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MOTION PASSES. ITEM 6.1, ADOPT 2023 2024 UNAUDITED ACTUAL SAX FINANCIAL REPORT. SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER?
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PALACIOS-PETERS.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT SALAMANCA FOR ACTION ITEM 6.1, DEPUTY SALAMANCA.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
COLLEAGUES AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS EVENING'S '23, '24 UNAUDITED ACTUALS.
I'M EXCITED TO BE CELEBRATING MY 18TH YEAR IN SCHOOL BUSINESS AND FINANCE.
IT'S MY 13TH YEAR END CLOSING AND MY EIGHTH YEAR HERE WITH THE DISTRICT.
I'M THRILLED TO CALL CORONADO HOME.
I'M SO TO SEND MY FOUR DAUGHTERS TO ALL OF CORONADO SCHOOLS.
I'M EVEN MORE EXCITED TO CELEBRATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THIS INCREDIBLE TEAM.
THIS SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS.
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYROLL FOR ALL 400 PLUS EMPLOYEES THAT WORK FOR THE DISTRICT OVER 100 UNIQUE BUDGET LEDGERS, ALL OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COMPLIANCE REPORTS.
THOUSANDS OF VENDOR PAYMENTS ALL TOTALING OVER $62,000,000 IN TOTAL EXPENDITURES ON BEHALF OF CUSD.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THEM BY NAME.
AN CAL CAPARE THIS IS OUR FEARLESS LEADER AND AS DIRECTOR OF FISCAL SERVICES, KATHY MOLVE IS OUR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, ALSO HELPING OUT HERE THIS EVENING.
SHARON JIMENEZ, ABRAHAM CONTRERAS AND SUZANNE MITROVICH, ARE ALL ACCOUNTING ASSISTANTS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPPORTING ALL OF THOSE ITEMS THAT I JUST MENTIONED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS REPORT REFLECTS CORONADO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL POSITION AS OF JUNE 30, 2024.
ESSENTIALLY IT'S A SNAPSHOT IN TIME.
IT'S ONE OF THE FEW TIMES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY FREEZE TIME AND SAY, WHAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR, AND THAT IS THE RESULT OF THESE DOCUMENTS.
THEY'RE PREPARED IN COMPLIANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES.
ALSO THE GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD PROVISIONS UNDER GASBY, THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL ACCOUNTING MANUAL, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE OTHER LAWS AND REGULATIONS THAT THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS PUSH OUT SPECIFIC TO THE DOLLARS THAT THEY APPORTIONED TO US.
THEY'RE ALSO AUDITED AND REVIEWED BY EXTERNAL PARTIES.
OUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS ARE BAILEY, CPAS,
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AS WELL AS THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, WHO HAS A LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSIGHT OVER THE DISTRICTS WITHIN THEIR COUNTY OF JURISDICTION.I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN THESE GRAPHICS BEFORE.
I TYPICALLY LIKE TO START FROM A VERY VERY HIGH LEVEL.
THE DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND IS THE MAIN FUND THAT HOUSES ALL OF THE DISTRICT'S GENERAL OPERATIONS.
IT OPERATED WITH A $48,000,000 GENERAL FUND REVENUES, APPROXIMATELY 77% OF THOSE REVENUES ARE DERIVED FROM LCFF FUNDING RESOURCES.
THE STATE REVENUES AS WELL AS OTHER STATE GRANTS.
MOST OF THE MONIES THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS ARE DRIVEN BY STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS AND ENROLLMENT.
WE ARE ALSO SHARING THIS EVENING THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A SUSTAINED DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT.
I'LL GET INTO THE DETAILS A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT ESSENTIALLY, WE PROJECTED FOR MORE STUDENTS THAT ACTUALLY THAN ACTUALLY SHOWED UP FOR THE BEGINNING OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
OUR UNDUPLICATED PUPIL ACCOUNT IS TIED TO ADDITIONAL MONIES WITHIN THE LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA.
THOSE ARE DEFINED AS SUPPLEMENTAL DOLLARS FOR INCREASE OR IMPROVED SERVICES FOR THAT SUBGROUP OF STUDENTS.
WE'VE BEEN HOVERING AROUND 17% FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
ADDITIONALLY, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT REVENUES ARE INFLATED WITH ONE TIME COVID MONIES IN 23 24.
AS WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THIS IS THE END OF THE ONE TIME MONIES AND THE INFLUX OF DOLLARS THAT WE RECEIVED, SCHOOL DISTRICTS RECEIVED AS A RESULT OF THE COVID PANDEMIC.
THAT AMOUNTS TO APPROXIMATELY 1.2 MILLION.
THIS IS OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE SUMMARY.
JUST UNDER 55 MILLION TOTAL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, APPROXIMATELY 80% OF SALARIES AND BENEFITS ACCOUNT FOR THE BULK OF THAT $55 MILLION.
ZOOMING IN A LITTLE BIT. I DO MY BEST TO GROUP LIKE FUNDS TOGETHER, WE HAVE TO RECORD REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR OUR VARIOUS FUNDS AND ACTIVITIES IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
THAT'S THE STATE'S LEGAL REQUIREMENT.
THESE THREE FUNDS ARE GENERALLY WHAT WE WOULD REFER TO AS A GENERAL AND RESERVE FUNDS.
GENERAL FUND 01, AS I MENTIONED, EARLIER IS THE MAIN OPERATING FUND AND THE WAY THAT YOU WOULD READ THIS GRAPHIC ON THE FAR LEFT, WE START WITH THE BEGINNING BALANCE.
WE STARTED WITH APPROXIMATELY $5.7 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND.
EXPENDITURES ARE 54.7 MILLION.
WE EXPERIENCE A DEFICIT SPEND, WE SPENT DOWN OUR RESERVES IN THE GENERAL FUND.
BY JUST UNDER 6.6 MILLION DOLLAR.
YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT LINE UNDER THE RED BOX, WE RECEIVED NET TRANSFERS IN OF 6.1 MILLION DOLLAR.
IF YOU LOOK RIGHT ACROSS, YOU'LL SEE WHERE THE BULK OF THOSE MONIES CAME FROM OR ALL OF THOSE MONIES CAME FROM, IT'S FROM FUND 40.
IT'S ONE OF THE DISTRICTS RESERVE ACCOUNTS, AND WE PRESENT THE SLIDE EVERY TIME I PRESENT BUDGET AND FIGURES TO YOU ALL.
NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS JUST UNDER $500,000 DECREASE IN FUND BALANCE NET OF THAT TRANSFER THAT I JUST MENTIONED FOR A TOTAL ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 5.3 MILLION.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THESE FUNDS TOGETHER, THIS IS THE BUCKET OF FUNDS THAT WE REFER TO, AND WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT THE BRIDGE THE BASIC AID, AND OUR TOTAL AVAILABLE RESERVES DECREASED BY 4.7 MILLION DOLLAR DOWN TO 16.9 MILLION FOR THE '23, '24 SCHOOL YEAR.
MOST OF THE TIME, WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY THREE DIFFERENT TIMES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PRESENT BUDGET AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION UPDATES TO YOU ALL.
MOST OF THE TIME, WE'RE LOOKING INTO A CRYSTAL BALL, WE'RE MAKING PROJECTIONS.
WE'RE MAKING GUESSES BASED OFF OF THE BEST AVAILABLE INFORMATION WE HAVE.
UNAUDITED ACTUALS IS OUR ONE TIME IN THE YEAR WHERE WE GET TO PAUSE, AS I MENTIONED, AND TAKE A LOOK BACK AND SAY WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT DID WE SAY IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE FAR LEFT COLUMN, WE HAVE THE TOTAL REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE GENERAL FUND ADOPTED BUDGET SO CLOSE TO 15 MONTHS AGO, IN JUNE OF 23, THE BOARD WAS ASKED TO APPROVE A BUDGET.
WE PROJECTED THAT WE WOULD DEFICIT SPEND BY 7.2 MILLION DOLLAR.
WE'VE HAD A FEW OPPORTUNITIES SINCE THEN TO PROVIDE UPDATES TO THE BOARD, THINGS LIKE STUDENT ENROLLMENT, STAFFING, NEW GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVED OR UNANTICIPATED EXPENDITURES LIKE A FLOOD, LET'S SAY.
WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO UPDATE OUR BUDGET AND OUR FINANCIALS TO YOU TO GET OUR PROJECTIONS A LOT CLOSER TO WHERE WE THINK WILL END UP.
THE MIDDLE COLUMN, COLUMN B IS WHAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL IN JUNE OF 2024, SO JUST THREE MONTHS AGO, WE ANTICIPATED THAT WE WOULD DEFICIT SPEND BY 6.8 MILLION DOLLAR, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE.
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WELL, THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU THIS EVENING, WE DEFICIT SPEND BY 6.6 MILLION.I'M NEVER EXCITED TO SHARE A DEFICIT SPEND.
WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT, IS OUR TEAM WORKS VERY DILIGENTLY TO PRESENT AS FACTUAL AND AS CLOSE TO THE RIGHT NUMBERS AS POSSIBLE.
THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, LOTS OF DIFFERENT COLORS TO THE TYPES OF MONEY, STRINGS ATTACHED TO STATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS, AND WE WORK REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PRESENTING PRETTY ACCURATE INFORMATION TO YOU ALL.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE VARIANCE ON THE SECOND TO THE RIGHT COLUMN, ADOPTED BUDGET TO UNAUDITED ACTUALS, WE WERE $623,000 OFF FROM OUR PROJECTIONS, 15 MONTHS SPAN OF TIME AND LOTS OF THINGS HAPPENED IN BETWEEN.
THREE MONTHS AGO, WE PRESENTED A BUDGET TO YOU ALL WITH ESTIMATED ACTUAL, ABOUT 281,000 VARIANCE, AND A $55 MILLION BUDGET THAT REPRESENTS A HALF A PERCENT VARIANCE.
WE WOULD LOVE FOR THE NUMBERS TO BE CLOSER.
I ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES IN THE CBO WORLD AND ASKED, HEY, WHERE DID YOU ALL LAND, AND 1% IS THE GOLD STANDARD FOR WHAT YOU EXPECT.
YOU WANT TO GET AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE IN TERMS OF PROJECTIONS, AND WE'RE PROUD TO SHARE THAT OUR ACTUALS ARE WITHIN 1% FROM WHAT WE PROJECTED.
KUDOS TO OUR TEAM AND WE WISH WE DIDN'T HAVE A DEFICIT, BUT HERE WE ARE.
WE HAVE OTHER FUNDS THAT WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU.
WE HAVE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, ESSENTIALLY.
ENTERPRISE IS ANOTHER WORD FOR SAYING BUSINESS TYPE PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS OPERATE EXCLUSIVELY OF THE GENERAL FUND, ALL OF THE ACTIVITY THAT'S HOUSED IN IT HAS TO BE FOR THOSE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS. THE CAFETERIA SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, AS YOU KNOW, HAS BENEFITED SIGNIFICANTLY AND OUR FAMILIES HAVE BENEFITED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE UNIVERSAL BREAKFAST AND LUNCH PROGRAMS. THAT FUND OPERATED WITH A SURPLUS OF ABOUT $400,000, MAKING THEIR ENDING FUND BALANCE 1.6.
MUCH OF THOSE DOLLARS ALSO REPRESENT ONE TIME GRANTS.
YOU MAY, IF YOU HAVE VISITED THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, NOTICE THE NEW WALK IN FRIDGE AND FREEZER, THOSE WERE PAID FULLY BY STATE GRANTS, AND WE HAVE A FEW MORE PROJECTS LOOMING WITH THOSE FUNDS.
NEXT FUN IS FUND 19, THE FOUNDATION SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT.
THIS IS WHERE ALL BBMAC ACTIVITY IS HOUSED.
THEY RENT TO OUTSIDE USERS, THE LOCAL USERS AS WELL AND PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PROGRAMMING TO OUR LOCAL STUDENTS HERE.
PE PROGRAMS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SWIM, LAUNCH TO SWIM PROGRAMS, AND ALSO JUST SWIM DAY ACTIVITIES.
OUR COMPETITIVE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ALSO GET TO USE OUR POOL FREE OF CHARGE AND SO THAT IS IN DUE PART FROM A CONTRIBUTION FROM THE DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT THOSE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS. THAT FUND ENDED WITH A SURPLUS OF 191,000 BRINGING THEIR ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 206.
IF YOU LOOK TO THE FAR RIGHT, WE OPERATE PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS. THE PROGRAMS OPERATE AS ONE, BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP THE FINANCES OF THEM SEPARATE.
WE OPERATE A STATE FUNDING PRESCHOOL PROGRAM UNDER FUND 12 AND A FEE FOR SERVICE PROGRAM UNDER FUND 63.
ESSENTIALLY, ANYONE THAT QUALIFIES FOR THE STATE SUBSIDY OR INCOME OR OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE UNDER THE ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES, THEIR ACTIVITY WOULD BE FOCUSED IN FUND 12.
ALL OF THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES RELATIVE TO THE STAFFING OF THOSE PROGRAMS IS HOUSED IN THAT ACCOUNT AND ALL OF THE FEE BASED PROGRAMS ARE HOUSED IN THE FUND 63, BUT THEY DO OPERATE AS ESSENTIALLY ONE CLASSROOM ON EACH OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.
ALL OF OUR ENTERPRISE PROGRAMS OPERATED A SURPLUS, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT THEIR STAFFING AND OPERATIONS ARE GENERALLY RIGHT SIZED.
THESE WOULD BE REFERRED TO AS NON MAJOR FUNDS.
CUSD OPERATES IN ADULT EDUCATION FUND UNDER FUND 11.
THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES ARE MEANT TO BE SELF SUSTAINING, SO WE RECEIVE STATE GRANTS TO OPERATE ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO ENCROACHMENT ON THE DISTRICT GENERAL FUND.
WE'RE PROUD TO SHARE THAT THEY OPERATED WITH A SLIGHT SURPLUS 10,000 IS PRETTY CLOSE TO ALL YOU CAN ASK FOR TO BREAK EVEN.
THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE FUND HOUSES A RESERVE FOR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE TYPE ACTIVITIES, THE REVENUES THAT YOU SEE THERE ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF INTEREST EARNINGS FOR THE YEAR.
THE CAPITAL FACILITIES FUND 25, YOU'LL SEE REVENUES OF APPROXIMATELY $130,000.
THOSE REPRESENT DEVELOPER FEE MONIES, ALSO KNOWN AS MITIGATION FEES.
THE GENERAL IDEA BEHIND THOSE MONIES IS IF LOCAL PROPERTY OWNERS ADD LIVABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE TO THEIR HOMES.
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THEY BELIEVE THAT THERE MAY BE CHILDREN IN THOSE HOMES THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED AND GO TO OUR SCHOOLS, AND SO THAT'S HOW THOSE REVENUES ARE GENERATED.THE EXPENDITURES OF THE FUND ARE TYPICAL WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT EVERY TIME WE PRESENT THE BUDGET, $550,000 TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT'S NON VOTER APPROVED DEBT, ALSO REFERRED TO AS CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION OR COPS.
THESE ARE NON VOTER APPROVED DEBTS THAT WERE TAKEN OUT IN THE LATE '90S, AND WE HAVE DEBT SERVICE ON THIS UNTIL 2035 AND SO THAT'S THE AMOUNTS THAT YOU'LL SEE THERE.
YOU'LL SEE NET TRANSFERS IN AT 400,000, 396 TO BE EXACT.
THAT IS SUPPORT THAT COMES FROM OUR OTHER RESERVE FUND, FUND 40, AS I MENTIONED, A FEW SLIDES BACK, AND YOU'LL SEE A NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT $24,000 IN THE NEGATIVE.
MORE FUNDS. THANKS FOR BEARING WITH ME.
THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUND FOR BLENDED COMPONENT UNITS, FUND 49.
THIS HOUSES ALL OF THE DISTRICT'S FACILITIES FOR FACILITIES MONEY.
IF YOU RECALL, THE DISTRICT TOOK OUT A LOAN OF $12 MILLION ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE SEE TO OUR LEFT.
THEY LEASED THAT PROPERTY OUT TO THE NAVY, GENERATED LEASE REVENUES.
THE LEASE REVENUES ARE WHAT'S USED TO PAY THE DEBT THAT THE DISTRICT USED TO ACCESS THAT 12 MILLION.
THEY CAN ONLY BE USED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS IN CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.
THINGS LIKE ROOF, ANYTHING BUILDING RELATED, PIPE BURSTS, EQUIPMENT THAT WE PURCHASE, THINGS LIKE IT INFRASTRUCTURE, LAPTOPS, CHROMEBOOKS, ALL OF OUR TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT IS ALSO PAID FOR OUT OF THOSE FUNDS.
LASTLY, WE HAVE THE FOUNDATION PERMANENT FUND UNDER FUND 57.
THIS FUND HOUSES RESTRICTED DONATIONS TO THE DISTRICT.
YOU'LL SEE A PRETTY SIZABLE REVENUE, ABOUT $300,000.
THE DISTRICT WAS GIFTED THROUGH AN ESTATE.
I HAVE TROUBLE SAYING WE WERE BEQUEATHED $300,000 TO ESTABLISH SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS IN SUPPORT OF STUDENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH OR PURSUING FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE THE BENEFACTOR OF THAT AND PASS THAT ALONG TO OUR STUDENTS.
>> MULTI-YEAR PROJECTIONS IS ANOTHER COMPONENT OF OUR BUDGETARY PLANNING REQUIREMENTS.
AS MANY OF YOU ALL KNOW, THE DISTRICT'S LONG-RANGE PLANNING GOAL IS TO REACH BASIC AID WHILE MAXIMIZING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE HERE TODAY.
WE HAVE BUILT UP A RESERVE BALANCE THAT WE'RE SLOWLY SPENDING DOWN OR MAYBE NOT SO SLOWLY SPENDING DOWN, JUST IN TIME FOR US REACHING BASIC AID IN '27-28.
WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTIONS THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU ALL IN JUNE OF '24, OR ESTIMATED ACTUALS.
WE PROJECTED TO END THIS SCHOOL YEAR, '23-24 WITH $16.5 MILLION IN THE BANK.
WE, AS I ILLUSTRATED EARLIER, ENDED ABOUT $400,000 MORE, AND THIS IS THE IMPACT OF THAT IN THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTIONS.
IT'S A ONE TIME INFLUX OF $400,000, ESSENTIALLY, ENDING THE YEAR, '23-24 WITH 16.9, CARRYING THAT FORWARD, STILL EXPERIENCE A NEGATIVE ENDING FUND BALANCE IN '26-27.
TO SPELL IT OUT, NEGATIVE 0.7 MILLION WAS PROJECTED THREE MONTHS AGO.
THE NEGATIVE IS NOW PROJECTED TO BE STILL $0.3 MILLION IN THE NEGATIVE.
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT AND WHY DO WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT BRIDGE TO BASIC AID? AS AS MANY OF YOU ALL KNOW, THE DISTRICT ANTICIPATES SHIFTING ITS FUNDING MODEL FROM THE LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA TO BASIC AID IN '27-28.
PRETTY AWESOME GRAPHIC, I THINK.
IF YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT, THIS IS THE LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA.
IT DETERMINES THE MINIMUM LEVEL OF FUNDING THAT'S REQUIRED FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO OPERATE.
OF COURSE, IT TAKES MORE, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE STATE DETERMINES IS THE MINIMUM NEED.
LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES, FILL UP THE BUCKET AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, ANYTHING NOT BROUGHT UP TO THE FULL BUCKET IS BACK FILLED BY THE STATE.
IT'S A COMMON MISCONCEPTION THAT CORONADO IS FUNDED BASED OFF OF LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES.
THERE'S A LONG HISTORY AS IT RELATES TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT IF YOU ATTEND THE BUDGET STUDY COMMITTEE NEXT WEDNESDAY.
BUT FOR NOW, THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS, IF YOU HAVE SIGNIFICANT LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES THAT ARE SUFFICIENT TO FILL YOUR MINIMUM STATE AID, AND THEN SOME, SO THE BUCKET TO THE RIGHT.
YOU GET TO KEEP THAT ALL AND IT'S ALL PROGRAMS. WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET,
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BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ANTICIPATE BECOMING IN '27-28.ROUGH ESTIMATES, WE ANTICIPATE ANYWHERE FROM $8-12 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL ONGOING REVENUES.
WE JUST HAVE TO GET THERE AND THAT'S WHY THE BRIDGE TO BASIC AID IS SO IMPORTANT.
THIS IS ANOTHER GRAPHIC THAT I'VE COMMITTED TO SHARING WITH YOU ALL.
THIS IS HOW WE TRACK THE SPEND DOWN OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY'S DEBT.
THIS IS NOT DEBT OF THE DISTRICT.
THIS IS THE DEBT OF A REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, AN AGENCY CREATED SEPARATE AND APART FROM THOSE TWO ENTITIES TO BUILD THINGS HERE IN CORONADO, WAY BACK WHEN.
LONG STORY SHORT, THE RDA HAS TO PAY DOWN THE DEBT.
THE PROJECTED REDEMPTIONS ARE NOTED IN THE SECOND COLUMN.
THE ACTUAL REDEMPTIONS OR PAYMENTS ARE NOTED IN THE SECOND COLUMN FROM THE RIGHT.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ANTICIPATED PAYMENT FOR 2024, THE PROJECTED PAYMENT AMOUNT WAS 8.8 MILLION.
THE ACTUAL PROJECTED, IT'S GOING TO BE APPROVED ON OCTOBER 1ST BY THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY IS ACTUALLY 12.5 MILLION FOR A DIFFERENCE IN EXCESS OF $3.7 MILLION.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT NUMBER, $8.6 MILLION IS HOW FAR AHEAD OF THE GAME THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY IS TOWARDS PAYING OFF THAT DEBT.
IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THAT 5.6 NUMBER.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST NUMBER ON THE SECOND COLUMN, IT'S 8.8 MILLION.
THERE'S ALMOST ENOUGH OVERAGE PAYMENT TO MAKE THAT LAST PAYMENT WELL AHEAD OF THE SCHEDULE.
WE'RE FEELING VERY CONFIDENT, ASSUMING THAT PROPERTY TAXES CONTINUE AT LEAST ON PAR FOR A 4.5% TAX GROWTH, THAT CUSD WILL IN FACT BECOME A BASIC AID DISTRICT IN '27-28.
AGAIN, WE JUST HAVE TO GET THERE. THE ROAD AHEAD.
INCLUDED IN OUR DEPARTMENT UPDATES IS A LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.
AGAIN, THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IS, AMONG OTHER FISCAL OVERSIGHT AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTION.
BUT AS IT RELATES TO MY WORLD, BUDGET, AND FINANCES.
EVERY TIME WE PRESENT SOMETHING TO YOU ALL, THE COUNTY WILL THEN REVIEW IT.
THEY LOOK AT THE DETAILS OF OUR GENERAL LEDGER, OUR TRANSACTIONS, OUR ASSUMPTIONS, AND THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SAYING, THIS LOOKS PRETTY ACCURATE, OR PROBABLY WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND FIX THINGS.
WE'RE PROUD TO SHARE THAT THEY DID AFFIRM THE DISTRICT'S PRESENTATION OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET, OUR ASSUMPTIONS LINED UP, OUR TRANSACTIONS WERE APPROPRIATE.
BUT THEY DID INCLUDE SOME LANGUAGE THAT DID GIVE US PAUSE, NOT FROM ANYTHING WE'RE DOING, BUT MORE IN TERMS OF LONG-RANGE PLANNING.
I TYPICALLY DON'T WANT TO READ SLIDES, BUT I'M GOING TO DO IT TODAY BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
THE ADOPTED BUDGET SHOWS THE DISTRICT WILL BE UNABLE TO MEET ITS MULTI-YEAR FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS IN SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS WITHOUT ADDITIONAL BUDGET SOLUTIONS.
ANY UNANTICIPATED FACTORS SUCH AS A DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT OR NEGOTIATED SALARY INCREASES COULD NECESSITATE ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE REDUCTIONS TO MAINTAIN FISCAL SOLVENCY.
THE '24-25 FIRST INTERIM REPORT MUST INCLUDE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTIONS, INCORPORATING THE '24-25 STATE ADOPTED BUDGET AS WELL AS A DETAILED PLAN TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED RESERVE LEVELS IN FISCAL YEARS '25-26 AND '26-27.
THERE'S A LOT TO UNPACT THERE. WE PRESENTED OUR ADOPTED BUDGET TO YOU ALL JUST THREE MONTHS AGO IN JUNE. THEY REVIEWED IT.
THEY SAID, YOU'RE PROJECTING TO HAVE A DEFICIT, A NEGATIVE ENDING FUND BALANCE IN '26-27 OF 0.7 MILLION.
AS YOU'LL RECALL, WE ARE REQUIRED TO PRESENT BUDGETS THAT HAVE AT LEAST A 3% MINIMUM RESERVE, WHICH IS ABOUT $1.7 MILLION.
NOT ONLY DO WE NOT HAVE THE $1.7 MILLION IN THE THIRD YEAR OUT BUT WE'RE NEGATIVE NOW 0.3 BASED OFF OF WHAT WE'RE SHARING THIS EVENING.
ADDITIONALLY, IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES OR REDUCTIONS IN REVENUE, THAT'S GOING TO MAKE THE PROBLEM EVEN BIGGER.
THEY'RE ALSO DIRECTING US TO PRESENT THEM WITH A BUDGET AND A BUDGET PLAN THAT SHOWS HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEMONSTRATE THAT 3% IN THE '26-27 SCHOOL YEAR.
WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION THAT I SHARED EARLIER ARE SOME INFORMATION THAT WE JUST LEARNED SINCE ADOPTED BUDGET.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW, WE'RE OFTENTIMES REQUIRED TO ADOPT OUR BUDGET EVEN BEFORE THE STATE DOES.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST YEAR WHERE WE'RE NOT EXPECTING TOO MANY CHANGES BASED OFF OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET AS IT RELATES TO FUNDING THAT COMES FROM THEM TO US.
SOME OF THE SURPRISES, BUT NOT UNEXPECTED,
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WE REMOVED FOR TEACHER FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS AT ADOPTED BUDGET.WE SAID OUR ENROLLMENT IS GOING TO BE LOWER.
WE CAN STAY WITHIN CLASS SIZE AVERAGES REQUIRED BY OUR CONTRACT AS WELL AS BY THE STATE.
WE HAVE SINCE ADDED FOUR TEACHER FTE, APPROXIMATELY $350,000 IN ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES THAT AREN'T YET INCLUDED IN THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTIONS OR THE BUDGET THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU IN JUNE.
WE DID THAT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF STUDENTS.
WE WANTED TO BREAK UP SOME OF OUR COMBO CLASSES AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS WELL AS WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT REGISTERED.
RETURNING FAMILIES THAT WE WERE EXPECTING TO BE HERE HAD NO REASON TO BELIEVE THEY WOULDN'T RETURN THAT IN FACT, DID NOT.
WE MADE A LOT OF DECISIONS BASED OFF OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE EXPECTED TO COME BACK.
WE ACCEPTED A WHOLE LOT OF INTERDISTRICT TRANSFERS.
I SHARED THE NUMBERS WITH YOU AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING AND THE IMPACT WAS ADDITIONAL STAFFING.
SOME OF OUR CLASS SIZE AVERAGES ARE PROBABLY SOME OF THE LOWEST I'VE SEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT.
IT'S GREAT YEAR FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF.
BUT WE DO HAVE TO ADDRESS THE IMBALANCE OF THE BUDGET.
ADDITIONALLY, WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED, WE DID INCLUDE A 1.07% SALARY INCREASE IN OUR BUDGET PROJECTIONS, BUT NOTHING BEYOND THAT IS INCLUDED.
THOSE POSSIBLE INCREASE EXPENDITURES ARE ALSO NOT INCLUDED.
I'M SHARING THIS BECAUSE OF IN LIGHT OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE COUNTY, ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES ARE GOING TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS OR ADDITIONAL BUDGET SOLUTIONS.
OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE UNANTICIPATED.
WE PROJECTED THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE OR WELCOME 2,800 STUDENTS TO START THE '24-25 SCHOOL YEAR.
THOSE PROJECTIONS CAME IN A LITTLE LESS.
WE, AS RECENTLY AS MONDAY, WELCOMED 2,760 STUDENTS, SO 40 STUDENTS LESS THAN WE HAD BUDGETED.
OUR MULTI-YEAR PROJECTIONS ARE BASED OFF OF THAT HIGHER NUMBER, OUR REVENUES ARE BASED OFF OF THAT HIGHER NUMBER.
WE'RE LIKELY GOING TO NEED TO DECREASE OUR LCF REVENUE PROJECTIONS BY APPROXIMATELY 400,000 TO ACCOUNT FOR THOSE 40 STUDENTS LESS THAT WE ARE OPENING THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH.
THERE ARE SOME EXCITING THINGS THAT HAPPENED AT THE STATE.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK OR A LOT OF BIT MORE WORK, DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ARE TO INCREASE OUR ADA YIELDS.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE FUNDED ON ACTUAL ATTENDANCE AND NOT ENROLLMENT.
THE STATE HAS GIVEN US ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO GET ATTENDANCE CREDIT, EITHER THROUGH INDEPENDENT STUDY OR THROUGH ATTENDANCE RECOVERY PROGRAMS. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF MYSTERY AROUND IT AT THE STATE LEVEL.
THEY HAVEN'T ISSUED US ANY TEMPLATES.
THEY HAVEN'T ISSUED US ANY AUDIT GUIDELINES BUT THEY SAID, HERE'S THE LAW, FIGURE IT OUT, AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
BUT WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
ASSUMING WE'RE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR ATTENDANCE PERCENTAGE, WE'VE APPROXIMATED EACH 1% INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE TO ADD ABOUT $330,000 TO OUR REVENUES.
NOT YET REALIZED, BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE UP SOME OF THE DEFICIT FROM THE ENROLLMENT.
WITH THAT, I WANT TO PRESENT JUST BACK OF THE NOTE PAD NUMBERS.
THIS IS THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTIONS AS A RESULT OF THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS, BUT ALSO FACTORING FOR THE '24-25, THOSE KNOWN EXPENDITURES AND DECREASED REVENUES THAT I JUST SPOKE ABOUT.
FOUR TEACHER FTE WOULD RESULT IN DECREASING THE FUND BALANCE ANOTHER 350,000, AND 40 LESS STUDENTS ENROLLED WOULD DECREASE OUR REVENUES BY ANOTHER $400,000.
IN THAT SHORT SPAN OF THREE MONTHS SINCE WE LAST PRESENTED THE BUDGET, THINGS FOR THE MOST PART OUT OF OUR CONTROL, IMPACTED THE BUDGET NEGATIVELY ABOUT $750,000.
WE'RE COMMITTED TO BRIDGING THIS BASIC AID PROBLEM, AND THEN ALSO FOCUS ON SUSTAINING PROGRAMS. I HAVE FAITH IN THIS COMMUNITY, I HAVE FAITH IN THIS BOARD, IN THIS LEADERSHIP TEAM TO GET CREATIVE TO HELP US GET TO BASIC AID IN ONE PIECE.
BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT ALONE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.
IF IN PERSON MEETINGS AREN'T YOUR THING, WE'VE CREATED THIS GOOGLE FORM TO ASK OR TELL US ANYTHING.
IF YOU'D LIKE CLARIFICATION ON INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE BUDGET OR IF YOU HAVE IDEAS THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE THINKING ABOUT, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO FILL OUT THIS FORM OR SCAN THAT QR CODE AND FILL OUT THE FORM.
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THIS WILL BE POSTED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE TOMORROW.IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MORE OF AN INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE, WE HOST QUARTERLY BUDGET STUDY COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
THE NEXT ONE IS SCHEDULED HERE IN THE BOARD ROOM NEXT WEDNESDAY, SO A WEEK FROM YESTERDAY ON SEPTEMBER 18TH AT 3:45.
NEW THIS YEAR, WE'RE OFFERING A WEBINAR OPTION.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS, BUT WE DO ASK THAT YOU SUBMIT QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT WE CAN PREPARE YOUR PRESENTATION TOWARDS THE NEEDS OF THE ATTENDEES.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THE HISTORICAL SLIDE DECK, PLEASE CLICK ON THAT LINK OR SCAN THAT QR CODE.
EVERY SINGLE SLIDE PRESENTATION THAT WE'VE SHARED WITH THE BUDGET STUDY COMMITTEE SINCE ITS INCEPTION 2019 IS INCLUDED IN THERE.
YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN.
IN ADDITION, THE COUNTY GAVE US SOME HOMEWORK AND WE THOUGHT QUARTERLY MEETINGS MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH.
WE ARE NOW ADDING ANOTHER BUDGET STUDY COMMITTEE MEETING OCTOBER 9TH AT 3:45, ALSO HERE, SAME WEBINAR LINK.
WE HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT TO ONE OR BOTH OF THEM. NEXT STEPS.
AS I MENTIONED, THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS ARE AUDITED BY THE EXTERNAL AUDITORS.
AT THE COMPLETION OF THEIR WORK, THEY'LL ISSUE A REPORT, WHICH IS TYPICALLY PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY, AND ITS JANUARY BOARD MEETING, AND THEN WE BEGIN WORK LOOKING AT FIRST INTERIM UPDATING OUR PROJECTIONS FOR JUST THE TYPES OF ITEMS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
OUR RECOMMENDATION THIS EVENING IS THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE '23-24 UNAUDITED ACTUALS FOR SUBMISSION TO THE COUNTY OFFICE OF ED.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU. AT THIS POINT, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 6.1? > GOOD EVENING. JENNIFER LANDRY, CORONADO. COUPLE OF THINGS.
AS SOME OF US IN THE ROOM LIKE TO SAY, THERE'S MULTIPLE SIDES TO EVERY STORY.
WE HAVE HEARD ONE SIDE OF THE STORY THIS EVENING.
WE INVITE YOU AND EVERYBODY ELSE TO GO TO NATOACT.ORG AND SEE OUR SIDE WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS SAME REPORT.
COME ON OVER AND SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT TO SAY AS WELL.
I ALSO WANT TO SPEAK TO THE CHANGE IN THE INDEPENDENT STUDY CONTRACTS THAT YOU SAW AT THE BOTTOM OF ONE OF THOSE SLIDES.
WE UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO CAPTURE MORE ATTENDANCE.
WE ARE USED TO FILLING OUT INDEPENDENT STUDY CONTRACTS.
HOWEVER, THE ROLL OUT OF THIS CHANGE IS, IT'S CAUSING CONFUSION.
WHEN I SAY THAT, I'VE READ WHAT SCHOOL SERVICES SENT OUT REGARDING THIS CHANGE AND WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WERE.
I HAVE READ WHAT THE STATE HAS SAID AND THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE IN IT.
NOWHERE IN THERE DO I FIND THAT THESE CAN BE DONE RETROACTIVELY.
IF YOU ALL HAVE FOUND THAT, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT.
SEND IT OVER CORONADOTEACHERS@GMAIL.COM.
BUT WHAT WE'VE GOT IS WE'VE GOT ONE SITE THAT ROLLED THIS OUT AND SAID, THESE CAN BE DONE RETROACTIVELY AND THERE'S NO LIMIT ON WHEN PARENTS, FAMILIES CAN REQUEST THEM.
IF SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BE OUT, LET'S SAY ON A WEDNESDAY, THEY COULD COME IN ON A TUESDAY AND SAY, I NEED AN ISC.
THAT DOESN'T GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO DO QUALITY WORK AND FILL THAT CONTRACT OUT.
ANOTHER SITE DOESN'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT IT CAN BE RETRO.
WHEN I SAID, IS THERE ANY LANGUAGE THAT PREVENTS THESE JUST FROM BEING DROPPED OFF IN OUR MAILBOX VERSUS A STUDENT DELIVERING THEM TO US SO WE KNOW ABOUT THEM IN A TIMELY MANNER.
WHILE I APPRECIATE THE NEED TO DO THIS, I APPRECIATE THAT IT'S GOING TO GET US SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN PUSH PAUSE ON THE ROLL OUT OF IT UNTIL WE GET A STANDARD POLICY ACROSS ALL FOUR SITES, THAT IS VERY CLEAR TO NOT JUST PARENTS, BUT TO US, THAT YOU MAKE IT SO THAT WE NEED TO BE PRESENTED WITH THE CONTRACT IN PERSON WHEN POSSIBLE, AND THAT WE ALSO BE GIVEN A COUPLE DAYS, IF NOT THREE IN ADVANCE TO THEN FILL OUT THE CONTRACT AND NOT TUESDAY AT 3:00 FOR A WEDNESDAY MORNING ABSENCE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING,
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AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CLARIFICATION.>> TRUSTEES ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS FOR DEPUTY SALAMANCA?
>> YEAH. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION.
IF WE COULD BRING UP HIS REPORT, AND MAYBE GO TO THE SLIDE THAT SAYS, ISN'T IT THE STEP AHEAD OR IT HAD TO DO ABOUT THE CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.
>> THE ROAD AHEAD. YES. IF YOU COULD CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT JUST THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION IS CHARGED OR IS THE SUPERVISING AGENCY FOR ALL OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, APPROXIMATELY 40 SOME 42.
THEY ARE CHARGED WITH SUPERVISING ALL THE DISTRICTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE SOLVENT, THAT THEIR BUDGETS ARE APPROPRIATE, THAT THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE VARIOUS REGULATIONS.
THEY'RE ALSO IN CHARGE OF UNFORTUNATELY, IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG WITH ANY OF THOSE THINGS TO STEPPING IN.
IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? THIS IS OUR SUPERVISING AGENCY.
IN YOUR FIRST IN THE FIRST PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU TOLD US ABOUT THE ACTUALS THAT CAME IN AND SO THEY LOOKED AT AND SO THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION LOOKED AT YOUR ACTUAL NUMBERS AND FOUND THAT AND AGREED THAT THERE WAS A 1.1% VARIANCE, WHICH FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, THAT IS VERY REMARKABLE.
KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF, I THINK ANY ORGANIZATION THAT HAS A 1.1% VARIANCE IN A PROJECTED BUDGET AND THE ACTUAL OVER A 15 MONTH TIME FRAME THAT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE ESPECIALLY WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT MONIES AND GRANTS AND EVERYTHING COMING IN AND OUT.
I DO THINK THAT THAT GIVES US SOME CLARITY ON MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ACCURATE NUMBERS UPON WHICH TO BASE DECISIONS.
THE SECOND BIG TAKEAWAY THAT I HAVE IS THAT THE SCCOE WHEN THEY SENT THIS LETTER, THEY BASICALLY ARE SAYING THAT OUR ADOPTED BUDGET, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT 3% MINIMUM THAT'S REQUIRED, WHICH IS 1.7 MILLION DOLLARS APPROXIMATELY.
AND THAT THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL BUDGET SOLUTIONS.
THEY SAY IN THIS FOURTH LINE DOWN IN THAT QUOTE, THE '24 '25 FIRST INTERIM REPORT MUST INCLUDE MULTI YEAR PROJECTIONS INCORPORATING THE STATE BUDGET AS WELL AS A DETAILED PLAN TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED RESERVE LEVELS IN LATER FISCAL YEARS.
WHEN IS THE '24 '25 FIRST INTERIM REPORT REPORT DUE?
>> THE FIRST INTERIM REPORT IS DUE PRIOR TO DECEMBER 15TH EACH YEAR.
>> WHAT I'M SEEING IS THAT THEY WANT TO PLAN TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED RESERVE LEVELS?
>> WE CAN'T GO NEGATIVE, WE CAN'T GO IN THOSE OUT YEARS, '26 '27, WE CANNOT GO BELOW 1.7 MILLION.
>> THE LEGAL REQUIREMENT IS THAT WE HAVE TO SHOW A 3% RESERVE IN ALL THREE YEARS OF THE BUDGET WINDOW IN ORDER TO HAVE A BUDGET APPROVED.
SO YES, WE NEED TO SHOW 3% IN '26 '27.
>> WE NEED TO MAKE CUTS SOMEWHERE OR FIND ADDITIONAL REVENUE OR HOWEVER, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE.
WE NEED TO FIND THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY IN ORDER TO MEET THE REQUIRED RESERVE IN THOSE OUT YEARS.
THIS AGAIN, IS OUR SUPERVISING AGENCY TELLING US TO DO THIS.
>> YES, THEY HAVE A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE OVERSIGHT BOTH FISCALLY AND PROGRAMMATICALLY TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTION.
>> I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY AND SO I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE YOUNG BLOOD, YOU ZEROED IN ON THE FIRST POINT I WANTED TO MAKE.
I GUESS, I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP WITH TO YOUR COMMENTS WITH THIS QUESTION, IF YOU KNOW, I IMAGINE YOU DO.
WHEN WE ARE TOLD THAT BY DECEMBER 15TH OF THIS YEAR,
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WE HAVE TO HAVE A REPORT THAT MUST INCLUDE MULTI YEAR PROJECTIONS INCORPORATING THE STATE ADOPTED BUDGET AS WELL AS A DETAILED PLAN TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED RESERVE LEVELS IN FISCAL YEARS '25 '26 '27.WHAT IN ACTUALITY, DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? CAN YOU GIVE US A LAYPERSON'S UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE HAVE TO SHOW OR DO TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT WHERE THEY'RE TELLING US IT'S SOMETHING WE MUST PROVIDE.
I THINK IT'S A LITTLE COMPLEX, BUT I'LL TRY AND SIMPLIFY IT.
IN A PERFECT WORLD, THE DISTRICT WILL COME AND SAY, HEY, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THESE ADDITIONAL REVENUES, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THESE ADDITIONAL CUTS, WE'VE TAKEN ACTION TO DO ALL OF THESE THINGS, AND THE BUDGET CAN LEGALLY INCLUDE THOSE INCREASES OR DECREASES.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT MANY OF THE THINGS ARE SUBJECT TO LEGAL CONSTRAINTS.
MANY THINGS OR SOME THINGS MAY NEED TO BE NEGOTIATED WITH OUR UNION GROUPS AND OUR LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.
I THINK REALISTICALLY WHAT THE COUNTY IS LOOKING FOR IS A PLAN AND PROGRESS.
ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT IT IS IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE.
IF YOU'RE SHOWING PROGRESS, YOU'RE MAKING EFFORTS TO DO THIS, THEN THEY WILL WALK ALONGSIDE YOU AND SAY, OKAY, LET'S KEEP DOING THIS WORK.
THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN'T JUST MAKE A DECISION, IMPLEMENT IT, AND THEN RUN WITH IT.
SOME THINGS NEED TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS.
BUT WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS A PLAN, SOME PROGRESS, AND A STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT WE'RE MEETING THE LEGAL OBLIGATION OF 3% IN ALL THREE YEARS.
>> MAYBE THIS IS JUST WAY TOO BASIC A QUESTION FOR THIS LEVEL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT, UNDERSTANDING, AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE REVENUES, IT'S VERY UNLIKELY, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE, GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER 15TH, IS THAT FAIR TO SAY?
>> BUT THEN WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY CUTS.
AND IS THAT LITERALLY WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE THIS SCHOOL, ARE WE GOING TO CLOSE THE SCHOOL SIDE? ARE WE GOING TO GET RID OF COSA? ARE WE GOING TO GET RID OF ATHLETICS? IS IT SOMETHING LIKE THAT THEY WANT TO HEAR? OR WHAT IS IT THEY WANT US TO A DETAILED PLAN? WHAT IS IT?
>> I THINK FROM PROGRAMATIC IN THE WAY THE LAW IS SET UP, THEY ARE LEAVING THAT UP TO THE LOCAL JURISDICTION TO MAKE THOSE DETERMINATIONS.
OUR HOPE IS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND HOPE TO GET SOME FEEDBACK THROUGH THE VARIOUS FORUMS THAT WE PRESENTED THIS EVENING.
BUT ULTIMATELY, IT WILL FALL ON THE TEAM TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET THE BUDGET SOLUTIONS REQUESTED.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE IT.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS IF YOU HAVE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE RESPONSE TO THIS REPORT PROVIDED ON THE NATO.ORG WEBSITE?
>> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HEARING ABOUT IT.
>> OKAY. I DID JUST TAKE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT.
I WOULD ASK I GUESS IF POSSIBLE, I CAN BRING IT UP AT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, BUT I THINK AT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS,
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I'D PERHAPS ASK FOR A RESPONSE.I LOOKED AT IT BRIEFLY. WE HAVEN'T BEEN PROVIDED IT BEFORE THE MEETING, SO WE CAN'T ACTUALLY DISCUSS IT OR CONSIDER IT, WHICH PUTS US AT A DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE I REALLY LIKE TO SAY, IS THIS ACCURATE FROM WHAT I READ, BRIEFLY, IT'S LIKE THERE'S TRULY A DISAGREEMENT WITH THE PROJECTIONS AND THE NUMBERS IN THE REPORT, THEY ACTUALLY ARE NOT GIVEN CREDIBILITY.
MY QUESTION IS JUST IN GENERAL, REGARDING THE CREDIBILITY OF THE NUMBERS IN YOUR REPORT.
WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT WITHIN 1% OF AVERAGES, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT GIVES US CREDIBILITY TO THESE NUMBERS OR IS THERE, OBVIOUSLY I'M ASKING YOU TO OPINE ON SOMETHING YOU DON'T KNOW, SO I'M JUST GOING TO WITHDRAW THAT AND THINK OF A BETTER QUESTION FOR THE FUTURE. THANK YOU.
>> MAY I JUST BRIEFLY FOR A CLARIFICATION? I KNOW THAT THAT WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH AN ACT INTERPRETATION OF THE BUDGET.
THERE WAS A PRESENTATION IN MARCH.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT HAS BEEN UPDATED OR IF THE DOCUMENT REFERENCED THIS EVENING REFLECTS CHANGES TO OR IF IT'S THE PREVIOUS DOCUMENT FROM MARCH,
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BUT THAT'S SOMETHING AND WHAT I HEARD YOU ASK FOR A CLARIFICATION OR A SIDE BY SIDE FROM THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS THAT MR. SALAMANCA JUST PRESENTED AND THE DOCUMENT REFERENCED BY OUR PUBLIC COMMENT.>> I WOULD REALLY LIKE THAT IF IT'S NOT INAPPROPRIATE, AND I THINK IT WOULD REALLY HELP ME CERTAINLY AS A PERSON.
>> THANK YOU. THAT WOULD PROVIDE US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IF THAT DOCUMENT HAS BEEN UPDATED FROM THE ONE I KNOW STAFF REVIEWED IN MARCH.
>> MR. SALAMANCA, ON FUND 25, THE CAPITAL FACILITIES.
YOU SAID, THIS IS THE FUND FOR DEVELOPER FEES.
DO WE ESTABLISH OR DETERMINE THE DEVELOPER FEES, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE DO IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY AND IS IT A PERCENTAGE OR A DOLLAR AMOUNT? AND DOES IT INCREASE ANNUALLY OR HAS IT INCREASED?
>> IT'S ACTUALLY A PROJECT THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.
THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO LEVY IS SET BY THE STATE BOARD.
THEY SET THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO LEVY AS A LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THERE'S A FEW HOOPS THAT YOU HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH.
ONE OF THEM BEING A DEVELOPER FEE STUDY A JUSTIFICATION REPORT.
WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.
A THIRD PARTY HAS TO DO THAT WORK, AND OUR PLAN SHOULD THE REPORT END UP WHERE WE THINK IT WILL BE ABLE TO THEN INCREASE THE RATES AS IT RELATES TO THOSE DEVELOPER FEES.
>> WHAT IS THE RATE NOW? DO YOU KNOW?
>> I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
>> SORRY. THE FUND 49, THE FACILITIES FOR FACILITIES LOAN, THAT'S PAID OFF IN.
>> THE LOAN WAS TAKEN OUT IN 2020, AND IT'S A 20 YEAR DEBT SERVICE SCHEDULE, SO IT'S 2040.
>> ON THE LONG RANGE PLAN ON THE SPIN DOWN OF RESERVES AND THE TURBO REDEMPTION, YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT AND I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THIS CLARIFYING THIS.
THIS IS THE DEBT OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY?
>> THAT THEY'RE PAYING BACK. THAT AGENCY IS NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE.
>> THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY WAS A GROUP WHEN IT WAS ALIVE AND FUNCTIONING WAS A GROUP OF THE PARTIES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TAX LEVYING AGENCIES.
THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY WAS THEN GIVEN TO THE CITY AS A COMMITTEE.
THE BOARD OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD A SEAT ON THAT BOARD BECAUSE MUCH OF THE WORK OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY HAS DWINDLED DOWN AND NOW IT'S JUST PAPERWORK AND MAKING PAYMENTS.
THE OVERSIGHT WAS THEN CONSOLIDATED AT A COUNTY LEVEL.
>> THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY WAS AT THE CITY?
>> WHERE WE HAD A SEAT WE PARTICIPATED IN AND THEN IT'S MOVED TO THE COUNTY?
>> NOW, THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, THERE'S ONE SUCCESSOR AGENCY FOR EVERY RDA THAT EXISTS FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU AND I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE MAYBE A COUPLE OF FOLLOW UPS.
WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYOFF OF THE TURBO REDEMPTION, AND I THINK I'VE ASKED THIS BEFORE.
IF WHEN THE RDA GETS PAID OFF, WE IMMEDIATELY GO TO BASIC AID. THAT'S YOUR UNDERSTANDING?
>> THERE'S NO PAPERWORK THAT NEEDS TO BE FILLED OUT.
ESSENTIALLY, WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES THAT ARE DUE TO US IN ANY FISCAL YEAR ARE IN EXCESS OF THE STATE MINIMUM, THEN WE BECOME BASIC AID.
>> CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE TURBO REDEMPTION?
>> IS THERE A CHANCE THAT WE COULD GET THERE IN '26?
>> THERE IS ALWAYS A CHANCE, [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING]
>> IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S 8.57 MILLION AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
>> JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE TIMING OF THE PAYMENTS, ALL OF THE PAYMENTS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LAST ONE HAPPEN GENERALLY ON 1ST OF SEPTEMBER.
I THINK IT'S OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR FOR SOME REASON, EXCEPT FOR THE LAST ONE, WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO BE PAID ON MARCH 1ST OF 2027.
SO THAT'S STILL WITHIN THE '26 '27 FISCAL YEAR.
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BOTH OF THOSE LAST TWO PAYMENTS ARE IN THE '26 '27 FISCAL YEAR.EVEN IF WE WERE TO PAY THE MARCH 1 AHEAD OF TIME, WE WOULD STILL HAVE THE OCTOBER 1 IN THAT WINDOW.
THAT 14 MILLION THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOESN'T GET TO GET COUNTED, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO FALL BELOW THE MINIMUM OF THE BUCKET.
WE'D HAVE TO HAVE THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE $22 MILLION AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, 23 MILLION.
>> OKAY. WELL, IT'S WORTH A TRY.
>> THEN MAYBE THE FINAL QUESTION, THEY ASKED FOR A DETAILED PLAN IN THAT DECEMBER SUBMISSION.
CAN YOU RIGHT NOW, ARE YOU PREPARED TO MAYBE TAKE A SWAG AT A RANGE OF REVENUE BALANCE THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO COME UP WITH SO WE CAN ALL THINK IN THE RIGHT REVENUE VERSUS CUTS, LIKE, HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE TALKING?
>> HOW MUCH WHAT'S THE MAGIC NUMBER?
>> WHAT'S THE MAGIC NUMBER ARE WE LOOKING FOR OR A RANGE?
>> WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT ONE POINT I'D SAY 1.6-2 MILLION.
>> AND THAT'S OVER THE THREE YEARS?
>> YES. ASSUMING NO ADDITIONAL EXPENSES AND NO DECREASES IN REVENUE.
>> IF I MAY INTERJECT, THE LETTER, WHICH IS LATER ON ITEM 7.4 FROM THE SDCOE SAID 2.4 MILLION DOLLAR IN REDUCTIONS NEEDED BY 2026 2027.
>> OKAY. WELL, THAT ANSWERS THAT.
>> I'M GOING TO BRING UP AT SEVEN.
TALKING ABOUT REDUCTIONS, SLIDE 9, PLEASE.
>> SORRY, I HATE TO INTERRUPT.
THAT WAS BASED OFF OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET NUMBER.
WE ENDED WITH 400, SO MY TWO MILLION IS A LOT CLOSER. [LAUGHTER]
[LAUGHTER] FUND 49, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAD A DEFICIENCY OF 316,710.
THAT MONEY WAS COVERED BY GENERAL FUNDS OR THAT'S WHAT WE LOST IN THAT?
>> IN THAT FUND ALONE, WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE A DEFICIT EACH YEAR.
THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF INFLUX EXCEPT FOR TO MAKE THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT.
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TYPICALLY IN THESE TYPES OF FUNDS, IT'S MOSTLY MONEY OUT.WE GOT ALL OF THE INFLUX OF THE 12 MILLION AHEAD OF TIME IN 2020, AND NOW YOU'RE SLOWLY SPENDING DOWN THAT DEBT AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROJECTS.
>> ANYTHING ELSE, TRUSTEES? DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS?
>> YEAH. PARDON ME, MR. SALAMANCA, I KNOW UNPACKING HYPOTHETICALS IS A BIG PART OF YOUR JOB,
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AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE 1% VARIANCE THAT IS IMPRESSIVE.I WANT TO GO BACK TO A QUESTION THAT WAS RAISED BY ONE OF OUR TRUSTEES ABOUT THE LEVEL OF THE DETAILED OR SPECIFIC INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE FOR SDCOI.
IF WE PROVIDE TO THEM BY MID DECEMBER, THAT OUR PLAN IS FOR EXAMPLE, CALIBRATE ADA TO STAFFING RATIOS AND OUR TARGET CLASS SIZE AVERAGE, AND THAT WOULD LEAD TO A REDUCTION.
AFTER DECEMBER 15, WE REALIZE THAT OUR ATTENDANCE RATES HAVE INCREASED.
THEY'RE ONLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE BOTTOM LINE, CORRECT? WE GIVE THEM A PLAN, AND THEN IF SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT ADJUSTS OUR PLAN THAT'S ALLOWABLE FOR SDCOE, AS LONG AS THE BOTTOM LINE REFLECTS THE 3% MINIMUM REQUIREMENT, CORRECT?
>> YES. AS LONG AS WE'RE SHOWING PROGRESS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
>> IS THERE A QUESTION? I'M SORRY.
ONE MORE THING. TOUCHING ON THE INDEPENDENT STUDY OPTIONS.
WHENEVER I READ THROUGH THAT, I THINK I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF PTSD BECAUSE YOU GET INDEPENDENT STUDY CONTRACTS, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU'RE SPENDING HOURS PULLING WORK TOGETHER, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.
IT INCREASES STUDENT LEARNING AND WE GET MONEY FROM THAT.
I'M WONDERING IF THERE IS SINCE WE HAVEN'T BEEN GIVEN ANYTHING FROM THE STATE AS FAR AS FORMS OR ANY TEACHERS PROVIDE SOME DIRECTION OR IDEAS ON HOW TO EFFICIENTLY PROVIDE WORK AND THEN REPORTING IT OUT SO THAT WE ALL RECEIVE THE BENEFIT WITH THIS FEW GLITCHES AS POSSIBLE.
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY. PART OF THE APPROACH TO THIS.
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I HATE TO SAY BUILDING THE PLANE WHILE WE'RE FLYING IT, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE AUDITED AND WE DON'T HAVE A STATE TEMPLATE.I BELIEVE THERE'S 17 UNIQUE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS THAT NEED TO BE IN EACH CONTRACT.
THERE'S A LOT OF STRINGS ATTACHED TO THIS PROGRAM WITH THE STATE.
OUR APPROACH HAS BEEN, LET'S GO ALONG AND GO TOGETHER.
IF THERE ARE EASY OPPORTUNITIES, ONE OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC IS A LOT OF RESOURCES OR ASSIGNMENTS ARE EITHER EBOOKS, OR I KNOW OUR TEACHERS SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THEIR CANVAS PAGES AND LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. MUCH OF THE WORK FOR THE WEEK OR PLANNING IS OFTENTIMES ON THERE, NOT ALWAYS.
BUT IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH THE FAMILIES FOR CONTINUITY OF INSTRUCTION, AND ALSO THE WIN WIN FOR THE DISTRICT, AND OUR COLLEAGUES IS THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO SUSTAIN PROGRAMS AND STAFFING.
THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.
WE'RE KIND OF SLOWLY ROLLING IT OUT IN PARTNERSHIP, LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADJUST OUR POLICY ACCORDINGLY.
>> THANK YOU. I THINK THE MORE INPUT TEACHERS HAVE ON THAT, THE BETTER IT CAN BE.
>> IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE 2023/2024 UNAUDITED ACTUAL SC FINANCIAL REPORT?
ITEM 6.2 ADOPT GAN LIMIT BUSINESS SERVICES RESOLUTION 23-09-02. SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PALACIOS-PETERS.
I HATE DOING THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT SALAMANCA.
AGENDA ITEM 6.2 AND 6.3 ARE ANNUAL ACTION ITEMS THAT WE BRING BEFORE THE BOARD.
I WILL ASK MR. SALAMANCA TO PLEASE PRESENT 6.2 AND SAVING BOTH OF US ANOTHER INTRODUCTION.
WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH 6.2, ALLOW YOU TO TAKE LEAD ON 6.3.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. ITEM 6.2 IS AN ANNUAL RESOLUTION THAT IS REQUIRED.
THE LAW WAS ENACTED IN 1979, A LITTLE OLDER THAN I AM, AND ESSENTIALLY ESTABLISHES CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITS ON THE GROWTH IN GOVERNMENT SPENDING.
THIS FORM OR THE ACTUAL AGAIN FORM IS INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICT'S UNAUDITED ACTUALS.
IT'S A STATE DRIVEN CALCULATION AND FORM.
LOCAL DISTRICTS NEED ONLY USE THE STATES FINANCE SOFTWARE, THE STANDARDIZED ACCOUNTING CODE STRUCTURE, THE 140 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT YOU'VE JUST APPROVED.
AS LONG AS WE INPUT OUR FINANCIALS IN THERE, IT PRODUCES THE GAN CALCULATION, AND THIS RESOLUTION JUST SAYS THAT NO TRANSFER NEEDS TO OCCUR WE'RE FULLY IN COMPLIANCE.
>> IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 6.2? TRUSTEES?
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK THE BUSINESS SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR LABELING AS A BUSINESS SERVICES RESOLUTION.
IT REALLY, I THINK CLARIFIES THE NATURE OF THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT ITEM 6.2?
>> I'LL SECOND. CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE.
MOTION PASSES. ITEM 6.3, APPROVE AND ADOPT BUSINESS SERVICES RESOLUTION 24-09-01 REGARDING THE EPA DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT SALAMANCA.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN. THIS IS ANOTHER ANNUALLY REQUIRED RESOLUTION THAT'S REQUIRED PURSUANT TO PROPOSITION 30, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY VOTERS IN NOVEMBER OF 2012.
ESSENTIALLY, A TEMPORARY TAX WAS LEVIED AND THE MONIES WERE SET ASIDE IN EDUCATION PROTECTION ACCOUNT, AND LEAS, LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCIES LIKE OURS, RECEIVE MONEY THROUGH THAT PROGRAM, AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO ASSERT AND DEMONSTRATE THAT WE ARE SPENDING IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ALLOWABLE PROVISIONS.
THE RESOLUTION SAYS JUST THAT AND THE ACCOMPANYING EXHIBIT SHOWS THAT WE SPENT THE ENTIRETY OF THE EDUCATION PROTECTION ACCOUNT ON INSTRUCTIONALLY RELATED ACTIVITIES.
>> IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 6.3? TRUSTEES? CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE.
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MOTION PASSES. ITEM 6.4 APPROVED THE 2024/25 CONSOLIDATED APPLICATION SPRING RELEASE, SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER.>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PALACIOS-PETERS.
I AM GOING TO SHIFT AWAY FROM DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT SALAMANCA.
AGAIN, THE [INAUDIBLE] IS AN ANNUAL OBLIGATION FOR DISTRICTS TO APPROVE.
DOCTOR BATTLE IS HERE TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS THE TRUSTEES MAY HAVE ON AGENDA ITEM 6.4.
AS SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER JUST STATED, THIS IS OUR ANNUAL APPROVAL OF THE MONIES THAT WE RECEIVE FROM OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
IT GOES TO OUR TITLE FUNDING, AND YOU SEE ON HERE WHAT OUR CURRENT ALLOCATIONS ARE THIS YEAR, PRETTY MUCH IN ALIGNMENT OF WHAT WE'VE TYPICALLY RECEIVED.
WE DID SEE AN INCREASE IN OUR TITLE 1 MONIES THAT DO GO TO SILVER STRAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN OUR SCHOOL-WIDE PROGRAM, AS A RESULT OF OUR INCREASE IN STUDENTS THAT FALL INTO THE LOW SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CATEGORY.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON OUR TITLE FUNDING.
>> IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 6.4? TRUSTEES ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, DOCTOR BATTLE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 6.4?
ADOPT REVISIONS TO BOARD POLICIES, BOARD BYLAWS, ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS, AND OR EXHIBITS.
THIS WAS A FIRST READ LAST MONTH, AND THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 6.5? TRUSTEES, ANY COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THESE REVISIONS? KEVIN SECONDS. CALL FOR THE VOTE.
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MOTION PASSES, ITEM 6.6, APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 24-09-03, ADOPTING UPDATED CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE.SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THIS?
>> I DO. THIS IS ADOPTING A CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MISS MCGILKOT OVERSEES AND COMMUNICATES TO THE BOARD AND INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES CAN COMMUNICATE CONCERNS AND SEEK CLARIFICATION FROM MISS MCGILKOT.
SHE IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM AND MISS MCGILKOT IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 6.6? TRUSTEES, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> I'M AWARE THAT OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE DIFFERENT DISCLOSURE CATEGORIES FOR DIFFERENT POSITIONS, MEANING IF FOR EXAMPLE, CERTAIN DIRECTORS MIGHT HAVE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.
ACCORDING TO THIS DESIGNATION THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO ADOPT, POTENTIALLY, IT'S ONLY GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT WHO ARE BOUND BY THE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS AND THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY.
MY QUESTION IS WHERE IS THAT DECISION MADE AND BY WHO?
>> IT'S BEEN TYPICALLY PAST PRACTICE.
THEY ARE THE ONES IN CHARGE OF FORESEEING CONTRACTS AND DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT ARE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL, AND SO EVERYTHING HAS TO PRETTY MUCH GO THROUGH THEM, AND THAT IS WHY THEY ARE OBLIGATED TO FILE.
>> WELL, I'M GOING TO SAY I'M PROBABLY GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS AT THIS TIME.
I WOULD LIKE A MORE ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT WHO ELSE MIGHT NEED TO REPORT IN THIS DAY AND AGE.
I JUST FEEL TRANSPARENCY AND EVERYTHING IS SO IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
MAYBE WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT ANOTHER LAYER DOWN OF OFFICIALS MAKING DECISIONS IN
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THE DISTRICT AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD BE A LEVEL 2 OR LEVEL 1 FOR DISCLOSURE CATEGORIES.MAYBE SOMETHING FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION AND NOT FOR TODAY, BUT I THINK IT IS WORTH DISCUSSING AS A BOARD.
I SAY THIS BECAUSE ALMOST EVERY OTHER DISTRICT I WORK WITH IN MY PRIVATE CAPACITY DOES REQUIRE ALMOST EVERY DIRECTOR LEVEL POSITION AND CITE ADMINISTRATOR LEADERS TO SUBMIT TO SOME TYPE OF DISCLOSURE OR CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY.
THAT'S WHY I BRING IT UP. I HAVE SEEN IT IN EFFECT IN OTHER PLACES, AND WE ARE A SMALL DISTRICT, MAYBE IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE DONE HERE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING I THINK WORTH CONSIDERING.
>> DOES THIS ONLY APPLY TO PEOPLE WHO HAD THE AUTHORITY TO SPEND MONEY?
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>> YES. WELL, THERE'S DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
IF THEY'RE BRINGING FORWARD, EVEN IF THERE'S CONNECTIONS WITH DIFFERENT COMPANIES FOR CONTRACTS THAT ARE BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE BOARD, THERE IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR REPORTING.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THERE ARE DIFFERENT LEVELS.
I MEAN, IT COULD BE SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS IN THE FUTURE IF THEY WANT TO ADD ONE.
>> I THINK WE CAN ADD AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.
>> PERHAPS THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEM CAN OUTLINE THE SYSTEMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY THAT WE HAVE INTERNALLY WITH OUR STAFF AND OUR DIRECTORS FOR THE TRUSTEES TO FEEL MORE CONFIDENT THAT IF, FOR EXAMPLE, A MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION CONTRACT COMES IN, THAT DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT HAS BRIEFED DIRECTOR HALL ON THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST CODE BECAUSE ULTIMATELY IT DOES FALL ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT.
I BELIEVE WHAT I'M HEARING THE SPIRIT OF THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO BRING THESE CONTRACTS FORWARD HAVE BEEN EDUCATED AND BRIEFED ON CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
I BELIEVE THAT REPORT OR THAT BRIEF TO THE BOARD WOULD BE HELPFUL.
BUT ULTIMATELY THIS GOVERNANCE TEAM WITH THE DEPUTY AND THE INDIVIDUALS LISTED ARE THE ONES WHO WILL BE ULTIMATELY ACCOUNTABLE.
>> IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 6.6? I'LL SECOND. CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE.
MOTION PASSES. ITEM 7.1, ACT REPORT, PRESIDENT JENNIFER LANDRY.
>> HELLO, AGAIN. GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS JENNIFER LANDRY, AND TODAY I'M IN HERE.
HERE IN MY ROLE AS THE PRESIDENT OF ACT, THE ASSOCIATION OF CORONADO TEACHERS.
AS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS, THE ASSOCIATION AND MEMBERS ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THE SUCCESS OF EVERY STUDENT.
STUDENTS ARE THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING WE DO, AND WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS A CARING, QUALIFIED, AND COMMITTED EDUCATOR.
ALTHOUGH THE WORD TEACHER IS IN OUR NAME, WE ARE ALSO SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS, COUNSELORS, AND NURSES.
IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU THIS MONTH.
I MISSED YOU LAST MONTH, SO SORRY. DOUBLE BOOKED THERE.
RECENTLY, ONE OF THE DOUBLE BOOKING REASONS WAS THAT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES HELD THEIR BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS.
THESE USED TO BE, IN SOME CASES, THE FIRST TIME THAT PARENTS AND STAFF WOULD SEE EACH OTHER.
WELL, THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THE NEXT ONE.
LET'S GO BACK TO THE SLIDE SHOW THERE.
IT SHOULD ONLY BE A SCREENSHOT OF THE NEXT TEACHER'S PAGE.
WHEN YOU ADVANCE, THAT'S WHAT YOU GET.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO CLOSE THAT OUT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SLIDES, MS. MOTT,
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THAT CAME WHEN I SENT IT OVER TO YOU OR IS THAT THE ONE AND ONLY? THERE WE GO. THAT LOOKS BETTER.THANK YOU FOR FIGURING THAT OUT.
I APOLOGIZE FOR WHATEVER CAUSED THAT TO HAPPEN.
MOVING FORWARD. AS I WAS SAYING, THANKS TO TECHNOLOGY.
WE ARE ABLE TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES PRIOR TO EVEN THE START OF THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
PARENTS AND GUARDIANS COULD NOW BE AWARE OF COURSE CURRICULUM AND EXPECTATIONS PRIOR TO THE EVENT.
A LOT OF US WILL INCLUDE IN OUR BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHT PRESENTATIONS INFORMATION ABOUT OURSELVES, OUR BACKGROUND, AND EVEN OUR PETS TO FORM A CONNECTION WITH FAMILIES.
THIS IS DONE AT ALL LEVELS IN THE DISTRICT.
MANY OF US ALSO POST OUR PRESENTATIONS ON OUR CANVAS PAGES SO THAT FAMILIES THAT COULDN'T ATTEND CAN SEE THE PRESENTATION.
SEE, YOU CAN GET PEOPLE'S PERSONALITIES EVEN IF YOU WEREN'T THERE, JUST FROM LOOKING.
WE HAVE ALSO FOUND THAT OUR STUDENTS LIKE REVIEWING THEM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT US SINCE STUDENTS DON'T COME TO BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT.
VILLAGE KINDERGARTEN LOOKS DIFFERENT TODAY COMPARED TO THE END OF JANUARY.
TEACHERS WERE INVITED TO COME BACK A WEEK EARLY TO START TO UNPACK EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAD PACKED UP IN JUNE TO ALLOW THEIR ROOMS TO BE WORKED ON OVER THE SUMMER.
THERE WAS A LOT OF ORGANIZING AND RESETTING TO BE DONE.
ONE OF OUR NEWEST TEACHERS, CAROLYN, AND I'M GOING TO THINK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE SHE SAYS IT RHYMES WITH HICKORY DICKERY DOCKERY, CAROLYN DOCHERTY ENLISTED SOME ADDITIONAL HELP FROM HER CHILDREN TO GET HER ROOM SET UP.
OUR KINDER ROOMS ARE UP AND RUNNING AND ARE FILLED WITH FUN AND LEARNING.
YOU SAW HER DAUGHTER WAS THERE, PLEASE KNOW HER SON WAS THERE TOO, SUCH AS THE LIFE OF BEING THE CHILD OF AN EDUCATOR.
THERE GOES PART OF YOUR SUMMER.
CONCERNS THIS MONTH WE'D LIKE TO BRING UP IS WITH THE WORK BEING DONE BY THIRD PARTY VENDORS.
NOW, WE'VE BROUGHT UP SOME OF THIS IN THE PAST PREVIOUSLY WITH ADMINISTRATION.
I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
FOR EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR, CARPETING WAS PUT IN SOME CLASSROOMS, SO NICE AT SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS.
BUT WITHIN MONTHS, THE NEWLY INSTALLED BASE BOARDS AS PART OF THAT PROJECT LITERALLY FELL OFF THE WALLS.
WE WOULD WALK IN AND SEE HOW MUCH MORE WAS ON THE GROUND.
BUT INSTEAD OF THE VENDOR COMING BACK TO REPAIR THEM, IT WAS OUR M&O FOLKS THAT CAME TO RE-GLUE THEM TO THE WALLS.
IF WE'VE PAID A THIRD PARTY VENDOR TO DO A JOB AND THEY DIDN'T DO IT WELL, PERHAPS THE THOUGHT IS, WHY BRING THEM BACK IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT WELL AGAIN? BUT IF WE'VE PAID THE MONEY, WHY ARE WE THEN PAYING OUR M&O GUYS TWICE? SHALL WE SAY, TWO TIMES FOR THE SAME JOB? IT'S A LITTLE CONCERNING.
WE'VE BROUGHT THAT UP BEFORE WITH ADMIN.
BUT THIS SUMMER, THE KINDERGARTEN ROOMS AT VILLAGE WERE WORKED ON BY AN OUTSIDE VENDOR AS PART OF THE FLOOD RECOVERY.
UPON RETURNING TO THEIR CLASSROOMS, TEACHERS FOUND LIGHT SWITCH PLATES THAT HAD BEEN PAINTED OVER, NOT REMOVED OR TAPED OFF DURING PAINTING.
MANY CLASSROOMS HAD PAINT ON THEIR NEW ISH CARPETING WHICH WAS JUST INSTALLED WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
ONE CLASSROOM CARPET LOOKED LIKE A WET ROLLER HAD BEEN LAID ON THE CARPET.
WE WERE TOLD THE CARPETS HAD BEEN CLEANED, BUT WHEN ONE TEACHER SAT ON HER CARPET IN LIGHT PANTS, HER PANTS GOT DIRTY.
OTHER TEACHERS REPORTED STRIPES IN THEIR CARPET FROM THE CLEANING, AND ANOTHER TEACHER JUST TODAY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD SPILLED WATER ON THEIR CARPET AND THEY GRABBED A WHITE RAG TO BLOT IT, AND THE RAG CAME UP TAN.
AS WE KEEP BUDGET IN MIND, IT'S CONCERNING THAT OUR M&O FOLKS AND TEACHERS ARE USING THEIR TIME TO FIX THE WORK OF A THIRD PARTY VENDOR INSTEAD OF THAT VENDOR BEING ASKED TO COME BACK AND REPAIR WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND ALSO HAVE US LOOK AT THE QUALITY OF THE WORK BEING DONE.
OUR CARPETS SHOULDN'T HAVE STRIPES IN THEM AFTER THEY'VE BEEN ''CLEANED''.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RESOLUTION IS TO THIS ISSUE.
I KNOW THERE'S A WHOLE RFP PROCESS, LOWEST BID, ETC.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN SAY THAT WE JUST WON'T HIRE THESE COMPANIES AGAIN IN THE FUTURE, BUT THEY REALLY PUT A DAMPER ON THE RETURN TO CLASSROOMS WHERE TEACHERS HAD BEEN TOLD THEIR ROOMS WERE READY TO GO FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR, ESPECIALLY IN KINDER WITH EVERYTHING THEY WENT THROUGH.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME TODAY AND EACH DAY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT I'VE PRESENTED TODAY? NO. THANK YOU.
>> AS AN ASIDE, ONE OF MY STUDENTS PICKED UP MY PRESENTATION OFF MY PRINTER, SO JUST SHRED IT.
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THANK YOU. NO NEED TO RETURN IT.[LAUGHTER] IT'S OUT THERE SOMEWHERE WITH A FRESHMAN. THANK YOU.
ITEM 7.2, STUDENT BOARD MEMBER REPORT, MR. MATTER.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. I HOPE EVERYONE'S DOING WELL.
I'M GOING TO START MY REPORT OFF WITH CHS.
CURRENTLY, WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF FOOTBALL GAMES.
STUDENTS SEEM SUPER SPIRITED, SO THAT'S ALWAYS GREAT.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HOMECOMING AND ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT COME WITH IT, SUCH AS THE FOOTBALL GAME, PARADE, PEP RALLY, AND HOMECOMING COURT.
THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE CITY OF LIGHTS.
WE ALSO HOSTED A NEW STUDENT CONNECTION LUNCH THIS WEEK AS THIS YEAR, WE WELCOMED OVER 130 NEW STUDENTS TO CHS, WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE FRESHMAN CLASS, AND 50 KIDS SHOWED UP TO THAT LUNCH WAS WAS PRETTY GOOD ATTENDANCE.
COLLEGE VISITS ALSO START THIS WEEK AND WE ALSO HAD A SENIOR COLLEGE ASSEMBLY YESTERDAY.
COLLEGE NIGHT SHS WILL BE OCTOBER 8TH AND FINALLY, THE COSA CARNIVAL IS COMING UP ON THE 24TH, WHICH IS WHERE CONSERVATORIES SHOW OFF WHAT EACH OF THEM DO.
MOVING ON TO CMS, THE POPCORNOPOLIS FUNDRAISER HAS STARTED AND END IS GOING WELL AND IT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE 27TH.
THIS WEEK AT CMS WAS SUICIDE PREVENTION WEEK, WHICH ENDS TOMORROW.
THERE WAS A STUDENT INFO ASSEMBLY ON TUESDAY AS WELL AS TODAY.
FINALLY, THERE'S AN APA PARENTIGHT ON SEPTEMBER 19 AND A HAMILTON FIELD TRIP ON THE SEPTEMBER 21.
GOING FOR VILLAGE NOW, THEY ARE HOSTING THEIR BINGO FOR BOOKS EVENT TONIGHT.
THIS IS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE SCHOOL AND A GREAT WAY FOR FAMILIES TO GET DIFFERENT BOOKS.
THEIR IMPLEMENTATION OF LEADER IN ME IS ALSO GOING WELL ACROSS THEIR CAMPUS.
WRAPPING IT UP TOMORROW, THERE WILL BE A FLAGPOLE ASSEMBLY.
FINALLY, FOR SILVER STRAND, STRAND'S PRINCIPAL, PTO, AND COUNSELOR WILL HOST A COFFEE AND TAKE A LOAD OFF FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILY MEMBERS AFTER THE FRIDAY FLAG POLE ASSEMBLY.
THIS WILL HAPPEN PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY AND COMMUNICATION.
THEIR STAFF EXPERIENCE AN ART OF INCLUSIVE COMMUNICATION TRAINING FROM THE NATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTER AND AGREED IT WAS VALUABLE AND BENEFICIAL.
ON TOP OF THIS, THEIR FIFTH GRADERS WILL HAVE A BYSTANDER TRAINING FROM THE NCRC IN OCTOBER.
FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION IF YOU'RE HUNGRY AFTER TONIGHT'S MEETING OR WATCHING FROM HOME, YOU CAN ORDER BURGER LOUNGE FOR DINNER AND MENTION SILVER STRAND PTO OR USE CODE FUNDRAISER ONLINE, AND A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS WILL SUPPORT STUDENT FIELD TRIPS, AND RICHMOND CLUBS, AND MORE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MATTER. ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, TRUSTEES?
>> IT'S A COLLEGE NIGHT, SO IT'S LIKE A INFO MEETING.
>> ONE BRIEF COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE NEW STUDENT AMBASSADORS EXPERIENCE AT LUNCH THAT DAY.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE NOT INCLUDING FRESHMEN ADDED OVER 120 NEW ISLANDERS TO OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY SO TO HOST SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR NEWEST ISLANDERS WITH SOME OF OUR RETURNING ISLANDERS, HELP US BUILD THAT COMMUNITY IN THOSE CONNECTIONS RIGHT AWAY.
THANK YOU AND YOUR ASB PEERS FOR HOSTING THAT EVENT.
>> AT THIS POINT, WE'LL TAKE A 10-MINUTE RECESS. THANK YOU.
>> ITEM 7.3. LEARNING DEPARTMENT UPDATES, SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PALACIOS-PETERS.
I KNOW THE COMMUNITY AND TRUSTEES HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW DR. BATTLE'S REPORT, BUT I'M CALLING UP DR. MEGAN BATTLE, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF LEARNING TO PRESENT AGENDA ITEM 7.3. DR. BATTLE.
>> THIS REPORT WAS A READ OVERVIEW FROM 30,000 JUST REMINDING YOU AND THE COMMUNITY OF THE ASSESSMENTS [INAUDIBLE] FOR GRADES TWO THROUGH EIGHT IN BOTH READING AND IN MATH.
WE WILL ALSO BE USING IT IN THE NEAR FUTURE WITH SOME OF OUR INTERVENTION OR SUPPORT CLASSES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
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WITH A SMALL NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN MATH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.BUT THE STAR ASSESSMENT IS A SHORT ASSESSMENT ABOUT 32 QUESTIONS.
IT TAKES ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND IT GIVES US A SCREENER, AND SO I GIVES US AN IDEA OF WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE AT WITH THEIR GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS.
ALL OF OUR TEACHERS WENT THROUGH A TRAINING BACK ON THE 19TH.
WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE MORE TRAINING FOR THEM NOW THAT WE HAVE DATA FROM OUR FIRST ASSESSMENT ON THE 27TH ON THE PROFESSIONAL GROWTH DAY.
ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT YOU CAN SEE IF WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, MS MCGOT, THE CHART ON THE BOTTOM JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR ASSESSMENTS ARE, AND ALSO WHAT THE SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT DATA IS FROM THE PRIOR SCHOOL YEAR AND HOW WE USE IT TO INFORM TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR EVERY CHILD.
SOME OF OUR ASSESSMENTS, ESPECIALLY DIBBLES AND THE STAR ASSESSMENT DO OFFER OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS THAT IF THEY DIDN'T DO QUITE WELL ON THE SCREENER AND WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT'S GOING ON, WE CAN DO MORE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND DIG A LITTLE DEEPER AND THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN THAT TRIANGLE.
WE CAN DO DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE WILL DO PROGRESS MONITORING.
BUT THE OTHER THING MY TEAM AND I ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, AND IT'S BEEN A FIVE-YEAR ENDEAVOR FOR US.
ANY MEMBER OF OUR LEARNING DEPARTMENT OR BROADER LEARNING COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THE VISION OF HAVING A ONE STOP SHOP, ONE UMBRELLA FOR ALL OF THESE THINGS FOR DATA, FOR ASSESSMENT, FOR SSTS, FOR 504S, FOR PROGRESS MONITORING, FOR MONITORING, WHETHER OR NOT OUR INTERVENTIONS ARE EFFECTIVE BASED ON DATA.
THE STAR ASSESSMENT LIVES UNDER THAT RENAISSANCE SYSTEM, AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT RENAISSANCE LAST YEAR ILLUMINATE.
IF YOU GO TO THE LAST PAGE, THIS IS JUST A GRAPH AND I DID NOT MAKE THIS.
THIS COMES FROM THE RENAISSANCE WEBSITE, BUT IT HIGHLIGHTS THE RENAISSANCE ECOSYSTEM.
IN YELLOW ARE THE COMPONENTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT IT REALLY TRULY IS ATTAINING THAT VISION OF HAVING ONE PLACE WHERE ALL OF THIS DATA LIVES, WHERE TEACHERS CAN GO, OUR COUNSELORS CAN GO, OR ADMINISTRATORS CAN GO TO MONITOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERVENTIONS AND THE GROWTH OF OUR STUDENTS IN ACADEMICS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO ANSWER THEM.
>> YES. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 7.3?
>> HI. MY NAME IS SHAWNE BARTON MERRIMAN.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE COMMENT THAT I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF SPEAKING TO BOTH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS THIS WEEK.
I FOCUSED WITH THEM ON THE YOUNGER AGES, KINDERGARTEN AND TK, AND BOTH OF THEM AGREED WITH ME THAT PLAY BASED LEARNING IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE YOUNGER AGES AND THINGS LIKE IMAGINATION.
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING, ABILITY TO NAVIGATE SOCIAL SITUATIONS ARE ALL GAINED THROUGH PLAY BASED LEARNING.
THE KINDERGARTEN CLASSES NO LONGER HAVE THE PLAY KITCHENS OR OTHER THINGS THAT ARE MORE TYPICAL OF IMAGINATIVE PLAY AND THAT STUFF THAT YOU CAN'T TRACK ON ASSESSMENTS.
AS YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT ASSESSMENTS AND THINKING ABOUT KIDS OUTCOMES ESPECIALLY AT YOUNG AGES, I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THERE'S A LOT THAT'S IMPORTANT IT'S NOT TRACKABLE IN A SPREADSHEET.
>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> I HAD A CLARIFYING QUESTION. THANK YOU, DR. BATTLE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW YOUR DEPARTMENT'S BEEN VERY FOCUSED ON AND OUR PREVIOUS BOARD WAS ALSO REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF IS THESE LOCAL ASSESSMENTS AND MONITORING.
MY QUESTION IS A FOLLOW UP ON YOUR STATEMENT THAT THE DATA ALL LIVES IN RENAISSANCE.
SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT ALL OF THE ASSESSMENTS REFERENCED IN THE CHART ON PAGE 2 ARE ALL INCORPORATED INTO RENAISSANCE, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT LISTED ON THAT ONE ON PAGE 3?
>> YES. SO THESE ARE THE NAMES OF THE ASSESSMENTS THAT LIVE IN MULTIPLE PLACES, REALLY.
BUT IF WE LOOK ON THE GRAPHIC ON PAGE 3, D&A STANDS FOR DATA AND ASSESSMENT.
AND SO ALL OF THOSE ASSESSMENTS, STATE AND LOCAL, THE RESULTS ARE UPLOADED INTO THERE.
IT TOOK MY TEAM AND I A WHILE ON THE BACK END,
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WE HAD A CUSTOM BUILD UPLOADS FOR SOME OF THEM, SO IT WAS A HEAVY LIFT.BUT WE ARE THERE WHERE WE HAVE CLEAN DATA, WHAT WE WANT TO CALL IT COMING IN.
SO ALL OF THAT LIVES IN D&A WHERE AS A TEACHER, I COULD PULL UP MY CLASS AND ALL THE ASSESSMENTS ARE ACROSS THE TOP, AND I HAVE ALL MY STUDENTS AND I COULD QUICKLY SEE AND IT'S COLOR CODED BASED ON BENCHMARK LEVELS THAT WE SET.
AND I COULD QUICKLY GET AN IDEA OF WHERE ARE STUDENTS STRUGGLING, SPECIFIC STUDENTS, AND THEN YOU CAN DIG A LITTLE DEEPER.
THE BEAUTY OF HAVING IT ALL UNDER THIS ONE UMBRELLA IS THAT THOSE ASSESSMENT RESULTS ALSO FEED INTO THE EDUCLIMBER SYSTEM, WHICH IS REALLY OUR MTSS HUB, WHICH ALSO PULLS IN DATA FROM SYNERGY, OUR STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.
SO IT PULLS IN ATTENDANCE DATA.
IT PULLS IN BEHAVIOR INCIDENTS.
IT PULLS IN ANY INTERVENTION THAT WE HAVE PUT IN THE SYSTEM IN EDUCLIMBER ON STUDENTS THAT WE'RE TRYING, WHETHER IT'S ACADEMIC, BEHAVIORAL, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL, AND SO THAT'S WHERE THAT WHOLE CHILD PIECE LIVES AND OUR COUNSELORS, WHERE WE JUST STARTED TRAINING OUR TEACHERS ON IT.
OUR FIRST GROUP TO GO THROUGH IT WAS THE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SO TEACHERS ARE STARTING TO GET INTO EDUCLIMBER, BUT ALL OF THE ASSESSMENT DATA, BECAUSE YES, OUR STUDENTS AREN'T JUST NUMBERS, WE DO LOOK AT THE WHOLE CHILD, IT ALL FEEDS INTO THAT ONE SYSTEM.
AND THEN THAT THIRD COMPONENT, THE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES COMPONENT, WE ARE LOOKING AT FRECKLE, LUMINELLO.
WE WILL BE PILOTING THOSE PROGRAMS. THEY ARE ADAPTIVE.
SO IF YOU HAVE LITTLES IN OUR DISTRICT, IXL, YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH WHERE IT ADAPTS TO THE STUDENTS' LEVEL.
WE ARE GOING TO BE PILOTING THAT PROGRAM WITH OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
BUT EVERYTHING'S IN ONE PLACE.
AND SO OVER THE SUMMER, OUR COUNSELORS WERE TRAINED MORE ON EDUCLIMBER BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE NOW 504S ARE, ALL OF OUR SST DATA, PRE SST, WE CAN TRACK INTERVENTIONS.
SO WE'RE NOT USING MULTIPLE SYSTEMS FOR THESE THINGS NOW.
>> THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CLARIFYING THAT. I APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU. I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO DO ALL OF THESE ASSESSMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, BUT IT REALLY PROVIDES HELPFUL DATA FOR TEACHERS.
SO AS TEACHERS ARE DOING DIFFERENT ASSESSMENTS, ARE THEY ENTERING IN THE RESULTS? ARE THEY HAND TYPING IN RESULTS INTO THESE PROGRAMS OR ARE ALL OF THE ASSESSMENTS ONLINE THAT JUST AUTOMATICALLY FEED INTO?
THERE'S A FEW COMPONENTS THAT ARE HAND GRADED THAT TEACHERS WILL THEN INPUT.
AND SOME OF THOSE HAND GRADED COMPONENTS ARE THE MAJORITY ARE FOR OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS.
>> AND SINCE YOU HAVE THE EDUCLIMBER AND THEN THE RENAISSANCE, WHICH IS WONDERFUL BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALL OF THE PIECES OF DATA IN ONE PLACE, COULD THIS INFORMATION BE USED TO HELP TEACHERS QUICKLY COMPLETE REPORT CARDS?
>> ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. [LAUGHTER] SO YOU WOULD LOVE LOOKING AT THE DETAILS IN THE STRUCTURAL REPORT BECAUSE YOU CAN DIG DOWN AND THE STANDARDS ALIGNED REPORT CARDS, IT'S THE SAME TOPICS RIGHT THERE AND IT REALLY GIVES YOU AN IDEA.
AND THEN YOU CAN EVEN DIG INTO A DEEPER LAYER WITHIN EACH STRAND TO GET MORE SPECIFIC ON WHAT IS THE ACTUAL SKILL WHERE THE STUDENT IS STRUGGLING.
IT HAS REPORTS THAT WILL MAKE IT A LOT EASIER TO GIVE A NORM REFERENCED NUMBER.
THAT'S RESEARCH BASED ON REPORT CARDS.
>> AND THE STAR ASSESSMENTS FOR OUR GRADES, ESPECIALLY 2-5, THEY ARE NOT GIVING THE BENCHMARK INTERIMS OR THE NUMBER CORNER INTERIMS ANYMORE.
EVERYONE'S DOING DOUBLES, BUT BECAUSE OF THE REDUNDANCY OF THE DATA, EACH TEST, LIKE I SAID, IS ABOUT 30 MINUTES VERSUS OUR NUMBER CORNER ASSESSMENTS AND BENCHMARK TAKE QUITE A BIT LONGER.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY A WELCOME CHANGE GIVING OUR TEACHERS A LITTLE MORE TIME BACK ON THEIR PLATE.
AND HAVING A SCREENER, SCREENERS ARE MEANT TO BE QUICK AND EASY.
LET'S JUST GET AN IDEA OF WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE AT AND THEN DIG DEEPER FOR STUDENTS THAT WE NEED TO FIND OUT A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT.
>> I HAD THE SAME TYPE OF CONCERNS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT ASSESSMENTS HERE.
SO ARE ALL OF THEM USED? IS IT PICK AND CHOOSE? ARE THE TEACHERS ADMINISTERING THEN ALL OF THESE FOR EACH STUDENT IN THEIR CLASSROOM OR IS THERE SOMEBODY ELSE? I KNOW THE STAR TEST, OBVIOUSLY,
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IT'S A WHOLE GRADE WIDE ASSESSMENT.BUT I GUESS I JUST WORRY ABOUT HOW MUCH TIME MAYBE WE'RE SPENDING ON ASSESSMENTS.
>> IT'S ABOUT 30 MINUTES FOR READING, 30 MINUTES FOR MATH.
IT'S GIVEN WHOLE GROUP, SO THAT'S A 30 MINUTE SHOT.
IF YOU WERE HERE WHEN WE DID MAP TESTING A LONG TIME AGO, IN MY PREVIOUS DISTRICT, POWER UNIFIED, WE USED MAP AS WELL, SO I WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT WHEN I CAME HERE, AND THAT TOOK ABOUT A WEEK AND TWO HOURS A DAY TO GIVE THE ELA AND THE MATH COMPONENT.
AND THEN YOU WERE ALSO GIVING THE CAST ON TOP OF IT.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE AN OPTION WITH OUR STATE TESTING. IT IS WHAT IT IS.
IT DOES TAKE A WHILE, BUT OUR LOCAL ASSESSMENTS, DIBELS, FOR EXAMPLE, IS ABOUT 3-5 MINUTES PER STUDENT.
THERE ARE SOME COMPONENTS AT THE OLDER GRADES THAT ARE WHOLE GROUP, SO YOU'RE NOT PULLING INDIVIDUALLY, BUT FOR OUR LITTLES, THEY ARE PULLED INDIVIDUALLY AND WE DO HAVE OTHER STAFF MEMBERS, OUR READING INTERVENTIONIST, OUR VILLAGE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.
THEY ARE HELPING OUR KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS DO THOSE ASSESSMENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE INDIVIDUAL AND IT'S BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND WE'RE STILL TEACHING OUR STUDENTS HOW TO COME INTO A CLASSROOM AND WHERE THEIR BACKPACKS GO AND CRISSCROSS APPLE SAUCE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
>> ARE ANY OF THESE ASSESSMENTS SPECIFIC TO SCIENCE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S PART OF THE STATE TEST.
WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THOSE SCORES.
SO IS THERE ANY ASSESSMENT SPECIFIC TO THAT?
>> LOCALLY, THESE ARE NOT SPECIFIC TO SCIENCE.
OUR SCIENCE TEACHERS WILL GET LITERACY SCORES.
SO AS A FORMER SCIENCE TEACHER, IF I LOOKED AT STAR RESULTS FOR MATH AND ELA FOR MY CLASS, I WAS TEACHING, LET'S SAY SEVENTH GRADE SCIENCE, I COULD SEE WHERE MY LOW READERS ARE AND I COULD THEN SCAFFOLD FOR THEM.
SCIENCE IS A WHOLE NEW VOCABULARY.
IT'D BE DIFFICULT TO ACCESS WITH HISTORY.
THERE'S A LOT OF VOCABULARY INVOLVED.
SO IT'S STILL APPLICABLE TO ALL.
WE LIKE TO SAY EVERY TEACHER IN OUR DISTRICT IS A LITERACY TEACHER BECAUSE IT'S THROUGH LITERACY THAT THEY CAN ACCESS INFORMATION, BUT THEY'RE NOT SPECIFIC TO SCIENCE.
SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED TALKING TO OUR CMS SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS OUR HIGH SCHOOL TEAM, WE'LL LEARN MORE ABOUT IT ON THE 27TH IS THE CAST INTERIM, WHICH IS A STATE SCIENCE TEST.
THEY DO HAVE INTERIM TESTS THAT ARE NOW AVAILABLE THAT THEN WE CAN USE LOCALLY.
>> I HAVE A FOLLOW UP, IF I MAY.
THIS PROBABLY OUT OF LEFT FIELD, BUT I READ AN ARTICLE.
[LAUGHTER] MY QUESTION IS THIS, THE DATA IS SHOWING THAT STUDENTS AREN'T LEARNING PARTICULARLY GOOD TYPING SKILLS.
THIS IS ACROSS THE BOARD, VERY GENERAL.
AND SO MY QUESTION IS WHEN THEY'RE DOING THESE ASSESSMENTS ON SCREENS OR ON COMPUTERS, DO ANY OF THEM MEASURE TYPING OR HELP WITH TYPING?
THESE ASSESSMENTS ARE LOCAL ONES, DO NOT HAVE A HEAVY SHORT ANSWER COMPONENT.
SO IT'S REALLY CHOOSE YOUR MULTIPLE CHOICE ANSWER.
BUT WHEN THEY DO TAKE THE CAASPP TEST, THERE ARE THOSE PERFORMANCE TESTS WHERE THEY ARE WRITING.
BUT WE STILL HAVE A EDU TYPING LICENSE THAT WE DO WITH OUR STUDENTS.
SO STUDENTS STILL HAVE ACCESS TO LEARN HOME ROW AND TO START LEARNING TYPING.
ONE OF OUR PROJECTS THAT WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON IS DEVELOPING A K12 DIGITAL LITERACY AND DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP SCOPE AND SEQUENCE, AND SO TYPING WILL BE ONE OF THOSE SKILLS THAT WE DO START TO WORK ON.
I KNOW FIRSTHAND I HAVE TWO LITTLE ONES AND I SEE THEM, LIKE, OH GOSH, OR THEY USE ONE FINGER FOR THE WHOLE KEYBOARD.
BUT IT WON'T BE BACK IN THE DAY WHEN I TOOK TYPEWRITING ON A TYPEWRITER IN HIGH SCHOOL TO REALLY LEARN.
BUT IT IS A SKILL THAT STILL OUR NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR TECHNOLOGY STILL WANT TO SEE THAT AS A LIFE SKILL, TO BE ABLE TO TYPE, EFFICIENTLY INVEST.
>> JUST ONE QUICK COMMENT AS WE TRANSITION.
IT'S NOT A QUESTION. [LAUGHTER] THIS IS A RIGHT FIELD QUESTION.
I HAVE SEEN EARLY IN THE SCHOOL YEAR HOW TEACHERS ARE USING INDIVIDUAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT DATA LIKE FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF HOW THEY'RE GROUPING STUDENTS BASED OFF OF INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE READILY AVAILABLE TO THEM AND HOW THEY STRUCTURE ACTIVITIES IN THEIR CLASS AND THE CREATIVITY.
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I WAS IN A SECOND GRADE CLASSROOM AND SAW A TEACHER WORKING WITH A SMALL GROUP ON A READING LESSON.I BELIEVE IT WAS READING COMP LESSON, AND THE OTHER STUDENTS HAD DIRECTION AND INDEPENDENT PRACTICE.
THE TEACHER HAD A BEE ANTENNAE UP ON HER HEAD AND THAT INDICATED THAT SHE WAS BUSY WITH THOSE STUDENTS IN THAT GROUP AND THEN ROTATED IN THE NEXT LEVEL GROUP.
SO THE CREATIVITY OF OUR STAFF TO STRUCTURE ACTIVITIES AROUND THOSE DIFFERENT LEVELS IS IMPRESSIVE AND THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT MORE EFFICIENTLY WITH THIS EDUCLIMBER AND OTHER DATA POINTS ACCESSIBLE TO THEM AT THEIR FINGERTIPS.
THE SYSTEMS ARE PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
THEY GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS JUST TO BUILD UPON WHAT SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER SAID FOR GROUPINGS.
BASED ON YOUR CLASS'S DATA, WE SUGGEST THIS GROUP COULD WORK ON THIS SKILL, AND THEN CLICK HERE IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOME INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES AS YOU WORK WITH THAT GROUP.
AND SO IT DOES TAKE SOME OF THAT HEAVIER LIFT OF THE TEACHER TO COME UP WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENTIATION AND ALL OF THE RESOURCES BUILT ALL INTO THIS SYSTEM.
SO IT'S BEEN A FIVE YEAR PROCESS TO GET TO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY, BUT IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO NOW TRULY HAVE SOMETHING UNDER ONE UMBRELLA.
>> ITEM 7.4, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT UPDATES.
DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE HER? DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT SALAMANCA.
>> I KNOW I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE FLOOR THIS EVENING, BUT I HOPE YOU'LL INDULGE ME AS I PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN UPDATE THAN I WAS PLANNING.
MS. MALVEY, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND PULLING UP THE NEGOTIATIONS FAQ, IT'S ONE OF THE ATTACHMENTS.
I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING UNORTHODOX AND A PUBLIC COMMENT THIS EVENING REFERRED AND SUGGESTED THAT YOU REVIEW THE UPDATE ON NATO ACT.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THAT SINCE MY PRESENTATION THIS EVENING AND I'M PREPARED TO PROVIDE SOME NEGOTIATIONS, UPDATES, AND INFORMATION.
I KNOW YOU-ALL ARE AWARE THAT WE HAVE A MEDIATION SESSION SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW.
SO I APPRECIATE THE TIMING OF TODAY'S ACTIONS AND COMMENTS.
IN REVIEWING THE UPDATES, I HAVE TO SHARE MY FRUSTRATION.
I'M A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT.
I'VE COMMITTED MY STUDIES AND MY PROFESSION TO ENSURING THAT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE ACCURATELY REPORTED AND THAT WE'RE OPERATING WITH INTEGRITY.
I HAVE THE CODE OF ETHICS THAT I'M REQUIRED TO OPERATE UNDER, AND THE LANGUAGE INCLUDED IN THIS IS DISGUSTING.
MY NUMBERS CANNOT BE TRUSTED, BUDGETARY TRICKS, WITHOUT ANY BACKUP TO SUPPORT IT IS FRUSTRATING AND IT'S UPSETTING.
MY PRESENTATION THIS EVENING, WE SHOWED THAT OUR PROJECTIONS AND OUR UNAUDITED ACTUALS, THE FINAL NUMBERS AFTER THE ACCOUNTING SHOW THAT WE'RE WITHIN A 1% VARIANCE OF OUR PROJECTIONS.
RIDDLED THROUGH THIS IS MISINFORMATION.
AND WE HAVE SINCE REFUTED A LOT OF THE INFORMATION IN ALL OF THE UPDATES.
I WAS SURPRISED, I WAS EXPECTING SOMETHING NEW, IT'S NOT.
IT'S MORE OF THE SAME. THE SPRING UPDATE, AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE WEBSITE, WE HAVE A SIDE BY SIDE WHERE WE REFUTED MANY OF THE ARGUMENTS THAT WERE MADE.
I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU TO FLIP TO THAT ONE.
JUST NOTE SLIDE 38 IS IN RESPONSE TO THE SPRING UPDATE.
OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS HAVE LAYERS OF OVERSIGHT.
I WON'T LET THE WORK OF MY TEAM BE DISRESPECTED.
WE HAVE A HARD WORKING TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT OUR FINANCIALS ARE ACCURATELY STATED.
THEY'RE AUDITED BY EXTERNAL AUDITORS.
THEY'RE REVIEWED BY THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND SUBSEQUENTLY BY THE STATE.
THEY HAVE BEEN AFFIRMED TIME AND AGAIN.
MISS MULLLIER, IF YOU'LL GO TO SLIDE 5.
AGAIN, RIDDLED IN THE UPDATE IS REFERENCES THAT FUND 40 AND FUND 17 ARE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND IN OUR RESERVE ANALYSIS. SLIDE 5.
THERE WE GO. YOU'LL RECOGNIZE THE BRIDGE TO BASIC AID.
I HAD IT TWICE IN MY PRESENTATION THIS EVENING AND IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY PRESENTATION SINCE IT WAS INCLUDED AS A LONG RANGE BUDGET PLAN.
WE'VE ALWAYS INCLUDED FUND 1, FUND 17, AND FUND 40 IN OUR RESERVE BALANCES.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE CONFUSION IS.
YOU'RE ALL INVITED TO THE BUDGET STUDY COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
WE HAVE ASKED FOR IT IN NEGOTIATIONS, AND WE STILL CONTINUE TO EXTEND AN OLIVE BRANCH.
LET'S HAVE A DIALOGUE, BUT LET'S HAVE IT WITH FACTS.
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IF YOU'LL GO TO SLIDE 7, PLEASE, OR I GUESS THE NUMBER'S OFF THIS ONE.WE HAVE PROVIDED PART OF TOTAL COMPENSATION IS SALARY AND BENEFITS.
IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT ONE PIECE OF SALARY AND SAY WE'RE THE LOWEST, YOU WANT TO LOOK AT BENEFITS AND IGNORE THE FACT THAT WE'RE AMONG THE TOP.
I THINK WE'RE NUMBER 6 IN OUR RANKINGS IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF COSTS THAT WE SUPPORT FOR BENEFITS, THAT'S UP TO YOU.
BUT WHEN THE INDUSTRY STANDARD LOOKS AT TOTAL COMPENSATION, THEY LOOK AT THE TWO ITEMS IN CONJUNCTION, SALARIES AND BENEFITS, BECAUSE IT'S COMPENSATION THAT SUPPORTS AN INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE.
YOU'LL NOTE HERE THAT CUSD IS AT OR ABOVE THE AVERAGE IN ALL AREAS THAT WERE COMPARED IN THEIR ANALYSIS.
SLIDE 32. IT'S THE ONE THAT SHOWS HOW THE COLA WAS SPENT.
21% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.
THE DISTRICT DID IN FACT RECEIVE A PERCENTAGE INCREASE OF 21% OVER 22 23 AND 23 24 FISCAL YEARS.
AS WE'VE MENTIONED EVERY TIME WE TALKED ABOUT OUR FUNDING FROM THE STATE, IT'S A MATTER OF THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, BUT ALSO STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS.
JUST BECAUSE THEY INCREASE THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, DOES IT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE AS A DISTRICT RECEIVE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE DOLLARS.
ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THAT IS STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS, IE ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE IN A STATE OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT.
YOU MIGHT RECEIVE A 21% COST OF LIVING INCREASE, WHICH INCREASES THE BASE, BUT IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY NECESSARILY TRANSLATE TO $1 FOR DOLLAR INCREASE IN REVENUES.
IF YOU HAVE LESS STUDENTS, THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU LESS DOLLARS.
WE HAVE ILLUSTRATED AND I WELCOME OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE THIS GRAPHIC A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR.
ALL OF THE NEW MONIES AND WHERE ALL OF THE NEW EXPENDITURES WENT WITH THOSE NEW MONIES.
YOU'LL SEE THAT 35% OF THE NEW MONIES RECEIVED IN THOSE TWO YEARS WENT TO ACT RAISES, 14% WENT TO CSEA, 6% WENT TO MANAGEMENT, 15% WENT TO EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PROGRAMS, STIRS AND PERS.
HEALTH BENEFITS INCREASED AS WELL.
THEY ALSO GOT A CHUNK OF THE NEW MONEY, AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE DEALING WITH INFLATION, AND THE DISTRICT IS NOT IMMUNE TO THAT AS WELL.
WHENEVER WE GET INCREASES FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL, WE'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO MEET THE EXPENSES AND THE INFLATIONARY FACTORS OF THOSE NEW EXPENSES.
LASTLY, THERE'S A REFERENCE TO THE 24 25 STATE BUDGET.
THE 24 25 STATE BUDGET, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROP 98 GUARANTEE, IT IN FACT DID GO UP IN TERMS OF THE PROMISE OR THE IOU FOR MONEY.
IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY TRANSLATE INTO DOLLARS COMING TO DISTRICTS.
IT'S CALLED THE MAINTENANCE FACTOR, AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE ALL AWARE OF THIS, BUT WE WILL NOT RECEIVE MORE THAN THEY PROMISED US IN THE STATE BUDGET.
THE 1.07% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT IN THE LCFF IS THE NUMBER UNLESS THE STATE CHANGES IT.
I THINK THOSE ARE MOST OF THE POINTS, WE WILL BE REDUCING THIS IN WRITING AND INCLUDING IT AS AN ADDENDUM TO OUR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE.
AGAIN, WE WELCOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIALOGUE.
I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US AT THE SEPTEMBER 18 BUDGET STUDY COMMITTEE MEETING.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 7.4? TRUSTEES, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> QUESTION. REAL QUICKLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IN YOUR EARLIER PRESENTATION AT THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS, YOU SAID THAT WE HAD BEEN OUR NUMBERS AND OUR BUDGET HAD BEEN LOOKED AT BY THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICE OF AND AN OUTSIDE.
>> NOT YET. THEY WILL BE. THE LETTER THAT WAS RECEIVED WAS FOR THE ADOPTED BUDGET THAT WE SUBMITTED IN JUNE.
RIGHT NOW, THE BOARD IS TAKING ACTION ON THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS, UNAUDITED, MEANING THAT THEY WILL BE AUDITED BY YOUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS.
THEY'LL GET A FULL ACCOUNTING OF THAT REPORT IN JANUARY.
AND THE COUNTY OFFICE IS THE FIRST LAYER OF REVIEW, AND WE'LL GET A SIMILAR RESPONSE LETTER FROM THEM REGARDING THE UNAUDITED ONCE THEY COMPLETE THE REVIEW.
>> THANK YOU. THE BUDGET INFORMATION THAT ACT PRESENTS, DOES IT GO THROUGH THE SAME LAYERS OF REVIEW OR VERIFICATION.
>> I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY EXTERNAL REVIEWS.
I'M ONLY AWARE OF THE DISTRICTS, BUT I'M NOT SURE. WE'LL INQUIRE.
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>> THANK YOU. DE SALMA FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK AT THAT AND GIVE US YOUR READ ON IT IN REAL TIME AS IT WERE.
I GUESS I FEEL AND I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF AS A TRUSTEE, OF COURSE, I FEEL I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING I CAN THINK OF TO BE AS WELL AND FULLY INFORMED AS I CAN BE ON THESE ISSUES.
IT AFTER READING EVERYTHING I CAN, SPEAKING WITH EVERYONE I CAN, I STILL AM OF THE OPINION THAT WE SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO GIVE THE RAISES THAT ARE REQUESTED THAT I BELIEVE ALL EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS SHOULD GET.
THAT'S WHERE MY BELIEF EXISTS.
I BELIEVE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS DESERVE TO BE COMPENSATED MORE, ESPECIALLY THE ONES IN OUR DEAR DISTRICT THAT I CARE ABOUT IMMENSELY, AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU DO TOO.
THAT'S REALLY ALL I WANT TO SAY JUST I DON'T SEE WHERE THE FUNDS ARE TO GIVE SUCH RAISES RIGHT NOW.
INFLATION IS KILLING ALL OF US, I WOULD LOVE A 10% RAISE.
BUT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING WHERE I WORK.
IF WE HAD IT, I WOULD WANT TO GIVE IT.
I JUST DON'T SEE IT AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND OR WHAT I'M MISSING BECAUSE I WANT TO LEARN AND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND AND THAT'S WHERE I MET WITH THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EXPLAINING.
I'M ALWAYS OPEN TO LEARN EVERYTHING I CAN BECAUSE I FULLY BELIEVE IN OUR TEAM AND I WANT TO SUPPORT OUR EDUCATORS, AND I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO BRING ALL THIS TOGETHER IN ANY OTHER WAY. THANK YOU.
>> I'D LIKE JUST BRIEFLY BEFORE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, I'D JUST LIKE TO CAUTION TRUSTEES, YOUR PERSONAL OPINIONS, WE NEED TO WALK THE LINE OF NOT NEGOTIATING OUTSIDE OF NEGOTIATIONS.
DESIRES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
PLEASE JUST BE AWARE THAT WE ARE PROHIBITED FROM NEGOTIATING OUTSIDE OF NEGOTIATIONS.
>> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, DEPUTY SMA.
I JUST WANT TO COMMENT THAT WE HAVE A BRIDGE TO BASIC AID, SO WE'RE TRACKING TOWARDS A BETTER PLACE.
WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE. WE HAVE A PLAN.
WE JUST HAVE TO BE PATIENT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
>> I'VE BRIEFLY GONE TO NO ACT.ORG, AND I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT VARIOUS DOCUMENTS THAT ARE HERE AND ONE OF THE ASSERTIONS IS THAT PAST MULTI YEAR PROJECTIONS INCLUDE TRANSFERS FROM FUNDS THAT DIDN'T MANIFEST THAT IN 2022/23 UNAUDITED ACTUALS SHOW IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS THAT THE AMOUNTS TRANSFERRED IN, PROBABLY THIS MULTI YEAR PROJECTION, BUT FROM PREVIOUS WERE NOT WHAT HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN PROJECTED.
I THINK THE LEAP CAN BE MADE THAT WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND WILL POTENTIALLY HAVE MORE MONEY THAN WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING.
I MEAN, LOOKING AT THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS, WE HAVE WE WENT FROM 0.7 0.3 MILLION DEFICIT.
IS THERE SOMETHING TO BE SAID THAT WE WON'T MAKE AS MANY TRANSFERS AND MAYBE WE WON'T BE IN A NEGATIVE BALANCE BY THE TIME WE HIT 26/27.
>> IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. WE'VE NEVER CLAIMED TO BE PERFECT AND HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL AND BE ABLE TO READ THE FUTURE.
ALL OF OUR PROJECTIONS ARE BASED OFF OF THE BEST AVAILABLE INFORMATION WE HAVE AT THE TIME.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST EXAMPLES OF A SHIFT IN PROJECTIONS VERSUS ACTUALS AS RECENTLY AS TWO YEARS AGO.
THE DISTRICT ADOPTED ITS BUDGET, AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY, THE STATE ADOPTED ITS BUDGET.
WE AS PROFESSIONALS AND CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICERS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE TOLD ONE THING AT MAY REVISE THAT THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR TRIGGER CUTS OR REDUCTIONS IN FUNDING.
THE TIMELINES AND THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS ARE SUCH THAT WE HAVE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET SOMETIMES BEFORE THE STATE DOES.
THERE'S A BUILT IN MECHANISM FOR US TO UPDATE OUR PROJECTIONS AND WE DO THAT EVERY TIME.
SOMETIMES THERE ARE SHIFTS, BUT IT'S NOT FROM IT'S NOT BASED OFF OF INFORMATION THAT WE ALWAYS KNOW. PILING ONTO THAT.
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THE LAST THE LAST FOUR YEARS WITH COVID COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE UNCERTAIN.WE RECEIVED CLOSE TO $7,000,000 IN ONE TIME FUNDS.
A LOT OF THE TIME, THOSE WERE GIVEN MID YEAR.
THEY GAVE US RULES AND SAID, YOU CAN DO THIS.
THEY CHANGE THE RULES, THEY GIVE US A NEW NUMBER.
THE LAST FOUR YEARS HAVE PROBABLY BEEN SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT FROM A BUDGETARY PERSPECTIVE, TRACKING TIME THAT I'VE HAD THE DISPLEASURE OF BEING A PART OF.
THERE WERE NEW RULES, NEW REGULATIONS, HUNDREDS OF NEW LEDGERS THAT WE HAD TO TRACK.
IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE THAT THEY MIGHT MAKE THAT LEAP.
HOWEVER, COVID IS DONE, THE ONE TIME MONIES ARE DONE.
WE KNOW, AS WE SAW IN THIS MOST RECENT STATE BUDGET ADOPTION, THAT THERE WASN'T MUCH CHANGE FROM WHAT THEY TOLD US IN MAY TO WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING IN THE BUDGET ADOPTION.
I DON'T ANTICIPATE MUCH CHANGING ABOUT OUR BUDGET AS A RESULT OF ACTIONS BY THE STATE.
MOST OF THE CHANGES ARE GOING TO BE AS A RESULT OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN LOCALLY, DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND THE ADDITIONAL STAFFING THAT WE HIRED.
ONE OF MY SLIDES SHOWED HOW IN THE SPAN OF THREE MONTHS, $750,000 SWING.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE NUMBERS MIGHT CHANGE.
I PERSONALLY DON'T BELIEVE HOPE IS A STRATEGY.
WE HAVE TO REMAIN CONSERVATIVE, AND OUR COMMITMENT IS ENSURING STABILITY FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF AND MAINTAINING THE LEVEL OF PROGRAMS WHILE STILL OFFERING SALARY INCREASES.
THERE'S STEP AND COLUMN INCREASES.
THEY RECEIVE MORE MONEY IN THEIR PAYCHECK THIS YEAR THAN THEY DID LAST YEAR.
THAT WOULD BE TRUE UNDER OUR MOST RECENT PROPOSAL, INCLUDING THOSE AT THE TOP STEP.
WE'VE ADDED STEPS 31, 32, AND 33.
IN ADDITION TO 1.07% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.
THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, AND IT WILL LIKELY CHANGE.
>> I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST PARTS WILL BE A DECISION OF THIS BOARD TO MAKE CUTS GOING FORWARD.
I MEAN, THAT WE COULD WE WILL DO SOMETHING TO MAKE THIS NOT BE NEGATIVE BY MAKING CUTS SOMEWHERE.
WE LIVE OUTSIDE OUR MEANS, AND SO THAT'S, , THAT'S THE DIFFICULT DECISION THAT'S GOING TO COME IS WE CAN'T AFFORD THINGS, BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET RID OF SOMETHING ELSE.
>> I THINK TO THAT END, WE CAN'T IGNORE THE REALITY THAT'S PRESENTED TO US. WE CAN ADJUST.
IF WE CAN MAKE A PLAN AND SAY, IF WE HAVE TO, HERE'S WHAT IT MIGHT BE, AND HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE TO.
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM, AS A COMMUNITY, AS A BOARD, AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM, WE SHOULD DO THE WORK AND HAVE A CONTINGENCY PLAN, AND THAT'S OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU ALL.
>> IF WE DON'T FIND MORE REVENUE OR CUT EXPENSES.
IF WE DON'T DO THAT WORK HERE, THEN THE COUNTY WILL COME AND DO THAT WORK FOR US.
>> WE COULD. WE'RE THEORETICALLY AT LEAST A YEAR OR TWO FROM THAT.
BUT WE LIKE CONTROL HERE IN CORONADO.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE BUDGET STUDY COMMITTEE MEETINGS COMING UP.
WE'LL START LOOKING AT AREAS WHERE WE CAN CUT COSTS AND SAVE MONEY.
>> YES. I'M GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OPTIMISTIC IN THE VALUE AND THE STRENGTH OF HAVING A BUDGET STUDY COMMITTEE.
THE DECISION TO THIS WHOLE FACILITIES FOR FACILITIES INITIATIVE WAS AN IDEA THAT CAME OUT OF THE BLUE FROM A QUESTION THAT WE RECEIVED IN THE BUDGET STUDY COMMITTEE.
I DON'T CLAIM TO HAVE ALL OF THE ANSWERS.
I VALUE AND APPRECIATE INPUT FROM OUR SHAREHOLDERS TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.
FROM A VERY PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVE, THE WAY TO BALANCE IT IS EITHER TO INCREASE REVENUES, DECREASE EXPENSES, BUT THERE MAY BE OTHER IDEAS THAT I'M OPEN TO HEARING, AND I HOPE THAT FOLKS WILL PARTICIPATE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
WITH REGARDS TO THE ACCURACY, I MEAN, IT SEEMS TO ME I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO ENTERTAIN AND CONSIDER ANYTHING THAT'S SUBMITTED.
BUT IT SEEMS TO ME WE'RE GETTING IT'S OBVIOUSLY A ROLLING VALIDATION OF THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SUBMIT THAT COME OUT OF OUR BUSINESS OFFICE.
EVERY JANUARY, WE HAVE AN INDEPENDENT DISTRICT AUDIT FROM A OUTSIDE FIRM THAT COMES IN, AND I DON'T REMEMBER THERE BEING ANY SIGNIFICANT VARIANCES OR CONCERNS AT THE LAST PRESENTATION.
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I THINK IT'S A VERY HIGH BAR TO SAY THAT IT'S SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED.SECONDLY, I WOULD SAY, EVEN JUST TAKING FROM A DEVIL'S ADVOCATE POINT, THE NUMBERS THAT YOU HAVE PRESENTED AND HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, THAT IS UPON WHICH WHAT THE SDCOE HAS ACCEPTED AND RENDERED JUDGMENT ON, AND THEY'VE ASKED US TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THAT.
SO I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT VIEWS, BUT PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT VIEW IS THAT OF OUR SUPERVISING AGENCY, AND WHICH STILL LEAVES US WITH THE NEED TO ADDRESS OR TO SUBMIT A DETAILED PLAN WITH OUR INTERIM BUDGET.
ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
>> JUST A QUICK COMMENT. WE'RE TALKING LIKE A SWING FROM 700,000-300,000.
THAT COULD BE ONE STUDENT AT A SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL OUT OF STATE.
FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND, I THINK IN THE BUDGET, IT COULD BE ONE STUDENT SWINGING THE BUDGET THAT MUCH.
TO COME WITHIN 300,000 LIKE YOU DID IS PRETTY AMAZING. THANK YOU.
>> I THINK I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS.
I DIDN'T GO IN DEPTH INTO THE ACT.ORG WEBSITE, BUT DO WE KNOW WHO PREPARED THIS?
>> MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN SEND AN EMAIL LETTING US KNOW WHO PREPARED THIS, MAYBE, IF THEIR CPA OR WHAT KIND OF FINANCIAL BACKGROUND THEY HAVE, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> WE'LL FOLLOW UP. T HANK YOU.
>> I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION OR POINT.
IF WE DO HAVE TO CUT PROGRAMS OR IDENTIFY REDUCTIONS, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THAT WOULD INCLUDE ELIMINATING FTES?
>> I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT. I HEARD PRESIDENT PALACIOS-PETERS USE THE TERM LIVING BEYOND OUR MEANS.
I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IN 2018, THE GOVERNING BOARD AT THE TIME ESTABLISHED A LONG-RANGE PLAN.
PART OF THAT LONG-RANGE PLAN WAS A PLAN SPEND DOWN OF OUR RESERVES TO BUILD A BRIDGE TO BASIC AID.
UNDERSTANDING WE WILL BE IN DEFICIT SPENDING UNTIL WE REACH BASIC AID, BUT THEN DIRECTED STAFF TO FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO BRING IN REVENUE INTO CUSD TO HELP SECURE PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS AND STABILITY OF STAFF.
THE EXAMPLE THAT WE OFTEN HIGHLIGHT IS THE FACILITIES FOR FACILITY'S LOAN AND THE LEASING OF THE FACILITY RIGHT NEXT TO US.
BUT THE DODEA GRANT APPLICATION CYCLES, OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO GO OUT AND TRY TO GENERATE REVENUE TO SUSTAIN THE FUNCTIONING PROGRAMS AND EXPERIENCES OFFERED TO OUR STUDENTS AND ALSO STRIVE TO MAINTAIN A TOTAL COMPENSATION PACKAGE AT OR ABOVE THE AVERAGE IN THE COUNTY HAS BEEN A TASK THAT THIS STAFF HAS TAKEN ON AND OUR TEACHERS AND OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF HAVE BEEN ALONG THE RIDE, OFTENTIMES, TO PUBLIC SCRUTINY.
SOME OF YOU WHEN RUNNING FOR THESE SEATS, AND WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR LOBBY THIS EVENING WHO ARE RUNNING FOR SEATS, FACED A LOT OF SCRUTINY FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT TAKING OUT A $12 MILLION LOAN AND LEVERAGING THAT LOAN WITH LEASE REVENUE FROM THE NAVY.
WITHOUT THAT LOAN, WE WOULDN'T BE IN THIS POSITION RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THIS POSITION YEARS AGO.
STAFF IS STILL COMMITTED TO TRYING TO FIND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO STRENGTHEN THIS BRIDGE TO BASIC EIGHT UNTIL WE GET THERE.
BUT I DID WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HAS BEEN A COMMUNITY EFFORT AND VERY PURPOSEFUL IN DESIGN AND TO BE APPLAUDED.
THAT STARTED BY A VISION SET ACKNOWLEDGING WE ARE GOING TO BE IN DEFICIT SPENDING.
IT'S PAINTED ON THE WALL BEHIND US, AND I DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THAT, BUT I DO FEEL A LITTLE PROTECTIVE WHEN I HEAR LIVING BEYOND OUR MEANS, THAT HAS BEEN PURPOSEFUL BY DESIGN, AND OUR ACTIONS AND BUDGET DECISIONS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN BY AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE SPENDING MORE THAN WE RECEIVE.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THANK YOU, DEPUTY SALAMANCA.
ITEM 7.5, SUPERINTENDENT UPDATE. SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER.
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>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PALACIOS-PETERS.
I KNOW THE BOARD IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW MY REPORT.
THE ONE ITEM OF INTEREST THAT I FELT WAS WORTHY OF DISCUSSION HAS TO DO WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SOME AD HOC COMMITTEES.
WE HAVE PROPOSED, AS A GOVERNANCE TEAM, A FACILITIES MASTER PLAN AND TO UPDATE THAT DOCUMENT.
I THINK THE EVENTS EARLIER THIS WEEK REALLY DEMONSTRATE OUR NEED TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT LONG RANGE AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENTS WHEN THE TEMPERATURE RISES.
I BELIEVE WHEN WE GET TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO UPDATE OR TO REVIEW OUR EXISTING AR ON HEAT RELEASE DAYS.
THE TWO COMMITTEES THAT WE DISCUSSED OUR FACILITIES MASTER PLAN AND OUR DISTRICT SAFETY COMMITTEE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO SET OBJECTIVES FOR THOSE COMMITTEES THIS EVENING.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO SET AGENDAS OR EARLY DATES.
I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO ENGAGE IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT IDENTIFYING TWO INDIVIDUALS FOR EACH OF THOSE COMMITTEES OF INTEREST SO WE CAN START MOVING FORWARD WITH GETTING THOSE COMMITTEES UP AND RUNNING.
THE DEFINITION OF AN AD HOC COMMITTEE WAS INCLUDED WITHIN MY REPORT.
I KNOW THROUGH CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD HERE ON THE DAIS THAT THERE'S AN INTEREST IN PERHAPS OTHER COMMITTEE WORK.
THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY WITHIN A REPORT FOR SOME HEAD NODS AND SOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR STAFF TO THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH PLANNING AND START SETTING SOME REALISTIC GOALS AND TIMELINES FOR THAT WORK.
I AM ASKING WITHIN THIS REPORT FOR AN INTEREST EXPRESSED IN THE FACILITIES MASTER PLANNING COMMITTEE, THE DISTRICT-WIDE SAFETY COMMITTEE, BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT COMMITTEE WORK OR INITIATIVES THAT WE ARE REQUESTING BOARD SUPPORT AND HELP AND GUIDANCE WITHIN.
>> IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 7.5? TRUSTEES, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I WILL START THEN. THERE'S A LOT IN THIS REPORT.
FIRST, THE SAFETY COMMITTEE AND THE SAFETY REPORT, SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH.
I KNOW THAT OUR STUDENT TRUSTEE NOTED THAT THERE WAS SOME WORK DONE, I BELIEVE AT CMS ON THIS.
I'D JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER SAFE HARBOR HAD A QPR TRAINING YESTERDAY, WHICH IS A SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING.
THEY HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON ADDITIONAL TRAININGS.
I COMPLETED THAT TRAINING IN AUGUST 2022 AS AN EIGHT-HOUR TRAINING AND FOUND IT BENEFICIAL GIVEN HOW IMPORTANT MENTAL HEALTH IS, AND YOU JUST WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE ARE RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IN REGARDS TO COMMITTEES, I'D LIKE TO THROW OUT ONE MORE TO ADD TO OUR LIST TONIGHT.
I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER AN AD HOC COMMITTEE REGARDING MILITARY FAMILIES AND STUDENTS TO LOOK AT BRINGING IN COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN SIMILAR TO KIND OF A BUDGET STUDY COMMITTEE HEARING WHAT ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE AND HAVE TWO TRUSTEES PRESENT TO REALLY LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO ON A DISTRICT WIDE LEVEL.
I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT FORWARD.
>> I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF HAVING THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE.
I'M INTERESTED IN WORKING ON THE FACILITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
>> I'D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE SAFETY COMMITTEE.
>> I'M DEFINITELY VOLUNTEERING FOR THE MILITARY COMMITTEE.
[LAUGHTER] JUST THROW THAT OUT THERE.
>> I'D BE HAPPY TO JOIN THE SAFETY COMMITTEE.
>> MALVEY, YOU WANT JOIN ME ON THE MILITARY COMMITTEE?
>> YAY. [LAUGHTER] THERE'LL BE SNACKS.
>> THANK YOU. [OVERLAPPING] WITH THAT DIRECTION MS. [INAUDIBLE] AND MS. MALVEY HAVE JOTTED DOWN THE NAMES FOR THOSE ANTICIPATE COMMUNICATIONS FROM ME AND/OR STAFF AS WE BEGIN TO GET THOSE COMMITTEES UP AND OFF THE GROUND.
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>> TRUSTEES, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ITEM 8, ITEMS PULLED FROM THE CONSOLIDATED MOTION FOR CONSENT CALENDAR, THAT WOULD BE ITEM 5.3 REGARDING THE ESPORTS EXTENDED DAY NON-ATHLETIC JOB DESCRIPTION. SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER?
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PALACIOS-PETERS.
WE DO HAVE DR. BATTLE HERE, WHO SHE AND HER TEAM HAVE WORKED CLOSELY ON WRITING A DODEA GRANT IN THE AREAS OF SCIENCE, INCLUSIVE OF PROGRAMS. THIS GRANT, AS YOU SEE IN THE WRITE UP, AND THE REQUESTED ACTION ITEM LIST THAT DODEA SCIENCE GRANT.
BUT THIS PROGRAM IN GENERAL, IS I BELIEVE AN ITEM OF INTEREST FOR TRUSTEES TO DISCUSS.
DYLAN, I'M GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT A LITTLE BIT.
AS YOU LISTEN AND ABSORB SOME OF THIS DISCUSSION, PLEASE FEEL FREE AT ANY POINT TO CHIME IN, BUT DR. BATTLE IS HERE TO GIVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT ESPORTS IS AND WHAT THEY ARE NOT. DR. BATTLE.
>> THANK YOU. DO YOU MIND PULLING UP PRESENTATION.
JUST A BRIEF INTERNAL HISTORY WHEN MY TEAM AND I WERE WRITING OUR COMPUTER SCIENCE GRANT, WHICH WE SHOULD FIND OUT ABOUT THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
WE DID MEET WITH THE COUNTY OFFICE AHEAD OF TIME TO TALK ABOUT ESPORTS.
I'VE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN TO OTHER COUNTY MEETINGS AND HAVE SEEN THE SPORTS IN ACTION, BUT IT WAS ONE COMPONENT THAT CAME UP MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN WE WERE DOING, I CALL IT THE CHAPTER 2 BECAUSE IT REMINDS ME OF HAVING TO WRITE THAT FOR MY DISSERTATION, BUT IT'S REALLY LOOKING AT ALL THE RESEARCH IN THE HISTORY THAT'S OUT THERE RELATED TO THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ESPORTS IS, I THINK ONE ARM OF THAT.
THAT'S BECOMING A BOOMING INDUSTRY AND REALLY AN OPTION FOR STUDENTS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL TO EXPLORE IN MULTIPLE CAPACITIES.
NOT JUST IN A JOB WITH VIDEO GAMES, BUT WHAT THEY LEARN FROM BEING PART OF A PROGRAM LIKE THIS CAN REALLY BE A BRIDGE TO ANOTHER TYPE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE CAREER THAT THEY MIGHT BE SEEKING.
THE COUNTY OFFICE WAS PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH ME A PRESENTATION THAT THEY TAKE ON THE ROAD AND THAT THEY PRESENT TO DISTRICTS AROUND THE COUNTY AND WHEN THEY HAVE WORKSHOPS AT THE COUNTY OFFICE REGARDING ESPORTS.
THEY HAVE A FULL-TIME NOW ESPORTS COORDINATOR.
THE COUNTY OFFICE ACTUALLY STARTED SMALL WITH THE MONARCH SCHOOL ACROSS THE BRIDGE, TRYING TO CONNECT OUR HOMELESS YOUTH TO SCHOOL IN SOME CAPACITY.
IT'S OKAY. I CAN JUST TALK TO IT.
I THOUGHT I SHARED THE LINK TO THIS ONE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THAT ESPORTS DOES AND WHY IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT, IS IT CAN BOOST STUDENT EMPOWERMENT AND SELF-ESTEEM IN SIX MAIN AREAS, SO PROMOTING TEAMWORK, COMMUNICATION, CRITICAL THINKING, SOCIAL GROWTH, SELF-ESTEEM AND LEADERSHIP, AND TIME MANAGEMENT.
THE DOCUMENT THAT'S DISPLAYED, I BELIEVE SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER MIGHT HAVE E MAILED IT TO YOU AS WELL.
>> THAT GOES OVER SOME OF THESE COMPONENTS AS WELL, BUT I CAN SEND THE OTHER PRESENTATION LATER.
TEAMWORK, IF YOU THINK OF IT AS SIMILAR TO A SPORTS TEAM, IT DOES PROMOTE TEAMWORK.
ESPORTS GAMES INVOLVE COLLABORATING WITH OTHERS TO ACCOMPLISH A COMMON GOAL.
THEY WORK WITH THEIR TEAMMATES CONSTANTLY TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE, LEARNING HOW TO ADAPT TO EACH OTHER STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES, HOW TO BE A PART OF A TEAM.
EVEN SINGLE PLAYER GAMES INVOLVE TESTING STRATEGIES AGAINST FELLOW TEAM MEMBERS TRYING TO FIND A BEST SOLUTION OR PATH.
THERE WE GO. FORWARD. THANK YOU.
ANY TEAM BASED ESPORT GAME REQUIRES AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF COMMUNICATION BEFORE DURING AND AFTER GAMES.
ATHLETES MUST BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE GOALS, CONCERNS, THOUGHT PROCESSES QUICKLY AND ACCURATELY TO OTHER PLAYERS, AS WELL AS COACHES AND MENTORS, CONSTANTLY PUSHING THEM TO DEVELOP COMMUNICATION SKILLS THAT THEY CAN PUT TO USE IN OTHER ASPECTS OF THEIR LIFE.
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CRITICAL THINKING. MANY ESPORTS REQUIRE ATHLETES TO THINK SEVERAL MOVES AHEAD, TAKING IN AND PROCESSING HUGE AMOUNTS OF DATA, PREDICTING THE REASONING OF THEIR OPPONENTS, EVALUATING OPTIONS AND CHOOSING A PATH FORWARD.SOCIAL GROWTH ESPORTS PROVIDES ATHLETES WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH A COMMUNITY OF PEERS WHO HAS SIMILAR INTERESTS.
INTERVIEWEES REPORTED SEEING ATHLETES BUILD SOCIAL SKILLS AND A NETWORK OF SOCIAL SUPPORT AS THEY SPEND MORE TIME WITH THEIR TEAM AND COACHES.
SELF-ESTEEM AND LEADERSHIP AS PLAYERS WORK WITH THEIR TEAMMATES AND COACHES TO IMPROVE THEIR PERFORMANCE.
THEY ALSO BUILD CONFIDENCE AND COMPETENCE, WHICH HELPS BOLSTER THEIR SELF ESTEEM, LEADING TO BETTER INTERACTIONS WITH THEIR COACHES AND PEERS.
AS THEY IMPROVED PERFORMANCE, INTERVIEWEES REPORTED SEEING ATHLETES BECOME MORE COMFORTABLE TAKING LEADERSHIP ROLES WITHIN THE TEAM.
I'LL SHARE THE FIRST ESPORTS COMPETITION I SAW IT WAS PRE-COVID, SO PROBABLY FALL OR SPRING OF 2019.
IT WAS THE MONARCH SCHOOL AND IT WAS HELD AT THE COUNTY OFFICE OF ED, AND WELL, THEN ONE OF THE STUDENTS GOT UP AND SPOKE AND SAID, "FIVE YEARS AGO, I DIDN'T HAVE A FRIEND." JUST GAVE A SYNOPSIS OF HIS LIFE AND HE SAID," I WOULD HAVE NEVER DREAMT I WOULD BE SPEAKING IN FRONT OF 50 ADULTS RIGHT NOW." HE'S THE CAPTAIN OF THE TEAM.
HE HAD A SCHOLARSHIP TO GO TO COLLEGE TO PURSUE ESPORTS.
IT'S JUST FINDING A HOME TOO FOR KIDS THAT DON'T CONNECT TO SCHOOL IN A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT THAT'S SAFE, THAT'S SUPERVISED, AND THAT HAS A COACH AND A MENTOR THAT'S PROMOTING THESE OTHER SKILLS.
WHEN I LOOK AT THESE SKILLS, IT MAKES ME CONNECT TO OUR PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE AS WELL AS ONE OF THOSE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT IS RELATED TO THE PORTRAITS THAT I KNOW YOU WERE INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH.
THEN THE OTHER PIECES IS TIME MANAGEMENT.
>> THE STUDENTS LEARN TO MANAGE THEIR TIME TO PLAY IN COMPETITIONS, ENGAGE WITH THEIR TEAM AND COACH, KEEP UP WITH THEIR ACADEMICS.
THAT IS A MAJOR COMPONENT, SO WE'RE NOT JUST PROMOTING BEING ON THE SCREEN THE WHOLE TIME, BUT RELATING IT TO ACADEMICS AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE STAYING UP WITH THEIR CLASSES AND MAINTAINING A SOCIAL LIFE.
ENHANCING ACADEMIC FOCUS AND PARTICIPATION. THE WHY.
PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT VALUE THAT E-SPORTS CAN BOOST IS STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND MOTIVATION FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT TRADITIONALLY ENGAGED IN CONVENTIONAL SPORTS OR OTHER CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES OR CLUBS.
FOR THOSE STUDENTS, E-SPORTS PROVIDES A FUN AND ENGAGING WAY TO LEARN.
IT HELPS STUDENTS DEVELOP A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND BELONGING.
RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT THE INTERACTIVE AND IMMERSIVE QUALITIES OF GAMES CAN SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE ENGAGEMENT AND MOTIVATION.
ALSO STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT IT INCREASES INTEREST IN STEM FIELDS FOR STUDENTS, UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY, AND INVOLVING GAME DESIGN AND CODING ELEMENTS AS WELL WITHIN THE GAMES.
THEY DEVELOP A STRONG FOUNDATION IN STEM WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE OTHER REPORT THAT YOU DID GET BEFORE.
THIS SHOWED THE DIFFERENT CAREERS RELATED TO E-SPORTS WHERE STUDENTS CAN PURSUE BASED ON THE SKILLS THAT THEY'RE LEARNING IN E-SPORTS.
E-SPORTS ENCOMPASSES VARIOUS DOMAINS.
IF SPECIFICALLY, STUDENTS PURSUE E-SPORTS, THERE ARE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS, THERE ARE COLLEGES AND N OUR NATION, THAT IT'S AN NCA-APPROVED COMPONENT OF THEIR PROGRAM AND SO THEY CAN PURSUE THAT.
BUT THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT ARENAS WITHIN E-SPORTS IF STUDENTS ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT TO PURSUE MARKETING, HR, FINANCE, BEING A PART OF THAT TEAM CREATES OTHER OPTIONS AS WELL.
IT'S COLLABORATIVE AND STRATEGIC PROBLEM SOLVING, BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS AND PROMOTING DIVERSITY.
INHERENTLY, E-SPORTS IS INCLUSIVE, OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES, GENDERS, BACKGROUNDS, TO COMPETE AND SUCCEED.
IT DOES INCORPORATE VIDEO GAMES AND GAME MECHANICS INTO THE LEARNING PROCESS.
FOR EXAMPLE, MINE CRAFTS EDUCATION EDITION THAT WAS JUST RELEASED LAST YEAR TWO YEARS AGO, HAS OPEN-ENDED WORLD AND LIMITLESS POSSIBILITIES TO MAKE IT A PLATFORM FOR GAME BASED LEARNING.
LEARNING DOES NOT FEEL LIKE A CHORE, BUT STUDENTS ARE AND BUILDING AND IT CAN BE INTERACTIVE WITH OTHER TEAMMATES AS WELL AND NOT JUST INDIVIDUAL.
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AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. THESE SLIDES THAT THE COUNTY INCLUDED.THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS THAT SCHOOLS CAN START AN E-SPORT PROGRAM.
IT CAN START AS AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN DOING, STARTING SMALL WITH STUDENTS THAT ARE INTERESTED.
WE HAVE TWO STAFF MEMBERS AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT WENT THROUGH THE COACHING AND MENTORING TRAINING OVER THE SUMMER.
IT WOULD BE INTEREST SPACE FOR STUDENTS TO COME IN AN AFTER SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AND SEE HOW MANY STUDENTS THEY GET TO DO THIS IN A SUPERVISED SAFE SPACE.
TEACHER TEACH, MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT TECHNOLOGY TO DO THIS.
THEN THAT WE ARE TEACHING THE COMPONENTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT WITH IN E-SPORTS, WHICH INCLUDES A SOCIAL MOTION ON LEARNING CURRICULUM, WHICH PROMOTES ALL THOSE SKILLS THAT I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.
THE COUNTY HAS ALSO STARTED TO CONNECT WITH COLLEGES.
UCSD, USD, CAN WE GO BACK, AROUND THE COUNTY TO HAVE OUR COLLEGE GAMING STUDENTS, MENTOR, AND COME IN AND COACH OUR MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE TOURNAMENTS.
THE STUDENTS WOULD PARTICIPATE IN TOURNAMENTS AND BECOME COMPETITIVE AFTER THEY FORM A CLUB.
THEN RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE AN EVOLVING MIDDLE SCHOOL INTEREST.
RIGHT NOW IN OUR DISTRICT, THE INTEREST WAS AT MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH OUR COACHES AND MENTORS TO START TO OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS FOR THE STUDENTS.
THE COUNTY IS ALSO LOOKING INTO BUILDING REGIONAL LABS.
RIGHT NOW, THE FIRST REGIONAL LAB IS IN LINDA VISTA AT THE LINDA VISA INNOVATION CENTER, WHICH, IF INTERESTED, THEY LOVE PEOPLE TO COME AND VISIT AND SHOW OFF THEIR FACILITY.
THEY HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT ROOMS. IT'S ALL STEAM RELATED ACTIVITIES THERE.
IT CAN HOST TOURNAMENTS, AND THAT'S WHERE OUR TEAM FROM THE MONARCH SCHOOL ACROSS THE BRIDGE PLAYS.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT FORMING OTHER REGIONAL LABS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE THEN TO ALL 42 DISTRICTS.
LIKE I SAID, E-SPORTS IS A PATHWAY.
IT DOES PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS THAT ARE INTERESTED, IT'S IN OUR COLLEGES.
THE GOAL IS TO HAVE IT SERVE AS ANOTHER ACTIVITY FOR STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT DON'T CONNECT TO OTHER THINGS THAT WE TRADITIONALLY OFFER IN OUR SCHOOLS IN A SAFE SPACE THAT ALSO PROMOTES THOSE OTHER SKILLS THAT I TALKED ABOUT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 5.3?
>> I GUESS I JUST DON'T AGREE WITH ANY OF THAT.
I THINK THOSE SLIDES WERE PROVIDED.
IT'S LIKE A SALES PITCH, LIKE THE INTEL CORPORATION THAT MAKES THE GRAPHICS CARDS.
YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE, THEY MAKE ALL THESE CLAIMS WITH NO DATA TO BACK IT UP.
I CAN'T FIND ANY POSITIVE DATA ON GAMING, I CAN FIND A ROOM FULL OF DATA ON THE NEGATIVES OF THE GAMING.
LET'S SEE. STRONG FOUNDATION AND STEM. HOW?
>> SOME OF THE GAMES THAT THE STUDENTS CAN PLAY, IT'S ACTUALLY COMPETITIVE CODING.
THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD BE GIVEN A CODING PROBLEM AND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHATEVER TYPE OF CODE THEY'RE DOING AND COMPETE AGAINST OTHERS.
THERE IS COMPUTER SCIENCE AND STEM BUILT INTO DIFFERENT GAMES.
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT WE'RE PLAYING.
I'M NOT HERE TO SELL A SALES PITCH EITHER.
I SHARED THIS WITH YOU AS A RESOURCE.
THE COUNTY OFFICE IS MORE THAN HAPPY TO COME OUT AND TALK ABOUT IT AS WELL.
I DID INCLUDE THIS ONE WHICH HAS LINKS TO A LOT OF THE RESEARCH AND I THINK WITH ANY TOPIC, WE'RE GOING TO FIND GOOD ABOUT IT AND ALSO THE NEGATIVE ABOUT IT.
I'M INHERENTLY JUST A PROPONENT OF MAKING SURE THAT EVERY CHILD IN OUR DISTRICT HAS SOMETHING THAT THEY CONNECT TO.
I'LL SAY IT BREAKS MY HEART IF I SEE A KID EATING LUNCH ALONE, OR THEY DON'T HAVE A FRIEND GROUP.
FOR ME, AS AN EDUCATOR, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT APPEALS TO A SMALL GROUP OF OUR STUDENTS, THEN I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IT AND NOT HERE TO SELL THINGS,
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AND I KNOW WE ALL HAVE OUR OPINIONS ABOUT IT.>> I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE ANY PARENT WANTING THEIR CHILD PLAYING MORE VIDEO GAMES.
I LOOKED AT THAT NETWORK OF ACADEMIC AND SCHOLASTIC E-SPORTS FEDERATIONS, GAME, GROW, LEARN, AND LEAD.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD IS TODD HARMS, CEO OF SKILLSHOT MEDIA, VIDEO GAME DEVELOPER IN ATLANTA.
I JUST FEEL I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A BIG SALES PITCH TO PUSH MORE VIDEO GAMES ONTO OUR KIDS, AND THE ALGORITHMS THAT GET THEM ADDICTED, ESPECIALLY KIDS THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE ONES WITH ADHD OR AUTISM.
I THINK IT JUST MAKES A MESS OF THEM.
I'VE SEEN NO GOOD FROM VIDEO GAMES, NOTHING.
>> I'LL JUST SHARE, I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS AND I THINK AS A PARENT, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO BALANCE OUT THE TECHNOLOGY IN THE HOME AND WHAT WE'RE DOING AT SCHOOL.
MY DAUGHTERS THEY LOVE TO PLAY MINECRAFT, AND I LET THEM DO IT.
THEY CONNECT WITH THEIR COUSINS THAT LIVE IN VIRGINIA AND THEY SIT THERE AND ALLOW THEM THEY BUILD A FAIRY WORLD OR WHATEVER WORLD THEY'RE BUILDING, AND THERE'S STRATEGY INVOLVED IN THAT IT'S CREATIVE.
I LOVE THAT INTERACTION THAT THEY HAVE.
I THINK AS A PARENT, WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES WITH OUR CHILDREN WITH TECHNOLOGY AND GOOD OR BAD AND MINE ARE STILL YOUNGER, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
BUT THIS IS A SCHOOL SPONSORED PROGRAM, NOT WHAT THEY'RE DOING AT HOME.
I THINK EVERY PARENT HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MONITOR THE TECHNOLOGY IN THEIR OWN HOUSEHOLD, WHETHER IT'S WITH THEIR IPHONES OR WHATEVER TECHNOLOGY IT IS, TV.
>> WERE THEY ABLE TO GIVE YOU SCHOOLS THAT HAD DONE THIS MONARCH SCHOOL OR ANOTHER SCHOOL AN ESTIMATED PERCENTAGE OF TIME THAT THE STUDENTS ARE IN FRONT OF A SCREEN VERSUS PERCENTAGE OF THE TIME WHERE THEY'RE INTERACTING FACE TO FACE WITH THEIR TEAM MEMBERS? I HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH THE TRAINING SO I DON'T HAVE THAT SPECIFIC INFORMATION, BUT IT'S LIKE AN HOUR AFTER SCHOOL CLUB WHERE THEY'D BE PLAYING AND I KNOW THE TOURNAMENTS CAN BE LONGER THAN THAT, WHERE THEY'RE INTERACTING WITH THE TECHNOLOGY AND COMPETING WITH OTHER TEAMS. BUT I DON'T HAVE THOSE SPECIFICS.
>> I WOULD DEFINITELY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE STARTING THIS AT LIKE THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MAYBE WORK OUR WAY DOWN FROM THERE, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THE INTEREST WAS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HAVING THIS? IS IT TWO OR THREE?
>> I DON'T I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA.
WE STARTED WITH STAFF THAT WAS INTERESTED IN STARTING THIS PROGRAM.
THERE'S CERTAIN GAMES THAT ARE APPROPRIATE AND RATED FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT WE WOULDN'T BE PLAYING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF MIDDLE SCHOOL GAMES ARE SUPER SMASH PROS, SOME OF THE NBA SPORTS, MADDEN, MINECRAFT, AND THEN MARIO CART.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SO THEY'RE APPROPRIATE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AGE.
THEY WOULDN'T BE PLAYING SOME OF THOSE MORE VIOLENT GAMES.
>> I'M JUST THINKING IF WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE INTERESTED AND WE DO THIS AND IT'S TWO, STUDENTS, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF PULLING ALL THIS TOGETHER.
I JUST I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE HAD A NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT HAD SIGNED UP SAYING, HEY, YEAH, IF YOU START THIS, I'LL JOIN.
>>THE ADVISORS MIGHT HAVE ALREADY HAD CONVERSATION WITH KIDS.
I'M NOT AWARE OF THOSE EXACT NUMBERS.
WE HAVE A TEACHER ADVISOR AND THEN A COUNSELOR THAT WERE INTERESTED IN DOING THIS. MR. MATTER.
>> I HAVE A FEW CONCERNS OVER THIS.
I TALK WITH A LOT OF KIDS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS AND I KNOW SCHOOLS THAT HAVE ANY SPORTS TEAM, AND I'VE HEARD STRUGGLES ABOUT THEM TRYING TO GET KIDS TO JOIN.
I HAVEN'T HEARD A LOT OF INTEREST FROM IT, WHERE IT'S IMPLEMENTED IN OTHER SCHOOLS.
THEN MY OTHER BIG CONCERN IS LIKE ACADEMIC WISE WITH ANY SPORT COMES LIKE PRACTICE.
AS FOR ME, I PLAY BASEBALL AND I PRACTICE BASEBALL.
IF A KID IS PUSHED TO GET BETTER AT A VIDEO GAME, THEY'RE GOING TO PRACTICE IT AT HOME.
THEY MIGHT GO SOMEWHERE TO PRACTICE THIS WITH A TEAM, BUT THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUSHED TO TRY TO GET BETTER AND PRACTICE AT HOME.
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MY CONCERN IS WHEN DOES THAT PUSH INTO AREAS OF ACADEMICS AND STUDY, AND THEN CONFLICTS WITH PARENTS AT HOME OR THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THEIR CHILDREN TO STUDY WHILE THEY'RE TRYING TO PRACTICE THEIR SPORT ACADEMIC.>> TRUSTEE ANTRAM, DID YOU HAVE SOME COMMENTS?
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE POINT BY TRUSTEE SANDY THAT WHERE'S THE DATA THAT SHOWS THAT THIS IS POSITIVE AND WHERE'S THE DATA THAT SHOWS BECAUSE I'M READY TO BELIEVE AND I DO BELIEVE AND I KNOW THAT WE LIVE IN A COMPUTER DRIVEN WORLD.
LIKE, THESE ARE THE CAREERS OF NOW AND THE FUTURE, AND I WANT OUR STUDENTS TO BE PREPARED FOR THEM.
HOWEVER, I DON'T SEE THIS BRINGING BACK WHAT WE ASKED FOR AS A BOARD SPECIFICALLY.
PARAMETERS, GUIDELINES AROUND WHAT WOULD BE EMPLOYED, WHAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE AND WHAT WOULDN'T BE.
I DON'T KNOW ANY PARENT THAT WANTS THEIR KID PLAYING MARIO CART AT SCHOOL.
NOW, I TOTALLY TAKE THE POINT THAT THERE ARE COMPETITIVE CODING AND THINGS THAT YOU'RE BUILDING OUT GAMES TO BE A DESIGNER AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND EVEN MINECRAFT, I SEE THAT TOO.
BUT I THOUGHT WE ASKED FOR GUARD RAILS AND IN A WAY TO DESIGN THIS IN A WAY THAT PROTECTS OUR STUDENTS AND ALLOWS THEM TO GROW IN THESE INTEREST FIELDS IN A ACCEPTABLE WAY.
I ALSO SHARE THE CONCERNS THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL IS MAYBE NOT THE RIGHT TIME TO DO THIS BECAUSE I DO FEAR IT'S SETTING YOU UP FOR A TIME MANAGEMENT ISSUE GOING INTO HIGH SCHOOL WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SO MANY MORE DEMANDS ON YOUR TIME.
THE OTHER REASON I AM NOT READY TO SUPPORT THIS YET IS BECAUSE I AM NOT CLEAR ON IF IT'S A CLUB OR A SPORT.
IT TALKS ABOUT BEING A CIF SANCTIONED SPORT, BUT THEN IT'S AN E-SPORTS ADVISOR, AND I DID ASK IF IT WAS A CLUB OR A SPORT, I DON'T KNOW, AND MAYBE THERE'S MORE INFORMATION, BUT I KNOW SPORTS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN GRADE POINT AVERAGE AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND THOSE WOULD HELP ME SUPPORT IT MORE IF I KNEW THAT THOSE GUARD RAILS WERE IN PLACE.
I'M NOT READY TO SUPPORT THIS YET WITHOUT THOSE GUARD RAILS.
I DID GET SOME GREAT INPUT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT HOW FORWARD LOOKING THESE TYPES OF THINGS CAN BE AND HOW MOTIVATING THEY CAN BE FOR STUDENTS AND I'M PREPARED TO ACCEPT THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE GUARD RAILS, I WOULD LIKE DATA, AND I WOULD LIKE INCENTIVES FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF PARTICIPATING BY FULFILLING THEIR OTHER REQUIREMENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S AGE APPROPRIATE.
I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS, CAN WE DRILL DOWN ON HOW MUCH SCREEN TIME WE'RE GIVING OUR KIDS IN CLASS VERSUS LIVE INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES AND WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE AND WHY IS THAT MATTER? I CANNOT LOOK MYSELF IN THE EYE IF I THEN SUPPORT THIS WITHOUT EVEN GETTING THAT INFORMATION.
THAT'S WHY I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I THINK THAT AS IN MANY THINGS, THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS AND EXACTLY HOW IT'S GOING TO BE DONE.
IN MY MIND, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT GAMING AND TOO MUCH SCREEN TIME.
BUT HONESTLY, I THINK THAT THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL IN TERMS OF GAMING AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AND HOPEFULLY THERE'S SUPERVISION THAT'S GOING ON WHEN THEY GET HOME AND ENGAGE IN THAT.
I WOULD HOPE THAT THE COACH OR THE TEACHER FACULTY MEMBER WHO IS SUPERVISING THIS WILL ESTABLISH SOME CURRICULUM TO MAKE THIS AS A PRODUCTIVE EXERCISE AND EVENTS AND EVOLUTIONS AS POSSIBLE.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE EVERYBODY GOING OUT FOR SPORTS TEAMS SO THEY GET OUTSIDE, GET AWAY FROM SCREENS AND, YOU KNOW, BECOME MORE PHYSICALLY FIT AND ENJOY TEAM SPORTS THAT WAY.
BUT I THINK FOR A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION THEY'RE JUST NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
I THINK WITH THE PROPER SUPERVISION AND A FACULTY MEMBER WHO HAS THE RIGHT GAME PLAN IN MIND.
I THINK THIS WOULD WORK AND IT WOULD BE OF BENEFIT.
SO I WOULD BE INCLINED TO SUPPORT IT, ASSUMING THAT ALL THAT IS GOING TO BE UNDERTAKEN, WHICH I MEAN,
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IF WE TRUST THESE PEOPLE TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN, THEN I WOULD HOPE THAT, OF COURSE, WOULD BE HAPPENING. THANK YOU.I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS MORE ON THE FUNDING SIDE OF THIS.
THIS IS ALL PENDING A GRANT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS? IF WE DON'T GET THE GRANT, THEN THIS OR WILL NOT HAPPEN, I GUESS, OR IF IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN REGARDLESS, THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SPENDING MORE MONEY WHEN WE'RE IN A BUDGET DEFICIT.
THAT'S SOMETHING I'M LOOKING AT.
CAN WE WAIT TO SEE IF WE GET THE GRANT AND MAYBE GET SOME QUESTIONS TO THE GUARD RAILS BEFORE WE APPROVE THIS, OR DO WE NEED TO DO THIS NOW? WHEN ARE WE LOOKING AT STARTING THIS PROGRAM, IF WE'RE NOT GETTING THE GRANT UNTIL SEPTEMBER? SORRY. SO MANY THINGS.
YEAH. ONE, THE GRANT WAS SET UP TO FUND EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT THE TEAM.
WE KNOW THAT IF IT'S NOT RUN AS A TEAM THAT REQUIRES A PAID STIPEND COACH OR ADVISOR THAT THOSE TWO STAFF MEMBERS HAVE THE ABILITY OF STUDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN FORMING A CLUB.
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE WE'RE POLICY ON CLUBS AND THEY COULD RUN A CLUB REGARDLESS OF IT.
IT JUST WOULDN'T BE A PAID STIPEND POSITION.
BUT IF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN FORMING A CLUB TO DO THIS, WE JUST WOULDN'T GO IT WOULD PROBABLY SLOW DOWN A COMPETITIVE ROUTE BECAUSE OF LACK OF FUNDING TO SUPPORT ACTUALLY PAYING A COACH, LIKE WE DO OUR OTHER TEAMS, AS WELL AS THE EQUIPMENT.
SOME OF THE START UP EQUIPMENT CAN BE EXPENSIVE DEPENDING ON WHAT GAMES THEY'RE CHOOSING TO PLAY.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT IF WE GET THE FUNDING, WHEN WOULD WE LOOK AT STARTING THIS SPORT? THEY READY TO START IT.
THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH THE TRAINING, THEY'RE EXCITED.
I THINK THEY ALREADY HAVE STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THEIR CLASSES.
ONE OF THE ADVISORS WOULD BE OUR COUNSELOR WHO DEFINITELY LOOKS OUT FOR THE WHOLE CHILD.
YEAH, THEY'RE EAGER TO GET STARTED WITH AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS.
AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE DATA OR EVIDENCE IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW, BUT I WILL MENTION, DODEA ENCOURAGED DISTRICTS APPLYING FOR THIS GRANT SPECIFICALLY TO INCLUDES ESPORTS WITHIN BECAUSE OF SOME CONNECTIONS THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED IN THE AREAS OF CYBERSECURITY AND NATIONAL SECURITY.
AND THE DODEA GRANT, I BELIEVE, HAD EXPLICIT INSTRUCTIONS THAT INCLUDING THIS WOULD HELP ACHIEVE SOME OF THEIR OBJECTIVES THROUGH DODEA IN AREAS OF NATIONAL SECURITY.
I APPRECIATE DYLAN'S COMMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS THERE AND YOUR QUESTIONS AS FAR AS GPA AND PARTICIPATION.
I'M ALSO TORN BECAUSE I KNOW THE BENEFITS OF BEING PART OF A TEAM WHERE SOME OF THESE KIDS, THIS IS THEIR ONLY OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF A TEAM.
I THINK THAT I WOULD BE WILLING TO SUPPORT IT IF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT WANT THIS COME AND PRESENT.
I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW MANY ARE INTERESTED AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR THEIR REASONS AND THEIR THOUGHTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE GOT THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
IF WE GET THE DODEA FUNDING, THIS BECOMES A CIF SANCTION SPORT.
SO THE GUARD RAILS OF BEING A CIF ATHLETE WITH GPA REQUIREMENTS AND SUCH IS PART OF THAT THEN, YES.
BUT IF IT'S A CLUB, IT WON'T BE.
I MEAN, IF IT'S A CLUB, WE CAN HAVE SOME INTERNAL PARAMETERS AND THINGS, BUT I WE'RE COMPETING IN THE CIF COMPETITIONS, THEN IT WOULD BE SIMILAR.
THE TWO POINT GPA HAS TO BE MAINTAINED.
THERE'S ONE PROBATION HEARING PERIOD ALLOWED AND ALL OF THE ACADEMIC PIECES WOULD HAVE TO BE IN PLACE AS WELL AS ATTENDANCE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS DO REPORT IS AN INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE FOR PARTICIPANTS.
SORRY. THE CIF THINGS WOULD DEFINITELY APPLY BECAUSE I WAS CONFUSED WOULD FOR SURE.
YEAH. WE WOULD HAVE THAT AS PART OF OUR REQUIREMENTS.
THE TWO POINT GPA, SIMILAR TO SOMEONE ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM.
AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK DR. BATTLE FOR GIVING THIS REPORT AND REALLY REMIND EVERYONE SITTING UP HERE,
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SHE'S NOT HERE TO SELL THIS PROGRAM.THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WROTE INTO THE GRANT BECAUSE IT IS A TREND.
THIS TYPE OF EXPERIENCE HAS GROWN RAPIDLY IN OUR COUNTY ACROSS THE STATE IN THE NATION.
SHE REFERENCED STUDENT CONNECTEDNESS AND FINDING A HOME FOR EVERY CHILD EVERY DAY.
I ALSO AGREE WITH SOME OF THE SENTIMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED HERE AND THAT IF WE ROLL THIS OUT, THIS WILL BE A SLOWER IMPLEMENTATION.
WE'RE STARTING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL.
THE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN SERVING AS ADVISORS, WE HAVE A A TENURED SCIENCE I'M SORRY, HUMANITIES TEACHER AND OUR COUNSELOR AT CMS. I TRUST BOTH OF THEIR JUDGMENT AS EDUCATORS TO MONITOR.
I DO BELIEVE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY AND AN UPDATE TO THE BOARD WOULD BE PRUDENT.
WHATEVER DIRECTION THE BOARD DECIDES TO TAKE ON THIS, I THINK BRINGING BACK STUDENTS WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE WITH THOSE TWO ADVISORS, A REPORT FROM THE ADVISORS AND THOSE STUDENTS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
I THINK HEARING PART OF THIS CONVERSATION, WE'RE JUMPING ALREADY TO FIELDING A COMPETITIVE TEAM AND CIF.
I LIKE HAVING SOME REQUIREMENTS IN PLACE FOR GRADE POINT AVERAGE IN ATTENDANCE.
BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IN A SOFT ROLLOUT OF A PROGRAM LIKE THIS MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FIELDING A CIF TEAM TOMORROW.
I THINK THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD HAPPEN GRADUALLY.
WE WILL TAKE DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD ON THIS AGENDA ITEM AND WOULD ABSOLUTELY BRING BACK INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCES FROM THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING AS PART OF WHATEVER ACTION THE BOARD DECIDES TO TAKE.
CAN I CLARIFY CIF DOES IT'S FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
SO THAT SLOW ROLLOUT IS THAT'S DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT IF WE START ANY COMPETITIVE ASPECTS WITHIN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL, INTERNALLY, AS I SAID BEFORE, WE CAN REQUIRE THINGS OF THE STUDENTS TO BE A PART OF THIS SPECIALIZED TEAM.
SO CIF IS ONLY FOR HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS.
HOW LONG IS THE GRANT FOR? SO THIS IS FUNDING THE INITIAL EQUIPMENT, BUT KNOWS- PLUS THE STIPEND THAT THEY WOULD GET.
SO IF WE DECIDE IT'S NOT WORKING, WE COULD JUST FIVE YEARS.
SO FIVE YEARS, THIS PROGRAM BE IN EFFECT? YEAH. I'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO MY BUDGET TO SEE IF I THINK YEAR 1 IS TYPICALLY IF THIS IS YEAR 1.
IF WE DO GET IT, IT'S A PLANNING YEAR, SO IT WOULD BE GETTING EQUIPMENT DOWN, BUT I DO RECALL WE BUILT IN THE STIPENDS FOR FIVE YEARS.
AND THEN YEAR 1 IS FOR ONBOARDING ANY EQUIPMENT THAT WE WOULD NEED TO PURCHASE.
SO IF WE WERE TO APPROVE THIS, COULD WE ASK FOR A ONE YEAR UPDATE, AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU WILL CONVEY TO THE SITE ADMINISTRATOR, OUR PRINCIPAL THERE AT CMS, THE BOARD'S SPECIAL INTEREST IN THIS PROGRAM, AND I'M SURE THAT WILL PROVIDE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF SUPERVISION.
I'M SORRY. CIF IS ONLY FOR HIGH SCHOOL? THIS WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER.
THE PRESENTATION SHARED FROM THE COUNTY OFFICE OF ED TALKS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF ANY SPORTS PROGRAM WITHIN A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
OUR PROGRAM WOULD START SMALL AND WOULD GROW.
AGAIN, AS MENTIONED AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS IS THIS WOULD START AS A CLUB AT CMS WITH THOSE TWO ADVISORS.
IF THIS GAINED TRACTION WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE CHECKS AND BALANCES WERE IN PLACE AND TO THE APPROVAL OF OUR COMMUNITY STANDARD, THIS COULD TURN INTO WHAT OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE, WHICH WOULD BE FIELDING A VERY COMPETITIVE TEAM THAT PARTICIPATES.
OKAY. AND DO WE HAVE GUARD RAILS FOR CLUBS PARTICIPATION AS FAR AS ATTENDANCE AND- IT VARIES BY CLUB.
SOME OF OUR CLUBS ARE BUILT ON GUARD RAILS.
THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY IS BUILT UPON A GRADE POINT AVERAGE AND ATTENDANCE AND CODE OF CONDUCT, AND OTHER CLUBS ARE RECREATIONAL ENRICHMENT TYPE EXPERIENCES- AND WHERE WILL THIS FUND FALL UNDER? WE I BELIEVE WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE BOARD TONIGHT IS THAT THIS CLUB, THERE WOULD BE AN EXPECTATION THAT STUDENT GRADES, ATTENDANCE,
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AND CITIZENSHIP WOULD BE A PART OF A REQUIREMENT TO PARTICIPATE, WHICH IS WHERE MR. SMITH AND MR. GARCIA WOULD COME INTO PLAY TO COACH, MENTOR THOSE STUDENTS, NOT JUST THROUGH THIS CLUB.WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT CONNECTIONS STUDENT TO STUDENT AND FINDING A HOME IN A COMMUNITY.
I ALSO VIEW THIS WITH THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS ON THAT CAMPUS TO ESTABLISH STRONG CONNECTIONS WITH THOSE TWO ADULTS.
ARE WE COMMITTED TO THIS FOR FIVE YEARS THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF IT, OR IF WE DO FOR A YEAR OR TWO AND GO, THIS IS NOT WORKING, CAN WE? ALL OF THE GRANTS WE RECEIVED FROM DODEA HAVE FLEXIBILITIES BUILT INTO THE GOALS.
IF WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO ONE THING AND IT FLOPS OR THERE'S THE ABILITY TO REWRITE TO DODEA AND SAY WE'RE PIVOTING AND HERE'S WHERE WE WANT TO TRANSFER MONIES FROM THIS BUDGET THAT WE ORIGINALLY SAID WE WERE GOING TO SPEND ON THIS ITEM AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS.
THERE'S ALWAYS FLEXIBILITIES BUILT INTO THE DODEA GRANTS.
NOT EVERY GRANT WE GET, BUT DODEA DOES HAVE THAT BUILT IN.
THEN I'LL JUST ADD THAT FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY IF WE ARE COMPETING WITH OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO BUILD IN, LIKE I SAID, THOSE LOCAL INTERNAL COMPONENTS ARE GUARD RAILS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, MY DAUGHTER ATTENDS, THEY HAVE AFTER SCHOOL SPORTS PROGRAMS THAT COMPETE AGAINST THE OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN THE REGION IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE ON IT AND GO TO THE MEETS OR GAMES OR COMPETITION.
YOU CAN'T HAVE A DRF IN ANY CLASS.
YOU CAN'T HAVE A U AND SATISFACTORY CONDUCT, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE GOOD ATTENDANCE.
OTHERWISE, YOU CAN'T PARTICIPATE.
THERE'S THOSE INTERNAL GUARD RAILS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT CIF YET TO HIGH SCHOOL THAT WE CAN BUILD IN, AND I KNOW OUR COACHES LEARNED ABOUT THOSE COMPONENTS WHEN THEY WENT TO THE TRAINING.
OKAY. THANK YOU, DR. BATTLE. THANK YOU.
DOES ANYONE HAVE A MOTION? YOU ARE THE ONE.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE EXTENDED DAY NON ATHLETIC JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE ESPORTS ADVISOR WITH THE REQUEST THAT WE RECEIVE AN UPDATE IN A YEAR AFTER THE FIRST YEAR OF ACTIVITY.
SECOND. CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE.
MOTION PASSES. YES, I MOVE THAT WE TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS. BE BACK IN FIVE.
>> CHECK. WE'RE BACK FROM RECESS.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENIZED ITEMS. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO A NON-AGENDA ITEM, OR A CLOSED SESSION ITEM ARE INVITED TO QUEUE BEHIND THE PODIUM AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDAS ITEMS AT THIS TIME?
>> I JUST WANTED TO OFFER MY POINT OF VIEW AS A PARENT ON SOME THINGS.
I KNOW THE NEGOTIATIONS ARE TOMORROW AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE HERE THAT IT'S REALLY MATTERS A LOT TO US AND THAT EVEN IF THINGS ARE NONSENSICAL OR FEEL THAT WAY OR FEEL FRUSTRATING THAT YOU REMEMBER THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM AND THAT OUR KIDS ARE DEPENDING US ALL TO BE ON THE SAME TEAM THAT'S JUST THE MAIN THING I WANTED TO SAY.
THEN ALSO, I HOPE THAT WE CAN FIND A WAY TO COME UP WITH NUMBERS TO PAY THE TEACHERS.
I WANT TO DO THAT, AND I'LL SPEAK TO THAT MORE IN A MINUTE.
BUT THE OTHER THING IS, I CAN TELL YOU AS SOMEONE WHO WORKS IN THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM AND WAS A PART OF THE HISTORIC LABOR STRIKE THAT HAPPENED BACK IN JANUARY.
IT WAS AWFUL SENDING MY KIDS AN EMAIL, MY STUDENTS, AND TELLING THEM THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO HAVE CLASS AND THAT I COULDN'T EVEN COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.
IT JUST WAS SOMETHING IT CREATED
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A DIVIDE THAT I'M STILL FEELING IN MY WORKPLACE MONTHS LATER.I JUST HOPE THAT THAT'S AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS.
ONE THING IN THAT EXPERIENCE THAT I FELT WAS THAT I WAS REALLY SURPRISED THAT THE NON-MONETARY THINGS WEREN'T VIEWED AS IMPORTANT.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE TEACHERS DO PEOPLE WHO IN EDUCATION, AS YOU KNOW SO WELL AND THAT WE DO IT BECAUSE WE CARE AND WE LOVE IT, AND THAT CAN BE A VULNERABILITY.
WE CAN BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF FOR THAT.
BUT IT ALSO MEANS THAT SMALLER THINGS MATTER A LOT.
I KNOW THAT THE TEACHERS HAVE SOME SMALLER THINGS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.
IF YOU CAN GIVE THEM THOSE, AND EVEN IF YOU CAN'T DO ALL THE MONEY, JUST PLEASE TRY TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND AND THINKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS.
THE OTHER THING IS THE WAY WE TREAT PEOPLE MATTERS, IT WOULD BE HARD FOR ME AS A TEACHER TO BE COMING INTO THE NEGOTIATIONS AFTER HAVING GONE THROUGH THE HEAT SITUATION OF LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK OF FEELING DEVALUED, DEHUMANIZED BY SOME OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THEY WERE LEFT IN.
AS A PARENT, I CAN SPEAK TO YOU AND TELL YOU WHAT THAT WAS LIKE TO MAYBE GIVE YOU A LITTLE BETTER IDEA.
ONE OF MY STUDENT, ONE OF MY KIDS TEACHERS WHO WAS HERE TONIGHT, SHE TEACHES IN ONE OF THE HOTTEST CLASSROOMS IN SCHOOL, 702 AT VILLAGE ELEMENTARY, AND SHE SENT AN EMAIL OUT TO PARENTS BEGGING FOR POPSICLES.
SHE SAID, NO LEARNING IS HAPPENING.
SHE SAID, IF YOU WANT TO GET YOUR KIDS, SHAWN, COME GET THEM.
WHEN I PICKED MY DAUGHTER UP, WHILE I WAS WAITING IN THE OFFICE FOR HER, ONE OF THE CLERKS WAS SITTING THERE AND SHE WAS WRINGING WET WITH SWEAT.
SHE WAS WIPING HER FACE WITH A PAPER TOWEL.
SHE HAD LOOKED LIKE SHE HAD LIKE HIVES ON HER ARMS THAT I'D NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
I KNOW THIS WOMAN AND IT WAS SOMETHING CLEARLY RELATED TO THE HEAT.
>> SUPERINTENDENT AND TRUSTEES.
THANK YOU, CAROL AND ROGERSON.
I'M CALLING YOUR ATTENTION TO ASSEMBLY BILL 1775.
PASSED BY THE DEMOCRAT LEGISLATURE IS NOW SITTING ON THE GOVERNOR'S DESK, AND ASSEMBLY BILL 1775 WILL ALLOW CANNABIS CAFES TO BE ESTABLISHED IN CITIES IN CALIFORNIA.
PLEASE REALIZE THAT A CANNABIS CAFE COULD BE ESTABLISHED IN CORONADO, AND YOU COULD HAVE SMOKING VAPING, INGESTING OF MARIJUANA POT CANNABIS RELATED PRODUCTS IN AN AREA WHERE WE WOULD HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE EXPOSED TO THIS.
NOW, MY FEELING IS THAT THERE MIGHT BE A PLACE FOR ALL THIS.
I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE PASSED BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE WAS PASSED BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE.
I THINK YOU A CONCERNED PEOPLE WITH OUR YOUNG ADULTS WITH CHILDREN, I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD EITHER AS INDIVIDUALS.
I REALIZE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT COLLECTIVELY, CALL THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, ASK HIM NOT TO SIGN THIS.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED CANNABIS CAFES.
I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I THINK THAT PEOPLE CAN INGEST, SMOKE, VAPE IN THE PRIVACY OF THEIR HOMES, GATHERING IN SMALL GROUPS WITH LIKE MINDED PEOPLE.
BUT TO OPEN A CANNABIS CAFE IN CORONADO, TO ME, IS JUST RIDICULOUS.
THERE'S A HUGE EMPORIUM THAT SELLS CANNABIS ITEMS IN IMPERIAL BEACH.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY, AS CLOSE AS WE REALLY NEED TO GET.
I GREATLY WOULD APPRECIATE ANYTHING YOU COULD DO AS COLLECTIVE OR INDIVIDUALS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CALL THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND SAY, PLEASE, DO NOT SIGN ASSEMBLY BILL 1775.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU. ITEM 9.2, BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO GO FIRST? JUST THE INTERIM.
I DON'T HAVE SO MUCH TO REPORT THIS MONTH EXCEPT I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE AIR QUALITY COMING OFF OF THE PACIFIC, THE SEWAGE ISSUE.
WE HAD SILVER STRAND HAD TO RELOCATE STUDENTS DUE TO OVERWHELMING SMELL LAST WEEK.
WE THEN RECEIVED INFORMATION THROUGH THE MEDIA AND CONFLICTING INFORMATION.
I'M THE FIRST TO ADMIT, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW ACTUALLY WHAT IS IN THE AIR AND IF THE TESTING IS ADEQUATE.
I WOULD LIKE TO BRING EVERYONE'S ATTENTION TO IT.
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I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF ATTENTION ON THE SEWAGE, BUT WHAT IS IN THE AIR SPECIFICALLY AT SILVER STRAND.BUT OUR STOP THE SEWAGE CLUB BROUGHT THIS TO OUR ATTENTION LAST YEAR, MR. WILBURY BELIEVE ABOUT THE TOXIC GAS EMANATING FROM THE PACIFIC, 900 FEET FROM SOME OF OUR CLASSROOMS. I AM REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.
I WILL BE ADVOCATING FOR AIR SENSORS, AND I WILL ALSO BRING IT UP AS AN AGENDA ITEM WHEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY IN A MOMENT.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY BEEN ON MY MIND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT.
THE OTHER THING, I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED WITH ALL OF THE ATHLETICS FOR THIS FALL.
THERE'S A LOT OF FUN STUFF GOING ON AND I HOPE PEOPLE ARE GETTING OUT AND ENJOYING ALL OF OUR AMAZING ATHLETIC TEAMS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO GO A TO GO NEXT BECAUSE I DID HAVE SEWAGE AND AIR QUALITY ON MY COMMENTS FOR TODAY AS WELL AND HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS.
I WOULD SUPPORT SOMETHING WHEN WE GET TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE AIR QUALITY, THERE'S A LOT OF MEDIA ATTENTION, AND THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON THERE AND WE HAVE A DUTY TO OUR STUDENTS.
THAT WAS ONE OF MY COMMENTS AS WELL.
I DID WANT TO ALSO HIGHLIGHTS, WE HAD HEAT ISSUES FOR SEVERAL DAYS, AND THAT WAS A DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR OUR PARENTS, OUR TEACHERS, AND I WANT TO THANK THEM PUBLICLY.
I KNOW THEY'RE NOT HERE, PROBABLY WATCHING SOMEWHERE WHERE'S THE CAMERA.
BUT TRULY, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DID AND WEATHERED LITERALLY THOSE FEW DAYS.
I THINK IT JUST HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF US LOOKING AT OUR HEAT POLICY, WHICH WILL COME UP AND MAKING SOME CHANGES.
WE DON'T HAVE TO HOPEFULLY, GO THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAIN, AND LOOKING AT OUR FACILITIES PLANS AND COMING UP WITH SOME SHORT TERM SOLUTIONS FOR OUR SCHOOLS.
THAT WAY, THEY ARE COMFORTABLE AND HAVE AN APPROPRIATE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
THANK YOU TO SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER AND THE ADMINISTRATION OR ALL THE SCHOOLS.
THESE ARE NOT EASY DECISIONS, AND SOMEONE'S NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY NO MATTER WHAT DECISION YOU MAKE.
I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT.
LAST WEEK, WE ALSO HAD A THREAT OF A SCHOOL SHOOTING AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS.
THANKFULLY, IT TURNED OUT OKAY.
IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS A SUPER HIGH THREAT, BUT IT'S JUST THE REALITY OF WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR SCHOOLS NOW.
I AGAIN WANTED TO THANK PRINCIPAL MINA AND HER STAFF AND EVERYTHING THEY DID AT THE SCHOOL AND SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER, AGAIN, FOR BEING ON SITE, WORKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
AGAIN WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR SAFETY PLANS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THE CHILDREN AND OUR CARE AND ADVOCATING MORE SO THAN JUST IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT OBVIOUSLY IN A STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS SAFE PLACES AGAIN.
LASTLY, I DID ATTEND A MAYORAL FORUM, AND I WAS SO PLEASED WITH A, HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE, BUT HOW CIVIL THE FORUM WAS, HOW THE CANDIDATES HAVE BEHAVED.
I'M PLEASED BECAUSE THIS WAS A CONCERN THAT TRUSTEES HAVE BROUGHT UP PREVIOUSLY WITH CAMPAIGNS AND WE'RE IN CAMPAIGN SEASON.
I HOPE AND URGE THAT ALL CANDIDATES MAINTAIN THAT CIVILITY.
I THINK THIS BOARD HAS WORKED TOGETHER TO BRING THIS BOARD TO A REALLY GOOD PLACE WORKING TOGETHER.
WE HAD SOME DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS TODAY.
BUT WE TALKED IT THROUGH, WE WERE CIVIL, AND I URGE OUR COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE THAT CIVILITY THROUGH THE CAMPAIGN SEASON.
WITH THAT, THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU.
>> I DID GET TO ATTEND THE FOOTBALL GAME THE OTHER DAY.
THAT WAS MY FIRST FOOTBALL GAME THIS YEAR. IT WAS A GREAT WIN.
I WAS VERY ENVIOUS OF TRUSTEE YOUNGBLOOD GETTING TO BE DOWN ON THE FIELD, AND I'M UP IN THE STANDS BY MYSELF.
BUT WHAT I DID NOTICE AT THE GAME WAS THE SECURITY.
A LOT OF TIMES YOU HAVE THESE YOUNGER BOYS REALLY RUNNING CRAZY AROUND AND DOING ALL SORT OF CRAZY STUFF.
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I THINK I SAW YOU THERE, I SAW A WHOLE SECURITY TEAM THERE.I HOPE THAT CONTINUES. I THINK THAT WAS FANTASTIC.
THEN THAT WAS FRIDAY THEN ON MONDAY I WENT TO MY SITE VISIT TO SEE VILLAGE ELEMENTARY WITH PRINCIPAL PETE.
I ALWAYS LIKE MEETING WITH HIM.
HE'S SUCH HIGH ENERGY, VERY PROACTIVE, PASSIONATE GUY.
HE SHOWED ME THE REPAIRS TO THE SCHOOL.
THERE WAS FLOODING THERE AND KUDOS TO DEPUTY SALAMANCA, PRINCIPAL PETE GARY, BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID THEY REPAIR EVERYTHING, BUT THEY UPGRADED.
THEY MANAGED TO MAKE IT THE LAYOUT MUCH BETTER.
IT LOOKED LIKE THE QUALITY WAS FANTASTIC.
I WAS JUST IN THE MAIN ADMIN BUILDING THERE.
I DIDN'T GO THROUGH SOME CLASSROOMS. I DID GO THROUGH THE OUTSIDE WHERE IT USED TO BE, I THINK IT WAS DECOMPOSED GRANITE OR SOME DIRT SAND.
NOW IT'S ALL GARDENS AND FLOWERS.
THAT WAS GREAT. I KNOW THEY DO FLAGPOLE CEREMONIES THERE NOW.
SILVER STRANDA IS A FLAGPOLE CEREMONY, A LOT OF FUN.
THE SCHOOL IS PROBABLY DOUBLE STUDENTS, I THINK.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT. IT WAS HOT.
WHEN I WENT THERE, FANS WERE TWIRLING AROUND AND GOING CRAZY.
BUT THEY DID HAVE A COOL AREA IN THE TEACHER'S LOUNGE WHERE KIDS COULD ESCAPE TO.
THEY HAD A SWAMP COOLER IN THERE.
HE HAD ICE WATER IN ALL THE DIFFERENT PODS, AND SO HE WAS VERY PROACTIVE IN THERMOMETERS IN THE HOTTEST CLASSROOM, SO THAT WENT GREAT. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.
I WAS ALSO AT THE FOOTBALL GAMES OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS ON THE SIDELINES.
IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE BEING THERE, WITNESSING EVERYBODY AND THE TEAMS AND THE CAMARADERIE AND SPORTSMANSHIP THAT GOES ON, AND IT IS A GREAT EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET TOGETHER.
LOTS OF GOOD THINGS GOING ON, AND IT WAS A GREAT WIN LAST FRIDAY NIGHT AGAINST CLASSICAL ACADEMY WITH REALLY THINGS COMING TOGETHER WITH DEFENSE AND OFFENSE.
I WAS ALSO ABLE TO ATTEND THE RAVENS INVITE CROSS COUNTRY MEET.
IT WAS AT CANYON CREST ACADEMY.
I SAW A LOT OF PERSONAL RECORDS THERE ON THE TEAM.
IT'S ONLY BEEN A SHORT TWO WEEKS SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALSO THE PEOPLE, EVERYONE, ALL THE STAFF, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WHO HAD TO PUT UP WITH THE HEAT, AND I REALIZED THAT IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT ISSUE TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE ON THE ONE HAND, MAYBE AS IT GETS MUCH HARDER, THERE MAY NOT BE AS MUCH LEARNING THAT'S GOING ON, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE ARE PARENTS WHO DON'T REALLY HAVE GREAT OPTIONS FOR IMMEDIATE CHILDCARE WHEN YOU CALL IN EARLY DAY AND BOTH OF THEM ARE WORKING OR ETC.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS TO DEAL WITH THAT AND MARCH FORWARD.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MINUTE JUST TO RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THE TEACHERS THAT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.
UNDER NORMAL IDEAL GREAT CONDITIONS, IT'S HARD TO START THE SCHOOL YEAR.
I KNOW THAT STARTING THE SCHOOL YEAR WITHOUT A CONTRACT IN PLACE IS PROBABLY REALLY STRESSFUL.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TEACHERS.
I APPRECIATE THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE STUDENTS AND FOR THEM BEING THERE EVERY DAY FOR THEM.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. MY SITE VISIT THIS MONTH WAS TO SILVER STRAND.
I GOT TO VISIT WITH PRINCIPAL MOORE WHO HAS REARRANGED HER OFFICE A LITTLE BIT, MAKING IT MUCH MORE FRIENDLY.
I GOT TO DROP IN ON A COUPLE OF CLASSES, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO SARAH JACKSON, WHO WAS DOING SOME OF THE SCIENCE LABS IN HER CLASSROOM.
I WOULD LOVE FOR PEOPLE WHO WRITE CURRICULUM OUT THERE TO PLEASE CONSIDER.
DON'T HAVE THE MOST DIFFICULT LAB AS THE VERY FIRST ONE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
IF THERE'S A WAY [LAUGHTER] TO MOVE IT YOU CAN START OFF WITH SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT.
I WANT [LAUGHTER] TO GIVE SOME KUDOS TO IT TO SARAH THERE.
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I ALSO GOT TO VISIT A CLASSROOM WHERE MS. CUMMINS WAS DOING A REALLY GREAT LESSON ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TATTLING AND REPORTING.>> WHICH WAS REALLY GREAT. I APPRECIATED THE WAY THAT SHE GAVE HER STUDENTS EXAMPLES OF WORDS TO USE TO COMMUNICATE WHAT YOU WANTED TO RESPECTFULLY.
INSTEAD OF TELLING SOMEONE GET AWAY FROM ME, WHICH IS HURTFUL, SHE SAID YOU CAN SAY, I DON'T TRUST YOU NOT TO HIT ME AND I'D NEED A LITTLE MORE EXTRA PERSONAL SPACE.
THOSE ARE REALLY GREAT WAYS AND GIVING THOSE STUDENTS THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY NEED TO EXPRESS WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM.
I ALSO GOT TO MEET THE NEW INFLAX AND MINIC OR MINICH AT SILVER STRAND.
SHE WAS DELIGHTFUL, AND SHE'S GOT SOME REALLY GREAT WAYS TO CONNECT STUDENTS.
THE ONE THING THAT SHE CONVEYED TO ME THAT I THOUGHT WAS VERY INSIGHTFUL AND I'VE KNOWN A LOT OF THE INFLAX IS YES, WE FOCUS ON THE MILITARY STUDENTS AND THEY'RE MOVING.
SHE SAID, BUT I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK ABOUT THE FRIENDS THAT ARE STILL HERE WHO KEEP LOSING THEIR FRIENDS BECAUSE THEY KEEP MOVING.
SHE GOES, SO IT REALLY IS A COMMUNITY EFFORT IN SUPPORTING ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEES FOR YOUR UPDATES AND CONSIDERATIONS.
I'LL ATTEMPT TO KEEP MINE BRIEF.
ONE OF OUR CONSENT ITEM ACTIONS THIS EVENING WAS TO APPROVE A FIELD TRIP FOR THE APA PROGRAM AT CORONADO MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH MS. LINDA COLEMAN.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CORONADO BAND AND CHOIR BOOSTERS FOR FUNDING THAT EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
IN OUR PURCHASE ORDER, SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO DRAW ATTENTION TO WAS RENEWING OUR CONTRACT WITH RAPTOR, OUR VISITOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WHICH HAS PROVIDED HUGE ADVANTAGES TO OUR FRONT OFFICE STAFFS ABILITY TO FLAG INDIVIDUALS WHEN THEY COME IN AND CONTACT ADMINISTRATION AND OFTENTIMES, OFFICER PALAMORE.
THE RAPTOR VISITOR MANAGEMENT IS PART OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE DISTRICT WIDE SAFETY.
I'M PLEASED THAT WE HAVE SOME BOARD MEMBER COMMITMENTS AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS MOVING FORWARD.
I HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND THE FOOTBALL GAME AT CORNADO HIGH SCHOOL AGAINST THE TEAM FROM CANADA.
I WISH DYLAN WAS STILL HERE BECAUSE DYLAN WAS IN THE FRONT ROW WEARING RED WHITE AND BLUE OVERALLS.
I'M NOT SURE HE HAD A SHIRT ON UNDER HIS OVERALLS.
IT WAS A HOT EVENING, BUT VERY SPIRITED GROUP OF ISLANDERS CHEERING ON THEIR PEERS OUT ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
I HAD A MEETING THIS LAST WEEK WITH THE INTERIM CHIEF OF POLICE.
WE TALKED ABOUT E BIKE SAFETY.
WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE MOUS BETWEEN CUSD AND THE CITY OF CORONADO AND THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
DISCUSSED SOME FUTURE TWO BY TWO AGENDA ITEMS, AND I KNOW THAT TRUSTEE YOUNG BLOOD AND TRUSTEE ANTRAM ARE SERVING ON THE TWO BY TWO COMMITTEE WITH CORONADO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE WILL BE DISCUSSING A POTENTIAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN THOSE TWO ENTITIES ON E BIKE SAFETY.
SOMETHING AGAIN, TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
HAD OUR LEADERSHIP MEETING WITH THE SSAC, A SMALL SUBGROUP OF LAST YEAR'S SSAC TO DISCUSS AGENDA PLANNING FOR THIS YEAR'S SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL, RAN INTO A FEW OF THOSE STUDENTS TODAY ON THE CAMPUS OF CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEY MET INDEPENDENTLY TO SET SOME ACTION ITEMS AND SOME DESIRED TOPICS OF DISCUSSION.
EARLY NEXT WEEK, MS. [INAUDIBLE] WILL BE SENDING AN EMAIL OUT TO FORMER SSAC MEMBERS AND ALSO AN EMAIL OUT TO ALL STUDENTS WHO WANT TO PERHAPS JOIN THAT COMMITTEE OR THAT COUNCIL, I'M SORRY.
IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENGAGE STUDENT VOICE AT CMS AND CHS.
I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT A FEW OF OUR TRUSTEES MENTIONED AIR QUALITY IN RESPONSE TO THE TAWANA SEWAGE ISSUES.
MR. SALAMANCA AND I WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN A DISCUSSION TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH AN OLD FRIEND, DR.TARIS, WHO HELPED OUR DISTRICT THROUGH THE COUNTY OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
THE UCSD PROFESSORS, COUNTY OF PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS AND DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES FROM SOME OF
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THE SOUTH BAY SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DISCUSS SCHOOLS RESPONSE AND RESPONSIBILITY TO AIR QUALITY AS IT RELATES TO SEWAGE.I WILL BE TAPPING IN TO THE TRUSTEES WHO EXPRESS SOME INTEREST IN HELPING MR. SALAMANCA, AND I REALLY SERVE AS A VOICE AND AN AVENUE ON SETTING UP SOME DISTRICT RESPONSES TO THAT INFORMATION.
I WILL BE TAPPING INTO THE TWO OF YOU AFTER THIS MEETING TO ENCOURAGE YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THESE DISCUSSIONS.
I LOVE HOW THE SUPERINTENDENTS IN THE DISTRICTS IN THE SOUTH COUNTY HAVE JOINED TOGETHER AND HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE COUNTY OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOR SOME SUPPORT ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
I WANT TO END A LITTLE BIT ON HEAT.
I BELIEVE AFTER HEARING THE BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS, A NEED FOR US TO REVIEW AND TO DISCUSS OUR EXISTING AR ON HEAT DAY RELEASE CONDITIONS.
WE SAW FIRSTHAND GOING SITE BY SITE, CLASSROOM BY CLASSROOM, THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF WERE SUBJECTED.
WE HAVE HEAT DAY GUIDELINES SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS WHEN OR WHEN TO NOT CALL A MINIMUM DAY IN RESPONSE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT.
I BELIEVE IT WARRANTS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK, BUT I DO WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE FOR THE GRID AND THE WILLINGNESS FOR OUR TEACHERS TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR PARENTS.
I REALLY APPRECIATED ONE OF THE COMMENTS UP HERE.
WE DO PROVIDE A CRITICAL FUNCTION IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR OUR PARENTS WHEN WE'RE IN SESSION AND WHEN WE'RE NOT.
THOSE DECISIONS ARE HARD TO MAKE.
WATCHING WEATHER REPORTS PRIOR TO THE 7:00 P.M.
GUIDELINE TO CALL A HEAT DAY AND UNDERSTAND AT 7:00 P.M.
IT COULD BE UNDER THAT THRESHOLD, AND THEN TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING TO SEE THAT THAT HAS CHANGED OVERNIGHT, LEADS TO A LITTLE BIT OF A SCRAMBLE.
OUR TEACHERS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AS REFERENCED, ARE USED TO SCRAMBLING. THEY'RE SETTING NORMS. THEY'RE SETTING EXPECTATIONS FOR THEIR CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENTS TO HAVE A DISRUPTION LIKE WE EXPERIENCED LAST WEEK AND MONDAY OF THIS WEEK.
THEY TRULY ARE CHAMPIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND CAN'T EXPRESS THAT ENOUGH.
THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF FOR THEIR RESPONSE ACROSS THE BOARD.
CHILD NUTRITION SERVICES, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, OUR ADMINISTRATORS, OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF, OUR FRONT OFFICE STAFF AND OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS FOR HOW THEY RESPONDED TO CREATE AS PLEASANT OF CONDITIONS AS POSSIBLE DURING THAT TIME.
THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. THANK YOU.
ITEM 10.1 PROPOSED LIST OF AGENDA ITEMS FOR FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON 10.1 AT THIS TIME?
>> I APPRECIATE MR. MILLER'S, THANK YOU I AGREE THAT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE REVISITED.
I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE A BLANKET POLICY.
OUR CLASSROOMS ARE NOT ALL THE SAME, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER.
>> OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THIS UP IN RESPONSE TO SOME STUDENTS THAT WE HAD PRESENT LAST APRIL.
IT WAS NJRTOC STUDENTS, ADEN ANDERSON, AND I APOLOGIZE, I FORGET THE OTHER YOUNG MAN'S NAME.
BUT THEY WERE TALKING TO US ABOUT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, HOW DIFFICULT IT IS FOR NEW STUDENTS TO MOVE IN, ESPECIALLY MILITARY STUDENTS TO MOVE IN TO FIND THOSE CONNECTIONS AND THOSE FRIEND GROUPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE DAY BEFORE GRADUATION WHEN I WAS AT SILVER STRAND, I WAS ALSO WITH A SMALL GROUP OF GRADUATING SENIORS DOWN THERE AND BEFORE THEY TOURED THE CAMPUS AND HIGH-FIVED TO ALL THE STUDENTS, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS TO GO FROM SILVER STRAND TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A SMALL SCHOOL.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME ACTIVITIES AND THINGS IN PLACE TO HELP THAT TRANSITION WITH BOTH OF THE FIFTH GRADE CLASSES FROM VILLAGE AND SILVER STRAND, COMING TOGETHER AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
BUT HEARING THOSE STUDENTS TALK ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS AND ISOLATING A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYONE KNEW EVERYONE.
I'D LIKE FOR EITHER SOME LIST OR REPORT OR SOMETHING TO SHOW SOME INTENTIONAL,
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PURPOSEFUL WAYS TO HAVE FIFTH GRADERS AT VILLAGE AND STRAND CONNECT IN A MORE ENGAGING WAY BEFORE GETTING TO MIDDLE SCHOOL.>> THAT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT SIX GRADERS COMING IN AND HAVING NEW STUDENTS AS WELL TO CMS AND PERHAPS WITH THAT IN A NEW YEAR, HAVE SOME SIXTH GRADE GET TOGETHER AS THEY COME IN MORE THAN JUST A WALK THROUGH, BUT SOME SOCIAL ACTIVITY EVENT AT THE BEGINNING TO REALLY BUILD THAT BOND.
I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT AS WELL. DO YOU [INAUDIBLE] COMMENTS.
>> I'M GOING TO ATTEMPT TO CREATE A REPORT.
I THINK, TRUSTEE PALACIOS-PETERS AND TRUSTEE SANDY HAVE ONE OF THEIR FIRST AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE CLUB OR THE COMMITTEE THAT THEY'VE ESTABLISHED.
WHAT I WILL ASK AND PLEASE REDIRECT ME IF YOU DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS EXPLICIT ENOUGH OR DETAILED ENOUGH FOR WHAT YOU'RE REQUESTING.
WE ARE ABOUT TO ENTER OUR SITE PRESENTATION SEASON, WHERE OUR FOUR PRINCIPALS WILL SPEAK TO CELEBRATIONS, CHALLENGES, AND DATA ON THEIR RESPECTIVE SITES.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOUR CONSIDERATION RATHER THAN A STANDALONE REPORT FOR ALL FOUR OF THEM TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THEY DO TO WELCOME NEW STUDENTS TO THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES.
IF AFTER THOSE FOUR PRESENTATIONS, YOU WOULD LIKE A MORE DETAILED FOLLOW UP, PLEASE DIRECT STAFF TO DO SO.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE BEST DELIVERED FROM THEIR LENS, THEIR PERSPECTIVE, WHERE THEY CAN SPEAK PASSIONATELY ABOUT WHAT IS AND WHAT ISN'T WORKING WHILE OUR COMMITTEE IS WORKING ON THEIR FIRST AGENDA ITEM.
>> IT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. YEAH. I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> HEAT POLICY IS ONE, JUST IN CASE WE DIDN'T ALREADY HAVE IT ON THE LIST.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT ONE.
>> I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR A OBVIOUSLY WITH GREAT HOPE THAT THE COUNTY OR OTHER PARTNERS WILL HELP US GET THE EQUIPMENT WE NEED TO TEST AIR QUALITY AND FIND OUT WHAT DATA IS AVAILABLE.
I'D LIKE A PARALLEL ENDEAVOR, PERHAPS FOR A AGENDA ITEM TO GIVE US A REPORT ON WHAT IT WOULD COST TO GET OUR OWN AIR SENSORS.
IN CASE WE AREN'T ABLE TO GET THE FUNDING ELSEWHERE OR GET THE SUPPORT FROM OUR OTHER PARTNERS, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE POSITION THAT THE COUNTY HAS TAKEN COMPARED TO THE SCIENTISTS STATEMENTS.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO BE WORKING BOTH TRACKS AT THE SAME TIME IF POSSIBLE.
HOPEFULLY YOU WOULD NOT ASK TOO MUCH OF THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS TEAM TO GET US THAT INFORMATION, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I THINK [INAUDIBLE] WE HAVE LESS IMPORTANCE TO EVERYONE ON OUR CAMPUS STAFF, OUR STUDENTS, EVERYONE.
>> OKAY. SEEING HEAD, AGAIN, IN THE SPIRIT OF EFFICIENCY AND ALIGNMENT.
THE BOARD HAS ASKED FOR MONTHLY UPDATES ON THE LONG RANGE PLAN SPECIFIC TO SAFETY.
WOULD IT BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE GOVERNING BOARD FOR STAFF TO BRING BACK THAT INFORMATION AND INCLUDE IT WITHIN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S LONG RANGE PLAN UPDATE UNDER THE HEADING OF SAFETY?
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ALSO HAVE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE THAT TRUSTEE ANTRAM ASKED FOR ALSO ON OUR LIST OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS.
>> JUST A REMINDER AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, THERE WAS A REQUEST TO HAVE A REPORT ON EXISTING CELL PHONE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ACROSS OUR CAMPUSES, SO THAT IS UPCOMING, AND WE ABSOLUTELY WILL ADD AR 3516, WHICH IS OUR CURRENT HEAT DAY RELEASE GUIDELINES HASN'T BEEN UPDATED IN 11 YEARS ALMOST TO THE DATE.
APPROPRIATE TIMING AND GIVEN THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE'VE ALL DISCUSSED THIS EVENING, STAFF WILL TRY TO BRING THAT REPORT BACK AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
MY TIMELINE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE, IF NOT OCTOBER THEN NOVEMBER.
OUR NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING WILL BE OCTOBER 17, 2024 AT 4:00 P.M.
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>> GOT SOME COMMITTEE MEETING IN BETWEEN, SO GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU DR. YOUNG BLOOD.
WITH THAT, WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR AGENDA.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SECOND. CALL FOR THE VOTE? YES. OKAY. WE ARE A. THANK YOU.
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