[I. OPEN SESSION]
[III. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA]
[IV.c. Board Members]
[IV.d. Superintendent's Report]
[V. CONSENT ITEMS]
[VI.a. Draft 2023-2024 Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) Update as part of the 2021-24 LCAP William Young, Deputy Superintendent]
[VI.b. 2023-2024 Proposed Budget]
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MILLION. >> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE
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ARTS MONEY THAT WAS VOTED BY THE STATE IN NOVEMBER OR JUST THE[00:29:12]
ONE TIME MONEY? BOTH?[00:29:15]
OKAY. WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW ABOUT[00:29:17]
THE STATE UNTIL LIKELY THIS FALL, RIGHT?[00:29:19]
THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT THAT?>> YES. SO STILL FUNDING FOR ARTS AND MUSIC MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE STILL LEARNING MORE AS WE
>> THAT'S ONE WE'LL WATCH CLOSELY BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME RESTRICTIONS ON THAT MONEY, A GOOD PORTION HAVING TO GO TO PERSONNEL. WE'RE JUST GOING TO GET AN INFUSION, LOTS OF MONEY FROM THE ARTS ON THAT.
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[VII.a. Safety and Safe Schools Update and Actions]
>> AYE. >> [INAUDIBLE] JUNE 9TH.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS REPORT? WE HAVE RICK WHO IS GOING TO, OH, ANNE, YOU HAVE A
PRESENTATION. >> YOU'RE GOOD, THIS IS BOARD REPORT ONLY. ANY QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU FOR SUCH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I WAS ABLE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE SCHOOL SITE PLANS AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THE HIGH LEVEL OF DETAIL FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING AT BASICALLY EVERY SINGLE MOMENT OF EVERY SINGLE DAY TO KEEP SCHOOLS, KEEP STUDENTS AND EVERYONE SAFE.
I IMAGINE A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THAT, BUT I TOOK MULTIPLE SKINS AND A CLOSE READ AND IT WAS HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT PEACE
>> SO I, TOO, LOOKED AT THOSE SAFETY PLANS AND IT WAS INTERESTING FOR ME BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I LOOKED FOR WERE THE ENTRANCE ACCESS FOR A SCHOOL SITE, AND IT COULD RANGE ANYWHERE FROM WHEN SCHOOL HAD THREE, ONE HAD FIVE, ALTHOUGH THE ONE THAT HAD FIVE I HAVE DRIVEN BY THAT SCHOOL AND I HAVE BEEN ON THAT CAMPUS SO I KNOW TWO OF THOSE GATES STAY CLOSE PRETTY CONSISTENTLY, BUT I APPRECIATED THE MAPS THAT OUTLINED WHAT WOULD BE THE ROUTE OF GETTING OFF THE CAMPUS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, LIKE DURING A FIRE, FOR EXAMPLE, AND JUST THE KIND OF ACCESS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHAT STREETS THE KIDS COULD WALK DOWN. I ALSO APPRECIATED JUST THE INFORMATION, THE DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THE INITIAL PART OF THOSE PLANS AND ALSO TO READ HOW THEY PLAN TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC ISSUES THAT THEY POINTED OUT THERE.
IT'S INTERESTING, I SHARED THIS WITH THE SUSPECT, BUT -- SUPERINTENDENT BUT WE OPEN THE SCHOOL ATPERINTENDENT BUT WE OPEN THE SCHOOL AT 7:00 A.M. FOR KIDS SOME GET OUT AT 1:00 P.M.
BUT IT VARIES. AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO LOOK AT WE'RE THERE AT 7:00 A.M. I KNOW WE PROVIDE LOTS OF LIGHTING AROUND OUR SCHOOLS. I KNOW THAT'S PART OF OUR SAFETY PLAN BECAUSE IT'S DARK IN THE WINTER BUT JUST LOOKING AT WHAT ARE WE DOING EXACTLY IN THE MORNING? I THINK WE ALL THINK WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA BECAUSE WE VISIT THE SCHOOL SITES AND WE CAN SEE, ESPECIALLY WHEN DROPOFF TIME BEGINS, BUT IT JUST MADE ME THINK OF THE TIME AT 7:00 A.M.
KIDS COME ONTO CAMPUS. >> OKAY, WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT.
>> BUT I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK FROM YOUR TEAM AND ALSO THE PRINCIPLES WHO SUBMITTED THOSE REPORTS.
THEY WERE AN INTERESTING READ. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING. THEY CAME LATER THAN THEY USUALLY DO, BUT WE DID SOME MAJOR REVAMPING OF THE SAFE PLAN THIS IS YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MAPS WERE ACCURATE AND USABLE AND JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU THOSE MAPS WERE SHARED WITH OUR COLLEAGUES, WITH SERGEANT CAMELLA FROM SAC PD AS WELL AS THE SACK RAH MEAN TOE FIREFIGHTER.
CHIEF WILLIAMS REVIEWED THOSE MAPS AS WELL AND THEY'RE USING THOSE IN THEIR SYSTEMS SO THEY KNOW WHERE THE GATES ARE AND ALL THOSE AREAS. I APPRECIATE THE UNDERSTAND UNDERSTANDING FOR GIVING US TIME TO PUT TOGETHER QUALITY PLANS, THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE SUPPORTED US IN CREATING THOSE PLANS IN THE AUDIENCE.
GERMAN LEACH IS HERE, SERGEANT CANELA IS HERE, HE OVERSEES OUR SRO AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM ON OUR SAFETY PLANS AND JENNIFER IS HERE WHO WE WORKED WITH AS WELL IN PRODUCING OUR PLANS TO BRING THEM TO YOU. THEY HAVE COME TONIGHT IN
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SUPPORT AND HELPED US GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, SO THANKYOU. >> THE PUBLIC'S UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S JUST NOT IN HOUSE. A REVIEW AND APPROVAL BUT IT GOES OUTSIDE TO THESE ENTITIES, ALSO.
IT GIVES THE PUBLIC A SENSE OF CONFIDENCE THAT WE TAKE THIS
THANK YOU. TONIGHT I'M HERE TO PRESENT
INFORMATION REGARDING -- >> HOLD ON, WE'RE STILL ON REPORTS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE HAS A CHANCE FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. GOOD?
ALL RIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU AGAIN.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT INFORMATION REGARDING ENHANCED SAFETY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION.
BACK IN SEPTEMBER, WE PRESENTED OUR SAFETY AND SAFE SCHOOLS UPDATE AND PROVIDED A LOT OF HISTORY INFORMATION AS WELL AS BOARD HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TOO DISCUSS THOSE THINGS AND GAVE US SOME FEEDBACK ON THINGS TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT.
TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THREE AREAS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THE FIRST IS CONSIDERATION TO REQUIRE ALL CLASSROOM DOORS BE LOCKED DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.
OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION, TO IMPLEMENT THE ALICE AS OUR ACTIVE SHOOTER IN TRAINING PROGRAM AND CONSIDERATION WOULD REQUIRE A SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY AT OUR SCHOOLS, UNDERSTANDING THAT DURING THE SCHOOL WE GO TO A SINGLE ENTRY SYSTEM ONCE THE BELL RINGS. WE WILL PAUSE TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER THE PRESENTATION AND ASK THE BOARD TO GIVE US DIRECTION GOING FORWARD. AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, I CONTINUE TO BENCHMARK WITH OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND OUR REGION, TALKING TO SAFETY COLLEAGUES AND SEEING WHAT TYPE OF SAFETY ITEMS THEY'RE DOING. WE HAVE A NETWORK LED BY JENNIFER, A COOPERATIVE OF SAFETY FOLKS THAT GET TOGETHER MONTHLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR DISTRICT. WE SHARE A LOT OF THINGS BUT WE SHARE THOSE IN CONFIDENCE SO I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION ANY OTHER DISTRICTS TONIGHT, BUT WE DO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS AND ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON HAS PUT OUR DISTRICT IN A FORWARD PLACE, BUT KNOWING THAT, WE'RE STILL CONTINUING TO LOOK AT SAFETY ITEMS AND WE CAN'T GUARANTEE, NO MATTER ALL THE STEPS THAT WE TAKE, TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY FOR OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND SCHOOLS. WE'RE GOING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN AND THESE ITEMS ARE SOME OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE HAVE STARTED. THIS IS WITHIN THE REPORT WE SHARED WITH YOU TONIGHT. WE ARE DOING A LOT OF UPGRADES TO SECURITY CAMERAS. OUR SINGLE GATE ENTRY SYSTEMS. WE CHANGED THE FORMAT IN WHICH WE ENTER OUR SCHOOLS AFTER SCHOOL STARTS, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE WORLD OF SAFETY IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE HAVE VISITOR IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS AT OUR SCHOOLS. WE HAVE PROCESSES.
WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.
WE HAVE CAMPUS SAFETY SPECIALISTS, WHICH WE HAVE INCREASED OVER THE YEARS. WE ALSO NOW HAVE OUR SCHOOL AND SAFETY AND CLIMATE LIAISONS PROVIDING SUPPORT.
WE'RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS NOW OF IMPLEMENTING AN ANONYMOUS REPORTING SYSTEM. I WILL BE SHARING THIS WITH YOU THIS WEEK MOVING FORWARD AND WE'RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF PROVIDING PURCHASING A MOBILE SECURITY CAMERA SO WE CAN HAVE EYES ON THINGS AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
THE NEXT STEPS TONIGHT ARE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE THINGS WE'RE ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER.
SO, AGAIN, DOES THE BOARD REQUIRE ALL CLASSROOM DOORS BE LOCKED DURING THE SCHOOL DAY? WE DEPT A RECOMMENDATION TO IMPLEMENT ALICE AND DOES THE BOARD REQUIRE A SINGLE POINT OF IMPLEMENT ALICE AND DOES THE BOARD REQUIRE A SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY BEFORE SCHOOL. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE KNOW THAT CURRENTLY DOORS WERE LOCKED AND INLOCKED AND WE HAD DOORS THAT WERE OPENED AND CLOSED. THIS IS BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THE FEDERAL SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE REPORTS, LOCKING DOORS PROVIDES. A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR SAFETY WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING INTRIEDERS ON CAMPUS AND ACTIVE SHOOTERS. I WILL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY
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TO READ THIS FROM SANDY HOOK. LOOKED DOORS HAVEN'T BEEN BREACHED DURING ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATIONS RECENTLY IN HISTORY.THEY COULD BE IF THERE ARE WINDOWS OR THINGS NEXT TO IT, BUT IT ALSO PROVIDES MORE TIME FOR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS TO GET THERE AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO NEUTRALIZE SITUATIONS. HERE'S FEEDBACK FROM ARTICLES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY AROUND LOCKED DOOR POLICIES.
TAKE A MOMENT AND TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE.
WHEN CONSIDERATION A LOCKED DOOR POLICY, THERE ARE GOING TO BE CHALLENGE THAT ISE THS THAT CO. DURING COVE, WE PROMOTED LEAVING DOORS OPEN GETTING FRESH ROOM C LEAVING DOORS OPEN GETTING FRESH ROOM IN THE DOORS. THERE ARE CONSIDERATIONS THAT HAVE TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THAT WE NEED TO PREPARE FOR IF THIS MOVES FORWARD. ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL SHARE WITH YOU IS THERE'S AN INDUSTRY ALREADY OUT THERE TO HELP COUNTER THE LOCKED DOOR POLICY IN A WAY SO YOU DON'T HAVE DISRUPTIONS AND THIS INDUSTRY PROVIDES DIFFERENT TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY THAT KEEPS YOUR DOOR OPEN EVEN WHEN IT'S LOCKED.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED DOOR LOX ON THE INTERIOR OF ALL OUR DOORS, THERE COULD BE ROOM THAT -- FOR UNINTENTIONAL CONSEQUENCES, THAT WOULD BE ONE. HERE'S SOME OF THE FEEDBACK I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU. AND, AGAIN, DISTRICTS AROUND THE REGION THAT I TALK TO I WAS REALLY ONLY ABLE TO IDENTIFY TWO THAT HAD A POLICY OF LOCK THEIR DOORS, A MAJORITY DON'T HAVE AN A POLICY OF LOCKING DOORS AT THIS TIME.
SOME OF OUR ROOMS HAVE WINDOWS AND THAT COULD BE AN ISSUE ADDRESSED IN THE FUTURE AS WELL. THE NEXT ITEM --
>> JUST A QUICK QUESTION AND THIS MAY BE ANSWERED LATER.
I WENT TO A HIGH SCHOOL, MANY OF YOU KNOW, IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES THAT REALLY HAD SOME ISSUES. WE HAD AN S S.W.A.T. TEAM STATI ON OUR CAMPUS.3 IF WE ISSUE A LOCKED DOOR POLICY, LET'S SAY I GO TO THE RESTROOM, A SHOOTER COMES ON CAMPUS, WHAT HAPPENS? IT'S HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE, A SCHOOL LOCKDOWN, I WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN CLASSES, I REMEMBER BANGING ON THE DOOR, I COULDN'T GET BACK IN MY CLASSROOM.
WHAT INFORMATION IS GIVEN TO THAT STUDENT?
>> THAT'S GOING TO MOVE INTO OUR SECOND ITEM WHICH IS ADOPTING AN ACTIVE SHOOTER, ACTIVE INTRUDER POLICY.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE PRETTY WELL OVER THE YEARS IS INSTITUTED LOCKDOWN PROCEDURES AND WE HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT ARE DISCUSSED. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE IDEAS OF RUN, HEIGHT, FIGHT OR E, FIGHT DEFEND.
WE HAVE NOT FOCUSED ON THE RUN OR HIDE OR HIT PARTS.
WE WOULD HAVE TO DEFINE THOSE STRATEGIES.
IF I'M OUT, DO I JUST RUN OFF THE CAMPUS? IS THERE A RALLY POINT THAT'S IDENTIFIED TO GET AWAY FROM THEM? THERE WILL ALSO BE OTHER STAFF ON CAMPUS NOT IN CLASSROOMS, OUR CAMPUS SAFETY OFFICER, CUSTODIANS, DO WE HELP GET STUDENTS INTO SAFE PLACES
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HIDDEN? BUT THERE IS NO -- THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO WORK ON. I THINK WE CAN DO THAT BY PROVIDING MORE TRAINING FOR THAT INCIDENT.>> THANK YOU. >> SO THAT LEADS US TO THE ACTIVE SHOOTER RESPONSE PROGRAMS. WHEN WE SPOKE IN SEPTEMBER, THE CONCERN WAS THAT THE RUN, HIDE, FIGHT DID NOT REALLY PROVIDE -- IT WAS NOT AGE APPROPRIATE.
WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT OUR YOUNG CHILDREN, SCARING THEM WHEN WE DO TRAINING. WE DUD RESERGE ON PROGRAMS OUT THERE. YOU CANARCH ON PROGRAMS OUT THERE. YOU CAN SEE THE TERMINOLOGY IS RUN, HIDE, DEFEND, AND ALICE, LOCKDOWN, ENCOUNTER, EVACUATE, ALONG THOSE LINES. THROUGH OUR RESEARCH, THROUGH OUR CONVERSATIONS AND WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANTS, OUR STAFF REVIEWED THE OPTIONS AND FOUND THAT THE ALICE PROGRAM IS THE ONLY OPTION THAT PROVIDES AGE-APPROPRIATE CURRICULUM AND TRAINING TO THE CHILDREN. THERE'S TRAINING THAT GOES SPECIFICALLY TO THE AGE GROUPS. THAT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT POINT THAT WAS MADE AT OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING AS A CONCERN AND WE WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT. SO ALICE.
WE'LL TAKE A QUICK OVERVIW OF THETAKE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THETAKE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE,TAKE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE TAKE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE YOU CAN SEE EVEN THE TERMINOLOGY IS DIFFERENT.
IT'S ABOUT DISTRACTION AND OTHER TACTICS.
IT'S NOT THAT SAME TERMINOLOGY. SO KEEPING IT AGE APPROPRIATE, ALERT, LOCKDOWN, THE COUNTER TECHNIQUES ARE NOT ACTIVELY TAUGHT. THE LOWER GRADE LEVELS, STOP, LOOK, AND LISTEN TO THE TEACHER. IT'S ALL ABOUT STOP, LOOK, AND LISTEN TO THE TEACHER. THE TEACHER IS IN CHARGE, DO WHAT I TELL YOU AND WE'LL PRACTICE THINGS IF WE'RE GOING TO DO A LOCKDOWN AND WE CAN DO IT IN A WAY THAT'S NOT SCARY BUT IT KEEPS IT TEACHER-CENTERED SO THAT THE KIDS UNDERSTAND DO WHAT I DO. PART OF THAT, THEN, IS PROVIDING TRAINING FOR OUR TEACHERS WITH THE ALICE INFORMATION.
IT DOES SAY AT 9TH THROUGH 12TH GRADE LEVELS, THEY CAN BE TAUGHT COUNTER TECHNIQUES. IT'S STILL RELATED TO TEACHING IT TO 9TH THROUGH 12TH GRADERS. IT'S NOT SOLATES, NOT WHAT WE WOULD SEE IN THE TYPICAL RUN, HIDE, FIGHT THINGSSEE IN THE TY FIGHTWOULD SEE IN THE TYPICAL R HIDE, FIGHT THINGS WE READ ABOUT. HERE'S SOME INFORMATION WE
GATHERED. >> YOU ADDRESSED IT IN ONE OF THE BULLET POINTS THERE. I'M NOT A FAN OF MITIGATED SPEECH. THERE'S A TON OF SPEECH ON PEOPLE TRYING TO PUT THINGS NICELY DURING A CRISIS.
THERE'S A BOOK BY MALCOLM GLADWELL CALLED IDE OUTLIERS AN IT'S ABOUT PLANE CRASHES THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
HOW DO WE TRY TO TEACH KIDS TO REMEMBER AN ACRONYM THAT LONG? DO WE ADDRESS THIS IS WHERE YOU FIGHT? I DON'T WANT MY EXPERIENCE TO DOMINATE THIS CONVERSATION.
I HAVE A LOT OF TRAUMATIC, TERRIBLE SITUATIONS WITH THIS, JUST TO BE REAL. YOU MAY HAVE TO FIGHT.
I THINK THAT'S JUST LIFE, RIGHT? PEOPLE DON'T MEAN WELL AND THEY INTEND TO HARM. COUNTER, IF I HEARD COUNTER IN THE FIRST GRADE, WHAT IS THAT? I WANT TO MAKE SURE IF THE BOARD IS GOING TO ADOPT THIS, WHICH I THINK IS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM, BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE AREN'T LED IN MITIGATED SPEECH IN FEAR OF SCARING KIDS.
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WHAT'S SCARIER IS BEING IN THAT SITUATION AND NOT KNOWING HOW TO HANDLE IT, HAVING A PLAN THAT YOU'RE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO OR DON'T REMEMBER. IF WE ADOPT THAT AND WE FEEL LIKE IT'S NOT WORKING AND KIDS AREN'T CATCHING ONTO IT, I WOULD ASK THIS BOARD TO REVISIT SINCERELY.WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO HAVE MITIGATED SPEECH ABOUT.
>> TRAINING HAS GOT TO BE THE KEY TO IT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE ELEMENTS OF THIS.
WORK HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO JUST DOING LOCKDOWN DRILLS AND WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CHILDREN PAST THAT BASED ON THE WORK WE HAVE BEEN DOING.
THIS WILL TAKE US IN THAT DIRECTION AND HOPEFULLY IN AN
AGE APPROPRIATE MANNER. >> YES, SIR.
>> OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE CONCEPT OF A SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY.
AGAIN, THIS WAS A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD IN SEPTEMBER AND IDENTIFYING WHAT SINGLE POINTS OF ENTRY PROVIDE IS A WAY TO MONITOR PEOPLE COMING ONTO YOUR CAMPUS.
SO OUR CAMPUSES ACROSS OUR DISTRICT, AS YOU HAVE GONE AND VISITED, THEY WERE LAID OUT IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF OPEN ACCESS TO MANY GATES.
WE HAVE PARKS NEXT DOOR TO OUR SCHOOLS, ENTRY POINTS FROM PARKS, NARROW PARKING LOTS, WE HAVE ALL DIFFERENT WAYS AND SCHOOLS HAVE ADAPTED TO BRINGING STUDENTS ONTO THEIR CAMPUSES, BUT THE CONCEPT ITSELF IS ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MONITORING AND A SINGLE ENTRY SYSTEM ALLOWS US TO HAVE THE PERSONNEL, MORE STAFF AVAILABLE TO MONITOR WHO IS CAMPUS AND ONCE THE BELL RINGS, WE GO BACK AFTER THAT.
HERE'S INFORMATION WE GATHERED BASED ON THIS CONCEPT.
>> I KNOW THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS TOPIC, BUT TRUSTEE GRANT, ARE YOU ABLE TO READ THAT FROM WHERE YOU'RE SITTING?
>> NO, BUT I HAVE IT HERE. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY, I'M JEALOUS. I CAN'T READ IT FROM HERE.
>> PROVIDING SOME FEEDBACK, SOME BENCHMARKING FROM OTHER DISTRICTS, SOME OF THE DISTRICTS I HAVE SPOKEN TO, MANY OF THE DISTRICTS THAT I HAVE SPOKEN TO, THEY DON'T HAVE FENCING LIKE WE HAVE AROUND CAMPUSES. THEY DON'T HAVE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW, SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CONSIDERATION OF THIS TYPE OF ENTRY SYSTEM WITH MANY OF THE FOLKS I SPOKE TO. THIS FALL, ALL OUR SCHOOLS WILL HAVE A FENCING SYSTEM THAT CAN CREATE SINGLE ENTRY TYPES OF
SYSTEMS. >> FROM YOUR RESEARCH -- I'M
>> FROM YOUR RESEARCH AND WHAT I HAVE LOOKED AT, MOST ACTIVE SHOOTERS COME THROUGH A FRONT DOOR, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> SOME, NO, NOT ALL. UVALDE, THEY CAME FROM OVER A FENCE. THEY HAVE COME FROM MULTIPLE
PLACES. >> AND THE TIMING SEEMS TO BE, THESE DAYS, BROAD DAYLIGHT, RIGHT?
MIDDLE OF THE DAY, AFTERNOON? >> MIXED.
I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE EXPLICITLY BUT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN RECENTLY, YEAH, I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT NASHVILLE, THE SITUATION IN NASHVILLE AND SOME OF THE OTHERS EARLIER THIS YEAR.
>> ALL RIGHT, AND WHEN IT SAYS TO BE DETERMINED FOR THE ESTIMATED COSTS. IS THAT JUST FOR THE EXTRA
CONSTRUCTION CONSIDERATIONS? >> I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME CONSIDERATIONS BECAUSE IF WE WERE TO MOVE TO THIS, IF WE HAD TO MOVE ANY TYPE OF FENCING OR ANY TYPE OF -- WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK TEACH AT EACH OF THE SCHOOLS TO DETERMINE HOW WOULD THAT BEST FIT THEIR SCHOOL IF NECESSARY? I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK DEEPER INTO THAT.
BASED ON, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE MANY GATES AND SPEAKING WITH PRINCIPALS, WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT USE SINGLE ENTRY AT THIS POINT BASED ON THE LAYOUT OF THE SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE SOME THAT USE MULTIPLE ENTRIES.
>> BY THIS SPECIFIC PROPOSAL, SINGLE POINT THIS SPECIFIC PROP
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SINGLE U THIS SPECIFIC PROPOSAL SINGLE THIS SPECIFIC PROPOSAL,SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY AFTER. >> THE SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY WILL ALWAYS TAKE PLACE AFTER THE BELL RINGS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY.
>> JUST TO SHARE WITH THE TRUSTEES, IMPLEMENTING A SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY BEFORE THE BELL, YOU CAN ALSO CREATE A FATAL FUNNEL, RIGHT? SOME IDIOT COMES UP AND SAYS, HEY, THIS IS HIGH TRAFFIC TIME, I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING VERY UNFORTUNATE AND STUPID AND SO I WOULDN'T SUPPORT BEFORE THE BELL IN NO CIRCUMSTANCE. AFTER I THINK IT'S A DIFFERENT
CONSIDERATION. >> UNDERSTANDING THE KEY TO ENTERING YOUR CAMPUSES IS MONITORING AS WELL TO MAKE SURE.
>> SO THANKS TO MEASURE J AND PROBABLY PARTS OF MEASURE L, WE'RE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT MANY ENTRIES.
WHEN THE BELL RINGS AND/OR SCHOOL STARTS, AS SOON AS THE SITES CAN HAVE THEIR STAFF AND PERSONNEL GO AROUND, THEY ARE TO CLOSE THE GATES AND ANY GUESTS OR LATE-ARRIVING STUDENTS OR FAMILIES BRINGING STUDENTS GO THROUGH THE MAIN OFFICE.
SO AFTER SCHOOL STARTS, WE DO HAVE A WI HAVE A ONE ENTRY. WE HAVE HAD THAT.
WE PUT MILLIONS IN CONSTRUCTION TO DO THAT.
PBS, THE SCHOOL WAS BUILT TO ALLOW MULTIPLE PATHS TO CREATE SAFE SCHOOL ROUTES. IF WE WERE TO GO TO A SINGLE ENTRY BEFORE SCHOOL AND LIKELY A SINGLE ENTRY AFTER, RIGHT? YOU'RE LOOKING AT I PROMISE YOU THINGS WILL SURFACE WHERE FAMILIES SAY WE NEED A SAFE ROUTE WHICH WOULD INVOLVE US WORKING WITH THE CITY MAYBE THE COUNTY AT PBS BUT MOSTLY THE CITY AND THEN SPENDING SOME MONEY TO RECREATE SAFE ROUTES.
WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE IN 2012, I ENHARTED A NUMBINHERITED A NUMBE PROJECTS AND THROUGH A ROUTE WE WERE DOING AT SOUTH NATOMAS AND A LOT OF RAMPS DOWN SO PEOPLE COULD WALK SAFELY OFF THE CURBS, BETTER CROSSWALKS, THAT WOULD LIKELY POP UP IF WE WENT WITH A SINGLE ENTRY AT ALL TIMES ON A SCHOOL CAMPUS, WHICH IS WHY IT'S TO BE DETERMINED. WE DIDN'T WANT TO SPEND MONEY ON GETTING AN ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT SPENDING HOURS AND DAYS WORKING WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY UNLESS THE BOARD GIVES DIRECTION AND IF YOU GIVE DIRECTION, WE'LL DO ALL OF THOSE
[VIII.a. Present and Consideration of Approval for Various Safety Actions]
SO TONIGHT, AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS TO OBTAIN TRUSTEE APPROVAL OR NOT FOR THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS, REQUIRING CLASSROOMS TO BE LOCKED DURING THE DAY, THE ASAPX FORADSAPOSAPPSAPTSAPISAPOS FOR
POINT OF ENTRY. >> LET'S DO THE DISCUSSION.
WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ONE AND I THINK WE ONLY HAVE, FOR THIS ACTION ITEM, WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT SAYS -- LET ME MAKE SURE WE GOT. SO MARA, YOU SUBMITTED ONE AND RESA, DID YOU SUBMIT ONE FOR THIS ONE ALSO?
ALL RIGHT. >> THESE ARE THE COMMENTS I MISSED EARLIER. I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE TONIGHT. ON THIS TOPIC, FIRST OFF, I REALLY WANT TO THANK RICK FOR CALLING ME THIS WEEK AND TALKING ME THROUGH ALL THESE SO I COULD SPENT A LOT OF TIME ASKING QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
BASED ON THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH RICK AND WITH OUR EXEC BOARD AS AN ASSOCIATION, WE WANT TO SHARE OUR SUPPORT OF ALL THREE OF THE MEASURES HERE. WE REALLY TALKED ABOUT, AND I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD TO HEAR, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO CARVE TIME OUT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TO BUILD THESE PARTICULAR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT STUDENT AND STAFF SAFETY INTO THE SYSTEMS, INTO OUR STAFF MEETINGS AND WHAT WE'RE DOING ON CAMPUS BECAUSE, AS RICK SAID, THESE ARE THINGS WE DON'T HAVE TRAINING ON RIGHT NOW AND IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE THINGS THAT COMES TO US AT NTA AS A CONCERN ON SITE.
ALSO I WANT TO SAY THAT WE FEED TO BE VERY MINDFUL IF THEY HAVE IMPACTS ON CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION.
WHAT I SAID, NTA HEARS CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFE OPERATIONS OF OUR
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SITES. FOR US AS EDUCATORS, WE KNOW MANY OF THESE ISSUES ARE CONCERNS BECAUSE LEGISLATURES AT A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL ARE FAILING TO DO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO TOO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITIES.NONE OF US CAME INTO THE TEACHING PROFESSION TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR STUDENTS.
WHAT HE'S SAYING AND WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS IS WHAT TRUSTEE GRANT WAS POINTING OUT, WE NEED TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS BUT IN A SPACE WHERE IT'S UNDERSTOO A SPACE WHERE TO HAVE THESE CON IN A SPACE WHERE IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT TEACHERS, WHEN WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS, WE'RE LIVING THROUGH PAST TRAUMAS AND IMAGINING FUTURE TRAUMAS SO REMEMBER THAT THE SYSTEMS THAT ARE DEVELOPED AND HOW THEY FILTER DOWN TO SCHOOL SITES ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR THE SUCCESS BUT WE DO SUPPORT ALL THREE OF THESE THINGS.
>> REESA? >> JUST A QUICK COMMENT.
AS YOU YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE PARENTS VOLUNTEERING AT SCHOOL EVERY DAY. WHAT ABOUT PARENTS GETTING THIS TYPE OF TRAINING? FOR EXAMPLE, THE CAFETERIA HAD FOUR ENTRANCES. IF YOU'RE VOLUNTEERING AND YOU HAPPEN TO GO TO THE BATHROOM BECAUSE THE CLASSROOM DOESN'T HAVE A BATHROOM, THE BATHROOMS ARE OUTSIDE, SO IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS, IF AN INCIDENT HAPPENS, HOW WILL THE PERSON THAT'S VOLUNTEERING GOING TO BE HANDLED? IT'S GOOD THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO TAKE MEASURES AND PREVENT THINGS BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PARENTS WHO VOLUNTEER? WE SHOULD HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT WE CAN DO IF WE GET CAUGHT IN THAT MOMENT.
I THINK THAT'S A PIECE MISSING HERE AND I HOP IT COULD BE ADDED. THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS NOW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HERE? ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS? I REMEMBER PREPPINGING THIS BACK AFTER IBRINGING THIS BACK AFTER I ATTENDED LAST SUMMER. SORRY IF I SAID THIS BEFORE, YOU'LL KNOW WHAT I SAY. AFTER ATTENDING THE CSBA LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE LAST SUMMER AND I BROUGHT BACK THE IDEA OF A SINGLE ENTRY BASED ON THE PANEL DISCUSSION, PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN UVALDE, IN THAT DISTRICT, AND I THINK WE WERE DIVIDE ON THAT, OR I MAY HAVE BEEN THE ONLY ONE CONSIDERING THAT SINGLE ENTRY. THE THING ABOUT THE SINGLE ENTRY, AND I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THIS, THIS IS WHY I THINK IT'S SO PERFECT THAT WE GOT TO LOOK AT THE SAFETY SCHOOL PLANS BECAUSE WE REALLY GOT TO LOOK AT THOSE MAPS OF THE CITY SCHOOL SITES. I CONSIDERED THAT IN LOOKING AT THOSE PLANS TO DO. FOR SOME SCHOOLS, I'M THINKING IF YOU WENT THAT ROUTE, THERE'S THE WHOLE THING OF I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THERE'S A WHOLE TRAIL OF KIDS TRYING TO GET IN FOR A SINGLE ENTRY IN THE MORNING. I DON'T KNOW OF ANOTHER SCHOOL IN WHICH THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE, SO, AND I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. WHEN I LOOKED AT PVS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ENTRANCES IN THE BACK OF THEIR SCHOOL SITES, THOSE ARE STAFFED BY AN ADULT, WHICH THEY ARE, LETTING THE KIDS THIS AND OUT. IT'S PRETTY -- IT'S BEEN SAFE THUS FAR AND FOR PVS, IT CUTS DOWN ON THE KIDS COMING THROUGH EGRET PARK AND COMING THROUGH THE BACK WAY THERE TO THE SCHOOL SITE. SO I'M THINKING IF THERE WAS A SINGLE ENTRANCE, THEN THERE'S THE WHOLE IDEA OF HOW DO WE BRING ALL THOSE KIDS TO THE FRONT AND THAT'S HOW WE WOULD GET TO WHAT I THINK YOU WERE REFERENCE REFERENCING THE SAFE ROUTES TO WEREREFERENCING THE SAFE ROUTES WERE REFERENCING THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS AND WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT A LOT OF THINGS.
I KNOW FOR PARENTS IT'S VERY CONVENIENT TO HAVE THOSE STUDENTS GO TO THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL, TO GO THROUGH THE BACK ENTRANCES OF THE SCHOOL. I THINK IT SAFES TIME FOR PARENTS. SOME PARENTS WALK THE KIDS TO THE GATE AND IT'S EASIER TO GET BACK WHEREVER THEY NEED TO GET
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TO FOR WORK. I ALSO THINK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF IN THE WINTERTIME, I DON'T KNOW IF WE OPEN THOSE ENTRANCES.WE DON'T MITIGATE IT JUST BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, SO I WORRY ABOUT SAFETY IN THAT SENSE.
I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT'S BEST FOR KIDS AS OPPOSED TO WHAT'S BEST FOR ADULTS. YOU REALLY GOT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT DO WE DO TO MINIMIZE ANYTHING TA C CHA CT COULD HAPP OUR KIDS IN TERMS OF A SINGLE ENTRY.
I'M INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT MY FELLOW TRUSTEES FEEL ABOUT THAT
SINGLE ENTRANCE. >> WELL, I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT AND WHAT I KEEP THINKING OF IS THAT THESE ARE REALLY STEPS TOWARDS PREVENTION, METHODS OF PREVENTION, PRACTICES OF PREVENTION. LIKE ANYTHING THAT'S PREVENTION, IT'S BETTER FOR SOMETHING TO BE IN PLACE.
IT'S BETTER FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT WAS SHARED WITH THEM THAN TO NOT HAVE ANYTHING AT ALL AND SO THAT'S WHY THE STEP THAT IS WE CAN TAKE THAT ARE BEFORE US RIGHT NOW MAKES SENSE TO ME, I THINK OF THE HORRIBLE SCENARIO WHERE WE ASK OURSELVES WHY DIDN'T WE HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE? THAT'S REALLY WHAT LINGERS IN MY MIND. FOR ALICE AND THE DIFFERENT DPRADZ, IT MAKES SENSE TO ME AND IT'S RESEARCH-BASED, EVIDENCE-BASED, BESTGRADES, IT D IT'S RESEARCH-BASED, EVIDENCE-BASED, BEST PRACTICES-BASED.
THANKS FOR FINDING THINGS THAT REFLECT WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTED AND I THINK THAT'S IT. WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
WE WILL KNOW IS THIS WHAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S FUNCTIONING EVERY DAY? WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING THERE AND THIS, TO ME, SEEMS LIKE A GOOD APPROACH SO I'M IN SUPPORT
OF THIS. >> WAS THERE ANY RESEARCH DONE WHERE ALICE CAN BE USED AND HAVE IT ACTIVELY TAUGHT FROM 6 THROUGH 12? THAT I BELIEVE A 6TH GRADER, TO BE HONEST, I WOULD SAY 5 THROUGH 12.
THIS IS REAL LIFE. TO THINK THAT WE'RE SCARING THEM AND NOT HAVING THEM PREPARE IS DOING A DISSERVICE TO OUR
STUDENTS AND CHILDREN. >> THE TRAININGS GET A LITTLE MORE ADVANCED WITH AGE BUT THE COUNTER POINT, I'M NOT SURE THAT THE CURRICULUM GOES TO THE POINT OF THE FIGHT.
THE ADULT, IT'S MORE ABOUT THE INTERVENTION OR ACTIONS THAT YOU COULD TAKE. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT'S AVAILABLE BUT I COULD LOOK DEEPER.
>> I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRAINING.
SHORT ANNUAL OF TEACHERS ALL AROUND THE WORLD, SHORTAGE OF SUBSTITUTES ALLTHE WORLD, SHORT SUBSTITWORLD, SHORTAGE OF SUBST ATHE WORLD, SHORTAGE OF SUBSTITUTES ALL AROUND THE WORLD. WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS ON CAMPUS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TRAINED. OUR COMMUNITIES ARE IN SUCH TURMOIL RIGHT NOW, WE NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT THIS HAPPENING BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FACT THAT OUR STUDENTS, CHILDREN ARE DYING LEFT AND RIGHT AROUND HERE FROM GUN VIOLENCE, FROM OVERDOSING, FROM THING OFFENSE THAT NATURE.
THEY'RE ALL SUFFERING. OUR NEIGHBORS ARE LOSING PEOPLE LEFT AND RIGHT. I LOVE THE ALICE TRAINING AND WHAT IT STANDS FOR BUT I'M CONCERNED LEAVING OUT THE SIXTH THROUGH EIGHT GRADERS BELIEVING THEY DON'T NEED TO KNOW HOW TO FIGHT. I'M NOT BIG ON THE COUNTER WORD, EITHER. I THINK LET'S GO GRAB A BURGER AND I'LL MEET YOU AT THE COUNTER.
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EYE KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT THEMI KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO PROT THEM BUT IN TODAY'S SOCIETY, WE'RE PAST THAT.SOME PEOPLE THINK THIS IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN TO OUR DISTRICT OR TO OUR CHILD. I PRAY WE NEVER HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THIS BUT TO NOT BE FULLY PREPARED OR AT LEAST GIVING FAMILIES THE OPTION TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN PREPARED, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT.
>> SO JUST TO MAKE SURE, RICK, THIS MAY BE CLEAR SO IF I'M JUST REPEATING IT, I'M SORRY. ALL THE OTHER OPTIONS STILL EXIST. THEY WORKED HARD TO FIND ALICE BECAUSE THE FEEDBACK IN THE FALL WAS ALMOST ONE TO FOUR, MAYBE TWO TO THREE THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT THE WORD -- TRUSTEES HERE DIDN'T WANT THE WORD FIGHT USED. THEY CHOSE TO LAND ON A RECOMMENDATION FOR ALICE BUT ALL THOSE OPTION THAT IS GO BACK UP, YOU GET TO GO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR RUN, HIDE, FIGHT AND TO TEACH THAT AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR RUN, HIGH, DEFEND. JUST BECAUSE WE RECOMMEND AN OPTION DOES NOT TAKE THE OPTIONS FOR OTHERS OFF THE TABLE.
>> I LIKE THE ALICE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE OFFERING IT TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE, SUBSTITUTES, VOLUNTEERS AND I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT SIXTH THROUGH THE EIGHTH GRADE, OFFERING IT TO THEIR FAMILIES. IF THEY CHOOSE TO NOT HAVE THEIR
CHILDREN PAR TIS PUTTICIPATE, S. >> I BELIEVE THAT'S WORTH EXPLORING. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
>> ERICKA, ALSO, TOO YOUR POINT AND TO TRUSTEE GRANT'S POINT IS THAT WE TEACH OUR CHILDREN WHAT TO DO IF THEY ENCOUNTER A STRANGER. WE GIVE THEM A SET OF TOOLS, RIGHT? WE HOPE THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO DO THIS AND I KNOW THIS PERSONALLY BECAUSE MY OLDEST SON WAS WALKING HOME FROM SECOND GRADE AND WAS ALMOST ABDUCTED IN THIS DISTRICT SO I REMEMBER HOW TO REITERATE WHAT YOU DO AND LUCKILY THAT CHILD WHAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO IN THAT SITUATION.
I THINK THERE ARE DEGREES AND I THINK THERE ARE ALREADY AWARE OF BUT, AGAIN, IT'S AGE APPROPRIATE, TEACHER MAKES THAT THROUGH THE TRAINING, IS SENSITIVE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH CHILDREN, BUT I THINK A LOT OF PARENTS DO TALK TO THEIR KIDS ABOUT DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS, DON'T GET IN A CAR, DON'T DO THIS AND ALL SO THERE'S A HOST OF THINGS THAT THEY TALK TO THEM ABOUT. I'M HOPING THAT THOSE TYPES OF CONVERSATIONS, THERE'S IN BETWEEN THAT'S A BRIDGE BETWEEN THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND ALICE THAT DOESN'T BRING MORE FEAR TO
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ONE? LET THE RECORD SHOW I'M IN AGREEMENT TO MAKE SURE WE COME BACK IF THIS DOES NOT WORK AS TRUSTEE GRANT MENTIONED.
>> YES, I WOULD AGREE. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO GIVE SOME DIRECTION TO GET AN UPDATE, A BOARD UPDATE IN TERMS OF WHEN TO TO DETERMINE THAT BUT WE SHOULD HAVE AN UPDATE AND SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE TRAINED, THE PARENTS ON CAMPUS, THE TEACHERS, ALL THE STAFF ON CAMPUS.
US AS WELL IF WE SO CHOOSE TO GO THROUGH THAT TRAINING.
WE COMPLETED THE PUBLIC COMMENT HERE ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
I DO HAVE ONE MORE PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT IF THE PERSON IS IN THE ROOM, WOULD THEY MIND IF I JUST READ WHAT'S ON HERE? DO YOU WANT TO COME TO THE PODIUM? YOU CAN COME REAL QUICKLY. ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU WORK WITH OUR DISTRICT IN HELPING TO REDO THE PLANS AND THINGS.
>> THANK YOU. AND JUST TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTIONS, THERE'S A LOT MORE TO IT THAN TO PUT NIT A QUICK PRESENTATION FOR YOU BUT FOR SOME OF THE THINGS YOU ASKED, THE CURRICULUM CAN BE ADJUSTED TO AGE APPROPRIATE, CONSIDER IT LIKE TEACHING RESPONSE TO A FIRE DRILL.
YOU DON'T FOCUS ON THE THROWERS OF THE FIRE, YOU FOCUS ONERRORS
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OF THE FIRE, YOU FOCUS ON WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU DETECT SOMETHING. IF YOU HEAR THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS. IF YOU SEE THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE HANDLED IN A WAY THAT WOULD TRAUMATIZE OR CAUSE A LOT OF ANXIETY.IT'S ABOUT EMPOWERING THE STUDENTS OF ANY AGE TO RECOGNIZE IF THEY THINK THEY'RE IN DANGER AND TO REALLY FOCUS ON TAKING SOME INSTRUCTION FROM THE ADULT THEY'RE WITH.
WE REFERENCE TEACHER BUT IT COULD BE THEY'RE WITH A LIBRARIAN, TODIAN, ANYONE. IT COULD GO TO THE GRADES YOU'RE SUGGESTING AND WE WOULD JUST INSTRUCT THE TEACHERS AND SUBSTITUTES TO ADDRESS IN AN AGE-APPROPRIATE MANNER
>> THANKS, JENNIFER. I APPRECIATE THAT.
SO THE ACTION TONIGHT, DO YOU WANT TO PUT THAT BACK UP AGAIN ON THE ACTION? THERE ARE THREE PARTS TO THIS.
I'M GOING TO ASK TRUSTEES IF THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE IN ACCEPTING ALL THREE OF THESE AS AN ACTION ITEM
>> I'M PRE PAIRED TO MAKE A MORED TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT ALL THREE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THE CAVEAT THAT REGULAR UPDATES BE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD THAT AND IF OPPORTUNITY ARISES, THAT WHATEVER TRAINING WE'RE IMPLEMENTING, ONCE STUDIED BY STAFF AND RECOMMENDATION COMING BACK FROM STAFF PROVIDED TO A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, OBVIOUSLY, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT MAKES SENSE FROM A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE AND BANDWIDTH SO I'M PREPARED TO
MAKE A MOTION. >> I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION.
>> ALL RIGHT. SARA, CAN YOU CALL THE ROLL,
>> AYE. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEAM, RICK, FOR WORKING ON THIS. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON
[VIII.b. Approve Resolution No. 23-17 Recognizing June 2023 as Pride Month]
THE AGENDA HERE. THIS IS TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 23-17, RECOGNIZING JUNE 2023 AS PRIDE MONTH.I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SUPERINTENDENT EVANS.
>> THANK YOU. THE BOARD IS ASKED TO APPROVE A RECOGNITION RECOGNIZING PRIDE MONTH.
THIS YEAR, I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME EFFORTS WE HAVE EXTENDED IN 22-23 AND WILL BE IN PLACE 23-24. IN 2017, THE NUSD BOARD APPROVE ADD SAFE HAVEN SCHOOL DISTRICT. THAT RESOLUTION, CALLED 1704, DECLARED THAT [INAUDIBLE] ABILITY, SEX AND GENDER IDENTITY, SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS OR BELIEFS.
AT EACH OF YOUR SEAT AT THE DAIS, WE HAVE A POSTER AND STICKERS FOR YOU. EACH SITE WILL RECEIVE TWO FRAMED POSTERS, ONE FOR THE MAIN OFFICE AND ANOTHER FOR A PROMINENT LOCATION DETERMINED BY THE PRINCIPAL.
THE INTENT TO TO VISUALLY EXTEND TO SAFE HAVEN RESOLUTION TO INSURE THAT STUDENTS, STAFF, FAMILIES AND GUESTS FEEL WELCOME IN OUR SCHOOLS. THIS MIRRORS OUR SAFE HAVEN POSTER ROLLOUT IN 2017. THIS DOES NOT REPLACE THE PRIOR SAFE HAVEN EFFORTS. IT EXTENDS IT.
OE OF THE STICKERS HAS THE SAFE HAVEN SCHOOL NAME AND A QR CODE ON IT. IF YOU CAN SEE THIS QR CODE FROM THE BACK, YOU'RE YOUNG WITH EXTRAORDINARY VISION AND I'M JEALOUS. WITH THE QR CODE, IT PROVIDES THE STUDENTS TO PULL OUT A MOBILE PHONE AND GET IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO OUR NEW LGBTQ+ WEB PAGE WHICH IS SMALL BUT AGREEING. SECONDLY, WE'RE GOING TO ASK STAFF MEMBERS TO VOLUNTARILY PLACE THIS STICKER IN THE ROOM OR AT THEIR WORKPLACE. WHEN POSTING THIS STICKER WITH THE QR CODE, STAFF, AND IT ALSO SAYS SAFE HAVEN SCHOOL ON IT.
THE STAFF CHOOSING TO DO THAT ARE COMMITTING THAT WHEN
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STUDENTS COME TO THEM WITH TIME SENSITIVE NEED, THEY WILL MAKE THIS A PRIORITY, THE SWIFTLY CONNECT OUR STUDENTS WITH SUPPORT ON SCHOOL SITES AS FAST AS POSSIBLE AND IF NEEDED, FURTHER SUPPORT FROM THE ED CENTER.WE'LL EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT SOME OF THOSE AGREEING SUPPORTS LATER.
THESE IMAGES ARE VISUAL COMMITMENTS TO FOLLOW THE LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS IN SUPPORTING ALL OUR STUDENTS.
THEY ARE SYMBOLIC OF NUSD'S STUDENTS AND PLUS THEY ACT ADDS SGNPOSTS TO OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES, STAFF AND GUESTS AND REPRESENT A SMALL PORTION OF OUR EXTENSION OF LGBTQ+ SUPPORT.
IN ADDITION TO STICK NUER IN (2) (S ( 2023-2024 . [INAUDIBLE] CAN REACH OUT AND GET SUPPORT AND HELP FROM OUR PROVIDERS.
THE LAUNCH OF THE LGBTQ CAREGIVER CONNECTION GROUP.
THE CREATION OF AN ANNUAL LGBTQ PLUS TRAINING AND MOTIFICATION OF THOSE OTIFICATION OF THNOTIFICATION OF THOSE TRAININGS. THE INCLUSION OF LGBTQ STUDENTS ON OUR DOCUMENTS FOR STUDENTS FAMILY AND STAFF.
SPECIFIC TRAINING THIS YEAR HAS TAKEN PLACE FOR OUR SOCIAL EH MOTION LEA STAFF INCLUDING CREATION OF A RESOURCE GUIDE THAT WILL EXPAND AND BE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. OUR PARENT UNIVERSITY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES AND LGBTQ+ BEST PRACTICES AND PROTECTIONS PARTS ONE AND TWO AND INTERNAL SEQUENCE OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR STAFF AND THE DISTRICT.
WITH ALL THIS CONTEXT AND INFORMATION, WE ASK THAT THE BOARD SUPPORT TONIGHT'S RESOLUTION.
>> THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT EVANS.
ALL RIGHT. SO I HAVE A NUMBER OF PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS. I'M GOING TO LIMIT THIS DISCUSSION TO NO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES HERE.
I'M JUST ABOUT, WITH THE CARDS I HAVE IN HAND R THE ONES THAT WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON THIS TL BE ABLE TO , THE ONES THAT WILL BE ABLE TO ATHE ONES THAT WILL BE ABLE TRTHE ONES THAT WILL BE ABLE TETHE ONES THAT WILL BE ABLE T THE ONES THAT WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC HERE.
FIRST IS JOE WOODS, THEN MARA HARVEY AND THIRD IS I THINK EDUARDO MORENO, SO IN THAT ORDER.
JOE WOODS I GOT RIGHT. >> GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT EVANS. TYPICALLY I COME BEFORE YOU TO TALK ABOUT NATOMAS CHARTER SCHOOL, HOWEVER, I'M HERE AS AN EDUCATOR AND PARENT IN THE COMMUNITY.
25 YEARS AGO THIS FALL I CAME OUT TO MY PARENTS.
THIS WAS THE SAME YEAR, THE SAME MONTH THAT MATTHEW SHEPHERD WAS MURDERED. IT WAS NO EASY FEAT TO GO HOME AND TELL MY PARENTS I WAS GAY. A FEW YEARS LATER I WAS AN EDUCATOR AND STARTED MY CAREER IN THE VALLEY AND I HAD COLLEAGUES WHO REFUSED TO EACH LUNCH WITH ME BECAUSE I WAS GAY.
MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH FEEL FORTUNATE TO HAVE A SON WHO HAS BEEN ABLE TO AN TEND SCHOOL IN THIS COMMUNITY WHERE NO ONE HAS QUESTIONED THAT HE HAS TWO DADS. A FEW YEARS AGO SOME OF YOU KNOW I COMPLETED MY DOCTORAL RESEARCH WHERE I INTERVIEWED LGBTQ+ STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. EACH OF THEM RECEIVED HOMOPHOBIC AND TRANSPHOBIC BULLYING BUT EACH FELT COMFORTABLE WITH STAFF. WE KNOW FROM THE RESEARCH THAT THIS COMMUNITY WILL OFTEN SHOOT DIVERSE COMMUNITIESCHOOSE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN.
WE SHOULD ASSUME THAT WE HAVE A FAIRLY LARGE LGBTQ+ STUDENT AND FAMILY POPULATION EVEN IF THEIR IDENTITY IS UNKNOWN TO US.
THIS RESOLUTION IS AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT THAT NATOMAS IS A COMMUNITY WHERE STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS LIKE ME AND FAMILIES LIKE MEAN WILL ALWAYS BE SAFE AND AFFIRMED.
AS PROTESTS IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND HOMOPHOBIC COMMENTS FROM OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE REMINDED US, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I TAKE FOR GRANTED.
I APPRECIATE HAVING PARTNERS WHO ALWAYS STAND FOR INCLUSION AND I WILL ALWAYS TAKE A MOMENT TO PLUG OUR KIDS.
THIS OCTOBER, OUR FALL PRODUCTION IS LAIRMEY PROJECT AND I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO COME CHECK IT OUT, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. >> SPLITTING EVERYTHING UP
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TONIGHT AGAIN. SO TONIGHT N T A IS PROUD TO JOIN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD IN SUPPORT OF THE RECOMMENDATION OF RECOGNIZINGMEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE RECOMMENDATION OF RECOGNIZING JUNE AS PRIDE MONTH. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE LEARNED AS EDUCATORS IS MASLOW'S HIERARCHY TO NEEDS.IN ORDER FOR A HUMAN TO EDUCATE AND BE EDUCATED, WE NEED TO MEET ENGINEER THE BASIC NEEDS. JUST AS A PERSON NEEDS FOOD TO SURVIVE, THEY NEED SAFETY, SECURITY, AND LOVE.
THEY NEED TO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR SURROUNDINGS, THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE BULLIED, THEY NEED TO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR BODY, THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE HARMED AND THAT THEY CAN REACH SELF-ACTUALIZATION.
WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE THAT SAFE PLACE FOR ALL OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF, WE ARE MAKING A COMMITMENT AND WE NEED TOO UPHOLD THAT COMMITMENT AT EVERY LEVEL.
I'M PROUD TO WORK IN NATOMAS. I'M PROUD TO WORK IN A STATE WHERE OUR LEGISLATURE RECOGNIZES LGBTQIA STUDENTS.
I'M PROUD TO WORK IN A STATE WHERE MY COLLEAGUES CAN DISCUSS THEIR SPOUSES AND FAMILIES REGARDLESS OF GENDER AND WHERE STUDENTS AND STAFF CAN COME TO SCHOOL AND BE WHO THEY AUTHENTICALLY ARE. MAKING THIS STATEMENT TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY SHOWS THAT NUSD IS A DISTRICT THAT WILL SUPPORT STUDENTS. THANK YOU FOR THE STICKERS FOR
MR. MORENO, DID I MISPRONOUNCE YOUR FIRST NAME?
>> YOU GOT IT. >> MY NAME IS EDUARDO MORENO.
I'M HERE TO EXPRESS STRONG SUPPORT FOR RECOGNIZING JUNE AS PRIDE MONTH. IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT WE UPLIFT AND SUPPORT OUR LGBTQIA COMMUNITY HERE AND ACROSS THE STATE. ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE GOING BACKWARDS [INAUDIBLE].
THANK YOU NATOMAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR STANDING WITH THIS COMMUNITY AND WE ENCOURAGE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS RESOLUTION,
>> ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS ARE MCKENNA, JENKINS, ALICE MONTES AND ED PEREZ AND THEN KYLE.
>> GOOD EVENING CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS MCKENNA JENKINS. I'M JUST A RESIDENT OF NATOMAS BUT I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS MOTION.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR SCHOOLS, FOR OUR YOUTH WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQIA PLUS AND THIS IS A GREAT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR DOING THAT.
IT'S EMPOWERING AND VERY VALIDATING, IT'S A VERY VALIDATED EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS TO BE RECOGNIZED AND CELEBRATED FOR BEING WHO THEY ARE.
THEREFORE I REALLY SUPPORT THIS AND HOPE YOU ALSO SUPPORT THIS
RESOLUTION TONIGHT, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE] >> HELLO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, AGAIN, MY NAME IS ALICE MONTES AND I'M ALSO A COMMUNITY MEMBER.
I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT STUDENTS FEEL SAFE AND FEEL THEIR SURROUNDINGS ARE INCLUSIVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES.
MY NAME IS ED PEREZ AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 1 AND I'M ALSO WITH NATOMAS' FLOOD PROTECTION AGENCY.
IT LOOKS LIKE I'M DRESSED TO GO TO A PICNIC TODAY.
I LITERALLY HELPED MY DAD GET DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL BUT I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO COME HERE TODAY TO OFFER MY SUPPORT AND URGE THE BOARD TO SUPPORT AND APPROVE THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU TO RECOGNIZE JUNE AS PRIDE MONTH.
AS A PERSON WHO GREW UP GAY, I WAS WIN OF THEOFNEOF OF THE FOR.
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GROWING UP, I SPENT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MY FORMATIVE YEARS IN SAN FRANCISCO, A COMMUNITY SUPPORTIVE OF LGBTQ STUDENTS AND I HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE TO LOOK UP TO AS ROLE MODELS BUT I CAME OUT TO MY PARENTS 30 YEARS AGO AND THE ONLY REASON I DID IT WAS I THOUGHT ONE OF MY PARENT WAS GOING TO PASS AWAY AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IN CASE THAT HAPPENED THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD EXACTLY WHO I WAS AND LIVE MY TRUE SELF. BUT, AGAIN, THESE RESOLUTIONS ARE VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WORDS MATTER.AS EDUARDO ALLUDED TO EARLIER, YOU LISTEN TO THE NEWS DAILY AND THERE'S A MOVE TO TRY TO ROLL BACK A LOT OF PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE ON THIS ISSUE, SO I REALLY APPLAUD THE BOARD FOR PRESENTING THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE IT IS NECESSARY.
>> THE LAST SPEAKER IS KYLE. >> GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT EVANS. MY NAME IS KYLE CHRISTOPHER AND I AM A RESIDENT OF NATOMAS. I'M HERE IN STRONG SPORT OF RECOGNIZING JUNE AS PRIDE MONTH. OUR STUDENTS DESERVE TO CONTINUE TO ATTEND THE SAFE SPACE THAT FOSTERS INCLUSIVENESS AND ACCEPTANCE AND ONE THAT CELEBRATES DIVERSITY.
I HOPE YOU'RE ALL ABLE TO VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION AS
WELL, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
I WILL MOVE TO DISCUSSION AMONG THE TRUSTEES.
>> NO COMMENTS, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY MOVE TO APPROVE.
>> I TOLD MYSELF ONE THING. I SAID YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CRY AND I DID BUT IT'S BECAUSE -- I HAVE WRITTEN REMARKS BUT FORGET THE WRITTEN REMARKS. I THINK WHAT'S SO UNEXPLAINABLY POWERFUL ABOUT OUR DISTRICT HAVING A RESOLUTION LIKE THIS IS WE HAVE SO MANY SCHOLARS, STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND REALLY JUST COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR WHOM SOMETHING LIKE THIS MEANS EVERYTHING. IT MEANS THE WORLD.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY THERE STILL EXISTS A LOT OF DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT AND ALSO MISINFORMATION FOR THE LGB T QA PLUS POPULATION.
. I WILL GO TO MY WRITTEN HARKS BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME APPRECIATIONS.
I WANT TO THANK THOSE WHO HELPED ME GRADUATE FROM THIS DISTRICT.
THEIR UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE FOR ME, ESPECIALLY HAVING BEEN PART OF A POPULATION SO MARNLALMARGINALIZED THAT I D COME OUT IN K-12. IT WAS NOT UNTIL COLLEGE THAT I FELT SAFE ENOUGH TO DO THAT. I THANK MY PARENTS AND TEACHERS ALONG THE WAY BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE WERE, WELL, ONE, TO SEE THE FRONT PAGE OF OUR WEBSITE IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO ALL OF OUR LGBTQ+ WAS SOMETHING AND REALLY THE MEETING WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW, I HAVE TO SAY IF YOU HAD ASKED 13-YEAR-OLD ME WOULD I HAVE -- DARN IT. HOLD ON.
I TOLD MYSELF I WOULDN'T DO THIS.
IF YOU HAD ASKED -- A YOUNGER VERSION OF MYSELF IF I WOULD SEE TA KIND OF CULTURE SHIFT AND TO SEE AN EDUCATIONAL LEADER LIKE OUR DISTRICT KIND OF CULTURE SH SEE AN EDUCATIONAL LEADER LIKE OUR DO KIND OF CULTURE SHIFT AN SEE AN EDUCATIONAL LEADER LIKE OUR DISTRICT ENGAGING IN PROVIDING TANGIBLE RESOURCES AND SERVICES, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE BELIEVED IT AT THE TIME.
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FOR MY SAKE AND EVERYBODY ELSE'S SAKE, I'M GOING TO WRAP THIS UP AND JUST SAY THAT WE HAVE ALL SEEN THE STATISTICS AND REPORTS OF HOW MUCH YOUTH ARE AFFECTED REALLY BY ANTI-LGBT AND REALLY JUST COMMENTS THAT DON'T RECOGNIZE THEIR EXISTENCE, THAT DON'T RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THEM BEING ALIVE AND THRIVING IN THIS WORLD AND HOW MUCH THEY CAN AFFECT THEIR -- LEAD TO HIGHER RATES OF DEPRESSION AND SELF-HARM, ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS WITHIN THE POPULATION OF LGBTQIA WHO ARE FACING A LOT OF NEGATIVE RHETORIC RIGHT NOW LIKE TRANSGENDER STUDENTS.IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO SAY THAT OUR STUDENTS DESERVE EQUAL ACCESS AND EQUAL SUPPORT TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.
EQUITY IS THAT FOR OUR LGBTQ POPULATION AND HAVING SAFE PLACES TO GO TO, HENCE THE LARGER INITIATIVE, IS SO CRUCIAL AND AN ETHICALLY IMPERATIVE FOR SO MANY REASONS BUT THIS RESOLUTION TAKES STEPS TO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR STUDENTS AND SCHOOL COMMUNITY ARE PLACES ARE PLACES FOR LEARNING AND EVERYONE CAN DO THAT SAFELY. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THE AQ DEMME SUCCESS, THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND THE PHYSICAL SAFETY OF STUDENTS. WITH THIS RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF US, I MEAN IT WHOLEHEARTEDLY WHEN I SAY I'M NATOMAS PROUD AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS. [APPLAUSE]
>> SO WAS THAT A SECOND? [LAUGHTER] OKAY. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS, I WANT TO THINK BACK WHEN WE DID THE SAFE HAVEN RESOLUTION, THAT WAS A TIME WHEN I THINK THERE WAS, AND I WORKED WITH TRUSTEE GRANT. THAT WAS A GREAT TINT TO WORK WITH HIM ON THAT BECAUSE WE COULD FEEL BACKLASH JUST ESTABLISHING THE SCHOOLS AS SAFE HAVENS FOR OUR KIDS.
WE GRAPPLED WITH THE WORDING, WHETHER WE SAY HAVEN, THERE WAS JUST A NUMBER OF THINGS, BUT WE WERE SO COMMITTED AND PASSIONATE ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE WANTED OUR KIDS TO BE SAFE, ESPECIALLY FROM ANYBODY WHO WOULD WANT TO COME AND TAKE THEM FOR IMMIGRATION AND NOT FOLLOW THE LAWS OF WHICH OUR CHILDREN ARE PROTECTED ON THE SCHOOL GROUNDS, SO I'M GLAD THAT WE EXTENDED, EXPANDED THAT AND THAT THE COMMITMENT, IF EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS, THE COMMITMENT HAS BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE.
ALL RIGHT. SO SARA, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS.
ALL RIGHT. WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL?
[IX. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
>> MOTION CARRIES 3-1. ALL RIGHT.
MOVING ON NOW TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. SO WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND THAT IS DEBORAH GRIMES AND MARA WANTS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AGAIN.
THESE ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. AND SHATAYA LOGAN.
>> GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT EVANS.
SO TODAY I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR MY TWO MINUTE PSA AND IT IS FOR
>> I'M REPRESENTING THE GREG GRIMES ANCHOR FOUNDATION WHICH WE ESTABLISHED IN AUGUST OF 2022 FOLLOWING HIS MURDER ON THE 4TH OF JULY 2022. EVERY MONTH SINCE THEN, WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF THINGS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY GIVING IN
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EVERY WAY THAT WE CAN, BUT THIS PARTICULAR EVENT IS TRULY ABOUT AMELIORATING GUN VIOLENCE AND OTHER COMMUNITY TRAUMA.SO WE TRYLY, TRULY ARE GOING TO BE SAVING LIVES AND TEACHING PEOPLE HOWLY, TRULY ARE GOING T BE SAVING LIVES AND TEACHING PEOPLEULY, TRULY ARE GOING TO BE SAVING LIVES AND TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO SAVE LIVES. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UC DAVIS, MANY MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS.
WE'RE DOING THINGS A LITTLE BIT DITCHEDLY THAN OTHER HEALTH FAIRS. WE'LL DOFFERENTLY THAN OTHER HE FAIRS. WE'LL DO STOP THE BLEED TRAINING. STOP THE BLEED TRAINING WILL TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO STOP THE BLEED IN THE EVENT THERE'S UNCONTROLLED BLEEDING AND IN A SITUATION WITH MY SON, RATHER THAN THE 30 PEOPLE AROUND HIM WHO PANICKED WHEN HE WAS SHOT BECAUSE THEY DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, IN THIS INSTANCE, THEY WOULD LEARN HOW TO STOP THE BLEED AND HAD THEY HAD THAT TRAINING, HE MIGHT BE HAVING DINNER WITH US TONIGHT, MY HUSBAND AND I. SO WE'LL ALSO BE DOING CPR TRAINING, SUICIDE PREVENTION. WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IT EARLIER. I'M SORRY, MY MIND -- FORGIVE ME FOR A SECOND. I HAVE A LOT OF TRAUMA AROUND THIS. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING. WE'RE DOING ALL THESE THINGS AT THE NORTH NATOMAS COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE 24TH, NEXT WEEK, NEXT SATURDAY. WE'LL HAVE T SHIRSHIR-SHIRTS FO EVERYBODY AND I ALSO LEFT THESE FLIERS FOR EVERYONE, PLEASE COME. EVERYONE IS INVITED, YOU'RE ALL
COMMUNITY VIPS. >> THINK, DEBORAH,NY, DEBORAH, OU, DEBORAH, WE DID GET A FLIER UP HERE.
>> ALL RIGHT, SHATAYA. >> NOT HERE?
>> HI. REAL QUICK, IF WE CAN, WE HAVE SOMETHING TO PASS OUT TO YOU WHICH IS JUST REALLY A BROCHURE, QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE AND THEN MY RESUME.
TWO MINUTES IS NOT A LOT OF TIME TOO TALK SO ONE OF MY QUESTION THERE IS HOW CAN WE EXPAND THAT? IS THERE A WAY TOO EXPAND SOMEONE SPEAKING FOR TWO MINUTES? THAT'S JUST A QUESTION. LET ME GET TO WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT HERE. IF YOU HOOK AT THE BROCHURE HERE, IT'S SAYING DID YOU KNOW. DID YOU KNOW IN 2021-2022, NATOMAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THE 23.7% OF BLACK STANDUDEN MET THE MEASURE FOR ENGLISH AND MATH.
WE'RE HERE AS A MATTER OF URGENCY FOR OUR BLACK STUDENTS AND THEM BEING ABLE TO PASS THE CALIFORNIA EXAMS FOR ELA AND MATH AND I SHOULD HAVE STARTED WITH I AM HERE ON BEHALF AND AS A MEMBER OF NATOMAS BLACK PARENTS UNITED AND WE HAVE
JOINING WITH US -- >> SHELLY WITH FAMILY
DEVELOPMENT CENTER. >> AND WHAT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IS HOW DO WE ADDRESS THIS GAP? IT'S AN ENORMOUS GAP. IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR A WHILE AND POST-PANDEMIC AND P POST-GEORGE FLOYD THESE THINGS ARE COMING UP AND SOME OF OUR PARENTS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS
GETTING INTO SCHOOL. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
AT THIS TIME I HAVE NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
TONIGHT'S REGULAR BOARD MEETING IS
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.