I now reconvene the regular meeting of the Board of Education at 06:01PM with Cervantes, Cruz, Naugh, Smith and Shaw present. Before we begin, please silence all electronic devices and note that these proceedings are being recorded. Patricia? The board met in closed session from 04:30PM to 05:30, 6PM, regarding conference with legal counsel anticipated litigation for possible cases, conference with legal counsel existing litigation, three cases, student discipline matters as student readmission, conference with labor negotiators, ACT and CSEA negotiations, public employee
appointments, elementary school assistant principals, and high school assistant principals, public employee discipline dismissal release, and public employee performance evaluation superintendent. Pursuant to education code four four nine two nine point two one by a vote of five zero with Cervantes, Cruz, and Smith and Shaw voting yes, authorize the superintendent or his designee to issue a notice of non reelection to certificated employees identified by employee numbers three zero one three seven eight nine one six, two nine five three
eight, three zero two eight two, two nine seven four five, two nine two one eight, and 21 29218. And by a vote of five zero with Cervantes, Cruz, Naugh, Smith, and Sean voting yes, appointed Patricia Aloff as assistant principal at Hidden Trails Elementary School, effective date to be determined, appointed Vanessa Magani as assistant principal at Anna Barbara Elementary School, effective date to be determined, appointed Joshua Richards as assistant principal at Atalla High School effective date
to be determined, and appointed Demetra Christine as assistant principal at Oyalla High School effective date to be determined no further action was taken, which requires public disclosure. Thank you, Patricia. Sorry. I thought someone was speaking. Mister Smith, can you please lead us in the pledge of allegiance? Thank you. The scheduled presentation from Doctor. Shelley Adams on Baldy View ROP career technical education program has been rescheduled to the March 19 meeting. We look forward to learning more about the vital role CTE plays in the student success when she joins us next month.
And now we're on to item 1D. That is the staff's report regarding the LCAP. Good evening President Shaw, members of the board, Superintendent Enfield, cabinet and community. Our report to the board this evening is on the local control and accountability plan, also known as the LCAP. This report offers a midyear snapshot of the available data alongside our expenditures and the implementation level of actions outlined in our current LCAP. As a reminder, our existing LCAP consists of four overarching goals designed to address the
eight state priorities. Tonight we will only report mid year progress on goals three and four and their associated metrics, actions, and services as a report for goals one and two occurred at the January meeting. LCAP goal three states that all students are prepared for college and career beyond graduation. The metrics for goal three are reported tonight as met, in progress, or to be determined with a specified time frame of when that will occur. Essential standards assessment participation will be completed and determined in May. Our student achievement scores on the CAASPP in English language arts, math, and science have
increased and we have met our desired outcome. Our English learner reclassification rates and results of the English language proficiency assessment remain steady over the past several years with slight variations and we are in progress with this metric. We continue to see increases on our college and career indicator and we have met our desired outcome. Our students earning a three or higher on advanced placement exams has increased and we have met our desired outcome. Students earning college credit has also increased and we have met our desired outcome.
Presented in a left to right format, the table showcases the key metrics comprising our college and career report. All four metrics for the twenty twenty four-twenty twenty five academic year experienced growth compared to the previous year. For your reference, we've included the county and state results for 20 for the twenty four-twenty five school year. Notably, Chino Valley graduates surpassed both the county and state averages across all measures. There are 19 actions identified that support LCAP goal three.
On this slide you will see the first nine actions. Column one indicates the actions, followed by the budgeted amount, then estimated actuals through mid year, and the last column reflects our implementation level for each action. The last column will show fully implemented or partially implemented. Partially implemented indicates that we are in process and those actions will be completed by the end of the school year. For action six, college nights at junior high and high schools will continue this spring. You will see some actions with a $0 amount that support our high school students
with being prepared for college and career. This means these actions still occur with existing staff within our organization. Actions sixteen and seventeen support our dual language immersion program and biliteracy pathways and the assessment resources needed to determine students multilingual abilities. For action 19, our regional occupation program allows students to increase career readiness. The state requires districts to establish a goal specific for our schools with high transiency
rates and high percentages of socioeconomically disadvantaged students. LCAP goal four supports our students at our continuation high schools Buena Vista and Boys Republic and our community day school Chino Valley Learning Academy. While these schools have unique challenges, there are huge celebrations to acknowledge. The graduation rate at Boys Republic increased by approximately ten percent, CAST scores for English Language Arts at Buena Vista increased by 16.5
points and science by 12.7 points. Although we do not have the results from this year's school quality survey yet, past survey results have indicated that both students and parents are highly engaged and connected with their schools. Our CAASPP results have continued to increase district wide but as this goal is tied to only three schools, we continue to support teachers with professional development to address the unique challenges and learning gaps. There are eight actions identified for LCAP goal four that specifically support Buena Vista, Chino
Valley Learning Academy, and Boys Republic High School. For action two, math professional learning communities. As math is an area of need, math teacher teams have opportunities to collaborate on student learning and receive ongoing professional development. For action six, student connectedness, we have additional staff to support wraparound services for students so they feel connected to their school. For action seven, Buena Vista Infant Toddler Center, we provide resources so all students can
have access to childcare when they are a student and parent. This concludes our update on goal four and concludes our entire mid year update on LCAP goals three and four to the Board of Education this evening. Thank you very much. Board members, would you like any comments, questions? Chris? No. No. Chris. Progress is is awesome. We're going the right direction. Everything that we're doing is very positive. So good job. Thank you. Anybody else? Go ahead. Thanks, Luke. That's, this is fantastic.
Hey. On, the LCAP goal three sixteen and seventeen, you said this was, language immersion. What grade levels is this? We have our Mandarin program that is now up to third grade and our Spanish immersion program now up to second grade. So it will continue to grow every year. Are we planning on, introducing other languages as well? Not at not at this time. We've heard Just the commonly spoken in our community. Yeah. Awesome. Thank you. Awesome. I just wanna point out, I I love the college and career report and I love that you guys are always leading the way, especially compared to the state and
the county. I just it makes me as a parent feel very comfortable and as a board member excited that you guys are headed in the right direction for our kids and I just wanna acknowledge that. So thank you. Seeing that there's nothing else, I think we're good. Thank you. Okay. We're now on to comments from our student representative who, by the way, did an amazing job at our student government day and Chino Hills hosted and he was the host and the MC and you did an awesome job.
So Phoenix, I'll give it to you. Good evening, board president Shaw, members of the board, superintendent Enfield, and distinguished guests. Through our high schools in CVSD, we recently participated in a student government day. There, our seniors had the opportunity to experience leadership positions within our community where they got to work alongside the city of Chino, city of Chino Hills, Chino Valley Unified School District, and the Chino Valley Independent Fire District. Here students were able to experience government at the local level and see how they serve our community. At Ayala, students sold Valentine's grams.
Additionally, their choir hosted a benefit concert in support of the Children's Hospital of Orange County Foundation. Currently, they are in preparations for their upcoming Zootopia rally. At Chino, students were recognized for their accomplishments through their student of the month awards and perfect attendance recognition. They also held their cowboy chorale where they showcase clubs and programs, held performances and activities to highlight student involvement opportunities on campus. At Don Lugo, they are currently in the process of recruiting for next year's leadership programs. Recently, they held a bring your own mug event for hot chocolate during the cold
weather. And right now, they are looking forward to their upcoming Chino SROs police versus Don Lugo exhibition softball game next week. At Chino Hills, we hosted, the annual student government day on our campus for participants and officials. Additionally, we held our ultimate frisbee competition where we saw strong turnout in student participation. We recently showcased our indoor percussion preview show, and we're currently preparing for a Huskies got talent show and future Husky night to welcome incoming freshmen and introduce them to their programs, academies, clubs, sports, and leadership opportunities on campus.
Thank you. Awesome. Thank you so much, Phoenix. And now we're on to our comments from our employee representatives. We have Steven Frazier from ACT. Hi. Good evening. I wanna start by expressing our appreciation to the board and cabinet for the decision to restore the assistant principals at all sites. Our educators see the difference this decision makes every single day for students, for families, and for the adults who support them. Strong site leadership matters and we're grateful the district recognized this need and acted on it. We also want to acknowledge that this year, again, our educators were not faced with
reductions in force. This kind of stability allows our members to focus on what they do best, teaching and supporting our students. We appreciate cabinet's focus and commitment to keeping our educators in our classrooms. I'd like to invite our communities' families to ACT's parent night, parent involvement night, which will be on March 18 from five to seven at the ACT office. Dinner will be provided, kids are welcome, activities will be there, and, we wanna hear directly from parents about your priorities. See, ACT believes that when we hear your concerns, the ideas that make our school
the best, this is when we can thrive. See, our educators, we don't just work for the community, we're a part of it. And we believe the best decisions are made when parents and educators are at the table together. So we hope to see you there. And finally, I wanna personally thank board member Sean Smith for his responsiveness to our association and for meeting with us regularly. That kind of open communication helps build trust and works, allows us to work collaboratively as issues come up. So thank you, and thank you for your support.
Have a good evening. Thank you. And I don't think we have Danny from CSCA. Do we have another member in his place? No. Okay. Annette Hatch from CHAMP. Do we have her? No? Okay. We're now on to comments from the public on items not on the agenda within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board and items on the agenda. Patricia? 10. 10? Thank you very much. That's three minutes each, right? Mhmm. So each speaker will be given three minutes. Board Bylaw 9,323 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 monitors. Please watch for your name to appear and line up at the designated numbers behind the mic. Once the recording secretary announces the first name, request to speak will no longer be accepted. Additionally, government code five four nine five seven point nine authorizes removal of an individual or a group when a meeting is willfully interrupted and order cannot be restored. Further, penal code four zero three states in part, every person who without authority of
law willfully willfully disturbs or breaks up any lawful assembly or meeting not unlawful in its character is guilty of a misdemeanor. Mister Cruz, can you please explain the public comment guidelines? Speakers, you have up to 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 would 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
the employee. And lastly, speakers may not approach the dais anytime the board is in session. Please give any materials you wish distributed to the board to the recording secretary. Jennifer Uyemura on a non agenda item. Piece. I'm here regarding my daughter, a four point o senior in this district. She's been on the IEP since first grade, which began in Brea, and she's been enrolled here since 2018. She has no disciplinary history, no prior conflicts with teachers, and she graduates in three months. She has been involved in horticulture and FFA for four years, earned her Greenhand award,
participated in leadership in Sacramento, completed ROP certifications for college credit, and completed volunteer service each year since her freshman year. Recently, she was home sick for one week. During that time, she walked into Aeries and emailed her teachers to continue her assignments that doc that documentation exists. Despite the communication, a classroom teacher created a shrine in the classroom, put it up on the board, made flowers, and transposed my daughter's face of her sophomore picture onto the board. And with the photograph was altered with tea lights and students' writings saying that we
will miss you with a dead body outline showing a image of a another person with a neck brace. Basically, it was done as a joke, and that shrine with the tea lights was left up in the classroom for two days. I was never notified. My daughter actually contacted each teacher, and she has no problems with her teachers. Imagine the horror of me being out of town and finding out on Saturday night from another student who actually took a picture. This is all well documented, including the other child that was involved in it with
a teacher saying that it was a joke. It's not a joke. It's not a joke to have your child up there. No one contacted me to verify her safety. No one checked the documented communication showing she was simply sick. No immediate protective, plan was put into place. As a result, my daughter was missed an additional week of school due to the emotional impact. Her schedule was changed, and her attempts were made to alter her classes and disrupting her academic stability despite her having done nothing wrong. During the investigation, despite my request for her no contact and let me back up,
I did walk into the school thinking I would be the one telling them, but they already knew about it. Everybody in the school knew about it on that Friday. I didn't come in, find out, until Saturday night at 9PM. I went to this I'm gonna be careful here. During the investigation, despite my request for a no contact order, she encountered the teacher on campus and froze in our car. She was unable to get out of my car to drop her off. Said teacher made looks at us in our way. She froze, and she put her hand on my leg and said that was her. There's been no written safety plan, no formal update from the district leadership, no outreach
from IEP department, and no therapy services implemented. I believe in the idea that it takes a village to raise a child. As a mother, I am deeply saddened by what has occurred and how it has been handled. I have been a mom fighting with my single mom with two special needs kids. I don't have one. I have two. And without the teachers, I do believe that the time's up, but I'm gonna ask staff to follow-up with you. Camden Miller on a non agenda item. Good evening, miss Shaw and fellow board members. As you heard, I'm Camden Miller, and I'm currently a junior at Don Lugo High
School. This is my third year as a varsity swimmer and my second year as a varsity bar polo player. I'm speaking to you tonight regarding the pool situation at Don Lugo. Usually at this time of night, I would be at practice, but I am missing to speak to you about the importance of Altenewago's pool. As you may know, our pool has been under renovation since last May. The concern tonight is that it's still not open. The aquatics teams were told it would be completed in November, then December, then January, then February, then mid February, and now we're moving on to late February. And the pool is still not open. We keep being told real soon.
I am here tonight to look for the answer when will it be ready? Over the past school year, the Del Negro Aquatics teams have had to find open space and time at the other school sites in the district. The other high school's programs have been very gracious of us, but we want to be able to return home to our campus and use our pool. It has been a challenge for each of our teams. We are very eager to have the upgrades and equipment that I've been seeing at the other schools for years now. Thank you for listening to me tonight. Please help by getting our pool open. And now I head off to drummers and piano practice. Thank you. Samuel Love on a non agenda item.
This past summer, I had the privilege of experiencing a live production of the classic award winning play, A Raisin in the Sun at the 7th Street Theater in Chino. Thank you, Tony Lin, Chino Community Theater director, for your courage and foresight. For those who are unfamiliar with this classic, it's a story written by Lorraine Hansberry about a struggling black family in the nineteen fifties on Chicago's South Side. What brought my theater experience to mind is twofold. First, the board's ongoing entitlement driven ideology, self righteous, and misguided actions to deprive Chino
Valley students the opportunity to learn the true history of this country. And, yes, some of it will be uncomfortable. Growth is an uncomfortable process. Secondly, I witnessed the multicultural and generational audience being entertained and engaged in the storyline and performances. At the end of the performance, there was a rousing standing ovation from this diverse audience. I couldn't help but reflect on how the true history of America's race relations, which have been censored by the board's past and current coercive actions distort the educational truth
while perpetuating white brainwash education. The following is an excerpt from the district's grade 11 history instructional guide. Quote, these standards require students not only to acquire core knowledge in history and social science, but also develop the critical thinking skills that historians and social scientists employ to study the past and its relationship to the present, end quote. The board has aggressively pushed back on the inclusion of the state approved curriculum for
critical race theory by ironically, excuse me, but ironically includes and encourages the development of critical thinking skills as a goal in the history curriculum. That sounds more than a little hypocritical. If the children are in fact our future, then why impede their growth as thoughtful adults? The ignorance you cultivate will, excuse me, will inhibit their development into constructive members of
society. Yes. By depriving our children of the factual knowledge of how this country became what we are, you ensure history will repeat itself and will remain selfish, intolerant, and socially, culturally ignorant. Please do the right thing. Thank you. Amanda Swagger. Good evening, President Schott, Doctor. Enfield, cabinet, board, and everyone here in attendance. Tonight I want to first talk about the events that occurred where over 300 students, approximately 300 students from our high school walk off campus to protest the events going
on with immigration custom and enforcement. I can't support students walking off campus. Students breaking dress code with things like explorative ice and other hateful symbols were there, but I was glad the student did have a voice. The important thing to note is our security staff and our partners at Chino PD did an amazing job taking care of those students. Things can go wrong when students walk off campus. There's cars and there's other things that can happen. And our security teams, part of CSEA, did an amazing job taking care of those
students while they exercised those privileges. While again, I don't support those actions as they're disruptive to the learning environment, The art security team did a tremendous job to handling that rough situation. Second, I wanna speak of two other people who have moved on from our campus to bigger and better or different things. First, miss Mara Ryan, a special education teacher in our department in the science department has moved on to become an assistant principal at Don Lugo. While our friendly rivalry with Don Lugo will stand, I it's amazing for her to
take the leadership role in going to that position and she will be surely missed on our campus as a leader in the Special Education Department. I also wanna speak to Gloria Rodriguez, an amazing secretary that was one of the lifebloods of our front office. A personal friend, Gloria is going on to become part of the human resources staff here at the district. And while I'm not a fan of going to human resources, I will be with her in the office. Second, I want to go ahead and tonight quickly talk about a big hole in
our district. With A G, we are running into a problem where there are so many students who do not belong in chemistry in chemistry in their tenth grade year. I've had more problems since COVID than you can imagine, including students who have failed biology but being placed automatically in chemistry, students with major behavioral issues causing disruptions in my class, etcetera. We need a placeholder for those students in their tenth grade year so they can mature, grow, and pass biology. That is Earth science.
While many people won't come up to this microphone and say we need Earth Science, it's an a through g accredited course. It may not meet the graduation requirements, but it's something that needs to come back. I can't have students disrupting my class who have no business being in science in my class their tenth grade year. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Laurie Ciccarelli. As we have seen in previous years, the district is capable of honoring culture and ancestry of minority people groups, either through performances in this room or lesson plans and activities on the school sites and in the classroom.
However, since that doesn't include Black History Month, it would be my pleasure to do so right now. Officer Mason, thank you for being one of the only, if not the only, police officer I can trust implicitly and completely. Your strength of character and courage of your convictions has not gone unnoticed. And if you're a parent and have the honor to have him on your school site as an SRO or interact with him in the community, just know that you are safer for him being there. To mister Don in the back of this room and mister Wylie standing to my
right, thank you for treating everyone in this room with the same dignity and respect, whether you agree with them, what they say, or not. Given what you hear in this room week after week, I just wanted to honor you for that because I know it's not easy. To miss Brenda Walker, you went through hell while you were here, but still went to war for your teachers and their students. Regardless of whether they thank you or not, I want to know that I want you to know that I do. To mister Leonard that never got the board sent off that you deserve, just know that d'Alouba alumni like myself and my siblings consider it an honor that you were
there when we were. To mrs. Plummer, shout out class of 2002, thank you for taking the race based terror I went through seriously and for doing so for way more than just your black students. To the black parents, as much as I wanna say to you, I will just say this. All four high schools now have active black student unions. If you are on a campus where you feel unrepresented, tap into them. If your student is in a k 12 k through eight school and you don't have one, ask those sites if they can direct you to any resources that you
can share with your young person. And to the black students in this district, I will just say this, always remember that no matter what anyone tells you, to be black is an honor. Because as you've seen tonight, you indeed stand on the shoulders of greatness. Thank you. Thank you. Kiara Tello? Good evening, president, members of the board, superintendent, and staff. My name is Kiara Tello, and I'm a student council board member at Rhodes Elementary. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak today. I am here to respectfully request that the district consider adjusting the transportation eligibility policy
so that students in grades kindergarten through sixth grade qualify for bus transfer street transportation if they live 1.5 miles or more from from school, which is the same eligibility distance currently applied to kindergarten students. Right now, the district's policy states that kindergarten students qualify for transportation at 1.5 miles, but students in later grades must live even farther away to be eligible for a bus. According to the Chino Valley Unified School District transportation information, these mileage distances increase for
older grades, which can make it difficult for many students and families to access safe and reliable transportation. I believe that changing this policy to 1.5 miles for all elementary grades, kindergarten through sixth grade, would help ensure that students can attend school regularly and safely. Research shows that regular school attendance is essential for academic success, especially in the elementary years when students are developing reading, math, and social skills. When students miss school, they miss important classroom instructions and opportunities to build confidence and
friendships. The district's chronic autism rate was reported to be twelve point five percent for the twenty twenty four-twenty twenty five school year. Many of these absences are unexcused and may be related to transportation challenges. Improving access to transportation would help students be at school on time, ready to learn, and better prepared for future success. Providing fair and equal transportation supports the district's goals of academic growth, student well-being, and family engagement. If students can depend on a state transportation, family feels families feel more confidence than
they are in school, which in turn supports attendance, achievement, and stronger sense of belonging within the school community. In closing, I ask the board to consider equalizing transportation eligibility for all elementary grade levels at 1.5 miles to help reduce barriers in attendance and support student success. Thank you for listening and for everything you do for our schools and students. Have a good evening. Thank you so much. Very good job. Sarah Palmer. Alright. Good evening, members of the board, superintendent, cabinet. My name is Sarah Palmer, and I am here to speak about a framework that
has become a staple in our district, positive behavioral interventions and supports, also known as PBIS. While the intent to create positive school climate is noble, we must look honestly at the unintended consequences. In practice, we are seeing a system that often prioritizes compliance through bribery over genuine character development and safety. At its core, PBIS relies heavily on on extrinsic motivators, tickets, tokens, and points. We are teaching children that being a decent human being or following basic rules is
a transaction. When we reward a student with a candy bar for simply not yelling in class, we undermine the students who follow the rules every day because they have integrity. We are failing to build intrinsic motivation, creating a generation of students who ask, what do I get for this? Before they agree to meet basic expectations. Perhaps more concerning is the shift away from meaningful consequences. In the pursuit of positive data, we have inadvertently created an environment where there is
a lack of accountability for serious disruptions. When intervention replaces discipline entirely, the message to the student body is clear. The rules are optional. We see this when a student who verbally abuses a teacher is given a sensory break and returned to class ten minutes later. We see it when physical altercations are met with restorative circles before a victim even feels safe, forcing a reconciliation that isn't earned. This leaves the aggressor feeling empowered and the victim feeling unprotected.
Meanwhile, the students who are there to learn lose hours of instructional time because the system is designed to appease the disruptor rather than protect the classroom. Our teachers are exhausted. They are asked to be data collectors and social worker workers, all while their ability to hand out firm consequences has been stripped away. Furthermore, our middle of the road and high achieving students feel invisible. They see that the most disruptive behavior earns the most attention and the most prizes.
Positive reinforcement has its place, but it cannot be the only tool in the shed. A school needs a backbone of clear, firm discipline to function. We need to return to a model that balances support with real world consequences. Our students deserve Lisa g. Ask any teacher in this district, and you'll hear that they don't have nearly enough resources to support learning in their classrooms. They lack basics like paper, markers, even tissues during flu season.
They've been told not to ask parents for contributions, so they routinely spend their own money for these basics. That alone is unacceptable. But it becomes that much more outrageous when you see how this board mismanages our district's limited funds. Exhibit A, this board recently voted to more than double their own personal compensation from $9.96 to $2,000 per month. Anyone else here tonight get a 107% increase in their pay lately? And they did this after cutting the number of school board meetings in half.
So twice the amount of money for half the work, sounds like a sweet deal. And we're not even counting the free health care, life insurance, and retirement benefits you get easily worth another $1,500 a month. Superintendent Enfield mentioned that this raise was prompted by new state law, but that didn't mean you had to accept it. Plus, it's in Doctor. Enfield's interest to cozy up to the sport since he needs to protect his own more than half $1,000,000 a year contract. Anyone on this board ever hear the term public service? A seat on the school board isn't supposed to be a money making venture.
It's supposed to be about serving the students of this district by improving the quality of public education. But the only things this board is focused on are politics and culture wars that discriminate and divide our community. We have yet to actually see you prioritize education. In fact, it's embarrassing to watch the level of incompetence that's on display during these meetings. I'd like to propose that, given your significant pay raise, that you cap donations for your next political campaigns so that one right wing contractor from Ontario who gets multimillion
dollar contracts from this board can't fund your entire campaigns as he's been doing for the last couple of election cycles. Funny that every time I bring this up, you have nothing to say. Speaking of fiscal irresponsibility, it should also be noted that this board continues to rack up exorbitant legal fees already outpacing last year's year's $1,400,000 far more than other districts our size. The latest is the $104,000 the district now owes in legal fees due to its decision to challenge a judge's order from a decade ago that prohibited the board from
turning these meetings into prayer sessions. And that's on top of the $300,000 the district was ordered to pay the first time the case was thrown out. You keep insisting that you have pro bono legal teams handling these cases, but you never mention that Us taxpayers are on the hook when you lose. And you usually do. I hope voters remember this in November when we have a chance to replace two of these seats with community members who prioritize public educate- Jackie Cortez. Jackie Cortez. I wanna start by saying happy Black History Month because Black history is American history.
And I wanna say that this community needs to do better. There was a post made by the city of Chino Hills in honor of Black History Month, and instead of saying something positive or not saying anything at all, there were some very racist and hateful comments on there. Shame on those people. How can we expect our students to not be racist when their own parents are racist? The same people who cried about a separate halftime show are the same people who would have demanded separate drinking fountains. It is not that hard to be welcoming of different backgrounds, cultures, and religions.
For example, Tuesday was Lunar New Year, and Ramadan just began for our Muslim community, and Lent just began for our Catholic community. It is important to be aware because of the implications to our students such as fasting and because representation is so important. It is very powerful to show our students that they are appreciated and respected. Unfortunately, this board does not care about this community. They care about their own personal interests, especially Sonia. You voted for a pedophile president, linked arms with a pedophile SRO, and have remained
quiet through it all because Sonia, you're a pedophile protector. You banned books to protect kids, but ignore the real issue, which is cell phones, Internet, AI, and meta glasses. The district really needs to step up and address these issues. In the summer, state law will go into effect over cell phone policies, but the district seems to be ignoring this issue. Recording devices on glasses in a school environment is very dangerous. Students could be recording one another in locker rooms and or bathrooms. Isn't that something you're obsessed with? Yet ignore this particular issue.
You attack trans people and drag queens while promoting criminals, proud boys, and pedophiles. You even let the proud boys and criminals have a banner during a board meeting that call teachers groomers. But can you have them actually go and take that banner to the White House where the real groomers are? You silence the voices of parents by refusing to provide translation services in Spanish and Mandarin, which are so commonly used by our parents. Instead of having two security guards up here, no offense, I love you guys. But you're not needed because Sonia fabricated threats to herself like Regina George did in
Mean Girls. You could probably use that money towards translators. You're all about parental rights, but ignore parents who do not speak English. You speak highly of ICE while they are kidnapping and murdering people and sowing fear in our communities. The students showed how they feel through their walkouts, and they do not agree with you. You don't represent or care about this community. You said on camera that it's not the school's job to feed kids. It shouldn't be, but a lot of times it is. And as a Jesus follower, taxpayer, and non hypocrite, I have no problem with kids being fed unlike you who would prefer for them to go hunger.
Caitlin Martinez. Shaw, I'd just like to say you represent me. I love you guys. I wanna thank you. But this is actually too. Enfield and Happy needs your eyes on me for a second. You guys make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. I need your guys' eyes on me. You especially, Enfield. You like to sleep up there, and I'm I want you to see me. I represent a lot of families in this district with special education. I have spoken with you, Happy. We've had meetings. And when I said, why can't we have certain supports? You responded with, quote, we can't have the bar too high for false expectations for
the future. Last year, we had over $1,000,000 left over in this sped budget that went back into general education that could have been used. We have so many families that are going without supports that are needed. I have so many families that I'm representing right now currently that are right there ready to file a lawsuit. I'm about to hand over the case to attorneys because it's that bad. I have one one IP meeting from September that we are still waiting on a prior written notice. I have emailed Chaplook. I've met with her. I've said, let's collaborate.
I'm getting no response. I have filed state complaints. I'm trying to collaborate, but Chaplook won't. She answers to you, Enfield, and to you. And I need you guys to do your job because these kids are getting neglected. I have kids that need aids with CPI training because they are literally stabbing their other students with pencils. That is not fair to the other student, and that is not fair to that that student. What are we doing? I have other kids that are having bathroom accidents and they're being left in it left in it because the pairs are pair ones not pair twos and they're calling
the mom, Mom's not available and they're leading them. They're saying, well, sorry you chose gen ed. I'm sorry. What? You you guys know the laws. You guys know how many laws are broken with that. We have to do better as a district with SPED, and I was really hopeful when when Randy Chaplin came in a new fresh face starting over. That's not the case here. Our program specialists are awful. There's one that I absolutely love. Unfortunately, I just found out that he's being let go, and he's the only one
that actually listens. He's the only one. I don't have a kid from any of his feeders that I'm having to represent. That says something, and he's being let go. Well, the other ones that are filing for that are failing with FERPA violations and procedurals and all of these different violations, there's nothing there. There's no ramifications. And, again, state complaints are filed. They are in the works right now. I'm trying to get your eyes and ears on this. Doctor Enfield, I have requested a meeting with you. I'm gonna publicly announce this now and ask you again. Not with Hackney. I don't wanna hear that the bar is too low and we need to keep
it low. I wanna talk to you, the one that makes over 400 k a year, to answer for these sped students that have no voice. This has gone out of hand, and we need to do better. Board members, I need your guys' Thank you. Thank you to our speakers. Also, we're now at to changes and deletions. Patricia, are there any changes or deletions? The following changes or deletions are on the agenda. Item three d nine, award of bid number 252609F, professional development center three, tenant improvements.
Page 71 is yellow sheeted. Item 3e1, Certificate of Classified Personnel, items page 78 is yellow sheeted. And item 4a1, Revision of Board Policy, 93.1 Board Policies, page 92 and 4a2, Revision of Board Bylaw, ninety three twenty one, closed session, page 99 are administratively pulled. Thank you, Patricia. We're now on to action items. First item is two a one, twenty twenty six California School Boards Association Delegate Assembly election. Recommends that the Board of Education vote for no more than six candidates to the
California School Boards Association Delegate Assembly, subregion 16 B for a term beginning 04/01/2026 through 03/31/2028. The first item for the representative oh, just kidding. Can I have a motion, please? And just remember, if you don't have any delegates, you can let the item die. Seeing no motion, the item dies. Next item is two b one, public notice and hearing regarding the California School Employees Association and its Chino Chapter one hundred and two, initial bargaining proposal to the Chino
Valley Unified School District for a reopener to collective bargaining agreement effective 07/01/2026, recommends that the Board of Education give public notice and conduct a public hearing regarding the California School Employees Association and its Chino chapter one zero two, initial initial bargaining proposal to the Chino Valley Unified School District for a reopener to the collective bargaining agreement effective 07/01/2026. I now give notice and open the hearing at 06:47PM. Patricia, are there any speakers?
There are none. Thank you. I now close the public hearing at 06:48PM. The next item is two b two, resolution twenty twenty five twenty twenty six dash 31 notice of layoff of certain classified staff pursuant to education code four five one one seven and four five two nine eight. Recommend the board of education adopt resolution twenty twenty five twenty twenty six dash 31 notice of layoff of certain classified staff pursuant to education code four, five, one, one, seven and four, five, two, nine, eight.
May I have a motion, please? Thank you, mister Namm. May I have a second? Thank you, mister Cervantes. Comments, questions, discussions? Seeing none. Go ahead. Board members register your vote and preferential. Thank you. Waiting for one more. Perfect. And the motion passes with a vote of five to zero. That concludes the action items. And now we're moving on to consent. Board members, if you have an item to pull, please indicate on your monitors. Seeing that there's no polls for the consent items, may I have a motion, please?
Thank you, Mr. Nga. Can I have a second? Thank you, Mr. Smith. Board members, please register your vote. Preferential. Thank you. And the motion passes with the vote of five to zero. We are now on to information items. Are there any comments or questions, board members? If so, please indicate on your monitors. Seeing that there's none, we'll go to board member comments. Mister Smith. Hey, Steven. I too appreciate the collaboration, and I'll be at the parent night as well. Thanks. See you there. First off, that young lady that came came up and spoke, wasn't she fantastic?
Did you did you that data that she presented? Wow. She might as well just hand that over to doctor Enfield. Right? Just I mean, it was just spot on. So too bad she left early. But, yeah, that was that was fantastic. Love seeing that. Love seeing our our kids that are really, that know how to do some some research, and, it'd be great to go check some of those numbers. But, I was able to, Danny Hernandez wasn't able to make it tonight, but I was able to do a ride along with one of his, employees, Anthony, Morbitzer on,
just early in the morning, 6AM, was over delivering different, packages. And the the whole the the paper thing is kinda with there's all these teachers have plenty of paper. I don't know where that came from, but there's an abundance of paper. I delivered some. I delivered lots of paper, actually, to a lot of the schools with the classified employee. There is roughly around a thousand classified employees. A lot of times, we don't think about them, so I just wanted to bring some recognition to the classified employees that do keep everything going, keep the, the the
gears greased here, and make sure that they're, everything's delivered, including paper and, other necessities. We were able to attend a graduation for the AEC. That was fantastic. Doctor Preston Carr, you could tell that he really cares a lot about the kids, and the and the AEC and that, you know, to see them all graduate and growing up, it's, you know, it's a reminder of what we're all here for. We went to, the science fair that was fantastic. There was a a few winner there let's see here.
Let's see. So it was a shame that we didn't get to actually do a lot more judging on, some of the the science projects that were going on. But just a few just to name a few here, these are these are all kids that are going on to the county science fair. It's being, I guess, judged next week. And then they're going to be on where do we go here? Doctor Park, do you remember the day for the for the awards for the science
fair? It is it's sometime in March. I can get that date for you after the meeting. Anyway, that would be at the oh, March 5 at the DoubleTree by the Ontario Airport, 5PM. So go cheer on our students that were participating in the science fair. Big shout out to, of course, our very own, Leila Micali, Male Malecki, for winning
first place, Shino High School b BST. One of the things about the science fair, and it's pretty interesting, is that particularly in the fourth grade, when you would read their conclusions, we didn't get a lot of time. I wish I had a lot of time to really dig into. There was a lot of fascinating things. But they would put the, my hypothesis was was wrong. And I remember growing up, learning about the scientific method and being fascinated by this thing. And the thing is, when you form this hypothesis, you should when you do the
experiment, you observe, you hypothesize, you experiment, you conclude. When you when you form that your hypothesis, the goal of the experiment should always be to prove yourself wrong. You should always be seeking to prove yourself wrong, whatever you believe. That way, you know that you're con but when the result of the experiment is concluded, you know that you were seeking real truth. So I don't know. I think sometimes we should all go back and visit fourth grade science. Color Guard event was fantastic over at Schwing Hills High. And just wanted to give some praises out to, Chad Hartman, fantastic color guard coach.
Kinda works the girls' two bone and a couple guys out there too. But, yeah. So they it really pays off. It's fantastic. Few few schools participated, and they did really well. I was able to attack the, parks and recreation, Fort Chino Hills. Fantastic. I almost don't wanna talk about it too much because it's getting a lot of, publicity out there, and we're we're being inundated. But on March 10 in the Park. We are having the, softball, the the battle for the bone for the the softball between, Chaney Hills High and Ayala.
For those of you that have been softball parents in this community, you know that it's, yeah, it's it's pretty intense. So I'm sure that that's gonna be a fun, fun day. Government day. Again, Phoenix, I heard you were mayor. You mayor? Yeah. It's he's the mayor of Chiena Hills over here. And Ernie did a really good job too. Also had another cheer event. So this is my little bubble. I live in the the Chino Hills. It's, like, Wickman, Townsend, Chino Hills High. That's where all my kids went. They're I still got kids in that community, so I'm always kinda doing some sort
of event. So, coach Sydney and coach Brook, good job out there. We had a a WASC event over at Ayala, Western Association of School Colleges, and we got, like, a premier rating. We're still waiting for the the results of that. And then Dickey, principal Patricia, Custodio, is getting a national demonstration school. So only a few schools in the entire nation are being recognized for that. So, something to be proud of in our community.
And then finally, I kinda wanted to close with I I went to the fire Andy, went to the fire department event and, got to see and it seems like every time at the fire department board meetings, they just have these tremendous families. And all these these kids with all these firefighters, they're these firefighters, they have a lot of kids. It seems like there's a a minimum of three requirement to be a firefighter. But they're all good kids. And I was thinking that, how grateful I am to be in this community, to
be in this district. And it it it starts. That's where it starts. It starts with the parents and at that level. That's the foundation. And a lot of times, you know, we're we're thinking about, demonstration, teachers, all this. But, you know, we it starts at home, and we live in our blessed little bubble in this district despite some of the hyperbolic comments that are made. This is a fantastic district, and I'm I'm very grateful to be a part of it. And I'm very grateful, to the parents that raised such fantastic kids that, make it
easier for us. So thank you. Thank you, mister Smith. We have mister Nam. Press it again. Oh, yeah. Oh, okay. You have to just press it and leave it. And I'll queue it in. There you go. Mhmm. Okay. Good. Yeah. I have a short report tonight. It was great to attend, a science fair district science fair where, it was named after missus Buzz who's been our long time science teacher.
And, mister Boss, her husband, has put in many years of hard work, teaching our science to our students. And with their small classroom, it has grown to be a district fair, and I really appreciate their hard work. And I was able to, be an honor to meet with mister Buzz after his retirement. And he was still there and helping us out.
There I saw future Ilan mosque and future heroes of our country. Kudos for Chino Hills Chino High School BTA's program that who won the champion trophy. And I was able to talk to the winner, and she said her dream is to become an IT engineer and and start a a company that will change our
lives. And this where it began from missus Boss's classroom. So thank you. Our student government's day, there was a student from Buena Vista High School, and he had a question to us and a comment that he actually came to student government day to learn to figure out how we can get along with each other.
There was a simple question. But it really touched me because when we look at the news, either you turn on TV or you turn on your iPhone, It's all about conflicts and division and fighting. Then I remember there was a teacher from Chino Hills High School, mister Browning, who said, this life is about being good to yourself and being good to others.
It was a very simple message to all of us before his passing, but it just came back to my mind. There is an answer. We need to be good to us, ourselves, but also good to others. But in today's time, doing something that is right takes bravery. We need to be brave to do the right things.
And I'd like to thank our teachers who are doing it in their classrooms, and I'd like to thank our parents doing it at their home. And I'd like to thank our staffs doing that in our school sites and and district buildings. It takes bravery to do the right thing. And I told the kids, our school board members are just five crazy parents who
are crazy about you guys because you guys are children, are babies, as missus Yarbrough from Ayala High School would call her students my babies, we would call you guys our babies. Thank you. This is my report for tonight. Thank you, mister Nam. Mister Cruz? Mister Martinez. Mike. You are an asset to our community, always defending. Why can't we hear you? Oh, testing. Okay. So president Sonia and doctor Enfield, I am requesting for, missus Martinez to have an
appointment with our beloved superintendent Enfield and follow upon the special education discussion to to discuss the matter. Miss Martinez is always she's always consistent what she says, and I wanna hear further what what what she wants. And, I also attended, science fair and our forty sixth annual student government day. And, you know, when it comes to LCAP, it ties into college career readiness and
student engagement, so, all our activities revolve around LCAP and those are fantastic events. Finally, I'd like to say, I would like to take a moment to address the recent student walkouts regarding immigration enforcement. While I recognize the deep convictions and the desire for social engagement that some of our students possess, I find myself concerned by the choice to leave the classroom to express these views. To me, education is the most powerful tool an individual can possess.
It is the very foundation upon which effective advocacy and leadership are built. When we prioritize activism over education, we risk of devaluing the very resource that empowers students to make a lasting impact on the world. There are many ways to make one's voice heard before school or after school or weekends that do not require sacrificing one's education. I believe that we truly value education. We must protect the sanity of the school day.
I encourage our students to bring that same passion for justice into their studies, ensuring that they have the knowledge and the credentials to lead these conversations in the future. Let's remember that the best way to change the world is to first be presented and be prepared within the classroom. And I was I was there was another thing I was gonna say I wasn't gonna say, but I have to say, that one person bashing our president. You know, I I've used some of those Epstein files, and let me tell you,
the majority of these people are Democrats that are listed in there. I just share that with you. Thank you. Okay, mister Cervantes. Thank you, mister Cruz. Try it again. There you go. Alright. Hello, everybody. Again, thank you so much for, for being here. Always appreciate your comments regardless of whether I agree with all of them. It doesn't matter because we wanna make sure everybody's heard and we hear you, and, I appreciate them. Miss Martinez, yeah, you have always been consistent. That is true. So, you definitely have a lot on your plate. I would never try to pretend to imagine what you're going through because I can't,
but, we'll make sure that those things are addressed. So thank you for being here and and stating that. A lot of times you speak for so many people. A lot of times, people won't come up and say this. So you spoke for a lot of people, and we wanna make sure that those things are taken care of. So thank you. A lot of things we participated since the last meeting. I don't wanna repeat so much on I'll try to maybe a couple of them I will because of importance, but, I'll try to skip through some of my comments. But I do wanna cover the alternative education graduation.
We're able to attend that as was mentioned already here. But, one of the blessings with that program is this. You gotta understand that the high school program is not for everybody. It's just it's not a fit always. Kids can't thrive in that environment all the time, but the alternative education program allows that group of students to excel. We see the pride. They do such a good job displaying, you know, with the slideshow presentation showing their kids growing up, their families, their accomplishments. And it shows that they accomplished something and and their families get to celebrate with
them. That may not have been able to take place at a big high school. So it's always great to be part of that. So appreciate everybody that, puts in the fine work. I wanna go ahead and talk about Levi Dickey. Their elementary school is doing outstanding work. They are really trying to get their kids prepared, not only for junior high school, but high school and beyond. Their AVID program is exceptional. I was able to a few of us were gonna participate in what's called the amazing shake, and what they did with that program was that took a group of
sixth grade students. It started out with about 65, 67 kids on a Monday, and they went through a series of interviews and different scenarios, learn how to shake hands, make eye contact, talk to you. Because it doesn't matter. You could be a straight a student, but if you can't conduct a job interview, it's gonna be very difficult to get hired. So really appreciate that they're doing those things. Doctor Castillo does an outstanding job. So then on that Saturday, January 31, it kinda dwindled down to about 30 students. And now we're able to select the top five that are gonna be competing, this
month at the end of the month on the twenty eighth in the in the county competition. So these kids did very well. These are sixth graders, mind you. So, it was outstanding. Again and then the following week, we participated in the, in their avid showcase. They always do a good job. Again, they're gonna be nominated for an upcoming award, and so they just do a great job. So I think that always needs to be recognized, and I challenged all our schools to take advantage of learning about what AVID does, how it prepares you to be organized, especially at the elementary schools in junior high so you could be organized and
be successful when you're starting to go into different classes. So doctor Custodio, shout out your school, your team, outstanding. And then, student government day never disappoints. You know, our our leader up here, Phoenix, well done. Always, represents us, his school, his family very well. The students did a good job. When we went and we met up at Chino Hills High after the event, we were talking together about, you know, these kids and doctor influential woman. I would hire that guy.
I mean, like, because they're already doing such impressive communicating at this age. They're ready for that next level. They're already talking about joining the military, going to college, getting involved in the workforce. Those things are huge. So, again, really appreciate that, and, it can't be stated, enough. So thank you guys for being here today. Thank you, mister Cervantes and doctor Enfield. No comment. Thank you, doctor Enfield. And I'll try to make it quick. Cervantes, I love how you talked about the the alt ed program.
That is, you know, amongst one of the the great things, that our school offers because there isn't a one size fits all. So just to see our kids have that our students have the opportunities for those, things are just pretty cool and amazing and I love hearing their stories when they come up and share them with us. It it definitely reminds us why we do what we do. I wanna say something in regards to the the union and the negotiations. I truly appreciate the hard work and professionalism shown on both sides during negotiations. This reflects good faith and a commitment to move forward productively.
I think, you know, after the past few years, our district has been able to successfully meet with, ACT and just get it done and see what is it that the teachers need, what is it that we, you know, are asking and then come to the table and not play games and let's move forward to put our kids in the best direction. So I do wanna acknowledge the staff's hard work and also our teachers and the union's hard work at working together at the table. To say that we got it done in one negotiation session, I think we should all celebrate. That is amazing.
That is beautiful. That does not happen in California, by the way. You see teachers striking and kids losing out on education opportunities. So it truly shows, the willingness. And I do want to just say, I thank the board members for being aligned on, you know, making sure our district is able to provide and we have the direction to provide what the teachers are asking for and giving staff the direction and the staff does an amazing job going in there and getting the job done so we can all just literally work together and get our kids to move in the
right direction. So I do wanna acknowledge that. I do, wanna acknowledge the comments made. You know, I ask that if miss Martinez can just send, a detailed list of some of these claims so that way we can ask staff to look into it just so we can address them if it hasn't been addressed already. I also appreciate our student from Rhodes. I love the detailed. She mentioned the mile and a half and it stood stood in my head and we actually had student government day this week. And that was one of the mock, things was per well, taking away buses.
You know, students had to say why and how and how much money is involved and this and that and how if it's worth it. So I do appreciate her input. I think it's very amazing when students come up and they ask, you know, and they advocate, for things that they see a need in. And also I want to say something. I'm just gonna say this. When I when my daughters say, mom, we love you. You're amazing. Don't listen to the haters. They say, tell them I don't even care anymore because I don't.
I'm gonna keep working hard. I'm gonna keep fighting the good fight. The vile claims are just vile accusations and it says more about them. I kind of feel sad as a board member and a parent here when they claim to be a teacher. Put that energy, put it in the classroom, make sure your students are moving in the right way. And if that's the behavior you want your students to see, then by all means, let parents see what we've been fighting against. So with that said, keep fighting the good fight, and I don't even care anymore, and we're gonna end this meeting at 07:13PM.