Mar 11, 2026 Board Meetings

[I. OPEN SESSION]

[00:00:04]

ALL RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS REGULAR BOARD MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:15 P.M..

HELEN, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? PRESENT.

GRANT. PRESENT. HARDIN. PRESENT. MEHTA. PRESENT.

MORA. PRESENT. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A QUORUM. AND THE BOARD MEETINGS ARE LIVE STREAMED AND RECORDED AT THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD.

THE LIVE STREAM IS AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ONLINE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING THE DAY AFTER THE BOARD MEETING.

THOSE IN ATTENDANCE SHOULD EXPECT THAT THE RECORDINGS WILL CAPTURE ALL ACTIVITY AND DISCUSSIONS BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER MEETINGS. THIS EVENING, THE BOARD WILL BE GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS ONE ITEM OF CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING THE NATOMAS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. I DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM

[IV. PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING CLOSED SESSION ITEMS]

THE BOARD WILL HEAR FROM THESE SPEAKERS ONLY AND ENSURE THE MEETING IS CONDUCTED IN AN ORDERLY AND EFFICIENT MANNER IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD BYLAW 9323 INDIVIDUALS WILL BE ALLOWED TWO MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, AND THE BOARD SHALL LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME FOR PUBLIC INPUT ON THIS ON 20 MINUTES.

SO LOOKS LIKE THE FIRST ONE I HAVE. IS IT MANILA.

MARS? MANILA. MORSE? I'M SORRY. AND THIS ONE HAS DONATED TIME FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR MINUTES.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS MARIELLA MORSE. I'M A, I AM A NATOMAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ALUMNUS, A FORMER DISTRICT HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, A VERY CONCERNED NATOMAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT MOTHER TO AN AUTONOMOUS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENT.

MY SON IS IN TK AT HEREDIA-ARRIAGA, THE DISTRICT'S ONLY DUAL IMMERSION SCHOOL.

WHILE THE SCHOOL HAS MANY AMAZING QUALITIES, THE MOST AMAZING THING ABOUT THE SCHOOL IS ITS TEACHERS.

IT IS BECAUSE OF MY SON'S AMAZING TEACHER, NATALIA MONTERREY, AND THE SUPPORT THAT SHE'S PROVIDED, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE HELP THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET MY SON, THE HELP THAT WE AS PARENTS WERE UNAWARE THAT HE SO DESPERATELY NEEDED.

MY SON WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER.

HE'S COGNITIVELY TYPICAL, BUT HE HAS SOME SPEECH, EMOTIONAL, AND SENSORY NEEDS THAT HAVE REQUIRED HIM TO HAVE AN IEP.

I'M HERE TODAY FOR MY SON TO BE HIS VOICE AND TO BE HIS ADVOCATE.

I'M ALSO HERE TODAY TO SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR THE AMAZING TEACHERS OF THIS DISTRICT, WHO TEACHERS THAT HAVE SHAPED ME INTO THE PERSON THAT I AM PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY. TEACHERS THAT HAVE PROVIDED WITH PROVIDING MY SON WITH A SAFE AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR HIM TO LEARN. AND NOT ONLY FOR HIM TO LEARN, BUT A SPACE FOR HIM WHERE HIS NEEDS ARE SPECIFICALLY MET.

THESE TEACHERS GO ABOVE AND BEYOND EVERY DAY, NOT JUST FOR A PAYCHECK, NOT JUST FOR RECOGNITION, NOT FOR A CUSH SCHEDULE, NOT FOR SUMMERS OFF, FOR SOMETHING MUCH MORE PURE AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND.

THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR A LOVE OF LEARNING AND FOR PASSION TO IMPART THAT KNOWLEDGE ONTO THE NEXT GENERATION.

THEIR DEMANDS ARE NOT UNREASONABLE. SMALLER CLASS SIZES.

FUNDING FOR SPECIAL PROGRAMS. FUNDING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION AND FUNDING FOR AND EXCUSE ME, AND AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE. I URGE YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE TEACHERS OF THIS DISTRICT.

AND REMEMBER, HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR TEACHERS LIKE THE AMAZING ONE THAT THIS DISTRICT HAS IN THEIR EMPLOYEE, THAT YOU YOURSELVES MAY NOT BE UP HERE SEATED IN FRONT OF US TODAY.

[00:05:03]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, I HAVE ISAAC MCCRARY WITH A TOTAL OF FOUR MINUTES DONATED TIME.

I'M SORRY. FOUR MINUTES IN TOTAL TIME WITH DONATED TIME [APPLAUSE] . GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS ISAAC. I AM IN FOURTH GRADE AT NPE.

I AM HERE BECAUSE I REALLY CARE ABOUT MY TEACHER AND MY SCHOOL AND WOULD LIKE THINGS TO GO BACK TO NORMAL.

MY TEACHER WORKS REALLY HARD FOR OUR CLASS. SHE HELPS US WHEN WE'RE CONFUSED.

SHE ENCOURAGES US TO WHEN LEARNING FEELS HARD AND SHE MAKES SURE EVERYONE FEELS INCLUDED.

TEACHERS DON'T JUST TEACH US READING AND MATH.

THEY HELP US GROW AND BELIEVE IN OURSELVES. RIGHT NOW, OUR TEACHERS ARE NOT AT SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN SUPPORTED. THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO TEACH MORE AND MORE STUDENTS IN THEIR CLASSROOM.

WHILE THEIR PAY HASN'T KEPT UP WITH HOW EXPENSIVE THINGS ARE GETTING.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE HEAR ABOUT BIG RAISES FOR DISTRICT STAFF, AND THAT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR TO THE TEACHERS WHO TEACHERS WHO WORK WITH KIDS EVERY DAY. MY BROTHER AND SISTER HAVE ALREADY TRANSFERRED INTO CHARTER SCHOOLS BECAUSE MY PARENTS FEEL LIKE OUR DISTRICT HASN'T HAS NOT BEEN LISTENING OR HELPING THE STUDENTS IN OUR FAMILIES THE WAY THEY HAVE HAD HOPED FOR A LONG TIME. WE REALLY WANT MY TEACHER BACK IN THE CLASSROOM RIGHT NOW.

I'D RATHER BE ON THE PICKET LINE SUPPORTING MY TEACHER, BECAUSE SCHOOL DOESN'T FEEL THE SAME AND DOESN'T FEEL AS SAFE WHEN THE KIDS AREN'T FOLLOWING THE RULES THE WAY THEY USUALLY DO.

PLEASE WORK TOGETHER WITH THE TEACHERS AND SETTLE THIS SO THEY CAN COME BACK TO SCHOOL.

WE MISS OUR TEACHERS AND WE WANT TO LEARN WITH THEM AGAIN.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, I HAVE BRISA TRUJILLO.

TOO. ALL RIGHT. BRISA TRUJILLO CARDENAS, A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THIS NATOMAS COMMUNITY.

I HAD MY DAUGHTER, MY SON, AND NOW MY GRANDSON AMERICAN LIVES AT SCHOOL.

I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO REALLY WORK WITH THE TEACHERS.

THEY ARE THE BONE OF THIS COMMUNITY. THEY DESERVE A GOOD HEALTH CARE.

THEY DESERVE TO BE LISTENED, PROVIDED ALL THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE, THEY REQUIRE IN THE CLASSROOM BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT EDUCATE OUR KIDS. THEY ARE THE ONES THAT COME TO THE SCHOOLS AT 7 A.M.

AND LEAVE A 5-6 P.M. EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE FAMILIES, THEY STAY IN OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY CARE ABOUT NATOMAS STUDENTS.

SO I URGE YOU TO WORK WITH THEM AND GET ON THE BARGAINING TABLE, BECAUSE YOU'RE LOSING $145,800 PAYING 243 SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS THAT YOU PUT IT ON YOUR WEBSITE, ON FACEBOOK. AND IF YOU TIMED OUT BY FOUR DAYS ONLY, IT'S $583,000 WITH 200. SO YOU RATHER WASTE MONEY WHEN YOU NEED TO BE WORKING WITH OUR TEACHERS AND SETTLE THIS BARGAINING CONTRACT THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO IT, PLEASE DO IT.

IT'S ABOUT TIME. THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO BE PLAYING WITH OUR KIDS.

DO IT FOR YOURSELF, FOR OUR KIDS, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

I AM NOT HERE TO BE FRIENDLY WITH ANY OF YOU.

I'M HERE TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS.

PLEASE DO. PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING. IT'S ABOUT TIME.

HAGAN LO QUE TENGAN QUE HACER PARA NUESTROS ESTUDIANTES Y PROFESORES.

GRACIAS. THANK YOU.

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I'M SORRY. CRISTINA TUNG. CRISTINA TUNG. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'VE BEEN SO PROUD OF OUR DISTRICT AND OUR SCHOOL.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE HAS, IS WHERE MY DAUGHTER GOES.

SHE'S IN KINDERGARTEN, AND I LOVE HAS BECAUSE I LOVE OUR TEACHERS.

THEY'RE THE ONES THAT I INTERACT WITH AND THEY'VE MADE EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT SCHOOL SO FANTASTIC.

AND I'VE BEEN READING THE DISTRICT'S COMMUNICATIONS TO US ABOUT NOT HAVING FUNDING TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEM AND TO GIVE THEM A FAIR CONTRACT, BECAUSE IT MIGHT CUT SPECIAL PROGRAMS OR OPPORTUNITIES.

AND I'D JUST LIKE YOU GUYS TO THINK ABOUT THIS.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE PAYING FOR A PERSONAL CHEF AND WE CAN'T EVEN KEEP THE LIGHTS ON? OUR TEACHERS ARE THE BACKBONE AND THE HEART OF OUR SCHOOLS, AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THEM, WE DON'T HAVE SCHOOLS.

AND SO I'D REALLY LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO MAYBE CUT THE PROGRAMS OR LOOK AT THE FINANCIALS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE OUR TEACHERS ARE EVERYTHING.

THE PASSION THAT THEY BRING TO OUR SCHOOLS AND THE WAY THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO HELP TEACH OUR OUR STUDENTS IS FANTASTIC.

AND I WOULD LOVE FOR NATOMAS TO BE A PLACE WHERE TEACHERS WANT TO WORK AND WHERE THEY WANT TO COME, BECAUSE THAT WOULD JUST BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS SO MUCH MORE.

SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT SOMETHING ELSE BECAUSE WE NEED TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.

THIS STRIKE IS RIDICULOUS. AND AS I TOLD MY DAUGHTER, I'M A MOM, I'M ANGRY AND I WANT YOU GUYS TO FIX IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT UP I HAVE IT LOOKS LIKE IVANA AND JEAH? OKAY, SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL TWO MINUTES. YES.

OKAY. HELLO? MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS IVANA BERNARDO.

MY NAME IS JEAH SAMRA. AND WE ARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT LEROY GREENE ACADEMY.

OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, WHILE STANDING WITH MY TEACHERS DURING NEGOTIATIONS AND EVENTUALLY OUR CURRENT STRIKE, I'VE SEEN SOMETHING THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME. TEACHERS, STUDENTS, AND FAMILIES HAVE BEEN COMING TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY CARE DEEPLY ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS AND THE PEOPLE IN THEM. BUT SEEING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS ALSO MADE SOMETHING ELSE VERY CLEAR.

MANY OF OUR TEACHERS STAY IN THIS PROFESSION BECAUSE THEY ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR STUDENTS AND COMMITTED TO HELPING US SUCCEED.

THAT PASSION IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES OUR SCHOOL SPECIAL I'D SAY AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S DIFFICULT NOT TO FEEL LIKE THAT DEDICATION IS BEING TAKEN FOR GRANTED.

AS STUDENTS, WE RELY ON TEACHERS NOT JUST FOR ACADEMIC SUPPORT, BUT FOR GUIDANCE, STABILITY AND FOR ENCOURAGEMENT.

WHEN TEACHERS FEEL UNDERVALUED OR UNSUPPORTED, IT ULTIMATELY, ULTIMATELY ULTIMATELY AFFECTS THE ENVIRONMENT WE LEARN IN.

WE KNOW THAT THE BOARD CANNOT ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT WE'D LIKE TO ASK A FEW TO REFLECT ON AS DISCUSSIONS OVER THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION.

SO MY FIRST QUESTION FOR THE BOARD IS IF THE GOAL OF THE DISTRICT IS STUDENT SUCCESS, WHY ISN'T THE BUDGET CONTRIBUTED TO THE ONES THAT EDUCATE THOSE STUDENTS? SUPPOSED TO TEACH US IN A WAY THAT WE UNDERSTAND? AND HOW ARE THE PAY RAISES FOR SUPERINTENDENTS DETERMINED AND WHO DECIDES THAT? SCHOOLS? LASTLY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU TO OUR TEACHERS WHO EDUCATE, GUIDE AND INSPIRE US EVERY DAY.

PEOPLE OFTEN SAY THAT YOUTH WILL CREATE A BETTER FUTURE, BUT WE OFTEN FORGET ABOUT THE ONES WHO LEAD US THERE. WITHOUT OUR TEACHERS, IT WOULD BE MUCH HARDER FOR US TO ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE KIM PALOMO.

GOOD EVENING. I WANT TO SPEAK TODAY ON BEHALF OF OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS.

I ALSO SPEAK AS A PARENT OF A STUDENT IN THE SDC PROGRAM AT NATOMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, THE SITUATION AT OUR SCHOOLS HAS FELT LIKE A COMPLETE CHAOS.

STUDENTS ARE BEING HANDED PACKETS AND EXPECTED TO FINISH THEM AND COMPLETE THEM BY THE END OF THE DAY, WITH LITTLE TO NO INSTRUCTION AND VERY LITTLE COMMUNICATION.

THAT IS NOT MEANINGFUL AND IT'S NOT LEARNING, AND IT'S INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING FOR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS ALIKE.

BECAUSE OF THIS, I HAVE MADE THE DECISION TO KEEP MY CHILD HOME UNTIL THE STRIKE HAS ENDED.

I ALSO HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE SUBSTITUTES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN.

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YET MANY OF OUR TEACHERS REGULARLY REGULARLY SPEND THEIR OWN MONEY OUT OF POCKET FOR BASIC NEEDS FOR THEIR CLASSROOM SUPPLIES.

CLEARLY, THE DISTRICT DOES HAVE THE MONEY AVAILABLE.

THE QUESTION IS WHY ISN'T THAT MONEY BEING USED PROPERLY TO SUPPORT THE TEACHERS WHO SHOW UP FOR OUR STUDENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY? [APPLAUSE] IT'S TIME TO START PAYING. IT'S TIME TO START PAYING OUR TEACHERS APPROPRIATELY.

AND THE, AND INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT WORK THAT THEY DO AND INVEST IN THE EDUCATION OF OUR STUDENTS AND WHAT THEY DESERVE AND WHICH INCLUDES SMALLER CLASS SIZES AND PROPERLY SUPPORTED CLASSROOMS. OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS DESERVE BETTER.

AND RIGHT NOW WE NEED YOU TO GET BACK ON THAT BARGAINING TABLE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT UP I HAVE AMANDA HAYASHI.

HI, FRIENDS. FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY HAPPY RAMADAN.

FOR THOSE OF US WHO CELEBRATE THIS IS AN AMAZING, JOYOUS MONTH THAT HAS BEEN TAMPERED DOWN BY A REALLY INTENSE, EMOTIONALLY DRAINING EVENT. NONE OF US WANT TO BE ON STRIKE.

I THINK YOU KNOW THAT. I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT. NONE OF US WANT TO BE ON STRIKE.

ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES SAID, WHAT DO WE WANT? AND I YELLED TO BE IN MY CLASSROOM.

THAT'S WHAT WE WANT RIGHT NOW. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THOSE OF YOU ON THE BOARD WHO MADE THE RIGHT DECISION IN THE LAST BOARD MEETING TO CONTINUE MY TENURE HERE AT NATOMAS UNIFIED. [APPLAUSE] THAT WAS ANOTHER EXTREMELY DRAINING EXPERIENCE.

AND I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU MADE THAT RIGHT DECISION BECAUSE I AM HERE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR NO OTHER REASON.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE'RE AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AND PUBLIC EDUCATION, NOT CHARTER, NOT PRIVATE, PUBLIC EDUCATION IS THE BACKBONE OF OUR DEMOCRACY, OF OUR FUTURE.

THE CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT RECEIVING THE MONEY RIGHT NOW ARE THE BACKBONE AND THEY ARE OUR FUTURE.

THE TEACHERS PROVIDE THAT EDUCATION. THE ADMINISTRATIVE JOBS ARE TO SUPPORT EDUCATION, NOT TO LINE THEIR POCKETS.

TEACHERS ARE NOT GREEDY, PETTY OR OUT OF TOUCH WITH LOCAL WITH THE LOCAL FISCAL SITUATION, MISS SUPERINTENDENT. YOUR COMMUNICATIONS ARE DISRESPECTFUL, DEMEANING AND VILLAINIZING TOWARDS TEACHERS.

WE'RE ALL VERY EDUCATED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

STEALING PORTA POTTIES, HIRING SECURITY GUARDS THAT STAND OUTSIDE DURING PICKET LINES AS IF TO PROTECT THE STUDENTS FROM US WHO ARE THERE TO SUPPORT THEM IS RIDICULOUS. MISCALCULATING EXPENSES AND FEAR MONGERING ABOUT TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING WRONGLY PRIORITIZED INTO DEEP POCKETS INSTEAD OF THE CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, IS RIDICULOUS. IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE TO HIRE TEACHERS OVER AND OVER AND OVER THAN TO INVEST IN THOSE WHO WANT TO STAY.

IT'S ALSO RIDICULOUS TO GIVE [INAUDIBLE] ACUTE AND OBTUSE TRIANGLES TO RECOGNIZE IN THEIR PACKETS THAT YOU GUYS SENT THIS WEEK.

ALRIGHT, SO AMANDA, YOU'RE AT TIME. I'M SORRY.

ALL RIGHT. THE LAST PUBLIC COMMENT I HAVE ON THIS ITEM IS FROM RENEE DICKEY.

YES. SHE'S COMING SOON IN THE BATHROOM. OKAY.

I'LL JUST WAIT A MINUTE FOR HER TO COME BACK.

OKAY. WITHOUT OBJECTION FROM THE BOARD. ALL RIGHT.

PARDON? SHE SAID [INAUDIBLE]. OH! GOT IT, GOT IT.

SORRY.

IS RENEE DICKEY AVAILABLE YET? I'M CALLING DICKEY OUTSIDE THE BATHROOM.

OKAY, SO I JUST WANT TO ANNOUNCE, JUST FOR FOLKS IN THE ROOM, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENT, A LOT OF COMMUNICATION. I DO VALUE THOSE VOICES.

I KNOW THE BOARD VALUES THOSE VOICES TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS HEARD.

I DO WANT TO RUN AN EFFICIENT MEETING. OKAY, SO IF I'M JUST GOING TO WAIT A COUPLE MORE SECONDS HERE.

THANK YOU. I'M REALLY PARCHED. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO CLOSED SESSION.

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THERE'S A LOT OF VOICES OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE HEARD, AND WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO RUN AN EFFICIENT MEETING.

AND ALSO, THERE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE STATUTORILY DUE IN THIS MEETING THAT I REALLY WANT TO GET TO.

OKAY. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. ARE YOU. READY FOR IT? OH, SHOOT. I DIDN'T EVEN GET TIME TO PRACTICE.

OKAY, HERE WE GO. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS RENEE DICKEY, AND I AM HERE TONIGHT AS BOTH A PARENT AND A TEACHER OF NATOMAS UNIFIED DISTRICT.

MY SON IS A THIRD GRADER AT HERON ELEMENTARY AND HE HAS A 504 PLAN.

THAT PLAN EXISTS BECAUSE HE NEEDS SPECIFIC SUPPORTS IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SCHOOL.

HIS TEACHER, JENNIFER TEJEDA, KNOWS HIM. SHE UNDERSTANDS HIS NEEDS, HIS CHALLENGES, AND WHAT HELPS HIM LEARN.

BECAUSE OF THAT RELATIONSHIP, MY CHILD FEELS SAFE IN HIS CLASSROOM.

HE FEELS SUPPORTED AND HE IS ABLE TO GROW. DON'T LOWER THE MIC.

LET ME BE HEARD, PLEASE. RIGHT NOW, SUBSTITUTES ARE BEING PLACED IN CLASSROOMS WHO DO NOT KNOW MY CHILD, HIS NEEDS OR HIS 504 PLAN. BECAUSE OF THAT, I AM NOT SENDING MY SON TO SCHOOL.

AS A PARENT, I CANNOT TAKE THE RISK THAT THE PLAN DESIGNED TO SUPPORT HIM WILL BE OVERLOOKED, SIMPLY BECAUSE THE ADULT IN THE ROOM DOESN'T KNOW HIM.

AND AS A TEACHER IN THIS DISTRICT, I'M ALSO HEARING DIRECTLY FROM MY OWN STUDENTS ABOUT WHAT THEIR DAYS LOOK LIKE RIGHT NOW.

THEY TELL ME THEY ARE GIVEN A PACKET AND ONCE THEY FINISH IT, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO SIT ON THEIR CELL PHONES FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.

STUDENTS ARE BEING ASKED TO WEAR NAME TAGS BECAUSE THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM DO NOT KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

INSTEAD OF THE INSTRUCTION MS. TEJEDA COULD BE GIVING MY SON AND THE QUALITY EDUCATION I COULD BE GIVING MY STUDENTS, THEY'RE SITTING THERE WASTING THEIR TIME DOING INVALUABLE WORK THAT IS NOT SCHOOL, THAT IS NOT LEARNING, AND THAT IS NOT WHAT THE CHILDREN OF NATOMAS DESERVE.

OUR STUDENTS DESERVE STABILITY. THEY DESERVE EDUCATORS WHO KNOW THEM, WHO CARE ABOUT THEM, AND WHO ARE TRAINED TO MEET THEIR NEEDS. YET SUBSTITUTES.

SUBSTITUTES ARE BEING PAID $600 A DAY, WHILE THE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR CAREERS TO THESE CHILDREN ARE STILL FIGHTING FOR A FAIR CONTRACT. AS BOTH A TEACHER AND A PARENT, THAT IS HEARTBREAKING.

IF THIS DISTRICT TRULY WANTS SCHOOLS OPEN, THE PATH FORWARD IS SIMPLE.

RETURN TO THE NEGOTIATION TABLE AND GIVE TEACHERS A FAIR CONTRACT.

THEY DO.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT I HAVE ON THIS ITEM.

WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE OPEN SESSION AT APPROXIMATELY 5:45 OR SHORTLY FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF CLOSED SESSION.

[V. CLOSED SESSION]

[VI. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION]

MEHTA. PRESENT. MORA. PRESENT. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO ASK.

I'M GOING TO ASK CHRISTINA TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CHRISTINA. ALL RIGHT. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING.

CAN YOU TURN UP THE MIC? PART OF IT IS WE HAVE A PROTEST, SO I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO JUST MAKE SURE YOU GUYS CAN HEAR ME, OKAY? IS THAT GOOD? THIS IS BETTER. OKAY. OKAY.

BEFORE WE MOVE ON, JUST A REMINDER FOR THOSE IN ATTENDANCE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD BYLAW 9323 MEETING CONDUCT, INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD MUST SUBMIT A COMPLETED PUBLIC COMMENT CARD PRIOR TO THE CONSIDERATION OF THE ITEM,

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INDIVIDUALS WILL BE ALLOWED TO TWO MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, AND THE BOARD SHALL LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME FOR PUBLIC INPUT ON EACH ITEM TO 20 MINUTES.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE FILL OUT A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD AND ADD IT TO THE STAFF MEMBER AT THE TABLE OUTSIDE OF THE BOARDROOM AT THE CONCLUSION OF OUR MEETING, WE ASKED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO REFRAIN FROM APPROACHING THE DAIS TO PROVIDE BOARD MEMBERS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER THEIR BELONGINGS, SIGN DOCUMENTS TO SECURE ANY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. BOARD MEMBERS MAY MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC BY STEPPING DOWN FROM THE DAIS AND ENTERING THE AREA FOR AUDIENCE SEATING.

OKAY, SO NEXT UP IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

[X. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA]

SO I HAVE A MODIFIED MOTION I'D LIKE TO PUT FORWARD THAT I THINK ALLOWS US TO DO THAT.

OKAY. I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO MAKE TO AMEND THE AGENDA SPECIFICALLY TO TABLE THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION AND ASSOCIATED ACTION ITEM, MOVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA TO AFTER COMMUNICATIONS SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT ALL NIGHT.

OKAY. AND THE PROPOSED ORDER OF THE AGENDA WOULD BE COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA, CONSENT, BOARD REPORT AND THEN ACTION ITEMS. OKAY, SO ALL I'M DOING IS REQUESTING THAT WE MOVE PUBLIC COMMENT TO THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING SO PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE FAMILIES AND THEY ALSO WANT TO GET TO THEM. SO IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND THAT MOTION. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE HARDIN.

THERE'S A MOTION BY TRUSTEE GRANT. IS THERE ANY DEBATE? DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? OKAY. HELENE, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? DOSICK. AYE. GRANT. AYE. HARDEN. AYE. MEHTA. AYE.

MORA. AYE. ALL RIGHT, SO THAT MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO.

SO NEXT UP, WE ARE GOING TO GO TO COMMUNICATIONS.

IS THERE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM CSEA? NO. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL MOVE ON NTA, IS NICO PRESENT? LISTEN. GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT CASTILLO, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

[XII.b. Natomas Teacher's Association (NTA)]

WE'VE BEEN READY SINCE LAST WEEK AND WE WILL STAY HERE AS LONG AS IT TAKES.

SO I WENT.

YOU HAVE THE CHOICE TO REPRIORITIZE AND INVEST IN OUR STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS.

AND RIGHT NOW YOU'RE MAKING THE WRONG CHOICE.

SO WE WILL STAY HERE AS LONG AS IT TAKES. I HOPE YOU HEAR US LOUD AND CLEAR.

WE CAN'T WAIT. GOOD NIGHT.

ONE DAY STRONGER. ONE DAY LONGER. ONE DAY STRONGER.

ONE DAY. STRONGER. LONGER. ONE DAY STRONGER. ONE DAY STRONGER.

ONE DAY STRONGER. ONE DAY. ONE DAY. ONE DAY STRONGER.

ONE DAY STRONGER. ONE DAY STRONGER. ONE DAY STRONGER.

ONE DAY LONGER. STRONGER. LONGER. ONE DAY. STRONGER.

ONE DAY LONGER. ONE DAY. STRONGER. LONGER. ONE DAY.

STRONGER. LONGER. ONE DAY STRONGER. ONE DAY. ONE DAY STRONGER.

I'M GONNA MAKE. ONE DAY STRONGER. ONE DAY STRONGER.

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ONE DAY STRONGER. LONGER. ONE DAY. STRONGER. OKAY.

ONE DAY STRONGER. ONE DAY STRONGER. OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO MAKE.

TEACHER. OKAY. I'M HERE. THIS IS USUAL.

KNOW. HOLD ON. OKAY. I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH THAT IT'S NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL.

OKAY. I'M GOING TO MAKE IT. THANK YOU. I HEAR YOU IN THE HAT.

I'M GOING TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO GET THROUGH THE REST OF THE AGENDA. OKAY. AND SO NEXT UP, WE DO HAVE OTHER COMMUNICATIONS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GO AHEAD AND START WITH OUR BOARD MEMBERS IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

[XII.d. Board Members]

I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT.

AND SO I HAVE NO REPORT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WE HAVE TRUSTEE HARDIN. I WON'T PRESENT A REAL REPORT, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO LET IT GO BY WITHOUT GIVING A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE NATOMAS NIGHTHAWKS BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM.

THEY HAD AN AMAZING SEASON AND WE ARE TREMENDOUSLY PROUD.

AT THE SAME TIME, LAST MONTH WAS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

I WAS ABLE TO MAKE FOR A FEW MINUTES OVER TO THE BLACK HISTORY EVENT AT INDERKUM HIGH, I PURCHASED BOOKS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL FROM THE WONDERFUL AUTHOR THAT WAS THERE.

I DON'T REMEMBER HIS NAME BECAUSE I HAD RAN THERE FROM THE BASKETBALL GAME, AND THE BLACK EXCELLENCE EVENT AT NATOMAS WAS AMAZING.

AS ALWAYS, I WILL PRESENT A REAL REPORT IN TWO WEEKS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT TEAM. GREAT COACH. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE HARDEN. MY COMMENTS ARE SIMPLE.

IT'S NOT A ZERO SUM GAME. I'D LIKE TO REACH A CONCLUSION WITH OUR TEACHER PARTNERS AS WELL.

I LIVE RIGHT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. I'VE TALKED TO MANY OF YOU. I'D LIKE TO KEEP DIALOG OPEN AND GOING.

OKAY, THEN. WAIT. OKAY. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT.

NEXT UP, I HAVE TRUSTEE DOSICK. LIKE MY COLLEAGUES.

I WON'T HAVE ANY REPORT TONIGHT SO WE CAN GET TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND HEAR WHAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS TO SAY AND MOVE ON WITH OUR BUSINESS. ALL RIGHT.

TRUSTEE MEHTA. LIKE MY COLLEAGUES, I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS.

I WANT TO KEEP THE TIME FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE HARDEN, I APOLOGIZE. I JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS FOR THE SAKE OF THE FACT THAT THERE ARE CHILDREN IN THIS ROOM. I DON'T MIND IF WE HECKLE ALL NIGHT LONG, BUT LET'S REMEMBER THAT WE ALSO HAVE A JOB TO DO AND BE RESPECTFUL AND AT THE SAME TIME ENSURE. I DO SO. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. ENSURE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALL YOUR INFORMATION. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.

THANK YOU. WHATEVER. WE GOT IT.

OKAY. I DO WANT TO JUST REMIND EVERYONE OF OUR POLICY.

WE WANT TO ORGANIZE AND UNDERSTAND THE MOTION.

OKAY. I'VE MADE A MOTION TO MOVE THE AGENDA TO THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SHOUTING OUT OVER THE DAIS.

WE CAN HAVE UP HERE AND HAVE IT SO EVERYONE CAN SPEAK.

OKAY. I DON'T WANT TO CALL A RECESS. I'M REALLY TRYING MY HARDEST NOT TO DO THAT.

WE DO HAVE BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE OF. OKAY.

OKAY. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. OKAY. I'M LISTENING TO YOU RIGHT HERE, AND I DON'T.

I'M TRYING MY BEST. OKAY. SO I WANT TO GIVE OUR SUPERINTENDENT A CHANCE TO SPEAK.

DOCTOR CASTILLO. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT GRANT.

[XII.e. Superintendent]

AND I WANT TO BEGIN WITH SOMETHING IMPORTANT THAT WE VALUE OUR TEACHERS DEEPLY.

WE'RE THE HEART OF OUR SCHOOLS, AND THEY DESERVE RESPECT AND SUPPORT.

AND TO AID LEADERSHIP HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO ADVOCATE FOR HIGHER PAY AND BENEFITS.

THAT'S THEIR ROLE IN THE PROCESS, AND WE RESPECT THAT AS WELL.

THAT'S WHY CALIFORNIA LAW REQUIRES A NEUTRAL FACT FINDING PROCESS.

WE HAVE A STRONG OFFER ON THE TABLE WITH THE CONSISTENT WITH THE FACT FINDING REPORT.

IT INCLUDES A 4% SALARY INCREASE AND A HEALTH BENEFITS OPTION, ZERO COST TO EMPLOYEES.

WE STAND READY TO WORK ALONGSIDE TEACHERS AND LABOR PARTNERS TO ADVOCATE FOR MORE RESOURCES IN SACRAMENTO AND THE THE IN THE

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COMMENTS, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE FELT LIKE THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GRAB A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD.

BECAUSE WE DID SWITCH THE AGENDA ITEMS, RIGHT? THERE YOU HAVE. IT DOWN.

DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN, DOWN.

ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS ON THE OUTSIDE WHO MAY NOT HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THAT WE SWITCHED PUBLIC COMMENT TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD.

OKAY, I THINK THAT'S FAIR. YES. WE ARE HERE AT 4 P.M..

I KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS I WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT A CARD BECAUSE WE DO HAVE AN ORDER TO HOW DO WE RUN THE MEETING.

SO IF FOLKS DIDN'T HAVE. YES. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FOUR MINUTE, FIVE MINUTE RECESS TO GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY.

NO, NO, IT'S TO GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FILL OUT A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD.

OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO FILL OUT PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. SO WE'RE GOING TO RESUME FROM OUR RECESS HERE.

[XVI. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

SO WE DID GET SOME TEST TEST, TEST, TEST. CAN WE RAISE THE MIC? THANK YOU. IS THAT BETTER? OKAY, SO I DID GET MORE THAN TEN PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD BYLAW 9323 WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO GET TO ALL THE COMMENTS.

INDIVIDUALS ARE GOING TO BE ALLOWED TWO MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND THE BOARD SHALL LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME OF INPUT ON EACH ITEM TO 20 TOTAL MINUTES.

SO LET'S DO IT. ALL RIGHT, SO THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT I HAVE IS BRISA TRUJILLO CARDENAS.

MY TIME IS STARTING. OKAY. BRISA TRUJILLO CARDENAS, MEMBER OF THIS NATOMAS COMMUNITY SINCE 1996.

I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE LETTER THAT MY SON GOT YESTERDAY FOR HIS SON, THAT IS AT AMERICAN LAKES.

STUDENT, A FOURTH GRADER OVER THERE. IT WAS ROBBED BY ANTHONY DEMARCO.

AND IT'S SAYING THAT MY SON HAS TO SIGN AN INDEPENDENT STUDY THAT HE DID NOT REQUESTED, BECAUSE MY GRANDSON IS ON A STRIKE WITH HIS TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOL.

SO WHY IS THE MISLEADING INFORMATION THAT THE DISTRICT IS SENDING TO THE PARENTS SAYING THAT WE NEED TO SIGN THAT PAPER? AND NOT ONLY THAT, MY GRANDSON HAS AN IEP, SO HE'S EXTRA SERVICES ARE NOT BEING PROVIDED OR WERE NOT GOING TO BE PROVIDED BY ANY SUBSTITUTE TEACHER.

SO WHY ARE YOU LYING TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAYING THAT WE ARE GETTING EDUCATION IN OUR CLASSROOMS RIGHT NOW? THAT IS NOT ACCURATE. YOU HAVE ONLY ALMOST $40 MILLION IN REVENUE.

WHY NOT SIT ON THE TABLE AND WORK WITH THE NTA TO RESOLVE THIS? YOU WANT TO BE LOSING $145,000 PAYING ON SUBSTITUTE INSTEAD OF WORKING WITH US.

YOU NEED TO STOP DOING THAT. YOU NEED TO REALLY HOLD ACCOUNTABLE THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT WE HAVE THAT HAS ONLY BROUGHT, UNDER HER TENURE MORE ADMINISTRATION OFFICES, MORE ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL, AND NO MORE TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT. SO YOU NEED TO STOP DOING THAT AND WORK WITH OUR NTA.

THANK YOU. G A N G A N G E N G E NT NT NT NTA. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

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AMANDA. AMANDA. AMANDA. AMANDA.

ALL RIGHT. SO I AM GOING TO MOVE ON. I'M GOING TO GIVE AMANDA ABOUT 30 MORE SECONDS.

I GET IT'S CROWDED. THIS IS NOT IN AN EFFORT TO SHUT OFF DISCOURSE.

OKAY. HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO KNOW? SHE'S COMING.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WHO'S AFTER AMANDA? WE'LL GET HIM READY. THAT'S NOT NORMALLY SOMETHING I WOULD DO FROM THE DAIS, SO I USUALLY CALL THEM IN ORDER.

IT'S NOT A NORMAL BOARD MEETING. THAT'S FAIR.

OKAY, SO I'M JUST GOING TO I CAN, I CAN, I CAN VIBE WITH THAT.

THE PERSON AFTER AMANDA'S GOING TO BE SIDHARTHA LOOKS LIKE AURORA.

SIDDHARTHA. OKAY. THAT'S AFTER. GOOD EVENING, DEAR BOARD OF TRUSTEES, I AM SIDDHARTH. I WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT NHS HAVE GOT A DUE THIS WEEK.

IHS HAS TO SUBMIT THEIR IB WORK BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL DEADLINE AND LEARY HAS THEIR FINALS.

AND WE HAVE AP EXAMS IN LIKE AROUND 60 DAYS AND TEACHERS ARE ON STRIKE.

YOU GUYS ARE FOOLING US, THE PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY BY PROMISING 180 INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS COMMITMENT IN OUR SCHOOL, WE ARE DOING ANYTHING USELESS IN AND JUST LABELING AS INSTRUCTIONAL DAY.

STUDENTS ARE WATCHING TIKTOK, CUTTING THE CLASSES, WATCHING NETFLIX AND YOU GUYS ARE COUNTING AS INSTRUCTIONAL DAY.

AT LAST, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT SUPPORT THE TEACHERS BECAUSE EVERY BIG PERSON, INCLUDING YOU, IS ONCE TAUGHT BY A TEACHER.

ALL RIGHT, AMANDA, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THE SECURITY OUTSIDE'S A LITTLE INTENSE. OKAY.

SO I AM HERE TO CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, TOO.

I WISH THAT THERE WERE CELEBRATIONS ABOUT RAMADAN ON YOUR CALENDAR, BECAUSE DURING HANUKKAH, THERE WAS DURING CHRISTMAS. THERE WAS DURING SEVERAL OTHER, HOLIDAYS THIS YEAR THERE HAVE BEEN.

SO PLEASE DON'T FORGET US. I AM DON'T HAVE MY AGENDA OUT, SO I'M WASTING TIME BECAUSE I FORGOT WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. IN ALL THE CRAZY. OKAY, SO A PAYROLL. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. PAYROLL.

HEY, THANKS SO MUCH FOR PAYING US, I APPRECIATE IT.

PLEASE LOOK INTO THE IT IS ON THE AGENDA. YEAH.

OH, WE'RE ALREADY AT PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE MISSED ME. OKAY.

THANKS. THANK YOU. OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENTS THEN IS JUST LOOKING.

I MEAN, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT PAYROLL ANYWAYS BECAUSE IT'S A PUBLIC COMMENT. WE ARE LOOKING AT PEOPLE WHO HAVE MULTIPLE JOBS OUT HERE JUST TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THIS DISTRICT. I DON'T MAKE IT THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH.

I'M THE BREADWINNER IN MY IN MY HOUSEHOLD AND IT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE.

I HAVE TWO WEDDINGS TO GO TO IN THE NEAR FUTURE, AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

I AM HOLDING THIS SCARY FLIER. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN IT.

THAT SHOWS HOW MUCH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT MAKE.

AND WHILE I'M SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE IMPORTANT, I DON'T I FEEL LIKE YOU COULD PAY A COUPLE EXTRA TEACHERS ON THESE SALARIES AND STILL MAKE OVER 100 GRAND. IT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE TO SEE THAT AND THAT THE THAT WE'RE JUST SO DEVALUED AND NOT APPRECIATED IN AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.

I WOULD HOPE THAT THE LEADERS OF EDUCATION WOULD WANT EDUCATION AND EDUCATORS TO BE VALUED.

THANK YOU.

COMING UP. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP I HAVE ERIC. KRISTEN.

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I JUST WANTED TO SAY. ALMOST FIVE YEARS AGO, YOU MADE THE UNWISE DECISION TO OPENLY DISCRIMINATE AGAINST 90% OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE IN THIS STATE AND IN THIS REGION THAT CHOOSES ON A DAILY BASIS TO WAKE UP AND WORK IN A UNION FREE ENVIRONMENT.

THESE ARE THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE BUILDING SACRAMENTO, BUILDING CALIFORNIA, AND A PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT IMPLICITLY AND EXPLICITLY DISCRIMINATES AGAINST THEM IN 3 OR 4 DIFFERENT WAYS, WHICH I WON'T GET INTO TONIGHT BECAUSE SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD THEM BEFORE.

BUT IT DOES. IT CUTS DOWN ON YOUR BIDDERS. IT DEVALUES THE WORTH OF YOUR BOND BY 20 TO 40%, AND YOU HAVE A CHANCE IN NOVEMBER TO MODIFY IT SUBSTANTIALLY AND WELCOME IN MORE BIDDERS.

SO I HAVE SUBMITTED A PUBLIC RECORDS ACT REQUEST, WHICH I WILL LEAVE FORMALLY TONIGHT, BECAUSE I DID NOT HEAR BACK FROM THE EMAIL THAT I SENT. AND YOU HAVE TEN BUSINESS DAYS TO RESPOND TO THAT, TYPICALLY.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S RECEIVED BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE THE STATISTICS ON ALL OF YOUR PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT JOBS.

I WANT TO KNOW THE LOCAL HIRE NUMBERS. I WANT TO KNOW THE ENGINEERS ESTIMATES VERSUS THE ACTUAL COST OF THE PROJECT AT THE END WHEN IT WAS DONE. I WANT TO KNOW ITS COMPLETION TIME. WAS IT ON TIME? WAS IT BEHIND SCHEDULE? ALL OF THAT DATA SHOULD BE READILY AVAILABLE TO YOU, THE BOARD AND TO THE PUBLIC, THE TAXPAYING PUBLIC, BECAUSE IT'S THEIR TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE AT WORK.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT. SO I'M GOING TO SUBMIT THAT BECAUSE YOU NEED TO HAVE DATA BEFORE YOU WHEN YOU MAKE A DECISION IN NOVEMBER WHETHER TO DO AWAY WITH DO AWAY WITH THE PLA, WHICH WE WOULD RECOMMEND OR ALTER IT TO MAKE IT MORE FRIENDLY TO THE NONUNION MEN AND WOMEN OUT THERE THAT WISH TO ALSO WORK ON YOUR PROJECTS.

YOU NEED THAT DATA. YOU SHOULD BE MAKING AN INFORMED DECISION.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND GOOD LUCK TONIGHT WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH.

I KNOW YOU HAVE A BUNCH ON YOUR TABLE. YOU ARE.

YOU SHOULD BE DEALING WITH THIS NOT TELLING COMPANIES HOW TO BUILD PROJECTS.

THEY KNOW HOW TO DO IT. WE KNOW HOW TO BUILD CALIFORNIA.

PLANS ARE JUST A LEVEL OF BUREAUCRACY YOU DON'T NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP I HAVE EBONY YOUNG, AND AFTER THAT I HAVE MELISSA ETA.

SO EBONY YOUNG AND THEN MELISSA LOOKS LIKE ETA OR ETA.

EBONY. OH.

HI, MY NAME IS EBONY YOUNG. I AM A MOTHER OF THREE STUDENTS HERE IN NATOMAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I'M HERE TODAY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I DON'T AGREE WITH HOW YOU'RE TREATING OUR TEACHERS.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY DO THE WORK. THEY'RE IN THE CLASSROOMS. THEY'RE WITH STUDENTS DAY IN AND DAY OUT. MISS CASTILLO, WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU SAT IN A CLASSROOM? ALL DAY. EXACTLY, EXACTLY. THANK YOU. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY DESERVE BETTER PAY.

NOT $6. THAT $20 RAISE YOU GOT. WHAT IS THAT? YOU'RE PAYING THEM PENNIES VERSUS WHAT YOU GET.

YOU'RE GETTING STEAK DINNER. PAY THESE TEACHERS WHAT THEY DESERVE.

THEY TAKE CARE OF MY BABIES. I'M A SINGLE MOM.

I'M A SINGLE MOM RAISING THREE CHILDREN IN YOUR DISTRICT.

DOING THE BEST I CAN. YOU KNOW WHO THE BACKBONE OF MY SUPPORT IS? THE TEACHERS. THE ONES THAT CALL AND CHECK ON MY CHILDREN.

THE TEACHERS? YEAH. THEY DESERVE MORE THAN WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.

THEY DESERVE YOUR PAY. GIVE THEM SIX FIGURES.

YOU'VE GOT SOMEONE SITTING ON YOUR DISTRICT THAT HER KIDS GO TO PRIVATE SCHOOL.

SHE DON'T EVEN LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. BUT THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU.

IT'S NOT OKAY WITH ME AS A PARENT. I WILL PULL MY CHILDREN OUT OF THIS DISTRICT AND TAKE THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. YOU'RE NOT NICE.

YOU CAN SIT THERE AND MEAN MUG ME ALL DAY LONG, HONEY, BECAUSE WE CAN GO TOE FOR TOE.

YOU SHOULD PAY THESE TEACHERS WHAT THEY'RE WORTH.

THANK YOU.

[00:50:06]

IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO WATCH MY PARTNER CONTINUE TO TEACH IN THIS DISTRICT WATCHING HER BE HONORED TWO YEARS AGO IN FRONT OF ALL OF YOU FOR BEING TEACHER OF THE YEAR AT H. ALLEN HEIGHT, ONLY TO GO RIGHT FROM THAT TO HAVE HAD A STROKE TO REALIZE JUST HOW POOR THE FOR THE BENEFITS THAT SHE WAS ENROLLED IN THAT SHE COULD AFFORD WERE.

AND IT WAS HEARTBREAKING GOING THROUGH THIS VERY LONG RECOVERY JOURNEY WITH HER, ONLY TO REALIZE THAT SHE ACTUALLY ALSO COULDN'T AFFORD THE DISABILITY BENEFITS THAT WERE SUPPLEMENTAL. MY PARTNER CHOSE TO COME TO THIS DISTRICT DESPITE US LIVING IN CARMICHAEL AND REALLY LOVING THE SAN JUAN DISTRICT BECAUSE SHE FELT THAT SHE BROUGHT A UNIQUE SKILL SET OF BEING TRAUMA INFORMED TO YOUR DISTRICT.

THE WAY THAT I HAVE WATCHED OUR TEACHERS BE TREATED IS NOT TRAUMA INFORMED.

IT'S QUITE DISGUSTING. IT'S ABUSIVE AND IT'S DISRESPECTFUL.

I HAVE WATCHED MY PARTNER WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AND GO TO HEIGHT WHERE SHE HAS BEEN BEATEN, PUSHED, KICKED, FOUGHT. THERE IS INADEQUATE SUPPORT FOR THE TEACHERS IN THAT IN THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL.

AND THERE'S NO PLAN. PART OF WHAT SHE FACES IS THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL VACANCIES IN THE FIFTH GRADE TEAM, BOTH THROUGH FMLA AND THROUGH AN INABILITY TO STAFF THOSE POSITIONS BECAUSE OF THE INADEQUATE PAY.

I DO SALARY EVERY DAY, I DO COMPENSATION. IT'S A HUGE PART OF MY JOB, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT I WAS SHOCKED AT WHAT YOU MAKE.

I WAS SHOCKED AT WHAT THE THE ENTIRE TEAM IS MAKING WHEN THESE TEACHERS DON'T HAVE JUST THE BASICS TO SUPPORT.

AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT I SPEND A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MY TIME STAFFING HER AMAZING HARRY POTTER CLASSROOM WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE PAY FOR OUT OF OUR POCKET.

SO I ASK YOU TO PLEASE HEAR THE TEACHERS AND I'LL CONTINUE TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK IT MAKES SENSE.

MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.

MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. MAKE IT MAKES SENSE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE NEXT UP, CATHERINE MARRASH SYRIAN DAVIS AFTER THAT.

AND JESSICA, I BELIEVE IT'S ROMAN. OKAY, SO I'LL SAY THAT AGAIN.

CATHERINE MARRASH LOOKS LIKE SYRIAN DAVIS AND JESSICA ROMAN, CATHERINE MARRASH SYRIAN DAVIS AND JESSICA ROMAN.

CATHERINE. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. SUPERINTENDENT.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THE PUBLIC. MY NAME IS CATHERINE.

MORASCH. PRONOUNS. THEY, THEM. I'VE BEEN TEACHING FOR A LONG TIME NOW.

I'VE TAUGHT IN TWO COUNTRIES FOR STATES, ONE REGION, AND I HAVE DEALT WITH 12 HOUR SHIFTS WITH ONE 15 MINUTE BREAK, WHICH WAS TAKEN IN THE CAFETERIA WITH THE STUDENTS.

I HAVE DEALT IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY WITH TIRES BEING STOLEN OFF OF OUR CARS IN THE PARKING LOTS.

I HAVE DEALT WITH IN ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, BEING ONLY ALLOCATED ONE REAM OF PAPER FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.

I HAVE WORKED IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, WHERE THEY ASK A PRINCIPAL WHO HAS MISMANAGED FUNDS.

THEY WILL NOT PRESS CHARGES IF SHE LEAVES QUIETLY, AND THIS BY FAR HAS BEEN THE DISTRICT THAT MAKES ME SO SICK. FROM THE WAY YOU ARE MANAGING THIS, IF WE ARE IN A STRIKE THAT WE NEED TO NEGOTIATE AND COME TO A COMPROMISE. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT WE'VE BEEN ON STRIKE FOR TWO DAYS.

AND YOU DON'T WANT TO SIT DOWN. OUR PARENTS WANT YOU TO SIT DOWN.

WE WANT YOU TO SIT DOWN. PLEASE, PLEASE SIT DOWN WITH US AND LISTEN.

I HAVE BEEN POISONED. I HAVE BEEN CONCUSSED THREE TIMES.

I HAVE BEEN STABBED. I HAVE BEEN CHOKED. I HAVE HAD MY NECK TRIED TO SNAP.

I HAVE HAD A CHAIR RAMMED AGAINST MY BACK. WWE STYLE.

I HAVE BEEN BITTEN BY A POISONOUS SNAKE PROTECTING A CHILD.

I HAVE PUT MY BODY ON THE LINE. I WANT THOSE BUTTS IN SEATS SO THAT WE TALK.

THANK YOU.

[00:55:07]

OKAY, OKAY. KIERAN DAVIS. HI, MY NAME IS KIERAN DAVIS.

I AM A FIFTH GRADE STUDENT IN MR. MCCLURE'S CLASS, AND I THINK THE TEACHERS SHOULD BE PAID FAIRLY.

AND I ALSO THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE SMALLER CLASS SIZES AND MORE RESOURCES, PLEASE. MY TEACHERS WORK HARD AND DESERVE MORE MONEY, SO MAKE A RESPONSIBLE DEAL WITH THE TEACHERS SO WE CAN GET BACK TO LEARNING IN THE CLASS ROOM.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. JESSICA VROMAN. HI THERE.

I'M A PARENT OF THREE STUDENTS AT HERRON SCHOOL, TWO OF WHOM HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS.

WHEN I WAS FIGHTING THIS DISTRICT TO GET SERVICES FOR MY KIDS, I EMAILED EVERY ONE OF YOU SITTING UP THERE.

AND HOW MANY OF YOU RESPONDED TO ME? LET ME TELL YOU NONE.

YOU KNOW WHO DID? MY KIDS. TEACHERS. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, I WILL KEEP MY THREE CHILDREN HOME FROM SCHOOL FOR AS LONG AS THIS TAKES, BECAUSE THESE TEACHERS BEHIND ME ARE WORTH MORE THAN GOLD.

THE SALARIES THAT THESE LEADERS MAKE ARE DISGUSTING.

THE TACTICS THAT YOU ALL HAVE APPROVED AND ARE USING TO MISLEAD PARENTS AND MISINFORM THEM IS REPREHENSIBLE.

AND I WILL MAKE SURE THAT EVERY PARENT IN THIS DISTRICT KNOWS THAT THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THAT YOU GUYS SPENT FOR THIS INFORMED K THROUGH 12 EMAILS THAT WE'RE GETTING EVERY DAY IS AN END AROUND TO COUNT OUR KIDS FOR ATTENDANCE PURPOSES IF WE SIGN THOSE CONTRACTS.

HAVE YOU EXPLAINED THAT TO PARENTS? WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE EMAILS SENT OUT THAT YOU'RE LYING TO THEM SO THAT YOU CAN GET AROUND US KEEPING OUR KIDS HOME, SO THAT YOU CAN STILL GET THE MONEY FOR TEACHING OUR KIDS WHEN YOU'RE NOT.

HAVE YOU BEEN HONEST ABOUT THAT? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE THREATENING LETTERS WE GET ABOUT THESE ARE UNEXCUSED ABSENCES.

WE'RE GOING TO CUT ALL THESE PROGRAMS. WELL GUESS WHAT? WE ALREADY DON'T HAVE THE PROGRAMS. AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, UNTIL YOU ADEQUATELY SUPPORT THESE TEACHERS.

NOTHING ELSE MATTERS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE BACKBONE AND THE LIFEBLOOD OF THESE SCHOOLS.

AND I AND MY KIDS ARE WHO YOU ALL ARE SUPPOSED TO SERVE.

I HOPE YOU CAN REMEMBER THAT. AND MAYBE WHEN CONSIDERING HOW TO PAY THEM, YOU COULD ALL TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR OWN SALARIES, BECAUSE WHAT YOU MAKE IS RIDICULOUS COMPARED TO THESE TEACHERS.

AND HOW DARE YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY AND THE GALL TO LOOK AT THEM AND SAY, I'M WORTH ALMOST HALF $1 MILLION, AND YOU'RE WORTH FAR LESS THAN THAT. IF ANY ONE OF YOU COULD NAME ONE OF MY KIDS AND TELL ME EVEN FIVE FACTS ABOUT THEM, I WILL GO HOME AND SHUT UP. AND I SERIOUSLY DOUBT YOU COULD PAY THESE TEACHERS FAIRLY.

WE ARE NOT GOING AWAY UNTIL YOU DO.

ONE DAY LONGER, ONE DAY STRONGER. ONE DAY LONGER.

ONE DAY STRONGER. ONE DAY LONGER, ONE DAY STRONGER.

ONE DAY LONGER. ONE DAY STRONGER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, SO I HAVE JOANNA DAVIS. JACKIE LOOKS LIKE.

AND LAST NAME IS GIBBS. COULD BE ATHENA. ATHENA'S HERE.

SO LET'S START WITH ATHENA FIRST. CAN WE DO THAT? ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE'LL GET JOANNA DAVIS AND JACKIE RIGHT AFTER.

JOANNA'S IN HERE, BY THE WAY. OH, OKAY. SO. OKAY.

THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT. HI. MY NAME IS ATHENA GIBBS.

I AM THE SCHOOL PSYCH AT THOMAS PARK ELEMENTARY.

THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR IN THE DISTRICT. I HAVE BEEN IN EDUCATION FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS, ATTENDED COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND PUBLIC EDUCATION HERE AT K 12.

I HAVE NEVER BEEN THROUGH A STRIKE. THIS IS I'VE BEEN IN A SMALLER SCHOOL.

LAST YEAR WE HAD MORE TITLE ONE FUNDING THAN WHAT MPE IS BEING OFFERED.

I'VE NEVER BEEN IN A DISTRICT THAT HAS HAD SUCH FEW SPECIAL EDUCATION RESOURCES.

I FEEL LIKE I AM CONSTANTLY FIGHTING. I FEEL LIKE I AM CONSTANTLY FIGHTING FOR OUR BABIES.

OKAY. I'M TRYING. I'M IN IEPS ALL THE TIME TRYING TO SUPPORT PARENTS, AND I FEEL LIKE WE ARE CONSTANTLY UP AGAINST THE WALL BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE THE OPTIONS WE HAVE. SDC AND WE HAVE RSP.

[01:00:05]

OKAY. AND THEN I FIND OUT THAT WE ARE OUR OWN SOPA.

THIS IS A FAIRLY SMALL DISTRICT TO BE OUR OWN SOPA.

WHERE IS THAT MONEY? THAT'S WHAT I WANT. TRANSPARENCY.

IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS MONEY AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE OPTIONS FOR OUR BABY, PLEASE EXPLAIN.

WHERE IS THE MONEY? AND THEN I DO. I SEE AS A AS A NEW PERSON HERE.

THE SALARIES. I'M NOT SAYING Y'ALL DON'T DESERVE IT.

NOBODY'S SAYING THAT YOU DON'T DESERVE NOTHING.

BUT WHEN I SEE 20% RAISES AND I KNOW ALL OUR BABIES WHO ARE TRAUMA INFORMED, WE HAVE SO MANY BABIES TRAUMA INFORMED. AND I KNOW YOU GUYS KNOW, AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK FOR MPE, BUT THIS IS THE WHOLE DISTRICT, THE CONSTANT TURNOVER OF STAFF. IF YOU HAVE THE CONSTANT TURNOVER OF STAFF, THAT IS NOT TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICES.

IT IS NOT OKAY. I'VE ALREADY ELECTED NOT TO RETURN NEXT YEAR BECAUSE OF WHAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED HERE AT THIS DISTRICT.

OKAY. AND THAT IS JUST NOT RIGHT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, SO I HAVE JOANNA DAVIS'S NEXT.

MY NAME IS JOANNA AND I'M A NATOMAS PARENT HERE.

AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE AT THESE MEETINGS. I'VE SAID IT BEFORE IN EMAILS AND THERE'S A HUGE PROBLEM WITH TRANSPARENCY IN THIS DISTRICT. AND I'M FED UP. WE ALL ARE. IT'S RIDICULOUS.

I COULD SAY THE NUMBERS AGAIN. EVERYBODY HAS ALREADY SAID THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE THAT THE PAY FOR ADMINISTRATORS VERSUS TEACHERS AND WHAT YOU GUYS ACTUALLY OFFERED TEACHERS THIS LAST TIME, 4% OVER TWO YEARS.

THAT'S 2% A YEAR. THAT'S NOT EVEN LIKE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS.

AND ALSO THE PAY OF THE SUPERINTENDENT. I MEAN, JUST TO PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE, THE LA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH HAS OVER 600,000 REGISTERED STUDENTS. THEIR SUPERINTENDENT EARNED 443,000 LAST YEAR. SO THAT'S 40. SO SO OUR SUPERINTENDENT HERE MAKES 46, HAS 46 TIMES FEWER STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT THAT YOU'RE SERVICING.

THAT'S RIDICULOUS. YES IT IS. HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY THIS TO THE COMMUNITY? WHERE IS THE TRANSPARENCY THAT YOU GUYS SAY THAT YOU HAVE.

OUR TEACHERS ARE THE REASON OUR CHILDREN LEARN TO READ, TO THINK, TO GROW.

THEY BUY SUPPLIES OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKETS. ALL RIGHT, SO YOU'RE AT TIME.

OKAY. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. MAKE IT, MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.

MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.

ALL RIGHT, IT'S JACKIE FREITAS HERE. I'M SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION EARLIER.

I DID SEE YOU SPIN AROUND, AND I WASN'T. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. I'M A TEACHER. I CAN DEAL WITH IT.

OKAY, I RESPECT THAT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JACKIE FREITAS, AND I HAVE BEEN AN ENGLISH TEACHER AT INDERKUM HIGH SCHOOL FOR 11 YEARS, AND I'VE BEEN TEACHING FOR 26. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I DO AT THE SCHOOL.

I HAVE BEEN THE COORDINATOR, THE ABBOTT COORDINATOR, COORDINATOR, NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY ADVISOR ASSISTS, THE PRINCIPAL ASB INSTRUCTOR AND CURRENTLY THE ADVISER FOR THE SIKH SERVICE AND HONOR SOCIETY AND THE UNITED WOMEN OF COLOR.

AND ASSISTANT TENNIS COACH. NOT THAT I PLAY TENNIS, BUT THEY NEEDED SOMEONE TO RIDE THE BUS SO THAT THE BOYS COULD HAVE PLAY THE MATCH, AND I WAS THERE FOR THEM. AND WHILE I'M NOT IN THE UNION LEADERSHIP POSITION, I AM A UNION MEMBER AND PROUD OF IT.

IN FACT, THE ONLY THING I AM MORE PROUD OF IN THIS DISTRICT OF BEING A UNION MEMBER ARE MY STUDENTS.

I SHOW UP FOR MY STUDENTS. SORRY. SORRY. I SHOW UP FOR

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AND I WORK TO CREATE A SAFE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT TO EVERY ONE OF MY STUDENTS.

I AM THERE FOR THEM AND I EXPECT THE DISTRICT TO BE THERE FOR ME AND NOT.

THAT HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW.

SO WHEN THE DISTRICT NEGOTIATORS CANCELED NEGOTIATIONS ON MONDAY AND HAVEN'T BEEN BACK AT THE TABLE TO SETTLE THIS CONTRACT, THAT TELLS ME THAT THEY DON'T RESPECT ME, THEY DON'T RESPECT MY CLASSROOM, AND THEY DON'T RESPECT THE STUDENTS.

INSTEAD, THEY ARE PLAYING GAMES. AND THAT IS WHY I AM HERE AND MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES ARE HERE, ARE ON STRIKE. INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MAKES US FEEL SAFE AND WELCOME IN THIS SCHOOL, THE DISTRICT NEGOTIATORS ARE PLAYING CHICKEN WITH OUR STUDENTS EDUCATION.

I HAVE LITERALLY PUT MY BODY ON THE LINE. YES, I HAVE BEEN INJURED TRYING TO PROTECT MY STUDENTS.

WHAT HAS THIS DISTRICT DONE? YOU HAVE SAID THAT I DON'T DESERVE A FULL RAISE, ONLY A PARTIAL RAISE.

YOU HAVE SAID I DON'T DESERVE FULL, FULLY PAID HEALTH CARE UNLESS REGARDLESS OF MY FAMILY SITUATION.

YOU HAVE SAID MY STUDENTS AND I DON'T DESERVE A SAFE PLACE TO TEACH AND TO LEARN.

OKAY, SO GOOD QUESTION. I WANT TO GIVE YOU YOUR LAST COUPLE OF SENTENCES HERE, BUT YOU ARE AT TIME.

OKAY. SURE. OKAY. QUICK QUESTION. DID YOUR 8% RAISE COVER LESS THAN HALF OF YOUR WORKING CALENDAR? SO I AM HERE AS AN EDUCATOR AND A RESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY DEMANDING THAT YOU GET BACK TO WORK.

WE ARE ON STRIKE BECAUSE YOU WALKED AWAY. WE DIDN'T.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, SO I BELIEVE.

ALL RIGHT. SO I HAVE SUSAN, I BELIEVE LOOKS LIKE GARRISON.

THEN I HAVE ZACHARY MUHLENBERG AND THEN JACK SLEVIN.

HI, FRIENDS. I NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS WOULD PURPOSELY DISRESPECT YOU BY TALKING TO YOU IN MY WINNIE THE POOH HAT.

I APOLOGIZE. NORMALLY I WOULD BE A LITTLE FANCIER.

SO FORGIVE ME FOR THAT, BUT I THINK MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE POETIC JUSTICE.

I APOLOGIZE FOR MY CASUAL ATTIRE, BUT I AM A BIG WINNIE THE POOH FAN.

AND IT MAY BE POOH BEAR THAT TAUGHT ME THAT YOU CATCH MORE FLIES WITH HONEY THAN WITH VINEGAR.

SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU WITH A LOT OF RESPECT.

SO RESPECT WAS SHOWN BY THE BOARD WITH A 15% RAISE IN AUGUST.

SO THE FOLKS ARE HIGH UP IN OUR DISTRICT FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO.

THAT'S GREAT. I'M HAPPY FOR THEM. PEOPLE DESERVE TO BE WELL COMPENSATED, BUT I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE DICHOTOMY OF HAVING THE FUNDING TO DO THAT, BUT NOT TO GIVE TEACHERS THE RAISE OF 4.5% THIS YEAR AND 4% NEXT YEAR AFTER.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING TEACHERS HAVEN'T HAD A RACE SINCE 2023.

IT'S IT'S HARD TO JUSTIFY. I ASK THAT YOU SHOW TEACHERS THE SAME RESPECT FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WORK. IN FACT, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU TAKE A MOMENT TO THINK OF YOUR FAVORITE TEACHER.

I PERSONALLY CANNOT REMEMBER WHO WON THE WORLD SERIES LAST YEAR OR WHO WON THE OSCAR FOR BEST PICTURE, BUT I REMEMBER MR. INSKO, MISS MISS, MISS ANDERSON, AND SO MANY OTHER TEACHERS.

IT'S IMPORTANT WORK. IT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

TODAY WE WERE WE WERE PICKETING VERY PEACEFULLY IN FRONT OF MY SCHOOL, WHICH IS NATOMAS PARK, BY THE WAY. AND ONE OF MY STUDENTS CAME OUT WITH A CUPCAKE AND SHE SAID, OH, MISS KIRSTEN, MISS GARRISON, HERE'S A CUPCAKE. OH, IT'S SO NICE OF YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY. SHE SAID IT'S MY BIRTHDAY. I HUGGED HER, I CRIED, I'M LIKE, BUDDY, I'M MISSING YOUR BIRTHDAY.

I'M SO SORRY. WE'RE CRYING. ALL THE TEACHERS RALLIED.

ALL THE TEACHERS LEFT THE PICKET LINE TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HER AT HER RECESS.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT. AND THAT IS WHAT TEACHERS DO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU ALL.

PLEASE HELP US. THANK YOU.

IS ZACHARY MUILENBURG AVAILABLE? HI, MY NAME IS ZACH MUILENBURG. I'M A TEACHER AT HL AND I'M ALSO A BASKETBALL COACH AT HL.

AND I'M ALSO A FLAG FOOTBALL COACH AT HL AND HEIGHT.

I'M ALSO A SOCCER COACH. I'M ALSO THE ESPORTS COACH.

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I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE E2 C2 COMMITTEE. I WEAR A LOT OF HATS.

ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THAT IS I DON'T GET PAID VERY MUCH, SO I GOT TO DO A LOT OF EXTRA STUFF TO TRY AND MAKE ENDS MEET. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT I DO THAT. I WANT TO COME BEFORE YOU TODAY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE REALITIES OF BEING AN EARLY CAREER EDUCATOR HERE IN NATOMAS.

I KNOW WHEN YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE, WHEN YOU MAKE $300,000 OR MORE, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT REMOVED FROM THAT REALITY.

SO I WANT TO BRING THAT HOME HERE. THERE ARE TEACHERS AT MY SCHOOL SITE WHO ARE TAKING HOME EVERY MONTH LESS PAY THAN THEY PAY IN THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE.

THEY ARE PAYING MORE MONEY TO PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE FOR THEIR CHILDREN THAN THEY GET TO TAKE HOME AND PAY RENT AND BUY FOOD AND BUY EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU KNOW IS SO EXPENSIVE THESE DAYS. THERE ARE TEACHERS AT MY SITE WHO ARE ON PUBLICLY FUNDED HEALTH PROGRAMS BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AFFORD THE DISTRICT'S PROGRAMS. THERE ARE CLASSES AT MY SITE THAT HAVE NOT HAD A TEACHER ALL YEAR LONG.

THERE ARE STUDENTS AT MY SITE WHO HAVE BEEN SPLIT TO OTHER CLASSROOMS FOR WEEKS ON END, NOT EVEN A LONG TERM SUB.

MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS WERE IN MY CLASS LAST YEAR, AND NOW THEY'RE JUST WHEREVER WE CAN FIND SPACE FOR THEM.

SOMETIMES THEY'RE IN MY CLASSROOM, SOMETIMES THEY'RE IN SECOND GRADE, SOMETIMES THEY'RE IN SIXTH GRADE. I NEVER KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE, AND THEY DON'T EITHER. CAN YOU IMAGINE COMING TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY AND NOT KNOWING WHAT CLASSROOM YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN? THAT IS A REALITY FOR CLASSES AND CLASSES OF STUDENTS AT MY SCHOOL SITE EVERY SINGLE DAY. WHEN YOU CLAIM TO VALUE EDUCATORS, BUT YOU CANNOT ATTRACT ENOUGH EDUCATORS TO FULFILL THE BARE MINIMUM OF STAFFING AT OUR SCHOOL SITES. THAT JUST SHOWS THAT THAT IS NOT TRUE.

AND WITH MY LAST 15 SECONDS HERE, IT SEEMS LIKE THE DISTRICT THINKS THAT IF WE JUST IGNORE THIS PROBLEM, THAT IT'S GOING TO GO AWAY. AND LET ME TELL YOU, THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

FOR YOU, IT'S A FINANCIAL PROBLEM FOR US. THIS IS OUR LIVELIHOODS.

THIS IS WHETHER I CAN START A FAMILY. THIS IS WHETHER OR NOT TEACHERS CAN FEED THEIR FAMILIES.

WE WILL NOT GO AWAY. COME TO THE TABLE.

YOU'RE UP, JACK. YEAH. OH, JACK. OKAY. IS THAT.

I'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. OKAY. HI. MY NAME IS JACK SLAVIN, AND I'M A TEACHER IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 11 YEARS. I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I CAN'T AND DON'T WANT TO IMAGINE WORKING ANYWHERE ELSE.

BUT I REALLY WANT TO BRING SOME FACTS BEFORE THE BOARD TONIGHT THAT I THINK ARE REALLY CONCERNING.

THERE ARE 45 TEACHERS, RSP TEACHERS IN THIS DISTRICT, AND AT JUST TEN AND A HALF YEARS IN THIS DISTRICT, I'M NUMBER FOUR IN SENIORITY. THAT IS SIMPLY NOT ACCEPTABLE.

AND THAT IS NOT A DISTRICT THAT VALUES STAFF RETENTION AT ALL.

IT'S EVEN WORSE FOR OUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST, WHO WE CLOSELY WORK WITH.

OUR MOST SENIOR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS STARTED IN 2017, LESS THAN TEN YEARS IN THIS DISTRICT.

NOBODY HAS WORKED LONGER AS A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS DOESN'T REFLECT ON THOSE WHO SUPERVISE THESE DEPARTMENTS AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS. AN INABILITY TO CONSISTENTLY RETAIN STAFF.

AS SOMEONE WHO'S DONE TEACHER INDUCTION AND SUPPORTING INTERNS FOR NINE YEARS NOW.

IT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING TO TRAIN PEOPLE AND THEN HAVE THEM LEAVE.

AND WHENEVER WE STATE REASONS, THEY'RE LEAVING.

EVERYTHING COMES UP ABOUT THE CONDITIONS IN THE DISTRICT IS ALWAYS ONE OF THE REASONS THEY LEAVE.

AND WHEN I TALK TO THEM AFTER THEY'VE GONE TO THEIR FOLLOWING DISTRICT, THEY FIND THAT THE WORK CONDITIONS THERE ARE SO MUCH BETTER.

I WANT A DISTRICT THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE HIRED IN, BUT ALSO WANT TO RETIRE IN.

I'M A DEDICATED RESIDENT OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND I WANT OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR STAFF RETENTION TO REFLECT THAT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, JACK. ALL RIGHT. SO THE NEXT NAMES THAT I HAVE ARE.

YOU CAN'T HEAR ME. I'M SORRY. THE NEXT NAMES THAT I HAVE ARE SARAH GOLDEN JAKARA JOHNSON AND JASKARAN KAUR. SO SARAH GOLDEN JAKARA JOHNSON AND LOOKS LIKE JASKARAN.

I'M SORRY. DO YOU WANT TO SAY THAT IN THE MIC FOR ME, PLEASE? SO SORRY. JUST. KIRAN CARR. OKAY.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS SARAH GOLDEN. I'M ONE OF OUR TEACHERS, OUR RSP TEACHERS HERE AT NATOMAS.

I'M ALSO AN INTERN TEACHER. A FEW DAYS AGO, I HAD AN ADMINISTRATOR INFORM ME THAT WHEN I'M AT MY INTERN CLASSES, THE PLACE WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO HAVE A SAFE VOICE, A PLACE WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT MY SITES AND ASK

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YOUR ADMINISTRATORS SHOULD NOT BE DOING THAT.

ON TOP OF THAT, ROBYN, YOU MAKE OVER $400,000 A YEAR.

THAT'S MORE THAN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

MAKE THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT'S NOT OKAY. I HAVE GONE HOME IN TEARS.

I'VE SPENT MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WORKING WITH OUR KIDS, OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS WHO NEED THAT EXTRA SUPPORT CRYING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THEM EVER. I NEED SUPPORTS FOR BOTH EMOTIONAL SUPPORT.

SENSORY SUPPORT. I'VE ASKED FOR IT AND I KEEP BEING TOLD, OH, UNLESS THEY HAVE OTT SERVICES, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY FOR THAT. AS AN INTERN TEACHER IN A FIRST YEAR TEACHER, I MAKE ABOUT $56,000 BACK IN 2023. I BELIEVE IT IS. I SPOKE AT FOLSOM CORDOVA AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT, WHERE I SAID THAT GENERAL MANAGERS MAKE $60,000 AT MCDONALD'S. MCDONALD'S, GENERAL MANAGERS.

GUESS WHAT? THEY DON'T HAVE AN EDUCATION LIKE WE DO. THEY'RE NOT MADE TO SIT IN CLASSROOMS EVERY DAY.

BUT THEY MADE 60,000 THAT NUMBER TODAY, 62,000 TO $80,000.

MAKE THAT MAKE SENSE. THEY MAKE MORE THAN I DO WITH A SIX YEAR EDUCATION.

THAT IS NOT FAIR. ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE AT TIME. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GOOD EVENING BOARD. THANKS FOR LISTENING. I AM A PARENT AND I'M PART OF THE PTA.

I'M A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND I'M A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL.

BUT MOST OF ALL, I AM AN ALUMNI OF THE NATOMAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I STARTED AT BANNON CREEK AND WENT TO LEROY GREEN BEFORE IT WAS AN ACADEMY.

AND THANK YOU. I DECIDED MY CAREER IN THIRD GRADE WITH MY THIRD GRADE TEACHER, MRS. MOHAMMADI. I MET MY HUSBAND AND THE FATHER OF MY TWO CHILDREN EXPECTING THE THIRD AT BANNON CREEK.

AND OUR CRUSHES AND LOVE STORY STARTED AT LEROY GREEN IN THE GATE PROGRAM AND THE BAND PROGRAM.

SO FOR ME, OUR DISTRICT AND WHAT OUR TEACHERS AND OUR PROGRAMING NEEDS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.

I'VE BEEN REALLY AFRAID OF WHAT IT CAN PROVIDE TO MY KIDS NOW, AND I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN HESITANT ABOUT INCLUDING MY YOUNGER, YOUNGER GENERATION INTO THIS. I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT.

I WANTED PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR THE DIVERSITY OF NATOMAS BECAUSE OF THE PROGRAMING, ITS HISTORY, THE GROWTH. BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'S STAGNATED. AND MY MAIN, MY MAIN ISSUE ESPECIALLY IS WITH TEACHERS BEEN UNDERPAID FOR A LONG TIME, BUT TO THE POINT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN UNDERAPPRECIATED AND ARE NOW STRIKING IS A NEW LOW FOR ME.

I REALLY DO THINK TEACHERS NEED TO BE FUNDED MORE AND ESPECIALLY OUR NEW SCHOOLS.

SHE GOES TO ARRIAGA, WHICH IS A DUAL IMMERSION SCHOOL.

AND RIGHT NOW A LOT OF THE NEW SCHOOLS HAVE A LOT OF LACK OF PROGRAMING AND FUNDING BECAUSE OF THE SMALL POPULATION.

AND A LOT OF THE THINGS IN THE GROWTH IS JUST NOT HAPPENING.

AND A LOT OF THE PARENTS ARE NOT INFORMED AND INFORMED OF WHAT THE TEACHERS ARE NEEDING AND THE RESOURCES THAT THEY'RE NEEDING.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT A LOT OF DUAL IMMERSION TEACHERS ARE CERTIFIED EXTRA HAVE GONE TO EXTRA EXTRA SCHOOLING, BUT THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED COST MORE TO HAVE BILINGUAL RESOURCES.

THEY'RE NOT APPRECIATED FOR THE EXTRA WORK THAT THEY PROVIDE, AND I WANT THAT TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN THEY WHEN THEY DO SO MUCH FOR OUR STUDENTS.

IN THIS IN THIS PERIOD. SO PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT.

I DO KNOW THE STRIKE IS GOING TO HAPPEN. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AFTER THIS STRIKE, IT'S NOT THAT IT JUST ENDS UP BEING CUT COSTS.

AND IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING FOLLOW THROUGH OR STAFFS BEING CUT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE WOULD LIKE SOME FOLLOW THROUGH THROUGHOUT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. I'VE BEEN A PARENT AT NATOMAS PARK FOR TEN YEARS AND BEING A COMMUNITY MEMBER.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WITHOUT TEACHERS, WE HAVE NOTHING.

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NOBODY, NONE OF THE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE BECOMING ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE EDUCATED.

SO WHY ARE THE TEACHERS STRIKING? WHY ARE THEY ONLY GETTING RAISED? THAT'S 2%. AND THE OTHER 2% THAT YOU GUYS ARE PROMISING THAT IS HAPPENING IN END OF FEBRUARY.

IT'S NEXT YEAR, NOT EVEN THIS YEAR WHEN WE HAVE WE HAVE YOU GUYS AT ADMINISTRATORS GETTING OR GETTING THE YOU GUYS ARE GETTING PAID MORE THAN WHAT THE TEACHERS DESERVE.

AND WE HAVE THE KIDS IN THE GYM RIGHT NOW AND THEY'RE JUST WATCHING MOVIES.

YOU GOT EVEN THE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ARE SENDING OUT EMAILS SAYING, OH NO, THEY ARE LEARNING.

THEY'RE NOT LEARNING ANYTHING. WHILE FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS THAT WE HAVE TEACHERS ON STRIKE.

SO I WOULD SAY RECONSIDER THAT. WE NEED TO HAVE OUR TEACHERS BACK IN THE CLASSROOMS WHERE THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.

AND WE NEED TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF OUR TEACHERS, OF WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR, BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING A LOT.

I HAVE SEEN IT. I'VE BEEN VOLUNTEERING AT SCHOOLS.

SO I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND WHAT THE TEACHERS GO THROUGH AND WHAT THEY HAVE.

AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE WE HAVE LACK OF LIKE PARENT.

WE HAVE A LACK OF LIKE WHERE THERE'S NO SUPPORT FOR THE TEACHERS AND THEN WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

SO YOU GUYS NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. AND THEN I KNOW YOU SPEAK PUNJABI, I WOULD SAY IT IN PUNJABI TOO.

I SEE THE OH, WE HAVE LOST SO MANY TEACHERS FROM NATOMAS PARK JUST BECAUSE OF THIS DISTRICT. AND WE, WE HAVE SUCH GREAT TEACHERS AT NATOMAS PARK.

AND IN THE LAST TEN YEARS WE HAVE LOST SO MANY TEACHERS BECAUSE OF UNDERPAID TEACHERS.

THANK YOU.

MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE, MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.

MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.

ALL RIGHT. LAST TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE. FROM LINDSAY BIRD AND JENNIFER MAYES.

YEAH. LINDSAY FROM.

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS LINDSAY BIRD AND I'M PROUD TO BE AN EDUCATOR IN THIS DISTRICT.

I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF SERVING OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY FOR THE PAST 24 YEARS.

YEAH, I STARTED WHEN I WAS A BABY. I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT OUR STUDENTS, OUR SCHOOLS, AND THE PEOPLE WHO SERVE THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY.

EDUCATORS AND SUPPORT STAFF REPRESENTED BY NTA SHOW UP EVERY DAY, WORK LONG HOURS, INVEST OUR HEARTS AND SOULS INTO OUR CLASSROOMS AND STUDENTS, AND WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THEY FEEL SAFE, SUPPORTED, LOVED, AND SUCCESSFUL.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING FOR A FAIR CONTRACT.

WE'RE ASKING FOR FULLY STAFFED SAFE SCHOOLS, AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE, AND THE ABILITY TO SUPPORT OUR OWN FAMILIES WHILE DOING THE WORK WE LOVE. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE BOARD AND DISTRICT CAN PROVIDE 15 TO 25% RAISES TO HIGH LEVEL ADMINISTRATORS, DIRECTORS AND SUPERINTENDENTS, WHILE THE DISTRICT'S OFFERING EDUCATORS WHO WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE STUDENTS AROUND 2%.

YES, 2%. NOT THE MISLEADING 4% THAT'S BEING CLAIMED.

THAT IS NOT EQUITABLE. AND IT SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES.

WE LOVE OUR STUDENTS. WE WANT TO BE IN OUR CLASSROOMS DOING WHAT WE DO BEST TEACHING, MENTORING AND SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE.

NOT STANDING HERE, NOT LIKE THIS. THIS IS EMOTIONAL, AND IT'S UPSETTING BECAUSE WE CARE SO DEEPLY ABOUT THE WORK WE DO, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO FEEL VALUED AND RESPECTED BY THE DISTRICT WE SERVE.

TONIGHT, I ASK THE BOARD TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.

PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR EDUCATORS. HELP US REACH A FAIR CONTRACT SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER AND CONTINUE FOCUSING ON WHAT MATTERS MOST TO OUR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THE LAST PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM JENNIFER MAYES.

HI THERE, BOARD MEMBERS AND PARENTS AND MY COLLEAGUES.

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OVER HALF OF MY LIFE I HAVE DRIVEN TO NATOMAS AND TAUGHT INSIDE OF A NATOMAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT CLASSROOM.

OVER HALF MY LIFE, I AM A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER AND I HOPE THAT MY WORDS FLOAT LIKE BUTTERFLIES RIGHT ON OVER TO YOUR HEART. EVERYONE SITTING IN THIS ROOM AND THAT YOU HOLD THEM INSIDE OF YOUR HEART THIS EVENING.

TEACHERS WORK HARD. WE STRIVE FOR QUALITY FIRST INSTRUCTION.

WE BRING THE CREATIVITY, THE HUMOR, THE PERSONALITY, AND THE HEART TO OUR CLASSROOMS AND TO OUR SCHOOL SITES.

WE ARE THE POINTS OF CONTACT WITH OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND TEACHERS LIKE ME.

WE'VE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY SO LONG. WE'VE TAUGHT PARENTS WHOSE KIDS ARE IN OUR CLASSROOMS NOW, AND WE HAVE THOSE GREAT CONNECTIONS THAT ARE MEANINGFUL TO US AND MAKE NATOMAS WHAT IT IS.

WELL, WE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT GO TO WALMART ON THE WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL TO BUY THE THINGS, TO KEEP IT ALL TOGETHER IN OUR CLASSROOM EVENTS.

WE DECORATE THE CLASSROOM FOR OPEN HOUSE. WE BRIBE OUR FAMILY MEMBERS TO COME HELP US SET UP BULLETIN BOARDS IN THE SUMMER SO OUR CLASSROOMS WILL BE READY FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.

WE'RE IT. WE MATTER. WE'RE WORTH WHAT WE ARE BARGAINING FOR, AND LET'S ALL OF US IN THE ROOM REMEMBER THAT WE ARE NATOMAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT UNIFIED. THANK YOU EVERYONE.

PLEASE. WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T. WE CAN'T WAIT.

WE CAN'T WAIT. WE CAN'T WAIT. WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T.

WE CAN'T WAIT. WE CAN'T WAIT. WE CAN'T. WE CAN'T DO THE RIGHT THING.

WE CAN'T WAIT. WE CAN'T WAIT. WE CAN'T WAIT. WAIT.

WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T. WE CAN'T WAIT. WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T.

WE CAN'T. WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T.

SO THEY'RE NOT TAKING ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS BECAUSE I HAD A COMMENT CARD.

THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAD COMMENT CARDS ON TIME, AND YOU GUYS ARE NOT TAKING ALL PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO MOVE ON WITH THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IT LOOKS LIKE WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON CONSENT.

HOLD ON. IF WE HAD KNOWN YOU WERE GOING TO COMMENT ON CONSENT, WE WOULD HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THAT. WE DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE CUTTING OFF PUBLIC COMMENT.

OKAY, SO. SO I MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. NOBODY CAN HEAR ANYTHING.

OKAY. I CAN'T GET THROUGH THE DOOR. I CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR EVERY INTANGIBLE.

THERE'S A PACKED HOUSE TONIGHT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. YOU SAID YOU COULD CHANGE MINE TO CONSENT CALENDAR TO PASS THE TIME.

OKAY, PASS THE TIME. THEY WOULDN'T LET US IN.

YOU HAD HIRED ALLIED SECURITY? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? AND THEY SHUT OFF THE AIR CONDITIONING TO THE HALLWAY.

THE PORTA POTTIES. THIS IS NOT OKAY. YOU LET ALL THE WHITE MEN IN, BUT NOT THE WOMEN.

THERE'S NO AIR CONDITIONING IN THE HALLWAYS. DAVID IS DRIPPING IN SWEAT.

OKAY, I HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD, I REALLY DO. YOU CAN ALSO DO LIKE YOU DO WHEN? WHEN YOU MAKE. ASK THE BOARD IF YOU'RE GOING TO LET.

OTHER COMMENTS. I'M HERE ALMOST EVERY MONTH. I'M NOT HERE WITH THE REST OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO COME WHEN THEY ONLY.

OKAY, I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO LIKE TO. OKAY, WELL, THAT'S NOT OKAY.

YOU TOOK EVERY WHITE MAN'S CAR, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LET THE WOMEN SPEAK.

OKAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT REMARKS YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE WITH IMPLICATIONS TO RACE. I'M NOT MAKING ANY IMPLICATIONS. IT'S VERY DIRECT.

WE SAW EVERYONE THAT YOU LET IN. I'M NOT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO RECESS FOR I'M GOING TO RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES WITH TIFFANY.

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ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO RESUME. NOW. I'M GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MEETING AS WE HAVE OUTLINED.

I DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT ITEM FROM AMANDA.

IS SHE HERE? SHE'S OUTSIDE. OKAY. THE REST OF US, THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET ONTO THE AGENDA ITEM.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO BACK AND FORTH. I'M NOT GOING TO GO BACK AND FORTH.

THAT'S FINE. YEAH. AMANDA.

IS THERE ANY BOARD MEMBER WHO CAN STAND UP STAND IN PROTEST AGAINST THE PRESIDENT. I STAND IN PROTEST AGAINST THE PRESIDENT.

THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY. I STAND IN PROTEST AGAINST THE RULING. IT'S ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.

SCOTT WAS. THERE ARE FOUR PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO SPEAK FOR.

AND YOU WON'T LET US REALIGN THE COMMENTS. FROM LISA.

SHE'S GOING DOWN. YOU GO DOWN. ALL RIGHT.

ADAM IS AMANDA PRESIDENT. SHE'S HERE. SHE'S COMING.

IT'S REALLY CROWDED. REALLY HOT. OUT THERE.

I HAVE HER COMMENTS. I'LL SPEAK FOR AMANDA. SHE SENT THEM TO ME.

ALL RIGHT. SO I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

[XIII. CONSENT ITEMS]

[XIV.a. NUSD Transportation Plan for 2026-2027]

REPORT WAS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA WHEN IT WAS RELEASED. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY TRUSTEES ON THE BOARD REPORT? NONE HERE. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT IS RECEIVED. ALL RIGHT.

[XV.a. Present and Approve 2025-26 Second Interim Budget Report and Positive Certification]

HEATHER BROWN, OUR ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT, WILL LEAD THIS PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GRANT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT CASTILLO, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE DISTRICT'S 2526 SECOND INTERIM BUDGET REPORT.

THIS REPORT UPDATES OUR BUDGET TO REFLECT CURRENT ESTIMATES FOR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, GIVING US A CLEARER PICTURE OF HOW WE EXPECT TO END THE FISCAL YEAR AND OUR PROJECTIONS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, THE BOARD WILL BE ASKED TO APPROVE THE REPORT AND CERTIFICATION.

ALL OF THE DISTRICT GOALS ARE PRESENTED HERE, AS THEY ARE ALL REFLECTED IN OUR 2526 BUDGET.

TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION HAS SEVERAL OBJECTIVES.

FIRST, WE WILL REVIEW THE CONTINUOUS CYCLE OF BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AND WHERE THE SECOND INTERIM REPORT FITS WITHIN THAT CYCLE.

NEXT, WE WILL HIGHLIGHT KEY BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS AND CHANGES SINCE FIRST INTERIM.

WE WILL THEN REVIEW THE DISTRICT'S REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND RESERVES.

WE WILL ALSO REVIEW COMMITTED AND RESTRICTED RESERVES, AND WE WILL WALK THROUGH THE MULTI-YEAR FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS AND NEXT STEPS.

SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGETING IS A YEAR ROUND PROCESS.

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE CONTINUALLY MONITOR REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, STAFFING LEVELS, ENROLLMENT, AND STATE BUDGET CHANGES, AND EACH REPORT PROVIDES AN UPDATED LOOK AT THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL POSITION AND ALLOWS US TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED.

CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT TWO INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORTS EACH YEAR.

THE FIRST INTERIM REPORT COVERS FINANCIAL ACTIVITY THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST AND MUST BE SUBMITTED BY DECEMBER 15TH AND THE SECOND REPORT COVERS ACTIVITY THROUGH JANUARY 31ST AND IS TYPICALLY DUE BY MARCH 15TH.

AFTER THE BOARD APPROVES THE REPORT, THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION REVIEWS OUR CERTIFICATION AND OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION.

THIS PROCESS ENSURES THAT DISTRICTS REMAIN FISCALLY SOLVENT AND ARE ABLE TO MEET THEIR FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS.

SO WE MUST SELF-CERTIFY AS TO WHETHER WE CAN MEET THOSE OBLIGATIONS IN THE CURRENT YEAR AND TWO SUBSEQUENT YEARS.

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A QUALIFIED BUDGET INDICATES THAT THERE IS UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHETHER WE CAN MEET OUR OBLIGATIONS, AND NEGATIVE MEANS WE ARE UNABLE TO MEET THOSE SAME OBLIGATIONS.

BASED ON OUR CURRENT PROJECTIONS. THE DISTRICT IS ISSUING A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION.

THIS MEANS WE EXPECT TO MEET OUR FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS THIS YEAR AND THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS.

THE DISTRICT MAINTAINS A 9% RESERVE, WHICH INCLUDES A 3% STATE REQUIRED RESERVE FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES AND AN ADDITIONAL 6% RESERVE REQUIRED BY BOARD POLICY. ENROLLMENT IS PROJECTED AT 10,865 STUDENTS, EXCLUDING CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE IS PROJECTED AT 10,072 OR APPROXIMATELY 90 TO 92.83% ATTENDANCE.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS ENROLLMENT AND ADA TRENDS OVER TIME.

WE ARE PROJECTING FLAT ENROLLMENT FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ATTENDANCE CLOSELY.

THE DISTRICT'S UNDUPLICATED PUPIL PERCENTAGE REMAINED RELATIVELY STABLE.

I WANT TO NOTE THAT NEXT YEAR IS A BASE YEAR, WHICH MEANS WE MUST COLLECT INFORMATION FOR ALL STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT DIRECTLY CERTIFIED, NOT JUST NEW STUDENTS. WE WILL USE MULTIPLE STRATEGIES TO GATHER THIS INFORMATION FROM FAMILIES.

BUT BECAUSE WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO ALL FAMILIES RATHER THAN ONLY NEW ONES, OUR UNDUPLICATED COUNT MAY CHANGE.

WE ALSO MADE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON OPEN, NEW OR CLOSED POSITIONS ACROSS THE DISTRICT, AND IN ADDITION, WE UPDATED PROJECTIONS TO REFLECT SOME HIGHER UTILITY IN OPERATING COSTS.

THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZES THE DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND REVENUE.

THE MAJORITY OF DISTRICT FUNDING COMES FROM THE LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA, OR LCFF, WHICH IS DRIVEN PRIMARILY BY STUDENT ATTENDANCE AND UNDUPLICATED PUPIL COUNTS. ADDITIONAL REVENUES INCLUDE FEDERAL FUNDING, STATE CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS, AND LOCAL REVENUES.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS HOW THE DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES ARE DISTRIBUTED.

LIKE MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE MAJORITY OF OUR SPENDING SUPPORTS STAFF SALARIES AND BENEFITS.

APPROXIMATELY 85% OF UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES GO TOWARD PERSONNEL COSTS? WHEN RESTRICTED FUNDS ARE INCLUDED, PERSONNEL COSTS REPRESENT ABOUT 76% OF TOTAL GENERAL FUND SPENDING.

THE ENDING FUND BALANCE REPRESENTS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

WITHIN THAT BALANCE, THE STATE REQUIRES THAT DISTRICTS MAINTAIN A MINIMUM RESERVE EQUAL TO 3% OF GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.

OUR BOARD POLICY REQUIRES A HIGHER RESERVE OF TOTAL OF 9%, WHICH PROVIDES ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL STABILITY.

TO PUT 9% INTO PERSPECTIVE. THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF ONE AND A HALF MONTHS OF PAYROLL.

MAINTAINING THESE RESERVES HELPS THE DISTRICT MANAGE RISKS SUCH AS STATE FUNDING FLUCTUATIONS, ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS, AND UNEXPECTED COST INCREASES.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PROJECTED GENERAL FUND RESERVE LEVELS AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2026.

THESE RESERVES INCLUDE BOTH THE STATE REQUIRED RESERVE AND THE ADDITIONAL STABILIZATION RESERVE REQUIRED BY BOARD POLICY.

MAINTAINING THESE RESERVES IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF OUR DISTRICT'S LONG TERM FISCAL HEALTH.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE PROJECTIONS DO NOT INCLUDE ANY FUTURE NEGOTIATED NDA INCREASES.

CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRED TO PREPARE A MULTI-YEAR FINANCIAL PROJECTION COVERING THE CURRENT YEAR AND THE FOLLOWING TWO YEARS FOR 2627.

OUR PROJECTIONS ASSUME A 2.41% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, OR COLA, BASED ON ESTIMATES FROM SCHOOL SERVICES OF CALIFORNIA.

THIS IS A DECREASE FROM FIRST INTERIM, WHERE COLA WAS PROJECTED AT 3.02%.

THIS COLA IS APPLIED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT'S BUDGET FOR ALL EXPENSES, NOT SPECIFICALLY OR NOT STAFFING ALONE.

WE ASSUMED ADA WILL REMAIN STABLE AT APPROXIMATELY 92.83%, AND WE'VE ACCOUNTED FOR ANY ONE TIME FUNDS THAT ARE ENDING AND ASSUMED OTHER FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL REVENUES TO REMAIN RELATIVELY CONSTANT.

ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE INCLUDED PROJECTED STEP AND COLUMN INCREASES FOR STAFF.

WE ALSO INCLUDED ANTICIPATED COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH A MATH TEXTBOOK ADOPTION AND ADDITIONAL SCHOOL SITE STAFFING.

AGAIN, THESE PROJECTIONS DO NOT INCLUDE ANY FUTURE NEGOTIATED NTA INCREASES.

FOR THE 2728 FISCAL YEAR, WE ASSUMED A PROJECTED 3.06% COLA.

THIS IS AGAIN A DECREASE FROM FIRST INTERIM, WHERE COLA WAS PROJECTED AT 3.42%.

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WE ALSO INCLUDED EXPECTED EXPENDITURES SUCH AS AN ELA ADOPTION STEP AND COLUMN SALARY ADJUSTMENTS, AND ONGOING OPERATIONAL COSTS. AGAIN, NO ONGOING NEGOTIATED NTA INCREASES HAVE BEEN INCLUDED.

THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZES SEVERAL PLANNING FACTORS USED IN DEVELOPING OUR PROJECTIONS.

THESE INCLUDE COLA AND STIRS AND PER'S EMPLOYER RATES.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THESE RATES CAN CHANGE AND ADJUSTMENTS TO THESE ASSUMPTIONS MAY AFFECT FUTURE BUDGET PROJECTIONS.

THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZES WHAT OUR PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCES WILL BE FOR 2526 AND THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

WE ARE CURRENTLY PROJECTED TO END THIS FISCAL YEAR WITH A RESERVE OF 18.64%, WHICH WILL DECREASE TO 13.09% BY THE END OF 2728 DUE TO CONTINUED DEFICIT SPENDING.

GIVEN OUR COLLABORATIVE APPROACH AND DESIRE TO SEEK A RESOLUTION WITH NTA LEADERS, OUR STRONG OFFER ON THE TABLE REQUIRES US TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS AND IMPLEMENT REAL CUTS WITH THE CURRENT OFFER WE HAVE MADE TO NTA. OUR RESERVES ARE PROJECTED TO DROP BY JUST OVER 10% MORE BY THE END OF 27.

28 WHICH WOULD PUT US OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH OUR BOARD POLICY AND NOT MEET THE STATE REQUIRED RESERVE OF 3%.

IN ORDER TO EVEN MAKE THIS OFFER, WE MUST LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING BUDGET REDUCTIONS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE MEETING OUR BOARD POLICY.

MINIMUM OF 9% IN RESERVES. THE FOLLOWING REDUCTIONS ARE NOT CURRENTLY IN THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION THAT WAS PRESENTED TONIGHT, BUT WILL BE INCORPORATED FOR THE UPCOMING 2627 ADOPTED BUDGET.

THESE INCLUDE REDUCTIONS IN EDITOR CENTER POSITIONS AS WELL AS EDITOR CENTER OPERATING BUDGETS.

WE ARE ALSO REDUCING SOME IB PROGRAMS AND STAFFING AS WELL AS REDUCING OUTSIDE SERVICES.

IN ADDITION, WE HAVE SHIFTED SOME COSTS TO ONE TIME FUNDING SOURCES WHERE APPROPRIATE.

AND LASTLY, WE ARE REDUCING THE AMOUNT TRANSFERRED FOR FACILITIES.

IN TOTAL, THE DISTRICT HAS IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY $8.6 MILLION IN BUDGET REDUCTIONS TO DATE.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND UPDATE THESE PLANS AS NEEDED AS WE PREPARE THE 2627 ADOPTED BUDGET.

THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION OF THE 2526 SECOND INTERIM REPORT, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE. QUESTIONS. COMMENTS.

DISCUSSION. TRUSTEE MORE. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION AND IT'S COULD YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON BOTH THE REDUCTION OF CONTRACTS AND JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THAT ENTAILS, AND THEN ALSO FOR THE REDUCTION OF FACILITIES TRANSFERS, ALSO SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT? YEAH. SO THE REDUCTION IN CONTRACTS, THERE'S A LARGE TECHNOLOGY CONTRACT THAT WOULD BE REDUCED FOR NEXT YEAR, AS WELL AS OUTSIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THAT WOULD BE REDUCED.

AS FAR AS THE REDUCTION IN THE FACILITIES TRANSFER, THERE WERE TWO BIG FACILITIES PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN SAVING FOR.

ONE IS ATHLETIC FIELD AND TURF REPLACEMENT COSTS.

THE OTHER IS THE GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM AT INDERKUM HIGH SCHOOL.

IT'S AGING AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. AND SO BY REDUCING THAT, IF THAT WERE TO BREAK DOWN IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT OBTAINING A LOAN IN ORDER TO BE SURE TO BE ABLE TO, TO REPLACE THAT.

BUT THAT ALSO CAN BE ADDRESSED CONCEPTUALLY THROUGH MAYBE A BOND AT A LATER DATE.

YEAH. THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. YES. THANK YOU. YEAH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE. YEAH. THANK YOU.

ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT BROWN, COULD YOU GO BACK? YOU READ A SENTENCE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE DISTRICT'S OFFER.

COULD YOU REPEAT THAT SENTENCE? AND THE BUDGETARY IMPACT OF IT? YEAH. SO WHAT RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT ENDING ON THE 2728 YEAR WITH RESERVES OF 13.09%. WITH THE CURRENT OFFER THAT WE'VE MADE TO NTA, OUR RESERVES ARE PROJECTED TO DROP BY JUST OVER 10% MORE, WHICH WOULD PUT US OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH OUR BOARD POLICY.

AND EVEN THE STATE REQUIRED RESERVE OF 3%. AND SO THAT'S OKAY.

SO TIME OUT. YES. PAUSE BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING IT VERY MATTER OF FACTLY, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE EMPHASIZED.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY. WITH STATUS QUO, WE'RE JUST MAINTAINING BASED ON THIS REPORT, OUR MANDATORY RESERVE, THE STATE MANDATED RESERVE OF 3% PLUS THE ADDITIONAL.

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AND THE REASON THAT WE HAVE THAT, FROM WHAT I RECALL, IS THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN THE STATE HAS REDUCED CASH FLOW.

AMONG OTHER REASONS, THE STATE HAS REDUCED OR DELAYED PAYMENTS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND THAT 9% REPRESENTS ROUGHLY WHAT, LESS THAN A MONTH AND A HALF OF PAYROLL. SIX SIX WEEKS OF JUST PAYROLL.

NOT EVEN OTHER EXPENSES. JUST SIX WEEKS OF PAYROLL.

OKAY, SO IF WE WERE TO IMPLEMENT THE OFFER THAT THE DISTRICT HAS MADE, WE WOULD DROP BELOW NOT ONLY THE 9%, BUT DROP BELOW THE 3% THAT'S MANDATED. SO WE'D BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW.

YES. BASED ON THE CURRENT PROJECTIONS. CORRECT.

OKAY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE 2627 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROPOSED REDUCTIONS, IS THAT PART OF THE SECOND INTERIM REPORT THAT WE'RE APPROVING TONIGHT, OR IS THAT GOING TO BE APPROVED AS PART OF THE THIRD? IT WOULD BE PART OF THE 2627 ADOPTED BUDGET. THOSE REDUCTIONS ARE NOT CURRENTLY IN SECOND INTERIMS, MULTI YEAR PROJECTION. OKAY. SO THE NEXT PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS WILL POTENTIALLY INCLUDE THESE REDUCTIONS DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME OF NEGOTIATIONS AND THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO MAINTAIN THAT RESERVE.

YES, YES. AND TO YOUR POINT ABOUT DEFERRALS, WE ARE IN FACT, GOING TO BE SEEING ANOTHER DEFERRAL THIS UPCOMING YEAR.

WE WON'T RECEIVE OUR FUNDING IN JUNE. IT WILL BE DEFERRED TILL JULY.

SO YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT. CASH FLOW IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THOSE THINGS DO HAPPEN.

I DO REMEMBER THE, THE STATE'S PREVIOUS BUDGET CRISIS, WHERE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE MASSIVELY STRUGGLING AND MANY WERE HAVING TO TAKE OUT BASICALLY THE EQUIVALENT OF PAYDAY LOANS TO PROVIDE BRIDGE FUNDING JUST TO COVER THEIR EXPENSES FROM MONTH TO MONTH.

THANK YOU. I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'M PREPARED TO MOVE APPROVAL OF THE SECOND INTERIM.

SO MOVED BY TRUSTEE. SECOND. SECOND BY TRUSTEE MORA, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? HI, GRANT. HARDEN I META I. MORA I. THAT MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO.

[XV.b. Ratify the Memorandum of Understanding Between the District and CSEA Regarding the Reclassification of Two Student Assistants to Instructional Assistant IIIs - Moderate/Severe/SES]

GO AHEAD. MOVE APPROVAL ON THIS ITEM WITH THANKS TO CSA FOR THEIR COLLABORATIVE APPROACH AND RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS REALLY A GOOD WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF ALL OF OUR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES. I SECOND THAT MOTION.

ALL RIGHT. THIS IS MOVED BY TRUSTEE, SECOND BY TRUSTEE HARDIN.

HELEN, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? HI, GRANT.

HI, HARDIN. I META I MORA I HAD THAT MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO ACTION ITEM C, APPROVE RESOLUTION 2611.

[XV.c. Approve Resolution No. 26-11 Authorizing Issuance and Sale of the District’s 2026 General Obligation Refunding Bonds (Refinance)]

I'M SORRY. GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION? COMMENTS? CAN WE ACTUALLY HAVE STAFF EXPLAIN THIS ITEM? YEAH. SO THANK YOU. TRUSTEE GRANT, THIS IS FOLLOWING UP WITH THE PRESENTATION THAT GFSI KEITH AND LORI PRESENTED AT A PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING.

AS WE PREPARE TO REFINANCE SOME OF OUR EXISTING BONDS, WE'RE LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL SAVINGS TO THE TAXPAYERS IN THE US OF ABOUT $6 MILLION.

ALSO, INCREASING OUR BONDING CAPACITY FOR THINGS LIKE GEOTHERMAL OR OTHER EXPENSES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE IN FACILITIES.

THIS ALLOWS THE TEAM THAT HAS TO PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER FOR THE SALE OF THE BONDS, TO DO THE WORK THEY NEED AHEAD OF THAT.

ALL RIGHT, I LIKE THAT. I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THAT ITEM.

WITHOUT OBJECTION. SECOND. SECONDED BY TRUSTEE.

HELENE, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? HI, GRANT.

HI, HARDIN. I META I MORA I. THAT MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO.

[XV.d. Approve Resolution No. 26-13 Declaring an Emergency Exists and Authorizing Repairs at Natomas Middle School]

DECLARING AN EMERGENCY EXISTS AND AUTHORIZING REPAIRS AT NATOMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THIS WAS FOR THE FLOODING? YES. YEAH. THAT'S CORRECT.

WHILE THE EMERGENCY EXISTS, WE NEED TO BRING A RESOLUTION AT EACH BOARD MEETING UNTIL IT'S REPAIRED.

ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS LIKE AN EMERGENCY. YOU'RE ALMOST DONE. OKAY. YEAH. SO I MOVED BY TRUSTEE MEDHA.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. SECONDED BY TRUSTEE HARDIN.

ELLEN, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? GRANT.

HARDIN. MITA MORA, I MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO.

ACTION! ACTION ITEM E WAS TABLED FOR A LATER DAY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ACTION ITEM F SELECT AND VOTE FOR CANDIDATES TO SERVE AS A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE CSB DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.

[XV.f. Select and Vote for Candidate(s) to Serve as a Representative to the CSBA Delegate Assembly]

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GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. SHE'S ON. OH, SHE'S ON THE BALLOT.

YEAH. SO WE HAVE A FELLOW TRUSTEE THAT'S ON THE BALLOT. SO WE WOULD NEED A MOTION TO.

SELECT. NOMINATE. I CAN SPEAK TO THIS ONE. SO THIS IS THE BOARD'S OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY VOTE.

AND SO IS AN ACTION ITEM FOR CANDIDATES FOR SIX B DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.

SO THERE ARE TWO VACANT SEATS. TRUSTEE MEHTA IS ONE OF THE NOMINEES.

AND THEN THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A WRITE IN CANDIDATE.

THEY HAVE TO BE FROM AREA SIX B IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.

BECAUSE NOT ENOUGH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED FOR THAT AREA.

ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S THE VERB AGAIN. WE'RE VOTING.

SO IS THERE A MOTION TO VOTE. SO THE MOTION WOULD BE THAT YOU WOULD APPROVE TRUSTEE MEHTA AS THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER, IF THAT IS WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE FOR A WRITE IN CANDIDATE IF YOU WOULD LIKE.

SO I'D LIKE TO VOTE FOR WRITE IN STACEY BASTIAN OVER IN TWIN RIVERS WHO I THINK WOULD ALSO DO A VERY GOOD JOB AT DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.

SO. SO I DON'T KNOW. TRACY. STACEY. STACEY. SORRY.

THAT'S FINE. YOU WANT ME TO GIVE A GO AHEAD? GO AHEAD.

NO. AFTER YOU. AFTER YOU GIVE YOURS. I ALSO HAVE ONE THAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE TO GO INTO CONSIDERATION.

OKAY. GO AHEAD. NO, I FEEL KIND OF AWKWARD BECAUSE WE'RE FROM THE SAME PLACE.

I'M THINKING OF SASHA VOIGT FROM TWIN RIVERS.

IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOMINATE MORE THAN ONE PERSON FOR WRITING OR JUST NO ONE WRITE IN CANDIDATE? OKAY, SO I'M HAPPY TO YIELD TRUSTEE HARDEN, IF THAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT GRANT, I APPRECIATE THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A THIS SOUNDS LIKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE TRUSTEE MEHTA AND THEN WRITE IN ALL FOR. OKAY. I'M TIRED. HOW ABOUT TO KEEP IT SIMPLE? COULD WE VOTE FOR SMITTY AND THEN DISCUSS THE WRITE IN OR WOULD THAT WORK? I THINK WE GOT IT. I THINK WE CAN. MOTION FOR TO VOTE FOR SIMONE.

AND THEN AND ALSO RIGHT IN. MISS JEFFERSON, I'M ASSUMING.

OH, SASHA. I'M SORRY. OKAY. I'M REALLY TOO TIRED.

AND COULD YOU SAY, LIKE, JUST TEN WORDS ABOUT THE CANDIDATE? OH, STRONG. OH, THERE YOU GO. STRONG. AMAZING.

DEDICATED. ONCE A TEACHER IN THAT IN THAT DISTRICT, BUT HAS GONE A LONG WAY TO MEND FENCES ALONG THE WAY.

OKAY, SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE HARDEN MR..

I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY TRUSTEE DOSIK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL A GRANT A HARDEN MAIDA A MORA A. ALL RIGHT, THAT MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO.

ALL RIGHT. NO OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD WILL CALL.

THIS MEETING ADJOURNED AT 733.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.