[00:00:02] ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS REGULAR BOARD MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:15 P.M.. [I. OPEN SESSION] HELENE, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? HERE. GRANT. PRESENT. HARDIN. PRESENT. PRESENT. MORA. PRESENT. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A QUORUM. ANY BOARD MEETINGS ARE LIVE STREAMED OR RECORDED AT THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD. [III. ANNOUNCEMENT OF ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION] THE LIVE STREAM IS AVAILABLE ONLINE, AND THE RECORDINGS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING TODAY AFTER THE BOARD MEETING. THOSE IN ATTENDANCE SHOULD EXPECT THAT THE RECORDINGS WILL CAPTURE ALL ACTIVITY AND DISCUSSIONS BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE MEETINGS. THIS EVENING, THE BOARD WILL BE GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION SPECIFIC TO GOAL SETTING. [V. CLOSED SESSION] IS THERE ANYONE HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR THE ITEM IN CLOSED SESSION? ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT. SO BEFORE THE BOARD GOES INTO CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING, A REMINDER FOR THOSE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA HAS BEEN MOVED CLOSER TO THE BEGINNING OF THE OPEN SESSION AGENDA. ACCORDINGLY, PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS FOR ALL OPEN SESSION ITEMS MUST BE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE START OF OPEN SESSION. AS NOTED AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA AND IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT WHEN THIS BOARD AGENDA WAS PUBLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD BYLAW 9323 MEETING CONDUCT. INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE BOARD'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION MAY DO SO BY FILLING OUT A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD AND HANDING IT TO THE STAFF MEMBER AT THE TABLE IN THE BOARDROOM BEFORE THE START OF OPEN SESSION. ALL RIGHT. NOT SEEING ANYONE TO TALK ABOUT ANY OF THAT CLOSED SESSION. WE WILL RECONVENE OPEN SESSION AT APPROXIMATELY 6 P.M. OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF CLOSED SESSION. ARE YOU GUYS READY? ALL RIGHT. WE ARE RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION AT 6:04 P.M.. [VI. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION] HELENE, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? PRESENT. PRESENT. PRESENT. PRESENT. PRESENT. SOKOLOVA. PRESENT. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A QUORUM. ASK OUR STUDENT TRUSTEE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING. BEFORE WE MOVE ON, A REMINDER THAT WE ASK MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO REFRAIN FROM APPROACHING THE DAIS SLASH [IX. ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION] STAGE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING, TO PROVIDE BOARD MEMBERS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER THEIR BELONGINGS, SIGNED DOCUMENTS, AND SECURE ANY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. BOARD MEMBERS MAY MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AFTER THE BOARD MEETING. BY STEPPING DOWN FROM THE STAGE AND ENTERING THE AREA FOR AUDIENCE SEATING. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WE HAVE APPROVAL OF OF THE AGENDA. [X. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA] IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. MOVED BY TRUSTEE HARDIN. SECOND. SECOND BY TRUSTEE DOCCHECK. HELEN, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? DORSET. I GRANT I HARDIN MEHTA. I MAURA I SOKOLOVA I. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES, SIX ZERO. NEXT UP, WE HAVE CELEBRATIONS. [XI.a. Filipino American History Month] DEIDRE POWELL, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, WILL LEAD US IN THE CELEBRATION OF FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH. WELL, GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GRANT. TRUSTEE. SUPERINTENDENT CASTILLO, STAFF AND COMMUNITY. TONIGHT, WE RECOGNIZE FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH AS PART OF OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO VALUING DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. NATOMAS UNIFIED IS A VERY DIVERSE DISTRICT WITH MORE THAN 80 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED AND 60 LANGUAGES SPOKEN. OUR STUDENTS, WHO IDENTIFY AS FILIPINO REPRESENT 4.5% OF OUR DIVERSE STUDENT POPULATION. WITH EARLY LITERACY BEING A MAJOR FOCUS, THIS YEAR WE WILL BE CELEBRATING OUR CULTURAL RECOGNITION MONTHS WITH GUEST AUTHORS, READ ALOUDS ACTIVITY GUIDES AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND PRESENTATIONS THAT PARENTS AND GUARDIANS CAN UTILIZE AT HOME TO STRENGTHEN THEIR STUDENTS LITERACY SKILLS. AS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, OUR FEATURED BOOK THIS MONTH IS MARYVILLE JR BY MICHELLE STERLING, AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE BOOK ABOUT A YOUNG FILIPINO GIRL SPENDING A YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES WITH HER MOTHER WHILE WAITING FOR HER FATHER TO JOIN THEM FROM THE PHILIPPINES. WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF VISITING TWO RIVERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS READ THE BOOKS TO STUDENTS AS PART OF OUR READING BUDDIES PROGRAM. AND HERE'S A SHORT CLIP OF THAT READ ALOUD AND SOME REACTIONS FROM STUDENTS. BUT I STAY OUT A MINUTE MORE TO WATCH THE MOONFLOWERS. [00:05:03] LEARNED SOME ENGLISH IN THE PHILIPPINES BECAUSE THIS IS THE BOOK MIRACLES HERE. SO WHAT DID YOU LIKE ABOUT THE BOOK? I LIKED WHEN, WHEN, WHEN THE LITTLE GIRL MIRABEL CALLED HER NEW PLACE HOME. JULY HOT SUN AND SWINGING BUCKETS. WHILE THE STUDENTS WERE REALLY NICE, THEY WERE REALLY QUIET AND, YOU KNOW, THEY LISTENED ALL THE WAY AND THEY HAD REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS IN THE END. PEAKS, CRISP NOSES. AND WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT READING DJ? I LIKE READING BECAUSE IT MAKES ME READ MORE BETTER. RINGING DOORBELLS, DODGING DINOSAURS AND PRINCESSES IN THE BOOK. I COULD RELATE TO HER A LOT. I CAME HERE AS A YOUNG CHILD. I WAS IN SECOND GRADE AND I STRUGGLED A LOT. LIKE, JUST LIKE HOW SHE DID IN THE BOOK. AND IT'S JUST IT HIGHLIGHTS A LOT OF LIKE THE LOVE INVOLVED IN OUR CULTURE. AND I REALLY LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT. FISH CHIPS AND SEA SALT AIR. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT THEIR CULTURES, NOT THROUGH JUST, YOU KNOW, THEIR FRIENDS, BUT ALSO THEIR FAMILY. BLOSSOMS, TANGLES OF IVY AND GROWING GREEN TO CELEBRATE PAPA'S BIRTH. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT FROM INDERKUM FOR TAKING TIME. AND WE'VE LEARNED THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ENJOY THE READING EVEN MORE THAN THE LITTLES. ENJOY READING, HAVING THE READING TO FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. EVERY ELEMENTARY AND K-8 LIBRARY HAS BEEN PROVIDED COPIES WITH THE BOOK, AND WILL ALSO SEND A RECORDED VIDEO OF THE BOOK ALONG WITH AN ACTIVITY GUIDE TO REINFORCE LEARNING TO ALL OF OUR EARLY LEARNERS, TO THEIR FAMILIES. OCTOBER 1ST, WE'RE ALSO THROUGH PARENT UNIVERSITY HOSTING A FAMILY LITERACY NIGHT WITH CHILDREN'S AUTHOR LORI NAKAMURA ON OCTOBER 6TH AT 530. AND SHE'S GOING TO BE READING HER BOOK, PAMELA. EACH PARTICIPATING FAMILY WILL RECEIVE THEIR OWN COPY OF THE BOOK FOR THEIR HOME LIBRARY. AND ONE OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING STARTED WITH NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IS WE HAVE ONE OF OUR TULSA'S JOINING AND PROVIDING TIPS AND EXAMPLES OF HOW PARENTS CAN HELP TO STRENGTHEN THEIR STUDENTS LITERACY SKILLS AT HOME. THIS HAS BEEN RECEIVED VERY, VERY WELL BY OUR PARENTS. AND IT'S JUST ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF OUR WORK AS PART OF THE READ TO SUCCEED INITIATIVE. AND AS ALWAYS, OUR SCHOOLS OFTEN HOST THEIR OWN ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS NOT A LONG LIST, BUT IT'S JUST A SMALL SAMPLING. TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW WE ARE ENCOURAGING ALL OF OUR FAMILIES, STAFF AND THE NATOMAS COMMUNITY TO TAKE TIME TO LEARN MORE ABOUT AND CELEBRATE FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE [XII.a. Student Board Member] COMMUNICATIONS. START WITH OUR STUDENT TRUSTEE SOKOLOVA. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GRANT, TRUSTEES SUPERINTENDENT CASTILLO AND GUESTS AT DISCOVERY HIGH. THEY CELEBRATED THEIR SENIORS WITH A SENIOR SUNRISE WHERE THEY TREATED THEM TO A LIGHT BREAKFAST, PHOTO BOOTHS AND A STUDENT STAFF CONNECTION. STUDENTS ALSO RECENTLY COMPLETED CREDIT THREE, WITH MANY STUDENTS HAVING OVER 95% ATTENDANCE. LASTLY, ALL THINGS PRETTY AND IT CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR DISCOVERY STUDENTS AND RECENTLY, THE CHRISTIAN CLUB HAS BEEN MEETING TO CONNECT WITH STUDENTS AS WELL AT INDERKUM HIGH. THE TIGERS CONTINUE TO SUCCEED THROUGH THE MIDPOINT OF THE QUARTER. POSITIVE AND GROWLING ATTENDANCE IS A FOCUS ON CAMPUS FOR THE TIGERS, AS STUDENTS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SCHOOL EVENTS LIKE HOMECOMING AND ATTENDING THE HOME FOOTBALL GAMES. SENIORS ARE MEETING INDIVIDUALLY WITH COUNSELORS, MAPPING OUT POST-HIGH SCHOOL PLANS. STUDENTS ARE ALSO PLANNING FOR THE COMING NEW ISD COLLEGE NIGHT AND CASH FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS IN THE CTE PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM CONTINUED THE TRADITION OF THE NINE OVER 11 MEMORIAL STAIR CLIMB, BEING JOINED BY OTHER PROGRAMS LIKE THE BROADCAST MEDIA, GIRLS VOLLEYBALL, AND PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. ALROY GREEN ACADEMY STUDENTS CONTINUED BUILDING A STRONG COLLEGE GOING CULTURE THROUGH AVID DAY AND COLLEGE GEAR DAYS. THE STUDENT ATHLETES AT LEROY GREEN HAVE BEEN KEEPING BUSY WITH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER, VOLLEYBALL AND FLAG FOOTBALL TEAMS HOSTING SEVERAL HOME GAMES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ENJOY. STUDENT LEADERS HAVE ALSO BEEN HARD AT WORK WITH CLASSES, ORGANIZING FUNDRAISERS AND ACTIVITIES THAT STRENGTHEN BOTH SCHOOL SPIRIT AND STUDENT [00:10:07] OWNERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY. ANNA THOMAS HIGH. WE CONTINUE TO BUILD MOMENTUM WITH OUR SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY BUILDING PROGRAM, BREAKING DOWN THE WALLS WHERE STUDENTS HAVE, FROM VARIOUS GRADE LEVELS, GET TO INTERACT AND LEARN ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE IN COMMON AMONGST THEMSELVES. WE ALSO HAD OUR ASB ELECTIONS WHERE WE HAD AWESOME COMPETITION. WITH THIS BEING SAID, I PROBABLY WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT I WAS VOTED IN AS THE ASB PRESIDENT FOR NATOMAS HIGH WITH A COMPLETE. WITH A COMPLETE ASB CABINET, WE ARE READY TO GET AS MANY NIGHTHAWKS INVOLVED IN THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES WE HOST AND ATHLETICS. WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM STILL BEING UNDEFEATED IN THE LEAGUE, HAVING THEIR RECORD BEAT 11 TO 0, AND NATOMAS MIDDLE STUDENTS ARE CONTINUING TO IMPROVE ATTENDANCE, WITH STUDENTS GETTING RECOGNIZED AND CELEBRATED FOR SHOWING UP EVERY DAY. STUDENTS WITH PERFECT ATTENDANCE WILL BE INVITED TO THE PERFECT ATTENDANCE PANTHER PLAYOFF, WHERE THEY WILL ENJOY ACTIVITIES AND A SPECIAL KONA ICE TREAT AS A REWARD. STUDENTS ARE CONTINUING, CONTINUING TO IMPROVE ON IMPLEMENTING CLAU INTO ACTION. COMMITMENT TO LEARNING, LEADING WITH RESPECT, ACTING RESPONSIBLY AND WORKING TOGETHER, MAKING NATOMAS MIDDLE A POSITIVE PLACE TO LEARN. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE SOKOLOVA. NEXT UP BOARD MEMBERS TRUSTEE MORA. [XII.b. Board Members] THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. BOARD MEMBERS SOKOLOVA. I ALWAYS LEARN SO MUCH FROM YOUR FROM YOUR REPORTS EVERY MEETING. I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT FOR HIS YOU KNOW, FILIPINO HERITAGE MONTH AND REALLY EVERY MONTH THIS ACADEMIC YEAR THAT THERE'S A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT READING TO THE YOUNGER STUDENTS. I DON'T THINK I'VE SAID THAT IN ONE OF OUR MEETINGS YET, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY IT ENCOMPASSES THE, THE REASON THAT WE CELEBRATE THE HERITAGE MONTHS, INCLUDING FILIPINO HERITAGE MONTH AND HAVE STUDENTS SEE THEMSELVES REFLECTED IN BOOKS AND BE AND SEE THEMSELVES REFLECTED IN EACH OTHER IN THEIR DIFFERENT PEERS, WHETHER THEIR PEERS IN THEIR SAME GRADE OR AS WE CAN SEE PEERS THAT ARE A LOT OLDER THAN THEM. SO I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S GREAT. I HAVE ONE TRUSTEE ACTIVITY THAT I WANT TO SHARE AS PART OF MY BOARD REPORT THIS, THIS TIME. AND THAT IS ATTENDING ONE OF THE INTERIM HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES. THEY PLAYED FOLSOM HIGH SCHOOL, AND OUR STUDENT ATHLETES REALLY LEFT IT ALL OUT THERE ON THE FIELD. IT WAS ALSO, I THINK TRUSTEE MEADOWS FIRST FOOTBALL GAME. AND SO IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO, IT WAS I HAVE NO BUSINESS CALLING MYSELF SOMEBODY THAT CAN SHOW YOU AROUND AT ANY SPORTING EVENT, BUT I DID THAT IN THIS CASE. JUST TO BE ABLE TO, TO, TO REALLY LIVE UP TO. I'M SO SORRY. YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT. AND I HAVE, AND I HAVE WITNESSES THAT THAT'S TRUE. SO REGARDLESS, WE HAD, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN TO SEE THE STUDENTS DOING WHAT THEY DO BEST. LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY WERE PLAYING OR THEY WERE OUT ON THE STANDS, I THINK HALF OF THE STUDENT BODY SHOWED UP. IT WAS A REALLY INCREDIBLE STUDENT TURNOUT THAT ALSO BUILDS, YOU KNOW, THE CAMPUS CULTURE AND, AND THE SENSE OF PRIDE IN ADDITION TO THOSE TWO THINGS, I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO SHARE. THE FIRST ONE IS IN MY, IN MY ROLE AS A SACRAMENTO LIBRARY BOARD JOINT, WHAT IS THE SACRAMENTO LIBRARY BOARD? IT HAS AN OFFICIAL NAME, BUT I THINK MY COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT I SERVE ON THAT BOARD. THERE ARE A LOT OF EFFORTS GOING ON THERE ALWAYS TAKING IN VOLUNTEERS OF ALL AGES TO HELP WITH DIFFERENT VERY IMPORTANT CAUSES, WHETHER IT'S ONE ON ONE YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONAL RESUME BUILDING WITH PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. AND I SAY PEOPLE OF ALL AGES BECAUSE THEY'LL HELP STUDENTS, THEY'LL HELP OLDER ADULTS, THEY'LL HELP RECENT REFUGEES. AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF OTHER PROGRAMS TOO, BUT THAT'S ONE THAT COMES TO MIND JUST IN TERMS OF WHAT I KNOW PEOPLE IN NATOMAS CAN CONTRIBUTE. AND SO LET ME JUST GO ON THEIR WEBSITE LOOK FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES TO, YOU KNOW, TO HELP WITH YET ANOTHER INSTITUTION THAT IS ALL ABOUT EDUCATION. AND I HAVE ONE OTHER ACTIVITY THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH MY ROLE, AS IN CSBA, THE STATE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION. AND THAT WAS BEING ABLE TO VISIT A NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INITIATIVE AND HOW THEY DO IT THERE. [00:15:03] AND SO JUST THE COMPARE AND CONTRAST IN BEING ABLE TO, TO LEARN MORE AND, AND TO SEE BEST PRACTICES IS ALWAYS REALLY HELPFUL. BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE HOW THOSE HOW A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS WORK CONTINUES TO UNFOLD HERE IN OUR DISTRICT. AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MORRIS TRUSTEE HARDEN NO REAL REPORT. I'M JUST HAPPY ABOUT THE FILIPINO HERITAGE MONTH AND. TRUSTEE MORRIS SO DID YOU GO ON A FIELD TRIP TO A DIFFERENT DISTRICT FOR A COMMUNITY SCHOOL OR ARE YOU GOING? I ALREADY WENT. WHERE DID YOU GO? I WENT TO FOLSOM. CORDOVA. OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I THOUGHT YOU WENT, LIKE, SOMEWHERE LIKE FANCY. YEAH. FAR AWAY. I WENT TO LOS ANGELES AND IT WAS AMAZING. ALL RIGHT. INTO MY REPORT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. JUST A QUICK REPORT FOR ME. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO INDERKUM HIGH SCHOOL FELLOWSHIP WITH THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS THERE. THEY GAVE ME SOME FEEDBACK. AND SO THANK YOU, DOUG, FOR MOVING QUICKLY TO SHORE UP OUR FACILITIES. SO THAT'S MY BOARD REPORT. TRUSTEE JUST SHARING, I SHARED WITH A COUPLE, BUT IT'S JUST SOME INTERESTING FUN NEWS. SO SO MY DAY JOB, WE'RE MOVING INTO SOME TEMPORARY SWING SPACE, PART OF THE WHOLE FOUR DAY RETURN TO OFFICE STUFF. AND WE'RE SHARING SPACE WITH ANOTHER AGENCY. SO I WAS WAVING TO FOLKS FROM OTHER AGENCY AND I GET AN EMAIL THAT AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. DOSEK. I DO NOT THINK YOU REMEMBER ME, BUT WE JUST RAN INTO EACH OTHER IN THE NEW OFFICE BUILDING. MY NAME IS LUIS. BACK IN 20 1415, I SERVED ON THE NEWEST BOARD AS A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. YOU WERE ALWAYS SO GRACIOUS AND HAD A GOOD ADVICE FOR ME. I WAS HOPING WE COULD RECONNECT OVER COFFEE. SHERROD HAS BEEN UP TO HAPPY TO SAY 11 YEARS LATER, I'M NOW IN THE CAPITAL COMMUNITY, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO GIVE BACK. ALL THE BEST, LUIS. LUIS JIMENEZ, EXTERNAL AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR GO SERVE. OH, WOW. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO RECONNECT WITH LUIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS, THEY GRADUATE, THEY MOVE ON, THEY DON'T ALWAYS COME BACK AND, YOU KNOW, STAY IN CONTACT WITH US. BUT THAT WAS JUST REALLY THRILLING TO GET THAT NOTE. AND NO, I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HIM BECAUSE I GUESS AT 30, HE DOESN'T LOOK THE SAME AS HE DID AT 18 FOR SOME REASON. I'M SHOCKED THAT HE RECOGNIZED ME, BUT APPRECIATIVE NONETHELESS. SO THAT WAS PRETTY EXCITING. AND THIS COMES ON THE HEELS OF ME HAVING HIRED LAST SUMMER, ANOTHER PREVIOUS NEWEST STUDENT BOARD MEMBER FROM MY OWN DEPARTMENT. SO I'LL MAKE SURE TO GET A PICTURE WITH BOTH OF THE FORMER STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS. HOW COOL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE DAWSON TRUSTEE. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO FIRST START WITH THANKING TRUSTEE FOR TAKING ME AROUND TO NATOMAS HIGH SCHOOL. NEXT TERM WILL BE TRUSTEE HARDIN. A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO DEIDRA. WENT TO THE EMPOWER YOUTH ACADEMY ON SATURDAY. THE FIRST SESSION. IT WAS AMAZING. DEIDRA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVING THOSE STUDENTS, SEEING THOSE FACES, THE PARENTS AND THE CLASSROOMS, IT THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS, EVERYBODY WHO WAS PRESENT TO DO THE DO THINGS BEFORE AFTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND SECONDLY, I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ANY ELEMENTARY ON RECEIVING THE CIVIC LEARNING AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, AN AWARD CO-SPONSORED BY STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND CALIFORNIA CHIEF JUSTICE PATRICIA 93 MIDLAND HIGH SCHOOL EARNED THE CIVIC LEARNING AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW. THE CIVIC LEARNING AWARDS ARE DESIGNED TO BOTH CELEBRATE SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN CIVIC LEARNING AND TO IDENTIFY SUCCESSFUL MODELS THAT CAN BE REPLICATED IN OTHER SCHOOLS. DURING THE CONSTITUTION WEEK, CALIFORNIA CHIEF JUSTICE VISITED ANY TO PRESENT THE AWARDS AND MEET WITH THE STUDENTS. A HUGE SHOUT OUT, SHARON AND THREE SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MEHTA. NEXT UP, SUPERINTENDENT CASTILLO. [XII.c. Superintendent] GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, STAFF, FAMILIES AND MEMBERS OF OUR NATOMAS COMMUNITY. I HAD A FEW SITE VISITS SINCE OUR LAST BOARD MEETING. I VISITED NATOMAS PARK, NATOMAS HIGH IN AMERICAN LAKES AND NATOMAS PARK. I WAS ABLE TO SEE SOME GREAT MATH LESSONS AND ENJOYED SEEING. ONE OF THE CLASSROOMS WAS WORKING WITH THEIR SIXTH GRADE READING BUDDIES ON A WRITING ACTIVITY, SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THEM WORKING TOGETHER AND HAVING A GREAT TIME. AT NATOMAS HIGH, WE SPECIFICALLY VISITED OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE ADULT LEVEL, AND I SAW A LOT OF THE STUDENTS THAT FROM THE ADULT PROGRAM THAT HAVE COME OVER HERE FOR DIFFERENT THINGS, OR I'VE SEEN THEM AT JOEY'S FOOD LOCKER. SO ALWAYS FUN TO CATCH UP WITH THEM. AND AT AMERICAN LAKES, I WAS ABLE TO SEE OUR EARLY LITERACY INITIATIVE IN ACTION IN SEVERAL OF OUR CLASSROOMS. AND I ALSO ENJOYED VISITING THE BAND CLASSROOM AND SEEING THE GOOD WORK THAT'S HAPPENING OVER THERE. AS WE CONTINUE INTO THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR, I WANT TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE SOME ENCOURAGING PROGRESS THAT WE'RE SEEING AMONG OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN AND BLACK STUDENTS, WHILE ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE WORK THAT REMAINS AHEAD OF US. OUR LATEST DATA SHOWS GROWTH AMONG OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACK STUDENTS AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AT SEVEN OF OUR SCHOOLS, [00:20:04] INCLUDING DOUBLE DIGIT GROWTH AT JEFFERSON AND DISCOVERY. WE SAW GROWTH IN MATHEMATICS AT AMERICAN LAKES, JEFFERSON AND INDERKUM, AND ENCOURAGING GAINS IN SCIENCE AT AMERICAN LAKES, HERON INDERKUM AND LEROY GREEN. THOSE NUMBERS REPRESENT HARD WORK FROM OUR STUDENTS AND THE DEDICATION OF OUR EDUCATORS SUPPORTING THEM. I AM GRATEFUL FOR FAMILIES PARTNERING WITH US AND THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK THEM. WHILE WE CELEBRATE PROGRESS, WE CONTINUE TO ENSURE STUDENTS IN NATOMAS UNIFIED CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS TO ACADEMIC SUPPORT, OPPORTUNITIES AND SENSE OF BELONGING THAT THEY NEED TO THRIVE. THAT COMMITMENT IS REFLECTED IN INITIATIVES LIKE OUR REACH TO SUCCEED. THIS WORK IS HELPING US STRENGTHEN LITERACY INSTRUCTION, PROVIDE OUR TEACHERS WITH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND REGULARLY ASSESS STUDENT PROGRESS SO WE CAN RESPOND TO INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND GIVE FAMILIES ADDITIONAL TOOLS TO SUPPORT LITERACY AT HOME. IT IS ALSO REFLECTED IN OUR EMPOWER YOU ACADEMY THAT TRUSTEE MEHTA JUST SPOKE OF. WE CREATED EMPOWER YOU. AFTER REVIEWING OUR DATA AND JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, LISTENING TO OUR FAMILIES WHO ASKED FOR IT TO BE EXPANDED FROM PREVIOUS YEARS, WE HEARD THE DESIRE FOR A SPACE ROOTED IN CULTURE WHERE BLACK STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES COULD LEARN, CONNECT, BUILD COMMUNITY, AND GROW TOGETHER. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND OUR FIRST EMPOWER YOU ACADEMY SESSION OF THE SCHOOL YEAR ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, AND IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT VISION COME TO LIFE. AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS FROM MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS WHO MADE THAT HAPPEN. WE HAD STUDENTS FROM ELEMENTARY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL PARTICIPATING ALONGSIDE THEIR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS, SUPPORTED BY OUR STAFF AND MANY COMMUNITY PARTNERS. WE VALUE OUR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS AS PARTNERS IN THE EDUCATION OF THEIR STUDENTS, AND WE MEAN THAT PARTNERSHIP REQUIRES US TO LISTEN AND TO COMMUNICATE OPENLY ABOUT WHERE WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS AND WHERE CHALLENGES REMAIN, AND TO TURN TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO PUT THEM INTO ACTION. OUR NEXT EMPOWER YOU ACADEMY A SESSION WILL BE OCTOBER 17TH AT NATOMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND I HOPE MORE OF OUR FAMILIES WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN US THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR. I'LL CONTINUE COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY WITH OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN AND BLACK FAMILIES ABOUT STUDENT PROGRESS AND THE WORK HAPPENING ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. WE HOPE OUR FAMILIES WILL CONTINUE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES. THANK YOU FOR MY REPORT THIS EVENING. ALL RIGHT. [XIII. PUBLIC COMMENTS] THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD BYLAW 9323 MEETING CONDUCT. INDIVIDUALS SHALL BE ALLOWED TWO MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, AND A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK MORE THAN ONCE ON ANY ITEM. ADDITIONALLY, THE BOARD SHALL LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME FOR PUBLIC INPUT ON EACH ITEM TO 20 MINUTES. TONIGHT I HAVE EIGHT PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS. THE BOARD WILL HEAR FROM THESE SPEAKERS ONLY ENSURE THE MEETING IS CONDUCTED IN AN ORDERLY AND EFFICIENT MANNER IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD BYLAW 9323. ALL RIGHT. FIRST UP, I HAVE MIA KELLNER. UP THERE. ALL RIGHT. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MIA. I AM HERE AS NOAH'S MOM. MY PRIMARY REQUEST IS THAT NOAH RECEIVE A DESIGNATED 1 TO 1 BEHAVIOR TECHNICIAN CAMPUS ON CAMPUS TO CONSISTENTLY IMPLEMENT HIS IEP AND SUPPORT HIS SAFETY AND SUCCESS. FOR YEARS, THEY HAVE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT NOAH'S DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR. 2IP IEP REQUESTS WERE DENIED AND I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING DEVELOPMENTALLY DEVELOPMENTALLY DIFFERENT ABOUT HIM. I EVENTUALLY REMOVED HIM FROM SCHOOL TEMPORARILY BECAUSE OF CONCERNS FOR HIS SAFETY, INCLUDING ELOPEMENT AND DIFFICULTIES WITH PEERS. AFTER INDEPENDENTLY PURSUING A MEDICAL EVALUATION, NOAH WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER LEVEL ONE AND ADHD. ONLY AFTER THAT DIAGNOSIS WAS HIS THIRD IEP REQUEST APPROVED. I ULTIMATELY LEFT MY CAREER AS A REGISTERED BEHAVIOR TECHNICIAN TO CARE FOR NOAH, BECAUSE I FELT THAT HE WAS NOT RECEIVING APPROPRIATE CARE ON CAMPUS. WITH CONTINUED SUSPENSIONS AND LACK OF APPROPRIATE ALTERNATIVES, I APPRECIATE BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS SUPPORT WITH TRAINING AUXILIARY STAFF, BUT IT HAS RESULTED IN INCONSISTENT AND NOT TIMELY SUPPORT FOR NOAH'S NEEDS. IT'S A DESIGNATED 1 TO 1 WOULD PROVIDE CONSISTENT SUPPORT FOR HIS IEP IMPLEMENTATIONS WITH REAL TIME BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT AND EQUALLY IMPORTANT, RELIABLE DATA COLLECTION AND COMMUNICATION LOGS SO WE CAN IDENTIFY PATTERNS, MEASURE PROGRESS, AND COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY BETWEEN SCHOOL AND HOME. DESPITE THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THIS NEED, NOAA CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT SUSPENSIONS AND VERY LIMITED ACADEMIC AND BEHAVIORAL PROGRESS. AT THIS POINT, I HAVE TO ASK, WHAT MORE DOES THIS BOARD NEED TO SEE BEFORE NOAA IS GIVEN THE INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT HE NEEDS? I AM NOT ASKING FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT OR TO EXCUSE HIS BEHAVIOR. [00:25:01] I AM ASKING FOR THE SUPPORT NECESSARY TO MAKE HIS IEP WORK, AND NOT JUST IN PRACTICE OR WORK IN PRACTICE, NOT JUST ON PAPER. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ADDRESSING IS WHAT DO I NEED TO SEE? LIKE WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE OR BE SEEN FOR HIM TO GET SUPPORT? THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, I HAVE A VILLA FLORES WITH A DONATED TIME. FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR MINUTES. HELLO? APOLOGIES. OKAY. SO WE ARE FROM CATALYST KIDS A CHILD CARE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT RUNS ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND WE ARE HERE TO TO ADDRESS A CONCERN THAT WAS BROUGHT TO US, OUR CONTRACTS MANAGER, ASHLEY WYATT HAS RECENTLY. EXCUSE ME. AUDREY WYATT HAS RECENTLY MADE US AWARE OF OUR NEED TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION ABOUT OUR LOCATION AT THE BANDON CREEK CAMPUS. AND WE, THE SITE SUPERVISOR OF THAT LOCATION. I'M EVA FLORES. I'M THE AREA MANAGER FOR THE SACRAMENTO AREA IN THROUGH YOLO. AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT DESPITE VARIOUS DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT OF FACILITIES, THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CLARIFICATION CONCERNS ABOUT THE BENEFIT OF HAVING MIXED DELIVERY PROGRAMS ON CAMPUS. SO THERE'S MULTIPLE PROGRAMS OPERATING RIGHT NOW. THERE'S CATALYST KIDS THE EXL, WHICH IS THE LEAP AND HEAD START. AND SO YOU KNOW, THE BENEFITS ARE MULTIPLE. YOU KNOW, FROM OFFERING SUBSIDIZED FUNDING THE FACT THAT CHILD CARE IS BASICALLY THE GREASE TO THE WHEELS OF COMMERCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OFFERING PARENTS AND FAMILIES DIFFERENT OPTIONS IS SO IMPORTANT. WE'RE THE ONLY PROVIDER THAT OFFERS YEAR ROUND CARE WHEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S PROGRAMS ARE CLOSED. WE OFFER EXTENDED HOURS SUBSIDIZED CARE FOR STUDENTS WITH EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS MUCH LOWER RATIOS. AND WHY WE KNOW THAT OUR PROGRAM IS NOT UNIQUE AND MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS THEY RUN THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA. THIS IS UNIQUE TO THIS DISTRICT. AND WE ARE THE ONLY BELIEVE THAT THAT BANNON CREEK IS THE ONLY CAMPUS. I'M NEW TO THE AREA. BANNON CREEK IS YES, OUR ONLY CAMPUS THAT WE OFFER OUR PROGRAM. AND WE JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF MAKING SURE OUR LEASE IS EXTENDED PAST THIS ONE YEAR BECAUSE WE WERE HURT. WE HEARD THAT IT IS UNDER A ONE YEAR TEMPORARY INVESTIGATION OF THE BENEFITS OF OPERATING LONGER. SO JUST BRINGING THAT UP AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE. YEAH. THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE SACHIKO KONATSU WITH BORROWED TIME FOR FOUR MINUTES. SO IT'S A SHAME THAT WE'RE STILL HAVING ALL THESE PARENTS WITH KIDS IN THE SPECIAL ED DEPARTMENT COME AND HAVE TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. AND AFTER ALL OF THE INVESTIGATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE, THAT WE AS PARENTS STILL HAVE TO COME AND TELL YOU GUYS, YOU REALLY NEED TO STEP UP AND START DOING YOUR JOB. SO I WAS GRANTED AN IEP AFTER FIGHTING FOR TWO YEARS FOR IT. SO I WAS GIVEN AN EMAIL WITH A TIMELINE OF OF WHEN I HAD TO GET AN EVALUATOR PICKED, WHICH I DID MEET. I EVEN PAID THE $6,000 OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. SPOKE TO YOUR ADMINISTRATORS, GAVE THEM A COPY THAT I PAID THEM ALREADY SO I [00:30:04] WOULDN'T LOSE THE EVALUATOR BECAUSE IRONICALLY, ALL THE EVALUATORS THAT I KEPT CHOOSING WERE BEING THREATENED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT THEM TO WORK WITH ME. SO I FOUND A PERSON WITH INTEGRITY. HER NAME IS LISA PIPPEN. I PAID HER SO THAT I COULD ENSURE THAT SHE WAS THERE TO DO THE EVALUATION. THE ROYCE WAS SENT TO THE DISTRICT BACK IN MAY OR ACTUALLY THE END OF APRIL. ONCE I PAID HER ON APRIL 23RD, WE SENT A REQUEST. I SIGNED THE ROYCE. THEY WAITED ABOUT 2 OR 3 WEEKS TO FINALLY SAY, OH, WE HAVE SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR EYE. OH, I. SO YOU NEED TO RESEND IT, WHICH I DID. SO COME LATE JULY, I GET A PRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE STATING YOU GUYS HAVEN'T HEARD HIDE NOR HAIR FROM ME, EVEN THOUGH THE FACILITATOR HAD ALREADY SENT ROYCE. WE'VE HAD MANY PHONE CALLS, SO I GOT THIS BOGUS PRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE SAYING YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM ME SINCE LAST YEAR IN REGARDS TO AN EYE. THE EYE IS BEING DONE. IT'S ACTUALLY ALMOST COMPLETE. YOU GUYS DENIED MY CHILD FOR THREE YEARS SPECIAL ED SERVICES. BECAUSE EVEN YOUR OWN ASSESSMENT THAT YOU HAD SHOWS THAT MY DAUGHTER QUALIFIED FOR SPECIAL ED SERVICES, THAT YOU DENIED HER FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. SO ONCE THIS IS DONE. OH, I WAS ALSO EVEN THREATENED BY THIS DISTRICT TO TAKE ME BACK TO ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING. IF I DIDN'T REPLY TO YOU GUYS BY A CERTAIN DATE, WHICH YOU GUYS DON'T LEGALLY HAVE ANY LEG TO STAND ON TO SAY I HAVE TO HAVE AN EVALUATOR BY A CERTAIN DATE IF I WAS TRYING TO GET THEM. AND EVERY TIME I GOT ONE, YOUR BOGUS STAFF WOULD CALL AND THREATEN THEM, AND THEN THEY WOULD SAY THEY WOULD DO THE EYE, AND THEN I'D GET A PHONE CALL SAYING, NO, WE'RE NO LONGER WANTING TO DO IT. ONCE MEGAN AND WENDY GOT THROUGH CALLING THEM. SO I HAD BEEN TRYING TO FIND AN EVALUATOR, WHICH I DID. SO THIS IS RIDICULOUS. SO NOW I'M ON THE RECORD. I PAID $6,000 IN APRIL. IT'S OVER SIX MONTHS SINCE I PAID. I HAVE NOT BEEN REIMBURSED BY THIS DISTRICT. I NOW WANT YOU TO START PAYING INTEREST ON THE $6,000 BECAUSE THAT MONEY WAS FROM A SAVINGS ACCOUNT THAT WAS DRAWING INTEREST. SO NOW YOU OWE ME SIX MONTHS OF INTEREST BECAUSE YOU SHOULD HAVE PAID YOUR BILLS. I'M NOT GOING TO BE WAITING FOR MY MONEY ANYMORE. I EXPECT A CHECK ASAP. SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT IS JUST A TRAVESTY THAT THE SPECIAL ED DEPARTMENT. I HAVE PEOPLE COMING TO ME ASKING TO HELP ADVOCATE FOR THEIR CHILDREN BECAUSE THEIR NEEDS AREN'T BEING MET. AND YOU HAVE YOUR ADMINISTRATORS THAT STILL NEED TO BE FIRED FROM THIS DISTRICT, STILL UP TO THEIR OLD TRICKS BY TRYING TO PUT KIDS IN THE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS WITHOUT EVEN LETTING A PARENT HAVE CONSENT, WITHOUT LETTING THEM TOUR THE SCHOOL AND SAYING THAT THAT'S A FIX FOR THEM, A GOOD PLACE FOR THEM, AND SAYING, WELL, YOU NEED TO SIGN THESE PAPERS AND WE'LL PUT THEM IN AN ALTERNATE DAY PROGRAM SCHOOL FOR THEM WITHOUT THE PARENTS KNOWING THEIR RIGHTS AND STILL MAKING IEPS WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE PARENTS, WITHOUT GIVING WRITTEN NOTICE. HAVING IEPS PUT ON THE BOOKS BY YOUR TEACHERS AND YOUR PRINCIPALS IN THIS DISTRICT WITHOUT EVEN GIVING NOTICE TO THE PARENTS FIRST. THIS IS ALL ILLEGAL ACTIONS BY YOUR SPECIAL ED DEPARTMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED OUT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE TRUSTEE Y K LANAKILA HERE WITH US. IS HE STILL HERE? ALL RIGHT. WITH BORROWED TIME, APPARENTLY TO ACTUALLY, NO. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. I'M SORRY. TWO MINUTES. IT'S MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR ME. OKAY. AND AGAIN, GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT GRANT AND VICE PRESIDENT MAURA AND ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS AND MADAM SUPERINTENDENT. MY NAME IS Y K CHIRLA. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE FROM THE FOLSOM-CORDOVA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND FORMER VICE MAYOR OF FOLSOM. WE ARE DOING A P I SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS STATEWIDE ASSOCIATION MEET AND GREET. THIS YEAR IS HAPPENING IN SACRAMENTO, EXACTLY A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM YOU GUYS ON THE TRACHSEL ROAD. SO I KNOW I SENT AN INVITATION TO YOU, BUT I MADE A POINT TO SEE COME PERSONALLY INVITE ALL OF YOU. SO I HAVE A PERSONAL NOTE ALSO WRITTEN HERE, PLEASE YOU CAN JOIN US AND, YOU KNOW, MEET AND GREET AND ALSO SEE WHETHER WE CAN MAKE SOME COLLABORATIONS, AS MR. MONA SAID. SO HE VISITED FOLSOM CORDOVA FOR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. AND TRULY, I'M VISITING RIGHT NOW IN THE SAME SENSE, OBSERVING YOUR BOARD. YOU HAVE A GREAT STAFF, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE GIVING HOSPITALITY, STARTING FROM TIFFANY, YOU KNOW, FROM THE ENTRANCE TO EVERY STAFF MEMBER HERE, YOU HAVE A, YOU KNOW, AN EXCELLENT TEAM AT THE BACK. [00:35:06] I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT I'M OBSERVING SOME THINGS AND ALSO THE RESERVED SPOTS. I'M TAKING BACK THAT WITH ME. ALL THE GOOD STUFF YOU GUYS ARE DOING? I DON'T THINK SO. FOLSOM CORDOVA HAS A SPOT FOR SPECIAL NEED PEOPLE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN, EVERYTHING YOU GUYS ARE DOING, BUT I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN JOIN US. AND WE ALL CAN DO MORE BRAINSTORMING AND DO MORE GOOD FOR OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. YOU COULD GIVE THAT TO HELENE, TOO. YES, SIR. YES. SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP I HAVE DEANNA WILLIAMS. HELLO TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS AND EVERYONE HERE. IT'S DEANNA WILLIAMS. I'M SO SORRY. DEANNA. PROBLEM? OKAY. MY NAME IS DEANNA WILLIAMS. OH, YES. I HAVE TIME DONATED. OH. GOT IT. I'M SORRY. YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES. OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I THOUGHT THESE WERE SEPARATE. MY NAME IS DINA WILLIAMS, AND I AM HERE TONIGHT AS A PARENT AND LEGAL GUARDIAN OF MY GRANDSON. I AM ASKING YOU TO HEAR MY CONCERNS ABOUT HOW HIS BEHAVIORAL NEEDS ARE BEING ADDRESSED AT SCHOOL. MY GRANDSON HAS A DOCUMENTED BEHAVIORAL DISORDER AND IEP AND A BEHAVIORAL PLAN. I AGREE TO HIS PLACEMENT AT WITTER RANCH BECAUSE I BELIEVED HE WOULD RECEIVE THE STRUCTURE, SUPPORT AND TRAINED STAFF NECESSARY TO HELP HIM SUCCEED. MY CONCERN IS THAT HIS BEHAVIORAL DISORDER CONTINUES TO BE TREATED PRIMARILY AS DEFIANT OR MISCONDUCT, RATHER THAN A DISABILITY, REQUIRING APPROPRIATE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION AND SUPPORT. HIS BEHAVIOR DISORDER IS WHAT IT IS. IT IS DOCUMENTED. IT IS PART OF HIS EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SCHOOL IS TO ENSURE THAT THE STAFF WORKING WITH HIM ARE PROPERLY TRAINED TO UNDERSTAND HIS BEHAVIOR, RECOGNIZE HIS TRIGGERS, DE-ESCALATE SITUATIONS, AND RESPOND APPROPRIATELY. INSTEAD, I AM SEEING A PATTERN OF SITUATIONS THAT ESCALATE, FOLLOWED BY SUSPENSIONS AND INCREASED CONCERN ABOUT HIS PLACEMENT. I AM ESPECIALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE USE OF PHYSICAL INTERVENTION WHEN A CHILD WITH A DOCUMENTED BEHAVIORAL DISORDER BECOMES ESCALATED. STAFF SHOULD HAVE THE TRAINING AND SKILLS NECESSARY TO SAFELY MANAGE THAT SITUATION WITHOUT NECESSARILY ESCALATING IT FURTHER. PHYSICAL FORCE SHOULD NOT BECOME THE RESPONSE TO A CHILD'S DISABILITY RELATED BEHAVIOR. I AM ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED FOLLOWING A RECENT IEP MEETING, WHICH WAS ON SEPTEMBER 8TH. IN THAT MEETING, WE HAD THE PRINCIPAL, MR. JONES, TO SUPPORT OUTSIDE CLINICIANS THAT I HAVE FOR MESSIAH. A STEPHANIE, I FORGET HER LAST NAME, WHO'S THE BEHAVIORAL SPECIALIST. AND VANESSA MERCADO, I THINK IS HER LAST NAME THAT SAID SHE'S THE DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION THERE. IN THE MEETING, I ADDRESSED MY CONCERNS FOR MESSIAH BEING IN THIS ENVIRONMENT IN THIS C. S CLASS WERE THE BEHAVIORS ARE OUT OF CONTROL. MOST OF THE STUDENTS HAVE BEHAVIORS THAT ARE FAR PAST WHAT MESSIAH IS DEALING WITH. AND SO I JUST SHARED IN THAT MEETING THAT I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACEMENT FOR MESSIAH. YES, HE NEEDS ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, BUT NOT IN THIS SETTING. AND SO MISS VANESSA SPOKE UP AND SAID, ASKED ME HAD I HEARD OF NON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I SAID, NO, I HAVE NOT. SHE SAID YOU COULD, WE COULD SET IT UP WHERE YOU CAN GO AND TOUR NON PUBLIC SCHOOL AND SEE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THE PLACEMENT. SO I SAID, OKAY, IF I COULD DO THAT, I'M OPEN TO CHECK. THEN ON FRIDAY, I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM VANESSA WITH, I BELIEVE SHE SAID IT WAS WENDY, SOMEBODY ON THE PHONE BASICALLY TRYING TO FORCE ME INTO AN AGREEMENT TO SIGN HIM UP FOR THE NONPUBLIC SCHOOL. AND I SAID, I ALREADY HAVE SERVICES IN PLACE, SO I'M NOT GOING TO JUMP AND DO SOMETHING SO EXTREME WHEN I'M WORKING WITH STANFORD YOUTH AND FAMILY TO GET HIM MORE SERVICES, TO HELP HIM WITH THE HOPE THAT THE STAFF AT THE SCHOOL ARE GOING TO HELP ME TO HELP RESOLVE THE ISSUES THAT HE'S HAVING AT THE SCHOOL, SO HE DOES NOT HAVE TO LEAVE. SO MY GRANDSON IS A CHILD WITH DISABILITY WHO NEEDS ADULTS AROUND HIM WHO UNDERSTAND HOW TO WORK WITH HIM. I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT HIS DISABILITY IS BEING ADDRESSED WITH APPROPRIATE SUPPORT, TRAINING AND INTERVENTION, NOT SIMPLY THROUGH REPEATED DISCIPLINE AND REMOVAL FROM SCHOOL. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME THE MESSIAH IS GOING TO BE NEXT. [00:40:04] ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, I HAVE MESSIAH WILLIAMS. SAY HELLO. HELLO. MY NAME IS MESSIAH WILLIAMS. MY MOM PASSED AWAY SHORTLY BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY WHEN I TURNED SEVEN. I'M IN THE FIFTH GRADE AT BETA BRANCH IN THE CLASS. I DON'T FEEL. I DON'T FEEL I SHOULD BE IN THEIR CLASS. I DON'T LIKE THE WAY STAFF TREATS ME. THEY GET TOO ROUGH WITH ME. ME I DON'T LIKE BEING TREATED LIKE I'M A BAD KID. I I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY DON'T BELIEVE THEY WANT ME AT THIS THIS SCHOOL, AND THEY KEEP SUSPENDING ME. AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, JUST FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR ALONE, MESSIAH IS CURRENTLY ON HIS SIXTH SUSPENSION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. [XIV. CONSENT ITEMS] IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? AM I SEEING ANY. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. MOVED BY TRUSTEE HARDIN. I'LL SECOND IT. SECOND BY TRUSTEE MEHTA. HELEN, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? HI, GRANT. A PARDON. I META. I MAURA. I SOKOLOVA. I MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WE GO STRAIGHT TO OUR ACTION ITEMS. [XV.a. First Reading - Board Policies and Administrative Regulations] THIS ACTION ITEM AYE THE FIRST READING OF BOARD POLICIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS. TONIGHT, THE BOARD IS CONDUCTING THE FIRST READING OF FOUR POLICIES AS OUTLINED ON THE BOARD AGENDA. THERE WILL BE NO REQUESTED ACTION EVENING AND STAFF ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. TRUSTEES. THIS INFORMATION WAS SENT OUT IN BOARD COMMUNICATIONS. JUST A QUICK SUMMARY. THERE'S AN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR EQUITY POLICY. AND SO IT'S PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE. AND THERE ARE ALSO SOME CHANGES TO OUR WHAT IS IT CONFERENCES, CONFERENCES AND INFORMATION LIKE THAT. SO THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS. I DON'T SEE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. DO WE KNOW? YEAH. TO ME, THEY'RE PRETTY SIMPLE CHANGES. I THINK DURING THE LAST BOARD MEETING, IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT OUR DISTRICT DID HAVE ITS OWN EQUITY POLICY. RIGHT. AND SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT CSBA AND CSBA HAS THEIR VERSION OF A POLICY, IT'S JUST EASIER FOR US TO UPDATE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THEIRS. BUT WE DID HAVE ONE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS ALSO CALLED OUT IN IN THE RECENT AUDIT. SO WE WANT TO HURRY UP AND MAKE THAT CORRECTION. SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON MY END. I THINK THIS IS PRETTY STANDARD BUSINESS. BUT I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO OTHER TRUSTEES. I AGREE PRESIDENT GRANT. IT IS VERY STANDARD. JUST GLAD THAT WE'RE GOING TO JUST ALIGN IT OR JUST MAKE THINGS LOOK EASIER. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE JUST HAVE A QUICK EXPLANATION FROM STAFF ON THE CONFERENCE POLICY AND ALIGNMENTS JUST FOR THE PUBLIC CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO THE FOURTH POLICY THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION THREE, 350 TITLED TRAVEL EXPENSES. THAT ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION IS OUT OF DATE AND ALSO NOT A CSBA RECOMMENDED POLICY. IT WAS WRITTEN IN HOUSE IN 2013 AND IT JUST NO LONGER ALIGNS WITH THINGS. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING DELETING THIS ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION SINCE THERE'S NO MECHANISM TO AUTOMATICALLY KEEP IT UPDATED AND THE INFORMATION THAT IS IN IT IS ALREADY CONTAINED AND ADDRESSED THROUGH DIFFERENT MECHANISMS LIKE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS, TRAVEL CONFERENCE REQUESTS, STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, AND DIFFERENT FORMS USED DISTRICT WIDE. OKAY. SEEMS SIMPLE ENOUGH. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I'M A TRUSTEE. SOKOLOV, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. IT SEEMS TO ME IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THEN WE'LL JUST MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. CONSENT FOR NEXT MONTH. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS ACTION. [XVI.a. Summer Expanded Learning Update] THE NEXT ACTION ITEM IS PRESENTATION FOR OUR SUMMER EXPANDED LEARNING UPDATE. OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LIZETTE MORALES, WILL LEAD THE BOARD THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION. YEAH. GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT GRANT, TRUSTEES DOCTOR CASTILLO, [00:45:02] AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO GO OVER OUR UPDATE WITH OUR SUMMER 2026 EXPANDED LEARNING PROGRAMS. I ALSO HAVE HERE OUR COORDINATOR, KRISTIN MARTIN, WHO WILL ALSO BE CO-PRESENTING THIS PRESENTATION WITH ME TODAY. I WANT TO START WITH OUR EXPANDED LEARNING PROGRAM OVER THE SUMMER. FOCUSES ON ALL FIVE OF OUR GOALS FOR THE DISTRICT. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS YEAR, WE WERE VERY INTENTIONAL IN PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL GROWTH FOR OUR STAFF AND ALSO FOR OUR STUDENT FOR PARENT ENGAGEMENT. THIS PRESENTATION WILL FOCUS ON FOUR AREAS THE PURPOSE OF THE EXPANDED LEARNING, OUR ENROLLMENT DATA IN ATTENDANCE, THE LEARNING OUTCOMES, AND ALSO WHAT THE PROGRAMS LOOK LIKE THIS SUMMER. I'LL START WITH THE PURPOSE OF EXPANDED LEARNING. OUR PROGRAMS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR K TO 12 STUDENTS IN DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE OFFER PROGRAMING THIS SUMMER. DURING OUR SUMMER, WE PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH REMEDIATION AND INTERVENTION. OUR YOUNGER STUDENTS HAD OPPORTUNITY FOR A SMALL INTERVENTION. WE PROVIDED ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS. WE ALSO OFFERED ACCELERATED CREDIT COMPLETION AND RECOVERY FOR OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS, AND ALSO THROUGH THAT PERSONALIZED ATTENTION AND THROUGH PROGRESS MONITORING WITH OUR SMALL STUDENT GROUPS AND ALSO EMBEDDED OUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS TO ALL PREVENT SUMMER LEARNING LOSS. SO WHAT OUR ENROLLMENT DATA LOOKS LIKE, I WILL GO OVER ENROLLMENT. THIS IS ENROLLMENT FOR ALL OF OUR TK FIVE PROGRAMS. WE OFFER THREE PROGRAMS THIS SUMMER BANYAN CREEK, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS AND WINTER RANCH. WE HAD A TOTAL OF 703 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM. THIS IS A LIST OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS FROM ALL OF OUR OUR K-8 SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT THAT ATTENDED. WE SERVED OVER 518 STUDENTS AT OUR UP STUDENTS OUT OF THE 703. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE TARGETING OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE IN MOST NEED FOR SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES. WITH ENROLLMENT, ATTENDANCE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, RIGHT? WE HAVE ENROLLMENT. BUT NOW I ALSO WANT TO FOCUS ON ATTENDANCE OVER THE SUMMER. SO HERE IS AN AVERAGE WEEKLY ATTENDANCE OF WHAT OUR SUMMER LOOK LIKE. AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM, WE END UP WITH VERY GOOD PARTICIPATION. AND THEN AS YOU SEE, WE DECLINED BY AN INCREASE. OUR NEWS DEALER LITERACY LEARNING LAB, WE HAD AN AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OF 84% OF STUDENTS. AGE AND HEIGHT OFFERED FREEDOM SCHOOLS. WE AVERAGED A 75% AVERAGE ATTENDANCE AND WITH A RANCH HAD GENERATION TEACH, WHICH AVERAGED ABOUT A 78%. WE SEE THIS EVERY SUMMER, JULY. WE START TO SEE DECLINE. WE SEE FAMILIES TAKE VACATIONS AND STUDENTS JUST STOP COMING TO PROGRAM FOR NATOMAS MIDDLE. WE OFFERED ENROLLMENT TO 164 164 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PROGRAM. HERE'S A LIST OF ALL OF THE SCHOOLS THAT STUDENTS PARTICIPATED FROM. AND MS PROGRAM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND HAS BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM THERE. YOU'LL LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT WE OFFER THERE, BUT HERE'S WHAT OUR NUMBERS LOOK LIKE FROM. OUR HIGH SCHOOL, WE OFFERED HIGH SCHOOL, SUMMER SCHOOL. WE ALWAYS OFFER SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS EXCEPT LEADER GREEN OFFERS THREE SESSIONS SO STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE THROUGH THE MONTH OF JUNE INTO JULY. AND HERE'S OUR NUMBERS FOR ENROLLMENT FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. WE ALSO OFFER EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR. AS I SAID, WE HAVE TK TO ADULT 12TH GRADE THROUGH THE MONTH OF JUNE, JUNE 30TH THROUGH THE 30TH. WE OFFER A PROGRAM AT TWO RIVERS AND NATOMAS HIGH SCHOOL. WE SERVED OVER 300 STUDENTS THERE WITH EMPHASIS IS TO. FOR AN IEP, GOAL MAINTENANCE AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. NOW I'LL GO OVER THE OVERVIEW. SO I SPOKE ABOUT ATTENDANCE. I SPOKE ABOUT ENROLLMENT. NOW HERE IS WHAT WE OFFER DISTRICT WIDE. AS YOU CAN SEE THE PROGRAMS I MENTIONED ARE. AND YOU SEE LITERACY LAB FREEDOM SCHOOLS GENERATION TEACH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM AND OUR HIGH SCHOOL. THIS YEAR, THE MENU LOOKED A LITTLE DIFFERENT. WE WERE VERY INTENTIONAL, LIKE I SAID, TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AN INCREASED FOCUS ON SCIENCE OF READING. WE ALSO HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO USE OUR GENERATION NEXT, NEXT GEN MATH PLATFORM THAT WE USE AS A RESOURCE FOR OUR TEACHERS THERE. AND WE ALSO CONTINUED WITH OUR CTE PROGRAM AT NATOMAS MIDDLE. WE NOTICED THAT THAT IS A VERY STRONG OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, BECAUSE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE MUCH LESS ENROLLMENT. SO I CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT WE DID IN ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, BUT IT'S BEST TO JUST SHOW YOU IN A QUICK VIDEO SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE DID. SO I'M GOING TO PLAY THIS VIDEO FOR YOU ALL. [00:50:06] CHANGE TWO TOUCH. IN THE SUMMER, WE HAVE THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE OUR ELITE STAFF WORKING ALONGSIDE OUR DISTRICT TEACHERS AT BANNING CREEK, SUPPORTING STUDENTS SO THEY COULD REALLY GET SMALL GROUP AND ONE ON ONE SUPPORT WITH THEIR ACADEMICS. AND THEN THEY HAD STAFF WORKING WITH THEM IN THE AFTERNOON DURING ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES. SO THAT HELPED THEM. I THINK OVERALL, THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DAY, OUR SUMMER SCHOOL MODEL REALLY ALLOWED FOR OUR STUDENTS TO EXPERIENCE THE FULL COMPREHENSIVE LITERACY BLOCK OF INSTRUCTION, WHICH INCLUDED WORD RECOGNITION. SO THEIR PHONICS, THEIR PHONEMIC AWARENESS, AS WELL AS THEIR LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION. WHAT MAKES ME MOST EXCITED ABOUT OUR WORK THIS SUMMER WAS THAT WE WEREN'T JUST HELPING STUDENTS OVER A FEW WEEKS, WE WERE ALSO HELPING OUR TEACHERS GROW, WHICH MEANS MANY MORE STUDENTS WILL BENEFIT FROM THESE PRACTICES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. I WOULD READ THE WORD AND THE DEFINITION, AND THEN YOU GUYS WOULD REPEAT AFTER ME, ALL RIGHT, BECOME A LAW. BECOME A LAW, AND TEACH IS A STEM ACADEMY WHERE THEY TEACH US LAW. AND THEIR EMPHASIS IS MORE INTO THINGS THAT THEY NEED HELP ON, LIKE MATH AND READING. THIS YEAR AT WINTER RANCH, WE PARTNERED WITH GENERATION TEACH. WE THOUGHT BRINGING THEM TO NATOMAS WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION FOR OUR PARENTS AND OUR STUDENTS. NOW, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THE LAW THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO, LEARNING DIFFERENT LAWS THAT I WOULD DEFINITELY NEED IN YOUTH. SOMETHING INSIDE SO STRONG. ARMS UP WATER BECAUSE IT'S REALLY WHAT WAS HOT. OH, THEY'RE GETTING ANYONE. THE OVERALL GOAL IS TO ENRICH THE SCHOLARS AND HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN BE SAFE AND HAVE PEOPLE AROUND THEM WHO BELIEVE IN THEM. BECAUSE ONCE YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT BELIEVES IN YOU, THEN YOU CAN DO ANYTHING AFTER THAT. SO WE'RE STARTING HERE, AND THEN ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE TEACH COME HERE WILL LEAD INTO THE REST OF THE WORLD. WE'RE GONNA DO IT ANYWAY. THANK YOU ANYWAY. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S LEARNING, THERE'S ENGAGEMENT, THERE'S FUN. WE JUST HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME THIS SUMMER WITH OUR STUDENTS. ALL RIGHT, SO NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO CHRIS AND MARTIN. AWESOME. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. ONE THING I WANT TO CALL OUT WAS OUR DESIGN WAS INTENTIONAL FOR THE LITERACY LAB THAT WE BUILT AT BANNON CREEK, AND THAT WAS TO CREATE COLLABORATION WITH OUR TOSAS AND OUR LEAD TEACHERS TO REALLY BUILD THEIR CONFIDENCE AND THE CAPACITY WITH LITERACY INSTRUCTION IN NUSD. AND WE DID THAT BY HAVING MODEL CLASSROOMS WHERE TEACHERS WERE MODELING EFFECTIVE LITERACY INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES FOR OTHER TEACHERS TO OBSERVE. WE ACTUALLY INCLUDED A COHORT FOR A WEEK WHERE 13 TEACHERS WERE ABLE TO COME AND RECEIVE PD FROM OUR LITERACY TOSAS, AND THEN GO AND MAKE OBSERVATIONS IN THE CLASSROOMS AND PLAN INSTRUCTION FOR THEIR CLASSROOMS FOR THE 2627 SCHOOL YEAR. FOR OUR MODEL, WE DID FRAME IT OUT WITH SOME THREE GOALS IN MIND AS WE BUILT OUT OUR PROGRAM. AND SO THE FIRST WAS TO INCREASE STUDENT LITERACY OUTCOMES. AND WE REALLY TOOK THE ACTION IN THE SUMMER TO IMPLEMENT THAT SYSTEMATIC, EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION FOR LITERACY IN OUR MODEL. AND WE FOUND AT THE END OF SUMMER, WE SAW OVERALL, THE STUDENTS IN SUMMER SCHOOL MADE MEANINGFUL GROWTH USING OUR DIBELS ASSESSMENT. OUR NEXT GOAL WAS TO BUILD TEACHER CAPACITY. AND WE REALLY DID THAT THROUGH TEACHER LEADERS ON CAMPUS, AS WELL AS PARTNERING WITH TOSAS, DOING MODELING AND CO-TEACHING WITH THE TEACHERS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. AND WE FOUND AT THE END, 100% OF TEACHERS REPORTED BEING CONFIDENT OR VERY CONFIDENT WITH THE IMPLEMENTING THE LITERACY BLOCK AFTER SUMMER WHEN THEY TOOK IT BACK TO THEIR CLASSROOM. AND THE LAST PART WAS STRENGTHENING LITERACY BLOCK IMPLEMENTATION. SO WE PROVIDED PD ON ALL THE COMPONENTS OF A COMPREHENSIVE LITERACY BLOCK FOR OUR TEACHERS, AND WE INVITED A COHORT OF TEACHERS TO COME AND GET THAT PD, ALONG WITH THE TEACHERS TEACHING SUMMER SCHOOL. AND WE FOUND THAT THE TEACHERS THAT WERE IN THE COHORT WERE ABLE TO USE THE TIME IN THE SUMMER TO PLAN OUT THEIR ELA BLOCK WITH SUPPORT FROM OUR TOSA TEAM, WHICH WAS REALLY EXCITING. HERE'S SOME PICTURES. WE SAW THE VIDEO. I ACTUALLY THINK WE SAW ONE OF OUR TEACHERS OR BOTH OF OUR TEACHERS IN THE VIDEO, BUT THE THING I WANT TO CALL OUT IS HERE WE SEE OUR STUDENT, THEY'RE PRACTICING THEIR SKILLS USING A CONNECTED TEXT. WE KNOW THAT WITH PHONICS, AS THEY'RE LEARNING THOSE PATTERNS, IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO SEE IT AND READ IT IN A CONNECTED TEXT WHERE THOSE PATTERNS ARE PRESENT. AND HERE WE HAVE A TEACHER USING OUR UFLI WORD MATS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH THAT EXPLICIT, SYSTEMATIC INSTRUCTION THAT WE KNOW IS NEEDED FOR OUR STUDENTS WITH LITERACY. AND LAST, WE HAVE A PICTURE OF OUR TEACHER. SHELBY SALYERS, WHO IS DOING A SMALL GROUP FOR STUDENTS. WE REALLY SUPPORTED TEACHERS WITH LOOKING AT THE DATA EACH WEEK FROM THEIR LITERACY INSTRUCTION AND PULLING STUDENTS TO WORK ON THOSE TARGETED SKILLS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED FROM THE DATA. AND HERE WE HAVE SOME SOME STAFF VOICE. [00:55:04] SO WE ALWAYS WANT TO HEAR NOT JUST HOW IT WAS EXPERIENCED FROM THE TEAM OR ARTOCES, BUT ALSO FROM THE TEACHERS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAM. AND SO HERE WE SEE THAT FROM OUR SURVEY AT THE END OF SUMMER, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, ALL TEACHERS REPORTED FEELING AN INCREASED CONFIDENCE WITH THE LITERACY BLOCK AND EXPRESSED REALLY A DESIRE TO TEACH WITHIN THIS MODEL IN THE FUTURE IF THEY WERE GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND WE HAVE TWO QUOTES FROM TEACHERS. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE QUOTE, BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THAT KIND OF RESONATED WITH ME FROM BOTH QUOTES. IS TEACHERS FEELING LIKE HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO COME ALONGSIDE A COACH AND OTHER TEACHERS THAT WERE MODEL CLASSROOMS AND REALLY DEVELOP THEIR PRACTICE AND HAVE THAT SUPPORT REALLY LEFT. THEY LEFT THE SUMMER FEELING EQUIPPED AND READY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS IN THE 2627 SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT. BACK TO LISETTE. SO NATOMAS MIDDLE. OUR FOCUS IS ELA AND MATH USING READ 180. THAT IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN USING FOR THE PAST YEAR. BEEN A VERY SUCCESS THERE AND ALSO INCLUDED CTE ENRICHMENT THAT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH KEEPING OUR STUDENTS ENGAGED IN PROGRAM. STUDENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND ENGAGE IN THE MATHEMATICS AND THE READING, BUT ALSO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAREER PATHWAYS. SO WE WERE ABLE TO BRING IN COSMETOLOGY AND ALSO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM AS WELL. AND STUDENTS HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO DO SOME HANDS ON ACTIVITIES THROUGH OUR CTE PROGRAM. SO THAT HAS BEEN A VERY GREAT SUCCESS. WITH THAT BEING COLLECTED WITH STAFF VOICE AS WELL, FOR THAT IS ALWAYS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO ALSO HAVE OUR PARTNERS AS OUR TEACHERS TO BE PARTNERS AND ALSO COLLABORATE AND GIVE US FEEDBACK. THEY ALSO REPORTED I WILL NOT READ THEIR QUOTES, BUT ALSO REPORTED THAT THEY SAW A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR STUDENTS WITH THEIR MATH AND ELA, AND ESPECIALLY HAVING THAT CTE COMPONENT VERY IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS. SO THEY GOT TO SEE SOME GROWTH AND ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW I'M GOING TO TRANSITION OVER TO SUMMER SCHOOL OUTCOME DATA AND I WILL SEND IT BACK TO KRISTEN. OKAY. SO HERE WE SEE OUR ASSESSMENT DATA FOR OUR K-2 STUDENTS AT BANNON CREEK THAT WERE WE USE THE DIBELS ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS THE SAME ASSESSMENT WE USE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND WE ALSO ADMINISTERED IT IN THE SUMMER TO REALLY TRACK AND SEE AND MEASURE GROWTH FOR STUDENTS AROUND THEIR READING. SO FOR K-2, THE THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ON THIS SLIDE IS THAT WE SEE THAT OUR STUDENTS IN THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER, WE HAD 41% OF OUR STUDENTS SCORING WELL BELOW ON THIS ASSESSMENT. AND BY THE END OF SUMMER ONLY 20, ONLY IT DECREASED TO 27%. SO WE SAW A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE SCORING WELL BELOW, WHICH IS AMAZING. AND WE SEE THAT MOVEMENT START TO MOVE TOWARDS. WE SEE AN INCREASE OF STUDENTS SCORING ABOVE. SO WE STARTED THE SUMMER WITH 18% OF OUR STUDENTS SCORING ABOVE, AND WE ENDED WITH 25% OF OUR STUDENTS SCORING ABOVE. BUT SOMETHING I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE. STUDENTS MIGHT NOT ALWAYS LEAVE A BAND IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE WERE SERVING THEM IN SUMMER, BUT WE DO SEE ON THE FAR COLUMN THE AVERAGE SCORE GROWTH THAT THERE WAS POSITIVE GROWTH, AN AVERAGE OF POSITIVE GROWTH FOR ALL GRADE LEVELS IN OUR K-2 PROGRAM. SO IN ADDITION TO OUR K-2 USING OUR DIBELS ASSESSMENT, WE HAD A COMMON ASSESSMENT THAT WE USED FOR READING COMPREHENSION. THE CLASS TIME PLATFORM WAS USED ACROSS ALL OF OUR SUMMER PROGRAMS TO MEASURE READING COMPREHENSION GROWTH FOR STUDENTS IN THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE. SO HERE IS THE SLIDE SHOWING OUR RESULTS FOR BANNON CREEK FOR THEIR THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE. IT FOCUSED ON SOME FOCUS STANDARDS THAT WERE DETERMINED BY AREAS OF GROWTH FOR STUDENTS. AND WE SEE IN THE FAR COLUMN THE PERCENT CHANGE OVER THE SUMMER FROM THE PRE TO POST FOR THOSE STUDENTS. AND HERE WE HAVE OUR H L AND HEIGHT FREEDOM SCHOOLS READING ASSESSMENT FOR THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE, AGAIN USING THE SAME COMMON ASSESSMENT AS BANNON. AND AT WITTER. AND HERE WE SEE THE PRE TO POST PERCENT CHANGE FOR THAT PROGRAM. AND THIS IS OUR WITTER RANCH GENERATION TEACH READING ASSESSMENT RESULTS. SO THOSE STUDENTS WERE ALSO PROVIDED WITH THE CLASS TIME ASSESSMENT ON READING COMPREHENSION. AND WE SEE THE PERCENT CHANGE FOR THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE FOR THAT. IN ADDITION TO LITERACY AT BANNON CREEK, WE ALSO DID SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH MATH INSTRUCTION IN THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE, AND WE USED OUR GO MATH CURRICULUM AND SOME OF OUR BUILDING THINKING CLASSROOM ROUTINES THAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT AND SEEN. AND WITH THAT, WE ASSESSED USING OUR NEXT GEN PLATFORM, WHICH IS A NEW PLATFORM THAT WE ARE PROVIDING FOR OUR STAFF. AND THIS FOCUSED ON CORE STANDARDS THAT THEY IDENTIFIED THROUGH IREADY THAT WERE FOCUSES FOR OUR SUMMER INTERVENTION. AND WE SAW A PRE AND POST POINTS CHANGE FOR EACH OF THE GRADE LEVELS AS INDICATED ON THE SLIDE. [01:00:02] OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE'LL LOOK AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL OUTCOME DATA. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAD 985 STUDENTS ATTEND SUMMER SCHOOL THIS YEAR. OUT OF ALL OF THE STUDENTS, WE HAD OVER 9000 CREDITS EARNED. 1900 WERE ORIGINAL CREDITS AND 7600 WERE RECOVERED CREDITS. SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO CATCH UP, MAKE SURE WE GET THEM TO GRADUATE AND ALSO ACCELERATE. SO AND THAT IS IT. THAT'S THE WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU ALL. ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE TAKE TRUSTEE QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT FROM SACHIKO KATSU. WE'LL TAKE THAT FIRST. SO IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING EXTENDED, BUT YOU STILL ARE FORGETTING ABOUT OTHER POPULATIONS. SO SOMEONE LIKE MY DAUGHTER WHO WOULD ATTEND SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THIS, NO MATTER WHAT YOU HAVE, YOU DON'T HAVE A DYSLEXIA PROGRAM. DYSLEXIA TOUCHES WAY MORE STUDENTS THAT YOU GUYS ARE HELPING. YOU GUYS SEE IT IN THE TESTING. YOU KNOW, THERE'S ISSUES. SO YOU NEED TO START DOING SOMETHING FOR YOUR DYSLEXIC POPULATION. THESE PROGRAMS ARE NICE FOR CHILDREN'S WHO DON'T HAVE CHALLENGES. AND JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE DYSLEXIA DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY NEED TO GO TO A SPECIAL ESY PROGRAM. THIS READING FOR DYSLEXIA COULD BE TAUGHT WITH EVERYBODY, SO IT WOULD BENEFIT WAY MORE STUDENTS THAN JUST THE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED CHILDREN OF DYSLEXIA. BUT THESE PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAVE HERE ARE NOT GOING TO TOUCH THEM, AND THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE SINGLED OUT INTO A SPECIAL PROGRAM OF ESY FOR THE DISABLED. THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE GENERAL EDUCATION LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. SO YOU GUYS NEED TO LOOK INTO WHAT YOU'RE DOING, WHICH TYPE OF POLICIES THAT YOU'RE HAVING FOR THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU'RE ACCEPTING, AND FIND ONE THAT CAN BENEFIT ALL THE CHILDREN, NOT JUST SOME OF THE CHILDREN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEES. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I JUST WANTED TO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO IT, BUT THE ATTENDANCE WEEKLY SLIDE FOR THE PROGRAMS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY GO BACK TO IT. WAS THERE ANY TYPE OF INTENTIONAL PROTOCOL IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR THE ATTENDANCE. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED VACATIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO WE CALL SO USUALLY LIKE AT THE BEGINNING, WE HAVE PROGRAMS IN. WE ASK FAMILIES, ARE YOU PLANNING ANY VACATION? ARE YOU PLANNING ANY TIME OFF? MOST OF THE FAMILIES DON'T COMMUNICATE WITH US AFTER. WE JUST KNOW THAT AHEAD OF TIME WHEN WE'RE HOLDING SPOTS TO. MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS ATTEND PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THE OF SO MUCH INTEREST AND THEN STUDENTS STOP DECLINING. BUT NO, WE, IT WAS JUST MOSTLY THEY'RE NOT COMING OR A FAMILY MEMBER SAID THEY WERE NOT COMING. OKAY. SO WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS WERE LIKE, WE'RE TOTALLY FULL. SO IS THERE A WAY JUST FOR THE FUTURE, IF WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SO MANY BECAUSE WE WERE AT LET'S TAKE WATER RANCH, WE'RE AT 86% THROUGH THE FIRST AND THE JUNE. BUT THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT JULY 13TH THROUGH THE 17TH, WE DROP DOWN TO 65%. MAYBE THERE'S FAMILIES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN UTILIZING IT. IT APPEARS STRANGE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A VERY POPULAR TIME FRAME BECAUSE EVERYBODY JUST TOOK OFF, RIGHT? MUST BE NICE. SO I MEAN, I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT DON'T GO ON VACATION THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT. YEAH. SO IF THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, BUT THANK YOU. NICE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE ALWAYS ENJOY YOUR PRESENTATIONS. THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE DATA, SO I'M GOING TO ASK FOR MORE. NOT NOW OBVIOUSLY, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS AS I'M GOING THROUGH THIS, WHERE MY MIND IS GOING IS LIKE LOOKING AT THE COHORT OF TEACHERS, FOR EXAMPLE. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AND IT CAN BE ANONYMIZED, RIGHT? BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE LONGITUDINAL DATA COMING OUT OF THAT COHORT COMPARED TO, YOU KNOW, HOW DID THEIR CLASSES DO PRE AND POST OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR AFTER HAVING GONE THROUGH THIS? AND HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO THEIR PEERS AT THEIR SCHOOL, AT THEIR GRADE LEVEL, THINGS OF THAT NATURE? LIKEWISE YOU KNOW, LOVE GETTING THE DIBELS ASSESSMENTS IN HERE. I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE BEST TOOLS THAT WE HAVE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE CAN TAKE SUCH INCREDIBLY DEEP DIVES. AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, SUMMER SCHOOL IS GREAT, BUT THE BIG QUESTION IS, DOES IT HAVE ANY LONGITUDINAL IMPACT ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE? AND SO LOOKING AT THESE COHORTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN SUMMER SCHOOL AND LOOKING, YOU KNOW, DID WE HELP THEM TO THE POINT AT THE END OF THE 26, 27 SCHOOL YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT DID THEIR SCORES LOOK LIKE AND WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE TO STUDENTS WHO WERE AT A COMPARABLE BASELINE WHO DID NOT PARTICIPATE? BECAUSE I THINK THAT HELPS TO DRIVE, YOU KNOW, FUTURE POLICY AND FUNDING DECISIONS ABOUT PROGRAMS LIKE THIS, WHETHER, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WHICH ONES SHOULD BE EXPANDED, WHICH ONES SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH SOMETHING MORE EFFECTIVE, ETC.. SO THAT WOULD BE MY [01:05:06] ONGOING REQUEST. BUT THIS WAS AND I RECOGNIZE THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN CRAM INTO ONE REPORT. SO THIS WAS REALLY GOOD. BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GIVE ME DATA, I'M ALWAYS GOING TO ASK FOR MORE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MAURA, I AGREE. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR ALL THE THE NOT JUST THE NUMBERS, BUT THE EXPLANATION BEHIND THEM. THERE IS THERE ARE SOME NUMBERS THAT I HAVE SOME QUESTION, ONE QUESTION ABOUT, AND IT'S THE. EXCUSE ME, I HAD TO CLEAR MY THROAT AND IT'S WITH THE OLDER. THERE SEEMS TO BE A PATTERN. IT'S THE OLDER GRADES WHERE THERE ARE THERE'S A DECREASE IN THE PERCENTAGE CHANGE FOR SOME OF THE PROGRAMS. AND SO DO YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, REASONS THAT ARE PINPOINTED FOR WHY FOR ONE OF THEM, I THINK IT'S FIFTH GRADE. AND, AND FOR THE OTHER TWO, IT'S THE FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE INSTEAD OF THE THIRD GRADE. IS THERE A REASON WHY IT'S THESE OLDER GRADES THAT THERE ARE CHALLENGES? THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS. TRUSTEE MORA WHAT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IS THE BANNON CREEK ELA MODEL WITH AN SD STAFF. WE HAVE GROWTH ACROSS THE GRADES. AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS THE SAME ASSESSMENT USED ACROSS THREE DIFFERENT MODELS. SO THE EARLY LITERACY MODEL HAS GROWTH ACROSS ALL THE GRADES AND THE FREEDOM SCHOOLS MODEL. WE SEE THE MIXED RESULTS IN FIFTH GRADE. AND THEN THE GENERATION TEACH MODEL IS WHERE WE ALSO SEE MIXED RESULTS. AND SO WHAT WILL BE WAITING FOR AS WELL IS TO EVALUATE WHICH PROGRAMS GET THE GAINS, AND THEN MAKE THOSE DECISIONS ABOUT WHICH PROGRAMS WE BRING BACK FOR FUTURE SUMMERS. OKAY. THANK YOU. I TRUSTEE HARDIN, SPEAKING OF THE GAINS, WHEN WILL WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION? AND DID EACH ONE OF THE PROGRAMS DO THEIR PRE AND POST TESTING? WE HAD ED SERVICES STAFF DO ALL OF THE PRE AND POST TESTING FOR ALL THE PROGRAMS, SO THAT THERE WAS AN EQUAL COMPARISON OF WHO WAS ABLE TO ASSESS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN GENERATION TEACH, IF YOU HAVE A COLLEGE STUDENT. WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A COLLEGE STUDENT NOT BE ABLE TO ASSESS IN THE SAME WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, AN ED SERVICES CURRICULUM DIRECTOR WAS ABLE TO ASSESS. SO ALL OF THE ASSESSMENTS WERE GIVEN PRE AND POST THE SAME ASSESSMENTS ACROSS PROGRAMS. THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT THAT THE FREEDOM SCHOOLS PROGRAM THAT IS THEIR OWN ASSESSMENT FROM THE CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND. BUT THEY INDICATED THEY WOULDN'T HAVE IT TO US UNTIL THE END OF OCTOBER. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GREAT WORK. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SUFFICIENCY OF K THROUGH 12 GRADE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. I WOULD NOW LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUFFICIENCY OF K 12 GRADE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AT 7:10 P.M.. I DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM FROM SACHIKO KONATSU. SO ONCE AGAIN, EVERY YEAR YOUR L ADVISORY BOARDS IN THE SCHOOLS SAY THAT THEY NEED A SET OF BOOKS AT ALL OF THE SCHOOLS IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. FOR OVER 20 YEARS THAT I'VE HAD CHILDREN IN THIS DISTRICT, I'VE YET TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. BUT YET EVERY YEAR THE PARENTS SAY, WHAT'S THE BEST TOOL THAT YOU CAN HELP TO HELP YOUR KIDS TO BE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND GET THOSE SETS OF BOOKS. BUT AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN HERE, I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT HAPPEN. SO WHEN YOU GUYS ARE ORDERING MORE THINGS AND GOING WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT COMPANIES, YOU GUYS NEED TO BE LOOKING AT YOUR PUNJABI, YOUR SPANISH, YOUR CHINESE, OUR BIG HMONG POPULATION AND GET MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU'RE GOING INTO CONTRACTS AND YOU HAVE THESE BOOKS AVAILABLE, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THEM AVAILABLE TO BE TRANSLATED SO THAT THE PARENTS CAN HELP THEIR CHILDREN, THAT THEY WANT TO HELP THEIR CHILDREN, BUT THEY CAN'T BECAUSE THEY ARE ILL KIDS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? ANY STAFF FEEDBACK ON THIS ITEM? IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE? MOVED BY TRUSTEE. SECOND BY TRUSTEE MEHTA. HELEN, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? I GRANT I. HARDIN. I. MEHTA. I. MORA. I. SOKOLOVA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. THE HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP ARE OUR ACTION ITEMS. ACTION ITEM A, APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2632 FOR THE SUFFICIENCY OF K-12 TEXTBOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL [XVIII.a. Approve Resolution No. 26-32 for Sufficiency of K-12 Textbooks and Instructional Materials] [01:10:05] MATERIALS. MOVE. APPROVAL. MOVED BY TRUSTEE. SECOND. SECONDED BY. TRUSTEE. MAURA. HELEN, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? DOSSIER I. GRANT I. HARDIN. I. MEHTA. I. MORA. I. SOKOLOVA. I. ADMISSION CARRIES SIX ZERO. ACTION. ITEM B APPROVED. RESOLUTION NUMBER 2633. ADVOCATING FOR INCREASED FEDERAL FUNDING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES. [XVIII.b. Approve Resolution No. 26-33 Advocating for Increased Federal Funding for Special Education Services] I DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. IS IT ELISA? OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GRANT SUPERINTENDENTS TRUSTEES AND OUR NATOMAS COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS ELISA AMEZCUA. I AM A NATOMAS PARENT LEADER. I'M ALSO A GRANDMOTHER AND LEGAL GUARDIAN OF A CHILD. SIX YEAR OLD BOY WITH AUTISM AND ADHD WHO RECEIVED SERVICES FROM OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. I AM HERE TONIGHT TO STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION NUMBER 2633 BECAUSE I KNOW THAT BEHIND EVERY FUNDING NUMBER, THERE IS A CHILD. BEHIND EVERY CHILD, THERE IS A FAMILY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECEIVE THE SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR OUR CHILDREN. THE RESOLUTION TELLS US THAT 16% OF NATOMAS UNIFIED SCHOOL STUDENTS RECEIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, YET IDEA FUNDING COVERS ONLY 6% OF NATOMAS UNIFIED SPECIAL EDUCATION EXPENDITURES. THE DISTRICT SPENDS APPROXIMATELY 41.8 MILLION ON SPECIAL EDUCATION, WHILE ONLY RECEIVING 2.6 MILLION FROM THE IDEA FUNDING. THOSE NUMBERS ARE NOT JUST A BUDGET. NUMBERS TO OUR FAMILIES LIKE MINE. THEY REPRESENT SPEECH SERVICES, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION, QUALIFIED STAFF MEMBERS THAT CAN SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN, ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, TRANSPORTATION AND AND SUPPORT THAT ALLOWS OUR CHILDREN TO LEARN AND PARTICIPATE ALONGSIDE THEIR PEERS. PROOF OF THAT IS THAT TODAY WE HAVE PARENTS. AND BY LISTENING TO THOSE PARENTS, I WAS ALMOST IN TEARS. IT BROKE MY HEART. I'M NOT SURE HOW WE COULD ALL STAND HERE AND NOT FEEL THE SAME WAY I FEEL. IT BROKE MY HEART BECAUSE ONE OF THOSE CHILDREN COULD BE MY OWN GRANDCHILD. IT IS HEARTBREAKING TO SIT HERE AND LISTEN. SO YOU'RE AT TIME WITH CONSENT OF THE BOARD. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN EXTRA MINUTE TO FINISH HERE. IS THAT OKAY? THAT WILL BE OKAY. AND I WILL GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THAT IS WHY THIS RESOLUTION MATTERS. I ASKED THE BOARD TO CONTINUE ADVOCATING LOUDLY AND CONSISTENTLY FOR SUSTAINABLE SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING BECAUSE SPECIAL EDUCATION ISN'T AN EXTRA. OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT EXTRA. THEY ARE STUDENTS. THEY ARE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT DESERVE RESOURCES FOR THEM TO BELONG AND THRIVE. AND FOR THAT REASON, I AM ALSO A PARENT THAT IS CREATING A SPACE FOR OUR CHILDREN. EVERY MONTH SINCE JUNE, I'VE BEEN HAVING A MONTHLY COMMUNITY WALK FOR AUTISM, A DISABILITY ACCEPTANCE, AND IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. AND THAT TELLS ME THAT THERE IS A GREAT NEED FOR OUR CHILDREN AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN NATOMAS. AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT I HAVE PARENTS COMING FROM GRASS VALLEY, STOCKTON AND ELK GROVE. SO THERE IS A NEED. THERE IS A SPACE NEEDED IN THIS RESOLUTION MATTERS. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND THE EXTRA MINUTE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEES. TRUSTEE. MAURA, PERHAPS. TRUSTEE. I'M SORRY, TRUSTEE HARDIN. SEE YOUR LIGHT? LIGHTS OFF. LIGHTS ON. TRUSTEE HARDIN JUST WOULD LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL IF NO ONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OTHER THAN JUST. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MOORE, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND YOU KNOW, JUST ENCOURAGE US AS WE INTERACT WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO ALWAYS ADVOCATE FOR FULL FUNDING. SO. TRUSTEE MOORE YEAH, I MEAN, I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE THIS BOARD HAS SAID THAT THIS IS A PRIORITY. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT. IT SHOULDN'T BE A ONCE A YEAR, YOU KNOW, ADVOCACY VISIT THAT WE DO AT THE STATE CAPITOL OR AT OR IN DC FOR US TO CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR VOICE HEARD. RIGHT. BECAUSE WE HAVE A VOICE AS A BOARD. AND SO I THINK IT'S, IT MEANS SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD IS SAYING WE HOLD, YOU KNOW, THESE LARGER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO SUPPORT US AND OUR COMMUNITIES ACCOUNTABLE. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, ALL RIGHT. [01:15:03] TO ME, IT'S A MOTION BY TRUSTEE HARDIN AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE MARIE-HELENE. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? I GRANT HARDEN, METTA MORA AYE SOKOLOVA I. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. ACTION ITEM C APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2634. [XVIII.c. Approve Resolution No. 26-34 Designating the Week of October 12-18, 2026 as Week of the School Administrator] DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 12TH, 2026 AS WEEK OF THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION MOVED BY TRUSTEE SOKOLOVA. I'LL SECOND IT. SECOND BY TRUSTEE. GOODNESS GRACIOUS. WITHOUT OBJECTION, CAN WE SUBSTITUTE THE PRIOR UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL VOTE? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. ACTION ITEM D APPROVED. [XVIII.d. Approve Resolution No. 26-35 Recognizing October as Filipino American History Month] RESOLUTION NUMBER 2635, RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH. I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE APPROVAL OF THAT. I'LL SECOND IT. SECOND BY TRUSTEE MEHTA. THERE'S NO OBJECTION. WE COULD SUBSTITUTE THE PRIOR UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL VOTE. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OBJECTION. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. ALL RIGHT. THAT IS THE END OF THE PUBLIC BUSINESS. ADJOURN TONIGHT'S MEETING AT 7:18 P.M.. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.