Mar 13, 2024 Board of Education Meeting

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

[1. Public Meeting]

THIS IS 1.1 WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

THE TIME IS 5:06 P.M..

AND THIS IS THE MARCH 13TH REGULAR MEETING OF THE FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION.

WE ARE NOW IN SESSION.

PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DOCTOR JENNIFER CASADA.

SHE SENDS HER REGARDS AS SHE HAS A PERSONAL MATTER FAMILY MATTER THIS EVENING TO TAKE CARE OF.

AND SO WE WANT HER TO MAKE SURE SHE TAKES CARE OF THAT BEFORE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

AT THIS TIME, WE ARE GOING TO 1.2 THE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA.

ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA THIS EVENING? THANK YOU. BOARD PRESIDENT SERNA, WE'D LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 4.26 TEACHING AND LEARNING.

EXTENDED DAY SCHOOL SPONSORED TRIP TO BE BROUGHT BACK AT THE APRIL 3RD MEETING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

SUPERINTENDENT. ANYBODY? WITH THAT BEING SAID, MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PROVIDED? SO MOVED. ITEM 4.26.

CAN WE REMIND MR. ARMENDARIZ, THE KAISER HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND? CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'VE GOT SOME CLARITY.

MR.. WE'RE GOOD. OKAY.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PROVIDED? SO I THINK MR. PEREZ STARTED THAT SECOND.

SECOND BY MR. ARMENDARIZ.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. A MOTION BY MR. PERES AND A SECOND BY MR. ARMENDARIZ. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

MOTION PASSES FOR ZERO.

WITH ONE ABSENT OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON 1.3 ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. THE FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS.

INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS WOULD BE ALLOWED FIVE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54 954.2 PROHIBITS THE GOVERNING BOARD FROM DISCUSSING OR ACTING ON ANY MATTER THAT IS NOT ON THE PUBLISHED AGENDA.

BOARD MEMBERS MAY ASK QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION ON COMMENTS MADE, AND, IF APPROPRIATE, MAY REFER THE MATTER TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OR HER DESIGNEE FOR FUTURE FOLLOW UP.

DO WE HAVE ANY CLOSED SESSION ITEMS THIS EVENING? THERE WERE ZERO COMMENTS.

PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED. SORRY.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THEN IT IS NOW 509 AND WE WILL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.

[2. Closed Session]

HOPEFULLY CLOSE TO 630 OR SOMETIME NEAR THAT TIME.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

[3. Open Session]

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:41 P.M..

WE ARE NOW IN SESSION.

WE HAVE EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DOCTOR CASADA WHO GIVES HER REGARDS.

SHE HAS A PERSONAL FAMILY MATTER TO ATTEND TO THIS EVENING, AND SO SHE CANNOT BE HERE AND SHE SENDS HER REGARDS TO THAT.

THE REST OF US ARE HERE, AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS AS WE NEED TO.

THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

I WANT YOU TO ALSO KNOW THAT THERE IS A BROADCAST OF THIS MEETING BEING MADE AT THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD.

AND WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM 3.2, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

BEFORE I DO THAT, I JUST WANT TO ASK A QUESTION TO THE AUDIENCE, ARE YOU ALL GOING TO BE HERE AT 10:00 WHEN WE'RE STILL HERE? JUST WONDERING, BECAUSE I LOVE THE PACKED HOUSE, BUT RIGHT AROUND BOARD COMMENTS.

YEAH, IT'S JUST STAFF.

ANYWAYS, JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

WE HAVE 3.2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A STUDENT, A SCHOLAR FROM OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, DAVON NORVELL.

I HOPE I PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME CORRECTLY.

I NEED YOU TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM, AND YOU ARE GOING TO SET US OFF TONIGHT WITH A PLEDGE.

DAVON, BEFORE YOU START, I JUST WANT TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT AT 3.3 IS OUR MOMENT OF SILENCE.

WE USE THIS TIME TO REFLECT, PRAY WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO COLLECTIVELY TO MOVE THIS WORK FORWARD AND MISS EMBODY, CAN YOU WE COULD WE'LL WE'LL WAIT.

I'LL COME BACK. WE'LL DO THE WE'LL DO THE HONORING AFTER THE PLEDGE.

WE'LL DO THAT, AND THEN WE'LL DO A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

OR DO YOU WANT TO DO IT NOW? WHAT DO YOU THINK? EITHER WAY, LET'S DO IT NOW.

LET'S HONOR THE FAMILY MEMBER PASSING.

THAT'S. THAT'S YOU? YES. SORRY.

OKAY. TONIGHT, WE'LL BE HONORING JOHN GUTHRIE HUSBAND, A RETIRED KITCHEN ASSISTANT, THERESA GUTHRIE, AND THE FATHER IN LAW OF AIDEN FARLEY CORNEJO, A CUSTODIAN.

AND WHILE WE'RE THERE, I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS BEFORE DEVON STARTS US OFF WITH THE PLEDGE.

ON BEHALF OF THE FONTANA SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION, WE JUST WANT TO SEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE DEATH OF THEIR CHILDREN.

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THE CRUZ FAMILY HAS LOST TWO OF THEIR CHILDREN.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, IT HIT THE THE NEWS REALLY, REALLY HARD.

A 17 YEAR OLD AND A 14 YEAR OLD.

AND SO AS A DAD, THAT HITS YOU HARD.

TO HEAR THAT THAT NEWS.

DAMN. WHY AM I GETTING LIKE THIS? AND SO I JUST WANT TO KEEP THEM IN PRAYER.

AND I KNOW THEY'RE RELATED A LITTLE TO OUR VICE PRESIDENT ADAM PEREZ, THE MRS PEREZ.

AND SO IT'S A SMALL WORLD, RIGHT? YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS WORLD.

THE DAY AFTER THE MATTEINI FAMILY ALSO LOST HER SON.

AND I HOPE I PRONOUNCE HIS NAME CORRECTLY.

FALACCI. MATTEINI JUNIOR.

HE WAS A SOPHOMORE AT BISHOP AMAT WHO HAD TRANSFERRED OVER TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA HIGH SCHOOL TO PLAY FOOTBALL THERE.

AND HE DIED ON SATURDAY, MARCH 9TH, WHEN THE CAR THAT HE WAS DRIVING STRUCK AN OVERTURNED VEHICLE IN THE FREEWAY.

I GUESS MUST HAVE NOT SEEN IT AND HIT IT AND DIED ON THE FREEWAY LAST MONTH.

TO THE EAST OF US, RIALTO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT LOST THREE TEENS TO A COLLISION.

THEY COLLIDED WITH A POLICE OFFICER.

I THINK THERE WAS SOME STUFF HAPPENING NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENED.

NO JUDGMENT THERE. BUT THE THING IS THAT A 15 YEAR OLD, A 14 YEAR OLD AND A ANOTHER 15 YEAR OLD HAD PASSED AWAY.

SO ROBERT RIOS, WHO WAS 15, DOMINIC ADAMS, 15, AND OMAR PITTS, 15.

AND AND SO IT'S IT'S IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US AS PARENTS.

I JUST WANT TO PUT THIS OUT THERE.

IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE BOARD MEETINGS, COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR TEENS, ESPECIALLY THOSE TEENS THAT ARE BEGINNING TO DRIVE AS YOU DRIVE DOWN THE STREET, MODEL TO THEM HOW YOU SHOULD DRIVE. BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE AS ADULTS DON'T DO THE BEST OF SHOWING OUR KIDS HOW WE SHOULD DRIVE.

AND WE'RE OVER THERE, YOU KNOW, DOING OUR THING WITH CARS AND, YOU KNOW, FINGERS AND THINGS AND GETTING MAD.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S NOT EVEN WORTH IT.

AND THOSE KIDS SEE US.

AND SO THEY THEY GET BEHIND THE WHEEL.

THEY FACE MANY CHALLENGES BEING INEXPERIENCED.

WE DON'T KNOW WHY THESE THINGS HAPPEN, BUT INEXPERIENCE COULD BE SOMETHING.

THEY GET DISTRACTED, THEY START SPEEDING BECAUSE SOMETIMES OUR KIDS THINK THEY'RE INVINCIBLE, AND THEN SOME END UP DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE.

AND SO WE JUST TAKE A MINUTE.

WHEN YOU GO HOME TONIGHT, IF YOU HAVE TEENS OR PRE-TEENS THAT ARE GETTING READY TO DRIVE AND AND WANT TO GET BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE CAR, HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS LIKE YOU DO WITH ANYTHING ELSE, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY TONIGHT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GIVE IT TO DEVON.

TAKE US AWAY FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

EVERYBODY PLEASE STAND.

FACE OF FLAG.

PUT. PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.

VERY BIG IN. ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

PLEASE BE SEATED.

THANK YOU. DEEVON. WE'RE GOING TO REMAIN STANDING FOR OUR TRADITIONAL MOMENT OF SILENCE ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY THAT MISS EMBODY MENTIONED EARLIER, THE GUTHRIES AND THE STUDENTS THAT WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU MAY BE SEATED NOW.

ALL RIGHT, LET ME GET MYSELF TOGETHER HERE.

ALL RIGHT, I'M ON ITEM 3.4 NOW.

OUR REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION.

I'LL START WITH STUDENT MATTERS FIRST.

IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE STIPULATED EXPULSION OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WITH THE INITIALS TR FOR ONE FULL CALENDAR YEAR FROM MARCH 13TH, 2024 TO MARCH 13TH, 2025.

MOTION WAS MADE BY MR. ARMENDARIZ AND SECONDED BY MISS SANDOVAL, AND CARRIED A40 VOTE, WITH DOCTOR CASADA BEING ABSENT.

IN CLOSED SESSION. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED A STIPULATED EXPULSION FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT AP.

FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER OF THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR AND FALL SEMESTER.

THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR MOTION WAS MADE BY MR. PEREZ, SECONDED BY MR. ARMENDARIZ, AND CARRIED A40 VOTE, WITH DOCTOR QUEZADA ABSENT.

UNDER PERSONNEL MATTERS, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TAKE ACTION TO ISSUE WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATED MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE THAT THEY SHALL BE RELEASED FROM THEIR POSITION PURSUANT TO CODE EDUCATION CODE SECTION 44951 EFFECTIVE JUNE 30TH, 2024 AND REASSIGNED TO A CLASSROOM TEACHING POSITION OR OTHER MANAGEMENT OR NON-MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATED POSITION FOR THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR.

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THE RESOLUTION IS 20, NUMBER 20 5-06, AND THE EMPLOYEE NUMBER IS 20331.

POSITION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND EMPLOYEE NUMBER 24990.

POSITION OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF MIDDLE SCHOOL.

MOTION WAS MADE BY MISTER ARMENDARIZ, SECONDED BY MR. PEREZ, AND CARRIED A40 VOTE WITH DOCTOR CASADA ABSENT.

IN CLOSED SESSION.

THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED A COMPROMISE AND RELEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEE.

NUMBER 14970.

MOTION WAS MADE BY MR. PEREZ AND SECONDED BY MR. ARMENDARIZ, AND CARRIED A40 VOTE, WITH DOCTOR QUEZADA AS ABSENT.

AND THAT WAS ALL THE ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION AT THE MOMENT.

I THINK I'M DONE THERE.

AND SO NOW WE'RE AT 3.5 RECOGNITIONS AND WE HAVE ONE RECOGNITION ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE GOOD NEWS GOING ON NOW.

THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN TO SUPERINTENDENT ANYBODY WHO WILL INTRODUCE OUR RECOGNITION AND OUR SPEAKER.

THANK YOU. TONIGHT'S HIGH SCHOOL WINNER ATHLETES, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME DOCTOR KIMBERLY MCKINNEY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HIGH SCHOOLS, TO THE PODIUM TO INTRODUCE THE TWO WINTER OUTSTANDING ATHLETES FROM EACH OF OUR SEVEN HIGH SCHOOLS.

EACH STUDENT WILL BE PRESENTED WITH A CERTIFICATE AND A FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT PIN FOR THEIR VARSITY JACKET.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT SERNA.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, OUR AUDIENCE, FAMILIES AND EVERYONE OUT THERE IN TV LAND.

DOCTOR MCKINNEY, CAN YOU JUST HOLD ON, JUST FOR A SECOND? I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MICROPHONE IS WORKING FOR YOU.

WE MAY NEED THE FOLKS IN THE BACK TO BRING A WIRELESS, IF POSSIBLE.

IF THAT IS IT THERE, WE'RE READY.

LET'S DO. YEAH.

OKAY. THERE YOU GO.

WE'LL TRY THAT AGAIN.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT SERNA.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD CABINET AND ALL OF OUR FAMILIES HERE WATCHING AND EVERYONE WATCHING AT HOME.

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BRING FORWARD THE WINTER ATHLETES.

WE HAVE TWO FROM EACH SCHOOL.

SOME OF OUR ATHLETES ARE NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

SOME OF THEM HAVE ARE ACTUALLY ON OTHER SPORTS TEAMS AND ARE COMPETING AT AWAY GAMES RIGHT NOW.

BUT NONETHELESS, WE HAVE SOME AMAZING PEOPLE THAT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE FIRST, STARTING WITH CITRUS HIGH SCHOOL.

CITRUS HIGH SCHOOL FOR SOFTBALL, WE HAVE ALESSANDRO BETANCOURT COME ON UP.

AND EMILY GARCIA.

COME ON UP. THAT'S GOOD.

UNABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING FROM BURCH HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVE GABRIEL, I'M SORRY, GABRIEL GODOY AND JORDAN GOOLSBY.

FROM A.B.

MILLER HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVE AGAIN UNABLE TO JOIN US.

THEY'RE COMPETING IN A TRACK MEET TONIGHT, GENESIS BROWN AND CASSANDRA RIVERA GARCIA.

AND GENESIS PLAYED BASKETBALL AND SO DID CASSANDRA.

FROM SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE VALERIA NAVARRO FOR SOCCER.

AND ALSO FROM SOCCER, BUT UNABLE TO JOIN TONIGHT RYAN BETTENCOURT.

JURUPA HILLS HIGH SCHOOL.

ALSO UNABLE TO JOIN TONIGHT BRIAN CABRERA FOR BASKETBALL AND ALENA GONZALEZ FOR BASKETBALL.

FROM FONTANA HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVE JULIETTE LOPEZ FOR WATER POLO.

AND UNABLE TO JOIN US.

MALIK THOMAS, WHO WAS ALSO FROM BASKETBALL.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, FROM HENRY J.

KAISER HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVE LIBERTY CARRILLO FOR BASKETBALL AND CHEER.

AND NOÉ MORALES MOYA.

FIRST SOCCER.

THESE ATHLETES ALL DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING SERVICE ON THE FIELD, IN THE CLASSROOM AND IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND ARE RECOGNIZED HERE THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THIS EACH SEASON.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR MCKINNEY.

AND CONGRATULATIONS, ATHLETES.

SCHOLAR ATHLETES. KEEP IT UP.

ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW ON ITEM 3.6.

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AND THE FLOOR AGAIN IS BACK TO SUPERINTENDENT.

ANYBODY WHO IS GOING TO REDUCE OUR PRESENTERS AND SPEAK OR THE PRESENTATIONS AND OUR SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU. I'M HAPPY TO INTRODUCE TONIGHT OUR OAK PARK PRINCIPAL, MR. MULLINS, WHO WILL SHARE INFORMATION REGARDING THE SCHOOL AND INTRODUCE A VIDEO HIGHLIGHTING THE PROGRAMS AND THE PEOPLE WHO SERVE ON THAT CAMPUS.

SO FOLLOWING THE VIDEO VIDEO, OUR PRINCIPAL HAVE A CHANCE TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR ANSWER ANYTHING FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WELL, GREAT THINGS HAPPEN EVERY SINGLE DAY AT OAK PARK.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE A LITTLE BIT AND SHOW YOU WHAT'S HAPPENING.

I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU.

THE BACKBONE OF THE SCHOOL IS OF COURSE OUR PARENTS.

AND BACKBONE OF THAT IS OUR PTA.

SO I WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR PTA PRESIDENT JEFF GARCIA AND HIS LOVELY WIFE, MA.

HELLO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US.

JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ALMOST 14 YEARS, AND WE'VE BEEN HAVE OUR KIDS HERE IN FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND, YOU KNOW, SO FAR WE'VE HAD REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCES IN FONTANA.

THAT'S WHY ME HELPING OUT OUR SCHOOL IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I CAN GIVE BACK TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, HELP GIVE BACK TO OUR SCHOOL AND TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS A BIG DEAL, BUT OKAY.

A NEW TEACHER CAME IN A FEW YEARS AGO AND REMARKED HOW WE LET THE KIDS PLAY IN THE MORNING, AND I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS A BIG DEAL.

BUT HE, THE TEACHER, SHARED THAT AT HIS PREVIOUS SCHOOL THEY DIDN'T DO THAT.

THEY LINED UP AND THEY HAD TO BE QUIET AND THEY HAD TO WAIT.

AND HE REMARKED THAT THAT IS REALLY GOOD FOR THE KIDS TO GET OUT THERE AND MOVE AND GET OUT THERE.

THEY WANT TO TALK. THEY WANT TO BE SOCIAL.

THEY WANT TO TALK WITH THEIR FRIENDS.

THEY WANT TO EAT THEIR BREAKFAST AND RUN AROUND AND RUN SOME ENERGY OFF.

LIKE I SAID, THEY HAVE A LOT OF ENERGY SO THAT IT KIND OF STARTED THERE WHERE I THOUGHT, THAT IS A GOOD THING FOR THEM TO GET ALL THEIR ENERGY OUT, BECAUSE EVERYTHING WE DO IS FOCUSED ON THEM LEARNING IN CLASS, WHETHER THEY REALIZE IT OR NOT.

IT'S PRETTY FUN WHEN WE GET LIKE FUN FRIDAYS, BECAUSE EACH TIME ON FRIDAY WE GET LIKE WE GET MUSIC. IN MY OPINION, I'M PRETTY.

THEY WANT US TO HAVE FUN.

SO WE KNOW SCHOOL IS LIKE IS IMPORTANT TO US, TO THEM AND LIKE FUN, LIKE IT KEEPS US ENGAGED IN SCHOOL.

SINCE MR. MULLINS SAYS THE FUN FRIDAY I THOUGHT OF, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN I MAYBE ADD TO THAT A LITTLE BIT? AND SO WHAT I DO FOR ALL THE KIDS THAT ARE THIRD GRADE DOWN, I DO A A STICKER THING WHERE IF YOU FIND THE STICKER ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR TRAY, THEN YOU GET TO COME AND GET A PRIZE.

AND THEN FOR THE FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS, TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE INTERESTING, I DO A RIDDLE.

AND THEN BASED ON HOW MANY PEOPLE GET IT, LIKE, IF ONLY A FEW PEOPLE LIKE THE LAST TWO WEEKS, ONLY THREE PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN IT EACH TIME.

AND SO ALL THREE OF THEM WOULD GET A PRIZE.

THE FIRST THING THAT THEY DO WHEN THEY COME AND GET THEIR FOOD IS RUN TO THE BOARD AND START READING IT.

AND I HAVE TO REMIND THEM, DON'T SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE PLAYING AGAINST EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW? AND SO IT GETS FUN.

THEY'LL COME RUNNING UP WITH THEIR ANSWERS.

AND I LOOK AT IT, IF IT'S WRONG, I'LL LET THEM KNOW.

AND THEN THEY GO RUN BACK AND TRY SOMETHING ELSE.

SO RIGHT HERE THEY SHOW US THAT IT LIKE TO BE KIND, TO BE SAFE, BE RESPECTFUL, BE RESPONSIBLE.

SO I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD HELP US THAT SINCE THE LITTLE KIDS, THEY NEED TO LEARN THAT TOO.

SO ONCE THEY GO UP LIKE IN THE GRADES, THEY'LL LIKE HAVE THAT MEMORIZED AND THEY'LL HAVE THAT MEMORIZED FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO THEY WON'T DO LIKE BAD THINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND TO BE NICE TO OUR ELDERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND ANOTHER THING IS THAT LIKE TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE LIKE SAFE HERE BECAUSE LIKE EVERYBODY'S LIKE NICE AND NOONE, BUT LIKE MAKE SURE YOU'RE LIKE NOT DOING ANYTHING BAD.

AND LIKE, THE TEACHERS ARE LIKE ALWAYS LIKE ALSO IF THEY SEE YOU SAD, THEY ASK YOU LIKE WHAT? WHAT'S HAPPENING? AND LIKE THEY MAKE SURE YOU'RE OKAY.

WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD CULTURE THAT STARTS AT THE TOP.

AND EVERYBODY SINCE PRINCIPAL, THE SECRETARIES, THE JANITORS, THE TEACHERS, ALL THE PARAPROFESSIONALS, PRESCHOOL, EVERYBODY WORKS TOGETHER AND WE ALL IT.

SUCCESS IS NOT RANDOM.

AND OUR MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE KIDS.

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WE EVERYBODY CARES WHAT THE KIDS DO.

ALL THE KIDS CARE, THE PARENTS CARE.

IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO WORK.

MY SON, HE WAS STRUGGLING WITH READING AT THE DISTRICT WHERE WHERE I'M FROM.

AND I DID TRY TO REACH OUT TO, YOU KNOW, THE PRINCIPAL, THE TEACHERS THERE.

AND THEY WERE NOT PROVIDING HIM WITH THE SERVICES AND THE SUPPORT AND THE RESOURCES THAT THEY DO GIVE THEM HERE.

SO HE DOES GET THE PULLOUTS HE DOES.

HIS READING SCORES HAVE INCREASED FROM BEING HERE.

SO I'M VERY HAPPY AND CONTENT WITH THE, OUR SUPPORT STAFF AS WELL AS HIS TEACHERS THAT HE'S HAD.

I'VE NOTICED THAT THEY'RE LEARNING A LOT, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY FOLLOWING THE RULES FROM THE SCHOOL AT HOME WHERE THEY'RE KIND TO EACH OTHER AND THEY HELP EACH OTHER OUT.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, BROTHERS ARE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE THEIR DIFFERENCES, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY THEY HELP EACH OTHER OUT.

AND I THINK THEY'RE LEARNING THAT FROM SCHOOL.

I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE'RE DOING.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE TEACHING THE CURRICULUM.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND SCORES ARE IMPORTANT THAT SHOWS THAT THEY'RE THAT THEY'RE LEARNING.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE TEACHING THEM HOW TO BE GOOD PEOPLE, GOOD CITIZENS.

BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE LEARNING TO COME ALONG AND THEY'RE GOING TO FACE ADVERSITY AND THEY'RE GOING TO FACE HARD CHOICES, AND THEY'RE GOING TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE MAKING BAD CHOICES. AND IF YOU AT YOUR CORE AS IF YOU'RE A GOOD PERSON AND YOU KNOW HOW TO MAKE GOOD CHOICES AND YOU KNOW HOW TO STAY ON THE RIGHT TRACK, THAT'S ULTIMATELY GOING TO HELP YOU BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE.

AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S THE BIGGER PICTURE.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO MR. MULLINS AND THE TEAM.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.

MY GRANDSON FRANCISCO WAS AT OAK PARK.

AND WHAT I LOVED ABOUT MR. MULLINS. EVERY MORNING THAT YOU DROPPED OFF YOUR CHILDREN, AND HE WAS UP FRONT, HE WOULD STOP AND TALK TO EVERY SINGLE KID NOT STANDING STRAIGHT UP.

HE WOULD GO ALL THE WAY DOWN, LOOK AT THEM WHERE THEY WERE AT.

AND I THINK THAT'S SPECIAL BECAUSE A CHILD DOESN'T FEEL INFERIOR.

SO THANK YOU, MR. MULLEN, FOR THAT. I REALLY APPRECIATE FRANCISCO IS DOING WELL.

THAT'S SPECIAL.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I'LL JUST SAY THIS FIRST I WANT TO SAY TO THE PTA DAD, BECAUSE I WAS THERE ONE TIME, THE ONLY DAD IN THE PTA.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S YOUR EXPERIENCE, BUT THAT WAS MINE.

AS A TREASURER OF MY SON'S PTA AND THAT'S NICE TO SEE.

I ALSO APPRECIATED TO SEE THE STAFF AT NUTRITION SERVICES WORKING TOGETHER WITH YOU IN IN THOSE INCENTIVES.

WHAT A WHAT A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.

AND THEN, MR. MULLINS, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP THERE.

THAT DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT.

SO THANK YOU. I LOVE WHAT THAT TEACHER SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, SUCCESS IS NOT RANDOM.

AND I WANTED TO JUST SAY YOU KNOW, I DON'T TELL ANYBODY TO DO THESE THINGS.

THEY. I LOVE HOW IT'S KIND OF CONTAGIOUS.

WHEN YOU LOVE BEING AROUND KIDS AND AND IT'S ACTUALLY YOUR JOB AND IT COMES OUT, I THINK AND I AND WE DO THAT AND I'M SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE THAT LIKE THE KITCHEN WORKER YOU SAW THE OLIVO COACHES AFTER BEING THERE A WHILE.

THEY CREATE GAMES AND THINGS FOR THE KIDS THAT JUST TO MAKE SCHOOL FUN AND ENJOYABLE.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

NEXT, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME TO THE PODIUM DOCTOR JENNIFER BOURGEOIS, OUR ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING, AND MARTHA DUENAS, OUR DIRECTOR OF MULTILINGUAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.

THEY'LL BE PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF THE DRAFT PATHWAYS TO BILITERACY MASTER PLAN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND EFFORTS IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

IT'S IN DRAFT FORM, SO YOU'LL SEE A ONCE IT'S APPROVED, YOU'LL SEE A POLISHED VERSION OF THIS COMING OUT IN THE NEAR FUTURE HERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD EVENING. BOARD.

CAN YOU. IS EVERYBODY.

CAN WE HEAR. OKAY.

GOOD. GOOD EVENING.

BOARD AND CABINET SUPERINTENDENT.

ANYBODY IN PARTICULAR? OUR AUDIENCE. WE HAVE MANY, MANY MEMBERS OF OUR AUDIENCE HERE TO SUPPORT THIS PROPOSED MASTER PLAN.

BUT WE'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.

SO THE PURPOSE WHY DO WE HAVE A PATHWAYS TO BILITERACY MASTER PLAN? WE HAVE A PLAN SO THAT WE CAN REALLY SHOW WHAT THE WHAT IS FOR OUR MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS AND THE HOW.

SO THIS PLAN REALLY SPELLS OUT THE WHAT AND THE HOW, AND IT IS IN ALIGNMENT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS, MOST SPECIFICALLY TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF BILINGUALISM AND BILITERACY ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND SOCIAL CULTURAL COMPETENCY.

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FURTHER, THIS ALIGNMENT IS INTENDED TO GUIDE ALL LEVELS OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWARD A SYSTEMIC AND COHERENT APPROACH TO TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS. NOW YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, WHO ARE OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS? OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS IS REALLY.

IT'S A BROAD TERM, AND THIS BROAD TERM DESCRIBES STUDENTS WHO ARE LEARNING MULTIPLE LANGUAGES.

AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THAT, THEY ARE DEVELOPING PROFICIENCY AND ARE BECOMING BILINGUAL AND BILITERATE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND A PARTNER LANGUAGE COULD BE SPANISH, IT COULD BE FRENCH, IT COULD BE ASL.

THEY ARE LEARNING BOTH LANGUAGES AND AND THEY ARE DOING THIS WHILE ALSO LEARNING AND ACHIEVING IN THE ACADEMIC STANDARDS THAT WE ARE SETTING FOR THEM.

THESE STUDENTS ARE NOT LIMITED TO OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS.

THEY INCLUDE OUR DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION.

THEY INCLUDE OUR NEWCOMERS, OUR LTL, OUR RECLASSIFIED STUDENTS.

THEY INCLUDE OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE INITIALLY FLUENT IN ENGLISH.

FURTHER, THEY INCLUDE OUR HERITAGE SPEAKERS, WHICH WOULD BE STUDENTS WHO ARE AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS LEARNING OR ACTUALLY IN OUR DUAL IMMERSION LEARNING, ANOTHER LANGUAGE SUCH AS FRENCH OR ASL.

ALTHOUGH OUR MASTER PLAN WILL EMPHASIZE THE USE OF MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS TO SUPPORT AN ASSET BASED MODEL OF TO MULTILINGUALISM AND MULTICULTURALISM, PLEASE KNOW THAT THIS SUPPORT IS GOING TO EMPHASIZE REALLY THAT FOR OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS, OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT.

PRIORITIZING OUR CORE CURRICULUM AND ENSURING THAT EVERYBODY HAS WHAT THEY NEED.

AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR DIRECTOR OF FOR OUR MULTILINGUAL DEPARTMENT.

OUR DIRECTOR IS MARTHA DUENAS, AND SHE HAS SPEARHEADED THIS WORK.

AND SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HER TO LEAD US INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PLAN.

WHEN I STARTED THIS.

SUPERINTENDENT. MESA DIRECTIVA DE LA FAMILIA FUSD.

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE MASTER PLAN OR THE PATHWAYS TO BILITERACY MASTER PLAN.

I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND THEN DO AN OVERVIEW OF THE PLAN'S PRINCIPLES.

AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SECTION OF THE PATHWAYS TO BILITERACY MASTER PLAN, ONE OF THE FOUR L ROADMAP PRINCIPLES IS DESCRIBED. COMMITTED TO SPECIFIC PRACTICES FOR ACHIEVING EXCELLENT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ROADMAP ARE ALSO IDENTIFIED. STRATEGIC STRATEGIES DEFINING WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO MOVE THE IN-DEPTH IMPLEMENTATION ARE LISTED, AND I'LL NOTE THAT THESE SECTIONS TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WILL BE DOING.

THEN YOU'LL FIND ACTIONS GUIDING AND SUPPORTING HOW EACH CALIFORNIA ROADMAP PRINCIPLE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED DISTRICT WIDE, AS DESCRIBED IN DETAIL.

FOR EACH ACTION.

ADDITIONAL LINKS TO SUPPORTING FORMS AND DOCUMENTS.

EXPLAINING PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES THAT SPECIFY STEPS AND OR STAT STACKS THAT NEED TO BE COMPLETED TO ACHIEVE A SYSTEMIC AND EXCELLENT IMPLEMENTATION ARE PROVIDED.

ALONG WITH THE MASTER PLAN, YOU WILL SEE THAT THESE FORMS AND DOCUMENTS WILL BE STORED IN CENTRAL LOCATIONS.

AND IT WILL SUPPORT.

COMMUNICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MASTER PLAN.

THIS OVERALL APPROACH.

I APOLOGIZE.

THIS OVERALL APPROACH IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT ENSURES THAT OUR DISTRICT POLICIES AND PRACTICES ARE COHERENT ARTICULATED.

AND HAVE THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF MEETING THE NEEDS AND SUPPORTING THE SUCCESS OF OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. I LIKE TO EMPHASIZE, AS I DID EARLIER, THAT IT'S THE PRINCIPLES, THE PRACTICE, AND THE STRATEGIES THAT DEFINE WHAT WE DO AND THAT OUR ACTIONS AND STEPS AND TASKS DEFINE HOW WE DO IT.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE HAVE PRACTICE.

WHY? BECAUSE THIS IS A SYSTEM.

IT'S MADE UP OF PEOPLE.

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I'LL GO ON TO THE PRINCIPLES.

PRINCIPLE ONE ASSETS ORIENTED AND NEED RESPONSIVE SCHOOLS.

PRESCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS ARE RESPONSIVE TO DIFFERENT MULTILINGUAL LEARNER STRENGTHS, NEEDS AND IDENTIFY IDENTITIES AND SUPPORT THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS.

PROGRAMS VALUE AND BUILD UPON THE CULTURAL AND THE LINGUISTIC ASSETS STUDENTS BRING TO THEIR EDUCATION IN A SAFE AND AFFIRMING SCHOOL CLIMATE.

EDUCATORS VALUE AND BUILD STRONG FAMILY, COMMUNITY, AND SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS.

PRINCIPLE TWO GUIDES US.

BY HIS NOTING THAT MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS ENGAGE IN INTELLECTUALLY RICH, DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT FOSTER HIGH LEVELS OF ENGLISH AND PARTNER LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY.

THESE EXPERIENCES INTEGRATE LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT.

LITERACY. AND CONTENT LEARNING, AS WELL AS PROVIDE ACCESS FOR COMPREHENSION AND PARTICIPATION THROUGH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION AND SCAFFOLDING.

MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS HAVE MEANINGFUL ACCESS TO A FULL, STANDARDS BASED AND RELEVANT CURRICULUM AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH.

AND OTHER PARTNER LANGUAGES.

PRINCIPLE THREE SYSTEMS CONDITIONS THAT SUPPORT EFFECTIVENESS.

IN THIS PRINCIPLE, EACH LEVEL OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM STATE COUNTY, DISTRICT, SCHOOL PRESCHOOL HAS LEADERS AND EDUCATORS WHO ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE OF AND RESPONSIVE TO THE STRENGTHS AND THE NEEDS OF MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND WHO UTILIZE VALID ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER DATA SYSTEMS THAT INFORM INSTRUCTION AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

EACH LEVEL OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM PROVIDES RESOURCES AND TIERED SUPPORT.

TO ENSURE STRONG PROGRAMS AND BUILD THE CAPACITY OF TEACHERS AND STAFF TO LEVERAGE THE STRENGTHS AND MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS.

LASTLY, PRINCIPLE NUMBER FOUR ALIGNMENT AND ARTICULATION WITHIN AND ACROSS THE SYSTEM. MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS EXPERIENCE A COHERENT, ARTICULATED AND ALIGNED SET OF PRACTICE AND PATHWAYS ACROSS GRADE LEVELS AND EDUCATIONAL SEGMENTS, BEGINNING WITH A STRONG FOUNDATION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD. AN APPROPRIATE IDENTIFICATION OF STRENGTHS AND NEEDS CONTINUING THROUGH RECLASSIFICATION, GRADUATION, HIGHER EDUCATION, AND COLLEGE AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.

THESE PATHWAYS FOSTER THE SKILLS, LANGUAGES, LITERACY, KNOWLEDGE STUDENTS NEED FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS AND PARTICIPATION IN A GLOBAL DIVERSE.

MULTILINGUAL. 21ST CENTURY WORLD.

BUT WE LOOK FORWARD EMBRACING A MULTILINGUAL AND MULTICULTURAL FUTURE.

THERE'S MUCH WORK TO BE DONE.

AND IT REQUIRES.

ALL OF US. FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT RECOGNIZES AND CELEBRATES THE CULTURAL, LINGUISTIC, SOCIAL, AND SPECIAL TALENTS AND SKILLS THAT ARE MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS AND THEIR FAMILIES BRING TO OUR DISTRICT.

CITY. STATE AND NATION.

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OUR PATHWAYS TO BILITERACY MASTER PLAN IS OUR DISTRICT'S OPPORTUNITY.

AND THE OBLIGATION.

TO PROMOTE EQUITY.

AND CONTINUE.

AND TRIBUTE. TO THE CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT OF A MORE INCLUSIVE AND ACCEPTING WORLD.

WE HAVE MUCH WORK TO CONTINUE DOING TO SUPPORT OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS.

HOWEVER. GATHER.

AND WITH EACH CONVERSATION.

WE EMPOWER OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS.

TO COMPETE.

SUCCEED. AND THRIVE IN AN EVER EVOLVING GLOBAL 21ST CENTURY.

TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR.

AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS FOR THESE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS, COLLABORATION, LEADERSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP IN DEVELOPING AND ENHANCING OUR PATHWAYS TO BILITERACY PROGRAMS. WE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE MODELS OF EXCELLENCE AND MATERIALS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED BY OUR FELLOW DISTRICTS, STATE FEDERAL COLLEAGUES, AS WELL AS LEADING EXPERTS AND RESEARCHERS, AS WELL AS PRACTITIONERS THAT INFLUENCE AND ADVOCATE FOR THE CONTINUAL GROWTH OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR ALL OF OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS.

AND I LIKE TO TAKE A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THAT.

WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE HERE.

YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE WEARING BLUE AND THEY'RE WEARING BLACK AS A AS A SIGN OF SUPPORT IN THIS WORK THAT WE ARE PRESENTING HERE TONIGHT, WE HAVE MEMBERS FROM OUR MULTILINGUAL DEPARTMENTS, TOAS, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP, WHICH IS MARTHA DUENAS.

AS YOU HEARD A MOMENT AGO, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR EDDIE AND OUR COORDINATOR KYLE, AND TOGETHER, ALONG WITH OUR DLAC FAMILIES HERE TO SUPPORT THIS WORK THAT WE'VE COLLECTIVELY WORKED ON TOGETHER TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU TONIGHT AND CONSIDERATION DURING OUR DISCUSSION ITEM.

THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE TEAM? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW ON ITEM 3.7, OUR OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

THE FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS.

INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED FIVE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON AGENDA OR NON AGENDA ITEMS. GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54954.2 PROHIBITS THE GOVERNING BOARD FROM DISCUSSING OR ACTING ON ANY MATTER THAT IS NOT ON THE PUBLISHED AGENDA.

BOARD MEMBERS MAY ASK QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION ON COMMENTS MADE AND, IF APPROPRIATE, MAY REFER THE MATTER TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OR HER DESIGNEE FOR FUTURE FOLLOW UP.

MISS ANYBODY? HOW MANY PUBLIC COMMENTS DO WE HAVE TONIGHT? YES, WE HAVE 18 AND SOME OF THEM ARE SPECIFIC TO ITEMS IN 5.11 513 516 ETC..

SO I'LL START OFF WITH THE INDIVIDUAL ONES.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY. WE'LL BRING UP TO THE PODIUM FIRST CYRUS MOSS.

JUST GET YOUR. HI, MY NAME IS CYRUS MOSS AND I'M A SIXTH GRADE STUDENT AT DOLORES HUERTA INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY.

FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD CHANGE THE NAME OF RONALD PEPPER ELEMENTARY.

BEFORE IT WAS A SCHOOL, A MAN NAMED OLDERSHAW BOUGHT A HOUSE ON THE PROPERTY WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO KIDS.

THEY WERE THREATENED BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRICAN AMERICAN AND TOLD TO LEAVE THEIR HOME.

WHEN THEY DIDN'T LEAVE THEIR HOME, IT WAS SET ON FIRE.

THE ENTIRE FAMILY WAS KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT.

AFTER THAT SCHOOL, AFTER THAT, THE SCHOOL WAS BUILT ON THE SAME PROPERTY.

IT WAS DEVASTATING TO KNOW THAT KKK MEN WERE BEING HELD AT THE SCHOOL UNTIL THE MID 80S.

THIS HURT ME DEEPLY BECAUSE I'M A YOUNG BLACK MAN WHO ATTENDED RANDALL PEPPER FOR PRESCHOOL.

IT WAS PAINFUL KNOWING HIS TWO KIDS, SAME AGE, AROUND THE SAME AGE AS MY LITTLE BROTHER AND ME.

THEY WERE MURDERED AND THEY WERE MURDERED BY A FIRE.

IT MADE ME THINK, WHAT IF THAT WAS ONE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS? WELL, I MADE THIS WITH.

I FEEL JUSTICE WAS SERVED.

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AFTER THAT MOMENT, I MADE IT MY MISSION TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT AND BE THE VOICE FOR THE SHORT FAMILY.

I BELIEVE WE NEED TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT AND CHANGE THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL TO ALL DAY SHORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

BECAUSE HE IS THE TRUE OWNER OF THE LAND WHICH THE SCHOOL IS ON.

THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO ALLOW ME TO SPEAK AT THIS MEETING, AND I PRAY YOU WILL TAKE THE TIME TO CONSIDER THIS.

THANK YOU. WHAT? PRESIDENT? SO HE WALKED AWAY WAY TOO FAST. WE'RE GOING TO BRING HIM BACK.

AND THEN WE'LL START WITH MR. ARMENDARIZ HAS A QUESTION. AND VICE PRESIDENT PEREZ.

NEXT. I DID HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD JUST TAKE A TWO MINUTE RECESS IN THE CLOSED SESSION WITH THE ALL OF US REAL QUICK TO ASK A SPECIFIC QUESTION THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE OKAY WITH LEGAL ABOUT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S A NON AGENDA ITEM.

WELL, IT'S A CLARIFYING QUESTION FOR US THOUGH.

IT'S ACTUALLY JUST A PROCEDURAL QUESTION.

I WOULD PROBABLY ASK MARK TO GIVE US SOME ADVICE ON YOUR QUESTION, MR. ARMENDARIZ. WELL I CAN PROVIDE PROCEDURAL ADVICE.

THAT'S IT. THAT'S JUST PROCEDURAL.

AND YOU WANT TO DO THAT PRIVATELY WITH YOU AND I.

YES. OKAY.

I CAN JUST DO THAT REAL QUICK. JUST TWO MINUTES.

YES. YOU WANT TO OKAY.

SO BOARD PRESIDENT YOU'RE GOING TO CALL A RECESS FOR THAT.

I CAN TO GIVE MR. ARMENDARIZ AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THE QUESTION THAT HE NEEDS TO ASK OF YOU.

SO, MR..

CYRUS. RIGHT. CYRUS, YOU WANT TO HAVE A SEAT? BECAUSE I THINK THAT AFTER THIS, WE'LL HAVE YOU COME BACK UP.

BECAUSE I KNOW MR. PEREZ HAS A QUESTION, BUT, MR. PRESIDENT, CAN I HAVE YOU ATTEND THIS WITH ME? I KNOW TWO OF US CAN ASK A PROCEDURAL QUESTION.

I CAN, MARK, IS THAT A.

APPROPRIATE. ALL RIGHT.

I'LL BE BACK. YEAH.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR FOR GIVING US THAT QUICK.

WE HAD AN AGENDA QUESTION AND I WANTED TO CLARIFY MR..

MR. ARMENDARIZ WANTED TO CLARIFY AN AGENDA QUESTION.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THAT.

SO DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE OUT OF THAT OR.

NO, I DON'T RATHER OKAY.

SO MR. PEREZ, I KNOW YOU HAD A COMMENT OR A CLARIFYING QUESTION YOU MIGHT WANT TO ASK MR. CYRUS. ARE YOU TIRED TONIGHT? A LITTLE BIT OH, OKAY.

CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR, THEN? YEAH. WHEN YOU GET HOME TOMORROW MORNING, WATCH THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING BECAUSE WISHES DO COME TRUE.

OKAY? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFYING INFORMATION.

BOARD PRESIDENT, MR. ARMENDARIZ. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT YOU'RE AN AMAZING YOUNG MAN, AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU JUST CAME UP HERE AND SHARED REALLY HOW YOU FEEL.

AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT TYPE OF COURAGE TAKES A LOT.

AND I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY THINK THAT YOU TAKING THIS STAND IS REALLY GOING TO BE IMPERATIVE TO SEEING THINGS GROW IN THIS DISTRICT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME. MR. CYRUS, I JUST HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW I SAW YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

YOU WERE AT KAISER HIGH SCHOOL THE OTHER DAY, WEREN'T YOU? YEAH. NICE JOB.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. YOU'RE BECOMING QUITE THE SPEAKER.

THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO ADD TO THAT AS A STUDENT, I LOVE TO SEE THAT YOU CAME OUT HERE AND YOU SPOKE ABOUT HOW YOU FELT.

AND I'M VERY HAPPY THAT THE BOARD IS TAKING THE STEPS TO MAKE YOUR DREAM COME TRUE.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

YOU'RE WELCOME. ALLEGEDLY.

ALLEGEDLY. ALLEGEDLY.

STAY TUNED.

AS ALL I CAN SAY. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER.

YES, WE HAVE A GROUP THAT WANTED TO SPEAK IN ORDER.

AND I'LL START OFF WITH SAVANNAH RUSSELL.

GOOD EVENING, FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE ARE STUDENTS OF BLUE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, SOUL BROTHERS, SOUL SISTERS STUDENT LEADERSHIP TRAINING, A TRAINING CREATED TO EMPOWER STUDENTS WITH THE INSPIRATION AND TOOLS TO DEVELOP THEIR LEADERSHIP SKILLS WHILE ENGAGING IN ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT COLLEGE, THAT SUPPORT COLLEGE ACCESS AND SUCCESS, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTER BUILDING WITH THE INTENT THAT WE RETURN TO SERVE IN OUR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES.

THE REASON WE ARE HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE WE ARE HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR OURSELVES AND OUR CLASSMATES, TO REQUEST THAT YOU FUND OUR ATTENDANCE TO THIS YEAR'S LEADERSHIP CAMP AT SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY.

WE HAVE COME AS A GROUP TO SHARE OUR EXPERIENCES FROM LAST SUMMER'S CAMP AND ULTIMATELY IDENTIFY REASONS WHY THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND INVESTMENT FOR THIS

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THE REASONS ARE AS FOLLOW.

MY NAME IS SAVANNAH RUSSELL.

I AM IN THE 11TH GRADE.

I WENT TO THE SOUL SISTERS LEADERSHIP CAMP LAST SUMMER AND IT MADE A VERY POSITIVE IMPACT ON MY SOCIAL SKILLS.

OVERALL, THE BIGGEST LESSON I LEARNED FROM THE CAMP WAS THAT YOUR EXPERIENCE IN LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT, SO MAKE IT YOUR OWN AND ENJOY IT TO THE FULLEST.

SINCE. SINCE THE CAMP, I HAVE BECAME BSU PRESIDENT AT MY SCHOOL AND AN ACTIVE MEMBER ON CAMPUS.

BEING SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T GROW UP AROUND MANY PEOPLE WHO LOOKED LIKE ME, THIS CAMP MEANT A LOT TO ME FROM A REPRESENTATION STANDPOINT.

I'VE LIVED A LIFE FEELING LIKE SOMETHING WAS MISSING AND I DIDN'T FIT IN.

THIS CAMP SHOWED ME THAT THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE, STUDENTS AND ADULTS ALIKE.

JUST LIKE ME, WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED BEING IN A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE WHO STILL DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY COULD BE THEMSELVES.

BEING IN A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE BUT STILL FEELING INVISIBLE.

BEING IN A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE AND STILL NO ONE IN THE ROOM KNOWING WHO I REALLY WAS.

THIS CAMP IS A SPACE WHERE I FELT SAFE BECAUSE OF THIS SIMPLE REASON, I BELIEVE THIS DISTRICT SHOULD SUPPORT AND FUND MORE STUDENTS TO GO IN ATTENDANCE ON THIS UPCOMING TRIP TO SAN DIEGO STATE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

NEXT. WE HAVE BROOKLYN.

NEWTON. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. BOARD.

MY NAME IS BROOKLYN NEWTON AND I AM A SOPHOMORE AT CORONA CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL.

ALTHOUGH I DO NOT ATTEND A SCHOOL IN FONTANA, I AM HERE STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH MY SOUL, SOUL BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO DISPLAY MY APPRECIATION AND AFFECTION FOR ALL OF THE WONDERFUL MEMBERS OF BLUE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.

I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH THE IMPACT LEADERSHIP HAD ON ME WITH THIS CAMP.

PRIOR TO THE WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE AT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA, I WAS FALSELY ACCUSED OF A TERRORIST ACCUSATION AT MY SCHOOL, WHICH LED ME TO BE ISOLATED IN MY HOME FOR THREE MONTHS BEFORE THE EDUCATIONAL CAMP.

I WAS UNREMARKABLY HAPPY UPON EXPERIENCING THE CAMP FOR THE DAYS I WAS THERE.

FOR STARTERS, THIS CAMP MOTIVATED ME TO MEET NEW PEOPLE.

I WAS ALONE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR OR TWO UNTIL I WAS BEING SHOWERED WITH KINDNESS AND LAUGHTER.

THE REST OF THE DAY WITH PEOPLE I REALIZED WERE LIKE ME.

PERSONALITY WISE, THIS CAMP HAS ALSO HELPED ME DEVELOP CHARACTERISTICALLY.

NORMALLY, I AM A PERSON WHO STAYS WITH A CLOSE GROUP OF FRIENDS AND RARELY GRAVITATES OUTSIDE OF THAT.

IN THIS CAMP, I BECAME MORE CONFIDENT, SOCIAL AND EXTROVERTED, AND WENT OUT OF MY WAY TO INCORPORATE PEOPLE WHO WERE STANDING ALONE INTO MY FRIEND GROUP.

WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAY IN COLLEGE DORMS ROOM WITH PEOPLE WHO WE MIGHT NOT HAVE CHOSEN AND DO ACTIVITIES THAT ORIENTED US INTO COLLEGE LIFE.

THIS IS A SMALL GLIMPSE INTO THE THINGS THAT WE EXPERIENCE, WHICH OPENED MY EYES TO THE TYPE OF PEOPLE OR PERSONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO DORM WITH IN THE FUTURE, AND THE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AND OR GO TO.

THE CAMP PROVIDED ME WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE ME, ACT LIKE ME, AND TALK LIKE ME.

SINCE WHEN I GO TO SCHOOL, THERE AREN'T LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO FULFILL THAT.

AT MY SCHOOL, THERE IS ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF BLACK KIDS BEING 8.6%, AND HAS DECREASED OVER THE YEARS.

THIS CAMP ALLOWED ME TO EXPERIENCE WHAT IT FEELS AND LOOKS LIKE TO BE AROUND OTHER AUTHENTIC, HIGH ACHIEVING, INTELLIGENT, LIKE MINDED AND DETERMINED AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS.

I MENTIONED THIS BECAUSE WE ARE LIVING IN A TIME WHERE THERE IS A LACK OF BLACK SPACES FOR BLACK STUDENTS, AND I BELIEVE YOU AS A SCHOOL BOARD, SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS OF COLOR TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO COME TOGETHER AND CONNECT IN EVENTS SUCH AS CAMP DIRECTLY AFFECT AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS MENTALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY. I FEEL THAT THIS CAMP SHARED A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE OF LIFE, ALLOWING US TO GO INTO OUR SCHOOL YEAR WITH A DIFFERENT OUTLOOK ON OUR CULTURE.

I FEEL SO BLESSED TO HAVE KEPT IN CONTACT WITH ALL OF BLUE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION AND COPE FOR A LIFETIME, AS WELL AS CREATED LIFETIME FRIENDSHIPS.

AFTER CAMP, I WAS VERY EXCITED AND CONFIDENT TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND EXPRESS MY LOVE FOR MY CULTURE THE BEST WAY I COULD.

THIS LEADERSHIP CAMP HAS INFLUENCED ME TO JOIN MY SCHOOL'S BLACK STUDENT UNION, WHICH I AM NOW TREASURER, AND I AM ALSO A HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER IN MY SCHOOL SPORTS MEDICINE PROGRAM WITH OVER 4.1 GPA.

IF WE WERE BLESSED WITH ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AT CAMP, I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR A DISTRICT SUCH AS FONTANA TO SPONSOR AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS, BECAUSE IT WILL ALLOW OTHER AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS TO GROW THEIR CONFIDENCE AND BELIEF IN THEMSELVES AND THE JOY THIS CAMP BRINGS.

THANK YOU. AND NEXT WE HAVE DANNY GEORGE.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DANNY GEORGE, AND NO MATTER HOW OLD I GET, I GET A SENSE OF RELIEF TO BE AROUND SO MANY PEOPLE OF MY COLOR.

THE CAMP GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO FINALLY BE AROUND MY PEOPLE WHO SHARE THE SAME GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS, BUT WHO HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE BLACK IN TODAY'S

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AFTER I CAME HOME FROM THE CAMP, I.

I FELT A SENSE OF FRESH AIR, LIKE ALL MY QUESTIONS AND INSECURITIES OF MY MELANIN IDENTITY WERE ANSWERED AND REASSURED.

DESPITE THE ADVANTAGES I HAD ON MY IDENTITY, IT WAS ALSO AN AMAZING EXPOSURE TO WHAT MY POSSIBLE COLLEGE LIFE WOULD BE LIKE.

IT GAVE ME TIME TO LIVE LIKE A COLLEGE STUDENT, AND GAVE ME AN EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT TO SEE HOW COLLEGE LIFE WOULD BE.

THAT SUMMER WAS THE BEST SUMMER I'VE HAD IN A WHILE DURING MY SUMMER BREAK, SO I WOULD LOVE THE CHANCE TO ENJOY THAT FUN AGAIN THIS SUMMER AND MANY MORE TO COME.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE SCHOOL I GO TO, I'M A PART OF THE I'M PART OF THE 4% OF BLACK STUDENTS, BUT THANKS TO THE CAMP, I DON'T GO TOTALLY UNNOTICED AND UNAPPRECIATED.

I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THOSE MOMENTS AGAIN THIS YEAR, WITH EVEN MORE KNOWLEDGE THAN I HAD LAST YEAR.

AS A RESULT OF THE CAMP, I WENT BACK TO SCHOOL WITH MY HEAD HELD HIGHER, MY INVOLVEMENT IN BLACK ACTIVITIES IMPROVED, AND MY VIEW ON EVENTS HAPPENING AT MY SCHOOL CHANGED.

THE CONNECTIONS I HAVE IN MY MY COMMUNITY ALSO IMPROVED.

NOW I HAVE MORE PEOPLE IN MY BACK CORNER THAT I DIDN'T QUITE HAVE BEFORE.

IT WAS SUCH A SUCCESS FOR KIDS OF MY COLOR FOR AND FOR AN EXAMPLE, DURING THE CAMP WE HAD OTHER BLACK KIDS AT THE COLLEGE WHO WANTED TO JOIN OUR CAMP BECAUSE THEY WERE SURPRISED TO BE WITH BLACK PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE THEM.

THIS REALLY JUST SHOWS HOW MUCH REPRESENTATION MATTERS.

ALTHOUGH I'VE NOTICED MY SCHOOL'S ATTEMPTS TO TRY TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY BLACK PEERS AND EYES OF ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND ACCELERATING OUR CULTURE, EVEN THOUGH IT IS MUCH APPRECIATED.

THE CAMP WAS ANOTHER ADDED CELEBRATION THAT I FEEL IS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF INTEREST OF THE BLACK STUDENTS AT THE INLAND EMPIRE.

AS AN HONOR ROLL STUDENT, IT FELT REALLY GOOD TO BE INVITED TO AN ALL BLACK HONOR ROLL CELEBRATION.

IN ADDITION TO THOSE WONDERFUL HIGHLIGHTED BLACK EVENTS, THE CAMP WOULD HAVE A PERFECT SUMMER EVENT RIGHT BEFORE THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

AND LAST WE HAVE CARTER GRIFFIN.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT, MR. SERNA. MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT AND MISS EMBODY AND THE VIEWING EXPERIENCE.

MY NAME IS JACKSON GRIFFIN, AND I HAVE SALT.

AND MY NAME IS JACKSON GRIFFIN, A SOPHOMORE AT SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL.

AND ALONGSIDE ME IS MY BROTHER, CARTER GRIFFIN, WHO IS THE EIGHTH GRADER AT WAYNE RUBIO MIDDLE SCHOOL.

WE CAME TO THIS MEETING TO SHARE OUR EXPERIENCE FROM LAST SUMMER AT THE BLUE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION SOUL BROTHERS LEADERSHIP CAMP.

THIS EXPERIENCE WAS TRULY TRANSFORMATIVE FOR US AFRICAN-AMERICAN YOUNG MEN.

WE SINCERELY HOPE THAT THIS EXPERIENCE CAN BE SHARED FOR THE BENEFIT OF MORE AFRICAN STUDENTS.

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS WITHIN THE FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE SOUL BROTHERS LEADERSHIP CAMP PROVIDED US WITH A SAFE AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE COULD EXPLORE AND CULTIVATE OUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

AS YOUNG BLACK MEN, NAVIGATING THROUGH THROUGH THE COMPLEXITIES OF ADOLESCENCE CAN BE SOMETIMES DAUNTING, BUT THIS CAMP OFFERED US A SPACE WHERE WE FELT UNDERSTOOD AND VALUED. THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM, WE ENGAGED IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND DISCUSSIONS THAT NOT ONLY ENHANCED OUR LEADERSHIP ABILITIES, BUT ALSO EMPOWERED US TO EMBRACE OUR IDENTITIES WITH PRIDE.

WE LEARNED VALUABLE LESSONS ON THE COMMUNICATION.

WE LEARNED VALUABLE LESSONS ON COMMUNICATION, TEAMWORK, AND RESILIENCE, ALL OF WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR SUCCESS BOTH IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.

ADDITIONALLY, THE CAMP PROVIDED US WITH MENTORS AND ROLE MODELS WHO SHARED THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES AND INSIGHTS, SERVING AS SOURCES OF INSPIRATION FOR US TO STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE IN EVERYTHING WE DO.

WE FORGED BONDS WITH FELLOW CAMPERS WITH WHO WHO SHARED SIMILAR EXPERIENCES AND ASPIRATIONS, CREATING A NETWORK OF SUPPORT THAT EXTENDS BEYOND THE CONFINES OF THE CAMP ITSELF. AS WE REFLECT ON OUR TIME AS SOUL BROTHERS LEADERSHIP CAMP, WE ARE FILLED WITH GRATITUDE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW AND DEVELOP AS LEADERS.

THE LESSONS WE LEARNED AND THE CONNECTIONS WE MADE HAVE UNDOUBTEDLY LEFT A LASTING IMPACT ON US, AND WE ARE EAGER TO APPLY WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED TO OUR ACADEMIC PURSUITS AND BEYOND.

IN CLOSING, WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR SINCEREST THANKS TO THE BLUE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ORGANIZING SUCH A REMARKABLE PROGRAM AND HOPE THAT THE FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL STRONGLY CONSIDER SUPPORTING INITIATIVES THAT UPLIFT AND EMPOWER STUDENTS WHO LOOK LIKE US.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO USING OUR EXPERIENCES TO MAKE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY, AND BEYOND.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.

THANK YOU. BOARD PRESIDENT, THANK YOU.

I'D LIKE TO ASK THE GRIFFIN BROTHERS AND SAVANNAH, IF YOU WOULD STEP OUTSIDE ALONG WITH YOUR YOUR FRIENDS BROOKLYN AND DANNY, TO SPEAK WITH DOCTOR MCKINNEY AND DOCTOR POOLE, WHO ARE HERE, AND LET US KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOUR PROGRAM, HOW WE CAN BRING IT TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND HOLD ON BEFORE YOU WALK AWAY.

MR. ARMENDARIZ HAD A COMMENT, OR I DID HAVE A FEW CLARIFYING QUESTIONS THAT I'D LIKE TO GET.

SO ANY ONE OF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS.

SO HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS ARE FONTANA STUDENTS? THREE AND TWO OF YOU GUYS AND THE REST ARE FROM OUT OF DISTRICT? YES. OKAY.

AND THEN SECONDLY, WHAT IS THE COST OF THIS CAMP? THIS YEAR IT'S $1,600.

AND GOOD EVENING BOARD. MY NAME IS KAYLA SIMPSON.

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I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THESE SCHOLARS TO SANTA BARBARA LAST YEAR, AND SO LAST YEAR WAS $1,500 THIS YEAR, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SAN DIEGO WITH $1,600 PER SCHOLAR.

OKAY. AND SECONDLY HAS OUT OF YOU TWO STUDENTS, HAVE YOU GUYS CONTACTED YOUR SITE AND TALKED TO ANY OF THEM OR ANYBODY AT THE DISTRICT YET ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, OR IS THIS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE HEARING ABOUT IT? OKAY. AND THE LAST ONE WAS, I THINK, THE.

YEAH, I'M THEIR MOTHER.

YEAH. GOOD EVENING.

BOARD PRESIDENT, SUPERINTENDENT AND BODY MR. ARMENDARIZ. SO THE STUDENTS WERE TOLD LAST YEAR THAT THEY WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.

OKAY. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS, BUT THEY DID NOT PARTICIPATE.

SO SOME STUDENTS IN FUSD WERE TOLD.

YES, YOU GET TO GO.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT DIDN'T MATERIALIZE, BUT THE BLUE FOUNDATION WAS KIND ENOUGH TO ALLOW MY STUDENTS TO STILL ATTEND.

OKAY. AND THEY HAD A PHENOMENAL EXPERIENCE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFYING. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY I'M JUST TRYING TO GET THE CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T KNOW IF THEY WENT THROUGH THEIR SITES FIRST BECAUSE BUT SOUNDS LIKE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S ON TOP OF IT.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE IF FOR SOME REASON, GENTLEMEN THINGS DON'T WORK OUT, PLEASE SHOOT ME AN EMAIL BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S OTHER VENUES THAT YOU CAN GO TO FOR FUNDRAISING AND STUFF. SO IF THIS DOESN'T WORK OUT, LET ME KNOW.

ALL RIGHT. AND HOW SOON IS THIS EVENT? LASTLY, GOING TO BE JULY 15TH TO THE 19TH.

SO WE GOT A LITTLE TIME.

SO LET ME KNOW HOW THAT WORKS OUT FOR YOU GUYS OKAY.

ANY OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.

NO. JUST TELL DINO WALKER SHE'S DONE A GOOD JOB WITH ALL OF YOU.

SO. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL SEE YOU OUTSIDE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MCKINNEY.

AND DOCTOR POOLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT WE HAVE MELINA YAMARONE.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT ANYBODY AND FONTANA COMMUNITY.

MY NAME IS MELINA YAMARONE AND I AM A TK TO SIXTH GRADE RSP TEACHER AT WEST RANDALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

I AM ONE OF FONTANA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION'S ELEMENTARY DIRECTORS.

IN ADDITION TO BEING THE ELEMENTARY SPECIAL ED COMMITTEE CHAIR I AM, I ALSO HAPPILY SERVE ON THE BOARD FOR THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE HERE IN FONTANA UNIFIED AND ENJOY THE WORK WE DO TO SUPPORT FAMILIES.

TONIGHT, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GREAT WORK OF SOME FOLKS AROUND THE DISTRICT, PEOPLE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM WHO HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.

BEFORE I START, I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY ACKNOWLEDGE A FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE PROVIDED SUPPORT TO OUR WEST RANDALL FAMILY AND OUR TIME OF NEED LAST SEMESTER. I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY HEARTFELT THANKS TO OUR HUMAN RESOURCE RESOURCES DEPARTMENT TEAM, DOCTOR STEYN AND MRS. LABONTÉ, AS WELL AS OUR STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICE TEAM, MR. BAKER AND MISS BROOKS.

FOR THEIR PROACTIVE APPROACH AND THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION, AND ENSURING THAT WEST RANDALL CONTINUES TO THRIVE DURING THE ABSENCE OF OUR SITE ADMINISTRATOR.

THEIR COMMITMENT TO FINDING A CAPABLE AND QUALIFIED INTERIM PRINCIPAL HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO NAVIGATE THIS PERIOD WITH CONFIDENCE TO OUR INTERIM PRINCIPAL, DOCTOR JULIANA GUERRA.

I WISH TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION FOR STEPPING INTO THIS ROLE WITH SUCH GRACE AND COMPETENCE.

HER LEADERSHIP IS A TESTAMENT TO THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF OUR WEST RANDALL SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

LAST MONTH, FEBRUARY 5TH TO FEBRUARY 9TH, WAS NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELOR WEEK.

I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO SCHOOL COUNSELORS.

THANK YOU FOR BEING THE GUIDING LIGHT THAT HAS ILLUMINATED OUR PATHS, AND FOR BEING THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND OUR ASPIRATIONS.

YOUR IMPACT WILL BE FELT IN THE LIVES YOU HAVE TOUCHED FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF.

NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.

WOOHOO! SERVICE PROVIDERS AND PARA PARAPROFESSIONALS! YOUR UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE NOT ONLY CREATED A SUPPORTIVE ATMOSPHERE, BUT HAVE ALSO PAVED THE WAY FOR THEIR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. THE PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING AND GENUINE CARE THAT YOU BRING TO YOUR ROLES ARE TRULY COMMENDABLE.

FINALLY, TO OUR PRESCHOOL TEACHERS AND TK TEACHERS, I HEAR YOU AND I SEE YOU.

YOU ARE A SMALL BUT MIGHTY GROUP OF WONDERFUL EDUCATORS WHO PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE IN OUR STUDENTS EARLY SCHOOL YEARS.

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THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME VERY AMAZING PEOPLE IN OUR SCHOOL AND DISTRICT WHO WORK REALLY HARD FOR OUR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE LINDA DIKES.

AND SAMUEL AND MISSUS ARIAS ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING. BOARD.

I HAD A PROBLEM TODAY.

MY DAUGHTER'S BEEN SICK OFF AND ON FOR THE WEEK, AND I FOUND OUT TODAY.

THEY SPRAYED AT THE SCHOOL AGAIN AND DID NOT CALL ME TO LET ME KNOW.

AND THEY CLAIMED THEY SPRAYED BETWEEN 1 AND 4 IN THE AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAYS WHEN THEY DO IT.

ONLY PROBLEM IS, SHE'S STILL ON CAMPUS TILL ABOUT 6:00 AT NIGHT.

I CAN'T KEEP HAVING THIS HAPPEN.

I NEED TO KNOW IN ADVANCE.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS GIVEN A COPY.

IT WAS SENT OVER TO FACILITIES, WAS GIVEN A COPY.

THE SCHOOL WAS GIVEN A COPY.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS, THEY DIDN'T EVEN TELL THE SCHOOL.

THE SCHOOL HAD NO IDEA THEY CAME.

THEY GOT A LITTLE NOTE ON THE FRONT DOOR.

WE FOUND A DAY WITH DATES ON IT WHICH I TOOK.

I FINALLY TOOK A PICTURE, BUT IF I'M NOT NOTIFIED, LIKE TODAY, I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE THERE TODAY.

GOING TO BE THERE TODAY.

SO IF I'M NOT NOTIFIED AND THIS KEEPS GOING ON, IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE AND WORSE FOR HER BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN AND THERE'S OTHER KIDS THAT ARE STARTING TO HAVE PROBLEMS AND IT COULD BE RELATED, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.

I NEED TO BE CALLED TO TOLD IMMEDIATELY.

WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE THIS DAY AT THIS TIME, SO I CAN TAKE PRECAUTION.

IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE WHERE SHE'S AT, THAT'S FINE, BUT I NEED TO KNOW THEY SHOULD BE SPRAYING ON THE WEEKENDS WHEN YOU HAVE NO KIDS AT THE SCHOOL, PERIOD.

USUALLY, EXCEPT FOR PRACTICE.

BUT WE NEED TO KNOW BECAUSE THIS CAN'T HAPPEN.

I CAN'T HAVE HER KEEP MISSING SCHOOL, HAVING TO GO IN LATE, HAVING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SHE JUST IS SICK FROM IT.

I'VE TAKEN HER TO THE HOSPITAL.

LAST TIME WE DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

SHE LOOKED LIKE THE PILLSBURY DOUGH GIRL.

SHE HAD SWELLED UP SO BIG.

COME TO FIND OUT, SCHOOL HAD SPRAYED IN HER CLASSROOM.

THEY'RE SPRAYING WHEN THE KIDS ARE ON CAMPUS.

THIS HAS GOT TO STOP.

YOU GUYS GOT TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.

IT CAN'T KEEP GOING ON.

AND I'M SURE THERE'S OTHER STUDENTS THAT HAVE THIS PROBLEM.

THANK YOU. MISS ANYBODY.

GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.

LINDA DIKES, IF YOU WOULD.

DOCTOR BARNES, WOULD YOU STEP ASIDE AND GET THE INFORMATION? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE WE COMMUNICATED WHEN WE'RE SPRAYING.

THANK YOU. SAMUEL MRS ARIAS.

GOOD EVENING. OSD BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, EMBODY AND PUBLIC.

MY NAME IS SAMUEL AND I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I HAVE FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE ON HOW FUZED DISSERVICE OUR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN.

OUR REQUEST FOR HISD BOARD MEMBERS TO ENSURE THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS INFORMED OF ANY INITIATION OF LITIGATION.

MY PARENTS DID A PUBLIC ACT REQUEST AND LEARNED THAT SOMEONE IN YOUR DISTRICT ALLOWED THE BEGINNING OF DUE PROCESS WITHOUT YOUR BOARD APPROVAL AND VOTE.

I BELIEVE THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AS YOU BOARD MEMBERS WERE VOTED IN TO PROVIDE DIRECTION TO THE OPERATION OF THE DISTRICT AND PROVIDE EDUCATION TO ALL CHILDREN.

DON'T ALLOW A HIRED EMPLOYEE AND INITIATE LITIGATION WITHOUT BOARD APPROVAL.

YOU HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED TO HELP AND PROTECT ALL OUR CHILDREN, INCLUDING OUR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS.

PLEASE DO NOT WASTE TAXPAYER MONEY ON LITIGATION.

I ALSO SUPPORT THE USE OF FUZZED IN-HOUSE LEGAL COUNSEL.

I HAVE LEARNED THAT BY HAVING YOUR OWN IN-HOUSE LEGAL COUNSEL, YOU WILL BE SAVING MONEY IN THE LONG RUN.

AND THIS. ISN'T THAT WHAT FSD HAS BEEN WANTED TO DO? SAVE MONEY? WELL, WELL, THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE LITIGATION AND SAVE MONEY ALL THE TIME.

PLEASE INVITE MR. RICKY ELLIS TO COME AND GIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE IN-HOUSE LEGAL COUNSEL.

PLEASE FOLLOW OUR YOUTUBE MOVEMENT COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT US CHILDREN.

WE WANT MORE EDUCATION AND LESS LITIGATION.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

NEXT. AND GOOD EVENING.

BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AND BODY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, PARENTS AND EDUCATORS.

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FOR YEARS, I HAVE ADVOCATED FOR OUR STUDENTS OF SPECIAL NEEDS IN FONTANA, AND I HAVE DONE SO BY REQUESTING PUBLIC RECORDS.

THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RECORDS ACT REQUEST.

LAST JANUARY 12TH OF 2024, I COMPLETED A RECORD REQUEST AND I RECEIVED A RESPOND WITH FSD AND IS TRYING TO CHARGE ME $150 PLUS JUST TO PROVIDE RECORDS.

PER CASE OF 2014 POWERSTAR VERSUS REDLANDS UNIFIED, IN WHICH THE JUDGE RULED THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS OUT OF COMPLIANCE FOR TRYING TO CHARGE A PARENT EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO PROVIDE RECORDS.

I BELIEVE THIS CASE SET THE TONE THAT THAT NO DISTRICT SHOULD CHARGE PARENTS OR THE PUBLIC IN ORDER TO OBTAIN RECORDS.

WE WANT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.

FURTHERMORE, PUBLIC RECORDS ACT STATES THAT IF A DISTRICT'S WHOLE ELECTRONIC RECORDS, THEY MUST PROVIDE THESE RECORDS TO THE PUBLIC ELECTRONICALLY.

SUPERINTENDENT EMBODY.

I AM ADDRESSING YOU AS YOU ARE THE RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL.

AND YOU HAVE A DUTY TO ENSURE THAT THE DISTRICT FOLLOWS ALL THE LAWS AND AND IS WITHIN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS.

SO, MISS SOMEBODY, I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE ENSURE I RECEIVE THOSE RECORDS ELECTRONICALLY.

AS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT CHARGING ME THE $150 PLUS.

I'M ASKING YOU FOR FUSD TO COMPLY WITH THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RECORD ACT.

IF YOU DO NOT COMPLY, I'M GOING TO BE FORCED TO VISIT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR. APONTE, TO BRING THIS ISSUE TO LIGHT AND TO SHOW THEM THAT DISTRICTS ARE NOT ALLOWING PUBLIC TO OBTAIN RECORDS.

PER EDUCATION CODE 3514.5, I AM NOW FORMALLY REQUESTING THAT AN AGENDA ITEM BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA TO DISCUSS THE USE OF IN-HOUSE LEGAL COUNSEL, I HAVE CONTACTED MR. RICKY IGLIOZZI, THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHISTLEBLOWER, AND HE HAS CONFIRMED THAT HE HAS ALREADY HAD A DISCUSSION WITH YOUR ADMINISTRATION.

HE'S WILLING TO COME AND SHOW US A BRIEF PRESENTATION WHERE HE SHOWS HOW THIS PILOT PROGRAM IS WORKING FOR HIS DISTRICT.

HOWEVER, HE'S STATING THAT THIS INVITATION MUST COME FROM THE BOARD.

SO I'M ASKING HIM, PLEASE ENSURE MR. RICKY IGLIOZZI IS INVITED TO PROVIDE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THE SUBJECT.

WE SEPA HAS ALREADY SEEN A $700,000 SAVINGS PER YEAR JUST TO HAVE THIS LEGAL COUNSEL.

THAT'S A 46% REDUCTION IN COST OF LITIGATION.

I MEAN, IF YOU ISD IS TRYING TO SEEK WAYS TO SAVE MONEY, WHY NOT DOING IT THIS WAY? YOU'RE TRYING TO REDUCE LITIGATION.

THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO REDUCE THE LITIGATION AND SAVE MONEY.

TAX PAYERS MONEY.

SO ONCE AGAIN, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU ADD THIS TO YOUR AGENDA AND PLEASE INVITE ME IN THE PUBLIC SO WE CAN BE ENSURED OF HOW THIS PILOT PROGRAM WORKS.

MR. LLC IS MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME AND BRING THIS BRIEF PRESENTATION TO ALL OF US.

AS A MEMBER OF THE YOUTUBE MOVEMENT, I ASK FOR FUSD TO STOP WASTING AND FLUSHING DOWN THE TOILET OUR HARD EARNED TAX FUNDS.

WE ALL PAY EVERY TIME AN FUSD OR ANY DISTRICT TAKE A CHILD TO DUE PROCESS OR LITIGATION.

WE ARE ALL FUNDING THIS.

EVERYONE WHO PAYS TAXES, ITS FUNDING THIS.

SO I'M ASKING PLEASE TO ENSURE YOU STOP WASTING OUR MONEY.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ANDREA MOORE.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

I AM ANDREA MOORE.

I'M A SPECIAL ED TEACHER AT CANYON CREST IN THIS DISTRICT.

I GET MY SUPERFICIAL STICKY NOTE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO START OFF BY WITH SOME, LIKE, GOOD NEWS THAT I GOT.

I SPOKE LAST TIME ABOUT MTSS AND HOW TEACHERS ARE NOT FEELING THAT IT'S VERY EFFECTIVE.

AND THEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, WE I SAW THE EMAIL THAT CAME ACROSS THAT TAMMY FLEMING HAD BEEN HIRED AS THE NEW DIRECTOR.

SUPER HAPPY ABOUT THIS.

I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO SERVE UNDER HER AT JUNIPER, MY SECOND YEAR OF TEACHING.

SHE'S A WONDERFUL LEADER.

I THINK THAT IF ANYONE IS CAPABLE OF REVIVING THAT DEPARTMENT IS ABSOLUTELY HER.

I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT.

SO I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.

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CONTRACTORS AND THE OTHER BEING, LIKE, THE DOLORES HUERTA STAFF.

I JUST WANT TO ASK THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR.

ASKING THE QUESTIONS OF WHY WE'RE HAVING THESE STAFFING ISSUES.

I KNOW THAT IT'S IT'S A GO TO TO TALK ABOUT THE MONEY.

IT'S NOT A VERY COMMON THING THAT A TEACHER WILL LEAVE THEIR SCHOOL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

WE SIGN OUR CONTRACT.

WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE FOR THE YEAR.

THERE ARE MANY OTHER ISSUES THAT GO INTO IT.

IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, JUST PERSONAL ISSUES.

IT COULD BE PROMOTIONS.

OF COURSE, THAT ALWAYS HAPPENS.

BUT. AND I HAVE NO IDEA.

I'VE NOT HEARD ANYTHING, BUT MY INITIAL THING IS, LIKE, IT COULD BE ADMIN AND IT COULD BE LIKE A SITUATION THERE, AND IT COULD BE THAT EXCESS DUTIES BEING PLACED ON THAT, YOU KNOW, A PARTICULAR STAFF OF A PARTICULAR SCHOOL.

WITH OUR SPEECH, IT'S DEFINITELY AN ISSUE OF THEM BEING OVERLOADED.

I KNOW FOR A FACT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE IN FONTANA, OUR AT CURRENTLY.

ANYWAY, THE SPEECH CASELOAD MAX IS SUPPOSED TO BE 5055.

EXCUSE ME. EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE IN THIS DISTRICT, I.

EVERY SPEECH PATHOLOGIST I'VE EVER WORKED WITH HAS PRETTY MUCH HAD 70, 80, 90, ALMOST 100 KIDS ON THEIR CASELOADS.

WE'RE TALKING 100, A MINIMUM OF 100 IEPS.

A THIRD OF THAT IS AT LEAST PROBABLY SOME TRIES.

SO IT'S TESTING IT'S OBSERVATIONS.

AND WE'RE TALKING LIKE TEN HOURS OF WORK FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE ASSESSMENTS, AS WELL AS A FEW HOURS TO WRITE IEPS, UPDATE GOALS, WRITE THE AND HOLD THE MEETINGS. SO I PLEASE JUST KIND OF THINK ABOUT THAT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE STAFFING ISSUES.

LISTEN TO YOUR TEACHERS LIKE THERE ARE SOME OF US WHO WILL BE HONEST IF YOU SEND US SURVEYS, I'M ALWAYS FILLING THOSE OUT.

JUST CONSIDER THOSE THINGS, PLEASE.

WHEN WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT, OKAY, IF WE'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH STAFFING, IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE MONEY.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY TONIGHT.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE SHANTE THOMPSON.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT SERNA.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT INBODY.

I'M A PROUD PARENT OF THREE SCHOLARS AT ALLEGIANCE STEAM ACADEMY FONTANA, WHICH IS CO-LOCATED AT LOCUST ELEMENTARY.

ASA'S FOOD SERVICES IS HANDLED BY FUSD.

AND I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION SOME CHALLENGES WE BOTH PARENTS AND STUDENTS HAVE BEEN FACING WITH FOOD SERVICES SINCE THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES WHERE OUR ASA STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SERVED EXPIRED MILK, COLD FOOD AND HAVE BEEN DENIED HOT MEAL OPTIONS DUE TO UNAVAILABILITY. THIS HAS LEFT OUR STUDENTS WITH LIMITED FOOD CHOICES, OFTEN RESORT TO RESORTING TO JUST YOGURT AND GRANOLA BARS TO SUSTAIN THEM FOR THE DURATION OF THEIR DAY.

ONE PARTICULAR INCIDENT INVOLVED MY CHILD, A FIVE YEAR OLD KINDERGARTNER.

ON FEBRUARY 23RD, MY DAUGHTER WENT THROUGH THE FOOD LINE SELECTING HER OPTION.

UPON SITTING DOWN, SHE TASTED HER FOOD AND REALIZED THAT SHE DIDN'T LIKE WHAT SHE CHOSE.

SO SHE TOLD AN ASA STAFF MEMBER, PROCTOR, AND WAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO GO BACK THROUGH THE LINE AND SELECT ANOTHER OPTION, WHICH WAS A HAMBURGER.

SHE GOT THE HAMBURGER SALAD, SAT BACK DOWN AT HER SEAT AND STARTED EATING IT.

SHE TOOK A BITE OF HER HAMBURGER AND PLACED IT DOWN WHILE SHE WAS CHEWING.

MISS BARBARA, WHO IS A LOCUST? EMPLOYEE WHO WORKS FOR FOOD SERVICES.

SHE'S A CAFETERIA WORKER.

FOOD SERVICES WORKER? MUST HAVE NOTICED OR GOT WIND OF MY LITTLE ONE SECOND TRIP THROUGH THE LINE.

MISS BARBARA THEN WALKED UP TO HER WHILE SHE WAS SEATED.

TOOK HER HAMBURGER OFF HER TRAY AND THREW IT IN THE TRASH.

DESPITE OF THE EFFORTS FOR THE ASA PRINCIPAL TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION AND IN FACT, GETTING HER ANOTHER HAMBURGER MY DAUGHTER WAS TOO SCARED, INTIMIDATED, EMBARRASSED, AND FEARED OF BEING IN TROUBLE TO EAT THE REPLACEMENT LUNCH.

SO SHE HAD NO LUNCH FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.

THIS IS WHERE I'M ADVOCATING FOR ALL KIDS.

GIVEN THE STATE OF OUR ECONOMY SOME OF THESE STUDENTS RELY ON AND ONLY GET THE MEALS PROVIDED AT SCHOOL.

THIS IS DISHEARTENING THAT MISS BARBARA, THE FOOD SERVICE WORKER, CHOSE TO TAKE FOOD FROM MY CHILD AND THROW IT IN THE TRASH, RATHER THAN USING IT AS A TEACHING MOMENT AND CLARIFY THE EXPECTATIONS FOR THE FUTURE.

IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THOSE WORKING WITH OUR CHILDREN ARE EQUIPPED TO PROPERLY EQUIPPED WITH PROPER TRAINING TO CARE FOR THEM.

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

I'M GOING TO ASK DOCTOR BARNES TO FOLLOW UP WITH HER, PLEASE, AND FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I KNOW WE CONTRACT SERVICES WITH ALLEGIANCE FOR FOOD SERVICES.

THANKS. NEXT WE HAVE VANESSA OKAMOTO.

GOOD EVENING.

FIRST, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND COMMEND ALL THE YOUTH SPEAKERS HERE TODAY THAT HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE.

I CAN SPEAK AS A MOM WHO HAD HAS HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING AT THE CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND I BROUGHT MY SON, NOT MUCH OLDER THAN THAT YOUNG GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE SO FINELY EARLIER TODAY.

AND THEN AS AN EDUCATOR I ENCOURAGE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF MY STUDENTS ON A DAILY BASIS, SOMETIMES TO REALLY ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES.

YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S AN ISSUE CONCERNING THEM, IT'S NOTHING.

I SAID, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF YOUR OWN VOICE AND USING YOUR VOICE FOR GOOD.

AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT KNOWN AND GET OUT THERE AND BE BRAVE AND SPEAK UP.

AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY.

IT TOOK ME A LOT LONGER THAN THAT AGE TO GET UP AND FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH, AND I STILL DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SPEAKING, BY THE WAY, SO I JUST WANTED TO DEFINITELY TAKE A MOMENT AND LET THEM KNOW HOW IMPRESSED I WAS.

BUT FOR THIS EVENING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, EDUCATION STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS VANESSA OKAMOTO.

AND ON BEHALF, ON BEHALF OF ALLEGIANCE STEAM ACADEMY AND ITS COMMUNITY, I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE TO FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND FOR YOUR THOROUGH AND THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS PAST YEAR IN BUILDING THIS RELATIONSHIP TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY IN OUR IN RECEIVING AND DURING OUR FACILITIES PLANNING PROCESS, YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT EVERY STUDENT DESERVES ACCESS TO QUALITY FACILITIES FACILITIES UNDERSCORES THE COMMITMENT TO A STRONG COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP.

OVER THE PAST YEAR, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE FANTASTIC AND APPRECIATIVE FAMILIES THAT ASA FONTANA SERVES.

THROUGH THESE INTERACTIONS, IT'S BECOME EVIDENT THAT BOTH ASA AND FONTANA UNIFIED SHARE A COMMON PURPOSE, SERVING ALL STUDENTS WITH DEDICATION AND INCLUSIVITY.

WITNESSING THIS MUTUAL COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING QUALITY EDUCATION FOR EVERY CHILD HAS BEEN TRULY INSPIRING.

SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND SHARE A QUICK THANK YOU AND SAY THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO A CONTINUED COLLABORATIVE PROCESS IN DOING HONESTLY WHAT'S BEST FOR THOSE THAT MATTER MOST. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

NEXT WE HAVE CELIA CASTRO.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CELIA CASTRO.

I'M A TEACHER AT ERIC BURCH HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE ITEM, THE AGENDA ITEM ON THE CHARTER SCHOOL EXPANSION.

AND I'M GOING TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THE LAST SPEAKER WHO WAS SAYING WE HAVE TO CONSIDER WHAT'S BEST FOR THESE STUDENTS, THE ONES THAT MATTER MOST.

I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OTHER TEACHERS AT MY SITE.

THE BIGGEST CONCERN, AND WE KIND OF ADDRESSED IT THIS MORNING WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED THE POTENTIAL PLANS OF JOINING CITRUS.

BUT THE AND.

OUR STUDENTS ARE A VULNERABLE POPULATION.

THEY OFTEN FEEL LIKE THEY WERE PUSHED OUT OF THE REGULAR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE TRY TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE REALLY HAVE A SMALL FAMILY.

BUT THAT BEING SAID, THE FAMILIES THAT WE SERVICE, IT IS DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO GET ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN.

AND I KNOW PEOPLE ARE SAYING, WELL, TRANSPORTATION WILL GIVE THEM, BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE BUS RIDE THERE, IT'S THE TIME.

AND IF THEY HAVE SIBLINGS ON THE NORTH END AND THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE HOME SAFELY, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE SMALLER, THIS COULD BE QUITE BURDENSOME FOR THOSE FAMILIES.

SO THAT'S THE FIRST ISSUE IS TO CONSIDER THE PEOPLE YOU'RE SERVING.

YOU KNOW IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM IF THEY'RE IF THEY'RE IF THEY'RE LIVING NEAR SUMMIT OR ABBY MILLER FOR THEM TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS.

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SO THAT'S ONE OF THEM.

THE OTHER CONCERN THAT WE HAVE IS ON THE SAFETY.

YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN INCIDENTS WHERE STUDENTS FROM OTHER PARTS OF TOWN HAVEN'T GOTTEN ALONG AS WELL AS THEY SHOULD.

SO I'M SPEAKING, LIKE I SAID, ON BEHALF OF MY STAFF MEMBERS, AND THAT WAS THE MOST COMMON CONCERN THAT I WAS RECEIVING.

I TOLD THEM I'D SHOW UP TO TONIGHT'S BOARD MEETING AND SPEAK UPON, YOU KNOW, FOR THEIR BEHALF.

AND THAT IS A MAJOR CONCERN.

WE WERE ASSURED THAT SCHOOL POLICE WOULD, YOU KNOW, TAKE ACTION AND DO THINGS, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING SPECIFIC.

SO THEY WANT TO KNOW MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS ON HOW YOU'RE GOING TO ASSURE NOT JUST PUBLIC SAFETY, THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS, BUT WHAT ARE WHAT'S IN PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE TWO COMMUNITIES CAN LIKE, GEL AND, YOU KNOW, GET ALONG AND, YOU KNOW, MERGING TOGETHER.

AND THEN. OKAY.

THEN LASTLY, IT'S THE STAFF AND I'M SPEAKING NOW ON BEHALF OF NOT JUST THE FTA MEMBERS THAT I'M REPRESENTING, BUT ALSO MY STEELWORKER BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

SOME PEOPLE, BECAUSE THIS THIS TOOK US BY SURPRISE.

SO THEY WEREN'T EXPECTING THIS.

AND THE WHOLE THING IS LIKE, NOBODY TOLD US ANYTHING.

AND THERE WERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME OF OUR STAFFING MEMBERS, FOR SOME OF OUR STAFF TO HAVE TRANSFERRED TO OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN, AND THEY OPTED NOT TO BECAUSE OF THE COMMUTE.

IT'S TO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.

BUT NOW IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY HAVE NO CHOICE.

I UNDERSTAND WE STILL HAVE A YEAR FOR LOGISTICS, BUT THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE ITEMS TO BE CONSIDERED.

AND AGAIN, I WANT TO JUST REITERATE THE POINT.

YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE TRYING TO SERVE OUR VERY VULNERABLE POPULATION, YOU KNOW, HAVING THEM WITH THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY COME WITH, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET A QUALITY EDUCATION, THAT THEY FEEL LOVED AND WELCOMED AND CARED FOR.

IT REALLY IS GIVING A MIXED MESSAGE TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? NOW YOU GOT TO GET SHIPPED OVER HERE.

NOW YOU GOT TO HOP ON A BUS.

NOW WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T PICK UP YOUR LITTLE BROTHER AND SISTER THAT'S ONLY A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM YOUR HOME.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE OTHER CHILD CARE ARRANGEMENTS.

SO THAT'S ALL. I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE.

OH, I GOT A MINUTE LEFT. SO ANYTHING YOU HAVE FROM ME.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

AND WE HAD THREE CARDS GET PULLED.

I THINK THE PERSON LEFT IS MY UNDERSTANDING AND THE REST ARE FOR IN THE FIVE ACTION ITEMS. THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE FIVES.

SORRY. THIS IS FOR 5.3.

DO THOSE ITEMS WANT TO SPEAK? DO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WANT TO SPEAK NOW DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, OR DO THEY WANT TO WAIT TILL THE ITEM? OKAY. OH, WAIT.

NO, WAIT. OKAY.

SO THAT'S IT. MISS ANYBODY? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU EVERYONE. OH! HE RAISED HIS HAND. YES.

YEAH. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK NOW DURING PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM AGENDA ITEM, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO.

OR YOU. YOU CAN WAIT TILL THE ITEM OR SPEAK.

NOW. COME ON UP. COME ON.

ALBERT.

GOOD EVENING. BOARD.

PRESIDENT. SERNA.

BOARD MEMBER MR. BODDY. I HAVE I JUST WANT TO MAKE A SHOUT OUT TO THIS YOUNG GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE.

CYRUS MOSS.

I WAS IMPRESSED WITH HIS COURAGE THAT IT TOOK FOR A YOUNG GENTLEMAN TO COME UP HERE.

I'M STILL NERVOUS TALKING MORE THAN HIM.

AND WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE BOARD, I WOULD LOVE TO SPONSOR A PIZZA PARTY FOR HIS CLASS.

ALBERT. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN WORK OUT WITH ADMINISTRATION AND CYRUS.

I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YOU CAN WORK MAYBE THROUGH MICHAEL GARCIA'S OFFICE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, I'M SURE.

AND I KNOW MICKEY PROBABLY CAN SAY THAT BETTER, BUT I'M JUST.

BUT I WANT TO COMMEND HIM FOR HIS COURAGE.

I MEAN, HE HAS MORE COURAGE THAN SOME ADULTS, AND THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.

THE NEXT. SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE STUDENT ATHLETES IN FONTANA.

THAT WAS THAT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

I'M HERE ON ONE ITEM.

AND JUST CLARIFICATION ON THE THE CONTRACT MAXIMUM GUARANTEE PROCESS OF 125,000,007 87746.

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AND THEN THE ERROR OMISSION.

I'M SORRY. THAT WAS ON PAGE TWO OF THE RESOLUTION.

SORRY. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S KIND OF FOLLOWING WITH THE NUMBERS HERE.

RESOLUTION NUMBER.

IT IS 2409.

YES. ITEM 5.3, MISS SANDOVAL.

YEAH. SO THERE'S TWO CONTINGENCIES IN THERE, AND IT SAYS BOTH GMP.

THEN IT SAYS DISTRICT CONTINGENCY OUTSIDE THE GMP IS ZERO AND UNFORESEEN ALLOWANCE IS ZERO.

SO THE TOTAL THE TOTAL CONTINGENCY IS 1212 MILLION 578 774.

THE QUESTION IS IF THERE IS NO AIR EMISSION OR ANY CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY.

DOES THE DISTRICT GET THAT MONEY BACK AND CREDIT? IS THAT A YES? OKAY, PERFECT.

BECAUSE I WAS KIND OF IT WAS IT WAS LEFT.

IT WAS LEFT ON BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THEY DO THAT, IT'S KIND OF LEFT IN THE OPEN BECAUSE SOME CONTRACTS THEY THE, THE GC WILL GET THE MONEY AS A BONUS.

I'M GOING HANG ON A SECOND. WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO GIVE AWAY.

AS A BONUS, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THE SECOND ONE I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE GC BREAKDOWN COST BECAUSE I KNOW ON A PREVIOUS PROJECT THEY JUST GAVE US A LIST OF WHAT THEY PROVIDE.

THEY DIDN'T REALLY GIVE US A BREAKDOWN.

HOW MANY EMPLOYEES WITH THE TRAILER COSTS, YOU KNOW, UTILITY COSTS, ALL THAT STUFF BECAUSE IT'S IT'S NOT ON HERE.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT AS A AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, AS A TAXPAYER, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY.

AND ALSO THE SCOPE GAP.

SOMETIMES WE ALLOW THE VENDORS TO DO PRE-CONSTRUCTION ON A PROJECT, SO THEY LOOK AT THE PROJECT FROM BEGINNING TO END, AND THEY EVALUATE THE COST AND MAKE SURE THEY, THEY, THEY SET THE SCOPE FOR THE BIDDING.

SO THAT WAY THEY COVER ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT.

AND NINE OUT OF TEN TIMES WE PAY THEM ENOUGH MONEY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO SCOPE GAP, BECAUSE EVENTUALLY THE SCOPE GAP IS COSTING US MONEY.

AND ALSO THE THE LEASE LEASE BACK FEES BREAK DOWN WHAT WE'RE PAYING THEM BECAUSE THIS IS PRETTY GENERAL HERE.

IT DOESN'T REALLY SHOW ANY BREAKDOWN OF ANY COST.

AS A TAXPAYER MYSELF I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THESE BREAKDOWNS.

SO THAT WAY WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR.

AND I'M YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, I'M GLAD THAT THIS BUILDING IS GOING THROUGH IT'S FOR THE KIDS.

I'M ALL FOR THE KIDS, TRUST ME.

SO WITH WITH THAT BEING SAID, I JUST NEED SOME CLARIFICATION.

AND IF YOU CAN EMAIL ME AND MAYBE CC THE BOARD ON IT.

SO THAT WAY I KNOW THEY GOT THE THEY GOT THE INFORMATION AS WELL.

I'M NOT SURE IF YOU DO GET THAT INFORMATION OR NOT.

HOWEVER, THAT'S USUALLY GIVEN TO US IN A BOARD REPORT ON FRIDAY.

AND SO I'M SURE STAFF WILL DO THAT AND MICKEY WILL WILL FACILITATE THAT.

AND IF THERE'S A WAY TO GET THE INFORMATION TO YOU THROUGH WIKI, I'M SURE SHE'LL WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

WELCOME. SO WE JUST HAVE ONE FOR.

511. FIVE. 11.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WE WILL NOW GO INTO ITEM 3.8 WHICH IS STUDENT BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.

AND I'M GOING TO PASS IT ON OVER TO JULIETTA.

HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

I JUST WANT TO START OFF BY CONGRATULATING ALL THE WINTER ATHLETES FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND ACHIEVEMENTS.

I KNOW IT MUST BE PROBABLY TOUGH TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A SPORT IN THE WINTER, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE COLD.

AND, YOU KNOW, FONTANA WINS.

SO JUST CONGRATULATING ALL THE WINTER ATHLETES FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND FOR ALL THOSE WINS AND SUCH A GREAT SEASON.

I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT ONLY SIMULTANEOUSLY EARNING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, BUT ALSO AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE. I THINK THAT IS SO COOL AND THAT THEIR EFFORTS ARE DEFINITELY WORTH IT.

I KNOW IT MUST BE HARD, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO TAKE ALL THESE CLASSES THROUGH CHAFFEY DUAL ENROLLMENT AND GET THAT ASSOCIATE'S.

AND I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL, ALICIA ODETTE, WHO IS PART OF THE STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND EL CAP COMMITTEE AND HAS DEMONSTRATED HER INVOLVEMENT AND HER ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN EARNING THAT ASSOCIATE DEGREE.

MOREOVER, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ALL THE WORK THIS DISTRICT HAS DONE TO SUPPORT OUR BILITERACY PROGRAM, AS MULTILINGUALISM IS A VALUABLE ASSET FOR OUR SCHOLARS.

AS A BILINGUAL LEARNER AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER, FOR ME, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT SEEING ALL THIS HARD WORK AND EVEN AS MYSELF ALL OF MY WORK, OBVIOUSLY LEARNING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE HAS INSPIRED ME TO PURSUE RESEARCH IN

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SO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ALL THE WORK OUR BILINGUAL PROGRAM HAS DONE.

I ALSO THINK IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE HOW OUR DISTRICT IS CELEBRATING DIVERSITY AND ENDING INEQUITY, SPECIFICALLY SEEING THE EVOLUTION OF OUR DRAFT OF THE EQUITY POLICY.

AND I HOPE TO SEE THAT THIS SECOND TIME AROUND.

THE POLICY PASSES BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR WORK AS A DISTRICT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

FURTHERMORE, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO VOICE A STUDENT CONCERN, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN, BUT RECENTLY ON THE NEWS COLLEGES ARE STARTING TO NOTE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO REQUIRE THE SAT NEXT YEAR.

AND I KNOW A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE VOICING THEIR CONCERNS ON HOW THEY FEEL A LACK OF PREPAREDNESS.

AND THIS IS KIND OF REFLECTED ON LIKE MY OWN EXPERIENCES WITH THE SAT.

I KNOW I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH THAT FOR MY APPLICATION PROCESS, IT WAS TEST OPTIONAL, BUT AS A STUDENT MYSELF, I FELT LIKE THE SCHOOLS DIDN'T NECESSARILY. LIKE ADVERTISE IT OR LIKE LET STUDENTS KNOW I KNOW.

FOR ME, MY FRIEND'S AN AVID LIKE WE WERE IN CLASS AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SAT AND EVERYTHING, AND I WAS LIKE, OH YEAH, I WONDER WHEN THE SIGNUPS DAY DAYS ARE.

AND THEY WERE LIKE, JULIETTA, LIKE, IT'S TODAY.

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO SIGN UP.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD NO CLUE.

AND AND TO ADD TO THAT, I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF STUDENTS FEEL THE LACK OF PREPAREDNESS DUE TO THE LACK OF RESOURCES FOR THE SAT.

I KNOW FOR ME, I COULDN'T AFFORD BUYING THE NEWEST PRINCETON REVIEW BOOK.

SO I WENT TO OUR SCHOOL LIBRARY AND I CHECKED ONE OUT.

THAT WAS FROM 2016.

NOW YOU CAN IMAGINE TAKING THAT SAT IN 2023.

THE SAT HAD EVOLVED DRASTICALLY AND IT WASN'T NECESSARILY THE SAME TEST, AND ESPECIALLY NOW THAT IT'S MOVED DIGITAL, THERE'S A COMPLETELY NEW VERSION OF THE TEST.

AND I THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO UPDATE OUR RESOURCES AND PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH TUTORING OUTSIDE SO THEY CAN FEEL PREPARED FOR THE SAT, BECAUSE I LOVE HOW OUR DISTRICT LIKE REDUCES THE FEES WHERE STUDENTS CAN TAKE THE SAT FOR FREE, AND THAT IS SUCH A RELIEF THAT YOU CAN TAKE THIS TEST FOR FREE. BUT ONE THING IS SIGNING UP FOR THE TEST, AND ANOTHER IS BEING PREPARED AND WALKING INTO THE EXAM ROOM FEELING CONFIDENT THAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET THE SCORE YOU WANT. AND THE COLLEGES ARE GOING TO SEE THAT AND THEY'RE GOING TO LOVE IT.

SO YEAH, IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN, LIKE, PROVIDE FOR TUTORING FOR FUTURE STUDENTS YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S COORDINATED AMONGST ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS WHERE IT COULD BE LIKE A DAY WHERE ALL THE STUDENTS GO TO SUMMIT, ALL THE STUDENTS GO TO FO HIGH, AND WE HAVE A BUNCH OF EDUCATORS THERE TO SHARE TIPS AND TRICKS ON THE SAT SO STUDENTS CAN WALK INTO THE EXAM ROOM, FEEL CONFIDENT, AND OVERALL FACILITATE THEIR SUCCESSES IN THE FUTURE.

AND YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

AND I HOPE TO SEE AND I REALLY HOPE THAT OUR DISTRICT CONTINUES TO STRIVE AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND, AND SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JULIETTA, FOR ALWAYS BEING THE WORDS OF WISDOM ON THIS DAIS.

AND I'LL NOW GO TO 3.9 AND TURN IT OVER TO SUPERINTENDENT IN-BODY FOR HER COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I KNOW THAT DOCTOR MCKINNEY HEARD THAT COMMENT AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING WORK AROUND THAT.

SO WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE AND BE BETTER.

THANK YOU. THIS I JUST WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT THIS HAS JUST BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY YEAR.

TODAY JUST MARKS MY MY ONE YEAR MARK, MARCH 13TH FROM A YEAR AGO.

AND I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THEIR TRUST, THEIR CONFIDENCE AND THEIR SUPPORT IN THIS EFFORT OF ENSURING THAT OUR STUDENTS LEAVE US COLLEGE AND CAREER READY, COLLEGE AND OR CAREER READY, BOTH IF POSSIBLE, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IF STUDENTS LEAVE US READY FOR A JOB IN THE WORKFORCE TO ENTER THE MILITARY OR GO TO COLLEGE WHATEVER THEY CHOOSE, AS LONG AS THEY ARE GOING TO IMPACT THE ECONOMY IN A POSITIVE WAY, WE WANT TO SUPPORT THEM.

THAT'S WHAT WE WANT FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THAT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, AND DEFINITELY COULDN'T DO THIS WORK WITHOUT THE AMAZING AND INCREDIBLE CABINET THAT I GET TO WORK WITH.

AND THAT'S THE CABINET EXECUTIVE CABINET OVER HERE TO MY LEFT.

AND THE EXTENDED CABINET THAT THAT'S IN THE BACK THERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ALL OF YOU.

APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK AND EFFORTS.

I WANT TO START OFF TONIGHT BY SHARING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

THAT HAPPENED JUST THIS LAST MONTH.

IT BEGAN WITH OUR SECOND ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION ENTITLED HARMONY AND HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGE ON FEBRUARY 3RD, AND ENDED WITH THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH ELEMENTARY

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WE COLLABORATED WITH THE DISTRICT AFRICAN-AMERICAN PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE DAY PACK IN THE EVENTS, PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION, AND BOTH EVENTS HIGHLIGHTED THE TALENTS OF OUR STUDENTS THROUGH LIVE PERFORMANCES AND DISPLAYS OF OUR OF THEIR ARTISTIC AND ACADEMIC CREATIONS.

AND THE DISTRICT ALSO HONORED OUR BLACK SCHOLARS DURING EACH EVENT, BRINGING THEM ON STAGE TO RECEIVE AWARDS FOR THEIR ACADEMIC AND THEIR ATTAINED EXCELLENCE.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS.

THEY'RE CELEBRATING.

NEXT YOU HAVE HERE SURROUNDED BY CHEERING STUDENTS IN HER CLASSROOM FROM CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY, ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY TEACHER ALEXANDRA CRUZ WAS SURPRISED WHEN SHE WAS ANNOUNCED THE NAME OF THE THE 20 2324 DISTRICT TEACHER OF THE YEAR, AND THIS HAPPENED ON FEBRUARY 20TH.

THE RECOGNITION CONTINUES FOR MISS CRUZ AS SHE WAS SELECTED BY THE COMPUTERS, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH, WHICH IS C-STEM TEACHER OF THE YEAR BY UC DAVIS AS WELL.

BACK IN OCTOBER, SHE'S DONE SOME GREAT WORK WITH ROBOBLOCKLY AND A COMPUTER SCIENCE IN GENERAL AND THE ROBOTIC PRINCIPLES, SO WE'RE HAPPY THAT SHE'S OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALEXANDRA CRUZ.

NEXT, WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE OUR FONTANA AND SUMMIT HIGH E SPORTS TEAMS. THEY ARE HUDDLED AROUND THEIR THEIR NEW TEAMMATES DURING THE FIRST EVER ESPORTS MATCHUP BETWEEN THE FRIENDLY DISTRICT RIVALS HERE, AFTER MONTHS OF PLANNING, FONTANA UNIFIED HAS LAUNCHED ITS ESPORTS TEAMS AT THESE TWO SCHOOLS FOR THE 2024 SEASONS.

OPERATING UNDER CIF ESPORTS INITIATIVE, THE INITIATIVE IS OVERSEEN BY THE NORTH AMERICA SCHOLASTIC ESPORTS FEDERATION AND AIMS TO CONNECT VIDEO, GAMEPLAY AND COMPETITION TO EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE HIGH SCHOOL ESPORTS A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS PREPARE FOR GLOBAL CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS COMPETITION. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM AND OUR NEXT FANTASTIC NEWS! HERE IS CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WEB SITE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR.

AND THAT'S PRINCIPAL SANDRA LOUDERMILK FROM DOLORES HUERTA INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY.

SHE'S BEEN SELECTED.

LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

YES. SHE'S BEEN SELECTED AS THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR.

PRINCIPAL LOUDERMILK WAS AWARDED AND HONORED AT A LUNCHEON ON FEBRUARY 22ND AT THE ANAHEIM CONVENTION CENTER IN HILTON, ANAHEIM.

AND THEN JUST RECENTLY, I SHOULD HAVE TWO PICTURES HERE.

NO, I DON'T I SHOULD HAVE TWO PICTURES HERE.

THIS MIGHT NOT BE THE MOST RECENT VISUAL, BUT THERE WERE TWO PHOTOS HERE.

OUR CTE PUBLIC SERVICE PATHWAYS.

THE FIRE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AT FONTANA HIGH SCHOOL WERE RECOGNIZED LAST WEEK AS NATIONALLY ACCREDITED PROGRAMS OF EXCELLENCE BY THE LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY EDUCATION NETWORK.

THIS IS FABULOUS NEWS.

THEY REPRESENT THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTORS, ADMINISTRATORS PARTNERING WITH PROFESSIONALS WHO FOCUS ON LAW, PUBLIC SAFETY, CORRECTIONS, AND SECURITY.

CAREER CLUSTER.

AFTER MONTHS OF PREPARING AND UNDERGOING RIGOROUS REVIEWS BY LEADERS FROM BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY SECTOR, BOTH PATHWAYS AT BOWIE, THE FIRE TECHNOLOGY AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU DON'T SEE THEM BOTH THERE, BUT THEY SHOULD BE.

WE'LL SEND THAT OUT THROUGH OUR FONTANA FORWARD NEWS.

THEY WERE RECEIVED HIGH SCORES OF 90.

NINE OUT OF 100 POINTS, THE HIGHEST FOR THE ASSOCIATION WHEN THE PROGRAM IS BEING RECOGNIZED LIKE THIS.

IT'S A STAMP OF EXCELLENCE WHICH REPRESENTS THE QUALITY OF CTE PATHWAY OVER THERE AT FONTANA HIGH SCHOOL.

THE FIRE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM IS THE FIRST FIRE PROGRAM TO BE ACCEPTED INTO THIS, AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM IS THE FIRST SATURDAY PROGRAM IN ITS IN THEIR ASSOCIATION.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HARD WORK AT FOAI FOR THESE PARTICULAR TWO PATHWAYS.

AND A SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO THE INSTRUCTORS.

JORGE ROJAS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND INSTRUCTORS, JENNIFER HEREDIA AND RALSTON COMPTON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS.

ALL RIGHT, MICKEY, THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.

LOTS OF AWESOME THINGS GOING ON HERE IN FONTANA.

[4. Consent Calendar Section]

AND THIS IS FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

AGENDA ITEMS 4.2 TO 4.25.

AT THE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA, 4.26 WAS REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA AND FROM 4.27 TO 4.32.

WITH THAT CLARIFICATION, DO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AGENDA AS PROVIDED? SO MOVED. THANK YOU, MR. PEREZ. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. ARMENDARIZ. ANY DISCUSSION?

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YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT TO MAKE SURE THE NUMBERS WERE ACCURATE AND REFLECTIVE OF THE ACTUAL TRIP THAT THEY WERE INVITED TO ATTEND.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR OR DISCUSSION? HEARING? NONE.

GOT A MOTION BY MR. PEREZ AND A SECOND BY MR. ARMENDARIZ. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO.

THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW IN THE 5.1 DISCUSSION ACTION SECTION OF THE AGENDA.

[5. Discussion/Action Section]

THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO AWARD BID NUMBER 23.

DASH SLASH.

SORRY 23 SLASH 24.

DASH 1653.

REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION OF STRUCTURED DATA CABLING AND DISTRICT FURNISHED NETWORK CONNECTED EQUIPMENT.

DISTRICT WIDE TIME AND MATERIAL.

BID AND APPROVE ENTERING INTO CONTRACT WITH VETERANS COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC..

IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO AWARD ITEM 5.1 MOTION.

THANK YOU, MISTER ARMENDARIZ.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU, MISTER PEREZ. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING. NONE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. ARMENDARIZ AND A SECOND BY MR. PEREZ. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

MOTION PASSES FOR ZERO.

ITEM 5.2 BUSINESS SERVICES RESOLUTION 20 408 SELF-CERTIFYING INCREASED FEDERAL MICRO PURCHASE THRESHOLD.

THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2408.

SELF CERTIFY AND INCREASE FEDERAL MICRO THRESHOLD PURCHASE THRESHOLD.

IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT ITEM 5.2? SO MOVED. THANK YOU, MR. PERES. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND FOR THE.

SPEED OF THIS MEETING.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING? NONE. I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. PEREZ, A SECOND BY MYSELF.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

MOTION PASSES FOR ZERO.

ITEM 5.3 BUSINESS SERVICES RESOLUTION 20 4-09 BALFOUR BEATTY CONSTRUCTION, LLC.

ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO ADOPT ADOPT, ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 4-09 APPROVING THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE AND APPROVE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BALFOUR BEATTY CONSTRUCTION, LLC.

IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT ITEM 5.3? SO MOVED. THANK YOU, MR. PEREZ. IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU, MR. ARMENDARIZ.

ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING? NONE. I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. PEREZ. A SECOND BY MR. ARMENDARIZ. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

ITEM PASSES FOR ZERO.

BUSINESS SERVICES RESOLUTION 24 DASH TEN DETERMINATION OF NO COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE TO PUBLIC BIDDING.

THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO RATIFY RESOLUTION NUMBER 2410, APPROVING THE DETERMINATION OF NO COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE TO BIDDING TO PUBLIC BIDDING, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF PURCHASE ORDERS FOR LAWN MOWERS.

IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO RATIFY ITEM 5.4? SO MOVED. THANK YOU, MR. PEREZ. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU, MR. ARMENDARIZ. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING? NONE. I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. PEREZ. A SECOND BY MR. ARMENDARIZ. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

MOTION PASSES FOR ZERO.

BUSINESS SERVICES RESOLUTION NUMBER 24.

DASH 11 REFUNDING OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

AT THIS TIME, THE FLOOR IS NOW TO MISS MBADI WHO WILL INTRODUCE A SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU.

I'LL INTRODUCE DOCTOR LESLIE BARNES, WHO WILL SPEAK BRIEFLY ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU. I JUST GOOD EVENING.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS WAS THE ITEM THAT MR. DALE SCOTT HAS COME AND SPOKE WITH YOU ABOUT ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, AND THAT BY APPROVING THIS RESOLUTION, WE WOULD BE SAVING THE TAXPAYERS $10 MILLION THROUGH OUR BOND PROGRAM.

SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR BARNES, FOR THAT UPDATE.

DID MR. ARMENDARIZ STEP AWAY? DO WE NEED TO TAKE A QUICK RECESS? YEAH, IT'S BEEN A MINUTE.

WHAT? WANT TO TAKE A RECESS.

ALL RIGHT. THE BOARD IS GOING TO EXERCISE.

EXERCISE A RIGHT TO TAKE ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE RECESS TO MAYBE TAKE A BIOLOGY BREAK.

AND IT WILL RECONVENE AT 830.

ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, WE ARE BACK.

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LET'S GET YOU ALL BACK.

IF YOU STILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO GO, YOU CAN GO OUT IN THE HALL AND STUFF.

BUT I'M OKAY WITH THAT. BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO BUSINESS IN HERE.

SO THANK YOU, DOCTOR BARNES, FOR CLARIFYING 5.5 WITH US.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE OR ACTUALLY GO INTO A PROCESS OF APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2411, THE REFUNDING OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

AND SO THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE OR TO ADOPT, I'M SORRY, RESOLUTION NUMBER 2411 TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF THE REFUNDING GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND TAKING RELATED ACTIONS.

AND SO AT THIS MOMENT, I'M ASKING FOR A MOTION TO ADOPT ITEM 5.5 MOTION.

MISTER ARMENDARIZ BEACH, YOU THERE AND MISTER PEREZ WITH THE SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? HOW MUCH ARE WE SAVING AND GOING TO THE TAXPAYER? I'M SORRY. $10 MILLION.

OH, WOW. OKAY, COOL.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. ARMENDARIZ, SECONDED BY MR. PEREZ. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

MOTION PASSES FOR ZERO.

THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE.

ALL RIGHT BUSINESS SERVICES, ITEM 5.6, THIS IS SECOND INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT.

AND AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE LESLIE BARNES ALREADY AT THE PODIUM.

SO I'LL JUST HAVE YOU GO AHEAD AND GO FORWARD.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING BOARD.

TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO WE HAVE BEFORE YOU THE SECOND INTERIM REPORT FOR APPROVAL.

AND I JUST WANT TO GO INTO WHAT IS THE SECOND INTERIM REPORT.

IT'S REALLY OUR OPPORTUNITY TO ADJUST AND ALIGN THE DISTRICT'S CURRENT BUDGET TO THE REALITIES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE FROM JULY 1ST TO JANUARY 31ST AND THEN TO PROJECT OUT TILL JUNE.

ALSO, IT ALLOWS US TO LOOK AT TREND DATA AND HELP WITH OUR PROJECTIONS, AND ALSO INCLUDE THE INFORMATION WE GOT FROM THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR 2425, IN OUR MULTI YEAR PROJECTION.

AND I, WE USUALLY SHOW OUR BUDGET CYCLE.

AND WE ARE AT THE SECOND INTERIM REPORT SO QUICKLY WE'LL BE LOOKING AT OUR NEXT STEP WILL BE TO DEVELOP THE LCAP AND THE BUDGET.

AND THEN IN MAY WE'LL BE BACK WITH OUR FIRST DRAFT OF THAT AND JUNE WILL BE BACK TO GO AHEAD AND ADOPT THE NEXT BUDGET.

WITH EACH INTERIM REPORT, WE HAVE TO CERTIFY AND FOR THIS REPORT, AS WITH OUR LAST ONES, IT'S A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION.

A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION MEANS THAT THE DISTRICT CAN MEET ITS CURRENT YEAR OBLIGATIONS AND TO SUBSEQUENT YEARS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME MAINTAINING ITS REQUIRED RESERVE LEVELS.

QUALIFIED WOULD MEAN THAT IN ONE OF THE TWO SUBSEQUENT YEARS, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MEET OUR RESERVE REQUIREMENTS.

AND NEGATIVE WOULD MEAN THAT YOU AREN'T ABLE TO MEET YOUR RESERVE REQUIREMENT IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

SO TO UPDATE YOU WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEVEL, THE GOVERNOR DID COME OUT WITH HIS JANUARY BUDGET PROPOSAL.

AT THE TIME, HE HAD ESTIMATED THAT THERE WAS A $38 BILLION DEFICIT IN THE STATE BUDGET.

HOWEVER, HE HE HAD INCLUDED IN HIS BUDGET PROPOSAL NO CURRENT YEAR CUTS TO EDUCATION, NO CUTS TO ANY ONGOING PROGRAMS AND NO DEFERRALS OF OUR REVENUES. AND HE WAS WILLING TO FULLY FUND A 0.76% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

HOWEVER, SINCE THEN, THE REVENUE ESTIMATES HAVE DECLINED.

THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST OFFICE BELIEVES THAT THE DEFICIT IN THE STATE BUDGET IS ACTUALLY $73 BILLION, AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY PROPOSING TO THE LEGISLATURE TO PULL BACK ON UNALLOCATED ONE TIME GRANTS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

ADJUST OR REDUCE PROGRAM EXPANSIONS LIKE TC AND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.

THEY WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT PAYMENT DEFERRALS AND ALSO ARE RECOMMENDING A ZERO COLA.

AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.

WE'VE ALSO SEEN SOME INCREASES TO OUR BUDGET AS WELL.

AND SO WITH EVERY WITH EVERY YEAR WE, WE LOOK AT SALARY AND BENEFITS.

BUT IN PARTICULAR THIS YEAR WE HAD PREVIOUSLY A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT WHICH ENDS THIS JUNE 30TH.

AND SO WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH OUR BARGAINING UNITS TO COME TO A SALARY PROPOSAL AND AGREEMENT FOR 2425. WE HAVE OUR PROPOSED HEALTH AND WELFARE INCREASES.

THE DISTRICT DOES PAY FOR THOSE INCREASES IF IT'S NOT OTHERWISE NEGOTIATED, AND ANTHEM BLUE CROSS HAS COME IN AT

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KAISER ASTOUNDING 16.94% INCREASE.

AND THAT WOULD EQUATE TO ABOUT $8.5 MILLION INCREASE JUST FOR OUR DISTRICT.

WE HAVE ABOUT 80% OF OUR PARTICIPATING EMPLOYEES IN THE KAISER PROGRAM.

OUR PRESCRIPTIONS ARE ALSO SUPPOSED TO GO UP BETWEEN 6 AND 8%.

AND. SO WE'RE WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT ARE THE GROWTH IS ON THE NORTH SIDE.

WE'RE WE'RE IN A PREDICAMENT IN THE FACT THAT OVERALL WE'RE DECLINING.

BUT IN AREAS WE ARE WE ARE INCREASING.

AND SO WE FIND OURSELVES, ALTHOUGH WE'RE OVERALL DECLINING IN THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS.

AND SO WE NEED AN ADDITIONAL ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL IN OUR NORTH END OF THE DISTRICT.

AND OUR MEASURE C BONDS ARE FULLY OBLIGATED AT THIS POINT, SOME OF WHICH WILL HELP TO PAY FOR THOSE SCHOOLS.

BUT WE DO HAVE APPROXIMATELY 100 MILLION COMMITTED IN OUR UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE TO HELP US PAY FOR THESE SCHOOLS.

THE RISK FACTORS RELATED TO THE DISTRICT'S BUDGET ARE DECLINING ENROLLMENT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

EXPIRING COVID FUNDS.

ALL OF OUR COVID FUNDS WILL BE EXPIRED.

AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH.

WE WILL HAVE 18 MONTHS TO MAKE PAYMENTS TO VENDORS PAST THAT POINT.

BUT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE OBLIGATED BY SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2024.

THE GOVERNOR, WHILE WE WERE COMING OUT OF COVID, HAD GIVEN US SOME ADA PROTECTION LAWS.

THOSE ARE THOSE ARE COMING TO END.

WE WILL NOW BE SEEING WE WILL NOW BE PAID ON OUR ACTUAL ADA AND THEN COMPENSATION COST PRESSURES.

AS I'VE SAID, WE'RE WORKING ON A NEW AGREEMENT, THE STATE BUDGET DEFICIT WE'RE STILL WAITING TO HEAR.

WITH THE GOVERNOR'S MAY REVISE WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE FOR US AND THEN GOING FORWARD FLAT OR ZERO COLAS.

SO THE PAST IN 2223 AND 2324.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BLUE LINE ON THIS ON THIS SLIDE IS ARE FUNDED ADA.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN OUR IT'S ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN OUR ACTUAL ADA AND OUR ENROLLMENT.

AND THAT'S THOSE WERE SOME OF THOSE PROTECTIONS THAT THE STATE PUT IN.

AND LET US USE A THREE YEAR AVERAGING.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 2425, YOU SEE THAT THE BLUE LINE GOES WELL PAST THE GRAY LINE WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE LOSING THAT PROTECTION. AND SO OUR FUNDED ADA IS GOING TO DROP BY 1138 STUDENTS.

AND SO THAT'S SORT OF WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AN ADA CLIFF FOR QUITE A WHILE.

AND SO WE'RE FINALLY THERE.

SO ALTHOUGH WE'VE WE HAVE BUILT UP THE FUND BALANCE BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE HAD WE WERE RECEIVING FUNDING THAT WE WEREN'T TECHNICALLY EARNING, YOU KNOW, SO BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE STUDENT POPULATION FROM NOW ON, THAT WON'T BE THE CASE.

AND SO IT'S IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT IT'S HAPPENING AT A TIME WHERE THE STATE'S ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS AND CAN'T HELP US OUT IN THAT AREA.

I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE DECLINING THE.

THE IMPACT OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT ON THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.

WHEN A DISTRICT GETS A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, YOU RECEIVE THAT ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT YOU'RE ANTICIPATING HAVING FOR THE COMING YEAR.

SO ALTHOUGH IN 22, 23, WE RECEIVED $340 MILLION THROUGH OUR LCFF PROGRAM, IN 23, 24, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET 8.22% COST OF LIVING INCREASE, BUT WE GOT 8.22% INCREASE ON FEWER STUDENTS.

AND SO THAT EQUATED TO $357 MILLION, WHICH WAS A DOLLAR INCREASE OF 17.2 MILLION.

BUT A YEAR OVER YEAR PERCENTAGE INCREASE OF 5.8.

SO YOU DON'T ALWAYS SEE WHEN YOU'RE IN A DECLINING ENROLLMENT STATUS, YOU DON'T ALWAYS SEE THAT FULL AMOUNT OF THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.

AND THE SAME FOR THIS COMING YEAR.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT 2324 GOING INTO 2425, WITH AN ESTIMATE OF THE 0.76 COLA THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS SAID HE WILL FUND, IT REALLY EQUATES TO A -2.58.

SO ACTUALLY A REDUCTION IN REVENUE FOR THE DISTRICT.

AND IF IT TURNS OUT TO BE A ZERO COLA, THAT NEGATIVE WILL INCREASE.

WE DO HAVE CHANGES SINCE OUR FIRST INTERIM REPORT.

HOWEVER, THE FUND BALANCE WAS NOT AFFECTED BY TOO MUCH.

IT WAS ONLY ABOUT $240,000.

OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BULK OF IT COMES FROM OUR LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA.

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AND THEN OUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND OUR OTHER STATE AND LOCAL REVENUES.

OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES 75 OR 76.5% OF ALL OF OUR EXPENDITURES GO TO SALARY AND BENEFITS.

THE OTHER BIGGEST PART WOULD BE OTHER EXPENDITURES AND OPERATING EXPENSES.

WITH SMALL AMOUNTS.

THE REASON THAT THE BOOKS AND SUPPLIES LOOK SMALL IS BECAUSE THOSE ARE PAID FOR OUT OF CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS, AND THAT'S NOT LISTED HERE.

SO. OUR MULTI YEAR PROJECTION.

SOME OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT ON THAT IS I'VE CIRCLED THE .76 COLA FOR 2425.

THERE'S STILL A QUESTION MARK ON THAT WHETHER WE'LL RECEIVE THAT OR NOT.

ALSO THE OUTYEARS, THE 25, 26 AND 2627 COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS.

THE ESTIMATES FOR THOSE HAVE GONE DOWN SINCE OUR FIRST INTERIM.

SO NOT ONLY DO WE SEE A REDUCTION IN 2425, BUT WE ALSO RECEIVED A REDUCTION IN THE TWO OUTYEARS AS WELL.

ALSO, I WANTED TO POINT OUT IN 2728 THAT OUR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYER EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT RATES.

TOP 30%, WHICH MEANS WE PAY 30% OF THEIR SALARY GOES TO THEIR THE RETIREMENT PLAN.

SO THE DISTRICT PAYS PART OF THAT AND THE EMPLOYEE PAYS PART OF THAT.

OUR HEALTH AND WELFARE INCREASES.

WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE WITH.

KAISER OR, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT HUGE INCREASE, WE ARE NEGOTIATING THAT WE ARE NEGOTIATING BLUE SHIELD AS WELL.

IN OUR MULTI YEAR PROJECTION WE INCLUDED A 6.5% AGGREGATE RATE.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN GET THOSE DOWN SO THAT IT FITS MORE WITHIN OUR BUDGET PROJECTION.

OTHERWISE WE WILL NEED TO INCLUDE THAT IN OUR ESTIMATED ACTUAL.

AND THEN THE CALIFORNIA PRICE INDEX IS IN 2425 EXPECTED TO BE 2.83.

THAT'S REALLY THE COST OF GOODS AND SERVICES THAT WE, WE BUY.

ARE ANTICIPATED TO GO UP BY 2.83.

AND WHEN WE SHOWED YOU WE'RE ONLY GETTING A 0.76, WHICH IS REALLY A REDUCTION TO OUR REVENUE.

SO THAT'S THE FISCAL STATE WILL BE IN AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT YEAR.

ALSO IN 2425, WE DO BEGIN DEFICIT SPENDING.

BASED ON THAT REDUCTION, IN OUR FIRST INTERIM REPORT, WE SHOWED THAT WE WERE STILL POSITIVE IN 24, 25 AND BEGAN DEFICIT SPENDING IN 2526.

AT THIS POINT, WE START A YEAR EARLIER THAN WE ANTICIPATED.

AND IT. HOVERS AROUND THE TEENS FOR THE FOR THE OUT YEARS.

AND THEN OUR COMMITMENTS TO THE FUND BALANCE ARE RELATIVELY THE SAME AS THEY WERE AT THE FIRST INTERIM REPORT.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE DO HAVE THE FUNDING SET ASIDE FOR THE MIDDLE AND THE.

AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND THAT IS IT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

COLLEAGUES. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT REPORT? THANK YOU, DOCTOR BARNES, FOR THAT.

ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS ITEM 5.6.

AT THIS TIME THE ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION OF THE FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SECOND INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT AS OF JANUARY 31ST, 2024.

IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE? ITEM 5.6 MOTION.

THANK YOU, MR. ARMENDARIZ.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

THANK YOU, MR. PEREZ.

I'M SURE THERE'S NO DISCUSSION SINCE WE ASKED FOR QUESTIONS, SO I CALL FOR THE VOTE.

UNLESS THERE IS A DISCUSSION, THERE'S NOTHING.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE CLARIFY.

ALL RIGHT. CALL. CALL FOR THE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES FOR ZERO.

ITEM 5.7 BUSINESS SERVICES.

THIS IS UTILIZATION OF PIGGYBACK BID.

ARVIN UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE A UTILIZATION OF ARVIN UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT BID NUMBER 2023.

DASH 20 4-012.

SCHOOL FURNISHINGS, OFFICE FURNISHINGS AND ACCESSORIES.

IS THERE A MOTION TO SECOND TO APPROVE? ITEM 5.7.

SO MOVED. THANK YOU, MR. PEREZ. IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU, MISS SANDOVAL.

ANY DISCUSSION.

HEARING NONE. I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. PEREZ AND A SECOND BY MISS SANDOVAL.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

MOTION PASSES FOR ZERO.

ITEM 5.8 HUMAN RESOURCES RESOLUTION 20 4-05 CERTIFICATED.

THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 4-05 REDUCTION OF PARTICULAR KINDS OF CERTIFICATED SERVICES.

IS THERE A MOTION A SECOND TO ADOPT ITEM 5.8.

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MR. ARMENDARIZ, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

PROBABLY ME. I'M SORRY.

ITEM PASSES FOR ZERO.

ITEM 5.9 HUMAN RESOURCES VARIABLE WAIVER REQUEST.

THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE AND OR RATIFY THE SUBMISSION OF A VARIABLE WAIVER REQUEST TO THE CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON TEACHER CREDENTIALING, AUTHORIZING THE TEACHING OF ELL STRATEGIES FOR JOSUE THE PADILLA.

IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE AND RATIFY? ITEM 5.9 MOTION.

THANK YOU, MR. ARMENDARIZ.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU, MR. PEREZ. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

MOTION PASSES FOR ZERO.

ITEM 5.10 SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE.

THIS IS THE 2024 CSBA DELEGATE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS.

AND SO WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON.

ACTUALLY, I THINK WE HAVE TWO TWO THINGS TO DO WITH THIS ONE.

ONE IS MR. ARMENDARIZ TERM ENDS THIS YEAR IS THIS YEAR IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

SO WHAT I WAS TOLD, I WAS CALLED BY A THE DELEGATE REPRESENTATIVE AND TOLD ME FONTANA NO LONGER HAS TWO DELEGATES, THAT WE ONLY HAVE ONE THAT THAT WAS IN THAT WAS IN ERROR.

OKAY. WE DO HAVE TWO DELEGATES.

WELL, THAT'S WHY I HAVEN'T DECIDED TO GO TO ANY EVENTS BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS NO LONGER A DELEGATE AND NOBODY ELSE HAS TOLD ME ANYTHING OTHERWISE SINCE.

SO. OKAY, SO THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INFORMATION, I GUESS, SENT OUT.

BUT SO THERE ARE TWO PARTS OF THIS ONE TO ELECT OR ASSIGN OR HOWEVER WE WANT TO DO THIS.

THE DELEGATE, BECAUSE I THINK MR. PEREZ IS ONE AND YOU HAVE BEEN THE SECOND FOR A WHILE.

AND HAS DETERMINES THIS THIS YEAR IN NOVEMBER.

AND SO IN THE, IN THE MOMENT WE NEED TO SELECT SOMEONE TO FILL YOUR SEAT.

AND THEN THE SECOND PORTION OF THIS IS TO VOTE UP TO SIX INDIVIDUALS TO FILL THE CURRENT VACANCIES FOR THE SUBREGION, 16 B OF THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION. SO WE'LL DO ONE FIRST AND THEN THE OTHER, AND WE'LL GO THROUGH A PROCESS WITH THE THE SIX SELECTION AND SEE WHERE WE GO FOR THAT.

BUT ANYWAYS, SO LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION OR DISCUSSION AROUND WHO WANTS TO CONTINUE ON THAT.

SORRY. WHERE AM I ON THIS? YOU KNOW WHAT? OR MAYBE I'M.

DID I JUMP THE GUN ON THIS ONE? I BELIEVE THIS IS 512.

OH, THERE IS A 512.

SORRY. YES.

512 IS THE DELEGATE.

OKAY, LET ME BACK UP.

LET'S DO THE SIX INDIVIDUALS ON ITEM 510.

I KNEW I HAD TWO THINGS TO DO TODAY.

SO FOR CSBA AND I APOLOGIZE THAT I DIDN'T GET IT CORRECT THE FIRST TIME.

SO 510 IS FOR US TO VOTE UP TO SIX INDIVIDUALS.

SO BECAUSE I DID MY HOMEWORK, I'VE ALREADY SELECTED SIX.

I'M HOPING THAT ALL OF US HAVE DONE THE SAME.

IF NOT, I WOULD SAY EACH ONE OF US PICK SIX AND I WOULD SAY THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS THEN WE CAN TALLY THOSE VOTES AND SEE WHICH SIX GOT THE MOST VOTES.

IF FOR SOME REASON THERE'S SOMETHING FUNNY ABOUT THAT, WE'LL WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION AND FIGURE IT OUT.

CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? WHICH ONE DON'T WE WANT TO.

WELL, AND I MEAN, I CAN TELL YOU MINE RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN LET ME GO TO MY NOTES.

SORRY. I'M GOING TO LEAN ON YOU ON THIS ONE BECAUSE YOU DEAL WITH.

WELL, I DO AND I DON'T.

I THINK THE ONE THAT HAS DEALT WITH MOST OF THESE INDIVIDUALS THE MOST HAS BEEN MISS SANDOVAL, BECAUSE SHE HAS SAT AS A CCPA REPRESENTATIVE THROUGH SAN MARINO COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS SBA, I GUESS IT'S CALLED SBC, SBA.

THERE YOU GO. THAT'S THE ONE I KNOW.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU OUT LOUD WHO I'VE ALREADY.

WELL, ACTUALLY, WHO I, I TOOK AWAY AND AGAIN, THAT'S A DISCUSSION.

I PUT QUESTION MARKS AND THEN WE CAN GO ON AND SEE WHO DOES WHAT.

SO IN MY SELECTION CLAYTON MOORE IS NOT ON THAT LIST CLAYTON MOORE IS NOT ON MY LIST.

YEAH OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, SO THERE'S THREE OF US.

SAME. JEEZ, THAT WAS THE EASIEST THING EVER.

YEAH, AND MINE'S WRITTEN DOWN OUR MINDS, TOO.

I GOT IT RIGHT ON NOTES. I'M ALL RIGHT.

SO, FOR THE RECORD HEATHER ALLGOOD FROM HELENDALE.

AMANDA BUCHANAN FROM APPLE VALLEY.

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BARBARA DO, FROM VICTOR VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.

CINDY GARDNER FROM RIM OF THE WORLD AND SCOTT WYATT FROM SAN BERNARDINO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND WE ARE UNANIMOUS.

AND THAT WAS EASY AS HECK.

IF IT ALL COULD BE THAT WAY.

OKAY. SO SO MOVED.

SO A MOTION FOR ALL SIX BY MR. PEREZ. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU, MR. ARMENDARIZ. DO YOU NEED THESE? I DON'T NEED THEM ANYMORE BECAUSE WE'VE PUBLICLY HAVE STATED WHAT WE NEED TO STATE.

AND ALL WE NEED YOU TO DO NOW IS CAST YOUR VOTE.

WHERE'S THAT EASY BUTTON? THIS HAS GOT TO BE A FIRST.

MOTION PASSES FOR ZERO.

ALL RIGHT.

ITEM 511.

THIS IS A SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE CHARTER FACILITIES AGREEMENT FOR FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ALLEGIANCE STEAM ACADEMY.

AND I KNOW WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT.

AND MISS MBADI WILL CALL THAT INDIVIDUAL UP.

KELLY MORENO, THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

NICE TO SEE. I'M HERE.

I'M DOCTOR KELLY MORENO.

I'M THE CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER AT ALLEGIANT STEAM ACADEMY.

AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF.

IS THAT WORKING? OKAY.

SURE THING. THANK YOU.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF DOCTOR SEBASTIAN COGNATA, WHO COULD NOT BE HERE THIS EVENING.

IT'S CLEAR THAT THE BOARD AND CABINET HAVE PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THE FACILITIES NEEDS OF ASA STUDENTS, AND WE APPRECIATE AND RECOGNIZE YOUR YOUR WORK ON THIS MATTER. CO-LOCATION HAS ITS CHALLENGES, SOME OF WHICH YOU HEARD TONIGHT.

BUT WE HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO FACE THESE HEAD ON.

WITH A FOCUS ON HOW TO BEST SERVE ALL STUDENTS.

WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS.

AND JUST TO NAME A FEW, BILL GONZALEZ AND TIM DELAND AND FACILITIES OFFICER MCMILLAN OF THE FONTANA SCHOOL POLICE, LOUIS MAYS AND FOOD SERVICES DIRECTOR LESLIE BARNES AND HER TEAM, JOHN DUNN, AUGUSTINE AND CTE, DOCTOR CROWE, DIANE AND THE LUCAS TEAM.

DESPITE THE CHALLENGES, WE HAVE BEEN PLEASED TO HOST EVENTS THAT EXTEND BEYOND THE ALLEGIANCE COMMUNITY.

LAST WEEK, WE BROUGHT A LIVE STREAM IN FOR A BLOOD DRIVE, WHICH ACTUALLY OCCURRED ON BOTH OF OUR CAMPUSES.

AND THIS FRIDAY, OUR PARENT ASSOCIATION, THE PAC, HAS ORGANIZED AN END OF WINTER FESTIVAL WITH A LOT OF FUN AND GAMES FOR THE KIDDOS.

WE ARE PROUD TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY ALONGSIDE YOU AND AGAIN, WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO THE COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS BEING BUILT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SO THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT TO THE IN LIEU OF PROPOSITION 39 FACILITIES USE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ALLEGIANT STEAM ACADEMY INCORPORATED.

AND I'M GOING TO NEED A MOTION MOTION APPROVAL FOR THE FACILITIES USE AGREEMENT, AND DELEGATE AND DELEGATE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AUTHORITY TO MAKE CLARIFICATIONS THERETO THAT SHE DEEMS APPROPRIATE IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT.

MOTION. DO I HEAR A MOTION? MR. ALMOND? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

DISCUSSION. YES.

MR. ARMENDARIZ, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT WE'RE FINALLY BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS FACILITIES CONCERN WITH ALLEGIANT.

I AM EXCITED TO SEE WHAT ALLEGIANT IS GOING TO DO IN OUR DISTRICT AND WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM, AND JUST HAPPY TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD.

IF IT PASSES, MR. PRESIDENT, YOU SAY YES.

OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE BEFORE I GO? SO I JUST I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO, TO THE STAFF FOR, FOR, FOR PUTTING TOGETHER AND GATHERING INFORMATION AND DATA AND ALL THE THINGS THAT GO WITH IT.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS, I BELIEVE THIS BOARD IS HERE TO SERVE ALL CHILDREN AND THAT ALL CHILDREN ARE A PRIORITY, INCLUDING OUR ALTERNATIVE EDS AND OUR ASAS.

AND I SAY THAT TO SAY THAT THIS IS CHALLENGING FOR US AS A BOARD, IT'S A CHALLENGE FOR ME BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE MADE THE DECISION TO BRING OUR FIRST CHARTER SCHOOL TO FONTANA.

AND AND IT HAS IT HASN'T BEEN EASY HISTORICALLY.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOARD OVER THE YEARS, THIS THIS BOARD HAS NEVER AUTHORIZED A CHARTER UNTIL ASA CAME.

AND I WAS OF THE OPINION THAT IF A CHARTER AND I'LL SAY I SAID IT THEN AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, I WAS OF THE OPINION THAT IF A CHARTER SCHOOL WAS GOING TO COME INTO FONTANA, THAT

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WHY WOULD I BRING A CHARTER HERE THAT IS GOING TO BE LESS THAN FOR OUR KIDS? I HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT ASA IN CHINO.

I HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH THEIR BOARD.

I TOOK A LOT FOR ME TO SAY.

YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS MIGHT BE THE ONE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH.

AS THIS RELATIONSHIP HAS COME TO FRUITION AND CONTINUES THROUGH WHAT WE CALL THE HONEYMOON PROCESS, AND THEN THE NORMAN AND STORMING, AND YOU CAN GO ON IN A RELATIONSHIP PROCESS. SO FAR IT HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD.

THE CHALLENGES I THINK THAT WE'RE HAVING IS THAT WE NEED TO DO A GOOD JOB OR A GREAT JOB OF JUST COMMUNICATING WITH ALL.

AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THAT'S EVERYBODY, I THINK FROM EVERY FACET OF THIS DISTRICT, NOT JUST THIS ISSUE, BUT ANYTHING THAT WE DO JUST COMMUNICATE IN ANY RELATIONSHIP.

THAT'S THE IMPORTANT PIECE.

AND SO I JUST WANT MY TEAM AND I CALL YOU ALL MY TEAM BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH I SIT ON THIS DAIS, I JUST HAVE A ROLE HERE.

I DON'T I'M NOT NO ONE'S BOSS.

I'M NOT ANYTHING. AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE IN THIS DAIS BELIEVES THAT WAY EITHER.

BUT JUST UNDERSTAND THAT AS AS WE TRANSITION AND WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THIS, THAT THE.

THE ISSUES THAT THOSE THAT CAME BEFORE US TODAY FROM BURCH, I SEE THE PRINCIPAL HERE WHO HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB.

WORKING IN ACTUALLY THREE, THREE SPACES FOR A WHILE, I HONOR THAT.

BECAUSE HE WAS DOING SOME VIRTUAL STUFF, HE WAS DOING BIRCH AND HE WAS DOING CITRUS AND ALL THAT WITH PERSONAL CHALLENGES.

AND I WON'T GO INTO THAT, BUT I JUST WANT HIM TO KNOW THAT I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AS WELL.

AND SO THEY HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB.

I MEAN, BIRCH IS A MODEL CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL.

LAST YEAR, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, CITRUS WAS A MODEL CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL.

THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT.

IT HAPPENS BECAUSE OF LEADERSHIP.

IT HAPPENS BECAUSE OF DEDICATION OF STAFF.

IT HAPPENS BECAUSE PEOPLE CARE ABOUT KIDS.

AND I THINK THIS BOARD DOES THE SAME.

AND SO WHEN WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS, THEY'RE NOT EASY.

WHEN WE MADE THE DECISION A COUPLE YEARS AGO TO CO-LOCATE AT LOCUS, AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME, THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US WAS ABOUT WHAT WAS BEST AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME.

I THINK ONCE THEY CAME ASA, WE LEARNED A GREAT DEAL RIGHT ABOUT CO-LOCATING AND THE GROWTH THAT LOCUS HAS GONE THROUGH, WHICH IS AN AMAZING THING, LIKE A VARIETY OF FACTORS CHANGE FROM THAT PRIOR DECISION TO HERE.

I STILL REMEMBER THE DAYS WHEN PARENTS WOULD COME UP HERE AND YELL AT US.

WE WENT TO SCHOOL IN THE SOUTH END, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? AND WE'RE LIKE, WELL, RIGHT NOW WE JUST CAN'T DO THAT.

AND SO NOW WE'RE HERE MAKING THIS DECISION TODAY KNOWING AND I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW, AT LEAST FOR ME, AND I BELIEVE I SPEAK FOR THE REST OF THIS BOARD IN SOME WAYS.

BUT FOR ME, I'VE HAD TO THINK LONG AND HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT I KNOW WHAT'S BEST, HOPEFULLY.

AND I AND I LOOK, I'VE BEEN A BASKETBALL OFFICIAL ALL MY LIFE UNTIL 2016, SO I MADE SOME BAD CALLS AND I MADE SOME GOOD CALLS.

RIGHT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY TODAY, THIS DECISION IS WHAT'S BEST FOR ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION KIDS THAT THAT NEED OUR SERVICES.

AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE CREATIVE.

MICKEY AND THE TEAM AND AND MIKE AND HIS TEAM AND EVERYBODY TO COME TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN PROVIDE TOP NOTCH, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SCHOOLS TO WATCH, NOT SCHOOLS TO WATCH, BUT MODEL CONTINUATION ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS BECAUSE YOU'RE THERE ALREADY, RIGHT? THE STATE HAS RECOGNIZED BOTH SCHOOLS AS A MODEL CONTINUATION.

SO THAT MEANS TO ME THAT WE STILL GOT TO CONTINUE TO DO EVEN BETTER, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE A MODEL.

OKAY. SO I JUST SAY THAT AND THEN ASA AND I'M SORRY THAT PARENT TODAY HAD TO COME AND EXPRESS HER CONCERNS AROUND NUTRITION SERVICES.

THAT SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN.

BUT THE REALITY IS, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THAT CAMPUS, BOTH CAMPUSES, LOCUS AND ASA, THAT CARE ABOUT KIDS, AND THEY'RE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN.

I THINK THERE'S SOME RELATIONSHIP BUILDING WE STILL GOT TO CONTINUE TO DO, BECAUSE RELATIONSHIPS IS THE GLUE THAT KEEPS THINGS MOVING ALONG.

SO I KNOW MICKEY AS SHE'S BEEN HERE IN HER ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY.

CONGRATULATIONS. I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT, LIKE, TIME HAS FLOWN.

WE'RE MOVING, WE'RE DOING SOME GREAT THINGS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO BETTER.

PART OF THE WORK IN EDUCATION IS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

GOING THROUGH CYCLES PLAN, DO, STUDY, ACT.

I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

RIGHT. AND SO AND IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

AND SOMETIMES IT'S NOT RIGHT.

AND WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO KEEP MOVING.

WE'LL KEEP PLANNING, WE'LL KEEP DOING AND WE'LL KEEP STUDYING AND WE'LL KEEP ACTING.

BUT I THINK THAT EVERYONE HERE BELIEVES IN KIDS AND WANTS TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR KIDS.

AND SO TODAY'S DECISION TO BE ABLE TO HELP MOVE SOMETHING ALONG IS ABOUT THAT.

OKAY. SO THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY.

AND I JUST SPEAKING FROM THE HEART I DIDN'T WRITE THIS DOWN.

I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE I SIT.

AND I BELIEVE THIS BOARD SITS IN THAT SAME SPACE.

I DON'T IF NOT, PLEASE SAY I DON'T AND IF NOT, I'M GOOD.

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EARLIER I HAD A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT.

511 BY MR. ARMENDARIZ AND MR. PEREZ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

MOTION PASSES FOR ZERO.

ITEM 512.

SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE.

THIS IS CSBA DELEGATE ASSEMBLY APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVE.

THIS IS WHERE I DO MY RETAKE.

AND SO MR. ARMENDARIZ CURRENTLY SITS IN THIS SEAT.

IT WAS A TWO YEAR TERM BEGINNING FROM APRIL 1ST.

OH, I'M SORRY, IT WAS A TWO YEAR TERM, AND I THINK IT EXPIRES ON APRIL 1ST, 2024.

SO THIS NEW TERM WOULD BE FROM APRIL 1ST, 2024 THROUGH MARCH 31ST, 2026.

AND SO MY RECOMMENDATION, I MEAN, WE COULD DO SEVERAL THINGS.

WE CAN THIS IS THE THOUGHTS.

I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. HAVE MR. ARMENDARIZ CONTINUE.

CAN HE ALLOW THAT TO TO CONTINUE IN THE SPACE FOR A YEAR AND THEN WE REVISIT THIS IF WHATEVER HAPPENS DOWN THROUGH THE ELECTION PROCESS HAPPENS? OR DO WE HAVE TO PICK SOMEBODY THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE THROUGH 26? DO YOU KNOW THAT? THEN SOMEONE WOULD TAKE OVER FOR THE YEAR TERM. THAT'S. RIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ASSUME WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION A YEAR FROM NOW OR WHATEVER IF UNLESS SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THAT ELECTION CYCLE, WHATEVER.

YES. SO SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS, I THINK THAT MR. ARMENDARIZ SHOULD CONTINUE WITH MR. PEREZ. I SECOND AND MOVE FORWARD.

AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME WHEN WE NEED TO CROSS THAT BRIDGE, WE CROSS IT.

IS THAT SOMETHING? SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO KEEP MR. ARMENDARIZ IF HE ACCEPTS FORWARD.

AND I THINK MISS SANDOVAL. SECONDED.

MR. ARMENDARIZ. YOU ACCEPT THAT OR.

OKAY. I GUESS THAT'S A YES I O.

ALL RIGHT, START VOTING WITHOUT THEM.

SO I MADE A MOTION TO CONTINUE, MR. ARMENDARIZ, MISS SANDOVAL SECONDED IT.

THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE'RE NOT.

I'M NOT. I'M NOT GOING TO ALLOW IT.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT MOTION PASSES FOR ZERO.

THAT WAS EASY AS WELL.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

ALL RIGHT. ITEM 5.13 SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE.

THIS IS BOARD POLICY.

FIRST READING THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO ACCEPT THE FIRST READING OF THE NEW BOARD POLICY 0415 EQUITY.

IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE? ITEM 15.13.

SO MOVED. THANK YOU, MR. PEREZ. MISS SANDOVAL, THANK YOU FOR THE SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST WANT TO SAY BEFORE, SINCE SOMEONE STEPPED UP TO SPEAK.

MR. ARMENDARIZ, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

CO-LEADING THIS WORK WITH ME ON THE.

ON THE COMMITTEE. WITH THE COMMUNITY GROUP.

I KNOW WHEN THIS CAME ABOUT, THE FIRST TIME WE WE TALKED ABOUT PUTTING TOGETHER A POLICY THAT'S FOR FONTANA.

I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT.

AND I KNOW MICKEY BROUGHT THE COMMITTEE TOGETHER BACK, OUR DIVERSITY COMMITTEE.

AND THEY DID A LOT OF WORK ON THAT.

AND SO I WANT TO THANK THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT SAT IN THAT SEAT TO DO THAT.

AND MR. ARMENDARIZ, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

AND THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? NO, I JUST WANT TO I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY TOO, AS WELL, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK THE, THE TEAM THAT GOT TOGETHER TO ACTUALLY I MEAN, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IN THAT MEETING, IT WAS IT WAS A LOT OF GOING BACK AND FORTH JUST FROM EVERYTHING FROM VERBIAGE TO, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE REALLY ARTICULATE WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND HOW WE WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED IN EQUITY? AND AND AS I AS I SHARED WITH THE GROUP, YOU KNOW, I ALSO AM A DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION CO-CHAIR FOR THE RAILROAD.

AND YOU BEING ABLE TO SEE THE DIFFERENCES AND USING IT FROM A STUDENT ASPECT TO AN ADULT ASPECT AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ENSURE THE VISION THAT WE WANT TO SHARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS RESOLUTION IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SOMETHING ATTAINABLE AND SOMETHING THAT WE CAN FOLLOW THROUGH WAS REALLY EYE OPENING FOR ME BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME POINTS WHERE I WAS JUST LIKE, I DON'T GET IT.

WHY ARE WE REPEATING THE SAME THING TWICE, BUT JUST THE SMALL VERBIAGE AND STUFF? SO I JUST WANT, YOU GUYS KNOW, WE WE THOROUGHLY WENT THROUGH THIS AND I REALLY APPRECIATED BEING PART OF THIS PROCESS.

SO IT REALLY HELPED ME GROW AS AN INDIVIDUAL JUST WITH THIS AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THIS.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THERE ARE NONE. I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. PERES AND A SECOND BY MISS SANDOVAL.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

MOTION. MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO.

ITEM 5.14 TEACHING AND LEARNING NEW COURSES FOR THE 20 2425 SCHOOL YEAR.

THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE NINE NEW COURSES FOR THE 20 2425 SCHOOL YEAR TO BE OFFERED TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AS PROVIDED.

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SO MOVED. THANK YOU, MR. PEREZ. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? MR. ARMENDARIZ? THANK YOU.

ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. OUR MOTION BY MR. PEREZ. A SECOND BY MR. ARMENDARIZ. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

MOTION PASSES FOR ZERO.

ITEM 5.15.

TEACHING AND LEARNING PATHWAYS TO BILITERACY MASTER PLAN.

THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT PATHWAYS TO BILITERACY MASTER PLAN AS PROVIDED.

AND THANK YOU MARTHA AND THE TEAM DOCTOR BAJWA FOR YOUR PRESENTATION EARLIER.

IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE? ITEM 5.15.

SO MOVED. THANK YOU, MR. PEREZ. IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU, MISS SANDOVAL.

ANY DISCUSSION? RING.

NONE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. PRESIDENT. A SECOND BY MISS SANDOVAL.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

MOTION PASSES FOR ZERO.

ITEM 5.16.

BOARD MEMBER REQUESTS.

THIS IS FOR BOARD BYLAW 9323 MEETING CONDUCT.

THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO DISCUSS AND OR TAKE ACTION ON BOARD.

BYLAW 9323 MEETING CONDUCT.

MISS ANYBODY, CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME BACKGROUND ON WHY PRESIDENT.

OH, MR. ARMENDARIZ, BEFORE WE GET INTO ALL THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, ALLOW ME TO TABLE 516 AND 517 TILL OUR OTHER COUNTERPART IS HERE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A ADEQUATE AND CONVERSATION ABOUT THESE ISSUES.

AND I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE HER OUT OF THIS, SO I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU GUYS ALLOW ME TO TABLE THESE TWO TILL NEXT MEETING.

THESE ARE YOUR REQUESTS, MR. ARMENDARIZ. AND IF THAT'S YOUR WISH TODAY I CAN RESPECT THAT.

SO THEN WE WILL TABLE FOR THE MINUTES.

ITEM 516 TO AN UPCOMING BOARD MEETING AND 517 TO AN UPCOMING BOARD MEETING.

AND THAT'S MOTION BY JOE SECOND AND SECONDED BY MR. PEREZ. MR. ARMENDARIZ WITH THE FIRST.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT TABLING? HEARING. NONE. LET'S CAST A VOTE.

I GUESS YOU COULD STILL CAST.

YEAH. I WAS GOING TO DO A VERBAL.

ALL RIGHT. THAT MOTION PASSES FOR ZERO.

THANK YOU, MR. ARMENDARIZ.

SO WITH THAT, WE ARE A BOARD MEMBER.

[6. Comments]

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO STAYED TODAY.

I KNOW WE ONLY GET ONE OF THESE, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY THAT CAME OUT AND JOINED US.

SECONDLY, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR STAFF.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE DILIGENTLY, DILIGENTLY HELPING NAVIGATE THIS SHIP AND STEERING IT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION UNDER MICKEY'S LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU TO OUR INTERIM CHIEF FOR STEPPING IN AND HELPING US JUST I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO GREAT THINGS WITH YOU AT THE HELM.

AND TO OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING TEAMS. I REALLY HOPE THAT WE'RE ALL ABLE TO JUST WORK TOGETHER AND FIND A GOOD, HAPPY MEDIUM SO THAT WE CAN YOU KNOW, GET THROUGH THIS PART OF THE BARGAINING AND ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY FEELS LIKE THEY THEY WERE PART OF THE TEAM THAT REALLY WANTED TO BE WITH THEM.

AND WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT YOU GUYS.

AND LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S IT'S A BLESSING FOR ME TO BE HERE TO BE ABLE TO HELP NAVIGATE SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON.

I MEAN, WITH, WITH THE YEAR COMING TO A CLOSE SO QUICKLY, IT IT'S KIND OF IT'S STARTING TO KICK IN NOW THAT, YOU KNOW UNLESS I DECIDE TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT AREA, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY THE WAY I WANT TO. SO BUT JUST SEEING THE GOOD WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AND KNOWING IF FOR SOME REASON I DECIDE NOT TO MOVE SOMEWHERE TO WHERE I CAN CONTINUE TO RUN AND HELP SERVE THIS DISTRICT. I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY WITH THE HANDS THAT THAT I WOULD BE WALKING AWAY FROM THIS IN.

BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK PUBLIC RECORD, I MIGHT HAVE ALREADY CHANGED MY ADDRESS.

SO BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR ALL YOUR YOUR COMMITMENT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING OUT HERE.

I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU TO MY COUNTERPARTS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SIT ON THE DELEGATE SEAT FOR THE NEXT YEAR, NOT KNOWING IF I'LL BE HERE OR NOT.

AND. LASTLY.

YOU KNOW, I, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE IF MAYBE WE CAN REACH OUT TO THAT CELPA LAWYER, YOU KNOW, JUST JUST TO SEE

[02:25:07]

I'D LIKE TO GET THAT INPUT, IF YOU COULD.

AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT AS A BOARD AGENDA ITEM LATER.

SHARE IT WITH YOU. AGAIN. WE DO HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

APOSTLE. OKAY.

AND LASTLY YOU KNOW.

THANK YOU GUYS.

SO EVERYBODY HAVE A BLESSED WEEK BLESSED MONTH.

AND LOOK FORWARD TO THESE LAST TWO BOARD ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED AND OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. ARMENDARIZ. MISS SANDOVAL.

THANK YOU, BOARD CHAIR.

SO IT'S BEEN A VERY, VERY BUSY MONTH IN FONTANA UNIFIED.

READ ACROSS AMERICA HAS BEEN SO MUCH FUN BEING IN THE CLASSROOM WITH THE KIDS.

THEY'RE A RIOT.

I COULD SEE WHERE WE HAVE SOME PROBLEMS IN SOME OF THE CLASSROOMS WHERE THE KIDS CAN'T BE STILL AND AND THEY'RE JUST GOING ON.

SO I REMINDED THEM WHO WAS THE BOSS.

THE BOSS IS YOUR TEACHER.

YOU NEED TO LISTEN.

AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT LISTENING, THAT MEANS SOMEBODY ELSE ISN'T LEARNING.

IT STOPS THE LOSS.

SO THEY KIND OF LIKE WHAT? SO THAT WAS INTERESTING.

THAT WAS FUN. AND I DID WEAR MY READ ACROSS AMERICA HAT.

MARS. WE GOT ONE SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

SO I BASICALLY TOLD HIM IT'S A MAGIC HAT.

THEY ASKED ME, WHAT'S THE MAGIC? I GO TO THE BOOK I BROUGHT TO YOU.

SO WE HAD A LOT OF FUN WITH THAT.

SO CHILDREN ARE VERY, VERY INTERESTING LITTLE CHARACTERS.

THIS WEEK, I BELIEVE AT CANYON CREST, THEY'RE HAVING THEIR THEIR CAREER AND COLLEGE FAIRS, SO THAT THAT SHOULD BE INTERESTING.

PROBABLY BE ATTENDING THAT THE DEPARTMENT PUT ON A PRESENTATION.

AND THANK YOU, ALEX, FOR THAT.

THAT WAS VERY, VERY GOOD.

WELL ATTENDED. THAT WAS AT DADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

ATTENDED THAT AS WELL.

MICKEY, MYSELF AND MARS, WE ENJOYED GOING TO SOUTH RIDGE TECH.

IT WAS FOR THE BLACK HISTORY.

IT WAS AMAZING.

I MEAN, THE SPEAKERS, EVERYTHING, THE CHILDREN THAT PARTICIPATED AND AND THEY'RE JUST AWESOME KIDS.

JUST THE THINGS THAT THEY DO.

WE HAVE A LOT OF TALENT IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM.

ON THAT. AND THE PARENTS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS IT WAS GOOD.

SO AT THE END OF THE MONTH, SOME OF OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE ROBOTIC COMPETITION AT TOYOTA ARENA.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT, WHAT THEY BUILD AND, AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

I'M JUST HOPING THAT WE HAVE OUR OWN TABLES WHERE THEY CAN PRACTICE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHERE THEY LEARN HOW TO DO THAT.

I ATTENDED SEVERAL YEARS AGO IN NORTHERN CAL WHERE OUR STUDENTS FROM, I WANT TO SAY RANDALL PEPPER PARTICIPATED.

AND IT'S SO EXCITING TO SEE ALL THESE LITTLE KIDS.

AND THEY'RE LIKE, ALL FOCUSED.

NOBODY'S LOOKING AROUND, BUILDING AND TAKING THEIR ROBOTICS ROBOTS APART.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

AND HOPEFULLY WE SEE SOME PARENTS AND SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SEE WHAT OUR KIDS ARE LEARNING.

I WANT TO SAY THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR TONIGHT.

AND IT'S BEEN A, LIKE I SAID, A GOOD MONTH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL NEXT MONTH.

THANK YOU. GOOD NIGHT.

THANK YOU, MISS SANDOVAL.

VICE PRESIDENT PEREZ.

THANK YOU, BOARD PRESIDENT. JUAN, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MICKEY.

IT'S. CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN A YEAR.

BUT LOOKING BACK A YEAR AGO TO WHERE WE ARE NOW, WE'VE MADE SOME HUGE STRIDES, AND I KNOW WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD.

I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF.

THIS BUDGET ISSUE IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT, BUT I'M VERY CONFIDENT TO KNOW WHAT MICKEY AND AND HER STAFF, THAT WE WILL BE OKAY.

THE NUMBER KEEPS ON INCREASING, WHICH SCARES ME MORE.

BUT AGAIN, I'M CONFIDENT.

SECOND MISS ZIMBABWE, CAN WE LOOK INTO REGISTRATION FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR? I KNOW IT'S I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT TIME AWAY, BUT MAYBE WE MIGHT HAVE TO CONSIDER REEVALUATING HOW WE'RE CURRENTLY HAVING STUDENTS REGISTER.

THIS PAST YEAR WASN'T A MAJOR COMPLAINT WITH NUMEROUS FAMILY MEMBERS, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A JUMP ON IT AND SEE WHAT WHERE WE'RE SHORTFALLS ARE AND WHAT WE CAN IMPROVE.

SECOND OR NEXT IS IF WE CAN ALSO START A, AN IDEA AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE WHAT THE WEB DESIGN FOR.

I'M NOT SURE IF WE JUST WANT ON THE DISTRICT OR ON THE SCHOOL, OR IF WE JUST WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT, BUT TO TO HAVE A SECTION WHERE PARENTS OR THE COMMUNITY CAN LOOK AT THE THE TOP PRIORITIES FOR REPAIRS ON SCHOOLS AND THE PROGRESS THAT THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH AND THE POSSIBLE END OF COMPLETION.

I'VE NOTICED THAT SINCE WE PEOPLE COME UP TO THE PODIUM, THAT IS THEIR NUMBER ONE QUESTION OF NOT LACK OF INFORMATION OF WHAT SCHOOLS ARE DOING.

[02:30:04]

NEXT IS I'VE BEEN HAVING NUMEROUS DISCUSSIONS SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH THE COUNTY, AND THERE'S A HUGE GAP BETWEEN HOMELESS STUDENTS. AND ONCE THEY GRADUATE AND GOING INTO THE ONTO THEIR OWN AFTER THEY GRADUATE FROM HERE.

SO I DO HAVE A COUPLE CONNECTIONS THAT I'D LIKE FOR US TO START HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH, SEEING HOW ONE, HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THEM, BUT TWO, ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES FOR THEM TO WHEN THEY LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL AND THAT THEY ARE SET UP FOR WHEN THEY ENTER ADULTHOOD.

AND. NEXT.

I WAS REALLY HOPING CYRUS WAS GOING TO BE HERE, BUT APPARENTLY HE'S NOT.

BUT, DOCTOR ROGERS, COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE THIS PIECE OF PAPER? BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ONLY GOES TO HIM.

GIVEN THE RECENT GARDEN DEDICATION CEREMONY HELD AT THE SHAW FAMILY, HELD FOR THE SHORT OF FAMILY IN DECEMBER AT RANDALL PEPPER.

SUPERINTENDENT. MISS EMBODY, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO BRING BACK SOME INFORMATION ON THE PROCESS FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER A POTENTIAL NAME CHANGE FOR THE SCHOOL, KEEPING IN MIND THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT THIS FAMILY HAS MADE UPON THE DISTRICT.

PLEASE. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT.

I WILL DEFINITELY BRING BACK OUR BOARD POLICY AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT SOME POTENTIAL NEXT STEPS COULD BE.

BUT IT'S DEFINITELY THANK YOU.

AND LASTLY THIS IS REALLY HARD TO SAY, BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE SUCH GOOD KIDS, ELIAS AND SARAH CRUZ WERE BELOVED IN THE COMMUNITY.

THEY WERE REALLY WELL KNOWN IN THE BASEBALL COMMUNITY.

AND IT IS A DEEP LOSS TO MY WIFE.

WHO? IT'S HER COUSIN.

WE WERE THERE ON AT OUR FAMILY'S HOUSE WHEN WE GOT THE CALL, AND EVERYBODY'S WORLD KIND OF STOPPED.

WE DO. THEY SINCERELY APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS THE THE SENDS, THE PRAYERS, THE LOVES THAT THEY'VE BEEN GETTING FOR THE PAST WEEK.

AND WE HOPE THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE.

BUT IF WE CAN DO ME ONE FAVOR AND PLEASE END THIS MEETING IN THEIR NAME.

AND WITH THAT, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY NEXT MONTH AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT PEREZ.

ALL RIGHT, LET ME GET INTO MINE.

I JUST WANT TO THANK THE DISTRICT AFRICAN-AMERICAN PARENT ADVISORY COUNCIL LEADERSHIP FOR WORKING WITH THE FUSD TEAM.

DOCTOR ROGERS, DOCTOR MARCY POOL, AND EVERYONE.

MICHAEL, I KNOW EVERYONE.

PETER, CLARISSA, ALL OF YOU JUST WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE WITH THE GROUP OF PARENT LEADERS TO TO HAVE AN AMAZING FEBRUARY MONTH OF CELEBRATIONS.

I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SOME STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED ON THE STUDENT ADVISORY PANEL.

SO I'M GOING TO GIVE THEIR STUDENTS THOMAS COSTA, VANESSA LUCIANO, ZAURI BARRIENTOS, VIVIANA POWELL, MARIO SALVADOR, THOSE ARE FROM FONTANA HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN VINMAN AND ASHLEY ESPARZA FROM AB MILLER.

THEY PRESENTED SOME WORK AROUND OUR COMMUNITY, VITAL SIGNS FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND SOME PROBLEMS AND SOME POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THOSE PROBLEMS TO A GROUP OF US.

SOME WERE BOARD MEMBERS, SOME WERE JUST COMMUNITY LEADERS.

BUT JUST WHAT THEY FELT FROM A STUDENT VOICE PERSPECTIVE, WHAT THEIR HEALTH OUTCOMES ARE AND WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE CHANGED FOR FUTURE.

SO THAT WAS AMAZING TO SEE THOSE STUDENT LEADERS HOPE TO SEE MORE OF OUR OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS INVOLVED IN THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP PANEL WITH THE COUNTY SCHOOLS IN THE FUTURE.

SO IT'D BE NICE TO SEE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS, BIRCH HIGH, FOR BEING NAMED A MODEL CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL.

I KNOW MIKE LEFT ALREADY, BUT I SAID THAT EARLIER.

BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO SEQUOIA MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR BEING NAMED RE-DESIGNATED AS SCHOOLS TO WATCH.

NOT EASY TO HAVE THAT.

AND THIS IS DONE.

DESIGNATED BY STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TONY THURMOND.

AND THEN MICKEY MENTIONED ALEXANDRA CRUZ BEING TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

THAT'S AN AMAZING FEAT.

CONGRATULATIONS. WELCOME GLEN ALEGRE.

OH, YOU'RE JUST AS YOU'RE GETTING READY TO GET A LITTLE.

I SEE YOU OVER THERE, RIGHT? YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT THE HECK? WELCOME TO THE FAMILY.

WELCOME TO YOUR FIRST BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU SITTING THERE.

LISTENING ATTENTIVELY.

AND LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO WISH MY WIFE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

IT'S HER BIRTHDAY ON FRIDAY.

SHE'LL BE 29 AGAIN.

SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HER.

AND WITH THAT JULIETTA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO TO CLOSE US OUT WITH? OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY TO ANY MATH LOVERS OUT THERE OR FOODIES TOMORROW'S PI DAY.

SO I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF PIE OR PIZZA.

SO. YEAH. THAT'S AWESOME.

THANK YOU, JULIETTA, FOR THAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN, BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING, AND THEN WE HAVE TO START ANOTHER MEETING.

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SO WE'RE GOING TO OFFICIALLY ADJOURN THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING.

SO I NEED A MOTION TO DO THAT.

SO MOVED. OH OH.

AND CLOSING.

CLOSING BEFORE WE MAKE THAT MOTION, MR. PEREZ. SO WE WILL CLOSE IN MEMORY OF ELIAS AND SARAH CRUZ ON YOUR BEHALF.

SO THANK YOU. ANY ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. I NEED A MOTION, A SECOND TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.

MOTION? AND A SECOND SECOND.

MR. PEREZ, THANK YOU.

ANY DISCUSSION? HOPE NOT.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THAT MOTION PASSES FOR ZERO.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.