[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.]

NOW IS THE TIME FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA AND WITHIN SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

PUBLIC SPEAKER CARDS MUST BE SUBMITTED AT THIS TIME, AND ONCE WE BEGIN TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCEPT ADDITIONAL COMMENTERS.

MODERATOR, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, WE HAVE NINE CARDS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

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

CAN YOU PLEASE PRESENT THE TWO MINUTE? THANK YOU. THE TWO MINUTE TIMER IS UP.

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

THE FIRST FIVE SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE SARAH [INAUDIBLE] AND TARA GUERRERO.

DELIA KLEIN, CHRISTINA MOORE, JENNY GARVER, REJU KRISHNA.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

I AM TARA GUERRERO.

I AM A SPECIAL ED TEACHER AND A GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHER, AND I CURRENTLY WORK FOR OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ACADEMY, AND I'M ALSO THE CHAPTER PRESIDENT FOR ACE, AND I'M SARAH [INAUDIBLE], OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST AND SEIU CHAPTER PRESIDENT.

ACE AND SEIU ARE UNITED FOR STUDENT AND STAFF SAFETY AND ARE DEMANDING RESPECT AND A CHANGE TO ON SITE SAFETY FOR STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS.

WE NEED SAFE CLASSROOMS FOR EVERY STUDENT AND EDUCATOR.

TO BE CLEAR, WE DO NOT BLAME THE STUDENTS FOR ANYTHING.

THE SITUATION IS NOT THE STUDENT'S FAULT, BUT INSTEAD IS A RESULT OF MANAGEMENT'S FAILURE TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE STUDENT SPECIFIC TRAINING, STUDENT SPECIFIC SUPPORTS AND RESOURCES, INCLUDING STAFF, TO MEET OUR STUDENTS NEEDS AND TO ENSURE EVERYONE IS SAFE AT SCHOOL.

ALL SCCOE EDUCATORS ARE UNITED IN OUR DEMAND FOR SCCOE TO STAFF OUR CLASSROOMS ADEQUATELY AND APPROPRIATELY TO ENSURE STUDENT SAFETY.

WE'RE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED THAT MANAGEMENT CONSIDERS IT APPROPRIATE FOR A SINGLE ADULT STAFF MEMBER TO ASSIST STUDENTS IN THE RESTROOM ALONE AND REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR OWN 2015 DIRECTIVE THAT NO ADULT STAFF SHOULD EVER BE SOLO WITH STUDENTS WITH A HISTORY OF SERIOUS LIFE ALTERING INJURIES TO STUDENTS AND STAFF, HOW MANY MORE WILL IT TAKE FOR SCCOE MANAGEMENT TO MAKE A CHANGE? WITH HUNDREDS OF REPORTED INJURIES PER YEAR TO A STUDENT AND STAFF, WE DEMAND THAT COE MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENT CALOSHA DIRECTIVES TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF.

WHEN ANYONE EXPERIENCES A PREVENTABLE INJURY AND NO ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS PROVIDED AFTER THE INCIDENT, WE ARE VIOLATING OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF'S RIGHTS TO SAFETY.

EVEN OUR MANDATED PROACTIVE DE-ESCALATION TRAINING STATES THAT WE SHOULD DEBRIEF AND DETERMINE WHAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS ARE NECESSARY AFTER A SERIOUS INCIDENT.

WE CAN AND MUST DO BETTER FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF BY PROVIDING THE APPROPRIATE STAFFING AND SAFETY MECHANISMS SO WE CAN SUPPORT STUDENTS IN OUR PROGRAMS AND IN INCLUSIVE SETTINGS. INCLUSION WORKS WHEN STUDENTS ARE SUPPORTED, NOT DROPPED INTO GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS WITHOUT THE SUPPORT NECESSARY FOR THEIR SUCCESS AND EVERYONE'S SAFETY.

WE NEED SAFE CLASSROOMS FOR EVERY STUDENT AND EDUCATOR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DELIA KLEIN.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

I AM CHRISTINA MOORE, ECSE TEACHER FOR THE SCHOOL.

I'M GOING TO READ FOR YOU INFORMATION ON UPK FOUND ON THE SCCOE WEBSITE.

CALIFORNIA'S VISION FOR UNIVERSAL PRE-K FOR ALL FOUR YEAR OLDS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY UTILIZING THE EXISTING EARLY LEARNING AND CARE ELC MIXED DELIVERY SYSTEM.

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EXPANDED TK IS NOT INTENDED TO REPLACE THE SYSTEM.

IT SPECIFICALLY CLARIFIES, AS PER ED CODE, THAT PARENTS CAN CONTINUE TO CHOOSE A PRESCHOOL OR CHILD CARE PROGRAM, INCLUDING SPECIAL EDUCATION PRESCHOOL INSTEAD OF TK, EVEN IF THEIR CHILD IS AGE ELIGIBLE FOR TK.

WHY THEN IS SCCOE SPED ADMINISTRATION PERPETUATING FALSEHOODS, TELLING PARENTS THEIR TK-ELIGIBLE STUDENTS ARE NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS. WHY ARE THEY DISCRIMINATING AGAINST STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND THEIR FAMILIES DENYING THEM THEIR LEGISLATIVELY PROTECTED CHOICE? THE CDE STATES THAT TK IS INTENDED TO BE DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS AND THAT THE CURRICULUM BE BASED ON THE PRESCHOOL LEARNING FOUNDATIONS.

WHY, THEN HAS THE SCCOE SPED DEPARTMENT INSISTED ON MOVING STUDENTS TO TK THROUGH TWO CLASSROOMS WHERE THEY HAVE FAILED TO PROVIDE DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE MATERIALS, FURNITURE, PLAYGROUNDS AND CURRICULUM, LET ALONE SAFE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE BASIC NEEDS ARE MET.

WHY IS THE SCCOE ALSO VIOLATING ED CODE ON LENGTH OF DAY FOR TK AND KINDER STUDENTS? OUR GOVERNOR HAS BUDGETED $500 MILLION TO SUPPORT THE INCLUSIVE EARLY EDUCATION EXPANSION PROGRAM, OF WHICH THE SCCOE HAS BEEN GRANTED WELL OVER $5 MILLION.

I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND OUT HOW THE SCCOE IS USING THIS MONEY DESIGNATED FOR THE INCLUSION OF STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, INCLUDING THOSE WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES AND BIRTH THROUGH PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS, BUT I DO KNOW THAT PRESCHOOL-AGED STUDENTS ARE BEING MOVED AWAY FROM EXISTING, TRULY INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENTS INTO TK PROGRAMS WHERE THERE HAS BEEN NO SUPPORT FOR INCLUSION THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND TRAININGS, AND WHERE DISTRICTS ARE ALLOWED TO DECIDE IF, WHEN AND HOW MUCH TO ACCEPT OUR PRESENCE AS MORE THAN MERE RENTERS OF CLASSROOM SPACE.

THE DISCRIMINATION.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JENNY GARVER.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS JENNY GARVER AND I AM A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER FOR COE.

I AM READING THIS TONIGHT FOR A COLLEAGUE WHO WISHES TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS.

IT WAS MY SECOND DAY OF WORK AND I WAS WALKING WITH THE THIRD GRADE STUDENT FROM THERAPY BACK TO CLASS.

AS WE LEFT THE THERAPY ROOM, I NOTICED A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN THE COURTYARD WITH A PARAEDUCATOR.

I THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT AND CONTINUED TO WALK WITH THE STUDENT.

THE DOOR TO THE STUDENT'S CLASSROOM WAS LOCKED, SO I KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND WAITED FOR US TO BE LET IN.

SUDDENLY I HEARD THE PARAEDUCATOR BEHIND ME SHOUT, WATCH OUT! AND I TURNED TO SEE THE HIGH SCHOOLER RUNNING AT US IN FULL SPEED.

INSTINCTIVELY, I PLACED MYSELF BETWEEN THE THIRD GRADER AND THE HIGH SCHOOLER.

BEFORE I COULD REACT, THE HIGH SCHOOLER PUNCHED ME IN THE FACE BETWEEN THE EYES.

WHEN I REPORTED THIS INCIDENT TO THE ADMINISTRATION, I WAS TOLD, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT IF THAT STUDENT IS OUT OF CLASS, EVERYONE SHOULD REMAIN INSIDE.

EVERYONE KNEW THAT EXCEPT ME, THE NEW EMPLOYEE.

A SHORT EMAIL OR CONVERSATION COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS INCIDENT, BUT MY PRINCIPAL NEVER BOTHERED TO LET ME KNOW.

AS AN ITINERANT STAFF, NOW I AM ON ALERT IF I HEAR FOOTSTEPS BEHIND ME, I LOOK OVER MY SHOULDER TO ENSURE THAT I DO NOT GET HIT AGAIN.

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS CULTURE OF SILENCE CONTINUES.

ITINERANT STAFF AND SUBSTITUTES ARE NOT WARNED OF STUDENTS WHOSE BEHAVIORS MAY CAUSE INJURIES TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS, AND WE ARE NOT WARNED OF THEIR TRIGGERS.

IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN TAKING IN NEW STUDENTS AND PLACING THEM IN CLASSROOMS WITHOUT STAFF EVER SEEING THEIR IEPS, PREVENTING STAFF FROM ACCESSING VITAL INFORMATION THAT COULD PREVENT INJURIES WHEN INCIDENT REPORTS ARE COMPLETED.

THE ADMINISTRATION HAS NO PLAN TO PREVENT THIS SPECIFIC INCIDENT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.

IN OUR PRO ACT CLASSES, WE ARE TAUGHT TO KNOW THE STUDENTS, BUT HOW CAN WE KNOW THE STUDENTS IF VITAL INFORMATION IS KEPT FROM US? STUDENTS AND STAFF DESERVE SAFETY.

PLEASE STEP FORWARD.

CLEARLY, STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS REJU KRISHNA AND I AM AN SAI TEACHER WITH COE.

STUDENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO BE EDUCATED IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.

STAFF HAVE A RIGHT TO WORK IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.

EFFECTIVE EDUCATION CANNOT OCCUR WITHOUT SAFETY.

ON FEB 6, 2019, MY STUDENTS HAD GONE OUTSIDE.

A FELLOW TEACHER HOLLERED THAT MY STAFF NEEDED HELP.

I RAN TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED BUT DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHO NEEDED HELP.

WHAT HAPPENED UNTIL I SAW MY PARAEDUCATOR THREE CLASSES DOWN.

I GOT CLOSER AND SAW MY PARAEDUCATORS HEAD BLEEDING PROFUSELY.

I MADE THE 9-11 CALL.

MY PARA HAD SUFFERED A BRAIN HEMORRHAGE AFTER GETTING PUSHED INTO A METAL RAILING.

BRAIN INJURIES CREATE A LIFELONG LIST OF DEEP IMPACTS PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, FINANCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL.

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THAT DAY CHANGED MANY LIVES.

THIS LIFE ALTERING INJURY AND MANY, MANY, MANY MORE COULD HAVE AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED.

WE NEED INDIVIDUALIZED STUDENT CENTERED TRAININGS, INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS.

MORE SUBSTITUTE COVERAGE.

MORE COLLABORATION AND PLANNING DURING STUDENT PLACEMENTS.

IMPLEMENTING THE CALOSHA DIRECTIVES IS A MUST.

MANY IN MANAGEMENT WILL TELL YOU THAT EVERYTHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE IS ALREADY BEING DONE.

WHILE MANAGEMENT HAS MADE SOME CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO OUR ADVOCACY, AND WE DO APPRECIATE THAT.

HOWEVER, IT IS SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH.

WE, THE EDUCATORS AT THE FRONT LINE, ARE TELLING YOU ENOUGH IS NOT BEING DONE.

SAFETY FOR ALL HAS TO BECOME OUR PRIORITY NEEDS TO BE SAID AGAIN.

OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT AT FAULT.

THEIR MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIORS ARE TELLING US THAT SOMETHING IS NOT WORKING RIGHT FOR THEM.

WHAT WE NEED IS MORE SUPPORT FROM YOU.

AS THE DOCTOR STITCHED HER GASH MY PARAEDUCATOR ASKED ME AGAIN AND AGAIN, REFERRING TO THE STUDENT: WILL THEY HELP HIM NOW? WILL THEY HELP HIM NOW? WE ASK YOU TODAY, WILL YOU HELP OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF NOW? WILL YOU HELP SHIFT THE CULTURE FROM WE'VE DONE ENOUGH TO LET'S KEEP OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF SAFE? OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DELIA KLEIN.

DELIA KLEIN.

HI, MY NAME IS DELIA KLEIN.

I'M A PARAEDUCATOR TRAINER.

IN THE WORDS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

IN THE END WE WILL REMEMBER NOT THE WORDS OF OUR ENEMIES, BUT THE SILENCE OF OUR FRIENDS.

OUR NEXT BATCH OF SPEAKERS INCLUDES CRISTINA MUNOZ, NORMA CASTANEDA, SARAH STEINBACH AND ANNE WATERMAN-ROY. PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM.

I'M NOT ABLE TO SEE THE TIMER, PRESIDENT.

THEY HAVE ONE MORE MINUTE.

THANK YOU.

WE NEED SAFE CLASSROOMS FOR EVERY STUDENT AND EDUCATOR.

OUR NEXT BATCH OF SPEAKERS INCLUDES CRISTINA MUNOZ, NORMA CASTANEDA, SARAH STEINBACH AND ANNE WATERMAN-ROY. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, DR.

DEWAN. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA MUNOZ AND I AM A POST SENIOR TEACHER AT HESTER SCHOOL.

I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE, AND SADLY, I ONLY HAVE TWO MINUTES WITH YOU GUYS TO TELL YOU, BEFORE I WAS A TEACHER, I WAS A SUB AIDE AND LATER A PERMANENT AIDE.

IN MY YEARS OF WORKING AT THE SCCOE SPED ED, I LEARNED FROM THE VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTS THAT I WORKED IN THAT YOU JUST GO WITH THE FLOW AND THAT IN SOME SITUATIONS YOU DON'T QUESTION THINGS, YOU JUST LET IT GO.

ONE OF THOSE THINGS WAS, WELL, IF YOU GOT HURT BY A STUDENT, YOU TAKE IT.

YOU JUST TAKE IT BECAUSE IT WAS PART OF MY JOB.

HOWEVER, AFTER BEING HURT ON THE JOB AND WITNESSING SEVERAL INCIDENTS, I HAVE LEARNED THAT NO, IT'S NOT PART OF MY JOB.

I NO LONGER WANT TO STAY SILENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CONCERNS MY STUDENTS AND MY STAFF SAFETY.

BACK IN 2018, WHILE ON A WALK, I WAS PHYSICALLY ATTACKED BY AN ADULT STUDENT JUST LIKE THIS AND BECAUSE I TOLD HIM NOT TO PICK UP A DIRTY SOCK FROM THE GROUND.

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AS HE ATTACKED ME, I STILL DIDN'T LET HIM GO BECAUSE HE HAD A HISTORY OF ELOPING.

SO BELIEVE ME, I LOVE MY STUDENTS AND FOR ME, THEIR SAFETY COMES FIRST BEFORE MINE.

IT TOOK FOUR STAFF TO GET HIM OFF ME AND I WAS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL THAT DAY, BECAUSE OF THE PAIN AND THAT LATER THAT NIGHT AND THAT NEXT DAY, I HAD A LOT OF BRUISES ON MY BACK, AND FOR YEARS AFTER THIS EVENT, I'VE HAD TO LIVE WITH THOSE SHOULDERS AND NECK PAINS. TWO YEARS AGO, I WAS ALMOST HIT BY A BUS AND I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME, BUT IT WAS PRETTY TRAUMATIC.

WHEN I WAS WAITING WITH THE STUDENT, I ALMOST GOT HIT BY A BUS.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS NORMA CASTANEDA.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PREVENT YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS NORMA CASTANEDA AND I'M A PARAEDUCATOR AT HESTER SCHOOL SITE.

I AM HERE TODAY TO SHARE MY CONCERNS AND AT A HIGH LEVEL OF SAFETY ISSUES THAT MANY OF OUR SPECIAL NEEDS CLASSES HAVE.

MY SITE HAD AN INCIDENT HAPPENED LAST WEEK.

IT WAS SO BAD AND CRITICAL THERE WAS A NEED TO PRACTICALLY DO A LOCKDOWN AT OUR SITE.

MIND YOU, THE UNPREPAREDNESS AND DIRECTIVES THAT WERE GIVEN OR NOT EVEN HEARD IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

HESTER HAD AN EMERGENCY MANDATORY MEETING WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY TO GO OVER ISSUES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER.

WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER AT THAT MOMENT OF THE ISSUE? IT REALLY SADDENS ME TO HEAR THE DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL ED, JENNIFER ANN, COME ON TO MY SITE AND STATE, WE HAVE THESE MEETINGS SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT ISSUES AND CONCERNS ON HOW TO MAKE SCHOOLS BETTER.

WELL, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT'S A LIE, BECAUSE IN 25 YEARS I HAVE NEVER SEEN SOMEONE FROM THE COUNTY STEP ON OUR SIDE TO HELP ME WITHIN SAFETY ISSUES.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME.

IT TOOK THIS INCIDENT TO HOLD AN EMERGENCY MEETING, BUT YET A YEAR AGO, WHEN MY TEACHER AND AIDE WERE PUSHED, PULLED AND THROWN INTO A BUSY STREET INTO A MOVING BUS BUS THAT COULD HAVE KILLED THEM.

IS THIS NOT ENOUGH? WAS THAT NOT ENOUGH TO HOLD AN EMERGENCY MEETING? THEY COULD HAVE DIED, AND I'M TIRED OF HEARING EVERYONE ON MY SCHOOL CAMPUS SAYING THAT I SIGNED UP FOR IT.

I DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR IT.

I SIGNED UP BECAUSE MY BROTHER HAS AUTISM AND I WANTED TO LEARN.

SINCE I WASN'T ABLE TO GET AN EDUCATION, I WANTED TO LEARN AND HELP MY MOM HAVE MY BROTHER SUCCEED IN LIFE, AND THAT'S WHAT MY HEART CALLED ME OUT TO WORK FOR THE COUNTY WITH THE CIRCLE AND THE NEEDS.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS SARAH STEINBACH.

I AM A SPECIAL ED TEACHER WITH THE COUNTY AND I'VE BEEN WORKING HERE FOR 12 YEARS.

I WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS OF MY INJURIES THAT I'VE HAD OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS.

WE'LL START WITH TWO BLACK EYES.

I WAS TEACHING IN A HIGH SCHOOL CLASS AND A STUDENT CAME FROM BEHIND AND PUSHED ME TO THE FLOOR AND I HIT MY FACE ON THE FLOOR.

WHAT I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF IS ALSO THE ARM AND KNEE INJURIES THAT WENT WITH THAT ONE.

A FEW YEARS LATER, I HAD ONE OF MY STUDENTS THAT HURT MY HAND.

I SPENT A YEAR GOING THROUGH OT AND ACUPUNCTURE AND EVERYTHING ELSE BEFORE I FINALLY AGREED TO HAVE SURGERY.

SO THIS IS WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.

IN DECEMBER--THAT WAS MY LEFT HAND.

IN DECEMBER, ONE OF MY STUDENTS HURT MY RIGHT HAND.

THURSDAY, I HAD TO HAVE THE SAME SURGERY DONE ON MY RIGHT HAND.

SO THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE UNDER THE BANDAGES.

I WAS ASKED TO GO AND HELP AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE THERE WAS AN EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE STUDENT THERE, AND GENERALLY I'M KNOWN FOR BEING REALLY GOOD WITH STUDENTS WITH BEHAVIORS. SO IN THE FEW DAYS THAT I WAS THERE, HE DREW BLOOD AND THEN MY RIGHT AND LEFT ARMS WERE BRUISED PRETTY MUCH FROM THE WRIST TO THE ELBOW, AND THEN I HAD A STUDENT POST-SECONDARY STUDENT WHO WAS NEW.

HIS MOM TOLD ME THAT WHEN HE GOT UPSET, HE WOULD BOLT.

WHEN HE WOULD GET UPSET, HE'D HIT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD.

WE WERE WAITING FOR A BUS ON THE CORNER OF SAN CARLOS AND BASCOM.

HE GOT UPSET.

HE STARTED HITTING HIMSELF IN THE HEAD.

I STOOD IN FRONT OF HIM.

A PAIR OF STOOD ON EACH SIDE OF ME.

HE GRABBED MY HAND USED MY HAND TO HIT HIMSELF.

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OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANNE WATERMAN-ROY, PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS ANN WATERMAN-ROY.

I AM THE PARENT OF TWO DAUGHTERS WHO ARE AT BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL IN LOS ALTOS.

I'M HERE BECAUSE, AS BULLIS PARENTS, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAD A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM US AS PARENTS ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCES WITH THE SCHOOL AND WHY WE CHOSE BULLIS.

SO A COUPLE THINGS.

ONE, I WANTED TO THANK MANY OF YOU.

WE REACHED OUT TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS SO THAT WE COULD HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH A COUPLE OF OUR PARENTS WITH YOU SO WE COULD GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, SHARE SOME OF OUR STORIES AND HEAR YOUR PRIORITIES.

WE'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET WITH OVER HALF OF YOU.

THANK YOU, AND I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON SOME TIMING WITH A COUPLE OF OTHERS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THAT TIME.

WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE IT, AND JUST AS A HEADS UP, A COUPLE OF US ARE GOING TO TRY TO COME TO A COUPLE OF FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS SO THAT YOU HEAR FROM US AND THE SCHOOL, NOT JUST WHEN THERE'S A REPORT OR JUST HEARING FROM OUR STAFF, BUT SO THAT YOU GET TO HEAR STORIES FROM SCHOOLS.

WE KNOW YOU ARE OVERSEEING 20 SOME ODD CHARTER SCHOOLS AND HOWEVER MANY TRADITIONAL DISTRICT SCHOOLS.

SO WE WANTED TO SHARE THOSE STORIES.

SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME AND CONSIDERING THE LIVES OF ALL STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOLS.

I'M ALSO HERE BECAUSE, AS A PROFESSIONAL WHO'S SPENT THE PAST 20 YEARS WORKING IN AND WITH URBAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PARTICULARLY SCHOOLS THAT FOCUS ON SERVING STUDENTS THAT HAVE TYPICALLY BEEN DISENFRANCHISED AND UNDERSERVED.

I WAS DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PLANNING IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CURRENTLY THE EARLY CHILDHOOD LEAD AT RAVENSWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT IN EAST PALO ALTO AND I WILL SAY THAT I DEEPLY BELIEVE THAT EVERY CHILD IN THIS COUNTRY DESERVES ACCESS TO AN EDUCATION LIKE THE ONE MY KIDS ARE GETTING RIGHT NOW AT BULLIS, AND SO IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE BE DOING EVERYTHING AS A SCHOOL THAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERY KID IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I'M PROUD OF SOME OF THE STEPS BULLIS HAS TAKEN. I ONLY HAVE 28 SECONDS.

I'LL LIST A COUPLE THAT I'M PROUD OF AND I'D LOVE TO SHARE MORE AFTER.

ONE, WE'VE HIRED A NEW SUPERINTENDENT JUST BEFORE COVID, WHOSE CAREER BEFOREHAND HAS BEEN IN SCHOOLS PRIMARILY SERVING LOW INCOME LATINO STUDENTS.

SHE'S A DEEP COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE HER AS OUR LEADER AND CHAMPION CONVERSATIONS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

SECOND, I'M SO DELIGHTED THAT WE'VE ADDED AN ENROLLMENT PREFERENCE FOR LOW INCOME STUDENTS SO THAT GOING THROUGH THE LOTTERY CAN BRING MORE KIDS IN.

THREE, WE'RE ADDING FULL DAY TK AND KINDER NEXT YEAR AND THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU, MODERATOR.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR CONSENT ACTION ITEMS.

[4. CONSENT ACTION ITEMS]

I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT ACTION ITEMS EXCEPT FOR 4H AND I THAT WERE PULLED BY VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN.

SO MOVED. I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT FROM VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN AND A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE ROCHA.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS OR LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED A VERBAL.

I NEED TO GIVE YOU A VERBAL.

A VERBAL, YES? I APPROVE. OKAY, A VERBAL YES FROM TRUSTEE DI SALVO, AND THAT MOTION CARRIES WITH SEVEN YESES.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEES.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 4H.

[H. Request Adoption of Resolution in Support of Inclusive and Equitable Education for Students with Disabilities]

VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN, AS YOU PULLED IT, I WILL GIVE IT TO YOU.

YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I WANTED TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHON FOR ADDING THIS TO THE AGENDA.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW TRUSTEE BERTA ESPECIALLY HAS A LOT OF EXPERTISE WHEN IT COMES TO SPECIAL EDUCATION, SO I WANT TO THANK HER AS WELL, AND I MEAN, WE HEARD FROM A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENTERS.

I THINK THAT THIS RESOLUTION COULD HELP PROMOTE EQUITY AND INCLUSION, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

IT HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF RESOURCES, YOU KNOW, TRAINING, SUPPORT FOR EDUCATORS TO CREATE A MORE INCLUSIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND TO CATER TO THE DIVERSE NEEDS OUR STUDENTS HAVE.

SO OVERALL, I WANTED TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT.

I DID, I THINK THROUGH A MOTION, I WANTED TO ADD A WHEREAS CLAUSE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE RESOLUTION REALLY EMPHASIZES STUDENT SAFETY AND WELL-BEING AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR DECISION MAKING, AND I THINK THAT IF WE ADD A WHEREAS CLAUSE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AFFIRMS THAT THE BOARD POLICY DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH I CHAIR, SHALL PRIORITIZE STUDENT SAFETY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION THROUGH POLICY REVIEW AND DEVELOPMENT.

I WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADD THAT CLAUSE.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

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SO THAT WAS A MOTION FROM VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN AND A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE BERTA.

I ALSO HAVE SOME COMMENTS.

OKAY, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO YOUR MOTION AND THEN I WILL.

OR I'LL GIVE IT TO TRUSTEE BERTA.

[INAUDIBLE]. TRUSTEE BERTA.

SO AGAIN, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO SEE THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS AGENDIZED AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN AND I CO-WROTE THIS RESOLUTION WITH THE INTENT TO RECOGNIZE THE BOARD AND OUR STAFF'S COMMITMENT TO SAFETY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION, AND I THINK ESPECIALLY AS A SPECIAL EDUCATOR AND PARENT, I RECOGNIZE THAT IT TAKES ALL OF US TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS SUCCESS, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN AND ALL THE STUDENTS, PARENTS AND STAFF WHO DID TAKE THE TIME TO SPEAK WITH US AND SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES AND ALSO THEIR HOPES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND PROGRAMS. THANK YOU. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED THAT WORDING FOR CARMEN.

DO WE NEED THAT? YEAH, SO THE WORDING WAS BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AFFIRMS THAT THE BOARD POLICY DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE SHALL PRIORITIZE STUDENT SAFETY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION THROUGH POLICY REVIEW AND DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU, CARMEN.

DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT, TRUSTEE ROCHA? SURE. YEAH. [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S OKAY. SOME COMMENTS.

YEAH, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

OKAY, I'LL BE SHORT.

I WANT TO THANK THE TRUSTEES THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THIS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.

I THINK THIS IS LONG OVERDUE AND I THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE STAFF, EDUCATORS, ALL THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE ATTENDED, NOT JUST THIS EVENING, BUT EVERY OTHER BOARD MEETING PREVIOUS TO THIS FOR SPENDING TIME FROM THEIR OWN PERSONAL INTERESTS TO COME UP, SHOW UP, SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES AND SPEAK TO US IN TERMS OF SUPPORT FOR THEIR EFFORTS, AND I WANT TO, I GUESS, SHOW MY SUPPORT, CONVEY MY SUPPORT AND MAKE A COMMITMENT THAT WHATEVER I CAN DO TO HELP IMPROVE THEIR SITUATION FOR THEMSELVES AND THE STUDENTS, MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WILL, AND AGAIN, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TRUSTEES WHO BROUGHT THIS FORWARD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE ROCHA.

TRUSTEE DI SALVO. I JUST WANT TO THANK TRUSTEE ROCHA FOR HIS COMMENTS.

I AGREE IN BOLD AND UNDERLINED WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, THEN WE WILL VOTE ON THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.

PRESIDENT CHON, CAN YOU REPEAT THE FIRST AND THE SECOND? YEAH THE FIRST WAS FROM VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN AND THE SECOND WAS FROM TRUSTEE BERTA.

SO I BELIEVE WE'RE VOTING TO AMEND AND THEN WE WOULD THEN ADOPT.

OR CAN WE DO IT TOGETHER? THE WAY THE MOTION WAS PROPOSED.

YOU CAN DO IT IN ONE ACTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY, TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS , AND THAT MOTION CARRIES WITH SEVEN YESES.

THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 4I.

[I. Request Adoption of Resolution Protecting Youth from Gun Violence]

VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN, THIS IS BACK TO YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, I THINK WE MAY HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENTERS ON THIS ITEM, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, I'M WEARING MY WEAR ORANGE STICKER FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE IN HONOR OF THIS RESOLUTION TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUTH FROM GUN VIOLENCE.

SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT I REALLY APPRECIATED SOME OF THE WHEREAS CLAUSES ONE IT HIGHLIGHTS MOMS DEMAND ACTION, A GROUP DEDICATED TO DISCUSSING THE ISSUE OF GUN

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VIOLENCE IN CONJUNCTION WITH EVERY TOWN FOR GUN SAFETY AND THEY HOST WEAR ORANGE IN THE MONTH OF JUNE, AND I KNOW WE HAVE MEMBERS OF SAN JOSE MOMS DEMAND ACTION.

I WILL MENTION MY MOM IS HERE AS PART OF MOMS DEMAND ACTION.

SO THANK YOU MOM, AND ANOTHER WHEREAS CLAUSE WAS A MENTION THE NONPROFIT SPONSORS OF THE BE SMART CAMPAIGN THAT WORKS TO BRING AWARENESS AROUND SAFE GUN STORAGE, AND I KNOW I MENTIONED IN ONE OF MY PREVIOUS BOARD MEMBER REPORTS I WAS ABLE TO TALK TO BE SMART.

I KNOW OUR OFFICE HAS, TOO, AND JUST LOOK AT WAYS WE CAN COMMUNICATE AND WORK WITH THAT CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE SAFE GUN STORAGE AND SAFETY, AND ALSO THE RESOLUTION HIGHLIGHTED THAT IN OUR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, LEAS THROUGH THEIR PARENTAL NOTIFICATION, WILL HAVE TO SHARE INFORMATION AROUND SAFE GUN STORAGE.

SO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND SPEAK IN STRONG SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN TRUSTEE DI SALVO, DID YOU WANT TO MAKE COMMENT? I DO. I HAVE A COMMENT.

I DON'T THINK THE RESOLUTION MENTIONS ANYTHING ABOUT GHOST GUNS, BUT AFTER AND PERHAPS IT SHOULD.

AFTER MY FINAL TODAY AT SAN JOSE STATE, I WENT HOME TO MY HOME, WHICH IS A BLOCK AWAY FROM WILLOW GLEN HIGH SCHOOL, AND THERE WERE ABOUT EIGHT SAN JOSE PD CARS ON MY STREET, ABOUT FOUR HOUSES AWAY FROM MY HOME, AND THEY HAD, I BELIEVE, WHAT WAS TO BE A STUDENT OR WHAT WAS PROBABLY A STUDENT AT WILLOW GLEN, WHAT'S BEEN REPORTED BY THE MERCURY NEWS.

SUBSEQUENT TO THAT TODAY AT AROUND 12:00 IS THAT HE WAS IN POSSESSION, STUDENT OF A GHOST GUN ON THE WILLOW GLEN HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS FULLY LOADED.

I WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE ADULTS FROM THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN CHASING THEM DOWN, APPARENTLY MY STREET AND. GETTING IN POSSESSION OF THE GHOST GUN AS WELL AS THE KNIFE THAT HE WAS CARRYING.

SO I THINK THAT IF GHOST GUNS ARE NOT PART OF THIS RESOLUTION, WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THOSE ARE GUNS ARE PIECES OR PARTS OF GUNS THAT COULD BE PURCHASED AT GUN SHOWS THAT ARE UNTRACEABLE, UNIDENTIFIABLE TO WHERE THEY WERE PURCHASED , BUT WE IN AMERICA ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN, AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS HE PUT THAT GUN TOGETHER AND BROUGHT IT TO SCHOOL.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS A CURRENT STUDENT THERE OR NOT, BUT I THINK ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO AND I'M WEARING THIS RIBBON IS RELATED TO THAT, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH, AND I WILL PUT ON MY ORANGE BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT WE COULD DO IN AMERICA, AND I KNOW THAT CALIFORNIA'S BEEN TRYING TO LEAD THE WAY WITH OUR LEGISLATURE IN GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SMART GUN LAWS, BUT I THINK WE NEED WE STILL NEED TO DO MORE, AND GHOST GUNS ARE A TOPIC FOR THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE DI SALVO, AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

I KNOW THAT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO DISCUSS, SO THANK YOU.

DR. DEWAN. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO TRUSTEE DI SALVO'S DESCRIPTION AND THANK OUR STAFF.

OUR TEAM MEMBERS PUT THESE TOGETHER FOR EACH OF THE TRUSTEES IN SUPPORT OF THE WEAR ORANGE WEEKEND, AND ADDITIONALLY, WE PURCHASED THESE STICKERS FOR THE TRUSTEES AND FOR MEMBERS OF THE STAFF AS WELL, AND JUST ENCOURAGING THE WEAR ORANGE.

I ALSO WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THE NEW LAW CHANGE THAT WILL TAKE EFFECT NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

THAT REQUIRES ALL OF THE SCHOOLS TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH PARENTS ABOUT GUN SAFE GUN STORAGE, AND REALLY THE IMPETUS FOR THAT IS THAT TOO MANY OF THE INCIDENTS THAT INVOLVE GUN VIOLENCE AND THAT ALSO INVOLVE DEATH OF CHILDREN OCCURS AS A RESULT OF GUNS IN THE HOME AND MANY OF THOSE ARE ACCIDENTAL AS WELL.

SO IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR SCHOOLS TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS AND TO WORK WITH PARENTS ABOUT THE LAWS THAT ARE ALREADY IN EFFECT IN CALIFORNIA AND THAT COULD SUPPORT SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR.

DEWAN. TRUSTEE BERTA.

THANK YOU. I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF STEPS THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO TAKE AND ADVOCATE FOR, NOT JUST LOCALLY BUT FEDERALLY AS WELL.

I THINK UNDERSTANDING AND RECOGNIZING THAT THE CURRENT TRAUMA THAT OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF AND COMMUNITY LIVE WITH DAY IN AND DAY OUT

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. IT CAUSES TRAUMA WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT NOT JUST THE INCIDENCE OF GUN VIOLENCE, BUT THE RESIDUAL EFFECT OF PREPARING AND ANTICIPATING GUN VIOLENCE. THIS ISN'T A REALITY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS AGENDIZED AND HOPE THAT WE SEE OUR MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT THIS AS WELL, BUT ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, MORE BROADLY JOINING THE EFFORTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND NATIONALLY AS WELL TO TAKE A STANCE AND MAKE SURE WE END THIS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE BERTA. TRUSTEE LARI.

SO WE NEED TO THINK OF GUN VIOLENCE AS A MAJOR HEALTH CRISIS AND WE NEED TO TREAT IT AS SUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE LARI.

TRUSTEE ROCHA. THANK YOU, BOARD PRESIDENT.

I WANT TO SHARE MY SUPPORT FOR THE COMMENTS BY TRUSTEE, SREEKRISHNAN, DI SALVO AND BERTA AS WELL AS LARI.

THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING UP.

FOR ME, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET TO AN EXTENDED AGE AND YOU'VE SEEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN THE INSTANCES OF REPEATED VIOLENCE, ESPECIALLY GUN VIOLENCE, I DON'T WANT TO SAY I'VE BECOME NUMB TO IT. I'VE BECOME, I GUESS, DISAPPOINTED IN IT, AND, YOU KNOW, AS YOU MENTIONED, TRUSTEE DI SALVO, CALIFORNIA'S BEEN A LEADER IN TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD MORE SANE GUN PROTECTION LAWS, AND I SHARE MY SUPPORT OF THAT, AND I'M REALLY, IN SOME CASES, HONESTLY, I HATE TO SAY IT, ASHAMED THAT AMERICA IS WHERE IT'S AT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN, AND MOST RECENTLY.

IT'S TRAGIC. IT'S SAD AND IT'S DISAPPOINTING.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE ROCHA. I AGREE WITH MY FELLOW TRUSTEES UP HERE.

I THINK GUN VIOLENCE AND IN GENERAL, BUT ESPECIALLY IN SCHOOLS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IT'S DIFFICULT TO TALK ABOUT, AND AS AN EDUCATOR, TRUSTEE BERTA TALKS ABOUT IT'S NOT JUST THE GUNS IN SCHOOLS, BUT THE ANTICIPATION OF IT.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.

EXCUSE ME. SORRY.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS DIFFICULT TO TALK ABOUT.

IT AFFECTS US AS EDUCATORS, AS PARENTS AND AS COMMUNITY.

SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THIS COME THROUGH, BUT ALSO THE ACTIONS THAT ARE GETTING TAKEN BECAUSE WE CAN STAND BY, WE CAN SAY WE SUPPORT, BUT IT'S THE ACTIONS THAT MATTER SO THAT LEAS ARE PROVIDING INFORMATION ON SAFETY AND GUN STORAGE IS ONE STEP.

SO I HOPE WE CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD AND IT IS SAD.

ON WHAT OUR SOCIETY HAS TO DEAL WITH WITH GUN VIOLENCE IN EDUCATION, BUT IT'S A REALITY.

WE'RE FACING IT, AND SO WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO WITH THAT, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.

WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE].

OH, GOODNESS. WE DO.

OH, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.

OKAY. I'M SORRY.

MODERATOR, COULD YOU PLEASE BEGIN OUR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? YES, WE HAVE RACHEL MICHAELSON.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS RACHEL MICHAELSON AND I AM THE LOCAL GROUP LEAD FOR THE SAN JOSE SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

MOMS DEMAND ACTION GROUP.

IN A FEW WEEKS, VOLUNTEERS HERE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL BE WEARING ORANGE TO HONOR THE SURVIVORS OF GUN VIOLENCE.

WE HONOR THE COMMUNITIES SHATTERED BY GUN VIOLENCE ALONGSIDE THE 120 PEOPLE EACH DAY WHO ARE SHOT AND KILLED AND HUNDREDS MORE WHO ARE WOUNDED EVERY DAY IN OUR COUNTRY, WE ARE A NATION OF SURVIVORS.

WITH THIS RESOLUTION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE TAKING MEANINGFUL ACTION TO SAVE LIVES.

I THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE SURVIVORS HERE IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND FOR YOU GUYS FOR TAKING THIS ACTION.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.

THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU. NOW I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS ITEM.

SO MOVED.

SO MOVED FROM TRUSTEE LARI.

SECOND. AND SECONDED FROM VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN.

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AND THAT MOTION CARRIES WITH SEVEN YESES.

THANK YOU TRUSTEES. REQUESTED BY VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN.

COULD WE PLEASE TAKE A PHOTO WITH OUR MOMS DEMAND ACTION GROUP UP HERE WITH THE BOARD IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE, AND THANK YOU, COMMUNITY, FOR THAT SUPPORT.

NEXT, WE WILL MOVE TO OUR ACTION ITEMS. NUMBER FIVE. DR. DEWAN, WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THE NEXT ITEM? YES, THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE BUDGET REVISIONS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL AND THIS EVENING.

[A. Request Approval of the Budget Revisions for the Month of April 2023]

PRESENTING THIS ITEM ARE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ AND OUR DIRECTOR FOR INTERNAL BUSINESS SERVICES, SHARMA.

DIRECTOR SHARMA, AND WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

DIRECTOR SHARMA, IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO HEAR.

CAN YOU PULL IT REALLY CLOSE TO YOU? OKAY. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THE BUDGET REVISION REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL.

I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE NEW FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED.

WE RECEIVED 1.7 MILLION FOR THE SCHOOL BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE GRANT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CREDENTIALED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT PROVIDE SCHOOL BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO STUDENTS.

WE ALSO RECEIVED 1.5 MILLION FROM K TO 12 STRONG WORKFORCE PROGRAM FOR EXPANDING THE AVAILABILITY OF HIGH QUALITY CAREER TECH EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COURSES AND PROGRAMS. THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL.

BUDGET REVISION REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.

SEEING NONE. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET REVISIONS FOR APRIL 2023.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE ROCHA, AND I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

TRUSTEE MAH, DO YOU SEE IT? THANK YOU, AND THAT MOTION CARRIES WITH SEVEN YESES.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, AGENDA 6A.

DR. DEWAN.

[A. Charter Schools Update]

THIS IS OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS UPDATE THIS EVENING.

OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CHARTER SCHOOLS, MEFULA FAIRLEY WILL PRESENT AN UPDATE ON A COUPLE OF ITEMS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

PRESIDENT CHON TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN STAFF AND COMMUNITY.

I HAVE TWO ITEMS TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TONIGHT.

FIRST UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY OR UPA? ON MAY 10TH, THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT SENT UPA A LETTER OF CONCERN REGARDING FOUR ISSUES.

FIRST, BROWN ACT COMPLIANCE, UPA BYLAWS AND BOARD MEMBER TERMS, STUDENT EXPULSION, DUE PROCESS AND ALLEGATIONS FROM A FORMER EMPLOYEE. WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE RESPONSES TO OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE BROWN ACT COMPLIANCE, THE BYLAWS AND BOARD MEMBER TERMS AND THE STUDENT EXPULSION DUE PROCESS ON JUNE 9TH.

BECAUSE THE RESPONSE TO THE ALLEGATIONS BY A FORMER EMPLOYEE WILL INVOLVE AN INVESTIGATION, WE EXPECT TO HEAR BACK FROM UPA ON THAT ISSUE ON JUNE 30TH.

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SECOND SUMMIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON APRIL 18TH, 2023.

THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION SENT TO SUMMIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS A LETTER OF CONCERN AND REQUESTED SUMMIT PROVIDE ITS RESPONSES BY WEDNESDAY, MAY 3RD.

WE HAVE RECEIVED AND REVIEWED THOSE RESPONSES AND GOING FORWARD, WE WILL CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR SUMMIT'S GOVERNANCE AND OPERATIONS AS PART OF OUR ONGOING OVERSIGHT AND MONITORING PROCESS.

SUMMIT'S RESPONSE TO THE APRIL 18TH LETTER OF CONCERN WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS FRIDAY'S WEEKLY COMMUNIQUE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR THE EVENING. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR FAIRLEY.

ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT INFORMATION ITEM IS.

OH, NO, I'M GOING TO PASS IT BACK TO YOU, DR.

DEWAN. YES.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE FIRST READING OF BOARD BYLAW 9270.1.

[B. First Reading of Board Bylaw 9270.1 the Levine Act: Conflict of Interest]

THIS IS A NEW BOARD BYLAW BECAUSE IT REFLECTS A CHANGE IN LAW, AN ADDITION TO THE FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES REFORM ACT CALLED THE LEVINE ACT.

WHAT THIS DOES IS TAKE EXISTING UNDERSTANDING UNDER THE FPPC RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT LONG WERE KNOWN TO APPLY TO A NUMBER OF ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CLARIFIES THAT THOSE PROTECTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS ALSO APPLY TO LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF SCHOOL BOARDS, COUNTY BOARDS OF EDUCATION, COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND OTHERS.

THIS NEW BOARD BYLAW REFLECTS THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE CODE AND PROVIDES SUPPORT WITH COMPLIANCE.

IT IS ALSO NOTED THAT THIS TOOK EFFECT ON JANUARY 1ST, 2023 WITH REGARD TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS NEW LAW.

ONCE THE BOARD BYLAW IS ADOPTED, THEN THE OFFICE WILL ALSO PROVIDE SOME SUPPORT AND TRAINING TO THE BOARD MEMBERS TO ASSIST IN IMPLEMENTATION. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE MAH. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHON.

IN LOOKING OVER THE BYLAWS AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S CONNECTED MOSTLY TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 84 .308, I DO HAVE A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS WHICH I'LL KIND OF RUN THROUGH THEM NOW, BUT I'LL JUST SEND THEM THE WRITTEN LIST TO SUPERINTENDENT AND PERHAPS THE POLICY CHAIR.

VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN.

IT, IT LOOKS LIKE I MEAN, IT SEEMS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HERE THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY APPLICABLE TO CHARTER SCHOOLS AND CHARTER SCHOOL PETITIONERS, AND SO IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT NEEDS TO BE WRITTEN INTO THE BYLAW, BUT TO HAVE CLARITY ON WHETHER, YOU KNOW, CATEGORICALLY A CHARTER SCHOOL PETITIONER WOULD QUALIFY AS A PARTY, FOR INSTANCE, AS DEFINED BY A PERSON WHO FILES AN APPLICATION FOR SUBJECT TO PROCEEDING INVOLVING A LICENSE, PERMIT OR OTHER ENTITLEMENT.

SO I WOULD ASSUME AND THAT'S WHY I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME I'D RATHER GET REAL CLARITY THAT A CHARTER PETITION WOULD BE CONSIDERED ONE OF THESE LICENSE PERMIT OR ENTITLEMENT, AND SO THEREFORE A PETITIONER WOULD QUALIFY AS A PARTY, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO GET CLARITY THAT AN ASSOCIATION OF CHARTER SCHOOLS OR TEACHER UNIONS OR PACS WOULD NOT QUALIFY AS A PARTY BECAUSE THEY DON'T FILE SPECIFICALLY FOR AN APPLICATION.

RIGHT, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE CLARITY ON THAT, AND THAT EVEN IF WE GET DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, PARENTS OR VOLUNTEER BOARD MEMBERS OF A CHARTER SCHOOL, WOULD THEY LIKEWISE NOT BE A PARTY BECAUSE THEY DON'T TECHNICALLY FILE FOR AN APPLICATION AS IT WAS DESCRIBED EARLIER IN THE DEFINITION? WHEN IT COMES TO THE WORD PARTICIPANT, THE DEFINITION THERE IS ANY PERSON WHO IS NOT PARTY TO OR I'M SORRY, BUT WHO ACTIVELY SUPPORTS OR OPPOSES A PARTICULAR DECISION OR OTHER ENTITLEMENT FOR USE AND WHO HAS A FINANCIAL INTEREST IN THE DECISION IS CONSIDERED A PARTICIPANT AND I NOTE THAT IT SAYS AND HERE, WHICH WAS ALSO PULLED OUT IN ONE OF THE FPPC DOCUMENTS CALLED CHANGES TO SECTION 84.308, AND THAT THE EMPHASIS THERE IS, "AND," SO YOU HAVE TO BE A PERSON WHO'S NOT A PARTY, OKAY.

WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

SO NOT A PARTY AND HAS A FINANCIAL INTEREST.

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SO FINANCIAL INTEREST ISN'T REALLY DEFINED UNDER THAT REFORM ACT, AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT IS FINANCIAL INTERESTS, FOR INSTANCE, SOMEONE WHO BENEFITS, YOU KNOW, DIRECTLY FROM THE FINANCES OF THIS DECISION, THAT ENTITLEMENT PERMIT OR LICENSE OR IS IT SOMEONE WHO, YOU KNOW, INDIRECTLY, FOR INSTANCE.

SO, AGAIN, WHEN IT COMES TO PARTICIPANTS, THEN IT WOULD JUST BE REALLY NICE TO BE CLEAR THAT ASSOCIATIONS AND PACS ARE NOT PARTICIPANTS, BUT ARE, YOU KNOW, PARENTS OR STAFF OF A CHARTER SCHOOL ARE CONSIDERED PARTICIPANTS BECAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, INDIRECTLY HAVE FINANCIAL INTEREST IN, YOU KNOW, A SCHOOL GETTING APPROVED.

SO, YOU KNOW, IS THAT APPROVAL, WHICH MEANS, YOU KNOW, THEY GET FUNDING.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE AS DEFINED HERE FINANCIALLY INTERESTED OR NOT? SO IT WOULD JUST BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT CLARITY, WHETHER, AGAIN, IT'S WRITTEN INTO THE BYLAW OR JUST AS PART OF THE TRAINING WHEN IT COMES OUT WOULD BE GREAT.

SO I'LL WRITE UP THESE QUESTIONS AND SEND IT TO YOU, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THAT CLARITY AS WE LOOK AT ADOPTING THIS BYLAW.

THANKS. I APPRECIATE THOSE QUESTIONS, AND THAT IS PART OF THE INTENT OF THE TRAINING, IS TO LOOK VERY SPECIFICALLY AT THE BODY OF WORK THAT IS PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ASSIST IN THAT FRAMEWORK THERE.

THERE IS ALSO A PIECE OF THE TRAINING THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW THIS IS OR ISN'T SIMILAR TO THE ALREADY EXISTING FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES REFORM ACT PROCEDURES THAT YOU ALL ALREADY FOLLOW, AS WELL AS PROVIDING UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHEN YOU MAY NEED TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE OR AN OPINION INDEPENDENTLY BECAUSE CAMPAIGN DONATIONS ARE TYPICALLY AN INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCE, AND ADDITIONALLY THERE WILL BE TRAINING PROVIDED AROUND WHAT THE PENALTIES ARE FOR VIOLATION AND SOME OF THE PROCEDURES THAT WE CAN FOLLOW TOGETHER AS A GOVERNANCE TEAM AROUND NOTIFICATION AND ASSISTANCE WITH AGENDA ITEMS. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE EVENT WHERE PERHAPS THERE'S AN ITEM WHERE IT AFFECTS A NUMBER OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, WOULD THAT IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO TAKE ACTION ON AN ITEM, FOR EXAMPLE? SO THAT WILL BE ALL INCLUDED AS PART OF THE TRAINING, AND WE DID READ SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS IN THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING AS WELL. SO I THINK WE'RE ALL READY FOR TRAINING ON THAT.

SO THANK YOU, DR.

DEWAN, FOR KIND OF LETTING US KNOW WHAT'S TO COME.

I THINK THAT'S APPRECIATED AND WE RECOGNIZE THIS IS REALLY COMPLEX AND IT'S VERY NEW FOR MANY BODIES, AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO PROVIDE AS MUCH SUPPORT AS POSSIBLE. OKAY.

IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I THINK WE WILL MOVE TO OUR NEXT INFORMATION ITEM.

GREAT. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT INFORMATION ITEM IS A PRESENTATION ON THE UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM.

[C. Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) Presentation]

LAST YEAR AND THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR, WE'VE PROVIDED A NUMBER OF REPORTS AT DIFFERENT TIMES ON UNIVERSAL TRANSITIONAL, KINDERGARTEN, EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION AND THE LIKE. TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING ABOUT UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN AND EXPLAINING HOW TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN FITS INTO THAT MODEL, AS WELL AS THE TYPES OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT THAT OUR OFFICE IS PROVIDING TO THE COMMUNITY, TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OTHERS. PRESENTING THIS EVENING ARE MICHAEL GARCIA AND LISA LLORONA.

WELCOME, BOTH OF YOU.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. DR.

DEWAN PRESIDENT CHON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

AGAIN, MY NAME IS MICHAEL GARCIA.

I'M DIRECTOR OF CHILDCARE PLANNING AND SUPPORT, AND WITH ME IS MY COLLEAGUE LISA.

GOOD EVENING, DR.

DEWAN AND PRESIDENT CHON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS LISA LLORONA, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES.

FOR MANY YEARS, THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION HAS HAD A HISTORY OF ADVOCACY AND PROGRAMING FOR CHILD CARE AND EARLY LEARNING.

THE DEPARTMENTS WORK TOGETHER TO SUPPORT, COORDINATE, COLLABORATE AND ALIGN AS WE ADVANCE EQUITY AND ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION.

THIS EVENING'S PRESENTATION WILL PROVIDE YOU INFORMATION ON THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION'S EFFORTS AROUND UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN OR UPK, THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, RESOURCES AND PLANNING WE WILL OFFER TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND EARLY LEARNING PARTNERS IN THE YEARS AHEAD.

NEXT SLIDE. OKAY.

THE STATEWIDE UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN INITIATIVE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION TO CONTINUE IN ITS EFFORTS TO SUPPORT EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION.

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UPK IS DEFINED AS UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN, A STATEWIDE EARLY LEARNING INITIATIVE WITH THE GOAL OF EXPANDING ACCESS TO PRE-KINDERGARTEN TO LEAS.

EARLY LEARNING OPTIONS INCLUDE INFANT AND TODDLER PROGRAMS, CHILD CARE, PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS AND TK THROUGH THIRD GRADE.

THERE'S A STATEWIDE EFFORT TO PROVIDE WHOLE CHILD SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

DECADES OF RESEARCH DEMONSTRATE THAT HIGH QUALITY EARLY LEARNING EXPERIENCES CAN HAVE LONG LASTING IMPACTS ON BOTH SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM OUTCOMES. CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF BIRTH THROUGH EIGHT ARE GOING THROUGH A VALUABLE AND VULNERABLE TIME IN THE HUMAN LIFE CYCLE. 90% OF A CHILD'S BRAIN IS DEVELOPED BY THE TIME A CHILD TURNS FIVE YEARS OLD.

DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE PROGRAMS THROUGH EIGHT WILL CONTINUING DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE PROGRAMS THROUGH AGE EIGHT WILL CREATE TRAJECTORIES FOR ALL LATER LEARNING.

UPK CAN SERVE AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN EARLY CARE SYSTEMS AND TK THROUGH 12TH GRADE SYSTEMS TO INCREASE STUDENTS' READINESS FOR SCHOOL SO ALL CHILDREN CAN THRIVE IN SCHOOL AND IN LIFE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN IS AN EXPANSION OF THE STATE'S CURRENT MIXED DELIVERY SYSTEM THAT MEETS THE EARLY LEARNING AND CARE NEEDS OF THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLD CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES.

IT INCLUDES ALL EXISTING STATE AND FEDERAL EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS, PRIVATE CHILD CARE, AND EXTENDED LEARNING PROGRAMS. ON THE SLIDE HERE ON THE LEFT IN BLUE ARE EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS IN THE MIDDLE AND LIGHT GREEN ARE THE EXPANDED LEARNING PROGRAMS, AND ON THE FAR RIGHT ARE CHILD CARE PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THE TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN TIMELINES GOAL IS TO ALLOW ALL FOUR YEAR OLDS TO BE ELIGIBLE TO ENROLL IN TK BY THE 2025-26 SCHOOL YEAR.

PLEASE NOTE THAT SOME LEAS ARE ENROLLING TK STUDENTS BEFORE THE IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE.

THIS DECISION IS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE LEA.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, LISA, FOR THE CONTEXT AROUND UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN AND THE TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN ELIGIBILITY TIMELINE.

THIS NEXT SLIDE GIVES YOU A SENSE OF THE PROJECTED NUMBER OF TK AGE-ELIGIBLE CHILDREN OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS VIA PROJECTIONS BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, BASED ON THE PROJECTIONS, WE SEE AN INCREASE.

WE EXPECT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS TO INCREASE ROUGHLY BY 25% OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

NEXT, IN 2021, LEGISLATION WAS PASSED THAT REQUIRES ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT OPERATING A KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM TO ALSO PROVIDE A TK PROGRAM FOR ALL CHILDREN WHO TURN FOUR YEARS OLD BY SEPTEMBER 1ST OF THE YEAR 2025-26.

UPK PLANNING INCLUDES FIVE KEY AREAS VISION, COLLABORATION, WORKFORCE CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT AND FACILITIES.

UPK BRINGS TOGETHER TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN AND ALL EXISTING STATE PRESCHOOLS CSPP AND HEADSTART, PRIVATE CHILDCARE AND EXPANDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS ALL INTO THE SAME SYSTEM.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IN ADDITION TO THE UPK COORDINATION EFFORTS PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION THESE LAST FEW YEARS THROUGH THE LOCAL EARLY EDUCATION PLANNING COUNCIL OR THE LPC, THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION IS ALSO PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO COORDINATE A UPK MIXED DELIVERY SYSTEM HERE IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

NOW, GIVEN OUR LOCAL CONTEXT AND EXPERTISE AROUND THE FOLLOWING UPK-RELATED ACTIVITIES IN THE FORTHCOMING SLIDES, WE FEEL THAT THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION IS WELL EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE UPK TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO BOTH LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCIES AND OUR EARLY LEARNING PARTNERS HERE IN THE COUNTY.

THE FIRST OF WHICH IS PROMOTING INCREASED INCLUSION OF CHILDREN WITH EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS IN UPK.

SO LEVERAGING THE WORK OF THE INCLUSION COLLABORATIVE, WHO THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, COACHING, [INAUDIBLE] AND OTHER SUPPORTS, BUILDS A CULTURE THAT PROMOTES EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING, VALUING EVERY STUDENT BY STRENGTHENING, SUSTAINING AND ENSURING INCLUSIVE PRACTICES.

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NEXT SLIDE IS ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING FOR PROVIDERS, LEVERAGING THE WORK OF OUR PARTNERS WITH EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM AND THEIR FOCUS AROUND SUPPORTING EARLY EDUCATORS AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS NEEDED TO FULLY IMPLEMENT UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

THE NEXT SLIDE IS OUTREACH SERVICES AND ENROLLMENT SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES AND LEVERAGING THE WORK OF STEPS TO SUCCESS IN OUR ENROLLMENT CAMPAIGN, WHICH HAS MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT AND REGULAR ATTENDANCE IN EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS COUNTYWIDE AND GIVEN THAT OUR CONTEXT AND LOCAL EXPERTISE, AGAIN, WE FEEL THAT THE COUNTY OFFICE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD TRUST, SUPPORT EFFECTIVE TRANSITIONS, ENGAGE AND EMPOWER FAMILIES, EXPAND A DIVERSE AND EFFECTIVE WORKFORCE PIPELINE, AND ALIGN PROGRAMS TO MEET CHILD AND FAMILY NEEDS , AND I THINK OUR NEXT SLIDE IS JUST WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME RESOURCES AROUND OUR UPK EFFORTS AND OTHER PIECES RELATED TO THAT WORK.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? TRUSTEE BERTA. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I DID HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT KIND OF THE WAY THAT THIS MIGHT BE PART OF, I THINK ONE OF THE THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PIECE , BUT SO WILL PARENTS HAVE THE OPTION TO DETERMINE LIKE A SPECIFIC PROGRAM FOR THEIR CHILD OR HOW WILL THAT WORK? ABSOLUTELY, PARENTS HAVE AN OPTION AND WE'RE MAKING THAT VERY CLEAR IN ALL OF OUR PRESENTATIONS TO FAMILIES, TO DISTRICTS, THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE MIXED DELIVERY SYSTEM IS THAT PARENTS HAVE MORE OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM.

SO THERE IS DEFINITELY CSPP, HEAD START, PRIVATE CHILD CARE AND TK IS JUST ANOTHER OPTION FOR PARENTS TO CHOOSE FROM. THE OPTIONS ARE ONLY LIMITED BY ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.

SO A FAMILY, YOU KNOW, WOULD STILL NEED TO MEET ELIGIBILITY FOR HEAD START, FOR EXAMPLE, OR STATE PRESCHOOL ELIGIBILITY. SO BY ADDING SOME OF THESE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS, WE'RE ABLE TO SERVE OR GIVE OPTIONS TO FAMILIES WHO MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE BE ELIGIBLE FOR HEAD START AND STATE PRESCHOOL. AND DOES THAT ALSO APPLY FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES? YES, ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THE GRAPHIC AROUND THE MIXED DELIVERY SYSTEM AND THE UMBRELLA OF PROGRAMS BY WHICH UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN WILL BE DELIVERED, ALL OR MOST OF THE PROGRAMS HAVE REQUIREMENTS OR ALLOW ALLOWANCES TO SERVE CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

OKAY, AND THEN IN TERMS OF RESOURCES SPECIFIC TO PARENTS FOR HELPING THEM NAVIGATE THE MIXED DELIVERY SYSTEM, IS THAT GOING TO BE TIED INTO OR HOW WILL THAT BE ACCESSED BY PARENTS? YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY, AGAIN, WITH THE ENROLLMENT AND THE OUTREACH TO PARENTS AND THOSE SEEKING CARE UNDER UPK, I THINK.

AGAIN, WITH THE CONTEXT AND LOCAL EXPERTISE IN PARTICULAR WITH THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL PROGRAM, AND BUILDING UP THAT EFFORT AROUND PROVIDING ALL THE INFORMATION PARENTS AND THOSE SEEKING CHILD CARE, THE THE NEEDS AND FOCUSING THAT EFFORT AROUND PROVIDING INFORMATION, INCOME ELIGIBILITY, OTHER REQUIREMENTS AND PROVIDING ALL THE INFORMATION AROUND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHILDCARE AND EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS UNDER UPK IS CONTEXT AND INFORMATION WE CAN ABSOLUTELY SHARE UNDER THIS MIXED DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH PARENTS.

SO WILL IT SHOW UP LIKE AS ANOTHER UNDER LIKE THE SEARCH, IS THAT GOING TO SHOW UP LIKE AS ANOTHER OPTION FOR PARENTS? I'M JUST TRYING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE WAY THAT IT'S GOING TO BE.

YEAH, I THINK THE SEARCH IS BASED ON PARENT NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS, AND FROM THERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE A MENU OF OPTIONS BY WHICH TO SERVE CHILDREN IN HIGH QUALITY SETTINGS.

WE ALSO HOLD PARENT INFORMATION NIGHTS AS WELL AND PROVIDE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUPPORT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND INFORMATION, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, AND IN THOSE TRAININGS AND INFORMATION PIECES SUCH AS NEWSLETTERS AND OFFICE HOURS, WE DO REITERATE THAT THERE IS A PARENT CHOICE AND THAT THIS IS JUST ONE CHOICE.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT IN MULTIPLE VENUES TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND MY FINAL QUESTION IS, IN TERMS OF THE THE NEED, I GUESS, TO STAFF THESE PROGRAMS, DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO OF THE NUMBER OF

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STAFF EDUCATORS OR EVEN HOW WE'RE PLANNING TO MEET THAT NEED? I THINK THERE'S CURRENT RESEARCH AROUND CHILD CARE NEEDS, ASSESSMENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO FORECAST THE NEED FOR EARLY EDUCATORS AND WORKING AGAIN WITH OUR EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM TO FORECAST THAT NEED.

WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION BACK.

YEAH, AND PART OF THE FUNDING INITIATIVES THAT HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE STATE UPK ROLLOUT HAS INCLUDED SOME PROGRAMS FROM THE CALIFORNIA TEACHER CREDENTIALING DEPARTMENT, STATE BOARD OF ED, CDE, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND MORE TO CREATE THAT PIPELINE.

SO THERE ARE SOME PIPELINES FOR TRAINING FOR CHILD CARE PROVIDERS.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS COMING ONLINE TO HELP MORE PROVIDERS SET UP A CHILD CARE BUSINESS.

WE HAVE TRAINING THROUGH THE PROGRAM FOR THE EPP PROGRAM TO HELP ACE CURRENT PROVIDERS EARN THEIR CREDENTIAL SO THEY CAN MOVE INTO TK IF THEY WOULD LIKE AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RESIDENCY PROGRAMS AS WELL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE BERTA.

TRUSTEE DI SALVO. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

I USED TO SAY THAT HIGH QUALITY EARLY LEARNING IS THE SILVER BULLET.

I'M NEVER GOING TO USE SILVER BULLET AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY NOT A GOOD, BUT IT IS A KEY STRATEGY, AN INTERVENTION TO END THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS THING WE HAVE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, WHICH IS THE RACIAL ACHIEVEMENT GAP THAT IS SO PRONOUNCED THAT I WROTE ABOUT IN AN OP ED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT WE MET WITH THE MAYOR ABOUT IN SAN JOSE TO POST THOSE SCORES SO THAT WE CAN WE CAN TRACK THEM OVER TIME TOGETHER AS A COUNTY.

MICHAEL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS WORKING HARD WITH TRUSTEE MAH AND TRUSTEE GREEN AND DR.

LISA KAUFMAN AND DAWN BOLLES ON THE STRONG START COMMITTEE THAT WE STARTED, I DON'T KNOW, TEN YEARS AGO, TEN YEARS AGO.

I LEARNED A LOT FROM DR.

KAUFMAN AND DAWN BOLLES BECAUSE IT WAS NOT CHARTER SCHOOLS WERE NOT THE ANSWER.

THE ANSWER WAS HIGH QUALITY EARLY LEARNING FOR ALL AND A TWO YEAR DOSAGE.

I KNOW WE USE THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS IN THE SLIDES, BUT THOSE WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVEN SENATOR SIMITIAN'S INITIAL PRE-K MODEL WAS VERY SMALL NUMBER.

OF THE TOTAL THAT COULD HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IT.

SO BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, THEY DON'T WANT THEIR CHILDREN GOING OFF.

ET CETERA. ET CETERA. ET CETERA.

WHAT IS THE PROJECTION AS FAR AS THE NUMBERS OF THIS COUNTY'S PARENTS AND CHILDREN AT THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS THAT WERE WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS THIS COLLABORATIVE MODEL OF MANY DIFFERENT AGENCIES WORKING ON THE STRATEGY OF HIGH QUALITY EARLY LEARNING? DO WE KNOW? WELL, I THINK THROUGH IT HAS BEEN A LOT HAS CHANGED FOR THE BETTER IN THE PAST TEN YEARS , AND I'M GLAD WE'RE IN A PLACE THAT WE'RE SPEAKING AROUND UNIVERSAL PRE-K, PRE-KINDERGARTEN AND SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN ADVOCATED FOR AND SOUGHT FOR MANY YEARS, AND ESPECIALLY IN A HIGH COST COUNTY SUCH AS OURS, AND THROUGH THINGS LIKE UNIVERSAL PRE-K AND PILOT LEGISLATION, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SORT OF INFLUENCE THE A LOT OF ALLOWANCES AND ALLOWING HIGHER INCOME THRESHOLDS AND NOT RETURNING BACK FUNDS TO THE STATE IN ORDER TO SERVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THAT QUALIFY FOR STATE SUBSIDIES HERE IN THE COUNTY.

GIVEN THAT THERE IS A LOT MORE WORK TO BE DONE, I THINK THE CURRENT RESEARCH THAT WE DO THROUGH THE LPC AROUND HIGH PRIORITY ZIP CODES GIVES US A SENSE OR A PROXY OF THE CHILDREN THAT ARE QUALIFIED FOR SUBSIDIES, ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS AND COLLEAGUES WITH HEAD START.

I KNOW THAT I THINK WE HAVE AN INKLING THAT THE LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS AND WITH WITH CHILD AND FAMILY POPULATION, BIRTH RATES. THAT'S ALL FORTHCOMING WITH OUR CHILD CARE AND CHILDCARE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

SO BASING OUR INFORMATION, OUR DECISIONS ON THAT AND GIVEN THE I GUESS THE NEW NORMAL AROUND HOW FAMILIES ARE RECEIVING CHILD CARE HERE IN THE COUNTY AND THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES THAT QUALIFY FOR SUBSIDIES AND WOULD WOULD IN TURN BE SERVED UNDER UPK.

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I THINK WE'RE STILL GETTING A SENSE OF THAT WITH OUR INCOMING DATA.

SO I'LL LET DR. DEWAN--JUST SOME GENERAL ESTIMATES, WE'VE SEEN ABOUT A 75% UPTAKE OR PARTICIPATION IN THE VARIOUS FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS AND THREE YEAR OLDS OR JUST FOUR YEAR OLDS, THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS, AND THAT'S NOT TK THAT'S THE EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION MIXED DELIVERY SYSTEM THAT TOUCHES PUBLIC FUNDING AND WE YOU KNOW, WE KNOW, TOO, THAT FOR SOME OF OUR STUDENTS, THEY ARE TOUCHING MORE THAN ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE DO PROVIDE A LOT OF WRAP.

MIGHT HAVE NOTICED ON THE SLIDE THE EXPANDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, AND THAT MEANS THAT FOR CERTAIN SCHOOLS THEY NEED TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR UP TO NINE HOURS FOR A STUDENT AND THAT WILL BE IN A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS. SO THEY MAY BE IN STATE PRESCHOOL FOR PART OF THE DAY, CHILD CARE FOR PART OF THE DAY OR BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL, CARE FOR PART OF THE DAY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND ONE OF YOU OR ALL OF YOU QUALITY IS SO VITAL AND HOW WE DEFINE THAT.

I KNOW THAT HEAD START HAS A FEDERAL RUBRIC MATRIX ON WHAT THE HIGHEST QUALITY IS, WHAT THOSE ANTECEDENTS TO THE HIGHEST QUALITY ARE.

DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DETERMINE QUALITY, AND I KNOW WE KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, BUT I'M THINKING THAT ON ALL THOSE PROGRAMS THAT ARE LISTED IN THESE SLIDES THERE'S GOING TO BE VERY VARYING QUALITY TO THOSE.

IT'S ALSO PREDICATED ON THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PERSON PROVIDING THE SERVICE OR PERSONS PROVIDING THE SERVICE.

HOW DO WE HELP MOVE THE QUALITY TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL IT CAN BE? BOTH OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS CAN SHARE SOME EXAMPLES, AND WE'LL SAY THAT QUALITY AND INCREASING THE QUALITY IN ALL OF THE PROGRAMS IS A KEY COMPONENT OF THE UPK AND THE STATE PLAN WITH RESOURCES, TRAINING, ACCESS TO MATERIALS, EVEN LOOKING AT IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF THE FACILITIES AS PART OF THIS OVERALL PLAN, BUT THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC THINGS THAT OUR TEAM DOES TO COORDINATE, INCLUDING OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE QUALITY MATTERS INITIATIVE, WHICH WE CO-LEAD.

SO IF YOU WANT TO FEEL FREE TO ADD A FEW MORE EXAMPLES, IF YOU'D LIKE.

IN TERMS OF QUALITY, HIGH QUALITY EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION, JUST MAKING CONCERTED EFFORTS AND INVESTMENTS OVER THE PAST ALMOST TEN YEARS NOW WITH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COLLEAGUES WITH FIRST FIVE SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND AGAIN CO-LEADING AS A COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, QUALITY MATTERS, QUALITY COUNTS CALIFORNIA, THE INVESTMENTS WE HAVE IN A TIERED RATING SYSTEM OF QUALITY.

SO A SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS STATEWIDE THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND FIRST FIVE CALIFORNIA AND IMPLEMENTING THAT THROUGH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, COACHING ASSESSMENTS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PROVIDING ALL THE RESOURCES THAT CHILD CARE PROVIDERS THAT ARE LISTED IN THE UMBRELLA NEED TO MOVE UP THE TIERS OF QUALITY AND ENSURING THAT IT'S A AGAIN, A QUALITY, HIGH QUALITY EARLY LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR FOR OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS, AND I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT WE'RE TAKING A MULTI TIERED APPROACH WITH SERVING OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR SUPPORT.

WE JUST HAD A DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE PRACTICE TRAINING FOR ADMINISTRATORS COUNTYWIDE, AND WE ARE STARTING A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE WITH A BOOK STUDY ON A BOOK ON ON PRINCIPLES FOR EARLY LEARNERS.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING IN COLLABORATION AT THE COUNTY OFFICE WITH WORKFORCE AND WITH [INAUDIBLE], AND WE'RE ALIGNING ALL OF OUR RESOURCES TOGETHER TO DEFINE EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID, TO DEFINE WHAT IS A QUALITY PROGRAM, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND IN OUR TRAINING, WE ACTUALLY SET UP THE WHOLE ROOM LIKE A QUALITY CLASSROOM AND CREATED CENTERS AND TALKED ABOUT WHAT PLAY LOOKS LIKE, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT MODULES COMING UP AS WELL.

IN ADDITION TO THE THE BOOK STUDY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WITH SITE PRINCIPALS, AND WE FORESEE THIS GROWING AND EXPANDING AS WE KEEP DOING OUTREACH WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

WE HAVE BEEN GOING ON SITE VISITS, VISITING TK CLASSROOMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, VISITING HEAD START CLASSES, TOO, SO WE COULD SEE THOSE PARALLELS AND SEE

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HOW WE COULD REALLY CREATE THAT BRIDGE AND COMMUNICATE AND ARTICULATE THE THE WONDERFUL PROGRAMS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT HEAD START AND HAVE THOSE ALSO BE HAPPENING AT THE TK LEVEL AS WELL, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW IT'S AN EQUITY ISSUE.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO PROVIDE OUR CHILDREN BECAUSE A LOT OF CHILDREN ARE NOT GOING TO PRESCHOOL AND THAT ACHIEVEMENT GAP STARTS RIGHT IN KINDERGARTEN, AND SO THE EARLIER WE COULD START, THE BETTER.

SO ABSOLUTELY, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO REALLY GET THE WORD OUT THERE IN TERMS OF WHAT DOES DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE PRACTICES LOOK LIKE, CREATING A CHECKLIST FOR PRINCIPALS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DETERMINE BASED ON WHAT ALL RESEARCH SAYS A QUALITY PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE, AND AEYC IS A GREAT RESOURCE THAT WE ALSO GO BY.

I HAD IT IN THE PRESENTATION AS WELL, SO WE'RE USING THAT AS A GUIDE FOR US AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. I HAVE A LOT MORE QUESTIONS, BUT THAT'S FOR ANOTHER TIME.

I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO CYCLE THIS BACK AS AN AGENDA ITEM FOR INFORMATION THROUGH THE REST OF THE TIME THAT I'M ABLE TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE DI SALVO AND SEEING NO MORE QUESTIONS, THAT CONCLUDES OUR INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH FOR ALL YOUR WORK.

I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, WE WILL NOW MOVE TO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER REPORTS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT.

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

I WILL FIRST BEGIN BY INVITING OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER TO PRESENT A REPORT.

HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

I'M THE CURRENT STUDENT BOARD MEMBER, JULIAN ALTAMIRANO, AND I'LL BE GIVING MY CURRENT REPORT AND UPDATES FOR BLUE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.

LAST WEEK WE CELEBRATED NURSE APPRECIATION WEEK AND WE DISPLAYED OUR APPRECIATION, OUR GRATITUDE TO OUR NURSES ON CAMPUS BY PUTTING UP DECORATIONS AND GIVING THEM THANK YOU CARDS. THEIR HARD WORK IS HIGHLY APPRECIATED AND ACKNOWLEDGED.

ON THE TOPIC OF HEALTH, MY PEERS AND I, WHO ARE CURRENTLY ON THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL HERE ON CAMPUS, WILL BE UNDERGOING TRAINING TO TEACH A SIX WEEK HEALTH AND NUTRITION CURRICULUM TO OTHER STUDENTS ON CAMPUS.

ALSO RECENTLY, OUR WELDING PROGRAM HAS BEEN BROUGHT BACK HERE AT BLUE RIDGE.

A HANDFUL OF STUDENTS HAVE UNDERGONE A THREE WEEK COURSE WITH COMPLETION OF A COURSE, AS WELL AS A FULLY CERTIFICATION FOR AMERICAN WELDING CERTIFICATION.

LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE SEVEN OF THE STUDENTS AS WELL AS MYSELF WHO HAVE RECENTLY BEEN AWARDED THE STATE SEAL OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

THIS HONORARY AWARD HAS BEEN BESTOWED UPON US FOR DISPLAYING AN ADVANCED COMPREHENSION OF CIVILITY, CIVIC COLLABORATION, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND SOCIAL ISSUES.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MY PEERS WHO HAVE ALSO RECEIVED THIS AWARD.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU FOR ACHIEVING THAT SEAL AND BEING OUR HONOR.

YOU KNOW, OUR VERY HONORED STUDENT BOARD MEMBER.

I THINK WE REALLY APPRECIATE HAVING YOU HERE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AS WELL.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY.

WELL, NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR TRUSTEES.

[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]

WOULD ANY TRUSTEES LIKE TO PROVIDE A REPORT ON ACTIVITIES SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THEIR DUTIES AS MEMBERS AND WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN, AND THEN TRUSTEE MAH, AND THEN TRUSTEE BERTA, AND THEN TRUSTEE LARI.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHON.

SO, ON MAY 6TH WITH TRUSTEE LARI, I ATTENDED AN AAPI HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION HOSTED BY THE CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW AND SUPERVISOR JOE SIMITIAN.

ALSO THAT DAY I ATTENDED THE VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION EVENT, AN ANNUAL EVENT FOR EMPOWER AND EXCEL.

I KNOW I'VE MENTIONED THIS NONPROFIT BEFORE.

THEY CONNECT YOUTH WITH VOLUNTEER SERVICE HOURS, AND I THINK THE YOUNGEST VOLUNTEER THERE WAS SIX YEARS OLD, AND.

THEN I ALSO ATTENDED, MAY 13TH, THIS WAS YAPA. THE YOUNG AMERICAN POLICY ADVOCATES.

THEY'RE A GROUP OF STUDENTS IN THE CUPERTINO AREA THAT WORK ON DIFFERENT POLICY ISSUES.

SO I GOT TO SPEAK TO THEM AS A YOUNG-ISH AMERICAN POLICY ADVOCATE, AND WE ESPECIALLY TALKED ABOUT FENTANYL ABUSE PREVENTION IN SCHOOLS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH AND POLICY WORK ON THIS SUBJECT AND THEN THE LAST EVENT I ATTENDED, PALESTINIAN CULTURAL DAY AT THE COUNTY

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AT OUR COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON MAY 14TH.

THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT.

SREEKRISHNAN. TRUSTEE MAH.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHON.

SO ONE THING THAT VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN DIDN'T MENTION IS THAT WE BOTH PARTICIPATED IN STATE SENATOR DAVE CORTESE'S 20TH ANNUAL EDUCATION BUS TOUR, AND IT WAS VERY ABLY EMCEED BY VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN.

IT'S LIKE A TRAVELING TOWN HALL, AS HE DESCRIBES IT, WHERE WE BRING A BUSLOAD, PLUS A FEW MORE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, INCLUDING SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, CHILDREN, PARENTS, ADVOCATES, SOME OF THE TEACHERS UNION, SOME OF THE OTHER ASSOCIATIONS, ALL COMING TOGETHER AT THE CAPITOL TO LISTEN AND ASK QUESTIONS OF A GREAT SLATE OF LEGISLATORS.

WE REALLY HAD A WONDERFUL BUNCH OF PEOPLE THERE, AND SO THIS IS MY FIRST TIME.

SENATOR CORTESE HAS BEEN DOING THIS 20 YEARS IN A ROW, AND SO I REALLY RECOMMEND AS PEOPLE CAN, IF THEY CAN PARTICIPATE NEXT YEAR. I'D HEARD ABOUT IT SO OFTEN, BUT WASN'T ABLE TO FINALLY GO UNTIL THIS YEAR, TRIGGERING OFF THAT A LITTLE BIT.

I'M WONDERING IF OR WHY THE COUNTY OFFICE DIDN'T DO ITS TRADITIONAL LOBBY DAY IN SACRAMENTO WITH A STRONG START COALITION, WHICH WE'VE DONE FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS OR SO ALSO; THAT SEEMS TO BE MISSING THIS YEAR.

I ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE CHALLENGE TEAM CHAMPIONS FOR YOUTH BREAKFAST, ALONG WITH DR.

DEWAN WAS ATTENDING AND WE HONORED RETIRED MOUNTAIN VIEW WHISMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEE ELLEN WHEELER, ALONG WITH CHILDREN NOW, CEO TED LEMPERT AND ONE OF THE GRADUATING SENIORS FROM, I BELIEVE, LOS ALTOS HIGH SCHOOL AND SO THEY WERE ALL RECOGNIZED AS BEING CHAMPIONS FOR YOUTH THIS YEAR BY THE CHALLENGE TEAM.

I ALSO ATTENDED A CAMPAIGN FOR GRADE LEVEL READING WEBINAR.

THAT'S SGLR.

THEY HAVE LEARNING TUESDAYS AND EVERY WEEK THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF WEBINAR ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS WHICH ARE PROMOTING AND TRYING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BEST SCIENCE IDEAS AND PROGRAMS IN SUPPORTING EDUCATION AND LEARNING.

THIS WEEK, IT WAS ABOUT THIRD GRADE RETENTION AND ABOUT A CONVERSATION ABOUT ADULT ACCOUNTABILITY AND STUDENT OUTCOMES, AND IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO HEAR SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, LIKE FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN, HOW THEY KIND OF LEGISLATE THIRD GRADE RETENTION POLICIES AT SCHOOL SO THAT, YOU KNOW, KIDS WHO ARE NOT MEETING A CERTAIN LITERACY ABILITY ARE JUST RETAINED, AND THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW RETENTION CAN OFTEN BE REGARDED AS A PUNISHMENT, BUT WHEN REALLY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE COVID SITUATION, SO MUCH LEARNING LOSS GAVE THOSE STUDENTS IN THOSE STATES THE ABILITY TO GET THE EXTRA SUPPORT THEY NEEDED.

EVEN IF IT'S AN EXTRA YEAR, SO TO SPEAK, BY RETAINING THEM.

IT REALLY HELPED THEM, AS THEY DID STUDIES OF THOSE CHILDREN'S ABILITIES AFTERWARDS IN LONGITUDINAL KIND OF FOLLOWING YEARS, BECAUSE BOTH FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN HAD HAD THESE THIRD GRADE RETENTION LAWS IN PLACE BEFORE COVID.

SO THEY WERE ABLE TO KIND OF SEE HOW KIDS DID WITH RESPECT TO BEING RETAINED VERSUS NOT BEING RETAINED AND IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.

I ALSO ATTENDED A CSBA ZOOM MEETING ANALYZING THE MAY BUDGET REVISION, AND I ALSO ATTENDED THE HOFFMANN AWARDS DINNER WHERE OUR OWN BLUE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM WAS HONORED, WHICH WAS GREAT.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE AAPI EDUCATORS NETWORK MEETING, WHICH WAS THE LAST ONE FOR THE YEAR.

WE DID A LOT OF REFLECTION ON THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR AND GAVE A LOT OF BRAINSTORMING IDEAS FOR NEXT YEAR AND THE LAST THING I DID WAS I ATTEND THE ACE CHARTER SCHOOL ANNUAL CELEBRATION WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THE COLLEGE BOUND SENIORS AND SOME OF THE INSPIRING STORIES THAT.

THEY GAVE THEIR TESTIMONIALS OF HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO GO TO SOME REALLY GREAT SCHOOLS.

I THINK THEIR FIRST STUDENT GRADUATING SENIOR GOING TO UC SAN DIEGO WAS THIS YEAR, AND SO THAT WAS A BIG CELEBRATORY MOMENT.

THAT'S IT. THANKS.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MAH. TRUSTEE BERTA.

THANK YOU. YES.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE HOFFMANN AWARDS.

IT WAS AT METRO ED AND WE ACTUALLY HAD THE STUDENTS WHO PREPARED AND SERVED US OUR MEAL, WHICH WAS AMAZING.

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THEY DID A REALLY PHENOMENAL JOB.

IT WAS ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE STAFF AND STUDENTS AT BLUE RIDGE.

IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE THE VIDEO LINDSAY HELPED PUT TOGETHER FOR ALL THE HONOREES AND RECOGNIZING THE UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP WITH LIUNA, ALSO, IT WAS REALLY JUST VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER, SO MY GRATITUDE ALSO GOES THERE.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF BLACK EDUCATORS STUDENT RECOGNITION PROGRAM WITH DR.

DEWAN WAS ALSO THERE AT SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY, AND IT WAS JUST REALLY WONDERFULLY DONE.

SO MANY STUDENTS RECOGNIZED, AS WELL AS SOME LOCAL EDUCATORS AND ALUM ROCK SAN JOSE UNIFIED OAK GROVE.

I, ALSO, WITH TRUSTEE LARI, ATTENDED THE [INAUDIBLE] CELEBRATION.

WE ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO SPEAK WITH CONGRESSMEMBER KHANNA ABOUT EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE, ACCESS, AFFORDABILITY, ELIGIBILITY AND SO HOPING SOME GOOD WILL COME FROM THAT AS WELL, AND FINALLY, I DID MEET WITH A LEADER AT ALPHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND DISCUSSED SOME FEEDBACK, WHICH I WILL ALSO BE SURE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR STAFF.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE BERTA.

TRUSTEE LARI. SO THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHON.

SO ON MAY 4TH, I ATTENDED CONGRESSWOMAN ANNA ESHOO'S VIRTUAL ART COMPETITION RECEPTION, CELEBRATING THE ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN HER 2023 16TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL ART COMPETITION.

THE WINNING ARTIST'S WHOSE WORK WAS CHOSEN BY A PANEL OF LOCAL ARTISTS, WILL HAVE THEIR ARTWORK DISPLAYED IN THE CORRIDORS OF THE US CAPITOL.

ON MAY 6TH, AS THE VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN SAID, WE BOTH PARTICIPATED IN THE CELEBRATION OF ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH, HOSTED BY SUPERVISOR SIMITIAN AND THE CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW.

AACI, I GUESS IT'S CALLED THE ASIAN AMERICANS FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT WAS HONORED FOR THEIR WORK IN ADVANCEMENT IN ADVANCING HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OUTCOMES FOR AAPI COMMUNITIES.

ON MAY 6TH, I ATTENDED A GATHERING AT THE WASHINGTON PARK IN SUNNYVALE FOR CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONVENTION DELEGATES.

ON MAY 7TH WITH TRUSTEE BERTA, I ATTENDED THE [INAUDIBLE] CELEBRATION WITH 600 OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND LIKE TRUSTEE BERTA SAID, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION WITH CONGRESSWOMAN [INAUDIBLE].

ON MAY 10TH, I ALSO ATTENDED WITH TRUSTEE BERTA, TRUSTEE MAH AND DR.

DEWAN, THE LOVELY 2023 HOFFMANN AWARD CEREMONY AND DINNER HOSTED BY METRO ED.

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS, INCLUDING OUR VERY OWN SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, LIUNA PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AT BLUE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL AND AS TRUSTEE BERTA SAID THE DINNER PREPARED BY THEM WAS ALSO DELICIOUS.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MAY IS NATIONAL LYME DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH TO BRING AWARENESS OF LYME AND THE GROWING INCIDENCE OF TICK BORNE DISEASES EACH YEAR AND FOR US TO REMAIN VIGILANT FOR THE PRESENCE OF TICKS IN OUTDOOR SETTINGS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE LARI, AND I THINK THAT'S IT FOR BOARD MEMBER REPORTS.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO CLOSED SESSION.

[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]

THE BOARD IS ABOUT TO ENTER INTO 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 AND TO AFFIRM AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PARAMETERS FOR THE CONDUCT OF BUSINESS IN THE CLOSED SESSION.

OUR CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEM INCLUDES EIGHT A CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, ANTICIPATED LITIGATION, INITIATION OF LITIGATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH FOUR OF SUBDIVISION D OF GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.91 CASE.

HOW LONG DO WE ANTICIPATE CLOSED SESSION TO LAST? ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO, RETURNING AROUND 7:40.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.