for joining us for our June 23rd board meeting. I would I Our adoption agenda is down there. Sorry. Thank you very much. Sorry. Mr. Forhan, would we do pledge
allegiance first? Thank you so much. >> Your right hand over your heart. Ready to begin. >> 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 very [clears throat] much, Mr. Forhan. Mrs. DeAngelo and Gengello. Mrs. Padasani. Here. Mrs. Davidson. >> Here.
>> Mrs. Hill. >> Here. >> Mr. Forhan. >> Here. >> Mr. Bergman. >> Here. >> I would ask for a um motion to accept the agenda as proposed. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor?
>> Aye. >> Opposed? Passes 5-0. Thank you. Now seeing that we do have a public comment card, um we will go into public comments, and I need to read this short paragraph. Uh persons wishing to address the board
should complete a speaker request card prior to the start of the meeting. Speaker cards can be submitted to the district office beginning 9:00 a.m. on the day of the meeting and will be accepted at the start of the meeting. This is an opportunity for community members to address the board regarding
agenda items or items not listed on the agenda. Each speaker is limited to 3 minutes for a total public comment limited to 30 minutes. Speakers may not transfer or relinquish time to another person. While addressing the board,
speakers are requested to come to the podium, state their name, and adhere to the um established time limits. In accordance accordance with the Brown Act, the board may not discuss or take action on items not listed on the posted
agenda and cannot immediately respond to public comment. Our hardest part. Speakers are reminded that comments um made during public meetings remain um subject to applicable laws regarding
deflammatory defamatory um statements and false defamatory and false statements. So, Mr. Pollard, we'd love to have you come to the podium. Thank you so much. >> Yes, thank you uh school board for the opportunity. My name is Fritz Pollard. I
am a resident of Rossmoor, graduate uh 1982 from Los Alamitos High School along with my wife, uh voice of the Griffins for almost 20 years, so excited uh to be before you all tonight. Um on April 26th, my wife was out front of
our house sweeping and was almost blindsided by two e-bikers doing about 30 mph on the sidewalk. She didn't see them, they didn't see her. I engaged with these young men and uh that qualified me to get my door either kicked or knocked
on uh that evening. The next weekend I had two interactions uh at my front door with these kids. We almost had a 100-lb bike and a 90-lb child uh interact with my 98-lb wife and I shudder to think how that could have ended. This began an
offensive approach by me that involved three specific targeted plans, one of which is the DA, number two is the local police, and number three is the school board, which is why I'm here tonight. I don't have to worry about DA Spitzer. He is absolutely on his A game. He's now
charged four parents for Orange County e-bike violations. Likely there'll be some parents doing some jail time because of this behavior. Um I then videotape the dismissal from Oak uh Middle School mid-May and watched 50
kids in traffic cross Katella in three signals. The last signal had about 30 traveling in a pack. I shared that with the Orange County Sheriff traffic lead. And his comment was, "Wow, I've never seen anything like this." That caused
him to up his patrols. He is now writing citations. He confiscated a bike uh last week and he's calling parents. So now I stand before you as the third leg of this plan to approach the school board. When Newport Mesa
banned e-bikes to the elementary school and the middle schools, they have now set the precedent. I am here tonight to ask, to demand, to support you, to get on the agenda. I'll do the heavy lifting. We are going to lose one of our kids. I sit at the stop
at um Mainway and Foster. I watch near misses between e-bikes and cars to and from school on the weekends. I know you can't manage that, but we can manage protecting our kids to and from school. And I want to be part of the solution.
The problem has exceeded the policy. I know the state is trying to catch up, but listen, we don't need on our conscience losing one of our kids when we could have done something. So I'm asking that we make the agenda. Let me share all the intel. I've even talked with trauma
surgeons and nurses that have seen a um 10x um injury rate when our kids are on a motorized bike versus a regular bike. Um my only concern is I was warned that the school board wouldn't do anything because they fear the parent or they
they fear parent interaction. I hope that's not the case. Um and I want to be a support to you doing your job and us getting the safety as a priority in our community. So, that's my piece. >> Thank you very much. That would be great. Thank you.
>> So, it's hard for the board because they cannot comment on that. Mr. Pollard, you and I have talked on the phone. I know our director of student services has talked with you. So, neither of us have shared directly with you that the board or any of us are
scared of any parents coming forward. So, I'm not sure where you're getting the information, but I can assure you that's not accurate. We don't shy away from difficult conversations, but we do believe in making the best decisions holistically for our community. And so,
and and things of that sort, just like when we had a cell phone policy that was banned, it certainly involved stakeholder engagement. And so, it has something that I've talked briefly with our PTA council. We are making changes at the middle
school level. Initially, the last several years really requires our students to have an e-bike safety course that is put on by our local law enforcement with the city of Los Alamitos Police Department. And in order for them to be able to ride an e-bike on our campuses, they have to
attend a safety class and then they get a bike sticker for their period in middle school. And the change we're making for the next year moving forward is they must take that class every single year. It's not a one-time for over the course of the three years. So, they'll have to take it
in sixth grade, seventh, and eighth. And I don't really think we have too many of our elementary students that are taking e-bikes. So, but as that we'll continue to explore more safety protocols. We certainly encourage the community to reach out to the law enforcement and city partners
cuz it's really the city's responsibility and the law enforcement's responsibility to police, ticket, and enforce traffic rules within their jurisdictions. And unfortunately, our jurisdictions vary. Seal Beach, Rossmoor, which is the community
Orange County Sheriffs, and then there's also obviously the city of Los Alamitos, which is the Los Alamitos Police Department. So, further Mrs. Garcia would be happy to take more conversations one-on-one as needed. Thank you.
>> Thank you very much, Dr. Bowen. Um we will now move on to information presentations, reports, and introductions. And the first one, Dr. Reese Wright, the California School Employees Association,
our proposal for the 2026-2027 school year. >> Thank you, Madam President. Yes, I am pleased to welcome up to the podium our CSEA President, Mr. Andy McCown. We're really fortunate in Los Alamitos to have great partnerships with our labor
associations, and I will turn it over to you, Mr. McCown. >> Thank you very much, and good afternoon, everyone. Uh for the sunshine, I guess got to read all this, but the California School Employees Association and its Los Alamitos Chapter 324, CSEA,
hereby notifies Los Alamitos Unified School District of CSEA's intent to modify or amend the contract and negotiate a successor agreement. CSEA desires to alter or amend the following articles as indicated, and
presents our proposal for public discussion in accordance with Government Code 3547. Article 16, Article 6, Article 7, Article 10, Article 11,
16 again for salary and then Article 17. CSEA has an intent to modify this language and extend the collective bargaining agreement. CSEA seeks to update titles, dates, terminology, references, errors, and or omissions as
determined through the negotiation process. Remainder of the current collective bargaining agreement to remain in force unless agreement to change or modify is determined through negotiation process. CSEA reserves the right to add, delete,
or modify these proposals as determined through the negotiation process. >> Thank you. We really appreciate um our relationships with um our bargaining teams, and thank you for that, and we will now go to what the Los Alamitos
Unified School District uh proposes, and Dr. Reese right again. Thank you much. >> Thank you, Madam President. Thank you, Andy. Um the Los Alamitos Unified School District proposes to open negotiations for the 2026-2027 school year with the California School Employees Association
Chapter 324 on Article 6, hours, Article 16, salary and fringe benefits, and Article 17, term negotiation ground rules and re-openers. Los Alamitos Unified School District reserves the right to discuss all articles of the collective bargaining agreement between the CSEA Chapter 324 and Los Al Unified
School District for the purposes of discussion and modification. >> Thank you very much, and now we're going to go into our public hearing, and so I will gavel out of this hearing of this meeting, gavel into our public meeting, so the
school board's um California School Boards Association chapter 324 initial proposal for the 2026-2027 school year to the Los Alamitos Unified School District and Los Alamitos Unified School District's initial
proposal. Um, I think there is a correction I need to make on this because our proposal is also for 2026-2027. Is that correct? This has the public hearing.
Um, 2026-2027 um, to the California School Boards Association chapter 324. Uh, is there any public comment? Seeing none, I will gavel out of the public comment and I will gavel back into our school board meeting. Thank you
very much for your attendance today. >> Thank you. You all have a good night. >> You do the same. Thank you. We'll now move on to our consent items and I have two polls. One is for S and one is for you. And so I would look for
a motion for consent items 4A through V through BI. >> So moved. >> Moved and seconded. All those in favor? >> I. >> I. >> Opposed. Passes 5-0. I now look like for
a motion on um, consent item 4S. >> I move approval of 4S. >> I'll second Oh, I can't second. >> Second. >> Thank you. Discussion? >> So I pulled this particular one. It's a
license for renewal of an agreement with College Aid Aid Pro and that's an organization, a company that provides online services and I think it's so incredibly wonderful. This is for This can be for families and students trying to navigate the process of finding
colleges, applying, getting financial aid. It's an overwhelming It's an overwhelming task. And in our community, many people seek out and hire advisors, but other people maybe don't have that ability to do it. And I'm just so proud of the fact that this district, in
partnership with LAEF, our education foundation, has found this this opportunity to give parents a way to attend online workshops, finding out how much a college actually will cost if you follow certain steps. It uh provides an
opportunity for um sort of a tutoring on how to access opportunities for grants, for scholarships, for financial aid. And it's all free because LAEF has chosen to help us, and they cover the cost, and we provide the service. Our career and
college center is phenomenal. But parents don't Parents who are feeling lost aren't going to necessarily seek that out. This is something that they can do at home with their students and navigate it and ask questions and move forward. So, I just brought it up. I wanted to acknowledge it and say thank
you to LAEF, and thank you to our district for finding every opportunity to support our families. >> Thank you, Mrs. Davidson. Any additional comments? All those in favor? >> I. >> Opposed? Passes 5-0.
Um next, I'd look for a motion for 4U. >> Motion to approve 4U. >> Second. >> Discussion? Uh this was an item I pulled, and I just pulled um one of the items. There are a lot of approvals of uh different software
programs that we utilize for learning for um the whole coming year. But also, Mrs. Reed shared with us um that we're not necessarily um we're being very um
Thank you. Very intentional on which ones we're doing and why and how we're doing that. And I just like you to share a little bit about um what we're looking at for on-screen time for our various students. >> Thank you so much, President Hill. We've
been partnering with teachers this year and really it began the year before with dialogue about which licenses digitally students are actually using. So, we also looked at usability. Coming out of the pandemic, we had a a lot of different accessibility points digitally because
we were really looking for various ways to connect. As we know, we had low-slot home going on. And so, we started by really surveying teachers, looking at the usability, and then really looking at some of the newer research that talks about um the value of screen time and the devaluing of it depending upon the
age and grade level of students. And so, tonight we are bringing forward ST Math only for our K-1 students. It's a very We've had a long partnership with GG the penguin here in this school district. Um and we've used it up through sixth grade at times, but we're really slimming down
our screen time to be no more than 30 minutes a week at our primary level. And so, GG will be three times a week uh for 10 minutes in each session for just our K-1 students. And does provide a great way for students to visually conceptually see how mathematics works
in moving visuals so that they have a another way to imagine how numbers and pieces, shapes, and logic work to really create that that world of mathematics around them. But we have looked at that K-5 and made multiple um changes to
really have a threshold of about no more even at the upper elementary grade of uh 60 minutes a week. Thank you very much, Mrs. Reed. I I really do appreciate that and there is a lot of research that is really supporting that. Um and once again, it it is a balance and we are always trying
to um go from uh great to greater and so um thank you very much. Um uh so I had a first and second we had discussion. All those in favor? >> I. >> I. >> Opposed? Passes 5-0. Um we will now move on to our action
items and this will be the first reading and approval of a new board policy 516152.1 um placement of mathematical courses and Mrs. Reed. >> Mrs. Reed. >> Thank you so much President Hill. Tonight we're bringing forward a first
reading of a math uh placement board policy to really formalize our already practice of how we place students into courses. The goal of this board policy really is to make sure we have multiple pathways for all students to meet the A-G requirements. And so
every year we do look at as a school district the percentage of our kiddos who are meeting that threshold and math will traditionally be an area that can be um more challenging for some students. We've worked very tirelessly I'd say for about five years now to really make sure we have alternate
pathways that would end a student um to be able to complete algebra two before leaving. And so it also talks about the data that we use to make sure that we are not in any way um have biases when we place students into math into math courses.
>> Thank you very much. I would look for a motion. >> So move. >> Second. >> Discussion? No discussion? All those in favor? >> I. >> I. >> Opposed? Passes 5-0. Wonderful. Um um action item B approval of new course
at Los Alamitos High School Unified Physical Education and uh Mrs. Reed. >> Thank you so much President Hill. So tonight we're bringing forward um a new course Unified Physical Education which is a PE course which is standards based and it really thrives on the idea of inclusive physical education, where it
integrates students with disabilities with our general education students to provide yet another way to have access to age-based peers. I want to give a a big kudos to Cara Vienna and Alyssa Reyes at Los Alamitos High School, who have really partnered to make this a
possibility. This is something that does exist at other high schools in the area, and so we're very pleased to be able to bring forward unified PE that emphasizes participation, teamwork, communication, leadership, and lifelong wellness through cooperative games, fitness activities, and some modified sports
instruction for students. >> Thank you very much. Um and I once again, I love that we are always looking um at other school sites and what can we do best to serve every one of our students. Uh do we have um do I have a motion?
>> So moved. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Discussion? >> Outstanding. >> Yeah. >> Any further discussion? >> I I would love to just share. I I'm thrilled we're doing this as well. I think anyone that's been on our campus and has seen our unified athletics programs in action and having observed
our track students, our athletes, some of our most extraordinary students, seeing the way they interact together with our mainstream students on the field, on the track, this is this is awesome to set that model, and I don't don't remember this existing when I was in high school, but it's something I'm I'm really proud that we're going to have. I can't wait to see the outcomes
and just see the relationships our students build. So, thank you. Thanks for working on that, too. >> Thank you, Mr. Bergman. Um all those in favor? I I opposed? Passes 5-0. Wonderful. Okay, Mrs. Reed, approval of Los Alamitos Unified School District Local
Control and Accountability Plan, the LCAP, and we had our presentation, I believe, last board meeting. >> Yes. Thank you so much, President Hill. Tonight we are bringing forward the 2026-27 Local Control and Accountability Plan for adoption following the public hearing that we held earlier this month. This document does reflect input from
multiple stakeholder groups and has been developed over the course of the school year. A big shout out to our director of education service Melissa Davis who has really walked our community and staff through the process through multiple district advisory committee meetings as well as developing this very long
document that outlines how we will meet different groups on our schools. Thank you very much. I I like a motion to approve action and item C. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Discussion, further
discussion? All those in favor? >> I. >> Opposed? Passes 5-0. We will now move on to action item D which is roll call. So you have already noted that. Let's see if I remember that in 30 seconds.
The adoption of a resolution for 2025-2026 through 2028 by the Board of Education in Los Alamitos Unified School District regarding temporary interfund transfers from the general fund to various funds.
And Tim, you are up. >> I am up. Thank you, Madam President. So this is a resolution to approve temporary interfund transfers. We do this annually. It's primarily used as a
cash flow mechanism. So >> Thank you very much. And so do I have a motion for action item D? >> So moved. >> Second? >> Yeah. >> Second. >> Second. Great. Moved and seconded. Any
further discussion? Mrs. Dingle? >> Mrs. Padassani. >> I. >> Mrs. Davidson. >> I. >> Mrs. Hill. >> I. >> Mr. Forehan. >> I. >> Mr. Bragman. >> I. >> Wonderful. Ah, speaking of money. So, the adoption
of our 2026-2027 annual budget, and it's back to you, Mr. Golden. >> All right, round two. Uh, so this is our 2026-2027 annual budget. Uh, Mrs. Schnurr presented the proposed budget on June 9th. We had no changes
from that June 9th presentation, and so we're here tonight asking for approval of the 2026-2027 budget. >> Thank you very much. Um, and it's interesting to me this is not a roll call because this is one of the most important things that we [clears throat] do. So, may I have an action uh, may I
have a motion for action item E? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Any further discussion? Okay. All those in favor? I. I. Opposed? Passes 5-0. Uh, we will now move on to the adoption
of resolution 2025-2026-2027 of the Board of um, Board of Los [clears throat] Alamitos Unified School District for an education protection account from for the fiscal year. Mr. Golden, again. >> This is uh, resolution to maintain
compliance with the statutory requirements. So, we bring forward this resolution just solidifying how we will be using the education protection [clears throat] account dollars, which is going to be towards uh, teacher salaries, which is how we've been using it for a long time. >> A long time.
>> Thank you very much. Do I have a motion for action item F? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. It is a roll call. Mrs. D'Angelo. >> Mrs. Padovani. >> I. >> Mrs. Davidson. >> I. >> Mrs. Hill. >> I. >> Mr. Forehand. >> I. >> Mr. Bragman. >> I.
>> Passes 5-0. Thank you so much. Lot of business we're getting done this afternoon. Uh, this is the adoption of a resolution 2025-2026-2024 on the board compensation for missed meeting for Mr. Bregman.
>> So move approval. >> well, we're going to >> You don't need to. It's an issue. You want me to? >> Okay. No, we're good. So, you made a motion? >> Yes. >> Second. >> Great. Um all those in favor? >> We need a roll call. >> Oh, roll call. It is roll call. >> Mrs. Potesanai.
>> Aye. >> Mrs. Davidson. >> Aye. >> Mrs. Hill. >> Aye. >> Mr. Forhan. >> Aye. >> Mr. Bregman. >> Abstain. >> Wonderful. Thank you. Uh approval of board member monthly compensation in accordance with Ed Code section 35120
um and board bylaw 9250. Uh Dr. Roper. >> Yes, thank you, Madam President. The California legislature passed a law if that went into actually passed it last year, but it went into effect January 1st of this year of 2026 that sets new
amounts uh that school board members can be compensated for and they set statutory limits based upon the size of a school district. And as is classic, what I love about our board is they wanted to wait and didn't want to take that uh increase until we settled negotiations with all of our employees.
And so, that as you know, those negotiations have now been settled and so, we're bringing this forward and any changes that would be made in board compensation will now be effective starting July 1. There was no retroactivity for board, unlike with our employees when we settled, there was retroactivity all the way back to um
July 1st of 2025. So, but this uh recommends um moving approval as uh stipulated under the the new law. >> Thank you very much. Do I have a motion for action item H? >> So moved. >> Second.
>> Moved and seconded and um all those in favor? >> Aye. >> Aye. >> Opposed? Passes 5-0. We'll now move on to the adoption of a resolution 2025-2026 to remove um Mr. Schnurr and add Tatiana
Garcia for authorizing electronic approval of vendor payments, claims, and orders for the district. Mr. Golden. >> Thank you, Madam President. Uh this one's pretty straightforward. As you mentioned, we're going to be removing Elvia, who's retiring at the end of June.
Um so good kudos to her. And we'll be adding uh Tatiana Garcia. I am already a signer on this, so we don't need to do anything with me. >> Thank you very much. Um I would like a motion for action item um I. >> So moved.
>> Second. >> This is a roll call. Mrs. Dinjelo. >> Mrs. Patasani. >> I. >> Mrs. Davidson. >> I. >> Mrs. Hill. >> I. >> Mr. Forehand. >> I. >> Mr. Bragman. >> I. >> Passes 5-0. Thank you so much. And this is um action item J, adoption of Los
Alamitos Unified School District resolution 2025-2026, authorized signers um for designated district personnel and board president. Mr. Golden, it is your show this evening. >> I was just so excited to be able to
talk. >> [laughter] >> Thank you for the opportunity. Um this typically occurs at the reorganization meeting in December, but since we had a change with uh Mrs. Schnurr retiring, that's why this item's coming up again just to then add myself as a a signer, so.
>> Wonderful. Do I have a motion for action item J? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call once again. >> Mrs. Patasani. >> I. >> Mrs. Davidson. >> I. >> Mrs. Hill. >> I. >> Mr. Forehand. >> I. >> Mr. Bragman. >> I.
>> Fabulous. Passes 5-0. Um we are now on to a large group of um job descriptions. And um I would um um recommend that we take them all as one action. So, it would be
action item K through AB. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Uh discussion. I'd like to really make sure that um really really appreciate Oh, Dr. Reese
Right, I should have allowed you to talk about it before I wanted to thank you. Yeah, kudos. >> No problem. I thank you Madam President. Yes, the um job descriptions for the secretarial clerical series have all been updated um through a committee work
and part of our commitment with CSEA to update one series a year and so that minimally they're updated every 7 years. Um these were approved by the Personnel Commission um last month and we're we're proud of the work that everybody did. >> Thank you very much and I just want to
say that I I really do. I know this is a great deal of work for you and your team and the Personnel Commission is very mindful in what they do um and really work what really well with our labor groups as well. So, I'm very appreciative. Um so, now to roll call.
All those in favor. I opposed, passes 5-0. Um approval of warrants. This is the checkbook of the district and that is action item AC. I need a motion.
>> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> Um I don't know if there's any discussion, but all those in favor. >> I. >> Passes 5-0. Um we will now I believe this will be the our last acceptance of donations for
the year of 2025-2026. Fiscal year. Just really grateful for all the partnerships that we have um in this community. Oh, the Rossmoor Women's Club, that's amazing. And once again, the Education Foundation. Woohoo!
So, that's a total of $178,677 and year-to-date it's 1.2 with some change million. And I would look for a motion to accept these donations. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any other discussion?
>> Thank you. >> [laughter] >> All those in favor? >> I. >> Passes 5-0. We are now moving on to the classified personnel report, the certificated personnel report, and the administrative personnel report. And Dr.
Reese Wright. >> Thank you, Madam President. Yes, the three personnel reports reflect changes since our last meeting. We will recommend approval as submitted. >> Wonderful. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion?
All those in favor? >> I. >> I. Opposed? Passes 5-0. That is wonderful. Thank you. We will now move into closed session, and if there's anything to report, we will be back out to report it. Thank you so much.
That's wonderful.