--------- in with the roll call. Mrs. Pisani here. Mrs. Hill here. Mrs. Davidson here. Mr. Forehand here. Mr. Bregman here. Thank you. Now I would like a move for adoption of the con of the agenda of the constitution.
So moved. Moved. On my mind. I second. Any discussion? All those in favor say I. I. Oppose say no. The motion carries 5. We now move to workshops and we're going to
begin with an introduction. Dr. Whisbright. Thank you so much. Uh good evening madam president, estee members of our board, executive cabinet and the lo community here and at home. Um we are super excited because tonight we are welcoming onto our district team um a new
personnel commissioner. And so I'm going to say a few words about him and then I'm also going to be inviting up our chairperson of the personnel commission um Mrs. Virginia Wilson to officially introduce him. So tonight it's my honor to introduce our new personnel commissioner, Mr. Travis Griffith, who has been jointly selected by the board
of education and the California school employees association as the district's joint appointee to the personnel commission. Mr. Mr. Griffith is a proud graduate of Los Alamos High School and now a parent in our district who g which gives him both a personal and professional connection to the Los Alamos community. He brings with him
more than 20 years of senior leadership experience in human resources spanning both public and private sectors which includes education, technology, and manufacturing. On a personal level, Travis's decision to step into this role reflects his deep commitment to giving back to the community that shaped his
own educational journey. At this time, I'd like to invite up our chairperson, uh, Mrs. Virginia Wilson to formally introduce Travis Griffith. The handheld should give any more lead time. Thank you. Today I'm here as chairman of the
personnel commission and ask for your approval of Travis Griffin who is our choice as the joint appointee to the personnel commission. But first, I would like to make explanation of our process.
The district did an outstanding job advertising and opening which resulted in about 20 applicants and all except one was highly qualified. I want to say thank you to Dr. We write
for the supporting us during you're behind me. Okay, supporting. There you go. You think I'm going to fall down? But a change of employee assignment to our commission. I thank you, Ryan, for your amazing help.
The applicants were outstanding and it was difficult for us, the two commissioners, to make the decision. Primarily we broke it down to seven to interview from the 20. Then three were asked back.
Each had beyond qualific beyond qualification and had strong commitments to Los Alamos Unified School District. The final choice I am proud to introduce is Travis Griffin.
He was a 1992 graduate from Losal High School and I remember him as being one of the cheerleaders at the high school. He has worked all over the United States as presented and he returned to Rossmore
to raise his son. Before giving Travis a chance to share his loal passion, I would like to share mine. Each of you represent the vision I had almost 50 years ago
in 1976 as a young mother with two small children, one a toddler, a dream of unification of K12. It became true in 1979
as the voters supported my belief of unification for the Los Alamos Elementary District. I loved my years as an elementary board trustee and a unified school board
member and I thank each of you for your leadership as board members and commitment to all our children while continuing the Los Alamidos excellence. Thank you. And now Travis
[Applause] Thank you so much. Um, I have some notes here, but as I was sitting, another thought crossed my mind. So, I'm going to go by my notes, but I'll also probably weave in just a little something in there as well, too. Um, first of all, thank you for the
opportunity. I'm incredibly grateful for the opportunity, and I'm really, really looking forward to helping the school district. Um, this district's been an important part of my life since back in 1986 when my mother chose this area for my education, even though it meant a
2-hour commute for her. Now, if it was a two-hour commute in '86, I wouldn't want to think about what it is now. Um, but she did that for me. And I graduated, as Virginia said, in 1992.
We moved back here in 2019 with my wife and my young son Cameron who goes to Oak because we wanted to be able to walk him to school every single day. And we were able to do that kindergarten all the way through fifth grade. Probably not all the way through fifth
grade as he deemed himself too cool and grown up, right, to walk him through. But I live down the street from Weaver, right? So I would You're good. You're good. Um, so for me, this really ties a lot of things back both personally and professionally.
I have got great friendships here from my school, from my days here. Um, wonderful lifelong friendships. My son is getting a top-notch education. And when I saw this posting, I looked at it and I was like, wait, this is something I've been doing for my career
for a really long time. So, it was it felt like a real natural fit for me. Where I'm going to go off track from my notes is my mom who brought me here, right? Um, she had a very successful career in human resources as well. And at the end of her career, what she said
she always wanted to do was she wanted to do board work and she would love to work in education. She didn't get to do that unfortunately. Uh, she passed before she could do that. So, for me, stepping into this role is a great honor um for myself, but it's a
way to honor her as well, too. And I'm incredibly incredibly grateful. Um I look forward to working with all of you. I've told this to Ryan. I'm the personnel commissioner, but I've got way too many years experience in HR. If you need help, if you have a situation you want to run past me, if there's
something else I can do besides whatever the singular title of commissioner is, please reach out, call me, email me. I'm happy to be as involved as you as you let me and I'm really looking forward to this experience. Thank you all so much. Welcome Travis. Your words were really
heartfelt and we're excited. It's it's so wonderful the amount of times we see Losal alum come back to this community and you my own family has done the same thing. So, we're we welcome you and we're very excited about the contributions you're going to make and all of us heard about the incredible
applications. So, it you should feel very honored to be here because you had the competition was stiff. So, we're very happy you're here. And Virginia, we love you. You have literally probably the most incredible longest legacy of of
giving to this community and to our school district of anyone I could ever imagine. And you never stop giving. And you you it doesn't even matter if you're going through challenges, if you're facing things physically, you are engaged all the time. And I've had more
than one conversation where you you have enlightened me. And it was great information. And I I ask you to never stop never stop sharing with us your wealth of knowledge. So thank you for doing this and for everything else you've done since those your your
grownup son was a toddler. So thank you so much almost 60 Dr. Paul anybody okay so welcome and we are excited to see what what you're going to do we now
are with moving into clo there are no public comments so we're moving into close session uh and during the recess if we could take a picture uh with the board and um with Travis and Ryan you want the whole board Part: 2
We'd like to welcome all of you to our evening board meeting for August 26, and we love all of these lost Al students here to support Brin. So that's very wonderful. Thank you for giving me thanks for that. Fabulous. We're going to begin, report on oh, no. I'll do that after. We're gonna start with the Pledge of Allegiance. Missus Partizani, would you like to lead us? Yes. I'd love to. Please rise. 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. And I was supposed to report on closed session. We reviewed, employee items and discipline, and no decisions were made. So now we're going on to an executive summary of our workshops. And doctor Wiestright? Thank you, madam president. Yes. Tonight's workshop, we were able to introduce our new personnel commissioner, Travis Griffith, to our personnel commission. Travis is the joint appointee between CSEA and the district's representative on the personnel commission. So he'll be joining chairperson Virginia Wilson, and our personnel commissioner David Boyer and begin
serving in that capacity. And it was very wonderful because he's also a LaSalle grad, so they just keep coming back. Remember that. You keep coming back and taking on leadership roles. Okay? Now we move on to reports and recognition. We're gonna start off with missus Reed on student. Oh, yeah. Yes. You're gonna introduce. Thank you so much, madam president. It really is a pleasure tonight. We have a brand new student representative to the board, miss Brynn Schmidt, and she's currently a senior at Los Alamitos High School. We had the pleasure to be introduced to Brynn at our May meeting last year
and so tonight, with her ASB colleagues and peers in attendance, she'll be giving us her first student board report. We'll welcome you to the podium, Brynn. Good evening, madam president, superintendent Pulver, executive cabinet, members of the Los Alamitos community, my ASB peers, and my mom. My name is Brynn Schmidt, and I'm honored to serve as your new student representative to the board of education from Los Alamitos High School. I originally joined ASB because I wanted to help make our high school a more enjoyable and positive place, one where everyone feels welcome. When I applied for this position, I realized I had the opportunity to share that
same positivity beyond our campus, directly with this incredible board of education and everyone tuning in on YouTube. I'm so excited to be here tonight and to present my very first board report. Many of you may remember that our fantastic student representative last year, Joseph Claypool, highlighted me in his final report. So I apologize in advance if a few details sound familiar. I have lived in Los Alamutos my entire life. I began my journey as a leopard at Lee Elementary, then became a lion at Oak Middle School. And now, I proudly stand before you as a griffin in my senior year at
Los Alamitos High School. Throughout my time here, I have been involved in a variety of areas. Arts, activities, academics, and athletics. I had the privilege of running for our sunset league champion cross country and track teams, guiding incoming freshmen through a link crew, and recently becoming a student mentor in our skills lab where I tutor students across multiple subjects. Outside of school, I volunteer at my church and spend time with family and friends. While I value these experiences, I truly believe that the warm and inclusive community built at LaSalle, especially through ASB, has shaped who I am today.
From ASB camp to the first few weeks of school, I've loved building deeper connections with my classmates, missus Schanacher and missus Schanacher's energy and dedication to inclusivity have helped me form genuine friendships with every ASB member. And having missus LaVoche as our activities director feels like a full circle moment for me since she taught at Oak when I was there, even though I wasn't lucky enough to have her as my teacher. In her short time at the high school, she's already made a lasting impact on me for the better. This reminds me of how many incredible people in this district have helped shape who
I am today. I'm so grateful for the opportunity to give back and pave the way for those who will follow. Without further ado, I'm excited to share updates on the five areas that make Los Alamitos High School such an exceptional place. Activities, academics, athletics, arts, and a student special and a special student spotlight. Academics. The first day of school finally arrived, and our Gryphons were excited to be back on campus. ASB made sure to start the day off strong. We arrived early to hand out donuts, help to new students navigate campus, and bring positive energy to kick off the school year. To make ourselves easy to spot, ASB members wore our polo so students and staff
knew who we were and could see us as a resource for any questions or support they needed. One of our goals this year is to connect with as many students as possible, and the first day of school was the perfect opportunity to set that tone. Back to school season also means back to school shopping, and many students took the chance to showcase their style with coordinated outfits or fun social media posts. For example, a few of my friends and I made TikToks highlighting our last first day, which is a special tradition for seniors. ASB also decorated the campus with posters to make the day even more festive. We hung plenty of signs including two big posters, one reading welcome back logos, and
another just for seniors that said last first day for students to take pictures in front of. Of course, transitioning back into school routine after summer can be a challenge, but overall students were excited to return to campus, reconnect with friends, and start the year off on a positive note. Activities. This year, we decided to switch things up by changing our traditional back to school dance into a freshman social called Sweet Start, the Freshman Mixer. One of our biggest goals this year is to help freshman students feel like they belong on campus, and to get them involved as early as possible. ASB, with the help of link crew, hosted this event and it was a huge
success. We had multiple activity stations including a soda bar, a sweet treats bar, a photo booth, tote bag painting, and face painting. We also set up lawn games, which were a big hit with the freshmen. This event was led by our freshmen class co presidents, Raya Pardasani and Eva Manji, and the turnout was incredible. The participation and energy throughout the night made it clear that students had a great time. Most importantly, the event gave our freshmen a true glimpse into what being a Gryphon is all about. Athletics. At LaSalle, we are fortunate to have so many spectacular athletic programs, but today, I'd
like to highlight our incredible varsity football team. We are currently in our second year competing in the highly competitive Alpha League where we are ranked among the top programs in Orange County. Our league rivals include Edison, San Clemente, and Mission Viejo. The team is led by head coach Ray Fenton who has been at LaSalle High School since 02/2015. The season kicked off during the very first week of school, and the Griffins have already made a strong impression. In their opener against Inglewood, the team had a slow start, but showed tremendous resilience coming back to win 20 to 12. Multiple players contributed to the victory with some stepping up in several roles.
Beckham Hoffman scored a touchdown at the end of the first half and then kicked the extra point right after, earning the team's first points of the season. Lenny Ibarra was a standout on defense, handled punting duties, and even scored the game winning touchdown as a running back. Last week, the Griffin traveled to Hawaii to face Kapolei in a thrilling contest that ended in thirty four thirty one victory. After trailing by 10 points in the third quarter, LaSalle mounted an impressive comeback, capped off by a late field goal to secure the win. The game also featured a critical fumble recovery by the Griffins in closing in the
closing minutes, sealing the hard fought victory. It's safe to say our varsity football team is off to an exciting start and we look forward to seeing how their season continues to unfold. Arts. We have several exciting performances coming up this fall that I'd like to highlight and make sure our community knows about. First, our choir department will present the Broadway show, during the week of October 2. This performance features music from a variety of beloved Broadway productions, and is one of the most popular shows of the year. You definitely won't want to miss it. Next, our dance department will showcase their incredible talent in The Blind Tiger, a murder
mystery set in the Prohibition era with a film noir twist. Performances will take place the week of November 12, and we can't wait to see the creativity and skill they bring to the stage. Our drama department is also getting ready to put on The Addams Family, just in time for Halloween. This production held open auditions so that any lost style student could be a part of it. If you love Halloween and want to get into the spooky spirit, this is the perfect show for you. Finally, our hilarious improv team will take the stage in October for a performance that is guaranteed to keep the audience on its toes. Their shows are always full of quick wit and plenty of laughter as the teams
compete to see who can make the audience laugh the most. We are so proud of the incredible talent across all across all of our performing arts programs. We cannot wait to see these amazing shows come to life this fall. Student spotlight. To close out my report, I'd like to highlight an exceptional student and athlete who truly embodies what it means to be a Gryphon, Riley Kwan. Riley started her journey in our district as a Tiger at Los Alamutos Elementary, then became an Eagle at McAuliffe, and is now a proud senior here at Lossau High School. She has been a dedicated member of the girls volleyball program for all four years
including two years on the varsity team. Riley is not only a standout athlete, but also an active member of campus life. She participates in the Spanish Honor Society and CSF, maintaining strong academics alongside her athletic commitments. Her favorite part about being a Griffin is playing volleyball and getting the unforgettable experience of traveling to Hawaii with her team. Outside of school, Riley continues to challenge herself by playing club volleyball and even works at an ice cream shop. Her dream is to attend UC Santa Barbara after graduation. Riley's kindness, leadership, and dedication make her an incredible role model for our Griffin community.
And we are proud to feature her in this month's student spotlight. With that, it is time to come to a close. Thank you all for joining me for my first board meeting. I would now like to open the floor to any and all questions. Matt? It's not a question as much as I say, we are so excited to have you here. This is a this is a fun celebration of you joining us, and hearing your voice is so important and impactful for us to hear the exciting things happening on campus. I know we have a special guest, Joseph, who joined us, and he did a great job last year. He set the bar high. But I know how how excited he was for you to join us up here,
and and we're just excited about the year ahead. Thank you to all of ASB. I know having just been around campus in that first week or so, seeing the excitement of the students and knowing how welcome they felt, that's a huge testament to the work you all did. So thank you, guys. Yes. Brynn, you're fabulous already. Joseph, you chose well if you gave input to that decision. Thank you for being here, and we'll look forward to your every time we're together your report. Well done. We thank you. We're so excited that you're here. You did a fabulous job. Hardly hardly believe it was just the beginning.
So we're excited about everything you're going to bring to share with us about the high school. And thank you, ASB. We're gonna give you a big round of applause. My fellow board members are right. We see you everywhere on campus with big smiles embracing everybody around you. And what a wonderful way to start by by embracing your freshman class. That's just such a way to create connection. So thank you so much, and thanks, Fran. Thank you. And now we are going to move to our superintendent's report. Thank you, madam president. It is always hard to follow, an amazing and vibrant student report.
Great job. Bryn, we're really excited to be able to have you, here. And, you know, one of the things that I often, talk about or say that sometimes the best gift we can give one another is the gift of our presence. And for all of these ASB kids, the gift that you just gave Bryn to show up and to be here with with as part of your ASB family, I I hope you would know the impact that that makes. The confidence that it instills, the encouragement. And when you show up for people, that's one of the best gifts you can give. So you're so lucky to have an amazing team behind you, and I know I
hopefully, they're equally lucky to have a team with you and to have you on their team. And then I think that's just such a a Gryphon spirit when you take a look at one of the one of the questions we sometimes ask in these interviews with with student, board reps is what does it mean to be a Gryphon? Like, a Gryphon's a student. And, you know, to see Joseph Claypool come back to just support, his, who was graduated from the high school. I think that just champions of what it means to be a Gryphon is that people show up, for one another in in good times and in bad and and that we're never alone, that we always have people who are here to really support
us. I wanna thank as well our ASB and activities, director, missus LaVoche and Shaniker, all the work that you guys do on behalf of our students. Thank you as well. But, you know, this is definitely always a really proud moment for mom and dad. And so it's so great to see mom in the audience. And if you saw me taking an awkward picture of you while you were presenting, it's because I wanted to send it to your dad because I know that he wishes he could be here. So I said, I'm sure you wish you could be here and I want you to feel like he was here. So if you don't know, Doctor Schmidt, her dad is a principal with us at
Weber Elementary. So we're obviously get along very well and wanted him to be part of this because it is a big family celebration. So great job. Like, Brynn had shared, we too, really are excited to be able to celebrate, school starting back and coming back to school. At the end of my report tonight, I have a little video, of our first week of school, that I'll share with everyone. But before tomorrow, I just wanted to extend one more opportunity to really advertise to our community that we are we could not have this amazing facility, which is a
an a world class state of the art, competition gymnasium, 36,000 square feet when you join that with the, weight room. And so tomorrow we're having a ribbon cutting ceremony at 04:15. And if you you are so indulged you're certainly welcome to join. But if you go to the ribbon cutting you're gonna have to probably sit through an hour and fifteen minutes or more of speeches and dignitaries. And so we thought really the community probably just wants to see this event. So So we're gonna host a community open house after the ribbon cutting ceremony tomorrow
from six to seven. I know that we're gonna have probably several of our ASB students who will help the community both at the ribbon cutting and for the community open house to really just give this community an opportunity to see this incredible facility that was made possible by really the donations of this community who was willing to tax themselves. If you think about it a third time, based upon their property taxes, both through the original Mello Roos, the Measure K, and Measure G. And really, this building was erected, through Measure K and Measure G funds.
And so, we look forward to being able to share more about this gymnasium. What I love, it supports all of our students. It has the restrooms on the exterior that will serve and support our baseball fields. It has concession stands for both the gym and the track and field, and other outward events. And this this facility can be used for a myriad of athletics. You know, we've even talked about I remember when we were first working with our architect that perhaps even, eSports down the road if that ever became something. And I was just talking to, the principal of Christiana Kraus last yesterday about how
potentially this could be a venue for that and as well as assemblies and all sorts of different things. So please, if you are so inclined, we would love to welcoming you, to our community open house tomorrow night. And then one of the things that we really talk about is for us as, a K12 system, really a preschool through twelfth grade system, we know that this is not our students end game. And so we're constantly working and to really try to prepare students for what's next beyond beyond high school. And whether that's going straight into a career focused, atmosphere or going into college.
And so we have such an incredible counseling team, and a college and career center as well, but really our counseling team have come together to support our seniors. And so I wanted to just kinda spotlight some of this that they're providing for our seniors. So the class of '26, they're hosting a senior summit on Monday, September 8, and we don't have a board meeting before then, so I'm so glad that they got this to me. And that's really the official kickoff to college, application season. And so on September 8, they're gonna have at the PAC, an 8AM senior college
summit that we hope every single senior will attend. Later that evening, they're gonna have an information night probably for parents as well, at 6PM in the PAC. And then you can see on the flyer on the right, there's a whole host of different events from, September and October giving, students and families opportunities to really take a look at the college essay. What does that look like? What are some things that we should be thinking about? How do we prepare for it? And that's gonna be presented by College Wise. So we're bringing in some experts to really help provide another level of expertise and
insight, to our students and to our families. They're gonna have all sorts of mini college application workshops in partnership really in large thanks to, huge financial contributions by LAFE, our education foundation. I believe they only charge $10 per session and that's really just to make sure you show up, because space is limited and so, it costs much more than that. On the September 16, they have a common application workshop, which a lot of that is the the through our college and career center.
The UC application process will be the September 23 for two and a half hours from four to 06:30 CSU. So they're really trying to separate it out because some of these, state systems has different things that you would apply for, based upon if you're applying for the UC or the CSU. And then a second part as well for the CSU application on October, ninth. So October. So if you didn't miss that at all in the weekly, newsletter that goes home or if it this might just be hot off the press, because our counselors got it to me, just on time to be able to highlight.
I just wanna again, once again, thank our seniors, our college and career staff, for just really providing these opportunities and sessions for our students and for families. And then as I shared, really I think the bulk of my report tonight is to just share a wonderful video created by our public information officer. And a lot of, one of the things we do before the first day of school is we send out, messages to our families. Hey, tag us on on social media, with your child's first day of school. Our principals and others also help with doing video on the first day of school.
They send it all to Ms. Pichardo and she has created a great three minute video really highlighting the first week and the joy. I mean, when you, when you think about this, you, I always wish like, couldn't the rest, the rest of the remaining one hundred and seventy nine days of school be this joyful, this optimistic and this, hopeful for the connections that we're gonna make, for, for the year. But here's to the 2025 start of a great school year. I feel like new sunglasses, like a brand new pair of jeans.
I feel like taking chances. I feel a lot like 17. Brand new. I feel like a young drunk Brand new.
So glimpses of that was in our wrap up last week, but we had this entire video. We should probably push this out for everybody to be able to see, what a great, like I said, the joy, throughout our campuses. And, you know, Mrs. Pichardo does such a great job, really captivating all the different corners of the district and staff and the village that it really takes together. And like I said, I hope and pray that the remaining days are like that first day, the joy and the optimism. So, twenty twenty five-twenty six school year is off to a great start and we're
so blessed to be able to work with such amazing students and it's such a privilege to be able to serve this community and its youth. Thank you. Thank you. Do do should we let them get a picture with We should take a recess. Right? Yes. We'll take a recess. We would love to take a picture with our our new student board rep and all of ASB, and even our former ASB, mister Claypool, perhaps. Yeah. Joseph, I wanna say one thing. That won't look that way at UCLA when you start the first day of school. Okay?
We are back from recess where we took beautiful pictures of ASB with Brynn, so we appreciated them being here. We're now moving on to board comments. And missus Hill, would you like to begin? I'd be honored. Thank you very much. Just very quickly, we will be, approving our board goals and priorities and values this evening. And I always like to, tie what we've done to those. And I think that there's no better example of, passionately pursuing academic excellence than there
was to our welcome back staff line, meeting. It was amazing and extremely passionate about this district and what it's what it has done and where it is going. Because we do not raise, rest on our laurels. We are always looking to push and be better and to have every experience for every child be the very best it can possibly be. And so and to that, I went to my very first, I just have to say t k kindergarten, back to school night, and that was amazing and different.
And so because some kids are so excited, and then there were a couple that were crying. They were so afraid. But it was awesome. I am very excited to see the opening of the gym tomorrow, and that really does tie to goal five. And having been on this board for a long time and in this community for a long time, it is just, it's a beautiful coming culmination. So I told somebody today who, had been a grad and my tech guy who was sitting at my new computer.
He graduated in '19, 1992. And I said, Ben, you gotta go by and take a look at the high school. So I also wanna say that I really appreciate our local rotary. They did a beautiful event for the kids in our community. It was a fishing derby and there were over 390, children down on the Seal Beach Pier, learning how to fish, and I got to bait four hooks. That was so much fun. And, and then just to say really quickly, talk to your favorite booster club because
Taste for Los Alt tickets are currently available. Thank you. October 11. Yes. Thank you. Okay. Well, what a strong start to, the year on all of our campuses. Thank you. I just wanna kinda start it off with saying thank you to the administration, the teachers, the staff for your commitment, your passion, your care in which you welcome the students, onto our campuses. I saw firsthand, but more importantly, I saw it through my kids, the care and the dedication that is poured into, preparing schedules and, preparing classrooms, conducting information sessions, spirit
days, first days of school, back to school nights, and more. So a sincere thank you to everyone who has a part in that. I'm also pleased to see that all campuses have fully adopted and embraced the new mobile device policy. We've had some really strong communication to the families and the students on why it's important that we keep our campuses distraction free. I'm also really excited to see phone caddies in all the classrooms at the high school and, the fact that we also have a clear process for documenting exceptions when
it's necessary for learning. So all in all, it's been a really great start in that respect. So as I look forward into the year, there's a few key priorities that I'm focused on, and I just wanted to take a moment to share two of them with you today. One is around artificial intelligence strategy and policy. As we all know, AI has become a key tool in our daily lives and across industries, and education is is no no stranger to that. I've had a number of conversations over the summer around how other districts are using,
using, educating, and governing AI. So I look forward to, work with our administration and our board to discuss a thoughtful strategy and approach for LaSalle. The second and the final thing I'll say is around academic excellence. Over the summer, we had an all day planning workshop. And as a board and an executive cabinet, we talked about the need to really double down our focus on academic excellence and making sure that we continue to drive growth across our grades and sites.
So as you may know, this is a personal passion of mine, and I look forward to continuing to engage with the district leadership, on a regular basis on looking at data, discussing intervention strategies, and making sure that our teachers have exactly what they need to continue their pursuit of academic growth in our district. With that, I will pass it over to you, madam president. Thank you. Mister Forhan? Oh, yes. I want to quickly go back to that wonderful kickoff where we saw messages about
because I knew you, I have been changed for good. And then to go out into the schools these first two weeks and see that in almost everybody, that they were there for the kids because we knew you. These kids are better off or or change for good. Because we had things like welcome back and the TK, that was amazing. But even more amazing was the signing days where they committed those little kindergarteners in
TK to a future there where they actually signed as if they were some athletic stars signing the next step. Griffin News, we watched that, and it shares with us because I personally think because I knew you guys, I've been changed for good. The cafeteria staffs that are dealing with TKers that can barely see over the tray line and learning numbers, but all doing it with a smile. The PTA council the other day that Marlys and I went to, and all the
PTA's for those welcome back. The signing days at the elementary, the middle school, sixth grade orientation days, and then the high school link crew sponsored a huge event. And I wanna say a couple of more. Tina, you have changed us for good, but mostly you've made us better organized. So thank you very much. And I really need to mention you, doctor Pulver, because we know you, and because we work with you, the ten ninety four employees have been changed for good.
So thank you very much. Very nice. Thank you. Matt, mister Bragman? This is just silly because I when you go last, I've I checked off everything I was going to say. So there is one big update. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got engaged today. That will be my my big update for the day. That's the breaking news here. Beyond that, I will just echo yes. If you didn't know that, that's big news. And if you get the you didn't know that. Good. I'm glad I could break the news to someone on the board. Yes. They're engaged. That's the big news. I'm sure my daughter would love to hear I share that at the board meeting. So beyond that, I mean, I will really just echo being at back to school
night for Hopkinson, a week or so ago. The the starting days of school were magical. And then to go to back to school night and hear how invested our communities and parents are so responsive to hearing how we're driving the work forward. I I couldn't be more grateful to have been on the Hopkinson campus last week and to hear mister Farver talk to parents and the way he communicates as a leader and to hear teachers share about how they're gonna support students. And it was about social, emotional well-being, but about how we're gonna challenge them academically. I am very proud. I know that that was the same way it was probably every other elementary campus. So I really just wanna really shout out our parents, our community for coming together
for those back to school nights. It's the one time where the the parents really are the students, and they're learning what it looks like to be in those classes. You've already shared about popsicle parties and signing days, but I just know that the way we started the school year, it it's something special. There aren't a lot of districts that do these types of things, the signing days, the Popsicle parties. There's a Popsicle party going on right now at McGaw Elementary, which is welcoming families. And just to get people to know each other. Right? It's a community. And so I'm I'm so proud of the way we unite everyone. It's it's nine schools, and sometimes it feels really large, and sometimes it feels so small. It's truly a family, and we all know each other.
And so I I'm so appreciative of where we are with that. And one thing that I do wanna highlight beyond the things that were shared is, we had some folks here from the high school today. I've been able to attend some of the high school athletic events. Athletics are going on. They started before the school year. We have tennis and golf and cross country going on. Football has already played two games, one in Hawaii. Our volleyball team was in Hawaii the first week of school playing in a tournament against nationally ranked teams. And so it's really fun to see how they represent the Griffin community in such a positive way. I know our our girls volleyball team in Hawaii did that, represented very, very well
and played really some of the top tier teams in the country and came up with some wins, which was a huge huge statement for the program we have. Football was in Hawaii this past week, and I think one of the really cool things to say, we have such a strong military presence, and we'll hear more about that during the school year. Our home foe football game on September 12 is already a save the date. It's gonna be military appreciation night, and so we're gonna be welcoming first responders military to that football game. There are gonna be meals provided. I think the Los Al, Chamber of Commerce, I think, is gonna be helping provide discounted meals. Los Alamitos. City of Los Alamitos is gonna be providing discounted meals for first responders and military.
So definitely save the date for that September 12. Our teams will be wearing special uniforms. We're gonna have first responders there and also honoring some of our heroes from Los Alamitos High School that have passed, in in the in the in over the course of the years. So, I think we're always honoring the history and legacy of of people that have come before, and I'm really proud that we continue to do that. So, I cannot wait on a positive note for the for the amazing environment and culture that we have moving forward this year and excited to be here to be on the board really for a whole year this year and be able to have a lasting impact with with you all by my side.
So thank you. And you weren't last. I am last. I just went through and crossed off a bunch of things. So that's fine. I will I do not want to be redundant. I I wanted to use one event as emblematic of what this district does and how we face difficult situations. And that we it was so fun. They took we took all of the new teachers that were hired for this next year on a bus ride from campus to campus and whenever and so when you get to Rossmore School, the Rossmore principal and some of her staff came out and
handed out bling to the teachers that will be coming there. And we went to every single campus and the bus was full. And to me, that was so symbolic of what this district does in in tough situations. Missus Schnurr has done such an excellent job of keeping us abreast of our of the budget of the budget cuts and what we need to do and how we need to do it. And and knowing what we have to work with. And Doctor. Wieswright you just did such a fabulous job with negotiations with with our, employee groups.
And we created a package under Doctor. Pulver's leadership that enabled, 24 or was it 40? 40 employees to, take this package and retire, which enabled us to keep some of our young teachers and to not have to face the massive layoffs that a lot of districts have faced. And that light has such heart in it. That has such heart in it. And Mrs. Reed, you have created programs to support all of those teachers and to work with, you know, lesser funds but come up with incredible programs.
And that's what this community does when anything in any situation we come together and we create joy. And so I'm really grateful to all of you for the work that you have done collaboratively and the and the way that you have brought us along in the decision making all the way through. So I I really thank you for that. And I'm don't wanna be redundant, but I can't that welcome back breakfast was just the best. And I really hope that video goes on YouTube so everybody in the world can see it because it's the heart of Los Allen. It was incredible.
The back to school nights and the, the first day of school was so fun. I was really impressed. The other thing I wanna say is thank you to the administrators on campuses for the some whatever version it was of Popsicle Days before because I was at LAE and McCullough for the first day of school. And I taught at McCullough for twenty two years. And I remember so many times sixth graders not being able to find where they were at any point. These kids came onto campus confident. They knew they knew where their classes were. You know, they they felt, secure in where they they found their friends.
Same thing at LAE. The kids the kids, yes, there were a few little t kers with tears in their eyes, but there were more parents with tears in their eyes. But yeah. So I I'm really appreciative of the way that we welcome families early on. I wanted to say thank you to Connor Brown. He's one of our CTE teachers at the high school, and he does all the digital work with film. And he is his class produces, Griffin News, which is either is it once a week or every other week? Every other week. They create the articles. They they do the interviews.
They do the filming. They have it all ready to go online for everybody to watch. And it's absolutely outstanding. And the skills if if if you could follow them around, the skills that they have mastered are absolutely incredible for kids. And then they and they go on. Because what this film that we really want everyone to see about our district, one of the one of the young women who was helping Connor Brown and Nicole Picciardo do this film is at Chapman now in visual arts. And she was one of our students, and she's now doing film.
So we our kids take these CTE programs, and they get their dreams are launched. And so I'm deeply appreciative of that. And I wanted to answer one question I've always had about ROP. So these teachers, they come to our campuses. How are they found? And and who are they? And I so now as the member of the board of trustees representative from our district, I went to the tea new teacher induction for north for North Orange County ROP, and they'd had a week of the most phenomenal training because they come in
as electricians as, with culinary arts, with design, so many incredible skills to share with the students, but they haven't had teaching classes. So for one solid week, eight hours a day, they had intensive instruction on on how to teach, how to connect, how what strategies to use. And afterwards, we got to walk into the main workroom where they'd been, And it looked like one of our classrooms. There were post it notes up. There were projects. There were all kinds of things. What I saw was vibrant, very real, alive teaching.
So I'm appreciative of the fact that we don't just assume that somebody's because somebody's an expert in the field, he or she's going to know how to interact with students. They're being trained, and they're being trained well. And I also, went to we Chris and I served with doctor Pulver on the PTSA, council. And what I wanna say that I took from that yesterday was that you have questions. They raised some questions and issues that were very informative to us.
That we don't we aren't in every corner of every room of every household. And there were really great questions raised. And it's so important that that your voice be heard. And we are always open to those questions being emailed to us for you to come here and speak at a board meeting, or, you know, to contact any one of us because it's through your voice that the change that's necessary happens. So we really appreciate all that. And then I can't wait till tomorrow to for to share that Griffin Center with
the public. So thank you very much. We're now moving on to, information and present oh, no. Sorry. Wrong page. Yeah. You No. You oh, no. Information. Okay. Sorry. Information presentation. Sorry. So, missus Reed, public hearing. I'm gonna have to gavel out. Yep. I'm gonna gavel back in. Yes. And you're gonna explain. Thank you so much, president Davidson. Tonight, we're holding our annual public hearing required by Ed code six zero one one nine. It ensures that every student in our district has sufficient standards aligned textbooks and instructional
materials in English language arts, math, history, social science, and science. We've completed our review and can confirm that all students, including English learners, have the materials they need to suffice their course requirements. Is there any discussion? I I just have to share one thing. Sorry. I was in eighth grade in Montgomery, Alabama, and we had to buy our textbooks. We had it was a public school. We had to buy our textbooks. That meant that there were a lot of students who didn't have textbooks in the classroom or they had to take ones that had been left behind and were falling
apart. We we really appreciate what you do to create a great curriculum and then what you do to make sure every child has what he or she needs. Any other comments? Okay. Then I will gabble out and gabble back into the meeting. And now, missus Reed, would you like to present supplemental materials? Thank you so much, president Davidson. Tonight, we are bringing forward bio zone for anatomy physiology, as well as our advanced anatomy and physiology sections. This new resource provides additional visuals and practice for understanding physiological functions, as well as
projects to guide students through the exploration of advanced concepts in their course of study. And this resource will be on public preview and education services between now and the next board of education meeting. Thank you. Any comments? Thank you so much. Now we're moving on to consent items. Could I hear a motion for consent item nine a through g and I through v? So moved. I'll second. Any discussion? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. All those opposed, say no. So we have a pull on on nine h.
I'll move that we approve nine h. And, missus Hill, you pulled it so we can I did? I just think that I just so appreciate administration and how forward thinking we are. And, so this is the approval of renewal of an agreement, with Parchment for, the etranscripts program. And, missus Reed, would you explain a little bit more of what that is? Absolutely, missus Hill. So we've been with Parchment for a number of years now, and it's an etranscripts, service that allows our students and our alumni to order high school transcripts to be
sent directly to any institution or registered workplace that could require verification of a high school diploma. I think it's most handy for our students who are applying to out of state colleges because traditionally, you would have to come and get a sealed envelope with, a stamp on it and then send it to all the institutions of which you're applying. And especially for alumni that are applied applying to graduate school who maybe live in another state to be able to simply get online and send high school transcripts and then get a verification once they're received by the person they were sent to.
So our counselors actually partner with Parchment and do a great job helping to provide the service to our our students. Thank you, missus Reed. Any further discussion? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed, say no. The motion carries five zero. We move on to action items. And doctor Pulver, would you like to address the adoption of the 2025, '26 district priority board priority goals and core values? It would be my pleasure. And I do think it's important, each year, as some of you had talked about both at this board meeting and some over the summer, really sharing how one of
the things that we do as a governance team and executive cabinet is we come together each year. We bring in a professional consultant who used to work with who works with school boards across the state and now in even other states to really help, us crystallize and get centered on, our goals and our priorities and our core values for the upcoming year, as well as taking a look at how do we work with one another as as a governance team. And through that, we take a look at layers of data and metrics and, what
is sent to the board, usually in the June is an end of the year report from myself and really all of the cabinet and our schools. And so all of that ultimately over the course of the summer and through rich dialogue and ongoing conversations comes together and really into this document that creates and shapes, I would say, both vision and the priority and the work that we do. And it's often what I would say is when we take a look at our priorities, you can really tell, how an organization, how a how a family, how an
individual, lives their priorities. And I think it's twofold. It's how you spend your money and how you, spend your time and resources. And so, if you would indulge me, I do think it's really important to kind of go through each of these, priority goals and our core values so that it's really a living document that really shapes and guides our work as opposed to just something that it's approved and then isn't looked at again until next year. As many of you mentioned, at our welcome back staff meeting, which we have an opportunity to bring all of our staff together, before the school year starts, we handed
copies of these. And it's that pending board approval because we knew we wanted to have it officially board approved but we also thought it was really important for staff, to be able to see what our board priority goals are. And tomorrow, I'll send out an official copy of our priority goals and core values to all of our staff and then it'll also Included in our board highlights as as many of you know the public, if any of you are new, after each board meeting, the Friday after each board meeting, we do send out a highlight, to the community and key communicators about, actions that were
occurred at our last board meeting. And so we'll include that here as well. And I think one of the things that we are always known for, really, I think a cornerstone of Los Alam Unified is academic excellence. And I think that is something that has been rich within our history and our tradition and something that we constantly strive for, something that we're always passionately pursuing and wanting to cultivate and get stronger. We have a culture of continuous improvement. But what I also love about this board is that, and for many years, the
board's direction has really been to be bigger than just one thing, bigger bigger than than academics. And often, it's really about the whole child. And even just listening to all of you tonight and many of your public comments, you're also talking as as as important as academics are, it's really equally important that we live this rich culture, that we're bringing community and people together. And as you saw through the example of our ASB students coming, who really are showing up for one another and the differences that they make and that, all of
that. And so that's really what we're about. I know some of our board members can remember times when people used to say years ago, all this district ever cares about is being number one, number one or being or academics, but what about the whole child? And I really applaud the work that this board, continues to set the vision for all of us, because you represent our community. But at the heart of what we do, and it's always been a goal one because it has been a cornerstone for us as a district, is our our first goal is really continuing to be about passionately pursuing, academics for all students by providing
exemplary preparation for college, career, and really future success. And I know one of some some changes that we made with our wording in that this year, because it really is about what we're preparing kids for life beyond us. And so we're wanting to provide exemplary data driven and student centered instruction to students, timely targeted, interventions to ensure the success of all students. We also can't do this work without really, highly qualified staff who engage who engage in collaboration and the use of high impact teaching strategies, and even just high impact
connection strategies with with with kids and with one another. And our goal is to ensure that every student, and and I love this, these are goals we probably will never fully actualize, but it's to make sure that every single student meets or exceeds grade level content standards. Because when I talk to parents, you know, sometimes districts or organizations will say, Well, we wanna be at 80% proficiency. Okay, so which 20% is it okay that's not? I don't think any parent would say, let my child be part of that 20% who's not at grade level. And so that's what we're always passionately pursuing. And and if we don't strive, if we don't reach it, at least we're we're
we're making the best effort we can, towards that. We wanna ensure that every student engages in rigorous, relevant learning that develops critical thinking and creativity, that they complete the CSU A through G college entrance requirements. As I look at our data last year, I think we have some of the highest A through G, college entrance requirements, throughout Orange County, that we really expect it used to be years and years ago, and I think this board has evolved over time as well. It was all about advanced placement, advanced placement. And we said, several years ago, I think it was early on in one of
my first years in the role as well, where it's really about not just AP access, it's about something beyond high school. And so it's career technical education. We're looking to expand CTE this year as well, as I've shared in in previous superintendents reports. We're exploring this year to expand, entrepreneurial or a business pathway at Los Alamitos High School. And so, we're really looking forward to having those seeds take root, this year and hopefully implement that next year. As well as, work with Cypress, Community College to really provide opportunities for our students
to have dual enrollment. And sometimes it's not dual enrollment, it's concurrent enrollment, but it's given our opportunities to our current, high school students to have opportunities to take a class and receive, college credit on on a community college course. And a few of them actually being, taught right on our right on our high school campus. And then ultimately ensure students really build essential skills through inquiry, design, and creative problem solving. But as I shared, this board is really about the whole child and making sure that we're creating and cultivating a thriving and safe school culture that focus that fosters
self efficacy. And research really says some of the biggest predictor of success is is is people believing in their own abilities and having others believe in them. And that's why self efficacy is so, critical. The ability to to have perseverance and grit, and, in that motion, as well as really creating an inclusive culture. And so we want part of goal two is really making sure that every student is connected through our four a's, that we provide a safe and secure facility that have protocols in place to protect students and staff, that we provide systems that cultivate
emotional and social well-being. And this is also where we do invest, district funds to make sure that this is is a reality for our for our students and that we nurture, a respectful, inclusive, and equitable school culture. Goal three, is really, about really fostering collaboration. You saw collaboration pop up even in goal one. But creating fostered, partnerships and really a shared responsibility. What I often say is, as, parents are always the primary educators and we're the secondary educators.
And so it's really all of us coming together to support our students, families and staff, and the community to champion unlimited possibilities for students. And I think that's one of the secret sauces about Los Al Unified. We're the lowest funded school district in our unified school district in Orange County, and yet we have, that among the highest results. And that's because we have such strong partnerships with parents and the community who help us in ways that, our own funding and state funding doesn't provide. And then goal four, strategically manage and allocate our financial resources to maximize students' educational
experiences. And goal five is, as we heard earlier tonight, they, really providing high quality facilities to meet the educational and instructional needs of students and staff. Obviously, this is a place for our students, but it's also a work environment for our for our staff and our employees, and we wanna provide safe and quality facilities. Oops. I turned my microphone off. I apologize. And then I love that we have committed to really, writing down what our core values are on the same document. And so it's very easy to see what we're about because sometimes our priority goals
can encapsulate everything that we do. And so we want to get centered on our core values. And I know sometimes some board members say, I wish our core values were at the top of the page as opposed to the to the bottom of the page and really it's just important that they're on the same document. And one of the core values that we added new this year, is this core value that I think has really been part of the fabric of LaSalle Unified for well beyond me. And I've been in this district now starting my twenty seventh year. So it's, predates me, but it's also something that continues to ripple effect is this value of innovation, of this continuous improvement.
And so we we really do embrace creativity, adaptability, and forward thinking to drive continuous improvement in teaching and learning and in district operations. But really, we're about creating care, fostering a culture of kindness where students are and individuals are treated with dignity and respect. We really, hold ourselves to a core value of equity as well. That we meet the needs of students through systems, through structures, and opportunities to promote success and experiences of every individual. And, this is one that we came up with a few years ago that we
recognize that, while we're here to serve, 8,600 and some odd number of students, we our job is to make sure that schools work for all kids, not just some kids. And so, in this honor, it's really talking about believing in the value of every student's unique individual educational path. And we're committed as a system and as an organization and a collective group of individuals to respecting and honoring each journey, unlimited possibilities. And so this is the work that's gonna drive, continue to drive and shape our
work, throughout the year. And, I just wanna highlight that for the board and and for the community before you take a look at formally adopting the 02/2025, '26 priority goals and district core values. Thank you, Doctor. Culver. Do I have a motion for adoption of the goals and So moved. I'll second. Any discussion? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed, say no. The motion carries five zero. Thank you very much. And now you get to talk about approval of the board of education governance handbook,
doctor. Pulver. Thank you. And I won't read the entire governance handbook to all of you, or to the community. But, what the governance handbook is as, five elected board members and the superintendent really create a governance team and how we do. And so what this handbook really outlines, and again, this was discussed at great length collectively with, with all of us and with our, facilitator at our summer workshop, was to really take a look at, how we're gonna operate as a governance team and
what we're gonna hold ourselves accountable. There's 17 protocols in there, so sometimes if every once in a while, we have a board protocol on x, so we have a board protocol on y, where they might be referring to this handbook. Otherwise, much of what, the governance structure is outlined in our in our, in the bylaws sections of of our board of policies, which is the 9,000. And those are hundreds of pages long. So this document is much shorter than that, but it's really just talking about how the board and the superintendent, will interact to serve this community and and a highly
effective and collaborative and communicative, governance team. Thank thank you. Do I have a motion for approval? I'll second. Any discussion? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed, say no. The motion carries five zero. Now we're moving on to approval of supplemental materials. Missus Reed. Thank you so much, president Davidson. We actually have three items tonight, c, d, and e that are up for approval. All three items have been on public preview with education services. The first one is our CTE sports medicine one and two e dynamic digital course
supplements that's, provide additional supplements, for both of our esports classrooms as well as, human anatomy and physiology. We also have the deaf professional arts network videos, five of which we brought forward to support our American sign language classes as well as flippedmath.com, which is a supplement to our our new course of advanced placement precalculus at Los Alamitos High School. Thank you. Do I have a motion for approval? I I move that we do, action 10 c, d, and e as one.
Any discussion? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed, say no. The motion carries five zero. Now we're looking at, item f, ratification of approval for Los Alamies High School algebra two trigonometry math classes to pilot two different textbooks. This is Reed. Thank you so much, president Davidson. We are coming forward this evening seeking ratification for two pilots. One of only one of them has begun. So really it's ratification as a bundle. Are bringing it forward as a ratification as the teachers did want to start the beginning of the school year launching one of these two curriculums.
And so our algebra two trigonometry team is looking to adopt, new curriculum. And so they will be piloting first Pearson College algebra and trigonometry seventh edition by Lyle. And then secondly, they will be piloting Pearson algebra and trigonometry seventh edition by Blitzer. Each of those pilots, last roughly six weeks. And in between, we seek recommendations and evaluation forms from the teaching teams and then would bring back, the final, addition as, approval as a core curriculum.
Once one is selected by the teaching team. Thank you. We appreciate those teachers. Do I have a motion for approval? So moved. Second. Any discussion? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed, say no. Motion carries five zero. We now have, approval of resolution 25 to 26 for instructional materials, and this will be a roll call vote. Missus Reed? Thank you so much, president Davison. This resolution is a requirement under the instructional materials funding realignment program. By adopting it, the board certifies that our district has provided each student with sufficient
standards aligned textbooks and instructional materials and the four content areas and that these materials are consistent with the state board of education frameworks. This resolution allows us to remain eligible for state instructional materials funding. Thank you. Do I hear a motion for approve oh, no. Roll call. Oh, we have to motion for approval. So moved. Second? Okay. Roll call, missus D'Angelo. Missus Patersoni. Oh, sorry. Is there any discussion? I I keep moving right along. Missus Paterson. I. Missus Davidson. I. Mister Forhan. I. Mister Brackman. I. Motion carries five zero.
We're now looking at approval of the repayment agreement, and doctor Wiese Wright, you'd like would you speak to that? Yes. Thank you, madam president. Tonight, we're bringing forward a repayment agreement between the district and one of our certificated employees, who was placed at the wrong step for the 02/2425 school year, and so, unfortunately, was overpaid for that year. And so when that happens, we work with the employee to come up with an agreement and a payment plan so that they can repay the money that would they were overpaid for the prior school year. Thank you. Do I have a motion for approval?
Second? I'll second. Any discussion? The only thing I would add is, you know, this is what makes, I think, public agencies different than businesses. Sometimes if a business makes a mistake, they would have to own it and, you know, takes away from profit. But as a public system who's funded by public tax dollars, we're not allowed to have a what people what business world will say a gift of public funds. And so that is why even when it and every organization has errors. But when there where there is an error, we do have to work on on that repayment option because these are we are publicly funded, organization.
Thank you for that explanation. That's the question. I know, as a former Los Angeles Unified employee, there was a switch over in payroll when I was teaching there, and there were people underpaid and people overpaid. Are we are these audited on occasion, or how how are this found? No. They they are pretty much not. My Yep. Sometimes the employee may reach out, or as we go through our monthly cycles of, auditing, we may find a mistake on our on our side. Cool. Thank you very much. Any other discussion? All those in favor, say aye.
Aye. Opposed, say no. The motion carries five zero. Approval of warrants. Do I have a motion for approval of warrants? I'll move. Second? I'll second. Any discussion? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed, say no. The motion carries five zero. Now we have acceptance of our donations. These are wonderful. Do I have a motion for approval? I'll so move. And so these are the donations that come to us from our community, and it never stops amazing any one of us just how generous people, corporations, organizations are.
So this monthly donation is $81,665.63, which because it's a new school year, gives us a total year to date, $93,665.63. And we're just getting started. So thank you so very much. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed, say no. The motion carries five zero. Now we are looking at our personnel reports. Doctor Weis Wright? Yes. Thank you, madam president. Tonight, the, classified administrative and certificated personnel reports, reflect the updates since the board last
met. We recommend approval as submitted. Thank you. Do I have a motion for approval? Three. K, l, and m. Personnel, personnel personal and personal personnel? Classified certificate and administrative. Second word. Okay. Yes. Classified, certificated, and administrative. Did we get a second? I'll second. Okay. Any discussion? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed, say no. The motion carries three zero. We now have we'll move into closed session. This concludes the portion of the of the meeting, and we will return after closed
session.