Nov 16, 2022 County Board Of Education

THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WISH TRUSTEE MAH A BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TRUSTEE MAH.

NOW I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA.

BUT ACTUALLY, BEFORE I DO SO, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM FIVE.

I BELIEVE IT IS G.

LET ME JUST MAKE SURE I GOT IT RIGHT HERE.

5G. ALL RIGHT.

WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION? SO MOVED.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM VICE PRESIDENT CHON AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE ROSSI TO SET THE AGENDA WITH ITEM FIVE G REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT ITEMS. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK ALL TRUSTEES TO PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS.

AND WHEN YOU'RE READY, PLEASE VOTE.

AND IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO VOTE IN BOARD DOCS, PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR VERBAL.

IT'S A YES FOR ME AND I'M NOT ON BOARD DOCS YET.

WE GOT A YES FROM TRUSTEE VICE PRESIDENT ORTIZ.

YES. FROM TRUSTEE ROSSI.

THANK YOU. SO THAT'S UNANIMOUS.

THE AYES HAVE IT.

MOVING FORWARD ON BEHALF OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION.

TONIGHT'S U R L IS AS FOLLOWS, HTTPS://SCCOE.TO/SCCBOEMEETINGS22.

YOUR ZOOM APPLICATION MUST BE UPDATED TO THE MOST RECENT VERSION TO PROVIDE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

IF YOU PREFER TO CALL IN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE CALL 16699006833, FOLLOWED BY THE MEETING ID NUMBER 9680184782 # SIGN.

PLEASE NOTE THAT DIALED IN PHONE NUMBERS WILL BE VISIBLE IN PUBLICLY DISPLAYED BLOCK NUMBERS WILL NOT BE RECOGNIZED FOR COMMENT.

ONE PUBLIC COMMENT PER PERSON IS ALLOWED FOR EACH AGENDA ITEM.

IF YOU PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT IN SPANISH, PLEASE NOTIFY THE MODERATOR BEFORE BEGINNING A COMMENT.

TO LISTEN TO THE SPANISH INTERPRETATION OF THE MEETING, PLEASE CALL 16699006833, FOLLOWED BY THE MEETING ID 727334810# OR PHONE NUMBER SHOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN.

THIS INFORMATION AND DIRECTIONS ARE ALSO POSTED ON THE BOARD AGENDA AND THE SCCOE WEBSITE.

MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, SPECIAL RECOGNITION.

[3. SPECIAL RECOGNITION]

DR. DEWAN, WILL YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THE FIRST SPECIAL RECOGNITION? YES. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ORTIZ.

I'M PLEASED TO WELCOME AND INTRODUCE OUR SPECIAL GUEST FROM THE MUWEKMA OHLONE TRIBE.

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NOVEMBER IS AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH, NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH.

AND WE WISH TO HONOR AND GIVE RECOGNITION TO THE MUWEKMA OHLONE TRIBE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND MUWEKMA OHLONE WELCOMING DECLARATION WILL BE PROVIDED AS ALONG WITH A TRIBAL LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

JOINING US THIS EVENING, WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF THE TRIBE WITH US, AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MONICA ARIANO AND GEORGIANA GOMEZ.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] MONICA [INAUDIBLE], WHITEFISH COUTU, MUWEKMA OHLONE TRIBE, SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA DOCK.

GOOD DAY. I GREET YOU IN OUR NATIVE [INAUDIBLE] LANGUAGE.

MY NAME IS MONICA [INAUDIBLE].

I'M THE VICE CHAIRWOMAN FOR THE MUWEKMA OHLONE TRIBE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA.

[INAUDIBLE] I AM THE DAUGHTER OF JOEL COTTA ARELLANO, SENIOR GRANDDAUGHTER OF ALBERT MARINE ARELLANO AND GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER OF MERCEDES MARINE.

I AM FROM THE MARINE LINEAGE.

MY NATIVE ANCESTORS WERE BAPTIZED AT MISSION SAN JOSE, GOING BACK TO THE YEAR 1814, WHEN MY GREAT GREAT, GREAT GRANDMOTHER, EFREN AKINTOLA, WAS MECHANIZED INTO MISSION SAN JOSE FROM HER VILLAGE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE KAKINADA STREET.

HER HUSBAND LIBERATED DIXIE FROM THE CYCLONE AND HARLEQUIN TRIBES, WAS BAPTIZED AT MISSION SAN FRANCISCO IN 1801.

WITH ME TODAY IS MAHATMA ALONI, TRIBAL YOUTH MEMBER AND MY NIECE, GEORGIANA GOMES.

WE ARE. MAHATMA ALONI.

WELCOME TO MALEMA'S ANCESTRAL HOMELAND WHERE WE ARE BORN.

MORE TO EXILE.

JACK MA MA MA MA MA MA, MA.

I QUITE MAKE WHAT MONEY, MA.

QUICKLY, ON BEHALF OF OUR PEOPLE.

MORE WORK. MOTHER HUNT, WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER AN OFFICIAL WELCOMING TO OUR ANCESTRAL HOMELAND WITHIN THE ETHNO HISTORIC TRIBAL TERRITORY OF A FAMINE ALONE.

TRIBAL GROUPS OF THE GREATER SANTA CLARA VALLEY, WHICH INCLUDES THE LANDS OF THE FAMINES, OLSSON'S, MOTHERLAND AND THE POLYNYAS.

WE WELCOME EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE SANTA CLARA BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING TO OUR HORCHATA, OUR BEAUTIFUL ANCESTRAL HOMELAND, KINSHASA, KENAN.

THANK YOU. AND WE WOULD NOW LIKE TO READ THE FOLLOWING.

WHAT A CASHEW.

MAHATMA ALONI TRIBAL LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

PUSH IT TOO HIGH. WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHILE WE COME TOGETHER AT THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING, WE ARE GATHERED ON THE EDGE OF HISTORIC TRIBAL TERRITORY OF THE INDIAN ALONE SPEAKING TRIBAL GROUPS OF THE GREATER SANTA CLARA VALLEY, WHICH INCLUDES THE LANDS OF THE THUMB ISLANDS, ALSO OWNS MOTHER LANDS AND THE PAULINUS WHO TRIBAL REGION WAS NAMED AFTER THEIR POWERFUL CHIEF CAPITAL PALA, AND THE TWO MEXICAN LAND GRANTS LOCATED IN THE EAST HILLS ABOVE SAN JOSE, AND WHO WERE INTERMARRIED WITH THE DIRECT ANCESTORS OF SOME OF THE LINEAGES ENROLLED IN THE MORE MALONEY TRIBE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, WHO WERE MERCHANDISED INTO MISSIONS SANTA CLARA, SAN JOSE AND SAN FRANCISCO.

THE PRESENT DAY WALK ALONE TRIBE WITH AN ENROLLED BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DOCUMENTED MEMBERSHIP OF OVER 600 MEMBERS IS COMPRISED OF ALL THE KNOWN SURVIVING INDIAN LINEAGES ABORIGINAL TO THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY REGION WHO TRACE OUR TRIBE'S ANCESTRY THROUGH THE ENIGMA MISSIONS SANTA CLARA, THE DAMIEN SAN JOSE AND SAN FRANCISCO.

DURING THE ADVENT OF THE HISPANO EUROPEAN EMPIRE INTO ALTA, CALIFORNIA, BEGINNING IN A.D.

1769, MAMO MATSUYAMA ARE MI'KMAQ FAMILIES ARE THE SUCCESSORS AND LIVING MEMBERS OF THE SOVEREIGN, HISTORIC PREVIOUSLY FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED VERONA BAND OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, NOW FORMALLY RECOGNIZED AS THE MUSICAL TRIBE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA.

IN THE JORGINHO OHLONE LANGUAGE MALEKA MEANS LA GENTE, THE PEOPLE.

AND NOW I WOULD LIKE FOR MY NIECE GEORGIANA, TO CONTINUE.

THE LANDS ON WHICH SANTA CLARA HAS BEEN SANTA CLARA COUNTY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, WAS AND CONTINUES TO BE OF GREAT SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE AND HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE FOR A MORE WALLONIA TRIBAL PEOPLE AND OTHER FAMILIAL DESCENDANTS OF THE VERONA BAND.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT EVERY MEMBER OF THE GREATER SANTA CLARA COMMUNITY HAS AND CONTINUES TO BENEFIT FROM THE USE AND OCCUPATION OF THIS LAND SINCE IT WAS FOUND IN 1777, CONSISTENT WITH OUR VALUES OF COMMUNITY INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY.

WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND MAKE KNOWN THEIR VARIOUS ENTERPRISES SANTA CLARA COUNTY'S RELATIONSHIP TO NATIVE

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PEOPLE. AS MEMBERS OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY COMMUNITY, IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO NOT ONLY RECOGNIZE THE HISTORY OF THE LAND ON WHICH WE LIVE, WORK AND LEARN, BUT ALSO WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE MUWEKMA OHLONE PEOPLE ARE ALIVE AND THRIVING MEMBERS OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND BROADER BAY AREA COMMUNITIES TODAY.

IN CONCLUSION, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK BOARD PRESIDENT PETER ORTIZ AND THE MEMBERS OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEES FOR INVITING THE MUWEKMA OHLONE TRIBE TO OFFER A WELCOME DECLARATION TO OUR ANCESTRAL TRIBAL AREA AND FOR ALLOWING US TO READ OUR TRIBAL LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND FOR PRESENTING THE MUWEKMA OHLONE TRIBE WITH ACCOMMODATION FOR NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTHS BEFORE SHEKINAH.

I HOPE WE HAVE FINISHED.

A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR GUESTS FOR SHARING YOUR CULTURE WITH US THIS EVENING.

IT IS NOW MY HONOR TO PRESENT THE MUWEKMA OHLONE TRIBAL LEADERS WITH A COMMENDATION OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND AS ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF YOUR REPRESENTATION OF THE FIRST PEOPLES OF OUR AREA.

WONDERFUL SHOW, SHEKINAH.

YEAH. WE WILL BE SURE TO MAKE SURE THAT STAFF MAKES THE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE THE ACCOMMODATION DELIVERED TO YOU.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS A VOTE TO SUPPORT THE FORMATION OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY INDIAN EDUCATION TASK FORCE.

THIS IS ITEM 5 G.

THIS WILL BRING EDUCATION LEADERS, SCCOE AND LOCAL TRIBAL LEADERS AND HOPEFULLY LEADERS OF THE MUWEKMA OHLONE TRIBE TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS OF OUR COUNTY LEARN ABOUT THE IMPORTANT HISTORY, CULTURE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN POPULATION.

AND WHILE, UNFORTUNATELY, I WILL NO LONGER BE ON THIS BOARD, I KNOW THAT THE OFFICE LOOKS FORWARD TO COLLABORATION TO MAKE SURE OUR LOCAL INDIGENOUS LEADERS AND THEIR POPULATION IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE CLASSROOMS ACROSS SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

SO THANK YOU.

AND WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE SECOND SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF THE EVENING, DR.

DEWAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO FOR OUR SECOND ITEM THIS EVENING, IT IS IN REGARDS TO OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER, STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS ANTOMMY SMITH WILL SOON END HIS SERVICE TO THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK HIM FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BOARD AND TO ENCOURAGE HIM TO CONTINUE IN HIS EFFORTS OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND FUTURE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ENDEAVORS.

TONIGHT, TONI TIEDEMANN IS WITH US TO BE INTRODUCED.

TONI TIEDEMANN HAS BEEN DULY ELECTED TO SERVE AS THE INCOMING STUDENT BOARD MEMBER BEGINNING IN DECEMBER OF 2022 AND SHALL SERVE OUT THE REMAINING TERM INCOMING STUDENT BOARD MEMBER TIEDEMANN IS JOINING THIS EVENING TO BE INTRODUCED TO THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND TO OBSERVE THE MEETING IN ADVANCE OF ASSUMING HIS NEW ROLE. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TONI TIEDEMANN TO THE BOARD AND RECOGNIZE HIS COMMITMENT TO SERVE ON THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

I HAVE RECEIVED HIS SIGNED AT THE DATA AND HIS COMMITMENT TO SERVE AND PRESIDENT ORTIZ.

HE IS IS HERE AND IS PREPARED TO MAKE A STATEMENT.

WONDERFUL. HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.

THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PRESIDENT ORTIZ, COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT, DR.

DEWAN AND MY COMMUNITY THAT HAS ELECTED ME TO BE HERE.

MY NAME IS TONY TIEDEMAN AND I AM A SOPHOMORE STUDENT AT SMALL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN MILPITAS, AND I WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN JOINING THE SCHOOL BOARD.

THE REASON I WANT TO BE THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE ON OUR SCHOOL BOARD IS BECAUSE I'M INTERESTED IN GETTING A STUDENT VOICE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.

I'M INTERESTED IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT SO THAT THE VOICES AND EXPERIENCES OF STUDENTS CAN BE HEARD AND HELP INFLUENCE THE DECISIONS OF THE BOARD.

I AM AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF MY CHURCH AS WELL, AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBER.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO WELCOME OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AGAIN.

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WENT TO THANK MEMBER SMITH FOR HIS GREAT SERVICE AND SUPPORT AND TO OFFICIALLY WELCOME TONY.

I ALSO WANT TO JUST REALLY RECOGNIZE HOW VALUABLE IT IS FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE ENGAGED IN CIVICS AND CIVIL DISCOURSE AND TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW OUR GOVERNMENT WORKS.

SO REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE BOTH OF OUR MEMBERS HERE THIS EVENING.

ABSOLUTELY DR. DEWAN.

TRUSTEE ROSSI, I SEE YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED.

YES. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT ORTIZ.

IN ADDITION TO THANKING OUR WONDERFUL STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK, THE BEHIND THE SCENES WORK THAT HAS TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS AND MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.

I JUST PARTICULARLY GRATEFUL AND AS I LEAVE THE BOARD, I'M VERY GRATIFIED THAT I WAS HERE AT A TIME WHERE OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS JOINED US. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO STAFF, TO DR.

DEWAN AND TO PRESIDENT ORTIZ FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS, TRUSTEE ROSSI.

AND I WANT TO THANK STUDENT BOARD MEMBER SMITH.

IT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE HAVING BEEN ABLE TO SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU.

AND I KNOW THAT I SPEAK FOR THE BOARD WHEN WE SAY WE WISH THE BEST FOR YOU.

AND A WARM WELCOME FOR OUR NEWEST BOARD MEMBER, TONY TIEDEMANN.

I BELIEVE. TONY TIEDEMANN.

LOOKING FORWARD TO WORK TOGETHER.

NOW ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS OF PERSONS DESIRING TO ADDRESS THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION]

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON A TOPIC NOT LISTED ON THIS AGENDA AND WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SHOULD HAVE THEIR HAND RAISED AT THIS TIME TO BE HEARD.

HANDS MUST BE RAISED BY THE TIME PUBLIC COMMENT BEGINS.

ONE PUBLIC COMMENT PER ITEM IS ALLOWED, AND AS A REMINDER, THE RAISE HAND ICON IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ZOOM WINDOW OR COLORS MAY PRESS STAR NINE ON THEIR SMARTPHONE.

MODERATOR DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, WE HAVE SIX PUBLIC COMMENTERS AT THIS TIME.

ALL RIGHT. AND FOR TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 2 MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND YOU MAY BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE READY.

THANK YOU. OUR FIRST SET OF PUBLIC COMMENTERS ARE JEFF OLSON, SARAH JANE CARO, MARILYN DE BRUIN, NIKKI HOLMAN, ROSEMARY SCOTT, AND EVA HERINDIA.

YOUR MICROPHONE WILL BE UNMUTED.

YOU WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK.

SORRY, YOU WILL HAVE 2 MINUTES TO SPEAK.

COMMENTS EXTENDING PAST THE TIME ALLOTTED WILL BE MUTED AFTER TIME EXPIRES.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN YOUR COMMENT.

OUR FIRST COMMENTER JEFF OLSON MAY BEGIN.

MY NAME IS JEFF OLSHAN.

IT IS ALWAYS SAID THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO PARA EDUCATORS MORE, AND YET THERE ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE MONEY TO GIVE RAISES TO THE TOP ADMINISTRATORS AT THE COE.

A HALF DOZEN INDIVIDUALS EMPLOYED BY THE COE EACH MAKE MORE THAN THE GOVERNOR OF OUR STATE.

A 10% RAISE FOR JUST THOSE INDIVIDUALS IS OVER $150,000.

MONEY THAT COULD BE USED TO LIFT VALUABLE EMPLOYEES OF THE COE OUT OF POVERTY WAGES.

IN A PERFECT WORLD, EVERYONE COULD GET RAISES, BUT IN A WORLD WITH LIMITED FUNDING, IT SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE PEOPLE WHOM IT WOULD BENEFIT THE MOST.

IF I MADE 250,000 A YEAR AND DIDN'T GET A RAISE, I AM STILL IN THE 95TH PERCENTILE FOR THE AREA.

WELL, IF I MADE 40 K A YEAR, I WOULD BE IN THE BOTTOM 20TH PERCENTILE.

A 10% RAISE TO THE TOP COULD BUY A CAR WHILE THE SAME RAISE FOR THE BOTTOM EARNER COULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PAYING RENT AND NOT GOING HUNGRY.

DO WE WANT TO BE AN ORGANIZATION THAT ALLOWS THE GAP BETWEEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM TO CONTINUE TO GROW? OR DO WE RECOGNIZE THAT ADMINISTRATORS WILL HAVE NO ONE LEFT TO MANAGE IF THEY CONTINUE TO GROW THEIR OWN SALARIES AND THE REST OF US LEAVE FOR A JOB THAT WON'T MAKE US CHOOSE BETWEEN FOOD AND RENT? THIS BOARD NEEDS TO TAKE THE BOLD BUT EQUITABLE STEP OF FREEZING PAY FOR THOSE AT THE TOP IF THERE IS NOT ENOUGH FOR THOSE AT THE BOTTOM FIRST.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENTER IS SARAH GINACARO.

YOU MAY BEGIN. HI, I'M SARA GINA CARO, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST AND SEIU CHAPTER PRESIDENT .

ON BEHALF OF MY 1089 MEMBERS, AS WELL AS ALL THE CLASSIFIED SUBS.

I'M HERE TO SAY THAT SAFETY NEEDS TO BE A PRIORITY.

MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSE TO OUR INJURY STORIES IS TO ATTEMPT TO CUT US OFF WHEN WE'RE PRESENTING OR TO RESPOND IN WRITING THAT, QUOTE, WORKERS ARE NOT ASKED TO DO ANYTHING

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RISKING THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY.

THAT'S APPALLING.

WE BELIEVE OUR WORKERS AND OUR FAMILIES AND THEIR STORIES.

THIS ISSUE CROSSES BARGAINING UNIT LINES AND WE WANT TO WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE THE SAFETY ISSUES BY IMPROVING STAFFING AND TRAINING SO THAT BOTH OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS ARE SAFE. WHEN MANAGEMENT COMPLETELY DENIES THERE IS A PROBLEM OR IS SILENT, WORKERS FEEL DISRESPECTED AND ANGRY AND ARE ASKING US TO GO ON STRIKE.

WE MUST END THE CULTURE OF SILENCE AROUND INJURIES AND STAFFING THAT LEAVES WORKERS ISOLATED AND STUDENTS UNSAFE.

ONE OF OUR FAMILIES JUST RECEIVED YET ANOTHER INCIDENT REPORT, THIS TIME ABOUT HER DAUGHTER BEING BAREFOOT OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM IN AN OPEN AREA WHERE THERE ARE DIRT, ROCKS, SHARP PIECES OF ALUMINUM SCREWS, WIRES, BROKEN GLASS AND OTHER HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.

AND THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT CLASSROOM STAFF ARE PICKING UP ON THEIR OWN IN ATTEMPTS TO KEEP THEIR STUDENTS SAFE.

THAT IS NOT OK PREVIOUS INCIDENCES FOR THIS CHILD IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS INCLUDE SWALLOWING A BOTTLE OF OR THE LIQUID FROM A WITE-OUT, THE LIQUID PAPER. FORTUNATELY, POISON CONTROL FELT IT WAS NOT A LARGE ENOUGH AMOUNT THAT IT WAS.

IT WAS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, STUDENTS SHOULD NOT BE SWALLOWING NON-EDIBLE ITEMS. THE PREVIOUS REPORT WAS THAT SHE WAS CHEWING ON A RUSTY SCREW THAT SHE FOUND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM.

WE BELIEVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RAISE SHOULD BE DEFERRED UNTIL THE SAFETY ISSUES ARE RESOLVED AND ALL BARGAINING UNITS HAVE A CONTRACT.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENTER IS MARILYN DE BRUIN.

YOU MAY BEGIN. MARILYN DURAND, SEIU, AFAM CAUCUS CHAIR.

YES, I'M BACK.

AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO COME BACK TO SPEAK ABOUT THE RACIST.

I AM THE VOICE OF MANY WHO ARE TOO AFRAID TO SPEAK BECAUSE THE RACISTS WILL FIRE THEM.

EVEN THOSE WHO LEFT.

DO OTHER WORK IN OTHER DISTRICTS AND COUNTY.

THE RACIST STILL IS CHASING THEM.

SOUNDS TO ME LIKE A PRETTY GOOD CLASS ACTION.

TAKE THE BLACK FACE PROP OFF THE DOORS YOU DISCRIMINATED AGAINST JAMES WHITE, TAKE IT DOWN, RACIST, AND PUT YOUR FACE ON THE DOORS.

YOU LIKE THE ATTENTION? PETER. CLAUDIA.

ROSEMARY. YOU CAN'T EXIT FAST ENOUGH.

YOU ARE NOT LEADERS, BUT FOLLOWERS.

YOU FOLLOW THIS RACIST, NARCISSISTIC PERSON TO ADVANCE YOUR POLITICAL CAREERS, AND THAT'S IT.

YOU ARE PATHETIC.

AND LEAVING HER WITH AN INCREASE, BRINGING YOUR SALARY TO $400,000.

THAT'S JUST SALARY ALONE.

THAT'S ABOUT ALL THE OTHER PERKS THAT SHE GETS.

WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE IS SEND THE RACIST BACK TO HER WHITE STATE OF INDIANA.

NOW, FOR THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS.

IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, NOW YOU KNOW YOU ARE HER BOSS.

YOU CHOOSE YOUR NEXT PRESIDENT, ONE WITH EXPERIENCE, NOT THE RACIST.

YOU AGENDIZE AND RUN THE BOARD MEETINGS.

TELL HER WHAT YOU WANT.

YOU DO NOT ANSWER TO HER.

SHE ANSWERS TO YOU.

STOP BEING LED BY YOUR EMPLOYEE.

BECAUSE SHE WOULDN'T DO IT.

SHE WOULDN'T ALLOW HER EMPLOYEE TO LEAD HER.

YOU ARE HER BOSS.

LEARN HOW TO RUN THE BOARD MEETINGS.

DON'T BE LIKE PETER.

HE'S OUT. RUN THE BOARD MEETINGS, YOU RUN THE BOARD MEETINGS, YOU AGENDIZE AND TELL HER WHAT YOU WANT, BRING YOU THE BUDGET, BRING YOU BUDGET.

IF SHE DOESN'T BRING YOU THE BUDGET INFORMATION, THEN YOU.

DO SOMETHING. OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENTER IS NIKKI HOLMAN.

YOU MAY BEGIN. HI, MY NAME IS NIKKI HOLMAN.

I'M HERE AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER FROM DISTRICT FIVE.

MY NEPHEW LIVES IN DISTRICT THREE AND HE ATTENDS DELMAR HIGH SCHOOL.

I WANT TO THANK PETER ORTIZ FOR LISTENING AND MEETING WITH THE CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBERS AFTER THE NOVEMBER 2ND SCHOOL MEETING.

YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ALWAYS MEET WITH PARENTS IS SOMETHING WE VALUE SO DEEPLY.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ORTIZ, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING ELECTED A COUNCIL MEMBER.

PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS DEPEND ON REPRESENTATIVES WHO TRULY DO THE WORK TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE, AND THEY ARE INVALUABLE TO OUR DEMOCRACY.

A STRONG PARTNERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION WITH EVERY TRUSTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE IS HOW OUR COMMUNITY WILL THRIVE.

ALL OF US HERE TONIGHT HAVE A SHARED GOAL TO SEE CHILDREN THRIVE IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL PURSUITS.

AND WE HOPE THAT ALL TRUSTEES, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE TRUSTEE BEING APPOINTED TO AREA THREE IS WILLING TO HEAR CONCERNS, FEEDBACK AND MEET WITH OUR DIVERSE AND BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY.

OUR HOPE IS THAT ALL MEMBERS REMEMBER WHEN VOTING TO FIGHT FOR VOTING, TO FIGHT FOR ALL CHILDREN TO THRIVE.

I WANT TO END THIS WAS SAYING CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS, PETER ORTIZ AND ROSEMARY KAMEI.

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THANK YOU. OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENTER IS ROSEMARY SCOTT.

YOU MAY BEGIN.

ROSEMARY SCOTT, YOUR MICROPHONE HAS BEEN UNMUTED.

YOU MAY BEGIN. SORRY.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS ROSEMARY SCOTT.

I'M AN ADVOCATE, PARENT AND NATIVE TO EASTSIDE SAN JOSE AND A COMMUNITY MEMBER IN AREA SOUTHERN.

FIRST, THANKS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PRESIDENT PETER ORTIZ FOR MEETING WITH MYSELF AND A FEW OTHER CONCERNED PARENTS AFTER THE NOVEMBER 2ND.

SECOND SCC BOE MEETING.

PRESIDENT ORTIZ, THE FACT THAT YOU ACCEPTED AN INVITATION TO MEET WITH US ON A SUNDAY AND THE LAST WEEKEND YOU HAD FOR DOOR KNOCKING BEFORE THE MIDTERM LOCAL ELECTIONS SPEAKS VOLUMES TO US.

THAT'S WHAT ALL PARENTS HOPE FOR IN A BOARD MEMBER.

THE ABILITY TO HAVE OPEN, CANDID, EXPRESSIVE COMMUNICATION WITH EVERYONE WHO SITS ON THE BOARD.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ORTIZ, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEWLY ELECTED POSITION AS SAN JOSE'S COUNCIL MEMBER.

TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO WILL VOTE IN A NEW BOARD MEMBER FOR AREA THREE.

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND WHY YOU ALL TOOK THE SEAT THAT YOU WERE IN.

WHEN VOTING, REMEMBER HOW BEAUTIFULLY DIVERSE OUR COUNTY IS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOW PRECIOUS ALL OUR CHILDREN ARE.

THANK YOU. OUR LAST PUBLIC COMMENTER IS EVA HEREDIA.

YOU MAY BEGIN. GOOD EVENING TO ALL TRUSTEES AND PRESIDENTS FOR THE BOARD? MY NAME IS EVA OLIVIA AND A MOTHER OF TWO STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

I WANT TO START WITH CONGRATULATE TO OUR TRUSTEE FOR HIS RESOLUTION WIN FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.

ALSO, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR.

ALL THE WORK YOU DO FOR FAMILIES AND KIDS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ME.

BUT PARENTS AND THE STUDENTS DURING THE DUE TIME AND THE BOARD, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AS A PARENT.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE DECISIONS AND GIVING MORE TIME FOR THE PROCESS OF THE APPOINTMENT FOR THE NEXT VACANCY.

WE ARE REALLY APPRECIATE.

I HOPE OUR NEXT BOARD MEMBER WILL BE ME WITH PARENTS YOU UNDERSTAND FAMILIES AND NEEDS.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

NOW WE MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

[5. CONSENT ACTION ITEMS]

CONSENT ACTION ITEMS. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT ACTION ITEMS A 5 A THROUGH F.

SO MOVED.

I HAVE A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE ROSSI.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM VICE PRESIDENT CHON.

I'LL NOW ASK TRUSTEES TO PLEASE VOTE IN YOUR BOARD DOCS AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU'RE UNABLE TO.

IF I MAY PUT IN A VERBAL.

YES, PLEASE.

A VERBAL YES. FROM TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

PRESIDENT ORTIZ.

YES, FOR ME AS WELL.

A VERBAL YES FROM TRUSTEE ROSSI.

ALL RIGHT. AND IT WAS UNANIMOUS.

NOW, ON TO ITEM 5 G, WHICH IS REQUEST ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY INDIAN EDUCATION

[G. Request Adoption of Resolution in Support of Santa Clara County Indian Education Task Force]

TASK FORCE.

GREAT. SO FIRST OFF, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PULLING THIS ITEM.

IT GIVES ME DISTINCT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE RESOLUTION 111622 IN SUPPORT OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, CALIFORNIA INDIAN EDUCATION TASK FORCE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BOTH VICE PRESIDENT CHON AND TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

IT SHOULD BE A GOAL FOR ALL GOVERNING AND LEGISLATIVE BODIES TO NOT JUST HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INCLUDING THEM IN PRIORITIZING THEIR VOICES AND PERSPECTIVES WHEN MAKING DECISIONS THAT IMPACT THEIR REGION AND THEIR YOUTH.

YOUTH, GIVEN THAT THEY ARE THE RIGHTFUL OWNERS OF THIS LAND, THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION HAS PLAYED A ROLE IN THE ERASURE OF OUR LOCAL INDIGENOUS POPULATION, THE DEHUMANIZING OF THEIR CULTURE, BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS, AND HAS PUSHED A EUROCENTRIC NARRATIVE OF OUR

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SOCIETY WITH A SELECTIVE LENS OF WHAT IS TO BE ACCEPTED IN THAT SOCIETY.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M REALLY, YOU KNOW, GRATEFUL AND HAPPY THAT OUR BOARD, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DR.

DEWAN AND THE SCHOOL STAFF, WILL BE TAKING DIRECT ACTION TO CORRECT THIS HISTORICAL WRONG BY ESTABLISHING THE CALIFORNIA INDIAN EDUCATION TASK FORCE. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE MANY HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR NATIVE POPULATION IS DOCUMENTED, CELEBRATED AND TAUGHT IN OUR LOCAL CLASSROOMS SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO RIGHT THE WRONGS OF THE PAST AND WORK HAND IN HAND WITH OUR LOCAL INDIGENOUS LEADERS TO MAKE SURE THEIR STORIES ARE TOLD, IN THEIR WORDS AND ON THEIR TERMS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE AND ACTUALLY A FRIEND OF SEVERAL OF US ON THE BOARD, TRUSTEE JORGE PACHECO OF THE OAK GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHO THROUGH HIS ADVOCACY, BOTH RAISED THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MYSELF AND A FEW OTHER TRUSTEES AND HELPED PUT TOGETHER THE INITIAL LANGUAGE THAT WAS ADOPTED INTO THE RESOLUTION.

SO I WANT TO THANK MY FELLOW TRUSTEES.

I WANT TO THANK ASCO STAFF FOR HELPING PUT THIS RESOLUTION TOGETHER.

AND I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING.

VICE PRESIDENT CHON PRESIDENT ORTIZ.

I MEAN, YOU PRETTY MUCH SAID IT ALL, SO I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT IT, BUT I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT TRUSTEE PACHECO DID HELP US IN THIS, AND I THINK THAT WAS MONUMENTAL, TOO, AS WE CANNOT DO THIS WORK WITHOUT HAVING HIM HELP US IN THIS.

AND SO I DO KNOW THAT HE'S HERE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.

WOULD WOULD THAT BE APPROPRIATE TO ALLOW HIM TO DO THAT AS WELL? OH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT RIGHT AFTER IF TRUSTEES HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR THE MODERATOR TO CALL ON JORGE.

SO MY APOLOGIES.

NO WORRIES. ANY OTHER TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING OR.

NO. I JUST ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ORTIZ AND TRUSTEE PACHECO AND VICE PRESIDENT CHON FOR WORKING TO GET THIS ON THE AGENDA AND HAPPY TO SEE THAT OUR COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TASK FORCE AND EXCITED TO SEE THE WORK AHEAD THAT WILL COME FROM IT.

OKAY. GREAT.

AND MODERATOR IF WE COULD PLEASE CALL ON TRUSTEE PACHECO.

YES. TRUSTEE PACHECO, YOUR MICROPHONE WILL BE UNMUTED.

YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES TO SPEAK.

COMMENTS EXTENDED PAST THE TIME ALLOTTED WILL BE MUTED AFTER TIME EXPIRES.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN YOUR COMMENT.

HI, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS GEORGE PACHECO, JUNIOR TRUSTEE FOR THE OAK GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA LATINO SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION AND A PROUD INDIGENOUS LEADER HERE IN OUR COUNTY.

AND I'M HERE WITH GREAT HUMILITY AND GRATITUDE TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE MADE THIS POSSIBLE.

THERE IS NOTHING THAT I THINK THAT IS MORE IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW THAN TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF NATIVE STUDIES, INDIGENOUS STUDIES FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. THERE IS A REALLY BIG ISSUE RIGHT NOW IN THE BAY AREA AND THAT ESPECIALLY SANTA CLARA COUNTY, AND THAT IS AN INCONSISTENCY, INCONSISTENCY WITH NATIVE STUDIES ACROSS OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

WHAT ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT TEACHES ABOUT OUR LOCAL MUWEKMA OHLONE PEOPLES IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT ANOTHER DISTRICT DOES, AND THERE'S MANY DISTRICTS THAT DON'T TEACH IT AT ALL. AND IT REALLY VARIES CLASSROOM TO CLASSROOM BY CREATING A TASK FORCE, THIS IS GOING TO BE AN INCREDIBLE FIRST STEP AND NORMALIZING AND STANDARDIZING WHAT EFFECTIVE NATIVE STUDIES FOR OUR LOCAL TRIBES LOOKS LIKE.

AND WHAT'S EVEN BETTER IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE BRINGING THEM TO THE TABLE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

THE FANTASTIC THING ABOUT THIS AS WELL IS THAT A TASK FORCE LIKE THIS IS NOT ONLY A SPACE TO CREATE CURRICULUM AND TO HAVE AMAZING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT EFFECTIVE AND RIGHT CURRICULUM LOOKS LIKE, BUT ALSO TO IDENTIFY THE SOURCES OF THE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS THAT ARE AFFECTING NATIVE YOUTHS.

AND THAT'S WHY SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS SO CRITICAL, BECAUSE IF WE ARE TO PURSUE A PATH THAT IS TO HEAL OUR COMMUNITIES FROM THE HISTORY OF GENOCIDE, THAT IS THAT HAVE CLEARED THESE LANDS OF THE NATIVE PEOPLES AND HAVE ALLOWED ALL OF US TO LIVE HERE.

INSTEAD, WE ARE TO ENVISION A BETTER FUTURE FOR ALL OF THAT.

EDUCATION IS GOING TO BE THE ANTIDOTE.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS TASK FORCE.

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AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEE THE AMAZING WORK THAT WILL COME ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU. WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU. AND I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES THIS ITEM.

I GUESS WE HAVE TO WE DO HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS, RIGHT? DO WE HAVE A MOTION OF SUPPORT? SO MOVED. OKAY.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM VICE PRESIDENT CHON A SECOND BY TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

IF EVERYONE COULD PLEASE VOTE IN YOUR BOARD BOX.

IF NOT, PLEASE GIVE ME A VERBAL.

ENTHUSIASTIC YES.

ENTHUSIASTIC YES FROM TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

AND FOR ME AS WELL PRESIDENT ORTIZ.

AND ANOTHER ENTHUSIASTIC YES.

FROM TRUSTEE ROSSI.

YES. ALL RIGHT.

THAT IS UNANIMOUS.

CONGRATULATIONS, FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, FOR DOING GREAT WORK.

OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS AN ACTION ITEM REGARDING COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT COMPENSATION PURSUANT TO THE GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION

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54953, SUBDIVISION C3 AND PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE APPOINTMENT SALARY AGREEMENT, DR.

MARY AND DEWAN COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS IS ELIGIBLE FOR A PAY INCREASE EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2022, AND A CONTRACT TERM EXTENSION TO JUNE 30TH, 2026.

THE PAY INCREASE IS CALCULATED ON THE CPI OF 5.7.

THE NEW BASE SALARY IS 390,000.

$373.18. THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING FRINGE BENEFITS, HEALTH, WELFARE, RETIREMENT AND OTHER BENEFITS, AS ARE PROVIDED TO CERTIFICATED MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES.

MEMBERSHIP DUES FOR PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND REIMBURSEMENT OF JOB RELATED EXPENSES.

CAN I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT COMPENSATION.

SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE ROSSI.

UM, I JUST HAD A COMMENT.

YEAH. AND I ALSO THINK THAT TRUSTEE DI SALVO IS JUST ON MUTE IF THEY WERE TRYING TO OK.

YEAH, WELL, WE'LL ALLOW YOU, AND THEN I'LL.

I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

YEAH, I JUST KNOW I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION, BUT JUST WANTED TO BE COGNIZANT OF OUR STAFF THAT SPOKE EARLIER. AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR BARGAINING AS WELL, AND I JUST HOPE THAT THEY CAN BE MADE WHOLE, TOO. AND I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS ARE STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH COSTS ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO JUST WANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE TIMING OF THIS.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENT, TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

TRUSTEE. DI SALVO.

I WANTED TO.

I HAVE AN ALTERNATE MOTION, BUT IT'S ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED BY TRUSTEE.

DOES SHE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW? YES, SHE HAS.

WE HAVE A MOTION, YEAH.

HASN'T BEEN SECONDED.

I'LL SECOND IT.

IT WAS TRUSTED BY SECOND AND BY TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE OPTICS AND WON'T BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR THE MOTION, ALTHOUGH I WOULD APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO VOTE AT A LATER TIME TO GIVE DR.

DEWAN HER COMPENSATION INCREASE THE COLA.

BUT IT WOULD BE MY MOTION WAS GOING TO BE TO BE AFTER THE RESOLUTION OF THE COMPLAINT AND IN COMPLETING OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH SEIU.

AND THEN I WOULD VOTE AFFIRMATIVELY AT THAT TIME, BUT I WON'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE CURRENT MOTION AS IT STATED.

ABSOLUTELY. TRUSTEE DI SALVO, I DEFINITELY RESPECT YOUR OPINION AND STANCE.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A COMMENT ALSO.

SORRY, I CAN'T SEE YOUR HAND.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. MY VIDEO'S ALL MESSED UP.

I DON'T EVEN THINK I HAVE ON MY CHROMEBOOK.

YEAH, AND IT'S VERY HARD TO HEAR YOU TRUSTEE MAH.

YEAH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

AND SO I ALSO WANT TO JUST MAKE A COMMENT AND STATEMENT THAT I FEEL THAT THE, WELL, I GUESS FOR ME, THE WAGE DISPARITY, WHICH IS EXISTED IN SILICON VALLEY AND CERTAINLY IN OUR ECONOMY NATIONWIDE, BUT SPECIFICALLY IN THE SCCOE, IS A BIG CONCERN FOR ME.

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AND THAT AS SALARIES ARE KEY TO THE BUDGET.

TYPICALLY 80% OF THE BUDGET THAT SALARIES AND COMPENSATION NEEDS NEED TO BE, IN MY OPINION, ADJUSTED. AND MY CONCERN ABOUT THE INCREASE FOR DR.

DEWAN'S SALARY IS THAT IT JUST INCREASES THE WAGE DISPARITY.

I MEAN, THE DISPARITY IS THERE, AND WE ONLY HAVE CONTROL OF THE TOP NUMBER.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OF THE BOTTOM NUMBER.

SO IN THE SENSE THAT WAGES VERDI IS MY NUMBER ONE ISSUE.

MY SECOND ISSUE IS THAT EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION IS IMPORTANT TO GOVERNANCE OF THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

AND I WOULD AGREE, WHICH WITH ONE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT EARLIER IN THE MEETING, THAT IF WE WERE ABLE TO POSTPONE THIS COMPENSATION DISCUSSION UNTIL AFTER THE SEIU CONTRACT IS FINALIZED AND ALSO THE SAFETY COMPLAINT IS RESOLVED, I COULD SUPPORT THIS MOTION.

BUT AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, I CAN'T.

NOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH, TRUSTEE MA, FOR YOUR COMMENT.

I APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTS.

VICE PRESIDENT CHON AND THEN WE'LL GO TO TRUSTEE ROSSI.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ORTIZ. I HAVE A QUESTION.

AND IF IT'S NOT IN LINE, PLEASE JUST TELL ME.

SO WITH THIS APPROVAL, IT ALSO IS EXTENDING THE CONTRACT TERM TO JUNE 30, 2026. SO IS THE COMPENSATION APPROVAL TIED TO THE CONTRACT TERM EXTENSION? BUT BOTH THE CPI AND THE ADDITION, THE EXTENSION ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ITEMS IN THE APPOINTMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH ARE BASED UPON THE BOARD HAVING COMPLETED THE EVALUATION PROCESS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

DR. DEWAN DO WE HAVE LEGAL COUNSEL AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME? WE DO NOT. OKAY.

IT'D BE. I JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION, BUT THAT'S FINE.

TRUSTEE ROSSI. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ORTIZ.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT, WE HAVE A CONTRACT, AND WE'RE NOT ABLE BY VIRTUE OF A MOTION TO ADD CONTINGENCIES. SO I, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE ON THE BOARD, OBVIOUSLY SUPPORT A STRONG CONTRACT FOR OUR BARGAINING UNITS.

BUT I ALSO THINK THAT IT IS OUR DUTY TO HONOR THIS CONTRACT AS WELL.

MY COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT WE CANNOT ADD CONTINGENCIES.

I JUST FIND THIS ITEM TO HAVE BECOME A SORT OF POLITICAL FOOTBALL EVERY TIME.

AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT WE HAVE A CONTRACT.

WE'RE NOT ABLE I SUPPORT TO ADD CONTINGENCIES AND I HOPE THAT THE SAME WAY WE HONOR CONTRACTS FOR BARGAINING UNITS AND WE ALL ADVOCATE FOR CONTRACTS THAT COMPENSATE THE WONDERFUL WORK OF EVERY EMPLOYEE THAT WE ALSO HONOR THIS CONTRACT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TRUSTEE ROSSI.

TRUSTEE DI SALVO, DID YOU RAISE YOUR HAND UP AGAIN? YES. YES, I DID.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ORTIZ.

AND LET ME ALSO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR ELECTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF SAN JOSE.

I APPRECIATE THAT. YOU'RE WELCOME.

I UM I THINK STAFF SAFETY IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR EMPLOYERS TO ADDRESS WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES WHO FEEL UNSAFE.

THERE IS A COMPLAINT FILED BY SEIU ABOUT FEELING UNSAFE IN THE CLASSROOMS WITH OUR STUDENTS.

AND THEY ALSO HAVE THEY ALSO ARE NEGOTIATING A SALARY INCREASE IN THEIR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.

SO I DO FEEL STRONGLY THAT I WOULD VOTE FOR THIS IF THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED SATISFACTORILY.

AND IT'S NOT I DON'T THINK IT'S A POLITICAL FOOTBALL.

I THINK IT'S JUST THE OPTICS OF DOING INCREASING.

I THINK IT'S TO HER DETRIMENT AS WELL.

INCREASE IN THE SUPERINTENDENT SALARY TONIGHT.

WHEN THERE WAS A PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY AND THE MEDIA PICKED UP THE STORY, I THINK THE OPTICS ARE BAD.

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IT'S LIKE A SLAP IN THE FACE AND A STICK IN THE EYE TO OUR EMPLOYEE GROUPS WHO WE ALL APPRECIATE.

AND SO I DISAGREE THAT IT'S A POLITICAL FOOTBALL.

I JUST THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO TONIGHT.

THE TIMING IS BAD AND WE WOULD HAVE A TIME IF WE DID POSTPONE IT TO DO IT IN DECEMBER OR JANUARY OR WHENEVER.

THOSE ISSUES HAVE BEEN SATISFACTORILY RESOLVED.

SO THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENT, AND I WISH I HAD A CHANCE TO MAKE MY MOTION AND FOR ALL OF US TO VOTE ON IT.

BUT THAT WAS WHAT I WAS PREEMPTED BY MY COLLEAGUES.

YEAH, SORRY.

BEFORE YOU GO, I WOULD JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, TO VOICE THAT I AM A LITTLE FRUSTRATED THAT WE DO NOT HAVE LEGAL COUNSEL HERE PRESENT AT THIS MEETING.

GIVEN THAT THIS IS A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AND DEBATE, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT LEGAL COUNSEL WOULD BE PRESENT.

AND SO I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY'RE NOT, BECAUSE THAT INSIGHT WOULD BE EXTREMELY VALUABLE AT THIS MOMENT.

TRUSTEE KAMEI. THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BEING A COUNTY BOARD MEMBER VERSUS A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER, THAT WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX AS A SCHOOL BOARD, REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.

AND YES, IN FACT, I WANT TO SEE OUR EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS BE ABLE TO BE COMPETITIVE AND HAVE A GREAT CONTRACT.

WE VALUE THE WORK AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO COMPENSATE THEM AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE WE ARE COUNTY BOARD MEMBER TRUSTEES. OUR ROLE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF HOW THOSE ITEMS COME FORWARD TO US AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND TRUSTEE DI SALVO'S CONCERN IN TERMS OF THE TIMING.

I WOULD TEND TO AGREE THAT IT'S NOT IDEAL, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE DO HAVE AN AGREEMENT THAT WE NEED TO HONOR.

SO I, I'M ALSO FEELING CONFLICTED.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS AS TRUSTEES.

PRESIDENT ORTIZ, WE DO HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTERS WHO HAVE THEIR HANDS RAISED.

YES, PLEASE. IF YOU COULD BEGIN YOUR COMMENT.

SORRY THAT I COULDN'T RAISE MY HAND ABOUT.

OH, SORRY. TRUSTEE MAH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO TRUSTEE ROSSI'S COMMENT THAT THERE'S NO CONTINGENCIES ALLOWED.

THE ACTUAL CONTRACT SAYS THAT ANY ADJUSTMENT MAY BE THAT COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT SALARY MAY BE ADJUSTED. PROVIDED SHE HAS NOT BEEN RATED LESS THAN SATISFACTORY BY THE BOARD IN ITS LATEST EVALUATION.

AND SO IT DOES NOT SAY THAT THERE'S ANY TIMELINE OR DATE THAT'S REQUIRED.

AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S A CONTINGENCY SO MUCH AS JUST A DELAY THAT TRUSTEE DI SALVO IS ADVOCATING FOR.

AND THAT THAT. THAT'S NOT A VIOLATION TO THE CONTRACT.

SO THROWING THE POLITICAL FOOTBALL IN HERE, I THINK IS UNNECESSARILY ADVERSARIAL AND THAT WE CAN JUST CONSIDER IF THIS TIMING IS THE BEST THAT THERE IS.

THANK YOU.

YEAH, AND I KNOW I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, BUT I ALSO DON'T THINK IT'S THE BEST TIMING.

AND, YOU KNOW, I AM JUST SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, BUT I FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, A LOT OF OUR TRUSTEES ARE UNDERSTANDING HOW DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING THE WORK OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE CURRENTLY BARGAINING AND HAVEN'T REACHED A CONTRACT SETTLEMENT YET.

HOW DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING THAT WORK IS.

AND MANY ARE BEING PAID LESS THAN IF THEY PURSUED OTHER CAREERS.

SO BUT I AM NOW NOT SURE.

AND I DON'T I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE LEGAL COUNSEL, BUT WHAT IF WE DO DELAY THIS TO OUR NEXT MEETING OR AS WAS ASKED? I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THE PROS AND CONS OF THAT AT THIS TIME BECAUSE I'M JUST HEARING CONFLICTING INFORMATION.

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THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

DR. DEWAN. IS THERE ANY WAY TO REACH OUT TO LEGAL COUNSEL AT THIS MOMENT? I YEAH, I CAN ATTEMPT TO DO SO.

I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THE AGREEMENT IS THAT UPON COMPLETION OF THE EVALUATION, WHICH IS DONE AND THIS IS THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING AFTER THAT.

SO I DO BELIEVE A DELAY WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF THE AGREEMENT.

THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL.

SO SORRY TO CALL OUT AGAIN, BUT I'M LOOKING AT THE CONTRACT AND IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE INCREASE BEING RELATED TO TIMING OF THE EVALUATION BEING COMPLETED OR AS FAR AS ANY NEXT BOARD MEETING.

IT JUST SAYS THAT EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, THAT AND ANY EXTENSION THAT THE SALARY MAY BE ADJUSTED AND SO IT CAN BE ADJUSTED JULY 1ST ACCORDING TO WHAT'S SPECIFICALLY IN THE CONTRACT AND EACH JULY 1ST AFTERWARDS.

SO THERE IS NO DATE THAT SPECIFIED IN THE CONTRACT.

AND DR.

DEWAN YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT IF IT'S NOT VOTED ON BY TODAY, THAT WOULD VIOLATE THE CONTRACT.

IS THERE A REASON THAT YOU BELIEVE SO? I'M JUST THAT THE ADJUSTMENT HAS TO BE MADE AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD AND UPON COMPLETION OF THE EVALUATION.

AND SO AND THAT HAS BEEN OUR PROCESS AND OUR AGREEMENT THAT THE BOARD COMPLETES THE EVALUATION.

AND THEN AT THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING, THE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC AND THE BOARD TAKES ACTION.

THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO FINALIZE THE EVALUATION IN CLOSED SESSION AT THE LAST MEETING.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST REGULAR MEETING AND OPEN SESSION.

THE CONSEQUENCE OF THE BOARD'S ACTION IN CLOSED SESSION WAS THE THIS ACTION.

THIS ACTION IS ADMINISTRATIVE.

IT'S THE PUBLIC STEP TO MAKE PUBLIC THE ACTION THAT THE BOARD ALREADY TOOK IN CLOSED SESSION.

OK, VICE PRESIDENT CHON THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ORTIZ.

I LIKE I LIKE TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN HAD SIMILAR CONCERNS.

I'M GETTING A LITTLE FRUSTRATED WITH THE CONFLICTING INFORMATION.

AND IS IT APPROPRIATE TO WAIT ON THIS UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO GET SOME ADVICE AND CLEAR ANSWERS FROM LEGAL COUNSEL? I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S IF THAT WOULD EVEN IF THAT'S LIKE ANOTHER MOTION.

BUT YEAH, IF WE COULD WAIT UNTIL THE 28TH.

SORRY. WHICH IS OUR SPECIALTY.

I MEANT LATER THIS EVENING.

OH, SORRY. IS THAT POSSIBLE? THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT LEGAL COUNSEL WOULD NOT LIKELY BE IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE TO THE BOARD IN OPEN SESSION.

TYPICALLY, A GUIDANCE TO THE BOARD WOULD BE PROVIDED IN CLOSED SESSION.

ADDITIONALLY, TO ATTEMPT TO AGENDIZE THIS ITEM AT A SPECIAL MEETING, WHICH WOULD BE TWO MEETINGS AFTER THE BOARD ALREADY TOOK ACTION IN CLOSED SESSION TO FINALIZE THE EVALUATION WOULD BE ALSO PROBLEMATIC.

I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. DO WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS OR.

YEP. MODERATOR IF WE COULD HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE.

YES, WE HAVE THREE PUBLIC COMMENTERS AT THIS TIME.

OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS ARE SARAH GINACARO, MARILYN DE BRUIN AND TAMMY DE NODA.

YOUR MICROPHONE WILL BE UNMUTED.

YOU WILL HAVE 2 MINUTES TO SPEAK.

COMMENTS EXTENDING PAST THE TIME ALLOTTED WILL BE MUTED AFTER TIME EXPIRES.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN YOUR COMMENT.

SARAH JANE CARO.

YOU MAY BEGIN. HI, I'M SARAH GENNACARO FROM SEIU.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, YOU HAVE A CHOICE.

THE CONTRACT WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT DOES NOT REQUIRE A SALARY INCREASE.

NOW, IF YOU VOTE YES TODAY, KNOW THAT THE WORKERS WILL NOT SUPPORT YOU.

THEY'RE ALREADY CONFLICTED BY YOUR STATEMENTS THAT YOU BELIEVE US AND YOU WANT TO HELP US.

YET YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT DOES.

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YET YOU'RE HER EMPLOYER, WE'VE SUPPORTED SO MANY OF YOU IN YOUR RACES AND IT'S CHALLENGING FOR ME AS A MEMBER TO SAY TO MY MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE SUPPORTED YOU AND NOW YOU'RE NOT SUPPORTING US.

WHAT'S EVEN MORE CRAZY IS THAT YOU ARE TAKING THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OPINION ABOUT HER OWN CONTRACT AND HER OWN RAISE.

I'M GOING TO READ TO YOU FROM THE CONTRACT RIGHT NOW.

IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS ON THE TOPIC OF THE SALARY INCREASE UNDER ITEM 4B THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S BASE SALARY MAY BE ADJUSTED, PROVIDED THAT SHE HAS NOT BEEN RATED LESS THAN SATISFACTORY.

IT DOES NOT IN FACT SAY THAT IT HAS TO BE ADJUSTED.

THIS IS THE CHOICE THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO MAKE NOW.

WE AREN'T ADVOCATING LIKE WE HAVE IN PREVIOUS YEARS FOR HER NOT TO GET A RAISE.

WHAT WE ARE SUGGESTING IS THAT YOU DEFER THE RAISE UNTIL THE SAFETY ISSUES ARE RESOLVED AND ALL BARGAINING UNITS HAVE A CONTRACT.

A VOTE FOR A RAISE NOW IS A SLAP IN THE FACE OF THOUSANDS OF WORKERS WHO HAVE TOLD YOU THEIR STORIES ABOUT THEIR STRUGGLES TO SURVIVE AND THE INJURIES THEY'RE EXPERIENCING AT THE HANDS OF OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE COMPLETELY 100% PREVENTABLE.

IF WE HAD ADDITIONAL STAFFING AND BETTER TRAINING, WE COULD BETTER ANTICIPATE THE ESCALATION OF OUR STUDENTS AND PREVENT THE INJURIES THAT ARE HAPPENING TO OUR STAFF MANY TIMES BECAUSE THEY ARE PREVENTING AN INJURY THAT THE STUDENT WOULD INFLICT ON ANOTHER STUDENT IN THE CLASSROOM.

IT'S NOT OKAY THAT IT'S CONSIDERED THE NORM FOR PARA EDUCATORS AND TEACHERS TO BE THROWING THEIR OWN BODIES IN THE LINE OF FIRE TO PREVENT A STUDENT FROM GETTING INJURED.

YET THAT'S WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE PARA EDUCATORS WERE NOT THERE.

YOU MIGHT AS WELL SIGN THE STRIKE PAPERWORK NOW IF YOU APPROVE THIS RAISE.

OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENTER IS MARILYNN DE BRUIN.

YOU MAY BEGIN. YES, I'M GLAD I DID NOT LEAVE.

AND THIS IS WHAT I SAID EARLIER.

PETER, CLAUDIA AND ROSEMARY.

GOODBYE. YOU GUYS HAVE SAT HERE AND LET THIS SUPERINTENDENT LEAD YOU DOWN A PIKE OF MESS.

VICE PRESIDENT CHON AND TRUSTEE CHRIS.

I'M SORRY, I CAN'T SAY YOUR NAME CORRECTLY, BUT PLEASE PAY ATTENTION AND LEARN WHAT YOUR JOB IS.

PETER, CLAUDIA, AND ROSEMARY.

THEY DON'T KNOW A THING.

THAT'S WHY PETER IS ASKING MARY ANN EVERYTHING THAT HE'S AT THAT HE NEEDS TO SAY.

YOU ARE HER BOSS.

SHE'S NOT YOUR BOSS.

LEARN WHAT YOUR ROLE IS ON THIS BOARD.

YOU AGENDIZE. YOU RUN THE BOARD MEETING.

DO NOT LET HER TELL YOU WHAT SHE WANTS.

NOW, YOU JUST HEARD FROM SARAH.

YOU HEARD FROM EXPERIENCED BOARD MEMBERS.

PLEASE TAKE YOUR JOB SERIOUSLY.

AND YOU ARE HER BOSS.

SHE IS NOT YOUR BOSS.

DON'T LOOK FOR ONE STEP LADDER TO GET TO ANOTHER POLITICAL PLACE, BECAUSE AGAIN, PETER AND ROSEMARY ARE MOVING ON TO CITY COUNCIL AND THEY DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HERE TO SUPPORT THE WORKERS OF THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

NADA, NOTHING.

AND LIKE THEY SAID, SEIU HAS SUPPORTED EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU IN YOUR RACES.

PLEASE, VICE PRESIDENT CHON AND SREEKRISHNAN.

I'M SORRY AGAIN, I CANNOT SAY YOUR NAME CORRECTLY, BUT THANK YOU FOR HEARING AND PLEASE RUN THE BOARD MEETINGS, NOT HER.

DON'T GO TO HER FOR ANSWERS.

READ WHAT YOU NEED TO BE DOING HERE.

SHE DOES NOT DICTATE TO YOU AND YOU DON'T DICTATE TO HER EITHER.

BUT PLEASE.

YOU RUN THE BOARD MEETINGS, NOT HER.

SHE IS YOUR EMPLOYEE.

YOU ARE HER BOSS.

IF SHE DOESN'T DO WHAT YOU SAY, EVALUATE HER.

THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS JUST DID.

EVALUATE. EVALUATE HER.

OUR NEXT PUBLIC. OUR LAST PUBLIC COMMENTER IS TAMMY DINODA.

YOU MAY BEGIN.

TAMMY, YOUR MICROPHONE HAS BEEN UNMUTED.

YOU MAY BEGIN.

TAMMY DINODA, ARE YOU WITH US.

OKAY. I THINK THEY ARE NOT HERE, SO WE COULD CONTINUE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

YOU MAY BEGIN. SORRY, I'M.

I'M IN FROM. I'M IN VEGAS TRYING TO MAKE A COMMENT HERE.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FOR YOU BOARD MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY THE NEW ONES, TARA AND VICTORIA, WHO ARE REALLY ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS ALONG WITH PETER.

I AM HAPPY TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT THERE'S NO ATTORNEY HERE BECAUSE I WAS JUST AS UPSET A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO WHEN DR.

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DEWAN WAS EAGER TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY HERE TELL YOU THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE ANY SAY IN NEGOTIATIONS.

AND NOW WHEN IT'S TIME TO ASK ABOUT HER CONTRACT, SHE DOESN'T HAVE AN ATTORNEY HERE.

I FIND THAT ODD AND IMMORAL.

YOU DESERVE TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY HERE BECAUSE YOU ARE HER BOSS.

AND IT'S ONLY RIGHT THAT YOU BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF LEGAL ADVICE ASIDE FROM HER.

IN FACT, IF I WERE YOU, I WOULD GET DOUBLE IN YOUR OWN INDEPENDENT ADVICE AWAY FROM DR.

DEWAN, BECAUSE I DON'T I THINK THAT'S IMMORAL.

AND I THINK SHE'S PUTTING YOU IN A BAD SITUATION.

AND JUST AS SARAH HAS SAID, THE WORKERS ARE PROVIDING FRONT LINE SERVICE AND GETTING MASSIVE INJURIES.

AND DR. DEWAN IS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT HER RAISE THAN SHE IS ABOUT MAKING THE CLASSROOM SAFE.

AND THAT'S HER NUMBER ONE JOB, IS TO MAKE THESE CLASSROOMS SAFE FOR THE STUDENTS AND THE WORKERS.

RIGHT NOW, THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.

AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S IT'S ALSO EASY FOR HER TO SAY BECAUSE SHE KNOWS THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON FOR HER, NOT THE SITUATION.

I WILL POSTPONE MY RAISE.

I'LL POSTPONE MY CONTRACT.

THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO'VE DONE THAT IN MY 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC SERVICE, AND I'M NOT SHOCKED THAT SHE HASN'T DONE IT.

BUT I, AGAIN, FIND THAT IMMORAL.

AND I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT FOR HER TO PUT YOU IN THAT SITUATION.

IT JUST SHOWS YOU REALITIES, WHICH IS HER PAY TO BE DOUBLE WHAT THE GOVERNOR IS.

RATHER THAN PROVIDING DIRECT LINE SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC AND TO OUR STUDENTS.

SO I REALLY THANK YOU ALL.

AND I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU DIG DOWN DEEP AND GO WITH YOUR GUT INSTINCT AND DON'T APPROVE HER RAISE.

DON'T APPROVE OUR CONTRACT UNTIL WE'VE SETTLED THIS CONTRACT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

PRESIDENT ORTIZ WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTARY THAT RAISED THEIR HAND.

YEP. LET'S PLEASE ALLOW THEM TO SPEAK.

NORMA CASTIENDA, AND YOUR MICROPHONE WILL BE UNMUTED.

YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES. YOU MAY BEGIN.

HI, MY NAME IS NORMA CASTANEDA, AND I HAVE WORKED FOR THE COE FOR 23 YEARS.

I AM ALSO ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT LUTHER BURBANK SCHOOL, AND I ALSO HAVE A BROTHER THAT ATTENDED THE SCCOE FOR MANY YEARS WITH VERY DIFFICULT BEHAVIORS.

I'M REALLY, REALLY ANGRY AT EVERYONE HERE, AND I DON'T FEEL THE NEED TO THANK ANYONE BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE TILL THIS DAY NO ONE HAS DONE THEIR JOB. I AM LITERALLY, AND NOT JUST ME FOR MY 23 YEARS OF SERVICE THAT HAVE DONE EVERYTHING IN THE BOOK AS WELL AS MY COWORKERS ALMOST GET KILLED.

AND I HOPE THIS LETS YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT KNOWING THAT PEOPLE DON'T PUT THEIR LIVES TO THESE CHILDREN, TO THESE STUDENTS OF OURS, AND ACTUALLY MAKE THEM SUCCESSFUL. AND YOU DO NOT GIVE US ANY THANKS.

IF ANYTHING, WE'RE MAKING YOUR POCKETS BIGGER.

BIGGER. JENNIFER DEWAN.

ANYONE UP IN ADMINISTRATION? I INVITED YOU, PETER.

I INVITE ANYONE.

ALL THE NAMES UP THERE.

I CALL YOU OUT AND I'M TELLING YOU, COME TO MY SITE.

WORK, WORK ONE AT LEAST 15 MINUTES IN EACH CLASSROOM OF ESSER SCHOOL.

AT LEAST 15 MINUTES.

LARRY AND JESSICA WERE INVITED TO BE AT OUR SITE.

ONLY ONE PRESENT THEMSELVES.

AND IT WAS AT 8:00 IN THE MORNING WHEN NO STUDENTS ARE THERE.

WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO SEE? AN HOUR LATER? ONE OF OUR [INAUDIBLE] BEHAVIORAL STUDENTS AT OUR SITE BROKE A DESK WITH STUDENTS IN THEIR.

HOW SCARY IS THAT? OR ARE YOU SCARED? YEAH, I'M PRETTY SURE YOU'RE SCARED.

YOU WANT US TO DO YOUR JOB TO GET THE BIG BUCKS? COME TO MY SITES.

I'M EMBARRASSED.

I'M EMBARRASSED THAT I SENT MY BROTHER TO YOUR SIDE.

TO YOUR SCHOOL. TO THE COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA THE HAPPY FAMILIES THAT WE ACTUALLY WE ACTUALLY GET TO MEET, THE SUCCESS THAT WE ACTUALLY MAKE, THE BREAKTHROUGHS THAT WE MAKE WITH OUR STUDENTS. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU. PRESIDENT ORTIZ I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT CATHERINE MEOLA HAS LOGGED IN AND SHE IS HERE PRESENT FOR THE MEETING.

I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY THAT I DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS VOTE WITHOUT LEGAL COUNSEL.

SO I'M SORRY, CATHERINE, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ACCOMMODATING THIS MEETING.

NO PROBLEM. OF COURSE.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

SO WE'VE HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT..

OH, VICE PRESIDENT CHON. I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK.

START ASKING THE. PLEASE DO.

PLEASE DO. I GUESS I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

ONE IS THAT I DO SEE THE EXTENSION OF THE CONTRACT FOR JUNE 30TH, 2026, TIED WITH THE SALARY AGREEMENT, SO I WANTED TO KNOW IF NOT APPROVING THE COMPENSATION WOULD THEN NOT APPROVE THE EXTENSION.

SO THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION.

AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION, WHICH IS KIND OF THE MOTION THAT TRUSTEE DI SALVO SPOKE OF, IS THAT IF WE WAITED ON THIS,

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WHAT ARE THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THAT? SO IF YOU'RE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.

AND I AM SIGHING JUST A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A THERE WAS A NUMBER OF PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT HAPPENED AND I WAS NOT PRESENT FOR THOSE IN TERMS OF THIS AGENDA ITEM, BUT.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE AGENDA ITEM AS LISTED, I BELIEVE, HAS THE TWO THINGS CONNECTED TOGETHER.

THAT IS THE EXTENSION AND THE COMPENSATION TOGETHER.

AND SO THE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE CHANGED EITHER IN ORDER FOR THAT TO BE SEPARATED OUT.

AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM IS THE CONCERNS WITH REGARD TO THE DELAYS HAVE TO DO WITH CONFIDENCE IN YOUR LEADERSHIP, CONFIDENCE IN THE ABILITY TO FINALIZE THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT ARE ONGOING.

IF YOU IF THERE IS A LACK OF TRUST, A LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN YOUR LEADER, THEN THAT MAKES IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IN ORDER TO DO NEGOTIATIONS.

EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

SO. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT I CAN SAY AT THIS MOMENT AS CONTINUING AS MORE QUESTIONS COME IN. I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN YEAH.

SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK AND I KNOW THAT I SORT OF ASKED THIS QUESTION EARLIER, BUT. YOU KNOW, SAY THAT WE DECIDE TO DEFER THIS ITEM.

IS THAT ALLOWED? ARE WE IS THAT ARE WE BREAKING THE CONTRACT AFTER WE IF WE DEFER THIS ITEM? YEAH. UM.

I'M SORRY. I NEED MORE TIME, MORE INFORMATION IN ORDER TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.

I REALLY DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT I NEED.

AND PERHAPS WE CAN TAKE FIVE OR TEN MINUTE BREAK IN ORDER FOR ME TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.

I MEAN, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE FIVE, TEN MINUTE BREAK.

I THINK WOULD IT BE OKAY, PRESIDENT ORTIZ, FOR US TO ASK OUR QUESTIONS BEFORE THE BREAK SO THAT OUR THE LEGAL COUNSEL CAN INCLUDE OUR QUESTIONS IN HER ANALYSIS OF OUR SITUATION.

WOULD THAT BE OKAY? YEAH. OH, YEAH.

THAT MAKES TOTAL SENSE.

THAT WAY SHE COULD USE THAT AMOUNT OF TIME TO DO THE RESEARCH ON IT, TO COME BACK TO US WITH ANSWERS FOR ALL OUR QUESTIONS.

YEAH. TRUSTEE DID YOU FINISH TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN? YEAH, THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ORTIZ.

SO FOR ME, IN ALL MY EXPERIENCE WITH EDUCATION AND NEGOTIATIONS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE.

I THINK THE WIN HERE IS FOR SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN TO WITHDRAW THIS ITEM AND TRUST THAT THE BOARD WILL BRING IT UP AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME WHEN OTHER THINGS HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED THAT HAVE ALREADY ALLUDED TO.

I THINK THAT'S A WIN FOR HER.

IT'S A WIN FOR US.

IT'S A WIN FOR SEIU.

AND AS FAR AS GOING IN AND NEGOTIATING AS THE SUPERINTENDENT IN A WEAKENED STATE.

SHE GAINED SO MUCH STRENGTH.

I THINK IN THE PROCESS BY JUST WITHDRAWING, AS SOMEBODY SAID, ONE OF THE COMMENTERS SAID THEY'VE THEY'VE SEEN OTHER SUPERINTENDENTS DO THAT AND I HAVE AS WELL.

SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ACTUALLY FAIRLY FREQUENTLY.

SO I THINK IN ORDER TO SAVE THIS ITEM, SAVE THE ISSUES, HAVE GOOD FAITH GOING FORWARD.

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO COUNCIL.

IT'S NOT A COUNCIL QUESTION BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS THE ABILITY TO DO THAT IF SHE WISHES.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE ROSSI.

THANK YOU. SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE AS A BOARD APPROVE THIS IN CLOSED SESSION AND THAT THIS ITEM IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM THAT WE ARE REPORTING ON, ON A CLOSED SESSION.

ITEM THAT WE AGREED UPON.

AND I THINK WITHOUT DISCLOSING THE WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION, I JUST FIND THE DUPLICITY OF SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS

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WHERE THEY WOULD SAY ONE THING IN CLOSED SESSION AND THEN FOR PERFORMATIVE REASONS THEY SAY QUITE THE OPPOSITE IN OPEN SESSION.

SO MY QUESTION IS, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE VOTED ON THIS AND THAT THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM.

SO IS THAT CORRECT OR NOT? AND I'LL WAIT FOR THE ANSWER.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU.

I'LL CALL BACK ON TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

MY RAISE BUTTON RAISE HAND BUTTON.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN. ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEE MAH, PLEASE PROCEED.

SORRY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PRESIDENT ORTIZ.

SO I WOULD LIKE LEGAL COUNSEL TO ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT CAME UP.

WHETHER CONTRACTUALLY WE ARE BOUND WITH ANY TIME LIMITS FOR THIS INCREASE.

IT WAS SAID EARLIER THAT WE AGREED IN CLOSED SESSION.

THE ONLY THING WE AGREED IN CLOSED SESSION WAS THE EVALUATION.

AND THE EVALUATION WITHOUT DISCLOSING IT CAME OUT TO BE, AS WAS STATED IN THE CONTRACT, WAS NOT RATED LESS THAN SATISFACTORY.

THAT'S ALL WE DECIDED IN CLOSED SESSION.

WE DID NOT DECIDE IN CLOSED SESSION ON AN INCREASE OR ON A EXTENSION.

THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THIS IN PUBLIC SESSION SO WE CAN DISCUSS IT AND TALK ABOUT IT THEN.

SO THIS IS NOT AN ADMINISTRATIVE DISCUSSION OR ACTION.

IT NOWHERE SAYS IN THE CONTRACT THAT THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION.

SO TO CLAIM THAT THIS IS ADMINISTRATION AND TO DISCOUNT THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR DISCUSSION AND OUR FERVENT OPINIONS IS DISINGENUOUS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR COUNSEL MEOLA.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

SO IF WE WERE, IS THERE A WAY TO SEPARATE, YOU KNOW, THE RAISE FROM THE CONTINUATION OF THE CONTRACT TONIGHT AND HAVE THE RAISE ADDRESSED AT THE MEETING LATER IN THE OR IF WE EXTEND THEM BOTH TO THE NEXT ONE.

BUT IS THERE A WAY TO DO IT IN A LEGAL WAY THAT DOES NOT TRIGGER A BREAK IN THE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT SO THAT WE COULD POSTPONE THE VOTE? AND I THINK THAT IT MIGHT BE BEST IN ORDER FOR US TO TAKE A BREAK, BUT ACTUALLY TO.

YOU CAN MOVE ON TO OTHER ITEMS WHILE THE BOARD WHILE..

OKAY. TABLE THIS AND BRING IT UP AT THE REST AT THE END OF THE TOWARDS THE END OF THE MEETING.

OKEY DOKEY. SOUNDS GOOD.

TRUSTEE DI SALVO, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER ITEM JUST TO TO FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD, THE FACT THAT I WAS NOT IN THE CLOSED SESSION, I WAS IN LOS ANGELES AND WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND BY ZOOM THE MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD, SINCE I, I WAS ACCUSED OR WE WERE SOME OF US WERE ACCUSED OF BEING DUPLICITOUS, BUT I WAS NOT THERE.

OKAY. THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

CAN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AND THEN RETURN TO NUMBER SIX.

AFTER SEVEN AND EIGHT.

YES, CERTAINLY. AND IF YOU'D LIKE, WE CAN ALSO RESUME IT AFTER THE CLOSED SESSION ITEM IF COUNCIL NEEDS MORE TIME.

OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD.

SO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER REPORTS.

[7. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER REPORTS]

IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT INFORMATION SHARED DURING COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER REPORTS MUST ONLY INCLUDE THOSE ACTIVITIES SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO OUR DUTIES AS TRUSTEES OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

AT THIS TIME, WOULD ANY TRUSTEES WISH TO PROVIDE A REPORT ON ACTIVITIES SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THEIR DUTIES AS MEMBERS OF AND WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION? TRUSTEE DI SALVO. DO YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED? I DO. OKAY.

TRUSTEE DI SALVO. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ORTIZ, FOR READING MY MESSAGE TO THE BOARD ON MY LAST COMMITTEE REPORT ABOUT ATTENDING A VISITATION TO OSBORN SCHOOL JUVENILE HALL, WHERE I STARTED MY CAREER AS A TEACHER.

THANK YOU FOR DOING SO.

LET THE RECORD SPEAKS FOR WHAT I WISH TO SAY, BUT I WANTED TO THANK YOU ON MY BEHALF.

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THAT'S IT. YEAH. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE. DI SALVO. TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

THANK YOU. SO JUST A COUPLE OF MEETINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.

ONE ON NOVEMBER 10TH, I ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO GIVE A CLASS PRESENTATION AT PROFESSOR DI SALVO'S JUSTICE STUDIES CLASS AT SJSU, AND I GAVE IT WITH TRUSTEE JORGE PACHECO ON CLIMATE LITERACY, WHICH WE REALLY ENJOYED THIS PRESENTATION.

YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK FROM OUR COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION ON CLIMATE LITERACY.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY CLIMATE LITERACY COALITION, WHICH TRUSTEE PACHECO AND I ARE CO-PRESIDENTS OF, TO HELP MOBILIZE MORE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO INCREASE CLIMATE LITERACY.

AND THIS IS STARTING WITH A COALITION OF LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT STATE ADVOCACY EFFORTS, ALSO FUNDING FOR THE LAUNCH OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY YOUTH CLIMATE INITIATIVE TO BE HOUSED IN THE COUNTY OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY.

AND WE PRESSIE PACHECO WAS ABLE TO GIVE A TEACHER'S PERSPECTIVE, SO THAT WAS GREAT.

AND THE SECOND MEETING I WASN'T ABLE TO ACTUALLY ATTEND BUT WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IN FREMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TRUSTEE AREA TOO, THEY HAVE LAUNCHED THE PH.

D STUDENT SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION FOR THAT HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING.

I HOPE THAT THIS CAN SERVE AS A MODEL FOR OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WHICH IS THEIR GOAL.

AND SO THEY HAD THEIR FIRST MEETING, THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 14.

AND SO THIS INCLUDES STUDENT LEADERS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB, ALSO SILICON VALLEY YOUTH CLIMATE ACTION TO MEET WITH THEIR FACILITIES.

AND BOND DIRECTOR AND ALSO OTHER STUDENT LEADERS ARE GOING TO BE PART OF THE NEW STUDENT SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION FOR THAT HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO THAT'S SUPER EXCITING.

SO THOSE ARE THE TWO MEETINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

TRUSTEE MAH. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ORTIZ.

AND ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND TRUSTEE KAMEI FOR YOUR ELECTIONS TO CITY COUNCIL.

THE TWO THINGS I WANTED TO REPORT WAS THAT I ATTENDED THE BIG LIFT COLLABORATIVE MEETING THAT WAS HELD IN REDWOOD CITY AT THE CHAN ZUCKERBERG INITIATIVE BUILDING IN REDWOOD CITY.

THE BIG LIFT IS SAN MATEO COUNTY'S COUNTY OFFICE OF ED PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SUPERVISOR CAROL GROOM, AND ALSO WITH THE SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL PROGRAM THAT WAS STARTED REALLY OVER TEN YEARS AGO.

IS KIND OF A CELEBRATION AT THIS MEETING TO NOT ONLY COMMEMORATE TEN YEARS OF THIS COLLABORATIVE WORK AND A LOT OF MONEY THAT WAS CONTRIBUTED FROM ALL OVER, INCLUDING FEDERAL GRANTS, BUT TO ALSO HONOR SUPERVISOR CAROL GROOM, WHO WAS REALLY INITIATIVE AND MAIN INITIATIVE AND TO GET THE SAN MATEO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO BUY IN REALLY WITH A CARVE OUT FROM THEIR BUDGET AND START THE MONEY ROLLING WITH MATCHING FEDERAL GRANTS AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

THEY ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS MEETING STRATEGIC PLANNING AND DISCUSSIONS FOR WHAT'S KIND OF NEXT IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

SO THAT WAS A GREAT MEETING.

I ALWAYS HOPE THAT OUR STRONG START COALITION WOULD GROW UP INTO A BIG LIFT COLLABORATIVE.

THE OTHER THING I DID WAS I ATTENDED AS OBSERVER TO THE BUDGET STUDY COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MAH.

STUDENT BOARD MEMBER SMITH.

THANK YOU. AS A MEMBER OF OUR YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN PRESENTATION TO ALL OF THE STUDENTS ON POOR HEALTH EVERY FRIDAY.

SOME OF THE TOPICS I PRESENTED ON WERE ABOUT SEXUAL EDUCATION, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND COVID 19.

AS WE NEAR THANKSGIVING, WE ARE REMINDED TO BE GRATEFUL AND SHOW THANKS.

AND THIS IS REFLECTED IN OUR SCHOOLS THEME OF GRATITUDE THIS MONTH.

THIS IS MY LAST BOARD MEETING, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT DR.

DEWAN OR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT DR.

BUNDLERS, AS WELL AS THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AND THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER.

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I LEARNED ABOUT THE SYSTEMATIC APPROACH OF COMING TOGETHER TO CREATE CHANGE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND GAINED A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE OF HOW A GOVERNING BOARD RUNS.

I PLAN ON TAKING THIS INFORMATION WITH ME AS I AM CONSIDERING ENGAGING IN POLITICS IN MY FUTURE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH STUDENT BOARD MEMBER SMITH.

AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH YOU.

THANK YOU, FELLOW TRUSTEES, FOR YOUR REPORT.

AND I WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT, WHICH IS BOARD MEMBER, COMMITTEE REPORTS.

[8. BOARD MEMBER COMMITTEE REPORTS]

THIS TIME WE WILL HEAR COMMITTEE REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES THAT HAVE MET SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.

THE TWO COMMITTEES THAT HAVE MET ARE A STRONG, STARK COALITION WITH TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN AND BUDGET STUDY COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL HAVE A REPORT FROM DR.

DEWAN.

TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT THE STRONG STAR COALITION? THANK YOU. SO STRONG START MET NOVEMBER 8TH.

WE HEARD A PRESENTATION FROM RAQUEL DIETRICH AND FROM OUR RESOURCE AND REFERRAL DIVISION, AS WELL AS MICHAEL GARCIA, DIRECTOR OF CHILD CARE PLANNING AND SUPPORT ABOUT PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, RESOURCE AND REFERRAL DEPARTMENT OFFERS.

AND WE HEARD A PRESENTATION FROM HANNA MELNYK OF LEARNING POLICY INSTITUTE AND DR.

JOSH SUSSMAN OF U.C.

BERKELEY ON THE FINDINGS OF A RECENT STUDY ON PRESCHOOL PROGRAM QUALITY AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT.

EXAMINING WHETHER ATTENDING AND HOW ATTENDING A PRESCHOOL PROGRAM RATED HIGHER BY THE STATE'S QUALITY RATING AND IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM AFFECTED A MEASURE OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT AFFECTED MEASURES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT.

ALSO, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO CHECK OUT THE STRONG START FALL NEWSLETTER THAT WAS JUST MAILED OUT.

YOU KNOW, THERE THE COUNTY OFFICE STRONG START IS DEVELOPING RESEARCH BRIEFS ON SOME EARLY LEARNING AND CARE TOPICS. THE LATEST ONE BEING MEETING THE NEED FOR EARLY LEARNING STAFF IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

SO THOSE ARE ALL POSTED ON THE STRONG START WEBSITE AND YOU CAN.

THE NEWSLETTER ALSO GAVE UPDATES ON RECENT COALITION MEETINGS, SO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK OUT THE NEWSLETTER.

IT ALSO HAD VIDEOS FOR THE STRONG START VIDEO SERIES, SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON WITH STRONG START.

THE NEXT COALITION MEETING IS DECEMBER 13TH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

BUT BEFORE WE GO TO DR.

DEWAN, VICE PRESIDENT CHON, I SEE YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED.

YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO INFORM YOU, I THINK HEAD START ALSO MET YESTERDAY.

I THINK WHAT'S LISTED IS, IS OUR NEXT MEETING.

SO I THINK THERE'S SOME CONFUSION.

SO I CAN GIVE THAT REPORT EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER BUDGET STUDY, IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE THAT REPORT NOW.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I DID WANT TO PROVIDE I HAVE ONE THING I REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AND TALK ABOUT.

SO WE DID HAVE OUR HEAD START MEETING POLICY COUNCIL MEETING YESTERDAY.

ONE, I DO REALLY WANT TO COMMEND THE PARENTS THAT ARE ON OUR POLICY COUNCIL THIS YEAR.

WE HAD GREAT PARENTS LAST YEAR, BUT THESE NEW PARENTS THAT ARE COMING ON ARE COMING IN STRONG.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS.

WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF OPENINGS THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF.

SO I REALLY WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS.

BUT ONE THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT DIRECTOR FUENTES WAS TALKING ABOUT YESTERDAY IS THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT OUR COUNTY BOARD HAS STARTED WITH HEAD START, WHICH REALLY FOR FOR MYSELF, WHEN I WAS A STUDENT TEACHER, STUDENT TEACHERS AREN'T PAID DURING THEIR STUDENT TEACHING TIME.

AND SO THIS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED IS ACTUALLY PAVING PATHWAYS FOR PEOPLE, FOR EDUCATORS TO START IN THE CLASSROOMS, GETTING PAID FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IN ORDER TO GET THEM FULLY CREDENTIAL TO BE IN THESE PROGRAMS. AND SO THEY'RE ABLE TO START WITH US AND THEN CONTINUE TO GROW AND HELP FILL THESE POSITIONS THAT WE SO DESPERATELY NEED AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THAT WAS FANTASTIC.

BUT WHAT WAS EVEN BETTER TO HEAR ABOUT THAT IS ONE OF OUR PARENT MEMBERS, AND I BELIEVE THE CHAIR OF OUR POLICY COUNCIL ACTUALLY TOLD US THAT THIS INFORMATION ALSO HAD GONE OUT TO THE PARENTS, AND I THINK THAT WAS FANTASTIC AND JUST REALLY DOING WORK IN GETTING MORE EDUCATORS, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR HEAD START PROGRAMS. WE'RE IN EDUCATOR SHORTAGE IN ANY AND EVERYTHING.

SO EVERY STEP THAT EVERY EFFORT THAT WE'RE MAKING IS FANTASTIC.

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SO I REALLY WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT.

AND WE DID ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE NORMALLY DO WITH OUR BUDGET AS WELL.

AND JUST I REALLY WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR FUENTES AND REALLY HE HAS TO DO THIS WITH EVERY NEW POLICY COUNCIL.

SO THANK HIM FOR HIS EFFORTS AND EXPLAINING ALL THIS TO EVERYBODY.

AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT CHON AND DR.

DEWAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT THE BUDGET STUDY COMMITTEE? YES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ORTIZ.

BUDGET STUDY COMMITTEE MET TODAY AND ADDRESSED SEVERAL ITEMS OF IMPORTANCE RELATED TO OUR PROGRAMS IN ADVANCE OF THE FIRST INTERIM REPORT, AND THAT INCLUDED AN OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, TIMELINE AND CONSIDERATIONS.

WE ALSO PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON THE HEAD START EARLY HEAD START FISCAL YEAR PROGRAM ALIGNMENT, AND AS WELL AS ENROLLMENT IN EARLY HEAD START AND HEAD START, WHERE UNFORTUNATELY OUR ENROLLMENTS ARE FAR BELOW OUR GRANT.

AND SO WE ARE NOT EARNING OUR FULL GRANT AT THIS TIME.

WE ALSO PROVIDED A REPORT ON OUR ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING COURT AND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND THE ENROLLMENT IN THOSE PROGRAMS. AND WE PROVIDED AN UPDATE RELATED TO OUR WILD AND WEST PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR SCIENCE CAMP, WHICH IS BACK TO FULL ENROLLMENT AT THIS TIME, OUR SUMMER PROGRAM, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE HOST AND THE NEXT BUDGET STUDY COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE ON JANUARY THE 18TH.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE KAMEI.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE MORE THING ON.

I ATTENDED THE BUDGET STUDY COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY, AND I WANTED TO ADD THAT OUR ENROLLMENT FOR HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START ARE NOT WHAT THEY COULD BE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED, TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN ALSO ATTENDED THE MEETING AND THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS ARE VERY, VERY STRENUOUS.

I MEAN, IT'S REALLY IT'S REALLY FOR CALIFORNIA.

IT'S VERY, VERY, VERY LOW IN TERMS OF INCOMES.

SO I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PERHAPS IN THE FUTURE SOME ADVOCACY WILL BE NEEDED.

SO AS I DEPART, I'M HOPING THAT TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN WILL TAKE THE MANTLE TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST IN TRYING TO GET MORE FAMILIES ELIGIBLE, BECAUSE EVEN AT A VERY LOW, LOW INCOME LEVEL, IF THEY MAKE OVER THE POVERTY LINE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEN THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE.

AND IT'S REALLY A SHAME BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF SPOTS AVAILABLE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WORK ON THE ADVOCACY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TRUSTEE KAMEI.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO INFORMATION ITEMS.

[9. INFORMATION ITEMS]

CHARTER SCHOOL UPDATE.

DR. DEWAN, IF YOU COULD PLEASE INTRODUCE THIS ITEM.

LET'S THINK WE HAVE A PRETTY FULL REPORT TONIGHT FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS UPDATE.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT WE WILL BE PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT, INCLUDING GIVING THE BOARD UPDATES RELATED TO THE DATA ON BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT AND THEIR ENROLLMENT ACTION PLAN.

TO PROVIDE TONIGHT'S REPORT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE AND WELCOME OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CHARTER SCHOOLS, MEFULA FAIRLEY.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. BOARD PRESIDENT ROD ORTIZ.

TRUSTEES. SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN, STAFF AND COMMUNITY.

TONIGHT I ACTUALLY HAVE FIVE ITEMS ON WHICH TO UPDATE YOU.

AND THE FIRST ONE IS RELATED TO BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL AND ITS EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN A BALANCE OF STUDENTS WITH RACIAL, ETHNIC, SPECIAL EDUCATION AND ENGLISH LEARNER BACKGROUNDS REFLECTIVE OF THE GENERAL POPULATION RESIDING WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL DISTRICT OF THE LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO IN THIS PRESENTATION, I WILL PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

I WILL REVIEW THE NEW LEGAL STANDARD FOR DENIAL RELATED TO THIS SITUATION.

I'LL DISCUSS OUR ANALYSIS OF SOME RECENT DATA AND SHARE SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE DATA.

NEXT SLIDE, SO IN A WAY OF BACKGROUND, ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 2020.

OOPS, SORRY. THAT IS NOT WHERE I WANTED TO START.

LET ME BACK UP. SO IN FEBRUARY OF 20, 2003, LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT CLOSE BULLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE LOS ALTOS HILLS.

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AND THEN IN MAY 2003, THE LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES DENIED A CHARTER PETITION THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THEM FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

THEREFORE, IN JULY 2003, CC BOE RECEIVED THE CHARTER PETITION ON APPEAL AND AUTHORIZED IT IN SEPTEMBER 2003 FOR A THREE YEAR TERM FROM JULY ONE, 2004 TO JULY 30, 2007, THE SCHOOL OPENED AS A K6 AND EXPANDED EXPANDED TO A K8, PURSUANT TO A MATERIAL REVISION THAT WAS APPROVED IN FEBRUARY 2008.

FROM 2003 UNTIL TODAY, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL LEGAL ACTIONS INITIATED BY BOTH BY AND AGAINST BOTH BCS AND LASD REGARDING FACILITIES AND ENROLLMENT PREFERENCES.

THE LASD COMMUNITY HAS LARGELY SPOKEN IN OPPOSITION TO THE RENEWAL OF OF BULLIS AND HAS CALLED UPON THIS THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REQUIRE BULLIS TO MAKE CHANGES TO ITS PETITIONS AND OPERATING PRACTICES.

AND IN FACT, IN 2012, LASD PARENTS SUBMITTED A PETITION TO THE BOARD SEEKING REVOCATION OF THE BULLIS CHARTER.

THE BOARD REVIEWED THE PETITION AND FOUND IT NOT TO MEET ANY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH A CHARTER CAN BE REVOKED.

MOST RECENTLY LASD PARENT COMMUNITY I'M SORRY, MOST RECENTLY THE LA SD PARENT COMMUNITY AND DISTRICT OFFICIALS HAVE VOICED CONCERNS THAT BULLIS HAS ENGAGED IN SYSTEMATIC DISCRIMINATION VIA ITS LACK OF EQUITABLE ACCESS TO ALL STUDENTS.

AND THOSE ARE THE WORDS OF THE PARENT COMMUNITY AND THE DISTRICT.

ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 2022, SCCOE SENT A LETTER REQUESTING THE SCHOOL DEVELOP A PLAN THAT INCREASED THE DIVERSITY OF THE STUDENT POPULATION CONSISTENT WITH THE UPCOMING CHANGES TO STATEWIDE LAW.

BULLIS'S RESPONSE WAS AFFIRMATIVE, BUT LITTLE TO NO ACTION TOOK PLACE.

ON JULY 1ST, 2020, AB 1505 MADE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT.

ONE SUCH CHANGE REQUIRED CHARTER SCHOOLS TO ACHIEVE A BALANCE OF STUDENTS FROM RACIAL, ETHNIC, SPECIAL EDUCATION AND LEARN ENGLISH LEARNER BACKGROUNDS THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF THE GENERAL POPULATION RESIDING WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE DISTRICT.

AND THEN IN MARCH 2001, SCCOE AGAIN REACHED OUT TO BULLIS WITH A LETTER THAT SERVED TWO PURPOSES.

THE LETTER FIRST SERVED TO NOTIFY BULLIS OF SCCOE'S DETERMINATION THAT BULLIS IS DEMONSTRABLY UNLIKELY TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM SET FORTH IN ITS EXPECTED CHARTER RENEWAL PETITION BECAUSE OF NOT SERVING ALL STUDENTS WHO WISH TO ATTEND.

THE LETTER SECONDLY PROVIDED BULLIS WITH A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO CURE THE VIOLATION BY PROVIDING AND IMPLEMENTING A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN.

IN JULY 2001, AB 130 PASSED AND EXTENDED BY TWO YEARS THE TERM OF ALL CHARTER SCHOOLS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRED ON OR BETWEEN JANUARY 1ST, 2022 AND JUNE 30TH, 2025 INCLUSIVE.

BULLIS''S TERM WAS DUE TO EXPIRE JUNE 30, 2022, AND THUS BULLIS RECEIVED A TWO YEAR EXTENSION, GIVING THE SCHOOL ADDITIONAL TIME TO PUT INTO PLACE ITS PLAN TO MAKE A STUDENT POPULATION MORE REFLECTIVE OF THE POPULATION IN LASD.

SO BULLIS DEVELOPED WHAT'S CALLED AN ENROLLMENT ACTION PLAN THAT WAS THERE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN AND BEGAN IMPLEMENTATION DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.

THE DATA THAT WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW TONIGHT REFLECTS BULLISH STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS FOLLOWING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THEIR ENROLLMENT ACTION PLAN.

ALL RIGHT. BUT BEFORE WE LOOK AT THE DATA, I WANTED TO JUST REVIEW A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THE NEW LEGAL BASIS FOR DENYING A CHARTER SCHOOL.

BASED ON THE THE WHAT I JUST MENTIONED ABOUT AB 1505.

SO DUE TO AB 1505 EDUCATION CODE NOW STATES THAT A CHARTERING AUTHORITY MAY DENY RENEWAL OF A CHARTER SCHOOL AND ANY OF THE THREE PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES. AND IF YOU RECALL, I TALKED ABOUT THE HIGH, MIDDLE AND LOW PERFORMING CATEGORIES UPON A FINDING THAT THE SCHOOL IS DEMONSTRABLY UNLIKELY TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM SET FORTH IN THE PETITION DUE TO EITHER SUBSTANTIAL FISCAL OR GOVERNANCE FACTORS, OR TO NOT SERVING ALL PUPILS WHO WISH TO ATTEND.

SO AB 1505 MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR ANY CHARTER SCHOOL, REGARDLESS OF ITS PERFORMANCE, TO BE DENIED ON THIS BASIS.

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IN MAKING THE DECISION, HOWEVER, THE AUTHORIZER MUST PROVIDE AT LEAST 30 DAYS NOTICE TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE ALLEGED VIOLATION, AND MUST ALSO PROVIDE THE CHARTER SCHOOL WITH A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO CURE THE VIOLATION, INCLUDING A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN PROPOSED BY THE CHARTER SCHOOL.

SO IF YOU RECALL, MARCH 20, 2021, WE PROVIDED THEM WITH A NOTICE TO CURE, AND AS A RESULT, THEY CREATED THEIR ENROLLMENT ACTION PLAN.

SO FURTHER, THE CHARTERING AUTHORITY MAY THEN DENY RENEWAL ONLY AFTER MAKING EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS.

SO FIRST, THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN PROPOSED BY THE CHARTER SCHOOL HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL, OR THE VIOLATIONS ARE SUFFICIENTLY SEVERE AND PERVASIVE AS TO RENDER THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN UNVIABLE.

SO THE DATA WE'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT WILL HELP US TO DETERMINE WHETHER BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL IS ON A PATH THAT WILL MAKE, YOU KNOW, THAT SHOWS US THAT THEIR CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN HAS BEEN OR IS GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BULLIS DID DO IN ORDER TO POTENTIALLY HELP MOVE THEIR STUDENT POPULATION CLOSER TO BEING REFLECTIVE OF LA IS TO REQUEST A MATERIAL REVISION.

SO IN AUGUST 2021, BULLIS REQUESTED TO REVISE ITS ADMISSION POLICY AND PROCEDURES TO ADD ADMISSION PREFERENCES, NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER SEVEN.

THOSE ARE THE TWO IN BOLD FONT FOR STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEALS AND LIVE WITHIN AND OUTSIDE LASD FOR UP TO 10% OF ITS OPEN SPACES BY GRADE LEVEL.

THE PURPOSE WAS TO IMPROVE THE LOTTERY CHANCES FOR STUDENTS FROM LOW SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS.

CBOE APPROVED THE REVISED PREFERENCES IN SEPTEMBER 2021 AND BULLIS BEGAN OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR THE 2223 SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH IS THIS CURRENT YEAR THAT WE'RE IN WITH A NEW PREFERENCES AND HELD ITS LOTTERY IN FEBRUARY 2022.

ADDITIONALLY, BULLIS, IN ITS ENROLLMENT ACTION PLAN, HAD FOUR MAIN STRATEGIES AND ONE OF THE STRATEGIES WAS TO EXPAND EXPAND ITS SUMMER CAMP, WHICH IS A WEEK LONG DAY CAMP FOR INCOMING SECOND THROUGH SIXTH GRADERS FROM LOS ALTOS AND MOUNTAIN VIEW.

AND IT ALLOWED STUDENTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEALS TO ATTEND THE CAMP FOR FREE.

AND PRESUMABLY THEY INVITED THOSE STUDENTS TO THEN APPLY FOR A.

ADMISSION THROUGH THE BULLIS LOTTERY.

THEY ALSO INCREASE THEIR COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

THEY EXPANDED THEIR CONTACT LISTS AND HAD OUTREACH COORDINATORS VISIT DIRECTLY ORGANIZATIONS AND SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE OPEN ENROLLMENT PROCESS WITH FAMILIES THAT THOSE ORGANIZATIONS OR ORGANIZATIONS SERVED.

THEY. ALSO HOSTED OUTREACH EVENTS AT THE SAN ANTONIO NEIGHBORHOOD, INCLUDING APARTMENT COMPLEXES, PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS, CHURCHES, TEMPLES AND OTHER COMMUNITY CENTERS AND HIGH VISIBILITY AREAS SUCH AS SUPERMARKETS, RESTAURANTS AND LAUNDROMATS.

AND THEN THEY ALSO ENGAGE SOME FAMILY AND STAFF MEMBERS AS AMBASSADORS OF BULLIS.

ADDITIONALLY, THEY IMPROVE THEIR WEBSITE, THEIR ADVERTISING AND THEIR PRINT MATERIALS AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT BULLIS WELCOMES ALL STUDENTS BY USING IMAGES AND MESSAGES AND WORD CHOICE TO HIGHLIGHT THE DIVERSITY OF THE COMMUNITY AND SHOW THE SCHOOL PROVIDES A FULL CONTINUUM OF PLACEMENTS AND SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

AND THEY UPDATED THEIR WEBSITE RELATED TO THE MATERIAL RELATED TO MATERIALS TO CLEARLY INDICATE THAT NO MONETARY DONATIONS ARE REQUIRED OR EXPECTED.

AND THEN FINALLY, THEY EMPHASIZE THAT BULLIS ATTENDANCE AT BULLIS IS FREE.

THEY TRAIN THEIR STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING THEIR BOOSTERS, CLUB AND FOUNDATION, FOCUSED ON THE REQUIREMENTS AND PROHIBITIONS OF THE FREE SCHOOL GUARANTEE TO ENSURE THAT THEY DON'T COMMUNICATE OR IMPLY THAT DONATING OR VOLUNTEERING IS PART OF OR IS REQUIRED OR WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON WHETHER OR NOT A STUDENT IS INITIALLY GRANTED SPACE OR IS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO ENROLL OR PARTICIPATE AT BULLIS.

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SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT THEY DID IN THEIR ENROLLMENT ACTION PLAN TO INCREASE THE DIVERSITY OF THE SCHOOL.

AND SO NOW WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THE DATA.

NEXT SLIDE. OKAY, SO THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE OR TABLE WAS PROVIDED BY BULLETS AND IT SHOWS THE ADMISSION DATA FOR STUDENTS AT EACH GRADE LEVEL WHO ARE ENGLISH LEARNERS AND WHO QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEALS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. ADDITIONALLY, ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS OF THEIR LOTTERY FOR ADMISSION FOR THE 2223 SCHOOL YEAR.

SO STUDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY ATTENDING WERE ATTENDING SCHOOL WERE ADMITTED.

AND THIS LOTTERY THAT AND IT WAS INFLUENCED BY THEIR ENROLLMENT ACTION PLAN.

SO MORE THAN 900 STUDENTS APPLIED.

307 OF THOSE STUDENTS WERE OFFERED A SEAT AT BULLIS FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR.

159 OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO WERE OFFERED A SEAT ACTUALLY ENROLLED AT THE SCHOOL.

AND OF THOSE WHO WERE OFFERED A SEAT, 12 STUDENTS RECEIVED A SEAT UNDER PREFERENCE NUMBER TWO.

AND NINE OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO WERE OFFERED A SEAT UNDER PREFERENCE, NUMBER TWO ENROLLED AND ONE STUDENT SOMEHOW ENDED UP BACK ON THE WAITLIST FOR PREFERENCE. NUMBER SEVEN, THERE ARE 30 STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY FOR FREE OR REDUCED PRICE MEALS, WHO LIVE OUTSIDE OF LASD, AND THEY WERE NOT OFFERED A SEAT.

THEY REMAINED ON THE WAITLIST.

AND I WANT TO NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TABLE, YOU CAN SEE UNDER 2022-2023, THE MOST RECENT DATA, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THE BIGGEST NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO WERE ADMITTED WERE IN TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN OR KINDERGARTEN.

BUT EVEN THOSE ARE SMALL NUMBERS, AND THE NUMBERS GET EVEN SMALLER AS YOU GO UP THE GRADES.

SO THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'LL AND WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT.

TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.

SO LET ME BACK UP. SO WHEN WE SENT THE MARCH 21, 47607E NOTICE AND NOTICE OF CONCERN TO BULLIS, WE CRUNCHED DATA AND FOUND THERE WAS A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT GAP IN STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND FOR DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WE FOUND THE BULLETS DID NOT REFLECT LASD ENROLLMENT IN STUDENTS WHO ARE HISPANIC, LATINO ENGLISH LEARNERS, SOCIO ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

SO THIS TABLE.

SO THIS TABLE SHOWS HOW THE DATA FOR THOSE FOUR SUBGROUPS HAVE CHANGED OVER FIVE YEARS FROM 2018-19 TO 2022-23.

AND THEN IT ALSO SHOWS HOW THE DATA HAS CHANGED FROM THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR TO THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR.

SO WE CAN SEE THAT OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD WHEN STUDENTS OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE DATA, THERE HAS BEEN A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN ENGLISH LEARNERS AND AT LASD AT I'M SORRY AT BULLIS AND AT LASD SO THOSE ARE THE PINK CELLS.

AND THAT'S PERHAPS DUE TO EITHER STUDENTS DECREASE IN ENROLLMENT OR IT COULD BE THAT BOTH LEAS ARE DESIGNATING STUDENTS AS FLUENT ENGLISH PROFICIENT.

SO THERE COULD BE A COUPLE OF NUMBERS FOR THAT REASONS FOR THAT.

WE ALSO SEE THAT OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD, LASD HAS STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED IN STUDENTS WHO ARE HISPANIC, LATINO AND IN STUDENTS WHO ARE SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.

AND THOSE ARE THE SALMON CELLS.

HOWEVER, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CHANGE IN DATA FROM LAST SCHOOL YEAR TO THIS SCHOOL YEAR, SO THE COLUMN THAT SAYS ONE YEAR CHANGE, WE SEE THAT THERE THAT THERE WERE NO STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT INCREASES OR DECREASES AT BULLIS OR LASD FOR ANY OF THE RELEVANT SUBGROUPS.

SO MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UM. THIS CHART SHOWS A COMPARISON OF THE FOUR SUBGROUPS AT BOLUS IN LA SD.

SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE BLUE DOT REPRESENTS BOLUS.

THE GREEN DOTS REPRESENT LASD AND THE RED DASHED LINE INDICATES A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT GAP.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE TABLE, YOU WILL SEE THAT BULLIS HAS A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT LOWER PROPORTION IN ALL FOUR GROUPS.

IT'S LOWER THAN LASD AND EACH OF THE FOUR SUBGROUPS WHEN THE DATA SET INCLUDES STUDENTS WHO RESIDE OUTSIDE OF

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LASD. SO WHEN WE INCLUDE STUDENTS, ALL THE STUDENTS WHO ARE ATTENDING BOTH SCHOOLS AS THE SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE STILL SEE THAT THERE IS A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT GAP IN THE ETHNIC RACIAL ENGLISH LEARNER BALANCES.

AND WHEN WE EXCLUDE STUDENTS WHO ARE RESIDING OUTSIDE OF ASD, WE FIND THE SAME RESULTS.

EXCEPT THAT ON THIS CHART YOU CAN SEE THAT THE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES NO LONGER SHOWS A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.

BUT ALL OTHER GROUPS CONTINUE TO HAVE A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.

AND SO BECAUSE MOST OF THE SEATS AVAILABLE WERE IN KINDERGARTEN, WE DECIDED TO DO AN ANALYSIS OF KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE TO SEE IF BULLIS ENROLLMENT ACTION, IF THE BULLIS ENROLLMENT ACTION PLAN HAD ACTUALLY MADE AN IMPACT ON THE BALANCE OF STUDENTS FROM VARIOUS RACIAL, ETHNIC, ENGLISH LEARNER AND SPECIAL NEEDS BACKGROUNDS.

AND SINCE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE KINDERGARTEN FIRST GRADE ANALYSIS IS SO MUCH SMALLER THAN WHEN WE COMPARED ALL OF THE STUDENTS AT ALL GRADE LEVELS, WE MADE A DECISION TO CHANGE THE SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL.

FROM 5% TO 10% SO THAT WE COULD MAKE THE TEST MORE MEANINGFUL.

BUT YOU SHOULD NOTE THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE BASED ON THIS.

WE ONLY KNOW THAT WE CAN ONLY BE 90% CONFIDENT THAT THE DIFFERENCES THAT WE SEE ARE STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT RATHER THAN THE 95% CONFIDENCE. THAT IS USUALLY WHAT STATISTICIANS LOOK FOR.

SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO WHAT WE DID IS PUT TOGETHER THIS TABLE, WHICH SHOWS US THE FOUR GROUPS, THE HISPANIC LATINO GROUP, THE ENGLISH LEARNER GROUP, SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS, AND THE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES GROUP FOR KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE.

AND WHAT IT SHOWS US IS THAT.

LET ME START OVER. THIS TABLE SHOWS US WHICH OF THE FOUR GROUPS THAT KINDERGARTEN FIRST GRADE AT BULLIS WAS ENROLLED AT A STATISTIC STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER OR LOWER PROPORTION THAN AT ASD.

THIS DATA INCLUDES STUDENTS RESIDING OUTSIDE OF LA SD AND HAS BEEN CALCULATED FOR TWO YEARS.

LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR AND THIS CURRENT YEAR, WHICH IS 22-23.

SO WHAT WE SEE IS THAT IN 21-22, THE PROPORTION OF KINDERGARTNERS WHO ARE SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER AT BLISS THAN AT LAST.

AND THE PROPORTION OF FIRST GRADERS WHO WERE HISPANIC, LATINO ENGLISH LEARNERS OR SOCIO ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER AT BULLIS THAN LA SD. AND THEN IN 2223, THE PROPORTION OF KINDERGARTNERS WHO ARE HISPANIC LATINO IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER AT BULLIS THAN AT LASD, AND THE PROPORTION OF KINDERGARTNERS WHERE ENGLISH LEARNERS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER AT BULLIS THAN AT LASD.

THE PROPORTIONS OF FIRST GRADERS WHO ARE ENGLISH LEARNERS, SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED OR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER AT BULLIS THAN AT LASD.

AND THIS TABLE SHOWS THE SAME DATA AS THE LAST TABLE, BUT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE STUDENTS RESIDING OUTSIDE LASD AND THE FINDINGS ARE THE SAME, EXCEPT THAT THE PROPORTION OF KINDERGARTNERS WHO ARE ENGLISH LEARNERS IS NO LONGER SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT AT BULLIS THAN AT LASD IN 22-23. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO THIS TABLE SHOWS US THE ONE YEAR CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR IN THE FOUR SUBGROUPS AT KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE AT BOTH BULLETS AND LSD.

SO THE PROPORTIONS OF KINDERGARTNERS AT BULLIS, WHO ARE ENGLISH LEARNERS OR SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED FROM 21-22 TO 22-23.

AND THE PROPORTION OF FIRST GRADERS AT BULLIS WHO ARE HISPANIC LATINO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED FROM 21-22 TO 22-23, WHEREAS THE PROPORTION OF FIRST GRADERS AT BULLIS WHO ARE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED AT THAT TIME.

AND THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE PROPORTION OF KINDERGARTNERS IN THESE SPECIAL GROUPS AT LASD BETWEEN 21-22 AND 22-23.

HOWEVER, THERE WAS AN INCREASE, A SIGNIFICANT SORRY, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THE PROPORTION OF FIRST GRADERS AT LASD VERSUS

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SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED IN 21 AND 21-22 TO 22-23.

NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE SAME DATA AS THE LAST SLIDE, EXCEPT THAT IT EXCLUDES STUDENTS RESIDING OUTSIDE OF LOS ALTOS AND IT SHOWS THE EXACT SAME RESULTS AS THE FORMER SLIDE.

SO SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE FIRST SETS OF DATA THAT WE LOOKED AT THAT INCLUDED ALL STUDENTS K THROUGH EIGHT.

WHEN COMPARED TO LA-SD, BULLIS CONTINUES TO HAVE LOWER PROPORTIONS OF STUDENTS WHO ARE HISPANIC, LATINO, ENGLISH LEARNER, SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

EVEN WHEN EXCLUDING STUDENTS WHO ARE WHO RESIDE OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT, THE PROPORTION, THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGES IS THE PROPORTION OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AT BULLIS.

AND SO I THINK THAT BULLIS HAS MADE SOME CHANGES THAT WILL MAKE IMPACT, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME.

AND THEN CONSIDERING THE TAKEAWAYS FOR THE DATA THAT ONLY INCLUDED KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE, THE DATA SET IS SMALL.

THERE WERE LOTS OF DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, CONCLUSIONS TO DRAW.

BUT I THINK WHAT WE CAN FINALLY SAY IS THAT BULLIS'S EFFORTS APPEAR TO HAVE MADE SOME IMPACT AT THE KINDERGARTEN.

AND AGAIN, THOSE CHANGES WILL TAKE TIME TO MOVE THROUGH UP THE GRADE LEVELS.

OKAY, SO THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION ABOUT BULLIS AND I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS NOW BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE OTHER PORTION OF OTHER SECTION OF MY UPDATES.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FAIRLEY.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM OUR TRUSTEES? NO, I DO SEE WE HAVE A HAND RAISED, BUT WE'LL WAIT TILL THE END OF YOUR PRESENTATION.

DIRECTOR FAIRLEY. HAND RAISED FROM THE PUBLIC.

ALL RIGHT. ALTHOUGH I APOLOGIZE.

PRESIDENT ORTIZ, THE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK, I BELIEVE, IS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIFIC TO THIS ITEM.

OKAY, WELL, YEAH, WE COULD.

LET'S PLEASE CALL ON SUPERINTENDENT MCGONIGLE.

SUPERINTENDENT MCGONIGLE, YOUR MICROPHONE WILL BE UNMUTED.

YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES TO SPEAK.

YOU MAY BEGIN. WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU. PRESIDENT ORTIZ, DR.

DEWAN DEWAN AND TRUSTEES.

THE LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MANY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE LONG BEEN CONCERNED WITH THE BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL PROGRAM AND ISSUES WITH THE ABILITY AND WILLINGNESS OF BCS TO SERVE ALL STUDENTS, REGARDLESS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, LANGUAGE STATUS OR DISABILITY.

YOUR BOARD OF EDUCATION FINDINGS IN MAY OF 21 TO BCS CLEARLY LAYS OUT THE REALITY THAT BCS UNDERSERVED PROTECTED CLASS STUDENTS.

THE DISTRICT APPRECIATES THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION'S ATTENTION TO THE ISSUE AND THE NEED FOR BULLISH CHARTER SCHOOL TO MEET THE LEGISLATURE'S INTENT THAT CHARTER SCHOOLS PROVIDE EQUAL ACCESS AND NONDISCRIMINATION AND ACCESS TO ENROLLMENT IN CHARTER SCHOOLS.

THE DISTRICT CONTINUES TO URGE MEANINGFUL CHANGE DESIGNED TO CORRECT THE DEFICIENCIES WITH EQUITY AND ACCESS IDENTIFIED BY THE COUNTY OFFICE AND BOARD.

WE DO HAVE CONCERN THAT THE IDENTIFIED EFFORTS ARE INADEQUATE AND DO NOT PROVIDE FOR MEANINGFUL CHANGE IN A TIMELY MANNER.

THE FAILURE TO SERVE ALL STUDENTS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE SINCE THE CHARTER SCHOOLS INCEPTION, BUT THE ONLY TANGIBLE ACTION APPEARS TO BE A SECONDARY ADMINISTRATION ADMISSIONS PREFERENCE FOR STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEALS AND RESIDE WITHIN THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS LIMITED TO 10% OF TOTAL OPENINGS AT EACH GRADE LEVEL. IN LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE SERVE THE SAME COMMUNITY AND HAVE NO SUCH CAPS AT ANY OF OUR SCHOOLS OR ANY OF OUR GRADE LEVELS.

WE SERVE ALL STUDENTS WHO WISH TO ATTEND.

CONSIDERING THE LIMITED NUMBER OF OPENINGS, THIS DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR A TIMELY INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT FOR SOCIOECONOMIC DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, NOR DOES IT PROVIDE FOR AN INCREASE IN THE OTHER DEMOGRAPHICS.

UNDERSERVED. WE ASK THAT YOU HOLD.

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THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE ROSSI, SEE YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED.

THANK YOU PRESIDENT ORTIZ.

THIS QUESTION IS FOR STAFF AND THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT.

WHO DETERMINES WHO IS LATINO? WHO IS SPECIAL ED? IS THAT LEFT TO BULLIS TO REPORT TO US? HOW ARE WE LOOKING INTO THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S FIDELITY TO REALLY REALITY WHEN IT COMES TO THESE DEFINITIONS OF THESE CATEGORY OF STUDENTS? I BELIEVE THAT FAMILIES SELF REPORT AND THAT INFORMATION GOES INTO CALPADS, WHICH THEN OR SOME DATA SYSTEM WHICH THEN GIVES US INFORMATION BASED ON SUBGROUPS.

SO IT'S NOT BULLIES DECIDING.

DIRECTOR FAIRLEY YOUR ANSWER WAS THAT YOU BELIEVE THAT THE FAMILIES SELF IDENTIFY OR AS THESE CATEGORIES.

BUT CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS THE CASE AND THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THESE ARE IMPORTANT MATTERS TO THE COMMUNITY? AND AS I DEPART MY ALMOST A WELL, MY EIGHT YEARS AS A TRUSTEE, I FIND THAT BULLIS HASN'T MOVED THE NEEDLE ON ANY OF THESE ISSUES.

I THINK THAT OUR BOARD HAS BEEN VERY INEFFECTIVE IN HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

AND IT SADDENS ME THAT WE'RE HAVING THE SAME DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE BOARD.

I URGE US TO LOOK INTO THIS FURTHER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY CONCERN THAT WE'RE HEARING IS VOICED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, WHO I AM GRATEFUL HAS JOINED US, THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS DATA THAT IS TRUE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU. TRUST MAH.

I SEE YOU'VE RAISED YOUR HAND.

YES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ORTIZ.

I ONLY HAD A CLARIFYING QUESTION.

I SEE ON THE SLIDES BOTH SLIDE 13 AND SLIDE 14 THAT THEY TALK ABOUT THE ONE YEAR CHANGE, BUT I WASN'T SURE WHICH PARTICULAR YEAR THAT WAS.

I THINK I MISSED IT WHEN DIRECTOR FAIRLEY WAS TALKING ABOUT IT.

SO WHICH YEAR IS THAT, PLEASE? 20, 21-22.

NO, WAIT. YES, 21-22 TO 22-23.

OKAY. 21-22 TO 22 TO 23.

OKAY. SO THIS IS THE MOST RECENT KIND OF LOTTERY, CORRECT? OKAY. THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL. I JUST DIDN'T HEAR BACK THE FIRST.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MAY I CONTINUE? SORRY ABOUT THAT, DIRECTOR FAIRLEY.

I HAVE A LONG, LONG UPDATE FOR YOU TONIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. SO THE NEXT ISSUE HAS TO DO WITH CHARTER SCHOOL ANNUAL VISITS.

THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT BEGAN CONDUCTING THE REQUIRED ANNUAL SITE VISITS TO SCCBOE AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOLS ON NOVEMBER 10TH, 2022.

THE VISITS FOR THIS YEAR WILL BE HYBRID MEETING, CLASSROOM OBSERVATIONS, FILE REVIEWS, AND SOME OF THE GROUP INTERVIEWS WILL TAKE PLACE IN PERSON, WHILE SOME OF SOME OTHER GROUP INTERVIEWS WILL OCCUR VIA ZOOM.

THE EDUCATIONAL PARTNER GROUPS THAT WILL BE INTERVIEWED ARE SITE AND CHARTER MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS LEADERSHIP, STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS.

THE FILES BEING REVIEWED CONSIST OF SPECIAL EDUCATION FILES, STUDENT FILES, AND HUMAN RESOURCES FILES.

THE CHARTER SCHOOL STAFF HOLDS AN EXIT INTERVIEW WITH SITE LEADERSHIP TO PROVIDE INITIAL FEEDBACK ON THE VISIT, AND THEN THE SCHOOL RECEIVES OUR COMPREHENSIVE WRITTEN REPORT DETAILING OUR FINDINGS AND ABOUT AROUND THE END OF APRIL ISH.

THE NEXT ITEM INVOLVES CHARTER SCHOOL CREDENTIALING, AND I'M GOING TO ASK ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MICHELLE JOHNSON TO COME IN AND PROVIDE PART OF THIS REPORT.

BUT I'LL GET US STARTED.

SO PRIOR TO AB 1505, WHICH BECAME EFFECTIVE JULY 2022, CHARTER SCHOOLS WERE GRANTED FLEXIBILITY IN ASSIGNING TEACHERS TO NON CORE NON COLLEGE PREP CLASSES.

AB 1505 REMOVE THAT FLEXIBILITY FROM THE LAW AND ALIGN CREDENTIALING REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHERS IN CHARTER SCHOOLS WITH THOSE FOR ALL OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS. THIS MEANS TEACHERS EMPLOYED IN CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE NOW REQUIRED TO HOLD A CERTIFICATE PERMIT OR OTHER DOCUMENT APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR CERTIFICATED ASSIGNMENT.

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IF A TEACHER WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE CREDENTIAL AUTHORIZATION WAS EMPLOYED IN A CHARTER SCHOOL DURING THE 2019-20 SCHOOL YEAR AND CONTINUES TO HOLD THE SAME ASSIGNMENT, THAT TEACHER HAS UNTIL JULY ONE, 2025, TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATION FOR THEIR POSITION.

BEGINNING LAST YEAR IN 2021, NEWLY HIRED TEACHERS AND TEACHERS WHO CHANGE ASSIGNMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO HOLD THE APPROPRIATE CERTIFICATE FOR THEIR ASSIGNMENT IF THEY DO NOT.

CHARTER SCHOOLS CAN OBTAIN A NUMBER OF EMERGENCY CREDENTIALS AND PERMITS FROM THE COMMISSION ON TEACHING CREDENTIALING THAT ALLOW QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS TO BE LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO SERVE IN THEIR TEACHING ASSIGNMENT WHILE THEY ARE WORKING TOWARDS COMPLETING THE CREDENTIALS REQUIREMENT.

CISCO'S CREDENTIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, LED BY TERRY PARKS, CONDUCTS THE MONITORING AND TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS.

MONITORING OF TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS FOR CBOE AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOLS AND THE REVIEW FOR THIS YEAR.

THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND I WILL NOW TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MICHELLE JOHNSON, WHO WORKED WITH MISS PARKS AND STAFF FROM THE SCCBOE AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOLS TO CORRECT THE INITIAL 173 ASSIGNMENTS.

MICHELLE. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR FAIRLEY.

SO WE DID DO THE TERRY PARKS, WORKED ON GATHERING ALL OF THE INFORMATION.

THERE WERE 646 DIFFERENT ASSIGNMENTS ACROSS ALL OF THE 22 SCCBOE AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOLS.

OF THOSE, FOUR HAD A 646 ASSIGNMENTS.

THERE WERE 173 MISS ASSIGNMENTS.

EACH OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT THE MISSED ASSIGNMENTS THROUGH A VARIETY OF WAYS, EITHER TO GET A SHORT TERM STAFFING PERMIT, A PROVISIONAL INTERNSHIP PERMIT, GET THE APPROPRIATE CREDENTIALS, OR TO REMOVE THE PERSON FROM THE CLASSROOM.

AS OF TODAY, ALL SCHOOLS, BUT ONE HAVE CORRECTED ALL OF THEIR MISASSIGNMENTS.

THE ONE SCHOOL THAT CURRENTLY HAS MISASSIGNMENTS IS VOICES MT.

PLEASANT. THERE ARE CURRENTLY FIVE ISSUES OF THOSE FIVE ISSUES.

FOUR ARE IN REGARDS TO HAVING A BILINGUAL AUTHORIZATION IN SPANISH.

THE FOUR TEACHERS DO HAVE THE APPROPRIATE CREDENTIALS TO TEACH IN ENGLISH.

THOSE FOUR VASPS OR BILINGUAL AUTHORIZATIONS ARE CURRENTLY IN A WAIVER FORMAT THAT HAVE BEEN FILED DIRECTLY WITH THE CALIFORNIA TEACHER CREDENTIALING COMMISSION.

THERE'S ONE TEACHER THAT IS STILL IN THE PROCESS.

THIS IS NOT ONE OF THE FOUR, NOT PART OF THE FOUR.

THERE'S ALSO ONE TEACHER WHO IS STILL ATTEMPTING TO PASS REQUIRED TESTING FOR THEIR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

BUT AT THIS MOMENT, THAT CLASSROOM IS BEING COVERED BY APPROPRIATELY CREDENTIALED SUBSTITUTES.

SO I DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE ONE OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS FOR NOT HAVING ANY MISASSIGNMENTS INITIALLY, AND THAT WAS THE OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ACADEMY.

SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS WHO WORKED SO DILIGENTLY TO CLEAR ALL OF THE MISASSIGNMENTS .

THANK YOU, MICHELLE. AND THE LAST ISSUE THAT I WANTED TO BRING TO YOU IS RELATED TO VOICES COLLEGE BOUND LANGUAGE ACADEMY, MOUNT PLEASANT. ON NOVEMBER 9TH, 2022, SCCOE SENT VOICES MT.

PLEASANT A LETTER FOLLOWING UP ON TWO UNANNOUNCED VISITS IN OCTOBER AND FOLLOWING UP ON SOME UNRESOLVED GOVERNANCE, OPERATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL ISSUES FROM THE LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS 21-22.

A COPY OF THE LETTER WILL BE IN THE FRIDAY WEEKLY COMMUNIQUE FROM SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN FOR YOUR REVIEW.

BUT REAL QUICKLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE LETTER ADDRESSED A COUPLE OF I'LL JUST NAME A COUPLE OF THINGS.

WE REQUESTED AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS AND IF THERE ARE ANY RESULTS OF THE WORK RELATED TO RACIAL BIAS.

COMMUNICATIONS WITH THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

WE ADDRESSED OUR PERCEIVED LACK OF INSTRUCTION.

ASK FOR CLARIFICATION ON THEIR IMPLEMENTATION OF THEIR DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM, WHICH WILL NOW BE IMPACTED BY THESE FOR

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BILINGUAL AUTHORIZATION IN SPANISH.

TEACHING CERTIFICATES.

AND WE ALSO ASKED FOR CONFIRMATION AND EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE NO LONGER IMPLEMENTING COVERAGE OR SUPERVISION OF CLASSES BY NON CREDENTIALS PEOPLE AND RECORDING IT AS INSTRUCTIONAL TIME.

SO YOU'LL GET A COPY OF THE LETTER WE'VE GIVEN THEM, I THINK, 30 DAYS TO FOLLOW UP.

SO WE WILL BE BACK WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FAIRLEY.

I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT IN TO PROVIDE THAT REPORT.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.

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ITEM NUMBER TEN DR.

DEWAN. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ORTIZ.

WE'LL DO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK TO THE ITEM THAT WE PUT ON HOLD.

SO TO BEGIN FOR A SPECIAL RECOGNITION, I JUST WANT TO SHARE AND CELEBRATE WITH THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY THAT ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH, OUR COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION MANAGER OF APPLICATION SUPPORT, LYDIA CABRERA, RECEIVED THE PATRIOT AWARD BY THE EMPLOYER SUPPORT OF THE GUARD AND RESERVE, A DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE.

LYDIA WAS NOMINATED BY AIRMAN FIRST CLASS ALEX NOSENKO, 45TH AERIAL PORT SQUADRON AND THE 349TH AIR MOBILITY WING.

NOSENKO IS AN APPLICATION SYSTEMS ANALYST HERE AND OUR COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION'S APPLICATIONS, BUSINESS AND WEB SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND OUR TECHNOLOGY DIVISION.

AND ALEX IS ALSO IN THE RESERVES.

ALEX NOMINATED CABRERA FOR HER SUPPORT, WHICH ENABLED HIM TO FULFILL HIS MILITARY COMMITMENTS WHILE REMAINING IN COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION EMPLOYEE. IN MAY OF 2022, HE WENT TO LACKLAND, TEXAS TO ATTEND BASIC MILITARY TRAINING AND THEN TO FORT LEE, VIRGINIA, TO COMPLETE HIS TECHNICAL TRAINING.

AND HE WILL BE SUPPORTING MILITARY LOGISTICAL FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING PROCESSING PERSONNEL AND CARGO RIGGING FOR AIRDROP AND MORE.

WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE A MEMBER OF OUR TEAM WHO IS COMMITTED TO OUR DEMOCRACY AND SUPPORTING BY SERVING IN THE RESERVES.

AND I'D LIKE TO ALSO CONGRATULATE LYDIA CABRERA FOR SUPPORTING AIRMAN FIRST CLASS ALEX NOSENKO AND ALLOWING HIM TO FULFILL HIS DUTIES TO BOTH THE SECO AND THE AIR FORCE RESERVES.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM BOTH.

I ALSO WANT TO INVITE THE BOARD TO OUR OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ACADEMY GRADUATION, AND IT IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 8TH AT 5:00 HERE AT SECO. ALL OF THE TRUSTEES ARE INVITED TO ATTEND AND WE ARE DELIGHTED TO SHARE THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 55 GRADUATES TO HONOR.

AND FOR A FEW OF YOU, IT WILL BE YOUR LAST GRADUATION AS A TRUSTEE.

SO I DO HOPE THAT YOU'LL ATTEND NEXT WEEK AS THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY AND THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION WILL BE CLOSED ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, AS WILL ALL OF OUR FACILITIES AND RECOGNITION OF THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.

THERE WILL ALSO BE NO SUPERINTENDENT WEEKLY REPORT TO THE BOARD NEXT WEEK.

THIS WEEK IS THE UNITED AGAINST HATE WEEK.

UNITED AGAINST HATE WEEK AS A CALL FOR LOCAL CIVIC ACTION TO STOP HATE AND IMPLICIT BIAS THAT ARE A DANGEROUS THREAT TO THE SAFETY AND CIVILITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, TOWNS, CITIES, AND ENCOURAGES CONVERSATIONS WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS IN CLASSROOMS AND IN COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW TO STAND UP TO HATE AND BULLYING.

ON NOVEMBER 9TH, WE HELD OUR POWER OF DEMOCRACY EVENT.

AFTER SHARING HER TESTIMONY OF EDUCATION ADVOCACY WITH UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER, NICOLE JAYNE, WHO IS ALSO AN EDUCATION POLICY ADVISOR, ADDRESSED WAYS THAT YOUTH CAN ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

IN ADDITION, WE SHOWCASE STUDENT ART THROUGH A MURAL SLIDE SHOW THAT FEATURED STUDENTS FROM LOS GATOS HIGH SCHOOL, MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH SCHOOL, YERBA BUENA HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE STUDENTS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN A YOUTH PANEL DISCUSSING THE VALUE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

THE PANEL WAS MODERATED BY DR.

GARCIA, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, WHO IS ALSO A POWER OF DEMOCRACY.

STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBER MAHLON BALLANTYNE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY, SERVED AS OUR MASTER OF

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CEREMONIES. ADDITIONALLY, THE EVENT RECOGNIZED AND PROVIDED AWARDS AND COMMENDATIONS TO EDUCATORS IN THE COUNTY.

THE CIVIC EDUCATION OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR AWARD WENT TO JULIE [INAUDIBLE] FROM THE MOUNTAIN VIEW, LOS ALTOS UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THE STATE SEAL OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR AWARD WENT TO PILLAR LI FROM THE SANTA CLARA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE EXEMPLARY DISTRICT COMMENDATION OF SERVICE LEARNING WENT TO PALO ALTO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WAS ACCEPTED BY THE DISTRICT'S DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION AND AGILITY, DR.

CHO. ON NOVEMBER 10TH, I PRESENTED TO THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION AT THEIR MONTHLY MEETING WHERE I PROVIDED AN UPDATE ABOUT PATTERNS OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT OUR OFFICE IS DOING TO ADDRESS THE FENTANYL CRISIS.

WE'LL BE HOLDING TWO UPCOMING VACCINE CLINICS.

ONE WILL BE ON NOVEMBER 21ST AND THE SECOND ONE ON DECEMBER 12TH FROM 2 TO 5 P.M..

WE ARE AGAIN URGING COMMUNITY MEMBERS ALL WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO ENSURE THAT THEY GET THE BIVALENT COVID BOOSTER.

FLU SHOTS AND OTHER VACCINES THAT THEY MAY NEED TO STAY CURRENT.

ADDITIONALLY, OUR OPIOID AND NARCAN AWARENESS EVENTS HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AND ARE HAVING A POSITIVE IMPACT.

SO WE PLAN TO HOLD TWO ADDITIONAL EVENTS.

THERE WILL BE ONE ON DECEMBER 15TH AND THE SECOND ONE ON JANUARY 15TH, AND WE'LL BE SENDING OUT FLIERS FOR PEOPLE TO REGISTER FOR THOSE.

FINALLY, I WANTED TO TO CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE THAT PROPOSITION 28, THE ARTS AND MUSIC FUNDING INITIATIVE PASSED FROM THE NOVEMBER 8TH BALLOT.

I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND PASSING A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSITION 28, WHICH WE DID FILE ALONG WITH THE BALLOT MEASURE IN SUPPORT OF THE BALLOT MEASURE.

THIS FUNDING WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO EXPAND AND ENHANCE ARTS AND MUSIC EDUCATION IN ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY, AND THIS WILL BE OUR TRANSITION BACK TO THE ACTION ITEM.

FIRST OF ALL, I JUST I WANT TO THANK THE TRUSTEES FOR THE DELIBERATION, FOR YOUR QUESTIONS, FOR YOUR SUPPORT, FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON MY EVALUATION.

I UNDERSTAND THE PRESSURES AND THE PREDICAMENTS THAT EACH OF US ARE FACING AND OUR RESPECTIVE ROLES AND AS LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY. I WENT TO ASSURE THE TRUSTEES AND ALL OF THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION EMPLOYEES OF HOW MUCH I VALUE THEM PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY, AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

AND THAT DURING MY TIME AS A LEADER AND THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE CAREER, I HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN THE COMPLAINTS AND NEEDS AND INTEREST OF MY EMPLOYEES AND MY COLLEAGUES SERIOUSLY AND HAVE STRIVEN TO ADHERE TO ALL STATE RULES, REGULATIONS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

I'M AWARE THAT THE THAT SEIU HAS FILED A CAL OSHA COMPLAINT ALLEGING WORKPLACE VIOLENCE RELATED TO ACTIONS OF STUDENTS AND OUR PROGRAMS OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND WANT TO JUST HONOR AND SAY TO THE FAMILIES OF THE STUDENTS WE SERVE WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS FOR OUR OFFICE TO SERVE THE MOST SIGNIFICANTLY DISABLED STUDENTS IN OUR COUNTY AND ASSURE THEM OF OUR COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH HIGH QUALITY SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMING AND SUPPORT, AND TO THANK ALL OF THE TEACHERS AND PARA EDUCATORS AND STAFF MEMBERS WHO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS WITH SIGNIFICANT DISABILITIES.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL POSSIBLE.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM MEMBERS WHO ARE WORKING TIRELESSLY UNDER SOME VERY DIFFICULT SITUATIONS, AND I WANT TO ASSURE THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY THAT OUR NEGOTIATIONS TEAM HAS BARGAINED IN GOOD FAITH WITH ALL OF THE BARGAINING UNITS OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.

THIS EVENING, CATHERINE MEOLA HAS JOINED US AND SHE IS READY TO PROVIDE JUST AN OPENING STATEMENT.

AND THEN PRESIDENT ORTIZ, I'LL HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT FOLLOWING THAT.

YES. THANK YOU, DR.

DEWAN. AND PRESIDENT ORTIZ, I JUST.

THIS IS A PUBLIC SESSION IN TERMS OF THIS OPEN SESSION.

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WHEN I GIVE PRESENTATIONS, I'M RELATING TO THE BOARD WHAT THE LAW IS, BUT NOT REALLY PROVIDING ADVICE TO THE BOARD.

AND I THINK THE QUESTIONS TONIGHT ARE VEERING INTO THE REALM OF LEGAL ADVICE.

AND I, I DON'T I'M NOT COMFORTABLE PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE IN OPEN SESSION.

AND SO AND, AND ALSO BECAUSE I WASN'T PRESENT AT THE BEGINNING PART OF THE MEETING AND WAS NOT PLANNING ON APPEARING TONIGHT.

I DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION FOR WHICH TO PROVIDE THE BOARD THE APPROPRIATE ADVICE THAT I STRIVE TO PROVIDE TO ALL MY CLIENTS. THAT SAID WE DID DURING THE TRAINING, WE DID GO OVER MANY, MANY TIMES.

AND I DO BELIEVE TRUSTEE DI SALVO, THAT YOU MAY HAVE MISSED THE LAST PORTION THAT IS PORTION THREE OF THE TRAINING, BUT I DID INCLUDE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS AND THE CITATIONS FOR THEM REGARDING THE BOARD NOT TO BEING THE EMPLOYER, THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT BEING THE SOLE EMPLOYER, AND THEREFORE THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT BEING THE SOLE NEGOTIATOR.

AND AGAIN, THAT IS OUTSIDE THE JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD.

AND SO I TO THE EXTENT THAT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE BEING RAISED TONIGHT FROM THE COMPLAINTS ARE ABOUT EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS OR ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS, AGAIN, THAT IS OUTSIDE THE JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD.

AND THAT'S ALL I'M WILLING TO SAY AT THIS MOMENT ON THAT, GIVEN THAT THIS IS AN OPEN SESSION.

THANK YOU AND WHAT I UNDERSTANDING THE PERCEPTIONS OF THE BOARD.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MENTION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST IF TRUSTEE ROSSI MIGHT AMEND HER MOTION TO APPROVE THE EXTENSION OF THE AGREEMENT TO JUNE 30TH, 2026, AND TO POSTPONE THE DISCUSSION OF SALARY TO THE NOVEMBER 28TH ADDITIONAL REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD.

THANK YOU. YES, I OH PRESIDENT ORTIZ.

MAY I BE RECOGNIZED? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

TRUSTEE ROSSI. THANK YOU, SIR.

I WOULD BE WILLING TO AMEND MY MOTION AS PRESENTED BY OUR SUPERINTENDENT.

AND AFTER WE VOTE ON THIS, I ALSO HAVE SOMETHING FURTHER TO SAY.