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We can go ahead and get started. Evelyn,

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you want to kick us off with the roll

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call?

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>> Trusty Lee

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>> here.

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>> Trusty King.

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>> Trusty Marcus

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>> here.

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>> Vice President Weekly

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>> present.

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>> President Welsh

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>> here. Good evening and welcome to the

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December 17, 2025 meeting of the Redwood

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City School Board. Uh it's our last

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meeting of the calendar year.

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categor.

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We're so glad that you all joined us

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here tonight. Um you're all our partners

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in education. and the board appreciates

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your participation. If you wish to

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provide comments on issues of concern,

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please complete a speaker card uh here

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in person. They're at the entrance to

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the room and then you can hand it to

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Evelyn or uh you can fill out the link

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online if you're attending on Zoom or um

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if you're in Zoom, you can just raise

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your hand when the item comes up. Uh if

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you're addressing a subject that's

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listed on the agenda, you'll be called

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at the time that the item is being

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considered. And if it's not on the

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agenda, we'll call you shortly during

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the oral communication agenda item. And

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to be fair to all speakers, we do limit

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public comments to three minutes per

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person per topic unless otherwise noted.

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Moving on, it's our officer's rotation.

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Um, we do this annually. We rotate left.

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Shall the rotation commence

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be go ahead Dr. V. Before we begin the

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rotation, um, just to make the public

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aware of why we have to why we're doing

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this and the manner in which we do this

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each year. It says each year the

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governing board shall hold an annual

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organization meeting in any year in

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which the regular election of the

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district board members is conducted. The

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organization meeting shall be held

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within 15 days

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following the second Friday in December

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after the regular election. During all

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other years, the meeting may be held on

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any date in December, but no later than

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December 20th. During any year in which

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a regular election is conducted, the

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board at the regular meeting held

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immediately prior to the second Friday

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in December shall select the day and

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time of the organizational meeting. For

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any other year, the the day and the time

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of the organizational meeting shall be

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selected at the last regular meeting

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held immediately before the annual

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superintendent shall notify the county

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of the county of superintendent of

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schools of the day and time scheduled

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within 15 days prior to the date of the

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annual meeting. The superintendent shall

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not notify in writing board members and

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members elect of the date and time

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schedule for the meeting. At this

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meeting,

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we shall assign the following officers

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to rotation. And before we do that,

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um those of us on cabinet would like to

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present you with a small little gift.

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And we want to um thank you for your

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leadership, your hard work. You're

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keeping us on track and making sure we

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move in a fashion that is going not is

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going to make us feel that we are here

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for one purpose and that's for the

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students of Redwood City School

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District. And you've done that, Mike.

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So, I want to thank you for all you've

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done this year, working with me, helping

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me with the agenda, moving it forward,

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and this is for you.

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>> Thank you. Thank you. Let me Yeah, I'll

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open it. Um, here we go.

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>> Oh, it's so pretty.

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>> Yeah, beautiful plaque. Thank you. This

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is ve This is very kind. I appreciate it

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very much. Um, you know, I'm proud to be

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on the board, but what I'm really proud

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of is everyone here. Um, I'm really

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proud of the district, uh, the care and

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the passion I see across all the staff,

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um, our teachers, our classified

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professionals, um, principles,

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counselors, um, specialists, you know,

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the district office team. You show up

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every day for kids. Um, and I think

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that's what really makes a difference.

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that are the change agents. Um, and

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you're really you're really making a

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difference. So, thank you for carrying

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your students and their families with

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such commitment and love. I really

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appreciate it.

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>> Before you get out of that seat, just

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quick remark for me as well. Thank you

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so much for your leadership in the

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president position. Uh the trustees and

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I chipped in together. Uh we know that

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you and your wife really enjoy Love

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Joyy's Tea House in San Francisco, so we

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got you a gift card there. Thank you for

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your leadership.

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>> Thank you. Thank you. And side note, I

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hadn't actually opened the email yet. I

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don't know why they said viewed, but I

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did open it. So, thank you. I got it. I

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>> All right.

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>> All right. Rotation.

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>> So, we have the rotation. Uh, David

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Weekekley becomes the president. Cecilia

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Marquez, vice president. Jennifer King

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becomes the clerk.

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and the representative to Sonteo County

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Committee on School District

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Organization, David Lee.

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leazison to the California School Boards

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Association and the Sanonteo County

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School Boards Association, Mike Wells,

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and then of course the secretary of the

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board is a superintendent.

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Everybody I is everybody settled?

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Okay. And with our rotation complete, we

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are now going to move to changes to the

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agenda. Do my fellow trustees have any

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proposed changes to today's agenda?

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somebody to please move to approve the

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Um now we're going to open to public

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comment. Um do we have any people

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online? I have three speaker cards here

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for in person, but we'll start with uh

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in person here. And in no particular

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order, I would like to call Patricia.

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the front. Thank you, Evelyn, for taking

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comment that mom uh that parent just

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said. She said, "Uh, hello everyone. Uh,

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everyone from the board uh of directors.

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little nervous, but um I I just wanted

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to talk about the teachers, the teachers

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in our schools. Uh and I just wanted to

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ask you guys for support for this new

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year that's coming. So, and for the

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children, for the students, for the

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children. So, also please try not to

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make a lot of cuts. uh because honestly

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to lose a teacher if they leave and when

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we have a new one is just kind of like

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starting again and the sequence with uh

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the education uh gets lost. So I'm just

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asking please uh that instead of

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teachers leaving then maybe you guys

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just give them extra support and uh

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extra programs or something so they can

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uh have some enrichment and also

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students can achieve enrichment and

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it. Thank you.

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>> Gracias, Patricia.

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>> Good evening. Excuse me. Good evening,

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dear board members. My name is Augustine

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Espino, and today is a special for a few

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things. my daughter show to come over

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and see who I talk to when I come to

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those meetings and he she want to know

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who you are and the ones who make those

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decision. So that's is one the other one

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thank you uh Mike for uh caring uh good

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job being as a president is very uh

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appreciative thank you and continue also

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we want to be here to congratulate uh

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trustee weekly now he he's going to be

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the um president of the board so we are

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looking forward to work together and see

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what uh as a community we can do

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apologize if if he in my frustration uh

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at wanting to see a change in our

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children's education, I have

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unintentionally disrespect any of you.

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intention. I genuinely care about the

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education of our childrens and I hope we

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can work together constructively.

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education is. Begin denied a good job

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for for not being educated has awakened

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me to advocate for education for our

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kids. I want every child to have a fair

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chance of life and success and I hope we

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can all collectively make a change in

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those kids' future. Thank you.

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Thank you so much, Augustine.

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Good evening, board members.

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Congratulations on all your moving over

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and everything. It's feels like good

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energy is coming in and moving around.

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So, thank you. I didn't plan on talking

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today, but I went uh we had a chapter

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meeting the other night and I had

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numerous members ask me to bring

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something to the board just to mention

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and I I believe you've heard it before,

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but this the situation still sits and

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it's bothering our people and that's on

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these surveys that go out to our

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members. It asks you what site do you

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work at, how many years have you worked

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at, what position do you work? Now, if

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that can't be honed down to a person or

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two, our people are not completing

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surveys because they are concerned that

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they can be identified at what they

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honestly want to tell the board. And so

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if there's any way that you can somehow

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change your surveys to really make them

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you anonymous so they can freely give

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you their input. They do understand that

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you're open to receive emails or

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whatever. But many of them feel that

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you're closed off and you get it and you

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put it aside. So whatever we can do to

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build build a better rapport with the

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feeling that the board members care

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enough to look into the things that we

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bring to your attention. We're always

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here for you to ask us questions. If

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you're you get information and it

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doesn't sound quite right, please ask us

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because we will give you the

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documentation or whatever to support

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what we're trying to tell you. The other

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thing is when we talk about reductions

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and everything, it's very hard for

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classified because we work in positions

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that continuously get work on and we're

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a person. There is no formula that says

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this many

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students at a school gets this many

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office hours. And now every day almost

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more and more work comes in just like

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attendance. When attendance comes in, a

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robocall is sent to a parent. Shortly

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after that, we call the parent again to

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find out what their child is child isn't

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there and not cleared. Again later, we

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have to call again. Now we're informed.

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We have to call the next day and the

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next day until we get an answer and we

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even for late. You're two minutes late.

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you're that parent bear to call in or

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else we have to continuously call you,

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take our time to do it, and then

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document every single one of those into

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the computer as of the reason the child

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wasn't there, the time and our initials.

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I can understand if they're tardy, 30

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minutes late, you want to know why, but

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for 3 minutes late

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and the parent forgets to call, that

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that's really not fair to us. So, we're

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getting more and more work that doesn't

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seem fair to us, but we're not getting

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more and more help. So, we would

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appreciate if you understand that we

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would like to have maybe formulas looked

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at in this district to help the

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classified staff equal the workload that

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we're giving to the district. Thank you.

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And happy holidays. Stay safe.

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>> Happy holidays too as well. Thank you

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for your comment.

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>> Okay. And with that, I think that's all

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the in-person comment cards I have. Do

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Evelyn, do we have any online?

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>> None online.

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>> None online. Okay, great. Thank you so

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much. So, that then is going to be the

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end of public comment period. We're on

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to our discussion items. So, we have

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7.1, the first reading in discussion of

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board policy and administrative

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regulation 5125 decimal 1, release of

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directory information. So Mike got us

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into a wonderful groove with with Wendy

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and with policy committee. Um so Wendy,

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I don't know if you want to read any of

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the disclosures covering what we're

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going to be doing in first reading or

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we're good.

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>> I'm happy to uh proceed how you would

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like me to for the board policies,

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especially when there's quite a few. Um

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I'm flexible either way.

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>> Sure. I I think Mike had a great

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initiative to kind of batch similar uh

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policies. But um yeah, so for the first

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one uh were there any comments that

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people had on 7.1 5125?

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No.

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Okay. All right. Can I take a pregnant

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pause? Learn to that one for Mike. We're

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sure no more comments.

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Okay. Uh 72 first reading in discussion

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of board policy 6162 decimal 51 state

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academic achievement tests.

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Do people have any comments on this?

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I'll just point out that this is like

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just putting practice into policy. It's

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something that we're already doing here.

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So it looks like the policy is just

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there. So it seemed fun to me.

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>> Cool.

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Okay, just again trying to emulate Mike

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here and give people a moment. Right.

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7.3 First reading and discussion of

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board policy and administrative

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regulation 0430 comprehensive local plan

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for special education.

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>> I did believe that there were a couple

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comments I can share. So, one was a um a

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reminder that um this would be an

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updated report like we would have with

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the special ed director uh similar to

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other board policies that we're

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gathering to ensure that there are

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reports and typically the president and

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the superintendent will get together to

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set that calendar. So, those would be

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included and we have our board policy

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committee has a special list put

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together to track the dates. So, that

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was one point. Um, but then also there

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was another comment.

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Let me just pull that up really quickly.

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Um, one suggestion by Trustee Marquez

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about a small item uh not using a um

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abbreviation but rather a full name. But

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that was all for this particular one.

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>> Makes sense. Sounds like that'll come

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back to us with that language in second

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reading. Great. Are there other comments

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that my fellow trustees have on 7.3?

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Okay, moving on. 7.4, first reading and

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discussion of board policy and

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administrative regulation

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6159, the individualized education

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program.

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>> I do have one comment about this one as

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well. This board policy when uh one

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reads it might seem a little strange

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because the law does allow for students

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to be served from ages 3 to 21, but it's

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unprecedented to have students of that

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age in our district. uh at some times we

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may receive a student or continue to see

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a student that is around 15 before they

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might go to the high school setting, but

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I think we thought it was best to leave

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it in per head code, but also add those

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grade levels preschool through 8th grade

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to add more clarity for it. So, just

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wanted to make that point. Thank you.

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Any other comments?

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No. Okay.

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Moving on. 7.5 first reading in

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discussion of board policy and

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administrative regulation 6159 decimal 2

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non-public non sectarian school and

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agency services for special education.

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Okay. Moving on to 7.6. First reading

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and discussion of board policy and

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administrative regulation 6159 decimal

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3, appointment of surrogate parent for

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special education students.

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Okay, moving on to 7 decimal 7 first

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reading and discussion of board policy

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5145 decimal 11 questioning and

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apprehension by law enforcement.

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There was an additional comment that was

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made which is a great time for a

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discussion. Uh the board policy

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committee uh chose to add a section in

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there that's highlighted in the marked

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version regarding when law enforcement

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would be called upon in the timeliness

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of a a situation that might occur. So I

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wanted to open up uh conversation uh

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whether it was clear or unclear that the

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committee was except for some

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extenduating circumstance as appropriate

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and practical the the parents would be

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called.

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>> I had read that paragraph a little bit

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different. Um but maybe this is what you

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meant to say. I thought it was about

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when the parents would be notified if

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law enforcement had come to talk to the

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student. It's not when law enforcement

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is going to be called. It

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>> when parents were going to be called.

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Did I misspe? I'm sorry.

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>> I don't know. I thought I heard you say

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that.

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>> In a situation where the police may

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arrive to question a student, when would

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the parents be called?

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>> Yeah. Yeah. I I saw this change and um

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in fact, I was just going to comment on

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it too to make sure that we were all

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kind of in agreement. It it looked fine.

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I think it's moving up in a little bit

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in advance from waiting until the

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student had already been not, you know,

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had the discussion with law enforcement

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to as soon as we know that it's going to

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happen or has happened, um going in and

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notifying. That's sort of the major part

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of the change or was there another part?

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>> Yes, I think that was the wishes of the

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committee except for certain

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extenduating circumstances

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in certain cases. Yeah. Law enforcement

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says you can't or it's a case where we

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think it might

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>> right where the principal might have

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privy information that might be

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disruptive in that chain of events.

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>> Yeah, makes sense. Um, did it get legal

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review? Is it does it legally comp?

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Yeah. Okay, perfect. Then uh it works

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for me.

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Okay.

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All right. I think we're done with that.

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We're going to move on to consent items.

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Uh just for members of the public, these

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are things that we approve all in one

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block. Um so I would like to ask for a

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motion to approve our consent agenda

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here.

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>> I'll move to approve our consent items

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agenda.

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>> A second.

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>> All those in favor?

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Passes unanimously? I myself.

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All right, we are on to nine decimal one

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which is the approval of the 2025 2026

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first interim budget report for RCSD.

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And this is I believe where our chief

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business officer will take the floor.

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evening members of the board, the

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public. Uh, tonight we are presenting

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the 2526 first interim report. I do want

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to note that we made some modifications

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to the slide deck tonight. It has all

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the same information, but we tried to

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update some of the formats. uh it will

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be uploaded to the

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uh

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agenda on the website uh tomorrow after

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this meeting. Uh I will share although

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some of the slides look different all

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the information remains the same uh in

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the presentation. Uh perhaps at second

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in some of the information will change

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or the format of it. Uh but we did make

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some uh stylistic changes for this

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meeting. Starting with the uh cover

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slide. Uh going into the first interim

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report. Uh

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this is illustration of our annual

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budget cycle. Tonight we're at the first

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interim report which covers financials

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from July 1st through October 31st of

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the current fiscal year. Uh this will

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move us into uh January with the

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governor's budget proposal for the 2627

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school year closely followed by the

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second interim in March of 26. Uh and

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then we start the normal process of

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budget development and LCAP development

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uh for public hearing and adoption in

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June of 26.

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So going forward uh as part of the

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reason why we're doing this under ED

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code 42130

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uh we are required to not only produce a

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budget u before July 1st of every fiscal

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year uh but also report at first and

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second interim the uh financial

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condition of our district. Uh and with

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each uh interimm reporting period, we

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self assign a certification that's

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either uh upheld or approved by the

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county uh which includes positive uh

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meaning we'll meet our financial

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00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:48,720
obligations for the current and two uh

549
00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:51,679
outy years. Qualify which means we may

550
00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:54,640
not and negative means we will not. Uh

551
00:26:51,679 --> 00:26:56,799
tonight circled in green uh is positive

552
00:26:54,640 --> 00:27:01,159
certification which we will certify when

553
00:26:56,799 --> 00:27:01,159
we submit to the county tomorrow.

554
00:27:01,279 --> 00:27:05,120
So on this slide, budget assumptions.

555
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:08,080
These are the assumptions we used uh

556
00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:10,720
that have been updated slightly since

557
00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:13,440
budget adoption in June. Uh important to

558
00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:15,679
note that when we talk tonight, we're

559
00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:17,440
generally referring to our position, our

560
00:27:15,679 --> 00:27:20,480
financial position as compared to budget

561
00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:22,559
adoption in June. Uh and these are the

562
00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:24,799
assumptions that uh some of them remain

563
00:27:22,559 --> 00:27:27,520
the same. uh others were slightly

564
00:27:24,799 --> 00:27:29,840
modified uh such as enrollment and some

565
00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:31,600
of the other figures based on uh I'll

566
00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:35,360
say actuals for this year that have

567
00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:37,679
already occurred uh as we are nearing

568
00:27:35,360 --> 00:27:39,279
the midway point of the year. Uh the

569
00:27:37,679 --> 00:27:42,080
biggest one on this slide that sticks

570
00:27:39,279 --> 00:27:45,520
out is the 60.67 our unduplicated pupil

571
00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:46,960
count. Uh this number is very important

572
00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:49,039
as it drives supplemental and

573
00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:52,320
concentration funding uh as well as

574
00:27:49,039 --> 00:27:55,200
other federal grants and awards uh to

575
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:56,480
help uh our students in Redwood City.

576
00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:58,320
>> And we're holding that projection

577
00:27:56,480 --> 00:28:00,799
constant.

578
00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:03,440
>> We're holding it as constant at yeah for

579
00:28:00,799 --> 00:28:06,480
this year uh and for the two out years

580
00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:10,240
at this point until enrollment and uh

581
00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:12,240
students are updated on an annual basis.

582
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:13,520
So on this, this is the same slide that

583
00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:15,760
we're used to seeing just in a little

584
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:17,760
bit of a different format. Uh our

585
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:20,159
revenue comparison

586
00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:21,520
uh between our adopted budget uh and our

587
00:28:20,159 --> 00:28:24,000
first interim report. And then the

588
00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:26,480
difference on that you can see uh that

589
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:28,960
all of our revenue sources increased

590
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:30,559
since budget adoption uh including our

591
00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:32,960
LCFS sources which were primarily

592
00:28:30,559 --> 00:28:35,360
property taxes. our federal revenues

593
00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:37,440
which although a small part of our uh

594
00:28:35,360 --> 00:28:39,600
overall budget make a big impact in our

595
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:42,000
classrooms. Uh and we were able to

596
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:45,520
update those numbers uh where we feel

597
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:46,960
that we uh

598
00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:49,120
will receive this money during the

599
00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:50,880
course of this fiscal year uh and

600
00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:53,360
continue to provide the services that

601
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:55,279
that money pays for. uh other state

602
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:57,200
revenue and local revenues were updated

603
00:28:55,279 --> 00:28:59,760
accordingly and you can see the total

604
00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:05,120
revenues increased by about $13 million

605
00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:07,360
since budget adoption in June.

606
00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:10,320
On this slide uh is just a breakdown of

607
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:14,399
the revenue uh and the percent uh total

608
00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:18,559
for that uh at the top is our LCFF base

609
00:29:14,399 --> 00:29:21,120
uh 87 million plus uh that primarily

610
00:29:18,559 --> 00:29:24,320
comes from our local property taxes. uh

611
00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:25,919
the LCFF uh education protection account

612
00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:29,279
supplemental concentration. That's the

613
00:29:25,919 --> 00:29:32,399
state aid part of uh basic aid. Uh and

614
00:29:29,279 --> 00:29:35,039
then followed by uh other uh federal,

615
00:29:32,399 --> 00:29:40,159
local, and state revenues totaling the

616
00:29:35,039 --> 00:29:41,919
$157 million uh at this point. Here's a

617
00:29:40,159 --> 00:29:46,559
graphical representation of that same

618
00:29:41,919 --> 00:29:48,640
slide uh showing the breakdown uh and

619
00:29:46,559 --> 00:29:50,240
being able to easily see the LCF base is

620
00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:53,039
our largest funding source for the

621
00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:56,080
district.

622
00:29:53,039 --> 00:29:58,159
Going into expenditures, uh this slide

623
00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:59,840
it's the same information that's in the

624
00:29:58,159 --> 00:30:03,760
packet as well as the presentation that

625
00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:05,120
was included uh showing adopted budget

626
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:07,520
uh our first interim and then the

627
00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:09,440
revision uh with expenditures. If it's

628
00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:11,440
negative, that means we have a higher

629
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:14,080
expenditure than we anticipated at

630
00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:16,720
budget adoption. Uh all of these numbers

631
00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:18,640
though uh are in line with unodudited

632
00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:20,880
actuals and the closing of the books

633
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:22,240
that impacted especially books and

634
00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:24,240
supplies and services and other

635
00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:27,840
operating expenditures

636
00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:29,279
uh between uh unforeseen carryover uh as

637
00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:31,360
well as some new money coming in that

638
00:30:29,279 --> 00:30:35,559
has already been budgeted are showing up

639
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:35,559
in those line items. Now,

640
00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:42,480
here is a breakdown by percentage uh of

641
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:44,640
our expenditures uh coming straight from

642
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:46,960
our STAX report certificated classified

643
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:50,080
employee benefits. Uh you'll see on the

644
00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:52,640
next slide make up about 77.5%

645
00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:54,240
uh of our total expenditures uh followed

646
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:56,559
by books supplies and services and

647
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:58,640
operating expenditures. Of note on here

648
00:30:56,559 --> 00:31:00,960
the capital outlay. question was uh

649
00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:03,600
raised about this uh and this is a

650
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:05,760
capital outlay from fund 01 for the

651
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:08,799
kitchen upgrades that were completed

652
00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:11,760
this past summer using kit or kitchen

653
00:31:08,799 --> 00:31:13,279
and infrastructure and training funds

654
00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:15,360
that are a fully restricted fund

655
00:31:13,279 --> 00:31:19,039
although they land in 01 they are only

656
00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:22,799
to be used by uh for child nutrition

657
00:31:19,039 --> 00:31:24,399
services so uh it's a little odd in

658
00:31:22,799 --> 00:31:26,480
recent years to see a large capital

659
00:31:24,399 --> 00:31:28,880
expenditure or capital outlay coming out

660
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:31,279
of funds their one.

661
00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:35,039
So on here is a new slide with a tree

662
00:31:31,279 --> 00:31:38,240
showing that same slide with the uh what

663
00:31:35,039 --> 00:31:40,399
makes up those areas. The slide we're

664
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,600
still developing. Uh but we wanted to

665
00:31:40,399 --> 00:31:44,240
try and show something different

666
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:47,840
tonight. Uh so we do have perhaps a

667
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:52,240
redwood tree uh with the uh expenditures

668
00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:53,919
in there. uh noting that it is 77 12% uh

669
00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:57,760
of our budget is dedicated to

670
00:31:53,919 --> 00:32:00,240
certificated uh classified personnel and

671
00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:02,080
their associated benefits. Uh on the

672
00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:03,840
right hand side under that gives

673
00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:06,840
examples of what falls into those bigger

674
00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:06,840
buckets

675
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:13,519
and we can talk about hallucinations

676
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:16,159
later present weekly.

677
00:32:13,519 --> 00:32:19,120
Uh on here is our uh normal SAN key

678
00:32:16,159 --> 00:32:22,399
diagram uh which could not be easily

679
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:23,840
augmented into this form. Uh and this is

680
00:32:22,399 --> 00:32:27,120
uh revenue and expenditures coming

681
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:29,679
straight from our SAX report uh showing

682
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:31,360
the the income and then uh the

683
00:32:29,679 --> 00:32:36,080
associated expenditure on the right hand

684
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:39,120
side uh as defined by uh our sax code

685
00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:41,600
structure. So on this uh for board

686
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:44,960
members uh this was a slide that had six

687
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:47,679
or seven uh buckets or six buckets on

688
00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:50,559
there. They're broken out into tabs a

689
00:32:47,679 --> 00:32:54,159
little easier to read I believe uh that

690
00:32:50,559 --> 00:32:56,320
show what makes up those uh areas

691
00:32:54,159 --> 00:32:58,720
classroom salaries which include both

692
00:32:56,320 --> 00:33:00,320
classified and certificated personnel.

693
00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:02,960
Uh these are the people that are in our

694
00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:04,159
rooms every day. uh administration and

695
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:05,760
supervisors. That's once again

696
00:33:04,159 --> 00:33:07,919
classified and certificated that fall

697
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:09,519
into that group. Books and supplies is

698
00:33:07,919 --> 00:33:12,320
self-explanatory.

699
00:33:09,519 --> 00:33:14,159
Uh classified support are uh all of our

700
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:15,679
classified employees who support our

701
00:33:14,159 --> 00:33:17,679
schools in various ways but aren't

702
00:33:15,679 --> 00:33:20,000
necessarily in the classroom on a daily

703
00:33:17,679 --> 00:33:22,159
basis. Doesn't mean they don't visit the

704
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:24,880
classroom or don't help with student

705
00:33:22,159 --> 00:33:26,960
achievement. Uh but their primary focus

706
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:29,360
uh or their primary office, I should

707
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:30,799
say, is not in the classroom. uh

708
00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:33,279
retirement and benefits and then

709
00:33:30,799 --> 00:33:37,200
services and other operating expenses

710
00:33:33,279 --> 00:33:39,679
make up this SAN key diagram uh that is

711
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:40,960
almost uh colorcoded uh in the same way

712
00:33:39,679 --> 00:33:42,399
the last one was. There's some slight

713
00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:43,919
variances with some of the color

714
00:33:42,399 --> 00:33:47,039
palettes that we were trying to use on

715
00:33:43,919 --> 00:33:49,120
this u but this shows from an expensure

716
00:33:47,039 --> 00:33:50,399
standpoint with those groupings, right?

717
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:52,799
And it's important to note these are

718
00:33:50,399 --> 00:33:55,600
grouped for discussion purposes uh and

719
00:33:52,799 --> 00:33:57,600
the totals equal what's in sacks, right?

720
00:33:55,600 --> 00:34:00,720
So this will not be represented in the

721
00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:02,559
official report. Uh but for the purposes

722
00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:07,480
of this, these numbers do align with

723
00:34:02,559 --> 00:34:07,480
what we have expenditures as reported.

724
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:15,440
On here is simply the re-imagined ending

725
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:17,359
fund balance sheet uh that shows our uh

726
00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:19,919
excess or deficiency of revenues of our

727
00:34:17,359 --> 00:34:22,000
expenditures. Uh we were actually better

728
00:34:19,919 --> 00:34:24,560
off uh coming into first income than we

729
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:27,359
anticipated at budget adoption. uh we

730
00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:31,280
still see the transfer in uh the net

731
00:34:27,359 --> 00:34:33,839
increase uh was also positive uh in fund

732
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:36,000
balance our beginning balance uh

733
00:34:33,839 --> 00:34:37,520
17108862

734
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:39,119
and then our ending fund balance

735
00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:41,679
although not a big jump it's still

736
00:34:39,119 --> 00:34:43,839
better than going down so uh we are

737
00:34:41,679 --> 00:34:46,000
showing uh the work that's gone on over

738
00:34:43,839 --> 00:34:48,560
the last couple of years uh is starting

739
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:49,919
to pay off is uh not that it's over that

740
00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:52,240
we continue it but we're on the right

741
00:34:49,919 --> 00:34:54,639
track uh as we're getting back to

742
00:34:52,240 --> 00:34:57,760
healthy ending fund balances that cover

743
00:34:54,639 --> 00:35:00,240
um the needs of our district.

744
00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:02,000
Uh multi-year projections. We'll go over

745
00:35:00,240 --> 00:35:04,160
this quickly. A couple of highlights on

746
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:06,240
here as we discussed with budget

747
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:07,520
assumptions. Uh everything's been

748
00:35:06,240 --> 00:35:11,280
updated to current with the best

749
00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:13,680
information we have at this point. Uh a

750
00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:15,440
particular note on this slide is

751
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:16,960
unidentified fiscal stabilization

752
00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:20,400
measures that are highlighted in light

753
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:23,680
red uh and in red font of negative 5.25

754
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:26,720
25 million uh and 3.5 million

755
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:28,640
respectively in the two out years. Uh if

756
00:35:26,720 --> 00:35:30,000
you recall at budget adoption, both of

757
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:32,880
these numbers were seven and a half

758
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:35,520
million that we needed to reduce by in

759
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:37,920
these two years. Uh we were able to show

760
00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:40,960
an updated uh un audited actuals that

761
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:44,800
brought that number down to 5.5 and 3.5.

762
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:47,599
Uh and as we report now uh at first in

763
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:50,000
uh we have 5.25 25 of reductions needed

764
00:35:47,599 --> 00:35:53,359
in the 2627 school year to maintain

765
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:55,040
fiscal solveny. And if those are ongoing

766
00:35:53,359 --> 00:35:56,960
reductions, that will eliminate the need

767
00:35:55,040 --> 00:36:00,640
for further reductions under this budget

768
00:35:56,960 --> 00:36:02,880
model in the 2728 fiscal year, barring

769
00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:06,720
any major significant changes that would

770
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:09,520
be unforeseen at this point. Uh

771
00:36:06,720 --> 00:36:11,520
uh so the work that uh started uh in

772
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:13,920
late August or early September, Dr.

773
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:15,599
Baker, I'm not quite sure on that date.

774
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:17,119
uh with the I'll call it the budget

775
00:36:15,599 --> 00:36:19,040
committee

776
00:36:17,119 --> 00:36:21,440
um you know looking at our budget

777
00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:23,440
closely looking uh at where we're

778
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:26,720
spending what we're spending on uh and

779
00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:28,240
who we're spending it on uh has had

780
00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:30,320
preliminary discussions of how this

781
00:36:28,240 --> 00:36:33,119
number can be met uh that we'll talk

782
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:35,520
about in detail on January 13 of the

783
00:36:33,119 --> 00:36:38,720
board study session that will address

784
00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:40,720
this 5.25 25 going forward for inclusion

785
00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:42,800
in our second interim report where I

786
00:36:40,720 --> 00:36:47,040
expect this line to be totally removed

787
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:49,280
uh from our multi-year projection.

788
00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:51,119
Going to the uh components of the ending

789
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:54,000
balance for our multi- uh year

790
00:36:51,119 --> 00:36:55,440
projection. Uh you can see that uh in

791
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:58,079
each of our three years our current plus

792
00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:59,599
our two outy years uh in light green at

793
00:36:58,079 --> 00:37:00,960
the bottom showing that we are good and

794
00:36:59,599 --> 00:37:03,200
meeting our minimum reserve from

795
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:06,160
economic uncertainty

796
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:08,320
u which uh is the reason why we're able

797
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:09,680
to self-certify as positive uh as we

798
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:12,480
submit the report to the county office

799
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:14,880
of education.

800
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:17,839
On this slide, this is the old other

801
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:19,839
fund summary that shows uh our projected

802
00:37:17,839 --> 00:37:22,640
ending fund balances of all of our other

803
00:37:19,839 --> 00:37:24,160
funds from fund 13 to fund 40. Uh

804
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:27,119
included now on the slide is a small

805
00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:29,920
description of what these funds do. Uh

806
00:37:27,119 --> 00:37:31,440
rather than just a name and numbers. Uh

807
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:33,359
so you can see the adopted budget and

808
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:34,880
the ending balance. All of our other

809
00:37:33,359 --> 00:37:37,040
fund balances are projected to be

810
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:40,960
positive at the end of the school year.

811
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:44,320
Um, of note on here you can see uh fun

812
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:48,160
21, our building fund for major TNS. Uh,

813
00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:49,599
as other projects are bid uh and start

814
00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:51,359
this year, this number will go down

815
00:37:49,599 --> 00:37:54,000
significantly with the phase two of the

816
00:37:51,359 --> 00:37:55,520
HVAC projects. Uh, and some of the other

817
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:58,000
small projects that are going on with

818
00:37:55,520 --> 00:38:00,400
that. Uh, but we are reporting positive

819
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:02,640
in all fund balances at this point for

820
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:04,960
the end of the school year.

821
00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:06,640
So as we get near the end of this uh we

822
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:09,040
always have a slide on areas of concern

823
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:11,440
or areas we need to monitor. So this has

824
00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:13,920
been reinvisioned a little bit as well.

825
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:15,040
Um stating are showing six areas. These

826
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:17,760
are the same that were in the other

827
00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:18,880
presentation. Um you know local revenue

828
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:22,560
still have to keep an eye on our

829
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:24,720
property taxes. Uh rising costs uh stirs

830
00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:27,680
pers increases. One nice thing that we

831
00:38:24,720 --> 00:38:30,400
got in the last three to four weeks is

832
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:32,160
PERS's uh official announcement that

833
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:34,800
they are projecting downward for next

834
00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:37,280
year and the year out slightly down I

835
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:40,079
think by 3/10en of a percent this year.

836
00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:43,359
Uh so that helps us uh as that is a

837
00:38:40,079 --> 00:38:46,880
major cost factor for our classified

838
00:38:43,359 --> 00:38:49,839
employee group. um impact of enrollment,

839
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:52,000
right? We are closely monitoring our

840
00:38:49,839 --> 00:38:55,200
enrollment for next year with uh

841
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:57,119
applications for TEK and K right now uh

842
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:59,599
as well as looking at uh potential

843
00:38:57,119 --> 00:39:02,079
movement in other grade levels uh as we

844
00:38:59,599 --> 00:39:04,560
look to staff correctly and efficiently

845
00:39:02,079 --> 00:39:06,160
uh for uh the students that we have. And

846
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:07,760
that's not to eliminate services, that's

847
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:10,160
to provide the necessary services for

848
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:12,480
the students we have uh not for the

849
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:14,480
students that we used to have. uh

850
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:17,839
facilities. A question came up about

851
00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:19,280
this whereas measure TMAS in this uh but

852
00:39:17,839 --> 00:39:21,440
really we have aging facilities and

853
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:23,359
major TMAS can't pay for everything and

854
00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:25,920
can pay for some things that we'll use

855
00:39:23,359 --> 00:39:27,040
where appropriate uh but we have other

856
00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:29,119
things that happen that wouldn't fall

857
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:30,800
under capital facilities projects. We

858
00:39:29,119 --> 00:39:33,440
have aging infrastructure and other

859
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:36,320
items that need to be addressed uh at

860
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:37,680
times in emergency or very timely manner

861
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:39,280
uh that we just need to be aware of.

862
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:41,359
Right? We're not anticipating anything

863
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:45,280
coming up right now, but we never know

864
00:39:41,359 --> 00:39:46,800
when it will. Uh staffing uh kind of

865
00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:49,040
goes along with enrollment and other

866
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:51,280
programs and services. Uh and then any

867
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:55,119
new policies that may come down uh that

868
00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:57,520
deliver new unfunded mandates or uh

869
00:39:55,119 --> 00:39:58,960
spending expirations that we have to be

870
00:39:57,520 --> 00:40:00,079
concerned about as we go forward. So

871
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:03,839
those are all things that we'll continue

872
00:40:00,079 --> 00:40:06,800
to closely monitor uh as a district. So,

873
00:40:03,839 --> 00:40:08,160
moving on to next steps, uh, January

874
00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:09,520
through March, uh, I've already

875
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:12,240
mentioned the governor's budget,

876
00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:13,760
proposed budget, uh, including, uh, the

877
00:40:12,240 --> 00:40:16,480
work on budget decisions starting at the

878
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:19,200
study session on the 13th, uh, going

879
00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:20,320
through February 4th, uh, when we'll

880
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:21,839
bring that back to the board for

881
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:24,880
approval for inclusion in the second

882
00:40:21,839 --> 00:40:27,599
interim, uh, which happens, uh, in early

883
00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:29,119
March, which also starts, uh, our

884
00:40:27,599 --> 00:40:33,359
favorite time of the year, LCAP and

885
00:40:29,119 --> 00:40:34,720
budget development time, uh, for uh to

886
00:40:33,359 --> 00:40:38,480
meet the public hearing deadline in

887
00:40:34,720 --> 00:40:40,560
early June uh with uh adoption uh at the

888
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:43,040
second or last meeting in June of this

889
00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:44,720
fiscal year. So with that, I'm happy to

890
00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:48,240
answer any questions. That slide's not

891
00:40:44,720 --> 00:40:51,280
supposed to be there um uh about the

892
00:40:48,240 --> 00:40:55,400
first interim report. Thank you.

893
00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:55,400
>> That Redwood's very sneaky

894
00:40:56,000 --> 00:41:01,119
questions, fellow trustees.

895
00:40:59,119 --> 00:41:02,640
>> Thanks, Rick. uh to you and your staff

896
00:41:01,119 --> 00:41:04,880
and I guess all the department heads

897
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:07,200
probably contributing to the budget. Um

898
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:09,440
you know for putting it together um

899
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:11,760
first of all it's predictable. Uh we saw

900
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:12,880
it in on audit actuals. In fact when we

901
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:14,000
were talking about earlier this week I

902
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:15,520
was like I feel like I've seen this

903
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:17,119
budget before. So thanks for all the

904
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:18,480
work. I know that's been a lot of work

905
00:41:17,119 --> 00:41:20,319
over the last several years of bringing

906
00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:22,000
that kind of predictability where we

907
00:41:20,319 --> 00:41:23,520
we're building a budget that has this

908
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,960
predictable outcome. So that's great.

909
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:27,119
Um, I also appreciate the work you've

910
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:28,800
been doing to make this stuff digestible

911
00:41:27,119 --> 00:41:30,240
um, in the presentation because it can

912
00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:32,560
be complicated, particularly when you're

913
00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:34,960
looking at a 100 200page uh, budget

914
00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:36,880
book. Um, so that's really good.

915
00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:38,400
>> Um, you know, I'm supportive of

916
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:40,880
approving the first intern with the

917
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:42,400
positive um, you know, certification.

918
00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:44,319
You know, at the same time, I'm going to

919
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:46,319
say out loud when I know we already all

920
00:41:44,319 --> 00:41:48,240
know positive certifications not the

921
00:41:46,319 --> 00:41:51,760
same as being a structurally balanced

922
00:41:48,240 --> 00:41:54,160
budget. Um so our outyards do rely still

923
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:55,920
on this unidentified stabilization uh

924
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:58,079
measures and we're sitting essentially

925
00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:59,760
right at the minimum reserve threshold

926
00:41:58,079 --> 00:42:02,400
you know the state mandated one and

927
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:03,839
that's about it. Um, again, you know, I

928
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:05,280
think we all know this too, but as we

929
00:42:03,839 --> 00:42:07,520
bring forward our stabilization

930
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:09,599
recommendations in January to the study

931
00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:10,640
session, um, you know, let's just be

932
00:42:09,599 --> 00:42:12,880
sure to keep them centered around

933
00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:14,319
student outcomes and equity. Um, we

934
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:16,319
really want to protect the investments

935
00:42:14,319 --> 00:42:18,480
that are most connected to MTSS,

936
00:42:16,319 --> 00:42:20,000
attendance improvements, um, EL

937
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:21,839
progress. You know, I know the district

938
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:24,079
staff is already thinking that way. Um,

939
00:42:21,839 --> 00:42:25,520
and and trying to make sure that's come

940
00:42:24,079 --> 00:42:27,119
in that, but I just wanted to reiterate

941
00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:28,720
it since they're they're just so

942
00:42:27,119 --> 00:42:31,680
foundational to our mission and our

943
00:42:28,720 --> 00:42:32,800
LCAP. um you know in our priorities. So

944
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:35,800
uh yeah, thanks for the budget

945
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:35,800
presentation.

946
00:42:42,079 --> 00:42:46,400
>> Micah,

947
00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:48,720
>> I was wondering if we wanted to I think

948
00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:51,359
we discussed it a a slightly different

949
00:42:48,720 --> 00:42:52,800
process for action items of

950
00:42:51,359 --> 00:42:54,880
>> questions.

951
00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:55,680
>> Question motion second and then

952
00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:56,079
deliberation.

953
00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:58,800
>> Yeah,

954
00:42:56,079 --> 00:43:01,119
>> sure. Um, so, so perhaps do people have

955
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:04,079
any questions they would like to ask

956
00:43:01,119 --> 00:43:04,880
Rick? Thank you, David.

957
00:43:04,079 --> 00:43:06,880
>> Do people,

958
00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:08,560
>> but I will I will I just want to say

959
00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:10,880
similar to Mike, thank you, Rick, for

960
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:13,680
going over all of this with us and

961
00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:17,319
making it as understandable as it

962
00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:17,319
possibly can be.

963
00:43:18,319 --> 00:43:22,960
>> Same comment. Thank you and your team.

964
00:43:21,839 --> 00:43:26,079
>> All right. Well, I was I was going to

965
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:28,000
save that for discussion, but

966
00:43:26,079 --> 00:43:29,680
basically say I mean all the things that

967
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:32,160
everyone said plus I I'll just put this

968
00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:34,319
out here because I ask Rick takes the

969
00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:36,240
time to speak with us beforehand um just

970
00:43:34,319 --> 00:43:37,680
to give us a preview walk us through I

971
00:43:36,240 --> 00:43:39,520
am still very much learning how to read

972
00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:41,520
the budget even though I'm seeing it so

973
00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:44,400
many different times over and over um

974
00:43:41,520 --> 00:43:46,640
and I appreciate the patience that um

975
00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:48,319
that Rick shows as an example one of the

976
00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:51,599
questions that I'm sure I'm going to ask

977
00:43:48,319 --> 00:43:53,040
again is like when you see the deltas

978
00:43:51,599 --> 00:43:55,520
between some of the expenses my initial

979
00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:57,520
reaction is whoa like we must

980
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:58,800
having some unanticipated expendure and

981
00:43:57,520 --> 00:44:00,400
then it's like no no that's not

982
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:02,720
necessarily right. In fact in this case

983
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:05,359
it's actually a a better thing or just

984
00:44:02,720 --> 00:44:07,200
that we have rollover funds and like we

985
00:44:05,359 --> 00:44:10,000
can spend these because we had them not

986
00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:11,839
like there was an emergency. So um I'm

987
00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:15,040
sure I will ask you again but I

988
00:44:11,839 --> 00:44:17,520
appreciate your continued patience.

989
00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:20,160
>> And a comment for Rick before we move to

990
00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:21,440
deliberation uh is that I I really

991
00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:22,560
appreciate that we're still iterating on

992
00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:24,240
this. you know, you've been presenting

993
00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:26,800
budgets for a long time, but like the

994
00:44:24,240 --> 00:44:29,200
the fact that you did not just sit back

995
00:44:26,800 --> 00:44:30,480
on your your laurels of presenting the

996
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:32,400
same way you've you've always been

997
00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:34,000
presenting, are willing to try out new

998
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:36,560
technologies even if they turn out some

999
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:38,640
very funny looking trees. Um to try and

1000
00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:40,560
make it more accessible and legible is

1001
00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:42,079
is great. Like this feels like great

1002
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:44,079
forward progress. So, thank you for

1003
00:44:42,079 --> 00:44:45,760
being willing to iterate on a product

1004
00:44:44,079 --> 00:44:48,079
that's been around forever because I I

1005
00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:50,160
think that making our finances legible.

1006
00:44:48,079 --> 00:44:52,000
It it's it's on the one hand it feels

1007
00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:53,760
like a very nerdy bit of accounting, but

1008
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:56,079
on the other hand, it's so important for

1009
00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:58,480
building transparency and trust for

1010
00:44:56,079 --> 00:45:00,640
people to see where is this money going?

1011
00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:02,720
What are we spending on it on? And and

1012
00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:04,480
it's overwhelmingly people who help

1013
00:45:02,720 --> 00:45:06,800
students, right? and the and the

1014
00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:08,880
required infrastructure around that and

1015
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:10,560
just as our budget gets more and more

1016
00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:12,240
clear I I feel like we'll be able to

1017
00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:13,599
communicate that message more clearly to

1018
00:45:12,240 --> 00:45:16,880
the public. So it's really important

1019
00:45:13,599 --> 00:45:20,000
work. Thank you. Cool. And with that I

1020
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:24,599
would like to ask somebody to move the

1021
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:24,599
item to the floor for discussion.

1022
00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:31,599
>> Uh I move for the approval of the 2526

1023
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:34,160
first inter room budget as presented.

1024
00:45:31,599 --> 00:45:34,800
>> Do I have a second?

1025
00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:37,040
Becca.

1026
00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:38,240
>> All right. All right. And with that,

1027
00:45:37,040 --> 00:45:39,599
we're not going to vote. We're going to

1028
00:45:38,240 --> 00:45:41,359
deliberate. Now, this is a conversation

1029
00:45:39,599 --> 00:45:43,200
among the board. We're trying this out

1030
00:45:41,359 --> 00:45:45,760
for, you know, Robert's rules of orders

1031
00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:47,599
and so forth. Um, what what do people

1032
00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:49,359
think? What what do people want to see

1033
00:45:47,599 --> 00:45:51,040
in this? Like, one of the reactions that

1034
00:45:49,359 --> 00:45:52,800
I had, and I would love my fellow board

1035
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:56,240
members input, is what we didn't see

1036
00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:57,520
here was the board mandated 3% reserve,

1037
00:45:56,240 --> 00:45:59,040
right? because like there there's been a

1038
00:45:57,520 --> 00:46:01,920
history of like the state legally

1039
00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:04,160
requires 3% and the board had uh quote

1040
00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:06,720
required quote an additional 3% on top

1041
00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:08,960
of that but like that's actually not

1042
00:46:06,720 --> 00:46:10,160
held for many many many years. And so

1043
00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:12,800
like at some point I feel like we should

1044
00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:14,960
either say hey look we're not actually

1045
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:17,200
mandating it cuz just like deacto we

1046
00:46:14,960 --> 00:46:18,880
haven't been or we got to take that

1047
00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:20,800
seriously and say no really we we need

1048
00:46:18,880 --> 00:46:22,640
to have that in there and that'll

1049
00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:25,440
obviously mean cuts because it'll mean

1050
00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:27,200
keeping that actually in reserve. My

1051
00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:29,920
brothers are probably the former, but I

1052
00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:32,960
want to hear what people think.

1053
00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:34,640
>> Sorry, just uh maybe Rick or David

1054
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:37,359
remembers. I feel like we were just

1055
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:39,359
reviewing a policy and there was some

1056
00:46:37,359 --> 00:46:41,680
call out about the board reserve in it.

1057
00:46:39,359 --> 00:46:45,319
Does that ring a bell? I I'll go look

1058
00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:45,319
for it. But

1059
00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:49,520
>> or Kathy,

1060
00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:53,200
>> no, I think you're right. And I this is

1061
00:46:49,520 --> 00:46:55,119
on me, but all of us too. Um I to the

1062
00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:57,920
extent that there is a policy I think to

1063
00:46:55,119 --> 00:47:00,000
your to just uh president weekly's point

1064
00:46:57,920 --> 00:47:02,079
yeah we should we should look at it and

1065
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:04,640
make sure that we're either abiding by

1066
00:47:02,079 --> 00:47:06,000
or we're amending so that um we're doing

1067
00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:07,760
it. The I think the original question

1068
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:10,720
was about what we think about the

1069
00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:12,160
budget. I I think with Mike and all our

1070
00:47:10,720 --> 00:47:14,400
discussions I'm generally in favor of

1071
00:47:12,160 --> 00:47:16,400
approving it. Um to the secondary

1072
00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:18,400
question of the the 3% piece, I I don't

1073
00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:20,640
think that's something this that we're

1074
00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:23,920
deciding today. But in general, I'm I'm

1075
00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:25,680
of the same view of like we don't have I

1076
00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:28,560
don't feel like we have that extra

1077
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:30,160
cushion. Um like every every dollar

1078
00:47:28,560 --> 00:47:32,000
really matters and we're putting it to

1079
00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:34,800
use. And so I'd love a reserve. I don't

1080
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:36,640
think we're there yet.

1081
00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:39,200
>> Others

1082
00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:41,119
I think having an extra reserve for

1083
00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:43,119
particularly basic a district is really

1084
00:47:41,119 --> 00:47:44,800
important. Um it's something where you

1085
00:47:43,119 --> 00:47:46,480
know if you're going to end up having

1086
00:47:44,800 --> 00:47:48,160
there there can be fluctuation in tax

1087
00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:49,760
properties. You know there can be

1088
00:47:48,160 --> 00:47:51,599
unexpected spending. I mean there's a

1089
00:47:49,760 --> 00:47:54,400
lot of reasons why that can come in and

1090
00:47:51,599 --> 00:47:56,880
it because the the the revenue can be

1091
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:58,720
variable. However, a reserve is put in

1092
00:47:56,880 --> 00:48:00,319
there to be able to be spent at a time

1093
00:47:58,720 --> 00:48:01,760
when there's need. And when a district

1094
00:48:00,319 --> 00:48:03,280
has a budget that has fiscal

1095
00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:05,839
stabilization measures that have to be

1096
00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:07,920
taken in place, that is absolutely the

1097
00:48:05,839 --> 00:48:09,920
time to be spending from your reserve to

1098
00:48:07,920 --> 00:48:11,520
make sure that you're able to continue

1099
00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:14,319
to offer the services that all the

1100
00:48:11,520 --> 00:48:17,520
students need. So, I think that yeah, I

1101
00:48:14,319 --> 00:48:19,440
mean, I get that like on the pro side,

1102
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:21,680
uh, having the line item in the budget

1103
00:48:19,440 --> 00:48:23,200
shows that we intend to replenish it at

1104
00:48:21,680 --> 00:48:24,720
some time. I don't know if we have a

1105
00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:26,880
policy that talks about when we would

1106
00:48:24,720 --> 00:48:28,960
start replenishing, but in my mind, that

1107
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:30,960
replenishment discussion would happen

1108
00:48:28,960 --> 00:48:32,559
after the budget has been stabilized.

1109
00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:34,480
And at some point when we start seeing

1110
00:48:32,559 --> 00:48:36,079
maybe surplus and revenue or we have a

1111
00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:38,880
one-time fund that we decide could go

1112
00:48:36,079 --> 00:48:40,880
into replenishing the the um board

1113
00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:42,400
reserve or we look at it and we say,

1114
00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:43,839
"Yeah, we think we're able to fund

1115
00:48:42,400 --> 00:48:45,520
everything that we need to do and we can

1116
00:48:43,839 --> 00:48:48,480
start squirreing away a small bit and

1117
00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:50,400
start building it up um over time." um

1118
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:51,839
we're not there right now. So I don't

1119
00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:53,359
think that this is the time where we put

1120
00:48:51,839 --> 00:48:54,960
it in, but this could be a time of

1121
00:48:53,359 --> 00:48:56,559
saying like, hey, if we have a policy

1122
00:48:54,960 --> 00:48:58,160
that already exists, let's bring that

1123
00:48:56,559 --> 00:49:00,240
back and make sure that we agree with

1124
00:48:58,160 --> 00:49:02,400
what the uh replenishment thing should

1125
00:49:00,240 --> 00:49:04,480
be. Maybe if we don't have a policy,

1126
00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:06,880
it's the time to discuss like what would

1127
00:49:04,480 --> 00:49:08,960
our policy be, etc., etc. But to be

1128
00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:11,599
clear, I don't think we should have an

1129
00:49:08,960 --> 00:49:13,359
extra reserve on our budget right now

1130
00:49:11,599 --> 00:49:14,400
because of the situation that our budget

1131
00:49:13,359 --> 00:49:17,720
is in.

1132
00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:17,720
>> Thank you, Mike.

1133
00:49:18,160 --> 00:49:21,920
I mean, I just want to um again

1134
00:49:20,319 --> 00:49:25,280
appreciate all the work that the

1135
00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:27,680
business um office has done and for

1136
00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:31,280
quite a few years we've had that same

1137
00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:34,640
reserved and I mean again just moving

1138
00:49:31,280 --> 00:49:38,400
forward with the um

1139
00:49:34,640 --> 00:49:40,640
what's the committee the strategic yes

1140
00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:43,200
um you know we'll see what what happens

1141
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:45,440
and hopefully

1142
00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:46,880
we'll be

1143
00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:48,800
in in good hands still. I mean,

1144
00:49:46,880 --> 00:49:53,040
obviously definitely there will be some

1145
00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:56,079
cuts, but um as far as the reserve goes,

1146
00:49:53,040 --> 00:50:01,599
I mean, I I can't really speak cuz I

1147
00:49:56,079 --> 00:50:03,440
don't know 100%. But hopefully we'll be

1148
00:50:01,599 --> 00:50:06,000
still good.

1149
00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:08,960
>> Okay. So, I'm sort of getting a sense of

1150
00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:11,839
like pushing back on Rick like get the

1151
00:50:08,960 --> 00:50:13,760
extra 3% in there like next year

1152
00:50:11,839 --> 00:50:16,559
probably a terrible idea. Don't do it.

1153
00:50:13,760 --> 00:50:18,480
Um but maybe there's there is an action

1154
00:50:16,559 --> 00:50:20,000
item to remand to perhaps policy

1155
00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:21,839
committee to go and consider what would

1156
00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:24,240
appropriate language be about what do we

1157
00:50:21,839 --> 00:50:26,720
mean by you know board mandated 3%

1158
00:50:24,240 --> 00:50:28,319
reserve and just a little bit more

1159
00:50:26,720 --> 00:50:30,559
clarity on that because I I don't want

1160
00:50:28,319 --> 00:50:32,079
it to be something that we agreed we do

1161
00:50:30,559 --> 00:50:34,720
and then we're consistently not doing

1162
00:50:32,079 --> 00:50:35,680
it. That part doesn't quite feel right.

1163
00:50:34,720 --> 00:50:38,559
Does that make sense?

1164
00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:40,240
>> Yeah. But I think also you had um made a

1165
00:50:38,559 --> 00:50:43,440
comment to Rick about removing the line

1166
00:50:40,240 --> 00:50:45,280
or leaving it there if if we I mean

1167
00:50:43,440 --> 00:50:47,760
hopefully our policy will kind of keep

1168
00:50:45,280 --> 00:50:49,920
us in line and make our decisions in the

1169
00:50:47,760 --> 00:50:52,319
future. But do we want to keep it there

1170
00:50:49,920 --> 00:50:55,680
just as and have a zero just to just

1171
00:50:52,319 --> 00:50:57,359
note that it's

1172
00:50:55,680 --> 00:51:00,000
>> I mean I I'll say that there are pros

1173
00:50:57,359 --> 00:51:03,200
and cons. Um the the pro of leaving the

1174
00:51:00,000 --> 00:51:05,119
line item there is to remind us that we

1175
00:51:03,200 --> 00:51:06,720
keeps us from that slippery slope of

1176
00:51:05,119 --> 00:51:08,720
looking at it and saying, "Hey, we've

1177
00:51:06,720 --> 00:51:10,720
got our 3% reserve. That's all we need

1178
00:51:08,720 --> 00:51:12,559
to do, you know, and we're positively

1179
00:51:10,720 --> 00:51:14,720
certified and like 5 years from now

1180
00:51:12,559 --> 00:51:16,720
everything is great and then, you know,

1181
00:51:14,720 --> 00:51:18,319
running into economic uncertainty and

1182
00:51:16,720 --> 00:51:20,880
being in trouble." So, it is a strong

1183
00:51:18,319 --> 00:51:22,559
reminder that it's there. However, the

1184
00:51:20,880 --> 00:51:24,480
downside is of course that if it does

1185
00:51:22,559 --> 00:51:26,720
remain just totally unfunded for years,

1186
00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:28,240
it it you know there's like a what are

1187
00:51:26,720 --> 00:51:30,000
you doing? why are you having you know

1188
00:51:28,240 --> 00:51:31,760
why are you there's a credibility gap

1189
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:33,920
that comes there. So I think that those

1190
00:51:31,760 --> 00:51:35,359
are the things to toy with. I don't

1191
00:51:33,920 --> 00:51:37,520
think we should recommend any kind of

1192
00:51:35,359 --> 00:51:39,359
change on it tonight to put that in. Um

1193
00:51:37,520 --> 00:51:41,280
I think that you know this would be

1194
00:51:39,359 --> 00:51:43,040
something that should go back and

1195
00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:45,920
>> I would imagine that what we'd want to

1196
00:51:43,040 --> 00:51:48,319
do is um figure out like what do we like

1197
00:51:45,920 --> 00:51:50,960
what policy do we have in place already?

1198
00:51:48,319 --> 00:51:53,119
Um and do we want to if any I don't

1199
00:51:50,960 --> 00:51:55,839
actually know. Um okay great.

1200
00:51:53,119 --> 00:51:59,040
>> Do you want to speak to you know? Yeah's

1201
00:51:55,839 --> 00:52:02,000
got context. Yeah. So on November 19th,

1202
00:51:59,040 --> 00:52:04,319
the board approved board policy 3100

1203
00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:06,880
budget and in there there's a paragraph

1204
00:52:04,319 --> 00:52:09,880
on reserve balance which notes ED code

1205
00:52:06,880 --> 00:52:09,880
42127.01

1206
00:52:10,079 --> 00:52:15,359
um in regards to the 3%

1207
00:52:12,880 --> 00:52:16,000
and then should the board take action on

1208
00:52:15,359 --> 00:52:17,599
top of that.

1209
00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:18,880
>> Yeah. So that's the statemandated one

1210
00:52:17,599 --> 00:52:21,200
that has to be in there. Right.

1211
00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:23,760
>> Well, and it also alludes though to in

1212
00:52:21,200 --> 00:52:26,079
excess of the 3%. Right. So that's in

1213
00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:27,280
that board policy 3100 if you want to

1214
00:52:26,079 --> 00:52:29,119
reference it another time.

1215
00:52:27,280 --> 00:52:30,240
>> Yeah, perfect. But anyways, I don't

1216
00:52:29,119 --> 00:52:32,160
think that we should have an excess

1217
00:52:30,240 --> 00:52:34,640
reserve right now. Yeah, personally.

1218
00:52:32,160 --> 00:52:36,640
>> Okay,

1219
00:52:34,640 --> 00:52:40,880
so I think it's great that we made

1220
00:52:36,640 --> 00:52:42,079
motion also from 5.5 to 5.25 in terms of

1221
00:52:40,880 --> 00:52:45,040
you know the hole that we have to fill.

1222
00:52:42,079 --> 00:52:46,880
Obviously, any further uh backfilling

1223
00:52:45,040 --> 00:52:48,640
that we can do to go and scrape some

1224
00:52:46,880 --> 00:52:50,400
pennies together to make the required

1225
00:52:48,640 --> 00:52:52,319
cuts smaller is going to make it much

1226
00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:55,280
easier for our strategic budget

1227
00:52:52,319 --> 00:52:58,079
committee. So, let's keep our fingers

1228
00:52:55,280 --> 00:53:01,359
crossed. Any other further commentary

1229
00:52:58,079 --> 00:53:05,040
before we go and look to pass the

1230
00:53:01,359 --> 00:53:06,880
budget? Any other comments?

1231
00:53:05,040 --> 00:53:09,680
>> Trusty Lee. So I I just wanted to

1232
00:53:06,880 --> 00:53:13,920
clarify from what I'm trying to read the

1233
00:53:09,680 --> 00:53:15,760
3100 quickly based on this are would we

1234
00:53:13,920 --> 00:53:17,200
be out of compliance? I think I what I

1235
00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:19,520
read is basically we can discuss it but

1236
00:53:17,200 --> 00:53:21,680
there's no there's no hard commitment

1237
00:53:19,520 --> 00:53:23,280
through the policy to have an additional

1238
00:53:21,680 --> 00:53:25,599
reserve right now. Is that right?

1239
00:53:23,280 --> 00:53:26,079
>> Yes. The minimum and then anything extra

1240
00:53:25,599 --> 00:53:30,559
bonus.

1241
00:53:26,079 --> 00:53:34,960
>> Got it. Okay. That's okay. Thank you.

1242
00:53:30,559 --> 00:53:37,839
All right. And with that, um, voting yay

1243
00:53:34,960 --> 00:53:41,319
or nay to go and approve the first

1244
00:53:37,839 --> 00:53:41,319
interim budget.

1245
00:53:41,440 --> 00:53:45,119
>> Yay.

1246
00:53:42,160 --> 00:53:47,119
>> We have a call. Is that like an all you

1247
00:53:45,119 --> 00:53:48,720
asking to see who's all in

1248
00:53:47,119 --> 00:53:50,640
>> because we already moved and seconded to

1249
00:53:48,720 --> 00:53:52,400
bring it to the floor. This is the

1250
00:53:50,640 --> 00:53:55,599
president's call for votes on the issue

1251
00:53:52,400 --> 00:53:57,359
>> and that to to approve the first interim

1252
00:53:55,599 --> 00:53:57,599
budget.

1253
00:53:57,359 --> 00:53:59,680
Do

1254
00:53:57,599 --> 00:54:01,599
>> do we want to do like an all in favor?

1255
00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:02,720
All all in favor?

1256
00:54:01,599 --> 00:54:04,079
>> I

1257
00:54:02,720 --> 00:54:08,280
>> There we go. Thank you. I'm still

1258
00:54:04,079 --> 00:54:08,280
learning this, Mike. Thank you.

1259
00:54:10,160 --> 00:54:15,200
>> I'm still figuring out how to do this

1260
00:54:11,520 --> 00:54:17,599
job. Thank you. Um, okay. So, with that,

1261
00:54:15,200 --> 00:54:20,480
uh, we are now done with 9.1 and we move

1262
00:54:17,599 --> 00:54:22,160
on to board and superintendent reports.

1263
00:54:20,480 --> 00:54:24,400
Who would like to go first?

1264
00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:26,480
>> I can start. Um, on Monday, uh, we

1265
00:54:24,400 --> 00:54:27,520
actually had backto-backs. Um, you

1266
00:54:26,480 --> 00:54:30,079
didn't have the backto-back. We had

1267
00:54:27,520 --> 00:54:32,559
backtobacks. Um there was the 2x2 x2

1268
00:54:30,079 --> 00:54:34,319
committee with Redwood City School

1269
00:54:32,559 --> 00:54:36,079
District with Redwood City Council and

1270
00:54:34,319 --> 00:54:37,599
the Sequoia Union High School District.

1271
00:54:36,079 --> 00:54:38,800
Um although there was no two from the

1272
00:54:37,599 --> 00:54:41,359
high school district this time, so I

1273
00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:43,440
guess it was just 2 by two. Um so during

1274
00:54:41,359 --> 00:54:44,960
our our sharing time, we shared the

1275
00:54:43,440 --> 00:54:46,319
budget update. John talked a lot about

1276
00:54:44,960 --> 00:54:47,680
the community engagement that he's

1277
00:54:46,319 --> 00:54:49,920
leading and everything that's coming

1278
00:54:47,680 --> 00:54:51,200
through there. Um we shared with them a

1279
00:54:49,920 --> 00:54:52,880
little bit of an update on the parcel

1280
00:54:51,200 --> 00:54:55,760
tax, basically the same information that

1281
00:54:52,880 --> 00:54:57,920
the board received um a few weeks ago.

1282
00:54:55,760 --> 00:55:00,240
Um they they had seen John's newsletter

1283
00:54:57,920 --> 00:55:01,680
about the um Golden Bell Award. So we

1284
00:55:00,240 --> 00:55:03,680
got to talk about that for just a little

1285
00:55:01,680 --> 00:55:05,119
bit more which was kind of exciting. Um

1286
00:55:03,680 --> 00:55:07,040
the city shared with us about the

1287
00:55:05,119 --> 00:55:09,359
Jefferson Avenue project. Um they're

1288
00:55:07,040 --> 00:55:11,680
taking the opportunity for reser when

1289
00:55:09,359 --> 00:55:13,839
resurfacing between El Camino and Farm

1290
00:55:11,680 --> 00:55:16,000
Hill to also do some reconfiguration.

1291
00:55:13,839 --> 00:55:19,359
There's a public hearing on December

1292
00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:20,720
22nd. Um and you know anyone who's

1293
00:55:19,359 --> 00:55:21,760
interested should definitely attend

1294
00:55:20,720 --> 00:55:23,680
particularly if you think you're going

1295
00:55:21,760 --> 00:55:27,119
to be impacted. Obviously the schools

1296
00:55:23,680 --> 00:55:29,040
and around there um we have you know the

1297
00:55:27,119 --> 00:55:30,720
schools where kids are crossing over

1298
00:55:29,040 --> 00:55:32,720
Jefferson to get to school and also

1299
00:55:30,720 --> 00:55:34,400
Orion is

1300
00:55:32,720 --> 00:55:36,319
>> yeah the Orion campus is right there on

1301
00:55:34,400 --> 00:55:38,240
Jefferson and and obviously it's a major

1302
00:55:36,319 --> 00:55:39,680
thoroughare to get up to Roosevelt and

1303
00:55:38,240 --> 00:55:41,520
you know any of the other schools that

1304
00:55:39,680 --> 00:55:42,960
you're going up that way. Um they

1305
00:55:41,520 --> 00:55:44,559
touched a little bit on the Milax

1306
00:55:42,960 --> 00:55:46,720
contract but other not much more than

1307
00:55:44,559 --> 00:55:48,400
they're going back to revisit it. Um the

1308
00:55:46,720 --> 00:55:51,200
backto-back was then we was followed

1309
00:55:48,400 --> 00:55:53,359
with uh RCTA climate committee meeting

1310
00:55:51,200 --> 00:55:57,359
um with Wendy was there and John was

1311
00:55:53,359 --> 00:56:00,160
there, Patrina um a few other yeah Anna

1312
00:55:57,359 --> 00:56:01,440
was there. So uh and a lot of the

1313
00:56:00,160 --> 00:56:03,200
discussion was just centered around how

1314
00:56:01,440 --> 00:56:05,440
to handle students when you know

1315
00:56:03,200 --> 00:56:08,319
standard PBIS tier one classroom

1316
00:56:05,440 --> 00:56:11,119
strategies fail to refocus the student.

1317
00:56:08,319 --> 00:56:12,640
Um yeah, that was it.

1318
00:56:11,119 --> 00:56:14,960
>> Lovely. Thank you so much, Mike. Yeah,

1319
00:56:12,640 --> 00:56:16,640
that uh December 22nd public hearing

1320
00:56:14,960 --> 00:56:19,280
about Jefferson Avenue be good for

1321
00:56:16,640 --> 00:56:20,880
people to attend that because a lot of

1322
00:56:19,280 --> 00:56:22,240
Orion and the like students do cross

1323
00:56:20,880 --> 00:56:25,960
that street every day, including both of

1324
00:56:22,240 --> 00:56:25,960
my sons. So,

1325
00:56:26,319 --> 00:56:31,440
>> uh I was also at the 2x2. I have nothing

1326
00:56:28,400 --> 00:56:33,760
to add. Great job, Mike, on recapping

1327
00:56:31,440 --> 00:56:36,319
that. Uh also had a policy committee

1328
00:56:33,760 --> 00:56:38,720
meeting um which you guys continued to

1329
00:56:36,319 --> 00:56:40,480
see the fruits of that labor. uh

1330
00:56:38,720 --> 00:56:42,880
attended the holiday breakfast uh that

1331
00:56:40,480 --> 00:56:44,880
the district hosted for um suffered for

1332
00:56:42,880 --> 00:56:46,240
the the school site administrators which

1333
00:56:44,880 --> 00:56:48,240
was great. Got to hang out with the

1334
00:56:46,240 --> 00:56:51,440
Hoover team and meet one of the new APs.

1335
00:56:48,240 --> 00:56:54,559
Um so that was fun. Uh and uh this

1336
00:56:51,440 --> 00:56:56,319
morning I was able to visit uh Martinet

1337
00:56:54,559 --> 00:56:58,319
the facilities operations transportation

1338
00:56:56,319 --> 00:57:00,559
office which was great. Um really

1339
00:56:58,319 --> 00:57:02,880
recommend others to go and take a look

1340
00:57:00,559 --> 00:57:05,119
for a bunch of reasons. I mean I'll be

1341
00:57:02,880 --> 00:57:06,400
honest like I had to I had to go back to

1342
00:57:05,119 --> 00:57:08,079
the master facility plan to find the

1343
00:57:06,400 --> 00:57:09,839
address. Uh even though Dr. Baker gave

1344
00:57:08,079 --> 00:57:11,359
me the the general idea of where it was.

1345
00:57:09,839 --> 00:57:12,559
So that's that's where I'm just like,

1346
00:57:11,359 --> 00:57:13,839
"Oh, school, school, school." It's like,

1347
00:57:12,559 --> 00:57:15,119
"Oh, there's actually a whole bunch of

1348
00:57:13,839 --> 00:57:17,359
other people who are doing things like

1349
00:57:15,119 --> 00:57:19,119
all in service of this." Um, so that

1350
00:57:17,359 --> 00:57:21,680
that was great just to obviously talk to

1351
00:57:19,119 --> 00:57:24,160
Martin, but to meet folks there. Um, I

1352
00:57:21,680 --> 00:57:26,480
think the one it's just funny like

1353
00:57:24,160 --> 00:57:28,480
whenever we go to all the things RCSD

1354
00:57:26,480 --> 00:57:31,520
it's like there's this consistent

1355
00:57:28,480 --> 00:57:33,040
mindset of grit and like we we're just

1356
00:57:31,520 --> 00:57:35,200
going to keep on doing things with what

1357
00:57:33,040 --> 00:57:37,440
we have which is um both inspiring but

1358
00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:40,000
also like man I really wish we could you

1359
00:57:37,440 --> 00:57:42,079
know not just wish there were there were

1360
00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:44,880
more than basically enough to do all the

1361
00:57:42,079 --> 00:57:46,079
things. Um I think is one of the re

1362
00:57:44,880 --> 00:57:48,240
reasons it was really helpful for me and

1363
00:57:46,079 --> 00:57:50,240
why I encourage others to go visit is I

1364
00:57:48,240 --> 00:57:52,160
think we we obviously have the mantra of

1365
00:57:50,240 --> 00:57:54,640
like we're like we're in this the budget

1366
00:57:52,160 --> 00:57:57,520
cuts cycle really um closely monitoring

1367
00:57:54,640 --> 00:57:58,880
this stuff and the mantra of like cut

1368
00:57:57,520 --> 00:58:00,960
away from the classroom because like

1369
00:57:58,880 --> 00:58:03,920
students versus like it's always that

1370
00:58:00,960 --> 00:58:05,359
sounds good honestly like I I I like the

1371
00:58:03,920 --> 00:58:08,160
idea but I think it's really important

1372
00:58:05,359 --> 00:58:10,079
also to understand what the trade-offs

1373
00:58:08,160 --> 00:58:11,920
are right like when we say that there

1374
00:58:10,079 --> 00:58:14,640
are people who are making sacrifices and

1375
00:58:11,920 --> 00:58:16,720
you can see that when you go uh to the

1376
00:58:14,640 --> 00:58:17,839
facilities and talk to the folks. Um and

1377
00:58:16,720 --> 00:58:19,119
like that doesn't mean that that's not

1378
00:58:17,839 --> 00:58:20,480
the right answer. Like it's it could

1379
00:58:19,119 --> 00:58:21,920
still be the right answer and that's for

1380
00:58:20,480 --> 00:58:24,720
me personally that's probably still the

1381
00:58:21,920 --> 00:58:27,280
right answer, but um it is helpful to

1382
00:58:24,720 --> 00:58:28,799
see in person what that actually means

1383
00:58:27,280 --> 00:58:30,640
because I think we need to be eyes wide

1384
00:58:28,799 --> 00:58:33,440
open whenever we make these decisions.

1385
00:58:30,640 --> 00:58:36,079
Um but again, it was it was great. I

1386
00:58:33,440 --> 00:58:38,640
think I enjoyed team. Hopefully he

1387
00:58:36,079 --> 00:58:39,680
enjoyed uh my visit there. Uh and it's

1388
00:58:38,640 --> 00:58:41,839
pretty quick and just a lot of

1389
00:58:39,680 --> 00:58:43,440
interesting history back there as well.

1390
00:58:41,839 --> 00:58:45,440
Thank you so much. Um, question on the 2

1391
00:58:43,440 --> 00:58:47,200
by two. It sounds like the two x2 x2 was

1392
00:58:45,440 --> 00:58:50,240
actually a 2 x two because nobody from

1393
00:58:47,200 --> 00:58:52,240
the high school showed up or what?

1394
00:58:50,240 --> 00:58:53,440
>> They weren't they weren't able to attend

1395
00:58:52,240 --> 00:58:55,359
conflict? I'm not sure.

1396
00:58:53,440 --> 00:58:57,119
>> Okay. Is it is it typical that we don't

1397
00:58:55,359 --> 00:58:58,799
get people there or is it unusual that

1398
00:58:57,119 --> 00:59:00,559
nobody was able to make it there?

1399
00:58:58,799 --> 00:59:02,319
>> This was the first time uh in previous

1400
00:59:00,559 --> 00:59:03,359
instances it's been a two by two by one

1401
00:59:02,319 --> 00:59:05,200
I think because I think one of their

1402
00:59:03,359 --> 00:59:05,680
trustees has showed up but this is the

1403
00:59:05,200 --> 00:59:06,720
first time. Yeah.

1404
00:59:05,680 --> 00:59:08,240
>> I just want to make sure we've got good

1405
00:59:06,720 --> 00:59:09,920
surface area contact there. So

1406
00:59:08,240 --> 00:59:12,480
>> no this has been great actually. This

1407
00:59:09,920 --> 00:59:14,799
has been I would say a really engaged

1408
00:59:12,480 --> 00:59:16,559
2x2 by two. I don't know what I don't

1409
00:59:14,799 --> 00:59:17,920
remember it meeting I this is my first

1410
00:59:16,559 --> 00:59:21,440
time on it but I don't remember it

1411
00:59:17,920 --> 00:59:23,119
having met as frequently as it is now.

1412
00:59:21,440 --> 00:59:23,680
Um we're basically meeting almost every

1413
00:59:23,119 --> 00:59:25,599
quarter at this point.

1414
00:59:23,680 --> 00:59:27,599
>> There was a there was a more of an

1415
00:59:25,599 --> 00:59:29,599
effort to do it this year. In the past

1416
00:59:27,599 --> 00:59:30,799
there was always a group that didn't

1417
00:59:29,599 --> 00:59:34,000
show up.

1418
00:59:30,799 --> 00:59:36,480
>> Um and so we kind of said do we continue

1419
00:59:34,000 --> 00:59:38,079
to do this or not? If we're going to

1420
00:59:36,480 --> 00:59:40,960
continue then everybody needs to have an

1421
00:59:38,079 --> 00:59:41,920
obligation. We're all very very busy.

1422
00:59:40,960 --> 00:59:43,599
>> Um,

1423
00:59:41,920 --> 00:59:46,400
>> and even if one person from the group

1424
00:59:43,599 --> 00:59:46,960
can show up, we agreed to that. But

1425
00:59:46,400 --> 00:59:48,720
>> yeah,

1426
00:59:46,960 --> 00:59:49,359
>> we'll move forward. Next one's March.

1427
00:59:48,720 --> 00:59:50,720
We'll see.

1428
00:59:49,359 --> 00:59:53,520
>> Okay. Because yeah, I would I would love

1429
00:59:50,720 --> 00:59:55,839
some findings for like what could we be

1430
00:59:53,520 --> 00:59:57,920
doing differently to better prepare our

1431
00:59:55,839 --> 01:00:00,079
students for high school if that was to

1432
00:59:57,920 --> 01:00:04,960
come out of the 2x2 x2s. That would be

1433
01:00:00,079 --> 01:00:06,400
delightful finding. Cool. Jennifer,

1434
01:00:04,960 --> 01:00:10,079
>> I don't have much of an update was at

1435
01:00:06,400 --> 01:00:12,400
the policy committee meeting.

1436
01:00:10,079 --> 01:00:15,200
Thank you for your policy work.

1437
01:00:12,400 --> 01:00:18,480
>> And I don't have anything to report.

1438
01:00:15,200 --> 01:00:20,880
>> All right. Very well. Um,

1439
01:00:18,480 --> 01:00:23,599
holiday breakfast was fun. I I brought

1440
01:00:20,880 --> 01:00:25,440
my ugly sweater, got some remarks. It

1441
01:00:23,599 --> 01:00:27,920
was delightful.

1442
01:00:25,440 --> 01:00:29,280
All right. So, I think that's Oh, and

1443
01:00:27,920 --> 01:00:30,640
superintendent is part of the

1444
01:00:29,280 --> 01:00:33,520
superintendent reports.

1445
01:00:30,640 --> 01:00:37,280
>> Everything with the exception of we are

1446
01:00:33,520 --> 01:00:39,280
now by we, it's Michelle Ramon and Jorge

1447
01:00:37,280 --> 01:00:41,839
Kintana. We're finishing up on the bay

1448
01:00:39,280 --> 01:00:44,799
side doing the strategic planning for

1449
01:00:41,839 --> 01:00:47,359
the budget reduction and tomorrow's

1450
01:00:44,799 --> 01:00:49,359
school is Garfield, the last one.

1451
01:00:47,359 --> 01:00:51,040
Garfield.

1452
01:00:49,359 --> 01:00:52,480
So, you're seeing pretty good engagement

1453
01:00:51,040 --> 01:00:55,440
on those meetings. Cool.

1454
01:00:52,480 --> 01:00:57,680
>> Yeah. Awesome. Thank you so much.

1455
01:00:55,440 --> 01:01:00,480
All right. And with that, we'd like to

1456
01:00:57,680 --> 01:01:02,880
move to 11.1 information on Sanonteo

1457
01:01:00,480 --> 01:01:06,079
County Investment Fund November 2025.

1458
01:01:02,880 --> 01:01:08,640
Rick, you have the floor.

1459
01:01:06,079 --> 01:01:11,359
>> Any questions?

1460
01:01:08,640 --> 01:01:15,760
It's a very short floor really. Okay.

1461
01:01:11,359 --> 01:01:18,319
Um, with that, we'll move to section 12,

1462
01:01:15,760 --> 01:01:19,599
correspondence. Have folks received any

1463
01:01:18,319 --> 01:01:23,160
written correspondence they'd like to

1464
01:01:19,599 --> 01:01:23,160
share for the record?

1465
01:01:26,079 --> 01:01:30,640
Nobody. Okay. I've received a bunch of

1466
01:01:28,319 --> 01:01:32,640
correspondence from uh parents and

1467
01:01:30,640 --> 01:01:35,680
taxpayers alike about a prospective

1468
01:01:32,640 --> 01:01:37,440
parcel tax and discussing that. I've had

1469
01:01:35,680 --> 01:01:40,400
conversations with both of the union

1470
01:01:37,440 --> 01:01:42,160
reps. I love that they're here online

1471
01:01:40,400 --> 01:01:43,359
and here in person. And so like that's

1472
01:01:42,160 --> 01:01:46,000
been really great just to have that

1473
01:01:43,359 --> 01:01:47,440
surface area contact and also uh

1474
01:01:46,000 --> 01:01:49,599
discussions with a number of the

1475
01:01:47,440 --> 01:01:51,359
different uh Hispanic leaders that are

1476
01:01:49,599 --> 01:01:53,839
in the community, some of whom are also

1477
01:01:51,359 --> 01:01:55,359
here uh in person and online. So it's

1478
01:01:53,839 --> 01:01:56,880
been great to have those additional

1479
01:01:55,359 --> 01:02:00,000
surface area contact about what's on

1480
01:01:56,880 --> 01:02:01,839
people's minds. Um yeah, great. Other

1481
01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:05,599
correspondents?

1482
01:02:01,839 --> 01:02:08,079
Nope. Okay, moving on to agenda item 13,

1483
01:02:05,599 --> 01:02:11,400
other business or suggested items for a

1484
01:02:08,079 --> 01:02:11,400
future agenda.

1485
01:02:12,319 --> 01:02:17,359
So, at some point, I may look to uh work

1486
01:02:15,200 --> 01:02:20,160
with this and some of the things we've

1487
01:02:17,359 --> 01:02:22,799
talked about in terms of a parking lot

1488
01:02:20,160 --> 01:02:24,480
um and sort of make this a maybe at the

1489
01:02:22,799 --> 01:02:26,160
next meeting a little bit more media of

1490
01:02:24,480 --> 01:02:28,640
a discussion to try and hash through

1491
01:02:26,160 --> 01:02:33,599
like when do we want to calendar what

1492
01:02:28,640 --> 01:02:35,359
topics. Um but for tonight's meeting not

1493
01:02:33,599 --> 01:02:37,760
any other things that people want to

1494
01:02:35,359 --> 01:02:39,200
make sure that in finite time that we we

1495
01:02:37,760 --> 01:02:44,280
discussed that are in the hopper of

1496
01:02:39,200 --> 01:02:44,280
stuff to talk about in future meetings.

1497
01:02:45,280 --> 01:02:48,960
Okay. If anything occurs to you, please

1498
01:02:46,880 --> 01:02:50,960
do drop me an email and I will make a

1499
01:02:48,960 --> 01:02:53,200
best effort to agendaize it. really do

1500
01:02:50,960 --> 01:02:54,960
care about what you all of you think

1501
01:02:53,200 --> 01:02:56,880
about and what you care about and want

1502
01:02:54,960 --> 01:02:58,079
to make sure that we get to talking

1503
01:02:56,880 --> 01:02:59,680
about those things and having meaty

1504
01:02:58,079 --> 01:03:03,760
conversations about those things as a

1505
01:02:59,680 --> 01:03:06,079
board. So, thank you. All right, so with

1506
01:03:03,760 --> 01:03:07,839
that, we're going to move to section 14,

1507
01:03:06,079 --> 01:03:12,160
meeting reflection. How did today's

1508
01:03:07,839 --> 01:03:15,520
meeting go? What did I screw up?

1509
01:03:12,160 --> 01:03:18,160
Um, Sicilia, you want to start?

1510
01:03:15,520 --> 01:03:22,319
>> Sure. I mean, definitely a short

1511
01:03:18,160 --> 01:03:25,039
meeting. Um, I appreciated the um,

1512
01:03:22,319 --> 01:03:27,200
presentation from Rick. Um, obviously

1513
01:03:25,039 --> 01:03:29,440
bringing us to a positive certification

1514
01:03:27,200 --> 01:03:32,160
and again I look forward to the future

1515
01:03:29,440 --> 01:03:35,359
of Rabbit City. Um, as far as tonight's

1516
01:03:32,160 --> 01:03:38,799
meeting, I mean, I think you did a good

1517
01:03:35,359 --> 01:03:42,039
job. Um, things went smoothly and so

1518
01:03:38,799 --> 01:03:42,039
that's it.

1519
01:03:43,119 --> 01:03:50,000
>> Um, thank you again to ex-president

1520
01:03:46,480 --> 01:03:52,799
Wells. Um, but yeah, President Weekly, I

1521
01:03:50,000 --> 01:03:54,720
think you did well today. I I think I

1522
01:03:52,799 --> 01:03:57,599
just uh probably need another refresher

1523
01:03:54,720 --> 01:03:59,680
on your whole Robert's rule formatting,

1524
01:03:57,599 --> 01:04:02,640
but I think it makes sense to just open

1525
01:03:59,680 --> 01:04:04,079
up discussion and then figure out how we

1526
01:04:02,640 --> 01:04:05,680
can talk about things a little bit more

1527
01:04:04,079 --> 01:04:08,720
deeply during the meeting.

1528
01:04:05,680 --> 01:04:10,799
>> Sure. Um just to share the the hope is

1529
01:04:08,720 --> 01:04:12,960
to kind of separate the receiving of

1530
01:04:10,799 --> 01:04:14,960
information and getting clarifications

1531
01:04:12,960 --> 01:04:17,599
about what are we talking about from

1532
01:04:14,960 --> 01:04:19,599
okay you know kind of turn chair like

1533
01:04:17,599 --> 01:04:21,599
discussing as a board what do we think

1534
01:04:19,599 --> 01:04:23,599
about this you know what what's our kind

1535
01:04:21,599 --> 01:04:25,760
of collective take the actual cogitating

1536
01:04:23,599 --> 01:04:27,599
about it instead of just having like

1537
01:04:25,760 --> 01:04:30,000
back and forth with the speaker and so

1538
01:04:27,599 --> 01:04:32,559
Robert's rules of orders would say that

1539
01:04:30,000 --> 01:04:34,480
um the deliberation begins after the

1540
01:04:32,559 --> 01:04:37,359
motion the second because the the point

1541
01:04:34,480 --> 01:04:39,920
is to bring the item for discussion to

1542
01:04:37,359 --> 01:04:42,720
the floor and it mo by being moved and

1543
01:04:39,920 --> 01:04:45,359
seconded it's actually now can be

1544
01:04:42,720 --> 01:04:46,880
deliberated and then after deliberation

1545
01:04:45,359 --> 01:04:48,880
is complete there's a call for a vote

1546
01:04:46,880 --> 01:04:50,960
which I totally botched today but I will

1547
01:04:48,880 --> 01:04:52,559
eventually figure out um but that that's

1548
01:04:50,960 --> 01:04:54,000
the intent not everything needs

1549
01:04:52,559 --> 01:04:55,520
deliberation you know sometimes there's

1550
01:04:54,000 --> 01:04:58,640
just like presentation like yep sounds

1551
01:04:55,520 --> 01:05:00,720
good u but but I think sometimes uh we

1552
01:04:58,640 --> 01:05:02,319
do need to have like meaty dialogue as a

1553
01:05:00,720 --> 01:05:04,160
board of trustees to collectively

1554
01:05:02,319 --> 01:05:05,760
deliberate like what do we think about

1555
01:05:04,160 --> 01:05:07,280
this thing and to of back and forth and

1556
01:05:05,760 --> 01:05:09,599
disagreement and changing of minds and

1557
01:05:07,280 --> 01:05:11,440
like that's really the the magic I think

1558
01:05:09,599 --> 01:05:13,839
of the board meeting is that this is our

1559
01:05:11,440 --> 01:05:15,520
one you know lawful place to really hash

1560
01:05:13,839 --> 01:05:17,680
it out in public what do we think about

1561
01:05:15,520 --> 01:05:19,280
this thing so just where it where it's

1562
01:05:17,680 --> 01:05:21,920
required that we have it if it's not

1563
01:05:19,280 --> 01:05:26,760
required there there's no need to make a

1564
01:05:21,920 --> 01:05:26,760
short item long that's the hope

1565
01:05:30,000 --> 01:05:35,200
>> change is uncomfortable but I'm I'm open

1566
01:05:33,760 --> 01:05:37,200
to trying this because we've we've

1567
01:05:35,200 --> 01:05:41,359
switched positions. I I already missed

1568
01:05:37,200 --> 01:05:42,799
my my ex- neighbor, but I've gained a

1569
01:05:41,359 --> 01:05:47,119
new neighbor, so I'm very excited about

1570
01:05:42,799 --> 01:05:48,799
that. Um, no, overall I'm I'm I think

1571
01:05:47,119 --> 01:05:50,400
it's good to try the new things. Um,

1572
01:05:48,799 --> 01:05:52,160
we'll see. Yeah, I'm excited to see how

1573
01:05:50,400 --> 01:05:53,920
it goes.

1574
01:05:52,160 --> 01:05:55,359
>> Awesome. Thank you, Mike.

1575
01:05:53,920 --> 01:05:56,799
>> Yeah, I mean, we definitely bumbled our

1576
01:05:55,359 --> 01:05:58,559
way through the action items, so I think

1577
01:05:56,799 --> 01:05:59,760
having some guidelines on how how you're

1578
01:05:58,559 --> 01:06:01,200
expecting it to work, I think, might

1579
01:05:59,760 --> 01:06:02,559
help. And making sure that the board

1580
01:06:01,200 --> 01:06:04,640
knows that it's going to happen there.

1581
01:06:02,559 --> 01:06:06,960
And I apologize. I jumped right into our

1582
01:06:04,640 --> 01:06:09,760
old format right off the bat, having no

1583
01:06:06,960 --> 01:06:11,839
idea that it was changing today. So, um,

1584
01:06:09,760 --> 01:06:13,440
but thank you for steering us back to

1585
01:06:11,839 --> 01:06:15,680
the new thing. Sure. Yeah, let's try it.

1586
01:06:13,440 --> 01:06:17,599
Let's see. Um, my one ask though is that

1587
01:06:15,680 --> 01:06:18,880
we're cognizant of time. I think that,

1588
01:06:17,599 --> 01:06:20,640
you know, we do want to make sure that

1589
01:06:18,880 --> 01:06:22,640
we're not taking it and turning it into

1590
01:06:20,640 --> 01:06:24,160
something that's going to draw out the

1591
01:06:22,640 --> 01:06:25,520
length of time that we're spending on.

1592
01:06:24,160 --> 01:06:26,880
It sounds like you only want to do it

1593
01:06:25,520 --> 01:06:29,200
for action items where there's actually

1594
01:06:26,880 --> 01:06:30,720
a vote and has to happen there. So, when

1595
01:06:29,200 --> 01:06:34,079
things are on discussion, of course, we

1596
01:06:30,720 --> 01:06:36,640
would not have a motion at all. Um but

1597
01:06:34,079 --> 01:06:39,119
uh yeah, just just be cognizant of time.

1598
01:06:36,640 --> 01:06:40,880
Um I Evelyn did a great job this year of

1599
01:06:39,119 --> 01:06:43,039
putting in the pacing guides that are in

1600
01:06:40,880 --> 01:06:44,720
there. Um and so let's just make sure

1601
01:06:43,039 --> 01:06:47,280
that we're sort of able to, you know,

1602
01:06:44,720 --> 01:06:49,839
stick within there so that these folks

1603
01:06:47,280 --> 01:06:52,079
can get home and get their they start so

1604
01:06:49,839 --> 01:06:54,559
early in the morning and uh yeah, and

1605
01:06:52,079 --> 01:06:55,680
let them get back to um the work that

1606
01:06:54,559 --> 01:06:57,599
they do every day.

1607
01:06:55,680 --> 01:07:00,240
>> Amen to that. You know, I I would say

1608
01:06:57,599 --> 01:07:02,559
like um I'll be happy with how these

1609
01:07:00,240 --> 01:07:04,480
things are are working overall if we if

1610
01:07:02,559 --> 01:07:06,799
I feel like the majority of our time is

1611
01:07:04,480 --> 01:07:08,480
spent discussing and deliberating

1612
01:07:06,799 --> 01:07:10,240
student achievement, right? Because

1613
01:07:08,480 --> 01:07:12,000
boards that spend the majority of their

1614
01:07:10,240 --> 01:07:15,039
time focused on the student and focused

1615
01:07:12,000 --> 01:07:17,599
on student achievement have are have

1616
01:07:15,039 --> 01:07:19,440
districts in which the students perform

1617
01:07:17,599 --> 01:07:20,799
disproportionately well. And so like

1618
01:07:19,440 --> 01:07:22,960
that really should be our focus is on

1619
01:07:20,799 --> 01:07:25,280
the students and on student achievement

1620
01:07:22,960 --> 01:07:27,039
and not on procedural overhead. So, I'll

1621
01:07:25,280 --> 01:07:28,799
try to keep the procedural overhead low

1622
01:07:27,039 --> 01:07:32,640
and quality of discussion high. That's

1623
01:07:28,799 --> 01:07:34,400
the goal. Great. Um, I said before, I'll

1624
01:07:32,640 --> 01:07:36,240
set it again. Rick, I love that you're

1625
01:07:34,400 --> 01:07:37,920
playing with these formats. You know, we

1626
01:07:36,240 --> 01:07:40,160
we'll work on the uh hallucinated trees,

1627
01:07:37,920 --> 01:07:43,520
but like it just as a as a as an overall

1628
01:07:40,160 --> 01:07:45,359
like meta to to to staff like using

1629
01:07:43,520 --> 01:07:48,319
these modern tools that are available

1630
01:07:45,359 --> 01:07:50,240
and exploring and trying things out to

1631
01:07:48,319 --> 01:07:52,000
find new ways to communicate more

1632
01:07:50,240 --> 01:07:53,039
effectively and more efficiently. Not

1633
01:07:52,000 --> 01:07:54,400
everything's going to be perfect, but

1634
01:07:53,039 --> 01:07:56,319
that's understood and that's part of the

1635
01:07:54,400 --> 01:07:58,799
process and and and I love the the

1636
01:07:56,319 --> 01:08:00,160
eagerness to lean in and and try it out.

1637
01:07:58,799 --> 01:08:02,319
So, thank you.

1638
01:08:00,160 --> 01:08:06,039
>> Cool. And your frustration of three

1639
01:08:02,319 --> 01:08:06,039
hours trying to

1640
01:08:07,520 --> 01:08:13,440
backtory here

1641
01:08:10,000 --> 01:08:17,279
had I had to bring it up.

1642
01:08:13,440 --> 01:08:19,199
>> Okay. Oh, no. Okay.

1643
01:08:17,279 --> 01:08:21,520
Well, hopefully uh there were some

1644
01:08:19,199 --> 01:08:24,759
findings and it'll be faster and easier

1645
01:08:21,520 --> 01:08:24,759
next time.

1646
01:08:25,920 --> 01:08:32,640
>> I'll grab you after the meeting, Ray.

1647
01:08:27,839 --> 01:08:35,920
Okay. Um and with that, uh 15 board of

1648
01:08:32,640 --> 01:08:37,920
trustees meeting calendar. Um looks like

1649
01:08:35,920 --> 01:08:39,839
our future board meetings on the 13th we

1650
01:08:37,920 --> 01:08:41,520
have a study session at 6 p.m. On the

1651
01:08:39,839 --> 01:08:43,839
14th, we've got a regular meeting. On

1652
01:08:41,520 --> 01:08:46,000
the 21st, we've got a 5:45 p.m. special

1653
01:08:43,839 --> 01:08:49,199
meeting that's closed. and then that's

1654
01:08:46,000 --> 01:08:52,640
followed by a 7 p.m. regular meeting.

1655
01:08:49,199 --> 01:08:56,199
Um, any other changes? Everybody's got

1656
01:08:52,640 --> 01:08:56,199
those things calendared

1657
01:09:07,759 --> 01:09:10,560
>> pretty much when Evelyn sends Yes. Maybe

1658
01:09:09,839 --> 01:09:12,239
I missed.

1659
01:09:10,560 --> 01:09:13,759
>> You're on there. The reason why you

1660
01:09:12,239 --> 01:09:17,279
might have not seen it, it's because

1661
01:09:13,759 --> 01:09:19,120
someone else sent it. Um, so then I sent

1662
01:09:17,279 --> 01:09:22,480
it to Cecilia, so I won't reflect on

1663
01:09:19,120 --> 01:09:27,799
yours, but it is on the calendar. Yeah.

1664
01:09:22,480 --> 01:09:27,799
>> Yeah, I I see her on the invite list.

1665
01:09:27,920 --> 01:09:31,279
And any any other changes to the

1666
01:09:29,520 --> 01:09:33,040
calendar, stuff that's upcoming, Evelyn,

1667
01:09:31,279 --> 01:09:35,600
are we good?

1668
01:09:33,040 --> 01:09:36,640
>> Uh, no more changes than the ones you

1669
01:09:35,600 --> 01:09:38,400
already listed.

1670
01:09:36,640 --> 01:09:40,480
>> Sweet. Thank you so much. Thanks for

1671
01:09:38,400 --> 01:09:42,400
keeping us organized.

1672
01:09:40,480 --> 01:09:44,799
Okay. And with that, I think that brings

1673
01:09:42,400 --> 01:09:47,359
us to item 16, which is adjournment,

1674
01:09:44,799 --> 01:09:49,600
which has a required action.

1675
01:09:47,359 --> 01:09:50,239
>> I move to adjurnn.

1676
01:09:49,600 --> 01:09:53,440
>> Second.

1677
01:09:50,239 --> 01:09:57,480
>> All those in favor? I I See, we didn't

1678
01:09:53,440 --> 01:09:57,480
need to deliberate that one.