[00:00:02] OKAY. THE TIME IS NOW 4:32. THE SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2020 REGULAR MEETING FOR THE FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION IS NOW IN SESSION. [1. Call to Order - Closed Session, 4:30 p.m.] PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE HERE EXCEPT FOR MRS. SANDOVAL. 1.2 SUPERINTENDENT. SUPERINTENDENT. ANYBODY? ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA? BOARD. PRESIDENT. WE HAVE NO CHANGES TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA. OKAY. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED? SO MOVED. AND A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY VICE PRESIDENT HOLLY. A SECOND BY MR. SERNA. ANY NAYS? ART. DOES THIS WORK YET? OKAY. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. AND IT WORKS. ALL RIGHT. OH. CAN WE CORRECT A VICE PRESIDENT? HOLLY'S LAST NAME WASN'T SPELLED CORRECTLY, SO. 1.3 PUBLIC COMMENT. SUPERINTENDENT, DID WE RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT'S CLOSED SESSION ITEMS? THERE WERE ZERO PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE BOARD WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. [2. Closed Session] THE TIME IS NOW 433. OKAY. THE TIME IS NOW 616. PLEASE LET THE RECORD. [3. Call to Order - Open Session, 6:00 p.m.] 616. PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. AND JUST LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT. MISS SANDOVAL SHOWED UP AT 502. AND ASHLEY'S HERE. SORRY. OKAY. 3.2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. MAYOR WARREN, WILL YOU PLEASE HONOR US WITH LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE FOR TODAY? YES. AND IF WE CAN REMAIN STANDING. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS ADOPTED THE PRACTICE OF OFFERING A MOMENT OF SILENCE AS PART OF THE BOARD MEETING PRACTICE. A MOMENT OF SILENCE ALLOWS ATTENDEES TO PAUSE FOR MEDITATION, PRAYER, REFLECTION, OR ANY OTHER SILENT ACTIVITY THAT MOVE THE WORK FORWARD COLLECTIVELY. IN ADDITION, A MOMENT OF SILENCE MAY BE HELD IN RECOGNITION OF ANY DISTRICT STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES, FORMER EMPLOYEES, OR RELATIVES OF CURRENT EMPLOYEES WHOSE PASSING HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE SINCE THE PREVIOUS MEETING. AND AND WE HAVE LOST THE EMPLOYEE. MEMBER MANUEL MARTINEZ SANCHEZ, THE FATHER IN LAW OF MICHAEL GARCIA. CHIEF OF STAFF. BOARD PRESIDENT. MAY I ADD ONE MORE PERSON? YES, SIR. BERNIE OJEDA WAS A HUSBAND OF JOANNE THOREEN OJEDA. SHE'S A BOARD MEMBER IN COLTON, BUT SHE'S A FORMER ADMINISTRATOR AND TEACHER HERE IN FONTANA. AND I THOUGHT THAT WE SHOULD ALSO HONOR HIM AS WELL FOR THE PASSING. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAY YOU BE SEATED. OKAY. 3.3. CLOSED SESSION. THE BOARD. WE HAVE TWO THINGS TO REPORT IN CLOSED SESSION. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATE OF PROMOTED PROMOTION MANAGEMENT AS FOLLOWS DEREK COHEN, PRINCIPAL OF PALMETTO ELEMENTARY. THE. IT WAS MOTION MADE BY VICE PRESIDENT HOLLY, SECONDED BY MR. SERNA, WHICH CARRIED A FOUR APPROVED ONE ABSENT VOTE. IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATE PROMOTION MANAGEMENT AS FOLLOWS BRITTANY DAVIS FOX, PRINCIPAL OF SEQUOIA A MOTION. THE MOTION WAS MADE BY MR. RAMIREZ. A SECOND BY MR. SERNA. CARRIED A401 VOTE. [00:05:03] IF YOU TWO COULD PLEASE MAKE IT TO THE PODIUM IN THE BACK. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. BOARD PRESIDENT. BOARD VICE PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. SUPERINTENDENT. STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE. I'M DEEPLY HONORED AND GRATEFUL TO HOLD THIS POSITION. I STARTED AS A RESIDENT OF I'VE, SHARED WITH YOU BACK AT FONTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND JUST TO CARRY ON THE WORK THAT I'VE BEEN DOING AT FONTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL TO SHADOW HILLS, NOW TO PALMETTO ELEMENTARY. I'M VERY GRATEFUL, VERY BLESSED, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING GOOD THINGS FOR PALMETTO. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. BOARD PRESIDENT. VICE PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. SUPERINTENDENT. STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE. MY NAME IS BRITTANY DAVIS FOX. I AM TRULY HONORED TO BE STANDING HERE AS THE NEXT PRINCIPAL OF SEQUOIA MIDDLE SCHOOL. I HAVE SPENT 20 YEARS IN SEQUOIA AND THIS IS MY HOME. SEQUOIA BY FAR IS THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL. I LOVE IT THERE AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS TO COME IN THE YEARS IN THE CONTINUING OF SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. ALL RIGHT. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? MR. RAMIREZ? WELL, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR THAT POSITION. AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, I WAS AT SEQUOIA MIDDLE SCHOOL WHEN MISS DAVIS FOX WAS THERE AS A STUDENT, AND THAT COULD GO EITHER WAY. BUT I DECIDED TO MAKE THE MOTION BECAUSE SHE'S SHE'S SHE'S BEEN TERRIFIC. SHE'S BEEN TERRIFIC AS A TEACHER THERE WHILE I WAS A STUDENT. AND I GOTTA SAY, WHEN I WENT TO BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT FOR SEQUOYAH MIDDLE SCHOOL, MAN, SHE WAS A CELEBRITY. SHE HAD LINES OF PARENTS AND THEIR STUDENTS ALL EXCITED TO TALK TO HER. AND SHE SHE'S SOLID. SHE'S SOLID. AND SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU GOT THE PROMOTION. AND I'M ALSO GLAD THAT YOU ALSO GOT THE PROMOTION, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET YOU BACK THERE. AND YOU SEEM LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO DO GREAT AS WELL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO BOTH OF YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. IT TAKES US 3.4 PUBLIC OFFICE RECOGNITION PRESENTATION. BEFORE WE BEGIN TONIGHT'S MEETING, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE OUR EXTENDED AND EXTEND OUR SINCERE THANKS TO THE PUBLIC OFFICIALS JOINING US THIS EVENING. WE ARE HONORED TO WELCOME COUNTY SUPERVISOR BOARD OF OR. SORRY, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, SECOND DISTRICT JESSE ARMENDARIZ. AND MAYOR ACQUANETTA WARREN FOR CITY OF FONTANA. I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOUR PRESENCE TONIGHT IS A POWERFUL REMINDER OF THE IMPORTANCE OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN OUR SCHOOLS AND THE LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND ALL THE WHAT YOU DO TO SUPPORT OUR EDUCATION AND OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU. WHICH TAKES US TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, WHICH IS TO COUNTY BOARD SUPERVISOR JESSE ARMENDARIZ. TONIGHT WE EXTEND OUR APPRECIATION AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO COUNTY SUPERVISOR, SECOND DISTRICT JESSE ARMENDARIZ. SUPERVISOR ARMENDARIZ, YOUR SUPPORT OF GENEROSITY HAS MADE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE IN OUR LIVES AND THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ACROSS FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANKS TO YOUR $102,000 CONTRIBUTION, OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY WILL FEEL THE EFFECTS. $52,000 WAS AWARDED TO OLEANDER ELEMENTARY TO SUPPORT THE INSTALLATION OF A WALKING TRACK AND OUTDOOR FITNESS CIRCUIT, PROMOTING HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR OUR STUDENTS. $50,000 WAS WAS PROVIDED TO ASSIST WITH THE RENAMING AND REBRANDING OF OF RANDALL PEPPER ELEMENTARY TO O'DEA SHORT ELEMENTARY, HONORING A LEGACY AND STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY PRIDE. THESE INVESTMENTS REFLECT YOUR COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION, STUDENT WELL-BEING, AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT. YOUR IMPACT WILL BE FELT FOR YEARS TO COME. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE ENTIRE FONTANA UNIFIED COMMUNITY. WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION IN HONOR OF YOUR OUTSTANDING SUPPORT. IN ADDITION, OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND YOU BEING A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AND HAVING THAT OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH US HAS BEEN A DRIVING FORCE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND AS A BOARD AND THE PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU. THE BOARD CAN JOIN ME AND GIVING THE PRESENTATION. YEAH. [00:10:59] YEAH. NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR A POLITICIAN TALK, BUT WE'RE GOING TO SAY A COUPLE OF FEW WORDS. I WANT TO START BY JUST THANKING THE BOARD. THANK YOU FOR EMBRACING ME. THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH ME. THANK YOU FOR THE COLLABORATION. IT'S BECAUSE OF THINGS LIKE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THINGS DONE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR BECAUSE THE MAYOR IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH ME, WHO CONSTANTLY ARE TELLING ME, HEY, WE NEED TO DO THIS. WE NEED TO DO THE HEALTHY FONTANA STUFF. WE NEED TO COLLABORATE. IT'S WORKING WITH ADAM PEREZ WHEN HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, OUR POLICE NEED MORE STUFF. YOU KNOW, FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, IT'S WORKING WITH DANIELLE AND ON ANGEL AND MARY AND MARS, WHO CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO ME IF WE NEED SOMETHING. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. MY JOB IS AN ADVOCATE, AND I FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE EMBRACED THAT AND AND HAVE NOT BEEN SHY OF SAYING, HERE'S SOME THINGS WE NEED, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE ALL HERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE THIS OUT, AND WE'RE GOING TO CREATE GREAT THINGS FOR OUR CHILDREN. A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE AND EVERYONE KNOWS IS CLOSE TO MY HEART, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S THE NARCAN TRAINING, IF IT'S THE SAFE SCHOOLS WE HAD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE DEALING WITH ISSUES WHERE WE'RE TRAINING PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, WHOEVER WANTS TO BE TRAINED ON SAFE TALK FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION OR NARCAN TRAINING WILL COME OUT AND TRAIN AND GIVE PARENTS, TEACHERS, STUDENTS, WHOEVER WANTS IT, NARCAN, SHOW THEM HOW TO USE IT SO THEY COULD SAVE A LIFE. WE SAY FENTANYL DOESN'T CARE, BUT WE DO. IT'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, BUT IT'S ITS PARTNERSHIPS WITH PEOPLE LIKE YOU GUYS WHO ACTUALLY MAKE IT HAPPEN, BECAUSE WE TRULY CAN DO WAY MORE WORKING TOGETHER THAN BEING ADVERSARIAL AND NOT WORKING TOGETHER. SO I COMMEND YOU GUYS FOR WORKING WITH ME. CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ME. YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF LIKE, THE OLD DAY. I'LL USE AN EXAMPLE. THE OLD DAY SCHOOL, THE RENAMING. THE REASON I FELT COMPELLED TO GIVE THAT MONEY WAS BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS USE THE MONEY YOU WOULD HAVE SPENT ON THE BRANDING, ON EDUCATING THESE CHILDREN, ON WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED, HOW IT, YOU KNOW, WHAT TRANSPIRED HERE SO THAT WE NEVER FORGET. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SAYING THAT IF SORRY, MY VOICE IS GONE, BUT THAT IF YOU FORGET YOUR YOUR PAST, YOU'LL SURELY REPEAT IT. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO EDUCATE THESE CHILDREN IN A WAY THAT THEY REMEMBER OUR PAST AS A COMMUNITY, THE DARK. NO MATTER HOW DARK IT WAS, WE HAVE TO BRING IT TO LIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT WE NEVER WANT TO SEE IN THIS COMMUNITY AGAIN. AND SO I COMMEND YOU GUYS FOR ACCEPTING MY DONATION SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT. AND YOU GUYS CAN EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN WITH THE MONEY YOU SAVED. AND IT'S JUST I THINK IT'S A BLESSING FOR ALL OF US. AND I CAN GO ON FOREVER, SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. AND THANK YOU FOR THE AWARD. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? MISS ADAMS? I WASN'T KIDDING ABOUT MORE MONEY. OUR OUR FIRST BRUNCH FOR ALL THE CHILDREN TO EAT IF IT'S NOT HAPPENING. WE'RE LOOKING AT CUTS NEXT YEAR, AND THAT'S ONE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. THAT'S ANOTHER ITEM. SO WHEN I SAID WE NEED MORE MONEY, WE'LL NEED MORE MONEY. SO I'LL LOOK YOU UP. THANK YOU, MR. RAMIREZ. I'LL JUST KEEP MY SHORT THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. TO THE TWO OF YOU, FOR BRINGING THIS ISSUE TO LIGHT. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THIS ONGOING PARTNERSHIP. I KNOW THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHEN IT COMES TO THE COUNTY, WHEN IT COMES TO THE CITY, WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT AGENCIES, YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S BETTER WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER THAN WHEN WE WORK APART. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S THE STRENGTH OF WHAT FONTANA HAS TO OFFER, IS THAT WE WE ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY AND WE ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS, AND WE CONTINUE TO STRIVE IN THAT DIRECTION. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AND I ALSO ECHO THE COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE FUNDS IN THE FUTURE, HOPEFULLY. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. [00:15:03] SERNA. YEAH. JESSE, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR WORKING WITH US AS WELL, BECAUSE IT COULD IT'S A TWO WAY STREET. YOU COULD CHOOSE NOT TO AND YOU'VE CHOSEN THE OTHER. AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT AND OPENING, YOU KNOW, YOUR AVENUES TO TO US AS A DISTRICT. AND AGAIN, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY BECAUSE O'DAY SHORT WAS SO NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART WHEN YOU CAME TO THE PODIUM IN THE BEGINNING TO DONATE THAT MONEY. AND I THOUGHT, WOW, THIS IS THIS IS TRULY A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER SIDE BY SIDE VERSUS, LIKE YOU SAID EARLIER, ADVERSARIAL. SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND CONTINUE TO TO SUPPORT US. AND WE'LL WE'LL KEEP THE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION OPEN BOTH WAYS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. VICE PRESIDENT HOLLY, THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT'S BEEN SUCH A JOY TO SEE YOU THROUGH YOUR JOURNEY ON THE SCHOOL BOARD TO CITY COUNCIL AND THEN TO COUNTY SUPERVISOR. AND AT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, YOU HAVE ALWAYS KEPT PEOPLE AT THE CENTER OF YOUR FOCUS. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A LESSON THAT EVERYONE CAN LEARN. SO THANK YOU FOR LOVING PEOPLE. THANK YOU FOR LOVING OUR KIDS AND OUR STAFF AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED. AND I HAVE TO SAY, YOU'RE THE MOST ACTIVE SECOND DISTRICT COUNTY SUPERVISOR I THINK I'VE EVER SEEN. YOU ARE EVERYWHERE. IF NOT, YOUR STAFF ARE EVERYWHERE. BUT YOUR YOUR HEART IS SO KIND AND GIVING, AND YOU GENUINELY LOVE YOUR COMMUNITY. SO PLEASE KEEP THAT UP. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF US. THANK YOU. SUAREZ, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE. COMING FROM A STUDENT, IT'S VERY NICE KNOWING THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO HELP US FURTHER OUR EDUCATION AND KNOWING THAT YOU ARE GIVING THIS TO US TO HELP, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT US IN OUR EDUCATION IS VERY APPRECIATED. SO THANK YOU. AND FOR ME, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN ELECTED, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR WORKING WITH YOU. EVERY TIME OUR DISTRICT HAS NEEDED SOMETHING OR SOME OR SOMETHING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE. I THINK YOU BEING A BOARD MEMBER YOU TRULY UNDERSTAND WHERE WE HAVE A SHORTFALL AND YOU'RE ABLE TO FILL THOSE GAPS. SO AGAIN, REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE CONTINUED YEARS. OKAY. ANY ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NOPE. OKAY. TAKES US TO 3.5, WHICH I'M GOING TO INVITE OUR MAYOR AND SUPER COUNTY SUPERVISOR TO STAY BECAUSE THESE ARE SOME PRETTY IMPORTANT UPDATES TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT. IF I CAN GET STAFF OR WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH THE FONTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL FACILITIES UPDATE, AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE DOCTOR LESLIE BARNES, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF BUSINESS SERVICES. PRESENT. VICE PRESIDENT HAWLEY AND SUPERINTENDENT IN-BODY BOARD MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY. TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING AT FONTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL. AS FAR AS THE PROJECT THAT'S BEEN GOING ON AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE SAMER AL-ZUBAYDI TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT PEREZ. VICE PRESIDENT. HOLLEY, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT BARDI STUDENT BOARD REPRESENTATIVE AND COMMUNITY. ALL AS WELL AS EVERYONE SEEING US OR LISTENING TO US. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY. WE'D LOVE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE FONTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECT. AND SO THERE'S SOME TECHNICAL, TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. WE FIXED THEM. ALL RIGHT. SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS A COUPLE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. THE FIRST ONE IS PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO. SO PHASE ONE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE DEMO OF BUILDING L, THE CONCRETE TWO STORY BUILDING. AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BUS SLASH PARENT DROP OFF AREAS. AND PHASE TWO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW TWO STORY BUILDING DESIGN PROGRESS. SO NUMBER ONE AGENDA ITEM. THIS IS THE TWO STORY BUILDING THE CONCRETE TWO STORY BUILDING THAT IS MORE THAN 80 YEARS OLD. AND WE DEMOLISHED THAT BUILDING STARTING THE ASBESTOS THE HAZMAT EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT THAT WAS DONE BACK IN 2024. [00:20:02] THEN WE BID THE PROJECT AND WE INCLUDED EVERYTHING IN THE BID DOCUMENTS. SO THE CONTRACTOR STARTED DOING THE ABATEMENT DURING THE DECEMBER TO 2024 CHRISTMAS BREAK WHEN KIDS WERE AWAY FROM THE SITE. AND THAT WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY AND WAS DONE. AND THAT WAS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS HAZMAT ABATEMENT. AND AT THAT TIME WE DIDN'T FIND THROUGH THE ASSESSMENT EXCEPT LEAD MATERIALS THAT WAS ABATED PROPERLY DURING CHRISTMAS BREAK. OF COURSE, WE WAITED UNTIL THE KIDS LEFT IN JUNE SO WE CAN PROCEED WITH THE DEMOLITION OF THE CONCRETE BUILDING, WHICH TOOK PLACE AFTER KIDS LEFT, AS I SAID. AND WHILE THE THE CONTRACTOR WAS DEMOLISHING THE BUILDING, WE DISCOVERED A CLAY PIPE INSIDE THE CONCRETE WALL. AND THAT IS THE PIPE THAT I'M REFERRING TO IN THE PICTURE. VERY CLEAR. AND IT IS EMBEDDED ENCASED INSIDE THE CONCRETE WALL THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY WAY TO DETECT DURING THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION PHASE. AND AS SOON AS THAT PIPE WAS DETECTED, WE DID THE TESTING. WE CONTACTED AQMD WORKED WITH THEM TO GET US A CLEAR GO AHEAD ON THE REMOVAL OF THE OF THE PIPE. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WERE LIKE FIVE REVISIONS BACK AND FORTH WITH AQMD STAFF, WHICH WAS THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE THAT I'M EXPERIENCING THIS TYPE OF PROCESS WITH THEM. USUALLY IT'S DONE FROM THE FIRST TIME, BUT THIS TIME WE TOOK LIKE FIVE AND THEY APPROVED THE SIXTH REVISION, COSTING US ABOUT SIX WEEKS. WAITING TIME TO REMOVE THAT CONCRETE FROM THE SITE. SO THEY APPROVED OUR REVISION SIX ON AUGUST 13TH, AND FROM THERE, WE STARTED THE CLEANING WORK AND ABATEMENT ON THAT SITE, AND WE CLEARED EVERYTHING. WE TOOK IT OUT BY AUGUST 22ND. AND THE LETTER ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN SHOWS THE CLEARANCE FOR ALL THE HAZMAT CONTAINING MATERIAL FROM THAT CONSTRUCTION AREA, SO THE SITE AS OF AUGUST 22ND WAS ASBESTOS FREE. LEAD FREE. NO HAZMAT MATERIAL AT THAT CONSTRUCTION. FENCED OFF AREA OF BUILDING EL. SO THIS IS THESE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM THE PROCESS THAT TOOK PLACE THERE. AND YOU CAN SEE IT WAS A METICULOUS PROCESS THAT THEY FOLLOWED. THEY PUT PLASTIC SHEETS EVERYWHERE. THEY HAVE TO WEAR THE PROPER GEARS AND THEY SPRAY WATER EVERYTHING ON THE MATERIALS, ON THE EQUIPMENT AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. EVERYTHING WAS COVERED TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY. AND WHILE THE CONTRACTORS WERE WORKING THERE, THE REQUIREMENT WAS TO SET A TESTING STATION AROUND THE PERIMETER OF, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TESTING STATIONS. A LOT OF THEM. EVERY CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FEET AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE FENCED OFF AREA TO TAKE READINGS EVERY TWO HOURS. AND WE WE INSTALLED ADDITIONAL TESTING STATIONS ON SITE INSIDE THE CAMPUS, ALSO TAKING READINGS. ALL THE READINGS CAME NEGATIVE BELOW EPA, BELOW CAL OSHA LEVELS. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE PIPE WAS UNDISTURBED, WAS ENCASED INSIDE THE CONCRETE WALL, AND THEY DISPOSED IT SAFELY OFF OF THE SITE. AND EVERYTHING WAS DONE PROPERLY. AQMD INSPECTOR WAS ON SITE ON A DAILY BASIS TO WITNESS THE OPERATIONS. OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT WAS ON SITE ON DAILY BASIS TO SET THE STATIONS AND GET THE CLEARANCES AND EVERYTHING AT THE TESTING. THIS WAS DURING THE TOWARDS THE END OF THE OPERATIONS. AND THAT'S ALMOST LIKE ON SATURDAY, THIS PICTURE, I WENT TO THE SITE AND TOOK IT. TODAY THE OPERATIONS CONTINUED, AND AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW, THE CONTRACTOR IS WORKING ON SITE BECAUSE THEY WORK EVERY DAY FROM 4 TO 11. AND RIGHT NOW THEY ARE WORKING ON REMOVING THE REMAINDER OF THE SLAB AND THE STEM WALLS, CONCRETE WALLS THAT YOU CAN SEE. WE'RE EXPECTING TO TAKE EVERYTHING OUT BY SEPTEMBER 12TH TO FINISH THAT ENTIRE OPERATION. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE PHASE ONE. I MEAN, THAT'S THE DEMO PHASE THAT WE DISCUSSED. NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO THE PARENT SLASH BUS SLASH PARENT DROP OFF AREA. SO WE WERE DOING THIS AS PART OF THE TWO STORY PROJECT THAT WAS DESIGNED AND SUBMITTED TO THE STATE FOR APPROVAL. [00:25:08] SO AS PART OF THE PROJECT, THERE IS A REQUIRED ADA PATH OF TRAVEL WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE, AS WELL AS BUS AND PARENT DROP OFF AREAS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE AT THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL SITE. WE STARTED THAT WORK DURING SUMMER BREAK AND WE'RE FINISHING THAT THE END OF THIS WEEK BY THIS COMING MONDAY. THE PARENT DROP OFF WILL BE OPEN TO PUBLIC WITH EVERYTHING AND LOOKS RIGHT NOW VERY NICE. THESE ARE SOME RENDERINGS FROM THE PROJECT. THAT'S THE WAY THAT IT SHOULD LOOK, BASICALLY. AND THAT'S THE ARCHITECT'S JOB. AND JUST TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE HISTORY OF THE PROJECT. SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, CERTAIN THINGS NEEDED TO HAPPEN. AND THESE PICTURES WERE BEFORE, BEFORE THE WORK STARTED. AND THAT ADDITIONAL WORK THAT I JUST EXPLAINED EARLIER THAT WE NEEDED TO DO. AND THEN THE DEMO STARTED, YOU CAN SEE THEY REMOVED THE GRASS AND THEY TOOK IT ALL OUT AND CLEANED THE WHOLE AREA. THEN AFTER THAT THEY REMOVED THE ASPHALT. THEN THEY TRENCHED FOR ALL THE UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE, UTILITIES, LIGHTING, JUST NAME IT. A LOT OF WORK THAT TOOK PLACE THERE. AND THEN SO OUR SUMMER WAS VERY BUSY AS USUAL. THAT'S WHAT WE DO DURING SUMMERTIME. AND THEN THESE ARE THE. SORRY, THESE ARE THE ALL THE UNDERGROUND LINES. AND THE PICTURES BELOW SHOW YOU THE WHAT'S CALLED THE DUCT BANK, WHICH IS ENCASING THE CONCRETE IN SLURRY. AND THIS IS A REQUIREMENT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID AFTER WE DO THE CONDUITS. AND THESE ARE SOME PICTURES AFTER THE PROJECT WAS DONE AND THE IMPROVEMENTS, THE CONCRETE WALKWAYS FROM THE STREET ALL THE WAY TO THE CAMPUS, WE HAVE NICE FOUR FEET ORNAMENTAL METAL FENCE AROUND THE BUS AND PARENT DROP OFF AREAS. WE HAVE NICE ASPHALT AREAS. AND THIS SATURDAY WE'RE GOING TO DO STRIPING ON THE ASPHALT. GOING TO LOOK SO NICE BY THE END OF THE WEEK. AND WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT. AS I SAID ON MONDAY, WE REMOVE THE SECURITY, THE I'M SORRY, THE PRIVACY SCREEN. AND YOU CAN SEE IT FROM HERE. THE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE CAMPUS. THESE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM THE IMPROVEMENTS. SEE THE SEE THE CIRCLE THERE? THERE'S A AN ORANGE CONE IN THE CENTER OF THE CIRCLE. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE FLAGPOLE THAT WE WERE WAITING FOR WHEN IT ARRIVED, IT WAS DAMAGED BASICALLY. AND IT HAS SOME MARKS ON IT. AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING TO THE COMPANY WHO SHIPPED IT FROM THE EAST COAST AND TRYING TO GET THE REPLACEMENT PART SHIPPED. BUT THAT TAKES SOME TIME. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM AND GETTING THAT TAKEN CARE OF, AND WE'RE INSTALLING SOME OF THE LIGHTS. YOU CAN SEE SOME CONCRETE PEDESTALS SOME LIGHTS WERE INSTALLED AND OTHER LIGHTS ARE GOING TO BE INSTALLED END OF THIS WEEK. ALSO A FINAL TO THE GRAND FINALE ITEM, WHICH IS THE DESIGN OF THE TWO STORY BUILDING. SO WE HAD, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, A TWO STORY THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE STATE, BUT THAT WAS A 12 CLASSROOM. SO BASED ON THE FINDINGS FROM THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS, COMMUNITY CAME HERE AND THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD. THEY WANTED BIGGER SPACES, BETTER SPACES. SO WE DECIDED TO BASICALLY FIND OUT IF WE CAN GET SOME ARCHITECTS TO HELP US GET IDEAS TO ENLARGE THE TWO STORY BUILDING INSTEAD OF 12 CLASSROOMS, MAKE IT BIGGER TO REPLACE SOME OF THE EXISTING BUILDINGS THAT ARE REALLY OLD, LIKE 50, 60, 70 YEARS OLD. AND INSTEAD OF MODERNIZING THOSE OLD BUILDINGS, IF WE CAN REPLACE THEM WITH A BIGGER BUILDING SO THAT 12 STORY BUILDINGS, IF WE MAKE IT LIKE 20 CLASSROOM BUILDINGS, OR IF THE 12 CLASSROOM BUILDING BECOMES A 20 CLASSROOM BUILDING, THAT WILL SOLVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS. AND MAYBE WE CAN REPLACE THE MPR, THE KITCHEN, THE LIBRARY WITH THE NEW BUILDINGS AS WELL. THAT GIVES THE SITE A BETTER ENVIRONMENT APPROACH, WHATEVER YOU CALL IT. AND THAT MAKES THE SITE SO MUCH DIFFERENT. TRANSFORMING THE SITE INTO A CENTURY 22 MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO WE STARTED THE DESIGN MEETINGS ON SITE, AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURE THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM IS SPEARHEADING THE DESIGN MEETINGS. BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE GOOD THING THAT I LIKED ABOUT THE DESIGN MEETING, YOU CAN SEE, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE A PICTURE. YEAH. THAT PICTURE SHOWS THE STUDENTS THAT WHAT I LOVE, THE STUDENTS WERE SO ENGAGED AND THEY WERE GIVING SOME OPINION ABOUT THE DESIGN, WHICH I LOVED SO MUCH. SO WE HAD STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS THE PRINCIPAL OR OUR FACILITY STAFF [00:30:01] AND THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM THAT WERE SPEARHEADING THE. SO WE ARE. SO THIS AFTERNOON AT 2:00, WE HAD OUR SECOND DESIGN MEETING. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN PRESENT SOME IDEAS TO YOU ON THE 24TH AND GET SOME BLESSINGS FROM YOU TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FONTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL TO START BUILDING AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS AND THAT. SO IN SUMMARY, PHASE ONE BUS PER AND DROP OFF AREA NEARLY COMPLETE. THE PHASE ONE DEMO WILL BE DONE ON SEPTEMBER 12TH. AND THE DESIGN MEETINGS, AS I SAID, THIS IS THE SECOND ONE WE HAVE TODAY. NEXT STEP WE WILL FINISH THE PHASE ONE BY SEPTEMBER. NEXT MONDAY HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT UP. FINALIZING AQMD CLOSEOUT DOCUMENTATION. WE CONDUCT THE FINAL DESIGN MEETINGS FOR PHASE TWO. TO. WE BRING UP THE DESIGN TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL, AND WE TRANSITION INTO PHASE TWO CONSTRUCTION AS EARLY AS WE CAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? GOOD COMMENT. VICE PRESIDENT HOLLY. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO THANK THE CITY OF FONTANA FOR EXTENDING THE GRACE FOR OUR CONSTRUCTION CREWS TO WORK INTO THE LATE HOURS AND EARLY MORNINGS TO EXPEDITE THIS PROCESS. I WANTED TO THANK SUPERINTENDENT AND THE TEAM YOU GUYS WERE THERE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL MULTIPLE TIMES FOR MULTIPLE MEETINGS. AND WE'VE BEEN THERE A LOT SINCE THEN, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE THERE TO SEE THIS THROUGH. SO IT IS GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS. HANG IN THERE, I PROMISE. IT'S COMING ONCE IT'S ALL FINISHED. BUT IN THE INTERIM AND I WAS GOING TO PUT THIS IN MY FINAL COMMENTS. I LOVE THE THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE HAD IN TERMS OF TRANSPARENCY, ALL OF THE REPORTS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU JUST SAW ARE ALL AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE FOR THE PUBLIC TO VIEW. SO IF YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, TALK TO DISTRICT STAFF. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND HANDLING IT WITH SUCH GENTLE CARE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE ONE. WHAT, IF ANYTHING, HAVE WE LEARNED FROM THIS INCIDENT THAT WE CAN USE IN THE FUTURE FOR THE OTHER SCHOOLS WE'RE ABOUT TO UPDATE? AND ARE WE TAKING MEASURES TO PREVENT ANYTHING FROM HAPPENING? YES. AND IN FACT FOR FONTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL THE REASON WE'RE PHASING IT IS WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE STUDENTS INTO THE TWO STORY BUILDING BEFORE WE WOULD START TO DEMOLISH ANY OF THE OTHER SITE BUILDINGS SO THAT IT WOULDN'T IMPACT THE STUDENTS AT ALL. SO. OR THE STAFF. SO WE'RE HOPING TO DO THAT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK FOR. THE DIFFERENCE WITH THIS BUILDING WAS IT WAS ABOUT 12 INCH THICK CEMENT BLOCKS, SO IT WAS HARD TO SEE INSIDE. NORMALLY YOU WOULD OPEN THE WALL AND, AND CHECK BEFORE YOU START TO DEMOLISH. BUT IN THIS CASE THAT WAS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE. SO SO YES, WE DEFINITELY DO A FULL FULL STUDY ON, ON THE BUILDING ITSELF. THE INSIDE OF THE WALLS BEFORE WE WOULD START TO DEMOLISH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LESLIE. DON'T GO ANYWHERE. WE'LL START OFF WITH A PRESENTATION. NUMBER TWO, THE BOND. BOND. TOWN HALL FEEDBACK. OKAY. THANK YOU. AS PART OF THE BOND, AS PART OF CREATING THE BOND PRIORITY LIST IN THE FALL THE DISTRICT CONDUCTED FIVE TOWN HALL MEETINGS. AND I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH FIRST KIND OF OUR BOND HISTORY A LITTLE BIT. IN 1990, THERE WAS A BOND MEASURE THAT WAS APPROVED FOR $75 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN SPENT AND FULLY REPAID. MEASURE C WAS APPROVED IN NOVEMBER OF 2006. AND THE FUNDING PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY FUNDING LEFT OVER IN THERE IS THE MONEY THAT WAS SET ASIDE FOR FONTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND SO THAT WILL HELP TO BUILD THE TWO STORY BUILDING. AND THEN MEASURE. I WOULD BE COMPLETING THAT PROCESS WITH MPR AND SOME OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS. MEASURE I WAS APPROVED IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, AND WE WERE AUTHORIZED FOR $408 MILLION IN BONDING CAPACITY. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC. BRINGING DOING A NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A PRIORITY LIST SO THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN STICK WITH. [00:35:07] SO THINGS LIKE FONTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL DON'T HAPPEN AGAIN, THAT WE HAVE THIS PRIORITY LIST AND WE STICK WITH IT. THE VOTERS APPROVED THE PROJECT LIST WHICH IS IS PRETTY VAGUE. WE HAVE WE DO AN OVERALL. AND SO THEY VOTED FOR EXPANDING STEM CLASSROOMS, REPAIRING AND REPLACING LEAKY ROOFS AND PLUMBING, IMPROVING STUDENT SAFETY BY FENCING WITH ADDED FENCING AND CAMERAS EXPANDING THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, REPAIRING AGING RESTROOMS, CREATING GREATER ACCESSIBILITY, REHABBING AGING PLAYGROUNDS, AND EXPANDING AND RENOVATING CLASSROOMS, RESTROOMS, FACILITIES AND PLAY STRUCTURES. SO THAT WAS THE OVERALL VOTER LIST THAT THAT WAS ON THE BALLOT. AND, AND WAS APPROVED FOR THE $408 MILLION. AS PART OF GETTING READY FOR THAT BOND, WE DID A NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND FOUND OUT THAT THE DISTRICT'S NEEDS WERE ABOUT IF YOU WERE TO RENOVATE ALL OF OUR, OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS WOULD BE ABOUT $1 BILLION FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THE NEEDS ASSESSMENTS ABOUT 488 MILLION. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT PIE CHART, THE PURPLE AREA THAT IS JUST PORTABLE MODERNIZATION. SO THE PORTABLE CLASSROOMS AT OUR AT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE THE MOST COSTLY. SO ONE OF THE THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT MAYBE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF A DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT IS TRYING TO GET KIDS BACK INTO OUR, OUR PERMANENT BUILDINGS AND, AND GET RID OF THE PORTABLES BECAUSE THAT'S THE BIGGEST DRAIN ON THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT IS TRYING TO KEEP THOSE BUILDINGS UP, BECAUSE THEY'RE ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS, BUT WE KNOW THAT MOST DISTRICTS USE THEM FOR FOR LONGER THAN THAT. THE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEEDS ARE ABOUT 195 MILLION, WITH FONTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL BEING AT THE HIGHEST. AND THEN OUR HIGH SCHOOL NEEDS ARE ABOUT 262 MILLION. FONTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL, HAVING THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF PORTABLE BUILDINGS, ACTUALLY COMES IN AT THE HIGHEST ON THAT ONE AS WELL. AS I SAID, WE DID FIVE TOWN HALL MEETINGS BETWEEN MAY 5TH AND MAY 14TH. WE BROKE THEM DOWN INTO TRUSTEE AREAS JUST TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD BOARD MEMBERS AT OUR, AT OUR MEETINGS AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A SMALLER GROUP OF, OF SCHOOLS, BECAUSE IF WE WOULD ALL COME IN AT ONCE, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT TO GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION. SO WE BROKE IT UP AND IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL. WE CONDUCTED TWO EXERCISES AT THE MEETINGS WE HAD. WE BROKE DOWN THE THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT BY CATEGORY, AND HAD PEOPLE VOTE FOR THE AREAS THAT THEY FELT WERE THE BIGGEST NEED BY CATEGORY. AND THEN WE HAD EACH OF OUR SCHOOLS LISTED AND, AND BY SCHOOL SITE. AND WE HAD THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT FROM THAT STUDY THAT PEOPLE CAN USE TO TO WRITE ON THEIR WHAT THEY WANTED AT THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL SITE. AND SO THE RESULTS CAME IN THAT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THEIR TOP PRIORITIES WERE PLAYGROUNDS, GROUNDS, PAVEMENT AND LIGHTING REPAIRS, SAFETY AND SECURITY, AND RESTROOMS AND PLUMBING TIED FOR THIRD THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS SAFETY AND SECURITY WAS THEIR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, WITH UPGRADES AND MAINTENANCE TO THEIR FACILITIES AND ATHLETIC FIELDS CAME IN THIRD FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS. THE HIGH SCHOOLS JUDGING BY THE PICTURES, I FIGURED THESE WERE TWO HIGH PRIORITY AREAS THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT A LOT. SO NO SURPRISE THAT FIELDS, POOLS, AND ATHLETIC AREAS CAME IN NUMBER ONE AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS WITH UPGRADE AND UPGRADE OF FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE GROUNDS, PAVEMENT AND LIGHTING COMING IN THIRD. AND SO WHAT THOSE WHAT THOSE AREAS MEAN IS REALLY THAT YOU KNOW, ANY OF THE PAVEMENT, THERE'S A LOT OF PAVEMENT IN OUR SCHOOLS AND, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED. WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR RESTROOMS, LOOK AT OUR, OUR FACILITIES, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN PROPER CONDITION FOR, FOR SAFETY AND FOR LEARNING. AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THIS BASE AND MAKING OUR PRIORITY LIST BASED ON THESE, THESE ITEMS ON THIS FEEDBACK. AND SO OUR NEXT STEPS WILL BE TO CREATE THE PRIORITY PRIORITIZED PROJECT LIST. WE HAVE A BOARD STUDY SESSION ON SEPTEMBER 24TH WHERE WE'LL PRESENT THAT GET FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD ON THE PROJECT LIST. AND THEN DEPENDING ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET, IF IT'S NOT A LOT OF CHANGES, THEN WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BRING IT TO THE OCTOBER BOARD. [00:40:01] BUT IF THERE ARE QUITE A FEW CHANGES, THEN WE WOULD PROBABLY BE ABLE TO MAKE THE NOVEMBER BOARD. SO THAT WOULD BE OUR NEXT STEPS FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH GETTING MORE PROJECTS GOING. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. CHAIR. WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS NOW, AS FAR AS THE. THE I CALL THEM THE TRAILERS. DO YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE MOVING ANY OUT, OR IS THAT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING IN FUTURE? TOUR. YES. THAT'S ONE OF THE. THE PLANS WOULD BE THERE'S A COUPLE SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND ADDING BUILDINGS TO SO THAT SO THAT THEY CAN BE REMOVED. YEAH. BECAUSE I NOTICE ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT I HEAR AT CYPRESS ARE THE KIDS IN FIFTH GRADE, THEY'RE WAY AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL, WAY IN THE BACK. SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY'RE FORGOTTEN. SO ONE THING THAT THEY COMPLAIN IS THAT THE THE PORTABLES, THE NUMBERS AREN'T IN IN NUMERIC ORDER, AND THERE IS NO DRINKING FOUNTAINS OUT THERE. AND THEY HAVE TO COME EXTRA EARLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET TO SCHOOL ON TIME BECAUSE THEY GET TO WORK, WALK THE FURTHEST THAN ALL THE OTHER LITTLE KIDS WITH THE LITTLE LEGS. AND I SAID, WELL, CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH. SOON ENOUGH YOU'LL BE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND YOU'LL BE WALKING EVEN FURTHER. SO THAT'S THEIR COMPLAINT. THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING FROM FROM THE FIFTH GRADERS DOWN THERE, IS THAT THEY HAVE TO WALK FURTHER FOURTH AND FIFTH. SO IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, BUT ONE THING THAT THEY DO COMPLAIN THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM IN THERE. AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT THEY COMPLAIN THE, THE WALK THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE IN THE MORNING AND THEIR NUMBERS. AND IT IS DARK OUT THERE WHEN THEY HAVE BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS. SO IT'S NOT AS LIT LIKE SOME OF THE LIST HERE TALK ABOUT. SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT. IS THE LIGHTING IN SOME OF THOSE OLDER SCHOOLS THAT THE PORTABLES ARE WAY OUT, I CALL IT THE SOUTH. SO IF WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. YES. THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. MR. RAMIREZ, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR PUTTING IN THE EFFORT TO TRY TO GET THE PUBLIC INVOLVED. YOU KNOW, I HAD THE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND ONE OF THOSE TOWN HALLS AND GET TO MEET WITH SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS AND HEAR OUT SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT THEY HAD AND THE INPUT THAT THEY HAD. AND I KNOW THAT WE TOOK VERY CAREFUL NOTES AND THAT WE DID EVERYTHING THAT WE COULD AS A, AS A DISTRICT TO TRY TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY IN THAT PROCESS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, AND THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORT OF YOUR TEAM. THANK YOU, MR. SERNA. I WANT TO ECHO BOARD MEMBER RAMIREZ'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE STAFF IN THE WORK BEHIND THE SCENES ON THIS. AND I ALSO WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THOSE TOWN HALLS. AND IT WERE AMAZING TO SEE THE ENGAGEMENT NOT ONLY FROM STUDENTS, BUT PARENTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS. BUT THE ONE THING THAT I WANT TO SAY, AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OUR LEADERS IN THE IN THE ROOM TODAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE NORTH END SUMMIT HAS BEEN ASKING FOR THAT FOOTBALL FIELD. AND I'M GLAD YOU PUT THE PICTURE IN THERE SO THAT WE CAN SEE THAT THAT WE'RE HOPING AND MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION TO, TO PRIORITIZE SOME OF THESE THINGS. I KNOW FONTANA HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN ASKING FOR A POOL FOREVER, AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THE SCHOLARS TODAY WILL NOT SEE THE FRUITS OF THAT WHEN THAT EVENTUALLY HAPPENS. BUT MY MY THOUGHTS ARE, I THINK AS THE THEME TODAY IS ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER AND COLLABORATING IS HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE OUR DOLLARS IN THESE AREAS, RIGHT? AND I KNOW THAT SUMMIT IS THE ONLY HIGH SCHOOL IN OUR DISTRICT THAT DOESN'T HAVE THEIR OWN FOOTBALL STADIUM. WE KNOW THAT. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. BUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT AQUATIC CENTER SUMMIT DOESN'T HAVE A POOL, BUT THEY DO. THEY DO USE THE JESSE TURNER OR FONTANA PARK POOL. AND SO I THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE HOW WE'RE GROWING AS A COMMUNITY. AND EVEN IF WE WERE TO BUILD A POOL AT FONTANA HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH, BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT AQUATICS AT ABBY MILLER, THEY DON'T HAVE A POOL. IF YOU THINK ABOUT KAISER, THEY DON'T HAVE A POOL OF HILLS. SO I JUST THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE REGIONALIZE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE AQUATICS TO TO SEE HOW WE POOL OUR RESOURCES TOGETHER, WHETHER IT'S STATE, FEDERAL, COUNTY, CITY, DOLLARS TO BUILD, MAYBE EVEN REGIONAL PODS THAT HAVE THESE AMAZING JOINT USE AGREEMENTS BECAUSE CURRENTLY WE HAVE AMAZING JOINT USE AGREEMENTS. THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF FONTANA. YOU KNOW, THEY USE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL GYMS FOR, YOU KNOW, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL PROGRAM AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL PROGRAM. AND THEN THEY USE OUR FIELDS FOR SOCCER. AND THEN WE'VE BEEN USING THE THE LEWIS FIELD UP ON THE NORTH END AND THE SOUTH FONTANA PARK, I THINK IT'S CALLED NOW THE SOCCER FIELDS THERE FOR LIKE THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES. SO THERE'S THERE'S, THERE IS THIS COLLABORATION. BUT AS WE BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT THE PRIORITY LIST BEING $1 BILLION AND US ONLY HAVING 485 MILLION OF BOND CAPACITY, [00:45:02] WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL THAT. SO HOW DO WE BECOME CREATIVE WITH THE LEADERSHIP THAT'S IN THE SEATS TODAY TO BUILD THE FUTURE? YOU KNOW, AQUATIC CENTERS, FOOTBALL FIELDS, BASEBALL FIELDS, SOCCER FIELDS AND A COLLECTIVE IMPACT APPROACH SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS, BEING THE CITY OF FONTANA, RESIDENTS BEING OUR FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT RESIDENTS. AND THEN I ALSO GOT TO THINK ABOUT ETIWANDA, BECAUSE ETIWANDA IS OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICT WHO LIVES IN FONTANA, AND THEY UTILIZE OUR SERVICES. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE EAST AND RIALTO UNIFIED AND EVEN SAN BERNARDINO CITY, THOSE BORDERS COME INTO OUR CITY. AND SO HOW DO WE BECOME CREATIVE IN THAT? SO I'M HOPING THAT THOSE DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE TO HAPPEN AS WE DO OUR PRIORITIZATIONS. AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY, AND I DIDN'T GET TO SAY THIS EARLIER, IS I JUST WANT TO THANK FMW'S STAFF, PARENTS AND AND COMMUNITY JUST FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND GRACE. I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON OVER THERE. WE KNOW WE WERE ALL HEARING IT. WE WERE ALL GETTING THE EMAILS. WE'RE ALL GETTING THE TEXT MESSAGES AND PHONE CALLS. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S GOT TO BE GRACE GIVEN FOR ALMOST 90 YEAR OLD BUILDING. THAT STUFF'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I WATCH HGTV ALL THE TIME, AND I SEE, YOU KNOW, HOMES THAT WERE BUILT IN THE 1900S AND THEY GOT LEAD AND ASBESTOS AND ALL THIS STUFF, AND I SEE IT, YOU KNOW, IN AN HOUR SHOW THEY REMEDIATE THAT. THAT DIDN'T TAKE AN HOUR. IT TOOK MONTHS BEFORE THEY REMEDIATED, BEFORE THEY WERE ABLE TO GET IN AND THEN DO THE REMODELING OF A HOME. SO I JUST WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT WE WE HAVE YOUR BEST INTEREST IN MIND AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR GRACE. AND I JUST APPRECIATE ALL THAT'S HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE FONTANA A BETTER PLACE. SO THANK YOU. VICE PRESIDENT NO. GO AHEAD. WELL, I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD CHIME IN NOW. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE TOWN HALL BECAUSE THIS IS RIGHT UP MY ALLEY. YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE COMMUNITY INPUT. BECAUSE WE UP HERE WORK FOR YOU. AND SO I ENCOURAGE YOU, WHENEVER YOU SEE THESE TOWN HALL MEETINGS, PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE. YOUR VOICE IS IMPORTANT. IT MATTERS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE GOT TO DO, BECAUSE THE BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO GET TO SEE A PREDETERMINED LIST. BUT YOU DECIDED ON THAT AS A PUBLIC. SO WE GOT TOGETHER AND EACH TRUSTEE AREA, AND YOU SAW A PICTURE OF IT, BUT WE GOT TO DO A SPEND THE DOT EXERCISE. SO WE ALL GOT OUR LITTLE STICKY DOTS. AND THERE WERE ALL OF THESE PRIORITY AREAS LITERALLY ALL AROUND THE ROOM. AND WE GOT TO WALK AROUND AND HIGHLIGHT AND PUT A DOT ON THE AREAS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE IMPORTANT TO US. AND SO I LOVE THAT WE ARE OPENING THAT UP FOR COMMUNITY INPUT BECAUSE THESE ARE YOUR SCHOOLS, THESE ARE YOUR BUILDINGS. SO PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHATEVER MEETINGS THAT YOU CAN PUBLICLY. AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE TEAM FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT LIST DOWN THE ROAD HERE SHORTLY. YES, MISS ANNABELLE. I DIDN'T SAY THANK YOU TO LESLIE AND SUMMER. I TALKED TO THEM AT O'DEA SHORT, AND THEY SHARED THE WEEKS AND WEEKS AND DAYS AND DAYS AND MONTHS WORKING ON THAT. BUT THANK YOU TO JESSIE. HANDED THE MONEY. YOU GUYS SPEND IT. WELL, ALL THOSE MURALS THAT WERE ON THE WALLS WERE JUST AMAZING. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY PUBLICLY THANK YOU TO THEM BECAUSE THEY DO LISTEN AND THEY MAKE THEY SEE THE VISION THAT YOU GIVE THEM AND THEN THEY THEY GO FOR IT. SO IT IS TRUE WHAT WE SAY UP HERE. WE DO CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND WE DO WORK WITH THE CITY. WE DO WORK WITH THE COUNTY, AND WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AND THIS IS HOW WE GET THINGS DONE. IF WE WORK TOGETHER, WE GET A WHOLE LOT MORE DONE. I KNOW THE SENIOR GAMES THAT OUR SENIORS GO OUT AND PLAY, THEY GO OUT TO IRWINDALE, THEY GO TO PASADENA, AND THEY HAVE BEAUTIFUL PARKS WHERE THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE DOING ALL KINDS OF THINGS, ALL THIS STUFF WITH THEIR ARMS AND THEIR, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS THAT CALLED. THE ASIAN FOLKS ARE OUT THERE DOING THEIR THING, AND THEN THERE'S PEOPLE PLAYING GOLF AND TENNIS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS. THE SOFTBALL, A LOT OF POOLS AND STUFF. I WISH YOU WOULD GO OUT THERE, JESSE, BECAUSE IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL. AND THEY'RE NOT JUST ONE POOL. THERE'S LIKE 5 OR 6 POOLS OUT THERE, AND EVERYBODY'S OUT THERE SWIMMING AND DOING ALL THEIR THINGS. IT WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL IF OUR CITY HAD THAT, IF OUR DISTRICT. I KID WITH PETER DANIELS THAT USED TO BE HERE AND I SAID, WE NEED OUR OWN COLISEUM IS WHAT WE NEED. YOU KNOW, FIVE FOOTBALL FIELDS FOR EACH HIGH SCHOOL ALL LIT UP PULLS. WE NEED FIVE PULLS FOR OUR FOR ALL OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. THEY NEED THEIR OWN POOL. BUT WOULDN'T IT BE BEAUTIFUL IF IT WAS ON ONE FACILITY AND PLENTY OF PARKING? YOU KNOW, AND ALL THESE THINGS I DREAM, I DREAM BIG. WHY NOT? BECAUSE SOMEDAY IT MAY COME TRUE. IF YOU DREAM, IT COMES TRUE SOONER OR LATER. SO WHY NOT? WE CAN HOPEFULLY NOT ANOTHER BOND. BUT YOU KNOW, WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT. YOU KNOW, SOMEDAY WE WILL HAVE THOSE DREAMS THAT COME TRUE. BECAUSE THAT'S ALL WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IS ONE BIG LOT. WOULDN'T THAT BE BEAUTIFUL? IF WE CAN DO JUST ONE BIG LOT, THAT WOULD HAVE EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED. WE'RE LIKE FOCI. THE THE PARENTS FROM FOCI CAN TELL YOU WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR THEIR WATER POLO TEAMS. [00:50:04] THEY WOULD LEAVE BEFORE SCHOOL WAS OVER. THEY WOULDN'T GET HOME UNTIL AFTER NINE. SOME OF THOSE KIDS WERE IN AP CLASSES. THEY WERE DOING THEIR HOMEWORK AT 11, 12:00, YOU KNOW, AND 1:00 IN THE MORNING TO GET UP AT SIX TO BE AT SCHOOL ON TIME. THAT'S CRAZY. SO IT WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL IF WE. WE CAN DO THAT ONE DAY. IF WE KEEP ON DREAMING, I KNOW THAT DREAM WILL COME TRUE. BUT THANK YOU, LESLIE AND SAM. YOU GUYS DO IT. I KNOW YOU GUYS CAN FIGURE IT OUT BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME. THANK YOU. OKAY I WANT TO THANK ALL STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER IN SUCH QUICK FASHION. AND THIS IS WHY I BEING A STATE DELEGATE, I HEAR, GO UP AND DOWN THE STATE AND LISTENING TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS. AND THE ONE THING THAT SEPARATES US IS OUR WORKING RELATIONSHIP AND NOT ONLY THE CITY, BUT ALSO THE COUNTY. AND THAT'S WHY, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND JESSE, OUR COUNTY SUPERVISOR, FOR SHOWING UP TODAY, BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE THE ISSUES THAT WE FACE AND THE STRUGGLES THAT WE'RE HAVING. AND BY US WORKING COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER IS THE ONLY WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TO RISE ABOVE THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY SCHEDULES. I KNOW YOU'RE HOW BUSY YOU ARE, BUT. YES. AND YOU EXTEND ALL THOSE TO US. AND WE APPRECIATE WHEN WE NEED AN EVENT AND WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, WHICH WILL BE THE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE AWARENESS. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO BRING TO THE PODIUM MR. CRAIG BAKER, ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT OF STUDENT SERVICES, AND DOCTOR VERNELL DILLON, DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU DID TO PUT TOGETHER OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT ON SUICIDE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN. GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT PEREZ, VICE PRESIDENT HOLLY, BOARD MEMBER SERNA RAMIREZ SANDOVAL, AND OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER SUAREZ AND SUPERINTENDENT IN-BODY. MY NAME IS CRAIG BAKER, AND I'M THE PROUD ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT OF STUDENT SERVICES. AND I'M JOINED BY DOCTOR DILLON HERE. AND SEPTEMBER IS SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH. SO ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE DO DURING THIS MONTH IS, IS THAT WE PROMOTE AWARENESS OF SUICIDE AND THE DANGERS, AND WE ALSO EDUCATE ON WHAT TO DO. YOU KNOW, IN THE EVENT THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE EVENT TO PREVENT. SO OUR BIG THEME THIS YEAR IS, IS THAT STUDENTS ARE YOUMATTER. REACH OUT, SPEAK OUT. SO THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT CAMPAIGN GOALS. THE FIRST THING IS THAT IT'S TO INCREASE AWARENESS. SO WE WANT TO NORMALIZE THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND MENTAL HEALTH AND REDUCE STIGMA. NUMBER TWO, IT'S TO PROMOTE HELP SEEKING, ENCOURAGE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO ACCESS TRUSTEE ACCESS TRUSTED ADULTS AND CRISIS RESOURCES EARLY INTO NUMBER THREE. IT'S TO STRENGTHEN SCHOOL CONNECTION. SO IT'S REALLY TO REINFORCE THAT EVERY STUDENT IS VALUED AND THAT FUSD IS A SAFE PLACE WHERE THEY CAN WHERE THEY BELONG. SO OUR MESSAGING FRAMEWORK IS THAT, NUMBER ONE, IT'S TO REACH OUT UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S HELP AVAILABLE FOR ANYBODY THAT'S STRUGGLING. SPEAK OUT. IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY IN NEED, INTERVENE AND CONNECT WITH THEM TO SUPPORT AND THAT YOU MATTER. EVERY VOICE, FEELING AND LIFE IN OUR DISTRICT IS IMPORTANT. AND SO OUR KEY COMPONENTS TO THE CAMPAIGN IS, IS THAT IT'S DISTRICT WIDE POSTERS AND DIGITAL CONTENT FOR OUR SCHOOL SITES WEBSITE. WE WORK WITH MRS. TREJO TO UPDATE THE WEBSITE. AND SO THERE'S INFORMATION REGARDING STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES RESOURCES THERE. CRISIS RESOURCES ARE SHARED WITH STUDENTS, STAFF AND FAMILIES. AND OF COURSE, WE REALLY DO WANT TO PROMOTE THAT 988 HOTLINE. AND SO THAT'S JUST A RESOURCE TO OUR COMMUNITY. IN THE CASE THAT IF ANYBODY IS OUT THERE EXPERIENCING ANY FEELINGS OF SUICIDE. WE ALSO ARE GOING TO INTEGRATE INTO DAILY SCHOOL CULTURE THROUGH ANNOUNCEMENTS, STAFF REMINDERS AND CLASSROOM CONNECTIONS. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR DILLON, WHO'S GOING TO GO IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN. SO CAN YOU HEAR ME? UNDERNEATH THE CAMPAIGN WE HAVE THREE INITIATIVES TAKING PLACE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. WE HAVE OUR BRAVE CAMPAIGN, AND THAT IS WHERE COUNSELORS HAVE DEVELOPED LESSON PLANS FOR THE STUDENTS AND ACTIVITIES, AND THE TEACHERS ARE DELIVERING THE LESSONS DURING THE ENTIRE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. THE LESSONS ARE ABOUT 10 TO 20 MINUTES. AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE PARTNER WITH MINDWISE TO OFFER SIGNS OF SUICIDE CURRICULUM. AND THEN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, OUR SLOGAN IS YOU BELONG. AND SO AWARENESS THERE LOOKS LIKE DIFFERENT ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE, RALLIES THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE SCHOOL SITE. [00:55:03] WE HAVE POSTERS SET UP THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL. AND THEN WE ALSO PARTNER WITH NOVA SCIENCE. WE'VE ALSO UPLOADED A LOT OF CONTENT ONTO THE WEBSITE FOR FAMILIES IN ENGLISH, AS WELL AS IN SPANISH, ON HOW TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR KIDDOS ABOUT SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, WE HAVE TRAINED EVERY SCHOOL COUNSELOR ON THE FUSD SUICIDE PROTOCOL, AND OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TRAINING ALL ADMINISTRATORS BY MAY 2025. WE ARE REALLY HOPING THAT THE IMPACT FOR US IS THAT OUR KIDDOS FEEL SAFE REACHING OUT FOR HELP, AND THEN OUR STAFF AND FAMILIES KNOW HOW TO RESPOND WHEN CONCERNS ARISE. AND THEN LASTLY, ACROSS THE DISTRICT, WE WANT TO REINFORCE THAT WELLBEING IS ESSENTIAL FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS. WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT THIS CAMPAIGN ALIGNS DIRECTLY WITH THE FUSD MISSION, WHICH IS TO CREATE SAFE, SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. AND THEN I'M GONNA GO A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER. WE HAVE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH. TODAY, I WAS OVER AT SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL WHERE WE HAD A RALLY TAKING PLACE. WE PARTNERED WITH SOUTH COAST. WE ALSO HAD THERAPISTS ON HAND, JUST IN CASE STUDENTS HAD DIFFERENT TRIGGERS FROM THE EVENT. ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, WHICH IS NATIONAL SUICIDE AWARENESS DAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A RALLY AND EVENT ALSO AT FO HIGH. PLEASE JOIN US. AND THEN AT THE END OF THE MONTH AT ABBY MILLER, WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING WITH SOUTH COAST. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MICHAEL GARCIA AND CLARISSA'S TEAM FOR HELPING TO BRING THIS VISION TO REALITY, CREATING THE SHIRTS FOR US. AND THEN ALSO THE POSTERS ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO LP. THEY ALSO PURCHASED ALL OF THE JOURNALS FOR OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM AS WELL AS PURCHASE THESE T SHIRTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS. AND THEN WE ALSO ALL OF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN SHIRTS. OF COURSE YOU'VE GOT THE MESSAGE ON THE FRONT. YOU MATTER. AND THEN ALSO ON THE BACK REACH OUT, SPEAK OUT. AND WE PLAN TO WEAR THEM ON SEPTEMBER 10TH. EVERYONE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. SO WE HAVE T SHIRTS FOR ALL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, ALL COUNSELOR, ALL DISTRICT LEVEL ADMINISTRATORS AS WELL. SO PLEASE COME BY BUILDING 29 TO PICK UP YOUR T SHIRT. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY COMMENTS OR MR. RAMIREZ? I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK IN THIS. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A THIS IS A PRETTY SERIOUS TOPIC, RIGHT? AND I FEEL LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO MENTAL HEALTH, WHEN IT COMES TO SUICIDE AWARENESS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT FOR A REALLY LONG TIME WAS VERY TABOO. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT AS A SOCIETY. AND I'M GLAD THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A DISTRICT, WE'RE TAKING STRIDES TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION TO AT LEAST CREATE SOME AWARENESS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE ALL OF US ARE TOUCHED BY IT IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A SON OR A DAUGHTER OR A FRIEND OR JUST SOMEBODY THAT WE MIGHT KNOW ABOUT THAT WE MAY HAVE LOST TO THIS. AND IT'S IT'S HARD. RIGHT? IT'S NOT EASY. I MEAN, ESPECIALLY WHEN ONE OF OUR STUDENTS, WHEN IT HAPPENS TO ONE OF OUR STUDENTS, IT'S THAT CLASSROOM WITH AN EMPTY CHAIR WITH A TEACHER THAT'S PROBABLY WONDERING, IS THERE ANYTHING I COULD HAVE DONE TO HAVE PREVENTED THIS? OR THE PARENT THAT'S WONDERING, WHAT COULD I HAVE DONE TO STEPPED IN SOONER? AND SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE, I'VE HAD PERSONAL, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD A FRIEND THAT TOOK THEIR OWN LIFE AND IT'S SO DIFFICULT BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S THE ONES THAT ARE SMILING THE MOST THAT ARE, ARE HIDING IN THE MOST PAIN. YOU JUST NEVER KNOW. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK IN DOING THIS. AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO PROVIDE AWARENESS, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S SUPER CRITICAL AND CRUCIAL FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND I'M JUST GLAD THAT WE'RE GOING IN THAT DIRECTION. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. CRAIG AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION. I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR SEVEN YEARS NOW, AND THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF MY NUMBER ONE TOPICS THAT I'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT. I JUST HAPPEN TO BE IN THE HIGHEST PERCENTILE OF OF WHO THIS AFFECTS. AND I SEE IT EVERY DAY. I'VE RESPONDED TO THE CALLS AND IT'S I THINK ROBIN WILLIAMS SAID IT BEST WHEN HE SAID, DON'T TAKE A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO A TEMPORARY PROBLEM. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON. AND ACTUALLY, I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS, BUT I WAS GOING TO SAY IT AT THE END, BUT IT HAS TO DO WITH DOGS AND KIDS ON CAMPUS. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WAY. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE YOUR TIME FOR US. THANK YOU. OKAY. 3.6 PUBLIC COMMENT. THE FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS. INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS [01:00:05] THE BOARD ON AGENDA AND NON-AGENDA ITEMS. A TIMER WILL BE USED AND WE ASK SPEAKERS TO RESPECT THIS TIME LIMIT TO ENSURE EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE TO SPEAK. PUBLIC COMMENTS MUST BE RELATED TO ISSUES WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC CONCERN ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL, WE SUGGEST THAT IT BE ADDRESSED THROUGH APPROPRIATE CHANNELS RATHER THAN IN A PUBLIC FORUM. IF YOU PREFER, YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS IN WRITING TO THE BOARD SECRETARY, WHO WILL ENSURE THEY ARE SHARED WITH ALL BOARD MEMBERS. GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54 954.2 PROHIBITS THE GOVERNING BOARD FROM DISCUSSING OR ACTING ON ANY MATTER THAT IS NOT ON THE PUBLIC AGENDA. BOARD MEMBERS MAY ASK QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION ON COMMENTS MADE, AND, IF APPROPRIATE, MAY REFER THE MATTER TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE FOR FUTURE FOLLOW UP. YOUR PARTICIPATION IS IMPORTANT TO US, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR COOPERATION IN MAKING THIS A PRODUCTIVE MEETING FOR ALL. SUPERINTENDENT AND BODY. DO WE RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR MATTERS APPEARING ON THE AGENDA? YES WE DID. WE WE RECEIVED 16 COMMENT CARDS. 14 ARE ON THE SPECIFIC ITEM IN THE FIVE SECTION, AND THEN TWO OF THEM ARE OUR LABOR PARTNERS. OKAY. DO OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 3.7 LABOR OR REPORTS FOR COMMENTS AND LABOR PARTNERS. AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR LABOR PARTNERS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED A CARD TO MAKE COMMENTS. SUPERINTENDENT IN BODY, DID WE RECEIVE ANY COMMENT CARDS SUBMITTED BY OUR LABOR PARTNERS? YES WE DID. WE HAVE TWO HERE. AND I'LL CALL UP DON DOOLEY, PRESIDENT OF THE US. W AND CURTIS YINGER, PRESIDENT OF FTAS ON DECK. GOOD EVENING BOARD. MY NAME IS DON DOOLEY, PRESIDENT OF UNITED STEELWORKERS LOCAL 8599 REPRESENTING THE CLASSIFIED STAFF AND HOURLY MEMBERS OF FONTANA UNIFIED. WE ARE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING OUR 10TH ANNUAL SOCKTOBER. SO PLEASE COMMUNITY, IF YOU ARE LISTENING HERE. AND OF COURSE EVERYONE HERE TODAY FROM SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 17TH WE WILL BE SENDING AROUND THESE FLIERS. THANK YOU. CARISSA, WHO IS GOING TO PUT THIS ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FOR SOCIAL MEDIA? WE'LL BE POSTING IT IN SCHOOL SITES. WE ARE ASKING OUR COMMUNITY TO PLEASE GENEROUSLY DONATE SOCKS, NEW SOCKS AND UNDERWEAR. THIS WILL ALWAYS STAY HERE IN FUSD. IT GOES TO CLOTHES CLOSET. OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH LIAISONS MAKE SURE THAT THIS STAYS IN OUR DISTRICT AND GOES TO OUR FAMILIES THAT ARE IN NEED. SO PLEASE DONATE GENEROUSLY. THESE FLIERS WILL BE GOING TO THE SCHOOL SITES AND EACH SCHOOL SITE. WE'RE ASKING FOR THEM TO MAKE THEIR OWN BOXES AS WE DID LAST YEAR. AND WHEN THE SOCK DRIVE IS OVER WE WILL ASK THE SCHOOL SITES TO PLEASE JUST THROUGH DISTRICT MAIL TO SEND IN YOUR DONATIONS TO THE UNION HALL, AND WE WILL ORGANIZE ALL OF THAT AND SEND IT TO THE CLOTHES CLOSET, OR WE'LL GET IN TOUCH WITH MR. GARCIA OR WHOMEVER. WE WILL GET IN TOUCH WITH SOMEONE HERE AT THE DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THESE ITEMS TO WHEREVER THEY NEED TO GO, AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S CONTRIBUTIONS, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING. SUPERINTENDENT. BOARD PRESIDENT ADAM PEREZ, VICE PRESIDENT DANIEL HOLLY, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND OUR WONDERFUL STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. SO OVER THE PAST MONTH, I GOT TO GO VISIT SOME OF OUR SITES. GOT TO SEE SOME WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPENING. GOT TO TALK TO SOME ONE OF OUR WONDERFUL TEACHERS. ONE OF THE SITES I WAS ABLE TO VISIT WAS BURCH WHEN WE DID THE RENAMING FORMER CITRUS, NOW BIRCH. WHILE I WAS THERE, I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO ONE OF THE STUDENTS THERE WHO WAS TAKING PICTURES, AND I GOT TO TALK TO HIM A LITTLE BIT, AND HE WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, HE NEVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY OR ANYTHING BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING. I TOOK PHOTOGRAPHY IN HIGH SCHOOL. I LOVED IT, AND HE WAS LIKE, NO, NEVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT IT. AND THEN A TEACHER SAID, I MIGHT LIKE IT. AND NOW HE LOVES IT, RIGHT? HE WAS ALL PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. HE WAS RUNNING AROUND TAKING PICTURES OF EVERYBODY. HE WAS LIKE, I GOT TO MAKE SURE I GET, YOU KNOW, HAVING HIS POSE DIFFERENT WAYS AND EVERYTHING. IT WAS AWESOME TO SEE. AND IT REALLY SHOWS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW ONE TEACHER CAN MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE FOR THAT STUDENT. AND IT KIND OF SHOWS LIKE WHY WE ARE HERE TO HELP OUR TEACHERS MAKE THOSE DIFFERENCES IN OUR AND MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS WITH OUR STUDENTS. I ALSO GOT TO SEE SOME AMAZING CLASSROOMS IN THERE AND A LOT OF TALK TO TEACHERS WHO MOVE FROM OLD TO NEW BIRCH. AND THEY WERE LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS, THESE CLASSROOMS ARE AMAZING, RIGHT? NEWER CLASSROOMS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER. THEY GOT TO DO NEW THEMES IN THEM, AND IT WAS JUST GREAT TO SEE WALK AROUND AND REALLY TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT COLLABORATIVE LEARNING THEY'RE DOING THERE AND DIFFERENT STYLES OF TEACHING THAT THEY DO THERE. SO THAT WAS AMAZING TO SEE AND AMAZING JOB THEY'RE DOING THERE. [01:05:02] I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT TWO DIFFERENT TEACHERS. ONE, VERONICA GUTIERREZ OVER AT ELMIRA. SHE RECEIVED THE PRESTIGIOUS UC DAVIS C-STEM TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE SHE'LL BE FLYING UP TO UC DAVIS TO RECEIVE THE AWARD. SO, I MEAN, THAT'S AMAZING. IT REALLY SHOWS THE DEDICATION SHE HAS AND THE AND THE INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT AND SHOWCASE OF THIS CALIBER OF EDUCATORS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN FONTANA. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE IT UP TO HER. AND IT REALLY SHOWED THE INNOVATION AND OTHER STYLES SHE'S USING IN THE STEM PROGRAM. SO GOOD JOB TO HER OVER THERE AT ELMIRA. AND I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT ALYSSA BEMENT OVER AT MAPLE ELEMENTARY. SHE RECEIVED THE INSTITUTE FOR TEACHING GRANT THROUGH CTA. ITS $19,000, AND SHE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE USING THAT TO HELP BEAUTIFY THE SCHOOL. I WENT THROUGH IT AND WAS ORDERING STUFF WITH HER AND EVERYTHING, SO SHE'S REALLY EXCITED. SHE'S ORDERED A BUNCH OF BOOKS AND DIFFERENT READING MATERIALS FOR ALL AGE GROUPS, NOT JUST HER CLASS, BUT ALL AGE GROUPS AT THE SCHOOL AS WELL. AND SHE'S GOING TO BE USING SOME GRANT MONEY TO HELP TRAIN HER STAFF ON, LIKE THE BEAUTIFY, THE BEAUTIFICATION STYLES AND EVERYTHING FOR THE SCHOOL AS WELL. SO, YOU KNOW, SHE SELFLESSLY IS USING THAT MONEY TO HELP THE SCHOOL, NOT HERSELF OR HER CLASSROOM. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY AMAZING, SOMETHING WE KIND OF NEED TO SHOWCASE ON THAT. AND LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL THESE MOMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT THAT HELP STRENGTHEN THE HEART OF OUR ASSOCIATION. OUR MEMBERS ARE SHAPING FUTURES, INSPIRING STUDENTS AND ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE THAT REACHES FAR BEYOND THE CLASSROOM. AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM AND ALL THAT THEY'RE DOING HERE IN OUR IN OUR DISTRICT. THANK YOU. OKAY. 3.8 STUDENT BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. MISS SUAREZ, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. HELLO. I JUST WANTED TO START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. ALSO, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS MADE EARLIER ON SUICIDE AWARENESS. IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE AMONG STUDENTS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THE DISTRICT IS RECOGNIZING THIS. IT'S AN ISSUE THAT NOT MANY STUDENTS WANT TO TALK ABOUT, AND THE FACT THAT THE DISTRICT RECOGNIZES IT IS A REALLY GOOD THING FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT IT. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS REACHED OUT TO ME OVER THE FONTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FAMILIES AND STUDENTS. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR REACHING OUT WITH QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. I RECOMMEND YOU GUYS GOING THROUGH THE FRONT OFFICE. I KNOW THEY HAVE INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE. AND JUST BEING EDUCATED, THE STUDENTS I KNOW, YOU GUYS YOU HAVE THE POWER TO EDUCATE YOURSELVES ON THIS. AND I KNOW IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE, ESPECIALLY TO STUDENTS THAT ARE ATTENDING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOU GUYS AND PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. AND THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS JUAREZ. 3.9 SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. WELL, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL OF YOU HERE. AND I WANT TO ADD TO MR. CURTIS YEAGER WHO'S SHARED A LOT OF FANTASTIC NEWS. THANK YOU SIR. THERE YOU ARE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING THE FABULOUS NEWS ABOUT OUR OUR TEACHERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. I WANT TO START OFF IN TONIGHT'S REPORT. FANTASTIC NEWS. TO ADD ON TO WHAT MR. GINGER WAS TALKING ABOUT. WE HAD JUST A SPECIAL NIGHT OVER AT THE NEW BURCH HIGH SCHOOL WITH THEIR DEDICATION AND BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT RECENTLY, WHERE TWO SCHOOLS CAME TOGETHER TO NOT ONLY KICK OFF THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR OFFICIALLY, BUT TO REALLY TAKE TIME TO HONOR THE EXTRAORDINARY LEGACY OF MR. ERIC BURCH, A LEADER WHOSE VISION AND COMPASSION AND COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS CONTINUES TO INSPIRE. THE EVENT GAVE PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THE CHANCE TO MEET SCHOOL STAFF, CONNECT WITH COUNSELORS, TOUR THE CAMPUS, AND EXPLORE THE OUTSTANDING COURSES AND CTE PROGRAMS NOW AVAILABLE AT ERIC BURCH HIGH SCHOOL. AND YOU HEARD ABOUT ONE OF THEM TONIGHT. RECENTLY WE HAD CONGRESSWOMAN NORMA TORRES HERE. SHE VISITED THE THE NEW O'DEA SHORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, PREVIOUS RANDALL PEPPER, WHERE SHE SPENT TIME WITH STAFF AND STUDENTS TO SHARE UPDATES ON EDUCATION. SHE STOPPED BY SEVERAL FIFTH GRADE CLASSROOMS, GIVING A BRIEF LESSON ON THE ROLES OF LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, AS WELL AS THE IMPORTANCE OF STAYING ENGAGED IN IN SCHOOL IN THE COMMUNITY. AS PART OF HER VISIT, CONGRESSMAN TORRES PRESENTED THE PRINCIPAL, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WITH A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION. SHE ALSO TOURED THE CAMPUS AND ADMIRED THE MURALS, VISITED THE SCHOOL'S COMMUNITY GARDEN AS WELL. AND SHE LET THEM KNOW IF THE STUDENTS WROTE HER A COLLECTIVE LETTER TO HER. [01:10:03] SHE WOULD SEND THEM BACK A FLAG FOR THEIR CLASSROOM THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY FLOWN OVER THE CAPITOL. AND THE STUDENTS WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY. SO WE THANK HER FOR COMING OUT TO VISIT OUR SCHOOL. THIS NEXT ONE IS EXCITING NEWS. HUGE CONGRATULATIONS GOES OUT TO OUR SCHOOLS THAT WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE CALIFORNIA PBIS FOR 2425 SCHOOL YEAR. THIS AWARD REFLECTS OUR DISTRICT WIDE COMMITMENT TO POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SYSTEMS, RESTORATIVE PRACTICES, AND THE HARD WORK OF OUR ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. WE'RE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT 33 FONTANA SCHOOLS RECEIVED THE STATEWIDE HONORS, AND THAT NUMBER INCREASES EVERY SINGLE YEAR. 13 SCHOOLS RECEIVED THE GOLD. TEN SCHOOLS RECEIVED THE SILVER AND TEN SCHOOLS RECEIVED THE PLATINUM. SO A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK AT A SCHOOL SITE TO EARN THIS LEVEL OF RECOGNITION. AND THAT CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S FANTASTIC NEWS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOUR HELP, MR. GARCIA. THANK YOU. SUPERINTENDENT. 3.1 TECHNOLOGY AND ASSESSMENT. YES, MISS SANDOVAL. SORRY. BOARD CHAIR. SO, SUPERINTENDENT, EMBODY, HOW MANY MORE SCHOOLS DO WE HAVE LEFT TO GET THE PBIS AWARD? FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT DON'T KNOW HOW MANY SCHOOLS WE HAVE TOTAL? WELL, NOT ALL SCHOOLS PARTICIPATE IN IT, BUT I THINK MR. BAKER KNOWS. HOW MANY DO WE HAVE LEFT THAT ARE STILL WANTING TO EARN THEIR GOLD, SILVER OR PLATINUM LEVEL? SO WE'RE WORKING ON 11 MORE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. 3.1 TECHNOLOGY AND ASSESSMENT. PUBLIC HEARING. SUFFICIENCY OF STANDARDS. ALIGNED TEXTBOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH EDUCATION CODE 60119, AMENDED BY SB 550. WILLIAMS LAWSUIT. SCHOOL BOARDS MUST HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE EIGHTH WEEK OF SCHOOL TO DETERMINE WHETHER STUDENTS HAVE SUFFICIENT TEXTBOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND CORE SUBJECTS. SUFFICIENT MEANS EVERY STUDENT, INCLUDING ENGLISH LEARNERS, HAS ACCESS TO MATERIALS FOR BOTH CLASS AND HOMEWORK. THE BOARD MUST ALSO ASSESS MATERIALS FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND HEALTH COURSES, AND SCIENCE LAB EQUIPMENT FOR GRADES NINE THROUGH 12. THOSE THAT ARE NOT TIED TO FUNDING, STAFF AND COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT VISIT CONFIRMED FOR THE 2025 2026 SCHOOL YEAR. ALL STUDENTS MUST ARE ALL STUDENTS HAVE STANDARD ALIGNED MATERIALS AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, MATH, SCIENCE, HISTORY, SOCIAL SCIENCE INCLUDING ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT. ADEQUATE MATERIALS ARE THE. ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR THE FOREIGN LANGUAGES HEALTH AND SCIENCE LAB EQUIPMENT FOR GRADES NINE THROUGH 12. NOW IS THE TIME AND THE PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON SUFFICIENCY OF STANDARDS ALIGNED TEXTBOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. I DECLARE THIS HEARING IS NOW OPEN. THE TIME IS NOW 728. WERE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED? BOARD PRESIDENT. THERE ARE ZERO PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED. OKAY. HEARING THAT THERE IS NO FURTHER COMMENTS, I DECLARE THE HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AND THE TIME IS NOW 7:28. [4. Consent Calendar] TAKES US TO 4.1. CONSENT CALENDAR. ACTION. SINGLE MOTION AND VOTE. APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS 4.2 TO 4.53. DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AGENDA AS PROVIDED MOTION. AND A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY MR. RAMIREZ, A SECOND BY MR. SERNA, AND WE GET TO USE OUR AGENDA. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. OKAY. PASSES FIVE ZERO. 5.1 BUSINESS SERVICES AWARD RFP [5.1 Business Services - Award RFP No. 25/26-0010: Youth Enrichment Program] NUMBER 25260010 YOUTH ENRICHMENT PROGRAM. THIS. THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO AWARD RFP NUMBER 2520 6-0010 YOUTH ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS AND APPROVE ENTERING INTO AGREEMENT WITH AFTER SCHOOL MUSIC ACADEMY. BOLDLY BOLDLY VIEW DRIVING SCHOOL, BIG BROTHER, BIG SISTER BRAIN AND MOTION. EDUCATION. CULTURE. MAN. SUING. SEWING. SORRY. CULTURE. CREATIVE BRAIN. LEARNING. GIVE BACK SOMETHING. CALIFORNIA CHAPTER JOY CO YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES. ROCKET TECHNOLOGY LLC, DBA PROFESSIONAL EGGHEAD SCIENCE ACADEMY. SHAPE YOUR DESTINY AND STEP BY STEP. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO AWARD ITEM 5.1 AS PROVIDED. SO MOVED. AND A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY VICE PRESIDENT HOLLY. A SECOND BY MR. SERNA. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES FIVE [01:15:08] ZERO. 5.2. BUSINESS SERVICES AWARD RFP NUMBER 25260011 EXPANDED LEARNING PROGRAMS. [5.2 Business Services - Award RFP No. 25/26-0011: Expanded Learning Programs] THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE RFP NUMBER 25260011 EXPANDED LEARNING PROGRAMS AND APPROVE ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH AFTER SCHOOL INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORTS ACADEMY. BRAIN AND MOTION OR BRAIN AND MOTION. EDUCATION. CREATIVE BRAIN. LEARNING. EMPOWERING. SUCCESS. NOW. MATHNASIUM OF SOUTH FONTANA. MUSIC. STAR SOUND SOUNDBOX GROUP, LLC. TUTOR. EDUCATION. US ENGINEERING LEAGUE. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO AWARD ITEM 5.2 AS PROVIDED? I'LL MOVE. AND I'M GOING TO TAKE THE SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? YES, MISS VICE PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST HAD A QUESTION. WHAT IS THE CONTRACT RENEWAL PROCESS LOOK LIKE? IN SOME CASES. I THINK IT'S A IT'S A THERE'S A DIFFERENCE. IT'S THREE YEARS AND THEN WE CAN EXTEND FURTHER AND IN THE PROCESS AS WELL, IF OTHER SCHOOLS ARE INTERESTED IT DOES OPEN UP OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. I'VE A MOTION MADE BY MR. RAMIREZ. A SECOND BY MYSELF. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. 5.3 BUSINESS SERVICES CONTRACT. [5.3 Business Services - Contract: San Bernardino County] SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT WITH SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND ACCEPT FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $75,000 IN SUPPORT OF THE FONTANA SCHOOL POLICE DEPARTMENT. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 5.3 AS PROVIDED? I'LL MOVE IN A SECOND. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? MOTION. CAN I GET A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS? CHIEF, CAN YOU GIVE ME A LITTLE BACKGROUND? THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THIS CAME FROM COUNTY SUPERVISOR ARMENDARIZ OFFICE, AND HE WANTED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. WE HAD TO DO A PRELIMINARY BREAKDOWN ON WHAT THE FUNDS WOULD BE USED FOR. SO ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO BE A RADAR TRAILER, WHICH YOU MIGHT BE SEEING. WE ALREADY BOUGHT ONE THAT DOCTOR BARNES WAS ABLE TO FIND FUNDING FOR FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO WE'LL HAVE A SECONDARY ONE, ONE FOR THE NORTH END, ONE FOR THE SOUTH END OF THE CITY, SO WE CAN CONDUCT SCHOOL SURVEYS. TRAFFIC SURVEYS ALSO PROVIDE MESSAGING MOTIVATION FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND COMMUNICATION IN THE EVENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES. ALSO, SOME OF THE FUNDING IS GOING TO GO TO TOURNIQUETS FOR ALL THE DISTRICT SAFETY OFFICERS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, AS WELL AS FIRST AID KITS, 71 FIRST AID KITS TO EVERY DISTRICT SAFETY OFFICER. DISTRICT WIDE. THAT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. AND THEY HAVE FIRST AID TRAINING OUR OFFICERS TO USE THESE ITEMS. THAT IS CORRECT. OUR DISTRICT SAFETY OFFICERS AND OUR OFFICERS GO THROUGH FIRST AID TRAINING. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. OKAY. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. 5.4. BUSINESS SERVICES, RESOLUTION NUMBER 2528. [5.4 Business Services - Resolution No. 25-28: Purchase of Property and Exempt from CEQA] PURCHASE OF PROPERTY AND EXEMPT FROM CE. THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2528 APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY, AND THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF 841,500 OR 500 AND CLOSING PLUS CLOSING COSTS, AND INCLUDING REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE SERVICES, AND ESTIMATED OF $16,500, AND FINDING THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, AND APPROVING THE FILING AND THE FILING OF NOTICE OF THE EXEMPTION. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT ITEM 5.4 AS PROVIDED. SO MOVED. AND A SECOND. I'LL SECOND ANY DISCUSSION. I HAVE A QUESTION. MISS SANDOVAL, CAN YOU TELL THE PUBLIC ON WHERE THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED? YES WE CAN. THIS IS THE PROPERTY THAT'S LOCATED JUST ACROSS THE STREET SOUTH OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE. PERFECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL WAIT. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY MR. SERNA. A SECOND BY MYSELF. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. [01:20:07] 5.5. BUSINESS SERVICES. UNAUDITED ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT. [5.5 Business Services - Unaudited Actuals Financial Report] THE FLOOR IS NOW SUPERINTENDENT EMBODIES TO INTRODUCE OUR SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME BACK TO THE PODIUM DOCTOR LESLIE BARNES, WHO WILL SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. TONIGHT I COME BEFORE YOU TO GO OVER OUR UNAUDITED ACTUALS REPORT. AND WHAT IS OUR UNAUDITED ACTUALS? I KNOW IT'S A STRANGE NAME, BUT IT'S OUR YEAR END FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF JUNE 30TH. FOR ALL DISTRICT FUNDS. THE REPORT, IT'S A REPORT OF ACTIVITIES OF ALL DISTRICT FUNDS IDENTIFYING UNSPENT FUNDS AND RESERVES THAT ARE CARRIED FORWARD INTO THE NEW YEAR. THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS ARE ARE COMPARED TO ESTIMATED ACTUALS, WHICH ARE TURNED IN DURING THE TIME THAT WE ADOPT OUR BUDGET. AND WE GET A CHANCE TO REVIEW ANY OF THE VARIANCES THAT ARE THAT FROM THE ADOPTED OR THE ESTIMATED TO TO THE ACTUALS. IT'S ALSO USED AS FROM OUR, BY OUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS TO PREPARE OUR OFFICIAL AUDIT REPORT, WHICH WILL BE COMING IN JANUARY. SO THE THE BUDGET IS A LIVING DOCUMENT AND WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THREE DIFFERENT YEARS AT THE SAME TIME. SO FISCAL STAFF ARE RIGHT NOW ON THIS FIRST IN THE 24, 25 BUDGET, THEY'RE CLEAR DOWN AT THE BOTTOM AT THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS. AND THERE THEY WILL BE WORKING WITH THESE REPORTS UNTIL DECEMBER WHEN THE FINAL AUDIT REPORT IS ISSUED. THEN IN THE MIDDLE SECTION, WITH THE 2526 BUDGET, WE'RE AT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR WORKING BUDGET. AND SO WE'LL BE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS DURING OUR TO OUR WORKING BUDGET IN DECEMBER AND AGAIN IN MARCH THOSE WILL BE OUR INTERIM REPORTS FOR THE 2627 BUDGET, WE'RE LOOKING OVER TO THE TO THE STATE BUDGET. WE'RE LOOKING AT THEIR WORKING BUDGET LOOKING AT THE ECONOMIC FACTORS BEHIND IT. THE NEXT STEP IN THAT BUDGET WILL BE THE GOVERNOR'S JANUARY PROPOSAL FOR THE 26, 27 SCHOOL YEAR. AND THEN WE'LL GET A REVISION TO THAT IN MAY. AND THEN WE WOULD ADOPT OUR 2627 BUDGET IN JUNE. SO WE'RE PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS WORKING IN THREE, THREE DIFFERENT YEARS AT THE SAME TIME FOR OUR ESTIMATED ACTUAL RESULTS. COMPARING THEM TO OUR OUR ESTIMATES WE HAD ABOUT $9 MILLION MORE IN REVENUE THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED. MAINLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAD RECEIVED SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND LCFF AND ALSO OUR WHEN YOU. THERE'S A CLOSING DOCUMENT OR CLOSING ENTRY THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE, WHICH IS THE THE ACTUAL FAIR MARKET VALUE OF CASH. AND SO THAT THAT ACTUALLY INCREASES THE REVENUE. ALSO, OUR EXPENDITURES WERE ABOUT $7.7 MILLION MORE THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED. AND SO IN THE END, WE WERE DEFICIT WE ANTICIPATED DEFICIT SPENDING BY 4.5 MILLION. WE ACTUALLY DEFICIT SPENT BY 3.2 MILLION. IF YOU REMEMBER, BACK WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET WE HAD ANTICIPATED DEFICIT SPENDING OF ABOUT 52. SO WE REALLY DID SQUEEZE OUT EVERY DOLLAR AND MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T DEFICIT SPEND BY THAT MUCH. THE COMBINED RESULTS THAT WOULD BE THE RESTRICTED AND UNRESTRICTED SIDE. WE DID HAVE ADDITIONAL REVENUES OF. 6.2%. 2%. IT'S TINY LITTLE NUMBERS AND ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES OF 2.5. SO ON THE RESTRICTED SIDE, WHEN YOUR DEFICIT SPENDING IT REALLY IS JUST MEANS THAT YOU'RE SPENDING DOWN YOUR CARRYOVER. SO IT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD THING WHEN YOUR DEFICIT SPENDING ON THE RESTRICTED SIDE, ON THE UNRESTRICTED SIDE, WE TRY TO AVOID IT. SO WHAT HAPPENED IN THE UNRESTRICTED SIDE? LIKE I SAID, THE THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF CASH WAS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED. AND INTEREST INCOME ALSO CAME IN HIGHER. AND THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF INCREASE IN THE LOTTERY RATES. SO THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE. THE EXPENDITURES, THERE WAS ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL COSTS AND TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES WERE HIGHER THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED. FOR THE RESTRICTED SIDE, THERE WAS VARIOUS REVENUES SUCH AS SEATING EQUITY MULTIPLIER AND PROP 28 CAME IN A LITTLE [01:25:07] BIT BELOW WHAT WE ANTICIPATED. AND THERE WERE SOME CAPITAL EXPENDITURES THAT DID NOT MATERIALIZE, WHICH SAVED SOME MONEY ON THE RESTRICTED SIDE. HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF ALL OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE ON THE RESTRICTED SIDE BROKEN OUT BY EACH OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. AS YOU CAN SEE FOR THE WHAT WE CALL THE LP, THE EXTENDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM. THAT ONES WE SPEND THAT A YEAR IN ARREARS. SO THE REASON THAT YOU'RE SEEING A CARRYOVER OF 34 MILLION, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL SPEND THIS YEAR AND THEN IT'LL CARRY OVER NEXT YEAR. SO IT HAS TO BE SPENT AFTER THE SECOND YEAR. AND SO THAT'S PRETTY NORMAL. WE STILL HAVE OUR ARTS AND MUSIC BLOCK GRANT OF ABOUT $11 MILLION. I BELIEVE THAT HAS TO BE COMPLETED BY COMPLETELY SPENT BY 2027 OR 28. AND THE LEARNING RECOVERY BLOCK GRANT WAS ALSO ONE OF OUR BIGGER ITEMS AT 34 MILLION. AND THAT ALSO HAS TO BE EXPENDED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. AND WE HAVE OUR COMPONENTS OF FUND BALANCE. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR FUND BALANCE IT'S MADE UP OF REVOLVING CASH. OUR STORES, WHICH IS OUR INVENTORY AND OUR WAREHOUSE, OUR PREPAID EXPENSES CARRYOVER AND SOME COMMITMENTS THAT WE'VE THE BOARD HAS COMMITTED OUR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY, WHICH IS OUR RESERVE OF 29 MILLION. AND THEN ANY ASSIGNED. SO OUR UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND BALANCE IS 202 MILLION. OUR RESTRICTED IS 126 TO 21, WHICH IS THE BREAKDOWN THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT. SO COMBINED FUND BALANCE OF 328 MILLION. OUR COMMITMENTS WE HAVE AB 218 IS THE WE DO AN ACTUARIAL PROJECTION ON THAT. THAT'S SOME OF THE BASICALLY LAWSUIT, THAT LAWSUIT MONEY THAT MAY APPEAR SO THAT WE'VE COMMITTED ABOUT $5 MILLION TO THAT IT MAY OR MAY NOT MATERIALIZE. AND THEN WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL LOSS OF THE FEDERAL FUNDING. WE DID COMMIT THIS MONEY JUST IN CASE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MADE LARGE REDUCTIONS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S BUDGET. AT THIS POINT WE RECOMMEND THAT WE KEEP THAT COMMITTED ONLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT ADOPTED THEIR BUDGET YET. THEIR BUDGET WOULD BE SIGNED INTO LAW BY OCTOBER 1ST. IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, THEN THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN. THEY CAN AGREE ON A CONTINUING APPROPRIATION, WHICH WOULD EXTEND THE THE CURRENT BUDGET WOULD KEEP GOING UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THEY WERE ABLE TO AGREE TO A BUDGET. OTHERWISE, IF THEY DON'T AGREE TO THAT, THEN TECHNICALLY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN AS OF OCTOBER 1ST. SO THE IMPACT THAT HAS ON SCHOOLS IS JUST ANY OF OUR FEDERAL FUNDING. WE WOULDN'T GET OUR PAYMENTS FOR BUT WE SHOULD HAVE PLENTY OF CASH TO BE ABLE TO WEATHER THAT STORM. OTHER DISTRICTS MAY HAVE TO BORROW. SO THOSE ARE SO WE WILL WE KEEP THOSE IN THE, THAT MONEY IN THE FUND BALANCE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR WHATEVER HAPPENED WHATEVER MAY HAPPEN AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WE DON'T HAVE TO DO A MULTIYEAR PROJECTION WITH THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS, BUT I ALWAYS LIKE TO REFER BACK TO THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE MAKE. WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR OUR STATUTORY COLAS, THEY'RE AVERAGING OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS, ABOUT 3.15 WHICH IS PRETTY LOW COMPARED TO WHAT WE'VE COME OUT OF THE PANDEMIC WITH. WE HAD SOME PRETTY HIGH COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS. SO OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS WE'RE ONLY LOOKING ABOUT CLOSE. A LITTLE OVER 3% IF WE AVERAGE IT. OUR HEALTH AND WELFARE INCREASES ARE EXPECTED TO BE 6.5% OVER THAT SAME SIX YEAR PERIOD. SO THAT'S ALREADY PRETTY MUCH SPENT. THE TWO YOU KNOW, THE THE 3% THAT WE'RE GETTING IN COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT. PLUS WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE LOOK AT TO SEE WHAT OUR COST OF GOODS AND SERVICES ARE GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE. AND THAT THAT'S ABOUT 2.96%. SO OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS, WE'RE LOOKING AT INCREASES OF AVERAGING ABOUT THREE, 3.15% PER YEAR, WITH EXPECTED INCREASES IN EXPENSES OF ABOUT 9.46 PER YEAR. SO SO WE'LL HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT THAT. THAT'S ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE LISTED IS JUST THAT THE, THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING ARE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO OFFSET THE FUTURE COST FOR GOODS AND SERVICES AND HEALTH AND WELFARE. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, OBVIOUSLY. [01:30:01] OUR FEDERAL REVENUES. THE LONGER IT TAKES TO GET A FEDERAL BUDGET THE MORE UNCERTAIN IT WILL BE FOR US. ALSO DECLINING ENROLLMENT, I PUT I WENT AHEAD AND PUT IN THE THIS GRAPH TO SHOW YOU THAT WE HAVE BEEN DECLINING PRETTY, PRETTY STEADILY. BUT THIS YEAR, THESE ARE SEABEDS NUMBERS, WHICH TAKE PLACE THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER, THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER. WE COUNT WE PHYSICALLY COUNT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN OUR IN THEIR SEATS AND REPORT THAT TO THE STATE. SO THIS IS THE SAME. IF SEABEDS WERE DONE TODAY OR WERE DONE LAST FRIDAY, WE WOULD BE DOWN BY ABOUT 1534 KIDS. WE DID IN WORKING WITH WITH CRAIG, I ASKED, YOU KNOW, SINCE LAST FRIDAY HAVE WE GAINED ANY KIDS? AND WE HAVE WE'VE GAINED 37 STUDENTS. WE HAVE UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST WHEN OUR KIDS COUNT. WILL WILL ACTUALLY MATERIALIZE OR WILL ACTUALLY TAKE THAT COUNT. SO WE DO HAVE ABOUT ABOUT A MONTH FOR NEW STUDENT ENROLLMENT. AND WE TYPICALLY DO GET SOME RIGHT AFTER THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS WILL INCREASE AND WE WON'T HAVE THIS LARGE OF A, OF A DECLINE. ALL DISTRICTS THAT I'VE SPOKEN WITH ARE SURPRISED AT THE DECLINE THAT THEY'VE SEEN THIS YEAR. BUT MOSTLY IT'S IN THE AREA. AND, AND THAT'S REALLY JUST BASED ON BIRTH RATE. THIS WAS KIND OF A TIME WHERE WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THOSE LOWER BIRTH RATES COME THROUGH THE SYSTEM. AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO PREPARE FOR THAT AS WELL. AND OUR NEXT STEPS WILL BE THE AUDIT OF THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS. OUR FIRST INTERIM REPORT WILL WILL HAVE EXPENSES THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST, ACTUAL EXPENDITURES AND THEN ESTIMATED THROUGH JUNE 30TH OF 26, AND THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD IN DECEMBER. AND THEN IT WILL HAVE THE UPDATED MULTI YEAR PROJECTION AND BE ABLE TO GIVE US A BETTER IDEA OF OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOPEFULLY GIVE US A BETTER IDEA. WE'LL HAVE AN IDEA AT THE STATE LEVEL OR THE FEDERAL LEVEL AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS? VICE PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR BARNES, FOR THAT PRESENTATION. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE GOVERNOR EARLY ON IN YOUR PRESENTATION JUST FOR THE PUBLIC. MAYBE IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN FOLLOWING. CAN YOU JUST KIND OF TAKE US THROUGH THAT JOURNEY THAT WE'VE BEEN ON, WATCHING HIS MOVES AS THE GOVERNOR? AS FAR AS THE THE REVENUES, THE STATE? YEAH. SO NORMALLY WE GET WELL, WE WOULD NORMALLY GET A OUR JANUARY PROPOSAL. THAT USUALLY HAS IS USUALLY MORE CONSERVATIVE. AND THEN IN MAY IT USUALLY ALLOWS FOR AN INCREASE. I KNOW, SINCE THE GOVERNOR HAS BEEN IN PLACE, IT'S BEEN KIND OF THE OPPOSITE. WE WE GET WE GET MORE MONEY ANTICIPATED IN JANUARY. AND THEN SOMETIMES, AS THE MAY REVISE COMES, IT'S BEEN IT HASN'T MATERIALIZED. AND SO THAT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT. SO I THINK IN THE PAST AND THEN THE LEGISLATURE YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE ON THE SAME PAGE, BUT THEY HAVEN'T ACTUALLY BEEN ON THE SAME PAGE. AND SO THAT'S CAUSED A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE FOR US, BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR WILL CREATE A PARTICULAR SET OF ASSUMPTIONS FOR THE BUDGET, AND THEN THE LEGISLATURE WILL USUALLY COME BEHIND HIM AND DISAGREE ON CERTAIN THINGS, LIKE THE BLOCK GRANT AMOUNTS, THESE KIND OF THINGS. AND SO WE'RE REALLY NOT KNOWING WHERE WE'RE GOING TO END UP REVENUE WISE UNTIL AFTER WE'VE ALREADY ADOPTED OUR BUDGET. SO THAT'S JUST BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH. AND WE'RE KIND OF USED TO IT BY NOW. THANK YOU. I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THAT WE WERE. NOW WE'RE JUST DOWN 1500 BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS LIKE NEAR 3000 RIGHT AT THE START OF SCHOOL. SO THAT'S VERY ENCOURAGING. AND WE GOT, WHAT, 31 MORE? YOU SAID 37. SO HOPEFULLY THEY KEEP COMING BACK. I KNOW WE TALK A LOT IN ACRONYMS, SO THANK YOU FOR DISCUSSING WHAT LP WAS. CAN YOU TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE LCAP, WHAT IT IS AND HOW IT DIRECTLY RELATES TO OUR BUDGET? YES. SO THE LCAP, WE EVERY DISTRICT GETS A BASE AMOUNT PER STUDENT ALLOCATED TO THEM THROUGH THE LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA FROM THE STATE. AND THEN BASED ON YOUR STUDENT POPULATION, IF YOU HAVE A HIGH OVER 55 OR BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT YOU HAVE THAT ARE EITHER ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, FOSTER YOUTH OR SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, THEN YOU'LL GET A SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT, WHICH IS ABOUT 20% MORE. ADDED TO THAT BASE GRANT. AND THEN IF YOU IF IN TOTAL, OVER 55% OF YOUR POPULATION FALLS UNDER ANY OF THOSE THREE [01:35:01] CATEGORIES, THEN THAT GROUP OF POPULATION GETS A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY. SO THE SUPPLEMENTAL AND CONCENTRATION IS WHAT WE CONSIDER OUR CAP, WHICH IS OUR LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN. AND THOSE FUNDS HAVE TO BE TARGETED TO THE STUDENTS THAT EARN THEM. AND SO WE TURN IN BASICALLY BECAUSE WE'RE AT ABOUT 82%, 86% POPULATION IN OUR DISTRICT THAT FALL INTO THOSE THREE CATEGORIES. WE'VE ADOPTED OUR CAP AS SORT OF OUR, OUR MASTER PLAN FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO ROLL OUT OUR EDUCATION PLAN. AND SO IT ALIGNS TO OUR OUR BOARD GOALS, OUR SUPERINTENDENT GOALS AND OUR INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT GOALS. AND SO IF YOU'RE A DISTRICT THAT DOESN'T HAVE AS MANY STUDENTS IN THAT CAP POPULATION, THEN SOMETIMES YOU HAVE MONEY THAT'S THAT'S NOT QUITE ALIGNED. AND I THINK WE'RE LUCKY IN OUR DISTRICT TO HAVE THAT ALL OUR FUNDING SOURCES ALIGNED AND, AND WORKING TOWARDS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR BARNES. THANK YOU. CHAIR. NOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE STATE. WHAT ABOUT THE FEDERAL AND SOME OF THE FUNDING WHERE WE GET OUR FUNDING AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE. SO THERE WAS A BILL THAT WENT THROUGH THAT ACTUALLY DID SOME CUTS THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT IT IT, IT BASICALLY ANNOUNCED CUTS THAT WERE GOING TO BE MADE THAT NEED TO BE MADE INTO IN THE BUDGET. SO WE'RE STILL WAITING ON IT. BUT WE DO KNOW BASED ON ON THAT BILL THAT WE WOULD LOSE OUR TITLE THREE FUNDING, WHICH IS ABOUT $1.7 MILLION. WE WOULD ALSO LOSE TITLE TWO WHICH WE ROLL INTO OUR TITLE ONE PROGRAM. SO I'M NOT SURE THE FUNDING SOURCE ON THAT, BUT THAT'S FOR STAFF DEVELOPMENT FOR ADMINISTRATORS. TITLE THREE IS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. AND THEN WE WOULD ALSO LOSE SOME ABOUT 700,000 IN ADULT ED FUNDS THAT ARE USED FOR CITIZENSHIP CLASSES AND ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE. SO THOSE ARE SORT OF WHAT'S BEEN ANNOUNCED. THEY HAVE ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME KIND OF A BLOCK GRANT FOR SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WERE CUT THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LOOK FOR IS WOULD WE, WOULD WE APPLY FOR SOME OF THESE GRANTS OR WOULD WE BE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING SOME OF THE FEDERAL GRANTS? ONCE THEY BECOME A BLOCK GRANT? SO IT'S HARD TO TELL WHETHER IN THE END WE'LL HAVE LESS MONEY OR WHETHER WE'LL BREAK EVEN OR WHETHER WE'LL HAVE EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY. SO I AM KIND OF I'M READING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BIPARTISAN GROUPS THAT ARE COMING TOGETHER AND TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND TALKING ABOUT MAINTAINING OR EVEN INCREASING FUNDING FOR EDUCATION. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M MOST HOPEFUL THAT WE HAVE BIPARTISAN GROUPS THAT ARE DOING THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE I'M NOT SURE WHETHER WE'LL SEE THAT CONTINUING APPROPRIATION OR WHETHER THERE'LL BE A FIGHT AND THEY'LL JUST WANT TO SHUT THE GOVERNMENT DOWN. SO IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO SAY. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A ROCKY ROAD. BUT I THINK IN THE END WE'LL PROBABLY COME OUT OKAY, BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN WE WERE IN DC LAST, WELL, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, IT SEEMS LIKE WE WERE TALKING TO SOME CONGRESS FOLKS BOTH SIDES, AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. THE FEEDING PROGRAMS IS WHERE I'M CONCERNED. WHAT GRANT OR WHAT TITLE ARE THOSE PROGRAMS AT? THAT'S THE CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM. WE DO GET $22 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR OUR CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM. AND SO I BELIEVE DOCTOR BUDDY HAD TALKED TO SOMEBODY I DON'T KNOW, NORMA TORRES OR ONE OF THE SENATORS ALSO ABOUT THE IMPACT. SO I'M JUST REALLY STARTING TO HEAR ABOUT THE IDEA THAT WE MIGHT BE LOSING SOME OF THE CHILD NUTRITION FUNDS. THAT WOULD BE A BIG HIT TO US. BEFORE, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT MONEY, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE PERCOLATING UP, SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT DISCUSSION IS COMING FROM. I HOPE IT'S NOT TRUE. ME TOO. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? JUST SO THE PUBLIC IS AWARE THAT I DID WRITE ON MY PERSONAL BEHALF AN EXTENSIVE LETTER TO UPDATE OUR ASSEMBLY MEMBERS SEND THEM CERTIFIED LETTERS. AND BOTH OF THEM DID RESPOND. AND ME AND MY BODY WILL BE HAVING A MEETING WITH ASSEMBLY MEMBER JAMES RAMOS ON SEPTEMBER 10TH JUST TO UPDATE HIM. [01:40:02] AND WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET A DATE SET FOR ASSEMBLY MEMBER ROBERT GARCIA. SO IT WAS BASICALLY ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAD PROVIDED AND A LITTLE BIT MORE, ESPECIALLY FOCUSING ON THE DECLINING ENROLLMENT. TITLE ONE. TITLE NINE AND OTHER ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING. I JUST ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT US ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS? OKAY. THIS THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE A 2024 24, 2025. UNAUDITED. ACTUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AS PROVIDED. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE? ITEM 5.5 AS PROVIDED. SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY VICE PRESIDENT HOLLY. A SECOND BY MRS. SANDOVAL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY VICE PRESIDENT HOLLY, SECONDED BY VICE PRESIDENT. I'M SORRY, MRS. SANDOVAL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. 5.6 HUMAN RESOURCES CERTIFICATED JOB DESCRIPTION REVISIONS. [5.6 Human Resources - Certificated Job Description Revisions] THIS ITEM IS THE BOARD TO APPROVE CERTIFICATED JOB DESCRIPTION REVISIONS. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE? ITEM 5.6 AS PROVIDED A MOTION AND A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY MYSELF. A SECOND BY MR. RAMIREZ. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. 5.7 HUMAN RESOURCES CONTRACT AMENDMENT. [5.7 Human Resources - Contract Amendment: Superintendent] SUPERINTENDENT. THIS ITEM IS FOR. SORRY. THIS ITEM IS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT FOR MICKEY R INBODY. SUPERINTENDENT. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK LEGAL COUNSEL TO MAKE AN ORAL REPORT REQUIRED BY THE BROWN ACT. THANK YOU, BOARD PRESIDENT PEREZ. UNDER THE BROWN ACT, FOR ANY CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT OR AMENDMENT TO A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT FOR A LOCAL AGENCY EXECUTIVE, AN ORAL REPORT OF THE TERMS MUST BE MADE PRIOR TO BOARD ACTION. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TONIGHT IS TO EXTEND THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT BY ONE YEAR TO JUNE 30TH, 2029. IN RECOGNITION OF THE COMPLETION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE? ITEM 5.7, MOTION TO APPROVE, AND A SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY MISS SANDOVAL. SECOND BY MR. SERNA. ANY DISCUSSION? CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW THIS PROCESS GOES? SO IT'S NOT JUST SOME ARBITRARY LIKE, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND YOUR CONTRACT. THIS IS PUBLIC KNOWS HOW THIS GOES OR. I'M SORRY, I'M JUGGLING MESSAGES. WOULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION, PLEASE? NO PROBLEM. JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S POINT OF VIEW SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THIS PROCESS GOES. SO WE'RE JUST NOT UP HERE ARBITRARILY SAYING YES, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP EXTENDING THAT THERE IS A FORMAL PROCESS. AND CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN THAT SO THE PUBLIC CAN UNDERSTAND. IT COMES FROM A COUPLE OF SOURCES. AND I DO APOLOGIZE. THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT DOES SPECIFY THAT, SHOULD THE SUPERINTENDENT RECEIVE AN EVALUATION? I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE LANGUAGE OF I BELIEVE IT'S SATISFACTORY OR BETTER THAT THE BOARD IS OBLIGATED TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT BY ONE YEAR. THE CONTRACT, BY LAW, CAN NEVER BE MORE THAN FOUR YEARS AT A TIME. MOST SUPERINTENDENT CONTRACTS ARE A MINIMUM OF THREE YEARS AT A TIME. THIS ONE WOULD BE EXTENDED TO KEEP UP TO THAT ORIGINAL TERM. AND AS LONG AS THE SUPERINTENDENT RECEIVES SATISFACTORY OR BETTER EVALUATIONS THAN THAT, CONTRACT GETS EXTENDED. IT'S VERY TYPICAL. OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. MOTION MADE BY MISS SANDOVAL, SECOND BY MR. SERNA. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. [5.8 Student Services - Board Policy 5144.1: Suspension and Expulsion/Due Process - Second Reading & Adoption] 5.8 STUDENT SERVICES BOARD POLICY 144.1. SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION. DUE PROCESS. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO ACCEPT A SECOND READING OF BOARD POLICY 5144.1 SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION DUE PROCESS AND ADOPTED AS PROVIDED. AND WE HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO YES WE DO. WE HAVE TWO FOR 5.8. CALL UP MR. ROBERT AND MISS NAYELI SALGADO. YOU'RE ON DECK. GOOD EVENING. BOARD PRESIDENT PEREZ, SUPERINTENDENT EMBODY, VICE PRESIDENT HOLLY AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND THE FONTANA COMMUNITY. [01:45:04] MY NAME IS ROBERT FEEK. I'M WITH THE CIVIL REVIEW BOARD, AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE PROPOSED CHANGE TO POLICY. 5144.1 ON SUSPENSION, EXPULSION. THE POLICY DEALS WITH STUDENTS RIGHTS AND DUE PROCESS ISSUES THAT DESERVE CLARITY AND SERIOUSNESS. IF THERE ARE NEW LAWS OR REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, BY ALL MEANS, UPDATE THE POLICY THAT'S APPROPRIATE AND EXPECTED. BUT I MUST ASK, WHY ARE WE STRIKING OUT WORDS LIKE HIM HER? HE, SHE. HOW DOES THAT IMPROVE THE DUE PROCESS? HOW DOES THAT PROTECT STUDENTS OR MAKE. PROCEDURES CLEARER? THE REALITY IS, IN TODAY'S CLIMATE, IT LOOKS LIKE THESE. EDITS ARE LESS ABOUT CLARITY AND MORE ABOUT CONFORMING TO IDEOLOGIES. AND WHY HAVE REMOVED THE ANNUAL BOARD REPORT? WHEN WE START ALTERING FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENTS TO MATCH TRENDS, WE UNDERMINE TRUST. PARENTS. FAMILIES BEGIN TO WONDER WHAT ELSE IS BEING CHANGED AND WHY. SO AGAIN, IF THE LAW HAS CHANGED, UPDATE THE POLICY. IF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS HAVE CHANGED OR SHIFTED, UPDATE THE POLICY BUT DO NOT REWRITE LANGUAGE. OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES DESERVE POLICIES ROOTED IN SUBSTANCE, CLARITY AND TRUTH, NOT WORD GAMES. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD PRESIDENT PEREZ, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND FONTANA COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS NAYELI SALGADO, MEMBER OF THE CIVIL REVIEW BOARD. HERE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM 5.8. ITEM BROUGHT FORTH BY BOARD PRESIDENT PEREZ HERE AT THE CRB, WE ARE COMMITTED TO EXPOSING THIS BOARD BOARD'S IN ACTION IN MATTERS CONCERNING THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND MOST IMPORTANT, OF THE INTEREST OF PARENTS AND THIS COMMUNITY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND ECHOING WHAT ROBERT JUST SPOKE ON WHY BOARD PRESIDENT PEREZ WANTS TO REMOVE GENDER SPECIFIC VERBIAGE ANYWHERE FOUND IN THIS DOCUMENT. GENDER NEUTRAL. AND MAKING IT GENDER NEUTRAL. THIS, OF COURSE, STEMS FROM THE CCPA, AND I'M SURE THEY'LL PROVIDE A WELL-PREPARED SPEECH, WHICH IS USUALLY DICTATED BY THE CSB, CCPA. I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE CCPA AS IT IS KNOWN TO BE A BIASED ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION. THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC AND LIMITED PERSPECTIVE WORLDVIEW ON ISSUES WITH WHICH INFLUENCED THEIR DECISION MAKING AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT, PRIORITIZING SPECIFIC ISSUES WHILE OVERLOOKING OTHER CRITICAL EDUCATIONAL CONCERNS. THE CCPA HAS HAS A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH TO THINGS THAT DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR UNIQUE LOCAL NEEDS, CIRCUMSTANCES, OR PRIORITIES. IT OVEREMPHASIZES STATE LEVEL ADVOCACY AND OVERRELIANCE ON STATE LEVEL SOLUTIONS WILL OVERLOOK SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENTS. LASTLY, RELYING SOLELY ON CCPA LIMITS EXPOSURE TO DIVERSE VIEWPOINTS, EXPERT EXPERTISE, OR BEST PRACTICES FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS, AND THE COMMUNITY. FAMILIES EXPECT POLICIES THAT REFLECT REALITY AND NOT IDEOLOGIES. FAMILIES EXPECT POLICIES THAT ARE CLEAR, FACTUAL, AND LEGALLY SOUND, NOT JUST REWRITTEN TO SATISFY CULTURAL TRENDS. MAKE THE NECESSARY UPDATES REQUIRED BY LAW, BUT DON'T ERASE LANGUAGE FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL REASONS. ASIDE FROM GENDER SPECIFIC VERBIAGE BEING REMOVED. WHY? ON PAGE THREE, LIKE ROBERT SAID, IS ANNUALLY PRESENTED TO THE BOARD A REPORT SCRATCHED OUT. WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO PRESENT AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE BOARD ON THE OUTCOME DATA ON SUSPENSIONS AND EXPULSION? I HOPE YOU CAN EXPLAIN THIS AND NOT JUST DISMISS US. THANK YOU. OKAY. THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO ACCEPT THE SECOND READING. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT ITEM 5.8 AS PROVIDED? BOARD PRESIDENT, IF I MAY, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. BAKER, JUST SO THAT YOU COULD ELABORATE FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND. I MEAN, REALLY, WE'RE JUST UPDATING THE POLICY TO STAY CURRENT, STANDING WITH WHAT THE LAW SAYS, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. AND THERE'S TWO THINGS OUT THERE JUST TO JUST TO POINT OUT THERE IS THAT ONE, [01:50:01] WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT TO LIKE, JUST LIKE IF WE'RE DEALING WITH THIS POTENTIAL PRESCHOOL STUDENT GETTING REMOVED, THERE'S LAWS BEHIND THAT. JUST TO TAKE A LOOK AT BEFORE WE REMOVE ANYBODY. AND THEN THE OTHER THING, TOO, IT'S LIKE IF A STUDENT IS IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM, YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS. IS THAT THE STATE GIVES US SOME REQUIREMENTS THAT WE DO HAVE TO NOTIFY OF THE INCIDENT WHERE IT WAS AND WHAT TYPE OF FIREARM. YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF REPORTING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING IN THERE THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO. WE DO REPORT ANY KIND OF INCIDENTS OF OF SUSPENSION OR EXPULSION. YOU KNOW, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S REPORTED NOT ONLY PART OF THE LCAP, THOUGH, BUT WE ALSO DO HAVE TO REPORT TO THE STATE. SO THOSE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS WILL STILL CONTINUE. OKAY. CAN WE HAVE A DISCUSSION OR SHOULD WE MOTION FIRST? WE NEED A MOTION FIRST. AND THEN WE CAN GO TO MOTION FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION. I JUST WANT TO ASK ANOTHER QUESTION OF I WAS GOING TO CALL YOU DOCTOR BAKER. MR. BAKER CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC THE LAWS THAT ARE BEING CHANGED? AND CAN YOU ALSO EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC THAT REPORTING IS HAPPENING? IF YOU GO TO THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD, OUR SUSPENSION RATES FOR ALL DISTRICTS OUT THERE. I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE TO UNDERSTAND. ABSOLUTELY. SO, LIKE MR. SERNA WAS SAYING, IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO REPORT TO ON THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD. IT'S PART OF THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, MR. ALEGRE CAN SPEAK TOWARDS THAT. THAT IS ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE DO HAVE TO DO. BUT LIKE I SAID, THERE'S THERE'S JUST A, THERE'S A, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT UPDATES THAT, YOU KNOW, WERE MADE TO THE POLICY. ONE HAD TO DO WITH PRESCHOOL AND THEN ALSO HAD TO DEAL WITH THE REPORTING OF THE FIREARMS AS WELL, THOUGH. BUT IT IS SOMETHING IN THERE THAT WE DO HAVE TO REPORT. TO ANYBODY. MAY I ADD JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AS WELL, IN TERMS OF THAT ONE PART THAT SAYS ANNUALLY PRESENT TO THE BOARD A REPORT, IT NOW STATES MAINTAIN OUTCOME DATA, WHICH IN A SENSE SAYS THE SAME THING. BUT WE DO MORE THAN JUST AN ANNUAL REPORT LOOKING AT THE DATA FOR SUSPENSIONS AND EXPULSIONS IS SOMETHING WE DO EVERY MONTH THROUGH OUR SUPERINTENDENTS MONTHLY. SCORECARD. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DATA MONTHLY. IT'S NOT AN ANNUAL THING. AND WE'RE SHARING WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AS WELL. SO THE ANNUALLY WAS REMOVED BECAUSE WE DO IT MUCH MORE OFTEN, AND IT'S SHARED PUBLICLY THROUGH THE DASHBOARD, AS WAS NOTED. THANK YOU MISS. AND I THINK THERE'S TWO SENATE BILLS THAT NEED TO BE CITED AS WELL OF WHETHER RECENT CHANGES HAPPEN. WHILE YOU WAIT. MR. TURNER, CAN YOU WHAT TWO OTHER THINGS NEED TO BE CITED. YEAH. SO IN OUR IN OUR INFORMATION SENATE BILL 274 AND SENATE BILL 114 ARE THE CHANGES TO LAW THAT ALSO PRECLUDE MAKES US CHANGE THE POLICY TO UPDATE BASED ON THAT LAW? MISS SANDOVAL, SORRY. THANK YOU. NOW, ON THE LAST PARAGRAPH, WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT BASE LONG TERM ENGLISH LEARNERS THAT STRUCK AN OUT. AND CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT REPLACES THAT? WELL, WE'RE ADDING LONG TERM ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IS ANOTHER GROUP TO SUPPORT. SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS IS THAT INITIALLY IT WAS JUST THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. NOW THEY'RE ALSO ADDING LONG TERM ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. SO IT'S ANOTHER IT'S ANOTHER SUBGROUP THAT WE'RE WE'RE REPORTING ON. AND IF I CAN ADD TO THAT THAT SPECIFIC STUDENT GROUP, WE WEREN'T MEASURING THE DATA OF OUR LONG TERM ENGLISH LEARNERS. NOW IT IS REQUIRED. AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY'VE BEEN ADDED TO THIS AS WELL AS A AS A METRIC FOR US TO MEASURE THEIR PROGRESS. NOW, IS THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T THEY DON'T TEST OUT OR IS THAT SOMETHING DIFFERENT? NO. THIS WELL, THEIR LONG TERM ENGLISH LEARNERS, MEANING THEY'VE BEEN AN ENGLISH LEARNER FOR MORE THAN 3 TO 5 YEARS. SO WE NEED TO IN THE PAST WE KIND OF GROUPED THEM INTO THE ENGLISH LEARNER GROUP, AND NOW WE'RE PULLING THEM OUT SO WE CAN TARGET THEM SPECIFICALLY TO HELP THEM MAKE SURE THAT THEY RECLASSIFY. GOT IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, JUST FOR THE RECORD, THIS ISN'T MY ISSUE. THIS IS. OR DID I BRING IT UP? BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE UPDATING AND IMPROVING. SO I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY MR. SERNA, SECOND BY MR. RAMIREZ. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. 5.9 TECHNOLOGY AND ASSESSMENT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2527 SUFFICIENCY AND STANDARDS ALIGNED TEXTBOOKS AND [5.9 Technology and Assessment - Resolution No. 25-27: Sufficiency of Standards-Aligned Textbooks and Instructional Materials] INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2527. SUFFICIENCY OF STANDARDS ALIGNED TEXTBOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AS PROVIDED. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT? ITEM 5.9? [01:55:05] I'LL MOVE. I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. MOTION MADE BY MR. RAMIREZ. A SECOND BY MYSELF. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. 5.10. BOARD MEMBER REQUEST BOARD BYLAW 9322. AGENDA SLASH. [5.10 Board Member Request - Board Bylaw 9322: Agenda/Meeting Materials - Second Reading and Adoption] MEETING MATERIALS. SECOND READING. THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO ACCEPT THE SECOND READING OF BOARD BYLAW 9322 AGENDA MEETING MATERIALS AND ADOPT AS PROVIDED. AND WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE HAVE THREE FOR 5.1 AND THAT'S ROBERT FUQUAY, NAYELI SALGADO. AND THEN THIRD IS RUDY CASTRO ON DECK. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. BOARD PRESIDENT PEREZ, SUPERINTENDENT IN-BODY VICE PRESIDENT HAWLEY, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY. ROBERT FEEK. I'M A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC OF FONTANA. RESIDENT, GRANDPARENT AND PARENT. I'D LIKE TO CHALLENGE THE PROPOSED CHANGE TO BOARD LAW 9322. AS IT STANDS, THE BYLAWS VERY CLEAR. COMMUNITY MEMBERS MAY REQUEST AN ITEM TO BE PLACED ON. THE AGENDA PROVIDED IS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. SO AS LONG AS THE REQUEST IS SUBMITTED AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING. NOW, PRESIDENT PEREZ HAS REQUESTED THIS CHANGE AND HAS LED THIS EFFORT TO STRIKE THE SEVEN DAY REQUIREMENT, BUT REMOVING THAT CLEAR LANGUAGE DOES NOT IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY. IT CREATES VAGUENESS. WHEN LANGUAGE IS VAGUE, IT WEAKENS PUBLIC CONFIDENCE AND OPENS THE DOOR FOR ARBITRARY DECISIONS. SO I ASK, WHAT IS THE BENEFIT? WHO DOES THIS CHANGE SERVE? CERTAINLY NOT THE PUBLIC. THE CURRENT BYLAW ALREADY HAS WORKED. IN FACT, HOW LONG HAS THE POLICY BEEN IN PLACE BEFOREHAND AND WHY CHANGE IT NOW? IT SETS A SIMPLE, REASONABLE STANDARD THAT ENSURES BOTH STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY CAN PREPARE FOR MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION. CHANGING IT SENDS THE OPPOSITE MESSAGE. THE BOARD IS LESS INTERESTED IN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND AND LESS WILLING TO HONOR THE COMMUNITY'S RIGHT TO BE HEARD. IF THIS CHANGE IS ADOPTED, IT WILL BE SEEN FOR WHAT IT IS AN EFFORT TO OPPOSE PUBLIC INTEREST AND RESTRICT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. THIS IS NOT GOOD GOVERNANCE. THE PEOPLE OF FONTANA DESERVE CLARITY, FAIRNESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY, NOT RULES THAT ARE MADE VAGUE IN ORDER TO BE CONTROLLED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. I URGE YOU, WHY NOT KEEP THE BYLAW AS IS? PRESERVE TRANSPARENCY. PROTECT OUR PUBLIC INPUT. THANK YOU. HI. GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN. MY NAME IS DANIEL SALGADO WITH CIVIL REVIEW BOARD. AND AGAIN, JUST ECHOING WHAT ROBERT JUST MENTIONED, I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSAL CHANGE FOR BOARD. BYLAW 9322. AGAIN, THE CURRENT BYLAW IS STRAIGHTFORWARD. IF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WISHES TO PLACE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, THE REQUEST MUST BE SUBMITTED SEVEN DAYS IN ADVANCE. THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR. IT'S REASONABLE, AND IT PROVIDES CERTAINTY FOR BOTH THE PUBLIC AND THE DISTRICT. NOW WE ARE BEING ASKED TO REMOVE THAT LANGUAGE, BUT WITHOUT IT, THE POLICY BECOMES AMBIGUOUS. WHEN RULES ARE UNCLEAR, THEY ARE. IT CAN BE APPLIED INCONSISTENTLY OR EVEN SELECTIVELY THAT UNDERMINE AND THAT UNDERMINES TRUST. THE REAL QUESTION IS SIMPLE WHAT PROBLEMS ARE WE SOLVING BY CHANGING THIS? THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN ABLE TO FOLLOW THE CURRENT PROCESS WITHOUT ANY ISSUE. THE SEVEN DAY TIMELINE RESPECTS THE BOARD'S NEEDS FOR PREPARATION WHILE STILL GUARANTEEING THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE. TAKING AWAY THAT CLARITY DOES DOES NOT EXPAND ACCESS. IT RESTRICTS IT. IT SIGNALS THAT PUBLIC INPUT IS LESS WELCOME, THAT ENGAGEMENT IS BEING PUSHED ASIDE. AND IF THIS BOARD IS SERIOUS ABOUT BUILDING TRUST WITH PARENTS, TEACHERS AND RESIDENTS, THIS IS THE WRONG DIRECTION. GOOD LEADERSHIP MEANS PROTECTING POLICIES THAT ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, NOT DISMANTLING MENTIONING THEM. I URGE YOU TO REJECT THIS CHANGE AND KEEP BY BYLAW 9322 INTACT. [02:00:01] IT WORKS AND IT SERVES THE PEOPLE OF MONTANA. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, ADMINISTRATORS AND FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS. MY NAME IS RUDY CASTRO WITH THE CIVIL REVIEW BOARD. AS YOU KNOW, TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ARE CORNERSTONES OF A THRIVING SCHOOL DISTRICT. ONE WAY WE CAN UPHOLD THESE VALUES IS BY ENSURING THAT ALL VOICES ARE HEARD AND CONSIDERED WHEN IT COMES TO THE ISSUES THAT MATTER MOST TO OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND FAMILIES. I AM HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR AN OPEN DIALOG REGARDING THE PLACEMENT OF AGENDA ITEMS. IT IS CRUCIAL THAT WE CREATE A CLEAR, TRANSPARENT APPROACH TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO SUBMIT REQUESTS FOR AGENDA ITEMS. BY DOING SO, WE EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AND ENSURE THAT THE TOPICS WE DISCUSS REFLECT THEIR CONCERNS. STRIKING LANGUAGE, SUCH AS RECENTLY DONE IN BYLAW 9322 ABOUT THE ONE WEEK SUBMITTAL STANDARD, HURTS TRANSPARENCY. IT IS NEBULOUS. PEOPLE ARE UNSURE ABOUT WHAT SUFFICIENT NOTICE IS NOW. IS IT STILL ONE WEEK OR LESS? OR IS IT TEN DAYS OR EVEN MORE? OR WILL THE BOARD ARBITRARILY DECIDE THAT A HOT BUTTON TOPIC, SUCH AS PARENTS RIGHTS OR GIRLS SPORTS PROTECTIONS, ARE ITEMS THEY PREFER TO SIDESTEP, AND THEREFORE NO AMOUNT OF NOTICE WILL BE ACCEPTED? THE COMMUNITY'S ABILITY TO CONFIDENTLY PROPOSE AN AGENDA ITEM HELPS CREATE A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND CREATES A CULTURE OF COLLABORATION RATHER THAN A TOP DOWN APPROACH. WE AS MEMBERS OF THE CRB ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO WORK IN TANDEM WITH BOARD MEMBERS. WE SHOULD ALL HAVE THE SAME GOALS. AS SUCH, I PROPOSE, NUMBER ONE, ESTABLISH A CLEAR PROTOCOL. THE ONE WEEK TIME FRAME WAS CLEAR. NUMBER TWO HAVE REGULAR COMMUNITY FORUMS. I GUESS THE PUBLIC'S COFFEY WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT ADDRESSES THAT. AND WE COULD USE SOME MORE SOME MORE FREQUENCY WITH THAT. NUMBER THREE, LET'S HAVE A TRANSPARENT REVIEW PROCESS WHERE THE SCHOOL BOARD COULD REVIEW THE SUBMITTED ITEMS AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON WHY CERTAIN ITEMS MAY OR MAY NOT BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA. THIS WOULD FOSTER TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND NUMBER FOUR, LET'S HAVE FOLLOW UP ONCE. ONCE ITEMS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED, PROVIDE UPDATES TO THOSE WHO SUBMITTED THE REQUEST. THIS ACKNOWLEDGES THEIR INPUT AND ALSO INFORMS THEM OF THE OUTCOME IF APPROPRIATE, THEY COULD BE SHARED IN THE NEXT BOARD MEETING AS THE CRB. WE WANT COLLABORATION WITH YOU, NOT CONFRONTATION. WE WILL SUPPORT YOU IN ANY WAY. WE ARE HERE TO HELP. EVEN THOUGH WE FEEL THIS SHOULD NOT BE A STEPPING STONE. YOU BEING ON THE BOARD SHOULD NOT BE A STEPPING STONE TO HIGHER POLITICAL OFFICE. WHO ARE WE TO LIMIT ANYBODY'S AMBITIONS? IF YOU DO RIGHT BY OUR CHILDREN, WE WILL STUMP FOR YOU. AND YOU WILL WALK THE STREETS AND PASS OUT FLIERS, AS WE HAVE DONE FOR OTHER CANDIDATES AND ISSUES WE CARE ABOUT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THIS ITEM IN THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO ADOPT THE SECOND READING. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT AS PROVIDED MOTION SECOND. ASK ONE MORE TIME. CAN I GET A SECOND? OKAY. MOTION FAILS. 5.17 BOARD MEMBER REQUESTS EXPENDITURE 2026 CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION, [5.11 Board Member Request - Expenditure: 2026 California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) Conference] COB CONFERENCE. THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE EXPENDITURES FOR TRAVEL COSTS FOR BOARD MEMBER RAMIREZ TO ATTEND THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, FOR THE ESTIMATED COST OF $3,005 MARCH 4TH THROUGH SEVENTH OF 2026. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THIS ITEM? I'LL MOVE. YOU'LL NEED TO. YOU HAVE TO ABSTAIN, I ABSTAIN. I'LL. I'LL MOVE THOUGH. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY MR. SERNA. SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT HOLLY. ANY DISCUSSION? MR. VICE PRESIDENT, THANK YOU. BOARD PRESIDENT. MR. RAMIREZ CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THIS CONFERENCE IS AND WHAT YOU HOPE TO GAIN BY ATTENDING? ABSOLUTELY. AND I'M SORRY FOR MAKING THE MOTION EARLIER. I GOT A LITTLE TOO EXCITED. YOU KNOW, COPY REALLY GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND, IN MY OPINION MORE FUNDAMENTALS ON OUR DUAL IMMERSION SCHOOLS. AND, YOU KNOW, AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF TRUSTEE AREA THREE, I KNOW THAT I HAVE TWO DUAL IMMERSION SCHOOLS IN MY DISTRICT. I HAVE REDWOOD ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND, YOU KNOW, IN MY DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY, I HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT, [02:05:04] YOU KNOW, ARE BILINGUAL. A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE HISPANIC. AND I THINK THAT AS THAT REPRESENTATIVE, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO BRING BACK, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION AND RESOURCES AND KNOWLEDGE BACK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, MY REPRESENTATION ON THE BOARD NOT ONLY EXTENDS TO OUR STUDENTS, BUT ALSO OUR OUR SPECIAL STUDENTS, LIKE OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS, AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER. AND SO, OF COURSE, IF I GO, I WOULD BRING BACK A REPORT, I WOULD MAKE SURE THAT I'M VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT EVERYTHING, AND I HOPE TO BRING BACK A LOT OF CONNECTIONS AND RESOURCES AND A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR DISTRICT TO EXPAND IN THAT CAPACITY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IT'S A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY AND I ENCOURAGE HIM TO ATTEND. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY MRS. SERNA, SECONDED BY VICE PRESIDENT HAWLEY. CAST YOUR VOTE. OKAY. MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO, WITH ONE ABSTENTION. [5.12 Board Member Request - Proclamation Recognizing Constitution Week] 512. BOARD MEMBER REQUESTS PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING CONSTITUTION WEEK. PROCLAMATION TO RECOGNIZE CONSTITUTION WEEK WAS REQUESTED BY VICE PRESIDENT HOLLEY. THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD AS CONSTITUTION WEEK. AND WE HAVE HOW MANY? WE HAVE THREE. PUBLIC COMMENTS. I'LL INVITE TO THE PODIUM ROBERT VK AYALA SALGADO AND RUDY CASTRO. NOW THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN ALL CELEBRATE. IN FACT, I BROUGHT TONIGHT SOME POCKET CONSTITUTIONS THAT I'M HOPING TO GET TO THE DISTRICT SO WE CAN GIVE THEM TO OUR STUDENTS. BUT. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT PEREZ. SUPERINTENDENT INBODY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. ROBERT, WITH THE CIVIL REVIEW BOARD. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, I REACHED OUT TO VICE PRESIDENT HAWLEY AND RAISED A SIMPLE QUESTION. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ON OUR WEBSITE RECOGNIZING CONSTITUTION WEEK. AND TONIGHT I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO PUBLICLY COMMEND HER. SHE NOT ONLY HEARD THAT CONCERN, SHE ACTED ON IT. SHE PUT FORWARD A PROCLAMATION DECLARING THAT OUR DISTRICT WILL HONOR CONSTITUTION WEEK FROM SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2025. AND FOR THAT, DANIELLE, YOU DESERVE A HUGE PUBLIC THANK YOU. THIS IS WHAT LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE. A PROCLAMATION IS THE BEGINNING. THE CRB, THE CIVIL REVIEW BOARD, WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER WITH THE DISTRICT TO ENSURE CONSTITUTION WEEK BECOMES MORE THAN A PROCLAMATION, THAT IT BECOMES MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM. WE ARE WILLING AND READY TO GO OUT AND GATHER RESOURCES AND BRING BACK MATERIALS THAT WILL HELP TEACHERS INTEGRATE THIS INTO THEIR INSTRUCTION. THIS IS MORE THAN A HISTORY LESSON. THE CONSTITUTION IS FOUNDATIONAL OF OUR FREEDOMS, THE VERY DOCUMENT THAT GUARANTEES THE RIGHT OF FAMILIES TO ENGAGE, THE RIGHT OF STUDENTS, TO LEARN THE RIGHT OF EVERY CITIZEN TO BE HEARD. WHEN WE RECONNECT STUDENTS WITH THESE VALUES, WE ALSO RECONNECT VALUES WITH THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. AND THAT IS OUR MISSION. AND WE BELIEVE IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR THE HEALTH OF OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR COMMUNITY. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU. VICE PRESIDENT HAWLEY, FOR TAKING THE LEAD. THANK YOU, BOARD, FOR CONSIDERING THIS EFFORT. AND THANK YOU TO THE FONTANA COMMUNITY FOR STANDING WITH US TO CELEBRATE AND HONOR OUR CONSTITUTION, THE DOCUMENT THAT BINDS US TOGETHER AS A NATION. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE YOU TO MAKE CONSTITUTION WEEK NOT ONLY A PROCLAMATION, BUT A TRUE CELEBRATION IN EVERY CLASSROOM ACROSS THIS DISTRICT. THANK YOU. CLAP ON THAT. GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN. AND JUST I ONCE AGAIN WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO TO VICE PRESIDENT HAWLEY FOR BRINGING SUCH A PROCLAMATION FORWARD. IT WAS A PLEASANT SURPRISE TO SEE THIS ON THE AGENDA. INTO THIS MONTH, I FIND THIS VERY NEEDED AND IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN, CELEBRATE AND PARTICIPATE AND BE PATRIOTIC TO THIS NATION. AGAIN, HONORING THE CONSTITUTION IS ABOUT MORE THAN SYMBOLIC PROCLAMATION. IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE OUR STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE FOUNDATION OF OUR FREEDOMS AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT COME WITH IT. THE CRB STANDS READY TO PARTNER WITH THIS DISTRICT TO ENSURE THAT THAT COMES ENSURE THAT CONSTITUTION WEEK ISN'T JUST MARKED [02:10:08] ON THE CALENDAR, BUT ALSO BROUGHT INTO THE CLASSROOM. WE'RE WILLING TO GATHER RESOURCES AND SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS, SO THIS BECOMES A MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS. AND ON BEHALF OF THE CRB, THANK YOU DANIELLE HOLLEY, FOR SHOWING LEADERSHIP. AND THANK YOU TO THIS BOARD FOR GIVING STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH DOCUMENT DOCUMENTS THAT CONTINUE TO SHAPE OUR NATION. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. BOARD RUDY WITH THE CRB. I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO DANIELLE HOLLEY FOR RESPONDING TO OUR REQUEST AND BRINGING FORWARD THIS PROCLAMATION TO HONOR CONSTITUTION WEEK. THAT'S LEADERSHIP WE CAN ALL APPRECIATE. THE CIVIL REVIEW BOARD IS ASKING TO HELP SERVE OUR DISTRICT IN THIS EFFORT, AND IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT PRESENT THEMSELVES, WE ARE ASKING TO PARTNER WITH YOU. WE'D ALSO LIKE TO SUGGEST SOME PRACTICAL WAYS TO BRING THIS TO LIFE IN THE CLASSROOM. ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY PROVIDE POCKET CONSTITUTIONS, OFTEN FREE, AND WE'D BE GLAD TO EXPLORE HOW MANY WE COULD BRING INTO OUR SCHOOLS. HOPEFULLY EVERY STUDENT COULD HAVE ONE TO TAKE HOME. IN ADDITION, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFFERS A WEALTH OF RESOURCES THAT TEACHERS CAN USE TO ENRICH INSTRUCTION DURING CONSTITUTION WEEK. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY NOT JUST TO CELEBRATE HISTORY, BUT TO PLACE A CONSTITUTION DIRECTLY INTO THE HANDS OF OUR STUDENTS. WHAT BETTER WAY IS THERE TO LEARN WHY OUR COUNTRY IS THE GREATEST ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH? WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS PASSED DOWN TO US BY GOD AND GUARANTEED BY THE CONSTITUTION. THANK YOU. OKAY. THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO TO PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 23RD AS CONSTITUTION WEEK. AND SINCE THIS IS VICE PRESIDENT HARLEY, I'LL GIVE THE FLOOR TO HER. THANK YOU, BOARD PRESIDENT. AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SUGGESTION. WHEN IT POPPED ON MY RADAR, I WAS LIKE, I LOVE THE CONSTITUTION. WE NEED THE CONSTITUTION. AND I LOVE THIS THEME THAT KEEPS COMING UP TONIGHT FOR UNITY AND WORKING TOGETHER. AND EXACTLY LIKE YOU SAID, THE CONSTITUTION BINDS US ALL TOGETHER. IT'S THE RULE OF LAW, THAT WE CAN ALL FOLLOW. AND IT'S CLEAR, AND IT'S ONLY CHANGED A FEW TIMES, WITHSTOOD THE TEST OF TIME. AND OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE MODELED THEIR CONSTITUTIONS AFTER OURS. AND SO IT IS DEFINITELY AN ENDURING, VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BACK STORY. ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, 1787, THE FRAMERS OF OUR UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION SIGNED THIS FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT ESTABLISHING THE RULE OF LAW AND THE ENDURING PRINCIPLES OF OUR GOVERNMENT. THE CONSTITUTION ESTABLISHES A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, AND FOR THE PEOPLE, WHILE SECURING THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF CITIZENSHIP FOR ALL AMERICANS. IT IS FITTING AND PROPER TO OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE THIS HISTORICAL DOCUMENT IN THE WEEK OF ITS SIGNING, THROUGH PATRIOTIC CELEBRATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO DURING CONSTITUTION WEEK. SO THE FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM, IF WE CAN ALL AGREE, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON BUT THAT WE COULD DECLARE SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH 23RD AS CONSTITUTION WEEK. AND THEN I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH SUPERINTENDENT IN-BODY TO GET A GOOD UPDATE ON WHAT THOSE FUN ACTIVITIES WOULD BE THAT OUR STUDENTS WOULD BE DOING. I WOULD LOVE TO FIND OUT A WAY THAT WE CAN GET A CONSTITUTION IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS SO THAT THEY I LOVE IT SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE THAT HOME AND HAVE A COPY FOR THEMSELVES. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SO THANK YOU AGAIN MY COLLEAGUES, FOR ENTERTAINING THIS AND I HOPE TO GAIN YOUR SUPPORT SO THAT WE CAN DECLARE THIS. OKAY. THERE'S A THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A MOTION? AND A SECOND TO PROCLAIM WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD AS CONSTITUTION WEEK. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION WITH A COMMENT. OKAY. AND A SECOND I'LL. SECOND MOTION MADE BY MR. RAMIREZ, A SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT HOLLEY. GO AHEAD WITH YOUR COMMENT. NO, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M REALLY GLAD YOU BROUGHT THIS TO THE TABLE. I MEAN YOU KNOW, AS A POLY SCI NERD MYSELF, I'M PRETTY EXCITED THAT OUR STUDENTS GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THIS. YOU KNOW, POLY SCI MAJOR AND, YOU KNOW, THE CONSTITUTION. IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT. I MEAN, ANYWHERE FROM THE PREAMBLE TO, YOU KNOW, THE ARTICLES TO THE BILL OF RIGHTS TO THE REST OF THE AMENDMENTS. I MEAN, THIS TRULY IS THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT OUR COUNTRY STANDS FOR. AND IN MY OPINION, WHEN YOU READ THROUGH THE DOCUMENT, YOU GET TO STUDY IT. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN OUR STUDENTS GET THAT OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DO A DEEP DIVE, YOU GET TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS COUNTRY IS THE GREATEST COUNTRY ON EARTH AND WHY THE EXPERIMENT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME FOR SO LONG. AND SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, VICE PRESIDENT HAWLEY, AND THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING IT TO THE BOARD. [02:15:06] SO I'M GLAD TO SUPPORT THIS. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? MISS SANDOVAL? SO THIS IS WHAT I WROTE. I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS TERM. SORRY, MY VISION ISN'T ALL THAT GREAT THESE DAYS. ITEM. EXCUSE ME. I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS ITEM BECAUSE IT IT'S PURELY POLITICAL AND DOES NOT BENEFIT OUR CHILDREN. THIS ITEM IS FOR POLITICAL GAIN AND POLITICS. THEY DO NOT BELONG IN OUR DISTRICT. ALL BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA FOR ACTION. I WAS NOT NOTIFIED. AND YOU CAN RECORD ME. VERY WELL. THANK YOU, MR. SLOWIK. BECAUSE SO MUCH IS GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY AGAINST PEOPLE, AGAINST THEIR WILL, SOME PEOPLE ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES, EVEN CHILDREN ALMOST DEPORTED. THAT HURTS. THAT HURTS THIS COUNTRY. THAT'S NOT WHAT IT WAS MEANT TO BE. THIS COUNTRY WAS NOT MEANT TO BE THIS WAY. AND THAT'S WHAT HURTS. I SIT UP HERE AND I RESIST. I REPRESENT ALL PEOPLE. DOESN'T MATTER WHAT COLOR YOU ARE, WHETHER YOU WERE BORN HERE OR NOT. I KNOW MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE WEREN'T BORN HERE. THEIR GRANDPARENTS WEREN'T HERE, BUT THEY RAISED THEIR FAMILY, THEIR CHILDREN. AND THIS IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS BOARD STOPPED WORKING TOGETHER. WE'VE ALWAYS WORKED TOGETHER. AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER, WE MIGHT HAVE NOT ALWAYS GOT ALONG. LIKE THAT GUY THAT'S REPORTING ME. WE DIDN'T GET ALONG BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE EYE TO EYE. WHICH IS OKAY. I MADE IT THROUGH. THANK GOD HE'S NOT ON THIS BOARD ANYMORE. BUT ALL THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS I'VE ALWAYS WORKED WITH. AND SOMEHOW WE MADE IT THROUGH. AND WE GOT THINGS THROUGH AND DONE. AND THIS IS WHY OUR DISTRICT IS IN SUCH GOOD SHAPE TODAY. THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SITTING UP HERE, SOME I DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT'S HOW I FEEL. SO I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS AND I HOPE MY OTHER COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT ME ON THIS BECAUSE IT HURTS. IT HURTS TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. WE'RE ALL HUMAN, AND THIS IS WHY WE'RE HERE IS BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT ONE ANOTHER. THIS IS WHY THE CRB PEOPLE ARE HERE. THEY HAVE THINGS THAT THEY CARE ABOUT AND I CARE ABOUT THEM. MR. K AND I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS. HE'S A GRANDFATHER AND I'M A GRANDMOTHER, AND WE LOVE OUR KIDS. AND THERE'S NOTHING WE WOULDN'T DO FOR THEM. WE WANT THEM TO LEARN AND BE GOOD CITIZENS AND LEAD THIS COUNTRY THE WAY IT SHOULD BE LED. MONTANA MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO LOCK. YOUR DOOR WAS LEFT OPEN. YOU CAN GO IN ANYBODY'S YARD AND GET A DRINK OF WATER. CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE. I GET IT. BUT YOU COULD STILL COME IN MY YARD AND GET A DRINK OF WATER. AND I, I IF YOU GO BY MY HOUSE TODAY, YOU WILL SEE AN AMERICAN FLAG FLYING HIGH. BECAUSE I LOVE THIS COUNTRY. I JUST DON'T LOVE WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. I'M NOT TURNING MY BACK ON MY COUNTRY. I WAS BORN, RAISED HERE. I HAVE SEVEN GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. I'M A PROUD AMERICAN, BUT I'M NOT PROUD OF WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, VICE PRESIDENT? I JUST WANT IT TO BE KNOWN THAT I LOVE OUR COUNTRY AND I LOVE OUR CONSTITUTION. AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GREAT IDEA. AND I STILL STAND BY THAT. AND WHEN WAS THIS ADDED TO THE AGENDA? BECAUSE I KNOW I PUT MY REQUEST IN. SUPERINTENDENT, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT, PLEASE? I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE POSTED ON FRIDAY. IT'S UPLOADED AND THE PUBLIC CAN SEE IT UNTIL THE BOARD MEETING OCCURS THE FOLLOWING WEEK. SO IT WAS ALL WITHIN THE ALLOCATED TIMEFRAMES AND WAS THERE LIVE BY FRIDAY LAST FRIDAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER. MR. MACKAY? THIS ISN'T PUBLIC. YOU CAN SAY IT AT 6.1. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY MR. RAMIREZ. A SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT HOLLY. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. [02:20:10] MOTION PASSES FOUR ONE. 6.1 PUBLIC COMMENT MATTERS NOT APPEARING ON THE AGENDA. [6. Public Participation] SUPERINTENDENT ANYBODY RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR NON AGENDA ITEMS? YES WE DID. WE'LL START OFF WITH 123456 OF THEM. WE'LL START OFF WITH LINDA DIKES AND SORAYA GARCIA. I SAID THAT CORRECTLY. YOU'RE ON DECK. GOOD EVENING. BOARD. TRYING TO ONLY USE UNION COMPANIES. I THINK IT'S UNFAIR. AND I HEARD THAT SOMEONE UP THERE WANTS US TO ONLY USE UNION COMPANIES FOR WORK ON OUR CAMPUSES. I BELIEVE IF THEY MAKE THE BID AND THEY GET THE BID, IT'S THEIR JOB. AS LONG AS THEY'RE LEGAL AND HAVE A LICENSE, THEY SHOULD GET IT. NEED TO STEP UP AND STOP BULLYING ON OUR CAMPUSES IS STARTING. MY DAUGHTER'S BEING BULLIED. I HOPE WE HAVE BUS SERVICE FOR WATER POLO WHEN THEY'RE NEEDED BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVE GONE. THEY HAD A GAME AWAY TODAY AND THANK THE SCHOOL POLICE BECAUSE THEY MADE A SWEEP BY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUS WAS ABLE TO PARK AND NOBODY HAD TAKEN THEIR PLACE. SO THANK THEM VERY MUCH. I HOPE THEY'RE FUNDED, THAT THEY CAN COVER THE BACK LOT, BECAUSE WHEN TIMES CHANGE, IT'S GOING TO BE DARK AND WE'RE REALLY GOING TO NEED THEM OUT THERE. 3000 PLUS MAKES A LITTLE MUCH TO SEND SOMEBODY TO A CONVENTION. I'VE BEEN TO CONVENTIONS THAT ARE TWO WEEKS LONG AND I DON'T SPEND HARDLY THAT MUCH MONEY. THAT'S RIDICULOUS. TO GO TO A CONVENTION THAT'S EVEN CLOSE. DRIVABLE. THAT'S THAT'S TOO MUCH. YOU'RE SAYING WE HAVE NO MONEY? WHY ARE WE SPENDING? WHY ARE YOU BUYING PROPERTY? PEREZ SAID WE HAVE NO MONEY. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. IF YOU CAN DO ALL THESE THINGS. QUIT TELLING US YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY. APPARENTLY YOU DO. AND YOU LIED TO US. I HAVE FLIERS TONIGHT FOR THE WATER POLO. THEIR FUNDRAISER IS SEPTEMBER THE 11TH. YOU CAN GO ANYTIME STARTING AT 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON TILL 9:00 AT NIGHT. IT'S A SHAKEY'S PIZZA ON OVER THERE IN THEIR NEW BUILDING. HOPEFULLY YOU ALL SHOW UP. LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN GO AT TWO AND WE'LL STILL GET CREDIT. JUST SHOW THE FLIER, SHOW IT ON YOUR PHONE, LET THEM KNOW CHUCK'S REALLY GOOD ABOUT ACCEPTING ALL OF THEM. I ALSO WANT TO SAY PLEASE KEEP IN YOUR PRAYERS. WE HAD A FAMILY IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT LOST THEIR HOME. AND EVERY THEY THEY HAD THEIR CHILDREN GOT LOST THEIR CLOTHES, LOST THEIR TOYS, LOST THEIR PETS. THEY HOUSE TOTALLY IS GONE. PLEASE KEEP THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS. THANK YOU. MISS SORAYA GARCIA STILL HERE? OH, THERE YOU ARE. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS SORAYA GARCIA. I'M A PARENT. I LIVE IN FONTANA, AND I'M ALSO A TEACHER AT FONTANA MIDDLE. AND I'VE COME BEFORE, AND I WANTED TO THANK MICKEY AND BODY. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME LAST TIME. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE CHANGES. THANK YOU TO MR. SAMIR FOR WORKING ON THE ROOM THAT I CAME FOR LAST TIME. AND I WANT TO THANK HOLLY BECAUSE YOU WERE AT EVERY MEETING. EVERY COMMUNITY MEETING. YOU STAYED THE WHOLE TIME. YOU LISTENED TO EVERY WORD YOU WENT AROUND. YOU LOOKED AT OUR CAMPUS, AND YOU MADE US FEEL HEARD. AND I WANT THE REST OF THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE AREN'T DREAMING ABOUT EXTRACURRICULAR OTHER THINGS. WHAT WE'RE DREAMING ABOUT IS JUST BASICS. WE JUST WANT AIR CONDITIONING THAT WORKS. ROOFS THAT DON'T LEAK. OUR NEWEST BUILDING IS THE G BUILDING, AND EVEN THAT HAS LEAKING ROOFS. STILL THAT STILL HASN'T BEEN FIXED. A LOT OF THINGS HAVE BEEN FIXED. SO SINCE WE'VE HAD THAT COMMUNITY MEETING, A LOT OF OUR WORK ORDERS ARE BEING ANSWERED. THEY'RE BEING FIXED QUICKLY. MICKEY, WE SEE YOU THERE ON CAMPUS. WE SEE YOU COMING ALL THE TIME. SO WE KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE RESPONDING. BUT I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG PROCESS. AND DON'T FORGET ABOUT US. REMEMBER THAT. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR EXTRA THINGS. WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR AC FOR OUR KIDS, AIR CONDITIONING FOR OUR KIDS. THE STATE OF THEIR CAFETERIA IS REALLY SAD. THEY'RE NOT GETTING HOT FOOD RIGHT NOW. YOU GUYS KNOW THE GAS IS STILL OUT. I KNOW IT'S BEING WORKED ON. [02:25:03] AND THE CURRENT AC THAT THEY HAVE IS ONLY TWO SWAMP COOLERS. SO THESE PROBLEMS ARE JUST GOING TO KEEP GETTING WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE. AND THOSE PORTABLES THAT WERE MENTIONED, THE REPAIRS, THEY LAST ONLY A YEAR OR TWO AND IN THE SAME PORTABLES HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. SO IT'S TOTALLY TRUE THAT THOSE PORTABLES ARE JUST A SINKHOLE. THEY'RE JUST A SINKHOLE BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME LEAK AND THE SAME SPOT OVER AND OVER. SO IF YOU FIX OUR SCHOOL, WE'RE ALL GOING TO GET HELPED. WE'RE GOING TO STOP PROBLEMS FROM HAPPENING IF WE ALL WORK TOGETHER. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE INCREASED COMMUNICATION. THIS IS A SPECIAL ISSUE, SO I WOULD LIKE IT IF THE BOARD COMMUNICATED WITH US DIRECTLY. AND IF WE COULD GET THE VENTS STILL CLEANED. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN CLEANED. THE INSIDE. WE WOULD STILL LIKE TO HAVE ALL THE REPORTS. CAN YOU GUYS SHARE WITH US? I HEARD IT WAS IN THE BOARD SOMEWHERE OR WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO ACCESS THAT. SO IF WE COULD GET THAT DIRECTLY, THAT WOULD HELP US A LOT. AND THANK YOU. CAN YOU LET HER FINISH HER COMMENT? I'D LIKE TO FINISH PLEASE, CAN YOU FINISH UP? WE'LL GIVE YOU ONE MORE MINUTE. IS THAT OKAY? BOARD PRESIDENT, LET HER FINISH UP. WE DIDN'T. OR YOU CAN FINISH YOUR LAST STATEMENT. YES. JUST THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING MORE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE. THANK YOU. AND FOR THE INCREASED COMMUNICATION. THANK YOU AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK. YOU KNOW, CAN I SAY I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD KNOWS THAT I'M WORKING WITH THE SITE PRINCIPAL AND DOCTOR MCKINNEY AS WELL TO MAKE SURE ALL THE REPORTS ARE AVAILABLE. AND I SAW I MET A TEACHER TODAY AND SHE ASKED ABOUT A SPECIFIC REPORT. SO I WORK WITH THE PRINCIPAL TO MAKE SURE IT'S IN THAT BINDER AT THE FRONT OF THE OFFICE. ALL OF THEM DATING BACK TO DECEMBER OF 2024, SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE ON THAT SCHOOL COMMITTEE. SO THE UPDATES ARE THOSE EMAILS THAT ARE BEING SENT OR IS IT JUST GOING TO THE PRINCIPAL AND THEN HE FORWARDS THEM BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I THINK THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE UPDATES. YES, I THINK SHE YOU MENTIONED, SIR, I MENTIONED THE INCREASED UPDATES AND THAT IS WE'RE SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPAL ON MAKING SURE ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS ON CAMPUS OR THE RESULTS OF A REPORT GET FUNNELED THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL. SO IT GETS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE TEACHERS. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THAT. PAUL CROSS FROM FONTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND CURTIS SENIOR, YOU'RE ON DECK. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. I'M ALSO HERE REPRESENTING FONTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS BOARD HAS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE BOARD THAT KEEPS ITS PROMISE TO THE COMMUNITY TO CREATE A SCHOOL WITH MODERN FACILITIES THAT ANY STUDENT WOULD BE PROUD TO ATTEND. THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN PROMISED A LOT IN THE LAST 25 YEARS, ONLY TO SEE PLANS CHANGED AND MONEY THAT WAS ALLOCATED TO MODERNIZING THE FONTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS BE REALLOCATED TO NEW SITES. BUT I'M OPTIMISTIC AND EXCITED THAT THIS BOARD WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF THE PAST. THIS BOARD HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE BOARD THAT LIVES UP TO ITS PROMISES TO THE STUDENTS, PARENTS AND STAFF AT FONTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL. I AM CONFIDENT THAT THIS BOARD WILL FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE PROMISES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE COMMUNITY IN RECENT WEEKS. I KNOW YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF THE ISSUES, THE SUBSTANDARD FACILITIES THAT THE STUDENTS OF FMHS HAVE ENDURED OVER RECENT DECADES. OVER THE YEARS, AS I VISITED OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE USD AND CAPACITY AS A COACH AND JUST TRAININGS. I FREQUENTLY LEFT THOSE CAMPUSES FEELING SAD FOR THE STUDENTS OF MONTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL. I ASKED MYSELF WHY THEY TOO DIDN'T HAVE A NICE CAMPUS. THEY COULD BE PROUD. WE, THE FMS COMMUNITY, ASK THAT YOU PUBLISH CONSTRUCTION TIMELINES AND PLANS ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AND FOLLOW THROUGH ON YOUR PROMISES THAT THE PARENTS OF THE COMMUNITY KNOW THEIR CHILDREN ARE NOT AN AFTERTHOUGHT, THAT THIS BOARD DOES CARE ABOUT THEM AND WILL HONOR THEIR PROMISES, AND THAT THERE ARE BRIGHTER DAYS AHEAD FOR THEIR CHILDREN. I'VE REALLY BEEN ENJOYING THE THE COOL TEMPERATURES, THE AC IN HERE TODAY. LAST WEEK I HAD NO AC IN MY ROOM, BUT THANKFULLY IT WAS FIXED ON FRIDAY AND I KNOW THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER TEACHERS THAT DID NOT HAVE AIR CONDITIONING LAST WEEK. THANKFULLY MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN FIXED, BUT WE DO STILL HAVE ONE TEACHER WHERE THE AC IS IN OPERATIONAL. BUT LIKE I SAY, I AM OPTIMISTIC THAT YOU ARE LISTENING AND I URGE YOU TO BE THE BOARD THAT KEEPS ITS PROMISES. [02:30:02] THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. SORRY. JUST WANTED TO COME OUT AND SAY THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT A LOT WITH SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD PRESIDENT PEREZ. SINCE THE DAY BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED WITH FMS, WITH THE PILE, WITH EVERYTHING. AND, DANIEL. HOLLY, THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE ALL THE TIMES WE WERE AT THAT SCHOOL, WALKING IT, SEEING IT, THE ISSUES AND STUFF. I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING MORE TRANSPARENT ON THAT AND LOOPING ME IN ON EMAILS AND THINGS SO I CAN LOOP MY OWN PEOPLE IN. I WOULD LOVE THAT WE CONTINUE DOING THAT. IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL. JUST SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GIVE STUFF TO THE PRINCIPAL, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS GET TO OUR MEMBERS SOMETIMES BECAUSE THEY ARE BUSY AS WELL. SO IF I CAN JUST CONTINUE BEING LOOPED IN ON THOSE, THAT'D BE HELPFUL JUST SO I CAN HELP LOOP THEM IN CASE THEY'RE MISSING STUFF WHEN THEY GIVE US PHONE CALLS. THAT'S WHAT I GOT. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN, THOUGH, FOR BEING MORE PROACTIVE IN HELPING THEM OUT. IT IS AN OLDER SCHOOL. WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S GOING TO NEED A LOT OF LOVING AND A LOT OF WORK BEING DONE THERE. AND I KNOW LOOKING AT THE PROJECTIONS, I THINK THE NEW THE NEW BUILDING WAS 27, I BELIEVE. RIGHT. SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. IT'S JUST TRYING TO GET US TO THAT FINISH LINE AND GETTING US THERE. THANK YOU. AND THE LAST TWO ARE ROBERT VK AND NAYELI SALGADO. ONCE AGAIN. GOOD EVENING. BOARD. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I'D LIKE TO GO BACK AND ADDRESS MARY SANDOVAL. SO, MARY SANDOVAL I RESPECT YOU, AND WE DO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP, BUT THE CONSTITUTION IS COLORBLIND, AND IT'S FOR EVERYONE. AND SO THIS IT'S NOT POLITICAL AT ALL. IT'S ONLY POLITICAL IF YOU MAKE IT POLITICAL OR SOMEONE MAKES IT POLITICAL. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. SO THE CRB IS HERE TONIGHT. IT'S THE START OF A NEW SCHOOL BOARD YEAR, AND WE'D LIKE TO EXTEND AN OLIVE BRANCH IN GOOD FAITH AND SHARE OUR MISSION OF THE CIVIL REVIEW BOARD. THE PURPOSE IS TWOFOLD. FIRST IS TO RECONNECT PARENTS WITH THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. THE SECOND IS TO HOLD OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE COMMUNITIES THEY WERE ELECTED TO SERVE, SPECIFICALLY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT OUR APPROACH OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS HAS BEEN ASSERTED. AND THAT IS BECAUSE, AT OUR CORE, WE BELIEVE SOME POLICIES AND AGENDAS HAVE NOT ALWAYS SERVED THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR STUDENTS. WE WON'T APOLOGIZE FOR OUR PRINCIPLES, VALUES, OR FAITH. HOWEVER, WE ARE NOT HERE TO ATTACK ANYONE PERSONALLY. IF OUR WORDS OR ACTIONS HAVE COME ACROSS THAT WAY. I EXTEND AN APOLOGY. WE EXTEND AN APOLOGY. AN APOLOGY, AND WE DESIRE TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY MOVING FORWARD. FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, MYSELF, RUDY, DEJEAN, NAYELI, BEN AND OTHERS HAVE CONSISTENTLY ASKED HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THE DISTRICT. WE ARE SERVANTS. WE'RE HERE TO SERVE. WE SERVE EACH OTHER. WE SERVE AT OUR HOUSES OF FAITH. WE SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE WANT TO SERVE OUR DISTRICT. WE KNOW THERE ARE AREAS THAT WE MAY DISAGREE, AND THAT'S OKAY. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME COMMON AREAS THAT WE ALL AGREE ON. EVERY CHILD DESERVES A QUALITY EDUCATION. EVERY CHILD DESERVES A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO MEET WITH MANY OF YOU. HOWEVER, TO ADVANCE THIS CAUSE, WE ARE HERE AGAIN. EXTENDING A HAND IN PARTNERSHIP WE'D LIKE TO MEET WITH YOU, UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IMPORTANT, AND EXPLORE HOW THE CRB CAN SUPPORT YOU IN ADVANCING THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR DISTRICT, AND OUR COMMUNITY. TOGETHER, WE CAN FIND WAYS TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, AND STRENGTHEN THE TRUST BETWEEN FAMILIES IN OUR SCHOOL. THE CIVIL REVIEW BOARD STANDS READY TO BE A PARTNER, TO BE A RESOURCE, AND TO HELP OUR DISTRICT THRIVE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN. JUST TO ECHO AGAIN WHAT ROBERT HAS SAID, WE ARE HERE TONIGHT AS THE CIVIL REVIEW BOARD TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, OUR DISTRICT, OUR OUR PARENTS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR STUDENTS. [02:35:04] OUR MISSION IS SIMPLE TO RECONNECT FAMILIES WITH THE CHILD, WITH THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION, AND TO HOLD OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE COMMUNITIES THEY WERE ELECTED TO SERVE. OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN ASSERTIVE BECAUSE WE BELIEVE SOME POLICIES AND AGENDAS HAVE NOT ALWAYS SERVED THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR STUDENTS, AND WE WILL NOT APOLOGIZE FOR OUR PRINCIPLES, OUR VALUES, AND OUR FAITH. WE, IF WE APPROACH IF OUR APPROACH FELT HARSH, IT'S ONLY BECAUSE WE CARE DEEPLY FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU AND COLLABORATE WITH YOU. WHAT UNITES US IS CLEAR. WE ALL WANT EVERY CHILD TO HAVE A QUALITY EDUCATION AND A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. AND THAT IS WHERE WE ALIGN. THAT IS WHERE WE AGREE. THE CRB IS READY TO PARTNER WITH THIS BOARD TO SUPPORT SOME OF YOUR POLICIES, PRIORITIES, AND TO HELP ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF OUR STUDENTS WHEREVER WE CAN. WE SEE IT FAITHFULLY EACH MONTH, READY TO ENGAGE, SHARE, INPUT, AND SERVE. WE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT IN OUR COMMITMENT AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO TOGETHER. ON ON THE AREAS WHERE WE ALIGN, WE CAN STRENGTHEN OUR SCHOOLS, SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES, AND ENSURE EVERY STUDENT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED. THE CIVIL REVIEW BOARD IS READY TO BE A PARTNER, A RESOURCE AND AN ADVOCATE FOR OUR STUDENTS HERE IN FONTANA. AND JUST A QUICK LEGISLATIVE UPDATE ON SOME OF THE VERY BAD BILLS I SPOKE ON LAST MONTH. AS EXPECTED, THEY PASSED THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ALONG PARTY LINES FIVE YES TO NO VOTES. NOW IT MOVES TO THE SENATE FLOOR FOR A VOTE. PLEASE CALL YOUR SENATORS. FOR MOST OF YOU HERE IN FONTANA, LUIS REYES IS YOUR SENATOR, AND SHE CAN BE REACHED AT 916651 4029 OR SABRINA CERVANTES AT 916651 4031. AND REQUEST A NO VOTE ON AB 84, AB 727, AB 495 AND AB 1084. THESE BAD BILLS GO AGAINST PARENTAL CHOICES AND INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS. IF THESE BILL BILLS PASS, IT WILL TRICKLE DOWN TO POLICY CHANGES THAT WILL AFFECT. ALL CALIFORNIA FAMILIES WITH STUDENTS IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM, IN THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU. OKAY. TAKES US TO 7.1 BOARD MEMBER REPORTS AND COMMENTS. [7. Board Member Comments/Reports] AND I'LL START OFF ON MY LEFT WITH MRS. SANDOVAL. NO COMMENTS TONIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. MR. RAMIREZ. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PEREZ. SINCE OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO SOME SITES FOR BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT. IT WAS A AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO MEET WITH SOME OF OUR SITE PRINCIPALS. SOME OF OUR PARENTS, OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO FONTANA HIGH SCHOOL, MY ALMA MATER, SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL. SEQUOYAH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND O'DEA SHORT. I ALSO HAD THE CHANCE TO GO TO FONTANA HIGH SCHOOL'S FIRST FOOTBALL GAME, WHERE, YOU KNOW, NOT TO BRAG OR NOTHING, BUT WE BEAT JURUPA VALLEY BY 55 TO 3, SO WE KIND OF MOPPED THE FLOOR. I'M JUST GOING TO PUT IT OUT THERE. SO IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE. AND I ENCOURAGE SOME OF OUR ALUM THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE AND THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING. I HOPE YOU ATTEND THE NEXT FOOTBALL GAME. LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE HAVING A PRETTY GOOD SEASON SO FAR, SO I HOPE THAT YOU ATTEND. HOPE SOME OF OUR CABINET MEMBERS ARE TEN AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT. BUT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE AN ALUMNI TOO, BUT YEAH, IT WAS PRETTY COOL TO SEE THE THE FOOTBALL TEAM WIN BY THAT MUCH OF A MARGIN BECAUSE IT WAS NOT LIKE THAT WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL. SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THAT. AND I ALSO WANT TO AGAIN THANK THE STAFF FOR SUICIDE AWARENESS MONTH. I MEAN, YOU SEE THE COLOR PURPLE? I KNOW MR. BAKER CAROLINE LABONTE, I MEAN, EVEN OUR ATTORNEY, MARK, HE'S WEARING PURPLE. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT. IT'S IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, KIDS NOWADAYS, I FEEL LIKE THEY GROW UP IN A WORLD WHERE THE SOCIAL PRESSURES ARE A LOT DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS BACK THEN. I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE YOU COULD NEVER TURN IT OFF NOW, RIGHT? WITH SOCIAL MEDIA, WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD, 24 HOUR NEWS CYCLE. I MEAN, IT'S THE WORLD THAT THEY'RE LIVING IN NOW AND THEY'RE GROWING UP IN NOW. IT'S A MUCH DIFFERENT WORLD THAN IT WAS EVEN 20 YEARS AGO, TEN YEARS AGO. AND A LOT OF THOSE PRESSURES CAN SOMETIMES GET TO PEOPLE. SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING SOME WORK ON THAT. ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT ONE OF OUR TEACHERS FROM FONTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL MADE WAS WITH THE AC UNIT. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO LOOK INTO THAT, TO SEE IF WE CAN TRY TO FIX THAT? I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY TEACHER OR STUDENTS GOING THROUGH WITH NO AC. THAT'S THAT'S A BUMMER, ESPECIALLY IN THE HEAT. AND I WANTED TO SEE IF I CAN GET CONSENSUS FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD ON SOMETHING I'VE BEEN WORKING ON. NOT TOO LONG AGO, WE APPROVED SOMETHING WITH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED PACIFIC CREST. AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, [02:40:05] I MEAN, IT IS LITERALLY THE EQUIVALENT OF THE NFL. BUT FOR LIKE, MARCHING BAND. THERE'S ONLY LIKE 20 ORGANIZATIONS THAT EXIST. AND EACH ONE OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS HAS A MAJOR CITY LIKE SACRAMENTO OR SEATTLE OR AUSTIN. AND WE HAD THE CHANCE TO HOST ONE OF THEIR AFFILIATES AT JURUPA HILLS HIGH SCHOOL. AND APPARENTLY WE WERE A REALLY GOOD PARTNER. I FOUND OUT THAT WE DID REALLY WELL HOSTING THEM SO WELL THAT THEY CAME BACK TO ME AND WERE LIKE, HEY, I COULD WE COME BACK? LIKE, IS THERE SOMETHING WE COULD DO TO COME BACK? MAYBE LONGER, MAYBE PERMANENT. AND I SAID, I DON'T KNOW. LET ME ASK MY COLLEAGUES FROM THE BOARD AND SEE WHAT CAN HAPPEN. SO HERE'S ME ASKING AND SEE IF I CAN GET CONSENSUS FROM THE BOARD AND SEE IF OUR STAFF CAN REACH OUT TO STUART POMPEO, THE CEO OF PACIFIC CREST, AND SEE IF WE COULD BRIDGE THAT PARTNERSHIP AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO, YOU KNOW, EXPAND ON THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS. I KNOW THAT THEY ASSISTED WITH PROVIDING SOME CAMPS AND TICKETS TO THE ROSE BOWL FOR THEIR SHOWS. AND, YOU KNOW, FROM A BAND GEEK PERSPECTIVE, I MEAN, THAT'D BE LIKE IF OUR FOOTBALL PLAYERS GOT TICKETS TO LIKE, THE SUPER BOWL. LIKE IT'S A PRETTY BIG DEAL FOR THAT COMMUNITY. AND SO IF I COULD GET CONSENSUS FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THAT, I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. MARK, WHAT'S THE LEGAL PART ON ON GETTING CONSENSUS DURING ANY COMMENT? WELL SO ACTION CAN'T BE TAKEN BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN AGENDA ITEM. BUT IF THE REQUEST IS TO SEEK INFORMATION. THEN OF COURSE, BOARD MEMBERS CAN DO THAT. AND I'M HEARING KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE ZONE THERE. SO IF THE REQUEST IS TO ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO HAVE STAFF SEEK INFORMATION, THEN OF COURSE THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE BUT CAN'T TAKE ACTION TONIGHT. YEAH. TO JUST FIND OUT WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. OF COURSE WE CANNOT TAKE ACTION TONIGHT. THERE'S NO CONTRACT TO VOTE ON. SO YEAH, JUST TO LOOK INTO TO SEE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND GET INFORMATION. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO GIVING THIS BODY DIRECTION? OKAY. SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE CONSENSUS. OKAY, MISTER SERNA. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I'LL TRY TO KEEP MY COMMENTS SHORT AND SWEET, BUT THIS IS ON MY HEART RIGHT NOW AFTER WE JUST VOTED ON THE ON THE PROCLAMATION, AND I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO MAKE THIS STATEMENT TO HELP UNIFY OUR BOARD A LITTLE BIT. IN SOME WAYS, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE I JUST FEEL THAT RESPONSIBILITY. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE WERE SPEAKING ABOUT 2025 AND HOW WE CAN RECOGNIZE THAT DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE CONSTITUTION RIGHT NOW CAN BE REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY WHEN OUR COMMUNITY IS EXPERIENCING FEAR. I THINK THAT PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU'RE BROWN AND I KNOW I DON'T WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE, BUT I'M GOING TO PUT IT OUT THERE. WE ARE SEEING, YOU KNOW, PROFILING OF OUR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND AS A LATINO MALE IN THIS COUNTRY, IT IS A LITTLE BIT FEARFUL. AND I'M A US CITIZEN. AND SO WHEN I GO TO HOME DEPOT, I AM LOOKING AROUND TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY CARS THAT LOOK LIKE CHIEFS. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I'M JUST MESSING WITH YOU, CHIEF. I SEE YOUR LITTLE BLACK SUV, BUT BUT I'M LOOKING, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S MANY FOLKS IN THIS AUDIENCE THAT COME FROM THAT BACKGROUND THAT PROBABLY YOU'RE DOING THE SAME REGARDLESS OF OUR BACKGROUND. SO I UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AROUND THE CONSTITUTION. BUT THEN WHEN I SAW IT, I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, I DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS ABOUT POLITICS. I FELT LIKE MY GRANDFATHER, MY FATHER IN LAW, MY DAD, WHO ALL SERVED IN THE IN THE ARMED FORCES, KIND OF SPOKE TO ME AND SAID THAT THE REASON THAT THEY ALL SERVED WAS TO PRESERVE THE PRINCIPLES OF LIBERTY, EQUALITY, EQUITY, JUSTICE, THAT THE CONSTITUTION ALLEGEDLY, I SAY, RIGHT NOW PROVIDES US. RIGHT. AND SO I THOUGHT, WHY NOT OBSERVE CONSTITUTION WEEK? WHY NOT TRY TO TURN SOME OF THE THE RHETORIC AROUND TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE AS A COMMUNITY, AS A, AS A DISTRICT, ARE COMMITTED TO EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. WE HAVE A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER THAT SITS ON THE DAIS. AND, ASHLEY, YOU'VE BEEN SO FAR SO GOOD. YOU'VE BEEN JUST PROFOUND IN WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY WHEN YOU'RE UP ON THE DAIS. AND I JUST FELT THAT FOR US AS A, AS A BOARD, THAT IT WOULD SOMEWHAT UNITE US IN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES IN THIS COUNTRY. BUT AS A LOCAL COMMUNITY, WE CAN DO SO MUCH BECAUSE THIS BOARD IS IS COMMITTED TO THE 31,115, I THINK WAS THE LAST CENSUS COUNT STUDENTS OF FONTANA. SO I JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS JUST REAFFIRMING OUR COMMITMENT TO EDUCATING STUDENTS ON THAT IMPORTANCE. SO I WANTED I WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT FOR ME, IT WAS ABOUT HONORING OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING, [02:45:09] UNITY AND RESPECT FOR THE RIGHTS THAT OUR FOREFATHERS FOUGHT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. AND WHEN I SIT ON THIS DAIS, I, I REALLY TRY TO SIT LIKE WHAT I, WHAT I SAY FROM A POLITICAL STANDPOINT, THE CENTER OF THE ROAD, NOT TO PUT MYSELF ON THE FAR LEFT OR FAR RIGHT, BUT TO GOVERN DOWN THE CENTER OF THE ROAD. AND FOR ME, IT'S NOT ABOUT POLITICS. IT'S ABOUT MY CHILDREN. IT'S ABOUT OUR CHILDREN, OUR FAMILIES, OUR FUTURE. SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT EQUITY, FOR ME, IT'S ABOUT REMOVING BARRIERS TO STUDENTS THAT MAY HAVE BARRIERS TO IMPROVE THEIR EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES AND TO REALLY CREATE A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES, INCLUDING THOSE WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN UNDERSERVED. AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM IN OUR COUNTRY ABOUT OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE UNDERSERVED. AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THOSE TARGETED RESOURCES, ADDRESS THOSE DISPARITIES, AND UPLIFT EVERY LEARNER IN OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE ALL BENEFIT. PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE ALL BENEFIT. AND SO FOR ME, EQUITY IS ABOUT FAIRNESS. IT'S ABOUT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT ALL NOT ALL STUDENTS START FROM THE SAME STARTING LINE. AND SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT LIKE A CHILD THAT NEEDS GLASSES AND I'VE HAD TO WEAR GLASSES NOW BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE NOTHING UP CLOSE, BUT I CAN SEE EVERYTHING UP FAR. IT'S NOT GIVING ME AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE. IT'S ALLOWING ME TO SEE MY COMPUTER SCREEN AND GIVING ME WHAT I NEED SO THAT I CAN SEE AND LEARN FROM A COMPUTER SCREEN. AND THAT'S HOW I FEEL THAT EQUITY IS RIGHT, THAT WE GIVE OUR OUR KIDS THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO THRIVE. AND SO IN 2025, WITH THE CRAZINESS THAT'S GOING OUT THERE, LOOK, WE NEED TO CALL IT WHAT IT IS. THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR AND INTIMIDATION GOING OUT AROUND THERE. BUT DO WE STOP FIGHTING? DO WE STOP TALKING? DO WE START STOP USING OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER? MANY FOLKS COME TO OUR PODIUM AND WE MAY NOT AGREE WITH THEM, BUT THEY DO COME AND SPEAK TRUTH TO US, TO US, BECAUSE WE HAVE POSITIONAL POWER. AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT THIS COUNTRY DOES FOR US. SO FOR ME, WHEN I SAW IT. BOARD MEMBER HOLLY, I DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS ABOUT POLITICS. AND I KNOW YOU AND I SOMETIMES DON'T AGREE ON SOME SPACES, BUT I FELT LIKE THIS ONE WOULD WOULD BE ONE TO HELP UNITE US ALL. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT STATEMENT BECAUSE IT JUST STARTED TO SPEAK TO MY HEART TONIGHT. I WASN'T GOING TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT I FELT LIKE IF I DON'T SAY ANYTHING, THAT I'M BEING SOMEWHAT COMPLICIT. AND SO I FELT LIKE I'M GOING TO SAY WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY, AND PEOPLE CAN TAKE MY WORDS HOWEVER THEY WANT TO SPIN IT. THAT'S FINE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. OR THEY CAN TAKE IT. AS I'M TRYING TO SPEAK EDUCATIONAL SPIRIT INTO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE TODAY AND THOSE THAT LEAD FROM THE SEATS THAT THEY SIT IN. SO AGAIN THAT'S MY STATEMENT FOR TONIGHT. I'M SORRY IT'S SO LONG. I DIDN'T WANT TO GO THERE, BUT I FELT LIKE I HAD TO DO IT. SO MY APOLOGIES IF ANYONE'S OFFENDED BY IT, BUT IT'S OFF MY CHEST AND I'LL GO TO SLEEP TONIGHT. PRETTY GOOD. THANK YOU. VICE PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, BOARD PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER SERNA, FOR SHARING YOUR HEART. THAT'S ONE THING. I KNOW EXACTLY LIKE YOU SAID, WE MIGHT ALWAYS AGREE ON EVERYTHING, BUT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE SPEAK THE TRUTH AND WE SPEAK OUR TRUTH. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR HEART. YOU'RE LIKE THE DAD ON THE BOARD. AND WE WE LOOK TO YOU FOR YOUR YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR DISCERNMENT. AND SO THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND JUST SPEAKING THOSE WORDS. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HEAR SO OFTEN. AND YOU DO IT A LOT. AND IT'S NOTICED AND IT'S APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO TRANSITION. IF WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON LINDA DIKES, SHE MADE A COMMENT ABOUT HER DAUGHTER BEING BULLYING BULLIED. CAN WE JUST FOLLOW UP WITH THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF? YES. WE WILL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THIS WAS A VERY BUSY MONTH WITH BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS. I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND PALMETTO'S BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT, BUT I SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT FONTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND I AM SO THANKFUL FOR THAT. I'M SO THANKFUL TO EVERYONE WHO CAME THIS EVENING AND SPOKE. THERE WERE A LOT THAT DIDN'T COME TONIGHT. AND JUST THE AMAZING WORK THAT OUR STAFF IS DOING. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT INBODY. WE HAVE DOCTOR BARNES, LIKE I MENTIONED, YOU GUYS WERE THERE GIVING MULTIPLE MEETINGS, AND YOU AND I HAVE MADE IT A THING. NOW, LIKE, EVERY WEEK WE HAVE THIS STANDING MEETING NOW AT FMS. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S, YOU KNOW, ON TRACK. BECAUSE I CARE SUPERINTENDENT CARES, OUR STAFF CARES. AND SO THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING AND, AND TAKING ME AROUND THE CAMPUS AND SPENDING TIME WITH ME AND EMAILING ME AND JUST VOICING YOUR CONCERNS. [02:50:02] I SPENT SO MANY NIGHTS UP AND SLEEPLESS, AND I. OH, MY GOSH, LIKE, I'M LIKE, WE GOT TO GET THIS FIXED. AND SO I WANT TO ALSO THANK MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE IMMEDIATELY ONCE I COMPILED IT TOOK ME 2.5 HOURS TO COMPILE MY LITTLE MY LIST OF MY CONCERNS THAT I BROUGHT FORTH TO MY COLLEAGUES, AND I SAID, CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING AND ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS? AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM SAID, YES. AND WE WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS THAT. AND SO I'M EXCITED TO LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BOND MONEY AND THE PROJECTS AND THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT WE CAN GET SOME PRIORITY IN THESE AREAS AND WE DEFINITELY ARE TRIAGING THINGS. I KNOW THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. I KNOW EVERY SCHOOL SITE, EVERY CAMPUS HAS ITS NEEDS. RIGHT. BUT RIGHT NOW I FEEL LIKE FMS IS COMING OFF LIFE SUPPORT, RIGHT? IT'S IT'S COMING OFF AND WE'RE ON THE UP AND UP, BUT WE WANT TO SEE THAT THROUGH. I WANT TO SEE THAT THROUGH. YOU HAVE MY WORD. I'M GOING TO BE THERE EVERY WEEK. SUPERINTENDENT. AND I AND DOING WHAT WE CAN WITHIN OUR POWER AND WITHIN OUR MEANS TO MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE FIXED AND CORRECTED AND THAT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO COME TO WORK, TO LEARN AND AND ENJOY THESE YEARS OF THEIR LIVES. YOU KNOW THESE ARE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT YEARS OF THEIR LIVES, AND WE DEFINITELY WANT THEM TO BE FUN YEARS AND SAFE YEARS. AND SO I ALSO WANT TO THANK FTA PRESIDENT CURTIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JUST BEING A GREAT LIAISON AND HELPING ME RALLY THE TROOPS AND JUST COMPILE ALL THAT INFORMATION. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT WITH THAT. TRULY. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW. PLEASE REACH OUT. TRANSPARENCY IS KEY. AND THAT'S WHY THE DISTRICT HAS MADE IT AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE. THERE'S A BINDER WITH ALL OF THE REPORTS AND ALL THE FINDINGS, AND EVERYTHING SHOULD BE IN THERE. SO, AGAIN PLEASE LOOK FOR THAT. ASK YOUR PRINCIPAL. HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB TAKING THE LEAD ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE IN GOOD HANDS AND GETTING THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED. BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO ANY OF US SUPERINTENDENTS AVAILABLE. ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE AVAILABLE, AND YOUR PRINCIPAL IS ALSO AVAILABLE. AND IF YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE EMAILING MY DISTRICT EMAIL, I SOUND LIKE SOMEBODY ELSE THAT I KNEW ON THIS BOARD. YOU CAN EMAIL MY OTHER EMAIL, WHICH IS HOLLY H O L E Y THE NUMBER FOR FONTANA AT GMAIL.COM, AND THAT WILL JUST GO STRAIGHT TO MY PERSONAL. SO PLEASE EMAIL ME WITH ANY CONCERNS. BUT I'M SO PLEASED TO SEE I DRIVE PAST THE SCHOOL EVERY DAY BECAUSE I WORK AT THE CHAMBER AND IT'S JUST RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER. AND SO I'VE SEEN THE PILE GO DOWN AND DOWN AND DOWN, AND THEN I, LIKE, JUMP FOR JOY WHEN I KNEW THAT EVERYTHING WAS CLEAR. I THINK WE ALL DID. AND NOW SEEING THE UNVEILING OF THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL, IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL. AND THAT'S JUST A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE. SO PLEASE HANG IN THERE. BE ENCOURAGED. YOU HAVE A EXACTLY LIKE YOU SAID, YOU HAVE A BOARD THAT CARES. WE CARE. YOU HAVE STAFF THAT CARES. OKAY. SO I WANT YOU TO HANG ON TO THAT. I'M EXCITED FOR OUR PROCLAMATION THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO READ, AND I JUST WANTED TO CLOSE OUT BY READING THAT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE VOTED ON IT AND DIDN'T ACTUALLY GET TO READ IT. SO I'M JUST GOING TO READ IT AND CLOSE WITH THIS CONSTITUTION WEEK, SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH 23RD, 2025. WHEREAS ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, 1787. THE FRAMERS OF OUR UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION SIGNED THIS FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT ESTABLISHING THE RULE OF LAW AND THE ENDURING PRINCIPLES OF OUR GOVERNMENT. AND WHEREAS IT IS FITTING AND PROPER TO OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE THIS SEMINAL DOCUMENT AND THE WEEK OF ITS SIGNING THROUGH PATRIOTIC CELEBRATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. AND WHEREAS ON THIS DAY AND DURING THIS WEEK, WE CELEBRATE OUR CONSTITUTION AS A BEACON OF FREEDOM AND AN UNPARALLELED ENGINE FOR HUMAN PROGRESS. AND WHEREAS THE CONSTITUTION ESTABLISHES A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE, WHILE SECURING THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF CITIZENSHIP FOR ALL AMERICANS. AND WHEREAS BY PUBLIC LAW, THE WEEK BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 17TH AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 23RD OF EACH YEAR IS DESIGNATED AS CONSTITUTION WEEK TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING AND REFLECTION ON THE US CONSTITUTION AND THE PRINCIPLES OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP. NOW, THEREFORE, THE FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH 23RD AS CONSTITUTION WEEK, AND ASK ALL CITIZENS TO REAFFIRM THE IDEALS OF THE FRAMERS OF OUR CONSTITUTION BY VIGILANTLY PROTECTING THE FREEDOMS IT GUARANTEES, AND TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES ON ITS ENDURING IMPORTANCE TO OUR NATION'S LIBERTY AND PROGRESS. ADOPTED ON THIS THIRD DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2025 BY THE GOVERNING BOARD OF FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU. OKAY. STUDENT BOARD MEMBER ASHLEY, YOU HAD SOME COMMENTS YOU WANTED TO SAY. YES. SO I BRIEFLY JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT PROCLAMATION WEEK. I JUST KIND OF WANT TO ECHO THE MEMBERS. I THINK ASIDE FROM ALL THE POLITICAL VIEWS AND EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN TODAY'S WORLD, I JUST WANT TO SAY FROM A STUDENT'S PERSPECTIVE, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE EDUCATED ON THESE DOCUMENTS ESPECIALLY ON HOW NOT ONLY OUR COUNTRY WAS MADE, BUT JUST LIKE HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AND FRAMEWORKS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT STUDENTS UNDERSTAND WHERE OUR COUNTRY COMES FROM AND SORT OF [02:55:03] THE OUTLINE AND HOW THESE FRAMEWORKS FUNCTION, ESPECIALLY BEING THE NEXT GENERATION AND LEAVING HIGH SCHOOL OR THIS DISTRICT AND GOING ON TO THE WORLD AND KNOWING HOW THIS WORKS AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND BEING ABLE TO BE THE VOICE FOR CHANGE AS FUTURE LEADERS. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS TO BE EDUCATED, CONSIDERING THAT NOT MANY OF US KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION OR ANY OF THE OTHER DOCUMENTS, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT STUDENTS UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM. AND SECONDLY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, FOR SENIORS OUT THERE, SEPTEMBER IS A REALLY IMPORTANT MONTH FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. THERE'S SEVERAL SCHOLARSHIPS THAT ARE DUE BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE SENIORS TO PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, USE YOUR RESOURCES AT THE DISTRICT PROVIDES. THE DISTRICT PROVIDES SO MANY GOOD RESOURCES FROM COUNSELORS AND TEACHERS ON SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. AND THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS JUAREZ. AND FOR MY ENDING COMMENTS THERE'S A FEW JUST TO PUT SOME THINGS ON SOME RADARS. NEXT YEAR IS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY FOR THE SEPTEMBER 11TH TRAGEDY. AND I THINK THAT GIVES US A AN OPPORTUNITY FROM NOW TILL THEN TO CREATE SOMETHING GREAT. THE DIFFERENCE IS, IS THAT MONTANA NOW HAS A STEEL BEAM FROM ONE OF THE TWIN TOWERS THAT FELL. AND I THINK WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH NOT ONLY THE CITY BUT THE COUNTY, BECAUSE AS FAR AS MY RECOLLECTION, I'VE ASKED THIS FOR A FEW YEARS BUT NEVER GOT A RESPONSE. BUT NOW THAT I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN ACTUAL MONUMENTAL PORTION OF THAT HORRIFIC DAY, THAT WE CAN TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND CREATE SOME TYPE OF EDUCATIONAL UNDERSTANDING, BECAUSE THIS IS A 25 YEAR WAR. NOW IN ADDITION TO THAT IN REGARDING TO VETERANS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A VETERAN WALL IN FONTANA, WHICH IS KIND OF UNIQUE IN THE CITIES AROUND US, BUT I KIND OF WANT TO GO ANOTHER STEP FURTHER, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE HONOR THE STUDENTS THAT LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL AND GO TO THE MILITARY AND SERVE FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS. THEY'VE LEFT HIGH SCHOOL AND GONE STRAIGHT INTO COMBAT. SO I HAVE AN IDEA, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST. SO IF I CAN GET CONSENSUS AT LEAST TO GET AN IDEA, BECAUSE THIS COULD BE A TWO PART THING. ONE, EVERY HIGH SCHOOL IF YOU SERVED IN THE MILITARY AND SERVED IN WAR, ETC., YOU KNOW, YOUR NAME WOULD GO UP ON A CERTAIN PORTION OF THE WALL SO THAT YOU'D BE ABLE TO FOREVER BE REMEMBERED. I THINK IT WOULD ALSO MAYBE INSPIRE SOME OTHER STUDENTS WHO HAD EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT SERVING THE COUNTRY AND SO FORTH TO TO MAYBE WANT TO BE ON THAT WALL AND KNOW THAT THEY CAN ALWAYS HAVE A SPOT TO COME BACK TO AND SHOW THEIR PRIDE. WE CAN ALSO GET THE ROTC TO DO THE RESEARCH ON WHEN THE SCHOOL WAS ESTABLISHED AND WHO SERVED FROM THAT POINT. THERE ARE A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE VFW, AMERICAN LEGION, AND YOU ALWAYS HAVE ME TO GET THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE WHO SERVED IN IN OUR FROM OUR SCHOOLS. SO IF I CAN GET OR DOES ANYBODY OBJECT TO LEASE LOOKING INTO THE COST FACTOR OF IT AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION. IF IT'S A HIGH COST OF LOOKING INTO A VETERAN WALL ON EACH HIGH SCHOOL FOR THOSE THAT SERVED. OKAY. CAN WE HAVE CONSENSUS. SO I'LL GET WITH YOU LATER. YES. THANK YOU. OKAY. SOMEBODY WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION LATER ABOUT WHAT THE IDEA IS. I WANT TO THANK THE FTA PRESIDENT. ME AND HIM HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT SO MUCH, AND ESPECIALLY US. ONCE WE STARTED HAVING ISSUES, HE WAS ON THE PHONE WITH ME, AND I WAS MAKING PHONE CALLS, WRITING LETTERS, FINDING OUT WHO WAS ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING APPROVALS, TO HAVE THE MATERIALS RELEASED OR REMOVED OR SO FORTH THAT THE OPEN COMMUNICATION WAS ABLE TO BRING A LOT OF CALMNESS AROUND. AND WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT IN IN A WHILE. BUT LETTERS AND RESPONSES HAVE BEEN MADE TO AQMD, WHICH IS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REMOVING THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. AND I FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS SUPERVISOR KIRK HAGMANN, THAT IS OUR COUNTY'S RESOURCE FOR THAT. AND I WAS ONLY ABLE TO GET THAT BECAUSE OF COUNTY SUPERVISOR MADERAS WHO HAD KNOWN THAT INFORMATION. SO IT WAS THE WORKING COLLABORATION OF JUST NOT THE DISTRICT, BUT NOT THE FTA. BUT IT WAS ALSO THE COUNTY SUPERVISOR AND THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL FOR CITY OF FONTANA TO GET US THE CONNECTIONS AND THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT CAMPUS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. A LOT OF PEOPLE, THERE'S A THERE'S A MISCONCEPTION OF SOMETIMES THAT WE STALL BECAUSE WE WANT TO AND WE DON'T. WE STALL BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY STATE ENTITIES THAT PREVENT US FROM DOING THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO. THERE'S A DSA, WHICH IS A STATE ORGANIZATION THAT WE HAVE TO GET APPROVAL ON JUST TO PUT A A PLAYGROUND IN OR CERTAIN ADDITIONAL FIXTURES TO THE SCHOOLS. AND THEY TAKE FOREVER TO GET THERE. THAT'S WHY BEING IN CONTACT WITH THE STATE OR STATE ASSEMBLY PEOPLE AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM HELPS A PROGRESS OR MAKE THAT PROGRESS. [03:00:01] BUT IT'S ALSO HAVING A STAFF THAT WE HAVE AND A SUPERINTENDENT WHO'S JUST AS ENGAGED AS WE ARE AND DOES NOT LET ANYTHING GO BY TO IN ORDER TO GET SAFETY AND SECURITY TO OUR STAFF AND COMMUNITY. SO AND LASTLY. OH MAN, I SOUND LIKE JOKE. AND LAST, I'D LIKE TO THANK CHIEF RANDOLPH. HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING US THE DATA THAT WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN LOOKING FOR REGARDING SPEEDERS IN FRONT OF SCHOOLS AND SO FORTH. RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF FONTANA HIGH SCHOOL. THERE WAS ONE VEHICLE THAT WAS GOING 94 MILES AN HOUR DURING SCHOOL HOURS. THIS GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEPLOY OUR RESOURCES AND OUR OFFICERS TO ENSURE THAT THE SAFETY OF THE STUDENTS WHO ARE ATTENDING THE SCHOOLS ARE, ARE PUT AT THE FOREFRONT. SECOND, I WOULD LIKE OUR I SAID LASTLY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN KEEP GOING ON. BUT I ALSO WANT US TO LOOK INTO TRAUMA BAGS OR TRAUMA KIT BAGS. THERE IS A COST. WE DO HAVE 17 OFFICERS, BUT THESE ARE TRAUMA KITS THAT. UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED IN COLORADO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR OFFICERS AND DSOS HAS ACCESS TO TRAUMA KIT, WHICH THAT COULD PROVIDE AND SAVE LIVES. IF THERE IS A MASS INCIDENT, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EVEN THOUGH FIRE AND AMR ARE GOING TO RESPOND. WE DO HAVE OFFICERS AND AND DSOS AND AND TEACHERS AND NURSES THAT CAN HELP STOP THE BLEED AND STOP EVERYTHING THAT AND TO SAVE LIVES. SO THAT WOULD BE IT. AND WE'LL UNFORTUNATELY, THIS BOARD IS NOT DONE. WE STILL HAVE TO GO BACK TO CLOSED SESSION, BUT THERE WILL NOT BE ANY REPORTABLE ITEMS OR ACTIONS TAKEN. SO IT IS NOW 916. AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO YOU WANT TO STAY, BY ALL MEANS. IF NOT, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND WE'LL SEE YOU ON THE 24TH IF YOU SHOW UP OR WANT TO. OKAY. WE ARE BACK FROM CLOSED SESSION. THE TIME IS NOW 1002. THERE IS A CORRECTION ON THE REPORTABLE ACTION. THERE WAS ONE IN CLOSED SESSION. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED A SETTLEMENT FOR CIV SB 2228547, THE AMOUNT OF $160,000. THE MOTION WAS MADE BY MR. RAMIREZ, A SECOND BY MYSELF, AND CARRIED A50 VOTE. TAKES US TO 8.1. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADJOURN? TODAY'S MEETING? AND A SECOND? SECOND, HAVE A MOTION MADE BY MR. RAMIREZ. A SECOND BY MR. SERNA. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. OH. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. TIME IS NOW. 1002. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.