Jan 31, 2024 County Board of Education

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GOOD EVENING.

I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THIS REGULAR MEETING.

NUMBER 2433 OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31ST, 2024, AND THE TIME IS 5 P.M.

I AM MAIMONA AFZAL BERTA, PRESIDENT OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND I WILL BE PRESIDING OVER THIS MEETING.

OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER PARTICIPATES VIA TELECONFERENCE.

THEY ARE AUTOMATICALLY EXCUSED AT 8 P.M.

SHOULD OUR MEETING EXTEND BEYOND THAT TIME.

PREFERENTIAL VOTING BY THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBER IS AUTHORIZED BY EDUCATION CODE SECTION 1000.

STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS MAY EXERCISE PREFERENTIAL VOTING RIGHTS BY STATING THEIR OPINION AND OR POSITION ON AN ACTION ITEM, WHICH WILL BE RECORDED IN THE MINUTES BEFORE SCCBOE VOTES ON THE ITEM.

OUR NEW STUDENT BOARD MEMBER WILL NOW LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[B. Pledge of Allegiance]

MEMBER DE LA ROSA AGUILERA.

BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE READY.

OKAY.

ALLEGIANCE] THANK YOU.

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

. THANK YOU.

[D. Set the Agenda]

SO MOVE. SECOND.

VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA.

I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR A MODIFICATION TO THE AGENDA, IF POSSIBLE, PLEASE.

SO THE CHANGE I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR IS TO MOVE ITEM 7A UP TO BEFORE ITEM NUMBER SIX.

I'D LIKE TO, BUT WITH THAT SAID, I'D LIKE TO HAVE 6A GO FIRST, SO I WOULD BE ASKING FOR 6B, C, AND D TO BE MOVED BELOW ITEM 7.8.

AND ACTUALLY I'M SORRY, 7A AND B ACTUALLY.

SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE 7A AND B UP AFTER CONSENT AND THEN STILL HAVE 6.8 GO BEFORE THAT.

SO AGAIN IT'S MOVING 6B, 6C, 6D AFTER CLOSED SESSION.

I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS MAY HAVE AN IMPACT ON STAFF IN TERMS OF THEIR PRESENTATIONS, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THESE SEVEN POINT A AND B ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANT ITEMS. AND THE CONTINUED DELAY, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, IS NOT FAIR TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT, THE PUBLIC, NOR THIS BOARD.

SO FOR ME, THESE ARE THE PRIORITY ITEMS FOR ME THIS EVENING.

SO THAT WOULD BE MY FRIENDLY REQUEST.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD MADE THE MOTION.

BASED ON. OKAY.

IF HE MOVED, I SECOND BASED ON THE CHANGES.

OKAY. I WASN'T SURE IF YOU HAD MADE AN INITIAL MOTION.

SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.

SO SECONDED.

SO THAT WAS A MOTION MADE BY VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS? OKAY. PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS.

DO A VERBAL AYE, A VERBAL AYE FROM TRUSTEE LARI.

THANK YOU. SO THAT PASSES WITH SIX.

YES. CAN I ASK FOR SOME CLARIFICATION FOR THE PUBLIC'S PURPOSES TO AS FAR AS PUBLIC COMMENT ON AN ITEM THAT WE MAY HAVE MOVED UP, WE WOULD STILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT PRIOR TO, GOING TO CLOSED SESSION ON SEVEN POINT A OR B, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. SO EVERY ITEM, JUST WE DO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY THE PUBLIC IS AWARE THAT CHANGE ISN'T GOING TO IMPACT THEIR ABILITY TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS. THANK YOU. YES. SO THAT MOTION CARRIES.

[A. Livestream the Board Meeting: https://tinyurl.com/sccboardmeeting]

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FOR SPANISH SUPPORT, CALL 1 (669) 900-6833.

THE MEETING ID IS 727 334 810 POUND.

FOR VIETNAMESE SUPPORT, CALL 1 (669) 900-6833.

THE MEETING ID IS 921 8153 9516 POUND.

LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE AND ASL, SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR THOSE IN ATTENDANCE.

HEADSETS FOR SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE MAY BE PICKED UP AT THE TABLE AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM.

ASL INTERPRETERS ARE AT THE FRONT OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROOM, AS WELL AS ON THE MONITORS THROUGHOUT THE ROOM.

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

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

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

[A. Announcement of 2023-2024 Student Board Member Appointed to the SCCBOE]

DR. DEWAN, WILL YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THIS ITEM? YES. THANK YOU.

PRESIDENT BERTA, IT IS, JUST A REALLY GREAT PLEASURE TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY THIS EVENING TO INTRODUCE OUR NEWEST STUDENT BOARD MEMBER.

JUST AS A POINT OF BACKGROUND, THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, BELIEVE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEEK AND CONSIDER STUDENTS IDEAS, VIEWPOINTS, AND REACTIONS TO EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

AND THE COUNTY BOARD ESTABLISHED A POLICY THAT ENSURES THE INCLUSION OF A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER ON THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND THIS WAS ESTABLISHED BACK IN JUNE OF 2022, WHEN WE RECEIVED A PETITION FROM THE STUDENTS IN OUR COURT AND COMMUNITY SCHOOL PROGRAMS REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS SEAT, AND OUR 23-24 STUDENT BOARD MEMBER HAS BEEN SELECTED BY THEIR PEERS.

OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER THAT I'LL BE INTRODUCING IN A MOMENT IS IN GOOD ACADEMIC STANDING, HAS COMMITTED IN WRITING TO CARRYING OUT ALL THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS BY COMPLETING AN AFFIDAVIT WHICH IS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.

THE THE MEMBER THAT I'LL BE INTRODUCING TONIGHT WILL BE FILLING THE VACANCY THAT WAS LEFT BY OUR FORMER BOARD MEMBER, WHO COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY HIS PROGRAM AND IS ON A VERY GOOD PATH.

AND HE SENDS HIS REGARDS AND GRATITUDE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SERVED.

AND OUR NEW STUDENT BOARD MEMBER WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THIS SEAT.

FOLLOWING TONIGHT BEING HIS FIRST MEETING THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST OF 2024.

SO AGAIN, IT IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU, COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS AND TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBER, ERICK DE LA ROSA AGUILERA IF WE CAN CONGRATULATE HIM, HE IS PARTICIPATING BY PHONE.

AND, MEMBER DE LA ROSA AGUILERA, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, WE WANT TO WELCOME THAT OPPORTUNITY AND AGAIN CONGRATULATE YOU AND WELCOME YOU TO SERVICE.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS OPPORTUNITY AND LEARNING FROM THIS EXPERIENCE.

I AM HONORED TO BE THE FIRST STUDENT BOARD MEMBER FROM OSBORNE SCHOOL, AND I AM EXCITED TO SHARE UPDATES FROM HERE.

I PLAN ON SHARING MORE ABOUT MYSELF AND OSBORNE IN MY REPORT [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

STUDENT BOARD MEMBER DE LA ROSA AGUILERA WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU JOINING US.

ALRIGHT. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

NOW IS THE TIME.

I'M SORRY. WE HAVE STUDENT BOARD MEMBER REPORT FIRST.

I'M SO SORRY.

ITEM THREE.

THANK YOU. STUDENT BOARD MEMBER REPORT.

[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]

STUDENT BOARD MEMBER WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.

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

MY NAME IS ERICK DE LA ROSA AGUILERA, AND I AM A JUNIOR ATTENDING OSBORN HIGH SCHOOL.

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COMING TO OSBORN WAS A BLESSING IN DISGUISE.

BEING A STUDENT AT OSBORN MAKES YOU REALIZE THAT GIVING UP IS NOT AN OPTION THAT YOU SHOULD ALWAYS PUSH THROUGH.

BEING AN OSBORN NEVER MAKES YOU FEEL LEFT OUT AND THAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE SUPPORT NO MATTER WHAT.

I HAVE GOTTEN GUIDANCE FROM MY TEACHERS AND PEERS WHEN SUBJECTS WILL NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME.

OBTAINING MY HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA IS A GOAL I SET FOR MYSELF WHILE BEING INCARCERATED.

AS WELL AS PURSUING HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION, I AM ALSO STARTING MY FIRST SEMESTER THIS MONTH AT WEST VALLEY COLLEGE.

THIS WILL GIVE ME A SMALL TASTE OF WHAT COLLEGE ENTAILS.

I HOPE TO EARN MY DEGREE AND PURSUE A CAREER IN THE PSYCHOLOGY FIELD.

I WAS RECENTLY ELECTED TO BE A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER FOR THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK OSBORN HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIVING ME THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO BE A BOARD MEMBER.

THERE WERE MANY REASONS WHY I WANTED TO BE A BOARD MEMBER.

FOR ONE, I WANTED TO USE MY VOICE TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGES AND BE AN EXAMPLE FOR MY PEERS.

ANOTHER REASON WHY THIS MEANS SO MUCH TO ME IS BECAUSE I MADE SOME BAD DECISIONS THROUGHOUT MY LIFE, AND BEING GIVEN THIS CHANCE TO FORCE ME AN OPPORTUNITY, AN OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER GROW AS I MAKE A POSITIVE CHANGE IN MY LIFE.

IN THIS POSITION, I HOPE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS IN OSBORN AND ALL STUDENTS IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND SHARE MY PERSPECTIVE AS A STUDENT.

I HOPE MY VOICE CAN BE HEARD TO INFLUENCE CHANGE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN.

STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AGUILERA.

TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AGUILERA.

THIS IS JOSEPH DI SALVO.

I SIT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BOARD.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE WATCHING. IF YOU ARE.

HELLO. BUT LET ME JUST SAY THAT I STARTED MY TEACHING CAREER AT 23 YEARS OLD, AT OSBORN SCHOOL, AT JUVENILE HALL, AND TO THIS DAY, IT HAS A HUGE PLACE IN MY HEART.

AND YOU HAVE FILLED MY HEART TONIGHT BY YOUR PRESENCE ON OUR BOARD AS THE NEWEST STUDENT BOARD MEMBER.

AND LET ME INVITE YOU TO GO THROUGH WEST VALLEY, GO THROUGH A FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY AND GET A CREDENTIAL AND BECOME A TEACHER WHERE YOU COULD GO BACK TO OSBORN SCHOOL AND TEACH THE NEWEST INCARCERATED STUDENTS.

HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE FEWER IN NUMBER THAN TODAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOU.

STUDENT BOARD MEMBER DE LA ROSA AGUILERA.

AT EACH OF OUR MEETINGS.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH IS ITEM 4 A AT THIS TIME,

[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.]

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON AN AGENDA ITEM BEFORE OR DURING THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION OF THE ITEMS. SO NOW, SO PUBLIC SPEAKER CARDS MUST BE SUBMITTED AT THIS TIME.

ONCE WE BEGIN TAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCEPT ADDITIONAL COMMENTERS DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE INTEND TO KEEP A RESPECTFUL AND PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT.

WE ASK THAT IF YOU WISH TO SUPPORT A PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU DO SO WITH THE UNIVERSAL SIGN FOR APPRECIATION, WHICH IS LIKE THIS.

PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT VERBAL ABUSE, THREATS, AND PHYSICAL VIOLENCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND YOU MAY BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE ROOM.

IT IS OUR INTENTION TO PROCEED WITH CIVIC DISCOURSE.

AS SUCH, PLEASE REFRAIN FROM YELLING RESPONSES TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND YOUR COOPERATION.

MODERATOR. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, WE HAVE 31 CARDS FOR THIS ITEM.

OKAY AND PLEASE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW COMMENCING, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCEPT ADDITIONAL COMMENTERS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.95, THE SCCBOE STRIVES TO MAINTAIN A RESPECTFUL, ORDERLY, AND CIVIL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE CONDUCT OF ITS MEETINGS AND TO AVOID UNLAWFUL DISRUPTIONS.

PLEASE PRESENT THE ONE MINUTE TIMER.

AND IF LANGUAGE SUPPORT IS NEEDED, THE TIME WILL BE DOUBLED.

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

MODERATOR. YOU MAY BEGIN.

THANK YOU. OUR FIRST GROUP OF SPEAKERS.

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

AS YOU HEAR YOUR NAME.

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

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

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[INAUDIBLE] ORTEGA.

RICARDO ORTEGA.

LEO CHAVEZ.

NATALIA CHAVEZ.

OLIVIA [INAUDIBLE].

ALEJANDRO HERNANDEZ.

EXCUSE THE MISPRONUNCIATION ON THIS ONE.

[INAUDIBLE] RAMOS, JORGE RAMOS.

BARB FLORES.

NADINE OMAR.

[INAUDIBLE]. JOANNE VARS AND EUGENE [INAUDIBLE].

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

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS DAVID PUTNEY.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DAVID PUTNEY, THE DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL PROJECTS HERE AT THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

I'VE BEEN AT THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS.

I'M JUST SPEAKING ON ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT FOR DR.

DEWAN AND APPRECIATION FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND HER CALM IN THE MOST CHALLENGING TIMES.

WORKING WITH DOCTOR DEWAN OVER THE LAST MANY YEARS, I'VE SEEN HER STEP INTO SITUATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SO UNIQUE AND AMAZING.

SHE'S PROVIDED CLARITY, CONSISTENCY, HUMILITY, AND THE ABILITY TO TRANSFORM OUR COUNTY OFFICE TO RESPOND TO A MULTITUDE OF AMAZING CHALLENGES.

SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO REORGANIZE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF [INAUDIBLE] WORK ON FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY AND STABILITY, AND BUILD A REAL FOCUS ON STRENGTHS BASED LEADERSHIP.

HERE AT SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, I'VE WORKED WITH MANY SUPERINTENDENTS AND NOW MY 28TH YEAR OF EDUCATION, WORKING FOR THE PUBLIC OF OF CALIFORNIA.

AND I'VE BEEN SO INSPIRED BY HER ABILITY TO CUT THROUGH THE CHALLENGES TO PROVIDE STABILITY AND LEADERSHIP AND PASSION FOR YOUTH.

FIRST, THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NATALIE ARTEAGA.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

AND JUST BEFORE THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT, I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT THIS IS FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY ON THE AGENDA.

SO JUST AS A CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU'RE PROCEEDING FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS, THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] ARTIAGA.

I'VE KNOWN [INAUDIBLE] SINCE I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD, AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH MARIACHI MUSIC BECAUSE IT SHOWED ME DISCIPLINE AND RESPONSIBILITY.

IT ALSO PUSHED ME TO KNOW MY FULL POTENTIAL.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RICARDO ARTEAGA.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS RICARDO ARTEAGA.

I'VE KNOWN MAESTRO JORGE SINCE I WAS 11, AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH MARIACHI MUSIC BECAUSE IT GAVE ME THE LIBERTY TO EXPRESS MYSELF.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LEO CHAVEZ.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS LEO.

I'VE KNOWN MAESTRO.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS LEO.

I'VE KNOWN MAESTRO JORGE SINCE I WAS SEVEN.

I FELL IN LOVE WITH MARIACHI MUSIC BECAUSE IT MAKES ME HAPPY.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NATALIA CHAVEZ.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS NATALIA CHAVEZ.

I'VE KNOWN MAESTRO JORGE SINCE I WAS SIX AND A HALF.

I FELL IN LOVE WITH MARIACHI MUSIC BECAUSE IT HELPED ME APPRECIATE MY CULTURE.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS OLIVIA [INAUDIBLE].

PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS OLIVIA [INAUDIBLE].

TONIGHT I'M MAKING PUBLIC COMMENT ON BEHALF OF DR.

SEAN JOYCE, SUPERINTENDENT, LAKESIDE JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR AND FELLOW TRUSTEES.

THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND THE LARGER COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I HAVE MY OWN DISTRICT'S TOWN HALL MEETING TONIGHT AT 6:30. AND WITH RESPECT TO THE ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS, I'M UNABLE TO PRESENT THIS MYSELF AND ASK THAT IT BE READ ON MY BEHALF.

MY REMARKS HERE TONIGHT ARE REGARDING OUR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, DOCTOR MARY ANN DEWAN.

PRIOR TO WORKING HERE IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY, I WORKED AS A DISTRICT OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR AND THE LOS ANGELES AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES, AND IN THE ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL OF NEW MEXICO. I HAVE OVER 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN WORKING IN THESE CAPACITIES AND ALONGSIDE AND UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THOSE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS.

I CAN SAY WITH CONFIDENCE THAT DOCTOR DEWAN IS AN EXCEPTIONAL LEADER, ALWAYS ON POINT AND PROACTIVE, TYPICALLY AHEAD OF THE CURVE WITH SALIENT AND TIMELY ISSUES.

ONE QUICK EXAMPLE OF THAT ON A LONG LIST OF ITEMS IS HER LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP DURING THE COVID.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALEJANDRO HERNANDEZ.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

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I'VE KNOWN MAESTRO JORGE SINCE I WAS 11 YEARS OLD.

I FELL IN LOVE WITH MARIACHI MUSIC BECAUSE IT TAUGHT ME THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING THE FUTURE OF THE MARIACHI TRADITION.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS [INAUDIBLE] RAMOS.

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

HELLO, MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] RAMOS.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF JORGE RODRIGUEZ.

I'VE KNOWN MAESTRO JORGE SINCE I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD.

I FELL IN LOVE WITH MARIACHI MUSIC BECAUSE IT LIFTED UP MY SELF ESTEEM AND IT INSPIRED ME TO GET BETTER.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JORGE RODRIGUEZ.

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

HI, MY NAME IS JORGE RODRIGUEZ.

ALL OF THOSE KIDS WERE MY PUPILS.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OLIVIA.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IN WHAT ORDER WE WERE GOING TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM.

I THINK I HAVE ONE MORE KID TO GIVE HIS STATEMENT.

SO, YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY.

I'M HERE TO SHARE THE SERVICE THAT OUR FOUNDATION HAS TO OFFER IN YOUR SCHOOLS AND YOUR DISTRICTS IN SUPPORT OF PROP 28.

WE ARE THE SILICON VALLEY MARIACHI FOUNDATION.

OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT MARIACHI MUSIC EDUCATION AND ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD, IRRESPECTIVE OF ECONOMIC BARRIERS OR BACKGROUND, IS AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN, GROW AND DISCOVER THE UNIQUE POTENTIAL GIVEN THE PREDOMINANT DEMOGRAPHICS OF YOUR COUNTY.

WE BELIEVE THAT MARIACHI MUSIC CAN MATCH THE BACKGROUND OF THE KIDS FROM YOUR DISTRICT.

I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE TO PREACH THE BENEFITS THAT ARTS AND MUSIC HAVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS.

YOU HEARD IT YOURSELF HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BARB FLORES.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS BARB FLORES.

I LIVE IN AREA ONE AND I AM AN EMPLOYEE OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS.

OVER THE PAST SEVERAL BOARD MEETINGS, YOU'VE HEARD FROM OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, YOUR PEERS IN DISTRICTS, SUPERINTENDENTS, AS WELL AS EMPLOYEES ON THE EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP THAT DR.

DEWAN PROVIDES ON A REGULAR BASIS.

WHEN WE THINK OF LEADERSHIP QUALITIES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO HAVE, THE ONES THAT STAND OUT ARE INTEGRITY.

ACTIVE LISTENING, CONFIDENCE, KNOWLEDGEABLE, INNOVATIVE, ACCOUNTABILITY, COURAGE, COLLABORATOR, RELATOR, EMPATHY, VISION, POSITIVITY AND RESPECT.

THESE ARE ALL THE QUALITIES THAT HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY SHARED FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND ARE ALL QUALITIES DR.

DEWAN DISPLAYS AND EVERYTHING THAT SHE DOES.

I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU LISTEN OPENLY TO THE WORDS BEING SPOKEN TONIGHT AND PREVIOUSLY HEAR THE CONSISTENCY OF THESE LEADERSHIP QUALITIES, AND I AM HOPEFUL TO CONTINUE UNDER HER EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP.

I'M A BETTER AND A MORE EFFECTIVE LEADER TODAY THROUGH.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NADINE.

PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

AWESOME. MY NAME IS NADINE AND WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THANK YOU.

SO THANK YOU FOR VOTING IN FAVOR OF THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION ON MONDAY.

OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW A CEASEFIRE IS A BARE MINIMUM, BUT I WANTED TO COMMEND SPECIFICALLY TRUSTEE BERTA FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR YOUR COMPOSURE.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK TRUSTEE LARI FOR CHAMPIONING THIS RESOLUTION WITH TRUSTEE BERTA AND FOR TRUSTEE DI SALVO, MAH AND CHON FOR VOTING IN FAVOR.

YOUR YES VOTE CONFIRMS THAT YOU'VE LISTENED TO THIS COMMUNITY, THAT YOU'VE LISTENED TO OUR STUDENTS, AND YOU CARE FOR ALL LIVES REGARDLESS OF RACE, GENDER, RELIGION, AND ETHNIC BACKGROUND. AND TO OUR TRUSTEES WHO ABSTAINED, YOU KNOW, I JUST HOPE YOU TAKE THE TIME TO MEET WITH THE PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, LISTEN TO HOW THEY'VE BEEN IMPACTED, AND JUST EDUCATE YOURSELF, PLEASE.

I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO MAKE IT TONIGHT BECAUSE ACTUALLY, EN ROUTE HERE, ME AND MY MOTHER ACTUALLY HAD TO PULL OVER BECAUSE A GENTLEMAN WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK AND I WANTED TO GO HOME, BUT I WANTED TO COME HERE ULTIMATELY BECAUSE I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, BECAUSE IT MEANS SO MUCH TO THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU LISTENED.

AND WE FEEL VERY MUCH HEARD.

NEXT SPEAKER IS OMAR.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS OMAR.

AND IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER ME, I'VE SPOKEN TO YOU ABOUT HOW OVER 70 OF MY RELATIVES HAVE BEEN KILLED IN GAZA OVER THE LAST 115 DAYS.

ON BEHALF OF THEIR LOVING MEMORIES AND ON BEHALF OF THE DOZENS OF FAMILY MEMBERS STILL ENDURING A LIVING HELL OVER THERE, I SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR PASSING THE CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.

I CAN'T BEGIN TO DESCRIBE YOU HOW DEMORALIZED WE FELT OVER THE LAST OVER FOUR MONTHS.

HOWEVER, YOU HAVE SHOWN US THAT THERE IS STILL HOPE AND THAT THERE ARE STILL COURAGEOUS LEADERS SUCH AS YOURSELVES THAT STAND FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES.

FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, I THANK YOU AND ALSO, [INAUDIBLE] WHO'S GOING TO SPEAK AFTER ME.

HER DAUGHTER WROTE LETTERS TO THANK THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE VOTED YES.

AND I LIKE TO HAND THEM TO THE CITY CLERK.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS [INAUDIBLE].

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STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO. GOOD EVENING.

I AM A SANTA CLARA NURSE WITH TWO BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS WHO STUDY IN THIS DISTRICT.

ON BEHALF OF THE MUSLIM, PALESTINIAN AND ALL COUNTY STUDENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

CHON MAH.

LARI AND BERTA.

WHO HAD THE COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT TO CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE AS A FIRST STEP TO SUSTAINABLE PEACE.

TRUSTEE DI SALVO, THANK YOU FOR DEVELOPING A REVISED RESOLUTION THAT COULD BE SUPPORTED BY THE BOARD.

TRUSTEE MAH.

THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITIONS WITH FOCUS ON FOOD, WATER AND RIGHTS FOR ALL CHILDREN.

TRUSTEE CHON.

THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF STANDING UP TO HATE IN ALL FORMS, INCLUDING TARGETING OF BOARD MEMBERS.

LASTLY, TRUSTEE LARI AND TRUSTEE BERTA.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE TO PUSH THE BOARD TO ACT ON VIOLENCE THAT IMPACTS ALL CHILDREN IN SUCH A PROFOUND WAY.

LASTLY, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOANNE VARRS.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES.

MY NAME IS JOANNE VARRS, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING AS AN EDUCATOR IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY SINCE 1999.

TODAY, IT WAS MY PRIVILEGE TO SUPPORT DOCTOR MARY ANN DEWAN IN HOSTING OUR COUNTY'S EDUCATIONAL EQUITY STEERING COMMITTEE.

THE IMPORTANT WORK OF THIS STEERING COMMITTEE BEGAN UNDER HER LEADERSHIP IN 2021, TO ADDRESS THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF SYSTEM ENGAGED AND MCKINNEY-VENTO STUDENTS. THIS COMMITTEE IS COMPOSED OF CROSS-AGENCY LEADERS, INCLUDING SOCIAL SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS FROM A WIDE VARIETY OF ORGANIZATIONS. THE TIME AND COMMITMENT OF MEMBERSHIP IS PRECIOUS TO EACH OF THESE MEMBERS, YET THEY MAKE TIME TO ATTEND BECAUSE THEY WERE ASKED, APPOINTED, AND BELIEVE IN THE VISION SET FORTH BY DR.

DEWAN. OUR COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING GUIDANCE AND COORDINATING ACTIVITIES TO ADDRESS DISPARITY.

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO THANK HER AS I DO.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR DEWAN.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER.

EXCUSE ME. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS EUGENE SANTILLAN.

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

MY NAME IS EUGENE SANTILLAN, I HAVE THE GREAT PLEASURE OF SERVING AS YOUR PRINCIPAL IN NORTH COUNTY CORK COMMUNITY SCHOOL PROGRAMS. MY TEAM AND I WORK TO PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES THEY DID NOT HAVE PRIOR TO BEING IN OUR PROGRAMS. WITH DOCTOR DEWAN SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT, WE HAVE BUILT AND STRENGTHENED OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH JUVENILE PROBATION.

SILICON VALLEY CREATES ART HOUSE, NEW HOPE FOR YOUTH, THE CITY OF SAN JOSE, OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE, THE OFFICE OF DIVERSION AND REENTRY SERVICES, AND THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

BECAUSE OF DR. DEWANS LEADERSHIP, OUR STUDENTS HAVE AN ADVOCATE WHO BRINGS LOCAL AND STATE LEADERS TOGETHER TO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE AT THE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL.

OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL STUDENTS JUST TODAY WERE TELLING ME THAT THEY APPRECIATE OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS BEING HERE FOR, QUOTE, GIVING US A SECOND CHANCE TO WORK ON OUR DIPLOMA FOR, QUOTE, MAKING SCHOOL FEEL COMFORTABLE AND QUOTE, JUST HELPING US GET THROUGH OUR DAY.

DR. DEWAN FOSTERED A RELATIONSHIP WITH DIVERSION AND REENTRY SERVICES THAT CREATED THE FIRST OF ITS KIND SCHOOL, WHERE YOU CAN GO WORK ON YOUR DIPLOMA IF YOU'RE A JUSTICE ENGAGED ADULT. WE HAVE OVER 30 GRADUATES AT OSBORNE, AND EACH ONE OF THEM ARE TAKING COLLEGE COURSES, INCLUDING AT UC BERKELEY.

I'M VERY PROUD OF TO WORK FOR THE COUNTY [INAUDIBLE].

OUR NEXT GROUP OF SPEAKERS.

IF YOU COULD, PLEASE, WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF THE ROOM.

ADORA FISHER.

FAVIOLA BOTAS.

ELIZABETH FRANCO.

KIRSTEN [INAUDIBLE].

SARAH [INAUDIBLE].

KIMBERLY DELGADO ALVAREZ.

CYNTHIA VAN LAAR.

BARBARA VEGA.

JOHN WAY. [INAUDIBLE].

SHAHEEN. SHERYL JORDAN, JESSICA SPICER, STEPHANIE KLEIN.

KLEIN HAYNES, STACEY SIMPSON, AND OSCAR RODRIGUEZ.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ADORA FISHER.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

MY NAME IS ADORA FISHER AND I AM A TAXPAYER OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, AND I'M ALSO A PARENT OF STUDENTS THAT WENT THROUGH THE CUPERTINO UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF DOCTOR MARY ANN DEWAN, AND I HAVE SAID BEFORE, IN MANY YOU'VE HEARD MANY OTHER PEOPLE SPEAK ABOUT HER STELLAR LEADERSHIP THIS EVENING.

WHAT I AM ASKING YOU TO DO IS TO REALIZE THAT ALL THE EMPLOYEES IN THIS ORGANIZATION ARE AT THE MERCY OF YOUR DECISIONS.

WE ARE ALL HERE TO SUPPORT DR.

DEWAN BECAUSE SHE'S MADE A DIFFERENCE NOT ONLY IN OUR OWN LEADERSHIP AND OUR ABILITY TO LEAD, BUT ALSO WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY

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WITHOUT HER LEADERSHIP AND HER GUIDANCE, NONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED HAVE HAPPENED.

PLEASE CONSIDER YOUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS FABIOLA [INAUDIBLE].

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

HI, GUYS.

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

LONG TIME NO SEE. I AM HERE TO ALSO.

ACTUALLY I WOULD LOVE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR SOMETHING, BUT RIGHT NOW I HAVEN'T SEEN IT BEING DONE YET.

I'M TALKING ABOUT SOUTH COUNTY.

SOUTH COUNTY NEEDS A LOT OF SUPPORT.

AND YOU GUYS, I'VE BEEN HERE WEEK AFTER WEEK, YOU KNOW, THEN YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WHAT WE NEED FOR THE KIDS.

AND TILL THIS DAY, I STILL HAVEN'T SEEN WHAT I NEEDED FOR THE KIDS.

I'VE BEEN TRYING REAL HARD TO BE CALM AND COOL ABOUT IT, BUT IT GETS TO A POINT WHERE IT'S LIKE YOU'VE SEEN PARENTS AND KIDS CRYING BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GO TO THEIR IEPS, OR THEY DON'T GET OFFERED IEPS.

WE'RE OVER HERE PAYING OUR TEACHERS AND OUR AIDES THIS MISERABLE PAY.

THESE TEACHERS AND THESE AIDES GET SPIT ON, YOU KNOW, CHEWED ON, PULLED ON, PUNCHED ON.

AND THEY'RE GETTING PAID NOTHING.

HELP THEM SO THEY CAN HELP OUR KIDS.

SO I'M HERE SUPPORTING OUR TEACHERS, OUR AIDES AND THE BUS DRIVERS AND THE PRINCIPALS.

THEY NEED MORE HELP.[INAUDIBLE] OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ELIZABETH FRANCO.

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

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ELIZABETH FRANCO.

I'M THE MANAGER OF GRANTS AND PARTNERSHIPS HERE AT THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

I'M HERE TONIGHT SPEAKING ON MY OWN BEHALF I AM A REGISTERED VOTER, AND MY CHILDREN HAVE ALL GONE THROUGH SANTA CLARA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

I FEEL COMPELLED TO SPEAK TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF AND SUPPORT OF DR.

DEWAN. I'D LIKE TO SHARE THE IMPACT DOCTOR DEWAN HAS MADE TO THE SCCOE DURING HER TENURE.

SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THE STRATEGIC APPROACH SHE HAS BROUGHT TO THE AGENCY TO SECURE GRANTS AND OUTSIDE FUNDING TO EXPAND THE IMPACTS WE HAVE ON STUDENTS.

DURING THE TEN YEAR PERIOD BEFORE DR.

DEWAN BECAME SUPERINTENDENT, THE COUNTY OFFICE OF ED BROUGHT IN ALMOST $16 MILLION IN COMPETITIVE GRANTS AND EARMARKS WITH A TOTAL OF 57 GRANTS UNDER DOCTOR DEWAN'S LEADERSHIP OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS, THE SCCOE HAS BROUGHT IN OVER $123 MILLION AND OVER 125 GRANTS, AN AVERAGE OF 21 MILLION A YEAR.

THESE FUNDS HAVE HAD GREAT AND SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU, DR. DEWAN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KIRSTEN [INAUDIBLE].

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

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

AND I'M HERE THIS EVENING ON MY OWN BEHALF.

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

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

I FEEL COMPELLED TO SPEAK THIS EVENING IN SUPPORT OF DR.

DEWAN. THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION HAS NINE STRATEGIC ACTIONS WHOSE FOCUS IS TO IMPROVE PROCESS AND PROTOCOLS TO MEET OUR GOALS OF THE SCCOE.

I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT STRATEGIC ACTION FIVE.

UNDER STRATEGIC ACTION FIVE, WE'RE CREATING A UNIFORM EVALUATION SYSTEM SO WE CAN ACCESS THE IMPACT WE ARE MAKING WHILE CONDUCTING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO THOSE WE SERVE.

I'M AT THE COUNTY OFFICE FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

WE'VE NEVER HAD ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN PLACE BEFORE.

EACH DIVISION OR DEPARTMENT WOULD DO THEIR OWN EVALUATIONS AND MAYBE SHARE THEIR DATA WITH OTHERS, AND MAYBE NOT.

THIS NOW ALLOWS US TO ENGAGE IN CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND BE THE BEST THAT WE CAN BE FOR THOSE WE SERVE.

THIS HAS ALL BEEN DONE UNDER THE GUIDANCE AND LEADERSHIP OF DR.

DEWAN. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SARAH [INAUDIBLE].

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

I'M SARAH [INAUDIBLE], SEAU CHAPTER PRESIDENT WITH OVER 1100 MEMBERS.

THIS PLEA WAS CO-WRITTEN WITH REJU KRISHNA FROM ACE WHO CAN'T BE HERE TONIGHT AS ACE PRESIDENT TARA GUERRERO HAS ALSO SHARED PREVIOUSLY.

DESPITE THE LATEST SALARY INCREASES AND OVER 20 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HERE, NOW IS THE WORST IT'S EVER BEEN.

WITH LOW MORALE AND A VERY RETALIATORY TOXIC WORK CULTURE, ALL MANAGEMENT NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE UNADDRESSED, UNRESOLVED ISSUES WE HAVE RAISED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION NEEDS TO FOCUS ON EMPLOYEE LABOR, BOARD AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, OUTCOMES FOR STUDENT GROWTH AND WELFARE, AND ALTER THE STRUCTURES THAT CONTINUE TO ALLOW PREFERENTIAL AND DISPARATE TREATMENT TO CONTINUE.

OUR TRUST HAS BEEN BROKEN THROUGH LIES, INACTION, AND RETALIATION.

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO INCLUDE THE VOICES OF STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND STAFF WHO'VE BEEN TELLING YOU THAT WE NEED A REAL CHANGE.

PERHAPS WITH YOUR DIRECTIVE, YOUR CURRENT ADMINISTRATION CAN MAKE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES.

HISTORY MAKES US SKEPTICAL, THOUGH, GIVEN THAT THE CURRENT RESPONSE IS TO SEND ATTORNEYS TO QUESTION US ABOUT THE CLAIMS WE'VE MADE ACE, SEIU, REITERATE THAT OUR PRIORITY IS A SYSTEM OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY BUILT INTO THE EVALUATION PROCESS, AND THE SYSTEM NEEDS TO ENSURE STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE NOT BEING SUBJECT [INAUDIBLE].

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KIMBERLY DELGADO ALVAREZ.

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

HELLO. MY NAME IS KIMBERLY DELGADO ALVAREZ.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AT HEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION.

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AS PRODUCTIVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS DR.

MARY ANN DEWAN AND SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

BECAUSE OF THEIR COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS, OUR FAMILIES, AND THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY COMMUNITY, DR.

MARY ANN DEWAN HAS BEEN A CHAMPION FOR HEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION TO ENSURE OUR SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR STUDENTS.

HER ADVOCACY HAS CONTINUED TO ALLOW US TO SUPPORT OUR EARLY LEARNING FAMILIES.

A HEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION WE KNOW SUPPORTING CHILDREN AT AN EARLY AGE JUST SO IMPORTANT TO ENSURE A HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT AND TO PROVIDE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND LIFELONG SUCCESS LIFELONG HEALTH.

DOCTOR MARY ANN DEWAN HAS BEEN A PILLAR IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE AT HEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION APPRECIATE OUR LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIP.

WE COULDN'T DO THIS IMPORTANT WORK WITHOUT HER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CYNTHIA VAN LAR.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS CYNTHIA VAN LAR.

I'M A GILROY RESIDENT, A MOTHER OF FOUR, AND A SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST.

I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THE EARLY LEARNING SERVICES, SPECIFICALLY HEAD START AND THE STATE PRESCHOOL THAT ARE OFFERED IN GILROY AS AN EARLY START SPEECH THERAPIST PROVIDER FOR THE SAN ANDREAS REGIONAL CENTER.

HAVING THESE EARLY SERVICE EARLY LEARNING SERVICES AVAILABLE AS THE NEXT TRANSITION AND CARE AND RESOURCE FOR OUR FAMILIES IS ESSENTIAL AGAIN, AS MY ROLE ALSO AS THE DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL EDUCATION AT SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY, I CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THE EARLY LEARNING MISSION AND VALUES OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION. OVERALL, I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE CHILD DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION, HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES THAT ENRICH THE LIVES OF THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE.

THANK YOU, DR.

DEWAN FOR CONTINUING TO CHAMPION THIS PROGRAM.

YOU HAVE REMAINED TRUE TO YOUR MISSION AND VALUES THAT ARE CENTERED AROUND DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, EQUITY, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR DEWAN FOR PROVIDING EACH AND EVERY CHILD OPPORTUNITIES THAT PROMOTE HIGH QUALITY.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS [INAUDIBLE] VEGA.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS VIVIANA VEGA.

I'M A PROGRAM DIRECTOR WITH HEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION, A HEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION.

OUR MISSION IS TO REMOVE HEALTH BARRIERS IMPACTING THE LEARNING AND LIFE SUCCESS OF SILICON VALLEY YOUTH.

MY TEAM AND I WORK WITH SOME OF OUR MORE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING HOMELESS AND FOSTER YOUTH, MIGRANT FAMILIES, AND SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH DR.

DEWAN AND SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND NAVIGATING THE SPACES AND SUPPORTING OUR FAMILIES.

DOCTOR DEWAN HAS BEEN A FIERCE ADVOCATE BECAUSE SHE KNOWS THAT WHEN OUR KIDS BASIC NEEDS ARE MET, THEY HAVE AN EASIER TIME ATTENDING SCHOOL, FOCUSING IN CLASSROOMS, AND ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS.

IT'S CLEAR THAT DOCTOR DEWAN HAS IS COMMITTED TO SANTA CLARA COUNTY'S OFFICE OF EDUCATION'S MISSION OF SERVING, INSPIRING, AND PROMOTING STUDENTS AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN WAY.

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

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOHN WAY AND I HAVE TWO KIDS IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

I HAVE THE HONOR TO SERVE AS A BOARD MEMBER FOR THE HEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION.

I AM HERE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF DOCTOR MARY ANN DEWAN AND HER DEEP COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND THE COMMUNITY.

AND DOCTOR DEWAN TENURE, SHE HAS BEEN AN UNWAVERING PARTNER TO HEALTHIER KIDS THROUGH OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

DOCTOR DEWAN HAS SHOWN THAT SHE LEADS WITH A LENS THAT PUTS OUR STUDENTS FIRST, PROVIDING APPROPRIATE AND IMMEDIATE SUPPORT AND SERVICES TO STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IS SOMETHING THAT SHE TAKES SERIOUSLY.

ONLY IN COLLABORATION WITH DOCTOR DEWAN AND THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, ARE WE AT HEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION, ABLE TO WORK TOWARD A WORLD IN WHICH ALL SILICON VALLEY YOUTH ACHIEVE GOOD HEALTH, EDUCATIONAL EQUITY, AND SUCCESS IN LIFE AS A PRODUCTIVE COMMUNITY? MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS [INAUDIBLE].

PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF SCHWAB.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS.

LIKE YOU'VE HEARD BEFORE, FOR PASSING THE CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION ON MONDAY.

IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE, AND I KNOW THAT.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, YOU KNOW, RECEIVED A LOT OF BACKLASH BECAUSE OF IT, BUT, WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING STRONG AND GIVING THE STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT A GREAT ROLE MODEL IN TERMS OF TOLERANCE, LOVE, RESPECT, PEACE.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

AND, I HOPE THAT IN THE FUTURE, OTHER CHILDREN, CAN LEARN ABOUT PALESTINE IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAT I SAW IN MY HISTORY BOOKS GROWING UP, WHICH WAS NOT TOLERANT AND NOT RESPECTFUL.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NABEEL SHAHEEN.

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GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS NABEEL SHAHEEN.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF INTEGRATED DATA AT THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR DR.

DEWAN AND HER LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION.

UNDER HER LEADERSHIP, OUR ORGANIZATION HAS MADE STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS IN BUILDING OUT A COMPREHENSIVE STUDENT DATA WAREHOUSE WHERE WE RECEIVE STUDENT DATA NIGHTLY FROM EVERY DISTRICT IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY THAT IS CONNECTED TO CROSS-AGENCY SYSTEMS LIKE FOSTER VISION, SCHOOL LINK SERVICES, AND OUR ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SYSTEM, ALL WHICH SERVE OUR MOST VULNERABLE YOUTH IN THE COUNTY.

WORK LIKE THIS SITS UPON THE FOUNDATION OF TRUST DOCTOR DEWAN HAS FOSTERED ACROSS AGENCIES, DISTRICTS AND COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COUNTY.

ACROSS THE STATE, SCCOE IS VIEWED AS A LEADER IN INTEGRATED DATA WORK, AND IT'S A DIRECT RESULT OF HER VISION AND A DEDICATION TO INNOVATION THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED AT THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHERYL JORDAN.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

HI, I'M CHERYL JORDAN, SUPERINTENDENT OF MILPITAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I HAVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS TO SHARE.

DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE LCAP INCLUSIVE PRACTICES, EARLY CARE.

EDUCATION. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BILITERACY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION AND SUPPORT.

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES, OPIOID EPIDEMIC.

NALOXONE TRAINING.

FAMILY ENGAGEMENT.

IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE SUPPORT.

EDUCATOR HOUSING SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN TRANSITION.

THE LAST SIX YEARS, SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF ED HAS BECOME A WELL-KNOWN RESOURCE TO THE 32 DISTRICTS IN OUR COUNTY.

CHALLENGES ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO GROW TOGETHER.

AND AS A BOARD SUPERINTENDENT GOVERNANCE TEAM, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT NOW SO THAT TOGETHER YOU CAN ELEVATE THE WORK OF ALL.

I ASK THAT AS LEADERS, YOU RECOGNIZE THE POWER OF YOUR COLLECTIVE IMPACT AND DETERMINE.

NEXT SPEAKER IS JESSICA SPICER.

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

HI, I'M JESSICA SPICER, I'M AN LAST TRUSTEE AND SCCSBA PRESIDENT, BUT ONLY SPEAK ON MY OWN BEHALF.

TONIGHT. I AM HERE YET AGAIN TO SPEAK REGARDING THE EVALUATION OF DR.

DEWAN. I'M HERE TO SAY I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HER EVALUATION HAS DRAGGED OUT SO LONG, OR FOR THAT MATTER, WHY YOU NEEDED TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY FOR SUCH EVALUATION WHEN BY ALL METRICS, SHE HAS PERFORMED A MORE THAN SATISFACTORY JOB? IS SHE PERFECT? NO.

ARE ANY OF US? NO. DOES SHE HAVE ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT? YES. AS DO WE ALL.

IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY FINISH YOUR EVALUATION.

GIVE DR. DEWAN HER FEEDBACK AND MOVE ON SO THAT DOCTOR DEWAN THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND THIS BOARD CAN GET BACK TO PROVIDING ALL STUDENTS IN THE COUNTY WITH AN EQUITABLE, HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION, WHETHER THROUGH DIRECT SERVICES OR PROVIDING RESOURCES TO LOCAL DISTRICTS.

TO PUT IT SIMPLY, DOCTOR DEWAN IS PROTRACTED EVALUATION PROCESS HAS CAUSED A VERY DESTABILIZING FORCE HERE IN YOUR OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND ACROSS THE 31 LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOUR BOARD AND THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

NEXT SPEAKER IS STEPHANIE KLEINHEINZ.

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

HI, I'M STEPHANIE KLEINHEINZ.

I REPRESENT SCHOOL HEALTH CLINICS OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

I'M HERE TO PUBLICLY THANK DOCTOR DEWAN FOR HER SUPPORT AND HER WORK TO ADVANCE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

WE'RE A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER.

WE PROVIDE HEALTH CARE, ACCESS TO THOSE LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND THOSE WHO ARE UNINSURED IN OUR COUNTY.

DR. DEWAN HAS BEEN A CHAMPION FOR PROVIDING WHOLE PERSON HEALTH CARE BY ALLOWING OUR CLINICS TO PARTNER WITH THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION IN PROVIDING SERVICES IN SOUTH COUNTY.

A PARTNERSHIP LIKE OURS IS VALUABLE AND IS TO NOT ONLY US, BUT ALSO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE ASSOCIATE WITH.

STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT STUDENTS WHO COME TO SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTERS LIKE OURS, HAVE IMPROVED STUDENT ATTENDANCE BY 4.5 DAYS PER STUDENT YEAR.

IT'S DR. DEWAN OUTREACH TO OUR ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDED US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE SOUTH COUNTY RESIDENTS WITH HEALTH, MAINTENANCE AND VERY MUCH NEEDED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES AT A TIME WHEN SOCIAL SERVICES TO SOUTH COUNTY IS DECREASING, WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE REMAINED AND CONTINUE TO SERVE THANKS TO DOCTOR DEWAN.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS STACY SIMPSON.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

YES, MY NAME IS STACY SIMPSON.

I AM A WELLNESS CENTER THERAPIST WITH THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, AND I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE.

I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE APPRECIATION AND ADMIRATION FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP DEMONSTRATED BY SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR MARY ANN DEWAN IN GUIDING THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION TOWARDS EXCELLENCE AND MY UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF HER.

UNDER DOCTOR DEWAN STEWARDSHIP, THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION HAS EXPRESSED REMARKABLE PROGRESS AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN VARIOUS DOMAINS, INCLUDING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, STUDENT WELL-BEING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

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CONSIDERING THE BROADER CONTEXT IN WHICH DOCTOR DEWAN OPERATES IN TODAY'S EVER CHANGING EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPE, DR.

DEWAN HAS NAVIGATED UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES, INCLUDING BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, POLICY CHANGES, AND THE EVER PRESENT EFFECTS OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.

DR. DEWAN HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN FORGING PARTNERSHIPS WITH PARENTS, EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.

WE ARE TRULY FORTUNATE TO HAVE DOCTOR DEWAN AT THE HELM OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP.

NEXT SPEAKER IS OSCAR RODRIGUEZ.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS OSCAR RODRIGUEZ.

I KNOW MAESTRO GEORGE.

SINCE I WAS SIX, I FELL IN LOVE WITH MARIACHI MUSIC BECAUSE IT ALLOWS ME TO CONTACT WITH MY, PARENTS.

THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU.

I WAS NOT ALLOWED PUBLIC COMMENT.

[INAUDIBLE] . THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES OUR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

NOW ON TO AGENDA ITEM FIVE CONSENT ACTION ITEMS.

[5. CONSENT ACTION ITEMS]

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. BY VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA.

WE WILL NOW VOTE.

TRUSTEES, MAKE SURE TO CAST YOUR VOTE AND BOARD DOCS, PLEASE.

TRUSTEE CHON PRESIDENT BERTA I NOTICED OUR MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY 29TH MEETING ARE NOT ON HERE.

ARE THEY GOING TO BE ON OUR NEXT AGENDA? SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR THE QUESTION.

OH, I NOTICED THE MINUTES FROM OUR JANUARY 29TH MEETING ARE NOT ON TODAY'S CALENDAR.

WILL IT BE ON THE NEXT ONE? YES. THEY'LL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR FEBRUARY 7TH.

SINCE THE MEETING ENDED LATE IN THE EVENING.

THERE WAS IN THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT WAS POSTED ON FRIDAY.

OH, ON THERE THE TIMING.

DID NOT WORK OUT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT.

SO THEY WILL BE ON FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY.

THANK YOU. THE CONSENT ACTION ITEMS. PASS UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEES.

OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS NUMBER SIX.

[A. Charter Schools Update]

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE DO. WE HAVE ONE CARD FOR COMMENT.

PLEASE PROCEED.

OUR SPEAKER IS MAUREEN ISRAEL.

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

AND WE'LL WAIT FOR THE TIMER.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. I'M MAUREEN ISRAEL, THE SUPERINTENDENT WITH BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

I'M GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TODAY TO SHARE AND CLARIFY SOME DATA WITH THE BOARD.

WE'RE PROUD TO BE A SCHOOL THAT IS SUPPORTIVE AND INCLUSIVE TO ALL STUDENTS WHO WISH TO ATTEND, AND WE CONSISTENTLY WORK HARD TO CONTINUE TO DIVERSIFY OUR STUDENT BODY.

WE SAW A 95% INCREASE IN OUR SD POPULATION FROM LAST SCHOOL YEAR, AND A 47% INCREASE IN OUR EL POPULATION.

HOWEVER, THERE CONTINUES TO BE A FALSE NARRATIVE THAT WE DO NOT REPRESENT OUR LOCAL DISTRICT AS A SCHOOL.

WE HAVE RECEIVED NOTICES FROM DOCTOR DEWAN STATING DISPARITY BETWEEN OUR STUDENT POPULATION AND THE LOCAL DISTRICT.

HOWEVER, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DATA OF THE SCHOOLS THE COUNTY AUTHORIZES, WE ARE ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT SHOWS THE MOST PARITY IN THESE KEY SUBPOPULATIONS.

WE SHARE THIS DATA IN AN OCTOBER 10TH LETTER WE SENT.

BCS HAS CONTINUALLY BEEN SINGLED OUT AND HELD TO A DIFFERENT STANDARD.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS RECTIFIED AS THE MISREPRESENTATION AND FALSE NARRATIVE IS DETRIMENTAL TO OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS.

I'M PROUD TO WORK WITH AN INCREDIBLE CHARTER COMMUNITY HERE IN THE SOUTH BAY, AND I'M HOPEFUL YOU, AS TRUSTEES, CAN CONTINUE TO ENSURE ALL CHARTERS ARE TREATED FAIRLY.

THIS CONCLUDES COMMENT.

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AS PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW OKAY.

EXCUSE ME. DOCTOR DEWAN, WILL YOU INTRODUCE THIS ITEM? YES. SO OUR ITEM, THE INFORMATION ITEM WE'RE GOING TO HEAR, FIRST THIS EVENING IS THE CHARTER SCHOOLS UPDATE THIS EVENING.

OUR UPDATE WILL BE PROVIDED BY OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CHARTER SCHOOLS, MEFULA FAIRLEY.

AND SHE IS JOINED BY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR DR.

MICHELLE JOHNSON. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT CHON TRUSTEES.

SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN STAFF AND COMMUNITY.

TONIGHT I HAVE THREE ITEMS ON WHICH TO UPDATE YOU.

FIRST, I WANT TO SHARE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FAIRLEY.

COULD YOU JUST PULL THE MIC A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO YOU? IS THIS BETTER? MUCH BETTER.

THANK YOU. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP DURING MY I BELIEVE IT WAS DECEMBER 13TH PRESENTATION ON CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWALS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO JUST A NOTE ABOUT COUNTYWIDE RENEWAL PETITIONS.

COUNTYWIDE PETITIONS ARE SUBMITTED DIRECTLY TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ON RENEWAL.

IF APPROVED, THE SCHOOL REMAINS A COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOL WITH MONITORING AND OVERSIGHT BY THE COUNTY OFFICE STAFF. IF DENIED, THE SCHOOL HAS NO RIGHTS TO APPEAL AND WILL CLOSE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THIS FLOW CHART DEPICTS THE CHARTER RENEWAL PROCESS FROM SUBMISSION THROUGH FINAL APPEAL FOR DISTRICT AND COUNTY BOARD AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOLS.

IT ALSO SHOWS ALSO SHOWS THE APPEAL PROCESS FOR THE SAME SCHOOLS, EXCLUDING COUNTYWIDE CHARTER SCHOOLS.

AS I JUST EXPLAINED IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES, I WILL BREAK DOWN THE PROCESS USED FOR DEPENDENT AND INDEPENDENT CHARTER SCHOOLS AUTHORIZED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD, AND THE PROCESS FOR COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

COUNTY BOARD AUTHORIZED SCHOOLS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

BEFORE I GET INTO THE RENEWAL AND APPEALS PROCESS, I WANT TO SHARE THE TIMELINE THAT OCCURS AT THE DISTRICT AND COUNTY BOARD LEVELS OF THE PROCESS.

ONCE A RENEWAL PETITION IS SUBMITTED, THE AUTHORIZER, WHETHER DISTRICT OR COUNTY BOARD MUST DO THE FOLLOWING.

HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING 60 DAYS FROM SUBMISSION.

MAKE A DECISION 90 DAYS FROM SUBMISSION.

POST FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 15 DAYS PRIOR TO MAKING THE FINAL DECISION.

AND THE TIMELINE YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE IS SPECIFIC TO THE SCCBOE, AS NOT ALL AUTHORIZERS NECESSARILY INCLUDE EXECUTION OF AN MOU DURING THE RENEWAL PROCESS.

I POINT THIS OUT, POINT OUT THIS TIMELINE ON SLIDE FOUR BECAUSE I WILL REFERENCE IT ON FUTURE SLIDES.

OKAY, SO FOR DEPENDENT AND INDEPENDENT CHARTER SCHOOLS MEANING DEPENDENT, MEANING THEY RECEIVE THEIR FUNDING DIRECTLY FROM THE DISTRICT AND INDEPENDENT, MEANING THAT THEY RECEIVE THEIR MONEY FROM THE STATE, FROM THE CDE, CHARTER SCHOOLS AUTHORIZED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

FOR DEPENDENT AND INDEPENDENT CHARTER SCHOOLS AUTHORIZED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THE RENEWAL PROCESS BEGINS WHEN A CHARTER SCHOOL SUBMITS A RENEWAL PETITION, INCLUDING THE SIGNED CERTIFICATION OF COMPLETION TO THE DISTRICT.

IF THE DISTRICT APPROVES THE PETITION, THE SCHOOL CONTINUES TO BE A DISTRICT AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOL.

IF THE DISTRICT DENIES THE PETITION, DENIES THE RENEWAL, THE CHARTER SCHOOL MAY SUBMIT THE EXACT SAME PETITION TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ON APPEAL WITHIN 30 DAYS. I'D LIKE TO NOTE HERE THAT PETITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MATERIALLY CHANGED ARE REMANDED TO THE DISTRICT FOR RECONSIDERATION WITHIN 30 DAYS FOLLOWING THE TIMELINE MENTIONED ON SLIDE FOUR.

THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION CONDUCTS A DE NOVO REVIEW OR, IN OTHER WORDS, A REVIEW, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE DISTRICT'S FINDINGS AND DECISION.

IF THE COUNTY BOARD APPROVES THE RENEWAL, THE SCHOOL BECOMES A COUNTY BOARD, AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOL, AND WILL RECEIVE MONITORING AND OVERSIGHT FROM THE COUNTY OFFICE STAFF.

IF THE COUNTY OFFICE DENIES THE PETITION, THE PETITIONERS WILL HAVE 30 DAYS TO SUBMIT THE PETITION TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR REVIEW UNDER THE ABUSE OF DISCRETION REVIEW STANDARD, WHICH I WILL DISCUSS SHORTLY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOLS, INCLUDING COUNTYWIDE CHARTERS AND THOSE APPROVED ON APPEAL FROM DISTRICTS, FOLLOW USE THE FOLLOWING PROCESS.

SO A COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOLS SUBMITS ITS RENEWAL PETITION DIRECTLY TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR RENEWAL.

IF THE COUNTY BOARD APPROVES THE RENEWAL, THE SCHOOL CONTINUES TO BE A COUNTY BOARD AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOL.

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IF THE COUNTY BOARD DENIES THE RENEWAL PETITION FROM A COUNTYWIDE CHARTER SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL HAS NO APPEAL RIGHTS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO ONCE A CHARTER SCHOOL THAT'S BEEN DENIED, DECIDES TO SUBMIT THEIR APPEAL TO THE STATE BOARD.

THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN.

THE CHARTER SCHOOL MUST SUBMIT TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ITS APPEAL PACKAGE.

THE CHARTER. THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REVIEWS THE EVIDENTIARY RECORD IN THE APPEAL PACKAGE, AND MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO THE STATE BOARD'S ADVISORY COUNCIL ON CHARTER SCHOOLS OR THE ACCS.

TO HEAR THE APPEAL, IF SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF AN OF AN ISSUE EXISTS, OR IT MAKES A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ACCS TO SUMMARILY DENY REVIEW OF THE APPEAL.

THE ACCS THEN HOLDS, THEN HOLDS A PUBLIC HEARING TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENTARY RECORD AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE STATE BOARD REGARDING WHETHER IT SHOULD HEAR THE APPEAL OR SUMMARILY DENY REVIEW OF THE APPEAL.

ONCE THE STATE BOARD RECEIVES THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ACCS, THE STATE BOARD'S ROLE IS TO EITHER SUMMARILY DENY THE APPEAL OR TO HEAR THE APPEAL.

IF THE STATE BOARD SUMMARILY DENIES THE APPEAL, THE DECISION TO DENY THE DECISIONS TO DENY MADE BY THE DISTRICT AND THE COUNTY OFFICE OR COUNTY BOARD STAND.

IF THE STATE BOARD DECIDES TO HEAR AN APPEAL, IT MAY AFFIRM THE LOCAL DECISIONS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR I'M SORRY, THE CHARTER SCHOOL WILL CLOSE. IF THE STATE BOARD HEARS THE APPEAL AND REVERSES THE DENIAL UNDER EDUCATION CODE SECTION 47 605, IT MAY DO SO ONLY IF IT DETERMINES THAT THERE WAS AN ABUSE OF DISCRETION IN THE DENIAL OF THE CHARTER PETITION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, BY BOTH THE DISTRICT AND THE COUNTY BOARDS.

WHEN DENIAL OF THE CHARTER PETITION IS REVERSED BY THE STATE BOARD.

THE STATE BOARD, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CHARTER SCHOOL, DETERMINES WHETHER THE DISTRICT OR COUNTY BOARD WILL BE THE NEW AUTHORIZER, AND THE 60 AND 90 DAY TIMELINE ON SLIDE FOUR DOES NOT APPLY TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO NOW I WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE A FEW MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT THE ABUSE OF DISCRETION STANDARD THAT IS USED BY THE STATE BOARD.

SO A LITTLE MORE ABOUT ABUSE OF DISCRETION.

THE ABUSE OF DISCRETION REVIEW STANDARD IS REQUIRED FOR RENEWAL APPEALS WHEN CHARTERS WHEN A CHARTER SCHOOL HAS BEEN DENIED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OR A COUNTY BOARD.

THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION CAN ONLY OVERTURN THE LOCAL DECISION WHEN IT DETERMINES THERE WAS AN ABUSE OF DISCRETION.

ABUSE OF DISCRETION IS THE MOST DEFERENTIAL STANDARD OF REVIEW, MEANING THAT THE STATE BOARD IS REQUIRED TO GIVE DEFERENCE TO THE DECISION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, GOVERNING BOARD AND COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO DENY THE PETITION.

IN MATTERS OF CHARTER PETITION APPEALS.

THE STATE BOARD'S REVIEW IS LIMITED TO A DETERMINATION OF WHETHER THE DISTRICT AND THE COUNTY BOARD'S DECISIONS TO DENY A RENEWAL PETITION WAS ARBITRARY, CAPRICIOUS, ENTIRELY LACKING IN EVIDENTIARY SUPPORT, UNLAWFUL OR PROCEDURALLY UNFAIR.

NEXT SLIDE. SO ALL THAT INFORMATION LEADS ME BACK TO THIS CHART, WHICH YOU SAW, I THINK, IN DECEMBER, WHICH SHOWS THE NUMBER OF RENEWALS, FROM SCCBOE AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT YOU CAN EXPECT OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS.

AND THOSE ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED.

THERE HAVE THE RED BOX AROUND THEM AND THE POTENTIAL NUMBER OF RENEWALS ON APPEAL FROM DISTRICTS.

SO THE ROW.

BUT THE VERY LAST ROW, THE DARK BLUE ROW UNDER THE RED HIGHLIGHTED ROW, SHOWS YOU THE TOTAL NUMBER THAT YOU COULD POTENTIALLY HEAR IF DISTRICTS WERE TO DENY THE CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT COME TO THEM FOR RENEWAL.

BUT THE RED HIGHLIGHTED ARE THE ONES THAT YOU WILL DEFINITELY BE SEEING OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THIS CHART SHOWS THE RENEWAL SCHEDULE FOR DISTRICT AUTHORIZED INDEPENDENT CHARTER SCHOOLS OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

THIS INFORMATION IS RELEVANT BECAUSE DISTRICT DECISIONS REGARDING RENEWAL FOR THESE CHARTER SCHOOLS MAY IMPACT FUTURE SCCBOE AGENDAS IF THE DISTRICT DENIES RENEWAL TO ANY OF THESE SCHOOLS.

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SO ASSUMING THAT EACH SCHOOL IS GRANTED A FIVE YEAR RENEWAL TERM AND NO SCHOOLS HAVE A TWO YEAR LOOKBACK, THIS CHART SHOWS THE RENEWAL SCHEDULE FOR SCCBOE AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOLS OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

AND I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE SCHOOLS WITH ASTERISKS ARE COUNTYWIDE CHARTERS, AND IF THEY ARE DENIED, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY APPEAL RIGHTS. THANK YOU.

SO I WANT TO MOVE ON TO BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

SCCOE CONTINUES TO BE IN COMMUNICATION WITH BULLIS REGARDING ITS RECRUITMENT AND ENROLLMENT PRACTICES.

WE RECEIVED FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE FROM BULLIS, AND IN LAST WEEK'S EMAIL FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT, TWO PIECES OF CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN BULLIS AND THE SCCOE WERE INCLUDED.

WE WILL FOLLOW UP AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR THESE ISSUES AND WILL KEEP THE BOARD APPRIZED.

AND FINALLY.

WELL, NOT. FINALLY, MY THIRD ACTUALLY HAD FOUR ISSUES TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.

VOICES COLLEGE BROWN LANGUAGE ACADEMY ON DECEMBER 19TH, 2023.

VOICES COLLEGE BROWN LANGUAGE ACADEMIES REQUESTED AN EXTENSION FROM DECEMBER 15TH, 2023 TO JANUARY 31ST, 2024 TO SUBMIT ITS 22-23 FISCAL AUDIT FOR VOICES MOUNT PLEASANT AND VOICES MORGAN HILL.

THE VOICES AUDITOR, CLIFTON LARSON ALLEN LLP, HAS STATED THE REQUEST IS DUE TO THE SHORTAGE OF CLIENT PERSONNEL PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AUDIT AND NEW AND STATE, FEDERAL, NEW STATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DELAYED THE CLIENT IN CLOSING THE ACCOUNTING RECORDS FOR THE YEAR UNDER AUDIT.

ON DECEMBER 26TH, 2023, VOICES BOARD OF DIRECTORS PASSED AND PASSED AND ADOPTED A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE EXTENSION.

VOICES SUBMITTED ITS 2023 I'M SORRY 2022-23 AUDIT REPORT TO SCCOE ON JANUARY 10TH, AND THE AUDIT STILL NEEDS TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE VOICES BOARD, WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO MEET NEXT ON MARCH 7TH, 2024.

AND FINALLY, ANNUAL SITE VISITS.

THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT BEGAN CONDUCTING THE REQUIRED ANNUAL SITE VISITS TO SCCBOE AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOLS ON JANUARY 11TH.

THE VISITS FOR 23-24 ARE HYBRID, MEANING SOME ACTIVITIES ARE CONDUCTED IN PERSON, SUCH AS CLASSROOM OBSERVATIONS, FILE REVIEWS, AND SOME EDUCATIONAL PARTNER GROUP INTERVIEWS, WHILE OTHER ACTIVITIES TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM.

THE EDUCATIONAL PARTNER GROUPS INTERVIEWED ARE SITE AND CHARTER MANAGEMENT, ORGANIZATION LEADERSHIP, STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS.

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

CHARTER SCHOOLS.

CHARTER SCHOOL STAFF HOLDS AN EXIT INTERVIEW WITH THE LEADERSHIP TO PROVIDE INITIAL FEEDBACK ON THE VISIT, AND THEN THE SCHOOL RECEIVES A COMPREHENSIVE WRITTEN REPORT DETAILING OUR FINDINGS.

ONCE ALL OF THE VISITS HAVE BEEN CONCLUDED.

AND THAT IS MY REPORT FOR THIS EVENING.

I'M SORRY, I SHOULD HAVE STOPPED EARLIER TO TAKE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE, PRESENTATION ON RENEWALS, BUT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.

WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE NOW.

THANK YOU, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FAIRLEY TRUSTEES.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? JUST A THANK YOU FROM ME, DIRECTOR FAIRLEY.

THANK YOU.

SEEING NONE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT THOROUGH REPORT AND PRESENTATION AS WELL.

WE. SO GIVEN THE CHANGES IN THE AGENDA.

WE ARE NOW MOVING TO ITEM 7 CLOSED SESSION.

[7. CLOSED SESSION]

CLOSED SESSION INCLUDES 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 COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT TITLE.

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.

MODERATOR. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THESE ITEMS? YES, WE HAVE SIX CARDS FOR COMMENTS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

PLEASE PROCEED. WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF THE ROOM.

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DOLORES ALVARADO.

CHRISTINE. RUTHERFORD STEWART.

LAURA BLAKELY.

JOHN HORNER AND ANNA MENDOZA.

PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS VLADIMIR IVANOVIC.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS VLADIMIR IVANOVIC.

I'M A TRUSTEE OF THE LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I'M NOT HERE SPEAKING FOR THE DISTRICT, BUT AS A TRUSTEE, I HAVE AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH DR.

DEWAN. I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING WITH HER, AND I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT, I'D LIKE TO CONCENTRATE ON ONE PARTICULAR, EPISODE OR A SERIES OF EPISODES IN THIS COVID 19 DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, WHICH WAS NEW TO EVERYBODY.

DR DEWAN COULD BE COUNTED ON TO INTERPRET THE CONSTANTLY CHANGING, MISSIVES FROM THE DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH AND HOW THEY AFFECTED OUR DISTRICT.

AND, ALLOW US TO CONTINUE EDUCATING OUR KIDS AND TO STAY HEALTHY AT THE SAME TIME.

SHE CAN BE COUNTED ON TO BE CALM, KNOWLEDGEABLE, AND SUPPORTIVE, AND SHE CAN BE COUNTED ON TO ANSWER ALL OUR QUESTIONS.

AND THERE WERE MANY.

OR FIND ANSWERS TO ALL OUR QUESTIONS.

SO I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO CONCLUDE YOUR.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DOLORES ALVARADO.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DOLORES ALVARADO.

I REPRESENT THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS IN THIS COUNTY.

WE SERVE NEARLY 300,000 MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY, MOST OF THEM ON MEDI-CAL.

AND THANK YOU TO TRUSTEES FOR ALLOWING ME THIS TIME TO SPEAK.

AND GOOD EVENING, DR.

DEWAN. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF DOCTOR, NOT ON BEHALF.

AND IN HONOR OF DOCTOR DEWAN, I GUESS I SHOULD SAY.

I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I'VE BEEN IN THIS COUNTY, I'VE LIVED AND WORKED HERE FOR 30 YEARS, AND I'VE GONE THROUGH MANY SUPERINTENDENTS, AND BY FAR, DOCTOR DEWAN HAS BEEN THE ONE THAT'S BEEN MOST PRODUCTIVE, MOST THOUGHTFUL IN HER APPROACH AND VERY STRATEGIC IN WHO SHE SPEAKS TO, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT SHE WANTS IS TO INCREASE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN DURING THE PANDEMIC.

SOMEONE SPOKE ABOUT THAT ALREADY.

HER IDEA OF CO-LOCATING, ONE OF OUR SCHOOL HEALTH CENTERS, IS A NATIONALLY KNOWN BEST PRACTICE.

SO PLEASE KEEP [INAUDIBLE].

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTINE RUTHERFORD-STUART.

PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

CHRISTINE RUTHERFORD-STUART, CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CHRISTINE RUTHERFORD-STUART.

I'M THE PROGRAM OFFICER FOR THE CHILD CARE EXPANSION GRANTS WITH THE VALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION.

I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH DOCTOR DEWAN OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS IN VARIOUS ROLES AND HAVE SEEN HER AS AN EXCEPTIONAL LEADER, PARTICULARLY THE AREAS OF STUDENT WELLNESS, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS, AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

THE FOUNDATION IS RELIANT ON.

THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, IS VERY GRATEFUL TO THE BOARD, TO DR DEWAN AND HER LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY THEY'VE PROVIDED IN ADVANCING THESE ISSUES, BOTH LOCALLY AND AT THE STATEWIDE LEVEL.

DOCTOR DEWAN IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY EFFECTIVE, THOUGHTFUL.

EXPERIENCED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE LEADER, AND THAT'S BEEN ON DISPLAY NO MORE SO THAN DURING COVID, WHEN REALLY THESE ISSUES HAVE REQUIRED EDUCATORS TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THEY'VE TYPICALLY DONE IN THE PAST TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION AND MOST PARTICULARLY DR.

DEWAN FOR HER LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LAURA BLAKELY.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS LAURA BLAKELY.

I'M IN MY EIGHTH YEAR OF SERVING ON THE MOUNTAIN VIEW WHISMAN SCHOOL BOARD, BUT COME HERE THIS EVENING ON MY PERSONAL BEHALF TO SPEAK IN STRONG SUPPORT OF COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR MARY ANN DEWAN.

PRIOR TO HER ARRIVAL HERE IN THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION WAS WILDLY UNPREDICTABLE.

IT WAS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AND KNOWN AS A SNAKE PIT.

SUPERINTENDENTS AND OTHER STAFFERS ROLLED THROUGH HERE AS IF IT WAS A PERENNIAL REVOLVING DOOR.

THERE WAS LITTLE CONSISTENCY OR VISION SINCE SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN'S ARRIVAL, RELATIONS BETWEEN THE 31 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR COUNTY OFFICE HAVE IMPROVED DRAMATICALLY FOR THE BETTER. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO OPERATE IN PARTNERSHIP, AS YOU'VE BEEN HEARING ALL EVENING WITH THE COUNTY, TO THE BENEFIT OF OUR SCHOOLS, COMMUNITIES AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR STUDENTS. DR.

DEWAN'S CALM MANNER AND REGULAR INFORMATIVE COMMUNICATION WITH THE SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION DURING THE COVID YEARS WAS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL TO ALL OF US.

I HOPE YOU'LL CONCLUDE HER REVIEW SO WE CAN MOVE ON.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN HORNER.

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GOOD EVENING, JOHN HORNER TRUSTEE WITH MORGAN HILL UNIFIED.

BUT SPEAKING AS AN INDIVIDUAL HERE, AGAIN, GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL.

I KNOW HOW HARD THE JOB IS THAT YOU DO.

AND I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT SOME THINGS OTHERS HAVEN'T SAID YET.

OUR COUNTY IS VERY UNUSUAL.

THERE ARE 58 COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION IN CALIFORNIA, ONLY FIVE OF WHICH HAVE AN APPOINTED SUPERINTENDENT, ONE BY THEIR COUNTY SUPERVISORS AND ONLY FOUR IN A SITUATION SIMILAR TO YOURS. SO THIS IS QUITE AN UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE.

I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE MAJORITY, THE BIGGEST PIECE OF YOUR FUNDING COMES FROM OUR INDIVIDUAL 31 OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING OURS.

AND I HOPE WHEN YOU CONSIDER EVALUATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, YOU CONSIDER THE FEEDBACK YOU'RE GETTING FROM THE DISTRICTS SERVED.

AND FINALLY, I WILL REMIND SOME OF YOU WERE HERE DURING THE YEARS OF TURMOIL AND SUPERINTENDENTS COMING AND GOING.

SOME OF YOU WERE A BIG PART OF THAT HAPPENING.

FORTUNATELY, FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS NOW, WE'VE HAD AN EXPERT LEADER IN DR.

DEWAN BRINGING US ALL TOGETHER IN SERVICE OF CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

I HOPE YOU STOP WHATEVER YOU HAVE GOING ON.

GIVE HER THE REVIEW SHE DESERVES.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANNA MENDOZA.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

HI EVERYONE! MY NAME IS ANNA MENDOZA AND I REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY.

I ACTUALLY REPRESENT THOSE WHO WERE DISCRIMINATED IN THE SOUTH COUNTY.

OUR KIDS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONS WHICH THEIR RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED, THE LAW WAS BROKEN.

AND DON'T FORGET THAT.

AND A DOCTOR DEWAN DID WHAT EVERY SINGLE HUMAN BEING DID DURING THE PANDEMIC.

STEP UP TO THE PLATE.

YOU DID NOTHING MORE THAN WE ALL DID.

WE ALL FACE COVID.

WE EVERY SINGLE PERSON HAD TO DO SOMETHING.

EVERY SINGLE PERSON STEPPED UP TO LEADERSHIP.

SO THERE'S NOTHING NEW ABOUT THAT.

AND THAT DOESN'T MAKE YOU SPECIAL.

WE DIDN'T HAVE TO CALL TRUSTEES TO COME AND SPEAK.

WE DIDN'T. WE ACTUALLY GOT THE CLIENTS.

OUR CLIENTS ARE THE PEOPLE THAT PAY YOUR PAYCHECK.

OUR STUDENTS ARE THE PEOPLE THAT PAY YOUR PAYCHECK.

THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE ON THE AMENDMENT, DON'T FORGET IT.

THEIR RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED.

CIVIL RIGHTS ARE INVOLVED.

GRAND JURY IS INVOLVED.

AND WE ARE ORGANIZING EVERY SINGLE STUDENT WHOSE IEPS WERE VIOLATED.

THERE'S A LOT MORE TO COME.

THIS CONCLUDES COMMENT.

THANK YOU. MODERATOR.

AND PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THE BOARD WILL NOW ENTER CLOSED SESSION.

WE WILL RETURN IN APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS ON OR AFTER 8:10 P.M..

THANK YOU. RIGHT.

[A. Report of Actions Taken in Closed Session]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

UPON COMPLETION OF AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, A COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION, THE BOARD DISCUSSED THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION AND TOOK ACTION. FOR AGENDA ITEM 7B PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT TITLE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.

THE BOARD HELD DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL REGARDING A PERSONNEL MATTER.

NO ACTION WAS TAKEN.

AND I BELIEVE WE NEED TO GO BACK NOW, WHICH WAS.

[B. Facility Project Updates]

SO 6 PRESIDENT MAIMONA.

WE ALSO HAVE COMMENT FOR 6B.

THANK YOU.

DOCTOR DEWAN, WILL YOU INTRODUCE THE ITEM, PLEASE? YES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA.

THE, ITEM 6B IS AN INFORMATION ITEM RELATED TO A NUMBER OF FACILITY PROJECTS UPDATES.

THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE PROVIDED BY OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF BUSINESS SERVICES, STEPHANIE GOMEZ.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT WAS TO PROVIDE SOME FOLLOW UP AND RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS AND INTEREST FROM THE TRUSTEES.

AND WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY.

SO, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ, DID YOU WANT TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE THE PRESENTATION? YEAH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU.

SO MODERATOR IF YOU'LL PROCEED WITH PUBLIC COMMENT, THANK YOU.

WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF THE ROOM.

OUR SPEAKERS ARE ANDREA HIGHTOWER, FABIOLA [INAUDIBLE], HEATHER BASS, AND ANNA MENDOZA.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ANDREA HIGHTOWER.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

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I WAS NOT ACTUALLY PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE INPUT ON THE VOTE THAT'S BEING REFERRED TO, OR THE PARENT INPUT ON THE PRESENTATION THAT WILL BE GIVEN.

THIS IS WHY WE SHOULD PROBABLY DO PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER THE PRESENTATION.

BUT WHEN LOOKING AT THE NEW PLAYGROUND, WE NEED TO CONSIDER FOR GATEWAY, WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING SWINGS AND SLIDES THAT ARE ACTUALLY DESIGNED FOR AMBULATORY AND NON-AMBULATORY STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE TOGETHER AND EQUITABLY.

AND LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE REMOVED WHEN THE PLAYGROUND WAS INITIALLY REMOVED, SUCH AS LIKE THE SLIDE SOMETIMES USED FOR OP, THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND THE PHYSICAL THERAPY NEEDS OF THE KIDS.

SO WHEN WE'RE PUTTING TAKING SOMETHING AWAY, WE GOT TO REALLY LOOK AT THROUGH DIFFERENT LENSES OF LIKE, WHAT ELSE COULD THIS BE UTILIZED FOR TO BENEFIT THE STUDENTS AND THEIR NEEDS? AS YOU KNOW, MY DAUGHTER ALSO ATTENDED MARTIN MURPHEY BEFORE BEING PLACED BACK AT GATEWAY.

THE CURRENT SPACE OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS FABIOLA [INAUDIBLE].

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

FABIOLA [INAUDIBLE], MOTHER OF ALEXANDER.

THIS WHOLE PLAYGROUND THING.

YEAH. YOU GUYS ARE GIVING US THE OPTION TO CHOOSE WHAT WE WANT ON THE PLAYGROUND.

BUT YOU'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT BEING INCLUDED IN WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IT AT.

HOW IS IT GOING TO BE USED? BECAUSE NOW I'M THINKING ABOUT THE MACHINERY YOU'RE GOING TO USE ON THE PROPERTY.

ONCE AGAIN, OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO BE THROUGH THE WHOLE.

ALL THAT NOISE, ALL THAT DUST, ALL THAT STUFF.

AND YOU GUYS WEREN'T THERE THE LAST TIME WHEN THEY KNOCKED DOWN THAT BUILDING.

OUR KIDS WERE THERE THROUGH THE WHOLE TIME.

ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT AGAIN WITH THE PLAYGROUND WHEN THEY ALREADY HAVE A PLAYGROUND ON THERE? WHY DON'T YOU HAVE IT AS AN OPEN PLAYGROUND FOR ALL THE KIDS ON GATEWAY? BUT NO, BECAUSE IT'S HEAD START.

WHY [INAUDIBLE] NOW I'M SEEING THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE A LITTLE BRIDGE FROM GLENVIEW TO TO TO GATEWAY.

WHY? IF OUR KIDS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE WITH WITH HEAD START, WHY YOU [INAUDIBLE] OBLIGATING TO BE ON THE PROPERTY WITH REGULAR SCHOOL KIDS.

KIDS ARE UNDER AGE.

THAT WAS THE WHOLE THING. YOU GUYS WERE LIKE, OH, YOU CAN'T BE TOGETHER.

BUT YEAH, YOU GUYS ARE MAKING THEM GO TO GLENVIEW WITH THE LITTLE BRIDGE OVER.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HEATHER BASS.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING.

I'VE BEEN. MY NAME IS HEATHER.

BASS. I AM TEACHER AT GATEWAY SCHOOL.

I'VE BEEN COMING TO YOU FOR 15 MONTHS.

EVERY EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS TO COME AND BEG YOU ABOUT PLAYGROUNDS.

THAT'S ALL BEEN MY FOCUS.

I WORK WITH KIDS.

THAT'S WHAT I DO. AND I NEED THIS PLAYGROUND.

I HAD GREAT PLAYGROUND STRUCTURES AND THEY WERE TAKEN AWAY.

AND I'VE BEEN ASKING YOU AND WE GOT SOME LAND SET ASIDE.

THANK GOODNESS. AND NOW WE CAN POSSIBLY GET A PLAYGROUND PUT ON IT.

I'VE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION.

I WASN'T INFORMED ABOUT IT, AND I JUST WAS SURPRISED.

YOU'RE GETTING A PRESENTATION. WHEN I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE PLAYGROUND.

NO ONE'S DISCUSSED IT WITH US AFTER THE INITIAL TALK ABOUT THE BOATS.

AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING, YOU'RE GETTING A PRESENTATION, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING, SO I WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT PUT OFF THAT I FEEL LIKE THINGS ARE HAPPENING KIND OF AROUND US. AND THEN, THE PLAYGROUND IS GOING TO BE BE RUSHED IN AND BUILT REALLY QUICKLY.

AND WE'RE I'M GOING TO USE IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE THERE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANNA MENDOZA.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS ANNA MENDOZA.

OKAY, SO GATEWAY USED TO HAVE EIGHT SWINGS.

YOU GUYS TOOK THEM OUT.

NOW YOU HAVE TWO SWINGS.

THEY'RE NOT. SAFETY BY A STAFF MEMBER FROM YOUR OFFICE CAME OVER AND DID AN INSPECTION.

NOW YOU GUYS GETTING THE PRESENTATION? LIKE HEATHER SAID, WE ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT PRESENTATION.

PLEASE STOP BEING SO IN OUR WORDS WE CALL IT, STOP BUILDING PRESENTATIONS THAT ARE NOT CORRECTLY THEY'RE POINTING BULLSHIT ON THAT PRESENTATION.

SORRY FOR MY LANGUAGE, BUT WE GO BACK TO TRANSPARENCY.

YOU PUT THINGS THAT ARE OLD, YOU PUT PICTURES THAT ARE NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.

YOU TAKE SOMETHING, PUT IT BACK.

YES. ON THE BOATING.

ALL THE PARENTS HAVEN'T VOTED YET, SO PLEASE DON'T TAKE THAT INTO IT.

THAT PRESENTATION SHOULD BE SCHEDULED TODAY.

IT SHOULD BE. GO BACK, RESCHEDULE IT, PUT IT BACK IN ANOTHER AGENDA AND LET THE PARENTS VOTE.

BRING IT TO THE PARENTS, HAVE A MEETING WITH THE PARENTS AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.

PLEASE. THIS CONCLUDES COMMENT.

THANK YOU.

ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BERTA.

SUPER DEWAN AND TRUSTEES.

I AM HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON AT SOME OF OUR SITES.

AND I'M EXCITED FOR SOME OF THE GREAT PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO WE KIND OF WANTED TO SHOW SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE SINCE APRIL OF 2023.

SO GATEWAY, THERE WAS AN OUTDOOR SWING THAT WE ADDED THERE FOR THE STUDENTS ON THE SITE, AND WE GOT SUCH GREAT FEEDBACK FROM SOME OF OUR STAFF THAT REGULARLY

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SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL SWING ON THE NEXT SLIDE IN DECEMBER OF 2023.

BECAUSE SOME OF THE INPUT THAT WE GOT FROM THE STAFF VISITS THAT WE HAD WAS THAT THE STUDENTS LOVED IT, THEY WERE FORMING A LINE.

SO THEN WE WENT AND ADDED IN A I'M SORRY.

YES, SUPERINTENDENT. I JUST I'M GOING TO ASK THE PUBLIC IF YOU.

WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO [INAUDIBLE] I UNDERSTAND AND I'LL TAKE THAT FEEDBACK FOR.

FUTURE MEETINGS. AT THIS POINT, I DO NEED TO BE ABLE TO HEAR, AND I WANT THE BOARD MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU. SO IN THE DECEMBER TIME FRAME, WE INSTALLED A SECOND SWING.

AND SO NOW THERE ARE TWO SWINGS ON SITE.

AND SO WE ADDED THAT SECOND ONE FOR THE STUDENT NEED.

AT THIS POINT WHILE WE ARE WORKING ON THE GATEWAY INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND.

NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS JUST A RENDERING, ONE OF THE MANY RENDERINGS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED ABOUT THE GATEWAY INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND AND SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL GO OVER SOME OF THE UPDATES.

SO THERE WAS AN INITIAL SITE VISIT SCHEDULED IN NOVEMBER TO REVIEW THE AVAILABLE SPACE.

IT'S APPROXIMATELY 6000FT².

SO THERE IS A PIECE OF, AREA THERE THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT THAT WE COULD ADD A VERY NICE INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND.

SO AT THAT TIME, WE GOT THE SPECS TO DETERMINE WHAT TYPE OF PLAY EQUIPMENT COULD GO ON THAT SPACE.

IN DECEMBER, WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE STAFF TO DISCUSS INPUT ON THE PLAYGROUND DESIGN.

AND WITH THAT INPUT WE DID WAS WE GAVE THE FEEDBACK TO OUR VENDOR AND HAD SOME PLAYGROUND DESIGNS PUT TOGETHER.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THE THINGS THAT ARE IN PROGRESS IS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED.

WE HAD THE VOTING SCHEDULED BASED ON SOME OF THE OPTIONS.

SO THERE WAS ADDING A VARIOUS SWING OPTIONS.

THERE WAS LIKE A SANATORIUM.

THERE WAS THIS, SWIRLY THING FOR THE STUDENTS.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A SENSORY CALMING AND LEARNING CENTER AND A DISCOVERY CENTER.

SO THERE'S DIFFERENT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE WORK TO GET FEEDBACK ON FOR THE SITE.

WITH SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE HAD AT A SECOND MEETING IN JANUARY, WE WERE THERE WAS SOME FEEDBACK EXPRESSED ABOUT THE ADDITION OF A SLIDE.

SO WE HAVE SINCE EXTENDED THE VOTING PERIOD TO ADD A SLIDE TO THE SPACE AS WELL.

AND SO THAT VOTING HAS TAKEN PLACE.

BUT WE HAVE BEEN GETTING FEEDBACK.

WE'RE STILL GETTING FEEDBACK. SO THERE STILL WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FINAL INPUT.

AND SO ONCE WE DO GET THE FINAL INPUT, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER FOLLOW UP MEETING SCHEDULED TO GO OVER INPUT AND ALSO ALLOWING STAFF TO AND FAMILIES TO GIVE THEIR INPUT.

AND THEN ONCE WE GET THAT, WE'LL COMPILE ALL THE VOTING AND THEN HAVE THE PLAYGROUND DESIGN OPTIONS.

WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE DONE THESE STORYBOARDS THAT ARE POSTED AT THE SITE WHERE PARENTS CAN COME OR, YOU KNOW, FAMILY MEMBERS AND STUDENTS CAN COME AND STAFF AND THEY CAN PICK THEIR DESIGN OF CHOICE.

SO THAT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT PROCESS.

NEXT SLIDE. AND SO ONCE WE GET THAT PLAYGROUND CHOICE, THEN WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL FINALIZE THE DESIGN.

AND ONCE WE GET THAT DESIGN FINALIZED THEN WE CAN MAP OUT THE PROJECTED TIMELINE.

AND SO WE'VE JUST BEEN DOING UPDATES ON THE VOTING.

WE'VE EXTENDED IT. AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT EXTENDING IT FURTHER SO WE CAN HAVE ONE MORE FINAL MEETING ON THE FINAL OPTIONS.

AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE TO INFORM THE FAMILY OF OUR POTENTIAL PROJECT TIMELINE.

BUT THEN WE ALSO LIKE TO GIVE REGULAR UPDATES FOR THE FAMILY AND THE STAFF AND THE STUDENTS OF WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE.

NEXT SLIDE. THE GLENVIEW WALKING PATH.

THIS IS THE PATH THAT IS RIGHT THERE.

IT IS ON.

IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE GATEWAY, SIDE.

SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL GIVE SOME UPDATES ON THAT.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH GILROY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR SITE, AND WE HAD TO WORK WITH THEM TO GET PERMISSION TO DO THE WALKING PATH.

BUT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM, WE WERE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT, THEY WERE ON BOARD FOR US TO ADD IT.

IT WENT BEFORE THEIR BOARD, TO ALSO GET THAT APPROVAL IN THE JANUARY TIME FRAME.

BUT SOME OF THE OTHER WORK WAS LOOKING AT THE WALKING PATH AND THE TIMELINE, BUT WITH THE WEATHER THAT'S KIND OF BEEN DELAYED A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE HAVE A VENDOR READY TO GO.

IT'S BEEN ON THE SITE MULTIPLE TIMES.

IT'S JUST WITH THE RAIN. THEY CAN'T START THE WORK UNTIL IT DRIES UP A LITTLE BIT.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I MENTIONED THAT THE GILROY SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEIR GOVERNING BOARD, APPROVED THE PROJECT AT THEIR JANUARY 11TH MEETING.

SO WE'RE ON TRACK ONCE THE WEATHER LIGHTENS UP A LITTLE BIT.

NEXT SLIDE.

AND SO THEN WITH THAT, ONCE WE ARE ABLE TO START THE CONSTRUCTION WORK, WE WILL INFORM THE FAMILIES, STAFF AND STUDENTS OF THE TIMELINE, PROVIDE REGULAR UPDATES.

WE'RE LOOKING AT 10 TO 12 WEEKS FOR THE ACTUAL PROJECT, BUT WE THINK IF THE WEATHER COOPERATES WE COULD HOPEFULLY GET IT DONE SOONER.

SO THAT'S THE UPDATE ON THAT, THE MARTIN MURPHY SITE.

NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS THE SITE THAT'S LOCATED IN MORGAN HILLS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH THEM TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND UPGRADES TO SOME OF THE SITES THERE.

SO IN NOVEMBER WE INSTALLED NEW FLOORING IN THE CLASSROOMS. WE UPGRADED THE OUTDOOR RAMP AND SIDING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOMS. THERE WAS ALSO A SLOPE THAT WAS REPLACED AND WE ALSO PUT SOME OUTDOOR RUBBER SURFACING THERE.

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NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN ON THIS SLIDE HERE THERE'S IT SAYS COMPLETED.

WE'VE BEEN ORDERING AND MAPPED OUT THE SPACE THAT WE HAVE ON THE SLIDE ABOUT SOME SENSORY LEARNING PANELS THERE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT A MARTIN MURPHY SENSORY PANEL GARDEN AREA THERE.

THEY HAVE UNFORTUNATELY BEEN ON BACK ORDER SINCE SEPTEMBER.

SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING WITH THE VENDOR TO SEE HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO GET THOSE ITEMS, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AT THE SAME TIME, WE'VE ALSO MAPPED OUT WHERE THE PLACEMENT OF THE LEARNING PANELS, THE POURED-IN-PLACE SURFACING, AND THE GARDEN AREA WILL BE MAPPED OUT AS ON THE MAP ON THE SLIDE.

NEXT SLIDE.

AND THEN THE NEXT STEPS IS WE'RE PREPPING THE AREA FOR THE PLACEMENT OF A FUTURE GARDEN AREA.

ALSO, ONCE THE SENSORY LEARNING PANELS ARE RECEIVED, THEY WILL BE PUT IN PLACE.

AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SCHEDULING THE INSTALLATION IN THE MARCH THROUGH APRIL TIME FRAME WITH THE COMPLETION HOPEFULLY AT THAT TIME.

AND THEN AFTER WE GET THOSE ITEMS IN PLACE, WE'LL ALSO BE LOOKING AT ENHANCING THE SHADE OPTIONS ON THAT SITE.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN THE RITTER PARK EARLY LEARNING CENTER.

THE PROJECT IS WELL UNDERWAY.

NEXT SLIDE. JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS THERE IS THAT WE DID A PROJECT KICKOFF ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15TH, AND THE PROJECT STARTED ON DECEMBER 16TH.

THE NEXT DAY. SO IT'S CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS.

THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE THUS FAR IS THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR REMOVAL WORK IS IN PROGRESS, AND WE ARE STILL ON SCHEDULE TO FINISH IT BY THE MAY TIME FRAME. NEXT SLIDE.

AND THEN THE NEXT STEPS FOR THAT IS THE PROJECT WOULD COMPLETE IN MAY WITH LICENSING TO BEGIN IN JUNE 2024.

SO THAT WOULD GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE IT UP AND RUNNING FOR OUR AUGUST SCHOOL YEAR AND THEN THE SOLAR PROJECT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF VARIOUS PROJECTS.

NEXT SLIDE. THE SOLAR PROJECT THAT WE HAVE, WE'VE COMPLETED THE INITIAL PROJECT MEETING TO DISCUSS THE MILESTONES AND TIMELINES.

JANUARY THROUGH MARCH TIME FRAME.

THEY'RE GOING TO DO SITE VISITS AT OUR SNELL, WALDEN, WEST AND RITTER PARK SITES TO PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE INSTALLATION OF THE SOLAR CARPORTS, THE LIGHTING, RETROFITTING, HVAC UPGRADES, AND THEN THE ROOF AND THE GENERATOR INSTALLATION.

NEXT SLIDE, THATS MY LAST SLIDE, OKAY.

AND THAT'S MY SLIDE. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS, AND I WAS TAKING NOTES HERE ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE VOTING.

BUT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT EXTENDING IT BECAUSE OF THE ADDITION OF THE SLIDE AND ALSO HAVING A FOLLOW UP MEETING WITH THE STAFF AND WITH THE FAMILIES ON THAT.

SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE FEEDBACK.

THANK YOU, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ, FOR THE UPDATES.

TRUSTEES QUESTIONS.

I SEE SOME TRUSTEE LARI AND THEN TRUSTEE MAH.

THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES.

SO COULD YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CONCERN OF THE PARENTS WHO FEEL THAT THE UPDATES WERE NOT SHARED WITH THEM IN A TIMELY FASHION? SO THIS PRESENTATION THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER WAS TIED TO ANOTHER PRESENTATION THAT WAS THERE WAS INTERNAL STAFF MEETINGS THAT WERE HAD TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE SITES.

AND SO I KNOW UPDATES WERE SHARED WITH THE PARENTS ABOUT THE VOTING.

WE HAVEN'T SHARED THE TIMELINE YET, BECAUSE WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL WE GET THE FINAL VOTE IN.

SO WE HAVE THE BOARDS AT THE SITES WHERE THE PARENTS WERE ABLE TO GO AND VOTE AND THE STAFF.

SO WE'RE STILL COMPILING THOSE RESULTS BECAUSE THEY CONCLUDED THE END OF LAST WEEK.

SO WE'RE STILL IN THE PRELIMINARY PHASES, AND THERE WILL BE EMAILS GOING OUT TO PARENTS AND STAFF ABOUT THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS.

SO WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE TIMELINE? I WOULD SAY WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, AS WE'RE GETTING AND I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE BOARDS, THERE WAS A LOT OF LIKE COUNTS AND TALLIES TO DO FOR EACH BOARD.

SO I WOULD SAY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE ABOUT GIVING A FINAL OPPORTUNITY FOR VOTING.

SO THAT WOULD BE KIND OF MY PROJECTED TIMELINE.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

TRUSTEE MAH? THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA.

I GUESS I HAVE, KIND OF SOME GENERAL QUESTIONS, THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I JUST DIDN'T GET IT THE FIRST TIME.

SORRY. SO.

I'LL DEAL WITH THEM SEPARATELY.

SO AS THE GATEWAY, PLAYGROUND.

IS THAT GOING TO BE PAID FOR BY GILROY, OR ARE WE PAYING FOR THAT? WE HAVE ONE TIME FUNDING FOR FACILITIES PROJECTS THAT WE WILL BE ALLOCATING FOR THAT PROJECT.

OKAY. SO WE WILL BE PAYING FOR PART OF IT THEN OR ARE WE PAYING FOR THE WHOLE THING? IT'S ON THE GATEWAY SITE, SO WE'LL BE PAYING FOR THE PLAYGROUND ON OUR SITE, SO WE'LL BE PAYING FOR IT.

SO GILROY BOARD'S DECISION TO APPROVE IT KIND OF IS NOT.

SO THAT'S A SEPARATE PROJECT.

THAT'S THE GLENVIEW WALKING PATH.

OH YEAH. THAT'S SEPARATE THE GLENVIEW WALKING PATH.

WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO SPLIT THE COST WITH, GILROY BECAUSE THEY ALSO SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT PROJECT AND HAVING THE INCLUSIVENESS FOR THE STUDENTS.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY SPLITTING THE COST OF THAT PROJECT.

WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEIR TEAM THERE TO DO THE SITE VISITS, THE WALKS, AND ALSO THE TIMELINE ON WHEN WE CAN ACTUALLY START THE WORK.

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WE'RE PAYING FOR THE WHOLE THING.

CORRECT. OKAY.

SO, DID WE SOLICIT BIDS? FOR THIS. I MEAN, HOW DID WE DECIDE ON THAT VENDOR? SO THESE WERE SENSORY PANEL ITEMS THAT WE'VE USED AT OTHER SITES.

AND SO THAT ONE IS NOT AN OFFICIAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT PER SE.

SO ON THIS WE DID GO OUT AND SEE VENDORS THAT CARRY THESE ITEMS. THE REASON FOR THE BACKLOG IS THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN VENDORS THAT WE CAN SOLE SOURCE THROUGH.

SO IT'S NOT AN OFFICIAL BID, BUT IT'S THROUGH THE SOLE SOURCE PROCESS THAT ACTUALLY SPECIALIZE IN THESE ITEMS THAT WE CAN USE AS A PROCUREMENT OPTION.

AND WILL THOSE AND SO WILL WE GET A FINAL, ESTIMATE AS FAR AS WHAT THE COST IS THEN ONCE ALL THE THINGS HAVE BEEN KIND OF SELECTED? YEAH, THE ITEMS HAVE BEEN SELECTED.

THEY'RE JUST ON BACKORDER.

OKAY. SO THERE IS A CONTRACT.

AND HOW MUCH IS THE CONTRACT? I DON'T KNOW IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT SWAPPING OUT ONE OF THE ITEMS BECAUSE THE BACKLOG WAS GOING TO BE LENGTHY, AND WE WANT TO GET IT UP AND RUNNING FOR THE STUDENTS BY SPRING BREAK.

SO I DON'T HAVE THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING, ARE THESE CONTRACTS GOING TO BE BEYOND THE THRESHOLD OF BOARD APPROVAL OR ARE THEY.

NO. SO THEY'RE LESS THAN WHAT IS OUR LIMIT, 100,020.

THEY'RE TWO. THE LIMITS 250,000 AND ABOVE.

I WANT TO SAY MAYBE IT I CAN GET THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT I WANT TO SAY IT'S LIKE 15, 20,000.

IT'S NOT EVEN NEAR THE THRESHOLD.

NOT EVEN NOT EVEN 100.

OKAY. AND THAT'S FOR ALL THREE PROJECTS.

EACH ONE IS GOING TO BE LESS THAN WHATEVER THE THRESHOLD IS.

NO, I'M SPEAKING ABOUT MARTIN MURPHY.

THAT WAS THE ONE YOU ASKED ME ABOUT.

THAT'S THE ONE I'M SPEAKING ABOUT.

THE ACTUAL GATEWAY. ONE WILL HAVE TO GO OUT TO BID.

THE GATEWAY INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND WILL HAVE TO GO OUT TO BID.

SO IT'S GOING TO GO OUT TO BID FOR A CONSTRUCTION ORGANIZATION, BUT NOT THE VENDOR.

THE HOPE AND DREAMS THAT VENDORS ALREADY SET.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THE VENDOR ON THAT.

THAT WAS ALSO A SOLE SOURCE VENDOR THAT WILL NOT BE AT THAT THRESHOLD.

CORRECT? OKAY. SO WE WILL GO OUT TO BID THOUGH FOR THE FULL CONSTRUCTION.

YES. INCLUDING THOSE PARTICULAR ITEMS. OKAY. AND THAT AMOUNT WILL BE OVER OUR THRESHOLD.

SO WE'LL SEE THE CONTRACT FOR APPROVAL AT OUR BOARD LEVEL.

OKAY. BUT THE MARTIN MURPHY IS BELOW AND THE GLENVIEW IS SHARED.

SO THAT'S SHARED. SO IT'S GOING TO BE BELOW CORRECT OKAY.

GREAT. I THINK THAT'S MAINLY WHAT I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT I GUESS SORRY ONE LITTLE QUESTION IS DO YOU HAVE.

BY CHANCE, KIND OF INFORMATION ON HOW MANY VOTES WERE ACTUALLY COUNTED, HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE RETURN RATE WAS ON THE VOTING? I DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

I BELIEVE THEY'RE STILL TELLING IT BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY BOARDS.

BUT I CAN SHARE THE RESULTS WITH DOCTOR DEWAN TO SEND OUT.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANKS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU TO THE PARENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS THAT STAYED AROUND TO LISTEN TO THE PRESENTATION AFTER OUR EXTENDED CLOSED SESSION.

I APPRECIATE THAT, THIS BOARD, AS YOU REMEMBER, TRUSTEE MAH APPROVED $600,000 FOR THE ROTARY INCLUSIVE PLAY GARDEN, AND THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS GAVE $1 MILLION TO THE ROTARY INCLUSIVE PLAY GARDEN.

TO ME, WHAT I SEE IN THE PICTURES LOOKS RATHER SPARTAN.

IT DOESN'T LOOK COMPLETE TO ME.

SO I THINK THAT I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE YOU VISITED THE ROTARY PLAY GARDEN INCLUSIVE PLAY GARDEN? NO, I HAVEN'T.

I THINK THAT.

I WOULD LOVE THAT WE LOOK AT INVESTING MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY.

AGAIN, IT DOESN'T LOOK ROBUST TO ME FOR OUR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

AND I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE A MODEL.

AND CERTAINLY THE ROTARY INCLUSIVE PLAY GARDEN A FEW MILES FROM HERE IS A MODEL FOR MANY.

AGAIN, MULTIPLE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WAS SPENT ON THAT.

BUT I WOULD LIKE US TO REVISIT THIS.

THIS DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT TO ME.

AND THE PARENTS HAVEN'T HAD THE INPUT THAT I THINK THAT THEY AND STAFF THAT THEY DESERVE, AT LEAST ACCORDING TO WHAT I HEARD TONIGHT.

DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ACCURATE OR NOT, BUT ACCORDING TO WHAT I HEARD, THEY HAVEN'T.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT RECONCEIVED IN THE FUTURE.

SPEND MORE TIME AND HAVE EVERYBODY VISIT THE ROTARY INCLUSIVE PLAY GARDEN BECAUSE THEY HAVE.

THEY WENT OUT AND MADE SURE THEY HAD THE BEST OF THE PRODUCTS AVAILABLE, WHICH I THINK WE SHOULD BE ABOUT TWO.

THAT SWING LOOKS IT LOOKS HORRIBLE TO ME AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT MY NAME AS A

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I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT REVISITED TOTALLY WITH MORE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY, THE PARENTS, MAYBE GILROY UNIFIED, MAYBE MORGAN HILL UNIFIED AS WELL. SO I'LL STOP THERE.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. JUST ONE QUICK CLARIFICATION.

SO THESE ARE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

THE GATEWAY INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND IS GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON 6000 PLUS SQUARE FEET, AND ALL THE DIFFERENT FEATURES IS PRETTY EXPANSIVE.

WE'RE STILL IN PROGRESS WITH FEEDBACK AND GETTING THE INPUT AND THE VOTES WE GOT THEM CONCLUDED.

BUT WE ARE LOOKING BASED ON THE GREAT FEEDBACK I GOT TODAY TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE.

AND A FUTURE PRESENTATION.

I'D LIKE TO SHOW WHAT THE FULL RENDERING LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE VERY THOUGHTFUL, AND WE GOT A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK.

AND THE THIS ISN'T WHAT I SHOWED YOU ISN'T ACTUALLY THE RENDERING.

IT WAS JUST A SAMPLE.

THE ACTUAL RENDERING WILL GET COMPILED ONCE WE GET THE FEEDBACK, BUT ALL THE DESIGN CHOICES FOR THE DIFFERENT PIECES WERE BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING IN DIFFERENT MEETINGS. WHY DID THIS COME TO US TONIGHT THEN? I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE OF THE PROJECT, THE PROGRESS ON WHERE WE WERE.

SO IT'S IN PROGRESS.

THESE PROJECTS ARE IN PROGRESS.

AND THAT THEY DO TAKE TIME BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE THEM AS INTERACTIVE AS POSSIBLE.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE THUS FAR.

SO ONCE WE GET THE PLAN ON THIS IS ONCE WE GET IT THE FEEDBACK AND GET THE ACTUAL RENDERING, WE'LL SHARE IT WITH THE STAFF, THE FAMILIES TO GO OVER THAT PROCESS, THEN BRING IT BACK AND SAY THIS WAS THE FINAL DESIGN THAT WAS OPTED FOR.

SO I HEARD YOU SAY EARLIER THAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET MORE INPUT FROM.

CORRECT? YES. INVOLVED COMMUNITY.

YEAH. WE JUST WANTED I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE.

YEAH. I STILL THEN.

YEAH, POSIT THAT VISITING THE ROTARY INCLUSIVE PLAY GARDEN WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO START.

YEAH. WE SPENT 600,000 OF OUR MONEY TO THAT PLAY GARDEN.

YEAH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN THEN TRUSTEE MAH.

YEAH AND I WANTED TO MENTION THAT I, DID ADVOCATE FOR THE ITEM TO COME QUICKER, SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, EVEN IF IT WERE A, JUST, UPDATE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK THAT WAS BEING DONE.

SO I WANT TO MENTION THAT TOO.

SO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING AN INTERIM UPDATE.

WELCOME, TRUSTEE MAH.

THANK YOU. AND SO I GUESS, YEAH, I DID FORGET THAT.

I AM CURIOUS FOR THE SAME QUESTIONS, ESSENTIALLY FOR THE EARLY LEARNING CENTER THAT'S BEING DONE HERE ON SITE AT RITTER PARK.

SO, WHAT WILL BE THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THAT APPROXIMATELY? IS THAT GOING TO HIT OUR THRESHOLD OR IS THAT ALREADY.

I BELIEVE THAT CONTRACT WILL BE COMING THE NEXT MEETING.

OH, OKAY. YEAH. IT'LL BE.

IT'S ON THE INFORMATION ITEM FOR THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, FEBRUARY 7TH.

AND SO DID WE GO OUT TO BID FOR THAT? YES. GREAT.

AND WILL WE SEE THEN AT THE NEXT MEETING, A RENDERING OF WHAT THE WHOLE PLAN WILL BE? WE HAD THE RENDERING HERE, BUT I CAN PROVIDE WITH DR.

DEWAN. WE HAVE SOME, EASELS WITH SOME OF THE DESIGNS IN THE HALLWAY, BUT WE CAN SEND THEM OUT WITH THE FRIDAY UPDATE THAT DR.

DEWAN PROVIDES. IT GIVES KIND OF AN IDEA OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE INSIDE THE COLOR OPTIONS, SO WE CAN SHARE THAT AND THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN NEXT WEEK'S PACKET TOO.

I MEAN, IN THE TRANSMITTAL, I WOULD ASSUME, NEXT WEEK'S PACKET FOR THE CONTRACT IS JUST THE INFORMATION ITEM ABOUT THE CONTRACTS.

250 K THERE'S NOT A ITEM FOR AN UPDATE ON THAT, SO THERE'S NOT AN ACTION.

THEN IT'S JUST AN INFORMATION ITEM.

OH OKAY. YES. SO WE WILL HAVE AN ACTION OR IS IT BELOW OUR THRESHOLD? I'M SORRY I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.

IT IS PART OF THE ACTION.

YES. IT'S ON THE IT'S THE CONSENT INFORMATION.

I BELIEVE IT GOES ON.

SO IT WILL BE ON OUR CONSENT ACTION.

I BELIEVE THAT PER THE BYLAW CONTRACTS, OVER 250,000 COME TO THE BOARD QUARTERLY AS INFORMATION ITEMS. CORRECT AND I'M SORRY, THAT'S BELOW 250? OH ABOVE 250? IT STILL COMES TO US AS ONLY QUARTERLY AND ON CONSENT AS INFORMATION INFORMATION.

SO WE DON'T HAVE AN APPROVAL LIMIT REQUIREMENT OF OVER 250.

NO. OH.

WHAT IS OUR, BUDGET REQUIREMENT FOR US TO APPROVE? THE BOARD DOESN'T APPROVE, CONTRACTS.

AT ALL. I THOUGHT THAT WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF, CONTRACT APPROVALS ON OUR AGENDAS FOR CONTRACTS WITH SOME SPECIAL ED SERVICES NONPROFITS THAT WE DO SERVICES WITH.

SO IS THIS DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT'S CONSTRUCTION? NO. PER THE BOARD BYLAW, THE CONTRACTS COME TO THE BOARD IF THEY'RE OVER 250,000 AS INFORMATION

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OH, OKAY.

I DIDN'T KNOW, RECOGNIZE AND REALIZE WE'VE HAD SOME LENGTHIER INFORMATION ITEMS FROM TIME TO TIME.

I RECALL A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH SOME TRANSITION WITH SOME OF THE NON PROFIT OR NOT NON PROFIT, THE NON PUBLIC AGENCIES AND THOSE CONTRACTS, AND WE DID A MUCH MORE EXTENDED INFORMATION ITEM ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PROVIDERS AND MORE DETAIL FOR THE BOARD DURING THAT TRANSITION TIME.

BUT THEY HAVE COME TO THE BOARD AS INFORMATION.

SO WE'VE NEVER HAD TO APPROVE CONTRACTS ABOVE ANY THRESHOLD.

NOT ACCORDING TO THERE'S NOTHING, NOTHING IN THE BOARD BYLAWS OR IN THE STRUCTURE OR CODE FOR CONTRACT APPROVAL.

OKAY. GREAT.

SO WHEN WE HAVE IT NEXT WEEK.

FOR INFORMATION.

CAN IT INCLUDE THEN THE RENDERING THAT YOU SAID WAS ALREADY OUT THERE? I CAN SHARE IT WITH DOCTOR.

YEAH, WE CAN SHARE IT ON THE BOARD TRANSMITTAL.

AND WHEN WE DO THE NEXT, FACILITY UPDATE, WE COULD INCLUDE SOME SLIDES OF THAT TOO AS WELL.

WE SHARED THEM DURING THE KICKOFF FOR THE PROJECT, AND, WE'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE THEM MULTIPLE TIMES SO WE CAN PUT THEM IN THE WEEKLY AND ALSO INCLUDE THEM IN THE FACILITY UPDATE.

AND POTENTIALLY I THINK WE COULD INCLUDE AS BACKGROUND.

YEAH. FOR THE INFORMATION ITEM, OUR CONSENT INFORMATION ITEM NEXT WEEK.

THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU.

YEAH I'D BE HAPPY TOO.

SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? TRUSTEES, I JUST HAD TO, HOPEFULLY.

QUICK QUESTIONS. SO HOW SOON WILL THE GATEWAY PROJECT START? OR THE PLAYGROUND SPECIFICALLY? ONCE WE GET THE VOTING AND WE GET THE RENDERING AND GO THROUGH OUR NEXT SERIES OF MEETINGS.

WE'LL KNOW MORE JUST WITH US.

WE'VE EXTENDED THE VOTING OPTION TWICE BECAUSE WE HAD AN ADDITION OF A SLIDE OPTION.

SO I WOULD SAY WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET ALL THE FEEDBACK AS POSSIBLE.

SO I WOULD SAY MY HOPE WOULD BE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.

BUT IN THE BACKGROUND WE ARE WORKING TO, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFY THE VENDOR OR THE TIMELINE.

BUT WE JUST HAVE TO FINALIZE THE PLAYGROUND DESIGN.

SO IT WOULD BE DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR THOUGH? THAT IS OUR INTENT.

WE DEFINITELY WANTED TO.

SO WEATHER PERMITTING.

YEAH. YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

YES. THAT IS OUR INTENT TO GET IT DONE.

AND SO CAN YOU TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PROTOCOLS OR MEASURES THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN PLACE TO HELP ENSURE THAT THE STUDENTS AREN'T, YOU KNOW, DISRUPTED OR THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND CONSTRUCTION? I KNOW THAT CAN BE CHALLENGING.

YEAH, SO WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH PREVIOUS PROJECTS IS OUR GENERAL SERVICES TEAM WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH THE PROGRAM STAFF.

WE LOOK AT THE PROJECTED TIMELINES, OUR GENERAL SERVICE TEAM, THEY HAVE ONE WEEK LOOK AHEAD WITH THE VENDORS.

WE TALKED TO THEM. WE TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT NOISE LEVELS.

WE SEE WHAT'S GOING TO BE MORE DISRUPTIVE, WHAT'S NOT.

AND THEN WHAT WE DO IS WE WORK AROUND THAT, TIMELINE.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT WE'VE DONE HISTORICALLY IS IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE LOUDER, WE'LL DO IT AFTER HOURS, BUT WITHIN THE CITY ORDINANCE FOR NOISE LEVELS OR WE'LL DO IT ON WEEKENDS.

WE ALSO REALLY CAPITALIZE ON TIME PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

IF THERE'S LIKE A SPRING BREAK OR A TIME PERIOD WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE THERE, THAT'S WHERE WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO SCHEDULE SOME OF THE NOISIER WORK, SO IT'S THE LEAST DISRUPTIVE AS POSSIBLE.

WE ALSO DO A VARIETY OF SITE VISITS, REGULARLY.

WE HAVE STAFF ASSIGNED THERE THAT ARE MONITORING CONSTANTLY, SO IF SOMETHING DOES GET LOUD, THEY'LL SHUT IT DOWN AND RESCHEDULE FOR ANOTHER TIME PERIOD.

OKAY. AND THEN IN TERMS OF MARTIN MURPHY, I THINK YOU SAID THE SENSORY PANELS AND STUFF.

I KNOW WHEN TRUSTEE MAH AND I VISITED, THERE WAS THAT LARGE LIKE WHEN YOU FIRST WALK IN TOWARDS THE.

PORTABLE AREAS.

I GUESS THAT GRASSY AREA THAT WAS LARGELY UNKEPT, IS THAT WHERE THAT'S GOING, OR HAS THAT BEEN TAKEN CARE OF? JUST SO THE GRASS AREA FROM MY UNDERSTANDING FROM WHAT THE TEAM DOES, WEEKLY SITE VISITS THAT'S BEEN ADDRESSED, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING AT DOING THE POOR PLACE RUBBER.

SO THAT WILL BE GOING ON AND THEN THE SENSORY PANELS WILL BE PLACED ON TOP OF THAT.

SO I BELIEVE IT IS IN THAT GRASSY AREA IS WHERE IT WILL GO.

BUT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE POOR PLACE RUBBER SO THAT'S THERE TO PROVIDE A PROTECTANT FOR THE STUDENTS.

OKAY. THOSE WERE MY QUESTIONS.

WAS THERE ANOTHER TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN? SO I KNOW WE JUST HAD OUR SOLAR ENERGY PROJECT, RIGHT.

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SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN MENTIONED HOW THAT WAS WHY THAT CAME TO THE BOARD IF YOU'RE ABLE TO.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS A.

YEAH, CERTAINLY.

SO THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT CAME TO THE BOARD, FOR ACTION, UNDER THE PROPOSITION 39 THAT ENABLED WAS THE ENABLING LAW FOR, LEA'S ENGAGE IN THE SOLAR PROJECTS.

THERE WERE SPECIFIC FINANCING OPTIONS AND SPECIFIC REGULATIONS.

AND SO, FOR THOSE REASONS, WE AND BECAUSE IT WAS FINANCING, WE BROUGHT THOSE ITEMS TO THE BOARD FOR ACTION TO APPROVE THE PROJECT, TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE INCLUDED THERE AND TO APPROVE THE FINANCING.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT HELPS CLARIFY THAT FOR ME.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ.

THANK YOU.

[C. Statewide System of Support Presentation]

ON 6TH C STATEWIDE SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT PRESENTATION.

DR. DEWAN, WILL YOU INTRODUCE THIS ITEM, PLEASE? YES. THANK YOU.

AGAIN, PRESIDENT BERTA.

TRUSTEES AND COMMUNITY, THE NEXT ITEM WE'RE PRESENTING THIS EVENING IS THE STATEWIDE SYSTEM OF SUPPORT.

COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE STATEWIDE SYSTEM OF SUPPORT RELATED TO THE LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLANS AND THE LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA.

IN ADDITION, OUR OFFICE PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE AS A GEO LEAD.

AND THIS EVENING, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION TO THE BOARD TO HELP, OUTLINE THE ROLES THAT COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS AND COES PLAY, AND ALSO TRY TO DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WORK WE DO FOR THE DISTRICTS WITHIN OUR COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE WORK THAT WE DO THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS, DR.

DEBBIE GORGULHO AND JOINING HER, OUR DIRECTOR OF STATE AND REGIONAL PROJECTS, DR.

YEE WAN THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA, DR.

DEWAN AND TRUSTEES.

DR. DEWAN INTRODUCED US, SO I'LL GET ON TO THE PRESENTATION.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE OF THE STATEWIDE SYSTEM OF SUPPORT, THE GEOGRAPHIC LEAD AGENCY REQUIREMENTS, AND THE COUNTY'S DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE SUPPORT.

BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR PRESENTATION, WE DO WANT TO COMMUNICATE THAT ALL OF THE INFORMATION IS CITED FROM THE CALIFORNIA EDUCATION CODE FOR THE STATEWIDE.

I'M SORRY, COULD I ASK YOU TO PULL THE MICROPHONE JUST A TINY BIT CLOSER? CLOSER? OH, I THOUGHT I WAS BEING TOO LOUD.

I'M SO SORRY.

HOW'S THAT? THAT'S BETTER.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

SORRY. IT'S VERY LOUD FOR ME.

SO IT IS THROUGH CALIFORNIA ED CODE FOR THE STATEWIDE SYSTEM OF SUPPORT.

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THE STATEWIDE SYSTEM OF SUPPORT WAS ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE 2018 BUDGET ACT, AND IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE STRUCTURE OF DEFINED ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION IN CALIFORNIA RECEIVE SUPPORT ON A THREE LEVEL FRAMEWORK.

SO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE MULTI-TIERED SYSTEM OF SUPPORT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT MODEL.

SO SUPPORT FOR ALL LEAS AND SCHOOLS IS CONSIDERED LEVEL ONE.

VARIOUS STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES PROVIDE AN ARRAY OF RESOURCES AND VOLUNTARY ASSISTANCE THAT ALL LEAS MAY USE TO IMPROVE STUDENT PERFORMANCE.

DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE IS CONSIDERED LEVEL TWO, SO THAT IS WHERE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS, THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND THE CALIFORNIA COLLABORATIVE FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE, OR REFERRED TO AS CCE, PROVIDE DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE FOR LEAS IN THE FORM OF INDIVIDUALLY DESIGNED ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS IDENTIFIED PERFORMANCE ISSUES.

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THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THE STATE SYSTEM OF SUPPORT IS TO PROVIDE COORDINATED, NEEDS BASED AND DIFFERENTIATED RESOURCES AND SUPPORT TO LEAS THAT LEAD TO IMPROVED SERVICES FOR ALL STUDENTS, EVIDENCED BY THE CLOSING OF OPPORTUNITY GAPS AND INCREASED ACHIEVEMENT.

THE MAP OF CALIFORNIA, WITH ITS VARIOUS SHADES OF BLUE, ILLUSTRATE THE CLUSTERS OF COUNTIES COVERED BY THE SEVEN GEOGRAPHIC LEAD AGENCY AGENCIES.

NOTABLY, BEGINNING IN THE 2023 2024 SCHOOL YEAR, THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION IS A NEW GEOGRAPHIC LEAD AGENCY.

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AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO DR.

WAN, WHO WILL BE DISCUSSING THE ROLES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE BAY AREA GEOGRAPHIC LEAD AGENCY.

THANK YOU, DR.

GORGULHO. AS DR.

GORGULHO MENTIONED, THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION IS ONE OF THE SEVEN GEOGRAPHIC LEAD AGENCIES.

THE MAIN PURPOSE OF HAVING THE GEOGRAPHIC LEAD AGENCIES IS TO BUILD A CAPACITY OF COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION, TO ENSURE THAT COUNTIES ARE EQUIPPED TO SUPPORT LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES, TO ASSIST THEM TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES AND ADDRESS GAPS IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

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OUR PARTNERS INCLUDE THE CALIFORNIA COLLABORATIVE FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, FOUR COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION, INCLUDING ALAMEDA, CONTRA COSTA, SAN MATEO, SOLANO, AND THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

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THE THEORY OF ACTION SERVES AS THE CORNERSTONE FOR GUIDING STATEWIDE EFFORTS FOR IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES.

IF THE GEOGRAPHIC LEAD AGENCIES COLLABORATE WITH STATE AGENCIES AND EXPERT LEAD AGENCIES TO CO-DESIGN A COHERENT SYSTEM THAT SUPPORT OUR COE'S AND LEA'S IN A MANNER THAT SUPPORT THEIR LOCALLY IDENTIFIED NEEDS AND STRENGTHS, THEN COE'S AND LEA'S WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE RESOURCES THAT'S AVAILABLE WITHIN THE STATEWIDE SYSTEM OF SUPPORT.

THIS WILL STRENGTHEN LEAS CAPACITY TO ENGAGE IN ONGOING IMPROVEMENT PROCESSES THAT WILL YIELD POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THE GEOGRAPHIC LEAD AGENCIES ARE REQUIRED TO WORK TOGETHER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH CCE AND CDE, TO PROVIDE A STATEWIDE BACKBONE FOR THE SYSTEM OF SUPPORT.

OUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUILDING CAPACITIES FOR COE'S AND LEAS, COLLABORATING WITH OTHER STATE AGENCIES AND EXPERT LEADS ACROSS THE STATE, PROVIDING DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE AND CREATING A STRUCTURE FOR SHARING RESOURCES ACROSS THE STATE, DISSEMINATING PROMISING PRACTICES AND FACILITATING CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND SUBMITTING REPORTS AND DATA TO CCE AND CDE.

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OUR 2023-24 GOALS WERE DEVELOPED TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS IDENTIFIED IN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENTS CONDUCTED IN THE BAY AREA GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS.

THE FIRST GOAL IS TO BUILD A CAPACITY OF COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION, WITH A FOCUS ON PUPIL ENGAGEMENT AND SCHOOL CLIMATE.

FOR THESE FOUR STUDENT GROUPS, AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS, FOSTER YOUTH, STUDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. OUR SECOND GOAL IS TO COORDINATE AND CALIBRATE ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT OF DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO OUR LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES, AND OUR LAST GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY EXISTING RESOURCES AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THAT'S RELATED TO THE AREAS OF IDENTIFIED NEED TO HELP IMPROVE OUTCOMES.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS AND THE GEOGRAPHIC LEAD AGENCIES IN PROVIDING DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE.

I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SECTIONS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.

THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND NON COUNTY BOARD AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOLS WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT MEET THE DA ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.

ADDITIONALLY, AS A GEOGRAPHIC LEAD AGENCY, THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION MAY PROVIDE DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE SUPPORT TO A DISTRICT OUTSIDE OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

WHEN A COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION OR A DISTRICT BELIEVES THAT INVOLVING A THIRD PARTY WOULD BE BENEFICIAL. STARTING IN THE 2023 SCHOOL DASHBOARD RELEASE, THE GEOGRAPHIC LEAD AGENCIES ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE TO COUNTY BOARD AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE REGIONS.

EDUCATION CODE 47607.3 STATES THAT THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION THAT SERVES AS A GEOGRAPHIC

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SO BASED ON THE 2023 CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD RESULT, THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION GEO LEAD PROGRAM WILL BE PROVIDING DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE SUPPORT TO THE COUNTY BOARD, AUTHORIZED CHARTERS IN ALAMEDA, CONTRA COSTA, SAN FRANCISCO, AND SOLANO COUNTIES, AND FOR THE THREE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD AUTHORIZED CHARTERS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE SUPPORT.

WE WILL CONTRACT PLACER COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, WHICH IS ANOTHER GEO LEAD AGENCY, TO PROVIDE DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE SUPPORT.

THE REASON FOR IDENTIFYING A DIFFERENT PROVIDER FOR DA SUPPORT IS TO ESTABLISH A SEPARATE PROCESS BETWEEN THE DA PROVIDER AND THE CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORIZER.

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WHY DOES OUR WORK MATTER? OUR WORK SERVES SIX COUNTIES, 103 DISTRICTS, 1052 SCHOOLS, AND OVER 800,000 STUDENTS, ACCOUNTING FOR NEARLY 14% OF THE K THROUGH 12 STUDENTS IN CALIFORNIA.

NOW I'M TURNING YOU BACK TO DOCTOR GORGULHO.

SHE WILL SPEAK MORE ABOUT THE DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE MODEL.

THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO WE HAVE A CONTINUUM OF SUPPORT FOR OUR MODEL.

YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT I MENTIONED EARLIER WITH THOSE DIFFERENT TIERS.

SO WITH DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE WE ARE IN LEVEL TWO.

SO THOSE ARE FOR OUR DISTRICTS AND NOW OUR CHARTERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE NOW FOR DIFFERENT SUPPORTS THROUGH DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE.

SO WHAT WE DO IS WE PROVIDE OR TRY TO PROVIDE VERY DIFFERENTIATED SERVICES FOR THEM.

SO WE TAKE THEIR AREAS OF NEED OR THE REASON WHY THEY'RE ELIGIBLE.

AND WE CREATE A COACHING MODEL THAT WILL BEST HELP THEM TO BASICALLY IMPROVE STUDENT SCORES.

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WE USE WHAT IS CONSIDERED A PLAN DO STUDY, ACT MODEL.

SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE CYCLE OF INQUIRY.

IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT.

SO BASICALLY WE TAKE THEM THROUGH A ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS SO THEY CAN TRULY SEE THE REASONS BEHIND THE DATA THAT THEY HAVE.

THEN THEY PLAN FOR IT.

SO WHY IS THAT HAPPENING.

WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO ABOUT IT.

AND THEN THEY CREATE A PLAN.

ONCE THE PLAN IS IN PLACE, THEY IMPLEMENT IT AND THEY COLLECT DATA.

AND THAT IS REAL TIME DATA.

SO THEY CAN SEE THE IMPACT.

AND THEY'RE STUDYING THAT DATA.

IS IT IS THEIR PLAN WORKING OR DO THEY NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND THEY MAKE REAL TIME ADJUSTMENTS.

AND THEN THEY CONTINUE THROUGH THAT CYCLE UNTIL IDEALLY, THEY HAVE IMPROVED THEIR STUDENT SCORES AND HAVE AND ARE NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE.

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SO THE NEXT PART OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TALKING ABOUT KIND OF OUR RESOURCE NEEDS AND THE INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

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SO CURRENTLY, OUR SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION IS A LEAD AGENCY FOR FOUR STATEWIDE INITIATIVES AND PARTNERS FOR THREE OTHER INITIATIVES.

THIS IS SIGNIFICANT FOR OUR COUNTY BECAUSE THESE ARE APPLICATIONS.

EVERY COUNTY IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY TO BE A LEAD AGENCY.

SO THE FACT THAT WE ARE LEAD AGENCIES FOR FOUR AND PARTNERS FOR THREE IS VERY SIGNIFICANT AND ALLOWS US TO HAVE A LOT OF INPUT INTO THAT STATE STRUCTURE AND HOW IT WORKS.

WE DO HAVE STATEWIDE MEETINGS FOR THE DIFFERENT LEAD AGENCIES AS WELL AS BRINGING ALL PARTNERS TOGETHER.

THE NEXT ONE ACTUALLY IS IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS IN MONTEREY, WHERE ALL OF THE LEADS WILL BE COMING TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS, WHAT IS WORKING THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED.

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SO THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE LEAD AGENCIES.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE THAT NICE LITTLE COLOR GRAPHIC YOU'LL SEE IN YELLOW WHERE WE ARE WORKING WITH EITHER OTHER COUNTY OFFICES OR ON OUR OWN TO BE THE LEADS IN THIS AREA.

SPECIAL EDUCATION CONTINUES TO BE A SIGNIFICANT NEED THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.

AND YOU SEE THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DASHBOARD AND YOU LOOK AT THE DATA, THAT OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION POPULATIONS

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AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE A VOICE AT THE TABLE OF THE DIRECTION TO GO CAN SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE RESULTS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

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WE ARE CONTINUING TO IMPROVE AND ADJUST BASED ON WHAT WE'RE LEARNING.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE STATE HAS COME UP WITH THEIR LEVERS FOR SYSTEM CHANGE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT PILOTING FOR THIS YEAR.

SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT PILOTING STARTING THIS SPRING FOR THEIR LOVERS, FOR SYSTEM CHANGE.

THIS IS REALLY A TOOL AND A PROCESS THAT OUR LEAS CAN USE TO REALLY DIG DEEP INTO THEIR SYSTEMS AND HOPEFULLY BRING SOME SYSTEMS TOGETHER.

SO, AS YOU MAY KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLANS IN CALIFORNIA.

WE HAVE THE LCAP, WE HAVE A DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE PLAN.

WE HAVE A CIM PLAN FOR PEOPLE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION DIVISIONS.

SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT HOW DO WE BRING THOSE PLANS TOGETHER TO TRULY MAKE MEANINGFUL CHANGE FOR STUDENTS.

SO BECAUSE WE HAVE A VOICE AT THE TABLE AND UNDER DR.

DEWAN LEADERSHIP TO GET US THAT VOICE AT THE TABLE, WE ARE LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO SAY, THIS IS HOW WE MIGHT BETTER WORK WITH OUR STATE PARTNERS TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR OUR LOCAL DISTRICTS.

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SO THERE ARE OTHER ADDITIONS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE.

FOR THIS YEAR, OUR DISTRICTS WHO ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO RECEIVE DIFFERENTIATED SUPPORT.

ASSISTANCE SUPPORT WILL BE IN THAT PROCESS FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD.

THAT IS A CHANGE.

THEY USED TO HAVE A ONE YEAR PERIOD.

WE ALSO ARE WORKING WITH OUR CHARTERS, AND OUR CHARTERS ARE NOW RECEIVING DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT FOR ONE YEAR.

AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO SAY OUR SCHOOLS ALWAYS HAVE AN OPTION OF WORKING WITH ANOTHER PROVIDER.

BUT WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A WONDERFUL TEAM HERE AT THE DISTRICT, AT THE COUNTY OFFICE, AND THAT OUR DISTRICTS HAVE CHOSEN TO PARTNER WITH US FOR THIS PROCESS.

ALSO, AS A GEOGRAPHICAL LEAD, AS YOU SAW, WE HAVE 16 DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT ALSO HAVE A CHOICE.

THEY HAVE ALL CHOSEN TO WORK WITH US FOR THIS PROCESS.

SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THEIR CONFIDENCE, AND WE ARE DEFINITELY CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN MEET ALL OF THEIR NEEDS.

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SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT OUR WORK TO YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THE PRESENTATION, BOTH OF YOU.

VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

JUST ONE QUESTION.

AND IF YOU DID TOUCH ON IT, FORGIVE ME.

IN THE INSTANCE OF A LEAD OR A PARTNER, DOES FUNDING COME WITH THAT OR IS IT JUST MORE OF A STAFFING SUPPORT SERVICES? FUNDING DOES COME WITH THAT BECAUSE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES WE DO NEED THE STAFFING.

AND SO SOMETIMES THEY'RE UNFUNDED.

AND THAT IS VERY TRUE.

MANDATES. SO SOME OF THE THERE AND THERE ARE UNFUNDED MANDATES WITH THIS AS WELL.

HOWEVER, AS A GEO LEAD AGENCY FOR THE CHARTERS THAT ARE WORKING WITH US OR 16 CHARTERS, WE DO RECEIVE AS A COUNTY APPROXIMATELY $100,000 PER CHARTER FOR THAT WORK, WHICH ALLOWS US TO NOT ONLY PROVIDE THE STAFF TO SUPPORT THEM, WE NEED COACHES TO SUPPORT THEM IN THAT WORK.

IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AT A REGIONAL LEVEL.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING, A COLLABORATIVE ON ATTENDANCE, WITH NOT ONLY OUR COUNTY, BUT WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS, WHERE THEY CAN DIVE DEEP INTO A SCHOOL LEVEL ATTENDANCE, PROCESS THAT THEY HOPEFULLY CAN SCALE UP TO USE THROUGHOUT THEIR ENTIRE DISTRICT TO IMPROVE ATTENDANCE RATES.

THANK YOU. AND WAS THAT 100,000, WHETHER IT'S A LEAD OR A PARTNER OR IS IT? SO IT'S TWOFOLD.

SO WE RECEIVE $100,000 WITHIN OUR COUNTY FOR OUR COUNTIES THAT WE ARE SERVING HERE FOR CHARTERS AND NOW DR DEWAN I'M GOING TO GET THIS NUMBER WRONG.

DID IT I THINK IT WENT UP TO 300 FOR OUR DISTRICTS OR IS IT 200? I BELIEVE IT'S 200.

200. SORRY.

IT'S NUMBERS.

IF I DON'T HAVE IT WRITTEN IN FRONT OF ME.

NUMBERS, I DON'T REMEMBER.

SO $200,000 FOR OUR DISTRICTS WHO ARE IN THE TWO YEAR PROCESS.

WE RECEIVED THAT AS A COUNTY, TO PROVIDE SUPPORT WITHIN OUR COUNTY.

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AND THESE TYPICALLY ONE YEAR FUNDING AGREEMENTS OR TWO YEAR, IT'S $100,000 FOR THE YEAR FOR THE CHARTER, AND IT IS THE $200,000 FOR THE TWO YEAR PROCESS.

THANK YOU. AND IF I COULD JUST ADD THAT IN THE THAT'S THE FORMULA AND THAT THE FORMULA DOESN'T COVER THE FULL COST AS YOU ARE ALLUDING TO.

AND THAT THEIR IT'S BASED ON THE DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE AND WE DON'T NECESSARILY RECEIVE ANY FUNDING FOR THE LCAP PART, WHICH IS ALSO A SIGNIFICANT BODY OF WORK.

SO WHICH ANOTHER UNFUNDED MANDATE THAT YOU MENTIONED.

YEAH. SO IT'S ANOTHER SO WE IT JUST AS PART OF OUR GENERAL FUND.

SO WE UTILIZE WE TRY TO LEVERAGE THAT TO THE MAXIMUM AS WAS DESCRIBED BY ALSO TRYING TO DO REGIONAL SUPPORTS.

SO IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE MANDATED TO DO OR IS IT AN OPTIONAL SERVICE THAT IT IS NOT OPTIONAL.

IT'S A MANDATE. YES.

DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE IS MANDATED.

AND DR. DEWAN, ORGANIZED OUR DEPARTMENT FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS FOR THAT CROSSOVER WORK.

SO, YES, LCAP IS MANDATED AND UNFUNDED.

FOR OUR DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE, WE DO RECEIVE SOME MONEY.

IT DOESN'T COVER EVERYTHING, BUT IT COVERS A LOT.

BUT WE ARE ABLE AND WE WORK TOGETHER AS A UNIT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THOSE DIFFERENTIATED RESOURCES FOR OUR DISTRICTS.

AS AN EXAMPLE, THE COACH FOR THE DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE IS THE SAME PERSON WHO COACHES THEM FOR THE LCAP SO THAT OUR DISTRICTS HAVE THAT CONSISTENCY AND THEY KNOW THEIR PARTNER, AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL BY HAVING ONE COACH THAT THEY KNOW AND WHO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH IN MULTIPLE ASPECTS OF WHAT THEY NEED TO ACCOMPLISH.

TRUSTEE CHON? THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT LIKE KIND OF THE BEING THE GEO LEAD AGENCIES.

SO I KNOW THAT WE HAVE PARTNERS WITH DIFFERENT COUNTY OFFICE OF EDS AND BUT ARE WE KIND OF LIKE THE LEADERS IN THAT IS THAT WHAT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THAT CORRECTLY.

AND HOW DID THAT HOW DID OUR COUNTY BE CHOSEN FOR THAT OR WHAT WAS THE PROCESS FOR THAT HAPPENING? I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT.

HOWEVER, THAT WAS DONE BEFORE I STARTED.

IT WAS QUITE AN EXTENSIVE APPLICATION PROCESS TO BECOME A GEOGRAPHICAL LEAD.

SO THERE WAS AN APPLICATION, THERE WERE INTERVIEWS, AND THEN THERE WERE REQUIREMENTS FOR US TO CREATE A PLAN OF HOW WE WOULD SUPPORT OUR REGION.

THERE'S ALSO A REQUIREMENT TO MEET WITH THE GEOGRAPHIC LEADS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

SO WE HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THEM.

SOMETIMES IT'S I WOULD SAY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ONCE A MONTH.

WE ARE LITERALLY MEETING ABOUT 1 TO 2 TIMES A WEEK BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES IN ED CODE AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE CHARTER.

SO TRYING TO MAKE SURE AS A STATE THAT WE ARE ALL GIVING THE SAME MESSAGE AND WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE THE SAME TYPES OF SUPPORT.

SO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH ALL OF OUR STATE PARTNERS IN MAKING THOSE DECISIONS AND FOR THE GEO LEAD, WHEN DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND CODIFIED INTO THE ED CODE, ONE OF THE PROVISIONS WAS FOR THE CALIFORNIA COLLABORATIVE FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE TO RECOMMEND A GEO LEAD STRUCTURE AS PART OF THAT.

AND THEY IDENTIFIED THEY WORKED WITH THE CALIFORNIA COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS, AND WE TOGETHER IDENTIFIED THE NUMBER OF REGIONS AND HOW TO GROUP THE COUNTIES TOGETHER.

ORIGINALLY IN OUR REGION, ALAMEDA COUNTY OFFICE OF ED WAS THE GEO LEAD.

WHEN THE FIVE YEAR APPROVAL ENDED, THE STATE BOARD OF ED, CCE AND CDE REQUESTED OF OUR REGION APPLICATIONS AND THEY REQUESTED THAT OUR OFFICE APPLY.

WE WENT THROUGH THE RIGOROUS PROCESS, AND THE CDE RECOMMENDED, ALONG WITH CCE, THAT OUR OFFICE BE AWARDED AND SELECTED, AND THEN THE STATE BOARD OF ED APPROVED THAT.

GREAT TO KNOW. THANK YOU.

AND IN THOSE STATE MEETINGS, WE DO HAVE, PERSONNEL FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE LEAD FOR

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SO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR STATE PARTNERS.

TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

I ALSO APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I JUST WANTED YOUR OPINION IN AN OVERARCHING WAY, ABOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND, CHILDREN THAT ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US. THE LCFF WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PANACEA, AND IT HASN'T DONE MUCH OF ANYTHING WITH, SMARTER BALANCED TEST SCORES.

THE REDUCTION OF THE RACIAL ACHIEVEMENT GAP, ETC..

WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT? I THINK THAT THERE ARE MANY FACTORS TO THAT STATEMENT, BUT OVERALL AND I WOULD SAY THAT THEY'RE WHERE WE'RE AT AS A STATE. AND I CAN TELL YOU FROM OUR DISCUSSIONS AT THE WITHIN OUR GEO LEAD GROUP AND WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE FOCUS NOW IS TRYING TO COME TOGETHER AS A STATE, SEEING WHAT DID WORK AND THEN WHERE THOSE GAPS ARE SO THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER.

FOR EXAMPLE, ONE THING THAT THEY REALIZED WAS THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF OVERLAP IN WORK AND SOME AND MAYBE ONE AREA WITH OTHER BIG GAPING HOLES IN SOME OF THESE OTHER AREAS.

SO NOW INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT EACH AREA AS A SILO, THE GOAL IS TO COME TOGETHER AS A STATE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TRULY PROVIDING SUPPORTS FOR ALL OF THOSE AREAS OF NEED.

SO THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE ARE CONVENING, NOT JUST WITH THE GEO LEADS, BUT WITH THAT EGG, IF YOU WILL, WITH ALL OF THOSE PARTNERS, SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHERE THOSE AREAS AND NEEDS ARE AND HOW WE CAN PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AROUND THAT.

FOR ALL OF THE DISTRICTS AND, AND LEAS THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO HOPEFULLY FILL THOSE GAPS.

BUT YES, IT HAS BEEN CLEARLY RECOGNIZED THAT THERE ARE SOME MAJOR GAPS.

HUGE RACIAL GAPS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT SCORES FOR OUR, HISPANIC, LATINO, CHICANO CHILDREN, AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN AND THEIR ASIAN AND WHITE PEERS, UP TO 40% IN SOME GRADE LEVELS AND IN MANY IN MOST PLACES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

AND WE'VE INCREASED FUNDING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION IN MAJOR WAYS OVER THE LAST 15, 20 YEARS.

SO THEN I.

SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT.

IS THAT THIS IS MORE MONEY BEING THROWN IN A WAY THAT MAY HAVE LITTLE IMPACT.

I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT WILL HAVE IMPACT AND I HOPE SO.

SOMETHING HAS TO BECAUSE SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE BECAUSE IT'S UNSUSTAINABLE NOW.

SO ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS I KNOW I JUST PONTIFICATED I'M SORRY, BUT MY QUESTION IS RELATED TO THE PARTNERS ARE LOOKING AT, ALAMEDA, CONTRA COSTA, SAN MATEO, SANTA CLARA, SOLANO, SAN FRANCISCO.

AND THEN I GO TO THE I THINK IT'S SLIDE EIGHT.

GOAL NUMBER ONE BUILD CAPACITY WITH A FOCUS ON PUPIL ENGAGEMENT AND SCHOOL CLIMATE, WHICH I THINK SCHOOL CLIMATE AND ENGAGEMENT ARE KEY FACTORS, TO STUDENT LEARNING, IT SAYS AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS FOSTER YOUTH STUDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, WHICH I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF THOSE TARGETED GROUPS.

WHY ARE? WELL, CHICANO, LATINX, HISPANIC STUDENTS LEFT OUT OF THAT GROUPING.

THE GEO LEAGUE REGION, INCLUDING THE OTHER COUNTIES.

AND WE ALSO LOOK AT THE 2022 DASHBOARD RESULT.

AND BASED ON THE RESULT AND ALSO THE SURVEY THAT WE DID WITH THE COUNTY OFFICES AND ALSO THE LOCALLEAS.

SO THAT IS THE THE GROUP THAT THEY WANTED TO PRIORITIZE AT THIS POINT.

THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE OTHER GROUPS ARE NOT A PRIORITY.

AND FOR EXAMPLE, OUR LATINX POPULATION HERE IN THE COUNTY IS A BIG AREA OF FOCUS FOR MANY DIFFERENT CATEGORIES ACROSS THE DASHBOARD. SO WE STILL HAVE THOSE AS A FOCUS FOR OUR COUNTY AND WITH OUR DA WORK AND WORKING WITH OUR ACTIONS IN OUR LCAP SO THE REGIONAL

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SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A DIFFERENCE IN THESE GOALS COMPARED TO WHAT WE MAY BE FOCUSING ON FOR DA, FOR OUR CERTAIN DISTRICTS HERE IN THE COUNTY. I MAY ALSO ADD TRUSTEE DI SALVO THAT THE GEOGRAPHIC LEADS ARE BEING ORGANIZED IN A WAY TO COVER THE STATE AND TO TRY TO AVOID SOME DUPLICATION OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION.

SO OTHER GEO LEADS IN THE STATE ARE FOCUSING ON SOME DIFFERENT GROUPS.

AND THEN THAT ALLOWS US TO STRENGTHEN THE EXPERTISE IN EACH OF THE GEO LEAD AREAS AND PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES TO ANY LEA IN THE STATE THAT MIGHT NEED THAT SUPPORT, EITHER THROUGH LCAP OR DA.

SO THE SCHOOL IS WORKING VERY SPECIFICALLY ON LATINX POPULATION, ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.

THEN WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE FULL STATEWIDE SYSTEM OF SUPPORT AND THE GEO LEAD THAT HAS THAT FOCUS AREA.

THANK YOU, DR.

DEWAN. AND LAST QUESTION IS HOW MUCH IS THE SCIENCE OF READING EMBEDDED IN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WILL GO ON IN? TARGETING THESE POPULATIONS.

SO I WILL SAY THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER PRESENTATION ON OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SIDE, BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ENTIRE SERIES FOCUSED ON LITERACY, AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION WILL BE FOCUSING ON ESPECIALLY EARLY LITERACY, I BELIEVE AT THEIR MARCH MEETING, WHERE WE WILL ALSO BE LOOKING AT SOME STATEWIDE SYSTEMS FOR LITERACY, SPECIFICALLY TARGETED ON EARLY LITERACY, BUT LITERACY ACROSS THE BOARD. SO YOU WILL BE SEEING MORE COMING FORWARD IN THAT AREA.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

AND I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE, I REALLY APPRECIATED THE SLIDE THAT SHOWED THE IMPACT IN TERMS OF WHAT IT ACTUALLY MEANS TO BE A GEO LEAD.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, WHICH IS.

[D. Chronic Absenteeism Update]

DR. DEWAN, WILL YOU INTRODUCE THIS ITEM, PLEASE? YES. THANK YOU.

SO WHEN WE, PRESENTED, ABOUT THE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AND SOME OF OUR OTHER DATA AT A RECENT MEETING OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED BY TRUSTEES.

AND SO TONIGHT, WE'RE PROVIDING A CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM UPDATE TO RESPOND TO THE INQUIRIES.

FROM THE BOARD AND STAFF PREPARED THIS REPORT PRIMARILY TO ADDRESS THOSE THOSE QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES.

AND SO DR. GORGULHO WILL BE PROVIDING THIS UPDATE.

THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA.

DOCTOR DEWAN TRUSTEES AGAIN FOR ALLOWING ME TO PROVIDE THIS UPDATE.

I DO WANT TO INFORM YOU THAT THIS IS A BRIEF UPDATE ON SEVERAL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED BY THE BOARD.

AT THE NEXT MEETING, YOU WILL BE RECEIVING AN LCAP MID-YEAR REPORT FROM OUR STUDENT SERVICES DIVISION.

AS IS REQUIRED BY ED CODE, WHERE YOU WILL SEE MORE OF THE DISAGGREGATED DATA FOR OUR PROGRAMS HERE WITHIN THE COUNTY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO I WILL BE SHARING WITH YOU SOME VERY TARGETED REPORTS FROM THE DASHBOARD AND HOW WE USE THE DASHBOARD TO INFORM OUR PRACTICES.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THE COUNTY DATA HAS THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED ON THE DASHBOARD.

WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL, OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, AND OUR COURT SCHOOLS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT FOR OUR COUNTY PROGRAMS, WE DO NOT ALWAYS CONTROL THE STUDENTS WHO ARE COMING IN AND OUT OF OUR PROGRAM.

FOR EXAMPLE, OUR COURT SCHOOLS ARE BASED ON STUDENTS THAT ARE PLACED THERE, BY THEIR ACTIONS AND BY THE COURTS.

OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE LEA'S WORK DIRECTLY WITH US ON THE STUDENTS THAT NEED THOSE SERVICES THAT MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE WITHIN THEIR DISTRICTS OF RESIDENCE, AND OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS ARE ALSO WHERE OUR DISTRICTS WORK WITH US.

FOR STUDENTS WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE SERVED WITHIN THEIR DISTRICTS.

SO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DASHBOARD, IT PROVIDES A CERTAIN DATA.

SO I WOULD LOVE TO SAY IT IS ALL COMPREHENSIVE.

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IT DOES PROVIDE A SITE LEVEL OVERALL AND STUDENT GROUP DATA AND THEN AN OVERALL COMPARISON TO THE STATE DATA.

IT DOES NOT PROVIDE US WITH THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT DATA THAT HAS TO BE DISAGGREGATED BY INDIVIDUAL SITES.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO CURRENTLY OUR.

I'M SORRY. HERE WE GO.

I'M CURRENTLY AT OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.

WE DO HAVE A UNIQUE POPULATION.

AS I MENTIONED, MANY OF THE OF STUDENTS ARE REFERRED DUE TO DISCIPLINARY ACTION AT THEIR SCHOOLS OF RESIDENCE.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT LIKE THE LIKE COURT SCHOOLS, THERE IS HIGH MOBILITY RATE WITHIN THIS POPULATION AND THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS FOR STUDENTS TO SUCCESSFULLY RETURN TO THEIR SCHOOLS OF RESIDENCE.

SO THIS MOBILITY RATE ALSO IMPACTS US WITH THE GRADUATION RATE, BECAUSE THEY MAY BE MOVING BACK.

SO THEY MAY NOT BE WITH US FOR GRADUATION RATE.

THEY USE A FOUR YEAR COHORT.

SO IT'S THE STUDENTS THAT START IN NINTH GRADE AND GO THROUGH 12TH GRADE AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE.

IN THAT FOUR YEAR TIME.

MANY OF OUR STUDENTS MOVE IN AND OUT OF THAT PROGRAM, SO IT IS HARD TO GET AN ACCURATE RATE FOR GRADUATION WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE DASHBOARD DATA.

HOWEVER, WHENEVER WE HAVE AN INCREASE, AS YOU SEE HERE, WE'RE VERY HAPPY.

WHAT THAT TELLS US IS THAT OUR STUDENTS THAT STAY WITHIN OUR PROGRAM ARE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY GRADUATE WITH US.

SO ANY INCREASE IS GOOD NEWS, AND INCREASE OF 16% IS GREAT NEWS FOR US.

FOR SUSPENSION RATE, WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SUSPENSION RATE.

WE DO KNOW RIGHT NOW THAT SUSPENSIONS VARY BASED ON WHEN THEY ENTER WITH US.

AND I WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE STRUGGLED AT OTHER DISTRICTS OFTEN WILL COME IN THINKING THEY'RE IN THE SAME ENVIRONMENT AS THEY WERE IN IN THEIR DISTRICTS AND HAVE SOME OF THE SAME BEHAVIORS.

AFTER WORKING WITH US, WE'RE ABLE TO GET THEM IN SCHOOL, STAYING IN SCHOOL, AND THEN YOU SEE THE INCREASE IN GRADUATION RATES.

SO AS THEY STAY WITH US FOR LONGER, THAT DOES IMPROVE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO FOR OUR COURT SCHOOLS, YOU'LL SEE VERY GOOD SUSPENSION RATE.

THERE IS A VERY GOOD REASON FOR THAT AT OUR COURT.

SCHOOLS. OUR STUDENTS ARE MANDATED TO ATTEND CLASS EVERY DAY.

SO WE REALLY DON'T SEE MANY SUSPENSIONS FROM A COURT SCHOOL.

SO WE SHOULD ALWAYS SEE BLUE.

IF WE DON'T SEE BLUE, THEN THAT'S WHERE WE WILL GO IN AND QUESTION WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE PROGRAM.

AND TRUST ME, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES THROUGHOUT MY YEARS IN THE COUNTY WHERE YOU HAVE SEEN A HIGHER SUSPENSION RATE, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE CAN GO IN AND QUESTION WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHY, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SUCCESSFULLY IN CLASS AND WORKING TOWARD THAT GRADUATION.

AGAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HERE, YES, A SLIGHT INCREASE.

WE DON'T REALLY WANT A GRADUATION RATE AT ALL FOR COURT SCHOOLS, BECAUSE WE REALLY WOULD PREFER NOT TO HAVE A COURT SCHOOL AND TO HAVE OUR STUDENTS BACK WITHIN THEIR DISTRICTS. HOWEVER, WE ARE HAPPY THAT WHEN OUR STUDENTS ARE IN OUR PROGRAM AND THEY'RE IN OUR PROGRAM FOR THAT COHORT, THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO GRADUATE, THAT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT FOR OUR OUR YOUTH SO THAT THEY HAVE THOSE OPTIONS WHEN THEY LEAVE OUR COURT SCHOOL PROGRAM.

NEXT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.

THIS IS UNIQUE DATA AND VERY CHALLENGING TO GATHER.

THE WAY THE STATE IDENTIFIES US IS PRETTY MUCH ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS FROM ALL OF OUR SITES ARE PUT UNDER ONE SCHOOL.

IT IS NOT DISAGGREGATED BY SCHOOL.

SO I CANNOT, FOR EXAMPLE, TELL YOU IN THIS DATA, IF YOU SAID, WELL, DOES THIS SHOW WHAT WOULD [INAUDIBLE] BE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PROGRAM AT THAT CAMPUS? WE HAVE TO DO THAT BY HAND FOR OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE IT'S SIMPLY THE WAY IT IS PUT.

SANTA CLARA COUNTY IS CONSIDERED ONE SCHOOL, SO ALL OF THAT DATA IS LUMPED TOGETHER.

SO WHAT WE DO WANT TO SEE IS WE WANT TO SEE AS A WHOLE THOSE INCREASES.

SO YOU DO SEE ACADEMICALLY WE ARE IMPROVING.

SO BACK TO TRUSTEE DI SALVO YOUR QUESTION OF WHAT ARE WE DOING? WELL, WE'RE WORKING TO IMPROVE THOSE SCORES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

IS THAT WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE? NO, WE WANT IT IN THE BLUE AND WE'LL KEEP WORKING TOWARD THAT.

BUT WE ALWAYS WANT TO SEE THOSE INCREMENTAL INCREASES.

WE'VE ALSO, WHICH IS VERY GOOD NEWS, SEEING A LARGE DECLINE IN OUR CHRONIC ABSENTEE RATE THAT GOES HAND IN HAND WITH OUR ACADEMICS.

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THAT'S GREAT NEWS.

BUT IS IT ENOUGH? NO, WE STILL WANT MORE.

WE WANT EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS THERE EVERY DAY.

SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT AREA.

OUR SUSPENSION RATE IS RELATIVELY FLAT.

AGAIN, THAT'S DECENT NEWS BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO SEE AN INCREASE THERE, BUT WE WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE IN THE BLUE AND BE DOWN TO ZERO AS WELL.

SO ALWAYS LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN USE ALTERNATIVES TO SUSPENSION TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOL, OUR GRADUATION RATE, AGAIN, THIS IS A CHALLENGE FOR US, BECAUSE OF THE MOBILITY OF OUR STUDENTS.

SO AS THEY MOVE IN AND OUT, IT'S REALLY ABOUT THAT COHORT, OF FOUR YEARS.

SO IF WE HAVE STUDENTS COMING IN, FOR EXAMPLE, THEIR JUNIOR OR SENIOR YEAR, AND MOVING BECAUSE OF MEDICAL, DIFFERENCES, THEN THAT CAN BE A CHALLENGE FOR US BECAUSE IT'S NOT A FOUR YEAR COHORT.

WE ALSO HAVE A CHALLENGE IN THIS AREA.

WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS THE BOARD AT THE DATA, BECAUSE WITHIN OUR POPULATION, WE HAVE VERY UNIQUE, POPULATIONS, NOT ALL ARE COUNTED IN SOME OF THESE AREAS.

AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, AND I'LL GO BACK TO THE ACADEMICS, NOT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TAKE THE CAASPP SOME OF OUR OUR STUDENTS TAKE THE ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT.

SO THEY'RE NOT EVEN COUNTED IN THIS DATA.

SO THERE ARE CHALLENGES AS WE LOOK AT SOME OF THAT DISAGGREGATION.

AND I KNOW, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT SHIPP WILL BE SHOWING YOU OUR LCAPS AND WHERE WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS ON THAT AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE AREAS.

AT COLLEGE AND CAREER, WE HAVE STARTED IN THAT AREA.

AND YOU HAVE HEARD SOME OF THE GREAT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING AT OUR COURT SCHOOLS, AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, WITH OUR OTHER POPULATIONS AS WELL.

SO WE DO WANT TO, CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ACCESS FOR OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.

NEXT SLIDE. SO WITH OUR CHRONIC ABSENTEE FOLLOW UP, YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENCES HERE BETWEEN OUR STATEWIDE, AS WELL AS OUR SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND WHERE WE'RE AT WITH OUR COMMUNITY COURT AND SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. SO IT IS DEFINITELY AT A HIGHER RATE.

THERE ARE SEVERAL FACTORS FOR THAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DATA, MANY OF THE STUDENTS WHO WERE STRUGGLING IN THEIR HOME SCHOOLS WAS BECAUSE OF ABSENTEEISM.

SO IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET THEM INTO THE PROGRAM, TO GET THEM TO TRUST THAT THE PROGRAM WILL WORK FOR THEM AND GETTING THEM BACK INTO SCHOOL.

WITH OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION, WE DO HAVE OUR MEDICALLY FRAGILE POPULATION THAT IS OUT MORE THAN OTHER POPULATIONS SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THEIR MEDICAL NEEDS.

SO THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX OF HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING THEM, TO GET THEIR EDUCATION WHILE THEY ARE HAVING MEDICAL ISSUES AND MAY NOT BE ATTEND, BE ABLE TO ATTEND AT ANOTHER SITE.

WE WERE ASKED ALSO ASKED NEXT SLIDE PLEASE TO LOOK AT THE FURTHER STUDY IN AND WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THE NEXT STEPS ARE NEXT SLIDE.

SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS DISAGGREGATING THE DATA BY CLUSTER.

YOU WILL BE RECEIVING SOME OF THAT INFORMATION IN THE YOUR REPORT NEXT WEEK, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT THAT COMPARATIVE DATA OVER TIME.

AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE STATE IDENTIFIES OUR COUNTY PROGRAM, MOST OF THAT HAS TO BE DONE BY HAND PER PROGRAM.

SO IT DOES TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN IT WOULD IF WE WERE A SINGLE SCHOOL SITE.

IT ALSO IS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE OF PRIVACY.

WE DO HAVE SOME GROUPS, AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE STUDENTS THAT TAKE THE CAASPP AND THE STUDENTS THAT ARE EXCUSED FROM THAT.

WE DO GET INTO AN ISSUE OF PRIVACY BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE TEN OR FEWER STUDENTS IN A POPULATION, THEN WE CANNOT REPORT OUT ON THAT GROUP.

BECAUSE THE GROUP IS SO SMALL, IT AUTOMATICALLY IS CONSIDERED TO BE A PRIVACY VIOLATION, BECAUSE THOSE STUDENTS CAN BE IDENTIFIED, BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS SO SMALL.

SO THAT ALSO CREATES A CHALLENGE FOR US WITH SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO AS WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR COUNTY WIDE DATA, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT.

DIVISIONS ACROSS SANTA CLARA COUNTY ARE WORKING TO DO.

SO. WE ARE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS SUCH AS OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS OUR MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS UNDER OUR

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WE'RE ALSO WORKING AS A COUNTY OFFICE ACROSS DIVISIONS TO BETTER SUPPORT OUR INTERNAL PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS THE PROGRAMS IN OUR LEAS, AND PROVIDE THAT SPECIFIC, DIFFERENTIATED RESOURCE.

WE USE IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE FOR OURSELVES NOW JUST AS A COUNTY OFFICE.

SO WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER WITH STUDENT SERVICES, WITH PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND WITH EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS TO COME TOGETHER TO DO SOME ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS AROUND THIS DATA.

AND THAT IS THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, TRUSTEES.

ARE THERE QUESTIONS ON THIS PRESENTATION? I DID HAVE A HOPEFULLY QUICK QUESTION.

IN TERMS OF AND THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THE DATA DISAGGREGATION.

I KNOW, I HAD SHARED SOME QUESTIONS WITH DR DEWAN SINCE I WASN'T AT THE DECEMBER MEETING.

BUT I BELIEVE TRUSTEE DI SALVO HAD BROUGHT UP THIS QUESTION.

DURING THAT PRESENTATION, SPECIFICALLY AROUND OUR FOSTER AND HOMELESS YOUTH AND IN RELATION TO THE STATE DATA.

WONDERING IF YOU CAN SHARE SOME THOUGHTS ON WHY THAT THAT PERCENTAGE OF CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IS SO MUCH HIGHER IN OUR COUNTY.

SO I HAVE REACHED OUT TO OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHO WORKS CLOSELY WITH ATTENDANCE AS A WHOLE.

TO GET SOME IDEAS FROM THEIR CONSORTIUM.

WE DO HAVE AN ATTENDANCE CONSORTIUM THAT MEETS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

AND THEY DO MEET WITH OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO KIND OF LOOK AT THAT COUNTY WIDE DATA AND WE DON'T KNOW YET.

EXACTLY. WE DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE STRUGGLES WITH OUR FOSTER FAMILIES AND SYSTEMS WHERE WE STILL HAVE, ESPECIALLY AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, STUDENTS THAT ARE MOVING TO DIFFERENT FACILITIES, WHICH ALSO CAUSES GAPS IN THEIR ATTENDANCE AND SO CONTINUOUSLY LOOKING AT THAT TO SEE HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THAT SYSTEM.

WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THE FOSTER PLACEMENTS, FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FACILITATING THAT QUICK ENTRY INTO SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY'RE CHOOSING TO MOVE SCHOOLS, THAT PROCESS HAPPENS QUICKLY.

AND ALSO WORKING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS FOR OUR FOSTER YOUTH, IF THEY'RE CHOOSING IF THEY MOVE HOME, THEY STILL MAY MAINTAIN THEIR RESIDENCY AT THE SCHOOL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE TRANSPORTATION FOR THEM WHEN THEY CHOOSE TO DO THAT.

SO WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOL.

THANK YOU AND I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT.

YOU KNOW, AS THE ACTIONS, PERHAPS THE THE COLLABORATION OR THE CONVERSATION THAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S CONCERNING ENOUGH TO WHERE WE REALLY SHOULD.

YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT ARE BEING DONE, AND I THINK WE CAN THERE'S ALWAYS MORE TO DO.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE DATA DISAGGREGATION, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S HAVING TO BE DONE BY HAND, SO IT TAKES SOME TIME.

WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATE BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, DISAGGREGATING, THAT DATA IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

IN TERMS OF BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE NEEDS ARE.

AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHETHER YOU HAVE A PLAN OF WHAT TO DO WITH THAT DATA ONCE IT'S DISAGGREGATED OR WHAT THE NEXT STEPS MIGHT BE WITH THAT.

SO WE'RE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH OUR STUDENT SERVICES.

AND I KNOW ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT SHIPP AND I HAVE, TALKED ABOUT USING OUR OWN PROCESS OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, WHICH GOES THROUGH THAT CYCLE OF ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS, THAT PLAN, DO, STUDY, ACT, PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT WITH EACH OF OUR PROGRAMS HERE, NOT JUST AS A WHOLE AS THE ONE SCHOOL SYSTEM, BUT WITH THE UNIQUE PROGRAMS TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND HOW WE CAN OVERCOME SOME OF THE CHALLENGES. THE BIGGEST REALLY BEING THAT MOBILITY.

SO WHEN THEY'RE HERE WITH US, THEN YES, THERE'S A LOT WE CAN DO WHEN THEY'RE COMING IN AND OUT.

WE ARE WORKING WITH WHAT STRENGTHS THEY COME IN WITH.

SO HOW DO WE HELP THEM AS IT IS A MORE MOBILE POPULATION.

SO WE ARE DOING THAT EXACT SAME PROCESS THAT WE ARE USING WITH OUR DISTRICTS THAT RECEIVE THAT TIER TWO DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE THIS YEAR.

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AND I WOULD LOVE TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S A QUICK PROCESS.

BUT AS YOU HEARD, JUST LIKE WITH OUR DISTRICTS, THE STATE RECOGNIZES THAT IT CAN TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS TO REALLY HONE IN AND MAKE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.

WE'RE HOPING TO BE FASTER THAN THAT.

BUT IT WILL BE ABOUT A TWO YEAR PROCESS.

YEAH. UNDERSTOOD. AND I HOPE, SPECIAL EDUCATION CAN ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS, PARTICULARLY THE DIFFERENT CLUSTERS AND UNDERSTANDING.

I MEAN, I THINK IT WOULD EVEN BE OF INTEREST TO THE DIFFERENT TRUSTEES TO KNOW HOW THE CLUSTERS IN DIFFERENT IN OUR DIFFERENT TRUSTEE AREAS ARE DOING EVEN JUST EVEN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS ISSUES OF EQUITY, WHETHER IT'S RESOURCES OR, YOU KNOW, FUNDING FORMULAS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND HOW THAT MIGHT YOU KNOW, I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD HERE, BUT I KNOW OBVIOUSLY LOTS OF FACTORS.

RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. WE WILL WORK ON THAT.

AND AS A REMINDER, THERE MAY BE THINGS WHERE WE WILL REPORT OUT HOW WE'RE DOING, BUT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO REPORT OUT ON THAT SPECIFIC STUDENT DATA BECAUSE OF THE SAMPLE SIZE.

ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S UNDERSTOOD.

TRUSTEES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GREAT THAT.

SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

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

THANK YOU. COUNTY BOARD MEMBER REPORTS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT.

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

NOW, WOULD ANY TRUSTEE WISH TO PROVIDE A REPORT ON ACTIVITIES SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THEIR DUTIES AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? TRUSTEE LARI? TRUSTEE CHON? TRUSTEE LARI? [INAUDIBLE]. SO COULD YOU HEAR ME? WE COULDN'T HAVE [INAUDIBE].

SO MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY, I JOINED OUR CITY FOREST IN HONORING THE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER WHO MANIFESTED SOME OF OUR BEST VALUES IN HIS WORK.

THIS WAS AT OCF'S ANNUAL MLK DAY OF SERVICE.

THIS YEAR IT WAS AT KELLEY PARK IN SAN JOSE, 60 STUDENTS REPRESENTING TEN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN THE AREA VOLUNTEERED FOR TREE PLANTING ALONG WITH COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS. WE ARE HOPING THAT SOME OF OUR JUSTICE INVOLVED YOUTH CAN PARTICIPATE NEXT YEAR IN VOLUNTEERING WITH OCF ON MLK DAY.

LATER THAT DAY, I JOINED DR DEWAN TO ATTEND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCIES ANNUAL DR.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR LUNCHEON.

THE SPEAKER WAS MARC LAMONT HILL, WHO SPOKE VERY ELOQUENTLY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF MLK'S BELIEF IN ENGAGING IN RADICAL LISTENING, WHICH HE DESCRIBED AS HEARING THE VOICES OF OTHERS, CONNECTING TO THE STORIES OF OTHERS, ACKNOWLEDGING THE EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE WHO COME IN BODIES, TRADITIONS AND CULTURES WHICH MAY BE VERY DIFFERENT THAN THAN OURS.

IT WAS VERY INSPIRATIONAL, AND I STRONGLY RECOMMEND HIS TALKS AND HIS BOOKS FOR FOLKS WHO WORK WITH STUDENTS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND TRUSTEE CHON? YEAH, I DON'T, I JUST HAVE TWO INVITATIONS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PUT OUT TO OUR BOARD.

AND ONE OF THEM IS AT THE, EAST SIDE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THEY ARE SEEKING JUDGES FOR THE 2024 STEM PALOOZA.

AND SO IT'S ABOUT, STUDENTS PRESENTING SCIENCE PROJECTS RANGING FROM ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE TO SUSTAINABILITY AND AIR QUALITY.

SO IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN DOING THAT, I CAN SEND THEM THE INVITATION.

I PERSONALLY AM NOT ABLE TO ATTEND BUT WOULD BE HAPPY.

I'M SURE THEY WOULD LOVE TO SEE REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR BOARD THERE.

SO IF YOU WANT TO GO, LET ME KNOW.

I CAN SEND ALONG THE INVITE.

AND I ALSO WANTED TO, MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD KNEW THAT THERE IS A LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION.

THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD, IT'S BEING PUT ON BY THE VIETNAMESE AMERICAN ROUNDTABLE.

IT IS, THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON COMING UP, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE THIS WEEKEND.

SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, IT'S GOING TO I CAN SEND YOU ALL OF THE, INFORMATION.

IF YOU ALSO GOOGLE IT, IT'LL COME UP TOO.

SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TRUSTEES KNEW ABOUT THAT IF YOU ARE ABLE TO ATTEND.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE CHON.

ANY OTHER REPORTS? TRUSTEE MAH? THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA.

I JUST WANTED TO REPORT THAT I DID ATTEND A COUPLE OF, COUNTY OFFICE MEETINGS, AND SO I WANTED TO THANK THE STAFF SUPERINTENDENT FOR PUTTING ON SOME REALLY GOOD EVENTS.

THE TWO THAT I CAN NAME OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD ARE THE EARLY LEARNING DATA INITIATIVE MEETING.

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AND, HAVING BEEN ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO WAS INITIALLY THERE WHEN IT STARTED AND GAVE A LOT OF INPUT, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HOW THINGS HAVE COME ALONG SO WELL.

AND OUR, DATA ZONE AND INFORMATION BEING USED FOR EARLY LEARNING IS JUST REALLY IMPACTFUL.

THE OTHER THING THAT I ATTENDED WAS THE EC POLICY FORUM, AND THAT WAS ALSO, VERY WELL DONE, BY THE COUNTY OFFICE.

IT WAS HERE AND I THINK THAT IS IT.

OH, ACTUALLY, I ALSO ATTENDED THE, SUPERVISOR ELLENBERG SHE HAD A MOVIE CALLED CLARISSA'S CHALLENGE OR CLARISSA'S.

IT WAS ABOUT, YES, CLARISSA'S BATTLE.

AND IT WAS, DONE AND SUPPORTED BY OUR BUILDING, COMMUNITY BUILDING THE FUTURE, BUILDING OUR FUTURE.

YES. WHICH IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN SUPERVISOR ELLENBERGER, THE COUNTY OFFICE OF ED, FOR, YOU KNOW, REALLY GETTING WHAT WE ALL HOPE, YOU KNOW, UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL.

AND SO THE PARTICULAR MOVIE WAS THE DOCUMENTARY OF THE OAKLAND, EFFORTS TO GET A BILL, GET, TAX REVENUE, THE VOTING, THE LOBBYING, THE ADVOCACY, THE REAL CHALLENGES THAT WENT THROUGH WHERE THEY DID PASS FINALLY, SOMETHING THAT IS NOW BEING COURT CHALLENGED TO FUND EARLY LEARNING, FOR, YOU KNOW, A LARGER NUMBER THAN OUR CURRENTLY ELIGIBLE.

SO IT WAS A VERY INSPIRATIONAL FILM AND I WAS REALLY GLAD TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND.

AND I THINK THAT'S MAINLY IT.

THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

I ATTENDED TODAY A PANEL AT BELL BELLARMINE.

AND SO IT WAS ABOUT INTERSECTIONALITY AND ADVOCACY.

SO SPOKE TO SOME STUDENTS THERE.

IT WAS A PANEL HOSTED BY NORA CAMPOS.

AND ACTUALLY, DARCY GREEN WAS ON THAT PANEL, A FORMER TRUSTEE.

AND SO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND I, WAS.

I KNOW THAT SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN BROUGHT UP THE GRANTS AND PARTNERSHIPS RETROSPECTIVE REPORT.

SO I'VE JUST BEEN READING THROUGH THAT, BUT I WANTED TO KNOW WHERE CAN I FIND THAT ON OUR WEBSITE? IT IS ON THE, BUSINESS PAGE, AND I WILL ALSO MAKE SURE TO PUT A LINK IN THE WEEKLY.

OKAY. BECAUSE I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MENTIONED THAT, BUT, IT SHOWS IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, 126 OVER $126 MILLION IN COMPETITIVE GRANTS WERE SECURED.

WHICH IS I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

AND THEN IN THE DECADE PRIOR, IT WAS ONLY.

CLOSER TO 16 MILLION.

SO, THAT IS QUITE A JUMP.

AND SO I'VE BEEN READING THAT AND, THANK YOU TO WHOEVER PUT THAT TOGETHER AND SHARED THAT.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT. AND I WILL JUST, SHARE BRIEFLY.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK, TRUSTEE CHON, FOR HER SUPPORT WITH THE AD HOC THAT WE WERE WORKING ON, AS WELL AS TRUSTEE DI SALVO FOR HIS WORK ON THE AD HOC FOR THE, SUSTAINED PEACE RESOLUTION.

I KNOW AD HOCS ARE ALWAYS AN ADDITIONAL ASK AND MORE TIME AND EFFORT THAT'S DONE.

SO I JUST WANT TO EXTEND MY APPRECIATION TO BOTH OF YOU FOR THOSE EFFORTS.

I ALSO, WAS AT.

OR WAS ABLE TO SEE IT PART OF IT, AT LEAST THE POLICY FORUM AS WELL.

VERY IMPORTANT DATA, VERY IMPORTANT TOPICS.

AND AS WELL AS PART OF THE STATE OF THE COUNTY.

SO REALLY APPRECIATE AND EXTEND MY APPRECIATION TO THE STAFF AS WELL BEHIND THE SCENES GETTING THOSE EVENTS READY.

ESPECIALLY I KNOW THE STATE OF THE COUNTY WAS RIGHT AFTER OUR BOARD MEETING, SO I KNOW STAFF WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET THE SPACE SET UP.

AND, WITH THAT QUICK TURNAROUND.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYONE WHO'S ALWAYS HERE SUPER LATE AND, WORKS REALLY HARD SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND MAKE THESE DECISIONS.

IT'S REALLY APPRECIATED.

TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

THANK YOU. I FORGOT SOME OF MY MEETINGS, BUT I ALSO MET WITH, OUR OUTDOOR LEARNING TEAM, ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY

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AND SO WANTED TO MENTION THAT.

AND I'VE ALSO BEEN TALKING WITH SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN AND ANUSHA ON STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD.

AND IS THERE ARE YOU PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THAT? I WILL BE PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON THAT AT FEBRUARY 7TH AND MY SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

OKAY. BUT KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT AS WELL.

IT'S REALLY EXCITING.

ALRIGHT. THANK YOU.

[A. Future Agenda Items]

WHICH IS 10A, FUTURE AGENDA.

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DOCTOR DEWAN, WILL YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THIS ITEM? YES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA.

SO, PRESIDENT BERTA AND I HAVE, STARTED A CONVERSATION ABOUT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. AS AN AGENDA ITEM, BACK IN NOVEMBER, EARLY DECEMBER AND RECENTLY DISCUSSED IT AGAIN AND ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE PATH FORWARD WOULD BE FOR REINTRODUCING THIS AS AN INFORMATION ITEM.

THE GOAL WOULD BE TO NOT REPLACE OUR EXISTING PROCESS WHERE, IT'S ALREADY DESCRIBED IN OUR GOVERNANCE HANDBOOK AND IN THE POLICIES, BUT JUST TO CREATE AN ADDITIONAL FORUM WHERE IDEAS COULD BE INTRODUCED AND, PRESIDENT BERTA AND I ARE TALKING ABOUT ALSO, HAVING THIS PREPARED FOR THE INITIAL INTRODUCTION FOR FEBRUARY 7TH.

YOU WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING THERE? YEAH, I KNOW, DOCTOR DEWAN INCLUDED SOME OTHER KIND OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN TERMS OF PROTOCOLS OR THINGS TO CONSIDER, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT BOTH FOR US AS, BOARD MEMBERS AND AS A GOVERNANCE TEAM, BUT ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC TO HELP US, JUST AMPLIFY TRANSPARENCY AND BRINGING IDEAS FORWARD, REVISITING TOPICS ESPECIALLY I KNOW SOMETIMES WE INFORMALLY SEE THINGS.

SO I THINK THE PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, STILL ASKING THAT OF OUR STAFF.

BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, SHOULD THERE BE A SPECIFIC ISSUE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU'D LIKE TO AMPLIFY PUBLICLY IN A SPECIFIC WAY? I THINK THIS GIVES US A PLACE TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH ITEMS IN A MORE TRANSPARENT WAY AS WELL.

SO, THERE'S ADDITIONAL NOTES JUST IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE PROTOCOL THAT, DR.

DEWAN HIGHLIGHTED, THAT'S IN OUR GOVERNANCE HANDBOOK.

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST DOING OUR BEST TO STILL CONTINUE TO WORK AS A COHESIVE TEAM.

WE OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW THAT TIME AND RESOURCES ARE SOMETIMES LIMITED.

SO TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WITH OUR REQUESTS, BUT BEING ABLE TO BRING THIS FORWARD, BRING THIS ITEM BACK, I THINK IS OF IMPORTANCE TO OUR BOARD.

TRUSTEE MAH. THANK YOU.

I WAS WONDERING IF SO.

YEAH, I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND.

THIS IS AN INFORMATION ITEM FOR TONIGHT, AND THE INTENTION IS TO BRING BACK THIS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ON OUR MEETING NEXT WEEK FOLLOWING KIND OF THESE PROTOCOLS.

OR COULD YOU ALSO INCLUDE THE BOARD POLICY THAT TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR AGREED PROCESS? COULD YOU ATTACH THAT OR SEND THAT OUT ALSO AS, YEAH.

YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS WE'D ALREADY AGREED BEFORE TO, TO TO FOLLOW.

CERTAINLY. TRUSTEE CHON.

I JUST HAD A CLARIFICATION QUESTION.

SO IS THIS GOING TO BE LIKE A STANDING AGENDA ITEM OR IS THIS JUST AN FYI? THIS IS HOW WE BRING FORWARD NEW AGENDA ITEMS. SO MY INTENT IS FOR IT TO BE A STANDING ITEM.

WITH THESE CONSIDERATIONS, YOU KNOW, I'M ASKING FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, WORK AS A GOVERNANCE TEAM TO, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S LIMITATIONS TO OBVIOUSLY AN ITEM OF THIS NATURE, BUT THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO AMPLIFY WHAT BOARD MEMBERS ARE INTERESTED IN HEARING UPDATES ABOUT, AS WELL AS THINGS THAT WE MIGHT NEED FOLLOW UP TO.

SO THAT IS THE INTENT.

OKAY. AND WE BUT WE CAN STILL EMAIL TO REQUEST THINGS TOO.

YEAH. SO THAT PROTOCOL IS OUTLINED KIND OF BOTH IN THE HANDBOOK BUT ALSO IN THE ITEM DESCRIPTION ITSELF.

SO YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE OUR STAFF A HEADS UP AND CERTAINLY DOCTOR DEWAN AS WELL, IN TERMS OF TOPICS OF INTEREST AND THINGS THAT STAFF CAN BE PREPARED TO ADDRESS THEM

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TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

WHEN I WAS ELECTED, THANK YOU.

WHEN I WAS ELECTED TO THIS BOARD IN 2008, THIS WAS A STANDING ITEM AND IT WAS A STANDING ITEM FOR.

PROBABLY MY FIRST THREE TERMS ON THE BOARD.

SO 12 YEARS AND IT FELL OFF OUR AGENDAS.

BUT I WOULD LOVE THOSE WHO WORK ON BRINGING THIS BACK AS AN AGENDA ITEM TO LOOK AT THE KIND OF SUBJECTS THAT BOARD MEMBERS WANTED TO EXPLORE IN THOSE PAST FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL RICH.

FOR PUBLIC, DISCOURSE AND PUBLIC INFORMATION.

AND SO I'M DELIGHTED TO SEE THAT YOU AND DOCTOR DEWAN ARE ENGAGED IN THE CONVERSATION TO BRING IT BACK.

BECAUSE ONCE IT'S BROUGHT BACK, I WANT TO BRING UP READING AS A SCIENCE, AND BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF ENERGY IN THE STATE AROUND READING AND THE ISSUES OF THE LOW SCORES.

AND I'D LIKE I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT LITERACY TONIGHT AND BRINGING THAT BACK, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE AND WE USED TO WHAT WE USED TO DO AS SUPERINTENDENT USED TO DO IS WORK WITH THE BOARD PRESIDENT ON PUTTING DOWN DATES.

SO IF THERE WERE 4 FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, WE HAD DATES OF THE MEETINGS THAT THOSE WOULD BE AT, AND SOMETIMES THEY WERE SIX MONTHS FORWARD OR THREE MONTHS FORWARD OR WHATEVER.

BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT USED TO.

BUT I'D LIKE YOU TO LOOK AT THE BECAUSE THIS WAS AN ITEM, I THINK THAT GOES BACK.

DECADES BUT NO LONGER IS USED.

SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT BACK.

APPRECIATE IT. I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS TO EXPLORE AGENDA ITEMS RELATED TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.

EVEN MICHAEL CHANG, WHEN HE WAS BOARD CHAIR ON A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, HE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.

SO I THINK MARY ANN WAS INVOLVED IN DOING A LOT OF THE RESEARCH ON.

SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND BRINGING BACK SOME POLICIES BECAUSE IT WAS GETTING AWAY FROM US, THAT ISSUE.

AND SO IT WAS IN THE MEDIA FREQUENTLY HASN'T BEEN AS MUCH SINCE.

BUT MAYBE WE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF EXAMPLES OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE BEING DISCUSSED THAT BOARD MEMBERS BROUGHT UP DIDN'T COME FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THE STAFF.

I APPRECIATE THE CONTEXT AND ENTHUSIASM TRUSTEE DI SALVO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT TOO.

VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA, THANK YOU.

AND I'LL JUST, ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF I THINK THIS IS A GOOD MOVE FOR ME.

IT'S ALSO ABOUT PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY.

AND FOR US TO DISCUSS IN OPEN SESSION AN ITEM THAT WE THINK MIGHT WARRANT OUR CONSIDERATION OR ACTION OR INFORMATION I THINK IS LONG OVERDUE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THE ONLY ONE COMMENT I HAVE GOING THROUGH THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THE DISCRETION THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD PRESIDENT HAVE.

I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT.

JUST ONE THING THAT COMES TO MY MIND IS THAT IF YOU JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE SIX PEOPLE UP HERE THAT THINK SOMETHING IS REALLY CRITICAL, IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, THERE'S STILL THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE PERSON TO DETERMINE THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

AND I APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ROLE AND THE RESPONSIBILITY THE ROLE, BUT I'LL JUST OFFER THAT ONE, AS ALWAYS, GIVES ME A LITTLE HESITATION.

BUT I'M MORE THAN COMFORTABLE MOVING AHEAD IN THIS MODEL.

SO THANK YOU. AND I'LL JUST I APPRECIATE THAT.

THE FEEDBACK AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT WOULDN'T BE IN MY STYLE OF GOVERNANCE IF IT WAS TRULY, BUT I POINT TAKEN.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER, THE FIRST ITEM I ASKED FOR TO BE ON THIS, OUR, MY, THIS BOARD AGENDA WAS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, LITERACY.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT ITEM HAS COME BACK SEVERAL TIMES.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD THIS YEAR FOR THE YEARLY REPORT AND WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND ALSO JENNIFER MUCH AND PARTICIPATE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY LEADERSHIP COLLABORATIVE.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO REFLECT ON THAT.

I ALSO FORGOT TO MENTION ANOTHER MEETING I HAD WAS WITH DOCTOR DEWAN AND A BIKE ADVOCATE IN SUNNYVALE FROM THE SUNNYVALE BIKE COALITION. SO WE TALKED ABOUT BIKE CURRICULUM, WHICH CAN MAYBE COME BACK IN A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM AROUND CLIMATE CHANGE LITERACY.

AND I HAVE A FEW MORE MEETING, FUTURE MEETINGS THAT I'M HAVING WITH FOLKS WE'LL TALK ABOUT NEXT TIME.

THANK YOU. RIGHT.

WE WILL GO TO IF I MIGHT JUST, ADD THAT, IT WAS REALLY PART OF OUR COLLABORATION THAT, AGAIN,

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SO STILL REALLY WELCOMING AND ENCOURAGING YOU TO, SEND IDEAS AND, YOU KNOW, VIA EMAIL AND, GIVING US A CHANCE TO START THINKING ABOUT THINGS AND USING THIS VEHICLE FOR THOSE, LARGER DISCUSSION TOPICS SUCH AS WHAT TRUSTEE DI SALVO WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, COULD BE REALLY BENEFICIAL, AND THAT WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW WE WOULD ENSURE HONORING OUR COMMITMENT TO ADHERING TO THE BROWN ACT WHEN WE HAVE THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, SO THAT WE'RE LIFTING THE TOPIC, BUT NOT NECESSARILY ENGAGING IN DEEP DISCUSSION ABOUT IT BEFORE IT'S AGENDIZED.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

WE WILL NOW GO ON TO ITEM 11, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

[A. The superintendent may give a report on any activities related to her duties.]

THANK YOU. PRESIDENT BERTA AND TRUSTEES.

SO ON JANUARY 19TH, WE HOSTED THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION POLICY FORUM HERE AT RITTER PARK.

I WANT TO THANK PRESIDENT BERTA FOR PROVIDING SOME OPENING COMMENTS AND HELPING TO WELCOME OUR GUESTS.

WE HAD GOOD ATTENDANCE AT THE MEETING.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK TRUSTEE MAH FOR BEING THERE.

WE PRESENTED ABOUT SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES, SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE LANDSCAPE AND AS WELL AS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN THE FUTURE, IN TERMS OF LEGISLATION AND FUNDING ADVOCACY.

SO FOR EVERYONE, WE DID PROVIDE AT YOUR SEAT A COPY OF THE RESOURCE GUIDE THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED AT THE FORUM ON JANUARY 30TH.

I DELIVERED THE 2024 STATE OF EDUCATION ADDRESS.

I WANT TO GIVE SPECIAL THANK YOUS TO TRUSTEE DI SALVO, VICE PRESIDENT, ROCHA.

AND PRESIDENT BERTA FOR JOINING US.

DURING THE ADDRESS, WE HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE AMAZING WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY EDUCATORS AND PARTNERS AROUND THE COUNTY DURING 2023, INCLUDING THIS BOARD. AND IT WAS ALSO OUR DEBUT OF OUR ANNUAL REPORT.

MATERIALS FROM THAT EVENT HAVE ALSO BEEN PROVIDED AT YOUR SEAT, AND I'D LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE POEM THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT THAT WAS PERFORMED, WRITTEN BY AND PERFORMED BY OUR COUNTY YOUTH POET [INAUDIBLE] HE SHE DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB PRESENTING HER ITEM, AND I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT ENJOY HAVING YOUR OWN COPY.

EARLIER TODAY WE HOSTED A BUDGET.

YEAH. SHE SAID [INAUDIBLE] YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, WE'LL DO THAT.

WE ALSO RECORDED HER PERFORMANCE.

SO WE HAVE IT ON VIDEO TOO.

WE TODAY WE HAD THE BUDGET WORKSHOP WITH OUR PARTNERS AT CAPITAL ADVISORS AND CSBA REALLY GREAT ATTENDANCE.

DESPITE THE WEATHER. IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE A FULL ROOM PROVIDED A COPY OF THE, POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.

FOR YOU ALL. I DID WANT TO POINT OUT ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT THEY MENTIONED, AND WE DID MAKE THE CORRECTION IN THE SLIDE DECK.

BUT ON PAGE 11, UNDER THE CALIFORNIA STATE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM, IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT THAT THE GOVERNOR RELEASED, HE MENTIONED THAT THE PROGRAM RECEIVES COLA.

AND IN FACT, THE PROGRAM WILL NOT RECEIVE COLA BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE AND THE PREVIOUS BUDGET YEAR IDENTIFIED THAT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, THEY WOULD BE USING ANY FUNDS THAT WOULD HAVE GONE TO COLA FOR STATE PRESCHOOL TO HELP THE STATE FUND, THE NEWLY RATIFIED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE CHILD CARE WORKERS.

SO THOSE FUNDS WILL NOT BE COMING TO THE STATE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM.

TODAY WAS ALSO THE KICKOFF FOR SILICON VALLEY READS.

IF YOU WOULD STILL LIKE YOUR OWN COPY OF THE BOOKMARK I HAVE.

I BROUGHT EXTRAS FOR YOU TONIGHT.

WHILE WE WERE NOT ABLE TO BE THERE THIS EVENING, I DID RECEIVE WORD THROUGHOUT THE EVENING THAT THE EVENT KICKOFF, EVENT WENT VERY WELL.

I WANT TO THANK TRUSTEE MAH FOR HER SERVICE ON THE SILICON VALLEY READS COMMITTEE.

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPRECIATION MONTH.

AND SO I AGAIN WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO ALL BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS FOR THEIR SERVICE HERE AT THIS LEVEL AND ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AND I JUST DIDN'T WANT THE MONTH TO END WITHOUT AGAIN EXPRESSING GRATITUDE.

PLEASE SAVE THE DATE FOR THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION LEGISLATIVE BRUNCH.

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IT'LL BE AT FREMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND MORE INFORMATION IS IN MY WEEKLY.

AND ALSO JUST A REMINDER THAT YOU'RE ALL INVITED TO JOIN FOR THE ASSET CHAMPIONS BREAKFAST.

AND THIS WE DO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YMCA AND PROJECT CORNERSTONE TO RECOGNIZE SILICON VALLEY SCHOOLS, INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS. THIS IS ONE OF THE PREMIER EVENTS IN OUR COUNTY.

IT WILL BE ON FRIDAY, MARCH 15TH AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.

I'M MENTIONING IT TONIGHT BECAUSE RSVP ARE DUE EARLY, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, PLEASE LET US KNOW BY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH SO WE CAN MAKE SURE TO SAVE YOU A SEAT AT OUR TABLE.

AND I THINK I WILL CONCLUDE MY REPORT WITH THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, DR.

DEWAN. THAT BRINGS US TO ADJOURNMENT.

THE NEXT SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 7TH, 2024.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOVED BY VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA.

SECONDED BY VICE TRUSTEE CHON.

AND IF YOU WOULD ALL BE SO KIND AS TO VOTE AND BOARD DOCS, OR AT LEAST GIVE US A YES SO KRISTEN CAN RECORD THE VOTES, I'M ASSUMING IT'S ALL YESES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.