Dec 13, 2023 Board of Education Meeting

[1. Public Meeting]

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>> GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY, IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE TODAY. THIS IS THE DECEMBER 13, 2023 BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING AND WE ARE NOW IN SESSION AND I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:03 PLEASE NOT LET THE RECORD REFLECT THREE OF US ARE PRESENT AND ÃÃIF THEY ARE ANY

CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? >> THANK YOU BOARD PRESIDENT WE WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT THE BUDGET SOURCE LIST OF ITEMS 4.26 AGREEMENT AMENDMENT THE BRILLIANCE PROJECT TO CORRECT

FUNDING SOURCE IS TITLE TO RESTRICTED. >> WE WILL MAKE THAT.

ANY OTHER CHANGES? >> I WOULD LIKE TO PULL THE ITEM NUMBER ON THE CONSENT

CALENDAR, FOR COMMENT ONLY. 4.4. >> ALL RIGHT WE WILL PULL 4.44

MRS. SANDOVAL WHAT'S THE PURPOSE? >> COMMENT ONLY.

TEXT ANY OTHER ITEMS TO BE PULLED OR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? HEARING NONE, BASED ON .4.44 AND THE UPDATED CORRECTION ON 4.26 WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT

THE AGENDA AS AMENDED. >> SO MOVE. >> THANK YOU PEREZ.

>> SECOND. >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING ON A MOTION BY MR. PEREZ AND A SECOND BY MRS. SANDOVAL. (ROLL CALL) MOTION PASSES 5 Ã 0. GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54954 PROHIBITS THE GOVERNING BOARD FROM DISCUSSING OR ACTING ON ANY MATTER THAT'S NOT ON THE PUBLIC AGENDA. BOARD MEMBERS AND ASK QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION ON COMMENTS MADE. YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR

[2. Closed Session]

CLOSE SESSION? >> THAT BEING SAID I WILL NOT GO INTO CLOSED SESSION THE TIME

IS 5:06 >> GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY, THANK YOU FOR BEARING WITH US

[3. Open Session (Part 1 of 2)]

>> PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART, READY, BEGIN. >> WILL GO TO ITEM 3.4 THIS IS

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I WILL FOLLOW HER AND WE ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE A FEW FOLKS DOWN THERE.

I WILL BE THERE SHORTLY. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT AND RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO FONTANA SANTOS OVER THE YEARS.

FONTANA SANTOS BEGAN IN 1997 WHEN THE FONTANA SCHOOL DISTRICT CINDY OF ARO AND LYDIA LIBERT LEARNED OF A FONTANA BOY WHO RAN AWAY FROM HOME AFTER CHRISTMAS BECAUSE HE DIDN'T RECEIVE PRESENT THEY COLLECTED TOYS AND DONATIONS FROM LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND DELIVER THEM TO STUDENTS DURING THE HOLIDAYS. IF YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THE NAMES

HAVE THEM, FOR THEIR CERTIFICATES. >> FOUNDATION OF HOPE WE HAVE JACKIE LONG WE CAN APPLAUSE WHEN WE HEAR THE NAMES. FROM POLICE SERVICES WE HAVE CHIEF GRIFFIN AND GILLER WHITE. FROM OUR FACE TEAM FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MICHAEL GARCIA AND SITE AND DISTRICT TEAM. AND LYDIA LIBERT.

[APPLAUSE] >> CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE EVERYONE.

>> MR. ARMENDAREZ, IF YOU'RE NOT TALKING I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE MUTE BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR BACKGROUND NOISE COMING INTO THE ROOM FROM YOUR SIDE. NOT SURE IF YOU CAN HEAR ME.

>> I MUTED. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION ON THE AGENDA, COUPLE THINGS TO REPORT OUT. UNDER CONFERENCE FROM LEGAL COUNSEL LITIGATION IN CLOSE SESSION THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED A GLOBAL SETTLEMENT FOR EMPLOYEE NUMBER 2269 IN THE AMOUNT OF $375,000 REIMBURSEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 10,001 SUBSEQUENT JOB DISPLACEMENT BENEFIT VALUE AT 6000.

THERE WAS A MOTION MADE BY MR. ARMENDAREZ SECONDED BY MYSELF CARRIED A 3 Ã2 VOTE MR. PEREZ AND MS. SANDOVAL SUSTAINING. CLOSE SESSION THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE COMPROMISE RELEASE AGREEMENT WITH CLASSIFIED MANAGEMENT.2269.

MOTION WAS MADE BY MR. ARMENDARIZ SECONDED BY MYSELF CARRIED 3 Ã2:.

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CLOSE SESSION THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATE OF PROMOTION MANAGEMENT AS FOLLOWS. EMPLOYEE NUMBER 10476 DIRECTOR OF MULTITIER SYSTEM OF SUPPORTS M TSS THIS IS THE ACADEMIC AND TEACHING AND LEARNING SIDE OF THE HOUSE OF M TSS AND THAT MOTION WAS MADE BY B& CASSAVA. ARE WE ANNOUNCING THE NAME?

I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL. >> BOARD PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO WAIT UNLESS THE SITE

ALREADY KNOWS. >> THAT'S WHY AM ASKING. >> I WILL LEAVE IT FOR BOARD

PRESIDENT TO DECIDE. >> NORMALLY IF THERE'S A FIGHT PERSON COMING TO A SITE WE JUST DO THE EMPLOYEE NUMBER BECAUSE THE SITE HASN'T BEEN NOTIFIED. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CLEAR THE HURDLES BEFORE WE JUMP IN. WE CAN HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL COME BACK AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE AT THE SITE AND MAKE THEIR ANNOUNCEMENT UNLESS YOU FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THAT.

THAT WAS THE REPORTS FROM CLOSED SESSION. NEXT ITEM IS THE FUN PART.

WE ARE IN REORGANIZATION TIME HERE ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SO EVERY YEAR THERE'S A PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT ELECTED WITH OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS FOR VARIOUS COMMITTEES THAT RCS PA AND THIS TIME AROUND ITEM 3.6 THE ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT BEFORE I ASK FOR MOTION BEFORE NOMINATIONS I WANT TO TELL YOU ALL THE COMMUNITY, THE BOARD, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR SERVING ON THIS DAIS IN THIS POSITION THE PAST YEAR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE IN MY LEADERSHIP AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

AT THIS TIME I WILL BE ASKING FOR NOMINATION FOR BOARD PRESIDENT FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR

OF 2024. >>. >> I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE

BOARD MEMBER SERNA. >> I SECOND. >> THAT WAS QUICK.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE BOARD MEMBER ARMENDAREZ. >> USUALLY WE TALK ABOUT IT

BEFORE WE JUST START DROPPING NOMINATIONS. >> I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER HOW WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST. I HEAR NOMINATION FOR MYSELF AND I HEAR A NOMINATION FOR MR. ARMENDAREZ. OKAY. IS THERE SECOND, NOMINATION? I WILL SECOND. MR. ARMENDAREZ, DO YOU WANT TO SUCK IT YOURSELF?

>> YES. >> I THINK WE SHOULD ALLOW THE PEOPLE WHO BEEN NOMINATED AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WHETHER THEY ACCEPT IT FIRST AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOR A FEW WORDS.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ADAM PEREZ FOR NOMINATING ME I REALLY APPRECIATE THE NOMINATION. DUE TO BEING ONE WEEK A YEAR FOLLOWING ON THAT FOR MY REGULAR JOB ME BEING OUT OF TOWN I DO GREATLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY THE BOARD COLLECTIVELY AND I'M HOPING I GET SUPPORT FOR THE REST OF MY BOARD.

>> I WOULD LIKE I SAID BEFORE I BEEN HONORED TO BE HERE. I WOULD GLADLY GIVE UP THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT IF SOMEONE ELSE WOULD WANT TO JUMP IN AND DO THAT.

IS A TASKING JOB YOU GET TO WORK A LOT OF DAYS AND HOURS AND VARIOUS FUNCTIONS SO WHOEVER WANTS TO SIT IN THAT SEAT I JUST SAY YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO I'M HONORED AND WOULD STAY IN THE SEAT IF THE COLLECTED BOARD WANTED TO STAY IN THE SPORT.

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PROCEDURALLY DO THIS BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER. >> THE DIFFICULTY IS THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NOMINATION PROCESS AND THE VOTE PROCESS THE VOTE COMES AFTER A MOTION AND A SECOND TO VOTE FOR PARTICULAR PERSON FOR PRESIDENT.

IT FOLLOWS USUALLY MORE OPEN NOMINATION PROCESS SO WE'VE COVERED THE BASES REALLY WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS SOMEBODY NEEDS TO MOVE TO NOMINATE A SINGLE PERSON FOR PRESIDENT AND IF THAT MOTION IS SECONDED THEN YOU VOTE FOR THAT PERSON AND IF THERE ARE 3+ VOTE BY THE PERSON

AS PRESIDENT AND WE ARE DONE. >> I WOULD LIKE TO PUSH FOR MARS SERNA HE'S DONE AN AWESOME JOB. I WAS PRESIDENT PROBABLY THE THIRD YEAR OF MY FIRST TERM HERE AND I KNOW HOW MANY TIMES YOU HAVE TO BE AT DISTRICT OFFICE AT THAT TIME WE HAD TWO MEETINGS A MONTH SO I WAS HERE EVERY SINGLE WEEK OF THE YEAR HERE, PREPARING AN AGENDA, TALKING ABOUT THINGS WHETHER I LIKED IT OR I DIDN'T AND WE SPEND MANY HOURS I KNOW THAT MARS HAS DONE A FABULOUS JOB AND I KNOW HIS DAY JOB KEEPS HIM VERY BUSY AS WELL.

I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE HOURS OF THE TIME THAT YOU SPEND AND SEEING YOU AT ALMOST EVERY

SINGLE EVENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. >> A MOTION TO KEEP HIM ON.

>> MR. ARMENDAREZ DOES WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? >> I WANT TO ALSO EXPRESS THE FACT THAT I DO APPRECIATE THE CONFIDENCE AND I DO UNDERSTAND IT'S A POSITION THAT REQUIRES PLENTY OF WORK. I HAVE ONE MEETING OUT OF THE WHOLE YEAR THAT JUST CONFLICTED BECAUSE OF OURS THAT WE HAD. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD REALLY LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO MY LAST YEAR AS ELECTED BOARD MEMBER AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF I CAN GET SUPPORT FROM ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO CARRY SOME OF THE LOAD SO YOU DON'T

HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN. >> SO WE HAVE A MOTION? HAVE TWO MOTIONS.

THERE WAS A MOTION ORIGINALLY FROM THE NOMINATIONS, I THINK IT WAS NOMINATIONS.

>> NOW THERE IS A MOTION. >> I GO AHEAD AND SECOND MARY'S MOTION.

>> MARY'S MOTION WAS TO KEEP ME IN THE SEAT. >> QUICK QUESTION.

WE HAD A NOMINATION WE HAD A MOTION TO MAKE A NOMINATION THEN WE HAD ANOTHER MOTION TO

NOMINATE ME. >> THERE'S TWO NOMINATIONS RIGHT NOW.

YOURSELF AND ME. >> IT PRETTY MUCH BOILS DOWN TO WHERE YOU ARE BECAUSE THERE'S

TWO FOR YOU. >> THERE'S NO VOTE. IF THE COLLECTED BOARD WOULD LIKE ME TO STAY IN THE SEAT I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT BUT IF SOMEBODY ELSE WAS A TICKET I'M ALSO HAPPY TO MOVE DOWN TO MY RIGHT. I'M GOOD EITHER WAY.

HOW DO WE WANT TO DO THIS? >> I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY INTEREST IN THE POSITION.

>> A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR ME AND A SECOND BY DOCTOR CASSAVA. ANY DISCUSSION?

>> I WILL SAY THIS, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR, YOU HOLD THIS POSITION EXTREMELY WELL GRACEFULLY IT'S BEEN TRULY AN HONOR THE LAST YEAR YOU FOCUS THROUGH THE YEAR.

REGARDLESS ON HOW THE VOTE GOES I SINCERELY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR DISTRICT AND OUR KIDS. I KNOW HOW TAXING IT IS BECAUSE WE HAD LONG CONVERSATIONS WHERE I THINK YOU SAID YOU PULLED OUT THE LAST OF YOUR HAIR. BUT THERE CAN BE YOU ARE TRULY

A MAN OF HONOR AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR SERVING YOU. >> I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT MY VOTE IN NO WAY REFLECTS MY RESPECT IN THE JOB YOU'VE DONE. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT BUT I

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YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THIS DISTRICT AS WELL. >> THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL. THANK YOU.

WITHOUT THAT, I THINK THE NEXT PROCEDURE IS TO VOTE. MOTION BY MRS. SANDOVAL, SECOND BY DOCTOR CASSAVA TO KEEP ME IN THE SEAT. I WILL CALL FOR VOTE.

>> I WILL START WITH MR. ARMENDARIZ. >> (ROLL CALL).

>> I WANT TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THIS. >> I WAS GOING TO ABSTAIN.

[LAUGHTER] NOLLER KILLING ME. I CAN'T ABSTAIN? >> YOU CAN ABSTAIN AND THEN THE MOTION DIES. IF YOU STATE YOU HAVE A CONFLICT.

>> I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A CONFLICT AND VOTING ON MYSELF I DON'T LIKE THAT.

>> I WOULD SAY YOU COULD LEGALLY ABSTAIN IN WITHIN THE BYLAWS YOU CAN ABSTAIN.

>> ABSTAIN. HERE WE ARE. NOW WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS

AGAIN. >> ANY DISCUSSION? >> I WISH YOU WOULD'VE RECONSIDERED. I HOPE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

>> WE ARE IN DISCUSSION PHASE. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND MY HEART IS IN SERVICE AND I LOVE THIS DISTRICT. BUT IT'S NOT EASY TO VOTE FOR YOURSELF.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE BUT THAT'S JUST IN MY NATURE.

>> IF I WOULD'VE KNOWN HE WOULD'VE DONE THAT I WOULD'VE ASKED TO BE BOARD PRESIDENT

AGAIN. >> I GET BACK. >> THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM MR. ARMENDAREZ AND SECOND BY MR. PEREZ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?

I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE, STARTING WITH MR. ARMENDAREZ. >> AYE.

>> DOCTOR CASSAVA. >> MAY ÃÃ(ROLL CALL). >> HERE I GO.

YOU STILL PUT IT ON ME. I CAN ABSTAIN AGAIN? >> YOU CAN.

THIS IS INTERESTING. >> ABSTAIN AND WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION LATER.

MOTION FAILS. >> BOARD PRESIDENT, CAN WE TABLE THIS AND LET'S GET THE

FAMILY AND THE KIDS, THEY ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING. >> LET'S DO THAT.

WE WILL ALSO TABLE THE ELECTION OF THE VICE PRESIDENT. IS THAT OKAY WITH THE BOARD AT THIS TIME?ET'S GO WITH REPORTS. AND PRESENTATIONS.

WITH THE OUTSTANDING ATHLETES. >> FOR OUR FIRST PRESENTATION I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME KIMBERLY MCKENNEY. EACH STUDENT WILL BE PRESENTED WITH A CERTIFICATE AND DISTRICT

PAM, THANK YOU. >> PARENTS FAMILIES COACHES TEACHERS PRINCIPLES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. I AM THRILLED TO BRING THIS NEW AWARD TO FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT THE OUTSTANDING ATHLETES FOR THE FALL SEASON THE STUDENTS WERE ALL SELECTED BY THEIR SITE FOR BEING AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT AND OUTSTANDING ATHLETE ON AND OFF

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AND GIANNA BECK FOR VOLLEYBALL. NEXT UP WE HAVE ARUBA HILLS HIGH SCHOOL SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT THIS EVENING BUT HALEY TORRES FOR VOLLEYBALL. AND JAILING YOU FROM FOOTBALL.

FOR FONTANA HIGH SCHOOL WE HAVE CHEYENNE RODRIGUEZ FOR VOLLEYBALL.

AND DAVID CONTRARIWISE FOR WATER POLO. NEXT UP WE HAVE KAISER HIGH SCHOOL AND WE HAVE HIGH YELLOW SHINE FOR FOOTBALL. I'M NOT SURE SHE MADE IT SHE WAS COMING FOR PRACTICE WE WILL GET THAT AWARD TO HER ALSO. WE HAVE CRYSTAL JACUZZI FOR VOLLEYBALL. YOU GUYS ALL DID A WONDERFUL JOB AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE STUDENT ATHLETES THAT YOU ARE THE WAY YOU REPRESENT YOUR SCHOOL AND THE WAY YOU

REPRESENT THIS DISTRICT, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, WE ALL GREATLY APPRECIATE THIS NEW TRADITION. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INVITE RENC KASTEN PRINCIPAL AT SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL TO THE PODIUM TO HIGHLIGHT OUR CHAMPIONSHIP WATER POLO TEAM. FOLLOWED BY ANTONIO MIRAMONTES THE PRINCIPAL TO HIGHLIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM. BACK TO

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CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR CHAMPIONSHIP. THIS IS THE FIRST TROPHY THEY BURNED. IN THE CORONA TOURNAMENT WHERE THEY GOT FIRST PLACE.

THE SECOND ONE IS THE LEAD CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE LAST AND FINAL ONE HAPPENED THIS SATURDAY THE FIRST WATER POLO TEAM FOR FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO EVER WIN A CIF DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP. CONGRATULATIONS GENTLEMEN. JOB WELL DONE AND GOOD LUCK TO

YOU ON STATE. >> THAT'S A GREAT SONG. BOARD OF EDUCATION SUPERINTENDENT AND BOBBY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT OUR AMAZING STUDENT ATHLETE. IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING JOURNEY WE ARE SO PROUD OF THE KIDS.

SPENT SUCH HIGHLIGHT SUCCESS IT'S TRULY BEEN AMAZING. >> IF YOU BACKUP.

>> SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HIGHLIGHTING OUR STUDENT ATHLETES IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING JOURNEY AND IT'S BEEN SO FUN WATCHING THE SUCCESS.

THE GAME WAS SO EXCITING HERE ARE THE STUDENT ATHLETES THE SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL CIF CHAMPION

WATER POLO TEAM. >> ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO MENTION I'M THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, YOU ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING MUCH AT THE OLD CIF TEAM AS WELL.

I'M NOT, SAY WHO WOULD ALSO THE CIF PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND THE CIF COACH OF THE YEAR.

>> THEY HAVEN'T HAD THEIR BANQUET YET. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> YOU MAKE US PROUD GUYS. >> FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM PRINCIPAL VERA

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MONTES. >> TO BE SURE. BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE BODY. TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR PARENTS. 16 WEEKS OF FOOTBALL. YOU GUYS DID IT, YOU HAVE PULLED IT OFF. COACH, FANTASTIC JOB. IT WAS AWESOME JUST BEING A PART OF THAT EXPERIENCE. TO MR. REID, GREAT MAKING SURE OUR BOYS ARE TAKEN CARE OF. KING, PETERSON, GREAT JOB ON GETTING THE BOYS READY. THE EXPERIENCE WE HAD WAS PHENOMENAL. RIGHT NOW WHEN THEY BRING UP THE STORY OF HOW WE WENT FROM OUR FINAL GAME, THE PLAYOFF BERTH, AND WE WERE PREDICTED NOT TO WIN THOSE GAMES. I STILL REMEMBER THE GAME DOWN. AND THERE ARE NO MORE GAMES. YOU WENT THE DISTANCE. PARENTS, I KNOW CAME TO THE PRACTICES, MAKING SURE THEY WERE THERE FOR 16 WEEKS. BUT YOU SHARED A LITTLE BIT MORE. I ASKED MR. REID TO KIND OF SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THEN ALSO WHAT WE GIVE HERE FIRSTHAND WITH WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH TO PROVIDE THE EXPERIENCE. 20 YEARS FROM NOW, YOU WILL STILL REMEMBER THAT TROPHY. AND THE EXPERIENCE. MR. REID? VIDEO FIRST.

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>> THANK YOU, REAL QUICK I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR BOARD AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT. WE APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US THE TIME TO DO THIS. I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO COACH AND HIS STAFF. I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, AND I WILL SAY IT AGAIN. NOBODY PUTS OUR STUDENT ATHLETES IN BETTER POSITION TO SUCCEED AND ACHIEVE THAN HE AND HIS STAFF DO. CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM.

APPLAUSE ] AND I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN ATHLETICS FOR MANY YEARS OF MY LIFE. THIS SEASON WAS THE CRAZIEST BY FAR THAT I HAVE EVER BEEN INVOLVED WITH. THE UPS, THE DOWNS, THE FRUSTRATIONS, THE SUCCESSES. FOR THE TEAM, THE COACHES, THE PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THROUGH TO BECOME CHAMPIONS, I'LL ECHO WHAT THEY SAID. YOU GUYS ARE BONDED FOREVER. FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIVES, YOU'RE GOING TO REMEMBER THAT AND KNOW EACH OTHER AS YOU'LL HAVE THAT CONNECTION AND NO ONE ELSE DOES. CONGRATULATIONS, GO SPARTANS. THANK YOU.

] >> I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD AGAIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. MR. SERNA, YOUR HONOR RIGHT NOW WAS VERY INSPIRATIONAL TO ME. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH. I'M A GOVERNMENT TEACHER, SO I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. TO MY COACHING STAFF, YOU GUYS KNOW IT TAKES A VILLAGE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING ME. IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO BY YOURSELF. YOU KNOW IT TAKES A VILLAGE, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO. TO THE PLAYERS, THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO BELIEVE. THEY MENTIONED THE GAME. I'VE GOT TO GIVE THEM THEIR DUE. THEY BEAT US. THAT MADE US BETTER. I CAME TO FONTANA BECAUSE IT'S A FOOTBALL CITY. IF YOU'RE NOT YOUR VERY BEST, THEY WILL EXPOSE YOU FOR THAT. ONE THING I WANT TO MAKE SURE, EVERYBODY KNOWS WE'RE THE NO. 15. THE LOWEST SEED TO WIN A CIF TITLE. WE'RE THE ONLY NO. 15 WHO WON.

AND THEY KEPT THEIR FAITH AND BELIEVED AND THEY CONTINUED TO WORK, EMBODYING EVERYTHING THAT THIS DISTRICT IS ABOUT. WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT AND SUPPORT, AND WE CONGRATULATE YOU GUYS IN CELEBRATING YOUR VICTORY. CONGRATULATIONS, CHAMPIONS.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH WATER POLO AND FOOTBALL. WHAT AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR BOTH SCHOOLS. CONGRATULATIONS. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU GUYS. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE ALONG THE AGENDA, 3.9, STUDENT BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. IT'S ALL

YOURS. >> IT'S OKAY. GOOD EVENING OR GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE. BUT I JUST WANT TO START OFF BY RECOGNIZING THE ATHLETES. THAT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT THEY HAVE PUT INTO THEIR SEASON. SO CONGRATULATES TO THEM. I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN TO A MEETING, BUT I HAVE WATCHED THEM. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WHEN FINANCIAL LITERACY WAS BROUGHT UP, IT WAS REALLY GOOD THAT WE'RE PUSHING TOWARDS THAT ESPECIALLY SINCE ONCE YOU GET TO HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S A LITTLE JARRING, MOR OVER, I WANT TO ADD TO THE POINT WHERE I STAND. I THINK OUR PURPOSE AS THE DISTRICT IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO ALL STUDENTS. AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY FEEL WELCOMED, LOVED, AND READY TO LEARN. WHILE ALSO BEING PROVIDED WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES THEY NEED TO SUCCEED. I THINK THAT THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY EXTERNAL FACTORS THAT SHOULD AFFECT THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT OF THESE STUDENTS. AS SIMPLE AS, YOU KNOW, TO BE RESPECTIVE OF WHAT PRONOUNS THEY WANT TO GO BY. WHAT NAME THEY WANT TO GO BY. STUDENTS SHOULD BE RESPECTED AND SHOULD NOT FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BEING THREATENED. AND ANY EXTERNAL FACTORS THAT ALLOW THEM TO LEAD TO BE SCARED TO COME TO SCHOOL. AT THE END OF THE DAY, STUDENTS, THEY JUST WANT TO BE TRUSTED. THEY JUST WANT TO BE LOVED AND WELCOMED. THEY JUST WANT TO SUCCEED. I DON'T THINK THERE SHOULD BE ANY EXTERNAL FACTORS THAT WILL LEAD TO THEM TO FEEL UNSAFE. I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR WORK AS A DISTRICT IS TO PROVIDE THESE STUDENTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES AND IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU.

APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ITEM 3.10. IT'S SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS. I'LL TURN IT BACK

OVER. >> BEFORE I GET STARTED HERE, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO THANK THE TECHNOLOGY TEAM FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK AND EFFORT FOR THIS SPECIFIC BOARD MEETING WHERE WE HAVE SOMEONE COMING IN. ALL OF OUR PRESENTATIONS THAT WE HAVE SHARED EVEN IN CLOSED SESSION. SO THANK YOU TO THE TECH TEAM. I KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE -- REPORT HIGHLIGHTS A FEW THINGS. I WANT TO START OFF BY A VISIT WE HAD AT DELORES. WE HAD LEADERS FROM THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION, THE MEXICAN CONSULATE, THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION FROM BAJA, CALIFORNIA, AND THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION VISIT DELORES INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY AND BOARD PRESIDENT SERNA WAS THERE WAS WELL. AROUND CULTURE AND ACADEMIC RESOURCES. LAST YEAR THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY EARNED THE 2023 EXCELLENT SCHOOL AWARD FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO PREPARING STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREERS THROUGH ITS EFFECTIVE DUAL LANGUAGE EMERGENT PROGRAM. SO THANK YOU TO THEM, AND OUTSTANDING WORK GOING ON. ON THIS NEXT SLIDE HERE, I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE OUR 23/24 EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR FROM THE CALIFORNIA LEAGUE OF EDUCATION FROM SOUTH RIDGE TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL, MATH TEACHER LYNN CARLISLE, FOR BEING NAMED A FINALIST. SHE WAS ACTUALLY A RUNNER UP TO THE FINALS AT THE END OF THE EVENING, WE FOUND OUT FOR EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR. PHENOMENAL TEACHER DOWN AT SOUTH RIDGE. TO HONOR THE 12 TEACHERS IN OUR REGION, WHICH INCLUDES RIVERSIDE. SO CONGRATULATIONS. THE NEXT ONE HERE IS JUST TODAY, OUR FONTANA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SPREAD

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THEY ALL QUALIFY TO MARCH ON THE HONOR BAND. IN THE 135TH EDITION OF THIS PARADE. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. THE FONTANA CHRISTMAS PARADE. OUR DISTRICT WAS WELL REPRESENTED AT THE FONTANA CHRISTMAS PARADE AS YOU CAN SEE THE BOARD MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE THERE AS WELL. OUR SENIOR DIRECTOR WITH MYSELF AND WE'RE SERVING AS THE GRAND MARSHALS. JOINING US IN THE PARADE INCLUDED THE BOARD MEMBERS YOU SEE THERE, DR.

QUEZADA, JOE ARMENDAREZ, AND BOARD PRESIDENT SERNA. STUDENTS FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND MULTIPLE SCHOOLS REPRESENTING BAND, CHEER, DANCE, MULTIPLE CLUBS. WELL REPRESENTED ACROSS THE BOARD THERE. IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT TO HIGHLIGHT OUR DISTRICT AT THIS ANNUAL CELEBRATION AT THE CHRISTMAS

PARADE. AND THAT'S MY REPORT. >> THANK YOU. YES, APPLAUSE.

AWESOME WORK HAPPENING. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE NOW AT 3.11, OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS. INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED FIVE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND ON OPEN SESSION ITEMS THIS TIME AROUND. GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54954.2, PURPOSE OF GOVERNING BOARD FROM DISCUSSING OR ACTING ON ANY MATTER THAT'S NOT IN THE PUBLIC AGENDA. BOARD MEMBERS MAY ASK QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION, AND ANY COMMENTS MADE AND IF APPROPRIATE MAY REFER THE MATTER TO A DESIGNEE FOR THE FUTURE FOLLOWUP. AND MADAM SUPERINTENDENT, HOW MANY

PUBLIC COMMENTS DO WE HAVE? >> WE HAVE 11, AND WE WILL

START OFF WITH ALBERT. >> GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS.

I WAS -- DR. BARNES WAS KIND ENOUGH TO MEET WITH ME LAST WEDNESDAY REGARDING SOME DISCREPANCY ON THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE $1.1 BILLION. YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF TORN BETWEEN BRINGING IT UP OR DR. BARNES FINISHED HER FULL INVESTIGATION OF ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, COMPLETING THE NUMBERS CORRECTLY. I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK NUMBER REAL QUICK AND I'LL WALK AWAY. BUT AGAIN AS A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE AND A TAXPAYER HERE, THERE IS SOME DISCREPANCY THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. SO ON THE PIE CHART ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WE HAVE $325 MILLION. THEN MIDDLE SCHOOLS WE HAVE $63 MILLION PLUS. AND $93 MILLION ON THE MODERNIZATION. AND WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 300 PLUS PORTABLES IN THE DISTRICT. IF I WERE TO MODERNIZE THEM, THAT MEANS WE WILL REBUILD THEM. I REACHED OUT TO SOME CONTRACTORS AND SAID WHAT'S THE NUMBER? ABOUT $150,000. THAT'S ONLY $45 MILLION. THAT'S A FAR CRY FROM WHAT THE NUMBERS HERE ARE. IF WE WERE TO SAY REPLACEMENT, AGAIN, THE NUMBERS ARE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $500,000 TO $600,000 PER BUILDING. THAT COMES OUT TO $175 MILLION. $150 TO $175, GIVE OR TAKE. THAT'S A FAR CRY FROM WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE HERE. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT THROWING THE NUMBERS OUT TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT VETTING THEM. AND WHO

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BARNES THE CORRECT INFORMATION BEFORE THEY GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC. AND I KIND OF SHARED IT WITH HER. AND THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE GOING. SO WHERE IS THE $450 IF YOU'RE MODERNIZING THEM AND IF WE HAVE TO REPLACE THEM? AND THAT IS JUST FOR THE FUTURE. AS A TAXPAYER HERE, I WANT OUR KIDS TO SUCCEED AS WELL, BUT WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO TAX OUR RESIDENTS HERE. IT'S TOUGH BEING HERE. I'M WEARING THIS BECAUSE I DO CARE ABOUT FONTANA AND I WANT TO SUCCEED AS WELL. ONE THING I WANT TO ASK A SMALL REQUEST AND IT IS NOT OVERSPENT ON ONE PROJECT. AND TO SHARE THAT WEALTH. A LOT OF SCHOOLS NEED HELP. BEING HERE FOR 30 YEARS, TRUST ME, I SEE IT ALL. EVERYBODY IS WORKING HARD. YOU AND I HAD A FEW CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WAY BACK IN THE DAY. YOU KNOW, I'M HOPING THAT SOMEBODY WILL REACH OUT TO AT LEAST HAVE THEM SEE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, BEING HERE FOR 30 YEARS AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE FACILITIES NEED. AND THANKS, EVEN, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

SUPERINTENDENT AND BODY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE FONTANA COMMUNITY. I'M HERE AS A PART OF THE REVIEW BOARD, A CONCERNED CITIZEN, A CONCERNED PARENT. IN ACCORDANCE TO THE EDUCATION CODE, REQUESTING THE POLICY THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED MULTIPLE TIMES TO BE REVIEWED AND VOTED ON THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. THERE HAVE BEEN SIX OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO HAVE ADOPTED THIS POLICY. MANY OF YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS TRUE? STAND UP AND SAY NO MORE TO ALL THIS NONSENSE BEING PUSHED BY THE DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS IN SACRAMENTO. THE SECRECY POLICY, WHICH I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO GO READ FOR YOURSELF HAS TO BE REMOVED.

AND A POLICY ADOPTED TO PROTECT PARENTS FROM THE OVERREACHING GOVERNMENT. THEY ONCE SAID, AND I QUOTE "THE WORLD IS A DANGEROUS PLACE TO LIVE. NOT BECAUSE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE EVIL, BUT BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT." HOW EASY WAS THE SECRECY POLICY, WHICH STRIPPED PARENTS RIGHTS PASSED WITHOUT A PEEP? AND THIS BOARD DOES NOT WANT TO BRING IT BACK UP FOR REVIEW. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WITH POLICIES. SOME WILL SAY -- SAME WILL HAPPEN WITH THIS EQUITY POLICY BEING DISCUSSED. SOME OF YOU MIGHT THINK THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS POLICY. BUT ONCE SOMETHING IS PASSED, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET REMOVED DOWN THE LINE. THERE ARE MANY OF YOU WHO WANT THIS POLICY, BUT I'M THE ELDEST OF MY SIBLINGS OF SPANISH SPEAKING PARENTS, WHERE THERE WAS NO EQUITY POLICY OR PROGRAM IN PLACE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IN SCHOOL. I RECEIVED ALL THE SUPPORT AND HELP I NEEDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH MY CAREER CHOICES. PRESIDENT SERNA AND HIS CLOSING STATEMENTS LAST MONTH SAID HE ALSO SUPPORTS PARENTAL RIGHTS. BUT I ALSO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INCLUSION AND EQUITABLE EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES AND POLICIES. THESE ARE THE NEW BUZZ WORDS OF TODAY. WHAT DO THEY REALLY MEAN? HOW IS HAVING A PARENTAL NOTIFICATION POLICY HINDER THIS EQUITABLE AND INCLUSION STUFF? PRESIDENT SERNA WENT ON TO SAY HOW INCLUSIVE EDUCATION THAT ALL INDIVIDUALS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND, ABILITY, DISABILITY, HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES. THAT EQUITY ACTIVELY WORKS TO ADDRESS DISPARITIES. CAN YOU ANSWER HOW, EXACTLY IT WOULD DO THIS? I'M SORRY, BUT IF THIS BOARD IS NOT ALREADY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES EQUALLY TO EVERYONE, THIS IS A FAILURE OF YOU AND ON THIS BOARD. AGAIN, THERE WAS NO EQUITY PROGRAMS WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, GOING THROUGH THE SAME SCHOOLS. I LACK NOTHING FROM MY EDUCATION OF SUCCESS. ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD, THE DEMOGRAPHIC NUMBERS OF 2022, FONTANA SCHOOLS HAVE 5% AFRICAN AMERICAN, AND 4% WHITE. SO EXPLAIN HOW WE CAN BE MORE DIVERSE, MORE INCLUSIVE OF OTHER BACKGROUNDS, WHEN WE DO NOT HAVE THE POPULATION TO SUPPORT IT. WHEN IT COMES TO THE CHILDREN, DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT PARENTS WILL CAUSE HARM TO THEIR OWN CHILD WHEN THEY COME OUT? MAYBE YOU SHOULD STOP TELLING THESE KIDS SUCH LIE. HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S NOT SIMPLY PEER PRESSURE AND BROUGHT ON BY PEERS, ACTIVIST TEACHERS, OR SOCIAL MEDIA? KIDS ARE VERY IMPRESSIONABLE. PARENTS HAVE AN UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FOR THEIR CHILDREN. PLEASE STOP LYING AND SPREADING MISINFORMATION. SUPERINTENDENT AND BODY AND ALSO TRIED TO EXPLAIN EQUITY. IT WENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS. IT IS EQUITABLE TO GIVE FIVE CHAIRS TO CLASSROOM B RATHER THAN

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THIS BOARD MEMBER, THESE BOARD MEMBERS WILL ALWAYS BE LOYAL TO THE PARTY THEY WERE RUNNING UNDER AND SUPPORT VOTES WITH THEIR PARTY. NOT FOR THE PEOPLE OF FONTANA. THANK YOU.

APPLAUSE ] >> NEXT, DANIELLE HOLLY AND

ROBERT F. IS ON DECK. >> HELLO AND GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT SERNA FOR THE TIME BEING. FELLOW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT IN BODY, AND FONTANA UNIFIED STAFF. MU NAME IS DANIELLE HOLLY, AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FONTANA CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE. IT IS MY JOY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING AS I WANT TO COMMEND YOUR CTE PROGRAM WITHIN THE DISTRICT. AS WE NAVIGATE THE EVER CHANGING JOB MARKETS THAT REQUIRE TECHNICAL SKILLS, THE GAP WITHIN THE WORK FORCE HAS WIDENED SIGNIFICANTLY. I'M PROUD OF THE FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR ADDRESSING THIS NEED TO PROVIDE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO OUR STUDENTS, WHICH IS PREPARING THEM TO BE PRODUCTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL MEMBERS OF OUR WORK FORCE. WE SEE THIS NEED FOR SKILLED AND PREPARED WORKERS DAILY AS WE SUPPORT AND ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY. I APPLAUD YOU FOR BEING PROACTIVE IN THIS REGARD TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS ARE WELL EQUIPPED TO BE THE STRONG WORK FORCE THAT WE NEED THEM TO BE. AS A FORMER STUDENT, I WANTED TO APPLAUD THE FORWARD THINKING OF THIS PROGRAM. I ALSO WANTED TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO HILLARY AND HER TEAM FOR PROVIDING BEAUTIFUL PIECES OF ART THAT WERE CREATED BY OUR VERY OWN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR US STUDENTS TO DISPLAY AT THE FONTANA CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE. WE GOT THOSE YESTERDAY. WE'LL BE HANGING OUT THE LOVELY PIECES OF ART OVER THE COMING WEEKS, SO I INVITE YOU TO COME DOWN AND SAY HELLO TO US, AND SEE THE AMAZING ART THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE CREATED. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO BUILD OUR FUTURE GENERATION OF THE BUSINESS LEADERS HERE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THANKS.

IN BODY. MARS, PRESIDENT MARS AND THE REST OF THE BOARD. THIS IS THE THIRD MONTH IN A ROW THAT WE HAVE COME BEFORE YOU AND ASK THAT YOU PLACE THE PARENT NOTIFICATION POLICY ON THE AGENDA. JUST FOR DISCUSSION. LAST MONTH I QUOTED THE MEANS TO HAVE THE AGENDA PUT -- THE POLICY PUT ON THE AGENDA AND STILL YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO. AND ONCE AGAIN URGING YOU TO PLACE A POLICY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN PROVIDED ON ALREADY ON OUR AGENDA. THE PARENTS AGENDA. THERE ARE SEVEN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE ADOPTED THE SAME POLICY. I ALSO WANT TO ENSURE THIS BOARD THAT THE ABSENCE OF A ROOM FULL OF PARENTS IS NOT A MATTER THAT THIS IS NOT A LACK OF IMPORTANCE. 68% OF PARENTS AGREE PARENTAL NOTIFICATION IS A NECESSARY INTY. AND I WANT TO EXPAND ON WHAT NIELLI SAID. I'M WITH THE FONTANA CIVIL REVIEW BOARD AS WELL. AND YOU ACTUALLY SHARED AT THE EVENT, THE EQUITY. YOU SAID SOMETHING TO THIS AFFECT. SO IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU SAID.

YOU SAID THERE WERE NEW SCHOOLS AND OLDER SCHOOLS, AND THAT EQUALITY WOULD GIVE THE SAME EQUIPMENT TO EACH SCHOOL, EVEN THOUGH SCHOOL IS BRAND NEW AND DIDN'T NEED THAT SAME EQUIPMENT. COMMON SENSE SAYS YOU GIVE THE SCHOOLS THAT NEED THE EQUIPMENT THE EQUIPMENT AND NOT THE BRAND NEW SCHOOL. SO IT WENT SOMETHING OF THAT SORT. AND SO ANYHOW I'M HOPING THAT YOU GUYS WILL LISTEN TO US AND PLACE THE NOTIFICATION POLICY ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH. THANK YOU.

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>> WE HAVE ELDA RIOS AND LINDA IS ON DECK.

>> I BELIEVE MS. RIOS WILL PROBABLY NEED INTERPRETATION FROM THE BACK.

>> I'M A MOTHER OF A STUDENT AT SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS. I AM VERY FRUSTRATED WATCHING THE DELAY AND THE ENTIRE INDEPENDENT EVALUATION PROCESS.

I HAVE BEEN REQUESTING AN INDEPENDENT CYCLE EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION FOR MORE THAN FIVE MONTHS. AND TODAY A CONTRACT HAS NOT BEEN CONCLUDED WITH THE EVALUATOR. I ASK THAT THE DISTRICT NOT TAKE SO LONG WITH THE CONTRACT PROCESS AND THE COMMOTION OF THE EVALUATIONS. I FINALLY BELIEVE THAT OUR REQUEST ARE NECESSARY FOR THE IP TEAM TO DETERMINE GOALS.

SERVICES AND EVEN SCHOOL PLACEMENT. THE STUDENTS NEED ASSESSMENTS COMPLETED ON TIME TO RECEIVE FATE. ONE LOCATION THAT I ASKED FOR YOUR HELP DURING A BOARD MEETING, SO THEY WILL NOT RETALIATE AGAINST MY STUDENT. BUT IT FEELS LIKE EVERYTHING IS DONE ON PURPOSE IN ORDER TO DENY WHAT MY STUDENT NEEDS. I THOUGHT WITH THE NEW ADMINISTRATION THINGS WILL CHANGE. UNFORTUNATELY THEY REMAIN THE SAME OR EVEN WORSE.

AND NOW I EVEN FEEL LIKE THEY WANT TO GET BACK AT ME BY RETALIATING. AND REMOVE MY STUDENT FROM THE PRIVATE SCHOOL. I'LL CONTINUE TO EXERCISE MY RIGHT AND ADVOCATE FOR MY SON, AND I ASK FOR YOUR HELP AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR

LISTENING. GOOD NIGHT. >> AND ALSO SHE IS ASKING, YOU CAN ASK THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS.

>> GRACIAS. >> BOARD MEMBER?

>> MR. ARMENDAREZ? >> YES, CAN YOU ASK CRAIG TO ASSIST HER WITH THAT SITUATION AND LOOK INTO THAT WITH THE

DELAYS? >> MR. ARMENDAREZ'S STAFF IS HERE. I BELIEVE CRAIG AND OUR DIRECTOR IS HERE TODAY AS WELL.

>> BOARD PRESIDENT, MAY I? >> MS. SANDOVAL?

>> CAN YOU CHECK OR SUPERINTENDENT, CAN YOU PLEASE CHECK AND SEE IF THAT PARENT IS INVOLVED IN CAC? MAYBE SHE CAN GET SOME HELP THERE. I BELIEVE OUR DIRECTOR IS ALSO AT THOSE MEETINGS. I BELIEVE CRAIG IS THERE, SO PERHAPS THEY CAN

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STUDENTS, OR PARENTS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR DIRECTOR IS HERE AS WELL AS CRAIG. IF YOU'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT, WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD. FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK JACKIE LONG AND THE FOUNDATION OF HOPE AND LYDIA FOR KEEPING OUR TOY DRIVE GOING, AND LYDIA FOR STICKING WITH IT FOR ALL THESE YEARS. I WANT TO THANK MR. AND MRS. SANDOVAL AND GREG BAKER FOR ATTENDING THE WATER POLO DINNER. THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT BOTHERED TO COME. I GUESS YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT OUR WATER POLO AT FONTANA HIGH SCHOOL APPARENTLY BECAUSE YOU WON'T FIX MY POOL. MY DAUGHTER GETS SICK, BUT SHE STILL KEEPS GOING. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT. YOU KNOW, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULDN'T EVEN SHOW UP TO LET THEM KNOW, PARENTS AND CHILDREN WERE LIKE WHERE IS EVERYBODY? WHY DIDN'T THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COME? THREE OF YOU, WOW. THAT SHOWS YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT FONTANA HIGH SCHOOL. I'M SORRY, BUT THAT'S SO WRONG.

AND YOU KNOW, I ALSO WANT TO SAY I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE STILL THERE, MARS. I HOPE YOU STAY IN THAT SEAT UNTIL THE END OF YOUR TERM IF WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE YOU THERE. ALSO I'M GLAD THAT AT THE END OF DECEMBER, WE WILL BE LESS PERSON SITTING UP THERE, AND I HOPE YOU GO OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT TO GET SOMEBODY THAT WE CAN TRUST AND THAT IS HONORABLE. THANK YOU.

APPLAUSE ] >> BOARD PRESIDENT? I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME OF US WHO BOUGHT TICKETS TO GO TO THE WATER POLO DINNER, BUT COULDN'T GO BECAUSE OF FAMILY COMMITMENTS, BUT WE DID COMMIT TO PURCHASING

TICKETS. >> I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU

FOR YOUR UPDATE ON THAT. >>> NEXT WE HAVE MELISSA BOYD

AND ON DECK IS MATT SLOVAK. >> WHO AM I ADDING YOUR NAME

TO? >> I THINK WE CLOSED PUBLIC COMMENT SIGN UP.

>> IT'S THE BOARD'S POLICY TOKING A SEPTEMBER CARDS.

UNLESS THERE IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO GO BEYOND, WHICH DOES NOT APPLY IN THIS MEETING. YOU CAN STICK WITH YOUR BOARD'S PROTOCOL, WHICH IS TO ACCEPT CARDS UP UNTIL THE START OF THE

MEETING. >> I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A DIALOGUE. CAN WE HELP HIM ASIDE? BECAUSE WE DON'T NORMALLY ACCEPT CARDS AFTER THE START OF THE MEETING. IT'S OUR BOARD POLICY THAT YOU COME IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING AND YOU SIGN UP, YOU KNOW, FILL A CARD OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, THEN WE'RE ALREADY IN THAT PROCESS ALREADY. BUT MAYBE STAFF CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT THE ISSUE. WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM YOU.

>> RIGHT, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A DIALOGUE, BUT I CAN HAVE STAFF MAYBE HELP. SOMEONE, IF YOU CAN HELP FACILITATE THAT,

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> THANK YOU, DR. BARNES.

PLEASE CONTINUE, MELISSA. >> SUPERINTENDENT AND PRESIDENT MARS, THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO BE HERE. MY NAME IS MELISSA BOYD.

I AM WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON. WE'RE HERE WITH A VERY EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT. SINCE 2006, EDISON INTERNATIONAL HAS AWARDED OVER $15 MILLION TO STUDENTS IN OUR SERVICE TERRITORY SINCE 2006, AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT 760 STUDENTS THAT HAVE RECEIVED THIS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP, EXCUSE ME. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE APPLICATION IS OPEN FOR 2024.

AGAIN, THIS IS A $50,000 SCHOLARSHIP TO EACH STUDENT, AND WE AWARD 30 STUDENTS IN OUR SERVICE TERRITORY. SO THIS IS A LIFE CHANGING AMOUNT OF MONEY TO ANY SENIOR THAT IS LOOKING TO PURSUE THEIR CAREER IN THE S.T.E.M. FIELD. SO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR ALL OF THE STUDENTS THAT WERE HERE TONIGHT. I HOPE THAT THEY MAY HAVE WATCHED THE REPLAY AT THE END, AND THEY HEAR MY MESSAGE BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU HAVE A FRIEND OR A FAMILY

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>> MELISSA, STAY UP THERE. I THINK ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU, AND I SEE PETER TALKING. BUT MR. PEREZ?

>> CAN WE ENSURE THIS GETS ON OUR WEBSITE AND THEN ALSO DISTRIBUTED AT ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS?

>> AND WE HAVE DONE THAT THANKS TO DR. MCKINNEY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT, BUT MAKE SURE THE INFORMATION IS

ACCESSIBLE ON OUR WEBSITE. >> MELISSA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK IN PUBLIC WORKS WITH EDISON. AND I'VE BEEN ENGAGING WITH YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

>> VICE PRESIDENT PEREZ, THE REASON I KNOW THAT IS BECAUSE OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER IS SUBMITTING HER APPLICATION, AND SHE FOUND OUT FROM HER SCHOOL.

>> LIFETIME RESIDENT OF THE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO GIVE THE PUBLIC AND THE PARENTS OF THE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF CERTAIN SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE FOR PARENTS AND LIKE WISE THE PARENT'S CHILDREN IN THIS DISTRICT. THE CLEAR UNDERSTANDING CAN BE OBTAINED BY FOCUSING NOT ONLY ON THE SCHOOL BOARD WORDS, BUT FOCUSING ON THEIR ACTIONS. THEIR ACTIONS ARE FACTS, FACTS THAT CANNOT BE CHANGED BY THEIR WORDS. SOMETIMES HYPOCRITICAL WORDS. LET'S RECAP SOME OF THE ACTIONS. MOST OF YOU MAY NOT RECALL, BUT IN 2018, MARY SANDOVAL TOOK ACTION ON 21 BOARD POLLTIES AND BYLAW POLICIES WITH A SPECIAL MEETING WITH QUESTIONABLE INADEQUATE PUBLIC NOTICE. NO QUESTION THAT OUR INTEREST WAS TOO EXCLUDE PARENT PUBLIC AND CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT IN DISCOURSE OF ANY TYPE. JANUARY 2018 DURING A BOARD MEETING DISCUSSION. BOARD MEMBER SANDOVAL EXPRESSED HOW SHE HAD TO LISTEN TO PARENT INPUT. SECOND WHEN CULTURAL STUDY COURSES WERE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD APRIL OF 2019, THEN BOARD MEMBER PETER GARCIA MOTIONED TO HAVE BROAD OUTREACH AND INVOLVEMENT OF PARENTS. BOARD MEMBER SANDOVAL SNUFFED THAT OUT, NO INTEREST TO INCLUDE PARENTS OR STATEMENT TO GARCIA WAS, "JUST TALK TO ONE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT." AS FAR AS SANDOVAL'S CONCERN, PARENTS HAVE NO ROLE IN IMPORTANT DECISIONS REGARDING YOUR CHILDREN. THIRD DURING JUNE 2019 BOARD MEMBERING, MARS SERNA EXPRESSED HIS DISPOSITION ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT. AND ONE PARENT SAID IT BEST AT THE JUNE 5, 2019 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

"WE, REFERRING TO THE PARENTS, ARE BEING DISMISSED." VIEW THAT AT THE TWO HOUR 20 MINUTE POINT OF THE TAPE. MANY OF YOU RECALL THE SCHOOL BOARD CHANGING, WHICH WAS ESSENTIALLY THE FONTANA SCHOOL BOARD ELIMINATING YOUR RIGHTS, THE PARENT'S RIGHTS TO VOTE FOR ALL FIVE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. IN MARCH 2022, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, MARY SANDOVAL, MARS SERNA, AND JENNIFER QUEZADA TOOK ACTION AND ELIMINATED YOUR RIGHT AS A PARENT TO DECIDE WHO EACH OF YOUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES ARE. AMONG EACH OF THEIR ACTIONS OVER THE YEARS, THIS ACTION IS THE CLEAR AND MOST DIRECT MESSAGE OF THE DISREGARD FOR PARENTS AND THE SUSTAIN THEY HAVE FOR PARENTS INVOLVEMENT IN INCLUDING THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT OF DECIDING WHO THE PARENTS ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES ARE.

FROM SEPTEMBER OF 2021 TO MARCH OF 2022, THERE ARE SEVERAL ASPECTS OF THIS ITEM THAT INVOLVES SANDOVAL, SERNA, AND QUEZADA'S ACTIONS TO EXCLUDE PARENT, PUBLIC, AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION. I'LL TALK ABOUT JUST ONE OF THE ASPECTS NOW. I CAN SHOW YOU HOW THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA USED WERE FLAWED AND MISREPRESENTED. THIS IS EASY TO DEMONSTRATE.

HOWEVER, WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE PARENTS TO KNOW IS SANDOVAL, SERNA, AND QUEZADA PUSHED FROM THE OUTSET FROM THIS ELECTION PROCESS DESPITE WHAT THE EVENTUAL DEMOGRAPHIC DATA DEMONSTRATED. WHAT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE PARENTS IS THEY INTENTIONALLY REFUSED TO PROVIDE THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA TO YOU, THE PARENTS AND THE PUBLIC, UNTIL THE FOURTH AND FINAL PUBLIC HEARING IN MARCH OF 2022 IT. EFFECTIVELY EXCLUDING ANY MEANINGFUL PARENT AND PUBLIC COMMENT AND/OR INVOLVEMENT. SO ACTUALLY IT'S PROVEN WHEN QUEZADA ASKED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ATTORNEY, WAS THERE ANY LEGAL REASON NOT TO PROVIDE THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA? THE ANSWER FROM THE ATTORNEY WAS NO, THERE WAS NOT. IN FACT I CAN PROVE TO YOU THROUGH THEIR OWN ACTIONS HOW MUCH SANDOVAL, SERNA, AND QUEZADA DID NOT WANT YOU, THE PARENTS AND PUBLIC, INVOLVED. ONE MONTH

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>> NEXT WE HAVE MS. ARIAS. AND THAT CONCLUDES 3.11.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AND BODY AND THE PUBLIC. MY NAME IS MRS. ARIAS. I'M A PROUD MEMBER, EXMEMBER OF THE CAC, SO I KNOW HOW THE CAC WORKS. I'M ALSO A PARENT OF THREE SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN WITHIN FONTANA. I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY IN GENERAL. FOR MANY YEARS, I HAVE ADVOCATED FOR MY STUDENTS AND CHILDREN IN GENERAL. I HAVE DONE THIS THROUGH REQUIRING PUBLIC RECORDS. AND USING THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RECORD ACT. I JUST REQUESTED A COUPLE RECORDS ABOUT A MONTH AGO. AND I RECEIVED THE RESPONSE AS THEY ASKED ME TO PAY UP A FEE UPFRONT BEFORE THEY CAN PROVIDE SUCH RECORDS. I BELIEVE THIS IS WRONG. I SHOULD NOT BE CHARGED FOR OBTAINING PUBLIC RECORDS.

THERE WAS ACTUALLY A CASE IN 2014 WHERE THE JUDGE RULED THAT THE PARENT WAS NOT OBLIGATED TO PAY ANY FEES FOR COLLECTING DATA OR COMPUTER TIME. THE PARENT WAS ONLY ASKED TO CHARGE FOR A FEE IF THE PUBLIC, THE RECORDS WERE NO BE PROVIDED AND PAPER OR PRINT FOR $10 OR 10 CENTS A PAGE. SO I BELIEVE THIS IS A WAY OF FAUC TRYING NOT TO PROVIDE THE RECORDS THAT I NEED. SO I'M GOING TO POLITELY ASK THAT YOU LOOK INTO THIS AND PLEASE PROVIDE ME WITH ELECTRONIC RECORDS. YOU MAY ASK YOURSELF HOW DO I USE THESE RECORDS? WELL THIS IS HOW I FIND OUT HOW THEY SPEND OUR MONEY. I FIND OUT HOW MUCH YOU PAID LEGAL COUNCILS. I FIND OUT HOW MUCH MONEY IS BEING SPENT ON LITIGATION. BACK IN 2020 AND 2021, THEY ALLOWED PUBLIC COMMENT WHILE ALL THE AGENCIES WERE CLOSED. THIS WAS ALLOW THE THROUGH ZOOM OR VIRTUAL PLATFORM. WHEN EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL, THEY DENIED THE USE OF ZOOM. I, MYSELF, SEVERAL MEMBERS REQUESTED THE VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION TO BE PROVIDED.

BECAUSE WE HAVE MEMBERS THAT ARE ELDERLY OR THAT HAVE LIMITATIONS, AND I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET THAT CHILD CARE, BUT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE. AND I WAS TOLD THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME OR VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION.

OBVIOUSLY TONIGHT IT'S PROVEN THIS IS WRONG. YOU ALLOW US ONE OF YOUR MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE FROM OUT OF STATE, SO IT IS POSSIBLE. IT IS JUST THE FACT THAT THEY DO NOT WANT TO OPEN THE DOORS FOR MORE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. ONCE AGAIN WE ASK FOR TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW PARENTS TO PARTICIPATE. I ALSO JOINED THE GROUP THAT WOULD LIKE PARENTAL NOTIFICATIONS. I USE A CALIFORNIA ED CODE THE LAST TIME TO HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM ADDED. AND I'M GOING TO USE THE EXACTLY SAME DAY TODAY TO BE

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] >> THAT WAS THE LAST PUBLIC COMMENT. WE ARE NOW ON ITEM 3.12. THIS IS A SUBMISSION BY THE PUBLIC. MS. ARIAS, I'LL ASK YOU TO COME BACK UP. YOU HAVE AN ITEM CONCERNING HOUSE LEGAL COUNCIL, AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SOME INFORMATION YOU WANTED TO PROVIDE TO US AND ADDRESS US

ABOUT TONIGHT? >> YES. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN.

YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH ME. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS. I STATED BEFORE I'M A PARENT OF SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN. AND I CAN TESTIFY THAT MANY PROCEDURES ARE VERY PRESTIGIOUS. AND IT IS VIOLATED OR BROKEN THAT WE MUST BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT IT IS NOT BEING FOLLOWED.

>> CAN YOU BACK AWAY FROM THE MIC? IT PICKS IT UP REALLY

WELL. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. SO IN MOST CASES, SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS CAN BE RESOLVED WHEN THE PARENT BRINGS TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT SOMETHING IS NOT HAPPENING. IN VERY SERIOUS CASES, I'VE HAD TO FILE NON-COMPLIANCE COMPLAINTS.

I HAVE FILED APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 15 COMPLIANCE COMPLAINTS ON ALL CHILDREN. WHEN A FINAL COMPLAINT HAS ENDED OR STARTED AND ENDED BY CDE, THEY EITHER FIND TWO THINGS. THE DISTRICT VIOLATED THE LAW OR BROKE THE LAW OR THEY WERE IN COMPLIANCE.

AND IN MANY CASES, I FIGURED OUT THE DISTRICT WAS IN COMPLIANCE. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? THEY DIDN'T FOLLOW THE LAW. THEY BROKE THE LAW, OR THEY PRACTICALLY IGNORED THE PARENT. SO THIS COULD BE VERY REAL. YOU HAVE ON BOARD A LEGAL COUNCIL. PAID FOR BY THE HOUR. IN MOST CASES THEY EITHER ADVISE TO FOLLOW DUE PROCESS AGAINST THE STUDENT OR TO GO AHEAD AND FIGHT THE PARENT, OR TRY TO RESOLVE THE PARENT. AND ENTER INTO MEDIATION. I REQUESTED FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM TO BE ADDED, SO YOU CAN DISCUSS TO ACTUALLY USE OR PUT INTO A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE, OUR SISTER IS USING RIGHT NOW. WHAT THEY DID BECAUSE THEY USED EXACTLY THE SAME FIRM, THEY SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. WHAT THEY DID IS CREATE A PILOT PROGRAM WHERE THEY HIRE THEIR OWN SPECIAL EDUCATION COUNCIL.

THIS PERSON GETS PAID NO MATTER WHAT. IT'S JUST THE STAFF LIKE ANY OF YOUR STAFF HERE. THEY WORK EIGHT HOURS A DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK. THEY DON'T GET ANYMORE COMPENSATION OR OVERTIME OR ANYTHING FOR DOING THEIR JOB. WHILE WHEN YOU PAY YOUR LEGAL COUNCIL THAT YOU HAVE AS A CONTRACTOR, THEY GET PAID WHETHER THEY WORK ON WEEKENDS AND THEY WORK OVERTIME, AND THEY HAVE ALL THEIR STAFF, THEY GET PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. SO I MENTIONED TO YOU THE MORE THEY LITIGATE, THE MORE THEY ADVICE YOU. THEY'RE MAKING PROFIT OUT OF THIS SYSTEM. THEY STARTED WITH WITH A PILOT PROGRAM WHERE THEY HAVE SEEN IMPROVEMENTS. TO MY KNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND THEY HAVE ALSO SEEN MORE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE PARENTS. BECAUSE AGAIN THE COUNCIL IS NOT THERE FOR THEIR INTEREST. SO WHAT I HAVE DONE, I HAVE CONTACTED RIKKI, WHICH IS THE PERSON THAT STARTED THIS PROGRAM. I ASKED HUM FOR ANY AND ALL INFORMATION TO BE SHARED. I ACTUALLY STARTED THIS E-MAIL AND I SENT TO HIM AND I COPIED ALL THE MEMBERS, SO YOU HAVE HIS CONTACT INFORMATION AS WELL.

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AND YOU HAVE SEEN THE COST OF YOUR CONTRACTS. IT WILL INCREASE ABOUT $100,000 EACH YEAR. I'VE BEEN KEEPING TRACK.

TO ME THAT TELLS ME THEY'RE DOING MORE WORK AND MORE LITIGATION. AND SO IT WILL BE TO THE BEST INTEREST OF US RESIDENTS WHO PAY TAXES THAT YOU CONSIDER THIS PILOT PROGRAM, AND AT LEAST CONTACT AND SEE HOW THIS IS WORKING FOR THEM AND WHAT CAN BE SHARED WITH YOU, SO FONTANA CAN DO

SOMETHING OF SIMILAR BASIS. >> NEXT WE HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC

SPEAKER. >> ALL ON THE SAME TOPIC?

>> YES. ROBERT. >> I'M HERE TO SUPPORT MARIA ARIAS. I THINK WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS JUST MAYBE AN OVERALL COST COMPARISON TO SEE IF THE DISTRICT IS USING THE FUNDS IN THE BEST WAY AND SEE IF IN-HOUSE COUNCIL WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO GO IN THIS MATTER. I'LL TELL YOU I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS EXPERTISE ABOUT SPECIAL ED, BUT I'M LEARNING. WHATEVER I'M ASKING YOU TO IMPLORE WITH HER AND SEE IF THERE IS A WAY TO DO A COST COMPARISON AND SEE IF THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE DISTRICT AND THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU.

>> IS THAT THE ONLY? THANK YOU. I GUESS I WOULD SAY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE IS MAYBE IF WE COULD GET THE TEAM TO CONTACT RICKY. I KNOW YOU KNOW RICKY FROM OUR PREVIOUS WORK OR YOUR PREVIOUS WORK. MY CURRENT WORK. AND GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPARISONS AND THEN BRING THAT BACK TO US. IS THAT

SOMETHING STAFF CAN DO? >> YES, WE CAN.

>> ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? NO? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SHOULD WE, AS A COLLECTIVE BOARD THINK ABOUT ALSO THE 3.13 TO THE END WHEN

WE DO THE OTHER? >> 3.13 TO THE END AS WELL?

[4. Consent Calendar Section]

>> SO MOVED. >> THANK YOU, MR. PEREZ. IS

THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND.

>> MS. SANDOVAL? THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THOSE

ITEMS? >> I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR ANSWERING SEVERAL OF MY QUESTIONS THAT I HAD. I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE MY CONCERN WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNICATION WITH ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF BECAUSE I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL SUPERVISION, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE ADMIN ARE INFORMED OF THE PLAN AND WHAT IT IS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, DR.

QUEZADA, IT IS NOT SUPERVISION, IT IS ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES

DURING LUNCHTIME. >> OKAY.

>> AND ALSO ON TOP OF THAT, I THINK I'VE ASKED BEFORE. ARE THEY SCHOOLED ON FIRST AID? AND THE REASON WHY HAD I ASK, THEY ARE SMALL CHILDREN THAT ARE OUT RUNNING IN THE PLAYGROUND SOMETIMES AS THEY SLIP AND FALL, THE ONLY THEY, THEY WILL LET THEM KNOW THAT HE HAS A SCRAPE ON HIS KNEE AND TO MAKE

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IT, IT WAS STUCK. >> I'M ASSUMING THEY GO TO THE

NURSE'S OFFICE? >> HE WASN'T SENT TO THE NURSE'S OFFICE AND THE TEACHER DIDN'T KNOW.

>> WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT ONE. >> ALL RIGHT, ANY DISCUSSION ON

THOSE ITEMS? >> NO. YOU ASKED FOR IT TO BE PULLED, AND SO WE'LL DO THE REST OF THEM.

>> GOT IT. I'M GOING TO APPROVE THE REST EXCEPT FOR 4.44. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, 4.44, IT WAS PULLED. AND THE OTHER ITEMS ARE UP FOR VOTE. IF THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I HAVE A MOTION BY PEREZ AND SECOND BY MS. SANDOVAL. I'LL HAVE TO DO ROLL CALL. MR. ARMENDAREZ FIRST?

>> AYE. >> MR. PEREZ?

>> AYE. >> DR. QUEZADA?

>> AYE. >> MS. SANDOVAL?

>> AYE. >> I'LL BE AN AYE AND THE MOTION PASSES 5-0. NOW WE'RE BACK TO 4.44 THAT WAS PULLED.

>> SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO PULL 4.44, MR. PEREZ, THANK YOU FOR YOUR A.I. TO ANSWER FOR YOU. MS. SANDOVAL, THE TABLE IS

YOURS. >> THANK YOU. THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO PULL THIS, NOT NECESSARILY THAT I WAS NOT IN AGREEMENT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL CHAIR AND THEIR COMPETITION. I DON'T KNOW IF THE PUBLIC KNOWS THIS, BUT THESE STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND I BELIEVE THEIR CHEER COACH HAVE RAISED OVER $50,000 ON THEIR OWN TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THIS COMPETITION. THE REST OF THE MONEY, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO HELP THEM WITH THAT. SO I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THEM BECAUSE THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW THESE STUDENTS WERE OUT THERE RAISING FUNDS. LET THIS BE AN EXAMPLE TO THE REST OF OUR DISTRICT THAT WE CAN DO IT IF WE PUT OUR MINDS TO IT. IF YOU'RE NOT SURE HOW TO DO IT, CONTACT SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL AND THEIR CHEER SQUAD. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MS. SANDOVAL FOR THOSE COMMENTS.

>> THE PARENTS, THE PARENTS PUT IN COUNTLESS HOURS AS A FRESHMAN CHEER DAD. I CAN ATTEST TO THAT. I'M LEARNING ABOUT THE CULTURE OF CHEERLEADING TOO, BY THE WAY.

WAY DIFFERENT THAN BASEBALL. JUST SAYING THAT. ANY WAY, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MS. SANDOVAL. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT? SO WE NEED TO APPROVE ITEM 4.44. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE

ITEM 4.44? >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> THANK YOU, MS. SANDOVAL. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL TAKE THAT MR. ARMENDAREZ. DID YOU WANT TO SECOND THAT?

>> SECOND. >> THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. MR. ARMENDAREZ?

>> AYE. >> MR. PEREZ?

>> AYE. >> DR. QUEZADA?

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>> AYE. >> SANDOVAL?

>> AYE. >> AND MYSELF, 5-0. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ITEM 5.1 BUSINESS SERVICES. THIS IS THE FIRST INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT. THIS IS FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE POSITIVE CERTIFICATION OF THE FONTANA SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FIRST INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT AS OF OCTOBER 31, 2023.

>> THANK YOU. LET'S BRING TO THE PODIUM. DR. LESLIE BARNES.

HERE IS THE CLICKER. .

GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT SERNA, SUPERINTENDENT IN BODY AND BOARD MEMBERS. TONIGHT I'M BEHALF YOU TO REPORT ON THE INTERIM REPORT. AND TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS THE FIRST INTERMISSION REPORT. IT'S TO ALIGN TO THE STATE'S INACTIVE BUDGET. BOTH FOR OUR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. IT PROVIDES EXPENDITURE DATA THROUGH OCTOBER 31 AND PROJECTED THROUGH JUNE 30. IT IS OUR FIRST LOOK AT EARLY TREND DATA FOR A SALARY AND BENEFIT, WHICH IS THE LARGEST SOURCE OF EXPENDITURE IN OUR BUDGET. IT ALSO ALLOWS STAFF TO PROJECT THE ASSUMPTIONS TO INCLUDE UPDATED ECONOMIC DATA FOR THE UPCOMING YEARS. THIS IS OUR BUDGET CYCLE. I KNOW WE PRESENT THIS TO YOU EACH TIME. WE STARTED IN JULY WITH OUR NEW BUDGET. WE HAD OUR ACTUALS.

THIS IS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ADJUST OUR BUDGET AND

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THIS REALLY PUT THE STATE BEHIND BY NOT KNOWING, NOT HAVING EARLY TAX RETURNS IN ORDER TO SEE IF THE REVENUE WAS COMING AS PROJECTED. SO THE RESULT OF ALL OF THIS IS A REVENUE SHORTFALL ESTIMATED AT $68 BILLION AT THE STATE LEVEL.

AND IT DOES SEEM LIKE AT TIMES THEY ARE HOPING TO MAYBE USE THE RAINY DAY FUNDS THAT THEY'VE BEEN BUILDING. THE IMPACT OF THE 22 TAX REVENUES ON THE EDUCATION FUNDING, THE MINIMUM GUARANTEE FOR THE PRIOR YEAR, K-12 EDUCATION, K-14 WILL COVER A PERIOD OF THREE FISCAL YEARS. THE STATE IS CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THREE YEARS, THE SAME AS THE DISTRICT. THE MINIMUM GUARANTEE FOR THE PRIOR YEAR AND THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR IS ADJUSTED AS A PART OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET. SO NOW THAT THE STATE IS LOOKING AT THEIR ANNUAL BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR AND THEY HAVE THE TAX RETURNS, THEY HAVE TO GO BACK AND ADJUST THE PRIOR YEAR AND THE CURRENT YEAR FOR THOSE TAX RECEIPTS. SO WHAT'S HAPPENED IS IN '22 AND '23, THE STATE FUNDED EDUCATION AT $106 BILLION, BUT THE REVISED MINIMUM IS $93 BILLION, SO THEY BASICALLY OVERFUNDED EDUCATION BY $7.7 BILLION. IN '23 AND '24, WE WERE FUNDED AT $162 BILLION. AND IT WILL COME FROM THE EDUCATION SIDE OF THE HOUSE. SO THAT IS THE $16.7 THAT WE'RE HOPING THE GOVERNOR WILL GIVE US SOME INDICATION SHORTLY ABOUT HOW HE'S GOING TO DEAL WITH IT. SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT THE STATE HAS IS TO USE THE $8.1 BILLION PROP 98 RESERVE. IF THEY WERE TO DO SO, IT WOULD ELIMINATE THE '22/'23 $7 BILLION DEFICIT. IT WOULD REDUCE THE '23/'24 DEFICIT.

THEY COULD THEN REDUCE ONE TIME OR TEMPORARY SPENDING IN THE CURRENT YEAR. FOR EXAMPLE BY PULLING BACK FUNDS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN SPENT BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR HAVE NOT YET BEEN ALLOCATED.

THEY CAN ALSO DO COST SHIFTS. WHAT THEY HAVE DONE ARE CASH DEFERRALS. THAT'LL ALLOW THEM TO LOWER WHAT WAS PAID OUT IN THE CURRENT YEAR AS WELL. OTHER SPENDING REDUCTIONS WOULD BE TO CUT SERVICES OUTSIDE OF THE PROP 98 GUARANTEE. SO WE ARE HOPING THAT THE GOVERNOR'S JANUARY BUDGET PROPOSAL, WHICH WILL BE OUT IN ROUGHLY ABOUT A MONTH WILL HELP US TO UNDERSTAND HOW HE PLANS ON ADDRESSING THESE BUDGET DEFICITS. I PROPOSED THESE RISK RELATED FACTORS TO THE BOARD WHEN I, WHEN WE DID ADOPT A BUDGET. ONE OF THEM IS DECLINING ENROLLMENT AS WE KNOW WE CONTINUE TO DECLINE. WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN ADA PROTECTION LAWS. I'LL SHOW YOU HOW THAT'S IMPACTED OUR REVENUES IN THE PAST AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE GOING FORWARD. WE DO HAVE EXPIRING COVID FUNDS. WE HAVE $25 MILLION IN FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED FOR PROJECTS THAT WERE WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, TO GET THROUGH DSA AND TO

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DIFFICULT. >> SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT THE GENERAL FUND ADJUSTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE AT THE FIRST INTERIM REPORT IS WE HAVE INCREASED THE FUNDING BY $4.37 MILLION. THAT'S ONGOING FUNDING AND THAT IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT OUR PERCENTAGE HAS INCREASED THIS YEAR, OVER WHAT WE HAD IN ADOPTION AND ALSO OUR DUPLICATED PUPIL COUNT HAS ALSO INCREASED. ONE TIME FUNDING THAT WE HAVE ADDED IS INTEREST INCOME. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO GAUGE. WE DID PUT IT INTO THE GENERAL -- OR PUT IT INTO THE BUDGET, BUT A MUCH MORE CONSERVATIVE RATE. AND ALSO OUR MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENTS WITH SOME FUNDING. AND THAT IS $8.91 MILLION. WE DO HAVE SAVINGS IN OUR EXPENDITURE AREA. WE HAVE SAVINGS FOR VACANCY ADJUSTMENTS OF $2.16. THAT WE'LL HAVE TO PAY OUT OF $2 MILLION AND THAT WE RECEIVED INDIRECT FUNDS FROM EXPENDITURES FROM THE FUNDS, WHICH WILL INCREASE OR DECREASE OUR EXPENDITURES BY .252. WE ALSO HAVE SOME CARRYOVER AND SPECIAL ED CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ADDED TO OUR EXPENDITURES. SO THE TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS, THEY'RE DOWN BY $3.98. THE TOTAL ADJUSTMENT IS $19.77 MILLION, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD THAT WE'RE BUILDING OUR FUND BALANCE IN A TIME WHEN WE KNOW WE'RE HEADED INTO SOME ROUGH WATERS. SO I APPRECIATE THE FISCAL STAFF FOR THAT. UNDER OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES, NO SURPRISE OUR LCFF FUNDS ARE A LARGE SOURCE AT 75% OF OUR TOTAL REVENUES. ON OUR EXPENDITURE SIDE, OUR CERTIFICATE CLASSIFIED BENEFITS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES MAKE UP ROUGHLY 75% OF OUR EXPENDITURES. ON OUR MULTI-YEAR ASSUMPTIONS. ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IN '24 AND '25, AS WE WERE WORKING ON THE REPORT IS WHEN WE STARTED TO GET THE INFORMATION FROM THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST OFFICE THAT THEY WERE GOING DOWN. WE HAD ORIGINALLY IN OUR ADOPTED BUDGET PLANNED FOR $3.95. AND WE DROPPED IT TO TWO BECAUSE WE WERE NOT SURE WHAT IT WOULD DROP TO. RIGHT NOW THEY'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT $1.27. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT IN OUR SECOND INTERIM REPORT, AND ALSO THE OUTYEARS. I'M NOT REALLY ANTICIPATING THAT THEY WILL STAY IN THE THREES, SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THEY WILL HELP

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BARNES? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, DR. BARNES.

>> ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE POSITIVE CERTIFICATION SUPPORTED BY DR. BARNES OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE FIRST INTERNAL FINANCIAL REPORT AS OF SANDOVAL. MR. ARMENDAREZ HAS A QUESTION.

>> I SAID MOTION. AND IF THERE

IS A DELAY. >> THERE MIGHT BE A SMALL DELAY, BUT THANK YOU THOUGH. AND I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE,

MR. ARMENDAREZ, YOUR VOTE? >> AYE.

>> THANK YOU. MR. PEREZ? >> AYE.

>> DR. QUEZADA? >> AYE.

>> MS. SANDOVAL? >> AYE.

>> AND I'M AN AYE, MOTION PASSES 5-0. AND THE AMENDMENT WITH RUHNAU CLARKE ARCHITECTS FOR NUMBER RCEF4.728 WITH RUHNAU CLARKE DUE TO THE SITE LOCATION TO FURTHER NORTH OVER FIVE YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION ESCALATION COST AND STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ADDITIONAL T.K. CLASSROOM. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE 5.2?

>> SO MOVED. >> IS THERE A SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION?

>> ARE YOU GUYS HEARING ME, MORRIS? I KEEP MOTIONING AND

NOBODY IS ACKNOWLEDGING ME. >> I JUST HEARD YOU. I THINK THERE MAY BE A DELAY, BUT I'M NOT EVEN HEARING THE DELAY IF YOU ARE MOTIONING, SO IT MIGHT BE CUTTING IN AND OUT. LIKE

RIGHT NOW YOU'RE FROZEN. >> IT IS NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR YOU, BRO.

AGAIN. >> I'M WATCHING FOR YOUR MOUTH TO MOVE. THAT'S WHY I KEEP LOOKING AT YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT. NO DISCUSSION, I HAVE A MOTION BY PEREZ AND SECONDED BY SANDOVAL. MR. ARMENDAREZ, YOUR VOTE?

>> AYE. >> MR. PEREZ?

>> THANK YOU. >> DR. QUEZADA?

>> AYE. >> MS. SANDOVAL?

>> AYE. >> I'M AN AYE. MOTION PASSES

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>> THE ONE TIME HE DOESN'T MOTION.

>> MOTION. SECONDED BY PEREZ. MR. ARMENDAREZ, HOW DO YOU

VOTE? >> AYE.

>> MR. PEREZ? >> AYE.

>> DR. QUEZADA? >> AYE.

>> MS. SANDOVAL? >> AYE.

>> AND I'M AYE, 5-0. >> 5.4 BUSINESS SERVICES RESOLUTION NO. 23-40, DETERMINATION OF NO COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE TO PUBLIC BIDDING. THE ITEM FOR THE BOARD TO ADOPT RESOLUTION PUBLIC BIDDING AND THE EXECUTION OF PURCHASE ORDER FOR VEHICLES. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT 5.4?

>> MOTION. >> THANK YOU, MR. ARMENDAREZ.

>> SECONDED WITH A QUESTION. >> SECONDED BY MR. PEREZ.

DISCUSSION WITH QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, BOARD PRESIDENT.

WHAT IS THE EMERGENCY WITH IT? WITH THE VEHICLES? I'M NOT SURE IF I READ IT RIGHT, BUT THEY SAID THERE IS AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION? I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THE URGENCY IS?

>> DR. BARNES, CAN YOU ANSWER THAT ONE?

>> SOME OF THE VEHICLES THAT WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED ARE IN DISREPAIR. WE HAVE EMPLOYEES DRIVING VEHICLES THAT MIGHT NOT BE AS SAFE AS THEY SHOULD BE AND WE HAVE GONE OUT TO BID TWICE AND NOBODY HAS TURNED IN A BID. RIGHT NOW CAR DEALERSHIPS DON'T REALLY NEED TO COME IN AT A COMPETITIVE PRICE, AND SO WE'RE WONDERING IF WE CAN KIND OF GO OUT AND SHOP FOR THE VEHICLES THAT WE NEED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND SEE IF WE CAN'T GET A BETTER DEAL.

>> I KNOW SOMEBODY THAT HAS A PERFECT CREDIT SCORE AND THEY GOT AN 8.5 APR AND IT IS JUST RIDICULOUS. ALL RIGHT, I WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE URGENCY WAS. THANK YOU.

>> AND QUESTION? >> GO AHEAD, MS. SANDOVAL.

>> THERE IS NOBODY OUT THERE WITH ANY BIDS OR ANY PIGGYBACK

BIDS? >> AND SO OFTEN AND IT IS NOT

OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, HEARING NONE, I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. ARMENDAREZ AND A SECOND BY MR. PEREZ. MR. ARMENDAREZ, HOW DO YOU VOTE?

>> AYE. >> MR. PEREZ?

>> AYE. >> DR. QUEZADA?

>> AYE. >> MS. SANDOVAL?

>> AYE. >> AND I'M AN AYE. MOTION PASSES 5-0. 5.5, BUSINESS SERVICES RESOLUTION NO. 23-41, ESTABLISHING COMMITTED FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND.

THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO ADOPT 23-41 ESTABLISHING THAT COMMITTED FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND. IS THERE A MOTION

AND A SECOND TO ADOPT 5.5? >> SO MOVED.

>> THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> THANK YOU, MR. ARMENDAREZ.

ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. PEREZ, SECONDED BY MR. ARMENDAREZ. MR. ARMENDAREZ, HOW DO YOU VOTE?

>> AYE. >> MR. PEREZ?

>> AYE. >> DR. QUEZADA?

>> AYE. >> MS. SANDOVAL?

>> AYE. >> AND AYE. MOTION PASSES 5-0.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE AN INTERNAL FIVE-MINUTE BREAK AND STOP AT 5.6. WE WILL COME BACK, SO THAT WE CAN TAKE A SHORT ALL RIGHT. WE ARE ALL BACK. MR. ARMENDAREZ,

ARE YOU THERE? >> I AM BACK.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. >> WE STOPPED AT 5.5. WE ARE NOW ON FIVE POINTS SIX, BUSINESS SERVICES. THIS IS 23-42, ESTABLISHING THE FUND BALANCE IN THE SPECIAL RESERVE FUND. THIS IS 23-42, ESTABLISHING COMMITTED FUND BALANCE IN THE SPECIAL RESERVE FUND. IS THERE A MOTION ?

>> SO MOVED. >> IS THERE A SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION?

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>> I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. PEREZ AND A SECOND BY MR. ARMENDAREZ.

MR. ARMENDAREZ, HOW DO YOU VOTE? AYE

>> MR. PEREZ. >> AYE.

>> THE MOTION PASSES, 5-0. BUSINESS SERVICES RESOLUTION 23-43. BALFOUR BEATTY CONSTRUCTION, LLC. THIS IS FOR APPROVING THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR BALFOUR BEATTY CONSTRUCTION, LLC. IS THERE A MOTION AND SECOND TO

ADOPT ITEM 5 POINTS OF THEM? >> MOTION TO APPROVE . SPOKE

THANK YOU. >> SECOND.

>> I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE. MR. ARMENDAREZ.

>> AYE. ITEM 5 POINT IT. THIS IS FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE.

LET ME START OVER. IT IS TO APPROVE OR RATIFY THIS SUBMISSION FOR THE REQUEST TO THE CREDENTIALS AND AUTHORIZING

STRATEGIES . >> SO MOVED.

>> THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? I WILL SECOND. THAT'S OKAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SORRY. MOTION BY MR. PEREZ.

MR. PEREZ? >> AYE.

>> DR. QUEZADA . >> AYE.

>> THIS IS THAT FUN ONE. 5.9 SUPERINTENDENT OFFICE BOARD COMPENSATION. THIS IS FOR THE BOARD TO INCREASE A BOARD OF EDUCATION STIPEND BY 5% FROM 750 A MONTH TO 787 . EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2023. IT IS A BIG RACE. AND I BELIEVE THERE IS

PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. PEREZ? >> ARE WE BACKDATING THIS?

>> I APPRECIATE THE STAFF'S PRESENTATION OF THE FINANCIAL REPORT UPDATE THAT WAS JUST PROVIDED BECAUSE IT ALLOWS FOR A VERY NARROW AMOUNT OF TIME TO GO BY BETWEEN THE PRESENTATION AND THIS ITEM. I THINK YOU'LL SAW 16.7 BILLION DEFICIT IN SCHOOL FUNDING IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

POTENTIAL -- WELL, DEFINITE DEFICIT SPENDING IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 THROUGH 2026 AND LIKELY, POSSIBLY, 24 -2025.

THAT IS 6 1/2 MONTHS FROM NOW. IT IS DECREASING DOWN TO ZERO.

IT DOESN'T GIVE MUCH REASON FOR THE BOARD TO GIVE THEMSELVES A RAISE, DOES IT? THE LAST TIME THIS WAS ON THE AGENDA, I GAVE ALL OF THE RATIONALE AS NEEDED, INCLUDING MORE REASONS FOR NOT -- BOARD MEMBERS GIVING THEMSELVES A RAISE. BUT YET, WHEN IT COMES BACK ON THE AGENDA, I THINK WE KNOW SIMPLY BY IT BEING ON THE AGENDA , WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO OCCUR. I WANT TO BRING TO ALL OF THE PARENTS ' ATTENTION AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT LIVE IN THE FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHY IS THE BOARD GOING TO GIVE THEMSELVES A PAY RAISE? FRANKLY SPEAKING, NO ONE CARES WHAT THE AMOUNT IS. IT IS THE PRINCIPLE OF IT. AT A POINT IN TIME IN WHICH THE STATE HAS $68 BILLION DEFICIT, $16.7 BILLION DEFICIT IN SCHOOL FUNDING, AND THIS DISTRICT IS SOON GOING TO BE IN DEFICIT SPENDING. BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION ONCE AGAIN, PARENTS, AND THIS BOARD IS GOING TO GIVE THEMSELVES A

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>> ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS? ALL RIGHT.

SO THIS IS FOR THE BOARD. TO APPROVE AN INCREASE , THE MONTHLY STIPEND FROM 750 TO THE NEW AMOUNT OF 787 50 EFFECTIVE JULY 7TH 2023. DO WE WANT TO MOTION? DO WE WANT TO HAVE DISCUSSION? WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAVE FOR THE BOARD TO REMOVE THIS. LIKE HE SAID, I KNEW ALL ALONG THAT WE WOULD BE SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN LIKE THIS. I WOULD SAY FOR US TO REMOVE THIS ITEM AND WE ARE FINE THE WAY WE WERE. YOU KNOW, I SAY, LEAVE THE STIPEND THE WAY IT IS. THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE THE MOTION FOR DISCUSSION. LET'S DO THIS. YOU WANT TO MOTION TO REMOVE IT?

>> I MADE A MOTION TO REMOVE IT.

>> IS THERE A SECOND? >> I SUPPORT THAT . THAT'S AN

INTERESTING MOTION. >> TO REMOVE THE ITEM?

>> I AGREE. YOU DON'T MAKE A MOTION TO NOT DO SOMETHING.

SHE IS WILLING TO REMOVE IT FROM THE AGENDA. THE AGENDA

HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT. I AM SAYING FOR US TO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS INCREASE FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. SAY IF YOU RUN FOR OFFICE, YOU KNEW WHAT THE STIPEND WAS, THE WAY IT WAS. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW, HONESTLY. BUT I'M SAYING THAT YOU DO THIS WORK , AND YOU HEAR THAT YOUR PUBLIC. YOU HEAR THE GOOD AND THE BAD. I'M SAYING THAT, JUST LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS.

>> WE AGREE. I AGREE. I'M ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION FOR

LEGAL. >> MR. ARMENDAREZ. CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY FOR MARY HOW THAT MOTION NEEDS TO BE STATED?

>> SO MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE MOTION IS JUST, THAT IS TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AND BE DONE. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WANT

TO CLARIFY IT. >> I'M SORRY. MR. THOMPSON.

>> THIS BOARD HAS FREQUENTLY MADE MOTIONS FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY. YOU COULD DO THAT AND CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION AND THEN OPEN THE FLOOR FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AND THEN WAIT FOR A MOTION AND SECOND AND SEE WHAT

HAPPENS NEXT. >> THAT IS WHAT I WAS HOPING TO START AT THE BEGINNING. GO AHEAD, MR. ARMENDAREZ.

>> IN RESPECT TO MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBER, I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST GO THROUGH HOW TO MAKE THIS MOTION. SHE SHOULD BE MOTIONING TO NOT REMOVE, BUT -- I JUST HAD IT IN MY HEAD.

TO REJECT THE PROPOSAL, AND THAT WAY WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY

TO VOTE. >> AGAIN, THERE IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE MOTION TO NOT DO SOMETHING. THE MOTION WOULD BE TO TAKE SOME FORM OF ACTION ONCE IT IS APPROVED ON THE AGENDA, HE CAN'T VOTE TO REMOVE IT FROM THE AGENDA. OUR RECOMMENDATION -- AND I THINK DR. QUEZADA IS SHAKING HER HEAD AT ME, TOO. MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO MAKE A MOTION FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY , HAVE THAT MOTION SECONDED, FINISH THE DISCUSSION, AND THEN WE CAN CALL FOR A MOTION ON THE ITEM AND EITHER THERE IS A MOTION OR THERE IS NOT.

>> I WILL MOTION TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON ITEM 5.9.

>> I SECOND. >> THANK YOU, MR. ARMENDAREZ.

ANY DISCUSSION? EARLIER YOU STATED YOU JUST WANT TO -- HOW DO WE DO THIS CORRECTLY? JUST LEAVE IT?

>> I WILL WITHDRAW WHAT I SAID, AND THEN YOU GUYS DO WHATEVER

YOU WANT. THANK YOU. >> HADLEY DUDE?

>> WE ARE TRYING TO FOLLOW THE RULES. THAT'S IT. GO AHEAD.

>> WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE A MOTION. ALL I NEED TO DO IS AFTER DISCUSSION, IF THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THEN THE ITEM WILL DIE IF NO ONE MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> FAIR ENOUGH. >> I THINK WE , AS A BOARD, YOU

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TO BE MADE. >> ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THAT COMMENT IS ON RECORD. ALL RIGHT. THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER? IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER? I'M HEARING NO MOTION ON THE CALL. THIS ITEM JUST DIES, RIGHT?

>> THAT IS CORRECT. >> WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 5.10.

TEACHING AND LEARNING, A.B. MILLER HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING BOOSTER CLUB. THIS IS TO ESTABLISH THE A.B. MILLER HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING BOOSTER CLUB . IS THERE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE

ITEM 5.10? >> IS THERE A SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? I AM HEARING NONE. MOTION BY MR. PEREZ. SECONDED BY MR. ARMENDAREZ. HOW ARE YOU VOTING, MR. ARMENDAREZ? MR. PEREZ .

>> AYE.. THE MOTION PASSES, 5-0. THIS IS AN AGREEMENT WITH LEARNING GENIE INC.. TO PROVIDE DIGITAL TOOLS FOR EVIDENCE-BASED PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE STATE PRESCHOOL AND TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE 5511?

>> I WILL GIVE MRS. SANDOVAL THE SECOND. ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'M HEARING NONE. I WILL MOTION TO MR. PEREZ. MR.

ARMENDAREZ, HOW DO YOU VOTE? >> AYE.

>> MR. PEREZ . I AM AYE. THE MOTION PASSES. ITEM 5.12.

KAISER HIGH SCHOOL BAND AND COLOR GUARD BOOSTER CLUB. TWO AUTHORIZE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KAISER HIGH SCHOOL BAND AND COLOR GUARD BOOSTER CLUB, WHO IS TRYING TO GO TO NEW YORK, I BELIEVE. THAT IS JUST ANOTHER COMMERCIAL. SO LET'S HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TWO AUTHORIZE FIVE-POINT 12.

>> SO MOVED. >> I WILL GIVE THE SECOND TWO MR. ARMENDAREZ IF THAT'S OKAY. I SEE A SHAKING OF THE HEAD.

ANY DISCUSSION? >> I DON'T SEE ANY DOLLAR

AMOUNT. >> I THINK IT IS 100 SOMETHING

THOUSAND DOLLARS. >> THIS IS TO ESTABLISH THE BAND BOOSTER. THIS IS GOING TO HELP THEM START AND CONTINUE.

YEAH. THIS IS TO ESTABLISH THE COLOR GUARD BOOSTER CLUB. I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. PEREZ AND A SECOND BY MR. ARMENDAREZ.

MR. PEREZ >> AYE.

>> DR. QUEZADA >> AYE.

>> I AM AYE. GOOD LUCK, GOOD LUCK, GOOD LUCK. ITEM FIVE-POINT 13. TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOLUTION NUMBER 23-38. CALIFORNIA STATE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM AND PREKINDERGARTEN AND FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAM. THIS IS TO AUTOMATICALLY RENEW THE CURRENT STATE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM AND FAMILY LITERACY SUPPORT CONTRACTS FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT ITEM FIVE-POINT 13? THANK YOU, MR. ARMENDAREZ . I HEARD YOU THAT TIME. MR. PEREZ, ANY DISCUSSION? I HEAR NONE. I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. ARMENDAREZ AND A SECOND . I AM AN AYE.

[3. Open Session (Part 2 of 2)]

>> AND START ALL OVER AGAIN. >> BEFORE WE START, MR. MARK THOMPSON HAD SOME CLARITY ON ABSTENTIONS THAT I THINK -- WE WILL GIVE THE FLOOR TO HIM SO HE CAN CLARIFY SOME THINGS FOR

US. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. THE LAW DOES NOT REQUIRE A MEMBER TO VOTE. THAT IS REALLY THE PROTOCOL. UNDER YOUR BOARD BYLAWS, 93-23, I WILL READ IT.

IT IS VERY BRIEF. WHEN NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST REQUIRES

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THIS IS THE VERSION OF THE BYLAW THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2018.

THERE IS SOME QUESTION AS TO WHETHER A MORE RECENT VERSION WAS APPROVED AND HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED.

>> THERE IS A MORE CURRENT VERSION, 2021, MARK.

>> AND WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. THANK YOU, MR. ARMENDAREZ. THE POINT IS, IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT A MEMBER CAN ABSTAIN.

THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF THE ABSTENTION? IF THE ABSTENTION IS BECAUSE OF A CONFLICT -- I DETERMINE WHETHER I HAVE A CONFLICT -- AT LEAST, WITH RESPECT TO BOARD MEMBER ACTIONS, SO IF A BOARD MEMBER DETERMINES THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, AND THAT IS THE REASON THEY ARE ABSTAINING, THEN EVEN UNDER THE NEW VERSION OF THE BYLAW, THAT IS STILL PERMISSIBLE AND COUNTS AS A NO VOTE. THE QUESTION IS IF THERE IS NOT A CONFLICT AND A PERSON ABSTAINS, HOW WILL THEY BE COUNTED ? ACCORDING TO MR. ARMENDAREZ, I NEED TO LOOK AT ACTIONS TAKEN FOR EIGHT POINT TO WANT TO SEE IF NEED TO FIND A NEWER VERSION OF THE BYLAW. IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT THE LAW ALLOWS FOR AN ABSTENTION. THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THAT? I WILL KICK IT BACK TO PRESIDENT SERNA FOR A DECISION. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT?

>> I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES DO.

THIS OR TO JUST START INTO DISCUSSION?

>> SO OUR RECORDING SECRETARY IS LOOKING FOR THE UPDATED POLICY. I THINK SHE HAS FOUND IT. WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING

THAT LINKAGE RIGHT NOW. >> MR. PEREZ .

>> IN THE FUTURE, CAN WE HAVE THIS AS THE LAST AGENDA ITEM AND IN ADDITION, I THINK WE NEED TO COME TO A CONSENSUS AND ACTUALLY WRITE AMONGST OURSELVES ON HOW WE GO THROUGH THIS NOMINATION PROCESS. THIS IS MY SIXTH YEAR DOING THIS. WE GET CONFUSED EVERY YEAR. THERE IS NO STANDARD ON HOW WE FOLLOW THROUGH . I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A MORE FAIR PROCESS, AND WE NEED TO COME TO AGREEMENTS ON IT.

>> I AGREE ON THE AGENDA ITEM BEING MOVED. I KNOW OTHER DISTRICTS DUE AT THE END. I THINK TRADITIONALLY, WE HAVE DONE AT THE BEGINNING, AND THEN THERE IS THE EXCHANGE OF THE GAVEL AND ALL THAT. I THINK IF THE COLLECTIVE BOARD IS OKAY MOVING THAT INTO THE DECEMBER MEETING OF 2024, I THINK THAT CAN HAPPEN. WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS. AS FAR AS A PROCESS, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A PROCESS. EVERYONE DOES IT DIFFERENTLY.

>> ALL ABSTENTIONS COUNT AS AN NO VOTE. THE QUESTION OF WHETHER A MEMBER CAN ABSTAIN IS NOT REALLY COVERED BY THE BYLAW . IT CONTEMPLATES ABSTENTIONS AND DOESN'T DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN ABSTENTION FOR A CONFLICT WHICH WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IN ALL CASES OR EXTENSIONS FOR OTHER REASONS. A MEMBER CAN ABSTAIN. THE BOARD BYLAW STILL SAYS THE BOARD BELIEVES THAT MEMBERS SHOULD VOTE. THAT IS ALL I CAN

TELL YOU. >> ALL RIGHT.

>> DOES THAT HELP? >> THAT DOESN'T HELP AT ALL.

>> I UNDERSTAND. AT LEAST IN MY HEAD -- MAY BE SOMEONE ELSE OUT THERE CAN SAY IT DOES. SO ALL RIGHT. LET'S GET THROUGH THIS, COLLEAGUES. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WANT TO DO THIS. I WANT TO

[02:20:05]

HERE. MR. ARMENDAREZ . >> I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF MAKING THE MOTION FOR THE VOTE TO BE REDONE. THE ONLY THING I ASK IS -- I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE CONFLICT OF YOU VOTING FOR YOURSELF . AND TRULY, I HAVE NO HEARTBURN ON HOW YOU VOTE EITHER WAY. BUT I THINK FOR THE COLLECTIVE GROUP, IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, TO GIVE YOUR HONEST FEEDBACK, SINCE WE ARE AT A DEADLOCK. WE CAN SIT HERE ALL NIGHT WITH TWO MEMBERS VOTING FOR IT. IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO VOTE FOR YOURSELF, THEN AT LEAST WE KNOW THAT I WOULD BE OUT OF THE HUNT, OR I'M IN THE HUNT. AND I THINK THAT WILL GIVE US SOME DIRECTION. I KNOW IT'S A HARD DECISION. I WILL NOT TAKE ANY PERSONAL GRIPE TOWARD IT. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO NOTE -- IF YOU WOULD SUPPORT ME, THEN I WOULD LIKE TO SEE VOTE. IF NOT, THEN VOTE NO, AND THEN WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THIS PROCESS UNTIL WE HAVE AN AGREED-UPON NUMBER THAT EVERYONE FEELS CAN HANDLE THAT POSITION. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR MYSELF AND GET YOUR VOTE ON IT.

>> FAIR ENOUGH, MR. ARMENDAREZ. I HAVE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT IT SINCE I HAVE BEEN SITTING APPEAR. SO THERE IS A MOTION FOR MR. ARMENDAREZ TO BE PRESIDENT. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I WILL GO THE SAME

ORDER. MR. ARMENDAREZ >> AYE.

>> MR. PEREZ. >> AYE.

>> DR. QUEZADA >> AYE.

>> I WILL JUST MOVE FORWARD AND BE PRESIDENT. I'M GOING TO DO IT. SORRY. I'M JUST GOING TO DO IT. MY VOTE IS YES.

>> OKAY. WAIT. I'M SAYING -- I'M VOTING NO. I'M GOING TO BE THE PRESIDENT IF THE BOARD ALLOWS ME TO DO IT.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR MARS SERNA TO BE PRESENT -- PRESIDENT. DR. QUEZADA .

>> AYE. >> IT IS 5-0. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. ARMENDAREZ. ALL RIGHT. SO THE NEXT ONE IS FOR VICE PRESIDENT. SO ARE THERE ANY EMOTIONS? HOW DO WE WANT TO DO THE VICE PRESIDENCY? I WILL SAY THIS. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH YOU, MR. PEREZ. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO CONTINUE, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE SOMETHING GOOD ENOUGH.

>> I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE THIS. WE MADE A LOT OF STRIDES.

WE FOUGHT A LOT OF BATTLES TOGETHER. BUT THE BEST THING THAT I LIKE IS WE BOTH WORK IN TWO TYPES OF CAPACITIES WHERE I AM WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES AND MAKING MEETINGS AND ADJUSTMENTS, AND SO FORTH, AND YOU ARE THE FACE OF THE SCHOOL.

OF THE DISTRICT. YOU ARE SO WELL SPOKEN, AND YOU KNOW -- THE GRACE THAT YOU SHOW IN THIS POSITION THIS REALLY SHOW, AND IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO SERVE NEXT TO YOU. I DO APPRECIATE THE FRIENDSHIP THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GROW WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS. THE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU THAT I HAVE AND THE DIALOGUES WE HAVE, IT STARTS WITH EACH OTHER, BUT THEY ARE AMAZING CONVERSATIONS. I TRULY ENJOY THEM.

>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE MADE A MOTION FOR MR. PEREZ. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A SECOND ON THAT ONE.

>> SECOND. >> SECOND FROM MR. ARMENDAREZ.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND AND DISCUSSION. I'M HEARING THEM. I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE. MR. ARMENDAREZ.

>> AYE. >> MR. PEREZ.

>> AYE.. >> I AM AN AYE. EVERYTHING STAYS THE SAME. ALL RIGHT. WE STILL HAVE ONE MORE. THIS IS FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE ANNUAL FALL MEETING. THIS IS

[02:25:02]

YOUR MICROPHONE IS OFF. >> YES. I ENJOYED IT. I LIKED BEING A PART OF IT. I'M ABLE TO FILL THIS DUTY BEFORE MY TERM IS UP, SO I DON'T MIND DOING IT AGAIN.

>> DO WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR THIS POSITION? SHOULD I ASK?

>> I WILL NOMINATE DR. QUEZADA.

>> OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY MS. SANDOVAL. MOTION BY DR. QUEZADA. MR. PEREZ, SIR. MR. PEREZ MADE THAT MOTION AND MS. SANDOVAL SECONDED IT. I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE. MR.

ARMENDAREZ. >> AYE. DR. QUEZADA

>> AYE.. I AM AN AYE. MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND

[6. Comments]

LET'S START WITH THE VIRTUAL GUY. MR. ARMENDAREZ. THANK YOU, MR. ARMENDAREZ. DR. QUEZADA.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE FAMILIES THAT CAME OUT AND THEIR PATIENTS AS WE NAVIGATED THROUGH OUR BOARD MEETING. I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW IT IS A VERY WINDY CHRISTMAS PARADE.

>> TO SAY THE LEAST. >> I SHOULDN'T SAY THIS, BUT TYPICALLY, I DON'T PUT MY FACE OUT IN TERMS OF -- YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ON A FLOAT, BUT I WANTED TO SUPPORT OUR GRAND MARSHALS. OUR SUPERINTENDENT, AND MAIKEL GARCIA. I USUALLY HIDE BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT I REALLY WANTED TO COME OUT AND SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, AND I THINK IT WAS AMAZING FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND THEY STILL CAME OUT, HER HAIR BLOWING, AND WITH THE BABIES OUT AND THE DOGS. IT WAS NICE TO SEE THE COMMUNITY. I'M GLAD I PARTICIPATED. IT IS PROBABLY MY LAST TIME AS A BOARD MEMBER THAT I WILL BE IN THE CHRISTMAS PERIOD. I WAS LIKE, FOR ME TO ONE TIME AT LEAST. WANT TO SAY HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE. I CHERISH -- I KNOW A LOT OF OUR STAFF ARE GOING THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES RIGHT NOW. YOU NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH TIME WE HAVE LEFT ON THIS EARTH. I KNOW AT TIMES WE ARE VERY DELIGHTED, BUT I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE ALL TRULY WANT THE BEST FOR OUR FONTANA STUDENTS. I ACTUALLY BELIEVE IT. I REALLY HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE REALLY CHERISHED TIMES WITH YOUR FAMILY THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, NO MATTER WHAT, IF ANYTHING, YOU CELEBRATE. AS I'M GETTING OLDER -- AND I'M STILL YOUNG, BUT AS HIM GETTING OLDER, I MISSING THAT THE PRECIOUS COMMODITY IN LIFE IS TIME. I'VE BEEN SO SELECTIVE WITH MY TIME LATELY.

I GO TO EVENTS AND I'M ALWAYS IN THE SHADOWS BECAUSE YOU KNOW ME. I DON'T LIKE THE WAY. I DON'T NEED MY FACE ON THE FRONT. SOMETIMES, I GO TO THINGS AND I'M LIKE, YOU'RE HERE? WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US? I'M PROBABLY WITH THE HOODIE IN THE CORNER BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM OUR STUDENTS BEING AT THE FOREFRONT. OUR TIME IS SO PRECIOUS. LIKE ALL OF YOU THAT ARE HERE STILL, THE STAFF, YOU ARE ALWAYS AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR LOVED ONES TO GIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR STUDENTS. IN THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, I HOPE YOU REALLY KNOW HOW CHERISHED YOU ARE TO OUR FAMILY OF FONTANA UNIFIED. I ALSO WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY GARDEN EVENT THIS FRIDAY. UNFORTUNATELY, I REALLY WANT TO ATTEND. I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT EVENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. BUT I'M A TEACHER. MY HEART WILL BE THERE. I DO APOLOGIZE. IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T WANT TO BE THERE. 1000 TIMES THEY WOULD BE THERE. IF THAT STARTED MAYBE AN HOUR EARLIER -- BUT LIKE I SAID, I REALLY THINK -- THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR OUR DISCUSSION. I KNOW WE MADE SOME DIFFICULT DECISIONS TONIGHT BUT COLLECTIVELY, I THINK WE CAN TOGETHER AND WE WERE ABLE TO BE UNIFIED AS WE SHOULD IN FONTANA. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

>> THANK YOU, DR. QUEZADA. MS. SANDOVAL. NEW BOARD PRESIDENT, CONTINUING. BOTH OF YOU GENTLEMEN, CONGRATULATIONS. SO

[02:30:09]

THAT IS HOW I FELT WHEN I WALKED IN THE BOARDROOM TODAY.

IT IS NICE TO SEE EVERYONE IN HERE. SO THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER, THE BOARD WENT TO SAN FRANCISCO. WE ATTENDED OUR CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE. SO WE HEARD ABOUT THE BUDGET. WE HEARD ABOUT ALL THOSE SAD THINGS. USUALLY, YOU GO AND YOU HEAR SOME REALLY EXCITING AND HAVING -- HAPPY THINGS. EVERYONE WALKED AROUND LIKE IT WAS THE END OF THE DAY BECAUSE THAT IS HOW YOU FELT, COMING BACK, KNOWING THAT THERE WOULD BE A HUGE SHORTFALL. WE KNEW EARLY ON. AND I KNEW BEFORE THAT. YOU HEAR ABOUT THESE THINGS. I KNEW EARLY ON THAT THERE WOULD BE. I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. IT IS SO HARD, BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT A BUDGET. WE ARE LOOKING AT VOTING ON THINGS . KNOWING THAT IS SO HARD. WE ARE OKAY. ESPECIALLY THE PRESIDENTS BACK THERE. WE HAVE LESLIE. LESLIE IS GOING TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING.

SHE IS GOING TO LOOK AT EVERY FILING CABINET. LOOK AT LESLIE.

THIS PAST WEEKEND, I WENT TO JURUPA HILLS. IT IS SO EXCITING TO SEE OUR KIDS HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU, KIMBERLY, FOR BRINGING THEM. TO BRING THEM HERE. IT IS SO IMPORTANT. TO SEE KIDS. THEY DIDN'T NEED TO HEAR ALL OF THIS SAD STUFF.

KIDS THAT AGE START TO THINK, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? WILL MY TEACHERS STILL BE THERE? IS MY SCHOOL GOING TO BE THERE? THAT IS HOW THEY THINK. IT WAS NICE TO SEE THEM. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BRINGING THEM. LET'S SEE HERE. THAT'S ABOUT IT, OTHER THAN THE PARADE WAS FREEZING COLD THERE. I WAS IN MY WARM BED , TRYING TO STAY WARM. LET'S SEE HERE. THAT'S ABOUT IT. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A LITTLE VACATION.

YOU ENJOY THE WEEK OFF. I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE TRAINING NEXT WEEK. MY GRANDSON TOLD ME, WE DON'T START ON VACATION UNTIL TUESDAY. WHAT ARE THE TEACHERS GOING TO BE DOING? THEY ARE IN TRAINING. SO ANYWAYS, HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR, AND SPEND TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY LIKE DR. QUEZADA SAID.

LIFE IS SHORT NOT TO ENJOY YOUR FAMILY. CALL THEM EVERYDAY AND SAY I LOVE YOU. THEY NEED TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO WISH THE FLOOR AS A FAMILY DOSE THEY LOST THEIR BROTHER. HE PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER 2ND. HE WAS A STUDENT.

FONTANA UNIFIED WENT AND GRADUATED FROM FONTANA HIGH.

KEEP THAT FAMILY IN PRAYERS. A YOUNG WOMAN AND A LITTLE BABY HE LEFT BEHIND. HE WENT TO THE GYM AND WORKED OUT AND HAD A HEART ATTACK. THEY FOUND HIM SLUMPED OVER IN HIS CAR. KNOW THAT YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING YOU ENJOY AND YOU DON'T COME HOME. SO THINK ABOUT THAT. LOVE YOUR FAMILY, JUST LIKE DR.

QUEZADA SAID. YOU GUYS HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND DRIVE SAFE.

BE SAFE. BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER. THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

VICE PRESIDENT PEREZ. >> THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ENJOY YOUR TIME OFF. I PROMISE I WON'T CALL. FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES, NO WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE BOND HERE SOON, BUT I WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD PUT SOMETHINGS -- ALWAYS MAKE SURE WE CAN PUT THESE THINGS ON ANY ITEM IN THE EVALUATION, HOW MUCH IS THE PUBLIC GOING TO BE PAYING? THE CURRENT BILLS RIGHT NOW, WE ARE STILL PAYING FOR -- THIS IS FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES, FOR THE FONTANA UNIFIED BOND. I MEAN, THERE IS A FEW MORE. THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT ARE DIRECTLY REFLECTING US. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE THAT IF WE DO APPROVE A BOND TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA, THOSE ADDITIONAL PRIZES WILL BE ADDED TO THOSE, AS WELL. IN ADDITION, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PEOPLE WHO CAME TO OUR PODIUM AND HAVE REPORTED CRIMES THAT ALLEGEDLY SOME

[02:35:05]

LET'S TAKE CARE OF THEM. I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS

WORK NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. PEREZ.

AGAIN, THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, FOR YOUR TRUST, ALLOWING ME TO SIT BACK HERE AND CONTINUE TO LEAD FROM THIS SEAT THAT I SIT IN CURRENTLY. DR. QUEZADA BROUGHT UP THE UNITY GARDEN. I WANTED TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT TO THIS. WE WILL BE DEDICATING A UNITY GARDEN TO THE O'DAY SHORT FAMILY. I LEARNED ABOUT THIS DOING SOME WORK WITH THE COUNTY OFFICE AROUND HISTORY AND KNOWING YOUR HISTORY AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. IT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PIECE PULL INITIATED THERE. IT DIDN'T CONTINUE. SO THE FONTANA UNIFIED BOND ONE FAMILY IN DECEMBER 2016 , THEIR HOUSE BLEW UP. THEY WERE A BLACK FAMILY THAT LIVED BELOW THE SUN. IN THAT TIMEFRAME, AFRICAN-AMERICANS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO LIVE BELOW BASELINE. THAT IS THE HISTORY. BUT THE O'DAY SHORT FAMILY, THEY WERE LATER SCANNED. I THINK THEY PASSED OR WHATEVER. THEY WERE ABLE TO DO IT. THE HOUSE BLEW UP. AN INVESTIGATION HAPPENED. THE MOTHER -- THE DAD CLEAVED FROM THAT EXPLOSION FOR ABOUT A MONTH. THE MOTHER AND THE TWO KIDS DISH CAROLYN WAS SEVEN. MOM WAS 35. MR. O'DAY SHORT WAS 40. HE ENDED UP PASSING AWAY. SIX YEARS LATER, THE PROPERTY IS VACANT AND EMPTY. THE DISTRICT HAD ACQUIRED THAT PROPERTY. HE BUILT RANDALL PEPPER ON TOP OF THAT. I LEARNED ALL ABOUT THAT. HOW DID THAT ALL HAPPENED? I SAY THAT TO SAY THAT THIS PEACE POLE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. THERE WILL BE THIS DEDICATION ON FRIDAY. IF YOU CAN COME AND SHOW UP TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE O'DAY SHORT FAMILY THAT OWNED THE PROPERTY BEFORE THE DISTRICT PURCHASED IT TO BUILD THE RANDALL PEPPER -- STABILITY -- THE BEAUTY IS THAT IT IS A PILLAR IN THE COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO CELEBRATE THE SUCCESS THAT THAT SPACE HAS FOR THE FAMILY. PLEASE SHOW UP TO THAT. OTHER THAN THAT, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYBODY. HOPE YOU HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR. I WILL BE OFF FROM WORK FOR TWO WEEKS STARTING ON FRIDAY. I'M GOING TO SHUT IT DOWN UNTIL JANUARY 3RD. I'M GOING TO DO ME FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

LASTLY, I WANT TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DAUGHTER.

YESTERDAY WAS HER BIRTHDAY. SHE JUST HAD HER FIFTH GRANDSON ABOUT 10 DAYS AGO. I'VE GOT FIVE GRANDKIDS. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. CONGRATULATIONS TO MY DAUGHTER. I LOVE YOU.

EVERYBODY, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

I THINK THAT'S IT. YOUR COMMENTS WERE AT THE BEGINNING.

THIS IS ADJOURNMENT. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, I

MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> SECOND.

>> I CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

>> AYE. >> ANY NAYS?

>> NAY. >> THANK YOU

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