Mar 13, 2024 Board Meetings

[I. OPEN SESSION]

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MEETING TO ORDER. WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.

>> DOSICK . >> PRESENT .

>> GRANT . >> PRESENT .

>> HARDEN. >> PRESIDENT -- PRESENT.

>> HEREDIA. >> PRESENT .

>> MORA. >> PRESENT.

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[V. CLOSED SESSION]

[VI. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION]

>> RODRIGUEZ, WILL YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDE OF ALLEGIANCE.

FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.Î

[VIII. ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION]

>> THANK YOU. >> THIS EVENING IN CLOSED SESSION THE BOARD VOTED 4-1 TO APPROVE THE CLOSED SESSION RESOLUTION TO COMMENCE PERSONNEL ACTION AGAINST ONE PERMANENT CERTIFIED EMPLOYEE AND THE BOARD DIRECTED ADMINISTRATION TO SERVE THE EMPLOYEE WITH THE REQUIRED NOTICE. THE BOARD VOTED AGAIN, 4-1. AT THOSE THAT VOTED IN FAVOR WERE HEREDIA, TRUSTEE DOSICK , TRUSTEE GRANT, AND

[IX. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA]

NOW I AM ASKING FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND .

>> SO MOVED. >> MOVED BY TRUSTEE GRANT AND TRUSTEE HARDEN WITH THE SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.

>> THE MOTION CARRIES 6-0. NOW WE MOVE ON TO COMMUNICATIONS.

SO, FIRST IS CSEA. WILL YOU PLEASE COME BEFORE US. THE

[X.b. Natomas Teachers Association (NTA)]

TRUSTEES AND GOOD EVENING SUPERINTENDENT. IT IS NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY. IT TONIGHT I WILL START WITH LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT USED BY THE SACRAMENTO CITY COUNCIL. MAY WE ACKNOWLEDGED ANOTHER THE NATIVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME BEFORE US AND STILL WALK BESIDE US ON THESE ANCESTRAL LANDS BY CHOOSING TOGETHER TOGETHER TODAY IN THE ACTIVE PRACTICE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND APPRECIATION FOR SACRAMENTO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES HISTORY CONTRIBUTIONS AND LIVES. EVERY DAY WE USE THE WORD NATOMAS, OVER FROM THE LANGUAGE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE BEFORE US WITH NO RECOGNITION OF THOSE PEOPLE.

PART OF WHAT WE EDUCATORS HAVE BEEN LEARNING AND WHAT YOU AS A BOARD HAVE BEEN FINANCING IS CULTURAL CULTURALLY RESPONSIBLE INSTRUCTION. WE BEGIN TO INCORPORATE THESE SAME LESSONS IN THE INTO YOUR WORK AS DISTRICT LEADERS. IN HONOR OF NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH WE WANT TO STAND WITH OUR NTA PEERS AND ASK FOR BOARD AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR ASSEMBLY BILL 2901 THAT WOULD AND THAT STATUS QUO THAT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST WOMEN. IT WOULD PROVIDE 14 WEEKS OF PAID PREGNANCY DISABILITY LEAVE FOR EDUCATORS. WOMEN IN EDUCATION

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THEY ARE BEING ASKED TO DO MORE AND GET MORE THAN THEY EVER HAVE BEFORE. AT TIMES THEY ARE LITERALLY BRUISED AT THE END OF THE DAY. SOMETIMES BITTEN AND BLEEDING. WE ARE ALL AWARE THAT OUR PRIORITIES AND YOURS ARE NOT IDENTICAL.

BUT, ALL OF US SHOULD HAVE THE SHARED PRIORITY OF STAFFING OUR SCHOOLS SIDE AND FOR OUR STUDENTS OVER ANYTHING ELSE.

IF WE ARE GOING TO KEEP PEOPLE HERE AND DISSUADE THEM FROM GOING TO DISTRICTS AROUND US, WE NEED TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE SPENDING MONEY ON. YOU HAVE A BUDGET IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT AND IT IS A HEALTHY BUDGET. THESE NEW AND VETERAN TEACHERS BEHIND ME ARE WEIGHING THEIR OPTIONS AND IT BECOMES MORALLY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU SUPPORT A FAMILY TO MAKE A DECISION THAT WILL COST HER FAMILY SO MUCH OVERTIME. THIS WAS REALLY EMOTIONAL TO ME BECAUSE I GIVE UP ABOUT $30,000 WORKING IN THIS DISTRICT RIGHT NOW. I WERE CLOSE TO MY HOUSE, $20,000 MORE, FULLY FUNDED HEALTHCARE.

I AM TAKING THAT FOR MY HUSBAND AND MY KIDS SO THAT I CAN BE HERE. EDUCATORS WHO SPENT 15 YEARS IN NATOMAS HAVE $100,000 LESS IN LIFETIME EARNINGS THAN THOSE IN SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. IN ROSEVILLE, WE ARE $277,000 BEHIND. IN 2010, ALL OF THE DISTRICTS HAD A SIMILAR AVERAGE PAY AND NATOMAS LAGS BEHIND ALL DISTRICTS EVEN THOUGH OUR TEACHING EXPERIENCE IS THE SAME, WE WATCH OTHER DISTRICTS BUT THEIR FOCUS ON TEACHERS AND HOW THEY AVERAGE THOUSANDS MORE THAN -- EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THIS SAME TEACHING EXPERIENCE.

WE ARE HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION ABOUT FINANCE AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF IDEAS BEHIND ME. ABOUT WAYS THAT WE CAN USE OUR TIME AND MONEY MORE EFFICIENTLY. WE BELIEVE THAT NUSD NEEDS TO BE INTENTIONAL WITH THEIR FUNDING SO THAT THERE IS FUNDING TO PROVIDE OPTIMAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS. WE ARE UNIFIED IN THIS. THANK YOU.

I AM MOVING ON DOWN TO STUDENT BOARD MEMBER VALENTINO RODRIGUEZ. YOU CAN WAIT IF YOU WANT. UNTIL PEOPLE HAVE FILED OUT.

[X.c. Student Board Member]

>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. AT NATOMAS HIGH SCHOOL THE NIGHTHAWKS ARE WORKING HARD TO FINISH UP THE QUARTER DASHED THE THIRD QUARTER. ANY STUDENTS ATTENDED THE ASIAN-PACIFIC ISLANDER COLLEGE DAY AT SAN STATE WHERE THEY ATTENDED WORKSHOPS AND HAD A TOUR OF THE COLLEGE CAMPUS. ALL OF THE SENIORS ARE WORKING TO GET THERE FAST FOR APPLICATIONS IN WITH THE HELP OF THE -- PROGRAM. THEY WILL HAVE A CASH FOR COLLEGE DAYTIME WORKSHOP ON THURSDAY , MARCH 14 TO ENSURE THAT SENIORS ARE GETTING THE HELP THAT THEY NEED WITH THESE FORMS. WINTER SPORTS CONCLUDE WITH AN AWARD CEREMONY THIS EVENING TO CELEBRATE ALL OF THE AMAZING ATHLETIC FEATS OF THE

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STUDENTS ARE ATTENDING THE CESAR CHAVEZ DAY AT UC DAVIS AND THE COLLEGE AND CAREER OFFICE IS PLANNING ON SIGNING UP STUDENTS FOR TRIPS TO SAN JOSE STATE AND YOU SEE MERCED.

LASTLY, THE GROWLING AWARDS ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE STUDENTS WITH CHARACTER. STUDENT SCHOLARS COMPLETED THEIR FINALS AND THEY STARTED STATE TESTING TODAY BY TAKING THE -- TEST THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MATH TESTING IN APRIL AND MAY . THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL COLLEGE FIELD TRIPS WITH THE TRIP TO UC BERKELEY NEXT MONDAY. IS STUDENTS WILL BE ATTENDING THE UC DAVIS CESAR CHAVEZ DAY ON MONDAY. THEY WILL ALSO BE RECOGNIZING STUDENT SCHOLARS DURING THE THIRD QUARTER ACADEMIC AWARDS CEREMONY ON FRIDAY, WHICH 22ND.

AT THE THOMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WRAPPED UP THE THIRD QUARTER AND THEY ARE JUMPING INTO THE FOURTH QUARTER WITH THE MULTICULTURAL SPIRIT WEEK. STUDENTS RACKED UP LITERALLY -- WRAPPED UP LITERARY TESTING. STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FOURTH ASSEMBLY WITH THE -- PROGRAM AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH DOCTOR HOLLY IN THEIR TEAM TO SUPPORT AND BUILD CULTURAL CULTURALLY SENSITIVE TEACHING PROGRAMS IN THE CLASSROOM. SPRING SPORTS ARE UNDERWAY WITH SIX GRADE SOCCER TEAMS CURRENTLY COMPETING AND WAITING IN THE WINGS FOR THE SEASON TO BEGIN.

[X.d. Board Members]

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. >> MOVING ON. TRUSTEE MORA.

>> I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR MY BOARD REPORT. I SHOULD SAY A HANDFUL OF THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. SOMETHING THAT JUST HONED IN ON ME EARLIER IS THAT ALL OF THE WOMEN IN OUR DISTRICT THAT REALLY ARE IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS REGARDING THE DISTRICT STAFFED AND SOME OF THE STAFF REPRESENTATIVE GROUPS ARE WOMEN. HOURS SUPERINTENDENT, OUR NTA, OUR CSEA PRESIDENTS. WE HAVE TWO BOARD MEMBERS OF COURSE AND ALSO, I NOTICED LOCAL LEADERSHIP, ARE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS. FOR MY BOARD REPORT I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THAT I NOTICED A LITTLE EARLIER TODAY AND THAT IS THAT WE HAVE SO MANY INCREDIBLE WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP TO SUPPORT OUR DISTRICT AND OUR STUDENTS. I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS AMAZING. AND, I WILL ALWAYS THINK MY MOM. SHE AND MY SISTER KNOW THAT I ADMIRE THEM BUT THEY DON'T GET A 10 MINUTE SPEECH. I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND SINCE THE LAST BOARD MEETING AND THAT WAS THE BLACK EXCELLENCE AWARDS AT NATOMAS

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THEY ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS MORE THAN EVERYBODY ELSE. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED WAS NOT HAVING ENOUGH BLACK TEACHERS IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN GENERAL. AND THE OTHER THING WAS NOT HAVING ENOUGH BLACK HISTORY AND REPRESENTATION IN TEXTBOOKS AND THAT SEEMED TO BE A UNANIMOUS PIECE OF INSIGHT THAT ALL OF THE STUDENT PANELISTS HAD. I ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND THE BOARD STUDY SESSION ON LEARNING RECOVERY AND THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN DONE ACROSS SCHOOL SITES WITH MANY PRINCIPLES IN OUR DISTRICT. THE LESSER THINGS THAT I WANT TO MENTION OUR THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENTO KINGS GAME. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE FOR THE SACRAMENTO KINGS TO BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THE TEACHERS IN SET COUNTY AND THE DISTRICT.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE THERE WATCHING AND CHEERING AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT IN MY REPORT AS WELL. I DID SAY IT WAS A HANDFUL OF THINGS BUT THIS IS THE LAST THING I WANT TO MENTION. I HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LEGISLATIVE ACTION WEEK THAT IS TAKING PLACE THIS WEEK.

ORGANIZE THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION. I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AS TRUSTEES IS TO ADVOCATE AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL FOR THE THINGS THAT WE NEED BOTH BUDGETARY PRIORITIES BUT ALSO LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. SOMETIMES IT CAN FEEL LIKE WE ARE JUST PART OF A SYSTEM THAT TRANSCENDS MULTIPLE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND THIS DEFINITELY IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I FEEL LIKE I CAN CONTRIBUTE TO. AND I WANTED TO SHARE THAT IS GOING ON. THAT CONCLUDES MY BOARD REPORT.

>> THANK YOU TRUSTEE MORA. TRUSTEE HARDEN.

>> THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING TO THE WOMEN. THIS MONTH I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT MY MOTHER AND MY GRANDMOTHER A BIT MORE THIS MONTH. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES MONTH. IT IS A GROUP OF CONDITIONS DUE TO AN IMPAIRMENT OF PHYSICAL LANGUAGE, LEARNING, AND BEHAVIORAL AREAS.

THESE CONDITIONS BEGIN DURING THE DEVELOPMENTAL PERIOD AND THEY CAN IMPACT DAY TO DAY FUNCTIONING AND USUALLY LASTS THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NIGHTHAWKS. FABULOUS JOB FROM THE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM. IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I HAD SEEN GOOD BASKETBALL ANY AND EVERYWHERE AND I WORKED FOR THE NBA. WHEN I TELL YOU THAT THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT TO BE A NIGHTHAWK, THE COMMUNITY CAME OUT LIKE KNOW WHETHER AND THERE WERE SO MANY ALUMNI AND THE PLACE WAS JUST AMAZING THROUGHOUT THE LAST FEW GAMES.

SHOUT OUT TO THE DRUM LINE. OUR STUDENT TRUSTEE RIGHT HERE, AND WE ARE ASKING EVERYBODY TO GO OUT AND VOTE FOR THE BEST BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND WE HAVE A PLAYER FROM NATOMAS HIGH SCHOOL AND AS. WHOEVER YOU CHOOSE TO VOTE FOR, JUST VOTE. LET'S TAKE THAT HOME . FRESHMAN, SOPHOMORE, AND JUNIORS PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE SUMMER AT CITY HALL PROGRAM IS OPEN AND IT OPENED ON MARCH 1. IT IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN VALUABLE WORK EXPERIENCE. YOU WILL ALSO EARN A $500 STIPEND. THE DEADLINE IS ON THE 19TH AND YOU CAN GO TO SUMMER CITY HALL. I THINK THERE IS EVEN SOMETHING ON OUR WEBSITE ABOUT THAT. READ ACROSS AMERICA WAS A SUCCESS. I DID NOT MAKE IT TO ONE SCHOOL SO I AM GOING OUT TO READ IN A CLASSROOM NEXT WEEK. I HAD A GREAT MEETING TODAY WITH THE OFFICE OF SENATOR --. I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THROUGH CS

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BOARD REPORT. THANK YOU. >> TRUSTEE GRANT .

>> NO REPORT. >> TRUSTEE DOSICK.

>> THE NIGHTHAWKS GAMES WERE AMAZING. AND THE EXCITEMENT THERE REMINDS ME -- I THINK IT WAS MY FIRST YEAR ON THE BOARD WHEN THE NIGHTHAWKS MADE IT TO -- WHEN IT WAS STILL. IT WAS DEFINITELY BEFORE POWER BALANCE. SEEING THAT KIND OF ENERGY AND KNOWING THAT IT IS SUCH A YOUNG TEAM AS WELL THAT IS POISED FOR GREATNESS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, IT IS VERY EXCITING SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. IT WAS PAINFUL TO TO SEE THE LAST GAME BUT THOSE THREE GAMES EVERY DAY, JUST TO SEE THE EXCITEMENT AND THE PRIDE AND THE WAY THAT THESE KIDS -- I THINK THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS THE ONE TO POINT THIS OUT. ALL SEASON LONG YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW THAT THESE KIDS ARE UP BY 10 OR DOWN BY 10 BECAUSE THEY STILL HAVE THAT SENSE OF PROFESSIONALISM. IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL TO SEE IN THAT AGE GROUP SO THAT WAS EXCITING. I CANNOT WAIT FOR NEXT SEASON.

THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE SITE LEADERS WHO CAME OUT LAST WEEK FOR OUR STUDY SESSION WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THAT FORMAT, I LOVED IT. I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY NICE AND WE HAD A CHANCE TO INTERACT AND TO HAVE THAT DIRECT INTERACTION, IT MADE ALONG THE EVEN LONGER. IT WAS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. I KNOW FOLKS HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP IT BUT IT BEARS REPEATING. MARCH 23 WILL BE THE FIRST CONFERENCE FOR THE DISTRICT AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT EVENT. MY FELLOW TRUSTEE SHOULD'VE RECEIVED AN EMAIL BUT IF YOU DID NOT, APRIL 20 WILL BE THE ANNUAL IV GALLUP. THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR INSTEAD OF TRADITIONAL GALA. IT WILL BE A CASINO NIGHT INSTEAD SO THAT SHOULD BE INTERESTING.

THAT WILL BE APRIL 20 AT THE HYATT PLACE ON DUCK CORN. THIS PUBLIC SERVICE AND OUT CEMENT BROUGHT TO YOU BY -- HIGH

SCHOOL. >> I JUST WANT TO ECHO ALSO, THE GRATITUDE FOR THE SPECIAL BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK. ALL BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE STUFF WORKING REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WENT FROM TABLE TO TABLE. WE DID NOT STAY BEHIND AND WE TRY TO KEEP ON WITH ALL OF THE PREPARATION.

IT REALLY IS A GREAT EVENT BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE AND GET TO KNOW THEIR SCHOOLS. WE LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT THE SCHOOLS THROUGH THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

VERY APPRECIATIVE AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE CONTINUE. I WENT TO -- ROBIN AND I WENT TO THIS EVENT AND I WILL LET'S HER TALK MORE ABOUT IT . IT WAS SORT OF A FOLLOW-UP TO THE STUDENT SUCCESS FOR ALL. IT WAS, IT WAS A NICE EVENING WHERE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WERE RECOGNIZED. IT WAS NOT THE BIG GALA ON THE PREVIOUS MONDAY NIGHT OR WHENEVER THAT WAS. IT WAS ONE IN WHICH IT WAS VERY NICE AND THE STUDENTS GOT THEIR RECOGNITION AND THEY GOT A CERTIFICATE AND THEY GOT A GIFT CARD. WE WERE AMONG DISTRICTS AND SCHOOLS THAT WE WERE NOT FAMILIAR WITH. IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SCHOOL ITSELF AND WHERE WE WERE AT. AND ALSO JUST OTHER PEOPLE

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AND THE BIG EVENT THAT WE HAD A YEAR AGO. SOMEONE WHO WORKS REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT KIDS HAVE A GREAT UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION FOR THE DEPTH AND THE EXPERIENCE OF ALL OF THOSE THAT EXIST AROUND THEM AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE. IT FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.

AND ESPECIALLY FOCUSED ON OUR ETHNIC STUDIES AND I AM REALLY

[X.e. Superintendent's Report]

SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR CASTILLO. >> WE HAD OUR ALCOTT PARENT ADVISORY COMMUNITY MEETING AND THANK YOU FOR RUNNING THAT MEETING, DEPUTY --. SO MANY PARENTS CAME TO THE MEETING AND THEY WERE SO ENGAGED AND THEY ASKED GREAT QUESTIONS AND THEY WERE REALLY CHALLENGING US TO THINK AND REMINDING US NOT TO SPEAK IN EDUCATION ACRONYMS, SO REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE NG - PROGRAMS AND WHAT IT MEANT. IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE THE PARENTS ENGAGED IN THAT PROCESS. I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE AMERICAN LEAGUE SCHOOL FOR THEIR I HAVE A DREAM PERFORMANCE AND THE KIDS WERE AMAZING. THEY HAD EVERYTHING MEMORIZED AND CHOREOGRAPHED. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. PARENTS WERE THERE AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB SO THANK YOU TO MR. SMITH WHO WORKS WITH THEM AND FOR ALL OF THE STUDENTS INVOLVED. I HAD A GREAT TIME. A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE I HAD AS I WAS INVITED BY FORMER NATOMAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT GENERAL DB2 TOUR THE AEROSPACE MUSEUM IN SACRAMENTO. HE SITS ON THE BOARD THERE AND THE REASON THAT HE WANTED ME TO GO IS TO SEE THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE THERE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE POINTED OUT IS THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MURAL THAT SHOWS SOME OF THE HISTORY OF FLIGHT IN ONE OF THE INTENTIONAL THINGS THAT THEY HAVE DONE IS THEY HAVE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORICAL FIGURES IN FLIGHT INCLUDED IN THAT. IT IS ALSO IN THEIR WEBSITE AND YOU CAN CLICK ON THE PICTURES AND READ ABOUT THEM. THAT WAS A WONDERFUL THING TO SEE AND THEY THINK SOME OF OUR L.E.A.P. ACADEMY STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE KICK ADVANTAGE OF THE EXPERIENCES THERE. A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT NATOMAS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL. YOU WANT TO GET YOUR HEART GOING, YOU GO TO ONE OF THESE GAMES. THEY WERE CLOSE AND THEY WERE FIGHTING HARD.

IT WAS FUN TO WATCH THE KIDS AS WAS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. JUST THAT WRIT AND DETERMINATION AND SO MANY TIMES YOU SEE KIDS THAT GET BEHIND AND YOU CAN SEE THE DEFEAT ON THEIR FACE.

THEY KEPT PLAYING THEIR GAME AND DOING THEIR THING AND YOU CAN SEE THE SUCCESS. THAT WAS AMAZING. THE SECTION FINALS, THEY WERE THE RUNNER-UP BUT TO GO TO THE PLAYOFFS AND ALL THE WAY TO THE SEMI FINALS, THE TEAM THAT THEY LOST TO BOARD THE EVENTUAL CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONS FOR DIVISION FOUR.

I ALSO GOT TO SEE THE SOCCER TEAM AND THEY WON THE SECTION FINALS AND THAT WAS THE SATURDAY THE NEXT DAY. IT WAS A NIGHTHAWK WEEKEND. THE BLACK EXCELLENCE BALL WAS THAT

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PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT BEING A STUDENT LED EVENT.

THEY DID A GREAT JOB AGAIN. THANK YOU TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO DEIDRA POWELL. I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE STUDENTS IN ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I WANTED TO RELAY IS TO REMIND THEM THAT THEY ARE EXCELLENT AND THEY BRING EXCELLENCE. THEY BRING EXCELLENCE EVERY DAY TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD AND TO REALLY FOCUS ON THAT AND NOT LET ANYBODY TAKE THAT EXCELLENCE FROM THEM. IT IS IN THEM AND THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH MANY GREAT THINGS. I GET TO GO TO NATOMAS PARK FOR A SITE VISIT AND TO SEE THE CLASSROOMS. ALSO, THEY HAD THEIR SECOND ANNUAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORICAL COLLECTION AND THEY HAD MR. BOOKER, A RETIRED FIREFIGHTER AND A GRANDFATHER OF AN ALUMNI AT THE SCHOOL WHO HAS HIS OWN PERSONAL COLLECTION THAT HE BROUGHT TO THE SCHOOL AND HE WAS THERE WHEN I WAS THERE. HE WALKED ME THROUGH THE EXHIBIT AND TOLD THE STORIES AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH HIM AND WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STUDENTS. THERE WAS A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING THEY COULD SHOW SOME OF THE GREAT WORK THEY WERE DOING. THEY DID SOME HIGHLIGHTS AND I THINK THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. WE HAD FOUR STUDENTS REPRESENTING WAITER RANCH , TWO RIVERS, AND LEE RAY GREEN. WE HAD SEVERAL STUDENTS FROM EVERY SITE THAT WERE RECOGNIZED AT THE NATOMAS UNIFIED BREAKFAST. WE WERE VERY PROUD OF THEM AND IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THEIR PARENTS. WE TOOK A PICTURE TOGETHER AND I AM JUST VERY PROUD OF THOSE FAMILIES.

I ALSO GOT TO GO TO THE REED AMERICA EVENT WITH COUNCILMEMBER KAPLAN . -- READ " ALL THE PLACES YOU WILL GO" TO THE STUDENTS. ALSO, KATIE CHRISTIANSON IS A FORMER WNV PLAY -- WNBA PLAYER AND SHE WAS THERE. AS BASKETBALL PLAYERS THEY PUT A LOT OF PRACTICE INTO PERFECTING WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND SHE WAS REMINDING THE STUDENTS THAT THEY NEED TO PRACTICE THEIR READING TO PERFECT THAT CRAFT.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. THE KIDS WERE THRILLED TO SEE THE LION AND THE KINGS DANCERS AND THEN LAST NIGHT I WENT TO MY VERY FIRST KINGS GAME AND THAT WAS FUN.

TONYA HARDING WAS A CAPTAIN AND AT HALFTIME RECOGNITION, SHE GOT A JERSEY WITH HER NAME ON IT. THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD TIME AND THEN I GOT TO HAVE THE THE WHOLE LIGHT THE BEAM EXPERIENCE. JUST A LOT OF GREAT TIME. THAT IS MY REPORT FOR THIS EVENING. THANK YOU.

[XI. CONSENT ITEMS]

>> I AM LOOKING FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE

ONSENT CALENDAR? >> MOVE APPROVAL.

>> MOVED BY TRUSTEE HARDEN AND SECOND BY TRUSTEE DOSICK.

PLEASE CALL ROLL. . >>

[XII.a. National Women's History Month]

>> THE MOTION CARRIES 60. WE HAVE SAID THIS AND WE HAVE MENTIONED THIS BUT AGAIN, IT IS NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH SO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DEIDRA POWELL WILL LEAD US

THROUGH THE SALAD RATION. >> ALL RIGHT AND GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT HERRERA, TRUSTEES, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY . IT IS A PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE MARCH AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND AS WE KNOW WOMEN MAKE AN IMPACT EACH AND EVERY DAY BUT MARCH IN PARTICULAR IS SPECIAL BECAUSE IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PAUSE AND CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY. AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE REPORT FROM TRUSTEE MORA, FROM SO MANY, TEACHERS AND STAFF. WOMEN ARE

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LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

INTO THIS PROGRAM NOT KNOWING WHAT I WOULD DO WITH MY LIFE.

I WAS INTRODUCED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND IT GAVE ME A CAREER THAT I DID NOT KNOW I WANTED AS A POLICE OFFICER.

>> AT FIRST I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS THIS? WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD LEARN IN HIGH SCHOOL BUT WHEN I TOOK THIS CLASS I LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE HELPED ME AND WILL HELP ME IN COLLEGE WHEN I GO TO COLLEGE.

>> IN THE BEGINNING I WANTED TO GO TO COLLEGE FOR ARCHITECTURE OR ENGINEERING BUT I HAVE BEEN PUSH MORE TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND I FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT. I FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT GOING TO COLLEGE AND IT FEELS LIKE I WILL BE DOING SOMETHING THAT I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT AND ENJOY.

STUDENTS TOWARDS S.T.E.M. BUT THE FANTASTIC ART ABOUT THIS IS YOU GET TO SEE THAT IN ACTION. YOU ARE APPLYING IDEAS OF MATH, PHYSICS, AND ENGINEERING AND I THINK THAT IS A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN AND GROW.

WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHO LEADS OUR CTE PATHWAYS TO INTRODUCE SOME OF THE WOMEN THAT WE HAVE LEADING OUR PATHWAYS, TEACHING, MENTORING, AND PROVIDING REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCES TO OUR STUDENTS.

>> BEFORE WE CELEBRATE THESE AMAZING TEACHERS I DO WANT TO SHARE THAT HANNAH OF THE JOE SCOTT EXCEPTED TO CAL POLY FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT. I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR HER. GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT CASTILLO.

KATIE HAS SPENT MUCH OF HER LIFE DEDICATED TO EDUCATION IN FIREFIGHTING AND IN 2019 SHE BROUGHT THESE PASSIONS TO OUR SCHOOL TO SUPPORT STUDENTS INTERESTED IN PUBLIC SAFETY WITH A FOCUS ON FIRE TECHNOLOGY. SHE HAS CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS INVITING AND EXCITING. SHE COULD NOT JOIN US THIS EVENING BUT WE WILL CELEBRATE WITH HER ON CAMPUS. IN 2017, MELISSA MAE STARTED OUR BROADCAST MEDIA PATHWAY AND HAS MADE QUITE THE IMPACT . THIRD TIGER TALK, BROADCAST MEDIA STUDENTS SHARE THE NEWS TO KEEP STAFF AND STUDENTS INFORMED. SHE HAS SUPPORTED STUDENTS TO STRETCH THEMSELVES AND LEARN HOW CAPABLE THEY ARE. UNFORTUNATELY MELISSA WAS UNABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING BUT WE WILL ALSO CELEBRATE HER.

I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE CORRINE. SHE JOINED NATOMAS UNIFIED IN 2022 WITH HER BACKGROUND IN TEACHING AND

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SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT WITH STUDENTS FROM DISCOVERY AND NATOMAS HIGH SCHOOL TO SUPPORT THEIR PASSION FOR BARBERING AND COSMETOLOGY.

THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH --. WE HAVE BEEN OFFERING THE BICYCLE TECHNOLOGY COURSE. ELLIS STILL BECAME THE TEACHER AND HER ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH STUDENTS CREATED SUCH A WAITLIST THAT WE INCREASED OUR NUMBER OF SECTIONS FROM TWO UP TO FIVE. IT IS CLEAR TO ANYONE ON CAMPUS AND THAT ELLA HAS A PASSION FOR HER STUDENTS AND ALL THINGS BICYCLES.

EXPERIENCE IN HOSPITALITY AND RUNNING RESTAURANTS AND SHE HAS HAD A GREAT IMPACT ON OUR HOSPITALITY STUDENTS. SHE HAS SHARED HER PASSION FOR CULINARY AND HOSPITALITY ALONG WITH HER NATURE OF CREATING A POSITIVE CULTURE AND EXPERIENCE AT SCHOOL. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT CASTILLO AND TO OUR RENTABLE TO JOIN US FOR PHOTOS.

SAY AT THIS TIME, A POINT OF PRIVILEGE, TRUSTEE GRANT, WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HE BROUGHT THE IDEA OF COSMETOLOGY AND THE BERBER COLLEGE PROGRAM TO THE DISTRICT AND HE PATIENTLY WAITED UNTIL EVERYBODY ELSE FINALLY GOT IT THROUGH THEIR HEAD THAT THIS WAS A PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE WELL RECEIVED. THANK YOU. NOW WE WILL MOVE ON. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS -- AND THANK YOU, DEIDRE, FOR THAT

[XIII.a. LEAP Academy Winter, Spring and Summer Sessions and Context Slides]

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>> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO ASK THE DIRECTOR TO COME UP AND SHE WILL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THAT SHE HAS BEEN LEADING

THIS YEAR. >> GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT. I WANT TO START WITH IT IS TRULY A PLEASURE TO BE A PART OF THE NATOMAS PROGRAM. IT IS SUCH A PLEASURE. TONIGHT I WILL BE SHOWING YOU SOME SLIDES AND YOU WILL HAVE THE BOARD REPORT WITH MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.

I WILL MENTION HIGHLIGHTS AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR QUESTIONS. FIRST, THE ENROLLMENT THIS SCHOOL YEAR. IT IS OUR IMPLEMENTATION YEARS SO WE DO NOT YET HAVE PROGRAMMING AT ALL SCHOOL SITES. I ALSO WANT TO CALLOUT ETHNICITY. WE ARE A VERY DIVERSE POPULATION AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOL SITES. YOU CAN SEE THE PERCENTAGES OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED THIS SCHOOL YEAR. HERE IS ALSO JUST AS A REMINDER, ELO-P HAS PRIORITY ENROLLMENT FOR GROUPS HERE AND THAT IS FREE AND REDUCED ENGLISH LEARNERS AS WELL AS FOSTER YOUTH. SOME OTHER STUDENTS MAY REPRESENT TWO OR MORE OF THESE GROUPS HERE. THIS IS WHAT OUR -- IS LOOKING AT LIKE . ONE OF THE MAIN OBJECTIVES THAT WE HAD IS TO REALLY HELP FAMILIES UNDERSTAND AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING AND HELPING THEM AND GUIDING THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ENROLLMENT INTO THE PROGRAM. WHAT THE TEAM DID IS WE CREATED INFOGRAPHICS TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND ENROLLMENT AND PLACEMENT IN THE PROGRAM. WE STARTED PROMOTING THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS IN JANUARY ON THE WEBSITE AND WE STARTED OPENING UP PRIORITY REGISTRATION IN FEBRUARY SO WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED OVER 700 ENROLLMENT FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND FAMILIES WILL BE GETTING NOTIFICATION FRIDAY FOR THEIR PLACEMENT SO THEY CAN PREPARE. THEY CAN MAKE A PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR AND THEY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AND THIS ALSO HELPS WITH PLANNING WITH COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND TO PROVIDE TARGETED ASSISTANCE. OUR L.E.A.P. ACADEMY IS ALIGNED WITH OUR FOCUS. WE FOCUS A LOT ON LITERACY AND THIS ARE WE REALLY HONED IN ON HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THAT THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS. WE HAVE LENDING LIBRARY SAID ALLOF THE SCHOOL SITES AND WE HAVE HOME LITERACY BUNDLES. THOSE THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE WINTER, SPRING, AND SUMMER INTERCESSIONS GET THESE BUNDLES. THE IDEA IS TO BUILD THAT LITERACY LIBRARY AT HOME AND WE ALSO PROVIDE AN ACTIVITY BOOK WHERE FAMILIES CAN PARTICIPATE . THERE IS ALSO PARENT ENGAGEMENT TIPS SO WE ALSO HAVE OUR CBO'S PROVIDE PROGRAMMING SO THAT THEY CAN BUILD OUT ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT. ANOTHER PROGRAM, WE LEARN THIS THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT WE HAD THIS PROGRAM AND WE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING ON TWO SITES WITH SPRING INTO EXCELLENCE BECAUSE WE WANT TO PROVIDE THIS OVER THE SUMMER WHILE MAKING SURE WE HAVE A GOOD ROLLOUT SO I WANT TO BE SURE WE CAN WORK OUT ALL OF THE KINKS AND BE READY FOR THE SUMMER. WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. THE INTERCESSIONS, THAT IS JUST AS A REMINDER THAT THESE ARE DAYS PROGRAMMING IS OFFERED OUTSIDE OF THE REGULAR 180 DAYS OF SCHOOL. IN THE WINTER WE PROVIDED EIGHT DAYS AND WE OFFER PROGRAMMING. WE ARE TRYING TO ROTATE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOLS AND WE DO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO ALL PROGRAMS. SPRING IS COMING UP AND WE HAVE 227 STUDENTS REGISTERED FOR THE SPRING SO WE WILL HAVE -- WE PARTNER WITH UC DAVIS TO PROVIDE FIELD TRIPS. IT IS A SHORT WEEK SO WE ARE PRETTY EXCITED AND THEN SUMMER WE WILL HAVE 19 DAYS OF PROGRAMMING.

>> SO IT IS HOUSED THERE BUT FOR ALL STUDENTS?

>> YES. CORRECT. ALL STUDENTS. I DO WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL , JUST A GLIMPSE OF WHAT WE OFFER IN THE INTERCESSION.

THIS IS A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE DID FOR WINTER SO I WILL LET THIS PLAY.

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COMPREHENSION SKILLS. >> WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT VOCABULARY FOR CHAPTER 1 AND TWO BECAUSE, THEY ARE GOING TO SAY SOME WORDS HE MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH.

>> WE ARE BUILDING ACTIVE LISTENING SKILLS AND FOCUSING

ON EL OH EXPERIENCES. >> I THINK IT'S LIKE IF SOMEBODY HAS COOL SHOES AND IF YOU DON'T YOU WILL PROBABLY BE

JEALOUS. >> WHAT DOES JEALOUS MEAN ?

>> I THINK IT MEANS THAT SOMEBODY HAS SOMETHING THAT YOU

DON'T HAVE. >> THERE WERE A FEW THINGS EMBEDDD INTO THE LESSON AS WELL AS BRINGING IN CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING STRATEGIES TO BUILD EQUITY ON SUPPORT AND MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS COULD CONNECT WITH PARTNERS AND SHARE ALLOWED AS WELL AS PLAY GAMES AND INTEGRATE MOVEMENT

LIKE MUSICAL CHAIRS. >> I FEEL WITH THIS SMALL SETTING I GET TO KNOW THEM BETTER. SO THEY ARE ABLE TO RESPOND BUT THEY STILL GET TO INTERACT MORE.

>> WE WILL SEE WHAT THESE WERE ABOUT.

>> THE PURPOSE IS ALWAYS TO LEARN BUT THE SECOND PURPOSE IS JUST REALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT KIDS ARE JUST MORE ENGAGED IN THEIR LEARNING . UNFORTUNATELY DURING THIS TIME WE ARE COMPETING AGAINST TECHNOLOGY. WE HAVE TO BE ONE STEP AHEAD OF THEM AND ENGAGE THEM IN THE LEARNING IF WE WANT THEM TO GROW.

INTERCESSION WE PROVIDE TARGETED INTERVENTION AND WE ALSO HAVE ENRICHMENT PROVIDERS THAT SUPPORT STUDENTS AND THESE ARE THE FOCUS AREAS. THESE ARE CURRENT PROVIDERS WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS. IN ADDITION IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO CHECK IN WITH THE PROGRAM SO WE PROVIDE SURVEYS TO GET FEEDBACK AND CHECK INS FROM FAMILIES AND STUDENTS. THIS IS THE MIDYEAR PARENT SURVEY AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE RESPONSES THAT WE RECEIVE. IN ADDITION , THE CBO'S DO CHECK INS WITH STUDENTS TO SEE HOW PROGRAMMING IS GOING. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> ANY QUESTIONS? >> NOT NECESSARILY QUESTIONS BUT I DO WANT TO SAY, ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT THIS IS -- AND I AM A HUGE FAN OF LITERACY. I THINK THAT JUST MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE IT TRULY IS A FAMILY APPROACH SO YOU ARE GETTING EVERYBODY INVOLVED AND THAT IS HUGE. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT STANDS OUT IS LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS. THEY PARENT RESPONSES VERSUS STUDENT RESPONSES. WE CANNOT MAKE THIS UP. IT IS GREAT THAT THIS IS REAL . IT IS RAW ENSURE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THE NUMBERS LOOK BETTER BUT I'M SO GLAD THAT WE ARE SEEING THIS.

THANK YOU. I AM A HUGE FAN. >> DITTO TO EVERYTHING THAT TRUSTEE HARDEN JUST SAID. THE SPRING INTO EXCELLENCE, ALL OF THE THINGS IT OFFERS FOR THE PARENTS AND THE TEACHERS SEEMS AMAZING. OF THE INCENTIVES FOR STUDENTS, I AM CURIOUS IF YOU HAVE EXAMPLES OF WHAT THOSE INCENTIVES ARE.

>> THOSE VARY BY SITE. WHEN WE HAVE IT EVENTS THEY GET TO PICK A VENDOR. THE SUMMER IS REALLY , FOR THE SUMMER WE HAVE BETTER INCENTIVES. THEY ARE VERY EXCITED . STUDENTS ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE THERE AND THEY WANT TO BE THERE. A LOT OF SITES HAVE INCREASED ENGAGEMENT.

>> I HEARD SNOWCONE AND I WAS EXCITED SO THANK YOU FOR

[00:55:02]

SHARING. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT IT IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED THAT THE TIMELINE FOR REGISTRATION FOR PARENTS GOING OUT BEING SO CLEAR OF WHAT THOSE WINDOWS ARE AND WHEN PARENTS WILL HEAR BACK. IT IS IMPORTANT AS THEY ARE PLANNING SCHEDULES AND WHAT IS THE CHILDCARE AND WHAT WILL BE AVAILABLE SO THEY KNOW AHEAD OF TIME. W ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN

PROACTIVE IN THAT RESPECT. >> THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE KIDS AND THE TEACHERS.

>> I HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEE. FIRST OF ALL, MISS HERMAN AND

THEN MISS WARREN LOGAN. >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I JUST NEED A CHAIR. I THINK A CHAIR WILL DO.

>> YOUR TIME METER IS RUNNING, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW.

>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I AM HER TO SAY YES, WE AGREE.

L.E.A.P. IS A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR CAMPUS AND WE WANT TO SEE THEM CONTINUE. BUT, IT IS NOT GOING TO ENCOMPASS ALL OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN NEED. WHAT MADE ME THINK ABOUT THAT WAS THIS DEMONSTRATION. THIS IS HALF EMPTY AND HALF FULL.

RIGHT? IT IS LACKING THE REST OF OUR STUDENTS. THIS REPRESENTS L.E.A.P.. A SMALL PROPORTION OF STUDENTS THAT ARE OF READING PROFICIENCY THE NATOMAS BLACK PARENTS WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT SO THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE IN NEED -- THE PERCENTAGE THAT ARE RECEIVING THE SUMMER AND THE AFTER SCHOOL PROFICIENCY AND THE WONDERFUL TEACHERS ETC. WE WANT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. IT IS URGENT. WE HAVE TOO MANY SEVEN THROUGH 12TH GRADERS WHO WILL NOT RECEIVE THE BENEFITS OF L.E.A.P. AND THEY ARE DESPERATELY IN NEED OF THE SAME LEVEL OF EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AS OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS. SO, PLEASE BOARD, PLEASE CONSIDER ALLOWING THE STAFF TO EMBED THE A 4 VERSION WITHIN THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT SO ALL STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE THE BENEFIT OF AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION. THANK YOU.

>> CORRECT. I THINK I WANT TO SAY THAT IT WAS A LITTLE UNFAIR TO START WHEN SHE WAS JUST TRYING TO SET HERSELF UP.

THE ATTEMPT TO IMPLEMENT A4 INTO L.E.A.P. IS DECEIVING.

AFRICAN-AMERICAN SCHOLARS MAKE UP 21 % OF THE DISTRICT.

L.E.A.P. IS PRIMARILY FOR LOW-INCOME AND FOSTER STUDENTS.

SO MANY STUDENTS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE. IT IS ALMOST AS IF AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILIES ARE NOT ARE BEING PUNISHED FOR NOT BEING POOR. PLEASE DO NOT BUT HIDE BEHIND THE UNFAIR POLICIES OF ELO-P. THE BUDGET IS IN THE BLACK AND HAS DISCRETIONARY SPENDING IF ADMINISTRATION IS NOT ABLE TO FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO DO THE BASIC JOB OF HAVING AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS TO READ, WRITE, AND COMPREHEND AT GRADE LEVEL USING ELO FUNDING. DOES THE SACRAMENTO CHINESE COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER OPERATE THIS. -- PROVIDES CULTURAL INSTRUCTION. WE WOULD LIKE FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN SCHOLARS TO HAVE THE SAME EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE. THE WAY THAT THIS IS PRESENTING SEEMS TO BE IN OPPOSITION OF WHAT DE I PROMISES. PLEASE UNDERSTAND WE WANT ALL

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AFTER PROGRAM. >> THANK YOU.

[XIII.b. Spring Literacy Update with Context Slides]

>> MOVING ONTO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, ITEM 13 B. THIS IS THE SPRING LITERACY UPDATE. CAN WE HAVE ANGELA HERRERA.

>> BOARD MEMBERS HAVE A REPORT THAT HAS UPDATES RELATED TO LITERACY. WE WILL SHARE SOME SLIDES REGARDING THE PERTINENT

DATA. >> GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT. I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE FOR AN MIDYEAR UPDATE ON LITERACY. THERE IS A BOARD REPORT THAT HAS MORE DETAILS AND ADDITIONAL DATA THAN WHAT WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE CONTEXT SLIDE. THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE LITERACY PLAN AND DATA ON LITERACY INSTRUCTION THROUGH IREADY. I WANT TO START WITH THE BACKGROUND . THIS IS GOING TO BE A MULTIYEAR AND LONG-TERM PLAN AND I DO WANT TO CALL OUT A FEW ADDITIONS THIS YEAR IN 2023 AND 2024. ONE I WILL TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY TONIGHT IS THE I-READY BEING ADDED TO THE SYSTEM OF ASSESSMENT AND WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT DATA AS WELL. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES ARE REALLY KEY IN TERMS OF THE LITERACY PLAN AND THE SYSTEM ASSESSMENTS SO, I WANT TO TALK WREATH-LAYING HERE ABOUT THE INCREASED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THIS YEAR. THOSE OPPORTUNITIES HAVE COME FROM SUPPORT THROUGH LEVERAGED LEARNING AS WELL AS INCREASED PD FOCUSED ON INQUIRY-BASED WRITING. AS WELL AS INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FROM TEACHERS ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT AND THEN THIS YEAR BEGAN COMPREHENSIVE SITE PLANS ON I-READY. I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN FUTURE ACTIONS. THIS TABLE IS REALLY IMPORTANT. YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT WE WERE HERE THE END OF LAST YEAR TALKING ABOUT THE CURVE OF EARLY ADOPTERS AND THERE WERE ABOUT 13% OF TEACHERS THAT ENGAGED IN THE VOLUNTARY LITERACY PD. WHAT WE SEE NOW IS WE ARE APPROXIMATELY AT 66% OF THOSE RELEVANT TEACHERS HAVING ATTENDED ONE OR MORE LITERACY PD'S AND THAT DOES NOT COUNT THE TEACHERS THAT ATTENDED THE ALL DISTRICT PD DAY IN OCTOBER THAT WAS FOCUSED ON WRITING. THE TABLE SHOWS SOME DIFFERENT TYPES OF LITERACY PD. THE TOTAL TEACHER PARTICIPANTS BY TYPE AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF OFFERINGS. WHAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO IS LOOK AT DATA FROM TEACHER FEEDBACK AS WELL AS STUDENT DATA AND THEN MAKE THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MORE AND MORE TARGETED ON HOW WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE WRITING INSTRUCTION IN MORE DEEPLY INTO READING AS WELL AS THE USE OF THE SYSTEM OF ASSESSMENT LIKE THE I-READY TOOL . ONE OF THE IMPORTANT CALLOUTS FOR THIS YEAR IS MORE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TARGETED AT SITE ADMINISTRATORS. ADMINISTRATORS WORKING WITH LEVERAGED LEARNING AND IN ADDITION, THERE IS MORE SUPPORT FOR I-READY. AND THEN OUR NETWORK IS FOCUSED ON COACHING FROM TREVOR MCKENZIE AND WHAT THAT LITERACY LOOKS LIKE IN AN ID CLASSROOM. HERE IS A BRIEF GLIMPSE AT SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PARTICIPATION. IN OUR WRITING I-READY GOT 25 PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS HAVE ATTENDED WRITING PD'S. ALL OF THE TEACHERS ON PROFESSIONAL

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THEN WITH THE IB INQUIRY-BASED COACHING, 100% OF THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS ARE ATTENDING THOSE MONTHLY COACHING SESSIONS WHERE THEY WALK THROUGH CLASSROOMS AND THEN PARTICIPATE IN THE LEARNING LABS. THAT IS CO-TEACHING INSIDE OF --. I WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE I-READY SUMMER AND FALL PD AND THEN WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. WHAT WE ARE WORKING TO DO IS WE WANT TO GET DEEPER DISTRICT EXPERTISE AND, I-READY, WE ARE LUCKY BECAUSE THE SUPERINTENDENT IS DEEPLY STEEPED IN I-READY. TEACHERS ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT ARE ATTENDING MORE I-READY SESSIONS AND SOMETHING THAT WE WILL SEE ARE THE WAY THAT WE WILL HAVE SPECIFIC I-READY REPORTS THAT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY IS WILL FOCUS ON. THIS OFFERS DEEPER DATA ANALYSIS. WHAT I WANT TO CALLOUT IS BASED ON TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL FEEDBACK. EACH SITE IS NOW RECEIVING IN CLASS SUPPORT FOR THE USE OF I-READY SO WE HAVE TRAINERS IN CLASSROOMS AND THAT IS CUSTOMIZED TO THE SESSIONS AT THOSE SITES. THEY WILL BE PUSHING INTO CLASSROOMS AND HELPING TEACHERS LOOK AT THEIR I-READY DATA AND LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF LESSONS PAST AND HOW TO USE THAT DATA FOR INSTRUCTION IN THAT CLASSROOM WITH THOSE STUDENTS. THEN WE WILL HAVE A TEACHER ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT THAT IS GOING TO BE ATTENDING AN I-READY INSTITUTE IN MARCH AND THEN THIS SUMMER SO WE CAN LEAD OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMITTEES . I WANT TO SHARE SOME PROMISING RESULTS. I WANT TO START WITH DIAGNOSTICS. SO, I-READY IS BEING USED AT ALL OF OUR K8 SITES. WHAT YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS TABLE IS BETWEEN DIAGNOSTIC ONE IN THE FALL AND DIAGNOSTIC TWO IN THE WINTER. THERE HAS BEEN AT LEAST 10% GROWTH IN DISTRICTWIDE AND ALL OF OUR GRADE LEVELS, K-EIGHT IMPROVE BETWEEN DIAGNOSTIC ONE AND TWO AND THE MOST SIGNIFICANT GROWTH APPEARED AT GRADES K-TWO. I WANT TO SHOW YOU IS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT DATA SETS. THE NEXT IN LINE WITH OUR THEORY OF ACTION , OUR DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS BY STUDENT GROUP. WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS ALL BUT ONE STUDENT GROUP IMPROVED BETWEEN THE FALL AND WINTER DIAGNOSTIC. AND THEIR FIVE STUDENT GROUPS THAT ACHIEVE DOUBLE-DIGIT GROWTH BETWEEN FALL AND WINTER DIAGNOSTIC SO WE WILL CHECK THAT AGAIN FOR THE FALL. AND THEN, HERE YOU CAN SEE THE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS BY SCHOOL SITE. I WANT TO CALLOUT THAT MEEKS WAS FINISHING A DIFFERENT DIAGNOSTIC AND THEY ARE NOW IN LINE WITH I-READY. OF THE 12 SITES, NINE HAD DOUBLE-DIGIT GROWTH. DOUBLE-DIGIT GROWTH FROM DIAGNOSTIC ONE AND DIAGNOSTIC TWO. THIS IS NOT ONLY A DISTRICTWIDE ASSESSMENT . SO WE CAN COMPARE STUDENTS FROM GRADE TO GRADE AND SITE TO SITE BUT WE HAVE SITES THAT ARE REALLY EXPERIENCING GROWTH. I WANT TO SHARE IN RELATION TO THIS, BECAUSE, I-READY GIVES US MATH AND LITERACY BUT WE ARE STILL COLLECTING OUR OWN INTERNAL WRITING DATA SO THIS IS A COMPARISON JUST FROM THE FALL SO WE IS ARE STILL FINISHING A COLLECTED DATA FOR CYCLE ONE AND TWO. THIS IS JUST A FALL 2023 PRE-READING ASSESSMENT. THERE IS DISTRICTWIDE A GROWTH OF .36.

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DISCUSSION? >> I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.

REGARDING SOME OF THE DIFFERENT STUDENT GROUPS THAT SHOW GROWTH WITH THE I-READY ASSESSMENT . I JUST WANT TO KNOW, CAN WE PINPOINT THE REASON OR REASONS THAT THAT MIGHT BE THE CASE? WHAT STRATEGIES AND SUPPORTS ARE WE LOOKING AT TO ADD SOME KIND OF INTENTIONAL -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY -- FOR FOSTER STUDENTS. PART OF THAT IS , IN THAT PARTICULAR GROUP WITH STUDENT MOBILITY. WE MAY SAY THAT AGAIN AND WE ARE TRYING TO PUT OTHER EFFORTS AND TO SUPPORT THAT STUDENT GROUP AS WELL.

>> WHEN YOU SAY MOBILITY, >> WHAT DOES MOBILITY MEAN. IF THE STUDENT IS STILL ENROLLED AT OUR SCHOOL

>> THANK YOU. MY ONLY QUESTION IS THAT WE KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE -- TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT UP THERE. BECAUSE EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT BUT THAT 7% IS A LITTLE ALARMING.

THANK YOU. >> I HAVE A QUESTION AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER, THAT IS OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF POSSIBLE IDEA ABOUT WHY SOME OF THESE GRADE LEVELS ARE NOT DOING AS WELL AS THEY COULD BE DOING?

>> I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED MORE ANALYSIS ON.

THEY ARE DEFINITELY DIGGING MORE INTO THAT ANALYSIS AND WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THE 2024-2025 PD. BUT THEY ARE

DIGGING MORE. >> SO YOU WOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION BY THE END OF THIS ACADEMIC YEAR? WELL, WE KNOW YOU MAY NOT HAVE IT IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO ASSESS

THINGS BUT WE WILL HAVE IT? >> YES. THERE WILL BE

FOLLOW-UP. >> OKAY. AND JUST CURIOUS. I CAN MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT FOURTH GRADE BECAUSE WE HAVE ALWAYS STRUGGLED WITH FOURTH GRADE. THAT SEEMS TO BE ONE OF

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>> I AM FOCUSING ON THE LAST BULLET AND THINKING ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT, I WOULD LOVE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON BECAUSE IT IS BROADER THAN JUST I-READY. WHICH STRATEGIES ARE RE-IMPLEMENTING AND WHICH ONES ARE WORKING AND THIS OBVIOUSLY NEEDS TO BE A FIRST AND FOREMOST PRIORITY. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE STUDY SESSION LAST WEEK. BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THE OPPORTUNITY THIS PROVIDES FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE READING AT OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL AND KEEPING THEM ENGAGED IN KEEPING THEM PERFORMING. WE HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE IN PAST PRESENTATIONS THAT WHEN WE PROVIDE THOSE ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE STUDENTS IT FREES UP THE RESOURCES AS WELL FOR THE STUDENTS THAT NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON WHO ARE NOT WHERE THEY SHOULD BE. I AM GUESSING IT HAS EVOLVED A BIT SINCE THE LAST TIME WE HAD A PRESENTATION. BUT I WOULD LOVE TO GET MORE ON THAT.

>> THIS IS NOT EASY WORK. WE DID NOT GET INTO THE SITUATION OVERNIGHT . I DON'T THINK WE WILL GET OUT OF IT OVERNIGHT.

THIS IS TOUGH FOR. AS A DAD WITH A YOUNG LADY IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT I CAN SEE HOW SHE IS TRACKING ALONG WITH -- AND THERE IS SOME RIGOR THERE AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT SHE BRINGS HOME A DIME LIKE HEY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW IS NEAR AND DEAR TO THIS BOARD.

WORK FOR NATOMAS.

[XIII.c. Ethnic Studies/AP African American Studies Pilot Update]

THIS IS --. >> I JUST CAN'T TO SUPPORT . I AM A TEACHER AT NATOMAS HIGH SCHOOL. TINA WAS IN MY ETHNIC STUDIES CLASSROOM YESTERDAY AND PRESENTED TO MY STUDY STUDENTS ABOUT SUMMER AT CITY HALL AND I THOUGHT, IF HE CAN DO IT , I HAVE GOT TO COME APPEAR AND TALK ABOUT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. I THOUGHT THERE WAS GOING TO BE LIKE A PRESENTATION. I READ THE REPORT AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY WHAT I CAME TO TEACH. IT THIS IS WHAT I CAME INTO TEACHING FOR. I THINK THERE IS SO MUCH MORE WE CAN DO WITH THE CLASS. CURRENTLY THERE ARE TWO SECTIONS OF ETHNIC STUDIES AND I 15 AND EVEN MORE SECTIONS AT NATOMAS HIGH SCHOOL. THAT IS IT . I AM JUST HERE TO HYPE IT UP AND I HOPE YOU CAN KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK ON THE COURSE AND TEACHING STUDENT.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR

COMING. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

MOVING ON TO ACTION ITEMS . OR I'M SORRY, TRUSTEES, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? I WAS JUST LIKE, OKAY.

>> SO, -- >> KEEP THE HYPE GOING AND IT IS BECAUSE OF HIM. EVERY TIME I GO INTO HIS CLASSROOM I GET SO INSPIRED AND THOSE STUDENTS ARE SO ENGAGED AND THEY WANT MORE AND THEY WANT MORE SO I HOPE WE WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE HIM WHAT HE WANTS. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE DOING. THANK YOU.

[XIV.a. Present and Approve 2023-24 Second Interim Budget Report and Positive Certification]

IS >> MOVING ON TO ACTION ITEM AT

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>> GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES. THIS IS THE PRESENTATION OF THE SECOND INTERIM REPORT AND THIS IS AN ANNUAL ITEM SO YOU WILL SEE THIS AROUND THE SAME TIME EVERY YEAR. I DO WANT TO CALL OUT THE DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND ACCOUNTING FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS 173 PAGE REPORT REQUIRED BY THE STATE. AND ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT I WILL BE PRESENTING TONIGHT AS WELL. TONIGHT THE OBJECTIVE IS TO TALK ABOUT THE INTERIM REPORT AND THAT IS DEFINITELY PART OF THE CONTINUOUS CYCLE AND BUDGET DEVELOPMENT. WE WILL SHOW YOU SOME ASSUMPTIONS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE REPORT AND TALK ABOUT EXPENDITURES AND RESERVES AND THEN WE WILL TALK ABOUT RESTRICTED RESERVES BECAUSE IT LATER, RIGHT AFTER THE SECTION ITEM IS A RESOLUTION TO COMMIT FUNDING AND THEN, TAKE A LOOK AT THE MULTI YEAR PER PROJECTION BECAUSE AS REQUIRED BY LAW EVERY SCHOOL IS REQUIRED TO PRESENT A THREE-YEAR MULTI YEAR PROJECTION. FIRST IN A ROOM, SECOND INTERIM, AND SOME HAVE TO PRESENT A THIRD BUT WE ARE NOT THERE. REMINDERS INCLUDE THE SECOND INTERIM REPORT, THAT THIRD BULLET IS INFORMATION THROUGH THE PERIOD ENDING JANUARY 2021. -- SO THAT IS ALL AS OF JANUARY 31 ON THIS REPORT. WHERE WE AT IN THIS CONTINUOUS CYCLE? YOU CAN SEE THAT OUTLINED IN THE GREEN.

WE ARE AT THE SECOND INTERIM BOARD REPORT. AND I PRESENTED FOR YOUR APPROVAL. REMINDERS ABOUT THE INTERIM REPORT FOR TRUSTEES AND THE PUBLIC . SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRED TO FILE THIS INTERIM REPORT WITH STATUS QUALIFICATIONS.

EITHER POSITIVE MEANING THEY CAN MEET THE DISTRICT OBLIGATIONS IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND THE TWO SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS. A QUALIFIED CERTIFICATION MEANING THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO MEET TWO OF THE THREE FISCAL YEARS AS FAR AS MEETING REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPENDITURES VERSUS REVENUES AND THEN NEGATIVE IS WHERE WE DON'T WANT TO GO.

THAT IS WHERE YOU CANNOT MEET YOUR FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS OVER THOSE THREE YEARS. GLAD TO REPORT, GOOD NEWS IS, WE ARE AT POSITIVE CERTIFICATION. IN THIS MOMENT, THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS BUT THE BAD NEWS WE ARE STILL EXPERIENCING A DETERIORATING STATE BUDGET. THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST OFFICE IS PROJECTING AN ADDITIONAL $7.7 MILLION DEFICIT OF THE STATE BUDGET.

LAST MONTH WHEN I GIVE YOU THE GOVERNOR'S OF BUDGET UPDATE THE TOTAL WAS ABOUT $58 BILLION DEFICIT AS A STATE AND IT WILL POTENTIALLY INCREASE BY ANOTHER $7.7 MILLION. ALL THINGS TO KEEP ON THE RADAR. IN THIS MOMENT WE ARE POSITIVE CERTIFICATION. AS WE LOOK AT THE STATE FINANCES WE HAVE TO KEEP MOMENTUM MOVING FORWARD. THAT IS THROUGH STRATEGIC ACTION BY THE BOARD AS PRESENTED AT FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS. OUR UNDUPLICATED COUNT HAS INCREASED FROM 66 LAST TIME THIS YEAR TO 68.4% SO ABOUT A 2 1/2% INCREASE.

OUR ADA IS FORECASTED AT 92% WHICH IS 3% LOWER THAN OUR PRE-PANDEMIC RATE OF 95% SO WE DO HAVE ACTIVE TEAMS WORKING ON TRYING TO INCREASE STUDENT ATTENDANCE. THIS YEAR AND IN THE COMING YEAR. RIGHT NOW, C.O.L.A. IS PREDICTED AT .76%.

WE WILL FIND OUT MORE IN MAY AND IF IT GOES DOWN TO THE LOWER LESS THAN .76%, WE WILL HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND IN THE FUTURE AS WE DEVELOP BUDGETS. ESPECIALLY WITH THE 2024-25 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT. BIG PICTURE OF WHERE THE REVENUE IS COMING FROM AND HOW MUCH OUR LCFF SOURCES. THE TOTAL THIS YEAR WE ARE ANTICIPATING ABOUT $191 MILLION IN REVENUE AND THE BULK OF THAT, 73% OF THAT BEING LCFF. THAT IS LOCAL CONTROL FORMULA FUNDING. WE ARE SPENDING ABOUT $203 MILLION. HOW ARE WE SPENDING MORE THAN WE RECEIVE? WE DO STILL HAVE SOME PANDEMIC FUNDING

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AS WE LOOK AT DEVELOPING A MULTI YOUR BUDGET ASSUMPTION YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER. IN THE WAY OF REVENUE, FACTORING AT .67% C.O.L.A. WITH AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDED AT 92%. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REMOVAL OF STATE REVENUES, THOSE ARE ALL ONE-TIME GRANTS.

PER ITEM SO FOR A CHROME BOOK IT IS REALLY ABOUT SUPPLY CATEGORY. 25-26, DEPENDING ON THE ECONOMY, RIGHT NOW WE ARE FORECASTING A 2.73% C.O.L.A. AND THAT COULD CHANGE. AN ABBREVIATED VERSION OF THE MULTI YOUR PROJECTION. WE ARE IN THE BLACK IN THIS MOMENT AND AGAIN, WITH OTHER FACTORS, THAT MIGHT CHANGE. ONE OTHER ITEM TO CALL OUT IS A RECOMMENDATION AS WE TACKLE THE GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM REPLACEMENT AND WE ARE SETTING ASIDE FUNDING TO ADDRESS THAT. THERE IS PRIOR BOARD APPROVAL OF $1 MILLION AND THAT ITEM WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THIS IS A MORE DETAILED VERSION OF THAT. AND THEN KEEPING IN MIND AS WE DEVELOP BUDGETS AND LOOK AT ALL ASPECTS AND WE MONITOR THE EMPLOYER RATE , UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE RATES, MINIMUM WAGE,

THAT IS THE OTHER FACTOR. >> QUESTIONS ? FOR FROM ANY OF THE TRUSTEES? PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN TELLING US ALL ALONG. VERY MUCH THE SAME. I GUESS THE THING TO REMEMBER IS IT IS NOT REALLY IN OUR HANDS WE STOLE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCE ON THAT. BUT I THINK THAT IS WHAT WEIGHS ON A SAYS TRUSTEES IS WE HAVE TO -- THERE MAY COME A POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND SAY WE MAY NEED TO

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MOVE APPROVAL. >> I WILL SECOND WITH THE COMMENTARY. I DO REMEMBER THOSE TOUGH DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD. BUT I ALSO REMEMBER THAT WHEN A TO MAKE SURE TO STICK TO THE PRIORITIES FOR THE DISTRICT AND OUR CORE RESPONSIBILITIES.

WE DID NOT HAVE ANY BUDGET IMPOSED LAYOFFS. AND WE HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE DOWN THAT PATH AS WE RECOGNIZE HOW VITAL IT IS. TO KEEP ALL OF OUR EDUCATORS HERE.

>> WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. CALL THE ROLL,

PLEASE.. >>

[XIV.b. Approve Resolution No. 24-08 to Commit General Fund Balance, 2023-2024 Second Interim]

[XIV.c. Approve Resolution No. 24-09 Authorizing the Issuance and Sale of the District’s 2024 GeneralObligation Refunding Bonds (Refinance)]

>> APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-09 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE DISTRICT 2024 GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS. NOT LOSING ANY MONEY. WE ARE REDUCING THE INTEREST RATE .

WITH THAT I MOVE APPROVAL . >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

[XIV.d. Approve the Memorandum of Understanding Between the District and NTA Regarding Restorative Practices that Support Building School Communities]

>> THE MOTION CARRIES, 6-0. NEXT IS APPROVE RESOLUTION THAT NUMBER 24-09 AUTHORIZING --. APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND NTA REGARDING RESTORATIVE PRACTICES THAT SUPPORT BUILDING SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I AM LOOKING FOR A

MOTION AND A SECOND. >> MOVE APPROVAL .

>> SECOND. >> WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL

PLEASE. >>

[XIV.e. Approve the Agreement with Nacht & Lewis for the Design of Westlake Charter High School Portable Classrooms (E. Commerce Way)]

>> MOTION CARRIES, 6-0. 14 D , APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH NACHT & LEWIS FOR THE DESIGN OF WESTLAKE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL PORTABLE CLASSROOMS. I AM LOOKING FOR A MOTION .

>> SO MOVED. >> WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL,

PLEASE. >>

[XIV.f. Approve Resolution No. 24-10 Recognizing March 2024 as National Women's History Month]

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MOTION AND A SECOND. >> SO MOVED.

>> AND A SECOND BY -- HEREDIA. CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. .

>>

[XIV.g. Review and Consideration of the Updated NUSD Governance Handbook]

GRANT WORKED ON. >> AGAIN. I KNOW THERE WERE CHANGES IN RED. ONE OF THEM WAS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF

-- . >> FOR DISCUSSION ITEMS, THERE WERE TWO DISCUSSION ITEMS . THE HANDBOOK STAYS THE SAME AND WE DON'T WANT THAT ITEM TO BE BROUGHT UP IN THE ELECTION YEAR SO -- I THINK WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE AS A BOARD THAT WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED WE ARE --.

>> MOVE APPROVAL . >> SECOND. CALL THE ROLL,

PLEASE. >>

>> MOTION CARRIES, 6-0. AT THIS TIME I HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT. NO PUBLIC COMMENT CARD SO I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 7:45 PM. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.