[I. OPEN SESSION]
[II. ROLL CALL]
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EVERYBODY. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING
>> ALL RIGHT, THE BOARD MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT LIMITED CAPACITY THAT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH GUIDANCE FROM THE STATE OF STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO.
THEY'RE LIVE STREAMED AND RECORDED AT THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD. THEY'RE AT THE RECORDINGS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING THE DAY AFTER THE BOARD MEETING. THESE IN ATTENDANCE SHOULD EXPECT THE RECORDING WILL CAPTURE ALL ACTIVITY AND DISCUSSION BEFORE DURING AN AFTER THE MEETING.
[III. ANNOUNCEMENT OF ITEM TO BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION]
THIS EVENING, THE BOARD IS GOING INTO CLOSED SAYS TO CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING POTENTIAL ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS HERE TONIGHT TO ADDRESS THIS? MAKE A STATEMENT BEFORE THE BOARD? YES, JUST FOR CLOSED SAYS -- SESSION.I DO HAVE ONE. SHE WROTE SHE WANTS IT AT OPEN SESSION. SO, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR COMMUNICATIONS FROM E-COMMENTS?
>> WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY E-COMMENTS FOR THE CLOSED
[V. CLOSED SESSION]
[VI. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]
. >> JEN WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE
[VII. ROLL CALL/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
ROLL.>> DO YOU MIND LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE THIS EVENING.
[VIII. ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION]
THIS EVENING DIRECTION WAS GIVEN TO LEGAL COUNSEL.[IX. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA]
I'M LOOKING FOR APPROVAL OF THE MOTION FOR A APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AND A SECOND. SO MOVED.>> MOVED BY KAPLAN. >> SECOND.
>> SECOND BY GRANT. >> CALL THE ROLL.
>> [UNANIMOUS]. >> MOTION CARRIES 5-0.
[X.a. Consideration of Abeyance of a Trustee from Board Leadership Positions]
NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF ABEYANCE OF THE TRUSTEE FROM BOARD LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. ADVERTISEMENT I'M GOING TO, I HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT. ON THIS ITEM AND THAT IS KRISTENHELLO. MY NAME IS KRISTEN ROCHA AND I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ERICKA HARDEN.
I DO NOT THINK HER TO BE PUT IN ABEYANCE.
I KNOW HER TO BE AN HONORABLE PERSON OF HIGH CHARACTER SO INSTEAD OF VICTIMIZING HER I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE HER THE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE AS THINGS GET CLEARED UP.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE THING.
I DON'T THINK COMMUNICATIONS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE, WE HAVE A DUALLY ELECTED -- I'M GOING HERE TO SAY DELAY THAT DON'T DO THAT F. THERE'S SOMETHING THAT COMES OUT MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
I THINK IT'S INPROMOTE TO DO THAT NOW, AND ON THE SIDE, SHE
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HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THE SAFETY AND ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY. SO, I ALSO WANT TO SAY AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SAFETY WE DO HAVE SOME ISSUES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.THEY'RE NOT SOCIAL DOLPHINSING. WE HAVE TWO CASES AS NATOMAS HIGH THIS WEEK SO TWO LIKE A MESSAGE TO GO OUT WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS SOME KIND OF THING THAT'S TELLING KIDS TO KEEP SOCIAL DISTANCING IN COMMON AREAS AND HALLWAYS.
>> WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY E-COMMENTS FOR THE ACTION ITEM.
>> GOOD EVENING. IN LATE 2016, NATOMAS UNIFIED STAFF MEMBER FILED A COMPLAINT WITH DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS REGARDING QUESTIONS OF POTENTIAL IMPROPRIETY REGARDING A CITIZEN PROVIDING SERVICE TO A STUDENT.
THIS CONCERN WAS FILED AGAINST THEN CITIZEN ERICKA HARDEN AND RELATED TO BE LICENSING AND FINANCIAL QUESTIONS.
IN JANUARY, OF 2017, AN INVESTIGATOR FROM THE DCA CONNECTED WITH NUSD TO FOLLOW UP ON THE COMPLAINT.
THE INVESTIGATORS CHANGED AND THE CASE SEEMED TO MOVE AND THEN STALLED. ON DECEMBER 15TH, 2020, NATOMAS UNIFIED WAS SERVED WITH A SUBPOENA FROM THE DCA FOR A VARIETY OF RECORDS AN DOCUMENTS. THE SAME DAY I CALLED THE NUSD TRUSTEES AND TWRUS TEE ELECT HARDEN AND INFORMED THEM OF THE SUBPOENA. ON DECEMBER IT'S 2020 I SIGNED THE DOCUMENT AS THE DISTRICT CUSTODIAN OF RECORD ON THIS MATTER AND WE PROVIDED THE DCA WITH ALMOST 250 PAGES OF DOCUMENTS. AT THE JANUARY 20, 2021 BOARD MEETING THE FIRST BOARD MEETING FOLLOWING THE PROVIDING OF THE RECORDS TO THE DCA, IN CLOSE SESSION LEGAL COUNSEL AND STAFF BRIEFED FOUR TRUSTEES ON THE PARTICULARS OF THIS CASE AS WE KNEW THEM THEN. THIS WAS UNDER THE TITLE CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING POTENTIAL LITIGATION, ONE CASE. AS TRUSTEES COULD BE FACED WITH THE NEED TO FILE CIVIL LITIGATION TO RECOUP ANY TAXPAYER MONEY THAT MAY HAVE BEEN INAPPROPRIATELY ACCESSED BID ANY INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS.
THE ESTIMATED POTENTIAL DOLLAR AMOUNT COULD BE AS HIGH AS $16,000. IT WAS RECOMMENDED AT THE TIME THAT TRUSTEE HARDEN'S NAME AND SIGNATURE NOT BE ADDED TO ANY TRUSTEE BANK ACCOUNTS. TRUSTEES SUPPORTED THAT SUGGESTION AND TRUSTEE HARDENED MADE NO OBJECTION.
AT THAT TIME MAY 12TH MEADING IN CLOSED SESSION FOUR TRUST TREASURE DISCUSSED CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL POTENTIAL LITIGATION CASE. DURING THAT ITEM LEGAL COUNSEL WAS DIRECTED TO LOOK FURTHER INTO THE SITUATION AS NEW INFORMATION SURFACED. FRIDAY MAY 21ST, 2021, NATOMAS UNIFIED WAS MADE AWARE THAT WITNESS OR WITNESSES FROM NATOMAS UNIFIED WOULD BE ASKED TO BE MADE ACCESSIBLE TO THE DCA AND THAT FURTHER DOCUMENT INFORMATION WAS NEEDED.
IN CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT FOUR NUSD TRUSTEES WERE PROVIDE ANOTHER UPDATE UNDER THE TOPIC OF CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING POTENTIAL LITIGATION ONE CASE.
LAST NIGHT TRUSTEE HARDEN PROVIDED HEREDIA AND MYSELF A LETTER OF RESIGNATION. TO BE CLEAR THIS BOARD CANNOT REMOVE A SITTING TRUSTEE FROM THEIR ELECTED SEAT TOMORROW.
REPEAT THE IT, TRUSTEE HARDEN WILL REMAIN A TRUSTEE REGARDLESS OF ANY DECISION MADE TONIGHT. ALSO, NEITHER THE SUPERINTENDENT MORE THE PRESIDENT CAN ACCEPT A RESIGNATION FROM A LEADERSHIP POST. THE BOARD MUST TAKE ACTION IN OPEN SESSION TO ADDRESS THAT. AS SUCH I TURN THIS BACK TO
PRESIDENT HEREDIA. >> THANK YOU.
SUPERINTENDENT EVANS. SO, AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION AND AS ALWAYS, WITH YOU MAKE A MOTION, YOU KNOW, I'LL ASK FOR A SECOND AND TO SECOND THE MOTION AND THEN THERE'S ALWAYS TIME FOR DISCUSSION FOR THAT.
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THE MOTION I MAKE IS, A MOTION THAT THE BOARD ACCEPT TRUSTEE HARDEN'S RESIGNATION AS CLERK, BUT ALSO HOLD ANY FUTURE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE POSITIONS ON THIS BOARD IN ABEYANCE UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THIS CASE IS REASONABLY RESOLVED.THE BOARD ALSO DIRECTS LEGAL COUNSEL TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE INVESTIGATION AGENCY, AGENCIES, TO DETERMINE WHEN IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO REVISIT THIS MATTER.
THAT IS MY MOTION AND I'M LOOKING FOR A SECOND.
>> SECOND. >> SECOND BY TRUSTEE GRANT.
ANY DISCUSSION, COMMENT? >> JUST TO SAY WE'RE NOT THE TRIERS OF FACT UP HERE. I HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH TRUSTEE HARDEN AND FOUND HER TO BE A REPUTABLE PERSON.
THE MOTION AND SECOND ALLOWS TO US KEEP LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON AND ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION AS SUBMITTED BUT WE ARE NOT TO TRY THE FACTS UP HERE. WE HAVE DUE PROCESS IN UNITED STATES AND WE SHOULD LET THAT WORK ITSELF OUT.
>> TRUSTEE GRANT. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO MAKE A
COMMENT BEFORE WE CALL ROLL? >> TRUSTEE HARDEN? I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT THE MY RESIGNING IS NO WAY A ADMISSION IN GUILT. I LOOK FORWARD TO MY DAY IN COURT AND HAVING THIS MATTER RESOLVED.
I'VE NEVER CONSULTED FOR THIS DISTRICT MORE HAVE I EVER RECEIVED FUNDS FROM THE NATOMAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR COUNSELING OR SPEECH SERVICES A THERE WOULD NEVER BE A TIME I WOULD JEOPARDIZE MY LIVELIHOOD. I'M A WIDOW AND SINGLE PARENT SO
I'M ALL THEY'VE GOT. >> TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN I'M FORMALLY REQUESTING PUBLIC INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE ITEMS LISTED ABOVE BELOW. 2015, 2020 INVOTES AND EMAILS WITH THE NAME SPEECH BY ERICKA OR ERICKA HARDEN, 2020 ANY CONTRACTS BY NUSD SPEECH BY ERICKA OR ERICKA HARDEN, 2020 RECORDS OF SPEECH SERVICES AT NUSD SCHOOL SITES PERFORMED BY ERICKA HARDENED AND OR SPEECH BY ERICKA, SPEECH BY ERICKA HARDEN.
2015-2020 ANY NUSD SCHOOL SITE VISITOR LOG WHICH BEARS THE NAME ERICKA HARDEN. 2015-2021, ANY NUSD DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS BEARING THE NAME OF ERICKA HARDEN SPEECH BY ERICKA HARDEN OR SPEECH BY ERICKA, NUSD POLICIES FOR CONTRACTING WITH SERVICE COORDINATORS AND NUSD VETTING PROCESS AND OR POLICIES FOR CONTRACTORS AND OUTSOURCE SPEECH SERVICES. I REQUEST THE PUBLIC RECORDS UNDER ARTICLE I SECTION 3 OF THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION ANKLE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT. GOVERNMENT CODE 6250 ES SEQ IN
PRINTED FORECAST HARD COPY. >> I KNOW NO ONE IS HERE FROM CUSTOMER CONSTITUENTS BUT IF I COULD GET SOMEBODY TO GET IT I
TIME STAMPED. . LIKE DATED AND - >> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS BY I ASK TO CALL THE ROLL? JEN, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE
>> MOTION CARRIES 5-0. AT THIS TIME NOW HIDE LIKE TO JOURNEY THIS MEETING AT
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