SIT OKAY IF WE GET STARTED? >> I'M GAME.
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>> ALL RIGHT. THEN I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:32 P.M. AND TAKE ROLL CALL.
>>> THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. SUPERINTENDENT EVANS, I WILL NOW
TURN IT OVER TO YOU. >> GOOD EVENING.
THE OPEN SESSION MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS BEING LIVE STREAMED AT THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD.
THE LIVE STREAM IS AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AND THE RECORDINGS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING THE DAY AFTER THE BOARD MEETING. NUSD BOARD MEMBERS ARE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING.
THIS ACTION WAS TAKEN IN RESPONSE TO GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER AND RESOLUTION 20-07 DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO PROTECT STUDENTS AND STAFF FROM THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19 ADOPTED BY THE NATOMAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ON MARCH 16TH, 2020.
WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON UPGRADING OUR SYSTEM TO INCLUDE CLOSED CAPTIONING ON THE LIVE STREAM.
CURRENTLY IT'S AVAILABLE ON THE RECORDINGS POSTED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE THE DAY AFTER THE BOARD MEETING.
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>> NOW MOVING ON TO OUR CELEBRATIONS AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER TO HONOR OUR RETIREES.
>> THANK YOU. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS PROUD TO HONOR THIS YEAR'S RETIREES. EACH HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF NATOMAS UNIFIED.
THIS EVENING EACH RETIREE WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY NAME, POSITION, AND YEARS OF SERVICE WITH NATOMAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
A SPECIAL AWARD FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS BEING SENT TO EACH RETIREE THROUGH THE MAIL STOTT WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, CARLA BARRY, TEACHER, 24 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH OUR DISTRICT.
CAROLYN BLANCO. 20 YEARS OF SERVICE.
BRENDA BORGE, 23 YEARS OF SERVICE.
WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR RETIREES AND GIVE THEM OUR APPRECIATION FOR THEIR SERVICE. [APPLAUSE]
>> ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS?
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>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS FOR SERVING THE NATOMAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IT'S AMAZING WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT MANY PEOPLE LISTED HERE HAVE YEARS OF SERVICE IN OUR DISTRICT AND I THINK THAT'S REAL COMMITMENT TO OUR DISTRICT.
SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM. WE APPRECIATE WHAT THEY'VE DONE
FOR KIDS. >> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE.
ONE THING THAT WE DON'T SEE QUITE OFTEN THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL OUT IS THAT RAUL TORRES WAS AT AMERICAN LAKES FOR 32 YEARS.
THAT WAS HIS HOME. HE STAYED THERE.
YOU DON'T SEE THAT, THAT OFTEN. BUT EACH AND EVERYONE, I WANT TO THANK YOU. I'M SORRY WE'RE NOT ABLE TO CELEBRATE IN PERSON. IT'S ALWAYS A FAVORITE NIGHT JUST TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR ALL THEIR TIME THAT THEY'VE PUT INTO OUR DISTRICT AND THE GOOD THEY GAVE ALL OF OUR SCHOLARS OVER THE YEARS. THANK YOU.
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>> NOW MOVING ON TO COMMUNICATIONS.
HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY COMMUNICATIONS?
>> GOOD EVENING. OUR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS FROM NTA WERE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT COMMUNICATIONS VIA EMAIL PRIOR TO THE BOARD MEETING. WE RECEIVED A COMMUNICATION FROM CSDA WHICH WAS FORWARDED TO THE ENTIRE BOARD AND APPROPRIATE STAFF AND THE SPECIFICS OF THAT COMMUNICATION WILL BE RECORDED IN THE OFFICIAL BOARD MEETING MINUTES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW MOVING ON TO BOARD MEMBER
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COMMUNICATIONS. I'M GOING TO SWITCH IT UP.TRUSTEE GRANT, YOUR COMMENTS. >> YEAH.
THANK YOU. I WANT TO FIRST THANK THE BOARD FOR ISSUING A LETTER IN REGARDS TO OUR NATION'S CURRENT CIVIL UNREST REGARDING THE TRAGIC DEATH OF MR. GEORGE FLOYD.
I WOULD LIKE TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF MY UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES AND EXPERIENCE WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THIS NATION IS CURRENTLY FACED WITH, I DID GO AHEAD AND ISSUE A SEPARATE LETTER AND IN THAT LETTER, I ADDRESSED TO MOVE MY OWN TREATMENT IN RELATION TO WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON AND I ENCOURAGED A HEALTHY PATH FORWARD.
I THINK WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF PROTESTS AND I ABSOLUTELY RESPECT THE RIGHT TO PROTEST. AT THE SAME TOKEN, I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO REJECT ANYONE THAT'S GOING TO TAKE THIS MOMENT FOR THEIR OWN SELF-INTEREST AND PERSONAL GAIN.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE BENEFITS FROM HAVING THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS DESTROYED. THERE ARE A LOT OF BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES THAT I THINK WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHEN WE'RE MAKING THESE STATEMENTS.
SO I 100% SUPPORT PEOPLE AND STAND WITH THE COMMUNITY BUT I WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHO IS AMONGST THEM DURING THESE PROTESTS AND WHAT THE COST IS TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE'VE SEEN SOME PEOPLE COME OUT OF NOWHERE OUT OF TOWN JOIN PROTESTS AND THEY WANT TO ACT LIKE THEY'RE PART OF THE SOLUTION BUT THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIONS THAT I THINK ARE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE AND COUNTERINTUITIVE AND THIS REMINDS ME OF BACK HOME. I GREW UP I REMEMBER AT A VERY YOUNG AGE THE LOS ANGELES RIOTS AND I REMEMBER SEEING SIMILAR THINGS SO I THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT AS A COMMUNITY AND USE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF PAIN.
WE HAVE TO USE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF UNFAIR CONDITIONS AND USE THAT TO EDIFY OTHERS AND EDUCATE OTHERS.
AND SO I WANTED TO WRITE A LITTLE BIT MORE AT LENGTH THAT I THINK MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE CAPTURED BEST ON DISTRICT LETTER HEAD. I'VE GOT A LOT OF RESPONSE FROM PEOPLE. I'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE TO DISAGREE WITH ME. I HAVE SOME WHO AGREE WITH ME.
BUT I THINK THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF A HEALTHY CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THIS COUNTRY ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT, POLICE CONDITIONS, SYSTEMIC INEQUALITY, HOW PEOPLE ARE TREATED GENERALLY AND I THINK IT'S TOTALLY UNFAIR AND THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AT ALL THAT WAS HUMANE ABOUT THAT ARREST.
YOU CAN'T SIT ON SOMEONE'S NECK FOR TEN MINUTES, 200 POUND MAN, FULL POLICE GEAR, AND THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A POSITIVE OUTCOME RIGHT THERE. THIS MAN WAS NOT FROM THE RESEARCH THAT I'VE SEEN AND THINGS THAT I'VE LOOKED AT, HE WAS NOT BUSTED FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
THIS MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR SOMETHING MUCH, MUCH LESS SERIOUS AND IF YOU ARE NO MATTER WHAT ACTUALLY I TELL YOU WHAT, NO MATTER WHERE YOU COME FROM ON THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM, WE ALL HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS IN THIS COUNTRY AND I THINK YOU SHOULD BE ALARMED AS I AM AND AS I WAS BY THIS LACK OF DUE
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PROCESS FOR THIS PERSON AND WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE TREATED HUMANELY. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT LETTER THAT I WROTE.IT'S ON MY WEBSITE AND IT'S ALSO ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT. OBVIOUSLY I COULD NOT WRITE A PERSONAL LETTER AND PUT IT OUT ON DISTRICT LETTER HEAD.
BUT LOOK AT IT. I THINK IT'S THE BEGINNING OF PRODUCT DISCUSSIONS THIS NEED TO HAPPEN.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF TRUSTEES AND STAFF THAT ARE TRULY COMMITTED TO CHANGE AND NOT JUST USING WHAT'S ON OUR BANNERS, YOU KNOW, FOR A STATEMENT.
WE HAVE TO LIVE THESE MOMENTS. AGAIN, JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO CONSIDER HOW -- WHAT THE BEST PATH FORWARD IS IN THIS SITUATION. WORK PUT THINGS INTO ACTION.
RESPECT PEOPLE. LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
I DON'T THINK REVENGE IS GOING TO SOLVE ANYTHING.
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN OFF THE MIC.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE GRANT. >> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE GRANT.
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS THIS EVENING.
I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING THIS EVENING AND JUST RECOGNIZING I UNDERSTAND WHERE 2 ANGER AND FRUSTRATION IS COMING FROM. THIS IS NOT LIMITED TO JUST ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD AND NO OTHER WAY TO PUT IT, MURDERED. I HAVE MY HOPES AND PRAYERS THAT WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS AND BE BETTER FOR IT IN THE LONG TERM.
IN THE MEANTIME I'M JUST ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC AND KEEP SOCIAL DISTANCING AND WEAR YOUR MASK OUT IN PUBLIC.
KEEP YOURSELF AND FAMILIES SAFE. AND WITH THAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THEN JUST SAY I HAVE RECEIVE SOD MUCH POSITIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT OUR GRADUATIONS AND HOW EVERYONE PREFERRED IN PERSON BUT HOW OVERALL PLEASED EVERYONE WAS WITH THE QUALITY OF THE VIDEOS AND HOW PERSONAL IT FELT DESPITE THE FORMAT.
TECHNICALLY, WE'RE ON SUMMER BREAK.
CAN YOU TELL? SO I HOPE THAT ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OF OUR TEACHERS AND CLASSMATES THAT DO GET SUMMER BREAK, I HOPE YOU GET TO RELAX AND RECHARGE YOUR BATTERIES.
PLEASE STAY SAFE AND BE READY TO COME BACK IN THE FALL BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED YOU MORE THAN EVER.
EVERYONE HAS DONE SO MUCH ALREADY AND I JUST WANT TO AS ALWAYS EXPRESS MY DEEP GRATITUDE TO EVERYONE.
>> I'LL JUST ECHO THOSE COMMENTS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE RETIREES AND GRADUATES.
I DID SEE A LOT OF MAJORITY OF THE GRADUATIONS AND IT WAS A GREAT EFFORT. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO CONGRATULATE OUR STAFF WHO PUT TALL TIME IN MAKING THAT WORK AND ALL THE VIDEOS AND THE IDEAS THE STUDENTS CAME UP WITH.
IT WAS QUITE UNIQUE. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL REMEMBER FOR A LONG TIME. I JUST HOPE YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL HERE WITH YOU. THINGS NEED TO CHANGE AND WE'RE ALL COMMITTED TO WORKING TOGETHER AND WITH YOU TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THANK YOU.
>> SO THANK YOU TO MY FELLOW TRUSTEES FOR YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE CURRENT EVENTS IN THIS COUNTRY WHICH ARE SO HORRIFIC.
BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT I THINK GIVES ME A SENSE OF HOPE IS THAT WE'RE IN A VERY PRIVILEGED POSITION AS TRUSTEES.
WE ARE IN A POSITION TO NOT ONLY ADVOCATE FOR STUDENTS, ALL STUDENTS, MARGINALIZE STUDENTS ESPECIALLY.
BUT WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO CREATE POLICIES THAT ADDRESS THE INEQUITIES IN SCHOOLS. AND SO WITH THE CURRENT EVENTS WHAT I THINK IT DOES ALSO IS GIVE US A CHANCE TO PAUSE AND
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THINK ABOUT UP TO THIS POINT WHAT HAVE WE DONE AS TRUSTEES TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS EQUALITY IN OUR SCHOOLS.AND THAT STUDENTS ALL KIDS ARE TREATED EQUAL.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO I THINK WE'LL GO BACK AND REFLECT ON THIS. I THINK AT THIS POINT, ALTHOUGH WE'VE BEEN VERY CONSCIOUS OF THESE ISSUES IN OUR DISTRICT AND IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND IN THE NATION, BUT I THINK NOW IT EVEN BROADENS OUR LENS AND TO ASK THE QUESTION EVERY TIME, HOW DOES THIS CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF EACH KID IN OUR DISTRICT.
NOT ONLY THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND THE ACADEMIC, BUT HOW DOES IT CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF THEM DEVELOPING AS AN INDIVIDUAL OF WHO THEY ARE. WHO THEY -- WHERE THEY COME FROM. AND RECOGNIZING WHAT THEY BRING TO THE TABLE. THEIR VOICES.
AND ARE WE LISTENING AND ARE WE SEEKING OUT TO UNDERSTAND.
>> COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE VERY CONCERNED AND NOT QUITE UNDERSTANDING WHAT GUIDELINES MEANT AND YOU BEING ABLE TO REFLECT WHAT IS THE WILL AND THE WISHES AND IF IMPORTANCE OF THIS BOARD IN BELIEVING IN ATHLETICS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PART AND PUTTING FORWARD THE IMPORTANCE OF TEAM WORK BECAUSE I WAS -- WE WERE ON A ZOOM CALL WITH REGIONAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO. WE'RE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THAT AND ASK THAT EACH ONE OF THEM TALK TO THEIR SUPERINTENDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL TALKING AS A TEAM.
THAT WE PLAN THIS TOGETHER AND MOVE FORWARD HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS FALL SPORTS. THAT WE DO IT TOGETHER AS A TEAM. THANK YOU AND I'LL MOVE IT ON TO
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YOUR COMMUNICATIONS. >> THANK YOU.
I'VE BEEN ABLE TO USE A VARIETY OF MEDIUMS THIS WEEK.
SO I WON'T ADD ANYTHING ELSE EXCEPT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE RETIREES. I HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE FOR
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OUR STUDENTS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND REALLY WISH THAT YOUR RETIREMENT WOULD HAVE ENDED IN A VERY DIFFERENT FEEL THAT AN EMPTY BOARD ROOM AND SOME THANK YOU WORDS. WHAT YOU'VE DONE HAS MEANT A LOT MORE AND SORRY THE PANDEMIC DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO BE HERE CELEBRATING WITH US. YOU MADE THE LIVES IN THE DIFFERENCE IN SOME OF YOU THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS DEFINITELY HUNDREDS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE FUN IN RETIREMENT ONCE ALL THIS STUFF CHANGES DIRECTION.>> THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT EVANS.
NOW MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
DID WE RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA?
>> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMITS PUBLIC COMMENTS THROUGH EMAIL AT PUBLIC COMMENT@NATOMAS.ORG AND THERE
WERE NONE RECEIVED. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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BOARD MEMBERS MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.DO I HAVE A MOTION OR COMMENTS? >> NO COMMENTS.
I WOULD MOVE FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND.
>> MOTION APPROVED 5-0 APPROVING CONSENT ITEMS.
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NOW I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.MOTION TO APPROVE OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INTRODUCE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT JAVETTA CLEVELAND WHO IS GOING TO BE SHARING HER SCREEN ABOUT THE 2020-2021 PROPOSED BUDGET.
AGE THE TWO SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS.
THE DISTRICT DOES HAVE THE STATE REQUIRED RESERVES OF 3.6 MILLION. HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT DUE TO THE STATE PROPOSED BUDGET CUT OF 10% RELATED TO THE RECESSION AND THE IMPACT OF COVID-19, THE ONGOING REDUCTION IN THIS REVENUE, THE PROPOSED ONGOING REDUCTION OF 10.4 MILLION SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED THE DISTRICT'S BUDGET.
AS PART OF THE GOVERNOR'S MAY REVISION, THE STATUTORY COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT WAS SUSPENDED AND A DEFICIT FACTOR SOMETIMES CALLED A RESULTED IN A REDUCTION IN REVENUE OF 10%.
THE BOARD APPROVED $7.4 MILLION IN BUDGET REDUCTIONS WHICH WERE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND IT REPRESENTED 71.8% OF THE TOTAL STATE BUDGET CUT. THE BOARD APPROVED REDUCTIONS DID NOT INCLUDE ANY LAYOFFS OF EMPLOYEES.
DEPENDING ON THE FINAL STATE BUDGET AND SUBSEQUENT YEAR BUDGET, ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS MAY BE NEEDED TO MAINTAIN A BALANCED BUDGET AND TO MEET THE STATE REQUIRED RESERVES THROUGH 22-23. SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WE'LL BE IN THE RECESSION. IT COULD BE AN L SHAPE AND SO WE NEED TO KEEP OUR EYES ON IT AND SO THERE COULD BE ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THAT IN FUTURE YEARS.
OUR CBEDS ENROLLMENT INCLUDES ABOUT 102 ADDITIONAL STUDENTS.
HOWEVER, WHEN WE BUDGET FOR OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY CONSERVATIVE SO WE HAVE BUDGETED
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OUR 2021 REVENUES USING AN AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.THE REVISION PROPOSAL INCLUDED DIRECT PAYMENT OF PENSIONS BY THE STATE AND SO THAT REDUCES OUR -- PENSION EMPLOYER RATES FROM 18.41% FOR STIRS TO 16.15%. AND 22.67 TO 20.7% AND THAT'S PROPOSED IN THE MAY REVISION AND IS THE ONE TIME DIRECT PAYMENT TO STIRS FOR BOTH THE 2021 SCHOOL YEAR AND THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR. WE ONLY BUDGETED TO DO THIS AND SO UNTIL THE BOARD TAKES ACTION IT'S ONLY BUDGETED AS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNRESTRICTED AND IT GIVES THE BOARD THE OPTION TO APPROVE THOSE FUNDS IF NEEDED TO BE USED TOWARD PENSIONS IN THE 2021 SCHOOL YEAR.
WE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE BUDGETS $1.6 MILLION IN THE CARES ACT FEDERAL REVENUE THAT WAS BASED ON TITLE I DISTRIBUTION THAT WAS ALSO INCORPORATED IN THE 2021 BUDGET.
OUR DISTRICT GENERAL FUND REVENUES AND THEY'RE BROKEN DOWN BETWEEN UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND AND TOTAL GENERAL FUND, ARE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND IS $97.7 MILLION AND THAT'S MUCH LOWER THAN IT'S BEEN IN THE PAST BECAUSE WE MADE BUDGET REDUCTIONS AND THE STATE CUT THE BUDGET BY 10.4 MILLION.
SO 10.4 MILLION IN REVENUE WAS CUT BY THE STATE BUDGET AND SO OUR UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND REVENUES WERE ABOUT 107 MILLION AND IS NOW 97.7 MILLION. OUR TOTAL GENERAL FUND INCLUDING RESTRICTED IS $120 MILLION AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE PIE CHART BELOW MOST OF OUR REVENUE SOURCES COME FROM ATTENDANCE AND SO THE LCFF SOURCES IS BASED ON ATTENDANCE.
WE GET ABOUT 9300 NOW PER STUDENT AND THAT'S WHERE WE GET MOST OF OUR REVENUE AND THAT IS NOW 78% OF OUR TOTAL GENERAL FUND. IT WAS 80% OF OUR TOTAL GENERAL FUND. DUE TO THE REDUCTION IN REVENUES, IT IS A LOWER PERCENTAGE.
AND THEN WE GET OUR OTHER STATE REVENUE WHICH HAVE INCLUDES LOTTERY OR SPECIAL ED STATE REVENUE, RESTRICTED RESOURCES FOR AFTER SCHOOL ALL COME THROUGH AS OTHER STATE REVENUE AND THEN OUR FEDERAL REVENUE INCLUDES TITLE I, TITLE II, AND REPRESENTS 5% OF THE BUDGET. MOST OF OUR BUDGET IS SALARIES AND BENEFITS. SO 85% OF OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES REPRESENT SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND THAT SHOWED
HERE IN THE CHART THAT YOU SEE. >> AND THAT'S GONE UP BECAUSE MOST OF WHAT WAS REDUCED OR SHIFTED WERE NONPERSONNEL ITEMS.
SO. >> RIGHT BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MAKE CUTS, THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND ARE LOWER AS A TOTAL.
>> I GET THAT. BUT IT WASN'T 85% LAST YEAR, WAS
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> WE'LL BOWEL MOVEMENT DEFICIT
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SPENDING IN FUTURE YEARS AND THAT 9.6 MILLION WILL HELP STABILIZE THE DISTRICT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.WE'VE KEPT THE MONEY IN STABILIZATION OF 500,000.
OUR SCIENCE TECH MONEY HAS ALREADY BEEN COMMITTED OF 1.5 MILLION. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY LEFT OVER FROM OUR COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL SCIENCE TEXTBOOK ADOPTION SO THAT WAS $1.5 MILLION COMMITMENT.
WE'RE NOT INCORPORATING ANY INCREASE IN ADA SO THIS JUST HIGHLIGHTS OUR PROJECTIONS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
OUR MULTIYEAR PROJECTIONS WERE 21-22 I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THIS SLIDE.
ONE IS WE'RE USING A 0% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT INSTEAD OF THE PROJECTED STATUTORY COLA FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE TO BE CONSERVATIVE GIVEN THERE COULD BE AN L-SHAPED RECESSION.
AND IT COULD LAST MORE THAN ONE YEAR.
WE WENT WITH 0% FOR NEXT YEAR. WE REMOVED THE 1.6 MILLION ONLY FOR 2021 AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN OUR CARES ACT FEDERAL STIMULUS MONEY. WE HAVE RESERVES AS I MENTIONED ON THE EARLIER SLIDE BUT OUR BALANCE RESERVES IS PROJECTED TO REDUCE BY 5.1 MILLION AND WE DO HAVE A THREE-YEAR PLAN TO CONTINUE TO MAKE BUDGET REDUCTIONS.
FOR 22-23 FISCAL YEAR WE'RE USING A 2% COLA INSTEAD OF THE PROJECTED STATUTORY COLA FROM FINANCE OF 3.26%.
THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST OFFICE PROJECTED 1.11% SO WE KIND OF WENT IN BETWEEN THE TWO SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE USING TWO.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS.
IT COULD END UP BEING ZERO BUT FOR NOW WE'RE USING 2%.
WE ALSO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE STIRS AND PURRS RATES JUMPED BACK UP IN 22-23 BECAUSE IT WAS ONE TIME AND IT SUNSETS AND THEREFORE IS NOT PART OF THE 22-23 MULTIYEAR BUDGET SO THAT THAT IS INCREASE BACK UP WHICH IMPACTED AND INCREASED OUR DEFICIT SPENDING TO 6.6 MILLION. THAT WAS ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT INCREASED THE DEFICIT. AND SO OUR BALANCE JUST RE -- REDUCE ANOTHER $6.6 MILLION AND AGAIN WE HAVE A THREE-YEAR PLAN TO CONTINUE TO MAKE BUDGET REDUCTIONS.
IN SEPTEMBER. AND THEN HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.
AND OUR FIRST INTERIM BUDGET IN DECEMBER AS WELL WHICH WE'LL BE ABLE TO AT THAT TIME DETERMINE WHETHER WE CERTIFY POSITIVE BUT HOPEFULLY POSITIVE. AND THEN ANY QUESTIONS.
>> SORRY AT THIS TIME FORGOT I WAS ON MUTE.
>> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S A BIT MORE CHALLENGING THAN JUST
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PUTTING NUMBERS IN A SPREADSHEET TO GET THE BUDGET PUT TOGETHER SO REALLY APPRECIATE THE -- TO SAY THE EXTRA TIME WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT. I'M HOPING FEDERAL FUNDING WILL COME IN TO HELP THE STATE RESTORE MANY OF THE CUTS BEING PROPOSED SO I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SPENT DOING THIS. WHILE IT TO BE OPTIMISTIC AND ECHO THE THOUGHTS EARLIER THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE HOPE, I DO WORRY THAT THE ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY WILL CONTINUE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME AND WE ALL KNOW THAT IF WE'RE NOT CONSERVATIVE NOW AND REALLY AGGRESSIVE AND MAKE MULTIYEAR CUTS IN YEAR ONE, IT BECOMES THAT MUCH MORE PROBLEMATIC IN YEAR TWO AND THREE. IF YOU FOR MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION POS POSSIBLE.I APPRECIATE THE WAY THAT WE AS A BOARD HAVE BEEN VERY FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE AND MADE SURE THAT OUR RESERVES HAVE BEEN HIGH THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND REALLY CRITICALLY LOOKED AT SPENDING AND THOSE CUTS LAST WEEK WERE REALLY HARD.
THEY WERE VERY HARD TO MAKE. THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
>> AND I TOO WANT TO ECHO AND SAY THANK YOU.
THE CALL THAT TRUSTEE -- AND I WERE ON EARLIER GIVES ME AN SMIDGEN OF HOPE. I DON'T WANT TO EVEN SAY IT'S HOPE. IT JUST MEANS THE CUTS ARE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN WE DO KNOW IN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOUR THAT HE HAS THE SENATE AND THE ASSEMBLY CAME TOGETHER WITH THE BUDGET PLAN. AND IN TALKING WITH STATE LEADERS FOR EDUCATION THE PLAN IS GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE WHERE THE SENATE ASSEMBLY LANDED GIVING US OUR 2.31% COLA AND THAT'S ONLY TO AVOID HAVING TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION TO POTENTIALLY LOOK AT LAYOFFS IN AUGUST BECAUSE AS LONG AS DISTRICTS GET A 2% COLA, THAT IS NOT TRIGGERED SO LAYOFFS CANNOT OCCUR IN AUGUST WITH OUR CERTIFICATED STAFF AND THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET WHICH IS REALLY BAD AT THE 10% CUT SO IF WE'RE LUCKY, OUR DEFICIT SPENDING IS ONLY A LITTLE BIT WHICH HELPS US FURTHER OUT. IT'S NOT ONLY US BUT EVERY
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DISTRICT IN CALIFORNIA SO ANY CONTEXT YOU HAVE IN THE OVAL OFFICE, THE HORSE SHOE, WE NEED TO LET THEM KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. ONE, LET'S NOT MAKE DRACONION BUDGET CUTS BUT DISTRICTS NEED TO BE HELD HARMLESS ON THE ADA NEXT YEAR. SO LET'S PRAY FOR FEDERAL MONEY TO COME IN BEFORE OCTOBER AND THAT THE GOVERNOR DOES WHEN THEY MEET WITH THE LEGISLATURE AND CREATE A DEAL WITH THE NEXT WEEK BECAUSE IT IS EXPECTED THAT A BUDGET WILL BE SET BY JUNE 15TH.THEY WILL MEET THAT OBLIGATION BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL PLANNING ON LEAVING FOR THE NEXT MONTH. SO BASED ON AWFUL NUMBERS AND AWFUL CUTS AND NOT SO FUN STUFF BUT STAFF WORKING REALLY HARD WHICH WE SO APPRECIATE AND I JUST FINALLY WANT TO SAY BOARD MEMBERS I DON'T THINK YOU REALIZE HOW UNIQUE OF A POSITION WE ARE IN. WE JUST LISTENED TO EIGHT OTHER DISTRICTS TALK ABOUT HOW THEY ARE ONLY REALLY HANDLING THIS YEAR. AND THAT THEY HAVE MAJOR DEFICITS BUDGET YEAR PLUS ONE. LIKE, HUGE.
CATASTROPHIC. THEY ARE NOT LOOKING TO MAKE THE CUTS THIS YEAR. SO AS THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WON'T TAKE ACTION UNTIL JUNE 17TH.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING?
I MOVE TO CLOSE -- >> IF YOU JUST HOLD A SECOND.
>> I APOLOGIZE FOR THE INTERRUPTION.
I JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THERE WERE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
>> THANK YOU. AS I FORGOT TO ASK ABOUT THAT.
MUCH APPRECIATED. SO NO PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED.
MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> BANES CAN HAVE THIS ONE. >> I'LL NOW HAVE A ROLE CALL.
NOW MOVING ON TO ACTION ITEMS BOARD MEMBERS.
ACTION ITEM -- WELL, BEFORE WE HIT ACTION ITEMS, DID WE RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ANY OF OUR ACTION ITEMS THAT WE HAVE
BEFORE US TONIGHT? >> WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ANY OF THE ACTION ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
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WE HAD A WORK TEAM WITHIN THE DISTRICT FOR THE STAFF THAT WERE PART OF THAT. WE ALSO GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM OUR PARENTS THROUGH THE SITE AND DISTRICT -- AND THEN WE USED -- WHO PROVIDED SOME FEEDBACK FOR US.MADE SOME REVISIONS. AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO ENGAGE AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO THOSE FOLKS ARE.
THAT'S WHO THEY ARE, THAT'S THEIR ACRONYM.
THEY DO A LOT OF WORK WITH SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES, RESEARCH ANALYSIS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND WITH A FOCUS ON EQUITY AND HELPING ALL OF OUR STAFF BE MORE SUCCESSFUL AND THEN QTEL WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE.
SHE IS A VERY WELL KNOWN LEADER IN ENGLISH LEARNER WORK AND SO HER TEAM WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL WITH US IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
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BECAUSE WE'LL BE PRESENTING THAT TO ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS.AND I'LL ELABORATE IN A MOMENT ON OUR PD PLAN WHICH IS A TWO-YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH WEST ED.
A REMINDER THAT WE'LL BE USING TITLE III FUNDING FOR THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. TITLE III FUNDING IS SPECIFICALLY FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS.
IT'S RESTRICTED FUNDING AND IS ONLY USED TO SUPPORT ENGLISH LEARNERS. AND THEN CURRENTLY, WE'RE ALREADY PUTTING SOME IDEAS INTO ACTION AS WE HAVE IN ENGLISH LEARNER SUMMER SCHOOL PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE JUST HAD DAY THREE OF AND SO WE HAVE SOME GREAT TEACHERS WHO ARE TRYING SOME NEW INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES AND NEW ONLINE PROGRAMS AS WE HAVE THIS VIRTUAL SUMMER SCHOOL HAPPENING.
WE'RE LEARNING A LOT FROM THIS AND SOCIAL SECURITY VERY EXCITING. SO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT JUST TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE, YEAR ONE WOULD BEGIN WITH TRAINING FOR ADMINISTRATORS AND THEN A GROUP OF TEACHER LEADERS.
AND THAT GROUP OF TEACHER LEADERS COULD HAVE SOME IN DEPTH TRAINING BECAUSE THE IDEA WOULD BE IN YEAR TWO THEY'LL TRAIN MULTIPLE COHORTS OF TEACHERS SO THE JUDD TO REALLY HELP BUILD CAPACITY. IT'S NOT JUST A ONE AND DONE KIND OF PD BUT WHEN WE'RE DONE WORKING WITH WEST ED, WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THE KNOWLEDGE AND SPREAD THE LEARNING. SO WHO WILL BE TRAINED? I WON'T READ ALL THE DETAILS OF THE SLIDE.
IT'S REALLY THERE FOR YOUR REFERENCE.
BUT WE HAVE TO THINK STRATEGICALLY ABOUT WHICH TEACHERS TO TRAIN SO WE WANT ALL OF OUR TEACHERS OF THE BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT INTO ANY CONTENT AREA DAILY. SO AT THIS TIME WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AND ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
>> THANK YOU, ELAINE. I'LL MOVE BACK AND ASK FOR
QUESTIONS. >> YEAR ONE IS TRAINING FOR ADMINISTRATORS AND -- EXPLAIN THAT TO ME AGAIN.
SIT JUST ADMINISTRATORS AND KEY TEACHERS?
>> WE'LL START -- MY UNDERSTANDING AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON DETAILS WITH WEST ED THAT WE WOULD BEGIN WITH ADMINISTRATORS AND ONE GROUP OF TEACHERS AND THIS WOULD BE A GROUP THAT WOULD BE TEACHER LEADERS WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THEY WOULD CONTINUE SHARING THEIR KNOWLEDGE IN HELPING FACILITATE PD TO OTHER GROUPS OF TEACHERS THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
>> OKAY. SO -- SO MY QUESTION IS, IS I BELIEVE THAT IN THE DOCUMENT IT TALKS ABOUT THE NEED FOR TEACHERS TO UNDERSTAND THE BASIS OF LANGUAGE. HOW LANGUAGE IS DEVELOPED.
IN ORDER TO TEACH ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
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IS THAT PART OF THE PROPOSED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT?>> YES. WE WOULD REALLY FOCUS ON THAT INSTRUCTIONAL FRAME WORK THAT QTEL DEVELOPED WHICH IS BASED ON THEORY AND MAKING SURE OUR TEACHERS HAVE A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION.
JOB EMBEDDED PD WITH OUR ELD TEACHERS ANDING WE HAVE SOME GREAT MOMENTUM DOING EVEN THROUGH DISTANCE LEARNING AND EVEN NOW THROUGH SUMMER SCHOOL SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP LEARNING GOING WITH WEST ED. WE'RE JUST GOING TO GET I THINK THAT QUALITY UNDERSTANDING OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THAT MAYBE WE'VE BEEN MISSING. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF GREAT STRATEGIES BUT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO RAMP IT UP.
>> RIGHT. I CAN AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT, THE LACK OF UNDERSTANDING ABOUT L 2 ACQUISITION.
I THINK ONE OF THE MISSING COMPONENTS FOR PEACH
>> IF I CAN ALSO -- >> AS I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS, I'M THINKING THAT ONE OF THE THINGS I'M HOPING THAT WE THINK ABOUT IS WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY, WE TALK ABOUT MEETING THE NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS AND MUCH OF THE THEORY ABOUT SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION CAN BE ARGUED THAT IT ALSO APPLIES TO THOSE STUDENTS WHO MAY NOT SPEAK A SECOND LANGUAGE.
HOW WOULD THE TRAINING OF THE ELD TEACHERS, HOW DOES THAT BENEFIT ENGLISH ONLY, TEACHERS WHO IN THEIR CLASSROOM STUDENTS
ARE DESIGNATED AS ENGLISH ONLY? >> I THINK IT'S CRITICAL.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO REALLY LOOK AT SITES TO SATURATE SITES TO GET AS OPPOSED TO A SURFACE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO GET A REAL IN DEPTH AND BROAD PROGRAM OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR UNDERSTANDING LANGUAGE AND THE STRATEGIES. ESPECIALLY THE STRATEGIES THAT ARE ON PAGES -- I MEAN, WHAT IS IT, TABLE 4.74.9.
THAT'S ABSENT IN THE DOCUMENT. >> YEAH.
MY UNDERSTANDING OF THAT IS NEST LONGER A REQUIREMENT AND WHEN LOOKING INTO WHY THAT MIGHT BE, THERE ARE NUMBER ONE WITH THE
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AMOUNT OF LANGUAGES THAT WE HAVE SO WE HAVE ABOUT 45 AND THE SAME WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO ONE CHALLENGE IS FINDING ASSESSMENTS FOR EVERY LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE IT'S ALSO IDEAL IF THE PERSON CENTERING THAT NATIVE LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT IS ALSO BI-LANG WALL SO THEN LOOKING FOR -- BILINGUAL SO STAFF COULD ADMINISTER ASSESSMENTS. PRIOR TO SCHOOL CLOSURE WE WERE DOING RESEARCH AROUND THIS BECAUSE WE WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS AND NOT JUST WHERE THEY ARE WITH ENGLISH PROFICIENCY BUT THEIR -- HOW PROFICIENT THEY ARE IN THEIR PRIMARY LANGUAGE. THAT WOULD BE VERY VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR UGHS TO KNOW. SO I STARTED REACHING OUT TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE OUT THERE IN TERMS OF ASSESSMENT AND DIDN'T GET TOO FAR INTO THE RESEARCH BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE STILL LOOKING INTO AND DISCUSSING.BUT AS OF NOW, IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT.
>> I THINK ON THE CDE WEBSITE, IT DOES NOTE THE TEST FOR ASSESSMENT. IN SPANISH IF YOU WANTED TO TEST THAT. SGLOOERS MY CONCERN ABOUT NOT ADDRESSING THE ASSESSMENT OF THE PRIMARY LANGUAGE TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY IN THIS DISTRICT. NUMBER ONE IS I'M GOING TO USE AN EXAMPLE THAT I HAVE FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF A SPECIAL ED STUDENT WHO WAS -- WHO GREW UP IN A HOUSEHOLD WITH GRANDPARENTS WHO ARE SPANISH SPEAKERS AND SO SPANISH WAS HIS PRIMARY LANGUAGE. AND THEN UPON ENTERING SCHOOL, HAS TO SWITCH LANGUAGE TO ENGLISH FROM SPANISH TO ENGLISH.
SALVE THERE WAS NOVEMBER ASSESSMENT IN SPANISH FOR THAT SPECIAL ED STUDENT. IT WAS ENGLISH ONLY.
SO OBVIOUSLY IT'S ELL. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE MISSTEP THERE WAS THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT STUDENT COULD HAVE PERFORMED IN SPANISH. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT COGNITIVE ABILITIES EXISTED. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION THAT STUDENT CAME TO, TO SCHOOL.
AND SO THEREFORE THIS STUDENT IS ALMOST OPERATING AS KIND OF LIKE IN A DEFICIT BECAUSE OF LANGUAGE FOR ONE THING.
AND THEN THERE'S THE ISSUE. THEY DO HAVE -- AND WE PROMOTE THAT. THAT'S ON PAGE 54 OF THE DOCUMENT. SO KNOWING WHAT THE LEVEL OF SPANISH IS -- USE OF SPANISH AND LITERATURECY SKILLS -- LITERACY SKILLS, IF A STUDENT COMES INTO OUR DISTRICT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY HERE'S YOUR SCORES IN ENGLISH.
HERE'S YOUR SCORES IN SPANISH. GUESS WHAT, KID.
YOU ARE SO ALMOST BALANCED BILINGUAL.
THAT IF YOU CONTINUE THE USE OF THAT LANGUAGE AND YOUR PARENTS AND THE MESSAGE TO PARENTS WOULD BE IF YOU CONTINUE THE USE OF THAT LANGUAGE, YOU WILL EARN A SEAL OF BILITERACY.
SO WE TALK ABOUT ACCEPTING KIDS -- IN THE DOCUMENT WE TALK ABOUT NURTURING KIDS. RECOGNIZING THEIR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PROMOTING SELF-ESTEEM. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE LANGUAGE IN
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THIS DOCUMENT NOTE SOMEHOW THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE THAT WE WOULD ASSESS THE NATIVE LANGUAGE.IT GIVES ME A SENSE OF CONFIDENCE ABOUT THE GE OCCASION OF THESE KIDS WHO SPEAK A SECOND LANGUAGE IN TERMS OF PROMOTING THEIR LANGUAGE. WE TALK ABOUT MULTICULTURALISM.
BILINGUALISM. BUT ALSO JUST TO NOTE THAT THEY SEE IT AS A POSITIVE CHARACTERISTIC.
I THINK THERE IS EVERYTHING NOTED IN HERE THAT WE SHOULD ADDRESS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE DISCUSS THE FONTS OF KNOWLEDGE AND I'M LOOKING AT THE SCHOLARS THAT YOU HAVE THAT TEACHER CAN PROVIDE ELD INSTRUCTION IF IT'S THE CONSENSUS OF THE TEAM.
AM I INCORRECT? >> THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
AND I THINK THAT'S PAGE 12. THOSE WERE SOME OF MY QUESTIONS AND I CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AND SEE IF THAT WAS IN OUR JANUARY PRESENTATION AND I JUST DIDN'T LOOK AT MY HANDOUT AND IF NOT, IF THAT INFORMATION IS NOT IN THERE THEN I CAN REACH OUT TO YOU. TO ALL OF YOU.
>> TRUSTEE, YOU'LL BE OKAY IF STAFF FOLLOWS UP WITH YOU ON
THESE REMAINDER QUESTIONS? >> WITH THE QUESTIONS, YES.
BUT I AM -- I DO WANT DISCUSSION TONIGHT ON THE SECTION ABOUT ASSESSING WITHIN 60 DAYS. I DO WANT THAT TONIGHT.
TO ME THAT IS AN ELEMENT THAT WOULD STRENGTHEN THIS DOCUMENT.
TRUSTEE GRANT, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE?
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I ACTUALLY THINK SUE ON TO SOMETHING HERE. I WOULD APPRECIATE MORE DISCUSSION ON THE POINT ABOUT THE TIME PERIOD.
SO I'M GOING TO BE QUIET. I THINK SHE'S PROPOSED SOMETHING AND I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING FEEDBACK ON WHAT SHE'S
>> ARCHING I'LL ECHO TRUSTEE GRANT'S COMMENTS.
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THANK YOU FOR THIS. IT WAS A WELL WRITTEN DOCUMENT.ONE OF THE THINGS KIND OF ALONG THE SAME LINE THAT SUE ASKED.
WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE EO INTAKE IS AND BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND PROPERLY PLACE STUDENTS BECAUSE IT WILL AFFECT THEIR ABILITY FOR RECLASSIFICATION AND SUPPORTING SCHOLARS. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ASSESS OUR ON -- WE WORK WITH RESEARCH AND DATA.
WITH OUR EL TECHNICIAN. AND WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATION WITH SITES AS WELL BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PIECES THAT ARE TIED TO MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE IDENTIFIED AND THEN FOR RECLASSIFICATION, CONTINUALLY RECHECKING DATA. RECHECKING JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT OVERLOOKING BECAUSE A STUDENT MIGHT NOT BE ELIGIBLE AT ONE POINT IN THE YEAR BUT THEN LATER IS ELIGIBLE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE RECLASSIFYING EVERY STUDENT WHO
AND THAT KIND OF GOES INTO MY SECOND QUESTION BECAUSE WITH RECALLSES IF I OCCASION, IT COULD AFFECT THEIR COLLEGE CAREER PATHWAYS AND SUCCESS. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO KIND OF FOLLOW THE PROJECT -- PROCESS OF OUR FORMER EL STUDENTS ESPECIALLY AFTER RECLASSIFICATION TO MAKE SURE ARE THEY STILL GOOD. DID THEY REGRESS.
AND HOW ARE THEY DOING >> YEAH.
SO WE HAVE TO MONITOR RECALLSES IDENTIFIED STUDENTS FOR FOUR YEARS AND SO CENTRALLY, WE HOLD DATA ON OUR RECLASSIFIED STUDENTS. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION BEFORE WE GO BACK TO HEARING FROM STAFF ON SUE'S QUESTION, WE ARE THE SECOND MOST DIVERSE DISTRICT IN THE UNITED STATES.
WE ARE AS YOU SAID WE'VE GOT 45 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND EVERY MONTH THIS BOARD CELEBRATES. DIFFERENT CULTURE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE STATED THAT DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH AND WE BELIEVE IN MULTICULTURALISM. SO WHAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT -- HOW ARE WE MONITORING WHILE THE BOARD CELEBRATES AND THE BOARD HAS THIS PHILOSOPHY, HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE IT GOES FROM THE BOARD TO THE CLASSROOM IN SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING MULTICULTURALISM NOT ONLY AT OUR SITES BUT ALSO IN THE CLASSROOM?
>> I'LL SPEAK TO THIS. >> GO AHEAD.
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>> I'LL SPEAK TO THIS. HOW TEACHERS USE A VARIETY OF RESOURCE AND STRATEGIES AND TECHNOLOGY TO REACH STUDENT'S DIVERSE NEEDS AND THEN TALKING ABOUT HOW THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS HOW THAT PLAYS INTO HOW THEY PLAN THEIR INSTRUCTION SO THAT'S BEEN A MAJOR EMPHASIS FOR OUR PRINCIPLES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT WE TRY TO REPORT UP ON PERIODICALLY AND ADDRESS AS A GROUP WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THAT FOCUS TONE SURE THERE'S THERE.
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ANNUALLY YOU HAVE THE PRINCIPALS PRESENT TO YOU ABOUT THINGS THAT THEY'RE FOCUSING ON BASED ON THE DATA AT THEIR SITES.
TALKS A LOT ABOUT INSTRUCTIONS AND THINGS OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM AS WELL AND HOW THEY'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON THAT CULTURE AT THEIR SITE. NOW TRUSTEES TURNING TO THE QUESTION AT HAND OF DO WE WANT TO AMEND THE REPORT WHICH REQUIRES LANGUAGE INTAKE TO MOVE THE REPORT SAYS 90 DAYS TO MOVE IT TO 60 DAYS. AWAY FROM THAT WHEN THE CLOSURES HAPPENED SO WE DID NOT FEEL WE HAD SOMETHING FIRM ENOUGH TO PUT IN THERE TO COMMIT TO DOING THAT TYPE OF ASSESSMENT AT THIS
JUNCTURE. >> SO WOULD YOU BE OKAY WITH THAT? I'LL GET YOU TRUSTEE GRANT, I SEE YOU. THAT WE MOVE THE MASTER PLAN FORWARD AS IS WITH THE KIND ON THE FLOOR I GUESS AMENDMENT AND DIRECTION TO STAFF TO BRING IT BACK WITH DATA AND INFORMATION TO AMEND THE MASTER PLAN THAT ADDRESSES THIS.
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>> SORRY. I'M HAVING A CHARGING ISSUE.
SO I THINK -- >> SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS WHAT'S OUR TIMELINE IN NEEDING THIS TO BE APPROVED? COULD WE FIND AN ANSWER AND COME BACK AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING
IN TWO WEEKS? >> WE COULD NOT PROMISE YOU THAT WE'D BE READY IN TWO WEEKS. WE'D HAVE TO DO AN ANALYSIS AND IT MIGHT COME BACK IN JULY. THERE IS NO DEADLINE.
SO WHEN WE ARRIVED IT HAD BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY OUTDATED.
WE UP DATED IT AND NOW WE'VE UPDATED IT AGAIN.
SO THERE IS NOT AN URGENT NEED TO BE FRANK.
SO IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO WAIT AND DIG INTO THAT -- THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE KNOW WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO WHICH IS TEST ALL STUDENTS IN 45 LANGUAGES. THERE IS NOT A FIRE ON THIS ISSUE. RIGHT.
SO WE GOT PLENTY OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON.
BUT NOT ON THIS ISSUE. SO TO TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME AND DIG INTO THAT, I JUST CAN'T PROMISE YOU TWO WEEKS BECAUSE OF ALL SAID ISSUES. BUT THAT WOULDN'T HURT MY FEELINGS. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD HURT MS. HERERRA'S. AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A NEGATIVE COMMENT TOWARD THE STAFF'S WORK.
IT'S A VERY GOOD AND DETAILED PLAN AND IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PANDEMIC THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE A SECTION ON IT.
SO YOU CAN MOVE IT FORWARD WITH THE PROMISE THAT BY THE JULY BOARD MEETING WE BRING IT BACK AND ADD IN AN AMENDMENT.
IT'S REALLY JUST A PDF DOCUMENT THAT WE CAN AMEND.
OR YOU CANNOT HAVE IT APPROVED AND GO FORWARD AND I THINK THE ONLY POTENTIAL RED FLAG WOULD BE AS WE WORK WITH OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THAT COULD SLOW THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS WE ARTICULATE THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PUT SOME OF THE BIGGER PICTURE TOGETHER FOR WHAT THOSE RESULTS MAY MEAN. I'M NOT -- FRANKLY, I THINK CAROL, THIS MAY BE MY OWN BIAS BUT I SUSPECT IF WE ASSESS AS MANY STUDENTS AS WE CAN AND LET'S BE HONOR, THE MAJORITY OF OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS SPEAK SPANISH.
THERE'S A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY THAT 20% OF ENGLISH LEARNERS IDENTIFIED AS SPECIAL EDUCATION WILL BEGIN TO SHRINK.
WITH THE IDEA THAT WE TAKE TRAINING OF SECONDARY TEACHERS AND TEACH SECONDARY TEACHERS THE STRATEGIES THAT WORK FOR ALL KIDS AND WE DID SOME ELD WORK BUT IT WAS NOT AS STRONG AS IT
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COULD BE. AND SO PART OF THE PROPOSAL I BELIEVE WE HAVE FROM WESTED IS PART OF THIS IS TO BRING THIS PLAN TO LIFE. AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT WE EMAIL OUT OR PUT ON A WEB PAGE OR KILL TREES AND PUT IN A BINDER. IT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO PROFESSIONALLY TRAIN THEM AND HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE WHY THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.SCOMPLIENS NOT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE DO NECESSARILY ANYMORE.
FOR PERSONAL, PROFESSIONAL, WHATEVER REASONS.
WE'RE TRYING TO SAY HEAVERS WHAT HAVE YOU TO DO.
HERE'S WHAT YOU SHOULD DO. AND THEY MESH.
SO WE COULD DELAY IT UNTIL JULY AND THEN SEE IF IT HAS AN EFFECT OR APPROVE IT WITH MY PROMISE THAT WE WOULD BRING SOMETHING FORWARD BY JULY TO AMEND AND LET YOU ALL CONSIDER WHAT THE COST
AND TIME WOULD LOOK LIKE. >> MY PREFERENCE IS -- IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THAT I WILL FOLLOW HER LEAD AND
DIRECTION SO YOUR THOUGHTS. >> I WOULD LIKE TO WAIT UNTIL I GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MY INITIAL COMMENT AND JUST WAIT AND SEE. WE HAVE GREBE WHAT SIT, 48% OF IT BACK WHEN IT'S READY.
>> OKAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING.
THERE'S A PARAGRAPH IN THIS DOCUMENT THAT IS SO MOVING AND SO TIMELY AND I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT REAL QUICK. IT'S SHORT.
THIS IS DEDICATED TO THE ENGLISH LEARNERS WHO HAVE COME BEFORE US AND WILL CONTINUE TO COME INTO OUR CLASSROOMS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. WE TREASURE YOU AND THE DIVERSITY YOU BRING TO ALL OUR LIVES. NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE BUT YOU ALSO HAVE THE MOST IMPORTANT VOICE AT THAT TABLE. THAT IS SUCH A STRONG STATEMENT AND I THINK THAT SHOULD BE ONE OF OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES HERE.
IF WE SAY THAT THEY HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND THAT THEY HAVE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PLACES AT THE TABLE.
>> THAT WILL COME BACK WHEN THE DISTRICT HAS ALL THE INFORMATION TO PRESENT TO US. NOW MOVING ON TO ACTION ITEM C.
[Item IX C]
APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021 REGARDING STATE EDUCATION FUNDING IN LIGHT OF THE IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH COVID-19 PANDEMIC. STAFF IS BUSY.BUDGET DEAL COMING IN. THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF TIME TO AMEND BUT WE'VE GOT THE INFORMATION BUT THIS IS ALMOST A WAY FOR EACH ONE OF US TO USE THIS TO SAY, HEY, NATOMAS TOOK A STANCE TOGETHER AS A BOARD AND PLEASE BE AWARE OF THAT.
I SUPPORT THE INTENT OF THIS AND I DON'T WANT TO BE THE GUY WHO
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SAY LET'S REWRITE THIS FROM THE DAIS.I MAY JUST ABSTAIN. I DON'T WANT TO EDIT IT AS A GROUP. I DON'T THINK THAT'S A
PRODUCTIVE USE OF OUR TIME. >> IT'S EITHER WE APPROVE THESE TONIGHT OR DON'T APPROVE THEM BECAUSE THERE IS NOT TIME AS WE COME BACK A STATE BUDGET DEAL WILL BE DONE.
>> ALL RIGHT. SO EITHER WE TAKE A STANCE AS A BOARD OR WE DON'T. IT MAY BE THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN AND IT ALSO MAY BE OTHER THINGS. WHEN THE STATE IS ALSO DEALING WITH A BUDGET CRISIS, THINGS LIKE SPENDING AND THINGS LIKE THAT GIVE ME -- I I DIDN'T WANT TO JUST HAVE A VOTE WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE I WAS COMING FROM ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
>> I DIDN'T HEAR YOU COMMENT. WHAT KIND OF FUNDING? I'M SORRY. YOU FADED OUT.
>> WHEN THE STATE IS ALSO DEAL, THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE.
>> THE STATE DOES NOT KNOW IF IT'S DEALING WITH AN L-SHAPED
>> I'M REALLY -- I WANT TO SOAK IN WHAT HE'S SAYING.
YOU KNOW. THE STATE BUDGET WHAT WAS THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEADLINE FOR THE STATE BUDGET?
>> YES. >> I MIGHT SUSTAIN ON THIS AS WELL. I DON'T LIKE TO RUSH THINGS.
I THINK WE NEED TO -- I SEE THE NEED FOR FUNDING BUT I MEAN WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER SO I MIGHT ACTUALLY DO THE SAME THING.
>> MY APOLOGIES. YOUR STATED OPINION.
>> I ACTUALLY HAVE NO ISSUES SUPPORTING THE RESOLUTION.
I CAN SUPPORT IT TODAY. >> THIS IS RIGHT IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WE WERE DISCUSSING TODAY EARLIER.
THE MESSAGE WAS WE ASKED WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET OUR MESSAGE ACROSS AND WE ASKED ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION AND WHETHER OR NOT KNOWING THAT IT WAS ON OUR BOARD AGENDA TONIGHT DO WE MOVE IT FORWARD AND THE MESSAGE WAS THAT UNLESS IN VARIOUS FORMS KEEP EXPRESSING OUR ANGER ABOUT THE BUDGET.
THE NEED FOR FUNDING SCHOOLS. IT'S JUST ONE MORE PIECE OF THE PRESSURE FOR THE LEGISLATORS WHO ARE STILL GRAPPLING OR WILL BE GRAPPLING WITH THIS. BUT SO BESIDES PHONE CALLS WHICH WE'VE DONE. WE'VE DONE EMAILS.
WE'VE SENT LETTERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
I AM SUPPORTIVE OF APPROVING THIS AMENDMENT FOR TONIGHT.
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MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE ACTUAL BUDGET PROCESS. SO, YEAH.I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE MORE BUT THAT'S JUST ME. I WOULD RECONSIDER.
I THINK YOU KNOW MY POSTURE FOR SURE.
>> I RESPECT IT. I THINK IT SAYS MORE WHEN WE GET MORE OF A SUPPORT FROM A DISTRICT AND THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD ABSOLUTELY TAKE UNDER CONSIDERATION.
WOULD YOU BE AMENABLE BECAUSE I HEARD YOU KIND OF MAKE A MOTION THAT WE AMEND MOTION TO PASS THE RESOLUTION JUST REMOVING THAT
>> NOW, OUR FRIENDS IN OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS UP THE
HILL, WE WON'T TELL THEM. >> IT'S NOT BEEF.
I THINK THERE'S A BUDGET. A NECESSARY BUDGET ASK.
OKAY. WHETHER IT'S A BOND OR A DIRECT BUDGET REQUEST.
LOOK. I'LL ASK FOR THE 2 BILLION IF -- Y'ALL SEEM TO HAVE IF CONNECTIONS TO GET ME A MEETING.
I'LL ASK FOR THE 2 BILLION OUT OF THE BUDGET POT I THINK THERE'S A LOT IN THE STATE BUDGET.
WE WENT FROM $220 BILLION BUDGET DOWN TO A LOWER AMOUNT SO THERE WERE DECISIONS THAT HAD TO BE MADE AND THAT'S PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. I DON'T WANT TO GIVE A CIVICS LESSON HERE. I JUST THINK -- WHERE THAT IS, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT TONIGHT BUT THIS IS WHERE I AM. YOU KNOW.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION WITH AN AMENDMENT REMOVING THAT LAST STATEMENT REGARDING PUTTING A BOND MEASURE ON IF THE DO I
HAVE A SECOND? >> I'LL SECOND IT.
>> SECOND. WITH THE AMENDMENT CALLING THE ROLL.
THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. SAME THING, THIS IS NOW ACTION
[Items IX D & X]
ITEM D. REGARDS TO FEDERAL FUNDING.SGLILD MOVE AAL AOF ITEM D AND ALSO VOLUNTEER PER TRUSTEE GRANT'S SUGGESTION I WOULD BE WILLING TO CALL THE WHITE HOUSE IF YOU THINK IT WOULD DO ANY GOOD.
[LAUGHTER]. >> SO WE HAVE TO GO THERE.
>> YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TEARGAS
THAT'S TRUE. >> AND RUBBER BULLETS.
WE'LL GET THERE AS FAR AS WE CAN BUT AT LEAST TRY.
>> BE VERY CAREFUL. >> OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME AND CONSIDERATION AS ADJOURNMENT IS UPON US. I WOULD LEAST LIKE TO CALL FOR EACH OF US FOR A 30 SECOND MOMENT OF SILENCE WHICH IS DEFINITELY NOT ENOUGH BASED ON THE EIGHT MINUTES AND 32 SECONDS GEORGE FLOYD HAD TO ENDURE BUT AS WE CLOSE OUR MEETING OUT, LET'S SAY A LITTLE PRAYER AND A MOMENT OF SILENCE IF WE CAN ALL TAKE THAT TIME RIGHT NOW.
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THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.YOUR CONSIDERATION. AND ALL THE HARD WORK TO OUR STAFF. WE APPRECIATE YOU.
I HOPE YOU TAKE SOME DOWN TIME AND WE'LL SEE EACH OTHER VIA ZOOM HERE SOON. THIS MOTION IS -- MOTION TO ADJOURN AT 7:13 P.M.
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