Jul 17, 2024 County Board of Education

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GOOD EVENING.

I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THIS REGULAR MEETING.

GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THIS REGULAR MEETING.

NUMBER 2444 OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, JULY 17TH AND THE TIME IS 5 P.M.

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

OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER PARTICIPATES VIA TELECONFERENCE AND THEY ARE AUTOMATICALLY EXCUSED BY 8 PM 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 THE SCCBOE VOTES ON THE ITEM.

STUDENT BOARD MEMBER DE LA ROSA AGUILAR WILL NOW LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

EVERYONE, PLEASE STAND AND PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.

MEMBER DE LA ROSA AGUILERA, PLEASE BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE READY.

THANK YOU.

I WILL NOW CONDUCT ROLL CALL.

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

WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE RESPOND ACCORDINGLY.

THANK YOU.

[D. Set the Agenda]

I WILL MOVE TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA.

MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE OFF ONE OF THE ITEMS FROM CONSENT AND LET ME FIND IT.

I IT'S D REQUEST APPROVAL OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, 2427 COUNTYWIDE PLANS FOR EXPELLED STUDENTS.

TRUSTEE CHON. I ALSO WANTED TO PULL ITEM 4I THE PROPOSITION 28 REPORT.

OKAY. IS THAT I APPROVE WITH BOTH OF THOSE MODIFICATIONS.

SO A MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE DI SALVO TO APPROVE THE AGENDA PULLING ITEMS 4D AND 4I FROM CONSENT.

IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION? I'LL SECOND. SECONDED BY TRUSTEE CHON POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

IS IT PULLED ENTIRELY OR PULLED FOR DISCUSSION? PULLED FOR DISCUSSION, I BELIEVE.

YES, THAT WAS MY INTENTION AND TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN HAS ARRIVED FOR THE RECORD.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OTHERWISE, I THINK WE ARE READY TO VOTE.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS.

I'LL BE A VERBAL AYE, PRESIDENT BERTA A VERBAL AYE, FROM TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

PRESIDENT BERTA I'LL BE A VERBAL [INAUDIBLE].

I'M NOT A VERBAL I FROM TRUSTEE CHON AND THAT MOTION PASSES WITH SIX AYES.

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PERSONS WANTING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT 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 THE SCCOE STAFF MEMBER AS IDENTIFIED WITH A YELLOW BADGE.

A REMINDER THAT OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER PARTICIPATES VIA TELECONFERENCE AND WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY EXCUSED AT 8P.M.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER, STUDENT BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER REPORTS.

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

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BERTA, SUPERINTENDENT, DR.

DEWAN AND ESTEEMED BOARD MEMBERS.

SPRING SEMESTER HAS COME TO AN END.

OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS HELD THEIR EIGHTH A MOTION ON JUNE 13TH AND 14.

NOW THEY ARE OUT FOR SUMMER VACATION.

MEANWHILE, AT THE CORE SCHOOLS, WE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF CONTINUING SCHOOL DURING THE SUMMER TO EARN EXTRA CREDITS.

A NEW CLASS STARTED THIS JULY AT OSBORNE AND IS HERE JUST FOR THE SUMMER.

IT IS CALLED CREATRIX AND THIS PROGRAM WE STARTED TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OF LIFE AND OUR FEELINGS, AND THEN WE WILL BRING THESE EMOTIONS TO WRITE LYRICS.

I KNOW A LOT OF STUDENTS HERE WANT TO PURSUE CAREERS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.

SO. SO I AM THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND OUR KNOWLEDGE IN THIS FIELD.

WITH THE END OF THIS SEMESTER ALSO COMES SOME STAFF CHANGES.

I WOULD LIKE TO WISH ONE OF OUR TEACHERS AT OSBORNE THE BEST AS SHE MOVES INTO HER RETIREMENT.

ALTHOUGH I WORK WITH MISS SHARP ONLY FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, I LEARN A LOT, NOT ONLY EDUCATIONALLY, BUT ALSO ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LIFE AND HOW TO FACE THE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES OF LIFE.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT THROUGHOUT YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE AT THE BOE.

AT BLUE RIDGE AND OSBORNE.

OUR TEACHER HELD AN ART SHOWCASE WITH THE ARTWORK WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON ALL SEMESTER.

OUR OUR POINTILLISM PROJECTS WERE PUT ON DISPLAY FOR STAFF TO GO ALONG WITH THE TOP THREE WINNING PRIZES.

STUDENTS ALSO GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON ALL THE ART PIECES AS WELL.

IT WAS INSPIRING TO SEE EACH OTHER'S ARTWORK.

TODAY AT BLUE RIDGE WAS THEIR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.

EIGHT STUDENTS WERE RECOGNIZED AT THE CEREMONY.

THREE STUDENTS WERE WERE ABLE TO SPEAK AT THE CEREMONY AND ONE STUDENT WAS AWARDED THE SCHOLARSHIP.

THEIR SPEECHES WERE REALLY POWERFUL, AND ONE TAKE AWAY FROM THEM IS THAT IT'S OKAY TO MAKE MISTAKES, BUT TO NEVER LET YOUR MISTAKES DEFINE YOU.

KEEP PUSHING FORWARD.

THERE IS NO LIMIT TO WHAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE.

THANK YOU.

STUDENT BOARD MEMBER DE LE ROSA AGUILERA FOR YOUR REPORT.

WE ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU AT EACH OF OUR MEETINGS, AND YOUR OBSERVATION AND INPUT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR OUR WORK.

THANK YOU.

NEXT WE WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[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.]

THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS RESERVED FOR PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION REGARDING ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA AND WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE SCCBOE.

STATE LAW PROHIBITS THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM DISCUSSING OR ACTING UPON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. IT IS THE EXPECTATION OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION THAT EVERYONE BE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND CIVILITY.

PUBLIC SPEAKER CARDS MUST BE SUBMITTED AT THIS TIME.

ONCE WE BEGIN TAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCEPT ADDITIONAL COMMENTERS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.95.

THE SCCBOE STRIVES TO MAINTAIN THE ORDERLY AND CIVIL CONDUCT OF ITS MEETINGS AND TO AVOID UNLAWFUL DISRUPTIONS.

THEREFORE, DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, WE INTEND TO KEEP A RESPECTFUL AND PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT.

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INDIVIDUALS WHO ENGAGE IN THIS TYPE OF CONDUCT MAY BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE ROOM.

WE ASK THAT THERE BE NO CLAPPING, CHEERING, SNAPPING OF FINGERS, BOOING OR SHOUTING.

IF YOU WISH TO SUPPORT A PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU MAY DO SO WITH THE UNIVERSAL SIGN OF APPRECIATION WHICH CAN BE DONE LIKE THIS.

MODERATOR DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? COMMENTS? CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT THAT? MODERATOR. YES, WE HAVE 11 PUBLIC COMMENTS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AS THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW COMMENCING, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCEPT ADDITIONAL COMMENTERS.

PLEASE PRESENT THE ONE MINUTE TIMER.

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

AS A REMINDER, ONE PERSON AT A TIME CAN BE AT THE PODIUM TO PRESENT THEIR PUBLIC COMMENT UNLESS LANGUAGE SUPPORTED IS NEEDED BY A SCCBOE INTERPRETER OR ASL INTERPRETER. THOSE USING ASL INTERPRETATION WILL RECEIVE THREE MINUTES, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, TO PREVENT SOUND DISTORTION, PLEASE KEEP THE MICROPHONE A

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THE FIRST SET OF SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE ANGELA MALDONADO, CHRISTINE FLEMING, RODERICK [INAUDIBLE], DAVID PUTNEY, RITU KRISHNA, AND SARAH GIANCARLO.

ANGELA MALDONADO.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ANGELA MALDONADO.

I'M A PROGRAM MANAGER AT HEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION.

AT OUR ORGANIZATION, OUR VISION IS THAT ALL SILICON VALLEY YOUTH CAN ACHIEVE GOOD HEALTH, EDUCATIONAL EQUITY, AND SUCCESS IN LIFE AS PRODUCTIVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF DR MARIANNE DEWAN AND THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION BECAUSE OF THEIR COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY COMMUNITY.

DR. MARIANNE DEWAN HAS BEEN A CHAMPION FOR HEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION, ENSURING THAT OUR DENTAL, VISION AND HEARING SCREENING SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR EARLY LEARNING STUDENTS. SUPPORTING CHILDREN AT AN EARLY AGE IS CRUCIAL IN ENSURING A HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT AND PROVIDING THE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN BEFORE THEY ENTER KINDERGARTEN. THEIR ADVOCACY HAS CONTINUED TO ALLOW US TO SUPPORT OUR EARLY LEARNING FAMILIES.

DOCTOR MARIANNE DEWAN AND THE HEAD START TEAM HAVE BEEN A PILLAR IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE AT HEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION APPRECIATE OUR LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIP AND WE COULDN'T DO THIS IMPORTANT WORK WITHOUT THEM.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTINE FLEMING.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CLEARLY PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS CHRISTINE FLEMING, AND I'M ALSO A MANAGER AT HEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION, WHERE OUR GOAL IS FOR ALL SILICON VALLEY YOUTH TO ACHIEVE GOOD HEALTH, EDUCATIONAL EQUITY, AND SUCCESS IN LIFE AS PRODUCTIVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

PART OF OUR SERVICES INCLUDE PROVIDING VISION, DENTAL AND HEARING SCREENINGS FOR CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, INCLUDING HEAD START SITES.

I'M HERE TODAY TO ALSO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THE SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP OF DOCTOR MARIANNE DEWAN AND THE HEAD START TEAM BECAUSE OF THEIR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR EARLY LEARNING STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND THE SANTA CLARA COMMUNITY.

DOCTOR DEWAN HAS DEMONSTRATED HER UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF HEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION, AND TOGETHER WE ENSURE OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO PREVENTATIVE SERVICES TO READY EARLY LEARNERS FOR KINDERGARTEN.

HER ADVOCACY HAS ALLOWED US TO SUPPORT EARLY LEARNING FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY TO ENSURE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT AND TO PROVIDE TOOLS TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND LIFELONG HEALTH. WE GREATLY APPRECIATE DOCTOR MARYANNE DEWAN'S WORK IN SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY AND OUR LONG LASTING FRIENDSHIP OR RELATIONSHIP WITH HER.

WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THIS IMPORTANT WORK WITHOUT HER LEADERSHIP.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RODERICK [INAUDIBLE].

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HI. GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS RODERICK [INAUDIBLE].

I'M A PROGRAM MANAGER PRODUCT MANAGER AT SCCOE IN THE TECHNOLOGY DIVISION.

I'M HERE TO GIVE MY SUPPORT TO DOCTOR DEWAN AND HER LEADERSHIP.

I'M STATING BECAUSE SHE ACTUALLY CREATED A CYBERSECURITY SUMMIT AS WELL AS THE AI SUMMIT FOR CISCO, FOR THE ALL THE DISTRICT'S LEADERSHIP TO COME AND LISTEN TO WHAT CYBERSECURITY AND AI HAS TO OFFER.

I JUST LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THESE TWO SUBJECT IS JUST NOT FOR TECHNOLOGY, BUT IT'S FOR EVERYONE.

SO WITH THIS TWO SUMMIT, WHICH TRUSTEE MAH HAS ATTENDED AS WELL.

SO IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED AND EVERYONE GOT A LOT OF BENEFIT FROM IT.

AND WE'RE DOING MORE AND DOCTOR DEWAN HAS ALSO ELEVATED THIS YEAR TO INCLUDE UNIVERSITY PEOPLE TO COME AND TALK IN THIS SESSION.

SO I WANT TO APPLAUD DOCTOR DEWAN FOR HER EFFORTS ON THIS.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID PUTNEY.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

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

I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT OF DOCTOR DEWAN.

I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER LEADERSHIP AND HER CAPACITY TO SUPPORT AND LEAD THIS AMAZING COUNTY OFFICE.

PART OF HER DYNAMICS AS THE LEADER OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS TO PROVIDE VISION AND SUPPORT, AND TO PROVIDE A VISION FOR HOW WE COLLECTIVELY WORK.

ONE OF HER STRENGTHS IS THE COLLECTIVE IMPACT HER ABILITY TO WORK ACROSS ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY IN LEVERAGE TO SUPPORT RESOURCES AND COLLABORATIONS WITH SANTA CLARA COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, SANTA CLARA COUNTY ALL THE AGENCIES, THERE ARE SO MANY TO NAME, BUT HER ABILITY TO ORGANIZE AND SHARE A SHARED VISION FOR HOW WE CAN WORK BETTER TOGETHER TO LEVERAGE RESOURCES IN ALL THE SHARED SPACES ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH IS AMAZING.

I'VE BEEN SO INSPIRED AND IMPRESSED BY HER ABILITY TO STAY CALM DURING THE MOST CHALLENGING OF TIMES, SUCH AS THIS ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR, AND HER ABILITY TO BE CLEAR AND DECISIVE. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.

OUR NEXT SET OF SPEAKERS, PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM.

[INAUDIBLE] YADIRA OROZCO, CHRISTINE MOORE, SCOTT

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OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS [INAUDIBLE].

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

I'M KRISHNA, A TEACHER AND A DEFENDER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

I'M HERE ON MY OWN ACCORD.

WE MUST PRIORITIZE OUR STUDENTS AND THE DEDICATED STAFF THAT SERVE THEM.

AS WE REPEATEDLY HEAR HOW THE SYSTEM WITHIN SCCOE IS FAILING, OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF NEED SAFETY, EQUITY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

ALTHOUGH SPECIAL ED WAS INCLUDED IN THE MIDYEAR LCAP REPORT IN FEBRUARY OF 2024, THEY WERE EXCLUDED FROM THE LCAP PRESENTATION IN JUNE 2024.

WE MUST BE INCLUSIVE OF ALL THE STUDENTS ALL THE TIME, NOT PICK AND CHOOSE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT AND SEEMINGLY UNFAIR HIRING PRACTICES CONTINUE.

MOST DECISIONS ARE UNILATERAL, MADE WITH LITTLE TO NO INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS.

WILL COLLABORATION REALLY HAPPENED? MORE MANAGEMENT POSITIONS ARE ADDED.

INSTEAD OF HIRING DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR STUDENTS, WORKING CONDITIONS FOR HEAD START EMPLOYEES ARE DISMAL.

SOME CHANGES HAPPEN WITH UNION INTERVENTION, BUT PLEASE LOOK AT THINGS DEEPER.

WHEN WE LOOK BENEATH THE SURFACE, WE SEE SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS. WE NEED ALL OF YOU TO PRIORITIZE THE STUDENTS AND ADDRESS THE SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS THROUGH SPECIFIC GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO IMPROVE CO SAFETY, EQUITY AND NEXT SPEAKER IS SARAH GIANCARLO.

SARAH GIANCARLO, SEIU CHAPTER PRESIDENT.

WE'RE PROUD PUBLIC EMPLOYEES AND DEFENDERS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

SCCOE IS A CRITICAL PIECE OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION FRAMEWORK FOR OUR LOWEST INCOME AND YOUNGEST PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND HEAD START, AND FOR OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES THAT OUR MEMBERS HAVE EDUCATE.

SEIU WORKERS ALSO SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION INDIRECTLY BY ENSURING SCHOOLS ARE CLEAN AND SAFE, AND THAT BILLS AND STAFF ARE PAID.

WITHOUT OUR MEMBERS, OUR STUDENTS WOULD SUFFER EVEN MORE VAST EDUCATIONAL INEQUITIES THAN THEY DO NOW.

FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AS THE SEIU UNION PRESIDENT, I HAVE ATTENDED ALMOST EVERY BOARD MEETING SHARING SPECIFIC ISSUES IMPACTING STUDENTS AND STAFF.

THE SPECIFICS HAVE VARIED, BUT THEY ARE ALL ABOUT SAFETY, EQUITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

WILL WE FINALLY SEE A TRUE COLLABORATION TO SOLVE OUR SAFETY, EQUITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUES? OR WILL MANAGEMENT CONTINUE AS THEY HAVE FOR YEARS, CLAIMING TO VALUE COLLABORATION BUT FAILING TO TREAT US AS EQUAL PARTNERS IN DECISION MAKING? HOW LONG WILL WE ADVOCATE FOR SAFETY, EQUITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THERE TO BE CHANGE? THIS ORGANIZATION NEEDS CLEAR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES TO FIX THE SYSTEM AND ADDRESS OUR SAFETY, EQUITY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUES.

WE'RE HERE FOR THE STUDENTS.

ARE YOU? OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS [INAUDIBLE] GANESH.

GOOD EVENING, I'M [INAUDIBLE] GANESH.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DATA AND ANALYTICS DEVELOPMENT AT SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, AND I LEAD A TEAM OF ENGINEERS DEVELOPING INTEGRATED STUDENT DATA WAREHOUSE AND RELATED SOLUTIONS FOR OUR DISTRICTS AND OUR COMMUNITY AND I'M HERE TO KIND OF EXTEND MY SINCERE THANKS TO DOCTOR DEWAN FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT SHE HAS GIVEN TO ME AND MY TEAM IN OUR COMMITMENT.

ONE OF THE LEADERS THAT I WORKED IN THE PAST HAD MENTIONED COMPASSION AS EMPATHY WITH ACTION, AND I CAN SAY VERY CLEARLY THAT THIS IS A RESULT OF DOCTOR DEWANS UNCOMMITTED DOCTOR DEWAN'S YOU KNOW, COMPASSIONATE LEADERSHIP IN IN HOW AND IT HAS BEEN A DRIVING FORCE BEHIND WHAT WE HAVE DONE FOR OUR STUDENTS, OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR DISTRICTS.

AND ONCE AGAIN, THANKS A LOT, DOCTOR DEWAN, FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND EVERYTHING.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS YADIRA OROZCO.

SECOND CALL FOR YADIRA OROZCO.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTINA MOORE.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HI. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA MOORE.

I'M A TEACHER FOR THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

AS A MEMBER OF THIS EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY, I HAVE ASKED HOW THE APPROXIMATELY 5.5 MILLION IEP GRANT MONEY MEANT TO INCREASE ACCESS TO INCLUSIVE LEARNING AND CARE PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES WAS BEING USED.

I ASK AGAIN FOR TRANSPARENCY FROM THE SCCOE AS TO HOW THE GRANT MONEY AND OTHER GRANT MONEY HAS BEEN USED.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SCOTT FORSTNER.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

I ASKED, MY NAME IS SCOTT FORSTNER.

I'M THE COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST WITH MILPITAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF OUR SUPERINTENDENT, CHERYL JORDAN.

JUST TO THANK DOCTOR DEWAN AND THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN RESPONDING TO PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS WITH LEGAL CONSULTATION AND GUIDANCE FOR OUR DISTRICTS, WHICH ALL RECEIVED THE SAME PRA.

ALSO JUST THEIR SUPPORT WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS IN MY DEPARTMENT.

RECENTLY WE HAD AN OPENING OF OUR WELLNESS CENTER, AND WE PARTNERED WITH THE COUNTY STAFF HERE TO REALLY PROMOTE THAT AND OUR DISTRICT.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ADORA FISHER.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS ADORA FISHER.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION PREPARATION PROGRAMS WITH SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF SPEAKING FOR MY DEPARTMENT AND TO SUPPORT THE WORK THAT DOCTOR DEWAN HAS DONE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO OUR WORK. DOCTOR DEWAN IS A GREAT LEADER IN HER LEADERSHIP.

SHE OPENS DOORS FOR US TO DO THE WORK THAT WE DO AND IN OPENING THOSE DOORS, WE HAVE, BETWEEN DECEMBER AND JULY THIS YEAR, BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE OVER 550 STIPENDS TO TEACHERS ENTERING THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FIELD.

THOSE TEACHERS ARE CANDIDATES.

WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ENTER THIS FIELD HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND SO NOW, NOT ONLY ARE THEY ENTERING ECD, BUT THEY ARE ALSO ON A PATH OF HIGHER SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR DEWAN, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

THIS IS THE FINAL CALL FOR YADIRA OROZCO.

THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 4 CONSENT ACTION ITEMS.

[4. CONSENT ACTION ITEMS]

A MOVE FROM TRUSTEE LARI.

I'LL SECOND THAT AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE DI SALVO TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS.

I MIGHT HAVE TO DO A VERBAL AYE.

A VERBAL AYE FROM TRUSTEE MAH, WHO ALSO ARRIVED AT 5:11 P.M.

FOR THE RECORD AND THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE WILL NOW GO TO ITEM 4 D AND I BELIEVE TRUSTEE DI SALVO YOU REQUESTED TO PULL THIS ITEM?

[D. Request Approval of the Santa Clara County Office of Educations 2024-27 Countywide Plans for Expelled Students]

I DID WANT THE ITEM PULLED BECAUSE I A COUPLE OF POINTS I WANTED TO MAKE.

IT'S A LONG AND VERY LENGTHY REPORT OF EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WHAT THEY DO TO TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY OFFICE FOR EXPELLED YOUTH THAT THEY HAVE.

BUT I CAN'T TELL FROM THAT REPORT AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TELL AND IT COULD BE AT ANOTHER TIME, IN ANOTHER WAY.

IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, SINCE IT LOOKS LIKE THIS REPORT COMES TO US EVERY THREE YEARS, THIS ONE'S FOR THE YEARS 2024 THROUGH 2027. THEREFORE, I THINK THERE MUST BE ONE FROM 2021 TO 2024.

I WOULD LOVE TO GET SOME DATA AROUND THE COUNTY NUMBER OF COUNTY EXPULSIONS WE'VE HAD.

HOW MANY STUDENTS HAVE BEEN PLACED? IT DOESN'T HAVE TO MENTION DISTRICTS OR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT JUST IN AGGREGATE SOME NUMBERS THAT BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE AS I'M READING THE PAPER AND RELEVANT EDSOURCE ARTICLES, I THINK THAT SUSPENSIONS AND EXPULSIONS HAVE GONE DOWN IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY, WHICH SHOULD HOPEFULLY THEY SHOULD BECAUSE OF THE GOOD WORK BEING DONE BY MANY IN A COLLECTIVE ACTION KIND OF EFFORT.

BUT I DON'T KNOW.

SO I'D CERTAINLY LIKE TO KNOW, WITHIN A REPORT LIKE THIS WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE WHAT THE PAST NUMBERS ARE AND BE ABLE TO CHART THAT OUT.

SO THAT WAS THE INTENT OF ME ASKING FOR IT TO BE PULLED.

YES, DOCTOR.

DEWAN. TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

WE CAN PULL THAT INFORMATION.

I THINK YOU WOULD FIND THAT YOUR PRESUMPTIONS ARE ACCURATE AND IT'S ALSO, I THINK, REFLECTED IN THE ENROLLMENT TRENDS IN OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. WE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER ENROLLMENT IN BOTH COURT AND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AS A RESULT OF SOME OF THE STATEWIDE POLICY CHANGES, THE MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF

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THAT'S ENCOURAGING AND THE NUMBERS WOULD SUBSTANTIATE THAT AND VALIDATE THAT.

THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE DI SALVO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION ON THAT ITEM? WHERE I CAN MAKE A MOTION.

I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR.

YES, I WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE.

ITEM D, YOU HAVE A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE DI SALVO AND I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS.

THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE WILL GO TO ITEM 4.

[I. Request Approval of Proposition 28 Report]

YEAH. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA.

I JUST HAD, AND I APOLOGIZE.

I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE EMAILED IN MY QUESTIONS, BUT IT DOES SAY HERE THAT THE PROP 28 FUNDS FOR THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR WILL BE CARRIED OVER.

SO WERE ANY OF THE PROP 28 FUNDS USED THIS SCHOOL YEAR? NO, WE DIDN'T RECEIVE THE ALLOCATION UNTIL LATE SPRING, AND IT WAS TOO LATE IN THE YEAR TO EXPEND THE FUNDS.

SO NO FUNDS WERE SPENT THIS YEAR, AND THEY'RE PERMITTED TO BE SPENT OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD.

SO THE PLAN IS TO CARRY THE FUNDS AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE PROP 28 REGULATIONS HIGHER STAFF TO PROVIDE ARTS EDUCATION.

DID WE ALREADY DEVELOP A PLAN ON HOW THE HIRING WILL WORK? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR STAFF, BUT IS IT LIKE DID WE DO ARE WE DOING LIKE AFTER SCHOOL? IS IT DURING SCHOOL? LIKE, HAS ALL OF THAT BEEN FIGURED OUT ALREADY? I BELIEVE THAT THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON IT AND I CAN INVITE ALTHOUGH WE'RE NOT REALLY PREPARED TO PROVIDE A WHOLE REPORT, BUT WE COULD GIVE A PRELIMINARY AND WE CAN PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION IN MY WEEKLY.

BUT ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT SHIPP.

I'M SORRY, I KIND OF PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT NO, I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING PROPOSITION.

SO WE WERE ABLE WE WERE THE FUNDS DID BECOME AVAILABLE IN APRIL AND AS A TEAM WE DECIDED TO ROLL THEM OVER.

SO ACTUALLY WE CAN HIRE TWO FULL TIME TEACHERS STARTING IN FALL.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ARTS TEACHER AND A MUSIC TEACHER, WHICH IS THE GOAL.

NOW, OF COURSE, IF WE CAN'T FIND AN ARTS TEACHER AND A MUSIC TEACHER, WE WILL PROBABLY PIVOT BECAUSE WE WANT A TEACHER IN THE ROLE AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BRING ARTS.

IT'S GOING TO BE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DAY, SO IT'S NOT FOR AFTER SCHOOL.

IT IS ACTUALLY FOR OUR INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

OF COURSE.

YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION ON THAT TRUSTEE CHON? YES. I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR.

I THANK YOU.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE CHON AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MAH TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR I AND THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU TRUSTEES.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM FIVE.

[A. Charter Schools Update]

DOCTOR DEWAN, WILL YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THE FIRST ITEM? OUR FIRST ITEM THIS EVENING IS AN UPDATE WHICH WE PROVIDED EACH BOARD MEETING ON CHARTER SCHOOLS.

OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MEFULA FAIRLEY, IS ON VACATION THIS WEEK AND SO WE'RE DELIGHTED TO BE JOINED BY OUR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF CHARTER SCHOOLS, DOCTOR JOHNSON.

SHE WILL PROVIDE THE UPDATE.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BERTA TRUSTEES.

SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR DEWAN STAFF AND COMMUNITY.

TONIGHT I HAVE THREE ITEMS ON WHICH TO UPDATE YOU.

THE FIRST IS THE LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLANS.

THE CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT CODIFIED AN EDUCATION SECTION.

EDUCATION CODE. SECTION 47606.5 REQUIRES CHARTER SCHOOLS, BOTH LOCALLY FUNDED OR DEPENDENT, AND DIRECTLY FUNDED, OR INDEPENDENT CHARTER SCHOOLS, TO ANNUALLY DEVELOP AN LCAP BY JULY 1ST.

THOUGH THE CHARTER SCHOOLS GOVERNING BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING, REVISING AND APPROVING THE SCHOOL'S LCAP IN CONSULTATION WITH THE SCHOOL'S EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS.

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THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT, WHILE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROVING THE LCAP DEVELOPED BY THE SCC BOE AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOLS REVIEWS AND PROVIDES DETAILED FEEDBACK TO EACH SCHOOL.

IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE WE FIND THE SCHOOL IS MAKING THE SAME LCAP ERROR OR OMISSION.

AFTER HAVING PROVIDED FEEDBACK, WE MEET WITH THE CHARTER SCHOOL LEADER TO ENSURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM AND THE EXPECTED RESOLUTION BEFORE DEVELOPING THE NEXT LCAP. AS OF TODAY, ALL 21 SCC BOE AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR 24-25 LCAP TO THE SCC. THOSE CAPS HAVE BEEN POSTED ON THE ECHO WEBSITE, AS REQUIRED BY LAW.

ADDITIONALLY, THE CHARTER SCHOOLS TEAM HAS BEGUN ITS REVIEW OF THE EL CAPS AND WE WILL SEND INDIVIDUAL FEEDBACK TO EACH SCC BOE AUTHORIZED SCHOOL, AND WE WILL PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF THE FEEDBACK TO ALL THE CHARTER LEADERS, CHARTER SCHOOL LEADERS, WHEN WE MEET THEM AS A GROUP IN THE FALL AT OUR CHARTER LEADER MEETING.

SECOND ITEM THE 24-25 CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWALS.

AS YOU KNOW, CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWALS HAVE BEEN ON PAUSE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.

LAST JULY, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE RETURN OF RENEWALS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FAIRLEY SHARED DATA WITH YOU ON THE NUMBER OF RENEWALS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FOR STATEWIDE AND FOR SANTA CLARA COUNTY IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

5 SCCOE AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE EXPECTED TO REQUEST RENEWAL IN THIS UPCOMING 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR.

THOSE SCHOOLS ARE BULLISH CHARTER SCHOOL, WHICH SUBMITTED ITS RENEWAL PETITION ON JUNE 3RD AND FOR WHICH YOU WILL BE HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.

TO ASSESS THE INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE CHARTER.

ALPHA JOSE HERNANDEZ ROCKETSHIP.

SI SE PUEDE. ROCKET SHIP.

ALMA AND ROCKET SHIP.

BRILLIANT MINDS. WE EXPECT THE REMAINING RENEWAL PETITIONS TO START ARRIVING IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.

LAST ITEM THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DATA BOOK.

DURING THE JUNE 12TH BOARD MEETING, THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT SHARED ITS 23-24 DATA BOOK.

DURING THAT MEETING, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THE TEACHER CREDENTIAL INFORMATION WOULD BE UPDATED UPON THE RELEASE OF THE CDE TEACHER ASSIGNMENT MONITORING OUTCOMES.

THIS DATA HAS NOW BEEN RELEASED BY THE CDE AND ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE ENGLISH, SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE VERSIONS OF THE DATA BOOK ARE ATTACHED TO THIS AGENDA AND ARE POSTED ON THE CHARTER SCHOOL DEPARTMENT WEBSITE.

THE PRINTED VERSION IS IN PRODUCTION AT THIS MOMENT AND YOU WILL RECEIVE A COPY BY THE END OF THE MONTH AS PART OF YOUR WEEKLY PACKET.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR JOHNSON.

TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE MAH.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR JOHNSON, FOR YOUR REPORT.

JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, YOU SAID THAT WE HAVE FIVE RENEWALS FOR THIS YEAR.

BCS IS STARTING TODAY, FOR INSTANCE, ALPHA AND THEN THREE ROCKET SHIPS.

WHAT'S KIND OF THE TIME FRAME AS FAR AS WHEN THE OTHER FOUR ARE GOING TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR? SO WE ARE EXPECTING ALPHA JOSE HERNANDEZ TO SUBMIT APPROXIMATELY AUGUST 1ST AND SO WE'LL THEN HAVE 90 DAYS IN WHICH TO HOLD THAT DECISION HEARING WE'RE EXPECTING ROCKET SHIP CEASE AND ROCKETSHIP ALMA TO ARRIVE AT THE END OF AUGUST, STARTING THAT 90 DAYS AND WILL RECEIVE ROCKET SHIP BRILLIANT MINDS THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER.

SO ALL OF THE RENEWALS SHOULD BE FINISHED BY THE AND THE LAST BOARD MEETING IN NOVEMBER.

ALRIGHT. THANKS VERY MUCH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES? WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN, DOCTOR JOHNSON, FOR THAT REPORT.

THIS BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM SIX, THE PUBLIC HEARING.

[A. Public Hearing on the Bullis Charter School Renewal Petition]

PETITION FOR BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

MY NAME IS MAIMONA BERTA.

I'M THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND WILL BE ACTING AS THE CHAIRPERSON OF THIS HEARING.

THIS HEARING WILL PROCEED AS FOLLOWS.

FIRST, THE BOARD WILL HEAR AN OPENING STATEMENT OF NO MORE THAN TEN MINUTES FROM STAFF.

SECOND, BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A PRESENTATION OF NO MORE THAN TEN MINUTES.

THIRD, LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THE REQUEST FOR NO MORE THAN TEN MINUTES.

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EACH SPEAKER WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE.

SPEAKERS SHALL DIRECT THEIR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD AND ARE URGED TO AVOID REPEATING POINTS MADE BY PREVIOUS SPEAKERS.

5TH, BOARD MEMBERS MAY ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.

THEREAFTER, THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CLOSED.

THE BOARD ANTICIPATES RECONVENING THE ACT ON THIS REQUEST ON AUGUST 26TH, 2024.

AT THIS TIME, I CALL UPON SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN TO INTRODUCE STAFF.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA.

THIS EVENING THROUGH THIS HEARING, THE BOARD WILL BE SIMPLY CONDUCTING A HEARING AND THERE WILL BE NO ACTION ON TONIGHT'S HEARING. THE ACTION WILL OCCUR AT AN ADDITIONAL MEETING OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ON AUGUST 26TH.

THIS EVENING, DOCTOR MICHELLE JOHNSON, OUR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF CHARTER SCHOOLS, WILL INTRODUCE THE TEAM AND PROVIDE THE STAFF REPORT.

GOOD EVENING.

I AM JOINED BY DAVINA HARDEN FROM ATKINSON ANDELSON AND CYNTHIA TAPIA AND MATT DOHERTY FROM THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT. GOOD EVENING.

PRESIDENT BERTA TRUSTEES.

SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR DEWAN STAFF AND COMMUNITY.

WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE RENEWAL REQUEST FOR BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

AS YOU KNOW, CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWALS WERE ON HIATUS FOR THREE YEARS DUE TO THE LACK OF STATEWIDE ACADEMIC TESTING DATA RESULTING FROM COVID IN THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR.

WE WILL RESTART THE CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWAL PROCESS.

THIS PROCESS CONSISTS OF ONE.

THE CHARTER SCHOOL SUBMITTING A CHARTER RENEWAL PETITION TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, HOLDING THE REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING ON THE RENEWAL PETITION REQUEST.

3. THE SCC CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT STAFF ANALYZING THE RENEWAL REQUEST AGAINST THE STANDARDS FOR RENEWAL SET FORTH IN THE CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT FOR THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT PUBLISHING ITS RECOMMENDATIONS, INCLUDING RECOMMENDED FINDINGS, AT LEAST 15 DAYS BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING AT WHICH THE SCC BOE WILL ACT ON THE REQUEST, AND 5 THE SCC BOE ACTING ON THE RENEWAL REQUEST.

IN SEPTEMBER 2003, BULLIS WAS INITIALLY APPROVED FOR A THREE YEAR TERM AS A K-6 CHARTER SCHOOL ON APPEAL FROM LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT. ITS CHARTER HAD HAS BEEN MATERIALLY CHANGED TO SERVE K-8 AND WAS APPROVED IN 2007, 2012 AND 2016 FOR RENEWAL.

BULLIS IS CURRENT CHARTER TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30TH, 2025, AS THE TERM WAS EXTENDED BY OPERATION OF LAW FOR TWO YEARS IN 2021 AND BY AN ADDITIONAL YEAR IN 2023.

CURRENT ENROLLMENT IS APPROXIMATELY 1000 STUDENTS.

BULLIS SUBMITTED ITS RENEWAL PETITION ON JUNE 3RD, 2024, AND IS REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN YEAR TERM BECAUSE BULL QUALIFIES AS A HIGH PERFORMANCE TIER SCHOOL.

THE COUNTY BOARD CAN RENEW ITS CHARTER FOR 5, 6 OR 7 YEARS.

HOWEVER, ANY SCHOOL, REGARDLESS OF PERFORMANCE CATEGORY, MAY BE NON-RENEWED PER EDUCATION CODE 47 607 E IF THE AUTHORIZER FINDS THAT THE SCHOOL IS DEMONSTRABLY UNLIKELY TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM DUE TO SUBSTANTIAL FISCAL OR GOVERNANCE ISSUES, OR IS FAILING TO SERVE ALL STUDENTS WHO WISH TO ATTEND, AND PROVIDES THE CHARTER SCHOOL NOTICE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMEDIATE THESE CONCERNS? IN MAY 2021, THE SCC SENT BULLIS A NOTICE PURSUANT TO THESE REQUIREMENTS OF CONCERNS REGARDING WHETHER BULLIS IS SERVING ALL STUDENTS WHO WISH TO ATTEND. THE SCC SENT A REAFFIRMATION NOTICE IN AUGUST OF 2023.

BULLIS SUBMITTED A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN AND RESPONSES TO THESE NOTICES, AND BULLIS WORK IN THIS AREA IS BEING CONSIDERED AS WE ANALYZE ITS RENEWAL REQUEST. BULLIS HAS STATED THAT ITS STUDENT POPULATION MORE CLOSELY REFLECTS THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS OPPOSED TO THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OTHER. BOE AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOLS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS.

THE ISSUE IN BULLIS RENEWAL IS ITS OWN DEMOGRAPHICS, NOT THOSE OF OTHER CHARTER SCHOOLS.

IT IS ALSO NOTEWORTHY THAT MANY OF THE SCHOOLS TO WHICH BULLIS IS COMPARING ITSELF INCLUDE IN THEIR MISSION SERVING HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED STUDENTS, SO HAVE LARGER POPULATIONS OF HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED STUDENTS, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT'S EMPHASIS ON EQUITY AND ACCESS AND SERVING ALL STUDENTS.

THE CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT PROVIDES NO LATER THAN 60 DAYS AFTER RECEIVING A PETITION, THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER, AT

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THE DECISION HEARING WILL TAKE PLACE ON AUGUST 26TH, 2024 AT A SPECIAL MEETING ADDED TO THE SCC BOE MEETING CALENDAR IN ORDER TO MEET THE 90 DAY TIMELINE.

SCC STAFF HAS ALSO COMMUNICATED THROUGH EMAIL WITH THE LOCAL DISTRICT VIA ITS SUPERINTENDENT.

CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT STAFF HAS BEGUN ITS PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS FOLLOWING EDUCATION CODE AND THE BOARD'S GUIDELINES AND BOARD POLICY 0420.4. REGARDING CONSIDERATION OF BULLIS CHARTER RENEWAL PETITION.

A FULL ANALYSIS WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS, AND THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND RECOMMENDED FINDINGS WILL BE PUBLISHED ON THE SCC WEBSITE BY AUGUST 11TH.

THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S OPENING STATEMENT.

THANK YOU. IS BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL READY TO MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION? YES. GREAT AND WHO WILL BE SPEAKING FOR BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL? HEY, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS MAUREEN ISRAEL.

I'M THE SUPERINTENDENT PRINCIPAL WITH BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

PLEASE PROCEED.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

TRUSTEES. GOOD EVENING, DR.

DEWAN, STAFF PRESIDENT BERTA.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY.

I'M GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT OUR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY AS PART OF OUR RENEWAL PROCESS.

BULLIS IS EXCITED TO BE CELEBRATING ITS 20TH YEAR IN EDUCATION THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

WE ARE FOUNDED OFFICIALLY IN 2004 AND CURRENTLY OPERATE ON TWO SITES IN LOS ALTOS, SERVING OVER 1000 K THROUGH EIGTH GRADE STUDENTS.

WE'VE BEEN NAMED A CALIFORNIA DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL MULTIPLE TIMES, MOST RECENTLY IN 2023, AND FOR THE FOURTH TIME HAVE RECEIVED ACCREDITATION BY THE WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. ACCREDITATION PROCESS KNOWN AS WASC.

WE ARE PROUD TO BECOME ONE OF THE FIRST SCHOOLS IN CALIFORNIA TO JOIN TAKE ACTION GLOBAL AS A CLIMATE ACTION SCHOOL, PARTNERING WITH SCHOOLS AROUND THE WORLD TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO COLLABORATE ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THROUGH THE PAST 20 YEARS, OUR MISSION HAS REMAINED OUR NORTH STAR, DIRECTING US TO FOCUS ON EACH OF OUR STUDENTS, THEIR LOVE OF LEARNING, THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY IN ALL OF OUR LIVES, AND THE DESIRE TO INNOVATE IN SERVICE TO OUR STUDENTS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.

NEXT SLIDE. TODAY WE ARE HERE FOR OUR PRESUMPTIVE RENEWAL.

THE PASSING OF AB 1505 CHANGED THE CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT, IDENTIFYING THAT HIGH PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOLS SHALL BE RENEWED FOR FIVE, 6 OR 7 YEAR TERMS, PER THE CDE. BULLIS IS A HIGH PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOL VIA CRITERION TWO, MEANING OUR ACADEMIC DATA FOR ALL STUDENTS AND SUBPOPULATIONS IS ABOVE THE STATE PERFORMANCE FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS BASED ON THE DASHBOARD DATA.

HERE YOU SEE OUR 2023 DASHBOARD DATA IN ELA, MATH, AND OUR ENGLISH LEARNER PROGRESS WITH OUR GENERAL PERFORMANCE FOR ALL STUDENTS AT BLUE, THE HIGHEST LEVEL.

NEXT SLIDE.

HERE IS OUR DATA FROM 2022.

OUR PERFORMANCE WAS HIGH IN VERY HIGH AGAIN ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE.

NEXT SLIDE. HERE'S THE SUBPOPULATION DATA FOR 2023 WHICH CONTINUES TO QUALIFY BULLIS FOR ITS HIGH TRACK RENEWAL.

ALL SUBPOPULATION DATA CONTINUES TO SHOW SUBSTANTIALLY HIGH ACHIEVEMENT AS COMPARED TO THE STATE AVERAGES.

HERE YOU SEE OUR PERFORMANCE IN ELA AND MATH FROM 2023.

NEXT SLIDE AND HERE AGAIN IS THE SUBPOPULATION PERFORMANCE IN COMPARISON TO THE STATE FROM 2022.

AGAIN ALL INDICATORS FROM THE DASHBOARD ARE MEASURED AT HIGH OR VERY HIGH.

THE COMBINATION OF ALL THIS DATA PLACES US IN THE TOP 1% OF ALL CHARTER SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND QUALIFIES US FOR THAT HIGH TRACK RENEWAL.

NEXT SLIDE. WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE PROGRAMING THAT HAS BEEN PART OF BULLIS DNA AND ITS MISSION SINCE ITS INCEPTION 20 YEARS AGO AT BULLIS.

WE FOCUS ON A CORE PLUS CURRICULUM.

THIS IS FOR ALL STUDENTS.

WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT STARTING IN TK, ALL OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE CORE CLASSES MATH, ENGLISH, SCIENCE, HISTORY PLUS MANDARIN, DRAMA, MUSIC, P.E., ART, AND MAKERSPACE.

THESE ARE BUILT INTO THEIR DAILY SCHEDULES OR WEEKLY SCHEDULES.

ADDITIONALLY, ALL GRADE LEVELS HAVE PROJECT BASED LEARNING OR PBL UNITS THAT DRIVE INSTRUCTION.

STUDENT VOICE AND CHOICE CAN BE FOUND IN CO-CURRICULAR AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, WHICH STUDENTS GET TO SELECT.

THESE COULD INCLUDE CLASSES SUCH AS 3D MODELING, DANCE OR ECO CHAMPIONS.

NEXT SLIDE. STARTING IN SIXTH GRADE, OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM HAS A SIMILAR FOCUS ON THE CORE PLUS CURRICULUM, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHOICE IN WORLD

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WE ALSO HAVE A CLUB MODEL, WHICH OUR STUDENT DESIGN COURSES DEVELOPED AND RUN BY STUDENTS, WITH TEACHERS SERVING AS FACILITATORS.

THESE CLUBS INCLUDE TOPICS SUCH AS DEBATE AND CRITICAL THINKING, WOODWORKING, AND VIDEO EDITING.

NEXT SLIDE. AT BULLIS, WE BELIEVE DEEPLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CHILDREN THROUGH OUR CURRICULUM, WHICH HAS A STEAM FOCUS SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ART AND MUSIC.

THIS HAS BEEN INTERWOVEN INTO OUR CLASSROOMS FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS.

OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE CODING AND ROBOTICS IN OUR MAKERSPACE AND FAB LAB SPACES, WHILE ALSO GETTING THE CHANCE TO TAKE PART IN ART, DRAMA AND MUSIC.

NEXT SLIDE. MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE BELIEVE IN SERVING ALL STUDENTS.

OUR SCHOOL SCHEDULE HAS INTENTIONAL TIME BUILT IN AND DEVOTED TO SMALL GROUP SUPPORT, AND WE HAVE A DEDICATED TEAM OF TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF, INCLUDING A LITERACY SPECIALIST, A DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND A LEAD COUNSELOR THAT COLLABORATE THROUGH OUR STUDENT RESPONSE TEAM.

THIS TEAM IS CONSISTENTLY FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING ALL STUDENTS ACCESS TO THE CONTENT IN WAYS THAT MAKE THE MOST SENSE FOR THEM.

NEXT SLIDE. WE KNOW THAT EDUCATION AND ITS OUTPUTS ARE SHIFTING RAPIDLY AS WE PREPARE STUDENTS FOR A FUTURE THAT NONE OF US ARE AWARE OF.

WE'RE PROUD OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL INTERSESSION PROGRAM AND INTEGRATED INTERDISCIPLINARY DESIGN THINKING APPROACH TO TEACHING FUTURE READY COMPETENCIES THREE TIMES A YEAR FOR TWO WEEKS EACH TIME, STUDENTS ENGAGE IN IN-DEPTH UNITS FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING SKILLS AND CREATIVE THINKING, CRITICAL THINKING, COMMUNICATION, AND TEAMWORK.

THIS CAN LOOK LIKE LEARNING HOW TO CREATE A BUSINESS PLAN AND THEN GATHERING MARKET DATA FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP A PROTOTYPE OF A PRODUCT THAT'S ALIGNED TO ONE OF THE UN SUSTAINABILITY GOALS.

NEXT SLIDE. WE BELIEVE TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THESE WAYS INCLUDES A DEEP FOCUS ON THE ARTS AND ALREADY CONTRIBUTES TO THE WHOLE CHILD.

YET THERE ARE ADDITIONAL WAYS IN OUR PROGRAM THAT WE FOCUS ON DEVELOPING STUDENTS AS HUMANS FIRST.

ALL OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO A WEEKLY AND IN MIDDLE SCHOOL DAILY CELL OR ADVISORY CURRICULUM.

WE ALSO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO INTERACT ACROSS GRADE LEVELS, AIMING TO CREATE CROSS GRADE LEVEL RELATIONSHIPS AND DEVELOP A DEEPER SENSE OF COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL. NEXT SLIDE.

WE KNOW IN TODAY'S WORLD THE IMPORTANCE OF PREPARING STUDENTS TO BECOME FUTURE LEADERS.

AT BCS, WE SEEK OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO DEVELOP THESE LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

THIS CAN LOOK LIKE STUDENT LED PLAY PRODUCTIONS IN BOTH ON STAGE AND OFF STAGE ROLES.

IT LOOKS LIKE PRESENTATION OPPORTUNITIES IN ALL GRADE LEVELS.

IT LOOKS LIKE STUDENTS WHO, STARTING IN PRE K, CREATE ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL GOALS THAT THEY CAN TRACK PROGRESS TOWARDS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.

NEXT SLIDE. YOU'VE HEARD ME MENTION COMMUNITY A FEW TIMES.

COMMUNITY IS TRULY THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR SCHOOL.

I'M SO PROUD TO SEE US ALL REPRESENTED HERE TONIGHT.

WE'VE CONTINUED TO FOCUS ON OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW AND CELEBRATE OUR COMMUNITY EACH SCHOOL YEAR.

THIS HAS INCLUDED THE HIRING OF A DEDICATED DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH.

IT ALSO INCLUDES YEARLY EVENTS FOR OUR FAMILIES AND FOR THE GREATER LOS ALTOS AREA, INCLUDING AN ANNUAL MAKERS FAIR AND A DIVERSITY CELEBRATION, WHICH I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.

NEXT SLIDE. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS THIS FALSE NARRATIVE ABOUT THE STUDENTS THAT BCS SERVES AND THAT DOES HURT OUR COMMUNITY.

AS YOU'VE SEEN AND HEARD FROM ME BEFORE, WE'RE PROUD TO BE A SCHOOL THAT IS SUPPORTIVE AND INCLUSIVE TO ALL STUDENTS WHO WISH TO ATTEND.

WE CONSISTENTLY WORK HARD TO CONTINUE TO DIVERSIFY OUR STUDENT BODY.

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

NEXT SLIDE. FOR EDUCATION CODE AS A CHARTER SCHOOL, WE SHOULD STRIVE TO ACHIEVE A RACIAL AND ETHNIC BALANCE AMONGST OUR STUDENTS.

THIS SHOULD BE REFLECTIVE OF THE GENERAL POPULATION RESIDING WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

HERE YOU SEE OUR DEMOGRAPHIC DATA COMPARED TO THE CENSUS DATA OF LOS ALTOS.

OUR SCHOOL IS A REFLECTION OF THE COMMUNITY WHERE OUR SITES ARE LOCATED.

NEXT SLIDE. AS A 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR DATA PUBLISHED BY THE CDE INDISPUTABLY DEMONSTRATES, BULLIS IS AMONGST THE CLOSEST TO REFLECTING A STUDENT POPULATION BALANCE OF THE DISTRICT WHERE IT'S LOCATED, AS COMPARED WITH THE OTHER SCHOOLS AUTHORIZED BY THE COUNTY BOARD.

THIS INFORMATION WAS SHARED WITH YOU IN A RESPONSE WE SENT EARLIER THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

HERE YOU SEE, OUR HISPANIC AND SPECIAL EDUCATION POPULATIONS ARE WITHIN 5% AND 2.5% OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS SIMILAR POPULATIONS.

BULLIS MORE CLOSELY REFLECTS THE LOCAL DISTRICT PERCENTAGES IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF SCHOOLS THAT THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORIZES.

NEXT SLIDE. THE SAME IS TRUE FOR OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS AND OUR CITY POPULATION, BUT THIS MORE CLOSELY REFLECTS THE LOCAL DISTRICT PERCENTAGES IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF SCHOOLS AUTHORIZED FOR THE MORE.

DOCTOR DEWAN HAS ACKNOWLEDGED IN A PUBLIC STATEMENT THAT BCS HAS TAKEN THE NECESSARY STEPS TO ENROLL STUDENTS FROM HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED GROUPS.

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OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH IS A KEY LEADER IN THIS PROCESS.

NOW ENTERING HER THIRD YEAR, VERONICA AND VOLUNTEERS WORKED DURING OPEN ENROLLMENT SEASON TO DISTRIBUTE FLIERS TO A VARIETY OF LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT OUR AREA DAYCARES, LOCAL BUSINESSES. FOOD TRUCKS.

APARTMENT COMPLEXES, DOOR TO DOOR.

THEY RUN ADVERTISEMENTS IN LOCAL NEWSPAPERS IN BOTH SPANISH AND ENGLISH.

NEXT SLIDE. MAILERS ARE SENT OUT TO ALL LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT RESIDENTS IN ENGLISH AS WELL AS IN SPANISH.

WE RUN PARENT INFORMATION SESSIONS IN PERSON AND ONLINE WITH TRANSLATIONS PROVIDED AND THE SAME IS TRUE FOR TOURS IN PERSON, ONLINE AND TRANSLATED.

OUR CURRENT FAMILIES ARE AN INCREDIBLE RESOURCE, SERVING AS THEIR BEAR GUIDES TO ASK QUESTIONS FOR OUR FAMILIES AND INVITE THEM TO EVENTS WE HOST.

NEXT SLIDE. BUT AT THE HEART OF ALL THIS OUTREACH IS THE CORE OF OUR MISSION.

IT'S ACTUALLY THE STUDENTS.

FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO BUILDING A SCHOOL THAT SERVES ALL STUDENTS.

THIS CONTINUES TO BE OUR PRIORITY AND OUR FOCUS FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS AND BEYOND.

THIS IS FUNDAMENTALLY WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN EDUCATOR.

WE ARE IN THIS WORK BECAUSE OF OUR STUDENTS.

I'M SURROUNDED TONIGHT BY OUR STAFF AND OUR TEAM WHO UNEQUIVOCALLY BELIEVE IN THE POSSIBILITIES OF OUR KIDS IN EVERY SINGLE DAY.

THIS TEAM WORKS IN SERVICE OF OUR STUDENTS, ASKING OURSELVES, WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE SURE ALL STUDENTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL? NEXT SLIDE. WE APPRECIATE THE COUNTY OFFICE AND COUNTY BOARD SUPPORT OF BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL, AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOU APPROVE OUR PETITION FOR A SEVEN YEAR TERM.

THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO WISH TO COMMENT AT THIS TIME? AND WHO WILL BE SPEAKING FOR THE DISTRICT? MY NAME IS BRIAN JOHNSON.

I'M THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT BERTA.

VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA TRUSTEES.

SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN STAFF, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, IN 2003, A GROUP OF LOS ALTOS HILLS FAMILIES ORGANIZED THE CREATION OF BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

THE ORIGINAL CHARTER PETITION STATED PLAINLY THAT THE SCHOOL WOULD, AND I QUOTE, FOCUS ON SERVING PRIMARILY STUDENTS WITHIN THE FORMER BULLIS CHARISMA, BOUNDARIES, AND THE LOS ALTOS HILLS COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

APPLICANTS FROM THAT AREA WOULD RECEIVE ENROLLMENT PRIORITY, EVEN OVER SIBLINGS OF CURRENT STUDENTS.

WHILE THE EXACT ORDER OF ENROLLMENT PREFERENCES SHIFTED OVER TIME, THIS DISCRIMINATION IN FAVOR OF STUDENTS FROM ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST PARTS OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY PERSISTED.

AS RECENTLY AS 2019, THE BCS BOARD INSISTED THAT REMOVAL OF THIS GEOGRAPHIC ENROLLMENT PREFERENCE CONSTITUTED A HARDSHIP FOR THE SCHOOL, AND THEY FINALLY RELENTED ONLY UNDER SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE FROM THE COUNTY IN THE WAKE OF THE PASSAGE OF AB 1505.

THE RESULT OF 20 YEARS OF FOCUS ON PRIMARILY SERVING AN AFFLUENT COMMUNITY HAS BEEN A MYRIAD OF DECISIONS, LARGE AND SMALL, THAT HAVE RESULTED IN AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT IS FINANCIALLY DEPENDENT ON PARENTS WHO ARE ABLE TO MAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR CHILDREN'S SCHOOLS, AND IN AN ATMOSPHERE THAT HAS DISCOURAGED AND CONTINUES TO DISCOURAGE ENROLLMENT OF A TRULY DIVERSE STUDENT POPULATION.

THE EXISTENCE AND IMPACT OF THESE PRACTICES HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED REGULARLY BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, OVER THE ENTIRE 20 YEARS OF BCS EXISTENCE.

SOME OF THEM MAY TELL THEIR STORIES TONIGHT, AND DUE TO SUMMER VACATION SCHEDULES, SOME OF THEM MAY REACH OUT TO YOU OVER THE COMING WEEKS.

I HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE ALL OF THEM TO HEART.

RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE A SMALL SUBSET OF THE STORIES THAT WE HAVE HEARD OVER THE YEARS, AND CONSIDER WHAT MAY BE REQUIRED UNDER CURRENT CHARTER LAW TO CORRECT SUCH LONG STANDING ISSUES. IN 2018, RATHER THAN EXPLORE CONCRETE WAYS TO SERVE A PROPORTIONAL NUMBER OF SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS IN THE EXISTING PROGRAM, THE BCS BOARD PURSUED CREATION OF A NEW CHARTER SCHOOL IN THE NEIGHBORING MOUNTAIN VIEW WHISMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THAT DISTRICT BOARD MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY WOULD INSIST THAT THE NEW CHARTER PROACTIVELY AVOID THE SAME KINDS OF FAILURES TO SERVE ALL STUDENTS THAT HAD OCCURRED IN LASD, AND REQUIRED, AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL, THAT BCS MAKE THE PLANNED LOTTERY PREFERENCE FOR FREE AND REDUCED MEAL ELIGIBLE STUDENTS THE FIRST PREFERENCE RATHER THAN THE FOURTH PREFERENCE. THE SUBSEQUENT ABANDONMENT OF THAT CHARTER CREATION EFFORT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT BCS ATTITUDE TOWARDS THEIR DESIRED DEMOGRAPHICS, AND SUGGESTS THAT THEY MAY BELIEVE THEM TO BE KEY, NOT ONLY TO THEIR FINANCES, BUT ALSO TO THE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES REFLECTED IN THE STATE DASHBOARD.

AS OUTLINED BY STAFF, AS A RESULT OF THE LONG STANDING AND SIGNIFICANT GAPS BETWEEN THE STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS OF LASD AND BCS, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO HISPANIC STUDENTS, ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, AND SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, AND IN LIGHT OF RECENT CHANGES TO CHARTER LAW IN MAY 2021, THE SCCOE ISSUED A NOTICE OF CONCERN ESTABLISHING THAT BCS HAD BEEN SERVING, AND I QUOTE STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER PROPORTIONS OF ALL FOUR STUDENT GROUPS THAN IN LISD END QUOTE,

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UNFORTUNATELY, THE BCS BOARD HAS INSTEAD CONTINUED TO INSIST THAT THE CITED DEMOGRAPHIC ISSUES EITHER DO NOT EXIST OR DO NOT MATTER AND SO THE CHARTER RENEWAL PETITION BEFORE YOU OFFERS EVEN FEWER CONCRETE EFFORTS FOR REMEDIATION THAN THE 2016 RENEWAL PETITION DID, AND MAINTAINS THE ARBITRARY 10% CAP ON THE LOTTERY PREFERENCE FOR FRPM ELIGIBLE STUDENTS WHO RESIDE WITHIN LISD AND AS INADEQUATE AS THAT IS LIKELY TO BE IN CLOSING THE GAP IN TERMS OF SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, THE RENEWAL PETITION OFFERS NO CONCRETE SOLUTIONS AT ALL TO ADDRESS THE HISTORIC AND ONGOING UNDER ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, ESPECIALLY INCLUDING THOSE WITH MORE SEVERE DISABILITIES.

DATA SHOWS THAT BCS NOT ONLY SERVES A SMALLER PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES THAN LISD, BUT ALSO FAILS TO SERVE STUDENTS IN MOST OF THE 13 CATEGORIES OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER IDEA.

AS PREVIOUSLY SHARED WITH THE SCCOE AND BOE, THE DISTRICT HAS ANECDOTAL AND VERIFIABLE EVIDENCE THAT BCS HAS EXPLICITLY DECLINED TO SERVE THESE VARIOUS TYPES OF STUDENTS WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT NEEDS, ON THE GROUNDS THAT THEY ARE NOT A FIT FOR THE BCS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.

IN THE THREE YEARS SINCE THE NOTICE OF CONCERN, VERY LITTLE HAS CHANGED, AS REFLECTED BY THIS BOARD'S UNANIMOUS VOTE IN AUGUST OF 2023 TO REAFFIRM THAT NOTICE OF CONCERN.

WHILE THE RENEWAL PETITION ATTEMPTS TO MINIMIZE THESE ONGOING DEFICIENCIES BY RANKING BCS AGAINST INDIVIDUAL LISD SCHOOLS OR AGAINST OTHER SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTY.

CHARTER LAW CLEARLY REQUIRES COMPARISON TO THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE CLEAR INTENTION OF CHARTER LAW IS REINFORCED BY THE PASSAGE OF AB 1505 HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT CHARTER SCHOOLS SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL STUDENTS, AND THAT THEY SHOULD VIEW UNDERSERVED STUDENT POPULATIONS AS A FOCUS RATHER THAN AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT.

THE CHARTER RENEWAL PETITION CLAIMS TO SHOW RECENT SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN ENROLLMENT OF SOME UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS.

HOWEVER, THESE INCREASES, EVEN IF CORRECT, DO NOT CLOSE THE GAPS WITH DISTRICT DEMOGRAPHICS, AND IN FACT INCREASES OF THAT SIZE ARE ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY ARE RELATIVE TO INCREDIBLY LOW BASELINES THAT HAVE NOT MOVED IN A DECADE OR MORE.

WE HAVE NO CONFIDENCE THAT THIS ONE YEAR TREND WILL CONTINUE IF THIS RENEWAL PETITION IS APPROVED AS IS, GIVEN THE SERIOUS NATURE OF THE ISSUES PRESENTED IN THE NOTICE OF CONCERN MORE THAN THREE YEARS AGO.

BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOLS FAILURE TO ADDRESS THEM IN THE RENEWAL PETITION IS MADE EVEN MORE GLARING BY THE EXISTENCE OF SEVERAL STRAIGHTFORWARD MEASURES, WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED, FOR EXAMPLE, TO ADDRESS THEIR UNDER ENROLLMENT OF SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS.

THE FIRST AND MOST OBVIOUS CHANGE WOULD BE TO MOVE THE EXISTING PREFERENCE FOR FRPM ELIGIBLE STUDENTS TO THE FIRST POSITION IN THE LIST OF PREFERENCES, DRAMATICALLY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF SLOTS AVAILABLE EACH YEAR FOR THOSE STUDENTS, AND TO REMOVE THE ARBITRARY 10% CAP ENTIRELY.

BEYOND THAT, BCS HAS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ITSELF MORE ATTRACTIVE TO A MORE DIVERSE POPULATION.

WE HAVE DEVELOPED PLANS TO BUILD AN ENTIRE NEW CAMPUS IN THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED PART OF THE DISTRICT, IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO MANY FAMILIES MATCHING THE UNDERREPRESENTED COHORTS IN BCS.

PLANNING TO MOVE THERE WOULD SEEM TO BE AN OBVIOUS WAY TO STRENGTHEN THE RENEWAL PETITION, AND YET THE BCS BOARD HAS EXPRESSED OUTRIGHT HOSTILITY TO THE IDEA, DESPITE THE ALTERNATIVE BEING TO REMAIN INDEFINITELY IN AGING PORTABLE BUILDINGS SPLIT ACROSS TWO OR POSSIBLY EVEN THREE SHARED CAMPUSES.

OVERALL, THE DATA SHOWS THAT BCS HAS NOT REMEDIED THE ISSUES DETAILED IN YOUR NOTICE OF CONCERN AND THAT THE MEASURES OUTLINED IN THE RENEWAL PETITION ARE UNLIKELY TO DO SO.

WE BELIEVE THAT THE LONG STANDING FAILURES BY BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL TO SERVE ALL STUDENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE EDUCATION CODE, AND THE FAILURE OF THE RENEWAL PETITION TO OUTLINE HOW THEY WILL ACHIEVE DEMOGRAPHICS IN LINE WITH LSDS ARE SUFFICIENTLY SEVERE AND PERSUASIVE AS TO PRECLUDE STRAIGHTFORWARD APPROVAL OF THE CHARTER RENEWAL PETITION BEFORE YOU. AS THE MOUNTAIN VIEW WHISMAN BOARD DID WITH BULLIS MOUNTAIN VIEW, YOU COULD APPROVE THE PETITION, BUT ALSO ADOPT MEASURABLE CONDITIONS ON WHICH THAT APPROVAL WOULD DEPEND, SUCH THAT FAILURE TO MEET THOSE CONDITIONS WOULD RESULT IN CLEAR AND CONCRETE CONSEQUENCES.

ALTERNATIVELY, YOU COULD DIRECT VCS TO WORK WITH ALL PARTIES TO CREATE A MATERIAL REVISION TO BE APPROVED ALONGSIDE THE RENEWAL PETITION THAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE ISSUES RAISED IN THE NOTICE OF CONCERN.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND WHAT WE BELIEVE IS REQUIRED BY CHARTER LAW IS A DOCUMENT THAT FULLY ADDRESSES THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS TO SERVE ALL STUDENTS, AND TO STRIVE TO MATCH THE HOST DISTRICT'S DEMOGRAPHICS.

THAT HOLDS BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE SUCCESS OF THOSE EFFORTS WITH MEASURABLE CRITERIA AND CLEAR CONSEQUENCES AND THAT DEMONSTRATES A REAL COMMITMENT ON THE PART OF THE CURRENT BCS BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION TO BREAK WITH THE ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES OF THE LAST 20 YEARS THAT HAVE CREATED THESE PROBLEMS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

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THANK YOU.

WE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

COMMENTERS ARE LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE.

IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, PLEASE HAND IN YOUR HAND ANY SPEAKER CARD.

SPEAKERS SHALL DIRECT THEIR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD AND ARE URGED TO AVOID REPEATING POINTS MADE BY PREVIOUS SPEAKERS.

MODERATOR DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, WE HAVE 30 PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS.

PLEASE PROCEED WITH PUBLIC COMMENT AS YOU HEAR YOUR NAME.

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

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

UNLESS LANGUAGE SUPPORT IS NEEDED BY AN SCCOE INTERPRETER OR ASL INTERPRETER.

THOSE USING ASL INTERPRETATION WILL RECEIVE THREE MINUTES, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, TO PRESENT SOUND.

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

THE FIRST SET OF SPEAKERS ARE WEN CHEN, BALDWIN CHANG.

MONICA [INAUDIBLE].

KYLE [INAUDIBLE].

[INAUDIBLE].

LISA STONE.

CAROL MONROY.

JASON JANG.

RONNIE BOWES.

ELAINE YU.

THE FIRST SPEAKER IS WEN CHEN.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

WEN CHEN, A STUDENT PARENT IN FOR 2022, MY SON ENROLLED AT BULLIS.

BULLIS FAILED TO EXECUTE HIS IEP AND THEN EXPOSED HIM TO AN UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.

IN 2023, MY SON WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PTSD DUE TO SEVERE SCHOOL [INAUDIBLE].

MOREOVER, BULLIS CREATED AN EXECUTION LOG TO HIDE ITS LACK OF SERVICE, BUT DID SUCH A POOR JOB THAT THE DOCUMENT SHOWS SERVICE ON DAYS AND TIMES. MY SON WAS NOT IN SCHOOL DUE TO DENIAL OF [INAUDIBLE].

I WAS FORCED TO EXECUTE THE RIGHT TO UNILATERALLY PLACE MY SON IMMEDIATELY, BULLIS KICKED HIM OUT AND SHIFTED HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO LASD. IT'S ILLEGAL AND UNETHICAL.

WE ARE NOT THE FIRST FAMILY TO EXPERIENCE THIS.

I URGE THE BOARD TO TAKE ACTION TO STOP THIS AND ENSURE THAT BULLIES HAS A REAL CAPABILITY AND COMMITMENT TO SERVE ALL STUDENTS BEFORE APPROVING ITS CHARTER RENEWAL.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BALDWIN CHANG.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. TRUSTEES PRESIDENT AND DOCTOR DEWAN AND STAFF.

MY NAME IS BALDWIN CHANG. I'M ONE OF THE MAKERSPACE TEACHERS AT BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL AT THE NORTH ELEMENTARY CAMPUS.

MY FIRST CAREER WAS IN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN.

WHAT I LOVED ABOUT THOSE FIELDS IS THE FOCUS ON DESIGN THINKING AND CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING.

NOW, AS A TEACHER, IT'S MY PASSION TO TEACH THOSE SKILLS TO ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.

BCS GIVES ME THE PERFECT ENVIRONMENT TO DO THAT.

THE MAKERSPACE IS LIKE A WORKSHOP AND A STUDIO AND A CLASSROOM ALL ROLLED TOGETHER, WHERE KIDS CAN DESIGN AND BUILD HANDS ON PROJECTS.

WHETHER IT'S THE CULMINATING SHOWCASE FOR A PROJECT BASED LEARNING UNIT OR THE PROTOTYPE TO ANSWER A DRIVING QUESTION, THEY LEARNED BOTH HIGH TECH AND LOW TECH SKILLS AND APPLIED THEM TO SOLVING CHALLENGES AND PROBLEMS WHILE REINFORCING THEIR STEAM CONCEPTS.

BCS IS A PLACE WHERE I WORK CLOSELY WITH OTHER TEACHERS, AND WE'RE ALL STUDENTS ARE SCHEDULED AND THE SCHEDULE IS BAKED INTO THEIR EXPERIENCE.

AT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MONICA [INAUDIBLE].

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES PRESIDENT BERTA.

MY NAME IS MONICA AND I HAVE THREE DAUGHTERS AT BCS.

KARINA, BIANCA AND DIANA AND THEY'RE HERE TODAY.

ONE OF THE STANDOUT ASPECTS OF BULLIS, TO ME IS THE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE PARENTS, THE TEACHERS AND THE ADMINISTRATORS.

THE STAFF ARE INCREDIBLY APPROACHABLE AND DEDICATED, ALWAYS WILLING TO GO THE EXTRA MILE AND SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN'S NEEDS.

I HAVE SO MANY EXPERIENCES TO HIGHLIGHT FROM MR. ROUDA, WHO TRULY NURTURED MY DAUGHTER'S LOVE OF READING.

TO MISS VERNICK, WHO WORKED THROUGH A REALLY HARD EXPERIENCE MY DAUGHTER WAS HAVING WITH A FRIEND, AND SHE SHOWED MY DAUGHTER WHAT A TRUSTED ADULT COULD BE.

AND TO MISS KIMBERLY, WHO ENCOURAGED MY DAUGHTER IN HER FIRST DRAMA CLASS AND COUNTLESS MORE.

MY KIDS AND I WALKED TO BULLIS EVERY MORNING, AND WHEN I WAVED GOODBYE TO THEM, I KNOW THAT THE TEACHERS AT BCS ARE REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR CHILDREN, AND THEY REALLY DO WANT

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OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KYLE JUAN.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES AND PRESIDENT BERTA.

I'M KYLE AND I'M A ALUM OF BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL, AND I AM SUPER GRATEFUL FOR THE EDUCATION AND SUPPORT I RECEIVED DURING MY TIME AT BULLIS.

MY TEACHERS WERE BEYOND EXCEPTIONAL, AND THEY CONTINUOUSLY ENCOURAGED ME TO PURSUE MY PASSIONS IN SCIENCE AND MATH.

ABOVE ALL, BULLIS IS EXCEPTIONAL AT TEACHING US HOW TO BUILD AND INNOVATE CREATIVELY.

I LEARNED HOW TO TRY AND FAIL AND TRY AGAIN.

I LEARNED HOW TO DEVELOP NEW IDEAS DURING OUR HOUR OF CODE, AND I LEARNED HOW TO BE INSPIRED BY MY PEERS AND MY TEACHERS, MOTIVATING MY OWN GROWTH.

OF COURSE, THE TRUE TREASURES ARE THE CONNECTIONS WE MADE ALONG THE WAY.

EVEN THOUGH IT HAS BEEN THREE YEARS SINCE MY TIME AT BULLIS, I'VE REMAINED VERY CLOSE FRIENDS WITH MANY OF MY CLASSMATES, AND I CAN'T IMAGINE HAVING FORMED SUCH STRONG BONDS WITHOUT THE KIND AND WELCOMING COMMUNITY AT BULLIS.

SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOL.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS [INAUDIBLE].

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES AND PRESIDENT BERTA.

MY NAME IS NITA AND I'M A MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH AND SCIENCE TEACHER AT BULLIS.

I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING PART OF THIS INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY FOR OVER TEN YEARS.

TODAY, I'D LIKE TO SHARE THE LASTING IMPACT OUR SCHOOL HAS HAD ON OUR STUDENTS AND THE REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT OF OUR ALUMNI AT BULLIS.

WE SEE OUR STUDENTS AS WHOLE HUMANS, NURTURING NOT ONLY THEIR ACADEMIC SKILLS, BUT ALSO THEIR PERSONAL GROWTH THROUGH OUR UNIQUE PROGRAMS SUCH AS OUR INTERSESSION CLUBS AND PBLS.

WE FOSTER CRITICAL THINKING, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND RESILIENCE, ENSURING OUR STUDENTS ARE PREPARED FOR ANY CHALLENGE THEY FACE.

OUR ALUMNI ARE TESTAMENT TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR APPROACH AND SEEING OUR STUDENTS GROW INTO CAPABLE, CONFIDENT ADULTS WHO FACE CHALLENGES OPENLY AND MASTER THEIR LIVES SUCCESSFULLY IN THE GREATEST IS THE GREATEST REWARD FOR US AS EDUCATORS.

MANY HAVE TAKEN ON LEADERSHIP ROLES IN VARIOUS FIELDS AND IN THEIR SCHOOLS, DEMONSTRATING THE VALUES AND SKILLS THEY DEVELOPED AT BULLIS.

I AM DEEPLY COMMITTED TO CONTINUING THIS TRADITION OF HOLISTIC EDUCATION.

OUR FOCUS ON SEEING STUDENTS AS WHOLE HUMANS AND EQUIPPING THEM WITH FUTURE READY SKILLS ENSURES THEY NOT ONLY SUCCEED ACADEMICALLY, BUT ALSO LEAD FULFILLING AND IMPACTFUL LIVES.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LISA STONE.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES AND PRESIDENT BERTA.

MY NAME IS LISA STONE, AND I AM PROUD TO BE A PRINCIPAL AT BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

20 YEARS AGO, I STARTED HERE AS A TEACHER, AND I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF WITNESSING OUR INCREDIBLE JOURNEY FIRST HAND.

WE BEGAN WITH JUST 170 STUDENTS, AND TODAY WE ARE A THRIVING COMMUNITY OF OVER 1000.

I HAVE LITERALLY SEEN THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS WALK THROUGH OUR DOORS, EACH ONE A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL WITH BOUNDLESS POTENTIAL.

WATCHING THEM GROW, LEARN, AND SUCCEED HAS BEEN THE MOST REWARDING EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE.

OUR MISSION TO SEE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS AS A WHOLE HUMAN BEING REMAINS AS STRONG TODAY AS IT WAS WHEN WE FIRST OPENED OUR DOORS.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO NURTURING NOT ONLY THEIR ACADEMIC SKILLS, BUT ALSO THEIR PERSONAL GROWTH AND CHARACTER.

ONE OF OUR EARLY GRADUATES RECENTLY TOLD ME HOW HOW THE SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT AT BULLIS HELPED HER BECOME THE LEADER SHE IS TODAY.

STORIES LIKE HERS REMIND ME WHY OUR WORK IS SO IMPORTANT, AND WHY I AM SO PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

I WILL CONTINUE TO DEDICATE MYSELF TO BULLIS, ENSURING THAT WE UPHOLD OUR MISSION AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND BELIEVE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CAROL MONROY.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. TRUSTEES.

PRESIDENT BERTA. [SPANISH].

I AM CAROL MONROY.

I AM A COLOMBIAN MOTHER AT BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL, WHERE MY CHILDREN OLIVER AND VICTORIA STUDY.

[SPANISH].

LANGUAGE BARRIERS CAN CAUSE INSECURITIES, BUT BCS HAS CREATED A FUN PROGRAM THAT IS ALSO EASY FOR MY STUDENTS TO ADAPT QUICKLY TO ENGLISH IN A PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONALIZED ENVIRONMENT.

[SPANISH]. MY CHILDREN HAVE ADVANCED A LOT AND THEY FORM PART PART NATURALLY WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND THEIR TEACHERS.

[SPANISH] . NOW THEY'RE ABLE TO ENJOY A CULTURALLY ENRICHING ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT IT MATTERING WHAT COUNTRY THEY'RE FROM OR WHAT CUSTOMS THEIR FAMILIES HAVE. BCS HAS AN INVALUABLE HUMAN RESOURCE THAT TEACHES RESPECT FOR THE SURROUNDINGS, AND THAT STRENGTHENS ADAPTATION TO THIS CHANGING

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I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE DEDICATION OF BULLIS AND ITS DEDICATION TO DEVELOPING EACH STUDENT AND CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT'S HEALTHY AND INCLUSIVE, AND HELPING STRENGTHEN THEM FOR THEIR FUTURE AND SO THAT THEY'LL BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE FUTURE.

I WILL NOW ANNOUNCE OUR NEXT SET OF PUBLIC COMMENTS.

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

BEHIND THE PODIUM VALERIE WU, KENZIE JONES, CLAYTON JONES, MADHVI KOHLI, HEATHER [INAUDIBLE], RACHELLE MIRKIN, [INAUDIBLE], CLAUDINE DEL ROSARIO, [INAUDIBLE], SOPHIE [INAUDIBLE], JEFFREY MATTSON, DWIGHT WANG, IVAN MARCHENKO.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JASON ZHANG.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

CHAIRPERSON BERTA, TRUSTEE.

MY NAME IS JASON ZHANG.

I'M A [INAUDIBLE] LANGUAGE TEACHER AT BULLIS.

I'VE BEEN WORKING AT THE SCHOOL FOR OVER TEN YEARS AND THEN I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT MY ENTHUSIASM FOR TEACHING LANGUAGES AND THE IMPACT IT HAS ON OUR STUDENTS.

TEACHING SECOND LANGUAGE IS ABOUT SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR.

IT'S ABOUT OPENING DOORS FOR NEW CULTURES AND PERSPECTIVES, FOSTERING A DEEP SENSE OF CONNECTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WORLD.

AT BULLIS, OUR STUDENTS DEVELOP SOLID SKILLS IN READING, WRITING, AND SPEAKING A SECOND LANGUAGE, WHICH EQUIPS THEM TO NAVIGATE AND APPRECIATE OUR DIVERSE WORLD.

ONE OF MY GREATEST JOYS IS SEEING STUDENTS HONOR EACH OTHER'S DIFFERENCES IN OUR CLASSES, WE EXPLORE OUR OR GLOBAL CULTURES AND THROUGH THESE EXPLORATION AND STUDENTS LEARN, RESPECT, AND CELEBRATE DIVERSITY.

THEY BECOME MORE EMPATHETIC, OPEN MINDED, AND PREPARED TO ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL, RESPECTFUL DIALOGS WITH OTHERS.

I DEEPLY COMMIT TO NURTURING THIS GLOBAL MINDSET IN OUR STUDENTS, EXPANDING THEIR COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND THEIR ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE WORLD AND AROUND THEM. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RANI BOWES.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES PRESIDENT BERTA.

MY NAME IS RONNIE BOWES, AND I'M A PROUD PARENT AT BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL WITH MY CHILDREN, ARUN AND BELLA AND FOURTH GRADE, ONE OF THE THINGS I VALUE MOST ABOUT BULLIS IS THE STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

FROM THE MOMENT WE JOINED IN THE FALL OF 2020, IN KINDERGARTEN, WE FELT WELCOMED AND SUPPORTED.

GREAT COMMUNICATION IS THE FOUNDATION OF TRUST IN A RELATIONSHIP, AND MISS ISRAEL AND THE ADMIN GAVE US THE CONFIDENCE THROUGH THEIR ZOOM SESSIONS AND EMAILS TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK IN PERSON IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020 FOR A WONDERFUL YEAR OF KINDERGARTEN WITH MISS LUNSFORD.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT THREE YEARS, WE BUILT FRIENDSHIPS AND CONNECTIONS WITH TEACHERS, ADMIN, AND FAMILIES.

THAT GIVES ME SO MUCH CONFIDENCE THAT MY CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT AND SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO TRULY CARE ABOUT THEIR GROWTH AND WELL-BEING.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE FRIENDSHIPS AND CONNECTIONS WE'VE MADE THROUGH BULLIS, AND PROUD TO BE PART OF SUCH A POSITIVE, INCLUSIVE, AND ENGAGED COMMUNITY THAT PROVIDES MY CHILDREN WITH A SENSE OF BELONGING AND RESPONSIBILITY TO OTHERS.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ELAINE YU.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BERTA AND TRUSTEES.

MY NAME IS ELAINE YU AND I'M A VERY PROUD PARENT AT BCS.

ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE ASPECTS OF BULLIS IS ITS FOCUS ON THE WHOLE CHILD.

THE SCHOOL NURTURES NOT ONLY ACADEMIC GROWTH, BUT ALSO EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL, AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.

PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ARE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT EVERY ASPECT OF OUR CHILDREN'S WELL-BEING, FROM MINDFULNESS PRACTICES TO EXTRACURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES.

THIS HOLISTIC APPROACH ENSURES THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE WELL ROUNDED.

FOR INSTANCE, MY DAUGHTER VALERIE, A RISING FIFTH GRADER, AND HER FRIENDS SHOWED INTEREST IN TEACHING YOUNGER KIDS IN SCHOOL TO DANCE, AND THEY GOT PERMISSION FROM THEIR PRINCIPAL TO HOST DANCING BEAR SESSIONS AT RECESS.

AS A RESULT, VALERIE GAINED GREAT SATISFACTION IN TEACHING YOUNGER KIDS TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES THROUGH DANCE.

THEY ARE NOW EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF TURNING THIS EXPERIENCE INTO A CO-CURRICULAR CLASS FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION BULLIS PROVIDES HELPING OUR CHILDREN BECOME BALANCED AND CONFIDENT INDIVIDUALS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS VALERIE WU.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, TRUSTEES AND PRESIDENT BERTA.

MY NAME IS VALERIE WU, AND I'M A RISING FIFTH GRADER AT BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

I'M HERE TO SHARE A BIT ABOUT MY SCHOOL EXPERIENCE AT BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

I'VE ENJOYED LEARNING SUBJECTS LIKE SCIENCE, WHERE I'VE DISCOVERED HOW TO MAKE OUR EARTH A BETTER PLACE.

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FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS SUCH A DIVISION BETWEEN GIRLS AND BOYS IN MY CLASS.

MY TEACHER HELD CLASS CLIMATE MEETINGS TO HELP US RESOLVE CONFLICTS.

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES LIKE TECH CREW FOR OUR SCHOOL MUSICAL HAVE ALSO BEEN A HIGHLIGHT FOR ME.

THEY'VE ALLOWED ME TO DEVELOP SKILLS LIKE PLAY PRODUCTION AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN MAKING OUR SCHOOL A GREAT PLACE TO LEARN AND GROW.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KENZIE JONES.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KENZIE.

I'M A RISING THIRD GRADER AT BCS.

BCS IS AN AMAZING SCHOOL.

IT PROVIDES A LOT OF CLASSES AND IT HAS CO-CURRICULARS.

BCS ALSO CAN HELP CHILDREN'S BRAVERY SKILLS AND THEIR ABILITY TO TALK IN FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE IN MY EXPERIENCE.

BCS IS A GREAT SCHOOL.

IT HELPED ME EXHIBIT A LOT OF SKILLS, LIKE COMMUNICATING WITH MY FRIENDS AND HOW TO SHOW MY WORK IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

BCS HAS AWESOME DRAMA PROGRAMS. THE SCHOOL PERFORMED MANY MUSICALS LIKE LION KING, SHREK, ADDAMS FAMILY AND MORE.

ONCE AGAIN, I SAY BCS IS AN AMAZING SCHOOL AND I HOPE IT STAYS THAT WAY.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CLAYTON JONES.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES, PRESIDENT BERTA.

MY NAME IS CLAYTON JONES, AND MY CHILD KENZIE IS GOING TO BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL IN THIRD GRADE.

I AM PARTICULARLY A HUGE FAN OF BULLIS EMPHASIS ON DESIGN THINKING AND PROJECT BASED LEARNING.

THESE INNOVATIVE APPROACHES ENCOURAGE OUR CHILDREN TO THINK CRITICALLY, CREATIVELY, AND EMPATHETICALLY TO SOLVE REAL WORLD PROBLEMS. PROJECT BASED LEARNING ALLOWS STUDENTS TO ENGAGE DEEPLY WITH SUBJECTS, WORK COLLABORATIVELY, AND APPLY THEIR KNOWLEDGE IN MEANINGFUL WAYS.

FOR INSTANCE, WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO EXPERIENCE THE IMPACT ON MY DAUGHTER AND HER CLASSMATES DESIGNING SEA TURTLE HABITATS AND PRESENTING THEM ON VIDEO.

THIS HAS HELPED HER DEVELOP A DEEPER CURIOSITY ABOUT THE SEA AND ALSO CONFIDENCE TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC.

MY DAUGHTER AND HER CLASSMATES HAVE DEVELOPED INVALUABLE SKILLS SUCH AS COLLABORATION, RESILIENCE AND INNOVATIVE THINKING.

I AM GRATEFUL FOR BULLIS COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING CREATIVITY, PROBLEM SOLVING AND HANDS ON LEARNING IN OUR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS [INAUIDIBLE]..

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES PRESIDENT BERTA.

MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] AND I'M A TEACHER AT BULLIS.

I'M GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TODAY TO SHARE WITH YOU THE STRIDES WE'VE MADE IN SUPPORTING ALL LEARNERS AT BULLIS.

WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON DIFFERENTIATING INSTRUCTION AND PROVIDING ROBUST SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS WITH DIVERSE LEARNING NEEDS THROUGH A WELL IMPLEMENTED, MULTI-TIERED INTERVENTION PROGRAM. THROUGH A PBL'S AND FOCUSED LEARNING GOALS, WE EMPHASIZE CRITICAL THINKING, DISCOVERY, AND JOY, ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO PURSUE THEIR PASSIONS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL. OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM ALIGNS BY FOCUSING ON STUDENT STRENGTHS, FOSTERING INDEPENDENCE, SELF-ADVOCACY, AND ACADEMIC GROWTH.

OUR COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS ENSURE THAT EACH STUDENT NOT ONLY GETS THE ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORT THEY NEED, BUT ALSO GET MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO SHINE THROUGH A BROAD RANGE OF CO-CURRICULARS, AS WELL AS OUR PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS SUCH AS DRAMA AND MUSIC.

EQUIPPING THEM WITH SKILLS TO MAKE MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIETY.

I AM HONORED TO BE PART OF SUCH A DEDICATED EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY, AND I HOPE YOU, AS TRUSTEES, WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS IN PROVIDING EQUITABLE AND HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HEATHER [INAUDIBLE].

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES.

PRESIDENT BERTA. MY NAME IS HEATHER [INAUDIBLE], AND I AM A PARENT AT BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL WITH A RISING SECOND GRADER AND AN INCOMING KINDERGARTNER.

ONE VERY SPECIAL FEATURE OF BULLIS IS THE WIDE RANGE OF CO-CURRICULAR AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AVAILABLE TO OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS, FROM ART SUCH AS DANCES OF THE WORLD TO PHYSICAL EDUCATION TO SCIENCE CLUBS.

THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERY INTEREST.

MY CHILD HAS BENEFITED IMMENSELY FROM PARTICIPATING IN THESE ACTIVITIES BY DEVELOPING NEW SKILLS, BUILDING FRIENDSHIPS OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM, GAINING CONFIDENCE AND DISCOVERING NEW INTERESTS. FOR EXAMPLE, MY DAUGHTER PARTICIPATED IN THE MUSICAL ENSEMBLE WHERE SHE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL MUSICAL.

IT WAS SO HEARTWARMING TO SEE THE ALL THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS CHEER THE FIRST GRADERS ON AND MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE THE STARS OF THE SHOW.

THROUGH THAT EXPERIENCE, SHE LEARNED TEAMWORK, SELF-DISCIPLINE, AND FOCUS, AS WELL AS DEVELOPED A STRONG SENSE OF BELONGING.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE AND ENRICHING OPPORTUNITY BULLIS PROVIDES OUR CHILDREN.

THANK YOU AND PLEASE RENEW BULLIS CHARTER TERM.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RACHELLE MIRKIN.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RACHELLE MIRKIN, AND I'M A PARENT OF TWIN EIGHTH GRADE BOYS AT BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

WE'VE BEEN AT THE SCHOOL SINCE TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN.

I'M CONTINUALLY IMPRESSED BY THE INTERSESSIONS AND THE PROJECT BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OFFERED NOT JUST THROUGH THE ELEMENTARY, BUT ALSO IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. THESE EXPERIENCES HAVE ALLOWED MY CHILDREN TO DIVE DEEPLY INTO SUBJECTS, EXPLORE THEIR DIFFERENT INTERESTS, AND APPLY THEIR KNOWLEDGE IN PRACTICAL WAYS

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THE MY TWINS HAVE VERY DIFFERENT INTERESTS AND PERSONALITIES, AND I'VE LOVED SEEING EACH INDIVIDUALLY DEVELOP A PASSION FOR LEARNING AND GAIN VALUABLE SKILLS THROUGH THESE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES.

EVERY SPRING, MY HUSBAND AND I KIND OF LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND WE SAY, ARE WE DOING BULLIS AGAIN? AND EVERY YEAR WE CONNECT AND WE THINK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.

WE THINK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE AND WE SAY YES TO BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS [INAUDIBLE].

HELLO, MY NAME IS ALANA [INAUDIBLE].

I IS TAKING OVER, BUT SOME THINGS I CANNOT TAKE OVER IS COMMUNICATION, COMMUNITY, A PERSON'S ABILITY TO CONFIDENTLY AND COMPETENTLY SPEAK IN FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE.

IN BULLIS, KIDS LEARN THIS IN TK.

SO THE CHILDREN LEARN TO STAND UP, PERFORM, SPEAK IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE.

THEY GROW THEIR LEADERSHIP AND TEAMWORK SKILLS MOTIVATE THEMSELVES AND THEIR PEERS.

CONFIDENCE AND PUBLIC SPEAKING BECOME PART OF THESE CHILDREN'S IDENTITIES INSTEAD OF THE FEARS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING LIKE MOST OF US HAVE, OR SOME OF US HERE IN THIS ROOM. BULLIS SEES THE WHOLE CHILD AND TAKES THE CHILD'S SUPERPOWERS FROM TECHNOLOGY TO CREATIVITY TO COSTUMES, LIGHTING, SOUND, ACTING, DANCING, AND EVEN DIRECTING.

BULLIS NURTURES ALL OF THAT.

FOR EIGHT YEARS, I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE BULLIS COMMUNITY.

I HAVE SEEN MY CHILD GROW AND TAKE IT TAKES A VILLAGE AND THIS VILLAGE IS BCS.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CLAUDINE DELROSARIO.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES, I'M CLAUDINE DELROSARIO.

I'M A SINGLE PARENT AND A BOARD MEMBER AT BULLIS.

I'VE BEEN A CIVIL SERVANT AND A TEACHER, WORKING TWO JOBS MOST OF MY CAREER, ALL IN THE SERVICE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE, EQUITY, AND ACCESS TO EDUCATION.

MY SON WAS IN KINDERGARTEN WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT THE YEAR BEFORE.

WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT AND THE YEAR THE NEXT YEAR WHEN THE SCHOOL REOPENED.

HIS TEACHER, MISS OSBORNE, DID A HOUSE VISIT ON HIS BIRTHDAY.

MISS QUAYLE AND MISS ISRAEL HAVE COME TO HIS BASEBALL GAMES ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND UNFORGETTABLY, WHEN I HAD TO HAVE MULTIPLE SURGERIES FOR TWO SEPARATE, LIFE THREATENING, UNEXPECTED DISEASES DURING THE PANDEMIC.

IT WAS THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY THAT TOOK CARE OF MY SON AND HELPED OUR FAMILIES SURVIVE THAT DEEPLY SCARY TIME.

TODAY, I'M GRATEFUL TO BE RECOVERING AND THAT BULLIS HAS A RICH AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM AND PARENT COMMUNITY THAT HAS HELPED ME RETURN TO WORK IN PERSON.

I WILL ADD THAT I KNOW MY SON HAS MANY CLASSMATES WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES WHO ARE INTEGRAL PARTS OF OUR FRIEND, CIRCLE, AND COMMUNITY.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS [INAUDIBLE].

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES.

I'M A BLACK AND FILIPINO GOING INTO THE FIFTH GRADE.

I ENJOY SPORTS AND PERFORMING ARTS, AND I LIVE WITH MY MOM.

BCS HELPED ME WITH SPORTS AND PERFORMING ARTS AS WELL, DEVELOPING COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND BEING A KIND PERSON.

THE SCHOOL TEACHES ME TO HELP THE EARTH, LIKE PICKING UP TRASH AT LUNCH AND THIS HAS THE STUDENTS DO PROJECT BASED LEARNING, WHICH REALLY HELPS CREATIVITY.

BCS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY HELPED ME BECOME KIND AND SMART.

PLEASE APPROVE THE CHARTER RENEWAL FOR MY SCHOOL.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SOPHIE MATTSON.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES AND PRESIDENT BERTA.

MY NAME IS SOPHIE MATTSON.

I AM A RISING THIRD GRADER AND I LOVE BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

EVERY DAY I GET TO LEARN THINGS LIKE SCIENCE.

THAT MAKES ME EXCITED ABOUT THE WORLD.

MY TEACHERS ARE SO NICE AND HELP ME UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING FROM MATH TO SCIENCE AND READING.

MY FAVORITE SUBJECTS ARE P.E., MUSIC, AND DRAMA.

BECAUSE IT'S MY TEACHERS ARE SO NICE AND ALWAYS HELP ME WITH THE THINGS THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT LEARNING, BUT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT LEARNING.

IT'S ALSO ABOUT MY FRIENDS.

WE PLAY TOGETHER, HELP EACH OTHER WITH OUR HOMEWORK, AND HAVE FUN DURING DRAMA CLASSES, MUSIC DURING DRAMA CLASSES, AND MUSIC SCHOOL IS A PLACE WHERE WE GROW, LAUGH.

I WILL NOW CALL OUR NEXT SET OF SPEAKERS.

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

BEHIND THE PODIUM LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF THE ROOM, VERONICA [INAUDIBLE], CHRISTOPHER HAZLETON, DOROTHY ANN,

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PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HI. MY NAME IS JEFFREY MADSEN, AND I AM A FATHER OF A RISING FIFTH GRADER AND THIRD GRADER AT BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL, ONE OF WHOM WAS JUST SOPHIE, WHO YOU SAW AND SHE'S A LIVING EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF FOCUS ON THE HUMAN THAT WE FIND AT BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR THIS YEAR, SHE WAS REMARKABLY LACKING IN CONFIDENCE, AS MANY YOUNG GIRLS ARE, AND SHE WAS RELUCTANT TO SPEAK UP IN CLASS. HER TEACHER WORKED ON AN INDIVIDUAL PERSONAL PROJECT WITH HER TO START WRITING DOWN HER FEELINGS, WRITING SONGS, SINGING THE SONGS IN LARGER AND LARGER AUDIENCE TO LARGER AND LARGER AUDIENCES, AND THE RESULTS HAS BEEN REMARKABLE.

THAT, COMBINED WITH THE ART AND DRAMA AND DANCE PROGRAM, SHE'S TRANSFORMED AS A PERSON.

YOU SEE HOW CONFIDENT SHE IS TODAY.

ANOTHER THING THAT'S HELPED HER ALSO IS THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

YOU KNOW, SHE'S, YOU KNOW, DONE HER TIME IN FRONT OF WALMART AND TAQUERIAS HANDING OUT LEAFLETS ABOUT BULLETS AND TALKING TO STUDENTS THAT PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS SHE MEETS ABOUT WHAT A GREAT EXPERIENCE SHE'S HAD THERE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DWIGHT WANG.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HI, ESTEEMED BOARD, MY NAME IS DWIGHT WANG.

I UNDERSTAND I HAVE LESS THAN A MINUTE HERE, SO I APPRECIATE THAT, GIVEN MY FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IN ADDITION TO THE QUALITY OF THE INSTRUCTION AND EDUCATION AT BULLIS, I'M THE FATHER OF TWO KIDS THAT ARE PART OF THE SYSTEM.

THERE'S A REAL FOUNDATIONAL SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT YOU IS REALLY SPECIAL AND I CAN SAY THAT AS A LONG TERM PRODUCT OF LASD, ACTUALLY I WISH I HAD THE RESOURCES THAT THE SCHOOL HAS PROVIDED FOR US.

AS AN EXAMPLE, MY SON THE ELDER OF THE TWO, WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN KINDERGARTEN AND IN A DRAMATIC SCHOOL PLAY, AND HE WAS A SHY, QUIET KID AND REALLY CAME OUT OF HIS SHELL SUPPORTED BY SUCH COMMUNITY.

SO I PLEAD FOR YOU TO PLEASE CONTINUE ALLOWING THE COMMUNITY TO EXIST.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS IVAN [INAUDIBLE].

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES PRESIDENT BERTA.

MY NAME IS IVAN [INAUDIBLE], AND MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN GOING TO THE BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL SINCE FIRST GRADE, AND NOW SHE'S IN SIXTH.

I'M CONTINUALLY IMPRESSED BY THE ACADEMIC RIGOR BY THE BULLIS.

THE SCHOOL CHALLENGES OUR CHILDREN TO EXCEL AND THINK CRITICALLY.

FOSTERING A LOVE OF LEARNING THAT EXPANDS BEYOND THE CLASSROOM.

THE CURRICULUM IS DEFINITELY DEMANDING YET SUPPORTIVE, ENSURING THAT THE STUDENTS ARE WELL PREPARED FOR THEIR FUTURE ACADEMIC PURSUITS.

MY CHILD HAS DEVELOPED STRONG STUDIES, HABITS AND DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF VARIOUS SUBJECTS THANKS TO DEDICATED AND PASSIONATE TEACHERS OF THE BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL. I'M REALLY PROUD TO TELL YOU THAT MY DAUGHTER HAS MADE VERY BIG PROGRESS IN THE SUBJECTS SHE HAS GOT IN THE BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL AND FINALLY, I AM ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENT THAT THE SOLID ACADEMIC FOUNDATION BULLIS PROVIDES WILL BENEFIT OUR CHILDREN.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS VERONICA [INAUDIBLE].

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES PRESIDENT BERTA.

IT'S AN HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH AT BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

BEING A SINGLE MOM HAS TAUGHT ME THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY AND THE STRENGTH THAT COMES FROM UNITY.

IT IS THIS SPIRIT THAT I BRING TO MY ROLE EVERY DAY, STRIVING TO MAKE OUR SCHOOL A BEACON OF HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL.

OUR COMMUNITY IS RICH WITH DIVERSITY, RESILIENCE, AND POTENTIAL.

MY WORK FOCUSES ON CONNECTING WITH EACH FAMILY, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO FACE FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS TO ENSURE THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO THRIVE. I SEE FIRSTHAND THE STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS OF OUR LOW INCOME FAMILIES, AND IT IS MY MISSION TO CREATE A NURTURING AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERY FAMILY FEELS VALUED AND EMPOWERED.

EVERY CHILD DESERVES A CHANCE TO SUCCEED, AND EVERY FAMILY DESERVES TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE A VITAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTOPHER HAZLETON.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. I'M CHRISTOPHER HAZLETON.

I'M A TEACHER IN LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, I'VE ALSO SERVED AS THE LOS ALTOS UNION PRESIDENT AND I'M STRUCK TONIGHT

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THIS IS WHY I WANT THE BOARD TO SIGNIFICANTLY CURTAIL BULLIS ABILITY TO REJECT, INCLUDING ALL STUDENTS FROM OUR DISTRICT.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DOROTHY ANN.

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

GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES AND PRESIDENT BERTA EIGHT YEARS AGO, MY HUSBAND AND I DROVE THROUGH NEARLY TWO HOURS OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC FROM SAN FRANCISCO BECAUSE I DESPERATELY WANTED TO SPEAK TO THIS ESTEEMED BODY IN SUPPORT OF BCS CHARTER RENEWAL.

MY PASSION FOR THE AMAZING, INTEGRATED, INTERDISCIPLINARY, AND WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT THAT BCS OFFERS FOR ALL STUDENTS REMAINS EVEN STRONGER.

NOW AS I ENTER MY 12TH YEAR AS A BCS PARENT, I HAVE SEEN NOT ONLY MY CHILDREN, BUT ALSO A WIDELY DIVERSE RANGE OF LEARNERS, QUITE A NUMBER OF WHOM DID NOT FIND THAT THEIR LOCAL SCHOOLS SERVED THEIR SPECIAL LEARNING NEEDS.

BEING QUICKLY WELCOMED INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND BLOSSOMING THROUGH THE CONTINUALLY INNOVATING PROGRAMS OFFERED BY BCS.

I HAVE ALSO PROUDLY BEEN ONE OF THE PARENTS AND TEACHERS WHO FOR 11 YEARS, HAD THE JOYFUL PRIVILEGE OF PROVIDING A SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM FOR UNDERSERVED CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AS THE CHILDREN OF REFUGEES WHO CAME TO THIS COUNTRY WITH NOTHING BUT DREAMS THAT THEIR CHILDREN COULD HAVE A BETTER LIFE THROUGH EDUCATION, I BELIEVE STRONGLY IN THE TRANSFORMATIONAL IMPORTANCE OF A STRONG K THROUGH EIGHT.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOSEPH DOLBY.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES.

PRESIDENT BERTA.

MY NAME IS JOSEPH DOLBY, AND I'M A PROUD PARENT OF A STUDENT AT BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL WHO JUST COMPLETED SIXTH GRADE AS PREVIOUSLY.

AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, PROJECT BASED LEARNING IS A CORE PART OF BULLIS CURRICULUM, AND BULLIS PARTICIPATION AS A GLOBAL CLIMATE ACTION SCHOOL FURTHER UNDERSCORES THAT POINT. THE WAY BULLIS INTEGRATES ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INTO THE CURRICULUM THROUGH PROJECT BASED LEARNING CENTERED AROUND THE LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE, THOROUGHLY ENGAGES ALL STUDENTS INTO THE ACTIVITIES IN A FUN AND MEMORABLE WAY.

THE LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE IS A CENTRAL PART OF THE CURRICULUM AT EVERY GRADE LEVEL, STARTING IN KINDERGARTEN, AND EACH PROJECT IN EACH GRADE BUILDS ON THE LAST.

THE LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE PROJECT BASED LEARNING CULMINATES IN THE SIXTH GRADE CLASS FIELD TRIP, WHERE STUDENTS GET TO INTERACT DIRECTLY WITH EXPERT SCIENTISTS AND HELP GUIDE THE TURTLE HATCHLINGS SAFELY TO THE OCEAN.

MY SON AND HIS CLASSMATES DEVELOPED A DEEP RESPECT AND NOW KNOW WHY WE USE PLASTIC PAPER STRAWS INSTEAD OF PLASTIC ONES AS A RESULT OF THE PROJECT.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALI, [INAUDIBLE].

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES.

PRESIDENT BERTA.

MY NAME IS ALI, SEMNAN.

MY SON DARIAN, [INAUDIBLE] HAS STARTED AT KINDERGARTEN AT BULLIS CHARTER.

NOW HE'S ENROLLED FOR THE SEVENTH GRADE.

SO I WANT TO SHARE AN EXPERIENCE THAT I HAD WHEN HE WAS IN THE KINDERGARTEN.

HE DIDN'T LIKE WEEKENDS BECAUSE HE WAS NOT AT SCHOOL.

THINK ABOUT IT. A KID WHO LIKES SCHOOL DAYS OVER WEEKEND AND THAT'S TO ME WAS WEIRD, BIZARRE AND STRANGE.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DID TO HIM BACK AT THE BULLIS CHARTER, BUT I WANT THEM TO CONTINUE DOING IT BECAUSE AS A RESULT, HE'S HIGHLY SOCIAL, ACADEMICALLY EXCELLING, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE'S HAPPY WHEN HE'S AT SCHOOL.

AND I ATTRIBUTE THAT TO THE STAFF, TEACHERS, THE COMMUNITY, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE CULTURE THAT THEY CREATED FOR THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. SO I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO RENEW THE CHARTER FOR THE SCHOOL.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ELAINE YU.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

SECOND CALL FOR ELAINE YU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS STEPHANIE CRUZ.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS STEPHANIE CRUISE.

I'M A FORMER STUDENT FROM BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

TO START OFF, I'VE ATTENDED BCS FROM FIRST TO EIGHTH GRADE.

I AM NOW GOING INTO MY SENIOR YEAR AT LOS ALTOS HIGH SCHOOL.

I HAD AN IEP FOR MY MOST OF MY YEARS AT BULLIS, WHICH ALSO HELPED ME PREPARE AND MADE ME FEEL READY FOR HIGH SCHOOL.

I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND MY SIBLINGS WHEN I SAY THAT BULLIS IS TRULY AN AMAZING SCHOOL.

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THE TEACHERS ARE AMAZING.

THEIR MATERIALS AND TOOLS THEY USE TO TEACH HELPED ME STRIVE IN MY EDUCATION AND FUTURE.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS STEPHANIE CRUZ.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

OH MY APOLOGIES.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DONALD GARDENER.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES.

MY NAME IS DONALD GARDNER, AND THIS IS MY SON TIMOTHY.

I AM BOTH A PARENT AT BULLIS AND A VOLUNTEER DEVOTED TO GIVING BACK TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.

I AM PROUD TO SHARE HOW OUR SCHOOL'S INITIATIVES EXTEND BEYOND THE CLASSROOM.

AS A VOLUNTEER, I HELP COORDINATE THE DONATION OF LEFTOVER LUNCHES TO SHELTERS AND FOOD BANKS IN THE MOUNTAIN VIEW AND LOS ALTOS NEIGHBORHOOD.

OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS, WE HAVE DONATED MORE THAN 12,000 POUNDS OF UNOPENED EXTRA LUNCH FOOD, INCLUDING AT HOPE'S CORNER, LIFE MOVES, THE DAY WORKER CENTER AND HOMES FIRST.

THIS EFFORT NOT ONLY ADDRESSES FOOD WASTE BUT ALSO SUPPORTS THOSE IN NEED WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

BEING PART OF A SCHOOL THAT VALUES COMPASSION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE IS MEANINGFUL.

OUR STUDENTS LEARN THE IMPORTANCE OF GIVING BACK AND UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR ACTIONS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

THIS INITIATIVE HAS PROVIDED VITAL SUPPORT TO LOCAL SHELTERS AND ALSO HAS TAUGHT OUR CHILDREN VALUABLE LESSONS AND THIS IS THE FINAL CALL FOR ELAINE YU.

THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

SEEING NO FURTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS MATTER, PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED.

I WILL NOW MOVE TO THE BOARD.

ARE THERE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I SEE A NUMBER OF CARDS, SO I'M JUST GOING TO MOVE THROUGH.

STARTING WITH TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AND PRESIDENT BERTA, DO WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE BOARD HERE TODAY OR SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN DO WE HAVE THAT? I BELIEVE THERE'S AT LEAST ONE MEMBER FROM THE BOARD HERE.

OKAY. SO BECAUSE I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR BOTH, YOU KNOW, BULLETS, WHETHER IT BE SUPERINTENDENT ISRAEL AND OUR BOARD TRUSTEE, ALONG WITH OUR OWN STAFF.

BUT MY FIRST IS AND JUST TO SORT OF FRAME MY QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, MY INTERPRETATION OF CHARTER SCHOOL LAW IS THAT IT EMPHASIZES AN IMPORTANCE ON SERVING HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED STUDENTS AND REALLY EXPANDING EDUCATIONAL CHOICES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE STUDENTS AND SO THAT'S GOING TO SORT OF FRAME MY QUESTIONS AND SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS WHY THE 10% CAP ON FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEALS FOR THAT PREFERENCE IN YOUR LOTTERY? YOU KNOW, WHY NOT? INSTEAD OF A CAP, MAKE IT A FLOOR.

THERE WE GO. THAT WAS MATERIAL REVISION WE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD 2022.

2022, I BELIEVE AND THE RATIONALE AT THAT TIME FOR THE 10% WAS THAT IT WAS, IF I'M CORRECT, DOUBLE THAT TIME AT DOUBLE THE PERCENTAGE OF THE FRPM PERCENTAGE OF THE LOCAL DISTRICT AND SO THE INTENTION WAS IF WE SET THAT CAP AT 10%, THEN THAT WOULD IN THEORY BE ABLE TO CATCH US UP, BUT ALSO SURPASS WHAT THE LOCAL DISTRICT PERCENTAGE OF FRPM WOULD BE.

I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I REMEMBER VOTING ON THAT AND BUT YOU KNOW, I IN ESPECIALLY LOOKING AT, I THINK IT WAS SLIDE 16 AND 17.

YOU KNOW, FOR ME IN THIS DECISION, IT WON'T JUST BE ABOUT THE RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS AND RACIAL DIVERSITY, YOU KNOW, MIRRORING THE DISTRICT, BUT IT ALSO BE LOOKING DEEPER AT, YOU KNOW, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS.

ALSO LOOKING AT ENGLISH LEARNERS, ALSO LOOKING AT STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND SO I WANTED TO ASK IF MAYBE YOUR BOARD HAD THOUGHT ABOUT INCREASING THAT CAP, CONSIDERING YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN A CONCERN EVEN COMING FROM OUR BOARD.

I DON'T I'M NOT PREPARED TO SPEAK FOR OUR BOARD ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF.

BUT I KNOW THAT WAS A CONVERSATION WE HAD, WHICH IS WHY WE BROUGHT THAT TOGETHER IN 2022.

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OKAY AND THEN FOR OUR OWN STAFF IS WANTED TO GET ANY OF YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? OUR THOUGHTS ON THE 10%.

YEAH. IF, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED AROUND EQUITY IF CHANGING THAT CAP COULD HELP.

I KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THE ANALYSIS RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE NOT ADDRESSED THAT AT THIS MOMENT, BUT WE WILL TAKE THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT AND LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT THAT DIFFERENCE OR CHANGING THAT NUMBER WILL HAVE AN IMPACT. OKAY.

I GUESS I'LL ASK ONE MORE QUESTION OR I WAS ALSO INTERESTED IN FOR THE LAST QUESTION.

TWO, I YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE BOARD CAN ALSO SPEAK.

I DON'T WANT TO PUT ALL THE PRESSURE ON SUPERINTENDENT ISRAEL.

BUT THE MOUNTAIN VIEW SITE, I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS IS THAT BEING A WAY TO POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, HELP ENROLL STUDENTS OF DIFFERING ABILITIES, DIFFERENT SOCIOECONOMIC STATUSES AND JUST SORT OF REACHING OUT.

SO WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, GET BULLIS TAKE ON THEIR OPINION OF THAT POTENTIAL SITE.

HI, I'M ANDREA EYRING, AND I'M ONE OF THE BCS BOARD MEMBERS.

I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD VERY WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, BEEN VERY OPEN TO HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH LASD ABOUT THAT.

WE'VE TOURED THE SITE WITH THEM.

WE DEFINITELY HAVE CONCERNS THAT THE SITE IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH FOR OUR ENTIRE ENROLLMENT.

WE FELT LIKE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO YOU KNOW, REALLY HAVE SOME OPEN CONVERSATIONS AND WE SUGGESTED A CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT SO THAT WE COULD REALLY TALK, YOU KNOW, AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING THAT WOULD WORK IF THAT SITE WAS GOING TO WORK FOR OUR SCHOOL AND UNFORTUNATELY, LASD OPTED NOT TO TAKE US UP ON IT.

THEY SAID THEY WERE NOT THEY DID NOT FEEL THAT THEIR BOARD COULD COMPLY WITH THE CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT ONE MORE TIME? THE CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT OF WHAT EXACTLY? SO FOR THE CONVERSATIONS TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF THAT SITE, THAT SITE DOES NOT PROVIDE ANYWHERE NEAR THE AMOUNT OF SO THE WAY FACILITIES WORK FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS IS THEY SHOULD BE SIMILAR IN ACRES PER STUDENT AND THAT SITE DOES NOT PROVIDE.

NOT ONLY DOES IT NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT ACRES PER STUDENT, IT DOESN'T EVEN MEET CDC GUIDELINES FOR RECOMMENDED SIZE FOR A SITE FOR 900 STUDENTS, WHICH IS WHAT THEY SUGGESTED.

AND ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAVE WELL OVER 1000 STUDENTS AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE OPEN TO CONVERSATIONS AND WE FELT LIKE WE'D NEED TO HAVE WE FELT LIKE AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS IN THE PAST WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE'VE GONE ACTUALLY THROUGH MANY AGREEMENTS.

I'VE PARTICIPATED IN EVERY ONE OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND WE FELT LIKE WE NEED TO COME OUT WITH COMMON LANGUAGE THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAY, A CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT, WE WOULD AGREE AT WHAT COMES OUT, AT WHAT TIMES TO THE COMMUNITY AND LASD HAD NO INTEREST IN DOING THAT. SO AT THIS POINT, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE STOPPED THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT WE HAVE NEVER SAID THAT WE WOULD NOT CONTINUE THEM.

OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL BACKGROUND FOR ME.

WERE THERE ANY REASONS AROUND WHY THEY DID? MAYBE YOU CAN'T SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE TO LOOP IN THE DISTRICT RIGHT NOW, BUT I WOULD.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY HAD CONCERNS ON SPEAKING IN CONFIDENCE.

I'D LOVE TO HEAR THAT PERSPECTIVE.

PRESIDENT BERTA.

IF A REPRESENTATIVE FROM LAST WOULD LIKE TO.

RESPOND? SURE, I'M HAPPY TO.

A MINUTE TO CLICK ON PERHAPS.

THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. I CAN SPEAK ON IT BRIEFLY.

I MEAN, I WOULD SAY THAT AS A SCHOOL BOARD, WE TAKE SERIOUSLY OUR OBLIGATION UNDER THE BROWN ACT TO CONDUCT SERIOUS BUSINESS IN PUBLIC.

AND WE, AT THE END OF THE DAY FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, BCS OFFERED NO RATIONALE AS TO WHY THOSE DISCUSSIONS NEEDED TO

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MISS EYRING REFERS TO SOME CONDITIONS IN THE PAST WHEN LAWSUITS WERE ONGOING OR IN THE VERY RECENT REAR VIEW MIRROR, WHERE THERE WAS MEDIATION AND THEN CONFIDENTIAL DISCUSSIONS WERE HELD, SORT OF AS A SEQUEL TO THAT MEDIATION, TO SORT OF CALM EVERYTHING DOWN AND ENSURE THAT THINGS WEREN'T DIDN'T SHOW UP IN COURT TRANSCRIPTS SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

BUT THE LAST LAWSUIT WAS QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO.

SO I THINK IT'S OUR BOARD'S JUDGMENT THAT THOSE RATIONALES DON'T APPLY ANYMORE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALLOCATION OF SUCH A VALUABLE COMMUNITY ASSET.

THAT'S HELPFUL.

BACKGROUND. I DO HOPE THAT SOMEHOW THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS CAN CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON THAT SITE OR BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT AGAIN, TO FRAME WHERE I'M COMING FROM, I THINK THAT THIS IS ONE OF OUR TOP PERFORMING CHARTERS IN THE COUNTY ON MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS.

BUT YOU KNOW, I DO THINK THAT WHY NOT STRIVE, YOU KNOW, TO TAKE IN MORE STUDENTS THAT COULD HAVE AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY AT YOUR SCHOOL AND ESPECIALLY IN THOSE EARLY YEARS.

SO I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL TURN IT TO PRESIDENT BURTON.

THANK YOU. WELL, WE'LL KEEP GOING AND IF WE NEED TO DO ANOTHER ROUND, WE WILL.

TRUSTEE CHON. YEAH.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA.

I WANTED TO SAY JUST THANK YOU FOR THE BCS COMMUNITY THAT CAME OUT HERE.

I KNOW A LOT OF YOU GAVE UP YOUR SUMMER DAY TIME TO BE HERE.

OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS AND OUR PARENTS.

SO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND GIVING YOUR TIME TO BE HERE.

BUT I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE AS MUCH AS THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE HEAR ABOUT WHAT GOES ON AT BCS, IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS AN AUTHORIZER TO MAKE SURE THAT EQUITABLE PRACTICES ARE HAVING AND SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THE POSITIVE EXPERIENCES OF THE ATTENDEES OF THE SCHOOL.

THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING TO HEAR AS WELL AS THE EDUCATORS.

AS AN TEACHER MYSELF, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR THAT.

BUT I DID HAVE QUESTIONS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN WAS ASKING AND JUST REALLY THIS TRANSPARENCY ON THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS AND THEN SUPERINTENDENT ISRAEL, I BELIEVE, I REMEMBER OUR CONVERSATION WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE ATTENDANCE AND THE 10% AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD BROUGHT UP BACK THEN WAS WHEN WE THINK ABOUT TEN, 10% AS A PERCENTAGE, IT'S MUCH DIFFERENT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT IT IN NUMBERS, BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ASKED WAS ABOUT HOW MANY STUDENTS WERE ENROLLING TAKING OUT KINDERGARTEN, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT'S THE FIRST YEAR.

AND WITH THE OTHER GRADES, YOU KNOW, THAT IT WAS A PRETTY LOW NUMBER.

SO 10% WOULD ESSENTIALLY EQUAL TO ONE STUDENT AND IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS SINCE THEN AND I WAS CURIOUS AS TO THE KINDERGARTEN CLASSES OR TK CLASSES THAT HAVE SINCE ENROLLED SINCE THAT BOARD MEETING.

I WOULD BE INTERESTED, AND I'M NOT.

I'M SURE YOU DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS MEMORIZED, BUT WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE THAT WE SAW IN THOSE INCOMING CLASSES? YEAH, GREAT.

I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION.

I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA WITH ME NOW.

SO AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK OFF CUFF AND SPEAK INAPPROPRIATELY, BUT I THINK THAT SOMETHING WE HAVE SEEN, WHICH IS AN INTERESTING SPACE THAT WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE, IS WE HAVE SEEN SPECIFICALLY IN SOME OF OUR UPGRADES FIRST GRADE.

SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE BRINGING MORE STUDENTS IN BECAUSE OF THE SHIFT NOW WITH THE TK LAW.

THAT IS HAVING STUDENTS ENROLL AT YOUNGER AGES.

WE MADE THIS SHIFT THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR TO WE USED TO HAVE COMBINED TK CLASSES.

NOW WE HAVE A SEPARATE TC CLASS.

WHICH DOING THAT HAS SHIFTED THE NUMBER OF PRE K STUDENTS WE HAVE ULTIMATELY RIGHT, THAT ARE COMING IN THROUGH THE SYSTEM, WHICH THEN IMPACTS THE NUMBER OF FIRST GRADE STUDENTS.

SO WE ARE SEEING ENROLLMENT NOW SHIFT WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO ENROLL MORE STUDENTS IN UPPER GRADE LEVELS, FIRST BEING AN EXAMPLE.

SO THAT'S SORT OF A TANGENT, BUT I'D HAVE TO SAY WE'D HAVE TO PULL THAT DATA SPECIFICALLY TO SEE WHAT ENROLLMENT LOOKS LIKE.

WHEN WE PULL WHEN WE BRING IN ROUGHLY AROUND 140 TO 160 STUDENTS EACH SCHOOL YEAR.

SO WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT BREAKDOWN TO SEE WHAT IT IS BY GRADE LEVEL.

YEAH. I WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTED IF WE COULD GET THAT INFORMATION, WHETHER FROM OUR STAFF OR FROM YOU ALL, TO SEE HOW THAT PERCENTAGE HAS HOPEFULLY RISEN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

COULD I MAKE A COMMENT AROUND OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS? SO IT'S BEEN REALLY CRITICAL TO OUR SCHOOL.

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IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WE DID MUCH OF THAT OUTREACH WITH PARENT VOLUNTEERS, AND WE RECOGNIZED ABOUT 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO THE IMPORTANCE OF ACTUALLY HAVING A STAFF MEMBER AND VERONICA SPOKE TO YOU, AND WE FOUND THAT HAS MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS SHE HELPING WITH THE OUTREACH, BUT SHE'S WORKING WITH THOSE FAMILIES AFTER THEY ARRIVE TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T MISS A BEAT WITH THOSE KIDS, THAT WE ENSURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED.

THAT'S GREAT AND THEN THAT ACTUALLY KIND OF LEADS INTO MY SECOND QUESTION, IF THAT'S OKAY, ABOUT CONTINUALLY SUPPORTING OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH AT AT BCS, ARE STUDENTS BEING PROVIDED WITH EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CIRCUMSTANCES AND WHAT KIND OF SUPPORTS ARE BEING GIVEN AND ON THE DAY TO DAY? WELL, I SHOULDN'T SAY DAY TO DAY, BUT AT SCHOOL.

I THINK MAUREEN CAN ALSO ADD IN TO THIS.

BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED.

I MEAN, AS SOMEBODY WHO IS WORKING IN OFTEN TWO JOBS I MENTIONED IN MY.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMING THAT IS NOT PAID FOR, THAT YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR CHILD THERE AND BE ABLE TO WORK.

I WOULD SAY THAT OUR GROUPS OF FRIENDS ARE VERY, I THINK, VERY SOCIOECONOMICALLY DIVERSE AND THAT EVERYONE IS EMBRACED. THERE ARE MORE THAN 27 LANGUAGES AND DIFFERENT.

I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT RACIAL DIVERSITY OR ETHNIC DIVERSITY, BUT I CAN SPEAK AS SOMEBODY WHO DOES NOT MAYBE FIT THE STEREOTYPE OF WHAT A TYPICAL BLISS, WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF AS A TYPICAL BLISS PARENT, AS A SINGLE PARENT WITH NO FAMILY AROUND, IT IS A STRUGGLE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF MY CHILD AND MAKE SURE THAT HE GETS TO SCHOOL AND HE I MEAN, LIKE THE OTHER PARENT THAT SPOKE EARLIER, HE JUST LIKES TO BE THERE AND I THINK I WOULD SAY THAT IN ADDITION TO THE SCHOOL ITSELF BEING A SUPPORTIVE PLACE FOR HIM, AS SOMEONE WHO MAYBE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE AROUND IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HE LOVES BEING AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND HAS REALLY BEEN ABLE TO MAKE, I THINK, LIFE LONG FRIENDS WHERE THE PARENTS ARE ALSO PITCHING IN AND MAKING SURE THAT HE'S SAFE AND THAT HE FEELS INCLUDED.

AND THE SAME GOES FOR EVERYONE.

ALL THE PARENTS THERE, IN MY EXPERIENCE, TREAT THEIR KIDS LIKE THEY'RE OUR KIDS AND I THINK IN TERMS OF DATA, MAUREEN MIGHT HAVE MORE TO ADD.

TRUSTEE CHON, CAN YOU SAY YOUR QUESTION ONE MORE TIME SO I MAKE SURE I ADDRESS IT? YEAH IT'S JUST FROM SINCE WE DID THE ATTENDANCE.

THE. YEAH. MEETING PREFERENCE.

YEAH. WHEN WE HAD CHANGED THOSE PREFERENCES BACK IN, I THINK IT WAS 2021, 2000 AROUND THAT TIME, A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

WE'VE HAD KINDERGARTEN AND TK CLASSES START SINCE THEN.

SO I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THE PERCENTAGES WERE OF THE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANT.

SURE. YOUR SECOND QUESTION WAS AROUND THE SUPPORTS THEY GET.

YES. THE SUPPORTS THAT ARE GIVEN FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE ADMITTED.

YEAH, I CAN SPEAK TO THAT IN A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS AND I'LL ACTUALLY POINT TO A FEW FOLKS SITTING IN THIS AUDIENCE.

IF YOU'RE A STAFF, CAN YOU RAISE YOUR HAND FOR ME? THIS IS PRETTY COOL. ON JULY 17TH TO SEE YOU ALL.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

WE'VE GOT SPECIAL. I'M LOOKING AT THE CROWD OF WHO I SEE.

WE'VE GOT A DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION HERE.

WE'VE GOT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM HERE.

OUR PRINCIPALS, PRINCIPALS.

RAISE YOUR HANDS FOR ME. THERE, THERE.

I'M POINTING TO YOU SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THIS DATA, RIGHT? LIKE WHEN I THINK ABOUT HOW WE SPEND OUR TIME, LIKE, I AM AN EDUCATOR AT MY CORE, I STARTED IN TEACHING A MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASS, SEVENTH GRADE.

RIGHT. THIS IS THIS IS WHAT WE DO IS HOW ARE WE SUPPORTING KIDS? YOU GET IT? FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN EDUCATORS, YOU GET IT AS MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE TASKED WITH.

IT'S WHAT I'M TASKED WITH IS WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY DOING TO MAKE SURE KIDS ARE GETTING WHAT THEY NEED? AND I CALL OUT THESE PEOPLE AND POINT TO THESE INDIVIDUALS, THOSE WHO TEACH.

WE'VE GOT SOME FOLKS WHO TEACH SPECIFICALLY IN SUPPORT OUR ELL LEARNERS HERE AS WELL IN SMALL GROUP.

PULLOUTS. YEP. THANKS.

LIKE THIS IS PRIORITY FOR US, RIGHT? WHEN WE SPEND TIME LOOKING AT DATA, WE BUILT IN DATA DAYS TO OUR CALENDAR TWO YEARS AGO.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING, IS WE'RE DIVING INTO THE DATA TO SEE WHAT DO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS NEED.

WHAT IS OUR GROWTH LOOK LIKE? MY IDEAL WORLD IS THAT I'M SHARING THIS GROWTH DATA WITH YOU ALL ABOUT OUR PERFORMANCE DATA.

IT'S FANTASTIC.

IT'S NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE.

THE STAFF HAS HEARD ME TALK ABOUT WHERE WE WANT TO BE, AND IT'S EVERY SINGLE KID IS MEETING THOSE EXPECTATIONS, HANDS DOWN.

SO THIS IS WHY I DO THE WORK.

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LIKE THIS IS WHY I'M IN IT AND I DEEPLY BELIEVE THAT EVERY MEMBER OF MY TEAM IS HERE FOR THE SAME REASON WE SHARE THAT SAME MINDSET.

IT IS HARD WORK AND WE SHOW UP EVERY DAY.

FOR THOSE REASONS, WE EXPANDED OUR TK PROGRAM TO FULL DAY TO MEET PARENT NEEDS.

THAT WAS A CALL WE HEARD FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND WE SAID, LET'S DO THAT.

WE KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE NECESSARY.

WE'RE EXPANDING OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM NEXT YEAR TO RUN IN DIFFERENT WAYS AS WELL.

WE'VE BUILT THAT IN SO WE CAN PROVIDE ACCESS FOR FAMILIES WHO CAN'T AFFORD THAT SCALED STRUCTURES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND THEN I WILL JUST SHOUT OUT VERONICA AS WELL, WHO'S DONE INCREDIBLE WORK IN ADVOCATING CONSISTENTLY FOR FAMILY VOICES.

SHE IS CALLING FAMILIES CONSISTENTLY ALL SUMMER, ALL YEAR.

SHE HAS THE PULSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MISSING VOICES.

SO IS THERE WORK TO BE DONE? THERE ALWAYS IS WORK TO BE DONE, UNFORTUNATELY.

RIGHT. THAT'S WHY WE ARE IN THESE POSITIONS IS BECAUSE THERE IS A CONSISTENT NEED TO DO BETTER IN OUR SCHOOLS AND I BELIEVE DEEPLY IN THE WORK OUR TEAM IS DOING TO EVERY DAY SHOW UP AND SAY, WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER? THANK YOU. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO I'LL SAVE MY NEXT QUESTION.

BUT I DID ALSO WANT TO JUST ECHO THE CONCERNS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DOING A CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT IN REGARDS TO NEGOTIATIONS OF A SITE.

LA USE, AS WELL AS THIS BOARD ARE PUBLIC ENTITIES AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT INFORMATION IS TRANSPARENT TO THE PUBLIC AND SO I WOULD REALLY URGE BOTH BOARDS TO BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN THAT CONVERSATION IN A TRANSPARENT WAY FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS FOR THIS BOARD.

DEFINITELY. THE TO BRIAN MADE A POINT THAT WE WOULD BE VIOLATING THE BROWN ACT.

THAT IS NOT TRUE. WE'VE ONLY WORKED IN SUB QUORUMS OF THE TWO BOARDS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. BUT IT'S VERY HARD TO WORK OUT A HARD NEGOTIATION WITHOUT HAVING SOME, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATIONS TO, YOU KNOW, VET INTERESTS, AND THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS TO THROW OUT SOME IDEAS AND HAVE SOMEBODY GO PUBLIC IMMEDIATELY.

YOU REALLY WANT TO GO PUBLIC AS A GROUP AND THAT'S WHAT WE FELT LIKE IS NECESSARY.

IT ISN'T THAT WE AREN'T OPEN TO SHARING INFORMATION, BUT WE WANT TO SHARE IT AS AN AGREED UPON MESSAGE.

AS AND OBVIOUSLY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, A PUBLIC MEETING WOULD MAKE THE DECISIONS AROUND THAT AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY OPEN TO CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS.

MOVING DOWN THE LINE VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA DO YOU WANT TO TRUSTEE DI SALVO WAS FIRST.

OKAY. WE WERE JUST GOING DOWN THE LINE.

BUT GO AHEAD. IF YOU WOULD PREFER TO SWAP, THAT'S FINE TOO.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

I DID HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, AND IT'S MAINLY FOR THE BULLETS.

REPRESENTATIVES AND PLEASE BEAR WITH ME.

AS YOU KNOW, NEW TO THIS EXPERIENCE AS A NEW PERSON ON THIS BOARD AND SEEING THESE RENEWALS STARTING TO COME THROUGH.

SO IN TERMS OF PAST PRACTICES, PAST NORMS, THESE ARE TYPICALLY HANDLED.

WHAT QUESTIONS ARE FAIR GAME? WHAT QUESTIONS ARE NOT I'M NOT GOING TO BE WELL VERSED IN THAT.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT WHEN I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE PETITION AND ALSO HEARING THE TESTIMONY AND I WANT TO JOIN TRUSTEE CHON IN THANKING ALL THE BULLIS REPRESENTATIVES, STAFF AND FAMILIES FOR TAKING TIME TO COME DOWN HERE.

IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM YOU WHAT YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IS.

SO AND IT MAY BE THE PETITION WAS ALMOST 600 PAGES LONG, AND WHILE IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE IN THERE, I THINK IT'S ALSO BENEFICIAL FOR THE PUBLIC IN SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY BE THERE TO HEAR SOME OF THESE PARTICULAR ANSWERS AND THAT'S RELATED TO HOW YOU ACCEPT STUDENTS.

MAYBE THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD.

THE LOTTERY SYSTEM HOW STUDENTS ARE SELECTED.

COULD I PLEASE KIND OF GET A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF HOW THE STUDENT POPULATION ENDS UP AT BULLIS VERSUS THOSE? AND THEN ALSO A QUESTION AS TO HOW MANY APPLICATIONS OR REQUESTS DO YOU GET ANNUALLY AND HOW MANY ARE TURNED AWAY.

SO FOR ME, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT FOR ME JUST TO UNDERSTAND MORE OF YOUR OPERATIONS, IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE.

SORRY. IT'S BLINKING NOW.

IT'S GREEN. [INAUDIBLE]. MY APOLOGIES.

YEAH. OUR PROCESS IS WE ARE AN OPEN ENROLLMENT, SO THERE IS THE NEED TO FILL OUT ENROLLMENT PAPERWORK THAT HAPPENS THROUGH A PLATFORM CALLED SCHOOLMANS IT'S A FAIRLY COMMON PLATFORM THAT MANY CHARTER SCHOOLS UTILIZE.

WHAT'S BUILT INTO THAT ARE THE PREFERENCES THAT WE HAVE AND SO ALL APPLICANTS WHO WE SET OUR ENROLLMENT WINDOW, IT'S TYPICALLY SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE OF NOVEMBER TO FEBRUARY AND THEN ALL APPLICANTS, ANYONE WHO'S FILLED OUT AN APPLICATION UP TO THAT POINT IS ENTERED INTO OUR PUBLIC LOTTERY.

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THERE'S NOT THINGS WE CAN ASK AROUND.

DISABILITY, RACIAL IDENTITY, NONE OF THOSE THINGS.

IT'S JUST. WHERE DO YOU LIVE AND WHAT GRADE IS YOUR STUDENT GOING INTO? ON THE DATE THAT HAS BEEN PREDETERMINED AND SHARED IS THE PUBLIC LOTTERY.

THAT IS A VERY ANTI-CLIMATIC TIME BECAUSE IT'S ALL SYSTEMIZED.

IT'S RUN BY THE SCHOOL PLATFORM AND SO IT TAKES THOSE PREFERENCES AND THEN BASED ON WHAT APPLICANTS HAVE PUT IN THE INFORMATION THEY'VE SHARED, IT RANDOMIZES THEM.

AND THEN IT SPITS OUT THE LOTTERY LIST.

SO LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE 100 STUDENTS WHO'VE APPLIED TO A GRADE LEVEL AND YOU'RE ACCEPTING, YOU KNOW, TEN STUDENTS WE PUT IN RIGHT NOW.

WE KNOW THERE'S TEN OPENINGS.

WE HIT GO, AND IT RANDOMIZES THOSE 100 BASED ON THE LOTTERY PREFERENCES THAT THEY QUALIFY FOR AND THEN THOSE FIRST TEN ARE THE ONES WE ADMIT AND THEN AS THINGS SHIFT, IF MORE OPENINGS BECOME AVAILABLE OR WHATNOT, WE CONTINUE MOVING DOWN THE LIST.

THANK YOU AND THOSE PREFERENCES ARE THOSE ADJUSTED BASED UPON WHAT YOUR STUDENT POPULATION CURRENTLY REPRESENTS.

LET'S JUST SAY IF IT'S HIGH IN A CERTAIN ETHNICITY, IS THAT ADJUSTED IN THE PREFERENCES OR IT'S A STANDARD PREFERENCE FROM OPENING DAY TO WHATEVER? YEAH. THE STANDARD PREFERENCE IS APPROVED BY YOU ALL AS PART OF THE OUR PETITION AND SO THE STANDARD PREFERENCES ARE THINGS LIVING IN THE DISTRICT QUALIFYING FOR FRPM HAVING A SIBLING, THERE'S A LIST OF PREFERENCES THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO QUALIFY OR STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY BASED ON THOSE PREFERENCES.

THAT'S HOW THEY PRIORITIZE. WE CANNOT ASK QUESTIONS ON RACE, ETHNICITY, DISABILITY, ANY OF THOSE ITEMS. UNDERSTOOD. YEAH.

THANK YOU. SO THEN.

WELL, ALL RIGHT, I'LL LEAVE THAT ONE ALONE FOR A LITTLE BIT AND MAYBE COME BACK TO IT LATER.

I DID HAVE A QUESTION IN YOUR PRESENTATION.

YOU USED THE WORD HIGH ACHIEVEMENT OFTEN, AND THAT'S VERY GREAT AND I CAN TELL THAT EVERYBODY'S EXCITED ABOUT IT.

AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO EVERYBODY.

I'M SURE YOU AS AN EDUCATOR AND THE FAMILIES AND THE STUDENTS AS WELL.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE STUDENTS WHO AREN'T HIGH QUALIFY OR FALL INTO THAT HIGH ACHIEVEMENT WORD? AND WHAT'S THEIR EXPERIENCE AT THE SCHOOL? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I CAN TALK ABOUT MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION WITH ME, MY CHILDREN, OR IN MY PREVIOUS ROLE ON THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

NOT EVERY STUDENT IS IN THE HIGH ACHIEVEMENT ONE, AND THEY MAY NEVER BE IN THAT PARTICULAR ONE.

EVERY STUDENT IS DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF HOW THEY LEARN AND AND THEIR CAPACITY.

SO CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE STUDENTS THAT AREN'T THE ONES THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE AWARDS? YEAH, I, I CAN'T SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF, BUT I CAN SPEAK ABOUT HOW WE THINK AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING ALL KIDS.

YOU HEARD THE WORD ALL USED A LOT, AND WE DON'T USE THAT LIGHTLY.

IT IS PART OF HOW WE OPERATE THIS TEAM AND THIS STAFF.

YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AROUND THIS, WE TALK ABOUT THE 7%.

WE TALK ABOUT THOSE 7% THAT AREN'T REPRESENTED IN THE 93% THAT ARE PERFORMING ON [INAUDIBLE].

THAT IS THE DATA THAT WE ZONE IN ON.

WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ENSURE THAT THEIR EXPERIENCE MEANS THAT THEY ALSO ARE REACHING THOSE LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT WE WANT TO SEE.

WE HAD A DAY TO DAY WHERE WE SAT DOWN AND LOOKED THROUGH, AND YOU GUYS BUILT OUT AND LOOKED AT THE CONNECTION SURVEY.

WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR KIDS? ARE THEY FEELING CONNECTED? ARE THEY GETTING WHAT THEY NEED IN CLASSROOMS? WHAT'S THE INTERSECTION, WHAT'S HAPPENING ACADEMICALLY, AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AS FAR AS WHAT STUDENTS ARE PERCEIVING THEMSELVES AS HAPPENING? WE LOOK AT OUR STUDENT SURVEY DATA.

WHAT DOES THAT TELL US? WHO MIGHT BE WHOSE VOICES ARE MISSED.

SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CONSISTENTLY CONSIDERING THOSE STUDENTS WHO MIGHT NOT FALL IN THAT TIER OF OF HAVING THOSE THOSE TOP LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE ON THE STATE ASSESSMENT.

BUT SUCCESS LOOKS DIFFERENT TOO, RIGHT? WE ARE OBLIGATED AS A PUBLIC ENTITY TO SHARE SUCCESS THROUGH THE MEANS AND ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE THROUGH THE MEANS OF A STATE ASSESSMENT AND I KNOW I SPEAK FOR MANY OF US AT THE SCHOOL, THAT SUCCESS DOESN'T JUST LOOK LIKE A NUMBER ON ONE TEST THAT YOU TAKE ONE TIME.

IT IS THE CURRENCY WE ARE WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE RENEWAL AND WHEN WE PRESENT NUMBERS PUBLICLY.

BUT SUCCESS CAN MEAN AND LOOK LIKE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS BESIDES A TEST AND SO THAT DEFINITELY IS A MINDSET THAT WE ENSURE THAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE EVERY DAY.

THANK YOU AND THEN MY LAST TWO QUESTIONS AND I'LL STOP THERE.

A NUMBER OF THEM WERE ALREADY ADDRESSED.

YOU COULD WAIT FOR THEM MAYBE IN THE NEXT ROUND.

OH, SURE. QUESTIONS? SO EVERYONE GETS A CHANCE TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE.

DI SALVO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

PRESIDENT BERTA AND LIKE MY COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO THANK ALL THOSE WHO CAME TONIGHT TO GIVE THEIR TESTIMONY ABOUT BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL, PARTICULARLY THE CHILDREN.

SO THANK YOU FOR ENLIGHTENING AND INSPIRING ME BY YOUR WORDS ABOUT EDUCATION.

BEFORE I ASK MY QUESTION, JUST A COMMENT THAT WE HAVE A CRISIS IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

WE HAVE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IS THE HIGHEST IT'S EVER BEEN.

YOU HAVE STUDENTS THAT WANT TO ATTEND BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE WITHIN THE INSTRUCTIONAL ENVIRONMENT YOU'VE CREATED OVER THE YEARS.

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SO WITH THAT AS A BACKDROP, LET ME ALSO SAY AS A BACKDROP THAT I WAS CHAIR OF THE BOARD DURING ONE OF THE RENEWAL MEETINGS AND I MET WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING I WENT WITH TRUSTEE MAH TO MEETINGS IN LOS ALTOS TO TRY TO BROKER THE DIVIDE THAT EXISTED BETWEEN NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE ON THE SAME STREET, WHO WON'T TALK TO EACH OTHER ANYMORE, WHOSE CHILDREN DON'T PLAY TOGETHER ANYMORE.

BECAUSE OF THIS DIVIDE BETWEEN BULLIS AND LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO HERE'S MY QUESTION AND I HAVE MANY, BUT I'M ONLY GOING TO ASK ONE.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE MY STAFF, THE SUPERINTENDENT STAFF, TO OPINE.

I'D LIKE THE BOARD TO OPINE, I'D LIKE THE LOS ALTOS BOARD PRESIDENT TO OPINE. MY ONLY QUESTION.

IF THERE WAS A MATERIAL REVISION TO IF THIS BOARD DECIDES TO APPROVE BULLETS FOR SEVEN YEARS, WHAT IS THE ONE MATERIAL REVISION THAT WOULD REDUCE THE DIVIDE THAT I FEEL GUILTY ABOUT? I FELT GUILTY ABOUT IT EVERY TIME I VOTED ON THIS, BECAUSE IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT TO HAVE A COMMUNITY DIVIDED BY A SCHOOL WHOSE STUDENTS THRIVE. IN FACT, YOUR STUDENTS IN LOS ALTOS ELEMENTARY THRIVE.

SO EVERYBODY PROBABLY FOR THE MOST PART, IS THRIVING AND THERE'S STILL THIS FEUDING.

SO THAT'S MY QUESTION.

WOULD YOU OPINE, PLEASE, ABOUT WHAT? NUMBER ONE, IF THERE WAS A MATERIAL REVISION THAT WOULD IMPROVE THE DIVIDE THAT EXISTS.

IT HAS EXISTED SINCE YOUR INCEPTION IN 2004, AND IT EXISTS, I'M SURE, TONIGHT.

SO THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL.

YEAH, I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW IF I FEEL EQUIPPED TO ANSWER THAT BECAUSE I AGREE.

I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO DIVIDE.

I MAYBE SOMEBODY FROM LASD WOULD WANT TO START.

AM I, OKAY SINCE I HAVEN'T BEEN VISITED I HAVEN'T VISITED THERE FOR 3 OR 4 YEARS.

IS THERE STILL A DIVIDE? MAYBE THERE'S NOT. OH, YES AND I THINK WE'VE MADE STRIDES, BUT YEAH, THERE'S I MEAN, THERE'S STILL A DIVIDE, RIGHT? WE'RE STILL IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE HEARING FROM.

SO THEN MY QUESTION IS RELEVANT AND I HOPE SOME OF YOU COULD ANSWER IT.

YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF I FEEL EQUIPPED TO.

I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE A DIVIDE.

I THINK WE ALL SHARE THE SAME DESIRE WHICH IS SUPPORTING CHILDREN.

I THINK THERE'S.

YEAH. SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO HEAR OTHERWISE, BUT I THINK WE ALL I, WE COME TO THE TABLE, I COME TO THE TABLE IN WANTING TO SERVE KIDS AND THAT'S ALL KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY.

COULD IT BE FINDING A WAY TO USE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT'S BEEN BUILT? THAT WE HEARD DISCUSSED TONIGHT? THAT MIGHT BE WHAT THAT LASD NEEDS AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, AS WE SHARED, WE'VE BEEN OPEN TO THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND EXPLORING THEM, WHICH I THINK IS A BIG STEP FORWARD FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN THAT WAY.

I WILL SPEAK THAT I'VE HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT LASD OF WAYS THAT WE CAN COLLABORATE.

I REALLY APPRECIATE HER AS A LEADER, AND I THINK ON THE GROUND, I KNOW OUR STAFF INTERACT VERY WELL TOGETHER.

WE HAVE TO AS SHARED FACILITIES AND SO I THINK IN THE DAY TO DAY WE FUNCTION QUITE WELL AND THEN WHEN WE LAYER ON POLITICS AND HISTORY, THINGS BECOME MORE COMPLICATED AND THE ANSWER FROM LASD MIGHT BE THAT BUILDING WOULD BE THE THING AND FOR US, I THINK WE'RE SORT OF STUCK.

ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ANYBODY ELSE? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE PETITION IS THE PETITION AND AS SOMEBODY WHO IS DEDICATED TO SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY, IT IS REALLY A VALUE TO ME TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE I MEAN, I RAN OUT OF TIME IN MY ONE MINUTE, BUT MY CLOSING COMMENT WAS THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ALL CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO THE KIND OF COMMUNITY THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM, AND I'M NOT SURE ABOUT WHETHER THE DIVIDE IS THERE.

I HAVE HAD TALKS WITH MY NEIGHBORS AND SOME FOLKS HAVE SAID EVEN FOLKS WHO SENT THEIR KIDS TO BULLIS SAID, HOW COULD THERE IS? THERE'S SOME DIVIDE THAT I MAY NOT EVEN REALLY UNDERSTAND.

AS SOMEONE WHO'S ONLY BEEN THERE FOR FIVE YEARS, AND I CAN SAY THAT MY CHILD IS INVOLVED IN ALL KINDS OF HE MENTIONED THAT HE'S INVOLVED IN LOS ALTOS SPORTS.

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SO HE OUR EXPERIENCE IS THAT WE ARE FRIENDS.

I COULD JUST ADD THAT MY CHILDREN WENT THROUGH DURING THE TIMES WHEN THERE WAS A LOT OF ANIMOSITY BETWEEN THE TWO AND I DEFINITELY SEE THAT HAVING MUCH BETTER TODAY.

I MEAN, WE'RE ON CAMPUSES.

WE'RE, YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF WORK WONDERFULLY TOGETHER.

THEY WORK OUT SCHEDULES THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTIVE OF EACH OTHER.

IF ONE OF THE SCHOOLS NEEDS USE OF THE GYM, THEY LET THE OTHER SCHOOL USE IT.

IF THEY IF IT DOESN'T IMPACT THEIR SCHEDULE.

WHEREAS MY SON FELT THAT WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ACTUALLY HARASSED HIM FOR ATTENDING BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY THAT I DON'T SEE THAT TODAY.

I'M VERY HAPPY THAT THE STUDENTS THAT YOU SAW HERE ARE HAPPY, AND THEY REALLY, I THINK, ARE FOR THE MOST PART OBLIVIOUS TO THE POLITICAL PIECE.

I APPRECIATE HEARING WHAT I'M HEARING.

SO THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY WOULD YOU PLEASE.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

IF I COULD OFFER SOME BRIEF COMMENTS, I WOULD SAY HAVING LIVED IN LOS ALTOS SINCE 2006, THE WORST OF THE DIVIDE HAS ALWAYS OCCURRED AS PART OF THE PROP 39 FACILITIES ALLOCATION PROCESS.

BECAUSE THAT BASICALLY REQUIRES VCS TO COME FORWARD IN A VERY BUREAUCRATIC WAY AND SAY WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE PLACED AND BASICALLY EVERY TIME THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURE OF IT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO REQUEST ASSIGNMENT TO AN EXISTING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD INFLAME THE PARENTS OF THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ALLEGATIONS WOULD GET THROWN BACK AND FORTH, AND IT WOULD GET VERY BAD.

THINGS HAVE BEEN MUCH BETTER LATELY, IN PART BECAUSE OUR TWO BOARDS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COME TO AGREEMENTS FOR FACILITY PLACEMENT AT OUR SHARED JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE FACING IS THAT DUE TO ENROLLMENT DECLINES, WHICH WE KNOW EVERYONE ACROSS THE COUNTY IS EXPERIENCING, WE ONLY HAVE TWO CLASSROOMS OF SIXTH GRADERS AT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WHERE ONE OF THE FEW DISTRICTS THAT HAS K SIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THEN SEVEN EIGHT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND LOOKING AT OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE THOSE SIX EIGHT PROGRAMS IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE THE SPECIALIZED TEACHING IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO WITH TWO SIXTH GRADE TEACHERS AND JUST TWO CLASSROOMS, AND OUR JUNIOR HIGHS ARE SHRINKING AS WELL, OBVIOUSLY, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO OFFER ALL THE THINGS THERE.

SO THE PLACEMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN STABLE AND AMICABLE FOR A LONG TIME NOW, IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO WORK FOR OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM BECAUSE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, I THINK, 1200 STUDENTS ON OUR JUNIOR HIGH CAMPUS BETWEEN OUR PROGRAM AND THE MAJORITY OF BCS KIDS AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO NEED TO COME UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE DISCUSSION.

SO TO ANSWER YOUR EARLIER QUESTION, IF WE COULD COME UP WITH A MATERIAL REVISION OR SOME KIND OF DOCUMENT, THE ONE THING IS FOR US TO COME UP WITH A LONG TERM PLAN FOR FACILITIES PLACEMENT THAT WILL WORK FOR BOTH OF US AND RIGHT NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T HAVE AN AGREEMENT THAT LASTS PAST THE END OF THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR.

SO THE PROP 39 PROCESS IS SLATED TO START AGAIN AND I'M REALLY HOPEFUL THAT AS PART OF THIS RENEWAL PROCESS, WE CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH BCS THAT WILL INCLUDE THAT WHICH I THINK BOTH, AS I STATED IN MY COMMENTS EARLIER, WILL SOLVE SOME OF THE ISSUES FROM THE NOTICE OF CONCERN AND WILL ALSO ENSURE THAT THIS WAR DOESN'T BREAK OUT AGAIN IN THE COURSE OF THE PROP 39 PROCESS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE TO RUN IN THE FALL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE WHO'VE WORKED ON REDUCING THE DIVIDE AND INCREASING THE NEIGHBORLY COLLABORATION THAT SHOULD GO ON IN ANY COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY ONE LIKE YOURS.

DID THE STAFF WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? ESSENTIALLY, WE'RE THE AUTHORIZER AND SO I REALLY CAN'T SPEAK TO THE ISSUE.

OUR JOB IS TO MONITOR AND OVERSEE THE SCHOOL AND THEIR COMPLIANCE AND SO WE DO SUPPORT ANY COOPERATION OR COLLABORATION THAT COULD OCCUR BETWEEN LOS ALTOS AND BULLIS.

THAT WOULD BE THE INTENT ON MY AFFIRMATIVE VOTE IN IN AUGUST THAT WE MOVE TOWARDS INCREASED FRIENDSHIP OF ALL.

SO THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.

TRUSTEE LARI.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO'S HERE TODAY TO GIVE THEM GIVE US THEIR INPUT.

SO MY QUESTION WAS FROM STAFF, LIKE, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO FACILITATE WHAT ROLE CAN YOU PLAY TO FACILITATE AGREEMENTS? AS I SAID, WE'RE THE AUTHORIZER.

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THEY NEED TO MAINTAIN THEIR NEUTRALITY AND THEIR OVERSIGHT ROLE.

SO IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN ASK BEFORE WE RENEW FOR THEM TO MAYBE ASK A THIRD PARTY TO BE THERE? YOU CAN ASK COUNCIL.

I GUESS THERE'S NOTHING STOPPING US FROM MAKING THAT AS A SUGGESTION THAT IF THIS BOARD FEELS THAT THIS LACK OF COOPERATION IS NOT GOOD FOR THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS, BUT WHETHER THE DISTRICT AND THE CHARTER SCHOOL GET ALONG IS NOT A COMPONENT OF CHARTER RENEWAL, SPECIFICALLY, THAT YOU WOULD BE MAKING RENEWAL DECISIONS BASED ON.

SO WE CAN WE PUT IT AS A CONDITIONALITY FOR MOVING FORWARD OR WE CAN'T.

I'M NOT COMFORTABLE TALKING IN PUBLIC ON GIVING THAT KIND OF ADVICE AS FAR AS WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO FOR CONDITIONS.

THANKS. TRUSTEE MAH AND THEN I'LL GO AFTER TRUSTEE MAH AND THEN WE'LL DO ANOTHER ROUND.

ANOTHER ROUND? GREAT.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA.

I HAVE A BUNCH OF RANDOM QUESTIONS, SO WE'LL GO ANOTHER ROUND FOR SURE.

THE QUESTION IS THAT I STARTED OFF WITH BECAUSE I GOT SOME GREAT IDEAS FROM LISTENING TO EVERYONE ELSE IS AND AGAIN, YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE NUMBERS EXACTLY, BUT I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT HOW MANY STUDENTS ACTUALLY HIT THE CAP FOR THE LOTTERY.

THE FMLP CAP, I MEAN, SO YOU I THINK I HEARD SUPERINTENDENT ISRAEL MENTIONED THAT THERE'S BETWEEN 100 AND 20, 140 KIDS EVERY YEAR, 140 TO 160 STUDENTS EVERY YEAR.

HOW MANY OF THOSE KIND OF ARE, YOU KNOW, HIT THE 10% CAP? DO YOU EVER HIT THE CAP? I GUESS IS OKAY? YES. SO, OKAY.

I DON'T KNOW. OBVIOUSLY DON'T KNOW THOSE NUMBERS OFFHAND AND I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT TO KNOW ABOUT THE WAY WE OPERATE THE LOTTERY IS LET'S SAY WE OFFER 150 ON OUR LOTTERY DATE, FEBRUARY 28TH.

WE STILL CONTINUE OFFERING WHEN WE LEARN OF OPENINGS.

RIGHT AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, IN MAY, JUNE WE LEARN OH SO AND SO IS MOVING SWITCHING.

SO THEN WE HAVE MORE OPENINGS AND WE OFFER.

WE MADE A ROUND OF OFFERINGS LAST WEEK TO FAMILIES.

SO THAT NUMBER CONTINUES TO SHIFT.

SO IN THE EVENT WE WERE TO HIT YOU KNOW THAT 10% THERE'S STILL ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE FAMILIES.

THEY BECOME THEN NEXT ON THAT WAIT LIST AND THE CHANCES OF THEM THEN AS OPENINGS COME UP, THEY WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN.

SO THERE IS IT'S A ROLLING CONTINUUM.

ADMITTANCE. BUT YEAH, TO KNOW SPECIFICALLY ON THAT DATE, I WOULD HAVE TO PULL AND LOOK.

YEAH. SO I GUESS SO PART OF MY QUESTION THEN IS HOW MANY KIDS, YOU KNOW, ON THAT FIRST LOTTERY DATE ARE THERE THAT APPLY SIMILAR TO WHAT TRUSTEE VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA WAS ASKING AND THEN OF THOSE BECAUSE FLMP IS A SELF IDENTIFYING THING TO SO THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, HARD GUARANTEE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING THAT THEY ARE AND THEREFORE GETTING PRIORITIZED IN THE AUTOMATED FASHION ACTUALLY ARE, THAT'S NOT REALLY REVEALED UNTIL LATER, I GUESS TO CONDITION OF THAT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO HOLD THAT PREFERENCE.

SO LET'S SAY THAT SOMEBODY DOES PUT THAT PREFERENCE, YOU KNOW, SAY THEY QUALIFY FOR THAT PREFERENCE.

THEY ARE PULLED ON THE LOTTERY DAY IN ORDER AS PART OF THEIR REGISTRATION PROCESS.

THEY DO HAVE TO SHOW PROOF OF THAT IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THAT RIGHT.

THAT PRIORITY, IF WE WERE TO DISCOVER IN THAT REGISTRATION PROCESS THAT THEY HAD FALSIFIED THAT INFORMATION OR IT WASN'T TRUE, THEN THEY WOULD LOSE THAT SLOT.

YEAH, BUT SINCE YOU DID CHANGE IN 2022.

SO IT'S ONLY BEEN TWO YEARS.

YEAH, IT'S BEEN A SMALL.

SO, YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE A FEEL THAT YOU'VE ACTUALLY KIND OF HIT THAT CAP ON THAT LOTTERY DAY, EVEN BASED ON THE SELF IDENTIFIED.

I DON'T YEAH. I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT.

YEAH. OKAY. SO I'M KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO COMPARE THAT TO WHAT THE ACTUALS WERE FOR LASD, WHICH AT THAT TIME WAS 5%.

SO THEREFORE YOU PUT 10% AS A DOUBLE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS THAT CAME OUT? AND AGAIN, IT'S ONLY THE LAST TWO YEARS.

SO YEAH, STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT OR NOT, AT LEAST IT'S THERE.

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SO THAT'S STILL GOING ON. GREAT.

SO THAT'S MY FIRST SET OF QUESTIONS.

CAN I ASK ONE MORE? OKAY THE OTHER QUESTION.

WELL, THE OTHER NEXT OF QUESTIONS IS GOING BACK TO THE NDA AND, YOU KNOW, LIST SIGNING OR NOT SIGNING NDA WHEN YOU GUYS WERE DOING THE PROP 39 DISCUSSIONS, WAS THAT UNDER NDA? NO. PROP 39 IS A LAID OUT PROCESS.

IT'S ACTUALLY DESIGNED TO HAVE A NEGOTIATION WHERE WHAT HAPPENS IS EACH MONTH SOMETHING HAPPENS.

SO FIRST, THE CHARTER SCHOOL SUBMITS THEIR PROP 39 REQUEST WHICH IS A VERY DETAILED LONG DOCUMENT.

THEN THE DISTRICT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY THE FOLLOWING MONTH TO RESPOND TO IT AND THEN THE CHARTER SCHOOL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO THEN AGAIN RESPOND BACK AND THE IDEA OF THAT IS THAT YOU CAN NEGOTIATE.

I MEAN, YOU COULD COMPLETELY NEGOTIATE A AGREEMENT INDEPENDENT OF IT AND I THINK IT KIND OF OPENS UP THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT PROCESS IF THE TWO PARTIES WISH TO DO THAT AND I'M SORRY.

SO IS THAT PROP 39 PROCESS BACK AND FORTH? IS THAT COMPLETELY PUBLIC OR IS THAT ALSO UNDER IN CLOSED SESSION.

THAT'S A THAT IS LITERALLY JUST A DOCUMENT AND THAT'S A PUBLIC DOCUMENT SENT BACK AND FORTH.

YEAH. OUR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN THAT DOESN'T WORK TERRIBLY WELL BECAUSE IT'S A BIG LEGAL DOCUMENT, AS OPPOSED TO WHEN WE HAVE IN THE PAST SAT DOWN. I MEAN, YOU AND JOSEPH MAY RECALL SOME OF THOSE VERY HARD AND HEATED MEETINGS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF YOU CAN GET IN A ROOM AND YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKS BEST FOR ALL PARTIES, THEN YOU CAN WORK IT OUT.

BUT AGAIN, I ACTUALLY DON'T SEE THAT BEING SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS WHERE BOTH PARTIES CAN THROW OUT IDEAS WITHOUT KNOWING THAT IT'S GOING TO TURN AROUND AND END UP IN THE PUBLIC THE NEXT DAY.

RIGHT AND SO JUST FROM A I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD AND SO JUST FROM A HISTORICAL KIND OF HISTORY STANDPOINT, AS I RECALL, AND MAYBE YOU COULD CONFIRM ON THE SIDES THAT WHEN YOU CAME UP WITH THE FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT TO NOT DO ANY LAWSUITS, NOT DO ANYTHING AND FREEZE AT 900 OR WHATEVER, THAT NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT WAS ALL DONE WITH SUB BROWN ACT QUORUM AND ALSO UNDER CLOSED DISCUSSIONS AS IT WAS FURTHER DONE THROUGH MEDIATION PROCESS OR IT WAS DONE AND WE HAVE DONE MEDIATION A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH THE DISTRICT.

AGAIN, THERE'S A CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT AND WE DID GO BACK AND FORTH AND WE WHAT WE AGREED IN THAT FIVE YEAR PROCESS WAS WE WOULD COME FORWARD TO THE COMMUNITY AS A GROUP, ALL WITH THE SAME MESSAGE AND BOTH BOARDS HAD TO APPROVE THAT AGREEMENT AND THAT IS HOW WE ENDED UP WITH THE ESSENTIALLY OUR FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE TODAY.

WE WENT BACK INTO A TIME WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE AN AGREEMENT AND AT THAT POINT, BCS DECIDED TO INCREASE ITS ENROLLMENT AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY AT AND SINCE THEN, WE'VE HAD AGREEMENTS EVER SINCE.

RIGHT. BUT THEN THAT AGREEMENT ENDS IN TWO YEARS OR NEXT END OF NEXT OF THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR.

YEAH. RIGHT. OKAY.

I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GET THAT HISTORY OUT THERE A LITTLE BIT, AS I RECALL SOME OF IT, BUT NOT ALL OF IT AND IT SEEMS TO ME JUST AS A COMMENT THAT USUALLY PROPERTY NEGOTIATIONS ARE A CLOSED SESSION ITEM FOR TYPICALLY BOARDS WHENEVER THEY TALK ABOUT BUYING LEASING PROPERTY.

SO THAT IS A RECOGNIZED CLOSED SESSION TOPIC.

IS THAT CORRECT? IT DEPENDS ON THE TOPIC AND WHO IS ENGAGED IN THE CLOSED SESSION AND A NUMBER OF OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES.

THERE IS A PROVISION IN THE BROWN ACT TO ALLOW FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF CLOSED SESSION DISCUSSIONS AMONGST THE BOARD, RIGHT, REGARDING PROPERTY AND LEASING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

REAL ESTATE, PROPERTY NEGOTIATIONS, PROPERTY ACQUISITION PURCHASE AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, WHICH MAY NOT.

RIGHT. MAY NOT APPLY.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT IT'S THERE'S SOME PARALLELISM OUT THERE THAT SAYS SOME OF THE STUFF MAKES SENSE TO KEEP UNDER, YOU KNOW, WRAPS

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EVERYONE WANTS TO DISCLOSE ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT OR AT LEAST THAT'S A REASONABLE THOUGHT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

I'M GOING TO INSERT MYSELF IN THE QUEUE HERE BEFORE WE DO ANOTHER ROUND.

I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY.

BOTH BULLIS COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMUNITY AND OTHERS IN BETWEEN AS WELL.

I MY QUESTIONS KIND OF PUTTING ON MY SPECIAL EDUCATION HAT HERE.

I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE FROM BULLIS ON KIND OF A DESCRIPTION OF YOUR CONTINUUM OF SERVICES AND HOW YOU'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS.

I CAN SPEAK GENERALLY TO THAT, AND I KNOW WE HAVE MORE IN THAT PETITION AS WELL, BUT WE ARE PART OF A SELPA WITH SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND SO WE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SELPA ON STAFF. WE HAVE A DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION.

WE HAVE RESOURCE SPECIALISTS, OT, SLP, PARAPROFESSIONALS.

AM I MISSING BCBA? SO A ROBUST STAFF THAT WE WORK WITH TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS AND SO THAT LOOKS LIKE A VARIETY OF THINGS, RIGHT? THAT LOOKS LIKE A COMPREHENSIVE IN THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE WORKED AND MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE PAST FEW YEARS OF OUR SRT AND MTS PROCESS TO DETERMINE WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR US IN OUR SUPPORT AND IDENTIFYING STUDENTS WHO MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL NEEDS, AND WHATARE INTERVENTIONS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE PRIOR TO JUMPING TO SPECIAL EDUCATION? IT LOOKS LIKE CONSULT THAT OUR DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION DOES WITH TEACHERS THAT HER TEAM DOES, THAT SHE DOES WITH MEMBERS OF OUR LEADERSHIP.

IT LOOKS LIKE WEEKLY MEETINGS THAT SHE AND I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS.

SHE ALSO MEETS WITH ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS SO THAT THEY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THINGS LOOK LIKE AND THEN IT'S MAKING SURE TEACHERS HAVE THE SUPPORTS THEY NEED.

WHAT ARE THE TRAININGS THEY NEED? WHAT ARE THE STRATEGIES IN THE CLASSROOM? WHAT ARE THE TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING? I THINK WE ALL KNOW COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, RIGHT, THAT WE SAW A HEIGHTENED NEED NOT ONLY TO SUPPORT OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, BUT MANY STUDENTS IN SOME OF THOSE STRATEGIES AND WE KNOW AND YOU KNOW, THIS BEST, PRESIDENT BERTA, THAT THE STRATEGIES THAT WORK FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS ARE ALSO BEST PRACTICES FOR MANY OF OUR STUDENTS.

SO HOW DO WE SUPPORT INSIDE CLASSROOMS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO BUILD THE TOOLKITS OF OUR TEACHERS? SO THERE'S A LOT OF ROBUST SUPPORT.

WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SELPA AS WELL AS A THOUGHT PARTNER IN THAT PROCESS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN BETTER UNDERSTANDING IS GETTING A BREAKDOWN OF THE CONTINUUM OF CATEGORIES THAT STUDENTS FALL INTO UNDER IDEA, AND BETTER UNDERSTANDING THE BREAKDOWN, AS WELL AS THE SUPPORT SERVICES THAT ARE ALIGNED AND I KNOW A LOT OF THAT'S DEPENDENT ON IEPS, BUT FROM A STRUCTURAL STANDPOINT WOULD BE A HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE EQUIPPED TO DO AND HOW YOU'RE MEETING THOSE NEEDS.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY AND THEN I GUESS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD FOR STAFF RELATED TO THAT IS DOES THE DOES OUR COUNTY OFFICE KEEP TRACK OF STUDENTS, FOR INSTANCE, WHO MAY HAVE LEFT BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL TO PURSUE OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, WHETHER IT'S IN A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT OR OTHER OTHER CHARTER SCHOOLS AND WOULD THAT ALSO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHETHER A STUDENT HAD AN IEP OR NOT? SO HISTORICALLY, SCCOE HAS NOT TRACKED THIS INFORMATION AND HAS NO WAY OF KNOWING WHEN A FORMER CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENT RECEIVES SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES FROM THEIR HOME DISTRICT.

SCCOE CAN CONSIDER THE MEANS OF OBTAINING REPORTS FROM CHARTER SCHOOLS.

WHEN A STUDENT WITH A 504 OR AN IEP LEAVES CHARTER SCHOOL.

ADDITIONALLY, THE CDE IS SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE SOME LIMITED DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION TO SCCOE AS PART OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWAL PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES SOME INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION STATUS FOR STUDENTS WHO DO LEAVE THAT SCHOOL.

SCCOE STAFF HAS REQUESTED THIS INFORMATION FROM THE CDE, AND THE CDE DOES NOT HAVE A DATE AT THIS MOMENT FOR WHEN THIS INFORMATION WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE, BUT IT IS IN PROCESS.

OKAY. DO YOU ANTICIPATE HAVING IT BEFORE? THAT IS OUR THAT I HAVE BEEN CONTACTING CDE DAILY.

THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THAT DILIGENCE AND I GUESS A PARALLEL QUESTION TO THAT FOR LASD IS DO YOU HAVE DATA ON WHERE YOUR STUDENTS, STUDENTS WHO ENROLL KIND OF MID GRADE TRANSITIONS, DO YOU HAVE DATA ON WHERE STUDENTS ARE COMING FROM, WHETHER THEY'RE COMING

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AND IF IT'S ON THE SPOT FOR BOTH BULLIS OR THE LASD OR STAFF, I FULLY UNDERSTAND WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THESE QUESTIONS.

SO JUST IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION.

HERE WE GO.

HI THERE. GOOD EVENING.

I'M SANDRA MCGONAGLE, THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE DO. WE KEEP KIND OF JUST GOOGLE SPREADSHEETS O STUDENTS AS PART OF OUR ENROLLMENT PROCESS.

SO IF THEY'RE COMING TO US NOT IN TK OR IN KINDER IN FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL, WE ALWAYS ASK THE FAMILY THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO SHARE WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM. BUT WE DO ASK AND WE DO HAVE SOME RECORDS AND OF COURSE, THEN WE KNOW IF THEY ARE COMING WITH US, TO US WITH AN IEP OR QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH.

THAT'S PART OF OUR ENROLLMENT PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE SERVICES AND THE SUPPORTS THAT THEY NEED FOR THEIR EDUCATION.

SO WE DO HAVE SOME ANECDOTAL DATA.

I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COUNTY STAFF, IF THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD BEFORE WE CONTINUE WITH THE LOOP AROUND HERE IS AS BULLIS, YOU'RE AWARE THAT THIS BOARD ISSUED THE NOTICE OF OF CONCERN AND A REAFFIRMATION OF THAT NOTICE OF CONCERN.

I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, THE CHANGES THAT YOU'VE MADE OR THE PROCESS THAT YOU'VE GONE THROUGH TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS AS OUTLINED IN THOSE LETTERS? FORGIVE ME, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SLIDE NUMBERS, BUT I THINK A LOT OF OUR ENROLLMENT PROCESS WE'VE CONTINUED TO BUILD ON.

AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE HIRING OF OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH WAS A BIG MOVE FOR US, BRINGING TO YOU THE THE PREFERENCE FOR FRPM WAS ANOTHER BIG MOVE AS WELL AND THEN, I MEAN, THIS IS WHERE AS A SCHOOL, OUR BIGGEST THING WE CAN DO IS, OUTREACH.

RIGHT. IN ORDER TO DETERMINE ENROLLMENT.

WE CAN'T TARGET SPECIFIC.

I CAN'T GO UP TO SOMEONE AND SAY, TELL ME, DO YOU HAVE AN IEP? IF SO, GREAT. COME APPLY.

RIGHT. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ENROLLMENT MATERIALS AT THE WAY THAT WE'RE ACCESSING FAMILIES IS EQUITABLE, AND THAT WE'RE FINDING AVENUES IN WAYS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE SHOWING THAT WE'RE INCLUSIVE.

RIGHT. SO A LOT OF THAT COMES THROUGH.

WHAT ARE THE STRATEGIES WE'RE USING IN THAT OPEN ENROLLMENT PROCESS AND SO THAT'S WHERE I WOULD SORT OF DIRECT BACK TO THOSE SLIDES.

WE'VE HOPED THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO INCREASE AND FIND DIFFERENT AVENUES IN WAYS WE'VE STARTED.

I THINK THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO.

VERONICA STARTED REACHING OUT TO DAYCARES IN LOCAL PRESCHOOLS, WHICH WE'D DONE.

BUT WE SAID, HEY, WE'D LOVE TO PRESENT TO YOUR FAMILIES.

DO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE? AND SO VERONICA WAS ABLE TO JOIN A PARENT COFFEE AND SHARE MORE WITH THEM THERE.

WE'RE LOOKING THIS YEAR ABOUT WHAT ARE OTHER LANGUAGES WE CAN PRESENT AND IS CLAUDINE SHARED.

WE ACTUALLY SPEAK AT ACTUALLY OVER 32 LANGUAGES, WHICH IS PRETTY COOL AND SO A LARGE PORTION OF OUR FAMILIES ONLY SPEAK SPANISH, BUT ALSO RUSSIAN AND MANDARIN.

SO HOW ARE WE ADVERTISING AND FINDING WAYS TO CONNECT WITH THEM AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE.

SO WE'VE LOOKED AT ADVERTISING IN THE IN RUSSIAN NEWSPAPERS, IN MANDARIN NEWSPAPERS.

WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY DO A WORK AND DO A SPANISH RADIO AD.

SO JUST TRYING TO FIND DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN DO OUTREACH IS OUR BEST MOVE HERE.

BUT I'D SAY THE TWO BIGGEST THINGS WE DID WAS HIRING SOMEBODY SPECIFICALLY TO FOCUS IN ON THAT, AND THEN MAKING THAT ADJUSTMENT TO CREATE A PREFERENCE THAT DIDN'T PRIOR EXIST, PLEASE. YEAH, I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT JUST PRAISE FOR VERONICA BECAUSE SHE DOES SHE WORKS REALLY HARD AND SHE'S VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE WORK THAT SHE DOES.

SHE GETS OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND SHE'S BILINGUAL.

I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THE WAY THAT I WAS THAT I LEARNED ABOUT THE SCHOOL WAS BY WORD OF MOUTH AND BECAUSE WE HAVE PARENTS THAT ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE HAVING, INCLUDING CHILDREN THAT HAVE LEARNING DIFFERENCES.

PARENTS GO OUT AND TALK TO THEIR FRIENDS WHO HAVE WHO ARE MOVING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A SCHOOL TO GO TO AND I SEE IT HAPPENING ALL THE TIME ON THE BASEBALL FIELD, ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD, LIKE THAT'S WHERE I HAPPEN TO BE AND WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THE POSITIVE EXPERIENCES THAT WE'RE HAVING, INCLUDING KIDS THAT DO HAVE IEPS AND THESE ARE THE EXPERIENCES THAT I'VE HAD AND THAT ENCOURAGES FOLKS TO GO.

I MEAN, SO THERE'S THE FORMAL STRUCTURE, WHICH IS LIKE VERONICA IS ABOVE AND BEYOND, AND THE PARENTS WHO ALSO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT I'VE EVER SEEN.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THOSE EFFORTS AND I JUST WILL END ON.

I THINK THE CONCERN FOR ME IS HOW THAT TRANSLATES INTO THE RESULTS WE'RE SEEING AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST AREAS, AND I THINK STAFF FOR VERIFYING THIS DATA

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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S DEEPLY CONCERNING IS THAT FOR THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR, IT WAS AT 0% FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN TK AND KINDER WHO ARE HISPANIC AND SO WHEN YOU COMPARE THAT TO LASD WHICH IS AT 18%, THAT'S QUITE A LARGE DISCREPANCY.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE PIECES THAT I HOPE WE CAN REALLY BETTER UNDERSTAND.

I MEAN, I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS, BUT AT SOME POINT IT ALSO HAS TO TRANSLATE INTO THE ACTUAL STUDENTS THAT ARE BEING SERVED AND HOW THAT'S PERPETUATING EQUITY IN THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

RIGHT. SO I HOPE WE CAN LOOK AT IT WITH THAT LENS AS WELL.

JUST A BRIEF RESPONSE AGREEMENT.

RIGHT. I THINK THIS IS, LIKE I SAID, WHY WE'RE TRYING TO FIND AVENUES.

WE ENROLL 40 STUDENTS IN TK, SO IT'S A VERY SMALL NUMBER FOR US.

BUT IF I'M GOING TO BE SUPER CANDID WHAT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES IS THE NARRATIVE THAT EXISTS, RIGHT.

LIKE AS MUCH AS WORD OF MOUTH MATTERS TO US, IT'S REALLY TOUGH WHEN I'M UP AGAINST NEGATIVE NARRATIVE THAT'S COMING FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY CLAIMING THAT WE DON'T SERVE SPECIAL, LIKE CLAIMING THAT WE DON'T SERVE EL, CLAIMING THAT WE'RE DISCRIMINATING.

LIKE IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET PAST THAT WHEN THAT'S THE DIALOG THAT'S BEING THROWN OUT CONSISTENTLY AND SO I WOULD JUST NAME LIKE THAT IS A BARRIER THAT WE HAVE TO TRY TO WORK AROUND AND CONVINCE OTHERS THAT DOESN'T EXIST.

BEING A CHARTER SCHOOL ALREADY IS CHALLENGING.

THERE'S LOTS OF MYTHS THAT EXIST ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS.

WE'RE NOT FREE. WE AREN'T OPEN ENROLLMENT.

WE HAVE TESTS. ALL THESE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN IN CHARTER SCHOOLS FOR 20 YEARS AND CONSISTENTLY HAVE TO STILL FIGHT THAT NARRATIVE.

BUT THEN WHEN WE HAVE A NEGATIVE NARRATIVE THAT'S BEING SHARED NOT FROM EVERYBODY, BUT FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, IT'S REALLY TOUGH.

IF I'M NOT IN FRONT OF SOMEONE OR A MEMBER OF OUR TEAM OR STAFF, ISN'T IT TO HAVE TO WRITE THAT? SO IS THERE MORE WORK TO BE DONE? YES. THERE'S ALWAYS MORE WORK TO BE DONE AND WE HAVE THIS BARRIER.

WE HAVE TO CONSISTENTLY FIND WAYS TO GET AROUND BECAUSE OF THE DIALOG THAT'S PRESENTED ABOUT BCS AND HOW IT'S SPOKEN ABOUT NEGATIVELY.

CAN I ALSO ADD ONE THING? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY DONE IN THE PAST IS ASKED IF WE COULD PRESENT AT THEIR ENROLLMENT NIGHTS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PRESENT OUR SCHOOLS. WELL, AND THEY'VE ALWAYS DECLINED TO LET US DO THAT.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT COLLABORATIVE THING IF WE COULD PRESENT TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE COMING TO THEIR OPEN ENROLLMENTS AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, IT REALLY GOES BACK TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE.

IT'S NOT ABOUT A NARRATIVE.

IT'S ABOUT WHAT THE ACTUAL DATA SHOWS AND ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THAT IS OUR ROLE AS THE AUTHORIZER TO ASK QUESTIONS AND CONTINUOUSLY PUSH FOR ACCOUNTABILITY ON ALL ENDS.

RIGHT. SO THOSE THAT'S KIND OF WHY I'M POSING THAT TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

WE'LL GO FOR ANOTHER ROUND.

YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I FEEL LIKE THIS IS SUCH A PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION.

I HAD SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS AS YOU.

TRUSTEE BERTA. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND SO I WANTED TO ASK BULLIS IF THEY HAD ANY OF THEIR DATA AROUND RETENTION RATES THAT THEY COULD SHARE OR IN TERMS OF STUDENTS YOU KNOW, IF THEY DO LEAVE BULLIS IF ANY INFORMATION ON THAT, IF.

SPECIFICALLY IF THEY LEAVE BETWEEN 2 AND 8.

WHY OR WHERE OR.

YEAH. WE COLLECT [INAUDIBLE] OF DATA.

A VARIETY OF REASONS WHY WE SEE THAT HAPPENING.

RIGHT. COULD BE I'M MOVING OUT OF THE AREA, I HAVE CHILDREN WHO ARE IN MULTIPLE GRADE LEVELS, AND TRYING TO TRANSPORT TO MULTIPLE SITES IS CHALLENGING.

OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL IS AT ONE SITE.

ELEMENTARY CAN BE AT ANOTHER.

FAMILIES MOVING OUT OF STATE.

YEAH. WANTING TO GO TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL, A PRIVATE SCHOOL, A VARIETY OF REASONS THAT WE SEE FAMILIES IDENTIFYING IF THEY WANT TO TRANSITION RETENTION, THOUGH, IS QUITE HIGH FOR US YEAR OVER YEAR.

YEAH. THAT'D BE GREAT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU COME BACK IN AUGUST AND AS PRESIDENT BERTA MENTIONED, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE DISABILITY CATEGORIES, IF THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, COMPLIANT WITH HIPAA AND FERPA, IF THAT COULD BE SHARED AND THEN IN SLIDE 16 YOU KNOW, SLIDE 17 THAT HAD, YOU KNOW, THE A REFLECTION OF OR I GUESS A PARALLEL

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IF WHEN YOU COME BACK IN AUGUST WOULD BE GREAT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER BACK TO THE MOUNTAIN VIEW SITE BECAUSE WHEN I VISITED BULLIS, I SAW FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THE FIELDS ARE SHARED AND SOME OF THE FACILITIES.

SO WOULD WOULD THERE BE SHARING FOR THE MOUNTAIN VIEW SITE OR DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO AGAIN? THAT WOULD BE A DISCUSSION WITH LASD.

WHAT THEY HAVE SAID PUBLICLY IS NO, THEY WOULD VIEW IT AS A SITE FOR JUST BCS OR A LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF THEIR OWN.

IT IS THE SMALLEST SITE OF ALL OF THE SITES, AND BCS IS THE LARGEST SCHOOL THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF THEIR SCHOOLS. OKAY, THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW.

YEAH, BUT I THINK THAT'S IT FOR ME.

THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE CHON.

YEAH. I WAS WONDERING FOR WHEN I HAD SPOKEN EARLIER ABOUT WANTING THE PERCENTAGES FOR, LIKE, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AS WELL AS STUDENTS WITH FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH IN THE, YOU KNOW, RECENT KINDERGARTEN AND TK CLASSES.

I APOLOGIZE.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE THE EL PERCENTAGES ON THERE.

BUT MY QUESTION IS FOR LASD.

ON YOUR ENROLLMENT PACKAGES, AND I APOLOGIZE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.

I DON'T HAVE CHILDREN, SO I HAVEN'T ENROLLED A STUDENT.

BUT ON THERE, DOES IT SAY IF THE PRIMARY LANGUAGE AT HOME IS ENGLISH? OR SOMETHING OF THAT.

THERE IS A HOME LANGUAGE SURVEY.

SO THERE ARE FOUR QUESTIONS THAT EVERY FAMILY MEMBER NEEDS TO ANSWER AND IT'S I'M NOT GOING TO REMEMBER THE FOUR.

I THINK IT'S A SIMILAR FOUR QUESTIONS FOR EVERY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT.

BUT IT DOES GET TO THE IDEA OF DOES YOUR CHILD POTENTIALLY SPEAK ANOTHER LANGUAGE, AND IF SO, THEN THAT FLAGS THE ELPAC TESTING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PERFORMANCE TESTING AND I BELIEVE AND MAYBE DOCTOR DEWAN CAN REMIND US, BUT JUST FOR THIS COMING YEAR, THEY'RE ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO BE TESTING TK STUDENTS.

I THINK THE STATE JUST CHANGED THAT FOR THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE THE TEST DOESN'T REALLY ADEQUATELY MEET THAT.

SO THE COMING DATA WILL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

BUT KINDERGARTEN FOR CERTAIN.

YEAH, THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.

I WOULDN'T SUPPORT TESTING FOUR YEAR OLDS ANYWAY, SO.

OKAY AND THEN I ASSUME THEN THOSE QUESTIONS ARE SIMILARLY ON THE BCS APPLICATION.

OKAY. THAT'S GREAT TO KNOW.

YEAH, IT'S AT THE APPLICATION.

BUT YEAH, IT'S PART OF IT'S THE SAME FORM THAT FILLS OUT AT EACH BECAUSE WE WOULD EXCHANGE THOSE IF A STUDENT TRANSITIONED.

IT'S A HOME LANGUAGE SURVEY THAT IS PART OF THE REGISTRATION PROCESS.

THAT'S GREAT TO KNOW. SO THEN WE CAN SEE IF A STUDENT WOULD BE ELL COMING IN.

CORRECT. OKAY. OR PREDETERMINED.

BUT THAT'S NOT TILL AFTER THEY'VE ACTUALLY GOTTEN ENROLLED GONE THROUGH THE LOTTERY PROCESS.

WE ARE BLIND TO THAT INFORMATION IN THE LOTTERY PROCESS.

YOU CAN'T GIVE THE HOME LANGUAGE SURVEY BEFORE THAT.

NO, BECAUSE WE AGAIN DON'T WANT TO IN ANY WAY BIAS DISCRIMINATE AND PART OF OUR CHARTER, WE DON'T DO THAT.

SO ONCE THE STUDENT GETS THROUGH THE LOTTERY AND THEY HAVE A SPOT, THEN THEY'RE THE FINISHED REGISTRATION PACKET THAT HAS ALL THE INFORMATION, INCLUDING THEIR SPECIAL ED INFORMATION, THEIR HOME LANGUAGE SURVEYS.

ALL OF THAT THEN GETS SUBMITTED AND THAT'S WHEN WE FIND OUT.

OKAY HOW WOULD YOU ADDRESS? LET'S SAY YOU DO THE LOTTERY AND YOU DON'T HAVE MAYBE YOU ONLY HAVE ONE STUDENT THAT IS EL OR DISADVANTAGED OR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH.

HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT AFTER THE FACT? WE GO BACK TO OUR ENROLLMENT STRATEGIES IN OUR WHERE WHO ARE DOING OUTREACH TO SEE IF THERE ARE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES WE NEED TO TARGET TO SEE IF THERE ARE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES WE CAN UTILIZE.

BUT THAT IS THE CHALLENGE IS THAT WE ARE BLIND TO THAT UNTIL ENROLLMENT ACTUALLY HAPPENS.

THAT WOULD HAPPEN AFTER, LET'S JUST SAY TEN STUDENTS ARE COMING IN AND YOU FIND OUT FROM THAT TEN.

ONLY ONE IS OF THOSE SPECIFIC CATEGORIES.

YOU CANNOT THEN GO BACK AND ACCEPT MORE.

NOT UNLESS THERE'S NEW OPENINGS.

RIGHT AND SO LET'S SAY WE ACCEPT TEN.

ONLY ONE MEETS A CRITERIA LIKE AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER IF THERE ARE MORE OPENINGS THAT OPEN UP IN THIS GRADE LEVEL, THEN WE GO BACK TO OUR WAIT LIST AND WE

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WE CAN'T KNOW ANY OF THAT INFORMATION UNTIL THEY FORMALLY FILL OUT THE REGISTRATION PAPERWORK AND IT WOULD BE DISCRIMINATION OTHERWISE AND SO THAT THE ONLY STRATEGY WE COULD USE AT THAT STAGE, IF THERE WAS ONE OUT OF TEN, WOULD BE FOR US TO RECONSIDER WHAT STRATEGIES WE USED AS PART OF THAT OPEN ENROLLMENT PROCESS TO TO RECRUIT AND GO BACK AND TRY A NEW STRATEGIES IN THE NEXT RECRUITMENT CYCLE.

BUT AT THAT POINT, YOU WOULD BE PRETTY TIED BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE ALREADY INFORMED THOSE 10.

YEAH, THEY LEGALLY HAVE TO COME.

I CANNOT TELL ANYBODY.

THEY CAN'T COME. YEAH OKAY.

NOR COULD I EVER UNENROLL OR DISENROLL SOMEONE.

YEAH AND SO GOING BACK TO THE SUPPORTS FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS IF YOU WERE TO FIND OUT THAT A STUDENT WITH LIKE A SIGNIFICANT LEARNING DISABILITY OR AN I DON'T WANT TO SAY WITH AN IEP BECAUSE THE SPECTRUM OF IEPS IS VERY BROAD, BUT A STUDENT WITH SIGNIFICANT LEARNING DISABILITIES OR WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS ARE AT BOTH? I HEAR YOU MENTIONED RESOURCE TEACHERS, SO I CAN SAFELY ASSUME THAT YOU HAVE A RESOURCE PROGRAM.

BUT WHAT KIND OF SUPPORTS ARE GIVEN FOR THOSE STUDENTS DEPENDING ON NEED, RIGHT.

IT IS VERY DEPENDENT AND IF THERE WAS A NEED THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE SUPPORTS FOR THEM.

THAT'S PART OF OUR CONVERSATION WITH OUR SELPA IS WHAT SUPPORTS DO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE TO PROVIDE? BUT WE HAVE PARAPROFESSIONALS RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE STUDENTS WHO HAVE 1 TO 1 AIDES AND HAVE VERY SPECIFIC NEEDS.

DO YOU HAVE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS OTHER THAN RESOURCE TEACHERS? WE USE THOSE SYNONYMOUSLY.

SO IS THERE A DIFFERENT MEANING YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? YEAH. LIKE SO A STUDENT, A TEACHER THAT WOULD SUPPORT, LIKE A MILD MODERATE CLASS OR A MODERATE SEVERE CLASS.

THAT'S A SPECIAL SDC IS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.

LIKE TEACHERS WHO SUPPORT SDC VERSUS A TEACHER WHO SUPPORTS RESOURCE.

THEY CAN DO BOTH. BUT DO YOU HAVE THEM SEPARATE? WE DON'T HAVE AN SDC CLASS.

WE HAVE ALL OF OUR WORK IS INCLUSION.

ALL OF IT'S INCLUSION, CORRECT? YEAH. AS A SINGLE SITE CHARTER, THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD.

FOR THE SAKE OF OPERATING. SO THAT'S WHY WE WORK WITH THE SELPA IN THAT SITUATION AND THEN DO YOU DO ANY OF THE MARKETING THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AND APPEALING TO DIFFERENT FAMILIES? I'VE HEARD A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.

DO YOU DO THAT WORK SPECIFICALLY WITH FAMILIES, WITH STUDENTS THAT MAY HAVE DISABILITIES? MEANING, DO WE UTILIZE CURRENT FAMILIES AS PART OF, SAY, I JUST DON'T WANT TO MISS THE NOT NOT CURRENT FAMILY.

SO LIKE WHEN YOU GO OUT AND YOU MARKET TO THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT LOS ALTOS, DO YOU EVER DO I WANT I DON'T WANT TO SAY TARGETED, BUT OPEN.

ADVERTISING THAT YOU SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY THAT KIND OF.

YEAH. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING FOR SURE.

THAT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT OUR, ALL OF OUR FLIERS AND MATERIALS SAY IS THAT WE DO SERVE ALL STUDENTS AND THAT MEANS, LIKE PART OF THE INFO SESSION THAT THAT I GIVE IN OUR PRINCIPALS GIVE EACH FALL IDENTIFIES THAT SPECIFICALLY WE SUPPORT ALL STUDENTS.

THAT'S THOSE WHO HAVE SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS, WHO MAY HAVE AN IEP, WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE ONE NOW, WHO MIGHT HAVE ONE LONG TERM, ETC..

SO THE BEST WE CAN DO IS MESSAGE THAT AND CONSISTENTLY SHARE THAT IS PART OF OUR PROGRAM.

SO THAT IS A KEY PART OF ALL OF THE FLIERS, POSTCARDS, MAILERS AND MATERIALS THAT GO OUT.

OKAY. CAN I JUST MAKE ONE OTHER COMMENT? I THINK THAT WE'VE HAD FAMILIES THAT HAVE REALLY APPRECIATED THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE A PUSH IN MODEL WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE IN THE CLASSROOM AND NOT OUT IN, YOU KNOW, IN AN SDC CLASS ALL DAY LONG.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SAW OUR CHILDREN STARTED IN LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT PRIOR TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL BEING STARTED AND IN MY DAUGHTER'S CLASS, THERE WERE KIDS THAT WERE VERY MILD.

I MEAN, THEY SEEMED COMPLETELY FINE TO ME AND THEY WERE IN SDC CLASSES ALL BUT FOR ART AND LIKE ART AND PE OR ART AND MUSIC, THEY WERE ALMOST ALWAYS PULLED OUT.

AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR SCHOOL DOES REALLY WELL IS ENSURE WHAT THE LAW SAYS, WHICH IS YOU SHOULD BE MAINSTREAMED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE OUR SCHOOL REALLY EMBRACES THAT.

THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW.

VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA THANK YOU.

I DID HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION.

IT WAS TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT, AND IT WAS THE TRACKING THE FOLKS THAT OR THE FAMILIES THAT LEAVE AND IS THAT SOMETHING INFORMATION YOU SHARE WITH THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, OR IS THAT SOMETHING YOU JUST KEEP INTERNALLY? THERE'S A CHILD FIND REQUIREMENT, RIGHT.

SO IF A STUDENT ENROLLS SOMEPLACE ELSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EXCHANGING THOSE RECORDS.

BUT ANYTHING THAT WE DO IS AN INTERNAL EXIT SURVEY IS SOMETHING THAT WE JUST GATHER IF FAMILIES.

I THINK YOU NEED THE SAME THING.

IF FAMILIES ARE WILLING TO SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH US, WE DO ASK THEM, BUT THEY'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO SHARE WITH US THE WHY.

SO YOU DON'T SHARE IT WITH THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

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THIRD GRADE, FOURTH GRADE, FIFTH GRADE.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY YOU HAVE THAT DROP OUT PERCENTAGE WISE EACH YEAR? I DON'T KNOW THAT OFF HEAD.

OUR RETENTION IS HIGH, BUT I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT THAT PERCENTAGE IS NOW.

OKAY. I'M INTERESTED IN THAT.

YEAH. HAPPY TO GET THAT. PLEASE AND THEN I RECALL AND AGAIN, FIRST TIME AROUND ON THESE, I THINK THIS QUESTION IS MORE FOR KIND OF EDUCATION STAFF.

STATE LAW AROUND CONSIDERATION ON RENEWALS OF IMPACTS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RESIDENCY IS DID I MISHEAR THAT? AND I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BRIEFINGS THAT I HEARD THERE WITH 15 ZERO AB 1505 THAT CAME INTO EFFECT IN 2020, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF NEW CAUSES FOR DENIAL OF CHARTERS THAT WERE ADDED, INCLUDING IN FISCAL IMPACT ON THE DISTRICT.

BUT THOSE FINDINGS ARE SPECIFICALLY NOT PERMITTED TO BE USED FOR DENIAL OF A RENEWAL.

OKAY. SO THAT'S ONLY A NEW CHARTER.

APPLICATIONS. GREAT. THANK YOU.

MY OTHER QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ASKED, BUT I JUST WANT TO CLOSE, AND I APPRECIATE AGAIN LOIS, AND THE REACHING OUT TO ME, EDUCATING ME, ATTENDING THE SCHOOL SITE, I BELIEVE AND YOUR JOB AND YOUR ROLE IS TO PRESENT THE EXPERIENCE FOR YOUR FAMILIES AND THE STUDENTS AND THAT'S A POSITIVE ONE.

BUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN IS THAT IMPACT OR THAT MAY NOT BE A POSITIVE ONE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND I HOPE YOU WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE AND A DIFFERENT LENS FOR THIS.

AND WHILE YOUR EXPERIENCE AND YOUR FAMILIES AND YOUR STUDENTS MAY BE 100% POSITIVE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE MAY NOT BE IMPACTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT THERE IS OR ISN'T, BUT WALKING INTO IT, JUST SUGGESTING THAT EVERYTHING'S GREAT AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT SURE WHY EVERYBODY HAS DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME IDEA AS WE DO OR THE SAME VISION AS WE DO IS, I THINK, A BIT EITHER NAIVE OR NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE ARE IMPACTS WHEN CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE OPENED IN PUBLIC SCHOOL AREAS.

SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR TIME AND APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

SURE. ONE QUICK QUESTION, AND IT'S FOR STAFF.

GOING BACK TO AB 1505, COULD YOU REVIEW FOR ME IF THERE WERE FOUR MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD? I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN AUGUST.

THAT OR MAJORITY OF THIS BOARD THAT WANTED TO DENY THE REAUTHORIZATION OF BULLIS.

WHAT IS THEIR APPEAL PROCESS? AND IN THAT APPEAL PROCESS, COULD THEY STILL GET SEVEN YEARS? THE APPEAL IS THIS.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? SORRY.

THE APPEAL PROCESS FROM THE COUNTY BOARD IS AN APPEAL TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION CAN OVERTURN A CHARTER DENIAL ONLY IF THEY MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT THERE WAS AN ABUSE OF DISCRETION IN THE DENIAL, AND THE STATE BOARD WOULD THEN MAKE THE DECISION.

SINCE THERE ARE HIGH PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOL BETWEEN 5 AND 7 YEARS AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE STATE BOARD NO LONGER ACTS AS THE CHARTERING AUTHORITY.

IF THEY APPROVE IT, THEN THE STATE BOARD WOULD CONSULT WITH BULLIS AND THEN WOULD ASSIGN OVERSIGHT EITHER BACK TO THE COUNTY BOARD OR TO THE LASD BOARD. WHAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF A THANK YOU FOR THAT? COUNCIL HARDIN, WHAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF ABUSE OF DISCRETION? I DON'T HAVE AN EXAMPLE.

THERE HAVE NOT BEEN VERY MANY CASES BECAUSE THERE HASN'T REALLY BEEN RENEWALS, AND THERE HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN THAT MANY NEW CHARTERS.

I MEAN, AN ABUSE OF DISCRETION WOULD GENERALLY BE THAT YOU DID NOT FOLLOW THE STANDARDS THAT ARE IN THE LAW.

YOU ABUSED THE DISCRETION THAT IS GRANTED TO YOU TO MAKE THE DECISION BASED ON THE STANDARDS IN THE LAW.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

TRUSTEE LARI DO YOU HAVE ANY FOLLOW UPS? SO I HAD A QUESTION A SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT FRPM TO SEE, LIKE, IS IT POSSIBLE TO MOVE IT TO A HIGHER PRIORITY PLACE SO THAT MORE PEOPLE, DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS CAN BE ENROLLED? I BELIEVE IT'S OUR SECOND PRIORITY RIGHT NOW.

ANY ADJUSTMENT IN THAT CONVERSATION THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD? IT WOULDN'T BE A DECISION I COULD MAKE AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE FIRST PRIORITY IS SIBLINGS.

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SO I THINK IT WOULD BE HARD TO FOR ANYBODY TO AGREE THAT SIBLINGS SHOULD NOT BE A PRIORITY.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MAH.

THANKS AND SO I THINK THAT JUST KIND OF REINFORCES FOR ME, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU HIT THE CAP? YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVEN'T HIT THE CAP, THEN THERE'S NOTHING KIND OF WE CAN DO.

BUT IF YOU'VE HIT THE CAP, THEN THERE MAY BE SOME ROOM FOR EXPANSION.

BUT MY QUESTION, MY NEXT QUESTION IS TO TWO QUESTIONS.

ONE IS, WITH RESPECT TO VICE PRESIDENT ROACH'S QUESTION OF THE STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, THE 93% ACHIEVERS.

DO YOU HAVE REMEDIATION CLASSES OR, YOU KNOW, CLASSES FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT DOING WELL? WE DON'T HAVE SEPARATE SETTING IN THAT WAY, BUT THERE ARE STRUCTURES WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR THAT TO BE A POSSIBILITY.

SO IN OUR TK THROUGH FIVE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE RUN A PERIOD EVERY SINGLE DAY.

THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SMALL GROUP PULL OUT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE EL SUPPORT DESIGNATED ELD, THAT COULD LOOK LIKE THERE'S STUDENTS WHO NEED SOME ADDITIONAL EXTENSION WORK IN A CERTAIN CONTENT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE, HEY, THESE STUDENTS NEED SOME ADDITIONAL TIME REVISITING A SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE AND FROM ELA AND SO TEACHERS HAVE DISCRETION AND WORK ACROSS GRADE LEVELS OF THAT TIME PERIOD.

WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

WE ALSO HAVE AN INTERVENTIONIST THAT WORKS ALONGSIDE OUR LITERACY SPECIALIST TO DO PUSHING INTO CLASSROOMS, SMALL GROUP, PUSHING ONE ON ONE SUPPORT, WHATEVER THE NEEDS MIGHT BE. LAST YEAR, HE SPENT HIS TIME WORKING WITH OUR ELL STUDENTS IN THE UPPER GRADE LEVELS SPECIFICALLY.

AND SO THAT IS A STRATEGY AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS ALSO PUSH INTO CLASSROOMS TO WORK WITH THEIR STUDENTS, BUT AS A BEST PRACTICE, ALSO ARE WORKING WITH OTHER STUDENTS IN SMALL GROUPS AS WELL.

SO THERE'S MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES, I THINK LAYERED IN AND THEN OUR TEACHERS, OF COURSE, OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS RUN OFFICE HOURS AFTER SCHOOL AS A MEANS IN A WAY TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WHO MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL NEEDS IN A CERTAIN CONTENT AREA.

OKAY. THANK YOU AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION REALLY IS HARKENING BACK TO TRUSTEE DI SALVO QUESTION, IF THERE WERE ANY POSSIBLE MATERIAL REVISION WHICH COULD HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE SITUATION I HAVE HEARD AND SO MAYBE THAT'S WHERE I NEED SOME CONFIRMATION THAT ONE THING THAT CAN BE DISCOURAGING TO FAMILIES WHO MAY WANT TO ATTEND BCS, BUT CAN'T OR DECLINED TO APPLY, IS THAT BCS DOESN'T HAVE AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM, AN AFTER SCHOOL SPACE TO PROVIDE CHILD CARE.

I'LL JUST PUT IT THAT WAY [INAUDIBLE].

YEAH, I THINK THAT IS TWO YEARS AGO WE HEARD THE SAME THING LOUD AND CLEAR.

SO A FEW MOVES WE'VE MADE IN THAT WAY, MAYBE IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS.

WE EXTENDED OUR TK PROGRAM TO BE A FULL DAY PROGRAM.

SO WE OPERATE UNTIL AFTER 3:00 FOR TK AND K AND THEN WE TWO YEARS AGO DID A PILOT PROGRAM STARTING IN TK.

THAT WAS WHEN WE HAD HALF DAY TO RUN AN EXTENDED DAY FOR FAMILIES.

REALIZING THE POINT, YOU SAID WE REALIZED THAT WE WERE A HALF DAY PROGRAM AND THAT WAS LIMITING FOR FAMILIES TO ENROLL.

SO 3 YEARS AGO, GOSH, MAYBE MY YEARS ARE OFF.

I DON'T KNOW ANYMORE. BUT WE RAN A WE WHEN WE HAD A HALF DAY TK, WE DID AN EXTENSION AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM.

WE THEN TRANSITIONED TO A FULL DAY TK, AND NOW WE OFFER THROUGH THE ELP PROGRAMING EXTENDED LEARNING DAY FOR ALL STUDENTS K THROUGH SIX.

SO THAT RUNS UNTIL 5:30 FOR FAMILIES.

AND IS THAT'S IN YOUR SAME FACILITIES.

SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE EXTRA CLASSROOMS OF ANY WITH YOU.

SO YOU SQUEEZE IT IN AND ARE THOSE CLASSES FULL, SO TO SPEAK? IT DEPENDS ON THE DAY. SO PART OF THAT HAS BEEN PART OF OUR PROGRAM THAT WE'VE BUILT IN HISTORICALLY, OUR EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAM.

YOU HEARD SOME KIDDOS TALK ABOUT AND SOME FAMILIES THAT SPEND PART OF OUR STRUCTURE OPERATING MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY TO BE VERY SPECIFIC IN OFFERING THOSE DIFFERENT CLASSES TO STUDENTS. WE'VE EXTENDED THAT NOW TO RUN LATER ON THOSE DAYS AND THEN LAST YEAR PILOTED AS PART OF THE ELP, A THURSDAY AND FRIDAY OPTION WITH AN OUTSIDE PROGRAM THAT RAN UNTIL 5:30 AND SO THAT PROGRAM IS ALSO OPERATING WITH US THIS SUMMER, AND THEY WILL CONTINUE IN ADD ON FOR US NEXT YEAR AS WELL AND SO THE ATTENDANCE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION VARIES BY DAY JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT ELSE MIGHT BE GOING ON.

BUT WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF INTEREST IN THAT.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S A WE ALL WORK YOU YOU ALL COME HERE AFTERWARDS.

IT'S REALLY HARD TO NAVIGATE WHEN YOU HAVE CHILDRE WITH THAT NEED IS AND SO WE HEARD THAT LOUD AND CLEAR FROM FAMILIES IS WE NEED TO FIND A SOLUTION AND I'M SORRY, IS THAT FEE BASED OR IS THAT QUESTION FOR OUR UNDUPLICATED PUPILS? IT HAS NOT BEEN FEE BASED.

ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THE EXTRACURRICULAR BLOCK THAT'S PART OF THEIR OF OUR PROGRAM AND SO THAT IS FREE FOR THEM.

WE WILL DO A SLIDING SCALE FOR FAMILIES BASED ON INCOME FOR THAT ADDITIONAL CHILD CARE HOUR AFTER THAT, AND THEN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, THE SAME THING, A SLIDING SCALE BASED ON

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SO. YEAH. EVERY LAST SCHOOL, I JUST WANTED TO CHECK EVERY LASD SITE DOES HAVE AN AFTER SCHOOL CAPACITY AND IS THAT GENERALLY FULL ALSO OR HOW WELL ATTENDED IS THAT.

WE'RE OFFERING THE EXPANDED PROGRAMS AT ALL SEVEN OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

FREE OFFERINGS TO OUR FAMILIES WHO QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH.

FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH.

YEAH. I THINK GENERALLY THEY ARE FAIRLY FULL.

WHICH IS GREAT. GREAT.

YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

THAT'S IT AND BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ANYTHING, I JUST I WANT TO THANK OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER FOR PARTICIPATING IN OUR MEETING AND BEING PRESENT.

AND AS IT IS 8 P.M., I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND EXCUSE OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER.

THANK YOU. STUDENT BOARD MEMBER, DE LA ROSA AGUILERA.

THANK YOU. SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE QUESTIONS.

I'M JUST GOING TO ASK MAYBE ONE OTHER QUESTION AND IT LOOKS LIKE SOME OF THIS INFORMATION WILL GET KIND OF IN THE FOLLOW UP AS WELL AS DURING OUR NEXT DECISION MEETING.

THE QUESTION I HAD WAS FOR BULLIS, IN TERMS OF WHAT IS THE EXPECTATION OF PARENTS WHEN IT COMES TO DONATIONS OR OTHER TYPES OF SUPPORTS FOR THE SCHOOL? NONE. WE'RE A FREE PUBLIC SCHOOL.

WE DO HAVE AND WORK WITH THE FOUNDATION, BUT THEY ARE NOT.

THEY ARE A SEPARATE ENTITY.

RIGHT. SO I'M NOT PRIVY TO ANY OF THAT INFORMATION.

WHO DONATES? WHO DOESN'T? THAT'S NOT MY PURVIEW.

WE KEEP THAT VERY SEPARATE FOR THAT REASON.

SO THERE ARE NO EXPECTATIONS FOR DONATION.

WE LOVE FAMILY VOLUNTEERS.

SO MANY OF OUR FAMILIES VOLUNTEER.

IT IS NOT AN EXPECTATION TO VOLUNTEER.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT'S CHALLENGING FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.

SO WE HOPE THAT THERE'S A RECREATE SPACE THAT MIGHT FIT PEOPLE'S NEEDS.

WE TRY TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES IF WE'RE RUNNING, HOSTING, PARENT MEETINGS.

CAN THEY BE ON ZOOM? ARE THEY IN THE MORNINGS? ARE THEY IN THE EVENINGS? WHAT CAN WE DO TO ACCOMMODATE SCHEDULES BUT NO EXPECTATIONS FOR DONATION OR VOLUNTEERING? IS THAT ANY PART OF YOUR BUDGET OR IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, DETERMINING WHAT YOUR PROGRAM IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE? YEAH. DO YOU IS THAT A PART OF YOUR BUDGET? SOME OF OUR HOW THE FOUNDATION FOLDS INTO THE BUDGET.

I'LL HAVE SABRINA SPEAK TO THAT.

GOOD EVENING FOLKS. MY NAME IS SABRINA SILVER.

I WORK WITH EDTECH AND WE DO FINANCIAL STRATEGY AND SUPPORT FOR BULLIS, AND WE HAVE SINCE ITS INCEPTION.

SO EVERY YEAR DURING THE BUDGETING PROCESS, THE SCHOOL CREATES ITS EXPENSE SIDE BUDGET, AND WE PROVIDE PROJECTIONS IN TERMS OF PUBLIC REVENUES.

A PART OF THAT IS THAT WE RECEIVE A COMMITMENT FROM THE FOUNDATION.

WE DO THAT BOTH FOR THE COMING YEAR AS WELL AS IN THE MULTI YEAR PROJECTIONS SO FAR.

EXCUSE ME, SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE SCHOOL, THE FOUNDATION HAS ALWAYS FOLLOWED THROUGH ON ITS ANNUAL AND MULTI YEAR COMMITMENTS AND IN NONE OF THE RECENT AUDITS HAS THE AUDITOR IDENTIFIED THAT COMMITMENT CANNOT BE RELIED UPON IN THE CURRENT YEAR OR IN COMING YEARS? DO YOU HAVE A ROUND ABOUT WHAT THAT PERCENTAGE IS OF THE BUDGET? IT'S ABOUT A THIRD OF THE REVENUE FOR THE SCHOOL IN THE COMING YEARS.

YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR PETITION IT'S BETWEEN 5 AND $6 MILLION.

SO DONATIONS MAKE UP A THIRD OF THE BUDGET OR MONEY FROM THE FOUNDATION.

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FOUNDATION, A COMMITMENT FROM THE FOUNDATION MAKES UP A THIRD OF THE REVENUES THAT SUPPORT THE SCHOOL.

YES, AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY I DON'T KNOW THE SOURCES OF THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS, BUT THIS SEPARATE NONPROFIT ENTITY PROVIDES A COMMITMENT THAT THEY HAVE ALWAYS MET AND ACCORDING TO AUDITED FINANCIALS, WILL CONTINUE TO MEET.

OKAY. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO BETTER UNDERSTAND IN TERMS OF THE FOUNDATION'S CONTRIBUTIONS, WHETHER THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, DONATION BASED AND WHETHER THOSE ARE COMING FROM FAMILIES.

I'M JUST CONCERNED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHETHER IT'S A STATED EXPECTATION OR NOT.

IS THERE GOING TO BE AN UNDERLYING EXPECTATION IF YOU'RE SAYING A THIRD OF THE BUDGET HAS TO BE FULFILLED? I MEAN, I THINK ABOUT ALL OF THOSE AMAZING PROGRAMS AND OFFERINGS, AS YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S AGAIN, THE FOUNDATION IS A COMPLETELY SEPARATE ENTITY FROM THE SCHOOL.

THAT AGAIN HAS SUPPORTED THE SCHOOL SUCCESSFULLY SINCE ITS INCEPTION AND IN THE AUDITED FINANCIALS, THERE HAS BEEN NO RISK IDENTIFIED FOR THE FISCAL SOLVENCY OF THE FOUNDATION AND THE FOUNDATION'S FINANCIALS ARE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, BUT THE SCHOOL WOULDN'T NECESSARILY SPEAK TO THE FOUNDATION SOLVENCY. I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M MORE TALKING ABOUT THE MESSAGING.

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SO THANK YOU.

SO TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

THANK YOU. I GUESS TO THAT POINT IN ANY OF THE ENROLLMENT MATERIAL OR PARENTAL NOTIFICATIONS OR, I GUESS, MARKETING ARE THERE DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT WAS IN TERMS OF DONATIONS, OR IS THAT? WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT NONE OF THAT IS ENROLLMENT.

LIKE I SAID, THAT'S NOT ANYTHING TO DO WITH US IN THE SCHOOL SIDE.

SO NO MARKETING MATERIALS, NO ENROLLMENT MATERIALS, NOTHING HAS ANYTHING ABOUT DONATIONS.

OKAY AND THIS IS A CLARIFYING QUESTION.

SO FOR DISTRICT FOR STUDENTS THAT MAY LIVE OUTSIDE OF LASD, THAT ARE IN BULLIS.

ARE THEY ALL RELATED TO STAFF OR.

I REMEMBER OR.

YEAH. GOOD QUESTION.

NO, VARIETY OF AN OUT OF DISTRICT IS DOWN THE PREFERENCE LIST. BUT LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

LET'S SAY A STUDENT ENROLLS IN KINDERGARTEN.

THEY LIVE IN DISTRICT A FAMILY, ONCE THEY HIT FOURTH GRADE MOVES, THEY STILL REMAIN OUR STUDENT.

SO THEY BECOME AN OUT OF DISTRICT STUDENT FOR US.

BUT THEY ARE STILL OUR STUDENT. WE DON'T LOSE THEM.

THEY DON'T LEAVE BECAUSE THEY MOVED OUT OF DISTRICT.

AS LONG AS THEY STILL WANT TO CONTINUE.

SO OUT OF DISTRICT CAN MEAN A LOT OF THINGS.

MANY TIMES IT MEANS, AS FAMILIES DO, THAT THERE ARE STUDENTS WHO STARTED WITH US IN DISTRICT, AND THEN MAYBE AS THEIR FAMILY HAS GOTTEN LARGER, THEY MAY HAVE TRANSITIONED OUT OF DISTRICT. STUDENTS HAVE EVERY ABILITY.

WE ARE A PUBLIC SCHOOL. WE CAN ENROLL ANYBODY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

SO OUT OF DISTRICT STUDENTS ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO JOIN OUR WAITLIST AND TO ENTER INTO THE LOTTERY.

OKAY WAS CURIOUS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND, TOO, UNLIKE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHERE WHEN A STUDENT MOVES OUT OF DISTRICT, THEY THEN NEED TO ENROLL IN THEIR OWN CHARTER SCHOOL.

LAW REQUIRES US TO ALLOW THOSE STUDENTS TO CONTINUE, SO WE HAVE NO CHOICE IN ALLOWING THOSE STUDENTS TO CONTINUE.

SO IF A FAMILY DOES MOVE OUT OF DISTRICT, THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO CONTINUE TO STAY AS LONG AS THEY LIVE IN CALIFORNIA.

OKAY. JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT AND I SHOULD HAVE ASKED THIS EARLIER.

SO IS I KNOW WE TALKED A BIT ABOUT POTENTIALLY A NEW SITE.

IS BULLIS LOOKING TO LOOK AT OTHER SITES OR IS CROWDING IT AT ALL AN ISSUE? I KNOW THERE ARE SOME SHARED FACILITIES, SO I'D LOVE TO HEAR INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.

YEAH, SO WE'VE OPERATED FOR THE LAST, OH, ALMOST TEN YEARS, I BELIEVE, ON THESE TWO SITES, THE TWO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SITES THAT LASD HAS IN THE DISTRICT.

WE'VE THRIVED THERE.

WE'VE CREATED GREAT COMMUNITIES.

WE'VE OUR FAMILIES ARE VERY HAPPY THERE.

WE HAVE FOUND THAT THE STAFF HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK REALLY WELL TOGETHER.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT LASD'S ENROLLMENT HAS DECLINED OVER THIS PERIOD OF TIME.

WELL OVER 1000 STUDENTS.

SO EVEN IF THEY WERE TO BRING THEIR SIXTH GRADERS THERE, WE STILL WOULDN'T BE ANY HIGHER ENROLLMENT ON THOSE CAMPUSES THAN IT HAS BEEN AT OTHER PEAK TIMES.

OKAY.. BUT AND I BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE THOSE DISCUSSIONS TO, YOU KNOW.

ABSOLUTELY. LIKE WE SAID, WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO HAVING CONVERSATIONS.

WE JUST FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU'RE MAKING SAUSAGE, YOU NEED TO MAKE THE SAUSAGE AND THEN COME OUT WITH WHAT THE ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, DISH IS AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T REALLY TALK CANDIDLY UNLESS YOU HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

OKAY. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEE? OH, SORRY. TRUSTEE CHON.

YEAH. I'LL BE REALLY QUICK.

I REALLY APPRECIATE A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S COME FORWARD FROM JUST PART OF YOUR BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL AS SUPERINTENDENT ISRAEL.

SO THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING.

I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WERE TOTALLY PREPARED TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD, BUT I DO APPRECIATE IT.

SUPERINTENDENT ISRAEL, I KNOW YOU HAD KIND OF COMMENTED THAT IT IS THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN COME FROM THE PUBLIC AND SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU ANSWERING A LOT OF OUR QUESTIONS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS DERIVE FROM AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK AT OUR BOARD MEETING, YOU KNOW, THIS HELPS CLARIFY WHAT IS GOING ON, I THINK, FOR THE PUBLIC.

SO THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS AND I THINK THAT THERE IS A DISTINCT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE JUST HEARD SOME EXAMPLES AND SO OF WHAT CHARTER SCHOOLS AND CHARTER SCHOOL LAW ALLOWS VERSUS WHAT OUR YOU KNOW, OUR TRADITIONAL LIKE, LASD ALLOWS.

[03:10:02]

IT IS VERY DIFFERENT, INCLUDING THE INTER DISTRICT POLICIES, BECAUSE THAT IS THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF A STUDENT MOVED.

SO YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT THAT TO GET INTERPRETED AS A LACK OF COLLABORATION, BUT I THINK THAT THERE ARE VERY, TWO VERY DIFFERENT ENTITIES AND SO WE OBVIOUSLY SEE THAT TONIGHT WITH A LOT OF OUR QUESTIONS.

ONE LAST QUESTION THAT I'LL ASK FOR TONIGHT, AND I'M SURE I'LL HAVE MORE LATER.

BUT IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE MATERIAL THAT WENT OUT IN STUDENT RECRUITMENT IS JUST THE WORDING. ALL STUDENTS.

IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIFIC SAYING LIKE WE SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH IEPS, 504'S OR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, OR IS IT JUST ALL STUDENTS? THERE IS SPECIFIC LANGUAGE TO THAT.

I THINK IF IT'S NOT ON THE SLIDES, THE VISUAL THE LAST THREE AND FOUR FROM THE END WERE EXAMPLES OF A MAILER THAT WENT OUT IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH.

IT'S THE FRONT SIDE OF IT, SO I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S ON THE FRONT SIDE.

THE BACK SIDE, I BELIEVE, IS WHERE IT'S DETAILED, WHICH YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO AND HAPPY TO SHARE THAT.

BUT THAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY MIGHT BE IN OUR PETITION, BUT IT DOES SAY, YEAH, THAT WE SUPPORT ENGLISH LEARNERS, STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION OR IEPS.

IT VERY SPECIFICALLY OUTLAYS THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE.

OKAY. YEAH I SEE IT HERE.

BUT I ONLY SEE JUST YEAH I THINK IT'S ON THE BACK SIDE OF THAT MAILER.

OKAY. YEAH. IF WE VISUAL I THINK IS IN YOUR MATT I DON'T WANT TO PUT THAT WE ARE HAVING TO GET THAT TO YOU IF.

YEAH. THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAD.

PRESIDENT BERTA. THANK YOU.

I'M SORRY. WHAT WAS THIS ABOUT? I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY AMEND THE RESPONSE THAT I GAVE YOU ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE OF THE CONTRIBUTION THAT COMES FROM THE FOUNDATION, HISTORICALLY, THAT HAS MADE UP ONE THIRD OF REVENUES. YOU'LL SEE IN THE PETITION BUDGET THAT WITH THE INCREASE IN PUBLIC REVENUES THAT ARE COMING IN, THAT WILL NOW BE CLOSER TO A QUARTER OF THE REVENUES.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S BEEN DISTINGUISHED.

FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? TRUSTEE LARI.

THANK YOU.

I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT INTERNATIONAL SUMMER FIELD TRIPS.

LIKE HOW DO THEY WORK AND THEN IF STUDENTS CAN'T AFFORD TO GO, ARE THERE SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE OR WHAT IS THE PROCESS? WE OFFER NON PROGRAMMATIC TRIPS SO THEY'RE NOT PART OF OUR SCHOOL PROGRAM.

BUT THERE ARE SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS WHO WHO WOULD QUALIFY IN THOSE SPACES.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM STAFF, BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THE PUBLIC, THE BOARD NOW CLOSES THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE AND ACT ON THIS REQUEST ON AUGUST 26TH, 2024 ANY FURTHER DELIBERATIONS BY THE BOARD PRIOR TO ACTING ON THIS MATTER WILL BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF THE BROWN ACT.

THIS HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AND THE BOARD.

SO RESUMING OUR BOARD MEETING, THE BOARD IS ABOUT TO ENTER CLOSED SESSION.

[7. CLOSED SESSION]

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 CLOSED SESSION.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO CLOSED SESSION ITEMS? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU.

THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEM INCLUDES FOUR ITEMS A CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.

ANTICIPATED LITIGATION.

SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9D21 54956.921 CASE.

B CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.

ANTICIPATED LITIGATION SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9D22 CASES.

C INTERDISTRICT ATTENDANCE APPEAL FILED ON BEHALF OF STUDENT RESIDENT DISTRICT CAMPBELL UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.

DESIRED DISTRICT FREMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT D INTERDISTRICT ATTENDANCE APPEAL FILED ON BEHALF OF A STUDENT RESIDENT DISTRICT, PALO ALTO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT DESIRED DISTRICT LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THE BOARD WILL NOW ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION.

WE WILL RETURN IN APPROXIMATELY THREE HOURS AT OR APPROXIMATELY AFTER 11:15 P.M.

THANK YOU.

[03:15:01]

GOOD MORNING.

WE ARE READY TO RESUME OPEN SESSION.

[A. Report of Actions Taken in Closed Session]

ANTICIPATED LITIGATION, SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.

9D21 CASE.

THERE'S NO REPORTABLE ACTION FOR ITEM SEVEN B CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.

ANTICIPATED LITIGATION, SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.

9D22 CASES.

THERE IS NO REPORTABLE ACTION.

UPON COMPLETION OF AGENDA ITEM SEVEN C IN THE MATTER OF AN INTERDISTRICT ATTENDANCE APPEAL FILED ON BEHALF OF A STUDENT, A MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE DI SALVO AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN TO APPROVE THE APPEAL BASED ON FACTOR ONE FOR LENGTH OF THAT TIME THROUGH GRADE 12, WITH A VOTE OF SIX AYES TO ZERO NOES AND ONE ABSTENTION BEING MYSELF PRESENT, BERTA AND ZERO ABSENT.

UPON COMPLETION OF AGENDA ITEM 7D IN THE MATTER OF AN INTERDISTRICT ATTENDANCE APPEAL FILED ON BEHALF OF A STUDENT, A MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE DI SALVO TO APPROVE THE APPEAL BASED ON FACTOR ONE FOR LENGTH OF TIME THROUGH FOR GRADES SEVEN AND EIGHT, WITH A VOTE OF SEVEN AYES, ZERO NOES AND ZERO ABSTENTIONS ZERO ABSENT.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS.

[A. Committee members may provide or report on recent committee activities.]

THE SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION AD HOC COMMITTEE WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE TIMELINE FOR THE 23-24 SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION.

AND SO FOR THIS ITEM, THERE IS THE ATTACHMENT THAT WAS ADDED TO THE AGENDA.

WITH A ANTICIPATED TIMELINE AND SO I'M NOT SURE IF OTHER WON'T, GIVEN THE LATENESS OF THE HOUR.

IT'S AVAILABLE ON BOARD DOCS AS WELL AS ON THE SCREENS IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS MEMBERS OF THE AD HOC WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ABOUT THAT. TRUSTEE CHON.

DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON WHO WAS ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.

YES. THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WAS MYSELF.

TRUSTEE LARI AND TRUSTEE DI SALVO AND DOCTOR DEWAN.

YES. TRUSTEE MAH.

I GUESS MY QUESTION IS AS FAR AS THE MUTUALLY AGREE ON GOALS BY AUGUST 15TH.

WHEN IS OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING? AUGUST 7TH.

SO ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION, I GUESS, AT THAT MEETING, SO THAT WE CAN MUTUALLY AGREE BY THE 15TH THAT THE GOAL WAS THAT THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT AND THE AD HOC WERE DOING THAT? YES, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A DRAFT THAT WAS SHARED THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY THE THE BOARD COMPONENT OF THE AD HOC AND WE ARE WORKING WITH DOCTOR DEWAN BASED ON THE BOARD DIRECTION TO NEGOTIATE THAT AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD.

OH, THAT WAS THE DRAFT THAT YOU BROUGHT TO US, LIKE, A LONG TIME AGO.

YEAH. OKAY.

SO I'M JUST CURIOUS WHEN YOU SAY MUTUALLY AGREED WHEN THE THIRD BULLET SAYS MUTUALLY AGREE, WHO IS DOING THE AGREEING? THAT'S. IS IT THE BOARD? IT'S WITH THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT, BASED ON THE POLICY AND DISCUSSION WITH THE AD HOC.

IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING, TRUSTEE DI SALVO? OKAY AND SO THE SURVEY WILL BE SENT OUT AFTER THE 15TH SO THAT WE RESPOND BY THE SIXTH.

YES. I MEAN, THIS IS AN ANTICIPATED TIMELINE.

WE RECOGNIZE THERE MIGHT BE.

RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE STEPS WERE THAT WERE DESCRIBED HERE.

OKAY. NOT SURE IF IT'S CLEAR, BUT THE WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT TOGETHER IN THE AD HOC CONVERSATION WAS THAT FOR THIS TIMELINE, WE'RE COVERING THE 23-24 BECAUSE THAT FISCAL YEAR ENDED ON JUNE 30TH, BUT WE WANTED TO GET AHEAD OF NEXT YEAR'S. SO THE AGREEMENT ON THE GOALS FOR 24-25 WAS ADDED TO THE TIMELINE SO THAT WE WOULD BE AHEAD

[03:20:03]

OH, OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED THE DISTINCTION.

THERE'S DIFFERENT DATES.

OKAY. BECAUSE THE FIRST TWO BULLETS ARE REGARDING 23-24 SO TO SPEAK.

EVALUATION. YES. SO THERE'S TWO THINGS HAPPENING.

THE DIFFERENT EVALUATION.

RIGHT. WHICH IS 24-25.

THEN THE FOURTH BULLET GOES BACK TO 23-24.

THE NEXT BULLET AND THE REST OF THEM ARE ALL ABOUT 2324.

OKAY. THAT HELPS.

THERE WAS JUST SOME INTEREST TO NOT WAIT UNTIL LATE IN THE YEAR TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON.

BUT WE ARE. SO THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT EVALUATIONS LISTED HERE.

CORRECT. GOT IT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

YEAH. I MEAN, IT COULD BE THE LATE HOUR.

IT'S TECHNICALLY THURSDAY NOW, BUT THIS IS FOR 23 TO 24.

SO MEANING 22 TO 23.

THE EVALUATION FOR THAT YEAR IS DONE.

WE HAD REPORTED OUT EARLIER.

I REMEMBER THAT JANUARY.

I BELIEVE PEOPLE ARE STILL CONFUSED.

YES. IN JANUARY I HAD REPORTED OUT THAT WE HAD COMPLETED THE EVALUATION FOR 22-23.

SO WE COMPLETED THAT.

WE'RE STARTING 23-24, AND WE'RE ALSO STARTING THE GOALS FOR 24-25.

WELL, WE'RE COMPLETING THE EVALUATION FOR 23-24 IS WHAT'S WRAPPING UP BASED ON THIS TIMELINE AND THEN SIMULTANEOUSLY TO ENSURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT THE GOALS ARE PRIOR TO THE START.

WHEN DID WE START THE EVALUATION FOR 2324? OH, OKAY.

WELL, IN TERMS OF WHAT'S BEING EVALUATED, THE BOARD'S PROCESS AND INCLUDING THE SELF NARRATIVE HAS NOT OCCURRED YET.

IT THE PROCESS THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH.

GOT IT. SO YEAH, THIS IS GREAT.

A LOT OF EVALUATING GOING ON.

I MEAN, NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

WE WILL MOVE TO TRUSTEE MAH.

WOULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE A HEAD START POLICY COUNCIL REPORT? OKAY. HEAD START POLICY COUNCIL MET LAST NIGHT AND THERE WAS APPROVAL OF THE PERSONNEL REPORT SO THAT THE I THINK THERE'S JUST ONE NEW TEACHER THAT WAS HIRED THAT THE POLICY COUNCIL HAS THE JURISDICTION TO APPROVE THAT HIRING.

WE WERE TOLD THAT WE THAT THE POLICY COUNCIL DOES NOT APPROVE OPENING CLASSROOMS, BUT THAT THEY DO APPROVE STAFF FOR CLASSROOMS. SO. OKAY AND THEN THERE WAS ON THE AGENDA A MOTION THAT WAS MADE AND APPROVED BY 100% OF THE ATTENDEES QUORUM TO INITIATE THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE COMMENT FROM ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT SHIPP WAS THAT THAT MOTION WOULD BE TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT OR THAT WOULD BE TAKEN AS A RECOMMENDATION UNDER ADVISEMENT AND A NUMBER OF THE PARENTS WHO, YOU KNOW, MADE THE MOTION AND DISCUSSED WANTING TO DO THIS PROCESS WERE UPSET.

THEY WERE NOT HAPPY WITH THAT RESPONSE.

SO THE MEETING ENDED ABRUPTLY BECAUSE THE TIMING IS KIND OF LIMITED AND SO THAT WAS IT.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEEMAH.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT I MAY HAVE MISSED? ALRIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THOSE REPORTS.

WE WILL NOW GO TO ITEM TEN.

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

ARE THERE ANY TRUSTEES WHO WISH TO PROVIDE A REPORT ON ACTIVITIES SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO OUR DUTIES? [INAUDIBLE] TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN?

[03:25:03]

ON JUNE 7TH, I ATTENDED THE GATEWAY GRADUATION CEREMONY WITH TRUSTEE MAH AND DOCTOR DEWAN FAMILY SHARED HOW MUCH THEY APPRECIATED THE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT AND THE INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION AND CARE THE STUDENTS RECEIVED FROM THE STAFF, INCLUDING THE INDIVIDUALIZED REGULAR PHYSICAL THERAPY AND THE THERAPEUTIC SWIMMING POOL SESSIONS.

ON JUNE 8TH, I ATTENDED THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY OF THE EAST RIDGE TUBOD REGIONAL CONNECTOR.

SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS SHARED THAT THE EXTENSION WOULD BE LIFE CHANGING FOR THEIR FAMILIES, SINCE THEIR STUDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO RELY MORE ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RATHER THAN THEIR PARENTS FOR THEIR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS.

ON JUNE 11TH, I ATTENDED THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TICKBORNE DISEASE AND ASSOCIATED ILLNESS NATIONAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE.

IT WAS A HYBRID PUBLIC MEETING HELD AT UCSF, WITH THE OBJECTIVE TO DESIGN A NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGY TO PREVENT AND CONTROL THE DISEASE AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY GRATITUDE TO DOCTOR DEWANS STAFF FOR THE RECENT EXCELLENT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING LYME DISEASE AWARENESS.

ON JUNE 15TH, I WAS AT THE EVENT ON IMMIGRATION WITH AUTHOR BILL [INAUDIBLE] AND AT THE ROOSEVELT COMMUNITY CENTER, WHO HAS WRITTEN A BOOK ON HUMANIZING IMMIGRATION. HE SPOKE ABOUT CHILDREN BEING CONTINUED TO BE SEPARATED FROM FAMILIES AT THE BORDER AND THE TRAUMA FACED BY THEM DURING THE IMMIGRATION PROCESS.

ON MY VISIT TO OIA LAST MONTH, I HEARD ABOUT A STUDENT THERE WHO HAD TO LITERALLY SWIM THROUGH MUD TO GET HERE FROM EL SALVADOR.

OTHERS HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU HAVE TO SLEEP STANDING UP AND HOLDING ON TO EACH OTHER IN THE MUD, BECAUSE OTHERWISE THERE'S A RISK TO BE PULLED DOWN.

ON JUNE 23RD, I WAS AT A SOLIDARITY CELEBRATION OF JUNETEENTH AND CO-SPONSORED BY NAACP, SILICON VALLEY AND THE AMERICAN MUSLIM VOICE FOUNDATION TO HONOR THE BLACK AMERICAN MUSLIM EXPERIENCE AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE LARI, TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

THANK YOU. I REMEMBERED THE EVENT.

IT WAS JULY 11TH.

I WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR NAMI, SANTA CLARA COUNTY'S BAY AREA SYMPOSIUM ON MINORITY MENTAL HEALTH MONTH, AND SO THIS WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

YOU KNOW, GOT TO TALK TO ADVOCATES AND SO THIS IS NAMI, SANTA CLARA COUNTY'S FIRST IN PERSON SYMPOSIUM SINCE THE PANDEMIC AND IT WAS A FOCUS ON MINORITY MENTAL HEALTH AND THEN I TALKED I GOT TO TALK A LOT ABOUT OUR YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVES.

SO SHOUT OUT TO STAFF.

I RECOGNIZE YOU AND EVERYONE LOVED IT AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION SOME OF THE MEETINGS I'VE HAD A LOT I'VE MET WITH DOCTOR DEWAN ABOUT WITH A LOT OF LOCAL CHILD CARE PROVIDERS, INCLUDING FAMILY BASED PROVIDERS ON OUR MIXED DELIVERY SYSTEM IN THE STATE, HOW IT AFFECTS US LOCALLY, HOW WE CAN DO MORE FOR CHILD CARE PROVIDERS THEN WE MET WITH EFFECTIVE SCHOOL SOLUTIONS.

THEY PROVIDE SUPPORT IN TERMS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO MEET WITH SILICON VALLEY FOR YOU AND THEY HAVE A NEW APP THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE LINKEDIN FOR STUDENTS.

THEN I CONNECTED THE OFFICE WITH NAMI SANTA CLARA COUNTY ABOUT THEIR END THIS SILENCE INITIATIVE TO TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH IN SCHOOLS.

THEN I TALKED ABOUT INFUSING THE VOICE OF WORKERS IN OUR BUDGET AND THEN I HAVE A FOLLOW UP MEETING ABOUT THAT AND THEN I CONNECTED STAFF WITH THE INDIAN HEALTH CENTER OF SANTA CLARA VALLEY AND I TALKED ABOUT A BIT ABOUT WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT SOME OF THEIR RECENT INITIATIVES AT OUR RETREAT A FEW DAYS AGO, AND I'M PROBABLY MISSING SOME MEETINGS, BUT WANTED TO THANK STAFF FOR FOLLOWING UP ON ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND DOCTOR DEWAN AS WELL AND I'VE, SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, WE PROBABLY HAD 10 MEETINGS ON DIFFERENT THINGS GOING AROUND.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER REPORTS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THOSE REPORTS, TRUSTEES.

[03:30:01]

[A. The superintendent may give a report on any activities related to her duties.]

BUT THERE ARE A FEW I WANTED TO MENTION THIS EVENING.

THE FIRST IS AN ITEM THAT I ATTACHED A REFERENCE TO IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT AND THE AGENDA, AND THAT IS THE WORK THAT OUR OFFICE HAS DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS ON OUR WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN.

THIS PLAN TOOK EFFECT JULY 1ST, AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PROVIDING TRAINING AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION POSTERS TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT OUR WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN.

IT WAS DEVELOPED OVER THE COURSE OF THE WINTER AND SPRING, WITH INPUT FROM STAFF ACROSS ALL OF OUR SITES AND OUR LABOR PARTNERS, AND IT PROVIDES ALL OF OUR STAFF WITH ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON THE PROCESSES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM FOR REPORTING ANY TYPE OF SAFETY CONCERNS, INCLUDING THOSE REGARDING STUDENTS.

AND IT'S AVAILABLE FOR ALL STAFF.

AS I PREVIOUSLY PREVIOUSLY SHARED IN ANOTHER MEETING, CONGRESS MEMBER ANNA ESHOO REQUESTED FUNDS THROUGH THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. FOR OUR TO ASSIST US WITH THE COST OF OUR WALDEN WEST SCIENCE SCHOOL MODERNIZATION PROJECT.

SHE HAD REQUESTED 1.5 MILLION ON OUR BEHALF, AND WE JUST RECEIVED WORD THAT THE COMMITTEE APPROVED $850,000.

THIS APPROVAL MEANS THAT OUR PROJECT MET THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR FUNDING.

IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME BEFORE THE LEGISLATION IS PASSED BY BOTH HOUSES AND SIGNED INTO LAW, AND THAT MUST HAPPEN BEFORE WE WILL ACTUALLY RECEIVE THE FUNDS.

I DO WANT TO THANK CONGRESS MEMBER [INAUDIBLE] FOR HER SUPPORT, THE CONFIDENCE THAT SHE HAS IN OUR OFFICE AND HER TRUST IN US, AND I'LL KEEP THE BOARD POSTED ON FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS. ON JUNE 15TH, A FEW OF OUR EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS CELEBRATED GRADUATIONS, AND I'D LIKE TO OFFER MY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE GRADUATES.

FROM TEACHERS TO ADMINISTRATORS, AND WISH THEM WELL IN THEIR CAREER.

JUNE 23RD THROUGH 26TH, I TRAVELED TO SAN DIEGO FOR THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOUNDATION'S LABOR MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE CONFERENCE.

FOR THIS CONFERENCE, I WAS JOINED BY DOCTOR GILL, OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR PERSONNEL AND LEADERS FROM ACE AND SEIU, OUR LABOR PARTNERS.

THE LMI HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 2015, AND I, ALONG WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS AND MANAGEMENT TEAM, WILL BE ENGAGING AND LEARNING ABOUT TOOLS FOR COLLABORATION AND COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING.

THIS INITIATIVE IS DESIGNED TO LIFT STAFF VOICES AND BUILD SYSTEMS FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TO CREATE BETTER OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS, STAFF, PARENTS, AND COMMUNITY.

THIS WEEK, STARTING ON MONDAY, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE OFFICE OF HEAD START REGIONAL OFFICE HAVE BEEN ON SITE CONDUCTING A SPECIAL REVIEW.

YESTERDAY, WE HELD OUR GOVERNANCE TEAM RETREAT AT SOUTH COUNTY ANNEX IN GILROY, AND I JUST NEED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK RIGO, OUR STUDENT DOCTOR, JAMAL THOMPSON, DANIELLA YORK FROM THE SPECIAL ED PROGRAM, SANDHYA LOPEZ FROM THE INCLUSION COLLABORATOR COLLABORATIVE, JENNIFER GRAHAM FROM PUBLIC AFFAIRS, TED PIERCE, LUIS VELASCO DIAZ AND MICHAEL VELEZ FROM THE BUSINESS FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS DIVISION, AND FROM THE OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT CHRISTINE KO, JAMIE WHITFORD AND ROCIO DENTE.

WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF UPCOMING EVENTS TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO IN THIS WEEK'S WEEKLY.

THE CSBA COUNTY BOARD MEMBER SERVICES CONFERENCE, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE CBE CONFERENCE, IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 13TH TO 15TH IN MONTEREY. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, PLEASE DO EMAIL ME SO WE CAN GET REGISTRATION GOING AND THE AEC REGISTRATION HAS OPENED FOR EARLY REGISTRATION.

WE'RE PLANNING TO GO AHEAD AND REGISTER ALL OF THE TRUSTEES.

BUT IF YOU KNOW FOR SURE YOU WILL NOT BE ATTENDING, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR DEWAN.

THIS BRINGS US TO ITEM 12, OUR INFORMATION ITEMS.

[A. Future Agenda Items]

SO FOR THIS ITEM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT, ANY ITEMS MENTIONED ARE ITEMS BEING SUGGESTED FOR CONSIDERATION AND EXPLORATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR BOARD.

BYLAWS AND TOPICS RAISED ARE NOT AGENDIZED FOR BOARD DISCUSSION, BUT RATHER TO CREATE A SPACE FOR TRUSTEES TO MENTION THESE TOPICS.

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IF WE LOOK IN THE AGENDA ITEM, WE'VE UPDATED THE REQUEST FROM PRESIDENT BERTA AND TRUSTEE MAH TO CONDUCT A SPECIAL EDUCATION REVIEW.

THE INFORMATION I SHARED AT THE RETREAT HAS BEEN UPDATED IN THE TABLE HERE.

THANK YOU. DOCTOR DEWAN TRUSTEE CHON AND THEN TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

THANK YOU. I DO APPRECIATE THE DISPOSITION SECTION OF THIS SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT HAS BEEN IN PROGRESS AND WHAT'S BEEN DONE.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

I DID WANT TO BRING UP TWO ITEMS, AND I KNOW I EMAILED YOU BOTH ABOUT THEM ALREADY, BUT I DID WANT TO STATE IT TO YOU HERE THAT I DID WANT TO REQUEST AN AGENDA ITEM FOR OUR BARGAINING UNITS TO HAVE TIME TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD.

A PROPOSING ABOUT FIVE MINUTES FOR EACH AND IF THEY ARE ABLE TO GIVE US UPDATES DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE ABOUT BARGAINING.

I KNOW THAT THOSE UPDATES COME TO US AS THEY ARE PUBLIC INFORMATION, BUT FOR THEM TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON AND THEIR JUST WORKING CONDITIONS OR JUST UPDATES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE THE BOARD ABOUT, ABOUT SPECIAL PROJECTS OR THINGS THAT THEY JUST WANT US TO KNOW.

SO I WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THERE AND THEN THAT'S ONE ITEM.

THE SECOND ITEM IS TO DO A MORE IN-DEPTH BUDGET STUDY SESSION.

I KNOW THAT WE HAD INTENTIONS OF DOING IT THIS YEAR, AND THEN THAT KIND OF GOT DERAILED.

BUT I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR AND WITH EMPHASIS ON INCLUDING THE PUBLIC, BUT ALSO DOING IT EARLY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, COME JUNE, THINGS ARE ALREADY PRETTY MUCH DONE.

SO BEING ABLE TO GET THOSE THAT INFORMATION IN EARLY AND START THAT PROCESS EARLIER AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE AND IF WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT THAT WAY ALSO.

BUT I'M OPEN TO THAT KIND OF CONVERSATION.

BUT I DID WANT TO INCLUDE THOSE ON AS POSSIBLE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE CHON TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

THANK YOU. WELL, I SECOND BOTH OF TRUSTEE CHON ITEMS, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS CHART AND THE IT HAS ALL OF THE ITEMS WE ASKED FOR AND THE PROGRESS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I WANT TO ADD THREE THINGS.

SO ONE IS AB 3216.

I WANT TO PUT ON THE AGENDA A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THIS BILL, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO CREATE POLICIES AROUND LIMITING CELL PHONE USE IN THE CLASSROOM.

THAT'S ONE. THE OTHER IS, WHICH I'LL SHARE.

IT IS FROM THE YOUTH TAKEOVER OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND SO THEY PASSED A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING CLIMATE LITERACY ACROSS SCHOOLS AND WE'VE PASSED MANY OF SIMILAR RESOLUTIONS, BUT I'D LOVE TO JUST PLACE ON OUR AGENDA THAT AGENDA SOMEHOW, OR THAT RESOLUTION, I SHOULD SAY, SOMEHOW, JUST TO RECOGNIZE THE YOUTH TAKEOVER COMMITTEE AND THIS WAS FROM MADDY, WHO'S A LOCAL STUDENT.

SO I'D LOVE TO PLACE THEIR RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA AND I'LL SHARE THAT AND THEN LASTLY I HAVE BEEN MEETING AND THEN WE HAD A MEETING WITH DOCTOR DEWAN AS WELL WITH SOME LOCAL ADVOCATES WORKING WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO IMPLEMENT A NEW LANGUAGE COURSE, SPECIFICALLY THE HINDI LANGUAGE.

SO THIS IS HAPPENING IN SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SO I'D LIKE TO DO A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING THIS.

SO THOSE ARE MY THREE ITEMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN, TRUSTEE MAH.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA.

I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE PUT ON A FUTURE AGENDA AN UPDATE ON ALL OF THE OCR INVESTIGATIONS WHICH ARE GOING ON.

I'M IN, I RECALL DOCTOR DEWAN MENTIONING ONE THAT HAD BEEN FILED 2 OR 3 MONTHS AGO SOMETIME I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN, AND THAT DOCTOR DEWAN HAD SAID AT THE TIME THAT WE WOULD GET AN UPDATE SOMETIME.

SO I'D LIKE TO GET AND I CAN ACTUALLY, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU.

SO YES, WE HAVE THE ONE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT THAT WAS FILED BY MARTY ESTRADA FROM CARAS AND WE

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WE RESPONDED TO THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS PROVIDING THE DOCUMENTATION AND ALL OF THE REVIEWS THAT THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAD ALREADY DONE, AND WE'VE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM.

SO AS SOON AS WE HAVE AN UPDATE, I'LL SHARE WITH THE BOARD IMMEDIATELY.

SO WILL WE GET A COPY OF THE RESPONSE THAT WE SENT TO OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS? I CAN CHECK WITH COUNCIL TO SEE HOW THAT HOW TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.

THANKS. AND IF THERE'S ANY OTHER OCR CASES, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS MATTERS OTHER THAN THE ONE.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

THANK YOU. I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD HAVE AN INFORMATION DISCUSSION ITEM AFTER THE OCTOBER 28TH IF MY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SUMMIT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HERE, I THINK IT'S OCTOBER 28TH, THAT WE HAVE OUR FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER, THAT WE HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM, DISCUSSION ITEM ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR CONFERENCE SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THE PUBLIC COME AND SPEAK TO IT, IF THEY WISH, UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT OR UNDER, AS WE HAVE THAT AGENDA ITEM.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M REQUESTING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TRUSTEES AND THAT BRINGS US TO ADJOURNMENT.

THE NEXT SANTA CLARA COUNTY REGULAR MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 7TH AT 5 P.M.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOVED BY TRUSTEE DI SALVO AND SECONDED BY VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA FOR TRUSTEES WHO ARE STILL IN BOARD DOCS.

PLEASE VOTE. OTHERWISE, PLEASE GIVE A VERBAL.

VERBAL AYE FOR TRUSTEE MAH.

VERBAL AYE FOR TRUSTEE LARI.

A VERBAL AYE FROM TRUSTEE DI SALVO AND VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA.

THANK YOU EVERYONE AND THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR STAYING.

AS ALWAYS, HAVE A NICE EVENING OR MORNING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.