Mar 22, 2023 Board Meetings

[I. OPEN SESSION]

[III. ANNOUNCEMENT OF ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION]

[VI. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION]

[IX. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA]

[X.a. Student Board Member]

[X.b. Board Members]

[XI. CONSENT ITEMS]

[XII.a. Opening Of Heredia-Arriaga Board Report with Context Slides]

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AND ALSO ADDITIONAL PARKING AND A GYMNASIUM AS WELL.

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IN REGARDS TO FUNDING AND EXPANSION FOR HEREDIA-ARRIAGA SCHOOL, WE ESTIMATE THE COST TO BE $40 MILLION TO $50 MILLION.

THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION COULD INCREASE BETWEEN NOW AND THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION SO AROUND $40 MILLION TO $50 MILLION TO ADD THE CLASSROOMS, GYMNASIUM AND FIELDS.

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FOR EXAMPLE, A CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION, WHICH IS A TYPE OF LOAN FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION. IT'S ABOUT A 15 TO 20-YEAR LOAN.

INITIAL REPAYMENT CAN BE DEFERRED FOR TWO TO FOUR YEARS WHILE WE WAIT FOR ADDITIONAL INCOME AND THAT COULD BE PAID BACK OVER TIME. WE HAVE DONE THIS PREVIOUSLY WITH OUR PASSOVER DAY SCHOOL. WE USED A CLP TO GET THAT SCHOOL LAUNCHED AND CONSTRUCTED AS QUICK THROUGH AS POSSIBLE, WHICH ALSO SISIEVRECEIVED IN ESCALATI. WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE STATE TO APPROVE A BUDGET TO REIMBURSE US.

WE ANTICIPATE $40 MILLION IN REIMBURSEMENTS.

WITH THAT CONSIDERATION, OTHER FACILITY PROJECTS MAY BE DELAYED. ANOTHER OPTION FOR FUNDING IS WHAT'S CALLED THE LEASE LEASE BACK AND IT'S ALSO A TYPE OF LOAN AND IT WOULD BE WITH FINANCING PAYMENTS MADE OVER 15 PLUS YEARS AND WE HAVE USED THIS IN SIMILAR PROJECTS IN THE PAST WITH HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION.

THOSE PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE FROM DEVELOPER FEES OR BOND FUNDS IF THERE'S A BOND FUND IN THE FUTURE.

ALL THREE OF THESE, A COMBINATION OF THESE THREE CAN BE USED TO FUND THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.

AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PROJECT, WE HAVE TO COME BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT OUR FACILITY FINANCIAL PLAN WHICH WE'LL BRING THAT BACK AS A FUTURE ITEM. THERE IS SUFFICIENT FACILITY SPACE ON THE PROPERTY. WE WOULD NEED TO BEGIN PRELIMINARY DESIGN STARTING IN 2025 AND SOONER.

WE CAN BRING AN ARCHITECT RECOMMENDATION AS EARLY AS MAY FOR CONSIDERATION. LATER THIS EVENING, THERE'S AN ACTION ITEM RELATED TO THE EXPANSION OF THE SCHOOL.

>> QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU. ON THE SLIDE THAT LISTS THE FUNDING OPTIONS DO DO THE STAFF HAVE AN EARLY ASSESSMENT OF

WHAT'S FAVORED? >> NOT AT THIS TIME.

I'M A FAN OF THE LEASE LEASE BACK APPROACH, JUST FOR THE

RECORD. >> OTHER COMMENTS FROM TRUSTEES?

>> I JUST WANTED TO CALL HOW I'M HAPPY TO BE WORKING WITH THE SEAL PROGRAM. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE PROGRAM FIRSTHAND WITH STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND HOW THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ENGAGE STUDENTS AN IT'S INCREDIBLE.

THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENED WITH STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOMS, I'M EXCITED TO KNOW THAT'S BEEN HERE IN NATOMAS.

OUR FAMILIES ARE GOING TO BENEFIT.

YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHT BULB IN THE CLASSROOM AND TO SEE THAT HAPPENING, IT'S INCREDIBLE. I'M EXCITED TO KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE HERE FOR ALL OF OUR FAMILIES BECAUSE I THINK BEING ABLE TO SPEAK A SECOND LANGUAGE IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL HAVE ACCESS TO SO JUST KNOWING THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH GREAT PARTNERS IS EXCITING TO KNOW AND THE FRAMEWORK AROUND SOCIAL JUSTICE, BUILDING THE HOME SCHOOL CONNECTION PARTNERSHIPS, THAT'S ESSENTIAL. WE MAY BE ABLE TO PLAN OUT AND BE ABLE TO HAVE ALL THESE ASPECTS BUT I THINK IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT MODEL WHICH IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE, WE'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND OUR STUDENTS WILL SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT SO I

JUST WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT. >> TRUSTEE CASTILLO, DID YOU WANT TOTO MWANT TOTO MWANT TO M? NO? I, TOO, AM A HUGE FAN OF SEAL. FROM THE MOMENT OF GROUNDBREAKING, I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE.

I WORKED AT A DUAL IMMERSION SCHOOL IN THE PAST AND IT'S

EXCITING SO I'M HAPPY FOR US. >> I'M LOOKING AT THE OPTIONS AND I REMEMBER IN THIS DISTRICT WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED I THINK WE RELIED ON THE COPS TO GET ONE OF THE SCHOOLS CONSTRUCTS AND

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WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MATCH FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE.

WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE BUDGET IS GOING TO BE UNTIL WE GET THE FINAL BUDGET, SO I, LIKE TRUSTEE GRANT, I AM IN FAVORITE OF THE LEASE LEASE BACK APPROACH FOR THIS.

DID WE NOT DO THIS AT HERON? HLN HEIGHT.

I THOUGHT THERE WAS ANOTHER SCHOOL.

OKAY. I THINK WE HAVE GONE THROUGH IT AND WE HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF USING THAT APPROACH IN THIS

DISTRICT. >> THANK YOU.

>> FROM WHAT PRESIDENT HEREDI SAID, A QUESTION CAME UP IN MY MIND. CAN YOU DEFINE WHAT THE STATE MATCHING FUNDS ARE? IS THAT RELATED TO EVENTUAL INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT? OR IS IT ANOTHER SOURCE OF STATE MATCHING FUNDS FOR THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR LOANS?

>> WHEN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PASSES A BOND THAT SUPPORTS SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND SCHOOL FACILITY CONSTRUCTION, THERE'S AVAILABLE FUNDING FOR DISTRICTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR PLANNING CONSTRUCTION AND SO IT COULD BE MATCHING FUNDS, NOT NECESSARILY 50/50 MATCHING FUNDS, MORE LIKE 30/40 BUT IT'S TO MOVE FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND BUILD THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE QUEUE FOR THE FACILITY MASTER PLAN SO IT'S THROUGH A STATEWIDE BOND THAT THOSE FUNDS COME FORWARD AND A PORTION OF THE STATE BUDGET AS WELL.

>> AND SECOND QUESTION IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

I THINK WHICH EVER OPTION WE DECIDE TO GO WITH, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHAT ALL THOSE DIFFERENCES ARE, THIS QUESTION IS KIND OF A BLANKET QUESTION. WITH THE EXPANSION TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, DOES THAT STILL -- DO THOSE PROJECTIONS STILL PUT OUR DISTRICT BUDGET IN A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION?

>> AT THIS TIME, YES. WE DON'T AN ADVERTISE PATE IT IMPACTING THE GENERAL FUND UNLESS OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE. WITH THESE IN THE PAST, WHEN WE HAVE OPERATED THE COP OR THE LEASE LEASE BACK IT HAD NO IMPACTS TO THE GENERAL FUND AS WE CONSTRUCTED THOSE PROJECTS.

>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET ONE THING ON THE RECORD THAT WE HAVE NOT TOUCHED ON THAT RELATES TO THE EXPANSION.

THERE IS A REASON WHY -- WE LIKE THE K-8 MODEL IN NATOMAS UNIFIED AND IT WORKS WELL FOR OUR FAMILIES, BUT THERE IS A DEFINITE R REASON BACKED BY RESEARCH THAT WOULD MAKE IT IRRESPONSIBLE FOR US TO DROP THE LANGUAGE COMPONENT.

I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEONE JUST WANTS TO BRIEFLY SPEAK TO THAT REASON BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT JUST TRYING TO EXPAND THE SCHOOL FOR THE SAKE OF EXPANDING THE SCHOOL OR TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THE OTHER SCHOOLS, ALTHOUGH THOSE ARE GOOD REASONS BUT IT'S DEEPER THAN

THAT. >> YES, THINK.

IN THE DUAL IMMERSION MODEL IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE THE STUDY THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE THE STUDENT'S ABILITY TO BECOME FULLY BILINGUAL AND WE ALLOW THE STUDY TO CONTINUE SIXTH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHTH GROWEADE ANE WOULD BE CUTTING SHORT THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME FULLY BILINGUAL IF WE STOP THAT HAD MODEL AT THE END OF FIFTH GRADE AND THE RESEARCH DOES SPORT THAT WE CONTINUE THAT MODEL OF DUAL IMMERSE STUDY IN THE SIXTH,

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SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADES. >> THANK YOU.

I THINK THAT BODY OF RESEARCH IS SO VAST.

I'M LOOK AT MY FELLOW FORMER PROFESSORS IN MY DEPARTMENT AT SAC STATE AND THE COURSES THAT WE TAUGHT AND ALSO THE LITERACY.

WE HAVE DR. LOZANO IN THE AUDIENCE WHO TEACHES LITERACY AND DR. SUSAN BAKER, ALL WHO HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS WHO GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE AND UNDERSTAND THE VAST RESEARCH THAT SUPPORTS CONTINUING LANGUAGE AT LEAST STARTING OUT AND THAT'S THE WHOLE CORE OF MANY OF OUR CLASSES FOCUSING ON THAT.

THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT, THERE'S NO ACTION TO TAKE ON THIS.

WE HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION AND THEN THIS WILL BE UP FOR A

DISCUSSION. >> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> THANK YOU.

[XII.b. Theory of Action AR0100 Update: Ethnic Studies Pilot Course with Context Slides]

I KNOW WE HAVE STUDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT WHO WANT TO ALSO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HEAR FROM THEM. I THINK THERE ARE THREE OF THEM HERE. THANK YOU.

>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE THIS EVENING.

IT'S JUST SHORT OF A YEAR AGO THAT WE WERE HERE SEEKING APPROVAL FOR THIS PILOT COURSE, SO TONIGHT WE GET TO BE BACK WITH OUR THEORY OF ACTION, AR0100 BRINGING THE VOICE OF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND TEACHERS BACK TOO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED SO FAR IN THIS COURSE.

WE HAVE A UNIQUE VIEW BECAUSE WE HAVE A TEACHER AND SOME STUDENTS FROM LGA, SO BECAUSE OF THEIR SCHEDULE, THEY'VE TAUGHT THE COURSE FOR THE YEAR AND WE HAVE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FROM INTERCOME AND NATOMAS HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.

WE'LL BE SEEING VIDEOS TONIGHT FROM STUDENT VOICES.

WE'LL BE LOOKING AT SOME DATA FROM STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND THEN HEARING FROM TEACHERS WHO WILL BE COMING TO THE PODIUM AS WELL AND SOME OF THE STUDENTS ARE HERE WITH THEIR FAMILIES THIS EVENING AND SOME HAVE EVEN SUBMITTED PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU THIS EVENING. I'M GOING TO START FIRST WITH JUST SOME REMINDERS OF THE C CONTEXT OF ETHNIC STUDIES.

LAST YEAR WE SUBMITTED THIS COURSE FOR APPROVAL AND THIS WAS A PILOT COURSE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE STATE'S MODEL CURRICULUM AND AS A REMINDER, THIS IS THE TIME LINE THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL.

THE REARMEDS RELATED TO OFFERING AN ETHNICS STUDIES COURSE, I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO LOOK AT THE BOX IN THECOURSE, I HELPFUL TO LOOK AT THE BOX IN THE RECTANGLE IN THE MIDDLE.

THIS TIME LINE I THINK IS REALLY HELPFUL.

OUR SENIOR CLASS OF 29-30, SO THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2030 IN CALIFORNIA IS THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS REQUIRED TO TAKETH ETHNIC STUDIES SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO HAVE THE CLASS OF 2026 SET UP SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE OUR NUSD PILOT FOR ETHNIC STUDIES SO WE HAVE A CHANCE TO TEACH IT IN THE FORMAT, TO REVIEW THE CURRICULUM, TO HAVE FAMILIES WEIGH IN, SELECT THE MATERIALS, TO HAVE STUDENTS REVIEW IT AND AJUST IT WITH OUR CYCLE OF CONTINUES YOU LEARNING AND IMPROVEMENT SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE THIS EVENING.

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THE COURSE REQUESTS HAVE DOUBLED.

WE HAVE 245 STUDENTS REQUESTING TO TAKE THIS CLASS FOR NEXT YEAR. LARGE THANKS, AND YOU WILL SEE THAT IN THE APPENDIX OF THE BOARD REPORT, SO MUCH OF THE RAW DATA IN ONE OF THE APPENDICES IS ABOUT THE CONNECTION THE STUDENTS HAVE WITH THE TEACHERS AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU SCAN THE RAW DATA. I THINK AN EXCITING CALLOUT IN THE PILOT DEMOGRAPHICS, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER IN THE PARENTHESES ARE THE DISTRICT DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE DATA OF THE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN OUR ETHNIC STUDIES PILOT REALLY MIRROR THE DATA OF OUR DISTRICT AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE FOR OUR PILOT CLASS THIS YEAR, SO I WANTED YOU TO SEE THAT TABLE. SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT AND ANALYZING IS WHERE THIS CLASS FITS IN TERMS OF GRADE LEVEL FOR WHETHER WE PUT IT IN A SPECIFIC GRADE LEVEL. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO DETERMINE AS A DISTRICT FOR OUR GRADUATION REQUIREMENT.

OUR STUDENTS WERE ASKED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR TEACHERS AT THE MID WAY POINT, WOULD THEY RECOMMEND OTHER STUDENTS TO TAKE THIS COURSE. WHAT DID THEY THINK ABOUT RESOURCES AT THE MIDWAY POINT OF THIS COURSE.

WHAT DID THEY THINK WAS INTERESTING ABOUT THEIR LEARNING? I INCLUDED ENOUGH OF THE BOTTOM ROW HERE, A REALLY INTERESTING PART OF THE SURVEY QUESTION THAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ON THIS SLIDE THAT THEY FELT COMFORTABLE OR VERY COMFORTABLE DISCUSSING THE THE E MATERIALS AND TOPICS. ONE OF THE THEMES THAT EMERGED IS HOW MUCH THIS CLASS HAS PUSHED THEM TO DISCUSS TOPICS AND THAT WAS A VERY STRONG THEME THAT CAME OUT IN THE FOCUS GROUPS AND YOU WILL SEE THAT IN ONE OF THE VIDEOS SO I'M EXCITED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. THEN WE HAVE STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK. THERE WAS A FAIRLY LOW RESPONSE RATE, ACTUALLY, WE EVEN ENGAGED IN SOME PHONE BANKING.

THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE TO PUSH SOLICITING MORE FEEDBACK FROM FAMILIES, SO THIS IS THE MIDWAY POINT FEEDBACK FROM FAMILY SURVEYS ABOUT THEIR FEEDBACK SO FAR ON ETHNIC STUDIES. IT PRETTY MUCH MIRRORS THE STUDENT SURVEY DATA BY YOU CAN SEE THAT N OR THE RAW NUMBER IS MUCH LOWER THAN THE STUDENT RESPONSE RATE SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK ON DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET FAMILY FEEDBACK.

WE DID FOCUS GROUPS WITH SMALL GROUPS OF STUDENTS AFTER THE SURVEY SO THAT WE COULD ASK MORE IN DEPTH QUESTIONS.

SOME OF THE THEME THAT IS EMERGED FROM THE SMALL FOCUS GROUPS, THERE'S RAW DATA IN THE REPORT THAT THE STUDENTS REALLY SHAPED THE WAY THEY LOOKED AT THEIR OWN FUTURE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY CAME OUT IN THE THEMES.

I THINK WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN THE FIRST SET AND WE'LL SEE HOW MUCH THE CLASS HAS HELPED THEM FEEL CONNECTED.

IT WAS ALL ABOUT CONNECTIONS. THERE ARE TWO SETS OF VIDEOS BASED ON THEME THAT IS EMERGED FROM STUDENT FOCUS GROUPS.

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ONE OF THEIR FAVORITE ASSIGNMENTS WAS A COME PAIR SON OF RACIAL UNDER TONES IN MODERN DAY ADVERTISING AND IT'S ONE OF THEIR FAVORITE ASSIGNMENTS SO IT'S REALLY THOUGHT PROVOKING TO READ THEIR ANALYSIS OF THIS SO IT'S EXCITING TO READ THEIR WORK AND WRITING. VERY THANKFUL FOR THE TEACHERS FOR THAT. SO THIS FIRST VIDEO, I WANT TO SAY THIS COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE STUDENT VOICE OF ALL THREE SITES AND IN THIS FIRST VIDEO, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT ABOUT IS THEIR PERSONAL CONNECTION AND THE ECONNECTION STUDENTS ARE MAKING TO THEIR CLASS AND TEACHERS.

>> MY FAVORITE PART OF THE ETHNIC STUDIES COURSE IS BEING ABLE TO EXPRESS MY OPINIONS AND HOW I FEEL ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS AND BEING ABLE TOE HEAR OTHER PEOPLE'S OPINIONS I MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY AGREE WITH BUT WE CAN COME TO TERMS AND AGREE TO DISAGREE. I FEEL LIKE I'M ENGAGING WITH MY PEERS. WE GET TO UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER

A LITTLE BETTER ON DEEPER LEVEL. >> WE WERE ABLE TO DISCUSS A LOT OF SOLUTIONS OR CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BRING LIGHT TO AND NEW UNDERSTANDING FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE. MADE SURE ME AND MY FRIENDS REALLY GOT ENGAGED AND THAT'S WHY IWHY I L WHY I LOVE WHAT HAD WE DID AND HAD NEW CONVERSATIONS THAT I WAS NOT ABLE TO HAVE OUTSIDE OF

CLASS. >> MEETING WITH STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE AT NATOMAS HIGH WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE GROUP OF STUDENTS, NOT ONLY THAT BUT ALSO LEARNING ABOUT WHO I AM CULTURALLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO LEARN ABOUT THAT WITH YOUR HISTORY CLASSES. THEY GO OVER IT BUT IT'S NOT IN DEPTH LIKE THIS CLASS IS. ETHNIC STUDIES HAS HAD A HUGE IMPACT BECAUSE FROM MY EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE IT ALLOWS ME TO REALLY BE OPEN MINDED ABOUT ONE'S RACE AND TO BE CULTURALLY INFORMED. WE DO I HAVE IN AND ANALYZE.

I WOULD SAY MY FAVORITE PART IS PROBABLY THAT BECAUSE EVERYBODY GETS TO TALK. SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT WANT TO TALK, BUT YOU LOVE THE CONVERSATION SO MUCH THAT YOU

WANT TO. >> I THINK MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT THE ETHNIC STUDIES COURSE IS WHEN WE LEARN ABOUT THE SOCIAL BILL AND HOW IT'S REALLY AFFECTED MINORITIES AND WHERE I

STAND IN GENERAL IN SOCIETY. >> THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES, HOW THEY DEAL WITH CERTAIN THINGS AND WE CAN ALSO LEARN ABOUT WHY THINGS ARE THE WAY THEY ARE.

>> OVERALL IT'S HELPED ME SEE THINGS IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT.

IT'S HELPED ME LOOK AT THINGS FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND TO LOOK AT THINGS AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH RATHER

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>> I THINK SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IS WEE SHARE OUR OWN IDEAS, EXPERIENCES AND STORIES AND I THINK THAT THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IN ETHNIC STUDIES PAUSE WE'RE ALL A BIG COMMUNITY AND WE CREATE A FOMENT IN THAT CLASS.

>> MY FAVORITE PART WAS BEING ABLE TOAMILY IN THAT

CLASS. >> MY FAVORITE PART WAS BEING ABLE TO HOLD A DISCUSSION AS PEOPLE.

I WAS ABLE TO LEARN AND ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES WITH FELLOW STUDENTS. I THINK ETHNIC STUDIES IS BASED ON THE TEACHER. OUR TEACHER, MS. HARDING, SHE ENGAGES WITH EACH STUDENT ON A PERSONAL LEVEL AND WE WERE ABLE TO LEARN AND INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER AS WE DID IN A RESPECTFUL

AND LEARNING MANNER >> THIS COURSE IMPACTED ME AND MY EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE BY ENLIGHTNING ME A LITTLE BIT IN GETTINGENING ME A LITTLE BIT IN GETTING ME TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO APPLY HISTORY OF THE REAL WORLD SO USING THE HISTORY OF THE PATH, PRESENT, AND FUTURE AND HOW I CAN USE THOSE TO APPLY TO EVERY LIFE. I REALLY HOPE THE ETHNIC STUDIES COURSE TAKES FLIGHT AND A LOT OF TEACHERS GET TO IMPLEMENT THIS

INTO SEVERAL CLASSROOMS. >> SO THE SECOND SET OF VIDEOS FROM OUR STUDENTS IS THE STUDENT VOICE SEGMENT BUT YOU WILL SEE THAT THE THEMES THAT SURFACED ARE ABOUT THE UNITS OF STUDY AND ACTIVITY THAT IS HAVE, THROUGH THE CLASS, REALLY RESINATED WITH

OUR STUDENTS. >> MY FAVORITE UNIT WAS THE P POWER OF NAMES AND HOW OUR NAMES HOLD A VERY -- IT JUST

HOLDS YOUR STORY. >> MY FAVORITE UNIT IN THE ETHNICS STUDENTS COURSE IS WHEN WE DID THE FOUR EYES OF OPPRESSION. IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE AND WENT DEEP INTO RACISM AND INTIMATE LEVELS OF IT AND HOW IT BUILDS

ON EACH OTHER. >> MY FAVORITE PART OF THIS COURSE IS LEARNING HOW RACISM AND INTERPERSONALITY AND INTERSECTIONALITY RELATES TO MICRO AGGRESSIONS IN THE

WORKPLACE AND THE SCHOOL. >> MY FAVORITE PART IS LEARNING ABOUT INTERSECTIONALITY AND THE SOCIAL WHEEL AND MS. HARDING DID THIS ACTIVITY WHERE WE GOT THESE CHIPS AND DEPENDING ON THE COLOR IS WHERE YOU STOOD ON THE SOCIAL WHEEL AND WHO HAD MOST OF THE COLOR YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND THAT WAS A FUN ACTIVITY.

>> WE WOULD REACH INTO BAGS AND SELECT POKER CHIPS AND EACH HAD A DIFFERENT COLOR, IT WAS WORTH A CERTAIN AMOUNT AND WE WOULD GO AROUND THE CLASS IN GROUPS AND TRY TO TRADE AND SEE HOW MUCH WE WOULD MAKE AND IT SHOWED HOW PEOPLE CAN AND CAN'T MOVE UP AND DOWN IN SOCIAL CLASSES BASED OFF DECISIONS THEY MAKE.

>> IT BRINGS A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT.

>> MY FAVORITE UNIT IN ETHNIC STUDIES WOULD BE THE FIRST UNIT, IT WAS AN INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES.

WE ALSO GO INTO DEPTH WITH IDENTITY AND SOMETHING I FOUND REALLY IMPORTANT IN THAT UNIT WAS NOT ONLY ARE WE LOOKING INTO OUR OWN IDENTITY BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO OTHER PEOPLE'S CULTURE AND IDEA, WHETHER IT'S GOING INTO RACE AND GENDER.

WE LEARN MORE AND MORE ABOUT ONE ANOTHER.

>> THIS UNIT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I HAVE HAD A VERY MISCONSTRUED IDEA OF WHAT THE AMERICAN DREAM IS AND I FIGURED OUT THAT TO ME, THE AMERICAN DREAM ISN'T SOMETHING THAT'S DESIRABLE AND SOMETHING THAT I WANT BUT IT CAN BE ANYTHING THAT YOU DEFINE IT AS AND WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ACTIVITY THAT IS WE DID WITH THAT WHERE WE WOULD STAND IN CORNERS AND TALK ABOUT I DISAGREE BECAUSE OF THIS REASON OR THIS IS MY EXAMPLE OF

WHY I AGREE. >> WE GO INTO AND DO I HAVE INTO SYSTEMS OF POWER AND ANALYZE THE SYSTEMS THAT OPPRESS US AND

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>> MY FAVORITE UNIT HAS BEEN THE LATINX UNIT AND WHEN THE BROWN BERETS CAME IN TO SPEAK TO MY CLASS, IT WAS MOVING TO SEE THEM IN MY CLASS BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THEY EXISTED, JUST SEEING THE PRESSURES THEY ENDURED AND ARE PUSHING AGAINST, IT WAS VERY

EYE OPENING. >> PART OF OUR COMMITMENT IS BEING COMMITTED TO THE NATOMAS CYCLE OF CONTINUOUS LEARNING AND IMPROVEMENT AND I WANT TO GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO OUR THREE PILOT TEACHERS. THEY CREATE LESSONS TOGETHER AND TEACH THEM IN FRONT OUCH EACH OTHER AND THEN GIVE EACH OTHER FEET BACK ON THOSE LESSONS, CRI CRITIQUE LESSON AND THEN GIVE THEM AGAIN.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK LISA STUBENROW TO GIVE SOME

REFLECTION. >> GOOD EVENING.

I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THIS JOURNEY STARTED TWO YEARS AGO WHEN THE STUDENTS AND CLUBS EXPRESSED WANTING MORE LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT REPRESENTED WHO THEY WERE AND THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF THEIR PEOPLE. I SPOKE AT A BOARD MEETING IN APRIL TWO YEARS AGO AND FOUND OTHER TEACHERS SPEAKING ON THE SAME AMOUNT. WE WERE RECITED TO COCHAIR AND DEVELOP AND TEACH THE ETHNIC STUDIES PILOT COURSE.

STUDENT HAVES VOICED THAT OUR CLASS IS THE ONLY CLASS THEY SAVE NOTES FOR AND IS A SAFE PLAITS TO BUILD OFF EACH OTHER OWES PERSPECTIVE AND RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE.

IT'S BEEN A PLACE TO CELEBRATE THE UH YOOUCHLTSNS THATSTS THAT RIGHTS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND THE IMPORTANT OF DEVELOPING SOL DARED WITHIN OURSELVES, EACH OTHER AND OUR GREATER COMMUNITY.

I'M REALLY HERE TO CELEBRATE THE STUDENTS WHO TOOK THIS JOURNEY WITH US. YOU CULTIVATED A COLLECTIVE, SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR IDEAS, CONCERNS, FEARS AND STORIES.

YOU HAVE BROUGHT OUR CRICK LIMB TO LIFE AND I'M PROUD OF HOW YOU ADVOCATE FOR CRITICAL HOPE IN MOVING THIS HOPE FORWARD.

WHEN WRITING THE COURSE THAT GOT APPROVED BY OUR BOARD LAST YEAR.

OOPS. I'M OFF.

I DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF THE BEST PRESENTER OR THE LEADER IN THE CLASSROOM. HUMILITY WAS A KEY CONCEPT IN PRACTICE, PEDAGOGY AND THROUGH LEARNING EXPERIENCES.

OUR WEEKLY COMMUNITY CIRCLES HAVE BUILT A TRUST WHERE VARIOUS OPINIONS AND PERSONAL STORIES WERE RESPECTED AND GAINED PERSPECTIVE. I AM HAPPY TO SEE OUR DISTRICT INVEST IN THIS WORK BY FORGING PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY STAKE HOLDERS LIKE SAT STATE, ALSO MY ALMA MATER FOR TEACHING. THINKING ABOUT OUR NEXT STEPS, WE ARE IN AGREEMENT TO ADOPT THE LEARNING FOR JUSTICE SOCIAL JUSTICE DOMAINS AND STANDARDS FOR OUR OUTCOMES AND UNITS THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED EXPANDING AND GOING MORE IN DEPTH WITH OUR IDENTITY AND SYSTEMS OF POWER UNIT AND DELVING MORE INTO EACH OF THE FOUNDATIONAL GROUPS, ALL CURRICULAR PRIORITIES FOR NEXT YEAR. EXAMPLES SUCH AS EUGENICS WHICH WE'RE COVERING NOW TO END OUR SYSTEMS OF POWER YOUNT AS WELL AS THE FOURUNIT AS WELL AS THE FOUR HOURS OF OPPRESSION AS AN EXAMPLE. WE ENVISION INTERACTING MORE WITH THEM BY DOING COMMUNITY MAPPING, MAKING CONNECTIONS BY ENGAGING IN THE COMMUNITY, FIGURATIVELY BREAKING DOWN THE WALLS OF THE CLASSROOM. I BELIEVE NEXT YEAR THERE WILL BE A MORE CONNECTED, COHESIVE CRICK LIMB THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR IDENTITY TO ACTION FRAMEWORK AND PRE

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>> DONYA HARDING? [APPLAUSE]

>> FIRST OF ALL, MY NAME IS DONYA AND I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.

GOOD EVENING. I REPRESENT THE AWESOME LEROY GREEN ACADEMY. I DIDN'T PREPARE A SPEECH, BUT I DID COME TO TELL YOU THIS HAS BEEN PROBABLY THE BEST CLASS I HAVE EVER TAUGHT IN MY ENTIRE LIFE AND I HAVE BEEN TEACHING FOR A LONG TIME. I'M AN OLD HEAD.

THE OTHER THING IS I'VE HAD AT LEAST 25 TO 30 YEARS OF EDUCATION AND I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS TYPE OF CLASS.

IF I HAD, I PROBABLY WOULD BE A BETTER PERSON BECAUSE OF IT.

I'M A GRADUATE OF THE BMET PROGRAM.

I WAS TAUGHT TO PUSH THIS WORK FORWARD.

MY DAUGHTER ASKED ME WHY THIS COURSE IS SO IMPORTANT.

I TOLD HER BECAUSE, ONE, IT'S JUST LIKE WHEN YOU SEE THE BABIES WHO HAVE BEEN BORN BLIND OR THEY CAN'T HEAR AND THE FIRST TIME THEY GET GLASSES AND HEARING DEVICES AND HOW EXCITED THEY ARE TO SEE THE WORLD IN A DIFFERENT WAY, WE NEED TO EXPAND THIS PROGRAM SO THAT EVERYBODY GETS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE IT. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT COLOR YOUR SKIN IS BECAUSE WE'RE ALL HUMAN BEINGS.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN STUDENTS FINISH SCHOOL THEY'RE CAPABLE OF DOING NEW THINGS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE OLD THINGS AREN'T WORKING TOO WELL. THE WAY OUR COUNTRY IS, IT'S TOO DIVISIVE. THIS HELPS MAKE PEOPLE MORE INCLUSIVE BECAUSE CREATIVITY IS STYMIED IF YOU'RE NOT SEEN AS A CREATOR AND OFTEN TOO MANY PEOPLE OF COLOR AREN'T SEEN THAT WAY. SO I'M HERE AS AN ADVOCATE FOR THAT. NEXT YEAR, I THINK OUR FOCUS SHOWILY ALSO BE ON MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH TO COVER WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SALIENT COMPONENTS AND FIGURE OUTHAVE SO LOOK AT THE SALIENT COMPONENTS AND FIWE HAVE SO MUCH TO COVER E TO LOOK AT THE SALIENT COMPONENTS ATHAT WE HAVE SO MUCE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SALIENT COMPONENTS AWE HAVE SO MUCH TO E TO LOOK AT THE SALIENT COMPONENTS AHAVE SO MUCH TO COVO LOOK AT THE SALIENT COMPONENTS AND FIWE HAVE SO MUCH TO COVER E TO LOOK AT THE SALIENT COMPONENTS ATHAT WE HAVE SO MUCE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SALIENT COMPONENTS AND FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT WE CAN DO. AT LEROY GREEN SCHOOL, WE HAVE FINISHED KEEPING THE COURSE SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.

MY FAVORITE WAS THE DECADES UNIT.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE DECADE AND THE COUNTERNEAR TIFF SO STUDENTS CAN LOOKARRATIVE SO STUDENTS CAN LOOK AT HISTORY AND SEE THEMSELVES IN IT. I REMEMBER BEING TEN YEARS OLD IN SCHOOL AND NOT ABLE TO SEE MYSELF AS ANYTHING POSITIVE IN OUR ENVIRONMENT IN OUR PAST HISTORY AND FINALLY I WAS ASKED WHAT IS MY WISH LIST? ASIDE FROM WISHING EVERYBODY COWELL TAKE IT, WE NEED SOME VERY SOLID FOUNDATIONAL TEXT SO THAT WE HAVE A COHESIVE MESSAGE TO DELIVER ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND FINALLY, I WANT TO LEAVE WITH WE NEED INDEPENDENT MINDS SO OUR KIDS CAN BE EMPOWERED TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> GOOD EVENING, Y'ALL. MY NAME IS HERMAN RIOS.

I'M JUST HERE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR WORKING WITH US AND EMBRACING THIS WORK. THAT'S WHAT GETS ME EXCITED.

I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO FIRST PERIOD ETHNIC STUDIES AT NATOMAS HIGH. THEY SHOW UP, THEY'RE READY TO ENGAGE. IT MIGHT TAKE A FEW MINUTES BUT WHEN THEY'RE THERE, THEY'RE THERE.

I CAME TO THIS WORK, I ANSWERED THE CALL.

WHEN WE WERE ON ZOOM AND EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE NEWS, I JUST LEANED INTO IT, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHAT ENGAGED THE STUDENTS AND BROUGHT ME INTO THIS WORK AND HEARING THE BLACK STUDENT WHINE I DON'T KNOW, ON ZOOM IS WHERE THEY CALLEDU, ON Y CAN, ON ZOOM IS WHERE THEY I, ON ZOOM IS WHERE THEY O, ON ZOOM IS WHERE THEY N, ON ZOOM IS WHERE THEY CALLED FOR THIS CLASS AND NOW IT'S SUPER EXCITING.

I'M AN OLD HEAD, TOO. THIS IS YEAR NINE FOR ME IN

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I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL.

THIS IS THE HARDEST THING A TEACHER CAN DO, STARTING FROM SCRATCH IN THE TIME THAT IS WE'RE NAVIGATING SO I WANT TO GIVE THEM A SHOUTOUT. THE LESSONS I'M LEARNING IS TO LEAN ON THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WORK WITH.

IT'S OKAY TO ASK FOR HELP AND LET THE STUDENTS LEAD.

I ASK THEM WHAT THEY WANT TO LEARN AND I DO MY BEST TO PROVIDE THAT FOR THEM, SO THANK YOU, ALL, FOR WORKING WITH US AND LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE WORK.

THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT UP INCLUDE EXPANDED IMPLEMENTATION OF A PILOT, PILOTING MATERIALS FOR ADOPTIONS, LOOKING AT WHAT MATERIALS WOULD BE FOR OUR ETHNIC COURSE NEXT YEAR SO WHAT WILL LISA, HERMAN AND DONYA DO AND WE WILL BE BACK LATER NEXT FALL AND NEXT YEAR WITH MORE DATA FROM THE COURSE AND FEEDBACK FROM OUR STUDENTS,

FAMILIES, AND TEACHERS. >> I DO WANT TO MENTION ONE MORE THING. LISA MENTIONED IT BRIEFLY BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SAC STATE AND THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE HAD WITH THEM. YOU HEARD ABOUT LESSON STUDY AND I HAVE SEEN THEM WORKING WITH OUR TEACHERS AND SPENDING THAT TIME WITH THEM TO DEVELOP THIS COURSE.

I WANT TO THANK OUR PARTNERS AT SAC STATE FOR THIS AS WELL.

[APPLAUSE] >> I JUST HAVE A COMMENT.

>> I WANT TO SAY I HEARD A LOT ABOUT THIS COURSE FROM MY PEERS, MY FRIENDS TOOK THIS AND I HAVE HEARD NOTHING BY AMAZING THINGS.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTNT FOR STUDENTS TO BECOME MORE SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS AND I THINK THIS IS AN AMAZING COURSE THAT I WOULD LOVE TO PERSONALLY TAKE. IT'S AWESOME.

THANK YOU, EDUCATORS, YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING, THANK YOU.

>> I COMPLETELY FORGOT TO MAKE THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT EARLIER BUT STINGERS UP. I'M TWICE SAC STATE ALUM.

I WAS INVOLVED IN THE END OF MY TIME AT SAC STATE AND THAT LEADS ME TO ONE OF MY POINTS ABOUT PARTNERSHIP IN OUR DISTRICT.

I'M APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE WORK THAT EVERYONE IS DOING AND ESPECIALLY EXCITED, ONE, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST BOARD MEETING WHERE WE HAVE AN AUDIENCE OF STUDENTS WHO STAYED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MEETING SO THAT'S ALWAYS EXCITING.

[LAUGHTER] AND THEN ALSO, AGAIN, HAVING TWO PLACES THAT I CAN CALL MYSELF AN ALUMNI FROM AND TWO PLACES THAT I LEARNED A LOT FROM PUTTING FORTH REALLY INTENTIONAL AND REALLY WELL STRUCTURED MATERIAL AND QUICKLY I WANTED TO SHARE THIS: THE FIRST ETHNIC STUDIES CLASS THAT I TOOK WAS AT SAC STATE. IT WAS A CHICANOX AND LATINX CLASS. I ALWAYS THOUGHT MAY HISTORY WAS SO FAR AWAY. THERE'S LITTLE I CAN RELATE TO THAT WOULD MAKE ME THINK OF HOW IT'S CONNECTED TO OR HOW MY FAMILY HAD AN IMPACT IN THIS VERY ENVIRONMENT THAT I LAVE IN AND AFTER I TOOK THIS COURSE, I AFTER I TOOK L IN AND

[01:15:01]

THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT I WANT TO SAY.

ALL THAT'S EMANATING RIGHT NOW FOR ME IS APPRECIATION FOR THIS.

>> THANK YOU. >> I THINK FOR ME I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THIS MOMENT FOR ME IS JUST VERY SYMBOLIC BECAUSE BEING A GRADUATE OF SCHICANO STUDIES AN ETHNIC STUDIES, IT'S SO HEARTWARMING AND ALMOST EMOTIONAL FOR ME TO BE IN THIS SPACE TO SEE THIS WORK CONTINUED AND SEE THE STUDENTS LEAD THE WAY BECAUSE HERMAN WAS CORRECT TALKING ABOUT STUDENTS LEADING THE WAY.

THEY KNOW WHAT THEY NEED AND IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ALLOW THEM TO SPEAK THEIR MINDS, HAVE A CLEAR COLLEAGUE AND HAVE A SPACE WHERE THEY UNDERSTAND AND ARE SEEN AND HEARD.

I'M FLOORED IN UNDERSTANDING HOW IN NATOMAS WE'RE PROVIDING SPACES, WE'RE INVESTING, TALKING THE TALK AND WALKING THE WALK AT THE SAME TIME AND BUILDING THOSE SEAT THAT IS WE KNOW THAT WE K STUDENTS WILL GROW FROM. STUDENTS FROM ANY BACKGROUND FEEL HEARD, VALUED AND UNDERSTOOD, THEIR TRAJECTORIES ARE LIMITLESS. I'M ALWAYS ABOUT ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO DREAM BIG IN WHATEVER CAPACITY, WHETHER IT'S THE ARTS, SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, WHATEVER PATHWAY BUT UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF, YOUR IDENTITY, YOUR HISTORY IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT CAN PROVIDE YOU THAT NEXT STEP AND OPPORTUNITY TO REACH YOUR FULL POTENTIAL SO THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE THREE COMMENTS FROM THE STUDENTS.

I'M GOING TO TAKE THOSE AT THIS TIME.

IZZY. I WASN'T SURE IF I WAS GOING TO GET THAT RIGHT. AND THEN NANCY ZUNIGA AND LUNA VASQUEZ. IN THAT ORDER, COME TO THE PODIUM. SINCE YOU HAVE NOT BEEN HERE BEFORE, THERE WILL BE SOME LITTLE LIGHTS THAT WILL GO ON

AND OFF FOR YOU THERE. >> PERFECT, THANK YOU.

I'M IZZY. TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT HOW ETHNIC STUDIES HAS HELPED ME GROW.

I HAVE ONLY TAKE THIS CLASS FOR ABOUT A YEAR BUT THE IMPACT THIS CLASS BRINGS IS FOR LIFE. ETHNIC STUDIES KEEPS ME OPEN-MINDED. I CONNECT AND CULTIVATE WITH MY PEERS AND MY CLASSMATES WHILE TAKING THIS CLASS EVERY SINGLE DAY. I LISTEN TO EVERYBODY'S PER SP SPECKTIVE AND VOICE.

WE TALK ABOUT SELF AND HOW WE FIT IN THE SYSTEM.

THE SYSTEM IS AMONG US AND WE ALL FIT IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

WE LEARN THINGS ABOUT OURSELF THAT IS WE HAVE NOT CONCEPTUALIZED, MEANING WE LEARN THINGS ABOUT OURSELVES THAT WE NEVER KNEW BUT WE UNDERSTOOD WITH THIS COURSE.

I FEEL HEARD WITH MY TEACHER. I FEEL VERY SPECIAL IN THAT CLASS. I FEEL LIKE I COULD NEVER DO THIS IF I WASN'T IN THIS CLASS. I FEEL VERY SPECIAL.

I FEEL I HAVE A VOICE AND I FEEL THAT MY OPINION AND MY VOICE MATTER. THE LAST THING I WANT TO TOUCH ON IS OUR DIVERSITY MAKES US THE SAME.

I FEEL VERY CONNECTED WITH MY PEERS AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF

[01:20:05]

[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU.

>> LUNA. NANCY.

I'M SORRY. NANCY.

ALL RIGHT. WELCOME, NANCY.

>> HELLO. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BE HERE.

OVERALL, HONESTLY, ETHNIC STUDIES HAS REALLY HELPED ME FEEL REPRESENTED WITHIN MY EDUCATION AND I HAVE LEARNED TO WORK WITH OTHERS AND BUILD OFF NEW IDEAS AND OPINIONS AND HONESTLY, LOOKING BACK AT IT, IT MAKES ME FEEL VERY OPTIMISTIC FOR MY FUTURE AND MY PEER'S FUTURE AND MY GENERATION'S FUTURE, ESPECIALLY WITH AN EDUCATION, AND BEING ABLE TO LEARN LESSONS THROUGH EXPERIENCE AND NOT JUST ABSORBING IT FROM A TEXTBOOK AND SPITTING IT OUT ON A TEST.

I FEEL LIKE THESE ARE THINGS THAT WILL LAST AND CARRY ON THROUGHOUT MY LIFE. GOING BACK TO ONE OF OUR LESSONS FOUR EYES OF OPPRESSION HELPED ME PUT NAMES TO THINGS THAT I EXPERIENCED BEFORE THAT I DOESN'T KNOW OTHER PEOPLE WENT THROUGH, JUST LIKE AN EXPERIENCE IN THE BEAK OF MY HEAD AND IT HELPED ME CLARIFY THINGS I HAVE GONE THROUGH.

THE CLASS IS EXTREMELY INCLUSIVE.

I FEEL OVERLY PREPARED BEING ABLE TO SEE MY EXPERIENCES AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS AND PERSPECTIVE.

THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY, OUR LITTLE MOTTO, NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US IS FOR US SO I FEEL LIKE THIS CLASS BEING ABLE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION EVERYONE'S OPINIONS AND POINTS OF VIEW IS VERY, VERY HELPFUL AND MAKES ME FEEL EXTREMELY INCLUDED WITHIN OUR EDUCATION. SO THANK YOU MS. S AND TO MY CLASSMATES FOR HELPING ME FEEL SO INCLUDED IN THIS.

[APPLAUSE] >> LUNA.

WELCOME. >> HELLO.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS LUNA VASQUEZ.

BEFORE WE START, I WANT TO GIVE A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

THIS IS THE LAND OF THE [INDISCERNIBLE] PEOPLE.

WE TALK ABOUT A CULTURE OF CURRICULUM, A CURRICULUM IN WHICH WE ALLOW THE YOUTH TO CONCEPTUALIZE AND BUILD THEIR OWN IDEOLOGIES. FOR WHAT I CAN SAY, WHAT ETHNIC STUDIES HAS TAUGHT ME IS IT'S TAUGHT ME TO LEARN OUTSIDE OF MYSELF. IT'S TAUGHT ME TO ALLOW MYSELF TO VIEW THE INTERSECTIONALITY BETWEEN OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS, TO VIEW MARGINALIZED GROUPS AND HOW WE CAN CULTIVATE TOGETHER, HOW DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES, WE ARE STILL ONE IN THE SAME.

IT'S NOT ABOUT WHO FACES THE MOST OPPRESSION.

IT'S NOT ABOUT WHOSE IS WORSE AND WHOSE IS BETTER.

IT'S NOT ABOUT THE HIERARCHIES, IT'S ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND HOW IT AFFECTS US. FROM A SPEAKING POINT, I LEARNED LEARN ABOUT OTHER MARGINALIZED AND ETHNIC GROUPS.

THEY'RE JUST AS MUCH A PART OF ME AS I AM OF THEM.

ONE OF THE MOST, I GUESS, I IDOLIZE HIM THE MOST AS A CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER, HE WAS A PART OF MY JOURNEY IN BUILDING THESE CONCEPTUALIZATIONS AND LEARNING MY OWN IDEOLOGIES.

HE STATES WE DECLARE OUR RIGHT ON THIS EARTH TO BE A HUMAN BEING, TO BE RESPECTED AS A HUMAN BEING AND TO BE GIVEN THE RIGHTS OF A HUMAN BEING BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY AND THAT WOULD BE MALCOLM X. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT.

[01:25:05]

[XIII.a. Approve the Expansion of Heredia-Arriaga to a K-8 School]

QUESTIONS? >> MOVE APPROVAL.

>> I'LL SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY BEFORE WE VOTE THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS THE TIME AND COMMITMENT IN THIS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A LONG LASTING WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL OF YOU AS WE BUILD OUT THIS SCHOOL. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND SO NATALIA, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

>> MOTION CARRIES 6-0. YOU CAN CLAP.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT.

THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS TO APPROVE -- I JUST WANT TO REMIND MY FELLOW TRUSTEES WE'RE PULLING XIIIB AND IT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED THIS EVENING AS I SAID EARLIER ON THAT ONE.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ONTO ITEM XIII-C, TO

[XIII.c. Approve First Amendment to Employment Agreement with Christina Huth]

THE AMENDMENT EXTENDS TO THE TERM OF MS. HUTH'S AGREEMNT TO JUNE 30, 2026. NO ADDITIONAL CHANGES ARE BEING MADE. I HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS AT THIS TIME. ANY QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES?

>> JUST A COMMENT. I WANTED TO READ ON THE RECORD ONE OF THE COMMENTS I RECEIVED TODAY ABOUT MULTIYEAR CONTRACTS JUST IN TRANSPARENCY AND TO LET THE COMMUNITY AMERICANS KNOW THEY'RE HEARD. I RECEIVED A COMMENT THAT SAYS THE OPTICS TO THIS COMMUNITY IS THAT THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION ISN'T OPEN TO CHANGE, DPROUT, OR TRUST WITH NEWGROWTH, OR TRUST WITH NEW INCOMING LEADERSHIP.

I DON'T BELIEVE A MULTIYEAR CONTRACT SERVES THE COMMUNITY AND HANDCUFFS THE SUPERINTENDENT WITH RESPECT I REQUEST THAT THE BOARD MOVES TO APPROVE A ONE YEAR CONTRACT UNTIL THE INCOMING SUPERINTENDENT CAN WEIGH I THINK IT'S A FAIR COMMENT, BUT I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RESPOND.

OF COURSE, WE WANT WHOMEVER THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT IS TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE DECISIONS. THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME, TOO, BUT TRUST ME WHEN I SAY THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF AUTHORITY FOR NATOMAS UNIFIED SUPERINTENDENTS TO IMPACT CHANGE BUT THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT WILL WORK FOR THE BOARD.

I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BOARD AND ADMIN AND STAFF IS A DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP AND FOR MANY OF US, AND MUCH OF THE CHAGRIN OF SOME OF THAT ADMIN, WE HAVE HAD TO WORK TOGETHER FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS.

I FOUND AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF OUR ADMINISTRATION TO BE THOUGHTFUL, PRAGUE NETTIC AND -- PRAGMATIC AND DEDICATED AND IT MAKES SENSE TO SECURE TALENT AND EXPERTISE ESPECIALLY DURING AN EDUCATIONTO SECURE TALENT AND E ESPECIALLY DURSECURE TALENT AND ESPECIALLY DURING AN EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT SHORTAGE.

TO ME, THAT'S WHAT THESE CONTRACTS REPRESENT.

SO WITH THAT, ON THIS SPECIFIC ITEM RELATED TO MS. HUTH, I WILL

MOVE APPROVAL. >> MOVED BY TRUSTEE MORA.

[01:30:01]

>> I REALIZE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SIMILAR ACTION ITEMS AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN ENGAGE IN SOME OF THE DISCUSSION SINCE THEY'RE SO SIMILAR, THAT THAT DISCUSSION WOULD APPLY TO REALLY ALL OF THE ITEMS SO I'M HOPING THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME TO DO

THAT. >> IT IS.

>> I REALLY WANT TO POSE A QUESTION THAT I THINK WILL ADD A LOT OF MUCH NEEDED CLARIFICATION SURROUNDING -- THIS IS THE QUESTION: WHAT TOOLS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY DOES THE NEXT INCOMING SUPERINTENDENT HAVE TO HAVE A TEAM THAT THEY WORK WITH WELL AND TO -- THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT OUR CURRENT TEAM ISN'T GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, BUT I THINK WHAT IS CONCERNING IS THIS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON AND LEADER.

[INAUDIBLE] THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THERE'S ACTION THAT'S GOING TO BE NECESSARY BUT WHAT IS AT THEIR DISPOSAL TO HAVE THE TEAM THEY WANT TO HAVE? THAT'S MY QUESTION.

>> SURE, WE WILL GET TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE.

>> CAN I ADD ONE THING? >> OF COURSE.

>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS DOESN'T GET LOST AS WE DELVE INTO THAT QUESTION. I DO SEE THE PURPOSE OF THESE AMENDMENTS AS SHOWING OUR SENIOR STAFF THAT WE VALUE THAT YOU ARE EXPERTISE AND THEIR COMMITMENT AND MULTIYEAR COMMITMENTS THAT THEY MADE TO THE DISTRICT. THAT WAS JUST IMPORTANT FOR ME TO PREFACE AS WE DIVE INTO ANSWERING THE CONCERNS THAT I KNOW NATURALLY ARISE FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS.

>> I KNOW WHEN I ARRIVED 11 YEARS AGO WIN OF THE THINGS I WAS TAUGHT BY THE TRUSTEES AT THE TIME IS THAT THERE WAS -- ANY TIME THERE WAS A NEW SUPERINTENDENT, THE DISTRICT WOULD LOOK AT A NEW GOAL AND NEW VISION AND ALL THAT.

NO DISTRICT SHOULD BE PREDICATED ON ONE PERSON OR INDIVIDUAL AND I THINK THE POWER OF THIS DISTRICT IN THE LAST 11 YEARS IS WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE CHANGES IN POORED, WE HAVE HAD A PRETTY CONSISTENT LEADERSHIP TEAM, ALTHOUGH THEY MAY HAVEBOARD, WE CONSISTENT LEADERSHIP TEAM, ALTHOUGH THEY MAY HAVE CHANGED TITLES AND DEPARTMENTS. A COUPLE OF THEM HAVE BEEN HERE LONGER THAN ME. MANY HAVE BEEN HERE SEVEN YEARS PLUS SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT JUST BECAUSE I'M LEAVING, I'M JUST A SMALL PART OF THIS WORK.

I DON'T THINK ANY DISTRICT WOULD WANT TO THROW OUT ALL THE WORK THAT WAS DONE FOR YEARS JUST BECAUSE ONE PERSON IS LEAVING BY SPECIFICALLY ACCOUNTABILITY, OF COURSE THERE'S EVALUATION.

EVALUATION IS PART OFOF COURSE . EVALUATION IS PART OF OUR BOARD POLICIES. THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL BE ABLE TO EVALUATE LEADERS EVERY YEAR AND CAN CONSTRUCT THAT IN ANY WAY THEY FIND APPROPRIATE. IT COULD BE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS, ONCE A YEAR WITH THEM.

IN TERMS OF THE CONTRACT, IN CALIFORNIA THERE'S A LAW THAT EVEN THOUGH THESE EXTENSIONS WOULD GET THE LEADERS TO HAVE A THREE YEAR CONTRACT, IN CALIFORNIA IT'S ONLY A 12-MONTH CONTRACT. SO AT MOST IF THE RELATIONSHIP DID NOT WORK OUT, THERE WOULD BE UP TO A 12-MONTH EBUYOUT IF THE SUPERINTENDENT CAME IN. WHY THREE YEARS? YOU WANT TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN LEADERSHIP.

FAR COUPLE OF THE LEADERS, THEY'RE DOWN TO 15 MONTHS ON THEIR CONTRACT. THERE ARE PLENTY OF JOBS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW WITH A LEADERSHIP SHORTAGE.

OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT WORKED WITH THE BOARD BEFORE I CAME TO MAKE SURE THESE AGREEMENTS ARE CONSTRUCTED IN A WAY THAT ARE POSITIVE FOR THE EMPLOYEE BUT TO PROTECT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

IF THERE'S A SEPARATION WHERE ONE OF THE SENIOR LEADERS IS TERMINATED WITHOUT CAUSE, THAT UP TO 12-MONTH IS CALIFORNIA LAW. IN ADDITION, LEGAL COUNCIL PUT IN THAT IF ANY OF OUR SENIOR LEADERS WERE TO GET EMPLOYMENT ELSEWHERE, THE PAYMENTS WOULD STOP.

THIS IS NOT THE NFL, THIS IS NOT MAY

[01:35:11]

IN ADDITION THERE'S A MUTUAL CLAUSE IN THEIR AGREEMENTS WHICH STATE IF BOTH SIDES DECIDE THIS IS NOT WORKING OUT OR IF THEY WANT TO MOVE ON, THAT CAN END WITH NO COST PAYMENT SO NOT LIKE YOU READ IN NEWS SPORTS AGREEMENTS AROUND THE NBA, THESE ARE NOT GUARANTEED THREE YEAR CONTRACTS.

THERE'S A NUMBER OF ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES IN PLACE TO PROTECT NATOMAS UNIFIED AND THE BOARD THROUGH STATE LAW OR THROUGH LEGAL COUNSEL'S GUIDANCE.

>> ARE WE ABLE TO GO ONE ON ONE AND DISCUSS WHO HAS 15 MONTHS?

>> UNDER THE NEWER CALIFORNIA LAW, WE HAVE TO GO ONE BY ONE AS YOU SEE PRESIDENT HEREDIA WILL READ A SIMILAR STATEMENT AND SINCE THEY EXTEND A PERIOD OF TIME, AS I LOOK AT HOW WE CRAFTED THIS, WHEN IT SAYS THE RECOMMENDATION, THE BOARD RECEIVE A VERBAL SUMMARY OF THE AGREEMENT PRIOR TO THE FINAL ACTION, WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT IT EXTENDS BLAH BLAH BLAH FOR THIS AMOUNT OF TIME. ANGELA HERRERA, DOUG ORR ARE

WITHIN 15 MONTHS OF EXPIRING. >> OKAY.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION -- SORRY, ANYMORE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, CAN YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE?

>> MOTION CO CARRIES 6-0. WE WILL TAKE A VOTE ON EACH OF

[XIII.d. Approve First Amendment to Employment Agreement with Rick Messer]

SO THIS EVENING, THE BOARD IS ASKED TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT.

CODE REQUIRES THE BOARD RECEIVE A VERBAL SUMMARY OF THE RECOMMENDED VESHLT AGREEMENT PRIOR TO FINAL ACTION.

THE AMENDMENT EXTENDS THE TERM OF MR. MESSER'S AGREEMENT TO JUNE 30, 2026. NO ADDITIONAL CHANGES ARE BEING MADE. I DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS FOR THIS ITEM. I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR COMMENT.

>> I FIND RICK TO BE EXTRA ORRED FAIR AND I'M NOT AFRAID TO VOTE NOD FAIR AND I'M NOT AFRAID TAFRAID TO VOTE NO FOR SOMETHING. I WOULD NOT JUST VOTE YES UNLESS IT'S FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY R REASON.

ANY TIME I CALL HE ANSWERS ON THE FIRST RING AND THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME. I WILL MOVE APPROVAL BUT I WILL

WAIT FOR PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION. >> I BELIEVE THAT WAS WELL SAID.

THANK YOU. >> IS THAT A SECOND, TRUSTY

HARDEN? >> IF THERE'S NO ONE ELSE FOR

DISCUSSION THAT CAN BE A SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY.

SEEING NO OTHER COMMENT, THEN WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE?

[XIII.e. Approve First Amendment to Employment Agreement with Tonja Jarrell]

[01:40:01]

THIS EXTENDS THE CONTRACT TO JUNE 30, 2026.

I HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS ON THIS ITEM.

QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS FROM TRUSTEES? I'M GOING TO MOVE APPROVAL ON THIS ONE.

LOOKING FOR A SECOND ON THE MOTION.

TRUSTEE MORA. OKAY.

CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

>> ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES 6-0.

[XIII.f. Approve Second Amendment to Employment Agreement with William Young]

THE AMENDMENT EXTENDS MR. YOUNG'S AGREEMENT TO JUNE 30, 2026. I HAVE NO COMMENT OH ON THIS ACTION ITEM. I'M LOOKING FOR DISCUSSION.

ANY QUESTIONS? >> I DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONLY ONE DOMINATING THE CONVERSATION, SO MS. JARRELL, I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR YOU, TOO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ON THE PRIOR ITEM. BILL IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES.

HE TOOK OVER BUDGET LAST YEAR. EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT JOB AS WELL. SALUTE TO YOU, BILL.

I MOVE APPROVAL. >> SECOND.

>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES 6-0.

[XIII.g. Approve Third Amendment to Employment Agreement with Angela Herrera]

THE AMENDMENT EXTENDS THE TERM TO JUNE 30TH OF 2026.

NO ADDITIONAL CHANGES ARE BEING MADE.

I HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS FOR THIS ITEM.

OPEN TO DISCUSSION AMONG TRUSTEES.

>> MOVE APPROVAL. >> ALL RIGHT, MOVED BY TRUSTEE MORA. SECONDED BY TRUSTEE QUIRALTE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I DON'T WANT PEOPLE THINKING WE DON'T VALUE YOU BECAUSE WE'RE NOT COMMENTING BUT WE UH TRULY VALUE THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND WANT YOUR WORKTRULY VALUE THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND WANT YOUR WORK RECOGNIZED AND WANT YOU TO BE HERE FOREVER AND EVER. ANYWAY, JUST WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT. WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL ON THAT, PLEASE?

>> HARDEN? >> NO.

>> OKAY, MOTION CARRIES 5-1. >> MOVING ONTO ACTION ITEM

[XIII.h. Approve Fourth Amendment to Employment Agreement with Doug Orr]

CODE REQUIRES THE BOARD TO RECEIVE A VERBAL SUMMARY OF THE RECOMMENDED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT AMENDMENT PRIOR TO FINAL ACTION.

THE AMENDMENT EXTENDS THE TERM OF MR. ORR'S AGREEMENT TO

[01:45:01]

DISCUSSION FROM FELLOW TRUSTEES. >> SALUTE TO YOU, DOUG.

>> OKAY. I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION AND A

SECOND. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> NO. >> ALL RIGHT, MOTION CARRIES

[XIII.i. Approve Parent Square as the Single Districtwide Communication Platform]

TRUSTEES ON THIS? >> I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND HAS BEEN PERSISTENT IN COMMUNICATING WITH US. GLAD TO HAVE CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATION FOR OUR PARENTS IN THIS DISTRICT.

I PROOF APPROVAL. >> I WILL SECOND THAT AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT I'M PLEASE THAT HAD WE'RE UTILIZING THE PARENT SQUARE. THANK YOU.

>> YEAH, I THINK AS TRUSTEE GRANT POINTED OUT, WE SAW THIS WHEN WE GOT FEEDBACK FROM THE PARENTS ABOUT THE USE OF ZOOM AND THERE WERE COMMENTS THAT IF THEY HAD MORE THAN TWO CHILDREN, HAD THREE CHILDREN IN OUR DISTRICT, THAT THE COMMUNICATION THAT THEY RECEIVED FROM THEIR CHILDREN'S TEACHERS WERE ON DIFFERENT FLAT FORMS AND THEY WERE CALLING FOR THE NEED TO HAVE MORE COMMUNICATION IN THIS DISTRICT.

I HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

[XIII.j. Approve the Stakeholder Panel Member Categories For the Superintendent Search]

THERE'S NO COMMENTS AND NO DISCUSSION.

I'M GOING TO MOVE APPROVAL ON THIS.

>> SECOND THE MOTION. >> ALL RIGHT, SECOND BY TRUSTEE HARDEN. CALL THE ROLL.

[XIII.k. Approve the 2023-2024 Regular Board Meeting Schedule]

DISCUSSION FROM ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.

>> MOVE APPROVAL. >> SECONDED.

>> THIS IS ON THE BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE?

>> SORRY, I TOTALLY SPACED OUT. THE SCHEDULE DOES NOT WORK FOR ME. THE JUNE BOARD MEETING IS ON MS. GRANT'S BIRTHDAY. THAT'S FOR 2024.

>> FROM A FISCAL PERSPECTIVE, NEXT YEAR IN TERMS OF BUDGETING SINCE THERE'S THE PUBLIC HEARING, DO YO SEE A RED FLAG

FOR THAT? >> OTHER THAN TIMING WE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE UP THE TIME LINES BUDGET DEVELOPMENT BUT IT'S

POSSIBLE. >> I'M NOT AVAILABLE ON THAT

DATE. >> FOR 2024.

>> OH, I THINK I'M AVAILABLE ON THAT DAY.

[LAUGHTER] I CAN NEVER BE TOO SURE.

ALL RIGHT, I'M SORRY. >> WELL, I HAVE ORDERS.

>> AND TELL HER YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE COMPLYING.

OKAY. MOVED AND SECONDED.

CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. >> WITH THE AMENDMENT.

>> WAS THERE AN APPROPRIATE MOTION WITH THE AMENDMENT?

>> OKAY. NOW CALL THE ROLL.

[XIII.l. Approve Board Members' Remuneration Effective July 1, 2023 in accordance with Board Bylaw 9250 andEd Code Section 35120]

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FINAL ACTION ITEM, APPROVE THE BOARD MEMBERS' RENUMERATION EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOARD BYLAW 9250 AND ED CODE SECTION 35120. I HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS ON THIS ITEM. I'M OPEN TO DISCUSSIONS OR

QUESTIONS. >> THIS IS A SLIGHT PAY INCREASE FOR THE BOARD MEMBER WHO IS TAKE HOME A WHOPPING $400 A MONTH IN PAY. IS THAT A MOTION?

>> THAT IS A MOTION. >> ALL RIGHT.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE?

[XIV. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

>> ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES 6-0.

AT THIS TIME I HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS ONE FROM GIAVANNA AND THE SECOND IS FROM [INDISCERNIBLE] SO PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. THANK YOU FOR STAYING FOR THE

END OF THE MEETING. >> GOOD EVENING.

I'M HERE BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER BEING DEPRIVED OF HER INHALER IN 2020 BY A TEACHER'S ASSISTANT. I WANTED TO ALSO INCLUDE IN 2008, THE ADA, THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT WAS CHANGED TO INCLUDE MORE PEOPLE IN THE DEFINITION OF DISABLED.

CONDITIONS THAT ONLY SHOW SYMPTOMS AT CERTAIN TIMES ARE NOW INCLUDED ASTHMA AND ALLERGIES FIT THIS DEFINITION.

THE ADA PROTECTS PEOPLE WITH ASTHMA AND ALLERGIES EVEN IF REACTIONS OR ATTACKS HAPPEN ONLY WHEN TRIGGERED.

THE ADA CAN HELP TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE PATIENTS CAN AVOID THEIR TRIGGERS. ALSO, USE OF MEDICAL AIDS OR DEVICES CAN NO LONGER EXCLUDE THEM FROM ADA COVERAGE.

FOR EXAMPLE, IT USED TO BE THAT PEOPLE WITH ASTHMA WHO GOT RELIEF FROM AN INHALER WERE NOT COVERED BY THE ADA.

THE INHALER WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE REMOVED THE DISABILITY.

WITH THE 2008 CHANGES, THE ADA COVERS PEOPLE WITH ASTHMA AND ALLERGIES EVEN IF MEDICATION CONTROLS THEIR SYMPTOMS. ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO BRING TO YOU GUYS WAS THAT KNOWING THAT THAT IS A DISABILITY, THERE SHOULD BE A 504 OR IEP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO WHERE THE DISTRICT SHOULD BE MAKING SURE THAT ALL SCHOOLS MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY THAT HAS ASTHMA OR ALLERGIES THAT FALLS UNDER THE ADA, AMERICANS DISABILITIES ACT SHOULD HAVE A 504 PLAN AS SOON AS THEY START SCHOOL, NOT LETTING IT PROLONG AND THINGS HAPPENING AND WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, EVERYTHING IS UNFOUNDED OR NOT SUSTAINED.

IF THERE IS A WAY THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO FIX THAT AMONG THE DISTRICTS IN THE SCHOOLS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT SO IT WILL PREVENT A LOT FROM PEOPLE GETTING HURT.

THE LAST THING TO ADD IS WE'RE ALL A COMMUNITY, NATOMAS, AND YOU GUYS REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING OUR COMMUNITY.

THE SAME COMMUNITY THAT YOU GUYS ARE SUPPOSED TO HELP AND REPRESENT ARE THE SAME COMMUNITY THAT STILL HAS TO VOTE FOR YOU GUYS WHEN IT'S TIME TO BE VOTED FOR.

THANK YOU. >> HELLO.

TODAY I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF THINGS, ONE REGARDING THE AMERICAN LEG LAKES SITUATION.

IT'S A TITLE I SCHOOL SO IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A GROUP

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IF THE PARENTS GET TOGETHER, THE TITLE I STATUTES AND LIMITATIONS ALLOW US TO DO IT. WE HAVE AN ISSUE OF HAVING A HIGH NUMBER OF STUDENTS SUSPENDED IN THAT SCHOOL.

THE LAST TIME WE MET, IT WAS REPORTED BY THE PRINCIPAL SO YOU HAVE MORE THAN 25 KIDS, BLACK A MAJORITY OF THE KIDS SUSPENDED IN THAT SCHOOL. THEY NEED MORE THAN SOCIAL WORKERS. IT'S A PROBLEM WHEN YOU HAVE MORE THAN 25 KIDS SUSPENDED EVERY WEEK.

WHAT ARE THEY LEARNING? YOU SUSPEND THEM BY WHAT ARE THEY LEARNING? NOTHING BECAUSE YOU'RE SENDING THEM HOME AND THERE'S NOTHING THEY'RE DOING AT HOME.

NOT ONLY THAT, WE STILL HAVE HA TEACHER THAT IS SUSPENDED AT AMERICAN LAKES FOR 30 WEEKS AND WE NEED THAT TEACHER TO GO BACK TO THE CLASSROOM BECAUSE THOSE KIDS THAT HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED IN HIGH NUMBERS, THOSE KIDS THAT TEACHER WAS TEACHING SO I HOPE ■ YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT WE DO HAVE ISSUES OVER THERE.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE ALL THE KIDS FAILING, BEING SUSPENDED, NOT EDUCATED. WE CAN TALK ABOUT MORE OF THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BUT I THINK WE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME WHEN THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT COMES.

>> I AM GOING TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT

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