[00:00:01] IT IS NOW 5:22 P.M. THE SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2026 REGULAR MEETING OF THE FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION IS NOW IN SESSION. [1. CALL TO ORDER - CLOSED SESSION, 5:00 P.M.] PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT, SUPERINTENDENT AND BODY. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA? BOARD PRESIDENT THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA. THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A MOTION? A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PROVIDED. SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER HOLLY, A SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER PEREZ. SO ROLL CALL VOTE BOARD MEMBER PEREZ, A BOARD MEMBER. SANDOVAL, BOARD MEMBER HOLLY, VICE PRESIDENT SERNA AND I'M IN I THAT CARRIES FOR A FIVE ZERO VOTE. WERE THERE ANY PUBLIC ITEMS FOR CLOSED SESSION ITEMS? SUPERINTENDENT. COMMENTS. CARDS RECEIVED. OKAY. [2. CLOSED SESSION] THE BOARD WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. THE TIME IS 5:23 P.M.. [3. CALL TO ORDER - OPEN SESSION, 6:30 P.M. ] TIME IS 6:55 P.M.. THE BOARD IS BACK FROM CLOSED SESSION. ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT, INCLUDING VICE PRESIDENT SERNA, WHO'S HERE VIRTUALLY. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT A RECORDING OR BROADCAST OF THIS MEETING IS BEING MADE AT THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD. THAT BRINGS US OVER TO OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE GOING TO BE LED BY OUR NEIGHBOR OVER TO THE WEST, DOCTOR DON ENGLISH WITH CHAFFEY JOINT UNIFIED. ALL RIGHT. AND PLEASE REMAIN STANDING. WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION INCLUDES A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN ITS MEETINGS, ALLOWING ATTENDEES TIME FOR MEDITATION, PRAYER, REFLECTION OR OTHER SILENT ACTIVITIES. THIS MOMENT MAY ALSO HONOR CURRENT OR FORMER STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES OR RELATIVES OF EMPLOYEES WHOSE PASSING HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE SINCE ITS LAST REGULAR MEETING. YOU MAY NOW BE SEATED. I'LL NOW TURN THE ATTENTION OVER TO OUR LEGAL COUNSEL FOR A REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT RAMIREZ. IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED A SETTLEMENT IN THE CASE NUMBER CIVSB2301840, IN THE AMOUNT OF $575,000. MOTION MADE BY BOARD MEMBER PEREZ, SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER SANDOVAL. CARRIED ON A UNANIMOUS FIVE ZERO VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MARK BRINGS US OVER TO 3.4. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS WE HAVE. IS THAT ONE PRESENTATION OR TWO PRESENTATIONS? ONE. OKAY. WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING. I WILL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO SUPERINTENDENT EMBODY. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME MEMBERS OF THE EDUCATION SUPPORT SERVICES, DOCTOR GARY RUTHERFORD AND DOCTOR MARCO VILLEGAS. I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S HERE AS WELL. HE'S NOT HERE. OKAY. HE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY. EXCELLENT. IS DOCTOR LOVELY HERE TONIGHT? OKAY. SO JUST DOCTOR RUTHERFORD, THANK YOU SO MUCH. HE'S GOING TO PRESENT THE REPORT OF FINDINGS FROM THE ENGAGEMENT PHASE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH. FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION, THE BOARD WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE FINDINGS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT RAMIREZ, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT IN BODY AND STAFF. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT. IN FACT, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SPEND THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS IN YOUR GREAT COMMUNITY, MEETING WITH YOUR EDUCATION PARTNERS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT. AND TONIGHT, I AM JOINED VIRTUALLY AS AS SUPERINTENDENT IN BODY MENTIONED BY DOCTOR SUZETTE, LOVELY DOCTOR MARCO VILLEGAS, WHO WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS REPORT. WE'RE ALSO JOINED TONIGHT VIRTUALLY. I'M GOING TO GUESS TWO DOZEN VERY INTERESTED APPLICANTS ARE TUNING IN RIGHT NOW, SO BE ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOR. WE'VE GOT COMPANY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT WANT TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY COULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR THIS PROCESS. TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO VERY BRIEFLY OUTLINE THE PURPOSE OF WHAT THIS EDUCATION OR EDUCATION PARTNER ENGAGEMENT WAS ABOUT. I'LL SHARE WITH YOU WHO IS INVOLVED, WHO DO WE ATTRACT AND MEET WITH? WHAT WAS THAT DATA COLLECTION PROCESS? AND THEN CONCLUDE WITH SHARING AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE LEARNED. I SHOULD SAY THE BOARD HAS RECEIVED A COMPLETE DRAFT OF THE LEADERSHIP PROFILE. IT'S A GREATLY AMPLIFIED VERSION OF WHAT I'M GOING TO BE HITTING ON LIGHTLY TONIGHT. ONCE THE BOARD HAS RECEIVED IT. WE'LL BE POSTING THAT ON THE WEBSITE UNDER SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH. SO THOSE AT HOME WHO PARTICIPATED WHO ARE INTERESTED IN READING THAT FULL REPORT, THE EXPECTATION IS WILL BE POSTED BY THE END OF THE DAY TOMORROW. SO HOW DID THIS PROCESS INFORM YOUR SEARCH. IT HELPS YOU DETERMINE AND UNDERSTAND THE DISTRICT'S NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES. AND WE TRY TO GET A VARIETY OF PERSPECTIVES AND I'LL SHARE WHO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE. [00:05:04] WE INCORPORATE THAT INPUT INTO OUR RECRUITMENT AND HIRING. SO ONCE THIS LEADERSHIP PROFILE MOVES FORWARD AND IS ACCEPTED, WE USE THAT TO SCREEN APPLICANTS TO ASSESS APPLICANTS, TO INTERVIEW APPLICANTS. AND ULTIMATELY, IT BECOMES A GUIDE FOR THE BOARD TO USE IN THEIR SELECTION PROCESS. IT'LL AND THEN FINALLY, IT OFFERS A ROADMAP TO THAT NEW SUPERINTENDENT TO COME IN AND HAVE A LOT OF THE DEEP WORK DONE SO THEY CAN GET A LAY OF THE LAND AS THEY SET ABOUT LEARNING ABOUT THE DISTRICT. THAT WAS THE WRONG BUTTON. THAT'S RIGHT. SO LET'S START WITH BY THE NUMBERS. WE HAD OVER 400 OF YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN THE ONLINE SURVEY. MOST IMPRESSIVE ABOUT THAT NUMBER IS 290. ONE OF THEM TOOK THE TIME TO WRITE COMMENTS BOARDS. YOU GOT DOZENS OF PAGES OF COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY. I WILL SHARE THOSE COMMENTS, WHILE REALLY HELPFUL, ARE COMPLETELY CONFIDENTIAL. SO THE SUMMARY THAT I INCLUDED IN THE LEADERSHIP PROFILE, WHICH PULLED THE THEMES AND TRENDS FROM THAT, IS ABSOLUTELY FOR PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE. THE OTHER IS BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE IDENTIFY BY NAME OR MAYBE THE STORY THEY SHARE MIGHT IDENTIFY THEM. WE ASSURED OUR PARTICIPANTS THAT THOSE COMMENTS WOULD BE CONFIDENTIAL. SO THOSE ARE FOR BOARDS EYES ONLY. OVER 400 RESPONDED. AND THEN WE MET WITH 85 PLUS INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE FACE TO FACE, EITHER IN FOCUS GROUPS, INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS, COMMUNITY FORUMS, BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH. I SAY PLUS, BECAUSE THEY CONTINUE TO TRICKLE IN. I INTERVIEWED TWO PEOPLE TODAY THAT I COULD NOT GET TO BEFORE, AND HAD A CHANCE TO MEET, TO SPEAK WITH SOME KEY, INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TODAY, AND I IMAGINE THAT WILL CONTINUE AS LONG AS WE'RE DOING THE SEARCH PEOPLE WILL REACH OUT AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE CALLS OF ANYBODY WE MAY HAVE MISSED. SO LET'S START WITH THE RESULTS OF THAT ONLINE SURVEY. HERE'S BY THE NUMBERS 402 COMPLETED THE SURVEY. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT INCLUDED BOTH EMPLOYEES, ADMINISTRATORS, CERTIFICATED AND CLASSIFIED STAFF. THE LARGEST GROUP WAS OUR PARENT GROUP. STUDENTS PARTICIPATED AS WELL AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THOSE WHO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS OTHERS. SO I'LL LET YOU FIGURE OUT WHO OTHER MIGHT BE, BUT A DIFFERENT GROUP IN THERE. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, WHAT ARE THE TOP FIVE LEADERSHIP QUALITIES THAT WOULD MOST PREDICT SUCCESS FOR THE INCOMING SUPERINTENDENT? AND I'LL LET YOU GLANCE AT THOSE. I WON'T READ THEM, BUT YOU'LL SEE WORDS LIKE TRUST, KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT TEACHING AND LEARNING, VISIBLE AND PRESENT. A PERSON WHO HAS A QUALITY OF BEING OUT AND ABOUT AND IS ACCESSIBLE. SOMEONE WHO THINKS FORWARD AND IS OPEN TO NEW IDEAS. AND FINALLY, SOMEONE WHO TAKES THE TIME TO UNDERSTAND AND COMMUNICATE THE BOARD'S GOALS AND PRIORITIES. AND I KIND OF TRANSLATE THAT TO INSPIRES PEOPLE. YOU SET THESE GOALS AND THEN YOU WANT TO INSPIRE THEM TO ENDEAVOR TO ACHIEVE THEM. PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES. SO DESCRIBE THIS PERSON TO US. WE ASKED, GIVEN THEIR ATTRIBUTES, SOMEBODY HONEST AND ETHICAL, APPROACHABLE, A PROBLEM SOLVER, A GREAT COMMUNICATOR, AND OF COURSE, AN EXCEPTIONAL COMMUNICATOR HAS TO BE A PREREQUISITE AS BEING A GOOD LISTENER. THOSE ARE THE TOP FIVE QUALITIES THAT EMERGED. IN TERMS OF BACKGROUND OR EXPERIENCE, WHAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO POSSESS? NUMBER ONE WAS AN EXPERT IN TEACHING AND LEARNING, SOMEONE WHO CAN SPEAK CLEARLY AND CREDIBLY ABOUT THE PEDAGOGY AND THE THINGS RELATED TO TEACHING AND LEARNING. SOMEONE WHO WILL TAKE THE TIME TO UNDERSTAND THIS COMMUNITY'S UNIQUE CULTURE AND ATTRIBUTES AND ASSETS AND CHALLENGES. AND THEN FINALLY, SOMEONE WHO IS AN EXPERT AT COMMUNITY RELATIONS, AND I THINK WE'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE REPORT ABOUT WHAT THAT MIGHT BE REFERRING TO. THEN WE ASK, SO WHAT ARE THE BEST THREE THINGS ABOUT FONTANA UNIFIED? WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE STRENGTHS? AND YOU'LL SEE THAT AN IMPRESSIVE 91% SAID, OVERALL, WE BELIEVE STUDENTS RECEIVE A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION THAT PREPARES THEM FOR LIFE. GUYS, IF YOU HAVE NINE OUT OF TEN MEMBERS OF YOUR COMMUNITY WITH THAT REPORT, THAT'S SOMETHING OF WHICH SHOULD BE VERY PROUD. ALTHOUGH YOU ARE GREEDY LIKE I AM, AND WE WANT 100% OF FAMILIES TO SAY THAT. SO THERE'S STILL WORK TO BE DONE. 80% IDENTIFIED THAT THE SCHOOL SAFETY IS A TOP PRIORITY. AND FINALLY, THAT ACADEMIC GOALS ARE ALIGNED ACROSS THE DISTRICT. 76% CITED THAT AS A DISTRICT STRENGTH. IN TERMS OF. SO WE TOOK ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND SYNTHESIZED IT INTO THE TOP STRENGTHS. AND THESE REALLY CAME FROM THOSE FACE TO FACE FOCUS GROUPS AND COMMUNITY FORUMS. AND THERE WERE THREE STRENGTHS THAT EMERGED THAT WERE UNIVERSAL. ONE IS THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY, BELONGING AND FAMILY. I DIDN'T SPEAK TO A GROUP THAT SOMEBODY DIDN'T SAY, MY GRANDMA WENT HERE, I GO HERE, MY GRANDCHILD GOES HERE, AND I WORK AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE. AND THAT WAS FROM EMPLOYEES TO FAMILIES TO PARENTS, A MULTIGENERATIONAL OBSERVATION THAT WAS VERY [00:10:06] SPECIAL. THEN THEY TALKED ABOUT THE SENSE OF BELONGING AND FAMILY. ONE GAVE THE EXAMPLE AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE MAY HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS, WE MAY HAVE DISAGREEMENTS, BUT IF SOMEBODY NEEDS SOMETHING IN OUR COMMUNITY, ALL THAT FALLS AWAY AND WE SHOW UP, WE TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER. AND WE HEARD THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. THE SECOND ONE, THERE WAS A LOT OF PRIDE AROUND ROBUST PATHWAYS TO STUDENT SUCCESS, CITING THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT ARE SECOND TO NONE, TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CLUBS AND INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORT THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. SEVERAL TIMES. SOMEBODY WOULD USE A PHRASE, THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY IN FONTANA UNIFIED. THE OPEN ENROLLMENT TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS, WHERE THEY CAN KIND OF CHOOSE A PATHWAY THAT SUITS THEM BEST. AND THE DISTRICT'S WILLINGNESS TO SUPPORT THAT UNIQUE WAS, WAS IMPRESSIVE AND CITED BY MOST OF THE COMMUNITY. AND FINALLY, THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AND THIS WAS AN INTERESTING FINDING. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANOTHER DISTRICT WAS THEY RECOGNIZED THAT THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF HAVE PUT A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY IN IDENTIFYING A LEARNING PROFILE AND DOING THE DEEP WORK TO REALLY DETERMINE THOSE PILLARS AND GOALS FOR STUDENT SUCCESS. AND THEY'RE SAYING WE ARE POISED BEAUTIFULLY FOR MOMENTUM TO AGGRESSIVELY MOVE FORWARD. AND THE SUBTEXT OF THAT WAS, DON'T BRING US SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO START FROM THE GROUND UP, RIGHT? WE'VE DONE THIS HARD WORK, THE FOUNDATIONS LAID. WE ARE POISED AND READY TO MOVE FORWARD. AND SO WE WANT SOMEONE TO TAKE THE TIME TO UNDERSTAND THAT. YOUR ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES. OTHERWISE KNOWN LIKE CHALLENGES. IT WAS JUST ABOUT EVERY GROUP SIGHTED NAVIGATING YOUR CHANGING ENROLLMENT, DEMOGRAPHICS AND FACILITIES. A LOT OF REFERENCES TO NORTH, SOUTH AND CITY CENTER AS BEING VERY DIFFERENT POCKETS OF THE COMMUNITY WITH DIFFERENT NEEDS, SOMETIMES PERCEPTIONS THAT THERE ARE THE RESOURCES ADEQUATELY ALLOCATED. AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE SECOND ONE OF STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIPS, COMMUNICATION AND COHESIVE GOVERNANCE. THAT THERE ARE THOSE DIFFERENT POCKETS OF THE COMMUNITY WITH DIFFERENT NEEDS SOMETIMES PERCEIVE THEMSELVES AS BEING LESS SERVED THAN OTHERS. AND I'M THINKING MORE SOUTH END IN CITY CENTER. BUT THEN THERE'S A RATIONAL REASON WHY THE NORTH HAS A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES, BECAUSE IT'S YOUR GROWTH AREA. SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING SCHOOLS AND SUCH. BUT A LOT OF CONFUSION AROUND THAT. AND MAYBE A SENSE THAT IT'S NOT COMPLETELY EQUITABLE AND THAT ACTUALLY THAT'S THE THIRD BULLET OF ARE WE ENSURING EQUITY ACCESS AND STUDENT SUCCESS ACROSS THE DISTRICT? MANY CITED EVIDENCE THAT THAT WAS THE CASE, BUT THEY SAID THERE'S MORE NEED TO EVEN MAKE IT CLEARER TO US. HELP US UNDERSTAND WHY IN SOME CASES, IT APPEARS AS THOUGH RESOURCES ARE GOING IN A WAY THAT IS NOT FAIR AND EQUITABLE ACROSS THE DISTRICT. THE SECOND BULLET HAS TO DO WITH, REALLY? I'M JUST GOING TO SAY POLITICS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PERCEPTION AND UNDERSTANDING. IT WAS MENTIONED IN EVERY GROUP THAT THERE ARE A VARIETY OF IDEOLOGIES AND BELIEF SYSTEMS. AND THAT MAKES FOR A DIVERSE INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS UNLESS IT'S PERCEIVED AS BEING CONFLICT. AND SO THERE THEY ARE. IT WAS PERCEIVED THAT THERE'S A NEED TO STRENGTHEN THE RELATIONSHIPS, TO LISTEN TO EACH OTHER, TO COMMUNICATE. AND THAT'S BOTH WITHIN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND ITS COMMUNITY PARTNERS, BOTH LOCALLY, CIVICALLY, AND COUNTYWIDE. AND SO THAT GETTING TO THAT AGREEMENT AROUND SHARED PURPOSE AND HAVING THAT BE YOUR ULTIMATE LITMUS TEST OF EVERYTHING, EVEN WHATEVER BELIEF SYSTEM YOU COME FROM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE HERE TO MAKE SURE KIDS LEARN AND SUCCEED IN LIFE AND THAT ALL OF THAT RICH CONVERSATION NEEDS TO DIRECT. THAT WAY. WHEN I'M SPEAKING TO CANDIDATES, I LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW, YEAH, YOU NEED TO BE PRETTY SAVVY POLITICALLY TO BE IN FONTANA. YOU HAVE TO HELP NAVIGATE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPINIONS, LARGE DISTRICT HAPPENING IN DISTRICTS EVERYWHERE. BUT YOU NEED TO BE COMFORTABLE IN THAT ARENA TO REALLY LISTEN TO PEOPLE AND HELP EVERYBODY FIND A PATH TO A SHARED PURPOSE. AND THE FINAL ONE WAS THIS. ACTUALLY, THIS FOURTH ONE WAS KIND OF WOVEN THROUGH ALL THE REST. AND THAT IS EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT NONE OF THESE THINGS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED IF YOU'RE NOT IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT A GOOD FISCAL PLAN, THAT'S SUSTAINABLE. AND IF YOU AREN'T ORGANIZATIONALLY EFFECTIVE. SO MAKING SURE EVERYBODY'S WORKING TOGETHER, CONTINUE TO BREAK DOWN SILOS THAT MAY HAVE PEOPLE IN INDEPENDENT DOING THEIR WORK AND NOT REALLY BEING ALIGNED IS ALWAYS AN ORGANIZATIONAL GOAL AND A TOUGH ONE TO ACHIEVE. BUT IT WAS CITED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THE LONG TERM PLAN PROVIDES THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO REACH THOSE NOBLE GOALS, AND ALSO THAT IT IS MODIFIED AS THINGS CHANGE AND THEY WILL CHANGE. [00:15:01] SO THEN WE SAID, OKAY, SO DESCRIBE THIS UNIQUE PERSON TO US. YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S JUST STOP AND JUST DESCRIBE WHO YOU THINK IS GOING TO BE THE RIGHT PERSON TO COME IN. WHAT ARE THE QUALITIES? AND I WON'T READ TO YOU, BUT I'LL LET YOU GLANCE DOWN. THESE ARE NOT WEIGHTED. THEY WEREN'T FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. THESE ARE JUST FINDINGS THAT CAME ACROSS THE BOARD. AND I'LL JUST LET YOU READ FOR A MINUTE. I THINK SOME KEY ONES THAT CAME OUT TO ME. I LOVE THE POSSESSED COURAGE AND CONVICTION AND STAND BEHIND DECISIONS, RIGHT? THAT'S NOT EASY TO DO ALL THE TIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE DEALING ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF, OF IDEOLOGIES AND, AND PREFERENCES. BUT YOU CAN DO THAT IF YOU PUT STUDENTS AT THE CENTER OF ALL DECISIONS. I'LL LET YOU READ THE SECOND. THIS IS THE LAST PAGE OF OUR OF THE FINDINGS FOR QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BULLET. MAKE A LONG TERM COMMITMENT TO STAY AND GROW WITH THE DISTRICT. MANY, MANY PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING SOMEBODY THAT KNEW FONTANA THAT, YOU KNOW, IN A PERFECT WORLD THAT CAME UP IN FONTANA. BUT THEN THAT CONVERSATION OFTEN MORPHED TO. BUT IF THE RIGHT PERSON, THE BEST PERSON, ISN'T FROM HERE, THAT PERSON NEEDS TO GENUINELY AND AUTHENTICALLY TAKE THE TIME NECESSARY TO LEARN ABOUT US BEFORE THEY COME IN WITH NEW IDEAS AND. AND PREFERABLY SOMEBODY WHO HAS EXPERIENCE IN A DISTRICT LIKE FONTANA. NOW YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S NO DISTRICT LIKE FONTANA. AND IN MANY WAYS THAT'S PROBABLY TRUE. HOWEVER, THERE ARE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES ENGLISH LEARNERS DEMOGRAPHIC, YOU KNOW, WIDE RANGE OF DEMOGRAPHICS FROM FROM THOSE IN POVERTY TO THOSE IN AFFLUENCE. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO POSSESS SIMILAR SKILLS THAT WOULD BE VERY TRANSFERABLE. SHOULD THAT BE YOUR BEST CANDIDATE? BUT THE NOTION THAT THAT PERSON DEEPLY COMMITS TO THE CITY AND IS PRESENT AND HERE AND VISIBLE AND ENGAGED IS A TOP PRIORITY THAT CAME OUT IN ALL GROUPS. SO WITH THAT, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR FINDINGS? ANY COMMENTS? BE GLAD TO TO ADDRESS ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES. THANK YOU DOCTOR. DOCTOR RUTHERFORD, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? WELL. THANK YOU. IT WAS AN HONOR TO SPEND TIME. OH, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. I WANTED TO JUST GIVE A COMMENT. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEAM AND YOUR TIME AND INVESTING INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND TRYING TO REALLY DISCOVER WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT. BECAUSE AS A COLLECTIVE BODY, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION THAT WE WILL ARGUABLY MAKE FOR THIS DISTRICT IS SELECTING THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT. NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW THIS, BUT OUR ONLY EMPLOYEES, THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE ONLY EMPLOYEE OF THE BOARD IS THE SUPERINTENDENT. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, OUR SUPERINTENDENTS ALMOST LIKE THE QUARTERBACK FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND SO THAT DECISION IS SO IMPORTANT. AND EVEN JUST SITTING IN THE SEAT THAT I'M IN AND LOOKING AT THE RESPONSES THAT WE GOT FROM OUR COMMUNITY, I THINK THAT AS A BOARD, WE HAVE TO REFLECT ON THAT AS WELL AND KIND OF INTERNALIZE THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE THOSE COMMENTS AND ALSO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME FOR DOING THIS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT. AND I AGREE WITH YOU. I DON'T THINK ANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS LIKE MONTANA, MONTANA IS VERY UNIQUE. NO OFFENSE TO ANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO DO THIS. THANK YOU, DOCTOR RUTHERFORD. AND TO YOUR TEAM. CAN I, I NEGLECTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE PRETTY AMAZING AND THAT IS JULINA DAVIS AND KARINA FROM THE SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE WERE AMAZING IN THE LOGISTICS. MICHAEL GARCIA, YOUR CHIEF OF STAFF, WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THIS MESSAGE OUT OR GET THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IF IT WEREN'T FOR THEIR HELP. LAURA MENDEZ IN ADDITION, IN HR, WHO HELPED US GET OUR CONFIDENTIAL PORTAL GOING FOR OUR APPLICANTS. SO THANK YOU AND ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE NICE FOLKS. THANK YOU. SORRY. STAY THERE REAL QUICK. I HAVE BOARD MEMBER SANDOVAL WITH A QUESTION. SO, MR. RUTHERFORD, WHAT I FOUND VERY INTERESTING, BECAUSE I SPOKE WITH MR. VILLEGAS JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, AND I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE TO ADD MUCH, ONLY BECAUSE WE'RE ALL THINKING IN THE SAME THE SAME PAGE, EVERYTHING THAT I HEARD. OH YEAH. YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T HE DIDN'T TELL ME WHO SAID WHAT, BUT I'M LIKE, OKAY, WELL THAT'S GOOD. AND THAT'S WHAT'S AMAZING, YOU KNOW, IS THAT THE BOARD UP HERE. A LOT OF, A LOT OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS WHAT OUR PUBLIC IS LOOKING FOR AND WHAT THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR. SO IT WAS PERFECT. IT WAS EASY. YEAH. I DIDN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, I HAD OF COURSE, I ALWAYS HAD MY IDEAS, BUT OH, THAT WAS ALREADY BROUGHT UP. I'M LIKE, OH, GOOD. SO THAT, THAT IS VERY ENLIGHTENING THAT WE'RE ALL THINKING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT. WE WANT SOMEBODY SIMILAR TO MICKEY, BUT IF NOT BETTER. [00:20:04] SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR. WE'RE ALWAYS THINKING WE WANT MORE, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. WE'RE DOING GOOD, BUT WE WANT EVEN MORE AND MORE AND MORE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. SOMETHING BETTER, ALWAYS BETTER. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER SANDOVAL AND THANK YOU, DOCTOR RUTHERFORD. BRINGS US OVER TO 3.5 BOARD STUDENT BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. JULIAN, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. WELL THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE FOR COMING HERE TONIGHT. I REALLY LIKE, VALUE YOUR GUYS'S PRESENCE. I, I HAD SOMEBODY APOLOGIZE TO ME AT THE LAST MEETING. THEY SAID, I'M SO SORRY FOR MAKING SUCH A PUBLIC COMMENT LIKE THAT. BECAUSE MAYBE IT COULD HAVE SCARED YOU, BUT HONESTLY, I THINK THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE BOARD MEETING BECAUSE WE LOVE TO HEAR BACK FROM YOU GUYS. AND GOING WITH THAT, I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SO PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO ME WITH YOUR FEEDBACK, WHETHER IT'S POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE. I JUST WANT TO ELEVATE YOUR VOICES. AND NOW I HAVE BUSINESS CARDS. SO IF EVERYBODY NEEDS TO, TO CONTACT ME, THAT'S THE WAY YOU CAN CONTACT ME. RIGHT NOW I'M IN THE WORKS OF MEETING WITH MR. PARK SO I CAN EXPAND COLLEGE READINESS, OR WE CAN WORK THROUGH THAT BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF THE TIMES STUDENTS EXPRESS THAT ONLY AVID STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO GET LIKE, MORE OPPORTUNITIES THAN THEY ARE. SO I HOPE TO WORK WITH MR. PARK TO EXPAND THAT. AND I'M GOING TO MEET WITH MR. VALENCIA, WITH THE ELEMENTARY STUDENT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BEING HEARD. AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND STUDENTS AND PARENTS TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE STAYING ON TOP OF GRADES BY CHECKING. Q AND A PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT THAT I GOT IS MY DRIVER'S LICENSE. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND I HOPE THAT I'M ABLE TO CONNECT MY WITH MY COMMUNITY MORE NOW THAT I HAVE THIS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU JULIAN. THAT BRINGS US OVER TO 3.6 SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. I WANT TO START OFF BY JUST THANKING JULIAN FOR HIS EFFORTS IN SERVING AS A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER, BECAUSE TO SEE HIM GO OUT AND DO HIS BEST TO GAIN THE THE INPUT FROM ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. AND WE'RE BIG, RIGHT? WE HAVE 32,000 STUDENTS, BUT HE'S ALSO IN CROSS COUNTRY. HE'S ALSO AN ASB. HE'S ALSO IN FOLKLORICO AND TRACK. I'M I KNOW THERE'S MORE, BUT THERE'S A LOT. BUT HE'S GIVING SO MUCH OF HIS HEART AND SOUL TO THIS ROLE IN THIS CAPACITY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AHEAD OF TIME. BUT TONIGHT I HAVE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS I'D LIKE TO SHARE. FIRST, I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE FONTANA UNIFIED HAS RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS FOR OUR 2627 LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN. THIS APPROVAL JUST REPRESENTS THE GREAT WORK ACROSS OUR DISTRICTS OF EVERYONE COMING TOGETHER TO CONTINUE OUR FOCUS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, ENGAGEMENT, EQUITY, AND ENSURING THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS THE SUPPORT AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. BUT THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR WITH THIS CYCLE, SO WE'RE GOING TO START BEGINNING WORK ON THE NEXT THREE YEAR CYCLE FOR THE 2728 SCHOOL YEAR. AND THIS JUST GIVES US ANOTHER CHANCE TO REACH OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY, LISTEN, GET INPUT, AND CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING ON BEHALF OF OUR STUDENTS. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR AREA A MIDDLE SCHOOL WHICH HAS JUST BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE CALIFORNIA PBIS AS A 2026 PLATINUM IMPLEMENTATION AWARD. IT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF RECOGNITION THROUGH PBIS RECOGNITION SYSTEM. LAST YEAR, AL-MARRI WAS AT THE GOLD RECOGNITION, AND THIS YEAR THEY'VE ADVANCED IN THAT KIND OF PROGRESS HAPPENS BECAUSE THE THE COMMUNITY ON THAT SCHOOL SITE HAS COME TOGETHER TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS FEEL SUPPORTED, CONNECTED AND READY TO LEARN. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PRINCIPAL, THE STAFF, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OVER DOWN MARY MIDDLE SCHOOL. GO DOLPHINS. I'M ALSO PLEASED TO SHARE AN IMPORTANT UPDATE RELATED TO SCHOOL SAFETY. THANKS TO THE GENEROUS DONATION OF COUNTY SUPERVISORS AND JESSE ARMENDARIZ. THE INSTALLATION OF THE STRATEGIC CRISIS ALERT SYSTEM IS NOW COMPLETE AT ALL OF OUR FONTANA MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS. SAFETY AND WELL-BEING CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF OUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES, AND THIS SYSTEM GIVES OUR EMPLOYEES ANOTHER TOOL TO QUICKLY REQUEST ASSISTANCE AND, WHEN NECESSARY, ACTIVATE A CAMPUS WIDE EMERGENCY RESPONSE. OUR NEXT PHASE WILL EXPAND TO OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AS WELL AS OAK GROVE PREPARATORY ACADEMY ONCE THEIR CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE. THIS IS JUST ONE OF OUR WAYS TO CONTINUE STRENGTHENING OUR SYSTEMS, AND I WANT TO THANK CHIEF RANDOLPH AND CHIEF GARCIA FOR THEIR WORK IN CONTINUING THIS. THIS EXCEPTIONAL TOOL THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US. AND LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO JUST RECOGNIZE ONE OF MY FAVORITE ANNUAL TRADITIONS. IT'S OUR YEARS OF SERVICE CELEBRATION AT FONTANA HIGH SCHOOL THAT WE JUST HAD. WE RECOGNIZE EMPLOYEES CELEBRATING THEIR 10TH, 15TH, 20, 25TH, AND 30 AND 35TH YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE FONTANA SCHOOL DISTRICT. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SIGNING ALL OF THOSE CERTIFICATES, AND I WAS REMINDED AGAIN OF THE STRENGTH IN OUR DISTRICT. IT REALLY IS THE PEOPLE, AND IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE YEAR AFTER YEAR TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES HERE IN FONTANA UNIFIED, [00:25:03] BECAUSE TEN YEARS IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. A DECADE, 35 YEARS REPRESENTS A LIFETIME OF MEMORIES AND RELATIONSHIPS AND IMPACT. AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE MILESTONES REPRESENTS THE COUNTLESS MOMENTS THAT EMPLOYEES IN OUR DISTRICT MAKES A DIFFERENCE WITH ANOTHER STUDENT, A COLLEAGUE, A FAMILY, OR A SCHOOL SITE. SO TO ALL THE HONOREES THAT WE GOT TO SHAKE THEIR HANDS. THANK YOU. BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR BEING THERE. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT, YOUR SERVICE AND CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IN THE STUDENTS HERE IN FONTANA UNIFIED. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR AWARDEES AND HONOREES. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT EMBODY. THAT BRINGS US OVER TO 3.7 BOARD MEMBER REPORTS OR START TO MY LEFT WITH BOARD MEMBER PEREZ. NO. REPORT BOARD MEMBER SANDOVAL. I'D LIKE TO REPORT IT WAS SO MUCH FUN SHAKING THE HANDS TO ALL THOSE EMPLOYEES. IT'S SPECIAL. SOME OF THEM I PROBABLY MET FOR THE FIRST TIME. SOME OF THEM I'VE SEEN OVER AND OVER. BUT ALL IN ALL, IT WAS SO NICE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE HUG AND TELL HIM CONGRATULATIONS AND THE FAMILY IS ATTENDING THE EVENT WAS EVEN BETTER. CHEERING THAT'S MY MOM YOU KNOW OR THAT'S MY MY GRANDMA YOU KNOW AND IT WAS JUST REALLY, REALLY NICE TO BE THERE. AND, AND THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, I'M SURE THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE AS WELL. BUT THANK YOU TO HR AND FTA. I KNOW THAT THEY WERE INVOLVED. IT WAS NICE SEEING THEM IN THEIR IN THEIR SHIRTS, COWBOY SHIRTS. I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWN, I WOULD HAVE TRIED TO FIT IN WITH EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT IT WAS JUST FUN BEING THERE. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL WHO PARTICIPATED AND PUT THAT, PUT THAT EVENT TOGETHER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBER SANDOVAL, BOARD MEMBER. HOLLY. THANK YOU, BOARD PRESIDENT. WELL, I TOO HAD THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING OUR YEARS OF SERVICE CEREMONY, AND THAT WAS MY FIRST CEREMONY THAT I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND. AND I SAW SO MANY FAMILIAR FACES THROUGH ALL THE DECADES. AND IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING THING TO SEE THE MILESTONES AND THE DEDICATION FROM ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SERVICE, ALL DIFFERENT SPACES WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. AND SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY THAT WAS AWARDED WITH THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE, BUT JUST IN GENERAL, TO ALL OF OUR STAFF THAT SHOWS UP DILIGENTLY EACH AND EVERY DAY WITH THE HEART AND THE LOVE AND COMPASSION TO KEEP US MOVING FORWARD AND LOVE ON OUR KIDS AND JUST MAKE FONTANA THE BRIGHT, SHINING PLACE THAT IT IS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBER HOLLY, VICE PRESIDENT SERNA. THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT SERNA. I ALSO HAD THE PRIVILEGE AND HONOR OF ATTENDING OUR YEARS OF SERVICE AWARD CEREMONY, AND IT WAS REMARKABLE TO BE ABLE TO SEE JUST THE AMOUNT OF CARE AND LOVE AND PARTICIPATION FROM OUR, OUR STAFF. BECAUSE I THINK WHAT MAKES US SUCH AN EXCELLENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. I MEAN, YOU SAW RIGHT THERE ON THE NUMBERS, 91% OF PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A HIGH EDUCATION STANDARD FOR OUR STUDENTS. IT'S BECAUSE OF ALL THE WORK OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY THEY POUR THEMSELVES INTO. I HAD THE CHANCE TO SHAKE HIS HAND. MR. BAKER, MISS LABONTE, WHO ELSE AM I? DOCTOR MCKINNEY. AM I MISSING? EVEN OUR OWN SUPERINTENDENT GOT A PIN AT THE VERY END. IT WAS A SURPRISE FOR HER, BUT WE WE GOT HER ONE AS WELL. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD SAID WHEN I SPOKE DURING THAT CEREMONY WAS WHEN LOOKING BACK AT THESE YEARS, WE LOOK BACK AT THE AMOUNT OF NOT THE YEARS, BUT THE AMOUNT OF LIVES OF PEOPLE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TOUCH THROUGH EDUCATION AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE HOPE AND ASPIRATIONS FOR A BETTER FUTURE FOR THIS WORLD AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S DONE THROUGH EDUCATION. AND SO I REALLY AM APPRECIATIVE OF OUR STAFF. I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF OUR TEACHERS, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT MAKE US THE PLACE THAT WE ARE. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE [00:30:04] AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMITMENT. WITH THAT SAID, THAT BRINGS US OVER TO 3.8 OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. THERE ARE THREE COMMENT CARDS. RECEIVED TO SPEAK. TWO OF THEM ARE TOGETHER AND THEN TWO SEPARATE ONES. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH AMBER BARRETT AND CURTIS ENGER. GOOD EVENING. BOARD PRESIDENT RAMIREZ, VICE PRESIDENT, SERNA, DISTINGUISHED BOARD MEMBERS. COMMUNITY. OUR LOVELY SUPERINTENDENT MICKEY EMBODY AND OUR CABINET. MY NAME IS CURTIS. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF MONTANA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. TONIGHT, EACH OF YOU AND THE BOARD HAVE A BINDER CONTAINING INFORMATION GATHERED DURING OUR FTA VISITS TO ALL 44 SCHOOL SITES LAST YEAR. DURING THOSE VISITS, WE SPOKE TO MORE THAN 900 EDUCATORS ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THEIR SCHOOLS AND WHAT IS WORKING AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THE MANY EDUCATORS ACROSS EVERY EVERY SCHOOL IN OUR DISTRICT, SOMETHING VERY CLEAR EMERGES. THE FIRST THING, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS WAS OUR FACILITIES AND WORKING CONDITIONS. WE SAW ELEMENTARY PLAYGROUNDS WITH BROKEN, UNUSABLE EQUIPMENT. WE HEARD ABOUT AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, HVAC SYSTEMS NOT BEING REPAIRED QUICKLY ENOUGH DURING THE HOT SUMMERS, AND EVEN VENTS BLOWING DUST INTO THE CLASSROOMS. AND UNFORTUNATELY, SOME PEST ISSUES AT SOME SITES. THESE ARE SIMPLY COSMETIC PROBLEMS. THESE ARE THE PLACES WHERE OUR EMPLOYEES WORK AND OUR STUDENTS LEARN EVERY DAY. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE PROGRESS THOUGH, WHEN I RECENTLY MET WITH OUR CABINET. THEY SHARED THE PLAN TO REPAIR PLAYGROUNDS AT TEN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS BY DECEMBER. THAT IS A GREAT START AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BRING THESE CONCERNS FORWARD. THE DISTRICT LISTENED AND THE ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN. WE ALSO HEARD SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT CLASS SIZE, STUDENT DISCIPLINE AND SAFETY. TEACHERS ARE OVERWHELMED BY LARGE CLASSES AND FRUSTRATED BY THE LACK OF CONSISTENT FOLLOW THROUGH WHEN SERIOUS CONDITIONS OR ISSUES OCCUR. MOST CONCERNING, WE HAVE TEACHERS BEING PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED IN THE CLASSROOMS WHO DO NOT FEEL SAFE RETURNING TO WORK. WE MUST DO BETTER. OUR TEACHERS NEED TO KNOW THAT WHEN SOMETHING SERIOUS HAPPENS, THEIR ADMINISTRATION AND THEIR DISTRICT WILL SUPPORT THEM. ANOTHER ISSUE OCCURRED WAS OUR NEW TEACHERS. WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR NEW TEACHERS RECEIVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED. OUR DISTRICT HAS MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS WITH VETERAN TEACHERS THAT WORK WITH THEM AND SUPPORT NEW EDUCATORS. THOSE MENTORS DO TREMENDOUS WORK, BUT THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO MULTIPLE TEACHERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND MULTIPLE SITES, AND THEY CANNOT HANDLE THE DAY TO DAY ISSUES THAT OCCUR. THAT'S WHERE SITE ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO STEP IN. OUR ADMINISTRATORS SHOULD BE REGULARLY CHECKING IN WITH NEW TEACHERS, ASKING WHAT THEY NEED AND HELPING THEM ADDRESS CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, STUDENT BEHAVIOR, PARENT CONCERNS, AND OTHER ISSUES BEFORE THEY BECOME OVERWHELMED. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD ONE TEACHER WHO DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO PUT A LEAVE DOCK IN. AND SO WE I, WHEN I WAS THERE VISITING, I SHOWED THEM THE STEPS AND HOW TO DO THAT. YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING ADMINISTRATORS SHOULD BE ABLE TO HELP OUT WITH. IF WE WANT GREAT TEACHERS TO STAY IN FONTANA, WE NEED TO SUPPORT THEM FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. ANOTHER ISSUE THAT OCCURRED WAS WE ALL HERE AND HEARD TREMENDOUS NEED FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION. OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS ARE DOING INCREDIBLE AND DIFFICULT WORK. THEY NEED THE ADEQUATE STAFFING, MANAGEMENT OF WORK, CASELOADS AND RESOURCES, AND MEANINGFUL SUPPORT WHEN THEY ASK FOR HELP. MANY OF THESE CHALLENGES AREN'T UNIQUE TO FONTANA THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT SO FAR. WE'RE SEEING THESE ISSUES ALL ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. MANY OF US PRESIDENTS HAVE SPOKE ABOUT IT. WE'VE GONE UP AND FOUGHT FOR IT AND TRIED TO HELP FIGURE OUT MANY OF THESE PROBLEMS. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE SHOULD JUST ACCEPT THEM. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO AT THIS DISTRICT TO HELP FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THINGS BETTER. LASTLY, IN THE BACK OF YOUR BINDERS, YOU'LL SEE A BLACK PRESENTATION. IT'S LIKE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. PRINT IT OUT FOR YOU GUYS. I WANT TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FINAL INFORMATION IN THE BACK OF YOUR BINDER. ON PAGE 11, YOU'LL SEE THAT CERTIFICATED TEACHERS SALARY REPRESENTS A REPRESENTED 37.5% OF TOTAL OUTGO IN 2020 AND 2021 SCHOOL YEAR. AS OF THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR THAT HAD DROPPED 5.3% DOWN TO [00:35:01] 32.2% OF TOTAL OUTGO. THAT DESERVES OUR ATTENTION BECAUSE BUDGETS REPRESENT OUR PRIORITIES. AND IF WE'RE NOT PUTTING OUR PRIORITIES INTO TEACHERS, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PROBLEM HERE IN THIS DISTRICT. IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE 13, YOU'LL SEE OUR LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA. COMPARISONS SHOW THAT OTHER EMPLOYEE GROUPS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY OUTPACED THE LCFF FUNDING. WHILE TEACHERS HAVE BARELY KEPT PACE WITH IT, I HAVE THOSE COLOR CODED FOR YOU GUYS ON THERE. AND FINALLY, PAGE 14 THROUGH 20, YOU'LL SEE THE FONTANA TEACHER SALARIES BEING COMPARED WITH FONTANA RANKS TOWARDS THE BOTTOM. AND THAT IS THE SAME THROUGH ALL SAY ALL BUT ONE OF ALL THE THE DIFFERENT YEARS AND STEPS. THESE COMPARISONS EVEN ACCOUNT FOR THE COST OF HEALTH CARE IN THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. SO WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES, WHY WOULD A GREAT TEACHER CHOOSE FONTANA OVER ANOTHER DISTRICT? AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE THE GREAT TEACHERS WE ALREADY HAVE CHOOSE TO STAY? I WANT TO BE CLEAR. I'M NOT HERE TO CRITICIZE OR TO POINT ANY OF THE ISSUES OUT. WE WENT TO ALL 44 SCHOOL SITES. WE'RE HERE TO HELP FIX THE PROBLEM. WE LISTENED TO 900 EDUCATORS, AND IN THAT BINDER IN FRONT OF YOU REPRESENTS THEIR VOICES. THIS DISTRICT WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO THEM AND TO LEAD. LET'S FIX WHAT NEEDS FIXING. LET'S SUPPORT OUR EDUCATORS AND LET'S INVEST IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND LET'S MAKE FONTANA THE DISTRICT WHERE GREAT TEACHERS DON'T JUST COME TO WORK, THEY COME TO STAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE JACKIE LONG. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, FAMILIES, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JACKIE LONG. I AM THE CEO AND PRESIDENT OF THE FONTANA FOUNDATION OF HOPE. I CAME TODAY BECAUSE I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW HOW EXCITED I AM TO ANNOUNCE OUR UPCOMING AUTISM WALK ON SEPTEMBER 26TH AT 9 A.M. AT MILLER PARK. THIS IS HELD IN COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE FONTANA FOUNDATION OF HOPE, FONTANA SCHOOL POLICE AND FONTANA POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS SPECIAL EVENT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF AUTISM AWARENESS, ACCEPTANCE AND INCLUSION. THE WALK WILL LEAD INTO FONTANA POLICE DEPARTMENT'S RESOURCE FAIR, WHERE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN CONNECT WITH OTHER FAMILIES, VISIT VENDOR BOOTHS, AND GET RESOURCES. WE HOPE EVERYONE WILL JOIN US AS WE WALK TOGETHER AND SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY AUTISM. TOGETHER, WE CAN CONTINUE BUILDING A STRONGER, MORE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY FOR EVERYONE. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK SERGEANT DAVID WIBERG WITH SCHOOL POLICE DEPARTMENT SERGEANT WEISS AND HIS TEAM WITH FONTANA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF FONTANA FOR THIS TEAM COLLABORATION. THANK YOU, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE. THANK YOU. AND LAST, WE HAVE SEBASTIAN COGNITA. THERE YOU ARE FROM ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, STAFF, SUPERINTENDENT AND COMMUNITY. IT'S NICE TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU. IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE FOR ME. EXCUSE ME. ON BEHALF OF ALLEGIANCE STEAM ACADEMY. I WANT TO FIRST CONGRATULATE FONTANA UNIFIED FOR CELEBRATING ITS SEVENTH YEAR, 70TH YEAR OF SERVICE AS A UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT'S QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. 70 YEARS. I'LL AGE MYSELF BY SAYING I WAS HERE FOR MORE THAN HALF OF THEM. SO A LITTLE MATH THERE. I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE AND COMMEND JULIAN. WE DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER, BUT HEARING YOU SPEAK TONIGHT ON A PREVIOUS BOARD MEMBERS, YOU CONTINUE TO INSPIRE ALL THE EDUCATORS WHO ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO KNOW YOU OR TO HEAR YOU. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. WE'RE ALL BENEFITING FROM IT. LAST FRIDAY ALLEGIANCE FORMALLY SUBMITTED OUR RENEWAL PETITION. I WANTED TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. AND AS WE'RE NEARING THE COMPLETION OF THIS, OUR INAUGURAL TERM OVER THIS TERM, OUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY HAS DRIVEN GROWTH AND INCREASINGLY VIBRANT CULTURE AND IMPROVE OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT. WE WANT TO THANK FONTANA UNIFIED FOR HELPING US GROW AND ACHIEVE THOSE THINGS. SPECIFICALLY, AN EXAMPLE I CAN POINT TO IS THE HIGH ENGAGEMENT WE HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PARENT FAMILY PARTICIPATION IN OUR ANNUAL LCAP SURVEY [00:40:02] OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. WE ACHIEVED 90% AND 100% PARTICIPATION IN THE SURVEY. SO WHEN WE ASK FOR VOICE AND INPUT, WE'RE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM 100% OR NEARLY 100% OF OUR FAMILIES TELLING US WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM. EXCUSE ME. IN REGARDS TO ENROLLMENT, OUR ENROLLMENT REFLECTS OUR STRONG REGIONAL REACH. WHILE CURRENTLY 63.6%, JUST UNDER TWO THIRDS OF OUR STUDENTS RESIDE WITHIN FONTANA, OUR ABILITY TO ATTRACT OVER A THIRD FROM NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES LIKE RIALTO, COLTON, AND ONTARIO REPRESENTS A CLEAR ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAWING NEW FAMILIES INTO THE FUSD ECOSYSTEM. AND WE REMAIN DEDICATED TO CONNECTING STUDENTS TO THE LOCAL EDUCATION. EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN FONTANA UNIFIED. WITH THREE YEARS NOW OF PROMOTING EIGHTH GRADERS OUT OF OUR SCHOOL, WE CAN SPEAK TO THE TREND OF WHERE THEY GO WHEN THEY LEAVE US. AND I'M PROUD TO REPORT THAT 85% OF OUR PROMOTING EIGHTH GRADERS ATTEND FONTANA HIGH SCHOOLS. THIS IS SHOULD BE OF NO SURPRISE. AND IT'S ALSO NOT ENTIRELY WITHOUT DESIGN. WE ACTIVELY PROMOTE FONTANA'S HIGH SCHOOLS. WE ACTIVELY PROMOTE. AND THAT INCLUDES THE STRONG CAREER PATHWAYS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM. THIS WILL ONLY GET STRONGER BY OUR RECENT AWARD OF THE CTE AND THE STRONG WORKFORCE PROGRAM GRANTS A LITTLE MORE ABOUT ENROLLMENT. I WANTED TO SHARE FROM 156 STUDENTS. DID I REALLY JUST. THAT WAS LOW. COULD I HAVE A MINUTE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. RAMIREZ. ENROLLMENT ON ON OUR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IN 2023 WAS 156. TODAY WE'RE AROUND 400 STUDENTS, AND OUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE WOULD BE TO STAY AT THAT 400, PROVIDING THE DISTRICT CERTAINTY AND STABILITY IN KNOWING HOW TO ACCOUNT FOR FOR OUR ENROLLMENT AND ALSO CERTAINTY AROUND THE FACILITIES NEEDS. THE FACILITIES NEEDS ARTICULATED IN OUR CURRENT FACILITY USE AGREEMENT WOULD SERVE US INDEFINITELY. LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO SHARE MY GRATITUDE TO THE DISTRICT FOR HELPING US GROW IN THE LAST FEW YEARS TO BECOME THE TYPE OF CHARTER THAT WE HOPE YOU CAN BE PROUD OF, AND WILL CONTINUE TO PARTNER AND PROMOTE THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES IN FONTANA UNIFIED FOR WHEN STUDENTS ARE READY TO LEAVE OUR SCHOOLS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR AUDIENCE TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO ALL PUBLIC STUDENTS AND FOR YOUR TIME. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. BRINGS US OVER TO 3.9 PUBLIC HEARING ON TECHNOLOGY AND ASSESSMENT. THE SUFFICIENCY OF STANDARDS ALIGNED TEXTBOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. EDUCATION CODE 60119 REQUIRES GOVERNING BOARDS TO HOLD AN ANNUAL PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION DETERMINING WHETHER EACH STUDENT HAS SUFFICIENT STANDARDS ALIGNED TEXTBOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, STAFF HAS VERIFIED, AND THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT HAS CONFIRMED THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO STANDARDS ALIGNED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, HISTORY, SOCIAL SCIENCE, AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT. SUFFICIENT MATERIALS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND HEALTH COURSES AND SCIENCE LABORATORY EQUIPMENT, AND IT'S AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES NINE THROUGH 12. NOTICE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING WAS POSTED ON AUGUST 19TH, 2026 AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE ADMIN BUILDING, THE JOHN D PIAZZA EDUCATION CENTER AND THE ENROLLMENT CENTER. THANK YOU. NOW IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SUFFICIENCY OF STANDARDS ALIGNED TEXTBOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. I DECLARE THE HEARING NOW OPEN. THE TIME IS 7:38 P.M.. WERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED? BOARD. PRESIDENT. ZERO COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED. HEARING THAT THERE ARE NO COMMENTS, I DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW CLOSED. THE TIME IS 7:38 P.M.. TAKES US OVER TO 3.1. DECLARATION OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RAMIREZ. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IS COMMITTED TO AVOIDING ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST OR THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY IN ITS OFFICIAL ACTIONS. BOARD MEMBERS MUST AVOID ANY FINANCIAL INTEREST IN CONTRACT CONTRACTS MADE BY THE BOARD, AND MUST ABSTAIN FROM ACTIONS WHERE PERSONAL INTERESTS COULD CONFLICT WITH THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES. TO SUPPORT COMPLIANCE, BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ACCESS TO THE DISTRICT'S VENDOR LISTS. THE BOARD REMAINS COMMITTED TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF INTEGRITY AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. THOMPSON. WOULD ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST TO STATE FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR? OKAY. SEEING NONE, THAT BRINGS US OVER TO 4.1 TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. [4. CONSENT CALENDAR ] 4.2 THROUGH 4.26. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS PROVIDED? SO MOVED. I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER HOLLY, A SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER [00:45:02] PEREZ. WE'RE GOING TO DO ROLL CALL VOTE BOARD MEMBER PEREZ, A BOARD MEMBER, SANDOVAL, A BOARD MEMBER, HOLLY, VICE PRESIDENT SERNA. AND I'M AN EYE. AND THAT CARRIES FOR FIVE ZERO VOTE. [5.1 BUSINESS SERVICES - RESOLUTION NO. 26-31: LEVEL 1 DEVELOPER FEES] THAT BRINGS US TO 5.1 BUSINESS SERVICES RESOLUTION NUMBER 26-31, LEVEL ONE DEVELOPER FEES. THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT FORWARD AT THE AUGUST 5TH, 2026, REGULAR BOARD MEETING AND WAS APPROVED ON A FOUR ONE VOTE. THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER HOLLY AND BOARD MEMBER PEREZ. THIS ITEM HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE AGENDA AT YOUR REQUEST. PRIOR TO BOARD DISCUSSION, YOU ARE INVITED TO PRESENT THE REASONS FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD FOR RECONSIDERATION. BOARD MEMBER HOLLY. THANK YOU, BOARD PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPLAIN WHY I ASKED FOR THIS ITEM TO COME BACK BEFORE THE BOARD. WHEN THIS ORIGINALLY CAME BEFORE US, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE DEVELOPER FEES WAS REQUIRED BY THE STATE, AND THAT THE DECISION BEFORE OUR BOARD WAS ESSENTIALLY WHICH LEVEL OF INCREASE WE WOULD ADOPT. NOW THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO US, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US TO REVISIT THAT DECISION. FOR ME, IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT. AND BEFORE WE CONSIDER INCREASING THESE FEES, I WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE WOULD BE USED FOR. WHAT SPECIFIC NEEDS ARE WE TRYING TO ADDRESS? WHAT PROJECTS OR FACILITIES WOULD THESE DOLLARS SUPPORT, AND WHAT IS THE ACTUAL FINANCIAL NEED THAT JUSTIFIES AN INCREASE? I ALSO BELIEVE BEFORE MAKING SUCH A DECISION, UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE THAT CHOICE AS BOARD MEMBERS, THAT WE NEED TO BRING ALL OF OUR PARTNERS TO THE TABLE. THAT BEING THE CITY OF FONTANA, OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, THE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS WHO WOULD BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THIS DECISION. AND WE SHOULD UNDERSTAND NOT ONLY THE DISTRICT'S NEEDS, BUT ALSO HOW AN INCREASE AFFECTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY THAT WE ALL SERVE. AND NOW THAT WE HAVE MORE OF THE FACTS, AT LEAST FOR MYSELF PERSONALLY, I BELIEVE THE RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO IS GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD. SO TONIGHT, I WANTED TO RECONSIDER THIS, AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF US BRINGING OUR PARTNERS TOGETHER TO HAVE A TRANSPARENT CONVERSATION, TRULY, ABOUT WHAT THE DISTRICT'S NEEDS ARE, THE IMPACT OF THESE FEES, AND DETERMINE WHETHER THERE'S A PATH FORWARD THAT'S FAIR, JUSTIFIED, AND RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED. SO I THINK THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH REVISITING A DECISION WHEN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. AND IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS BOARD MEMBERS TO ASK QUESTIONS AND LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY OUR DECISIONS, AND THEN MAKE THE BEST DECISION THAT WE CAN WITH THE MOST COMPLETE INFORMATION AVAILABLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBER HOLLY. BOARD MEMBER PEREZ. SHE SAID IT ALL. SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO WITH WHAT SHE SAID. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO TURN THE FLOOR REAL QUICK TO DOCTOR BARNES. THANK YOU. THERE'S SOME STUFF THAT WERE SAID THERE. MAYBE YOU CAN KIND OF PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION TO THE BOARD ON THIS SPECIFIC ITEM AND KIND OF ITS IMPACT ON WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE ADOPT OR DON'T ADOPT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RAMIREZ. YES. LAST YEAR WE WE HAD ABOUT. 1,000,000FT² OF, OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDING HAPPEN IN OUR DISTRICT. THE DEVELOPER FEES THAT WERE COLLECTED WAS $6.5 MILLION FROM THAT. AND FOR THE COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL WE, IT WAS ABOUT 000 SQUARE FEET WITH 470. I'M SORRY, 564,000FT², FOR A TOTAL OF $474,000. TOTAL COLLECTIONS FOR 2526 WERE 6.6 MILLION. DEVELOPER FEES CAN BE SPENT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SCHOOLS, CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS, ACQUIRING SCHOOL SITES AND LAND, EXPANDING EXISTING CAMPUSES, RECONSTRUCTING SCHOOL FACILITIES, MODERNIZATION PORTABLE CLASSROOMS AND RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING. COSTS AND RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATIONS OF OUR SCHOOLS. WHEN WE DID, WHEN WE LAST DID OUR OUR LONG TERM FACILITIES NEEDS, WE HAD ABOUT $1 BILLION WORTH OF NEED. WE WENT OUT, WE PASSED A BOND MEASURE I, AND THAT WILL BRING IN ABOUT 408 MILLION TO HELP US OUT. THE ONLY OTHER SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR OUR OUR FACILITIES WOULD BE DEVELOPER FEES. AND LIKE WE SAID, WE BRING IN ABOUT 6 TO 7 MILLION A YEAR TO HELP US WITH THAT. SO WE'RE STILL QUITE FAR OFF WITH OUR FACILITIES NEEDS BEING MET JUST WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE AT HAND. THANK YOU, DOCTOR BARNES. I THINK WE HAVE WE HAVE TO WE'RE NOT THERE YET. [00:50:04] WE'LL BRING IT BACK ON DISCUSSION. BUT WELL THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER PEREZ AND BOARD MEMBER HOLLY. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 26-31. THANK YOU. THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 26-31 AND FOLLOWING REVIEW OF THE DEVELOPER FEE JUSTIFICATION STUDY AND PUBLIC HEARING, MAKE AN AFOREMENTIONED FINDINGS TO INCREASE THE STATUTORY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPER FEE TO $5.38 PER SQUARE FOOT AND THE STATUTORY COMMERCIAL INTEREST, INDUSTRIAL AND SENIOR HOUSING FEE TO $0.87 PER SQUARE FOOT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RENTAL STORAGE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 5TH, 2026. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 5.1 AS PROVIDED MOTION TO APPROVE. I HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. LET'S OPEN THE FLOOR UP FOR DISCUSSION. MISS SANDOVAL, YOU SAID YOU HAD A QUESTION. OKAY. SO QUESTION FOR DOCTOR BARNES. SO THESE DEVELOPER FEES ARE FOR BUILDING OF SCHOOLS, NOT FOR FOR EMPLOYEE RAISES ANYTHING LIKE THAT. CORRECT. IT'S ALL SPECIFIC FOR CONSTRUCTION. CORRECT. IT HAS TO GO TOWARDS GROWTH OF ANY KIND TO MITIGATE GROWTH BASED ON THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE BEING BUILT. OKAY. SO DO WE KNOW WHAT THE CITY DOES WITH THEIR DEVELOPER FEES? I DO NOT. DO YOU KNOW THAT IT IS AN AUTOMATIC 2% INCREASE EVERY YEAR? I WAS NOT AWARE. NO. IT IS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? YES. VICE PRESIDENT SERNA. YES. THAT'S CORRECT. SO. IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WAS COLLECTED LAST YEAR AND USE THAT SAME SQUARE FOOTAGE IF WE, IF WE DO NOT INCREASE THEM, WE WOULD BE FORGOING ABOUT $284,000 TO BE USED TOWARDS FACILITIES. SO WE'RE INCREASING THE RESIDENTIAL RATES BY $0.21 AND THE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL RATES BY $0.03. AND THAT'S BASED ON THE STATES. THE STATE DOES A STUDY EVERY TWO YEARS. AND THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE PURCHASING POWER OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS THE SAME. THEY KNOW THAT PRICES ARE INCREASING FOR CONSTRUCTION. AND SO THEY THEY DO A STUDY AND DETERMINE WHAT THE INCREASE SHOULD BE EVERY TWO YEARS. AND SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT AND THEN WE BRING IT TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. I WOULD ASSUME THAT. CORRECT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? YES. AND I ACTUALLY I ATTENDED A BUSINESS SUMMIT YESTERDAY WITH AMERICAN BUSINESS BANK AND THE ECONOMIC FORECAST WAS GIVEN. I KNOW EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT OPINION ON THE WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND I KNOW FONTANA IS A VERY UNIQUE SPACE JUST BECAUSE OF OUR LOCATION OUR SOUTHWEST INDUSTRIAL PARK AND ALL OF THE MANUFACTURING AND DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS THAT WE TRULY HAVE IN THIS CITY. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A COMMON TREND HERE THAT IT SEEMS THAT THE, YOU KNOW, [00:55:01] IT'S MENTIONED THAT THINGS ARE GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE. DEVELOPMENT IS SLOWING DOWN IN DEVELOPMENT, MEANING YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL IN ALL OF THESE SPACES. AND SO BEING COGNIZANT OF THAT AND NOT WANTING TO STIFLE JOB CREATION, I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE INFORMATION THAT I WAS TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO STOP JOB CREATION AND, YOU KNOW, GOOD PAYING JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES HERE AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH. BY THIS, SO BY, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD CONSIDERING THIS, WE'RE NOT DOING AWAY WITH DEVELOPMENT FEES IN GENERAL. THAT'S NOT THE CONVERSATION. IT'S ARE WE INCREASING THEM BASED OFF OF WHAT THE STATE IS RECOMMENDING? AND WE HAVE THAT OPTION TO EITHER STICK WITH WHAT WE HAVE OR GO FOR THE INCREASE. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBER HOLLY. BOARD MEMBER PEREZ, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? MISS ANNABELLE? YES, PLEASE. SO, DOCTOR BARNES, IS THERE A WAY BECAUSE. THIS. OKAY. SO THESE FEES WE GET EVERY YEAR RIGHT OVER. WHAT IS THE LENGTH OF TIME. WHEN A DEVELOPMENT IS BEING CONSIDERED OR SAY SOMEBODY IS ADDING ON TO THEIR HOME OVER 500FT², IT'S PAID PRIOR TO THEM RECEIVING THEIR PERMIT TO DO SO. SO THESE ARE FOR NEW PROJECTS PAID IN A LUMP SUM PRIOR TO THE PROJECT HAPPENING. THAT'S HOW WE RECEIVE THE FUNDS. SO THAT'S THE HOMEOWNER. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE DEVELOPER, HOMEOWNER OR DEVELOPER BOTH. SO YOU GET THE, THE WHOLE AMOUNT OR DO YOU GET PORTION AT A TIME? YEAH, WE GET THE FULL AMOUNT PRIOR TO THEM RECEIVING THEIR, WHEN THEY GO TO THE CITY FOR THEIR PERMITS, THEY HAVE TO PROVE THAT THEY'VE PAID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE DEVELOPER FEE. SO THEY PAY US WHAT, 10,000, 5000. IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE. SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE PAYING $5.17 PER SQUARE FOOT. AND WE'RE ASKING IT TO GO TO $5.38 PER SQUARE FOOT. SO 20 $0.01 INCREASE PER SQUARE FOOT. WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT A HOME THAT YOU'RE PAYING FOR OVER 20 YEARS. SO IS IT OVER THE 20 YEARS OR IS IT 5000? FOR, LET'S SAY A DEVELOPER IS DOING 4000 HOMES. ARE YOU GETTING ALL THE MONEY AT THAT TIME? YES. AND IT'S IT'S GIVEN WE COLLECTED THE WAY. IT'S THE REASON THAT IT'S DONE THAT WAY IS BECAUSE IT MAY TAKE THEM A COUPLE YEARS TO BUILD 400 HOMES, BUT IT TAKES US THAT LONG TO PREPARE FOR THE STUDENTS AS WELL. SO WE GET THE MONEY UP FRONT. GOT IT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I WAS DOING SOME QUICK MATH HERE. BASED OFF OF ALL OF THESE FIGURES. SO IF WE CONSTRUCTED A 500 ZERO SQUARE FOOT CAR DEALERSHIP, FOR INSTANCE, 500 ZERO SQUARE FEET TIMES $0.87 IS AN ADDITIONAL $43,500. AND I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, COMING BACK TO THIS IDEA OF WANTING TO STILL BE PRO-BUSINESS AND, YOU KNOW, PRO OPPORTUNITY, I WOULD HATE TO SEE BUSINESSES PASS THIS BY IN THE CITY BECAUSE OF AN INCREASE LIKE THIS. BECAUSE THEN OVER THE LONG TERM, WE'D BE LOSING TAX REVENUE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I, AGAIN, I WANT TO COME BACK TO THIS IDEA OF LIKE, EVEN FOR HOUSING, RIGHT? I WAS DOING SOME MATH HERE A 2500 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE TECHNICALLY WOULD GIVE US AT $5.38, RIGHT? 13,450. BUT THEN I HAVE TO THINK, WELL, IS THE DEVELOPER GOING TO PASS THAT COST ON TO THE CONSUMER WHEN WE'RE ALREADY IN A HOUSING CRISIS? SO I THINK THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE IN A SHORTAGE OF HOUSING. YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING PEOPLE TRYING TO PUT ADUS IN THEIR BACKYARD TO CREATE MORE SPACE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOMES. SO I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A BIGGER CONVERSATION WITH THE ACTUAL PLAYERS INVOLVED, NOT JUST FOR THE PEOPLE THAT IT WOULD DIRECTLY IMPACT AS WELL. BEFORE WE WOULD MAKE ANY TYPE OF DECISION TO INCREASE ANYTHING AT THE SAKE OF STIFLING GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AND ADDITIONAL TAX REVENUE COMING INTO OUR CITY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'M MORE CONCERNED WITH STUDENTS THAN I AM WITH BUSINESS. BUSINESS IS BUSINESS AND STUDENTS AND FAMILY COMING TO OUR DISTRICT. WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE FAMILIES MOVING HERE. WE'RE IN DECLINING ENROLLMENT. OKAY. IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR PEOPLE WORKING, OUR STUDENTS EDUCATED, WE NEED TO CONCERN OURSELVES WITH FAMILIES AND STUDENTS. [01:00:02] WE'RE HERE TO SERVE STUDENTS. NOT BUSINESS. THAT'S THE JOB OF THE CITY. NOT HERE ON THIS DAIS. CAN I MAKE A COMMENT AS WELL? YES, PLEASE. AND IN THE THE SAKE OF US. NOT. NOT BEING IN A TREND OF UPWARD TRAJECTORY OF ENROLLMENT, HAVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COMPETITIVE PRICES WOULD BE MORE ATTRACTIVE TO INVITE MORE STUDENTS IN, TO ALLOW FOLKS TO HAVE A BUSINESS, A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN WORK SO THEY'RE NOT DRIVING FAR AWAY. THEY CAN SPEND MORE TIME WITH THEIR FAMILIES. AND SO PROVIDING THAT OPPORTUNITY AND ELIMINATING THAT BARRIER, IN MY OPINION WHEN THERE'S A HOUSING CRISIS SEEMS ATTRACTIVE TO HAVE MORE FAMILIES COMING IN, HENCE INCREASING OUR ENROLLMENT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE TO HAVE JOBS. WE DON'T HAVE JOBS HERE. WE DON'T HAVE PLACES FOR US TO ENTERTAIN OURSELVES HERE. THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. WE DON'T HAVE THAT HERE. WE HAVE TO GO NEXT DOOR. WE DON'T HAVE. OUR KIDS ARE GOING OFF TO SCHOOL. THEY'RE GOING OFF TO COLLEGE. THEY'RE GETTING THEIR EDUCATION WHEREVER. THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK. WHY? COULD BE THE HOUSING CRISIS. KIDS TODAY LIVE WITH THEIR PARENTS. THEY'RE 40 YEARS OLD AND THEY'RE LIVING AT HOME. WHY? BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD WHERE THEY LIVE. HOW IS THAT GOING TO CHANGE? IF YOU NOTICE THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE GOING UP THEIR APARTMENTS, THEY'RE THREE, FOUR, FIVE STORIES. GO THROUGH THE CITY. YOU WILL SEE THAT. I'VE SEEN THAT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. WHY? BECAUSE WE'RE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO NO THAT'S THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER, I GET IT. BUT WE HAVE TO DECIDE. ARE WE HERE TO EDUCATE KIDS? ARE WE HERE TO CREATE BUSINESS? YES, PLEASE. VICE PRESIDENT SERNA, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU SIR. YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY. YES, THE GENERAL FUND. I WANT TO FORGO. WHAT YOU. AND I WOULD ASSUME. AND. PUT THAT OUT THERE AS A. THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT SERNA. I BELIEVE THAT IT'S WITHIN AT LEAST THE WAY I PERSONALLY SEE THINGS IS THAT WE SHOULD BE TRANSPARENT IN THE WAY THAT WE EXPLAIN DECISIONS TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT THEY KNOW WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM. ME PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, I GREW UP IN A, IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSEHOLD. I HAD A SINGLE MOM, WORKED THREE JOBS TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. IT WAS REALLY HARD TO MAKE ENDS MEET TO THIS VERY DAY. MY MOM'S STILL NOT A HOMEOWNER. AND I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES FOR WHY MY MOM'S NEVER BEEN A HOMEOWNER IS BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED COST OF WHAT IT COST TO OWN A HOME. I MEAN, THE AVERAGE HOUSE IN FONTANA RIGHT NOW COSTS ABOUT $660,000. THE AVERAGE PERSON IN FONTANA MAKES ABOUT $34,000 A YEAR. IF YOU EVER TRY TO QUALIFY FOR ANY HOME LOAN WITH THAT KIND OF INCOME, YOU'RE GOING TO QUALIFY FOR A $200,000 HOME. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF ABOUT 12,000 HOUSES IN FONTANA AS IT IS, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE KEEPING UP WITH THE WITH THE LEGISLATION AND WITH WITH THE DIFFERENT PROPS THAT ARE COMING UP. BUT THERE'S PROP 37 AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M EVEN ALLOWED TO REALLY SPEAK ON PROP 37. I SEE THE ATTORNEY KIND OF BITING HIS TONGUE ALMOST SHUT UP. BUT WHAT I WHAT I WILL SAY IS MY, MY POSITION ON THIS IS HERE. HERE'S THE REALITY OF THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN. THIS COST IS GOING TO GET PASSED ON TO THE CONSUMER. THAT'S THE REALITY. THE DEVELOPER THAT'S GOING TO BE BUILDING THAT TRACK IS GOING TO SEE THE INCREASE. AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT COST AND THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THE HOUSE MORE EXPENSIVE. AND THEN WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE LESS FAMILIES BE ABLE TO AFFORD A HOME. IN FONTANA, FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS, SINGLE FAMILIES, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THAT HOME IN FONTANA. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE POTENTIALLY FOREGOING ALMOST $1 MILLION, A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT. BUT I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT AVENUES OF INCREASING OUR ADA. [01:05:03] AND IN MY OPINION, I THINK THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT. AND I THINK ONE OF THE WAYS THAT YOU INCREASE ADA IN YOUR COMMUNITY IS BY MAKING LIVING MORE AFFORDABLE IN THE CITY THAT YOU LIVE IN. AND THE REALITY IS, IF WE WERE TO APPROVE THIS TODAY, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE GOING TO EAT THE COST ON THIS. THAT'S JUST THE REALITY. IT'S GOING TO BE THE CONSUMER. IT'S GOING TO BE THE PEOPLE LIKE MY MOM WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY A HOME. IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE THE FAMILIES BECAUSE IN FONTANA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, ABOUT SIX PEOPLE ON AVERAGE HAVE A JOB IN FONTANA LIVING IN THE SAME HOUSE, HAVING MULTIGENERATIONAL FAMILIES, LIVING IN THE SAME HOUSE, FROM THE GRANDPARENTS TO THE PARENTS TO THE CHILDREN. AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE AGED 26 TO 30 THAT ARE STILL LIVING AT HOME, NOT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO, BUT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY A HOME. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT AS A GOVERNING BODY, I DON'T BELIEVE AS A GOVERNMENT, I HOPE THE CITY TAKES NOTES TO IS WE SHOULDN'T BE RAISING FEES. AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO INCREASE ADA, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME NOT PASSING THAT BURDEN ONTO OUR RESIDENTS. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THOSE ARE MY $0.02. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND I THINK WE'RE READY TO DO ROLL CALL VOTE. OKAY, SO WE'LL START WITH BOARD MEMBER PEREZ. OKAY. BOARD MEMBER SANDOVAL, BOARD MEMBER. HOLLY. NO. VICE PRESIDENT. SERNA. AND I'M A NAME THAT CARRIES FOR A THREE NAYS, TWO NOSE RINGS OVER TO 5.2 [5.2 BUSINESS SERVICES - UNAUDITED ACTUALS FINANCIAL REPORT ] BUSINESS SERVICES UNAUDITED ACTUALS FINANCIAL REPORT. THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN TO. SUPERINTENDENT EMBODIES. TO INTRODUCE OUR SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME DOCTOR LESLIE BARNES TO THE PODIUM TO PRESENT THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS REPORT THIS EVENING. GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT RAMIREZ. I'M SORRY. PRESIDENT RAMIREZ, VICE PRESIDENT SERNA, SUPERINTENDENT IN BODY. BOARD MEMBERS, AUDIENCE AND COLLEAGUES. I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK WHAT OUR ACTUALS THEY ARE THE YEAR END FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF JUNE 30TH FOR THE ALL THE DISTRICT FUNDS. IT REPORTS THE ACTIVITIES OF THE DISTRICT FUNDS IDENTIFYING UNSPENT FUNDS AND RESERVES THAT ARE CARRIED FORWARD INTO THE CURRENT YEAR. UNAUDITED ACTUALS ARE COMPARED TO ESTIMATED ACTUALS THAT WERE PROVIDED DURING THE ADOPTION OF THE OF THE BUDGET FOR 2627 AND USED BY THE AUDITORS WHEN THEY AUDIT OUR BOOKS. SO BUDGET IS A LIVING DOCUMENT. AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THAT WE'RE BASICALLY IN THREE YEARS AT ALL TIMES. RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF 25, 26 WITH THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS. WE HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL ITEM FOR FOR THE 25, 26 YEAR. IN DECEMBER, WE WILL PRESENT THE AUDIT REPORT FOR 25, 26 AND 2627. WE'RE USING THE WORKING BUDGET RIGHT NOW. AND STARTING TO DO PROJECTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR. UP AT THE STATE LEVEL, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEIR 26 OR THE 2728 BUDGET AND WILL PRESENT THE 2728. BUDGET PROPOSAL IN JANUARY AS WELL. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THREE YEARS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS TO COMPARE OUR ESTIMATED ACTUALS TO OUR UNAUDITED ACTUALS TO SEE HOW CLOSE WE WERE FOR OUR UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND, OUR REVENUES CAME IN ABOUT $3.5 MILLION MORE THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED. AND OUR EXPENDITURES CAME IN ABOUT $600,000 LESS. SO OVERALL, WE ARE AT ABOUT $4.2 MILLION HIGHER FUND BALANCE THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED. AT OUR ESTIMATED ACTUAL FOR OUR COMBINED FUND BALANCES OF UNRESTRICTED AND RESTRICTED. WE'RE EVEN CLOSER. WE ARE AT ABOUT $300,000 DIFFERENCE. AND SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES WERE OUR REVENUE, OUR OUR TAX REVENUES CAME IN AT ABOUT $1.886 MILLION. MORE LOTTERY RATES CAME IN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER AT 0.28 MILLION. AND THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN INTEREST INCOME AND SOME OTHER LOCAL REVENUES OF ABOUT 3.5 MILLION. OUR EXPENDITURES, WE HAD SAVINGS OF 0.35 MILLION, RESULTING IN LOWER THAN EXPECTED RESULTING FROM SOME COST SAVINGS AS WELL AS HOURLY ADDITIONAL HOURLY AND VACANCIES. WE ALSO HAD SAVINGS OF 1.65 MILLION DUE TO UTILITY EXPENSES BEING MOVED TO A [01:10:09] RESTRICTED RESOURCE. AND THEN WE HAD ADDITIONAL INDIRECT COSTS. WE ALSO HAD AN INCREASE IN CONTRIBUTION TO SPECIAL ED AND RESTRICTED MAINTENANCE OF 1.3 MILLION. SO THAT EXPLAINS THE VARIANCES IN OUR UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND, OUR RESTRICTED GENERAL FUND. HAD A DECREASE OF ABOUT 4.3 4.3 MILLION. BASICALLY WE HAD A DECREASE IN TITLE ONE OF 2.93 MILLION, 1.7 MILLION IN OUR FAIR MARKET VALUE OF CASH. AND THEN OUR EXPENDITURES FOR LP AND TITLE ONE WERE LESS THAN ANTICIPATED BY ABOUT 4.5 MILLION. AND OUR INDIRECT COSTS CAME IN AT ABOUT $5.10 MILLION HIGHER. SO THOSE WERE THE RESULTS OF CLOSING THE BOOKS. AND WHAT WE FOUND THE BREAKDOWN OF THE RESTRICTED ENDING FUND BALANCE. WE HAVE A RESTRICTED ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 93 MILLION. AND THIS IS A LIST OF THE RESTRICTED PROGRAMS AND THE AMOUNTS THAT WERE CARRIED FORWARD. THOSE ALL OF THOSE DOLLARS HAVE TO BE SPENT WITHIN THAT PROGRAM AND ARE RESTRICTED IN HOW THEY CAN BE SPENT. THE COMPONENTS OF ENDING FUND BALANCE. WE HAVE 300,000 IN REVOLVING CASH. WE HAVE 13,000 IN STORES 4.5 MILLION IN PREPAID EXPENDITURES, AND THEN SOME MISCELLANEOUS CARRYOVERS, ABOUT A MILLION. WE HAVE COMMITMENTS OF 119 MILLION. AND I'LL GO THROUGH WHAT THOSE COMMITMENTS ARE. WE HAVE A RESERVE FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY AT 4%, WHICH IS $30 MILLION. AND WE HAVE ASSIGNED RESERVE BALANCE OF 31 MILLION FOR A TOTAL UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE OF 186 MILLION. AND AS WE SAID, OUR RESTRICTED FUND BALANCE WAS 93 MILLION. SO OUR COMBINED FUND BALANCE IS TWO POINT OR 279 99 MILLION. OUR COMMITMENTS ARE 5 MILLION TO A B 218 ACTUARIAL PROJECTIONS. WE'VE GOT THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE BEGINNING. AND WE'RE PUTTING ASIDE 5 MILLION FOR START UP COSTS. SOMETHING WE LEARNED FROM OPENING OAK GROVE IS THERE'S A LOT OF NEEDS WHEN A SCHOOL IS OPENED, AND WE NEED TO SET ASIDE MONEY TO GET THE SCHOOL UP AND RUNNING. TEXTBOOK ADOPTIONS ARE SET ASIDE AT 15 MILLION. AND THEN BECAUSE THE DISTRICT IS DEFICIT SPENDING, WE AT ABOUT $16.3 MILLION RANGE. WE PUT ASIDE 94 MILLION TO MAKE UP FOR THE DEFICIT SPENDING. OUR NEXT STEP WILL BE TO AUDIT THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS. AND LIKE I SAID, THAT WILL BE COMING TO THE BOARD IN DECEMBER. OUR FIRST INTERIM REPORT WILL TAKE PLACE IN DECEMBER AS WELL. AND THEN OUR WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR MULTI YEAR PROJECTIONS. SO THAT'S IT FOR THE ACTUAL REPORT. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE FISCAL STAFF AND JONATHAN DUNN FOR CREATING THE REPORT AND DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB. AND BEING SO CLOSE TO WHAT WE ESTIMATED AT OUR AT OUR BUDGET ADOPTION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. WELL THANK YOU, DOCTOR BARNES. THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE 2526 UNAUDITED ACTUALS FINANCIAL REPORT AS PROVIDED. THANK YOU, DOCTOR BARNES. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 5.2 AS PROVIDED. SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER PEREZ, A SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER HOLLY. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. WE'LL DO ROLL CALL VOTE. BOARD MEMBER. PEREZ. BOARD MEMBER. SANDOVAL. BOARD MEMBER. HOLLY. AYE. VICE PRESIDENT. SERNA AND I'M AN I. AND THAT CARRIES FOR A FIVE ZERO VOTE BRINGS OVER TO 5.3. [5.3 HUMAN RESOURCES - CLASSIFIED JOB DESCRIPTION REVISIONS] HUMAN RESOURCES CLASSIFIED JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND REVISIONS. THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE CLASSIFIED JOB DESCRIPTION REVISIONS AS PROVIDED. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 5.3 AS PROVIDED. MOTION TO APPROVE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO INTO ROLL CALL. VOTE BOARD MEMBER PEREZ, A BOARD MEMBER. SANDOVAL, A BOARD MEMBER. HOLLY, A VICE PRESIDENT. SERNA, I MEAN, I THAT CARRIES FOR FIVE ZERO VOTE 5.4 POLICE SERVICES REVIEW AND ACCEPT SCHOOL POLICE DEPARTMENT [5.4 POLICE SERVICES - REVIEW AND ACCEPT: SCHOOL POLICE DEPARTMENT MILITARY EQUIPMENT ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2026, PURSUANT TO AB 481 ] MILITARY EQUIPMENT ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2026 PURSUANT TO AB 481. THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW AND ACCEPT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT REPORT, AS PROVIDED IN YOUR HANDOUTS FOR TONIGHT AND ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM FOR. FOR THE PUBLIC IS A COPY OF THE SCHOOL POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL REPORT. CHIEF RANDOLPH IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE. [01:15:04] IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 5.4 AS PROVIDED. SO MOVED. I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'LL DO. ROLL CALL. VOTE. BOARD MEMBER. PEREZ. A BOARD MEMBER. SANDOVAL. BOARD MEMBER. HOLLY. AYE. VICE PRESIDENT SERNA. AND I'M AN EYE. AND THAT CARRIES FOR FIVE ZERO VOTE. 5.5 POLICE SERVICES. [5.5 POLICE SERVICES - ANNUAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL: SCHOOL POLICE DEPARTMENT MILITARY EQUIPMENT USE POLICY PURSUANT TO AB 481] ANNUAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL. SCHOOL. POLICE. DEPARTMENT. MILITARY EQUIPMENT USE POLICY PURSUANT TO AB 481. THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO ADOPT THE FINDINGS THAT THE MILITARY EQUIPMENT IDENTIFIED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT REPORT REMAINS COMPLIANT WITH THE APPROVAL STANDARDS SET FORTH BY. SET FORTH IN THE GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 7071 D, AND AUTHORIZE THE CONTINUED USE OF SUCH EQUIPMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 7071 E THROUGH THE RENEWAL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICY NUMBER 707. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 5.5 AS PROVIDED. SO MOVED. SECOND. I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO ROLL CALL VOTE. BOARD MAYOR PEREZ, A BOARD MEMBER. SANDOVAL A BOARD MEMBER. HOLLY I, VICE PRESIDENT SERNA AND I'M IN I THAT CARRIES FIVE ZERO VOTE 5.6 TECHNOLOGY AND ASSESSMENT RESOLUTION NUMBER [5.6 TECHNOLOGY AND ASSESSMENT - RESOLUTION NO. 26-39: SUFFICIENCY OF STANDARDS-ALIGNED TEXTBOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ] 26-39. THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 26-39. SUFFICIENCY OF STANDARDS ALIGNED TEXTBOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AS PROVIDED. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 5.6 AS PROVIDED. SO MOVED. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, SO I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER HOLLY, A SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER SANDOVAL. WE'LL DO ROLL CALL VOTE BOARD MEMBER PEREZ, A BOARD MEMBER, SANDOVAL, A BOARD MEMBER. HOLLY I VICE PRESIDENT SERNA AND I'M IN. I CARRIES FIVE ZERO VOTES. DO YOU WANT TO. DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS ONE FOR CLARITY? WOULD YOU SAY FOR CLARITY 5.12. IS THAT NECESSARY? OKAY. BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR YOU EITHER. OKAY. I KNOW THAT. OKAY. BRINGS US OVER TO 6.1 BOARD MEMBER REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO 7.1 BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. [7.1 BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS ] I'LL START WITH MY LEFT BOARD MEMBER, PEREZ. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE ONE THING. I HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH LYDIA WIBERG, MICHAEL GARCIA AND THE FACE TEAM TO TALK ABOUT EXPANDING THE BARBER CHAVEZ CLOTHING CLOSET AND FINDING NEW WAYS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS. THE GOAL IS REALLY SIMPLE. IT'S JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL CLOTHING WHEN THEY NEED IT, WHETHER IT'S FOR PROM, GRADUATIONS, A JOB INTERVIEW, OR THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO COLLABORATE WITH SOME BARBER SHOPS IN THE, IN THE IN THE CITY, AND POSSIBLY HOPEFULLY HAVE SOMETHING WHERE THEY'LL BE MALES CAN GET FREE HAIRCUTS BEFORE PROM. SOMETIMES IT'S AS SIMPLE AS A SUIT, A DRESS OR A FRESH HAIRCUT CAN GIVE A PERSON THE CONFIDENCE TO WALK INTO AN IMPORTANT MOMENT FEELING THEIR BEST. I'M GRATEFUL FOR EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER AND CONTINUING BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY INVESTS IN OUR. WHEN. I'M SORRY. WHEN OUR COMMUNITY INVESTS IN THEIR CONFIDENCE, WE INVEST IN THEIR FUTURE. SO WITH THAT, WISH EVERYBODY A GOOD NIGHT AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BOARD. MAYOR PEREZ. BOARD. MEMBERS SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, BOARD CHAIR. I'D LIKE FOR US TO SEE IF THAT AUTISM WALK CAN BE PLACED ON OUR CALENDARS. AND ALSO, CHIEF, WILL YOUR OFFICERS BE THERE OR WHAT'S GOING ON? WE WILL HAVE EMPLOYEES OUT THERE FROM OUR DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. WE OPEN IT UP THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU CHIEF. I KNOW IT'S SO IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THOSE LITTLE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE AUTISTIC. THEY LOVE TO SEE ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT THE OFFICERS HAVE. SO THANK YOU, JACKIE, FOR PARTICIPATING IN THAT. I KNOW YOUR DAD HE LOVED THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO THANK YOU, CHIEF. AGAIN, I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING OUT THERE. I HAVE AN AUTISTIC GRANDSON, AND HE WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBER SANDOVAL. BOARD MEMBER. HOLLY. I ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, BUT NOT THIS EVENING. SO THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL AND SAFE TRIP HOME. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I GUESS I DO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT COME OUT TO OUR BOARD MEETINGS OR WATCH VIRTUALLY OR WATCH THEM ONLINE, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT, THAT YOU STILL GET TO PARTICIPATE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE LIVES OF YOUR STUDENTS AND THE EMPLOYEES HERE. AND SO THANK YOU FOR BEING INVESTED IN FONTANA UNIFIED. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBER HOLLY VICE PRESIDENT SERNA. THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT SERNA. I'LL JUST PUT IT OUT THERE. AND TO OUR PARENTS AND OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF, I HOPE YOU CHECK OUT SOME OF OUR FALL SPORTS. [01:20:04] HOPE YOU GO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND ROOT FOR THEM. LET'S BRING BACK SOME CIF TITLES. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. VICE PRESIDENT SERNA, MY FAMILY AND I ARE PRAYING FOR YOUR RECOVERY, SIR. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US VIRTUALLY. I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT EASY TO BE HERE WHILE YOU'RE IN SO MUCH PAIN. AND WE PRAY FOR YOU AND WE LOVE YOU, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU GET A SPEEDY RECOVERY. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL MOVE OVER TO 8.1 ADJOURNMENT OF THE MEETING TO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER HOLLY, A SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER SANDOVAL. ROLL CALL VOTE BOARD MEMBER PEREZ, A BOARD MEMBER. SANDOVAL, BOARD MEMBER. HOLLY. HI, VICE PRESIDENT SERNA AND I'M IN. I CARRIES A FIVE ZERO VOTE. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:15 P.M.. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.