE.

THE THIRD CODE IS FOR TWO TEACHERS THAT ARE TEACHING OUTSIDE OF THEIR CREDENTIAL AREA FOR DIGITAL MEDIA AND FOR YEARBOOK.

THE NEXT ED CODE IS ABOUT 12, 13 TEACHERS.

THAT'S ALL THE [INAUDIBLE] VISTA TEACHERS TO TEACH OUTSIDE THEIR CREDENTIAL AREA.

THE NEXT ED CODE IS FOR FOUR TEACHERS JUST TO TEACH OUTSIDE THEIR CREDENTIAL AREA BECAUSE THEY'RE TEACHING ATHLETIC SPORT.

AND THE FINAL ONE IS FOR FIVE TEACHERS AND THAT IS FOR MULTIPLE SUBJECT TEACHERS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO TEACH IN A SINGLE SUBJECT AREA.

SO FOR ALL OUR CORE EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, WE HAVE EVERYONE FULLY CREDENTIALED.

THERE'S NO ONE ON SPECIAL CREDENTIALS.

THAT'S CORRECT. THIS YEAR, WE'RE NOT HAVING TO ASK FOR SOME OF THE WAIVERS THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR IN PRIOR YEARS.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A MOTION.

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE. OPPOSED. SUPERINTENDENT, FIFTEEN POINT THREE POINT ONE CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR

[15.3.1. Call for Nominations for Membership on the Los Angeles County Committee on School District Organization ]

SO THIS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO SUBMIT A NOMINATION FOR THE MEMBERSHIP IN THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION IT'S AN 11 MEMBER BODY. AND SO CHOOSING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION CAN NOMINATE SOMEONE.

HISTORICALLY IN THE PAST THIS HAS DIED FROM A LACK OF MOTION.

SO. OK, FIFTEEN POINT THREE POINT TWO

[14.1.5. Approve/Ratify Renewal Agreement Between Bonita Unied School District and IXL Learning for Elementary Sites for the 2020-2021 School Year]

IN 2013, CALIFORNIA'S ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA.

THE NEW ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.

THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD CONTAINED STATE INDICATORS AND STANDARDS TO HELP IDENTIFY A SCHOOL'S STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES AND AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT.

BECAUSE THESE INDICATORS WERE DEVELOPED FOR TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DEVELOPED A SEPARATE PROGRAM FOR ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS, THE DASHBOARD ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL STATUS DASS PROGRAM HOLDS ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS ACCOUNTABLE FOR MODIFIED METHODS OF MEASUREMENT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY.

UNDER THIS MODEL, SCHOOLS CAN APPLY FOR DASS ELIGIBILITY IF THE SCHOOL SERVES ALTERNATIVE POPULATIONS.

CHAPARRAL QUALIFIES AUTOMATICALLY AS A CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL.

WITH YOUR APPROVAL VISTA WILL QUALIFY UNDER THE CONDITION OF SERVING A HIGH RISK POPULATION. APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM WILL ALLOW FOR VISTA TO BE PART OF THE DASS SYSTEM.

ANY QUESTIONS. JUST AS AN ASIDE, IS THAT THE SAME DASHBOARD THAT NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE USING, SUCH AS AT MCKINLEY THE VISTA.

YES, THEY WOULD.

OKAY JUST CURIOUS. DO I HAVE A MOTION.

SO MOVED.

I SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR.

[15.4.1. Student Disciplinary Action for Student #110602785 ]

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR. AYE.

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

[16. REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC ]

NO ACTION OR DISCUSSION CAN TAKE PLACE ON ITEMS NOT APPEARING ON THE AGENDA.

THE BOARD MAY LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME FOR PUBLIC INPUT TO 20 MINUTES.

PERSONS WISHING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT MAY SUBMIT AN EMAIL TO ADELA DROE SENIOR

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COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC WILL BE READ OUT LOUD AT THIS TIME WE HAVE ONE.

THANK YOU. THIS IS ON BEHALF OF JANINE BRUMMER.

HELLO, SUPERINTENDENT COLES AND DISTINGUISHED BOARD MEMBERS.

I FIRST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE TEACHERS.

SORRY, I FIRST WANT TO THANK YOU AND ALL OF THE TEACHERS FOR WHAT I AM HEARING HAS BEEN A SUCCESSFUL REMOTE LEARNING LAUNCH THIS FALL.

I HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY IMPRESSED WITH MY SON'S FIRST GRADE TEACHER AT SHULL ELEMENTARY.

EVERYONE'S COUNTLESS HOURS OF HARD WORK OVER THE SUMMER IS NOTICED.

A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE TEACHERS AND TO EVERYONE BEHIND THE SCENES MAKING THIS HAPPEN. AS WE FIND OURSELVES IN UNPRECEDENTED TIMES, I WOULD LIKE TO INQUIRE AND SUGGEST HAVING AN ONLINE TOWN HALL QUESTION AND ANSWER FORUM BETWEEN THE CURRENT BUSD BOARD MEMBERS. I THOUGHT I HEARD THAT THERE WOULD BE ONE, BUT I CANNOT FIND ANY INFORMATION.

IF I MAY, I WOULD SPECIFICALLY LIKE TO SEE BULLET POINT NUMBER ONE, A TOWN HALL HOSTED BY A PARENT STAKEHOLDER GROUP LIKE THE PTA, BULLET POINT NUMBER TWO, ABILITY FOR STAKEHOLDERS TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES.

BULLET POINT NUMBER THREE, A CHANCE TO BETTER GET TO BETTER GET TO KNOW THOSE WHO WILL BE POTENTIALLY SERVING OUR CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY.

PLEASE ADD MY COMMENTS TO THE PUBLIC RECORD.

MANY THANKS AND FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT IF NEEDED.

THANK YOU. OK.

[17. FUTURE MEETING DATES ]

UPCOMING SPECIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING DATES.

SO AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING WE HAD APPROVED, SEPTEMBER 28TH AND SEPTEMBER 29TH, THE FIRST ONE IS ON THE SEPTEMBER 28TH, IS TO REVIEW THE CONTINUITY PLAN FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. AND THE TWENTY NINTH WAS SCHEDULED AS THE APPROVAL FOR THE ADOPTION OF THAT CONTINUITY PLAN. HOWEVER, ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, IS YOM KIPPUR.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD THAT WE MOVE THE 28TH TO THE 29TH AT 4:00 P.M.

AND THEN ON THE 30TH, WE CAN HAVE THE ADOPTION PROCESS ON THAT DAY AND START THAT MEETING AT 3:30.

AND BOTH OF THOSE MEETINGS WOULD BE OPEN SESSION TIMES THAT WE WOULD START THOSE MEETINGS AND CLOSED SESSION, IF NEEDED, WOULD BE FOLLOWED.

DO WE NEED A VOTE ON THAT.

SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE. OPPOSED.

THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING DATE.

ONE OTHER QUICK RECOMMENDATION, IF POSSIBLE.

CURRENTLY, ALL OF OUR REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETINGS HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 4 P.M.

MOVING FORWARD, LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DELINEATE FOR THE PUBLIC THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN CLOSED SESSION AND OPEN SESSION AND WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE FROM HERE TO I THINK WE HAVE APPROVED THEM ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE DECEMBER REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS.

CLOSED SESSION WOULD START AT FOUR O'CLOCK AND OPEN SESSION WOULD START AT FIVE O'CLOCK.

AND THEN IF NEEDED, IN ANY OF THOSE MEETINGS, WE CAN RECONVENE BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION AFTER THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING JUST AS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

SO MOVED.

SECOND. WE DON'T NEED A VOTE ON THAT.

OKAY. WE'RE READY.

NEXT REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING WILL BE OCTOBER 14TH 2020 AT CLOSED SESSION 4:00 P.M. OPEN SESSION AT 5:00 P.M.

. THE MEETING CAN BE VIEWED LIVE ON THE INTERNET.

DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS? THEN WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:00.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.