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BAKE WELCOME BACK FOR THE CLOSED SESSION. JANUARY 10, 2024 REGULAR BOARD MEETING FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD. PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. WE ADOPTED THE AGENT AT 4:00 HOUR AND IT CARRIED A 3-0 VOTE WE HAD ZERO PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE ARE DONE WITH PART ONE OF THE CLOSED
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SESSION. CHECKING FOR PART TWO TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON PART TWO CLOSED SESSION ITEMS.>> ZERO PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, PART TWO OF THE CLOSED SESSION WILL START AT THIS TIME. RIGHT NOW WE WILL ADJOURN TO THAT TIME AND SOMEONE HELP US MEET ON COLLEAGUES. GOOD EVENING. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY. WE ARE BACK FROM CLOSED SESSION. IT IS NICE TO BE BACK. WELCOME TO EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE AND THOSE OF YOU WATCHING AT HOME.
AS I SAID EARLIER HAPPY NEW YEAR AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE BACK HERE TODAY TO DO THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR STUDENTS. SO WE ARE BACK AT 7:04 OFFICIAL TIME PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT THE SAME.
PLEASE BE ADVISED A RECORDING OF BROADCAST OF TONIGHT'S MEETING IS BEING MADE AT THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD AND WILL GO TO ITEM 4.2 WHICH IS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. A REMINDER FOR THE AUDIENCE THAT AFTER THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL GO TO FOR .3 MOMENT OF SCIENCE. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY TO TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AS PART OF OUR PRACTICE TONIGHT. IT ALLOWS US TO PAUSE, MEDITATE, PRAY AND REFLECT AND WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO SO THAT WE CAN ALL MOVE THIS WORK COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER. AND LIKELY TONIGHT WITHOUT HAVING TO RECOGNIZE ANY INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE GONE BEFORE SO THAT'S GOOD TO SEE. I WANT TO GIVE THE PODIUM TO A YOUNG LADY FROM
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FONTANA HIGH SCHOOL. JULIANNA REDONDO. SHE HERE? GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. SHE WOULD LEAD US IN OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE EVERYBODY STAND.>> PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY, BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>> YOU MAY BE SEATED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR LEADING US THIS EVENING. ALL RIGHT. ONE ITEM TO REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION. ITEM 4.4 AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED A SETTLEMENT FOR EMPLOYEE NUMBER 20573 IN THE COMBINED AMOUNT OF $60,000 CLOSING OUT ALL PERMANENT DISABILITY AND FUTURE MEDICAL CARE. THE MOTION WAS MADE BY MR. PEREZ AND SECONDED BY CARRYING A FIVE-ZERO VOTE. THAT'S ALL THE PORTAL ACTION FROM CLOSED SESSION THE SAME. 4.5 WITH ONE PRESENTATION ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA AND WE WILL INTRODUCE
THE VISITATION AND SPEAKER. >> THANK YOU. DR. BARNES, PLEASE COME UP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND SHE WILL BE INTRODUCING OUR GUEST WHO IS SPEAKING TONIGHT.
>> GOOD EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS. TONIGHT WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON OCTOBER FOUR WHERE TALKED ABOUT REFUNDING OPPORTUNITY THAT WOULD SAVE OUR TAXPAYERS MON%Y IN OUR BONDS FUNDS. HE'S HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.
HOW MUCH YOU REMEMBER ABOUT WHAT I SAID A FEW MONTHS AGO.
BUT I WILL REMIND YOU. I SAID I THOUGHT I HAD AN IDEA THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAVE THE TAXPAYERS A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY BUT I WASN'T SURE IF IT WORK. I WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH IT AGAIN AND TELL YOU WHERE WE ARE AND I HAVE I WOULD SAY GOOD NEWS, NOT DONE BUT GOOD NEWS AND GET YOUR OPINIONS OF IT AND GET YOUR THOUGHTS AS TO WHETHER WE SHOULD PROCEED. IF YOU CAN LOOK AT PAGE TWO OF THE PRESENTATION ON THE SCREEN AND ALSO IN THE BOOKLET THAT I HANDED OUT. IN 2020, THIS IS A LIST OF ALL THE OUTSTANDING FINANCES THAT THE DISTRICT HAS IN THE DISTRICT TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING UP IN THE BOTTOM HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW IS A REFINED SCENE THAT WAS DONE. THE 2020 REFUNDING. THAT WAS DONE ON A TAXABLE BASIS. MEANING THAT THE INVESTORS THAT ON THOSE BONDS HAVE TO PAY TAXES ON THE INTEREST. THE TAX-EXEMPT BONDS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY INTEREST. THEY TRADE AT A LOWER RATE. THERE ARE $152.9 MILLION OF THOSE BONDS STILL OUTSTANDING. THOSE BONDS WERE ISSUED IN 2020. IF WE CAN LOOK AT THE NEXT PAGE. WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE BONDS IS
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BECAUSE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TIME OF WHEN YOU ISSUED THEM IN TODAY, INTEREST RATES HAVE GONE UP. RIGHT. THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS . THAT MEANS THE VALUE OF THE BONDS, NOT THE VALUE TO YOU, BUT THE VALUE TO THE INVESTORS WHO OWN THOSE BONDS HAVE GONE DOWN AS INTEREST RATES GO UP THE VALUE OF THE BOND GOES DOWN. BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT MAKING AS MUCH INTEREST. SO REMEMBER THIS THAT NUMBER I SHOWED YOU ON THE BACK PAGE. ON THE FIRST PAGE WAS ABOUT 159. THE VALUE OF THOSE BONDS WE THINK WE CAN GET BACK ABOUT 30% OF THOSE BONDS. NOW WE WILL WORK ON THE 30% AND IN THE SECOND I WILL TELL YOU WHAT THAT MEANS. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS TABLE UNDER WHERE IT SAYS THE TAXABLE AMOUNT, ONE THIRD OF THAT WOULD BE $45 MILLION. FOR THEM IN DOLLARS IS CALLED THE PAR AMOUNT. THE FACE AMOUNT OF THIS. BECAUSE INTEREST RATES HAVE FALLEN, ACTUALLY INTEREST RATES HAVE RISEN THE BACK OF THE BOND TEMPLATE. TODAY THE MARKET THEY ARE WORTH ONLY ABOUT $30 MILLION. SO IF WE CAN GET THOSE BONDS BACK FROM THE INVESTORS AND BY THEM BACK, THEN WE WOULD TURN THEM INTO TAX EXEMPT BONDS AND YOU -- I WILL NOW SWITCH YOU OVER TO THE PIE CHARTS. YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENS. WE TAKE THE $45 MILLION OF OUTSTANDING DEBT AND TURNING IT INTO $30 MILLION BECAUSE THAT THE VALUE OF THEM TODAY. THAT WILL MEAN A LITTLE MORE INTEREST BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE GREAT PIECE OF THAT PIE CHART AT THE BOTTOM, IT'S A SAVINGS GROSS OF ABOUT $9.5 MILLION. IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF RIGMAROLE AND STUFF MOVING AROUND BUT IN FACT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS IS WORKING WITH AN UNDERWRITER TO IDENTIFY WHO OWNS THESE BONDS. REACH OUT TO THEM AND GET THEIR SENSE AS TO WHETHER THEY'D BE INTERESTED IN SELLING THOSE BONDS BACK IN THE NUMBER THE UNDERWRITER HAS COME UP WITH IS ABOUT 30% OF THOSE BONDS ARE AVAILABLE. WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS THE CASE. WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT REALLY CAN HAPPEN OR NOT. IT WILL COST ANYBODY ANYTHING UNTIL IT ALL TAKES PLACE. THAT'S THE ESTIMATE. WE DID THIS IN DECEMBER WITH A DISTRICT IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. WE THOUGHT 30% AND WE ACTUALLY GOT 50% BACK. SOMETIMES IT WORKS BUT IN OTHER CASES, THAT I'M AWARE OF, THEY WENT OUT AND THOUGHT THEY WOULD GET 30 OR 40 AND THEY GOT FIVE OR 10. IT JUST DEPENDS ON IF IT WILL WORK. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO TAXPAYERS? IF IT WORKS, THIS IS THE PROJECTED TAX RATES ON PAGE 6. THE PROJECTED TAX RATES FOR ALL THE DISTRICTS NOT JUST THESE ONES BUT ALL THEM. TAXPAYERS ARE CURRENTLY PAYING ABOUT $50 PER $100,000 IN ASSESSED VALUATION PER YEAR. BECAUSE WE WILL BE GETTING THESE BONDS BACK THAT HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST AT THE LONG END, WE WILL BE GETTING MOST OF THAT SAVINGS WHERE YOU SEE THE GREEN. SO EVEN THOUGH WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 9 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS IN SAVINGS IT'S NOT NINE AND HAVE MENTOS TODAY.IT'S NINE AND HALF MILLION DOLLARS SPREAD OVER THIS 25 YEAR PERIOD. THERE WILL BE A LITTLE MORE INTEREST GOT RUMOR SHOWED YOU ON THE CHART THERE'S MORE INTEREST TO BE PAID IN THE EARLY YEARS. THAT IS WHAT THE RED IS. THERE WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT THE TAX RATE GOING UP A COUPLE YEARS BUT WHEN YOU GO EIGHT OR NINE YEARS OUT THOUGH SAVING START COMING IN.
TOTAL SAVING IF WE ARE LUCKY THE ABOUT 9 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS TO THE TAXPAYERS. NOT TO THE DISTRICT. THIS IS THE TAXPAYERS AND NOT THE DISTRICT. SO, WHAT DO WE DO? WELL, IF YOU WANT TO PROCEED WITH THIS INTERNET I WOULD LIKE YOU TO GIVE ME DIRECTION. IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A VOTE BUT JUST YES, TO PROCEED.
WILL GO TO THE NEXT STEP. WE WILL WORK WITH THE LEGAL COUNSEL AND THE UNDERWRITERS AND PREPARE DOCUMENTS AND BRING BACK THE RESOLUTION TO THE BOARD AUTHORIZING THAT THESE BONDS BE PURCHASED AS LONG AS IT WORKS. AS LONG AS IT MAKES MONEY TO THE DISTRICTS TAXPAYERS. THAT WOULD OPEN TAKE PLACE IN ROUGHLY APRIL. THEY WOULD GO OUT TO ATTEMPT TO BUY THOSE BONDS. AT THAT POINT THEY COME BACK TO YOU AND SAY HEY, I GOT GOOD NEWS FOR YOU. JORGE, I GOT BAD NEWS FOR YOU. IF IT'S BAD NEWS, AS I SAID BEFORE, THERE'S NO COST TO THE DISTRICT BUT IF IT'S GOOD NEWS, THE COST OF THE FINANCING GETS PAID FOR OUT OF THE FINANCING ITSELF. SO THERE'S NO COST TO THE
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DISTRICT. THAT WOULD BE CUT IF IT ALL WORKS, THAT WOULD BE THEN CLOSED IN MID-MAY. THAT'S A 4-5 MONTH PROCESS. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. I KNOW IT SEEMS COMPLICATED. I TRUST THAT I TELL YOU IT IS A LITTLE KOMBUCHA. BUT GENERALLY WHAT WE ARE DOING IS TRYING TO GET BONDS BACK FROM INVESTORS AND TURN THEM INTO LOWER-COST BONDS FOR THE TAXPAYERS. ANY>> YES. FOR CLARIFICATION, YOU ARE TELLING ME NO COST COMES OUT OF THE DISTRICTS GENERAL FUND. WE ARE NOT PAYING ANYTHING. BUT OUR PUBLIC WILL BE THE ONE TO GET THIS SAVINGS IN THE LONG TERM AND NOTHING ELSE COMES OUT DESPERATE
NOTHING COMES FROM US. >> LET ME ADD ONE THING. JUST ANOTHER THOUGHT. A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK WHY WOULD PEOPLE WANT TO SELL THESE BONDS? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. WHY WOULD PEOPLE WANT TO SELL THESE BONDS? WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF THESE IN THE PAST AND THE CONCLUSION IS THE ANSWER IS WE DON'T CARE. WE REALLY DON'T CARE. MAYBE THEY WANT TO FIX THEIR KITCHEN. IT DOESN'T MATTER. IF THEY WANT TO SELL THEM, GREAT. IF THEY DON'T WANT TO SELL THEM, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. IT'S THAT SIMPLE. A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION. THE REASON BEHIND IT IS NOT IMPORTANT.
>> SO I HAVE A QUESTION. LET'S ASSUME YOU ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL AT THAT RATE YOU ARE HOPING TO GET. THEN WHAT HAPPENS?
>> THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME RATE WHERE IT MAKES SENSE TO YOU AND SOME RATE WHERE IT DOESN'T. LET'S SAY WE GET 50%.
THAT'S GREAT. LET'S SAY WE GET 10%. THAT'S ONE THIRD OF THE SAVINGS. SO IT'S $3 MILLION SAVINGS. DOES THAT STILL MAKE SENSE TO YOU? THAT'S UP TO YOU AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AND YOUR CBO TO GO FORWARD. AT A CERTAIN POINT HOWEVER, IF IT'S 2% OR 3%, IT JUST DOESN'T WORK. AND YOU SHUT IT DOWN AND EVERYBODY
GOES HOME. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO THIS IS MORE OF A REPORT AND WE ARE NOT TAKING ANY ACTION TONIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND THIS TO BE. SO I GUESS WE WILL WORK WITH STAFF. MICKEY WILL WORK WITH STAFF AS WE PROBABLY MOVE
FORWARD. CORRECT? >> I HAVE A QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. REGARDING THE WORK THAT YOU WILL PUT TOGETHER FOR THE RESOLUTION AND DOCUMENT THE COUNSEL IS IS
COVERED UNDER CURRENT CONTRACT? >> THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. >> AN UPDATE ON THE BOARD
REPORT. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM 4.6. WE ARE THERE WAS STUDENT BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS AND I WILL TURN OVER WHO WILL LEAD US THROUGH THAT TONIGHT. JULIETA.
THE AUDIENCE. SOME COMMENTS I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE. I KNOW THERE IS NOT ANY SENIORS OR THEIR MAY BE CUT BUT IF ANYONE KNOWS ANY SENIORS OR SENIORS ARE WATCHING, TONIGHT'S MEETING -- A QUICK REMINDER. COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES ARE ROLLING IN AND SOME COLLEGES MAY SEND OUT AN EMAIL BUT IT WILL END UP IN YOUR SPAM SO MAKE SURE TO THOROUGHLY CHECK YOUR EMAILS AND CHECK THE JUNK FOLDER BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW YOU MIGHT FIND SOMETHING IMPORTANT IN THERE. AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ALL THE STUDENT SUCCESS AND ALL THE ACCEPTANCES AND ALL THE STUDENTS DREAMING TO GO FORWARD AND ATTEND COLLEGE. IN ADDITION TO MY COMMENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. IT'S A NEW START. A NEW SEMESTER. AS A DISTRICT, LET'S LOOK FORWARD TO THESE NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND GIVE STUDENTS A WELCOMING, LOVING, MOTIVATING ENVIRONMENT SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO EXCEL AND PROSPER
THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. >> ALWAYS THE VOICE OF REASON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE KIND WORDS. ITEM 4.7.
SUPERINTENDENTS COMMENTS. I WILL TURKEY TURNED RIGHT BACK
OVER. >> THANK YOU AND HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE. WE WILL PULL UP THE POWERPOINT NOW. ON MY REPORT TONIGHT THE FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT ON IS -- A SLOW REACTION. HERE WE GO. IT'S ON OUR ADVANCED PLACEMENT HONOR ROLL SCHOOLS. LOOK AT THAT. FOR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE
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RECOGNIZED BY THE COLLEGE BOARD AS ADVANCED PLACEMENT HONOR ROLL SCHOOLS. HIGHLIGHTING OUR DISTRICT COMMITMENT TO BOSTON COLLEGE GROWN CULTURE ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS AND PROVIDED OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS TO EARN COLLEGE CREDIT AND MAXIMIZE THEIR COLLEGE READINESS. THIS IS ALL BASED ON DATA COMPILED FROM THE SCHOOLS 2023 GRADUATES. SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL EARNED A SILVER AWARD. FONTANA GOT A B MILLER AND HENRY KAISER I SCHOOLS WERE HONORED WITH THE BRONZE AWARDS. SUMMIT FONTANA AND KAISER ALSO EARNED THE AP ACCESS AWARD WHICH RECOGNIZES ANY SCHOOL PROVIDING UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS ACCESS TO ADVANCED COURSEWORK . BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE COLLEGE BOARD IS A TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENT FOR SCHOOLS AND DEFINITELY REFLECT THE HARD WORD BEING DONE AT OUR SCHOOLS BY OUR TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS DISTRICT WIDE. IT ALSO PRESENTS EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL OF OUR SCHOLARS. OF THE THREE HONORABLE DATA SETS, FONTANA SCHOOLS SCORED THE MOST IMPRESSIVE MARKS AROUND COLLEGE OPTIMIZATION WITH SOME EARNING A PLATINUM STATUS, KAISER GOLD AND A B MILLER SILVER AND FONTANA HIGH SCHOOL WITH BRONZE. CONGRATULATION TO THE FOUR SCHOOLS WITH THE GREAT WORK THEY'RE DOING. THE NEXT UPDATE IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE WINTER BREAK AND THAT'S THE OH DATE SHORT FAMILY UNITY GARDEN DEDICATION. MEMBERS FROM AROUND THE FONTANA COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, STAFF, STUDENTS AND ELECTED DIGNITARIES GANDER TO RANDALL PEPPER ON DECEMBER 15 FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE SHORT FAMILY UNITY GARDEN. THIS BEAUTIFUL GARDEN AND YOU CAN SEE PARTS OF IT IN THE BACKGROUND THERE, SERVES AS A LIVING SYMBOL OF THE DISTRICTS ONGOING COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. THE O'DAY SHORT FAMILY UNITY GARDEN COMMANDS THE LIVES OF HELEN, CAROLYN AND VERY SHORT. FAMILIES REMEMBER FROM BREAKING THE FONTANA COLOR BARRIER IN 1945. ALL FOUR MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILY DIED IN THEIR HOUSE IS A BURST INTO FLAMES ON DECEMBER 16, 1945. SO DECEMBER 15, 2023, STUDENT AMBASSADORS WELCOMED RANDALL PEPPER'S VISITORS WHO PASSED BY PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE O'DAY SHORT FILM IS WANT TO THE HEART OF THE CAMPUS TO REACH THE UNITY GARDEN. THE RANDALL PEPPER CHOIR SAYING SWEET LOW SWING LOW SWEET CHIP THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPIRITUAL SUNKEN IN FIFTH GRADE IN LONDON OTIS READ A POEM TITLED SPICER FOX BEFORE A COLORFUL PEACEFUL WHICH READS BASED PEACE PREVAIL ON EARTH IN FOUR DIFFERENT LANGUAGE WAS UNVEILED NEXT TO THE GARDEN. YOU CAN SEE IT THERE IN THE PHOTO TO THE RIGHT. RANDALL PEPPER WILL CONTINUE TO HONOR THEIR FAMILY BY HOLDING ANNUAL UNITY ASSEMBLIES EACH DECEMBER TO CELEBRATE THE MANY CULTURES AND ETHNICITIES THAT COMPRISE ITS LOCAL COMMUNITY. CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. NEXT I WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY SHARE A BIT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN STUDENTS AREN'T AT SCHOOL. DURING WINTER BREAK, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT HAPPENED HERE IN JANUARY. AND GIVE YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS. BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THE PUBLIC IS NOT AWARE OF HOW WE USE THIS VALUABLE TIME TO IMPROVE OUR SKILLS IN OUR ORGANIZATION AND OUR SYSTEM SPIT ON GENDER THIRD AND FOURTH THE DISTRICT WAS EXCITED TO HOST DR. DANIEL WALKER TO PRESENT IT'S AN ONION MAXIMIZING ACHIEVEMENT. DR.WALKER IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SCHOLAR, AUTOMAKER AND PUBLIC SPEAKER WORK IN THE FIELDS OF HISTORY AND FILM. AS WELL AS A GRADUATE IN THE CLASS OF 85 CLASS PRESENT. DR. WALKER READ ATTENDEES THROUGH THE HISTORICAL JOURNEY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE TO PRESENT DAY USING CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING TO MAXIMIZE SUCCESS OF STUDENTS OF AFRICAN DESCENT. ON JANUARY 8, IN ADDITION TO SITE-SPECIFIC PROFESSIONAL THE BOUMA, THE DISTRICT OFFICE MANAGEMENT STAFF GATHERED FOR A MIDYEAR CHECK-IN AT THE HERITAGE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. THE OBJECTIVE FOR THE HALF-DAY EVENT WAS TO ASSESS OUR ACHIEVEMENTS AND TO ADDRESS ANY OBSTACLES HINDERING PROGRESS IN THE AREAS OF POWERFUL, ACADEMIC OUTCOMES, PERSISTENT FOCUS ON SAFETY AND WELL-BEING, PROACTIVE MEDICATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PURPOSEFUL USE OF PUBLIC RESOURCES. DEPARTMENTS WERE PREPARED TO REVIEW THEIR CONCENTRATED AREAS OF FOCUS GOT THEIR ACTION STEPS AND ANY RELEVANT METRICS FOR SUCCESS.
IN ADDITION THE TEAM HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DELVE INTO THE A2 BEHAVIORS FOR SMARTER TEENS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS ON THAT DAY. NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE JANUARY IS NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH WHICH INCLUDES THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS. FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT PRIOR TO DOING MORE THAN 1000 LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCIES AND STATE TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE BOARD MEMBERS DOING SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH. BOARD MEMBERS ARE ELECTED TO THE REPRESENTATIVES AND HER VITAL LINK BETWEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE COMMITTEE. THE BOARD SETS THE FOUNDATION AND THE VISION FOR THE DISTRICT AND
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DIRECTS OUR RESOURCES WHERE THEY ARE MOST NEEDED AND ENSURES ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE COMMITTEE BY MONITORING PROGRESS TOWARD GOALS. LIKE WE ARE DOING THIS VERY MOMENT.THEIR END OF GOLD IS TO SUPPORT AND OF A STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
ON BEHALF OF OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO THANK AND RECOGNIZE OUR BOARD MEMBERS WITH THESE TOKENS OF APPRECIATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THE LAST ONE IS NOT A PRESENTATION TO NOT BE JUST AN UPDATE ABOUT OUR DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM. AS ENROLLMENT PERIOD APPROACHES HIM TO SHOW THAT THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ARE AWARE OF SOME OF THE UPCOMING INFORMATION MEETINGS REGARDING OUR DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM IN FONTANA. I'VE INCORPORATED INTO THIS BRIEF PRESENTATION THE THREE MINUTE INFORMATION VIDEO TO SHARE THE DATES AND TIMES AND LOCATIONS OF THESE MEETINGS TO FOLLOW THEREAFTER. HERE IS OUR SHORT PRESENTATION.
>> I'M PROUD TO SAY FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURE BY PROVIDING A SOLID EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION. WE FOCUS ON THREE KEY AREAS.
BUILDING AND READING AND TEACHING POSITIVE CHARACTER AND PROMOTING A COLLEGE GOING ENVIRONMENT. OUR DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM SPONSORS BILINGUALISM BY LEADERS AND IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND HANDS WAS FOR LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL DEFICIT. THIS IS A CRITICAL SKILL NEEDED IN OUR
EVER-CHANGING WORLD. >> SO MANY JOBS RIGHT NOW THAT WE CAN'T EVEN THINK OF WILL BE EXISTING WHERE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE GLOBE. AND SO WE HAVE TO THINK THAT BEING MY LITERATE IS AN INVESTMENT AS EARLY AS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT WILL LEAD THEM TO COLLEGE AND CAREER
AND BEYOND. >> IT HAS HELPED ME SPEAK SPANISH. I HAVE LEARNED TO WRITE AND HOLD A CONVERSATION.
>> WHAT I LIKE BEING IN THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM IS IT HELPS ME LEARN MORE LANGUAGES. I WANT TO LEARN FOR LANGUAGES.
LEADERS IN DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT STATES IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
HAS HELPED MY DAUGHTER GROW IMMENSELY. THE FIRST TIME SHE REALLY EXPERIENCED ADVERSITY WAS WHEN SHE WENT TO KINDERGARTEN AND CLASS WAS 90% SPANISH. BUT WE JUST HAD HER CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD AND I THINK MY DAUGHTER HAS DEVELOPED A GROWTH MINDSET. NOW MOVING FORWARD, I BELIEVE THAT MY DAUGHTER FEELS THAT SHE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL EVEN IF SHE'S NOT SUCCESSFUL AT FIRST. I THINK THERE IS NO BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR A CHILD TO HAVE. SHE HAS DEVELOPED GRIT AND DEVELOPED PERSEVERANCE AND TENACITY TO LEARN AND GROW. AS A PARENT,
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. >> FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE THEY LEARN TO BE GLOBAL CITIZENS COULD THEY GROW SOCIALLY, ACADEMICALLY AND ACROSS CULTURES. THEY ARE REALLY PREPARED FOR WHAT THE DEMANDS OF THE 21ST CENTURIES ARE.
>> ONCE THE DUAL LANGUAGE STUDENT LEAVE THE ELEMENTARY PROGRAM THEY WILL BE TRULY BILINGUAL IN BI-LITERATE IN ENGLISH IS BENCH WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL IN OUR GLOBAL WORLD.
>> SO I JUST HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF VISITING BOTH OF OUR ELEMENTARY DLI SCHOOLS. REDWOOD ELEMENTARY AND TODAY AS A MATTER FACT AND WHAT IS ON THE CLIP WAS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOMS STRONG TEACHING AND LEARNING IN TWO LANGUAGES.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE, WE WILL PUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE AND YOU CAN COME OUT AND JOIN US. ONCE ON TEAMS AND ONE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. THE BOARD IS IN THE PROCESS OF SELECTING THE HIGH SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE THAT RECOGNITION THE NEXT WEEK.
DINNER 23RD ONLINE VIA TEAMS YOU CAN JOIN US BUT WILL HAVE TWO LINKS ONE IN SPANISH AND ONE IN ENGLISH. AND ON JANUARY 25TH WILL HAVE AN IN PERSON MEETING AT SEQUOIA SCHOOL THAT YOU CAN JOIN US AND THAT THAT 5:30 P.M. DOUBLE CHECKING. LET ME GO BACK. ON JANUARY 23RD ON TEAMS VIRTUALLY THE SPANISH IS THAT THE CUT P.M. AND ENGLISH AT 5:30 P.M. VIA TEAMS. WILL PUT THAT ON HER WEBSITE SO IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS. THAT'S MY REPORT FOR TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THAT. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COLLIES BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD? ITEM 4.8 IS THE
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OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THE FONTANA SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM COMMITTEE AND EDUCATION PARTNERS THE INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS CAN'T HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. CODE SECTION 5495 .42 -- BOARD MEMBERS MAY ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ON COMMENTS MADE AND IF APPROPRIATE MAY REFER THE MATTER TO THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR FUTURE FOLLOW-UP. HOW MANY PUBLIC COMMENTS TO WE HAVE TONIGHT?>> WE HAVE 12 TONIGHT. >> IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CALL
THEM UP. >> LET'S START OFF WITH BRENT CHAVEZ MARTINEZ AND ON DECK IS ELI FARMER.
>> GOOD EVENING. I AM BRENT CHAVEZ WITH KEENAN AND ASSOCIATES. I WORKED WITH FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF MY TIME HERE AT KEENAN AND ASSOCIATES IN SOME FACET. CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THEM ON WHAT'S CALLED AN OWNER -CONTROLLED INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. TOURS FOR THE STATEWIDE EDUCATIONAL WRAPUP PROGRAM I WANT TO THANK YOU FONTANA USD FOR ALLOWING THIS BRIEF PRESENTATION. THE DISTRICT UTILIZE THE STATEWIDE EDUCATIONAL WRAPUP PROGRAM FOR THE KATHY BINKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FULL DAY CANDOR AND ADDITION PROJECT. THE WRAPUP PROGRAM IS A CONFERENCE OF ON A CONTROLLED INSURANCE PROGRAM DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR SCHOOLS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
SINCE THE START OF THIS $3.9 MILLION PROJECT SAFETY WAS ALWAYS A PRIORITY. THE STRONG SAFETY EFFORTS RESULTED IN OUTSTANDING SAFETY PERFORMANCE. THIS PROJECT EXPERIENCED NO WORKER'S COMPENSATION, NO GENERAL LIABILITY AND NOTE HOLDERS RISK CLAIMS. JUST TO PUT THAT FEET INTO PERSPECTIVE, IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, THE AVERAGE WORKER'S COMPENSATION LOSS RATIO IS ABOUT 60%. SO HUGE KUDOS TO THE TEAM. AN INCREDIBLE JOB. ON THIS PROJECT. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, FOR THE STATEWIDE EDUCATIONAL WRAPUP PROGRAM, I'M PROUD TO PRESENT THE SAFETY AWARD TO FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. [APPLAUSE] PRESENTATION. WE APPRECIATE THAT.
>> GOOD EVENING I AM ELI FARMER AND I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT FONTANA HIGH SCHOOL POOL. AT THE END OF EVERY DAY I TEAMS AND I HAVE TO PUT LITTLE ROCK THAT ARE BLEEDING HANDS AND FEET. ON THE OJAI AQUATICS TEAM WE ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE I WANT TO BETTER OURSELVES IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE. IN ONE OF ALL WE DO DIFFERENT WARMS UP AND ONE IS WHERE WE RUN ON THE POOL DECK FROM ONE WALL AND DIVE IN AND GET OUT THE OTHER SIDE AND DIVE BACK IN. SINCE WE HAVE TO RUN, THE PRESSURE OF HER PUTS THE ROCKS INTO HER FEET CAUSING TO RIP AND CUT OUR SKIN. THE HARD-WORKING WATER POLO TEAM DESERVES A BETTER ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE THE MORE INJURIES WE CAN PREVENT THEN THE LESS TIME AND THE MORE TIME WE HAVE TO HAVE FULL AMAZING POTENTIAL.
THE POOL IS CONSUL NEED MAINTENANCE THAT TAKES ANYWHERE FROM A COUPLE DAYS UP TO SIX MONTHS TO FIX. IN 2023, THE POOL HEATER BROKE AND HAD TO TRAVEL TO A COMPLETELY OTHER CITY TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF PRACTICE IN. WE WOULD GIVE BACK TO FONTANA HIGH EIGHT:00 AT NIGHT AND FINISH OUR PRACTICE.
THESE LIGHT PRACTICES CAUSE US TO BE WORKING ON OUR WORK LATE INTO THE NIGHT AND LOSING SLEEP. AND RECENTLY CONFIRMED ON DECEMBER 18 THAT THE POOL HEATER HAD ONCE AGAIN FAILED.
DURING THE WINTER BREAK WE HAD TWO TOURNAMENTS ONE OF WHICH WE GOT THIRD PLACE AND THE OTHER ONE WE DID GET POOL PRACTICE FOR ANY OF THESE GAMES. CIVILLY WALKING OR DOING OUR BASIC ROUTINES ON THE POOL DECK CAUSES US TO GET INJURED ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DAY. THE CRACKING CEMENT CUTS HER FEET AND HANDS UNTIL HE BLADE. DIVING IN AND SLIPPING ON BRING POOL EDGES GETS ROCKS AND DEBRIS CENTER SKIN OR CAUSING US TO TWIST OUR ANKLES. THE LESS INJURIES WE MUST WORRY ABOUT THE MORE TIME
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WE CAN WORK AT GETTING BETTER SPORT INSTEAD OF WAITING PEOPLE TO GET BETTER AND WELL ENOUGH TO PLAGUE HIM. SOME ARGUE THAT SINCE OUR RECORD IS ALSO GOOD WITH CONDITIONS WE'VE BEEN PLAYING IN, WHY IS IT MANDATORY TO GET A NEW POOL? IF WE ARE READY TO SO GOOD IN THESE ROUGH CONDITIONS IMAGINE THE POTENTIAL NEVER BILLED AS IF WE HAVE A SAFER PRACTICE ENVIRONMENT. WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PRACTICE THIS BEFORE GAMES OR GET PRACTICE AT ALL DURING ASSISTANT. IF YOU WANT TO BRAG ABOUT FONTANA HIGH SCHOOL IS ONE OF THE GREATEST WONDERFUL AND SWIM TEAMS, YOU MUST REALLY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHERE WE LIVE AND PRACTICE AND PLAY THROUGH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE]>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE HOAGLAND AND FS UD DAY PACK ON
DECK. >> GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY. I AM A MEMBER OF THE CIVIL REVIEW BOARD. [INDISCERNIBLE] NO FELLOWSHIP WITH THE FOOD FOR WORK. WITH THIS DISTRICT POLICY REGULATION 514.3 NONDISCRIMINATION. SET FORTH BY THIS BOARD IN WHICH I ENCOURAGE THE COMMITTEE TO READ. THE COLOR A POLICY BECAUSE [INDISCERNIBLE] THE POLICY READS IS FALSE. THE DISTRICT SHUT THE BILL STRATEGIES TO PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED OF STUDENT PRIVATE INFORMATION THAT THE POLICY LIST THAT INCLUDES THE STUDENTS NON-BARRY, TRANSGENDER OR GENDER NONCONFORMING STATUS AS THE STUDENTS PRIVATE INFORMATION. DOES THIS BOARD REALLY BELIEVE IN SCIENCE? AND THE LGBTQ+ ACTIVIST CHANGE THE BOOKS TO CATER TO THE TRANSGENDER AGENDA. GENDER DYSPHORIA, I LEARNED IT HAS BEEN AROUND AND WAS WELL KNOWN TO BE A MENTAL ILLNESS. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY CALLED GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER WAS INTRODUCED AS A PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS IN THE DIAGNOSTIC AND MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS IN THE 1980S AND WAS CALLED AS SUCH UP UNTIL 2013. THIS GENDER IDENTITY AND GENDER POLICY ADOPTED BY THIS BOARD IS VERY UNPRODUCTIVE AND HARMFUL TO STUDENTS. IT WILL LEAD THESE MINORS DOWN A DESTRUCTIVE PATH ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THIS BOARD WILL KEEP IT FROM THEIR PARENTS. GENDER DYSPHORIA STARTS WITH A PRONOUN CHANGE IN DIFFERENT CLOTHING. BUT THEN STARTS GOING DOWN INTO HORMONE TREATMENTS, PUBERTY BLOCKERS AND LATER DOWN THE ROAD OF REMOVING HEALTHY WORKING ORGANS. YET THE POLICY DEMANDS SEVEN TEACHERS TO LIE TO MINORS AND KEEP IT FROM PARENTS. IN THE NAME OF BEING KIND AND INCLUSIVE. ARE YOU REALLY BEING KIND AND INCLUSIVE? NO, IT'S DECEITFUL AND LYING TO THEM. AND TO THOSE WHO CALL THEMSELVES THEIR FRIENDS AND GOING ALONG WITH IT TO MAKE YOURSELF THINK YOU ARE A GOOD FRIEND. BUT IT MAKES YOU A LIAR. A GOOD FRIEND IS TRUTHFUL AND NOT AFRAID TO SAY. THERE BEST FRIEND LISE TO THEM AND WILL GO ALONG WITH IT AND LET THEM CONTINUE ON THIS DESTRUCTIVE PATH. THE POLICY TO KEEP THIS FROM PARENTS KEEPING SECRETS WITH A MINOR WILL DO MORE HARM TO THEM AND HAVING THE MINOR'S LEGAL WRITING PARENTS SPEAK TO THE MENTAL HEALTH THAT TED MAY NEED. THE STATE IS MADE IT TO SEE THE ROOT CAUSE AND INSTEAD AFFIRMING THAT THEY ARE GIVING PUBERTY BLOCKERS AND TREATMENTS AND LATER MUTILATION OF THE BODICE. THAT WON'T CHANGE ANYTHING. HAVING THESE MINOR CHILDREN STOP THE ACTUAL PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT AND TRY TO CHANGE THEM SENDS A BAD MESSAGE. WHAT MESSAGE DOES IT REALLY SEND TO THESE CHILDREN? TO HAVE TO AGREE WITH THE THEIR BORN IN THE WRONG BODY? TAKE THESE PILLS TO CHANGE YOU. PARTNER WITH PARENTS TO GET THESE MINOR CHILDREN MENTAL HEALTH CARE THAT THEY REALLY NEED. WE HAVE BEEN COMING AND ASKING FOR THIS POLICY TO BE REMOVED AND PAIRED DENTAL NOTIFICATION POLICY IN PLACE TO
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PROTECT THE MINORS BUT THE BOARD IS RELUCTANT TO DO SO.WHY? BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID OF A LAWSUIT? THIS BOARD HAS OPENED THEMSELVES MORE UP TO ONE BY HAVING A SECRECY POLICY. A COURT IN SAN DIEGO AGREES IN THE CONSTITUTION IS CLEAR IN THE 14TH AMENDMENT ON PARENTAL AND CHILDREN'S RIGHTS AND DUE PROCESS. THE SUPREME COURT HAS APPLIED THE DUE PROCESS POLICY FOR CASES INVOLVING PARENTAL RIGHTS. IN A CASE ARISING FROM A STATE TO DETERMINATE THE PRINTER RIGHTS WITHOUT PROVIDING COUNSEL. THE COURT RECOGNIZES THE PARENTS INTEREST IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ONE. AGAIN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH EDUCATION CODE 351 POINT 45 IT IS THE INTENT OF THE LEGISLATURE THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ABLE TO LACE MATTERS DIRECTLY IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA OF SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING. SO IS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC --
[APPLAUSE] >> GOOD EVENING. AM I TOO LOUD? GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS. THE PRESIDENT AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AND OF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT. MY NAME IS [INDISCERNIBLE] I AM A PREP. OF A STUDENT AT SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL. WHERE I SERVE AS SUMMIT AFRICAN-AMERICAN PARENT ADVISORY COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT. AND I ALSO AM THE NEW PARLIAMENTARIAN FOR FONTANA HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR OUR DAY PACK. THE REASON FOR ME BEING HERE TONIGHT ON B HALF OF F USD DAY PACK WE WANT TO GIVE THINGS YOU SUPERINTENDENT AND BODY AND ALSO BOARD MEMBERS.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT OF OUR DAY PACK. AS MOST OF YOU DAY PACK HAS BEEN UP AND RUNNING FOR SOME TIME. WE SEE YOU AND WE SEE THAT YOU SEE US. AND YOU ARE SUPPORTING US. AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR VISION. AND WE APPRECIATE YOU JUST GETTING DAY PACK UP AND RUNNING BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS BUT ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN PARENTS. I AM FAIRLY NEW TO THE DISTRICT. MY DAUGHTER IS ONLY IT'S HER SECOND YEAR HERE AND I COME FROM A NEIGHBORING DISTRICT. SO I KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO HAVE A DAY PACK. AND I KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A DAY PACK. SO THAT NOW THAT YOU HAVE MAJOR THAT WE HAVE ONE HERE AT THE FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. AND I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE. ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT OUR DISTRICT IS DOING FOR US AND ON OUR BEHALF. AND FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVING ME HERE AND THANK YOU OF COURSE I SAID IN THE BEGINNING FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT. OF OUR DAY PACK. [APPLAUSE]
>> WE HAVE LINDA AND THEN -- ON DECK. SORRY. I SAID COMING UP TOGETHER. PARDON ME. THANK YOU, DR. CLAY.
>> I WANT MY OWN TWO MINUTES. >> YOU ALL SHOULD LAUGH. YOU ARE ALL TOO SERIOUS. GOOD EVENING. I WANT TO FOR SAY THANK YOU TO MY HUSBAND, LORD IF I DON'T THINK THIS MAN I WILL BE IN TROUBLE. RIGHT. FOR ALL THE HUSBAND THAT THERE , WE APPRECIATE. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT THE FIRST GO AROUND AT FONTANA UNIFIED SOIL TO THANK YOU FRIENDS AND FAMILIES FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE THE BOARD. BUT WE NEED THE AUDIENCE. HOW MANY MEETINGS HAVE A WATCH WHEN NO ONE IS OUT HERE IN THE AUDIENCE SO AFTER YOUR COMMENTS IF YOU CAN STAY LONGER AND HOWEVER LONG YOU CAN HANG IN THERE WE CAN DO WHAT YOU ALL DO BECAUSE YOU ARE THE REAL LABORERS BUT AS LONG AS YOU CAN'T HANG IN THERE THEN STICK IN THERE. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE THINGS BUT I WANT TO HONOR MARCELLA. THANK YOU FOR DOING THE ROLE YOU ARE DOING FOR THE BOARD. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR ALL THE WORK YOU ARE DOING ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEN DEFINITELY ARE SUPERINTENDENT. SHE IS NOT JUST A BEAUTIFUL FACE BUT A BEAUTIFUL SOUL. WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU TO OUR DISTRICT MEMBERS AS WELL. WE APPRECIATE
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ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING. I JUST WILL PRAY FOR YOU ALL AND PRAY THEY FINISH THEIR WORK EARLY AND YOU ALL GET TO GO HOME SOON. BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW A COUPLE THINGS. BEFORE I DO ANYTHING ELSE I WANT TO READ A QUICK QUOTE OR DO YOU WANT TO READ A QUOTE FOR ME. I DON'T READ WELL IN PUBLIC DID YOUREAD THE QUOTE. >> WE CANNOT SEEK ACHIEVEMENT FOR SUBS AND FORGET ABOUT PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY FOR OUR COMMITTEE. OUR MISSIONS MUST BE BROAD ENOUGH TO INCLUDE ASPIRATIONS AND NEEDS OF OTHERS FOR THEIR SAKES AND FOR OUR
OWN. CESAR CHAVEZ. >> MY NAME IS DR. APRIL CLIPPARD I SERVE AS THE DISTRICT AIPAC HASN'T PAID THE DISTRICT AIPAC AND LET ME EXPLAIN WITH THE APEC'S.
AFRICAN AMERICANS. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THE REASON WHY WE HAVE A DISTRICT AIPAC AND CONTENT IS FONTANA HAS A LONG HISTORY. IT'S NOT ALL PLEASANT. OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES IS SIMILAR TO THE REST OF THE COUNTY AND THE STATE AND THE NATION. MORE IMPORTANTLY THEY'RE NOT REALLY IMPROVING AT THE RATE WE KNOW THEY CAN. WE KNOW THAT OUR SUPERINTENDENT AS WELL AS OUR DISTRICT LEADERS AND TEACHERS DO A GREAT JOB WITH SOMETHING STILL IS HAPPENING IN OUR TIME. AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE STRONG STEPS TO MAKE MOVES AWAY FROM WHERE WE HAD BEEN TO WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO GO. WE BELIEVE THIS IS DEFINITELY THE BOARD AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT WILL GET US THERE. AS A DISTRICT AIPAC WE COME ALONGSIDE THE SCHOOL, THE DISTRICT AND AS PARENTS AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ADVOCATE WITH AND FOR OUR YOUTH. AND WE APPRECIATE THE DISTRICT MEMBERS THAT STAY IN OUR MIDST AND WORK WITH US ALONGSIDE US. SOMETIMES IT'S PAINFUL AND SOMETIMES PLEASANT. I WAS TELL THEM YOU HAVE A FREE PASS AND STEP OUT IF YOU NEED TO BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU. YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO HEAR WHAT WE SAID OF THE TIME BUT THAT'S NOT THE SPACE TO NECESSARILY MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD BUT IT'S A PLACE WHERE WE COME TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING, ADVOCATE AND MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT AND THEN GIVE THE ADVISORY COMPONENT.
RIGHT. THAT'S THE GOAL OF THE DISTRICT AIPAC AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE WANT TO GET ACHE UPDATE AM TALKING TO THEM AND YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT SO FOR I FEEL TORN RETINA. USUALLY THERE'S NO ONE IN THE SEAT SO I'M JUST TALKING TO YOU GUYS. BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING. A QUICK ORDER. IN ADDITION TO ECHOING GRATITUDE TO GET SOMETHING GOING OUR AIPAC IS ACTIVE. IF YOU DON'T KNOW ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHO ARE LEADERSHIP IS AT A LATER TIME. OF COURSE AM SERVING AS A PRESENT AND YORTY GOT TO MEET OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN . WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE AWESOME MENTAL MODEL AND DO A LOT OF GOOD WORK FOR US. WE WANT TO FIRST INCREASE THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE BLACK COMMUNITY. ESPECIALLY OUR BLACK FAMILIES. AND WE BELIEVE THAT IS SUPER IMPORTANT. WE ADOPTED THE BYLAWS AS STEP ONE. WE ARE READY DONE THAT. THE SECOND THING WE DID IS WE WOULD LIKE TO ACT AS A LISA ANNE BETWEEN THE SCHOOL, DISTRICT AND HOME. BECAUSE WARILY IS AND THAT WE CAN COME ALONGSIDE AND LISTEN TO THE NEEDS OF THE PARENT AND TRANSLATE FOR YOU. WE NEED SOMEONE IN BACK TRANSLATING FOR THESE BY PARENTS. WHEN THEY SIT THERE AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR TONGUE. THAT ALPHABET SOUP MEANS WE WILL TRANSLATE FOR OUR PARENTS. THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THE DISTRICT IS ASKING FOR. AND THEN SOMETIMES I JUST PERSONNEL FRONT OFFICE STAFF, TEACHERS, ET CETERA MIGHT NEED TRANSLATION AS WELL. YOU ARE TOO LOUD. THAT'S A CULTURE THING. YOU MAY NOT BE COMFORTABLE BUT THAT PARENT WILL BE JUST FINE WITH ME.
BECAUSE I'M ALSO LOUD. BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CODE SWITCH AND TEACH THEM HOW TO CODE SWITCH BECAUSE OUR PARENTS ARE EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT. ENOUGH SAID. ALL RIGHT. ACTING AS A LIAISON WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT TWICE ALREADY SO FAR.
WE WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL THE DISTRICT ART NURSE TO LEAN ON US AS A RESOURCE. DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK US FOR HELP. WE UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY TEACHER MAY NOT GET ALONG WITH EVERY PARENT AND SOMETIMES PARENTS GET REALLY SERIOUS FOR THEIR KIDS AS THEY SHOULD. THAT IS OUR JOB TO HELP SUPPORT YOU. SO WE WANT TO BE A LIAISON FOR OUR PARENTS. AND THE THIRD AND I'LL HAVE FOUR. THE THIRD THING IS WE WANT TO PROVIDE VOICE AND POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE L. WE HAVE THREE PARENTS IN YOUR MIDST IN THE L PLAN COMMITTEE. ON THE FOURTH IS TO STRATEGIZE AND SUPPORT THE DISTRICT PLANS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE IN THE SENSE OF BLOWING. AND LASTLY I WANT TO INVITE EACH OF YOU TO JOIN US ON FEBRUARY 3RD FOR THE BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU.
>> APRIL WHERE? >> ACROSS THE STREET.
>> GOT IT. >> IT WILL BE ON YOUR CALENDAR.
WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED IN INVITE YET BUT WE WILL. IT HAS GOT TO
GET TO THE CALENDAR PEOPLE. >> THANK YOU, LINDA .
>> GOOD EVENING BOARD. JUST A FEW QUICK THINGS I WANT TO SAY.
I WANT TO KNOW WHY OUR DISTRICT LETS PEOPLE THAT DO BAD THINGS
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KEEP THEIR JOBS. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. THE ONLY TIME THEY LEAVE IS IF THEY QUIT WITH THE END UP IN JAIL. THAT'S THE ONLY TIME I'VE SEEN IT. EVERYBODY ELSE STAYS. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WAS AT PALMETTO. THAT PERSON WAS OFFERED TO EITHER GET FIRED OR RETIRE. RETIREMENT IS NOT A CONSEQUENCE FOR WHAT SHE DID. THREATENING SOMEONE WITH A GUN. AND ALL SHE HAD TO DO WAS RETIRE. SO NOW SHE IS RETIRED AND LIVING OFF OF MONEY THAT SHOULD BE USED FOR STUDENTS. SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED. AND THEN WHAT ABOUT SUMMIT. LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED AT SUMMIT. ONCE AT SUMMIT JUST GOT TRANSFERRED TO OTHER SCHOOLS AND NOW THEY ARE GETTING PROMOTED. THAT IS NOT RIGHT. THEY DID WHAT THEY DID AND THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONSEQUENCES. NOT PROMOTE THEM. THEY ARE NOT GETTING PROMOTED AND SHOULD NOT BE PROMOTED AND THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING.THEY'RE GETTING PROMOTED ALL THE TIME. AND IT IS WRONG. WHO THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA TO BUY ALL THE PLEA CARS THAT ARE SITTING OUT FRONT AND SITTING UP THERE ON. CAN BE USED. WANT ORDER) THEY DON'T HAVE PLASTIC SEATS IN THE BACK. THEY CAN'T HAVE CLOTH. THEY'RE NOT READY TO GO. AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND AND WHAT WAS SAID WHEN THIS FIRST WAS TALKED ABOUT IS GETTING NEW CARS IS THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE THE SMALL SUVS. NOT REGULAR CARS. SO WE JUST GET TO LOOK AT THEM AND WATCH THEM GET WASHED WHILE THEY SIT THERE SO PRETTY AND NEW. THAT'S WRONG. WASTED MONEY THAT COULD BE USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE. AND HOW MUCH MONEY TO HAVE LEFT AND ARE POLICE BUDGET NOW THAT YOU BOUGHT ALL THEM CARS? ANYBODY KNOW? I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU ALL APPROVED THEM. I THINK THAT IS WRONG. THE BIG TRUCKS SHOULD NOT BE DROVE EXCEPT FOR WHEN YOU GO OUT TO EVENTS. IT'S NOT A PERSONAL VEHICLE. THAT IS WRONG. YOU KNOW. AND THEN LOOK AT THE BULLIES. MY DAUGHTER WAS BULLIED SO BAD IN SCHOOL THAT HE HIT HER AND THREW HER ON THE GROUND. HE STILL GOT TO GO TO SCHOOL THERE. WE GOT BULLIED STUDENT AND BULLY STAFF AND BULLIES ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.
AND NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE. AND IF SOMEBODY CARES OR SPEAKS UP THEN THEY ARE BULLIED. WE ARE LOSING GOOD PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE QUITTING ON THEIR OWN BECAUSE OF THE BULLYING AND THE RUDENESS. IT HAS TO STOP. THE SAFETY OF THIS WILL. TAKING DOWN FENCES FROM THE SCHOOL. THAT'S A REAL GOOD IDEA, PEOPLE. YEAH, LET'S LET THE SHOOTER COME ON OUR SCHOOL GROUND. I DROVE MY SCHOOL THE OTHER DAY AND THE GATES WERE WIDE OPEN. THE ONES THAT ARE LEFT. WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR SYSTEM THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SHOW YOUR DRIVERS LICENSE OR CALIFORNIA ID TO GET ON CAMPUS? THEY DON'T ASK FOR THAT NO MORE EXCEPT FOR FONTANA HIGH SCHOOL. THEY DO. THAT'S THE ONLY ONE I HAVE SEEN DO IT. YOU WALK IN AND SAY HEY I'M GOING TO THE LIBRARY. OKAY. OR GO TO THE TEAR. OKAY. THEY DON'T CARE. THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE. THEM MACHINES WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PURCHASED FOR EVERY SCHOOL AND THAT IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BOUGHT WITH POLICE MONEY.
INSTEAD OF THEM CARS. OUR CHILDREN SAFETY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN A BRAND-NEW CAR FOR SOMEBODY TO DRIVE AROUND IN. NOBODY CARES ABOUT WHAT THE CARS LOOK LIKE. THEY CARE ABOUT SAFETY FOR THEIR KIDS. THE MONEY COULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR A LOT OF OTHER STUFF AND THAT IS JUST WRONG. SO SOMEBODY NEEDS TO STEP UP AND DO SOMETHING AND HOPEFULLY THE TWO SEATS THAT ARE COMING UP OPEN, I HOPE SOMEBODY TAKES THEM THAT WILL BE GOOD AND TAKE THIS BOARD OVER. AND PLEASE GO OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT AND HIGHER AS A POLICE CHIEF NOW YOU CAN HIRE ONE. IT IS OPEN AND I KNOW IT CAN BE HIRED NOW SO PLEASE GO OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT AND HIRE A POLICE CHIEF BECAUSE I CAN'T THINK OF ANYBODY AT THE MOMENT THAT IS QUALIFIED IN OUR DISTRICT TO RUN THAT JOB AND NOT WASTE MONEY. AND NOT HELP PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IN TROUBLE. WHAT HAPPENED AT SOME WAS 100% ILLEGAL AND IT WAS DONE IN FRONT OF STUDENTS. WE HAVE ENOUGH TEACHERS GETTING ARRESTED FOR WHAT THEY DO WITH STUDENTS OR EVEN A COACH. I REMEMBER SOUTHRIDGE COACH WHERE MY OTHER CHILD WAS IN SCHOOL DOWN THERE. WE HAD TO QUESTION HIM TO MAKE SURE HE WASN'T ONE OF THE STUDENTS BECAUSE HE WAS HIS TEACHER. AND THAT'S AS I SAID. THEY DON'T GO TO JAIL. YOU ALL DON'T DO NOTHING. AND I BELIEVE IF YOUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, YOU BEST BE LIVING IN THE DISTRICT YOU RAN FOR BECAUSE IF YOU ARE CROSS THAT DISTRICT YOU ARE NOT LEGAL TO BE UP ON THAT BOARD RIGHT NOW.
SO THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE AT AND WHEN YOU RUN, I ALREADY CHECKED IT. IN THE WATER POLO TEAM IS WINNING GOOD.
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[APPLAUSE] >> SUPERINTENDENT AND BODY AND THANK YOU TO THE PARENT WHO JUST WOKE FOR HER CHILDREN. I WANT TO BEGIN BY WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY NEW YEAR AND I HOPE YOU ALL ARE WELL. I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AS WELL SPECIAL EDUCATION. SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE A PARTY SEE ME HERE BEFORE. I'M A PARENT OF THREE SPECIAL EDUCATION CHILDREN WITHIN FONTANA. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT ARE SPECIAL EDUCATION CHILDREN ARE ALSO RECOGNIZED. I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS AND NEVER SEEN ANY SPECIAL EDUCATION CHILD BE RIGHT HERE AND RECOGNIZE FOR THE EFFORT AND FOR EVERYTHING THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH ON A DAILY BASIS AND HAVE TO ACHIEVE. I HAVE NOT SEEN ONE SPECIAL ED KID SAYING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WENT I BELIEVE A CHILD MAY DO. I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY CLASSROOM OUT HERE RECOGNIZING WHAT EVERY SINGLE SPECIAL EDUCATION CHILDREN HAVE TO DO ON A DAILY BASIS. SO IT'S NOT EQUAL. I KNOW IT SOUNDS GREAT. YOUR POWER POINTS ARE GREAT AND YOU WANT TO BE EQUAL BUT IT IS NOT. I HAVE NOT SEEN THEM HERE. THE ONLY TIMES I'VE SEEN THEM IS WHEN THEY COME WITH A PROBLEM. I'VE SEEN MY DAUGHTER, ON MULTIPLE TIMES SAYING THAT WE NEED SERVICES AND WE NEED THIS. SO WE WANT EQUITY, EQUALITY AND EDUCATION FOR ALL. SO PLEASE BRING THOSE CHILDREN HERE AND RECOGNIZE THEM FOR ALL OF THEIR EFFORTS.
SECOND OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO GET A BRIEF UPDATE ON MY LAST REQUEST FOR F USD TO LOOK TO HIRE THEIR OWN SPECIAL EDUCATION LEGAL COUNSEL. YOU GUYS WANT TO SAVE OUR TAXPAYERS MONEY, START BY INQUIRING ON HOW TO GET A SPECIAL EDUCATION LEGAL COUNSEL ON BOARD AND WORK WITH -- INSTEAD OF HIRING HIGH TOP PAYER LAWYERS BY MAKING PROFIT BY SUING OUR CHILDREN. I HAVE SPEAK FOR THIS BY EXPERIENCE. AS MENTIONED BEFORE, OUR LOCAL OR NEIGHBORING SOFA IS ALREADY DOING THIS. SOP A. I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE PERSON IN CHARGE. HE'S MORE THAN WELCOME TO SHARE ALL THIS INFORMATION.
SO, I WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH MAYBE THE SUPERINTENDENT HENRIQUE SO WE CAN START CHATTING ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL OR THIS SUBJECT. AND THIRD I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST FOR SOP EIGHT THAT ANY AND ALL INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR THE SPECIAL EDUCATION COMMUNITY IS AVAILABLE AND ON THE WEBSITE.
FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR IE SS INFORMATION AND I GO TO THE SOPA WEBSITE AND THERE IS VERY LITTLE INFORMATION OR NONE. I WISH THAT THEY HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE ASSESSORS. THEY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH SO A PARENT CAN EASILY GO AND CHOOSE ONE AND SAY THIS IS WHO I WANT. RATHER THAN WAITING SEVERAL MONTHS AND HAVING TO GO EVERYWHERE ELSE TO FIND INFORMATION. AND THIS IS PUBLIC INFORMATION. ANYONE THAT THE SOPA CONTRACTS WITH HIS PUBLIC INFORMATION WE HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHO TO CONTRACT. WE WANT TRANSPARENCY AND KELLY AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF ANYONE IS HERE FROM THE DEPARTMENT THAT YOU PROVIDE ANY AND ALL AND THIS INFORMATION BE POSTED SO ANY PARENT CAN HAVE THIS INFORMATION. I DON'T SEE WHAT THE SECRECY. SO IN MY SITUATION, I NEEDED TWO OR MORE IE SS ASSESSORS AND I HAD TO ASK AND I DIDN'T WRITE TO GET IT AND TOOK SEVERAL WEEKS OR MONTHS TO GET. IF THIS INFORMATION WAS ON THE WEBSITE I COULD CLICK IT EASILY AND FIND OUT WHO WAS AND WHO YOU CONTRACT WITH. LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. I WAS LOOKING FOR A TRANSITION SPECIALIST WHICH IS A PERSON JUST TRANSITION EVALUATION SPECIAL EDUCATION KIDS TO GUIDE THE IEP TEAM TO HOW TO ASSESS HIS JOB. I CAME ACROSS WITH DR. THERE GWEN AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET A SPECIALIST COULD ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA.
I FINALLY FOUND THAT AFTER GOING EVERYWHERE ASKING FRIENDS AND ASKING OTHER ENTITIES AND WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO COME ACROSS TO HER THERE BUT IF THIS INFORMATION WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE WEBSITE I KNOW THAT F USD DOES CONTRACTS WITH HER BECAUSE
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I REQUESTED HER ASSESSMENT, IF THIS WAS ON THE WEBSITE NO OTHER PARENT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH SO MANY HOOPS TO GET INFORMATION. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST FOR OUR BOARD MEMBERS TO ENSURE THAT SOP ALWAYS HOLDS THE LAW AND ALWAYS ENSURES THAT ALL PARENTS HAVE FULL AND MEANINGFUL IEP PARTICIPATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT WE HAVE SHARON TENNILLE
AND DEACON ARIUS ON DECK. >> SUPERINTENDENT, CHAIR AND SCOREBOARD MEMBERS. I'M THE EDUCATION AND CAREER HARDSHIP MANAGER WITH BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS. NOT BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS. SO JANUARY, THIS IS THE MONTH OF JANUARY AND WE'RE HONORING NATIONAL MENTORING MONTH OR DID YOU ALL KNOW THAT.
YES. THIS IS A TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE DEDICATING TIME AS MENTORS TO YOUNG PEOPLE. AMPLIFYING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE'S VOICES AND REMINDING OUR COMMUNITY THAT THEY TOO CAN BE MENTORS. HOPEFULLY YOU ALL WILL SIGN UP FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP WHEN I GET DONE WITH THIS PRESENTATION. AT BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS WHAT MAKES US SPECIAL IS NOT ONLY OUR PROVEN OUTCOMES BUT OUR JEDI FOCUS. LET ME TELL YOU MORE ABOUT JEDI. WE ARE ABOUT JUSTICE, EQUITY DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION. AND IT'S THE FRAMEWORK OF BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS. WE ARE YOUTH CENTERED. WE ARE VOLUNTEER DRIVEN. AND WE ARE ON A ONE TO ONE MENTORING STATUS. WE ASPIRE TO CREATE MORE CARING AND CONNECTED COMMUNITIES LIKE FONTANA.
CONNECTING YOUTH THAT ARE FACING POVERTY AND ADVERSE EXPERIENCES WITH A NETWORK OF SUPPORT WHICH IS MENTOR SHIP.
OUR PROGRAMS ARE CRAFTED TO ADVANCE UPWARD SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND WE HAVE FOUR DRIVING OUTCOMES THAT SUPPORT STUDENTS IN YOUR DISTRICT OR CITY OF FONTANA.
NUMBER ONE, SOCIAL CAPITAL AND CONNECTION. EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH INCLUDING SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. SOME OF MY EDUCATORS KNOW WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT. AND EDUCATION AND CAREER SUCCESS. WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED THE COLLEGE BIG PROGRAM.
THAT IS WHERE OUR COLLEGE STUDENTS IN RIVERSIDE AND I WOULD JUST NAME A FEW. SEE BU. SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE 10. UCR.
LA SIERRA. THOSE FOLKS AND THE STUDENTS ARE MENTORING TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THEY ARE PROVIDED THEM WITH AN OUTLOOK, IF YOU WILL, A SPOTLIGHT TO SAY HEY, THIS IS WHAT COLLEGE IS ALL ABOUT IT BECAUSE IF YOU MAY KNOW SOME FRESHMEN HAVE NO CLUE. YOU MAY HAVE BEEN ONE OF THEM. I KNOW WHY WAS ON COLLEGE CAMPUS LOOKING AROUND AT REALLY BIG BUILDINGS AND WONDERING WHERE THE HECK IS THE SCIENCE BUILDING? ALSO POSITIVE BEHAVIORS AND CHOICES ARE THE OUTCOMES OF SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS. LET ME TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT IN OUR NUMBERS. IN FONTANA, WE HAVE SERVED OVER 3000 YOUTH. THEY HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY OUR FOUR MENTORING PROGRAMS. IF YOU THINK ABOUT A FEW THEN YOU MAY KNOW SOME STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THIS PROGRAM BUT IT'S BEEN RUNNING FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS IN YOUR CITY. YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THAT. AGAIN, OVER 3000 YOUTH BEING IMPACTED. 6.4 MILLION IN VOLUNTEER HOURS OVER THAT EIGHT YEARS. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT FONTANA CAN BE PROUD ABOUT WITH THEIR STUDENTS. THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR FONTANA. THERE ARE A LOT OF SCHOOLS AND SOME OF YOU HAVE CHILDREN GO TO THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE AFFECTED. ULTIMATE FOOD. WE HAVE OUR PROGRAM AT CITRUS. RANDALL PEPPER , PALMETTO AND SEPARATES HIM ATTRIBUTE THIS IS WITH A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS MENTOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS. THE GREAT THING ABOUT THAT PROGRAM IS YOU HAVE A SUPERSTAR. YOU HAVE A SUPERSTAR THAT HAS COME OUT OF THIS DISTRICT. AND I BELIEVE HE ACTUALLY WAS ON OF YOUR BOARD MEMBERS. YOUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS JUST AS YOU ARE. THAT IS DAVID MUNOZ PADILLA. YOU REMEMBER THAT, RIGHT. HE WAS
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2023 HIGH SCHOOL BIG OF THE YEAR. THAT IS IMPACTFUL. A NATIONAL HONOR. YOU SHOULD BE PROUD TO KNOW THAT DAVID HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND ATTENDING COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. I COULDN'T GET INTO COLUMBIA BUT WHATEVER. MR. PADILLA, YOU CAN BE VERY PROUD OF HIM. HE'S RETURNING TO OUR PROGRAM AS A COLLEGE BIG.HE ENJOYED IT SO MUCH THAT HE SAID I WANT TO DO WHAT? I WANT TO GET BACK. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. I CANNOT BE MORE PROUDER OF HIM IF I HAD GIVEN BIRTH TO HIM MYSELF. BECAUSE IN ALL HONESTY AND ALL SINCERITY, THAT IS WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY. WE NEED TO GIVE BACK. WE NEED TO DO A LOT MORE. AND I'M TURNING THIS WAY. BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE IN THIS AUDIENCE I KNOW YOU GUYS COULD BE MENTORS.
SOME OF YOU EMPTY-NESTERS. COMMON MENTOR IN OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAM. I'M TALKING TO YOU ABOUT OUR SITE-BASED PROGRAM WHERE MR. PADILLA WAS A PART OF. BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SOME OF THESE FOLKS THAT NEED MENTORING IN A MINI AND MAYBE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ALL OF THE SMASH AND GRABS. THANK YOU.
>> BOARD PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU. DON'T LEAVE BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION FOR YOU.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING UP AND SHARING WITH US YOUR PROGRAM. I AM VERY, VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS DO. AND I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO SHARE YOUR INFORMATION WITH THE BOARD SO WE CAN GET OUT THERE TO OTHER PEOPLE. WITH THE COMMITTEE PART. BECAUSE I WAS STRUGGLING WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THIS DISTRICT TO TRY TO GET YOU GUYS MORE INVOLVED AND GET MORE PROGRAMS GOING. AND SPEAKING WITH ONE OF YOUR OTHER COUNTERPARTS, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I'M JUST PROUD TO SEE WHAT THIS IS DOING FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND I MYSELF WANT TO BE A MENTOR. SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE THAT INFORMATION RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I AM TALK TO DAVE ABOUT A LOT BUT IF YOU COULD SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING I HAVE THE TIME TO DO
SO I WOULD ENJOY DOING THAT. >> THANK YOU PREDICTABLY WILL NOT HAVE A STRONG CONTACT, I WILL BE HONEST AND TRANSPARENT.
I WAS EMAILING THING CAN I CONFIRM AND GIVE YOU MY POWERPOINT THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T HAVE ONE WITH THE INFORMATION TONIGHT BECAUSE THAT PERSON IS NO LONGER WITH YOU. OR NO LONGER WITH THE BOARD. NOT DEAD OR ANYTHING. SO I WILL GET YOU THAT INFORMATION AND EMAIL THAT OVER. WE ARE JUST AS EXCITED TO HAVE YOU AS YOU ARE EXCITED TO BE A PART OF IT. AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN MAKE THAT PUBLIC AS WELL PAID AND FOR THE PUBLIC, YOU CAN ALWAYS GOOGLE BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS. WE ARE HUGE IN THE INLAND EMPIRE AND I'M SERIOUS. WE REALLY DO NEED MALE MENTORS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. WE WERE THERE FOR
DAVID'S AWARD. >> HE'S A GREAT KID.
>> GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT AND THIS BODY. IT'S A HARD TIME TO PRONOUNCE. THANK YOU. I PRAY AND WISH YOU A BLESSED NEW YEAR. I HOPE THIS YEAR GOES SMOOTH AND NICE FOR ALL OF US. WE HAVE SO MUCH ON YOUR PLATE RIGHT NOW. FOR SEVERAL YEARS I'VE BEEN COMING TO YOU ASKING FOR HELP AND REQUESTING ALL OF YOU, THE BOARD MEMBERS TO ENSURE HOW THIS DEPARTMENT WORKS. TO ASSIST OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS. I SEE MANY DIRECTORS COME AND GO AND I ALWAYS HEAR WE WANT TO HELP YOU AND WE WANT TO WORK TOGETHER TO HELP OUR STUDENTS. UNTIL TODAY THAT PROMISE HAS FAILED. BECAUSE I AM STILL HERE ASKING FOR HELP.
ALL WE ASK IS FOR SOPA TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND ENSURE EVERY PARENT IS ABLE TO FULLY PARTICIPATE IN THE IAP PROCESS AS THE LOSSES. IT IS REALLY DISAPPOINTING TO BE IN AND IEP AND JUST HERE ONE SIDE AND NOT BE ABLE TO SHARE OUR POINT OF
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VIEW. AND IT SAID THAT MANY OF THE PEOPLE FROM THIS DISTRICT THINKS WE ARE IGNORANT. THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. WE KNOW OUR CHILDREN. WE KNOW THE LAW. SO PLEASE, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH US SO WE CAN MAKE OUR CHILDREN SUCCESSFUL. A FEW DAYS AGO WE REQUESTED OUR STUDENT -- WE REQUEST SOME INFORMATION IN ADVANCE AND THE FIRST TIME WAS DENIED IT.LUCKILY BECAUSE WE KNOW THE RIGHTS AND WE KNOW THE LAW, WE REQUESTED IT A SECOND TIME THROUGH THE STUDENT RECORDS REQUEST. FINALLY WE OBTAINED THESE DOCUMENTS. BUT WHY MAKE IT SO DIFFICULT? WHY DO WE HAVE TO GO AND IF WE REQUEST ONE TIME JUST GIVE US THE DOCUMENTS. WE HAD TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL HOOPS JUST TO GET DOCUMENTS. ONCE AGAIN WE ARE HERE TO REQUEST ACCOUNTABILITY, EQUALITY AND EDUCATION FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ESPECIALLY IN THE SPECIAL DIVISION CHILDREN.
WE BELIEVE THAT OUR STAFF CHOOSE EDUCATION AS A PROFESSION IN ORDER TO HELP OUR KIDS. PLEASE DO NOT DISAPPOINT US. AND WERE TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I PRAY THAT THIS YEAR WILL BE MUCH BETTER. THANK
>> NEXT WE HAVE HILDA RIOS AND THEN RUDY CASTRO IS ON DECK.
>> REQUESTING SHE READ THE WHOLE PARAGRAPH FIRST AND WANTS ME TO INTERPRET. IT'S TAKING A LOT IT'S UPON THE PARENTS REQUEST.
LANGUAGE] MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. AND HAPPY NEW YEAR'S TO ALL OF YOU. I'M HERE AGAIN TO BE HEARD AND TO CONTINUE ASKING FOR HELP. AT THE 11 123 MEETING I MENTIONED I WAS FORCED TO FORCE A NONCOMPLIANCE COMPLAINT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. A FEW DAYS AGO I RECEIVED A RESOLUTION DOCUMENT AND AGAIN IT CAME OUT IN THE FAVOR OF THE STUDENT AND I SAY IT AGAIN.
THERE ARE ALREADY LIKE 10 COMPLAINTS IN FAVOR OF THE PARENTS. THIS TELLS ME THE PARENTS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM AND I ASKED THAT THE NEW ADMISSION RATION, PLOT WITH THE SPECIAL EDUCATION LAWS. AND NOT TO TAKE SO LONG TO FOLLOW UP AND COMPLETE INDEPENDENT EVALUATIONS. ANOTHER MONTH HAS PASSED AND I STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSE REGARDING THE INDEPENDENT PSYCH GO EVALUATION. I ASKED THAT YOU
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NOT CONTINUE TO RETALIATE AGAINST MY STUDENT. YOUR DEMONSTRATION WANTS TO REMOVE MY STUDENT FROM THE PROGRAM. HE IS ONLY BE BECAUSE I'M ADVOCATING FOR HIM AND IT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR TO ME. I ASK FOR YOUR HELP AGAIN AT THE LAST MEETING I WAS INVITED TO ATTEND THE CAC MEETING. I HAVE PARTY PARTICIPATED BEFORE AND THEY DO NOT LISTEN TO PARENTS AND THAT IS WHY I AM HERE. I ALSO WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE NEED A GOOD TRANSLATOR FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK SPANISH TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE COMPLETELY OR FULLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FORYOUR ATTENTION. >> CAN I SK, FRANK QUESTION.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. I ASKED IF THE TRANSLATION EQUIPMENT AND THE TRANSLATOR WAS ISSUE WHICH IS THE EQUIPMENT.
>> OKAY. GO AHEAD. >> TRANSLATOR: CLARIFICATION.
THE ONLY IN THE DEPARTMENT THAT DOES TOWARD MEETING SO WHEN I GET PARTNERED TO HAVE ANOTHER INTERPRETER IT'S FROM AN OUTSIDE SOURCE. A COMMITTEE LIAISON OR A LEGAL AID SO THEY DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE. SO WHAT MRS. RIOS SHARED WITH ME IF SHE'S FINE WITH THE INTERPRETATION IN OUR DEPARTMENT BUT WHEN WE HAVE PLACED RESOURCES THAT DON'T HAVE EXPERIENCE OR VOCABULARY OR TECHNICAL FOR A FOR IT IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND THE INTERPRETATION BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEING COMPLETELY OR FULLY TRANSLATED TO THE DEGREE THAT IT SHOULD. THAT IS WHAT MRS. RIOS IS TRYING TO EXPLAIN. AND TO LET YOU KNOW IT'S NOT REALLY FROM OUR DEPARTMENT BUT WE HAVE OUTSIDE SOURCES AS WELL.
>> IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE MULTILINGUAL DEPARTMENT THAT IF THERE EQUIPMENT IS NOT UP TO PAR THAT CAN WE GET AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO PURCHASE MAYBE UPDATED TECHNOLOGY THAT WORKS BETTER FOR OUR TRANSLATORS ALONG WITH
OUR END-USERS. >> LET ME TAKE TIME TO LOOK AT THE CHALLENGES WE ARE HAVING AND FIND SOLUTIONS AND I WILL
TELL YOU WHAT WE FIND OUT. >> I KNOW YOU ARE USING IT SO IS THAT AN ISSUE FOR ALL OF YOU.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT BECAUSE WITH SO MUCH TECHNOLOGY IN THE BACK AND RIGHT HERE AND IN THE BACK IT INTERFERES WITH OUR EQUIPMENT. WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS THEY WILL UPGRADE THE EQUIPMENT AND THAT SHOULD LESSEN THE INTERFERENCE BECAUSE SOMETIMES OUR DEVICES GET INTERRUPTED SO THEY DON'T HEAR
THE TRANSLATION AS WELL. >> THIS BUILDING IS A BIT CHALLENGING IN ITSELF WITH SELF-SERVICE OR ANYTHING BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT HERE SO I GET IT.
>> >> TRANSLATOR: SHE SAYS WE NEED BETTER EQUIPMENT BECAUSE HEADPHONE PIECES ARE FALLING
APART. >> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THIS. I USE INTERPRETATION EQUIPMENT AT MY OTHER JOB SO WE HAVE A DISPOSABLE HEADSETS THAT WE PURCHASE AND THAT END USER GETS IT AND TAKE IT WITH THEM AND WE CAN TO PURCHASE THOSE SO THEY ARE NOT REUSING WHATEVER IS THERE. BUT THE RADIOFREQUENCY PIECE WORKS. SO YOU KNOW I'M TELLING THAT. THE
LITTLE BOX. >> THE RADIOFREQUENCY THING IN THE TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER LIKE IF IT'S OUTSIDE OF THIS BUILDING IT WORKS FINE FOR MEETINGS AND FLIP PROGRAMS AND PRESENTATIONS. AND HERE IS WHERE INTERFERES WITH THE TECHNOLOGY. IT CUTS IT OFF AND THEY CAN'T HEAR US.
>> SO IF WE COULD HAVE SOMEONE IN TECHNOLOGY FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE RADIOFREQUENCY'S TO WORK IN THIS BUILDING THAT
WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKING GLOBAL MAC
>> BOARD MEMBER, I LIKE THE WAY SHE TRANSLATED TODAY AND IT'S A LOT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND SPANISH BUT HEARING BOTH, IT WAS GOOD. SO THANK YOU.
>> GOOD EVENING AND HAPPY NEW YEAR BOARD MEMBERS AND PRESENT AND SUPERINTENDENT AND BODY. SINCE THE PASSING OF AB 665, WE HAVE WHAT AMOUNTS TO STATE SANCTIONED KIDNAPPING. IN CONJUNCTION WITH 514 .3 WHICH WAS SPOKEN ABOUT EARLIER, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT PRIVACY POLICY MAKES IT EASY FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. THE LANGUAGE AND THE NEW LAW STATE QUOTE A MINOR WHO
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IS 12 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER MAY CONSENT TO MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT OR COUNSELING ON AND OUTPATIENT BASIS FOR RESIDENTIAL SHELTER SERVICES IF THE MINOR IN THE OPINION OF THE ATTENDING PROFESSIONAL PERSON IS MATURE ENOUGH TO PARTICIPATE INTELLIGENTLY IN THE OUTPATIENT SERVICES OR RESIDENTIAL SHELTER SURFACES ". THIS LAW REMOVES THE EXISTING REQUIREMENTS IN THE PREVIOUS LAW THAT THE CHILD MUST DEMONSTRATE A POSSIBLE DANGER TO HIMSELF HARM OR HARM TO OTHERS. AND ALSO MUST DEMONSTRATE A REASONABLE EXPECTATION THAT THE VICTIM IS A VICTIM OF INCEST OR ABUSE. SO THE SAFEGUARDS ARE REMOVED WITH THE NEW LAW AND THEREFORE IT'S VERY EASY TO DESTROY THESE FAMILY BONDS AND THESE ARE SACRED. THIS IS ALL IN AN ATTEMPT FOR STATE TO SEPARATE CHILDREN FROM THEIR PARENTS AND I FIND THIS DEPLORABLE. THIS IS REMINISCENT OF THE HITLER YOUTH WHO WERE BRAINWASHED INTO BELIEVING SOMETHING AND TO WORSHIP THE F÷HRER AND SPYING AND REPORTING PARENTS TO OFFICIALS. THIS IS NOT GERMANY. AND NEVER AGAIN. IT HAS BECOME HERE AGAIN BECAUSE IN THAT CASE OF COURSE THE KIDS WOULD TELL ON THE PARENTS AND PARENTS WOULD BE REMOVED. AND THE KIDS WOULD END UP WITH THE STATE. CHINO VALLEY LED THE WAY TO PROTECT PARENTS RIGHTS WHEN THEY PASS A NOTIFICATION POLICY WHICH THE STATE IN WHICH THE STATE IS WILLING TO SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WHICH THEY DON'T HAVE TWO FIGHT. ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT ACCORDING TO ROB BOND UP. THEY WANT TO FIGHT THIS AND KEEP THIS SECRET FROM THE PARENT AND SEND THE KID AND SEND LITTLE JOHNNY OR MARY TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING AND THEY NEVER COME HOME AND THEY CALL THE POLICE. NO INFORMATION. NOTHING. NOW YOU HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL WRITTEN REQUEST TO PLACE THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA FROM SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES AND THERE'S BEEN NO RESPONSE. NOW CHINO VALLEY LED LIKE I SAY AND THE SCHOOL BOARDS HAVE BEEN SUED. AND THEY HAVE WON. IT MAY COME TO PASS ONE DAY THAT MAYBE EVEN SCHOOL BOARDS AND INDIVIDUALS MAY BE SUED FOR HARM BEING DONE TO CHILDREN. THERE WAS A LADY WHO WAS AWARDED $100,000 AND TO ME THAT'S FAR TOO LITTLE FOR HAVING A CHILD WHO IS TRYING TO TOTALLY CONFUSED AND MUTILATED.UNABLE TO REALLY LIVE A NORMAL LIFE THE REST OF HER LIFE. SHE COMMITTED SUICIDE AND SHE SUED AND SHE GOT $100,000. TO ME THAT IS FAR TOO LITTLE. BUT THAT SETS THE PRECEDENT. IT'S A CONCERN THAT THE HORRIBLE -- I KNOW THIS COMES FROM CONCERN FOR THE PRIVACY OF CHILDREN. AND I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT IT'S A CONFUSING TIME FOR ANYBODY TO GO THROUGH PUBERTY WITH THE HORMONES RACING AND ALL THE THINGS GOING ON. IT'S EASY FOR SOME NEFARIOUS ADULT TO HEAR SOMETHING WRONG. THE GIRL PICKS A BLUE TREK TO PLAY WITH OR THE BOY LIKE THAT PINK DOLL. IT HAPPENS TO TOUCH IT. MAYBE YOU ARE IN THE WRONG BODY. THIS EASILY INFLUENCES CHILDREN AND THERE IS REALLY NO CONCERN NOT REALLY OVER THERE PRIVACY OR THE CHILDREN.
BECAUSE IF THERE WAS, THEN WHY ISN'T ANYTHING BEING MENTIONED ABOUT THE HORRIBLE SUFFERING AND PERMANENT DAMAGE DONE TO THOSE WHO HAVE D TRANSITIONED. THEY ARE NOT EVEN MENTIONED.
THESE ARE KIDS WHO'VE BEEN CONVINCED THEY WERE IN THE WRONG BODY AND THEY WENT THROUGH THE PUBERTY LOCKERS AND CROSS GENDER HORMONES AND EVEN SURGERY AND THEY ARE NOT EVEN TALKED ABOUT. THAT IS JUST DISGUSTING. BUT YOU HAVE GOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DO HAVE THE AGENCY AND NOT JUST RUBBER STAMPERS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO ALONG WITH THE CROWD. I KNOW IT TAKES COURAGE TO DEPART FROM THE CROWD WITH SOCIAL MOVEMENT.
BUT PLEASE THINK ABOUT THE KIDS AND THE FAMILIES AND THEIR LONG-RANGE HEALTH. LONG-TERM HEALTH. MENTAL ILLNESS AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH. IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. THE LAST TWO ARE
ROBERT AND MATT. >> GOOD EVENING BOARD. ROBERT AND PART OF THE CIVIL REVIEW BOARD AND ALSO A RESIDENT A PARENT AND A GRANDPARENT AND A TAXPAYER. AND I HAVE TWO THINGS TONIGHT I WANT TO ADDRESS. ONE IS I AGAIN AM REQUESTING REPLACE THE PARENTAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA. I ACTUALLY
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SUBMITTED SOMETHING TONIGHT WITH THE CHINO VALLEY POLICY SO YOU ALL HAVE A BLUEPRINT. FOR REVIEW. IN ADDITION TO THAT I SUBMITTED A CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RECORDS ACT REQUESTS AND THIS ENCOMPASSES THE DISTRICTS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SAN BERNARDINO ADVOCATES FOR BETTER SCHOOLS. ABS. THAT SUBMITTED FOR RECORD AND I'M HOPING TO GET A RESPONSE. I DO WANT TO GO BACK TO THE PRINTER RIGHTS ISSUE. THIS SATURDAY THERE IS A PROTEST AND I WANT YOU ALL TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE FOLKS THAT SHOW UP. BECAUSE PARENTS ARE UPSET. THAT THEIR RIGHTS -- WE ARE NOT BEING REPRESENTED. WHEN THEY COME UP OR RUDY COMES UP THEY -- I SIT THERE AND MY BLOOD IS BOILING THAT WE HAVE TO PRACTICALLY BEG THIS BOARD TO ASK YOU TO JUST PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA. WE NOT ASKING YOU TO PASS A POLICY.WE ARE JUST ASKING YOU TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AND LET'S DISCUSS IT. SO WHY HASN'T THAT HAPPENED? THIS IS THE FIFTH MONTH I HAVE BEEN UP HERE ASKING FOR THIS. IT'S MY HOPE THAT THIS BOARD HAS THE COURAGE AND THE WHEREWITHAL TO BE LEADERS IN THIS MATTER. THANK YOU.
>> MATT. >> LIFETIME RESIDENT OF FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT THIS WOULD BE GREAT INFORMATION FOR PARENTS RELATIVELY NEW TO THE DISTRICT.
TIME FOR A REALITY CHECK. THE PAST COUPLE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS I'VE SHARED WITH PARENTS AND THE PUBLIC DETAIL SCHOOL BOARD ACTIONS. ACTIONS THAT ARE FACTS. ACTIONS THAT DEMONSTRATE THEIR DISREGARD AND DISDAIN THEY HAVE FOR PARENTS OF THE FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. I SHARED THAT IN DETAIL BUT IT'S WORTH RECAPPING. HER SANDBOX LIVING.
FROM AN DISCOURSE IN ESTABLISHING DISTRICT BYLAWS AND POLICIES SANDOVAL EXCLUDED INVOLVED PARENTS FROM CONSIDERING NOTION OF CULTURAL STUDIES COURSES AND CURRICULUM.
WE'VE SEEN MARY SEMPLE STOMPING OFF THE DICE LIKE A THRILLED WHEN SHE DOESN'T GET HER WAY. WE SEEM TO HAVE ALL TALK DOWN TO PARENTS AND MAKE DEROGATORY COMMENTS TO THE PUBLIC. AND EQUALLY EGREGIOUS TO MARY SANDOVAL'S BEHAVIOR BOARD MEMBER SERNA AND CASADA THROUGH THEIR OWN ACTIONS ON AN AGENDA BOARD ITEM ENDORSED AND SUPPORTED SEMPLE'S LACK OF DIGGING AND DEMETER TOWARD YOU THE PUBLIC AND THE PARENTS. WE SEEM BOARD MEMBERS ARMENDARIZ AND PEREZ BRING FORD RESOLUTIONS WHICH SUPPORT THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE STUDENTS. THE STUDENTS. THAT'S THE PARENTS OF CHILDREN.
AND AT THE SAME TIME DEFENDING PARENTS RIGHTS. HOWEVER BOARD MEMBER SANDOVAL SERNA AND CASADA ACTIONS WERE OF COURSE TO PREVENT THE RESOLUTIONS FROM BEING CONSIDERED AND PREVENTED THAT THE CRANE IN SPITE OF THE PARENTS ATTENDANCE, INTEREST AND DEMAND FOR CONSIDERATION. WE'VE SEEN MARY SEMPLE DESCRIBE ANDREW MOORE REGARDING A BOARD MEETING A COUPLE YEARS, PREMIER SANDBOX HAVING ROUTINE CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS ONE FOOT APART FROM ONE ANOTHER AND THEN A FEW MOMENTS LATER HAVING ANDREA MOORE FONTANA PARENT AND TEACHER INAPPROPRIATELY REMOVED FROM THE PUBLIC MEETING FOR EXPRESSING HER PARENTAL RIGHT AND HER CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOM OF SPEECH. THEN THERE'S AN ITEM THAT'S A MAJOR PARENTAL INTEREST AND PUBLIC INTEREST WHICH IS THE PROPOSED PARENT NOTIFICATION POLICY AND THAT IS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE FONTANA SCHOOL BOARD. I REFUSING TO PLACE THIS ITEM ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AGENDA, CASADA AND SERNA IN PARTICULAR DEMONSTRATE THROUGH THEIR ACTIONS THAT THEY DO NOT SUPPORT THE PARENTS OF THE FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT OR THE PARENTS INTEREST. IN AN EFFORT TO SECLUDE THEIR ACTION THAT INTENTIONALLY HELD A SPECIAL MEETING CLOSED SESSION AT A TIME LEASE CAN BE FOR THE PARENTS AND THE PUBLIC INTENTIONALLY DID NOT IDENTIFY THE ITEM THAT IS THE POLICY SO AS TO ADEQUATELY INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE SUBJECT MATTER AND INTENSELY HELD THE SPECIAL MEETING CLOSED SESSION OUTSIDE OF THE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. COLLECTIVELY THESE ACTIONS AND THESE GREEN THREE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS DEMONSTRATE THEIR INTENTIONAL EXCLUSION OF PARENTAL INTEREST FROM PUBLIC DISCOURSE, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION. THEY ATTEMPTED TO HIDE IT AS
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MISSES AREAS DESCRIBED TO HIDE IT . THEY CLAIMED DID NOT WANT YOU THE PARENTS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS ACTION ITEM. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST THIS EVENING SOME OF YOU ARE AWARE OF RECENT EFFORTS BY INDIVIDUALS ATTEMPTING TO TAKE AWAY THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO VOTE FOR WHOEVER THEY WISH TO VOTE FOR. FOR THOSE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE HAD HISTORY COURSES IT IS CLICK THAT OVER TIME THE HANDS OF AMERICANS HAVE DIED FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOMS AND RIGHTS WE ENJOY WHICH INCLUDE THE RIGHT OF THE PUBLIC TO VOTE FOR WHOEVER THEY WISH TO VOTE FOR. AGAIN FOR THOSE PARENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NEW TO THE FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT PAST YOUR RIGHT AS PARENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO VOTE FOR WHOEVER YOU WISH TO VOTE FOR AND TO REPRESENT YOU ON THIS SCHOOL BOARD WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU AND STOLEN FROM YOU BY THREE INDIVIDUALS. MARY SEMPLE, MARK SERNA AND JENNIFER CASADA. THROUGH THE X AND THE MAJOR YOU CAN NO LONGER VOTE FOR ALL FIVE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. YOUR RIGHT THAT MEANS AMERICANS DIED FOR HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM YOU[5. Consent Calendar Section]
BY THESE THREE INDIVIDUALS. SO AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC YOU MAY ASK WHAT CAN YOU DO? GIVE THAT MARY SANDOVAL MARK SERNA AND JENNIFER CASADA STOLEN FROM YOU THE RIGHT TO VOTE FOR ALL FIVE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS GIVEN THEIR LACK OF ACTION TO DEFEND STUDENTS AND PARENT RIGHTS AND GIVE THEIR ACTIONS THAT DEMONSTRATE THEIR DISREGARD AND DISDAIN FOR THE PARENTS OF THE FONTANA FIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT I WOULD HIRE A BANK AND THAT THE PARENT AND THE PUBLIC SEEK TO SELECT REPLACEMENTS FOR THESE BOARD MEMBERS DURING THEIR NEXT BOARD MEMBER ELECTION CYCLE.THANK YOU. >> THAT'S THE FINAL COMMENTS,
BOARD PRESENT. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT COLLEAGUES WE ARE NOW ON ITEM 5.1 THE CONSENT CALENDAR. AND THIS IS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS FIVE POINT TWO-5.15. DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS
[6. Discussion/Action Section]
>> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. >> THAT'S WHY I ASKED.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, DO YOU WANT TO SECOND?
>> NO. I WILL CONSIDER THAT A YES.
>> THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING THAT I MOTION BY MR. PEREZ AND A SECOND BY MR. ARMENDARIZ.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY, MY MIC WAS OFF AND I WILL SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. MOTION BY MR. PEREZ IN SECOND AND PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. NO DISCUSSION, RIGHT? CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES FIVE-THERE. ITEM 6.1 DISCUSSION ACTION SECTION.
BUSINESS SERVICES AGREEMENT AMENDMENT DIVERSIFIED THE SUBJECT ABOUT MY GROUP ELLIS FOR THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT WITH DIVERSIFIED CIVIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP DOING BUSINESS AS FONTANA INVESTMENTS OF 2023 LSA. A MOTION TO SECOND TO APPROVE
ITEM 6.1. >> SO MOVE. THANK YOU. IS THERE
SECOND? >> THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION?
>> HEARING ON PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. WITH MOTION PASSING 4-0 WITH ONE ABSTENTION. AND THAT IS MS. SANDOVAL. ITEM 6.2 THIS IS THE AUDIT REPORT SO AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO GIVE THIS
BACK TO -- >> DR. LESLIE BARNES IS COMING BACK TO THE PUDDING TO INTRODUCE OURS BEAKER FOR THE
AUDIT REPORT THIS YEAR. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE MR. JEFF FROM THE ACCOUNTING FIRM. THEY THE ONES WHO DID ARE OUTSIDE AUDIT REPORTS FOR THE 2022/23 FISCAL YEAR AND HE'S HERE TO PRESENT THAT TO THE BOARD.
>> THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING. THE AUDIT REPORT FOR THE 2022/23 FISCAL YEAR. THE AUDIT IS A YEAR-LONG PROCESS. WE START PLANNING FOR INSTANT WE ARE PLANNING THE 2023/24 AUDIT NOW SO YOU FROM NOW WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT. RESTART THE SPRING BY GOING OUT TO SAMPLE YEAR SCHOOL SITES AND LOOK AT ATTENDANCE ACCOUNTING AND A SPEECH COUNTING AT THE SCHOOL SITES. WE SPENT TIME HERE AT THE DISTRICT AND BEFORE THE BOOKS ARE EVEN CLOSE TO LOOK AT PROCESSES AND INTERNAL CONTROLS. THEN WE COME BACK IN THE FALL AFTER THE ON AUDITED
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ACTUALS ARE ADOPTED. TO LOOK AT THE FINAL NUMBERS. AND WRAP UP THE AUDIT. WE DID THAT I WANT TO SAY SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER TIMEFRAME. AND OF WHAT IS REQUIRED TO BE FILED WITH THE STATE CONTROL BY DECEMBER 15 WHICH IS A BIG DAY IN OUR OFFICE BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF AUDIT WORK TO GET OUT BY THAT DATE. AND WE COME TO THE BOARD IN JANUARY TO PRESENT THE RESULTS. SO HERE I AM. YOU HAVE GOT WHAT WE CALL AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. WHICH IS WHAT YOU WANT. THE OTHER GIVES AN OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO SAY WHETHER THEY COMPLY WITH GENERAL ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. AN UNMODIFIED OPINION MEANS WE DIDN'T HAVE TO QUALIFY OUR OPINION IN ANY WAY. WE DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY WELL, OTHER THAN THESE AREAS, WE DID GOOD. SO IT'S AN UNMODIFIED OPINION WHICH IS A GOOD OPINION THAT YOU WANT. THE REST OF THE AUDIT REPORTS QUITE LENGTHY. I WILL GO THROUGH THE WHOLE THING OTHERWISE I WOULD BE HERE ALL NIGHT. BUT I WOULD JUST TAKE THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT SECTIONS IN THE REPORT THAT THERE'S A FINANCIAL SECTION WHICH PRESENTS THE ACTUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AND THE NOTES WHICH GIVES YOU A LOT OF DETAILED INFORMATION IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT SORT OF THING. THERE IS SOME SCHEDULES THAT ARE REQUIRED WHICH IS THE GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD. THERE SCHEDULES THAT ARE REQUIRED IN THE STATE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. SO THERE'S AN LOT OF INFORMATION AT THE STATE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE REQUIRES TO PUT IN THE REPORT AS WELL. THERE SOME LETTERS THAT WERE REQUIRED BY OUR PROFESSION WHICH BASICALLY SAY THAT IN DOING THE AUDIT WE HAD TO FOLLOW CERTAIN STANDARDS AND LOOK AT INTERNAL CONTROLS AND IF WE FIVE ANY AREAS WHERE YOU ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE OR WHERE INTERNALS CONTROLS ARE LACKING THEN WE HAVE TO REPORT THOSE IN THE AUDIT AS FINDINGS. THAT TAKES US TO THE BACK OF THEIR PORT WHICH IS USUALLY WHERE EVERYONE GOES FIRST. TO LOOK TO SEE IF THERE IS FINDINGS.PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THERE ARE NO FINDINGS RELATED TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR INTERNAL CONTROLS. NO FINDINGS RELATED TO FEDERAL PROGRAMS. ANTS A COUPLE OF STATE COMPLAINTS FINDINGS. THE BACK REPORT AND REPORTING BACK MINOR ISSUES WE FOUND THAT WERE NOT. AND JUST REPORTED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES. THAT'S THE OTHER REPORT. ABOUT AS QUICKLY AS I CAN GO THROUGH BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS?
>> MR. PEREZ >> I SEE IN THE BACK PAGE THE DISTRICT OFFICE WE HAVE PHYSICAL INVENTORY OF CAPITAL ASSETS FOR NUMBER OF YEARS AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND HIGHER A FULL FISCAL INVENTORY. CAN WE EITHER IN A BOARD REPORT ARE ENCLOSED SESSION -- ACTUALLY BE GOOD INFORMATION FOR US AS A BOARD TO HAVE AND SEE WHAT ACTUAL PHYSICAL ASSETS WE DO HAVE. AND THE CONCERNED PART IT'S 40 OR 50 YEARS WE HAVE HAD IT. AND JUST AN UPDATE PLEASE. AND I HAVE A REQUEST OF THE TEAM AS WELL. I KNOW THE COLLECTIVE BOARD HAS HAD A DISCUSSION AROUND BOOSTER CLUB AND A SPEECH IN THOSE AREAS. I THINK THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN AN AUDIT WE SEE A SPEECH FUNDS DESMOND NOT THE ANYTHING IS BAD BUT THAT THE BOARDING IS LATE. AND SOME AREAS OF THE DOCUMENTATION MAINTAINS TO BE BETTER. SO IF WE COULD HAVE SOME SORT OF TRAINING WITH OUR ASB ADVISORS. I KNOW THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP IS ANNUALLY.
DURING ELECTIONS OR HIGH-SPEED ELECTIONS. AND AT LEAST GET DEVICES ON THE SAME PAGE ON WHOEVER HAS AN ASB ACCOUNT AND ALL THE SECONDARIES HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE CAN
HAVE THAT DONE. >> ISOLATES NODDING YOUR THEIR
HEADS. >> ALSO IN THAT LINE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING FROM HOPEFULLY MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AGREE. SOME KIND OF SOME KIND OF POLICY IN THE DISTRICT TO PREVENT THE DISBURSEMENT OF SHIPPING TO PERSONAL ADDRESSES WHICH COULD CREATE A LOT OF CONFUSION. MAYBE JUST MAKING SURE WE INJURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE IT DOES NOT LOOK GOOD ON AN AUDIT.
>> THINK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL LOOK INTO THAT AND REPORT BACK
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>> ON PAGE 80, I NOTICED THAT YOU NOTED AND THUS ACADEMY IN FONTANA AND IT SAYS THERE'S NO STATEMENTS INCLUDED. WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN. >> CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE AN ANNUAL AUDIT LIKE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY CAN OPT TO HAVE THEIR AUDIT INCLUDED AS PART OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AUDIT OR JUST HAVE THEIR OWN SEPARATE AUDIT SO THIS IS SIMPLY STATING THAT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SEPARATE AUDIT. NOT PART OF THE DISTRICTS.
>> HOW CAN WE SEE THEIR AUDIT?
>> ASK THEM. >> GOT IT. THANK YOU. THAT'S A
GOOD ANSWER. >> IT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION SO YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SIMPLY REQUESTED.
>> ANY OTHER CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS.
>> NO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK INTO THAT.
>> HEARING THAT, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOROUGH
WORK. 114 PAGES. THANK YOU. >> YOU.
>> WITH THAT PRESENTATION, AND THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO ACCEPT THE 2022/23 DISTRICT AUDIT REPORT IS COMPLETED BY THE FIRM. IS A MOTION TO
ACCEPT ITEM 6.2. >> MOTION AND SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
>> HEARING ON THEN I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE. CAST YOUR VOTE.
BUTTON. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT THE MOTION PASSES FIVE-THERE.
6.3 BUSINESS SERVICES RESOLUTION NUMBER 2402. THIS IS A ADDENDUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER 37 F UST SCHOOL NUMBER 47. THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 24 ¿ 02 APPROVING THE AMENDMENT OR ADDENDUM I'M SORRY TO CERTIFIED ARBORETUM SPECIFIC IMPACT REPORT FOR APPROVAL OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER 37 OR F UST SCHOOL NUMBER 47. IS THERE MOTION TO ADOPT ITEM 6.3.
>> MOTION AND SECOND. >> THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION ON
THIS RESOLUTION? >> HEARING ON THEN I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5.0. ONE MORE STEP CLOSER TO GETTING AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILT. ITEM 6.4 SUPERINTENDENT OFFICE 2425 REGULAR BOARD MEETING CALENDAR THIS ITEMS TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED BOARD OF EDUCATION RECOMMEND CALENDAR FOR THE 2024/20 BICYCLE YOUR REFLECTING MEETING DATES OF JULY 17, AUGUST 7, SEPTEMBER 4, OCTOBER 2ND. NOVEMBER 6. DECEMBER 18TH WHICH IS ALSO THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING. 2024 AND THEN JANUARY 22ND, FEBRUARY 5, MARCH 5, APRIL 2ND, MAY 7, AND JUNE 4TH AND THAT'S IN
2025. A MOTION TO ADOPT? >> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU MR. PEREZ AND MS. SANDOVAL IS A SECOND. ANY
DISCUSSION. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
>> PUT ON YOUR CALENDAR TO TAKE THOSE PLANS AWAY AND ENLISTED THE WEDDING AND IT'S TOO LATE BECAUSE YOU PARTY DONE THAT. NO OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION OF SADDAM I WILL MOTION BY MR. PEREZ AND SECOND BY MS. SANDOVAL PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
SOMEONE PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR BUTTON IS PUSHED. MOTION PASSES FIVE-. ITEM 6.5 SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE AND SAYS THE 2024/25 SPECIAL BOARD MEETING CALENDAR. THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO ADOPT SPECIAL MEETING CALENDAR FOR THE 24/20 BICYCLE YOUR REFLECTING THE DATES OF SEPTEMBER 18, OCTOBER 16, NOVEMBER 20, AND THOSE OF THE 2024 DATES. FOR THE 2025 DATES, JANUARY 29TH, MARCH 26, AND APRIL 16. FOR WORK STUDY SESSIONS. IS THERE MOTION AND SECOND TO ADOPT ITEM 6.5.
>> MOTION AND SECOND. >> THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION.
>> YES. >> I'M CURIOUS, WE ARE HAVE STUDY SESSIONS IN PLACE FOR THREE MONTHS IN A ROW?
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>> EXCUSE ME DEMAND FOR THIS YEAR ARE THE ONE WE ARE
PROVING. >> SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AND
NOVEMBER 2024. >> YES, WE DO. WE ANTICIPATED AND IS ON THE LIST AT THE BOTTOM AND ALSO NEED TO INSERT THE SUPERINTENDENTS INFORMAL EVALUATION.
>> THERE'S ONE MORE ON THAT. >> KNOW THAT WILL BE INSERTED.
SET IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN PROCEED IF NECESSARY AND CANCEL MEETINGS IF WE DON'T NEED THEM AFTER ALL.
>> OKAY. >> A COUPLE CASES WHERE IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND A DATE FOR A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING.
>> YEAH. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAKE ALL RIGHT. AND IF THERE KNOW THE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION I MOTION THAT MS. SANDOVAL AND A SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT PEREZ.
PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES 5-0. ITEM 6.6 TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOLUTION 24 E- 01 GENERAL CHILDCARE AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO ADOPT 24 E-
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TWO CONTINUE FUNDING APPLICATION TO CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CHILDCARE AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION. IS A MOTION TO SECOND. ITEM 6.6. THANK YOU. IS THERE SECOND. THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION PERIODS THEY CARRYNONE PLEASE CAST A VOTE. >> THIS IS FOR THE COUNTY?
>> THIS ACCOUNT FOR DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CHILDCARE DIVISION SO THEY WILL SUBMIT THE ANNUAL CONTINUED FUNDING
APPLICATION. >> GOT IT. THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. ALL RIGHT. I MOTION BY -- A SECOND AND PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
FORWARD INTO THE NEW YEAR. I LOVE SEEING ALL OF OUR STAFF TO BE HERE AND SIT THROUGH THIS WHOLE THING. IT'S SO NICE TO SEE. THE COLONEL HAS YOU ALL AND CHECK. I WANT TO THINK EVERYBODY SINCE YOU'RE HERE FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. I KNOW EVERYTHING YOU DO IS VERY IMPACTFUL TO OUR STUDENTS AND WITHOUT YOU GUYS WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND I SEE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING AT FONTANA UNIFIED AND IT REALLY IS FOR YOU GOT THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND DOING THE WORK DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE FOCUSED ON GETTING A QUALITY EDUCATION THAT EVERY PARENT DEMANDS. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND DILIGENCE AND I WAS WANT TO THINK THE CABINET FOR ANYTHING YOU DO TO FOCUS ON RE-HONING OUR DIRECTION AS A DISTRICT AND WITHOUT THE MANY THINGS THAT YOU PICK UP, I KNOW SUPERINTENDENT WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO JUST DO EVERYTHING BY HERSELF. SHE HAS A GREAT TEAM AND I'M JUST PROUD TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT HER AND IN THE CABINET IN THERE THAT'S FOCUSED ON WHAT THE BOARD'S DIRECTION WANTS TO BE IN. THAT'S EDUCATING STUDENTS. FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING AND ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A BLESSED HOLIDAY. AND USUALLY I DON'T JUMP IN WITH REQUESTS BUT IT'S, IT WAS WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO IT TODAY, I'M THINKING OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AND I HEAR HER VISION AND WHAT SHE SAID AND I KNOW THERE'S NO SENIORS HERE AND I THINK TO MYSELF HOW IS HER VOICE BEING HEARD. SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE SOME INFORMATION OR SEE HOW IF THERE IS NOT ANYTHING HAPPENING NOW, WHAT CAN WE DO TO BE MORE SUPPORTIVE TOWARD THAT POSITION.
DEPOSITIONS NOT JUST A LARK DECISION A HIGH SCHOOL COMES.
IT TAKES WORK AND DEDICATION. AND SHE HAS A TRUE PASSION AND A GREAT MESSAGE. EVERYTHING SHE SAYS SINCE THE DAY SHE'S BEEN PUT IN THAT POSITION. AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE HER FELLOW STUDENTS FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY THAT THEY ALL GET OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR HER MESSAGE. IT'S ONCE A MONTH. I KNOW WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE GETS TO HEAR THE PERSON THAT IS SELECTED TO REPRESENT THEM AS STUDENTS THAT THEY GET A CHANCE TO HEAR THAT MESSAGE. BECAUSE IT IS IMPACTFUL AND GREAT TO HEAR. SO WHENEVER YOU CAN DO TO UPDATE US AS A BOARD I WOULD APPRECIATE OR SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT HAPPEN SO WE ARE UPDATED WE KNOW HOW IT'S GETTING OUT THERE. JUST ON THE SITE WE KNOW THE STUDENTS DON'T LOOK AT THE SITE. I WANT TO SEE IT AT GROUND ZERO. SO WHATEVER YOU CAN DO, I WOULD GREATLY
APPRECIATE. >> THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE
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OCCURRING APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND I THINK EVEN JULIETA CAN GIVE AN UPDATE OF WHAT SHE'S DOING. THERE'S A GREAT CLOSE KNIT TEAM IN THOUGH SHE'S THE ONE WHO REPRESENTS ALL THE SCHOOLS AND ALSO SHE'S PART OF THE SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL AND OTHER STUDENTS NOT ONLY SEEMSCAN HELP MAKE DECISIONS. >> I KNOW WE DO THAT PART I LIKE HER MESSAGE PITCHES SO IMPACTFUL ON HER MESSAGES A LOT OF TIMES. I WANT THE STUDENTS TO SEE HOW SHE IS DOING IT. AND WHAT HER PASSION IS SO THEY CAN HEAR HER AND REALIZE THAT IT'S A NUMBER TO THE KID WHO WANTS TO SAY THEY WANT TO DO THAT WHEN THEY ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU. LASTLY I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET AN ASSESSMENT OF THE POOL.
IF THERE ARE SERIOUS HEALTH CONCERNS OF STUDENTS BEING INJURED NOT ONLY IS THAT COSTLY TO THE DISTRICT BUT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE KIDS GETTING HURT. IF THERE'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO. EITHER STOP THE PRACTICE THEREFORE NOW OR SOMETHING. BUT I CAN'T GO TO BED TONIGHT KNOWING THAT STUDENTS ARE GETTING THEIR FEET AND HANDS CUT WALKING ON A SURFACE AT SCHOOL. SO IF WE CAN GET AN UPDATE IF IT IS THAT SEVERE. I'M NOT CALLING ANY STUDENT A LIAR BUT IF IT'S THAT SEVERE, WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT IT AND EVALUATE THAT. STUDENT SAFETY SHOULD BE PARAMOUNT FOR US. AND I WOULD HOPE THE REST OF MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS FEEL THE SAME WAY. IF WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.
>> YOU GOT IT. >> OF HIM THAT I WANT TO THANK MY PARENTS WHO COME OUT AND COME TO THE MEETINGS ANYONE WHO STUCK AROUND AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. AND TOGETHER WE WILL FOCUS ON OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT MATTERS. SO THANK
YOU AND HAVE A BLESSED NIGHT. >> THANK YOU MR. ARMENDARIZ.
DR. CASADA. I'LL KEEP IT SHORT. I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A NICE HOLIDAY BREAK. HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR 2024. FOUR IS MY FAVORITE NUMBER SO I HOPE IT'S A GOOD YEAR. THE LESTER ON MY THE BOARD GOD WILLING SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL CONTINUE TO TO PUT OUR STUDENTS FIRST ALWAYS. SO THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU
AND APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES. >> THANK YOU.
>> MS. SANDOVAL. THANK YOU. >> THE CHRISTMAS GRADE WAS A LOT OF FUN. MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUES WENT TO THE CSPI CONFERENCE. THEY HAD SUCH AMAZING CLASSES AND STUFF THAT WE HEARD OF. AND ALSO ON DECEMBER 11 AND DECEMBER 4 TAINT OUR STUDENTS FROM THE FLIP AND JR. FLIP PROGRAM GRADUATE. THAT WAS REALLY NEAT TO SEE THE KIDS AND HOW THEY HAVE BECOME AND HEAR THEIR STORIES. ON THE OTHER NOT SO MEAN TO THEIR PARENTS. AND THAT GOOD STUFF SO THAT REALLY WARMS YOUR HEART. AS A PARENT AND NOT BECAUSE YOU LOVE THEM OR NOT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BUT BECAUSE BECAUSE YOU TRULY LOVE THEM IN YOUR HEART AND IT HURT SO BAD TO SEE WHEN THEY'RE HAVING A HARD TIME DEALING WITH WHATEVER IT IS THAT'S GOING ON. AND I THINK IT WAS AT 6:00 A.M. WITH SCHOOL POLICE IT WAS A LOT OF FUN TO SEE THE KIDS COME IN AND SANTA WAS REALLY COOL. I WAS GLAD THAT HE PUT ME ON THE GOOD LIST SO I WAS HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
I WAS KIND OF LIKE IF HE ON THIS SITE ARE THAT SIDE. SO
FINALLY I DID GOOD. >> SO WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY.
HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR AND CONTINUE VISITING US MONTH AFTER MONTH. AND I DO ENJOY LISTENING AND HEARING WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU AND EVERYONE HAVE A BLESSED NIGHT.
DRIVE SAFELY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MISS SIMPLE. VICE
PRESIDENT PRAISE. >> THANK YOU. I GOT TWO THINGS.
SINCE WE DID GET A REPORT FROM THE STUDENTS THINK THERE IS BLOOD FROM MULTIPLE STUDENTS IN THE POOL THAT'S CONSIDERED A BIOHAZARD. SO UNTIL FURTHER, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER SHUTTING DOWN THE POOL UNTIL WE CAN GET THE WATER TESTED BECAUSE THAT'S A BIOHAZARD WITH CROSS-CONTAMINATION AND THAT'S REALLY BAD. WE NEED TO TAKE THAT SAFETY INTO CONSIDERATION.
IN ADDITION THE -- IT'S A SAFETY CONCERN FOR NOT ONLY THE BOARD BUT FOR VARIOUS REASONS WE ARE ACTUALLY HAVE A BOARD MEMBER THAT'S ACTUALLY GOTTEN DEATH THREATS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND SO FORTH. I WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET WITH LEGAL TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE THAT MAP REMOVED WHERE OUR ADDRESSES HAVE STARS NEXT TO THEM. AND MAYBE IN THE GENERAL AREA BUT IT'S STILL WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO WHERE
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A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC DOES WANT TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL THEN WE ARE PUTTING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD IN JEOPARDY AND IN DANGER. I KNOW IT IS ALREADY OUT THERE BUT SOMETIME WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN HAVE IT SCRUBBED. AGAIN IT'S A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. AND WITH THAT, I WISH EVERYONE A HAPPYNEW YEAR AND GOOD NIGHT. >> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. I WILL BE SURE AND HERE'S MY SHORTNESS. GOOD NIGHT AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. AND DO LET
IT DO YOU HAVE ANY LAST WORDS? >> JUST HAPPY NEAR AND HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYED THEIR HOLIDAYS AND YET, HEARING THE PUBLIC COMMENT OF ABOUT THE POOL RAISED A CONCERN FOR ME AND I HOPE THOSE STUDENTS THAT THEIR SAFETY IS ACCOUNTED FOR AND THAT THE POOL GETS FIXED AND THEY ARE ABLE TO SAFELY COMPETE WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT THEIR HANDS GETTING CUT. SO A LOT OF SAFETY CONCERNS BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU AND
GOOD NIGHT. >> THANK YOU. I WILL SAY ONE THING. MICKEY YOU AND I HAD THIS CONVERSATION BUT RESONATES AGAIN TONIGHT WITH THE COMMENTS FROM THE STUDENTS. IF WE COULD HAVE A PLAN B AND C BESIDES, HONE I'M GRACIOUS TO SAN BRUNO CITY AND COHEN ALLOWING US TO TRAVEL TO THEIR SPACE. IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN HAVE A CONNECTION WITH ANOTHER DISTRICT NEIGHBORING THAT MAY HAVE AN ASSET THAT IF WHEN THAT HAPPENS IF WE NEED TO SHUT IT DOWN THAT THERE'S A PLAN B OR C TO BE ABLE TO
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