[I. OPEN SESSION]
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I LIKE TO CALL THIS REGULAR BOARD MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:15 P.M..
NATALIA, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? GRANT PRESENT.
MOIRA GRANT ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
UH, AND ESD BOARD MEETINGS ARE LIVE STREAMED AND RECORDED AT DIRECTION OF THE BOARD.
THE BOARD WILL BE GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS THIS EVENING.
[III. ANNOUNCEMENT OF ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION]
ONE REVOCATION OF SUSPENSION AND EXTENSION OF A SUSPENDED STIPULATED EXPULSION.THREE STIPULATED EXPULSIONS, TWO STUDENT EXPULSIONS, ONE EXTENSION OF A STIPULATED EXPULSION, AND ONE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DIS DISCIPLINE, DISMISSAL AND RELEASE.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TODAY TO SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS IN CLOSED SESSION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING AND SEEING NONE, WE WILL RECONVENE OPEN SESSION AT APPROXIMATELY 6 P.M.
OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THE CONCLUSION OF CLOSED SESSION.
[VI. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION]
ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING.ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD.
WE ARE RECONVENING OPEN SESSION AT 6 P.M..
SUPERINTENDENT EVANS IS UNABLE TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING.
SO HIS DESIGNEE, CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER ANGELA HERRERA, IS FILLING IN FOR HIM.
AND I WILL BE FILLING IN FOR PRESIDENT HEREDIA TONIGHT.
COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COURSE? GRANT PRESIDENT HARDIN PRESENT.
MOIRA PRESIDENT GIRARDI, PRESENT.
LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A QUORUM TO BEGIN THE NEW YEAR.
CHRISTINA, COULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? READY PLEDGE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ALL RIGHT. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING.
BUT BEFORE WE MOVE ON, JUST A REMINDER FOR THOSE IN ATTENDANCE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD BYLAW 9323 MEETING CONDUCT, INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS SHALL BE ALLOWED 2 MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, AND THE BOARD SHALL LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME FOR PUBLIC INPUT ON EACH ITEM TO 20 MINUTES.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE FILL OUT ONE OF THESE GREEN SLIPS.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP ON THE AGENDA IS COMMUNICATIONS.
DO WE HAVE A REP FROM CTIA AVAILABLE? HEY. WELL, GOODNESS.
[IX. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA]
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? I'M SO SORRY. ALL RIGHT.AND I'LL TELL YOU THE TALLY COMMITTEE.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL CASTILLO.
THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[X.a. California School Employees Association (CSEA)]
ALL RIGHTY. GOOD EVENING.BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWLY ELECTED BOARD.
WELCOME TO THE NATOMAS COMMUNITY.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME TWO NEW EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS.
ESMERALDA FERNANDEZ IS OUR NEW COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER AND SHE'S SITTING OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC.
COULD YOU PLEASE STAND UP? AND KRISTA, WHICH IS OUR SERGEANT OF ARMS, AND SHE IS NOT PRESENT.
WE ARE ONLY FOUR MONTHS OUT BEFORE THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
AND THERE IS SO MUCH WORK TO BE DONE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
ALTHOUGH WE MAY DISAGREE AT TIMES WE ARE ABLE TO FIND A MIDDLE GROUND.
AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, WE ARE CONSTANTLY WORKING TO FILL VACANCIES, BUT AT SOME POINT THE WAITING PERIOD TO INFORM THE POTENTIAL CANDIDATES THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SELECTED IS DELAYED, WHICH MEANS WE END UP LOSING SELECTED CANDIDATES.
CSK IS HAPPY TO SEE THE OUTREACH VIDEOS TO PROMOTE EMPLOYMENT HERE IN THE DISTRICT.
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AS OF TODAY, THERE ARE 20 CLASSIFIED JOB OPENINGS THAT IMPACT OUR SCHOOLS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.ON THAT NOTE, CSK WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORTH AN IDEA OF CREATING COURSES CLASSIFIED ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT TO BE INCLUSIVE, JUST LIKE OUR TEACHERS HAVE TEACHERS AND SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS AND PRINCIPALS HAVE PRINCIPAL AND SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT.
THIS WOULD ALLOW MENTORING AND TRAINING FOR OUR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES AND ASSIST WITH ONBOARDING NEW HIRES AS WELL AS SIDE TO SIDE SUPPORT ON A NEED BASIS. FOR EXAMPLE, A SCHOOL HAS BEEN OPERATING WITH ONE SECRETARY FOR THE PAST NINE MONTHS WITH LITTLE OR NO SUPPORT.
THIS WOULD ALLEVIATE THE PRESSURE OF RUNNING THE FRONT OFFICE WITH ONE EMPLOYEE AS A AS A RESULT OF THE RECLASSIFICATIONS FOR THE 2122 SCHOOL YEAR, THERE WAS A CREATION OF FIVE NEW JOB DESCRIPTIONS.
FIVE INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS WERE ELECTED TO ATTEND THE PARA EDUCATOR CONFERENCE, WHICH WILL BE HELD IN PERSON AT THE ONTARIO CONVENTION CENTER FROM APRIL FOUR THROUGH APRIL SIX, 2023.
THIS CONFERENCE WILL PROVIDE PEER EDUCATORS THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THEIR KNOWLEDGE, LEARN THE LATEST EDUCATION TRENDS AND AND NETWORK WITH OTHER PARA EDUCATORS FROM AROUND THE STATE.
CSC IS AWAITING ON A BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO FINALIZE THE REGISTRATION PROCESS.
I SHOUT OUT TO MAINTENANCE GROUNDS AND CUSTODIAL STAFF THAT WERE OUT ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND THROUGHOUT WINTER BREAK CLEARING DRAINS, CHECKING, FOLLOWING BRANCHES, TREES AND LOOKING FOR STORM DAMAGE AND STANDING WATER ISSUES.
WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR CLASSIFIED WORKERS.
C YOU C I CONTINUES TO WORK WITH ADMINISTRATORS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT TO RESOLVE ISSUES AT THE LOWEST LEVEL SOME WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RESOLVE, AND SOME WE'RE CONTINUING TO MEET TO TRY TO COME TO AGREEMENTS.
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME TOUGH CONVERSATIONS AS WE BRING FORWARD ISSUES HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, BUT WE ARE THANKFUL THAT WE CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE TO RESOLVE ISSUES TOGETHER.
[X.b. Natomas Teachers Association (NTA)]
WORDS ON THE. IT'S GREEN.ALL RIGHT. PUTTING THIS ON TOP OF THAT.
AFTER OUR BREAK, I HOPE EVERYONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO ADDRESS ANY STORM ISSUES.
AND FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT ROSA SAID, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT COMMEND DOUG GORE AND HIS TEAM.
WE HAD REALLY GOOD COMMUNICATION DURING THE STORMS. TO OUR SITES AND TO LEADERSHIP.
AND THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO THANKS FOR TAKING THE WEEKENDS AND THE NIGHTS AND ALL OF THOSE TIMES AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR CAMPUSES CONTINUED AND WERE PUT BACK TOGETHER AND WE WERE ABLE TO START ON TIME AFTER THE BREAK. SO YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING.
DOUG, THANK YOU. SO I'M ALSO REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE AND TALK ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF SOME OF THE LITERACY PROGRAMS THAT A TEACHER LED RIGHT NOW IN THE DISTRICT. HERON IS REPORTING EXCELLENT RESULTS WITH THE CIPS PROGRAM AND EXPANDING THE WORK TO MORE STUDENTS.
WE'RE LEARNING USING THE LEARNING RECOVERY FUNDS.
ACTUALLY, I THINK TONIGHT AFTER TONIGHT, USING LEARNING RECOVERY FUNDS HEIGHTENED TO RIVERS ARE GOING TO BE INVESTING IN VOYAGERS PASSPORTS AND PILOTING THOSE IN CLASSROOMS IN AN AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING.
HEIGHTS, INVESTING IN A LEVEL BOOK ROOM WITH HIGH INTEREST TITLES.
THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO COLLABORATE.
THEY'RE LED BY THEIR IB TOSSES AND THE TEACHERS HAVE REPORTED EXCELLENT SUPPORT FROM THEIR IB.
PTOSIS. AND IT'S BEING CALLED BY THE MEMBERS.
THE BEST COLLABORATION DAY THAT THEY'VE EVER HAD.
AND NATOMAS, MIDDLE AND HIGHLAND HEIGHT ARE ALSO BUILDING A BRIDGE THROUGH MENTORSHIP WHERE THEIR EIGHTH GRADERS ARE GOING TO BE MENTORING THEIR FIFTH GRADERS THROUGH THEIR IB PROGRAM TWO RIVERS.
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AND SONGS WITH THE KIDS.WE EVEN HAVE AN EXCEL CLUB AFTER SCHOOL, WHICH THE TEACHERS ARE RUNNING FOR.
THE STUDENTS WHO WANT TO SPEND QUALITY TIME ON EXCEL, WHICH I THINK IS AMAZING.
HAVING THOSE EYES AVAILABLE ON CAMPUS.
WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH SOME OF OUR LONG TERM IMPACTS.
THE DAY TO DAY ISSUES OF THE SUB SHORTAGE ARE STILL REALLY HITTING US HARD WITH THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR SECONDARY TEACHERS WHO HAVE PREP SUBBING TWICE A WEEK ON A REGULAR BASIS, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE GIVING UP 40% OF THEIR PREP TIME TO COVER.
THEY'RE COVERING FOR OTHER TEACHERS, BUT IT COSTS AND IMPACTS THEIR OWN CLASSROOM WHEN THEY DO THAT.
BUT THE MAIN CONCERN RIGHT NOW.
UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE CREDENTIALED EMPLOYEES MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE IS THAT WE'VE REQUESTED THE DISTRICT RAISE THE SUB RATE A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND EVEN IF IT'S TEMPORARILY TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE SUB SHORTAGE, WE DID THIS LAST YEAR DURING THE HIGH POINT OF THE SUB SHORTAGE AND WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY GET SOME MORE SUBS ON CAMPUSES AND CUT BACK ON THAT USE OF THE SUB TREE.
SO WE MADE THIS REQUEST EARLIER THIS YEAR.
GIVEN THAT WE KNEW THAT FLU AND COVID AND RSV WERE COMING IN, THAT WE'D HAVE A LOT OF TEACHERS OUT.
SO ALL OF THAT SUB BURDEN IS FALLING ON THE TEACHERS THAT DO HAVE PREP TIME.
SO THEY'RE BEING PULLED OUT AT A HIGHER RATE THAN IF YOU WERE TO AVERAGE IT FOR ALL THE TEACHERS.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY IMPACTING A LOT OF OUR STAFF AND WE'RE REALLY ASKING THAT THE DISTRICT RECTIFY THIS OR HELP RECTIFY THIS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR SO THAT THOSE TEACHERS CAN CONTINUE TO DO THEIR JOBS, WORK WITHIN THEIR DAY AND NOT GET BURNT OUT.
AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW, YESTERDAY, TODAY, SOMETIME THIS WEEK.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT NSD FOLLOWS WHAT WE KNOW ARE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED BEST PRACTICES FOR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, PARTICULARLY ON THE SHARED GOVERNANCE PIECE, WE GAVE A PROPOSAL TO NSD ADMINISTRATORS IN THE FALL AND WE'RE EAGER TO SEE THE AGREEMENT REACHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THERE ARE EXAMPLES OF WELL RUN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND THEY SHARE ONE CRITICAL COMPONENT, WHICH IS THAT STAKEHOLDERS HAVE AN EQUAL VOICE IN HOW THE SCHOOLS UTILIZE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS.
AND THERE ARE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT ARE IN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS WITH IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO HAVE NO IDEA THAT THEY'RE EVEN IN A COMMUNITY SCHOOL BECAUSE THIS PROCESS WASN'T FOLLOWED.
AND THAT'S REALLY JUST A WASTE OF RESOURCES.
AND I JUST WANT TO ENSURE WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY TONIGHT IS THAT NEXT WEEK IS THE 100TH DAY OF SCHOOL.
SO I WANT TO WISH ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND THEIR STUDENTS THE HAPPY 100TH DAY THERE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE DAYS IS TO SEE ALL THE POSTS OF THE KIDS ON THEIR 100TH DAY AND THE 100TH DAY ACTIVITIES. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THEY TURN OUT AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE 100 DAYS THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER, JAVIER CASTILLO.
[X.c. Student Board Member]
GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT EVANS, PRESIDENT HEREDIA, BOARD MEMBERS AND GUESTS.INTERCOM KICKED OFF THE SPRING SEMESTER LAST WEEK WITH CLASS MEETINGS CELEBRATING THE HUGE SUCCESS OF STUDENTS MAKING THE TIGER PRIDE HONOR, INCLUDING HALF OF ALL STUDENTS EARNING A 3.0 OR ABOVE GPA IN THE FALL SEMESTER.
BEING THE FIRST HS STUDENT AND POSSIBLY THE FIRST NASD STUDENT TO DO SO.
LEROY GREEN HAD A GREAT START TO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THE ASHBY AND WEBB STUDENTS ARE PREPARING FOR THE ACADEMIC AWARDS ASSEMBLY THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE THIS FRIDAY, WHERE STUDENTS, SCHOLARS WILL BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR HARD WORK DURING THE SECOND SEMESTER.
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ANOTHER 297 RECOGNIZED FOR BREAKING THE GPA BY 0.5 OR MORE DURING THE FIRST SEMESTER.CONSTRUCTION ON THE RENOVATION OF THE SOCCER, BASEBALL AND SOCCER FIELDS HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN.
THEY'RE EXCITED TO SEE THIS FINISHED PRODUCT NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
THOMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL IS GEARING UP FOR A SEMESTER, TWO FIRST SEMESTER TOO, WITH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS REVIEWING SCHOOLWIDE PBIS EXPECTATIONS AND PROMOTION REQUIREMENTS AND PREPARING CELEBRATE THE STUDENTS IN THE HONORABLE ASSEMBLIES.
THE PANTHER BOYS AND GIRLS SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE BASKETBALL TEAMS ARE EXCITED ABOUT THEIR FIRST GAME STARTING NEXT WEEK, AND THE PLAYERS ARE PRACTICING HARD TO PREPARE FOR THE CHALLENGE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING OUR SPORTS TEAMS PLAY THIS QUARTER, SUCH AS THE CONFERENCE'S BOYS SOCCER TEAM AND THE NDC'S BASKETBALL TEAM, WHICH HAS GONE UNDEFEATED THUS FAR. WE LIKE TO THANK SUPERINTENDENT CHRIS EVANS FOR ALL THE AMAZING WORK HE'S DONE FOR OUR SCHOOLS.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE'S NOT HERE TODAY.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I WOULD NORMALLY BE NEXT, BUT NO REPORT.
[X.d. Board Members]
NO REAL REPORT.JUST WANT TO SAY EVERYONE HAVE AN AMAZING SPRING SEMESTER.
AND, DOUG, YOUR TEAM ROCKS AND MAINTENANCE.
TRUSTEE HARDING. TRUSTEE MOORE I HAVE A SHORT REPORT, OR AT LEAST THAT I WILL TRY TO MAKE SHORT AND KEYWORD TRY, BUT RIGHT NOW REALLY IS.
AND I ALSO WANT TO START BY THANKING THE STAFF FOR AND ALL THE GROUNDS, KEEPING STAFF FOR KEEPING OUR SCHOOLS FUNCTIONAL AND SAFE, ESPECIALLY AFTER THAT HISTORIC WEATHER EVENT.
BUT I, I REALLY RIGHT NOW, I WANT TO THANK NOT ONLY THE STAFF, BUT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR BEING REALLY WELCOMING AND SUPPORTING TO MYSELF AS A NEW TRUSTEE.
SO THIS IS REALLY LEARN, LISTEN AND REPEAT MODE.
BUT I'VE HAD THE THE CHANCE TO ATTEND A COUPLE OF THE PARENT UNIVERSITY WORKSHOPS HOSTED BY OUR DISTRICT STAFF, SPECIFICALLY ONE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION AND THE IEP PROCESS AND ONE FOR SUPPORTING LGBTQ STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
SO AND BOTH HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE.
I THIS IS MY INFORMAL PITCH FOR MORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS TO ATTEND PARENT UNIVERSITY WORKSHOPS BECAUSE I FOUND THEM TO BE JUST REALLY RICH IN DISCUSSION AND INFORMATION.
LASTLY, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND TEAMS THAT I HAVE SEEN HAVE BEEN EARNING AWARDS OR GRANTS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT A LOT OF WORK GOES INTO THOSE.
THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MARA TRUSTEE KARATE THANK YOU.
I WANTED TO ALSO RECOGNIZE DOUG AND HIS TEAM FOR BEING SO RESPONSIVE AND AVAILABLE, BUT ALSO TO THE ENTIRE TEAM OF NATOMAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHO HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY WELCOMING TO ME AS I COME TO COME TO THIS SPACE, VERY HUMBLED TO LEARN AND LISTEN AND GROW FROM ALL THE EXPERTS IN THIS ROOM HERE, ESPECIALLY THE COMMUNITY DISTRICT STAFF AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERS.
I MEAN, I'VE I'M FLOORED WITH THE AMOUNT OF WELCOME GRACE THAT YOU ALL HAVE EXTENDED TO US.
AND ALONG THIS JOURNEY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO VISIT DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS ABLE TO SEE JAVIER CASTILLO, OUR TRUSTEE, THERE, AND PARTICIPATE IN THEIR HOLIDAY CULINARY PROGRAM AND WAS ABLE TO SPEAK WITH SOME AMAZING STAFF AND TEACHERS THERE.
THANK YOU. TRUSTEE KARATE CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER AMANDA SMITH WITH ANGELA HERRERA.
I'LL BE BRIEF BECAUSE I'LL BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER TONIGHT.
I AM HAPPY TO HEAR THE RECOGNITION OF THE STAFF THAT WORKED OVER WINTER BREAK AND LAST WEEKEND.
I THINK ONE THING THAT I WANT TO CALL OUT THAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY DID WAS IT WAS NOT ONLY ADDRESSING THE ISSUES THAT EXISTED CLEARING DRAINS, CHECKING ROOFS, REMOVING TREE BRANCHES.
IT ALSO WAS HAVING AN EYE TO THE WHAT IF.
AND SOME OF THAT CAN BE SO NEBULOUS AND CHALLENGING, NOT ONLY FOCUS ON WHAT IS URGENT IN THE MOMENT TO ADDRESS, TO KEEP OUR SCHOOLS SAFE, BUT ALSO PLAN FOR THOSE OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MAY HAPPEN.
SO THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANTED TO CALL OUT THAT PIECE.
AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE THAT CONCLUDES COMMUNICATIONS.
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NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR CONSENT ITEMS.[XI. CONSENT ITEMS]
IS THERE A MOTION? LOOKS LIKE A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE MAURA AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE CASTILLO.NATALIA, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL CASTILLO? GRANT. HI, HARDIN.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
NEXT UP, THERE WERE A FEW BOARD REPORTS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA WHEN IT WAS PUBLISHED FRIDAY.
[XII.a. Advanced Placement (AP) Update]
THE FIRST WAS THE UPDATE ON AP.THIS WAS ATTACHED TO THE BOARD AGENDA WHEN IT WAS PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 13TH.
WE CAN MARK IT AS RECEIVED UNLESS THERE'S ANY TRUSTEE DISCUSSION ON THIS.
[XII.b. 2022 California School Dashboard]
AS MOST PARENTS KNOW, THAT WAS ALSO ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA WHEN IT WAS PUBLISHED UNDER 13.ANY DISCUSSION, TRUSTEES? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL ALSO MARK THIS REPORT IS RECEIVED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, STAFF, FOR THESE COMPREHENSIVE AND FANTASTIC REPORTS.
[XIII.a. Winter 2023 District Progress Report]
OUR CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, ANGELA O'HARA, WILL BE LEADING PRESENTATION.YEAH, I WILL BE SPEAKING FROM HERE.
I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE THANK YOU.
SHE'S GOING TO HELP ME MOVE THROUGH THE SLIDES.
SO AS WE LOOK AT OUR DISTRICT PROGRESS REPORT, WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SOME CONTEXT BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD IN THIS FORUM FOR A LITTLE WHILE. BUT IF WE LOOK AT OUR VISION AND OUR CORE CORE VALUES, THIS REALLY IS ALIGNED IN PURPOSE.
SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE SLIDES HAVE A LITTLE APPLE.
THAT'S REALLY AN INDICATOR FOR ME TO PAUSE AND ENGAGE ON THAT SLIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO REVIEW EVERY SINGLE METRIC IN DEPTH IN THE BOOKLET.
I WILL JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO TO NOTE THAT THIS PRESENTATION INCLUDES THE PAGES FROM THE DPR, BUT WE ALSO WILL BE PRINTING OUT A NICE BOOKLET THAT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC IN THE FUTURE.
BUT, BUT THE INFORMATION IS IN THIS PRESENTATION.
SO JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORICAL CONTEXT, OUR BOARD POLICY THAT WE'VE HAD IN PLACE FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS NOW REALLY TALKS ABOUT HOW WE HELP OUR STUDENTS SUCCEED THROUGH OUR THEORY OF ACTION.
AND A MAJOR ELEMENT OF THAT IS LOOKING AT SYSTEM WIDE PERFORMANCE AND PROGRESS AND THE CONCEPT THAT USING OUR CYCLE OF CONTINUOUS LEARNING AND IMPROVEMENT, WE IMPLEMENT PLANS AND THEN WE MONITOR THAT DATA TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT WENT WELL AND WHAT WE MAY NEED TO DO BETTER TO SEE MORE PROGRESS AND SUCCESS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AND THAT HAS BEEN A COMMITMENT AND A RECURRING CONVERSATION.
IF YOU ARE IN ANY OF THESE PRESENTATIONS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, YOU WILL HEAR THAT.
SO JUST A BRIEF HISTORY, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT THE DEEPER IN IN RECENT YEARS FOR YOU'LL SEE OBVIOUS REASONS BUT WE HAVE A TIMELINE AS IN USSD WORK TO ESTABLISH SOME ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES FROM ABOUT 2013 TO 2016.
A BOARD SUBGROUP IN 2015 WORKED ON WHAT ARE KEY METRICS THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IN NATOMAS UNIFIED, WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO US THAT TIES TO OUR VISION, OUR CORE BELIEFS, AND WHAT WE THINK IS IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.
AND CONCURRENTLY, AS YOU'LL SEE, THAT ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM FOR CALIFORNIA WAS BEING DEVELOPED.
YOU WILL SEE THOSE METRICS IN A FEW SLIDES.
AND THEN IN 2017, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LAUNCH OUR FIRST DPR BOOKLET AND THE CONCEPT WAS WE WOULD SHARE IT IN THE FALL AND ANY METRICS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO UPDATE, WE WOULD PRESENT AGAIN IN THE SPRING.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE TONIGHT IS WE ARE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.
WE'RE ALSO HAVING BUDGET CONVERSATIONS.
SO THIS DPR IS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THAT.
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SO IN THE SPRING OF 2020, AFTER ABOUT THREE YEARS OF HAVING THE DISTRICT PROGRESS REPORT, MY TEAM WAS PLANNING TO BRING REVISED TARGETS.SO FOR EACH OF THE METRICS WE HAD IDENTIFIED, HEY, THIS IS A TARGET WE REALLY THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE REACHING FOR, WHETHER IT'S A PERCENTAGE OR A NUMBER OF STUDENTS. AND AFTER ABOUT THREE YEARS, AS WE LOOKED AT OUR TRENDS, WHERE WE HAD SUCCESS, WHERE WE MAY BE STRUGGLING, WE WERE COMING, WE WERE PLANNING TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND PRESENT SOME NEW TARGETS BASED ON THE THREE YEARS OF DATA THAT WE HAD.
THAT HAPPENED SHORTLY THAT THAT PLANNING HAPPENED ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD TO GO INTO DISTANCE LEARNING.
SO WE WERE NOT WE WERE FOCUSED ON OTHER THINGS AT THAT TIME.
BUT HERE WE ARE, WE ARE PRESENTING OUR SIX DPR.
ONE THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US THAT DRIVES HOW WE DEVELOP POLICY AND PRACTICE IN NATOMAS UNIFIED AND WHAT IS REPORTED OUT IN THE DPR IS THE RECOGNITION THAT THERE ARE STATE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE MUST COMPLY WITH.
THERE ARE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS IN PLACE AND ALSO AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
THIS IS KIND OF A SNAPSHOT TO INDICATE HOW WE CAN READ EACH OF THE METRICS THAT ARE PRESENTED.
A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO CALL OUT.
THERE'S CONTEXT FOR THE ITEM THAT WE'RE REVIEWING.
WE HAVE AN ALL STUDENT REPORTING OUT, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE SMALLER GRAPHS ARE IDENTIFYING OUR MAJOR STUDENT GROUPS, NOT EVERY STUDENT GROUP, BUT OUR MAJOR STUDENT GROUPS AS FAR AS NUMBER OF STUDENTS.
AND ON THE SIDE WE HAVE YOU'LL SEE NEXT TO THE NUMBER FIVE, IT SAYS TARGET.
AND TO BE DETERMINED IN PRIOR DPR BOOKLETS, YOU WOULD SEE AN ACTUAL PERCENTAGE.
IT IS NOT EVERY ACTION THAT WE TAKE.
AND YOU MAY SEE THE SAME ACTIONS ON MULTIPLE METRICS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT COMPLETELY ISOLATED.
WE BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN SUPPORT MULTIPLE THINGS.
THIS IS THE COVER OF ALL OF OUR DISTRICT PROGRESS REPORTS.
AND NORMALLY IT'S FALLEN SPRING, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT IT SAYS WINTER.
WE HAVE TWO PAGES OF RECENT DISTRICT SUCCESSES.
THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE AN ALL INCLUSIVE LIST.
IT'S NOT EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE AREAS THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE GROWING IN AND IMPROVING IN, BUT IT'S NICE FOR A MOMENT TO JUST PAUSE AND RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK THAT STAFF AND STUDENTS HAVE PUT IN TO GET WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
I MENTIONED THAT SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE BROUGHT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR METRICS THAT THE BOARD APPROVED.
A COUPLE OF THOSE ARE OBSOLETE AT THIS POINT.
THEY ARE NOT REPORTED AT A STATE LEVEL ANYMORE OR THE CSU SYSTEM HAS CHANGED.
FOR EXAMPLE, WITH SATS, THEY ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED AS A PART OF THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME STUDENTS THAT MAY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SAT THAT WE OFFER.
IF THEY ARE, LET'S SAY, GOING OUT OF STATE OR SEEKING ADMISSIONS INTO A PRIVATE COLLEGE.
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DATA THIS YEAR TO REPORT ON.AND WE ADDED A FEW ELEMENTS THAT WILL PAUSE AND LOOK AT TONIGHT CALLED A DECADE OF DIFFERENCE, PAUSING FOR A MOMENT ON A METRIC TO LOOK AT WHERE WE WERE TEN YEARS AGO AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
SO THOSE WILL BE I THINK THAT WILL BE NICE FOR US TO LOOK AT TOGETHER.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHILE WE LOOK FORWARD TO LIFTING OUR HEADS AND MOVING FORWARD AND FOCUSING ON WHAT OUR STUDENTS NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WE DO NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PANDEMIC AND REALLY THE IMPACTS TO THINGS LIKE REPORTING.
THERE WERE CERTAIN ASSESSMENTS THAT WERE NOT ADMINISTERED.
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY.
BUT IN LIGHT OF ALL OF THAT AND THE FACT THAT THREE YEARS AGO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT REASSESSING OUR TARGETS FOR THE METRICS, WE BELIEVE THAT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO USE ESSENTIALLY A GRAY COLOR FOR THE ARROWS AND THE LINES THAT THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE SUBSEQUENT PAGES.
TYPICALLY, YOU WOULD SEE COLORS LIKE RED, YELLOW AND GREEN.
IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THREE YEARS OF DATA.
ARE WE IMPROVING? THAT'S GREEN. DOES IT SEEM PRETTY FLAT? THAT'S YELLOW OR IS THERE A DECLINE THAT'S RED? IN ADDITION, AS WE TALK ABOUT ACTUAL NUMBERS, WE HAD ARROWS UP SIDEWAYS AND DOWN.
NONE OF THOSE COLORS ARE ON HERE ON THIS REPORT, AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO YOU'RE JUST GOING TO SEE GRAY ARROWS AND THE BOXES JUST STATE THE NUMBER.
I WANT TO PAUSE AT THIS POINT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.
IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ADDING CONTEXT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT JUST TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING AT THIS POINT.
TRUSTEES. ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? UM, JUST A COMMENT THAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MENTIONED FOR STAKEHOLDERS LISTENING IN, CASPER WAS NOT TAKEN AWAY BY US.
THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THE STATE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
ABSOLUTELY. THEY WERE AND SAT AS WELL.
SO JUST SO THAT IT IS CLEAR IT WAS NOT US.
SO MOVING ON. SO AS AS I MENTIONED, THERE WILL BE APPLES.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO HIGHLIGHT EVERYTHING.
SO IN 2012, THE STATE REPORTED OUT, INCLUDING CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT WE DON'T HAVE.
WE HAVE AUTHORIZED AUTHORIZATION OVER, BUT WE DON'T RUN THOSE SCHOOLS.
THEY WERE INCLUDED IN OUR DATA.
AND AT THAT POINT WE HAD AN 86% GRADUATION RATE.
AND AGAIN, THAT INCLUDED THE WHAT WE CALL INDEPENDENT CHARTERS IN OUR SYSTEM.
AND I WILL SAY THAT THEY HELPED BOOST OUR OUR PERCENTAGE A LITTLE BIT.
THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES IN REPORTING AND THERE'S THE ABILITY TO SEPARATE OUT ON THE STATE DASHBOARD, THE CHARTER SCHOOLS FROM THE DISTRICT SCHOOLS. AND AS YOU LOOK AT US, LAST SPRING AND 20, 22, 95% OF STUDENTS GRADUATED.
CIPHER. IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT'S SIGNIFICANT? IS THAT AN APPROPRIATE USE OF THE WORD SIGNIFICANT IN THIS CASE? YES. SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AND WHILE THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE FOCUSING ON, IT IS AN AREA TO BE CELEBRATED BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN INTENTIONAL INVESTMENT EFFORT, MONITORING AND ACCOUNTABILITY THAT HAS LED US TO THIS POINT WHERE WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS HAD HIGH GRADUATION RATES.
I WILL SAY THIS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE POST PANDEMIC.
YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASES IN THE PERCENTAGES.
THERE ARE QUITE A FEW ACTIONS THAT ARE BEING TAKEN TO SUPPORT FAMILIES.
BUT AS YOU LOOK AT THE LAST TWO YEARS, I WANT TO BE FAIR TO OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT HERE IN PRIOR PRESENTATIONS.
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I'LL MENTION IT AGAIN AS WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT EVERYBODY'S WELL-BEING AND HEALTH, WE HAVE ASKED FAMILIES TO KEEP THEIR STUDENTS HOME IF THEY'RE EXHIBITING SYMPTOMS, IF THEY'RE NOT FEELING WELL.AND SO THAT IS THAT IS A REALITY THAT WE HAVE FACED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT THE HEALTH INITIATIVES IN THE DISTRICT, TO KEEP OUR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS AS HEALTHY AS POSSIBLE, AS WELL AS OUR STAFF.
BUT THIS IS A REALITY AND WE ARE NOT ALONE.
I THINK 93% OF THE ALMOST 900 DISTRICTS THAT WE'RE REPORTING ON, CHRONIC, CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM WERE IN THE HIGHER, VERY HIGH CATEGORY AND HIGHER, VERY HIGH IN THIS CASE IS NOT NOT GREAT.
SO I JUST DO WANT TO CALL THAT OUT.
IT DOES NOT TAKE AWAY THE EFFORTS AND ACTIONS THAT WE'RE TAKING.
AND I THINK YOU CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE AROUND HOW WE ARE TRYING TO FOCUS ON MITIGATING EVERY SITUATION WHERE THERE'S A STUDENT ABSENCE THAT WE CAN AND ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE SOME WE CANNOT CONTROL.
SO THERE'S SOME DATA ON THIS SLIDE FOR FOR US TO CONSIDER.
ALL RIGHT. OUR SUSPENSION RATES.
AND OUR SUSPENSION RATES AND EXPULSION RATES HAVE INCREASED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
I WILL SAY THAT I DON'T THINK THAT WE ARE ALONE.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO US THAT OUR STUDENTS FEEL CONNECTED TO THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IS, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING FOR OUR STUDENTS TO HELP BE PROACTIVE? AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE TRUSTEES HAVE INVESTED IN VERY HEAVILY AND BEEN VERY COMMITTED TO THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS.
SO THAT WAY THEY CAN STAY IN SCHOOL AND BE SUCCESSFUL.
THANK YOU. AGAIN, THE SAME CONVERSATION WITH OUR EXPULSION RATE.
ALSO, I WANT TO COMMEND THE DISTRICT FOR JUST BEING TRANSPARENT ABOUT THIS.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS A STRAIGHT SHOT ON THESE ISSUES.
AND A LOT OF THESE ISSUES ARE VERY TOUGH AND VERY TOUGH TO GOVERN OVER.
SO JUST SOME NOTES FOR THE PUBLIC.
I KNOW IT'S ON TOP OF MIND FOR ALL OF US.
ALL OF US HAVE A FIRM COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT EVERY KID CAN ACHIEVE IN THIS DISTRICT.
BUT SOMETIMES THERE ARE MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL AND ARE SIMPLY ECHOED.
AND WE DO HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAW IN SOME OF THE MORE EGREGIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE.
HOW MANY YEARS HAVE WE DONE THE SURVEY? SO IT USED TO BE CHECKS AND THEN WE SWITCHED TO CORE AND I WANT TO SAY 20 1617.
SO WE HAVE SEVERAL YEARS OF DATA.
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AND I THINK THAT OBVIOUSLY WE WERE ALL FOCUSED ON OTHER THINGS AND HELPING UNDERSTAND HOW WE COULD SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS BASIC NEEDS AND TRANSITION TO DISTANCE LEARNING.THAT SURVEY WAS NOT THE PRIORITY AT THAT TIME.
WE WERE SURVEYING ABOUT ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY, DEPLOYING CHROMEBOOKS, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORTS, RIGHT? THERE WERE MULTIPLE SURVEYS WHERE WE STILL GOT STUDENTS INPUT.
WASN'T THIS ONE, THOUGH? IT WAS NOT THIS ONE.
IT WAS. SO IT'S NOT APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON.
IN ADDITION, IN 2020 AND 2021, SO IN THE SPRING OF 21, THAT WAS WHEN WE WERE JUST COMING OUT OF A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME AND DISTANCE LEARNING AND STARTING TO COME BACK TO THE CAMPUSES.
AND WE DID ADMINISTER THE SURVEY AT THAT POINT, IT WAS ABOUT 20% OF OUR STUDENTS PARTICIPATED.
SO I THINK THERE WAS A LITTLE SURVEY EXHAUSTION AT THAT POINT.
YEAH, BUT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DR.
CYPHERS POINT THAT IT WAS THERE WAS NOT A LACK OF ENGAGEMENT WITH STUDENTS.
IT JUST DID NOT LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THIS SURVEY.
SO AS YOU LOOK AT THE INFORMATION ON THE ACTUAL GRAPHS THAT THAT TALK ABOUT OUR TOUCH POINTS AT FOURTH GRADE, EIGHTH GRADE AND 11TH GRADE, WE FOCUS BOTH ON SAFETY AND CONNECTEDNESS.
AND WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE DATA IS THERE IN MOST CASES IN MOST STUDENT GROUPS AND OVERALL IN THE SPRING OF 21, THERE SEEMS TO BE A SPIKE IN IMPROVEMENT OR MORE STUDENTS AGREEING OR STRONGLY AGREEING ABOUT SAFETY AND CONNECTEDNESS.
WHAT WAS INTERESTING THOUGH, IS IT WAS A VERY LOW PARTICIPATION RATE, SO IT WAS ABOUT 20% AND NORMALLY IT'S 80% TO 90% OF OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE RESPONDING.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CALLED THAT OUT.
AND WHAT THE TEAM DID IS THEY ACTUALLY AGAIN PUT THE NUMBER.
SO IT WAS VERY CLEAR THE DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WERE CONTRIBUTING TO THAT DATA.
SO THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR AT FOURTH GRADE IS WE TALK ABOUT PERCEPTIONS OF CONNECTEDNESS THERE.
WE ALSO PAY ATTENTION, OBVIOUSLY, TO EACH OF THE STUDENT GROUPS, AND THAT IS A PART OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TO MEET STUDENTS WHERE THEY'RE AT AS WE CONNECT WITH FAMILIES THROUGH CAFE.
WE ARE SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN BEST SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS WITH FEELING CONNECTED.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN UTILIZING IS OUR SOCIAL WORKERS IDENTIFYING TRENDS IN WAYS TO HELP STUDENTS FEEL MORE CONNECTED AND SO THEY CAN DO GROUP COUNSELING OR LUNCH BRUNCH ACTIVITIES.
THEY MAY EVEN BE DOING ONE ON ONE COUNSELING.
AND THEN THEY HAVE THEY'RE CONSTANTLY SEEKING WAYS FOR STUDENTS.
WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A CHECK IN CHECK OUT PROCESS.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE TAKE AWAY FROM THE DATA TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS.
AND THEN EIGHTH GRADE AGAIN, JUST LOOKING AT PERCEPTIONS OF SAFETY.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY SAFETY.
AND WE REALLY WE HEARD FROM OUR STUDENTS IT'S SAD, BUT ALSO A REALITY THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS.
AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT IMPACT OUR STUDENTS.
SO THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE THAT ARE LISTED ON THIS PAGE.
CAST ACHIEVEMENT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS.
SO THIS IS THIS IS AN INTERESTING ONE.
SO AS A REMINDER, IN THE SPRING OF 2020, SPRING IS WHEN CASB IS ADMINISTERED.
AND THEN WHEN WE CAME TO 2021 TO TRUSTEE HARDIN'S POINT.
THE STATE ALLOW DISTRICTS TO HAVE THE OPTION OF WHAT THEY WERE ADMINISTERING.
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THAT TRANSITION WAS HAPPENING AT THAT POINT.SO WE USE DISTRICT COMMON ASSESSMENTS.
WE FELT THAT WAS MORE APPROPRIATE.
HEARING HOW OUR STUDENTS WERE DOING ON CASPE WAS GOING TO BE THE MOST BENEFICIAL DATA POINT FOR US.
SO WE FOCUSED ON INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS THAT WE SHARED UP.
SO WE THEN IN THE SPRING OF 22 WAS THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION OF CASPE.
AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE LOOK BACK TO 20 1819 AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS DECLINE IN ELA AND MATH.
WHAT I THINK YOU'LL ALSO SEE IS AGAIN.
INVESTMENT IN WHAT WE CALL LEARNING RECOVERY EFFORTS, A PLAN TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, A LITERACY PLAN THAT'S FOCUSED ON WRITING. YOU HEARD MA SPEAKING ABOUT SOME OF THAT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE IN NOVEMBER TRUSTEES APPROVED INVESTMENT IN FUNDS FOR.
SO STAFF GET TO BE INNOVATIVE AND COME UP WITH IDEAS THAT THEY THINK WILL CONNECT WELL WITH THEIR STUDENTS, WHETHER IT'S DURING THE DAY, WHETHER IT'S AFTER SCHOOL, WHETHER IT'S A CLUB OR A TRUE INTERVENTION AND TUTORING TIME.
DOSES. YOU'LL BE SEEING SOME METRICS ON THOSE TEACHING POSITIONS THAT WERE APPROVED ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO NOW WHO ARE REALLY FOCUSED AGAIN ON THE LITERACY PLAN AND SUPPORTING STUDENTS.
YEAH. ONE THING WITH OUR OUR CSU, YOU SEE A THROUGH G.
SO ESSENTIALLY JUST AS A REMINDER TO THE PUBLIC THAT MAY NOT TALK THIS LANGUAGE ALL THE TIME, ALL THESE ACRONYMS, THIS IS THESE ARE COURSES THAT STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE IN ORDER TO EVEN BE CONSIDERED TO APPLY FOR A CSU OR UC.
AND IF YOU LOOK BACK AT 2012, AGAIN A DECADE AGO, ABOUT THREE IN TEN NATOMAS UNIFIED STUDENTS, NOT INCLUDING CHARTER SCHOOLS, WERE MEETING THE MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY FOR CSU OR UC ADMISSION.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE AT TODAY, IT'S MORE THAN DOUBLED.
WE'VE BEEN TYPICALLY IN THE MID 60%.
THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY ALIGN WITH STUDENT'S ASPIRATIONS OR GOALS FOR AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT OUR JOB IS TO PROVIDE EVERY OPPORTUNITY AND ACCESS FOR STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE THAT.
SO IT'S SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE.
AND AGAIN, INVESTMENT AND INTENTIONAL FOCUS OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS.
AND OUR ENGLISH LEARNER DESIGNATION RATE.
THERE IS THERE IS MORE CONTEXT IN THE FINE PRINT.
THEY WORK WITH STAFF IN AN INTENTIONAL WAY TO DEVELOP THEIR ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY.
AND THERE ARE ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE DONE ANNUALLY TO HELP DETERMINE IF STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO READ DESIGNATE AS ENGLISH PROFICIENT. AND OF COURSE, THERE IS MONITORING IN PLACE THAT WE DO FOR A SERIES OF YEARS AFTER THEY ARE REDESIGNATED.
BUT WE DID SEE GROWTH IN THIS LAST YEAR AT OUR IN OUR RE DESIGNATION RATES.
WE HAVE A RECENTLY APPROVED I THINK IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO NOW ENGLISH LEARNER MASTER PLAN AND SOME INVESTMENTS IN SUPPORTING NOT ONLY STUDENTS BUT FAMILIES OF ENGLISH LEARNERS.
I'M JUST GOING TO JUMP IN BECAUSE THEY DID CHANGE THE CRITERIA TO DESIGNATE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
SO YOU HAVE TO SCORE A FOUR ON THE LPAC NOW.
SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE RATES KIND OF DIPPED A LITTLE BIT AS WE'RE MONITORING THROUGH THAT.
YOU HEARD ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
WE CAN'T SIT HERE WITH TARGETS TO BE DETERMINED MUCH LONGER THAN THIS, THIS VERSION OF THE DPR.
AND SO OUR TEAM IS WORKING DILIGENTLY TO ANALYZE THE DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US, THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, TRENDS NOT JUST WITHIN NATOMAS UNIFIED, BUT AROUND THE REGION, TO ARRIVE AT SOME TARGETS THAT WE WOULD BE EVENTUALLY BRINGING FORWARD.
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THE SECONDARY WORLD. SO HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION OF HIGH SCHOOL, THINGS RELATED TO HIGH SCHOOL, GETTING READY TO GO TO COLLEGE.AND SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT METRICS THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING PILOTING.
BUT WE WE WOULD MIRROR WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THE FORMAL PROCESS, WITH THE DPR, WITH SOME OF THESE PILOT METRICS, SOME OF THEM AROUND OUR WRITING PROGRESS, WHICH IS ACROSS K 12.
AND WE HAVE, BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE APPROVALS THAT TRUSTEES HAVE MADE, WE HAVE SOME CENTRALIZED RESOURCES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO THE SITES, PLATFORMS THAT SUPPORT WITH INTERVENTION, ENRICHMENT, AND THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMON ASSESSMENTS EMBEDDED IN THOSE THAT WOULD HELP US IDENTIFY ACROSS THE DISTRICT WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE AT USING COMMON NUMBERS.
AND THEN WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE CTE, PATHWAY COMPLETION, OUR ATHLETIC AND MUSIC PARTICIPATION AND DUAL ENROLLMENT, WHICH IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO EARN COLLEGE CREDIT WHILE THEY ARE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THOSE ARE SOME METRICS THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING.
ALL RIGHT. WE NEVER WAIT FOR THE SLIDE.
I THINK WE DID THIS TIME, DID WE? ALL RIGHT. SO JUST ONE QUICK COMMENT FOR ME ON THE IF WE COULD JUST PUT BACK UP THE POTENTIAL PILOT METRICS.
I KNOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BANDWIDTH.
AND IF ONE I'D BE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IS THE EARLY WRITING PROGRESS, RIGHT? IF YOU'VE SEEN LITERACY RATES ACROSS CALIFORNIA.
AND SOME OF THEM AREN'T THAT GOOD IN THE DISTRICT.
SO IF ONE HAS TO STAY, I WOULD STRONGLY ADVOCATE FOR THE LITERACY PLAN.
UPDATE. PERSONALLY, I NEED FURTHER DISCUSSION.
QUICK COMMENT. TRUSTEE CROTTY I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE RECOGNIZE AND CALL OUT SLIDE 24 EXECUTIVE DIFFERENCE REGARDING THE 2012 UC CSU GRADUATION RATES G RATES FROM 2012 20 TO 22.
IT'S IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF GROWTH.
AND I THINK WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CALLING THAT OUT AND GIVING KUDOS TO THE INTENTIONALITY AND THE PLANNING THAT HAS BEEN UNDERWAY FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND WHERE WE CAN GO FROM THIS MOMENT GOING FORWARD.
I ALSO HAVE ONE SOME ONE OF THE PARTS OF THE REPORT TO CALL ATTENTION TO TO CELEBRATE.
THAT'S THAT SEEMS LIKE A SIGNIFICANT UPWARD PIECE OF PROGRESS.
SO I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS.
AND AND THEN ALSO JUST RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE THE MORE GLOBAL COMPARISONS, WHETHER IT'S WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO OUR OWN.
OR BEYOND THAT BECAUSE WE THERE.
IT'S A VERY UNIQUE TIME IN EDUCATION AND REALLY KNOWING WHAT OUR LARGER EFFECTS COMING FROM LARGER LEVELS IS HELPFUL SO THAT THIS BOARD CAN BE INTENTIONAL.
AND IT HAS BEEN INTENTIONAL IN DIRECTING FUNDS TO SPECIFIC CHALLENGES.
SO. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THE COMPARISONS COMPARISONS ARE HELPFUL AND THE ACTIONS IN PROGRESS ARE ALSO HELPFUL SO THAT WE CAN TIE THE TWO AND REALLY CONNECT THE DOTS.
SO AND I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF, BUT I WANTED TO MENTION THOSE THINGS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT CALL OUT.
I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR AND THANKFUL ON THE TRANSPARENCY THAT OUR DISTRICT GIVES AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS, LET'S ALL KEEP IN MIND THAT THEY'RE NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE. BUT THIS IS A NATIONWIDE THING.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE A BUDGET UPDATE.
[XIII.b. Budget Update]
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DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT BILL YOUNG WILL BE LEADING THE PRESENTATION.GOOD TO SEE YOU, BILL. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
PRESENTED BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR CONTINUOUS CYCLE OF BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, AND YOU'LL GET A CHANCE TO SEE MORE METRICS AS IT RELATES TO PROGRAMS AND BUDGET. SO THE OBJECTIVE TONIGHT IS TO SHARE THAT ONGOING CONTINUOUS CYCLE OF BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.
AND LOOKING AT THOSE TOGETHER, AS YOU JUST SAW, THE DPR, THE PROGRESS REPORT, AND ALSO THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD BOARD REPORT, USING THOSE AS TOOLS TO HELP DEVELOP NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AND FUTURE BUDGETS.
AND AS A REMINDER, THIS WAS SHARED BACK AT OUR FIRST INTERIM REPORT BACK IN DECEMBER.
THIS IS OUR VISUAL THAT WE USE.
THAT GRAPHICALLY DISPLAYED DISPLAYS OUR CONTINUOUS CYCLE OF BUDGET DEVELOPMENT STARTING IN THE BOTTOM LEFT AUGUST TO OCTOBER, AND THEN GETTING INTO NOVEMBER WHERE WE START TALKING, ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
WE RECENTLY IN GREEN, THE BOARD APPROVED LAST MONTH'S FIRST INTERIM REPORT AND THEN TONIGHT YOU SAW THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD PRESENTATION OR BOARD REPORT AND THEN ALSO OUR DPR PRESENTATION JUST RECENTLY.
AND AS I MENTIONED, OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WE'LL BE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS.
WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IT IN A SIMILAR FORMAT AS WE BRING FORWARD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PROGRAM CONSIDERATIONS AND CONTINUATION OR ALTERNATIVES IN OFFERING OF PROGRAMS FOR NEXT YEAR AND AS IT RELATES TO BUDGET.
AND SO THE EXAMPLES TONIGHT WILL BE SHARING IS AROUND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL ATHLETICS.
WE'LL SHARE AN EXAMPLE ABOUT OUR BEGINNING TEACHER INDUCTION PROGRAM, THE CTE PROGRAM, CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION, AND THEN ALSO OUR COUNSELORS, PSYCHOLOGISTS AND SOCIAL WORKERS. AND AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, THESE SLIDES WILL ALSO BE FOCUSED AROUND THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION.
WHAT DOES THAT PROGRAM COST? WHAT ARE THE ESTIMATED COSTS AND THEN THE APPROPRIATE DATA RELATED TO THAT PROGRAM THAT HELPS DRIVE THE DECISIONS AND CONVERSATIONS THAT HAPPEN WITH BUDGET DEVELOPMENT? AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, THE HOPE IS THAT THIS BUDGET DATA WILL CARRY ANY USD THIS YEAR.
IN 20. IN THE 2324 BUDGET CONVERSATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS, THE DATA AND DOLLAR AMOUNTS CAN BE ADJUSTED AS REQUESTED NEXT YEAR THROUGH OUR INTERIM REPORT PROCESS IN THIS REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT OF STAFF TIME AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
BUT IT'S ALSO APPROPRIATE BECAUSE WE HAVE 40% OF OUR BOARD IS IS NEW, NEW AND SERVING IN THEIR ROLE.
AND AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS, THERE IS A RECESSION LOOMING.
SO WE AS WE'VE TALKED IN THE PAST, WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT ON FOCUS AS WELL.
AND YOU'LL SEE SIMILAR SLIDES IN THE TOP, RIGHT? YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE ESTIMATED COSTS OR THE COST OF THE PROGRAM.
SO FOR THIS PROGRAM, ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS, IT'S ABOUT 449,000.
IN THE IN THE TOP LEFT A DESCRIPTION ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE SOME METRICS WHEN AND WHERE APPLICABLE REGARDING THAT PROGRAM.
AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE METRICS RIGHT NOW FOR 21, 22, LAST YEAR'S ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS OFFERING ABOUT A MORE THAN A THIRD OF OUR STUDENTS IN GRADES FOUR THROUGH EIGHT, PARTICIPATED IN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS.
WE HAD 76 OF OUR OWN STAFF PARTICIPATING BY SERVING AS COACHES.
ANOTHER PROGRAM TO TAKE A LOOK AT AS AN EXAMPLE IS OUR BEGINNING TEACHER INDUCTION PROGRAM.
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AGAIN, SIMILAR FORMAT TOP RIGHT.YOU SEE THE COSTS, WHAT'S IN THE BUDGET.
AND SO THIS THIS YEAR WE HAVE 64 TEACHERS PARTICIPATING IN OUR BEGINNING TEACHER INDUCTION PROGRAM.
SOME SLIDES WILL BE JUST A SINGLE SLIDE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROGRAMS AND SOME WILL BE MULTIPLE.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION, SIMILAR FORMAT.
WE SPENT ABOUT $2.88 MILLION TO PROVIDE TEN CAREER PATHWAYS.
$2.8 MILLION, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.
THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS.
1.36 MILLION IS LCF MONEY THAT WE GET ANNUALLY.
WE DO RECEIVE FEDERAL DOLLARS OF ABOUT 98,000, BUT THEN WE ALSO RECEIVE TWO SEPARATE GRANTS, THE CITY INCENTIVE GRANT, WHICH IS A ONE YEAR GRANT RENEWAL EVERY YEAR.
BUT BECAUSE IT'S A GRANT, WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT THAT GRANTS CAN ACTUALLY END DEPENDING ON THE STATE BUDGET, TO BEGIN, DEPENDING ON PROGRAM CHANGES AT THE STATE LEVEL OR THE PROVIDER OF THE GRANT.
SO THOSE THINGS WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND AND STAY IN FRONT OF TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO OFFER THIS TEN, THESE TEN PATHWAYS, WE HAVE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT.
IF ONE OF THESE GRANTS WERE TO END AND WE'D PROVIDE ENOUGH ADVANCE NOTICE SO WE CAN START THINKING TOGETHER AND RECEIVING DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD ON HOW HOW TO, HOW TO BUDGET FOR THAT. AND STILL STICKING WITH CTE.
REGARDING THIS EXAMPLE, YOU CAN SEE THE ETHNICITY BREAKDOWN OF OUR CTE STUDENTS VERSUS FULL SCHOOL.
SO IN BLUE ARE THE CTE PARTICIPANTS OR STUDENTS.
AND THEN THE RED IS OUR OVERALL NINE THROUGH 12TH GRADE ENROLLMENT.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE FORECASTING ABOUT 67% OF OUR STUDENTS DISTRICTWIDE, ARE DUPLICATED STUDENTS.
WHEN YOU COMPARE THAT WITH THE PROGRAM, 65% OF THE STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN CTE ARE ALSO UP.
STUDENT OUTCOMES FOR GRADUATION RATE 98 98%.
JUST OVER 98% OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN CTE IN 2122 WERE FACTORED IN IN THE GRADUATION RATE COMPARED TO OVERALL STUDENT OUTCOMES OF 95.4. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE DROPOUT RATE A THROUGH G COMPLETION RATE AND THE COMBINATION OF BOTH.
AND SO, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UTILIZING THE DISTRICT PROGRESS REPORT, OUR INTERNAL DATA SYSTEMS AND THEN ALSO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DASHBOARD TO HELP DRIVE THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S ALSO THE SERVICE AND THE INTERACTIONS AND THE ENGAGEMENT OF STUDENTS.
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SO WE HAVE 52.2 FTE TOTAL OF THE CLASSIFICATIONS PRESENTED BEFORE YOU.THE CALIFORNIA STATE AVERAGE IS 527 TO 1 AND THIS IS FOR COUNSELORS AND USC SCHOOL OF A RATIO OF 708 TO 1 FOR US, WE DID A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
SO WHEN YOU COMBINE THE GROUP OF CLASSIFICATIONS TOGETHER, OUR RATIO IS ABOUT 231 TO 1.
IT'S THE GROUP EFFORT TOGETHER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE WHOLE CHILD.
AND SO WE LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN JUST STRAIGHT AVERAGES.
WE LOOK AT IT AS A WHOLE, WHOLE GROUP EFFORT.
LAST TUESDAY AT 9 A.M., THE GOVERNOR RELEASED HIS JANUARY'S PROPOSED BUDGET.
HERE ARE A FEW HEADLINES FROM THAT DAY.
THERE IS A $22 BILLION STATE BUDGET DEFICIT BASED ON THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSED BUDGET.
THEY WON'T HAVE TO TOUCH THE RAINY DAY RESERVES.
IN THAT MOMENT, A LOT CAN HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND MAY WHEN THE GOVERNOR RELEASES A MAY REVISE BUDGET.
ALL DEPENDING ON HOW THE NATIONAL ECONOMY IS DOING IN THE STATE ECONOMY IS DOING.
AND BECAUSE WE'RE THE STILL FIFTH LARGEST GLOBAL ECONOMY, EVEN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY IMPACTS, HOW WILL WE MOVE FORWARD AS A STATE? AND SO NEXT MONTH I'LL BE PRESENTING A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET AND ALSO IN THAT MID-YEAR REVIEW.
AND THEN STAYING WITH THE THEME OF THE DATA THAT YOU JUST SAW.
THE REASON I'M SHARING THIS RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT IS IT'S TAKING THE ACTUAL, THE ACTUAL SLIDE FORMAT AND APPLYING IT TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION THAT YOU'LL SEE. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT REVISITING RESOLUTION 2119.
SIMILAR SLIDE FORMAT TOP RIGHT IS ABOUT 4.28 MILLION.
THERE'S A BRIEF DESCRIPTION AND THEN THERE'S SOME METRICS AND INFORMATION FOR YOU.
AND THEN ALSO THE SER THREE PLAN REVISION, WHICH IS PANDEMIC FUNDS, SAME THING, SAME FORMAT.
AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE SPRING, THIS SIMILAR FORMAT BEING BROUGHT FORWARD FOR DISCUSSION.
WILL BE REVISITING THAT RESOLUTION THAT I JUST MENTIONED.
AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT THIS PROCESS IN THE CYCLE.
MORE DATA AND METRICS TIED TO THE DPR, TIED TO THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL INFORMATION.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE REST OF THE MONTHS THERE.
AND THEN IN JUNE, WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD THE CAP UPDATE AND THEN ALSO THE BUDGET ADOPTION.
ALL RIGHT. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. VICE PRESIDENT GRANT.
EXCUSE ME. BILL, WOULD YOU MIND JUST SPEAKING ON THE DUPLICATED STUDENT JUST FOR THE AUDIENCE AND THOSE AT HOME? SURE. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, PLEASE.
AND WHAT MAKES UP AN DUPLICATED STUDENT IS THEY ARE EITHER AN ENGLISH LEARNER OR THEY MEET THE INCOME, CATEGORICAL, CATEGORICAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH. OR THEY ARE FOSTER YOUTH.
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AS WE LOOK AT WHAT TYPE OF CTE PATHWAYS WE WANT TO CREATE OR CONTINUE.ANY OTHER COMMENTARY? TRUSTY KARATE? YES. I QUICKLY WANTED TO CALL OUT THE INVESTMENTS AROUND THE COUNSELING AND SOCIAL WORKER AND PSYCHOLOGIST SUPPORTS, PARTICULARLY AROUND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORTS FOR FOR YOUTH.
AND I'M LOOKING AT THE THE STAFFING.
I MEAN, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN THIS AREA.
I JUST WANTED TO CALL IT OUT AND HOPING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE.
GIVE IT TIME AND SPACE AND SEE THE IMPACTS OVER TIME THAT WE'RE HOPING TO SEE FOR OUR YOUTH.
[XIV.a. Present and Approve Funding Allocations Associated with Resolution 21-19 Positions and the ESSER IIIPlan Update]
SDR THREE PLAN UPDATE.AND THEN WE PRESENTING RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE REMAINING POSITIONS OUTLINED IN 2119, AND THEN ALSO PRESENTING OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ESSER THREE OR PANDEMIC FUNDS TIED TO RESOLUTION 2119, FOR EXAMPLE, THE URGENT CARE NOW CLINIC.
I WILL GO THROUGH THESE PRETTY QUICK.
JUST TO THE KEYNOTE ON HERE IS THE LEARNING RECOVERY EMERGENCY BLOCK GRANT.
WE DID RECEIVE ADDITIONAL ONE TIME FUNDS THIS YEAR.
AND SO WHAT REMAINS IS ABOUT $11.87 MILLION.
SO WE CAN SPEND THAT THROUGH 26, 27 AS ONE TIME FUNDS.
AND THE REASON I CALL THAT OUT IS BECAUSE I'LL BE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION, A STAFF RECOMMENDATION, THAT WE USE SOME OF THAT MONEY TO EXTEND OUR TEACHERS ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT. SO JUST A QUICK REMINDER OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2119.
I WON'T GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL HERE, BUT IT WAS ENACTED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BACK IN MAY 12, 2021, AND IT WAS RELATED TO ONE TIME POSITIONS FUNDED BY AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS.
SO VARIOUS PANDEMIC FUNDS SUPPORTING THOSE POSITIONS.
AND IT WAS INTENDED TO LAST FOR THE 2122 SCHOOL YEAR AND THEN ALSO THE 2223 SCHOOL YEAR, AND THEN AT THAT POINT MAKE A DETERMINATION OF HOW TO EXTEND THE POSITIONS OR TO NOT EXTEND THE POSITIONS.
ONE OF THE BIG ITEMS TO CALL OUT IS SOCIAL WORKERS THROUGH A SIMILAR PROCESS.
STAFF PRESENTED INFORMATION AND METRICS REGARDING SOCIAL WORKERS IN ORDER TO DETERMINE DO WE CONTINUE SOCIAL WORKERS OR IS IT A ONE TIME, ONE TIME POSITION? AND THE BOARD GAVE DIRECTION AND MADE THE INVESTMENT TO CONTINUE SOCIAL WORKERS ONGOING.
SO THEY ARE ALREADY IN THE ONGOING BUDGET.
SO THAT CONVERSATION WON'T BE TODAY BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN IT'S ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED.
TODAY'S CONVERSATION IS ALL THE OTHER POSITIONS LISTED HERE OTHER THAN SOCIAL WORKERS.
ALSO EXCERPT FROM RESOLUTION 2119 CALLING OUT THE REQUIREMENT TO IDENTIFY AND USE METRICS AND CRITERIA TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD ANY POTENTIAL FOR EXPANSION OR CONTINUANCE OF THESE POSITIONS.
SO WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO THE JUMP, RIGHT INTO THE METRICS.
SO OUR TEACHERS ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT SAYS THESE ARE OUR SUPPORT TEACHERS PROVIDING SUPPORT TO TARGETED STUDENTS TO HELP SUPPORT LEARNING RECOVERY. AND I'LL DEFER TO COLLEAGUES FROM OUR CEO OFFICE TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
BUT THIS TABLE KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'VE MOVED FROM.
THE BOTTOM ROW, YOU CAN SEE THE INFORMATION OF HOW THE DOSES WERE ENGAGING AND INTERACTING WITH STUDENTS THAT NEEDED THAT EXTRA LEARNING SUPPORT IN THE EFFORTS OF LEARNING RECOVERY.
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AND ALL OF OUR OTHER STAFF.CO TEACHING. AND AGAIN, THIS IS ADDITIONAL METRIC INFORMATION REGARDING TULSA'S AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO THEY ARE ASSISTING 82 DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS. AND YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACT OF WHEN THEY DO ENGAGE IN CO TEACH WITH OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS AS WELL.
ONE PIECE OF NOTE ON THE SESSIONS AT THE TOP.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE IMPACT, TEACHERS WHO ATTENDED VOLUNTARY PAID PD FOCUSED ON WRITING HAD STUDENT GROWTH OF 61% VERSUS ONLY 48% GROWTH FOR TEACHERS WHO DID NOT ATTEND THAT PD SESSION.
AND SO PD IS CONSTANTLY BEING OFFERED TO SUPPORT WRITING AND LITERACY.
AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION FOR PTOSIS IS TO CONTINUE THE LEARNING RECOVERY EFFORTS, THE LITERACY SUPPORTS AND AVID SUPPORTS PROVIDED BY CURRENT LEVEL OF CO TEACHING DOSES FOR TWO ADDITIONAL YEARS FOR THE 23, 24 YEAR AND 2425 SCHOOL YEAR.
OF NOTE MOVING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT RESOLUTION CALLED OUT.
THE RESOLUTION CALLED OUT THE NEED FOR 25.2 FTE AT THAT TIME.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 15.6 FTE FILLED IN THOSE POSITIONS.
SO WE HAVE 9.6 FTE CURRENT VACANCIES, WHICH WE RECOMMEND CLOSING AT THIS TIME.
WE ARE MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROCESS PROGRESS WITH THE 15.6.
AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE A SIMILAR FORMAT FOR THE NEXT RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT CONTINUE FOR TWO YEARS.
YOU'LL SEE WHAT THE ESTIMATED COST IS.
IT'S 2.1 MILLION ANNUALLY, 4.2 IF WE GO OUT TWO YEARS AND THEN THE FUNDING SOURCES AND THEN BECAUSE IT'S IT'S A TEMPORARY POSITION, RIGHT. ONE YEAR OR TWO YEAR, THIS CONVERSATION WILL NEED TO OCCUR AGAIN DOWN THE ROAD.
WHETHER OR NOT A CONTINUANCE IS IS NEEDED OR WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THE LEARNING RECOVERY EFFORTS.
SO IN THIS CASE, IF THE ABOVE RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVED, NO LAYOFFS WILL BE REQUIRED FOR 2324.
AND NO LAYOFFS WOULD BE REQUIRED IN THAT EVENT.
WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE THE 1.2 FTE AVITUS, YOU CAN SEE THE METRICS THERE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS BEING IMPACTED THROUGH THIS AVID WORK AND AVID SUPPORTS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CONTINUANCE OF THE AVID TOSA AT 1.2 FTE.
WE DID HAVE SOME CAP CARRYOVER FUNDS FROM LAST YEAR, SO IT IS A GOOD MATCH IN THE SENSE THAT IT MATCHES OUR INTERNATIONAL WELL, COMPLEMENTS OUR INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS AND OUR AVID CALL OUTS IN THE EL CAP.
AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO USE CAP CARRYOVER FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS ALSO.
JUMPING INTO THE COVID AND CLINIC SUPPORT STAFF LISTED IN RESOLUTION 2119.
WE HAVE 2.4 FTE REGISTERED NURSES, THREE LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSES AND ONE OFFICE SPECIALIST.
THREE SUPPORTING VARIED COVID AND CLINIC SUPPORTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
AND YOU CAN SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM BELOW.
THE URGENT CARE NOW CLINIC IS OPEN MONDAY AND FRIDAY FROM 7 A.M.
TO 5 P.M.. THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW THAT WE'VE USED WE'VE HAD ABOUT 5434 PATIENTS VISIT THE CLINIC SINCE ITS OPENING AND YOU CAN SEE THE VARIOUS SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED BY THE CLINIC.
IN ADDITION, WE OFFER OUR OWN IMMUNIZATION CLINICS AT THE SERVICE CENTER.
AND THEN WE ALSO DO SPORTS PHYSICALS AS WELL.
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MOVING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.YOU CAN SEE THE RESOLUTION CALL OUT THE RECOMMENDATION.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, 2.4 FTE AND FTE EARNS WOULD REDUCE TO TWO.
SO JUST DROPPING ABOUT 0.4 FTE, WHICH CREATES A SAVINGS AND AN AFFORDABILITY.
YES, THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO CONTINUE THIS FOR ONLY ONE YEAR.
THE REASON FOR ONLY ONE YEAR IS BECAUSE WE HAVE ONLY SO MUCH PANDEMIC FUNDS LEFT.
AND THEN, IF NECESSARY, COVID SUPPORTS AS WELL.
ADDITIONAL METRICS REGARDING I.T ARE INFORMATION OR INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT STAFF.
AND SO DURING THE PANDEMIC WE SAW A SURGE IN THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY.
STAFF THAT ARE WORKING THAT EVERY DAY SO THAT FAMILIES CAN COME AND GET THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED.
AND THIS POSITION, THESE POSITIONS LISTED HERE WILL BE RECOMMENDED FOR ONGOING BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE, WE'VE GROWN AS A DISTRICT IN TECHNOLOGY USE WHICH IS POSITIVE AND ACTUALLY WE'LL NEED TO CONSIDER IN THE OUT YEARS EVEN EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF STAFF THAT SUPPORTS IT.
THIS IS JUST THE CHROMEBOOKS IN LAPTOP DEVICES.
THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE EVERY COPIER OR PRINTER AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND IN THAT INVESTMENT WE WERE ABLE TO HELP LAUNCH THE LTE WI FI TOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
SO THAT PERSON JUST NOW HAS ANOTHER LAYER OF RESPONSIBILITY MAKING SURE THOSE TOWERS ARE OPERATIONAL AND THEN ALSO SAFE FOR USE REGARDING NETWORK SECURITY AND THEN STUDENT USE.
AND SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IT SUPPORT STAFF, AS YOU CAN SEE, ARE LISTED LEFT TO RIGHT.
AGAIN, THIS IS FIVE FTE, ABOUT 560,000.
AND SO IT WOULD BE AN ONGOING FUNDING SOURCE.
LET'S GO. LET'S ROLL. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
TIED. TIED TO THOSE POSITIONS ARE RELATED.
ESSER THREE OR PANDEMIC FUNDS PLAN REVISION.
WHAT IT COSTS TO SUPPORT OUR COVID SPECIALISTS, WHICH AREN'T PART OF THE RESOLUTION.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE TEN IN THE PLAN.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO DROP THAT TO EIGHT.
AND DURING THAT YEAR, WE WILL LOOK FOR OTHER FUNDING SOURCES TO CONSIDER OR EVEN CONSIDER.
DO WE DO WE CONTINUE A CLINIC AND BRING RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARD TO TRUSTEES? AND SO LEFT TO RIGHT, DROPPING FROM 10 TO 8 FTE.
IT WOULDN'T BE A LAYOFF OR REDUCTION IN STAFF BECAUSE THEY ARE THERE ARE TWO VACANCIES THAT EXIST.
IT WOULD JUST BE A CLOSING CLOSING A POSITION.
AND THEN WE WOULD REEVALUATE SOMETIME NEXT YEAR WHETHER OR NOT TO CONTINUE.
BUT WE DO HAVE ONE TIME PANDEMIC FUNDS TO FUND THE THE EXTENSION.
THEY NEED THE CLINIC TO OPERATE.
SO IT COSTS ABOUT $490,000 TO CONTINUE THE CLINIC FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
AGAIN, WE DO HAVE PANDEMIC FUNDS THAT CAN SUPPORT THAT.
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FUNDS AND THAT WE CAN MOVE QUICKLY, WE WOULD USE THE FUNDS TO FUND REPLACEMENT OF HVAC.SO OUR SUMMER WERE OUR SUMMER RECENT SUMMER WAS REALLY HOT.
YOU CAN ASK YOU CAN ASK DOUG AND HIS TEAM AS FAR AS THE VISITS TO TO THE ROOF IN HVAC.
SO IT IS GOING TO BE TIME TO REPLACE SOME OF THOSE.
IS THAT NEED IT? AND IT ALIGNS TO THE EXPENDITURE PLAN OR THE EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENTS OF SR THREE.
THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION IN ONE SLIDE UTILIZING $2.1 MILLION IN PANDEMIC FUNDS.
ONE TIME FUNDS FOR ALL THE ITEMS LISTED BELOW AND PREVIOUSLY SHARED UTILIZING $4.2 MILLION IN LEARNING RECOVERY BLOCK GRANT FOR CONTINUANCE OF THE CCO TEACHING PTOSIS FOR ONLY TWO ADDITIONAL YEARS.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE CARRYOVER FUNDS FROM EL CAP, AND THEN YOU COULD ALSO SEE THE ONGOING FUNDS, AND THAT WILL BE THE THIRD YEAR OR THE THIRD YEAR OUT FROM TODAY STARTING IN 2425, THE CONTINUANCE OF IT STAFF IN AN ONGOING BUDGET.
SO STAFF RECOMMENDS STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, I GUESS I'LL OPEN UP WITH A FEW QUESTIONS.
BILL, FROM YOUR UNDERSTANDING.
DOES ANY OF THE SPENDING, WILL IT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT MAYBE OUR POSITIVE BUDGET CERTIFICATION? THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THIS SPENDING IS ONE TIME MONEY.
IT WOULD NOT IMPACT THE POSITIVE CERTIFICATION.
WOULD YOU SAY THIS SPENDING IS IN LINE WITH WHERE WE USUALLY ARE AT ADMINISTRATIVELY? YES. YES. WE'LL STILL BE IN THE 80, 81, 84% RANGE FOR FOR STAFFING.
GOT IT. AND WE'RE HEADED INTO RECESSION.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT BE IN IT BY SOME ESTIMATES.
BUT WHAT'S A CONCERN TO ME IS LAYOFFS.
I'D HATE TO BE SENDING PEOPLE THESE TYPE OF NOTICES IN THE MIDDLE OF A RECESSION.
I THINK THAT'S A CRUEL WAY TO CONDUCT BUSINESS.
SO I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY WE WOULDN'T SUPPORT THESE EXPENDITURES.
I WOULD JUST MOVE APPROVAL AND THEN WAIT FOR PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION FOR A SECOND.
IT WAS MOVED BY MICAH, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MORA.
ANY DEBATE, DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION.
SO I'M NOT A HUGE FAN OF PTOSIS.
AS I'VE SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE, I THINK THAT WE CAN SEE THAT THEY'VE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB.
MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT WE HAVE SO MANY CLASSROOMS THAT DO NOT HAVE TEACHERS.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING ELSE THAT I HOPE THAT WE ALL DO LOOK AT.
LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A MORE CONVERSATION ON THIS ITEM.
SO, NATALIE, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? THERE'S A MOTION IN A SECOND.
CASTILLO GRANT, I PARDON? I MOIRA, I, I ALL RIGHT, THAT MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU, BILL. NEXT UP, ACTION.
[XIV.b. Approve Resolution 23-01 Approving the Joint Powers Authority Agreement and Joining GovernmentFinancial Services Joint Powers Authority]
ITEM B, APPROVED RESOLUTION 20 301, APPROVING THE JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY AGREEMENT AND JOINING GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL SERVICES.IS THERE ANY COST SAVINGS RELATED TO THIS? JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY, WHILE THERE'S AN ANNUAL FEE OF 5000, GFC HAS PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS OVER THE TEN YEARS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM THROUGH OUR REFINANCING OF BONDS, AND NOW THAT THERE ARE A JPA, THEY WILL THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE MORE COST SAVINGS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT.
IS THERE A MOTION? I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE IT.
MOVE BY TRUSTEE GRANT, SECOND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE HARDIN ON ITALIA.
CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? CASTILLO GRANT.
ALL RIGHT. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[XIV.c. Approve Bundled Agreements and Contracts for Expenditures for Academic Learning Recovery andWriting Recovery Actions]
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, WE CAN SUBSTITUTE THE PRIOR UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL VOTE.ALL RIGHT. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT IS THAT OBJECTION.
I MEAN, YOU KIND OF SIDELINE ME LOW KEY.
ALL RIGHT, SO THAT MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.
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ALL RIGHT, ACTION ITEM RD, RATIFY ADDITIONAL CONTRACTS FOR LEAP ACADEMIES UNDER THE EXPANDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM.[XIV.d. Ratify Additional Contracts for LEAP Academies under the Expanded Learning Opportunities Program(ELO-P) for 2022-23]
IF THERE'S NOT AN OBJECTION, CAN WE SUBSTITUTE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO? PRESIDENT GRANT FOR THE RECORD, I JUST WANT IT TO BE REFLECTED.SIX ZERO. A COUPLE OTHER ONES DO I JUST IGNORE THOSE? THOSE ARE FIVE ZERO. ALL RIGHT.
APPROVE AGREEMENTS FOR LITTLE HEROES ORGANIZATION FOR 2020 TO 2023.
[XIV.e. Approve Agreements for Little Heroes Organization for 2022-23]
LET'S DO A MOTION FOR THIS SINCE I JACKED IT UP, SO I'M GOING TO MOVE APPROVAL.IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.
NATALIA, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL CASTILLO? GRANT I PARDON? I MOIRA, I I ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS THE LAST TIME SUE IS GOING TO HAVE ME PRESIDE IN HER ABSENCE.
[XIV.f. Ratify Memorandum of Understanding between the District and CSEA regarding October 31, 2022Paycheck Errors]
ALL RIGHT. IF THERE IS NO UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL VOTE.ALL RIGHT, THAT CARRIES FIVE ZERO.
APPROVED ROBERTS FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER, FREEDOM SCHOOLS CONTRACT.
[XIV.g. Approve Roberts Family Development Center - Freedom Schools Contract]
JUST A COUPLE MAYBE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.FOR THE RECORD, SUPER DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT YOUNG, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THERE WERE SOME CONCESSIONS MADE BY THE ROBERTS FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER ON THIS ITEM.
YES. FROM DECEMBER TO TODAY'S PROPOSAL DROPPED EIGHT AND ONE HALF.
AND THEN PREVIOUSLY, THE INITIAL PROPOSAL INCLUDED A 17% ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
IT DROPPED DOWN TO 12% IN THIS PROPOSAL.
OKAY. SO I'M AT THIS POINT, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THOSE CONCESSIONS.
OKAY. SO IS THAT A MOTION? I. THAT IS A MOTION.
ALL RIGHT. MOVE BY TRUSTEE HARDIN.
SECOND, SECOND BY TRUSTEE KARATE.
NATALIA, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? CASTILLO. GRANT, I.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ROBERTS FAMILY OF CENTER.
ALL RIGHT. A REALLY TEPID CLAP.
I MEAN, YOU GUYS WANT TO OPEN UP? THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT.
ACTION ITEM. OH, ACTUALLY, DID I HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT ITEM? NO, I DID. I'M SORRY.
MS.. STURMAN, YOU HAD PUBLIC COMMENT ON ACTION ITEM G.
I'D LIKE TO SAY THIS WAS A WONDERFUL.
[XIV.h. Approve Resolution No. 23-02 Designating February 6-10, 2023 as National School Counseling Week]
IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE MOVE BY TRUSTEE MARA SECOND.NATALIA, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? CASTILLO GRANT, I.
MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO, ACTUALLY.
[XIV.i. Annual Review and Consideration of Approval of the NUSD Governance Handbook]
I'M SORRY. ANY REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF THE A.D.JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
LAST TIME, THIS DID NOT GET SUPPORT THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME TENSION ON THE BOARD AT THE TIME, JUST CANDIDLY AND, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD TRUSTED US AND, YOU KNOW, PATCHING THOSE DIFFERENCES AND TRYING TO FIND A HANDBOOK THAT WOULD ENJOY SUPPORT.
AND SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD DOCUMENT.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S THAT TENSION THIS TIME.
SO IS THERE A DEBATE DISCUSSION? RUSTY HARDIN ALL RIGHT.
MOVED BY TRUSTEE HARDIN, I SECOND.
NATALIA, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? CASTILLO GRANT, I.
THIS MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO.
[XVI.j. Discussion and Vote on Resolution No. 23-03, Authorizing Use of Remote Teleconferencing ProvisionsPursuant to AB 361 and Government Code Section 54953]
TO AB 361 AND GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54953.[01:35:01]
NATALIA, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL CASTILLO? GRANT. HI.ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
[XV. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT I SEE A SERIES OF PUBLIC COMMENTS UP HERE FOR, I BELIEVE, GIOVANNI ABRUZZI.AND THAT'S BOARD BY LAW, I BELIEVE, 93 TO 23 MEETING CONDUCT.
AND SO WE'RE ONLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE GIOVANNA 4 MINUTES.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE CAN ONLY HONOR 4 MINUTES.
SO GIOVANNA, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND TAKE YOUR 4 MINUTES, WE CAN HAVE YOU DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT. AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE GOING TO DEDICATE TO THE ENTIRE DISCUSSION.
BUT NO INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER CAN BE ALLOTTED MORE THAN FOUR TOTAL MINUTES BECAUSE OF DONATION TIME.
IF I HAVE SOMEBODY. THE BOARD ALWAYS WANTS TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU DO HAVE PEOPLE WHO OBVIOUSLY ARE DRIVEN.
I'M HERE BECAUSE I'VE CONTACTED A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY RESPONSE.
I HAVE NOTHING FROM A MATTER THAT HAPPENED MAY FOUR, 2022.
SO YOU CAN ADDRESS THAT DURING PUBLIC.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WE HAVE TO HAVE ORDER.
YOU CAN ADDRESS THAT DURING THE 4 MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'M SIMPLY EXPLAINING A BOARD BYLAW.
SO WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT TIME TO SPEAK AND YOU CAN ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS IN THAT 4 MINUTES.
BUT THAT'S ALL THAT'S GOING TO BE ALLOTTED PER HOUR.
OUR GOVERNANCE POLICY, THE POLICY CAN BE CHANGED, BUT THAT REQUIRES AN ENTIRE PROCESS.
AND YOU HAVE FIVE TRUSTEES WHO MAY HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON IT.
RIGHT. BECAUSE SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE'VE GOT IN THE PAST IS THAT BOARD MEETINGS WOULD GO TO LIKE MIDNIGHT OR 1:00 IN THE MORNING AND THEN THE PUBLIC WOULD NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO INPUT. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE YOUR 4 MINUTES, WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN PUT YOUR LAPTOP. THANK YOU.
SO I WANT TO START OFF BY THIS VIDEO I HAVE FOR EVERYBODY.
BECAUSE WHY DID SHE HANG ON FOR SO LONG? THESE DEALERS. I DID WORK ON THE INHALER.
I KNOW I'M NOT. I DIDN'T SAY SHE WAS RIGHT.
THE SAME WAY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD ME.
I APOLOGIZE TO SHANE FOR HER SAYING THAT SHE CAN NEVER UNDERSTAND.
IN THAT CASE, THAT'S BULLSHIT.
THAT'S SOME OF THE STUFF THAT I COULD PLAY THE REST LATER.
BUT I DO WANT TO GET INTO WHY I'M HERE.
DID YOU KNOW ONE OUT OF 13 PEOPLE HAVE ASTHMA? DID YOU KNOW THAT ASTHMA IS A LUNG ISSUE AND IS A VERY SERIOUS, LIFE THREATENING EVENT WHEN DEPRIVED OF EMERGENCY REMEDIES SUCH AS TATIANA'S INHALER? IMAGINE BEING STRANGLED AND DESPERATE FOR AIR TO GET JUST A QUICK BREATH.
IMAGINE WHAT YOUR CHILD FEELS BEING IGNORED AND HAD TO WAIT TO GET HER INHALER.
IMAGINE. WAS THAT BAD BEHAVIOR OR WAS THAT A DESPERATE CHILD NEEDING TO BREATHE? MY DAUGHTER WAS BADLY MISTREATED AT HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY BY NUMEROUS PEOPLE, WHICH WERE KIDS AND STAFF, AND UNFORTUNATELY, MY DAUGHTER WAS NOT THE ONLY CHILD EXPERIENCE.
THIS MISTREATMENT PROVIDED BY THE STAFF OF THE SCHOOL.
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AND HER TEACHER THAT SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO LET HER GO TO THE HEALTH OFFICE TO GET HER INHALER.SHE WAS HAVING AN ASTHMA ATTACK.
THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED ON MAY 4TH, 2022, AROUND 9:00 AM.
TY VIVIANO ARRIVED AT SCHOOL LATE AND SHE RAN TO CLASS.
WHEN SHE SAT DOWN, SHE FELT HER CHEST TIGHTENING UP.
SHE ALSO SHE ASKED HER TEACHER, MS..
KATHLEEN MILLER, IF SHE COULD GO TO THE HEALTH OFFICE TO USE HER INHALER.
THE TEACHER, MS.. MILLER, SAID YES, BUT AFTER MS..
TAYLOR WHISPERED SOMETHING IN HER EAR, MS..
MILLER CHANGED HER MIND AND TOLD MY DAUGHTER THAT SHE COULD NOT GO TO USE HER INHALER.
SHE TOLD HER SHE KNOWS MY DAUGHTER DIDN'T STUDY FOR THE TEST.
MY DAUGHTER IMMEDIATELY TURNED TO LEAVE THE CLASS TO GO TO THE HEALTH OFFICE TO USE HER INHALER.
INHALER. OBVIOUSLY SHE WAS HAVING AN ASTHMA ATTACK.
MS.. TAYLOR FOLLOWED MY DAUGHTER OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND ASKED HER WHERE SHE WAS GOING.
MY DAUGHTER TOLD HER SHE WAS GOING TO USE HER INHALER.
MS.. TAYLOR JUMPED IN FRONT OF THE EXIT DOOR AND BLOCKED HER FROM GOING TO THE HEALTH OFFICE.
I TURNED AROUND AND HEADED THE OTHER WAY.
MS.. TAYLOR TURNED AROUND AND HEADED AFTER HER TIE.
VIANA TURNED BACK AROUND AND STARTED RUNNING TOWARDS THE DOOR INTO THE HALLWAY.
MS.. TAYLOR WAS ORIGINALLY BLOCKING AND RAN STRAIGHT INTO THE HEALTH OFFICE.
AS TATYANA WAS RUNNING TO THE HEALTH OFFICE, MS..
TAYLOR YELLED, I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THIS TEST BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T STUDY.
YOU CANNOT USE MEDICAL CONDITIONS TO GET OUT OF A TEST.
SHE KEPT REPEATING THOSE WORDS THE WHOLE TIME.
SHE CHASED MY DAUGHTER TO THE OFFICE.
WHEN TYPING ON HER RIGHT TO THE OFFICE, SHE TOLD THE SCHOOL SECRETARY SHE NEEDED HER INHALER.
LORRAINE TOLD HER TO GO SIT DOWN IN THE CHAIR NEXT TO THE PRINTER.
MS.. LIZ JOAQUIN, WHICH WAS THE HEALTH ASSISTANT AT THAT TIME, TALKED TO MS..
AS THEY WERE TALKING, MY DAUGHTER WAS STILL SITTING IN THIS CHAIR HAVING AN ASTHMA ATTACK.
IT TOOK A FEW MINUTES BEFORE MY DAUGHTER WAS EVEN GIVEN HER INHALER BY MS..
MS.. LIZ. AFTER SHE RECEIVED HER INHALER, TIZIANA ASKED IF SHE CAN CALL MOM AND MS..
SO, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT I HAVE TO READ, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE 4 MINUTES ARE UP, SO.
OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE APPROPRIATE DISTRICT STAFF TO PLEASE GET IN CONTACT WITH MS..
ABRUZZI TO FIND RESOLUTION TO THAT COMPLAINT.
OKAY. SO THESE ARE A COPY OF ALL THE EMAILS THAT I'VE SENT FROM MAY 5TH TILL NOW.
IF YOU GUYS WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT OR PASS IT AROUND OR I MEAN.
ARE WE ABLE TO MAKE COPIES OF THAT? IS THAT OKAY? I MEAN, I HAVE A WHOLE COPY OF MY EMAIL IS JUST.
LIKE MY KIDS BEING DEPRIVED OF INHALER IS NOT SAFE.
YOU KNOW? AND THEN FOR SOMEBODY TO TELL ME THAT I ONLY IF IT WAS TWO WEEKS LEFT OF SCHOOL.
NO, I HAD TWO WEEKS LEFT OF SCHOOL.
I COULDN'T MAKE A FORMAL COMPLAINT.
BUT SINCE IF THERE WAS TWO MONTHS LEFT, THEN I COULD HAVE MADE A FORMAL COMPLAINT.
INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE GIVING ME.
I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A GRIEVANCE.
I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO A FORMAL COMPLAINT.
I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO ALL TYPE OF STUFF.
AND I'M SYMPATHETIC TO THOSE CONCERNS WHERE WE HAVE TO CONTINUE RUNNING THE MEETING.
I CAN'T BY OUR BOARD BYLAWS, I CAN'T HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT HERE FROM THE DAIS STOP PERMITTED.
SO ALL THESE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVE TO BE AGENDA ISED.
SO I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
WE DO HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE AGENDA.
WHATEVER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN WRITING, SENT TO ME AS WELL, I CAN PERSONALLY SEND IT TO YOU.
I CAN'T DEDICATE DISTRICT STAFF TIME TO THAT, BUT HAPPY TO SEND YOU INFORMATION ABOUT THE BROWN ACT.
I WILL. WHOEVER I WILL, I WILL.
I WILL HAPPILY DO THAT. WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT IN WRITING, PLEASE, I WILL SEND THAT TO YOU.
YOU HAVE MY OATH AS A GENTLEMAN AND A SCHOLAR.
EXCUSE ME. I SAID YOU HAVE MY OATH AS A GENTLEMAN AND A SCHOLAR.
MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT, I HAVE BREEZY TRIO.
OKAY. GOOD EVENING AND PLEASED TO HEAR FROM AMERICAN GRAMMAR FROM AMERICAN STUDENT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TWO THINGS.
I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE DISTRICT IS DOING AN EXTENDED LEARNING PROGRAM FOR THE KIDS THAT ARE FROM TEN MONTHS UNTIL FIVE YEARS OLD.
THAT IS A PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN DONE AT THE LIBRARIES.
AND THE ONLY THING THAT I DIDN'T SEE IT ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE IS WHERE IS IT GOING TO BE PLACED?
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ONLY SAYS THE SESSIONS, THE DATES AND IDEATING HAVE THE TIME TO CALL THE DISTRICT, BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE THE LIBRARIANS WERE NOT NOTIFIED.WE'RE NOT INFORMED ABOUT THIS ONE.
THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY AND IT WILL BE GOOD IF THE DISTRICT COLLABORATE WITH THE LIBRARIES IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE IS A NEED AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING SOMETHING GOOD BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WAS PROMOTING AT THE LIBRARY AND IS VERY WELL RECEIVED.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE KIDS HAVE A PERMANENT TEACHERS, AND THE PERMANENT TEACHERS ARE NOT TULSA'S.
SO YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE KIDS THAT ARE FAILING ARE NOT DOING WELL IN EIGHTH GRADE, SEVENTH GRADE, SIXTH GRADE, AND AMERICAN LAKES ARE TAKING CARE BECAUSE THIS IS AN ONGOING SITUATION SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THEY NEED TO BE REINSTATED NO MATTER WHAT.
SO WHATEVER SITUATION WAS I THINK IS WORKABLE.
AND I HOPE THOSE TWO TEACHERS GO BACK TO THE CLASSROOM.
THE LAST PUBLIC COMMENT I HAVE THIS EVENING IS FROM MS..
SHARON THURMAN. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL WAYS THAT YOU SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE NATOMAS BLACK PARENT UNITED GROUP BECAUSE RECENTLY WE REVIEWED SOME OF THE CALIFORNIA ANNUAL ASSESSMENT RESULTS FOR OUR STUDENTS THIRD, EIGHTH AND 11TH GRADE, HIGHLIGHTING THE 11TH GRADERS.
AND TO SUMMARIZE THE COMMENTS FROM THE PARENTS, WE WERE APPALLED.
WHY? BECAUSE OVER 50% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT READING AT GRADE LEVEL.
TODAY I BROUGHT SOME OF THE DATA AND I WOULD LIKE FOR OUR BOARD TO HAVE ITS STAFF BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE RESULTS ARE IN DETAIL.
I'D ALSO LIKE US TO NOT COMPARE OURSELVES TO OTHERS WHO ARE DOING JUST AS BAD OR WORSE THAN WE ARE, BUT PERHAPS COMPARE OURSELVES TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OR SCHOOLS, SOME OF THEM HERE IN OUR VERY DISTRICT THAT ARE DOING WELL, THAT ARE ABOVE THE 50% RATE.
WE CAN BRAG ABOUT THE WONDERFUL GRADUATION RATE THAT WE HAVE, BUT IF THE 11TH GRADERS WHO TOOK LAST YEAR'S TEST.
70% OF THEM ARE NOT READING AT GRADE LEVEL.
WE'RE ASKING THE QUESTION, ARE WE PROMOTING STUDENTS WHO TRULY ARE NOT PREPARED? LITERALLY WHO DO NOT READ AT THEIR GRADE LEVEL.
ALL RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND SO WE WILL.
THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD CALL.
THIS MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:48 P.M..
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.