[A. The Santa Clara County Board of Education (SCCBOE) recognizes ten (10) SCCOE employees each year for outstanding service to students, parents, coworkers, and customers.]

PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND TRUSTEE LARI, COULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE THIS RECOGNITION? OF COURSE.

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THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION RECOGNIZES TEN SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION EMPLOYEES EACH YEAR FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO STUDENTS, PARENTS, COWORKERS AND CUSTOMERS.

ANTHONY MORENO, A CUSTODIAN AT WALDEN WEST, IS JUNE'S EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.

ANTHONY HAS WORKED WITH THE SCHOOL FOR FOUR YEARS, AND IN THAT DURATION HE HAS DEMONSTRATED HIS DEDICATION TO THE ORGANIZATION AND SAFETY OF STUDENTS AT WALDEN WEST, THE OUTDOOR SCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAM WITHIN THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

ANTHONY'S DAILY SCHEDULE DEPENDS ON THE NUMBER OF CAMPERS IN ATTENDANCE, BUT HE WORKS HARD TO ENSURE THE GROUNDS ARE SAFE, THE CABINS ARE CLEAN, AND THAT GENERAL MAINTENANCE TASKS ARE COMPLETE.

HE IS THE BACKBONE OF OUR SITE, SAID MARIE BOBIAS, DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.

ANTHONY SUPPORTS THE CUSTODIAL MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES THAT SERVE OVER 100 CAMPERS A WEEK.

HE ENJOYS WORKING DURING THE SUMMER, ESPECIALLY DURING THURSDAY NIGHT BARBECUES WHEN THE CAMPERS FAMILIES ARE INVITED.

I SEE A LOT OF CAMPERS HAVING A GOOD TIME.

I'M A FAMILY GUY. I ENJOY SEEING THE FAMILIES TOGETHER, SAID ANTHONY.

HIS DISCIPLINE, STRONG WORK ETHIC AND EMPATHY FOR THE CAMPERS AND STAFF ARE IN PART THE REASON FOR HIS EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH NOMINATION.

ANTHONY IS VERY RESPONSIVE TO ANY CUSTODIAN ISSUES AROUND CAMP, SAID BOBIAS.

HE IS VERY RELIABLE AND WE KNOW WE CAN COUNT ON HIM TO GET THINGS DONE.

OUR SITE WOULD NOT FUNCTION AS WELL AS IT DOES WITHOUT HIM HERE.

HIS STRENGTHS OF HARMONY AND EMPATHY HAVE NOT GONE UNNOTICED.

HE IS SUPER FRIENDLY AND HAS HELPED TO DO MANY JOBS THAT ARE NOT HIS, SAID BOBIAS.

WHEN LEARNING HE'S NOMINATED AS EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, ANTHONY SAID I WAS SHOCKED BUT ALSO PROUD OF MYSELF FOR WHAT I DO TO MAKE THE SITE CLEAN AND MAKE THE CAMPERS HAPPY.

ALTHOUGH HIS MAIN ROLE IS TO KEEP THE FACILITIES AT WALDEN WEST CLEAN AND FUNCTIONING, TAD NAKAMURA, SUPERVISOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, SHARED THAT HE ALSO HELPS ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM CAMPERS REGARDING EVENING ACTIVITIES OR PROCEDURES.

HE IS A VALUABLE TEAM MEMBER AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT HE DOES FOR OUR PROGRAM AND OUR SITE, SAID NAKAMURA.

IT IS WITH GRATITUDE THAT WE CONGRATULATE ANTHONY ON BEING RECOGNIZED AS JUNE'S EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.

AS WITH ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH, WE ACKNOWLEDGE ANTHONY FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SKILLS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON THE JOB, DEDICATION TO EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS CONTRIBUTIONS OUTSIDE THE USUAL SCOPE OF THE JOB AND OVERALL COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.

TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION, ANTHONY WILL RECEIVE A PLAQUE RECOGNIZING HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE SCCOE, AN ENGRAVED CROSS PIN AND A RESERVED PARKING SPACE.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE LARI.

BEFORE WE TAKE A GROUP PHOTO, ANTHONY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? JUST WANTED TO BE.

JUST APPRECIATE IT. WHAT I DO AT CAMP AND HONORED AND HAPPY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

I'M TAD NAKAMURA. I'M THE SUPERVISOR AT WALDEN WEST, AND YEAH, ANTHONY HERE AS WE KNOW HIM AS "THUNDER." WE ALL HAVE CAMP NAMES UP THERE.

HE DOES A GREAT JOB. HE'S ALWAYS AROUND IN THE EVENINGS.

IF HE'S CLEANING OUR FACILITIES AND KIDS NEED HELP, HE'LL DROP WHAT HE'S DOING AND GO HELP THOSE STUDENTS.

SO WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE, AND CONGRATULATIONS, MAN.

I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF THE TRUSTEES TO PLEASE JOIN FOR A GROUP PHOTO.

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WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, ANTHONY, AND AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR NEXT SPECIAL RECOGNITION, AND DR.

DEWAN, WE WILL RETURN BACK TO THE PODIUM FOR THIS NEXT ITEM.

SO THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHON.

[A. Recognition of the Santa Clara County Classified School Employees of the Year for 2023]

EARLIER THIS EVENING, WE HAD THE DISTINCT PLEASURE OF JOINING THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEES, LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENTS, COLLEAGUES AND OTHERS TO HONOR SOME VERY SPECIAL AND DESERVING GUESTS AT THE CLASSIFIED SCHOOL EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR RECEPTION.

EACH YEAR DURING CLASSIFIED SCHOOL EMPLOYEE WEEK, COUNTY WINNERS ARE SELECTED FROM THE NOMINATIONS WITHIN THE COUNTY PUT FORWARD BY OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

EACH YEAR, THESE CLASSIFIED SCHOOL EMPLOYEES DURING CLASSIFIED SCHOOL EMPLOYEE WEEK COUNTY WINNERS ARE SELECTED FROM THE NOMINATIONS.

THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION TAKES PRIDE IN ADJUDICATING THESE APPLICATIONS, AND IT BELIEVES IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE INCREDIBLE WORK OF CLASSIFIED PERSONNEL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY FOR THEIR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.

WE TRULY CANNOT DO IT WITHOUT YOU.

PRIOR TO TONIGHT'S MEETING, DURING OUR SMALL RECEPTION IN HONOR OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION NOMINEES AND THE NINE COUNTY FINALIST, EACH HONOREE RECEIVED A PLAQUE AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT DURING THE RECEPTION.

NOW WE WILL FORMALLY INTRODUCE THE COUNTYWIDE HONOREES TO THE PUBLIC.

WE WILL ANNOUNCE EACH, AFTER ALL, HAVE BEEN NAMED AND RECOGNIZED.

WE WILL INVITE ALL OF THE HONOREES AND ALL OF OUR COUNTY BOARD TRUSTEES TO COME FORWARD FOR A GROUP PHOTO.

HONOREES AS YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, PLEASE STAND REMAIN STANDING UNTIL ALL OF THE NAMES HAVE BEEN CALLED AT THAT TIME.

WE WILL CONGRATULATE YOU WITH A ROUSING ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND INVITE YOU FORWARD FOR A PHOTO.

PRESIDENT CHON.

THANK YOU, DR. DEWAN.

THE NINE COUNTY FINALISTS ARE YADIRA QUANT FOR TRANSPORTATION FROM THE ALUM ROCK UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

KAREN HMIELESKI, TECHNICAL FROM THE OAK GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

YOLANDA RODRIGUEZ, SECURITY FROM THE ALUM ROCK UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SALLY MOTI PARAPROFESSIONAL FROM THE ALUM ROCK UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

GAIL REGALADO, HEALTH AND STUDENT SERVICES FROM THE EVERGREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

NGA DUONG FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICES FROM THE OAK GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

LUZ ALCARAZ, CUSTODIAL FROM THE ALUM ROCK UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

CHERYL SNYDER, CLERICAL FROM THE OAK GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND JOSE GUDINO FROM THE SKILLED TRADES FROM THE CAMPBELL UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.

A SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO JOSE, WHO WAS SELECTED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AS A STATE WINNER IN THE CATEGORY OF SKILLED TRADES.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING ALL OF OUR AMAZING HONOREES WITH US THIS EVENING , AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT HERE CURRENTLY, BUT I ASK THAT ALL OF OUR HONOREES, IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME UP HERE TO JOIN US FOR A PHOTO.

ALL THE TRUSTEES AS WELL.

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THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES.

CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES ARE THE BACKBONE TO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO ON BEHALF OF OUR STUDENTS.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

[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 COMMENTS ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA AND WITHIN THE 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 ACCEPT ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.

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

OKAY. THANK YOU.

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

PLEASE PRESENT THE TWO MINUTE TIMER.

THANK YOU. WHEN THE ALLOTTED TIME IS UP, THE BUZZER WILL SOUND AND 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 IN THE BACK AREA.

THE SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE JEFF OLSON, JOHN HORNER AND BRIDGET WATSON.

THE FIRST SPEAKER IS JEFF OLSON.

PLEASE STEP FORWARD.

CLEARLY, STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

MY NAME IS JEFF OLSEN AND I WORK FOR WALDEN WEST OUTDOOR SCHOOL.

THIS PAST CONTRACT, THE UNION BARGAINED TO CONVERT FOUR 10 MONTH EMPLOYEES TO MUCH NEEDED 12 MONTH DIVISION WITH THE STIPULATION TO CONVERT MORE IF PROGRAM NEEDS CALLED FOR IT.

OH, SORRY. THIS PAST CONTRACT, THE UNION BARGAINED TO CONVERT FOUR 10 MONTH EMPLOYEES TO MUCH NEEDED 12 MONTH POSITIONS WITH THE STIPULATION TO CONVERT MORE IF PROGRAM NEEDS CALLED FOR IT. THESE 12 MONTH POSITIONS CREATE STABILITY FOR OUR PROGRAM BY COMMITTING OUR DEDICATED STAFF TO WORK THE SUMMER.

IT IS A WIN FOR THE COUNTY, A WIN FOR THE PROGRAM, A WIN FOR THE STAFF AND A WIN FOR THE KIDS.

IT'S RARE TO HAVE POTENTIAL MOVES, CREATE WINNERS FROM ALL ANGLES, BUT HERE WE HAVE ONE.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 310 MONTH EMPLOYEES WHO ARE BEING ASKED TO WORK THE SUMMER WITHOUT BEING ON CONTRACT FOR THOSE MONTHS.

WHY ARE THEY NOT BEING CONVERTED TO 12 MONTH EMPLOYEES? WE SPECIFICALLY BARGAINED FOR THESE POSITIONS TO BE CREATED IF THE PROGRAM NEEDED THEM.

WHAT CLEAR INDICATION COULD THERE BE FOR THESE POSITIONS TO BE NEEDED THEN ASKING US TO WORK THEM? WHEN I INQUIRED WHY THESE POSITIONS WERE NOT ELEVATED TO 12 MONTH, I WAS TOLD BY MY SUPERVISOR HER REQUEST WAS DENIED.

WHEN I BROUGHT THE ISSUE TO HR, IT WAS IGNORED.

I AM HERE TO FORMALLY REQUEST AN ANSWER AS TO WHY THESE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT CURRENTLY ON CONTRACT FOR THE SUMMER BUT WOULD LIKE TO BE ARE NOT BEING GIVEN SAID CONTRACT.

WE HAD A DEAL: FOUR POSITIONS PLUS OTHERS AS NEEDED.

THE COUNTY NEEDS TO HONOR THIS AND THEY HAVE ASKED THESE EMPLOYEES TO WORK THE SUMMER YET ARE AT PRESENT DENYING THEIR REQUEST TO WORK UNDER CONTRACT EQUITY DEMANDS.

IF AN EMPLOYEE IS BEING ASKED TO WORK FOR 12 MONTHS, THEIR CONTRACT SHOULD REFLECT IT.

THE COUNTY SHOULD WANT TO ENSURE DEDICATED WORKERS STICK AROUND FOR THE SUMMER AND PROVIDE THEIR EXPERTISE TO OUR SUMMER CLIENTS.

THAT HAPPENS BY SHOWING US COMMITMENT WITH THE 12 MONTH CONTRACTS THAT WE WERE PROMISED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN HORNER.

PLEASE PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

I'M HERE TO SAY THANK YOU.

SO THAT'S THE PREVIEW OF MY LONGER COMMENTS.

JOHN HORNER. I'M A TRUSTEE WITH MORGAN HILL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ALSO THE CURRENT CHAIR OF THE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION LEGISLATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE, AND I'M JUST HERE, ALONG WITH ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND WORK.

I KNOW THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND US ARE COMMITTED TO FINDING HOW DO WE ALWAYS DO BETTER FOR THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF OUR COMMUNITY?

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I FEEL AND SEE THAT COMMITMENT IN YOUR WORK EVERY DAY.

THE WORK YOU'VE SUPPORTED OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT ON, FOR EXAMPLE, THE WELLNESS CENTERS.

WE HAVE SOME SCHOOLS ON IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS. WE'VE HAD SOME SOME TECHNOLOGY EMERGENCIES THAT YOUR STAFF HAS STEPPED IN WITH TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

IT GIVES US GREAT COMFORT AND AID TO KNOW WE HAVE PROFESSIONALS HERE AT THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION SUPPORTING US, AND THREE YEARS AGO WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE LEGISLATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, YOUR ORGANIZATION IS WELL AHEAD OF US IN DOING ADVOCACY, BUT WHAT WE ALL KNOW IS THAT WE WORK IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT FINANCIALLY REGULATION WISE AND EVERYTHING ELSE REALLY DETERMINED BY THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS, AND IF WE DON'T SPEAK UP, WE DON'T GET WHAT WE NEED.

A FRIEND OF MINE TOLD ME ONCE, IF YOU'RE NOT AT THE TABLE, YOU'RE ON THE MENU.

[CHUCKLING] SO I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT WE ARE ABLE TO BE AT THE TABLE TOGETHER ON SO MANY DIFFERENT TOPICS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK TOGETHER IN THE FUTURE AND JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO COME AND FORMALLY AND PUBLICLY SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU DO AND THE PARTNERSHIP YOU EXEMPLIFY.

I YIELD 30 SECONDS.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRIDGET WATSON.

PLEASE PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

HI, I'M BRIDGET WATSON.

SO I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION THIS YEAR FOR MAYBE ANOTHER WEEK.

I WANTED TO COME IN PERSON TO THANK ALL OF YOU AND THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND SUPERINTENDENT DR.

DEWAN, BECAUSE OUR THEME THIS YEAR WAS TO ENVISION, ENCOURAGE AND EMPOWER ONE ANOTHER AND OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY TOGETHER, AND WE REALLY DID IT WITH YOUR HELP. SO DR.

DEWAN AND HER WHOLE STAFF HAVE JUST BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL AND PROFESSIONAL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND WE ARE JUST EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE ONGOING PARTNERSHIP.

SO SHE HAS BEEN ATTENDING AND REGULARLY UPDATING OUR MEMBERS ON AT OUR MONTHLY ASSOCIATION MEETINGS AS WELL AS BI-MONTHLY LUNCHEON LEARNS.

SHE'S BEEN ATTENDING AND SUPPORTING OUR EVENTS, AS HAVE HER STAFF.

SO WE HAD OUR OCTOBER FALL DINNER WITH STUDENT WELLNESS ADVISORY GROUP PANEL DISCUSSION THAT WAS FACILITATED BY PROFESSIONALS FROM HER OFFICE.

WE HAD OUR JANUARY NEW BOARD MEMBER WORKSHOP WHERE WE HAD 30 NEW BOARD MEMBERS ATTEND OUT OF THE 40 THAT ARE NEW.

WE'VE BEEN JUST A LEGISLATIVE BRUNCH PANEL DISCUSSION REGARDING SUSPENSIONS AND EXPULSIONS, A PANEL DISCUSSION REGARDING HATE INCIDENCES ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES.

ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN REALLY JUST WITH A LOT OF SUPPORT AND BACKGROUND PLANNING AND PROGRAMING WITH THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST BEEN INCREDIBLY RESPONSIVE AND WE JUST APPRECIATE SHARING THE FACILITIES AND JUST ALL THE PROFESSIONALISM AND SUPPORT WE'VE GOTTEN.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT PARTNERSHIP NEXT YEAR, AND JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING.

THANKS. THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, OUR CONSENT ACTION ITEMS.

[5. CONSENT ACTION ITEMS]

I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT ACTION ITEMS 5 A THROUGH E WITH THE PULL OF 5C.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

WAS THAT TRUSTEE BERTA? YEAH. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU.

YEAH. MOVED FROM TRUSTEE BERTA, AND A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE ROCHA.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS.

SEE IF IT WORKS THIS TIME.

IF NOT, WE'LL DO ANOTHER ROLL CALL.

DID IT LAUNCH? NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

OH, ARE YOU SEEING IT? OH, THERE IT IS.

SO IT SHOULD HAVE JUST POPPED UP, BUT IF NOBODY SEES IT, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

WE'LL DO A VERBAL. I HIT THE WRONG BUTTON, SO I'M GOING TO CHANGE MINE FROM ABSTAIN TO YES.

THERE'S A BUTTON IN THE TOP RIGHT THAT SAYS YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR VOTE.

OH, I ONLY HAD A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.

THANK YOU , AND THAT MOTION CARRIES WITH SEVEN YESES.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEES.

NOW WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 5C TRUSTEE MAH YOU PULLED THIS ITEM AND THEN TRUSTEE BERTA AS WELL.

[C. Request Second Reading and Approval of Board Bylaw 9270.1 the Levine Act: Conflict of Interest]

SO I WILL GIVE IT TO YOU FIRST.

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THANK YOU. WHEN IT CAME UP FOR OUR FIRST READING, I HAD A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS WHICH I ASKED AT THE TIME AND WAS TOLD THAT WE WOULD BE HAVING SOME EXTENSIVE TRAINING ON THIS ITEM TO EXPLAIN A LOT OF THINGS, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD THE TRAINING YET AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN AN ANSWER TO MY QUESTIONS YET.

SO I FEEL THAT IT'S NOT READY FOR OUR APPROVAL BECAUSE.

AT LEAST FOR ME, THERE'S STILL A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS.

SO THAT'S MY COMMENT.

SURE. SURE. I UNDERSTAND THAT, DR.

DEWAN. SO OUR TYPICAL PRACTICE IS TO PROVIDE THE TRAININGS ON A REGULAR BASIS AS NEEDED, NOT IN ADVANCE. SO THE POLICY IS READY FOR ADOPTION AND WE ARE ON TRACK WORKING WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, BOTH AT COUNTY COUNCIL'S OFFICE AND OTHER LAW FIRMS TO PROVIDE A TRAINING IN JULY FOR THE BOARD.

I'LL ALSO POINT OUT THAT ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS WAS SPECIFIC TO THE STATUS OF CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND WE DID SECURE AN ANSWER TO THAT AND INCLUDED THAT IN THIS AGENDA ITEM , AND SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ASKED WAS ABOUT SECTION A, WHICH WAS REFERRED TO, BUT THERE ISN'T A SECTION A OR DID I MISREAD IT? I MEAN, THAT WOULD SEEM TO BE A SIMPLE THING TO FIX OR EXPLAIN.

SO ON THE SECOND PAGE OF THE BOARD BYLAW, IT SAYS AT THE VERY TOP BOARD [INAUDIBLE] DISCLOSURE IS THE HEADING.

IF A BOARD MEMBER HAS RECEIVED PROHIBITED CONTRIBUTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE IN SECTION A IN THE 12 MONTHS PRECEDING BLAH BLAH BLAH.

WHAT IS SECTION A? I DON'T SEE IT ABOVE.

I SEE YOUR QUESTION.

SO IT WOULD BE IN THAT IT SHOULD JUST BE IN THE SECTION ABOVE.

THERE'S NO SECTION A, THERE'S ONLY ONE SECTION.

SO IN THE SECTION ABOVE THAT REFERS TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF A PARTY'S FINANCIAL INTEREST AND THE DECISION IN A PROCEEDING PARTICIPATING, ET CETERA.

SO IT'S IN THE SECTION ABOVE.

IN THE SECTION THAT'S IMMEDIATELY ABOVE? YES. THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF THE PREVIOUS PAGE.

THAT ENTIRE SECTION UNDER THE HEADER SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER PROHIBITION.

OKAY. IT ACTUALLY SAYS SECTIONS A AND B, SO I'M NOT SURE, UNDER THE LIMITED ABILITY TO CURE.

OKAY. YEAH, I SEE THAT TOO.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE SECTION REFERENCES ARE APPLICABLE.

IT'S JUST THE ENTIRE CONTENT, BUT WE CAN MAKE THOSE EDITS AND BRING IT BACK NEXT WEEK IF YOU'RE MORE COMFORTABLE.

SO THAT WOULD BE FOR THE SECTION A.

I'M NOT SURE.

TRUSTEE BERTA YOUR SECTION B IS.

LIMITED ABILITY TO CURE, AND THAT IS WHERE? OH, DOWN BELOW.

OKAY. OH, SECTION B, SECTIONS A AND B.

OH, I SEE. RIGHT. SO THAT WOULD ALSO BE TAKEN AWAY THAT PARENTHETICAL? YES. OR WILL REFERENCE THE SPECIFIC EDUCATION OR THE GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION THAT IT MIGHT BE REFERRING TO AS WELL.

OKAY, SO WE CAN MAKE THAT CORRECTION.

OKAY.

SO, YES, IT'D BE GREAT TO CORRECT THOSE AND THEN GO AHEAD AND, AND HAVE THOSE FIXED.

I'M NOT SURE I STILL UNDERSTAND THE PRACTICE OF HAVING THE TRAINING AFTER THE BYLAW HAS BEEN APPROVED IN THAT THERE'S FURTHER DEFINITIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS THAT AT LEAST I WAS SEEKING IN THE BYLAW.

WELL, I'LL JUST SAY THAT THE BYLAW REFERENCES THE GOVERNMENT CODE.

SO IT IS ALREADY THE IT IS ALREADY LAW, AND JUST AS OTHER BROWN ACT OR, YOU KNOW, OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE WHERE WE DO TRAINING.

THE TRAINING OCCURS AFTER THE LAW TAKES EFFECT OR AFTER THE BOARD BYLAW IS ADOPTED.

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I GUESS I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I'M NOT SURE IF I AGREE WITH THAT, BUT OKAY.

TRUSTEE MAH, DO YOU MIND IF I MOVE TO TRUSTEE ROCHA WHO HAS A QUESTION? ONE WAS ANSWERED, BUT I CAN [INAUDIBLE].

OH, NO, THAT'S. YEAH, LET'S DO THAT FIRST.

TRUSTEE BERTA. MY APOLOGIES.

SO I HAD TWO QUESTIONS AND I THINK ONE IS PARTIALLY ANSWERED BY THE ATTACHMENT.

I THINK THAT WAS FROM LEGAL COUNSEL, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.

SO DOES THIS ACT SPECIFICALLY APPLY TO CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWALS AND EXTENSIONS OR REAUTHORIZATIONS? IT DOES ACCORDING TO THE FPPC.

SO IN THEIR OPINION, THEY NOTED THAT CHARTER SCHOOL PETITIONS ARE COVERED UNDER THE DESCRIPTION IN THE LEVINE ACT. SO THAT INCLUDES RENEWALS OR ANYTIME THE PETITION AND ANY WAY IF IT'S RENEWAL ON APPEAL OR A NEW PETITION. OKAY, AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION I HAD WAS WHETHER IT APPLIES TO PACS ESTABLISHED IN SUPPORT OF CHARTER OR LABOR UNIONS.

POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES, AND WE CAN TAKE THAT QUESTION BACK TO COUNCIL.

I BELIEVE IT WILL, AND BUT WE WILL TAKE IT BACK AND MAKE SURE IT'S ALSO INCLUDED IN THE TRAINING.

THANK YOU. I WILL ALSO JUST ADD RELATED TO THE TRAINING THAT COUNCIL IN PREPARING THE TRAINING HAS ADVISED THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE GENERAL GUIDANCE AND GENERAL INTERPRETATION, BUT SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES WOULD NEED TO CONSULT WITH FPPC.

TRUSTEE ROCHA. I'M SORRY.

TRUSTEE BERTA WERE THOSE JUST YOUR.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE ROCHA.

THANK YOU. SO JUST TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, YOU WERE REFERRING TO THESE AS TRAININGS IN TERMS OF.

A TRUSTEE MEETING WITH OUR LEGAL COUNSEL OR STAFF FOR A BRIEFING ON AN ITEM IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS.

SO IT'S CALLED A TRAINING.

KNOW WHAT WE WERE DESCRIBING, AND I THINK THE REQUEST WAS THAT WHEN WE HAVE THESE NEW LAWS THAT REQUIRE UNDERSTANDING AND FOR IMPLEMENTATION, THAT WE PROVIDE TRAINING AND USUALLY IT'S ANNUAL TRAINING ON THE MATTER.

SO THE REQUEST WAS TO PUT TOGETHER A TRAINING ABOUT THIS NEW PROVISION OF THE LAW.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE WERE REFERRING TO.

OKAY, AND THEN IT WOULD BECOME PART OF OUR ANNUAL TRAINING LIKE WE DO BROWN ACT AND OTHERS.

OKAY, AND WERE YOU ASKING FOR IT TO BE INCORPORATED IN OUR ANNUAL TRAINING OR QUESTIONS PRIOR TO THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION? I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE REQUEST.

SO MY QUESTIONS WERE TO HAVE MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED BEFORE THE TRAINING, BECAUSE I THINK THAT PART OF MY QUESTIONS HELPED DEFINE THIS BOARD BYLAW, THAT THERE'S STILL SOME VAGARIES THERE.

I MEAN, THERE'S A SECTION ABOVE WHICH SAYS, YOU KNOW, DEFINITIONS.

SO I WOULD JUST LIKE FURTHER DEFINITIONS, YOU KNOW, ADDED ADDED DEFINITIONS THAT I THINK ARE LACKING OR ARE NOT CLEAR IN SPECIFICS.

THE PARTY AND THE PARTICIPANT ARE LISTED ABOVE, BUT THEY DON'T SAY KIND OF ENOUGH, IN MY OPINION.

OR AT LEAST I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

IN ADDITION, I HAD A QUESTION REGARDING FINANCIAL INTEREST, WHICH IS NOT REALLY WELL DEFINED, AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT DEFINED ALSO BEFORE WE START APPLYING THIS RULE TO FINANCIAL INTERESTS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I THINK I HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF.

YOUR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.

I GUESS LET'S JUST TALK IN GENERALITIES.

IF A BOARD MEMBER OR A TRUSTEE ASKS FOR A BRIEFING OR QUESTIONS, EITHER WITH LEGAL COUNSEL OR COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION STAFF.

I WOULD ASSUME THAT YOU WOULD MAKE TIME FOR THAT REQUEST OR IS THAT IS THE SUGGESTION THEN TO TAKE IT UP AT THE BOARD MEETING ITSELF OR WILL INCORPORATE [INAUDIBLE] SOME ANNUAL TRAINING? AND I'M JUST SPEAKING IN GENERALITIES, JUST SO I UNDERSTAND IF I HAVE AN ITEM THAT COMES BEFORE ME AT SOME POINT THAT MIGHT REQUIRE EITHER SOME LEGAL HELP OR JUST HELP FROM COUNTY OFFICE EDUCATION STAFF WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS OF EITHER THE SUPERINTENDENT OR COUNTY STAFF.

IN THIS SITUATION SPECIFICALLY, THE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WERE ITEMS THAT WOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ANNUAL TRAINING AND SOME OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD.

WE HAVE BEEN CONSULTING WITH COUNSEL AND HAVE BEEN BRINGING THEM FORWARD, YOU KNOW, AS WE RECEIVE THEM, WE IF THERE ARE JUST GENERAL QUESTIONS AND OTHER THINGS, AS YOU MENTIONED, WHEN THEY'RE PROVIDED AND WE DO WORK ON A BRIEFING OR AN FAQ OR PROVIDE AN INFORMATION ITEM OR RESPOND TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS AND THEN THESE ANNUAL TRAININGS.

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DO THEY HAPPEN AT ONE PARTICULAR TIME OF THE YEAR? AGAIN, THIS IS ALL NEWBIE QUESTIONS.

ANY PARTICULAR TIME OF THE YEAR OR ARE THEY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR? SO YES, WITH THIS ONE BEING NEW BECAUSE THE LEVINE ACT IS NEW, WE'RE PLANNING TO DO IT IN JULY AND THEN IT WOULD BECOME, YOU KNOW, JUST PART OF ANNUAL TRAININGS, AND WE DO THEM AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR.

WE TRY TO SPREAD THEM OUT, AND JUST ANOTHER CLARIFICATION THAT LEGAL COUNSEL PROVIDED IS THAT ALTHOUGH THIS PARTICULAR ACT SPEAKS TO THE $250 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION AS BEING NEW AND NEWLY APPLIED TO BOARD MEMBERS, MOST OF THE OTHER PIECES OF THIS ARE ALREADY IN THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST LAW, AND WE ARE READY TO DO TRAINING AND PROVIDE INFORMATION AROUND CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

SO THE SPECIFIC REASON THAT THIS IS BROUGHT FORWARD AND IS DIFFERENT IS BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE THIS NEW SECTION OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST LAW THAT PREVIOUSLY DID NOT APPLY TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, TRUSTEES OR COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND NOW DOES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.

SO ONE LAST QUESTION.

IN TERMS OF THESE ANNUAL TRAININGS, WHO DETERMINES WHAT IS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD FOR TRAININGS? THE TOPICS BROWN ACT ETCETERA ARE IN OUR BOARD BYLAWS AND THE CONTENT IS DRIVEN BY THE GOVERNMENT CODE OR EDUCATION CODE INFORMATION THAT'S INCLUDED THERE.

SO THE BOARD DOESN'T HAVE ANY INPUT SUCH AS A VERY RIPE EXAMPLE OF A RETREAT TO TALK ABOUT PARTICULAR ITEMS THAT THEY MIGHT ASK MORE INFORMATION FROM OR LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM, BUT THOSE THOSE TRAININGS ARE SIMPLY DETERMINED BY COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION STAFF.

WELL, THE ANNUAL TRAININGS ARE DETERMINED BY THE BOARD BY LAW, AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE AROUND THE GENERAL PROVISIONS OF GOVERNANCE AND OPERATIONS OF THE BOARD, OTHER TRAININGS THAT MIGHT BE OUTSIDE THOSE TOPICS.

WE WORK ON TOGETHER IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, BOARD SETTING PRIORITIES OR QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. THAT'S VERY HELPFUL, AND THANK YOU FOR BEARING WITH ME, SUPERINTENDENT, ALSO MY TRUSTEES.

YES, ABSOLUTELY. WE WOULD WANT TO DO THOSE IN COLLABORATION, AND THEN ALSO OFTEN IN ALL OF THE TRAININGS WE ALLOW FOR, INCLUDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR Q&A AND DISCUSSION SO THEY AREN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, PRESENTED, AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE TRY TO DO IS DO THE TRAININGS AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ALLOW FOR THAT DISCUSSION AS WELL.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE ROCHA. JUST A QUICK QUESTION, DR.

DEWAN. IF WE'RE PLANNING TO DO THIS TRAINING ON THIS, THE NEW LEVINE ACT AT THE JULY BOARD MEETING, IS THERE ANY. HARM IN ADOPTING THIS AGENDA.

THIS AGENDA ITEM AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING SINCE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CORRECTIONS TO MAKE ANYWAYS.

NO, THERE'S NO PROBLEM.

WE CAN DO IT NEXT WEEK OR AT THE JULY 19TH MEETING.

EITHER WAY, JUST TO CLARIFY, THE LAW ALREADY TOOK EFFECT, AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BE TIMELY AND ENSURING THAT OUR POLICIES ARE UP TO DATE.

THE LAW TOOK EFFECT JANUARY 1ST.

OKAY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM 5C? THERE'S NO MOTION. IF THE MOTION IS TO DEFER I WILL TAKE THAT OR IF THE MOTION IS TO ADOPT IT NOW, I'LL TAKE THAT.

SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DEFER, I'M JUST ASKING FOR A MOTION AT THIS POINT.

NO MOTION. YEAH.

I DON'T THINK A MOTION IS NECESSARY.

OH, WE DON'T NEED A MOTION TO DEFER.

OKAY, MY APOLOGIES.

WE'LL POSTPONE IT. OKAY.

TO THE JULY MEETING? YEAH. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, TRUSTEES.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

[A. Conduct a Public Hearing for the 2022-23 Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP)]

ITEM NUMBER SIX.

THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION WILL NOW CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SCCOE'S 2023-24 LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN (LCAP) THAT THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION WILL SUBMIT TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

MY NAME IS VICTORIA CHON AND I'M THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND I WILL BE ACTING AS CHAIRPERSON FOR THIS HEARING.

THE TIME IS 5:47 AND THIS HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

THE CALIFORNIA EDUCATION CODE 52062(B)(1) REQUIRES COUNTY OFFICES TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO REGARDING THE SPECIFIC ACTION AND EXPENDITURES PROPOSED IN THE [INAUDIBLE] I'M SORRY, THE LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN OR LCAP.

PURSUANT TO EDUCATION CODE 52068(B)(1), THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE LOCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN SHALL BE HELD AT THE SAME MEETING AS THE PUBLIC

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HEARING REQUIRED BY SECTION 1620 FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

THE MEETING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE LCAP SHALL BE HELD AFTER, BUT NOT ON THE SAME DAY AS THE PUBLIC.

HEARING STAFF WILL NOW PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE 2023 2024 LCAP DR.

DEWAN, COULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THE PRESENTATION? YES. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT CHON JOINING US THIS EVENING.

I'LL FIRST INTRODUCE OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, DR.

JESSICA BANDURA'S.

SHE'LL INTRODUCE THIS ITEM AND THE TEAM MEMBERS WHO ARE PRESENT AS WELL.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? NO.

IS THAT BETTER? YES.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING.

PRESIDENT CHON, TRUSTEES, DR.

DEWAN AND COMMUNITY.

THIS EVENING WE WILL BE PRESENTING OUR 23-24 LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN OR LCAP.

DR. JEAN ANN OF SPECIAL EDUCATION DIRECTOR AND DAN CALDWELL, EXCUSE ME, DIRECTOR OF ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, ARE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT TO ANSWER ANY PROGRAMMATIC QUESTIONS. NEXT SLIDE.

THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS THE AREAS OF STATE PRIORITIES THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN OUR COUNTY.

OFFICES OF EDUCATION ARE REQUIRED TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL PRIORITIES AROUND COUNTY SUPPORT FOR FOSTER YOUTH AND STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN EXPELLED FOR A TOTAL OF TEN PRIORITIES. NEXT SLIDE.

IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE PRIORITY AREAS REQUIRED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE LCAP.

WE HAVE DEVELOPED THESE FIVE GOALS IN OUR LCAP, WHICH COVER ACADEMICS, COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS IN FOSTER CARE AND SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.

NEXT SLIDE. THIS GRAPHIC REPRESENTS THE LCAP PROCESS.

WE BEGIN WITH APPROVALS IN JUNE AND JULY.

AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES, THE LCAP TEAM ENGAGES IN A PROCESS OF DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS, WHILE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THE CURRENT LCAP INPUT. SESSIONS ARE HELD IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY TO INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE STAFF, STUDENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS FROM EACH SCHOOL SITE.

IN THE WINTER WE USE THE ANNUAL LCAP SURVEY AS A METHOD TO ACQUIRE DATA AS WELL AS ANALYZE LOCAL AND STATE ASSESSMENT DATA.

THESE FINDINGS RESULT IN THE ANALYSIS AND REVISION PROCESS, WHICH IS DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH BUDGET DEVELOPMENT EARLY IN THE SPRING.

DURING MAY OF EACH YEAR, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY AND THE DISTRICT ENGLISH LEARNER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE REVIEW THE LCAP PLAN AND PROVIDE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS.

WHILE THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DASHBOARD IN AND OF ITSELF IS NOT NEW.

THE RECENT RELEASE IN DECEMBER 2022 PROVIDED A FULL DASHBOARD DURING THE PANDEMIC.

THE DASHBOARD WAS MODIFIED TO REFLECT ONLY ENROLLMENT, GRADUATION RATE AND COLLEGE AND CAREER INDICATORS.

NEXT SLIDE. THE LCAP REPORT INCLUDES THE BUDGET OVERVIEW FOR PARENTS, WHICH IS PRESENTED AS A COVER TO THE PLAN, FOLLOWED BY THE 2324 LCAP, WHICH CONTAINS INFORMATION ON HOW WE ENGAGE OUR STAFF, STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY AS WELL AS OUR CURRENT GOALS, ACTIONS, SERVICES, METRICS AND ANALYSIS. NEXT SLIDE.

OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS PROVIDE FEEDBACK THROUGH MULTIPLE METHODS, INCLUDING THE ANNUAL LCAP SURVEY ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND SCHOOL LEVEL INPUT SESSIONS.

NEXT SLIDE. THERE'S A LOT TO CELEBRATE THIS YEAR, AND I'D LIKE TO IDENTIFY A FEW AREAS OF GROWTH.

OUR STUDENTS IN BOTH SPECIAL EDUCATION AND ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS MADE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH ON THE LOCAL READING AND MATH ASSESSMENTS.

WE ARE PROUD THAT OUR RECLASSIFICATION RATE OF STUDENTS WHO IDENTIFY AS ENGLISH LEARNERS HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN SPECIAL EDUCATION 27% SINCE 2021. PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT HAS INCREASED BY 20% AT PARENT MEETINGS.

OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WHO ARE FACING EXPULSION AND INCARCERATION, AND 90% OF STUDENTS WHO ATTEND OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS EITHER RETURN TO THEIR DISTRICTS OR GRADUATE.

AND THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS IN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION EARNING AT LEAST 30 CREDITS EACH SEMESTER HAS INCREASED AS WELL.

WE CONTINUE TO ADD ELECTIVE CREDIT OFFERINGS TO OUR COURSE LISTS.

NEXT SLIDE. OTHER POINTS OF GROWTH FOR THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL SERVICES DIVISION INCLUDE A DECREASE IN DROPOUT RATES BY 11% SINCE 2021.

OUR ENGLISH LEARNER PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS.

CALIFORNIA THE LPAC SCORES CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND BOTH THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION SHOWED GROWTH IN THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS WHO MEET OR EXCEED THE STANDARDS IN STATE MATH AND ENGLISH ASSESSMENTS.

GRADUATION RATES SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM 2021-2022.

THE COURT SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES INCREASED 11% AND COMMUNITY SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES INCREASED 16%, AND BECAUSE OF THIS STEADY INCREASE IN GRADUATION

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RATES, THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION EXITED DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE STATUS WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF THE 2022 CALIFORNIA STATE DASHBOARD.

NEXT SLIDE. SO IN OUR 22-23 EXCUSE ME, IN OUR 2023-2024 LCAP, WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, GRADUATION RATES, CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, INCREASING LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATH PROFICIENCY RATES, AND INCREASING THE PROFICIENCY OF OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS AS WE ALIGN OUR GOALS AND SERVICES.

NEXT SLIDE. SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO SHOW YOU THIS, TO SHOWCASE OUR PROGRAMS. THIS YEAR WE CREATED A VIDEO.

THE VIDEO GOES INTO DETAIL ON OUR FIVE LCAP GOALS AND ALLOWS THE BOARD TO HEAR THE VOICES OF OUR STUDENTS, PARENTS AND PARTNERS.

WELCOME TO THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN.

PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE 2023 2024 SCHOOL YEAR.

I AM DR. JESSICA MEDEIROS, THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.

THE LCAP DEFINES THE GOALS, ACTIONS AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT STUDENTS IN OUR ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. WE HAVE FIVE LCAP GOALS WHICH ADDRESS THE ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND PARTNERS.

THE LCAP IS DEVELOPED THROUGH A UNIQUE PROCESS OF ENGAGEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS.

WE USE SURVEYS, INPUT SESSIONS AND MEETINGS TO GATHER INPUT FROM OUR PARTNERS AS TO THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS, BE IT TEACHERS, SUPPORT STAFF, PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR STUDENTS THEMSELVES OBTAINING A VOICE IN OUR PLAN.

DEVELOPMENT IS OUR GOAL.

IT IS OUR HOPE THAT BY WATCHING THIS SESSION, YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THE GOALS OF OUR LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND FAMILIES.

THE STAFF, EVERYBODY THAT COMES HERE, EVERYBODY'S COOL.

IT'S LIKE A GOOD ENVIRONMENT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT SCHOOL, THOUGH, TO BE HONEST.

LIKE, WHEN I WENT IN, I HAD ZERO CREDITS.

I CAME OUT WITH 60.

LIKE THE TEACHERS THERE, THEY REALLY WORKED WITH ME MORE.

THEY GAVE ME EXTRA CREDIT, WORK AND ALL, AND THEY HAD THEY TAUGHT ME HOW TO DO MULTIPLICATION, ALL THAT STUFF.

BECAUSE WHEN I WENT IN AND I DIDN'T WANT TO DO NONE OF THAT.

WE'RE THE PROBLEM. YEAH.

WITH AQUAPONICS.

I BUILT SOME OF IT AND IT WAS PRETTY FUN.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, MEASURING IT AND LIKE.

LIKE PUTTING ALL THE ROCKS IN THERE AND THE PLANTS.

IT WAS PRETTY FUN. I FELT LIKE IT PREPARED ME A LOT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DID COME IN LIKE AS AN ANGRY PERSON, AND NOW I KNOW HOW TO CONTROL THAT.

SO I WON'T END UP BACK HERE OR SOMEWHERE LIKE AT A PLACE LIKE THIS, AND SO I CAN DO BETTER IN SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, WITH MY GRADES AND ALL THAT.

GOOD JOB, AIDAN. LOOK.

ONE OF THEM IS HIS INVOLVEMENT.

HE'S MORE HE LIKES TO BE INVOLVED NOW.

HE'S MORE VERY, VERY DETERMINED SINCE HE'S CAME HERE.

HE HAS GOALS WHICH HE DIDN'T HAVE PRIOR TO COMING HERE, AND HIS ATTITUDE AT HOME HAS ALSO CHANGED.

I FEEL LIKE HE IS SO COMFORTABLE WITH HIS TEACHERS AND HIS STAFF HERE THAT HE JUST REALLY GETS TO BE HIMSELF.

YOU KNOW, HE HE REALLY GETS TO SPEAK HIS MIND ON HOW HE'S FEELING OR IF HE NEEDS HELP OR AND IN ANY WAY MATTER.

SO I HONESTLY THINK THAT IT REALLY HAS.

CHANGED HIM. I LIKE I LIKE

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STEVE SANCHEZ'S CLASS.

CONSTRUCTION AND STUFF BECAUSE WE GET OUR CERTIFICATES.

SO WHEN WE'RE OLDER, THEY HELP US GET A JOB IN CONSTRUCTION.

BEFORE, WHEN I WENT IN, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO NONE OF THAT STUFF.

I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO USE A DRILL, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO USE IT, NONE OF THAT STUFF.

BUT NOW I KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.

SO AND I'M RIGHT NOW I'M WORKING ON GETTING MY CERTIFICATE.

SO I'M ABOUT TO TAKE A TEST SOON, AND THEN AFTER, YEAH, I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM MY CERTIFICATE.

LAST YEAR WE HAD THIS CLASS.

IT WAS LIKE A FLY LEARNING PROGRAM.

SO THEY HELP US, YOU KNOW, LIKE TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT A LOT OF STUFF, AND THEN WITH THE COLLEGE, THEY TOO LIKE THAT HELPED BECAUSE WE COULD LEARN ABOUT LIKE THE COLLEGES THAT WE WANT TO GO TO OR LIKE, LIKE WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO GO TO THAT COLLEGE OR WHATEVER.

SO I FEEL LIKE THAT'S HOW THEY HELPED US WITH LIKE COLLEGE AND ALL THAT, LIKE, LIKE LETTING US KNOW OUR, OUR OPTIONS.

I KNEW LIKE, THAT WHEN I WAS, WHEN I WOULD NEED TO WORK.

I DIDN'T I DIDN'T THINK I WANTED TO DO LIKE, I DIDN'T WANT TO SIT BEHIND A DESK ALL THE TIME.

I WANTED TO BE BUSY, ACTIVE, DOING WORK.

SO I KNEW THAT I KNOW THAT LIKE FOR THE FORKLIFT OR OTHER OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN.

WELL, MY DAD, HE WORKS FOR THE UNION, HE DRIVES A FORKLIFT.

HE'S, AND HE MAKES PRETTY DECENT MONEY.

I KNOW WHEN I DO GET OUT AND I HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE UNDER MY BELT, I CAN IMPLEMENT IT IN MY LIFE.

SO IT WOULD BE IT'S VERY VALUABLE.

EVEN IF I DON'T END UP PURSUING THIS, I HAVE THE EXPERIENCE.

SO IF I NEED TO OR IF I EVER NEED TO GET A JOB INTO THIS, I HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE AND I CAN DO IT.

A LOT OF YOUTH LIKE ME, I FEEL LIKE THAT THEY WOULD BE MORE INTERESTED IN OTHER THINGS LIKE THIS AND IT WOULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL TO THEM BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE, NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO WORK BEHIND THE DESK, AND THIS IS WHERE WE COULD FIT IN.

WORKING WITH THE COUNTY OF EDUCATION AND THE COLLABORATION WITH PROBATION HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS.

THEY HAVE ALLOTTED THIS CTE PROGRAM TO COME IN, WHICH IS THE FORKLIFT PROGRAM, AND THERE SHOULD BE MANY OTHER PROGRAMS LIKE THIS.

THEY MAY WANT TO DO DUAL DUAL CAREERS SUCH AS COLLEGE, AND THEY PROBABLY WANT TO DO SOME ENHANCED TRAINING LIKE THIS FORKLIFT AND OTHER THINGS IN CONSTRUCTION.

THIS HAS BEEN AN AMAZING PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE COE IS LOOKING OUT FOR THE KIDS IN THE EDUCATIONAL ARENA AND PROBATION IS TEAMING UP WITH THEM IN THAT EDUCATION ARENA.

ALSO HAVING LIFE APPLICABLE COURSES WHERE THE KIDS CAN DO ON HANDS TRAINING, WHICH WILL BENEFIT THEM IN THE CAREER.

EDUCATION IS GOOD.

DEVELOPING A CAREER AND SKILLS IS ALSO A TANGIBLE ITEM.

SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT COLLABORATION, ONE THAT I MOSTLY I'M INTO MUSIC.

OUR TEACHER HELPS US, MAKES BEATS.

WE DO SONGS IN HERE.

I REALLY ENJOY, JUST LIKE DOING EVERYTHING IN MUSIC.

THEY JUST HELP US WITH LIKE REAL WORLD, REAL, REAL WORLD, REAL WORLD PROBLEMS THAT WE COULD LIKE, GET INTO, YOU KNOW, LIKE.

LIKE HOW WE CAN MAKE OURSELVES BETTER, LIKE, AS MEN, I GUESS, AND THEN WHAT'S IT CALLED? THE FLY PROGRAM. IT'S MORE LIKE IN THE LAW ASPECT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO LIKE, THEY TEACH US ABOUT ENCOUNTERS WITH THE POLICE, A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THEN, YEAH, CULINARY.

I LIKE THE FOOD. YEAH.

SO WE WENT ON A KAYAKING TRIP LIKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

IT WAS PRETTY FUN. WE WENT TO I THINK IT WAS LIKE SANTA CRUZ AND WE WENT TO GO KAYAKING WITH ANOTHER COMMUNITY SCHOOL IN GILROY AND IT WAS PRETTY FUN, AND THEN AFTER WE WENT TO GO GET SANDWICHES AND THEN WE WENT ON ANOTHER FIELD TRIP, WE WENT TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY SCHOOL IN GILROY FOR LIKE COLLEGE DAY, AND WE GOT TO MEET UP WITH LIKE A LOT OF DIFFERENT COLLEGES AND THEY WERE ABLE TO TELL US ABOUT THE COLLEGE AND LIKE THE OPTIONS, AND THEN WE WENT TO A FIELD TRIP ON THE BEACH AND WE WENT TO GO SEE LIKE THE MONARCH, A MONARCH SHOW, LIKE A BUTTERFLIES.

IT WAS REALLY NICE, AND THEN WE WENT TO GO TO THE BEACH AND WE LIKE WERE CLIMBING ROCKS, AND THEN AFTER WE WENT TO GO HAVE SOME PIZZA WITH THE OTHER SCHOOL TOO, AND IT WAS PRETTY

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FUN BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE AT REGULAR SCHOOLS YOU DON'T REALLY GET THOSE KIND OF LIKE OPPORTUNITIES OF FIELD TRIPS.

THEY'RE MORE LIKE REGULAR FIELD TRIPS.

SO LIKE THAT WAS PRETTY FUN, YOU KNOW, TO LIKE EXPERIENCE AND ALL THAT.

SO WITH THE ART CLASS, I FEEL LIKE IT'S REALLY THERAPEUTIC AND LIKE A GOOD PLACE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU COULD, LIKE, DO WHATEVER YOU WANT AND LIKE, IT'S ALWAYS LIKE, NOTHING LIKE BUT GOOD VIBES IN THERE, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD RELAX AND LIKE, WORK ON YOUR PAINTING.

[SINGING] .

I'M NICOLE STEWART. I'M A SCHOOL LINK SERVICES COORDINATOR, SLASH SOCIAL WORKER SLASH MCKINNEY-VENTO AND FOSTER YOUTH LIAISON FOR MILPITAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION HELPS SUPPORT ME IN MY LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

IF I HAVE A NEED TO FIND A FOSTER YOUTH OR SUPPORT A YOUTH WHO'S EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND I DON'T HAVE A RESOURCE, I KNOW I CAN CONTACT THE COUNTY OFFICE OF ED.

JOANNE VAARS AND HER TEAM AND GET SOME RESOURCES TO SERVE MY STUDENTS.

I ALSO KNOW THAT IF THERE'S A STUDENT THAT KIND OF GOES OFF MY RADAR AND I CAN'T FIND THEM, I CAN ALWAYS CONTACT THE COUNTY OFFICE OF ED AND THEY CAN PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF SUPPORT IN TRYING TO FIND THAT STUDENT WITHIN THE COUNTY.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE I CAN GET FROM THEM.

IF I HAVE A QUESTION AND I'VE KIND OF GONE TO THE END OF WHAT I KNOW I CAN DO, I CAN ALWAYS CALL THEM, GET SOME NEW IDEAS, MAYBE GET SOME NEW RESOURCES THAT WILL HELP THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES THAT I'M SERVING.

OUR DISTRICT, EAST SIDE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH CENTRAL COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL WHERE WHEN WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE RECOMMENDED FOR AN EXPULSION AND ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE BOARD PROCESS AND THEY GET BOARD APPROVED FOR AN EXPULSION, WE MAKE A REFERRAL TO CENTRAL COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL AND THEN FROM THERE, SUNOL REALLY DOES A GREAT JOB WITH DOING THE OUTREACH, CONNECTING WITH THE FAMILY, KIND OF DOING AN INTAKE AND ASSESSING TO DETERMINE WHAT SERVICES AND SUPPORTS THE STUDENT NEEDS, AND THEN ONCE THEY ENROLL THE STUDENT, THEY INFORM US.

SO WE WITHDRAW THE STUDENT AND THEY'RE FORMALLY ENROLLED WITH CENTRAL COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL.

ONE SUCCESS STORY I WOULD SAY WE HAVE IS WHERE A STUDENT WHO IS A MCKINNEY-VENTO.

SO FACING HOUSING CHALLENGES, WHERE I FELT THAT THE STUDENT NEEDED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, BUT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THE CAREGIVER.

SO I DID A FEW HOME VISITS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE STAFF AT SUNOL ALSO DID HOME VISITS TO DO THE INTAKE.

EVEN AT THE HOME.

IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL HAVING THE COUNTY OFFICE OF ED PROGRAMS, PARTICULARLY SUNOL AND THE INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAM, BECAUSE IT GIVES US ANOTHER SET OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WHO MAY NEED MORE SUPPORT OR A NEW FRESH START.

I FEEL LIKE THIS SCHOOL GIVES A LOT OF POSITIVITY.

SOMETIMES OUR YOUTH GOES THROUGH THE WRONG PATH, SO THEY GIVE THEM A SECOND OPPORTUNITY WITH A LOT OF LOVE AND SUPPORT, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY HELP EACH CHILD AT THEIR OWN PACE TO, YOU KNOW, GO BACK TO A REGULAR SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

SOUTH COUNTY.

THE PRINCIPAL. OUR TEACHERS ARE COOL AND THEY JUST HELP.

THEY SUPPORT US MORE.

THEY JUST WORK WITH US.

LIKE IT GIVES US LIKE A DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITY.

LIKE THEY HELP US TO, LIKE, REALLY, LIKE, EXPERIENCE THAT.

LIKE THINGS THAT WE CAN EXPERIENCE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE LIKE THE.

OFTEN WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH A STUDENT WHO'S IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM OR OR IS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER AGENCIES THAT COME INTO PLAY FOR THAT KID THAT WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO CONNECT THEM TO, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THE COUNTY OFFICE OF ED HELPS US CONNECT THOSE HUBS, WHETHER IT'S MENTAL HEALTH OR THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OR EVEN OTHER SUPPORTS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

THAT CROSS AGENCY SYSTEM SUPPORT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE CAN BE TALKING TO EACH OTHER ON BEHALF OF ONE STUDENT TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENT GETS EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED.

YOU KNOW, AND I FEEL COMFORTABLE TALKING WITH THE TEACHERS ON THE PHONE AND, YOU KNOW, THEM TELLING ME, YOU KNOW, THEY INVOLVE ME AS A PARENT, AND THAT'S I THINK THAT'S PRETTY

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AWESOME. SO I LOVE THE SCHOOL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION ON THE 2023-2024 LCAP.

WE ARE PROUD OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR STAFF AND WHAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACHIEVED THIS PAST YEAR AND LOOK FORWARD TO OUR CONTINUED EFFORT AS WE PLAN FOR AND BEGIN OUR NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR.

BE IT OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, COURT, SCHOOLS OR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, WE COMMIT TO PROVIDING THE BEST EDUCATION AND SERVICES TO EACH INDIVIDUAL CHILD AND CONTINUE TO ENGAGE ALL OF OUR FAMILIES AND GROUND OUR WORK IN RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND A SENSE OF BELONGINGNESS.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WE CAN CLAP. I LOVE THE VIDEO.

WE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.

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

OKAY. PLEASE BEGIN.

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

THE FIRST FIVE SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE MARISSA HANSEN, DIANE CAPELLI.

KATHY GAVINO, AND NICOLE HILLIARD, FOUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS.

SORRY. THE FIRST.

OH, I'M SORRY. BEFORE WE BREAK, CAN WE PRESENT THE TWO MINUTE TIMER? SORRY ABOUT THAT. MODERATOR.

SO. IT SITS ON.

OKAY. HELLO, MY NAME IS MARISSA HANSEN AND I'M A TEACHER AND THE MOTHER OF HUNTER HANSON, WHO IS ATTENDING THE COUNTY PROGRAM AND HAS BEEN DOING SO SINCE HE WAS THREE YEARS OLD. HE IS NOW TEN YEARS OLD AND GOING INTO THE FIFTH GRADE AT NORWOOD.

I AM THE VOICE FOR HUNTER AND CHILDREN LIKE HIM AS HE IS NONVERBAL.

I'M GLAD I COULD BE PART OF THE LCAP COMMITTEE AGAIN TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS NEEDS ARE MET AS WELL AS REPRESENTING THE PARENTS PERSPECTIVE.

IT IS DIFFICULT HAVING A NONVERBAL CHILD AND DURING THIS YEAR ON THIS COMMITTEE I WAS ABLE TO GIVE MY INPUT ON COMMUNICATION THAT WORKS WELL BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND THE COUNTY FOR PARENTS AND TO GIVE FEEDBACK ON WAYS TO IMPROVE SOME PROCEDURES.

I ENJOYED MEETING OTHER PARENTS AND LEARNING ABOUT THE SUPPORT WE HAVE WITH MANY ORGANIZATIONS AS PARENTS, WITH CHILDREN, WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

EVERY MONTH THE MEETING WAS WELL ORGANIZED ON TIME AND FULL OF INFORMATION, AS WELL AS TIME FOR PARENTS FEEDBACK AND INPUT.

OUR YEAR LONG JOURNEY ON THE LCAP COMMITTEE WAS TIME WELL SPENT AND I APPRECIATE BEING PART OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE SECOND YEAR.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DIANE CAPELLI.

PLEASE PRESENT YOUR COMMENTS.

HELLO. MY NAME IS DIANE CAPELLI AND I HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE PACK THIS YEAR.

MY CHILD IS IN SECOND GRADE AT SARATOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATIONAL PARTS OF THE PACK, LIKE PRESENTATIONS FROM THE INCLUSION COLLABORATIVE AND ON THE LCAP BUDGET.

I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO VOICE WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR FAMILY AS THE MONEY IS ALLOCATED ACCORDING TO OUR SUGGESTIONS.

AS AN EXAMPLE, ARE THE FIELD TRIPS AND MAKING IT EASY FOR FAMILIES TO SIGN UP AND ATTEND.

WE ATTENDED THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS IN THE PAST AND PLANNED TO ATTEND WALDEN WEST THIS SUMMER.

I ALSO ENJOYED MEETING AND SHARING AND COLLABORATING WITH THE OTHER PARENTS.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KATHY GAVINO. PLEASE PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

MY THANKS TO THE BOARD FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

MY NAME IS KATHY TAKEMOTO GAVINO.

I HAVE A CHILD WHO ATTENDS SANTA TERESA HIGH SCHOOL SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM AND WHO IS ACTUALLY TRANSITIONING RIGHT NOW INTO THE POST-SECONDARY PROGRAM.

I HAVE ENJOYED BEING PART OF THESE MEETINGS.

IT HAS BEEN GREAT TO SEE HOW EDUCATOR, INSIGHT AND PARENTS SUGGESTIONS ARE DISCUSSED AND VALIDATED DURING THIS PROCESS.

I AM PLEASED TO SEE HOW THESE ITEMS WERE INCORPORATED INTO THIS DOCUMENT THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TODAY, AND I AM HERE TO PROVIDE MY FULL SUPPORT FOR THIS LCAP.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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OUR LAST PUBLIC SPEAKER IS NICOLE HILLIARD.

PLEASE PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

HI, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS NICOLE HILLIARD.

I HAVE TWO BOYS IN THE PROGRAMS HERE, ONE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AT AUGUST BOGER AND ONE IN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION AT CENTRAL SCHOOL.

I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO GIVE INPUT ON THE LCAP.

THE GUEST SPEAKERS AND INFORMATIONAL ITEMS IN THE PACK ARE GREAT.

I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE THE COUNSELING SERVICES AS BOTH OF MY SONS ARE NOW RECEIVING THERAPY AND IT'S HELPING SUPPORT OUR FAMILY.

I FULLY SUPPORT THE LCAP.

THANK YOU. MODERATOR DOES THAT CONCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENT? THIS CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO BOARD QUESTIONS.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? TRUSTEE MAH AND THEN VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN, AND THEN TRUSTEE BERTA, AND THEN TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHON.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARENTS WHO HAVE COME TONIGHT AND WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN THE REPORT WHICH SAYS THAT THE PARENTS REPRESENTED THE PAC ARE HERE AT OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.

SO I REALLY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION AND FOR SPEAKING TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE MAH VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHON.

I ALSO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS THAT WERE ENGAGED THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LCAP AND OBVIOUSLY OUR PARENTS AND STAFF AS WELL, AND JUST READING MORE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS AND THE MEETINGS AND THE SURVEYS AND EVEN OUR ENGLISH LEARNER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND COMMITTEE AND ESPECIALLY THE THE.

I WAS EXCITED TO READ AND JUST A QUESTION OR IF YOU COULD ELABORATE.

PAGE 20 HAS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVALUATION PLAN AND THE ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTIVENESS.

SO ANY MORE SPECIFIC INDICATORS OR SORT OF METRICS THAT WILL BE USED IN THE EVALUATION PLAN? I JUST WANTED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT.

YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

SO THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS THAT ARE RELATED TO EACH OF THE GOALS HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS OF BEING EVALUATED.

SOMETIMES IT'S EVALUATED WITH FEEDBACK, SOMETIMES IT'S EVALUATED WITH LOCAL ASSESSMENTS, SOMETIMES IT'S EVALUATED WITH STATE ASSESSMENTS.

SO WITH EACH ACTION SHOULD HAVE ITS OWN EVALUATION SYSTEM, AND SO THAT WAY THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE YEAR, WE'RE USING DIFFERENT FORMS OF EVALUATION TO REALLY ASSESS AND HOW DO WE DO WE NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE IN MIDCOURSE SO THAT WE'RE NEVER MISSING A BEAT AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ACCOMPLISHING THEIR GOALS.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE BERTA.

YES. I ALSO WANTED TO ECHO MY COLLEAGUES CELEBRATION OF THE PARTICIPATION AS WELL AS THE VIDEO WAS VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER, AND IT'S JUST IT REALLY HELPS PUT THE CONTEXT BEHIND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LCAP, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DATA AND, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE CONTEXT THAT IT'S BECAUSE OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE AND REALLY BEING ABLE TO SEE THE IMPACT THERE WAS WAS WONDERFUL, AND THE QUESTION I HAD WAS REGARDING THE DATA IN THE LCAP, WHICH I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S EFFORTS WHO WORKED ON THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, AS A DOCUMENT, EVEN TO THE PUBLIC, I THINK SOMETIMES IT CAN LOOK LIKE A DISSERTATION OR, YOU KNOW, A LENGTHY PIECE OF WORK, AND SO IN THAT IN THAT LIGHT, WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS IF THERE IS A WAY TO CAPTURE THE DATA POINTS PROGRESS SPECIFICALLY, AND I KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER OF A NUMBER OF PAGES THAT CAPTURE THE DATA, BUT SPECIFICALLY WHERE IT GOES, THE MEASURING AND REPORTING RESULTS SECTION AS IT GOES FROM YEAR ONE TO YEAR TWO TO YEAR THREE, I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY TO CAPTURE, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRESS GOING FROM I BELIEVE WE'RE IN YEAR TWO, BUT SO WHAT WHAT DOES THE PROGRESS LOOK LIKE FROM YEAR ONE TO YEAR TWO? IT IS SIDE BY SIDE.

IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEX TO KIND OF LOOK AT THE DESIRED OUTCOME BECAUSE SOME SOME AREAS THEY DON'T FULLY LINE UP WITH WHAT'S WHAT THE QUESTION IS BEING ASKED JUST FOR FOR CLARITY.

SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S MAYBE A PLACE THAT I MISSED THAT OR WHETHER THAT CAN BE INCORPORATED.

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DATA OVERALL IN OUR PROGRAMS IS SOMETIMES CHALLENGING BECAUSE OF THE TRANSIENT NATURE OF OUR PROGRAMS AND THE STUDENTS WITHIN, AND SO WHEN WE CAN.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, AN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION STUDENTS ARE ASSESSED EVERY 45 DAYS AND WE HAVE THAT ONGOING DATA SO WE CAN SHOW IF A STUDENT IS HERE WITH US FOR THREE YEARS, THE CHANGE THAT TAKES PLACE RIGHT UP OR DOWN, BUT WE ALSO USE DATA JUST AS YEAR END AND DIFFERENT DATA RESULTS COME OUT AT DIFFERENT TIMES, WHICH IS WHY IT COULD POTENTIALLY NOT LINE UP.

SOME OF OUR DATA POINTS ARE PROGRAM SPECIFIC AND NOT THOSE SPECIFIC STUDENTS BECAUSE THOSE STUDENTS ARE NO LONGER HERE FROM YEAR ONE TO YEAR THREE.

AM I ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION? TRUSTEE BERTA. YEAH, I THINK THAT PROVIDES REALLY IMPORTANT CONTEXT, RIGHT? WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DATA, I THINK THERE ARE SOME AREAS AND MAYBE I CAN SEND THIS AS FEEDBACK SINCE WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, FORMALLY APPROVING THIS, BUT JUST TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT WHERE WE'RE AT AS A KIND OF A TRANSITION FROM YEAR ONE TO YEAR TWO, IF WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A SPECIFIC COHORT OF STUDENTS, BECAUSE THAT DIFFERS FROM, YOU KNOW, OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BUT SOME OF THEM BEING MORE PROGRAMMATIC DECISIONS, RIGHT, OF WHETHER THERE'S AN IMPACT, YOU KNOW, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE ON THAT WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON, AND THE OTHER PIECE WAS, IN TERMS OF ONE OF THE AREAS REFERENCED, I THINK IT'S SPECIFIC TO SPECIAL EDUCATION.

ON PAGE 26, HOW CAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHEN AN AREA IS NOT CAPTURED OR NOT SPECIFIC TO THE LCAP, BUT IT SAID THAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GOING TO BE ADDRESSED EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A SPECIFIC COMPONENT OF THE LCAP.

I THINK THIS HAS TO DO WITH WITH THE WAY THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION IS FUNDED AND HOW THAT'S NOT YOU KNOW, THOSE FUNDS ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN HERE.

I'M JUST WONDERING FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL, WHERE CAN THEY FIND HOW THOSE ISSUES ARE BEING ADDRESSED OR CONSIDERED, EVEN IF IT'S NOT IN THIS LCAP? YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION AND A VARIETY OF WAYS.

WE HAVE COFFEE CHATS.

EACH OF OUR PRINCIPALS HOLD THEIR OWN CLUSTER COFFEE CHATS, SO FEEDBACK IS GIVEN AT THOSE MEETINGS AND SUGGESTIONS ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AND DONE RIGHT WHERE WE CAN. WE ALSO HAVE OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DIRECTOR AS PART OF IN OUR ORGANIZATION, AS PART OF A SELVA, AND AT THAT MEETING, THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS ARE REPRESENTED IN EACH OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DIRECTORS REPRESENTED AND CHANGES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE, SUGGESTIONS HOW WE WORK AS A COUNTY OFFICE IN RELATION TO THE DISTRICTS.

ALL OF THOSE ITEMS ARE DISCUSSED AND THAT HAPPENS MONTHLY AS WELL.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

I THINK I'LL EMAIL THE REST OF MY QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR EFFORTS ON THIS.

THANK YOU. THANKS FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.

TRUSTEE BERTA. TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHON AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, AND THANKS ALSO TO THE PARENTS WHO CAME TONIGHT TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT.

I APPRECIATE THAT. IT WAS ALSO NICE HAVING STUDENT VOICE AS PART OF YOUR VIDEO.

THANK YOU FOR THAT DATA.

I'M LOOKING AT THE BUDGET NUMBERS OF FEDERAL FUNDS ON THE PROJECTED REVENUE BY FUND SOURCE.

I DON'T SEE A PAGE NUMBER, BUT ALL FEDERAL FUNDS ARE ABOUT $70 MILLION.

ALL LOCAL FUNDS.

ABOUT $56 MILLION.

TOTAL LCFF FUNDS NEARLY 200 MILLION.

WITH A LARGE SHARE OF THAT GOING TO SPECIAL EDUCATION.

I KNOW. SO I DIDN'T SEE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS SERVED.

IS IT IN THE DOCUMENT? THE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS SERVED FOR EACH PROGRAM.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

I DON'T BELIEVE OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS ARE PART OF THE LCAP, BUT WE HAVE THOSE NUMBERS.

COULD YOU GIVE ME KIND OF A ROUGH IDEA OF THE NUMBERS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION? THE NUMBERS IN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND ALTERNATIVE ED? SURE. IN THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS THIS YEAR, WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN AN INCREASE IN NUMBERS.

SO BETWEEN SOUTH COUNTY AND NORTH COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.

THIS YEAR WE'VE PROBABLY SERVED BETWEEN 60 AND 80 STUDENTS.

WE FINISHED THE YEAR WITH NEARLY 40 AT EACH EACH SITE AT AT OSBORNE SCHOOL AND JUVENILE HALL.

THERE WERE JUST UNDER 400 STUDENTS THERE.

ALL YEAR LONG.

WE SERVED AN AVERAGE OF 35 STUDENTS FOR THE YEAR IN OSBORNE SCHOOL ITSELF AT BLUE RIDGE.

I BELIEVE THE NUMBER RIGHT NOW IS 21, AND THAT'S STAYED PRETTY STEADY ALL YEAR.

THANK YOU, AND SPECIAL EDUCATION.

SO OUR NUMBERS KIND OF FLUCTUATE BASED ON ENROLLMENT AND TRANSITION, BUT APPROXIMATELY 1200 STUDENTS, AND

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WHAT WAS THAT FIVE YEARS AGO? OH, MY GOODNESS, YOU STUMPED ME SO I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.

I DO. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE IT IN MY HEAD, BUT I DON'T REALLY WANT TO MAKE IT UP IN FRONT OF YOU.

YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT TO A FIVE YEAR KIND OF BAR GRAPH OR SCATTERGRAM OF NUMBERS OF BOTH.

SURE. AND THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD VERY MUCH BE APPRECIATED, AND YOU KNOW, IN 2019, I THINK WE HAD THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE JUVENILE COURT, KATHERINE LUCERO, WHO NOW IS IN A STATE OFFICE DOING GREAT WORK.

SHE SAID THAT IF YOU CAME TO IF YOU WERE FROM OUTER SPACE AND YOU LANDED IN OSBORNE SCHOOL OR AT THE RANCH, YOU WOULD THINK IN THIS COUNTY, ONLY BLACK AND BROWN KIDS COMMIT CRIMES, AND THAT'S REFERENCED IN YOUR.

IN THE LCAP SOMEWHERE.

THE NUMBERS WERE PRESENT.

BYE BYE.

RACE AND THERE.

REALLY? UGLY NUMBERS WHICH CONTINUE TO PLAGUE ME, AND I KNOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE, I THINK WHITE THOSE INCARCERATED WERE LIKE 10%, AND LATINX, AS YOU DESCRIBE, IS, IS LIKE 70 SOMETHING PERCENT AFRICAN-AMERICANS AT 7%.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE NUMBERS AREN'T SO DISPARATE BY RACE AND THAT THEY DON'T GET THEIR PREVENTING YOUR PROGRAM, THAT ENROLLMENT GOES DOWN OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS SIGNIFICANTLY AS IT HAS OVERALL BECAUSE OF THE LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. WHAT SHOULD THE BOARD.

BE AWARE OF IN ORDER TO HELP THOSE NUMBERS THAT ARE SHOW.

SHOW A DISAPPOINTING TREND.

HOW DO WE PREVENT? THIS FROM HAPPENING.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION.

I THINK THERE'S A VARIETY OF RESEARCH OUT THERE AND IDEAS.

I THINK ONE OF THE ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT I WOULD CALL OUT IS AN INVESTMENT EARLY EDUCATION, WHICH OUR OFFICE IS CLEARLY SUPPORTING.

WE HEARD FROM THE LAST BOARD MEETING ALL OF THAT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING AROUND UPK.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE GATEKEEPER TO MAKE SURE THAT AT OUR VERY EARLIEST LEARNERS AND FAMILIES ARE SUPPORTED AND GETTING THE HIGHEST QUALITY EDUCATION.

SO IF I WAS GOING TO OFFER UP A SUGGESTION, IT WOULD BE TO FOCUS ON OUR EARLY EDUCATION.

SECONDLY, I KNOW OUR INCLUSION COLLABORATIVE DEPARTMENT, A PBIS DEPARTMENT, EMTS, ALL OF ALL THE QUALITY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WE PUT OUT AS A COUNTY OFFICE DIRECTLY ADDRESSES BIAS, INEQUITIES, RACISM AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT EDUCATORS ARE WORKING AROUND AND TOWARD AND, YOU KNOW, AND STRUGGLING WITH AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND IT'S THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WE OFFER, THAT WE OFFER THROUGH OUR ORGANIZATION THAT REALLY KEEPS THAT AT THE CENTER.

THANK YOU, AND MY LAST QUESTION, AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU AND SO DO MANY OF US ABOUT EARLY LEARNING, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE THE GOAL, AND WE SHOULD KEEP TRACK OF THOSE NUMBERS AS WE HAVE INCREASED MONEY BEING SPENT ON EARLY LEARNING IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND HOW THOSE NUMBERS GO DOWN IN OUR ALTERNATIVE ED PROGRAM AND INCARCERATED YOUTH AT BOTH AT THE RANCH, JAMES AND OSBORNE , BUT MY WHEN I WAS BOARD CHAIR AND AT OTHER TIMES THERE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT DO YOU NEED? WE'VE ASKED PROGRAM MANAGERS AND ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS WHAT SHOULD SINCE WE'RE IN CHARGE OF THE BUDGET, WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT IS NEEDED TO HELP YOU DO YOUR JOBS FOR YOUR CHILDREN MORE EFFICACIOUSLY? OR DO YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED? ALWAYS. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE WE'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE AND, YOU KNOW, TRUSTEE DI SALVO THIS VERY WELL THAT OUR COURT SCHOOLS AND OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS SOMETIMES HAVE LOW ENROLLMENT AND THAT ENROLLMENT FLUCTUATES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR , AND, AND ASIDE FROM THAT, WE NEED TO HAVE A NUMBER OF CLASSES AND WE NEED TO HAVE THE BEST STAFF AND THE HIGHEST QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

IF THERE'S FIVE, IF THERE'S 25, AND SO I THINK SOMETIMES IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY DIRECTLY FOR

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JUST 15 KIDS AND THERE NEEDS TO BE RIGHT.

TO HAVE THOSE PROGRAMS SUSTAINED THROUGHOUT EVERY YEAR.

SO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY NEEDS MORE TO? MORE EFFECTIVELY MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR CHILDREN.

TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, I THINK I THINK THE BOARD IS PROVIDING US JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING WE DO NEED RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY YOUR ADVOCACY AND YOUR INTEREST IN THE PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW, WE FOCUS ON PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH LITERACY SKILLS THAT I THINK.

WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE FAR UPSTREAM FROM WHEN THEY WHEN THEY COME TO US, BUT WE FOCUS ON THAT AND THEN PROVIDING VOICE, AND WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU IS, IS LIKE I SAID, ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT, AND I FEEL LIKE ALL OF YOU DO THAT VERY WELL.

THANK YOU, AND I ALSO DON'T WANT TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS EXTREMELY SUPPORTED, NOT JUST BY THE BOARD, BUT BY OUR DISTRICTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

IT'S REALLY PHENOMENAL.

OUR PROGRAMS, I THINK IT WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE VIDEO, LITTLE SNIPPETS OF THINGS THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE HAVING ACCESS TO THAT IS INCREDIBLE, AND THE GARDENING PROGRAM, MUSIC, ART, WE HAVE A VERY STRONG INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM AS WELL IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT EACH OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO REACH THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL, AND I FEEL REALLY PROUD OF OUR PROGRAM AND REALLY, REALLY GLAD TO BE IN IT, AND ANY TIME THAT I NEED SUPPORT, I KNOW THAT I CAN RECEIVE IT FROM MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE PLACES.

SO THAT IS ONE REASON WHY I JUST I REALLY DO LOVE WORKING HERE AND I DON'T WANT TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY BECAUSE THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT.

THAT'S GREAT. I APPRECIATE THAT.

I APPRECIATE THAT FROM ALL OF YOU, AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT OSBORNE SCHOOL WITH DR.

DEWAN A YEAR OR MORE AGO.

I DON'T THINK IT WAS QUITE EVEN THAT LONG AGO, BUT IT WAS SHORTER THAN THE LAST NINE MONTHS OR SO.

YEAH, AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED.

I TAUGHT THERE WHEN I WAS 23 YEARS OLD.

I'M NOT 23 ANY LONGER AND I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH WHAT I SAW.

AND I AND I SAID, I THINK I EVEN POSTED SOMETHING ON FACEBOOK THAT DAY.

I WAS SO IMPRESSED BECAUSE IT'S COME SUCH A LONG WAY IN THE PROGRAMS OFFERED TO OUR INCARCERATED YOUTH, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO TO HELP THOSE INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES, PLEASE LET DR.

DEWAN KNOW. HOPEFULLY SHE WILL INCORPORATE THAT IN THE BUDGET, BUT LET'S NOT MISS ANY OPPORTUNITIES TO EVEN DO MORE.

THANKS. ANYTIME I MAKE A COMMENT.

YES. TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

I JUST A COUPLE OF FOLLOW UPS.

ONE, I WANTED TO MENTION THAT SOMETHING NEW WE HAVE IS A REALLY ROBUST GRANTS AND PARTNERSHIPS DEPARTMENT AND EVER SINCE LCFF, AS YOU'VE HEARD US SAY SO MANY TIMES, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN FLAT FUNDED, BUT BECAUSE OF OUR COMMITMENT TO SECURING ADDITIONAL PARTNERS AND GOING AFTER GRANTS AND APPLYING FOR ADDITIONAL REVENUE SOURCES, AND SO SUCCESSFULLY, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WERE DESCRIBED, AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S MUCH HOPE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BUDGET IS GOING TO BE LIKE AT THE STATE LEVEL IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT ONGOING COMMITMENT FROM SOME OF OUR PARTNERS AND WE HAVE TEAM MEMBERS WHO WORK REALLY DILIGENTLY TO SECURE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING AS WELL, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE CAN'T JUST RELY ON THE STATE , AND THEN THE ENROLLMENT TREND INFORMATION WE DID SHARE AT BUDGET STUDY COMMITTEE.

NONE OF US COMMITTED IT TO MEMORY, BUT WE DO HAVE THE SLIDES AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO INCORPORATE THEM IN NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA.

THANK YOU, DR. DEWAN.

I ALSO WANTED TO JUST SHARE MY APPRECIATION FOR THE VIDEO AND THEN THIS PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU TO OUR PARENTS THAT COME.

I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT WE CAN HEAR FROM AS PARENTS BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GETTING AFFECTED BY THE DAY TO DAY OF WHAT GOES ON.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND JUST SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCES.

I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE MY APPRECIATION OF WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE VIDEO BECAUSE I THINK SEEING THE MUSIC CLASSES, THE CAREER TECHNICAL PATHWAY OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE GIVEN TO OUR STUDENTS IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT MATTERS FOR THIS.

I KNOW APPROVING THIS IS OUR JOB AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S RUNNING SMOOTHLY, BUT BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY SEE WHAT GOES ON DAY TO DAY IN THE CLASSROOM IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

SO I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO SEE THAT, AND ALSO, I KNOW DR.

DEWAN HAS, YOU KNOW, OFFERS THE BOARD OPPORTUNITIES TO VISIT, AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO VISIT SOME OF OUR ALONG WITH OTHER TRUSTEES, OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION

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CLASSROOMS AND BLUE RIDGE.

I WAS NOT ABLE TO JOIN THE OSBORN TOUR, BUT I KNOW THAT'S SOMEWHERE I WANT TO GO AS WELL , AND BEING ABLE TO JUST SEE THESE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND BEING ABLE TO WITNESS IT EVERY DAY, SOMETHING I REALLY APPRECIATE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MATTERS IN THE END.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

THE TIME IS 6:33 P.M, AND THE BOARD WILL ACT ON THIS ITEM AT THE JUNE 21ST, 2023 BOARD MEETING.

THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION WILL NOW CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 20 2324 COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND BUDGET THAT THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION

[B. Conduct a Public Hearing for the 2023-24 County School Service Fund Budget]

WILL SUBMIT TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

MY NAME IS VICTORIA CHON AND I AM THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND WILL BE ACTING AS THE CHAIRPERSON FOR THIS HEARING.

THE TIME IS 6:34 P.M, AND THIS HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

THE CALIFORNIA EDUCATION CODE 1620 STATES ON OR BEFORE JULY 1ST OF EACH FISCAL YEAR, THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND BUDGET.

THE PUBLIC HEARING SHALL BE HELD PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET AND SHALL OCCUR NOT LESS THAN THREE DAYS FOLLOWING THE AVAILABILITY OF THE BUDGET FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION PURSUANT TO EDUCATION CODE.

52068B1. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE LOCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN.

THE LCAP SHALL BE HELD AT THE SAME MEETING AS THE PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED BY SECTION 1620 FOR THE BUDGET.

THE MEETING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE LCAP SHALL BE HELD AFTER, BUT NOT ON THE SAME DAY AS THE PUBLIC HEARING EDUCATION CODE 16228 STATES THAT ON OR BEFORE JULY 1ST OF EACH FISCAL YEAR, THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL ADOPT THE ANNUAL COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND BUDGET OF THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.

STAFF WILL NOW PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE 2023 2024 COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND FUND BUDGET.

DR. DEWAN, COULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THIS PRESENTATION? YES. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT CHON.

THIS EVENING OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF BUSINESS SERVICES, STEPHANIE GOMEZ, AND OUR DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL BUSINESS SERVICES, NEETI SHARMA, ARE HERE AND THEY WILL PROVIDE A PRESENTATION. OKAY.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CHON SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN TRUSTEE STAFF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

TONIGHT WE WILL BE PRESENTING TO ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ.

COULD YOU PULL THE MIC A BIT CLOSER? THANK YOU. IS THAT BETTER? THAT'S BETTER.

OKAY. OKAY.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CHON, SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN TRUSTEE STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

TONIGHT WE WILL BE PRESENTING THE 2324 COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICES FUND BUDGET.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THE BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING CYCLE IS A TWO YEAR PROCESS AS REFLECTED IN THIS SLIDE HERE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

CURRENTLY, WE'RE AT BUDGET ADOPTION.

WHEN THE BUDGET WHEN THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING 2324 FISCAL YEAR AND THE OUTLYING TWO FISCAL YEARS IS PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION.

THE BUDGET IS BASED UPON THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION PROVIDED FROM THE GOVERNOR'S MAY.

REVISE ACTUALS ARE ALSO ESTIMATED AT THIS TIME TO PROVIDE A FINANCIAL UPDATE OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS REQUIRED TO ASSIST IN THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. NEXT SLIDE.

I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR SHARMA TO GO OVER THE OVERVIEW OF OUR BUDGET.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

I WILL NOW BE PRESENTING THE COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND BUDGET.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THIS SLIDE HERE PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE COMBINED, UNRESTRICTED AND RESTRICTED REVENUES FOR THE COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 TO 2020 2324. THE PROJECTED REVENUES ARE AT $339 MILLION.

APPROXIMATELY 34% OF THESE REVENUES ARE FOR A DESIGNATED PURPOSE, AND MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING AT 66% OF THE REVENUES ARE FOR FOUR RESTRICTED SPECIFIED PURPOSE.

THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THIS SLIDE HERE PROVIDES A FURTHER BREAKDOWN OF THE TOTAL PROJECTED REVENUES OF REVENUE BY REVENUE SOURCES.

A APPROXIMATELY 56% OF THE TOTAL REVENUES ARE FROM LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA.

21% OF THE FUNDS ARE FEDERAL FUNDS, 6% ARE STATE FUNDS, AND 70% ARE LOCAL SOURCES.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

REFLECTED HERE IS A TOTAL FUNDING OF $113.7 MILLION FOR DESIGNATED PURPOSES SUCH AS COUNTY MANDATED OPERATIONS, ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, AND THE LARGEST PORTION AT 41% FOR RETURN OF LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

APPROXIMATELY $225 MILLION OF THE TOTAL REVENUES FOR SPECIFIED PURPOSES.

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THE LARGEST PORTION BEING SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM FUNDED BY FEE FOR SERVICE.

PAID BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

HEAD START AND OTHER RESTRICTED PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE. TOTAL PROJECTED REVENUES OF $339 MILLION COMPRISED OF PROGRAMS FUNDED BY FEES FOR SERVICE FEES PAID BY DISTRICTS ABOUT 44%.

COUNTY OPERATIONS FOR MANDATED SERVICES AT 30%.

STATES. FEDERAL OR GRANT FUNDED PROGRAMS AT 23% AND ADR FUNDED PROGRAMS AROUND 3%.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES WE TALKED ABOUT THE 2023, 24 PROJECTED REVENUES.

ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY $21 MILLION BUDGETED IN CARRYOVER FUNDING FROM 20 2223, PROVIDING A TOTAL FUNDING OF APPROXIMATELY $360 MILLION.

IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE EXPENDITURE BUDGET, WHICH IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED IN THE UPCOMING SLIDES.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE PROJECTED $21 MILLION CARRYOVER FUNDING FROM FISCAL YEAR 2223 HAS BEEN BUDGETED FOR FACILITIES, TECHNOLOGY AND DATA SERVICES, MULTI-YEAR GRANTS AND GENERAL FUND PROGRAMS. THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

I WILL NOW PRESENT THE EXPENDITURE BUDGET.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THE FISCAL YEAR 20 2324 PROJECTED EXPENDITURES BUDGET IS $360 MILLION IN THIS PIE CHART.

APPROXIMATELY 66% ACCOUNTS FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND 44% FOR ALL OTHER EXPENDITURES.

INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES IS $4,047 MILLION FOR RETURN OF LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES, TOTAL SALARIES AND BENEFITS AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL EXPENDITURES.

AFTER WE EXCLUDE $47 MILLION FOR RETURN OF LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES IS ABOUT 76.20%.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

INCLUDED ON THIS SLIDE IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE RETURN OF LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES OVER A SPAN OF TEN YEARS.

THE AMOUNT PROJECTED FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 2324 IS $47 MILLION.

TO DATE, WE HAVE RETURNED 237.1 MILLION TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND ARE PROJECTING A RETURN OF $46 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 20 2425 AND ABOUT 45,000,000IN 20 2526.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

I WILL NOW BE GOING OVER THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION ASSUMPTIONS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THIS SLIDE HERE PROVIDES EMPLOYEE PAID STIRS AND PERS ASSUMPTIONS THAT WERE UTILIZED FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 2324 BUDGET AND THE TWO OUT YEARS STIRS RATE HAVE REMAINED THE SAME AS THE CURRENT YEAR THROUGH 20 2526, WHICH IS AT 19.10%.

PASS RATE HAS INCREASED FROM THE CURRENT RATE OF 25.37% TO 26.68% IN FISCAL YEAR 20 2324.

THE ESTIMATED PERS RATE FOR 2024, 25 AND 2526 IS AT 27.70% AND 28.30%. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

HERE IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE COUNTY SCHOOLS SERVICE COMPONENTS OF ENDING FUND BALANCE, NAMELY THE RESTRICTED ASSIGNED RESERVE FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY AND UNASSIGNED BALANCES.

THIS GRAPH HERE REFLECTS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MEET OUR RESERVE FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY IN ALL THREE YEARS.

WE ALSO HAVE A POSITIVE, POSITIVE ENDING FUND BALANCE, HENCE A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 2324 AND THE OUTLINED TWO FISCAL YEARS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO IN CONCLUSION, WE'RE ABLE TO MEET OUR OBLIGATIONS FOR THE 2324 FISCAL YEAR AND THE TWO SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS.

OUR OFFICE CONTINUES TO SECURE RESTRICTED FUNDING STREAMS TO SUPPORT CRITICAL INITIATIVES AND ALSO REMAIN FISCALLY PRUDENT TO ENSURE FISCAL STABILITY.

I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2223 YEAR, OUR OFFICE BROUGHT IN ABOUT $48.8 MILLION IN RESTRICTED GRANT FUNDING STREAMS, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK DR. DEWAN FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND HARD WORK IN THAT.

I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK NIDHI SHARMA AND THE EIB'S STAFF AND PROGRAM STAFF FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK IN THIS BUDGET PREPARATION.

IT'S A IT'S A BIG LIFT THAT WE START IN THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR.

WE START AROUND NOVEMBER, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE TEAM FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.

MODERATOR DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN AND THEN TRUSTEE BERTA.

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THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHON, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK STAFF AND DR.

DEWAN AS WELL FOR BUDGETING RESPONSIBLY AND PROACTIVELY, ADDRESSING LONG TERM FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND ALWAYS PROACTIVELY IDENTIFYING REVENUE ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT OUR RESERVE, THE 14.38 MILLION, AND I KNOW YOU HAD A SLIDE ON THAT, AND COULD YOU TALK MORE ABOUT THE CRITERIA USED TO DETERMINE THAT AMOUNT AND WHETHER YOU THINK IT'S SUFFICIENT IN THE LONG TERM TO ADDRESS ANY UNFORESEEN CHALLENGES? ARE YOU REFERENCING? SLIDE 17.

IT'S ON PAGE FIVE OF THE DOCUMENT.

I CAN GO TO THE SLIDE, BUT IT'S THE RESERVE OF 14.38 MILLION.

OKAY. YEAH. SO THAT'S OUR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY.

SO THE STATE REQUIRES US TO RETAIN ABOUT 2%, AND THERE'S ALSO A BOARD POLICY FOR AN ADDITIONAL 2%.

SO THAT'S 4% IS WHAT WE SET ASIDE FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

I SAID I TRUSTEE BERTA.

YES. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE I BELIEVE IT'S THE SACHSE REPORT.

THE UNDER THE ITEM THAT DESCRIBES DEFICIT SPENDING.

I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION ON WHETHER THIS MEANS WE ARE IN FACT DEFICIT SPENDING BECAUSE IT SAYS THE STANDARD WAS NOT MET.

DOES THAT MEAN WE ARE DEFICIT SPENDING OR THAT WE'RE NOT? AND IF WE ARE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY WE ARE? YEAH. SO WE ARE NOT DEFICIT SPENDING, AND SO IT SAYS NOT MET BECAUSE OF THE PERCENTAGE, BUT WHAT IT IS, IS IT'S A COMBINATION OF CARRYOVER FUNDS WHERE WE HAD EXPENSES THAT WE BUDGETED FOR OR PROJECTS WE BUDGETED FOR IN THE PRIOR YEAR WE BROUGHT FORWARD, AND SO IT'S ANY OF THE PRIOR YEAR FUNDING THAT WE CARRY OVER AND THAT'S WHY WE PUT THAT EXPLANATION, BUT WE ALSO PUT THE CHART OF THE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD.

GOT IT. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.

YOU'RE WELCOME. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

I KNOW A LOT OF OF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS A LOT OF GRANTS AND I'M SPEAKING IN A GENERAL SENSE HERE.

HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE A LOT OF THOSE GRANTS AND BEEN USING UP TO THE FULL POTENTIAL OF MOST OF THEM? YES. SO THE GRANTS THAT WE DO RECEIVE, A LOT OF THEM ARE ONE YEAR, ONE TIME FUNDS.

SO WE ARE FULLY SPENDING THOSE FUNDS, BUT THERE'S ALSO ALSO MULTI-YEAR GRANTS.

SO WHEN WE DO HAVE CARRYOVER FROM YEAR TO YEAR, WE ARE MONITORING THE FUNDING, MAKING SURE WE'RE SPENDING TIMELY SO WE DON'T EVER RETURN FUNDS.

SO. OKAY, GOOD, GOOD.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? TRUSTEES. OKAY.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

THE TIME IS 6:46 P.M, AND THE BOARD WILL TAKE ACTION ON THIS ITEM AT THE JUNE 21ST, 2023 BOARD MEETING.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBER OF EDUCATION MEMBER REPORT.

[A. The student board of education member may give a report on activities related to their duties as member of the Santa Clara County Board of Education]

WE WILL NOW RECEIVE A REPORT FROM OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE VERY PROUDLY OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER FOR HIS RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS, INCLUDING RECEIVING THE STATE SEAL OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, A NUMBER OF COMMENDATIONS FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS AND GRADUATING YESTERDAY EVENING.

WE'LL GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THAT, AND I HAD THE DISTINCT HONOR OF GETTING TO MEET HIM.

SO THAT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL.

STUDENT BOARD MEMBER ALTAMIRANO, CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE YOUR REPORT? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'M STUDENT BOARD MEMBER ALTAMIRANO, A STUDENT AT BLUE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE GIVING YOU ALL THE RECENT ACTIVITIES AND UPDATES FROM OUR SCHOOL.

FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU TO OUR COUNTY OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT DR.

DEWAN PRESIDENT CHON.

DR. MAH HONDURAS BOARD MEMBER.

BERTA BOARD MEMBER LARI OUR ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR, MR. CALDWELL HOLDEN AND OTHER ESTEEMED GUESTS FOR VISITING ME ON CAMPUS AND CONGRATULATING ME ON THE STATE SEAL OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AS WELL AS MY OTHER RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS.

IT WAS A PLEASURE MEETING YOU ALL IN PERSON, AS WELL AS THE CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS THAT WERE BESTOWED UPON ME.