of education meeting. I call this meeting to order. Um, Mrs. Dangelo, would you like to do roll call? Absolutely. Mrs. Pisani, here. Mrs. Hill, here. Mrs. Davidson, here. Mr. Forehand here. Mr. Bregman here. Thank you. Uh, Mrs. Hill is going to lead us
in the pledge of allegiance. Right hand over your heart. Ready? Begin. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all. Thank you, Mrs. Hill. Uh, now we have the adoption of the agenda. Do I have a motion to adopt our agenda? I'll second. Any discussion? All those in favor say I. I. Post say no. The
motion carries 5-0. So now we move into our presentations, introductions, information, presentations. Dr. Whisight, would you like to start us off? Very special pres introduction. Thank you, Madam President. Good evening. It is my great pleasure tonight
um to welcome and introduce our newest administrator to our team here in Los Alamos Unified. Um, we are very fortunate to welcome Mrs. Alyssa Reyes. So, Alyssa, could you please come on up? Alyssa Reyes will be joining the team at Los Alamos High School as our new assistant principal of curriculum and
instruction. Um, Alyssa was selected after a rigorous selection process that involved multiple rounds of interviews, um, tons of input from the stakeholders associated with our high school. And we are just thrilled to welcome her. And so I'm going to have your new principal, Miss Cristiana Krauss, come on up and
introduce you. [Applause] So we're really excited to have Alyssa on our team. She brings over 12 years of dedicated service in public education, spanning both middle school and high school settings. She serves currently as
an assistant principal at Elsagundo High School and previously held the role of assistant principal of instruction and intervention at San Pedro High School. Uh both of these high schools are very similar to us here um in Losal is they are both single high schools in in their communities and so there's something
always special when you are that one high school for your community and so she also brings that lens uh to our school uh with us. Her uh background includes impactful work as an instructional coach, English teacher across grades 6 through 12 department chair, a lead teacher and a literacy and
was coordinator. Throughout her career, Alyssa has led meaningful initiatives to strengthen instructional practices and enhance support systems for students and cultivate collaborative partnerships with staff and families. Alyssa holds her bachelor's of arts in political science from UC Santa Barbara and a
master's degree in urban education with an emphasis in education policy and administration from Loyal Mary Mount University. She earned her administrative credential uh through USC school leadership academy and is currently pursuing her doctorate in education at uh at USC Riier School of
Education. On a personal note, we can hear over here her lovely family is with us as they reside in Long Beach with her husband Mark and her daughter Millie. She enjoys traveling uh family barbecues and um some may find impressive and perhaps brave a competitive fantasy
football season. Um, we are thrilled to welcome Alysa Reyes to the Griffin family. I know her experience, energy, and commitment to excellence will be a powerful addition to the leadership team at Los Alamos High School. And we look forward um to a 25 26 school year with you. Let's welcome Alyssa.
Thank you, Principal Krauss and um Dr. Whis Wright. Good evening to President Davidson, um the esteemed board of education, superintendent Dr. Pulver, the executive cabinet in the Los Alamito's um unified school district community. I'm incredibly honored and
excited to be joining the Loal High School team as the assistant principal over instruction and curriculum. This opportunity means so much to me both personally and professionally. And I'm a big believer in science and this role felt meant to be from the start. When I first moved to Long Beach in 2022, I
knew that I wanted to work in Loal and that went on my vision board immediately. And when I had my daughter 11 months ago, I knew I wanted her to graduate as a Griffin. Even during the interview process, my mom, who's here tonight, sent me a photo of a Los Alamito school bus parked
directly outside of my house in downtown Long Beach. There must have been a field trip going on. But it was just another sign that this was meant to be. More than just the signs, I'm incredibly excited for the opportunity to work at a school and district whose vision igniting unlimited possibilities through
the 4A for all students isn't just a vision statement, but it's something that's lived every day through the academic offerings, programs, pathways, and and through the culture. I'm really looking forward to getting to know the students, families, teachers, staff, the broader LOSAL community, to Principal
Krauss, um, and the admin team. I look forward to working with you. I want to thank my family who's here today, my husband Mark, my daughter Millie who's a little noisy, and my mom for always supporting me. Um, it also means so much to me that my mom is here today. She faithfully delivered the mail to the
Loal post office for 26 years just down the street from where I'll now be serving. And now I'll have the opportunity to give back to this incredible community in my own way. It's truly a full circle moment. Thank you to Dr. Pulver, Principal Krauss, members of the cabinet, and all who interviewed me.
I promise I'll remember your names and all who believed in me. I'm really grateful to be joining the the Loell family. And of course, thank you to the board of education for entrusting me with this role. So, Alyssa, we welcome you. Oh, you No, you can go ahead and sit down. We welcome you wholeheartedly. Everything
anybody has said about you is obviously absolutely true. your background is outstanding, but but the joy and the and the engagement that you bring to the room just today is wonderful. You'll be such a great addition to our Lassau family. Thank you. Anybody else?
Welcome. I was just going to share um we are very excited to bring you on board. You've done an excellent job in the process and I know Mrs. Krauss uh a after our several rounds had a a lengthy one-on-one with you and just raved about all the uh expertise and the connections
that that you guys will make. So, we're looking forward. I'd love to Mrs. Vienna in the back, assistant principal is also here to support you uh as part of your admin team. So, uh thank Yeah, exactly. So, so welcome. uh there are a lot of
signs and you know thank thank God that the signs uh were all pointed in the right direction and that we also saw them as well. So uh welcome. We look forward to seeing you in Griffin gear and supporting all of our students. I do know uh we already took pictures so normally we would recess to take
pictures. Um but you've got a young family here so I don't expect you to stay. You're always welcome to stay for this board meeting but we didn't uh sign you up for that. So you're welcome to go home. Both Mrs. Krauss and Mrs. as well. Um, or you're welcome to stay, but I wanted to give you a casual way to be
able to to leave if to make sure you have family time cuz soak it up. Bye, Millie. Millie, you're going to have lots of wannabe grandmas and aunts. Yeah. So cute. Now we move on to public comments. The
board welcomes input from the public. This is the opportunity for 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 the board meeting and will also be accepted at the
start of the board meeting at 4:00. A speaker may not relinquish his or her time to another. When addressing the board, speakers are requested to address the board from the podium, state their name, and adhere to time limits. The board may not take any action or discuss
any item not appearing on the posted agenda and cannot immediately respond to public comments. 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 we do have one card today and your name is very beautiful. Mariana Kramer Duna, would you like to come speak? And just as you're coming up, the green light will uh be your timer. You have three minutes. The yellow light will be
when you have one minute left. And then obviously the red is when the three minutes is up. Just came out of law school oral arguments. So we're besties. We are besties. Great. Hello Madame President, members of the board and community. My name is Mariana
Kramer Duna and I'm a proud product of the Los Alamos Early Education having attended Weaver Elementary and Oak Middle School. I ultimately transferred out of the district between my freshman and sophomore year of high school. a decision that came with deep personal weight. And today, I'm here to share my story and advocate for some meaningful
change that has already begun. Much appreciated. When I was in high school, I struggled with body image and mental health. And although choir had once been a place where I found my voice, the culture in high school placed a strong emp uh emphasis on physical appearance. Many students believed, including
myself, that if they lost weight over the summer, they have a better chance of succeeding in choir. And I saw firsthand within my friend group and even mutually encouraged it. And I even remember being one of the students, last students chosen for something because they couldn't believe I was a dancer. And
those moments really do leave a mark. I tried to advocate for myself. I went to the guidance counselor and to explain the harmful pressure around body image that had become so pre prevalent for me and my peers. But instead of feeling supported, I was told maybe I just just wasn't a good fit for this elective. And
the conversation quickly shifted to college counseling and I was even attempted to be steered away from applying to the schools I dreamed about, one that I would eventually get into on my own. Fight on. I left that meeting feeling dismissed and deeply disenouraged. However, it was in that
moment that I made an incredibly difficult decision to transfer schools. Not because I didn't care about this district. I agree it is the greatest district in the world. But because I just didn't feel safe. It was heartbreaking. I lost academic opportunities that I had dreamed of and
it created strains in my own family that only recently uphealed. So being a law student was a big part of my identity and I didn't really want to walk away from it. But I still carry those experiences with me and and turn them into strength. And I'm here today because I love this school district. And
as I think about my future and my future family, I know my children would thrive here, too. It's troubling that the same kind of stories that I experienced are still being shared by students today. and we have the opportunity to do better. The school district always has done better. So, let's make sure Losowl
is a place where every student feels seen, valued, and safe. So, no one has to choose between their well-being like I did and being a part of this fantastic community. Lastly, I want to note that due to an overwhelming influx of people reaching out to share their to share
their experiences, I wasn't able to properly aggregate and submit all the testimonials in time for today's meeting, but they are coming via email prior to the next boarding meeting. I'll be at UC Law SF Hastings attending my second year, so I will be unable to attend in person. This is not just my
story. It's part of a much larger pattern that I believe deserves much more attention. So, thank you for your time, attention, and most importantly, your compassion. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Now, we
move on. Oh, go ahead. Sorry, Dr. It's always difficult um whenever we have a speaker to speak because the board can't comment on anything that's not agendaized. But I just wanted to make sure I wanted to say thank you for your brave uh sharing your story. I know it
impacts all of us to hear from our students and how we as a district can always make sure that um we're uplifting students. We want to make sure that our students thrive both uh socially, emotionally, and academically. And I know um our board over the last several years has really made that a focus that
it's not just about the academics. It's also really wanting to make sure that we are uh building uh the self-efficacy, the the belief in that students and that the all students are valued and seen and really drawing a line as well um when
individual uh students aren't being cared for appropriately by by by staff. And so, thank you for sharing your story. It is something that we are continuing to work on and you're welcome to email myself um any any of the follow-up emails that you have from others because our job as a district is
to just really believe in continuous improvement and we always want to make sure that our students um feel safe and seen and respected and your voice matters. So, thank you. Thank you. Now, we're moving on to consent items.
We have consent. We're pulling for K. We have consent item 4 A through J and L through A R. Do I have a motion for approval? Also move. Second. Is there any discussion? All those in favor say I. I. Oppose say no. The motion carries
5. So moving on to 4K. Um so Mr. Bragman, you pulled that one. Would you like Let's first do have a motion for approval. Uh yes. I move to approve uh item K. Second. Okay. and discussion.
Yeah. So, as far as item K, which is the approval of the use of facilities for Hankich Union High School District regarding varsity football games, I know this is a topic that came up last fall about the use of other alternative sites. We did host home games at our local at our high school last fall. Um,
and so I just know that with this being on the agenda, I think it's important just to kind of rehash and have the discussion about why it is we are having a need to go elsewhere, whether it's Veteran Stadium or Cerritos College, Westminster High School, wherever it might be. Um, so I'd love I know Miss Reed, you were able to share last time
and I know the booster club had some representatives um really helpful in the fall how you shared kind of the budget constraints, why we do this. Um, I know we we've had some conversation about this previously, so I'd love to I I will move to approve it as we did, but also just I think it's important for the community to hear. Absolutely. So, every
year we're kind of faced with a daunting task and that is filling our venue locations with our football schedule. Um, our home stadium doesn't actually meet our league CIF requirements to host football games. Um, and it's not because of the seating, although there is a seating capacity concern when we get to
larger games. because we don't have um a sky box or elevated coaches box for the defensive and offensive coordinators to sit in. And so when we host home non-league games, we use a scissor lift that comes up. And so we're very
grateful to our opponents who are willing to come and coach and be part of the Griffin experience in our home campus under those circumstances, but that's not allowable through um our Sunset League CIF um guidelines. And so because we don't have a venue that can
also accommodate the size of some of our games when we play large rivals like Edison High School, um we do have to go out and look for alternate venues. So we've been very fortunate to partner with Huntington Beach Union High School District and use West Minister to partner with Long Beach Community
College and be able to use Veteran Stadium. We have used Critos College and in previous seasons um as well. Um we're always looking for alternate venues because each of those um districts also have their own teams. And so when we're assigned our games through league play,
sometimes we're in a bit of a scuffle to find a location. We always have traditionally tried to find a venue on a Friday evening as well because it impacts our our athletes who are also students and our band and song and cheer hero on the field to um better focus on
studies on Thursday nights. We all know that Fridays can sometimes be a heavy assessment day or testing quiz day and so trying to make that space for our athletes as well. This year uh you know Halloween lands on a Friday so everyone's trying not to host a game on
a Friday which made Thursday nights almost impossible to find a venue. So tonight's contract really allows us once we have a finalized season to access those stadiums within the Huntington Beach Union High School District um for a a football event. And so as we know
more about our um season, we may also bring one forward for potentially Vet Veteran Stadium or another um school district. We've also recently been looking with an ABC Unified at both Garisia High School because those stadiums are actually very close to us as well, have the parking and an
arrangement that would accommodate um the fan experience which is quite large with the Los Locos. And so we love when we can host at home, but it should be noted there is a a dramatic increase in expense when we host at home. The price
is double that of renting. Um and so those are costs that we try not to pass on to our boosters as well. And so having to find alternate means to pay for the bleachers, the restrooms, the lighting, the additional security that's needed, um the sectioning off of the
campus. Um, and so it's we try to do what we can and so we do have a plan this fall to do two back-to-back home games when we're playing non-league games of smaller schools that don't take up as much um stadium uh seating. But it's the setup and the delivery of the
items. It's actually the largest cost. Once we have them on campus, as long as we don't have to move them, keeping them over extended period of time is relatively inexpensive. So unless we can do some backtoback, it kind of takes it off of the the price point for for having it at home. If that helps.
Absolutely. That that's super helpful. And I think it's it's important just for the community to hear that because I think when it when even reading the agenda item, it makes it appear that all of our home games will be played on the road. And so or at a neutral site, right, somewhere else it's hosting our home games. Um so I think for the community just to know that like we have to explore options. We might have games
at home. We might have games in Huntington Beach Union. It might be somewhere else, too. It's not that we're locking ourselves into that. I also just think I know when we had our boosters attend in the fall at the meeting um just hearing that about cost. You would think a home game would be the less expensive cost and so to to be clear
that a home game costs more than double than it would be to having it at one of the other sites. I just think that's really important if we're looking at the fiscal sustainability of what we're doing and athletics are expensive um and our boosters go above and beyond already. So I appreciate that clarification. Any other comments?
Thank you, Mrs. Reed. That really explained the constraint. So, thank you. So, all those in favor say I. I. Oppos say no. The motion carries 50. Okay. Moving on to action items.
Um, our first action item is an adoption of resolution 2024 2025. Dr. Wright, would you like to address that? Yes. Thank you, Madam President. Um, tonight we're recognizing um and honoring Mrs. Kimberly Baldwin for her
service to the personnel commission and I believe that we have a resolution that we're reading um to to honor her. Mrs. Hill, thank you. I'd be honored to read this resolution. Whereas the Los Alamito School District operates under the merit system for its classified employees,
ensuring that employment decisions are based on merit and fitness as governed by the California um education code. And whereas personnel commission is an essential body that upholds the principles of the merit system including
fair hiring practices, equitable classifications and comp compensation and impartial personnel administration free free of political influence or favoritism. And whereas Kim Baldwin began her distinguished service as a
joint appointee to the Los Alamos Unified School District Personnel Commission in March of 2014 and served faithfully within um until her resignation in 2025.
Whereas, Miss Baldwin is a proud alumni of Rossmore Elementary School, Oak Middle School, and Los Alamas High School, and has continued a family legacy of service following the footsteps of her late father, Ted Horn, who served as personnel commission for
29 years. During her tenure, Miss Baldwin um consistently upheld the values of fairness, integrity, accountability, and provided invaluable insights that supported the personnel's mission to
promote equity and excellence in the administration of classified personnel practices. Whereas, the board of education wishes to recognize and commend Kim Baldwin for more than a decade of exceptional service and steadfast support of the
classified employees, students, and families of the Los Alamos School District. Now, therefore, it be resolved that the board of education of the Los Alamos School District um whereby expresses its deepest appreciation to
Kim Baldwin for her outstanding service, visionary leadership, and enduring contributions to the success and integrity of the personnel con commission and the greater school community. Thank you. So, it's a resolution. That's
the first That's the first motion. Do I have a second? Second. Any discussion? Thank you, Kim. Uh, so this a roll call vote. Mrs. Pisani. Yes. Mrs. Hill. I. Mrs. Davidson. I. Mr.
Forhan. Hi. Mr. Bragman. I. Motion carries. 50. Thank you. And Dr. Whis. Wright, you're going to you're up again for a second reading and approval of a new board policy on mobile devices. Thank you, Madam President. Yes, tonight we're bringing forward the second
reading and approval of new board policy 5131.8 on mobile communication devices. Um we brought forward the first reading last time and I believe that there were a few discussion points that perhaps we wanted to to take up. Yes. Thank you, Dr. Reese. Oh, we got I
need a motion for approval. Second. I'll second. Okay, now you're on. Okay, time for discussion. My favorite part. Um so I I know that last time we had talked about um you know although we prefer for there to not be
any exceptions um but we do acknowledge that there will be some and in that event we'd like you know when I was looking at the policy the language doesn't there's no language in there around how we um plan to handle those types of exceptions at the different
sites. So, is there um an opportunity here to maybe add some language so it's clear um what the expectation is from a district perspective? Yeah, absolutely. Um so, one suggestion that we had for tonight was adding language that states exceptions to this policy regarding the instructional use of mobile
communication devices shall not be determined by individual staff members. Such exceptions must be submitted through the designated school site administrative process in advance and be properly documented. We felt when we met as an administrative team after the first reading um that we weren't in a
place yet to determine what those exceptions might be until we're able to try with the yearbook class, try with the photo class, see what the teachers think, see how it works with students, but that we could clearly identify um a process by which those exceptions would be documented and approved um and not be
up to the individual teachers or staff members to decide when an exception could be put into place. Yeah, I think that would be great. Great. Mr. Bradman, I I just actually want to thank you for taking that back to the team because I think when we had the initial conversation about this, you know, prior to the to the policy coming
up, the question is we know that there are classes where there's need. I know Miss Partisan, his daughter is an ASB, ASB uses it sometimes on the go, right? And so we don't want to create a system where teachers can just kind of one-off say like, I need to make an exception. So, I appreciate the policy and I think just as that's communicated out so
teachers know whether it's a form or what it is that they have to submit. It can't be a impromptu like you got to use your phone. Um, creating that system allows us to be to maintain the consistency and I think one of the things we heard from our community throughout this process is consistency is so key across the school campuses.
So, thank you again. And I just I appreciate you being responsive to the team here um and and the administrators having that conversation so that we know all stakeholders being heard as we set a policy that's new and and I think it's really important when it comes to adopting a new policy that they understand the process in which they can
you know implement change. We understand it's a fluid process. We're absolutely open to it. So the more clarity there is and communication there is around um if those exceptions come up, how do you go about you know implementing that as part of the policy would be great.
Absolutely. Thank you Mrs. Hill. Thank you. I sent in a question for weekend review related to this because I had made a suggestion or recommendation that where it said all grade level students are encouraged to use designated school phones for urgent communication during
the school day and um staff felt that um I wanted I wanted that also to include parents and staff felt that that was necessary in the policy. Um Dr. Pulver, would you like to speak a little bit more to that? Yes, we and to be clear
actually you we could certainly make that change as well. It could say students and parents are encouraged could be the revision um just like we're considering another revision tonight. But what we really believe is our recommendation after meeting back a second time with our our site staff is
that would be more important but also possible to put it here in our communication roll out. So, we've had um we have clear ways that we want to do roll the communication out to all of our families. So, Ryan uh Dr. Wishight has already met and myself with our PIO and
Miss Pardo. Um and with our site, we want to send out messages to our families before the new school year starts um from the district office from myself announcing what the new policy is. Um, and in that that would be part of the message as well that parents are really encouraged not to contact their
kids during the school day using a a cell phone or other communication device. Um, that it really should be through the school office. Um, and so that was more of it through our communication protocol. We thought that might be a more uh powerful way, but having a message there as well would be
absolutely fine as well. Um, so it really depends on how on the direction that that the board wants to take. I if I could I'd like to add one other change that we made from the first reading that I want to make sure um because it is in the second reading and and what's on the
board agenda is as we met with staff um site leadership they also really wanted to be able to tackle they're they're seeing and from what they're heard from teachers as well because we uh Dr. Whisright met with uh some leadership teams at the school sites is the use of
airpods or headphones devices etc that often those are used as a distraction in within the school day. Now I'm not talking about we'll see at the elementary part of our instructional program requires the Amir as you know they require the headphones to be reading into um the system. So we're not
talking about for the instructional use um that that we are issuing but student use of like AirPods. So what we added in the definition the change is it does say originally it said mobile communication device included but not limited to cell phones, smartwatches. We inserted to
this second reading AirPods, headphones and earbuds and then it says smart glasses and gaming devices. smart classes that gaming devices language was already part of uh the first I anticipate technology is going to change over time and we may have to continue to
expand this definition um as we already shared that with this policy would be something that we'd probably have to uh review um but that was another change from the first reading so the board is welcome to give us direction if they want to change add the word in all grade levels in section two to say students
and parents and then as well if you would like us to had the exception language that Dr. Wishight read. Um I'll read it one more time if that's the direction of the board so that Tina can get that accurately in the notes. Could we look at each one of them individually? Yep. So let's go with the
the first one. Um, so the restriction, the exemptions, and I like the idea, I think as a site administrator, as a teacher, wanting to know that you have this framework for ex for an exemption or whatever, but not leaving it up to a
teacher just to do it when he or she thinks it works, but there's a there's a process. So that's my feeling. How does everybody else feel? Agree. 100%. Agreed. So we have consensus on that one. So then our just for our recommendation
um in talking with Dr. Reese Wright this afternoon, we think it probably goes best to add and I'll repeat what that um paragraph is right after in the in the section for grades PK through 8 right before the last sentence. The last
sentence of that section says staff may not permit the student use of the devices as a reward or an incentive at any time. And right above that, we would insert um exceptions to this policy regarding the instructional use of mobile communication devices shall not
be determined by individual staff members. Such exceptions must be submitted through the designated school site administrative process in advance and be properly documented. Did I get that right, Dr. Wish? Wright, we made a slight revision change to what we had uh shared um in in a follow-up to all of
you. It's very subtle word change. Would we not do that both in PK as well as 912? Yes, sorry. We will add it there in the in the PK8 and then a second time we'll add it in the in the 912 um right
before staff may not permit uh the student use of devices as a reward or incentive at any time. That's good segue. Yes, everybody. Okay, so we have consensus on that. So now on the parents, can I make a comment? So really
the reason that I I'd really like to see this in the policy is that I'm less concerned about the students than I am the parents. The students will be in school. They can't use their phones. If they need to communicate with their parents, they're going to need to go to
the office. It's really the parents who need are going to need some retraining. Um because I'm sure a lot of our parents were probably children. I mean, we're we're like my children. They got messages through the office. They don't know anything different than
communicating directly with their children when they when they want to. So, to me, I I know it's word smithing, but to me, it seems important to set that in policy so that we can really um
use that as a structure to really help to retrain our parents that that is the best way for them to communicate. Um, and so that's why I feel strongly about that. Any other comment? I I think I know in my son's school they had to do
something like that and he was guilty of texting in the middle of the day. Don't forget to do whatever. So So consensus on that? Yes. Okay. Yes. So now we're doing the earbuds, the restriction on the earbuds. I had a question about it. This is so nitpicky and that's the
weirdness of this stuff. I just maybe this is because you read it enough times you you kind of glass over certain things. The smart glasses I actually looked around as we were sitting up here because you're starting to see them more and more and they are prescription glasses. So I'm wondering is that something that needs to be in there or has to be a cave? I I know there are a lot of people that wear like the Ray-B
band prescription glasses that have the little cameras on the edges. Would that be a medical exception? I I just cuz it's not required to have the smart glass portion of it, but if a kid buys them from their optometrist, that's their glasses. they're not going to go spend another $200 to buy glasses or
however much it cost. So already the provision and the actually the law that was passed by the legislature does uh permit and you'll see that in the exemptions if there is a medical exemption. Um and so I think that would have to be uh explored. I think it it
gets to be a slippery slope uh you know what I mean because are there lots of glasses that can have be a prescription that doesn't have the smart glass? There are uh that can meet that. And so uh so I think it just I would recommend at least from from my perspective is that
we keep it because it's so unknown right now and as we learn more if there's a great like I said this will be a fluid uh process but um there are just like there some some students who might have to monitor their blood sugar level might have to be able to enter the data on their cell phone that's why there's that
medical exemption or if the IEP um or 504 calls out for it etc. So, I think that we would take that up on a case by case, but from a general standpoint, our recommendation would still be to keep that language. Uh, I I think that helps. I appreciate having it there because I do think it it does lean towards
something that could be used in an improper way by students, but that's also where we're talking about on a case- by case basis. If they're if a student's wearing them and they're not using the device in that way, they're just using them as their glasses. It is what it is. So, I I appreciate the clarification and keeping it in there because we do want to make sure we're respecting the law and the medical needs
of any student. If you have we're many of us are wearing glasses up here. If you got to wear them, you got to wear them. So, are we going with what Dr. Pulver said? Yeah, I think so. Yes. So, to to summarize the changes and I actually uh re misspoke, we would put the language after the staff not permit
the student use of the device. So, we'll add the section that Dr. Reese Wright had read out about the exemptions to the policy require can't be made by by staff. uh that they must be made through uh administrative process that would be written within the PK8 and in the 912 um
as the last uh right after the sentence staff may not permit the student use of devices as a reward or incentive at any time. We'd have that one first, then the exemption. Uh, and then on the all grade levels, the other change that we're making for the second reading before you
guys uh consider the approval is in bullet number two. Uh, it says it'll say students and parents um are encouraged. So, we'll add the word and parents um in there. And then we'll keep the changes that we already added to the second reading, which has the AirPods,
headphones, earbuds um as stated already. So then we would need a motion for adoption with the additions. Yeah, I believe so. Is that correct, Mrs. Yeah. So you'll amend with the additions with Okay. So do I have a motion for adoption with the amended additions?
I'll second. Any further discussion? Thank you. All those in favor say I. I. Oppos say no. The motion carries 5. Thank you, Dr. Leight. That was great. Okay. Um, we're looking at approval for
Los Alamita's high school algebra, trigonometry, math classes to pilot two different textbooks. And Mrs. Reid, would you like to address that? Thank you, President Davidson. Tonight, we're coming to get approval from the board for our algebra 2 trigonometry team to do two separate Pearson pilots in the
fall. Pilot one would consist of Pearson Algebra 2 trigonometry 12th edition, and pilot two would be Pearson College algebra and trigonometry fourth edition. Our algebra 2 trig teams would um pilot each of these books in the fall semester and then come forward to make a
recommendation for an adoption mid year for spring. Do I have a motion for approval? Second. I'll second. Any discussion? I didn't ask for a copy to review for
obvious reasons. Thank you. All those in favor say I. I. Oppose say no. The motion carries 50-0. Uh we're now going to look at approval to submit the consolidated application CO an acronym CO nap spring release for
categorical aid program. Mrs. Reid, thank you so much, President Davidson. So tonight we are coming forward um because it does require board approval for our CON app to be certified. And so the consolidate application is submitted to the state department of education and it indicates our intent to participate
in certain state and federal categorical programs to receive funding in those areas. Thank you. Do I have a motion for approval? Second. I'll second. Any discussion? Thank you for doing that work. All those
in favor say I. I. Oppos say no. Motion carries 5. Um we're just keeping you busy. Now, we're going to look to for approval of the Los Alamus Unified School District's local control and accountability plan. And thank you, Mrs. Davis, for all that
hard work on that, too. Um, do I have a motion? Oh, let's let you talk first. M. Thank you, President Davidson. So, as Mrs. Davis presented last meeting, we are bringing forward our annual LCAP without any further revisions for the board's approval. Do I have a motion for approval? So, moved. Second.
Any discussion? Thank you for all that hard work. All those in favor say I. I. Oppose say no. The motion carries 5. We're still not going to let you alone. I'll just add that we I want to thank Mrs. Davis as well. She created a great
uh two-page little infographic that we will be putting on our website and I know Mr. Bragman's already meeting with some stakeholders and it has some copies of that to be able to share as well. So, thank you Mrs. Davis for the infographic as well. Thank you. Yes. So, and do we all those in favor say I already did
that? Okay. Sorry. Now, we're looking at approval of supplemental materials. Mrs. Reed, thank you. So, we're bringing forward three supplemental materials for the board to take action on all three which have been on um public preview and the education service department. 5F, which is the approval of the Daily Moth
digital subscription, which will be used to support our American Sign Language for honors course. approval of our American Sign Language, the original green books, which will also be used for the new um ASL 4 honors book. And lastly, approval of the supplemental resource compilation numbers 37 through
51 to be used at Los High School in English classes within grades 10 through 12. Thank you for providing us with those those supplemental materials. Do um all any sorry motion for approval? Second. A second. Just to clarify, this
motion is for item 5 F through H. Sorry. You're taking the three together. Okay. Thank you. Any discussion? All those in favor say I. Oppose say no. Motion motion carries 5.
Now we're looking at approve approval of of scope amendment number one to lease and lease back contract with Ericson Hall. Mrs. Schneer. Thank you, Madam President. and we are bringing forward for approval amendment number one to our lease lease contract with Ericson Hall. As you know, they are a construction
company building the gymnasium. Um, unfortunately, the GMP, which is our maximum uh guaranteed price, um, does include a contingency, but that contingency had been absorbed with the soils condition and our water tables
that, as you know, we kind of um, unfortunately have. And we've also had some owner approved changes and therefore we we need to have this amendment um added to the lease lease best contract. Some of those changes are
um changes to the light u the security cameras. Uh we made some modifications to the lobby areas for our seating arrangements and the scoreboard had to be reinforced because we picked a much larger scoreboard.
Thank you. Do I have a motion for approval? Also move. Second. Any discussion? I I would just like to say I have been I have sat on this board um through many many many many construction
projects that we've done. Um, it has been a great honor and I love seeing the transformation of our sites and um I I really have no trouble um approving this because we have been so fiscally
responsible and I so appro appreciate that and I know that um sometimes as anybody knows when um you're in construction and you get to a certain stage and you're like that just isn't going to work. And so I do really
appreciate that and appreciate the f fiscal responsibility that we've had through this whole time um and within this project as well. So thank you Mr. Schmeur. All those in favor say I. I. Oppose say no. The motion carries 5. Thank you for
all that hard work. Um you're on again. Adoption of resolution 2024 2025. the board of education board of the Los Alam Unified School District for the education and protection account for fiscal year 2025 2026. Mrs. Shmear. Yes.
Thank you, Madam President. As every year as we bring forward our adopted budget, this is part of the state's uh local control funding formula. Um, Prop 30 allocates uh the Education Protection Act uh funds to the district and we need
to submit a resolution where we are spending those funds specifically for instructional purposes. Thank you. Do I have a second? Move. I'll move it. Motion. Motion. So moved. Okay. Oh, sorry. I thought the adoption was I thought the resolution was Sorry.
Okay. Any discussion? Second. We need a second. Oh, I'll second. Okay. We're on some right along here. Um, any discussion? All those in favor say I. Oh, it is roll call. Well, I really butchered that one. Te Mrs. Dangelo had
me well prepared. So on the Mrs. Pisani I. Mrs. Hill, I. Mrs. Davidson, I. Mr. Forehand. Hi. Mr. Bregman. I. Motion carries 50 and Mrs. Schmeer. Adoption of resolution 202425, the board of
education, the Los Alamus Unified School District, regarding temporary interfund transfers from general fund and various funds. Thank you, Madam President. We are bringing forward this resolution as we do every year as we begin to close the fiscal year of 2425 and start the
2526 fiscal year. It is important for us to make sure we have this resolution available in case we need to transfer funds from one fund to another. We've never had to use it because we're pretty good when maintaining our our cash flow. Uh but it's always good practice to have
those resolutions should we need it. Thank you. Do I have a motion for acceptance? Second. I'll second. Any discussion? All is a roll call. Mrs. Pisani I. Mrs. Hill I. Mrs. Davidson. I. Mr. Fhan. Hi.
Mr. Pragman. I. Motion carries 5. Now we move on to adoption of our 2025 2026 annual budget. Mrs. Schneer. Thank you, Madam President. We are bringing forward the adoption of our 2526 annual budget as we presented it last board meeting
with no changes. And thank you once again to uh Mr. Tim Golden for all his hard work. Thank you. Do I have a motion for approval? So move. A second. Any discussion? I would just remind the board that as
you know the budget adoption cycle is built most of the assumptions were based off of the governor's may revision. Um it's not based off the legislature that just recently passed their budget and now the legislature has to work with the governor. So that whatever that final budget is there will probably be some
changes that will then have to revise the budget uh which will probably catch sometimes this depending on if there's major revisions requires a 45day. um we don't necessarily anticipate there will be a major, but if there is, we would do that at our August meeting. Otherwise, you would catch up some of the changes
um at our uh in September. And thank you. And it's been a really challenging year and you've kept us updated every step of the way. So, thank you so very much for all that. Any other discussion? It's interesting that it's not a roll call. I know just when I was getting job
we do just when I was getting used to roll calls. All those in favor say I. I oppose say no. The motion carries 5-0. Now our next approval is for job descriptions and Dr. Whisright.
Yes. Thank you, Madam President. Tonight we're bringing forward the um revised job descriptions for all of our food services um classified jobs. These were done as part of our committee work and our commitment with CSEA this year and they were approved by our personnel commission last month. Okay. So we'll
approve those together M through Q. Do I have a motion for approval? So moved. Second. Any discussion? All those in like to add. Okay. Go ahead, Mrs. Hill. No, I was just going to make sure we had the numbers all the way through. So I
think I think she did. M through Q. M through Q. Okay. I would just like to thank Dr. Whisright uh the entire he's and CSEA. What a significant accomplishment. I don't know if I want to just put this year in perspective. every single job description within our
classified service uh has been revised um through during this year. That was a big task that CSEA asked to partner with us in this and it was a great partnership. Uh we included employees uh in in every different um you know job family of sorts throughout the year and
a lot of districts will spend 80 to $100,000 plus revising uh doing mass job description revisions. Uh, and this was just done through personnel partnership with CSEA and HR. So, just hats off to
to Dr. Wish and our CSA uh staff who worked with them um to make this possible. And if you look at it, there's a food service assistant one two and one three and then assistant cook. So, they're very specific. Thank you so much. All those in favor say I. I.
Oppose say no. The motion carries 5. We are now looking at approval of warrants. It's like 40ome pages of bills that we pay each month and we we can ask questions about them. We get to see them on Friday. We don't just rubber stamp them. We have a chance to ask questions.
Do I have a motion for approval of warrants? I I'll second. Any discussion? All those in favor say I. I. Oppose say no. Motion carries 5. Now the fun part, acceptance of donations.
So, these are the donations we just received in the last month that add on to this year. Um, you can see $20,000 over $1,000 from a variety of PTAs, mostly PTAs in this one, and for a total of $29,919.77.
Yeah. Does anyone have 2,000 so we can round it off? So, the total for the year to date, $998,20.65. So, thank you to a very generous community. Thank you. Uh, do I have a motion? I will move to approve those donations. I'll second. All those in
favor say I. I. All those opposed say no. Motion carries 5. Now we are going to go into close session. Oh, no. Sorry, I skipped one. We are going to uh classified personnel report and uh s and certificated personnel reports. Dr.
Wright. Yes. Thank you, Madam President. Tonight we bring forward the um classified and certificated personnel reports that reflect the revisions since our last board meeting. We recommend approval as submitted. Thank you. Do I have a motion for approval? I so move. Second.
Any discussion? 5 NT 5 and U. TU. All those in favor say I. I. Oppose say no. The motion carries 5. Now we're going to move into close session and we will return afterwards.
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