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HEAD UP HERE IN ESPANOL FOR GUESTS IT IS THEN I'D LIKE TO THE ITEM BE IN MRS. THOMAS HELP OR YOU'RE IN TODOS LOS LUNAS BUT A LIVE MS. YEAH PEOPLE THERE SAID EL THIS THE GOOD PLACE HELLO I MEAN THE THINK WHEN I LOOK AT SCHOOL AND I'M HERE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE WANT YOU TO STOP TAKING THE FUNDS FROM OUR SCHOOL AND THAT WE WOULD LIKE MORE PROGRAMS FOR OUR SCHOOL FOR EXAMPLE WE NEED MORE PROGRAMS FOR OUR COMPUTING CLASS AND ALSO SUPPORT FOR MY CLASSMATES IN SPANISH. THEY NEED A LOT OF HELP WITH READING AND IN GENERAL ALL OF US NEED TO HELP WITH THE READING AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE SUPPORT IN THE SCHOOLS IN THIS SCUSE ME THE CLASSROOMS WITH THE READING SO THAT WE CAN PASS THE TEST THAT WE NEED TO PASS. YOU KNOW THERE IS AN E ESTOY INTO THE THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO SHOW ME A SCHOOL BOOK GOING TO THE UPPER INDOOR ONE LEVEL BETTER THIS YEAR OKAY YEAR ME
IS GOING TO CALL MY POOR SELF BUT YOUR IMAGES IN MY CONTROL NOW APPARENTLY AND LOSE THOSE YOUR MS. ESPANOL ENGLISH FOR WORKING SNOW GHETTO BETTER THAN ME COULD DO THE GRASS YES HELLO GOOD SO OKAY SO I'M GOING TO DO IT A HELLO MY NAME IS HILDA AND I AM IN THE SECOND GRADE AND IN GUADALUPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I LOVE MY SCHOOL BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS LEARNING SOMETHING NEW THERE BUT I NEED YOU TO KNOW THAT WE NEED MORE RESOURCES AND AND I AND MY LITTLE SISTERS NEED MORE RESOURCES BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE LEARNING TWO LANGUAGES AND AND THAT IS IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE OUR CULTURE . WE WILL NOT MOVE TO NON AGENDA ITEMS AS I CALL YOUR NAME PLEASE LINE UP UM SHOULD ISABEL MORALES ROBERTO GUZMAN RIVERA BLANCA CATALAN. JULIA CORNELIA. SANDRA BALBUENA WHEN I START THIS LIKE LISBON MORALES SO MY
MOTHER LET'S GO OVER A LITTLE BIT YOU LOOK A GIRL WITH YOU DON'T HAVE AS MUCH IS ALONG BUILDING WITH IT OKAY YOU CAN PUT ON MR. NINO'S YOU KNOW STRESS IS MORE IMPORTANTLY THE ALMOST PREGNANT THEN I MEAN STRESS ALONE IS THE BRIGADE IS WHERE THIS WOMAN THOSE ORDERS GOING TO DISPERSE YOU AND ALSO TRUST ANIMALS ALONE AS THE ANIMALS ARE LESS POSITIVE. I WAS ONE OF MY EXTRA GUESTS. THIS WAS THE OTHER POSITION NOW IN TURKEY BUT ALSO A SUPER IMPORTANT TAKEN WAS THE RUNNING IN WHICH I WAS THIS PERMANENT AND REALLY THE OMMA NOT BRANDING PAREN. MR. SCOLARI LINGUA THERE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT CLONING IS INVISIBLE THEY DON'T MIND YOU PRETENDING TO BE AROUND ONE OPPORTUNITY TO THEIR BRAND. THEY DON'T MIND YOU MS. ELLIS BRING YOUR YAKKING INSTRUMENTAL SOLO IS THE KIND AS THEY CAN VERY EASILY I'M VERY IMPORTANT THEY CARE TO BE AROUND THEIR TICKET SO UNDERGRADS WHICH I HAD ASKED YES WHEN I GO IN TRANSLATION GO AHEAD CHRIS BELL AND A MOM HERE WHAT A LUPINE AND I HERE TO ASK FOR YOU HAVE A TEAC BILINGUAL CLASS AND AT SOME POINT FOR THE
CHILDREN TO LEARN SPANISH AND I KNOW THAT AT TIMES THEY SENT IT TO OTHER SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF SPACE BUT I KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE THE SPACE AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A TEACHER THAT SHE IS WILLING TO TAKE THAT POSITION TO TEACH CHILDREN AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DON'T NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER YEAR OF SPANISH. I THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR THE CHILDREN TO HAVE ONE MORE YEAR OF SPANISH AND ACTUALLY GO ALL THE WAY FROM TO OKAY TO SECOND. GREAT. THANK YOU. WHEN I STARTED THIS ME NO, BUT AS ROBERTO GUZMAN RIVERA SO PART OF THE TORRES TO THE ANTONELLA SCOLA PRE MARIA WHERE I LOOP WHAT I USED MR. FAMILIA AS AN INSTANT OPINION THOUGH I SAVE YOU AS THE MASTER OF THE DECAY BUILDING WHERE HE APPOINTED CATCH YOU ON A SPECIAL BUILDING BUT I CAN THROW CIRCLES AROUND ME TO PUT ON SOLID ADELANTE PEDRO I NOZICK I DON'T CARE I DIFICIL AND CONTROL MY ILLINGWORTH
IRAN-CONTRA MS. LOCO NOSY KAREN CAN CONTROL ALMOST ALL SAYS TO THE ANTIS IT'S MERELY SEAMLESS TO PROTECT THIS CUBAN BOOK BUT I INTERPRET THAT THE GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS ROBERTO GUZMAN RIVERA. I AM A PARENT HERE AT GUADALUPE . FOR MANY YEARS WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR OUR BILINGUAL TEACHER FOR OUR T K CLASSROOM AND THEY ALWAYS SAID IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND OUR BILINGUAL TEACHER BUT WE HAVE FOUND HIM CONTINUOUS AND I PUT FORWARD NOS YOU HIT ON CARA DIFICIL AND CONTROL MAESTRO BILINGUAL. HE CONTROLS LOCAL NEWS HE CAN OWN CAN CONTROL ALMOST LOSSES TO THE ANTIS HE TERM HERE WE SEE MOST THEY TOLD US THAT WE SHOULD FIND A TEACHER AND WE FOUND HIM AND THEN THEY TOLD US WE SHOULD FIND THIS TO THIS ONE . WE HAVE THEM. IT'S THE ANNUAL TREATY TO THE ANTI CORONA APPLICATION WHERE THEY LOOP SOLAMENTE IF THEY DON'T ACCEPT THOSE EL RESTO STYLE STUDIES BETTER HERE SO THEY MUESTRA CASI TENEMOS
TANTO AND MAESTRO COME CLOSEST TO THE ANTIS THIS YEAR A 30 STUDENTS APPLIED TO PAY FOR THE BILINGUAL T K AND ONLY 20 STUDENTS. WHAT ACCEPTED TEN OF THE STUDENTS ARE IN A WAITING LIST SO THERE HAS KIND OF THIS SHOWS TO YOU THAT WE DO HAVE THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS AS HAVE YOU AS THE OTHER KEY THAT WE DON'T YOU KNOW TERMINAL PETROL MINISTER MR. INTRODUCING THE MINISTER THE UNIVERSE OKAY I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S FAIR BECAUSE SHE'S TAKING TIME TRANSLATING A LOT OF PEOPLE FOR US BUT THEY COME OVER HERE WE COLLECTED 200 SIGNATURES AND SUBMITTING A PETITION TO GET A FANTASTIC TEACHER. I THINK YOU COULD I GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. >> MY NAME IS BLANCA CATALAN. I'M A PARENT FROM US OF U.S. BUT ALSO I'M AN ORGANIZER FROM ADVOCATES AND WE ARE SUPPORTING FAMILIES AT GUADALUPE ELEMENTARY. OUR FAMILIES ARE CURRENTLY COLLECTING SIGNATURES TO DEMONSTRATE THAT URGENT NEED FOR A SPANISH ENGLISH BILINGUAL T K PROGRAM IN OUR COMMUNITY.
EARLY EDUCATION IS CRITICAL WHEN THE STUDENTS RECEIVE SUPPORT IN THEIR HOME LANGUAGE AT AN EARLY AGE THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO SUCCEED ACADEMICALLY AND TO STAY ENGAGED IN THE SCHOOL FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 2026 2027 SCHOOL YEAR 74 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARE GOING TO OFFER THAT T K BUT GENERALLY IN ONLY TO A SCHOOL IN THE WHOLE SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE OFTEN IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE OFFERING T K BILINGUAL IN SPANISH SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE MORE THAN 100 STUDENTS IN THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE IN THE SPANISH IN THE WAITING LIST SO WE WE ARE PREPARING TO BRING A PETITION SOON AND WE ASK YOU TO KEEP THESE REQUESTS IN MIND. >> PLEASE. THANK YOU. >> HELLO BOARD. MY NAME IS JULIE CORNELIA. I'M A TEACHER IN S.F. USD FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS I'M A NATIONAL BOARD B CLYDE MULTIPLE SUBJECT TEACHER I'VE TAUGHT T K FOR TEN YEARS WITHIN SAN
FRANCISCO UNIFIED AND NOW I TEACH SPANISH BILINGUAL KINDERGARTEN AT GUADALUPE GUADALUPE NEEDS A SPANISH BILINGUAL T K EARLY EXPOSURE TO LITERACY LITERACY GIVES OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS AN EDGE IN ACADEMIC READINESS. CURRENTLY GUADALUPE HAS AN ENGLISH ONLY K BUT NOT A SPANISH BILINGUAL T K. OUR PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS AT GUADALUPE ARE FULL. >> WE'RE HAVING TO SEND THE PRESCHOOLERS WHO APPLY FOR T K TO OTHER SCHOOLS. CURRENTLY NONE OF MY SPANISH BILINGUAL KINDERGARTNERS ATTENDED T K THIS HAS LEFT THEM AT AN ACADEMIC DISADVANTAGE COMPARED TO THEIR ENGLISH COUNTERPARTS IN THE KINDERGARTEN CLASS. >> THE CAN ENGLISH KINDERGARTNERS WHO ENTER O BECAUSE I SOMETHING ALLOW ME NUMBERS BUT DON'T ALLOW ME NUMBERS UNDERVALUING NO TENGO THEY'LL SEEK A SETTLEMENT IN GUADALUPE YOU'LL NEVER DIRECTLY ENTITY K BUILDING WITH THOSE SCHOOLS WE ARE AN
OPPORTUNITY STARTING CLASS AN OBVIOUS SPECIAL MIKAKOS IMPRIMATUR RATHER RECEIVE IT THAT HAPPY BIRTHDAY THIS NORTH GUITAR DONATED A BOY TO THE MYANMAR SELANGOR BASADO FOR AUDIO STATUS COLLAB MORE BEER ON PORPOISE I DON'T KILL MY STEP WE APPEAL TO TRANSPARENCY I WOULD I MAKE US A DA IS DONE CARDIACA THEY MAY COME INTO INAPPROPRIATELY THOUGH NOT UPREGULATED UP TO I KNOW SPINAL NE INGLIS YES I'M GOING WENDY YEAH YOU'LL BE ONE TO SAYS YOUR LIBERAL VARANASI NOT ONLY SCHOOL UP IN CHINATOWN LOOK WHILE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE BUT MAKE THAT SO UNIQUE WHEN YOU COVER IT SOMETHING FAMILIAR IN YOUR RADIO THE OPPORTUNITY IS TO WHEN THIS PARTICULAR YOUR GEAR CAN BE PRODUCED BY YOUR PARKS. >> MICHAEL HICKEY SIERRA GET THE RAP OPEN ESPANOL NON ENGLISH CLASSICS INTERPRETATION YES YES. HELLO MY NAME IS SANDRA. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN THAT SHOULD BE GOING TO THE BILINGUAL SCHOOL. NO I HAVE TWO CHILDREN THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE CHANCE TO GO TO BILINGUAL SCHOOL AND BUT NOW MY
DAUGHTER WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND SHE IS A CHILD THAT HAS BEEN WHO SHE TOOK. SHE HAD A NEED FOR A THERAPY AND THE THERAPY WAS BEING GIVEN IN SPANISH WHICH WAS VERY GOOD FOR HER. BUT THE THAT THERAPY WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM HER BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SHE IS NOT BEING ABLE TO RECEIVE THERAPY IN SPANISH AND THAT IS MAKING HER GO BACK IN HER DEVELOPMENT IN LANGUAGE AND ACADEMICALLY THEY HAD OVER A SCHOOL BECAUSE NOW SHE HAS A THERAPIST BUT SHE DOESN'T SPEAK SPANISH SO THEY CAN'T REALLY COMMUNICATE THE SCHOOL THAT THEY ARE OFFERING ME. YOU SEE CHINATOWN BUT I AM A SINGLE SINGLE PARENT. I AM THE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD. I HAVE A VERY HECTIC YOU KNOW, WORK SCHEDULE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT MY KIDS AND I HAVE TO TAKE A VERY I AM VERY UPSET AND BUT AND YOU NEED TO KNOW I CAN GO ALL OVER TO THE OTHER
SIDE OF TOWN TO TAKE MY KID TO SCHOOL AND AND THAT ONE IS MAKING ME SO SAD AND THAT SAID IS THAT I WANT MY KID TO LEARN SPANISH. I WANT HER TO LEARN ABOUT MY CULTURE BECAUSE MY CULTURE IS HER CULTURE WILL GO TO THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS PLEASE LINE UP US I CALL YOUR NAME VERMA THERE IS BULGARI HAZLEWOOD K HAZLEWOOD MAY IN MASON WALLER HI BOARD MY NAME IS ISHA BURMA I'M A STUDENT I AM A MOTHER OF FOUR THREE AND A HALF YEAR OLD WHO WILL BE ENTERING TICKET AND I'M A LONG TERM RESIDENT OF THE MISSION BAY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE YOU STARTED A NEW SCHOOL WHICH SEEMS TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL SO FAR BECAUSE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE LINED UP FOR ADMISSIONS AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT. >> THE T K CLASSROOM SEEMS TO BE HAVING A HAND OVER 100 STUDENTS AND WAITLIST AND FROM OUR OWN BUILDING WE NOTICED THAT EVEN THOUGH WE ARE IN THE ATTENDANCE ZONE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WERE WAITLISTED IN THE 20S EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ONE OF THE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE MISSION BABEL EVEN STARTED OUT AS A NEIGHBORHOOD
IT WAS LIKE ALL FLAT. I HAD PREVIOUSLY EMAILED LIKE PICTURES OF HOW WE HAD BEEN THERE SINCE THE SHOVEL CEREMONY AND ALSO COLLECTED SIGNATURES OF PEOPLE IN OUR OWN BUILDING. I DIDN'T GO BEYOND TO COLLECT PEOPLE FROM POTRERO MISSION BAY AND DOGPATCH BUT YES THERE IS A HIGH DEMAND AND ALL I WANTED TO SAY IS IF YOU COULD TEMPORARILY PLEASE ADD ONE EXTRA TICKET CLASSROOM FOR THIS YEAR AND FOR SUBSEQUENT YEAR THAT CONCLUDES YOUR THANK YOU. >> YEAH THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT'S BECAUSE THE BUILDING IS LINED EMPTY. IT'S ALL ABOUT PLANNING. ONE EXTRA TEACHER IS SOMETHING WE COULD HELP OUT BUT IT'S SOME COST AND THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL. THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. GOOD EVENING. BOARD WE APPARENTLY WE DEFINITELY NEED TO HIRE SOME MORE TEACHERS. >> SO HOW MUCH OF OUR FINANCIAL HOW MUCH OF OUR EDUCATION BUDGET IS GOING TO OUR FINANCE OPERATIONS ERRORS LEGACY SYSTEMS CONSULTANTS AND OVER
TIME ADMINS ARE WE TALKING THOUSANDS OR MILLIONS? AND BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE WHEN THE SMALL ERRORS HAPPENS HERE OVER ACROSS THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES AND OVER MULTIPLE PAY CYCLES THEY TEND TO COMPOUND INTO SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL IMPACTS AND I ACTUALLY RAN SOME ESTIMATES AND CURRENTLY WE ARE SPENDING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 4 TO $6 MILLION JUST TO MANAGE OUR EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SAVINGS AND BUT MY QUESTION IS DO WE WANT TO KEEP SPENDING OUR BUDGET? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> OH, THANK YOU. HAPPY SFE USED PRIDE MONTH HOW DO YOU ALL MY NAME IS KIND OF HAZELWOOD I'M THE DISTRICT COURT NATER FOR LGBTQ STUDENT SERVICES I'M HONORED TO BE IN THIS POSITION THAT HELPED ME WHEN I WAS A STUDENT AT LOWELL. FIND MYSELF FIND MY VOICE AND FIND MY COMMUNITY. ROUGHLY ONE THIRD OF OUR STUDENTS IDENTIFY AS, TRANS OR QUESTIONING. BUT THIS LAST YEAR HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY HARD FOR THOSE OF US
WHO HOLD IDENTITIES. >> A RECENT SURVEY FOUND THAT ALMOST 50% OF LGBTQ PEOPLE FELT THE NEED TO GO BACK INTO THE CLOSET IN SOME WAY BECAUSE OF HOW HARD THINGS ARE FOR US RIGHT NOW. >> I AM GRATEFUL TO DR. SUE AND THE BOARD FOR ALL THE WAYS THAT YOU CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY WHETHER IT'S YOUR READ ALOUD, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH YOUTH PRIDE BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH JUST TO SEE THESE WORDS. >> IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO FUND THE SYSTEMS AND THE PROJECTS AND THAT WE FIND NEW WAYS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO FIND THEMSELVES AND TO FEEL SAFE. >> IT IS TRULY THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN ENSURE NOT JUST THE SAFETY AND THE WELL-BEING OF OUR LGBTQ STUDENTS BUT FOR ALL STUDENTS BECAUSE WHEN WE RECOGNIZE THAT EVERYBODY BELONGS AND CAN BE THEIR FULL TIME JOBS AND EVERYBODY IS ABLE TO THRIVE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE TONIGHT REPRESENTING A LOT OF VOICES AND WE HAVE A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION FOR YOU. THESE ARE VOICES OF FAMILIES, STAFF AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE QUESTION IS THIS IF YOU GET RID OF PROGRAMS SUCH AS A NEWCOMER PROGRAMS
MISSION EDUCATION CENTER GUTTING THE PROGRAMS OF THIS VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND AS IF I AND LAY OFF A BUNCH OF SUPPORT STAFF WHO'S GOING TO DO THIS WORK BECAUSE THE NEEDS THESE PROGRAMS AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE TO MEET THEM THEY AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE. THE STRUCTURE IS GOING AWAY. THE NEED REMAINS. SO THE ARGUMENT THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SOUND FINANCIAL DECISIONS WHICH PRIORITIZE RESOURCES FOR CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION SIMPLY ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH. YOU'RE NOT PRIORITIZING EQUITY. THANK YOU, MEGAN. I KNOW YOU NEED AN INTERPRETER . >> KIND OF JOKING HOW THAT GOES. >> SO GO I GO YOUR WINE BOTTLE. MY HOPE MY MENU. HI, GUADALUPE GONZALES. YOU GUYS IN COLLEGE? OH, YEAH. YEAH. NINE. OH, WELL, YEAH I SANG OF WHAT I THOUGH THEY HOLDING HOW YOU SAYING IT THOUGH? I THINK THAT I WAS ROLLING OUT THE GUN HOW HOW HIGH THOUGH I'M KENNY GAMBLE HIGH THOUGH HOW
DOES IT WHAT THEY SAW Y'ALL GOT HIM I THOUGHT WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE HIGHLIGHTS ON WHAT THEY GOT HOW HOW NOT COME TEACHING WHAT THEY YOU CAN THEY WALK ALL THEY THEY WHAT THEY TELL ME AND HOW SANG YEAH IT'S IN HOW YOU AND YOU GOT HOW HOW HOW HOW GO UP TO MINGLE HOW YOU GUYS ARE HOW SOUND YOU HOW I AM I GOT THIS OUT WHAT FANS ARE WHAT THEY GOT IS ARE YOU GALLO YOU KNOW I CAN IN YOUR RIGHT HOW CODE SIX THING TARTAN GOT GOT GOT IT HIDE XYLITOL IT'S IN MY LITTLE LOUSE THAT'S ALL I THINK YOU'LL HAVE SOME AS YOU KNOW YOUR MESS BOTTLE YOU KNOW I COULD THEY YELL HA HELGA BASI THEY HAD SOUNDED THE WHOLE SONG SOME POINT WHAT THEY GUADALUPE COME THOUSAND WHAT THEY GOT SANG AND SO HIGH COMES YOU WILL GET GUM YOU GOT WHAT THEY YELL BIDING THEIR TIME SO YOU'LL TAKE YEAH YEAH HIM ON THEY THEY HOW LOW AND WHAT THEY YELL SO YOU YAKUTSK BILINGUAL CASTILE JUST LIKE HELLO GOOD EVENING DR. SUE AND COMMISSIONER IS MY NAME IS MAY I WORKED AT GUADALUPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR OVER 20 YEARS AS A COUNSELOR AND MY I WANT TO SHARE ABOUT THE NEEDS OF A BILINGUAL K AS SOME OF OUR STUDENTS
AND PREVIOUS PRINCIPAL HAVE TRY HARD TO ESTABLISH A BILINGUAL CLASS BUT IT WAS UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT SOME OF THE STUDENTS WERE TRANSFERRED TO WEST PORTAL SCHOOL INSTEAD OF STAYING HERE AT THE GUADALUPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND IN BRIEF I WOULD REALLY ASK FOR WE ARE BROUGHT IN PAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REALLY NEEDS A BILINGUAL K CLASS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. LAST SPEAKER AND I LOST YOU KNOW I SAID AND THIS SPENT A LITTLE WHEN I START THIS ME AND BRAZIL BORE ME NO MARIA ORNELAS IS A PRESIDENT ELECT AN L.A. COLUMN ENTERING THE TRAYS WHEN WENT THROW ME ME HOCKEY PRESENTER OR 30 TEQUILA SCOLA GUADALUPE IT WON'T EXPERIENCE HIM REFUSAL RSVP CLASSES FOLLOW AN ENGLISH ONE THOSE WILLING WALMART THEY ARE NOT SL ESPANOL BUT FOR ANYONE IMPACT OF WORD THE COMMENTS ARE LESS EQUAL AND ONLY THE ON MY CONTENT AND THE SIMILARITY THOSE STATUS
CAN WITHSTAND A AS AN EXPERIMENT AND THOUGH OUR RALLIES CADEMY IN ESPANOL CINCO AND THEIR COMPLETAMENTE THE ISAIAH WASHINGTON MUTUAL AND MAESTROS NINO STOLE YES LET TRANSITIONAL SYSTEMIC SCHOLAR IS A MOMENT OF CLARITY WON'T DECAY WE LINGUA AS INDISPENSABLE AND ALSO LA WILL APPARENTLY SECONDLY ROMA CENOTE AMBIENTAL THIS PROGRAM WAS TIONAL SOCIAL ACADEMIC LOT OF STUDENTS LET'S BE THE AN IMPLEMENT THAT ONLY CAPOLINGUA LINGUA YET AND MOST FAMILIAR YES WOULD ADD UNCLE ME AS A HOST OPERA MAESTROS NINOS AND LA SCOLA WHETHER LUPE CARACAS INTERPRETATION THANK YOU IT EVENING THE LEWDNESS AND AND I'M HERE TO SAY THAT I'M HERE REPRESENTING HERE WITH MY DAUGHTER AND SHE'S SHE'S HERE WITH ME AND I WANT TO SAY THAT AT THE YEAR 2023 TO 2024 MY DAUGHTER SHE WANTS ENROLLED TO TAKE A AND WHEN I LOOK BACK AND FOR HER IT WAS A VERY HARD EXPERIENCED BECAUSE SHE ONLY
HAD CLASSES IN ENGLISH AND ENGLISH IS NOT HER NATIVE LANGUAGE OR NATIVE LANGUAGES SPANISH AND IT WAS IT WAS VERY IMPACTFUL FOR HER. IT WAS VERY HARD BECAUSE SHE STARTED THE SCHOOL YEAR IN AND IN A LANGUAGE THAT IS NOT HERS AND THERE'S SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE. I MEAN I'M SPEAKING TO YOU IN A LANGUAGE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW AND SO THIS IS EXACTLY HOW MANY MY DAUGHTERS FELT AND I WOULD LIKE TO I WOULD LIKE HER TO BE IN A IN A IN A BILINGUAL CLASS BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR HER TO LEARN IN HER OWN LANGUAGE AND THERE'S NO IS NOT ONLY THAT BUT IT WILL COMPLEMENT IN THE FUTURE FOR HER TO LEARN BOTH LANGUAGES AND IT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD COMPLEMENT FOR HER AND THIS AND IT'S ALSO BEEN PART TO BE ABLE FOR HER TO HELP HER WITH THE ACADEMICS AND ALSO SOCIALLY SPEAKING AND SO HAVING A TEACAKE CLASS BILINGUAL IS TO GIVE SUPPORT TO OUR FAMILIES
AND SO THEY CAN HAVE A BETTER FUTURE AND WHAT I LOOK FOR IN IMAGES THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT FROM ZOOM. WE WILL START FROM STUDENTS. IF YOU ARE A STUDENT AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE A STUDENT. OKAY I SEE NOW STUDENTS WILL NOW GO TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. >> WE'LL BEGIN WITH CHRIS KLAUS. >> GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE I'M CHRIS CLOSE THE SPED DEPARTMENT HEAD AT WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL . I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONTRACT WITH PARTNERS IN SCHOOL INNOVATION IN THE MASTER AGREEMENTS ITEM IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S COACHING FOR PRINCIPALS SITE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS EARTH'S INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AND MAYBE TEACHERS. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO COACHING BUT I AM OPPOSED TO CONTRACTORS GETTING PAID BETWEEN $144 AND $224 AN HOUR DEPENDING ON THE ROLE AND THE YEARS TO DO THAT FOR THREE YEARS THESE SHOULD BE IN-HOUSE UNION MEMBER POSITIONS WHICH WOULD BE BETTER
CONNECTED TO SCHOOL COMMUNITIES BETTER UNDERSTAND OUT OF CAPACITY AND WHO ARE MORE MOTIVATED TO STICK AROUND AND BUILD REAL UNDERSTANDING OF EACH SITE'S NEEDS. THE NEUTRAL FACT FINDING REPORT FROM FEBRUARY 4TH CLEARLY IDENTIFIED THAT AS OPPOSED TO YOU HAS A BIG PROBLEM WITH OVERSPENDING ON CONTRACTED SERVICES AND THIS THREE YEAR AGREEMENT IS CLEARLY PART OF THAT. PLEASE BE SURE THAT YOU HAVE REVIEWED THESE OFTEN OVERLOOKED ITEMS FOR MORE HIDDEN CONTRACTING COSTS BEFORE BLINDLY APPROVING THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. THIS MONEY SHOULD BE IN OUR SCHOOLS WITH PEOPLE REGULARLY ASSIGNED TO THOSE SCHOOLS. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME. >> WE'LL GO NOW TO LISA WYNN. GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE. >> HI. I'M ALSO HERE TO COMMENT ON THE CONTRACT FOR PARTNERS IN SCHOOL INNOVATION, ANOTHER CONSULTANT COMPANY HIRED FOR SAP USED ADMIN AND TEACHERS TO TELL US HOW TO DO OUR JOBS AT 114 TO $225 AN HOUR TO IDENTIFY AND UNPACK OUR EQUITY CHALLENGES. THE CHALLENGE TO EQUITY IS
PAYING PRIVATE CONSULTANTS $224 AN HOUR AND HAPPY TO DO THIS FOR FREE RIGHT NOW YOU WANT TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES ARE STOP OUR SPENT CLASSROOMS, GIVE TEACHERS THE TIME AND MATERIALS THAT THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOBS BALANCE THE ISSUE THAT SOME SCHOOL PTA ARE ABLE TO FUNDRAISE HALF $1 MILLION THE SCHOOL YEAR AND OTHERS CAN'T OPEN BILINGUAL T K PROGRAMS STOP CUTTING SCHOOL NURSES SOCIAL WORK POSITIONS AND IF WE NEED MORE TRAINING WE HAVE CONTENT SPECIALISTS PAY THEM MORE, HIRE MORE, GIVE THEM RESOURCES PLEASE PROVE THAT YOU ARE A BOARD OF EDUCATION THAT KEEPS PUBLIC SCHOOL DOLLARS WITHIN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. DO NOT APPROVE THIS CONTRACT WITH PARTNERS IN SCHOOL INNOVATION IT'S A WASTE OF MONEY. OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL NOW HEAR FROM GLORIA. GLORIA, GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE. >> HI, I'M A PARENT AT MISSION HIGH SCHOOL. I'M ALSO HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT PARTNERS IN INNOVATION. IT'S QUITE A CONTRAST LISTENING TO ALL THESE PARENTS FROM GUADALUPE COMING WHO'S WHO HAVE
WERE TASKED WITH FINDING A TEACHER WHO DID AND ARE IT SEEMS LIKE AN EASY FIX BUT WHEN I LOOK AT A CONTRACT THAT'S GOING TO BE PAYING PEOPLE 200 OVER $200 AN HOUR WHEN WE WENT THROUGH CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS THAT LED TO A STRIKE AND WE WERE BEING TOLD WE COULDN'T FIND THE MONEY TO PAY OUR TEACHERS BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTRACT OUT LIKE THAT. THERE'S SOMETHING VERY, VERY WRONG HERE. THE CALIFORNIAS HIGH SCHOOL TASK FORCE I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING OF THE OUTCOMES THAT CAME ON THAT I SAT ON THE PANEL AS A PARENT. SO WHERE IS THE BASELINE FOR THIS AND AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD HERE I WROTE YOU ALL LETTERS YESTERDAY TO CONSIDER NOT VOTING THAT IN BECAUSE SPENDING MONEY ON CONTRACTS INSTEAD OF AT THE SCHOOLS WHERE WE BELONG WHERE THE MONEY BELONGS IS INEXCUSABLE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM MISS
MARSHALL. >> GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE. YES, THANK YOU TO PRESIDENT KIM BULLOCK AND MISSIONARY SUPERINTENDENT PHIL ON BEHALF OF THE NAACP AND ALLIANCE OF BLACK SCHOOL EDUCATORS. SADLY TODAY WE'RE HERE TO SHARE THE PASSING OF REVEREND ROLAND GORDON PASS OF INGLESIDE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. HE WAS FONDLY CALLED RUBBING CHEEK BY THE STUDENTS, PARENTS AND EDUCATORS WHO WALKED THROUGH THE WELCOMING DOOR OF INGLESIDE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FOR MORE THAN 3040 YEARS. REVEREND J. WELCOME OUR STUDENTS. HE HAD AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS. HE HAD 30 PROGRAMS ESPECIALLY FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN AFRICAN-AMERICAN BOYS. HE WILL SURELY BE MISSED. HE IS A BRIGHT HE WAS A BRIGHT STAR IN THE WORLD OF EDUCATION . SO WE HAD OUR CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO HIS FAMILY, HIS GRANDCHILDREN, HIS WIFE AND ALL WHO LOVED HIM IN THE IN THE INGLESIDE OH AM MY AND THRILLED SAN FRANCISCO. AND LASTLY WHEN WE HEAR ABOUT A CONTRACT WHERE THESE PEOPLE FOLKS ARE GETTING PAID FROM THE OUTSIDE FOUR TIMES WHAT A TEACHER WOULD MAKE AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT CONCERNS ME GREATLY.
WE ASK THAT YOU RECONSIDER THAT THAT CONTRACT AND GIVE THOSE FUNDS TO TEACHERS AND RETIRED TEACHERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL NOW HEAR FROM RACHEL'S RACHEL I PHONE. GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE. >> HELLO AND THANK YOU SO MUCH . IT'S DEFINITELY HARD TO GO AFTER MISS MARSHALL BUT I DEFINITELY WANT TO JUST REITERATE THOSE SAME SENTIMENTS AND I APOLOGIZE. I'M RACHEL JONES. I AM THE YOUTH JUSTICE DIRECTOR FOR CULLMAN AND MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING IN PERSON. AGAIN, MY SENTIMENTS FOLLOW BEHIND MARSHALL. WHEN WE SEE THAT DEPARTMENT AND OUR DISTRICT IS READY TO THROW DOWN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO OUTSIDE CONTRACT WHEN WE CAN BARELY PAY THE TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE NOW WHEN OUR TEACHERS AND CHILDREN ARE BEING DEFUNDED OF AN EDUCATION THAT IS A PROBLEM. THAT IS A HUGE PROBLEM AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE THIS DEFICIENCY AND WHY FROM
DATA IT SHOWS THAT WE'RE FUNDING EDUCATION TO STUDENTS BUT FUNDING AND LINING THE POCKETS OF CONTRACTORS. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THE CALL THAT GUADALUPE ELEMENTARY IS BEGGING THESE PARENTS AND STUDENTS ARE BEGGING FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF A TC. THANK YOU FOR A COMMENT THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME. THAT CONCLUDES COMMENT. THANK YOU TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR JOINING US TONIGHT TO SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES. AS A REMINDER BOARD RULES AND CALIFORNIA LAW DO NOT ALLOW US TO RESPOND TO COMMENTS OR OR ATTEMPT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS DURING OUR PUBLIC COMMENT TIME . BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO BE WITH US HERE TODAY BOTH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUALLY. >> THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER TEAM ARE TASKED WITH PROVIDING A DRAFT AGENDA 12 DAYS IN ADVANCE FOR MEMBERS TO REVIEW ONCE THAT DRAFT AGENDA IS MADE PUBLIC ON OUR WEBSITE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO SUBMIT, CLARIFYING AND TACTICAL QUESTIONS AND STAFF HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO RESPOND TO THESE
QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE OF EACH BOARD MEETING. THAT DOCUMENT IS LINKED INTO EACH BOARD AGENDA ON BOARD. WE INVITE THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW THOSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALONGSIDE OUR DISCUSSIONS TODAY . MOVING BACK TO ITEM C REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION IN THE MATTER OF STUDENT GW VERSUS SFA USD CASE NUMBER (202) 601-0662. THE BOARD BY A VOTE OF SIX EYES WITH COMMISSIONER AT LEAST ONE WISEMAN BOARD ABSENT GIVES DIRECTION TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL IN THE MATTER OF OF INTERESTS FIRST AS A FEW AS SUPERIOR COURT CASE NUMBER CPF DASH 24-518480 THE BOARD BY SIX EYES WITH COMMISSIONER LISA WISEMAN BOARD ABSENT GIVES DIRECTION TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL IN ONE MATTER REGARDING EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE DISMISSAL RELEASE BY BY THE BOARD WITH THE VOTE OF SEVEN EYES AGREES TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF EMPLOYEE 091765 THROUGH A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GIVES DIRECTION TO THE SUPERINTEND IT OKAY MOVING TO ITEM E OPENING ITEMS WE THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF EDUCATION ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WE ARE ON THE UNCEDED ANCESTRAL HOMELAND OF THE
DRAMATIST ALONI WHO ARE THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA AS THE INDIGENOUS STEWARDS OF THIS LAND AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR TRADITIONS THE RAW MATERIAL AND HAVE NEVER CEDED LOST NOR FORGOTTEN THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AS CARETAKERS OF THIS PLACE AS WELL AS FOR ALL PEOPLES WHO RESIDE IN THEIR TRADITIONAL TERRITORY AS GUESTS WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE BENEFIT FROM LIVING AND WORKING UNDER TRADITIONAL HOMELAND. WE WISH TO PAY OUR RESPECTS BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE ANCESTORS, ELDERS AND RELATIVES OF THE ROMA COMMUNITY AND BY AFFIRMING THEIR SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AS FIRST PEOPLES I CALL US STUDENT DELEGATES. WELL MINE TO SHARE REPORT IF YOU HAPPEN TO. THANK YOU. HI. GOOD MORNING. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. FIRST THING IS WE HAD OUR YOUTH SUMMIT LAST FRIDAY WHICH WAS REALLY FUN. WE HAD A BUNCH OF WORKSHOPS WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DURING LUNCH AND ALSO DURING LUNCH. STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES WAS VERY KIND ENOUGH TO TABLE AND WE GOT TO TASTE SOME POSSIBLE NEW MENU ITEMS
AND ALSO LIKE GIVE FEEDBACK ON WHAT WE LIKE AND DON'T LIKE. SO THAT WAS PRETTY FUN. AND THEN THANK YOU TO SUPERINTENDENT SOO FOR COMING TO SPEAK TO THE STUDENTS. IT WAS SUCH A GREAT TIME TO HAVE YOU. WE ARE HOW WE ALSO HAD ONE ADULT SPEAKER FROM THE YOUTH COMMISSION FROM CITY HALL AS WELL AS ONE STUDENT SPEAKER FROM BALBOA AND OF COURSE A THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER FISHER FOR ALSO BEING IN ATTENDANCE. IT WAS SUCH A JOY TO HAVE YOU AS WELL. AND WITH THAT WE ENDED WITH A STUDENT DELEGATE DEBATE AT THE END OF THE YOUTH SUMMIT AND THAT'S WHEN VOTING OPENED. SO VOTING WILL BE CLOSING ON MAY FIRST AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHO'S GOING TO BE THE NEXT US. >> THANK YOU. NEVER REPLACEABLE. OH. TECHNICALLY I DON'T THINK WE'RE SUPPOSED TO, BUT YEAH. SORRY. SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT DR. SUE THANK YOU. PRESIDENT KIM. I HAVE A SHORT REPORT FOR EVERYONE TODAY AND LIKE TINA
SAYS, APRIL AS AS HAVE USED PRIDE MONTH YAY! YEAH. YEAH. OH YES. YEAH. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO OUR UNIQUE TRADITION OF HONORING THE IDENTITIES AND HISTORY OF OUR LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY IN APRIL REPRESENTS OUR VALUES AS A COMMUNITY. THERE'S THAT THERE'S NO WRONG WAY WRONG MONTH, WRONG TIME TO CELEBRATE PRIDE. WE SHOULD ACTUALLY BE CELEBRATING PRIDE ALL THE TIME BEGINNING IN 1990 WITH THE INCEPTION OF LGBT CU PLUS STUDENT SERVICES WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO CREATE POLICIES, LEVERAGE EXISTING CITYWIDE POLICIES AND PRACTICES TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE WELCOME FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND THAT STUDENTS CAN SHOW UP IN SCHOOLS WITH THEIR FULL REPRESENTATION OF WHO THEY ARE. WE ARE STEADFAST IN OUR BELIEF THAT OUR COMMUNITY OF, TRANSGENDER AND GENDER EXPANSIVE STUDENTS AND STAFF AND WHICH OUR SCHOOLS AND DESERVE TO FEEL SEEN AND SAFE WHILE OUR EFFORTS ARE
BOLSTERED BY AS OF UCSD'S BOARD OF EDUCATION POLICIES AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA LAWS THESE POLICIES ARE ONLY MEANINGFUL IF WE AS A COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY EMBRACE THE POLICIES AND EMBRACE THE FACT THAT WE ALL ARE ONE COMMUNITY. WE ARE ALL ONE AS OF USD AND AS OF USD WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY PERSON DESERVES TO BE TREATED WITH KINDNESS AND RESPECT NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE, HOW THEY IDENTIFY AND OBVIOUSLY WHO THEY LOVE. WE STAND AGAINST ALL DISCRIMINATION AND WE ARE ALL UNIQUE AND SPECIAL IN OUR OWN WAY AND THAT IS WHY WHAT MAKES US SPECIAL, WHAT MAKES OUR STUDENTS SPECIAL, WHAT MAKES OUR STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY SPECIAL AND WE DESERVE TO CELEBRATE EACH OTHER EACH AND EVERY SINGLE DAY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE ALONG THE LINES OF CELEBRATION AND CELEBRATING DIVERSITY, WE ALSO JOIN THE NATION IN CELEBRATING ARAB AMERICAN
HERITAGE MONTH IN APRIL. YES, A TIME TO CELEBRATE THE RICH CULTURE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE DIVERSE POPULATION OF ARAB AMERICANS NATIONAL ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH HAS BEEN OBSERVED DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL SINCE 2017 AN ESTIMATED 3.7 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE ARAB ROOTS, ACCORDING TO THE ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE. THE ARAB HERITAGE REFLECTS A CULTURE THAT IS THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD IN AS OF USD WE HONOR OUR ARAB AMERICAN STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND STAFF AND THIS MONTH AND HOPEFULLY FOR MANY MORE MONTHS TO COME. THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. YES. AND THEN IN TERMS OF ENROLLMENT, THE BIG, BIG THING SO WAITLIST ASSIGNMENTS START NEXT MONDAY, APRIL 20TH. BUT BEFORE THAT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M SO PROUD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO OFFER MANY, MANY OF OUR FAMILIES ACTUALLY 94% OF OUR FAMILIES A SPY TO ON ON
THEIR ON THEIR APPLICATION. AND IT'S ACTUALLY THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT IN A VERY LONG TIME AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO BUILD UP CAPACITIES IN OUR SCHOOLS. IF YOUR CHILD IS OFFERED A SPOT AT ONE OF OUR ONE OF YOUR WAITLIST SCHOOLS, THE ENROLLMENT CENTER WILL SEND AN EMAIL, A TEXT AND A ROBOCALL TO ALL PHONE NUMBERS THAT YOU LISTED ON YOUR APPLICATION WITH THE WITH THE ENROLLMENT CENTER TO LET YOU KNOW. SO OFFERS ARE MADE EACH MONDAY AND PLEASE ACCEPT THE ASSIGNMENT BY FRIDAY ONCE YOU RECEIVE THE THE NOTICE THAT YOU ARE NEXT ON THE WAITLIST OR YOU ARE OFFERED A POSITION A SPOT FOR YOUR CHILD IN THE 20 2627 SCHOOL YEAR. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PLEASE GO ON PARENT VIEW OR GO INTO OUR WEBSITE TO LEARN ABOUT HOW YOU CAN WHAT IS THE WAITLIST PROCESS AND HOW YOU CAN ACCEPT A WAITLIST OFFER.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND FINALLY I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HOW AMAZING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE. SO THE YOUTH SUMMIT WAS AMAZING . THEY WERE ORGANIZED OUR SITE, OUR STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL LEADERS MADE SURE THAT NOT ONLY DID YOUNG PEOPLE GET THERE ON TIME BUT THEY AND THAT THERE WERE ALSO LOTS OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AVAILABLE TO THEM BUT THAT THE THE ACTIVITIES WERE MEANINGFUL AND I THINK THAT WAS JUST REALLY AMAZING THAT THERE WAS SO MUCH INTENTIONALITY IN DESIGNING THE ACTIVITIES AND DESIGNING THE WORKSHOPS AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRULY VOICE THEIR THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS AND AND REALLY STEPPED INTO THEIR POWER AND INTO THEIR LEADERSHIP. AND I'M JUST SO HONORED TO BE ABLE TO STAND RIGHT BESIDE YOU . >> YES, RIGHT BESIDE YOU. I DO TOO. >> TO SEE LEADERSHIP HAPPENING IN REAL TIME. THIS YEAR'S SUMMIT WAS CALLED
BUILDING BUILD BRIDGES NOT BORDERS, WHICH IS AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, A VERY POWERFUL THEME FOR US AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME. AND IT REALLY WAS ABOUT HOW WE AS A SCHOOL COMMUNITY AS YOUNG LEADERS BUILD BRIDGES WITH EACH OTHER AND I WOULD IMAGINE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND OF COURSE WITH ADULT ALLIES AND I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOUNG PEOPLE DURING THAT TIME AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COMMISSIONER FISHER FOR SUPPORTING US ALWAYS BUT THEN ALSO FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE BUDGET WORKSHOP. SO THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY COOL. THANK YOU. I LEARNED A LOT. AND THEN FINALLY I WANT TO SHARE YES THIS IS REALLY EXCITING THAT THE DIRTY PICTURES ABOUT THAT THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION IS ANNUAL ADVOCATES WORTHY OF EXCELLENCE AWARD CEREMONY IS HAPPENING NEXT THURSDAY APRIL 23RD FROM 6 TO 8 P.M. HERE IN THE BOARDROOM
. >> I THINK LAST YEAR WHEN I PARTICIPATED IN THIS EMAIL CELEBRATION IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WHERE THERE WAS SO MUCH JOY COMING FROM THIS BOARDROOM AND ALL AND ALL AREAS SO IT WAS ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZE ALL THE AMAZING LEADERS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AS BOTH TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS. SO THIS YEAR DO I GET TO ANNOUNCE THIS? OKAY, SO THIS YEAR THE 2026 ARE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE CALLED THE ARE AWARD WINNERS ARE MEREDITH BRANSON, HEAD COUNSELOR AT ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL. YEAH, BUT YOU DON'T SEE ANY OF THOSE. YEAH. NICK CHANDLER, SOCIAL WORKER I BEN HAVE YOU SO HORACE MANN YEAH YOLANDA HERNANDEZ SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER AT DOWNTOWN HIGH SCHOOL MISS NAOMI AND ADRIANA ROMERO, ROCK STAFF AT EL DORADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
AND MARTHA SULLIVAN A SPEECH THERAPIST AT BOA HIGH SCHOOL. PLEASE GO ON THE CAC WEBSITE TO SEE MORE ABOUT WHO ALL OF THESE AMAZING AMAZING AWARDEES ARE. YOU CAN READ THEIR BIOS, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN REAL TIME FOR OUR STUDENTS AND SUPPORTING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE EACH AND EVERY DAY. I AM AGAIN BEYOND PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS CELEBRATION. AND WITH THAT I DO CONCLUDE THIS PART OF MY PRESENTATION. I DO WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND CLOSE OUT MY REMARKS WITH IN MEMORY OF REVEREND G. AND I KNOW THAT WHEN I GOT THE NOTICE AND THE MESSAGE FROM MRS. MARSHALL OF REVENUES PASSING IT REALLY HIT HARD BECAUSE I HAVE KNOWN REVEREND G PERSONALLY FOR GOODNESS FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS. HE HAS BEEN A FIXTURE IN THE INGLESIDE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'VE WORKED WITH HIM AND ICC AT INGLESIDE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ALL OF THOSE YEARS AND HIS AUDITORIUM WILL FOREVER BE SEARED IN MY IN MY BRAIN AS THE
PLACE THAT YOU GO TO LEARN ABOUT HISTORY OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN SAN FRANCISCO AND I WILL ALWAYS MISS RUNNING INTO HIM IN ON OCEAN AVE AS HE'S GETTING HIS DIM SUM OR HE'S RUNNING OVER TO THE INGLESIDE LIBRARY SO THAT HE CAN TALK TO YOUNG PEOPLE. SO I JUST IN MEMORY OF REVEREND G JUST WANT TO CLOSE IN CELEBRATION OF ALL AMAZING PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CITY. SO THANK YOU. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, DR. SUE. MOVING TO ITEM ONE TRANSPARENT ADVISORY COUNCIL CUTBACK PRESENTATION I CALL ON DR. SUE TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM. >> THANK YOU AND I INVITE OUR AMAZING TEAM TO COME TO THE DAIS. THANK YOU. SO I'M JUST GOING TO HAND THIS OVER TO KANISHA. NO, NO, I'M JUST CAN I JUST HAND IT OVER TO YOU? OKAY, GREAT. CAN I TURN OUR PEERS DIRECTOR OF STUDENT AND SORRY STUDENT AND FAMILY TEAM AND GEORGINA NO ,I AM NOT DOING THAT.
OKAY. OKAY. SO THANK YOU TO THE STAFF WHO ARE PROVIDED. I KNOW I'M LIKE WHY ARE YOU GUYS STILL BACK THERE? THANK YOU TO THE STAFF WHO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT TO OUR AMAZING CUT PACK ADVISORY BODY AND JUST THANK YOU TO PARENTS WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO PROVIDE US WITH PROVIDE US WITH YOUR GUIDANCE, YOUR ADVICE ON HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO RIGHT BY OUR STUDENTS. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE DELIGHTED TO BE HERE. MY NAME IS MAGGIE MCADAM AND I AM THE VERY PROUD PARENT OF A FLINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT WHO'S IN THE FIRST GRADE AND I'M ALSO THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE AND TRANS PARENTS ADVISORY COUNCIL. AND YES, WE ABSOLUTELY ARE INCREDIBLE STAFF FOR ALL OF THEIR SUPPORT. JOY JENKINS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS TONIGHT I'M HERE TO SHARE A BRIEF HISTORY OF CUTTING BACK SOME OF THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING AND OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
COULD YOU PLEASE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? THANK YOU. THE CUTBACK WAS FORMED BY RESOLUTION IN 2022. WE HELD OUR FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER 2024 WHEN WE BEGAN TO ADVOCATE FOR AND TRANS STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN THE DISTRICT. COULD YOU PLEASE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? THANK YOU. OVER THE 12 MEETINGS WE'VE CONVENED THE PAC HAS FOCUSED ON THE GREATEST NEEDS AREAS WHERE STUDENTS REPORT THE MOST DIFFICULTY AND THE MOST UNSAFE CONDITIONS. WE WILL PRESENT TO YOU THREE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF AS WELL AS DISTRICT AND BOARD OF EDUCATION REPRESENTATIVES. ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS CAN BE BOILED DOWN TO ONE ASK FOCUSED ATTENTION ON OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS INCLUDING ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES FOR AND TRANS STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. WE'RE HERE ASKING THE DISTRICT TO HONOR ITS COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE WHOLE CHILD BY ALLOWING AND TRANS STUDENTS TO FOCUS ON THEIR LEARNING SELF-DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT NOT FIGHTING FOR BASIC CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES OR SUSTAINING MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HARM IN SCHOOL HALLWAYS AND CLASSROOMS. FACILITIES INCLUDING RESTROOMS AND LOCKER ROOMS HAVE BEEN A
HIGH PRIORITY FOCUS OF OUR EFFORTS. WE HAVE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM A FACILITIES DIVISION REPRESENTATIVE AS WELL AS SURVEYING CU TECH STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION. AND TRANS STUDENTS EXPERIENCE VERBAL HARASSMENT AT FAR GREATER RATES THAN CISGENDER STRAIGHT PEERS BASED ON THEIR GENDER IDENTITY AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION. AND TRANS STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT REPORT SKIPPING SCHOOL AT RATES 2 TO 8 TIMES HIGHER THAN CISGENDER STRAIGHT KIDS IN THE SAME COHORTS SUPPORTING AND TRANS STUDENTS IS AN ATTENDANCE ISSUE. ADDITIONALLY, THREE OUT OF FIVE LGBTQ PLUS YOUTH SAY THEIR HOME IS NOT AN AFFIRMING PLACE AS OPPOSED YOU CAN IMPROVE ATTENDANCE BY REAFFIRMING ITS COMMITMENTS TO TRANS STUDENTS FROM ALL FAMILY BACKGROUNDS BY MAKING EVERY SCHOOL SITE A SAFE AND AFFIRMING PLACE. WE AS PARENTS OF AND TRANS STUDENTS HAVE HAD MIXED EXPERIENCES WITH DISTRICT TEACHERS AND STAFF AS A RESULT OF THIS WE ALSO WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT, IF ANYTHING OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF NEED TO ADEQUATELY SUPPORT AND TRANS STUDENTS. THESE DISCUSSIONS HAVE LED TO AN INFORMAL AND ANONYMOUS SURVEY OF DISTRICT EDUCATORS
WHICH HAS RECEIVED OVER 30 RESPONSES. WITH RESPECT TO RESTROOMS WE CELEBRATE THAT THE DISTRICT IS WORKING TO COMPLY WITH THE LEGAL MANDATE TO HAVE ONE ALL GENDER RESTROOM AT EVERY SCHOOL SITE BUT THE GAP BETWEEN LOCAL COMPLIANCE AND LIVED EXPERIENCE IS WHERE STUDENTS SENSE OF SAFETY AND BELONGING LIVES OR DIES IF IT REQUIRES SPECIAL PERMISSION OR SPECIAL KEYS TO USE A GENDER NEUTRAL RESTROOM OR IF IT'S NOT CLEAN, IT'S NOT FUNCTIONALLY ACCESSIBLE TO STUDENTS. THIS IS TRUE OF HOW ANTI-HARASSMENT POLICIES ARE IMPLEMENTED AS WELL. MERELY COMPLYING WITH LEGAL OBLIGATIONS IS INSUFFICIENT LAWS AND ORDINANCES ARE ALMOST ALWAYS OUTPACED BY THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE IMPLORE YOU NOT TO LOOK AWAY FROM OUR KIDS. >> COULD YOU PLEASE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? >> BASED ON SFE SURVEYS, 30% OF THE STUDENT BODY ARE. SOMEWHERE AROUND 6% OF STUDENTS IDENTIFY AS TRANSGENDER OR GENDER QUESTIONING. WE ARE A SIZABLE COMMUNITY AND ONE OF THE CLEAREST METROPOLITANS CITIES IN THE COUNTRY AND WE NEED FOCUS, ATTENTION AND RESOURCES NOW MORE THAN EVER.
THE REALITY IS WE'RE IN A MOMENT OF EXTREME ANTI-TRANS AND ANTI BACKLASH NATIONWIDE. SINCE 2022 THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE ACROSS OUR COUNTRY HAS SHIFTED DRAMATICALLY. MANY STATES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY AND LEGALLY ELIMINATING TRANS AND NON-BINARY PEOPLE FROM EXISTENCE. YOUTH ARE THE MOST IMPACTED BY THESE LAWS WHICH FOCUS ON EDUCATORS CURRICULUM OR A PAST IN THE NAME OF CHILDREN'S PURPORTED SAFETY. ACCESS TO GENDER AFFIRMING HEALTHCARE IS ALSO THREATENED EVERYWHERE EVEN IN RELATIVELY SAFE PLACES LIKE CALIFORNIA. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PRESSURING HOSPITALS TO STOP PROVIDING GENDER AFFIRMING CARE AND HOSPITALS ARE CAPITULATING DESPITE PROTECTIVE STATE LAWS. THIS TERRIFYING POLITICAL CLIMATE AND THE RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS TO CARE AND NEGATIVELY IMPACT YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AND SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE RISK OF SUICIDE. >> THESE RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT MERELY INCONVENIENT. SADLY, 39% OF AND TRANS YOUTH SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED ATTEMPTING SUICIDE IN 2024. AND BECAUSE OF THESE RESTRICTIONS THE NUMBERS WILL LIKELY RISE. FURTHERMORE, SINCE THE 2024
ELECTION OVER 400,000 TRANS PEOPLE AND OVER A MILLION CISGENDER PEOPLE HAVE LEFT STATES ENACTING SYSTEMATIC LEGAL ERASURE OF AND TRANS PEOPLE. THIS INCLUDES NEW FAMILIES SEEKING SAFE HAVEN IN OUR DISTRICT. OUR COMMUNITY IS FACING TREMENDOUS HARDSHIP EVEN IN THIS ICONICALLY CITY. AND SO WE'RE HERE TO ASK YOU TO DO THE HARD WORK OF MAKING OUR SCHOOLS SAFER, OF IMPLEMENTING POLICY MORE CONSISTENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY AND TO STAND WITH THE AND TRANS COMMUNITY. AND WITH THAT, MY FELLOW Q PACK MEMBERS WILL PROVIDE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE STAFF RESPONSES. NEXT SLIDE. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS SACHA HARRIS CRONIN. I'M A PARENT AT THE STUDENT JAMES LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN OUR EDUCATOR AND STAFF SURVEYS AROUND 30% OF THE EDUCATORS EDUCATORS WE SURVEYED DID NOT KNOW HOW TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WHO EXPRESSED THEMSELVES AS, TRANS OR EVEN WHERE TO FIND APPROPRIATE RESOURCES. WE KNOW THAT SEVENTH TO 12TH GRADE TEACHERS WILL BEGIN THE STATEWIDE MANDATE IN PROVIDING RELEVANT INCLUSIVE SUPPORT THAT MATTERS PRISM TRAINING FOR LGBTQ PLUS STUDENTS THIS YEAR.
BUT KIDS KNOW WHO THEY ARE A LOT SOONER THAN SEVENTH GRADE. HAVING TEACHERS WITH KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS BACKED UP BY CONSISTENT POLICY IS NECESSARY FROM TK ON UP. AS A RESULT, CUTIE PACK HAS THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING STAFF TRAINING. >> WE REQUEST THAT THE DISTRICT PROVIDE A MID-YEAR AND END OF YEAR REPORT ON PROGRESS TOWARDS 100% COMPLIANCE WITH CALIFORNIA ED CODE REQUIRING ALL S.F. USD CERTIFICATED STAFF SERVING SEVENTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE TO RECEIVE AT LEAST ONE HOUR OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER GENDER IDENTITY TRAINING PER YEAR. WE ALSO REQUEST THAT THE DISTRICT PROVIDE AN ANNUAL REPORT AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SCHOOL YEAR ON THE DATA FROM THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR HIGHLIGHTING THE PROGRESS TOWARDS 100% COMPLIANCE. >> WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE DISTRICT ON THE REPORTING CADENCE ONCE THEY STRUCTURE HOW THIS INFORMATION IS CAPTURED, TRACKED AND REPORTED. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. FINALLY WE RECOMMEND THAT LGBTQ PLUS STUDENT SERVICES
DEVELOP AN OPTIONAL TRAINING MODULE WITH SIMILAR CONTENT FOR OTHER S.F. USD STAFF INCLUDING STAFF SERVING PRE-K THROUGH SIXTH. WE WERE PLEASED TO RECEIVE THE RESPONSE THAT LGBTQ PLUS STUDENT SERVICES IS EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THIS TRAINING MODULE. NEXT SLIDE. >> I AM PRONOUNS THEY THEM. VICE CHAIR OF THE Q PACK AND AS A FIRST PARENT I HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING AROUND RESTROOMS AND CHANGING ROOMS IN THIS DISTRICT FOR YEARS ALONGSIDE OUR AND TRANS AS FIRST STUDENTS AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE OF THESE STUDENTS WHO SAY THINGS LIKE THIS THE BATHROOM I CHOSE IT FELT SAFER. I DIDN'T LIKE USING IT. ANYONE COULD SEE MY BODY AND KNOW THAT I'M NOT A REAL AIR QUOTES THIS OR THAT. THIS IS WHY WE ARE PRESENTING RECOMMENDATION NUMBER TWO IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING AT LEAST ONE ADA ALL GENDER
RESTROOM IN SCHOOLS PER SB 760 PROVIDE AN ALL GENDER SAFE CHANGEROOMS SLASH SPACE AT EVERY SCHOOL SITE THAT OFFERS PHYSICAL EDUCATION COURSES AND CURRENTLY HAS BINARY CHANGING ROOMS. >> THE STAFF HAVE RESPONDED TO THIS RECOMMENDATION WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA SIGNAGE LAW AND NEW CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS. WE CELEBRATE THAT OUR STAFF USED THESE FACILITIES THE VISION STATES AND WE ARE FINALLY IN STATE COMPLIANCE WITH ALL GENDER RESTROOM SIGNAGE. IF COMPLETED WE WANT THE DATE OF COMPLETION FOR ALL THE SUFFUSED SITES AND IF IT'S STILL NOT COMPLETE WE NEED A NEW TIMELINE. WHEN ALL OF U.S. SCHOOL SITES WILL BE IN COMPLETION WITH CALIFORNIA SIGNAGE LAWS FOR RESTROOMS, WE ARE GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THE NEW DISTRICT STANDARDS FOR ALL S.F. U.S. SCHOOL SITE CONSTRUCTION. BUT CURRENTLY ONLY THREE SCHOOL SITES IN OUR DISTRICT ARE SLATED FOR A FUTURE ALL GENDER CHANGING ROOMS.
WHENEVER AVISTA HAUSMAN K THROUGH EIGHT BARTON HIGH SCHOOL AND THURGOOD MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL AND CURRENTLY THERE IS NOT ONE SITE THAT MEETS THIS STANDARD. THIS DOES NOT ADDRESS OUR RECOMMENDATION. WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR ALL SCHOOL SITES THAT OFFER PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND REQUIRE STUDENTS TO CHANGE TO HAVE SAFE ALL GENDER CHANGING ROOMS? >> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. HELLO. MY NAME IS CELESTIN A PEARL. I AM A PARENT TO A TRANS TEENAGER AND AS OF USD. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT INDEPENDENT STUDY PHYSICAL EDUCATION. MY UNDERSTANDING AS WAS STATED IN THE SFI USD RESPONSE IS THAT KIDS CAN JOIN JARO AS A PE ALTERNATIVE AND EXCEPTIONS CAN BE MADE FOR OTHER SITUATIONS. BUT ELIMINATING EVEN THIS OPTION IS BEING CONSIDERED. MY PERSONAL FEELINGS ASIDE ABOUT PUTTING CHILDREN IN A
PARAMILITARY PROGRAM THE MILITARY IS NOT EVEN AN OPTION FOR TRANS PEOPLE IN SAN FRANCISCO WE HAVE A RICH CULTURE IN THE ARTS INCLUDING DANCE AND MORE AND MANY HAVE SLIDING SCALE AND SCHOLARSHIPS . THE TEACHERS MAY NOT HAVE TEACHING CREDENTIALS BUT COULD COLLABORATE WITH AN S.F. USD TEACHER WHO COULD MONITOR THE ACTIVITIES AND SIGN OFF WITH LESS WORK THAN THE IN-SCHOOL OPTIONS. >> PE IS A PLACE THAT IS COMMON FOR STUDENTS TO BE BULLIED BY CLASSMATES AND OTHERS DUE TO TRANS OR PHOBIA. EMBOLISM, RACISM, SEXISM, CLASSISM AND MORE LEADING TO LOW SELF-ESTEEM, POOR MENTAL HEALTH AND EVEN SUICIDE. SOME CHILDREN MAY BE BETTER SERVED IN A COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY FEEL MORE WELCOMED INTO WITH A CULTURE THAT ALIGNS MORE WITH THEIR OWN. >> TRANS KIDS ARE UNDER ATTACK AND WE NEED TO DO MORE TO SUPPORT THEM.
PLEASE CONSIDER ALL THE OPTIONS AND HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BETTER SERVE OUR KIDS BY ACCESSING THE RESOURCES OF OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU FOR HEARING US TONIGHT. >> OH YOU CAN WE STAY? WE'RE NOT THAT SCARY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. HAPPY PRIDE MONTH. YAY! GO. I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR SUPPORT, YOU KNOW. YES. THAT IS I DESPISE IT THAT IT IS NOW IN THE RECORD BUT YES I WOULD LOVE TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S REALLY IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL TO SEE THE CUTIE PACK GETTING GOING WITH SUCH IN SUCH A STRONG WAY AND AND MAKING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK. I'M CONFUSED AND WANTED TO JUST ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE WHO APPROPRIATE AROUND THE STAFF RESPONSES BECAUSE I GUESS I WAS CONFUSED A LITTLE
BIT BY ALL OF THEM. SO THE FIRST ONE SEEMS TO SAY THAT WE'RE STILL STRUCTURING HOW WE REPORT WHETHER OR NOT TEACHERS GOT ONE HOUR OF TRAINING. LIKE IT SEEMS LIKE WE WOULD KNOW PRETTY EASILY WHETHER TEACHERS GOT THIS TRAINING OR NOT. IS THERE IS THERE SOMETHING I'M MISSING THERE? CAN I INVITE STAFF TO COME UP? BUT I THINK THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RECOMMENDATION ONE AND RECOMMENDATION OR JUST THE TWO PARTS IS THAT THERE'S A REQUIRED TRAINING RIGHT? THE FIRST PART IS THE REQUIRED TRAINING AND WE'RE NOT AT THE REQUIRED TRAINING POINT YET. WE STILL NEED TO HAVE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR PARTNER. YES. GENERAL COUNSEL THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER AND UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS A NEW PROCESS AS BEING REQUIRED BY THE LAW THAT'S NOT BEING FACILITATED BY THE DISTRICT. SO UNDER THE STATE LAW THAT WAS ENACTED AND JUST AS AN ASIDE, YOU KNOW, PARTS OF THE ISSUES THAT MATRICULATED THEIR WAY UP TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT CAME BACK.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF KIND OF QUESTIONS EVEN AT THE CITY LEVEL. THE PROGRAM ITSELF IS OPERATED UNDER SOMETHING CALLED PRISM WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE DOWN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT TRAINING THAT'S ACTUALLY CONDUCTED BY SFD STAFF. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING STAFF HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS REQUIREMENT AND BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE THAT HONESTLY WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DOES FSU SD GET INFORMATION FROM THIS ENTITY AND HOW IS IT APPROPRIATELY LOGGED AND TRACKED ON OUR END? HONESTLY LIKE YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO SOUND DRAFT BUT I MEAN LIKE WE REALLY ARE AT THE BARE BONES LEVEL OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO TRACKS THESE KINDS OF THINGS, WHO'S LEFT WHO HASN'T RESIGNED OR RETIRED OR WHATEVER AND HOW CAN WE WITH FIDELITY TRACK THAT WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL GET THAT BY THE DEADLINE WHICH IS MONTHS AWAY. BUT WE'RE JUST NOT THERE YET TO UNDERSTAND STRUCTURALLY HOW ARE WE COLLECTING THAT INFORMATION FROM AN ENTITY THAT WE DON'T CONTROL?
COULD WE MAYBE JUST EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC LIKE WHAT DO WE DO RIGHT NOW? WHAT IS OUR STRATEGY FOR TRAINING EDUCATORS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE TRAINED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS? WELL, IN THIS ESPECIALLY IN THIS MOMENT? >> CAN I INVITE THE STAFF TO COME UP AND HELP US HELP ME WITH THIS ANSWER? I'M UNDERSTANDING THESE FROM THE CUT PACK IS THAT THERE IS KENNA WHO PROVIDES IS THE STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES FOR AND TRANS STUDENTS I BELIEVE. AND SO YOU GUYS COME AND SPEAK FOR THANK YOU GUYS. >> SO THE QUESTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER IS WHAT TYPES OF TRAININGS ARE WE PROVIDING NOW FOR OUR EDUCATORS ? CAN I ALSO I KNOW THIS IS NOT MY QUESTION AND ANSWER TIME BUT THIS IS AN ISSUE I'VE ALSO RAISED WHEN THE APC HAS BEEN HERE PRESENTING IT'S NOT ON OUR BLACK EDUCATORS NOR SHOULD IT BE ON OUR AND TRANS EDUCATORS TO HOLD THIS WORK RIGHT. SO WHILE I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING MIXES OR WORLD I'D ACTUALLY PREFER TO HEAR FROM LEAD OR CNI OR
SOMEONE BECAUSE THIS IS A BIGGER YOUR WORK IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND IT'S NOT I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING MORE ABOUT LIKE WHAT SYSTEM WIDE WE'RE DOING NOT OPT IN LIKE WE HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION WE HAVE IN VERY MANY LIKE THERE ARE CERTAIN OPT IN TRAININGS EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE TRAINED AND IT'S EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO SUPPORT OUR AND TRANS KIDS SO I THINK THIS IS A BIGGER ISSUE BUT I DON'T WANT TO DIVERT FROM YOUR ORIGINAL QUESTION. NO, I APPRECIATE IT. I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE PUT ON THE SPOT OR ANY OF YOU TO BE ON THE SPOT. FEEL FREE TO RESPOND BUT BUT DON'T I GUESS MY QUESTION REALLY WAS IT WAS A STRATEGY QUESTION LIKE AS A AT A STRATEGY LEVEL I THINK WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION OF HOW ARE WE TRAINING OUR EDUCATORS TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE KEEPING STUDENTS SAFE. SO I GUESS THAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE HAVE SUCH A STRATEGY? THAT'S WHY THE UNDERSTOOD DO WE NEED MORE RESOURCES? I GUESS THAT WAS THE SPIRIT OF THE QUESTION. >> I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION. >> PRISM IS DESIGNED FOR ALL
CERTIFICATED EDUCATORS TO TAKE AT LEAST ONE HOUR OF TRAINING EVERY YEAR IS VIRTUAL. IT IS ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT WHO HAS BEEN WHO HAS COMPLETED IT IS HELD BY THE SAN JOAQUIN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND SO THAT'S WHO IT IS THAT WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO TO SEE WHO'S DONE THAT. THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANYBODY WHO TEACHES TO K THROUGH SIX. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OF OUR CLASSIFIED EDUCATORS ACROSS ALL GRADES. SO THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE HAS MADE IT FROM A STATE AND WHAT WE DO HERE LOCALLY WITHIN AS OPPOSED TO PART OF MY JOB IS TO DO PDS. IT IS UPON REQUEST SO I DO LET OUR STAFF KNOW WE DO LET LEAD KNOW THAT I'M AVAILABLE TO COME IN AND DO TRAININGS WHENEVER THEY LIKE BUT I CANNOT MANDATE MY NOT FUNNY JOKE IS THAT I'M A VAMPIRE. I CAN ONLY GO WHERE I'M INVITED SO BUT BUT I LEAVE IT AT KNOWLEDGE. I DO NOT TAKE BLOOD I GUESS I NEEDED TO BE EXPLICITLY STATED AND SO PART OF WHAT I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS THAT BECAUSE
OF SO FOR US IT DOES HAVE A NOTED PRIDE MONTH IN APRIL THAT IS WHEN MY EXISTENCE AND THE OFFERINGS THAT WE HAVE ARE SURFACED AND WE DO SEE A LOT WHERE PEOPLE OPT IN AND SO IT'S REALLY MEANINGFUL TO HEAR THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HAVE THE BOARD OF ED AND ALSO HAVE CUTIE PACK NOW I'M SO EXCITED THAT YOU ALL EXIST. >> THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE WE START TO SEE MORE PEOPLE OPT IN. I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE TO HAVE MORE COLLABORATION WITH LEAD BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE POSITIONED TO BETTER IDENTIFY WHICH SITES I HAVE AND HAVE NOT WORKED WITH AND WHICH SITES MIGHT NEED MORE SUPPORT. >> I'M SPEAKING FROM A PARENT PERSPECTIVE. HOW THIS OFTEN GOES IS THAT PARENTS IN A SCHOOL WILL ALSO ADVOCATE WHETHER IT'S FOR THEIR CHILDREN OR WHETHER IT'S FOR THEIR SCHOOL OR YOU KNOW, THROUGH PTA OR WHATEVER FOR TEACHERS TO GET THAT PD TRAINING. UNFORTUNATELY THIS OFTEN COMES UP WHEN THERE'S A PROBLEM YOU KNOW THIS COMES UP WHEN THERE'S
A BULLYING SITUATION THAT A TEACHER DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE. THIS COMES UP WHEN THERE'S A TEACHER WHO CAN'T WHO DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH A TRANS STUDENT. THIS COMES UP WHEN THERE'S A PRINCIPAL WHO INSISTS THAT A KID NOT USE THE BATHROOM OF THEIR CHOICE AND OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE WANT TO BE IS NOT REACTIVE. WE WANT TO BE PROACTIVE. YEAH. WELL AND AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE MEMBERS OF OF ED SERVICES IN THE BACK THERE AND I THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR EDUCATORS ARE TRAINED AND THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE REGULAR TRAININGS JUST LIKE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR EDUCATORS AND STATE LEADERS ARE TRAINED ON SPECIAL EDUCATION ISSUES. I THINK IT DOES COME DOWN TO BUILDING THE SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN SLIDE IT IN AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A REGULARITY TO TRAINING BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT IT TO BE A PLACE WHERE OR A SITUATION WHERE IT'S LIKE YES, CAN I COME OUT CHECK WE'RE
DONE. OUR SCHOOL IS DONE RIGHT? SO WE NEED TO START BUILDING THAT MUSCLE AND BUILDING OUT THE STRATEGIES FOR HOW WE DO IT RIGHT NOW IS ON AN AD HOC BASIS WHICH I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO APPROACH MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS UNDERSTAND COMMUNITY SCHOOL COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THE BEST WAYS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE SO TO THAT LARGER QUESTION I AGREE WE DO NEED TO HAVE A BETTER SYSTEM TO DO TRAININGS AND TO DO ALL TRAININGS BUT PARTICULARLY TRAININGS AROUND HOW DO WE SERVE LGBTQ PLUS KIDS. YEAH I APPRECIATE THAT AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FROM A BOARD PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF GUARDRAIL TO I BELIEVE IT IS EDUCATING THE WHOLE CHILD. I MEAN THE BOARD MADE VERY CLEAR THAT ONE OF THE VALUES OF OUR COMMUNITY WAS WAS REALLY LOOKING AT THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL EDUCATION AND SUPPORT OF CHILDREN AND PARTICULARLY WE KNOW AS YOU ALL ELOQUENTLY SAID IN THIS MOMENT TRANS STUDENTS,
OTHER STUDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING SO MANY ATTACKS IN THIS WORLD AND YOU CAN'T THE OTHER THING IS WE ALSO KNOW FROM EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH THAT STUDENTS CAN'T LEARN IF IF THEY'RE NOT FEELING SAFE. AND SO I THINK IT ALSO IS DIRECTLY IMPACTING OUR GOALS AND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF OUR THREE ACADEMIC GOALS. >> SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GET A REPORT BACK IN THE FALL OR SOMETHING. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A REPORT SOONER THAN A YEAR FROM NOW AND PARTICULARLY ON THIS POINT AROUND TRAINING BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CONTROL AS OF YOU SEE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF BEING A LEADER IN THIS AREA AND IF WE'RE NOW TO A POINT WHERE IT'S SORT OF AD HOC TO ME THAT'S DEEPLY CONCERNING. WE NEED TO BE THE PREMIER DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY WHERE LGBTQ STUDENTS FEEL SAFE, SUPPORTED AND PROUD AND WE CAN'T GO AROUND WEARING PRIDE SHIRT PROUD PRIDE SHIRTS IF WE'RE NOT DOING THAT. AND SO I JUST THINK I APPRECIATE ALL THE STUFF AROUND FACILITIES BUT TO ME THIS PIECE AROUND LIKE CULTURE IS EVEN MORE CRITICAL BECAUSE THE STAFF
OF A SCHOOL MAKE OR BREAK A STUDENT'S EXPERIENCE IN TERMS OF THIS AND I SEE NODDING THERE TOO BECAUSE I MEAN WE ALL KNOW IN A SCHOOL THAT'S THAT'S THE KEY. I MEAN WE DO NEED TO GET THE BATHROOMS RIGHT AS WELL. BUT LIKE BUT IF BUT IF TEACHERS AND OTHER STAFF ARE NOT PROPERLY TRAINED, THOSE KIND OF ISSUES YOU MENTIONED ARE GOING TO COME UP. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S APPROPRIATE BUT I WOULD JUST PUT IN A REQUEST THAT WE GET A REPORT BACK SOONER THAN A YEAR ON ON HOW THIS IS GOING IN TERMS OF THIS. YES, I AGREE AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS PART OF OUR STRATEGY TO UPDATE CURRICULUM SO THAT WE CAN HAVE CURRICULUM THAT TRULY ARE IS UPDATED TO REFLECT THE NEW TIMES AND THAT PART OF THIS CURRICULUM HAS LGBT THAT INCLUDES LGBTQ PLUS HISTORY AND AND AND IDENTITY IS OF OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE LED THE MOVEMENT SO THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE REALLY CAN LEARN ABOUT IT. I HAVE I SEE ALL OF OUR LEAD TEAM MOVING INCHING THEY KEEP INCHING FORWARD INCHING CLOSER INCHING CLOSER I WONDER DO ANY OF YOU WANT TO MENTION OR SAY ANYTHING ABOUT INTEGRATIONS OR
THE NEW CURRICULUM AND HOW IT DOES HAVE UPDATED MATERIALS? YEAH SURE. >> MAYBE THAT YEAH GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS DEVIN KIRKMAN. I'M THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION. SO JUST TO BUILD ON THE POINT THAT DR. SUE JUST MADE, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT IN APRIL IT IS APRIL AT THE END OF APRIL WE WILL BE BRINGING FORTH A RECOMMENDATION FOR NEW HISTORY SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM BOTH ACROSS ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF UPDATED MATERIAL IS NOT JUST THE QUALITY AND ALIGNMENT TO STANDARDS BUT ALSO ENSURING DIVERSE REPRESENTATION OF LGBTQ HISTORIES, IDENTITIES AND COMMUNITIES AND SO ENSURING THAT THE MATERIALS THAT STUDENTS HAVE IN THEIR CLASSROOM ARE REPRESENTATIVE NOT JUST OF THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR BROADER COMMUNITY BUT ALSO SET THE STANDARD FOR AN AFFIRMING REPRESENTATION AND ONE THAT IN PARTICULAR LIFTS UP THE HISTORIES OF OUR CITY ESPECIALLY.
AND SO WHILE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS THE SCHOOL CULTURE AND CLIMATE AND I WON'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THAT PIECE I JUST WANT TO NAME THE IMPORTANCE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AS AS SETTING A FOUNDATION FOR AFFIRMING CLASSROOMS AND CULTURE WITHIN A SCHOOL AND ESPECIALLY BEGINNING WITH OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS IN PARTICULAR. >> I WOULD JUST VERY QUICKLY ADD THAT WE ALSO HAVE A BRAND NEW HEALTH ED CURRICULUM THAT'S JUST BEEN UPDATED TO BETTER REFLECT HOW TO TALK ABOUT GENDER AND SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS ACROSS ALL THE SPECTRUM OF IDENTITY. SO MISSIONARY. HI EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I JUST WANTED TO DRAW FOLKS ATTENTION. I DON'T KNOW IF FOLKS ARE A LOT OF FOLKS AREN'T VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT BUT WE HAVE AN ADVANCED QUESTION AND ANSWER PROCESS WHERE COMMISSIONERS CAN SUBMIT QUESTIONS. I SUBMITTED SEVERAL QUESTIONS AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE STAFF ANSWERED. IF YOU LOOK AT THE QUESTION
AND ANSWER DOCUMENT THAT'S LINKED IN THE AGENDA SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF THAT. I TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE WHEREVER POSSIBLE. I ALSO SENT SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS TO STAFF EARLIER BASED ON THOSE RESPONSES YOU KNOW TOO LATE ONCE WE GET THE ANSWERS TO GET NEW PUBLISHED RESPONSES. SO I JUST WANTED TO SECOND COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER'S QUESTION ABOUT THE REPORTS. WHAT ARE THE INTERNAL QUESTION I ASKED WAS WHEN WE CAN EXPECT THE DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH REPORTING CADENCE AND PROVIDE REPORTS. SO IF WE GET THAT INFORMATION IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO ADD THAT TO THE Q&A RESPONSES TO UPDATE, THEN FOLKS CAN COME BACK AND AND CHECK FOR THAT INFORMATION. SO JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS. ONE TO LET FOLKS KNOW I HAD ALSO SUBMITTED A FOLLOW UP QUESTION INTERNALLY ABOUT THE ANSWER TO THE STAFF RESPONSE FOR RECOMMENDATION NUMBER TWO TWO ABOUT THE FACILITIES TEAM STATING THAT IT WOULD PARTNER WITH LEAD TO ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY OF CREATING A DESIGNATED SPACE FOR ALL GENDER CHANGING ROOMS AT OLDER SITES WHERE THERE'S NOT CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS BEING PLANNED FOR INSTANCE. SO I'D ASKED ABOUT WHETHER THERE'S A PLAN TO DO THAT AND IF FOR ANY REASON IT'S BEYOND THE DISTRICT'S CAPACITY BECAUSE THE RESPONSE WAS HELPFUL BUT IT DIDN'T ADDRESS THAT CATEGORY OF THINGS. SO HOPEFULLY THAT THAT COULD BE SHARED WITH THE WITH THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO NOTE IS THERE DOES SEEM TO BE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CUTIE PACK RECOMMENDATION NUMBER THREE AND THE DISTRICT'S THINKING AROUND THAT INDEPENDENT STUDY. SO I ALSO ASKED FOR SOME SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT AS TO WHY STAFF HAS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY DO SO WHATEVER RESPONSE COULD BE PROVIDED WOULD BE APPRECIATED. BUT I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL. MR. FISHER BLESS YOU WHOEVER SNEEZING IN THE AUDIENCE. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME ON BEHALF OF NOT JUST YOUR STUDENTS BUT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
I HAVE A CAREER DAUGHTER SO THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THIS WORK IS PERSONAL TO ME SO THANK YOU. I WANT AND I APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER FOR REFERENCING GABRIELE TO AND COMMISSIONER REY I'M GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS AS WELL. GUARDRAIL FOUR IS ALSO REALLY, REALLY RELEVANT HERE RESOURCE ALLOCATION THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL NOT ALLOW RESOURCES TO BE ALLOCATED WITHOUT TRANSPARENTLY COMMUNICATING HOW THE ALLOCATIONS ARE BASELINE SUFFICIENT TO OPERATE ALL SCHOOLS WHILE ADDRESSING INEQUITABLE INPUTS AND CREATING MORE EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT OUTCOMES. AND WHEN WE HEARD IN OUR BUDDY BUDGET STUDY SESSION EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT ABSENTEEISM AND CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM ARE MORE IMPACTFUL TO OUR STRUCTURAL DEFICIT THAN DECLINING ENROLLMENT MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS FEEL SAFE AND WELCOMING SEEMS PARAMOUNT TO CLOSING THAT DEFICIT. SO WITH THAT IN MIND AND TARGETED UNIVERSALISM BATHROOMS AND INDEPENDENT STUDY FOR P.E. ARE THE TWO ISSUES THAT ARE TOP OF MIND RIGHT NOW
ABOVE AND BEYOND STAFF TRAINING BECAUSE FOR BATHROOMS IT'S NOT JUST OUR AND TRANS STUDENTS WHO ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT BATHROOMS LIKE SO LOUD KNUCKLEHEAD BEHAVIOR THAT HAPPENS IN OUR BATHROOMS. FRANKLY. AND THERE'S THE BATHROOMS ARE PROBLEMATIC FOR SO MANY STUDENTS. INDEPENDENT STUDY WOULD BENEFIT MORE THAN JUST OUR AND TRANS STUDENTS, RIGHT? WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO WOULD SO I THINK REALLY WHAT RESOURCES WOULD IT TAKE TO ADDRESS THESE THAT THE THAT'S THE FRAME I'D LIKE TO PUT TO YOU SUPERINTENDENT WHAT WOULD IT TAKE LIKE DO WE HAVE FACILITIES BOND FUNDED LIKE HOW COULD WE APPROPRIATELY DIRECT THE RESOURCES TO ADDRESS BATHROOMS AND WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO ADJUST OUR BOARD POLICIES? 6140 TO THAT SEVEN ABOUT INDEPENDENT STUDY FOR P.E. BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO WOULD BENEFIT. SO I KNOW WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE MORE CREDENTIALED TEACHERS WHO WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO
SUPERVISE. BUT IS THIS THE KIND OF STRATEGIC THINKING THAT WE ARE WILLING TO UNDERTAKE TO BETTER SUPPORT OUR LGBTQ A-PLUS STUDENT I MISS THE TWO S AND THEIR TWO PLUS STUDENTS. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FISHER FOR THAT QUESTION. >> SO LET'S SEE FIRST FOR FACILITIES FACILITIES I KNOW THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR A LOT A LOT BATHROOMS AND ELEVATORS ARE THE TWO BIGGEST FACILITY ISSUES THAT WE FACE ON A REGULAR BASIS AND WE TRY OUR BEST. WE HAVE A VERY SMALL BUT VERY MIGHTY FACILITIES, TEAM BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS TEAM AND THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF TICKETS THAT COME IN UNFORTUNATELY ALMOST REGULARLY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE PRETTY OLD BUILDINGS AND WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE RUNNING THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS. I LOVE THE IDEA OF OF FIGURING OUT HOW WE BRING IN PERHAPS MORE REVENUES IN THE NEXT BOND TO TO REALLY FOCUS IN ON SOME
OF THESE ISSUES AND I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH PERHAPS THE PAC AND OTHERS ON THINKING THROUGH HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE THE BEST WAYS TO USE OUR BOND TO REALLY MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR OF OUR STUDENTS SO STAY TUNED OR INVITE ME TO ONE OF YOUR NEXT MEETINGS AND LET'S LET'S START THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE THAT THAT BOND CONVERSATIONS PROBABLY COMING AROUND THE CORNER PRETTY SOON AND AND THEN IN TERMS OF HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING IS HAPPENING AT EVERY SINGLE CORNER IN EVERY SINGLE SPACE OF OUR BUILDINGS AND I DARESAY THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THAT'S WHERE I KNOW THAT. TONI PAYNE WHO IS HEADING UP THAT DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY, REALLY DILIGENTLY ON. ALL RIGHT AND I THINK WHAT WE I SHARED LAST YEAR WAS THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A VERY LONG TIME AS ESTES A STUDENT SURVEY OF SENSE OF BELONGING WAS THE HIGHEST WE'VE EVER SEEN
AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE ARE DOING THINGS LIKE THIS. WE'RE HAVING THESE KIND OF CONVERSATIONS OUT IN THE OPEN AND REALLY CHALLENGING EACH OTHER ABOUT HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SEEN, LOVED AND FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG AND AND LIKE WHAT CAN I SAY THAT IT'S NOT JUST TALKING WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE THOSE ACTIONS. AND SO I WILL SAY YES, WE NEED TO DO MORE. WE NEED TO DO MORE. WE NEED TO PUT IN PLACE BETTER TRAININGS. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE'RE BUILDING OUT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR OUR STUDENTS, WE NEED TO ASK OUR STUDENTS WHAT THEY NEED ,NOT JUST TELL THEM WHAT THEY WILL GET. AND SO I COMMIT TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OUR OUR PARENTS AND OUR SCHOOL LEADERS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING THE TYPES OF SERVICES THAT THEY NEED IN THE APPROPRIATE TIME AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO
RESOURCE IT. I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF FUNDRAISING TO TO BRING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES INTO THE DISTRICT SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM ISSUE AND IT IS A BIG ISSUE. WE ARE NOWHERE NEAR THE LEVELS OF ATTENDANCE THAT WE HAD PRE-PANDEMIC. QUITE FRANKLY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE NOT THERE EITHER . SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS NOW UNFORTUNATELY SEEPED INTO THE COMMUNITY AND THE SYSTEM AND IT WILL ONLY TAKE IT WILL TAKE THE COMMUNITY AND THE SYSTEM TO GET US OUT OF IT. BUT I KNOW THAT WE CAN GET OUT OF IT BECAUSE WE HAD A 95% ATTENDANCE RATE SIX SEVEN YEARS AGO. IT'S UNACCEPTABLE THAT WE'RE AT 90% NOW BUT WE CAN GET BACK AND WE WILL. THANK YOU. >> SUPERINTENDENT SU, I NOTICE YOU KEEP TALKING ABOUT KIND OF ABSENTEEISM. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ALL THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD HELP YOU
INCREASE YOUR ATTENDANCE GREATLY. THERE ARE TRANS STUDENTS STUDENTS WHO MANY TIMES JUST DON'T GO TO SCHOOL THAT DAY BECAUSE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH BULLYING, WITH RESTROOMS, WITH BATHROOMS OR ANYTHING EVERY WEEK AT LEAST ONE TIME A WEEK ONCE A WEEK I GET A CALL OR A TEXT MESSAGE FROM A PARENT. TELL ME ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO THEIR STUDENT EITHER REGARDS TO HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA, SUCCESS, CIS SEXISM AND SOMETIMES THE STUDENTS AREN'T EVEN OR IDENTIFY AS BUT BECAUSE THEY BROKE A GENDER ROLE OR A GENDER NORM, A GENDER STEREOTYPE THEY ARE NOW ATTACKED AND THAT IS VERY, VERY SERIOUS. >> SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THESE ARE SOLUTIONS TO CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. THANK YOU. I'M DONE SPEAKING AND I WONDER IF ANY OF OUR LEAD STAFF WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN SCHOOLS.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE WELLNESS CENTERS IN SCHOOLS. WE HAVE ADVISORIES IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS OR MIDDLE GRADES. THANK YOU, DR. STEINER SURE. HAPPY TO TO SHARE FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW ME, MY NAME IS JENNIFER STEINER. I'M THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT THAT SUPPORTS CATES AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS. I KNOW MANY OF YOU BUT NOT ALL OF YOU. SO NICE TO MEET YOU AND THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. YOU KNOW, I THINK COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER, YOUR QUESTION ABOUT HOW WE DO TRAINING AND WHEN WE DO TRAINING IS ONE THAT WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME. HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE GETS ACCESS TO THIS? SO I WILL SAY IN OUR ADVISORY, YOU KNOW, ALL SIX EIGHT STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO ADVISORY. I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ADVISORY A NUMBER OF TIMES WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OTHER ASPECTS OF OUR EDUCATION AND OUR ADVISORY OFTEN INCLUDES DIFFERENT LESSONS THAT SUPPORT STUDENTS BOTH AROUND HOW TO BE AN UPSTANDER, HOW NOT TO BE A BYSTANDER, HOW TO RECOGNIZE BULLYING WHEN YOU SEE IT, HOW TO INTERRUPT BULLYING FOR LGBTQ STUDENTS AND FOR STUDENTS ACROSS DIFFERENT RACES AND ETHNICITIES AND IDENTITIES
. AND SO I THINK THAT THAT IS ONE SPACE WHERE WE SEE THAT HAPPENING AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH YEAR ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE WHAT'S CALLED BOUNDARY TRAININGS AND WITHIN THOSE BOUNDARY TRAININGS WE TALK ABOUT GENDER IDENTITY AND SO THAT IS ANOTHER PLACE THAT ACTUALLY ADMINISTRATORS DO ARE REQUIRED AND THEN THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO THOSE TRAININGS WITH THEIR STAFF. I DON'T THINK IT'S ENOUGH RIGHT BECAUSE IT IS ALL EXPANSIVE AND NOT NOT SPECIFIC TO THE PLACE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW BUT IT IS HAPPENING AND SO WE CAN GET BETTER TOGETHER AT DOING THAT AND THEN TO THE POINT OF THE THE BATHROOMS, I DEFINITELY THINK WE I MEAN I'M SURE HIGH SCHOOL CAN SPEAK EVEN MORE TO THIS BUT LIKE THE THE BATHROOMS ARE A PAIN POINT FOR US. WE WANT WE WANT THAT BATHROOMS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE AND WE FIND BATHROOMS THAT ARE SINGLE STYLE TO BE A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE TO PAY EXTRA CLOSE ATTENTION TO MULTIPLE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT GO INTO A BATHROOM AND DO THINGS WE DON'T WANT MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH DOING SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT BOTH A AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE EVERYONE
HAS ACCESS AND A SUPERVISION PLAN TO SUPPORT STUDENTS TO BE SAFE IN THOSE PLACES. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING. AND THEN JUST A LITTLE BRIGHT SPOT TODAY I HAPPENED TO BE AT BETSY DURING AND IN ASSEMBLY FOR SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS. THAT WAS A FOLLOW UP FOR ALL OF THEIR STUDENTS YESTERDAY AND ONE ON THE WALL WAS LIKE BE COME JOIN OUR GSA AND OUR Q GROUP WHICH WAS REALLY LOVELY AND I ASKED A COUPLE OF KIDS ABOUT IT AND THEY TOLD ME ABOUT IT AND THEN THE WHOLE LESSON WAS ABOUT HOW DO YOU RECOGNIZE BULLYING AND BE AN UPSTANDER? AND SPECIFICALLY KIDS WERE TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER ABOUT THIS AND THE GROUP I WAS IN WAS TALKING ABOUT HEARING SLURS THAT ARE ABOUT GENDER AND GENDER NONCONFORMING AND WHAT THEY DO ABOUT IT. SO IT JUST WAS LIKE A REALLY BEAUTIFUL MOMENT OF HEARING KIDS HELPING EACH OTHER. THIS IS WHAT YOU COULD SAY IF YOU HEAR THIS. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH YOU FURTHER. >> HI EVERYONE. IF I HAVEN'T MET YOU YET I'M DAVINA GOLDWASSER AND I AM THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGE
AND CAREER. >> AND IF YOU NOTICE AS CHATTING IN THE BACK IT WASN'T BECAUSE WE WEREN'T LISTENING AS THOUGH WE WERE REALLY KIND OF THINKING ABOUT EVERYTHING WE WERE HEARING TOGETHER AS LEAD AND AS I'M CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION AND THINKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF WHAT WE COULD DO BETTER AND HOW WE CAN THINK DIFFERENTLY. AND SO AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL MOST HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE AT LEAST ONCE ONCE A MONTH KIND OF A SERIES ON STUDENT BELONGING. AND MANY OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE PARTNERED WITH YOUR GROUP WITH PARTNERED WITH CST AROUND BRINGING IN CURRICULUM SPEAKERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL BUT WE DON'T HAVE YET WHICH WE NEED TO GET BETTER AT IS LIKE WHAT ARE ALL OF THOSE PLANS LIKE FOR EVERY SINGLE HIGH SCHOOL SO THAT WE CAN SAY YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S HAPPENING AND REPORT BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT IT DIDN'T GET SKIPPED ONE YEAR AND THAT IT WASN'T REACTIVE AND IT WAS TRULY, YOU KNOW PROACTIVE WORK TOGETHER. BUT WE KNOW THAT THE WORK IS HAPPENING A LOT IN THAT SPACE. ADDITIONALLY, SOMETHING THAT IS
REALLY THRIVING IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, OUR STUDENT CLUBS LIKE JEN MENTIONED AND SO MUCH OF THAT PARTNERSHIP IS AROUND THAT STUDENT LEADERSHIP COMING FORWARD IN THAT ALLYSHIP. BUT ANYWAYS WE WERE JUST REALLY THINKING ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND ESPECIALLY WORKING WITH OUR BUILDING REPS AT OUR SCHOOL THAT WE PARTNER WITH IN TERMS OF CREATING THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND HOW TO DO SOME MORE ALIGNING AROUND THAT SO THAT IT'S NOT THAT OPT IN AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING SOME MORE IDEAS AND ONCE WE CAN COLLABORATE MORE TOGETHER YOU. SO I HAD A VERY SPECIFIC QUESTION BUT I'M GOING TO START WITH A BROADER QUESTION THAT'S SORT OF IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTIONS ABOUT CHRONIC ISSUES, ABOUT CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AND JUST SORT OF CULTURE GENERALLY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SAFE SPACES SO I SO TO DR. SARAH, THANK YOU FOR SHARING SORT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE SCHOOL SITE LEVEL. I MY CONCERN I HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOLER AND I SEE WHAT THIS SOCIAL MEDIA ALGORITHMS ARE
AND IT IS TERRIFYING AND WE LIVE IN A HOUSE WITH MY TWIN BROTHER WHO'S TRANS WHO IS MY SON'S FAVORITE ADULT IN THE WORLD AND I STILL SEE THE ALGORITHMS THAT ARE TERRIFYING AND I'M LIKE HOW IS THIS COMING INTO OUR HOME? AND SO NOW IT SEEMS LIKE WE NEED TO BE CREATING THE SPACE BUT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT EVEN LIKE WE'RE ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. IT IS AN UPHILL BATTLE WITH THE SOCIAL MEDIA. THE MEME IFICATION OF EVERYTHING. CHARLIE KIRK IS FUNNY. IT EPSTEIN IS FUNNY AND IT'S EVERYTHING IS BEEN MEHMED IT'S BEEN JOKED AND SO LANGUAGE AND AND AND DEMEANING SORT OF ACTIONS AND DEMEANING LANGUAGE HAPPENS ALL THE TIME WITH THESE PREFRONTAL LOBES THAT ARE NOT QUITE THERE BUT THE IMPACT IS THERE THE IMPACT ON THOSE WHO ARE RECEIVING IT IS ABSOLUTELY THERE. AND SO I GUESS I'M LIKE A LITTLE TERRIFIED ABOUT HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO HOW DO WE DO THIS AND THEN WE NEED TO DO A MILLION TIMES MORE BECAUSE IT IS AN UPHILL BATTLE GIVEN WHAT
THEY'RE EXPOSED TO AND GIVEN THE CURRENT CLIMATE. SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY QUESTION IS BUT I'M LIKE OH LORD, THANK YOU AND WE LIKE IT. >> IT NEEDS TO BE MUCH MORE NOT THAT CHECK THE BOX AND HAVING CLASSROOMS AND HAVING WE HAVE THESE AMAZING COSTUMES, AMAZING TEACHERS, AMAZING ADMINISTRATORS AND IT'S STILL HAPPENING. SO I WANT TO FIGURE OUT LIKE HOW DO WE MINIMIZE IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE? SO I JUST I'M GOING TO PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE I'M LIKE IF IF THIS IS COMING IN AND THROUGH MY AT MY WIFE I LIKE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THAT MY HOUSE MY SPECIFIC QUESTION RELATES TO RECOMMENDATION TWO AND REALLY IT REALLY APPRECIATE HOW THE PRESENTATION FLAGS VGS I THINK THAT'S REALLY USEFUL FOR US AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW TO HOW TO RESPOND AND IT'S IT'S ABOUT THE THE P E THE CHANGING SITUATION SO UNDERSTANDING THAT ANY TIME WE'RE DEALING WITH FACILITIES IT CAN BE SLOW, IT CAN BE COSTLY. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S NOT A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE CHANGE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A UNIFORM AND NOT ALL SCHOOLS DO IT AND AND I AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY LIKE OH LET'S THIS IS THE EASIER ROUTE SO LET'S NOT WORRY ABOUT THE PHYSICAL SPACE.
I THINK WE HAVE TO DO THAT BUT ALSO ARE WE CONSIDERING POLICY CHANGES AROUND IT BEING OPT IN FOR CHANGING AND I WANT TO BE MINDFUL LIKE OPT IN I SEE THAT I ALSO DON'T WANT OPT IN TO BE OTHERING IF YOU THEN DECIDE TO OPT OUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S IS THAT MY THREE MINUTES BECAUSE I SPENT MY FIRST TWO MINUTES TALKING ABOUT MY LIFE MIDLIFE CRISIS OKAY THANK YOU BUT YEAH ARE THERE WAYS THAT WE CAN THINK ABOUT SOME INTERIM MEASURES BEFORE WE GET TO KNOWING THAT IT IS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO GET THOSE PHYSICAL SPACES DONE? MAY I PLEASE ADD THAT WOULD BE A GREAT HARM REDUCTION TACTIC. IT WOULD BE SOMETHING EASILY IMPLEMENTED. IT IS NOT PART OF THE CALIFORNIA ED CODE TO HAVE CHANGING. YOU KNOW THE ONLY THING WOULD BE KIDS WOULD JUST HAVE TO COME TO SCHOOL AND CLOSE. THEY CAN MOVE IN AND CHOOSE THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR PE BUT THAT WOULD BE A VERY EASY LIFT NO COST BE VERY SOMETHING THAT SUPERINTENDENT YOU COULD IMPLEMENT VERY QUICKLY YOU KNOW EVEN WITHIN THIS YEAR NEXT YEAR WE ALSO BRING THAT UP THE KIDS PACK AS WELL BUT FOR OUR MIDDLE
SCHOOLERS MAYBE WE JUST YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME EXTRA DEODORANT LAYING AROUND BUT NOT THAT AX. >> YOU CAN STOCK THAT AT YOUR WELLNESS CENTER. >> MAYBE I COULD FOLLOW UP WITH THIS WITH SO I KNOW YOU ARE. >> HI. HELLO. HEY, GUYS. SORRY. I JUST YOU KNOW, IT'S FINE. OKAY, I CAN I THIS IS MY MONTH SO LEAVE ME A LOT OF I KNOW YOU WERE RIGHT THERE WITH YOU. YES, YES, YES, YES. I KNOW YOU ALL REACHED OUT TO WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND POLICY CHANGES AT THE BOARD LEVEL AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH COMMISSIONER FISHER AND VICE PRESIDENT HULING AND SO MAYBE THIS IS WE'LL JUST TAKE THIS A STEP FURTHER OF OF JUST ASKING THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PARTNER WITH STAFF AND CUT BACK TO ACTUALLY BRING SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARD AROUND POLICY CHANGES THAT WE WANT TO SEE SO THAT WE CAN BE GREATER IN LINE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT FORWARD. I THINK IT'S A SMALL BUT SIGNIFICANT STEP THAT WE CAN MAKE FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT AND I KNOW THAT I DREW OTHER COMMISSIONERS IN BUT THAT WAS
MY DESIRE TO TRY TO SPREAD THE LOVE TO OTHER COMMISSIONERS HERE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT I ALSO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT ONE QUICK THING IF YOU ALL WANTED TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO VICE OR VICE PRESIDENT UH COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD PLEASE PLEASE DO SO I WOULD JUST VERY QUICKLY SAY WE DO HAVE ADVISORY LESSONS AVAILABLE. THEY WERE DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT ARE JUST PLUG AND PLAY. SO I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE TO TALK WITH OUR LEAD PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE AWARE OF THOSE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM AND THEY'RE VERY MUCH DESIGNED TO NORMALIZE ALL OF US JUST EXISTING AND BEING ABLE TO BE OUR FULL SELVES WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT THAT BEING JUDGED. AS FAR AS THE MEDIA PIECE, THE NEW HEALTH ED CURRICULUM DOES HAVE MORE MEDIA LITERACY AND MORE SOCIAL MEDIA LITERACY IN PARTICULAR AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL I BELIEVE WE'RE STARTING TO PILOT PILOT IT NOW
AND WILL BE DISSEMINATED TO MORE OF OUR HEALTH. ED TEACHERS MOVING FORWARD. I WILL JUST SAY A QUICK PLUG. THIS IS WHY CERTIFICATED HEALTH ED TEACHERS ARE SO IMPORTANT INCLUDING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL AND IF I CAN ADD THAT THIS ALSO GOES BACK TO THE TRAINING PIECE AS WELL AND HAVING SEEN SORT OF FIRSTHAND HOW A TEACHER WHO FELT LIKE THEY UNDERSTOOD HOW TO INTERRUPT THAT VERSUS A TEACHER WHO DIDN'T YOU KNOW MY MY KID HAD A TEACHER WHO IS FROM SPAIN AND DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE MEANS AND DIDN'T UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE THE JOKES AND SUCH AND DIDN'T WE DIDN'T REALIZE FOR MONTHS THAT MY KID HE DIDN'T REALIZE FOR MONTHS THAT MY KID WAS BEING BULLIED BECAUSE HE JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT VERSUS ANOTHER TEACHER WHO LOOKED OVER AND SAID THAT CHILD HAS HAD THE SAME NAME FOR FOUR YEARS. THERE'S NO EXCUSE. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT AGAIN. AND THAT WAS DUE TO THE TEACHERS FEELING LIKE THEY UNDERSTOOD HOW TO REACT. SO THAT REALLY IS, YOU KNOW, A
TRAINING PIECE. I GOT TWO MINUTES NOW I, I SHOULD HAVE ASKED THIS IN THE Q&A BUT DO WE HAVE QUEUE GROUPS IN EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL WE HAVE QUEUE GROUPS AT ALL MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT HAD THE CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT THEM. OKAY. AND THEN FOR THE SCHOOLS THAT DON'T HAVE QUEUE GROUPS, DO THEY HAVE A SPACE FOR STUDENTS? SO PART OF THE MODEL OF QUEUE GROUPS IS THAT IT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WELLNESS STAFF AND SO LYRIC HAS A LYRIC AND PUTS ONE FACILITATOR FORWARD AND THEN OUR STAFF ARE THE OTHER FACILITATOR AND SO WHERE THERE IS CAPACITY FOR THE CHILD OR FOR THE WELLNESS COORDINATOR TO BE THAT CO FACILITATOR THEN WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE IT AND THERE'S ALSO A LIMITATION FOR LYRIC IN TERMS OF HOW MANY SITES THEY CAN SERVE BUT WE ARE REALLY EXCITED THAT WE ALREADY HAVE BEEN TALKING TO NEW SITES THAT HAVE NOT HAD KEY GROUPS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL WHO ARE INTERESTED IN IMPLEMENTING THEM IN THE FALL. >> THANK YOU. I WAS ONCE ON THE BOARD OF LYRIC YEARS AND YEARS AGO SO I'M VERY PLEASED TO HEAR THEIR NAME COME UP AGAIN.
I GUESS MY WONDERING IS AND FOR STUDENTS SO I'M TRYING TO THINK THROUGH LIKE HOW DOES A FAMILY PARENT GUARDIAN OR STUDENT LIKE UNDER LIKE WHERE WOULD THEY GO TO GET THE INFORMATION THEY NEED ON AT THEIR SCHOOL SITE FOR SUPPORT AND ACCESS TO AN ADULT WHO CAN BE SUPPORTIVE? >> TYPICALLY WHEN A NEW STUDENT ENTER OR NEW FAMILY ENTERS A SCHOOL THEY'RE CONNECTED TO THEIR I'VE BEEN THERE WORKING WITH THE CLERK AND SO THOSE ARE THE FOLKS WHO HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT WE EXIST. I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH EASY TO HAVE POSTERS FOR INSTANCE UP FOR ENROLLMENT TO SAY HEY LGBTQ STUDENT SERVICES ALSO EXISTS BECAUSE A THIRD OF OUR STUDENTS ARE LGBTQ IDENTIFIED. WE DO NOT KNOW WHICH OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE FITTING IN THAT THIRD AND SO THE MORE THAT WE CAN BE TRANSPARENT AND JUST MAKE IT CLEAR FOR EVERYONE TO ACCESS THE BETTER. ALL RIGHT. SO I RECENTLY HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT HARVEY MILK CIVIL RIGHTS ACADEMY I THINK A MODEL OF AN ORGAN OF ORGANIZATION OF A SCHOOL THAT TRULY EMBODIES A DESIRE FOR INCLUSION ACROSS OUR STUDENT BODY.
AND I'M WONDERING LIKE DO IT FOR SCHOOLS THAT WE KNOW ARE EXEMPLARY IN THEIR IN THEIR PROGRAMS SERVICES THAT THEY OFFER THE KIND OF CULTURE THAT THEY'RE BUILDING SPEAKING OF INCLUSION AND BUILDING LIKE A A SAFE COMMUNITY OF FAMILIES LIKE IS THERE WHAT HOW DO THEY ALL TALK TO YOU? I MEAN I'M TRYING TO THINK OF LIKE A SIMILAR TO LIKE A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY OR SOME SORT WHERE THEY'RE BUILDING LIFELINES ACROSS EACH OTHER TO BE ABLE TO QUITE LITERALLY SUPPORT EACH OTHER AS THEY'RE BUILDING OUT THESE PROGRAMS PERHAPS THINGS THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM IN THE PRACTICES THAT THEY'RE DOING, WHETHER THAT'S EMBEDDING IT WITH INSTRUCTION AND CURRICULUM OR IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE DOING STANDALONE. IS THERE A NETWORK LIKE THAT ACROSS OUR DISTRICT AND AND AND WHAT WELL, I GUESS I'LL START WITH THAT IS THERE IS THERE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE DISTRICT SO TO START WITH WE HAVE THE SCHOOL CLIMATE LIAISON'S OR PRIDE LIAISON'S ARE THE MAJORITY OF OUR SCHOOLS AND THOSE ARE THE FOLKS WHO ARE HOLDING THE RAINBOW CLUB. THEY'RE HOLDING THE ESSAYS AND SO I HOLD MEETINGS FOR THEM
THREE TIMES A YEAR AND LARGE PORTION OF THAT MEETING IS JUST GIVING THEM TIME TO TALK AMONGST THEMSELVES AND SHARE BEST PRACTICES TO SHARE THE WAYS THAT THEY'RE ENGAGING THEIR STUDENTS AND THEY'RE HELPING TO IMPROVE SCHOOL CLIMATE. SO THAT IS KIND OF ONE SPACE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THAT IS EXTEND AS FAR AS LARGER SCHOOL WIDE INITIATIVES. >> WE DON'T HAVE AS FORMAL A SPACE BUT OUR SCHOOL CLIMATE COORDINATORS AS WELL AS OUR PIPELINE IS ON DUE TO A LOT OF WORK AT THEIR SITES TO IMPROVE CLIMATE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT LGBTQ INCLUSION IS AT THE CENTER OF THEIR WORK BECAUSE I THINK THE STRATEGIC QUESTION I HAVE AS A SYSTEM IS JUST HOW DO WE ELEVATE THAT GOOD WORK THAT'S TAKING PLACE FOR SCHOOLS THAT WE KNOW ARE ON THE FRONT LINES OF DOING THIS WORK AND WHAT IS THAT LIKE? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO DISSEMINATE THOSE MATERIALS TO GET ACCESS TO THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE IN SCHOOL COMMUNITIES WHO ARE ASKING THEMSELVES I MEAN I'M SURE EVERY SCHOOL COMMUNITY HAS SOMEONE WHO'S LIKE HEY, I'M GAY LIKE WHAT CAN I DO TO SUPPORT? RIGHT? SO I'M JUST I'M I MEAN IT'S A SIMILAR QUESTION I THINK THAT
WE HAVE TO MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR DISTRICT WHERE WHERE WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO KIND OF LIFT UP THOSE TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING AND BE ABLE TO KIND OF POINT TO THAT AS A BRIGHT SPOT OF OURS THAT WE CAN THEN HIGHLIGHT SHOWCASE AND SPREAD RIGHT? SO JUST KIND OF TRY TO THINK THROUGH THAT PRACTICE AND AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR NOT JUST OUR YOUTH AND STAFF BUT FOR OTHER POPULATIONS TOO THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM JUST VERY QUICKLY. SO PART OF WHAT I DO WITH OUR LIAISON'S IS I DO ASK THEM TO SHARE THEIR BEST PRACTICES THE MATERIALS THAT THEY CREATE AND THEN I HAVE A GOOGLE CLASSROOM THAT THEY ALL HAVE ACCESS TO SO THEY CAN LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AND IMPLEMENT THE BEST PRACTICES THAT THEY SEE IN THEIR OWN SCHOOLS. I ALSO WANT TO ADD SOMETIMES THERE'S AMAZING PROGRAMING AT OUR SCHOOL SITES. SO FOR EXAMPLE IN THE ELEMENTARY PORTION OF BUENA VISTA HAUSSMANN WE USED TO HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED GHANA WHICH WAS TALKING ABOUT GENDER DIVERSITY FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL AND KIDS LOVED LOVED GHANA BUT THE THING IS IS THE TEACHER HAS TO VOLUNTEER TO
DO IT AND THEN SOME OF THE TEACHERS ALREADY OVERWHELMED WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING ALL THE TEACHER THINGS THEY HAVE TO DO AND THEY'RE NOT GETTING PAID EXTRA WHATEVER THEY'RE GIVING UP THEIR LUNCH HOUR, ALL THOSE THINGS. SO I WOULD SAY IS ONE OF THE THING THAT YOU ALL COULD DO SO AS YOU SUPERINTEND OR WHATEVER IS GIVES THEM MORE MONEY LIKE I'M BEING REALLY REAL. >> I DON'T KNOW. YOU SAID YOU WERE FUNDRAISING A LITTLE BIT EXTRA MORE YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW MAYBE SOME OF THAT BECAUSE SO LIKE FOR TEACHERS WHO HAVE TO LIKE BE THE ADVISORY PERSON FOR THEIR GSA OR FOR THE GROUP FOR THE OR WHATEVER FOR A GHANA PROGRAM OR WHATEVER, THEY ALSO NEED TO GET PAID LIKE THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE TAKING UP THEIR LUNCH HOUR. THEY'RE AFTER SCHOOL TIME AND THEY'RE NOT. AND SO LIKE OUR ELEMENTARY PORTION OF ONE OF THESE THOUGHTS MAN IT'S SO SAD LIKE MY KID IS NOT DOING GHANA AND I, I REALLY AM ALWAYS SAD ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THEY REALLY NEED THAT AND THERE ARE TRANS STUDENTS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT ALL THE MAJOR SCHOOLS AND EVEN IN PRESCHOOLS AND IN TECH OR WHATEVER AND ALSO
STUDENTS LIKE AS YOUNG AS LIKE FIRST OR SECOND GRADE I'VE HAD YOUNG PEOPLE TELL ME LIKE HEY I'M LESBIAN BISEXUAL YOU KNOW AND EVEN YOUNGER THAN THAT YEAH, I'M TRANS YOU KNOW, BLAH BLAH. SO I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYBODY KEEPS TALKING ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL BUT A LOT OF THE BULLYING HAPPENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL A LOT A LOT A LOT LOT AND I KNOW THAT'S HAPPENED TO MY KID WHO'S GOT A BULLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE ARE REAL EFFICIENT SO A LITTLE DOLLAR WILL GO A LONG WAY. YES, I WILL I WILL SAY THAT I DO KNOW THAT IT IS A CURRENT PRIORITY OF SPARC ITSELF TO FUNDRAISE TO HAVE MORE OF OUR RAINBOW LIAISONS ACROSS ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. >> THANK YOU. AND JUST A QUICK PLUG IN FOR SO YOU THINK YOU CAN TRACK FOR HARVEY MILK CIVIL RIGHTS ACADEMY FUNDRAISER THIS THIS SATURDAY AT 6:00 SO I'M JUST GOING TO PUT THAT OUT THERE SO YEAH I'M I JUST WANTED TO SAY REAL QUICKLY THAT THE PROGRAM THAT THAT MARIA IS REFERRING TO CALLED GARNER MY CHILD WHO ALSO WENT TO ONE OF THESE THE HORACE MANN WAS A PART OF THAT AND IT
WAS HUGELY IMPACTFUL IN HIS LIFE. HE FIRST CAME OUT AS NON-BINARY WITHIN THAT GROUP AND HAD AN EXCELLENT TEACHER LEADING IT AND AND LOOKING BACK I'M SURE THAT THEY WERE SPENDING A LOT OF THEIR OWN FREE TIME ON AND ON DOING THIS PROGRAM AND IT'S HUGELY IMPACTFUL FOR MY CHILD AND MANY OF THE OTHER KIDS THAT HE WAS IN AND IN GHANA WITH AND HE'S NOW A LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HE'S CURRENTLY IN AN APPRENTICESHIP WITH HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH RIGHT NOW. THAT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR. ONE QUESTION I HAD REGARDING THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS IS A REPORT REQUIRED OF THE PRISM TRAINING OR IS THAT SOMETHING SEPARATE THAT YOU, DEEPAK, IS REQUESTING AND I MEAN LEGALLY REQUIRED BECAUSE IT'S THE THE REQUIRED ONE YEAR ANNUAL TRAINING AND I LOOKED AT THE CODE THAT WAS CITED BUT I DIDN'T FIND HER I FOUND A REQUIREMENT FOR RECORD KEEPING BUT NOT FOR REPORTING AND I WAS CURIOUS WE'RE REALLY JUST
ASKING FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE DISTRICT ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC STATE MANDATED TRAINING. THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WANT AND HOWEVER THAT ENDS UP LOOKING LEGALLY WE WOULD REALLY LIKE THAT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND I'M CURIOUS WHETHER COUNCIL KNOWS THE ANSWER. >> THANK YOU. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH, RIGHT? IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. THE LAW REQUIRES THE DISTRICT I BELIEVE YOU KNOW, WITHOUT SEEING IT IN FRONT OF ME JUST WHAT I'VE SEEN RECENTLY, IT DOES REQUIRE THE DISTRICT TO MAINTAIN THE INFORMATION AND REPORT OUT TO IT I BELIEVE WHAT IS THE TRANSPARENCY THAT IS SPOKEN OF IS A HIGHER OR MORE FREQUENT CLIP OR MORE FREQUENT CADENCE AND I'M KIND OF GOING BACK TO COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER'S EXCELLENT POINT WHICH IS I THINK THE DISTRICT RIGHT NOW IS IS EVEN MORE BASIC OF LIKE HOW HOW DO WE DO THAT? IT'S I KNOW THAT IT SOUNDS IN THE AGE OF TECHNOLOGY THAT IT'S LIKE A BUTTON OR IT'S THIS OR THAT. IT REALLY IS NOT THAT SIMPLE. EVERY EMPLOYEE LIKE THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE TETHERED TO SOMEONE'S PERSONNEL FILE, YOU KNOW, AND TRYING TO MAKE THAT, YOU KNOW, A LEGITIMATE LIKE VALID THING
THAT WE'RE TRACKING WITH ALL SINCERITY AND REPORTING OUT WITH FIDELITY. IT DOES TAKE SOME SOME STRATEGIC PLANNING NOW IF WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IT AT A CLIP THAT IS MORE FREQUENT THAN WHAT THE LAW ALLOWS, WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW LIKE THERE MAY BE A POSSIBILITY THAT WE'RE REPORTING LIKE OH, THERE'S LIKE A GAP IN TERMS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN NOT TAKING THE REQUIRED TRAINING BUT YET THEY STILL HAVE TIME ON THE CLOCK TO FINISH. >> THAT'S PART OF WHY WE REQUESTED THAT BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND SEVENTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE TEACHERS WILL HAVE A YEAR TO COMPLETE IT. SO WE WERE HOPING THAT THE DISTRICT COULD TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS THE PROGRESS TOWARDS 100% ACCOUNTABILITY. THAT'S WHY WE REQUESTED THAT. YEAH, THE REASON THAT I ASK IS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER'S POINT EARLIER LIKE THE ISSUE AT BASE IS MAKING SURE THAT IT ACTUALLY GETS DONE. AND I THINK SOMETIMES WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO LAYER ON LIKE LEVELS OF BUREAUCRACY AND REPORTS BUT LIKE MY LARGER QUESTION IS LIKE WHAT IS THE UNDERLYING GOAL?
THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR EDUCATORS ARE TRAINED WITH THIS INFORMATION AND SO IS A REPORT THE STRATEGY THAT IS GOING TO MOST TO BEST ACCOMPLISH THAT OR IS THE STRATEGY TO LIKE ASSIGN IT AS ONE OF THE IN-SERVICE ONE OF THE IN-SERVICE DAYS OR AS PART OF LIKE A WEDNESDAY EARLY DISMISSAL? IT'S LIKE THIS IS THE DAY THAT EVERYBODY IN THE DISTRICT TAKES IT AND SO IT'S DONE AND SO YOU DON'T EVEN NECESSARILY NEED TO REPORT TO EMPLOYEE AREN'T EDUCATORS ARE STRETCHED THIN YOU NEED TO MAKE SPACE TO HAVE IT HAPPEN AND NOT HAVE IT BE SOME EXTRA THING THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO SNEAK IN ON THEIR OWN TIME. AND SO I JUST KIND OF WANT TO UPLIFT LIKE THE LARGER UNDERLYING CONCERN BECAUSE OFTEN I THINK YOU KNOW, WE I KNOW CENTRAL OFFICE IS STRETCHED THIN AND LIKE IS THE ANSWER REALLY PUTTING SOMETHING MORE ON SOMEBODY IN CENTRAL OFFICES PLATE OR IS THE ANSWER MAKING SPACE IN PEOPLE'S CALENDARS SO THAT THEY ACTUALLY GET ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION
THAT THEY NEEDED IN A TIMELY WAY THAT WE KNOW IS LIKE FULLY DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT LIKE WHAT IS HAPPENING BOOTS ON THE GROUND AT OUR SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER STRATEGY IS TAKEN WE PARENTS NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT AND TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS TOLD TO US BECAUSE WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING IF OUR TEACHERS HAVE RECEIVED THAT TRAINING OTHERWISE WE HAVE NO WE HAVE NO VISIBILITY INTO THAT AT ALL. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY WHATEVER STRATEGY ENDS UP BEING YOU KNOW, GONE AFTER, THAT'S GREAT. BUT WE NEED TO TELL US YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW SO WE CAN SUPPORT OUR KIDS AND MAKE SURE OUR KIDS ARE MAKING SURE OUR TEACHERS ARE TRAINED PROPERLY. >> THAT SOUNDS LIKE A VERY, VERY REASONABLE ASK TO ME AND COMMISSIONER FISCHER AND I REALLY APPRECIATE GOING TO YOUR MEETING AND HEARING MORE ABOUT THE ISSUE AND ONE THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THAT MEETING WAS HOW MAKING SCHOOLS MORE INCLUSIVE FOR SOME STUDENTS MAKES THEM MORE INCLUSIVE FOR ALL STUDENTS. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A FURTHER CONVERSATION OR HEAR
MORE FROM STAFF ABOUT WHAT THE CONSTRAINTS ARE ABOUT MAKING INDEPENDENT STUDY EPI MORE BROADLY AVAILABLE FOR ANY MULTITUDE OF REASONS WHETHER IT'S TO, YOU KNOW, A ACCOMMODATE A STUDENTS LIKE DEVOTION TO GYMNASTICS OR BALLET OR TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR GENDER IDENTITY OR SOME OTHER ISSUE. >> IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE LIKE IT'S IT'S A TALL ASK FOR A CHILD TO HAVE TO TRANSFER SCHOOLS TO THE ONE SCHOOL THAT WILL CATEGORY ALLOW INDEPENDENT STUDY IN ORDER TO ACCESS IT SO I'M CURIOUS WHAT THE FROM FROM STAFF LIKE WHAT THE BARRIERS ARE TO MAKING IT MORE BROADLY AVAILABLE I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT YOU KNOW FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IT WOULD LIKE HAVING ACCESS TO ALTERNATIVE EASE MEANS PE MEANS THAT IT'S NOT JUST A WELL YOU GET A WAIVER OR YOU DON'T DO PE YOU KNOW THERE'S AS YOU SAID THERE ARE MANY, MANY REASONS WHY STUDENTS MIGHT BENEFIT FROM A PATHWAY TO SOMETHING ELSE. I AM VERY INTERESTED IN IN
CONTINUING TO EXPLORE THIS AND LOOKING AT MY OUR ED SERVICES FOLKS IN THE BACK THERE BUT WE CAN WE CAN LOOK INTO THE LAWS. WE CAN LOOK INTO THE RULES. I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, IN PREPARATION FOR THE STRIKE WE DID HAVE LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH KDDI ABOUT EXPANDING AND BROADENING INDEPENDENT STUDY OPTIONS FOR FAMILIES AND FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. SO MAYBE WE CAN JUST BRING THAT BACK AND CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AS THE FORMER PRINCIPAL OF AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL OF CHOICE THAT HAD INDEPENDENCE AP I CAN ALSO SAY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL IT DEAL SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS AROUND LIKE OVER PACKING SCHEDULES AND THAT BEING ABLE TO TAKE MORE ELECTIVES. IT ALSO GIVES MORE FLEXIBILITY AROUND THAT LIKE IF YOU ARE DOING P.E. IN ANOTHER WAY IT FREES UP TWO YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL OF COURSE IS RIGHT. >> I DIDN'T MEAN TO ASK IT AS A RHETORICAL QUESTION. I GENUINELY AM CURIOUS IF STAFF HAVE AN ANSWER ABOUT IF THERE ARE ISSUES THAT WOULD MAKE IT YOU KNOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED IN ORDER TO ALLOW INDEPENDENT STUDY PE BEYOND
ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOLS AS THE TEAM IS COMING UP AGAIN WE WILL WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT BUT DO YOU GUYS HAVE THOUGHTS NOW? OKAY. YEAH I AGREE WITH EXPLORING THIS CONCEPT MORE AND WITH WHAT COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER WAS SAYING IS FIRST WE NEED TO LOOK AT JUST KIND OF THE COMPLIANCE PIECES. I KNOW THAT THERE'S OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS IN OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN FULFILL THE REQUIREMENT SO WE CAN LOOK INTO THE COMPLIANCE PIECES. THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM AS FAR AS MAKING IT HAPPEN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL ALSO NOT A PROBLEM. SO WE'LL JUST LOOK INTO LIKE THE HOW AND THEN REPORT BACK ON THAT PIECE. BUT YEAH, I CAN SEE YOU KNOW AND I KNOW THE STUDENTS ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN A LOT OF YOU KNOW, ATHLETICS AND OTHER THINGS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL AND THERE'S OTHER DISTRICTS THAT COUNT THOSE HOURS IN DIFFERENT WAYS THROUGH DIFFERENT SIGNOFF PROCEDURES SO THAT WE'RE STILL FOCUSING ON WELLNESS AND HEALTH AND ENSURING THAT STUDENTS ARE ACCESSING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING IN ORDER TO KEEP, YOU KNOW,
THEIR PHYSICAL HEALTH AND ACTIVITY UP. SO THERE'S THERE'S DEFINITELY THINGS THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM OTHER DISTRICTS THAT CURRENTLY HAVE THIS IN PLACE. WE ARE DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT DELIGHTED AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD REITERATE IS TO ENSURE THIS IS ABOUT COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY HAVE ACCESS. SO WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT WAS MY QUESTION ARE WE TALKING MOSTLY ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL? I MEAN WE ARE WE HAVE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE P.E. TO ACHIEVE GRADUATION . SO AND BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE WITH AND TRANS PEOPLE MAYBE NOT BEING ABLE TO THERE'S LOTS OF ISSUES WITH PE FOR TRANS PEOPLE ESPECIALLY. SO WE HAVE FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON HIGH SCHOOL FOR GRADUATION REASONS BUT WE'RE OPEN TO DISCUSSING IT FOR A MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL. >> YEAH I THINK FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL THE THING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO CONSIDER IS SUPERVISION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AND I THINK THAT'S LESS THE ISSUE BECAUSE THEY CAN HAVE AN ALTERNATE THAT THAT GOES INTO PLACE I THINK AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND I MEAN DEFINITELY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL LIKE WHERE THEY WOULD GO
WOULD BE A QUESTION AND I THINK THAT THAT IS ALWAYS A QUESTION OF LIKE HOW TO ENSURE THAT KIDS ARE GETTING SOMETHING ROBUST WHEN THEY'RE OF AN AGE WHERE THEY NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE GUIDANCE THAN ONCE THEY'RE MORE INDEPENDENT BUT I MEAN WHERE SURE, WHY NOT? >> LET'S LOOK AT IT. WELL IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PE TENDS TO BE A LOT CHEAPER IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE IT'S IT'S A LOT LESS GENDER BASED YOU KNOW THERE'S THERE'S A LOT IT'S LOWEST WEIGHTED AND FREE FRAUGHT THEN THEN THE OLDER GRADES YEAH AND ALSO YOUR GENDER IDENTITY MAYBE IS STILL NOT YOU KNOW IT'S LIKE MORE IT'S JUST DIFFERENT WHEN YOU'RE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I THINK OR IT CAN'T BE DIFFERENT. SO YEAH I'VE UNDERSTOOD QUICKLY I'VE TURNED IT OFF A COUPLE OF THINGS I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHILE NAMING THIS IS BEING A FOCUS AREA FOR A FUTURE INVESTIGATE ACTION AND POLICY UPDATES IS JUST TO NAME EXPLICITLY THE INDEPENDENT STUDY IS IS A PART OF A SERIES OF POLICIES AND REGULATIONS THAT ARE BOTH ONE SPECIFIC TO THE BOARD POLICY THAT GOVERNS INDEPENDENT STUDY AND WOULD
REQUIRE APPROPRIATE UPDATES IN ALLOWANCE OF WHAT'S BEING ASKED FOR AS NUMBER ONE. SO A POLICY BASED CHANGE THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED. BUT NUMBER TWO JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION THERE ARE SOME UNIQUE COMPLEXITIES. IT IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW STATE CONTENT AREAS WHERE THERE ARE REQUIRED NOT RECOMMENDED MINUTES ON A TEN DAY CADENCE AND SO AGAIN THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL STATE COMPLIANCE COMPLEXITIES THAT DO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN ORDER TO MAKE UPDATES AND CHANGES TO THE PREEXISTING POLICY. >> SO SO ALL OF THAT TO SAY THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO IT AS YOU CAN TELL THERE'S LOTS OF COMPLICATIONS, RIGHT? THERE'S LOTS OF ISSUES BUT ALSO THERE'S A LOT OF DESIRES TO TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS BETTER. AND I KNOW ALL OF OUR TEACHERS WANT TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AS WELL.
RIGHT. SO THIS IS NOT ABOUT SAYING WE DON'T KEEP TEACHERS ANYMORE BUT HOW DO WE SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO ENGAGE AND PARTICIPATE IN ANY TYPE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EDUCATION YEAH. THANKS. AWESOME. I LOVE THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT'S JUST SORT OF WHEN WE ALL PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER IT'S AMAZING KIND OF WHAT HAPPENS AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU FOR BRINGING THESE IDEAS FORWARD. I APPRECIATE OUR STAFF WHO'VE BEEN SO FULL IN THE PACK AS WELL AS OUR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOLKS FOR YOU KNOW, BEING WILLING TO STEP UP AND HELP US FIGURE THIS OUT. I LOVE PARTICULARLY YOU KNOW, THE CURB CUT EQUITY APPROACH TO BOTH INDEPENDENT PE AS WELL AS COMFORTABLE CLOTHING SO BENEFITS SO MANY COMMUNITIES. I WILL BE VERY BRIEF. >> YOU KNOW I HAD A QUESTION AROUND FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT PRESIDENT KIM WAS ASKING OR MENTIONING DO WE HAVE DATA OR OH AND ONE WHAT MESSAGE OR WHAT I ALSO WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU BECAUSE I HEAR YOU I HEAR YOU
IN PUBLIC COMMENT SOMETIMES WE CAN NEVER RESPOND. SO THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS. YOU CARRY A BIG LOAD FOR SO MANY AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. YEAH, LET'S TALK FOR THAT. I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOLLOWING UP ON THE SCHOOL CLIMATE DATA PARTICULARLY AROUND CREATING A SENSE OF BELONGING FOR LGBTQ STUDENTS IN DO DO WE HAVE DATA? DO WE KNOW WHERE IT'S WORKING WELL, WHERE IT'S NOT WHERE WE NEED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT? YES AND NO. WE HAVE X WHICH IS THE CALIFORNIA HEALTHY KIDS SURVEY. >> WE HAVE THE WIRE BIAS WHICH IS THE YOUTH BEHAVIOR SURVEY. BOTH ARE DONE EVERY OTHER YEAR. THE ALTERNATE AND WE HAVE LIMITED QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN INCLUDE ON WHY BECAUSE 50 ARE REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 50 OR WE CAN CHOOSE AND SO THE QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN CHOOSE GET BROAD STROKES IN TERMS OF EXPERIENCE OF BULLYING MAYBE OR EXPERIENCE OF OTHER AREAS OF CONCERN BUT THEY'RE NOT VERY GRANULAR SIMILAR WITH TRACKS THERE'S
ACTUALLY A MODULE ON SCHOOL CLIMATE THAT WE DO NOT GIVE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING TO DO ALL OF THE ANALYSIS OF THOSE DATA. IF WE COULD HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SURVEILLANCE I KNOW THAT WE COULD GET ASKED MORE GRANULAR DATA THAT COULD ANSWER MORE OF THE QUESTIONS NOT JUST FOR LGBTQ STUDENTS BUT FOR ALL STUDENTS AND LITERALLY BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING FOR MORE DATA CUTTACK WHICH IS THE TRANS ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT I AM THE ADVISOR OF AND I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THEM TO PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS TO ALL OF YOU. I'M HERE GOING TO BE JOINING US AT YOUTH PRIDE CREATED THEIR OWN SURVEY AND SO THEY DID ASK MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS LIKE WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS TO ACCESSING ALL ACCESS RESTROOMS? WHAT ARE THE STUDENTS EXPERIENCE OF SEEING INCLUSIVE CURRICULA OR THESE INCLUDE THEMSELVES REFLECTED IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. SO WE DO HAVE MORE DATA THOSE DATA ARE CURRENTLY BEING ANALYZED AND THE REPORT IS CURRENTLY BEING WRITTEN BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE NOT JUST WITH CUTE JULIE PACK WHICH IS ALREADY THE PLAN BUT WITH ANYBODY ELSE AND ESPECIALLY YOU. THE BOARD WENT TO THE STATE ARE AVAILABLE I'D REALLY APPRECIATE
THAT AND I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S ALSO PERMEATING THROUGH RPA EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND SO FORTH SO WE CAN WE CAN PROVIDE CONTINUE IMPROVEMENT FOR OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, FIGURE OUT WHERE WHERE WHAT'S WORKING WELL AND HOW DO WE HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND THAT. SO THAT'LL BE GREAT. AND THEN JUST TO CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE KIND OF BEEN A LITTLE CIRCUITOUS IT FEELS WITH THAT FIRST PIECE AND I THINK IT STARTED PERHAPS WITH PROFESSOR ALEXANDER FOR CHECKING FOR MY UNDERSTANDING. SO WE HAVE JUST TO MENTION ALL THE LAYERS SO WE HAVE PRISM WHICH IS THE ONLINE SYSTEM NOW IS JUST LOOKING IT UP AS I UNDERSTAND THAT WILL COMPLETE THE MANDATED PERIOD. THE FIRST TIME WAS SCHOOL YEAR 25 TO 26. SO AT THE END OF THIS YEAR THAT WILL BE COMPLETE AND HOPEFULLY WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING BECAUSE IT IS ONLINE.
YOU KNOW WE'VE ALL TAKEN ONLINE COURSES WHERE IT SORT OF HOPEFULLY SAYS YOU KNOW, THIS IS BEING COMPLETED OR NOT BUT WE CAN AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING INTO AS AS I UNDERSTAND IS THAT CORRECT? THE ANSWER IS YES. BUT LIKE I STATED BEFORE, IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE. IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE PIECE THERE HAVE BEEN TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH THE ROLLOUT OF PRISM AND SO AS WE ARE HAVING OUR STAFF TRY TO COMPLETE IT, THEY'VE NOT ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO SAVE SO THEY CAN DO VARIOUS THINGS TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT THEIR COMPLETION IS BOTH CAPTURED AND THEN REPORTED TO US IF USED. BUT IT IS VERY MUCH I'M THE FIRST YEAR OF A VERY AMBITIOUS INITIATIVE AND SO THERE ARE A FEW BUMPS ALONG THE WAY. GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. SO MANDATED YEAR STILL BEING FIGURED OUT, BUMPS BEING SMOOTHED OUT IN THE MEANTIME MRS. ALLWOOD, AS I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MIX SORRY MAKES
HAZELWOOD MY SINCERE APOLOGIES . YOU OFFER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO EDUCATORS WHO SEEK IT BUT YOU NEED TO BE INVITED TO PROVIDE THAT AND THEN WE HAVE CURRICULA THAT IS THAT IS COMING AS I UNDERSTAND THAT WAS STATED EARLIER AND THEN WE HAVE A SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEY THAT TOUCHES UPON SOME OF THESE. SO THESE ARE THE VARIOUS LAYERS THAT THAT WE HAVE IS THAT HAVE I STATED THAT CORRECTLY JUST FOR CLARIFICATION IT'S JUST UPDATED CURRICULUM SO IT'S IT'S THE UPDATED HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE CURRICULUM THAT WILL NOW HAVE MORE UPDATED SECTIONS AROUND LGBTQ PLUS PLUS HISTORY. OKAY GOT IT. SO THAT JUST VERY QUICKLY THE MANDATE TO HAVE LGBTQ PERSONS CONTRIBUTIONS TO HISTORY CAPTURED AND INCLUDED K THROUGH 12 IS A FAIR ACT MANDATE WHICH WAS PASSED IN 2012 SCUSE ME 2011 AND IMPLEMENTED 2012.
SO IT IS AN ONGOING MANDATE THAT WE HAVE BEEN MEETING. THIS IS JUST UPDATING THE RESOURCES AND MATERIALS THAT I HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM. >> I WAS JUST GOING TO BUILD ON THAT. THAT'S JUST TO NAME THAT NUMBER ONE. THE LAST ADOPTION WAS 20 YEARS AGO AND SO OBVIOUSLY THE FACT HAS COME INTO PLAY SINCE THEN. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT THE CURRICULUM HAS BEEN REVIEWED EXPLICIT LEAVE FOR THE INCLUSION OF LGBTQ PLUS IDENTITIES AND HISTORY IS ACROSS THE K-12 SPECTRUM AND SO NOT JUST IN THE HISTORY PERSPECTIVE BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT SHOW UP INTERWOVEN FOR EXAMPLE IN SECOND GRADE BY HAVING THE CHANGE FROM A FAMILY TREE TO A FAMILY QUILT AND HAVING DIVERSE REPRESENTATIONS OF FAMILIES WITHIN THE TEXT THAT STUDENTS ARE READING AT THE CLASS LEVEL. SO WE DO CONSIDER YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS SAY THIS AROUND FLOOR AND CEILING BUT THE FACT IS SORT OF THE FLOOR FOR US OF INCLUSION AND WE DEFINITELY HAVE REVIEWED AND EVALUATED MATERIALS TO GO BEYOND THAT
REQUIREMENT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. HI. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK APPRECIATION. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS VERY FRUITFUL CONVERSATION FROM EVERYONE HERE. LIKE I ALWAYS SAY FROM YOUTH PRESENTATIONS IT'S ALWAYS A JOY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR DISTRICT AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME. I'M UNDERSTAND YOU ALL ARE PARENTS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT I'M PART OF THE PTSA AT LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL, MY HIGH SCHOOL AND I'VE SEEN PARENTS GETTING INVOLVED AND REALLY ADVOCATING FOR THE PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY DONE ON YOUR OWN INDEPENDENT TIME AND THAT'S THE VERY THOUGHT IN MY EAR. VERY MUCH SO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BEFORE YOU LEAVE I DO WANT TO JUST CLEARLY SAY TO YOU AND THE OTHER PARENTS AND FAMILIES STUDENTS, GUARDIANS THAT MAY BE LISTENING ON A TUESDAY NIGHT TO OUR BOARD
MEETING WE SEE YOU. WE SUPPORT YOU. WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR LEADERSHIP AND UNFORTUNATELY WE LIVE IN A TIME WHEN THAT HAS TO BE REAFFIRMED OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND AND PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE OUR FULL SUPPORT THAT OUR QUESTIONS TODAY AND THE LONG COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE ARE BECAUSE IT FEELS MOTIVATED AND EXCITING THAT WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT OUR KIDS TODAY AND AND I AND I JUST WANT TO REAFFIRM I THINK WE WANT TO SEE THAT WORK MOVE FORWARD. WE'RE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH YOU TO DO THAT WHETHER THAT'S A BOARD POLICY OR DOING THE HARDER WORK OF CULTURE CHANGE IN THE DISTRICT. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR LEADERSHIP AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT. THANK YOU AND HAPPY FRIDAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY COMMISSIONERS, I WILL BE INTRODUCING ACTUALLY A FEW ITEMS ALL TOGETHER SO WE CAN JUST TALK ABOUT THEM ALL AT ONCE BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL PRETTY RELATED TO EACH OTHER. ITEM G ONE BOARD GOVERNANCE IS STRATEGIC PLANNING ALONGSIDE ITEM H ONE WHICH IS THE ADOPTION OF OUR 2526 GOVERNANCE
CALENDAR. ALL OUR MATERIALS ARE MOSTLY IN THOSE TWO ITEMS AND THEN OUR EXTENSION ITEM H TWO THE RESOLUTION TO EXTEND BEGINS BY ONE YEAR IS VERY RELATED TO THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING BOTH AROUND OUR GOVERNANCE AND OUR CALENDARING AND SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM H ONE AND H TWO ADOPTION OF THE UPDATED 2526 GOVERNANCE CALENDAR AND THE RESIDENT RESOLUTION TO EXTEND B WHICH IS BY ONE YEAR I MOVE ITEM H ONE ADOPT UPDATED 2526 GOVERNANCE CALENDAR AND ITEM H TWO RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE VGS BY ONE YEAR. SECOND, I ASKED DR. SOOD TO BRING THESE ITEMS FORWARD TO THE BOARD IT THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM CAN I INVITE ALL OF OUR STAFF THAT'S CONNECTED TO THESE FEW ITEMS TO JOIN US TO JOIN ME ON THE DAIS SO I YES SO HYUNG MAY I THINK MOON MOONDOG I DON'T KNOW ANYONE ELSE. >> MAYBE THAT'S IT. SO THESE ITEMS ARE CONNECTED BECAUSE IT DOES.
WE'LL PLAN OUT THE PATH FOR THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT IN THE COMING YEARS AND ACTUALLY THE HONESTLY THE SIMPLEST ONE IS THE ADOPTION OF THE GOVERNANCE CALENDAR WHERE WE ARE SHARING ALL OF THE KEY DATES FOR THE REMAINING OF THIS CALENDAR THIS THIS CALENDAR YEAR AND THE OTHER ITEMS WHICH IS THE REQUESTS FROM OUR GOVERNANCE TEAM TO EXTEND THE VILLAGE XI TARGETS FOR OUR GOALS FOR FOR ONE MORE YEAR. I KNOW THAT I'VE HEARD MANY TIMES FROM THIS BOARD ABOUT US REACHING THESE GOALS AND PARTICULARLY THE GOALS OF THIRD GRADE LITERACY, EIGHTH GRADE MATH, COLLEGE CAREER READINESS AS WELL AS OUR GUARDRAILS. AND I KNOW THAT IN CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR LEADERSHIP THE BOARD LEADERSHIP HERE WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT WE NEED MORE TIME TO TO ASSESS AND TO DETERMINE HOW WE WILL GET TO THESE GOALS AS WELL AS ALLOW A LONGER RUNWAY SO THAT
THE BOARD CAN ENGAGE IN DEEP COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SO THAT WE CAN DETERMINE THE NEXT SET OF GOALS AND THE NEXT METRICS THAT WE AS A GOVERNANCE TEAM WILL COME TOGETHER ON. SO WITH THAT I AM GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO FIRST HOME PENG TO WALK US THROUGH THE BOARD GOVERNANCE AND STRATEGIC PLAN. THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT SU AND GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT KIM VICE PRESIDENT HULING COMMISSIONER AND STUDENT DELEGATES WANTED TO START OFF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION BY POINTING YOU TO THE PIECE AROUND INCLUSIVE DECISION MAKING SO BRINGING US A LITTLE BIT FURTHER BACK TO OCTOBER WHEN THE BOARD HAS INITIATED THE CONVERSATION AROUND MAJOR DECISIONS TO REALLY INITIATE THAT SHIFT FROM REALLY MORE THE STABILIZATION OR MANAGEMENT OF ONE OFF CRISIS TO EXTEND INTO A PERIOD OF MORE STRATEGIC PLANNING AND DEEP MULTI-YEAR WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY. AND REALLY SINCE THEN THROUGH THE WORK OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON PROGRESS
MONITORING. THANK YOU CHAIR ALEXANDER AND ALSO THE AD HOC ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THANK YOU CHAIR GUPTA BEING ABLE TO START LINING UP BOTH IN TERMS OF THE METHODOLOGY OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO SET OURSELVES UP AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ENGAGE IN DEEPER PROGRESS MONITORING TOWARDS OUR GOALS BUT ALSO LINING UP SOME OF THE TIMELINES AND EXPECTATIONS AND BASELINE AROUND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SO AS PART OF THAT WORK WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH AJ CAMPBELL AND THE COUNCIL OF GREAT CITY SCHOOLS TO THINK THROUGH HOW DO WE REALLY ESTABLISH A SCOPE AND A SEQUENCE TO BE ABLE TO LAND ON A MULTIYEAR GOVERNANCE CALENDAR. AND SO AS PART OF THIS WORK WE LOOKED AT THE BOTH THE RUNWAYS, THE TIMELINES AROUND GETTING TO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY AS PART OF THE BOARD'S ROUTINE MAJOR DECISIONS AROUND RENEWING OR ESTABLISHING NEW GOALS AND GUARDRAILS FOR THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR THAT WORK TO OCCUR AND THEN LINING THAT UP AGAINST THE TIMELINES RELATED TO THE MAJOR DECISIONS. >> AND SO WORKING WITH OUR
COLLEAGUES IN RPA RESEARCH, PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT TO REALLY MAP OUT THIS WORK. SO WE ARE AT THE SUPERINTENDENT DIRECTION BRINGING YOU A COUPLE OF ITEMS TONIGHT. FIRST IS A REVISED GOVERNANCE CALENDAR FOR 2526 TO PRESENT CALENDAR COUNT GOVERNANCE CALENDAR YEAR AS WELL AS A PROPOSED RECOMMENDED RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE VGS BY ONE YEAR. I DO WANT TO SAY THAT AS PART OF OUR CYCLICAL WORK AND AS PART OF BOARD POLICY STAFF, WE WE DO PREPARE A GOVERNANCE CALENDAR ANNUALLY THAT WILL COME TO THE BOARD EVERY JUNE. AND SO WE ARE PREPARING A MULTIYEAR CALENDAR THAT WILL GO FROM 2026 TO 2028 FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION AT AN UPCOMING MEETING IN JUNE. >> SO WITH THAT I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TURN OVER TO MOON HAWK DR. KIM TO WALK US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION ON THE RESOLUTION TO EXTEND VGS BY ONE YEAR. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. >> THIS WILL BE A VERY BRIEF
PRESENTATION AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, MAUREEN. SO JUST SOME BACKGROUND CONTEXT . OBVIOUSLY AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OWNS THE GOALS AND THE GUARDRAILS. >> UM, SO YOU ENGAGE IN THE PROCESS TO SET THE TOP LEVEL GOALS AND GUARDRAILS FOR EACH OF THE CYCLES. >> SO OBVIOUSLY WE ARE IN THE LADDER AND OTHER CURRENT ONES WHICH ARE SET TO END BY THE END OF NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND IT'S BEEN PART OF OUR LEARNING. AS YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED SOME OF THE WORDING TO THE THE GOALS AND THE GUARDRAILS THE TIMELINE IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. I THINK THE GOALS ONE AND TWO THEY ARE TARGETED FOR OCTOBER 2027 AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BACK FOR FOUR AND A HALF FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN WE SET THEM WE KNEW THAT WAS A TIMELINE THAT THE DATA WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE IN PUBLIC RIGHT. SO IT'S ACTUALLY NOT LINED UP WITH THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR BUT BY THE TIME THAT WE WOULD KNOW FOR SURE WE WOULD HAVE THE
DATA TO KNOW WHEN TO IF WHETHER WE HAD MET THE GOAL OR NOT. SO YOU'D SEE THAT KIND OF A THE END POINT FOR EACH OF THE GOALS AND GUARDRAILS MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT AND THAT THAT IS THE REASON REESTABLISHING NEW VILLAGES IS A ROUTINE MAJOR DECISION FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION PRESUMABLY IF WE WERE TO STAY ENGAGED WHAT WE'VE USED FOR MANY MANY YEARS TO COME YOU WOULD ENGAGE IN THIS ACTION EVERY FIVE YEARS OR SO AND WHAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE THE CYCLE. >> BUT THE IMPORTANT THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW IS THAT THE PROCESS WITH GENERATING NEW DIGS CAN TAKE UP TO ALMOST TWO YEARS AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT SHOULD BE LINED UP WITH THE LAUNCH OF THE NEW VGS. AND BECAUSE THE BUDGET PROCESS TAKES PLACE A YEAR IN ADVANCE, RIGHT AND FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT THE NEW GOALS AND GUARDRAILS ARE, THE NEW
GOALS AND GUARDRAILS THEN HAVE TO BE SET WAY BEFORE THE BUDGET PROCESS STARTS SIX MONTHS AT THE LEAST HOPEFULLY A YEAR BEFORE THE BUDGET PROCESS SO THAT IT CAN TAKE UP TO 18 TO 24 MONTHS BEFORE THE NEW VGS CAN BE ACTUALLY LAUNCHED. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UM AS HUNGARY JUST MENTIONED THERE ARE CONSTRAINT ON THE CAPACITY AND KIND OF A TIMELINE ISSUES WITH HOW WE ACTUALLY ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND THEN CARRY OUT THE PROCESS FOR ALL OF THESE COMPETING PRIORITIES AND THE WORK STREAMS OF THE DISTRICT. SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD THIS POTENTIAL PROPOSAL FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO CONSIDER AMENDING THE CURRENT GOALS AND GUARDRAILS TO EXTEND THROUGH 2028. NEXT SLIDE. SOME CONSIDERATIONS IN THERE BOTH FOR AND AGAINST CONSIDERATIONS FOR EXTENDING THE THE GOALS AND GUARDRAILS IS THAT AS WE DO THIS WORK CERTAINLY IT WOULD BE HELPFUL
MORE HELPFUL FOR THE STAFF TO HAVE THE BUDGET STABILIZED SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHICH INITIATIVES CAN BE FUNDED AND BY HOW MUCH. SO BEFORE WE JUMP INTO NEW GOALS AND GUARDRAILS, I THINK THERE'S VALUE IN CONTINUING WITH THE CURRENT SET UNTIL THE DISTRICT IS IN A MORE STABLE POSITION AND FISCALLY TO HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF WHICH INITIATIVES TO FUND AND HOW MUCH. THE SECOND POINT IS THAT ADOPTING NEW VIDEOS SHOULD FOLLOW SCHOOL REORGANIZATIONS SO THE BOARD CAN SET GOALS THAT ARE BASED ON THE CONFIGURATION OF OF OF SCHOOL PORTFOLIO AND THAT AVAILABLE RESOURCES ALIGNED WITH THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES THAT THAT THE DISTRICT HAS. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THAT ALIGN WITH STUDENT OUTCOMES THAT ARE REALISTIC WITH THE RESOURCES AND THE BUDGET. SO THAT ALSO GOES BACK TO THE COMPETING TIMELINES THAT WE HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE. >> ON THE RIGHT SIDE ARE SOME CONSIDERATIONS AGAINST AN EXTENSION AND THIS IS COMING FROM ESPECIALLY FROM THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND COMING FROM
THE STAFF SIDE. AND ONE POINT IS THAT OVERLY AMBITIOUS LEVELS OF THE GOALS CREATE SOME LARGE GAPS AS YOU ALL KNOW. AS YOU HAVE SEEN AS WE HAVE ALL WITNESSED LARGE GAPS BETWEEN THE GOALS THAT EXIST ON THE ONE HAND AND THE REALITY THAT WE'RE LIVING IN RIGHT. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY TALKED ABOUT MUCH IS THAT THE CONTINUATION OF THESE LARGE GAPS CAN ACTUALLY CREATE A DECOUPLING BETWEEN THE GOAL SETTING ACTIVITIES AND ENDEAVORS THAT WE ENGAGE IN ESPECIALLY IN THIS PROGRESS MONITORING SETTING ON THE ONE HAND AND THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS THAT HAPPENS ON THE GROUND AT SCHOOL SITES IS A CONCRETE EXAMPLE OF THAT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT I DON'T THINK WE'VE EXPLICITLY MENTIONED IS THAT RPA GENERATES SITE LEVEL GOALS AND TARGETS EVERY YEAR AT THE END OF THE SUMMER BASED ON THE SUMMATIVE RESULTS THAT COME OUT OF THE SPEC. WE WORK ON SETTING TARGETS FOR EACH THAT'S TAILORED TO EACH SCHOOL SITE, RIGHT SO THAT THEY HAVE SOMETHING A CONCRETE GOAL TO TO WORK TOWARDS STARTING
THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. LET ME TAKE A STEP BACK. THOSE TARGETS PREVIOUSLY WERE DESIGNED EXPLICIT WITH THE DISTRICT LEVEL GOALS AND GUARDRAILS IN MIND. SO THAT IF ALL THE SCORES WERE TO MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL TARGETS THEN THE DISTRICT WOULD BE WELL ON ITS PATH TO MEET THE DISTRICT LEVEL TARGETS FOR THE VILLAGES. THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR WHERE WE ACTUALLY DECOUPLE THEM RIGHT? BECAUSE IF WE WERE TO CONTINUE TO AIM TO MEET THE GOALS THAT WAS SET BY THE END OF 2027 THAT WOULD IMPLY THAT MANY SCHOOL SITES WOULD HAVE TO AIM FOR A DOUBLE DIGIT GROWTH DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR WHICH IS NOT REALISTIC. IT IS ACTUALLY DEMORALIZING TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS ON PAPER. SO THE RPA TEAM ACTUALLY OPTED TO GO FOR A SEPARATE APPROACH THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE MODEST RIGHT. WHICH ALSO IMPLIED THAT EVEN IF ALL THE SCORES WERE TO MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL GOALS, THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY PUT THE DISTRICT ON ITS PATH TO MEETING
THE TARGETS. >> AND THAT HAPPENED PRECISELY BECAUSE WE HAD TO MANAGE KIND OF THE EXPECTATIONS AND AND HOW SITES FEEL ABOUT THIS ENDEAVOR OF OF TRYING TO MEET THE TARGETS THAT HAVE BEEN SET. >> LAST POINT THAT'S IN THE YELLOW BOXES AT A LONGER EXTENSION. I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ONE YEAR VERSUS TWO YEARS. RIGHT. BUT IF WE WERE TO EXTEND BEYOND ONE YEAR THIS EXTENSION THAT WOULD RESPECTIVELY INCREASE BOTH UH THE PROS AS WELL AS THE THE CONS OF OF THE THE RISKS AND THE BENEFITS THAT HAVE BEEN LAID OUT. >> AND LASTLY, JUST AS A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. WE ACTUALLY DID NOT CHART THE THE CURRENT TARGET PATH WHICH IS SET TO EXPIRE IN 2027. SO THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT LINE THAT HAD EVEN STEEPER. BUT THE ORANGE LINE INDICATES IF WE WERE TO EXTEND BY ONE YEAR SO THAT WOULD MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT LESS STEEP THAN THIS CURRENT PATH THAT WE'RE ON ENDING IN 2027. AND IF WE WERE TO CONSIDER A TWO YEAR EXTENSION THEN THE
GROWTH CURVE WOULD BE SLIGHTLY LESS STEEP. BUT THIS IS ALL TO SAY THAT EVEN IF WE WERE TO EXTEND BY TWO YEARS WE STILL WOULD NOT BE LIKELY TO MEET THE GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN SET RIGHT BECAUSE THAT WOULD REQUIRE GROWING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 5 AND 9 PERCENTAGE POINTS PER YEAR WHICH IS NOT A RATE THAT WE REALLY SEE ELSEWHERE AND CERTAINLY NOT GIVEN THE CURRENT CONTEXT THAT THE DISTRICT IS GOING THROUGH. SO LET ME LET US PAUSE HERE AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. I'LL OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. THE ONE THING I'LL NAME JUST BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THE QUESTIONS PART IS THAT THE GOVERNANCE CALENDAR WHILE IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE VOTED ON BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES POST-STRIKE IN THE CONTENT OF OUR OF OUR MEETINGS IN ADDITION TO THE ADDITION OF THREE NEW MEETING TIMES I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BRING IT TO THE BOARD. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY AND THANK YOU ALSO
TO THE ADVISORY COUNCILS AND COMMITTEES AND OUR TEAM WHO WORKED WITH THEM TO REDISTRIBUTE SOME OF THE MISSED PRESENTATIONS AND THAT'S PARTLY WHY YOU SEE ONE CLOSED SESSION. I'M ALSO COGNIZANT IT'S ALMOST NINE AND TWO I'M GOING TO THINK UH STUDENT DELEGATE MINE FOR BEING HERE. YOU SHOULD STAY TILL THE VERY LAST MINUTE. I'M JUST KIDDING. THING I WAS GOING TO SEE IF I CAN ASK SOME QUESTIONS FOR LEAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I WAS VERY INSIGHTFUL. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. THE FIRST ONE IS YOU MENTIONED LIKE THE LONGER EXTENSION WOULD PROSPECTIVELY INCREASE BOTH THE BENEFITS AND THE RISK AND I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT THOSE BENEFITS THE RISKS ARE. >> THE BENEFIT WOULD BE THAT WE KNOW WE'D HAVE GREATER CERTAINTY IN TERMS OF THE DISTRICTS FINANCES AND AND KNOW HAVE MORE INFORMATION AND BE IN A BETTER SITUATION TO START THE NEW GOALS AND GUARDRAILS. RIGHT. SO THE ARGUMENT WOULD BE THE LONGER WE WAIT THE MORE INFORMATION AND THE GREATER
STABILITY WOULD HAVE AND WE'LL BE IN A STRONGER POSITION TO POSITION TWO LINES SOMETHING NEW ON THE ON THE OTHER SIDE THE LONGER THAT WE KEEP GOING WITH THE GOALS THAT MANY IN THE DISTRICT FEEL ARE HIGHLY AMBITIOUS. RIGHT. THEY WOULD CONTINUE THAT KIND OF GAP BETWEEN THE REALITY AND THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE AND POTENTIALLY RISK PEOPLE BEING EVEN MORE DISENGAGED FROM THIS PROCESS. >> SO THE EXTENSION OF THAT ARGUMENT WOULD BE IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO JUST MOVE ON TO A SLIGHTLY LESS AMBITIOUS AND MORE REALISTIC AND MORE PRACTICAL SET OF AVERAGES RATHER THAN EXTENDING THE CONCEPT. >> YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING FOR MY SECOND QUESTION BECAUSE I SEE THE GRAPH OF THE THIRD GRADE LITERACY AS AN EXAMPLE LIKE THE 47% TO 50 TWO OF 50 BOYS I THINK I THINK IT IS VERY AMBITIOUS AND I THINK THOSE ARE HUGE NUMBERS TO CLIMB TO AND I WAS WONDERING IF IT DOES EXTEND TO 1 OR 2. SO FIRST OF ALL LIKE HOW WOULD IT BE DECIDED IF IT WAS EXTENDED FOR ONE VERSUS TWO YEARS AND WOULD WE BE DECIDING
THAT RIGHT NOW AND WHAT EXACTLY ARE I GUESS LIKE THE NEW TACTICS AND STRATEGIES THAT WILL BE EMPLOYED TO REALLY RAISE THE BAR IN TERMS OF THESE NUMBERS AND LIKE HOW DO WE FIND THE BEST PRACTICES FOR THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THIS FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. I'LL TAKE THAT AS ALWAYS. WONDERFUL QUESTIONS. SO YES, THE PROPOSAL TODAY IS FOR THE BOARD TO TO TAKE A VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT WE EXTEND OR NOT EXTEND AND AND AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IS GOING TO BE A VERY, VERY BIG LIFT TO GO FROM WHERE WE ARE NOW TO EVEN GETTING ON TO THE RIGHT PATH TO GET TO THE TARGET. I THINK AT ONE POINT I DID SHARE THAT IF OUR STUDENTS IF ALL OF OUR THIRD GRADE IF 70% OF OUR THIRD GRADERS WERE READING AT THE THIRD GRADE LEVEL, IT WOULD PUT S.F. USD AT THE 99TH PERCENTILE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. IT'S NOT A BAD THING TO DO BUT
WE ALL HAVE TO FULLY RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS A VERY, VERY AMBITIOUS GOAL AND WOULD REQUIRE A LOT OF OUR TIME AND ENERGY AND RESOURCES. BUT WE HAVE ALREADY TAKEN SOME REALLY SIGNIFICANT STEPS TOWARDS THAT ONE. WE'VE UPGRADED OUR CURRICULUM, OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE CURRICULUM AND THAT'S PUTTING US ON THE RIGHT PATH. WE ARE IN THIS BUDGET ALONE AND AND THE NEXT BUDGET WE ARE ENSURING THAT WE WILL HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES FOR ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SO THAT OUR TEACHERS OUR EDUCATORS WILL HAVE THE SUPPORTS THEY NEED PARTICULARLY TO DOUBLE DOWN ON GETTING THIRD GRADERS. BUT IT STARTS IN KINDERGARTEN SO HAVING INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES PROVIDING THOSE SUPPORTS TO OUR EDUCATORS AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. SO WE'RE STARTING BUT YES, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WHAT YOU ARE SEEING HERE IS THAT IT IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF EFFORT TO GO FROM WHERE WE
ARE NOW TO EVEN GET TO THE BASE OF 2026 TO THEN GET TO THE GOAL OF ACHIEVING THE 70%. THANK YOU. GOODNIGHT. >> THANK YOU. UP I'M GOING TO PICK UP FROM HERE BECAUSE I. I WILL SAY IS THERE WE SHOULD HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. I MEAN I DON'T KNOW WHY WE HAVE TARGETS THAT WE'RE SETTING THAT WE KNOW, RIGHT? I MEAN I WILL SAY DR. KIM, IT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL TO HEAR YOU WALK THROUGH RIGHT. THAT THE SITE BASED STRATEGY HOW THAT'S CHANGED IN TERMS OF GOAL SETTING UNDERSTAND AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT HAVING AN UNREACHABLE TARGET UNREACHABLE TARGET IS A DEMORALIZING THING SITUATION TO BE IN. RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE PUTTING OURSELVES IN THAT SITUATION THOUGH. WHAT I DO YEAH THAT YOU THAT THE BOARD DID THIS WELL SO AND ACTUALLY WE WERE WE WERE TOLD THE LIKE THERE WAS JUST FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF HOW WE GOT THESE NUMBERS SO THE YOU WITH THIS SO AFTER ALL OF THE WE DID LOTS OF ENGAGEMENT
AND WHEN WE INITIALLY PRESENTED SOME THOUGHTS IT WAS LIKE THIS LIKE THIS IS THAT THIS IS THE LOWEST BAR YOU'VE EVER SET. RIGHT. AND SO IT FELT SORT OF IN THAT MOMENT IT FELT DEMORALIZING LIKE THIS IS ALL YOU THINK LIKE WE COULD DO AND IN FACT WE EVEN HAD A HIGHER NUMBERS AND WE'RE SET WE'RE TOLD COME DOWN AND WE PROBABLY DIDN'T COME DOWN FAR ENOUGH. I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THAT BALANCE WHICH CLEARLY WE DIDN'T BUT THERE WAS A WHOLE CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT ARE WE ASPIRATIONAL BUT DOES THAT ACTUALLY END UP UNDERMINING US AND FEEL DEMORALIZING VERSUS WHAT IS REALISTIC AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF WE'RE SETTING A TARGET THAT FEELS REALISTIC BUT STILL LIKE NOT GOOD? YEAH BUT SORRY JUST TO CLARIFY I'M NOT ASKING WHY WE SET THE TARGETS AT THE BEGINNING. I THINK WHAT I'M ASKING IS I THINK IN IN JANUARY PART OF OUR INTENT IN BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO THE BOARD WAS TO ASK OURSELVES WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO GIVEN THIS OPPORTUNITY AHEAD OF US TO ADJUST COURSE IF WE NEED
TO. RIGHT. AND SO I THINK THAT'S MY QUESTION RIGHT BECAUSE I MEAN THIS IS THE CONVERSATION WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO HAVE SINCE WE ASKED THE SUPERINTENDENT BRING THIS FORWARD IN JANUARY OF DO WE EXTEND AND MAINTAIN DO WE EXTEND BY MORE THAN ONE YEAR AND MAINTAIN DO WE ADJUST BECAUSE WE NEED TO LIKE AND THIS IS WHY I'M SAYING I REALLY WELCOMED YOUR YOUR NARRATIVE OF LIKE KIND OF HOW THE GOAL SETTING HAS COME UP FROM SITES AND HOW THAT'S INFORMED THE ULTIMATE GOAL SETTING, WHY THAT'S BEEN CHANGED IN TERMS OF THAT STRATEGY IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND AS A BOARD IF WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF EXTENDING OUR VGS RIGHT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T I STILL ACTUALLY DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHY WE YOU KNOW, WE CAN CHANGE COURSE IF WE NEED TO CHANGE COURSE GIVEN THE DATA THAT WE AND THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE'VE HAD. >> I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE LOWER THE BAR FOR OURSELVES. WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE SHOULD HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND IT'S CONVERSATION. I THINK WE'RE WE'RE READY AND WILLING TO HAVE COMMISSIONER FISCHER WELL THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM FOR OPENING UP THE CONVERSATION AND THANK YOU MR. KIM FOR THE LEVEL
SETTING HERE. DR. KIM I APPRECIATE THAT WHERE WE STARTED HERE TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT COMMISSIONER WEISSMAN WARD SAID FIRST OF ALL, THE THE AND I WAS A SPECTATOR AT THE TIME, RIGHT? I REMEMBER BECAUSE I WAS IN ALL THE MEETINGS I THERE WERE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS HERE IN THIS ROOM WHERE I THINK I WAS THE ONLY COMMUNITY MEMBER IN THE THERE WAS THERE WERE A COUPLE OF US NOT JUST ME BUT BACK IN THE PREHISTORIC AGES. UM BUT THAT WAS THE LARGEST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THAT THE BOARD HAD UNDERTAKEN AND IN WHO KNOWS WHEN LIKE THE THOUSANDS OF COMMENTS AND SURVEYS AND DATA POINTS THAT WERE COLLECTED IN ORDER TO INFORM THAT WAS AMAZING. AND WHEN THE FIRST DRAFT OF GOALS CAME BACK UNIVERSALLY THE WHOLE COMMUNITY RESPONDED SAYING THIS IS DE MINIMUS. THIS IS TO THIS IS NOT AND NO WE DON'T ACCEPT YOUR GOALS BEING AS LOW AS THEY ARE. THAT WAS THE SINGLE BIGGEST FEEDBACK POINT FROM COMMUNITY IS SAYING BE MORE AMBITIOUS, SET A HIGHER TARGET NOW THE WAY
THAT THE STUDENT OUTCOMES FOCUSED GOVERNANCE PROCESS IS SUPPOSED TO WORK IS WE ARE ONE. THESE ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FOCUSING ON ABOVE ALL OTHERS THIRD GRADE READING, EIGHTH GRADE MATH COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS AND WE ARE SUPPOSED TO ALIGN OUR RESOURCES SUCH THAT THESE ARE OUR HIGHEST FOCUSES FOLK. SO I WOULD SAY SO I GUESS MY REAL QUESTION IN ALL OF THIS IS ONE, IF IF WE'RE NOT MEETING THE TARGETS THAT WE WANT TO MEET AND NOW WE'VE IMPLEMENTED NEW CURRICULUM, YOU KNOW WE'VE GOT START TESTING WE DIDN'T LIKE WE'VE WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THE RIGHT THINGS. WHAT ELSE WHAT LIKE WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP STRATEGICALLY? HOW DO WE GET OVER THE DEMORALIZATION AND AND YOU KNOW LIKE I MEAN IN AN ESPECIALLY IN THAT TENSION OF BUDGET CUTTING AND TAKING OUR TIPS AND TIER TWO RESOURCES AWAY FROM SCHOOLS HOW DO WE ACTUALLY ADJUST OUR BUDGET SO IT REFLECTS THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON OUR
THIRD GRADE READING EIGHTH GRADE MATCH COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS LIKE THAT'S THAT'S THE NEXT STEP IN THE STUDENT OUTCOMES FOCUSED GOVERNANCE IS THAT STRATEGIC PLAN AND THAT STRATEGIC FOCUSED BUDGETING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNING ALL OF OUR RESOURCES AROUND THAT. SO THAT'S REALLY MY BIG QUESTION IS HOW DO WE SHIFT YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE WHAT IS THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO GET US TO THAT POINT? >> SO THAT'S ONE BUT ALSO WHEN WE ACTUALLY DO REVISE THIS LIKE IN THAT IT WE NOW DO HAVE START TESTING WE HAVE NEW CURRICULUM ,WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE BACK THEN. I HAVE SAID SINCE DAY ZERO AND I WILL KEEP SAYING OUR ASPECT SCORES ARE NOT WHAT WE SHOULD BE MEASURING THESE ARE OUR ASPECT SCORES DO NOT TELL US HOW WELL OUR STUDENTS READ. THEY DON'T MEASURE THE THINGS WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OUR THIRD GRADE READERS. THEY DON'T MEASURE THEIR FOUNDATIONAL READING SKILLS. THEY DON'T MEASURE THEIR READING PROFICIENCY. THEY DON'T MEASURE THEIR READING.
THEY DON'T MEASURE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO MEASURE FOR READING PROFICIENCY. IT'S THIS AND THEN THE SAME THING WITH EIGHTH GRADE MATH. BUT THAT'S A CONVERSATION FOR WHEN WE DO GET TO REVAMPING THE SO I'LL STOP THERE. DID YOU TURN OUT TO WANT TO RESPOND BEFORE I COULD WELL I HAD A MINUTE LEFT JUST SITTING ON MY CLOCK. OH YEAH. >> WELL AGAIN I, I THANK PRESIDENT KIM AND COMMISSIONER FOR SURE AND ACTUALLY WISEMAN WARD FOR JUST THE COMMENTS THAT THAT WAS JUST SAID. WHAT I JUST HEARD WAS THAT THERE IS THERE IS THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REVISIT AND REALLY THINK THROUGH GIVEN THAT WE NOW HAVE MORE INFORMATION AND YOU'RE RIGHT WHEN WHEN WE ORIGINALLY WHEN THE BOARD ORIGINALLY ADOPTED THESE TARGETS, WE WERE WE WERE WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION. NOW WE HAVE SEVERAL YEARS OF INFORMATION AND WE'RE SEEING THE REALITY OF THE GROWTH THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE ABLE TO MAKE AND AND AND I APPRECIATE THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE CAN NOW HAVE A MUCH DEEPER CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WHAT REAL TARGETS COULD LOOK LIKE ACHIEVABLE TARGETS TARGETS THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE THE YOU KNOW THE
THE EXCELLENT TEACHING THAT OUR OUR INSTRUCTORS OUR EDUCATORS HAVE IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE SUPPORTS THAT WE CAN WRAP AROUND OUR STUDENTS. YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING AT ACROSS OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE AVERAGE ANNUAL. GROSS AND DR. KIM, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH FOR MOST SCHOOLS IS AROUND 3 TO 5% NOW THAT'S ON THE VERY HIGH END. >> VERY TYPICAL NUMBER THAT WE HAVE CITED IS ACROSS A LARGE URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN CALIFORNIA. WE VERY RARELY SEE THREE OR FOUR PERCENTAGE POINT GROWTH AND THAT'S ALMOST NEVER REPEATED. SO IT'S LIKE A ONE OFF THAT HAPPENS IN ONE YEAR, NOT SOMETHING THAT'S SUSTAINED YEAR AFTER YEAR. >> SO TYPICALLY IT'S MORE OF 1 OR 2 PERCENTAGE POINT 1 OR 2% AND SO WITH US ASKING OUR EDUCATORS, OUR STUDENTS TO JUMP, THIS IS WAY MORE THAN 1
OR 2%. IT DOES MOVE INTO THAT REALM OF UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS. >> COMMISSIONER UM ALEXANDER I DID UM AS AN ALONG WITH COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WERE AS THE ONLY OTHER PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS THIS MESS. NOW I ACTUALLY I THINK I THINK YOU EXPLAINED IT REALLY WELL LIKE THE REASON BOTH OF YOU EXPLAIN IT REALLY WELL THE REASON WHY WE WE ADOPTED SUCH AN AMBITIOUS GOALS WAS BECAUSE THAT IS THAT DID REPRESENT THE VISION OF THE COMMUNITY. SO LIKE JUST TO BE REALLY CLEAR LIKE THAT'S WHAT WE DID. HOWEVER I THINK WE'RE MIXING EVEN IN THIS CONVERSATION SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS. I THINK ONE IS WHAT ARE THE GOALS LIKE WHAT IS THE AREA THAT WE'RE MEASURING LIKE THIRD GRADE LITERACY FOR ALL STUDENTS, EIGHTH GRADE MATH FOR ALL STUDENTS GRADUATION COLLEGE CAREER READINESS FOR ALL STUDENTS THOSE THOSE ARE LIKE THE GOAL AREAS, RIGHT? WE COULD PICK I DON'T KNOW FIFTH GRADE SCIENCE FOR ENGLISH
LEARNER STUDENTS. RIGHT? THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT AREA OF A GOAL. SO THAT'S THAT'S ONE THING. THE SECOND THING IS LIKE HOW ARE THEY BEING MEASURED AND YOU REFERRED TO AS BACK RIGHT? WHICH I AGREE. I THINK IT'S PROBLEMATIC AND I WOULD LOVE WHEN WE REDO THE GOALS. I'VE ALREADY STARTED A CONVERSATION WITH A.J. AROUND THIS TO THINK ABOUT LIKE OTHER ASSESSMENT OPPORTUNITIES WHICH IS ACTUALLY ONE REASON WHY I DO THINK I SUPPORT EXTENDING THEM BECAUSE I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO CHANGE THE ASSESSMENT MEASURE, IT'S GOING TO TAKE LONGER. WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME RAMP UP TIME TO DO THAT. BUT THE THIRD ONE IS THEN THE ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL, RIGHT? WE CAN HAVE THE SAME THREE GOALS. YOU KNOW THIRD GRADERS SEEM TO GOAL AREAS THEIR GRADE LITERACY ,EIGHTH GRADE MATH COLLEGE AND CAREER SAME METRIC AS BACK AND WE COULD CHANGE THE THE THE TARGET RIGHT SO THOSE ARE ALL DIFFERENT THINGS RIGHT SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RE ADOPTING GOALS WE COULD CHANGE ALL OF THOSE. WE COULD SAY WE'RE NOT DOING THIRD GRADE LITERACY ANYMORE. WE'RE DOING FOURTH GRADE LITERACY AND WE'RE ONLY GOING
TO FOCUS ON YOU KNOW, ELL STUDENTS OR WHATEVER. I MEAN BECAUSE AGAIN THE GOAL THE IDEA OF THE GOALS ISN'T TO MEASURE EVERYTHING. IT'S TO PICK SOME SOME METRICS THAT WE THINK ARE GOING TO DRIVE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT. UM AND SO LIKE THESE OBVIOUSLY AREN'T THE ONLY THINGS WE CARE ABOUT IN THE DISTRICT. WE'RE PICKING THEM AS LIKE A WAY TO TO TO MEASURE SOMETHING TO DRIVE OVERALL SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT. SO I THINK I'M I WENT BACK AND FORTH ON THIS BUT I, I WILL SUPPORT EXTENDING THEM BECAUSE AGAIN TO ME IT'S LIKE IT'S OKAY IF WE STILL HAVE THESE REALLY AMBITIOUS GOALS. WHAT I WANT TO SEE IS PROGRESS ,RIGHT? RIGHT NOW IF I LOOK AT THAT GRAPH THAT'S IN THE THING OF THIRD GRADE LITERACY WE DON'T EVEN SEE PROGRESS LIKE IF WE START SEEING THE 2% A YEAR PROGRESS I THINK AS A BOARD WE CAN SAY LOOK WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE WE KNOW WE'RE STILL NOT GOING TO HIT 70 BUT WE WHAT WE'RE SEEING PROGRESS AND THAT ACTUALLY IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IN THE MONITORING REPORTS. RIGHT? IT'S NOT JUST ARE YOU MEETING THE GOAL, IT'S ARE YOU SEEING
DOCUMENTED PROGRESS? SO I THINK FOR ME I'M LESS WORRIED ABOUT THE SPECIFIC TARGET AND I THINK THERE'S A VALUE IN STICKING WITH THESE THREE AND THEN SAYING WELL, IF IT'S NOT IF WE'RE NOT SEEING PROGRESS, WHY NOT, RIGHT. WHAT ARE WHAT ADJUSTMENTS DO WE NEED TO MAKE? AND THEN ONCE THAT'S ONCE WE'VE SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF THAT THEN I THINK WE CAN HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AROUND DO WE WANT TO CHANGE THE ASSESSMENT? WE WANT TO CHANGE THE AREAS. I THINK I WOULD HAVE A I DON'T THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO CHANGE THEM UNTIL WE START SEEING SOME PROGRESS. YEAH. AND THE RESOLUTION JUST TO BE CLEAR IN FRONT OF US IS DO WE EXTEND THE DEADLINE BY A YEAR OR NOT? RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED CURRENTLY. I THINK THE AND JUST TO BE CLEAR THE ASK WAS IN JANUARY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS AHEAD OF US TO CHANGE. RIGHT BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO MISS IT BECAUSE I THINK IN THE MAYBE THIS IS AN OCTOBER THAT WE DISCUSSED THIS IN THE CONTEXT OF OF OF MAJOR DECISION MAKING THAT AJ WHO I
THINK WHO I KNOW IS ON THE CALL RIGHT NOW LISTENING AND QUICKLY THAT IF WE ARE HAVING OUR GOALS SUNSET IN 2027 WE NEED TO VOTE ON NEW GOALS BY AT THE LATEST OCTOBER OF 2026 AND WE KNEW THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO MAKE THAT RIGHT. SO WE SO WE HAVE TO EXTEND REGARDLESS. THE QUESTION WAS HOW DO WE EXTEND IT RIGHT? DO WE EXTEND IT BY ONE YEAR BY MAINTAINING TO EXTEND IT BY TWO YEARS AND MAINTAINING TO EXTEND IT BY ONE YEAR AND GO DOWN TO IT RIGHT. >> SO THAT WAS THE KIND OF PRESSURE TESTING WE WERE NEEDING TO UNDERSTAND WHICH IS WHAT LED TO THIS RESOLUTION TODAY WE JUST TALKED ABOUT YOU SO YOU ARE OFFERING THE OPTION OF LIKE STICKING WITH THESE THREE GOAL AREAS AND THREE MEASUREMENTS BUT LOWERING THE TARGET. >> IS THAT A THING IS THAT AN OPTION YOU'RE PUTTING ON THE TABLE? I THINK IN JANUARY WE BROADLY ASKED WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS AHEAD OF US BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO MISS THE TARGET. YEAH, RIGHT. AND AND I THINK YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH AJ SO SO BUT THAT'S NOT BEING PROPOSED RIGHT NOW.
THE PROPOSAL RIGHT NOW IS JUST TO EXTEND THE IT FOR A YEAR BUT LEAVE THAT LEAVE EVERYTHING THE SAME AND EXTEND IT. >> THAT'S THE STAFF'S PROPOSAL . >> SO PRESIDENT KIM IF I MAY AND THIS IS TO BUILD OFF OF WELL THANK YOU FIRST FOR THE CONVERSATION. I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT ONE AND IS ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING WITH AJ AS PART OF THINKING THROUGH HOW WE WOULD IMPLEMENT THE EXTENSION IS THAT AS PART OF THIS WORK RIGHT SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY DO SOME RESETTING OF INTERIM GOALS AND THEN CASCADING IT DOWN TO INITIATIVES WHICH IN THIS CASE LINES UP WITH SCHOOL REORGANIZATION THAT THE THE QUESTION THAT COMMISSIONER FISHER YOU HAD RAISED AROUND WHAT IS THE STRATEGIC PLAN? THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS TO BE ABLE TO REALLY CALIBRATE THE SYSTEM SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ARTICULATE WHAT ARE THE NECESSARY INPUTS BOTH AT THE SCHOOL SITE LEVEL, AT THE CLASSROOM LEVEL AND THE STUDENT LEVEL AND ALSO AT A SYSTEMS LEVEL THAT WILL ENABLE US TO GET TO THE METRICS THAT WE WOULD MEASURE OURSELVES AGAINST
I.E. INTERIM GOALS TO BE ABLE TO TRACK EVENTUALLY HOW WE WOULD GET TO THE BOARD'S TARGETS I.E. THE GOALS, RIGHT? SO I THINK THERE IS A RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF YOU WHERE WE ARE RECOMMENDING A ONE YEAR RUNWAY TO 2027 SO THAT WE CAN LINE UP THE STRATEGIC PLANNING THAT IS NECESSARY AS PART OF THE EFFORT TO ROLL OUT SCHOOL REORGANIZATION AND THE STRATEGIC PLANNING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH THE BOARD BECAUSE IT WOULD BE CHALLENGING FOR US TO PUT IN PLACE A STRATEGIC PLAN AROUND SCHOOL REORGANIZATION WITHOUT ACTUALLY MEANINGFULLY AND INCLUSIVELY ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY AS PART OF THIS WORK. SO I THINK THERE IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO THINK ABOUT THIS RUNWAY BUT ALSO IN RELATION TO BEING ABLE TO COME BACK TO YOU AND BASICALLY OUTLINE WHAT WOULD BE AN EFFECTIVE TARGET.
AND NOW THAT WE HAVE A BASELINE THAT WE CAN MEASURE UP AGAINST GIVEN THE TRAJECTORY THAT WE HAVE UNDERTAKEN IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IN ADDITION TO THE KIND OF TIME CHALLENGE AROUND DOING THE BOARD'S ENGAGEMENT WORK IN ORDER TO HAVE NEWLY ADOPTED GOALS IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROPRIATE BUDGETING CYCLE STARTING. I DO ALSO THINK THAT WITH THE MAJOR DECISIONS PENDING BEFORE THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT IF WE WERE TO EVEN IF WE IF WE HAD THE TIME, IF WE HAD THE RESOURCES TO DO ALL OF THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT NOW ON THIS CALENDAR AND WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO ALREADY START PROBABLY BUT EVEN IF WE HAD HAD THE THAT AS A VIABLE OPTION BEFORE US I STILL THINK IT WOULD MAKE THE MOST SENSE TO EXTEND THESE GOALS IN TIME BECAUSE I ACTUALLY THINK ONE THING IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO IS TO BRING THE COMMUNITY ALONG WITH RESPECT TO OUR MAJOR DECISIONS AND WHY WE'RE MAKING
MAJOR WHY THE SUPERINTENDENT IS MAKING MAJOR DECISIONS AND IN PARTICULAR WITH REGARDS TO SCHOOL REORGANIZATION, I THINK THERE'S BEEN YOU KNOW, A MUDDYING OF THE MESSAGING AROUND WHAT THE PURPOSE OF DOING THAT WOULD BE AND IT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT PUBLICLY IN THE CONTEXT OF BUDGET SAVINGS AND WE KNOW THAT IT DOES NOT SAVE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE NEED TO BALANCE IN OUR BUDGET. BUT REALLY I THINK THAT THE REASON TO DO IT WOULD BE TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES, TO HAVE STUDENTS IN MORE RESOURCED SCHOOLS, TO HAVE STUDENTS WITH ALL THE SUPPORTS THAT THEY DESERVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, FULLY ENROLLED SCHOOLS WHERE TEACHERS CAN LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AT THE GRADE LEVEL AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND TO ME I THINK IT ACTUALLY WOULD BE INCREDIBLY MUDDYING OF THE WATERS AND CONFUSING FOR THE PUBLIC TO SAY THAT WE'RE TAKING UNDERTAKING THIS INITIATIVE TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE'RE SAYING WE
SHOULD CHANGE THE GOALS AND WHAT SHOULD OUR NEW GOALS BE? AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S ALSO JUST A LOGICAL SEQUENCING OF WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF REALLY MEANINGFUL WORK TO TRY AND ACHIEVE THESE GOALS TO MAKE PROGRESS TOWARD THESE GOALS AND TO JUST HAVE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THOSE GOALS ARE STILL IN PLACE AND THAT THAT IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARD. ONE THING I GUESS I'M A BIT CONCERNED ABOUT SO I DO SUPPORT THIS AND I HOPE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO WITH ONE YEAR EXTENSION THEN DO THE APPROPRIATE ENGAGEMENT. I AM A BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THE JUST CONSIDERATION SLIDE AND HOW THE KIND OF FRAMING OF THE BUDGET NEEDS TO BE STABILIZED IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY WHAT INITIATIVES TO FUND AND HOW MUCH. AND I'LL JUST SAY I THINK THAT THAT'S EXACTLY BACKWARDS ORDER OF OPERATIONS FOR STUDENT OUTCOMES FOCUS GOVERNANCE LIKE WE'VE SET THE GOALS AND THEN WE INVEST THE RESOURCE, WE IDENTIFY WHAT IS NEEDED IN TERMS OF STRATEGY TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS AND THEN INVEST THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO ENACT
THAT STRATEGY. AND SO I DON'T THINK I THINK THAT THE GOALS MAY BE UNLIKELY TO BE MET FOR VARIOUS REASONS RELATED TO THEM BEING YOU KNOW, PUTTING US AT THE TOP OF ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR EXAMPLE. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE SETTING GOALS OR SETTING STRATEGY BASED ON LIKE IN THAT ORDER. AND SO I JUST WANT TO NAME THAT THAT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS A CONSIDERATION THAT I WOULD SUPPORT IN ORDER TO TO YOU KNOW, VOTE FOR THIS. >> SORRY JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I THINK WHAT WE ARE MEANING WHEN WE SAID FISCAL STABILIZATION WAS JUST RECOGNIZING THAT LAST YEAR WAS A KIND OF CRISIS MANAGEMENT YEAR AND WE HAD TO STABILIZE THE DISTRICT FINANCIALLY FIRST AND BECAUSE OF THE REALLY HARD WORK THAT WE DID LAST YEAR, WE ARE IN A PLACE THAT WE ARE MUCH MORE STABLE AND WE ARE IN A PLACE WHERE WE CAN NOW PIVOT TO BEING REALLY STRATEGIC ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DOUBLE DOWN
ON AGAIN THINGS LIKE OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES OR IMPROVING OR UPDATING OUR CURRICULUMS. SO IT ALLOWS US NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE DID THE HARD WORK LAST YEAR TO BE ABLE TO BE IN A PLACE WHERE WE ARE NOW MOVING TOWARDS MORE STRATEGIC PLANNING WORK AND I DO ALSO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE SINCE WE DID CUT SHORT OUR EIGHTH GRADE MATH MONITORING THAT ALTHOUGH WE DIDN'T MAKE PROGRESS FROM WINTER TO WINTER YEAR OVER YEAR THIS YEAR WE DID ACTUALLY GO UP FIVE POINTS FROM WINTER TWO YEARS AGO IN EIGHTH GRADE MATH. SO YOU KNOW ALL IS NOT LOST. >> WE ARE NOT WITHOUT PROGRESS AND I THINK IT'S BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INITIATIVES PUT INTO PLACE INCLUDING ADOPTION OF NEW CURRICULUM THAT HOPEFULLY WILL CONTINUE TO BEAR FRUIT TOWARD TOWARD THESE GOALS BUT THAT THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE A LOT OF WHAT FOLKS HAVE SAID HERE AND ESPECIALLY COMMISSIONER HEALINGS COMMENT ABOUT THE SEQUENCING OF THINGS AND THE LOGICAL SEQUENCE OF ADDRESSING
THINGS LIKE OUR SCHOOL PORTFOLIO. BEFORE WE GO INTO CHANGING OUR VGS WHILE I AM TROUBLED BY MOVING OUT THE GOALS BY A YEAR I AM WILLING TO SUPPORT THAT EXTENSION. THERE ARE A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT I HAVE AROUND THAT OR I GUESS MAYBE ISSUES THAT I WANTED TO RAISE AND DRAW OUT. I DO THINK I THINK COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER MAY HAVE COMMENTED ON THIS THAT THERE IS VALUE IN STICKING WITH THE GOALS AND YOU KNOW, FINDING OUT YOU KNOW, FINDING THE WAYS TO MAKE PROGRESS AND LIKE IF WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS THAT IS A GOOD THING. IT IS CERTAINLY DISCOURAGED TRYING TO SEE WHAT WE'VE SEEN HERE WITH THE IMPLICATION THAT WE HAVE GONE DOWN FOR BETWEEN 22 AND 25 AND RATHER THAN UP FROM THE PERIOD WHEN WE HOPED TO START MAKING PROGRESS, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHY THAT IS. AND TO ME A KEY QUESTION HERE IS WHY THIS HAS HAPPENED AND WHY IT IS HAPPENING. WE DO HAVE SOME EVIDENCE AND IDEAS OF THINGS THAT HAVE WORKED LIKE I THINK BACK TO WHAT WE WERE TOLD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO BRET HART WITH THE TUTORING THAT WAS DONE THERE AND HOW SIGNIFICANTLY THAT
RAISED KIDS LITERACY LEVELS IN A PERIOD OF I THINK IT WAS ABOUT FOUR MONTHS OR SO. SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE ANY SENSE OF WHAT WILL WORK. WE DO AND YET FOR WHATEVER REASON WE DON'T SEEM TO HAVE REALLY PURSUED THAT. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD LIKE WE HAVE SOME SENSE OF WHAT WORKS AND WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN OUR RECENT PROGRESS MONITORING REPORTS, WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM BUT WE FRANKLY HAVE ALMOST LIKE A PROBLEM NOT JUST OF ABSENTEEISM OR STUDENTS BUT ABSENTEEISM OF PRACTICE, ABSENTEEISM OF THE CURRICULUM IN OUR CLASSES WHERE WE HAVE A FULL THIRD OF CLASSES THAT ARE NOT GETTING THE CURRICULUM THAT WE HAVE INVESTED IN. SO LIKE WE'VE DONE SOME OF THESE VERY IMPORTANT THINGS LIKE CRITICAL STEPS LIKE CHANGING THE CURRICULUM AND YOU KNOW INVESTING IN COACHES. SO WHY ARE WE STILL HAVING THIS PROBLEM WHERE ONLY TWO THIRDS OF OUR CLASSES ARE GETTING THE LITERACY CURRICULUM WHERE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF FOLKS ARE GETTING THE MATH CURRICULUM? I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT WHY THAT IS AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO HOLD PEOPLE
ACCOUNTABLE IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE RESULTS. IT'S LIKE FOLKS TALK ALL THE TIME ABOUT LIKE HOW FANTASTIC THINGS ARE AND WE WANT TO BE A WORLD CLASS YOU KNOW, A WORLD CLASS SCHOOL SYSTEM, A WORLD CLASS DISTRICT OFFERING A WORLD CLASS EDUCATION. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT. WE ARE A WEALTHY RICH AREA AND SO I, I FEEL LIKE I DON'T WANT US TO JUST GO BACK TO LOW EXPECTATIONS. I WANT US INSTEAD TO STRIVE TO MEET THE HIGHER EXPECTATIONS TO ACTUALLY DO THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW WORKS AND TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE. SO I HOPE WE'LL STICK WITH HIGH EXPECTATION SINCE I THINK THAT'S HOW WE WILL GET SOMEWHERE. THANK YOU. I AGREE WE SHOULD DEFINITELY CONTINUE TO HAVE VERY HIGH EXPECTATIONS AND AND WORK REALLY HARD TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE THOSE EXPECTATIONS. AND I, I TRULY DO BELIEVE THAT ALL OF US WITHIN AS OF USD ARE WORKING EVERY SINGLE DAY TO GET
THERE INCLUDING OUR FAMILIES AND AND I KNOW FOR SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE TRYING THEIR BEST TO DO IT TO EMBRACE OUR CURRICULUM AND TO REALLY THRIVE IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND AS AS WE JUST HEARD, THERE ARE SOME BARRIERS TO TO OUR STUDENTS THAT IS BEYOND THEIR CONTROL AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF THAT . SO JUST COMMISSIONER RAY, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE WONDERFUL PROGRAM AT BRET HART. I ABSOLUTELY AGREE AND IT'S CALLED HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING AND WE ACTUALLY PARTNERED WITH SPARK ABOVE AND WITH THE ED FUND AND WITH THE CITY TO TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL FUNDS SO THAT WE COULD WE CAN EXPAND THE HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING BECAUSE WE KNOW A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS WOULD NEED THAT ONE ON ONE SUPPORT AND WE'RE SEEING THE RESULTS AS YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT. WE ARE SEEING THE RESULTS BUT WE JUST NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO IT. WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DOUBLE DOWN ON IT. WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT AS YOU SAY, FIDELITY TO THE CURRICULUM AND HOLD OUR
OUR EDUCATORS AND OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE USING THE CORRECT CURRICULUM THAT WE JUST ADOPTED AND THAT WE'RE USING IT EVERY DAY. BUT THAT ALSO MEANS THAT WE NEED TO INVEST IN IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR EDUCATORS AS AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE ALL THOSE OTHER RESOURCES THAT OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WOULD NEED. SO YES, AGAIN, A LONGER RUNWAY WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO TEST OUT SOME OF THOSE REALLY GREAT EFFORTS THAT WE ARE USING IN SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS AND EXPAND THAT TO MORE SCHOOLS WHEN POSSIBLE. SO I ALSO SUPPORT THIS MEASURE . I WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHAT COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER MENTIONED IN TERMS OF I THINK FIGURING OUT HOW DO WE ARREST THE DOWNWARD THE DOWNWARD DECLINE IN THIRD GRADE LITERACY AND THEN ALSO PUSH IT BACK UP. I I'M STRUGGLING WITH THE IDEA THAT WE SET THE BAR TOO HIGH PARTICULARLY BECAUSE WE SEE LARGE DIVERSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT DO ACHIEVE BETTER RESULTS ESPECIALLY FOR VOCAL POPULATIONS THAT WE SEE DECLINING MORE IN OUR DISTRICT . AND SO YOU KNOW, EVEN AS WE LOOK AT SAY THE TRUTH OF, YOU KNOW, RISING 2 OR 3 PERCENTAGE
POINTS, I AM VERY CURIOUS AS TO HOW DO WE FOLLOW THE MOMENTUM THAT WE DO SEE IN IN BEST PRACTICES AND OTHERS AND I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE OF THAT. TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT COMMISSIONER RAY WAS SAYING WHICH I 100% AGREE WITH, I JUST ADD ONE MORE THING WHICH IS ALSO UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE RESULTS ARE WHEN WE SEE IMPLEMENTATION IN SAY THE TWO THIRDS VERSUS THE ONE THIRD AND DO WE SEE THE RESULTS? DO WE SEE THE OUTCOMES DIFFER BECAUSE I REMEMBER THAT BEING A QUESTION IN THE LAST ROUND AND WE DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT AS FAR AS WERE THOSE THAT ACTUALLY WERE IMPLEMENTING THE CURRICULUM DOING BETTER, WERE WE SEEING THE RESULTS THAT WE WOULD SEEK TO SEE? I WILL SAY ALSO ONE THING ABOUT THE ENGAGEMENT PIECE OF THIS WHICH IS UM IF WE LOOK OUT 18 TO 24 MONTHS I AGREE WITH THE IDEA THAT RIGHT NOW OUR FOCUS HAS TO BE ON THE TWO MAJOR INITIATIVES. THESE ARE TWO MAJOR INITIATIVES THE BOARD DIRECTED THE SUPERINTENDENT TO CONDUCT BACK IN OCTOBER. WE NEED TO SEE THOSE PLANS CARRIED FORWARD. WE NEED TO SEE THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PLANS CARRIED
FORWARD ON THOSE PIECES. IN ADDITION TO WHICH ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD IN THE AD HOC COMMITTEE IS THE IDEA OF DOING FURTHER EDUCATION INFORMATION SESSIONS ON STUDENT OUTCOME FOCUSED GOVERNANCE. SO I THINK THIS WORKS IN OUR FAVOR WHERE IF WE DO PUSH THIS OUT ANOTHER YEAR OR YEAR AND A HALF EVEN THAT ALLOWS US TO CONDUCT OUR ROUTINE ENGAGEMENT AS A BOARD AND FOR EXAMPLE I KNOW IN THE LAST AD HOC BEST AD HOC MEETING WE HAD WE HAD WE HAD THANK YOU. I JUST HAD TO SAY THAT AND WE HAD GREAT QUESTIONS FROM OUR PARTICIPANTS AROUND WHAT WAS STUDENT OUTCOME FOCUSED GOVERNANCE AND THAT TOOK ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. SO I THINK THE MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT I'M HEARTENED TO HEAR THAT WE RECEIVED THOUSANDS OF COMMENTS FEEDBACK PIECES IN THE LAST ROUND. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO MATCHING THAT IF NOT DOUBLING IT YOU KNOW YOU KNOW AMBITIOUS GOALS
OVER HERE SO SO WE CAN WE CAN DO BETTER AND ACTUALLY GET THAT FEEDBACK AND I THINK THE THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PLAN THAT WILL BE COMING FORTH WILL HOPEFULLY ALLOW THAT. CAN I JUST ASK A QUICK QUESTION? AND THAT'S IF IF A.J IS ON AND WHETHER HE WANTS TO COMMENT I WAS JUST GOING TO CALL HIM AFTER OUR COMMENT IS DONE. HOW YOU A.J. GOOD EVENING. PLEASE. I WOULD OFFER THREE POINTS THAT HAVE LARGELY BEEN SPOKEN BUT I WANT TO SUMMARIZE BECAUSE I THINK THE BOARD SHOULD BE DRIVEN BY THESE THREE IDEAS. THE FIRST IS THAT OUR COACHING IS ALWAYS THAT GOALS NEED TO BE ATTAINABLE JUST AS A MATTER OF RESPECTFULNESS TO YOUR STAFF AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF ACTUALLY OPERATING FROM A PLACE OF REALITY RATHER THAN A PLACE OF DELUSION AND THAT IT IS VALUABLE FOR GOALS TO ACTUALLY BE ATTAINABLE. THAT WOULD BE THE A AND SMART FOR US SPECIFIC MEASURABLE ATTAINABLE RESULTS FOCUS AND TIME BOUND AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE YOUR STAFF IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS MOVE THE
DATES THAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE YOUR STAFF BRING BACK A RECOMMENDATION FOR ALTERNATIVE TARGETS AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING IF THEY CAN BRING IT BACK THAT QUICKLY WHICH I SUSPECT THEY PROBABLY CAN. THAT'S POINT NUMBER ONE. POINT NUMBER TWO, KEEP IN MIND THAT AGAIN IF YOU DO THIS THAT THAT DOES ALTER YOUR TIMELINE BUT IT DOESN'T ALTER THE GEOMETRY OF THE TIMELINE IS THAT IF THE GOALS ARE NOW GOING TO EXPIRE AND IN SUMMER OF 27 THEN THAT MEANS THAT IF THEY WERE GOING TO EXPIRE IN THE SUMMER OF 27 YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE THE REPLACEMENTS READY TO GO BY THE FALL OF 26. SO NOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO EXPIRE IN THE SUMMER OF 28 THEN YOU NEED THEIR REPLACEMENTS READY TO GO BY THE FALL OF 27 WHICH MEANS TO HAVE A HEALTHY COMMUNITY LISTENING PROCESS THAT'S EVEN MORE ROBUST THAN WHAT YOU DID LAST TIME THAT YOU'D NEED TO START THAT SOMETIME IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH OF NEXT YEAR THAT YOU
NEED TO START THE LISTENING IN ORDER TO HAVE THE FULL PROCESS COMPLETE BY THE FALL SO THAT THEY COULD TAKE PLACE THE FOLLOWING SUMMER. SO THAT'S THE SECOND THING TO JUST KEEP IN MIND IS THAT THAT'S THE NEW TIMELINE YOU'D BE OPERATING UNDER IF YOU MAKE THIS CALL. AND THEN THE THIRD THING IS THE GOAL SETTING IS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM RESOURCE ALLOCATION THAT YOU CAN HAVE AS AGGRESSIVE AS A SET OF TARGETS AS YOU ARE WILLING TO REALLOCATE RESOURCES AND WHEN I SAY RESOURCES THAT'S NOT JUST A FINANCIAL THING. THAT'S TIME TALENT AND TREASURE . >> IF YOU'RE WILLING TO DO MORE REALLOCATION, UNDERSTAND THAT THAT WILL CAUSE MORE DISRUPTION BECAUSE YOU'LL BE MOVING RESOURCES FROM ONE PART OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO ANOTHER. >> BUT ALONG WITH THAT MORE DISRUPTION AFFORDS MORE OPPORTUNE FOR GROWTH. YOU CAN CHOOSE A LOWER TARGETS AND THAT WOULD RESULT IN LESS REALLOCATION WHICH WOULD CAUSE LESS DISRUPTION BUT ALSO AFFORDS LESS OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH THAT IF YOU WANT TO SEE
MORE RESULTS THE ANSWER IS NEVER TELL YOUR EDUCATORS YOU ARE JUST NOT WORKING HARD ENOUGH. THE ANSWER IS STILL YOU EDUCATORS, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE YOU EVEN MORE OF THE RESOURCES YOU NEED. WE'RE GOING TO DOUBLE DOWN IN THESE STRATEGIC AREAS. AND SO THE QUESTION OF HOW HIGH OR LOW YOUR TARGET IS ISN'T BOUNDED BY WHAT OTHER LARGE URBAN HAVE DONE. IT ISN'T BOUNDED BY WHAT YOU'VE DONE. IT IS LARGELY BOUNDED BY WHAT RESOURCE ALLOCATION DOES THE BOARD AND REALLY THIS IS A DECISION THAT COMES DOWN TO THE BOARD'S JUDGMENT WHAT RESOURCE REALLOCATION IS THE BOARD WILLING TO ENGAGE IN IF YOU WILL, IF YOU ARE WILLING TO DO MORE THAN HAVE HIGHER TARGETS AND PUSH FOR MORE GROWTH IF YOU'RE WILLING TO DO LESS BECAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE IT'D BE TOO DISRUPTIVE THEN SO BE THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SAVINGS AND DISRUPTION ALSO COMES AT A REDUCTION IN LIKELY GROWTH. THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT HAVE YOU CONSIDERED NEXT MONTH COME BACK AND CONSIDER ADOPTING TARGETS AS YOU DESIGN YOUR CALENDAR MAKE SURE THAT YOU JUST PLANNING PLENTY OF TIME
FOR COMMUNITY LISTENING AND AS YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOUR TARGETS ARE JUST UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A INEXTRICABLY INTERTWINED NATURE BETWEEN THE TARGET SETTING AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION HIGHER TARGETS YOU NEED TO EXPECT YOUR STAFF TO HAVE MORE RESOURCES AND MOVED WHICH WILL CAUSE MORE DISRUPTION LOWER TARGETS, LESS RESOURCES MOOD LESS DISRUPTION. MAY I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION? SO THIS RESOLUTION THE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED SECTION ACTUALLY NAMES NUMBERS IN THE GOALS AND KEEPS THE SAME TARGETS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CURRENT GOALS SO SHOULD WE POTENTIALLY TABLE THIS UNTIL NEXT UNTIL OUR TEAM CAN COME BACK WITH MORE REALISTIC NUMBERS? IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR MY ARE YOU ASKING MY GUIDANCE ON THIS? I'M ASKING ANYONE WHO WANTS TO ANSWER. MR. KRAYBILL I, I PERSONALLY WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT
CHANGING TARGET NUMBERS OUTSIDE OF DOING COMMUNITY LISTENING AND I THINK IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE A CHANGE IN GOALS TO MY MIND AND I THINK TO MANY MEMBERS IN OUR IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO FOR ME I FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE CHANGING THE TIMELINE BUT NOT THE TARGET BECAUSE I THINK THE OTHER POINT HERE THAT AJ HAS MENTIONED TO US BEFORE BUT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT YET IS THE FACT THAT THE SUPERINTENDENTS EVALUATION IS SUPPOSED TO BE TIED TO THESE GOALS AND WITH NUMBERS THIS HIGH THAT WE'RE BEING TOLD THE WAY THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY ALLOCATING OUR RESOURCES WE CANNOT MEET, DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE SETTING THE SUPERINTENDENT UP FOR FAILURE OR ARE WE WILLING TO AGAIN SET THAT ASIDE LIKE WE HAVE THIS YEAR FOR NEXT YEAR? I THINK I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE POINT I WAS MAKING EARLIER LIKE I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT AJ IS SAYING AND I COMPLETELY
AGREE WITH IT AROUND THE TARGETS AND ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES AND I THINK THERE'S FOUR IN MY MIND IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO START TO SEE PROGRESS TO SAY WITH THE CURRENT ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES WE CAN CONTINUE TO GET THIS TYPE OF PROGRESS AND THEN TO MAKE A JUDGMENT ABOUT HOW TO ADJUST THE NUMBERS LIKE RIGHT NOW I FEEL LIKE I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION I NEED TO SAY IF WE WERE TO LOWER IT FROM 70 TO 65 OR TO 60, WHAT WOULD BE REASONABLE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT EVEN SEEING PROGRESS. RIGHT. SO I DON'T I DON'T EVEN SEE A PATH TO 60 LET ALONE 70. RIGHT. SO I GUESS FOR ME I WOULD PREFER OR MAYBE IT'S ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TO JUST EXTEND THEM FOR A YEAR TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'RE IN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADJUST THEM POTENTIALLY BUT BUT TO DO THAT BASED ON ACTUAL DATA OF YOU KNOW LIKE IF OUR NEW IF OUR NEW CURRICULUM AND OUR COACHES PRODUCE A 1% GAIN OR A 2% GAIN, THEN THE BOARD CAN SAY YOU KNOW WHAT WE ACTUALLY DO WANT TO GET TO 70. SO YOU NEED TO DO MORE AND MORE AND MORE AND THIS IS WHAT THAT'S GOING TO THIS IS HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE DISRUPTIVE IS SAYING OR WE CAN SAY NO ACTUALLY WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT GROWTH AND WE'RE GOING TO
ADJUST THE GOALS BUT WITHOUT WITHOUT SOME YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING YOU HAVE BETTER DATA. >> IT'S HARD TO AGREE AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE I MEAN YOU KNOW BUT THIS IS GREAT. AND SO I THINK WHEN WE HAD ASKED FOR LIKE MORE DATA TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE OF CHANGING OUR GOALS, I THINK THAT'S THE KIND OF CONVERSATION THAT WE WANT TO SET OURSELVES UP FOR AND AND SO BETTER UNDERSTANDING LIKE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE TOOLS AT OUR DISPOSAL, THE DATA THAT WE HAVE, THE PROJECTIONS THAT WE BELIEVE ARE GOING TO LEAD TO ANY SORT OF TARGET AND CONSIDER THAT AS PART OF OUR DECISION MAKING AROUND WHAT WE DO. AND IN SOME WAYS THIS IS THE EXERCISE OF REENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY TO RESET THE VISION AND VALUES GOALS AND GUARDRAILS THAT WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO AS WE CONSIDER REVAMPING ALL OF THIS WORK. AND SO I'LL COME FULL CIRCLE I GUESS I'LL JUST PUT IT THAT WAY FOR NOW I WILL SAY I MEAN MY UNDERSTANDING IN THIS HOW THIS RESOLUTION WAS DRAFTED THAT THE
CURRENT RECOMMENDATION ON THE TABLE FROM STAFF IS TO SIMPLY TAKE THE DATE AND MOVE IT BACK ONE YEAR THAT THERE AND MY MY ASSUMPTION HERE BASED ON THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PROVIDED IS THAT THERE WON'T BE A CHANGE TO THE GOALS THAT ARE COMING FOR NEXT MEETING AS AJ MENTIONED I'M HAPPY TO KICK US OFF SO PRESIDENT CAN WE WE DID PREPARE THE RESOLUTION TODAY TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE LONGER RUNWAY IN AN EFFORT TO LINE UP TWO TIMELINES. WE AS STAFF HAVE ALSO STARTED TO MODEL OUT WHAT IT PROJECTION COULD LOOK LIKE ASSUMING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH BASED ON CONDITIONS THAT ARE STATUS QUO CONDITIONS AND ESSENTIALLY THE INPUTS THROUGH THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT ARE PUT IN PLACE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET TO IMPROVE GOALS AND PRIORITIZING THE BASELINE THAT WE CAN SCALE FROM BASED ON CURRENT STRATEGIES AND THEN THINKING THROUGH WHAT OUR COMPARABLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN CALIFORNIA ARE DOING. SO WE HAVE BEGUN THAT MODELING.
I THINK THE QUESTION REALLY IT'S AT THE DIRECTION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO BRING BACK, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT BE A CONVERSATION THAT'S ALSO COUPLED WITH THE ALIGNMENT CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING AROUND SCHOOL REORGANIZATION AND SOME OF THE MAJOR INITIATIVES BECAUSE THESE THINGS ARE TIED IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO BUILD OUT RIGHT THE SCHOOLS THAT WE WILL BE OPERATING TO BE ABLE TO HELP US BE IN SERVICE OF THESE IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES INCLUDING HOW DO WE RESOURCE THEM, WHAT ARE THE STRATEGIES, WHAT ARE THE SYSTEMS THAT WILL SCAFFOLD THESE STRATEGIES IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE KEY INITIATIVES THAT HAVE SEEN GAINS WITH FIDELITY? SO SO I THINK THESE ARE THESE ARE ALL PIECES OF WORK IN PROGRESS AND WE WOULD RECOMMEND IF YOU ARE OPEN TO THAT TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND SHARE SOME OF THAT WORK AT AN UPCOMING MEETING ON MAY 12TH . BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR SO SO THE
RECOMMENDATION IS TO CONTINUE TO ADOPT THIS AND THERE YES SO SO FOR PURPOSES OF LINING UP TIMELINES THE RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF YOU EXTEND YOUR CURRENT GOALS BY ONE YEAR TO 2028 AND TO AGES POINT THAT WOULD LINE UP THE TIMELINE TO ENGAGE AND INVEST STAFF AND DISTRICT CAPACITY AND RESOURCES TO DO ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INCLUSIVE DECISION MAKING BETWEEN JANUARY AND MARCH OF 2027 SO THAT WE CAN GET TO NEW GOALS AND GUARDRAILS BY FALL OF 2027 THAT WILL LINE UP WITH THE TIMELINES, RIGHT? BUT I THINK IN TERMS OF THIS QUESTION AROUND THE TARGETS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BRING BACK AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS ACTUALLY TO COUPLE SOME OF THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE STRATEGIC PIECES AROUND THE VISIONING OF SCHOOL REORGANIZE AND THE BIG WHY OF OF WHAT'S DRIVING RIGHT THE NEED FOR US TO REALLY ENGAGE IN THIS KIND OF STRATEGIC PLANNING. >> OKAY. AND I WOULD JUST ACKNOWLEDGE I THINK MAYBE I'LL SPEAK FOR THE BOARD THAT AS PART OF MY JOB I SUPPOSE WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE
THAT CONVERSATION REGARDLESS OF THE TIMELINE I THINK OF OF WHERE WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS IN TERMS OF OUR REVISIONING FOR VGS BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT CONVERSATION AROUND THE VISION OF OUR SCHOOLS, OUR SCHOOL PORTFOLIO AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR US TO BUILD TOWARDS SOMETHING IS SOMETHING THAT REGARDLESS OF WHEN A NEW RESOLUTION COMES FORWARD IS SOMETHING THAT'S CRITICAL FOR US. SO SO YEAH I SO I WILL SAY OKAY SO I'M GOING TO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS A COUPLE OF THINGS I'M GOING TO CLOSE A COMMENT AND DISCUSSION AND I'M GOING TO MOVE TO OUR FIRST ACTION HERE WHICH IS TO SORRY FILL OUT SORRY, WHAT'S THAT? AND I THOUGHT YOU COMBINE EACH ONE AND EACH TWO IN THAT LAST MOTION. YEAH YEAH. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION? YES SORRY JUST A QUICK QUESTION. SO IS THERE SOMETHING THAT
REQUIRES US TO ADOPT A NEW TIMELINE NOW VERSUS JUST ADOPTING A NEW TIMELINE AND NEW GOALS IN THAT MAY 12TH MEETING ? >> LET ME SEE THAT ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE. SURE. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE HUNG WAS SUGGESTING WE ADOPT THIS NOW SO THAT WE ADOPT A NEW TIMELINE AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE POTENTIALLY NEW RECOMMENDED GOALS IN THE MAY 12TH MEETING. AND I'M CURIOUS IF THERE'S NO NO I THINK WHAT SHE'S SAYING IF I TARGET HER NEW TARGET SORRY, NOT GOALS, NEW TARGETS AND THE MAY 12TH NEW TARGETS APOLOGIES IT'S LATE. YEAH, MY BET TO CLARIFY IS THAT CHANGING THE LIKE END GOAL OF 70% FOR GOAL ONE OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT INTERIM TARGETS? NO. SO WE ARE PROPOSING JUST TO EXTEND THE GOALS BY ONE YEAR. >> SO SO SORRY. CAN I CLARIFY SO TO COMMISSIONER SANDERS POINT THE GOALS ARE MATTER OF SEVERAL COMPONENTS. THERE IS THE GOAL AREA WHICH IS WHAT IS IT THAT WE ARE LOOKING
AT MEASURING UP AGAINST HOW WE'RE MEASURING THE ASSESSMENT TOOL RIGHT. WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING CHANGES TO THOSE TWO THINGS BUT WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW NOW ABOUT HOW FAR WE ARE FROM 70% AND IN LIGHT OF THE BIG PLANS AROUND SCHOOL REORGANIZATION THAT WE CAN MODEL OUT NEW TARGETS SO THAT THEY ARE MORE ATTAINABLE AND REALISTIC TARGETS. >> SO THAT'S I THINK WHERE THAT GETS CONFUSING WITH COMMISSIONER FISHER WAS ASKING BECAUSE THIS RESOLUTION DOES INCLUDE TARGETS. SO I GUESS THE QUESTION BECAUSE THE TARGET WEIGHT WHEN YOU SAY TARGET ARE YOU TALKING INTERIM GOAL HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE NO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL YOUR TARGET THE SAME VERBIAGE 70%, 70%, 65% PERCENT 35 PERCENT BY SO SO WE WOULD APOLOGIZE. SO WHAT WE WOULD BRING BACK ON MAY 12 IF THAT'S IF THE BOARD IS AMENABLE TO THAT IS WE WOULD MODEL OUT WHAT A REALISTIC PROJECTION WOULD LOOK LIKE IN PLACE OF THE 70% AND WE WOULD PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO THAT NUMBER.
SO I'M NOT TRYING TO GET INTO INTO WHETHER OR NOT I THINK WE ALL MAY HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON THAT. I'M JUST MY QUESTION IS MORE A PROCEDURAL ONE DO WE NEED TO PASS THIS TO EXTEND THE TIMELINE OR CAN WE DO THAT AT THE SAME TIME WE MIGHT HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND WHETHER WE WANT NEW TARGETS OR NOT? >> YEAH AND ACTUALLY THAT MIGHT BE THE BETTER MOVE HERE IS TO MAKE. OH YEAH I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY THERE'S NO PRESSURE RIGHT NOW TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS CURRENTLY. CORRECT? WELL SINCE WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS RESOLUTION I WILL JUST SAY I WOULD NOT SUPPORT AND WOULD NOT VOTE FOR A RESOLUTION THAT CHANGED THE TARGETS AND SO I ACTUALLY CURIOUS TO HEAR DISCUSSION FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS ABOUT WHERE THEY STAND ON THAT BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT TO ASK STAFF TO DO A LOT OF WORK AND TO BRING THIS BACK IF THERE ISN'T ACTUALLY DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD TO DO THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT AT LEAST SPEAKING
FROM MY EXPERIENCE ON BOARD LEADERSHIP WE EXPLICITLY DID NOT ASK STAFF TO DO THAT. WE ASKED FOR A RESOLUTION THAT EXTENDED TIMELINES AND OR OPTIONS AND THIS IS WHAT CAME IN BUT WE DID NOT ASK STAFF TO ACTUALLY TO MY MIND SETTING THE GOALS IS THE BOARD'S JOB AND IS NOT STAFF'S JOB AND DOES NOT COME FROM A STAFF RECOMMENDATION. IT COMES FROM BOARD ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND I DON'T WANT US TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION BEYOND WHAT IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN OR ASK STAFF TO DO WORK FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAVE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD'S. I ACTUALLY WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE EXTEND THE DISCUSSION TO HEAR WHERE PEOPLE ARE ON THAT BEFORE WE DIRECT STAFF TO DO SOMETHING THAT IF THE BOARD DOESN'T SUPPORT IT I WOULD BE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT AND FIND IT HARD TO IMAGINE MYSELF SUPPORTING A CHANGE AND NOW WE'RE USING THE WORD TARGETS INSTEAD OF GOALS WHICH IS ACTUALLY KIND OF CONFUSING TO ME BECAUSE WE LITERALLY CALL THEM GOALS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
70% FOR INSTANCE WITHOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON THAT LIKE I AM NOT COMFORTABLE CHANGING THE ACTUAL GOALS WE SET WITHOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I THINK IT'S DIFFERENT TO TO CHANGE THE TIMELINE IF IF FOLKS ARE USING WHICH THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE HERE BUT YOU COULD BE USING TARGETS TO MEAN LIKE WHAT THE INTERIM INTERIM GOALS WERE SOMETHING I DON'T PARTICULARLY OBJECT TO THAT BUT CHANGING THE ULTIMATE THE ACTUAL THING THAT WAS SAID IN OCTOBER 2022 BY A PRIOR VERSION OF THE BOARD AS THE GOALS WITHOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY TROUBLING TO ME. YEAH. CAN I CLARIFY SOMETHING BEFORE I SWITCH IT OVER HERE BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE A FEW MOVING PIECES THAT WE SHOULD JUST TAKE STOCK OF SO WHAT AJ IS WHAT AJ HAD RECOMMENDED WAS THAT A RESOLUTION COME TOGETHER TO EXTEND THE TIMELINE OF OUR CURRENT GOALS BY ONE YEAR AND THEN WHAT HE RECOMMENDED AND I THINK YOU'RE STILL LISTENING HERE AND THEN WHAT HE RECOMMENDED WAS EITHER IN A SUBSEQUENT MEETING WE CAN EITHER CHANGE THE TARGETS AND OR CHANGE THE INTERRUPTS AND THAT'S NOT OUR PURVIEW. THAT'S THE SUPERINTENDENTS PURVIEW IN TERMS IN TERMS RIGHT
NOW WHAT I THINK COMPLEX HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IS THAT WE HAVE A RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF US THAT HAS BOTH GOALS AND TARGETS, RIGHT? AND SO THIS IS WHERE WHAT I'M THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR STAFF IS THIS RESOLUTION CREATED FOR US ASSUMES BOTH GOAL AND TARGET ARE REMAINING THE SAME OR AND THE TIMELINE HAS JUST MOVED BACK CORRECT AND THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF THAT IS WHAT I'M HEARING IS ON THE TABLE. THAT IS A RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. SO THERE'S A QUESTION HERE OF ARE WE OKAY WITH THAT AND I WILL SAY I AM FINE WITH THAT BUT IF THERE'S FOLKS WHO DISAGREE WITH THAT, WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT NO, WHAT WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS COMING IN MAY IS A CONVERSATION SESSION ABOUT INTERIMS AND WHETHER THAT IS NOT HAPPENING. >> NO. SO JUST BASED ON WHAT SO THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION IS TO EXTEND OUR VGS AS IS BY ONE YEAR SO IT'S THE EXTEND THE TARGETS ARE THE GOALS WHATEVER HOWEVER WE WANT TO CALL IT THEY'RE ONE IN THE SAME I CALL THEM GOALS EXTEND THE GOALS BY
ONE YEAR WHAT AJ WAS WAS ADDING A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT TO THE CONVERSATION IS THAT BASED ON THE DATA THAT STAFF NOW HAS SEEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THE GOAL OF ACHIEVING 70% OF OUR THIRD GRADERS BEING PROFICIENT IS IS UNATTAINABLE. THAT'S THE A THAT HE WAS SAYING. AND SO THE BOARD AT THIS POINT HAS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PERHAPS CHANGE THAT GOAL. BUT THAT WAS THAT IS NOT WHAT THE RESOLUTION IS SHOWING. THE RESOLUTION THAT WE ARE PRESENTING BASED ON CONVERSATION WITH WITH BOARD LEADERSHIP IS THAT WE AGREE THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO EXTEND BY ONE YEAR. >> CORRECT. BUT WHAT'S BEING SUGGESTED BY STAFF RIGHT NOW IS THAT ON MAY 12TH A CHANGE TO THE GOAL WOULD ALSO COME FROM STAFF AND THAT IS WHAT I SAY IF THE BOARD DOES NOT SUPPORT STAFF RECOMMENDING A CHANGE IN GOAL ON MAY 12TH WE SHOULD JUST DIRECT STAFF IN PUBLIC THAT WE DON'T WANT THEM TO DO THAT WORK BECAUSE WE'RE NOT OPEN TO ENTERTAINING THAT. YEAH YEAH I WELL I ALSO WANT TO REITERATE THE AG HAD THREE
THINGS FOR US RIGHT? ONE ATTAINABILITY WAS A BIG PART OF IT. I THINK WE'RE ALL ALIGNED IN THE TIMELINE PART THAT WHAT AJ HAD JUST EMPHASIZED BUT THE FACT THAT GOAL IMPLEMENTATION NEEDS TO BE ALSO TIED TO RESOURCE ALLOCATION I THINK IS THE PART THAT WE CAN'T FORGET HERE IF WE WANT TO GET FROM A PLACE WHERE OUR RATINGS ARE ASPECT READING SCORES ARE DROPPING AND WE THINK IT IS REALISTIC TO STAY WITH THE GOAL OF GETTING THEM UP BY 20 POINTS NOW 23 POINTS THEN WE AS A BOARD ALSO NEED TO TALK ABOUT SOME SIGNIFICANT RESOURCE REALLOCATION. I MEAN WE PASSED THE BUDGET SO THAT'S US TOO. WE CAN'T HAVE OUR CAKE AND EAT IT LIKE WE HAVE TO TAKE OUR PART OUR RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS PART TOO. LIKE WHAT RESOURCES ARE WE GOING TO REDIRECT OR ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO REDIRECT IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? LIKE IF THIS IF WE'RE DIRECTING THE SUPERINTENDENT TO GET TO A READING GOAL SLASH TARGET SLASH WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT OF 70% BY 2028, WE'VE GOT TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES TO ACTUALLY GET THERE. OTHERWISE WE ARE SETTING HER
AND ALL OF OUR STUDENTS UP FOR FAILURE. I MEAN WE GOT TO BE REAL HERE GUYS OTHERWISE LIKE WHAT'S THE POINT OTHERWISE THIS IS JUST A SHELL GAME LIKE OTHERWISE THIS IS JUST PERFORMATIVE. I THINK I JUST WANT TO SORT OF REITERATE WHAT I TRIED TO SAY EARLIER WHICH IS THAT I FEEL LIKE I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO GET TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT CALL WHEN WE MADE THESE GOALS IT WAS A VERY CLEAR DIRECTIVE FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY WANTED US TO BE SUPER AMBITIOUS AND TO REALLY THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND TO INTO HOW HIGH STANDARDS. SO LIKE I, I TEND TO AGREE WITH THE FEELING IN COMMISSIONER RAY THAT I WOULD FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE REDUCING THESE TARGETS WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY INPUT BECAUSE I AS A BOARD MEMBER ACTUALLY VOTED TO INCREASE THEM SOMEWHAT UNCOMFORTABLY BUT BECAUSE EVERYBODY FROM ALL YOU KNOW FROM ALL ANGLES OF THE COMMUNITY LIKE IT WAS REALLY TO ME IT WAS SORT OF SURPRISING LIKE I WAS MY INSTINCT WAS TO HAVE LOWER TARGETS AND THEN
FOLKS WERE LIKE NO, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT FROM OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SO I THINK I WOULD ALSO OPPOSE CHANGING THESE WITHOUT SOME SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY INPUT. AT THE SAME TIME I JUST WANT TO GO BACK AND AGAIN SAY THAT HAPPENED IN 2022, RIGHT? WE DID COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN MARCH AND OCTOBER. WE WE ADOPTED THE GOALS IN OCTOBER OF 2022. SO THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE BUDGET EVEN BEGAN TO REFLECT THOSE GOALS WAS A 2324 SCHOOL YEAR 2425 WAS THE SECOND YEAR 2526 THE YEAR WE'RE IN NOW IS THE THIRD YEAR. SO TO ME EXTENDING BY A YEAR REALLY ACTUALLY GETS US TO THE FULL FIVE YEARS RIGHT? BECAUSE WE WERE BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST IMPLEMENTATION. I MEAN TO HIS POINT WE DIDN'T HAVE AN 18 MONTHS LEAD TIME. WE HAD A SIX MONTH LEAD TIME AND SO SO REALLY 2324 WAS EVEN THOUGH WE SAID 2027 BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE FIVE YEARS FROM WHEN WE ADOPTED THEM IT WAS REALLY IF WE'D REALLY BEEN FOLLOWING THE LEAD TIME THING IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 2028. SO I ACTUALLY THINK 2028 IS SORT OF A SENSIBLE TIME FOR US
TO EXTEND TO AND TO RECALIBRATE AND AND YOU KNOW IN THE MEANTIME I THINK IF THERE'S ISSUES WITH MORALE IF STARTS LIKE THESE ARE TOTALLY UNATTAINABLE, I THINK WE COULD SAY OKAY GREAT COME TO US WITH LET'S TALK LET'S HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. I MEAN I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS I THINK WE CAN HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITHOUT ADJUSTING THESE RIGHT NOW LIKE WE CAN SAY LOOK, SOME WAYS RPA HAS ALREADY DONE THIS. >> YEAH. AND I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE I MEAN I WOULD LOVE A PRESENTATION IN MAY WHERE YOU'RE LIKE LOOK, HERE'S WHAT WE THINK WE CAN REALISTICALLY ACHIEVE. LET'S THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED AND BRET HART IF WE WERE TO RESOURCE SCHOOLS AT THIS LEVEL WE COULD DO THIS. HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED TO JOHN MUIR WHERE THEY HAD HIGHER INVESTMENTS. THIS IS WHAT THEY DID. THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD COST TO GET US THERE. I WOULD LOVE THAT CONVERSATION. I MEAN THAT IS THE CONVERSATION I THINK WE SHOULD BE HAVING AND AND THEN WE CAN GO BACK TO THESE NUMBERS AND SAY OKAY, WELL WHAT'S REALISTIC LIKE RIGHT NOW WE HAVEN'T EVEN TO ME I THINK IT'S WAY TOO EARLY TO TALK ABOUT ADJUSTING THESE NUMBERS AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN HAD THAT CONVERSATION. I AGREE AND I WILL JUST SAY COMMISSIONER FISHER LIKE I MEAN KNOWING THAT THESE ARE FIVE
YEAR GOALS WHETHER WE ARE ON OR OFF TRACK DOES NOT CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF SHIFTING OUR BUDGET TO TRY TO MEET OUR GOALS. RIGHT? SO I MEAN THAT THAT SHOULD BE ANNUALLY EVERY YEAR AS WE LOOK AT OUR BUDGET, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASK OF THE SUPERINTENDENT DURING THAT BUDGET CYCLE REMAIN RIGHT. TELL US HOW THIS BUDGET REFLECTS A MOVEMENT TOWARDS THE GOALS THAT WE SET RIGHT WHETHER THAT GOAL IS 70% OR 65% FOR ANY ONE GOAL, RIGHT? LIKE I THINK WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE THE DATA THAT TELLS US THAT WE ARE GOING TO MEET IT OR NOT BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE SPIRIT OF THE CONVERSATION AROUND OUR BUDGETING CYCLE. >> RIGHT? SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YEAH. AND TO BE CLEAR I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR LOWERING THE GOAL. I'M ADVOCATING FOR INCREASING RESOURCES TO ACTUALLY MEET THE GOALS AS WELL. SO I THINK WE'RE ALL VERY, VERY MUCH ALONE IN THAT AND I REALLY IF THAT'S A CONVERSATION WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ON MAY 12TH I
CANNOT WAIT FOR THAT CONVERSATION. I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS BRING US TO A ROLL CALL VOTE FOR BOTH ITEMS ITEM EACH ONE AND ITEM H TWO FOR APPROVAL. I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE GOVERNANCE CALENDAR. NO. DO YOU GENUINELY BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS IN THIS GOVERNANCE CALENDAR FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND IT CONTINUES TO SEE ITERATION AND CONTINUES TO IMPROVE. >> BUT WHAT I DON'T SEE HERE IS A MEETING IN ORDER TO APPROVE HIRES BEFORE THEY HAVE TO START WORK ON AUGUST 1ST WHICH WE HAD ON JULY 29TH LAST YEAR. AND SO AND I WOULD I DON'T SEE IS A MEETING LIKE ON JUNE 30TH IN CASE THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE BUDGET WORK AND IF THAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE SO IMPROVED IN OUR H.R. AND HIRING PROCESSES THAT EVERYBODY WILL HAVE AN OFFER ACCEPTED AND A CONTRACT BEFORE US AND THE BUDGET WILL BE TIED UP BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR STUDY SESSIONS BY JUNE 23RD HAZARD TO
EVERYBODY BUT IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE REAL GOVERNANCE CALENDAR LOOKS LIKE. I AM PLANNING ON LEAVING DURING RECESS THE COUNTRY HOPEFULLY AND I THINK JUST WE ALL NEED SOME CLARITY AROUND PLANNING AND AROUND SETTING REALISTIC WORKFLOWS AND SO IF REALISTIC WE HAVING PEOPLE EDUCATORS CONTRACTED BY AUGUST 1ST REQUIRES SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOVERNANCE CALENDAR THAT ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHES ALL OF THE OPERATIONAL NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT. >> SO THAT'S MY QUESTION IS ARE WE THERE OR IS ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A FURTHER REVISED GOVERNANCE CALENDAR? I'VE CONSULTED WITH ALL OF MY EXECUTIVE TEAM AND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT GOVERNANCE CALENDAR BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE ROLL CALL CAN WE EXTEND OUR MEETING SO THIS IS A LEGITIMATE VOTE. I KNOW I LOST SO MOVED SECOND MOTION TO EXTEND PAST 10 P.M. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEALING YES. PRESIDENT KIM YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WORK YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES.
COMMISSIONER FISCHER YES. CAN YOU DO A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE ON ACTION ITEMS EACH ONE AND EACH TWO MOTION COMMISSIONER RAY AND YEAH. WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOU? CAN WE VOTE AT 845? >> OKAY, SO IF I WERE VOTING ONE VOTE FOR BOTH OF THEM. >> OKAY. YES. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEALING YES. PRESIDENT KIM YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. COMMISSIONER FISCHER YES. >> AT MH THREE APPROVAL OF PIPS AND WAIVERS. OH SO SORRY. JUST MOVE SO QUICKLY. THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH. APPRECIATE YOUR WORK HERE AND EXCITED TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING TO ITEM H THREE APPROVAL OF PIPS AND WAIVERS CAN HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE PIPS ON WAIVERS .
SECOND IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED THE BOARD APPROVE THIS ITEM I ASKED DR. SU TO BRING THIS ITEM FORWARD. I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO OUR ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT OF H.R. ANYWHERE. THANKS. I JUST HAVE ONE WAIVER FOR A BILINGUAL ELEMENTARY EDUCATION TEACHER. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. THE BILL IS NOW CLOSED ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER. YES. VICE PRESIDENT HULING YES. PRESIDENT KIM YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. COMMISSIONER FISHER YES. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE 2026 2027 DECLARATION OF NEED FOR FULLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS. CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? I MOVE THE 2627 DECLARATION OF NEED FOR FULLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS. SECOND, IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THIS ITEM. DR. SU RIGHT. >> OKAY SO THIS IS AN ANNUAL
DECLARATION THAT THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO MAKE WITH THE CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON TEACHER CREDENTIALING IN ORDER TO GRANT WAIVERS AND HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY DUE TO A LACK OF FULLY CREDENTIALED EDUCATORS. THERE ARE TWO RESOLUTIONS ONE FOR THE DISTRICT AND ONE FOR THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION . THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? YES, I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. I ACTUALLY HAD A QUESTION SO I THOUGHT TWO ATTACHMENTS THAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WAS IS THAT IS THIS WHAT YOU JUST REFERRED TO BECAUSE THERE'S A COUNTY THE COUNTY AND THE DISTRICT. YES. THE CDC REQUIRES US TO DO IT FOR BOTH THE COUNTY OFFICE AND THE DISTRICT. OKAY. THANK YOU. >> DEBATE IS NOW CLOSED ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE THESE ITEM OR THIS ITEM ROLL CALL VOTE. POLICE COMMISSIONER RAY YES . COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER. YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEARING YES. PRESIDENT KIM YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN MORE YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. COMMISSIONER FISCHER YES. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT KIM HAS A STANDING RECUSAL FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR DUE TO HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO TO WHICH IS A FREQUENT CONTRACTOR WITH THE DISTRICT TO AVOID ANY APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT. AND SUPERINTENDENT, ARE THERE ANY ALTERATIONS TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR TONIGHT? YES. STAFF WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 39 FROM CONSENT AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR I'M SORRY MAYBE IT SHOULD BE GUADALUPE ELEMENTARY THAT NEEDS TO BE RE NOTICED UNDER PUBLIC CONTRACTING. YES RULES AND WILL COME BACK TO US LATER. YES IT WILL CONSENT. I'M SMILING BECAUSE THERE COULD BE A VARIETY OF REASONS THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF MANY. I'M JUST SAYING THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S IT. >> OKAY. BUT YES, VICE PRESIDENT HULING, ITEM 39 IS A CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND WE WILL BRING IT BACK AT A LATER TIME. THANK YOU. SO I MOVE THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR MINUS ITEM 39 SECOND.
OKAY SECOND WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. ONE SECOND PLEASE. WHO MOTIONED? SORRY IT WAS THANK YOU. ANY SECOND. I APPRECIATE THAT. >> OKAY. COMMISSIONER RAY? YES. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER? YES, VICE PRESIDENT HEARING YES. PRESIDENT KIM COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD. YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. COMMISSIONER FISHER. YEP. >> THANK YOU. ANY BOARD MEMBER REPORTS? >> I'LL DO A BRIEF ONE FOR THE YOU LOOK SO EXCITED I HAVE. >> IS THIS FOR THE BEST AD HOC? YES, EXACTLY. YES, SOME OF THE BEST THAT YOU NEED. >> YEAH. SO SO FOR THAT JUST FOR YOU LISA FOR THE BEST FOR THE BEST AD HOC WE HAD OUR MEETING AT THE INTERMEDIATE LAFAYETTE THANK YOU LAFAYETTE FOR HOSTING THE AD HOC COMMITTEE. WE HAVE TAKEN IN COMMUNITY INPUT FOR FOR WHAT WILL BE A FINAL DRAFT OF OUR ROUTINE ENGAGEMENT BUT FOR THE MAJOR
DECISION ENGAGEMENT WE ARE WAITING UPON THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AS FAR AS WHAT STAFF WILL DO FOR MAJOR DECISIONS AND HOW THEY'RE PUBLIC, HOW STAFF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WILL WORK. OUR COMMUNITY HAD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STAFF AS WELL AND WE WERE VERY THANKFUL FOR SUPERINTENDENT SUE HONG MAY AND CHRISTINA JOINING US TO TAKE IN THAT INPUT. THEY'LL PROVIDE A PLAN AND ONCE WE HAVE THAT PLAN THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE WHAT BOARD PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WILL LOOK LIKE BASED ON STAFF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. SO AND WE WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH BOARD MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY TO A BOARD MEMBERS CAN SEE THE ROUTINE ENGAGEMENT DRAFT AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW THAT WILL WITH SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND INPUT BE BROUGHT FORWARD COME MAY SO AT THE END OF THIS YEAR FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN THE 2526 SORRY IN THE 2627 SCHOOL YEAR. >> SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THAT. >> I WISH THAT THE SECOND BEST
AD HOC HAD A REPORT BUT OUR WORK IS JUST SO BORING THAT YOU WOULDN'T EVEN WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT SO I'LL WAIT UNTIL AFTER OUR MEETING. >> THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T ACKNOWLEDGED ANYWAY SO I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PRINT OUT SOMEWHERE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE RECOGNITION OF COMMISSIONERS IN ORDER TO SPEAK WE MIGHT NEED A COO HERE TO MAKE ANY WHO. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. I KNOW THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 10:10 P.M.