Sep 14, 2021 Board Meetings

AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING SEPTEMBER 14 2021 BOARD

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JEN, WOULD YOU CALL ME IN FIVE, FORTY FIVE, FORTY FIVE, FORTY? THANK YOU FOR THE CORRECTION.

WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? JEN JANES? HERE GRANTS.

PRESENT. PARDON.

PRESENT. YOU'RE ON MUTE.

SAID IT'S NOT WORKING.

PRESENT.

HEREDIA HERE, KAPLAN.

HERE. WALLY ALI.

ALL RIGHT. ALL OF EVERYBODY IS HERE.

ALL SIX OF US MEETING THIS BOARD MEETING IS BEING CONDUCTED VIRTUALLY AS ALLOWABLE UNDER THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER.

ZERO EIGHT TO ONE.

THE OPEN SESSION MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS BEING LIVE STREAMED AT THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD. THE LIVE STREAM IS AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AND THE RECORDINGS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING THE DAY AFTER THE BOARD MEETING.

THE BOARD MEETING WILL BE GOING THE BOARD WILL BE GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION TO CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING ONE CASE OF POTENTIAL LITIGATION RELATED TO THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT, AS WELL AS DISCUSSION OF WHEN STIPULATED, EXPULSION.

AND CHRISTINA, DID WE RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS FOR THE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS? WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS FOR EITHER OF THE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK TRUSTEES AND STAFF TO LEAVE

[V. CLOSED SESSION]

OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THE CLOSED SESSION.

THANK YOU. PRESENT.

UM, AND I'M WHEN I'M AT THIS POINT, I'M ASKING FOR A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE THE

[IX. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA]

SECOND BY TRUSTEE.

I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR RUSTY HARDIN, CAPTAIN, OK? JEN, COULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? BAINS.

AYE. GRANT.

AYE. HARDEN.

AYE. HEREDIA.

AYE. KAPLAN.

AYE. WALLY ALI.

AYE.. ALL RIGHT.

MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.

MOVING ON TO COMMUNICATIONS STUDENT BOARD.

SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, PRESIDENT HEREDIA.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO SKIP THIS BECAUSE WE NORMALLY DO IT.

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

THANK YOU. YES.

ALL RIGHT, SO CAN I ASK TRUSTEE BAINS TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO. RIGHT, PLEDGE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE FLAG, WHICH IS ONE NATION NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

YOU DON'T NORMALLY SKIP THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.

IT'S JUST THAT WE HAD TWO MEETINGS BACK TO BACK, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU JUST JOINING US NOW, WE HAD ONE WHICH WE WERE CONTINUING A MEETING.

SO NOW THAT WE'RE BACK, WE ARE BACK HERE.

ALL RIGHT, COMMUNICATIONS STUDENT BOARD MEMBER ALI ALI.

[X.a. Student Board Member]

LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT YOU HAVE TO SHARE WITH US THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, SUPERINTENDENT EVANS, PRESIDENT HERRERA.

BOARD MEMBERS AND GUESTS THESE PAST TWO WEEKS, STUDENTS AT DISCOVERY HIGH HAVE BEEN ENJOYING THE FULL OFFICIAL START OF DISCOVERY HIGH'S CULINARY CLASSES UNDER THE NEW CULINARY PATHWAY PROGRAM.

LARRY MEAKES ACADEMY IS BACK INTO FULL CAPACITY FOR FALL SPORTS AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ENJOY A SMOOTH BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT LAST WEEK.

BOTH NATOMAS HIGH AND INTERCOM HAD SENIORS CONTINUE.

THE TRADITION OF SENIOR SUNRISE, WHICH I CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST TO, WAS QUITE FUN THIS

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THE THOMAS MEDAL WAS ALSO THRILLED TO HAVE INTRODUCED THEIR PBIS REWARD SYSTEM, WHICH ALLOWS TEACHERS TO CELEBRATE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT BY VIRTUALLY REWARDING PANTHER BUCKS, WHICH CAN BE REDEEMED AT THE SCHOOL STUDENT STORE EACH FRIDAY.

AND LASTLY, TO MY VERY OWN INTERCOM, HI, WE HAD A BOOMING LINK CREW BLOCK ON FRIDAY, THE 10TH, WHICH HELPED FOCUS ON HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP BUILDING WITH THE FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES. WE'VE BEEN ENJOYING GREAT ATTENDANCE RATES AND SUPPORTING LOTS OF TIGER PRIDE AS OUR INTERCOM ATHLETICS ARE BACK INTO FULL SWING, WITH GIRLS TENNIS CURRENTLY UNDEFEATED AND THE FOOTBALL TEAM BRINGING IN SOME MAJOR WINS.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SAYING THAT DISCOVERY HIGH IS CURRENTLY RECRUITING STUDENTS FOR THEIR MEMBERSHIP MENTORSHIP PROGRAM AND NATOMAS MIDDLE CLUBS LIKE ARE GIRLS LEADERSHIP AND IMPROVE YOUR TOMORROW ARE STARTING UP THIS SEMESTER TO FINISH ME OFF.

WE'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE CAMPUS AND SAFETY MONITORS THAT ARE DOING THEIR PART TO ENSURE THAT SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT ARE SAFE AND ORDERLY PLACES FOR STUDENTS AND A GIANT THANK YOU GOES OUT TO OFFICE PERSONNEL AS WELL, WHO ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO KEEP UP WITH ATTENDANCE, MAINTENANCE AND STUDENT RESOURCES.

THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.

LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THE REST OF THE REST OF THIS FALL SEMESTER GOES WITH ALL THOSE SPORTS EVENTS, SO THE CAMBODIA REPORT, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO TRUSTY BANE'S.

[X.b. Board Members]

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ADDRESS THE EVENTS OF THE LAST BOARD MEETING TO THE PARENTS AND RESIDENTS WHO HAVE CONDUCTED THEMSELVES REASONABLY.

THANK YOU. I HEAR YOU.

I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE ANGRY.

I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CONTINUE HAVING POSITIVE DISCOURSE AND FOR PARENTS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS AND COME FORWARD WITH THEIR CONCERNS USING THE APPROPRIATE CHANNELS. THANK YOU, TRACY GRANT, TRUSTEE HARDEN.

A TRAGEDY, CAPLAN.

NO REPORT. HEY, I JUST WANT TO SHARE REAL QUICKLY THAT I ATTENDED BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT LAST WEEK FOR INTERCOM HIGH SCHOOL, I GOT TO GO TO A MATH CLASS SPANISH CLASS.

A MEDIA CLASS.

IN A SCIENCE CLASS, ANYWAY, I ENJOYED LISTENING TO THE TEACHERS AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE PLANNED FOR THE YEAR.

SOME EXCITING THINGS IN WHICH WE'RE ENTICING AND HOPE TO GET INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS. AND THIS AND THIS FALL SEMESTER.

SO THANK YOU TO THE TEACHERS AND THE ADMINISTRATORS AT THE SCHOOL SITES THAT HOSTED BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT. SUPERINTENDENT EVANS, I HAVE NO REPORT THIS EVENING.

IT'S GREAT. SO MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT ITEMS, I'M ASKING FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO

[XI. CONSENT ITEMS]

I MOVED. I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR WHO THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE I TRUST BE HARD AND MOVED, I SECONDED. OK? CHESTY HARDIN, THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE HARDIN AND TRUSTEE GRANT JEN.

WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? THANKS. HI, GRANT.

HI. PARDON.

I READ YOU.

HI, KAPLAN.

HI, WALLY. HI.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.

MOVING ON TO ACTION ITEMS, THE FIRST ACTION ITEM THIS EVENING IS TO APPROVE THE TWENTY

[XII.a. Approve the 2020-21 Unaudited Actual Income and Expenditures]

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. IF THEY ARE DON'T WANT TO MAKE SURE I DON'T WANT TO CUT ANYBODY OFF, IF THERE IS NO DISCUSSION, THEN CHRISTINA, I'M GOING TO CHECK IN WITH YOU ABOUT THE E COMMENT FOR THESE ACTION ITEMS TONIGHT.

WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY OF THE ACTION ITEM, THE SEPTEMBER 14TH AGENDA.

ALL RIGHT. NONE FOR SEPTEMBER 14.

ALL RIGHT. I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE ACTION ITEM.

A MOVE BY TRUSTEE GRANT.

SECOND BY TRUSTEE KAPLAN.

ALL RIGHT. JEN, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? HI, GRANT.

HI. PARDON.

HI. HI.

HI, WALLY ALLIE.

HI. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.

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[XII.b. Approve Resolution No. 21-35, Adopting the Gann Limit for 2020-21 and Estimate for 2021-22]

ADD COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEE TRUSTEE, GRANT.

ALL RIGHT, I SEE CHRIS SMILING BECAUSE YOU LIKE THEM TO THE MOST HONORABLE CLEVELAND OR WHOMEVER. COULD SOMEONE JUST EXPLAIN WHAT THE GANN LIMIT IS FOR THE TAXPAYER PROTECTION AND WHAT THE LIMIT IS, WHICH STARTED IN NINETEEN SEVENTY NINE WHEN THE VOTERS PASSED PROPOSITION FOUR, WHICH ACTUALLY SET A SPENDING LIMIT FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS? THE GANN LIMIT IS BASICALLY AN EQUATION THAT ACTUALLY CALCULATES THE LIMIT ON TAX MONEY THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OR STATE, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN LEGALLY SPEND IN A GIVEN YEAR. AND OUR LIMIT FOR TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO IS ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY EIGHT POINT NINE MILLION. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WITH THAT, I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL BY TRUSTEE GRANT.

THANKS. PARDON ME, SIR.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK NEVADA FOR THAT.

EXPLAINING IT WITH THE BUCKET IS THAT HELPED A LOT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. SECOND BY TRUSTEE BINGS, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I'M GOING TO SUBSTITUTE A PRIOR UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL MOTION CARRIES AND SIX ZERO.

THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS RESOLUTION NUMBER TWENTY ONE DASH THREE SIX TO COMMIT GENERAL

[XII.c. Approve Resolution No. 21-36 to Commit General Fund Balance, 2020-21 Unaudited Actuals]

ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? SO THEY APPROVE A RESOLUTION.

LET'S JUST QUICKLY MISS CLEVELAND.

IS THERE ANYTHING? THAT IS UNUSUAL IN WHAT WE'RE APPROVING AND COMMITTING ON THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS, OR IS IT NORMAL? NOTHING UNUSUAL.

BASICALLY, MOST OF THE COMMITMENTS ARE THE SAME AS THE BOARD HAS COMMITTED IN THE PRIOR WITH THE ADOPTED BUDGET.

ANY UNEXPENDED FUNDS AS IT RELATES TO CLOSING OF THE BOOKS WAS PLACED IN OUR STABILIZATION ARRANGEMENT RESERVES.

HEY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM FOR THE RESOLUTION? ALL RIGHT. I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION IN A SECOND.

SO MOVED. ALL RIGHT.

BY TRUSTEE CAPLAN, 2ND 2ND BY TRUSTEE HARDIN.

AGAIN, I'M GOING TO SUBSTITUTE A PRIOR UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS.

THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO ITEM D PRESENT AND APPROVED A REDUCING THE FINANCIAL

[XII.d. Present and Approve Reducing the Financial Cliff]

WE DISCUSSED THE FINANCIAL CLIFF AT OUR APRIL TWENTY EIGHTH AND OUR MAY 12TH BOARD MEETING IN CONJUNCTION WITH MYSELF.

CAROL SWANSON WILL BE PRESENTING ALONG WITH ME.

AS OUR GOALS.

SO THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS NUMBER ONE, AGAIN, PROVIDE WHAT CAUSES A FINANCIAL CLIFF, SHARES THE STEPS THAT THE BOARD HAS ALREADY TAKEN TO REDUCE THE FINANCIAL CLIFF. THE BOARD HAS BEEN BUDGET SMART AND MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THOSE ACTIONS ALREADY SHARATH OPPORTUNITY AND A RECOMMENDATION TO FURTHER REDUCE THE FINANCIAL CLIFF AND THEN PROVIDE DATA AND METRICS TO SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION AND THEN SHARE NEXT STEPS AND THEN AT THE END WILL BE REQUESTING BOARD APPROVAL ON OUR RECOMMENDED ACTION TO FURTHER REDUCE THE FINANCIAL CLIFF AND ASK TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEXT STEPS.

SO WHAT IS A FINANCIAL CLIFF? BACK IN APRIL TWENTY EIGHT, THE BOARD ACTUALLY APPROVED TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS IN ACTIONS AND INVESTMENTS THAT WERE RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE, INCLUDING OUR 18 MONTH PLAN, PANDEMIC RESPONSE FOR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH, AND THEN ALSO SUPPORT THE TECHNOLOGY.

SO ALL THOSE THINGS WERE EXPENDED WITH ABOUT 20 MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDS.

ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE RECEIVED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FUNDING RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT, AND ALL OF THAT FUNDING MUST BE EXPENDED OVER TWO YEARS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE BROUGHT FORWARD IN A PRESENTATION IN APRIL IS THAT IF YOU SPEND ONE TIME MONEY ON STAFFING, THEN THERE COULD DEFINITELY CREATE A FINANCIAL

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SO ONCE THE FUNDING SUNSETS IN TWO YEARS AND YOU HAVE STAFFING IN THAT FUNDING, THEN THE BOARD WILL NEED TO ADDRESS THE FINANCIAL CLIFF WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE FUNDING TO ABSORB THE COST OF THAT STAFFING IN THAT THIRD YEAR OUT.

AS THE SAYING GOES, DON'T USE ONE TIME MONEY FOR PEOPLE WHO EAT AT THE TABLE.

AND SO DURING THAT PRESENTATION, STAFF ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE RISK OF USING ONE TIME FUNDS.

OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS.

THERE IS A LOT OF VALUE AND THE INVESTMENTS THAT THE BOARD APPROVED OUR SOCIAL WORKERS, AS WELL AS OUR TECH STAFF THAT REALLY ARE NEEDED DURING THIS TIME.

AND SO THOSE INVESTMENTS WERE CRITICAL TO OUR RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE THOSE INVESTMENTS, BUT WE WANT IT TO BE VERY BUDGET SMART ABOUT IT.

AND SO STAFF BROUGHT FORWARD A BUDGET SMART APPROACH TO USE ONE TIME FUNDS.

AND THEN THE STEPS ACTUALLY TOOK ACTION BASED ON THAT BUDGET SMART APPROACH TO ADDRESS A POTENTIAL FINANCIAL CLIFF THAT COULD OCCUR IN THREE YEARS.

THE BOARD TOOK ACTION ON APRIL 28, AS I MENTIONED, TO INVEST IN THOSE ONE TIME, WE INVEST THOSE ONE TIME RELIEF FUNDS TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

AND THEN THE BOARD INVESTED, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, TECHNOLOGY, MENTAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL HEALTH AND THE DISTRICT'S 18 MONTH PLAN, BUT THAT INCLUDED BOTH.

THE STAFFING THAT IT INCLUDED WAS OUR TOSSES, IF YOU REMEMBER TEACHERS ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, NURSES AND I.T.

SUPPORT STAFF.

ON MAY 12, THE BOARD MOVED FORWARD WITH ONE OF OUR BUDGET SMART APPROACHES AND PASSED A RESOLUTION TWENTY ONE NINETEEN, WHICH BASICALLY ESTABLISHED A PLAN.

AND THAT PLAN WAS TO ADDRESS THE STAFFING AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN ONCE THE FUN TIME.

ONE TIME MONEY IS FULLY SUNSET IN TWENTY TO TWENTY THREE AND TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR AND ADDITIONAL STEP THE THE BOARD TOOK FURTHER ACTION AND COMMITTED THE TWO POINT FOUR MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR YEAR TO HELP WITH THE TRANSITION AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PHASE DOWN PLAN TO ADDRESS THE STAFFING THAT WAS FUNDED WITH THE ONE TIME FUNDS. NEXT STOP.

IF YOU CAN RECALL, WE SHARED THIS SLIDE BACK IN APRIL, AND IT BASICALLY HIGHLIGHTED ALL OF THE STAFFING FTE THAT WAS FUNDED WITH PANDEMIC RESPONSE FOR OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD.

SO IT WAS A TOTAL OF FORTY EIGHT POINT EIGHT FTE AND THERE WAS A TWO YEAR PERIOD OF TIME AT A COST OF NINE POINT SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD.

AND THEN, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE THIRD YEAR WHERE WE WOULD BE PHASING OUT AND WE HAD THE BOARD COMMITTED THAT TWO POINT FOUR MILLION, YOU SEE THAT RED ARROW POINTED TO THE TWO POINT FOUR MILLION FOR TWENTY THREE POINT TWENTY FOUR.

THE BOARD ALREADY COMMITTED AND DID THAT TONIGHT AGAIN COMMITTED AND MADE SURE WE HAVE THAT TWO POINT FOUR MILLION AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT A BOARD RESOLUTION, WHICH I WILL HIGHLIGHT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO THE BOARD APPROVED RESOLUTION 20 119 TO ADDRESS THE FINANCIAL CLIFF FOR TWENTY THREE, TWENTY FOUR, AND THAT RESOLUTION KIND OF MADE LIKE BASICALLY FOUR OR FIVE COMMITMENTS THAT THE BOARD WOULD ADDRESS FIRST.

YES, LET'S USE THIS FUNDING TO HIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF TO SUPPORT THE PANDEMIC NEEDS.

AND THEN LET'S RECOGNIZE THAT THE STAFF MEMBERS MAY NOT EXIST IN THE TWO YEARS DUE TO THE SUNSET OF THOSE ONE TIME FUNDS, AND THEN THAT A FACE DOWN APPROACH WOULD BE UTILIZED IN THE TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR SCHOOL YEAR.

AND THEN THERE WOULD BE FUNDS COMMITTED, WHICH THE BOARD ALREADY DID IN TWENTY THREE POINT TWENTY FOUR DURING THAT PHASE OUT PLAN.

AND THEN THAT IF THERE WAS ONGOING MONEY THAT BECAME AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE THAT WE WOULD SEE IF WE COULD SUPPORT THAT ONE TIME FTE ON THE ONGOING BASIS AND USE UTILIZE METRICS AND CRITERIA TO DO SO AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT THAT ONE TIME FUNDING IN THE DISTRICT COULD AFFORD THOSE POSITIONS AND ONGOING FUNDING FOR TWO YEARS AND LIKELY OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD. NEXT SLIDE.

WHICH BRINGS US TO AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO FURTHER REDUCE THE FINANCIAL CLIFF.

AND WHAT THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE IS THAT IN THE FINAL STATE BUDGET, THE BUDGET INCLUDED AN INCREASE IN EL CAP FUNDING FOR ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH RECEIVE CONCENTRATION FUNDING.

AND THAT WOULD BE OUR EL CAP FUNDING, AND IT INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF THAT FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE, WHICH IS CALCULATED BASED ON THE BASE GRANT.

SO CONCENTRATION MONEY IS WAS 50 PERCENT OF THE BASE GRANT AND IT WAS INCREASED TO SIXTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE BASE GRANT.

WHAT THAT DID WAS GIVE GIVE GAVE THE DISTRICT AN ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION AND THAT $1 MILLION BASED ON THE CRITERIA FOR THIS, ADDITIONAL FUNDING MUST BE USED TO INCREASE.

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AND THE SCHOOL SITES THAT THAT CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS FUNDING HAVE TO BE GREATER THAN THE FIFTY FIVE PERCENT ON DUPLICATED PUPIL PERCENTAGE.

AND WHAT IS THE DUPLICATIVE PUPIL PERCENTAGE? THOSE ARE LOW INCOME STUDENTS ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER AND FOSTER AND HOMELESS STUDENTS ON DUPLICATE AND NOT COUNTING THEM TWICE.

AND THAT'S WHAT THAT FUNDING WOULD SUPPORT THE SCHOOLS THAT HAD GREATER THAN FIFTY FIVE PERCENT AND THEN THE THE ACTION THAT THE BOARD TAKES MUST BE DETAILED IN A SUPPLEMENTAL EL CAP PLAN AND BE PART OF THE EL CAP ANNUAL UPDATE.

NEXT SLIDE. SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER REDUCE THE FINANCIAL CLIFF WE HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE AT THE IN OCTOBER WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR ATTENDANCE.

SO ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE TO LOOK AT OUR ACTUAL ATTENDANCE AND SEE IF THAT ACTUALLY EXCEEDS PROJECTIONS THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO ADOPTED BUDGET.

AND SO AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE WE ACTUALLY BUDGETED A DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT IN EIGHTY EIGHT FOR THE TWENTY ONE TWENTY SCHOOL TWENTY TWO SCHOOL YEAR BASED ON PROJECTED CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH. IF THE DISTRICT'S ACTUAL ENROLLMENT IN ADA DOES NOT DECLINE AND STAYS FLAT OR INCREASES OVER THE PRIOR YEAR, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WOULD BE REFLECTED IN THE FIRST INTERIM MULTI-YEAR PROJECTIONS.

AND THEN THAT MONEY WOULD COME IN RIGHT WHEN THE CLIFF STARTS TO COME IN TWENTY TWO TWENTY THREE. SO IT GIVES IT WOULD GIVE US ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER REDUCE THE CLIFF IF WE HAVE ADDITIONAL REVENUES BECAUSE WE BUDGETED CONSERVATIVELY.

SO I WANTED TO SAY THAT CURRENT ENROLLMENT NUMBERS CURRENTLY REFLECT THAT WE'RE NOT IN A DECLINE AND THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY EXCEEDING BUDGET PROJECTIONS IN PRIOR YEAR ENROLLMENT, WHICH MEANS DOLLARS AND ONGOING FUNDING.

IN OCTOBER, WE WILL VALIDATE THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS BECAUSE WE'RE STILL CLEANING UP OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS AND STILL MAKING SURE ALL STUDENTS ARE IN THE SEATS.

WE WOULD VALIDATE THOSE NUMBERS AND REPORT THE ENROLLMENT AT SEABEDS REPORTING, WHICH IS IN OCTOBER, IF THE DISTRICT'S HISTORICAL 88 PERCENTAGE, WHICH IS NINETY FIVE PERCENT HISTORICALLY DOES NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DROP DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE MORE ONGOING REVENUE TO ADDRESS THE FINANCIAL CLIFF AT THE FIRST INTERIM BUDGET AND THEN ALSO DO THE GROWTH IN THE DISTRICT.

WE HAD TO ADD STAFFING FOR LARRY MEEKS AND ANY OTHER SCHOOL SITES THAT HAVE RELATED GROWTH. IF THAT GROWTH HOLDS, THEN WE WOULD MAY BE ABLE TO FUND ONGOING STAFF.

WE WOULD FOR THOSE SCHOOL SITES, INCLUDING LARRY GEEK'S.

AND CURRENTLY WE'RE USING ONE TIME BRIDGE FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE ENROLLMENT GROWTH AT LARRY UNTIL WE CAN SEE WHERE THE NUMBERS WERE ACTUALLY FALL GOING FORWARD.

SO WE HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES ONE OPPORTUNITY.

WE HAVE THIS MILLION DOLLARS AND CONCENTRATION GRANT FUNDING THAT WE CAN USE TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL SITES. AND THEN THE OTHER OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE OUR ADA AND ENROLLMENT NUMBERS COMING IN HIGHER THAN WHAT WE PROJECTED IN THE BUDGET.

SO THOSE ARE THE TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO FURTHER REDUCE THE FINANCIAL CLIFF FOR TWENTY TO TWENTY THREE. NEXT SLIDE.

SO STAFF HAS A RECOMMENDATION OF HOW WE CAN INVEST THE $1 MILLION IN ONGOING FUNDING FOR EL CAP. AND THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO USE THE $1 MILLION TO MOVE SOCIAL WORKERS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO BE IN THE ONE TIME PANDEMIC RELIEF FUNDING TO MOVE SEVEN.

IT'LL FUND SEVEN SOCIAL WORKERS ON AN ONGOING BASIS IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THE CRITERIA USED ON WHICH SITES THAT WOULD BE ALLOCATED, THOSE SOCIAL WORKERS.

IF YOU CAN REMEMBER, I SAID THE SCHOOL SITE MUST BE FIFTY FIVE PERCENT AND DUPLICATED PUPIL PERCENTAGE.

AND SO OUR CRITERIA WAS WHAT SCHOOL SITES THAT HAS THE HIGHEST AND DUPLICATED PUPIL PERCENTAGE WOULD BE FUNDED FIRST.

AND THEN THE SOCIAL WORKERS WILL BE INCLUDED IN SCHOOL SITE BUDGETS WITH THOSE HIGHEST ON DUPLICATED PERCENTAGES.

THERE ARE SEVEN SCHOOL SITES THAT WE IDENTIFIED THAT HAD THE HIGHEST UP PERCENTAGE THAT WOULD BE AMERICAN LAKES AND CREEKS, JEFFERSON NATOMAS HIGH, THE THOMAS MIDDLE, THE THOMAS PARK WHERE THE RANCH WOULD BE THE HIGHEST.

NEXT SLIDE. EIGHT ALAN HYDEN TWO RIVERS BOTH MEET THE FIFTY FIVE PERCENT UP REQUIREMENT AND COULD HAVE EL CAP FUNDED SOCIAL WORKERS IF THERE WAS MORE FUNDING IF MORE FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE, SO WE WOULD KEEP THOSE TWO SCHOOLS ON OUR RADAR.

AND IF OUR DUPLICATED PERCENTAGE INCREASES OR OUR ADA INCREASES AND THEREFORE ON

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SO NOTHING CHANGES.

THEY ALREADY HAVE SOCIAL WORKERS, AND THAT WOULD CONTINUE WITH THE ONE TIME FUNDS AS INCLUDED IN THE BOARD RESOLUTION, INTERCOM, PARCEL, BIRTHDAYS AND HERON WITH CURRENTLY THAT CURRENTLY DOES NOT MEET THE UP PERCENTAGE.

SO BUT WOULD CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SOCIAL WORKER SUPPORT FROM ONE TIME PANDEMIC RELIEF AND TIDAL ONE FUNDS. AND THEN IF WE HAD UNRESTRICTED DOLLARS IN THE FUTURE, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE CAN ALSO CONSIDER IN FUNDING THOSE THREE SCHOOLS AS WELL.

DISCOVERY HAS A PSYCHOLOGIST I MEANT TO MENTION.

DISCOVERY HAS A PSYCHOLOGIST THAT SUPPORTS THEIR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL NEEDS AT THIS DISCOVERY, AND IT'S A VERY SMALL STUDENT BODY AND THAT'S WHAT THEY CURRENTLY USE FOR THAT SUPPORT. THIS IS JUST A CHART OF WHAT I JUST WALKED THROUGH SHOWING, WHICH WITH THE ACTUAL UP PERCENTAGES ARE AND WHICH SCHOOL SITES MET THE FIFTY FIVE PERCENT UP PERCENTAGE AND WHICH ONES DO NOT.

AND THEN THE SEVEN SCHOOL SITES THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST.

WITH THE EXCEPTION I MENTIONED, DISCOVERY USES A PSYCHOLOGIST FOR THAT SUPPORT.

THAT'S THE SEVEN SCHOOL SITES THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR THE $1 MILLION INVESTMENT ON AN ONGOING INVESTMENT.

THIS WAS ALSO SOMETHING I PUT TOGETHER TO SHOW WHAT IMPACT, HOW WOULD THE BEST, WHAT WOULD THE FISCAL IMPACT BE OF REDUCING THE FINANCIAL CLIFF IF WE INVESTED IN THE SEVEN SOCIAL WORKERS? THE FIRST THING WOULD BE WHERE THERE WAS 11 FTE IN ONE TIME FUNDING, THEY WOULD ONLY BE FOUR. SO WHERE I SHOW AN EMPTY CALENDAR WAS THAT CHANGE FROM 11 TO FOUR.

AND THEN INSTEAD OF BEING THREE POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS OVER TWO YEARS THAT WOULD BE USED IN PANDEMIC RELIEF FUNDS, IT WOULD ONLY BE ONE POINT TWO MILLION OVER TWO YEARS THAT WOULD BE NEEDED FOR PANDEMIC RELIEF FUNDS FOR THE REMAINING SOCIAL WORKERS.

AND THEN THAT MONEY THAT WE WERE, WE SET ASIDE THE TWO POINT FOUR MILLION, THE SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND TO FUND THE REMAINING SCHOOLS, SOCIAL WORKERS FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR. OR WE CAN REALLOCATE THAT THE FUNDING FOR THE SOCIAL WORKERS TO SOME OF THE OTHER STAFFING THAT DURING THE PHASE OUT PLAN.

AT THE BOTTOM, YOU SEE IT GOES FROM FORTY EIGHT POINT EIGHT FTE TO FORTY ONE POINT EIGHT FTE. AND THEN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF INVESTMENTS FROM PANDEMIC RELIEF FUNDS GOES FROM NINE POINT SEVEN MILLION TO SEVEN POINT SEVEN, WHICH MEANS THOSE FUNDS COULD BE REALLOCATED TO OTHER NEEDS.

AND THEN CAROL WILL WALK THROUGH THE DATA, DATA AND METRICS TO SUPPORT OUR RECOMMENDATION. SO EXCUSE ME, CHAVEZ HAS MENTIONED A FEW TIMES NOW, RESOLUTION 21 19.

AND HERE'S A DIRECT QUOTE OF THAT RESOLUTION.

BUT WHAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON IS THE AGREEMENT THAT IN ORDER TO MOVE STAFF FROM ONE TIME FUNDS TO ONGOING COMMITTED FUNDS, WE WOULD SHARE WITH YOU METRICS AND CRITERIA.

SO I'M GOING TO TALK NOW ABOUT SOME METRICS THAT WE'VE COLLECTED FROM OUR SOCIAL WORKERS FOR THE 2020 ONE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO SOME OF THIS YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN, I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH IT QUICKLY.

JUST OUR SOCIAL WORKERS.

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TEAM, BUT JUST FOR THE SOCIAL WORKERS.

THEY SERVED TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN STUDENTS IN THE 2021 SCHOOL YEAR.

THAT'S REFLECTIVE OF SEVEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN REFERRALS, SITE BASED REFERRALS.

AND THIS IS NOT OUR PHONE BANKS AND THIS IS NOT FROM ANY SURVEYS THAT WE DID.

THIS IS JUST SITE BASED REFERRALS.

THEY THEY SERVED ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND ONE STUDENTS, EITHER THE FOSTER AND HOMELESS STUDENTS, EITHER A DIRECT SERVICE OR SERVICES THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT OUR FOSTER AND HOMELESS STUDENTS.

AND I'M TALKING ABOUT BASIC NEEDS AND HELPING THEM TO FIND SHELTER, ET CETERA THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY THEY CONDUCTED LAST YEAR THIRTY FIVE SUICIDE RISK ASSESSMENTS AND THEY DID ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE HOME VISITS.

NEXT PAGE. THANK YOU.

THE SOCIAL WORKERS LAST YEAR DEVELOPED A STUDENT ATTENDANCE SUCCESS PLAN, AND THEY TARGETED ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE STUDENTS WHO ARE CHRONICALLY ABSENT AND WORKED WITH THEM ONE ON ONE WITH THE SUCCESS PLAN TO HELP THEM DEVELOP ATTENDANCE GOALS, OFFER SUPPORT, REALLY UNDERSTAND THE WHY OF WHY THESE STUDENTS WERE NOT ATTENDING SCHOOL AND THEN TO OFFER RESOURCES AND SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILIES.

THEN, ALSO STARTING LAST SEPTEMBER IN 2020 AT THE ELEMENTARY K-8 LEVEL, THE SOCIAL

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AND THE GOAL WAS WEEKLY.

BUT WE VERY CONSISTENTLY HIT THREE TIMES A MONTH AT THAT ELEMENTARY K-8 LEVEL FOR THE SITE BASED MEETINGS.

THERE'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF STAFF DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE.

WE'RE WORKING ON TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICES, AS YOU KNOW, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.

BUT THE SOCIAL WORKERS ARE TRAINED TRAUMA.

WE TRAINED THEM TO BE TRAINERS OF TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICES BEFORE THE START OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR. THEY DID THE FIRST MODULE OF TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICES WITH OUR CERTIFICATE AND OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF.

SO 90 PERCENT OF OUR CERTIFICATED STAFF HAVE COMPLETED THE FIRST HALF OF THIS MODULE, AND ALMOST TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY OF OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF HAVE COMPLETED THE ENTIRE FIRST MODULE. AND THE GOAL IS TO HAVE ALL STAFF IN THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE ED CENTER STAFF SERVICE CENTER STAFF.

EVERYBODY TRAINED IN TRAUMA INFORMED BEFORE OCTOBER 14TH THE.

IN ADDITION, ANOTHER TRAINING.

SEVENTY ONE STAFF MEMBERS WERE TRAINED BY THE SOCIAL WORKERS AND CO VITALITY AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VITALITY SURVEY.

BUT MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT, THE ANALYSIS OF THE SURVEY.

SO WHEN WE HAVE THE RESULTS FROM THIS SURVEY, WHAT DO WE DO WITH IT? HOW DO WE TARGET STUDENTS? HOW DO WE SUPPORT THE STUDENTS? THE SOCIAL WORKERS LED THAT WORK.

AND THEN LASTLY, THE SOCIAL WORKERS CREATED OUR SUICIDE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION TRAINING MODULE, AND IT'S UP ON THE PORTAL.

IT'S A MANDATED TRAINING FOR THE DISTRICT.

THEY CREATED THIS TRAINING PROCESS.

THEY UPLOADED IT. AND LAST YEAR, ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SIX STAFF FROM OUR DISTRICT COMPLETED THIS TRAINING.

THEY, THE SOCIAL WORKERS LAST YEAR ALSO PROVIDED SOME PARENT TRAINING.

WE DID IT THROUGH THE CWC, THE VIRTUAL TUTORING AND WELLNESS CENTER.

AND THESE ARE JUST TWO OF THE TRAININGS THAT THE SOCIAL WORKER SPECIFICALLY IMPLEMENTED, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PARENT PARTICIPATION RATE IS LOW ON THAT.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT.

HOW CAN WE IMPROVE THE COMMUNICATION? HOW CAN WE EVERY PARENT THAT ATTENDED LOVED THE TRAINING AND REQUESTED THAT WE CONTINUE TO OFFER IT? BUT HOW DO WE GET THE WORD OUT? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW IS THAT COMMUNICATION PIECE BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO OFFER THESE TRAININGS THROUGH THE IWC.

BUT WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE UPON OUR PROCESS SO THAT MORE PARENTS ARE ABLE TO ATTEND THESE TRAININGS AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS IMPORTANT WORK.

NEXT, PLEASE. SO FOSTER AND HOMELESS, THAT'S A BIG AREA FOR US, AND I ALREADY TOLD YOU THAT THE SOCIAL WORKERS HAVE PROVIDED SERVICES OR INTERVENTIONS TO THIRTEEN HUNDRED TIMES. YOU DON'T HAVE THIRTEEN HUNDRED FOOT FOSTER OR HOMELESS YOUTH, BUT PROVIDED THIRTEEN HUNDRED INTERVENTIONS OF SOME SORT FOR OUR FOSTER AND OUR HOMELESS STUDENTS.

WHEN I ASKED THEM TO TELL ME HOW MANY REFERRALS THEY MADE TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES, THEY LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS CRAZY AND THEY'RE LIKE, WE DO THAT EVERY DAY, ALL DAY LONG.

THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE DO IN OUR JOB.

SO IT'S IT'S THE SACK 211 AND EMERGENCY SHELTERS AND CONNECTING FAMILIES TO BASIC NEEDS, FOOD, ET CETERA, IS A VERY BIG PIECE OF WHAT OUR SOCIAL WORKERS ARE DOING.

SPECIFICALLY, THERE ARE TWENTY SEVEN.

LAST YEAR WE HAD IDENTIFIED TWENTY SEVEN FAMILIES THAT WERE UNSHELTERED AND UNSHELTERED HAS A BROAD DEFINITION.

THEY'RE IN A CAR, THEY'RE IN A HOTEL, THEY'RE NOT IN A CONSISTENT PLACE IN THE EVENING.

SO THERE'S 27 FAMILIES AND SIXTY NINE STUDENTS THAT WERE THAT WERE TARGETED.

AND THEY WORKED VERY HARD TO ASSIST THOSE FAMILIES WITH FINDING SHELTER, FINDING THEIR BASIC NEEDS, HAVING THEIR BASIC NEEDS MET FOOD, CLOTHING, HYGIENE, ET CETERA.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS IS, YOU ALL KNOW, IS THE WINTER PROGRAM.

ELEVEN OF THESE FAMILIES ACCEPTED HELP FOR OUR WINTER SHELTER PROGRAM.

THAT'S TWENTY SEVEN STUDENTS AND AT THE END THE END OF FEBRUARY AND THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR, THEY CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THESE FAMILIES AND ALL BUT ONE OF THEM HAVE OBTAINED SHELTER, WHICH IS AMAZING.

SO SOME BASIC NEEDS WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN THAT AREA.

LAST YEAR, SIX HUNDRED EIGHT GRADE LEVEL SPECIFIC BACKPACKS WERE DISTRIBUTED.

FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY TURKEYS AND ALL THE TRIMMINGS WENT OUT OVER THE HOLIDAYS.

ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN COATS, THERE'S TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY STUDENTS THAT RECEIVED TOYS, AND THEN THE TOYS THAT WERE LEFT OVER WENT TO LOAVES AND FISHES AND THEN 80 SUITCASES, WHICH WAS NEW THIS YEAR.

EIGHTY SUITCASES WENT TO OUR FOSTER YOUTH.

CHRISTINA NEXT SLIDE. PLEASE, THANK YOU.

SO AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS SCHOOL YEAR DETRAS GROUP, THE COMMUNICATIONS AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT CAFÉ, THAT'S THEIR ACRONYM.

THEY LAUNCHED A CONVERSATION SERIES WITH OUR DIVERSE PARENT GROUPS AND HER TEAM CALLED

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THEY THEY CALLED EACH ONE OF THE PARENTS THEY MADE CONTACT WITH 18, AND THE QUESTION WAS WHAT THEY WANTED TO KNOW IS THIS IS WHAT TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICES.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.

THIS IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO THIS CONVERSATION AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR WORK AS A DISTRICT AND WE WANT TO KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE MISSING.

IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED? IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO FOR YOU? IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO FOR YOUR CHILD? AND OF THE 18 FAMILIES CONTACTED, 13 SAID NO, WE'RE GOOD.

A LOT OF PRAISE, BY THE WAY, FOR THE DIVERSE PARENT GROUP.

BUT THEY SAID WE'RE GOOD.

TWO OF THE FAMILIES ASKED FOR SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL HELP.

TWO OF THE FAMILIES ASKED FOR INFORMATION ON THE VIRTUAL TUTORING AND WELLNESS CENTER AND ADDITIONAL TUTORING SUPPORT, AND ONE FAMILY REPORTED BULLYING AT THE SCHOOL SITE, BUT SAID THE PRINCIPAL WAS DOING A GREAT JOB ADDRESSING IT.

SO SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION, AND TO ME, IT'S THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.

IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE RESOURCES OR TOOLS THAT WE USE TO FIND OUR KIDS.

SO SOME OF THE NEXT WE'RE NEXT STEPS FOR US.

WE'RE GOING TO BE CALLING THE REMAINING DIVERSE PARENT GROUPS, THE REMAINING MEMBERS OF THESE GROUPS, TO GET INFORMATION FROM THEM, BUT ALSO CALLING THE FOSTER HOMELESS.

OUR FOSTER AND HOMELESS FAMILIES AND OUR HISTORICALLY CHRONICALLY ABSENT FAMILIES TO ASK THE SAME KINDS OF QUESTIONS.

AND THEN IN ADDITION, OUR VITALITY LAUNCHES.

AND REMEMBER, THE SOCIAL WORKERS ARE THE ONES THAT DID THE WORK ON THAT TRAINED, ET CETERA. IT LAUNCHES SEPT.

20 THROUGH OCT.

ONE, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER RESOURCE FOR SERVICES AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

CHRISTINE, AND THE LAST SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE'VE ADDED, THANKS TO YOU, WE'VE ADDED THREE SOCIAL WORKERS TO SUPPORT OUR DISTRICT PROGRAMS. OUR SOCIAL WORKERS ARE WORKING WITH SITE ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE THEY ARE TRAINED TRAUMA, TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICES, TRAINERS.

THE GOAL IS TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL SITES AND THE SITE TEAMS TO MAKE THIS SOMETHING THAT THE SITES ARE DOING ON THEIR OWN AND DEVELOPING THESE PROGRAMS INTERNALLY.

THEY HAVE STAFF WELLNESS OBJECTIVES.

NATOMAS PARK IS OPENING A CLOSED CLOSET.

WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING BIKES AND HELMETS FOR FOSTER AND HOMELESS STUDENTS THIS YEAR.

SOCIAL WORKERS ARE WORKING REALLY HARD ON THOSE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS BECAUSE THAT COORDINATED CARE PIECE WITH FOSTER AND HOMELESS OR THE HOMELESS FAMILIES IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SHELTER, FOOD, ET CETERA.

IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THOSE STRONG PARTNERSHIPS.

AND THEN WE HAVE STARTED FOSTER HOMELESS ADOPTED FAMILY SUPPORT GROUPS THIS YEAR, STUDENT GROUPS AS WELL AS PARENT GROUPS.

AND THAT WAS A THAT WAS A REQUEST THAT WE WERE GETTING THROUGH.

OUR OUR VARIOUS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS IS TO HAVE THESE SUPPORT GROUPS.

SO WE'VE LAUNCHED THAT.

AND THEN I'VE LISTED DOWN THERE BELOW SOME OF THE TRAINING THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO.

AND AS I SAID, THAT COMMUNICATION FOR THE TRAINING IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

SO THIS IS JUST A LITTLE PEEK.

ALL RIGHT. SO YOU'RE ASKING THE BOARD, IS THERE A NEXT SLIDE? MM-HMM. THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE THE EL CAP PLAN WOULD NEED TO BE UPDATED IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SEVEN SOCIAL WORKERS.

AND THEN THAT PLAN WOULD HAVE TO GO BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 28TH.

AND THEN THE EXPANDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES PLAN, WHICH THE BOARD ALREADY APPROVED ON MAY 12, WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK FOR AN AMENDMENT BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO BE PAYING FOR SOCIAL SEVEN SOCIAL WORKERS.

AND THOSE FUNDS WOULD NEED TO BE REALLOCATED TO OTHER PROGRAMS AND SERVICES BECAUSE THOSE FUNDS NEED TO BE EXPANDED BY AUGUST 31ST.

SO WE NEED TO IDENTIFY OTHER PROGRAMS OR SERVICES THAT NEED TO BE EXPANDED, AND THAT AMENDMENT WOULD GO FORWARD TO THE BOARD ON OCTOBER AND OCTOBER 20.

TWENTY ONE. AND THEN WE WOULD PERFORM THAT ANALYSIS OF THE DISTRICT'S ENROLLMENT IN TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S SUPPORT TO INCREASE THE ADA IN THE RELATED REVENUE AT FIRST INTERIM TO SUPPORT ANY ADDITIONAL ONGOING STAFFING.

AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE WOULD BE WE WERE REQUESTING APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD TO FUND SEVEN SOCIAL WORKERS USING INCREASED CONCENTRATION GRANT FUNDS FOR THE RECOMMENDED SCHOOL SITES AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEXT STEPS AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

YOU'RE ON MUTE, TOO. THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT, SO I'M GOING TO MOVE IT.

WE TURN IT BACK TO TRUSTEES FOR QUESTIONS AND.

AND. THERE WE GO, GETTING THAT PRESENTATION DOWN.

SO YOU COULD SEE THE FACES OF TRAGIC STORY.

ALL RIGHT, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, SHWETA, AS WELL AS THANKING CAROLE AND HER STAFF.

YOU GUYS PRE-PLANNING, WORKING AHEAD AND TRULY LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR TO MY

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BUT THANK YOU FOR REALLY TAKING TO HEART WHERE THIS BOARD IS AND WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN AND PROVIDING SERVICES.

I MEAN, IT'S VERY.

I WISH WE DIDN'T HAVE TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES, BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO FUND AT LEAST SEVEN SOCIAL WORKERS ONGOING BECAUSE THIS PANDEMIC AND THE EFFECTS ARE GOING TO LAST LONGER THAN TWO YEARS.

I'M VERY PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS DISTRICT THAT'S PUTTING STUDENTS AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL NEEDS FORWARD.

AND I'M STILL SUPPORTIVE OF FINDING A WAY, AT LEAST EXTENDING THE SOCIAL WORKERS, THE FOUR THAT ARE NOT FUNDED.

IF WE CAN CONTINUE LOOKING AT HOW WE ALLOCATE THAT ONGOING BEYOND JUST HERE TO AND TO BRING IN FOR. OTHER TRUSTEES OF APPROVAL, I WOULD MOVE.

CAN WE GET OTHER TRUSTEES? IS THERE OTHER TRUSTEES WHO WANT TO OFFER A COMMENT? TRUSTEE HARDIN. HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SLIDE NUMBER 20.

I PROJECT IT BACK UP JUST ONE MOMENT.

BYE BYE. THANK YOU MUCH.

FOR THE CAFE, HOW DO WE FIND THESE FAMILIES AND DO WE REACH OUT TO MORE AND DO WE JUST RECEIVE 18 OR WERE THERE JUST 18 FAMILIES THAT FIT THE CRITERIA? SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO VET HIS TEAM, FOUND THE FAMILIES.

DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW THAT WAS DONE? WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE WERE 18 FAMILIES THAT SHOWED UP FOR THE CONVERSATION SERIES AND ALL 18 FAMILIES WERE REACHED FOR THEM FOR THAT.

THERE WAS THERE WAS A LOT MORE THAT SHOWED UP FOR THE FAMILY AND ENGAGEMENT.

I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER IN FRONT OF US AND UNFORTUNATELY, DEIDRE CAN'T BE WITH US TONIGHT. DOES ANYONE REMEMBER WAS IT IN A BOARD COMMUNICATION LAST WEEK? AND I'M JUST FORGETTING IT.

OR IS ONE COMING? I KNOW TEACHERS HAD TO BE OUT RECENTLY.

I DON'T REMEMBER ONE. CHRISTINA, DO YOU REMEMBER ONE? I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE COMMUNICATION.

SO. AND FORGIVE ME FOR BRINGING IT UP.

THE SLIDES JUST GOT TO US THIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING.

SO IF SOMEONE CAN GET BACK TO ME ON THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

YEAH, IT'S A TOTALLY FAIR QUESTION.

ONCE DEIDRE GETS BACK, WE'LL WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THE CAFE TEAM AND GIVE AN UPDATE.

AS I SAID, UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO A LOSS IN HER FAMILY, SHE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO.

SHE'S BEEN HOME DEALING WITH FAMILY ISSUES, AND AS SOON AS SHE'S BACK, WE'LL GET HER TO GET AN UPDATE TO THE BOARD.

THAT'S FINE, THAT'S FOR SURE.

SO I'LL JUST DIRECT THE OTHER QUESTIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE SAME AREA AND THEN WE CAN JUST GET THAT INFORMATION TO ME.

THANK YOU. RIGHT.

ANYONE ELSE? MACHINE TO COMMENT ON THIS.

YEAH, I TOO AM REALLY PROUD THAT WE'VE GOT THE SOCIAL WORKERS IN THE DISTRICT AMAZING AND I'M GLAD THAT WE FOUND A WAY TO TO KEEP THEM.

AND, YOU KNOW, AND TO KNOW THAT THEY'LL THERE.

SO THANK YOU.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

SO I AM NOW LOOKING FOR A IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM, I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ACTION ITEM APPROVAL SECOND.

OK, TRUSTEE HART AND SECOND AGAIN, I'M GOING TO SUBSTITUTE A PRIORITY OUT OF THIS ROLL CALL IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM?

[XIII.a. First Reading of Board Bylaw 9100 - Organization]

OH, THANK YOU, TRUSTEES.

THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY.

IT'S NOT FOR ACTION THIS EVENING.

THIS IS A DIRECT FOLLOW UP FROM OUR GOVERNANCE TRAINING.

WE HAD A FEW SATURDAYS AGO WHERE THE BOARD TALKED WITH THE FACILITATOR ABOUT A BOARD BYLAW AROUND ORGANIZATION.

AND SO WHAT? IT'S BEEN PRESENTED AND ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA AND SHARED WITH YOU LAST WEEK WAS LANGUAGE, WORD FOR WORD AS IT WAS PROPOSED TO US BY OUR FACILITATOR.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WHAT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, WHICH IS THE ED CODE THAT ADDRESSES WHEN NEWLY ELECTED TRUSTEES HAVE TO BE SWORN IN AND THAT THAT CAME INTO EFFECT, I THINK JUST. TWO ELECTIONS AGO OR ONE ELECTION AGO, WHICH PUSHES US BACK IN AN ELECTION YEAR

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OTHER THAN THAT THIS IS EXACTLY AS WAS PROPOSED.

STAFF HAS NO RECOMMENDATION.

I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO AGREE IN IN A IN A PUBLIC SETTING, WHETHER IT BE THIS MEETING OR TAKES ONE MORE ON THE EXACT LANGUAGE THAT YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH.

TO TAKE A VOTE ON AND GO FORWARD FROM THERE SO THAT STAFF WILL BE TAKING NOTES AND WILL BE COLLECTING ALL THE NOTES.

AND THEN IF WE HAVE TO AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE'LL PUT IT UP AND WE'LL TRY TO GET TO SOME.

I CAN'T SAY CONSENSUS TO GET TO A MAJORITY THAT IS WILLING TO VOTE ON LANGUAGE, AND THAT IS IT FROM FROM STAFF.

COMMENTS FROM TRUSTEES PASSED ALONG TO STAFF.

I SEE. I DON'T KNOW.

MR. GRANT, GO AHEAD. OK, I JUST WANT TO KEEP MY COMMENTS SIMPLE.

WE HAD A GREAT WORKSHOP.

I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF LEARNING THAT HAPPENED IN THAT WORKSHOP.

A LOT OF CONCESSIONS THAT WERE MADE PERSONALLY THAT I SEE MOVING FORWARD.

I THINK THIS POLICY IS SIMPLE AND IS A GOOD WAY TO START.

BOARD MEMBERS AND FUTURE.

YEAH, IT'S HARD TO HEAR YOU.

YEAH. WHAT ABOUT NOW, CAN PEOPLE HEAR ME? YES, MIKE. ALL RIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT PEOPLE MISS. I'LL SUMMARIZE IT BECAUSE I THINK THIS POLICY IS A GOOD POLICY. I WOULD URGE OUR BOARD MEMBERS TO ACCEPT THAT AS WRITTEN.

I THINK IT TAKES THE POLITICS OUT OF IT, WHICH IS VERY MUCH IN THE BEST INTEREST OF.

OK. ARE THE OTHER TRUSTEES WANTING TO COMMENT ON THIS TRUSTEE? KAPLAN, I THINK THIS IS SIMPLE.

I HAVE A SAMPLE THAT I WILL SEND ON TO THE DISTRICT OF ANOTHER DISTRICT THAT IS VERY SIMPLE, SIMILAR TO THIS, BUT HAS JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER CLARIFICATIONS FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER NEXT TIME AROUND.

A TRUSTEE, BAINES.

YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO GRANT'S COMMENTS, I THINK IT'S SIMPLE AND IT'S THE SAME.

THE LANGUAGE SEEMS GOOD TO ME, BUT WELL, LOOK, I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT WE GET FROM JESSICA. HOPEFULLY, WE CAN GET A CONSENSUS IN OUR NEXT MEETING.

THANK YOU. RUSTY HARDIN, I TOO ENJOY THE LANGUAGE BECAUSE IT IS QUITE SIMPLE AND WE NEED TO GET RID OF ALL THE POLITICS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

AND, YEAH, I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER DISTRICTS I'M INTERESTED IN, I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS MIGHT HAVE AVAILABLE.

I THINK OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I WILL DO SOME RESEARCH ON THIS, BUT THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT HAPPEN LIKE LITTLE THINGS THAT UNEXPECTEDLY HAPPEN OR.

SOMETIMES DISTRICTS NEED TO DO THINGS FOR THE GOOD OF THE DISTRICT AS OPPOSED TO WHAT'S ALREADY SET IN STONE AND ASK PEOPLE TO BE FLEXIBLE AND THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IS WHAT'S IN PLACE.

SO I'D LIKE TO THINK ABOUT THAT, THIS DISTRICT, THAT THIS GROUP OF TRUSTEES WOULD HAVE AN OPEN MIND AND BE FLEXIBLE ABOUT CONSIDERING WHATEVER ELSE MAY COME FORWARD, BUT.

AGAIN, A LOT OF DISTRICTS GRAPPLE WITH THIS FOR MULTIPLE REASONS.

SO WE'LL BRING IT BACK FOR ANOTHER, FOR ANOTHER MEETING, THEN.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

YES. SO.

WE'LL MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW THE BROWN ACT AS AS THE FEEDBACK COMES IN, BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S ALWAYS THE THE STRUGGLE, RIGHT? AS I GET SOMETHING FROM ONE TRUSTEE, I CAN'T SAY TRUSTEE A JUST SENT ME THIS AND EMAIL IT TO EVERYONE. SO BUT SEND STUFF AND WHAT WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR THE NEXT MEETING IS WHATEVER SENT. WE'LL POST IT ALL UP.

AND AT THAT POINT, IF THERE ARE SOME CHANGES OR REVISIONS TO MAKE, WE'LL HAVE A WORD DOCUMENT THAT LOOKS VERY MUCH I MEAN, IT'LL BE THE SAME PDF RECEIVED, BUT IN WORD PLAY WITH IT. AND OR IF THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, THEN A VOTE WILL BE TAKEN.

AND HOPEFULLY WE LAND ON SOMETHING IDEALLY THAT ALL FIVE MEMBERS WOULD SUPPORT.

BUT THE REALITY IS, WHATEVER WE DO TO MERGE THIS TOGETHER OR NOT, IT'LL BE UP FOR POTENTIAL ACTION.

AND ON THE OCTOBER MEETING, AND ONCE AGAIN, IF THE BOARD IS NOT COMFORTABLE AT THAT

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SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OFFLINE, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO CALL ME WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE THIS BE AN EXTENSION OF THE GOVERNANCE TRAINING AND HAVE IT BE A POINT OF COLLABORATION THAT LEADS TO CHANGE.

SO LET ME GET SOME CLARIFICATION.

SUPERINTENDENT EVANS, BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS BEFORE.

I REMEMBER I THINK MICHAEL, IF YOU RECALL, I WASN'T SURE JAY WAS ON THE BOARD THAT WE HAD. WE HAD SOMETHING UP ON THE SCREEN WHERE WE GAVE INPUT AND WE WE HAD TO MODIFY IT.

AND I THINK WE WERE ABLE TO COME TO SOME.

SOME AGREEMENT ON MODIFYING IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A RESOLUTION.

I THINK THE RESOLUTION.

RIGHT. YEAH, MY MIKE AND I WORKED ON TOGETHER, WE DID SO WELL.

SO I THINK SO.

SUPERINTENDENT EVANS IS IT IS.

AM I INCORRECT IN THINKING THEN THAT ALL THE THE FEEDBACK WILL COME IN AND THEN IT WILL JUST BE ON ONE DOCUMENT AND THEN WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH IT? CORRECT. ABSOLUTELY.

THAT'S OUR PLAN. YEAH, OK.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, YEAH, WELL, THAT AND THAT WORK WENT REALLY WELL AFTER, YEAH, IT DID. AND IT'S THE MOST COLLABORATIVE WAY TO DO IT.

IT'LL TAKE IT WILL POTENTIALLY TAKE LONGER, BUT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN IMPORTANT BOARD BY LAW. AND SO I THINK THAT'LL BE THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.

OK. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

AND MAKE SURE I HAVE THIS RIGHT NOW, ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE ARE MOVING ON TO PUBLIC

[XIV. PUBLIC COMMENT]

IN THE AGENDA HERE, AND I'M ASKING YOU, I'M ASKING IF THERE TO ANY COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HEREDIA.

WE DID RECEIVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.

WE RECEIVED PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS IN REGARDS TO A TEACHER AT INTERCOM HIGH SCHOOL, NATOMAS BLACK PARENTS UNITED YOAN SHOE WILLIAMS, JUSTIN SIMMONS AND JAY ASH.

WE ALSO RECEIVED A SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE THOMAS BLACK PARENTS UNITED REGARDING SAFETY AND CLIMATE IN THE DISTRICT.

COMMENT FROM JOHN DOE REGARDING VARIOUS CONCERNS REGARDING STAFF AT SCHOOL SITES AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

WE RECEIVED A PUBLIC COMMENT FROM JOE EL-DIN REGARDING LIVELY AND EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE. WE RECEIVED A SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT FROM JOE ALDIN REGARDING THRIVE AND AN UPCOMING WEBINAR, AND WE RECEIVED A PUBLIC COMMENT FROM GINA THACKERAY REGARDING THRIVE AND STRENGTH ASSESSMENTS.

ALL OF THOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE FORWARDED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRIOR TO THE MEETING, AND THE SPECIFICS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES.

OK, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OF THE BOARD, THEN I ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT SEVEN P.M.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.