[A. At this time, members of the public may address the Board on any issue within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board that is not listed on this agenda. Members of the public may also address the Board on an agenda item before or during the Board's consideration of the item.]

NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMENT.

NOW IS THE TIME FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA AND WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. PUBLIC SPEAKER CARDS MUST BE SUBMITTED AT THIS TIME, AND ONCE WE BEGIN TAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCEPT ADDITIONAL COMMENTERS.

MODERATOR DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, WE HAVE THREE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

OKAY. THE SCC BOE STRIVES TO MAINTAIN A RESPECTFUL AND CIVIL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE CONDUCT OF ITS MEETINGS.

CARMEN, CAN YOU PLEASE PRESENT THE TWO MINUTE TIMER? OH, THANK YOU.

A TIMER WILL BE DISPLAYED AND WHEN THE ALLOTTED TIME IS UP, THE BUZZER WILL SOUND, YOU WILL BE MUTED AND YOUR TIME TO SPEAK WILL END.

SPEAKERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO AVOID REPEATING COMMENTS MADE BY OTHER SPEAKERS.

SPEAKERS MAY CHOOSE TO SIMPLY STATE THEIR AGREEMENT WITH THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER.

MODERATOR YOU MAY BEGIN.

OUR THREE SPEAKERS ARE SARAH GINA CARO, HEATHER BASS AND JONATHAN BASS.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME.

YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO, I'M SARA GINACARO, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST AND CHAPTER PRESIDENT OF SEIU, REPRESENTING 1059 CLASSIFIED WORKERS.

WE ARE DISAPPOINTED THAT MANAGEMENT INSISTS ON DELAYING RAISES AND HEALTH INSURANCE BY A MONTH EACH.

THE APPALLINGLY SLOW RATE IS DETRIMENTAL FOR WORKERS, AND YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF BAD FAITH BARGAINING AND RETALIATION AGAINST SEIU.

SCCOE SHOULD DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THOSE WE SERVE AND ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENTS BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY TO PROMOTE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

ZOOM HAS ALREADY SET UP FOR THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AND MANY OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE SAN JOSE CITY COUNCIL, SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, CUPERTINO AND OAK GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND MANY MORE ENGAGE IN THIS PRACTICE.

OUR COMMUNITY OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES DESERVE THE SAME RIGHTS TO A SAFE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AS THEIR GENERAL EDUCATION PEERS.

YOU'VE ALL HEARD OUR PROPOSALS ON THIS ISSUE, AND EVERY DAY DELAYED MEANS MORE PREVENTABLE INJURIES TO STUDENTS AND STAFF.

WE MUST PRIORITIZE STUDENT AND STAFF SAFETY AND ENSURE SAFE CLASSROOMS FOR ALL.

IN THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF AT TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOL SITES, TWO PARA EDUCATORS WERE STRANGLED BY STUDENTS.

AND YESTERDAY'S INCIDENT, THE STAFF MEMBER WAS UNABLE TO BREATHE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS AND HAD DIFFICULTY BREATHING AND SPEAKING AFTER THE INCIDENT.

SHE STILL EXPERIENCES PAIN IN HER NECK FROM THE STRANGULATION.

AT THE OTHER SCHOOL, THE STAFF MEMBER WHO IS DEAF WAS NOT ONLY STRANGLED, BUT WAS ALSO PUNCHED, KICKED AND HAD SEVERE INJURIES TO HIS FINGERS.

TO THE EXTENT THAT THE DOCTOR RECOMMENDED HE NOT USE HIS HAND FOR FIVE DAYS, WHICH IS A SEVERE RESTRICTION FOR A DEAF PERSON WHO USES HIS HANDS TO COMMUNICATE.

THE STUDENTS IN THIS SITUATION HAVE ALSO ATTACKED OTHER STAFF MEMBERS AND STUDENTS, INCLUDING A STUDENT WHO NOW CRIES IN THE MORNING AND NO LONGER WANTS TO ATTEND SCHOOL.

WE MUST ENSURE A SAFE CLASSROOM FOR ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF.

LAST WEEK, MONDAY, A KINDERGARTEN STUDENT LEFT ONE OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS, WALKING ACROSS THE CAMPUS THROUGH THE CAFETERIA AND OUT THE FRONT DOOR, UNNOTICED BY ANY STAFF FROM COE OR THE DISTRICT.

HE LEFT THE NEIGHBORHOOD CROSSING MORE THAN TEN NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS AND WAS FOUND AFTER THE POLICE RECEIVED A 911 CALL ABOUT A YOUNG CHILD RUNNING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE VERY BUSY WHITE ROAD NEARLY AN HOUR AFTER HE LEFT SCHOOL.

FORTUNATELY, HE WAS UNINJURED.

WE MUST ANALYZE AND REFLECT ON WHAT CHANGES WE NEED IN OUR PROGRAMS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS ARE SAFE.

WE MUST ENSURE SAFE CLASSROOMS FOR ALL STUDENTS.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT THREE SPEAKERS ARE HEATHER BASS, JOHNATHAN BASS AND MICHELLE HOWARD.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS HEATHER BASS.

I'M A TEACHER AT GATEWAY SCHOOL IN GILROY.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT I'M BREATHING A BIG SIGH OF RELIEF RIGHT NOW BECAUSE AS SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, WE HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED A LITTLE JENGA PIECE AT THE END OF OUR FIELD THAT I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR AT GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR OUR STUDENTS THERE WE HAVE THE FIELD SPACE ALLOCATED, AND I'VE BEEN ASSURED THAT THERE'LL BE A WALKING PATH AROUND THE AREA.

AND I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THEY PLAN ON INPUTTING A STRUCTURE THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE STUDENTS AT THAT SITE.

WE WILL HAVE AN ACCESS GATE FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO INCORPORATE INTO THE NEIGHBORING SCHOOL, WHICH IS A WELCOME ADDITION AS WELL. AND WE'LL DO THAT AS IT'S APPROPRIATE AND AS IT'S AVAILABLE, I'M SURE.

AND NOW I REALLY FEEL I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I'M COMING TONIGHT BECAUSE I WAS INFORMED ABOUT SOME ALTERNATIVE PLANS FOR PARKING, WHICH I'M AFRAID ARE GOING TO BE PROBLEMATIC FOR THE SCHOOL.

I THINK ORIGINALLY OUR BUS DROP OFF WAS SEEN AS A VERY APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR PARENTS TO DROP STUDENTS FOR THE NEW EARLY START PROGRAM, WHICH

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IS OBVIOUSLY A GREAT A GREAT DRIVE THROUGH AREA THAT'S SECURE FOR STUDENTS TO GET IN AND OUT OF CARS.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE BUSSES IN THAT BUS DROP OFF AND COORDINATING BUSSES IN CARS IS NEVER A GREAT PROPOSAL AND ALTERNATING TIMES IS NOT NECESSARILY A POSSIBILITY BECAUSE WE HAVE FOUR SCHOOLS AT THAT SITE AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND STARTING.

SO I WAS JUST HOPING THAT WE COULD WELCOME A LOT OF COOPERATION.

WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF TEACHERS WITH A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS.

I'M VERY COMMITTED TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS.

SO I JUST CAME HERE TONIGHT TO SAY THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU MORE IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHNATHAN BASS.

GOOD EVENING. I'M JONATHON BASS AND I WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE SITUATION AT GATEWAY SCHOOL AND ABOUT THE PLAN FOR THE PARKING AND THE BUSSES.

I, ONE'S A SPECIFIC THING.

I, I WORK AT SOUTH VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GILROY, WHICH UNTIL RECENTLY HAD A PARKING SITUATION THAT'S ACTUALLY VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO THE KIND OF SITUATION PHYSICALLY THAT'S GOING TO BE SET UP AT GATEWAY.

AND IT WAS VERY, VERY HECTIC, CLOGGED UP STREETS AND REALLY, REALLY MADE TRAFFIC LIKE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET JUST ONE BLOCK, TOOK ABOUT 15 MINUTES.

THAT'S BEEN CLEANED UP.

THE OTHER THING IS WHEN THERE IS A SITUATION LIKE THAT AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF CARS, THAT'S GREAT IF YOU HAVE HIRED A CROSSING GUARD WHO CAN BE THERE EVERY DAY.

I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I CURRENTLY PASS BY GILROY PREP SCHOOL EVERY DAY.

I KNOW NONE OF THESE ARE COUNTY OFFICE SCHOOLS, BUT THEY'RE JUST SCHOOLS WITH PARENTS AND PEDESTRIANS AND SO ON.

AND I WALK TO SCHOOL OR I RUN TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY.

AND WHEN THAT PARKING GUARD IS THERE, WOW, PARENTS ARE WELL BEHAVED.

AND WHEN THERE'S NO WHEN THERE'S NO CROSSING GUARD, THEY BEHAVE VERY DIFFERENTLY AND BECOMES VERY DANGEROUS.

SO THAT'S ONE ASPECT OF IT.

THE OTHER THING IS I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF BEING AT A SCHOOL THAT HAS RECENTLY BEEN RECONSTRUCTED AND THAT SO I'VE SEEN THE WAY THAT PROCESS WORKED.

THERE IS AN ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE BUILT OF TEACHERS, AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT OTHER STAKEHOLDERS WERE IN SOME OTHER COMMITTEES WITH A LOT OF INPUT.

AND IT JUST REALLY SURPRISES ME THAT A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, THAT GATEWAY, THAT'S NOT A GATEWAY SCHOOL, THAT'S AN EARLY START THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTS GATEWAY STAFF AND STUDENTS DIDN'T INVOLVE ANY INPUT.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO URGE THE BOARD TO HALT PLANS MOVING FORWARD THAT AFFECT THE PARKING UNTIL AND TO GET INPUT FROM STAFF, BECAUSE I'M SURE THEY HAVE ENLIGHTENING THINGS TO SAY ABOUT SAFETY.

THANK YOU. OUR LAST SPEAKER FOR THIS ITEM IS MICHELLE HOWARD.

PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME.

HI, MY NAME IS MICHELLE HOWARD AND I'VE BEEN WITH SUMMIT DENALI SINCE THE SIXTH GRADE AND MY SON NOW IS A SENIOR.

SO WHILE WHEN I STARTED THE SCHOOL, IT WAS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO GO.

HE HAS ADHD, HE HAS DYSLEXIA, LEARNING PROCESSING, AND THEY PROMISE TO FULLY SUPPORT WHATEVER HE NEED IN IEP.

WHAT HAD OCCURRED IN 2020 WAS THAT HE GOT ASSAULTED IN THE BOYS BATHROOM AND IT WAS RECORDED BY THE KID'S FRIENDS OR LIKE 15 KIDS. AND I HAD A I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS ASSAULT MOTHER CALLED THE CALLED AND SAID THERE WAS RECORDING.

SO I HAD TO BUY THE RECORDING FROM THIS KID WHO RECORDED IT AND FOUND AND I REPORTED IT IMMEDIATELY TO LAURA ZITO AND KEVIN BACHMAN, WHO ARE NO LONGER THERE, BUT OUR ZITO IS STILL THERE.

SO I SPOKE TO HIS THERAPIST.

HE WAS SEEING A THERAPIST ALSO.

AND AFTER I SPOKE TO MY SON, HE HAD BEEN COMPLAINING THAT THIS KID HAS BEEN TORMENTING HIM FOREVER, PUSHING HIM TO HOLD KEVIN, AND NOTHING OCCURRED.

SO WE SPOKE TO LAURA AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS GOING TO TALK TO HER SUNNYVALE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDDY PROGRAM.

AND MY HUSBAND, MY EX HUSBAND AT THE TIME SAID THAT HE I SHOULDN'T REPORT IT.

AND AT THAT TIME THEY HAD THE KID COME IN THE CLASS THE VERY NEXT DAY SITTING NEXT TO HIM BECAUSE THEY FELT THAT HE WASN'T POSING A THREAT ANYMORE.

SO THEY HAVE THIS KIND OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND THAT'S THEIR ISSUES.

AND HE'S BEEN SUFFERING FROM EXACERBATED DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY SINCE THAT TIME.

THEY JUST DIDN'T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.

AND NOW WITH HIS EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE JUST KIND OF PASSED HIM BY.

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HE'S GOT A FIFTH GRADE EDUCATION AND HE'LL BE GRADUATING IN JUNE AND SOMETHING REALLY HAS TO BE DONE.

HE WAS JUST OFFERED TUTORING SERVICES AFTER ALL THESE YEARS AND TUTORS STILL HELPING.

SO THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU MODERATOR.

THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

[A. The members of the Board may give reports on activities related to their duties as members of the Santa Clara County Board of Education]

COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER REPORTS.

THE 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.

TO BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER TO PRESENT A REPORT IF THEY HAVE ONE AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU. AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, WE ARE CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND LEARNING ABOUT RACIAL EQUALITY.

WE HAVE PUT POSTERS UP AND OUR CAMPUS TO RECOGNIZE DIFFERENT BLACK LEADERS.

IN OUR PROGRAM, WE HAVE THE RED STAR TEST EVERY 45 DAYS.

WE STRIVE TO IMPROVE OUR SCORES EACH TIME AND EVEN MAKE A LITTLE COMPETITION OUT OF IT.

I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT MY CLASS SCORED THE HIGHEST OVERALL OUR SCHOOLS SCORES IMPROVED .

IN THE [INAUDIBLE] PRE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, WE HAVE BEEN LEARNING CONCRETE TECHNIQUES AND WE WILL BE TAKING A WALK AROUND OUR SCHOOL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, STUDENT BOARD MEMBER NEVAREZ FOR YOUR REPORT.

I THINK WE WE ALL VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT AND YOUR SERVICE AS A BOARD MEMBER.

HEARING FROM YOU IS DEFINITELY A HIGHLIGHT OF OUR MEETING AND WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT YOU ACCEPTED THE CALL TO PUBLIC SERVICE.

WOULD ANY TRUSTEE WISH TO PROVIDE A REPORT ON ACTIVITIES SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THEIR DUTIES AS MEMBERS OF THE MEMBERS OF AND WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION? I HAVE VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN AND THEN TRUSTEE MAH.

VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN.

THANK YOU PRESIDENT CHON.

SO ON FEBRUARY 2ND, I ATTENDED THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY CLIMATE LITERACY COMMITTEE MEETING AND I AM CO-PRESIDENT OF THE COMMITTEE WITH JORGE PACHECO OF THE OAK GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TRUSTEE DI SALVO ALSO ATTENDED AND THIS IS A NEWLY FORMED COMMITTEE.

WE'RE JUST SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS NOW, ALTHOUGH WE DISCUSSED WANTING TO INCLUDE STUDENTS AS WELL IN OUR FUTURE MEETINGS AND WE FORMED TO SUPPORT TRUSTEES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THEIR WORK TO FURTHER CLIMATE ACTION, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT. SO WE DID SOME GOAL SETTING.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE MARCH 18TH ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY SUMMIT, OUR COUNTY OFFICES HOSTING.

WE DISCUSSED THE PROTECT EUROSTAT CAMPAIGN AND ALSO ADVOCACY FOR OUTDOOR AND GARDEN GARDEN BASED LEARNING.

THEN ON FEB THIRD, I MET WITH PARENTS OF STUDENTS AT SUMMIT DENALI THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES TO CLOSURE. YOU KNOW, THEY'VE COMPILED MEETING MINUTES, THEY'VE LOOKED CLOSELY AT DENALI'S BUDGET AND HAVE BEEN VERY STRONG ADVOCATES FOR THE OVER 650 STUDENTS AT DENALI.

THEN ON THE FOURTH, I MET WITH A MOUNTAIN VIEW STUDENT, SARAVIA, WHO IS LOOKING TO ENGAGE FURTHER WITH THE WORK OF OUR BOARD.

SO DR.

DEWAN ACTUALLY ASSISTED IN CONNECTING HER WITH OUR COUNTY OFFICES.

YOUTH HEALTH AND WELLNESS WELLNESS ADVISORY GROUP, STUDENT WELLNESS ADVISORY GROUP, WHICH SHE'S LOOKING INTO.

THEN ON THE SEVENTH, I ATTENDED THE SIERRA CLUB'S CLIMATE LITERACY COMMITTEE MEETING.

WE DISCUSSED STATE ADVOCACY EFFORTS, INCLUDING THE CALIFORNIA CLIMATE EDUCATION BILL AB 285, WHICH WILL BE TRACKING.

I ALSO DISCUSSED OUR SUMMIT THERE AS WELL.

THEN ON THE EIGHTH, I MET WITH SUNNYVALE STUDENT FROM FREMONT HIGH SCHOOL, ROTEM, AND SHE'S LOOKING TO GET INVOLVED AS WELL AND FOR VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES WITH HER LEADERSHIP CLASS.

AND SO I CONNECTED HER WITH THE FREMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENT SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION, WHICH SHE'S JOINING NOW, WHICH IS GREAT.

THEN ON THE 11TH, I ATTENDED THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, CUPERTINO, SUNNYVALE.

THEY HOSTED A MEET AND GREET FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS.

SO TRUSTEE MAH WAS THERE.

DR. DEWAN WAS THERE.

AND I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND WITH A RECENT GRADUATE, CURRAN, WHO'S SOMEONE WHO'S LOOKING TO GET INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY SERVICE, WHICH IS EXCITING.

THEN LASTLY, ON THE 11TH, I MET WITH A FEW FOLKS WHO TEACH AN INTRO TO WELDING CLASS TO STUDENTS IN SUNNYVALE, AT MAKER NEXUS. SO THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STUDENTS TO HELP THEM DISCOVER DIFFERENT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.

IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN VERY REWARDING FOR THESE STUDENTS, SO I'LL BE FOLLOWING UP ON THAT AS WELL.

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THANK YOU. AWESOME.

THANK YOU. VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN.

TRUSTEE MAH. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHON.

THE ITEMS THAT I HAVE INCLUDE, AS TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN MENTIONED, THE CUPERTINO, SUNNYVALE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS MEETING TO MEET THE ELECTIVES.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE CHALLENGE TEAM MEETING, WHICH IS A MEETING OF NORTH COUNTY, MAINLY LOS ALTOS AND MOUNTAIN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BOTH HIGH SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AND THERE'S INTEREST IN CREATING A MENTAL HEALTH SUMMIT, PERHAPS.

WE ALSO TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT THE VAPING PROBLEMS WHICH ARE GOING ON IN OUR AREA, AND I ALSO MET WITH SOME PARENTS FROM SUMMIT DENALI.

HAD VERY GOOD CONVERSATION AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT KIND OF WHAT WAYS AND HOW THINGS COULD BE DONE TO SUPPORT OUR KIDS THERE.

I ALSO ATTENDED A PRESENTATION BY THE UCLA CENTER FOR TRANSFORMATION OF SCHOOLS CALLED OUR CHILDREN CAN'T WAIT.

IT WAS A WEBINAR THAT TALKED ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF POLICY ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON AND ON AND ON AND HAVEN'T BEEN CHANGED.

AND SO THEY OFFERED SOME IDEAS.

THERE'S A BOOK CALLED OUR CHILDREN CAN'T WAIT THAT LOOKS REALLY GOOD TO PERHAPS REVIEW.

I'M ALSO WORKING ON THE CSBA LEGISLATIVE BRUNCH AND WANT TO REMIND YOU ALL TO PLEASE SIGN UP.

IT IS ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH.

REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE THROUGH DR.

DEWAN'S EDMUND JAMIE AND IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.

SO YOU SHOULD ALL COME AND TELL YOUR OTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO COME.

AND I THINK THAT IS IT.

OH YEAH, I ALSO ATTENDED THE CHILDREN NOW THEY HAD A WEBINAR FOR DATA USAGE AND THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW TO ACCESS THEIR REPORT CARD AND HOW TO INFORM SCHOOL CLIMATE AND TRY TO IMPROVE THE EFFORTS THERE WITH THEIR DATA ONLINE DATABASE.

AND SO THAT'S A REALLY GREAT DATABASE TO ANALYZE ALL THE INFORMATION FOR ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE WHOLE STATE IN MULTIPLE METRICS WITH RESPECT TO HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE FOR EVERY ONE OF CALIFORNIA'S 58 COUNTIES.

SO EVEN GOES DOWN TO THE COUNTY LEVEL DATA MAPPING, TRACKING KEY INDICATORS OF CHILD WELL-BEING OVER TIME, AND BY RACE AND BY ETHNICITY.

I THINK THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. GREAT.

THANK YOU TRUSTEE MAH.

I KNOW TRUSTEE LARI HAS A REPORT, AND THEN I'M GOING TO GO TO TRUSTEE DI SALVO AFTER THAT.

TRUSTEE LARI? YES.

SO ON FEBRUARY 2ND, I VISITED THE SALT COUNTY ANNEX BUILDING IN GILROY TO ATTEND A SCHOOL EVENT TO WELCOME CATHOLIC CHARITIES TO THE SOUTH COUNTY ANNEX BUILDING.

I WAS ABLE TO VISIT THE CLASSROOMS WITH A PLAN TO CONDUCT DIGITAL LITERACY CLASSES, IMMIGRATION OUTREACH PRESENTATIONS, READING AND LITERACY, SKILL BUILDING ACTIVITIES, COLLEGE AND CAREER PREPARATION, AMONG OTHERS.

OTHER ACTIVITIES.

WHILE I WAS THERE, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR THE AREA OF THE ANNEX BUILDING WHERE THE OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ACADEMY IS HOSTED ON FEBRUARY 10TH.

I ATTENDED THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FLAG RAISING AT SAN JOSE CITY HALL IN CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WHICH WAS ORGANIZED BY A FORMER TRUSTEE AND PRESENT VICE MAYOR ROSEMARY KUMAR, JOINTLY WITH THE NAACP AND THE BLACK LEADERSHIP KITCHEN CABINET.

IT WAS A VERY INSPIRING AND MOVING EVENT.

I STILL BELIEVE SUCH EVENTS ARE SO IMPORTANT AS WE BUILD AN INCLUSIVE SOCIETY FOR US AS STUDENTS.

ON FEBRUARY 11TH, I ATTENDED COUNCILMEMBER OMAR TORRES'S EVENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCY.

I WAS ABLE TO TALK TO THE DOT REPRESENTATIVE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF TRAFFIC TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVES AROUND SCHOOLS.

SO THEY SAID THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SIGNING UP SCHOOLS FOR EXACTLY SUCH AN INITIATIVE.

MILAN BURTON, FRANKLIN WATKINS BOARD MEMBERS SHOWED ME AROUND THE AAC FACILITY WHERE THEY HAVE A LIBRARY CORNER FOR STUDENTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SAN JOSE LIBRARY, AS WELL AS A COMPUTER TRAINING CENTER FOR YOUTH.

ALSO, ON FEBRUARY 4TH, I ATTENDED THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS PRIORITIES PLANNING SESSION FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

I ADVOCATED FOR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN.

AS A RESULT, THE BAY AREA LEAGUE DECIDED TO INCLUDE MENTAL ILLNESS AS ONE OF THEIR THREE PRIORITIES, AND THE SAN JOSE SANATORIUM TOOK ON MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU TRUSTEE LARI.

TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

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DI SALVO. I DON'T THINK OUR MICROPHONE IS WORKING.

I DON'T THINK IT IS.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

HOW'S THIS? MUCH BETTER.

MUCH BETTER. SO LAST FRIDAY I HAD MY QUARTERLY LUNCH WITH TRUSTEE MAH.

THANK YOU TRUSTEE MAH FOR MEETING WITH ME ABOUT ALL THE ISSUES THAT WE DISCUSSED, MOSTLY ABOUT EDUCATION.

I HAD A COFFEE WITH TRUSTEE KAREN MARTINEZ OUT OF THE SAN JOSE EVERGREEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE SCHOOL BOARD.

AND WHAT WAS INTERESTING IS SHE'S ASKED TO DISCUSS SAN JOSE 2020, WHICH WAS AN EFFORT THAT THE COUNTY BOARD HAD IN 2010 THAT BY 2020 WOULD WE WOULD HAVE ELIMINATED THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP IN SAN JOSE, AND THEN IT EXTENDED TO SAN JOSE, SILICON VALLEY. SO WE DISCUSSED SHE WANTS TO REINVIGORATE THAT EFFORT AS A COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEE.

AND SO WE HAD A BEGINNING CONVERSATION ABOUT PERHAPS HOW TO DO THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORTS AND WE WILL GO TO BOARD BOARD MEMBER COMMITTEE REPORTS LATER ON IN THE AGENDA.

[A. Report From Summit Public Schools on the Potential Closure of Summit: Denali]

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE INFORMATION ITEMS. BEFORE WE BEGIN WITH OUR INFORMATION ITEMS, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO MAY BE IN ATTENDANCE TO SPEAK REGARDING THE INFORMATION ITEM ON SUMMIT DENALI.

IF THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE INFORMATION ITEM, PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR SPEAKER CARD HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

AND ONCE WE BEGIN THIS ITEM, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCEPT ADDITIONAL COMMENT CARDS.

DR. DEWAN, WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE OUR FIRST INFORMATION ITEM? YES. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT CHON, AT THE REQUEST OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEES, WE INVITED SUMMIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS REPRESENTATIVES TO ATTEND TONIGHT'S MEETING TO PRESENT A REPORT THAT WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION RELATED TO THEIR POTENTIAL CLOSURE OF SUMMIT DENALI.

FOR THIS ITEM, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE HERE FROM SUMMIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO COME FORWARD TO THE TABLE.

THIS INCLUDES EDWARD LEE, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

KATE GOTTFREDSON, THE CHIEF OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, AND THE CEO, DIANE TAVENNER.

WELCOME.

HERE WE GO. GOOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CHON, SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN, TRUSTEES AND STAFF.

I'M KATE GOTTFREDSON, THE CHIEF OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT SUMMIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

AND I'M HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUE, ED LEE AND OUR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, DIANE TAVENNER.

MANY OF OUR OTHER TEAM MEMBERS ARE HERE AND ARE JOINING US BY ZOOM THIS EVENING AS WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME FOR OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

AND OF COURSE, WE WOULD MUCH RATHER BE WITH YOU SPEAKING ABOUT THE AMAZING WAYS THAT OUR SCHOOL HAS SUPPORTED YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS.

AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE AND SHARING SO MUCH WITH YOU OVER THE LAST MONTH AND MEETING WITH YOU AND THE CHARTER DEPARTMENT TEAM WHO'VE BEEN ON SITE VISITS THIS THIS PAST MONTH AS WELL, VISITING OUR SCHOOL.

I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THE STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND FACULTY WHO'VE CONTINUED THIS CONVERSATION WITH US SINCE OUR MEETING AT THE DENALI CAMPUS ON JANUARY 11TH. THIS HAS BEEN A STRESSFUL AND CHALLENGING TIME, AND OUR COLLECTIVE GOAL HAS BEEN FIRST AND FOREMOST TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.

KATE, COULD I ASK YOU TO PULL THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE CLOSER TO YOU? OF COURSE. IS THAT BETTER? MUCH BETTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. SO I JUST WANT TO START WITH SORT OF WHERE WE ARE.

OVER TEN YEARS AGO, SUMMIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS PETITIONED TO OPEN A COUNTY WIDE CHARTER SCHOOL ALONG THE 101 CORRIDOR BECAUSE OF THE VERY REASONS THAT PARENTS HAVE HAVE SHARED WITH YOU ALL OVER THIS PAST MONTH.

THE LACK OF A PUBLIC MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL OPTIONS IS ACUTE.

THE PUBLIC SCHOOL THAT COULD PROVIDE A SMALL SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT WITH A PERSONALIZED LEARNING MODEL, APPLYING THE LEARNING SCIENCE TO A PROJECT BASED CURRICULUM WITH ONE ON ONE MENTORSHIP DID NOT EXIST.

FAMILIES CAME TO US IN SEARCH OF THIS SCHOOL BECAUSE SUMMIT HAD A MODEL THAT WAS DOING WELL IN OTHER PARTS OF THE BAY AREA.

TOGETHER. WE WANTED TO REPLICATE OUR SCHOOL MODEL, AND SO WE MAPPED OUT A PATHWAY TO DO THAT.

TO SAY THAT THIS PATHWAY HAS BEEN ROCKY WOULD BE A MASSIVE UNDERSTATEMENT.

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WE'VE BEEN CHALLENGED AT EVERY TURN TO OVERCOME STRUCTURAL BARRIERS AND OBSTACLES, AND TOGETHER WITH OUR FAMILIES AND TEACHERS, HAVE INVESTED TIME, ENERGY AND DOLLARS INTO CREATING A SCHOOL WHERE ALL STUDENTS COULD THRIVE.

DENALI HAS SHOWN US ALL WHAT EDUCATION CAN BE.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS MOMENT THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW SO INCREDIBLY HARD.

WHAT WE'VE LEARNED AND WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS EVENING ARE THE DEEPLY SAD REASONS WHY WE BELIEVE IT'S BECOME UNSUSTAINABLE FOR US TO CONTINUE THIS SPECIAL SCHOOL BEYOND THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR UP FRONT THAT AS WE TALK ABOUT A BUDGET GAP, THE REVENUE CHALLENGES AND SPENDING PRESSURES WE IDENTIFY ARE NOT ONE TIME ISSUES.

IF THAT WERE TRUE, WE WOULD NOT BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION TODAY.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STRUCTURAL ISSUES AND PROJECTIONS THAT WILL PREVENT US FROM RUNNING THIS VERY SCHOOL MOVING FORWARD.

IF WE COULD GO AHEAD TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SEE. MAKE SURE WE'RE THE RIGHT ONE.

YEP. SO DURING FINALE'S TEN YEAR HISTORY, IT HAS ALWAYS HAD A BUDGET DEFICIT.

THE SUMMIT HOME OFFICE HAS PROVIDED FUNDS TO CLEAR DENALI DEFICIT EVERY YEAR.

WE'VE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO CLOSE IT AND TO PUT DENALI ON A SUSTAINABLE PATH.

AS STAFF HAVE SHARED, DENALI PROJECTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR ARE THAT IT WILL REQUIRE A $4.5 MILLION INVESTMENT TO STAY OPEN.

THE SUMMIT HOME OFFICE CASH RESERVES WILL LIKELY BE 5 TO 6 MILLION.

IN FY 2324.

AND SO THE HOME OFFICE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS INVESTMENT.

SUMMIT AND DENALI LEADERSHIP TEAMS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO IDENTIFY A PATHWAY TO SECURING FUNDS FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR INTO THE FUTURE.

OVER THE PAST OF THE OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST FOUR WEEKS WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH OUR EDUCATION PARTNERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THIS REALITY HAS NOT CHANGED.

DENALI DOES NOT HAVE A PATHWAY TO FINANCIAL VIABILITY FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH A PATHWAY, OUR BOARD ANTICIPATES HAVING TO CLOSE DENALI AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

A VERY SPECIFIC SERIES OF FINANCIAL ISSUES WHEN TAKEN TOGETHER, PUT DENALI IN AN UNFORTUNATE AND UNIQUE SITUATION.

I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ED NOW TO WALK THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THESE ISSUES.

GREAT. THANK YOU, KATE.

AND CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? SO SOMEONE HAS BEEN MONITORING THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF DENALI SINCE ITS OPENING.

IT IS NOT UNCOMMON TO HAVE STARTUP COSTS WHEN OPENING A NEW SCHOOL.

HOWEVER, AS MY COLLEAGUE KATE HAS MENTIONED, THERE'S BEEN A CONFLUENCE OF FACTORS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO MORE THAN THE TYPICAL SUPPORT FOR A NEW SCHOOL.

OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE OPERATIONAL GRANT SUPPORT FOR DENALI HAS GENERALLY BEEN INCREASING, THOUGH BUFFERED IN 20 TO 21 AND 20 2122 THROUGH ONE TIME COVID FUNDING.

THE CURRENT 2223 FISCAL YEAR IS THE LARGEST OPERATIONAL CONTRIBUTION EVER AT $3.8 MILLION.

AND THE FORECAST NEED FOR THE OPERATIONAL SUPPORT IS $4.5 MILLION FOR 2324.

AND IN THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE JUST A GENERAL HISTORY OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO DENALI.

AGAIN, MOST OF THESE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE SOURCED EITHER THROUGH PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS OR THROUGH PUBLIC BOND FINANCING.

AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S CLOSE TO $45 MILLION THERE.

CAN I GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? THIS HERE SHOWS JUST THE TREND LINE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AND THE FORECAST OF THE HOME OFFICE OPERATIONAL SUPPORT, AGAIN, SOLELY BASED ON OPERATIONAL SUPPORT.

AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS SUPPORT IS ONLY FORECASTED TO GROW WITH THE DIP BEING PRIMARILY ATTRIBUTED TO THE INFUSION OF ONE TIME COVID FUND SUPPORT.

CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THERE ARE EFFECTIVELY SIX DIFFERENT VARIABLES ON AND DRIVERS WILL CALL THEM AS IT RELATES TO THE SORT OF FINANCIAL CHALLENGES FOR DENALI.

I'LL GO THROUGH THEM HIGH LEVEL AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AS WE MOVE ALONG HERE.

BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE SEE THESE EFFECTIVELY AS EITHER A STRUCTURAL KIND OF VARIABLE OR A NON STRUCTURAL VARIABLE.

THE STRUCTURAL THINGS ARE THINGS THAT ARE OUT OF OUR CONTROL AND THE NON STRUCTURAL ONES ARE THINGS THAT WE DO HAVE CONTROL OVER.

THE FIRST TWO THERE IS THE ENROLLMENT GAP TO FULL CAPACITY.

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THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT OF DENALI IS AROUND 638.

AGAIN, THE TARGET THERE IS 725.

SO WE ARE NEARLY 100 STUDENTS SHORT OF OUR TARGET OF FULL CAPACITY.

AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO HAVE CONTROL OVER.

AGAIN, THERE ARE A LOT OF MACRO HEADWINDS TO THAT.

NUMBER TWO IS FACILITIES.

IN ORDER TO SERVE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE WANT TO, WE'VE HAD TO PROCURE TWO DIFFERENT SETS OF FACILITIES.

THAT IS THE ONLY SCHOOL IN OUR NETWORK THAT HAS TWO FACILITIES FOR ONE LEA.

AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE LAST FOUR VARIABLES THERE THAT ARE SOME DEEP STRUCTURAL DEFICIT CHALLENGES FOR US, UNDERFUNDED STUDENT SERVICES, LOWER FUNDING RATES RELATIVE TO OUR PEER SCHOOLS.

AGAIN, THIS IS EVEN WITHIN THE NETWORK.

BUT IF WE THROW IN EVEN OUR PEER DISTRICT SCHOOLS, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.

AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS SORT OF IN AN INEQUITABLE FUNDING STRUCTURE THAT I THINK SHOULD BE A CONTINUED DIALOG AS PART OF THIS, WHERE SOME OF OUR PRESCHOOLS WILL RECEIVE 50 TO 60% MORE STATE APPORTIONED FUNDING THAN OUR SCHOOLS.

I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.

AND THE LAST TWO ITEMS THERE IS MIDDLE SCHOOLS, ACCORDING TO THE STATE FUNDING FORMULA, ARE FUNDED ROUGHLY AT TO 20% LESS FUNDING PER ADA.

AND OF WHICH, OUR DENALI CAMPUS HAS AN ADDITIONAL GRADE OF MIDDLE SCHOOL RELATIVE TO OUR PEER SCHOOLS IN THE AREA.

AND LASTLY, THE INELIGIBILITY OF STATE FACILITY FUNDING, WHICH IS SB 740, AGAIN, WHICH OF WHICH THE ELIGIBILITY IS DETERMINED BY THE SURROUNDING LOCALLY ZONED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF WHICH HAS SHIFTED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO RENDER DENALI IS INELIGIBLE FOR APPROXIMATELY, YOU KNOW, $750,000 IN THAT ZONE.

CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THERE? AND I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER BACK TO MY COLLEAGUE, KATE.

THANKS ED. SO.

I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ENROLLMENT CHALLENGES AND THE ENROLLMENT DECLINE AT SUMMIT DENALI.

AS ED MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, ENROLLMENT ISSUES ARE THEORETICALLY SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE CONTROL OVER.

BUT I WANT TO CONTEXTUALIZE THIS AND WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, AS I THINK ALL OF THE TRUSTEES KNOW, SCHOOLS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE STRUGGLING WITH DECLINING ENROLLMENT.

SCHOOLS IN OUR AREA ARE STRUGGLING WITH DECLINING ENROLLMENT.

AND LAST SPRING, AS WE WERE ENTERING THIS YEAR, THIS PLANNING YEAR, WE ALONG WITH SCHOOLS AROUND THE NATION, REALLY ENDEAVORED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT WAS GOING ON.

AND INITIALLY, EVERYONE WAS LOOKING AT THE COVID IMPACT.

AND THAT THAT WAS A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION IN THE AREA AND AROUND THE COUNTRY.

ENROLLMENT WAS DOWN, BUT STUDENTS WOULD COME BACK AND THEN FOLKS STARTED DIGGING DEEPER.

AND WE DID TOO, BECAUSE IT JUST DIDN'T ADD UP.

AND WE STARTED TO SEE CONFIRMATION OF A TROUBLING HYPOTHESIS, WHICH WE BEGAN TO REALIZE THAT THROUGH OUR OUR OWN RESEARCH AND THAT OF INDEPENDENT ENTITIES THAT SUPPORT CHARTER SCHOOLS, THE CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH FUND, WE STARTED TO UNDERSTAND A MORE COMPLEX PICTURE THAT THE PANDEMIC YEARS HAD REALLY MASKED.

POPULATION SHIFTS AND A DECLINING BIRTH RATE ARE GOING TO HAVE LONG TERM PERMANENT IMPACT ON OUR SUNNYVALE SCHOOLS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY HAD TO LOOK TO SANTA CLARA UNIFIED, WHICH IS ONE OF THE PREDOMINANT FEEDER SCHOOLS DISTRICTS TO DENALI MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHO STARTED THIS YEAR IN THEIR BUDGET PROCESS, WONDERING WHERE THE STUDENTS WERE, BUT IN DECEMBER ALSO REPORTED OUT THEIR BELIEF AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THE STUDENTS WERE NOT GOING TO BE COMING.

THEY SAW PRECIPITOUS DROP IN STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN, WHICH LEADS US TO UNDERSTAND WHERE STUDENTS WILL BE COMING FROM FOR US ULTIMATELY . IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND THIS HERE IS JUST A REPRESENTATION.

I KNOW THAT THIS WAS A QUESTION AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING WHERE OUR DENALI STUDENTS WERE COMING FROM.

SO I JUST WANTED TO REPRESENT FOR YOU ALL PICTORIALLY.

OUR STUDENTS ARE PREDOMINANTLY FREMONT, UNION HIGH SCHOOL, SUNNYVALE, AND SANTA CLARA UNIFIED.

ALL RIGHT. CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? SO HERE WE HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CLOSER LOOK AT A COUPLE OF OUR STRUCTURAL CHALLENGES.

THE GRAPH ON THE LEFT, IT SHOWS EFFECTIVELY THE RELATIVE ADDITIONAL COST THAT SOME OF DENALI

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EXPERIENCES DUE TO UNDERFUNDED STUDENT SERVICES COMPARED TO OUR PEER SCHOOLS.

SO IT IS A RELATIVE COST ADDED COST.

AND YOU CAN SEE THERE IT'S APPROXIMATELY THREE QUARTERS OF $1,000,000.

SO THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE AS DEEP IN THIS WAY AT OUR OTHER SCHOOLS.

THIS IS REALLY SPECIFIC TO THE SUMMIT DENALI CAMPUS.

AND ON THE RIGHT HERE, WE HAVE THE EFFECTIVELY, THE WAY THAT THE STATE FUNDING FORMULA WORKS IS DICTATED BY THE DUPLICATED COUNT.

I THINK THE BOARD IN THE PUBLIC MAY KNOW THAT OR MAY NOT KNOW THAT, BUT DUE TO SOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS AS WELL AS, AGAIN, JUST THE DEMOGRAPHIC NATURE OF THAT SCHOOL COMMUNITY, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, COMPARED TO OUR NETWORK PEER SCHOOLS, IT HAS A LOWER FRL STUDENT PERCENTAGE AND RELATIVELY SPEAKING COSTS.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY $900,000 OF REVENUE THAT IS NOT RECEIVED COMPARED TO OUR PEER SCHOOLS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE COMPARISON RELATIVE TO HOW EXPENSIVE IT IS FOR US TO OPERATE THIS CAMPUS COMPARED TO OTHER PEER SCHOOLS.

CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS SOME OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES AND THEIR COSTS OVER TIME.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT GROUPS THERE BY SERVICE TYPE AS WELL AS THE TOTAL COSTS.

AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT LOST ON ANYONE HERE THAT THE INCREASE IN THE STUDENT SERVICES DIRECTLY CORRELATES TO THE PANDEMIC. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE SEEN, IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN A REALLY DEEP NEED IN MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE INCREASED PLACEMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN SOME OF OUR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PLACEMENTS.

BUT HOPEFULLY THIS GIVES YOU A SENSE OF SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL IMPACT THAT WE'VE SEEN.

AGAIN, THAT SOME OF THE KEY DRIVERS HERE HAVE BEEN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, THE TYPE OF SERVICES THAT ARE RECEIVED BY THOSE STUDENTS AS WELL AS THE INCREASED COST OF THOSE SERVICES.

AND I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A LITTLE BIT OF A STRUCTURAL CHALLENGE FOR A LOT OF SCHOOL SCHOOLS IN THE AREA AND IS JUST IS FILLING ANY KIND OF OPEN POSITIONS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.

AND IN THE INABILITY TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS, YOU OFTEN HAVE TO CONTRACT OUT THOSE SERVICES.

AND OFTENTIMES THOSE SERVICES CAN BE DOUBLE THE AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY FOR THAT KIND OF SERVICE.

SO THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE'VE SEEN HERE.

CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR OTHER TWO STRUCTURAL CHALLENGES.

THE ONE OF THE GRAPH ON THE LEFT SHOWS, AGAIN, IT'S A RELATIVE ADDITIONAL COST OR REVENUE LOSS, IF YOU WILL, TO COMPARED TO OTHER PURE SCHOOLS IN OUR NETWORK.

THE FACT THAT DENALI HAS A SIX GRADE OR JUST THE ONLY SIX GRADE THAT WE SERVE IN THE BAY AREA, IT DOES.

YOU KNOW, THE TRANSLATION THERE IS BECAUSE THAT IS FUNDED LESS BY THE STATE.

WE DO RECEIVE NEARLY $200,000 LESS IN FUNDING THAN IF THAT WERE SIMILAR TO SOME OF OUR OTHER PEER SCHOOL FUNDING RATES THERE. AND ON THE RIGHT HERE, WE HAVE THE STATE FACILITY FUNDING AND ELIGIBILITY.

SO UP UNTIL 2021, WE HAD RECEIVED SB 740 DUE TO DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS THAT ARE OUT OF OUR CONTROL IN OUR LOCALLY ZONED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

FROM 21-22, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS FROM THE STATE.

AGAIN, THAT'S ON THE ORDER OF $750,000, YOU KNOW, LOSS IN REVENUE.

CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? THIS IS.

MAYBE A LITTLE BIT NUANCE TO UNDERSTAND HERE, BUT THAT TOP LINE HERE IN YELLOW IS EFFECTIVELY A THEORETICAL KIND OF A BUDGET NET INCOME OR NET DEFICIT OR SURPLUS.

AND IF DENALI DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THESE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY STRUCTURAL BUT ALSO NON STRUCTURAL KIND OF CHALLENGES, WE WOULD ESTIMATE THE DEFICIT TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AT ROUGHLY A $500,000 DEFICIT ROUGHLY, WHICH WE BELIEVE IS ACHIEVABLE AND WOULD LEAD TO A PATH FORWARD.

HOWEVER, IF YOU SEE BELOW, WE HAVE THE STRUCTURAL AND THE NON STRUCTURAL DRIVERS AND THE VARIABLES THERE AS WELL AS SOME OF THE ASSUMPTIONS

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FOR AGAIN, THIS IS FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, THE ONES THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED AS SB 740 AND SPECIAL EDUCATION TO LEAD US TO THAT $4.5 MILLION DEFICIT PROJECTED.

CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE CONSIDERED AND TO BE CLEAR, WE WANT TO KEEP THE SCHOOL OPEN.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THAT IS THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE COMMUNICATE THAT CLEARLY.

AND AS SUCH, WE HAVE DILIGENTLY EXPLORED SOME OTHER OPTIONS, SUCH AS THE ONES THAT YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE, INCLUDING FULLY ENROLLING THE SCHOOL. THAT'S HARD TO DO IN ONE YEAR IS THE TRUTH, GIVEN THE GAPS IN DIFFERENT GRADES OR, YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE SEATS WE HAVE IN DIFFERENT GRADES TO CREATE A VIRTUAL PROGRAM.

WE'RE NOT SURE THAT WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO ACTUALLY RUN A SUCCESSFUL VIRTUAL PROGRAM TO SLOWLY WIND DOWN THE SCHOOL.

AGAIN, THAT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE KIND OF OPTION THERE TO IS.

AND I WOULD ALSO INCLUDE MAYBE THAT'S THE ONE UNDERNEATH THAT IS TO CLOSE ONLY THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN FAMILIES ARE AWARE THAT THERE'S A FINANCIAL DEEP FINANCIAL ISSUE HERE, WE HAVE TO START MODELING OUT SCENARIOS WHERE ONLY THE SORT OF TERMINAL GRADE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE 11TH GRADERS AND MAYBE THE SEVENTH GRADERS ARE ACTUALLY ENROLLED.

AND WE NEED TO DEEPLY DISCOUNT ALL THE OTHER GRADES SO THAT ONES BECOME EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TO OPEN AND UTILIZE A LINE OF CREDIT.

I THINK THE CHARTER TEAM HERE MIGHT SHARE MORE, BUT WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH THEM AND WE SOME OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS CURRENTLY, NUMBER ONE, DOES NOT HAVE A LINE OF CREDIT.

SO AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, THAT IS THAT IS NOT AN OPTION.

THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE EXPLORING A LINE OF CREDIT FOR REALLY TWO REASONS.

ONE IS WITH SORT OF A POTENTIAL RECESSION KIND OF ON THE CUSP OR SORT OF IN AND OUT OF IT.

WE WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF PLANNING FOR ANY STATE DEFERRALS, AGAIN, WHICH THE STATE HAS USED AS A TOOL FOR RECESSIONARY TIMES.

SO THAT OFTEN RESULTS IN KIND OF UNEVEN CASH FLOWS FOR SCHOOLS.

AGAIN, THAT'S A VERY COMMON PRACTICE THAT A LOT OF OUR OTHER SCHOOLS IN YOUR PORTFOLIO ACTUALLY HAVE, AS WELL AS A TOOL.

SO THAT'S NOT AN UNUSUAL PRACTICE.

AND NUMBER TWO, AS IT RELATES TO THERE'S A COMPLEXITY WITH THE FINANCING OF THE NOT THE DENALI HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING, GIVEN THAT IT IS PUBLICLY THAT WE HAVE PUBLIC BONDS ISSUED FOR THAT.

SO IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR BONDHOLDERS.

IT FEELS PRUDENT TO POTENTIALLY HAVE THAT AS KIND OF A TOOL IN THE BACKGROUND.

BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE HOPEFULLY NO PLANS TO USE IT.

PHILANTHROPY AND GRANTS.

AGAIN, WE ESTIMATE QUITE A LARGE ENDOWMENT TO POTENTIALLY KEEP THIS SCHOOL GOING.

AND THAT IS NOT A SMALL FEAT.

ONGOING SCHOOL LEVEL FUNDRAISING.

AND WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH OUR FAMILIES.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHILE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GREAT WORK TO GET, YOU KNOW, SOME FINANCIAL PLEDGES AMONG A LOT OF THE PARENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, I THINK WE STRUGGLE WITH WHAT HAS BEEN PLEDGED AND WHAT THE GAP IS.

IT'S STILL FEELS QUITE, QUITE LARGE RELATIVE TO WHAT HAS BEEN PLEDGED AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME.

AND I'LL PASS IT BACK TO KATE.

THANK YOU. BUT IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

BEFORE I BEFORE I SORT OF GO INTO THIS ONE THING THAT I DO JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT I THINK IS CLEAR ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT ED HAS TALKED ABOUT.

AND YOU CAN START TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND ONCE, ONCE YOU'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THESE DRIVERS AND FACTORS TOGETHER, THE WAY THAT THEY'RE SO INTERRELATED.

I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ENROLLMENT AND WE TALK ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SB 740 FUNDING, THOSE PIECES ARE DIRECTLY CONNECTED. IT'S WHY WE WE CAN'T EXPECT THAT THAT MONEY THAT WAS ONCE AVAILABLE IS LIKELY TO RETURN BECAUSE OF THESE POPULATION SHIFTS, BECAUSE OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS AND TO THE OVERALL STUDENT POPULATION.

SO I JUST WANTED TO TIE THAT THREAD A LITTLE BIT AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT.

BUT I WANTED TO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH WE'VE BEEN ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT HAS BEEN DONE SO FAR, WHAT WHAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO.

OUR PRIORITY REALLY HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, TO TALK OPENLY ABOUT WHERE WE ARE.

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WE'VE REALLY BEEN PRIORITIZING, SHARING INFORMATION WITH OUR FAMILIES AND WITH OUR FACULTY.

THERE'S TWO, TWO BIG, BIG BUCKETS OF INFORMATION THERE, REALLY AROUND DENALI FINANCIAL PICTURE.

WE'VE REALLY, REALLY DOVE IN ON AND THEN TRANSITION INFORMATION SO THAT FAMILIES DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN.

WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.

THE SCHOOL EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS CARISSA LAURA AS LONG SORRY, AS WELL AS OUR TEAM MEMBERS HERE AND MYSELF, DIANE AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH FAMILIES AND HAVING ONE ON ONE CONVERSATIONS.

OUR BOARD HELD A SPECIAL MEETING TO MAKE SPACE FOR THE DENALI COMMUNITY TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON JANUARY 23RD.

AND WE REALLY DO. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS THIS WHOLE SITUATION IS REALLY COMPLEX.

THERE ARE A LOT OF DOCUMENTS TO LOOK AT.

THERE'S THERE'S ACTUALLY SO MUCH INFORMATION PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.

ONCE YOU DIVE INTO THE DOCUMENTS AND BUDGET DOCUMENTS AND OUR OBJECTIVE HAS REALLY BEEN TO TRY AND HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT INFORMATION CONTAINS AND SO THAT WE CAN HAVE REALLY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS AND WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE INFORMATION AVAILABLE AND ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

ON THE TRANSITION FRONT, WE HAVE REALLY BEEN TRYING TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER SCHOOLS.

YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF OTHER CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE AREA HAVE CONNECTED WITH US.

THERE ARE FOLKS ON SITE AT BOTH THE DENALI CAMPUSES WHO ARE THE POINT PEOPLE TO CONNECT FAMILIES WITH THOSE OTHER SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS OUR OTHER SUMMIT CAMPUSES THAT HAVE HAD OPEN HOUSES AND SHADOWED DAYS SPECIFICALLY FOR DENALI FAMILIES.

AND SO WITH THAT, I DO ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I APPRECIATE AND THANK THE SCCOE STAFF.

WE'VE REALLY HAD A, YOU KNOW, REALLY PRODUCTIVE WORKING MEETINGS WITH THEM OVER THE COURSE OF THESE PAST FEW WEEKS AND HAVE REALLY APPRECIATED THEIR COMMITMENT TO UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING.

I THINK IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THAT CONCLUDES WHAT WE HAD TO PRESENT THIS EVENING AND WE'RE OPEN TO QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.

BEFORE WE BEGIN WITH QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES, WE WILL HEAR FROM ANY PUBLIC COMMENTERS.

MODERATOR DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM? YES, WE HAVE 16 CARDS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

16? CORRECT 16 THANK YOU.

MODERATOR. THE SCCBOE STRIVES TO MAINTAIN A RESPECTFUL AND CIVIL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE CONDUCT OF ITS MEETINGS.

PLEASE PRESENT THE TWO MINUTE TIMER.

THE TIMER IS DISPLAYED WHEN THE ALLOTTED TIME IS UP, THE BUZZER WILL SOUND, YOU WILL BE MUTED AND YOUR TIME TO SPEAK WILL END.

SPEAKERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO AVOID REPEATING COMMENTS MADE BY OTHER SPEAKERS.

SPEAKERS MAY CHOOSE TO SIMPLY STATE THEIR AGREEMENT WITH THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER.

MODERATOR PLEASE BEGIN.

THANK YOU. AS YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, PLEASE LINE UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE BACK AREA.

THE FIRST FIVE SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE AND PLEASE EXCUSE THE MISPRONUNCIATION.

NANCY [INAUDIBLE] LEE OR LEI [INAUDIBLE] JUSTIN KIM, SEAN [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] OLIVER.

PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NANCY.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEES.

AND THANK YOU.

DR. DEWAN.

I AM A PARENT OF A 10TH GRADER WHO HAS BEEN WITH SUMMIT FOR THE THIS IS OUR FIFTH YEAR.

EXCUSE ME. I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS I DON'T LIKE PUBLIC SPEAKING.

DIANE, I WANT TO ADDRESS YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR STARTING THE SCHOOL.

IT WAS A LIFESAVER FOR US, AND WE DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

THERE ARE MANY PARENTS I WANT TO TELL YOU.

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AND BECAUSE OF THIS NEWS, WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE MANY PARENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS AND WE ARE GOING WITHOUT SPECIAL NEEDS SERVICES FOR YEARS.

EVEN SERVICES THAT ARE WRITTEN IN IEPS AND 504 DOCUMENTS.

PLEASE REVISIT WHAT SUMMIT MANAGEMENT IS CLAIMING IS BEING OVERSPENT ON THESE SERVICES.

PARENTS GO WITHOUT SERVICES NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE STUPID OR NAIVE, BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE, THEY VALUE THE PROGRESS THAT OUR KIDS ARE MAKING IN SPITE OF LACK OF OR NONEXISTENT SERVICES.

THERE'S A SCHOOL WITH WITH VERY VALUABLE TEACHERS AND VERY KIND HEARTED PEOPLE WHO WHO WANT THE KIDS TO THRIVE.

AND THAT MEANS A LOT.

THERE'S A SCHOOL I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT'S CALLED CHIME INSTITUTE, WHO HAS THE PARENTS WRITE OFF THEIR CHILDREN'S SERVICES.

BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE THRIVING, THE PARENTS ARE HAPPILY WRITING OFF.

WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT TOO.

WE'LL WRITE OFF OUR RIGHTS, BUT TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO HELP THIS PROCESS.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS [INAUDIBLE]? PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME TO BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HELLO, TRUSTEES AND BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS LEE MORETTI, AND I WOULD LIKE TO READ A LETTER THAT MY SON HAS WRITTEN.

DEAR SUMMIT PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD AND THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

MY NAME IS GUY MORETTI, AND I AM A SIXTH GRADER.

I HAD SUCH A TERRIBLE TIME IN FIFTH GRADE WITH BULLYING AND A TEACHER WHO DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ME.

I DIDN'T FEEL SAFE BEING MYSELF.

I DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO START SIXTH GRADE, BUT MY PARENTS TOOK ME TO SUMMIT DENALI.

SUMMIT PROMISED ME SOME THINGS THAT ARE SUPER IMPORTANT.

THEY PROMISED ME THAT I WOULD BE IN A MENTOR CLASS WITH THE SAME GROUP OF KIDS AND A TEACHER MENTOR FOR THREE WHOLE YEARS.

THEY PROMISED ME THAT THIS WOULD BECOME MY MENTOR FAMILY SUMMIT PROMISED ME THE TEACHERS WOULD LISTEN TO ME AND ACTUALLY SEE ME FOR WHO I REALLY AM AND HELP ME.

THE TEACHERS ACTUALLY KNOW WHO I AM.

THE STUDENTS GET TO WORK TOGETHER AND THAT IS AWESOME.

SUMMIT PROMISED ME THAT I WOULD FEEL SAFE AND I DID.

BUT THEN LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AFTER I STARTED IT, DENALI SUMMIT DROPPED ANVILS ON THE HEADS OF ALL OF THE DENALI STUDENTS AND TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY BROKE THEIR PROMISES AND THEY WERE CLOSING THE SCHOOL.

THERE WAS NO WARNING AND WE WERE TOTALLY DEVASTATED.

WE ARE CONFUSED, SAD, AND ALSO ANGRY.

SUMMIT SAYS THEIR PHILOSOPHY IS TO, QUOTE, GIVE STUDENTS AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY LIKE NO OTHER AND TO SUPPORT THE WHOLE STUDENT THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DAY.

SUMMIT SAYS THAT THEY PUT STUDENTS FIRST, END QUOTE.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE AT DENALI.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE MONEY PROBLEMS AND THEY ARE HUGE AND VERY COMPLICATED.

BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT SUMMIT OWES IT TO US TO WORK HARDER AND TRY ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO FIND A SOLUTION.

I AM NOT NAIVE AND I KNOW THIS SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF SMART PEOPLE ON BOTH EDUCATION BOARDS AND SMART PARENTS WHO CAN DO THE VERY HARD WORK TO FIX.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JUSTIN KIM.

PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, CLEARLY, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU MAY BEGIN.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JUSTIN KIM.

I AM THE EIGHTH GRADE HISTORY TEACHER AT SUMMIT K2 MIDDLE SCHOOL IN EL CERRITO.

I AM ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF UNITE SUMMIT, AND I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE TEACHERS OF UNITE SUMMIT, AS WELL AS THE TEACHERS AT DENALI.

UNITE SUMMIT HAS LONG BEEN ASKING FOR TRANSPARENCY AND COOPERATION FROM SUMMIT PUBLIC SCHOOL MANAGEMENT.

THE TEACHERS OF UNITE SUMMIT UNIONIZED AS MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS IN THE INTEREST OF THE STABILITY OF OUR SCHOOLS.

WE HAVE BANDED TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT SCHOOL CONDITIONS WERE OPTIMAL FOR STUDENTS, FOR TEACHERS AND FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.

WE ARE SUMMIT'S PARTNERS AS RECOGNIZED BY THE TEACHERS, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND SUMMIT VIA OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.

UNFORTUNATELY, MUCH OF THE OPTIMISM WITH WHICH WE ENTERED THIS YEAR HAS DISSIPATED FROM SUMMIT NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO WORK WITH UNITE SUMMIT.

ISSUES HAVE ESCALATED TO SUMMITS SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THEY WILL CLOSE THE SCHOOLS AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

WE COME HERE, WE COME WITH DEMANDS IN THIS PUBLIC FORUM REGARDING THE PLANS TO CLOSE THE GNARLY HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

FIRST SUMMIT MUST PROVIDE ASSURANCES AND STABILITY TO OUR TEACHERS, THEIR TEACHERS.

UNITE SUMMIT HAS PROPOSED MANY WAYS SPS CAN DO THIS, AND SUMMIT NEEDS TO TAKE OUR PROPOSALS SERIOUSLY.

THIS IS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF PRESERVING AND PROTECTING OUR DEDICATED TEACHERS OF DENALI HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

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SECOND SUMMIT MUST PROVIDE TRANSPARENT AND TIMELY DATA AND INFORMATION TO OUR COMMUNITY, STAFF AND FAMILIES REGARDING THE FINANCES AND RATIONALE FOR THE ENDING OF FUNDING TO DENALI. IT IS THE RIGHT OF THE PUBLIC, FAMILIES AND TEACHERS TO RECEIVE THE INFORMATION REGARDING ALL RELEVANT DECISIONS MADE LEADING UP TO THE CLOSING OF THESE SCHOOLS.

LAST SUMMIT CONTINUES TO HOLD BOARD MEETINGS AT INACCESSIBLE TIMES AND DATES FOR STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND TEACHERS.

SUMMIT MUST SHOW RESPECT AND CONSIDERATION TO THEIR STAKEHOLDERS IN IMPORTANT SUMMIT DECISIONS, FINANCIAL MATTERS AND INFORMATIONAL REPORTS.

THE BOARD NEEDS TO MOVE THEIR MEETINGS TO BE TRANSPARENT, OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SEAN [INAUDIBLE]? PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME TO BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

MY NAME IS SHAWN [INAUDIBLE].

I LOVE DIANA'S BOOK, AND I KIND OF CAME TO THE SCHOOL BECAUSE IT OFFERED SOME DIFFERENT VIBE COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE SCHOOLS.

THIS DISCLAIMER IS JUST TO TELL THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY PERSONAL AGENDA.

I'M HERE. BECAUSE I'M HERE TO ASK SOME OF THE NOT SO EASY QUESTIONS.

I REPRESENT THE VOICE OF 677 PARENTS THROUGH THIS AS A VOLUNTEER TO BE THE CO CHAIR OF SUMMIT DENALI PARENT ORGANIZATION.

MAYBE LATER, IF I AM ALLOWED, I WOULD ALLOW TO SPEAK FOR MORE TIME.

SO I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF SPECIALIST PARENTS WHO ARE GOING TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY.

BUT MY QUESTIONS ARE FROM A COMMON MAN, AN ENTREPRENEUR WHO UNDERSTAND A BIT OF EVERYTHING.

SO YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK, WE SEE THIS AT ALL PLACES.

SO AS A RESIDENT OF YOURS, I THINK I HAVE RIGHTS TO ASK SUMMIT WHO IS TAKING THAT IN SOME OTHER FORM.

IF IT WAS MY COUNTRY, NOT NOT SURE WHETHER I HAVE THIS DEMOCRACY.

SAME LEVEL OF DEMOCRACY.

I CAN ASK THIS. I TRUST AMERICA.

I CAME HERE TO LIVE A DREAM LIFE.

SO I'M HERE ASKING BOESCCOE AS WELL AS SUMMIT TO COME UP WITH AN IMMEDIATE ACTIONS TO COME OUT OF THIS CONUNDRUM FOR OUR LONG TIME.

SO OUR QUESTIONS ARE VERY SIMPLE.

SO WE ARE STILL NOT ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE UNIQUE SITUATIONS WHICH IS PUTTING SUMMIT DENALI ALONE INTO THIS AND WHY LINE OF CREDIT ALREADY PROVIDED A BANK FOR $10 MILLION IS NOT APPROVED AND RATIFIED.

WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM SUMMIT BOARD AND [INAUDIBLE] UNTIL RECENTLY.

WHY DENALI ALONE IS SET UP A HIGH PROJECTION WITH RESPECT TO ENROLLMENT COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE NETWORK.

AND IT'S ABOUT THE BUILDING SALE.

SO WHAT CHART FOR SALE? HOW WOULD THIS DETERMINE? SO SUMMIT IS REPORTING THAT THERE IS AN ASSUMPTION THAT IT COULD BE A SHORTFALL SALE.

AND WE SEE THAT THERE IS A 14.5 PERCENTAGE PAYOUT TO THE SUMMIT HOME OFFICE FROM THE DENALI, WHICH IS ACCORDING TO 908,009 $900,000 OUT OF THE LAST YEAR'S 6.4 MILLION, WHICH CAME AS THE REVENUE LCF OF REVENUE.

AND ALSO SUMMIT'S INITIAL COMMUNICATION SAID THEY HAVE ONLY HOME OFFICE CASH RESERVES 5 TO 6 MILLION.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS [INAUDIBLE] OLIVER.

PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEES, AND THANK YOU FOR SUMMIT PUBLIC SCHOOL HOME OFFICE FOR ATTENDING.

MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] OLIVER.

I'M A PARENT OF A SEVENTH GRADER.

I AS A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR MYSELF IN THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL.

I DO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY OF NUANCES AND ALL THE DRIVERS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, BUT THIS SADDENS ME TO SAY, BUT A LOT OF THE FORECASTING COULD HAVE BEEN PREDICTABLE AND YOU COULD HAVE YOU JUST HAD SO MANY MISSED OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARENTS.

IF THIS HAD STARTED TWO YEARS AGO, WE COULD HAVE STARTED AN ENDOWMENT AND DONE A LOT OF GROUNDWORK FOR POTENTIAL RESTRUCTURING OF THIS BUDGETARY DEFICIENCIES.

A LOT OF THE STRUCTURAL THINGS ARE BUILDING INVESTMENT AND LEASE, WHICH YOU ARE GOING TO EARN BACK WITH THE SALE OF THE BUILDING.

I KNOW IT'S PART OF A BOND SYSTEM, BUT LET'S LET'S BE REAL HERE.

LOOKING AT YOUR FINANCIALS, WE ARE A SACRIFICIAL LAMB.

THAT'S WHAT SUMMIT DENALI IS TO FEED YOUR INTER ENROLLED SCHOOLS AT TAHOMA AND REDWOOD CITY.

AND THAT'S THE DIRECTION YOU'RE GOING.

IT'S ALREADY A DECISION THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MADE.

AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS HASN'T TAKEN A VOTE YET, BECAUSE THEN WE COULD IF IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSED, LET US KNOW NOW, BECAUSE NOW ALL OF THE PRIVATE SCHOOL DEADLINES ARE COMPLETE.

WE'RE ON WAITING LISTS FOR OTHER CHARTER SCHOOLS.

WE HAVE PEOPLE CALLING US, ARE YOU GOING TO ATTEND OUR SCHOOL NEXT YEAR? AND WE CAN'T EVEN GIVE THEM AN ANSWER BECAUSE YOUR BOARD REFUSES TO TAKE ACTION AND JUST DRAW THIS OUT.

WHEREAS AGAIN, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A WONDERFUL WAY TO UNITE OUR COMMUNITY BY SAVING DENALI.

BUT IT'S TOO LATE.

AND THAT IS EXTREMELY DISHEARTENING.

YOU ARE NOT HERE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND I WILL NOT ENROLL MY SON INTO ANOTHER SUMMIT SCHOOL.

OUR NEXT GROUP OF SPEAKERS.

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AS YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, PLEASE LINE UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE BACK AREA.

OUR NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE NILA SEAN, DELILAH ROJAS.

JAMES [INAUDIBLE] NILA PRIEST.

PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME TO BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HI, I'M MILA AND I COME FROM SIXTH GRADE FROM SUMMIT DENALI.

I REALLY LOVE SUMMIT FOR WHAT IT IS, AND ESPECIALLY THE FUN EVENTS AND TRADITIONS, WHICH IS WHAT MAKES THE SCHOOL REALLY UNIQUE, LIKE EXPEDITIONS THAT HELP PEOPLE CHOOSE AND LEARN THEIR FUTURE CAREERS.

AND THEN OLYMPICS, WHICH IS SUPER FUN.

I LOVE THAT THEY TAUGHT US HOW TO DO SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING AND I LOVE THAT THEY LIKE HAVE THESE THINGS LIKE MENTOR TIMES AND STUFF. AND I WILL LIKE, MISS THE SCHOOL BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE REALLY DEVASTATING TO LEARN THAT SUMMIT DENALI WAS COMING TO A CLOSURE AND A LOT OF TEACHERS THERE WERE ALSO UPSET AND A LOT OF STUDENTS WERE THERE ALSO.

AND SUMMIT IS REALLY UNIQUE IN ALL OF OUR HEARTS.

AND IN CONCLUSION, SUMMIT IS AN AMAZING SCHOOL, AND I REALLY WANT THIS SCHOOL NOT TO CLOSE.

SO THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DALILA ROJAS.

PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME TO BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

YES, HELLO, MY NAME IS DELILAH ROJAS.

I'M A PARENT OF TWO STUDENTS AT SUMMIT DENALI.

I AM REQUESTING THE SUMMIT HOME OFFICE TO CONTINUE, QUOTE, PROVIDING ALL NECESSARY FUNDS TO DENALI, FOR WHICH IT HOLDS THE CHARTER PER THE 2012 SUMMIT FUNDING RESOLUTION.

PARENTS ARE REACHING OUT TO PARTNER WITH THE HOME OFFICE TO FIND SOLUTIONS.

PARENTS HAVE PLEDGED ADDITIONAL VOLUNTARY DONATIONS TO HELP WITH THE SHORT TERM FUNDING GAP.

PARENTS ARE ALSO SEEKING MATCHING DONATIONS FROM THEIR EMPLOYERS.

ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE A GRANT WRITING TEAM THAT IS APPLYING FOR GRANTS TO HELP WITH THE BUDGET DEFICITS.

I AM ASKING THE SUMMIT OFFICE TO KEEP DENALI OPEN FOR ONE MORE YEAR, TO FULLY INVESTIGATE ALL ALTERNATIVES WITH PARENTS TO HELP SHORE UP THE FUNDING DEFICITS AT DENALI.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JAMES BEAGLE.

PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, CLEARLY, STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS JAMES BEAGLE.

I AGREE STRONGLY WITH ALL THE PRIOR COMMENTS.

MY PERSONAL STORY IS A FATHER OF THREE DENALI STUDENTS, TWO OF WHOM HAVE GRADUATED.

ONE WAS IN THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS FROM DENALI.

MY TWO GRADUATES HAVE GONE TO UC DAVIS AND UCLA, SO I'VE SEEN THE SUCCESS OF THE SUMMIT SYSTEM AND DENALI IN PARTICULAR.

AND I CURRENTLY HAVE A STUDENT ENROLLED IN THE 11TH GRADE.

IT'S A HIGH CALIBER EDUCATION THAT HELPS PUT STUDENTS IN CHARGE OF THEIR OWN SUCCESS.

BUT AFTER YEARS OF UNCERTAINTY, FINDING A LOCATION FOR DENALI MOVING FROM SPOT TO SPOT, THEY FINALLY SETTLED ON SANTA LISO.

MY KIDS AND I HELPED REMODEL SEVERAL SITES DURING THAT PERIOD AND WENT THROUGH THE INSTABILITY WHEN THE SANTA LISO SITE WAS FOUND, I HELPED PERSUADE THE SUNNYVALE CITY COUNCIL TO ALLOW THAT SCHOOL TO OPEN DESPITE SOME NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC AND NOISE.

I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'VE SEEN THAT DENALI HAS DONE NOTHING BUT CONTRIBUTE TO A VERY POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE SINCE ITS OPENING.

AND NOW MY 11TH GRADER, WHO HAS OVERCOME STRESS OF THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OVER THE YEARS, NOT TO MENTION COVID AND OTHER LEARNING CHALLENGES, IS NOW FACING THAT SHE HAS TO SPEND HER 12TH GRADE IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SCHOOL, PUTTING, I WOULD SAY, HER GRADUATION AT SOME RISK.

I WANT TO THANK THE DENALI TEACHERS WHO HAVE HELPED HER THROUGH SEVERAL YEARS, AND PARTICULARLY HER CURRENT MENTOR, MR. RAMON. SO IT'S VERY DISRUPTIVE TO HER AND HER FINAL YEAR, BUT TO ALL THE DENALI STUDENTS.

AND IT IS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM THERE.

IT'S SHOCKING THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN DENALI IS TO BE CLOSED.

IF IT'S BEEN AT SUCH RISK FOR SO MANY YEARS, PARENTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED AND WE COULD HAVE HELPED.

WE MIGHT HAVE MADE OTHER PLANS.

THAT'S TRUE. BUT THIS SUDDEN ONE MONTH AGO ANNOUNCEMENT WITH NO ALTERNATIVES IS JUST TOO MUCH.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SARAH MARKS.

PLEASE STEP FORWARD.

CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN YOUR COMMENT.

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HELLO, MY NAME IS DAVID MUCOUS.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

THANK YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU. SUMMIT OF HOME OFFICE TO BEING HERE AND ANSWER MAYBE SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS.

MY SON IS A FOURTH GRADER, FOURTH YEAR AT SUMMIT STARTED SIXTH GRADE.

AND FOR HIM, THAT'S THE PERFECT AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT'S THE PERFECT SCHOOL.

SMALL COMMUNITY AND VERY SUPPORTIVE.

AND HE WANTS TO CONTINUE WITH SUMMIT.

THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE THAT HE WANTS TO GO.

MEANING THAT HE WILL HAVE TO TRAVEL ABOUT AN HOUR.

THAT'S HIS COMMITMENT NOW, IF DENALI DOESN'T STAY OPEN, HE WILL HAVE TO TAKE A TRAIN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AN HOUR IN THE MORNING AND AN HOUR BACK.

THAT'S A LOT OF STRESS ON A YOUNG STUDENT.

AND I AGREE WITH ALL THE PREVIOUS PEOPLE WHO SPOKE HERE BEFORE.

I JUST WANT TO ADD ANOTHER QUESTION.

WHAT GUARANTEES THAT MY NEXT SUMMIT SCHOOL THAT WE CHOOSE WILL STAY OPEN AND NOT BE CLOSED ONCE WE MOVE? HOW MANY CHANGES CAN MY SON TOLERATE? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AS YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, PLEASE LINE UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BEHIND THE PODIUM.

THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE SUHANI OVAL CAR.

ALYSSA KARIUS.

ANNA LANSKY.

HASSAN. AND EDUARDO IZQUIERDO.

THE FIRST SPEAKER IS SUHANI [INAUDIBLE] PLEASE STEP FORWARD.

CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] I'VE BEEN A STUDENT AT SUMMIT DENALI FOR ALMOST A YEAR BEFORE COMING TO THIS SCHOOL.

I WAS AFRAID OF BEGINNING MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT DENALI WAS THE PERFECT FIT FOR ME.

I HAVE GREAT TEACHERS.

I'M DOING VERY WELL AT SCHOOL AND I'VE MADE SOME AWESOME FRIENDS.

AND NOW I FEEL LIKE ALL THAT IS JUST BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM ME.

I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY STUDENT WHO FEELS THIS WAY.

MANY DENALI STUDENTS FEEL THIS WAY.

THIS SCHOOL TAUGHT ME TO LEARN IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MANNER.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, I WAS ORGANIZED AND SELF-RELIANT.

I'M PROUD OF THE STUDENT I'M BECOMING.

GOING INTO A PUBLIC SCHOOL I FEAR I WILL LOSE THESE CAPABILITIES THAT I'VE GAINED USING DENALI'S UNIQUE TEACHING STYLES.

I DO NOT WANT TO LOSE MY CONFIDENCE.

I DO NOT WANT TO LOSE MY FRIENDS, AND I DO NOT WANT TO LOSE MY TEACHERS.

I HOPE YOU'LL RECONSIDER CLOSING MY SCHOOL.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS ALISA KARIUS.

PLEASE STEP FORWARD, CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ELISA KARIUS AND I AM A PARENT OF TWO BEAUTIFUL LATINO CHILDREN AT SUMMIT DENALI, WHO TRAVELED 2 HOURS EVERY DAY FROM ALMADEN VALLEY TO SUNNYVALE.

THANK YOU FOR INVITING THE SUMMIT PUBLIC SCHOOL EXECUTIVES TO THIS MEETING TONIGHT.

WHILE I RECOGNIZE THE BOARD'S ABILITY TO STOP THE CLOSURE OF DENALI IS LIMITED, I THANK YOU AND YOUR SUPPORT OF SEEKING CLARITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN THE DECISION MAKING BY SUMMIT EXECUTIVES AND THEIR BOARD.

TO THE SUMMIT EXECUTIVES.

I HOPE YOU WORK MORE CLOSELY WITH THE PARENT COMMUNITY TO MAKE YOUR GOVERNANCE PROCESS ACCESSIBLE, EASY FOR PARENTS TO NAVIGATE AND TRANSPARENT.

IF GROUPS OF PEOPLE HAVE TO SPEND HOURS TRYING TO FIND YOUR INFORMATION, YOUR INFORMATION IS NOT ACCESSIBLE.

IF YOUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD DURING SCHOOL AND WORK HOURS, YOUR MEETINGS ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE.

IF YOU'RE MEETING NOTES, SLIDES AND DOCUMENTS ARE LIMITED IN SCOPE AND INFORMATION, YOU ARE NOT TRANSPARENT.

TO THE BOARD, THIS CONTINUES TO BE A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS THAT A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL THAT HAS EXCELLENT TEACHERS AND STAFF AND AN EXEMPLARY PROGRAM WHERE STUDENTS OF COLOR THRIVE AND GRADUATE AT RATES THAT ARE UNMATCHED BY YOUR SCHOOLS IN THIS COUNTY IS EVEN BEING CONSIDERED AS AN OPTION TO CLOSE.

IT IS MORE THAN THE FACT THAT STUDENTS OF COLOR GRADUATE AT A VERY HIGH RATE.

THEY GRADUATE WITH ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES ON THEIR TRANSCRIPTS.

THEY GRADUATE WITH APPLIED EXPERIENCES AND CAREER EXPLORATION AS A STANDARD IN THEIR CURRICULUM AND WITH STRONG TIES TO ADULT MENTORS, ALL OF WHICH FOSTER A HOLISTIC EDUCATION AND GIVE STUDENTS OF COLOR OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOUR SCHOOLS FAIL TO DO.

WHICH IS WHY I TRAVEL 2 HOURS FROM ALMADEN VALLEY.

YOU SHOULD ALL CONTINUE TO ASK YOURSELVES WHY YOUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS DON'T ACHIEVE THE SUCCESS.

TO SUMMIT, WITH RESPECT TO ENGAGING COMMUNITIES.

IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU JUST LISTEN TO US AS A MATTER OF PROCESS.

IT MEANS YOU ACTIVELY ENGAGE US IN HELPING TO FIND SOLUTIONS.

PLEASE REMEMBER, YOU DON'T NEED TO SAVE US.

YOU FAILED US. YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANNA LANSKY.

PLEASE STEP FORWARD.

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CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

MY NAME IS ANA LANSKY.

I'M A PARENT OF SEVENTH GRADER.

I ALREADY SPOKE LAST TIME ABOUT HOW MUCH MY SON AND I LOVE THE SCHOOL.

SO TODAY I JUST WANT TO FOCUS ON THE QUESTIONS THAT WE STILL DON'T HAVE ANSWERS TO.

PARENTS WERE ANNOUNCED ABOUT THE CLOSURE IN MID-JANUARY, SAYING THAT MANY FACTORS CAME SUDDENLY INTO EXISTENCE AND IT WAS VERY UNFORTUNATE TIMING DUE TO ENROLLMENT DEADLINES IN OTHER SCHOOLS.

WE'VE SEEN SIX FACTORS PRESENTED HERE AND NONE OF THEM WERE SUDDENLY KNOWN IN DECEMBER.

740 MIDDLE SCHOOL ADDITIONAL GRADE, EVEN ENROLLMENT WAS KNOWN IN JUNE, MAXIMUM IN AUGUST.

SO WHY THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION WASN'T TRANSPARENT TO US.

WHAT ACTIONS HAVE THEY DONE TO DRIVE ENROLLMENT UP? CERTAINLY, AS PARENTS WERE NOT INCLUDED.

THE STUDENT SERVICES IS ANOTHER BIG QUESTION.

AS YOU'VE SEEN, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT GAP IN THE SPEND ON STUDENT SERVICES IS EXPLAINED BY HAVING 18% DENALI STUDENTS NEEDING THESE SERVICES COMPARED TO 6% IN OTHER SUMMIT SCHOOLS.

WHAT MAKES DENALI SO DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY AS YOU'VE HEARD OTHER PARENTS TALKING ABOUT NOT RECEIVING A LOT OF STUDENT SERVICES SUPPORT.

IS SUNNYVALE AREA SO DIFFERENT WITH THAT PERCENT IN OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHICH JUST LOOKING FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY INTO THAT.

AND ALSO AS OTHER PARENTS MENTIONED, WE IN MIDDLE WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER OPTIONS.

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS LOOK AT OTHER SUMMIT SCHOOLS AND THEIR FATE IS ALSO ON THE QUESTION WITH IS IT LIKE ABOUT 120 STUDENTS THAT REQUIRE THIS STUDENT SERVICES AND DRIVE THE SCHOOL TO CLOSURE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE [INAUDIBLE] DO THEY HAVE SERVICES TO PROVIDE THEM, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THE HOME HAS 1.3 MILLION DEFICIT, ACCORDING TO THE SUMMIT FINANCIAL BUDGET? WE JUST ASK YOU TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS AS WELL.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HASSANI.

PLEASE STEP FORWARD.

CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS HASSAN SHARMA AND I AM FROM SUMMIT DANIELS MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND I AM A EIGHTH GRADER.

AND TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK A WORD ABOUT SUMMIT DENALI MIDDLE SCHOOL.

FIRST TIME I CAME TO SUMMIT, I THOUGHT, I WILL NOT FIT IN.

BUT THE TEACHERS WERE SO KIND TO TALK TO AND FUN TO TALK TO TOO.

AND I THOUGHT, UM I WILL NEVER MAKE FRIENDS OR LEARN NEW THINGS.

BUT OVER THE FEW DAYS I LEARNED SO MUCH THINGS I NEVER HEARD OR SEEN, AND THERE WAS SO MUCH ARTS AND CRAFTS THAT IN THIS SCHOOL THERE WERE NOT OTHER SCHOOLS.

AND I MADE SO MUCH LOTS OF FRIENDS AND I HAD FUN.

AND AFTER HEARING THE SCHOOL IS ENDING FOREVER, I WAS SO WORRIED.

NOW I HOPE THE SCHOOL WILL BE SAVE SOON.

AND THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS EDUARDO ESCUDERO.

PLEASE STEP FORWARD.

CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS LAURA ESCUDERO.

SUMMIT DENALI HAS BEEN A GREAT SCHOOL FOR MY DAUGHTER.

FOR THE LAST WEEKS, ME AND MY WIFE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR OTHER OPTIONS THAT COULD WORK OUT FOR OUR FAMILY AND HAVE NOT FIND A SCHOOL WITH THE DIVERSITY THAT SUMMIT DENALI HAS IN THE AREA. ONE OUT OF THREE STUDENTS ARE LATINO, HISPANIC.

I REPRESENT THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY.

19 OUT OF THAT 22% GRADUATE.

GRADUATION RATE IS HIGH.

I DON'T SEE A REAL REASON WHY TO CLOSE SUMMIT DENALI.

ENROLLMENT ISSUES, I FEEL THEY COULD POSSIBLY BEING SOLVED WITH PARENT AND TEACHER INVOLVEMENT.

DENALI HAS A HUGE POTENTIAL TO CREATE AND DEVELOP GREAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

SUMMIT BOARD'S NOT WILLING TO KEEP DENALI OPEN, I WANT TO ASK IF IT'S POSSIBLE.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE OR NOT THAT THE COUNTY TAKE OVER FROM THEM AND KEEP OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL OPEN.

OUR YOUNG KIDS GENERATION DESERVE TO HAVE A GOOD SCHOOL WHERE THEY ARE LISTENED AND ENCOURAGED TO SUCCEED.

I FEEL THAT THIS DECISION WAS MADE WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT THE IMPACT A SCHOOL CLOSURE CAN HAVE ON OUR KIDS.

IT FEELS LIKE IT WAS A SUDDEN DECISION AND NO CHANCE TO HELP US ALL FOR AT ANY TIME.

THE DECISION TO CLOSE DENALI WAS NOT MADE IN GOOD FAITH AT ALL, OR WITH THE STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS NOT VALUABLE TO SUMMIT.

IT FEELS WRONG THAT SUDDENLY MY DAUGHTER'S SCHOOL WILL BE GONE.

PLEASE HELP US TO KEEP DENALI OPEN, AT LEAST FOR ONE MORE YEAR IF POSSIBLE.

SO WE ALL THE STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS CAN HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO MOVE TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IF NEEDED.

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THANK YOU ALL. AS YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, PLEASE LINE UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BEHIND THE PODIUM.

THE LAST TWO SPEAKERS ARE KAREN ESCUDERO AND KIM NICHOLSON.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KAREN ESCUDERO.

PLEASE STEP FORWARD.

CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HELLO. MY NAME IS KAREN AND ESCUDERO.

I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU BECAUSE YOU NEED TO OPEN YOUR EYES AND REALIZE THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS NOT RIGHT.

NOT FOR THE STUDENTS, THE PARENTS, THE TEACHERS, FOR ANYONE.

DO YOU KNOW THAT DENALI IS THE ONLY HOPE FOR SOME PEOPLE? DO YOU REALIZE HOW THIS WILL AFFECT PEOPLE'S LIVES FOREVER? DENALI HAS BEEN SUCH AN AMAZING COMMUNITY FOR EVERYONE.

I'M REALLY ASHAMED THAT I EVEN HAVE TO BE HERE SPEAKING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND ASKING FOR JUSTICE.

MY FUTURE, OTHER STUDENTS FUTURE, PARENTS FUTURES, EVERYONE'S FUTURES ARE AT RISK BECAUSE OF MERELY A FEW PEOPLE.

A FEW PEOPLE, LET THAT SINK IN.

A FEW PEOPLE HAVING SUCH A GIGANTIC IMPACT.

WE NEED ANSWERS.

THE PHRASE I'M SORRY, WE DON'T HAVE THAT FOR YOU AT THIS TIME.

WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU HAS BEEN REPEATED COUNTLESS TIMES IN THIS ROOM.

BUT THAT DOESN'T JUSTIFY ANYTHING.

THAT DOESN'T GIVE US ANYTHING.

DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF, HAVE FOUGHT FOR THIS TO GET INTO THE SCHOOL JUST TO GET IT SHUT DOWN? AND IT'S NOT JUST SADDENING, IT'S UPSETTING.

AND YES, I AM JUST A KID, BUT MY WORDS STILL HAVE IMPACT.

AND HOPEFULLY ME AND OTHER PEOPLE'S WORDS ARE NOT JUST ANY OTHER WORDS.

LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING.

HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU JUST GOT HIRED LAST SUMMER? A FRESH START. SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES, NEW COWORKERS, EVERYTHING IS AMAZING.

ONE DAY YOU GET AN UNEXPECTED EMAIL EXPLAINING HOW YOUR JOB WILL BE SHUT DOWN IN JUST A FEW MONTHS.

BUT WHY? WHY? THIS IS THE REALITY OF SO MANY TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.

DO YOU GUYS KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO GO TO? SORRY. DO YOU GUYS KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO GO INTO AN ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU QUICKLY LEARN TO LOVE EVERY SINGLE DAY AND SIT IN THE CLASSROOM KNOWING WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN A FEW MONTHS. DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO LEARN IN THE CLASSROOM WHERE YOU MIGHT NOT REMEMBER JUST BECAUSE OF A FEW PEOPLE OR MONEY? IT'S SO HARD.

WE'RE ALL STRUGGLING.

PLEASE, WE NEED ANSWERS.

REAL ONES. LOOK AT THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM.

WE'RE ASKING YOU FOR A SOLUTION.

PLEASE KEEP DENALI OPEN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KIM NICHOLSON.

PLEASE STEP FORWARD.

CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS KIM NICHOLSON.

I AM A CURRENT SIXTH GRADE HISTORY TEACHER AT SUMMIT DENALI.

I HAVE BEEN AT SUMMIT DENALI FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS.

IN FACT, THIS YEAR MY VERY FIRST YEAR OF SIXTH GRADERS IS GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

MANY OF THE CHILDREN WHO HAVE COME AND SPOKEN ARE CHILDREN WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN MY CLASSROOM.

MANY OF THE PARENTS HERE I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ME, CONNECTIONS WITH THEIR CHILDREN.

AND SO WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED IN THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY THAT DENALI WAS CLOSING, I WAS BLINDSIDED, TO SAY THE LEAST.

THERE HAD NEVER BEEN ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT SUMMIT CLOSING OR ABOUT ANY OF THE FINANCIAL TROUBLES THAT I HAVE NOW BEEN MADE AWARE OF.

AS A TEACHER, IT'S VERY HARD TO HAVE TO TELL YOUR STUDENTS THAT THE SCHOOL IS CLOSING AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND NOT EVEN TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT BECAUSE THE BOARD HASN'T EVEN VOTED ON THAT YET.

MANY TEACHERS ARE PART OF THE UNION AND WE'RE ASKING FOR TRANSPARENCY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR FAMILIES, WITH OUR STUDENTS, AND ALSO TO HAVE THE BOARD MEETINGS BE AT A TIME WHEN TEACHERS CAN ALSO PARTICIPATE.

THE LAST BOARD MEETING I HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN EITHER TEACHING MY CLASS OR ATTENDING THE BOARD MEETING.

AND AS A TEACHER, I OF COURSE, CHOSE TO TEACH MY CLASS.

THEREFORE, I WAS NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, AS MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BOARD MEETING, TO BE ABLE TO SHARE OUR FEELINGS, OUR OPINIONS AS VALUABLE STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THANK YOU MODERATOR.

THE SEC, OH, SORRY.

THAT DOES CONCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO TRUSTEE QUESTIONS.

TRUSTEES, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR QUESTION NAME CARD.

DOCTOR DEWAN AND I WILL KEEP TRACK OF THE CARDS AND THE ORDER OF RAISED CARDS.

IF NEEDED. I WILL ROTATE THROUGH MORE THAN ONCE TO ENSURE THAT EACH TRUSTEE WHO WISHES TO ASK QUESTIONS HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.

COULD I? COULD I MAKE A POINT OF ORDER?

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OKAY. A POINT OF ORDER.

YES, PLEASE.

I WAS WONDERING, SINCE OUR NEXT INFORMATION ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE CHARTER SCHOOL DEPARTMENT UPDATE ON DENALI, WHETHER WE COULD JUST GO AHEAD AND HAVE THEIR REPORT KIND OF COMBINED AT THIS TIME INSTEAD OF HAVING THIS DISCUSSION AND THEN AFTER EVERYONE KIND OF LEAVES, MAYBE HAVE OUR CHARTER SCHOOL, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE IT WOULD HELP, I THINK, FROM A CONTINUITY STANDPOINT TO HAVE OUR CHARTER SCHOOL DEPARTMENT REPORT FOLLOW UP RIGHT NOW.

AND THE ITEMS WERE AGENDIZED SEPARATELY FOR WITH INTENT.

AND THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BOARD TO ENGAGE WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF SUMMIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THE CHARTER SCHOOLS UPDATE IS A STAFF REPORT THAT MAY HAVE SOME RELEVANT INFORMATION, BUT NOT ALL, SO IT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO COMBINE THE ITEMS. TRUSTEE MAH, DID YOU STILL WANT TO BE IN THE QUEUE FOR QUESTIONS? YES. OKAY. OKAY.

SO I'LL GO. VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN, TRUSTEE MAH AND THEN TRUSTEE LARI.

THANK YOU PRESIDENT CHON.

AND AGAIN WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS.

WE HAD SOME TEACHERS AS WELL, STUDENTS THAT CAME AND SPOKE AND I CAN UNDERSTAND THE FISCAL CHALLENGES THAT SUMMIT IS EXPERIENCING, BUT WE DON'T WANT OUR STUDENTS TO SUFFER BECAUSE OF THESE CHALLENGES.

AND I THINK OVER 650 STUDENTS ARE BEING HARMED CURRENTLY.

SO WE THE COUNTY OFFICE WAS ONLY NOTIFIED OF THE FISCAL DISTRESS OF DENALI IN JANUARY.

AND I'M LOOKING AT COMMUNICATION SENT TO FAMILIES ON JANUARY 12TH FROM SUMMIT THAT SAYS, THAT WARNS OF A LIKELY VOLUNTARY CLOSURE AND SAYS DURING DENALI'S TEN YEAR HISTORY, IT HAS ALWAYS HAD A BUDGET DEFICIT.

THE SUMMIT HOME OFFICE HAS PROVIDED THE FUNDS TO CLEAR DENALI DEFICIT EVERY YEAR.

SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS WHY WERE FAMILIES ONLY NOTIFIED OF THESE STRUCTURAL CHALLENGES A MONTH AGO? YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I'M HEARING FROM FOLKS EVEN TODAY, THEY WERE SHOCKED TO HEAR THIS.

SO WHY WHY ONLY A MONTH AGO WAS THIS COMMUNICATION SENT OUT FOR A POTENTIAL CLOSURE IN JUNE ? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

AND AND I DO ALSO, YOU KNOW, WANT TO REFLECT OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE FAMILIES AND STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE THIS EVENING AND APPRECIATE THE SPACE THAT THE TRUSTEES HAVE MADE FOR THIS CONVERSATION.

AS YOU NOTED, SUMMIT HAS BEEN MONITORING THE FINANCIAL SITUATION OF SUMMIT DENALI SINCE ITS OPENING.

AND THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN REFLECTED IN THE REPORTS THAT WE'VE PROVIDED TO THIS BODY OVER TIME.

AND AS DR. DEWAN NOTED IN YOUR LAST MEETING.

IT WAS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE NOTED AND TALKED ABOUT DURING THE RENEWAL OF SUMMIT DENALI, THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CHALLENGE.

AND ON THE 11TH OF JANUARY, WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY AT DENALI.

THE LETTER THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK WAS THE FOLLOW UP TO THAT WHERE WE SUMMARIZED THAT CONVERSATION AND REALLY, THAT WAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD RECEIVED AS WE WENT THROUGH OUR BUDGET PROCESS.

I KNOW THE COUNTY GOES THROUGH ONE AS WELL, AND WE GO THROUGH OUR BUDGET PROCESS AND WE HAVE TO REASSESS EVERY YEAR.

AND WE LOOK AND WE LOOKED AT OUR JUNE BUDGET, THEN WE LOOKED AT OUR OCTOBER BUDGET AND WE STARTED DOING OUR MULTI YEAR FORECAST.

I THINK THAT WE'VE PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION AS WELL TO THE TRUSTEES THROUGH STAFF.

BUT LOOKING AT THAT MULTI YEAR FORECAST, THE FINANCIAL PICTURE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY.

AND SO THAT WAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO OUR COMMUNITY AND SHARE THE WAY THAT THIS PICTURE HAD CHANGED.

OF COURSE, THIS IS THE LAST THING THAT ANYONE WANTS TO BE DOING OR TALKING ABOUT.

BUT IT WOULD BE UNFAIR TO WAIT ANY LONGER THAN THAT TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

SO FOLLOW UP QUESTION, AND IT WAS REFERENCED BY ONE OF THE SPEAKERS, THE 2012 FUNDING RESOLUTION, WHICH I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME STATES THE SUMMIT CENTRAL OFFICE WILL PROVIDE ALL NECESSARY FUNDS TO ANY OF THE SCHOOLS FOR WHICH IT HOLDS THE CHARTER, INCLUDING ANY AND ALL NEW SCHOOLS THAT WILL OPERATE IN THE FUTURE.

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AND THIS WAS PASSED BY THE BOARD IN 2012.

SO WHY IS SUMMIT NOW GOING AGAINST WHAT THEY RESOLVED TO DO IN 2012? WELL, THE ACTION OF POTENTIALLY CLOSING THE SCHOOL IS IN RESPONSE TO THE INABILITY FOR US TO QUITE FRANKLY RAISE MORE THAN THE $45 MILLION WE'VE ALREADY INVESTED IN THE SCHOOL.

IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO DO THAT IN PERPETUITY.

AT LEAST WE AREN'T CAPABLE OF DOING THAT.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THEN WE WOULD SHIFT FROM THAT APPROACH TO SAY THAT'S NOT A FINANCIALLY VIABLE OR SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL ANY LONGER.

AND SO WE HAVE TO MOVE TO CONSIDERING A CLOSURE.

HAVE A FEW MORE FOLLOW UPS PRESIDENT CHON.

OKAY, I'LL PUT YOU BACK INTO THE QUEUE AFTER I GO AROUND.

TRUSTEE MAH. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHON.

I GUESS I AM ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE RESOLUTION FROM 2012.

AND MY QUESTION THAT I'VE KIND OF RAISED SOMEWHAT RHETORICALLY, BUT I MIGHT AS WELL ASK YOU ALSO, IS THERE A WAY THAT.

BECAUSE OUR CHARTER DEPARTMENT HAS ACCEPTED THIS RESOLUTION AS THE KIND OF REASON AND APPROVAL FOR YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND AUDITS BEING CLEAN.

IS THERE A WAY TO MORE SPECIFICALLY EITHER APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION ON A YEARLY BASIS SO THAT WE HAVE SOME KIND OF GUARANTEE MORE FINANCIALLY OR PROJECTED GUARANTEE FOR, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS NOTICE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THIS KIND OF THING HAPPENING.

AS ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS SAID, IF THERE IS ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS, TAHOMA, THAT IS RUNNING AT A DEFICIT, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO RELY ON THIS RESOLUTION TO MAKE UP FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE ISSUES FINANCIALLY.

I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S A QUESTION FOR US OR FOR YOUR CHARTER SCHOOL DIVISION, WHICH CERTAINLY CAN DO WHAT THEY LIKE ALONG THOSE LINES, AND WE ARE ALWAYS COLLABORATIVE AND COOPERATIVE.

I DO THINK I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO CLARIFY.

I THINK THERE'S SOME MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE TAHOMA DEFICIT THAT MAYBE I CAN CLARIFY.

THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

THANKS, DIANE. ON THE TAHOMA SIDE, YOU KNOW, WHILE THE SCHOOL IS BUDGETED TO HAVE A DEFICIT IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

YOU KNOW, THAT IS TRUE.

MOST OF THAT EXPECTED LOSS IS WILL BE DUE TO EFFECTIVELY A NON-CASH ACCOUNTING RULE.

AND WE SPOKE WITH THE SCHOOL CHARTER SCHOOLS TEAM ABOUT THIS AND THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT AND THEY SAID WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT HAS A MUCH DEEPER DEFICIT, PRIMARILY DUE TO A NON-CASH ACCOUNTING RULE.

SO THERE'S APPROXIMATELY I'LL GET INTO DETAIL A LITTLE BIT ON THAT, A LITTLE OVER $600,000, WHICH IS A DEPRECIATION EXPENSE, AND THAT'S REALLY A FUNCTION OF A CAPITAL PROJECT, AN INVESTMENT FACILITY, AN INVESTMENT THAT WE CHOSE TO DO WITH TAHOMA, AND THAT HAS TO CORRESPOND WITH THE FACILITY USE AGREEMENT TIMELINE.

WE'RE HOPING TO GET A TEN YEAR FACILITY USE AGREEMENT TIMELINE.

WE ONLY WERE ABLE TO GET A FIVE.

AND AS SUCH, THAT RESULTED IN APPROXIMATELY A LITTLE OVER $600,000 DEPRECIATION EXPENSE DURING THE COURSE OF THE LIFE OF THE FACILITY AGREEMENT.

SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THAT IS PRIMARILY DUE TO ACCOUNT IN ACCOUNTING RULE.

AND I ALSO ASK THE CHARTER SCHOOLS TEAM, I'M SURE THEY'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT WITH THE BOARD IN MORE DETAIL, BUT WE JUST SPOKE WITH THEM ABOUT THAT AND THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT WAS NOT AN UNREASONABLE KIND OF ACCOUNTING RULE FUNCTION OF AN ACCOUNTING RULE.

OKAY THANK YOU. TRUSTEE LARI, AND THEN I'LL GO TO TRUSTEE DI SALVO AFTER.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHON. SO IS THERE A WAY TO PROVIDE FAMILIES MORE TIME AND MORE SUPPORT TO FIND ALTERNATIVES? WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO AND CLOSELY MONITORING WHAT SUPPORT CAN BE GIVEN.

AND SO ON A DAILY REGULAR BASIS, ENGAGING WITH THE SCHOOL FACULTY AND FAMILIES ABOUT WHAT SUPPORT CAN BE PROVIDED.

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AND WE'RE HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO ADD TO WHATEVER SUPPORT MIGHT BE HELPFUL.

IN TERMS OF TIME, I UNDERSTAND THAT I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND HOW EVERYONE FEELS. WE DON'T SEE A VIABLE PATHWAY TO KEEPING THE SCHOOL OPEN FOR NEXT YEAR.

THERE SIMPLY AREN'T THE RESOURCES TO DO IT.

AND SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD PROVIDE MORE TIME.

TRUSTEE DI SALVO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PRESIDENT CHON.

ALSO THANK YOU TO THE TO ALL THE PARENTS THAT CAME TONIGHT, TO THE STUDENTS WHO SPOKE.

I THINK STUDENT VOICE IS SO IMPORTANT AS WE ADDRESS EDUCATIONAL ISSUES IN THIS COUNTY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND THANK YOU TO SUMMIT'S MAIN OFFICE FOR BEING HERE IN HAVING ALL THE SORT OF SPEAK POWER PLAYERS HERE TO FOR US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND.

MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH TRANSPARENCY, BECAUSE I BELIEVE, WE'RE NOT VERY TRANSPARENT IN THIS BUSINESS GENERALLY.

BUT I THINK WE'RE MORE TRANSPARENT WHEN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNANCE.

AND IT SEEMS TO ME, BECAUSE I NEED TO LEARN AS A TRUSTEE, BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVERAL WE HAVE OVER 20 CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT WE'VE APPROVED, AND MANY OF THEM ARE COMING UP FOR THEIR RENEWALS AT THE END OF THIS YEAR AND IN 2024.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE PUSHED OVER THE YEARS IS FOR PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN THE CMO BOARD MEETINGS.

THAT BOARD MEETINGS ARE ACCESSIBLE TO PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE, ACCORDING TO WHAT I'M LEARNING, THAT WAS NOT THE MODEL THAT SUMMIT UTILIZED.

COULD YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE RELATIVE TO GOING FORWARD AND IN TRANSPARENCY TO THE PUBLIC AND THE DATA AND THE FINANCES AND PARTICIPATORY GOVERNANCE BY PARENTS IN IN MORE WAYS THAN IT SOUNDS LIKE IT OCCURRED WITH THIS SUDDEN ANNOUNCEMENT IN JANUARY? YEAH. I'M HAPPY TO TO START WITH WITH THIS AND SAY FIRST THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

AND I AGREE THAT TRANSPARENCY IS PARAMOUNT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AS WE WENT THROUGH OUR CHARTER RENEWAL PROCESS FOR SUMMIT TAHOMA AT THE ONSET OF THE PANDEMIC, THIS WAS CERTAINLY A BIG TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AND IT WAS ONE THAT WE TOOK REALLY SERIOUSLY.

AND AND SO WE ENDEAVORED TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE COULD LOOK AT OUR GOVERNING STRUCTURE, LOOK AT OUR BOARD, AND WHAT REALLY WHAT REALLY MATTERS TO FAMILIES.

AND SO THE FIRST THING WE DID WAS WE ACTUALLY SURVEYED FAMILIES ACROSS THE NETWORK AND ASKED WHAT TYPES OF DECISIONS THEY WANTED TO BE INVOLVED IN AND WHERE THAT PROXIMITY LIVED.

AND WHAT WE LEARNED THROUGH THIS SURVEY WAS THAT THE LEADERSHIP AT THE SCHOOL SITE LEVEL WAS REALLY THE PLACE WHERE THE VAST MAJORITY OF PARENT ENGAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING WAS IMPORTANT.

THE DECISIONS THAT OUR SCHOOL SITE LEADERS MAKE AS AS AUTONOMOUS LEADERS OF THEIR SCHOOLS WERE THE TYPES OF ISSUES THAT THAT PARENTS REALLY WANTED TO HAVE THAT INPUT.

AND THAT LED US THEN TO TAKING A LOOK AT AS WE LOOKED AT OUR BOARD MEMBERSHIP, SAID, OKAY, GREAT, SO LET'S TAKE ALL THIS INPUT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN ADDITION TO THAT AND REALLY BUILD OUT WHAT A BOARD MEMBER PROFILE FOR OUR SCHOOLS LOOKS LIKE.

AND SO WE CRAFTED THAT PROFILE ALONG THE LINES OF THINKING ABOUT WHAT CHARACTERISTICS WERE REALLY VALUABLE TO MEMBERS OF OUR GOVERNING BODY BOARD, AS WELL AS THINKING ABOUT WHO OUR LEADERS OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE.

SO WE THEN WENT AND HAVE OUR BOARD MEMBER PROFILE AND BEGAN ENGAGING IN A PROCESS TO DEVELOP OUR BOARD, CONTINUE TO ADD MEMBERS TO OUR BOARD AS MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, TRANSITION OFF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND BEING THE PARENT OF A CHILD IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THOSE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BOARD PROFILE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN

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THAT FIRST ROUND WE DID NOT HAVE ANYONE WHO SPECIFICALLY WAS LOOKING TO JOIN THE BOARD WHO AS A PARENT.

BUT I THINK THAT PROCESS WHERE WE WERE WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND WHERE THE DECISIONS THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS WANTED TO BE A PART OF WERE MADE WAS A BIG PART OF THAT.

AND ALL OF THAT SURVEY DATA AND INFORMATION IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.

IT HAS BEEN PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.

IT WAS CIRCULATED THROUGH MULTIPLE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

THE APPLICATION TO BE ON THE BOARD CONTINUES TO BE OPEN AND WE CONTINUE TO CONSIDER EVERY SINGLE APPLICANT AND HAVEN'T TURNED A SINGLE ONE AWAY.

SO I THINK THAT'S.

THANK YOU. I WORRY ABOUT TAHOMA SINCE THAT'S ONE OF OUR AUTHORIZED SCHOOLS.

AND TRUSTEE MAH BROUGHT THAT UP A MOMENT AGO, SO I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE GOING FORWARD TO HAVE THE PARENT COMMUNITY OF TAHOMA STUDENT COMMITTEE AT TAHOMA KNOW ALL THE INFORMATION THAT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU NOW IN RELATION TO FIDUCIARY ISSUES, BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT FOR TAHOMA AND I'M CONCERNED HOW THIS HOW THIS AS WE CONTINUE ON HOW THIS WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THEM SO THE MORE THAT WE COULD GET.

TRANSPARENCY AND PARENT INVOLVEMENT AS INTO THE PLAN, I THINK THE BETTER OFF WE WILL BE.

I HAVE MORE, BUT I'LL WAIT UNTIL NEXT TIME.

I'LL ADD YOU BACK INTO THE QUEUE TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

TRUSTEE ROCHA. THANK YOU FIRST OFF, THANK ALL THE SPEAKERS AND NON SPEAKERS FOR TAKING TIME TO ATTEND AND ALSO TO THE SUMMIT DENALI REPRESENTATIVES AS WELL. QUESTION IN TERMS OF NORMS HERE IN THIS BOARD.

ARE WE GOING ONE QUESTION AT A TIME OR ARE WE BEING POLITE TO EACH OTHER? JUST SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, BECAUSE I COULD JUST WAIT TILL THE VERY END AND BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY A PATTERN OF MY QUESTIONS AND THE SUSPENSE GETS KILLED IF I WAIT. WE'RE ALWAYS POLITE TO EACH OTHER TRUSTEE ROCHA.

JUST ONE OR TWO QUESTIONS HAS KIND OF BEEN WHAT THE TRUSTEES ARE DOING.

AND THEN I DID START A LIST FOR ROUND TWO.

AND SO IF YOU WANT ME TO ADD YOU ON THERE, I WILL.

WE WERE JUST WE WEREN'T POLITE MY FIRST TEN YEARS ON THIS BOARD, BUT WE HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE POLITE THE LAST THREE OR FOUR.

WE TRY TO BE POLITE.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

CAN I JUST DEFER MY QUESTIONS TILL THE END? AND EVERYBODY'S GOT THEIRS OUT AND SEE IF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED OR NOT OR RATHER THAN THE ROUND ROBIN? THANK YOU. SURE. OKAY.

I DID WANT TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND THEN I WILL START THE QUEUE AGAIN FROM VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN AND THEN TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

I DO HAVE I ALSO WANT TO JUST THANK OUR COMMUNITY, OUR PARENTS OR STUDENTS OR TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS FOR COMING OUT HERE TODAY TO SPEAK WITH US.

I KNOW THAT APPROACHING A BOARD MEETING IS TIME THAT YOU'RE TAKING AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILIES AND HOME.

SO WE DO APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND JUST COMING TO TALK TO US AND TO LISTEN ON WHAT IS GOING ON TODAY.

I HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS THAT TRUSTEE DI SALVO BROUGHT UP WITH THE LACK OF ACCESS AND ACCESSIBILITY.

SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF START MY QUESTION THERE.

THE THIS INFORMATION ABOUT THE FINANCIAL ISSUES, THIS INFORMATION ABOUT THE SURVEY YOU JUST SPOKE ABOUT, WHERE IS ALL THIS INFORMATION FOR OUR PARENTS TO ACCESS? WE TALKED ABOUT, I THINK LAST WEEK WE HAD HEARD THAT THIS FINANCIAL INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE.

BUT THERE'S MISINFORMATION.

WE'RE HEARING IT'S AVAILABLE.

WE'RE HEARING IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE.

SO WHERE IS THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY OF THE SCHOOL? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

I THINK THE ANSWER IS A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.

NUMBER ONE, IT IS AVAILABLE.

AND I THINK WE'VE BEEN CHALLENGED TO MAKE THINGS AS ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE.

EVERYTHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.

AS THE STAFF HERE KNOW AND MANY KNOW, WE'VE TRANSITIONED OUR BOARD DOCUMENTS RECENTLY, WE WE WENT FROM A BIG BOARD PACKET PROCESS THAT I KNOW EACH OF YOU CAN SYMPATHIZE WITH NOT BEING THE MOST ACCESSIBLE WAY TO RECEIVE INFORMATION, EVEN AS A BOARD MEMBER TO THE BOARD DOCS PROCESS THAT YOU ALL USE AS WELL IN THAT TRANSITION.

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ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS TO DO THAT WAS TO MAKE INFORMATION MORE ACCESSIBLE SO THAT IT COULD CLEARLY TIE.

IF THIS IS A BUDGET TOPIC, IT TIES TO THE AGENDA TOPIC.

SO, THAT IS HOW OUR INFORMATION IS HOUSED CURRENTLY, HISTORICAL INFORMATION IS ARCHIVED IN A WAY THAT IS ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE.

WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE THINGS EASIER TO FIND CONSTANTLY.

AND SO THE FEEDBACK WE GET IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW.

DID THIS TAKE YOU THREE CLICKS? WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.

AND THEN WE ALSO DID PUT TOGETHER A SPECIAL HUB FOR DENALI FAMILIES THAT AS WE'RE HEARING INFORMATION THAT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND, TRYING TO ADD THAT ON THERE SO THAT IT'S IN A CENTRAL PLACE FOR THAT SPECIFIC REASON.

OKAY. JUST TO FOLLOW UP QUESTION ABOUT THAT, THE INFORMATIONAL MEETING THAT YOU GUYS HAD, I BELIEVE, ON JANUARY 23RD OR AT THE END OF JANUARY.

THE ONE WHERE YOU ANNOUNCED THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO THE CLOSURE WITH THE PARENTS, I BELIEVE IT WAS AT THE END OF JANUARY, I THINK JANUARY 11TH, OH, JANUARY, I'M SORRY, THE DATE IN JANUARY.

WE'LL LEAVE IT THERE IN JANUARY.

WAS THAT MEETING AVAILABLE FOR PARENTS TO ATTEND? YES, THAT MEETING, IT WAS AT THE SCHOOL SITE AVAILABLE FOR PARENTS TO ATTEND IN PERSON AND ON ZOOM, WE HAD TRANSLATION SERVICES AVAILABLE AS WELL IN BOTH IN-PERSON AND ON ZOOM AND THEN DID A LOT OF PARENTS ATTEND? OVER 370.

OKAY, THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.

I'LL GO AROUND FOR MY NEXT ROUND.

VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN.

THANK YOU. SO THE CENTRAL OFFICE JUST A FEW YEARS AGO MADE VERY LARGE INVESTMENTS TO DENALI HIGH SCHOOL FACILITIES.

SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND WHY THE CENTRAL OFFICE WOULD MAKE THESE VERY LARGE COMMITMENTS JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.

AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL CLOSURE.

SO WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR THOSE FACILITIES? I THINK IT MAY HAVE BEEN ALLUDED TO IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR THOSE FACILITIES? I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PLANS AS THEY ARE NOW, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD START WITH THE BEGINNING OF.

WE MADE THAT INVESTMENT BECAUSE WE ARE INVESTED IN THE SCHOOL AND WE WERE ON A TRAJECTORY TO MAKE THIS SCHOOL SUCCESSFUL.

AND WE'VE LITERALLY DONE EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO DO THAT.

AND THAT'S $45 MILLION INVESTMENT TO DATE.

SO WE HAD NO INTENTIONS OF CLOSING THE SCHOOL.

THERE'S A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT HAVE COME INTO PLACE THAT HAVE PUT US INTO THIS POSITION.

IT'S NOT OUR CHOICE.

IT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION IS WITH THESE FACILITIES, ONE OF THE FACILITIES IS OWNED BY THE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION AND LEASED TO DENALI HIGH SCHOOL.

THAT IS A SETUP.

THAT IS A REASONABLE MECHANISM SO THAT DENALI COULD GET THE C740 FUNDING, WHICH IT'S NOT NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR.

AND THERE'S REALLY TWO CHOICES THERE.

ONE WILL BE TO LEASE THAT FACILITY TO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION AND THEN CONTINUE TO PAY ON IT, OR IT WILL HAVE TO BE SOLD.

AND SO THOSE ARE THE LIKELY TWO POSSIBILITIES.

SO VERY LIKELY PRIVATE ACQUISITION.

LEASE OR SOLD.

OKAY. SO YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES TONIGHT THAT YOU DON'T SEE AN ALTERNATIVE TO CLOSURE IN JUNE. SO WHY NOT URGE THE BOARD, YOUR BOARD, TO HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING, WHICH I BELIEVE YOU ONLY NEED 24 HOURS NOTICE TO DO, BECAUSE OUR FAMILIES HERE STILL DON'T HAVE ANY CLARITY.

THEY'LL YOU KNOW, THEY STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN JUNE.

SO WHY NOT URGE A QUICKER DECISION IF YOU'RE SAYING TONIGHT YOU DON'T SEE ALTERNATIVES? OUR BOARD DID HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING IN JANUARY TO ENGAGE WITH THE FAMILIES.

AND THE REASON THAT WE MET WITH FAMILIES IN JANUARY AND TOLD THEM WHERE WE WERE IS WE HAD HEARD WE'VE UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO CLOSE THE SCHOOL PREVIOUSLY RIGHT NEAR.

AND WE LEARNED FROM THAT EXPERIENCE THAT FAMILIES WANT TIME TO ENGAGE.

THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH IDEAS.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE FAMILIES RIGHT NOW.

AND I HOPE WE ARE WRONG.

I HOPE THERE IS A SOLUTION THERE.

AND WE HAVE TO GIVE SOME SPACE AND SOME TIME FOR THAT.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

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WE HAVE A MEETING ON MARCH 2ND.

RIGHT NOW, WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED ANOTHER VIABLE OPPORTUNITY.

AND SO I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY BE RECOMMENDING TO THE BOARD AT THAT MEETING THAT THEY DO MAKE A DECISION, AND THAT'S TWO WEEKS FROM NOW.

THANK YOU VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN.

TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

I THINK THAT WAS EXACTLY MY QUESTION TO GET SOME CLARITY ON THE ISSUE OF CLOSURE.

AND I GUESS IN TWO WEEKS, DIANE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT CLARITY YOU THINK? AT THIS POINT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL BE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD THAT WE DON'T HAVE A VIABLE PATHWAY AND THAT THEY SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO CLOSE.

THAT'S WHAT IT CERTAINLY SOUNDS LIKE, UNFORTUNATELY.

I KNOW YOU BELIEVE IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE.

I KNOW THE PARENTS CERTAINLY DO AND THE STUDENTS DO.

AND IT JUST SEEMS CRAZY THAT IN THIS WEALTHIEST VALLEY ON THE PLANET THAT WE HAVE AN EXCEPTIONAL SCHOOL THAT'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS HIGH CALIBER, WONDERFUL PROGRAMS, SMALL SUPPORTED COMMUNITY, EXEMPLARY PRACTICES, AP COURSES, CAREER EXPLORATION, AND WE'RE HERE TALKING ABOUT ITS CLOSURE.

IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

I LOOK AT THE TEST SCORES.

YOU HAVE 65 STUDENTS FROM SAN JOSE UNIFIED APPROXIMATELY.

I REPRESENT SAN JOSE UNIFIED.

ONE OF THE PARENTS SPOKE FROM ALMADEN VALLEY, A TWO HOUR DRIVE, ONE HOUR EACH WAY TO ATTEND, HER CHILD TO ATTEND DENALI.

AND IN 2022, SAN JOSE UNIFIED'S AGGREGATE SCORES IN MATHEMATICS FOR HISPANIC, ONLY 16.46% OF HISPANIC STUDENTS SCORE AT OR EXCEEDING GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS.

AND IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, ONLY 31.76% IN THE WEALTHIEST VALLEY ON THE PLANET.

AND I'M SURE YOUR SCORES, WE DIDN'T HEAR ANY QUANTIFIABLE DATA, UNFORTUNATELY.

I WOULD LIKE I KNOW I COULD GET IT.

HAVE ACCESS TO IT.

BUT WE DIDN'T HEAR THAT. WE HEARD ONLY ANECDOTAL INFORMATION FROM PARENTS.

BUT I WOULD ASSUME STUDENTS ARE ACHIEVING AT HIGH LEVELS IN AGGREGATE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED NOT ONLY FOR DENALI AND THAT SUNNYVALE PART, BUT WE NEED THAT FOR EVERY PART OF SILICON VALLEY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE EASTERN PORTION OF SAN JOSE.

SO I'LL REST THERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

I WANTED TO SEEK A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION.

I REMEMBER NOW THE JANUARY 11TH WAS THE PARENT MEETING.

JANUARY 23RD WAS A SPECIAL MEETING HELD BY THE BOARD.

I BELIEVE THAT YOU STATED THAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR SOME COLLABORATION ON SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS, BUT THAT MEETING, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WAS HELD DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.

SO WERE THERE OTHER AVENUES IN THE WAY YOU LOOKED FOR THIS COLLABORATING TO COME UP WITH SOME DIFFERENT? THE PARENT MEETING WAS HELD IN THE EVENING.

THE BOARD MEETING WAS HELD, I BELIEVE, AT 1 P.M.

AND WE'LL JUST BE FRANK HERE.

MY VIEW IS THAT THE SCHOOL DAY IS THE MOST ACCESSIBLE TIME FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN THE BOARD MEETING.

THEY'RE IN SCHOOL AND THEY'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO JOIN THE BOARD MEETING DURING SCHOOL TIME.

BUT SORRY, WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP.

THANK YOU. WE DO NEED TO MAINTAIN A RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENT PLEASE.

I AM A LITTLE CONFUSED.

I'M A TEACHER MYSELF.

ARE YOU ASKING THE TEACHERS TO END STUDENTS AND TO LEAVE DURING THE SCHOOL DAY TO GO TO THE BOARD MEETING? NO. I'M ASKING THEM TO PLEASE TO GET FOOD.

I'M SORRY. HOLD ON.

TRUSTEE LARI, YOU'RE NOT.

YOU'RE NOT MUTED.

I. I'M SO SORRY.

APOLOGIES. SUMMIT IS AN EXPERIENTIAL PROJECT BASED SCHOOL THAT IS BASED ON THE COMMUNITY. IT'S PERFECTLY APPROPRIATE FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO ENGAGE IN BOARD MEETINGS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.

THAT'S A TOTALLY APPROPRIATE THING FOR THEM TO DO.

ARE YOUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS HELD AT THE SCHOOL CAMPUS? THERE, NO, BECAUSE WE REPRESENT SCHOOLS ACROSS MULTIPLE COUNTIES AND SO THEY'RE ALL ACCESSIBLE BY VIDEO AND ZOOM SO THEY COULD BE ACCESSED AT THE SCHOOL SITE..

DURING THE SCHOOL DAY? YEAH.

OKAY. WERE THERE OTHER WAYS THAT YOU LIKE THE BOARD WORKED WITH PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TO COME?

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LIKE I DID SEE IN YOUR PRESENTATION THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE CONSIDERED FACTORS LIKE DID YOU COLLABORATE AND IN WHAT WAYS DID YOU DO THAT? YEAH, KATE AND A NUMBER OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS HAVE BEEN MEETING REGULARLY WITH FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH AND CONTINUE TO DO SO.

OH, THE ONE ON ONE CONVERSATIONS.

SMALL GROUP, ONE ON ONE, LARGER GROUP.

MM HMM. AND.

ALL OF THOSE OPTIONS WERE JUST UNAVAILABLE.

THERE WAS NOT ONE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN? ALL OF THE OPTIONS.

THE ONES THAT WERE IN YOUR PRESENTATION JUST FULLY ENROLLING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

ONE SCHOOL WAS TOO DIFFICULT.

CLOSING ONLY ONE SCHOOL WAS TO EVERY.

THERE WAS NOT ONE OPTION THAT WE COULD COME UP WITH.

NONE OF THOSE ARE VIABLE OPTIONS TO ACTUALLY CLOSE THE DEFICIT GAP.

AND. CREATE A VIABLE SCHOOL GOING FORWARD.

AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, IT REALLY IS IN LARGE PART THE GOING FORWARD PART RIGHT IN THAT EVERY ONE OF THOSE POSSIBILITIES CREATES ANOTHER CASCADING SET OF FACTORS THAT WOULD EITHER INCREASE THE DEBT GOING FORWARD OR MAKE THE SCHOOL AN UNVIABLE, UNVIABLE IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD, BUT AN UNTENABLE, THE SCHOOL IN THE WAY THAT EVERYONE EXPERIENCES SUMMIT DENALI RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING ABOUT WHAT MAKES THIS A GREAT SCHOOL WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE UNDER ANY OF THOSE THOSE SCENARIOS.

OKAY. AND THEN SO THEN MY QUESTION, I'M KIND OF REPEATING VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN'S QUESTION IS THE CELL OF THE BUILDING.

NOT A VIABLE OPTION.

TRANSITION VICE PRESIDENT, WAS THAT KIND OF THE SOURCE OF YOUR QUESTION? WELL, I FIND IT I STILL CAN'T WRAP MY HEAD AROUND WHY YOU'D MAKE SUCH A LARGE INVESTMENT AND THEN JUST, I GUESS, PULL OUT OF IT.

BUT TO PRESIDENT SHON'S POINT, YOU KNOW, IT'S SORT OF IT'S SORT OF SEEMS LIKE.

IT SORT OF SEEMS LIKE FUNDING FROM THAT FACILITY AFTER SALE COULD BE USED TO PAY DOWN OTHER DEBTS.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST SORT OF WHAT I'M HEARING.

I'M READING BETWEEN THE LINES.

NO, I DON'T.

I'M PLEASED. YEAH.

WHY DON'T I TAKE THAT ONE? SO GIVEN THAT THERE WERE TAX EXEMPT BONDS USED TO FINANCE THE BUILDING, THERE IS EFFECTIVELY AN OBLIGATION TO OUR BOND HOLDERS..

TO PAY DOWN THE BOND.

TO PAY DOWN THE BOND DEBT.

THE QUESTION THERE IS AND WE'VE ENGAGED WITH A BROKER AT THIS TIME, AND THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO USE THE SALE OF THE PROCEEDS TO PAY DOWN THAT THAT FULL AMOUNT OF THE DEBT IS THE TRUTH AND IT IS NOT A GOOD TIME TO SELL.

I THINK WITH INTEREST RATES CONTINUING TO BE HIGH, IT IS VERY UNLIKELY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOMEBODY COMING IN WITH LITTLE TO NO FINANCING. SO WE CERTAINLY DO NOT EXPECT THERE TO BE ANY EXCESS BEYOND THE DEBT THAT IS OWED ON THE BUILDING. OKAY.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE QUEUE? TRUSTEE ROCHA, IF YOU WANTED TO ASK SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND THOSE LAST ONES WERE ONES ACTUALLY WHERE I WAS GOING TO GO.

SO COULD YOU, DO YOU HAVE AN APPRAISAL OF WHAT THE PROPERTY IS WORTH WHEN YOU MENTIONED PAYING DOWN THE DEBT AND THE OBLIGATION THERE VERSUS THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY? WE HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT.

THEY'RE CALLED BROKER OPINIONS OF VALUE FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT BE MORE FAMILIAR WITH REAL ESTATE TERMS. AND I WOULD SAY THAT THERE IS A VERY WIDE RANGE OF APPRAISAL VALUES AND IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT THE BUILDING MAY POTENTIALLY SELL FOR.

AND SOME FACTORS IN THAT INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO USE IT AS A SCHOOL.

AND GIVEN THAT WAS ONLY APPROVED FOR A FIVE YEAR TERM WITH THE CITY OF SUNNYVALE AND WE I THINK WE ARE IN YEAR TWO OR THREE, AGAIN, THAT IS A BIG VARIABLE FOR ANY POTENTIAL SCHOOL BUYER.

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ADDITIONALLY, FOR ANY POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS THERE, THEY'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH A BIG THE LONG, ARDUOUS PROCESS OF ENTITLEMENTS WITH THE CITY.

AND TYPICALLY IF THERE IS NOT A LONG RUNWAY FOR THAT, SAY 12 TO 18 MONTHS, THERE IS YOU KNOW THERE WOULD BE A DISCOUNT IN WHICH A PROSPECTIVE BUYER MAY TRY TO, YOU KNOW, SORT OF PUT AN OFFER IN ON THE BUILDING.

SO I WOULD SAY IT'S A WIDE, RANGE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW USEFUL IT IS, BUT IT'S A VERY WIDE RANGE.

IT'S HARD TO KNOW. OKAY, SO YOU HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY APPRAISALS.

BUT TO THE POINT YOU JUST MADE, THERE'S A LOT OF REAL ESTATE UNCERTAINTIES AS TO UNDERSTAND.

SO WHAT'S THEN THE DEBT THAT YOU HAVE ON THE BONDS? THE TOTAL DEBT. YEAH.

SO THE THE BOND THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DENALI HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.

SO THERE'S TWO OTHER I GUESS YOU CALL THEM, WE'LL CALL THEM OTHER GROUPS.

AS PART OF THE DEBT THAT WE TOOK ON OUR SHASTA CAMPUS, OUR HOME OFFICE, AS WELL AS THE DENALI HIGH SCHOOL PORTION, THE DENALI HIGH SCHOOL PORTION OF THE OUTSTANDING BOND DEBT RIGHT NOW IS A LITTLE OVER 10 MILLION.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S EFFECTIVELY, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD TO PAY DOWN THE BOND DEBT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO. THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ADDITIONAL INTEREST CHARGE ON TOP OF THAT.

SO IT WILL BE MORE THAN $10 MILLION.

SO TO UNDERSTAND THIS, AGAIN, FORGIVE MY NAIVETY ON THIS.

IT'S 10 MILLION THAT YOU OWE ON THAT PARTICULAR SITE AND THE BONDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT HIGH SCHOOL.

SO THEN THE REST OF IT, WHAT WAS THE TOTAL INVESTMENT ON THE SITE I SAW WAS 45 MILLION.

SO THE REST.

I'VE HEARD THE NUMBER 45.

45 MILLION IS THE TOTAL INVESTMENT FROM THE HOME OFFICE INTO DENALI OVER THE TEN YEARS..

NOT JUST IN THE CONSTRUCTION, NOT JUST INTO THE CONSTRUCTION.

I BELIEVE AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS PRECISE, WE CAN GET YOU THE PRECISE NUMBERS, BUT WE'VE RAISED $25 MILLION IN A DONATION FOR THE FACILITY.

WHEN WE RAISED IT, IT WAS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH TO PURCHASE AND REFURBISH, BUT WE RAN INTO BOTH RISING CONSTRUCTION COSTS AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES WITH THE CITY.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE THEN ENDED UP HAVING TO TAKE ON THE BOND DEBT AS WELL.

SO IT'S PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW, IN THE 30, 30 SOMETHING RANGE..

AND I APPRECIATE THESE ARE ALL ESTIMATES AND I'M NOT LOOKING FOR EXACT NUMBERS.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T EXPECT THAT RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'RE ON 30 TO 35 MILLION IN TERMS OF THE INVESTMENT ON THE SITE.

AND RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE 10 MILLION OUTSTANDING DEBT ON IT.

WHAT'S THE TOTAL ACREAGE ON IT? YOU KNOW. YEAH, IT'S ABOUT AN ACRE AND A HALF.

OKAY. AND THEN AS FAR AS TOTAL ENROLLMENT, WE SAW THE NUMBERS.

BUT WHAT'S THE MAX ENROLLMENT NUMBER FOR THAT SITE AND THAT USE? IT'S A LITTLE OVER 400.

I THINK 400 TO 425 ARE ON THERE.

AND YOU'RE AT THREE SOMETHING? THAT ONE'S AROUND. I THINK IT'S AROUND 350, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

OKAY, SO YOU'RE NOT THAT FAR UNDER FULL ENROLLMENT.

AND I'M SURE YOU FOLKS KNOW YOUR STUFF AND YOU'VE DONE YOUR FINANCIALS.

SO AT FULL ENROLLMENT, THIS SITE WAS GOING TO BE VIABLE IN TERMS OF OPERATIONAL COSTS.

AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE A DUMB QUESTION, BUT.

WELL, IT WAS IF YOU HAD SB 740 AND WE HADN'T HAD ALL THE RISING COSTS AND YEAH, IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE TIGHT, BUT IT WAS GOING TO BE VIABLE. THANK YOU.

CAN I SHIFT GEARS TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SITE AND WHAT'S THE THE REAL ESTATE ARRANGEMENTS THERE? YOU'RE LEASING? WE ARE LEASING THAT FACILITY.

WHAT'S THE TERM OF THAT LEASE.

IT'S A LONG TERM LEASE WITH SUNNYVALE INTERNATIONAL CHURCH.

SO WE'VE NOTIFIED THEM AND WE'RE IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT JUST NEXT STEPS.

SO IT'S A LONG TERM LEASE.

OKAY. AND WHAT'S FULL ENROLLMENT AT THAT SITE? IT WOULD BE AROUND 325 TARGETED.

AND WHAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY OUT THERE, I THINK IT'S AROUND 280 OR FOUR, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, 6070 AROUND THERE.

SO, AGAIN, YOU'RE NOT THAT FAR UNDER FULL ENROLLMENT IN TERMS OF YOUR PROJECTIONS.

I MEAN, YOU ARE BUT NOT WAY OFF.

WELL, I MEAN, I KNOW THE NUMBERS DON'T SOUND BIG, BUT WHEN YOU ADD UP MAYBE 10 TO 12000 PER 88, I MEAN, WE'RE IN THE MILLIONS RIGHT NOW FAMILIAR WITH THAT.

BUT. YES. AND WE'RE IN THE MILLIONS.

YEAH. OKAY.

AND I'M TRYING TO GRASP THE FINANCIALS BECAUSE I'M SURE, AS YOU'VE HEARD AND YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD IT TOO MANY TIMES, IT'S TOUGH TO GRASP THAT THOSE MAJOR INVESTMENTS AND

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THEN SHORTLY THEREAFTER, I KNOW IT'S WHAT, FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS TO MAKE A DECISION THAT THIS INVESTMENT IS NOT GOING TO RETURN WHAT YOU HAD HOPED FOR. LET ME ADD ONE MORE QUESTION HERE ON THE ENROLLMENT.

CAN I TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAMS AND WHAT DO YOU OFFER IN TERMS OF EXTRACURRICULAR OUTSIDE JUST THE CLASSROOM CURRICULUM.

DO YOU HAVE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS? WHAT DO YOU OFFER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL? HONESTLY, YOU'VE PROBABLY GOT THE WRONG TEAM HERE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU, BECAUSE VARIOUS SITES DIFFER.

CERTAINLY THEY HAVE ATHLETIC TEAMS AND ATHLETIC PROGRAMS, A NUMBER OF CLUBS.

BUT I KNOW THERE'S MORE.

I JUST I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY.

OKAY, THAT'S FINE. IT WAS MORE A CURIOUS QUESTION IF YOU DO OFFER BUT YOU DO OFFER OTHER PROGRAMS OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM CURRICULUM.

OKAY. YEAH. AND WHAT WOULD COULD YOU GIVE ME A SENSE OF WHAT A WHAT YOU NEED TO OPERATE ANNUALLY? WHAT ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT DENALI? WHAT ARE YOUR YOUR COST TO OPERATE RATE THE HIGH SCHOOL? LET'S JUST USE THAT AN EXAMPLE.

WHAT'S THE COST TO OPERATE ANNUALLY AND JUST NOT A DEFICIT OR A PROFIT OR WHATEVER YOU WOULD REFER TO THE TERM PROFIT.

WHAT'S THE COST THERE IN TERMS OF THE CAPITAL OBLIGATION THAT YOU HAVE IN TERMS OF THE DEBT AND THE I GUESS THE OPERATIONAL IN TERMS OF STAFFING? YOU KNOW, I'LL GIVE YOU JUST ROUGH ESTIMATES.

BUT I CAN GET EXACT FOR YOU IF CIRCLE BACK IS NEEDED.

BUT IN TERMS OF BUILDING SO FACILITIES FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, THE DEBT IS AROUND 700,000 PER YEAR AND THEN REPAIRS, MAINTENANCE, UTILITIES PROBABLY OUT ON ANOTHER 100,000 OR SO.

SO PROBABLY ABOUT 800,000.

AND THEN THE FULL BUDGET SIZE, AGAIN, I HAVE TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK, BUT PROBABLY 6 TO 7 MILLION AROUND THAT ZONE ON THE EXPENSE SIDE.

AND THEN, YEAH, MOST OF THE COST FOR SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE ON, YOU KNOW, ON THE PEOPLE.

RIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THAT BUDGET IS GOING TO BE TARGETED TOWARDS OUR STAFF.

SO IT'S AROUND 7 MILLION TO OPERATE THE HIGH SCHOOL, INCLUDING THE CAPITAL COST AND THE STAFFING COSTS.

YEAH, I WOULD SAY THAT IN THAT ZONE.

YEAH. AND THEN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IT'S PROBABLY CLOSER TO 4 MILLION OR SO.

YEAH. AND IN TERMS OF CLASSROOM SIZES, I'M SURE YOU'VE LOOKED AT AND EXPLORED EVERYTHING.

BUT AGAIN, SINCE I'M HERE AND I'M ASKING YOU, CONSIDER INCORPORATING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL TO SAVE COSTS.

WE LOOKED AT A VARIETY OF SCENARIOS WHERE COULD WE, FOR EXAMPLE, DOWNSIZE THE SCHOOL AND MAYBE KEEP GRADES SIX THROUGH 12, BUT KEEP IT IN ONE OF THE BUILDINGS VERSUS TWO OF THE BUILDINGS? THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT IS KEEPING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADES WHERE THEY'RE LOWER.

ADA FUNDING ACTUALLY IS IS SOME OF THE CHALLENGE THAT YOU SAW THERE.

AND SO WE LOOKED AT A SCENARIO WHERE AND NONE OF THESE ARE PLEASANT, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, WE LOOKED AT EVERY POSSIBLE SCENARIO.

WELL, MAYBE WHAT IF WE CLOSED THE MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADES AND ONLY HAD THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN ONLY HAD ONE BUILDING AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE SCENARIOS IN DETAIL WHEN WE RAN THEM, THEY STILL DON'T BECOME FINANCIALLY VIABLE AGAIN BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE SAME STRUCTURAL CHALLENGES.

GOTCHA. AND I HAD POSED THE QUESTION.

THANK YOU. POSE A QUESTION AROUND MIDDLE SCHOOL INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL.

BUT EVEN ANOTHER OPTION THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT, AS YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE LAST MILLION HOURS THE OTHER WAY AROUND, WHERE YOU SELL THE SITE AND YOU MOVE THE HIGH SCHOOL INTO THAT LONG TERM LEASE YOU HAVE AT THAT.

AND AGAIN, GIVEN THE CONCERNS YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE PARENTS AND THE TEACHERS, YOUR ENROLLMENT MAY BE THAT LOW.

EVEN IF YOU WERE ABLE TO PULL OFF SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE YOU COULD POSSIBLY PULL THAT OFF.

SO AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL THEORETICAL AND I'M SURE YOU FOLKS HAVE EXPLORED ALL OF THEM, IF NOT MOST OF THEM.

SO THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.

THERE ARE MORE INFORMATIONAL SO I COULD UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TRUSTEE ROCHA..

VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, TRUSTEE ROCHA.

I APPRECIATED THAT.

AND JUST TO GET CLARITY FROM WHAT TRUSTEE DI SALVO AND PRESIDENT CHON WERE BRINGING UP EARLIER, HAS SUMMIT EVER HOSTED A COMMUNITY MEETING? NOT A BOARD MEETING, BUT A COMMUNITY MEETING FOR FAMILIES REGARDING THEIR FISCAL CONCERNS AT DENALI PRIOR TO JANUARY 11TH AND IN THEIR TEN YEAR

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HISTORY. WELL.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SUMMIT DOES QUITE OFTEN IS IN JANUARY OF EACH YEAR HOLD A STATE OF THE ORGANIZATION.

AND SO, YES, OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE DONE THAT MULTIPLE TIMES.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE OTHER THING IS, AND I THINK YOU HEARD THIS IN THE COMMENTS, THE STRUGGLES AND CHALLENGES OF DENALI HAVE BEEN PRESENT FOR TEN YEARS.

IT HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE TO KEEP THE SCHOOL OPEN.

WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE FACILITY CHALLENGES, MULTIPLE FACILITY MOVES UNDER ENROLLMENT THAT WE'VE ENGAGED THE COMMUNITY IN TRYING TO HELP FILL ENROLLMENT.

AND SO NOT IN THE DIRECT WAY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE BECAUSE IT HADN'T COME TO THAT POINT.

BUT A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS ALONG THE WAY.

AND I WOULD SAY THERE'S ALSO.

RUNNING CHARTER SCHOOLS IS REALLY HARD.

IT'S A REALLY HARD ENVIRONMENT.

AND THERE IS THIS ALWAYS THIS BALANCE OF.

PROJECTING CONFIDENCE AND BELIEVING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT AND DELIVER SO THAT PEOPLE WILL COME AND BEING HONEST AND TRANSPARENT.

SO NO COMMUNITY MEETINGS REGARDING THE FISCAL CONCERNS.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID, BUT THAT'S FINE.

SO I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE TEACHERS AT DENALI.

HAVE THEY BEEN GIVEN ANY INDICATION OR ASSURANCES IF THEY'D GET PRIORITY IN TERMS OF TRANSFERRING TO ANOTHER SUMMIT SITE? SO TWO THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

ONE, A SUMMIT IS CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN BARGAINING WITH UNITE SUMMIT ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF A POTENTIAL CLOSURE.

AND SO ALL OF THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS ARE BEING BARGAINED.

BUT IN OUR CURRENT CBA, WE HAVE A VOLUNTARY TRANSFER PROCESS AND WE HAVE OPENED UP THAT VOLUNTARY TRANSFER PROCESS ACCORDING TO THE CBA AND ACCORDING TO WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY DO.

AND A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THE DENALI TEACHERS.

AND WE CAN CERTAINLY PULL UP THE DATA RIGHT NOW IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER.

A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER HAVE ALREADY APPLIED FOR A TRANSFER IN THAT PROCESS.

AND IN DAYS WE'LL RECEIVE OFFERS FOR FOR THOSE TRANSFERS.

AND SO THAT IS WELL UNDERWAY.

THERE IS NO GUARANTEE OF EMPLOYMENT, BUT WE ARE VERY COMMITTED TO OUR TEACHERS AND WANT THEM TO STAY IN THE ORGANIZATION AND ARE WORKING HARD IN ORDER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

OKAY. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.

I WAS GOING TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION AS WELL AS WE'VE HEARD SUPPORT.

I HOPE THAT ALL STAKEHOLDERS ARE BEING SUPPORTED IN THIS TRANSITION THE PARENTS, THE STUDENTS, AS WELL AS THE EDUCATORS.

IT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO HEAR THAT YOUR SCHOOL IS GOING TO CLOSE.

YOU'RE LOSING YOUR CHILD'S SCHOOL, YOU'RE LOSING YOUR JOB.

AND I THINK THAT THERE IS A SENSE OF URGENCY FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR, WHETHER IT'S DIFFERENT SCHOOL CHOICES ON THAT ENROLLMENT GOING TO BE CLOSING, WHETHER THE EDUCATORS HAVE TO LOOK FOR A NEW JOB.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD HOPE THAT THERE IS GOOD FAITH IN ALL OF THAT AND SUPPORTING ALL THE COMMUNITY.

I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES.

OKAY. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU, DENALI SUMMIT STAFF FOR BEING HERE.

AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.

DR. DEWAN WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO TAKE A BREAK NOW? I THINK WE WILL TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK FOR THE TRUSTEES AS WELL.

SO WE'LL RETURN AT 7:30.

I'M SHY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. WE ARE GOING TO RETURN FROM OUR BREAK.

IT IS 7:32.

AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM FROM OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS UPDATE.

[B. Charter Schools Update]

DR. DEWAN. YES.

THANK YOU TONIGHT FOR OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS UPDATE MEFULA FAIRLEY.

OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CHARTER SCHOOLS WILL PRESENT A CHARTER SCHOOLS UPDATE.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CHON, TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN, STAFF AND COMMUNITY.

TONIGHT, I HAVE THREE ITEMS TO SHARE WITH YOU.

FIRST, CHARTER SCHOOLS, ANNUAL VISITS, AN ANNUAL VISIT TO EACH SCCBOE AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOL IS REQUIRED BY EDUCATION CODE.

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THE CHARTER SCHOOLS TEAM HAS COMPLETED MORE THAN HALF OF THE REQUIRED ANNUAL VISITS TO SSCBOE AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOLS AND WILL BE CONCLUDING OUR VISITS IN MARCH. SECOND SUMMIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

SO FIRST THING ABOUT SUMMIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS PERB.

FROM 2019 TO SOMETIME IN 2020, UNITE SUMMIT FILE WITH THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD, PERB.

FIVE UNFAIR PRACTICE CHARGES AGAINST SUMMIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS CLAIMING THAT SUMMIT VIOLATED THE EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS ACT OR EDRA, BASED ON ONE VIOLATIONS RELATED TO THE INITIAL ORGANIZATION AND NEGOTIATION EFFORTS OF UNITE SUMMIT AND TWO, SUMMITS RESPONSE TO ISSUES PRESENTED BY THE COVID PANDEMIC.

SUMMIT ALSO FILED ONE UNFAIR PRACTICE CHARGE AGAINST UNITE SUMMIT.

AS OF FEBRUARY 8TH, 2023, EACH OF THOSE CHARGES FILED WITH HERB HAS BEEN RESOLVED.

THE LAST UNFAIR PRACTICE CHARGE RESOLVED WAS FILED JUNE 18, 2019 AND INVOLVE FIRING INVOLVED THE FIRING OF THREE SUMMIT TEACHERS, TWO FROM SUMMIT DENALI AND ONE ONE EXPEDITION'S TEACHER WHO WAS ASSIGNED TO THE HOME OFFICE.

IN THIS CASE, UNITE SUMMIT ALLEGED THAT SUMMIT TERMINATED THE THREE TEACHERS IN RETALIATION FOR ENGAGING IN UNION ORGANIZING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES. ON JANUARY 11, 2023, AN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE FOUND BY A PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE THAT, ONE, THE TEACHERS EXERCISED THEIR PROTECTED RIGHTS TO ORGANIZE UNDER EERA, TWO, SUMMIT, HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE TEACHER'S EXERCISING THEIR RIGHTS AND TOOK ADVERSE ACTION AGAINST THE TEACHERS BY TERMINATING THEM.

AND THREE, THAT SUMMIT TERMINATED THE TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO ORGANIZE, THUS VIOLATING THE UNITE SUMMIT HAS ALSO PROVED THAT SUMMIT UNLAWFULLY INTERFERED WITH UNITE SUMMIT'S RIGHT TO REPRESENT EMPLOYEES.

PERB IS AUTHORIZED TO ORDER A REMEDY DESIGNED TO RESTORE, SO FAR AS POSSIBLE THE STATUS QUO WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN OBTAINED, BUT FOR THE WRONGFUL ACT.

THE REMEDY FOR THE CASE FOR THIS CASE INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING.

ONE, RESCIND THE TERMINATIONS AND REINSTATE THE TEACHERS TO THEIR FORMER POSITIONS, OR, IF THOSE POSITIONS DO NOT EXIST, IS SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT POSITION.

TWO, EXPUNGE ALL SUMMIT RECORDS.

EXPUNGE ALL SUMMIT RECORDS, ALL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE TERMINATIONS OF THE THREE TEACHERS.

THREE, PROVIDE PAYBACK OR PROVIDE BACK PAY AND BENEFITS AT THE RATE EACH TERMINATED TEACHER WAS PAID PRIOR TO TERMINATION AND SUBJECT TO ANY RAISES EXPERIENCED BY THEIR CLASSIFICATIONS SINCE THE TIME OF THEIR TERMINATION, WITH INTEREST AT THE RATE OF 7% PER ANNUM FOR WAGES AND BENEFITS LOST FROM THE DATE OF TERMINATION TO THE DATE OF REINSTATEMENT OR DECLINE THEREOF, THE BACK PAY ORDER IS SUBJECT TO OFFSET FOR WAGES EARNED DURING THE RELEVANT PERIOD.

FOUR, CEASE AND DESIST FROM RETALIATING AND DISCRIMINATING AGAINST THE TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY EXERCISE THEIR PROTECTED RIGHTS.

FIVE, CEASE AND DESIST FROM DENYING UNITE'S SUMMIT ITS RIGHTS GUARANTEED BY EERA.

AND SIX, PROVIDE EMPLOYEES WITH A NOTICE SIGNED BY AN AUTHORIZED AGENT INCORPORATING THE TERMS OF PERB'S ORDER AND STATING SUMMIT HAS ACTED UNLAWFULLY AND IS BEING REQUIRED TO CEASE AND DESIST FROM ITS UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY AND COMPLY WITH PERB'S ORDER.

THE NOTICE MUST BE POSTED FOR 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS AT SUMMIT'S BUILDINGS, OFFICES AND OTHER FACILITIES WHERE NOTICES TO BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES ARE CUSTOMARILY POSTED AND MUST BE POSTED ELECTRONICALLY BY THE VARIOUS MEANS BY WHICH SUMMIT COMMUNICATES WITH EMPLOYEES IN THE BARGAINING UNIT.

AND FINALLY, SEVEN, PROVIDE PERB WITH WRITTEN CONFIRMATION THAT SUMMIT HAS COMPLIED WITH THE ORDERS.

SUMMIT HAS CONFIRMED TO SCCOE THAT ALL, THAT THE DETERMINATION IS FINAL AND THE SUMMIT IS COMPLYING WITH THE ORDERS.

AND THEN FINALLY TONIGHT, I WANT TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON SUMMIT DENALI.

SUMMIT HAS RESPONDED IN WRITING TO QUESTIONS POSED BY SCCBOE AT ITS FEBRUARY ONE MEETING AND QUESTIONS POSED BY THE CHARTER SCHOOL STAFF.

A SUMMARY OF THE QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE SLIDE DECK PRESENTED BY CHARTER SCHOOL STAFF ON FEBRUARY 1ST.

THE NEW INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND BEGINNING ON SLIDE 16, AND THE SLIDE DECK IS ATTACHED TO THE FEBRUARY 15 SCCBOE AGENDA ITEM FIVE B CHARTER SCHOOLS

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UPDATE. THAT CONCLUDES MY UPDATE FOR THE EVENING.

VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN AND THEN TRUSTEE MAH.

THANK YOU. SO I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF DENALI.

SO FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS BOARD HAS SEEN ABOUT NINE OR TEN VOLUNTARY CLOSURES OF CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT ARE COUNTY AUTHORIZED IN OR I'M SORRY, SIX IN THE PAST NINE OR TEN YEARS.

IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING AS WELL? YES. AND SO IN THOSE OCCASIONS, HAS THE BOARD EVER OR THE OFFICE, YOU KNOW, EVER STEPPED IN AND PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AS WE'RE DOING NOW, HAS IT EVER LED TO ANOTHER DECISION APART FROM A CLOSURE? NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS, AND WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE BEEN HERE LONGER, THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE.

AND GIVEN THE FISCAL DISTRESS THEY'RE IN.

I KNOW THERE ARE SOME ACTIONS OUR BOARD CAN TAKE FOR COUNTY AUTHORIZED CHARTERS AT OUR NOTICE OF CONCERN, NOTICE OF VIOLATION, AND IN EXTREME INSTANCES, REVOCATION OF CHARTER.

ARE WE AT THE POINT WHERE WE COULD TAKE ANY OF THOSE ACTIONS? NOT REALLY. I'VE HEARD TALK.

NO, THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS NO.

THANK YOU. AND I KNOW I'VE BEEN ASKING THESE QUESTIONS OFFLINE, BUT WANT TO WANT THE PUBLIC TO HEAR SOME OF THE ANSWERS, TOO, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE QUESTIONS THEY'RE ASKING US. AND THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS, WHICH I'VE ALSO HEARD FROM PARENTS, IS CAN THE STATE SOMEHOW STEP IN AT ALL? SO LIKE THROUGH THE STATE BOARD OF IT OR [INAUDIBLE] CAN THE STATE SOMEHOW STEP IN? THERE IS NOTHING IN [INAUDIBLE] CODE THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THAT.

THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH.

IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MAH.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHON.

I GUESS THE OTHER THING THAT I BROUGHT UP EARLIER IN THE QUESTIONS WITH SUMMIT OFFICIALS, WHICH I'D JUST LIKE TO KIND OF POSE BACK TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL DEPARTMENT, IS THAT WHEN TAHOMA IS EITHER NEXT UP FOR SOME KIND OF NEGOTIATION OR DISCUSSION, IS THERE A WAY TO WORK INTO THEIR FINANCIAL ANALYSIS, A CONDITION THAT THEY PROVIDE A BETTER GUARANTEE FOR THE DEFICIT RECOVERY OTHER THAN THE RESOLUTION? SO WE COULD WHEN ONCE THEY THEY WERE JUST RENEWED RECENTLY BEFORE THE TWO YEAR EXTENSION.

SO WHEN THEY COME UP FOR RENEWAL AGAIN, WE CAN NEGOTIATE OR ADD TO THE MOU THAT THEY WILL NOTIFY US OR PASS A RESOLUTION SO THAT THEIR BOARD AND WE KNOW WHEN THEY ARE PROVIDING AN INFLUX OF MONEY FOR TAHOMA.

SO NOT, SO THAT WOULD BE IF THEY DO AN INFLUX, A BUDGETED INFLUX.

MM HMM. AND SO.

THAT WOULD BE BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY DO THEIR BUDGETS FOR THE YEAR.

I MEAN, IF WE INCORPORATE IT INTO THE MOU, THAT'S KIND OF A.

A ONE TIME CONDITION, OR WOULD WE ASK ANNUALLY FOR THEM TO, YOU KNOW, GUARANTEE THE FUNDS FOR THE NEXT YEAR? SO OUR IDEA AND, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE NEGOTIATED WITH THEM IS TO HAVE WRITE INTO THE MOU THAT ANY TIME THEY DO AN INFLUX THAT THERE'S A RESOLUTION.

BUT THAT WOULD BE AN INFLUX AFTER THEY'VE.

OH, YOU'RE SAYING FLUX AS OPPOSED TO A PROJECTION, A FORECAST OF, YOU KNOW, INFLUX THAT THEY COULD GUARANTEE, SO TO SPEAK.

SO WE'D HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW.

HOW TO WRITE THAT IN.

MM HMM. JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

THANKS. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.

IT'S IN REGARDS TO THE PERB CHARGE THAT YOU WERE SPEAKING OF, THE TEACHERS THAT WERE DISMISSED FOR FOUR UNITE SUMMIT.

ALL OF THOSE RESOLUTIONS, I'LL CALL THEM, SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE IF THOSE TEACHERS CHOSE TO RETURN TO DENALI.

SO IF THEY DIDN'T RETURN, DID THEY GET NONE OF THOSE? ALL OF THAT OCCURS WHETHER OR NOT THEY RETURN.

OH, I SEE. WHETHER OR NOT. I'M SORRY I MISSED THAT.

OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAD.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, TRUSTEES? OK. THANK YOU.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FAIRLEY FOR THE UPDATE.

[6. CONSENT ACTION ITEMS]

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO CONSENT ACTION ITEMS.

[02:25:02]

NUMBER SIX CONSENT ACTION ITEMS. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT.

APPROVE. SECOND, I HAVE A QUESTION.

TRUSTEES TRUSTEE MAH.

YES. THANK YOU.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO I'M SORRY THAT I DIDN'T BRING IT UP WHEN WE WERE APPROVING THE AGENDA.

WITH RESPECT TO THE SAFETY PLANS WHICH ARE LISTED UNDER ITEM SIX C, I WAS WONDERING, WILL WE SEE LATER ON A SAFETY PLAN FOR WALDEN WEST? NO, THE PROVISION FOR THE SCHOOL SAFETY PLANS ARE SPECIFIC TO LEAS, NOT TO PROGRAMS. OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I BELIEVE THAT MOTION TO APPROVE WAS FROM TRUSTEE DI SALVO AND A SECOND FROM VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN.

WE WILL VOTE NOW. AND TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES IN BOARD DOCS.

AND THAT MOTION CARRIES WITH SIX YESES.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ACTION ITEMS.

[A. Discussion and Approval of candidate(s) for Region 20 CSBA Delegate Assembly]

DR. DEWAN, COULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE TONIGHT'S ACTION ITEM AND GUIDE US THROUGH THIS VOTING PROCESS? TRUSTEES, WE WILL BE DOING A VERBAL ROLL CALL VOTES FOR THIS ITEM.

I'M. YES. THANK YOU AGAIN, PRESIDENT CHON.

SO TONIGHT'S ITEM IS FIRST A DISCUSSION AND THEN POTENTIAL ACTION TO CAST A BALLOT FOR THE REGION 20 CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION, DELEGATE ASSEMBLY REGION 20 CURRENTLY HAS SIX OPEN SEATS.

AND THERE IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE BOARD TO VOTE FOR UP TO THE NUMBER OF SEATS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR ELECTION.

WE CAN ALSO THE BOARD COULD ALSO VOTE ON ONE, SO IT COULD BE ZERO, ONE OR UP TO SIX.

AND YOU CAN ONLY CAST ONE VOTE FOR ANY ONE CANDIDATE.

ALL CANDIDATES THAT RECEIVE A MAJORITY OF VOTES COULD BE SELECTED ON THE OFFICIAL BALLOT.

I DO WANT TO NOTE JUST A BIT OF HISTORY THAT INITIALLY THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COULD NOT VOTE ON DELEGATE ASSEMBLY FOR THE REGION BECAUSE THE BOARD HAS THEIR OWN SEAT AND YOU SELECT YOUR OWN MEMBER.

BUT WE DID RECEIVE A BALLOT THIS YEAR, AND SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY SEVEN CANDIDATES THAT WERE ON THE REGIONAL BALLOT.

THEY ARE TERESA BOND FROM LOS GATOS, SARATOGA UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.

DANIELLE COHEN FROM CAMPBELL UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT, VON LEA FROM EASTSIDE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.

CHRISTOPHER NORWOOD FROM MILPITAS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

CAROL PRIYANKA FROM CAMBRIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT.

VAISHALI SAKAI FROM LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BRIDGET WATSON FROM SUNNYVALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IN ADDITION TO THOSE SEVEN CANDIDATES, THREE DISTRICT TRUSTEES INDICATED THEIR AVAILABILITY AS POTENTIAL WRITE IN CANDIDATES.

THEIR NAMES ARE NOT ON THE OFFICIAL BALLOT, BUT IF DESIRED BY THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD.

ONE OR MORE OF THOSE CANDIDATES COULD BE INCLUDED AS A WRITE IN ON THE BALLOT.

THOSE THREE ADDITIONAL CANDIDATES ARE NANCY NEWKIRK FROM SUNNYVALE, JORGE PACHECO, JUNIOR FROM OAK GROVE, AND JORGE SANCHEZ FROM FRANKLIN MCKINLEY. AND THERE THE PROCESS THAT WILL BE UTILIZING IS THAT I WILL GO TO EACH OF THE TRUSTEES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER AND ASK YOU TO STATE THE NAMES OF THE CANDIDATES THAT YOU SELECT.

HE MAY STAYED UP TO THE SIX NAMES.

WE WILL KEEP TRACK OF THE STATED NAMES AND ANY OF THE CANDIDATES RECEIVING FOUR OR MORE VOTES WILL BE ON THE SLATE.

ONCE THE PROCESS YIELDS A SLATE OF UP TO THE SIX CANDIDATES, THEN WE WILL ASK THE BOARD TO VOTE TO APPROVE THE ACTION AND AUTHORIZE SUBMISSION OF THE FINAL BALLOT.

SO AGAIN, THE GOAL IS TO SUBMIT ONE BALLOT.

THAT IS THE OVERALL VIEW OF THE BOARD, AND WE WILL POTENTIALLY NEED TO GO THROUGH MORE THAN ONE ROUND OF VOTING IF WE HAVE MORE CANDIDATES, MORE THAN SIX CANDIDATES WHO END UP WITH FOUR OR MORE VOTES.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS?

[02:30:03]

NO, IT'S A LITTLE CHUNKY WITH TEN POTENTIAL NAMES, SO.

ALL RIGHT, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, WE CAN BEGIN.

AND THERE WERE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

DO WE DO A DISCUSSION? IS THIS A DISCUSSION? DO WE DO DISCUSSION OR DO WE JUST GO STRAIGHT INTO THE VOTE AND THE DISCUSSION? IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS OR THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY? TRUSTEE ROCHA, JUST TO CONFIRM, WE MAY GO THROUGH MORE THAN ONE ROUND.

WE MAY GO THROUGH MORE THAN ONE ROUND, DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME.

AND IF A OKAY, THANKS.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION.

SO. DR. DR. DEWAN. ALL RIGHT.

SO, PRESIDENT CHON, YOU ARE FIRST ALPHABETICALLY.

NAME YOUR SIX CANDIDATES.

OKAY. I WILL GO WITH DANIEL COHEN VONLEH, CARROLL PRECINCA, VAISHALI SAKI. BRIDGET WATSON.

AND JORGE PACHECO JR.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE. DI SALVO.

AND I'M GOING TO GO FOR FEWER THAN SIX.

I'M GOING TO GO WITH VAN LEE.

I'M GOING TO GO WITH JORGE PACHECO.

AND DANIEL COHEN.

GREAT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE.

DI SALVO. TRUSTEE LARI.

YEAH. SO JORGE PACHECO.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M PRONOUNCING HIS NAME RIGHT.

YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

DANIEL COHEN VONLEH.

OKAY. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MAH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I'LL VOTE FOR DANIEL COHEN VONLEH, BRIDGETTE WATSON, NANCY NEWKIRK AND JORGE SANCHEZ.

THANK YOU. AND TRUSTEE ROCHA.

THANK YOU. I'LL GO WITH NORWOOD, PRESENCA, SARKI, NEWKIRK, PACHECO AND SANCHEZ.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE ROCHA AND TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN OUR VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN THANK YOU.

AND I WISH I COULD VOTE FOR MORE THAN SIX PEOPLE BECAUSE I'VE WORKED WITH MORE THAN SIX OF THEM AND THERE THEY ALL DESERVE IT.

BUT I'M GOING WITH VAISHALI SAKAI, BRIDGETTE WATSON, VAN LEE, CHRISTOPHER NORWOOD, NANCY NEWKIRK AND GEORGE PACHECO JR. THANK YOU.

FROM THE CURRENT VOTING, COULD I ADD ONE TO MY LIST? AND THAT'S JORDAN SANCHEZ.

I FORGOT HIS NAME.

YES, I'LL GO AHEAD AND ADD THAT.

THANK YOU. AND TRUSTEE LARI ONLY NAMED THREE CANDIDATES.

DID YOU WANT TO NAME ANY ADDITIONAL CANDIDATES? NO, I'M NOT.

I JUST STICK WITH IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES RECEIVED FOUR OR MORE VOTES.

DANIELLE COHEN.

VONLEH. AND JORGE PACHECO.

SO THE BASED ON THIS VOTING, THE FIRST OPTION WOULD BE TO PRESENT THE SLATE OF THOSE THREE CANDIDATES AND AFFIRM THAT ACTION.

SO THE SLATE AGAIN WOULD BE DANIEL COHEN VONLEH AND JORGE PACHECO.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

DO WE THEN COULD WE THEN VOTE TO ADD THREE MORE AFTER THAT MOTION? HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER CANDIDATES THAT RECEIVED FOUR, THAT WERE NAMED FOUR TIMES.

SO THEY HAVE TO BE WOULD IT HAVE TO BE A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD SO WE DON'T GO TO A SECOND ROUND? WE COULD DO THAT NOW BEFORE WE GO TO THE BALLOT.

BUT ONCE YOU TAKE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE BALLOT, THEN WE WOULD NOT AMEND IT.

OKAY, I'LL JUST SAY I'M OPEN TO GOING TO A SECOND ROUND BEFORE, YOU KNOW, STICKING WITH THOSE THREE PEOPLE AND GOING TO A SECOND ROUND TO ADD THREE MORE.

SO I COULD NAME THE CANDIDATES WHO RECEIVED THREE VOTES BY SHELLY SIRKAY, BRIDGET WATSON, NANCY NEWKIRK AND JORGE SANCHEZ EACH RECEIVED THREE VOTES.

[02:35:06]

AND REALLY, THE ONLY PERSON WHO DID NOT ALREADY CAST A SLATE OF SIX WOULD BE TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

AND. TRUSTEE LAURIE AND TRUSTEE MAH.

SO EACH OF THEM COULD.

STILL NAME AN ADDITIONAL CANDIDATE.

I DON'T SEE ANY CARDS, SO NO OFFER.

TRUSTEE ROCHA, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? I WAS JUST LOOKING TO THOSE WHO DIDN'T CAST ALL SIX.

AND IF THERE'S AN INTEREST FROM ONE OF THEM TO MOVE ONE OF THESE FORWARD, SHOULD THEY NOT HAVE ALREADY VOTED FOR ONE OF THEM? THAT COULD HELP US ALMOST GET THERE.

BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS ONLY A SUGGESTION.

OTHERWISE WE COULD REVOTE ON THESE FOUR.

DR. DEWAN. I ADD I ADD TWO MORE.

THAT'S POSSIBLE. OKAY.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND WHAT WOULD THOSE NAMES BE? SO IT'S SO VAISHALI AND BRIDGET WATSON.

OKAY.

WITH THAT THEN BOTH VAISHALI SARQUET AND BRIDGET WATSON ALSO HAVE FOUR VOTES AND THE BALLOT WOULD THEN BE DANIELLE COHEN, VONLEAH, SHELLY KAY, BRIDGET WATSON AND JORGE PACHECO.

THAT'S FIVE. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO SUBMIT A BALLOT FOR ALL SIX.

YOU CAN SUBMIT FOR ONE UP TO THE SIX.

I'M COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH FIVE.

HOWEVER, IF THERE'S ANY TRUSTEE THAT FEELS VERY STRONGLY ABOUT FILLING THE SIXTH, I'M OPEN TO LISTENING.

I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

SO DO WE NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE TO APPROVE THE BALLOT AND THE SLATE? THE SLATE WOULD INCLUDE THE WRITE IN OF WRITE IN CANDIDATE JORGE PACHECO JR.

THEN FROM THE BALLOT ALREADY LISTED DANIELLE COHEN, VON LAY BY SHELLY SAQUET AND BRIDGET WATSON.

AND WE WOULD JUST NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT SLATE AND AUTHORIZE SUBMISSION OF THE BALLOT.

SO MOVE. AND I'LL SECOND.

SO MOVE BY TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN AND SECONDED BY PRESIDENT CHON.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN ROLL CALL VOTE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THAT THE MOTION PASSES.

WE'LL SUBMIT THE BALLOT AND IT WILL BE TALLIED AT CSBA, ALONG WITH THE BALLOTS FROM ALL OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT CAN ALSO VOTE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THAT CONCLUDES THIS ITEM.

DR. DEWAN WILL SUBMIT THE BALLOT TO CSBA FOR TALLYING WITH OTHER LEAS IN THE REGION.

[A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Initiation of litigation pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9: 1 case]

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO CLOSED SESSION.

THE BOARD IS ABOUT TO ENTER CLOSED SESSION.

CLOSED SESSION INVOLVES CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

ONCE IN CLOSED SESSION, I WILL CALL THE CLOSED SESSION TO ORDER AND REQUEST THAT EACH TRUSTEE STATE THEIR NAME TO RECORD WHO IS IN ATTENDANCE TO AFFIRM AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PARAMETERS FOR THE CONDUCT OF BUSINESS IN THE CLOSED SESSION.

OUR CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEM INCLUDES ONE ITEM CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, ANTICIPATED LITIGATION.

INITIATION OF LITIGATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH FOUR OF SUBDIVISION D OF GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 54956.91 CASE.

THE BOARD WILL ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION AND WILL RETURN APPROXIMATELY OR AFTER 8:30 P.M..

THEY'RE READY TO RESUME OPEN SESSION UPON COMPLETION OF AGENDA ITEM EIGHT.

[A. Report of Actions Taken in Closed Session]

THERE ARE NO REPORTABLE ACTIONS.

MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TEN BOARD MEMBER COMMITTEE REPORTS.

[A. Committee members may provide or report on recent committee activities.]