--------- 04:00, and we heartily welcome our McCullough family. We're so excited to see every one of you. We'll begin by roll call. Shoshanna? Missus Pardesani? Here. Missus Hill? Here. Missus Davidson? Here. Mister Forehand? Here. Mister I'm here too. Mister Franklin. You're just so ever present, you know. So count me. Now I'd like a motion to adopt the agenda. So moved. Second. Any discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed say no. The motion carries five zero.
Now we get to move on to the workshop and very special special presentation. I'm going to turn it over to missus Reed. Thank you so much, president Davidson. Tonight, we get to really kick off the last week before a holiday break, with the Eagles joining us. And so I'd like to give a big thank you to missus Shannon Wallace as well as mister Frank Fontaine for having, our instrumental and vocal music programs here. And without further ado, I'd like to turn it over to them. Alright. I appreciate everybody's flexibility. You're not in one spot, so I apologize if I'm looking around. But good evening, President Davidson, esteemed school board members, superintendent doctor Pulver, executive cabinet, McAuliffe
students, staff, and community. It's an honor to be presenting here this evening. My name is Eddie Quartermarsh. I'm the proud principal here at McAuliffe. At this time at this time, I would like to welcome ASB leaders Emma O'O' and Amelia Rodriguez to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. Afterward, please remain standing as we welcome students from our choir and orchestra to perform the star spangled banner. Could everyone please stand for the pledge. Now place your right hand over your heart.
Ready. 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. Mister Fontaine, is there something special going on tomorrow night that maybe, the audience should know about? Yes. We're invited to the high school to see our instrumental music department. Our winter concerts tomorrow. At the PAC? At PAC. I will be there. Looking forward to it. Just what Frank wanted to hear.
Alright. Well, thank you to our choir, and our orchestra, and to missus Wallace and mister Fontaine. Thank you so much. ASB. ASB, we're gonna take a picture. Before we continue, we're gonna have ASB come on up to take their photo. Parents, you're welcome to take a photo with ASB as well. That's the right phrase, right? Alright. It's my honor to introduce two of McAuliffe's finest, ASP leaders, Emmy Kim and Cole Harris, for what is going to be an amazing student report. Good evening, president Davidson, esteemed board, superintendent doctor Pulver, and executive cabinet.
My name is Cole Harris, And my name is Emmy Kim. We are McAuliffe's ASB representatives. We would like to tell you a little bit about what we do to make more make school more fun, inclusive, and more engaging. Bringing joy all year round and the holiday spirit this month are our spirit and holiday committees. These students are McAuliffe's most energetic Eagles. They are skilled poster makers, creative and critical thinkers, and put much time into planning and and executing events and activities for McAuliffe. Spirit is responsible for making fun and engaging dress up days that pair to weekly
lunch activities, creating an exciting and inclusive learning environment for our Eagles. Some examples from this year so far include kickball and dodgeball games, peace week, red ribbon week, and this week's winter dress up days. Today, we showed our winter spirit by wearing fuzzy socks. These all create perfect opportunities for our Eagles to bond and create great friendships along the way, showing our camaraderie as a school. Holiday events focus on important days year round to host interactive lunchtime events like Halloween carnival games and the turkey toss.
They've also done events for World Kindness Day and have an upcoming event for New Year's resolutions. Their biggest achievement this year was the Pink store, raising over $300 for breast cancer awareness month in just one day. Next, we have our multimedia committee. Tasked with producing the morning announcements. They work all week on documenting ASB's growth, capturing events around campus, and producing innovative and catchy ways to spread information to our Eagles. These videos are showcased Monday morning every week for our students and staff to enjoy.
Multimedia has also taken on former committee publicity responsibilities. Our hardworking students have embraced keeping our campus connected and informed about exciting social opportunities at McAuliffe. They promote all of our events and highlight our achievements using platforms like Instagram and YouTube, coming up with creative and colorful advertisements to post. They are also in charge of the bird watch, our student run news site, where each student writes one article to be published and enjoyed by student and staff.
The culture inclusion and awareness committee works extremely hard to recognize and promote all diverse and unique cultures. Every month, the CIA celebrates a specific heritage. They highlight foods, leaders, celebrations, and customs of the culture through eye catching digital posters and hands on lunch activities. In September, they hosted an Encanto movie day in honor of of Hispanic heritage month, where a variety of students and teachers showed up to enjoy. Some fun art activities CAA has hosted are paper bag pinatas, spin drum assembling, and
a bracelet making activity. To continue our macaw of passion for ASB, we have our development committee. These host our sixth grade leadership clubs every Wednesday, teaching sixth graders about ways to connect with others, work together, and be the best leaders they can be. They also get chances to meet current ASB members every Wednesday and learn how different parts of the class work together and thrive throughout the school year. Without development, we wouldn't be able to inform and inspire students to pursue ASB and train them the the way we see our leaders today.
Now, let's recognize our recognition committee that highlights staff, teachers, and students every week. They draft and create beautifully unique posters tailored to our Eagles interest and hobbies, showing our appreciation for the hard work they put into our school environment. Throughout the week, recognition makes surprise deliveries to our outstanding staff and students, bringing a cheer squad to make everyone feel special and seen. Another groovy committee is the dance committee. This committee plans the dances and festivals during each quarter or semester.
This past week, our dance committee has hosted the Elf Festival. Dance has spent over half the first semester working on logistics and designs for the dance. All the decorations seen were made with time and effort by dance and ASB helpers. They sold tickets for $5 over the span of two days and over 200 eagles including staff showed up. Everyone had the best time. Congratulations, dance for giving us an amazing after school experience. In closing, we would love to thank the district for all they do to provide
leadership opportunities for us. We really appreciate your support in helping us positively impact McCullough students. Thank you so much for listening to our presentation. Now we will turn it back over to mister Kortemersch. Emmy and Cole, that was amazing. Every year, I consider putting them at the end of my speech, so I don't have to follow that. That really is You guys are great. Awesome. Alright. Before I begin, I want to acknowledge that McAuliffe, benefits from a community of talents and efforts. To our school board and doctor Pulver for your visionary leadership, thank you for giving
me this opportunity to have the coolest job leading the Eagles. To missus Reid, missus Schnur, and doctor Wieswright, I know it's not the standard that an administrator can call a member of executive cabinet at any time for any reason to know that we're gonna get a meaningful, and and productive response. So thank you so much for that for that partnership. To our admin team, Jen, Shelby, and Julie, you epitomize what it means to have a work family. You are amazing people, amazing administrators. I love you dearly.
Thank you so much for all you do. So I have I Jen and I have this running joke, and it's not really a joke, it's actually true, that I only compliment her in private, but then in public, I give her a hard time. So I figured what better way to change the tides of fortune than to than to express this in front of millions of people who are on YouTube and present. Jen, honestly, I love working with you. I lean on you so much, and every time you deliver, and I am so
grateful that I get to work with you at the beginning of stages of what will be an extraordinary admin career. So thank you for all the dedication you give for us. From our office staff, to our dedicated teachers and support team, McAuliffe is better because of all of you. To our Oak counterparts, led by mister Castillo, thank you for always teaming up to do what's best for our middle school students. And finally, to all of our Eagles, you are the reason why we do this work. Every day, you make us laugh, you make us cry, you make us smile, and most importantly you make us reflect.
So thank you so much for all that you do. This year's theme, soaring into new horizons, embodies the spirit and momentum that, this school year has and with as we embrace new methods, new methods and technologies to reinvigorate our commitment to foster a deeply inclusive, and innovative learning experience. I cannot think of a better example of soaring into new horizons in the time, energy, and intent that our teachers put into their craft. Our ongoing teacher focus is on teacher clarity, promoting small doable practices that put students
in action when our teachers are doing great things. Consequently, we've revamped our PLC time into action and planning meetings, including staff PLCs to explore tier one interventions and standardized best practices across all learning platforms. Thanks to ed services, our Mccall Fanoak teachers consistently collaborate with deep data dives, and instruct and to learn about best instructional practices. A huge shout out goes out to Wendy Hearn, our new intervention TOSA, who is working who is working with administrators, teachers, and students to support instructional core instructional block
are also implementing new curriculum. We have eight new to McAuliffe teachers on campus who are collaborating with our veteran staff to share fresh perspectives and learn tried and true strategies. Our math teachers are piloting a supplemental curriculum next semester that targets high impact standards. Many of our teachers advise student clubs and support extracurricular activities, And among all those efforts, our teachers enter the classroom providing a safe, loving, and supportive learning environment. Our teachers are remarkable leaders who are all in all the time.
So all the teachers here, thank you so much. We have high expectations for our students and their ability to grow as learners. Our teachers continually put students in action, guiding them to surface deep, and transfer learning experiences with a deliberate focus on academic language and student collaboration. In science, students are creating clouds and jars, debating the value of natural resources, building model, roller coasters, and launching cars down ramps. I'm excited that our sixth graders will visit the Long Beach Aquarium for our first
ever trip as a sixth grade team, in January. This is tied to one of our goals to create signature experiences for all grade levels. In math, students are actively collaborating on problems at vertical whiteboards. History lessons feature inquiry based activities that help students reconstruct narratives about famous and important historical events. English teachers, English classes teach students to annotate complex literature to promote critical thinking and reading comprehension, and I'm super excited about our new SOAR class taught by our reigning
district teacher of the year, Mrs. Lori Avalos. This course is embedded into our sixth grade elective wheel which supports students and executive function with executive functioning, studying test taking skills, setting Eagles up for continued success. I'm thrilled to share that with the extensive efforts of missus Reed and her ed services team, McAuliffe and Oak will launch the first ever eagle and lion academies next semester, geared toward providing students with zero period direct learning environments, for an additional dose
of research backed tried and trued high impact standard learning that supports executive functioning and student efficacy. Needless to say, learning at McAuliffe is definitely soaring into new horizons. Now student learning is measured through multiple data points, including standardized testing. When our, while our Eagles on average outperform their peers in the county and in the state, we strive for a 100% proficiency, and I know that that is a very ambitious goal. But at McAuliffe, we talk extensively about test scores being every teacher's responsibility, not just
English and math teachers. I'm proud to share that through missus Hearn's efforts, all teachers of all subjects have every student's CAASPP and math map, benchmark scores that help drive instruction. Many of our non tested classes and teachers devote time every week to supporting the tested curriculum. Just another sign of our commitment to collective success. As we continue to evolve institutionally, we are grateful for the opportunities to enhance our campus and classrooms. A huge thanks goes out to our facilities, technology, and CTE colleagues who facilitate these
improvements. This year alone, we've invested over $50,000 of prop 28 funds into our NPR's audio and visual capabilities, which were featured last week during our drama performance of Sherlock Holmes. Doctor. Alvarado's stem classroom is unrecognizable from three years ago. Thanks to all the CTE funding that we've been able to, support with new technology. We've added new signage to our parking lots, which I know Edwin is super excited about, to promote student safety and student and family safety.
And as always, we want to thank, Leif, and I know I think I saw Carrie here, for donating donating over $23,000, to McAuliffe for new media backdrops, VR headsets, gizmos, interactive lab learning, and eventually a new mascot costume for ASP. So, thank you to all of our supporters in those areas. At McAuliffe we're committed, we're committed to, we are committed to prioritizing a robust campus life. We continue to add to our leadership pathways with two equally essential student groups.
Our ASB run by miss Jen Bellander, our reigning McAuliffe teacher of the year, and missus Letourneau who teaches Link Crew, which evolved as a student club and is now embedded into our master schedule. ASB continues to connect students to school through energetic lunch activities, staff versus student competitions, heritage month, and school wide festivals like the one that we had last week, which featured dancing, movies, games, and I'll be honest way too much sugar, but that's okay.
We even experienced a winter wonderland with the drizzle of some snow in 75 degree heat. Courtesy of Leif. ASB continues to connect students to the school through, excuse me. Link crew connects students to one another organizing volunteer efforts, college days, new student lunches, and student led morning meet and greets welcoming their peers to campus. And I wanna recognize they do that all on their own. They don't have to be told. They show up with signs, greeting, high fiving, fist pumping all their fellow Eagles as they come to school. These two student groups ensure that over 50 of our school days feature a school
wide student standard activity that all Eagles can participate. To develop these incredible leaders, I'm proud to share that this year we added a leadership spoke to our sixth grade elective wheel taught by mister Jake Arnold, who guides students in learning about forms of leadership, analyzing their own leadership preferences, and then culminates in students creating, a hypothetical lunchtime activity that they could potentially do when they join the other leadership pathways. Thanks to the great work of miss Nicole Manley in our SPED department, our abilities awareness week is one of the highlights of our spring semester.
The past two years we've been able to launch that week with a guest speaker, which provides great perspective and really connect students to really the goal, which is to be aware of all abilities on our campus. Knowing that our students will matriculate to the high school where the possibilities are seemingly endless, it's important to cultivate these passions in middle school. Our visual and performing arts programs provide our Eagles with unparalleled opportunities to pursue their passions, including our newest zero period dance collaboration, which is within partnership, with missus Ricky
Jones at the high school. We offer over 25 student centered clubs that drive essential social connections, including a new bridge to the high school, our junior model United Nations with miss Piper Walker, and the sold out baking club with miss Sarah Sheldon. During lunch, our Eagles compete in our fantastic intramural sports programs run by mister Scott Robinson, which features hundreds, or which supports hundreds of students every week. Student wellness is obviously a priority, not only for our school, but for our district and I'm so proud of the efforts to promote student wellness.
Doctor. Jensen, our wellness counselor, and mister Ray Leon, our military counselor, provide top notch mental health care for our Eagles, devoting time every day to being the the adults our students run to in their moments of need. Teaming up like an unstoppable duo, missus Olmstead and missus Foote help students navigate the academic twists and turns and the daily unpredictable social emotional chaos we lovingly call middle school. I'd be remiss if I didn't recognize miss miss Rachel Marchese and her food services team in supporting our students with wellness through their wholesome meals.
Our district's new phone policy is working. We see more attention to classroom learning and we've seen a 50% decrease in phone related consequences. One of the newest and most productive monthly efforts to promote a positive school culture is our soaring student spotlight initiated by missus McGuire, which recognizes outstanding students who have been nominated by their peers. We highlight our student, our we highlight our students and staff in our weekly newsletter, on social media, and by writing feathers, which are notes designed to lift people up
and help them soar. The ASB bird watch, our student produced weekly video announcement highlights the eagles of the week and provides clever commentary about everything happening on our campus. We have our number one viewer in the audience with mister forehand, so I just wanna thank you. One of my primary goals this year is to create meaningful opportunities to bring our families onto our campus to share in the learning experience and to share in the McAuliffe experience. Next month, we're hosting our first special person's picnic where students can share lunch with someone, special in their lives.
Our science department, led by mister Maya, is launching our inaugural astronomy night, which is inviting families to learn alongside their students with telescope viewing, planetarium, rocket launching, and guest speakers from the space industry and beyond. Oops. We're good. I'm exceptionally proud of our second annual Veterans Day assembly at McAuliffe, where we honored and recognized over 30 current and retired military personnel with an all school assembly and a heartfelt reception. So much of this work is made possible by our impressive PTA organization, which is
the largest and most impactful PTA we've had in my three years as principal. Finally, I wanna recognize that our district's core values of care, responsibility, equity, and honor are not just words on a banner. They're at the heart of everything we do at McAuliffe. When I accepted the role of principal three years ago, I knew my job was to lead the best possible educational experience for our students and our families, and I am beyond grateful to do this daily work with the greatest group of educators, staff members, students, and families. We will continue to build a future defined by these values where every student has
the skills and opportunities to soar into new horizons. Thank you. Oh, go ahead. For me. Sure. We'll let you do that first. Oh, Emmy. Emma and Malia, come up here. The board wants to salute you with the official golden mic medal. You all spoke to us. It's got a medal, microphone. But on the back, even more important, it says you did it. And we know it's not easy to talk to us and talk to YouTube, whoever's watching. But thank you on behalf of the board of education.
There you go, Cole. Thank you. You're welcome. So, mister Quartermarsh, this was a fabulous presentation. It's really a special honor for me because it's my last night as president. And and to be able to have McAuliffe be here where my heart rested for over twenty years, is extremely wonderful for for me. But it's but what you have what you are doing on campus, what what was shared about your ASB and the activities that that Emmy and Cole shared, that are
absolutely unbelievable. And you you two are ready to run for congress or so you just have to get a little bit older. You're so poised. It's quite amazing. And we love the pledge of allegiance. You ladies did a wonderful job. And the choir, I don't think I've seen a more moving performance. And to bring in the orchestra with you was very touching. So we really thank you. But I I also wanna honor everything you shared about the work that's being done at McAuliffe. And we're asking a lot of our teachers and staff and administrators.
Missus Reed has worked incredibly hard with all of you to build a strong program to elevate and enhance the skill levels of our students and provide the best education possible. And you did an excellent job of not just telling what we're doing, but why we're doing it, how it's research based, and and the purpose and and what the end result we're looking for. So between the joy of ASB and all that's going on to connect our kids to school and the strong academic programs being put in place, really so so honored
by your by your school, so honored. The Eagles are are absolutely stupendous. So thank you so much. And I know other board members will wanna speak too. Mister Bragman? Thank you so much for an amazing presentation. I'm gonna speak kind of selfishly about the sixth grade experience and just say that I as a parent of a sixth grader at your school, I could not be more grateful for your leadership, the leadership of the admin team, the teachers that are back there, the ASB that welcomed a new sixth grader to campus. The experience that my daughter has had is actually consistent. I have not talked to a a sixth grade parent yet that hasn't consistently said
it's been such an easy adjustment. And sixth grade is terrifying. As a former sixth grade teacher and now having a daughter go into that grade, it's a really tough transition for a lot of kids. And every parent I've talked to said it has been so good and so easy. So I appreciate that from those feathers. I know when she comes home with a feather, it's like the proudest thing in the in the world. But being a part of the choir, being able to do intramural sports, being able to do I think they were doing what was yesterday, I'm thinking that now I'm forgetting the name of the contest where you pull the chair out from Musical chairs. Musical chairs. Why am I having a a a lapse of of memory in this moment?
Sixth grade was a long time ago. All those things. It was. Sixth grade was and as a former sixth grade teacher, miss miss Davidson said she rested her head at the middle I don't know that you could rest your head at any middle school. It's, it what an unbelievable school environment you guys have created. So thank you so much for that. Thank you for a great presentation. I think the academics are a whole piece that you talked about, and I know other board members will talk about those pieces. But just from a cultural standpoint, thank you for creating what you have. It's so special. Missus missus Barthesani? Okay. So, thank you. Thank you, mister Cortemarsh, missus McGuire, all the teachers and staff that are here, the
parents. Yes. I have to agree with mister Bragman that selfishly, I feel very honored that I've had three kiddos go through, McAuliffe and and I have one there currently. And I can really attest. I just had an opportunity to walk the campus a few weeks ago. And the energy on that campus is palpable. I feel like you guys have all really created this really positive, inclusive, driven energy that I very much appreciate. I also wanted to highlight the fact that the collaboration that I've seen between you
and, and our other, middle school in terms of really sharing best practices and ensuring that there's consistency in, in the academic instruction that we provide in collaboration with the, the ed services, has has been tremendous. And I think you've also taken it a step further and really collaborating with our high school to make sure, that our kids are prepared when they leave middle school and enter the high school. I think has has been great. I also have to, just touch on the fact that, you know, academics is extremely
important and I love how much you guys are emphasizing and making sure that, you know, every child succeeds and that we do, fill some of those gaps that we may be seeing. But I love the idea and and the fact that you guys focus on the whole child. ASB is near and dear to my heart. I've had kiddos go through that at McAuliffe and it's really has set them for success in the high school. Link Crew, all the activities that, you know, the ASB folks you guys do through lunch. I know it's a sacrifice. You give up your lunch and you really make sure that every kid on that
campus feels included. It doesn't go unnoticed. So thank you. Missus Hill. Thank you very much. Well, mister Quartermarch, you've had quite a journey here, and I think that you have found a place where it is truly your home and you, leadership matters and your leadership matters. And I love that you also have added leadership to the wheel. I think that it is a responsibility that we start to, very young, bring up
our students to be the leaders of the future. And I know you had a lot of those experiences when you were in the school district, and I see see you bringing that forward and very grateful for that and how your staff really embraces all of that. I also see that you guys have a great deal of fun and work is a lot easier when you are all in sync and when you're having fun And to, piggyback on something missus Partizani said, I we have always done matriculation at our
schools in various ways and academically and so on and so forth. But I love the bridge programs that you are creating for our students to go to the high school because that is going to eliminate a huge amount of fear and uncertainty when they get to that level no matter what that is. And I'm just appreciative of that collaboration as well. So thank you very much. And all of you keep up the great work. Okay. Chris? As I listened, I thought I wanted to do a magic wand.
Bring my two kids who were McAuliffe Eagles back in the, what, eighties or nineties to enjoy everything you do for kids. They had a wonderful education at that time, but wow. Thank you. It's just spectacular. Thank you. Doctor Culver? Thank you, madam president. Just huge shout out, to the entire McAuliffe team, really under the direction of exceptionally strong, kind, and nurturing leadership, from you, mister Quartermarsh, and your entire leadership team.
I think you really do emulate a family. But as I was listening to your presentation, I just kept thinking, what an amazing school to be a kid at. You know? In terms if I was a kid, I'd wanna be at McCullough. When you were talking and hearing our ASB students talking about, the things that we embrace, which are the four a's, academics, athletics, activities, and the arts, and to see so many ways that we're infusing that and really recognizing as well the power of of collaboration, the power of of, of equity and and and inclusion, and really bringing
parents in as our partners, as well. So I love some of the latest things that we're bringing. Your STEM class, like you said, is what a what a change within three years and and lots of CTE and some don't and ongoing, innovation grants by by by LAFE. I love the ASB development. You have to develop leaders. And so to hear our ASB students really contemplating and meeting weekly with our sixth grade students, and nurturing that, it's it's also giving them role models of of things that maybe that they wanna do, moving forward.
And so I just think there's so many examples and to see our, our teachers who continue to find ways to look at data and what and how can we get better? How how can we, improve our programs? And then I love the introduction of the, astronomy night as well. So I look forward to seeing, how that plays out as astronomy night as well. So I look forward to seeing, how that plays out as well. We lost some some great teachers last year through the retirement, but, McAuliffe is really, growing and blossoming as well with some of the new hires. So congratulations to our veteran teachers who bring our new hires on and really unfold
them into our culture. And thank you to our new, staff as well for just, running to our kids who need us all. So thank you. And now I thank mister Quartermarsh to have a very special presentation. Of course. So at this point, I would like to bring up Ruth Ann Kirchen who is our McAuliffe hero of the heart. Come on. Come on. Come on. So Ruth Ann is no stranger to this award. She actually received it not too long ago when she was a member of the
Weaver community. I just want to share a few things about getting to know you and the opportunities that you provide for our students. I actually met Ruth Ann last year, her student Jack was a sixth grader and she came up to introduce me and say we're really excited, I'm on the PTA board, she talked a lot about a lot of things and so naturally she said her student came from Weber and so immediately I call up doctor Schmidt and I say, hey, Todd, there's this there's this parent, her name's Ruth Anne, and before I could say anything he interrupted me and said, hey, Ruth Anne is awesome and she
does amazing things for kids. And so at that point I was sold. Every time we met, she would ask like, hey is there anything that I should be doing or anything that I could do? And I of course recognized all the things that she's doing. I'm like, no, I'm I'm I'm not gonna add more to your plate. You're doing great. But if you know Ruth Ann, she always has a really great way of, like, proactively suggesting some things, and she'd be like, well, you know, I really think it would be a good idea if McAuliffe did this. And I'd be like, sounds great. And so from that point on, she's she's been a regular confidant for me, someone
who I brainstorm with, someone who we, we create experiences for our students. She was highly involved with our fundraising which raised over $50,000 for all of our students. She, came to me and said, hey, it looks like you guys are doing a lot for fundraising. And I go, well, who do who who is you guys? And it's like, oh, your admin team, you shouldn't be doing that. Let like let me help. Let's get PTA involved. And so she really has been that link to bringing our PTA organization even closer,
onto our campus. One of the great things about Ruthann is that you also get access to her husband Bob, who is in the military and he couldn't be here tonight because of that. But he's somebody who's helped me develop the, the the veterans day assembly, making sure that we respectfully and appropriately honor all of our veterans and military personnel. She knows everything and anything about PTA procedure, like the minutiae, making sure we're always by the book, and it's really hard to say no to her when she says,
hey, what about this? Which is why I had to dress up as Laboubu for an entire day. You can you can thank or blame her. And she had, I will say this so I did have to say no to one idea. So we were talking about incentives and things and she goes, well you know, doctor Schmidt, pitched a tent and slept on the roof at Edwin, close it if you're still here close your ears, and slept on the roof one night and then like that was a big thing. And I said, you know what Ruth? I think that's a great idea. However, I don't think my wife at home with four young kids would agree. So can we think of something else to do?
And she's like absolutely absolutely. I think though in in closing it speaks volumes that when, our admin team was talking about who should we have for our hero of the heart, I literally said, hey guys, who do we think for hero of the heart? And all of them said, well Ruthanne obviously. And so Ruth Ann thank you for all you do not only for your student, but for all students, for our staff, and just being an amazing example of what a McAuliffe parent can and should be. So we love you. Congratulations. You are our hero of the heart.
And, Ruth Anne, guess what? Spark. That's part. Did I do it at Weber? You did. Okay. Good. Well, you get second one. But it says, as always, thank you. You are awesome for making a difference. The board of education appreciates everything you do. Thank I'm gonna try not to cry. This always feels so overwhelming. Thank you. Thank you so much. I'm very touched, and I was very overwhelmed when, mister Cornemarsh and the team surprised
me, last week with this. I was completely shocked. There there is so there are so many people, whether they're parent volunteers, staff, students, just who who do so much to make McAuliffe so incredibly special. I love this school. When I walked on campus for the first time right before Jack started, it you could feel the positive energy. It feels like a hug when you walk onto that campus.
It really does. It just I don't know if it's the feng shui. I don't know what it is, but it feels truly, it feels like a hug. And the staff is absolutely incredible. The teachers who don't leave their rooms during lunch to make time for students who either need help, want a place to crash, need anything. They're here in the morning. They're here after school. They are all in all the time for students in the most joyful, kind, collaborative,
and supportive way. So as a parent, anything that little thing that I can do to help contribute to to making their jobs easier is a pleasure. I absolutely love mister Quartermarsh. I keep telling doctor Schmidt I'm never going to say who my favorite principal is, but it's tough. My I think I mentioned this when I, a couple years ago. Missus Busingkell, a a long time English teacher at, Los Isle High School adores Bob,
big fan of Bob, and she called when we told her when Bob let her know we were going to McAuliffe to just absolutely rave about mister Quartermarsh and said he was another one of her favorites. So then I knew once he got the missus Busingkell, stamp of approval. So thank you so much. It is my pleasure. I am in awe of what ASB does on a daily and a weekly basis. And the last thing I will say is, as mister Quartermarsh said, the cell phone
restrictions are working. When I'm on campus during lunch, if we're handing something out, the kids are looking at each other, they're talking to each other, they're engaging when when when there are musical events, They're engaged and they're dancing and and I don't know that that would happen in the same way if people had if any kids had the choice to stare down at a device. So bravo. It's working. Let's keep making it work and and, and I've taken much too much long already. So thank you. Thank you so much. Congratulations, Ruth Ann.
But it's so deeply earned. And and this reward you deserve more than anybody. I know I, I, you came to me seven years ago when I was first coming on the board and asked to speak to me about supporting our military. And I don't think you've stopped one day in doing that, But there's only one facet of the of the life that you bring to our district. I I have been so in awe of of your quiet, powerful voice in so many situations. And I personally experienced that in a very difficult time when even though we don't
see each other on a regular basis, I knocked there was a knock at the door, and there was this beautiful plant with a wonderful message from you. So that will I will carry that kindness with me, and I'm sure you do that with so many people. It really makes a difference. And then you're so incredibly aware on multiple levels. And we were in PTA council and you brought an up an issue about AI. You informed me. I hadn't even thought of the aspects of of the use of AI that you brought up and you you caused a chain of events in terms of of what
we're looking at and the broadness of it. So you make a difference in a trillion levels, and I know it's because you love the kids and you love the community. So thank you so much. Thank you. Yes. So Ruth Ann and I go way back. Back in 2019 when I became the PTA president at McGaw, I it was something that I was kind of, asked to do and sort of fell into. So I needed some guidance. And I'm a huge believer of collaboration and sharing of best practices. So who did I go to? I went to Ruth Ann at Weaver and, through just us working together and her
openness to share what is working at WeVer, how they raise money, how they make it easy on volunteers, but also get the same amount of impact to the different programs, everything. She was so knowledgeable and so open to sharing, which was a breath of fresh air. And I will always appreciate that. And then several years later we found ourselves at LAIFE on the board together supporting our schools and I'm just really, honored to call you a friend. So thank you for all you do and continue to do.
You must have a collection of those medals. Thank you. You know, Ruth Ann, you just are such an exceptional advocate for students, for all kids, for Los Alamitos Unified, and ultimately for your kids as well. You're such a fierce advocate for public education. She spends a lot of time through PTA and advocacy across the the state for public education. She's served as PTA council president for two years. That's like the president of all the PTAs. If you don't know what PTA council is, and as you heard, missus Partizani talk
about, you spent six years as a very active and involved member of the LAFE board, and continue to be highly supportive of LAFE. And she's also just one who will always find has a pulse of what's going on in education across the state of trends within, the district as well, and is always willing to share the voice in a very positive, constructive, and, supportive way. And so, I I wanna thank you for that. Thank you for your ex, exceptional leadership.
You have a selfless heart, and what an incredible role model you are for your family, for your kids. And so I'm just so proud that we were able to recognize you, once again, because, you know, McAuliffe only gets to recognize one parent or, volunteer as their hero of the heart. And clearly, no one lives up to it like you, Ruth. So congratulations. Take your time. No. It's not over yet. It's not over yet. Mister Quartermarsh, I was surprised, you know, hearing how you said you like to roast, miss McGuire, that you didn't offer miss McGuire to sleep on the on the roof
if you since you couldn't. That might be plan b. You know, this is great brainstorming. I appreciate this collaboration. I hope you're paying attention, miss McGuire. No. In closing, thank you so much for welcoming McAuliffe, this evening and your ongoing support. It's a great place to live, and work in this community, and it's even better place to learn in McAuliffe. So thank you so much. We love you. Thank you, mister Quartermarsh. We are going to take a break for photos. So, Ruth Anne, we need we need to take pictures. We took picture of the students, so we just need all McAuliffe staff, McCall of,
admin, and then hero of the heart. Two one. We're gaveling back into the meet meeting. And seeing as there are no public speakers, we're now gaveling back out. We will be going into closed session and returning at six. Part: 2
and and staff to our uh December 16th board meeting. We uh met in close session uh for faculty issues. Am I back in college? Faculty issues. Um and nothing was nothing was decided.
So now I'll move on to um the the pledge of allegiance and Dr. Schmidt. >> He was very To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it
stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Excellent job. Thank you. Uh now we are moving on to an executive summary and Mrs. Reid of our workshops.
Thank you so much, President Davidson. Well, we were really privileged earlier this evening to be joined by McCauliff Middle School, their admin team, and many, many students and family members. Um, started the night with a great collaboration of the Star Spangle Banner by our vocal music and orchestra
programs led by Mrs. Shannon's Wallace and Mr. Frank Fontaine. Um, two amazing ASB student speakers, Cole Harris and Emmy Emmy Kim, shared about um, the Eagle way of life on campus. And then Mr. quarter Marsh really did a great job summarizing soaring into new horizons
which is the theme on campus at Miss Colip this school year. >> Thank you Mrs. Reed. It was a wonderful workshop. We're going to hold our organizational meeting. This transpires in the middle of December every year. At this point in time we will be electing a
new president and vice president. So I would like to entertain um any nominations for president please. I move Diana Hill for president. >> Do I have a second? I'll second. Any discussion?
>> Are there any further nominations? All those in favor say I. >> I. >> I. >> No, you have to. You believe in yourself. >> I do believe in myself. >> Say yes. It's a 50 vote. 50 vote. You believe in yourself. You'll be
wonderful. And now we're going to nominate for vice president. Do I have any nominations? I nominate >> I You're okay. >> It's okay. Take it. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Let's go with it. I'll take it from here. >> Okay. I nominate Chris Forehand for vice
president. Do I have a second? >> I'll second. All those in favor say I. Sorry, I'm going to let you do it to you. >> She does not want to release her presidency. >> Power. I give up my
>> We need to change your little uh your signs. >> Yeah, there you go. All those in favor? >> I opposed. Passes 5. >> Okay. Now, okay. We um uh next on our agenda of our organizational meeting, we
look at the designation of dates, times, locations for our regular board meetings for the upcoming 2026 um year and uh the board has received them. They will be posted as soon as
they are approved. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Second. Uh any discussion? >> Just point of clarification, the board did present these and did a a preliminary approval back, I believe it was either August or September um because we always want to give the
community advanced notice of when our board meetings are, but um tactically you're supposed to formally adopt them as part of their organizational meeting as well. But these have been on their website since they were preliminary approved uh earlier uh in the school year. >> Thank you, Dr. Bulver. Any other
discussion? All those in favor say I. I >> I opposed. Passes 5-0. And now we will move on to recognitions of our 2025 board president. Mrs. Davidson, would you meet us down at the podium, please? We're going to do that later.
>> Oh, thank you. Marus loves this. Um, so it it is really an honor to stand here and to recognize you. We have been through a lot of ups and downs together um over the past years and uh you have
just done an incredible job of leading us through this last year and always really being centered um student focused and I your leadership comes out in your heart and you show that in everything
that you do and um I personally appreciate your educational expertise um your of practices, your knowledge, your support of staff and your teacher teachers lens. And I think that's
important. I think we have a really balanced board. And I think that's a really important element of it. And I know that I have a great deal of respect um anytime you speak, especially when it comes up to any of those things. Um you
are all lo, you are all the time, and you are all in. And so, um, Marlo, we really do appreciate you very much. And I'd just like to, uh, put together, well, I didn't put it together, but, um, Mrs. P, um, uh, Nicole and, um, Dr.
Pulver help put it together really accomplishments that have come across in the last year under your leadership. We know that we're a board and we do this together and you're a great teammate, but you were the leader when much of this happened. And in many of these
things you had um the either brought the idea or supported an idea um emphasis as we were going through it. So um we have continued to be recognized as the top performing district in um Orange C among
the top performing districts in Orange County. Um our wonderful Rossmore Elementary School uh got to be a California distinguished school this year. Uh we opened Thank you. a 34,000 square foot Griffin Center, three court
um gym and that has been something that has been needed in this community for a very very long time and you've done you did an amazing job um supporting that. you um recognized by OCDE for achieving
the highest we are recognized for um OCDE by achieving the highest growth in CTE enrollment countywide with a 10.89 89 percentage point increase in students 7 to 12 grades. And I know CTE is
something really close to your heart. Um, and that has been just um really amazing. Developed and implemented a consistent district-wide mobile device policy. I remember probably two years ago there was a little article in a
newspaper and we brought it to uh Andrew and we just really saw that this was an epide epidemic and it was amazing work by all of staff going through this process but um I really appreciate all
that you've done to support that um launching an AI task force at both elementary and secondary levels and that's something we're just starting to really get our arms around. Um but especially once again you looking at it from your educational lens and
understanding how important it is that um we work towards that. Uh you also have actively represented the district through your participation in um North Orange County RO, the district safety task force, PTA council,
the city of Los Alamidos working group and many many other organizations. you are an incredible ambassador um for our district when you are out in the public um uh in the last year uh and have seen
you at many of these things supporting our amazing teams and Los Alamita Song was selected as US cheer um as the US na United States national junior palm team and I know cheer is really important to
you uh Boys football won CIF Division 2 Championship. >> Oh, all that coaching on the sidelines. I heard you. >> Um, girls softball won CIF Division 2 and boys basketball won um CIF Division
1. All things that you really support and rally around and really beginning the implementation of the U partnership we have with Yale University on Ruler. I know how important mental health is to you and that is the emotional
intelligence program at all elementary schools to strengthen students emotional social emotional learning and expand mental health supports across the campuses. That's just a little bit of the amazing things um that we did under
your leadership this year. Dr. Dr. Pulver, would you like to say a few words? >> Oh, okay. We're gonna let the board go. Oh, come on. >> Oh, I get a matter of >> proud to give you your medal. You are
awesome and making a difference in so many ways. So, thank you. >> I'll let you get back. >> We'll start with Mr. Braman. Marus, I I could not be more grateful to have had you be our first president
under while on the board. Um, this past year has been such a a learning curve for me as someone that is new to this role. Um, I'm so excited about the year I will continue to get to have with you. But to have you as a mentor, as a leader, as a friend, as someone to
thought partner with, to call when I have a question, it I just couldn't have asked for more. And so I your legacy will continue long beyond your time here. And again, we're going to just get everything we can out of you for at least the next year uh and beyond. But I'm so excited, Miss Hill, that you'll
be taking over as president cuz I know the two of you have led with such grace for so long. Um and to have your collaborative leadership up here is is going to help us continue to grow. But thank you for everything you have done for us as a board, as a community, and for more than anything, your friendship
and mentorship. Mr. Forham. >> Yes. And I'm elementary oriented, you know, middle school oriented teacher, but I chose to take the initials of your name and spell out all that you mean to me. M, you're magnificent.
A, you're an advocate for all, and I mean all, kids. No. R, you're realistic. You understand people's perceptions. L, you're loving to all, and I mean all.
Why, you yearn for the best for all mankind, not just the kids in our district or our staff, but all mankind. S, you're spectacular, and you're a true friend. We've been together a long time, and we've shared the same sorrow, the same pain, but all
the joys of being parents as well. Thank you, Marlo. Mrs. Partzani. >> Yes. So, dear Marles, thank you for your leadership as board president. I have to say I've really enjoyed calling you
madam president. It has been an honor. Um, what others may not know is that as president, your responsibilities and commitments almost double. And Marus, you have accomplished and really kept up with all of those
commitments um so seamlessly and so professionally. It has been an honor to work beside you. I too consider you a friend and and a mentor and thank you for setting the really really really
high example for all of us to follow which I know Mrs. Hill is very prepared to do. So thank you. Thank you. >> Dr. Hulber, do you want to say a few words? >> Sure. >> Uh, you know, in the role of
superintendent, you're so fortunate to be part of a of a governance team of five elected school board members, and to be able to work uh side by side uh next to some of the the best individuals who have a bold vision for kids, uh a bold vision for this community. Um
there's no one I can think of that's finer than working alongside Mrs. Davidson. Uh I had the extreme pleasure when I was first hired in the district in 1999 as a teacher of working alongside Mrs. Davidson at Mclliff Middle School. And to just be able to
continue this journey uh and to see I think everything that you uh all share just uh she has no bigger heart uh for Loal than than um she is someone who goes above and beyond for everyone. She really likes to be would prefer to be
behind the scenes. Um she is such a a selfless worker. Uh she's involved in so many charitable organizations outside of being on the board that enhance this community in general, whether it be a member of the Rotarian uh Rotary Club.
Uh she she and her husband Stan are very actively involved in youth sports, AYSO, but also in providing scholarships for students and taking a tragedy of their life situation and glorifying that quite honestly um to really celebrate uh um
kids and their and their academic uh adventures and and the adversity that they face. Um, and she just I I think we hit it on the head as well in terms of she always has a teacher lens, she has a parent lens, which I think is important, and she has a grandparent lens, and I think that's what we really want to make
sure. But she's also a fierce advocate. She's not afraid to back down to to um to be an advocate up to to Sacramento to um the federal government regarding policy issues that affect students, that affect education. Uh, and she has a very
open heart and an open ear. Um, she's always student centered. I can remember a few times while you were president. We met and uh with some students who had some concerns after after a board meeting when we were talking about our the immigration and we went and met with uh some of the students at Los Alamos
High School um and just always willing to kind of be open to the the um the feedback from our from our students as well because that's really what uh we're about. She just exemplifies public service. Um, and so for that, I'm beyond grateful to be able to call you a friend
and to be work alongside you. And I continue to look forward to working alongside you. You're still on the board. You're just no longer president. So, thank you for all you do on behalf of the the board of education, cabinet, really in behalf of the district. We couldn't think of a better way to say thank you than to say it in multiple
languages. Uh, and so, thank you. And this is just our small tribute to say thank you for the incredible leadership you did this past year. man. >> I now turn the mic over to you, former President
>> Davidson, >> and you can do it from there. >> I will tell you, >> Mrs. Davidson, you you're welcome to do it from your chair. >> Dr. over. While she's coming up here, one person we forgot to shout out is Mr. Marvelous over there, Stan Davidson, who is the greatest supporter and
cheerleader that any president could have. So, >> yes. So, I definitely have to thank first of all my husband who's been my best friend for 48 years. Actually, 50 we met in 1976.
Um, and he's been my supporter, my advocate, my hero, the strongest person I could ever expect to have in my life. When our daughter fought for her life, I wouldn't have survived without him. And I'm so grateful. He was the one who told
me I needed to run again. And because I trust him, that that's I chose to do it. So, um, I those words were incredibly kind and generous. um they you know it's when somebody's when you're saying goodbye to somebody in a certain role,
you tend to ignore some of the dark side. So, thank you. Um but I want to thank Diana and Dr. Pulver and all of my fellow board members for your kind words. Uh we can all celebrate with joy what is accomplished in this community.
It's not about me or one person. It's for our students and our schools. Being board president has been a wonderful experience. I'm deeply appreciative to have had the honor to serve. I want to thank my fellow board members for making the past year collaborative, productive,
and positive. Working with each one of you has reminded me of how important it is to respect and and value how impactful it can be when individuals come together with the common goal for doing what is best for our children's
staff and schools. For Nas and Matt, the two of you have just completed your first year on the board. Both of you hit the ground running. Bringing a voice for parents, you shared the complexities of raising children in a challenging world.
Matt, your strong background in education along with your role as a dad gives you the powerful ability to analyze possibilities with two unique perspectives. Plus, your talent as a kid kicking coach made you wildly popular with the football team.
For Nas, having a child at every level along with your past and present engagement as a leader on our campuses and in the community has provided you with a far-reaching lens of understanding and need. You both have been instrumental in bringing different
ways to view possibilities and explore solutions. I look forward to to the meaningful impact the two of you will have on this district over the coming years. Chris, you give our children and staff all
you've got every single day. As Papa, you've made deeply meaningful connections in every corner of this district. The heart you have for Lasal is a model of dedication and love to all who of you, all who know you. It's a
gigantic blessing to serve aside beside you and be your friend. Diana, your passion for helping others extends so far beyond this days. Serving on this board is only one way in which you raise up this community and all that live
within it. Thank you for mentoring me, for being a brilliant resource for my every question, for striving to keep me on the straight and narrow when it comes to the Brown Act, and for being a person I deeply value and trust in my life.
It's not done. To our brilliant cabinet that faces every challenge with true integrity, incredible brain power, endless tenacity, and an anything is possible mentality.
I thank you. I thank you. I thank you. I thank you. No matter what the challenge each one of you gathers, your incredibly talented, highly committed teams get you to and you get you get to work with the best answers for I'm sorry. No matter
the challenge each one of you gathers your incredibly talented, highly committed teams and you get to work to find the best answers for our students, families, and staff along with our community. Bren, you have served as our
new student representative with heart, creativity, determination, and vision. You give you help us step onto the campus and see the beauty of what goes on at Lassal. You're amazing. Andrea, you were my boss at one point. I
was amazed by your vision then, and that amazement has only grown exponentially since I joined the board. Although I recognize that when a problem is presented to you, a solution is already evolving in your brain, you are a qui, you are qui still
quick to involve and engage your team and those who will be impacted by the solutions being developed. That's a truly outstanding sign of leadership and heart. Thank you, Elia. When we look back at all that has been accomplished
over the past few years, from the state-of-the-art buildings to the strategic staff development to new CTE classes to ever evolving STEM and arts programs on every single campus, we must acknowledge that none of this would be possible without the absolutely
exceptional work done by you and your team in the most challenging financial times which we are in right now. You are you are accounting for how we can effectively use every penny while seeking matching funds and grants. You
turn what seems to be out of reach into a reality. I literally could not do your job and I'm so thankful you sit in your seat. Ryan, in good times, HR can be equivalent to putting a Santa hat on
your head as you deliver good news to our bargaining teams. It's been a while since we've car you've carried that big red sack of good news in negotiations and your job goes far beyond any of that. However, what you have done is to
build a strong trusting bond of collaboration with LA LEA and CSBA. Together with the strong leadership of these two groups, you have problem solved, found compromise, and reached resolution always by keeping what is best for children at the forefront of
your heart and your goals. You have a long list of gifts, Ryan, but I think the greatest abil greatest is your ability to engage others with depth, knowledge, honesty, and heart. Personally, however, I love your quick
wit and hysterical sense of humor. Andrew, our fearless, determined leader and friend. You know that I hold you in the highest esteem because you have a heart for this district that impels you to never stop until you get the best an
possible answers for our children, staff, schools, and community. Whether it is enormous challenge like dealing with COVID or some small issu daily issue, you make sure that we get the soundest information, research and develop the best resolution and
implement every aspect of the plan with thoughtless thoughtfulness, integrity, and a deep sense of responsibility. I have loved every minute of my time serving on the board with you at you as our superintendent. other and superintendent turn to you for guidance
because you are exceptional leader and a tremendous dedication and with d tremendous dedication to all that you do. You will always be my friend. To every director, administrator, teacher, and staff member, I wish I
could call out your names. You probably don't because we'll be here all night. As a former Los parent, teacher, and current board member, I know that you work so hard every single day bringing your best to our schools. Nobody comes to work and at LEL because it's going to
be easy. Expectations are high here. You come because you are ready for the challenge of educating our children in whatever role you play. I am forever grateful for each and every one of you on every corner of our campus.
Finally, I want to share one of the most impactful gifts of being president. It's the multiple perspectives I've experienced. While getting to witness and participate in the inner workings of the district, I also got what I can only describe as a bird's eyee view of a
highly evolved, powerfully orchestrated plan for success fully in motion all the time. What truly lifts my heart is highly h is highly effective district-wide collaboration I have seen built into
every facet of what we do from strengthening academic performance while building the social emotional well-being of our staff and students to supporting the arts, athletics, and STEM. Together with this dedicated, generous community
led largely by our Lif board and all that you do, Carrie, we all work to create an environment that engages our students and opens doors to their future. the way we dream big, research deeply, problem solve with
a willingness to compromise, and ultimately create together through the most challenging circumstances makes me so. Uh oh, sorry. Okay, here it is. Sorry.
I thought it was Oh. Oh, here it is. Okay, I'm going to read that last sentence again. Okay. The way we dream big, research deeply, problem solve with a willingness to compromise, and ultimately create together through the most challenging s challenging
circumstances makes me so proud. The people and the communities that build this district are are what make us an exceptionally wonderful place to live. Diana, you're going to be a fabulous leader in 2026, and I'm here to support
you in any way possible. I thank you all with all my heart. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you so much, >> beautiful, Mrs. Davidson. And now you don't have to lead the rest of the meeting.
>> I know. >> So, as we move forward, uh we will go to uh probably what is one of our most favorite parts of our meeting, and that is our student board report. So, uh Miss Schmidt, would you take it from here?
I do not know how I'm supposed to follow that. Good evening, Madame President, Superintendent Pulver, Executive Cabinet, members of the Los Alamos community. My name is Bren Schmidt, and I'm honored to serve as your student representative to the board of education from Los Alamos High School. Here is my
report activities. Our ASB athletic team, Bellamy Miller and Izzy Standela, recently hosted basketball intramurals during lunchtime, creating a fun and energetic opportunity for students to participate in friendly competition while building campus spirit. The event
was exclusive. W It was inclusive and welcoming, allowing students of all skill levels to join in, cheer on their peers, and enjoy a positive break during the school day. ASB did an excellent job organizing teams, referring games, and keeping everything running smoothly,
which highlighted their leadership and organization. After 11 games, Matthew Mcki and Kaisen Kang emerged as winners. Overall, events like this demonstrate the impact of studentled activities in fostering connection and engagement across campus.
academics. Recently, Linkro hosted its annual Coco and Creme event, and it was great to see students come together during such a busy and stressful time of year. Coco and Creme provided a comfort a comfortable place for students to study, review material with friends, and
take a muchneeded break with hot cocoa. Linker leaders did an amazing job creating a welcoming environment, and reminding students that they are not alone during final season. Events like this truly show the supportive culture at Lassal and how much our school values both academic success and student
well-being athletics. Our girls golf team wrapped up a truly impressive season marked by consistency, growth, and competitive excellence across the league. With the leadership of coaches Tim and Haggood and captains
Lauren Shinn and Ashley Han, the team demonstrated strong leadership and sportsmanship with several players achieving their personal best scores and steadily improving match after match. What stood out to me was the sense of camaraderie among the improving among the athletes. They supported one another
on and off the course and represented Los Alamos with pride at every tournament. Their commitment to early morning practices, balancing academics with athletics, and continually striving toward improvement reflects the high standards of our program. We are incredibly proud of our girls golf team
for their 9 to1 season with their best match being against Huntington Beach. These girls model dedication, teamwork, and a true Griffin competitive spirit throughout their season. Arts. This month, the Los Alamos dance program presented the Blind Tiger, a dynamic performance that transformed the
LHS theater into a 1920s speak easyy through strong choreography, storytelling, period inspired costumeuming, and decor. The performance highlighted the dedication and creativity of our dancers with students from beginning to advanced levels, sharing the stage with confidence and
energy. The Blind Tiger was a powerful showcase of collaboration, talent, and school pride, and a great example of the meaningful artistic opportunities available to students at Lassal. Student life. Recently, our senior class
came together for our first ever senior movie night where we watched Home Alone and enjoyed popcorn, hot chocolate, and cotton candy. The entire movie setup, including a screen and projector, was powered by a battery pack donated by the Los Alamus Education Foundation or Lif
along with a cotton candy machine generously wait generously provided by Leif as well. The event created a relaxed and festive atmosphere giving seniors a chance to unwind and spend time together during a busy school point of the of the year. The night was thoughtfully planned and
hosted by a senior co-presidents, Serena Foresight and Sophia Mason, whose leadership made the event both well organized and genuinely enjoyable. Moments like this help strengthen class spirit and create lasting memories we we as we move through our final year at
Lassau. Student spotlight. To close out my report, I would like to highlight an exceptional Griffin, Amelia Jen. Amelia began her journey in this district as a Lee Leopard, then as a Oak Lion, and is now a proud senior at Los Alamos High
School. She is deeply involved on campus, serving as co- captain of the varsity tennis team and holding leadership roles across numerous organizations. Amelia is the president of Model United Nations, co-president of CSF, co-vice president of the American Red Cross
Club, treasurer for debate, vice president of logistics for Asian Culture Club, co-president of Spanish Honor Society, and a member of the National Honor Society. Through mun alone, Amelia and her team have attended three conferences at
Southern California schools this year and are currently planning Losal's annual February conference which will host 13 committees in an estimate in an estimated 500 students across the region. While she is still exploring college options and hopes to attend a
school in the city, her favorite part about being a Griffin is the supportive community and the many opportunities available to students. Amelia's kindness, leadership, and dedication make her an outstanding role model, and I am proud to feature her in this month's student spotlight.
With that, I would like to open the floor to any questions or comments from the board. Thank you all for joining me in today's student board report. >> Thank you, Bren. So Amelia uh you know we we've had a statistic that we talk about around here for a long time and that the students
that we find to be the most successful have 3.4 other activities. I think she just like tripled that. So, um, and also I just wanted to say I really love that we did the, um, Coco and, um, and CRAM.
And I know that there is a lot of research showing that students that study together or have a study buddy or have a study body, it really helps them be able to do that. So, what a great opportunity uh, for um, our students and
for them to come together and do that. So, does any other board have any other comments or questions for >> I can just second what you just because it's related to that. The the cookies and cramp thing I think is such a special thing. I I saw a picture of Miss Shaniker at Costco with her boxes of hot
cocoa that she was buying. I didn't even know she probably bought out Costco. But both about the the success of of studying together, but also I think for mental health. And I think even as you all are prepping for college, finals are one of the most stressful times a year. It's suicide rate goes up, self harm goes up. And so for you to find
connectedness with another student when it's the most stressful time in the world um I think is so important. So I'm so happy. I didn't know that we did that before this year. I don't know if this was the first time. Did you say it was the first time? Um something I hope we keep doing. It's such a model for that. And as we invest in academic success, you can't be successfully academically
if you're not successful mentally. So thank you for sharing that. It's awesome. >> Thank you Mr. Brackwood. Mrs. Partisani. >> Yes. Okay. So thank you Brenn. Um, I want to share that I got to see a different side of Brin last night as I
snuck in the back at the top Griffin. And it was so impressive because although, you know, we see this um, poised and wellspoken, articulate young lady in front of us, she is um, so well-rounded, has many talents and is
able to balance academics, ASB, um, the board role so seamlessly. So, I just wanted to recognize that and and and and your bravery last night. I loved it. And I lost my voice this morning a little bit because I was, you know, clapping and screaming for all of you.
>> Thank you, >> Dr. Pber. >> Well, I was going to ask her to talk about that. So, I'm so glad Mrs. Partisani did because you were there and had handson experience. Um, but I did want to give you an opportunity. And I notice we have some special people in the audience and would
you like to acknowledge and recognize them who they're not here at every meeting. So why don't you >> No, my my sister is here, my mom is here, my dad is here, and one of my friends who is an ASB with me and also is a next Top Griffin contestant, Trent
Massie. >> And how was being in Top Griffin? >> It was so much fun. I I think we I think we can both agree we had a lot of fun like the 10 of us. >> That's awesome. Thank you so much. Thank you, Bren. Great job.
>> Okay, we will now move on to board communications. And Mrs. Davidson, I had you first. I all I'm going to say is happy holidays. I hope all of you um enjoy every minute of it and keep safe but but really celebrate your families
and and some quiet fun time together. So, and sending you my love. Thanks, Mr. Forham. Yes. As I sat down last night to prepare my board communications and looked back over the last month, I thought about all
the wonderful classrooms I visited visited, the outstanding school walkthroughs, a multitude of special events, activities, and sporting events. I thought about one event that truly demonstrated to me the the feeling of
this time of year, but what this school district is really all about. making a difference for all kids. From the beginning, very beginning when Loal High School teacher Lesie Weber reached out to me about beginning to explore
participating in a national organization that brings sporting type events to kids with disabilities through our first activity last week. Lesie had dotted all the eyes. She involved assistant principal Carava, life skills teachers
Mr. Roush and Mr. Callahan and our district special ed department to move forward. Last week, I participated in the first type event, botchi ball. Not an Olympic sport yet, but a doable sport for most. Lesie had reached out and
wrote a grant that received funding from LA for equipment. Worked closely with our awesome adaptive PE teacher, Mandy. got wonderful t-shirts from all the part for all the participants
from the Losale High School PTA, engaged the buddies club on campus to participate, and asked the robotics class to design a ramp where those who couldn't roll the ball were able to place it on the ramp and have it roll
onto the botchi court. The combination of all these groups, peoples, clubs and organizations made this first event outstanding. To me, to me, this is the LOSAL way. Working to meet the needs of all students with care, love, patience,
and a willingness to go the extra mile. This event to me aligns with the holiday spirit and a time to give to others. Happy holidays, everyone. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Forham. Uh, Mrs. Padzani.
>> Okay. >> Well, hello again. Uh, so this month has been quite busy for me both personally and professionally. Uh, one of my top focus areas has centered on how we prepare our students for a future shaped by AI. And at the California Schoolboard
Association, which I attended a couple of weeks ago in Sacramento, I zeroed in on that big question. After three days of workshops, I brought back some key takeaways and best practices that I've shared with our district leadership and um who is diligently working on what AI
looks like for us in Loal. On top of that, I attended the business entrepreneurship pathway focus group, an exciting new pathway we're introducing in response to both student feedback and workforce demands. It's one of the
fastest growing uh sectors in Orange County and I'm thrilled to see um that we are bringing it into life here at LEL. It was a major goal last year and seeing it come to fruition is really rewarding. And of course, we kicked off
the holiday season with some incredible performances from the show choir's holiday show to the magical nutcracker in the in a nutshell led by our talented orchestra, drama, dance, and choir teams. Every performance was a true joy.
I even got to enjoy the next Griffin um event last night and saw how our students let loose on stage and have fun. Um and finally, congrats to our football team, CIF Champs. You know, watched a few games in the in the rain
there and it was it was lovely. Um they make us proud. And with that, I will hand it back over to you. Thanks everyone and happy holidays, >> Mr. Braggman. >> All right. Uh always always good to repeat some of things, but want to begin
in sharing a few observations about the ways in which we're preparing students for college, career, and life. I first want to recognize, like we just heard, the show choir as always was amazing. The holiday show was just unbelievable. I think it's a testament to our students and the hard work they put in, the amount of shows they put in, also to the
community when I know I was there for the final show. To see the amount of alumni that come back and go on stage and sing with them. Um, it's moving to see the the family environment that is there and how people come back year after year. We had alumni from last year and we had alumni from 10, 15, 20 years ago coming back singing together with
the choir. And I think that shows both their path but also just the camaraderie that they have. Um also a number of us were able I guess not a few of us were able to attend the um Losell Chamber of Commerce uh breakfast on Friday and to see them after already going through all those shows in choir performing again to
a standing ovation was really cool. Um we those students were prepping for finals and they snuck out during the beginning of the school day to to be there and perform in the LOS community. um standing ovation was just in I know they do that every year but they seem to somehow get better year after year after year and to have that energy still after
all the other performances was really really special. Um and thank you Dr. Pulver for leading that meeting which was also really cool. Um another choir which just blew my socks off and I hadn't gotten to see yet this this year was the Oak Choir. Um I was at the Seal Beach City Council meeting a week ago
and got to see the Oak Choir perform a number of holiday songs. We had students up there singing solos in front of the city council. was a full city council meeting outside of our audience because there were a number of hot topic issues on the agenda and they left people again standing ovation in awe. It was super
super special to see. Um I know that we rotate through and the Oak choir came and represented us really really well. So uh huge congrats to them. Mr. Okonnell did an amazing job. It was also cool for our new principal of the school to be able to be there and see the community wrap their arms around our our Oak choir. Um, football has been talked
about, but I do think it's it's worth noting again, our first CIF championship in over 20 years, but again about our community. Um, if you were there and some of us in attendance were able to attend, um, there was a Thanksgiving Day practice, which is a very special thing. If you're practicing on Thanksgiving Day, that means you've made it far
enough in the playoffs that you're doing something special. And we had, I think, about 50 alumni come out that day, um, showing off their old CIF rings, giving words of guidance and talking to the players. There was a handshake line that that people were able to go down. It was something that as someone that hasn't been around this program and have
definitely never experienced a Thanksgiving day football practice before was was something it was once in a lifetime the environment to see that. I think we had over 300 people in attendance on Thanksgiving Day for a practice to meet the alumni and to have a Thanksgiving lunchon dinner with the players. So, um, appreciate everyone in
Loel supporting the team. I helped coach a little bit this year more than I thought I was going to. Um, and I have never been shouted at around town for wearing a Loell shirt before this year. It was pretty cool to be wearing a Loell football shirt around town and to have people yelling at me, go Griffins, walking around Sil Beach. That that shows I think again it was beyond just
our school. It was something that in a one high school district to see the way people just really are celebrating this and it's it's something that's special. Um, and then lastly, as as you heard, we attended the California Schoolboards Association conference. It's really a thank you for for the leadership to to allow us as board members to have that
time. there aren't as we heard about the Brown actor earlier, we aren't able to get together and just chat and have coffee and go to a dinner and get to talk about the things that we're we're learning about. And so to have an opportunity to be able to do that and get to work as a team and get to talk outside of these meetings was really special. There's only a few occasions
where we can really do that. And I know I was able to attend some sessions on STEM and how we can create more STEM equity in our district and provide career pathways. I know Miss Davidson's focused so much on CT and these pathways and to learn how other districts are doing with success. It allows us to come back and reflect on how we can always
again go from good to great or from great to even the best. So really excited by where we're going. I will say this wasn't in my in my list of things I want to talk about, but I know Weaver had their Steam Expo I think last week, right? So I saw great pictures of that, too. So I wanted to shout out the Weaver Steam Expo. I wasn't able to attend, but
I saw pictures of it. I know our high school robotics team came and and highlighted that. There was a lot of great things that I saw on Instagram. So thank you for sharing that for those of us that couldn't even attend. Lots of schools are going to start rolling those out as the year goes on. And so that again set the bar really high for for the way in which we're sharing these STEM experiences with our our elementary
students who can then see the pathway when they're going to high school one day that they want to be on those robotics teams or they want to be in the camp in the summertime doing Legos and things like that. So thank you for Weaver for for doing that and sharing it and thank you for the opportunity to share. Happy holidays.
>> Thank you Mr. Bragman. Um I will be very short. So CSBA, I have been on the board now 14 years. It's I I felt like the young one for a very long period of time and now I am the most seasoned. We're going to use that word. I like that
word. Um but it's it is always a wonderful opportunity to one be together as a governance team and we work together as one team and even though I was just elected as president that just
really means I run the meeting if you look at it from a government's a governance perspective and I have to have signature um privileges but other than that we work together as a team and I really had the opportunity to go to a
couple sessions that really talked about governance and what is our best governance look like and um I asked a couple questions and it was kind of funny because I felt like oh we already do that in Loser. I I was just trying to find there's always ways to get better.
We can always go from uh great to greater. So, but that that was a wonderful opportunity and I just want to say that um all of the things around the district have been phenomenal and we are in the ambassadors. That's one of the other things that is really important
about our job is being visible at the different events so staff understands how supported they are by this board and by um uh cabinet and executive cabinet. and I'm just really honored to serve in
this uh role for the upcoming years. I think we have the most amazing students and staff and parents and um I'm just really looking forward to the next year and appreciate your trust in me that I will be able to run a reasonable meeting
and I just want to wish everybody happy happy holidays and then we will go into our public comment. Any other comments? No. And we did have I do want to make a note that we did have on here. Thank you, Mr. Bragman. We did have
superintendence report. Dr. Pver, do you want to speak why you are going to be um >> Yes, we just decided uh as we were planning the agenda to uh yield my time. I feel like we're in Congress uh because we have a few presentations that I think
are more pertinent. Uh we want to talk about um the PAC and um our middle school academy that we are excited to be launching and perhaps some of that will will come about a little bit later. Um so we wanted to yield time for to to allow more time for the board and and
the community to hear about those two important items. >> Thank you very much um Dr. Pulver. So we will go into item number nine now which is public comment open session items of um non-aggendide. Um, so the board I have to read this lovely paragraph. The board welcomes
input from the public. This is an opportunity for the community members to provide public comment to the board on agenda items or items not listed on the agenda. Persons wishing to address the board should complete a speaker request card prior to the start of each meeting.
Each speaker is limited to a maximum of 3 minutes. Public comment is limited to a total of 30 minutes. Comment cards can be submitted to the district office any time after 9:00 a.m. on the day of a board meeting and will be accepted up to the start of the board meeting at 6 PM.
A speaker may not relinquish his or her time to another. And when addressing the board, speakers are requested to address the board from the podium, state their name, and adhere to the time limits. The board may not take action or discuss any
items appearing on the um appearing on the posted agenda and cannot immediately respond to public comment. It's one of the hardest things that we have to do. Uh speakers are cautioned that under California law, no person is immune from liability for making intentionally false
or defamatory comments regarding any person simply because those comments are made at a public meeting. And at this stage we have one card and uh we are just really excited to bring up uh Ms. Carrie Log and she is the executive
director of LA. Thank you Carrie. Thanks. Good evening. I am Carrie Log Seal Beach resident and district parent, but I'm just here to say hello from LA. Um, we as an organization want to be more present at these schoolboard
meetings. And so, as the executive director, I'm I'm feeling it out, making sure we fill out the public comment card appropriately, give it to the right person, and really just share some of the good news that Lif's been up to in our community. So, those that don't know, Lif is the Los Alamidos Education
Foundation, and we are the nonprofit partner of Los Alamos Unified School District. Our mission is to prepare every child in our district for college and beyond. and our tagline is we enhance educational excellence. So, it's really an honor to work um as the
nonprofit partner and the amazing work that's done within the school district day in and day out. And um I love it so much. I live here and I have a daughter that you know goes to school here. So, as we say, all in all the time, the low sal way, all those cadences that just
really speak to why our community is so special. So quick update, our gigantic after-school programs are operating, but just ended our fall session. Monday was the final day. We had 250 classes operating across all nine schools in our
district. And we always end our session with performances and presentations in key classes that have something fun to share with parents. So, we had extra families out on our um district campuses in enjoying the fruits of life
enrichment classes. Our spring session will launch on Monday, January 26th, and registration is open right now for families interested in enrolling in spring enrichment opportunities. And our big signature fundraising event
is coming up on Saturday, February 28th. We are bringing back Lace Night Out. It'll be our second time doing this new fundraising event and we invite everyone in the community to attend. It's a really fun night with great food, great drinks, great entertainment. We're
bringing back the same band as last year, which is Flash Pants. Be ready for rockus fun and some some great um like it's not just an 80s band. We don't want it to feel too like 80s themed, but lots of great songs that you'll know and can
dance to and sing along with. And through that event, we raised lots and lots of money for Lowell Kids. So, I'm pleased to report that because of our success from last year's fundraising, we were able to bring $154,000 in innovation grants to our district for
this school year. And that's 70 different grants. And I have to say how wonderful it was to be here tonight and hear both in McAuliffe School report and the comments of the student board member. Um, and you know, just and now I'm like, who was the the
one other one? See, I knew I would do this. Bin mentioned a life innovation grant. Eddie did and someone else did. >> Chris, thank you. At Law High School with the amazing botchi ball set. So, um, you know, we we give these funds and
and to hear how they're Oh, see, I need to get better at this. I could go on for about 20 more minutes, but you know, we all want to sleep tonight. So, I will wrap it up and just say we're also very um honored to continue to fund mental health in our district,
supporting our wellspaces as well as bringing stipens to the seven interns that are working around our district this school year. And with that, I just want to say thank you again for your partnership. Thank you to so many of you who individually support LA in many ways through your donations and um your time and your partnerships. So, thank you for
giving me more time. I will look at that clock more in the future. So, thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you, Carrie. Um, I'm not supposed to comment, but I will say that we do have a tremendous partnership with Leif and are so incredibly um grateful for
it. Uh, so we are going to move on to item number 10, which is information and presentations. And Mrs. Schneer, we are going to have the Los Alamidos High School Performing Arts Center uh um renovation project update by Westgroup.
Would you like to introduce them? >> Yes, thank you, Madam President. This evening, we are joined by Westgroup Designs, the district's new architect for Los Alamito's High School Performing Arts Center project. Since coming on board, they've reviewed all prior work,
completed a sidewalk, and taken time to understand the project in its current state. Tonight, they will walk the board through their initial findings, updated update their timelines and possible paths towards the project. We are super
excited and appreciate their work and look forward to their presentation. So, welcome Miss uh Sema Hassani and Mr. Ken. Thank you very much for being here. >> Thank you. >> The only other thing I'd just like to add is to the board. They're going to pre present us um a couple different
pathways and options for us to consider. And so while you won't be voting, this isn't an action item. Uh we will want to seek some direction from you at the end of the presentation. >> Okay. Good evening everyone. Thank you so much for having us. We we're very
excited to be here. Uh madame president, you mentioned that Los Alamas only expect high level. Uh so that's what we do and that's what we want to present. So our agenda basically we want to just give you an update of um the finding
that we have from the materials that we but that we receive and then also show you some example um of some of the other packed um you know buildings that has been done around Orange County and
elsewhere. And then uh then we want to talk about some options. what are the options and in regard to architecture as well as funding and then last but not the least talk about um the the project schedule.
So with that I'm going to turn it to our principal architect to just walk you through the project. >> Good evening uh Madame President, board members, uh Superintendent Pulver, cabinet, uh members of the community.
We're excited uh to begin our uh efforts on the performing arts center and our onboarding began uh right before Thanksgiving. We uh did a sitewalk of uh the uh existing performing arts center
to understand the existing conditions and some of the uh support spaces that are part of it. Uh along with that uh we basically um reviewed uh existing documentation uh
starting with the original construction documents from 1966 uh along with a uh remodeling uh effort that was completed in 1987. uh modernization that uh also occurred
uh in the building in 2000 along with uh the schematic design package uh by the most recent uh prior architect uh along with uh their schematic design cost estimate
uh the geotech report uh for the renovation along with meeting minutes that occurred with the division of state architect aritect as a uh pre-application uh meeting as well as uh the CT uh
theater grant application uh that's associated with this project. So a lot of material to kind of review to have an understanding of uh the uh building and
the scope of work. Uh the next slide basically our our initial u uh uh feedback uh regarding the drawing package. Um we feel that the drawing set
uh represented what we would think of as approximately 30% completion of a schematic design phase in terms of design. Uh there was no documentation for any of the civil engineering, the
mechanical, electrical, plumbing, acoustical, audiovisisual or even uh fire life safety engineering at a schematic level. So the only um coordination that had occurred that
actually had uh drawings or some deliverables were related to geotechnical and structural engineering uh in preparation for the pre-application conversation with DSA.
Uh the drawings uh were not coordinated with the uh cost estimate or the CTE grant application. So there uh is a lot of material that is not identified or quantified in order to really uh kind of
see how those three uh packages uh related to each other. So in regards to the cost estimate, uh the majority of the estimate uh were allowances. Uh basically they were not based on
quantities or materials that were identified in drawings. So we're not saying that they're inadequate, but it's hard to gauge, you know, where those quantities or the materials are actually in the project.
um certain elements like uh fire sprinkler work, the theater technical lighting, rigging and how that is incorporated in the project uh was not validated. So again, no coordination
between those elements. um the existing HVAC uh nothing really budgeted in terms of adjustments to how the proposed changes may impact existing uh HVAC
and in the cost estimate there was a 5% design contingency which in our opinion at this early phase of any project is low uh when the majority of any of the engineering discipines have not even been engaged. So,
traditionally we see uh at this stage more of a contingency in the range of between 15 and 20%. Um, regarding the pre-application meeting with DSA, um they ran out of time and so the fire
life safety uh reviewer at DSA did not have any time to provide any feedback on what was being proposed. So that is a meeting that uh needs to occur uh at a later date uh to capture DSA's concerns
related to some of the elements that are being proposed. Uh and last but not least, in kind of reviewing the meeting minutes, uh it was noted that uh no information gathering with actual user groups had occurred. And so that was
still a to-do item to make sure that if there are new uh teachers that are uh part of the stakeholders that are utilizing the PAC that we're capturing uh what their needs are uh relating to,
you know, what they're teaching. So this is a little bit of a complicated kind of quick diagram of existing versus proposed and it was kind of related to us looking at what was being proposed in
the schematic design as well as our kind of understanding by walking through the performing arts center. And diagrammatically all the red dots are kind of exit doors. And so the left plan is kind of
illustrating the current existing PAC. The right plan is showing what uh was being proposed as improvements. And so for us, our initial uh kind of walk
through and how you enter into the auditorium uh is dictated by this kind of uh configuration of the rear seating being split into what originally in the 1966
drawings were defined as two classroom spaces. So those two rear seating chunks uh with movable partitions to kind of separate them were considered classroom spaces. And so when you're coming
through, you know, the lobby area or the foyer, you're coming through four doors. And essentially as you're walking towards the auditorium, you have four doors in front of you. a pair of doors that are kind of in the middle and then
two single doors that kind of go on either side, right? And so the kind of green dashed arrows are essentially showing the general path of travel when you're in any particular seating group. So, it's all actually pretty clear and
straightforward uh you know in terms of where exits would be in the auditorium and how you would exit or enter. The proposed changes that's in the plan on the right uh were trying to address some
sighteline challenges related to the rear seating. And so a lot of adjustments were being proposed to elevate and adjust uh the rear seating, but that basically created uh the
addition of ramps and um steps that eliminated that central kind of pair of doors as you're coming into the lobby. Right? So now you're entering through four doors. You now only have two doors
to get into the auditorium. Not only that, you're circulating through ramps and steps in order to get either to the rear seating or the main seating area. One of the challenges that we see here is that that rear seating which has
about a hundred seats on either side uh is now creating a bottleneck. So, previously, if you were seated in that rear portion, you could exit either on the right or left side of either chunk of seating. You're coming down. If
you're going out through the lobby the way you came in, you have a door right there, or if you were exiting out to the exterior, you know, you could uh, you know, exit on the opposite side. Now with the creation of that ramp uh all
those seating areas in the back basically come down and go to a pinch point. So for us this was just an initial kind of review. It's not that it's not code compliant, but it's we are
concerned that this kind of circulation and flow becomes a little bit less gracious and probably is creating more bottlenecks than even what exists there today. me. I'm I'm just for a point of clarification really quick just so the
public understands because this is a lot of information that you just gave us and so um I just want to say that this Dr. Dr. Pver, do you want to talk about what what he's talking about proposed is not what they're proposing and that this is what we
>> Yes. What we looked at this project was previously uh given direction under another architectural firm who has worked with us and some other projects and as you know at our last board meeting uh we recommended that we actually terminate that contract and
move in a different direction. So at this point, as soon as the board had made that action in the November board meeting, um Westgroup came on board. We we actually invited multiple architectural firms to uh see if they were interested in picking up this
project midstream. Um and Westgroup was gracious enough and we were uh pleased. And so what we've been able to do is give them uh receive all the deliverables from the previous architect um and the ASB builds etc. So they're now reviewing that work and what work
needs to be done moving forward um in that process. So that's pretty much what when you when you see the proposed that's not west groups that's the previous architect. >> That's what um that's what I just really wanted to make sure that people understood was that this was was was
previously proposed. Um, and so you're going through maybe um, some things that we should be looking at and recognizing as we're moving forward and I just wanted the public to be aware of that. >> Just just options for you to to review
and make a decision. Yes. >> Right. So this is our analysis and kind of take on based on what is existing versus proposed. probably getting a little bit too much into the weeds, but essentially that's kind of our initial
kind of uh feeling about what the plan was kind of illustrating >> and and we appreciate that. But I just I really wanted the public to understand because they may have thought that that's what was proposed. Thank you. >> So we want >> however I will say just to be clear that is what we shared at the state of the
district. So the community or individuals if they or previous board reports if they had seen anything regarding uh the PAC renovation project that would have been what they had seen as the image on the right um briefly. So yeah >> thank you very much.
>> Right. And so for us when we're thinking about you know what is the you know best way to approach the project we're actually thinking back to one of the diagrams that we first created as an
analysis of the campus uh when uh we were awarded our first project on the campus which was the STEM building and so we were basically looking at the property through the lens of the four A's of academics athletics activities on
the arts and trying to understand how do you secure the campus so that you know the core campus which is primarily used at a certain time of the day versus you know maybe after hours events in athletics or arts where is the parking
occurring this diagram began to kind of guide how we approached not only the STEM building but also the new three court gymnasium and so what's being shown Shown here is a delineation of spaces with potentially a prominade
that's east west uh from the rear parking lot that begins to access some of these spaces after hours. And so this is a recent basically aerial photo that is kind of looking from the
parking lot direction towards the uh gym and the area that's to the north of the performing arts center. uh we had this uh study from early on when we were doing both the STEM building and
the gymnasium of you know what is the character of the campus as certain elements uh are transformed and so uh when the portables eventually are removed there's opportunities of
creating a more generous uh connection to uh the hub that is right in front of the athletics uh new gym and what might be improvements as that prominade. And so when we're looking at the spaces that
are available, the area directly to the north of um the uh existing PAC is about 32,000 square ft of available land. Um, and so we think about the square footage
of what the current performing arts center is, which is about 21,000 square feet. And it occurs to us that gee, uh, that site area has the potential to
house a new building with plenty of space kind of left over around it. uh to accommodate basically all the program that's in the existing building and afterwards
will actually be built without impacting the use of the current building. So there's some schedule implications and also potentially uh interim housing or uh challenges to how the performing arts
might be interrupted by any work whether it's a modernization or new construction. I just want to pause real quickly for some people they if they see this remember this is a vision board. So this isn't our campus completely. That extra row of parking that you see along
as you're coming in does not exist. Those are currently our our two ASB rooms which we just renovated the dance uh the dance rooms that we just renovated etc. So this was a vision that they had shared with us uh way back when. Um, so I don't want people to think that are we moving the dance room,
are we moving ASB? These are just ideas that they're bringing forward um to help further illustrate a long-term vision, >> right? And so that area highlighted in yellow is just a potential development area for a replacement building. But if
you build a new PAC there, then afterwards, uh the existing PAC would be demoed and the resulting space would be about, you know, a little bit over an acre and a half of a new quadrangle space
potentially. And so that begins to be a different kind of academic uh character in terms of what is the space that's the academic side and potentially where the PAC would be located and how it's
accessed uh from the parking. So we wanted to share some benchmarks of recent performing arts uh center projects that are in Orange County. And uh so the most recent one that was completed was for Newport Mesa USD.
These these are all projects by other architects, not us. Uh as examples at Estansia High School. Their recent PAC was 46,000 square feet. So a significantly
larger project. Uh 2025. Uh this year Irvine Unified uh completed a new PAC at Irvine High School. That one was a 650 seat theater about 25,000 square ft. So
not too dissimilar to the amount of square footage that your current PAC is. And a few years ago at Woodbridge High School uh they completed a 650 seat theater also 36,000 ft² had a balcony.
It's not all apples to apples comparisons because the square footage and supporting spaces whether they had a blackbox theater other elements that are part of the project. But this is just to kind of share what is the current, you
know, benchmark of uh facilities that other districts in Orange County are uh constructing. Um now that said, yes, >> Mrs. Davidson, >> oops, >> is going to keeping in mind that they
emphasize they have a teacher background, not a building background. But I just out of curiosity, the 2025 Irvine's uh performing arts center, $1,400 a square foot and then the 2021 $639.
Is that just the difference in costs over time or is that something completely unrelated? >> There's a lot to unpack in those numbers because the construction uh type is different between them. uh the amount of
space that might be in the lobby and how much glass is being used, how much, you know, you compare the square footages. There's a range that's going from 25,000 square ft up to 46,000 square feet. Some have balconies, some do not. Some have
catwalks for students to access lighting positions. Uh and so again, this is not really an applesto apples comparison. And it's you would have to dive deeper into the detail of each project to
understand well this one was 600 some odd dollars a square foot back in 2021 uh for this much amount of program versus one that's $1,400 a square foot. That's quite a range. And so this is just trying to begin to give you a sense
of, you know, not only the range in cost, but also scale and whether it's plausible to achieve a replacement building somewhere in the range between,
I'd say, $800 a square foot and probably not $1,400 a square foot uh for what we're aiming for if we were pursuing ing a new building for Loal. Right. >> Thank you. >> And for us that is a starting point but
also trying to understand well that is a very traditional type of performing arts you know center with a precenium and all the components that you would expect as part of a PAC. There are other um
California high schools that are creating performing arts facilities that are a little bit different and again we're not necessarily focused on just the cost but what sort of functionality and what are what is occurring that is
unique and so up in Roseville in near Sacramento uh Analopee Valley High School they created a 580 seat basically flexible theater and So they're making use of retractable seating. So that
space could function also as a uh flat floored venue for other kinds of events in addition to being able to put on, you know, full performances with a stage and all the supporting uh, you know, program
spaces. And again, the cost, the details on what the construction was. This is really just trying to touch on, well, what else is out there beyond what you would normally think of as kind of fixed seating and performing arts spaces. This
is a project that's actually not even in California. It's in Ohio. And when we think of performing arts spaces, this is a unique model that I'd say probably is maybe more akin to a megaurch
uh in its approach in that the actual building itself is very uh kind of cost effective in that it's using pre-engineered structural systems and uh parts. uh you know butler uh buildings
are traditionally uh like airplane hangers and other uh kind of support buildings. And so this is an example where a very kind of coste effective shell is now housing a 500 or
actually 1,200 seat theater full balcony you know lobby space. Uh, and it was completed again a few years ago. Not California, not DSA, but you look at what the construction you look at what the construction cost was, and they
managed to construct this for under $400 a square foot. So again, we take it as potential inspiration on how do you design uh in terms of maximizing the value and creating the spaces that you
need, but do you need a full wall of, you know, glass as a lobby uh and spend the money on that? You know, so this one gives us inspiration in a different way. Now, all of that is kind of
a starting point to think about uh the cost of what it would be to modernize the existing 60-year-old building versus what might be the opportunities if you were to pursue new construction. So,
again, a little bit of uh would we be replacing the same exact square footage? Well, I think the roughly 21 a.5,000 square ft of the current building is just very inefficient based on the way
the original design kind of structured the spaces and how uh they interact. So, could you get the same program in a more efficient building with maybe a little bit less square footage? Potentially,
right? But for us, what was budgeted as the construction cost for modernization, which was a little bit over $10 million, you know, our observation is that $10 million budget is likely going to increase because the current, you know,
design uh and documentation is not vetted enough. So we don't have faith in the quantities that are being kind of described in that cost estimate and what's shown in the drawings. Uh
another challenge between modernization versus new is that during construction of a modernization you don't you can't use that facility. So, the performing arts would need to be accommodated either off-campus at another facility or
you're trying to construct the modernization as quickly as you can to minimize that impact. And so, >> we have a couple of questions if I can just um uh ask for just a second. Sure. >> So, Mrs. Partzani, you had a question.
>> Yes. Hi. Uh, so thank you for the detail. You know, I just looking at your proposed sort of high level design of what the new structure would look like. Do you have a estimate of the number of seats it would contain in that new um
32,000 square footage that you're recommending? >> We're not actually recommending any design yet. So, those examples that kind of Sorry, I'm going backwards here. those examples uh of these projects where different
kind of seating ranges that are possible uh construction uh types are varying in our comparison between a modernization and new building. We would be looking to achieve the same quantity of seats that
the modernization was trying to accommodate. So at least 600 seats. But again, you kind of benchmark other uh PAC projects in Orange County. 650 seats was generally the target that a lot of
uh those high schools were trying to accommodate. So, can you do that in that square footage? We don't know yet. We haven't >> gotten into it. Right. >> And we're not proposing 32,000 square foot. You're just saying these are the 32,000 square foot is available
>> space, right? Yeah, I'm going to I'm going to try to streamline it a little bit just for >> freely available though because aren't there currently classrooms here? >> No. So for uh for time sake I'm going to Can you go back to the overarching slide? Um
so that one right there. So what what an idea that they had is first and foremost when we first thought about doing measure G, uh we always wanted to tear down the PAC and build a new one. And then all of a sudden we realized that was a $40 to $50 million project. You can see some
similar samples of other districts that that have done that. And then we went out and surveyed our voters, our community. How much would you be willing to tax yourselves? Uh and it wasn't that the threshold was under $und00 million. And so at that point before Measure G even went out to the community, we knew
we wouldn't be able to do the PAC, a tear down and a rebuild. Um, and so we were trying to save every saving dollar that we have to try to do some type of renovation to the project, which is kind of the current path we've been on. And that budget for the PAC has increased
from 5 million to 8 million to 12 million to now 14 million all in hard and soft cost. And so what uh Westgroup is is is saying is you do have the square footage space of 32,000 square feet here in that yellow area there that
there are no classrooms there. That is a poor the back lawn etc. Um the the classroom space is uh you you see that turtle building of sorts. Uh and then you see the two wings. That's the two band rooms on the right and then the
blackbox theaters on the left. That entire space that's kind of white makes up 22,000 square feet in total. So the 22,000 square feet includes the two band rooms, the black box and the PAC. And the current PAC is just a little bit
over 500 uh seats, but with as we heard a lot of inefficiency. And I think what what Westgroup is trying to tell us is we could certainly still continue down this path of renovating and maybe they're going to have a different idea to help us renovate than the proposed that we just saw from our previous architect. But another idea that they're
bringing to the table is have we thought about using the this quad here space that you have here. Finding a much more economical space to to build because we only have still about $14 million. So we can't we know we have finite resources.
Um, but could there be another way that they could create that? And when you if you were to build the PAC in this yellow area, go to the click the next slide. Now, that what that leaves is a much broad open quad um for for the high
school. And so, you know, if I'm an principal, assistant principal doing campus supervision, you have a lot more now open space. I talked with uh principal Krauss and showed her this design, too. and ASB could have so many more different types of lunch activities because you're not having lunch pe
students in so many different areas. So, it really could um do something there. And then additionally, um we'd probably have to spend about $2 to $300,000 of rent uh spaces if we were going to
modernize the current PAC to have performances elsewhere. where in a model like this, you could save those dollars, put it to a new building, and have our students perform in a current PAC, build a newer structure, a brand new
structure, um, which wasn't part of our ideas, um, and then demolish the other one. And so what Westg group I'm going to go to the next slide just because I know we got a lot of other presentations tonight as well is they're trying to
find some more economical ways to to do this along with getting secure more funding. So um what they using is well originally we thought we had 10.2 million budgeted hard cost. It's really 14 million overall. Um, but they're
saying we believe you could qualify for $5.3 million in seismic mitigation grants, which we received $3 something million, close to $4 million when we just when we tore down the the administration building um for the STEM
building and that we could potentially qualify for $3 million of uh CTE grant for theater tech for new construction that we're pretty solidly thinking we would be able to um get those dollars under the current renovation, we're not
so sure we'd qualify. And for a renovation, that's a 1.5. So, what they're bringing to the table is if we were to consider this new concept, you potentially now have an 18 to really about a $24 million total project because we have our the other addition.
Um and so there's giving us kind of two options. We can continue down one path of just renovating or we could explore is it even feasible to build a brand new structure in California dollars under
DSA um in 2026 2027 really because by the time the project would get so they're going to repres you know just quickly if you could kind of explain these two slides um >> oops >> those those two timelines rather
>> sure So, one of the things that we're seeing with the modernization timeline is that the division of state architect is uh inundated with end of the year uh project submittals because there's a
transition into a new code cycle uh with the California building code. So, it's in the interest of lots of districts to get their projects in before additional uh added expenses come with a new code.
And so, DSA is seeing over I think $6 billion worth of projects that are expected to be submitted before the end of the year. That is delaying their ability to uh approve projects, review
and approve projects. So the modernization timeline originally was trying to uh get to a construction earlier by a start of maybe August. We're not seeing that as possible. Uh so
the earliest even in a modernization timeline would be getting out of DSA by basically the end of next year, November of 2026. And so construction is anticipated to be
about a year. And so in the modernization timeline, the earliest that we would uh think that a modernized renovated PAC could come online would be in the third quarter of 2028.
Alternatively, >> our previous feedback from our user groups is if we weren't going to do construction in August, they'd rather wait another year so that students don't have a performance space mid year. Um so that even if it was ready to be uh have
construction start in December, um that they'd rather wait till finish that finish that year. Now, we could come back and say, well, you could have maybe your fall shows in one and your spring shows differently. So, we could come back and bring that to them. Um but either way, what it seems more and more realistically is we will not be able to
have construction start in August. Um and so we now have to kind of pivot given where DSA is with all the backlog. That time that pivot time actually gives us time to explore the um a new building
um without committing um but the ARC our west group doesn't want us to ask us. we don't want to commit them to do work and spend dollars um if if we're not interested um in so what they're proposing in the green timeline is we could come up with is it
even feasible to build a brand new building on that back space where there's up to 32,000 square ft still try to we they understand we have a finite list of dollars could we find a way to construct something um within that
budget um and then if So, we try to run with it because there's so many other positive benefits. If not, then there's still time to go and and have them deploy their work to renovate um which what the original plan which is to renovate the existing building in the
best way that shape and form that we can given the 24 given the 18 the $14 million project that we have uh funding for that. It could grow to 24 if we do a new building because you could potentially get the seismic mitigation
uh and the CTE grant for new construction which you wouldn't get that additional $8 million if you just renovated. >> Go ahead. >> Right. >> So, can what would be the cost be if we built the new one? What about what is
the cost to demolish the old one? I think that's all part of that effort of studying that we're proposing which is in that kind of estimated new construction timeline. that threemonth chunk that's got kind of two uh uh
groupings of arrows is we're studying the cost of what a new building would be, the design of it, uh the potential engineering of it along with the demolition of the existing and what that means. And while we're doing that
concurrently, our structural engineer and the Westgroup designs team is basically going through the seismic mitigation program uh process. And so it takes about a month to work through what is being called the tier one evaluation,
which is just to determine is the existing PAC eligible for seismic mitigation funding. So there's a number of uh calculations that our structural engineer would go through assuming uh
OPSC says yes you qualify it's eligible then it's another two months to actually come up with the package to determine uh how much money is possible right as a package and so we think that three months of effort can get us uh by
roughly March a uh quantified iable uh design uh and cost estimating. That would kind of give you a more of an applesto apples comparison between well what would a new building cost look like
versus if you continued on the path of uh kind of renovating versus uh transformation, right? >> So because the project won't start in August, right? we now have some time where we can explore both paths. And so they could we could ask them to spend
the next 3 months to see is it even possible with the finite dollars that we have to do this new concept along with some potential state matching funds. Um and if not and because if you can they actually think you could build that that building and have it open sooner than
than the first phase because we're pausing because our user group doesn't want would want to wait to have construction. Um, so >> I don't see any reason why not to go forward with your proposal. I just I think it's a win-win if we have the
money and money is always critical, but I just see it as a win-win. >> So I think what Dr. Pver is asking us for as a board is exactly that. Do we want to take there's there seems to be no harm in taking these three months to
really be able to look at this and find out if we could get that extra four $4 million if it's even feasible what that would look like as well and so or do we want to just go back and say nope we
just want to focus on the modernization and we don't want to look at those options right the I wouldn't call it harm The only thing is that it's it's you know a risk benefit right is you could be you're paying the architects three months to of of billable hours to
explore something that you may not that may never come to fruition >> but we won't even know. So I I almost feel my recommendation is we need that information and it's worth 3 months of architectural billable hours because a much better project might be possible and we might still come back and say
okay no go back to the blue timeline which was always our original and yes we spent a little bit more money on something that um but it's it's certainly worth exploring because I think our arts community would would could really benefit if and the high school the culture of the high school etc. if you were be able to open up and
have a true uh lunch quad. >> Um and so it I think it's that our recommendation is it's worth that risk of 3 months of billable hours that may or may not come to fruition. >> I think that's really the only >> right >> at this point. >> So um any other questions?
>> Uh you know um I agree. I think that it's information and we need information before we can make a informed decision. Um, but I would suggest that we include cost to demo the existing building as well as the landscaping cost for
building a functioning quad. >> Um, I just know that from our previous work of doing a garden um in front of the wellness center as part of life that that is um although you know it may seem like simple but it it can be quite
costly. So I'd like to see what that would look like. >> Sure. >> Thank you. I would like to also point out that we do currently have um an open bid for the general contractors that will work handinhand with the architect. So the they along with the architect the
general contractors the um they they will come up together and work uh to find the the best solution and the most cost effective project. I think if the cost effective in finding a solution that is a wash are close to it in terms of getting a better building that
totally makes sense to me. I I want to just it comes even when you talk about building a new quad. I I mean I will share I have big thoughts on other facilities and other things we can improve on campus whether it's related to athletics fields and trying to build the best campus we can have for our students of the future. So we have to
think about all those other things cuz a quad's going to cost this much more money. Does that take away from building new practice fields or maybe adjusting our football stadium so that we can have more seats and more home games and things like that? So, I always want to have those different things in mind while I also think these are great ideas and it's worth exploring. Those are
things that are also in my head because we we have a campus that is great in many ways and in in need of great updates in a lot of other places too, right? So, like we have to to make sure we're very aware of all that. I also will say which might not make everyone
happy that that's watching. If there is some way to move up timeline and this has to happen middle of the year, I think that those are sacrifices people have to make. If we can expedite it and have it happen quicker and we have to have a midyear split to start construction and that can expedite the construction, I think we just have to go
pedal to the metal and get it done. That's not it's not going to make people happy. It'll cost us money to rent some other facility. But if it's a new construction, we don't have to do that anyways. We have to just deal with construction on campus in the middle of the year. So I I think Dr. Pover what you do have and my one comment is is
that I do want some information about the water table because I that is something that we really obviously know on our campus need to take into consideration. So, I will be asking that question um when you're taking a look at
it, but I think you have your direction that I think I think all of us don't want want to know what the possibilities are and if it's worth taking that time and that it's not really even taking time, but if it's worth taking that money to find out if there's other
possibilities. I don't think we would be doing our due diligence if we didn't. >> You Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Um that was a lot and uh I
appreciate um everybody, but it's also extremely exciting. One thing I will know is that um we've spent a lot of time on a lot of our um athletics and we've we've really told the performing arts that they've always taken a little
bit of a backseat and um we've done our best, but I it's exciting to have a project for them um to look forward to. >> Yeah. And the quad can largely be grass and and asphalt. I mean it doesn't have to be this elaborate aspect. I mean
that's what most of the quality is right now. >> Yep. Not good grass. Um thank you very much. Um next we will go to 10 uh B which is um Mrs. Reid. A very exciting introduction to middle school
academy. >> Thank you so much President Hill. I am really excited and we've had uh I I'd say three really exciting weeks partnering with our middle school teams as we're putting the final touches on a new launch here in the school districts. So tonight I am here to talk about Losel Unified Academy programs, a larger
umbrella that um is an idea that we're exploring and hoping to bring other additional programs forward under and then really focus and highlight our middle school academy that will be launching in the spring at both of our our middle schools. And so we've really sat around and done a lot of thinking
over this past year and a half about, you know, what are options and opportunities we have um to strengthen students across our district and outcomes for students from elementary all the way through high school. And so um what are our LOS Unified Academy programs? a big vision that we have to
build intentional learning pathways that really are designed to help students thrive academically and personally as they transition from elementary to middle school to high school and beyond. And so each of the pathways that we're envisioning uh really align with one of the four AA whether that's academics,
athletics, activities, and the arts and that each academy pathway would have a clear focus while supporting students and their involvement in all areas of school life. And so what I'm really here tonight to talk about is kind of the first pathway off of this idea of Losell unifiedmies and that is our middle
schoolmies which would really be designed to prepare students for success at Los Mos High School. The pathways that exist there college readiness and really career exploration as well. And so we are launching our middle school academy programs um this spring. Um, and
the reason why we're starting or decided to launch academy programs at the middle school level is really that as many of you know, middle school is a really critical window for kiddos. Um, it's where academic habits are formed independently. Um, gaps and foundational skills for middle school students can
really tend to widen or that gap can close. Um, and it's where confidence as a learner is established. And we all know how important it is for students to enter high school feeling that they're capable and competent learners. Um, and so our academy programs really are
proactive and not reactive. And so the idea is that we are giving students opportunities early to strengthen core academic skills before they enter high school. Um, build the habits students needs to to really manage those increasing academic demands. And it's
really more than academic demands. If you've had a high schooler, it's balancing the demands of a comprehensive high school, whether you have an interest in athletics, activities, um the arts, balancing those for the first time with um academic demands. You know, most middle schoolers don't realize that
if you're going to play a varsity sport at Los High School, you're going to have a 3 to four hour practice four to five days a week. And so that increased demand um can be overwhelming. And so how do we prepare students best to really balance um the demands of high
school? And so the middle schoolmies are really there to ensure that students entered inner high school positions for success and aren't in need of re remediation when they hit the high school. And so um this spring we will be launching the Lion Academy at Oak Middle School and the Eagle Academy at Mcolith
Middle School. And both of thesemies would lie under the A for academics pathway. And they really are designed for students who are close to or just at ELA or math proficiency. students that would benefit from a highly structured, supportive, directed learning
environment, benefit from targeted instruction on high impact standards, but also benefit from explicit instruction and executive functioning skills, which I want to break down in a couple of slides because sometimes when we say executive functioning skills, what exactly are we talking about and how does that pertain to a middle
schooler and why is it important during those middle school years? And so what we're going to be launching in the spring will be one ELA and one math academy at each middle school as a pilot um to look to see is this a way to help build success and open opportunities for
our middle school students. And so our vision really of the Eagle and Linemies are that we will be ensuring students master essential ELA and math standards. So if you've ever looked at the California content standards before, it's pages and pages long. The California California
framework is 100 pages long. And so when you look at sixth grade alone, the number of math and ELA standards, it's it's really mind-boggling how the state of California thought that this amount of standards was going to be able to be te uh taught with depth. And so, um,
we've been looking at a lot of research, working with a company called Standards Plus, as well as meeting with our our middle school academic teams to really look at what are those high impact or essential standards, the standards that are most frequently tested on CASP as well as the standards that are most
foundational to articulation to the next course. And so making sure that we have an all-in mastery for our kiddos who are in that kind of bubble area so that they're set up for success, not only in the classroom, but on a standardized test because a standardized test is important. You know, we're not just
talking about CASP or um the MAP test they take, but you know, I have a 15-year-old who's going to be who just took his permit test. I had a daughter who took one before. And that that's a really interesting time for for a student to prepare for the first time to take a standardized test that really means something to them. Whether it's an
AP test, a college admissions exam, or you're in a field that require a certification or an ASBAB to go to the military, having the ability to be a confident test taker is a really important skill for our students. And so we want to be able to partner that with strong exe executive functioning skills
that really transfer to all classes. And so increasing student confidence, ownership and building their academic identity is really important um in middle school so that students are prepared to take on the challenges ahead of them but also able to balance those challenges. So you know I think about
myself as a learner. I would never have considered myself a strong math student. I took highle math classes but I would say my real strength as a student was in writing and written communication. So when I took on something more rigorous in math, I I had to balance, right, what
my other cognitive demands were going to be in my schedule and how can I be successful when I take on things that I know are going to be hard for me. I can do hard things. We want kids to believe they can do hard things, but what is my life and time management and extracurriculars look like when I'm taking on hard things. So part of that
explicit conversations with students about what are their strengths, right? And what are their areas that they have to work harder in? And so what does that look like? And so being able to open up that dialogue early in middle school is really important. I think we see a lot of our athletes benefit from some of those conversations. I think if you talk
to our most successful athletes who have had a good coach along the way, they have a lot of authentic mentoring conversations about what it means to be resilient and how you manage challenges and and persevere right when you have failure. And so really preparing students to enter high school at Urba
proficiency is the goal of an academy period. And so our ELA focus will be reading comprehension and academic vocabulary as well as writing stamina and organization. And those two came from, you know, looking at our data and talking with teachers. Where are the areas that students need um focus in
math, mathematical reasoning, procedural mathematics, and problem solving. And it's also really fluency in those areas. Not just that you can solve a problem, but can you do it in a manageable amount of time that makes sense in a in a period of instruction that makes sense to complete your homework in a
manageable amount of time? And then really application and remediation of skills as test preparation. And so what does it look like to get immediate feedback and correct those mistakes in real time? And so who is teaching our middle school courses? It's going to be our own highly uh qualified staff. And
so um we've put it out to middle school teachers who were interested. they've applied. Our middle school admin teams will be interviewing those teachers who are interested in in taking this on. We held a teacher meeting um last week to really talk about our vision of this program and make sure that we were
getting staff um on board who were open to doing something new, something creative, really relying on data, teachers with strong instructional practice, experience supporting diverse learners, and really a commitment to student growth. And so these teachers will be supported by the ed services team, by their high school, by their middle school admin team, excuse me, as
well as our middle school TOSAs. Um we on the agenda tonight are bringing forward uh standards plus high impact standards program which is a researchbased curriculum. We've already started in my office writing lesson scripts. So I think it's really important that um the two lion and
eaglemies are going to be almost identical matches of each other and we ensure that when we launch something by having written scripts, regular planning meetings to make sure that teachers have the support and as well as an opportunity to voice reflection on that as as we launch. And so it really will
be a product of ongoing uh collaboration and planning as we move into this spring uh semester. And so I think it's important that that families take a moment to realize why academic proficiency matters in nth grade as you transition. And so research really consistently shows that students
entering high school at or above proficiency in math and English are more likely to pass high school courses. They're also more likely to step up their game and take an opportunity or a challenge with an honors or an AP course. um if they come in at proficiency, they're less likely
students to require intervention or remediation. And that gets trickier when you're in high school and you have before and after school commitments and you're trying to manage a schedule or or fit a tutor in or or try to get involved in something after school if you play a sport or you're in the choir and that's
when help is help is available on campus. And these students are also more likely to pursue post-secary education options when they come in as as feeling confident and capable as a nth grader, right? They start to envision themselves after high school and those opportunities and dreams that they have
um for themselves. And so we know that early academic confidence really leads to higher engagement, greater persistence through challenges as well as stronger postsecary outcomes. Right? Having a challenge in middle school and high school and overcoming it really is a gift. I know sometimes as parents it's
hard for us. Um but having students recognize that they can persevere and do hard things is really important. And so having open dialogue about that I think starts um early on. And so we want to provide that for um sixth graders as as a pilot um this coming spring. And so
when we talk about executive functioning skills, we're talking about organization and planning, time management and study skills, goal setting and self-monitoring that will really be pivotal to this program. And I want to touch on that in a slide. Task initiation and completion because being able to get started on a
task and complete it and the time that you've allotted for it is a really important life skill, right? And so how do we teach kids and work with them to identify what the time they need for a particular workers and then what it means to be complete and then reflection
and adjustment. So knowing just like you go back and rewrite an English paper multiple times, it's the same thing when you talk about executive functioning. I tried to organize myself one way this time. Did it work? What can I do to get better? And I'm going to try something new. And so having teachers involved
that really support that. And so why this matters is that, you know, these skills really predict success beyond academics. Um high school, college, and careers all require students to manage multiple deadlines, advocate for themselves, and monitor progress and adjust strategies. And I think the
advocate for themselves component is really critical because if you've ever well all of you do walk classrooms, but when you walk in middle school or high school classroom and a teacher poses a questions a question and you see the same hands come up every time, it's not necessarily because the other students
don't have an answer. Just some of them don't have the confidence to risk being wrong in front of their peers, right? So, how do we early on teach kids that the best part about being a student is you don't have to have the right answer the first time? Right? Part about being in a classroom and learning is that it's
this trial and error um of of learning and that teachers are there to support that. So, we really want to build that culture and climate early um for our students. And so, how the program is going to work this coming uh spring is that the academy is going to be a zero period class. It's going to be meeting
Monday through Friday, functions as a full academic course. So attendance counts tardies absences just like any other course. There will not be any homework inside uh the academy period and the curriculum will be 80% common
research-based curriculum and then 20% customized instruction based on student needs. And so that executive functioning component is really going to be unique to the students in class. class. And so we're going to be using some self-interest and self-efficacy inventories with students and doing those regularly in the class to gauge
the specific skill sets that need to be built um within our students that get this opportunity to join our inaugural launch of the academy. And so grading and accountability is important. And so um academy courses are going to be graded, but it's going to look a little
bit different. So the grade is going to be based on effort, completion of in-class tasks and regular attendance. So the academy is structured for students to receive an A if they maximize their potential and control the variables they have the ability to
directly impact. We know that all the research on self-efficac e efficacy, sorry, shows that when students um are able to control variables that they have control over and they're positively praised for those, their self-efficacy goes through
the roof, right? It's kind of like if you're an athlete and you want to be a basketball player, but you're really short. You can work really hard and get better at things, but something you're never going to be able to control is your height, right? So, as a basketball player, then what do I work on to be as competitive as someone that has height?
And so, I can I can work on my engagement. I can work on how how much focus I bring to practice, how much extra practice I give, um the how committed I am to the team, how my camaraderie is, um how I take feedback from my coach, right, and put that into play. So, we really want to start that
idea that you're going to maximize those variables that you have control over. And so, that's what the the grading will look like within our academy model. So students will receive regular feedback on skill mastery. So um there'll be an assessment every Friday. It's going to only be five questions long directly tied to the standard we're teaching that
week. Students who will get immediate feedback on that. Students who do well will immediately have an application opportunity to use that standard or skill and students who are still needing support will have a remediation opportunity in that same period of instruction. So really support to
reflect on progress and then coaching around habits and growth. So teachers really are going to be working as mentors and coaches as well as um teachers and facilitators of instructional learning. So the focus in the class really is mastery of those essential standards, kids focusing and
growth over time and then building independence as learners. And so two really I think core components of what we've been talking about and kind of embedding research into the academy. One is the morning huddle. And those of you that listen to podcasts, a lot of Fortune 500 companies do something very similar, right? A lot of sales teams
have a morning huddle. And so it's really this idea of how you start your day with purpose. And so the morning huddle is a daily intentional opening routine that really anchors the academy class, right? It's a short, highly structured practice designed to prepare students academically and mentally for learning. It's an opportunity to train
your brain of what you're getting ready to, right? You're getting focused. And so why that morning huddle matters is that research shows that students learn best when expectations are clear. And so this is when the teacher can set the agenda for the day very clearly say what we're going to be learning and what it looks like to be successful today
because we know all of that also is the teacher clarity, right? And student clarity about learning objectives and outcomes. Um also that routines are predictable, right? Kids like predictable routines because it lowers the level of anxiety and cognitive load they have. They know what to expect and
how to be successful. And then also they feel connected and supported, right? So when you come into an academy classroom in the morning, it's going to be free seating. And we ask students uh not to sit down when they come in. This is an opportunity to talk to your peers. Um when the bell rings, we're going to circle up around the classroom and we're going to start our morning huddle. And
so every day we'll start that way and really hope to build a community um within the classroom that's geared for learning. And so the morning huddle really should reduce anxiety and that cognitive overload. Also build consistency and structure. Right? It's really important in middle school for
kids to understand what they're learning and the why. and then help students transition into learning more be before the academic uh demands of the day begin. So really reinforcing habits students need just not in in academy but in all classes high school, college, right, in future careers. Like we're
really hoping that the outcome is that students arrive ready to learn. They understand what it's going to look like. Students understand why they are learning how to be successful and that over time students really internalize these routines and strategies and begin to use them independently um as they
move through middle school and beyond. And so goal setting really is the second core component of the academy which I think sets it apart from what you would see in a traditional math or ELA class because uh students are really going to be learning what is a goal? Um how do I set it? How do I reflect? What's too
broad? What's too vague? Um set clear, realistic academic and personal goals for themselves. We're going to be sharing their standardized testing assessment data with them um that they've had for the past few years. What it means, what it could mean, h how do you how do you get better at something?
Um, and so really using our CASP and map data for students to understand the type of learner that they are as well and then how they can use effort and organization to help build learning habits that help them reach those goals. And so it'll be something that's ongoing and embedded throughout the semester in
the in the academy, not a one-time um goal setting. And so we know that it's super important to teach students um to have goals. We know that as adults if we have a goal we monitor are more likely right to reach that goal. And so research shows that students who set and
monitor goals really are mo more motivated uh to engage in school work that they develop stronger self-regulation and problem solving skills and that they're more likely to persist when learning becomes challenging. And so goal setting really can help our students understand that success is connected to effort and
strategy and that mistakes are part of learning not failure. And I think those two things in particular are huge wins for a sixth, seventh, or eighth grader. It's a huge win for an adult, I think, when you can recognize that mistakes are part of learning and not failure. And so really wanting to get more of those
hands up in classrooms is is is the goal. And so academy will take a slight turn after state testing because we really do want to connect the dots of the why of this work for kiddos and have them start to see themselves in high school and beyond as successful. And so
after state testing, academy students will have opportunities to visit the high school, see our pathways, whether the CTE pathway, visit a leadership class, see the arts in action, really start to envision themselves on that high school campus being successful, right? We know that vision setting is
really important and having a dream is another really important thing. And so, um, learn about our high school pathways and expectations and then build early college and career awareness, right? Um, start things like working on a resume. um what does it mean to prepare for an interview? Um these are things that we
hope to bring in guest speakers, maybe do some campus visits, and then really talk about career exposure experiences. Um so the goal really is to help students see themselves as successful future high school and college learners um when we talk about academy. And so um
we've had a tremendous response. I'm I'm really excited. We hel had a parent meeting here in the boardroom last night and we had over 50 families 50 families attend and we already had um close to 100 families at each school site express interest in a spot inside um our zero
period academy. If sixth grade families are interested, both principal Cordomar and principal Castillo have sent out multiple emails. We've sent out an FAQ and an overview of the academy as well just this morning to all sixth grade families. and parents can log on to the Google form that we've included as an
interest form and and put their kiddos's name on there. And so we'll be notifying students that were selected for academy as early as this Friday, but it's really a rolling admissions. Some families were really early to come on board and and want an opportunity to be part of this program and some just learned about it
um last night. And so we'll be reviewing um those um admission selections and forming our classes. Students won't start class academy class to January 20th. So, all those students return on January 6th, we're going to need about two more weeks um because the teacher selection process is currently happening
this week for that for ed services and the admin teams to bring together the academy teams and really get on the same page and be very tight about what our launch and our day-to-day instruction looks like. And so, once elected, students and parents will be asked to complete an academy commitment contract.
It's really just kind of outline outlining to them um the expectations that we have for kids to work to their potential that we need to see you in class every day and the type of learning environment that you know you're going to be engaging in. And so we're really excited to partner with families um and
look to see what success for our middle school kids could look like in high school and beyond. And so I'd love to answer any questions the board has. >> Yes. >> Outstanding. Outstanding. Completely. I support it wholeheartedly. Who else has questions? >> I have some questions.
>> Um, Marlo, you go ahead and then go ahead. Okay. >> I just >> You turned it off. >> I thank you for the structure, for the focus, for the I I I even love the fact that you're interviewing the teachers because I think that we've had different
programs and some of them haven't worked. But to tell me as as a teacher applying that you are looking at everybody and trying to find the best fit then the scripts and that and the lessons it this is not a situation from my
perspective where individual creativity is necessarily coming into it. You've got very specific objectives and an endgame. But I think what I love most of all is how you're changing the framework of how students approach their learning
from the inside out by creating within them a level of confidence. There was one one time we had a very effective academy and I'll never forget I was working at it this boy saying to me, "Mrs. Davidson, this is the first time I've ever in my whole entire very long
sixth grade life that I think it was an eighth grader been on the honor roll. I'm on the honor roll." and he saw himself as a completely different person. So, thank you so much, >> Mrs. Partzani. >> Yes, I love this. I I love the um the
forought and the creativity, you know, kind of looking at the needs of our students and trying to come up with a creative solution. Um so, I commend you and the staff for working on this and and bringing this to our students. A lot
of what you talked about um reminds me of growth mindset and I know that that you are that's very near and dear to your heart and um and it is something that we try to cultivate in all of our students. >> Uh question for you. So we had the
maulif um school here for a workshop and um Mr. Cordomar talked about the sixth grade wheel and that includes leadership and organization. What do you see as the integration points between this and those two courses and um uh you know do
they complement each other? I I just would like it sounds like there's some overlap but I wanted to hear from you. >> You know I'll have to be honest I don't know the exact lessons that happen in a dayto-day in those six and sevene periods. I can share that both of those additions to the wheel came through um
conversations with middle school teachers really identifying um this need for the majority of students to have a focus on executive functioning skills one and the leadership aspect because so many students were interested in joining seventh and eighth grade leadership as you know um at the middle schools
there's two periods now and so the idea really came about at both middle schools about how do we make every student feel like they have this ability to be a leader on campus, right? Students are leaders even when they're not in a leadership class. And so, how do we start to groom students to see and
believe how they can impact the culture of their school community and each other? So, I'm not exactly sure what the overlap will be, but that's a really great question because both of those sections are new on our camp on our middle school campuses this year. Inside the academy uh program, kind of as Mrs. Davidson said there won't be the
creativity as much from the teacher because we're really um building a scripted program because ideally if we see great results from this we want it to be something that we can duplicate reflect on build on and make better each year and not something that's completely
dependent upon the instructor. Right? So we all know we've had a teacher in our life who impacted us just by their presence and their being and the way they spoke to us and they just naturally had that ability. Um I think that exists in all teachers and some just need a
script and an idea of what the research says and the opportunities students need to see themselves that way. So I would imagine there is going to be some overlap um between that and I think you know both of those um parts of the wheel were new this school year and so every
year we come back as a team and look to reflect on did it meet student need what did kids like it did we see any improvement with those students so I think that will be a great opportunity for us to should academy continue on in a in a different format for the 26 27
school year or be expanded what would that overlap or consistency CB I think is a great opportunity for us to to make both better. >> And you know lastly I'll just say one last thing. I love the fact that um you are working to broaden um the students
horizons and really expose them to what's available to them at the next step which is the high school. I love the idea of campus visits and guest speakers and career um exposure experiences and I think that that that's I think is definitely something that um
I I don't know if it's currently in the organization and leadership class. So this is this would be this would be a um a great addition. >> Yeah, we'll have a full semester too, so a longer period of time >> than um a rotation inside the wheel. >> Okay, thank you.
>> Absolutely. >> Thank you, Mrs. Reid. Just a couple of quick questions. So, I guess I'm a little confused about how you're going to do ELA and math with it within the same class. >> They're two separate courses.
>> So, there Okay. So, there is going to be the focus of one or the other. That's what I was unclear about. But all of the other criteria is the same. It's just whatever the academic is. It's two different classes. Okay. That Thank you.
So it's about 30 to 32 35 probably well probably not 35 kids in ELA 30 to 32ish kids in math. So at each school it's a little over 60 kids that would that would be that would qualify to to get into the academy.
>> So but we're only looking at doing one section of each for this spring. That was my >> period zero period where it will fit uh within their schedule already and not change their schedule mid year. and and also just at sixth grade. >> Just at sixth grade. Okay, those were my
questions. Does the board have any other questions or and brilliant work and I I don't know how I I just can't even fathom how you could put together the structure of a whole class within like five week period of time. I'm not sure how you can do that, but if there's
anybody who can do it, you can do it. >> Perfect. >> So, the one thing I would ask Mrs. Reed, maybe just share briefly when you had a parent information uh night last night. Uh can you share any feedback that of parents that were present? Um either comments or feedback that they had.
>> So we had a couple common themes. One was why aren't we doing this for all eighth graders? Right. So as you can imagine a lot of sixth grade families have eighth grade students and so we had really cast out two nets of invite. So using data, we specifically targeted some families and said, "We really would
love your child to apply apply to this academy. We also know that parents know their students best, right? We only see the academic self and there's another self at home." And so we threw that same umbrella out to all sixth grade families. So we had a a a diverse group of families here with us on Monday
night. They all wanted to know, you know, I would love this for my eighth grader. Why did we choose sixth grade? And then the second one really that was um really eye opening, I actually called Dr. Pulver, texted him after the parent night was I had multiple parents come up
and thank me for doing something for students who sometimes feel overlooked in our school district that we have programs that really touch at like the honors or the AP. And if you're really in that the lowest quartortile struggling, you may have special
education services or a 504 or access to other supports. But for a typical low kid who's kind of just been at that proficiency or below and teetered back and forth, there hasn't really been for some of these families an
opportunity targeted at their child to ensure that they're going to be successful. And so I think it was it was just great to hear from families that felt that this was something that um ticked a box for their family and was going to be an opportunity that they saw as really positive.
>> That's awesome. Thank you very much. >> Oh, go ahead. >> I I think that that you just hit it right on the dot. You know, that is those are that bubble category that you talked about and really trying to address those kids that with like a little bit of TLC are just going to get over the hump, I think is fantastic.
Yeah. Thank you. >> Perfect. Thank you. >> And then I just think it's really purposeful as well. We're starting here, but this concept of an academy could branch out down the road into other things. So obviously we got to get this off the ground, launch. It takes a lot of bandwidth, but we could see ourselves
looking at maybe launching an athletics academy at the high school down the road. Who knows? I mean, our our minds keep going. Um and so but we want to make sure we do this one right and get it off. Um, but we also want to be strategic in how we brand it that it
leads for other innovation down the road because as you know innovation is one of our core values. >> Wonderful. Thank you very much. Um, we now will go on to 10 item. Um, Mrs.
Reid, do you want to just go C, D, and E? >> Thank you. I I would appreciate that, Mrs. Hill. So I'm bringing forward 10 C, 10D, and 10E, which are three supplemental materials that will be on public preview with education services. The first one is standards plus high
impact standards for math and ELA. And as I shared earlier, this will be part of the uh researchbased curriculum that we'll be using as a guiding uh document inside the academy as well inside our math 6th, 7th, and eighth classes as we look to restructure um first math
instruction inside those courses this coming spring. The second one is standards plus pass the task. It's a supplemental resource to support teachers in preparing students for the cast performance task because it's a unique and novel assessment that um students really only see once a year.
And then the last is a compilation for Los Alamos High School history and the future course compilation 7 through nine. Um how to make filthy water drinkable? what is biodiversity and then living um on a dollar and all three of
those items a TED talk an article and a documentary will also be on public preview with education services through the next board meeting. Thank you very much Mrs. Reid. Um we're going to go into our consent calendar. I have one poll which is 11G.
Um, I'm not sure who pulled that item, but I will be I will be looking for a um approval of consent items 11 A through F and 11H through AB. >> Second.
>> I have a first and a second. Um, all those in favor say I. >> I. I. >> All those opposed? Nay. Passes 50. Madam President, I think during agenda planning, you had suggested, uh, polling G after you heard some of the the
feedback, uh, from ED services on what that item really is. >> Okay. Thank you very much. Um, and so, um, item G1, I mean, yeah, G11, approval of, um,
subscription to Tab Right LLC. And Mrs. Mrs. Reid, >> absolutely. Tabrite is a digital writing and note-taking application designed to support students who benefit from alternative ways to express their thinking. The tool allow tool allows students to organize ideas, draft
written responses, and convert thoughts into structured text, reducing barriers related to handwriting, spelling, and written output. So, tab write is commonly used to support students with learning differences, emerging writers, and students with IEPs or 504 plans while also being appropriate for general
education use. So, this item really will provide an additional accessible tool to support equitable access to written expression across many of our classrooms. >> Thank you very much. Once again, looking for multiple ways to be able to support our students. So, I look for a motion to
approve 11G. >> So, moved. Second. >> Any discussion? >> All those in favor? I >> opposed. Passes 5. Thank you, Dr. Per, for reminding me.
Um, we will now move on to action items. Action item 12A, approval of a textbook. Mrs. Reid. >> Thank you, President Hill. Tonight, we're bringing forward college algebra and trigonometry 7th edition by Pearson Publishing. This textbook was
recommended from a curriculum steering committee, has been on public preview with the Education Services Office since the last meeting, and we're bringing it forward for action this evening. happily move to approve Matt. That is far more advanced for me. >> And do we have we have a second? Any
other discussion? All those in favor? >> I >> opposed. Passes 5. Thank you. Um approval of supplemental materials um to support grades 9 through 12 in history and future classes. Mrs. Reid.
>> Thank you so much. Uh, President Hill, um, I'm bringing forward tonight compilation numbers 1 through six for the course, History and the Future that we brought forward at the last meeting. All of these items, which include documentaries, videos, and articles have
been on public preview with education services since the last board meeting and are recommended for action. >> Do I have a motion? >> Second. >> I have a first and a second. Any other discussion? All those in favor? >> I I opposed.
>> Passes 5. We will now be moving on to Oh, so goodness. At 8:20, we're going to hear about our budget. So, we're so excited, Mrs. Shmere. Uh, so 12C is a presentation and approval of the 2025
2026 first interim budget. >> Awesome. Thank you very much, Madame President, esteemed members of the board, Dr. Pulver, executive cabinet and guests. It's truly an honor for me to be here today to present our first interim for fiscal year 2526.
Um I want to personally thank uh Tim Golden for his hard work. He is um hoping enjoying a wonderful Disney cruise with his family at this time. So super happy for him. He worked very diligently and as well as our fiscal
services staff. Thank you very much to all of them. So as we move forward into this presentation, here's our annual budget cycle. This is where we are in December uh presenting our first interim uh presentation.
So what is our uh first interim reports purpose? It's really our official first revision of our adopted budget that we brought forward back in June. At the end of June, the board approved our adopted budget for effective July 1st. So this
is our first official revision. Um what it consists of, it has all of our revenues and expenditure data as of October 31st with any revised projections um for the remainder of the fiscal year. Uh we are required to
officially um submit and certify that we meet our financial obligations for this current and two subsequent years. Every year we bring forward our multi-year projections. Um this year we have 2526 and 2627 and 2728.
Um if we look as we look at our cost of living adjustments, these numbers are still the same from adopted budget even though we have heard from the multiple reports that I'm sure the board has received and I have received the LAO has
submitted their proposal for COLA for 2629 to be a lot lower than 3.02 02 for 2627. Unfortunately, we cannot make those changes at this time. Most likely, we will reflect those numbers at second interim and after the governor submits
his proposal for January in January for the 2627. So, at this time, we're maintain those numbers for COLA as well as our stirs and pers, which are our uh retirement programs for both classified and certificated employees. Those
numbers have uh maintained the same since adopted budget. We are we I have heard just recently that Kalpers we anticipate a a a small reduction in the future rates in 2627 and 2728. Again we
won't have those numbers until the January governor's budget. Most likely we will have those newer numbers. Um the areas that are highlighted in blue are changes from our adopted budget. So, our medical um medical health benefits
changed from adopted budget. Um we had 22,869 I believe that went down to 21,850 primarily because when as you recall when I presented or Tim presented our unodudited actuals when we closed the books our health benefit rate went down
and that was primarily due to our our RX benefits. uh we're getting more rebates. Um as well as then we project out uh the future in the next subsequent years what our new rates will be. Uh our enrollment projections we've talked about that we
were anticipating a much higher reduction in enrollment. We were anticipating 180 less students in 2526. We are happy to say we lost only 96. We sorry 84. So there's a difference between 96 between what we anticipated
to lose compared to what we lost as 84 students and then we adjust the future years accordingly. Um we've also uh adjusted our >> I have a quick question. So these are as we look in 2026 2027
2027 2028 students and 168 that's an addition those are additional loss. So we're we're estimating that we're still going to be declining for the next 3 years. >> That's correct. We were anticipating
much higher rates, correct? Much higher reductions in the 2627 based on our estimated um original number from 2526. So in 2627 we're anticipating to lose 203 additional students. We're now 183
anticipating 183. Of course we're always conservative. We're hoping that that number doesn't quite equate to 183. Similar to this year, right? We anticipated 180. We were down 84. So, still those numbers can change,
>> right? But it it's still we're still anticipating there. There does not seem to be a leveling off of declining enrollment is really what my question. >> Correct. That is correct. >> Thank you. So then we adjust our P28A and as a reminder we're are still assuming that
rate of attendance of 90 95.76 which is the same number for 2425 when we close the books. Uh we've adjusted those numbers as well as our projected funded ADA which is our three-year average. We've adjusted that based on
our updated um enrollment projections. Our unduplicated pupil percentage remained the same, but our projected LCFF entitlement per ADA did change slightly uh primarily due because of our projected funded ADA.
So when we look at the cola factor, I believe I we brought this forward last time as well. Uh when we adopted the budget, we anticipated the net change from a projected cola of 2.30 in 2526 at adopted budget. Keep in mind that was
just an estimation. Once the governor signed the enacted budget in July of 2025, um he did increase the UTK funding because of the the change of uh student toteer ratio to 10:1. So therefore he
did include an additional funding for the UTK programs. So when we updated our numbers, um instead of a 97% um increase in funding, uh it came out to a 1.31%
as opposed to 97, but it's still a much lower than the actual cola of 2.30. All due to the uh continuing decline of enrollment. So when we look at our enrollment versus actual and funded ADA, uh Tim created
this wonderful illustration that I feel helps us visually look at how our enrollment is impacted um compared to our actual ADA and our funded ADA. So if you look at the blue column, that's our actual enrollment. And then we project
out for 2627 and 2728 projected still declining obviously as you see in the blue bar. When you look at the red bar that's our actual P28A for the current year and the two subsequent years like I said we're still assuming that 95.76. If you look at the
previous years back in 1819 1920 you see that red bar is much closer to the high end of the blue bar. And that meant that our uh rate of attendance was close to 97%
as opposed to where we are right now at 95.76. So obviously we've seen a decline in our rate of attendance. Then when we look at our funded um funded ADA which is our three-year average which began in 22 23 um sorry 23 24 that's when we
began to see the three-year average which obviously it's still helping us cuz we would have probably only seen the ADA the P2 ADA which is the red line but now we're seeing a much higher funded ADA which is the black line.
This is an additional illustration that I kind of wanted to bring forward. Um I know there's a lot of numbers uh but if we could just put your focus on the blue columns for 25 26 26 27 the previous uh three columns which is 22 23 23 24 and
24 25 are mainly just so to illustrate what what the average uh funded ADA equates to when we look at three year the three-year average. So when we compare um what we thought our ADA was going to be or our enrollment was going
to be in at adopted budget for 2526 and we compare it at first interim the increase in enrollment is very beneficial but not in current year where it really makes an impact is in the 2627
fiscal year and 2728 fiscal year. As you can see in the 2526 our the only change in funded ADA is 70.73 of an ADA. In 2627 the difference between adopted and first
interim is 31.16% and in 2728 69.6% in dollars that equates 392,97. So, at the end of the day, any increase in enrollment is beneficial in the
outward years because of the three-year average. >> Yes, Miss Partisani. >> Hi. Okay. So, um does the three-year average begin for us starting this year? Is that am I reading that correctly? >> No, the three-year average really began
in 2324 and it took into effect the previous years. But for 2526 what I'm illustrating only it only takes into consideration those three years in 2526. >> So what happens in 2627? >> Same thing you the three-year average is
going to be based on your actual P2 for 2324 2425 >> and 2526. >> So it rolls over. >> If you look at the top the this year's funding is based off of the past three years. the 22 23 the 23 24 25 which is
why >> even though originally we thought we were going to decline 180 students and we didn't we declined 84 so that's a almost 100 students we really didn't see any new funding well 8,942 where we'll see the impact of not losing
184 will be in the 26 27 year you'll see now it's 392,000 so we don't capture the funding this year uh for that um growth or that lack of decline uh further decline until next year.
>> But but it will factor in >> over three years as well. >> Well, it didn't hurt us either because the average Yes. So that's absolutely good. >> And what would really help us is if we
increase that 95.76 to a 97%. So all right. So like I mentioned at the beginning, this is our first official revision from adopted budget. So this is where I present to you our budget adjustments since adopted budget.
This is only unrestricted general fund. So our beginning fund balance increased by 2 $2.2 million. Um at an unodudited actuals, we presented the the what that change consisted of. So I'm not going to go into any details about that 2.2
million. What it did is just increased our beginning fund balance. In our overall revenues, we increased 348,000 primarily due to a small increase in our LCFF calculation. Uh could be for property taxes. Uh not significantly due
to ADA, but for property taxes as well as we increased about $100,000 for our um our projections for use of facilities. Uh we also have a reduction in our revenue due to our contributions to restricted program. What that is is
the the amount that the general fund has to contribute to the restricted side for routine restricted maintenance. We have to put 3% into routine restricted maintenance to maintain our facilities on an ongoing basis as well as the local
contribution for special education programs. Um, so our net total revenue is about $299,000. In our expenditures, we have an increase in expenditures of $1.8 million and that was primarily due to um an increase in
UTK staffing uh due to the 10:1. We did see an increase primarily in our UTK enrollment this year. Um that's primarily the reason why we didn't decline 180. Um so we therefore had to increase staffing and account for um
aids as well as uh additional staff. So our bottom line we had a decrease in our fund balance of $1.5 million >> because basically we're c we're cash flowing where we should have had a benefit. >> Correct.
>> Got it. and accounting for all of our up-to-date staffing projections and any um um anticipated expenditures in the current year. So when we look at the restricted side which are primarily funds that are designated for a specific
purpose. So if the funds come in we have to spend them for those particular purposes. Um one item that we do see uh increase is our revenues. As you can see it's $4.2 million increase. that is primarily due to the one-time funds that
we didn't account for because we didn't even know we were going to receive and we we were unsure. So, that's the um student support block grant. It's a onetime funds, $2.6 million that we had not received in. So, we're accounting for that as well. Um our beginning fund
balance increased by $1.4 million, but that's always the case with restrictive programs. We don't always spend the funds because they're they're could be for two years or three years. So therefore we usually have a significant carryover every year in the restricted
side. um our expenditures increased to $5.1 million primarily also accounting for those expenditures that we didn't account for last year that are carrying over into current year as well as some additional expense revenues that we did receive in current year that we're
accounting for expenses for like example the CTE prop 28 funds um other small uh restricted programs that revenue is received so the expenditures are not accounting for at the end of the Today, um we increased our restricted ending
fund balance by $562,000. So, here's our multi-year projections. Um as you can see, in 2526, we're still anticipating a deficit spending of $3.6 million. Keep in mind, it's just the our best guess and where we are right now
based on um our current projections as staffing uh revenues and expenditures. Uh we usually do budget conservatively. So we anticipate to see maybe 1 or 2% better every year um as we close the books or as we get closer to the end of
the fiscal year. In the outward years 26 27 our deficit spending seems to be a little bit better primarily because of our COLA um that we're anticipating receiving and of course um having a better enrollment projections uh
estimates this year. So at the end of the day, our ending fund balance percentage um for the total general fund meets the state requirement of 3%. Um as you can see, we have 3.38% this this fiscal year and 3.07 in the outward
years. Then once we add fund 17, we're at 7.04% ending reserves and 6.73% and 6.88. Keep in mind, we have not accounted for any potential negotiations. Uh but we will um update these as we have more information when
we settle negotiations and um at that time we will probably have a better understanding of where we are with the cola or any any changes um to our expenditures or um any revenue projections. >> I'm going to pause just uh you know what
came to my mind Mrs. part of earlier when we were talking about the attendance and said oh it doesn't hurt us right um where I did think that it does is when I remind when Mrs. Sner bring up the slide of the deficit spending of 3.6 6 million. So in our
budget for this year, we had initially thinking we were going to be down close to 200 184 students that that our certificated staffing would be we were going to decrease our certificated staffing by 7 FTE. >> That didn't yield we actually only dropped our certificated staffing was it
by one >> one >> by one. So as you if we had less kids, we wouldn't have brought it as hired as many teachers, but so we had to hire more teachers because we had more kids this year, but we really won't realize the funding for the for those until
next. So that is made me rethink that. That's partially why we have a little bit of a deficit here too is as um we didn't decrease as much of our certificated staffing as anticipated because you have to have staff with kids that you have in front of you.
>> That's correct. So looking at the road ahead, this is where we are. As you can see the little school bus first interim report. Uh we will be requesting approval uh since we do meet our financial obligation for this current and next two fis uh
subsequent years. Um next we will see the governor's January budget proposal and see how that's going to affect our budget and positive or negative. uh then we will bring forward our second interim with incorporating the changes to the
January budget proposal. We will bring that forward uh March I believe middle of March and then we will look at the governor's may revision and then preliminary budgets for 2627 will come next and with that uh welcome any questions.
>> Thank you Mr. Schneer. Any questions from the board? >> Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. >> Do we need to make a motion to approve that? >> Yes. >> I will move to approve our first interim
budget. >> Any other further discussion? And thank you for answering my question about you read my mind because you answered my question about negotiations. Um all those in favor >> I
>> I opposed. Passes 5. Uh we're now going to go on to the approval of a resolution to authorize signers and approval of 2026 2027 local agreements for early learning and
care services for the California state um preschool contract. Um and item Oh, okay. Mr. Dr. Reese Wright. >> Thank you, Madam President. Yes, this is uh to secure critical funding that will
service children of income eligible families to provide highquality research-based early childhood experiences preparing them for a successful transition into UTK and kinder. Um the contract value is unknown until July 1st of 2026, but there is no cost to the district.
>> Thank you very much. Do I have a motion? >> Do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> Any other discussion? All those in favor? >> I Oh. >> Oh, yes it is. Thank you, >> Mrs. Partisani.
>> I, >> Mrs. Hill, >> I. >> Mrs. Davidson, >> I. >> Mr. Forham, >> I. >> Mr. Braggman, >> I. >> Thank you very much. Um, passes 5. Next, we move on to the authorization of a
piggyback on Pacific Grove um Unified School District. Um, Mr. Schneer. >> Yes. Thank you, Madam President. Um we would like to request approval to utilize this piggybackable bid uh from Pacific Grove as you know um uh other
districts go through the whole process of bidding projects or equipment and so on and so forth. And having a piggyback of a bid where they've already gone through the process helps us um solidify some of the costs and buying it more effectively and you know just saving
time. >> Yes. Thank you. Do I have a motion to approve? >> I have a second. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I opposed. Passes. 5-0. Next, we are going to move on to authorization to
purchase Quick Cafe Mini Max units. We're very excited about this. Um, so Mr. Schneer, that's all you. >> Yes. Thank you, Madam President. This is the the purpose of using that pig backable bid from Pacific Grove is to be able to purchase the these quick cafe
Miniaax uh solar garages and cruising cafes for our food services. So what these upgrades uh to our high school uh meal service program. What what this will do is replace older serving stations with these cafe Mini Max units
to improve storage and speed. In addition, adding these solar garage chargers um will will be used to support electric vehicles. We're super excited about those. They're going to look so nice around campus and just really help um um serve students more effectively,
reduce strain on staff, and really modernized our outdoor service area. Um those two vehicles, one is particularly specifically to serve the students. that'll open on both sides and they'll be able to just come in and serve as well as the um smaller uh electric
vehicle will be used to transport some of the the food back and forth. But uh the um cafe Mini Maxes are are to replace those old kiosks that you see currently right now where the doors open up. That's going to be gone and those
are going to go in and it's going to look so nice. >> Do I have a motion? So move >> a second. >> Second. >> Further discussion. I do I have a just a quick question. Is this this is coming out of um our already existing budget.
Correct. >> That is correct. Well, it's funded strictly from food services. >> Food services budget. >> They have one-time uh infrastructure or equipment uh grants. >> Amazing. I love that. >> Yes. >> When do you think it'll be operational?
um as soon as we can get this purchased. I think as soon as we purchase um approve this, we'll we'll be able to get those as soon as possible. >> So, with that, oh, do you have a question? >> Real quick, um I love the fact that it's going to expand service capacity because
there currently there are lines at lunchtime and the fact that you can open it up from both sides um I I think is going to be great. And I do want to commend our um I forget her last name, but Annie >> Annie Um, I love the digital images that
she provided to really bring alive like what she's asking for and how it's going to serve our students. So, kudos to her. Thank good. >> Awesome. Okay. Well, let's we want to get them ordered, right? So, everybody in favor
>> I don't want to delay by 10 minutes. >> Naze zero. So, 5. Let's go shopping. Okay. So, approval of a resolution 2025206 um to replace Mara
>> Oh, -10. Um, okay. You got to help me with these names. Mara >> Katakutan. >> Katakuma. >> Katakutan. >> Okay. Within Janice, >> Jennese Rodriguez. I got that one. um
for authorization and electronic approval for vending payments, claims and orders. Um Mr. Shmeir, it is all you this evening. >> Thank you, Madam President. Uh yes, Mara Katakutan uh retired and she was the
backup to our director of fiscal services for approvals of uh payments and just any fiscal services um electrical appro electric approvals um for vendor payments. So, um, since she retired, we're bringing Jennese Rodriguez, our current business services
specialist, to serve as backup. >> That is awesome. So, um, do I have a motion? >> So, >> do I have a second? >> Second. >> Roll call, please. >> Mrs. Partardisani, >> I. >> Mrs. Hill, >> I. >> Mrs. Davidson, >> I. >> Mr. Forehand,
>> I. >> Mr. Bragman, >> I. >> Passes 50. Thank you very much and thank you for the help of those names. Um, okay. Approval. of warrants. Um, this is the warrants are basically
the checking account of the district. And so there are 43 pages I believe this time. And so uh each board member has an opportunity to go through them and ask questions related to every one of them and and they're about twopoint font. So
uh do I have a um do I have a motion for approval? >> So moved. >> Second. Um all those any other discussion all those in favor I opposed passes 5-0. Um acceptance of donations.
So we spend the money and then we get the donations of the money. >> Um we are really grateful to our community for all that they give um our district and allow um the extra extra items that we can do and give our
students. So monetary donations for this period is $127,043.7 year to date means from July um is $387,534. And I also know that this does not include everything booster clubs do and
friends of groups and others. So we're very very very grateful in this community. So um do I have a motion to accept donations? >> So move. >> I'll second. Any other discussion? All those in favor? Thank you. >> All those in favor? I
>> I. >> Passes 5-0. Um, we will look at taking the classified personnel report and the certificate of personnel report and the administrative p personnel report all in one motion. And Dr. Reese Wright. >> Perfect. Thank you, Madam President.
Yeah, tonight the um three personnel reports reflect changes since our last meeting. We recommend approval as submitted. >> Thank you. Do I have a motion? >> So move >> second. >> Discussion. Uh seeing none. All those in favor? I
opposed. >> Zero. Passes 5. With that, we will continue on to item 13, which is the organizational meeting continued, and we are going to be looking at our board representative
assignments. So, I think the best way to really go about um doing this because I know that we have some things that we are considering adding to um but maybe we should work with what we currently already have. Um and so we have that in
front of us. Um these we I believe Dr. pulver and correct me if I'm wrong somewhere in my head it says that we typically took these as two years two-year assignments um did we do that or can we change any of the ones that we want to at this
period in this point in time >> yeah several years ago you had some of these assignments were two-year standing assignments and some of them were one year and a few years ago the board decided we have an organizational meeting every year we may as well just make it yearly so it wasn't so confusing
Um and then obviously the the board also had an intention in some of these to keep some continuity and then some other times to be able to uh let new faces come on and try uh something else as well. >> Okay. Thank you for that. >> So can I ask a question? >> Yes.
>> So if and just as a proposal a question around this. If we want to have discussion on this, could I make a motion to approve it as is? And if we get a second, we can discuss if any changes were to happen. Is that the process? >> Um, I think we can discuss it. We don't
h I think we can discuss it before we approve it because we're we're having that discussion on what we're going to actually be. >> Yeah. So, what you can do is it's it's a single item. Uh, even though there's multiple columns, it's uh 13A. So you
can have a motion to discuss board representative assignments. Um 13 uh get a second and then you can just start talking about all of them and then once you get to some consensus we'll just reiterate what we think we heard and you'll take your vote then. >> Take the approval. Okay. Do I have a
motion to discuss? >> I'll make that motion then. >> Great. >> Okay. So let's um have discussion. We all have this in front of us. We did not put anybody forward for the nominating county committee on school district organization members organization
members. >> What I recall because remember Miss Tina was uh out of the country and so the county came back. This isn't a committee. We I believe we have to have two people. Um I think we had to go back in January and redo this one and and maybe we didn't I didn't I didn't update
my 2025 that I sent all of you. Tina probably did. Um, so this is just two members that they're not on the committee. They're nominating they they take the vote for the for the five board members. So I don't think it really matters who to which two people. But
okay, >> I believe I recall we had to go back and because we have to submit something to the county. That's the one that they ask us for. >> Okay. >> Can I make a uh to >> could our wonderful new president and vice president as a representative of the board be those two people?
>> You don't have no more meet no more meetings, right? It's just it's just your >> I feel like having your names on it would be really last time there was no options other than one person. >> Uh so it was >> I just think having your name on it as president would beful. >> So we'll put Chris and myself on that
one. Great. Now >> hopefully no more work. >> So who would be the representative and who's the alternate? >> Oh, I'll be the representative. Chris will be the alternate. >> Thank you. just for I'm sure Shashan is taking notes as well as I am, but >> okay, >> we all are.
>> Um, so then we talk about the greater Anaheim um special education, the SULPA, and we have Chris on that. We don't have an alternate. Um Chris, is that something you would like to continue to do? >> Great. Anybody else have any great
desire to fight him for it? Okay, seeing none. Anybody willing to be Anybody willing to be the alternate? I think the reason we discussed last year no longer having an alternate is it's actually a board and so they get sworn in, they have the Brown Act, they get they get
weekly reports and so if you were an alternate and you can't show up, it's like you're really uninformed to be able to vote on those things. And so it would just be if Chris can't make it, >> they just he would let them know that they can and they can still run as long as they have a quorum. >> Great. Then we'll move forward with that. probably
>> sorry >> that would >> probably be the same with RO because that's a a board as well and so it's kind of hard to have an alternate because you're sworn in etc. >> So Mrs. Davidson would you like to stay in RO? >> Yes. >> Okay. Um being that you are immediate
past president um anybody else going to have an issue with that one at this stage? Okay. Um, sorry. I don't know if you all know, but my um my assistant calls me the Energizer Bunny. So, sometimes I can work kind I move kind of
quickly through. So, I >> keep going. This is great. >> I do apologize. Um um so um operating steering committee, we currently have myself, Mr. Bragman, and um Farage as
the um alternate. Any thoughts on that? >> I'd love to stay on there. I did as parent and as board member. >> Yeah. Do you want to stay as the alternate or would you like to be on it or are you thinking you'll be putting your attentions maybe somewhere else?
>> It's somewhere else. Okay. Anybody else? >> I haven't missed one of those meetings in three years. You'll be all right. Hopefully. >> Anybody Anybody else want to be on operating steering? Otherwise, I'm happy to stay there. Okay, great. um Los Alamo City working
group I think um and Seal Beach it makes sense because we're residents and so I think we should keep that the same. Are we good with that? Okay. Yeah. Um and then um the safety task
force we have Mrs. Davidson um and u Mr. Braggman. How are we feeling about that? >> I love safety. >> I like to stay on it. >> Okay. Anybody else interested? Okay, we're going to leave that as is.
Um, DAC and um, Dak and DAC. So, this is Barnage and myself and Mrs. Davidson as the alternate. Do you Are you good with that? >> Yes. >> Okay. And we I think we have two Mrs. Reed is not here. I think it's like two meeting.
>> It's about I think it's three or or so. It depends if you join the the the DAC first, which is the EL. Um and then they merge onto the district advisory. >> Okay. >> Um so we'll leave that as is. Um PTA
council u Mr. Forham and Marus are representatives and then al um the alternate is we're good. >> I'd really like to stay on. I'm going to Sacramento. >> Oh, wonderful. >> You I have a um I have a recommendation
for this group. Um I you know the PTA council is such an integral part of this district and you know it's represented by all the schools. Um it's a really great I think um network of people that I think all of us should have exposure
to. So I was thinking if it's okay I don't know if we can do something like this. Um it would be great to rotate between all five of us. uh I attended uh on behalf of um uh Mr. Forhan uh and I
found it to be really useful and um and informative. So I'd like to I think that it's just benefits and if someone can't attend then we have you know we can go through all five of us to um to find an alternate. >> What if you considered having since you have two members if you had one on there
for consistency and then others rotated through? >> Sure. Yeah. I think that's a great idea. But >> right, but who and who is going to manage that process? Who's going to manage getting those meeting um when the
meetings are and who's that next person in line? Um I mean, we could certainly talk. I h I have no problem with that. I would love to go to a meeting. Um I would love to go to a meeting, but I do think that we have to have somebody who's going to manage that. is that
person who's going to be the >> You want me to do it since I'm >> Yeah, if you want to. >> Yeah, we have all the dates. We could just have people sign up >> and I have seen other boards do that. I know some other uh South County boards
um they put all board members as the PTA representative and then they just obviously the whole reason you do this is you can't have more than two board members present due to the Brown Act and then they just rotate. So the concept of having one stationary or one constant and one rotating um we can just create a
signup sheet and then and then >> what we our current protocol is if you're assigned to to a committee and you can't >> make it you have to get somebody >> find the alternate rather than putting that on Tina. >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Um is everybody good? I I do think
it's good for public exposure as well. So um Okay. So we're going to make Mrs. Davidson, the U representative, and then we're going to rotate. >> Perhaps it'll be easiest to put Mrs. Davidson as the representative and then
the other four of you as alternates. >> Oh, as alternates. >> I think is how we would do it. >> Great. >> That makes sense. >> Yep. >> And we could even have it um either determined, you know, ahead of time like at the year. >> For sure. I think that'd be easiest. >> Or we could even do it as part of the
upcoming activities. True. So there's there's lots of ways we can make sure it's >> covered. Okay. I just want to make sure it's managed. Um, and then RCSD, Chris and myself, but they never invite us and we've never talked to them. >> That makes it difficult. Yes.
>> Well, and that was really should we have an RCSD. At one point, they had a working group like we do with the city of Seal Beach and like we do with the city of Los Alamidos. There really hasn't been much of a need for that. But should there be, rather than us having to go and find out who it would be, this
is just arming ourselves that we know who would be delegated should that arise. Um, uh, you know, >> great. Okay. And so I do think that I also saw that there were two recommendations for additional board representatives
and one was um, I'll do the one I know for sure and that is the AI task force that we have started. Correct. Um Dr. Pulver, >> yes, that's uh one one of the things that that many of us attended various uh AI presentations at the annual
schoolboard conference in December in Sacramento. Um and most districts as they are having a task force or committee depending upon which word vernacular we use um did represent have board members representative on on that.
And so, as you know, we just launched, we just had our first one um earlier this week with our secondary teachers. Um I do think it would be a good opportunity, and I've had some u discussions with some of you um to have board representation on on on those committees.
>> And so, how many how many are there? How many meetings is that? How many represent? >> Um I don't know if all of that's ironed out. Uh and so we for sure had one on the books just um it might have been this week Monday or Monday
>> uh for secondary I think that I know uh and then I think the K5 one hasn't occurred yet. Is that right? The element the elementary hasn't occurred yet or were they both joint? >> So there >> and then there'll be more and then at some point there'll be a merge of both.
Uh >> okay. So right now it's by it's by grade and and it's by elementary, middle, and high school. >> I think by elementary and secondary >> elementary secondary 612 >> please.
>> There's a there one committee that met yesterday is working on the overall policy and then that committee is branching off into a 612 and an elementary that's going to work on like the teaching and learning implications and then come back together to like make final recommendations to the policy. Okay.
>> So it feels like that that policy committee which did start yesterday would be the one where perhaps board representation would be most appropriate >> and again whether it's policy guidelines districts have used different vernacular on that piece as well. >> Okay. >> But practices. >> So um so two represent can't have more
than two representatives. So who would like to be those representatives? >> I I think you can really just need one maybe with an alternate. I don't know. Um but I I would like to be a representative on that. But um I don't know if if if two people are interested
of course you know the more the marrier but I think um in interest of time we can have alternates. Uh how's everybody feel about that? I feel like I feel like it might be an ongoing task force and since I don't plan on being on the board after next
fall and it's just getting started maybe it's not as advantageous for me to be >> Do you how do you feel about one person? >> Well, I actually like two people because you get different perspectives but one is fine with me. >> I could do it for the elementary perspective.
>> Right. >> Yeah. if the two of you would like to do it. I'm I'm happy to be an alternate if needed or if we even want an alternate for this committee. >> And there have been times in the past like even though we have two people for operation steering, there have been times that only one board member could
show up. So it's really important as long as there's at least one. Um but >> do you want to do that? Do you want to do that? Chris, >> when is when do you need >> We don't know that yet, right? >> So well it's currently right now Dr.
Ree, right? at least yesterday's um was was during the was the morning I believe. Is that correct? >> Uh yeah, it was it was a full day yesterday and so we anticipate the the next one that is the same group would be another full day after the teaching and learning groups have met.
>> So I I have an idea. What if we put Chris as the alternate and if he can make it then you can go there's not any reason not to go and then there's an alternative but then there is definitely somebody who >> does that make committed to doing it does that make sense
>> idea >> everybody's good with that >> yeah I and I would if it's if they're full days right now I don't think I can commit to full days if they're happening regularly >> well >> and I think it's it remains to be seen I don't think the board member needs to be there full day but perhaps we can figure
out if an efficient way to participate and be part of it. Um yeah, >> bring that back to us. >> Yeah. Okay. So, we'll um put Mrs. Parisani on as representative. Chris is an alternate, but if he has the time and the bandwidth to be able to go both of them,
>> I might recommend having two alternates because I think I heard Mr. Braggman also. >> I'm happy to be at least at least it has a structure already >> and that allows a rover if you have a secondary and elementary one. I'm happy to go to either if there's an interest
or there's a need or it's a separate perspective. >> Thank you. See, going too fast. Missed that. Okay. And then the other one was a CT. I didn't I didn't completely understand what that was.
So in uh conversations, you know, we we have RO, which is really just a very small slice of our career technical education um >> correct >> process that pathways that we have. RO O, we have one class that uh is with
North Orange County RO, but CTE really is a large umbrella that that we embark upon. And so sometimes there are various um things we with committees where we work with the county or Maryanne or Dan or Melissa will send oh there's this committee meeting and we ended up opening it up to the whole board because
we don't know who vital link etc. And so I do think as we're looking to expand our CTE pathway into entrepreneurial if there are committees that would be appropriate for a board member or county or different things it would be good to have a CTE representative. There could
be some crossover with RO, don't get me wrong. That's probably some good continuity, but I think it would be good to have um something because that is a a big area of focus for us as well. >> If you can have more than one, I would like to do it because
>> um we it does overlap and there are opportunities that I have right now to go to see CTE programs that I'd rather be able to bring back the information. >> Yeah. >> I'd also I'd be happy to to join you in that. I spent since in my career it's working in CTE programs. I'd be happy to
help with that. >> Matt, >> I'll be an alternate. >> Okay. God, I love this. I don't have to raise my hand for anything. >> You'll be doing plenty. Madam President, >> that's that's great. Okay. Did we get We
got all that. My sheet is very messy. I hope somebody took better notes than I did. >> Oh, trust me. We have it. >> Thank you. Are there any other um committee suggestions or ideas? >> No. >> Okay. So, I'll just reiterate for
because you're probably going to want to approve the as what we have is Diana um and Chris as the alternate for the nominating for SULPA. It's it's Mr. Forehand for Operation Steering. Diana and Matt. >> No, Diana and Chris for the nominating
committee, not Sela. I I thought I'm sorry. >> Yeah, I'm I'm doing you. I'm moving fast. Yes, I went on. >> Okay. Okay. Good. Thank you. >> So, Operation Steering, Diana, Matt, and Farnas. Losell City Working Group, Marus, Diana, and then Chris as the alternate. Seal Beach working group,
Matt and Farnas with Diana as the alternate. R O Marus Davidson safety Marus and Matt with Diana as the alternate. Dak and DAC Farnas and Diana as the main and Marus as the alternate. PTA Marus as the main and then all
remaining four board members as the alternates. RCSD should there be a need down the road. Uh Chris as the representative and Diana as the alternate AI task force Farnas as the representative with Chris and Matt being the alternate and CTE um Marus and Matt
and then Farnas being the alternate. >> Sounds great. >> We did we move it already or we now just voting >> discussion. I would move to make take action. >> I move approval. >> I need a second. >> I'll second. >> All those in favor?
>> I >> I >> opposed. Passes 5-0. Um and uh Dr. Pulver, is there a need to go back into close session? >> Oh, I would love to tell you yes, just to make your night longer. Uh but no, there is no need.
>> Okay. Well, with that, I'm gonna >> with that, uh, we will close our meeting and wish everybody a wonderful and restful holiday season. >> Thank you. >> Thank you.
>> Yeah. Will she move?