Jan 10, 2024 County Board of Education

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JUDGE WHEN YOU ARE READY.

I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

[B. Pledge of Allegiance]

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU. I WILL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL.

[C. Roll Call (Including Action on Absences if Necessary)]

WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE RESPOND ACCORDINGLY.

TRUSTEE BERTA. PRESENT.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

PRESENT. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE LARI. PRESENT.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. MAH.

HERE. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE ROCHA. THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN.

PRESENT. THANK YOU.

AND STUDENT BOARD MEMBER ALVAREZ.

THANK YOU. I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA.

[D. Set the Agenda]

YES. SORRY. SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

WE DO HAVE ONE CARD FOR ITEM ONE D.

ONE DEED TO SET THE AGENDA.

CORRECT? OKAY.

YEAH. YES OKAY WE WILL.

MODERATOR. COULD YOU PLEASE GO AHEAD AND START PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT ITEM? YES. THANK YOU.

AS YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, PLEASE.

HEAD TO THE SAN JOSE ROOM.

IF YOU'RE IN THE OVERFLOW ROOM AND LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF THE ROOM.

AS A REMINDER, ONE PERSON AT A TIME CAN BE AT THE PODIUM TO PRESENT THEIR COMMENT.

UNLESS LANGUAGE SUPPORT IS NEEDED BY AN ECHO LANGUAGE INTERPRETER TO PREVENT SOUND DISTORTION, PLEASE KEEP THE MICROPHONE A SHORT DISTANCE FROM YOUR MOUTH.

OUR SPEAKER IS JODI MUIRHEAD.

THAT OVERFLOW. PLEASE PRESENT YOUR COMMENT CLEARLY.

STATE YOUR NAME.

GOOD EVENING, IT'S JODIE MUIRHEAD.

I'M TRUSTEE OF SANTA CLARA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT I'M ONLY REPRESENTING MYSELF TONIGHT.

I HAVE TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT.

BUT, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT.

ITEM £0.06. YOU HAVE A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SPEAK, BUT YOU'VE GOT IT ON CONSENT, WHICH NORMALLY WOULD HAVE MINIMAL TO NO DISCUSSION.

SO I WANTED TO ASK, AS YOU'RE SETTING YOUR AGENDA, IF YOU COULD PULL IT OFF OF CONSENT.

SO IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT WE HAVE TRUSTEE COMMENTS AND PUBLIC COMMENTS, AS YOU WOULD NORMALLY DO AN ACTION ITEM SO WE CAN DISCUSS IT UNLESS YOU WANT TO TAKE IT OFF THE AGENDA ALTOGETHER.

THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE. BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH IT, APPRECIATE IT.

IF YOU COULD MAKE IT JUST A REGULAR ACTION ITEM AND NOT A CONSENT ITEM.

THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU. MODERATOR I'M GOING TO GO TO TRUSTEE MAH.

OOPS. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT.

CHON. AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE HERE TODAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 6P FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR, PLEASE.

FOR DISCUSSION.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE. VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN.

I WILL MAKE AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION TO SET THE AGENDA, WITH ITEM 6P NOT ON THE AGENDA.

AND I'LL JUST SAY, FOR DUE PROCESS, FOR RESOLUTIONS ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE STAFF REVIEW, EACH, CLAUSE AND LEGAL COUNSEL AS WELL.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WAS DONE FOR THIS ITEM, ALTHOUGH IT WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN.

AND I THINK THAT FOR THIS ITEM, ESPECIALLY, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF FROM A LOT OF FOLKS ON THE ITEM.

AND I THINK ESPECIALLY, WE HAVE STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY THAT, ARE DEALING WITH WHAT'S GOING ON OVERSEAS AND DEALING WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS.

AND AS WE KNOW, THAT LEADS TO ACADEMIC IMPACTS.

AND I'VE HEARD FROM FOLKS WHERE THEY'VE HAD FAMILY MEMBERS, EITHER KILLED OR IMPACTED.

SO I DO SUPPORT HAVING AN ITEM ABOUT THIS TOPIC AREA.

BUT I'D WANT TO SEE IT FOCUSED ON, HOW IT'S IMPACTING OUR STUDENTS AND WHAT WE CAN DO AS A COUNTY OFFICE AND COUNTY BOARD TO SUPPORT THESE STUDENTS AND REALLY LOOK AT WHAT'S IN OUR JURISDICTION AS A COUNTY BOARD OF ED.

THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO GO TO TRUSTEE LARI AND THEN TRUSTEE BERTA.

SO I WOULD REQUEST, CAN THE COUNTY COUNCIL LOOK AT IT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THE LAST TIME THEY WERE ABLE TO DO IT, DURING OUR MEETING WHEN WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH

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IS. ARE THEY AVAILABLE? WE DO HAVE COUNTY COUNCIL, PRESENT IN THE ROOM, AND THEY COULD TAKE A LOOK.

YOU KNOW, AT THE ITEM, WE TYPICALLY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SECURE, COUNSEL'S ADVICE AND OPEN SESSION. OKAY, SO WHILE WE CAN CONTINUE WITH OTHER ITEMS WHILE THE COUNCIL IS LOOKING AT IT AND WHEN TAKE THE COUNCIL IN A BREAK, IS IT POSSIBLE TO WORK AROUND IT BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE GOING TO BE SPEAKING, TO THE ITEM? YES, COUNCIL IS PRESENT AND THEY, THEY COULD AT THE DISCRETION.

YOU KNOW, OF THE BOARD, REVIEW THE ITEM AND PROVIDE, FEEDBACK.

OKAY. THAT'D BE WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU. THIS WOULD NOT OCCUR DURING THE OPEN SESSION.

OKAY. APPRECIATE THAT.

TRUSTEE BERTA. CAN YOU RESPOND TO VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN QUESTION AS TO WHETHER COUNCIL, IN TERMS OF FOLLOWING THE PROCESS? I BELIEVE TRUSTEE LARI AND I FOLLOWED EVERY PROCESS TO GET THE RESOLUTION AGENDIZED AND THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AS WELL AS BOARD PRESIDENT, HAD THE RESOLUTION IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING TO BECOME AGENDIZED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

YES. SO WE, DID RECEIVE FROM AS, AS YOU STATED, THE PROPER PROCESS FOR TRUSTEE LARI AND TRUSTEE BERTA, SUBMITTED THE DRAFT RESOLUTION, VIA EMAIL, TO BOTH PRESIDENT CHON AND TO THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT, WHICH IS OUR POLICY.

THE NEXT PART OF THAT PROCESS FOR REQUESTED AGENDA ITEMS IS TYPICALLY, STAFF REVIEW AND POTENTIALLY LEGAL REVIEW TO DETERMINE IF THE ITEM IS WITHIN THE BOARD'S JURISDICTION TO VERIFY, YOU KNOW, ANY DATA POINTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND WITH THE SHORT TIME WINDOW, THAT REVIEW DID NOT OCCUR.

SO, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE WEEK'S NOTICE IN ADVANCE OF A WEEK WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE THAT REVIEW AND WHY WE'RE TRUSTEE LARI AND I NOT NOTIFIED THAT THERE WAS NO REVIEW THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE.

AND THE ITEM WAS RECEIVED, I BELIEVE, ON JANUARY 2ND AND THE AGENDA IS POSTED ON JANUARY 5TH.

SO I CAN PULL UP MY EMAILS.

THE ITEM WAS WAS SENT ON DECEMBER 31ST.

I BELIEVE THAT WAS A SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

THE FIRST WAS A HOLIDAY, BUT THE ITEM WAS STILL RECEIVED SEVERAL DAYS PRIOR TO THE END OF THE WEEK WHEN IT NEEDED TO BE POSTED, WHICH WAS FRIDAY, AND THERE WAS NO NOTIFICATION THAT A REVIEW WAS NOT ABLE TO BE TAKEN PLACE.

SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW, IN TERMS OF PROCESS, WHY WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED IF A REVIEW NEEDED TO TAKE PLACE AS TRULY PART OF THE PROCESS.

WHY WOULD THAT NOT BE COMMUNICATED TO THE TWO BOARD MEMBERS WHO SUBMITTED A RESOLUTION, AS HAS HAPPENED WITH EVERY OTHER RESOLUTION THAT I HAVE PERSONALLY SUBMITTED? AND I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THE, REQUEST, SO THE ITEM WAS REVIEWED.

WE DID DO AT THE AT YOUR REQUEST TO POST THE AGENDA, THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA, AND THE, TYPICALLY, IF A RESOLUTION HAS UNDERGONE REVIEW OR IS A ROUTINE ITEM, THEN IT IS PLACED ON CONSENT.

IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE THAT REVIEW HAD NOT OCCURRED AND THERE WAS, DESIRE FROM BOTH TRUSTEES, TO HAVE THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA. IT WAS PLACED ON THE AGENDA.

SO WHEN YOU SAY THERE WAS NO REVIEW THAT TAKES PLACE, YOU WERE SPECIFICALLY YOU'RE NOT DESCRIBING THE REVIEW BECAUSE WE DID SUBMIT IT TO PRESIDENT CHON AND YOURSELF FOR REVIEW.

FOR THE PURPOSES OF REVIEW, WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF ANY OTHER PROCESS THAT NEEDED TO TAKE PLACE.

AS PART OF ANY PROCESS.

MY, ANALYSIS REGARDING THE REVIEW IS ABOUT ITEMS, BEING PLACED ON CONSENT.

AND IN FACT, YOU ALSO NOTIFIED US THAT YOURSELF AND PRESIDENT CHON WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL THE 31ST MEETING TO AGENDIZE THIS ITEM FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR TRUSTEE, LARI AND MYSELF TO MEET WITH THE TWO OF YOU.

NOWHERE IN THAT COMMUNICATION WAS IT MENTIONED THAT YOU WOULD LIKE COUNSEL TO REVIEW THAT.

SO I'M WONDERING WHY.

WHY IS THAT SUDDENLY AN ISSUE NOW THAT YOU WANTED TO HAVE COUNSEL REVIEW IF THAT WAS NOT NOTIFIED AS PART OF ANY PROCESS PRIOR TO THAT?

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BUT WE DID WANTED TO RESPECT THAT YOU THAT YOU HAD SAID THAT THIS WAS TIMELY, TIMELY.

SO IT I THINK THAT THERE WAS MISCOMMUNICATION UNDER THAT AND WE CAN DO BETTER IN THAT.

BUT WE WERE RESPECTING THAT.

YOU WANTED TO DO THIS ON THE 10TH VERSUS THE 31ST, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT HAD WE KNOWN THAT YOU, THAT YOU INTENDED TO HAVE COUNCIL OR NEEDED TO HAVE COUNCIL OR WOULD LIKE TO HAVE COUNCIL REVIEW THAT WAS NOT COMMUNICATED, AND SO IF IT WAS TRULY PART OF THE PROCESS, WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED, AS YOU KNOW, IN THE IN THE RESULT OF THIS RESOLUTION BEING CONSIDERED, I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY DISRESPECTFUL TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE COMMUNITY FOR US TO DECIDE OR EVEN SUGGEST THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE AN OPEN DIALOG ON A TOPIC THAT HAS BEEN AGENDIZED PER THE BROWN ACT, AND FOLLOWED EVERY PROCESS THAT'S BEEN LAID OUT.

THERE'S NOWHERE IN OUR PROCESS FORMALLY, AND IF THERE IS, PLEASE CITE THAT.

REFER THAT TO ME WHERE IT SAYS THAT COUNCIL MUST REVIEW IT PRIOR TO IT BEING AGENDIZED, IN ADDITION TO ALSO HAVING COUNCIL PRESENT HERE TONIGHT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT REVIEW TAKE PLACE.

THAT IS CORRECT. WE DON'T REQUIRE, LEGAL REVIEW OF ALL ITEMS, SPECIFICALLY THE, THE PROCESS IS THAT IF THERE IS REVIEW OF AN ITEM AND IT HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY TRUSTEES AND, AND WE'VE, WE'VE DONE QUITE A FEW TOGETHER.

AND SO I THINK IT'S FAMILIAR THAT WE DO CONDUCT RESEARCH STAFF REVIEWS.

IT VERIFIES DATA, CHECKS IN IF NECESSARY WITH COUNSEL ON JURISDICTION OR OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT COME UP AND THEN ONCE IF THAT THAT REVIEW HAS BEEN COMPLETED, THEN IT IS PLACED ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT I WAS RESPONDING TO, THAT WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO IN TERMS OF, ITEMS GOING FROM THE TRUSTEES REQUEST TO WHERE IT GOES ON THE AGENDA.

SO WE'VE AGENDIZED INFORMATION ITEMS, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF OTHER ITEMS AT THE TRUSTEES REQUEST.

BUT FOR AN ITEM TO BE TYPICALLY FOR AN ITEM TO BE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, THEY ARE ROUTINE ITEMS, ITEMS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THOROUGH REVIEW, BY STAFF COUNSEL IF NEEDED, ETC..

SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS RESPONDING TO.

YES, AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA THAT ARE NOT ROUTINE ITEMS THAT ARE, IN FACT AN ITEM THAT I SUBMITTED.

AND SHOULD THERE HAVE BEEN A NEED FOR LEGAL REVIEW AS TO TRUSTEES THAT ARE PART OF THIS BOARD, I THINK THE RESPECTABLE THING WOULD HAVE BEEN TO LET US KNOW IN ADVANCE IF THAT'S TRULY WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE, OR A DESIRE WAS MADE FOR THAT TO BE DONE.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I WANT TO JUST AGAIN REITERATE IN FOLLOWING THE BROWN ACT AND HAVING THIS ITEM AGENDIZED, WE NOW HAVE A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE AND AN OVERFLOW ROOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, SHOULD WE CHOOSE TO IT SHOULD THE BOARD DETERMINE THAT THEY WANT TO NOW TABLE THE ITEM YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY SHUTTING OUT THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COMMENT, AND LIKELY ARE PROBABLY GOING TO STILL COMMENT DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO NOW, IN TERMS OF OUR TIME AND OUR ABILITY TO TO MANAGE THE ITEMS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOW GOING TO BE SAYING THAT THIS POTENTIALLY COULD BE COMING BACK AT ANOTHER TIME AND TAKING UP EVEN MORE TIME OF OUR TIME AND THE PUBLIC'S TIME TO HAVE THEM COME BACK AND PROVIDE THOSE COMMENTS ALL OVER AGAIN AND AGAIN.

IF I MAY JUST RESPECTFULLY CLARIFY THAT THE IT IS THE THE PLACEMENT ON THE AGENDA UNDER CONSENT, THAT I WAS RESPONDING TO. AND IF IN REGARD TO THE OTHER ITEMS, THAT ARE PLACED THERE, THOSE ITEMS HAVE YOU KNOW, HAD THAT REVIEW, INCLUDING WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.

AND SO IT WAS MY, MINE AND TRUSTEE, I MEAN, TRUSTEE LARI, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CLARIFY, BUT IT WAS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE ITEMS WERE REVIEWED BECAUSE THEY WERE SUBMITTED SEVERAL DAYS PRIOR TO FRIDAY, STILL OF IT BEING, NEEDING TO BE AGENDIZED.

SO IF THERE WAS A CONCERN AND IT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE REVIEWED, THERE WAS NO COMMUNICATION THAT THE ITEM WAS NOT ABLE TO BE REVIEWED PRIOR TO FRIDAY.

AND ONCE IT WAS PLACED ON THE AGENDA, THE ASSUMPTION WAS THAT IT WAS BEEN CLEARED.

SO NOW THAT WE HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE HERE, HOW CAN WE MAKE IT HAPPEN TODAY? LIKE WHAT ARE THE STEPS THAT CAN BE FOLLOWED? PRESIDENT CHON HE'S COUNTY COUNCIL AVAILABLE.

COUNCIL IS PRESENT.

BUT I, I THINK THAT, THE ITEM CAN CERTAINLY BE HEARD.

IT WOULD. I THINK THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU IS WHETHER IT SHOULD REMAIN ON CONSENT OR BE PULLED, FOR DISCUSSION, OR PULLED FROM THE

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VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN.

SORRY. VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN.

AND THEN TRUSTEE. ROCHA.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE WAS MISCOMMUNICATION.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S UNFORTUNATE.

YOU KNOW, AND ALSO, I'M HEARING THAT THE ITEM WAS GIVEN, TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT ON A SUNDAY, AND THEY SAW IT THE FIRST BUSINESS DAY TUESDAY.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE AGENDA GOES OUT FRIDAY.

SO THAT'S ABOUT THREE BUSINESS DAYS.

SO I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BE UNDERSTANDING TO THERE WASN'T ENOUGH TIME IN THREE BUSINESS DAYS.

AND, WANTED TO SEE PRESIDENT CHON IF WE COULD VOTE ON THE MOTION.

AND TRUSTEE MAH WANTED TO SEE IF YOU'RE OPEN TO, TO MY MOTION.

MY ALTERNATE MOTION.

SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU REPEAT YOUR AMENDMENT TO MY MOTION IS TO SET THE AGENDA.

REMOVING ITEM £0.06 FROM THE AGENDA.

SO COMPLETELY REMOVING IT FROM THE AGENDA.

NO. SO NO.

SO NO NO, NO.

I WOULD ASK FROM WHAT I READ AND TRUSTEE MAH.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A HOT TOPIC FOR THE PUBLIC, BUT THE BOARD MEMBERS DO NEED TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS AND VOTE AND TO GIVE TO REPEAT AGAIN, I DO THINK IT'S WORTH HAVING LEGAL COUNSEL REVIEW THE RESOLUTION.

AND, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

AND I THINK IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE THAT THIS WAS POSTED AND THERE'S THIS BIG MISUNDERSTANDING AND WE HAVE A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE.

NO THANK YOU.

SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO TRUSTEE MAH.

SO THE KIDS, THE KIDS ARE FAILING US.

SO EVERY EVERY DAY, TEN KIDS AGAIN, I ASK, I ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, I AGAIN, I ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

THIS MEETING IS A PUBLIC MEETING.

IT DOES NEED TO REMAIN ORDERLY.

I UNDERSTAND THE FEELINGS, BUT THE BOARD MEMBERS DO NEED TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS AND VOTE.

I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO TRUSTEE MAH, THEN TRUSTEE ROCHA, THEN TRUSTEE DI SALVO AND BACK TO TRUSTEE BERTA TRUSTEE MAH.

SO JUST TO RESPOND TO VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN, I DO AGREE WITH THE AMENDMENT TO REMOVE IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO, TRUSTEE MAH, ARE YOU STILL OKAY MAKING THE MOTION? SHE'S SICK. SHE'S SECONDING YOURS.

THANK YOU. I BELIEVE I MADE THE FIRST MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS SUBMITTED.

PROCEDURAL, THAT IS.

YES, YOU ARE CORRECT.

SO THEN IN THAT CASE WE WILL VOTE ON THAT ONE.

BUT I'M SORRY. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? SECONDED BY TRUSTEE LARI.

SO WE WILL VOTE AND THEN IF NOT, WE WILL GO TO TRUSTEE.

VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN.

A MOTION. BUT I DID HAVE A LINE OF TRUSTEES FOR DISCUSSION, SO I'M GOING TO GO TO TRUSTEE ROCHA.

AND THEN TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

TRUSTEE ROCHA. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHON.

I WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE, PROCEEDING WITH THIS ITEM, BUT REMOVING IT FOR FROM CONSENT FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES.

AND I BELIEVE GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST IN THIS ISSUE AND THE AMOUNT OF FOLKS HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT, THAT WE COULD GET LEGAL COUNSEL TO REVIEW IT, IT'S NOT A LONG RESOLUTION IN THE MEANTIME AND PROVIDE US ANY CONCERNS, THAT WE MAY NEED BY THE TIME WE GET TO THAT ACTION.

SO I'D LIKE TO PROCEED WITH IT, BUT I'D ASK THAT YOU REMOVE IT FROM CONSENT.

I THINK THIS ITEM WARRANTS A DISCUSSION, NOT A CONSENT ITEM.

ARE YOU ASKING TRUSTEE BERTA? YES. TRUSTEE BERTA I WILL GO TO YOU.

YEAH, I WILL AGREE TO THAT.

OKAY. AND THEN TRUSTEE LARI IS THE SECONDARY.

DO YOU STILL SECOND THAT? SO THAT IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH ITEM £0.06 PULLED FOR DISCUSSION OKAY.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

TRUSTEE ROCHA OLD WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS HOPING WE WOULD DO TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ENERGY AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM TO HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD.

WE IF WE GET TO A RESOLUTION THAT WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON AT SOME POINT TONIGHT, I DON'T NOT SURE I WOULD WANT TO VOTE ON IT TONIGHT BECAUSE I NEED MORE TIME FOR DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUES I'VE HEARD FROM.

A LOT OF PEOPLE, LOOKED AT A LOT OF RESOLUTIONS, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY DISCUSSION AS A BOARD ABOUT THIS.

AND MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE HAD THIS TYPE OF RESOLUTION HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS FOR WEEKS AND MONTHS.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M PREPARING TO ASK, THAT WE NOT VOTE ON IT TONIGHT, BUT THAT WE HEAR FROM EVERYBODY TO INFORM, THE NEXT STEP, NEXT

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OKAY. SINCE IT IS PULLED FOR DISCUSSION AT THAT TIME, IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE THE MOTION, YOU KNOW, AS APPROPRIATE.

RIGHT? RIGHT. RIGHT. THAT. YEAH.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE ON TRUSTEE BERTA MOTION? THANK YOU. SO TRUSTEE BERTA MOTION WAS TO APPROVE THE APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH ITEM £0.06 PULLED.

SECONDED BY TRUSTEE LAURIE.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS.

IS TO KEEP IT ON CONSENT.

THIS IS. NO.

THIS IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH ITEM £0.06 PULLED FOR DISCUSSION.

SO IT WOULD NOT IT WOULD STAY ON THE AGENDA.

BUT IT'S NOT ON CONSENT.

YES.

AND THAT MOTION CARRIES WITH FIVE YESES AND TWO NO'S.

OKAY. THANK YOU. TRUSTEES.

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HEADSETS MAY BE PICKED UP AT THE TABLE AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE LANGUAGE SUPPORT TEAM FOR THE AMAZING WORK THEY DO TO ENSURE INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY.

PERSONS WANTING TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT CAN DO SO BY COMPLETING A SPEAKER SPEAKER COMMENT CARD AVAILABLE AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY OR THE NEED TO EVACUATE THE ROOM, PLEASE ALERT AND FOLLOW AN SCC STAFF MEMBER THAT IS IDENTIFIED WITH THE YELLOW BADGE.

A REMINDER THAT OUR STUDENT BOARD MEET OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER IS PARTICIPATING VIA PHONE AND WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY EXCUSED AT 8 P.M.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO.

[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.]

AS WE RECOGNIZE AS THE JANUARY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN, THE HONOREE AND HIS SUPERVISOR TO THE SIDE PODIUM TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR DEWAN. AFTER THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH IS INTRODUCED AND HONORED, I WILL ASK YOU TO PLEASE JOIN AT THE PHOTO BACKDROP.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN.

THANK YOU.

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.

RODERICK ONG, PRODUCT MANAGER IN THE TECHNOLOGY AND DATA SERVICES DIVISION AT THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, IS JANUARY'S EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.

BRODERICK HAS WORKED WITH THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION SINCE 2020, AND IN THAT DURATION, HE HAS CONSISTENTLY SHOWN HIS DEDICATION TO THE COUNTY OFFICE'S MISSION AND GOALS.

BEFORE JOINING THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, HE WORKED AT SOFTWARE COMPANIES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

HE BECAME AN EMPLOYEE OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION AFTER HE DECIDED HE WANTED A MORE FULFILLING CAREER.

RODERICK SPENDS HIS DAYS COLLABORATING WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDD'S TECHNOLOGICAL NEEDS, RODERICK SAID. I APPRECIATE MY ROLE AS IT ALLOWS ME TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT AT THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND DISTRICTS BY PROVIDING EQUITY SERVICES THROUGH IT SYSTEMS. DAVID WU, HEAD OF TECHNOLOGY, EXPLAINS THAT RODERICK BRINGS A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE AND A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TO WORK EACH DAY.

RODERICK BRINGS MUCH TO OUR ORGANIZATION.

MOST OF ALL, IT IS.

IT IS HIS CHEERFUL, POSITIVE ATTITUDE THAT HELPS TO BRIGHTEN ALL THOSE AROUND HIM, SAID WU.

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AS.

AS WITH ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH, WE ACKNOWLEDGE RODERICK 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.

RODERICK WILL RECEIVE A PLAQUE RECOGNIZING HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND ENGRAVED CROSS PIN AND A RESERVED PARKING SPACE.

CONGRATULATIONS, RODERICK.

CONGRATULATIONS, RODERICK.

I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU AND BOTH DAVID WU TO SAY A FEW WORDS AT THE PODIUM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR DEWAN.

THEY WARN ME. SO I CREATED A SPEECH, A SHORT ONE.

OKAY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I AM TRULY HONORED AND HUMBLED TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AWARD.

I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE GRATITUDE TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR THIS INCREDIBLE RECOGNITION.

FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY APPRECIATION TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES.

YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE TO HELP AND ASSIST ME ANYTIME WHEN I NEEDED HELP.

YOUR HOPE HAS INSPIRED AND ALLOWED ME TO PERFORM BETTER.

THIS AWARD IS AS MUCH TO ALL OF YOU AS TO MINE AS I LIKE TO SHARE IT WITH ALL OF YOU.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK DOCTOR DEWAN, OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT FOR PROVIDING A POSITIVE AND SUPPORTIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL OF US HERE.

YOUR GUIDANCE, MENTORSHIP AND BELIEF IN MY ABILITIES HAVE PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN HELPING ME ACHIEVE MY BEST.

I AM FORTUNATE TO BE PART OF SUCH AN AMAZING ORGANIZATION AND THANK YOU TO MY WIFE, AMINA.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT AND AND ALSO POSTPONING YOUR TRIP TO AUSTRALIA UNTIL AFTER THIS MEETING.

YOU HAVE ALWAYS STAND BY ME THROUGH HIGHS AND LOW.

YOUR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT HAVE BEEN MY PILLAR OF STRENGTH.

LASTLY, I TRULY BLESSED TO BE PART OF SCCO AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTRIBUTING TO OUR ONGOING SUCCESS.

THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR.

I WILL TREASURE THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

THANK YOU. I WAS VERY PLEASED TO LEARN THAT RODERICK HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS OUR ORGANIZATION'S EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.

WE BROUGHT RODERICK ABOARD TO BE A PRODUCT MANAGER, AND WHILE THAT'S A NEW ROLE AT THE SEC, HE IS CERTAINLY NOT A NEW ROLE IN TECHNOLOGY IN THE TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY, AND IT'S ONE THAT WAS SORELY NEEDED TO HELP ENSURE THAT THE WORK THAT WE DO IN DEVELOPING AND ENHANCING SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS TO MEET THE CURRENT AND EVER CHANGING NEEDS OF OUR DISTRICTS AND EDUCATION CUSTOMERS.

RODERICK BRINGS A VERY UNIQUE SPECTRUM OF EXPERIENCE TO THE SEC, HAVING BEEN IN INDUSTRIES AND WORK RANGING FROM BIOTECH TO MANUFACTURING, AND ROLES RANGING FROM EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TO CONSULTING TO BEING A HANDS ON SOFTWARE DEVELOPER.

AND NOW HE'S ABLE TO APPLY THAT EXPERIENCE TO A K-12 EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT.

I ASSIGN HIM TO OUR MORE CHALLENGING PROJECTS BECAUSE I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN HIS ABILITY TO HANDLE DIFFICULT SITUATIONS, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, AND BUILD STRUCTURES IN AREAS WHERE IT'S NECESSARY. RODERICK PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN ORGANIZING OUR LAST TWO MAJOR TECHNOLOGY ORIENTED SUMMIT AND CONFERENCE EVENTS.

HE IS OFTEN THE FIRST FROM OUR TEAM TO VOLUNTEER FOR HELPING IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN OUR EMPLOYEE EVENTS.

RODERICK DESIGNATION AS A EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH IS WELL DESERVED, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF ALL THAT HE HAS DONE FOR THE SCO.

CONGRATULATIONS, RODERICK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR DEWAN, I INVITE YOU TO THE, PHOTO BACKDROP FOR US TO TAKE A PHOTO, PLEASE.

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YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

SO.

I WOULD.

OH, NO.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEES.

AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, RODERICK.

SO AT THIS TIME WE WILL NOW HEAR FROM OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER.

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

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CHON, SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR DEWAN AND BOARD MEMBERS.

I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY AND NEW YEAR'S BREAK.

WHERE DID YOU STOP FOR JUST ONE SECOND? OH, AUDIENCE.

OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER DOES PARTICIPATE VIA TELECONFERENCE.

SO IN ORDER FOR US TO HEAR HIS REPORT SMOOTHLY, WE DO ASK THAT THE AUDIENCE, BE RESPECTFUL OF NOISE.

THANK YOU, MEMBER ALVAREZ.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CHON, SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR DEWAN AND ESTEEMED BOARD MEMBERS.

I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY AND NEW YEAR'S BREAK.

WE'RE THANKFUL TO BE BACK AND TO START A NEW SCHOOL SEMESTER.

WITH THAT SAID, ANOTHER COHORT FOR THE LIUNA PRE-APPRENTICESHIP STARTED ON MONDAY.

THIS IS A 12 WEEK PROGRAM WHERE STUDENTS WILL EARN INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATION CERTIFICATIONS, AS WELL AS HIGH SCHOOL CREDITS TOWARDS GRADUATION.

IN THIS PROGRAM, STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN THEIR OSHA TEN, CPR, FIRST AID, HAZARDOUS WASTE, AND MC3 CERTIFICATIONS.

STUDENTS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS EXPERIENCE AND TO LEARNING NEW SKILLS.

WE HAD THE HONOR OF HAVING A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER.

HIS NAME IS BOBBY BLUFORD, AND HE IS A PERSONAL TRAINER WHO HAS BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY FOR OVER A QUARTER OF A CENTURY.

AS A MEMBER OF THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, WE ADVOCATED FOR THE SPEAKER TO SPEAK TO ALL THE STUDENTS.

THIS MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER ENCOURAGED US TO STAY ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WORKOUTS.

AS A PART OF YAC, I WAS ABLE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION TO ALL STAFF ON CAMPUS ABOUT EMPATHY, EQUITY VERSUS EQUALITY, AND PUSHBACK VERSUS ADVOCACY.

THIS GAVE ALL YAC MEMBERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE THEIR PRESENTATION SKILLS.

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LASTLY, I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS WILL BE MY LAST BOARD MEETING.

I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND I'M THANKFUL OF THOSE WHO ENTRUSTED ME IN THIS POSITION.

I HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM THIS EXPERIENCE AND WILL TAKE IT WITH ME IN THE FUTURE.

I LEARNED HOW TO BUILD MY COMMUNICATION SKILLS, BE AN ADVOCATE FOR MY CAMPUS, AND USE MY VOICE TO HELP PROMOTE POSITIVE CHANGE.

ALSO, THIS HAS HELPED ME KEEP ME MOTIVATED IN SCHOOLWORK, AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT I WILL LEAVE A GRADUATE FROM BLUE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.

I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK MICHELLE DICARLO, LOLA MARTINEZ, MR. MARK CAMILLERI, MR. SCHULLER, MISS SHIP AND MR. SHATTUCK, AND MY OTHER TEACHERS TOO.

THEY'RE ALL A GREAT MOTIVATION AND EVEN THOUGH I STRUGGLE AT TIMES, THEY HELP ME.

THEY HELP PUSH ME TO CONTINUE STRIVING FOR MY GOALS.

THANK YOU. READING THIS ONE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

STUDENT BOARD MEMBER ALVAREZ FOR YOUR REPORT.

IT'S DEFINITELY A HIGHLIGHT OF EVERY MEETING.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ON YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GRADUATING.

LIKE, OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER SAID, TODAY IS HIS LAST BOARD MEETING WITH US.

AND WE'VE GREATLY APPRECIATED YOUR SERVICE AND OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE STUDENT VOICE ON OUR BOARD.

WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A COMMENDATION FOR YOU.

SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS TO YOU.

BUT THAT DOES SAY A SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO NATHAN ALVAREZ FOR THE PARTICIPATION AS THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBER FOR THE 2023, 2004 24 ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR.

AND SO WE WILL ENSURE THAT THAT GETS TO YOU.

AND AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THE BOARD.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

YEAH. OH. TRUSTEE.

BERTA. YES. TRUSTEES, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER.

ALVAREZ. THIS TIME ON THE BOARD.

DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THOSE COMMENTS.

TRUSTEE BERTA. YES, I JUST WANTED TO ECHO THOSE REMARKS AND THANK STUDENT BOARD MEMBER ALVAREZ FOR HIS HIS SERVICE TO OUR BOARD, BUT ALSO THE INPUT AND ADVOCACY THAT HE PROVIDES ON BEHALF OF HIS PEERS.

AND I ALSO JUST WANTED TO PERSONALLY THANK HIM FOR PROVIDING INPUT, FOR IN PREPARATION FOR MY ANTARCTICA EXPEDITION, I WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE SOME FOOTAGE OF, RESEARCHERS USING THE FORKLIFT.

SO I'M HOPING TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH OUR STUDENTS.

SO THAT YOU ALL CAN SEE REAL LIFE APPLICATIONS OF HAVING THAT FORKLIFT CERTIFICATION.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN. BOARD MEMBER ALVAREZ AND I DO HAVE A POSTCARD FOR YOU FROM ANTARCTICA, SO I WILL MAKE SURE TO GET THAT TO YOU.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE BERTA.

AND YES, STUDENT BOARD MEMBER ALVAREZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME ON THE BOARD.

I WORKED WITH OUR PREVIOUS BOARD MEMBERS THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER ON THIS BOARD.

AND SO IT'S REALLY AMAZING TO SEE YOU HERE AND ADVOCATING FOR STUDENT VOICE.

AND I'M REALLY HONORED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MEET YOU AND JUST BEEN ABLE TO, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME HERE AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU'VE DONE.

AND, THE REALLY THE MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES AND YOUR INPUT THAT YOU BRING TO THE BOARD AND, THANKING JUST THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES THAT YOU PROVIDE SO WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. AND ONE OF OUR, JUST REALLY IMPORTANT PROGRAMS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

WE WILL. 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.]

MODERATOR DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES WE DO.

FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, WE HAVE 23 CARDS.

23 CARDS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU. PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.95, THE SCC BOE STRIVES TO MAINTAIN A RESPECTFUL, ORDERLY AND CIVIL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE CONDUCT OF ITS MEETINGS AND TO AVOID UNLAWFUL DISRUPTION DISRUPTIONS.

COULD YOU PLEASE PRESENT THE ONE MINUTE TIMER? 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.

MODERATOR COULD YOU PLEASE BEGIN PUBLIC COMMENT? YES. THANK YOU.

FOR THOSE IN OUR OVERFLOW ROOMS, THE CAFETERIA AND THE GUADALUPE ROOM.

PLEASE PROCEED TO THE SAN JOSE ROOM.

PLEASE LISTEN FOR YOUR NAME TO APPROACH THE PODIUM.

AS YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, PLEASE LINE UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BEHIND THE PODIUM LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF THE ROOM.

AS A REMINDER, ONE PERSON AT A TIME CAN BE AT THE PODIUM TO PRESENT THEIR COMMENT.

UNLESS LANGUAGE SUPPORT IS NEEDED BY AN SCO INTERPRETER TO PREVENT SOUND DISTORTION, PLEASE KEEP THE MICROPHONE A SHORT DISTANCE FROM YOUR

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PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS PAUL JOHNSON.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS PAUL JOHNSON.

I'M THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS FOR THE LOS GATOS UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I BET YOU YOU'RE NOT THANKED VERY OFTEN.

YOU KNOW, COMING HERE TONIGHT AND LOTS OF ISSUES TO DEAL WITH.

BUT I WANTED TO THANK YOU TONIGHT FOR THE SERVICE OF OUR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR DEWAN.

AND I'M ONE OF 31 SUPERINTENDENTS, IN THE COUNTY.

AND WE HEARD RODERICK.

AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR AWARD TALK ABOUT HOW DOCTOR DEWAN PROVIDED A QUALITY WORK ENVIRONMENT.

SO I WANTED TO ASK YOU, WHAT ARE THE SUPERINTENDENTS FEEL ABOUT A QUALITY WORK ENVIRONMENT? AND DOCTOR DEWAN PROVIDES THAT FOR US INDIVIDUALLY.

I'VE BEEN 23 YEARS AS A SUPERINTENDENT, 37 YEARS AS AN EDUCATOR, AND SHE'S ONE OF THE FINEST COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS THAT I'VE WORKED WITH.

I'VE WORKED IN SEVEN COUNTIES.

SO I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT AND TO CONTINUE YOUR FIGHT.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHAYLEE CIRCÉ.

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

MY NAME IS SHELLEY PSAKI AND I'M A TRUSTEE IN THE LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

BUT TONIGHT I'M SPEAKING ONLY ON BEHALF OF MYSELF.

SO GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I THINK SANTA CLARA COUNTY IS A LEADER IN THE STATE ON EDUCATION ISSUES, AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF DOCTOR MARIANNE DEWAN.

I THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF DOCTOR DEWAN WERE NO LONGER OUR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT, AND I KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT SOME OTHER ORGANIZATION WILL EAGERLY SNAP HER UP BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF HER KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY.

THAT ORGANIZATION IS GOING TO DO GREAT, BUT I WORRY ABOUT THE KIDS IN OUR COUNTY BECAUSE YOUR DECISIONS HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS.

DOCTOR DEWAN HAS CREATED A CULTURE OF CARE AND SUPPORT, AN ENVIRONMENT THAT SUPPORTS THE INHERENT POTENTIAL OF EVERY CHILD, INCLUDING OUR JUSTICE INVOLVED, YOUTH, AND OUR FOSTER YOUTH. WHILE YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING TONIGHT, PLEASE THINK THAT ABOUT THE VERY INTENTIONAL EFFORT THAT DOCTOR DEWAN HAS MADE ON BEHALF OF OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JODY MUIRHEAD.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI. ME AGAIN.

JODI MUIRHEAD TRUSTEE FOR SANTA CLARA UNIFIED.

AND I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE SOMETHING THAT WE ARE DOING IN OUR DISTRICT THAT IS REALLY EXCITING.

YOU KNOW, WE, IN SANTA CLARA, UNIFIED UNDER THE WONDERFUL DIRECTION OF DOCTOR GARY WADDELL, FORMERLY OF YOUR DISTRICT OFFICE.

HE, AND OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER AND OUR STAFF HAVE COME UP WITH A PROGRAM ON A MILLION ACTS OF KINDNESS.

AND SO SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE'VE HAD OVER 25,000 ACTS OF KINDNESS LOGGED WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, FROM OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF AND OUR PARENTS.

EVERY TIME THEY DO SOMETHING, THEY MADE THESE CUTE LITTLE BOOKMARKS THAT I WANTED TO SHARE, BUT IT TALKS ABOUT IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

OPEN A DOOR FOR SOMEONE.

COMPLIMENT SOMEONE. HELP YOUR TEACHER SIT WITH A NEW FRIEND AT SCHOOL.

IT'S A REALLY FUN PROGRAM.

I HOPE YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT, BUT THAT'S A MILLION ACTS OF KINDNESS.

AND, I'M ALL ABOUT KINDNESS TONIGHT, SO, I THOUGHT I'D SHARE THESE, OVER HERE.

AND, BEFORE WE HAVE OUR NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY.

WE'RE ON ITEM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO FOR THOSE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR ITEM 6P6P, YOU CAN STILL STAY IN THE OVERFLOW ROOM.

WE HAVE NOT REACHED THAT ITEM YET.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KIRSTEN.

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

SORRY IF I'M. TENSE.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KIRSTEN SERGEANT, AND I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AT THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

AND I'M HERE THIS EVENING SPEAKING IN MY OWN BEHALF.

I'M A REGISTERED VOTER AND A SANTA CLARA COUNTY RESIDENT REPRESENTING DISTRICT FOUR.

AND MY CHILDREN ATTEND UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL AS CAMPBELL UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I'M AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF MY COMMUNITY, AND I'M ON NUMEROUS BOARDS OF DIRECTORS IN MY AREA.

I FELT I FEEL COMPELLED TO SPEAK THIS EVENING TO SUPPORT DOCTOR DEWAN.

I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS DOCTOR DUGAN'S IMPACT.

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DURING A TEN YEAR PERIOD BEFORE SHE CAME, THE SEC BROUGHT IN ALMOST $10 MILLION IN COMPETITIVE GRANTS.

IN EARMARKS, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF GRANTS WAS 57, WHICH IS AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT $2 MILLION A YEAR.

UNDER HER LEADERSHIP FOR SIX YEAR PERIOD, DOCTOR DEWAN BROUGHT IN $126 MILLION IN COMPETITIVE GRANTS, $126 MILLION.

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF GRANTS AND EARMARKS IS 125, WHICH AVERAGES TO $21 MILLION.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TRINA MOORING.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

TRINA MORAN WITH GATEWAY SEVEN PARENTS HERE.

DOCTOR DEWAN, ALL THESE ACCOLADES THAT I HEAR THE LAST SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH YOU, YOU'VE LEFT THE SPECIAL ED KIDS OUT OF THE PICTURE.

WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING THIS ISSUE WITH YOU.

WE'RE GOING INTO MEDIATION WITH YOU, AND YOU STILL HAVE YET TO RETURN.

MANY OF THE SPECIAL ED KIDS, MANY OF THE SEVERELY DISABLED CHILDREN IN THE COUNTY.

BACK TO GATEWAY SCHOOL.

WE ARE HERE TO TELL YOU WE TURN THOSE KIDS BACK TO THE SCHOOL.

AND AS FAR AS MEDIATION, IF I CAN GET TO IT AS QUICKLY AS I CAN, RUMOR THAT JUNIOR HIGH KIDS WILL BE MOVED OUT OF GATEWAY NEXT YEAR.

THIS SEEMS VERY DISINGENUOUS TO OUR MEDIATION EFFORTS AND MORE TRUST IS BEING BROKEN.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE SANDY LOPEZ, JOANNE BOWERS, SARAH GENICHIRO, RYU KRISHNA, AND CHRISTINA MOORE.

PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF THE ROOM.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS SANDHYA LOPEZ.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PREVENT YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS SANDHYA LOPEZ AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE INCLUSION COLLABORATIVE AT THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

I'M A REGISTERED VOTER, A PARENT, AND A SANTA CLARA COUNTY RESIDENT.

I WANTED TO SHED LIGHT THIS EVENING ON THE EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP OF OUR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, DOCTOR DEWAN.

DOCTOR DUGAN'S COMMITMENT TO OUR PROGRAM, THE STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND EDUCATORS IT SERVES HAS BEEN DEEPLY FELT.

SHE ACTIVELY ENSURES THAT WE ARE CONSISTENTLY AT THE FOREFRONT OF CRITICAL DISCUSSIONS AND DECISION MAKING PROCESSES.

THIS LEVEL OF SUPPORT, INCLUSIVITY TRULY SPEAKS TO HER DEDICATION TO SUSTAINING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERY VOICE IS HEARD, AND IN PARTICULAR, THOSE VOICES THAT ARE THE MOST MARGINALIZED. ONE STRIKING ASPECT OF DOCTOR DEWAN'S ADVOCACY FOR INCLUSION IS HER PERSONAL CONNECTION TO THE CAUSE.

THROUGH THOUGH A PRIVATE PERSON BY NATURE, SHE ONCE SHARED WITH ME A HEARTFELT PERSONAL STORY RELATED TO DISABILITY AND INCLUSION WITH A FAMILY MEMBER.

THIS REVELATION UNVEILED THE DEPTH OF HER COMMITMENT TO MAKING INCLUSION A CORNERSTONE OF HER LIFE'S WORK.

HER PASSION SHINES THROUGH EVEN IN MOMENTS OF DISCRETION, LEAVING A MARK ON OUR COLLECTIVE MISSION.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOANNE BARZ.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES, I AM DOCTOR JOANNE VARS, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SUPPORTING HOMELESS AND FOSTER YOUTH.

WHEN I CAME TO THE SCC IN 2018, MY WORK FOCUSED ON BUILDING CAPACITY WITH ALL OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CHARTERS AND FOR THESE LEAS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR STUDENTS WITH THE PASSAGE OF AB 2083.

THIS WORK GREW TO BUILDING AN ALIGNED SYSTEM OF CARE FOR ALL CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY TO HAVE THEIR NEEDS MET BY ALL YOUTH SERVING COUNTY AGENCIES, INCLUDING SOCIAL SERVICES, PROBATION, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND REGIONAL CENTERS.

AS A SMALL EXAMPLE, IN ONE OF OUR REGULAR MEETINGS, THESE COMMUNITY SERVING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, THERE WAS ONE VETERAN ADMINISTRATOR WHO UPLIFTED THAT HAVING DOCTOR MARIANNE DEWAN AS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS HAS BROUGHT FORTH A NEW LEVEL OF COLLABORATION AMONGST OUR AGENCIES THAT IS UNPARALLELED AND APPRECIATED.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT HER, AS THESE AGENCIES DO AS WELL.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SARAH GENICHIRO.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

I'M SARAH GENICHIRO, SEIU CHAPTER PRESIDENT.

ON BEHALF OF NEARLY 1100 PERMANENT AND SUBSTITUTE WORKERS AND A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CURRENTLY IN TRUSTEE AREA FOUR.

OUR STANCE IS SIMPLE ALL SCHOOL MANAGEMENT, UP TO AND INCLUDING THE SUPERINTENDENT, MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE CLIMATE AND CULTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS IMPACTS ON WORKERS AND OUR STUDENTS.

THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS CREDITED TO SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN COULD NOT BE DONE WITHOUT THE SEIU AND ACE WORKERS WHO DO THE DAY TO DAY WORK, LIKE WRITING ALL THOSE GRANTS.

IF THE NUMBER OF MANAGERS ARE INCREASING AS THE NUMBER OF WORKERS ARE DECREASING, PLEASE CONSIDER OUR PRIORITIES AND OUR STUDENTS NEEDS WHEN CONDUCTING THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION AND GOAL SETTING.

REMEMBER, OUR FIRST PRIORITY IS TO INVOLVE LABOR AND FAMILIES OF STUDENTS AS EQUAL PARTNERS IN PROBLEM SOLVING AND TO PROVIDE TIMELY RESPONSES TO REQUESTS AND ISSUES TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY AND GOVERNANCE AND DECISION MAKING.

THREE IMPROVE ACCESS TO QUALITY INCLUSION OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND IMPROVE UNIVERSAL DESIGN IN OUR GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER.

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OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS REJU KRISHNA.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

RESPECT TO DOCTOR DEWAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND PRESIDENT CHON.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! I'M RAJAKRISHNAN A TEACHER WITH SEC.

OUR ISSUES CONTINUED RETALIATION, DISCRIMINATION, LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, UNNECESSARY DELAYS IN SOLVING ISSUES, PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT AND FAVORITISM DURING HIRING PRACTICES AND OTHERWISE, FEAR OF PROGRAMS CLOSING DOWN, BEING ALIENATED.

ADA CONCERNS FEAR OF BEING DEMOTED OR TRANSFERRED UNDER THE DISGUISE OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.

EVERYONE IN ESCO NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

SEC ALWAYS HAS BEEN A GREAT PLACE TO WORK.

AND YES, UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, DOCTOR DIWAN, WE HAVE DONE GREAT WORK.

ABSOLUTELY. WE'VE DONE GREAT WORK.

BUT THE CULTURE IN ESCO HAS NEVER BEEN AS TOXIC AS IT IS NOW.

YOU, DOCTOR DEWAN, ARE THE ONES WHO CAN BRING ABOUT CHANGE, WILL YOU? PLEASE. THIS SHENANIGAN NEEDS TO END NOW.

PLEASE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTINA MOORE.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI, I'M CHRISTINA MOORE.

WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE WORK THE SEC HAS DONE IN PROVIDING UNIVERSAL PRE-K THROUGH THE EXPANSION OF DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE QUALITY TK PROGRAMS AS ONE OPTION UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF CALIFORNIA'S UNIVERSAL PRE-K SYSTEM.

HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT IN ALL THE PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, SUPPORT GRANTS, WHATEVER THAT IS GIVEN TO DISTRICT TK PROGRAMS, HEAD START, EDUCARE, ETC.

THAT THE ECHO REMEMBERS THAT ITS OWN CI STUDENTS EXIST, AND THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME NEEDS FOR CHOICE OF DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AND PROGRAMING, AS WELL AS THE SAME NEEDS FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEANINGFUL INCLUSION FROM PARTIAL DAY TO FULL DAY INCLUSION.

BECAUSE IT'S NOT HAPPENING FOR US.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE YI WANG.

FADI SABAH.

A. SORRY FOR THE MISPRONUNCIATION.

SABAWI. IBRAHIM.

JESSICA SPICER AND ANNA MENDOZA, PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF THE ROOM.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS YUAN.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PREVENT YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS YI HUANG.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF STATE AND REGIONAL PROJECTS HERE AT THE SCCO.

I'M HERE ON MY OWN BEHALF BECAUSE I FEEL COMPELLED TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCES, BOTH AS AN EMPLOYEE FOR 25 YEARS AND AS A RESIDENT OF SAN JOSE.

I AM INSPIRED BY DOCTOR DEWAN STRONG COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS.

DOCTOR DEWAN HAS TAKEN ACTIONS TO CREATE A CULTURE OF INCLUSIVENESS AND RESPECT TO HONOR OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

RICH HISTORY AND TRADITIONS.

ONE OF THE MANY EXAMPLES IS THE SCHOOL'S NATIONAL MY NAME IDENTITY INITIATIVE.

IT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL FROM PRESCHOOL TO HIGHER EDUCATION, AND HAS RECEIVED THE GOLDEN BELL AND APPLE FOR EXCELLENCE AWARDS FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE BOARDS ASSOCIATION.

WHAT MAKES DOCTOR DEWAN STANDS OUT AS A LEADER IS THAT SHE HAS DEMONSTRATED HER UNWAVERING SUPPORT AND TRULY VALUES THE DIVERSITY IN OUR SANTA CLARA COMMUNITY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS FADI SABBAH.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING, FADI SABBAH.

I AM A PALESTINIAN CHRISTIAN, EIGHTH GRADE US HISTORY IN ELA, TEACHER HERE IN SOUTH BAY.

AND THIS ISSUE THAT IS GOING TO BE BEFORE YOU 60 IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ONE.

I WANT TO THANK THE MAJORITY OF YOU FOR HAVING VOTED TO KEEP IT ON THE AGENDA.

I APPRECIATE THAT IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

I HAVE FAMILY IN ISRAEL, THE WEST BANK AND THE GAZA STRIP AND IN THE GAZA STRIP.

I HAVE FAMILY WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED.

MY DAUGHTER, WHO'S NINE YEARS OLD, IS IMPACTED BY THIS.

WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES IMPACTED, OBVIOUSLY.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MANY MORE IN THIS COUNTY.

THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT AFFECTS US HERE IN THE COUNTY.

AND I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO TAKE THIS.

I UNDERSTAND IT'S A POLITICAL YEAR, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US.

IT'S A MORAL GAZA STRIP.

WHAT'S HAPPENING? OUR NEXT SPEAKER, BEFORE WE HAVE THEM APPROACH, I DO WANT TO CLARIFY.

WE ARE ON ITEM FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON £0.06, THAT WILL COME AT A LATER TIME.

AGAIN, THIS IS FOR ITEM FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

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PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MODERATOR REALLY QUICKLY DID WANT TO CLARIFY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IF YOU DID MISTAKENLY PUT IN YOUR CARD FOR FOUR AND YOU WANTED TO SPEAK ON £0.06, YOU CAN STILL DO SO. JUST PLEASE, SUBMIT A CARD TO THE BACK OF THE ROOM.

SORRY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

TRUSTEES. MY NAME IS JESSICA SPICER, AND I'M A TRUSTEE FOR LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION.

I SPEAK ON MY BEHALF, AND MY TITLES ARE USED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY.

FIRST, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE AN INCREDIBLE RESPONSIBILITY AND YOUR ROLE AS COUNTY TRUSTEES, AND I APPRECIATE YOU AND KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THE MANY POINTS OF VIEW YOU MUST WEIGH IN ALL OF YOUR DECISIONS.

I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO CONSIDER THE LETTER WE SENT YOU ON DECEMBER 13TH, THAT OVER 45 TRUSTEES FROM DISTRICTS ALL OVER THE COUNTY SIGNED AND SUPPORTED IN THE EVALUATION OF SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN, AS SHOWCASED IN OUR LETTER.

UNDER DOCTOR DEWAN'S LEADERSHIP OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE SEC HAS INCREASED COMMUNICATION WITH ALL TRUSTEES AND FOSTERED COLLABORATION AMONG DISTRICTS, IMPROVED PROGRAMING AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRUSTEES IN OUR COUNTY, AND CREATED LEGISLATIVE CHANGE THAT POSITIVELY IMPACTS OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES.

WE KNOW THE COUNTY OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SO MUCH.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANNA MENDOZA.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI. GOOD EVENING.

READY? HI. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS ANNA MENDOZA AND I WORK FOR CORTEZ.

I'M ALSO A REPRESENTATIVE FOR PARENTS COMMUNITY AND I REPRESENT EVERY PERSON AROUND HERE TO EVEN THE PEOPLE BEHIND US.

SO WE SUPPORT ALL HUMANS.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE WE AT, BUT WE WANT TO REMIND YOU ALSO THAT YOU NEED TO REFOCUS ON WHAT WAS LEFT PENDING WITH GATEWAY.

PEOPLE BACK HERE BEHIND ME.

DON'T LET YOURSELVES BE, FOOL.

DON'T LET HER USE YOU.

FOR HER, PERSONAL, NEEDS.

OKAY. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE HERE TO FIND A RESOLUTION, PUSH HER TO IT.

THEY'RE GOING TO PROVE IT, BUT HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT BECAUSE THEY WON'T.

AND THEN ANOTHER THING.

IT'S CRAZY.

SO IT IS REALLY SAD TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT SO MANY TRUSTEES, SO MANY SUPERINTENDENTS, TO COME OVER AND SPEAK ON YOUR BEHALF.

YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHO NEEDS TO EVALUATE OUR SUPERINTENDENT? PARENTS, STUDENTS? OKAY. THAT'S WHO NEEDS TO BE REPRINTED.

NOT THE NOT PEOPLE GET PAID REALLY GOOD.

OUR NEXT GROUP OF FIVE SPEAKERS ARE FAVIOLA BOTAS, CARLOS BATTS NECILE, HEATHER BASS.

JESUS AND LU LU, PLEASE BEHIND, PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF THE ROOM.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS FABIOLA BETAZZ.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS FABIOLA PATAS, MOTHER OF ALEXANDER PATAS, ONE OF THE CHILDREN THAT YOU DID NOT HELP OUT IN THE BEGINNING, YOU ACTUALLY ELIMINATED HIS PROGRAM.

WE AS PARENTS HAD A FIGHT TO GET IT BACK.

TO THIS DAY, I STILL AM NOT SEEING ANY RESOLUTIONS TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING YOU TO DO.

YOU HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE TALKING YOUR LEADERSHIP AND I'LL GIVE YOU THAT.

BUT AS A HUMAN BEING.

WITH KIDS WITH DISABILITIES.

YOU DON'T CARE. AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY.

WHERE I WORK AT, I HAVE PARENTS TELLING ME THAT THEIR KIDS ARE BEING SENT TO TO MONTEREY BAY, SALINAS AND WAYNESVILLE AND WAY OVER HERE IN SAN JOSE.

SOME OF THESE KIDS HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED SCHOOL.

AND YET THESE KIDS ARE NOT BEING LED BACK AT GATEWAY.

BRING EVERY KID BACK WHERE THEY BELONG.

SOUTH COUNTY NEEDS TO BE WHAT IT USED TO BE.

NOW I'M GOING AFTER THE MAYOR BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HELP OUT AND MISS MOOCHIE.

AND SHE'S YOUR FRIEND.

NOW, EITHER GET IN THE GAME OR PLEASE GET DOWN.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CARLOS POTASNIK.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PREVENT YOUR COMMENT.

OBVIAMENTE, NO ES LA PRIMERA VEZ.

VENGO SABEN SOY.

SOY, CARLOS. OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS KNOW WHO I AM I AM CARLOS.

ESCUCHADO MUCHAS PERSONAS AQUI HAY.

ALABANZA GRANDE TRABAJO.

I HAVE LISTENED TO MANY PEOPLE HERE WHO SUPPOSEDLY THEY.

I MEAN, THEY DO PRAISE YOUR SUPPOSEDLY GOOD WORK.

NOSOTROS ESTAMOS MIRANDO CON HECHOS NO CON PALABRAS SOKANEH SOBRE EDUCACION ESPECIAL ESTA COMPLETAMENTE OLVIDADO POR USTED.

WE ARE LOOKING AT FACTS.

WE ARE NOT JUST MERELY LOOKING AT WORDS.

AND SOUTH COUNTY COUNTY HAS BEEN FORGOTTEN BY YOU.

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E LOS OTROS COMO ESO NO ES JUSTO ELIMINATING PROGRAMS FROM OUR CHILDREN AND GIVING THOSE PROGRAMS TO SOME OTHER, SOME TO OTHER PEOPLE, OTHER CHILDREN.

THAT'S NOT FAIR.

ESTOY ESCUCHANDO COMENTARIOS DE SU GRAN TRABAJO CON USTED.

QUÉ HA ESTADO DE HECHO ESTA HABLANDO PASADO CUANDO USTEDES SUPONGO RECIBIO LA MANERA AHORITA.

OKAY, I HAVE HERE COMMENTS AND PRAISING YOUR WORK GOING BACK TO 2018 WHEN YOU PROBABLY STARTED, YOU KNOW, COMPARED TO THAT'S FROM 2018.

COMPARED TO WHAT? AT THE PRESENT MOMENT.

YO ENTIENDO. QUÉ ES LAS PERSONAS Q HABLAN MARAVILLAS DE USTED ES PORQUE QUIEREN MANTENER SU TRABAJO Y SU SITUACION ECONOMICA.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE PEOPLE THAT PRAISED YOU AND TALK SO HIGHLY ABOUT YOU, THEY WANT TO KEEP THEIR WORK, THEIR JOBS, AND THEY ALSO WANT TO KEEP THEIR MONEY, THEIR POSITION IN REALMENTE PARA ME YO ESTOY VIENDO ES NO MAS QUIEREN LOS ZAPATOS NADA MAS DISCULPAME CON TODO RESPETO WITH ALL MY RESPECT.

BUT THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO IS TO PRAISE YOU, TO MAKE.

YOU LOOK NICE. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS HEATHER BASS.

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

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

I'M HEATHER BASS. I'M FROM GATEWAY SCHOOL IN GILROY.

HAPPY NEW YEAR AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR SITE DOWN IN GILROY.

WE ARE DEFINITELY MOVING FORWARD.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET IEPS IN PLACE AND TRYING TO GET KIDS PLACED BACK IN, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT ARE STILL AT STAKE BECAUSE WE HAD BUILDINGS, WE HAD PLAYGROUNDS, AND THOSE WERE DEMOLISHED.

AND SO NOW WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE GATEWAY WHOLE.

WE'RE TRYING TO BRING EVERYTHING BACK, GET EVERYONE BACK WHERE THEY WERE AND BUILD OUR PLAYGROUNDS.

WE'RE IN COMMUNICATION WITH ADMINISTRATION TO START PLAYGROUND PLAYGROUND PROJECTS, AND WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL ABOUT THESE PROJECTS.

AND SO YOUR CONTINUED, EAR AND EYE AND GOOD QUESTIONS AND ATTENTION TO WHY THESE THINGS HAPPEN TO HELP ASSURE OUR COMMUNITY THAT THIS ISN'T GOING TO CONTINUE OR HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.

WE WANT TO KEEP OUR KIDS IN GILROY, AND, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE AND BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL.

COME SEE THE PLAYGROUND, I HOPE SOON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU. MODERATOR.

OH, I'M I'M SORRY.

WE DID HAVE, A QUICK QUESTION IN REGARDS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

MICHELLE GARZA RIVERA, WERE YOU SPEAKING ON 4 OR £0.06.

NOW. OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

IT JUST WASN'T MARKED.

SO I DO APOLOGIZE.

WE HAVE ONE MORE. THE LAST SPEAKER FOR THIS ITEM FOR.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S OKAY.

SO, MICHELLE GARZA RIVERA, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI, I'M MICHELLE GARZA RIVERA, AND THIS IS MY SON CHRISTOPHER, WHO'S ATTENDED GATEWAY SINCE HE WAS THREE UNTIL DEWAN DECIDED TO CLOSE HIS MEDICALLY FRAGILE CLASSROOM AND SENT HIM TO SOUTH COUNTY ANNEX, AN INAPPROPRIATE, UNSAFE PLACE.

WHILE HE WAS THERE IN THE FIRST SIX WEEKS HE CONTRACTED A BACTERIAL INFECTION, GOT HIM IN THE HOSPITAL, WAS IN THE ICU FOR 16 DAYS.

I HOPE NONE OF YOU EVER HAVE TO BE IN AN ICU WHERE YOU HEAR THEY'RE MAKING LAST CALLS.

YOU'RE HEARING, YOU KNOW, TIME OF DEATH.

HE WAS THERE FOR 16 DAYS WITH ME.

AND THEN ANOTHER WEEK IN THE REGULAR ROOM.

YOU CLOSED HIS CLASSROOM.

YOU CAUSED THIS. SOUTH COUNTY ANNEX IS NOT A PLACE FOR ANY SPECIAL ED STUDENTS.

AND YOU'RE DECIDING TO SEND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THERE.

NOW, ALONG WITH THE POST-SECONDARY GATEWAY NEEDS TO BE IN AN INCLUSIVE SPECIAL ED SCHOOL.

YOU NEED TO MOVE HEAD START OUT AND MAKE ALL THOSE CLASSROOMS SPECIAL ED CLASSROOMS. THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU. MODERATOR.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, OUR DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW AND PROVISIONS OF BOARD BYLAW 9100, THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD

[A. Election of President of the County Board of Education]

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WE'LL BEGIN WITH ITEM FIVE A THE ELECTION OF PRESIDENT FOR THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

IS THERE ANY NOMINATIONS? TRUSTEE. DI SALVO.

AND THEN TRUSTEE. ROCHA.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

ON DECEMBER 13TH, A LITTLE LESS THAN A MONTH AGO, 2023.

I SAID THE FOLLOWING AND SAY THE SAME THING AGAIN THIS EVENING.

I PLACE MY NAME IN NOMINATION TONIGHT TO LEAD THIS BOARD AS YOUR PRESIDENT, BOLDLY AND COURAGEOUSLY, ON BEHALF OF ALL STUDENTS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENTS, PUBLICLY FUNDED CHARTER SCHOOLS IN AND OUTSIDE THIS OFFICE.

I NOMINATE MYSELF WITH HUMILITY.

WITH YOUR VOTE. I WILL BEGIN THE LAST YEAR OF MY BOARD TENURE, THE 16TH YEAR AS YOUR PRESIDENT, CARING DEEPLY ABOUT THIS OFFICE, ONE FOR WHICH I HAVE HAVE BEEN A PART IN SOME MANNER FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS.

ON THAT DECEMBER 13TH NIGHT, VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN AND I BOTH RECEIVED THREE VOTES.

THEREFORE, THE DECISION TO DETERMINE OUR CHAIR WAS HELD UNTIL THIS MEETING TONIGHT WITH A FULL SEVEN MEMBER BOARD SITS.

THEREFORE, I PROUDLY AND CONFIDENTLY NOMINATE MYSELF ONE LAST TIME FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT BOARD PRESIDENT.

I DO SO KNOWING RESOLUTELY MY RESPONSIBILITIES ARE TO ALL OF YOU, THIS IMPORTANT LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY, OUR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

JUSTICE INVOLVED YOUTH HEAD START, STATE PRESCHOOL CHILDREN AND THE 260,000 STUDENTS THAT ATTEND PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND ALL THEIR TEACHERS. UNDER THEIR CARE.

ON MONDAY, JANUARY 15TH, WE CELEBRATE THE BIRTHDAY OF GREAT, A GREAT AMERICAN LEADER, DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING.

DOCTOR KING SAID A TRUE LEADER IS NOT A SEARCHER FOR CONSENSUS, BUT A MOLDER OF CONSENSUS.

I FORTHRIGHTLY AND SINCERELY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

TRUSTEE. ROCHA. THANK YOU.

PRESIDENT CHON. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE, TRUSTEE BERTA.

AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A.

SHIFT FROM A PREVIOUS VOTE.

AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DIRECTOR, OUR TRUSTEE DI SALVO, THAT I DID MAKE THAT CHANGE, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THAT WITH YOU.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE PUBLICLY AND, ACKNOWLEDGE MY RESPECT FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.

AND THIS IS NOT TO SUGGEST THAT I DON'T THINK YOU COULD HAVE DONE THIS ROLE.

PROUDLY. AND, WELL, YOU KNOW, THE VOTE MAY BE ONE THAT WE GET BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED AND HAVE ANOTHER RECONSIDERATION.

BUT I'VE ADJUSTED MY POSITION, SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. ROCHA.

I APOLOGIZE, I FORGOT TO ASK IF THERE WAS A SECOND FOR TRUSTEE DI SALVO AS PRESIDENT, AND THEN I WILL ASK FOR THE SECOND FOR TRUSTEE BERTA.

SO MY APOLOGIES ON THAT PROCEDURAL ERROR.

SO IS THERE A SECOND FOR, TRUSTEE DI SALVO AS PRESIDENT? SECOND, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MAH.

AND THANK YOU. TRUSTEE ROCHA DID NOMINATE TRUSTEE BERTA FOR PRESIDENT.

I FIRST ASKED TRUSTEE BERTA IF YOU CONSENT TO THE NOMINATION.

I DO. YOU DO.

THANK YOU. AND IS THERE A SECOND FOR THE NOMINATION? NOMINATION OF TRUSTEE BERTA FOR PRESIDENT.

THAT IS FROM TRUSTEE LARI.

YES. THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? THEN I DECLARE THE NOMINATIONS CLOSED.

WE WILL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.

SINCE TRUSTEE DI SALVO WAS NOMINATED FIRST.

THANK YOU. I CAN, TAKE THE ROLL CALL.

SO THIS IS FOR THE NOMINATION OF TRUSTEE DI SALVO AS PRESIDENT.

PRESIDENT CHON.

VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN.

NO. TRUSTEE.

BERTA. ABSTAIN.

TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

YES. TRUSTEE.

LARI. YES.

TRUSTEE MAH. YES.

YES. THIS IS FOR DI SALVO.

TRUSTEE. LARI. THIS IS THE NOMINATION OF TRUSTEE DI SALVO AS PRESIDENT.

SORRY. NO. I CHANGE MY VOTE?

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PRESIDENT CHON. YOU HAD, FOUR NOES AND TWO YESES AND ONE ABSTENTION.

THE MOTION FAILS.

THANK YOU. COULD YOU DO THE ROLL CALL FOR TRUSTEE BERTA FOR HER NOMINATION AS PRESIDENT? SO THE THE NEXT IS FOR TRUSTEE BERTA AS PRESIDENT.

AND I WILL START WITH TRUSTEE ROCHA.

TRUSTEE MAH. YES.

TRUSTEE. LARI. YES.

TRUSTEE. DI SALVO.

YES. TRUSTEE.

BERTA. YES.

VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN.

YES. AND PRESIDENT CHON.

YES. SO THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND OUR NEXT ACTION WILL BE TO TAKE A VOTE, TO TAKE A VOTE TO AFFIRM THE RESULTS OF THE VOTE.

AS AS ALL OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN WITH US A WHILE KNOW THE PRACTICE UNDER THE, ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.

SO SECOND MOTION IS JUST TO AFFIRM THE VOTE.

PRESIDENT CHON I.

VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN.

I TRUSTEE BERTA I TRUSTEE DI SALVO I TRUSTEE LARI I TRUSTEE MAH I AND TRUSTEE ROCHA ON. BOTH ACTIONS ARE UNANIMOUS.

CONGRATULATIONS, TRUSTEE BERTA.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.

TRUSTEE BERTA. IT IS PRACTICE THAT I HAND AS YOU NOW HAVE BEEN ELECTED AS A PRESIDENT.

I WILL ASK IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRESIDE OVER THE REST OF THE MEETING.

OR I CAN DO SO.

YES. IF WE CAN TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS AND, ADJUST.

OKAY. AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRESIDE OVER THE REST OF THE MEETING? YES, PLEASE. OKAY.

GREAT. THANK YOU. YOU DO THAT.

THANK YOU. WE WILL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND WE WILL RETURN.

IF WE COULD DO SIX MINUTES AND RETURN AT 620.

THANK YOU. READY? YEAH. IF WE COULD COME BACK, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH THE AGENDA.

THANK YOU. YES, YES.

THANK YOU. WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE B THE ELECTION OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.

[B. Elect Vice-President of the County Board of Education. ]

OKAY. IF YOU COULD PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEAT.

WE WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THE MEETING.

OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. AND THEN MOVING TO ITEM FIVE B THE ELECTION OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

YEAH. OKAY.

IS THERE A NOMINATION? I WOULD LIKE TO.

SORRY. OKAY.

NO, NO, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

OR TRUSTEE. CHON.

TRUSTEE. CHON. THANK YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN TO CONTINUE AS VICE PRESIDENT.

YEAH. SARAH.

SECOND. SECOND.

OKAY. IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO NOMINATE VICE PRESIDENT.

SREEKRISHNAN AND SECONDED.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION? EXCEPT VICE PRESIDENT.

DO YOU ACCEPT THE NOMINATION? I DO, PRESIDENT BERTA, IS THERE A DISCUSSION? OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? I NOMINATE MY COLLEAGUE, GRACE MAH.

IS THERE A SECOND OR TRUSTEE MAH? DO YOU ACCEPT THE NOMINATION? YES, I ACCEPT THE NOMINATION.

THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? HEARING? NO. SECOND.

I BELIEVE THAT MOTION CANNOT PROCEED.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE TRUSTEE ROCHA AS VICE PRESIDENT.

IS THERE A SECOND? DO YOU ACCEPT THE NOMINATION? TRUSTEE. ROCHA. SECOND SECOND THAT SECONDED BY TRUSTEE.

DI SALVO. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR VICE PRESIDENT?

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SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN, IF YOU COULD ASSIST.

SO OUR FIRST ITEM IS, VOTE ON THE NOMINATION OF OUR CURRENT VICE PRESIDENT.

VICE PRESIDENT SREEKRISHNAN.

AND I'LL START WITH TRUSTEE CHON.

I. VICE PRESIDENT.

SREEKRISHNAN I TRUSTEE BERTA ABSTAIN.

TRUSTEE DI SALVO. ABSTAIN.

TRUSTEE. LARI? YES.

TRUSTEE MAH. ABSTAIN.

OK. TRUSTEE. ROCHA.

SO YOU HAVE THREE YESES AND FOUR ABSTENTIONS.

THE MOTION FAILS.

WE PROCEED TO THE NEXT? YES. AND THE NEXT IS FOR TRUSTEE ROCHA AS VICE PRESIDENT.

TRUSTEE ROCHA. SORRY.

TRUSTEE. SORRY.

WE'RE JUST DOING A REVERSE ORDER THIS TIME.

TRUSTEE MAH. YES.

TRUSTEE. LARI. NO.

TRUSTEE DI SALVO I.

TRUSTEE BERTA I.

VICE PRESIDENT. SREEKRISHNAN NO.

AND TRUSTEE. CHON.

NO. THE MOTION PASSES WITH FOUR YESES AND THREE NO'S.

AND THE NEXT STEP WILL BE TO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF THE VOTE.

SO MOVE. THANK YOU.

I'LL SECOND. OKAY.

AND WE'LL DO THE ROLL CALL.

VOTE ON THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RESULT OF THE VOTE.

TRUSTEE CHON I.

TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN I TRUSTEE BERTA I TRUSTEE DI SALVO I TRUSTEE LARI I TRUSTEE MAH I TRUSTEE ROCHA.

AND THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONGRATULATIONS. YOU.

I WILL LEAVE IT UP TO THE TRUSTEES ON WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE TO REARRANGE YOURSELVES.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX.

[6. CONSENT ACTION ITEMS]

WE DO HAVE A SPEAKERS FOR ITEM SIX C AND £0.06.

THANK YOU.

WE WILL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN WITH THOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE CONSENT ACTION ITEMS. TRUSTEE BERTA, IF I MAY, POINT OF ORDER OFFER THAT YOU CAN HEAR THE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM SIX C AND THEN MOVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR IF YOU CHOOSE.

AND THEN, SINCE £0.06 WAS PULLED FROM CONSENT, THAT WILL BE FOR DISCUSSION.

OKAY. SO WE WILL HEAR THE COMMENT FROM ITEM SIX C.

YES. MODERATOR.

CAN YOU PROCEED WITH THAT PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE? YES. THANK YOU.

WE HAVE ONE CARD FOR SIX C ROBERT SABELLA.

PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME TO PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ROBERT CEPEDA.

TRUSTEES. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT ITEM SIX C, AND I WAS READING IT THROUGH AND IT WAS TALKING ABOUT A RECENTLY PASSED BILL, AB 1070 1078.

AND THERE WAS ONE SPECIFIC PART OF IT, REGARDING SECTION 202C NOW, WHAT CAUGHT ME TO MY ATTENTION WAS HOW IT REGARDS THE DIVERSITY OF GENDER AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION THAT REFLECTS THE LIVED REALITY OF THOSE PUPILS.

NOW WHAT SPECIFICALLY? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DEFINED HERE.

WHAT IS THE SEXUAL ORIENTATION? IS IT, A MAP? WE WOULD CALL IT WHAT IT IS A PEDOPHILE.

YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS ALSO A STATE MANDATED LOCAL PROGRAM, AND THERE'S SO MANY BILLS JUST LIKE THIS.

AB TEN AB SEVEN 60, PUBLIC SECTOR, POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION AFFIRMED NAME AND GENDER IDENTIFICATION, AB 1030 MENSTRUAL PRODUCTIONS, OR I GUESS, MEN MENSTRUATE NOW.

AB FIVE THE SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE SCHOOLS ACT.

SO ALL THESE BILLS ARE JUST ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.

AND IT'S RIDICULOUS HOW YOU JUST TAKE IT AS IS FROM UP NORTH INSTEAD OF DOING YOUR JOB HERE IN THE LOCAL.

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I'LL SECOND. OKAY.

THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE TO APPROVE ITEM SIX A THROUGH O.

TRUSTEES AND SECONDED.

IF WE COULD PLEASE, VOTE IN BOARD DOCS.

EXCUSE ME, PRESIDENT, WHO WAS THE SECOND TRUSTEE CHON? OKAY. AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU TRUSTEES. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM £0.06, THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING SUSTAINED PEACE AND SAFETY FOR ALL CHILDREN.

[P. Adoption of Resolution Recognizing Sustained Peace and Safety for all Children]

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, MODERATOR DO WE KNOW A NUMBER OF PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM? WE HAVE 145 CARDS.

OKAY. GIVEN THE THE NUMBER OF, INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE MINUTES EACH.

I'M GOING TO ASK TO HELP US MOVE THIS FORWARD, AND HEAR FROM EVERYONE THAT YOU PLEASE BE MINDFUL AND RESPECT EACH OTHER'S TIME. PLEASE MOVE UP TO THE PODIUM QUICKLY.

PLEASE, GIVE EACH PERSON THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

MODERATOR. IF YOU COULD PLEASE PROCEED WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS.

YES. THANK YOU.

FOR THOSE IN OUR OVERFLOW ROOMS IN THE CAFETERIA AND THE GUADALUPE ROOM, PLEASE CALMLY PROCEED TO THE SAN JOSE ROOM AND LISTEN FOR YOUR NAME TO APPROACH THE PODIUM.

AS YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, PLEASE LINE UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BEHIND THE PODIUM LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF THE ROOM.

AS A REMINDER, ONE PERSON AT A TIME CAN BE AT THE PODIUM TO PRESENT THEIR COMMENT UNLESS LANGUAGE SUPPORT BY AN ECHO LANGUAGE INTERPRETER.

TO PREVENT SOUND DISTORTION, PLEASE KEEP THE MICROPHONE A SHORT DISTANCE FROM YOUR MOUTH.

OUR FIRST FIVE SPEAKERS ARE NADINE, ALI, ALI, AMARA, HANNA, EL HADDAD, MUSA TARIQ AND MALIKA KHAN.

PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM.

AGAIN. THAT ORDER IS NADINE.

ALI. AMARA.

HANNAH. EL-HADDAD.

MUSA, TARIQ AND MALIKA KHAN.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS NADINE.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PREVENT YOUR COMMENT.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS NADINE, SO I RECENTLY HAD THE PLEASURE TO SPEND TIME WITH CHILDREN IN THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY COMMUNITY WITH MORE THAN 50 CHILDREN, IN FACT, WHO WANTED TO USE THEIR VOICES AND DEMAND A CEASE FIRE FROM THEIR REPRESENTATIVES THROUGH THEIR OWN LETTER WRITING.

AND WHAT WAS QUICKLY CLEAR IS THAT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAD FAMILY IN GAZA, ON THE WEST BANK OR IN ISRAEL, THEY SEE THE CHILDREN IN PALESTINE BEING INDISCRIMINATELY KILLED AND THEY ARE HURTING.

THEY SEE WHEN WE DON'T SAY ANYTHING, THEY SEE WHEN WE DON'T SAY STOP, THEY HEAR THINGS, THEY SEE THINGS, THEY FEEL THINGS. AND SO ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WE DO NOT SUPPORT THE KILLING OF CHILDREN.

WE WANT IT TO STOP.

AND THAT IS WHAT OUR CHILDREN WANT AS WELL.

THEY WANT REASSURANCE FROM PARENTS, FROM EDUCATORS, FROM THE PEOPLE WHO I'M SPEAKING TO TODAY.

THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT YOU SUPPORT THEM REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY COME FROM, WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALI AMARA.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME.

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PEACE BE UPON YOU.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL.

WHAT? LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

OUR PLEDGE OF ALLIANCES.

WHAT BETTER TIME TO IMPLEMENT IT IN ACTION AS EDUCATORS.

BOARD OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

WHAT BETTER EDUCATION YOU CAN GIVE TO OUR CHILDREN ABOUT HUMANITY? NOT ONLY WITH OUR OWN PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY, IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN OUR COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD.

OUR CHILDREN, THE PALESTINIAN CHILDREN HERE ARE THE PARENTS OF THE PALESTINIAN CHILDREN.

HERE THEY SEE DAY AND NIGHT THE MASSACRE AND GENOCIDE OF THE CHILDREN HAPPENING.

AND THIS IS THE TIME TO ACT.

PLEASE VOTE FOR CEASEFIRE.

NOW. THAT WAY THEY SEE THE HUMANITY OF OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ACTION.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HANA EL HADID.

MY NAME IS MOUSA. WAS TOLD TO GO AHEAD OF SOMEONE.

IS THAT OKAY? YES.

OKAY. COOL. SAM ALAIKUM.

MY NAME IS MOUSA WITH CARE, THE COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS.

AND I'M HERE TO URGE THIS BOARD TO PASS THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.

RIGHT NOW, 30,000 PLUS PALESTINIANS ARE DEAD BECAUSE OF ISRAELI BOMBARDMENT, NEARLY HALF OF THEM BEING CHILDREN.

THE AVERAGE AGE OF THOSE KILLED IS FIVE YEARS OLD, AND A VAST MAJORITY OF THE CASUALTIES HAVE INNOCENT CIVILIANS.

CARE CALIFORNIA HAS RECEIVED AN INCREASE IN REPORTS OF HATE BASED VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION ACROSS THE STATE, INCLUDING CASES WHERE CLASSMATES OR TEACHERS VERBALLY ABUSED STUDENTS FOR BEING MUSLIM, ARAB, PALESTINIAN OR SUPPORTERS OF PALESTINE.

SCHOOLS IN THE BAY AREA ARE CURRENTLY SEEING A SIGNIFICANT UPTICK IN ISLAMOPHOBIC LANGUAGE AND INCIDENTS.

A RECENT STUDY FROM CARE CALIFORNIA FOUND THAT MUSLIM STUDENTS ARE BULLIED AT TWICE THE RATE OF NATIONAL STATISTICS.

WHEN YOU STAY SILENT OR RELEASE INSUFFICIENT STATEMENTS NOT ACKNOWLEDGING PALESTINIAN LIVES LOST, YOU RISK JUSTIFYING THESE ATROCITIES IN THE LANGUAGE ATTACHED TO THEM.

THIS MAY ACTIVELY ALIENATE, ISOLATE AND HARM STUDENTS.

SO WE URGE YOU TO PASS THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALI AMARA OR HANNA EL-HADDAD.

HI, THIS IS ALI AMARA.

I AM URGING THE BOARD OF SANTA CLARA TO ISSUE THE CEASEFIRE STATEMENT FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS.

WHILE THIS SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR, THIS IS DEEPLY IMPACTING THE CHILDREN OF SANTA CLARA.

OUR KIDS AND OUR CHILDREN, WE ARE TRYING TO.

AND HAVING TO EXPLAIN TO THEM HOW PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE THEM, THEIR COUSINS, IN SOME CASES, IN MANY, MANY CASES, VERY CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS ARE BEING KILLED IN THOUSANDS WHILE THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING.

I KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT SOLVE ALL THE INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS, BUT AT LEAST, AT LEAST YOU CAN MAKE THE CHILDREN AND THE KIDS IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY SCHOOLS FEEL SAFE, FEEL PROTECTED, AND FEEL AT LEAST SEEN, AND THEIR TRAGEDY IS BEING APPRECIATED AND SUPPORTED IN THIS VERY DIFFICULT TIME FOR THEM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

QUICK, QUICK. OUR NEXT.

OUR NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE YEVGENY.

MEIRAV G.

BODY. SABAH.

AMIR ABRASHI.

AND SHLOMIT BLOOM.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS YEVGENY.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO. MY NAME IS YEVGENY AND I HAVE THREE CHILDREN ENROLLED IN SANTA CLARA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM AGREES THAT VIOLENCE MUST BE STOPPED.

HOWEVER, THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION, I FIND IT DEEPLY BIASED AND FLAWED.

IT FAILS TO NAME HAMAS AS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION THAT IS CONDEMNED.

THE OCTOBER 7TH ACT OF WAR AND AND WAR CRIMES, MURDER OF CIVILIANS, RAPE, MUTILATION, KIDNAPING AND STILL HOLDING CHILDREN, WOMEN AND THE ELDERLY, HOSTAGES AS AS HOSTAGES.

PLEASE CALL HAMAS TO RELEASE THE HOSTAGES AND LAY DOWN ARMS THAT WOULD BE CEASE FIRE, RIGHT? RIGHT AFTER THE BOARD SHOULD DO WHAT IT WAS ELECTED TO DO ASSURE SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR CHILDREN.

THE RESOLUTION, IN ITS CURRENT FORM, PRESENTS A SKEWED PICTURE OF REALITY.

IT FUELS ANTI-ISRAELI AND ANTI-SEMITIC SENTIMENT AND EXPOSES ISRAELI AND JEWISH JEWISH CHILDREN TO BULLYING AND HARASSMENT.

IT GIVES GREEN LIGHT FOR BIASED AND ONE SIDED TEACHING OF HISTORY AND CURRENT EVENTS.

PLEASE VOTE NO.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MYRA.

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HI MAIER G. AMONG THE MANY PROPOSED RESOLUTION ACROSS THE BAY AREA, YOURS IS ONE OF THE MOST BIASED, INACCURATE AND DIVISIVE.

PLEASE WITHDRAW IT COMPLETELY.

FOCUS INSTEAD ON THE BULLYING AND HATE.

JEWISH STUDENTS SUFFER DAILY AT YOUR SCHOOLS.

DON'T LISTEN TO ANTI-SEMITIC SLOGANS AND PROPAGANDA.

PLEASE DON'T WASTE TIME ON THIS KNOWING THAT YOUR DECISION HAS NO TEETH OR IMPACT ON THE EVENTS IN GAZA.

IF YOU CARE ABOUT CHILDREN, WHY DON'T YOU MENTION COMPASSIONATELY THE HAMAS ATROCITIES AGAINST ISRAELI CHILDREN ON OCTOBER 7TH, BEHEADING CHILDREN, BURNING THEM ALIVE, KILLING AND BURNING THEIR PARENTS IN, GANG RAPING IN FRONT OF THEM, ABDUCTING THEM TO GAZA WHILE BLAMING ISRAEL FOR THE UNPROVOKED MASSACRE.

BRING LOVE AND HARMONY TO SANTA CLARA.

YOU SHOULD CALL TO FREE GAZA CHILDREN FROM HAMAS.

THEY TEACH FIVE YEAR OLDS AT SCHOOL TO USE LIVE WEAPONS AND GUNS, INDOCTRINATE THEM TO HATE ISRAEL AND THE WEST, USE THEM AS HUMAN SHIELDS.

I REMIND EVERYONE TO PLEASE ALLOW THE SPEAKERS TO SPEAK.

I'M. I'M GOING TO ALLOW EACH EACH INDIVIDUAL.

EXCUSE ME.

EACH INDIVIDUAL IS ALLOWED TO COMMENT ON DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEMS. I'M GOING TO ASK AND REMIND EVERYONE.

WE HAVE STUDENTS. EXCUSE.

EXCUSE ME.

IF WE COULD PLEASE PROCEED WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GET TO EVERYONE.

HOWEVER, IF THIS CONDUCT CONTINUES, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO ALL OF THE SPEAKERS.

SO PLEASE RESPECT EACH OTHER AND ALLOW US TO PROCEED WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS.

MY NAME IS FADI SABBAH.

ONE MOMENT. PRESIDENT BERTA.

THIS PERSON HAS ALREADY PRESENTED THEIR COMMENT IN REGARDS TO THIS ITEM IN FOUR.

IT WAS UNDER ANOTHER ITEM.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT DENYING ANYONE'S RIGHT TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM.

IS THERE A WAY WE CAN CLEAR THAT WITH COUNCIL? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT DENYING ANYONE'S RIGHT TO SPEAK ON AN ISSUE.

DID YOU SUBMIT TWO SEPARATE CARDS? AND ON PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

DID YOU SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YES. YES, I.

PLEASE, PLEASE.

WE'RE ASKING THE SPEAKER.

HALF OF MY COMMENTS THEN, AND I WAS GOING TO DO THE OTHER HALF.

SO. SO IF YOUR COMMENTS WERE ABOUT THIS ITEM, THEN I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU ALLOW US TO PROCEED TO THE NEXT COMMENTER.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AMIR ABRASHI.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

YEAH, MY NAME IS AMIR QURESHI.

SO FIRSTLY, OF COURSE IT'S A LOCAL ISSUE.

EVEN MY SIX YEAR OLD SON AND HE IS NOT PALESTINIAN IS ASKING ABOUT IT.

SO EVERYBODY IS CONNECTED, NOBODY DISSOCIATED.

WE CANNOT BE INDIFFERENT TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN GAZA.

NOW, AS FOR GAZA ITSELF, LET ME QUOTE W.H.O., WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.

IT HAS DECLARED GAZA THE DARKEST, HUMANITY'S DARKEST HOUR.

UNICEF AND WHO KNOWS CHILDREN BETTER THAN UNICEF HAS SAID TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR GAZA'S CHILDREN.

SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE TRUSTEE REINA LARI AND MAIMOUNA BERTA FOR INTRODUCING £0.06.

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THE RESOLUTION IS ONLY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT HO IS SAYING, WHAT UNICEF IS SAYING, AND THAT'S SIMPLY A HUMANITARIAN GESTURE AND I HOPE EVERYONE ELSE SUPPORTS IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHLOMIT BLOOM.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS SHLOMIT BLOOM.

DEAR AND HONORABLE COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN A TAKE ON ROBERT FROST'S FAMOUS POEM.

I TELL YOU, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THAT TWO ROADS DIVERGED IN YOUR ENDEAVOR TO SUGGEST THE RESOLUTION, THE ROAD OF UNITING WORDS AND THE ROAD OF DIVIDING ONES.

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PLEASE RECALCULATE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL AND FOR POSTERITY.

I YIELD MY TIME.

OUR NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE OMAR.

HANAN ARAM OR M ABDULLAH L EL CHABAUDI.

OTHMAN ASSAD AND HODA EL PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS OMAR.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PREVENT YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS OMAR.

AND I SPEAK TO YOU IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE 70 OVER 70 FAMILY MEMBERS THAT HAVE DIED IN GAZA, AND THE MANY MORE FROM EVERY FAMILY THAT I KNOW WHO HAVE RELATIVES IN GAZA WHO HAVE DIED IN THE PAST 13 WEEKS.

AS I WAS GETTING READY AND LEAVING OUT OF THE HOUSE, MY DAD INFORMED ME A FRIEND OF OURS, FOUR COUSINS FROM THEIR FAMILY, WERE KILLED IN AIRSTRIKE.

TODAY, AS THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY RESIDENT, I WISH TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR RESOLUTION 60 CALLING FOR A CEASE FIRE AND THE SAFETY OF ALL CHILDREN. WE NEED TO ACT NOW WITH A MASSIVE SENSE OF URGENCY.

WE NEED TO LET THE CHILDREN AND OUR STUDENTS KNOW THAT WE STAND FOR JUSTICE.

WE STAND BECAUSE THIS IS A MORAL ISSUE AND THAT PEOPLE ARE DYING EVERY DAY.

OUR STUDENTS HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE VULNERABLE.

THEY ARE BEING SUBJECTED TO BULLYING AND HARASSMENT FOR SAYING ANYTHING IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. PLEASE SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS HANAN.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME.

ARE THEY HERE? WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, ABDULLAH AL SHIHABI.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PREVENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI, I'M ABDULLAH AL SHIHABI.

2.2 MILLION PEOPLE IN A PRISON.

THERE'S NOWHERE TO GO FULL CONTROL OVER WHAT COMES IN AND OUT BY THE STATE OF ISRAEL.

WHO COMES IN AND OUT.

AMERICAN CITIZENS FROM OUR OWN COUNTY ARE THERE.

SOME WERE EXECUTED AT POINT BLANK BY THE IDF WHILE HOLDING UP A WHITE FLAG.

OVER 50% OF THE RESIDENTS OF GAZA ARE CHILDREN.

THAT'S OVER 1 MILLION CHILDREN.

BOMBS DROPPING ON THEM EVERY DAY.

IF THEY'RE NOT LOSING THEIR LIVES, THEY'RE LOSING THEIR LIMBS.

LIMBS DON'T GROW BACK.

THERE'S NO FOOD, NO CLEAN WATER, NO SHELTERS.

WE GET A TEXT IN THE MORNING.

AFTER 90 DAYS OF RELENTLESS BOMBING, OUR RELATIVES WERE FINALLY KILLED IN AN AIRSTRIKE.

WE SAW IT COMING.

AFTER ALL, THERE WAS NO NEWS OF A CEASE FIRE HAPPENING ANYTIME SOON.

OUR OWN TAX DOLLARS WERE USED TO KILL OUR FAMILY.

THE IRONY OF IT.

HOW DOES THAT FEEL? DOES IT FEEL LIKE IT'S, LIKE WE'RE LIVING A NORMAL LIFE? LIKE THIS IS A FOREIGN AFFAIR? I WANT YOU GUYS TO SUPPORT A CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS OTHMAN.

I AM SPEAKING TODAY ON THE MEMORY OF MARIAM AL-MASRI.

SHE IS A FIVE YEAR OLD.

SHE WAS KILLED BY A BOMB WHILE SHE WAS MOVING FROM NORTH GAZA TO SOUTH GAZA, ALONG WITH HER FAMILY.

YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A FEW THINGS TODAY.

ONE OF THEM IS IS, IT'S COMPLICATED.

YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IT VERY QUICKLY.

FOR THEM. IT'S EASY.

THEY CAN UNDERSTAND IT, BUT YOU CANNOT.

IT'S COMPLICATED FOR YOU.

HOWEVER, IT'S NOT COMPLICATED.

OCCUPATION IS EVIL.

BLACKHEAD IS EVIL.

IMPRISON PEOPLE WITHOUT CHARGES.

EVIL. BLOCKING FOOD, WATER AND AND FUEL AND MEDICINE FROM 2.3 MILLION PEOPLE IS EVIL.

IT'S STEALING PEOPLE'S LAND AND WEST BANK.

WEST BANK DOES NOT HAVE HAMAS, AS THEY SAY.

HAMAS. IT DOESN'T HAVE.

THEY DON'T HAVE HAMAS YET AT BEING THEY'RE BEING BOMBED.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HODA EL.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

RIGHT. OKAY.

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS JOSE AL-HUSSAINI, AND I'M HERE WITH TWO OF MY THREE DAUGHTERS.

AS A SANTA CLARA COUNTY RESIDENT, I WISH TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR RESOLUTION SIX, BE CALLING FOR A CEASE FIRE IN THE SAFETY OF ALL CHILDREN.

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I'VE HAD THREE GIRLS SINCE, WITH MY ELDEST BEING IN FIRST GRADE.

LIKE ANY PARENT, I'VE HAD SLEEPLESS NIGHTS PLANNING FOR THEIR FUTURES.

BUT ONE DECISION THAT I HAVE CONSCIOUSLY MADE IS TO STAY HERE IN THIS AREA, TO STAY IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

THE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IS WHAT I HAD BELIEVED TO BE A NEAR IDEAL FOR HOW TO RAISE CHILDREN WITHIN SOCIETY.

THIS ISSUE IS CRITICAL FOR SANTA CLARA COUNTY SCHOOLS BECAUSE OUR ARAB AND MUSLIM STUDENTS HAVE NEVER BEEN SO VULNERABLE.

I'VE NEVER FELT THIS UNSAFE IN MY LIFETIME, AND I HOPE THAT MY CHILDREN HAVE A SAFER AND MORE ACCEPTING FUTURE AHEAD OF THEM.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT.

OUR NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE MARWAN M.

SAMMY. I BELIEVE IT'S SPELLED.

IT'S IN CURSIVE. I APOLOGIZE, SAM, I.

AMON, LEVY, NEELEY, MORAN, MIRANDA AND JESSICA SPICER.

PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF THE ROOM.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MARWAN M.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. MY NAME IS MARWAN MUSTAFA.

I'D LIKE TO QUOTE FROM THE.

ACTUALLY, THE MISSION OF THE SANTA CLARA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT PROVIDE EQUITABLE, ENGAGING, AND INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES SO THAT EACH STUDENT THRIVES IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY.

WE WANT TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO BE TO THRIVE IN THE GLOBAL SOCIETY.

AND WE WANT TO DO THIS BY ASKING THEM TO LOOK AWAY WHEN A GENOCIDE IS HAPPENING.

IF THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE WANT TO DO IT, I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT HOW OUR CHILDREN ARE GOING TO GROW UP TO BE.

IF OUR ADVICE TO THEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE A HUGE STAKE INTO THIS, WHEN OUR GOVERNMENT IS SUPPORTING BY MONEY AND BY LIKE VERBALLY SUPPORTING EVERYWHERE, THAT WE DON'T STAND UP AND SHOW OUR COURAGE AND BRAVERY AND TEACH OUR CHILDREN THAT THAT'S WHAT I WANT.

PLEASE SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SAMI.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS SAMIR.

AND, GOOD EVENING.

AS A SANTA CLARA COUNTY RESIDENT, I WISH TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR RESOLUTION SIX B CALLING FOR A CEASE FIRE.

DIFFICULT TIMES LIKE THESE CALL FOR BOLD LEADERSHIP TO AMPLIFY THE VOICES THAT CALLED FOR PEACE.

IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT, BUT IT MUST BE DONE BY YOU.

CALLING FOR A CEASE FIRE IS A MORAL ISSUE.

IT IS A LOCAL ISSUE.

IT IS EVERYBODY'S ISSUE.

IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY, THE UNPRECEDENTED GENOCIDE TAKING PLACE IN GAZA WITH OVER 12,000 CHILDREN KILLED, IS A MADE IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS AND WEAPONS DURING TIMES OF CRISIS.

AS ELECTED LEADERS, YOU MUST USE YOUR PLATFORM TO SEND A MESSAGE TO ALL THE STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES THAT IT IS NOT OKAY. WE ARE NOT OKAY WITH THE KILLING OF CHILDREN, THAT A CEASEFIRE IS IMPERATIVE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR MORAL OBLIGATIONS.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS IMAN LEVY.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS SAMI IBRAHIM, A LONG TIME CHEMISTRY TEACHER AND A MEMBER OF THE LOS ALTOS VOICES FOR PEACE.

I WAS BORN IN ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT, WHERE MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS, JEWS LIVED IN HARMONY.

AND THEN IN 1948, I WITNESSED THE FIRST ETHNIC CLEANSING OF ALMOST A MILLION PALESTINIANS.

I NEVER IMAGINED I WOULD RIGHT NOW WITNESS A SECOND ETHNIC CLEANSING OF PALESTINIANS.

NOW, THE LATE SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT MANDELA ONCE SAID FREEDOM FOR US IS INCOMPLETE WITHOUT FREEDOM FOR THE PALESTINIANS. AND FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER, IN HIS BOOK HE WROTE PALESTINE PEACE, NOT APARTHEID.

I IMPLORE YOU TO VOTE FOR A CEASEFIRE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AMON LEVY.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

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THE DRAFT RESOLUTION CONTAINED INFORMATION ON A VERY LONG STANDING AND COMPLEX CONFLICT.

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SUMMARIZE A DECADE OF CONFLICT IN ONE SHORT PARAGRAPH.

BOOKS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ON IT.

ATTEMPTING TO DO SO RESULTS IN INCOMPLETE, OVERSIMPLIFY, SELECTIVE, AND INEVITABLY INACCURATE STATEMENT.

AS LEADER OF EDUCATOR, SUCH WRITING NOT ONLY SET A POOR EXAMPLE, BUT ALSO WILL GIVE RISE AND MAKE IT OKAY FOR TEACHER TO FOLLOW SUIT, DEVELOP AND DELIVER MATERIAL THAT IS NOT FACTUALLY, FACTUALLY COMPLETED, MISREPRESENTED AND BIASED.

AS SUCH, IT WILL PUT JEWISH KID AT RISK THE EXACT THINGS THE RESOLUTION SAY IT IS AGAINST.

WITH REGARD TO CEASEFIRE REMINDER THERE WAS A CEASEFIRE OCTOBER 6TH CEASEFIRE LEAVE HAMAS IN PLACE, WHICH WE VOWED TO REPEAT.

OCTOBER 7TH ATTACK AGAIN.

INSTEAD, CALL FOR PEACE AND REBUILD GAZA.

OUR NEXT. BEFORE.

BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, THERE WAS A COMMENT.

TRUSTEE. SREEKRISHNAN.

OH, YEAH. PRESIDENT BERTA, I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD ASK THE AUDIENCE TO RESPECTFULLY NOT CLAP OR CHEER OR BOO, DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

I. I'M HESITANT TO ENFORCE THAT MIDWAY THROUGH, BUT IF EVERYONE COULD CONTINUE TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THE SPEAKERS AND AND ALLOW THE SPEAKERS TO FULLY MAKE THEIR COMMENTS AND MOVE QUICKLY, IF IT GETS OUT OF HANDS, WE WE MAY NEED TO REVISIT THAT.

I BELIEVE EVERYONE, WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE THROUGH THIS QUICKLY.

SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE JUST BE RESPECTFUL.

OKAY. GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NELLY MIRANDA.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

NELLY. MIRANDA.

HELLO TO EVERYONE.

FOR 35 YEARS I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THIS COUNTY AND NOW A RETIREE OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY VMC SYSTEM.

I AM AWARE AND HAVE ATTENDED HOURS OF TRAINING IN THE IDEA OF DIVERSITY.

ALWAYS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN SERVING ALL THE RESIDENTS.

ACCORDINGLY, I HAVE CARED FOR REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DIVERSE ETHNIC GROUPS.

A RESOLUTION OF CEASEFIRE IS NOT AS INNOCENT AS IT SOUNDS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE 136 KIDNAPED PEOPLE, INCLUDING CHILDREN, WHO ARE KEPT AND TORTURED IN TUNNELS UNDERGROUND FOR 96 DAYS.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JESSICA SPICER.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI, I'M JESSICA SPICER.

YOU KNOW, I'M A TRUSTEE FROM LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I REQUEST THAT YOU VOTE NO ON THIS RESOLUTION.

WHY? BECAUSE AS A SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES, WE ARE ELECTED AND ENTRUSTED WITH ENSURING THAT ALL STUDENTS IN OUR CARE GET A GREAT EDUCATION.

WE ARE NOT ELECTED TO DEAL OR COMMENT ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

MY OWN SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS CHOSEN TO DO NO RESOLUTION AT ALL, AND HAS INSTEAD CHOSEN A CONTINUED FOCUS ON TEACHING OUR STUDENTS, AMONG MANY OTHER THINGS, CRITICAL THINKING AND TRAINING OUR TEACHERS IN TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICES TO BE A FRIENDLY FACE FOR STUDENTS SUFFERING FROM WORLD EVENTS.

PLEASE VOTE NO ON THIS RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

HI, MY NAME IS HANAN AMARA.

I WAS CALLED WITH THE PREVIOUS GROUP BUT I WAS COMING FROM THE FROM OUTSIDE.

OH, REALLY? OKAY. BOARD MEMBERS AND TRUSTEES, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE TIME.

I'M JUST HERE TO SAY THAT THIS IS NOT AN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.

SINCE THESE PEOPLE ARE GETTING KILLED WITH OUR MONEY, I DON'T SEE HOW THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR.

WHAT'S HAPPENING? LIKE IN A THOUSAND MILES FROM HERE, WHERE WE ARE NOT FUNDING A GENOCIDE? THAT WOULDN'T BE. THAT WOULD BE LIKE AN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR.

KIDS ARE GETTING KILLED AND INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE GETTING KILLED.

AND I KNOW, AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT YOU THAT THE DECISIONS YOU HAVE TO MAKE EVERY DAY IN THIS JOB IS VERY COMPLICATED AND IS VERY IMPORTANT.

BUT I DON'T SEE HOW THIS IS COMPLICATED.

IF WE'RE ASKING FOR PEOPLE TO STOP KILLING AND TO STOP THE KILLING ON BOTH SIDES, I DON'T SEE HOW THIS IS NOT INNOCENT AND I DON'T SEE HOW CAN THIS BE COMPLICATED.

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IT'S ABOUT TEACHING OUR KIDS ABOUT THRIVING IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY BY JUST STATING THAT YOU SUPPORT SUPPORT THE THE.

OUR NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE.

NADA. NADA A BAT-SHEVA RAV RAVIV, EXCUSE ME, WENDY GREENFIELD, NIKKI FLOWERS, AND NADAV KANAREK PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF THE ROOM.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS.

NO, NADA OR NADA.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS NEDDA AND I'M A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WHO WORKS WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SAN JOSE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EAST SIDE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I'M ALSO THE PROUD DAUGHTER OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER FROM THE UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHOSE SISTER IN LAW LOST SIX MEMBERS FAMILY MEMBERS IN AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE ON THEIR HOME IN GAZA IN LATE OCTOBER.

YOUR STUDENTS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON IN GAZA.

THEY ARE WATCHING THIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA LIVE.

THEY ARE WITNESSING THIS GENOCIDE LIVE.

THEY ALSO KNOW THAT THESE 30,000 MURDERED CIVILIANS WERE BRUTALLY, BRUTALLY MASSACRED BECAUSE OF THEIR IDENTITY, BECAUSE THEY ARE PALESTINIAN.

MANY OF THE STUDENTS I KNOW, MAJORITY STUDENTS OF COLOR ARE ATTENDING PROTESTS.

THEY'RE PARTICIPATING IN WALKOUTS.

THEY WANT THEIR PEERS TO STOP BEING KILLED ON THE BASIS OF THEIR RACE AND THEIR IDENTITY.

THEY REFUSE TO BE SILENT BECAUSE THEY LEARN ABOUT SYSTEMS OF POWER, OPPRESSION, AND PRIVILEGE IN THEIR HISTORY CLASSES.

SHOW THEM WHY THESE HISTORY LESSONS ARE IMPORTANT.

VOTE YES AND SUPPORT OF THE END OF THIS GENOCIDE AND FOR A BILATERAL.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS.

BUT EXCUSE ME, SHIVA RAVIV, PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS SHIVA AND I'M PART OF THE COMMUNITY HERE.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT REPEATING LIES ENOUGH TIME DOESN'T MAKE IT TRUE.

I HEARD THIS.

AROUND THE MICROPHONE, I SAY REPEATING A LIE ENOUGH TIMES DOESN'T MAKE IT TRUE.

AND I'VE HEARD AROUND ME THE SPEAKERS MAKING A LOT OF LIES.

BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

SOME SOME FACTS.

SINCE OCTOBER 7TH RAISED THE THE ANTI-SEMITIC EVENTS 337% TIME THE ANTI-SEMITIC EVENTS.

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, I LOOKED I GOOGLED HOW MUCH HOMOPHOBIA EVENTS HAVE BEEN.

ZERO. NOTHING.

I DIDN'T SEE ANY REPORT.

THIS STAGE BECAME A STAGE FOR ANTI-SEMITISM.

IN OCTOBER, SEVEN WOMEN WERE RAPED.

THAT'S A FACT.

WOMEN WERE RAPED AND KILLED AND CHILDREN WERE MURDERED.

I HEARD PEOPLE AROUND ME AND I HEAR THE HATE.

INSTEAD OF AMPLIFYING HATE AND DIVISION, WE WE ARE DUE TO LEAD WITH.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS WENDY GREENFIELD.

PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME FOR PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS WENDY GREENFIELD, AND I'M SUPPORTING THE RESOLUTION TO CREATE CONDITIONS OF SAFETY FOR ALL CHILDREN, BOTH IN OUR SCHOOLS AND IN LANDS WHERE OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF HAVE FAMILIES.

I SPEAK AS A LEADER OF JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE, A NATIONWIDE ORGANIZATION WITH OVER 720,000 MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS THAT SUPPORT PALESTINIAN RIGHTS AND PEACE FOR ALL.

APPROXIMATELY 1000 OF THEM HERE IN THIS COUNTY.

AS A JEWISH CHILD, I WAS TRAUMATIZED BY THE HOLOCAUST, AND MY FAMILY TAUGHT ME THAT IT WAS ESSENTIAL FOR EVERY SINGLE HUMAN BEING TO USE EVERY PLATFORM AT OUR DISPOSAL TO SPEAK UP AGAINST INJUSTICE, AND IN PARTICULAR, AGAINST THE KILLING OF INNOCENTS.

WHEN I HEAR THAT OVER THAT 25,000 TO 30,000 PRECIOUS HUMAN LIVES HAVE BEEN KILLED IN GAZA AND THE WEST BANK, I KNOW IT'S PAST TIME FOR ME AND FOR ALL OF US TO SPEAK UP.

I ALSO SPEAK.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER.

WE COULD ALLOW FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER.

WE COULD ALLOW FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NIKKI FLOWERS.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO, I AM NIKKI FLOWERS.

I AM HERE AS A PERSON OF JEWISH HERITAGE AND A GRANDCHILD OF A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR.

AS A QUEER AND TRANS PERSON AND A FUTURE EDUCATOR, I URGE YOU IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION.

OVER 10,000 PALESTINIAN CHILDREN HAVE BEEN INDISCRIMINATELY SLAUGHTERED BY THE IDF.

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AND IN FACT, SOME OF THEM ARE OUR CHILDREN HERE AS THEY HAVE HAD TO IMMIGRATE HERE.

THEY SHOULD BE GOING TO SCHOOLS, HAVING MEALS WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, BUT ARE INSTEAD BEING KILLED.

I URGE YOU IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS AGAIN, TO DO THE RIGHT THING TO SUPPORT PALESTINIAN CHILDREN'S RIGHT.

NOT JUST TO LIVE, BUT TO THRIVE AND SUPPORT THE CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NADAV KANAREK.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS NADAV KANAREK, AND I'M AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION IN ITS CURRENT FORM.

I'M REQUESTING THAT YOU REJECT IT AND REFRAIN FROM GOING INTO FOREIGN AND GEOPOLITICAL AFFAIRS.

THIS IS NOT THE PLACE TO DO IT.

WHILE THE INTENT IS TO CREATE INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE ALL COMMUNITIES FEEL RESPECTED.

THE CURRENT LANGUAGE IS OFFENSIVE, BIASED AND TAKING SIDES.

I'M AFRAID THAT IF IT REMAINS AS IS, IT WILL HAVE THE OPPOSITE EFFECT, I.E.

SEPARATION AND HATRED.

THERE ARE MANY OFFENSIVE ITEMS IN THE CURRENT DRAFT, BUT I USE JUST ONE AS AN EXAMPLE.

YOU TALK ABOUT OCCUPATION AND DISPLACEMENT.

ISRAEL WITHDREW FROM GAZA SINCE 2005.

JEWS OCCUPIED THIS LAND FOR 4000 YEARS, INCLUDING SYNAGOGUE IN GAZA 1500 YEARS AGO.

EGYPT REFUSED TO ACCEPT GAZA PEOPLE BLOCKING THE BORDER.

SO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HANNAH URAM.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO. HELLO, MY NAME IS HANNAH EL-HADDAD AND I'M A PEDIATRIC SPEECH PATHOLOGIST EDUCATOR IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

I STAND HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU NOT ONLY TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION, BUT TO ASK IF YOUR CODE OF ETHICS OF YOUR PROFESSION WOULD ALLOW YOU TO VOTE.

OTHERWISE, YOU ARE A BOARD OF EDUCATION WHO REPEATEDLY TRAINS YOUR STAFF, INCLUDING MYSELF, ON INCLUSION, REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND.

JUST LIKE YOU, I STARE IN THE FACES OF CHILDREN ALL DAY, PROMISING TO EMPOWER THEIR VOICE.

THIS RESOLUTION IS EXACTLY THAT.

YOU CANNOT STAND IN THE FACE OF AN AMERICAN CHILD, OR AN ISRAELI CHILD, OR A PALESTINIAN CHILD AND TELL THEM YOU ACCEPT ACCEPT THEIR MURDER JUST BECAUSE OF THE ADJECTIVE BEFORE THEIR NOUN.

WE AS EDUCATORS CANNOT WAKE UP DAILY AND BELIEVE THAT ONE CHILD'S LIFE IS MORE VALUED THAN ANOTHER.

THIS RESOLUTION WILL SUBSTANTIATE YOUR CAREER'S EFFORTS AND PROVE A BELIEF WHICH I'M SURE THAT YOU HAVE.

IF YOU CHOSE THIS CAREER THAT EVERY CHILD DESERVES TO LIVE.

NO CHILD DESERVES VIOLENCE.

OUR NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE.

OUR NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE.

WE HAVE ANOTHER CARD BY THE NAME OF OMAR.

IF THAT'S A DIFFERENT PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM.

WE HAVE A CARD BY THE NAME OF AHMAD KAMAL.

DINA H OR DINA H AND ILANA COHEN.

PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS OMAR.

OMAR IS GOING TO SPEAK AFTER ME.

WE HAVE LIKE TWO PARTS TOGETHER.

SO MY NAME IS KAMAL.

I AM THE SECOND ONE OR THE THIRD ONE.

SO WE'RE ALL TOGETHER, IF THAT'S OKAY.

AS LONG AS IT'S WITHIN THE TIME FRAME.

OH, YEAH. SO JUST STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE.

MY NAME IS KAMAL. GOOD EVENING.

AS A 24 YEAR COUNTY RESIDENT WITH THREE KIDS IN SCHOOL, I SUPPORT RESOLUTION £0.06 AS IT'S AS IS IN THE LOVING MEMORY OF THE 11,000 KIDS THAT WERE BARBARICALLY KILLED BY THE ISRAELI ARMY IN GAZA.

NELSON MANDELA SAID, WE KNOW TOO WELL THAT OUR FREEDOM IS INCOMPLETE WITHOUT THE FREEDOM OF THE PALESTINIANS.

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS, INCLUDING CHILDREN, ARE BEING KILLED IN GAZA.

STANDING AGAINST THE KILLING OF CIVILIANS SHOULD NOT BE CONTROVERSIAL AND IS NEVER WRONG, PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

A PAINTING, A PAINTING.

THIS AS COMPLEX ONLY ALLOWS THE KILLING TO CONTINUE WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES.

IF YOU ARE SILENT, YOU ARE COMPLICIT WITH THIS GENOCIDE AND YOU DO IT TO AVOID UPSETTING THE STATUS QUO OR TO FURTHER YOUR POLITICAL CAREER.

THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT ABOUT SOLVING THE ENTIRE CONFLICT, BUT RATHER TAKING A STAND AGAINST THE IMMEDIATE HARM BEING INFLICTED THERE AND HERE.

LOCAL ADVOCACY AND RESOLUTIONS PUT PRESSURE ON OUR GOVERNMENT AND RAISE AWARENESS.

THE JOURNEY OF 1000 MILES STARTS WITH ONE STEP.

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AND YES, WE HAVE A DUTY AS HUMAN BEINGS TO INVOLVE OURSELVES IN THE SAVAGE KILLING OF INNOCENT PEOPLE.

AND ON THE LOCAL LEVEL, TARGETING PALESTINIANS, MUSLIMS AND ARABS IN OUR STREETS, ON THE JOB AND AT SCHOOL HAS PERSISTED AND INCREASED DUE TO DUE TO THE EVENTS ABROAD.

SO WE ASK, BE OUR VOICE, UPHOLD OUR VALUES AS A COMMUNITY, COMPASSION, JUSTICE AND HUMAN DIGNITY.

THIS ISN'T A SIMPLE THIS ISN'T SIMPLY A RESOLUTION.

IT'S A STEP BEING TAKEN IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, THE DIRECTION OF LIFE AND PEACE.

IS THIS NOT WHAT OUR DUTY IS AS HUMAN BEINGS ON THIS EARTH PLAY A ROLE IN PROMOTING EMPATHY, PEACE, AND GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP? SCHOOLS AND DOMAINS OF EDUCATION SHOULD BE COMMITTED TO CREATING A MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE WORLD AND STAND AGAINST VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION.

AND I WANT TO END WITH A COUPLE OF WORDS BY AMERICAN POET JUNE JORDAN.

PALESTINE IS A MORAL LITMUS TEST FOR THE WORLD.

DON'T FAIL THE TEST.

PASS THE RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU. CAN YOU JUST LET US KNOW WHO YOU ARE FOR THE MODERATOR SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE IT'S COVERED.

MY. MY NAME IS AHMAD.

I'M A PALESTINIAN AMERICAN, STUDENT THAT GOES TO SANTA CLARA DISTRICT.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF FOR YOU.

I. I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON THE RESOLUTION.

AND FOR 75 YEARS, THE PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN TORTURED AND KILLED.

AND. AND MANY PEOPLE SPEAK OF OCTOBER 7TH, 2022.

BUT WHAT ABOUT MAY 15TH, 1948, WHEN WHEN MANY PALESTINIANS, MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S LIVES WERE TAKEN AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES? AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU GUYS TO DO IS NOT COMPLICATED.

VOTE YES ON A CEASE FIRE.

NOW VOTING NO ON ON.

THE RESOLUTION WILL JUST LET MORE THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS DIE.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DIANA H.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS DINA HSU AND I AM TALKING FROM WITH IN MEMORY OF MAZEN AND EVERYONE.

PLEASE SHOW YOUR PICTURES OF ALL THE CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN MURDERED IN IN OVER IN PALESTINE.

THAT BANNER BACK THERE HAS 2780 CHILDREN FROM THE AGE OF MY UNDER ONE YEARS OLD TO 18 THAT WERE KILLED IN 19 DAYS.

SO THE ADULTS OVER HERE THAT ARE BOOING A CHILD, IF WE LOOK, I'M A PARENT OF THE DISTRICT AND HAVE WORKED AT SCHOOLS.

GO TO YOUR YOUR THE CALIFORNIA ANTI-BULLYING LAW.

WHAT I'M HEARING NOW IS PRINCIPALS, VICE PRINCIPALS ARE VOTING FOR ISRAEL, ARE TELLING STUDENTS TO STAND UP AND HAVING THE STUDENTS APOLOGIZE TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING OVER THERE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALANA COHEN.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALANA COHEN.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

ALANA COHEN I AM A SANTA CLARA COUNTY RESIDENT OF 35 YEARS, A PARENT OF TWO PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN, AND A LOCAL ATTORNEY.

I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THE RESOLUTION.

THIS THINLY VEILED ATTACK ON THE JEWISH AND LOCAL COMMUNITY HAS NO PLACE AT A LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

IT IS PREPOSTEROUS THAT TODAY, INSTEAD OF DISCUSSING FUNDING AND PLANNING FOR OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, WHICH SHOULD BE THE FOCAL POINT BOTH OF THIS ASSEMBLY AND AS OUR LIVES AS PARENTS, WE ARE HERE DEBATING AN INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT.

THE PROPONENTS OF THIS RESOLUTION HAVE WASTED THE TIME AND ENERGY AND FUNDS OF OUR LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD.

THE RESOLUTION BRINGS DIVISIVENESS AND FEAR INTO OUR COMMUNITY.

LOOK AROUND TODAY WHERE WE ARE.

WE ARE DIVIDED HERE, RIGHT HERE BY RELIGION.

WE'RE DIVIDED BY RACE AND ETHNICITY.

IS THIS WHAT WE WANT IN OUR SCHOOLS? I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO.

OUR NEXT. OUR NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS.

WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAMES, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM.

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AT. WELL, I'M GOING TO MAKE IT MORE MINUTES AND.

725. SO IT'LL BE A FEW MORE MINUTES.

WE WILL RESUME PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM AT 725.

THE. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND COME BACK.

PLEASE, IF YOU COULD TAKE YOUR SEATS.

WE ARE GOING TO RESUME WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE RESUME RETURN TO YOUR SEATS.

PRESIDENT, HE HAD DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES, I KNOW.

WE GOT A WORSE PRESIDENT AFTER THAT.

IF NEEDED, WE CAN CLEAR THE ROOM.

IF NEEDED, WE MIGHT NEED TO CLEAR THE ROOM.

SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS.

WE ARE TRYING TO RESUME.

IF WE ARE UNABLE TO RESUME, WE MAY NEED TO CLEAR THE ROOM.

YEAH I KNOW. I'M GOING TO ASK OUR SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR DEWAN, TO REVIEW THE THE EXPECTATIONS IN REGARDS TO THE CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING.

I'M ALSO JUST GOING TO SAY THAT MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE ANY CLAPPING, ANY BOOING OR ANY SOUNDS OF ANY SORT DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN HEAR FROM EVERY PERSON WHO IS COMING TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO AGAIN, NO CLAPPING, NO BOOING, NO SOUNDS OF ANY KIND.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT, YOU MAY, YOU KNOW, SHOW THE SIGN WAVING YOUR HANDS IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY CLAPPING OR BOOING OR OTHER SOUNDS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THE COMMENTS EFFICIENTLY AND ALSO RESPECTFULLY.

DOCTOR DEWAN IF YOU'LL REVIEW THOSE EXPECTATIONS IN TERMS OF CONDUCT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA.

SO THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION BEING CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE.

AND THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MAINTAINS A RESPECTFUL, ORDERLY AND CIVIL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE CONDUCT OF ITS MEETINGS AND TO AVOID UNLAWFUL DISRUPTIONS.

THIS IS ALSO A WORKPLACE FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, AND TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE WORKPLACE AND CREATE A RESPECTFUL AND EFFECTIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL PERSONNEL.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO ADHERE TO OUR CODE OF CONDUCT AND NO VERBAL ABUSE, NO THREATS AND NO PHYSICAL VIOLENCE ARE PERMITTED.

AND JUST A REMINDER, WE ARE A BOARD OF EDUCATION.

WE ARE SETTING AN EXAMPLE FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR OUR YOUTH, FOR CHILDREN.

SO PLEASE, I'M ASKING EVERYONE TO SHOW THAT RESPECT TO EACH OTHER.

MODERATOR, CAN YOU PLEASE PROCEED WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS OR WE CAN TRY? YES. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF THE ROOM.

AS A REMINDER, ONE PERSON AT A TIME CAN BE AT THE PODIUM TO PRESENT THEIR COMMENT.

UNLESS LANGUAGE SUPPORT IS NEEDED BY AN SCO LANGUAGE INTERPRETER TO PREVENT SOUND DISTORTION, PLEASE KEEP THE MICROPHONE A SHORT DISTANCE FROM YOUR MOUTH.

OUR NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE LEAH RENSIN.

DINA S.

HOWEVER, IF YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN, PLEASE, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

ELIZA. SHH! CHOOSER ELLA MILLER.

SONNY NASHASHIBI, PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS LEAH RENSIN.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS LEAH RENSIN.

I'M A SANTA CLARA COUNTY RESIDENT AND I STRONGLY OPPOSE RESOLUTION £0.06, WHICH WAS HIDDEN AS A LAST ITEM AGENDA ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA INSTEAD OF BEING TRANSPARENT WITH THE COMMUNITY.

THIS RESOLUTION IS FILLED WITH FACTUALLY INACCURATE INFORMATION REGARDING A HISTORICALLY COMPLEX INTERNATIONAL STRUGGLE.

IT PROMOTES A ONE SIDED NARRATIVE WHICH COULD THEN FIND ITS WAY INTO OUR CLASSROOMS BY FOLLOWING YOUR LEAD.

WE'VE SEEN EXAMPLES OF THAT TONIGHT.

IT VIOLATES SEVERAL CALIFORNIA CODES, INCLUDING 51500, AS WELL AS DISTRICT BOARD POLICY 6144 ON

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IT IS YOUR JOB AS THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.

I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS RESOLUTION AND CONCENTRATE OUR TIME ON ADDRESSING THE PRESSING EDUCATIONAL ISSUES IN THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY DISTRICT.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER, DINA S.

HELLO, MY NAME IS DINA AND I'M SPEAKING IN MEMORY OF TAHA MAHMOUD.

HE WAS 15 YEARS OLD, MURDERED ON OCTOBER 19TH.

I'M PALESTINIAN, AMERICAN, CHRISTIAN, AND I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES FOR RESOLUTION £0.06.

2% OF THE PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS IN GAZA HAVE BEEN MURDERED SINCE OCTOBER 7TH.

2%. MY FAMILY IS SHELTERING IN THE CHURCH THAT WAS BOMBED IN LATE OCTOBER, WHERE A NUMBER OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS WERE KILLED FROM AN AIRSTRIKE.

THE YOUNGEST WAS SIX MONTHS OLD.

OVER 11,000 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN MURDERED IN GAZA.

THAT WOULD TRANSLATE TO 800,000 AMERICAN CHILDREN.

WHEN ADJUSTED FOR US POPULATION NUMBERS.

WE MUST END THE VIOLENCE OF ALL PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN.

THIS IS NOT CONTROVERSIAL.

SOME IN THIS ROOM CLAIM THAT CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE MAKES THEM FEEL UNSAFE OR DIVISIVE.

IMAGINE WHAT PALESTINIANS IN GAZA ARE FEELING 24 HOURS A DAY FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS.

VOTE YES ON THIS RESOLUTION.

VOTING NO MEANS YOU ARE OKAY WITH COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT, GENOCIDE AND SUFFERING OF THE PALESTINIAN CHILDREN.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ELIZA SCHUSTER.

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

I AM ELISA SCHWEITZER.

SADLY, YESTERDAY I WITHDREW MY 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER FROM HER MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THIS COUNTY BECAUSE OF ANTI-SEMITISM.

MY DAUGHTER ELLA WAS BULLIED AND CHASED AROUND THE SCHOOL SIMPLY BECAUSE SHE WAS SPEAKING HEBREW.

SHE WAS TOLD HER FAMILY WAS LIVING ON STOLEN LAND AND ALL JEWS WERE TERRORISTS ON A DAILY BASIS.

SINCE OCTOBER 7TH.

MY HUSBAND AND I CONTACTED THE SCHOOL NUMEROUS TIMES WITH LITTLE OR NO ASSISTANCE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.

ELLA IS NOW ENROLLED IN PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR HER OWN SAFETY.

I IMPLORE YOU TO TAKE SERIOUSLY THIS MATTER AND WORK TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING MEASURES TO COMBAT COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM IN OUR SCHOOLS.

THIS RESOLUTION WILL FURTHER PROMOTE DIVISION AND HATRED WITHIN THE SCHOOLS AND OUR CHILDREN.

YEARS AGO, OUR FOUNDING FATHERS DECIDED THERE MUST BE DIVISION BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE.

WE MUST KEEP POLITICS AND RELIGION OUT OF SCHOOL.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ELLA MILLER.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS ELLA.

I AM 12 YEARS OLD AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MY STORY WITH ANTI-SEMITISM BEFORE THE 7TH OF OCTOBER.

LIFE WAS FINE AND I HAD MANY FRIENDS AT MY NEW SCHOOL, BUT AFTER THE 7TH OF OCTOBER EVERYTHING CHANGED.

I WAS MADE FUN OF, HARASSED, AND FOLLOWED AROUND WHEN I WAS SPEAKING IN HEBREW.

THE KIDS NO LONGER CALLED ME ELLA.

THEY CALLED ME THE JEW.

I GOT YELLED AT SAYING I WAS A MURDERER AND THAT ALL JEWS ARE TERRORISTS.

THANKFULLY, I WAS ABLE TO MOVE TO A PRIVATE JEWISH DAY SCHOOL, BUT I STILL HAVE STRUGGLES EVEN THERE.

I AM SCARED THAT THE KIDS WILL HURT ME LIKE THEY DID ON MY OLD SCHOOL.

I HAVE TRUST ISSUES WITH ALMOST EVERYONE.

THE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS THAT I'VE ENDURED, JUST LYING AWAKE HOPING THAT NOTHING BAD WILL HAPPEN WERE TRULY TRAUMATIZING.

SCHOOLS SHOULDN'T BE. A SCHOOL SHOULD BE A PLACE TO LEARN, NOT TO MAKE COMMENTS AND JUDGE OTHERS FOR WHO THEY ARE OR WHERE THEY CAME FROM.

PLEASE VOTE NO.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SANDY.

NOW SHAHABI, PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS SINAN NASHASHIBI AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN THE CAPACITY AS A PALESTINIAN MOTHER OF THREE IN OUR COUNTY.

IT'S INDESCRIBABLE TO WITNESS A GENOCIDE OF YOUR PEOPLE BEING STREAMED AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF APATHY, COWARDLINESS AND IN SOME CASES, EVEN APPLAUSE.

THIS SENDS THE MESSAGE TO OUR CHILDREN THAT THEIR RIGHTS AND DIGNITY ARE AT BEST UNDERVALUED.

IT IMPLIES THAT PART OF THEIR IDENTITY IS TOO POLITICAL TO BE PROTECTED AND LOVED, AND IT OPENS THE DOOR FOR TEACHERS AND CLASSMATES TO TREAT PALESTINIAN AND ARAB STUDENTS AS IF THEY ARE LESS THAN, OR AT LEAST, AT THE VERY LEAST, IGNORE THEIR EXISTENCE.

WE LIVE THIS IN OUR HOME.

A FEW WEEKS AGO, WHEN MY NINE YEAR OLD SON BROKE DOWN CRYING, HE ASKED WHY NO ONE SEEMED TO CARE ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN PALESTINE, HOW EVERYONE AT SCHOOL WAS JUST GOING ALONG AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED.

HE STATED VERY CONFIDENTLY.

IF PEOPLE KNEW, I THINK THEY'D CARE AND THEY'D DO SOMETHING TO STOP IT.

MY HEART SANK.

I REALLY WISH THAT THAT IS THE CASE.

I HOPE YOU WILL VOTE FOR THIS RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER, OUR NEXT FIVE ARE ELIZABETH ADAMO.

JUSTINE. JUSTINE.

ANA. VATAN.

SANA A.

NISH. EXCUSE THE MISPRONUNCIATION.

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TALA. BOUKAR.

PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ELIZABETH AGRAMONTE.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PREVENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS ELIZABETH AGRAMONT JUSTINIANO.

WORDS MATTER.

BULLYING ATTACKS AGAINST CHILDREN WHO ARE PALESTINIAN, ARAB AND MUSLIM HAS INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY DUE TO THE GENOCIDE THAT ISRAEL IS CURRENTLY ENACTING ON PALESTINE, INCLUDING SIX YEAR OLD WADE AL-FAYYUMI IN CHICAGO, WHO WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED.

I IMPLORE YOU TO USE YOUR WORDS TO LET STUDENTS KNOW THAT WHEN THEY GO TO SCHOOL, THEY WILL BE RESPECTED, CARED FOR, AND PROTECTED.

USE YOUR WORDS TO ACCURATELY REFLECT THE CURRENT REALITY.

DESPITE WHAT SOME OTHERS BELIEVE, TELLING TRUTH SAVES LIVES.

IF THE BOMBS WERE BEING DROPPED IN THE US AND KILLING YOUR CHILDREN, WHAT WOULD YOU WANT DONE? TO WHAT LENGTH WOULD YOU GO TO PROTECT YOUR CHILD? SO WE URGE THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO PASS RESOLUTION £0.06, JUST LIKE THIS BOARD HAS DONE FOR THE CHILDREN OF UKRAINE.

PLEASE DO THE SAME FOR THE CHILDREN OF PALESTINE.

NO DOUBLE STANDARDS.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PAYTON.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME.

AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS PATTON.

I GREW UP IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

I ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY, AND NOW MY FOUR CHILDREN ATTEND SCHOOLS IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

I CAN STAND HERE BEFORE YOU AND TELL YOU THAT TWO WEEKS AGO, MY UNCLE WAS KILLED BY AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE IN HIS HOME.

HIS BODY WAS PULLED.

HE WAS NOT USED AS A HUMAN SHIELD.

HE WAS NOT A VICTIM OF HAMAS.

HIS LIFE MATTERED TO ME.

MY MY COUSIN.

MY FIRST COUSIN WHO I USED TO PLAY WITH WAS ABDUCTED AND KIDNAPED.

I DO NOT HAVE A T SHIRT FOR THAT.

THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF US.

BUT WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU HERE IS HOW MY CHILDREN ARE IMPACTED IN SCHOOL IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

MY DAUGHTER CAME HOME AND SAID, MOM, AM I A TERRORIST? AN ISRAELI STUDENT TOLD MY OTHER CHILDREN IN THEIR CLASS.

PALESTINIAN CHILDREN SHOULD DIE BECAUSE THEIR LIVES ARE WORTHLESS IN A CLASSROOM.

UNDER YOUR GOVERNANCE.

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS? OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SANA AY.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS SANA, AND I'M A STUDENT AND ALUMNA OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY EDUCATION SYSTEM.

AND I'M HERE TODAY SPEAKING AS ONE OF YOUR FORMER STUDENTS ASKING YOU TO VOTE YES ON ITEM £0.06 CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE AND PERMANENT CEASEFIRE IN PALESTINE, I HAVE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE IMPACT THIS SYSTEM HAS WHEN CERTAIN STUDENTS ARE PRIORITIZED OVER OTHERS BASED ON THEIR BELIEFS.

WHEN WE, THE STUDENTS, ARE TARGETED, HARASSED, AND LABELED AS ANTI-SEMITIC OR TERRORISTS FOR SUPPORTING AN END TO A GENOCIDE, THIS IS NOT ONLY DETRIMENTAL TO OUR EDUCATION, BUT TO OUR WELL-BEING.

IT VIOLATES THIS BOARD'S MISSION STATEMENT, WHICH STATES IT IS COMMITTED TO PROMOTING STUDENT SUCCESS.

STUDENTS CANNOT BE SUCCESSFUL IN A SYSTEM THAT IS COMPLICIT IN THE ONGOING GENOCIDE OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.

ESPECIALLY WHEN SO MANY OF US ARE IMPACTED DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY.

AS ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, IT IS YOUR OBLIGATION TO VOTE YES, TO PROMOTE PEACE, BECAUSE YOU HOLD THE POWER OF OUR COLLECTIVE VOICE.

AND I WANT YOU ALL TO BE EXAMPLES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

I WANT HISTORY TO REMEMBER WHETHER YOU STOOD WITH GENOCIDE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NAWSHABA AFZAL.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS NAWSHABA AFZAL.

THERE IS NOTHING COMPLEX OR CONTROVERSY ABOUT PASSING A RESOLUTION TO KEEP ALL CHILDREN SAFE.

I'M ACTUALLY SHOCKED AND APPALLED THAT IT WAS ATTEMPTED TO BE TABLED FOR EVEN CONSIDERATION.

IT'S AN OBLIGATION FOR THIS BOARD TO ACT WHEN CONFRONTED WITH A HORRIFIC EVIDENCE OF GENOCIDE.

MY CHILDREN HAVE GONE TO SANTA CLARA COUNTY SCHOOLS.

I'VE LIVED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND WORKED WITH NUMEROUS SCHOOL BOARDS AND DISTRICTS TRAINING TEACHERS.

THEY ARE SCARED.

THEY'RE SCARED THAT THIS BOARD HAS YET TO PASS A RESOLUTION TO KEEP ALL CHILDREN SAFE.

CHILDREN PARENTS HAVE CONTACTED ME SAYING THEY ARE SCARED TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.

THIS IS FOR ALL CHILDREN.

THERE'S NOTHING CONTROVERSIAL.

DO THE RIGHT THING.

YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO STOP THIS GENOCIDE BY VOICING YOUR OPINION EVERY DAY.

MINUTE THAT YOU DELAY IS ANOTHER CHILD DEAD? OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TALA BECKER.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO. MY NAME IS TALHA BAKAR.

THIS MONDAY IS DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY, AND ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS QUOTES BY DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING IS INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE.

THE CHILDREN IN GAZA ARE SUFFERING THE MOST UNIMAGINABLE PAIN, BOTH LITERALLY AND MENTALLY.

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THE STUDENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY SEE DEAD CHILDREN ON THEIR PHONES THAT LOOK LIKE THEM.

THEY SEE SCREAMING CHILDREN MISSING LIMBS THAT LOOK LIKE THEM.

THEY THEY SEE CHILDREN CRYING OVER THEIR DEAD PARENTS THAT LOOK LIKE THEM.

THE KIDS IN THIS COUNTY ARE ASKING THEMSELVES WHY THOSE CHILDREN ARE SUFFERING WHEN THEY LOOK JUST LIKE THEM, AND EVEN HAVE NAMES LIKE THEM, LIKE MY DAUGHTER IMAN.

I URGE YOU TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND SEND A MESSAGE TO MY DAUGHTER AND THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN IN THIS COUNTY AND THIS DISTRICT THAT WE WILL LIVE UP TO THE WORDS OF DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING THAT INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE.

I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION.

OUR NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS, IF YOU'RE IN THE OVERFLOW ROOMS OF THE CAFETERIA OR GUADALUPE ROOM, PLEASE LISTEN FOR YOUR NAME.

TAL. SHALON.

YANIV. BENSOUSSAN.

MICKAEL. MR. SNAKE. SNAKE.

BAYAN. HAMESH RAVIV, PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM LOCATED AT THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS TAL SHALOM.

HI, I'M TAL SHALOM.

I HAVE FOUR KIDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS VERY POLITICAL AND CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE.

YOU CAN SEE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE.

AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, NO OTHER PUBLIC, BOARD OF EDUCATION EVEN ISSUED SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS RESOLUTION THAT ARE STANDING HERE.

AND THE PERSONAL AND POLITICAL BIAS OPINIONS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR OF THIS RESOLUTION CONCERNING US FOREIGN POLICIES AND THE ISRAEL HAMAS CONFLICT HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL.

AND IN YOUR DUTIES AS A BOARD MEMBER, AS A BOARD MEMBER OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY SCHOOLS, YOU ARE OBLIGED TO CARE FOR ALL STUDENTS.

BUT THE WELL-BEING OF ISRAELI AND JEWISH STUDENTS IS HARMED BY THIS RESOLUTION.

THIS RESOLUTION WILL GUIDE TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS TO TAKE A POLITICAL STANCE AGAINST ISRAEL.

TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACTS PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE AND NATIONAL ORIGIN, WORDING LIKE OPPRESSION, DISPLACEMENT.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS YANIV BENSOUSSAN.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS YANIV BEN SHUSHAN.

THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO TO ENGAGE IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS OVER WHICH IT HAS NO CONTROL, WHILE PROMOTING A DEEPLY HOSTILE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN THE PROCESS.

WE LIVE IN A SAD TIMES WHERE THE TRUTH DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE, AND IT'S A GAME OF NARRATIVE.

AND CLEARLY THIS RESOLUTION IS PROMOTING THE NARRATIVE OF ONE SIDE IN THIS MIDDLE EASTERN CONFLICT.

BUT LET ME LEAVE YOU WITH ONE FACT.

THERE WAS A CEASE FIRE ON OCTOBER 6TH.

THE PALESTINIAN TERROR ORGANIZATION HAMAS BROKE IT BY MURDERING, RAPING AND KIDNAPING HUNDREDS OF MEN'S AND WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE JEWS.

THERE ARE STILL 136 HOSTAGES IN GAZA, AND ON SUNDAY WE WILL MARK THE 100 DAYS IN CAPTIVITY.

I URGE YOU NOT TO DISCUSS THIS RESOLUTION ANYMORE AND CONCENTRATE YOUR TIME ADDRESSING THE PRESSING EDUCATIONAL ISSUE IN THE SANTA CLARA DISTRICT SCHOOLS.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MIKHAIL.

MAIER. NICK.

YEAH. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL MITNICK, AND I'M A SANTA CLARA COUNTY RESIDENT.

I STRONGLY OPPOSE TO THIS RESOLUTION.

I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED TO SEE YOU, WHO WERE ELECTED, TO TAKE CARE OF THE EDUCATION OF OUR KIDS, INCLUDING THE SAFETY OF OUR KIDS, ENGAGING IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.

BY EMBARKING THIS PATH, YOU ARE TAKING UPON YOURSELF A LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY YOU ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO.

THIS RESOLUTION IS BIASED, INACCURATE, AND PROMOTES A ONE SIDED NARRATIVE.

JUST ONE EXAMPLE.

THE HAMAS IS NOT MENTIONED ONCE IN THIS RESOLUTION.

THE FACT THAT THEY RAPE YOUNG WOMEN, THE FACT THAT THEY KIDNAPED BABIES, ETC.

NOT EVEN ONE WORD MENTIONING HAMAS.

THIS ONE SIDE NARRATIVE COULDN'T FIND ITS WAY TO OUR KIDS CLASSROOM AND PUT THEM AT RISK.

SO WE'D ALREADY INCREASING NUMBER OF ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS AGAINST JEWISH AND ISRAELI STUDENTS IN YOUR COUNTY.

THIS RESOLUTION WILL PUT THE SAFETY OF OUR KIDS AT RISK.

I ASK YOU, I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO.

AND OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRIAN.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS BRIAN.

I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY FOR 29 YEARS.

THE PAST THREE MONTHS HAVE BEEN THREE MONTHS OF RAINING TERROR, LACK OF BASIC HUMAN NECESSITIES LIKE FOOD AND WATER, AND THE GENOCIDE OF INNOCENT PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS AND CHILDREN. OVER 65,000 TONS OF BOMBS HAVE BEEN DROPPED ON GAZA.

AT LEAST 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE DISPLACED OVER 30,000 PEOPLE MURDERED, OF WHOM AT LEAST 13,000 ARE CHILDREN.

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13,000 CHILDREN WERE MURDERED IN GAZA.

ALL OF THE CHILDREN WHO ARE LEFT HAVE LOST SCHOOLS, FRIENDS HOMES AND LOVED ONES.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON THE CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HAMAD RAVIV.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

IF WE COULD AGAIN, I'M SORRY.

IF WE COULD. AGAIN, JUST A REMINDER.

THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY SOUND.

SO I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE RESORTED TO SNAPPING, BUT IF THIS IS GETTING AGGRESSIVE, YOU CAN WAVE YOUR HANDS OR YOU CAN JUST STAY QUIET.

THOSE ARE YOUR TWO OPTIONS.

PLEASE RESPECT THE PROTOCOLS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

OKAY. AND GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS HANNAH AND I'M A CUPERTINO RESIDENT.

FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS, MY TWO MY TWO KIDS WENT TO CUPERTINO SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TO FREMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BEFORE GRADUATING FROM BOTH UCSB AND SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY.

I HOPE TO HAVE MY GRANDKIDS AS WELL GOING TO ONE OF THE SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT.

I'M APPALLED, BUT NOT SURPRISED FROM HAVING THIS ITEM 60 ON THE AGENDA, AND I REQUEST THE BOARD TO VOTE NO ON THIS ITEM. THE REASONS ONE.

THE HISTORY OF THE ISRAELI PALESTINIANS IS MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD.

IN FACT, ONE OF OUR.

I GOT A QUESTION AND WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE SIXTH CENTURY HERE IN THERE IN ISRAEL.

SO YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW.

YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO GET INTO SUCH A HEAVY SUBJECT WITHOUT GOING INTO ALL THE DETAILS.

SECOND, ANY RESOLUTION CAN OFFEND ONE OR MORE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER, OUR NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS, EXCUSE ME, ARE ALAN LEIBOWITZ, NICHOLAS SABBAGH.

SAMIA ISLAM SHAY EL.

TASNIM ISMAIL.

PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF THE ROOM.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS.

ALAN. IF YOU COULD HOLD ON A MINUTE.

SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN HAS SOME.

MODERATOR I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE CALL TEN SPEAKERS AT A TIME.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE ABOUT 100 SPEAKERS LEFT FOR THIS ITEM.

WE COULD CALL TEN AT A TIME INSTEAD OF FIVE.

THANK YOU. WILL DO.

I'LL ADD THE NEXT FIVE.

THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS.

JORGE PACHECO JUNIOR.

IVAN IVANOV.

MARIAM SHAHEED FATIMA ABDEL WAHAB.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER OF THAT BATCH, ALAN.

LEIBOWITZ, PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS ALAN LUBOVITCH.

I'M A SOPHOMORE AT WILCOX HIGH SCHOOL.

I STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE IT CONTAINS FACTUALLY INACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT A VERY COMPLEX TOPIC.

THE RESOLUTION IN QUESTION ALSO PUSHES A ONE SIDED NARRATIVE BIASED AGAINST JEWISH STUDENTS, AND COMPLETELY FAILS TO MENTION ISRAELI AMERICANS.

I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH ANTI-SEMITISM IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY SCHOOLS.

IN MY FRESHMAN YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, I OPENED THE JEWISH CLUB, AND ON THE SIGN UP SHEET THERE WAS PEOPLE CALLING JEWS NAZIS AND TERRORISTS.

MY SISTER IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, ON THE ON DAILY BASIS, SHE FACED THE ANTI-SEMITISM HARASSMENT JUST BECAUSE SHE'S JEWISH AND HAS FAMILY LIVING IN ISRAEL.

IF THE SANTA CLARA BOARD OF EDUCATION CHOOSES TO ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION, I WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE FOR JEWISH STUDENTS IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY SCHOOLS.

THIS RESOLUTION IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD ANTI-SEMITIC CONTENT BEING TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS.

I URGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION AND FOCUS ON PROMOTING PEACE AND IMPROVING THE EDUCATION PROVIDED TO STUDENTS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NICHOLAS SABA.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO, I'M NICHOLAS SABA.

I'M. I WENT TO UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I'M A PALESTINIAN AMERICAN.

I REMEMBER AFTER NINE OVER 11 HOW IT FELT WHEN I WOULD BE CALLED TERRORIST BY MY CLASSMATES.

AND HOW THE THE AMERICAN RHETORIC MADE ME FEEL LIKE I DIDN'T, REALLY DESERVE LIFE.

AND NOW, AS WE SEE THE THE MOUNTING MOUNTING DEATHS 200 TO 1 ON ONE SIDE, A CALL FOR A CEASE FIRE IS FOR BOTH SIDES.

IT'S PEACE.

IT'S NO MORE VIOLENCE.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S THE LEAST WE CAN DO TO TELL OUR STUDENTS THAT YOUR LIVES MATTER, TOO, AND THAT WE WILL NOT STAND BY WHILE YOU DIE EN

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JUST OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SAMIA ISLAM.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO, I AM SAMIA ISLAM AND I'M A SANTA CLARA RESIDENT.

I HAVE TWO BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN.

I ENVISION THEM GROWING UP TO BE AMAZING CITIZENS OF THEIR COMMUNITY, STANDING AGAINST ISLAMOPHOBIA, RACISM AND ANTI-SEMITISM.

ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL PARTS OF THEIR EDUCATION IS HISTORY, INCLUDING THE UNCOMFORTABLE, UNPLEASANT AND UNAPOLOGETIC.

LEARNING ABOUT THE PAST, INCLUDING COLONIALISM, OPPRESSION AND GENOCIDE SHOULD NEVER OFFEND ANYONE.

ON THE CONTRARY, HISTORY EMPOWERS US BY TEACHING US WHAT TO DO AND WHAT NOT TO.

HISTORY ALSO GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A STAND WITH THE ATROCITIES UNLEASHED ON THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE, WE CANNOT STAY SILENT.

THIS IS THE DEADLIEST WAR ON CHILDREN IN MODERN TIMES.

I URGE YOU TO PASS THE RESOLUTION, BECAUSE THAT TELLS THE WORLD THAT ONE OF THE LARGEST COUNTIES IN THE UNITED STATES IS STANDING IS SAYING, WE WANT THIS KILLING OF CHILDREN TO STOP IMMEDIATELY.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHAY EL.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS SHAY.

I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY FOR OVER 25 YEARS.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT AS THE HORRIFYING FIGURE OF 30,000 PEOPLE KILLED AND 10,000 CHILDREN IN PARTICULAR WAS LISTED EARLIER, I HEARD DETRACTORS OF THIS RESOLUTION LAUGHING, SNORTING AND BOOING.

THERE'S FOOTAGE OF PALESTINIAN DOCTORS AMPUTATING CHILDREN WITHOUT ANESTHETIC, OF CHILDREN BURIED UNDER RUBBLE, OF SOLDIERS BULLDOZING CIVILIANS IN GAZA, DESTROYING CEMETERIES AND SHOOTING CIVILIANS AT POINT BLANK RANGE IN THE WEST BANK, WE WATCHED VIDEOS PROUDLY POSTED BY ISRAELI SOLDIERS THEMSELVES SHOWING MOCKING OF GAZANS.

THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM WHOSE FAMILIES ARE GOING THROUGH THIS EXACT, UNSPEAKABLE, INDESCRIBABLE HORROR NOW, WHICH IS WHY IT'S NOT A FOREIGN ISSUE.

WOULD ANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOCKING THIS MOCK THESE BRAVE, DIGNIFIED SPEAKERS COPE WITH THE DECADES OF ABUSE, AMPUTATION WITHOUT ANESTHETIC, DEATHS OF LOVED ONES, DISPLACEMENT FROM HOMES INTO TENTS FOR EVEN A DAY.

I ASKED THEM TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THIS QUESTION, AND I'M SO PROUD OF THE TRUSTEES WHO ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS RESOLUTION, AND I URGE THE REST OF YOU TO SUPPORT IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TASNIM ISMAILI.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PREVENT YOUR COMMENT.

OKAY. THANK.

OVER THREE MONTHS OF VIOLENT ATTACKS FROM ISRAEL, OVER 12,000 CHILDREN DEAD.

THAT'S AN AVERAGE OF 136 CHILDREN LIKE MYSELF, KILLED PER DAY BY ISRAELI SOLDIERS.

LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO PAUSE AND THINK ABOUT THAT NUMBER.

THAT IS SIX CHILDREN KILLED EVERY HOUR FOR 95 DAYS.

ARE WE JUST GOING TO IGNORE THE FACT THAT THERE IS A LITERAL GENOCIDE AND ETHNIC CLEANSING GOING ON, OR WILL WE STAND UP AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT? I AM A STUDENT IN SANTA CLARA.

I MAY ONLY BE TEN YEARS OLD AND IN FIFTH GRADE, BUT I ALREADY KNOW THAT A CEASE FIRE IS THE RIGHT THING TO CALL FOR.

THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU? THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

OUR NEXT FOUR SPEAKERS, JORGE PACHECO JR.

IVAN. I'VE ENOUGH.

MARIAM SHAHEED AND FATIMA ABDEL WAHAB.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

PACHECO JUNIOR. AND TODAY I SPEAK AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND AS A HUMAN BEING WHO HAS BEEN TO ISRAEL AND PALESTINE IN 2013.

I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO UNSEE WHAT I SAW.

I'VE BEEN TO THE FUNERALS OF MURDERED PALESTINIAN CHILDREN IN THE WEST BANK, MET PARENTS WHO BURIED THEIR CHILDREN AND ACT.

NO PARENT FROM ANY SIDE SHOULD EVER EXPERIENCE MULTIPLY THIS EXPERIENCE BY THE THOUSANDS.

THAT IS WHY I'M NOW SAYING TO YOU TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION, SUPPORT A CEASE FIRE AND SUPPORT EVERLASTING PEACE.

NO MORE BLOODSHED, NO MORE HOSTAGES, NO MORE POLITICAL PRISONERS FROM ANY SIDE.

EVERY CHILD LOST IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY.

WE CANNOT KILL TOWARDS AN EVERLASTING PEACE.

AS AN INDIGENOUS AMERICAN AND A DESCENDANT OF GENOCIDE SURVIVORS, I URGE YOU TO STAND AGAINST THE GENOCIDE HAPPENING IN THIS VERY MOMENT.

SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION THAT CONVEYS THE VALUES OF PEACE TO OUR COMMUNITY, THAT WE STAND AGAINST HATE AND DEATH AND SUPPORT PEACE FOR EVERYONE.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS IVAN IVANOV.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

IVAN. THIS MICROPHONE IS REALLY SHORT.

DO YOU HAVE A MICROPHONE FOR ADULTS? THANK YOU. OKAY, SO I'M A RESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA AND A DOCTOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE.

I HEARD PEOPLE TODAY IN THIS ROOM ASKING THE BOARD TO GET INVOLVED WITH INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.

YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MINUTE AND REMIND THE BOARD OF THEIR MISSION AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR TAKING CARE OF THE NEEDS OF KIDS IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

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YOU KNOW, ONE SIDED RESOLUTIONS ARE NOT GOING TO HELP KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

ONE SIDED RESOLUTIONS ARE NOT GOING TO PREPARE THE KIDS OF THIS COUNTY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.

ONE SIDED RESOLUTIONS ARE NOT GOING TO PROMOTE STEM EDUCATION.

JUST AN HOUR AGO, WE HEARD TWO MOTHERS OF KIDS WITH SPECIAL WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

HOW IS THIS DISCUSSION GOING TO HELP THESE MOTHERS? I HOPE THAT THE BOARD WON'T GET DISTRACTED AND CONTINUE TO WORK TO BETTER THE EDUCATION.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARIAM SHAHEED.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

OH. THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS MARIAM SHAHID AND I AM A STUDENT IN SANTA CLARA AND I'M IN SIXTH GRADE.

OVER 30,000 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED.

OVER TEN 12,000 OF THEM ARE CHILDREN.

EVERY TEN MINUTES, AN INNOCENT CHILD IS DEAD.

THINK FOR A MOMENT TO ABSORB THOSE NUMBERS.

AS A PROUD MUSLIM SANTA CLARA RESIDENT, I'M HERE TO CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASE FIRE.

NOW PEOPLE MIGHT SAY, WHY DEAL WITH INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS? I WILL RESPOND TO THEM THAT INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS HAVE AN IMPACT ON US, THE US CITIZENS ON US SOIL.

A LITTLE WHILE AGO, A SIX YEAR OLD MUSLIM BOY WAS STABBED 20 TIMES AND KILLED BY HIS LANDLORD IN CHICAGO.

IN VERMONT, THREE YOUNG MEN WERE SHOT FOR WEARING THE TRADITIONAL PALESTINIAN SCARF AND SPEAKING ARABIC.

AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATORS FOR ONE OF THE BIGGEST COUNTIES IN THE COUNTRY, YOU CALL YOU CALLING FOR A CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION MAKES A HUGE IMPACT.

THE KILLING ABROAD MUST END AND SO MUST ITS RIPPLE EFFECTS.

WE SEE, WE SEE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.

PLEASE STAND FOR JUSTICE AND VOTE FOR A PEACE RESOLUTION.

NOW OUR NEXT TEN SPEAKERS FOLLOWING FATIMA ABDUL WAHAB ARE RONIT SAYEED QUADRI, TAMARA HALL, SAHIL AKHTAR, EVA LIPMAN.

CC. RUPINI KAY.

KUNAL S, MAYA BRENNEKE AND SAEED H.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS FATIMA ABDEL WAHAB.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENTS.

MY NAME IS FATIMA ABDEL WAHAB.

HELLO EVERYONE. WELCOME TO 2020 FOR EVERYONE.

THE YEAR WHERE THE TRUTH WILL PREVAIL, GOD WILLING, THE YEAR OF RESILIENT RESISTANCE.

THE YEAR WHERE THE MILLENNIALS WILL FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR JUSTICE WHILE THOROUGHLY AND EFFECTIVELY TEACHING THE FUTURE GENERATIONS TRAILING BEHIND US WHAT BEING HUMANE IS AND WHAT JUSTICE LOOKS LIKE.

THE HISTORY OF THE PALESTINIANS MURDERED, WRONGFULLY IMPRISONED, AND UNLAWFULLY DISPLACED FOR THE PAST 75 YEARS IS NOT CONTROVERSIAL. IT IS ILLEGAL AND UNJUST.

THE PRESS IN GAZA IS ASKING US ALL HERE TO FIGHT FOR THEM, AND WE WILL DO JUST THAT.

WE ARE MOVED BY THE IMAGES WE ARE SEEING AND IT IS ONLY IT.

IT ONLY SEEMS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN MOVED BY THE WORDS ISRAEL IS SPEWING.

WE WILL NOT ALLOW FURTHER BRAINWASHING TO INFILTRATE OUR MINDS, HEARTS AND SOULS.

WE WILL COME TO AS MANY MEETINGS AS NEEDED IN PERSUADING YOU TO TURN ON YOUR HUMANITY AND STAND AGAINST INJUSTICE, TO MAKE SURE OUR SCHOOLS CURRICULUM.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RONIT.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS RONIT AND I'M A PARENT IN SANTA CLARA PUBLIC SCHOOL, AND I'M ASKING THE ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD TO REJECT THIS ONE SIDED AND DIVIDING RESOLUTION. I VOLUNTEER IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN SANTA CLARA, AND MY HEART HURTS WHEN I SEE A WHOLE GENERATION OF ELEMENTARY KIDS, VULNERABLE KIDS WHO WANT TO LEARN BUT CAN'T DO BASIC MATH IN FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE.

THESE ARE OUR LOCAL SOCIETY ISSUES WITH SIGNIFICANT LONG TERM IMPACT ON THOSE POOR KIDS PROSPECTS TO SUCCEED IN MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL AND LATER AS ADULTS.

THAT'S WHAT THIS BOARD HAS REAL IMPACT ON AND WAS ELECTED TO FIX FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.

SHOULD THIS BOARD BE SPENDING THEIR LIMITED AND PRECIOUS TIME ON FOREIGN INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS, IT HAS LITTLE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT, AND ALSO NO IMPACT ON OR ON HOW TO FIX OUR LOCAL EDUCATION ISSUES AND SECURE OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE.

PLEASE VOTE NO.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SAYEED QUADRI.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI. MY NAME IS SAYEED SALMAN QUADRI.

I RESIDE AND WORK IN SANTA CLARA, AND MY SON GOES TO SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY AS WELL AS WELL.

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AND THIS RESOLUTION SUPPORTS THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE, AND ACKNOWLEDGES THE COURAGE AND SACRIFICE OF THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE AND HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED AND LOST THEIR LIVES FOR DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM.

THIS IS NOT THAT DIFFERENT.

WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TODAY FOR THE PALESTINIAN CHILDREN.

AND FYI, THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN KILLED IN PALESTINE FAR EXCEEDS NOT JUST UKRAINE.

BUT IF YOU COMBINE ALL THE CHILDREN'S DIET ACROSS ALL THE CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, TOTAL IT UP.

THAT'S LESS THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN ALREADY KILLED IN GAZA.

THIS IS EXTREMELY SERIOUS CHILDREN, INCLUDING MY SON IN THE DISTRICT.

AND THIS IS THE CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENS EVERY DAY.

PLEASE STAND UP FOR THE CHILDREN OF PALESTINE.

NEXT SPEAKER IS TAMARA HALL.

PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM CLEARLY.

STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS TAMARA HALL AND I'M A BLACK AND MEXICAN RESIDENT OF SAN JOSE AND A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY FOR NEARLY A DECADE.

I TEACH MY STUDENTS TO SEE THE ASSETS IN THEIR OWN IDENTITIES AND STAND UP WHEN YOU WITNESS HARM AGAINST OTHERS.

AS SOMEONE WHO'S WORKED WITH OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS, I HAVE STUDENTS WHO DEAL WITH ACADEMIC STRUGGLES AS WELL AS TRAUMA, AND I'VE BEEN ASKED, HOW IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN GAZA FAIR? HOW IS THE PRESIDENT OKAY WITH SO MUCH MURDER? AREN'T THE SETTLERS IN PALESTINE DOING WHAT SETTLERS DID TO NATIVE AMERICANS WHEN AMERICA BECAME SETTLED? OUR YOUTH ARE MAKING THE CONNECTIONS, AND MY STUDENTS ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS OF THEIR OWN ACCORD WITH INTELLIGENCE AND HUMANITY.

YOUTH OF JEWISH AND ISLAMIC FAITH, AS WELL AS OTHER DENOMINATIONS, ARE SEEING ADULTS SAY YES TO MURDER.

MY STUDENTS ARE ASKING WHY PEOPLE IN POWER ARE NOT DEMANDING IT.

STOP. WHO WILL BE NEXT? WILL YOU BE OKAY WITH MY PEOPLE BEING WAGED WAR ON? PLEASE VOTE IN FAVOR OF RECOGNIZING SUSTAINED PEACE AND SAFETY FOR ALL CHILDREN.

RESOLUTION. BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.

OUR NEXT SPEAKERS JUST TO HELP WITH ORDER OF THE LINEUP SAUL CARTER, AVA LIPMAN, CC RUPINI K, KUNAL S, MAYA BRUDNICKI, AND SAEED H.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SAUL CARTER.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS SAL AKHTAR AND I LIVE IN GILROY.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN RESOUNDING FAVOR OF AGENDA ITEM NUMBER £0.06.

AND I MUST ALSO SAY.

THAT I FIND IT ABSOLUTELY PREPOSTEROUS.

PREPOSTEROUS. FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THIS FORUM TONIGHT TO WILLFULLY ATTEMPT TO BLOCK PUBLIC DUE PROCESS BY MOVING OR USING PROCEDURAL TACTICS TO TRY AND REMOVE THIS ITEM FROM THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

HOW DISRESPECTFUL.

AND SHAMEFUL.

VERY DISAPPOINTED.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS EVA LIPPMANN.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS AVA REINHARD LIPMAN, AND I'M SPEAKING AS A SANTA CLARA COUNTY RESIDENT AND VOTER, A FORMER TEACHER IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND A PARENT WHO SENT MY KID TO OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE.

AND I MYSELF ATTENDED PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN OUR COUNTY.

I'M ALSO A JEW WHO HAS WORKED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE MY WHOLE LIFE.

AND MY FATHER IS ALSO WAS A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR HE'S PAST.

I STRONGLY OPPOSE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE SUSTAINED PEACE FOR SAFETY FOR ALL CHILDREN WHICH IS WAS LOST.

I DO NOT BELIEVE PASSING THIS RESOLUTION WILL ADD ADDITIONAL PEACE AND SAFETY FOR ALL STUDENTS.

THERE ARE SEVERAL FACTUAL ERRORS IN THE ERRORS IN THE RESOLUTION.

THE ISSUE IS COMPLEX AND NOT THE FOCUS OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY SCHOOLS.

WE ARE ALL AWARE THAT RESOLUTIONS AND GUIDELINES ENSURING THAT ALL STUDENTS FEEL SICK.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CC.

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

CLAIRE CHOI. HELLO, I AM ONE OF YOUR STUDENTS IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND HAVE BEEN FOR 21 YEARS UP TO BEING A CURRENT STANFORD STUDENT.

AS THE DAUGHTER OF SINGAPOREANS, MY FAMILY SUFFERED UNDENIABLE HORRORS AND WRETCHED WAR CRIMES UNDER THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY DURING WORLD WAR TWO.

I FEEL SICK WATCHING THE EXACT SAME WAR CRIMES THAT MY FAMILY ENDURED BEING TURNED UPON PALESTINIANS.

NOW, FOR EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM, THERE ARE HUNDREDS MORE ROOMS FILLED WITH THE PALESTINIAN MARTYRS THAT YOUR TAX DOLLARS HAVE BOMBED TO DEATH.

THIS COUNTY'S IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY IS FILLED WITH FAMILIES WHO HAVE SUFFERED THEIR OWN ATROCITIES IN WORLD WAR TWO.

MY GENERATION, CARRYING THE BURDEN OF OUR FAMILY'S GENERATIONAL TRAUMA, WILL REMEMBER YOU AND WILL ORGANIZE AGAINST THOSE WHO FAIL TO BRING JUSTICE TO PALESTINIANS AND THEIR

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YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND WITH JUSTICE THAT MY GRANDPARENTS WILL DIE WITHOUT EVER TASTING.

WHY WOULD YOU NOT TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY? THANK YOU FOR YOUR NEXT SPEAKER.

IS RUPINI KAY.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS RUPINI KAMAT.

I'M SPEAKING TODAY IN MEMORY OF HUSSAIN MUMTAZ MOOSA MURDERED BY ISRAEL AT JUST 17 YEARS OLD.

I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT AND VOTER OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

I WAS EDUCATED IN CUSD AND FUSD SCHOOLS.

I CANNOT BEGIN TO IMAGINE HOW CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY ARAB, PALESTINIAN AND MUSLIM CHILDREN IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY SCHOOLS MUST BE FEELING TODAY WITNESSING A LIVE STREAMED GENOCIDE PAID FOR BY OUR TAX DOLLARS AND JUSTIFIED BY DEEPLY ISLAMOPHOBIC AND ANTI-PALESTINIAN PROPAGANDA PARODIED BY SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS VERY ROOM.

YOU ALL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO THOSE CHILDREN AND TO ALL CHILDREN TO STATE CLEARLY THAT THERE IS NO POSSIBLE JUSTIFICATION, NONE WHATSOEVER, FOR THE BRUTAL MURDER OF 30,000 PALESTINIANS IN THREE MONTHS AND THE DELIBERATE STARVATION OF OVER 1 MILLION CHILDREN.

I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THIS IS EVEN A REMOTELY CONTROVERSIAL THING.

TO THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KUNAL H.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO. MY NAME IS KUNAL.

I AM AN EAGLE SCOUT.

I WAS BORN, RAISED AND EDUCATED HERE.

IN UNIVERSITY, I WENT ON TO STUDY COLONIALISM AND UNITED STATES WAR CRIMES IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.

I CAN DEFINITIVELY SAY THAT THE I'VE SEEN THE IMAGES COMING OUT OF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.

I'VE SEEN ABU GHRAIB, FOR EXAMPLE.

THE REASON I THINK THIS MATTERS TO THE SCHOOL BOARD IS BECAUSE I CAN DEFINITIVELY SAY THAT THE IMAGES I'M SEEING COMING OUT OF GAZA ARE FAR, FAR WORSE.

IT'S NOT A PHOTO DUMP UPLOADED TO WIKILEAKS ANYMORE.

IT'S HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO WITH AUDIO IN BROAD DAYLIGHT, UPLOADED TO INSTAGRAM, AND YOUR KIDS HAVE PROBABLY SEEN IT.

YOUR KIDS HAVE PROBABLY SEEN THINGS THAT YOU AS ADULTS HAVE NEVER SEEN IN YOUR ENTIRE LIFE, BECAUSE THE ENTIRE THING IS BROADCASTED ON THE INTERNET.

THIS IS NOT A FOREIGN ISSUE BECAUSE THESE IMAGES ARE IN YOUR CLASSROOMS. THEY'RE ON YOUR KIDS PHONES, ON TIKTOK, ON INSTAGRAM, ON YOUTUBE, ON TWITTER.

YOU HAVE TO BE THE ADULT IN THE ROOM AND GIVE THEM A SENSE OF SAFETY.

YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS IS NOT OKAY.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BEFORE THE NEXT TWO GO ARE SO WE CAN START LINING UP BEHIND THE PODIUM OUR GULLET.

LIPSITZ GOLDENTHAL, DIANE.

STREET. STRYKER.

MIKE. SANFORD.

TARIQ. ZAID.

ZACH. ROSENBERG.

GILLY. YAHALOM OMAR F.

OMAR YASSIN.

HEATHER ROTHENBERG, JODI MUIRHEAD.

WHO KNEW ANTHONY CHUNG, YUSUF KHAN.

KURNIAWAN. ROSE.

ELAINE. ARAZI, ELAINE.

MARIAM. SEE IF YOU CAN MAKE YOUR WAY TO START LINING UP BEHIND THE PODIUM.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MAYA BRUDNICKI.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS MAYA.

MY FOUR CHILDREN WENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS HERE IN THE COUNTY.

YOU HAVE RECEIVED OUR COMMUNITY LETTER SIGNED BY HUNDREDS POINTING TO SEVERAL INACCURACIES IN YOUR PROPOSED RESOLUTION.

I HAVE NOT HEARD HERE TODAY, EVEN ONE VOICE, PRO-PALESTINIAN, POINTING TO ANY INACCURACIES.

THAT TELLS ME THAT WHOEVER CRAFTED THAT RESOLUTION HAD A VERY CLEAR AGENDA IN MIND, WHICH TELLS US ALL THAT WHAT YOU DID WAS BETRAYING THE TRUST WE PUT IN YOU TO CARE ABOUT ALL KIDS IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY SCHOOLS, BECAUSE YOU AMPLIFY THE HURT WE HEARD HERE FROM EVERYBODY TODAY HOW MUCH OUR THEIR CHILDREN ARE SUFFERING AT SCHOOL AND AT HOME.

YOU CREATED THIS RESOLUTION ON SOMETHING YOU HAVE NO WAY TO INFLUENCE.

BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU ISSUE IT, NOBODY IS GOING TO ACCEPT IT.

HAMAS ALREADY REJECTED TWO, BUT ALL OF THESE FAMILIES HAVE DISCUSSED IT AT HOME WITH THEIR CHILDREN, KNOWING WITH THEIR CHILDREN HERE, AND THEY ARE ALL HURTING.

SO YOU BETRAYED US.

AND I SUGGEST YOU FOCUS ON THAT.

CLEAN OUR SCHOOLS.

MAKE SURE. NEXT SPEAKER IS SAEED H.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS SAEED.

I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT ITEM £0.06.

AS A RESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA AND TWO DAUGHTERS WHO STUDY IN THE COUNTY, I BELIEVE THAT OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES HAVE THE POWER TO INFLUENCE POSITIVE CHANGE.

I URGE YOU TO USE YOUR PLATFORM TO JOIN THE DIVERSE VOICES CALLING FOR SUSTAINED PEACE SAFETY OF ALL CHILDREN.

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ISRAELI SNIPERS IN AL FARA REFUGEE CAMP IN THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK SHOT MAHER JABRA 14, IN THE HEAD ON DECEMBER 8TH, 2023.

MAHER BLED FOR AN HOUR AS ISRAELI FORCES PREVENTED PARAMEDICS FROM REACHING HIM.

HE EVENTUALLY SUCCUMBED TO HIS WOUND, LAYING ALL ALONE ON THE STREETS.

I URGE YOU TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION FOR PEACE AND FOR SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GALIT GOLDENTHAL.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS GALIT LIPSCHITZ GOLDENTHAL.

I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE MY TALK TO MY PEACE SEEKING FRIEND AND FAMILY.

DANA BARKER AND HER SON KAMAL.

MAY THEY REST IN PEACE.

THE FAMILY WAS IN THE MASSACRE IN KIBBUTZ BE'ERI CARRIED BY HAMAS AND ITS PALESTINIAN ALLIES.

I AM ISRAELI BORN AND I AM A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY.

MY HEART ACHES FOR THE LOSS OF LIVES IN ISRAEL AND YES, IN GAZA.

LET IT BE CLEAR THAT EVERY LIFE TAKEN IS HORRIBLE.

I HEAR, I HEAR THE INCREDIBLE PAIN IN THIS ROOM TURNING INTO HATRED.

AND I AM AFRAID.

I HAVE THREE CHILDREN.

I HAVE THREE AMERICAN ISRAELI CHILDREN.

ISRAELI CHILDREN THAT I ENTRUSTED TO YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DIANE STRAKER.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PREVENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS DIANE, AND I'M HERE IN LOVING MEMORY OF THIS BEAUTIFUL LITTLE ONE YEAR OLD WHO WAS KILLED IN GAZA.

I AM HERE TO IMPLORE YOU TO SUPPORT THE CALL FOR THE CEASEFIRE.

THIS IS A MORAL AND HUMANITARIAN ISSUE.

MANY CHILDREN IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY HAVE LOST LOVED ONE IN GAZA.

MANY OTHER CHILDREN ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY ALL THE HATE RHETORIC.

THIS IS IMMEDIATE AND DESPERATE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

THIS MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE WAR IN GAZA.

WE NEED YOU TO SET A PRECEDENT FOR ALL SANTA CLARA COUNTY STUDENTS.

WE NEED YOU TO SET A PRECEDENT FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH OF ALL SANTA CLARA COUNTY STUDENTS.

WE NEED YOU TO SET A PRECEDENT AND IN FAVOR OF SUSTAINED PEACE.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MIKE SANFORD.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PREVENT YOUR COMMENT.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MIKE SANFORD.

I'M A RESIDENT HERE IN SANTA CLARA.

I'VE HAD TWO SONS ATTEND SANTA CLARA HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M HERE TO URGE YOU IN SUPPORT OF RESOLUTION £0.06.

I HAVE VISITED GAZA.

I HAVE VISITED THE WEST BANK.

WHAT IS GOING ON IS A HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE.

THE LEVEL OF CIVILIAN DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IS UNPRECEDENTED.

I WILL NOT LET MY GOVERNMENT ON ANY LEVEL COMMIT A PROXY GENOCIDE.

THE ARGUMENT THAT SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHOULD NOT BE INVOLVED IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS IS INVALID.

IN APRIL 2002, SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION PASSED A RESOLUTION UNANIMOUSLY ABOUT UKRAINE.

MARTIN LUTHER KING SAID, THE TIME IS ALWAYS RIGHT TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.

PLEASE DO WHAT IS RIGHT.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TAGHREED Z.

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

MY NAME IS TAGHREED ZEID.

I'M A PALESTINIAN AMERICAN, AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE FOR THE PAST THREE HOURS AND 18 MINUTES.

19 CHILDREN HAVE DIED IN GAZA WHILE WE ARE ALL SITTING HERE.

19. I WANT YOU TO CLOSE YOUR EYES FOR 10S AND THINK IN GAZA, THEY DON'T READ BEDTIME STORIES.

THEY WRITE THEM.

ALL THE PARENTS WRITE THE NAMES OF THEIR KIDS ON THEIR LIMBS.

SO THE NEXT MORNING, WHEN THE ISRAELI.

TERRORIST WARPLANES COMES AND BOMBS AND SLAUGHTERS THEM.

SOMEBODY CAN IDENTIFY THEM AND READ THEIR STORIES.

PLEASE VOTE YES FOR THE CEASEFIRE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ZACH ROSENBERG.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MEMBER OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS ZACH ROSENBERG, A RESIDENT OF LOS ALTOS.

I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING SUSTAINED PEACE AND SAFETY FOR ALL, WHICH IS A HIDDEN ITEM IN THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

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THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO ENGAGE IN ANY INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS OVER WHICH IT HAS NO CONTROL, WHICH PROMOTING A DEEPLY HOSTILE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN THE PROCESS.

THE CONTROVERSIAL MATERIALS BOARD RESOLUTION 614, FOR WHICH EVERY DISTRICT HAS SAYS THAT ALL SIDES MUST BE PRESENT IN A FAIR AND ACCURATE WAY WITHOUT ANY BIAS FROM THE TEACHER.

THIS RESOLUTION GOES AGAINST IT.

I URGE YOU NOT TO VOTE ON THIS RESOLUTION AND CONCENTRATE ON TIME, ON TIMES IN A MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE WAY, ADDRESSING THE PRESSING EDUCATIONAL ISSUES AND MATTERS IN OUR SANTA CLARA DISTRICT SCHOOLS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GILI YAHALOM.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS GILI ELHAM.

I HAVE TWO KIDS IN THIS DISTRICT.

THE TRUTH NEEDS TO BE SAID.

WE ARE NOT HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE ANNOUNCING A STAGGERING STUDENT RATE ENROLLMENT.

YOU ARE NOT ANNOUNCING A NEW STAMP PROGRAM FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR STUDENTS.

WE ARE HERE BECAUSE PERSONAL INTEREST AND POLITICAL AGENDA THAT IS GOING TO HARM OUR CHILDREN IN SUCH COMPLICATED TIME.

WE NEED OUR LEADERSHIP TO CREATE SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR KIDS.

THIS RESOLUTION HAS MANY ILLEGAL ANGLES AND IT WILL CREATE MORE TENSION, MORE DIVISION.

AND EIGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS, OUR STUDENTS, OUR JEWISH STUDENTS DON'T FEEL SAFE, NOT PHYSICALLY AND NOT MENTALLY.

ARE YOU GOING TO ADD FUNDS TO THE DISTRICT MENTAL HEALTH BUDGET AFTER THIS RESOLUTION WILL PASS? PLEASE PUT OUR CHILDREN NEEDS BEFORE YOUR POLITICAL CAMPAIGN NEEDS.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS OMAR EFE.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO EVERYONE, MY NAME IS OMAR.

I WANT TO DEDICATE THIS TO THE MEMORY OF THE SHAYBAN FAMILY AND THEIR BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, OMAR, BATOOL AND GHADA, SEVEN, TEN AND 11 YEARS OLD, ALL MURDERED BY THE STATE OF ISRAEL ON OCTOBER 9TH.

CALLING FOR A CEASE FIRE IS THE ABSOLUTE LEAST WE AS HUMAN BEINGS CAN DO, AND WHAT IS WITHOUT ANY DOUBT A GENOCIDE.

OVER 30,000 KILLED AND HALF OF THAT CHILDREN AND BABIES IN JUST ONLY THREE MONTHS.

HOW IS THAT UP FOR ANY DEBATE OR DISCUSSION? THESE ARE FACTS AND IMAGES THAT WE HAVE BECOME DESENSITIZED TO.

SO WHERE IS OUR HUMANITY? WE SEE IT EVERY SINGLE DAY ON OUR PHONES.

FROM THE MOMENT WE WAKE UP TO THE MOMENT WE SLEEP.

THE BRUTAL MASSACRE OF INNOCENT CHILDREN, WOMEN AND MEN THAT JUST WANT TO LIVE FREE.

THIS IS BEYOND THE POLITICS OF RIGHT WING OR LEFT WING, MUSLIM OR JEW.

THIS IS ABOUT HUMANITY AND HAVING A REAL HEART.

AND SO I CALL UPON YOU TO TAKE ACTION WITH YOUR HEARTS AND PASS THIS RESOLUTION FOR PEACE.

THANK YOU AND FREE PALESTINE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS OMAR F.

OMAR F.

I DON'T SEE THEM, SO WE'LL COME BACK TO THEM AT THE END.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS OMAR YASIN.

OMAR YASIN.

NOT SEEING THEM AS WELL.

WE'LL COME BACK TO THEM.

HEATHER ROTHENBERG, PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS HEATHER ROTHENBERG.

I HAVE BEEN AN INSTRUCTOR AT MISSION COLLEGE FOR 23 YEARS AND VOTE IN THIS DISTRICT.

MENTAL HEALTH OF STUDENTS IS IMPORTANT FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS, AND THIS RESOLUTION DOES NOTHING TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.

RESOLUTION 2323 TWO PASSED BY THIS BOARD ON AUGUST 2ND, 2023, STATES THAT YOU ARE COMMITTED TO HONORING AND CELEBRATING THE DIVERSITY OF OTHERS.

ETHNIC STUDIES CURRICULUM BENEFIT ALL STUDENTS BY EXPOSING THEM TO ACCURATE, UNBIASED INFORMATION.

HOWEVER, STATEMENTS IN THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION CONTAIN INACCURACIES, BIAS, AND DO NOT BUILD EMPATHY, COMPASSION, NOR PROMOTE CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOG AS STATED IN THAT SAME RESOLUTION.

SINCE OCTOBER 7TH, MIDDLE COLLEGE STUDENTS AT MISSION COLLEGE HAVE PROTESTED BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE BUILDING, DISRUPTING INSTRUCTION AT THE COLLEGE IN SANTA CLARA. IT GOES AGAINST THE RIGHTS OF STUDENTS BY ALLOWING THE SCHOOL FREE OF HATE SPEECH.

INSTEAD OF PASSING THIS RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU, I URGE YOU TO FOCUS ON CREATING PEACE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UPHOLD THE CORE VALUES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JODY MUIRHEAD.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

JODIE MUIRHEAD.

SO WAR IS HORRIFIC.

EVERYONE IN THE ROOM CAN AGREE TO THAT.

BUT I TALKED ABOUT KINDNESS EARLIER.

I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT YOU SHOULD BE KIND TO ALL OF YOUR STUDENTS AND NOT APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS RESOLUTION IS OUTSIDE OF YOUR JURISDICTION.

YOU'VE BEEN ELECTED TO THIS BOARD FOR SPECIFIC TASKS, AND MAKING FOREIGN POLICY OR BUDGETING MONEY TOWARDS FOREIGN ACTIVITIES IS NOT PART OF THAT.

DURING CONSENT, YOU APPROVED BP FIVE ONE FOR 5.9 HATE MOTIVATED BEHAVIOR.

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THIS RESOLUTION, AS OPPOSED TO YOUR BOARD POLICY, IS DIVISIVE, BULLYING AND NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THE JEWISH AND ISRAELI STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HUGH ANTHONY CHEUNG.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS ANTHONY AND I'M A TECH WORKER AND RESIDENT IN THIS AREA.

I'M HERE TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THE RESOLUTION AND TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN THE IMPORTANT MESSAGE THAT OUR HUMANITY SHOULD NOT BE SELECTIVE AND CONDITIONAL.

THERE ARE MORE PALESTINIAN CHILDREN BEING KILLED PER DAY THAN JEWISH CHILDREN BEING KILLED PER DAY IN AUSCHWITZ DURING THE HOLOCAUST.

WOULD YOU SAY THERE WERE ANY VALID REASONS FOR THIS JEWISH CHILDREN TO BE KILLED? WOULD YOU SAY IT'S TOO POLITICAL FOR SCHOOLS TO TEACH? I'M GOING TO REMIND EVERYONE.

PLEASE. ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENTS TO CONTINUE.

THE PUBLIC. COMMENTS CARINATUS.

IT'S NOT A LIE.

YOU CAN LOOK IT UP.

WOULD YOU SAY THERE WERE ANY VALID REASONS FOR THOSE JEWISH CHILDREN TO BE KILLED? WOULD YOU SAY IT'S TOO POLITICAL FOR SCHOOLS TO TEACH STUDENTS THAT GENOCIDE AGAINST JEWS IS CONTROVERSIAL? OR 20 AND MORE PALESTINIAN LIVES WORTH LESS THAN ONE ISRAELI LIFE? WE HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ANCESTRAL HERITAGE.

WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO PALESTINIAN LAND, WHO STARTED IT ALL FIRST.

BUT WHAT BAFFLES ME IS NONE OF THAT SHOULD MATTER AND TAKE AWAY FROM THE FACT THAT THERE'S NO VALID REASON TO DESTROY PEOPLE'S HOME, THEIR RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION, THEIR LIVES, AND NOW THEIR FUTURE.

NOW, THOSE WHO SPEAK OF HOSTAGES FAIL TO SPEAK OF THOUSANDS OF WRONGLY DETAINED AND MISTREATED PALESTINIANS.

THEY TALK OF A RECENT SURGE OF ANTI-SEMITISM, BUT IGNORE THE BLATANT AND ONGOING ISLAMOPHOBIC AND ANTI-ARAB TREATMENTS OF KIDS FOR DECADES.

THEY LIVE IN ABUNDANCE OF FOOD.

SPEAKER IS YOUSEF.

KURNIAWAN. YOU MAY HAVE.

YOU MAY HAVE FIVE MORE SECONDS BECAUSE YOU WERE INTERRUPTED AND I HAD TO STOP.

I HAD TO STOP THE COMMENT.

I HAD TO STOP THE COMMENT.

COUSINS MAKE UP 80% OF ALL PEOPLE UNDERGOING CATASTROPHIC LEVEL OF FAMINE IN THE WORLD.

I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS YUSUF KIRWAN.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS YUSUF KURNIAWAN.

I'M. I LIVE IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

I'M AN IT PROFESSIONAL.

I'M A PROUD FATHER OF THREE CHILDREN STUDYING IN SANTA CLARA.

I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION TO SAVE LIFE OF THE CHILDREN.

OUR FAMILY BACKGROUND IS FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA.

THIS IS OUR TRADITIONAL CLOTHING.

SO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE.

FEELS REALLY, REALLY HEARTBROKEN WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING IN FRONT OF OUR CHILDREN RIGHT NOW.

I READ THE PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS, AND IT TOTALLY ALIGNS WITH THE VALUES OF EDUCATION.

AS PRESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY STUDENTS, I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT THE FUTURE OF OUR EDUCATION WILL BE IF PEOPLE WITH WEAPONS ARE ALLOWED TO KILL CHILDREN WITHOUT EFFORT TO STOPPING THEM. THIS RESOLUTION UNITES US ALL IN THE NAME OF HUMANITY.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ROSS YULIN.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PREVENT YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS ROSSI LANE.

I'M THE MOTHER OF THREE CHILDREN WHO STUDY AND STUDIED IN SANTA CLARA.

I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF RESOLUTION TO SAVE LIFE OF CHILDREN.

SO I'M INDONESIAN.

I'M FROM INDONESIAN COMMUNITY.

OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE, LIKE, HEARTBROKEN.

OUR CHILDREN ARE AFFECTED PHYSICALLY, PSYCHOLOGICALLY, PSYCHOLOGICALLY AND PHYSICALLY BY THE SADISTIC VIEWS HAPPENING IN FRONT OF THEM.

THIS IS A FULLY DOCUMENTED GENOCIDE AND OUR CHILDREN ARE DOCUMENTING THIS GENOCIDE.

SO PLEASE SUPPORT THE CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MIRIAM Z.

HELLO, MY NAME IS MIRIAM ZAKIA.

I AM A STUDENT AND RESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA.

I WISH TO VOICE MY SUPPORT OF RESOLUTION £0.06.

I AM OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN DESCENT, BUT MY HEART IS PALESTINIAN AND MY HEART IS WITH MY PALESTINIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT IN FEAR OF THE NEWS THEY WILL HEAR WHEN THEY WAKE UP IN THE MORNING.

THIS IS BY NO MEANS JUST AN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR.

IT IS AFFECTING THE EVERYDAY LIVES OF STUDENTS HERE IN SANTA CLARA, BOTH PALESTINIAN STUDENTS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LOVED ONES IN PALESTINE, AND NON PALESTINIAN STUDENTS LIKE MYSELF WHO GRIEVE FOR THE PALESTINIAN CHILDREN WHOSE LIVES ARE LOST.

VOTING YES TO A CEASEFIRE IS NOT SPREADING HATE.

IT'S NOT DIVIDING US BY RELIGION OR ETHNICITY.

AS WE CAN SEE FROM THE DIVERSE RELIGIONS AND ETHNICITIES OF THE PEOPLE TODAY MUSLIMS, JEWS, CHRISTIANS, PALESTINIANS AND NON-PALESTINIANS WHO ARE IMPLORING YOU TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU.

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PLEASE LINE UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BEHIND THE PODIUM LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF THE ROOM.

OUR NEXT GROUP OF SPEAKERS IS JULIA, FRIEDA, SHIRA, ARIEL, JAMES CASSELMAN, DOREEN CASSELMAN, CARMEN JOHNSON, SAURET SHOOBEE, MIRIAM ROTMAN, SHARON.

KOTZ. OLD SHEKEL AND SAMARIA.

THE FIRST SPEAKER IS JULIA FRIEDA.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN YOUR COMMENT.

JULIA. FRIEDA.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN YOUR COMMENT.

OKAY. MY NAME IS JULIA FRIEDA ESKENAZI, AND I'M A SANTA CLARA COUNTY RESIDENT WITH TWO SONS IN OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL.

I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE RESOLUTION.

THIS RESOLUTION IS FILLED WITH FACTUALLY INACCURATE INFORMATION.

IT PROMOTES A ONE SIDED NARRATIVE.

CALIFORNIA CODE 51 500 SAYS NO SCHOOL SHALL GIVE INSTRUCTION THAT PROMOTES A DISCRIMINATORY BASIS BIAS.

THIS RESOLUTION, AND THE INACCURATE WORDING OF IT DOES THAT AND GIVES TEACHERS LIKE THE OKAY TO DO SO.

ED CODE 60045 SAYS THAT ALL INSTRUCTION MATERIALS SHALL BE ACCURATE AND OBJECTIVE, NEITHER OF WHICH IS CONTAINED IN THIS RESOLUTION.

I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS RESOLUTION AND FOCUS YOUR TIME ON EDUCATIONAL ISSUES IN OUR DISTRICT SCHOOLS.

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THIS BOARD DOESN'T USUALLY VOTE ON RESOLUTIONS IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO OTHER INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS.

PLEASE ASK YOURSELVES WHY IS THAT THE CASE? WHY NOW? THE CEASE FIRE WILL ONLY ALLOW HAMAS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHIRA ARIEL.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HI, I'M SHIRA.

THE SBO SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO ENGAGE IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS OVER WHICH IT HAS NO CONTROL OR JURISDICTION WHILE PROMOTING A DEEPLY HOSTILE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN THE PROCESS. BUT IF YOU INSIST TO DO SO TODAY, CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL BONTA ISSUED A LEGAL ALERT OAG 2020 401 TO REMIND YOU, AS TRUSTEES OF YOUR LEGAL OBLIGATION TO BE INCLUSIVE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION SEC.

31 STATES THE COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION SHALL NOT GRANT PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO ANY GROUP ON THE BASIS OF ETHNICITY OR NATIONAL ORIGIN IN THE OPERATION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

CALIFORNIA CODE SECTION 220 STATES THAT NO PERSON SHALL BE SUBJECTED TO DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF NATIONALITY IN ANY PROGRAM OR ACTIVITY CONDUCTED BY AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU FAILS ON BOTH THE CHORDS.

IT SELECTS ONE GROUP FOR SYMPATHY.

PALESTINIAN CHILDREN.

IN A CONFLICT WHERE HUNDREDS OF ISRAELI CHILDREN WERE BRUTALIZED, MURDERED AND REMAIN HOSTAGES BY HAMAS.

IF YOU INSIST ON GOING FORWARD WITH THIS RESOLUTION, WHICH I OPPOSE, PLEASE INSTRUCT YOUR ATTORNEYS TO CONDUCT A THOROUGH LEGAL REVIEW OF IT TO SEE WHAT OTHER LAWS IT STEPS ON IN ADDITION TO THE CONSTITUTION.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHARON COX.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN.

I'M SHARON, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

MY KIDS GO INTO A LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOL, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THE RESOLUTION.

KIDS SHOULD BE KIDS AT SCHOOL, NO MATTER THEIR ETHNICITY.

WE WANT THEM TO FOCUS ON SCHOOL, RELATIONSHIP WITH FRIENDS AND THEIR EDUCATION.

THIS DEBATE SHOULD NOT COME INTO SCHOOL.

KIDS HAVE. THE KIDS HAVE NO POWER TO CHANGE THE HISTORY.

AND SO ARE YOU.

THIS HATE HAS ALREADY BEEN PLANTED IN OUR SCHOOL.

THIS RESOLUTION WILL ONLY GROW THE DIVISIVENESS UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP.

LET MY SON PLAY WITH HIS MUSLIM FRIEND WITHOUT JUDGING EACH OTHER.

LET THEM PLAY BASKETBALL WITH FUN.

JUST LIKE BEFORE THE WAR, THIS SCHOOL BOARD HAS NO IMPACT ON AN INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT.

THIS ONE SIDED RESOLUTION VIOLATES THIS BOARD CODE, WHICH REQUIRES CONTROVERSIAL AND BE PRESENT.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARION ROTHMAN.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN.

HELLO? YEAH. MIRIAM ROTHMAN, I'M A PHYSICIAN, A PALO ALTO RESIDENT.

AND I HAVE LOST WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE WRITING.

OKAY, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M THE DAUGHTER OF A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR IN THE HOLOCAUST.

6 MILLION JEWS WERE KILLED.

SORRY FOR THE OTHER GUY WHO SAID THEY WEREN'T.

AND WHAT I'M SCARED OF IS THE RISE OF ANTI-SEMITISM.

IT HAS RISEN 400% IN THIS AREA.

I'VE HEARD A LOT OF A LOT HERE ABOUT ANTI-MUSLIM SENTIMENT.

THERE'S A LOT OF ANTI-SEMITISM AS WELL.

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PEOPLE ARE SHOUTING AT EACH OTHER.

PEOPLE ARE NOT NICE TO EACH OTHER.

THIS SCHOOL OF THIS BOARD OF EDUCATION WAS ELECTED TO TALK ABOUT EDUCATION.

THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT ABOUT EDUCATION.

IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-MUSLIM, FINE, BUT DO NOT DISCUSS POLITICS.

YOU WERE ELECTED FOR EDUCATION.

PLEASE KEEP TO WHAT YOU WERE ELECTED.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHARIF ZOOBI.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN.

THANKS. MY NAME IS SARIT CHUBBY AND I AM A SANTA CLARA COUNTY RESIDENT.

I STRONGLY OPPOSE RESOLUTION £0.06.

THIS RESOLUTION PROMOTES A ONE SIDED NARRATIVE.

IT FAILS TO MENTION THE TERROR ORGANIZATION HAMAS, WHOSE BRUTAL ATTACKS ON OCTOBER 7TH PUSHED ISRAEL INTO THIS WAR.

IT IS FILLED WITH FACTUALLY INACCURATE INFORMATION REGARDING A HISTORICALLY COMPLEX INTERNATIONAL STRUGGLE.

INSTEAD OF AMPLIFYING HATE AND DIVISION, I URGE YOU TO LEAD WITH EMPATHY AND ENSURE ALL STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND STAFF OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY SCHOOLS FEEL SUPPORTED AND WELCOMED. THE ONGOING WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS HAS IMPACTED SO MANY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND ONE SIDED, NON-BINDING RESOLUTIONS WILL NOT BRING PEACE. DURING TIMES OF CRISIS.

ELECTED LEADERS MUST WORK TOGETHER TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, NOT TEAR US APART.

I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CARMEL JOHNSON.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN SPEAKING.

CARMEL JOHNSON, SUNNYVALE PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENT.

THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PAIN IN THE ROOM TONIGHT.

MY COMMUNITY HAS BEEN IN AGONY SINCE HAMAS VIOLATED THE LAST CEASE FIRE THAT WAS IN PLACE ON OCTOBER 6TH.

BUTCHERING, RAPING, TORTURING, AND KIDNAPING.

OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND MANY NEIGHBORS HERE ARE DEEPLY PAINED BY THE RESULTING WAR TO REMOVE HAMAS FROM POWER.

BUT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TEACHING SANTA CLARA COUNTY KIDS TO READ AND MASTER MATH AND BUILD CAREERS SERVING AND PROTECTING ALL COUNTY STUDENTS EQUALLY UNDER THE LAW.

NOT PROMULGATING A GASLIGHTING POLITICAL RESOLUTIONS THAT INFLAME LOCAL HATE AND MISERY BY MISREPRESENTING WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHY THIS RESOLUTION WOULD NOT HELP ALL OF THE COUNTY STUDENTS TO FEEL SEEN OR SAFE OR LOVED.

IF IT WERE EVEN MEANT TO, YOUR RESOLUTION WOULDN'T BE AS BIASED AND FACTUALLY INACCURATE AND INFLAMMATORY AS IT IS.

THE COMMENTS ON IT WOULDN'T BE WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN.

I ASK YOU TO VOTE NO.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JAMES CASTLEMAN.

PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS JAMES CASTLEMAN.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO URGE YOU TO REJECT THIS DIVISIVE RESOLUTION.

IT IS ONE SIDED AND BIASED, AND CERTAINLY WILL RAISE THE LEVEL OF ANTI-SEMITISM, WHICH IS ALREADY AT HISTORICAL LEVELS.

IT'S A TRAGEDY THAT CHILDREN ARE DYING IN GAZA, BUT IS IT IN LARGE PART DUE TO THE HORRIFIC ATTACKS OF HAMAS AND THEIR REFUSAL TO RELEASE HOSTAGES AND THEIR USING CIVILIANS AS HUMAN SHIELDS? HAMAS HAS ALREADY REJECTED CALLS FOR CEASE FIRE AND VOWED TO REPEAT THEIR ATTACKS OVER AND OVER.

THERE WILL BE NO PEACE IF HAMAS IS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO HOLD ISRAELIS AND GAZANS HOSTAGE.

PLEASE REJECT THIS RESOLUTION.

DO NOT PASS A RESOLUTION THAT IS DIVISIVE AND LACKING IN CONTEXT.

THIS WILL DO THE OPPOSITE OF MAKING STUDENTS FEEL SAFER DURING COUNCILMAN HAD TO LEAVE.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS IN THIS GROUP ARE ODED SHEIKH SUMAIYYA AND DOREEN COUNCILMAN.

ODED, PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN SPEAKING.

HI, MY NAME IS ODED SHEKEL.

DEAR BOARD MEMBERS, I LIVE IN SUNNYVALE AND I HAVE TWO KIDS IN THE FREMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THE MOST IMPORTANT GOAL OF ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL STUDENTS.

I DON'T FEEL SAFE NOW.

I DON'T FEEL SAFE GOING TO MY CAR AT THE END OF THIS MEETING.

I DON'T FEEL SAFE BECAUSE WE ARE DISCUSSING HERE THE MOST COMPLICATED CONFLICT WORLDWIDE.

AND IF I DON'T FEEL SAFE, MY SON AT FREMONT HIGH SCHOOL WILL NOT FEEL SAFE AS WELL.

BY CONTINUING WITH THIS PROCESS, YOU WILL BE PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT DIRECTLY INTO OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE AND HATE IT MIGHT BRING INTO OUR CLASSES.

TO CONCLUDE, I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE RESOLUTION OF THIS ISRAELI HAMAS WAR THAT IS BRINGING THAT IS BEING RAISED AND REQUEST TO REMOVE OF THIS ITEM FROM FOR ANY FUTURE MEETINGS AND FOCUS ON ITEMS THAT CAN PROMOTE AND SUPPORT OUR KIDS SAFETY.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS THAT WERE IN THIS GROUP, SAMIR DOREEN COUNCILMAN IF YOU'RE HERE.

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OUR NEXT 15 SPEAKERS ARE ALAN ALAFOSS.

GLAD RUBBLE.

EDDIE. KITCHEN.

DAD. NURIT.

AMBROSE. MISBAH.

MORALE OR MORALE.

SORRY. OFFER.

KAJAL. MIA EELAVAR.

KADDARE. MOHAMED.

DARWISH. JENNY.

RIBOSOME. ORAN BRIG.

HAKEEM AL HASSAN.

JANE FAIRSTEIN BRODY AND NOAM LAZAROV PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM.

OUR SPEAKER. OUR FIRST SPEAKER OF THIS GROUP IS ALAN ALAFOSS.

PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS ELENA OLIVAS.

I AM, I AM MEXICAN AND A SANTA CLARA RESIDENT.

IT SADDENS ME TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION HERE TODAY.

NOT ONLY IT IS NOT ONLY IS YOUR RESOLUTION FACTUALLY WRONG AND MISLEADING, BUT ALSO YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS.

ONE SIDE RESOLUTION IS IN REWARD TO TERRORISM AND IT FURTHER ENCOURAGES FUTURE ATTACKS AND AGGRESSION.

WE WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY IF IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF THE HORRIFIC OCTOBER 7TH ATTACKS.

THIS IS THE GOAL OF TERRORISM.

PLEASE REALIZE THAT VOTING YES CAN ONLY YIELD THE OPPOSITE RESULT OF YOUR INTENDED OUTCOME.

THE RESOLUTION STATES, I QUOTE, WE MOURN THE LOSS OF 1200 LIVES IN ISRAEL AND OVER 25,000 LIVES IN PALESTINE, INCLUDING THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIAN CHILDREN. ONLY PALESTINIAN CHILDREN, NOT THE ISRAELI CHILDREN THAT WERE ALSO BUTCHERED AND MURDERED.

BEHEADED. THIS IS ONE SIDED.

IT CONTINUES TO TALK ABOUT DECADES OF DISPLACEMENT.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GULED ROBLE.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENTS.

MY NAME IS GOULET ROBLE.

I AM A RESIDENT IN SANTA CLARA FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS.

I JUST WANT TO QUOTE IT.

ONE OF YOU GUYS JUST.

WAS IT 2002 SAID.

THERE'S THE RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE, THE GOVERNMENT AND THE DEMOCRACY THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO HOLD ON WITH THEIR LIVES.

SO THAT THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE COURAGE AND THE SACRIFICE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE IN HONOR.

SO THE QUESTION IS, ARE THE PALESTINIANS ARE HUMAN BEINGS OR IS IT REALLY AS A BLACK MAN? IT JUST REALLY BOTHERS ME WHEN I SEE THAT A WHITE FOLKS CAN VERY MUCH JUSTIFY.

I DON'T THINK NONE OF YOU GUYS ASK THAT QUESTION.

IF THAT RESOURCE IS FROM UKRAINIANS ARE JUSTIFIABLE.

WHERE HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LITERALLY MORE THAN 10,000 KIDS IN LESS THAN 60 DAYS THAT WE STILL QUESTIONING.

IT'S A VERY SIMPLE IT'S NOT COMPLICATED.

IT'S VERY SIMPLE. SO PLEASE PASS THIS.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS EDDIE KUYKENDALL.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS EDDIE KISHINYOVSKY.

LET ME PLEASE START BY ASKING YOU, HAVE YOU PASSED ANY RESOLUTION TO CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE AND SUPPORT THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN AND INNOCENT CIVILIANS KILLED IN IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, YEMEN, SYRIA, NIGERIA AND UKRAINE? THE RESOLUTION YOU'RE TRYING TO GET APPROVED TONIGHT, CONTAINS FALSE INFORMATION, IS BIASED, AND PROMOTES ANTI-SEMITISM.

WHILE THE RESOLUTION CALLS FOR A PEACE AND SAFETY OF ALL CHILDREN.

YOU HAVE OMITTED TO MENTION THE ISRAELI CHILDREN'S CHILDREN THAT WERE BUTCHERED, RAPED AND MUTILATED ON OCTOBER 7TH.

YOU OMITTED TO MENTION THE DECADES OF PALESTINIAN TERRORIST ATTACKS.

ISRAELIS HAVE BEEN LIVING UNDER UMIDII TO MENTION THAT THE US TAXPAYER FUNDS SHOULD NOT CONTINUE TO BE USED TO FUND THE TERRORIST HAMAS ORGANIZATION WHO BRAINWASHED THE CHILDREN, THE CHILDREN OF GAZA, TO HATE AND KILL JEWS.

WHEN YOU CALL FOR A CEASE OF FIRE, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS A ONE TILL OCTOBER 6TH, AND EVERY DAY OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NURIT AMBROSE.

NOORY, AMBROSE.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS NURITH.

I'M A RESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA AND ALUMNI OF THE SCHOOL OF THIS COUNTY, AND I HAVE A SCHOOL AGED KIDS IN THIS DISTRICT.

I'M ASKING YOU TO REJECT THE CEASE FIRES RESOLUTION PRESENTED TODAY.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I DID NOT EVALUATE YOUR CANDIDACY FOR THIS BOARD BASED ON YOUR EXPERTISE IN INTERNATIONAL AND MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS AND POLITICS.

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THIS RESOLUTION ONLY SERVES TO CREATE DIVISION, ENCOURAGE HATE SPEECH, AND FOSTER UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL.

IT GOES AGAINST ALL THAT YOU WERE ELECTED TO DO.

IF TEACHERS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO VOICE THEIR POLITICAL OPINIONS IN THE CLASSROOM, I DON'T SEE HOW IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THIS BOARD TO VOTE ON A POLITICAL TOPIC.

YOU MUST REJECT THIS RESOLUTION AND NOT CONSIDER ANY LIKE IT IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR TIME.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR..

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

MY NAME IS MISBAH.

BORN AND RAISED HERE IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY FOR 20 YEARS.

I'M SPEAKING IN LOVING MEMORY OF MAHMOUD MATAR, A CANCER PATIENT WHO HAD TO STOP TREATMENT BECAUSE HIS HOSPITAL WAS BOMBED.

PROTECTING CHILDREN IS SUPPOSED TO BE A NO BRAINER.

CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD ARE ALL THE SAME.

WE ALL BLEED RED.

ONE SIDE IS SAYING STOP THE KILLING.

THE OTHER IS SAYING NOT TO STOP IT.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I THINK I HAVE THE BRAIN CELLS TO SEE.

IT'S NOT COMPLICATED TO SEE WHO IS RIGHT.

THE GENOCIDAL ACTIONS CARRIED OUT BY THE APARTHEID STATE OF ISRAEL HAS SPILLED INTO A COUNTRY IN THE FORM OF HATE, IN THE FORM OF A SIX YEAR OLD PALESTINIAN BOY MURDERED IN THE FORM OF A STANFORD ARAB AND MUSLIM STUDENT RUN OVER.

MY FRIENDS HAVE BEEN VERBALLY ATTACKED WITH RAPE THREATS JUST FOR WEARING A KEFFIYEH WHEN WALKING HOME FROM CAMPUS.

I THINK THAT SAYS ENOUGH ABOUT THE SENTIMENTS OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.

THE SENTIMENT THAT'S CARRIED INTO THIS ROOM WITH PEOPLE WHO LAUGH AND CLAP WHEN HEARING ABOUT CIVILIANS BEING OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MURIEL.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS MERYL.

I LIVE AND WORK IN SAN JOSE.

I WAS AN EDUCATOR FOR TEN YEARS FOR CHILDREN AGED 4 TO 9 WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

CHILDREN ARE VERY ATTUNED TO WHAT THEY SEE AND THEY DON'T NEED TO BE PALESTINIAN TO BE HURTING.

THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIAN CHILDREN IN GAZA HAVE BEEN MURDERED AND PULLED FROM THE RUBBLE, SEVERELY INJURED, AND THERE HAS ONLY BEEN PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS.

WHY DO PALESTINIAN KIDS OR KIDS OF COLOR NOT MATTER? YOUR SILENCE IN THE FACE OF INJUSTICE IS WHAT MAKES CHILDREN FEEL UNSAFE.

WHEN PEOPLE SAY THIS IS COMPLEX, THEY'RE THEY'RE TELLING US OUR KIDS ARE STUPID AND THEY'RE INCAPABLE OF READING BOOKS OR LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENED TO NATIVE AMERICANS.

DO THE RIGHT THING AND VOTE YES ON A CEASE FIRE.

CEASE FIRE NOW.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PERRI.

GOOD EVENING BOARD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

MY NAME IS PAUL COHEN.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN THE LOVING MEMORY OF, WADIYA AL-FAYYUMI AND, ALL THE OTHER GAZELLE CHILDREN THAT WERE KILLED.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THERE IS MORE THAN 900,000 CHILDREN IN GAZA, AND THEY ARE THREATENED BY FAMINE.

THEY ARE THREATENED BY THIRST BECAUSE THEY ONLY GET DIRTY WATER AT THREE LITERS AT MOST PER DAY.

THEY ARE THREATENED BY CANCER AND ALL OTHER ASPECTS, OR OTHER MEDICAL ISSUES, BECAUSE THERE IS NO MEDICAL EQUIPMENT THAT ARE GETTING IN.

AND OUR CHILDREN ARE SEEING THIS AND THEY ARE SEEING WHAT IS GOING ON THERE, AND THEY ARE SAYING, WHAT IS GOING ON? LIKE THERE ARE CHILDREN JUST LIKE WE ARE CHILDREN.

WHY ARE THEY DIFFERENT? WHY ARE THEY TREATED DIFFERENT? SO I'M ASKING YOU, PLEASE.

TO CALL FOR A CEASE FIRE AND SHOW OUR CHILDREN THAT WE CAN SPEAK UP AND WE CAN SAY THAT THIS IS THE TRUTH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS OFIR KADAR.

KADAR. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PREVENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS OFIR AND I'VE BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS.

ALL MY KIDS WENT THROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND I OBJECT THIS RESOLUTION A I SHOULDN'T.

THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOCUS ON ON EDUCATING RATHER THAN TAKING SIDES IN A CONFLICT OVERSEAS.

DID THE BOARD ISSUE SIMILAR RESOLUTIONS FOR THE KIDS IN UKRAINE? DARFUR, YEMEN? IF NOT, ASK YOURSELF WHY? WHY HERE? I THINK THE BOARD SHOULD PROMOTE SAFETY FOR ALL KIDS, FOR ALL CHILDREN IN OUR IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE RESOLUTION WILL NOT SAVE ANY LIVES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, BUT IT WILL AFFECT LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN HERE.

IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A GLIMPSE OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT SCHOOLS, JUST LOOK AROUND YOU AT THIS CIRCUS AND MULTIPLY IT.

THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

FOCUS ON WHAT YOU WERE VOTED FOR.

EDUCATION. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MAYA ELDER KIDDER.

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HI, I'M MAYA ELDER, A MOTHER, A TEACHER AND A SANTA CLARA COUNTY RESIDENT SINCE DECEMBER 2008.

OUR CHILDREN HAVE BEEN AND ARE PART OF CUSD AND FUSD.

WE CHOSE THIS COUNTY BECAUSE IT'S A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE AND HIGH ACADEMICS.

WE WERE SHOCKED TO HEAR THAT THE SANTA CLARA BOARD OF EDUCATION IS DISCUSSING AND BRINGING TO THE AGENDA A RESOLUTION THAT IS DECISIVE AND BIASED.

I ASSUME YOU RAN FOR THIS POSITION AND WERE VOTED TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO FOCUS ON EDUCATION, EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN, IMPROVING OUR SCHOOLS, SUPPORTING TEACHERS AND STAFF, AND CERTAINLY NOT TO INTERFERE AND MEDDLE IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

YOU CLEARLY HAVE LITTLE OR VERY BIASED INFORMATION ABOUT.

THERE WAS A CEASEFIRE IN OCTOBER 6TH.

HAMAS BROKE IT ON OCTOBER 7TH WITH A HORRENDOUS AND MURDEROUS ATTACK OF CIVILIANS OF ALL NATIONS AND FAITHS.

IF YOU WANT TO BE VOCAL ON THIS MATTER, THEN FIGHT TO FREE THE HOSTAGES.

FIGHT TO ELIMINATE HAMAS AND EXTREME FUNDAMENTALIST TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.

IF YOU HAVE THE URGE TO RUN, RUN FOR HOUSE, SENATE OR PRESIDENCY, THEN YOU CAN BRING THESE RESOLUTIONS.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MOHAMED DARWISH.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

I'M MOHAMMED.

DEAR RESPECTED BOARD MEMBERS, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT AND A CITIZEN PROUD CITIZEN OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY FOR 40 YEARS.

I THINK THAT'S THE RECORD AND THE SPEAKERS SO FAR TONIGHT.

OUR KIDS, THREE KIDS HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE SCHOOLS, IN THE DISTRICT, IN THE COUNTY FROM STOTTLEMEYER TO FREMONT HIGH SCHOOL.

THANK YOU FOR PREPARING THEM TO GO TO HIGHER EDUCATION, STANFORD AND BERKELEY.

I THINK THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT A POLITICAL ONE.

YOU'VE ALREADY, I BELIEVE, HAVE ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS IN THE PAST, IN THE NEAR PAST ABOUT ISLAMOPHOBIA AND ANTI-SEMITISM.

THIS RESOLUTION IS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR OF OUR KIDS IN SCHOOLS, THE SAFETY FROM BULLYING, SAFETY FROM HATE SPEECH, FROM VIOLENCE.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE AUDIENCE WHO ARE WEARING SHIRTS THAT SAYS, BRING THEM HOME.

NOW ASK YOURSELF, HOW DO YOU BRING 30,000 DEAD PEOPLE? OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JENNY.

REMEMBER HIM.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS JENNY.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

THIS RESOLUTION IS FILLED WITH FACTUALLY INACCURATE INFORMATION REGARDING THE HISTORICALLY COMPLEX INTERNATIONAL STRUGGLE.

FURTHERMORE, IT PROMOTES A ONE SIDED NARRATIVE WHICH COULD THEN FIND ITS WAY INTO OUR CLASSROOMS, PUTTING JEWISH CHILDREN AT RISK.

THE EXACTLY THING THIS RESOLUTION SAYS IT DOES NOT WANT.

THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO ENGAGE THE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AFFAIRS OVER WHICH IT HAS NO CONTROL, WHILE PROMOTING A DEEPLY HOSTILE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN THE PROCESS.

ALSO A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT EDUCATIONAL FOR ALL KIDS IN OUR COUNTY AND OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER GOES, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE NEXT GROUP TO PREPARE THEM TO LINE UP.

ZAINAB. ABDUL GHANI.

KAREN PETERSON.

ZAINAB. GAZINI.

ABAD. MEDICENE.

GUY RESHEF. RUPAULI RAJYA.

HUDA. HUDA M.

MOHSIN AWAITS.

CHRIS BEDFORD, IF YOU CAN START LINING UP, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ORRIN.

BRIG. PLEASE, CLEARLY, PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS AARON BRIG.

AND I'M A RESIDENT. I'M A RESIDENT.

MY BOYS GO TO THE SCHOOL IN THE SUNNYVALE DISTRICT.

I'M AGAINST THIS OFFER.

READING IT. OR JUST TO BE CLEAR, NO ONE HERE IS PRO KILLING CHILDREN.

NO PARENT SHOULD BURY THEIR CHILD.

BUT READING IT THERE IS SOMETHING OR.

AND THE REASON, PROBABLY, THAT THIS IS SUCH A POLARIZING DISCUSSION IS THE FACT THAT THE RESOLUTION MENTIONS NOTHING ABOUT THE CHILDREN THAT WERE HURT, MURDERED, AND BRUTALLY, BRUTALLY MURDERED DURING OCTOBER 7TH.

IT'S MENTIONED NOTHING ABOUT MY NIECE AND NEPHEW THAT ARE BY NOW ARE ALREADY TRAINED TO HOW TO RUN TO SHELTER WHEN THE MISSILE SIREN STARTS GOING OFF.

ON THE ISRAELI SIDE, IT MENTIONED NOTHING ABOUT MY FRIEND'S COUSIN YAIR AND EITAN HORN, WHO ARE TWO OF THE 136 HOSTAGES STILL IN GAZA. SO THE RESOLUTION AS IT IS, IS JUST ONE SIDED AND BIASED.

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THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HAKEEM OLUSEYI.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS HAKEEM AL-HUSSEIN.

AS A FATHER OF TWO BOYS GOING TO SANTA CLARA SCHOOLS AND A SITE COUNCIL PARENT AT SERRAMONTE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE ARE FEELING UNHEARD AND OUR SUFFERING IS INVISIBLE TO OUR OUR SANTA CLARA COMMUNITY.

I FEEL FOR ELLA, WHO JUST SPOKE OF LEAVING, OF HAVING TO LEAVE TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR SPEAKING HEBREW.

MY SON IS CALLED A TERRORIST FOR SPEAKING ARABIC AND JUST FOR BEING WHO HE IS.

BUT THE SOLUTION CANNOT BE TO MOVE OUR SCHOOLS TO JEWISH, CHRISTIAN OR ISLAMIC SCHOOLS.

IT IS TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION FOR OUR CHILDREN TO FEEL INCLUDED, THEIR SUFFERING RECOGNIZED.

A CEASE FIRE IS BOTH SIDED.

DURING COVID, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY SACRIFICED FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE OF US ARE THE CHILDREN OF GAZA ANY LESS HUMAN OR THEIR PAIN ANY LESS REAL? WE MOURN THE DEATH OF ALL CIVILIANS, BUT THE CHILDREN WHO ARE DYING NOW ARE ONLY.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JANE FAIRSTEIN.

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

HELLO, MY NAME IS JANE FIRESTEIN AND I'M A RESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA.

I HAVE KIDS IN SANTA CLARA PUBLIC SCHOOL, AND I DON'T WANT MY TAXES TO GO FOR THE HISTORY THAT YOU WANT TO TEACH ABOUT GENOCIDE, THAT ACTUALLY THIS IS WRONG, RIGHT? IT'S NOT GENOCIDE, IT'S JUST A WAR.

AND YOU DON'T MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT THE HAMAS, HORRIFIC KILLINGS.

IT'S ACTUALLY THE MIDDLE AGES, THING.

IT'S NOT HOLOCAUST, IT'S MIDDLE AGES.

THAT'S HOW THEY KILLED PEOPLE.

SO, THEN IF YOU WANT TO BRING BULLYING AND VIOLENCE IN SCHOOL, THAT THEN YOU'LL SIGN THIS RESOLUTION.

SO I OPPOSE YOU EVEN CONSIDERING THIS RESOLUTION, BECAUSE THEN IT WILL BE VIOLENCE AND BULLYING AT SCHOOL BETWEEN STUDENTS AND THEN BETWEEN PARENTS, OF COURSE, WILL COME TO SCHOOL TO THE PRINCIPALS AND WILL FIGHT FOR OUR, KIDS.

AND THE FIGHT IS NOW IN CITY HALLS.

I THINK IT'S ENOUGH.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRODY.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS BRODY, AND I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE FACT THAT HERE IN THE BAY AREA, IN ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT, A SENIOR STAFF MEMBER WAS FORCING MUSLIM STUDENTS TO ENGAGE IN ONE ON ONE POLITICAL CONVERSATIONS PRIVATELY.

AND THESE CONVERSATIONS WERE NOT CONSENSUAL AND MADE KIDS FEEL UNSAFE AND VIOLATED.

SECONDLY, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE FACT THAT IN GAZA THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY TARGETING SCHOOLS.

UN SCHOOLS THAT THE IDF HAS THE COORDINATES TO.

AND LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT SAYING YES TO THIS IS THE BARE MINIMUM THAT WE CAN DO TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PAIN THAT HAS BEEN PERPETRATED UPON THIS COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NOAM LAZAROV.

PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME.

NOAM LAZAROV.

I DON'T SEE THEM, SO WE'LL COME BACK TO THEM.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ZAINAB ABDUL GHANI.

ZAINAB. I DON'T SEE THEM AS WELL.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KAREN PETERSON.

KAREN PETERSON.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS KAREN AND I AM A VIETNAMESE AMERICAN AND HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY FOR THE MAJORITY OF MY LIFE.

MY MOTHER WAS A REFUGEE FROM VIETNAM BACK IN 1980, AND AS THE DAUGHTER OF A REFUGEE, I STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE OF GAZA, MANY OF WHOM ARE NOW DISPLACED AND ARE BEING SUBJECTED TO A VIOLENT GENOCIDE.

I COME HERE TODAY TO URGE YOU TO SUPPORT A CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION.

SANTA CLARA COUNTY IS A COUNTY FULL OF DIVERSE COMMUNITIES OF IMMIGRANTS, MANY OF WHOM ARE REFUGEES.

AND AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION REPRESENTING THIS COUNTY, I BELIEVE YOUR SUPPORT FOR A CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION IS NECESSARY AS WE, AS A LOCAL COMMUNITY AND A GLOBAL COMMUNITY, HAVE A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO STOP A GENOCIDE AND SAVE LIVES.

OVER 30,000 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERED BY THE ISRAELI MILITARY IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS, KILLED BY BOMBS, FUNDED BY OUR TAX DOLLARS.

WE HAVE THE POWER TO STOP THIS.

WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO STOP THIS.

HISTORY IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, AND YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO BE ON THE SIDE OF HISTORY THAT OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ZAINAB QAZWINI.

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NOT SEEING THEM WILL COME BACK TO THEM.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ABAAD MOHSEN.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ABDUL MOHSEN AND I AM A 20 YEAR OLD PALESTINIAN.

MY FAMILY AND I IMMIGRATED TO THIS COUNTRY AND SPECIFICALLY THIS COUNTY, ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO, AND WE HAVE BEEN RESIDENTS EVER SINCE THEN.

AND WE ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR YOU HOSTING US HERE.

I WANTED TO THANK YOU FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR YOUR TIME AND PATIENCE WITH US.

I KNOW IT'S LATE AT NIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE FACT THAT WE WERE ALL HERE, AND I BET THAT YOU GUYS DON'T USUALLY HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE.

THE FACT THAT WE'RE ALL HERE SPEAKS TO HOW MUCH THIS ISSUE MATTERS TO US, HOW MUCH THIS ISSUE HITS HOME BOTH SIDES.

THIS ISSUE HITS HOME FOR EVERYONE.

AND YOU GUYS ARE CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE.

SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS AS WELL AS FROM ALL RELIGIONS.

EVEN JEWS HAVE COME UP AND SAID, CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION SPEAKS TO THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE WAITING FOR YOU.

THANK YOU FOR FOR THE NEXT FEW SPEAKERS, GO IF WE CAN PREPARE FOR THE NEXT GROUP.

SALMA. NAHLA.

JESUS. LULU.

SOWIE. IBRAHIM.

ROTEM. BEN.

DAVID. JENNI.

RIM. RIM.

FLORENCE. ANDERSON.

SARIT. PAULA.

PAULA. RAMSEY.

PACHUCA. IF YOU CAN, PLEASE START MAKING YOUR WAY TO LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GUY RESHEF.

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

OH, I DON'T SEE HIM APPROACHING.

WE'LL COME BACK TO THEM.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS RUPALI RAJOO.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS RUPALI.

RAJU. GROWING UP DESAI AMERICAN.

LIKE MANY FIRST GENERATION AMERICANS WITH IMMIGRANT PARENTS, I ALWAYS FELT BLESSED TO GROW UP, GO TO SCHOOL, AND NOW WORK IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY BECAUSE I WAS GROWING UP IN THE MELTING POT OF THE WORLD.

LIBERAL, PROGRESSIVE, INCLUSIVE AND ACCEPTING OF ALL RACES AND BACKGROUNDS.

BUT SINCE THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA STARTED THREE MONTHS AGO, I RECEIVED THE MOST HATEFUL, RACIST, XENOPHOBIC AND ISLAMOPHOBIC COMMENTS I'VE EVER RECEIVED IN MY LIFE SIMPLY FOR HUMANIZING AND ADVOCATING FOR MY PALESTINIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

NEVER MIND THE FACT THAT I AM NOT MIDDLE EASTERN OR MUSLIM.

I KNOW THIS NORMALIZATION OF HATRED, VIOLENCE AND GENOCIDE OF BROWN CHILDREN IN PALESTINE BY OUR GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY TRICKLES DOWN TO OUR SCHOOLS AND NOT ONLY PUTS ARAB, MUSLIM AND BROWN STUDENTS AT RISK, BUT ALL STUDENTS OF COLOR.

THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION HAS SAID THAT ALMOST A QUARTER OF A MILLION PALESTINIANS WILL DIE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS DUE TO THE LOSS.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HUDA M.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS HEATHER.

HELLO TO THE BOARD MEMBERS AND ALSO TO MY FORMER PROFESSOR, PROFESSOR DI SALVO.

LAST SEMESTER I HAD A DIFFERENT PROFESSOR WHO DECIDED TO BRING UP THE TOPIC OF PALESTINE WITH THE INTENT OF HAVING A NEUTRAL DISCUSSION AS PALESTINIAN CHILDREN CONTINUE TO BE KILLED AND DENIED EVEN HUMANITARIAN AID.

WHEN I BROUGHT UP THE EXTREME DEATH TOLL, HE IGNORED ME AND INSTEAD ASKED ME IF I THOUGHT HAMAS WAS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.

THAT DAY, AS I SAT IN CLASS, I STILL REMEMBER THE FEELING.

AS I REALIZED THAT ONE OF MY FAVORITE PROFESSORS DID NOT BELIEVE THAT MY LIFE, NOR THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO LOOK LIKE ME, MATTERED AS MUCH AS THOSE WHO LOOKED LIKE HIM.

STUDENT LIVES HERE ARE ALREADY BEING AFFECTED AND SILENCE ONLY HURTS.

PALESTINIAN STUDENTS EXIST IN OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND IN OUR WORKPLACES RATHER.

SO THIS IS NOT A FOREIGN ISSUE, BUT RATHER SIMILAR TO THE UKRAINE RESOLUTION PASSED BY THIS BOARD.

AND OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MOHSEN OS.

PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME, MOHSEN OS.

RESPECTED MEMBERS OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

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I HAVE BEEN A CITIZEN OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY SINCE THE DAY I WAS BORN, AND I HAVE BEEN ATTENDING SCHOOL HERE FOR ALL MY LIFE.

I IMPLORE YOU TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION CALLING FOR SAFETY FOR ALL CHILDREN, BECAUSE FOR 75 YEARS, US TAX DOLLARS HAVE FUNDED THE OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE.

AND AS A RESULT OF THIS, PALESTINIAN CHILDREN LIKE ME ARE DEPRIVED OF BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS THAT I TAKE FOR GRANTED HERE IN SANTA CLARA.

AND NOW THESE CHILDREN ARE LIVING THROUGH CONSTANT BOMBARDMENT, AND EVERY DAY THEY SEE THEIR THEIR EVERY DAY THEY SEE THEIR PARENTS, THEIR SIBLINGS AND THEIR FRIENDS BEING KILLED, MUTILATED OR BURIED ALIVE UNDER THE RUBBLE OF BUILDINGS DESTROYED BY BOMBS SUPPLIED BY THE USA.

THE CHILDREN OF PALESTINE DESERVE A NORMAL LIFE.

CHILDHOOD. PLEASE SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRIS BEDFORD.

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

HI, MY NAME IS CHRIS BEDFORD AND I AM A MOUNTAIN VIEW RESIDENT.

I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.

I AM HERE AS A PROUD AMERICAN.

AND, THE FACT THAT I'M AMERICAN AND I'M PROUD OF IT DOESN'T MEAN I'M PROUD OF MY COUNTRY'S POLICIES AND COUNTRY'S POLICIES OF MILITARY, POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC SUPPORT FOR THE ONGOING GENOCIDE IN GAZA.

I AM NOT PROUD OF THAT.

I'M ALSO JEWISH AND MEXICANO ON MY FATHER'S SIDE, AND I'M PROUD OF BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THE RESILIENCE AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES IS DEFIANCE WITH DANIEL CRAIG, WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING.

THOSE JEWS WERE THEY WERE I LOVE THEM, THEY WERE GREAT.

THEY WERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY RIGHT NOW.

I'M TELLING YOU, I'M TELLING ALL MY MY JEWISH BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WE ARE NOT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.

MY FAMILY, WAS A VICTIM OF POGROMS IN RUSSIA.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SALMA.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS SALMA.

I'M A LIFETIME RESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA AND A STUDENT AT SDSU.

I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE THAT ISRAEL IS CURRENTLY BEING PROSECUTED BY THE ICJ FOR GENOCIDE.

THERE IS CURRENTLY 85 PAGES OF EVIDENCE.

THE TRUTH ALWAYS COMES OUT.

NOW, MORE THAN EVER BEFORE, IS THE TIME TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.

AS AMERICAN WEAPONS AND POLICIES HAVE CARRIED OUT WAR CRIMES AND TERRORISM IN PALESTINE FOR THE PAST 90 DAYS AND 75 YEARS, WE MUST, AS AMERICANS, TAKE A CLEAR STANCE AGAINST THESE ACTIONS.

I, FOR ONE, AM UNABLE TO CARE FOR ONE MINUTE ABOUT SCHOOL WHEN WE ARE CARRYING OUT A GENOCIDE IN OUR NAME, WITH OUR MONEY, WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.

PEOPLE ARE SAYING, STAY IN YOUR IN YOUR LANE.

IT'S AN INTERNATIONAL ISSUE.

I'D LIKE TO MENTION THAT THIS SAME BOARD OF EDUCATION PASSED A RESOLUTION ON UKRAINE.

MARY ANN DEWAN SAID THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND SDC BOE ARE DEDICATED TO TEACHING YOUTH AND TO BE CIVICALLY ENGAGED AND INFORMED CITIZENS OF THE WORLD.

LET'S NOT SHOW DOUBLE STANDARDS AND RACISM.

TONIGHT OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NALA.

NALA. PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS NALA. I'VE ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN SANTA CLARA GROWING UP AND NOW I'M A TEACHER IN THE SANTA CLARA SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I GREW UP AROUND SO MANY PALESTINIANS HERE IN SANTA CLARA WHO WERE FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES FOR FEAR OF BEING KILLED BY EUROPEAN ZIONISTS, WHO CLAIM THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE JEWISH, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO THE MURDER AND THEFT OF PALESTINIAN LAND, WHICH, MIND YOU, GOES AGAINST THE TEACHINGS OF JUDAISM.

WE ARE WITNESSING THE EFFECTS OF NEW WEAPONS BEING TESTED ON PALESTINIANS AS WE SPEAK, WEAPONS MADE HERE IN THE U.S..

I HAVE SEEN A VIDEO OF A CHILD WITH HIS FACE PEELED OFF, ONLY ABLE TO MOAN IN PAIN, WHO DIED THIS WAY BY OUR FUNDED WEAPONS, I'VE SEEN FATHERS HOLD UP THEIR CHILDREN'S DISMEMBERED BODIES, PLEADING THAT WE PUT AN END TO GENOCIDE.

WHAT I HAVEN'T SEEN IS ANY EVIDENCE OF RAPE OR BEHEADED BABIES BY HAMAS, THOSE WHO ORIGINALLY SPREAD, THOSE WHO ORIGINALLY SPREAD THOSE LIES, THOSE WHO ORIGINALLY SPREAD THOSE LIES RESCINDED THEIR COMMENTS.

THE IDF THEMSELVES HAVE ADMITTED THEY'VE STRUGGLED TO FIND ANY EVIDENCE, YET IT'S STILL BEING USED TO JUSTIFY THE GENOCIDE AGAINST PALESTINIANS, AS WE HAVE SEEN IN THIS VERY ROOM. IF WE WEREN'T SENDING SO MANY TEXTS TO THE TERRORIST STATE OF ISRAEL, WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE FUNDING FOR OUR SCHOOLS, WHICH SO MANY ZIONISTS HERE PRETEND TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT. THE WEST COAST HAS HISTORICALLY.

NEXT SPEAKER IS JESUS.

YOU CAN YOU CAN CONTINUE FOR FIVE SECONDS BECAUSE I HAD TO STOP THE AUDIENCE TWICE.

THE WEST COAST HAS HISTORICALLY LED MOVEMENTS WITH THE COUNTRY FOLLOWING SOON AFTER.

I URGE YOU TO FOLLOW THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND PASS A.

PALESTINE TO LOOK BACKWARDS.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JESUS.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO, I'M JESUS, AN EDUCATOR AND ORGANIZER WITH THE PARTY FOR SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION.

WHEN I'M IN THE CLASSROOM WITH MY STUDENTS, I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK ABOUT THE THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIAN CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN SENSELESSLY MURDERED.

I QUESTION HOW IS THIS JUSTIFIED?

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IN SANTA CLARA, MORE THAN 1 MILLION OF OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE SENT TO FUND THE GENOCIDAL ISRAELI CAMPAIGN EVERY YEAR.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

THE PEOPLE OF SANTA CLARA STAND FOR A CEASE FIRE AND AN END TO ISRAEL'S GENOCIDAL ONSLAUGHT.

AND IT'S NOT ONLY SANTA CLARA.

MANY CITIES, INCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO, HAVE PASSED RESOLUTIONS CALLING FOR A CEASE FIRE.

WE ARE NOT ALONE.

THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE ALONE ARE THE US AND ISRAEL, WHO ARE INCREASINGLY ISOLATED WITH THEIR DEFEAT AT THE UN.

AND IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT GETTING SUED, GUESS WHO'S GETTING SUED TOMORROW AT THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT? ATTEMPTS TO INTIMIDATE SUPPORTERS OF PALESTINE ARE A DESPERATE RESPONSE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER, OUR NEXT GROUP OF SPEAKERS.

IF YOU'RE IN THE OVERFLOW ROOMS IN THE CAFETERIA AND THE GUADALUPE ROOM, PLEASE PROCEED OVER TO THE SAN JOSE ROOM AND LISTEN FOR YOUR NAME TO APPROACH THE PODIUM.

AS YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, PLEASE LINE UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BEHIND THE PODIUM LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF THE ROOM.

AS A REMINDER.

AS A REMINDER TO PREVENT DISTORTION, PLEASE KEEP THE MICROPHONE A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY FROM YOUR MOUTH.

OUR NEXT FEW SPEAKERS IN PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT GROUP ARE HASSAN OS.

MIRIAM A.

YALE. YALE.

GROSSMAN. LEVY.

KADISHA. OASES.

ASSIA. OASES AND ALLEYWAYS.

PLEASE BEGIN TO LINE UP.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LULU.

PLEASE. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PREVENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI, I'M LULU WITH SANTA CLARA COUNTY STUDENT, ALUMNI, AND A PALESTINIAN FROM GAZA.

I'M SPEAKING IN LOVING MEMORY OF 20 OF MY OWN FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WERE MURDERED BY THE SETTLER STATE OF ISRAEL JUST SINCE OCTOBER 20TH 23RD APRIL 2022, THIS BOARD PASSED A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE RESISTANCE OF UKRAINIANS AS WELL.

JOSEPH DI SALVO, YOU EXPRESSED ADMIRATION FOR THE BRAVERY OF THE UKRAINIANS IN AN ARTICLE.

I WONDER IF THE PALESTINIANS WILL BE AN EXCEPTION, OR WILL IT BE BECAUSE WE AREN'T EUROPEAN? I GUESS WE'LL SEE.

OUR MARTYRS DESERVE TO GRADUATE FROM SCHOOLS LIKE YOUR CHILDREN DO TOO.

OVER HERE. THE SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAM TOPPER, ASHIMA AKRAM, WHO SCORED 99.6%, IS NOW SIX FEET UNDER WITH THE REST OF HER FAMILY.

I HOPE THAT YOU NEVER HAVE TO BURY YOUR KIDS LIKE MY FAMILY MEMBERS DO.

ZIONISTS IN THE ROOM HAVE LEFT, HAVE LAUGHED AND BOOED WHEN PALESTINIANS WERE SHARING ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED.

AND THERE'S PEOPLE WHO HAVE BOOED WHEN A WOMAN SPOKE ABOUT JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE, WHICH SOUNDS PRETTY ANTI-SEMITIC TO ME.

IF THOSE PARENTS IN THIS ROOM ARE HERE LIKE THIS, I CAN'T IMAGINE THE HATE THAT THEY TEACH THEIR KIDS AT HOME AND BRING.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SAMMY OR SAMMY IBRAHIM.

I DON'T SEE THEM APPROACHING.

WE'LL COME BACK TO THEM.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ROTEM.

BEN. DAVID.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO AND GOOD EVENING.

I'M WALTER BEN-DAVID, A 10TH GRADE STUDENT AT FREMONT HIGH SCHOOL.

AND EVER SINCE HAMAS TERRORISTS ATTACKED ISRAEL ON OCTOBER 7TH, I'VE WATCHED THE NEWS IN SHOCK AND HORROR, ONLY TO RETURN TO SCHOOL AND RECEIVE HATEFUL AND HURTFUL COMMENTS FROM MANY OF MY CLASSMATES.

THIS DEEPLY AFFECTED ME, AS I HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THIS WAR SINCE THEY LIVE IN ISRAEL, WHETHER IT BE SPENDING HOURS IN BOMB SHELTERS OR LOSING FRIENDS, PASSING THIS RESOLUTION WILL ONLY AMPLIFY THE HATE WITHIN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND PROMOTE A BIASED AND INCORRECT NARRATIVE THAT WILL FIND ITS WAY INTO OUR CLASSROOMS. THIS WAR HAS IMPACTED MANY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND I HOPE YOU, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, WILL CHOOSE TO LEAD WITH EMPATHY AND ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND STAFF OF THE SANTA CLARA SCHOOLS FEEL SAFE, SUPPORTED AND WELCOMED.

SO I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS RESOLUTION AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS.

JENNY OR JEREMY RIM.

JENNY OR JEREMY RIM.

NOT SEEING THEM WILL COME BACK TO THEM.

FLORENCE ANDERSON IS OUR NEXT SPEAKER.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS FLORENCE ANDERSON.

I'M A MOTHER OF A 16 YEAR OLD AND A SIX YEAR OLD IN PUBLIC SCHOOL, AND I'M AN ONCOLOGY NURSE IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

I'M NOT PALESTINIAN OR ISRAELI.

I'M A CONCERNED HUMAN.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS WE TEACH OUR CHILDREN IS NONVIOLENT COMMUNICATION.

A CEASEFIRE IS A TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF FIGHTING, TYPICALLY ONE DURING WHICH PEACE TALKS TAKE PLACE, A TRUCE.

IF WE DON'T ADVOCATE FOR THIS, IF YOU DON'T PASS THIS RESOLUTION, THIS RESOLUTION, WHAT MESSAGE DOES THIS SEND? REJECTING THIS RESOLUTION IS A REJECTION OF PEACE.

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SILENCE IS COMPLICITY.

IF WE ARE TEACHING OUR CHILDREN ABOUT PEACE, COMPASSION, AND COURAGE, LET'S BACK THAT UP WITH ACTION.

PLEASE VOTE YES ON RESOLUTION £0.06 TO RECOGNIZE SUSTAINED PEACE AND SAFETY FOR ALL CHILDREN.

OUR VOICES AND ACTIONS MATTER.

OUR COLLECTIVE VOICE MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

PLEASE VOTE YES.

THERE IS NO BETTER EDUCATION THAN LEADING BY EXAMPLE.

THIS IS FOR REEM AND OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SARIT POLAK.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS GARRETT AND I'M A MOTHER OF TWO GIRLS FROM CUPERTINO.

ON OCTOBER 6TH THERE WAS A CEASE FIRE.

THERE WAS NO OCCUPATION IN GAZA SINCE ISRAEL LEFT GAZA 20 YEARS AGO.

HAMAS BROKE THE AGREEMENT AND OPENED THE WAR AGAINST ISRAEL.

TO HAVE A CEASE FIRE.

HAMAS MUST RETURN THE KIDNAPED WOMEN, CHILDREN, MEN AND ELDERLY HOME.

HAMAS MUST DOWN THE FIRE.

HAMAS MUST FREE GAZA FROM HIS HAND.

IF YOU CAN'T STICK TO THE FACT AND TELL WHAT IS TRUE, HOW CAN WE TRUST YOU TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN AND PROVIDE EMPATHY AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT? YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE THE ISRAELI VICTIMS AT ALL.

I OPPOSE YOUR RESOLUTION AND ASK YOU TO FOCUS ON SAFETY FOR OUR CHILDREN, NOT THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT.

THANK YOU. NICK.

EXCUSE ME. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RAMZI MARCHUK.

RAMSAY FARR SHOOK.

I DON'T SEE THEM, SO WE'LL COME BACK TO THEM.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HASSAN OWEIS.

HASSAN. ALWAYS.

I DON'T SEE THEM AS WELL.

WE'LL COME BACK TO THEM.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARAM A.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MARIAMA AND GOOD EVENING TO THE ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY.

MY NAME IS MIRIAM A AND I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA MY WHOLE LIFE, AND I HAVE COMPLETED ALL MY EDUCATION IN THIS, IN THIS COUNTY.

I STAND BEFORE YOU ALL TODAY TO MAKE AN URGENT REQUEST FOR YOU TO VOTE YES ON THIS RESOLUTION, CALLING FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL CHILDREN.

ALREADY IN MY REPRESENTATIVE IN THE HOUSE, ROKANA AND MANY CITIES AROUND THE BAY, RICHMOND, OAKLAND, DAVIS AND NOW SAN FRANCISCO HAVE ADDED HAD PASSED SUCH REVISIONS AND ADDED A VOICE TO THE GLOBAL CALL FOR JUSTICE.

IN PASSING THIS RESOLUTION, YOU, THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, CAN HELP CREATE ROOM FOR AND ELEVATE THE CALL OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, WHICH HAS LONG BEEN SIDELINED IN THIS COUNTRY.

POLLS SHOW THAT MOST YOUNG PEOPLE SUPPORT THE VIEW THAT THIS RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU RESTS ON.

THUS, I URGE YOU TO IMMEDIATELY PASS THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU TODAY.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS YAEL GROSSMAN LEVY.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS YAEL GROSSMAN LEVY AND I AM A SANTA CLARA COUNTY PARENT.

I STRONGLY REJECT RESOLUTION £0.06 AS IT DEALS WITH AN INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SANTA CLARA EDUCATION BOARD.

THIS IS NOT WITHIN YOUR JURISDICTION.

BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE RESOLUTION.

CALIFORNIA EDUCATION CODE 51500 SAYS NO SCHOOL SHALL GIVE INSTRUCTION THAT PROMOTES A DISCRIMINATORY BIAS.

THIS RESOLUTION IS DISCRIMINATORY AND IT ENCOURAGES TEACHERS TO DO THE SAME.

IT NEGLECTS TO MENTION ISRAELI AMERICAN COMMUNITIES, WHICH ERASES THE LIVED EXPERIENCE AND PAIN OF ME, MY CHILDREN, MY FAMILY, AND THE ISRAELI AND JEWISH COMMUNITY.

THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES BOARD RESOLUTION 6144 SAYS ALL SIDES MUST BE PRESENTED IN A FAIR AND ACCURATE WAY.

THIS RESOLUTION DOWNPLAYS THE HORRIFIC OCTOBER 7TH ATTACK INITIATED BY HAMAS, WHICH HAS LED TO THE CURRENT WAR, IN WHICH 1200 PEOPLE WERE BRUTALLY MURDERED, MUTILATED, TORTURED AND RAPED.

MOST OF THEM WERE CIVILIANS.

MANY WERE CHILDREN.

I CALL YOU TO FOCUS ON YOUR CORE JOB, WHICH YOU WERE ELECTED TO DO, ADDRESSING THE ISSUES IN OUR SANTA CLARA COUNTY SCHOOLS IN PREPARATION FOR OUR NEXT GROUP OF SPEAKERS.

IF YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, PLEASE LINE UP.

MATT AND JANET.

DEL RISHA. WHITE.

DORAN. PROFES.

YOUSUF, PERVEZ.

SHAHIDULLAH MOYAR.

SALAH AL-DIN.

IRAN T NAVA BERNSTEIN.

SYLVIE BARAK.

MOHAMMED. PER WES.

ELAINE. AHMED AWAD.

STAFF W.

AND SHAHARA.

SURELY, IF YOU CAN PLEASE, PLEASE START TO LINE UP IN PREPARATION FOR YOUR COMMENT.

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PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS KHADIJA AND I'M SPEAKING TO YOU AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND ALUMNUS OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY SCHOOLS IN SUPPORT OF ITEM £0.06, THE RECENT ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN PALESTINE HAS CLAIMED MORE THAN 30,000 INNOCENT LIVES AND HAS LEFT MORE THAN 60,000 INJURED.

TODAY, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.

A CEASEFIRE IS NOT ONLY A HUMANITARIAN ISSUE, BUT ALSO A SAFETY ISSUE.

THE ONGOING WAR IN PALESTINE MAKES MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS FEEL LESS SAFE, INCLUDING PALESTINIANS, ARABS, MUSLIMS AND JEWS.

AS A HIJABI STUDENT MYSELF, I HAVE BEEN CALLED A TERRORIST.

WHILE WALKING DOWN THE STREET DRESSED LIKE THIS, I AM BY NO MEANS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT.

CARE. THE NATION'S LARGEST AMERICAN MUSLIM CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN HAS DOCUMENTED AN OVER 171. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ASHA OS.

ASHA OS.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

YES. THANK YOU.

RESPECTED BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS ASHA OS AND I'M A LIFETIME RESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA.

TONIGHT, I'M URGING YOU TO SUPPORT RESOLUTION £0.06, CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE AND PERMANENT HUMANITARIAN CEASEFIRE IN GAZA.

THE RELEASE OF ALL HOSTAGES, THE SAFE PASSAGE OF SUBSTANTIAL HUMANITARIAN AID TO THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, AND THE IMMEDIATE RESTORATION OF BASIC SERVICES, WATER, ELECTRICITY AND FUEL ACCESS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

I HEARD A LOT FROM THE OPPOSING SIDE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS CAN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.

YOU DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO DO ANYTHING.

IF WE ALL ADOPTED THIS MENTALITY, HOW WOULD POSITIVE CHANGE EVER COME ABOUT? CHILDREN IN GAZA ARE BEING MASSACRED DAILY BY ROCKETS MADE WITH 3.1 BILLION OF OUR ANNUAL TAX DOLLARS.

THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT PROMOTING SOME FOREIGN POLITICAL AGENDA.

INSTEAD, IT WILL SHOW OUR CHILDREN RIGHT HERE IN SANTA CLARA THAT THEIR LIVES AND SAFETY MATTERS TO SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

ALL CHILDREN.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALI ELIAS.

ELIAS, PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS ALI OS AND I'M SPEAKING IN MEMORY OF THE FAMILY OF SARI ABDULLAH, A FOUR MONTH OLD BABY WHO WAS BURIED ALIVE WITH HIS FATHER MAHMOUD, MOTHER SALLY AND SIBLINGS ZAIN, LUNA AND KENAN ON NOVEMBER 21ST. 2023 BY AN ISRAELI BOMB.

MY DEAR RESPECTED BOARD MEMBERS, I COMMEND YOUR COURAGE FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION, CALLING FOR SAFETY OF ALL CHILDREN FOR DISCUSSION, AND NOW I URGE YOU TO ALSO APPROVE IT.

THIS WILL SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE TO OUR TO THE RESIDENTS, TO THE TO THE CHILDREN THAT THEIR EDUCATORS STAND FOR JUSTICE. THEY STAND FOR COMPASSION.

THEY ARE NOT AFRAID OF THE PRESSURES.

AND THIS IS WHAT I WANT FROM THE FROM THE EDUCATORS OF MY CHILDREN.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARTIN CHANCE.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PREVENT YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MARTIN.

I'M A RESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY WITH TWO KIDS WHO ATTEND CUSD, AND I'M ALARMED NO LESS THAT THIS PROPAGANDA MADE IT ONTO YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT.

IT IS HIGHLY BIASED, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT PUTS THE LIVES OF AMERICAN KIDS AT RISK, INCLUDING MY OWN.

IT IS BIASED BECAUSE THE SECOND CLAUSE MENTIONS ARAB-AMERICAN PALESTINIANS, BUT FAILS TO MENTION ISRAELI, AMERICAN, AND ISRAELIS.

SHOULD I TELL MY KIDS THAT THEIR CULTURAL HERITAGE SHOULD NOT BE CHERISHED AT THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT? SHOULD I TELL THEM THEIR COMMUNITY SHOULD NOT BE FEEL RESPECTED, RESPECTED, AND HEARD? IS THAT WHAT YOU REPRESENT? BUT THE REAL ISSUE HERE IS THE INCITEMENT TO VIOLENCE.

AS YOU KNOW, HATE CRIMES INCREASED BY 400% SINCE OCTOBER 7TH.

GUN SALES HAVE INCREASED BY 10%.

THIS WILL LEAD TO MORE VIOLENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS.

ON YOUR WATCH.

BY YOUR HANDS.

YOU TOOK A PLEDGE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG.

UPHOLD YOUR PLEDGE. KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE.

VOTE NO ON 60.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DELICIA WHITE.

DR. RICHARD WHITE.

NOT SEEING THEM WILL RETURN TO THEM.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DOREEN PROFES.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS DARREN AND I'M A FATHER OF THREE AND A SANTA CLARA COUNTY RESIDENT.

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I FEAR FOR MY CHILDREN AND THIS RESOLUTION AMPLIFIES THAT FEAR.

LIKE EVERYONE ELSE HERE, I TOO AM AGAINST SENSELESS VIOLENCE AND DEATH.

BUT THE VIOLENT, HORRIFIC ACTS OF OCTOBER 7TH HAVE PROVED THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY FOR THAT VIOLENCE TO STOP.

HAMAS NEEDS TO PUT DOWN ITS ARMS AND RELEASE THE HOSTAGES.

THE MOMENT THAT HAPPENS, THE WAR IS OVER.

THE LEADERS OF HAMAS, AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS RECOGNIZED AS TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, HAVE REPEATED THAT THEY WANT TO DO THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

THERE IS NO WAY THAT.

ANYTHING SAID FROM THIS HONORABLE BOARD WILL IN ANY WAY AFFECT THEM.

IF YOU WANT TO DO ANYTHING, CALL FOR THEM TO CEASE FIRE NOW AND THAT WILL END EVERYTHING.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER EXCUSE ME, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOSEPH PRUITT, PERWEZ.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PREVENT YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO. MY NAME IS YOUSEF PARWEZ, AND I'M A HIGH SCHOOLER AT WILCOX HIGH SCHOOL.

AND I WANT TO COME HERE TODAY TO CLEAR THE AIR ABOUT A FEW THINGS.

A LOT OF ADULTS HAVE COME UP AND NOT SO MANY STUDENTS.

SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW PATRONIZED I FEEL RIGHT NOW AS A HIGH SCHOOLER THAT IS ACTUALLY REPRESENTED BY THIS BOARD.

I FEEL PATRONIZED WHEN PEOPLE SAY THIS ISSUE IS IRRELEVANT TO ME, WHEN IT IS ME THAT HAS HIS HEART SHAKE AND HIS EYES RUN WET WITH TEARS BECAUSE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN PALESTINE RIGHT NOW, I FEEL PATRONIZED WHEN IT IS WHEN PEOPLE COME UP HERE AND SAY, YOU DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO RULE ON THIS MATTER WHEN THE CHILDREN WHO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION DO SO BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE THEY BELIEVE THEIR VOICE ALWAYS MATTERS.

I FEEL PATRONIZED MOST OF ALL, THOUGH, WHEN I HEAR THAT BECAUSE OF NOT SUPPORTING THE MURDER OF MULTIPLE CHILDREN, I WILL SOMEHOW BE ANTI-SEMITIC OR DISRESPECTFUL TOWARDS MY JEWISH BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WHEN IN REALITY HATE CRIMES ARE JUST AS.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHAHIDULLAH MOYAR OR MULLAH.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS SHAHID.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING IN, FOR SUCH A LATE AT NIGHT.

MY DAUGHTER AND SPOKE EARLIER.

SHE'S IN A SIXTH GRADE, SO I THINK SHE'S A MUCH.

SHE PRESENTED THE CASE MUCH BETTER IN SUPPORT OF £0.06 RESOLUTION TO BE PASSED.

AND I WAS THINKING, LIKE, WHAT? TO REALLY? BRING OUT TO CONVINCE.

SO I THINK THE ANSWER IS QUITE SIMPLE THAT CHILDREN ARE GETTING KILLED.

BY THE TIME WE STARTED THE MEETING, ABOUT 40 PEOPLE ON AVERAGE GOT KILLED, AND 70% OF THEM ARE WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

AND. AND I JUST WANT TO LEAVE WITH THE THOUGHT THAT OUR LEADER, JIMMY CARTER, SAID THAT WE MAY SOMETIMES, WAR MAY SOMETIMES BE NECESSARY EVIL.

BUT NO MATTER HOW NECESSARY, IT IS ALWAYS AN EVIL.

AND OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SALAH EL-DIN.

SALAH AL-DIN.

I DON'T SEE THEM. WE'LL COME BACK TO THEM.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AARON TEE.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PREVENT YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS AARON. I'M A RESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

I PRAY FOR LASTING, LASTING PEACE IN THE FUTURE.

SEE WHAT HAPPENED HERE TODAY.

LOOK, ALL OF YOU. LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE TODAY.

HOW MUCH HATE, HOW MUCH TENSION AMONG ADULTS.

NOW YOU ARE A BOARD OF EDUCATOR.

NOW THINK ABOUT HOW IT'S GOING TO PLAY OUT AMONG EASY TO INFLUENCE KIDS.

THIS IS YOUR DUTY TO PREVENT THAT.

AND THIS IS BECAUSE YOU ALLOW BRINGING PERSONAL.

IN POLITICAL AGENDA OR SOME OF YOUR COLLEAGUES.

INTO THE BOARDROOM.

IT IS BIASED.

A BIASED NARRATIVE OF ONLY SOME MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

TRYING ON A COMPLEX OF 100 YEARS CONFLICT.

AND YOU BRING IT INTO THE BOARDROOM.

AND THIS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.

IT AFFECTS THE STUDENTS.

THE BEAUTY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

IS THAT KID? OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NAVA BERNSTEIN.

NAVA BERNSTEIN.

PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS NAVA BERNSTEIN AND I'M AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION.

AS A PARENT OF A STUDENT IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY, I'M HORRIFIED.

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YOU MAKE OUR KIDS UNSAFE MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY FOCUS ON THEIR EDUCATION.

THEY CANNOT HAVE AN EDUCATION IF YOU CANNOT.

IF THEY CANNOT FOCUS AND FEAR FOR THEIR SAFETY, PLEASE VOTE NO.

I HAVE SONS IN UC, ONE IS A FRESHMAN IN UC DAVIS AND ONE IS A FRESHMAN IN UCSD, AND THEY ARE BOTH FEARFUL OF THEIR LIVES.

I SEE IT EVERY DAY.

ALL THESE JEWISH STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY, THEY CANNOT STUDY.

THEY ARE FEARED.

YOU NEED SECURITY.

YOU NEED MENTAL HEALTH.

IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO HAVE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT? OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SYLVIE BARAK.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PREVENT YOUR COMMENT.

SYLVIE BARAK I OPPOSE 60.

I'M CONCERNED AND FRUSTRATED AT THESE TIME WASTING, EMOTIONALLY DRAINING, ONE SIDED RESOLUTIONS ON THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR.

OUR SCHOOLS ARE FACING A FENTANYL CRISIS.

THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD SPEND TIME ON.

THESE RESOLUTIONS ARE FUNDED BY CARE AND ORGANIZATION IN THE WHITE HOUSE, HAS DISAVOWED FOR CELEBRATING TERRORISM, AND THIS IS AN INFLUENCE THAT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO SEEP INTO OUR SCHOOLS AND COUNCILS.

THIS RESOLUTION NOT ONLY SOWS DEEP DIVISION, BUT ALSO FOSTERS AN ENVIRONMENT RIFE WITH HATE SPEECH AND INSECURITY.

FOR OUR JEWISH CHILDREN WHO ARE BEING PULLED FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS DUE TO ANTI-SEMITISM.

THE LANGUAGE USED IN THE RESOLUTION CONCERNING FOREIGN MILITARY AID AND ITS IMPLICATION ON SCHOOL FUNDING IS BOTH INAPPROPRIATE AND POLITICALLY CHARGED.

THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DOES NOT GOVERN FOREIGN MILITARY AID.

PLEASE BE INCLUSIVE OF ALL BAY AREA CITIZENS AND VOTE NO.

STEER EFFORTS TOWARDS BUILDING A SCHOOL COMMUNITY THAT EXEMPLIFIES UNITY, UNDERSTANDING, AND MUTUAL RESPECT.

SPEND TIME ON ISSUES YOU CAN ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MOHAMMED PARWEZ.

ELAINE, PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS MOHAMMED PARVEZ ALAM, RESPECTED EDUCATION BOARD MEMBER.

THANKS FOR THE TIME.

ACTUALLY, I'M FAVOR OF CEASEFIRE NOW AND AT LEAST WE WHICH WE CAN DO.

AND I RESPECT THE ISRAELI AND JEWISH PEOPLE AND MUSLIM PEOPLE AND JUST IMAGINE THAT ISRAEL IS A COUNTRY AND ALL AROUND THE MUSLIM COUNTRIES ARE THERE, BUT THEY ARE LIVING AND THEY ARE RESPECTED IN SO MANY WAYS.

SO I JUST VOTE ON THE CEASEFIRE.

AT LEAST WE CAN DO THAT.

AND THANKS FOR THE EDUCATION SYSTEM HERE.

MY SON HAS GRADUATED FROM HARVARD, ONE IS IN BERKELEY, AND IT'S A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY AND WONDERFUL CITY.

I'M A RESIDENT OF, SANTA CLARA COUNTY SINCE 25 YEARS.

SO THANKS. I'M AGAIN, URGE YOU TO VOTE FOR CEASEFIRE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AHMED AWAD.

AHMED AWAD.

I DON'T SEE THEM. WE'LL COME BACK TO THEM.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS STARVE W.

STARVE W.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

THANK YOU.

SO, DEAR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, MY NAME IS STARVE WAYS.

YOU MUST BE EXHAUSTED TONIGHT AND I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

YOU HEAR ALL THESE WAR FACTS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WHILE ACTUALLY YOU KNOW THAT EVERY WAR HAS TWO SIDES AND WE ALL SUFFERED LOSSES IN THIS WAR, I MYSELF FLED ISRAEL BECAUSE OF HAMAS AND TERRORISM.

NOW I LIVE HERE, AND SINCE OCTOBER 7TH I FEEL VERY UNSAFE.

THIS RESOLUTION IS ONE SIDED.

I DON'T WANT MY CHILDREN TO FEEL AT SCHOOL AS I FELT WHEN I READ IT.

PLEASE DON'T TAKE A SIDE.

DON'T TRAUMATIZE OUR CHILDREN.

WE LIVE IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND ALL THE KIDS HAVE THE RIGHT TO FEEL THEY BELONG.

PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING AND SAY NO TO THIS RESOLUTION THAT WILL ONLY ENCOURAGE THE HATE IN OUR SCHOOLS.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS.

SAHARA. SAHARA.

SAHARA. YES.

THANK YOU. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS SAHAR FROM SANTA CLARA COUNTY, AND I WANT TO NOTE THAT WE'VE STARTED LETTING TEN PEOPLE GO AT A TIME.

ONCE ALL TEN PEOPLE SPEAK, A CHILD IN PALESTINE IS DEAD.

SOME PEOPLE ARE HERE TELLING THE BOARD TO STAY IN THEIR LANE OF EDUCATION.

BUT MAN, I CAN PERSONALLY TELL YOU IT IS EMBARRASSING BEING ONLY A BOOKSMART GIRLY THAT DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD.

AND I CAN ALSO GUARANTEE THAT OUR IPAD KID GENERATION IS ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, AND THAT IT'S BETTER TO EDUCATE THAN TO SHELTER.

WE CANNOT SIT HERE AND DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN ON THIS SIDE OF THE WORLD.

WHILE PALESTINIAN CHILDREN DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY TO GO ON TO SCHOOL, SINCE THEY HAVE TO FOCUS ON SURVIVAL FROM ISRAEL'S BOMBARDMENT.

AND THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO STOP BECAUSE THIS IS NOT AN INTERNATIONAL ISSUE, SINCE OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE FUNDING THIS BOMBING, INCLUSIVE OF THE ILLEGAL WHITE PHOSPHORUS THAT

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THEIR BLOOD IS ON OUR HANDS AND WE FUNDED THIS GENOCIDE AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RONNIE KANAN.

RONNIE. KANAN.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HEY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RONNIE CANNON AND I'VE BEEN HAPPY TO BE SANTA CLARA COUNTY TO TO CALL SANTA CLARA COUNTY MY HOME IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS AS A JEWISH ISRAELI. WHEN I READ THE RESOLUTION.

RESOLUTION NUMBER SIX, I FELT ANNIHILATED AND UNWELCOMED IN THE COUNTY I CALL HOME.

AND NOW I'M.

I HAVE CONCERNS SENDING MY KIDS TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE COUNTY.

WELL, I'M SURE THIS THE INTENTIONS OF THIS RESOLUTION WAS TO BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER AND FOSTER A CULTURE OF INCLUSIVENESS.

IT CREATED CREATED THE EXACT OPPOSITE.

THE RESOLUTION IS FULL OF INACCURACY, INACCURATE INFORMATION AND DIVISIVE LANGUAGE.

THE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN CONFLICT IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPLICATED IN THE WORLD, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS THE TOOLS OR KNOWLEDGE TO CALL FOR RESOLUTION.

I URGE YOU TO FOCUS ON LOCAL EDUCATIONAL TOPICS AND AVOID INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.

VOTE NO ON THE RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU. OUR LAST GROUP OF SPEAKERS IS LAST CALL FOR THOSE WHO WERE CALLED PREVIOUSLY BUT WERE NOT LINED UP. LAST CALL FOR THE FOLLOWING SPEAKERS.

ZAHARA. BALLOU.

DOREEN KESSMAN KETTLEMAN.

OMAR YASIN.

OMAR F.

SAMMY OR SAMMY IBRAHIM.

JENNY OR JEREMY RIM.

AHMED AWAD.

RAMSEY FIRST.

SALAH AL-DIN.

DELICIA WHITE.

ZAINAB A.

GNOME. LAZAROV.

ZAINAB. Q.

GUY. RESHEF.

AND HASSAN.

ALWAYS. IF YOU ARE PRESENT, PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM THAT'S LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF THE ROOM.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER OF THIS GROUP IS ZAHARA BALLOU.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS ZAHRA BILLOO.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT CARE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT AFZAL BERTA AND BOARD MEMBERS.

I'M HERE TO SUPPORT AGENDA ITEM £0.06.

EVERY MINUTE THAT WE SIT IN THIS ROOM DEBATING WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD SUPPORT A CEASE FIRE.

ISRAEL KILLS MORE PALESTINIAN CHILDREN.

THEY HAVE BOMBED HOSPITALS, REFUGEE CAMPS, MURDERED OVER 100 JOURNALISTS.

AND SPARED NO CHILD.

TO DATE, OVER 10,000 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN KILLED.

BUT THIS ISN'T JUST AN ISSUE OVERSEAS.

THIS IS AN ISSUE RIGHT HERE WHERE WE HAVE SEEN A NEARLY 200% INCREASE IN COMPLAINTS OF BULLYING AND ISLAMOPHOBIA.

IT IS INCUMBENT ON ALL OF YOU, AS OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, TO LEAD SANTA CLARA COUNTY BY SAYING LOUD AND CLEAR THAT WE SUPPORT SAFETY FOR ALL CHILDREN.

THANK YOU. OUR LAST SPEAKER THAT I SEE LINED UP IS HASSAN AWEIS.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS HASSAN OS.

I'M 16 AND I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THIS COMMUNITY MY WHOLE LIFE.

I GREW UP HERE AND I WENT TO SCHOOL HERE.

WE LIKE THIS COMMUNITY AND IT HAS BENEFITED US, WHICH IS WHY I SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION CALLING TO RECOGNIZE SUSTAINED PEACE AND SAFETY FOR ALL CHILDREN.

ISRAELI BOMBS HAVE DESTROYED THE HOMES AND SCHOOLS OF PALESTINIANS.

THE FUTURE OF A GENERATION IS BEING SNATCHED FROM THEM AS THESE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE BEING DESTROYED.

WHILE SCHOOLS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A PLACE WHERE KNOWLEDGE IS SOUGHT, WHERE VALUES ARE TAUGHT, AND WHERE PASSIONATE STUDENTS ARE BROUGHT.

INSTEAD, CITIZENS ARE CRAMPING AND TAKING SHELTER IN THEM.

90 SCHOOLS TOTAL AND UNIVERSITIES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY THE OCCUPATION SINCE THE WAR ON GAZA.

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THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MODERATOR. AND OUR STAFF, AS WELL AS EVERYONE WHO HAS, APPEARED THIS EVENING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.

WE ARE GOING TO MOVE, TO BOARD DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.

AND AS A, AS ONE OF THE TWO SUBMITTERS OF THIS, I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.

£0.06 IN, IN.

RECOGNIZING SUSTAINED PEACE AND SAFETY FOR ALL CHILDREN.

I SECOND IT.

OKAY. AND WE WILL GO TO BOARD DISCUSSION.

SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN, DID YOU HAPPEN TO CATCH THE ORDER? TRUSTEE LARI. OKAY.

SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SPEAK TO IT.

OUR TRUSTEES, OUR BOARD ADOPTED THE BILL OF RIGHTS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH ON APRIL 19TH, 2023.

IT SAYS ALL CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO FEEL AND BE SAFE IN ALL ENVIRONMENTS THEY ARE IN, SUCH AS THEIR SCHOOLS, HOMES, NEIGHBORHOODS AND ONLINE.

UNLESS THERE'S A CEASE FIRE, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STEM THE RISE IN BOTH ANTI-SEMITISM AND ISLAMOPHOBIA IN OUR SCHOOLS AND IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

MANY OF OUR CHILDREN'S FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES HAVE BEEN IN THE MIDST OF THIS CONFLICT FOR THE LAST 90 DAYS, AND THAT CONTINUOUS STRESS HAS CAUSED TREMENDOUS TRAUMA.

AS MENTIONED IN PUBLIC COMMENT, OTHER CHILDREN ARE WATCHING THE SITUATION UNFOLD IN REAL TIME.

I CAUGHT UNICEF IN ALL WARS.

IT IS A IT IS A CHILDREN WHO SUFFER FIRST IN SOME OF SUFFER MOST.

AND THIS IS TRAGICALLY TRUE TODAY.

THE UN HAS CALLED THIS A HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE.

THE IMPACT OF WHICH WILL BE FELT FOR YEARS TO COME.

FOR OUR WORLD TO BE SAFE TOMORROW, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORLD IS SAFE FOR OUR CHILDREN.

TODAY, WE AS A BOARD NEEDS TO STAND FOR PEACE, SAFETY AND THE PROTECTION OF ALL LIFE.

THIS RESOLUTION URGES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO FOCUS THE US TAXPAYERS FUNDS ON OUR NATION'S EDUCATION SYSTEM, AND SUPPORT ALL OUR CHILDREN.

THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE MAH. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA.

FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE SPEAKERS TONIGHT WHO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THEIR TRUTH TO THIS RESOLUTION TONIGHT.

IN ADDITION TO THE HUNDREDS OF EMAILS THAT OUR BOARD HAS RECEIVED REGARDING THIS ITEM.

I ORIGINALLY MOVED TO PULL THIS RESOLUTION FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR, AND NOW I MOVE TO TABLE THIS ITEM FOR A FUTURE AGENDA FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION.

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS PLACED ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA WITH AN UNDOCUMENTED PROCESS AND WITHOUT TRANSPARENCY.

HOWEVER, THE BOARD STILL HAS NOT, IN MY OPINION, HAD ENOUGH TIME TO STUDY AND UNDERSTAND THIS ITEM WITHOUT LEGAL COUNSEL REVIEW AND A STAFF PRESENTATION WITH THOROUGH BACKGROUND RESEARCH OF FACTS AND DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES FOR THE RESOLUTION.

SO THEREFORE, I MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM FOR A FUTURE AGENDA FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION.

AND MAY I SAY THAT THE COUNCIL THAT THE COUNCIL HAS REVIEWED IT AND THEY FOUND IT, THAT IT'S READY TO GO.

YEAH. IS THERE A SECOND TO TRUSTEE MAKE A MOTION? TRUSTEE CHON.

I HAVE, I HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE SPEAKING FURTHER, I, I DID WANT TO KNOW.

SO DID WE GET CONFIRMATION AND FEEDBACK FROM COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE RESOLUTION? SO MY UNDERSTANDING, AND I BELIEVE ALL TRUSTEES HAVE A COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT WITH THE NOTES ON IT.

I'M SORRY, PRESIDENT BERTA.

I'M NOT SURE IF EVERY TRUSTEE RECEIVED IT, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT THE CHANGES HAVE BEEN SHARED.

OKAY, I CAN I CAN GO AHEAD AND READ IT IF EVERYONE HAS NOT, GOTTEN A COPY OF THIS.

YES, I WILL GO AHEAD AND READ THE FEEDBACK THAT WAS GIVEN BY COUNTY COUNCIL.

IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF THE RESOLUTION, I WILL JUST GO AHEAD AND READ IT AS I SEE THE CHANGES.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION BELIEVES THAT PEACEFUL DIPLOMACY IS THE ONLY WAY TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS AND CALLS FOR AN IMMEDIATE AND PERMANENT HUMANITARIAN CEASEFIRE IN GAZA.

THE RELEASE OF ALL HOSTAGES, THE SAFE PASSAGE OF SUBSTANTIAL HUMANITARIAN AID TO THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, AND THE IMMEDIATE RESTORATION OF BASIC

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WE URGE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO FOCUS US TAXPAYER DOLLARS OR SORRY, US TAXPAYER FUNDS, SPECIFICALLY SANTA CLARA'S EDUCATION FUND, TO SUPPORT ALL.

OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR NATION'S EDUCATION SYSTEM.

SO THAT WAS THE FEEDBACK GIVEN BY COUNTY COUNCIL ON THIS.

ON THE RESOLUTION AND AS THE MAKER OF THE INITIAL MOTION, I WILL ACCEPT THOSE AMENDMENTS, IF THAT'S OKAY, WITH TRUSTEE LARI AS WELL, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND I ALSO WANTED TO CLARIFY, THAT AND SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN HERE. BUT TRUSTEE LARI AND I DID FOLLOW EVERY PROCESS AS WELL AS A PRESIDENT, FORMER PRESIDENT CHON TRUSTEE LARI AND I FOLLOWED EVERY PROCESS TO GET THIS RESOLUTION AGENDIZED IN THE APPROPRIATE MANNER.

THERE WERE NO PROCESSES THAT WERE SKIPPED IN TERMS OF OUR OBLIGATION IN SUBMITTING THIS RESOLUTION TO THE AGENDA.

AND I WOULD ALSO JUST LIKE TO SHARE FOR MY COLLEAGUES.

I MEAN, I HEAR I HEAR THE PUBLIC LOUD AND CLEAR.

IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CHANGES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE, I AM OPEN TO HEARING THAT.

I THINK IN RECOGNITION OF THE, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO PROVIDED INPUT BOTH BY EMAIL AND IN PERSON, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A LOT OF PAIN THAT THERE IS.

OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING THROUGH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TRAUMA, ALL STUDENTS.

AND SO UNDERSTANDING THAT ANY TEACHER, ANY PARENT KNOWS THAT LEARNING CAN'T HAPPEN WHEN A CHILD DOESN'T FEEL SAFE.

WE KNOW THIS IS IMPACTING MENTAL HEALTH.

WE KNOW THAT THIS IS IMPACTING PHYSICAL HEALTH.

IF THIS IS IMPACTING US AS ADULTS, IMAGINE HOW IT'S IMPACTING OUR CHILDREN.

AND SO IT IS FOR THAT REASON THAT DIRECT CORRELATION WITH HOW THIS IS IMPACTING THE CHILDREN OF OUR COUNTY, THAT I FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO IDENTIFY THE WAYS THAT WE ARE GOING TO COMBAT AS WE'VE AS WE'VE STATED, DENOUNCING ANTI-SEMITISM, THERE IS NO ROOM FOR THAT WHATSOEVER.

THERE'S ALSO NO ROOM FOR ISLAMOPHOBIA.

THERE'S ALSO NO ROOM FOR HATE OF ANY KIND.

AND SO THIS WAS OUR ATTEMPT TO DO THAT.

I'M OPEN, LIKE I SAID, TO HEARING FEEDBACK FROM MY COLLEAGUES, IF THERE ARE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGED.

BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US EVERY DAY THAT WE WAIT.

AND THAT WAS PART OF THE URGENCY THAT TRUSTEE LARI AND I INITIALLY SUBMITTED THIS RESOLUTION.

WE KNOW THAT THIS IS HAPPENING A LONG TERM IMPACT.

IN TERMS OF OUR CHILDREN HERE AND ABROAD.

TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

IT'S. I'M SITTING HERE AND FEELING SO VERY CONFLICTED.

I HEARD ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT GAVE OF THEIR TIME TONIGHT TO SHARE THEIR VOICE ABOUT SOMETHING SO IMPORTANT FOR THE WORLD. I'M CONFLICTED BECAUSE I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE AN IMMEDIATE CEASE FIRE.

I'M CONFLICTED BECAUSE THIS BOARD SHOULD FOCUS ON EDUCATIONAL ISSUES.

I'M CONFLICTED BECAUSE WHAT YOU SAID IS SO TRUE.

CHILDREN CAN'T LEARN.

THEY CANNOT LEARN UNLESS THEY'RE FEELING SAFE AND VALUED.

BUT I HEARD ON BOTH SIDES.

I DON'T LIKE TO USE SIDES, BUT I HEARD ON THE COMMENTS AND TAKING THEM ALL TOGETHER THAT THIS THIS RESOLUTION DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE AND MY CONCERNS.

AS I SAID, I SIT HERE, WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS THAT WE SAY IN VOICE, IN UNISON UNANIMOUSLY THAT THE CEASE FIRE SHOULD BE IMMEDIATE.

BUT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS I'VE HAD COACHES FROM TELL ME OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, ONE IS, WORKS IN THE, SYNAGOGUE IN SANTA CRUZ.

THAT NOT A BAD RESOLUTION.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED.

I DON'T THINK I CAN SIT HERE TONIGHT AND MAKE THOSE CHANGES.

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WE SHOULDN'T DO ANYTHING AS A BOARD TO TRY TO DIVIDE THIS COMMUNITY FURTHER THAN WHAT IS ALREADY DIVIDED.

AND THAT WAS CLEAR TONIGHT FROM TAKING THE TOTALITY OF WHAT I HEARD, THAT THERE ARE DIVISIONS THAT WE INCREASE.

PERHAPS FROM THE PASSAGE OF THIS.

IT IS OUR ROLE TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

WE DID TONIGHT, THANKS TO TO YOU TO WE BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER TO DISCUSS A VERY, VERY CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT NEEDS OUR NEEDS, OUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN, IN, IN GAZA AND THE WEST BANK.

AND WHAT WENT ON IN ISRAEL ON OCTOBER 7TH, WHICH THIS DOES NOT MENTION AS CLEARLY AS SOME THINK IT SHOULD.

AND I THINK IT SHOULD AS WELL, BUT SO I NEED MORE TIME, PERHAPS.

I'D BE WILLING TO SIT WITH PEOPLE TOGETHER TO, TO COME UP WITH LANGUAGE THAT I COULD DEFINITELY SUPPORT WITH 100% CERTAINTY.

BECAUSE THIS IS CRITICAL, THIS IS A CRITICAL ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

I KNOW WE SHOULD FOCUS ON EDUCATION.

HOWEVER, CHILDREN NEED TO FEEL SAFE IN OUR SCHOOLS IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY, IN THE 33 DISTRICTS AND OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS.

AND THEY AND OBVIOUSLY THEY DON'T, WHETHER THEY BE PALESTINIAN OR WHETHER THEY THEY BE JEWISH OR ISRAELI AMERICANS.

TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

THANK YOU.

YEAH. AND I WANT TO ECHO SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES.

I THINK THAT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH VIOLENCE AND LOSS OF INNOCENT LIVES AND ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, IT'S VERY TRAUMATIZING. I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS FEEL HOPELESS AND HELPLESS.

AND A LOT OF CHILDREN, TOO, IN OUR COUNTY.

SO I DO WANT TO TAKE ACTION AS A BOARD TO, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THOSE CHILDREN.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO FOLKS, TOO, SO I WANTED TO HEAR FROM OUR SUPERINTENDENT.

DO WE PROVIDE, CAN WE GO INTO WHAT SORT OF TRAINING WE PROVIDE TO OUR EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AROUND DEALING WITH XENOPHOBIA AND AROUND, MAKING SURE EDUCATORS AND STAFF ARE AWARE OF XENOPHOBIA AND THE MENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS AS WELL.

CAN YOU GIVE US A BIT OF A RUNDOWN ON SOME OF THOSE EFFORTS? WELL, I CAN JUST HIGHLIGHT, VERY BRIEFLY THAT, BOTH IN OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT, DIVISIONS, CURRICULUM SIDE, AS WELL AS THE, POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION SUPPORT AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, TEAMS, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER TEAMS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, OR WITHIN THE DIVISION.

THEY WORK TO SUPPORT TEACHERS AND IMPLEMENTING THE STATE CURRICULUM, IMPLEMENTING THE FAIR ACT, PROMOTING THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE EDUCATION CODE AROUND INCLUSION AND ANTI DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT, AND ALSO HELP FACILITATE TEXTBOOK ADOPTION MATERIALS ADOPTIONS WHEN REQUESTED BY DISTRICTS, AS WELL AS HELPING FACILITATE LESSON DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT WHEN REQUESTED BY DISTRICTS.

THANK YOU. YEAH. I'D LOVE, YOU KNOW, IN A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, JUST ADDING THAT AS AN INFORMATION ITEM, MAYBE STAFF CAN GO A BIT DEEPER INTO SOME OF THOSE EFFORTS BECAUSE I'VE CERTAINLY HEARD, YOU KNOW, ABOUT A LOT OF THE TRAUMA GOING AROUND AND BULLYING AND HARASSMENT.

AND SO I DO THINK WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THAT MORE ON OUR BOARD.

AND ALSO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, I THINK BEEN A LEADER IN THE STATE ON OUR SCHOOL BASED SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

HAVE WE HEARD, MAYBE ANECDOTALLY OR THROUGH OUR SURVEYS AT OUR WELLNESS CENTERS, HAVE WE HEARD FROM STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCING THIS TYPE OF TRAUMA AND HAVE OUR SERVICES, BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM? AND IS THERE MORE WE CAN DO THERE? WELL, THE THE WELLNESS CENTERS THAT ARE OFFICE SUPPORTS AND THAT ARE STAFFED BY COUNTY OFFICE PERSONNEL, AS WELL AS THOSE WHERE WE'RE PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT OPERATED WELLNESS CENTERS.

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TRAUMA, TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES, REQUESTING SUPPORT AND HOW TO NAVIGATE, BOTH THE, YOU KNOW, TRAUMAS THAT THEY SEE AND HEAR ABOUT. SO SOMETIMES IT'S FIRST HAND TRAUMA, SOMETIMES IT'S MORE SECONDARY.

THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL CAMPUSES TO PROMOTE, WAYS IN WHICH STUDENTS CAN, TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD AROUND THEM AND HAVE THE SUPPORTS THAT THEY NEED TO NAVIGATE.

AND THAT'S DONE BY BOTH THE LIAISONS AS WELL AS THE SPECIALISTS WHO ARE IN THOSE WELLNESS CENTERS, AS WELL AS WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ALSO PROVIDE, MORE DEEP END SUPPORT AND COUNSELING IF NEEDED.

YEAH. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST, YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT BERTA AND DOCTOR DEWAN, IF WE COULD HAVE A FURTHER, EXPANDED UPON INFORMATION ITEM ON BOTH OF THE TWO TOPICS, YOU KNOW, HOW WERE, TRAINING OUR EDUCATORS, ADMINISTRATORS AND HOW WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS, SPECIFICALLY DEALING WITH XENOPHOBIA AND, YOU KNOW, INCREASED TRAUMA THAT I THINK WE'VE ALL BEEN HEARING ABOUT.

SO I WANTED TO ADD THAT INTO THE CONVERSATION.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

TRUSTEE MAH. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA.

I, I GUESS I WOULD THEN, ASK THAT WE DO AMEND THE RESOLUTION AS YOU'VE INVITED US TO DISCUSS, AND I AGREE WITH, TRUSTEE DI SALVO THAT I'M NOT PREPARED TO MAKE ALL THE AMENDMENTS NOW THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

I MEAN, ONE THAT I HEARD PRETTY LOUD AND CLEAR IS TO ADD ANTI.

I'M SORRY TO ADD ISRAELI AMERICANS, FOR INSTANCE, TO ONE OF THE, FIRST PARAGRAPHS.

BUT ALSO THAT IN LOOKING BACK AT OUR RESOLUTION ON UKRAINE, WE WE WERE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT SAFETY FOR CHILDREN, ABOUT SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY.

AND, AND I WOULD LIKE TO.

FOLLOW THOSE KINDS OF PRINCIPLES.

IN IN OUR RESOLUTION, IN ADDITION TO AS TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN SAID TO TO ACTUALLY RESOLVE THAT THAT WE WILL SUPPORT THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE COUNTY THAT DISTRICTS.

CONCENTRATE AND FOCUS ON ADDRESSING BULLYISM, BULLYING AND, XENOPHOBIA THAT WE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT TONIGHT, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT WE DO HAVE MORE DIRECT CONTROL THAN SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE RESOLVED HERE. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE MAH. AT TRUSTEE.

ROCHA. VICE PRESIDENT.

PRESIDENT BERTA O.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN.

WRESTLING WITH THIS ISSUE FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS SINCE I SAW IT ON THE AGENDA.

AND, YOU KNOW, THIS ADVANCED AGE THAT I AM AT 55 AND I'M LIVING IN THIS SANTA CLARA COUNTY FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE AND WATCHING THIS ISSUE FROM AFAR.

YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN JUST LIKE I'M SURE EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM HAS SEEN INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS OVER THE DECADES AND DECADES AND DECADES.

AND THIS ONE, TO ME, STANDS OUT MORE SO THAN OTHERS.

NOT FOR ANY PARTICULAR REASON, EXCEPT THAT IT'S COMPLEXITY, AT LEAST TO ME.

AND I KNOW SOME FOLKS, MAKE STATEMENTS THAT IT'S NOT.

BUT TO ME, ONE THAT HAS LASTED THIS LONG AND HAS BEEN THIS INTENSE FOR THIS AMOUNT OF YEARS, HAS TO HAVE SOME COMPLEXITY TO IT.

IT CAN'T BE THAT SIMPLE.

SO I ALSO WANT TO JOIN MY THANKS TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAD THE LEADERSHIP AND COURAGE TO BRING THIS FORWARD.

REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU STAND ON THIS MATTER.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK THOSE THAT TOOK TIME OUT OF THEIR PERSONAL LIVES TO ATTEND THIS MEETING AND SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS, AND ALSO TO THE POINT THAT MY COLLEAGUE ALSO MENTIONED THE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS, AND I THINK IT WAS CLOSE TO 6700 EMAILS THAT WERE RECEIVED, SHARING THEIR THOUGHTS AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, THIS ISSUE HAS CHALLENGED MANY COUNTRIES LEADERS.

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WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO EVERYBODY, TO FIND A RESOLUTION OR A PEACEFUL PLACE TO LAND, AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO.

SO FOR ME, I FEEL QUITE LACKING, OF ANY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S NEEDED IN TERMS OF US TAKING A POSITION OR LACK OR JUST ADOPTING A RESOLUTION, THAT FOLKS WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH.

SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE AN ACTION THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE MORE HARM OR PAIN THAN GOOD.

SO THAT'S WHERE I'VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND SEEING THE CORRESPONDENCE THAT RECEIVED AND THEN NOW SEEING THE TESTIMONY FIRSTHAND, I FEEL EVEN MORE CONVINCED OF THAT.

AND THAT'S NOT BECAUSE, I GUESS I'M AFRAID POLITICALLY TO TAKE A POSITION.

I'VE NEVER BEEN AFRAID TO TAKE A POSITION.

I'VE TAKEN A LOT OF TOUGH VOTES OVER THE YEARS, FROM CITY COUNCIL TO SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.

BUT THIS ONE TO ME IS IS TRANSCENDS ALL OF THOSE.

YOU KNOW, I STRONGLY BELIEVE IN THE INTENT.

AND I KNOW YOU HAD THE BEST INTENTIONS ON THIS RESOLUTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING NONVIOLENCE AND PEACE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I, TOO AGREE THAT IT'S WRONG AT EVERY LEVEL.

AND IF WE'RE EVER, EVER TO EVOLVE AS A SPECIES OR A HUMAN RACE, WE MUST END THE PATH OF KILLING OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS OVER DISAGREEMENTS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE TOPIC IS.

YOU KNOW, WE ALL EXIST ON THIS ONE PLANET.

WE'RE ALL OF ONE PEOPLE, AND CONTINUING TO FIGHT OVER DIFFERENCES SETS US BACK EACH AND EVERY TIME AND ACCOMPLISHES NOTHING BUT MORE VIOLENCE.

IT ALSO STOPS US FROM ADVANCING TOWARDS A FUTURE WHERE OUR FELLOW NEIGHBORS ON THIS ONE PLANET THAT WE ALL INHABIT, WHERE WE ARE NOT HARMED IN THE NAME OF WHATEVER ISSUE THAT WE ARE NOT ALIGNED WITH.

NOW, THESE ARE MY PERSONAL COMMENTS, ONLY THEY'RE NOT INTENDED TO MINIMIZE THIS MATTER AT ALL.

BUT IT'S A DIFFICULT ISSUE TO CONVEY YOUR FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS ON IT.

SO THAT'S THE CONCLUSION THAT I CAME TO, YOU KNOW, THE WORD SIDE OR SIDES, AND YOU POINTED THAT OUT, WAS USED TONIGHT.

AND TO ME ONCE THAT'S THAT TERMS USED THEN WE CLEARLY HAVE NOT LANDED IN A SPACE THAT, I FEEL COMFORTABLE TAKING A POSITION ON, SO I'LL CLOSE WITH THAT.

BUT I WILL POSE A QUESTION TO THE CHAIR AROUND.

AND I'M CLEARLY YOU HAVE BEEN MORE ENGAGED ON THIS ISSUE THAN I HAVE.

I'VE BEEN WATCHING IT JUST IN TERMS OF NEWS, BUT NOT IN TERMS OF RESOLUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED, WHETHER IT'S HERE IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY OR ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

BUT I'D ASK, ARE THERE OTHER RESOLUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED WHERE, THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES HAVE SUPPORTED THE LANGUAGE IN THAT RESOLUTION? AND IF THAT IS THE CASE, AND YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT, I GUESS NOW THAT I SEE YOU NODDING, WHY WEREN'T THOSE USED? OR MAYBE YOU CAN ENLIGHTEN ME THAT THEY WERE USED AND WE'RE JUST RUNNING INTO WHAT THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION HAS, HAS.

EXPERIENCED FOR DECADES AND DECADES AND DECADES, WHICH IS THERE IS NO, NO, NO PLACE TO LAND.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, VICE PRESIDENT.

IT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION BECAUSE TRUSTEE LARI AND I THIS RESOLUTION WAS ACTUALLY DRAFTED DIRECTLY OFF OF ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT, A BAY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT RESOLUTION, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MENTIONING OUR, OUR RESOLUTIONS, I BELIEVE IT'S THE FOURTH WHEREAS CLAUSE WHERE WE MADE SOME ADDITIONS REFERRING TO THE RESOLUTIONS.

WE'VE PREVIOUSLY PASSED THIS EXACT RESOLUTION.

A BASED ON THAT VERSION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY A BAY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT BACK IN DECEMBER.

AND SO THE NEW HAVEN SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO THERE IS PRECEDENCE FOR A SCHOOL BOARD TAKING A STANCE IN THIS CAPACITY.

AS I STATED, WE CLEARLY HAD A NUMBER OF.

OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND I WOULD JUST URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO THINK ABOUT THIS.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS RESOLUTION WAS APPROVED.

IT FOLLOWED EVERY PROCESS.

I KNOW IT'S AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT DECISION AND THAT YOU'RE HEARING MANY, MANY THINGS, BUT IS IT REALLY GOING TO SERVE THE PURPOSE FOR US TO DELAY THIS TO ANOTHER FUTURE MEETING, TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN AND PUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY THROUGH THIS AGAIN? IF YOU HAVE THE FEEDBACK, I'M AGAIN, I'VE STATED IT, PLEASE SHARE IT.

ALSO, IT'S A LITTLE BIT CONCERNING TO ME THAT THIS BOARD HAS ADOPTED A RESOLUTION ON OTHER, YOU KNOW, TO TO SUPPORT AND STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH OTHER IMPACTED COMMUNITIES LIKE UKRAINE.

AND I'M CONCERNED, EXCUSE ME, THE BOARD IS TRYING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION, SO I WOULD APPRECIATE WE GAVE THE PUBLIC TIME TO PROVIDE INPUT.

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AND SO I REALLY URGE YOU TO CONSIDER.

WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

JUST LIKE WE WOULD WITH ALL OTHER AGENDA ITEMS. IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THIS RESOLUTION, THIS IS THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT.

IT'S BEEN AGENDIZED. IT'S FOLLOWED EVERY PROCESS.

WE ARE HERE AS A COMMUNITY.

WE'VE WE'VE HAD, AS YOU MENTIONED, HUNDREDS OF OF COMMENTS OF OF EMAILS AND INPUT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY.

IF WE HAVE FEEDBACK, I HEAR YOU, LET'S INCORPORATE IT.

IT'S NOT A VERY LONG RESOLUTION.

IT'S A SINGLE PAGE.

IF THERE'S ASPECTS WE NEED TO REMOVE, I AM OPEN TO THAT.

AND I'M SURE TRUSTEE LARI IS AS WELL.

WE ARE TRYING TO UNIFY AND I THINK WE CAN GET THERE AS A BOARD, I TRULY DO.

SO TO FINISH.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WHAT I WAS ASKING ABOUT WAS, I GUESS, MORE OF, A RESOLUTION THAT WAS SUPPORTED NOT UNANIMOUSLY BY ITS ELECTED BOARD, BUT BY THE COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST THAT SHOWED UP AND SUPPORTED IT AND POINT TO THAT AS A GOOD MODEL.

THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR, MAYBE REFERRING TO THAT.

BUT, FOR ME, THAT TO ME IS VERY CRITICAL BECAUSE AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE AN ACTION THAT'S GOING TO DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD.

DEPENDING UPON WHERE YOU STAND ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, WE COULD DO.

AND I'M NOT RECOMMENDING THIS, BUT I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE FOR MY COLLEAGUES.

IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO CONSIDER TO YOUR POINT ABOUT, WORKING THROUGH IDENTIFYING WHAT THAT RESOLUTION MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

IS, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN OTHER MEETINGS THAT HAVE LASTED MANY, MANY HOURS AND A LOT OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY.

AS YOU CLOSE THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND YOU CONTINUE THE ITEM AND THE NEXT MEETING, YOU COME BACK.

THERE'S NO PUBLIC TESTIMONY BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY CLOSED IT AND YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY.

SO IT JUST ALLOWS US ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO DO A LITTLE WORK IN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.

BEFORE WE COME BACK, THAT'S JUST AN OPTION.

I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT I KNOW THE PUBLIC MAY FEEL THAT THAT'S EXCLUDING THEM FROM WHATEVER THE NEXT STEP MAY BE, BUT IF THE NEXT ACTION IS NEXT TO IDENTICAL OF WHAT WE'RE TAKING UP TONIGHT, THAT'S SOMETHING AS AN OPTION TO, TO CONSIDER.

ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE LATE HOUR THAT WE'RE ALREADY INTO THIS AND WORDSMITHING THIS ON THE DAIS MIGHT BE A CHALLENGE, BUT THAT'S MY $0.02.

I'M JUST ONE VOICE, AND I'LL CLOSE WITH THEIR.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

TRUSTEE DI SALVO. I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE, VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA.

I THINK IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO DO AT THIS AT THIS LATE HOUR, ALTHOUGH I DON'T THINK WE'RE FAR FROM GETTING THERE.

I THINK WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT START WITH THE DRAFT THAT WE HAD BEFORE US WITH WITH SOME CHANGES.

I WAS GIVEN THE I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS ADOPTED.

IT'S IT SAYS DRAFT THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA RESOLUTION THAT BEGINS WITH THIS.

WHEREAS ALL HUMAN LIFE IS PRECIOUS AND DESERVING OF LIBERTY AND FREEDOM.

THAT'S HOW IT BEGINS.

AND, AND AND IT DOESN'T CITE.

ANYTHING THAT I SEE IN THIS, THAT'S THAT WOULD BE, DIVISIVE IN THE WAY THAT, SOME OF THE ITEMS OF THE WHEREAS ON THIS LAST RESOLUTION WERE TOO MANY AND TO ME AS WELL.

SO I, I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT OTHER OTHERS.

THE SECOND WHEREAS IN THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA IS THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA, STANDS FOR DIVERSITY, BELONGING AND RESPECT FOR ALL REGARDLESS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, DISABILITY, GENDER IDENTITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RELIGION, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, IMMIGRATION STATUS, COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, OR ANY OTHER CHARACTERISTIC.

AND WHEREAS THE NUMBER OF HATE CRIMES ACROSS THE NATION HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY OVER RECENT YEARS, WHICH HAS IMPACTED SANTA CLARA'S AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, AND IT GOES ON IN THAT VEIN, WITH BEING MORE INCLUSIVE, WHICH I WAS HEARING FROM THE AUDIENCE THAN DIVISIVE.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD BE SHOOTING FOR IN THE NEXT ITERATION, IF WE COULD GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND COME BACK THE FIRST MEETING IN FEBRUARY, WHICH I THINK IT'S FEBRUARY 7TH, WITH SOMETHING THAT, WE WOULD HAVE SUNSHINE ON THE AGENDA, ON THAT FRIDAY BEFORE OUR WEDNESDAY MEETING.

I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, THOUGH.

THEN WE WE ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO ENGAGE IN THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.

AGAIN. AND I GUESS MY MY CONCERN IS THINKING ABOUT THIS IN THE SENSE OF.

LIKE ALL OTHER RESOLUTIONS, TRUSTEES SUBMIT THEM.

THEY PUT THEIR BEST INTENTIONS FORWARD.

THEY DO THEIR RESEARCH.

THEY DO THEIR HOMEWORK.

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THIS HAS BEEN UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED IN ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT IN OUR AREA.

TO THEN SAY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED MORE TIME OR WE'RE GOING TO DELAY IT, OR WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND MAKE THE PUBLIC GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN.

I MEAN EVEN TO TO VICE PRESIDENT, RESPECTFULLY, VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA EVEN IF WE GO STRAIGHT TO ACTION, OUR PUBLIC IS STILL GOING TO WANT TO STAY INFORMED.

THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE HERE.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO ANYWHERE.

SO WHETHER WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION NOW OR AT THE NEXT MEETING, I GUESS I'M JUST I'M A LITTLE BAFFLED AS TO WHY WE WOULD PUT EVERYONE THROUGH THAT. IF WE CAN TRULY IDENTIFY WHAT THE ASPECTS ARE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, WE WANT MORE HARMONIZING LANGUAGE.

I HEAR THAT WE WANT THE INCLUSION OF ISRAELI AMERICANS.

I HEAR THAT I'M OPEN TO THAT.

I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO GET THERE.

AND I THINK WE CAN.

AS I MENTIONED, IT'S A SHORT RESOLUTION.

TRUSTEE MAH. SO I STILL THINK THAT, CHANGING THE WORDING BECAUSE WORDS MATTER. CHANGING THE WORDING.

REQUIRES US TO BE TRANSPARENT AND OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

I MEAN, IF IF OUR CHANGES ARE ACCEPTABLE TO ALL THE TRUSTEES, FOR INSTANCE, IT MAY BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO ALL COME.

I MEAN, WE'RE NOT PUTTING THEM THROUGH THE SAME THING BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE SAME RESOLUTION.

BY PUTTING IN THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING SUGGESTED.

AND OF THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED, YOU DIDN'T ADD MY SUGGESTION, WHICH WAS TO PUT IN A FOCUS ON, ASKING LOCAL DISTRICTS TO.

REALLY TARGET ANTI-BULLYING ACTIVITY, AS HAS BEEN REPORTED.

I MEAN, THAT THAT THERE'S JUST ENOUGH THINGS IN THERE THAT IT CHANGES IT HOPEFULLY TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY.

AS YOU SAID, WE'RE LISTENING.

AND I THINK BY PUTTING IN THE CHANGES THAT SOME OF US HAVE SUGGESTED, WE WON'T NECESSARILY HAVE 200 PEOPLE COME AT THE NEXT MEETING.

WELL, POSSIBLY.

I MEAN, YOU'RE CERTAINLY ALLOWED TO.

I'M NOT.

YEAH. SO WE'RE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET INTO A BACK AND FORTH WITH THE AUDIENCE.

PLEASE. THIS IS A BOARD DISCUSSION TIME RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT. BUT I HEAR YOUR POINT.

TRUSTEE MAH. AND, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I WAS TRYING TO EMPHASIZE THE PROCESS, WHICH IS THAT.

FOR OTHER RESOLUTIONS.

WE TYPICALLY COME PREPARED WITH ANY AND HAVE HEARD THOSE THOSE PIECES OF FEEDBACK.

SO AGAIN, AND I'M HAPPY TO ACCEPT THAT AS AN AMENDMENT TO THIS RESOLUTION, I THINK IT'S A IT'S A VERY A CRITICAL COMPONENT.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT INCLUDED.

SO IF WE CAN MAKE THAT AMENDMENT.

I'M ASKING TRUSTEE LARI WHETHER SHE WOULD AGREE TO THAT.

HAVE ABOUT DENOUNCING ANTI-SEMITISM AND ISLAMOPHOBIA.

SO, THOSE RESOLUTIONS DID HAVE SOMETHING ABOUT ANTI BULLYING, RIGHT? BUT IF WE CAN INCLUDE SOME SPECIFIC LANGUAGE.

I HEAR THAT RIGHT.

YEAH, SURE. ABSOLUTELY.

I AGREE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE ISRAELI AMERICANS IN THE SECOND, WHEREAS.

TRUSTEE MAH. SO THE OTHER COMMENT I WANT TO SAY IS THAT WE HAVE IN THE PAST SENT RESOLUTIONS BACK FOR REWORDING.

IT'S NOT THAT EVERY RESOLUTION THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED THROUGH ALL THE PROCESSES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN APPROVED.

ANY. MM.HMM.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM TRUSTEES? ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE.

CHON. I JUST, I WANT TO SAY I'M VERY CONFLICTED AS WELL, AND I HAVE CONCERNS WITH DOING MORE HARM. I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT WHAT MANY OF MY TRUSTEES SAID, BUT I, ONE OTHER PORTION OF I DON'T I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF WORDSMITHING WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THIS EVENING, BUT I DID WANT TO ASK A QUESTION, BECAUSE THERE WAS ONE OTHER PART OF THE RESOLUTION THAT I HEARD A LOT OF IN THE EMAILS, AS WELL AS THERE SEEMED TO BE A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT, TONIGHT WAS THE.

THE FIFTH, WHEREAS WERE THE LOSS OF 1200 LIVES IN ISRAEL AND OVER 25,000 LIVES IN PALESTINE.

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SO IS IT POSSIBLE TO EXPLAIN THAT? IF NOT, IT'S OKAY.

BUT THAT WAS ONE AREA THAT I SEEM TO SEE THAT WERE OF CONCERN.

AND SO AND I WOULD NOT KNOW HOW TO WORDSMITH THAT SECTION EITHER.

SO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBERS THEMSELVES OR.

I THINK IT IS THE NUMBERS, BUT ALSO I.

I WOULD LIKE TO BE MORE VERSED IN THAT PART OR JUST HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON IT.

I KNOW I'M KIND OF PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT FOR THAT.

WHICH I'M NOT TRYING TO DO, BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, PUSH IT FORWARD WITH WORDSMITHING, THAT IS ONE PART I HAVE A QUESTION ON.

I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.

TRUSTEE LARI. DO YOU HAVE A.

SO I WAS JUST SAYING WE DO HAVE SOURCES ON THOSE.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'D LIKE? SURE. THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME TO LOOK AT THAT.

AND I THINK THE OTHER ASPECT IS, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO TO SHIFT AND INCREASE.

SO THAT'S PART OF THE CHALLENGE IS WE WON'T AS THIS RESOLUTION IS AS TIME PASSES, THE NUMBERS, UNFORTUNATELY ARE INCREASING. AND HAVE INCREASED SINCE THE TIME THAT WE SUBMITTED THIS RESOLUTION.

AND ACTUALLY, THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO DO IT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, BECAUSE THE NUMBERS KEEP INCREASING.

SO THERE'S THAT.

THE LEVEL OF URGENCY ON THIS ITEM IS WE KNOW THAT.

ACCORDING TO THE UN, ABOUT 160 CHILDREN ARE BEING KILLED EVERY DAY AND THAT IS ONE EVERY TEN MINUTES.

SO OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A MATTER OF URGENCY, AND IT HAS THAT SAME WEIGHT AND URGENCY ON OUR CHILDREN IN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM. SO I WILL ASK ONCE MORE IF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SPECIFIC CHANGES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THIS LANGUAGE.

AND I HAVE. I HAVE HEARD FROM A TRUSTEE DI SALVO TRUSTEE MAH.

TRUSTEE ROCHA ON LANGUAGE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCLUDED IN HERE.

IF THERE ARE OTHER PIECES OF FEEDBACK, I'D LIKE FOR US TO DISCUSS AS MUCH OF THIS AS WE CAN.

AND I'D LIKE TO SAY JUST ONE MORE THING ABOUT THE URGENCY.

SO HERE'S A FIGURE 90% OF PEOPLE HAVE REGULARLY GONE A FULL DAY WITHOUT FOOD AND ARE FACING DEATH BY DISEASE, INJURY, STARVATION.

SO THAT'S WHY THE URGENCY IS, YOU KNOW, IS SEVERE.

ARE THERE OTHER CHANGES? EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME.

TRUSTEE DI SALVO. YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE PUSHING US TO RESOLUTION ON THE RESOLUTION, HOWEVER.

I THINK THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.

WHAT OUR.

IF WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.

ONCE WE AGREE ON THE LANGUAGE, IT DOESN'T MEAN THE WAR STOPS.

IT. AND WE WE.

IN ORDER FOR US TO BE AN EFFECTIVE TEAM OF EIGHT, WE NEED TO BE TOGETHER IN ONE OF THESE MOST THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE OF OUR MOMENT IN TIME IN HISTORY, OTHER THAN THE 2020 4TH NOVEMBER ELECTION IN AMERICA.

I AM YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THIS OTHER THING I GOT FROM SOMEBODY TODAY THAT SAYS INSTEAD OF AMPLIFYING HATE AND DIVISION, WE URGE YOU TO LEAD WITH EMPATHY AND AND ENSURE ALL STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND STAFF OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY SCHOOLS FEEL SUPPORTED AND WELCOMED.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK IS SO IMPORTANT.

AS A FORMER PRINCIPAL, THERE'S SO MANY TIMES STUDENTS DON'T FEEL WELCOMED INTO THAT NEW SCHOOL THAT THEY COME WITH, AND THERE'S SO MUCH WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND THAT SHOULD BE OUR FOCUS.

AND THIS RESOLUTION SHOULD BE MORE FOCUSED ON THE WORK, THE EDUCATIONAL WORK WE NEED TO DO TO TO ENSURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAFE ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL STUDENTS TO LEARN.

AND I'D LIKE TO SPEND SOME TIME ON THINKING ABOUT HOW WE GET THERE.

AND NOT PUSH A RESOLUTION TONIGHT, BUT I DON'T SEE THE SENSE OF THERE'S A SENSE OF URGENCY IN A CEASE FIRE IMMEDIATELY, AND MAYBE THE RETURN OF THE HOSTAGES IF IF THAT COULD BE NEGOTIATED.

THAT. BUT I DON'T HAVE WE I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

I KNOW THAT THIS.

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BUT I JUST FEEL WE SHOULD DO OUR BIT, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, IT MAY NOT CHANGE THINGS, BUT WE NEED TO DO OUR PART.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M NOT SAYING NOT TO DO OUR PART.

I'M SAYING LET'S DO IT.

BUT LET'S DO IT RIGHT WITH UNANIMITY AMONG THE SEVEN EIGHT OF US ON THE GOVERNANCE TEAM.

AND LET'S TAKE SOME TIME TO DO IT RIGHT.

THIS IS THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE.

AND THE PROCESS THAT WE USED FOR THIS, TO PUT IT ON CONSENT AND ME FINDING OUT ABOUT IT IN, IN I THINK ON SUNDAY WHEN I READ MY AGENDA WAS WAS NOT A REAL GOOD PROCESS.

I MEAN, I THINK BECAUSE IT'S SO CONTROVERSIAL, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A HEADS UP AND, YOU KNOW, GIVE US, GIVE US INPUT INTO THE RESOLUTION WE'RE DESIGNING.

AND WE COULD HAVE GONE OUT AND FOUND SOME, BUT PUT IT UNDER CONSENT WITHOUT TRANSPARENCY WAS WAS NOT GOOD PROCESS.

AND THIS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE AS TRANSPARENT TO THE WORLD AS POSSIBLE AND I MEAN TO THE WORLD.

BUT BUT I APPRECIATE US GETTING IF YOU DIDN'T PUSH THE AGENDA, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT DOING THIS.

WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD ALL THESE AMAZING, ARTICULATE PEOPLE THAT CAME FROM SEVEN YEARS OLD TO 70 YEARS OLD TO GIVE US THEIR INPUT TONIGHT.

IT WAS IT WAS.

SO TO SIT HERE AND LISTEN.

WAS SO AFFIRMING OF LIVING IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

AND THE KIND OF DEEP CONCERN YOU HAVE FOR THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN.

AND WE COULD MAKE IT BETTER TOGETHER.

AND PERHAPS THIS RESOLUTION COULD BEGIN THE HEALING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AMONG THE PEOPLES THAT THAT DISAGREE ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

AND WE COULD BE AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

AND YOU KNOW.

I HEAR YOU. WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO END THE VIOLENCE TOMORROW, BUT OUR CHILDREN ARE WATCHING WHAT WE DO TODAY.

OUR STUDENTS ARE WATCHING WHAT WE DO TODAY.

AND. AND SO.

TO YOUR POINT ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, AND PERHAPS THIS IS A CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE AS A BOARD.

I KEEP ASKING THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD PRESIDENT IF THERE WAS A PROCESS THAT WE DID NOT FOLLOW FOR THIS RESOLUTION.

PLEASE LET MY TRUSTEE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES KNOW, BUT I BELIEVE WE FOLLOWED EVERY PROCESS WE NEEDED TO TO AGENDIZE THIS RESOLUTION.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S MANY VIEWS ON IT, BUT TO SAY IT WAS NOT TRANSPARENT, I DON'T THINK THAT'S ACCURATE.

WE FOLLOWED EVERY PROCESS.

THAT WAS REQUIRED FOR THIS RESOLUTION.

YEAH, I CAN, I CAN SPEAK ON THAT.

I DON'T THINK TRANSPARENCY IS THE BEST WORD TO.

I'M JUST SPEAKING ON THE PROCESS OF PLACING IT ON THE AGENDA.

YOU KNOW, I'VE SPOKEN, THAT IT DID COME TO MYSELF AND DOCTOR DEWAN ON EARLIER AND THAT WE HAD A FEW DAYS TO REVIEW IT.

I DID SEE THE URGENCY FROM PRESIDENT BERTA AS WELL AS TRUSTEE LARI, PLACING IT ON THE 10TH AGENDA.

IT DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO BE REVIEWED BY LEGAL COUNSEL, BUT I UNDERSTOOD THE URGENCY, WHICH IS WHY THEN, AS MY DISCRETION OF AS PREVIOUS BOARD PRESIDENT, I DID PLACE IT ONTO THE AGENDA.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS HERE WITH THE INTENTION THAT IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSED THAT IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THAT OUR BOARD COULD TALK ABOUT IT.

AND I THINK THAT THERE'S BETTER STEPS THAT WE CAN TAKE IN THE FUTURE.

BUT THAT THE PROCESS WAS, WAS FOLLOWED.

SO I'M NOT SURE IF THE TRANSPARENCY WAS NOT THIS WAS NOT, THERE WAS NO MALICIOUS OR, IT. IT WAS NOT SNEAKILY PUT ON THE AGENDA OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHERE THE ISSUES OF TRANSPARENCY ARE.

BUT IT WAS NOT DONE IN THAT WAY.

SO IF THAT'S THE CONFIRMATION YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, THANK YOU.

I HOPE THAT THAT CLARIFIES.

USUALLY IN PAST TIMES THEY COME UP, MORE RESOLUTIONS COME UP MORE ORGANICALLY.

IT'S NOT ONE MEETING TO THE NEXT THAT WE HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT IS PARTICULARLY FOR THIS ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE SO CONTROVERSIAL.

THEY COME UP ORGANICALLY AND SAY, SUPERINTENDENT, CAN WE HAVE SOME LANGUAGE THAT STAFF COULD WORK ON A RESOLUTION? LIKE FOR THE NEXT MEETING ON THIS ISSUE, IN MY 15 PLUS YEARS, THAT'S THEY'VE BEEN MORE ORGANIC.

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NOT TO BE AS ORGANIC AS WE'VE BEEN BEFORE.

HOWEVER, IT LEFT ME.

PAUSE, JUST FYI.

BUT WE'RE BEYOND THAT NOW.

BUT I THINK, COMING UP WITH THE LANGUAGE WE NEED FOR THE NEXT ITERATION OF THIS IS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND TO DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND I'M WILLING TO COME BACK, I'M WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT BUILDING, THAT LANGUAGE.

I'M WILLING TO COME BACK NEXT WEEK ON A SPECIAL MEETING AND HAVE THAT RESOLUTION.

I'M NOT I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE HAVE TO WAIT ALL THE WAY TO FEBRUARY.

THE JANUARY 31ST IS OUR NEXT MEETING.

YEAH. SO HEARING THAT FROM MY COLLEAGUES, I'M GOING TO ASK THE SECONDER OF THE MOTION.

IS THAT A.

IS WE CAN PROCEED WITH THE VOTE, OR WE CAN WITHDRAW OUR MOTIONS AND MOVE THIS ITEM TO THE THE 31ST BOARD MEETING OR A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING, DEPENDING ON WHAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE AGREEABLE TO.

SOME MAY BE. A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING IS A GOOD IDEA.

THE QUESTION. TRUSTEE CHON.

IF WE DO A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING, WOULD IT BE JUST THIS ONE ITEM, OR WOULD IT BE LIKE A LIKE A REGULAR BOARD MEETING THAT HAS EVERYTHING? I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE BASED ON WHAT? WHETHER THERE ARE ANY OTHER ITEMS AS SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR DEWAN.

THAT WOULD NEED TO BE HEARD.

BUT GENERALLY IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S THE STANDARD ITEMS OF ROLL CALL AND SETTING THE AGENDA AND PUBLIC COMMENTS.

YOU COULD HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON JUST THIS ITEM.

OKAY. TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

I WANTED TO HEAR FROM THE AUTHORS OF THE RESOLUTION.

IF WE'RE GOING TO BRING THIS BACK, IF THAT'S WHERE THE BOARD'S LEANING, IF THEY'D BE OPEN TO LIKE A STAKEHOLDER DISCUSSION.

HAVE WE DONE THAT IN THE PAST? I KNOW WE'VE HAD PANELS AND SUBCOMMITTEES ON, CERTAIN WORK OF THE BOARD IF LIKE, THERE COULD BE, A SUBCOMMITTEE ON THIS THAT WORKS WITH DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH US, VERY PASSIONATELY ABOUT THIS ITEM. IS THAT SOMETHING WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, DOCTOR DEWAN OR COULD STAFF SOMEHOW, COORDINATE THAT? AND WOULD THE AUTHORS OF THE RESOLUTION BE OPEN TO THAT? AND WE WE HAVE CERTAINLY SUPPORTED, YOU KNOW, STUDY SESSIONS AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CONVENINGS ON SPECIAL TOPICS.

YOU KNOW, PERHAPS, A STUDY SESSION STYLE SPECIAL MEETING WOULD, ACHIEVE THE GOALS THAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED. I GUESS MY QUESTION TO THAT TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN WOULD BE THEN HOW WOULD YOU DETERMINE THE MAKEUP OF THE STAKEHOLDER MEETING? I THINK THAT COULD BE WELL, THERE WOULD BE A SUBCOMMITTEE.

RIGHT, WHICH WOULD STILL ONLY BE ABLE TO BE MADE UP OF THREE BOARD MEMBERS.

WHICH I WOULD HOPE THAT TRUSTEE LARI AND I, AS THE, TWO TRUSTEES WHO SUBMITTED THIS COULD BE.

WELL, THE BOARD PRESIDENT CHOOSES THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS.

ANOTHER, IDEA THAT COMES TO MIND MIGHT BE, FOR THE AUTHORS OF THE RESOLUTION AND, PERHAPS ONE OTHER TRUSTEE, THAT WE COULD MEET.

I WOULD JOIN YOU.

WE COULD MEET WITH COUNCIL.

AND HAVING HEARD THE REQUEST FROM THE COLLEAGUES, PUT TOGETHER A REVISED DRAFT.

THAT COULD BE THEN PRESENTED AT THE SPECIAL MEETING.

COULD BE SENT OUT IN ADVANCE, YOU KNOW, TO FOR REACTION, OF COURSE, BUT THAT MAY BE, A MORE EXPEDITED WAY.

WE WE HAVE THE RECORD OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION OF THE BOARD.

YOU'VE INDICATED THAT YOU HAVE SOME CITATIONS FOR SOME OF THE ITEMS, SO IT MAY BE A QUICKER RESOLUTION TO A NEW DRAFT.

AND I, I'D BE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE THE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT YOU IN THAT WAY, IF YOU'D LIKE.

SO THE NEXT QUESTION IS IN TERMS OF THE MEETING.

WHEN WOULD WE HAVE THIS MEETING?

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I'M SORRY. TRUSTEE CHON, IF I MAY, WE KIND OF HAD SOME STRUGGLES.

YEAH. PROBABLY GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING THE LAST TIME IDENTIFYING A DATE.

AND AGAIN, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE THERE IS NO URGENCY TO THIS ISSUE BY ANY MEANS PLEASE.

BUT I THINK WE HAD THE 31ST AS THE NEXT AVAILABLE TIME, WHICH IS THERE WAS SOME OTHER, EVENTS.

WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU WEREN'T HERE.

THE 24TH WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

SO THAT'S WHY WE WERE ON THE 31ST.

SO, I WOULD LIKE TO BE HERE FOR THAT.

SO THAT'S WHY FOR ME, IT'D BE MORE COMFORTABLE ON 31ST.

I'M ONE PERSON OF SEVEN.

SO IF YOU FOLKS WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT ME ON THE 24TH, THAT'S ALL WITHIN YOUR PREROGATIVE.

BUT AS YOU MOVE INTO THIS SUBCOMMITTEE, I WOULD REALLY ASK FOR MY INTEREST AND I APOLOGIZE.

TRUSTEE CHON TO INTERRUPT YOU AGAIN TO INCLUDE AN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST THAT SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE THAT, WHETHER THEY WERE HERE TONIGHT OR NOT OR IN THE COMMUNICATION, GETTING THEIR FEEDBACK AND BUY IN AS TO WHAT TYPE OF RESOLUTION OR ANOTHER RESOLUTION THAT WAS ADOPTED SOMEWHERE ELSE, IS ONE THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTIVE OF OR COMFORTABLE WITH.

AND THAT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE, BUT I'M JUST ASKING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT.

TRUSTEE. CHON. YEAH.

I WAS I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THIS, SIMILAR TO WHAT, VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA SAID WE HAD A HARD TIME FINDING AN ADDITIONAL DATE, WHICH IS WHY OUR JANUARY MEETINGS WERE SO FAR APART RATHER THAN EVERY OTHER WEEK.

I PERSONALLY HAD STATED THAT I WAS NOT AVAILABLE ON THE 17TH, WHICH IS WHY THIS MEETING WAS ON THE 10TH VERSUS THE 17TH, AS I WAS STILL BOARD PRESIDENT AT THAT TIME.

SO IF WE WERE TO DO THAT, I'M NOT SURE ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE BOARD.

AND SO OF COURSE WE CAN LEAD THAT INTO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

BUT JUST SOME THOUGHTS FOR TRUSTEES.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR, YOU KNOW, LIKE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE BOARD TO DO EDITS AND THEN IT COME BACK ON THE 31ST.

BUT AND IN THAT TIME, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD GET MORE STAKEHOLDER INPUT IF THAT WAS THE WILL OF THE, OF THE WRITERS.

BUT I, I DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH US FINDING ANOTHER AVAILABLE DATE, BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT I WILL NOT BE HERE ON THE 17TH.

AND I ALSO THINK ON THE 24TH THE BOARD ROOM WASN'T AVAILABLE, IF I REMEMBER INCORRECTLY.

SO JUST JUST A THOUGHT.

I MEAN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ON A WEDNESDAY EITHER, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED LAST, LAST, MEETING.

AND SO THEN I WOULD ASK MY BOARD COLLEAGUES WHETHER WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SEND THAT INPUT, PERHAPS TO DOCTOR DEWAN AS A MEDIARY TO AVOID VIOLATING THE BROWN ACT OF ANY, ANY CHANGES WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WAS INITIALLY ONE OF MY HESITATIONS IS WE KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT A SITUATION WHERE EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE HAPPY WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE PUT TOGETHER.

I RECOGNIZE THAT WE CAN DO OUR BEST TO COME TO A UNIFIED POINT.

THAT WAS THE INTENT, EVEN JUST WITH THE THE TITLE OF THE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING SUSTAINED PEACE AND SAFETY FOR ALL CHILDREN, THAT THAT TRULY WAS THE INTENT. SO I HOPE, THAT THAT'S BEING TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IF IF IT IS THE WILL OF OF THE BOARD CONSENSUS RIGHT NOW THAT I'M HEARING TO MOVE THIS ITEM THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO, TO RECOGNIZE THE HUMANITY IN EVERYONE, BUT THAT WE MAKE A COMMITMENT TO, TO TRYING TO GET US THERE, AND SHARING THAT FEEDBACK AND, AND HEARING THIS ITEM TRUSTEE LARI OR WOULD IT BE EASIER TO GET A ZOOM MEETING TOGETHER IF, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHETHER THE SPACE IS AVAILABLE OR NOT.

IF IT'S A ZOOM MEETING OF A, COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, THAT WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED.

IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MEETING OF THE COUNTY BOARD, THE MEETING OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, NO PROBLEM.

WE CAN DO THAT OVER ZOOM.

BUT TO HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE IN PERSON.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO BASED ON THAT, I'M HEARING, THE 31ST IS THE.

UNLESS I'M HEARING ANY OTHER.

SUGGESTION. ON THAT YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.

I THINK THAT WAS MOVED AND SECONDED.

DO YOU WITHDRAW THAT MOTION AS WE DO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION, OR DO YOU WANT TO.

THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M CONSIDERING HEARING THE, THE, THE WILL OF THE BOARD, SO TO SPEAK.

THAT WOULD BE UP TO MYSELF AND TRUSTEE LARI TRUSTEE TRUSTEE CHON.

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I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.

I AM NOT SAYING THAT I'M NOT OPEN TO DOING A SPECIAL MEETING IN BETWEEN.

BEFORE THE 31ST.

IT'S JUST I JUST AM NOT SURE ABOUT A DATE THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR ALL SEVEN TRUSTEES.

IF WE WANT TO EXPLORE THAT OPTION, I'M OPEN TO IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS UNDERSTOOD CLEARLY.

I'M NOT OPPOSED TO HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING, BEFORE THE 31ST.

IT'S JUST A CONSIDERATION OF OF AVAILABLE DATES OF, OF ALL EIGHT OF US IN THE ROOM AND STAFF.

DOCTOR DEWAN ARE YOU ABLE TO DO A POLLING OF THE BOARD? BY THE END OF THE WEEK TO DETERMINE WHETHER A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING CAN BE HELD, AND IF IT'S NOT HELD, THEN WE WOULD PROCEED WITH AGENDIZING THIS FOR THE 31ST.

CERTAINLY WHAT WE CAN DO IS, LOOK FOR DATES WHERE THE SPACE IS AVAILABLE AND PUT OUT A SURVEY TO THE BOARD, AND WE CAN INCLUDE IT IN THE WEEKLY ON FRIDAY.

AND IF THERE'S A CONSENSUS OF DATE, THEN WE CAN ANNOUNCE A SPECIAL MEETING.

THROUGH YOU. OKAY.

TRUSTEE. LARI IS. ARE YOU AGREEABLE WITH THAT? IF THE MOTION WERE TO BE WITHDRAWN.

YES. IF I MAY CAN I, I DON'T IS IT NECESSARY TO WITHDRAW IT OR JUST DEFER THE ITEM? THIS. AND IN MY POINT ABOUT CLOSING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THIS ITEM, WE COULD JUST CONTINUE THIS ITEM AND TAKE IT UP.

BUT WHAT I'M TROUBLED WITH IS IF WE DO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, I THINK THE PUBLIC SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THOSE.

SO, I'M NOT GOING BACK AND FORTH ON IT, BUT WE JUST DO HAVE SOME MORE OPTIONS.

I DON'T KNOW IF WITHDRAWING THE MOTION IS THE SAME.

CAN YOU? I GUESS YOU ARE WITHDRAWING THE MOTION.

THEN WE JUST BE RECOMMENDING DEFERRING THE ACTION UNTIL A FUTURE DATE OR CONTINUING THE ITEM.

I GUESS THIS IS WHERE THAT'S JUST MY COUNCIL INPUT.

WELL, TRUSTEE, OUR VICE PRESIDENT IS CORRECT.

YOU HAVE SOME OPTIONS.

ONE OPTION WOULD BE TO TAKE THE ACTION YOU WERE JUST DESCRIBING, WHICH WOULD, ESSENTIALLY MEAN THE BOARD TAKES NO ACTION.

TONIGHT, A NEW RESOLUTION IS GOING TO BE INTRODUCED, EITHER AT THE SPECIAL MEETING OR ON THE 31ST, THE SECTION SECOND OPTION IS JUST TO, HOLD THIS ITEM IN ABEYANCE.

SO YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

YOU HAVE A SECOND.

AND THEN WE WOULD REOPEN EITHER AT THE SPECIAL MEETING OR ON JANUARY 31ST, REOPEN THE THE ITEM AT THAT POINT, WHICH WOULD BE AT CONTINUED BOARD DISCUSSION.

THE CHALLENGE AGAIN, AS WAS STATED, IS THAT YOU MAY HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT RESOLUTION AT THAT POINT.

OR A SLIGHT, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANTLY ENOUGH DIFFERENT RESOLUTION THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO CREATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

EXACTLY. SO I, AS A MAKER OF THE MOTION, WOULD BE PREFERABLE TO DEFERRING THE MOTION.

AND IF THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, POTENTIALLY WITHDRAWING AND DETERMINING.

WHETHER THAT COULD BE REEVALUATED.

YEAH, WE COULD DO THAT. TRUSTEE MAH.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA.

I GUESS THE ONLY, CAVEAT I WOULD, LIKE TO EXTEND IS THAT IF WE DO DETERMINE A SPECIAL MEETING DATE BY, POLL, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S WEEKLY, I WOULD HOPE THAT ONCE THAT DATE IS DECIDED THAT THAT IS PUBLISHED EARLY AND THAT THE AGENDA IS LIKEWISE PUBLISHED NOT JUST 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE, WHICH IS TYPICAL FOR A SPECIAL MEETING, BUT AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, 72 HOURS KIND OF THING.

JUST SO THE PUBLIC REALLY HAS THE CHANCE AND AWARENESS OF, BRINGING THIS BACK.

YES, I AGREE WITH TRUSTEE MAH AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN WE USE THE WORD SPECIAL MEETING SOMETIMES TO MEAN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS. AND I THINK UNDER THIS CONDITION IT WOULD JUST BE AN ADDITIONAL MEETING.

AND SO WE WOULD DO THE 72 HOUR POSTING NOTICE.

OKAY, SO WITH THAT, I WILL DEFER MY MOTION UNTIL THE SPECIAL BOARD MEETING.

AND IN THE EVENT THAT A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING CANNOT BE SCHEDULED, IT WILL BE HEARD AT THE JANUARY 31ST BOARD MEETING.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AGAIN FOR THEIR PATIENCE AND, STAYING THIS LATE AND ENGAGING, ON THIS ITEM.

WE HAD DISCUSSED A MOVE TO CLOSE SESSION AS A CHANGE.

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YES. SO WE THINK THE BOARD WILL NOW ADJOURN TO CLOSE SESSION.

I'M SORRY. TRUSTEE BERTA, DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON YOUR MOTION TO DEFER TO THE NEXT REGULAR REGULAR MEETING? JUST DEFERRING IT. WE'RE HOLDING IT OPEN.

OH, OKAY. OKAY.

WHERE IS SO WE, AS WE ARE WORKING TO FIND THE PROPER PLACE IN THE SCRIPT TO LET THE AUDIENCE AND STAFF KNOW THAT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE AGENDA ITEMS OUT OF ORDER.

SO RATHER THAN MOVING TO AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 11 A.

[11. CLOSED SESSION]

YES, THE BOARD IS ABOUT TO ENTER CLOSED SESSION.

CLOSED SESSION INVOLVES CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

ONCE IN CLOSED SESSION, I WILL CALL THE CLOSED SESSION TO ORDER AND REQUEST THAT EACH TRUSTEE STATE THEIR NAME TO RECORD WHO IS IN ATTENDANCE, AND TO AFFIRM AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PARAMETERS FOR THE CONDUCT OF BUSINESS IN THE CLOSED SESSION.

OUR CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEM INCLUDES TWO ITEMS. EXPULSION APPEALED, FILED ON BEHALF OF STUDENT RESIDENT DISTRICT, SAN JOSE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION.

DO YOU WANT TO COME BACK AFTER 11 A? SO WE WOULD. WRITE WE ARE RETURNING FROM CLOSED SESSION IN REGARD TO CLOSED SESSION.

[A. Report of Actions Taken in Closed Session]

THE COUNTY BOARD REMANDED THE MATTER, HAVING FOUND THAT THE DISTRICT BOARD DID NOT MAKE THE FINDINGS TO SUPPORT ITS DECISIONS AS REQUIRED TO BE MADE BY EDUCATION SECTION EDUCATION CODE SECTION 48915, AND EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THE FINDINGS EXISTS IN THE RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS. THIS REMAND FOR THE ADOPTION AND INCLUSION OF THE REQUIRED FINDINGS SHALL NOT RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL HEARING PURSUANT TO EDUCATION CODE 48918, EXCEPT THAT IT THE FINAL ACTION TO EXPEL.

A MOTION TO REMAND.

THE APPEAL WAS MADE BY PRESIDENT BERTA AND SECONDED BY VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA WITH A VOTE OF SEVEN EYES TO ZERO NOES, ZERO ABSTENTIONS, ZERO ABSENT.

IN REGARDS TO CLOSED SESSION.

ITEM 11 BE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION.

NO REPORTABLE ACTIONS AT THIS TIME.

WE ARE GOING TO PROCEED TO ITEM.

ACTION ITEMS SEVEN EIGHT.

JUST SEVEN. EIGHT FOR TODAY.

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

OKAY, SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN, DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM? YES. SO FOR THIS ITEM AND IT WILL BE BRIEF, IS THE REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET REVISIONS FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023. AND ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ WILL PRESENT THE ITEM.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING, PRESIDENT BERTA, SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN AND TRUSTEES.

FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 19.

1 MILLION AND FUNDING THAT WAS RECEIVED.

SOME OF THE FUNDS RECEIVED WERE FOR REIMBURSEMENTS FOR COSTS, FOR SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.

THERE WAS ALSO FUNDING FOR FOR MEDICAL COST REIMBURSEMENTS.

AND THE BULK OF THAT FUNDING WAS 5.2 MILLION FOR OUR STUDENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

THOSE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE BUDGET REVISIONS, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

MOVE TO APPROVE. YEAH, I DO SEE A CARD FROM TRUSTEE MAH, BUT IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. TRUST. SECONDED BY VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA TRUSTEE MAH.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA.

UNFORTUNATELY, I CLOSED THE, ITEM ON MY LAPTOP, SO I HAVE TO LOOK AT IT ON MY PHONE.

SORRY. SPECIFICALLY, I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TWO BIG TICKET ITEMS IN THE BUDGET REVISION.

BOTH OF THEM, AS I RECALL, WERE SPECIFIC TO SPECIAL EDUCATION, ADDITIONAL COSTS, REVENUE AND EXPENSES.

ALTHOUGH IT WASN'T.

I'M SORRY. MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE OF THE TIME.

IT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME WHERE THE EXTRA MONEY WAS COMING FROM.

IN PREVIOUS.

BUDGET REVISIONS, IT SAYS.

THANK YOU.

IT SAID THAT THE MONEY WOULD COME FROM A GRANT OR FROM THIS OR FROM THAT.

[05:20:02]

SO THAT'S INCREASE FEE FOR SERVICE REVENUE.

SO THAT MEANS WE GOT MONEY FROM THEM OR WE'RE SPENDING MONEY.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING IN OR OUT.

AND LIKEWISE, THERE'S A $737,000, BUDGET REVISION.

AGAIN, IT SAYS IT'S AN INCREASE FOR SERVICE REVENUE TO PROVIDE SPECIAL ED, BUT ARE WE PAYING MORE OR ARE WE GETTING MORE? THAT WASN'T VERY CLEAR.

AND DOES THAT HAVE TO DO SPECIFICALLY WITH, THE CHANGES IN SOUTH COUNTY SPECIAL ED THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING MANY MEETINGS ABOUT? YEAH. GREAT QUESTIONS.

SO THE FIRST ITEM, THE 674, THE 896, THAT IS, IT'S REFERRED TO AS FEE FOR SERVICE BECAUSE FOR SPECIAL ED, WE CHARGE THE FEE FOR SERVICE FOR THE STUDENTS FROM THOSE DISTRICTS.

THIS WAS FOR THE SPECIALIZED ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION CLASS THAT WAS ADDED IN SOUTH COUNTY, AND IT WAS BETWEEN GILROY AND MORGAN HILL.

SO THAT'S WHAT IT IS. IT'S THE FEE FOR SERVICE REVENUE THAT WE WOULD BE CHARGING THEM TO, TO OPEN UP THAT THAT CLASSROOM.

SO THIS IS A BUDGET REVISION FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.

SO THAT MEANS WE ALREADY HAVE CHARGED THEM THIS.

THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT.

AND SO THAT'S US RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE THAT FEE, THOSE FEES THAT THIS IS A A NEW AGREEMENT BECAUSE WE'VE REOPENED THAT CLASS.

AND SO THAT WAS A CHANGE ESSENTIALLY THEN TO OUR MOU FINANCIALLY.

NO, THERE'S NO CHANGE TO THE MOU.

THE MOU DOESN'T.

SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A THE THE NO CHANGES TO THE MOU.

THIS IS A SEPARATE AGREEMENT.

THIS ONE IS FOR, I BELIEVE THE CLASS AT SOUTH COUNTY ANNEX.

CORRECT? YES. AND THEN THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL CLASS AT GATEWAY.

SO THE BUT SO IT'S BOTH TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

WE ARE SPENDING THE MONEY BECAUSE WE HAVE STAFF IN THOSE CLASSROOMS. AND THEN THE DISTRICT REIMBURSES US FOR WE'RE BUILDING BACK EXACTLY THE SAME AMOUNT THAT.

YES. SO SO THE DISTRICT HAS AGREED TO THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

SO OUR MOU DOESN'T SPECIFY DOLLARS.

IT DOES NOT OKAY.

SO SO IT'S REALLY THE FEE THAT HAS.

I THOUGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN CONTRACTUALLY SET, YOU KNOW, FOR THE ORIGINAL BUDGET.

BUT NOW THE FEE IS INCREASED.

YEAH. THE THE WAY THE BUDGET WORKS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION IS THAT WE GET AN ESTIMATE FROM THE DISTRICT, LIKE THE OVERALL BUDGET FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION WORKS, THAT WE GET AN ESTIMATE FROM THE DISTRICTS AND FEBRUARY, MARCH OF THE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO REFER INTO THE PROGRAM THEN. OR THAT WILL CONTINUE IN THE PROGRAM.

THEN WE WORK WITH THE DISTRICTS TO IDENTIFY THE NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS THAT WILL BE NEEDED FOR THAT NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND THEN PROVIDE THE STAFF.

AND THEN WE DO A BUDGET ESTIMATE.

THAT BUDGET HAPPENED LAST IT WAS PRESENTED.

IT WAS INCLUDED IN ALL OF OUR BUDGET PROJECTIONS LIKE IN JUNE.

THEN THIS FALL, WE ENTERED INTO A SEPARATE AGREEMENT WITH GILROY AND MORGAN HILL TO EXPAND AT SOUTH COUNTY ANNEX.

WE ALREADY HAD ONE CLASS, BUT WE ADDED A SECOND.

AND THAT IS A SEPARATE AGREEMENT WITH THOSE TWO DISTRICTS.

THEY'RE COVERING THAT COST.

AND THEN WE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL CLASS AT GATEWAY WHICH GETS WHICH EXPANDS THE BUDGET OVERALL COUNTYWIDE.

AND THE DISTRICTS PAY THE FEE FOR SERVICE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS FROM THEIR DISTRICT THAT ARE IN THAT CLASS.

AND THEY REIMBURSE US FOR THE THE ACTUAL COST.

SO THERE'S NO WE DON'T MAKE A PROFIT, THERE'S NO REVENUE.

IT'S JUST FLAT WHATEVER IT COSTS US TO OPERATE, THE DISTRICT REIMBURSES US.

AND SO THE 674,000 WAS FOR THE SOUTH COUNTY ANNEX.

CLASSROOM IS THE 737 FOR THE GATEWAY CLASSROOM.

I THINK PART, SOME OF IT IS FOR OTHER ASPECTS OF THOSE FACILITIES THAT WERE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO DO, AT DIFFERENT FACILITIES. SO, STEPHANIE, YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? YES, THAT THERE WAS ALSO SOME OTHER SPECIAL ED SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED AS WELL FOR SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS, LIKE GILROY.

WE ARE PROVIDING SOME SUPPORT FOR THEM AS WELL AND FOR SOME OF THEIR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.

SO IT'S THAT AS WELL.

BUT THOSE ARE THOSE WERE NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL BUDGET.

I MEAN, THESE ARE NEW BUDGET CHANGES.

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AND THESE ARE, ADDITIONS NOW THAT WE RECEIVED, FOR STUDENTS AND THE NEW CLASSROOMS, IF YOU WILL, THE TWO NEW CLASSROOMS THAT IN THE PREVIOUS BUDGET, WHICH WE APPROVED AND REVIEWED BACK IN JUNE, ACTUALLY HAD, KIND OF THE CLOSURE ALREADY OF THE GATEWAY CLASSROOM AT THAT ONE TIME.

AND THE SOUTH BAY ANNEX DIDN'T HAVE THAT EXTRA CLASS.

CORRECT THE THE, CLASSROOMS A NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS ACROSS THE COUNTY HAD BEEN CONSOLIDATED BECAUSE OF THE DECLINING ENROLLMENT.

SO THAT BUDGET WOULD HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR THE NUMBERS OF TEACHERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS THAT STAFFED THAT NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS. NOW WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS THAT HAVE STAFF AND BUT DID WE ADD STAFF FOR THOSE CLASSROOMS OR I THOUGHT WE MOVED STAFF FROM THE CLOSED TO.

THEY'RE THERE.

IN ONE CASE, THERE WAS A TEACHER, THAT MOVED.

BUT NO, THERE IS ADDITIONAL STAFF.

WE'VE HIRED ADDITIONAL STAFF.

WE'VE HAD TO. YES, WE'VE HAD TO HIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF.

OKAY. TO IN ORDER TO, PROVIDE THIS ADDITIONAL PROGRAM BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS HASN'T REALLY CHANGED.

I THOUGHT WE HAD THE SAME ESSENTIAL NUMBER.

WE HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND MORE CLASSROOMS FOR THE SAME NUMBER OF STUDENTS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? TRUSTEES.

THANK YOU, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, FOR STAYING.

I'LL GO TO A VOTE FOR THIS ITEM.

SORRY. I THINK I CAN SAY FOR JOSEPH AND I IT'S A VERBAL.

YES, SINCE I'VE GOT HIS COMPUTER.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MAH.

SAME VERBAL? YES.

OKAY. AND THAT PASSES WITH SIX YESES AND ONE NOT PRESENT AT VOTE.

TWO. I DIDN'T KNOW IF IF ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WANTED TO DO BOARD MEMBER REPORTS. AND IF YOU WANTED, BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY INTEREST IN DOING BOARD MEMBER REPORTS TONIGHT OR SHALL WE DEFER IT? OKAY. SO THAT.

I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION.

I CAN ABBREVIATE MY SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

[A. The superintendent may give a report on any activities related to her duties.]

YOU HAVE A SHORT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY? VERY SHORT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.

I WILL, HIGHLIGHT ONE FOLLOW UP FROM THE LAST BOARD MEETING WHERE THE TRUSTEES REQUESTED INFORMATION ABOUT SERVICES FOR OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ACADEMY.

THIS WAS IN RESPONSE TO THE WELLNESS CENTERS THAT WE HAVE A WELLNESS CENTER AT SOUTH COUNTY ANNEX THAT SUPPORTS OIA.

JUST AS A REMINDER, THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION IS THE AUTHORIZER OF THE OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ACADEMY, WHICH IS A CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

SO YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIP WITH OIA.

AND THE STUDENTS AT THE SOUTH COUNTY ANNEX, OIA SITE ARE SUPPORTED THROUGH A FULL TIME WELLNESS CENTER.

THE OTHER OIA SITES ARE GOING TO BE SUPPORTED THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE EXPANDED WITH PACIFIC CLINICS.

THIS EXPANDED PARTNERSHIP WILL PROVIDE DIRECT STUDENT SUPPORT ON SITE, IN PERSON, VIA 1 TO 1 AND GROUPS.

THERE WILL ALSO BE CAREGIVER SUPPORT, TEACHER CONSULTATION AND COACHING WORKSHOPS, CASE MANAGEMENT AND LINKAGE AND SERVICE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, AND THE SERVICES THAT PACIFIC CLINICS ARE GOING TO PROVIDE ARE FLEXIBLE AND IT ALLOWS US, ALLOWS THEM AND THEIR PERSONNEL TO MOVE ACROSS VARIOUS LOCATIONS, MEANING THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN BE SERVED AT SCHOOL, IN THE COMMUNITY, IN THEIR HOMES OR VIRTUALLY.

SO IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT, RESOLUTION TO THAT REQUEST TO HAVE SERVICES THERE.

THIS WEEK, THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ANNOUNCED CHANGES TO THE COVID 19 GUIDANCE, WHICH MEANS THAT THE

[05:30:05]

SO WE'RE MOVING FROM REQUIRED ISOLATION TO ISOLATION DEPENDENT UPON SYMPTOMS. I WANT TO POINT OUT IN THE WEEKLY, WE WILL BE SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT THE ANNUAL STATE OF EDUCATION, WHICH WILL BE IN PERSON ON JANUARY 30TH.

ALL TRUSTEES ARE INVITED, AND I HOPE THAT YOU'LL COME.

AND THIS FRIDAY IS THE EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION POLICY FORUM.

SEVERAL OF TRUSTEES ARE ALREADY REGISTERED, BUT THERE'S STILL ROOM IF ANY OTHERS WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND.

AND IT IS, BOARD MEMBER APPRECIATION MONTH.

SO WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL CERTIFICATES THAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU.

AND ALL OF THE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE WEEKLY, AND I'LL SHARE THEM ON THE 31ST.

BUT JUST REALLY GOOD, GREAT NEWS.

WE RECEIVED WORD THAT WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED FOR OF THE GRANTS THAT WE RECENTLY APPLIED FOR.

SO SEVERAL MILLIONS OF MORE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE GETTING FOR OUR WELLNESS CENTER WORK, AND ALSO TO EXPAND, SOME OF OUR SUPPORT DIRECT TO STUDENTS.

AND THAT'S CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR DEWAN TRUSTEE.

WITH THAT VICE PRESIDENT, I WANTED TO ASK, I SAW ON OUR WEBSITE WE HAVE, A GRANTS UPDATE.

IS, CAN WE SHARE AN UPDATE ON THAT? THERE WAS A POLICY REPORT ON OUR GRANTS RECENTLY.

IT'S 1:30 A.M., FOLKS.

I'M JUST. YEAH, THERE'S A SUMMARY REPORT.

OF THE GRANTS, THE JUST THE WORK THAT'S THERE, AND IT HAS SOME COMPARISONS.

THAT REPORT WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S WEEKLY, RECENTLY.

YEAH, I WAS LOOKING AT IT.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY AND TRUSTEES TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

THAT'S ON OUR FRONT PAGE WEBSITE.

THE REPORT. I THINK IT'S EITHER FRONT PAGE OR IN THE BUSINESS ON THE BUSINESS PAGE AS ONE OF OUR ANNUAL REPORTS.

I APPRECIATED THAT REPORT IN OUR BUDGET REPORT, BUDGET FAQ.

I THINK WE ASKED FOR THAT AT BUDGET COMMITTEE.

YES YOU DID. RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION AND TRUSTEE.

I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SO MOVED SECOND.

I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.

THE NEXT SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 31ST, 2024.

AND I GUESS WE ARE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.