I now reconvene the regular meeting of Board of Education at 6PM with Cervantes, Cruz, Nah, Smith, and Shaw present. Before we begin, please silence all electronic devices and note that these proceedings are being recorded. Mrs. Catt? The board met in closed session from 04:04PM to 05:39PM regarding conference with legal counsel existing litigation, five cases, conference with legal counsel anticipated litigation, four possible cases, student discipline matters, conference with labor negotiators, ACT CSEA negotiation, public employee appointments, high school principal, coordinator
risk management, coordinator child welfare and attendance, and public employee discipline dismissal release. The board took the following action. Approve the settlement agreement to resolve OAH case number 2025040116 not to exceed $104,100,665 dollars dismissal with prejudice of the OAH case and a waiver of claims raised in OAH filing. The roll call vote was as follows, Cervantes, Cruz, Naugh, Smith voting yes and Shaw
no. By a vote of five zero with Cervantes, Cruz, Naugh, Smith, and Shaw voting yes, Appointed James Newcomb as principal of Buena Vista High School. Effective date to be determined. Appointed Steven Kessler as coordinator of Security and Risk Management. Effective date to be determined. And appointed Anne Marie Jahan as coordinator of Child Welfare and Attendance, effective date to be determined. No further action was taken, which requires public disclosure. Thank you, miss Kaylor. Can I have Amanda? Can you please lead us in the pledge? I pledge allegiance to the flag of The United States Of America and to the
Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Now we're on to staff report. Next, we'll hear the staff report. Good evening, president Shaw, members of the board, superintendent, and field cabinet and community. This report to the board this evening is on the Essential Standards Assessments and Smarter Balanced Assessment results. In Chino Valley, our essential standards are the driving force for organizing a guaranteed and
viable curriculum. It's not everything that we teach, but it is our guarantee that no matter which school a student attends, we will ensure students are learning those essentials at high levels. It's also viable in that because we have only 10 to 12 essential standards for each grade level or course, we can pace them out in such a manner that we can intervene when necessary to ensure our promise again to our students and their families that they will learn the essentials at high levels. We are able to monitor students' learning on these essentials by checking their progress on
the local essential standards assessments in ELA and math, which are given three times a year. Additionally, students in grades three through eight and eleven are assessed annually on the Smarter Balanced assessments. Though the state test covers more than just the essentials, we know that if we teach the essential standards at high levels, the state test will take care of itself. This evening's report will cover our progress on the essential standards assessments and the Smarter Balanced assessment results.
First, let's take a look at the results for Chino Valley on the Smarter Balanced assessments, which provide information about students current level of achievement in English Language Arts and Math, indicating whether they are meeting the common core state standards. One way to look at student achievement on the Smarter Balanced Assessment results is by examining the percent of students scoring met or exceeded from year to year. Here we see three years of ELA data for Chino Valley Unified students and their
performance by grade level. As indicated by the green, four of the seven grade levels increased from 2024 to 2025, including our grade six students who have demonstrated the largest growth of almost 5.5% over the course of three years. We are making progress, but as you can see there are still opportunities for growth. Here is a snapshot of our Chino Valley Unified Student Achievement in English Language Arts
over the past two years. The data is shown from two different types of assessments. The first being the Essential Standards Assessments or ESAs, and the second being the Smarter Balanced Assessments or SBA. While our ESAs are administered three times a year, one in Fall, Winter, and Spring, for the purposes of this comparison, we will only look at at ESA number three data over two years. The percentages shown are the percent of students scoring met or exceeded by grade level
on the Smarter Balanced Assessments and the Essential Standards Assessments number three, which is taken annually in the spring. The first column shows each grade level. Column two shows the percent of students scoring met or exceeded on the ESA three in the twenty twenty three twenty twenty four school year. The third column shows the percent of students scoring better exceeded on the 2324 Smarter Balanced assessments at the tested grade levels, grades three through eight and eleven.
The fourth column shows ESA number three data for the twenty twenty four-twenty twenty five school year. And the final column displays the Smarter Balanced assessment data from the twenty four-twenty five school year. Again, only at the tested grade levels, grades three through eight and eleven. In looking at the data, keep in mind that while ESAs assess each of the grade or course level essential standards, the Smarter Balanced assessments assess a greater breadth of
the standards. There are a couple different ways in which we can analyze the data. One way we can analyze the data is from ESA three in one year to ESA three the next year. For example, in twenty three-twenty four, sixty one point five percent of grade one students scored MET or exceeded on ESA three. The following year sixty three point six percent of grade one students scored met or exceeded on the ESA three. When we look at the data this way, seven grade levels increased in performance from
ESA three in twenty three-twenty four to twenty four-twenty five. Another way we can analyze the data is by comparing our twenty four-twenty five ESA three to our Smarter Balanced Assessment results in that same year. I'll draw your attention to the last two columns. This is the same group of students in the same year. We'll look at grade 11 for our example. On the '20 four-twenty five ESA three, there were sixty four point two percent of students scoring met or exceeded, and that same group of students just a couple of
months later took the Smarter Balanced Assessment, and sixty five point four six percent scored met or exceeded, showing an increase. When we examine ESA data and Smarter Balanced assessment data in the same year, we can see that there's a strong correlation between how our students are scoring on the ESA and the state summative assessments. As a reminder, the Smarter Balanced assessments cover more standards than what is covered on our ESAs.
And our final set of ELA data that we will examine is Essential Standards Assessment one or ESA one from last year, 2425, as compared to ESA one this school year, 2526. ESA one is administered within the first couple weeks of school with little to no instruction. I will point out that for ESA one in 2526, at the top of the column, you will see that the reporting of percent net and percent exceeded is now
changed to percent advanced, percent proficient, which aligns with how students' end of year CAST levels for the twenty five-twenty six school year will be reported. But these are essentially the same. When we take a look at ESA one data comparing last year to this year, we can see that students are beginning each grade level stronger than they did the previous year. The percentages shown in green indicate by grade level that that those increased from 24,
25 to 25, 26. Out of 13 grade levels, 10 showed gains. Additionally, if we examine a cohort looking at the same group of students from one year to the next, students are starting the year stronger, again with little to no instruction. For example, if we look at grade eight, the students in 24, 25, fifty point nine percent of students scored met or exceeded on the ESA one.
In '25, '26, those same students who are current ninth graders, 59.7% of those students scored advanced proficient. When we looked at the data by looking at cohorts, nine of 12 grade levels showed gains. This demonstrates that the emphasis on essential standards is effective. Now let's take a look at how our students are progressing in math. Here is the Smarter Balanced assessment data over the course of three years.
In math, we see four out of seven grade levels increase in performance from twenty twenty four to twenty twenty five as indicated by the percentages in green. This includes grade six and grade 11 increasing over 4% in the last three years. On this slide, we see the ESA three data in '23, '24 and 2425, as well as the Smarter Balanced Assessment math results in those same years. Again, this is the same date type of data that we examined earlier with English
language arts, but now the focus is math. The first column shows each grade or course. When we look at our ESA three from 2324 and compare to ESA three in 2425, 10 out of 12 grades or courses increased in the percent of students scoring met or exceeded over the year. The ESA and the Smarter Balanced assessment data for math indicate that students are leaving our system stronger academically than they have in years past.
And while we do see growth in ESA's three scores as well as overall with the district, math continues to be an area of need. Here we see a two year comparison for our ESS one math data. The percentages shown in green indicate by grade level of course those that increased from twenty four twenty five to twenty five twenty six. Out of 14 groups of students, 11 showed fields. Additionally, if we examine the data by cohort, again, the same groups of students over
time, For this example, we will look at sixth grade. Our sixth grade students in 2425 scored 44.4% met or exceeded. The following year, that same group of students, scored 53.1% advanced proficient on ESA one at the beginning of grade seven. Looking at this data by cohorts, we see growth in numerous grade levels and courses. This chart represents Chino Valley's overall student achievement as a district on the Smarter Balanced
assessments in the years 2023, 2024, and 2025. In 2025, 62.12% of students scored net or exceeded in language arts, and forty nine point seven nine percent of students scored net or exceeded in mathematics. The steady growth in student achievement year after year on the Smarter Balanced assessments shows that when we focus on the essential standards, the end of the year test takes care of itself. I want to highlight that through our continuous improvement efforts, Chino Valley continues to distinguish
itself as a leader in student achievement among unified school districts in our county. In 2025, in Chino Valley, again, sixty two point twelve percent of our students scored met or exceeded in English language arts and 49.79 med or exceeded in math. The Unified School District with the next highest performance in our county is at 54.79% for ELA and 40.40%
for math. Over 7% below our performance in ELA and over nine percent below our performance in math. Because of our consistent engagement in a continuous improvement cycle, focusing on the right things, we have seen steady incremental growth and continue to surpass county and state student achievement on the Smarter Balanced assessments. From examining our essential standards assessments and Smarter Balanced Assessments results over the last three
years, here are some key takeaways. We continue to see a strong correlation between our ESAs and Smarter Balanced Assessments. The data shows that students are entering the next grade level more prepared as well as leaving our system system stronger academically. Again, that steady incremental growth that our students are making speaks to our district's continuous cycle of improvement and focus on the right work. I'm excited to highlight that based on state testing results, CDUSD was recently recognized for
improving outcomes for historically underserved student populations, including but not limited to socioeconomically disadvantaged students, meaning we are closing achievement gaps. And while we always wanna take time to celebrate the great progress of our students, as well as the hard hard work of our teachers, there is still more work to be done in order to ensure that all of our students thrive. This concludes the update to the board on the essential standards in health care and
a smarter balanced assessment results. Thank you. Thank you for that. Board, do you have any comments, questions? Press your time. She'll be on. Okay. I was noticing entering the next grade level even more prepared. Have you noticed it it's linear? A lot of school districts you get this jaggedness. So kids are learning, they're better writers, they're doing math year after year, and and you're closing the gap like you stated. And the question is, what's contributing to this amazing job?
Sure. We have many practices in place, but first and foremost, our areas of emphasis as you know, we have three areas of emphasis, starting with our essential standards. So I've shared that during our presentation today. So focusing on those essential standards and teaching them at high levels. We also ensure that our teachers are meeting with the PLC process so that work together as collaborative teams to really focus on those essential standards, build, units at to
look at conceptual understanding for math specifically, and looking at the rigor for students to ensure that we are working together to ensure all students learn at high levels. And third, our student engagement is an area of focus for us and to ensure that as we know, whoever's doing the talking is doing the learning. So the more that we have students talking, we know that they're learning at higher levels. Yes. And Doctor. Infield, parents want excellent schools and excellent real estate value.
So good job. Good job. Thank you. Mister Nott go ahead. Yeah. I would like to thank, our hardworking teachers. I'm proud of our students that that every year that you have shown progress. And our school district is well known and our reason is number one for reason. So again, thank you so much for our teachers and our staff members and hardworking
students that going through daily obstacles but not forgetting your future goal, And that is an education. And thank you so much. Thank you. Yes. I do wanna thank you guys and thank our teachers and staff for ensuring that our kids are leading the way, not only in our county but in the state. Of course, I mean, just as a parent, if I were to look at this, I just wanna point something out. Math, that is an area that we are still pretty high considering California.
Unfortunately, I don't like, you know, the scores in general in California, but as speaking with Doctor. Enfield, it's like that around the nation. I just really hope that people come together to, figure it out because I'm not a big fan of common core math and I I think that needs to be fixed because, you know, again, with reading, writing, and math, despite the obstacles that sometimes the state poses, I think being in over 60 percentile is a really good thing especially here. So thank you guys for leading the way. And even in math, I mean, again, I wanna point out that the scores look
horrifying but in comparison to everybody else, we are leading the way so thank you for all that you guys do, thank our teachers for everything and I definitely am supportive of all the, in house trainings and everything that you guys pour into it, because again, when I sat with Doctor. Enfield when I first came in, it was like, what do you need the board to support in? And it was that and I see the results because of it. So I do wanna thank you guys. Mister Smith. Hold on. Okay. Thank you so much for gathering this data. It's it's very it's very useful and helpful in determining where we're going, seeing the
path. Do we have any, previous year data to compare this against? We do. I don't have that prepared for today, but we did start our essential standards assessments in previous years. There were times during COVID though that we do not have state data. Got it. Okay. Yeah. So that would, you know, drop off pretty quickly there. But it would be nice. And I I like how we can track, you know, grade one as they go into grade two and as they go into grade three and so on. That's excellent. Thank you very much for this statement. It's fantastic. Okay. Seeing that there's nothing else, thank you again.
And we're now on to our comments from our awesome student representative, Phoenix. Good evening, Board President Shaw, members of the board, superintendent Enfield, and distinguished guests. Firstly, IOLA is preparing for their final reports, which is a longstanding tradition where students share memories of our seniors and other classmates. Additionally, they recently held their formula one themed rally last Friday, where they saw attendance from Diamond Bar as well as their leadership team. I always leadership team has also been working every day in previous weeks to prepare. Currently, Chino is entering a slower period as the break approaches, but they recently completed
a successful homecoming game, dance, and spirit week. The leadership students supported all senior nights and helped manage student turnout at CIF events for multiple sports. Their intro to leadership class also raised funds to bring a Kona ice truck for academic war recipients, turning into a celebratory rally. Right now, they're planning for a cozy winter themed spirit week before the December winter break. Additionally, Don Lugo recently hosted an outdoor Halloween themed rally that saw strong participation in great performances. Decorations, costumes, and student engagement made up one of their stronger rallies this year.
They're currently planning things saving activities into including a gratitude wall and a potential pre break fundraiser before shifting toward their Christmas themed events. Finally, Chinoza's football team has been finding success in CIF with strong student support at recent games and the CIF semifinal being hosted at home tomorrow on Friday and soon to be CIF champs. We held the philanthropic Depop Day yesterday and today, which is a clothing clothing donation event that promoted upcycling with remaining clothes being sent to shelters. Recent activities include rally preparations for our upcoming rally, a Renaissance luncheon where students and
teachers celebrate and acknowledge outstanding students across their classes, a lean crew freshmen tailgate to foster a welcoming environment before football games, and the Renaissance fall festival where clubs and programs were able to demonstrate their work, host small activities, and bring interest among students. Our band program has also been very active, hosting a competition called Harmony in the Hills where we placed first, as well as the district showcase. Thank you. Awesome. Thank you, Phoenix. Go Huskies. Next up are comments from employee representatives. Steven Frazier, ACT. Okay. There we go.
Alright. Good evening school board, superintendent, and cabinet. My name is Sarah Palmer. I'm the secretary of Associated Chino Teachers, and I'm here tonight to deliver remarks on behalf of our president, Steven Frazier, who was not able to attend tonight. First, I wanna acknowledge the work highlighted in tonight's staff report on essential standards and our Smarter Balanced assessment results. ACT recognizes the district's commitment to student achievement and we're proud that our teachers are at the heart of that work every single day.
Our educators are dedicated to providing the high quality instruction that every student in CDUSD deserves. Tonight the board will hear ACT's initial bargaining proposal for our contract reopener. We're optimistic about the upcoming negotiations and look forward to working collaboratively with the district to reach an agreement that supports both our teachers and our students. We believe in the power of partnership and we're committed to approaching these discussions in good faith. There is another matter I'd like to bring to the board's attention this evening.
One that requires all of us working together. We're witnessing a concerning rise in injuries to teachers across many of our school sites due to student behavioral outbursts. Our educators are experiencing physical harm including being hit, bitten, and injured during these incidents. These situations not only put our staff at risk, but also disrupt the learning environment for all students in the classroom. ACT wants to be clear, we're not here to point fingers or place blame. We're here to ask for partnership.
Our teachers want to serve every student effectively and safely, but we need your help to make that possible. We believe that together, ACT and the district, we can develop meaningful solutions. Specifically, we're asking the board to work with us to ex to explore increased support staff in our classrooms, updated safety protocols that protect both staff and students, and enhanced administrative supervision on our campuses, including a return to full time assistant principals at all
sites. These measures will help us ensure that learning can continue without disruption and that every member of our school community feels safe. This is an opportunity for collaboration. Our teachers are ready to be part of this solution and we hope the district will join us at the table and problem solve together. On a more positive note, HCT is excited to announce our upcoming food and toy drive, which we're part partnering with CSEA. This is a wonderful opportunity for our entire district community to come together and support
families in need during the holiday season. We welcome the board's help in promoting this event through through the district and we'll be providing you with flyers tonight that you can share with your network. It's efforts like these that remind us we're all working toward the same goal, the well-being of our students and our community. Before I close, on behalf of Steven and all the members of Associated Chino Teachers, I want to wish each and every one of you and your families a wonderful Thanksgiving. We're grateful for this community and for the chance to work together for the benefit
of our students. Thank you. Thank you. We're now on to public comments. Pat, how many requests to speak? 23. Thank you. That gives, each public comment two minutes. Board by law 9323, meeting conduct establishes the guidelines and the following process applies. Speakers will be called in the order you registered on the electronic request to speak device. Names are displayed on the monitors. Please watch for your name and appear and line up at the designated numbers behind the mic. You'll see circles where it says one, two, and three.
So please line up there. Once the recording secretary announces the first name, request to speak will no longer be accepted. Additionally, government code restored. Further, penal code four zero three states in part, every person who without authority of law willfully disturbs or breaks up any lawful assembly or meeting not unlawful in its character is guilty of a misdemeanor. And Mr. Cruz, can you please explain the public comment guidelines?
Speakers, you have three minutes to address the board. You cannot donate your time, one person at the mic at a time. If you read on behalf of an absent person, that will be considered your time. Begin comments when the clock starts. Please refer to board policy thirteen twelve point one for the procedure regarding complaints against an employee. And lastly, speakers may not approach the diocese anytime the board is in session. Please give any materials you wish distributed to the board to the recording secretary. Sarah Omari on a consent item.
Before I begin, I just wanna check for understanding because there was a discrepancy in time. It did so, it did so I'm not speaking of my comment yet. Michelle, you said we had two minutes. Mr. Cruz, you said we had three. Which one is it? You said up to. So So it's two minutes. Yeah. So I just wanna check for that. So if we can begin the clock when I actually begin my comment? I I haven't begun my comment. I wanted to check for understanding. Can you please restart the clock? Thank you. I wanna address an issue from the last meeting regarding board member Sean Smith's decision to vote no on receiving compensation for a missed meeting.
While this may have been intended as a display of personal ethics, it actually highlighted a misunderstanding of both Robert's rules of order and basic governance practice. Under Robert's Rules, when a board member has a direct financial interest in an item, the proper action is to abstain entirely, not vote yes or no. Because Mr. Spitz had an economic interest in that item, participation in the vote was inappropriate. When we pair this with your own board policy 9,400, which lays out expectations for ethical conduct, it becomes clear that this board is not consistently inherent to its own governance standards. And frankly, this may help explain why the district continues to face numerous lawsuits and
continues to lose most of them. When leaders ignore foundational procedures, the result is predictable, costly mistakes rooted in arrogance and ignorance at the taxpayer's expense. Additionally, I wanna address the comments made by John Cervantes regarding penal code four zero three. The official minutes state that he said the board may pursue charges under this provision if members of the public act out, but a review of his actual remarks shows that he stated emphatically and quite dramatically that the board will pursue such action. The tone and phrasing appear threatening. Maybe, mister Cervantes, you should brush up on penal code two eighty eight a.
Since your buddy, SRO Matt Salano actually victimized a minor, you can let the public know how this board is planning to mitigate the incidence of inappropriate relations with minors. You protect and serve that right. Anyways, this discrepancy between what was said and what was recorded raises serious concerns about bias in the minutes, and paired with the threatening nature of the statement, reinforces a troubling pattern. A board that seems willing to use policy not as a neutral guide, but as a tool to intimidate and manipulate the public. These issues could collectively demonstrate a board struggling with ethical standards, procedural knowledge, and transparent
governance. We're still waiting on an explanation on why mister Smith's current employment was redacted from his resume. Transparency though, right? Anyway, our community deserves better, fair, confident, and accountable leadership that respects both the roles and the people they serve. You do neither. Amanda Swagger? Amanda Swagger? I had two public comments. I have on two different Your consent is one. You do have an a non agenda. One consent and one non agenda. Amanda Swagger? Speakers, can you please line up on one and two at least if you see your name on the the screen?
Good evening, Doctor. Enfield, board, cabinet. A couple of days ago, a verbal altercation with several students led to a fiscal altercation. One of those students was a member of my class and I found out because approximately 15 students showed me a video on their phone. The video was air dropped between student to student, showing the gruesome altercation between the altercation between the two individuals. Cell phones are a problem in our school today. Students are distracted by them, they become a fuel for violence, and they become a fuel for everything that takes kids away from what they're in school for is learning.
Games like crash royale lead to physical altercations in classrooms where a teacher asks a student to put a phone away, but yet I'm beating my friend in another class. Students use phones to coordinate coffee runs and even trips to the bathroom where they share illegal substances among each other hidden in bathroom stalls like nicotine and marijuana vapes. The problem is when we take phones away, there's little governance in actually supporting the teachers. I had two students that I sent up for open defiance this week for cell
phone violations. They were sent up to office, their parent was called, they kept their phone, and they were off to the next class. What kind of authority do I have to teach my class and take away from cell phones if there's no true support across the district for these policies? It's simple. Bring back Saturday school, bring back Friday work study. Bring back real consequences for people with cell phones. This isn't gonna get better if we don't take a stand. California's gonna do it next year. Why don't we start now? Thank you. Sarah P on a non agenda item.
I'm speaking for a community member that wasn't able to be here tonight. I'd like to address several misconceptions raised by miss Shaw regarding the GSA club, its funding, operations, and activities. The GSA receives no outside funding just like the Christian club. It is entirely student run and advisors only assist with paperwork and supervision. Any claim that adults direct the club is false and would violate district policy. All field trips require principal approval and parent permission slips. GSA students have never attended a drag show or pride festival through the school.
The only recent trip involved two officers participating in the Los Angeles AIDS Walk, a routine community service event. Student clubs may run their own social media pages. Board policy AR eleven fourteen makes clear these pages are not district platforms and advisors do not control them. The only canceled trip was a blood donation event at the Pomona Pride Center. It was not a pride celebration. Canceling it prevented 15 students from donating blood, costing 45 people life saving donations, and
singled out the GSA unfairly. To be clear, no drag queens have been invited, no drag show fundraiser is proposed, and there is no district paperwork to support these accusations. Teachers and students are not political villains. We are educators committed to providing a safe, supportive environment for all students. Rosa Belmont. I'm here representing Amigo, a five zero one c three non profit based non profit organization based in LA with facilities around the Inland Empire. Amigo supports immigrant families by creating clear pathways towards citizenship. We are here today to show our support for ACT because they have consistently shown
that they care for their immigrant communities in this district. This issue is personal to me. I am a first generation student who was born and raised in Chino. My siblings and I all went to Chino High School. My sister graduated in '28 2008, I graduated in 2018, and my brother in 2020. Before that, we attended Magnolia Junior High, Walnut Avenue Elementary School, and El Rancho Elementary School before it shut down. After graduating from Chino Valley Unified School District, I earned my bachelor's degree in liberal studies with an emphasis in childhood development, my multiple subject teaching credential, and my master
in education. My relationship with Chino Valley did not end, when I graduated from high school. I also student taught at this district, and I currently tutor here today. Chino Valley taught me integrity, and as an aspiring teacher, I've been able to give back to the same community that shaped me. But I also know that firsthand the needs of our immigrant families are not being recognized or addressed. One of your core values is we provide excellent service to all students. When students come to school afraid that their families may be torn apart with no plan for safety or support, that value is not being met.
Students feel the message when the district does not acknowledge their community's needs and it harms the school climate. At a time when families are facing fears and uncertainties, schools should provide equitable support. That begins with listening to the teachers who work closely with students every day. This is why supporting ACT's pro immigration policies and not undermining AB four ninety five is so important. When I was 17 and I chose to major in education, Sarah p on action
item two a one. Good evening. I'm speaking for the equity and human rights chair of Associated Chino Teachers. I wanna address the proposed resolution targeting assembly bill four ninety five, the Family Preparedness Plan Act of 2025. This resolution is based on a misunderstanding of the bill. AB four ninety five does not override parental rights, remove children from their homes, or hand minors over to outside organizations. It simply allows parents, especially those vulnerable to immigration detention, to predesignate a trusted adult
who can care for their child temporarily so the child can stay in their home, their school, and their community. These situations are real. Families in our district live with the fear that a parent could be taken during routine drop off, leaving their child without a plan. AB four ninety five prevents those children from being sent into foster care because of a temporary crisis. The resolution claims the bill is filled with loopholes, but the bill clearly states that the courts may appoint a parent and a parent chosen guardian only when a parent
will be temporarily unavailable due to an immigration related action. There is no hidden agenda, just a safeguard for family stability. Meanwhile, the board has remained silent about real trauma in our community. Just three weeks ago, a father of a US citizen kindergartner in our district was shot by ICE. Tonight I'm asking you to set aside politics. This resolution spreads fear. AB four ninety five supports families, please reject political theater and stand with our students
and their families. Thank you. Sarah Palmer on an information item. Speaking a lot tonight I guess. Alright. You said the non agenda item? No. This is the information. You already spoke on a non agenda. When you spoke for someone else, you gave up your time. Okay. Alright. I am reading this on behalf of the Equity and Human Rights chair of the Associated Chino Teachers union Natalie Cooney. I speak as the child of immigrants, my mother fleeing the Cuban regime, and my father escaping civil war and persecution for being Christian.
Their experiences taught me that safety, dignity, and the ability to learn without fear are basic human rights. That is why we urge the board to adopt board policy 5145.14, the commitment to safe and welcoming school schools policy already working in Fullerton Unified. The California Healthy Kids Survey shows a serious concern. Nearly a quarter of our students report emotional distress, almost a third report chronic sadness
or hopelessness, and over a third say they do not feel safe at school. These are real children walking into classrooms afraid. This policy strengthens protections for all students regardless of race, gender, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or immigration status. And with growing concerns about immigration officers near campuses, we must protect students records, family privacy, and community trust. Schools must be places of learning, not fear.
Safe schools are not political, they are essential. I request this policy to be placed on the next agenda as an action item and approved. Our students deserve nothing less. Thank you. Amanda Swagger on an information item. Good evening board again. I'll keep my comments short. I'm talking on the heels of the same information item discussed with ACT. I wanted to clarify a couple of things here. The statement made for a potential action item on the future agenda talks about our
our ability to support our students in a tough time with immigration. The reality is immigration is a hot button topic in our society today. Whether it's immigration officers standing outside of schools, going to supermarkets, going to different centers across the state, I want to make something clear for everyone in the audience that you already know. We have to have we can't just release information about students' immigration status. It must go through a court order. None of this is gonna change that. If they want to know information about a student, they can get a court order
from a judge to release that information. It also doesn't stop immigration from coming outside of our schools to stop and question people from leaving. It's important for us to support our students in these tough times. But the reality is this is just a statement of what we should already be doing, supporting our kids everywhere we go. Thank you. Gloria Ciccarelli on a non agenda item. Are you gonna restart that? I just got it. A couple oh. One second.
Look, let me stop it for a second. If you guys are not on the line, your time's gonna start. We've said it three times, so if your name's on the board, I see Gloria, Oscar, Marisol, please line up, otherwise you're gonna start losing your time. We don't want that to happen. A couple things that happened since the last meeting. That same racist counselor at Chino Hills High has outed herself again and still has her job and access to kids. After the community was reminded of her racism and xenophobia, others reiterated this to her principal and he ignored it again.
You have been extremely vocal about your aggressive campaign against the LGBTQIA plus students, staff and representation. What you've been less loud on, but equally aggressive about is the silencing of black voices. This district needs to start coming first. Our LGBTQIA plus black POC and otherwise marginalized families need to start coming first. You need to stop using HR like a weapon against those you don't agree with while simultaneously terrorizing others into silence whether they see, whenever they see injustice. However, regardless of your war on marginalized communities, CVOSD needs to start coming first.
If you're going to masquerade yourself as a school board, then it's high time you started acting like it. And one more thing, congrats to Ms. Shaw and the other Daughters of the Confederacy. Through your continued efforts at the national level, the government has begun to tear apart and dismantle public education at the national level. Through the efforts of you and your sisters in Christ and the daughters of the Confederacy, families living in states like Florida who just adopted the Heritage Foundation curriculum have no recourse or higher body to bring their grievances to since the departments that education
is being transferred to are just as anti public ed as this government is, so congrats. Oh, and for those confused on what the Daughters of the Confederacy are, when you Google it and see the parallels to this right wing extremist org Shah belongs to and supports in the groups I mentioned, you'll see not only why what I, you know, you'll see why what I said is not only correct, but exactly why anti public ed people like Shaw don't know don't want you to know who those groups are. Thank you. Oscar on a non agenda item. Everybody but the speech.
Sit down. I'm sorry. Chicken. It's also dangerous. Issues. You're obsessed with pushing your Christian nationalist agenda. So that right there, that's a teacher named Diana Cortez. And she she came up with on the last time and and accused, president of Sean being a racist. She accused the whole board of being a racist. She even said that go eat your unseasoned chicken. Right? And as a community of Latinos, we know that you fought for the family. You protect your kids. You took part in other schools. You're making sure that parental rights are acknowledged and accepted. You know, you you you protect your kids. So you've done more to protect your kids than anybody else that I've seen in any district. So we applaud you. We thank you. And our community loves you.
And just for that, that, we we already had tacos delivered to you guys. You guys get tacos after. Right? We love you guys. And I'm I'm gonna tell you, these people that come up here that are teachers and and they're these people that are a bunch of gas lighters, you know, they they need the Lord, they need Jesus. They're they're they're they're angry, they're bitter. And we know what you're doing, we love you guys, and and we're praying for you, and we support you. It's always a supporter. We love them. And we we we have kids, and I'm I'm telling you right now. I'm telling you, there's more for you. The Bible says, the Bible says there's more for you than against you. So all these haters back here, you know, they're bitter.
They need to go to their husbands or their wives or whatever. Pray for them. But I'm telling you right now, the community loves you, and they love what you're doing. Keep on doing it. We're praying for you. And, we support you, missus Shaw. Cheetah Board, we love you. God bless you. Enjoy your tacos. I'll go pray one more time with your tacos. God bless you. Bye. Marisol de Paolo, information item. Good evening, Chino community. I stand before you today not only as an educator, a parent, but as a proud daughter to immigrant parents. My father came to this country at the age of 13 alongside his 16 year old brother. They worked in the fields as a part of the Bracero movement, traveling from Mexico
and California to single mom, worked tirelessly picking crops and cleaning houses to give her children a better life. These stories are not unique to my family. They are the stories of our community, of the people who come here seeking opportunity, safety, and hope. These are the same people who are now being kidnapped, dragged off the streets, and sent to detention centers. These are the paleteros who sell you ice cream, the jardineros who clean your lawns, the These are the students' families, their mamas, papas, their tios and tias, their arbuelos.
These actions have created a climate of fear and uncertainty deeply affecting the mental health of our children. The rates have triggered anxiety, depression, and trauma, especially amongst families terrified of separation. I've seen elementary school students carrying their birth certificates and emergency contacts in their backpacks. I've spoken to parents who are too afraid to let their children attend field trips, feeling they might be detained. Every surrounding district has spoken out against the ICE raids. When the first ICE raids occurred, the superintendent of Corona sent out a letter reaffirming their commitment to making every child feel safe, supported and valued regardless of immigration status.
Other districts quickly followed and have adopted similar policies, but from Chino, silence. So tonight I ask my fellow educators who are now in leadership positions to remember your why. Why did you choose this profession? Because we as a district have the power to lead with compassion, with understanding, and with a commitment to safety and success of every child in our care. Let that always be our why. Let us not be remembered for silence and moments that demand hurt. Let us be remembered Now, for choosing humanity Jackie Cortez on a non agenda item.
Don't start my time. I have a question. Before I begin, I wanna know if I can follow-up my English speech with Spanish because due to the board not providing simultaneous translation services. AB seventeen eighty seven under the Brown Act states that any speaker giving a speech in another language with the lack of translation services must be given the same amount of time to give the speech in both English and the other language. So I wanna ask if you're going to allow me to do that without interruption. Excuse me if the speaker is, a foreign tongue, and then they have someone next to him that is translating it from that foreign tongue into English.
So I can only do it in one of the two languages? So what if somebody interprets for me? I have both. Yeah. Miss Shaw continues to distract from the real issues by attacking the teacher union. While she calls those groomers, she is the one asking students to bring recording devices to school through a post she shared. Sonia, recording devices are explicitly prohibited in the student handbook. This is a clear violation of privacy. You're really disgusting because can you imagine students with recording devices in the bathroom or in the locker room? So weird. But what else would I expect from someone who belongs to the GOP, the Guardians
of Pedophiles? You have remained silent when it comes to an actual pedophile, officer Solano, who you were quoted in LA Times article as having bonded with. We all know you are never at a loss for posting, so why have you remained silent on this very serious topic? You have no problem sharing your home cooked meals made with love, but still no seasoning in sight. You do not protect our students. And as for another post you shared saying that you fixed the issue of students having to take remedial math classes in college. What data are you using to back this up? Are you tracking kids in college?
And why are you trying to take credit for the hard work of my fellow math teachers? You do not teach math, so you are not the reason why math scores went up. Please cite what resolution you have passed to back up your statement because otherwise, you're just blowing snow. I want you to state at least one resolution that you have passed that has benefited students and our staff in some way. What have you done for the special ed community? What have you done about our outdated textbooks? What have you done for safety outside of your fabricated fear mongering? You have done nothing for our district. While teachers give, you take. While we love, you hate.
And you continue to violate our working conditions and we will continue to use the law to fight back. Play stupid games and lose lawsuits. Marisol de Paolo, action item two a one. Your time's up. You were supposed to speak in Spanish. She was supposed to translate in English. Next speaker, please. Marisol de Paolo. Action item two a one. Sent the facts on assembly bill four ninety five. The Family Unity and Preparedness Act. It's designed to protect children during emergencies like the ice rates affecting our communities. This law expands the use of caregivers authorization affidavit, allowing trusted adults to make essential
educational and medical decisions when parents are unavailable. This ensures children receive care without delays and reflects our community, our commitment to guarding their rights and safety. Recent events caused attention to this urgency. Just weeks ago, an ICE raid near Ontario schools left families terrified. One of our Dickies students' fathers was shot trying to help a family that had been taken inhumanely by ICE officials. AB four ninety five exists for moments like this to keep our students supported and secure when the world is turned upside down for them.
Contrary to current propaganda, AB four ninety five does not increase the risk of child trafficking or child abduction. This is simply false. Let's think about this as a rational, educated adult for a minute. Let's assume Mike Johnson shows up to pick up Susie Q for the sake of trafficking her. First of all, do we really believe that schools will, allow and hand over a child to a random stranger? Do we believe a child would willingly go with someone they don't know? Our district has very strict protocols.
ID checks. We take their pictures. There's visitor laws. We have emergency contact verification. No child has ever been released to an unknown adult and that will not change. Supporting AB four ninety five should not be used as a political pawn. It is about humanity and we need to respond with empathy, not politics. Our children, our students are counting on us to provide a safe environment for them. Thank you. Jackie Cortez on information item. Is is Jackie it's Jackie signed up to speak. Is she gonna speak in Spanish and then you're translating in English?
Because that's the way it was supposed to work. I'm I'm don't know where the confusion is. You didn't sign up to speak. So? Lisa Gee on a non agenda item. At the last school board meeting, Ms. Shaw, you publicly accused a teacher of being a groomer and predator. Simply because she advises a district approved student led club that supports LGBTQ plus students. It was an outrageous and reckless attack that harmed her reputation and exposed her to harassment from your supporters. But you also exposed taxpayers to serious financial risk.
It's my understanding that pending litigation against the district is only discussed in closed session due to reasons of confidentiality. So I'm guessing that your decision to discuss this case publicly and also name and even hold up a picture of this teacher was against the advice of the district's lawyers if you even consulted them. It's also against the board's own policy, so there's absolutely no justification for your reckless behavior. And now that the California Teachers Association is demanding accountability, you're on social media demonizing the union again.
You clearly can be discreet about ongoing cases when you want to. You've been curious and quiet about the case involving a school resource officer who was actually charged with molesting students. Oh, that's right. He's your friend. Speaking of liability, this board recently cost taxpayers another $118,000 after your so called pro bono law firm tried to revive a failed lawsuit that would have effectively turned school board meetings into church services. And costs will keep rising because you voted to appeal that decision as well.
Tax payers should not be footing the bill for political and religious grandstanding or personal fights that drag this district into court. Our dollars should be going into classrooms, not lawyers pockets. If this board is so intent on injecting politics and religion into school governance, then perhaps you should be paying the Wow that was heavy.
My first time here. Hi, Sonia, Norm. My name is Case. I'm a Chino resident. I'm the proud father of Jamie and Kylie watching on YouTube, elementary students at Rhodes Elementary. And I'm here simply as a father and a Chino resident and not a hater, and someone who cares deeply about our kids and the future of our schools. So I wanted to talk tonight about budgets, priorities, and missed opportunities. And it's come to my attention that this past year we spent $1,300,000 on legal
fees. That's more than any district that's our size. And this year we're on track to spend more than $1,500,000 and I'm sure the esteemed members of the board understand this but I'm gonna put it into perspective for the rest of us lay people. $1,300,000 could pay for 15 assistant principals to help out help out with ACT. It could pay for 20 full time teachers. My wife Jolene she volunteers as a class a classroom aide and she's seen firsthand
the benefits that additional classroom classroom resources helps or brings. 1,300,000.0 could also start a district wide tutoring program. We could have additional services for students that have special needs and these services are getting more and more expensive each year. We could expand STEM programs that that includes robotics, engineering, coding. These are programs that other districts already have and that our students are missing out on. These are districts that are gonna create students that are competitors in the job market
and at colleges for the students in our district. We could have district wide upgrades to laptops, tablets, and classroom technology so our kids are learning on the latest devices. I guess thanks for your time. Sarah Omori on a non agenda item. Hi again. I made sure to save a non agenda item. I figured there'd be some theatrics and unethical practices tonight and boy was I right. Mister Avila came up and waited quite a few seconds, and there goes miss Shaw in a great, cowardly fashion. Way to chair this meeting. Anyways, I just wanted to talk and echo what Kay said.
This board is spending way too much money on on lawsuits. And as a taxpayer in this district, as an alum in this district, it's quite embarrassing. I want my money to go towards education. And all of this or not all of it. Some lawsuits are just part of doing business. I recognize that. But, in health care, we talk about preventative measures, working upstream to avoid the costs of health care later on. This board could prevent a lot of the lawsuits done through unethical behavior of these board members by having legal counsel in the room. In fact, legal counsel used to sit in the room until Miss Shoddy took over
and I don't know why, maybe you could explain why we no longer have legal counsel in this room to consult. The conversation with Miss Cortez about translation instead of going to Pat, which last time I checked, she didn't have a law degree, could have just been addressed by a lawyer, having an educational background. So I just wanna ask this board to address in their board comment tonight, why there is no legal counsel in this room, why are we not, using and stewarding our taxpayer dollars in an ethical way to avoid lawsuits that are not part of doing business, that are part of these unethical practices.
And Mr. Smith, I wanna follow-up on a conversation we had during the interview day, prior to you joining the sport about your thoughts on bullying. I asked, if you thought your wife was a bully, and your response there was not a no, but that she grew up with brothers. So is that your take on bullying, that anyone that grows up with brothers is a bully? Because I just wanted to circle back on that. Anyways, wishing everyone a happy Thanksgiving and thank you for the time. Brown Brown pride ninety one on a non agenda item. Brown pride ninety one. Oscar on action item two a one.
Maybe I'll take Brown pride too. Could I take that one? I'm Brown. I got pride. Right? You know? The board love Brown pride, so that's good. Okay. I guess, on the on the two a one, I'm a yes. I support mister Sean's board. $8.45 is something that that we didn't we didn't agree with, we didn't like, you know. And I I think the thing is, having loose laws that conflict with the with the district policy, I think it's kinda dangerous for the children. I know I know that we say that, you know, the kids will not go with strangers, but there's a lot of kids that are missing right now. Those kids are being trafficked daily in America. I mean, you could literally go to Mount Pamona and there's a bunch of kids
runaway disrupting. There's a lot of kids that are being trafficked. So we wanna make sure that that we have those structures that are set up that are safer, the safeguards, you know, that that'll make sure that nobody will be able to pick up a child. Even if somebody is say, they're they're they're picked up by ice or whatever, we wanna make sure that that child is not picked up by a stranger. Because we we know a lot of people that come in across the border, they're illegal, you know, some of them might might come in and, you know, and, you know, that there's a lot of things that happen in there. So so so maybe somebody that knows that the person is missing, they'll try to pick up the kid or the child or whatever, you know, and and use them to pay off some bills stuff, you know.
So there's a lot of kids that are being trafficked right now to pay off coyotes, pay off illegal cartels that trafficked kids. So I would say having safeguards is good, you know. Making sure the kids don't go with strangers is good. Having the authorities and theirs is good. So on another note, people talk about this this district not being proper, not being good enough. Our district ranks in the platinum level. And I I didn't know how how good you got how good this is, but literally, I went to I went to, I guess, it's called the innovative and engagement program. I I went to a meeting last week by accident.
I just walked into a meeting. Doctor. Nfield was there, you know, walked in. And and do you guys know that Chino has the most platinum schools out of all of San Bernardino? All of San Bernardino. We're number one in the entire county, so we're proud of that. Thank you. Jason, on a non agenda item. Jason. Damon Trentis on a non agenda item. Good evening, CVUSD board. There is a significant student present presence for an AP Gov assignment. I hence would like to underscore the fact that this CVUSD board has not worked in the interest of students.
This board has passed policies against safe spaces from taking down a placard that said, todos los estudiantes, which means for all students, to their bans on safe space placards, attacks on GSA clubs, pride flag bans, must I name more? They've executed the erosion of these student safe spaces. This board, prioritizing politics over our education, has also passed a book ban policy that lets them instead of the librarians ban books. And lastly, the board keeps passing policies that try to supersede state law.
Over 1,300,000.0 spent on lawsuits instead of on our education last year, by the way. Instead, they could have worked with the Associated Chino Teachers Union on compromises. So school board, I urge you to recognize the input of students to be receptive to the ones directly impacted by your policy. Seeing the board's involvement in political theatrics, it's unlikely this demand will be considered. But this lack of student representation should serve to highlight the need to regard student voices, the importance of working with teachers that work close to us students, and the
failures of this school board to focus on our education. I express appreciation to all the teachers that have supported activism and to the Associated Tino Teachers Union for being the one to consider youth voices. Thank you. The final speaker is unseasoned chicken, non agenda item. Can I take that one? No further speakers. Thanks Scott. Okay. Thank you to all of our speakers. We appreciate you. And now we're on to changes and deletions. Pat, are there any changes and or deletions? The following changes or deletions are on the agenda.
Item three c one, delete student expulsion case 2526Dash08 and delete page 37. And item three d five, change orders and notices of completion for Kafka projects. Page 61, delete Kafka project CC2025-sixty nine and delete fiscal impact to fund 25 on page 62. There are no further changes or deletions. Thank you. We're now on to action items. Item 2A1, Resolution twenty twenty five-twenty 20 six-twenty two to safeguard every child and protect
students from unauthorized release and preserve parental authority under AB four ninety five. Board President Shaw recommends the Board of Education adopt resolution twenty twenty five-twenty 20 six-twenty 22 to safeguard every child and protect students from unauthorized release and preserve parental authority under AB four ninety five. May I have a motion? Thank you, Mr. Naugh, and a second by Mr. Cruz. Thank you. Any comments, questions, or discussions? Mister Okay. So AB four nine five applies to all students.
So no background check, no check-in identification, or court order. So doctor Anfel, let's say something a scenario. Let's say mom and dad, US citizen, goes to goes on a vacation, comes back Monday evening. The babysitter they have, they they have another babysitter for three months. You know, things are going fine. The babysitter downloads a family preparedness plan affidavit. The babysitter says he or she she's a close family friend, even related to the
family. Signs it under penalty of perjury. No no parent's signature. No notarization. No witnesses needed. No court order. On Monday, this babysitter holds the kid out from the school, buys tickets at a plane, and goes to another state. And all this was a legal release. Here at Paris here here at our school district, this will never be allowed for any child, even a even if parents are deported because we will need a court
order. Because that scenario, which is a very, most likely this would never occur, but this is this was poorly planned, AB four ninety five. And we will never abide with this. This this was a real not planned out. I don't know what these people are thinking. So, I will vote the right way what parents really want. So thank you. Thank you, Chris. I'm glad you brought up the scenario, but unfortunately scenarios are real life and they
were real concerns. And Sacramento unfortunately did not listen to the concerns of attorneys, parents, and people who were, sending letters on behalf of the loopholes that four ninety five had left open. And unfortunately, it did leave our kids at risk. We saw that. We saw the writing on the wall. No one is preventing, proper release of a student, we're just not going to hand the kids over to anybody. Because we did call this the predator's dream bill, the kidnapping dream bill.
And unfortunately, it allows people to take other people's kids with just a signed document that no court has to authorize, there's no notary, and that is reckless. That is completely reckless. Look, we are doing and being proactive to allow parents to choose who they would want to release their child to. Every parent in our district puts their emergency contacts in there. And if they come with an affidavit and it's verified by the parents, then great. Get it signed, get it notarized, have the court order it, whatever it may be, but we're not just gonna let it go because someone signs a piece of paper.
Again, that would be reckless of us. And we're not going to put kids in risk if we see that they're at risk. That's insane. So we are coming up with proactive measures for the next school year, but in the meantime, we are making sure that our kids are safe here. And again, there is emergency contact. So why would a parent put emergency contact if they're not going to be able to take that child in the event of emergency? We as parents identify, again, who we trust to take our children. Sacramento, I thought it was really, really concerning that they said if districts want to
put safeguards, they may. Like, what the hell is that? If they want to put safeguards? Like, why did they just put that into law when everybody was screaming about the loopholes that allow kids to be pretty much kidnapped and trafficked after that. So apparently they don't care, but we do, and we're gonna continue to care, and we're gonna continue to double down when they double down on putting our kids at risk. So that's why I brought this forward. I'm glad that our staff is is already being proactive and working on things to make sure our kids are safe. So again, I just wanna put clarification out there that this is just safeguards put
in place to make sure every child is safe. And Mr. Ngo, I see now that you wanna make a comment. I'll key you in. Go ahead. Yes. Each of our 23,000 students is our children. We must keep them safe, and it is our duty to protect them. I love our pets. I mean, people do. But these are human beings and our children. We cannot have strangers take away our children without a parental permission, period.
We must stand for the truth, and family cannot be broken. We must do everything to revisit this poorly written for prop four ninety five. Meanwhile, we must pass this resolution and policy to protect our kids. It's just a common sense. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Nha. Seeing that there's no other comments, oh.
That's me. Are you there? Okay. Okay. Seeing that there's no other comments, I will go ahead and ask the board members to please register your vote. And in the meantime, preferential. Thank you. Awesome. And the motion passes with a vote of five to zero with preferential voting yes. Okay. The next item is item two b one, public notice and hearing regarding the associated Chino teachers initial bargaining proposal to the Chino Valley Unified School District for a re opener to the collective bargaining agreement effective 07/01/2026.
It recommends that the Board of Education give public notice and conduct a public hearing regarding the associated Chino Teachers initial bargaining proposal to the Chino Valley Unified School District for a reopener to collective bargaining agreement effective 07/01/2026. Speakers? Thank you. I now close the public hearing at 07:20PM. That concludes action items. Moving on to consent, Board members, if you have an item to pull, please indicate on your monitor. Mister Smith? Like bowl3.c.one, page three six twenty five twenty six dash eleven. 11? 11. Thank you, mister Smith.
For the remainder of the consent items, may I have a motion, please? Thank you, mister Naugh. And a second, please? Thank you, mister Cervantes. Board members, please register your vote. Preferential. Thank you. And the motion passes with a vote of five to zero. And now we'll go back to item 3C1, item 20 five-twenty six-eleven. And can I have a motion please? Thank you, Mr. Smith. And a second, Mr. Ngoc. Board members, please register your vote. Thank you. And the motion Oh, preferential?
No, we don't have to do it for preferential. The motion passes with a vote of four to one with mister Smith voting. And we're now on to information items. Are there any comments or questions, board members? Seeing that there is none, we're now on to board communications. Board member communications, mister Smith. Do you mind Ken? I'd actually like to start where we started this with the the staff report. It was pretty interesting. The focus on the the data that was presented.
And the focus was on essential standards, which was nice. That's what we want. We want essential standards in our schools. We get accused of, you know, politics and trying to push some agendas on our kids' behalf. Who who's doing this? Who's doing the agenda on our kids? We want the essential standards. Do we really want to have, like if you you think about the flag, they call it we we get all this hyperbolic statements being made like flag bans and
book bans and things like that. When really, if you look at what these things represent, these things represent a political, and not just political, I mean, if you look at the algorithm, or not at the, acronym Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, plus. And the plus means a whole host of other things. All these things are centered around, well, sexuality, really. So, when we're being the ones that are accused of pushing some sort of agenda,
who's the one, if you were to step outside and try to look at this objectively, who are the ones pushing an agenda? When you hear things like, inclusivity, is that is that really what you're asking? Because we are inclusive to all students. All students are welcome and safe in our schools, and we really honestly deep down believe that. We don't think that specific groups or students need to have, you know, specific special privileges called out. So what they're asking is not necessarily in necessarily inclusivity, but exclusivity.
They want exclusivity for specific groups that many times infringe on the rights of other groups. So if you just try to step outside and look at what side is pushing an agenda and what side really wants, you know, the essential standards. That's what we want. We want essential standards. We want safe schools for all of our students. All students are included. No one needs to be specifically labeled or called out. All of our students are treated equally. So with that, I was able to attend some awesome events.
As Phoenix pointed out, Chino Hills High football is doing fantastic. I've personally witnessed a couple games. The game against Mira Coast was, amazing. We had, Azari Warren ran back two kickoffs. There was only one punt the entire game. Just amazing. The game against Upland that went into overtime, fantastic. So tomorrow night, Chino Hills High, 07:00. Playoff game, it's, it's gonna be against Pacifica. It's 12:00. So, we gotta dig deep and show support for our kids.
I was able to attend the Harmony in the Hills and and really witness, a fantastic amount of work that's being put into our music and color guard programs. Thank you, Doctor. B, for, hosting both the Harmony in the Hills and the District Showcase that went on last night. These kids pour their hearts into these programs. It's amazing. The staff is amazing how much work they put into this. You know, I I have skin in the game. I have a child that's in this. So I'm there often, and I see the amount of dedication that is, really poured
into these programs, and it's fantastic. So please feel free to show up to these events. There's another one. Where did I go? One of my one of my favorite people, missus Rutherford. So she does the, both the choir at Cheetah Wells High and Townsend. She runs back and forth with just an amazing, hardworking woman. You could see, when she puts on these events at the end of the day that she's been just working to the bone all day long. Just an amazing person. There is an event coming up on December at Chino Hills High School between 05:30
and, 05:45PM. Please go support the kids and our amazing staff. Also, I was able to attend the parks and recreation meeting, and they shared a fantastic app. So, please feel free to go download the Chino Hills app. It'll show you where all of our amazing parks are, and it will show you the trails, and you'll be able to, take a nice walk, take a dog, everything like that. This is what we'd like to get to. Right? This is the discussions that we'd like to have. Essential standards and where we get to to share the great things that our students
and staff are are doing. So thank you very much and thank happy Thanksgiving everyone. Thank you. Thank you, mister Smith. And mister Nong. Do you wanna press the button? Thank you. Yeah. I would like to thank, especially our teachers and students. It used to be, when we talk about school districts, it used to be a Irvine Unified School District in Orange County that were very well known. But nowadays, many are talking about General Valley Unified just because of our teachers, awesome
teachers and awesome students in the district. So thank you. Thank you. And also, I think Sonia Shaw used to thank our some of our audiences, whose kid mentioned your name because your name is getting out there, even in Orange County. So I think through, this meeting, people are watching the meetings. And as times went by, your name's gotten more known because your name's being more
mentioned. So thank you for everyone for attending our meeting here and having concerns over our education. And, also, I'd like to thank, our news board member, mister Sean Smith. Not only he's a great parent who has a child in Chino Hills High School, which I have found out today, but he's visiting many schools and learning quickly of our school district, about our teachers, and about our staff members and students.
So what an awesome asset that that just came out nowhere for for our school district. So thank you, mister Smith. Just really proud of you. In such a short time, you've been working very, very hard to serve our students. Thank you. Also, I got this letter from ACT and CSA. It talks about Thanksgiving and food and Pulley Drive. Yes. Thanksgiving is coming quick, in a week.
We need to find a people to thank for. Yes. It could be your parents. It could be your teachers. And also, yes, it could be your own children. But let's really thank them from our heart because the today will never come back. Today will never come back. So when we thank somebody, we need to do it today. And just being in school district, you know, same school district for all these years,
like mister l Bennett that was about to move on to another place. Place. We have so many wonderful people who have served and will serve our students in daily basis throughout good times and and sometimes not at good times. But we need to find somebody that that we can thank for, who have touched our lives and touched our young souls.
And I'd like to ask lastly, doctor Enfield. We had a teacher from Chino High School about resurrecting, Saturday schools for some of the problem childrens and see if if that will be, possible throughout, through our staffs and meetings. And that would be my comment for tonight. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Thank you. Thank you, mister Nang. Mister Cruz?
Wait. Wait. Push it. Hold on. Here you go. On 02/01/2025, we have the five k Russ for Run. So that's a that's a great event. And I'll just say this, you know, my mother was was sponsored to this to come to this country. And my dad and my and his brothers, they were veterans of of this great country. I am American first, putting the interest of of The United States, our children. That is my priority. So, thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Cruz. Mister Cervantes? Hey. Good, good evening, everybody. Thank you all for being here. And, again, like always, appreciate your comments. And, doctor Freeh, great report today. Just getting that information. That's why we're here. You know, we, we definitely wanna set the tone on how our education should go. We wanna be the best in education. We wanna prioritize reading, writing, math, the basics, and, of course, the trades and all those kind of things, you know. And, being the best or striving to be the best does come with some consequences,
you know. And then, unfortunately, you know what, when you stand up for righteousness and you do what's right, sometimes you're gonna get push back. Well, guess what? Last I checked, none of us took care of our calories, and we're not afraid of push back and lawsuits. Unfortunately, they happen. But let me tell you what, making the right decision, we don't go, oh, man. What should we do here? We might get sued. Should we not do the right thing? I don't think so. That doesn't happen. It's pretty simple. Can two people take a walk together? Can two two people walk together and not agree on the direction?
I don't think so. You'd be going in circles. That doesn't happen up here. We don't have to sit here and wonder what we're gonna do. We know what the right thing to do is, and we just do it. And if that gets pushed back, it gets pushed back. None of us are gonna ever change that. That's a fact. So we appreciate it. Matter of fact, your right to come up here and disagree and say what you want, I'll fight to defend that every single day. But I guess what? It goes both ways. So we get a right to say and do what we're gonna do, what's right. And sometimes that's gonna get pushed back like I said.
But that's okay. That's that's how this works. But we're not gonna come up here and and, say anything negative. You know what? I appreciate your feedback. But you know what? And I'm thankful for it. Matter of fact, let's talk about that a little bit. Coming up on Thanksgiving week, I think I'd be remiss not to talk about all the great things that I'm thankful for and grateful for. Matter of fact, we talked about all the work we have to do. Like, there's a lot of things to do. We don't have to do anything we can to do these things. We have death in our lungs and we have the ability by God's grace to
be able to stand for righteousness, to do what's right, to stand up for our parents and our students. That's what we're called to do, and it's an honor and privilege to do it. And I'm thankful for the support. Talk to so many constituents all the time. And teachers even we're we're told that teachers don't support some of the things we do. I've yet to hear that, honestly, one on one. I get emails. I get calls. I talk to people all the time because I'm constantly out and about in our community. I've been part of this community for thirty five plus years.
So it's an honor to be able to do that. I'm thankful. I'm grateful for those things. I'm grateful. I'm thankful for my family. For all of you out here, our wonderful superintendent cabinet and this board that I get to serve with, I really appreciate it, and I wanna wish you guys the very best. And take some time to reflect on all the things that you're thankful for because you'll find out if you write a little list, you'll see that there's so many things that you're thankful and grateful for that you actually may complain about. And you'll see that, you know what, that stuff is nothing compared to what you're
blessed with. So thank you so much. Thank you, mister Cervantes. Doctor Anfel? Mr. Cervantes, I'm gonna jump on your theme here. As we move into Thanksgiving, as the superintendent of the district, I'm extremely thankful, for all the support staff that we have in this district, and the work that they do across our district. I mean, just looking here tonight, we've got a number of our security guards, our classified staff here. In the back, we have our technology people who make all of this run up here. But that's just a small sample of what goes on every day across our district.
And so the staff across our district is absolutely wonderful, and it makes it a great district. Tonight, we had a presentation on our scores of our essential standards. That's one thing as a superintendent, that's one of my goals. High academics. Is it where I want it to be? Absolutely not. I'm always pushing the staff, my staff being my cabinet, we gotta get better, we gotta get better. But again, when you look at this, this is the hardest thing to do in education is raising instructions and raising test scores, and we do that through the essential
standards. 1965 Title I was started to close the gap in underperforming students. And the gap has gotten wider. The gap has gotten wider. Sixty years later, it's still wider than it was sixty years ago. And, but when you look at our district, we're doing that. In today's presentation, if you look at our scores, they can continue to go up. Our scores are continuing to go up and it tells you our teachers are doing a phenomenal job across this district. The work that they do and the commitment that they do to our essential standards
and that work because they want our kids to succeed. And we see that in the work that they do day in and day out across this district. And so that was a testament to the great work that our teachers do here. Great support staff, great teachers, and then when I look at our principals, I'm great not only our principals, our assistant principals, our school administration, they do a phenomenal job. As the superintendent, I wouldn't want any other group of principals in The United States. These people do a phenomenal job leading their schools. And so as a superintendent, I'm extremely proud of that.
I know Oscar, I saw him at a celebration for PBIS, our Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support. Every single school in our district is platinum. That's huge. If you understand the systems work that goes in to make that happen, if it was simple, every district in our county would be there. But we were the only district that had every single school at the platinum level, and that took like a decade of work of doing to get to that, to get to that. And so again, that goes to all the people, counselors that work with their kids,
and all the supports that we have across our district to make the school sites a safe place for our students to come there and, and to, and to learn and be safe there. And again, I'm extremely grateful for the work that we all do collectively across this district to make that happen day in and day out. And so, with that, that's what I'm thankful for going into this holiday. And I'd like to, wish everybody a happy Thanksgiving. Thank you Doctor. Anfield, and I'm glad you pointed those things out. It's really hard in California to move a district and you guys are doing a
pretty awesome job, I I have to say, and I'm very proud of our district, across the board for just pushing through and being relentless at getting the results and giving children, the tools that they need. And, you know, with California's reckless spending on education, it's a $130,000,000,000 a year, and only forty seven percent of our kids can read, write, and do math at grade level. And that's embarrassing, but it also shows that there's a lot of money and we don't don't know where it's going. And unfortunately, yeah, we did have to, you know, make sure that when APs were promoted up to principals or whatever, we had to hold those positions so we didn't
lay off people, especially during the holidays. Unfortunately, all around California, you see tons of people losing their jobs because they're not managing the money correctly, so I appreciate that. But more importantly, I I want to tell you guys thank you for always looking for a way to put those things back in without taking away from something else, and not getting us into grants and things that we don't need to be that are tied into horrible things. I can only say thank you very, very much from the bottom of my heart because I know the plans behind the scenes.
I know what's going on. We meet all the time, we talk pretty much almost daily and I see your guys' heart in it. So thank you for that. I am very grateful, to be here. I I will say there's a couple things I wanna go over. And I think it's perfect because our students are here and, you know, unfortunately, I hear a lot of people with ICE and immigration. I think, if anything, there's activists in the classroom that aren't being teachers by not allowing children to know that they're safe. They know the laws. They know the rules. And how dare you let a kid go falsely under the impression they're gonna be
ripped out of our schools. Doctor Anfield, will you just clarify for everybody once again, because we've done it a thousand times, about ICE coming onto campuses. I mean, if there's can you just put that on record again, please? Yeah. If ICE was to come onto our campus, they, everybody has the right to enter the office of the school site. That's all they can enter is the office of the school site. And at that point, they're not to come onto our campuses unless there was a court order that required us to do that. But, and again, at that point, my administration knows to contact my cabinet, me, whoever
on our cabinet, we'll be down there and we'll work with our attorneys to ensure that that they have a legal right to enter our campus. And we've gone over that with our administrators multiple times. They understand that process, and so if that was to happen, that's what would happen. But again, they probably don't have a search for them, so if they did come in, they would be in the office and then they would be escorted to the lead at some point. So that's my point. We've put that on record plenty of times. To our good teachers, please continue to allow the kids to know that they're safe
on our campuses. We do everything possible. And also, don't allow them to demonize ICE agents. That is horrible. Those people are putting themselves on the front line to make sure that we're safe. It's just absolutely horrendous that someone's mom, dad, grandma, grandpa that are putting their life at risk. I mean, unfortunately, California and lawmakers created this chaos. They keep creating chaos. They keep telling you they're creating chaos. You need to go bark up their tree. I've been to Sacramento plenty of times for the last six years. It's quite embarrassing, the legislators and the narrative that they're pushing.
And we're all the ones standing to protect everybody left at city councils and school boards, and and, you know, our legislators are doing an awful job. I'm sorry. The majority of California legislators should be held criminally responsible for the crap they're doing. I literally saw, Bonta and Thurman defy a federal judge's orders on Monday. I mean, this is what is leading our state under Newsom's guidance. It's absolutely mind blowing. You know, CTA sent us another bullying letter. I know I heard a parent talk about frivolous, money being spent on attorneys.
I wanna tell you, attorneys are spent for a lot of things. It could be special education, it could be this, that, the other. You have to consult with them. Unfortunately, that's the way the business works. I don't like it, but it's the way that it works. We have to be compliant, we have to consult with an attorney. We try not to. I heard somebody say that they want an attorney at our board meeting. That is an absolute waste of taxpayer dollars. Why? How about the people coming to our board meeting, including the union, stop filing frivolous, dumb lawsuits that we have to respond to because they're filing these lawsuits. You guys all have a right to defend yourself. It's quite embarrassing again.
I mean, they literally, I exposed something that was public. I had never taken anything behind the scenes. Public lawsuit. Public things on our, our, what do you call it, club's pages. These are all public things. And if you're bringing drag queens to say something public on a kid's club, sorry, you don't like it? Then don't do it. I'm gonna expose it. That's not a private thing. And if it was private, it needs to come out in the public anyways because that needs to come out in the light. So CTA's letter was, I think, hilarious.
And it's just another bowling tactic to probably set up another frivolous lawsuit. I have it in my hand as three pages. And let's just put it in perspective because some of it says I don't know if you guys know how this works. We definitely don't have this attitude. We're a team up here. But the soup the superintendent reports to the board. So ultimately, the board is the superintendent's boss and then the superintendent is the boss of the district. Right? Okay. According to their letter, they want him to go back and and apologize for what his boss did and put that on record.
Is that what we teach our kids in the classroom? Hey, Nicole, go apologize for what Jenny did, to James. I mean, come on, the logic in this letter is absolutely ridiculous. And if you don't like me exposing what you do to our children, then don't do it. Plain and simple. So again, another Nancy Pelosi but on the right, that's what I think about your letter. And I'm pissed we have to have a lawyer respond. But let's just say the last time we respond is going to be with that and it's pretty much ripping it up and saying go have fun somewhere where it's not here.
Right? Back to Smarter Balanced, I again wanna point out that's exactly where we should be. But unfortunately, the Department of Ed and Newsom and the legislators are wasting millions and millions and millions of dollars. I mean I do PRAs, you know what that is? Public records request? You guys, there's a lot of people that do that in our district that cost a lot of money for us to respond because they're looking for nefarious things on me. Just go to my social media, I post everything there. You don't even need to do that and waste our staff's time. It's already all there. So, everything that I put out is public. That's just a public disclaimer.
I'm gonna go ahead and do, I wouldn't call it a slideshow because they're screenshots. But on Monday I attended federal court, two amazing, brave teachers, in which they refused to hide a kid's, I don't use the word gender, identity to their parents. They refuse to hide that. And of course their district, you know, wanted to reprimand them. We don't do that here. We believe in clarity, we believe parents have a right. Fourteenth amendment is one of the longest standing rights, and parents have a right to
know what's going on with their children. Any adult hiding something from a parent should be held legally responsible. But I sat there in court, and my hope in what should always be an honourable judge was restored because I heard Judge Benitez literally rip, Bonta and Thurman, loathe their reps, because Bonta and Thurman refused to be there even though the judge ordered them to be there. They just thought, you know what? They will just send what these, the deputy attorney identified himself as a bottom feeder.
Your taxpayer dollars are being sent to go represent our state in court as a bottom feeder, their words. I mean, let's put that into perspective. I was the whistleblower that gave the documents showing the state is lying to the court by saying they're not pushing, secret policies into, the districts. You all know, three years ago, four years ago, and I remember because we're still being sued by the union for a parental notification policy. Mind you, we already went through a very long lengthy battle with the state on that, and thank God we had a pro bono attorney on that one.
But again, I saw in Prism, that's a tax You guys are funding that. It's a mandatory training that they're requiring our teachers to take now. And it's pushing the LGBTQ plus gender ideologies into the classroom and teaching teachers how to keep secrets. That is the truth. They pretty much are Sanctions in court for that. If we can start with my first screenshot, I don't call it a slide because then I would get an f. Because kids make a lot better slides.
The first one was taxpayer funded activism. Because that's what I'm gonna show you, taxpayer funded activism. That's what's going on here in California. The next slide shows you the PRISM Advisory Committee. Now, every single special interest group on this has nothing to do with the smarter balance, has nothing to do with driving kids in the correct way. You have Trevor's Project, which we all know if you go on to their little chats, there is some disgusting chats in there that even have like, chats talking about being attracted and thinking that you're younger than you are and you're attracted to people.
I mean, just horrible, gross things that I don't think any child should have access to. But remember, the legislators just legislated Trevor's project and now has to be given on access to the back of the student's cards. I mean, that's what they're wasting your money with. But look at all these things. PTA, guys. I keep saying PTA. I've seen them in court testifying against parents and wanting to put things that do not belong in schools in schools. Change your schools if your parents involved in the PTA to the PTOs because then your money, a big part of your money will not go towards activism against you,
a parent. Los Angeles County of Ed. I mean, just look at all these. Take a screenshot because these are all the organizations attacking parents' rights and trying to push things that have nothing to do with education in the classroom. Next slide just shows directly from PRISM's, training. They're just so proud to, you know, directly from Prism's, training. They're just so proud to, you know, expose all the I'm I don't I don't say that they are this, but just go look up the definition of groomer and if they fit it, they fit it. The shoe fits, right? Next slide. Okay. If you were to zoom in and I will explain, all those organizations took a paycheck over and over and over with your money to create this training.
Instead of training teachers giving them all the tools to make sure our maths, scores are going up, our reading, making sure we have this, that, the other. No! They're paying all these special interest organizations money to develop this crazy required training for our amazing teachers who, I can guarantee, at least eighty-ninety percent of them will not and would not want to take this. And thank God we allow religious exemptions in ours and we did not adopt this training. We did our own. And it was very clearly not associated with any of this.
We met the letter of the law because I don't wanna get another lawsuit but, we had disclaimers and everything. The next one, if I could play a video, you guys can all go. It's online. It's back online. Mind you, when I when I was in court, because they knew that, you know, I blew the whistle. They gave them all the information. Prism, I don't know, for at least a few days was taken offline and the court, the judge, Judge Benitez literally asked Vonta's and Thurman's reps, did you take it offline because you are hiding evidence from the judge and the court?
And honestly, they were stuttering so bad, I don't even know what was going on. But Tony Thurman, that's your state superintendent, he came to our meeting. He's proud of this. This is one of the things he leads. Instead of actually again, helping districts get kids the tools, teachers the tools to help your kids with education, or even more importantly, giving the tools for things like, you know, ROP, technical career. I sit on the commission for that. It's absolutely embarrassing that our superintendent for that is four districts total. I call it breadcrumbs again. She tries to look for breadcrumbs bread crumbs to fund a program that is amazing
for kids. We just had a kid, a student. He's not even he's a young adult now. Three years into a four year program, he was certificated to work as a part like in the farm pharmacy. Right? He was certificated to help and assist in there. His own professors were asking, how did you get this and where did you get this? And he said, my school district paid for it. Right? Through Baldi View. I mean, that was amazing to hear. He's going to a four year UC Irvine to become a pharmacist, and he's licensed and didn't pay a dime for that.
He was working, and guess what? CVS is right across the street from UC Irvine. So he literally is making money while he's going to school, and we helped give him those tools. That's what we should be funding. Right? Not millions of dollars into this freaking indoctrination training. Let's go to the next slide. This is just the beginning of their course. I mean, look at it, it's colorful. I do like the colors. The rainbow is God's promise, so I still love the rainbow. Next slide. Invoices. I wanna show you just a couple of invoices. A lot of invoices. A lot of county board of educations in California, a few of them actually, took
some money for this. And they're continuing to take money to make sure that Prism is held up online. I mean, this is just one invoice. Look at the money. Dollars 234,000 and some change? Imagine, I just heard, a parent talk about all the APs. Yeah. Guess what? I would not like to respond to frivolous lawsuits and lose that money for those things, right, as a board member. But then again, 234,000 and that's just one invoice. There's multiple. I did a public record request. There's thousands of pages if anybody wants to go through them of invoices that were spent on this ridiculous training that will last for the next four years.
And continuously, they'll continue to pour millions of dollars into this. Right? So there you go. Whoever's in San Joaquin County, I mean, hey look, your district should be focusing on getting your test scores up because I looked at the county test scores and that's an embarrassing thing. Let's go to the next one. That's just another invoice showing all these special interest groups again, collecting money on another invoice. Let's go to the next one. This is the best part. Ongoing full time staff for prison. Not to make sure your kids are excelling in reading, writing and math, but for
this. They have full time staff. You talk about top heavy, top heavy, and the California Department of Ed, there's proof. What what is what is going on? I mean, I don't know, as a soccer mom I'm looking at this and I'm getting really pissed off. Next one. Just more. More documents showing certificated, non certificated staff, their benefits, You know, all while we're trying to do our best, make sure every single time it comes up we're getting teachers and staff the most we can give without breaking the bank, and they're just spending
your taxpayer dollars frivolously on this prism. And I'm not talking about a thousand, 200,000, I'm talking about millions and millions of dollars. Let's go to the next one. This is one of the full time staff members, Miss Tanya Moore. So, yeah, she gets a full time job on your tax dollars. Well, your kids are failing at reading, writing, and math. Look, I wouldn't care if she was the one leading the charge on what we're doing in our district to get the numbers going up and make sure kids get to where they need. Let's go to the next one.
This just shows. Oh, look at that. They were gonna pay her a little bit less, but then decided a little bit more and then I'm sure it went up because of inflation, because every year they get a good raise. So she's getting paid well over, if you add on all the benefits and everything, well over $150,000 to do this training. A year. Continuously right now. Yeah. On your dime. Let's go to the next one. Again, just showing telephone. Let's go to books and other references. One invoice just from 2022 to 2023.
Not even a year, it was like from October to June. I mean, common math would only say that's just a few months. But like, let's look at this. Dollars 25,000? Wouldn't that be cool if we had a program in school sites for $25,000 Oh look at mileage. I mean, when you guys drive somewhere, you're not getting paid if you're working all the time for mileage that they do. They compensate everything. So that 143 is way up because there's so many different perks that they get. Let's go to the next one. This one's my favorite.
This is the one that kinda got me in trouble too because they were pissed off. I was exposing that our taxpayer dollars sent reps to go to PrideFest under education. This is their documents. Everything is their documents. Nothing of this is mine, nothing is made up, except for one screenshot and I will tell you which one that was and it was just posting the Federal Government thing. But again, PrideFest down Luisa Bizpo, we went through this last time, but I wanna just show you again, because this is just one time, one invoice, dollars 18,000 just on PrideFest to send people on your taxpayer dollars to PrideFest under the umbrella of
education. Make that make sense? What is the inflection point that we say no? I'm glad Cervantes pointed it out. If we have to have a lawsuit, because we do not keep secrets here, and if we do those people are in trouble, and we do not push ideologies into the classroom. Look, every classroom is safe, and if it's not, let us know and we will correct it. Right? You don't need a sign telling a kid that they're safe. If you need that, then there's something wrong with you. And you shouldn't be a teacher. Every classroom's safe. Let's go to the next one. Let's talk about what prison really is, in my opinion.
My opinion. I better say that because there's another lawsuit. Sorry about your unfold. Mandatory teacher training program by the CDE pushes gender ideology into the classroom. They teach you how to push it into every single subject. I mean, it's in there. Go take Well, you can't take it, that's right, because they hide it from you. But I got the login and I definitely took it and it was definitely horrible. Keeps parents in the dark. Millions in your taxpayer dollars and counting. Full time staff dedicated it, not focused on reading and writing math, that's for darn sure. Let's go to the next one.
This just kinda shows a post that I did, and this one is my only one that isn't really from them except the titles on these screenshots. Breaking news, you know, tonight from our and this was Thomas More Society. Thank Thomas More Society for fighting the good fight to protect teachers and parents' rights. That's what they were doing. Two teachers refused. Our teachers, they don't get in trouble if they tell. Unfortunately, we can't require a notification if your child does that, but we did find a way to still notify you, by the way. But most districts in California are told by the CDE not to tell you and the parent if your kid identifies as the opposite sex.
Now, I will tell you, the judge went over and over about social transition, this that the other, taking the parents rights away to get the help that they need for their child, or maybe not get the help, whatever the parent decides, it should be up to the parent. And the school should have nothing to do with this, and he was going on to ask you guys. Vonta said eighty six percent of these kids face suicide risks. But yet you, I said this before, but yet you decide you're not gonna tell the parent of a kid that you're identifying as high on the suicide, you know,
spectrum? And you're not gonna tell their parent? What the heck are you doing? You're literally putting these kids at risk. Let's go to the next slide, because that was funny for a few days up until today, Prism was off online because they were hiding things. They were trying to take out links. But let's go to the next one because this is the one that got them in big trouble. And, they're facing sanctions. And I've been I really hope that they get it although, you know, they have immunity to everything. This was something they were telling every district a model policy on transgender and gender non conforming students.
Go to the next slide please. It literally says, right here, No, this is a bad printing job. Anyways, it goes on to say if, and I can give you the link in the third paragraph right above the yellow on the bottom that you can only tell the parents that the child says so. They're telling districts that. And then they said, no we don't have that. And then they took it offline to go take that down. Right? But we had more screenshots even from their own training, not the links that they asked for. Now the next one is the one that I literally almost vomited.
Go to the Yeah, that one right there. So, okay, they talk about the use of pronouns and names in classrooms. Of course they want you to, confirm whatever identity the child may think they are. But more importantly, let's just read this to the right above that little blue continue button. Because this is where I think should piss off every freaking person in California and The United States. They're going after kids with special needs. After class, an eighth grade special education student requests to be called Thomas, Thomas, and use theythem pronouns, which differs from the name on the roster.
And then of course their recommendation is to affirm that. That. Don't tell the parents. There's a kid with special needs and now you're telling teachers to affirm that. And then you show them that go to the back to the previous page, a policy that says you do not tell that parent unless the child says it's okay. This should be criminal. Nobody should be okay with this. And if you are, get the hell out of education. I am serious. Because God willing, I will keep it at more and more people are gonna do the right thing and not allow this on our watch anymore.
This is bad. Go to the next slide. Now you tell me when teachers are struggling in classrooms, I hear it, they're kicked, bite, bitten, this, that, the other, we know that because California doesn't even allow the correct discipline. You're talking about Saturday school, heck yeah! How about picking up the trash like we used to? But guess what? California lawmakers made a lot of that illegal, right? Am I not right? I love the idea. But we have to think about it. Do we really want a lawsuit? Maybe? Okay, we'll make students do that. I don't know. We're already on the dashboard for holding kids accountable when they do the bad things because we don't want them to go through and and be adults doing even worse
things without even understanding there's discipline attached to it. Right? But, hey, why not? Why not train teachers on kids' sexual, sexuality? I mean that's appropriate, right? Gender identity, sex assigned at birth, telling them what that is. Like what the heck? Is this for reals? Millions of dollars on this drunk, this garbage, this literally garbage. Look at the next one. Telling teachers what queer means. Queer means weird, and now you're trying to make it good? Why are you telling a kid they're weird? They're beautiful! They were born in the right body! Boys are boys, girls are girls, God made them beautiful!
You're telling them they're queer and you're pretending like that's good? Why are you telling them they're weird? And then labeling it as a good thing? What the heck is going on again? Go to the next one. I mean look at this crap, it's all propaganda crap. Go to the next one. Why the heck does a freaking teacher need to know about aeronamantic, bigender, asexual, pansexual, gender fluid, agender, intersexual, two spirit, damn asexual, non binary, like what the hell? This is on their training! And they give you definitions, and they want you to know this!
Teachers need help and assistance, and thank you for giving them the right help and assistance, and not this garbage. Literally, go to the last one. Like, why should an adult other than the parent ever teach anything other than sexual? And if it is sexual, a parent better say it's okay with our sex ed or whatever it may be, or telling girls how their periods are and puberty and this and that. But everything else? Garbage. Patricia, where is the freaking trash? Let's throw this in the garbage. Let's keep fighting it. Let's make sure it doesn't come to our district.
And don't worry, I'll work on pro bono attorneys for that one too. But man, did we really come to a world where kids are failing at reading, writing and math? And we're focused on sexual things for children and pushing them in the classroom? I think if people are okay with that, you wash your ways. And I didn't sign up for that and I definitely don't want my taxpayer dollars putting that and I don't want the people up here if they agree with that here. That's why these people are here. Because I used to be right there and I said heck no, you didn't give us a seat at the table and now we're gonna take the whole damn table
and do the right thing. And if it causes us lawsuits, so be it. Because at the end of the day, our kids are excelling. Stanford even put us as a recovery model since COVID. We are getting award after award because we're doing the right thing and yes, it's hard. And yes, we do have problems just like any family, but we are united. We are on the front lines. And if anybody comes after them or any great teacher in the classroom, I will be the first one to stand in front them. We had two brave teachers just last week, then I am asking for them, him to, make sure that they come to the next board meeting.
Two brave coaches, sorry, assistant coaches. Because our girls were displaced by a boy in cross country. Again, I submitted a Title Nine complaint for them. This is absolutely reckless, disgusting, horrible. You're erasing the rights of these girls. This is insane. And poor boy. One day he's gonna wake up painfully and realize he hurt people and it was wrong because we spoke up and told him in love. Love is truth and if you don't like it, oh well, I don't care. If my kid does something wrong and they don't like it, I'm gonna tell them the truth, set them on the correct path, and hopefully one day they become a
productive adult raising kids that become productive adults in this freaking beautiful state and this beautiful nation for everybody who fought for us. We we, you know, each attended certain different veterans things. Thank you veterans. Thank you law enforcement. Thank you security. Thank you to our district, I am very grateful for our district. I am grateful for the people in here doing the right thing. I am grateful for the parents that we have to ensure they're voting people in to do the right thing. We are the majority. We are the common sense. We are the fighters. And we are the ones that are gonna go out on the stretcher if that's
the only way that they find to take us out. Because I'm not going anywhere until God puts me in another position, maybe, or they put me on a stretcher because, you know, x y z. And yes, it is very real. Death threats are very real. Getting approached at the grocery store with a man in my face, if you're raising a young man to come into a woman's face and not their official capacity as a board member, and they think that's okay, then we did a bad job. Men should never be aggressively approaching women. But that's what happens. This is the truth. People follow people. But again, we are gonna continue to do the right thing.
We're gonna continue to listen to the problems, try to address them, give the tools and resources, not spend millions of dollars on this garbage. I am proud of you. I am grateful for you. And I am going to end this board of education meeting tonight. First Thessalonians five eighteen. Give thanks in all circumstances for this is the goal will for you in Christ Jesus. And with that that said, at 08:08PM, I adjourn this board of education meeting.