Aug 26, 2024 County Board of Education

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

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GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THIS REGULAR MEETING.

NUMBER 2446 OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

TODAY IS MONDAY, AUGUST 26TH, 2024, AND THE TIME IS 5:30 P.M..

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

OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER WILL NOT BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS EVENING'S MEETING, AND AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[B. Pledge of Allegiance]

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

THANK YOU. I WILL NOW CONDUCT ROLL CALL. I PRESIDENT BERTA AND PRESENT.

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

TRUSTEE CHON PRESIDENT TRUSTEE DI SALVO I AM HERE.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE LARI. PRESIDENT TRUSTEE MAH HERE.

VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. THANK YOU.

OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER IS UNABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING.

MAY I GET A MOTION TO EXCUSE HIM? THANK THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE LARI AND A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE MAH. THANK YOU.

DOCTOR DEWAN, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A VERBAL ROLL CALL? PRESIDENT BERTA I TRUSTEE CHON I TRUSTEE DI SALVO I TRUSTEE LARI I TRUSTEE MAH TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA I THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU. STUDENT BOARD MEMBER DE LA ROSA AGUILERA IS EXCUSED FROM TONIGHT'S MEETING.

I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA.

[D. Set the Agenda]

AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK TRUSTEES TO VOTE IN BOARD DOCS.

I THINK I HAVE TO GIVE A VERBAL I SINCE I DON'T SEE IT POPPING UP YET.

I'LL GIVE A VERBAL NO. PRESIDENT BERTA A VERBAL I FROM TRUSTEE MAH AND A VERBAL NO FROM TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN A VERBAL.

I FOR ME, I DON'T HAVE THE PROMPT, I DON'T HAVE THE PROMPT.

I DON'T THINK ANY OF US DO YET. DO WE NEED TO TAKE A VERBAL.

YOU CAN DO THAT. OKAY. WE'LL DO A VERBAL ROLL CALL ON THIS ITEM.

GREAT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE CHON I TRUSTEE DI SALVO I TRUSTEE LARI I TRUSTEE MAH I.

VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. NO.

PRESIDENT BERTA I. I THINK THAT IS. SO.

YES. AGENDA IS SET WITH SIX YESES AND ONE. NO.

THANK YOU. A LIVE STREAM OF THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING IS AVAILABLE AT TINYURL.COM.

BACKSLASH FCC BOARD MEETING. ONCE ON THE WEB PAGE, SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM AND CHOOSE LIVE LANGUAGE.

SUPPORT FOR THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE BY PHONE.

FOR VIETNAMESE SUPPORT OR FOR SPANISH SUPPORT.

EXCUSE ME. CALL 833. THE MEETING ID IS 72733481 0 POUND.

FOR VIETNAMESE SUPPORT, CALL 16699006833. THE MEETING ID IS 92181053951 6 POUND. LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE IN ASL, SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR THOSE IN ATTENDANCE.

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

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

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

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 A SEC STAFF MEMBER THAT IS IDENTIFIED WITH A YELLOW BADGE.

[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.]

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WE ASK THAT IF YOUR COMMENT IS ON AN AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU MAY ONLY SPEAK ONCE.

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, AND SPEAKER COMMENT 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 54 957 .95.

THE SCC BOE 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.

PLEASE NOTE THAT VERBAL ABUSE, THREATS AND PHYSICAL VIOLENCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

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

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

IF YOU WISH TO SUPPORT A PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU MAY SIMPLY DO SO WITH THE UNIVERSAL SIGN FOR APPRECIATION, WHICH CAN BE DONE LIKE THIS. MODERATOR DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, WE HAVE 17 PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU.

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

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

MODERATOR. YOU MAY BEGIN. FOR THOSE IN OUR OVERFLOW ROOM IN THE CAFETERIA, WHO FILLED OUT A CARD TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

PROCEED TO THE SAN JOSE ROOM. ONCE YOUR GROUP IS CALLED, PLEASE LISTEN FOR YOUR NAME TO APPROACH THE PODIUM.

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

AS A REMINDER, ONE PERSON AT A TIME CAN BE AT THE PODIUM TO PRESENT THEIR PUBLIC COMMENT UNLESS LANGUAGE SUPPORTED IS NEEDED BY AN SCCO INTERPRETER OR ASL INTERPRETER. THE TIMER WILL BEGIN. ONCE YOU START SPEAKING.

COMMENTS EXTENDED PAST THE ALLOTTED TIME WILL BE MUTED AFTER THE TIME EXPIRES, AND YOU WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE PODIUM.

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

THE SET OF SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE YADIRA OROZCO, ANNA MENDOZA, TARA. GUERRERO, ANNIE KRAKAUER. JOANNE VARGHESE.

TEDD PIERCE. RODERICK. ANG. ANNE. WATERMAN. ROY.

TAMMY. DINARA. ELIZABETH. FRANCO. SARAH. JANE.

CARO. RAJU. KRISHNA. AISSATOU. BARRY.

IBRAHIM. BAAN OR BAHRI. LISA. THIEL. SANDY. FARKAS.

BRUCE SOTO. THE FIRST SPEAKER FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS YADIRA OROZCO.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

I DON'T TRUST YOU. I WAS TOLD BY SUBSTITUTE DIRECTOR REINA DOMINGUEZ, AN EDUCATED INDIVIDUAL TALKING TO A PARENT.

UNACCEPTABLE. ON JULY 16TH, THE HEAD START POLICY COUNCIL VOTED IN FAVOR TO BE A PART OF THE HIRING OF A NEW SUBSTITUTE DIRECTOR.

SOMEONE WHO CARES AND VALUES THE PROGRAM AND FAMILIES WHO ISN'T BIASED.

INSTEAD, WE ARE AND HAVE BEEN TAKEN FOR GRANTED.

BOARD PRESIDENT TRUSTEE BERTA AND VICE PRESIDENT TRUSTEE ROCHA.

WE NEED YOU TO STEP IN AND ADVOCATE FOR THE HEAD START PROGRAM AND WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE POLICY COUNCIL AS THE HEAD START REGIONAL OFFICE INSTRUCTED.

MISUSE OF FUNDS WAS PLANNED AND INTENTIONAL, AND WE HAVE PROOF IN THEIR EFFORTS TO CONTROL HEAD START FUNDS.

THEY FROZE THE PE CARDS AND TEACHERS INSIDE DIRECTORS AREN'T ALLOWED TO BUY SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR THE CLASSROOMS WHEN WE HAVE THE FUNDS.

I ASKED ABOUT IT AND THE CLAIM. THEY CLAIM THAT IT'S NOT TRUE AS THEY ALWAYS RESPOND TO EVERYTHING WE ASK THEM.

LOW INCOME PARENTS ARE BEING LIED TO, INTIMIDATE.

AND STILL NOTHING HAS HAPPENED TO DEWAN TERESA OR REINA.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANNA MENDOZA. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

MY NAME IS ANNA MENDOZA AND I COME HERE AS A PARENT.

OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE HAVE SHOWN YOU MORE MEMBERS THAT THE LEADERSHIP IS NOT TRANSPARENT.

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FEDS WERE HERE AND STILL NOTHING IS HAPPENING.

SO IT'S UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP AS CEO TO LOOK INTO DEWAN.

AND THIS IS IT REFLECTS YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS.

IT REFLECTS YOUR LEADERSHIP. LOOK INTO IT. RIGHT.

SO DO WE NEED TO ORGANIZE THE PARENTS TO STRIKE BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WALK IN HERE AND SAY GOOD THINGS ABOUT YOU.

BUT HAVE YOU LISTENED TO THE PARENTS? ARE YOU LITERALLY GOING DOWN TO THE SCHOOLS AND ASK THOSE QUESTIONS? ASK. WE DON'T NEED TO SPEAK HIGHLY OF HER. A LEADER SHOULD.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TARA GUERRERO. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR DEWAN. MY NAME IS TARA GUERRERO, AND I HAVE BEEN A TEACHER FOR COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION FOR OVER 21 YEARS.

I WANT TO COMMEND DOCTOR DEWAN FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN MY TENURE.

I HAVE SEEN FIVE DIFFERENT SUPERINTENDENTS AND DOCTOR DEWAN IS BY FAR BEEN THE MOST SUPERIOR LEADER IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE TAKEN CARE OF.

SHE IS ALSO THE ONLY LEADER WE HAVE HAD THAT HAS TRIED TO BUILD UPON RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE STAFF.

DOCTOR DEWAN HAS CREATED AN LMI TEAM LABOR MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE THAT IS WORKING ON COMMUNICATION TRUST AND TEAM BUILDING WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION AS THE PAST PRESIDENT OF ACE. EVERY TIME I WOULD COME TO DOCTOR DEWAN WITH A CONCERN OR ISSUE, SHE WOULD DILIGENTLY WORK ON IT OR CORRECT IT.

SHE IS A ROLE MODEL FOR WOMEN STAFF AND AS AN EMPLOYEE, I KNOW THAT SHE HAS AND WILL ALWAYS WANT THE BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

SHE IS A TRUE DEFINITION OF A LEADER AND I AM PROUD TO WORK FOR HER.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANNIE KRAUS. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

ANNIE KRIEWITZ AS AN EMPLOYEE WITH COUNTY FOR OVER 20 YEARS, FROM 2008 TO 2017, THERE HAVE BEEN SUPERINTENDENTS HERE CURRENTLY FROM 2017. DOCTOR DEWAN HAS BEEN OUR LEADER. SHE HAS STEADIED OUR SHIP DURING COVID.

SHE APPROVED A 20% SALARY INCREASE OVER THREE YEARS, AND SHE RECENTLY ABSORBED THE COST OF HEALTH CARE INCREASE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

NONE OF US ARE PERFECT. BUT WHEN TIMES GET TOUGH, DOCTOR DEWAN FACES IT, PIVOTS AND TRIES TO FIND A SOLUTION COLLABORATIVELY. I'VE STATED AT PRIOR BOARD MEETINGS THAT I WILL HOLD DOCTOR DEWINE AND HER LEADERSHIP TEAM ACCOUNTABLE, AND THAT STILL STANDS. I BELIEVE IN HER DIRECTION AND FAITH IN THE OUTCOMES.

I HAVE BEEN TOLD I WENT TO THE DARK SIDE BECAUSE I HAVE SPOKEN IN HER DEFENSE.

SO BE IT, BECAUSE I KNOW DIFFERENTLY. IT IS VERY EASY TO POINT YOUR FINGER AND I CANNOT WITH A GOOD CONSCIENCE, ALLOW THE CONSTANT ATTACK ON HER. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOANNE VARS.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOANNE VARS, AND I'M AN EDUCATOR IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

OPENING OUR SCHOOLS AFTER VACATION IS EXHILARATING AS CONNECTIONS ARE MADE AND REMADE.

IT IS ALSO HARD WORK TO PREPARE AND THE WORK TAKES PLACE IN MANY FORMS, AND EXHAUSTION IS THE WORD OF THE WEEK IN ALL OF THE BEST WAYS.

I'VE BEEN IN SUPPORTING AND OPENING SCHOOLS IN SANTA CLARA SINCE 1997.

IN DOING SO WITH DOCTOR MARIANNE DEWAN AS OUR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, ALLOWS ME THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS ACTION COMPLETED AS IF A MASTER'S CLASS WAS GOING ON RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING OPENINGS OF SCHOOLS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY, SHE HAS LED THE SEC WITH STUDENTS AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVERY DECISION WE MAKE.

SHE HAS LED WITH DIRECT KINDNESS, CLEAR RECOMMENDATIONS AND DOING SO, MAKING THOSE SHE WORKS WITH UNDERSTAND THEY ARE ESSENTIAL MEMBERS OF THE TEAM.

WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE HER. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TED PIERCE.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TED PIERCE. I'M THE MANAGER OF FACILITIES AND CONSTRUCTION HERE AT THE SCC.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THIS EVENING. IN MY ROLE, I SEE OUR COMMITMENT TO PUTTING STUDENTS FIRST IN ACTION EVERY DAY UNDER DOCTOR DAWN'S EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP. THIS VALUE GUIDES EVERY DECISION WE MAKE, FROM THE CAREFUL MAINTENANCE OF OUR CAMPUSES TO THE THOUGHTFUL DESIGN OF OUR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. YOU KNOW, IN JUNE, WE HOSTED THE GRADUATION CEREMONY OF OUR ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN THIS ROOM FOR JUST OVER 70 STUDENTS, MANY OF WHOM FACED SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES, CELEBRATED THEIR SUCCESSES.

THESE STUDENTS REMIND US OF HOW CRUCIAL OUR WELL-MAINTAINED SPACES ARE IN SUPPORTING ALL LEARNERS.

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THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RODERICK YANG.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS RODERICK YANG AND I WORK FOR THE CHICOPEE DOCTOR.

DEWAN IS A GREAT LEADER AND SHE IS GOOD FOR CHICOPEE.

THE REASON I'M SAYING THIS IS THIS IS NOT A SMALL ORGANIZATION.

WE HAVE 1500 EMPLOYEES. WE SERVE 31 DISTRICTS WITH THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS.

TODAY YOU HAVE BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL HERE. WE WORK WITH YOU.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE SO MANY DEPARTMENTS, WE ARE FINDING IT HARD TO WORK BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE GOING TO THE SAME PLACE.

SO DOCTOR DEWAN ACTUALLY ASKED US TO COME UP WITH A CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED PARTNER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

SO WHEN WE GO TO THE SCHOOL AT BULLIS, WE KNOW WHO FROM OUR DEPARTMENT, FROM OUR DIVISION, FROM OUR SEC WENT TO TALK TO THEM AND WE HAVE GOOD CONTACT WITH THEM.

RATHER THAN GO THERE AND ASK THEM, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT.

SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD SYSTEM TO HAVE. SO THANK YOU, DOCTOR DEWAN, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANNE WATERMAN.

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

HELLO, MY NAME IS ANNE WATERMAN. ROY, I'D LIKE TO SHARE MY CONCERN ABOUT THE AGENDA TIMING FOR TONIGHT, PUTTING THE ONLY ITEM THAT'S EXPECTED TO GENERATE A LOT OF PUBLIC DISCUSSION AT THE VERY END CREATED A MEANINGFUL BARRIER TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES WITH YOUNG KIDS. YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT OVER 100 PARENTS AND STUDENTS HERE, BUT MANY MORE WANTED TO COME LIKE MY DAUGHTER.

BUT THEY NEEDED TO GO TO SLEEP ON A SCHOOL NIGHT.

SOME PARENTS HAVE TO LEAVE BEFORE 730. OTHERS COULDN'T COME AT ALL BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TO BE HOME PUTTING THEIR KIDS TO BED.

EVEN WORSE, THOSE WHO ARE HERE NOW HAVE TO SIT AROUND FOR FOUR HOURS BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED THAT IF WE SHOWED UP AT 730, THE BOARD MIGHT HAVE CHANGED THE AGENDA AND HAD THE HEARING BEFORE PEOPLE WERE EVEN HERE TO SHARE THEIR SUPPORT.

BUT THERE'S ALREADY A LOT OF DISTRUST IN GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC PROCESS, AND MOVES LIKE THESE HAVE COME OFF TO SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS THOUGH THE BOARD WAS TRYING TO REDUCE PARTICIPATION, FURTHER LESSENING TRUST.

I ASSUME THAT WASN'T ANYONE'S INTENTION, BUT OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TAMMY DONATA.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TAMMY JANOTA FROM SEIU LOCAL 521.

I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE HEAD START STAFF WHO COULDN'T SAY THIS THEMSELVES.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES, YOU MUST ADDRESS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S VIOLATION OF WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN AS IT RELATES TO HER AND HER STAFF'S RETALIATORY ACTIONS THAT SHE ALLOWS CREATING A TOXIC AND HARMFUL WORKPLACE, COMPLETE HER EVALUATION, AND PLACE HER ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, IF NECESSARY, TO COMPLETE A FULL INVESTIGATION OF HER VIOLATION OF MULTIPLE BOARD POLICIES.

SHE AND OTHER ADMINISTRATORS NEED TO BE FIRED TODAY.

HOW WILL THE BOARD RECLAIM OVERSIGHT OF HEAD START, AS BOTH POLICY AND THE GRANTS DICTATE? TO ENSURE OUR KIDS ARE NOT USED TO HIRE MORE MANAGEMENT STAFF AND LAYOFF CLASSIFIED STAFF? HEAD START KIDS AND FAMILIES DESERVE BETTER. WORKERS ARE UNITED FOR THE STUDENTS SAFETY, EQUITY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. NOW WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING ACTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ELIZABETH FRANCO.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ELIZABETH FRANCO. I'M AN EMPLOYEE HERE AT THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, A REGISTERED VOTER VOTER AND A SANTA CLARA COUNTY RESIDENT.

AND MY CHILDREN ALL ATTENDED PUBLIC SCHOOLS HERE IN THE COUNTY.

I FEEL COMPELLED TO SPEAK THIS EVENING ON BEHALF OF DOCTOR DEWAN, AND I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT HER YOUTH HEALTH AND WELLNESS INITIATIVE, WHICH IS BRINGING TOGETHER SCHOOLS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, COUNTY GOVERNMENT, COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND JUSTICE AND IMPORTANT STUDENT VOICE TO DESIGN SCHOOLS AS CENTERS OF WELLNESS. I PERSONALLY KNOW SEVERAL TEENS WHO HAVE DIRECTLY BEEN IMPACTED BY HAVING A WELLNESS CENTER ON THEIR CAMPUS.

BECAUSE THIS SUPPORT WAS EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO THEM, THEY GOT THE HELP THEY NEEDED FOR THEIR MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AND STRUGGLES.

AND THIS KEPT THEM FROM HAVING WORSE SYMPTOMS. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY FELT VALUED THAT THIS WAS AVAILABLE TO THEM AT THEIR VERY SCHOOL SITE.

IT WAS DOCTOR DEWAN LEADERSHIP THAT BROUGHT FOCUS TO THIS INITIATIVE AND IS BRINGING THIS TO OUR STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR DEWAN. OUR NEXT SPEAKER SPEAKER IS SARAH GIANNA CARO.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

SARAH CARO, SCORE CHAPTER PRESIDENT. WE ARE PROUD PUBLIC EMPLOYEES AND DEFENDERS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION FIGHTING FOR SAFETY, EQUITY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY AT SCCO.

WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THESE CRITICAL ISSUES FOR YEARS, AND WHILE WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS, IT HAS ALWAYS COME AS A RESULT OF ORGANIZING OUR

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DECISIONS ARE STILL MADE WITHOUT US, AND SINCE WE ATTENDED LMI IN JUNE, IT FEELS LIKE THERE ARE EVEN MORE OBSTACLES TO COLLABORATION WITH DECISIONS THAT HISTORICALLY INVOLVED WORKERS IN THE PROCESS NOW BEING MADE BY MANAGEMENT, AND WHEN UNIONS ASK TO BE INCLUDED, THEY ARE DENIED. RETALIATION APPEARS TO BE AT AN ALL TIME HIGH.

SIMPLY CLAIMING COLLABORATION WITHOUT ACTUALLY COLLABORATING DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. WORKERS MUST BE TREATED AS EQUAL PARTNERS AND BE FREE FROM INTIMIDATION AND RETALIATION.

SO FAR, THE LEOPARD HASN'T CHANGED ITS SPOTS.

HEAD START WORKERS WERE JUST THREATENED WITH LAYOFFS BY THEIR INTERIM DIRECTOR. THIS ORGANIZATION NEEDS CLEAR GOALS AND DIRECTIVES TO ADDRESS THE SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS. WE'RE HERE FOR THE STUDENTS. ARE YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RAJU KRISHNA.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'M RAJU KRISHNA, A TEACHER WITH SCCO FOR OVER 22 YEARS AND A DEFENDER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

FIRST A POSITIVE. WE'VE SEEN SOME CONSTRUCTIVE AND REFRESHING CHANGES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING SITES.

BUT IT HAPPENED AFTER MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS OF ADVOCACY.

STILL IT HAPPENED. THANK YOU. THE REALITY OF THE MATTER IS THAT I'M STILL VERY CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC FOR GOOD REASON.

WHILE ONE INDIVIDUAL IN UPPER MANAGEMENT IS TRYING SUPER HARD TO ADDRESS CONCERNS IN A COLLABORATIVE FASHION, HOWEVER, ONE PERSON TRYING IS NOT ENOUGH. THERE IS STILL A FUNDAMENTAL LACK OF COLLABORATION AND TRUST ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION.

MANY DECISIONS ARE BEING TAKEN UNILATERALLY AND MANAGEMENT'S RESISTANCE IS HUGE.

MANY WORKERS ARE SCARED TO SPEAK UP OPENLY FOR FEAR OF RETALIATION I AM SCARED.

COLLABORATION NEEDS TO BE REAL AND NOT JUST A CLAIM WITHOUT ACTION.

WE MUST BE PARTNERS IN THE PROCESS AND THE CULTURE NEEDS TO BE EMBRACING, NOT PUNITIVE.

IF LMI TRULY NEEDS TO BE SUCCESSFUL, COLLABORATION IS NOT JUST A BUZZWORD, IT NEEDS TO BE ACTIONABLE.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ISATOU BAHRI. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS AISSATA BEHALF OF MY SON IBRAHIM BAHRI.

SO HE USED TO GO TO THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING PROGRAM AND I'M HERE FOR JUSTICE.

SO BECAUSE THEY DID REAL INJUSTICE TO HIM, THIS IS AN INJUSTICE TO MY SON THAT THE IEP TEAM DECIDED TO SEND HIM TO THE SCOUT PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE ADULT PROGRAM, AND THEN LAST MINUTE REFUSED WITH NO EXPLANATION.

NOBODY HAS LISTENED TO MY CASE AND I WANT THE BOARD TO HELP MY SON GET JUSTICE.

MY SON IS AT HOME ALONE, WITH NO PLANS OF FUTURE.

WHY IS MY DEAF BLACK SON WITH DISABILITIES BE TREATED DIFFERENTLY THAN THE PRACTICE YOU HAD FOR THE PAST 60 YEARS IN THE DEAF PROGRAM WITH EVERYONE ELSE.

PLEASE HELP ME GET MY SON WHAT HE NEED AND DESERVE.

I HAVE THE IEP HERE THAT SAYS HE SHOULD GET A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION.

THEY GAVE HIM A DIPLOMA WHICH I DID NOT ASK FOR, AND LATER ON THEY SENT ME A WELCOME PROGRAM FOR THE 20 2425 SCHOOL YEAR.

AND THE BUS SERVICE CALLED ME SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO PICK HIM UP FOR FOR JANINE TO SEND A LETTER SAID HE'S BEING DENIED TO GO TO THE PROGRAM.

PLEASE, I NEED HELP. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS IBRAHIM BARI.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HELLO. HELLO. MY NAME IS IBRAHIM. LARI. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

IF YOU COULD HELP ME GET. SCOTS INTO SCOTS CLASS. IT WOULD HELP ME FOR MY EDUCATION, MY FUTURE.

AND YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU WOULD ALLOW ME TO GET INTO THE ADULT PROGRAM.

BUT THEN I GOT DENIED. WILL YOU PLEASE HELP ME TO GET AN EDUCATION AND HELP ME FOR MY FUTURE? PLEASE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LISA THIEL. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HELLO THERE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS LISA TEELEY.

I'M THE JUSTICE FAMILY EDUCATION COORDINATOR FOR THE OFFICE OF DIVERSION AND REENTRY AND SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

LAST MONTH, I HAD THE DISTINCT OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE AMERICAN BOARD OF TRIAL ADVOCATES CIVIC SUMMIT CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, DC, HELD AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AS ONE OF ONLY 40 CIVIC EDUCATION EDUCATOR LEADERS NATIONWIDE TO RECEIVE THE SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND.

I WAS SO PROUD TO REPRESENT OUR PROGRAM ON THE NATIONAL STAGE AT THIS SUMMIT.

THE KEY QUESTION WAS, HOW DO YOU MAKE CIVIC EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE TO ALL EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, AND CLASSROOMS? I SHARED OUR SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE SEAL OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT,

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WE WERE PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING U.S.

COURT OF APPEALS JUDGES, TRIAL LAWYERS, AND GENERAL COUNSELS FOR THE US SENATORS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, DOCTOR DEWAN, IN CHOOSING TO PRIORITIZE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, OUR CALIFORNIA. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SANDY BUKOWSKI.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HI, I'M SANDY FALCONE. I'VE BEEN HERE WITH CISCO FOR OVER 25 YEARS, AND DOCTOR DEWAN IS MY FIFTH SUPERINTENDENT.

WE'VE ALWAYS HAD ISSUES WITH EVERY SUPERINTENDENT AND HAVE NEVER BEEN ENTIRELY HAPPY.

WE'VE HAD OUR UPS AND OUR DOWNS. THERE WERE TIMES WHEN WE FELT HEARD AND TIMES WHERE WE FELT OUR WORDS FELL ON DEAF EARS.

IN RECENT WEEKS, I'VE LEARNED THAT THERE'S SO MUCH WORK TO BE DONE.

I REMIND MYSELF, THOUGH, THAT WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM, AND WE WANT SUCCESS FOR ALL INVOLVED STUDENTS AND THOSE WHO SERVE THEM.

I AM. WITH THAT BEING SAID, IN RECENT MONTHS I'VE BEEN VERY.

I HAVE BECOME VERY HOPEFUL. DOCTOR DEWAN HAS INVITED ALL BARGAINING GROUPS TO WORK WITH MANAGEMENT TO IMPROVE THE CLIMATE AND CULTURE AT SCO.

AT HER INVITATION, WE PARTICIPATED IN THE CALIFORNIA LABOR MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE.

AS A GROUP, WE HAVE COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE CLIMATE AND WORKING CONDITIONS FOR SCO EMPLOYEES.

I BELIEVE DOCTOR DEWAN, WHEN SHE SAYS SHE IS COMMITTED TO THIS ENDEAVOR, AND I AM COMMITTED TO THE SAME.

I'M EXCITED TO WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS FOR ALL.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS IRENE SOTO. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS IRENE SOTO. I HAVE BEEN WITH EARLY LEARNING SERVICES FOR 28 YEARS.

THIS SUMMER I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE WITH DOCTOR DEWAN IN SAN DIEGO THROUGH LMI.

I BELIEVE THAT DOCTOR DEWAN HAS SHOWN SUPPORT AND HAS BEEN SINCERE REGARDING LMI.

I LOOK FORWARD ON WORKING WITH HER AND THE REST OF THE TEAM TO CREATE HEALTHY AND POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH CO AND THE FAMILIES, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. DOCTOR DEWAN, THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM THREE, OUR CONSENT ACTION ITEMS AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA

[3. CONSENT ACTION ITEMS]

WE WILL NOW VOTE. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN VOTE IN BOARD DOCS.

YES. WHEN YOU'RE READY, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS.

PROMPT SHOWING. OKAY. AND THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. TRUSTEES. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS FOR INFORMATION ITEMS.

[A. First Reading of Board Policy 1312.3 Uniform Complaint Procedures]

12.3 UNIFORM COMPLAINT PROCEDURES. WE RECEIVED THESE UPDATES TO THE UNIFORM COMPLAINT PROCEDURES BOARD POLICY FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO HELP ENSURE THAT THE ECHO PROGRAMS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

NEW LANGUAGE REFLECTS ASSEMBLY BILL 1078 PASSED IN 2023, WHICH REQUIRES ATTENTION TO INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND CURRICULAR DIVERSITY, PROTECTING STUDENT ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, LIBRARY BOOKS, AND CURRICULUM THAT REFLECT TOPICS RELATED TO RACE AND GENDER AND STRIVES TO CREATE A MORE EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.

THIS IS BROUGHT HERE THIS EVENING FOR FIRST READING, AND WE'LL COME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION AT OUR NEXT MEETING.

THANK YOU. DOCTOR DEWAN, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES? TRUSTEE MAH. THANK YOU. WE DON'T SEEM TO HAVE OUR LITTLE CARDS, PLACARD, THINGS TO RAISE.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW. THANK YOU. I HAVE YEAH.

YEAH. THANK YOU. AND SO I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION OR IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE IN THAT BOARD POLICY.

IT'S BEEN REDLINED, I UNDERSTAND, AND AS WAS STATED IN THE TRANSMITTAL, IT'S BECAUSE OF UPDATES TO SOME OF THE LEGISLATION WITH RESPECT TO COMPLAINT PROCESS. I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHICH OF THE CHANGES OR MAYBE ASK THE QUESTION, ARE ALL THOSE RED LINE CHANGES REFLECTED IN THE NEW LAWS, OR ARE THERE SOME THINGS WHICH WERE JUST CHANGED TO BE UPDATED? YES. SO THE ALL OF THE RED LINES REFLECT CHANGES IN THE EDUCATION CODE AND AND BASED ON GUIDANCE FROM THE CALIFORNIA

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SO CAN WE GET A COPY OF THE OF THAT LAW THAT WE CAN SEE KIND OF WHERE THE CORRELATION OF ITEMS ARE? SURE. THEY'RE ALL REFERENCED. YES. WE CAN PROVIDE COPIES, AND THEY ARE ALL REFERENCED IN THE CROSS-REFERENCES THAT FOLLOW THE POLICY AT THE END. OKAY. BECAUSE THERE'S ITEMS, FOR INSTANCE, THAT WERE TAKEN OUT ABOUT COMPLAINTS ALLEGING RETALIATION AGAINST THE COMPLAINANT THAT HAS ACTED OR UNCOVERED REPORT OF VIOLATION, THAT THAT THAT WAS ALL STRUCK OUT.

AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S PART OF THE LEGISLATION THAT IT STRUCK OUT.

AND SO THEREFORE RETALIATION, WHICH SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THE COMPLAINT PROCESS, IS THEN COVERED SOMEPLACE ELSE.

IT'S COVERED ELSEWHERE. OKAY. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S THE KIND OF THE OF THING THAT I'M, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT.

THAT'S RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RECOMMENDED SOME OF THESE CHANGES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REFERENCES ARE IN THE APPROPRIATE POLICIES.

AND SO THE ITEMS ABOUT RETALIATION EXIST IN VERY SPECIFIC POLICIES ELSEWHERE.

OKAY. THAT THE BOARD'S ALREADY ADOPTED. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES? OKAY. THANK YOU. DOCTOR DEWAN, WILL YOU INTRODUCE THE NEXT ITEM, PLEASE? SO THE THE NEXT ITEM IS ALSO AN INFORMATION ITEM.

[B. First Reading of Board Policy 5132 Dress and Grooming]

THIS REFLECTS CHANGES IN EDUCATION CODE 212.1, AS AMENDED BY SENATE BILL 188, WHICH DEFINES RACE FOR PURPOSES OF PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION AS INCLUDING TRAITS HISTORICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH RACE, SUCH AS HAIR TEXTURE AND PROTECTIVE HAIRSTYLES.

THESE UPDATES ALSO PROHIBIT NOT ALLOWING STUDENTS TO DRESS IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THEIR GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION, OR WITH RELIGIOUS OR CULTURAL OBSERVANCE.

FINALLY, THE UPDATED BOARD POLICY REFLECTS OUR BOARD POLICY 0415 ON EQUITY, STATING THAT THE DRESS CODE SHALL NOT BE ENFORCED IN A DISCRIMINATORY OR DISPROPORTIONATE MANNER.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR FIRST READING TONIGHT, AND WE'LL COME BACK FOR SECOND AND ACTION AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? TRUSTEES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. DOCTOR DEWAN, CAN YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THE NEXT ITEM.

AND THE NEXT ITEM IS ALSO FIRST READING OF A BOARD BYLAW.

[C. First Reading of BB 9150.1 Compensation for Student Board Members of the Santa Clara County Board of Education]

THIS IS A NEW BOARD BYLAW INSTITUTED TO REFLECT LANGUAGE FROM EDUCATION CODE 1090.

EDUCATION CODE 1090 AND SECTION EIGHT ALLOWS THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO AWARD A PUPIL MEMBER OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, EITHER OR BOTH ELECTIVE COURSE CREDIT AND MONTHLY FINANCIAL COMPENSATION.

THE SECTION C ALSO ALLOWS THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION TO BE DETERMINED BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO LONG AS IT'S IN ACCORDANCE WITH OTHER REFERENCED SECTIONS OF THE EDUCATION CODE.

STAFF CONDUCTED AN ANALYSIS OF THE EDUCATION CODE AND EXISTING STUDENT STIPEND PROGRAMS, AND HAS RECOMMENDED THE AMOUNT OF $400 PER MONTH. THIS AMOUNT WAS APPROVED BY THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE.

SECTION D, A PUPIL STATES THAT A PUPIL BOARD MEMBER OF A COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY BE PAID FOR ANY MEETING FOR WHICH THE MEMBER IS ABSENT IF THE BOARD, BY RESOLUTION, DULY ADOPTS AND INCLUDES WITHIN ITS MINUTES THAT AT THE TIME OF THE MEETING, THE MEMBER WAS PERFORMING SERVICES OUTSIDE THE MEETING ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD.

THE MEMBER WAS ILL OR ON JURY DUTY. WHERE THE ABSENCE WAS DUE TO A HARDSHIP DEEMED ACCEPTABLE BY THE BOARD, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE POLICY THAT EXISTS FOR ELECTED TRUSTEES.

AGAIN, THIS POLICY WAS APPROVED BY THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE.

IT IS HERE TONIGHT FOR FIRST READING. WE'LL COME BACK FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION AT THE NEXT MEETING.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR DEWAN. TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF TRUSTEE? MAH. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA. I GUESS I'D BE CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THE ACTUAL KIND OF STATE OF THE ART IS RIGHT NOW IN THE COUNTIES THAT HAVE STUDENT MEMBERS. HOW MANY OF THEM ACTUALLY HAVE STUDENT MEMBERS.

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I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE IT BY THE NEXT MEETING SOMETIME.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THOSE SUMMARIES, DOCTOR DEWAN.

AND WE WILL NOW GO TO THE NEXT ITEM. WILL YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE ITEM 4D, THE CHARTER SCHOOLS UPDATE?

[D. Charter Schools Update]

OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CHARTER SCHOOLS, MEFULA FAIRLEY, WILL PROVIDE THE UPDATE.

GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT BERTA TRUSTEES. SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN STAFF AND COMMUNITY.

TONIGHT I HAVE FOUR ITEMS ON WHICH TO UPDATE YOU.

FIRST, THERE ARE THREE ITEMS UNDER CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWALS FOR 2425.

ROCKET SHIP. SI SE PUEDE. ON AUGUST 20TH THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION RECEIVED A CHARTER RENEWAL PETITION FROM ROCKETSHIP. SI SE PUEDE. THE PETITION HAS BEEN POSTED ON THE ON THE SCO WEBSITE AND THE AND THE EXCUSE ME, THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT THIS BOARD'S MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 16TH.

THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION WILL ACT ON THIS CHARTER RENEWAL PETITION ON NOVEMBER 6TH, AND THE EXPECTED STAFF ANALYSIS POSTING DATE HAS BEEN INCLUDED ON THE WEBSITE.

NEXT ALPHA JOSE HERNANDEZ. WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY SHARED THIS INFORMATION, BUT I WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT ALPHA JOSE HERNANDEZ, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ALPHA JOSE HERNANDEZ, WILL BE HELD AT THIS BOARD'S MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, AND THIS BOARD WILL ACT ON THE CHARTER RENEWAL PETITION ON OCTOBER 16TH.

AND THEN FINALLY THE TWO FINAL PETITIONS FOR THE RENEWAL FOR RENEWAL THIS YEAR FROM ROCKETSHIP ALMA AND ROCKETSHIP BRILLIANT MINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SUBMITTED ON SEPTEMBER 3RD. AND THE NEXT ITEM IS ABOUT BACK TO SCHOOL.

SO ALL SEC. BOE AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOLS EXCEPT VOICES MORGAN HILL, ARE BACK IN SESSION.

VOICES MORGAN HILL WILL BEGIN CLASSES ON SEPTEMBER 3RD IN ITS NEW PERMANENT LOCATION, AND THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT WILL CONDUCT OUR ANNUAL WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL TOUR VISIT TO ALL OF THE SCHOOLS AUTHORIZED BY THIS BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 6TH AND SEPTEMBER 13TH.

AND THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR THE EVENING.

THANK YOU. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FAIRLEY TRUSTEES.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEES, WE WILL NOW TRANSITION TO OUR CLOSED SESSION.

[5. CLOSED SESSION]

I'M AWARE THERE'S SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THE CLOSED SESSION, SO I'LL JUST READ THE DESCRIPTION OF CLOSED SESSION AND THEN WE'LL TAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. ONCE IN CLOSED SESSION, I WILL CALL THE CLOSED SESSION TO ORDER AND REQUEST THAT EACH TRUSTEE STATE THEIR NAME TO RECORD WHO IS IN ATTENDANCE, AND TO AFFIRM AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PARAMETERS FOR THE CONDUCT OF BUSINESS IN THE CLOSED SESSION.

THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEM INCLUDES FOUR ITEMS A INTERDISTRICT ATTENDANCE APPEAL FILED ON BEHALF OF STUDENT RESIDENT DISTRICT, LAKESIDE JUNIOR, LAKESIDE JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT, DESIRED DISTRICT.

LOMA PRIETA JOINT UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT B COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION C CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.

ANTICIPATED LITIGATION CONSIDERATION OF WHETHER TO INITIATE LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54 956.941.

CASE D CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. ANTICIPATED LITIGATION.

SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 549560.921.

CASE. MODERATOR DO WE ARE WE? DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES. WE HAVE FIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY. PLEASE PROCEED WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THOSE IN OUR OVERFLOW ROOM IN THE CAFETERIA WHO FILLED OUT THE CARD? WHO FILLED OUT A CARD TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS, PLEASE PROCEED TO THE SAN JOSE ROOM.

ONCE YOUR NAME IS CALLED. 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 SCCO INTERPRETER OR ASL INTERPRETER.

OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE ANNA MENDOZA, MICHAEL ELLIOTT, JOHN LIMO. BRISA ROJAS. DOCTOR KEVIN GREER. I'LL ALLOW A MOMENT FOR EVERYBODY TO ARRIVE.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ANNA MENDOZA.

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PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL ELLIOTT. I AM THE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF VALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE BEFORE YOU. TODAY, I'M HERE TO OFFER SOME WORDS OF SUPPORT TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR DEWAN. AND THE THEME FOR ME IS PARTNERSHIP.

I THINK ALL OF US THAT ARE WORKING IN FIELDS THAT ARE CARING FOR VULNERABLE FAMILIES IN THIS COMMUNITY, BE IT EDUCATION, HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, WHAT HAVE YOU.

NONE OF US HAVE THE RESOURCES TO SERVE THE FAMILIES THAT WE WANT TO SERVE.

SO IT TAKES COLLABORATION. AND I THINK COLLABORATION BETWEEN SECTORS IS THE MOST CHALLENGING, DIFFICULT THING FOR A LEADER OF A PUBLIC INSTITUTION TO DO.

AND DOCTOR DEWAN, FOR SO MANY OF US IN THE COMMUNITY, IS JUST THAT, AN OUTSTANDING COLLABORATOR AND A FORCEFUL ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THIS COMMUNITY. SHE'S AN EXEMPLARY AMBASSADOR OF THIS BOARD, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT WITH GREAT PLEASURE TO OFFER MY SUPPORT AND MY HOPE THAT THIS BOARD WILL OFFER HER AN OUTSTANDING EVALUATION AND CONTINUE HER SERVICE FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN LEMMO. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU. JOHN LEMMO HERE ON BEHALF OF BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

I'M HERE ON AGENDA FIVE D, WHICH IS LITIGATION THAT YOU'VE RISK OF LITIGATION THAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED RELATED TO BULLIS.

THIS IS REALLY ABOUT BC'S RENEWAL. AND IF YOU WANT TO AVOID LITIGATION, WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS JUST WHAT THE STATUTE SAYS RENEW.

YOU CAN YOU CAN IGNORE, FRANKLY, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND THE RESOLUTION AND BY MOTION, DO WHAT THE STATUTE SAYS AND RENEW AND RENEW THE CHARTER.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU IN CLOSED SESSION TO EXAMINE PAGES 266 TO 270 OF THE STAFF REPORT, ALL BASED ON CDC DATA, WHICH DEMONSTRATES THAT BCS MORE CLOSELY RESEMBLES THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF ITS LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT THAN ALMOST ALL THE OTHER CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT YOU AUTHORIZE.

AND YOU MAY HEAR THAT THAT'S NOT RELEVANT. THAT'S ENORMOUSLY RELEVANT.

IT WOULD SHOW MISTREATMENT IF YOU IF YOU DO ANYTHING BUT RENEW.

AGAIN, THERE'S NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER THAT ANYONE'S EVER BEEN EXCLUDED FROM BCS WHO WISHES TO ATTEND.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRISA ROJAS. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS BRISA ROJAS AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL MEMBER PETER ORTIZ FROM SAN JOSE, WHO WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS HIS FULL SUPPORT FOR DOCTOR DEWAN AND REQUEST THE BOARD TO REAFFIRM HER ROLE AS SUPERINTENDENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ HAS HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH DOCTOR DEWAN DURING HIS TIME ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND FOUND HER TO BE A STEADFAST ADVOCATE FOR OUR YOUTH AND WORKING CLASS FAMILIES ON THE EAST SIDE.

HER LEADERSHIP ON INNOVATIVE NEW SOLUTIONS FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT OF AN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM FOR INCARCERATED YOUTH, INVESTMENTS IN STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH, AND EXPANSION OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ALL SPEAK TO THE QUALITY OF HER FORWARD LOOKING LEADERSHIP.

COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ THANKS YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND LOOKS FORWARD TO FUTURE COLLABORATION WITH THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND DOCTOR DEWAN IN THE YEARS TO COME.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DOCTOR KEVIN GREER.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

DOCTOR KEVIN GREER. LOMA PRIETA JOINT UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT.

THE MIGHTY SCHOOL ON THE MOUNTAIN. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF DOCTOR DEWAN AND HER EVALUATION.

ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT SUPERINTENDENTS, ATTENDANCE, AND I'VE HAD THREE SEPARATE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS IN THREE SEPARATE COUNTIES.

IF YOU WANT VISIBILITY AND YOU WANT COMMUNICATION, I'M HERE TO SPEAK THAT THIS IS THE PERSON YOU WANT.

SHE'S VERY RESPONSIVE TO OUR NEEDS AND THE SMALL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

VERY EASY TO REACH BY CALL, BY TEXT OR BY EMAIL.

SHE KEEPS OUR SUPERINTENDENTS UP TO DATE ON LEGAL MATTERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IS SURROUNDING THAT.

AND ON TOP OF THAT, SHE'S OPEN TO HAVING INPUT CONVERSATIONS WITH US WHILE WE'RE ADMIN ON THE TRENCHES, ADMIN IN THE TRENCHES. ON TOP OF THAT, SHE SUPPORTS THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, ESPECIALLY UP IN THE MOUNTAIN WHERE IT CAN BE A LITTLE MORE PRECARIOUS AT TIMES AND A LITTLE MORE INTERESTING. SHE HAS SECURED A CONNECTIVITY AND RESILIENCY GRANT FOR US, FOR FEDERAL EARMARK FOR LAKESIDE AND LOMA.

AND ON TOP OF THAT, SHE HAS WORKED VERY HARD WITH US ON 901, WHICH ARE SMALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN YOUR COUNTY TO SUPPORT OUR UNIQUE NEEDS.

THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU.

THE BOARD IS NOW IS WILL NOW ENTER CLOSED SESSION.

WE WILL RETURN IN APPROXIMATELY 2.5 HOURS AT OR AFTER 8:45 P.M..

[A. Report of Actions Taken in Closed Session]

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A MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE MAH, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE LARI, TO APPROVE THE APPEAL BASED ON FACTORS ONE AND TWO FOR LENGTH OF TIME THROUGH GRADE FIVE, WITH A VOTE OF SEVEN AYES 000 ABSTENTIONS ZERO ABSENT.

IN REGARDS TO ITEM FIVE, B COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION, THERE ARE NO REPORTABLE ACTIONS FOR ITEM FIVE.

C CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. ANTICIPATED LITIGATION CONSIDER OF WHETHER TO INITIATE LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 549560.941 CASE. THERE ARE NO REPORTABLE ACTIONS FOR ITEM FIVE D CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.

ANTICIPATED LITIGATION. SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.921 CASE.

THERE ARE NO REPORTABLE ACTIONS. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE BOARD'S DECISION REGARDING BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

[A. Request for Action/Decision on the Renewal Petition Submitted by Bullis Charter School]

THIS ACTION ITEM IS IN FOLLOW UP TO THE PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON JULY 17TH, 2024.

THIS ACTION IS BEING CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS FOUR, SEVEN, SIX, 05476, ZERO SEVEN AND 47607.2 AND BOARD POLICY 0424.4.

THIS ACTION WILL PROCEED AS FOLLOWS. FIRST, THE BOARD WILL HAVE WILL HEAR AN OPENING STATEMENT FROM STAFF WHO WILL BE GIVEN 15 MINUTES.

SECOND BULLETS WILL BE GIVEN 15 MINUTES TO COMMENT.

RESPONSE TO THE STAFF ANALYSIS. THIRD LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT FOR NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES, SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO COMMENT. FOURTH, THE BOARD WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT PER BOARD.

BY LAW, 9323 PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM WILL BE 20 MINUTES UNLESS EXTENDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD BYLAW 9323, WHICH STATES THE COUNTY WITH COUNTY BOARD CONSENT, THE COUNTY BOARD PRESIDENT MAY INCREASE OR DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF TIME ALLOTTED FOR PUBLIC PRESENTATION, DEPENDING ON THE TOPIC AND THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO BE HEARD.

THE COUNTY BOARD PRESIDENT MAY TAKE A POLL OF SPEAKERS FOR OR AGAINST A PARTICULAR ISSUE, AND MAY ASK FOR ADDITIONAL PERSONS TO SPEAK ONLY IF THEY HAVE SOMETHING NEW TO ADD.

SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE, AND SPEAKERS UTILIZING A TRANSLATOR SHALL HAVE TWO MINUTES.

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

AND SO THE SPEAKERS FIFTH BOARD MEMBERS MAY ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, AND THEREAFTER THE BOARD WILL DELIBERATE ON THIS MATTER AND MAKE A DECISION REGARDING THE CHARTER PETITION RENEWAL FROM BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

DOCTOR DEWAN, WILL YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE STAFF AND GIVE THE FIRST 15 MINUTE PRESENTATION? YES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA FROM OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MEFULA FAIRLEY, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JOINED BY COUNSEL FROM LRR, DAVINA HARDIN, OUR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF CHARTER SCHOOLS, DOCTOR MICHELLE JOHNSON, AND THE FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS, BULLIS SCHOOL, CYNTHIA TAPIA. THEY ARE PREPARED TO MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION.

PRESIDENT. BERTA TRUSTEE. SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN.

WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING FOR THE BOARD'S ACTION ON THE RENEWAL REQUEST FOR BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL, AN INDEPENDENT, DIRECT FUNDED SCC. BOE AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOL BULLIES.

CURRENT CHARTER TERM RUNS THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2025.

BULLIS IS REQUESTING A SEVEN YEAR TERM, AS IT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AS A HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOL.

CURRENT ENROLLMENT IS APPROXIMATELY 1000 STUDENTS.

ON JULY 17TH, 2024, THE SCC BOE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BULLIS RENEWAL PETITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENT TO DO SO WITHIN 60 DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THE RENEWAL APPLICATION.

SCC, BULLIS AND BULLIS PURISIMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENTERED INTO A FIRST AMENDED AMENDED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING IN 2019, WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT DURING ANY, WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT DURING ANY CHARTER RENEWAL OR APPEAL UNTIL A NEW AGREEMENT IS REACHED.

THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT HAS PROVIDED AND UPDATED MOU TO ALIGN WITH CURRENT LAWS AND PRACTICES, AND IF THE SEC BOE RENEWS THE CHARTER, SEC WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH BULLIS ON FINALIZING THE NEW MOU.

I, IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT STAFF INCLUDING DOCTOR MICHELLE JOHNSON, CYNTHIA TAPIA, MATT DOHERTY, SHALU SHARMA AND SHALU SHARMA ANALYZE THE PETITION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT.

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WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF THE LEAD PETITIONER, MAUREEN ISRAEL, AND THE ENTIRE STAFF.

WE WANT TO STATE THAT OUR REVIEW OF THE RENEWAL REQUEST WAS COMPLETED IN AN OBJECTIVE AND FACTUAL MANNER.

ALTHOUGH STAFF'S FULL, DETAILED ANALYSIS INCLUDING RECOMMENDATIONS, RECOMMENDED FINDINGS AND EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS PUBLISHED AND SHARED WITH BULLIES ON AUGUST 9TH, 2024, AND IS FOUND IN TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW, AS EXPLAINED IN PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD.

AB 1505 ESTABLISHED A NEW THREE TIER SYSTEM FOR CONSIDERING CHARTER RENEWALS.

BASED ON ITS PERFORMANCE ON THE CHARTER SCHOOL DASHBOARD INDICATORS.

BULLIES HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED ON THE CDE CHARTER PERFORMANCE LIST AS A HIGH PERFORMING OR HIGH TIER CHARTER SCHOOL UNDER CRITERION TWO, WHICH STATES ALL STUDENTS AND NUMERICALLY SIGNIFICANT STUDENT GROUPS OUTPERFORM THE STATE ON THE ACADEMIC INDICATORS FROM THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DASHBOARD. HIGH PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE ONLY REQUIRED TO UPDATE THEIR PETITIONS TO INCLUDE A REASONABLY COMPREHENSIVE DESCRIPTION OF ANY NEW REQUIREMENT OF CHARTER SCHOOLS ENACTED INTO LAW AFTER THE CHARTER WAS ORIGINALLY GRANTED, OR LAST RENEWED AS NECESSARY TO REFLECT THE CURRENT PROGRAM OFFERED BY THE CHARTER.

THE CHARTERING AUTHORITY MAY RENEW HIGH PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOLS, MAY RENEW A HIGH PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOL FOR A TERM OF FIVE, SIX, OR SEVEN YEARS. HOWEVER, ANY SCHOOL, REGARDLESS OF PERFORMANCE CATEGORY, MAY BE NON-RENEWED PURSUANT TO EDCO 47 670. 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 AT LEAST 90 DAYS NOTICE.

30 I'M SORRY, 30 DAYS NOTICE. AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO CURE THE VIOLATIONS TO REMEDIATE THESE CONCERNS, INCLUDING A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN PROPOSED BY THE CHARTER SCHOOL.

THE COUNTY BOARD MAY THEN DENY RENEWAL ON THESE BASES ONLY BY MAKING EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS.

A THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PROPOSED BY THE CHARTER SCHOOL HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL, OR B THE VIOLATIONS ARE SUFFICIENTLY SEVERE AND PERVASIVE, PERVASIVE AS TO RENDER A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN UNVIABLE.

IN MAY 2021, THE THE SCHOOL SENT 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 2023.

BULLIS SUBMITTED A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN AND AND RESPONSES TO THESE NOTICES, AND BULLIS WORK IN THIS AREA WAS CONSIDERED.

AS WE ANALYZE ITS RENEWAL REQUEST, SCO HAS CONDUCTED SEVERAL STATISTICAL ANALYZES OF ENROLLMENT DATA AND STUDENT GROUP DATA IN COMPARISON TO LA SD AS PART OF THE NOTICE, REAFFIRMATION AND RENEWAL PROCESSES.

REVIEWING THE DATA ACROSS THE CHARTER TERM AND AFTER IMPLEMENTATION OF LA OF THE LOTTERY PREFERENCE ADJUSTMENTS AND CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN.

IN RESPONSE TO THE INITIAL NOTICE, WE FOUND GROWTH HAS BEEN MADE IN ENGLISH LEARNERS AND THE ENGLISH LEARNER AND SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENT GROUPS. HOWEVER, WE ALSO FOUND THERE IS STILL A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BULLIS AND LA SD IN THE PROPORTION OF STUDENTS WHO ARE HISPANIC LATINO STUDENTS WHO ARE SOCIOECONOMICALLY ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. STAFF ALSO REVIEWED THE RENEWAL PETITION USING THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED IN CALIFORNIA.

CODE SECTIONS 47, 605 AND 47 607, CONSISTENT WITH COUNTY BOARD POLICY 0420.4 C STAFF FOUND. ADDITIONALLY, I'M SORRY STAFF FOUND ADDITIONAL SPECIFICITY AND REQUIREMENTS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE MOU AMONG ITS GOVERNING ENTITY AND CAC. SCOPE. THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NEEDED PERTAINS TO POLICIES, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, AND ITS GOVERNANCE AND OPERATIONS, INCLUDING COMPLIANCE COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIRED CHARTER ELEMENTS.

THE NECESSARY CORRECTIONS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, UPDATING THE FOLLOWING.

PROVIDING THE NAMES AND QUALIFICATIONS OF ALL BOARD MEMBERS.

A FURTHER DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCESS USED TO CONDUCT THE PUBLIC RANDOM DRAWING FOR ADMISSION.

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UPDATES TO THE PURISIMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BYLAWS AND OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS TO ENSURE THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE CHARTER, THE MOU AND THE ADDENDUM TO THE MOU. FURTHER EFFORTS AND ACTIONS WILL NEED TO BE TAKEN REGARDING THE THE ENROLLMENT ACTION PLAN TO ADDRESS THE RACIAL, ETHNIC, SPECIAL EDUCATION AND ELL BALANCE AND ENSURE THAT BULLIS IS SERVING ALL STUDENTS WHO WISH TO ATTEND SCO.

STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THESE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, ANNOUNCING THE NUMBER OF OPENINGS AT EACH GRADE LEVEL PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT. COMMENCING THE OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD.

ENSURING THAT APPLICANT STUDENTS ARE OFFERED EACH OF THE ANNOUNCED OPEN SEATS AT EACH GRADE LEVEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR PLACE IN THE ADMISSIONS LOTTERY. UPDATING THE METRICS FOR MEASURING THE SUCCESS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ENROLLMENT ACTION PLAN.

REVIEWING AND MODIFYING AS APPROPRIATE THE ENROLLMENT ACTION PLAN ANNUALLY PROVIDING SCO WITH A REPORT OF THE ENROLLMENT ACTION PLAN AUDIT.

THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE SCC BOE CONDITIONALLY APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR RENEWAL OF THE CHARTER FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS, ON THE CONDITION THAT BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL, THE BULLIS PURISIMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND SCC ENTER INTO AN MOU AND OR AN ADDENDUM TO THE MOU ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 6TH, 2024 OR SUCH.

LATER DEADLINE AS MAY BE AGREED TO BY THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE.

THAT INCLUDES ALL THE PROVISIONS LISTED BELOW.

ABOVE. SORRY ALL THE PROVISIONS LISTED ABOVE, AS WELL AS ANY ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS OR REQUIREMENTS IDENTIFIED BY THE SCC.

BOE AND ADOPT THE BOARD RESOLUTION CONDITIONALLY APPROVING FOR A PERIOD OF FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1ST, 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2030. THE CHARTER RENEWAL FOR BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL AND ALTERNATIVELY, MAKING WRITTEN FACTUAL FINDINGS SUPPORTING DENIAL AND DENYING THE BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL CHARTER RENEWAL IF THE CONDITIONS ARE NOT MET.

THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S OPENING STATEMENT. THANK YOU.

MRS. BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL HAVE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THE STAFF ANALYSIS? AND IF YOU COULD JUST STATE WHO WILL BE SPEAKING FOR BULLIS? WE DO, OF COURSE. YEAH. HI, EVERYBODY. I'M MAUREEN IS THE SUPERINTENDENT. WE DO HAVE SLIDES. I KNOW THEY'LL LOAD. JOHN LEMMO WILL ALSO BE JOINING ME TO SPEAK.

AND YOU WILL ALSO HAVE 15 MINUTES. GREAT. OH, THERE THEY ARE.

OH, THAT'S NOT US. CAN WE? YEAH. MAYBE WE CAN PAUSE THE TIME AND RESTART IT.

YEAH. THANKS. AWESOME. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. TRUSTEES, STAFF PRESIDENT BERTA.

I'M MAUREEN ISRAEL, THE SUPERINTENDENT AND PRINCIPAL AT BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

I'M GRATEFUL TO BE BACK HERE TODAY TO CLARIFY SOME FINAL INFORMATION FOR YOU AS YOU MAKE A DECISION ABOUT OUR SCHOOL.

I'LL BE HONEST, I REALLY STRUGGLED WITH HOW TO OPEN THIS PRESENTATION FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

MY TEAM KNOWS I'M USUALLY NOT ONE TO BE CAUGHT SHORT IN WORDS.

THEY'LL ALSO CALL ME OUT FOR ALWAYS SAYING, WHAT DOES THE DATA SAY BEFORE I MAKE ANY DECISION? BUT IT SEEMS THAT BEFORE WE BEGIN TO DIVE INTO THE DATA AND ALL THE NUMBERS AND ALL THE NUANCES OF THE WORDS, IT SEEMS THAT WE HAVE LOST SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THESE NUMBERS AND THESE METRICS, THEY ARE CHILDREN.

THEY ARE MEMBERS OF A FAMILY. YOU, ME, WE ALL KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE SEEN AS A NUMBER, TO NOT BE SEEN AS AN INDIVIDUAL, TO NOT HAVE AN IDENTITY, TO NOT BE A PERSON WITH HOPES AND DREAMS AND EXPERIENCES.

THIS IS THE VALUE THAT LEADS ME IN EDUCATION AND LEADS ME IN MY WORK.

IT IS THIS IDEA AND THE VALUE OF INCLUSIVITY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND SO I ASK ALL OF US BEFORE WE DO THE SAME THING, I'M GOING TO DO THE SAME THING.

I'M GOING TO DIVE INTO THE NUMBERS. I'M GOING TO DIVE INTO THE DATA.

I WANT US ALL TO BE REMINDED THAT THESE ARE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND LITTLE LIVES THAT YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT.

ALMOST 300 HERE, TO BE EXACT. FIVE HOURS LATER, WHILE WE'RE STILL WAITING.

THERE'S ABOUT 100 PEOPLE IN THE OVERFLOW ROOM.

THESE CHILDREN SHOULD BE IN BED. I CAN'T IMAGINE BEING SEVEN, EIGHT, FRANKLY, EVEN 13, AND BEING TOLD THAT MY VOICE MATTERS TO DEFEND THE FUTURE OF MY SCHOOL. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE. I DEFINITELY WOULD NOT BE AS BRAVE AS THESE KIDS SITTING HERE TONIGHT.

IT BREAKS MY HEART THAT THIS IS THEIR EXPERIENCE.

THEY SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT THE HOMEWORK THAT'S DUE TOMORROW. THEY SHOULD BE WONDERING WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE FOR HOT LUNCH, AND INSTEAD THEY'RE SITTING HERE THINKING ABOUT THE FATE OF THEIR SCHOOL BEFORE THEY EVEN UNDERSTAND THE POLITICS THAT ARE ALIVE AND WELL IN THIS ROOM.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO I ASK YOU, AS WE DIVE INTO THIS DATA, INTO THESE PRESENTATIONS, PLEASE DON'T FORGET THE HUMANITY OF WHY WE ARE ALL HERE AND WHY

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THERE ARE NO FISCAL OR GOVERNANCE ISSUES AT BULLIS, AS THE STAFF REPORT HAS CONFIRMED.

THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE EXAMPLE IN THE STAFF REPORT OF EXCLUDING A STUDENT WHO WISHED WHO DESIRED TO TO ATTEND BULLIS.

THAT'S BECAUSE THERE ARE NO EXAMPLES. INSTEAD, WE ARE ACTIVELY ENCOURAGING FAMILIES TO ENROLL.

NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS ALL PART OF OUR OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY.

WE WANT TO REMIND YOU OF THE EXTENSIVE PROGRAM WE RUN LED BY OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH, VERONICA. WE WORK TO DISTRIBUTE FLIERS TO A VARIETY OF LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT DAYCARES, LOCAL BUSINESSES, APARTMENT COMPLEXES, FOOD TRUCKS, DOOR TO DOOR.

WE RUN ADVERTISEMENTS IN LOCAL NEWSPAPERS, BOTH IN SPANISH AND IN ENGLISH.

NEXT SLIDE. MAILERS ARE SENT OUT TO LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS SPECIFIC MAILERS IN SPANISH TARGETING KEY AREAS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE RUN PARENT INFORMATION SESSIONS IN PERSON AND ONLINE WITH TRANSLATIONS PROVIDED.

WE RUN SCHOOL TOURS WITH TRANSLATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL FAMILIES WHO PARTICIPATE.

OUR CURRENT FAMILIES ARE AN INCREDIBLE RESOURCE.

THEY SERVE AS THEIR GUIDES TO ASK QUESTIONS TO, AND THEY INVITE OUR NEW FAMILIES TO INVENT EVENTS EACH YEAR, SUCH AS OUR DIVERSITY CELEBRATION. THIS OUTREACH IS THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN INFLUENCE THE ENROLLMENT IN OUR LOTTERY.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS IS THE WHY THAT WE DO THAT AS REQUIRED BY ED CODE, ALL OF THESE OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT EFFORTS.

THESE ARE THE DESCRIPTION OF THE MEANS BY WHICH WE WORK TO ACHIEVE A BALANCE.

THAT BALANCE SHOULD BE REFLECTIVE OF THE GENERAL POPULATION OF THOSE RESIDING IN THE JURISDICTION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THIS IS THE LAW THAT WE ARE OBLIGATED TO MEET.

WE ARE OBLIGATED TO DESCRIBE HOW WE WILL WORK TO BE REFLECTIVE OF THE GENERAL POPULATION OF LOS ALTOS.

YOU'LL SEE HERE OUR NUMBERS ARE COMPARED TO THE GENERAL POPULATION OF LOS ALTOS.

THIS IS MEASURED BY THE 2020 CENSUS DATA. WE ARE REFLECTIVE OF THE GENERAL POPULATION.

NEXT SLIDE. WE ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS AS THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS DURING OUR PUBLIC HEARING.

OUR LOTTERY PROCESS RUNS JUST AS ANY OTHER CHARTER SCHOOLS WOULD, NOT ONLY IN THE BAY BUT ACROSS THE NATION.

I WAS A SCHOOL LEADER IN HOUSTON, TEXAS FOR OVER A DECADE, AND OUR LOTTERY PROCESS RAN EXACTLY THE SAME.

THERE'S A SPECIFIED TIME FOR OPEN ENROLLMENT WHEN FAMILIES CAN FILL OUT THEIR ENROLLMENT FORMS TO BE ENTERED INTO THE LOTTERY.

DURING THAT PROCESS IS OUR OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT TIME.

THE LOTTERY IS RUN BY A THIRD PARTY PLATFORM THAT RUNS LOTTERIES FOR THOUSANDS OF SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

WE MAKE OFFERS ON THE LOTTERY DATE, AND THEN WE CONTINUALLY MAKE OFFERS THROUGH THE REST OF THE SPRING AND THE SUMMER.

ONCE WE LEARN OF CURRENT FAMILIES THAT MIGHT BE LEAVING OR NEW OPENINGS THAT BECOME AVAILABLE.

NEXT SLIDE. DURING THE OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD, THERE ARE VERY LIMITED QUESTIONS OR DATA THAT WE CAN GATHER ON THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO ENTER THE LOTTERY. WE CAN CAPTURE THEIR NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, THEIR PARENTS NAMES, VERIFICATION OF RESIDENCE.

THEY CAN CHOOSE TO INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRM THEIR INCOME LEVEL FOR FREE REDUCED LUNCH.

BUT THAT'S IT. WE CANNOT ASK QUESTIONS ON RACE, ON DISABILITY, ON THE HOME LANGUAGE.

WE CANNOT GAUGE THEIR ENGLISH LEARNER STATUS. THIS IS ALL ILLEGAL FOR US TO GATHER.

ONLY AFTER A STUDENT IS ACCEPTED AND FILLING OUT THE REGISTRATION FORM CAN THIS DATA BE GATHERED.

THEREFORE, OUR RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES REMAIN THE ONLY PORTION OF THE LOTTERY PROCESS WE HAVE CONTROL OVER.

AND AS YOU'VE HEARD, WE HAVE AN EXTENSIVE RECRUITMENT STRATEGY.

YOU'VE SEEN THIS DETAILED IN OUR ENROLLMENT ACTION PLAN AS WELL.

WE ALWAYS WELCOME NEW IDEAS OR STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVEN'T TRIED, AND WE HAVE ASKED SEC STAFF FOR INPUT ON ANY STRATEGIES WE SHOULD CONSIDER.

NEXT SLIDE. AS SHARED PREVIOUSLY, IT IS NOT LEGAL FOR US TO ASK OR TO USE ETHNICITY OR RACE AS PART OF THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS.

WE CAN ONLY COLLECT THIS DATA PASSIVELY AFTER A STUDENT HAS REGISTERED.

THIS IS WHY WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED WITH CISCO'S RECOMMENDATION ON METRICS AND TARGETS TO INCREASE OUR HISPANIC POPULATION.

IT JUST IS NOT LEGAL. FURTHERMORE, WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ANTI-ASIAN SENTIMENT THAT PERSISTS IN THIS RECOMMENDATION.

IT SEEMS TO IGNORE ASIAN AMERICAN FAMILIES LIVED EXPERIENCES AS LEGITIMATE.

THERE IS A DEPTH OF CULTURE AND DIVERSITY WITHIN OUR ASIAN POPULATION, AND TO ALLOW THIS MODEL MINORITY STEREOTYPE TO PERSIST.

TO PERSIST IS ANTITHETICAL TO THE VALUES THAT OUR SCHOOL EMBODIES.

AND I KNOW THE VALUES THAT YOU AS TRUSTEES STAND FOR AS WELL.

NEXT SLIDE. I WANT TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE REPRESENTATION OF THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY IN OUR SCHOOL.

AS CISCO STAFF NOTED IN THEIR RECOMMENDATION, THERE HAS BEEN STABILITY IN THE HISPANIC LATINO COMMUNITY AT BCS OVER THE YEARS.

WE'VE NOTED NOT ONLY STABILITY, BUT A SLIGHT INCREASE.

THIS IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, AS THE INDEPENDENT DEMOGRAPHER DATA WE SHARED LAST WEEK SHOWS THAT THE HISPANIC LATINO POPULATION IN LOS ALTOS IS DECREASING.

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WE HAVE NOTED A SLIGHT INCREASE IN OUR HISPANIC LATINO POPULATION FOR THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR, WITH ITS DOCUMENTED DECLINE IN THE HISPANIC LATINO POPULATION.

IT'S CURIOUS TO US HOW SCHOOL STAFF WOULD EXPECT TO SEE A PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN OUR HISPANIC ENROLLMENT.

IT SEEMS MISGUIDED AND NOT BASED ON DATA. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT OUR CURRENT HISPANIC POPULATION IS ALREADY ON PAR WITH THE LOS ALTO CENSUS DATA, WHICH IS THE GENERAL POPULATION OF THE JURISDICTION, AS NOTED IN LAW.

NEXT SLIDE. JUST TO FURTHER EXEMPLIFY THIS POINT, THERE WERE 15 TC HISPANIC STUDENTS IN THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR ACROSS THE ENTIRETY OF THE LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN INCREDIBLY SMALL POOL OF STUDENTS.

NEXT SLIDE. HERE'S ANOTHER SLIDE SHOWING THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF HISPANIC STUDENTS ACROSS ALL GRADES ENROLLED AT EACH SCHOOL IN 2324.

THE REQUEST FOR US TO INCREASE OUR HISPANIC POPULATION GREATER THAN THE LOS ALTOS CENSUS DATA SEEMS IRRATIONAL WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUCH A SMALL DENOMINATOR OF STUDENTS OVERALL. A SINGLE DIGIT NUMBER OF STUDENTS COULD SWAY THE OVERALL PERCENTAGE OF ANY SCHOOL.

NEXT SLIDE. WE ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CLAIM ABOUT SERVING OUR FRL FAMILIES.

YOU CAN SEE HERE THIS IS FRL REPRESENTATION WAS RELATIVE TO OTHER SCHOOLS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

WE KNOW OUR FRL NUMBER HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE THIS SCHOOL YEAR ABOVE 5%, THANKS TO THE PREFERENCE WE HAVE IN PLACE.

WE ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY THERE IS NO FRL CAP IN OUR LOTTERY PREFERENCES.

THE 10% IS A GOAL. IT IS NOT A CAP. NEXT SLIDE.

FINALLY, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE REQUEST THAT WE NEED TO MORE CLOSELY MIRROR LASD SPECIAL EDUCATION NUMBERS.

NOT ONLY ARE WE RELATIVELY RELATIVELY IN THE MIX COMPARED TO ALL THE OTHER LASD SCHOOLS, BUT LASD WAS FLAGGED FOR SIGNIFICANT DISPROPORTIONALITY BY THE STATE.

A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF THE HISPANIC AND LATINO STUDENTS WERE IDENTIFIED AS SPECIAL EDUCATION.

THESE ARE NUMBERS WE DO NOT WANT TO BE ASKED TO ACHIEVE, AS IT HAS BEEN NOTED BY THE STATE THAT THEY ARE INFLATED.

I'LL HAVE JOHN CONTINUE THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU.

MAUREEN. HI. JOHN LEMMO HERE ON BEHALF OF BULLIS.

WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO HIGH PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE PRESUMED TO BE FAST TRACKED FOR APPROVAL.

YOU SHOULD REALLY BE PROUD THAT YOU HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST PERFORMING SCHOOLS IN THE ENTIRE STATE.

THE LEGISLATURE GAVE YOU THE PROCESS FOR FAST TRACK BECAUSE IT WAS IT WAS DESIGNED TO.

FOR WHEN YOU'VE GOT GREAT SCHOOLS LIKE THIS, YOU SHOULDN'T BURN THEM AND YOU SHOULDN'T BURN YOUR STAFF WITH GOING THROUGH A HIGHLY DETAILED, EXHAUSTIVE PROCESS. YOU SHOULD RENEW THEM UNLESS THERE'S SOME STRANGE EXCEPTION.

AND WE HEARD WHAT THE WHAT THE TWO ARE FROM FROM FROM YOUR FROM YOUR STAFF.

BUT THESE ARE SUPER RARE EXCEPTIONS. THEY'VE NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.

NO ONE'S EVER FOUND THAT THESE EXCEPTIONS APPLY, THEY'RE AN ESCAPE HATCH.

IF YOU'VE GOT A HIGH PERFORMING CHARTER THAT HAS SOMETHING DISASTROUS ABOUT IT. NOT NOT SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING HERE.

SO WE ASKED FOR A PLAN FOR BCS TO IMPROVE ITS DIVERSITY.

SOME YEARS AGO, BCS DID THAT. THEY IMPLEMENTED IMPLEMENTED IT.

AND NOW BCS IS UNQUESTIONABLY THE MOST DIVERSE SCHOOL IN LOS ALTOS.

YET THE STAFF REPORT SAYS THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THAT'S CRAZY.

WITH THE AB 1505 CHANGES, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE EMBRACING SCHOOLS LIKE LIKE BULLIS, NOT PENALIZING THEM WITH CONDITIONS.

WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IS CONDITIONS ARE BEING ATTEMPTED TO BE IMPOSED THAT WOULD SORT OF FORCE A REDUCTION IN THE ASIAN POPULATION AT THIS SCHOOL AND INCREASE THE HISPANIC POPULATION FOR REALLY NO REASON. BCS MATCHES THE LOS ALTOS ALMOST MORE CLOSELY THAN NEARLY ALL THE OTHER CHARTERS THAT YOU AUTHORIZE IN COMPARISON TO THEIR AUTHORIZER DISTRICTS.

AT THE PUBLIC HEARING, YOUR STAFF SAID, OH, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT.

THIS IS ABOUT BCS. IT DOESN'T RELATE TO THOSE THINGS. WRONG.

YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. IT'S ARBITRARY, ARBITRARY, AND CAPRICIOUS FOR YOU TO APPLY A DIFFERENT STANDARD TO BCS, BUT NOT NOT TO ANYONE ELSE. AND AS THE EXPERT REPORTED, THE RECORD INDICATES, YOUR HISPANIC POPULATION IS DECLINING.

THE STAFF'S MISSING KIND OF THE KEY POINT IN THE EXCEPTION.

IT'S YOU CAN FIND AN EXCEPTION WITH FACTS, SPECIFIC FACTS.

IF BCS IS ACTUALLY EXCLUDING PEOPLE WHO WISH TO ATTEND.

THERE'S NO EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD WHATSOEVER ABOUT ANYBODY, ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO ATTEND THAT'S BEING EXCLUDED.

SORT OF MISSING THAT WHOLE POINT. STAFF WISHES THOSE WORDS WEREN'T THERE, BUT THEY ARE.

INSTEAD, THEY THINK THAT IF WE DON'T PRECISELY MATCH LISD, SOMEONE MUST BE EXCLUDED SOMEHOW.

BUT THAT ANALYTICAL GAP IS NOT BRIDGED. THERE'S NO SPECIFIC EVIDENCE.

COULD WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, IF YOU COULD PLEASE LOOK AT YOUR STAFF REPORT AT PAGES 266 TO 270.

YOU'LL SEE GRAPHS USING CDC DATA, THE SAME DATA THAT YOUR STAFF IS USING, DEMONSTRATING WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THAT BC'S MORE CLOSELY RESEMBLES THE DEMOGRAPHY DEMOGRAPHICS OF OF LSD THAN ANYBODY ELSE.

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PENALIZE ONE OF THE HIGHEST PERFORMING PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE ENTIRE STATE FOR EXCLUDING STUDENTS WHO WISH TO ATTEND, WITH NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER OF ANY SUCH EXCLUSION.

IN THE FACE OF IRREFUTABLE EVIDENCE THAT BC'S MORE CLOSELY RESEMBLES THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE LOCAL DISTRICT THAN NEARLY ALL THE OTHER CHARTERS YOU AUTHORIZE.

IF THAT SOUNDS CRAZY AND RACIST, THAT'S BECAUSE IT IS.

STAFF BELIEVES THERE'S TOO MANY ASIANS AT BC'S, AND WE SHOULD REDUCE THAT POPULATION TO INCREASE HISPANIC ENROLLMENT.

THAT'S CRAZY. QUICK COMMENT ABOUT LSD. THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO GIVE A 15 MINUTE PRESENTATION.

THERE'S NO STATUTORY OBLIGATION THAT THEY GET THAT THIS IS NOT AN APPEAL OF A DENIAL, AT LEAST.

IT'S AN ABUSE OF OUR PROCESS FOR THEM TO BE PROVIDED 15 MINUTES.

THEY DON'T GET SPECIAL TIME. THEY'RE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. I REALIZE YOU'RE DOING THAT. THAT'S AN ABUSE OF PROCESS. I ALSO NOTE THAT OUR LSD REPS HERE HAVE A COPY OF OUR POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT WE SUBMITTED TO STAFF EARLIER TODAY.

I ALSO FIND THAT TO BE AN ABUSE OF OUR PROCESS.

I READ THEIR COMMENT LETTER AND THERE'S SOME TALK IN THERE ABOUT THEIR SO-CALLED 10TH SIDE AND BC'S MOVING THEIR BC.

IT'S TOO SMALL FOR BC'S. BC'S IS NOT GOING TO MOVE THERE.

WE HAVE A STATUTORY RIGHT TO STAY PUT AT EAGAN AND BLOCK WHERE WE ARE NOW, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO STAY.

IF THE DISTRICT WANTS TO MAKE BAD CHOICES WITH BOND MEASURES AND THE LIKE, THAT'S ON THEM.

BUT IT'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH BC'S AND IT'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS PROCEEDING. AGAIN, DON'T PENALIZE THIS THIS HIGH PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOL WITH UNSUPPORTED FINDINGS.

DO WHAT THE LEGISLATURE INTENDED JUST BY MOTION.

YOU CAN BYPASS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IF THERE'S NO FINDINGS FOR DENIAL JUST BY MOTION, MOVED TO APPROVE AND RENEW THE CHARTER AS SUBMITTED.

AND WE WOULD SAY FOR SEVEN YEARS, CAN WE PLEASE ADVANCE THE SLIDE SLIDES, PLEASE, TOWARDS THE LAST SLIDE.

SO HERE'S HERE'S AN ITALIC BOLD. THE MOTION THAT YOU SHOULD YOU SHOULD SIMPLY ADOPT CDS IS DETERMINED THAT POLICIES HIGH PERFORMING.

IT'S UNQUESTIONABLE. THEY'RE ENTITLED TO THE FAST TRACK RENEWAL PROCESS.

IT'S UNQUESTIONABLE. IT'S IN THE STATUTE. ONE OF YOU SHOULD MOVE THAT YOU, THE BOARD, APPROVE THIS CHARTER SCHOOL PETITION FOR RENEWAL AS PRESENTED FOR A TERM OF SEVEN YEARS. YOU CAN DO IT FOR 5 OR 6. YOU SHOULD HAVE SOME FINDINGS TO SUPPORT.

WHY IT'S NOT SEVEN. WE'VE DEMONSTRATED, I THINK IRREFUTABLY THAT THIS CHARTER IS ENTITLED TO SEVEN YEARS, BUT THAT IS WITHIN YOUR DISCRETION TO CHOOSE BETWEEN FIVE, 6 OR 7.

BUT YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH DISCRETION AT ALL UNDER THESE. FACTS ARE NO FACTS BEFORE YOU THAT SHOW THAT ANYBODY HAS BEEN EXCLUDED WHO WISHES TO ATTEND.

NONE. SO DO WHAT THE LEGISLATURE INTENDED FOR YOU TO DO, PLEASE, AND RENEW THIS CHARTER SO WE CAN WE CAN MOVE ON.

YOU, YOU YOUR EFFORTS IN APPROVING THIS CHARTER IN THAT MANNER.

IF SOMEONE WANTS TO SUE YOU FOR THAT, YOU WILL PREVAIL, BECAUSE THE STATUTE PROVIDES YOU THAT EXACT AUTHORITY TO, TO TO DO IN THIS, IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ARE THERE ANY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO WISH TO COMMENT AT THIS TIME? AND IF YOU WILL, PLEASE STATE WHO IS SPEAKING FOR THE DISTRICT? YES. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS BRIAN JOHNSON. I'M THE CURRENT PRESIDENT. I'M THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE LAST BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT BERTA VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT DEWAN AND CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT STAFF. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

CONTRARY TO BC'S ACCUSATIONS. LASD IS NOT TRYING TO PENALIZE BCS, NOR DO WE BELIEVE SCO IS TRYING TO.

IN FACT, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO CONVINCE THEM TO TRADE THEIR AGING PORTABLES FOR SPACE ON A BRAND NEW CAMPUS.

WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO, AT LEAST IN MY YEARS ON THE BOARD, IS CONVINCE THEM TO PARTNER WITH US COOPERATIVELY TO SERVE ALL THE STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT, AS WELL AS THE BROADER COMMUNITY. UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE EFFORTS HAVE TENDED TO BE MET WITH THE SAME HOSTILITY THAT WAS EVIDENT IN BCS ATTORNEYS PRESENTATION JUST NOW. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AS YOU CONSIDER WHAT ACTION TO TAKE TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON SOME ASPECTS OF THE STAFF REPORT AND HOW THIS RENEWAL PROCESS HAS PLAYED OUT. NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SORRY, IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT ALREADY. THE STAFF REPORT FINDS MULTIPLE GROUNDS FOR DENIAL.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FAILURE TO SERVE ALL STUDENTS, BUT WE THINK THE FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW AND COOPERATE WITH THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT IS JUST AS SIGNIFICANT. THE CHARTER RENEWAL PROCESS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CHARTER AND THE AUTHORIZER TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO EXAMINE THE PROGRAM AND PROGRAM, MAKE ANY NEEDED CHANGES, AND ESTABLISH EXPECTATIONS FOR THE SUBSEQUENT RENEWAL TERM.

THEREFORE, ANY APPROVAL WOULD HAVE TO BE BASED ON FINDING SOME WAY TO FIX THE RENEWAL PETITION AND DEVELOP A VIABLE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN.

EVEN IF BCS WERE OPEN TO IT, WE'RE NOT SURE THAT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION WOULD ACHIEVE EITHER OF THOSE GOALS.

AND IF BCS REFUSES TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES, THEN WE BELIEVE THAT DENIAL IS WELL WITHIN YOUR DISCRETION.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AS MENTIONED AT THE JULY HEARING, BCS PROGRAM IS NOT SUSTAINABLE WITHOUT A LEVEL OF FUNDRAISING COMPLETELY UNKNOWN IN PUBLIC

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NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THEY'VE ALWAYS MADE THAT FUNDING NEED CLEAR BY FRAMING IT AS A SO-CALLED FUNDING GAP THAT MUST BE FILLED BY BCS FAMILIES.

IN THE EARLY YEARS, THIS FUNDING GAP SLIDE WAS INCLUDED IN PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT PRESENTATIONS.

AND WHILE THE CONTENT MAY HAVE MOVED TO THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, THE MINDSET IS STILL THERE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND SO BCS DOES NOT SERVE ENOUGH FRPM STUDENTS AND HAS NO PLANS TO, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE HALF HEARTED CORRECTION ACTIVE PLAN CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN HAS NOT REMEDIED THE ISSUES PRESENT IN THE 2021 NOTICE OF CONCERN.

NOT ONLY IS BCS NOT PROPOSING TO STRENGTHEN THAT PLAN, FOR EXAMPLE, BY REMOVING THE CAP FROM THE FRPM PREFERENCE, THEY ARE PROPOSING TO WEAKEN THAT PREFERENCE BY EXPANDING THE SIBLING PREFERENCE THAT PRECEDES IT, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF SLOTS THAT ARE THEN AVAILABLE FOR FRPM STUDENTS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. BCS UNFORTUNATELY DOES ALSO NOT ADEQUATELY SERVE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

THIS IS NOT JUST AN ISSUE OF SCALE. THERE ARE MANY DISTRICTS IN THE REGION WITH FEWER THAN 1200 STUDENTS.

ALL OF THEM HAVE STUDENTS WHO NEED MORE INTENSIVE SERVICES, AND ALL OF THEM PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES, AS THEY SAID ON JULY 17TH. BCS ESSENTIALLY OFFERS ONLY PULL OUT SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

WHEN STUDENTS HAVE MORE SERIOUS NEEDS, THEY ALWAYS END UP LEAVING THE SCHOOL, AS WE HAVE SEEN THROUGHOUT BCS EXISTENCE AND AGAIN JUST RECENTLY WITH THE TWO CASES, TWO CASES WE PROVIDED TO CSD STAFF EARLIER IN AUGUST.

ANOTHER STUDENT WITH AN IEP REQUIRING SIGNIFICANT ACCOMMODATIONS LEFT BCS JUST LAST WEEK AFTER THE THIRD DAY OF SIXTH GRADE.

AS OUTLINED IN THE EMAIL IN THE COMPLAINT THAT WE SUBMITTED TO YOU TODAY, THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO WISHED TO ATTEND BCS AND IN FACT DID SO FOR SEVERAL YEARS WHEN THEY REQUIRED MORE SERVICES THAN BCS WAS WILLING TO OFFER.

THEY WERE DENIED ACCESS TO A FREE AND APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION AT BCS AND BULLIED OUT OF THE SCHOOL JUST AS THEY ARE TRYING TO BULLY YOU INTO APPROVING THIS RENEWAL PETITION AS PRESENTED. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE STAFF NOTES THAT ELL STUDENTS ARE THE ONE AREA OF CONCERN WHERE BCS APPEARS TO HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS IN CLOSING THE GAP WITH LISD, ALTHOUGH IT ALSO NOTES SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THEIR ELD INSTRUCTION.

HOWEVER, MOST OF THE CHANGE APPEARS TO BE DUE TO A LARGE NUMBER OF TK STUDENTS ASSESSED AS ELLS IN THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR.

CALIFORNIA HAS SINCE RECOGNIZED THAT THE ILL ASSESSMENT TEST IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR TK STUDENTS IF WE EXCLUDE THOSE STUDENTS FROM BC'S DEMOGRAPHICS.

THE ELL GAP WITH ASD HAS ACTUALLY WIDENED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE 20 1617 RATHER THAN NARROWING.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE CONCERNING STUDENT SURVEY RESULTS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE STAFF REPORT ARE ANOTHER INDICATION THAT BC'S IS NOT SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERING THEIR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM TO ALL STUDENTS WHO WISH TO ATTEND, AND A POSSIBLE SOURCE OF THE RECENT DRAMATIC INCREASE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL OUTFLOWS.

MANY CURRENT AND FORMER BC'S FAMILIES ARE UNHAPPY THAT THE SCHOOL IS SO LARGE, AND WE HAVE ALSO HEARD MANY REPORTS OF A PERSISTENTLY HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT EXPERIENCED BY SOME STUDENTS AND PARENTS. ACCORDING TO THE STAFF REPORT, MORE THAN 100 STUDENTS ALMOST 10% OF THE SCHOOL WHO WERE ENROLLED ON CENSUS DAY IN THE 2223 SCHOOL YEAR HAD LEFT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, A HUGE INCREASE FROM THE NUMBERS SEEN PRIOR TO THEIR LAST CHARTER RENEWAL AND THEIR SUBSEQUENT EXPANSION FOR A RESPONSIBLE CHARTER SCHOOL.

THE RENEWAL PROCESS WOULD BE A VALUABLE TIME OF INTROSPECTION AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT TO IDENTIFY AND MAKE NEEDED CHANGES.

NEXT SLIDE. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT CLOSE TO HALF OF BC'S FIFTH GRADERS DO NOT GRADUATE EIGHTH GRADE FROM BC'S.

THIS IN ITSELF INDICATES A FAILURE TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM.

THE OBLIGATION IS TO SERVE ALL STUDENTS, NOT MERELY TO ENROLL THEM.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE BOTTOM LINE, AS LAID OUT IN THE STAFF REPORT, IS THAT THE LIMITED CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN ESTABLISHED IN THE WAKE OF THE 2021 NOTICE OF CONCERN, HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL, AND IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT ALL THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION WOULD REALLY REQUIRE THEM TO DO IS TO KEEP TRYING TO IMPROVE THAT PLAN.

THEIR OPPOSITION TO IT CAN THEREFORE NOT BE ROOTED IN AN ARGUMENT THAT THE CONDITIONS OF THE MOU ARE AN ABUSE OF YOUR OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY, BUT RATHER THEIR FUNDAMENTAL CLAIM THAT SCHOOLS WITH HIGH TEST SCORES ARE IMMUNE TO OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THERE ARE SEVERAL POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THEIR CHARTER PETITION THAT COULD SATISFY BC'S OBLIGATION TO DEVELOP A VIABLE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN. UNFORTUNATELY, BC HAS GENERALLY REJECTED THEM ALL OUT OF HAND.

BCS WANTS ALL OF THE FREEDOM THAT COMES WITH BEING A CHARTER SCHOOL, WITHOUT ANY OVERSIGHT, AND WITHOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ITS COMMUNITY AND TO UNDERSERVED STUDENTS THAT THE LEGISLATURE INTENDED TO BE THE PRICE OF THAT FREEDOM.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER SOME OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE RENEWAL PETITION AND THE RENEWAL PROCESS AS IT IS PLAYED OUT.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS CHART IS BASED ON THE ANALYSIS ON PAGES 22 TO 36 OF THE STAFF REPORT.

OF THE 15 REQUIRED ELEMENTS IN A CHARTER OR RENEWAL PETITION, FIVE WERE FOUND TO BE REASONABLY COMPLETE.

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AGAIN, ANY RESPONSIBLE CHARTER OPERATOR WOULD HAVE WORKED WITH CSD TO ENSURE THAT THEIR RENEWAL RENEWAL PETITION WAS CONSIDERED REASONABLY COMPLETE AND CORRECT BEFORE STARTING THE 90 DAY COUNTDOWN TO THIS DECISION, HEARING OR ONCE ISSUES WERE IDENTIFIED WOULD HAVE WORKED TO RESOLVE THEM, RATHER THAN DENY THE COUNTY'S AUTHORITY TO POINT THEM OUT OR DO ANYTHING ABOUT THEM.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. IT'S WAY TOO LATE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE RECOMMENDED MOU TERMS IN THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN DETAIL, BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT TWO THINGS. FIRST, THAT THE RENEWAL PETITION BEFORE YOU REQUIRES SO MANY CHANGES THAT THE RESOLUTION DOES NOT ENUMERATE THEM, BUT RATHER INCLUDES THEM BY REFERENCE.

I COUNTED MORE THAN TWO DOZEN, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT I FOUND THEM ALL.

AND SECOND, UNLESS I MISSED IT, THE RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF ONE OF THE SURREPTITIOUS CHANGES TO BC'S ENROLLMENT PREFERENCES DOES NOT SEEM TO BE REFERENCED ANYWHERE IN THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION, WHICH IS JUST ANOTHER INDICATION OF HOW MANY ISSUES THERE ARE TO BE ADDRESSED.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. MOU CAN BE A USEFUL TOOL, BUT THEIR EFFECTIVENESS AS A CORRECTIVE TOOL IS UNPROVEN.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE TERMS REQUIRED IN THIS PROPOSED MOU ARE NOT ALL TRIVIAL, BUT IN MANY CASES MATERIAL TO THE OPERATION OF BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

WE ARE CONCERNED THAT CSD IS BEING SET UP FOR MORE YEARS OF THE SAME KIND OF TENDENTIOUS BACK AND FORTH THAT THE STAFF HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING FOR THE PAST THREE.

THIS PROPOSED MOU HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOR A CHARTER ADMINISTRATION THAT IS WILLING TO LEARN AND IMPROVE, NOT ONE THAT REFUSES TO PROVIDE BASIC INFORMATION OR AGREE TO EVEN A BRIEF EXTENSION TO THE CHARTER HEARING DEADLINE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I WANT TO CONCLUDE BY HIGHLIGHTING JUST HOW FAR THE SITUATION IS FROM A NORMAL CHARTER RENEWAL PROCESS, AND HOW WILLFULLY BCS IS ATTEMPTING TO PREVENT THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT FROM EXERCISING THEIR STATUTORY OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THE FIRST RENEWAL TO COME BEFORE YOU AFTER THIS LONG HIATUS IS SUCH AN ABNORMAL CASE.

THIS SLIDE IS FROM THE PRESENTATION ON THE CHARTER RENEWAL PROCESS FROM YOUR MEETING ON ON AUGUST 7TH.

IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT WHILE IT IS NOT UNKNOWN FOR MOU TO BE FINALIZED AFTER THE DECISION HEARING, THOSE HAVE GENERALLY BEEN TO ALLOW FOR JOINT AGREEMENT ON DETAILS OF ITEMS ALREADY AGREED TO.

IN PRINCIPLE, WE KNOW OF NO PRECEDENT FOR THE PRESENT SITUATION WHERE A PROPOSED BUT UNWRITTEN MOU IS NECESSARY TO MITIGATE MULTIPLE GROUNDS FOR DENIAL AND, WHEN THE CHARTER IS REFERRING, IS REFUSING TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO INFORM THAT MITIGATION.

WE DO UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE TO BEND OVER BACKWARDS, TO AFFORD TO AVOID HAVING TO DENY THE CHARTER OF SUCH A LARGE SCHOOL.

IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT INSTEAD OF ACCEPTING YOUR OLIVE BRANCH, BCS INSTEAD SEEMS INCLINED TO SNATCH IT AWAY, BREAK IT IN HALF, AND SET IT ON FIRE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT AS MANY ISSUES AS THE STAFF REPORT HAS IDENTIFIED, EVEN MORE MIGHT HAVE SURFACED IF THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT HAD NOT BEEN FORCED TO CURTAIL THEIR NORMAL INFORMATION GATHERING PROCESS DUE TO BC'S HASTY SUBMISSION.

NEXT SLIDE. BCS CLEARLY DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT HAS REAL OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY IN THIS CASE, SO I DON'T NEED TO BELABOR THAT. HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT IN ADDITION TO STONEWALLING THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT, THEY'VE APPARENTLY GONE SO FAR AS TO VIOLATE CDE REGULATIONS BY DELAYING THE ENTRY OF STUDENT INFORMATION INTO IPADS THIS YEAR, WHICH RISKS INTERFERING WITH DELIVERY OF ELL TESTING AND SUBSIDIZED FOOD SERVICES.

THE FACT THAT YOU ARE IN THIS PAINFUL POSITION IS NOT THE FAULT OF THE COUNTY OR THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT, BUT THE BCS ADMINISTRATION.

AND I FEEL TERRIBLE FOR THE FAMILIES WHO MAY NOW FACE UNCERTAINTY AS A RESULT OF THEIR ARROGANCE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. GIVEN BCS REJECTION OF THE CONCEPT OF CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, I WON'T BELABOR THIS ISSUE EITHER.

SUFFICE IT TO SAY, MEANING NO DISRESPECT. WE BELIEVE THAT ANY MOU, ONCE FINALIZED, WOULD NEED TO COME BACK BEFORE SEC BOE FOR APPROVAL RATHER THAN BEING AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF DOCTOR DEWAN. NEXT SLIDE.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE IN BCS A CHARTER SCHOOL THAT HAS A DOCUMENTED FAILURE TO SERVE ALL STUDENTS, THAT HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE A VIABLE. TO PROPOSE A VIABLE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN THAT IS SUBMITTED IN AN INCOMPLETE PETITION AND THAT IS NOT ONLY REFUSED TO ANSWER CHARTER SCHOOL DEPARTMENT QUESTIONS, BUT APPEARS TO HAVE TAKEN AFFIRMATIVE STEPS TO HIDE INFORMATION.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T SEE THAT YOU HAVE ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE TO DENIAL IF YOU ARE FORCED TO MAKE THAT DECISION TONIGHT.

THE PATH LAID OUT IN THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION WOULD SEEM TO BE NON-VIABLE, NON-VIABLE GIVEN BC'S REJECTION OF THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION AND THE WHOLE IDEA OF CONDITIONAL APPROVAL. WE STILL THINK THAT THE BEST OPTION WOULD BE FOR BC'S TO CHANGE COURSE AND WITHDRAW THIS RENEWAL PETITION AND WORK WITH CSC TO CRAFT A NEW ONE, WHICH ADDRESSES THE MANY GROUNDS FOR DENIAL PRESENTED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND THEN RESUBMIT.

THIS WOULD ALLOW THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT TO GO THROUGH THEIR FULL PROCESS, EXECUTE A NORMAL MOU AND BRING THE WHOLE PACKET BACK TO YOU FOR APPROVAL AS THE PROCESS IS DESIGNED. THAT'S HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK. THAT IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.

AND THAT'S HOW WE HOPE WHAT WE HOPE WILL HAPPEN IN THIS CASE.

HOWEVER, SHOULD THIS RENEWAL PETITION BE DENIED, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH BC'S TO CREATE A CHARTER WITH LAZARD AS THE AUTHORIZER IN

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TO APPROVE THIS RENEWAL PETITION, AS PRESENTED, WOULD BE TO VALIDATE THE NOTION THAT SO-CALLED HIGH PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE ESSENTIALLY EXEMPT FROM OVERSIGHT, EVEN WHEN THAT PERFORMANCE HAS MORE TO DO WITH DEMOGRAPHICS THAN ANYTHING ELSE THAT THEY CAN.

TO QUOTE THE STAFF REPORT, JUST WRITE SOMETHING OR ANYTHING AND FORGET ABOUT IT.

TO APPROVE THIS RENEWAL PETITION AS PRESENTED, WOULD BE TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO THE MANY STUDENTS OVER THE YEARS WHO HAVE BEEN BULLIED OUT OF THE SCHOOL FOR REQUESTING ACCOMMODATIONS OR OTHER SERVICES THE BCS WAS UNWILLING TO PROVIDE.

TO APPROVE THIS RENEWAL PETITION AS PRESENTED, WOULD BE TO LEND CREDENCE TO THEIR INCREDIBLY OFFENSIVE ARGUMENT THAT EFFORTS TO EXERCISE OVER OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY OVER BCS ARE DUE TO ANTI-ASIAN BIAS, RATHER THAN THE FACT THAT BCS WAS FOUNDED AND OPERATED FOR MOST OF ITS HISTORY TO SERVE THE INTERESTS OF WEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS RATHER THAN THOSE OF THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. AND FINALLY, TO APPROVE THIS RENEWAL PETITION AS PRESENTED, WOULD BE TO FATALLY UNDERMINE THE VERY NOTION OF CHARTER OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY IN WEALTHY AREAS OF THE COUNTY AND THE STATE. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR PRESENTERS.

JUST AS A REMINDER, I DID GO OVER THE PROTOCOLS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING IN TERMS OF CONDUCT, BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ASKED AND TO ENGAGE IN THIS DISCUSSION, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE SPEAKERS. SO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM SIDE COMMENTS, BOOING, CHEERING, CLAPPING, OR ANY OTHER TYPES OF NOISES THAT COULD CAUSE A DISTRACTION.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. AND AS I STATED EARLIER IN THE MEETING, WE ARE BASING THIS ON OUR BOARD POLICY. SO THAT IS FOR THE ITEM FOR UP TO 20 MINUTES.

THE COUNTY BOARD PRESIDENT MAY INCREASE OR DECREASE THAT TIME.

THAT'S ALLOWED FOR PUBLIC PRESENTATION, DEPENDING ON THE TOPIC AND THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO BE HEARD.

OF DOCTOR DEWAN. CAN YOU INDICATE HOW MANY SPEAKER CARDS WE HAVE AT THIS TIME? WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 60 SPEAKER CARDS AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. SO SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE.

AND SPEAKERS UTILIZING A TRANSLATOR SHALL HAVE TWO MINUTES.

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

AND AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO DEFER TO THE BOARD TO SEE IF WE CAN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BOARD'S PREFERENCE IS. WE DO HAVE OUR STATED BOARD POLICY ON THE 20 MINUTE DURATION.

AND I JUST ONE THING I WOULD ASK IS WHATEVER DETERMINATION WE MAKE FOR THIS CHARTER SCHOOL, THE PRACTICE SHOULD BE CONSISTENT FOR ALL CHARTER SCHOOLS, SINCE WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF RENEWALS UPCOMING AND THE TIME IS 10:20 P.M., SO I WILL JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR THE BOARD.

IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS. YES. VICE PRESIDENT, MAY I? QUESTION TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. SO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THAT PAST PRACTICE OF 20 MINUTES OF TESTIMONY FOR THE SECOND HEARING, I GUESS, SO TO SPEAK. WHAT WAS THE GENESIS FOR THAT? IS THERE A PURPOSE TO THAT? IS IT BECAUSE THAT IN THE FIRST HEARING WE HAD PUBLIC COMMENT AND THAT'S THE OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

AND THIS IS CONSIDERED SEPARATE OR WHAT HAS PAST BOARDS DETERMINED AS TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO? IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING, PLEASE. SO THE BOARD BYLAWS, SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES FOR THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO OR IT'S, IT'S A SHALL STATEMENT. SO IT SAYS THAT THE BOARD SHALL LIMIT UP TO 20 MINUTES ON SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS. THEN BECAUSE THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, IT'S AN AGENDA ITEM FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE INITIAL HEARING.

IT'S CONDUCTED MORE LIKE A HEARING, WHICH IS WHAT HAS PERMITTED THE BOARD TO TAKE AS MANY PUBLIC COMMENTERS AS WISH TO SPEAK DURING THE HEARING. IT HAS PAST BOARDS STUCK TO THIS BYLAW, GENERALLY SPEAKING.

GENERALLY SPEAKING, YES, THERE HAVE BEEN, I THINK, TIMES WHEN THE BOARD MAY HAVE SLIGHTLY INCREASED OR DECREASED THE AMOUNT OF TIME BY TAKING A POLL, FOR EXAMPLE, SAYING HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE FOR OR AGAINST THAT TYPE OF ACTION, WHICH IS ALSO CONTEMPLATED IN THE BOARD BYLAW.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'M COMFORTABLE WITH CONTINUING THE BYLAW, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO DO THAT, OR WE SHOULD MAKE AN EFFORT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH ALL OTHER CHARTER APPLICATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR.

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I PRESIDENT BERTA I SUPPORT PERSONALLY. I SUPPORT DOING THE POLL WITH OUR WITH OUR PUBLIC HERE.

THEY STAYED QUITE A BIT OF TIME. TRUSTEE CHON.

IS IT MARKED ON THE COMMENT CARD OR DO WE HAVE TO LIKE, DO A RAISING OF HANDS IN THE AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW? HOW IS THIS POLL CONDUCTED? WHAT ARE WE ASKING? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. WHAT'S THE PROCEDURE FOR THE POLL? IS IT ON THE COMMENT CARD WHERE THEY'RE SPEAKING IN FAVOR OR AGAINST, OR ARE WE LITERALLY GOING TO HAVE THE PUBLIC RAISE THEIR HANDS? SO IT'S BEEN DONE DIFFERENTLY. IT IS NOT ON THE COMMENT PUBLIC COMMENT CARD.

IT HAS BEEN DONE BY A SHOW OF HANDS. IT HAS BEEN DONE BY REQUESTING THE INDIVIDUAL STAND TO GET A GENERAL VISUAL OF THOSE WHO ARE, FOR A PARTICULAR ACTION.

TRUSTEE DI SALVO. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

ON THE ISSUE OF HOW MANY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? HOW MANY, HOW MUCH TIME ARE WE DEVOTING TO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ISSUE? BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD 16 YEARS.

I KNOW WHAT THE BOARD POLICY STATES. AND INITIALLY IT'S THREE MINUTES, BUT IT'S UP TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT'S LESS THAN THREE MINUTES.

SO WE HAD TWO MINUTES AS THE PROTOCOL FOR A LONG TIME FOR EVERY SPEAKER.

AND SINCE CLAUDIA ROSSI WAS BOARD PRESIDENT, THAT WAS CHANGED TO ONE MINUTE.

BUT THEN AT TIMES SHE CHANGED IT TO TWO MINUTES DEPENDING ON THE ISSUE.

IT'S BEEN VERY POLITICAL. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALLOW AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE WISH TO HAVE TIME FOR THIS ITEM.

AS YOU WISH TO HAVE TIME THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE.

IT'S TOO IMPORTANT NOT TO. IT'S WHAT THE CITY OF SAN JOSE DOES, EVEN IF THEY HAVE HUNDREDS OF SPEAKERS.

SO I DON'T LIKE TO LIMIT SPEECH IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.

UNLESS IT'S GETTING TOO LATE AND YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT LATENESS.

I KIND OF MELT AFTER 1130 AT NIGHT. BUT I AM, I AGREE, I AGREE WITH VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA. WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT IN DOING THIS.

WE HAVEN'T BEEN CONSISTENT IN MY 16 YEARS. IT'S BEEN DRIVEN BY POLITICS.

IT'S BEEN DRIVEN BY THE PRESIDENT AND HER OR HIS POLITICS.

WHAT LEON BEACHMAN DID WHEN HE WAS CHAIR WAS HE SAID, OKAY, WE HAD CHARTER SCHOOLS, EVERY EVERY MEETING, EVERY MEETING WE WERE EITHER APPROVING OR A FIRST CHARTER SCHOOL OR REAUTHORIZING A CHARTER SCHOOL ALMOST EVERY MEETING.

AND HE SAID, OKAY, I SEE THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT.

WOULD EACH SIDE CHOOSE 20 SPEAKERS? AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE HERE AT THAT TIME, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE DID AS HIS PROTOCOL AS PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD.

SO WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO ME TONIGHT IS THAT WE ALLOW AS MANY AS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE TIME FRAME WE HAVE FOR THIS ITEM AND TO ALLOW ONE MINUTE, OR IF IT'S BEING TRANSLATED, THE TWO MINUTES THAT WE ALLOW FOR TRANSLATION PURPOSES.

BUT I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF LIMITING THE SPEECH FOR THIS ITEM AT ALL.

TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. AND SO TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

JUST TO CLARIFY, THE BOARD BYLAW SAYS A TOTAL OF 20 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE CHECKING IN ON, AND I'D LOVE YOUR OPINION. WELL, WE'RE THE BOARD, RIGHT? YEAH. SO WE DECIDE RIGHT NOW WE'RE THE BOARD.

WE DECIDE. I THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE. I BELIEVE IT'S IN LARGE MEASURE WITH THE PRESIDENT'S LEADERSHIP.

BUT WE I THINK WE CAN RIGHT NOW, AS A BOARD, AMEND THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN, BUT WE'VE NEVER HAD. WE'VE WE'VE ALLOWED. VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA SAID WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH OUR PAST PRACTICE AT ALL.

AT ALL? NOT EVEN CLOSE. BERTA MAY I ADD A DESCRIPTOR, A DOCTRINE ONE? SO WHEN TRUSTEE DI SALVO IS MENTIONING ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT PRESIDENTS MAY BE CONDUCTED, THE POLL OR MANAGED TO STAY WITHIN THE TIME, ONE OF THE EXAMPLES WAS, AND I BELIEVE A COUPLE OTHER PRESIDENTS DID THIS AS WELL, THEY WOULD ASK EACH OF THE PARTIES TO IDENTIFY REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKERS,

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NOT EVERYBODY SPOKE, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHO WOULD REPRESENT.

ANOTHER PRACTICE WAS TO HAVE SPEAKERS JUST AGREE WITH PREVIOUS SPEAKERS SO THAT THEIR COMMENTS WOULD BE YOU KNOW, NOT REPETITIVE AND COULD BE VERY QUICK.

SO SPEAKERS WOULD COME UP AND SAY, I AGREE WITH, YOU KNOW, SO AND SO OR I SUPPORT YOU KNOW, SO AND SO OR I SUPPORT THIS ITEM. SO THEN THE SPEAKING DIDN'T TAKE THE FULL MINUTE WOULD BE OTHER EXAMPLES OF HOW THE BOARD STAYED WITHIN THEIR 20 OR 30 MINUTES THEY IDENTIFIED. DOES THAT MATCH YOUR RECOLLECTION AS WELL? TRUSTEE DI SALVO. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO JUST IN THE INTEREST OF GETTING US MOVING ALONG, I'M HEARING LOTS OF DIFFERENT IDEAS AND THIS BEING OUR FIRST FOR THIS BOARD AT LEAST, RENEWAL AND TRYING TO BE EQUITABLE, I DO THINK WE CAN DO A POLL, I THINK IN TERMS OF NOT TOTALLY HEARING A CLEAR CONSENSUS ON WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO WITH THE TIMING. SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE.

BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE IDEA, AND I'M NOT SURE IF STAFF IS PREPARED TO HELP FACILITATE WHETHER WE CAN ASK FOR A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF EACH. IN THE PAST, WE WOULD HAVE ALLOWED BOTH PARTIES ADVANCE NOTICE TO DO THAT, AND WE WE DIDN'T DO THAT.

SO I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, TO ASK THEM IF THEY HAVE REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKERS ALREADY IDENTIFIED.

TRUSTEE. CHON. I WAS GOING TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO SPEND 20 MINUTES DECIDING IF IT'S GOING TO TAKE 20 MINUTES, BUT I JUST I WANT TO SAY, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST STICK TO THE 20 MINUTES AND THE SAKE OF MOVING THINGS ALONG.

I WILL SAY I AM HESITANT ABOUT DOING A POLL BECAUSE IF WE DO SO, I DO NOT WANT ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THINK BECAUSE ONE THE POLL IS HEAVILY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, WE ARE CUTTING OFF THE VOICES IN THAT DIRECTION.

SO I WOULD BE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT HOW WE DO A POLL.

THAT IS MY CONCERN IF WE DO A POLL. DO YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS? I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE WE COULD IF IT'S 20 MINUTES, TEN MINUTES FOR EACH SIDE AND THEN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COULD PICK SOME REPRESENTATIVES.

AND THEN IF IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL TIME, THEN OTHER MEMBERS CAN COME UP AND SAY, I AGREE OR I DON'T AGREE, BUT THAT WOULD JUST BE I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT EQUITABLE.

THAT'S THE OTHER CONCERN IS WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEE THE OVERFLOW ROOM. SO WE ALSO DON'T KNOW WHAT THE THE POLLING OF THAT IS.

OKAY. SO WE WILL. SOUNDS LIKE WE WILL PROCEED WITH THE 20 MINUTES AND TRY TO GET A FAIR REPRESENTATION OF PERSPECTIVES FROM FROM DIFFERENT SIDES OF THIS ISSUE, JUST FOR EQUITABLE PURPOSES.

PRESIDENT BERTA. OUR TIMER WILL BE SET FOR 20, BUT WHEN A PERSON IS NOT SPEAKING, WE WILL STOP THE TIMER SO THAT IT WILL BE A FULL 20 MINUTES OF PERSON SPEAKING. NOT SO. THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR TRANSITION TIME.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO PRESENT FOR THE WEEKEND.

YEAH. YES. SO I UNDERSTAND THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW.

SO IF IT BECOMES A LITTLE LOUDER, I APPRECIATE THE, THE CONCERN FOR THAT.

BUT IN TERMS OF THAT SO WE FIGURE OUT SO WE'RE SAYING TEN MINUTES.

I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO WORK IT OUT.

SO WE'LL DO TEN MINUTES IN SUPPORT AND TEN MINUTES.

TEN MINUTES IN SUPPORT AND TEN MINUTES AGAINST.

AND THEN IF THERE'S TIME LEFT OVER AND. AND DO THEY SIGN UP OR HOW DO THEY INDICATE.

DO THEY SIGN UP WITH THE MODERATOR. CAN THEY LET THE MODERATOR KNOW.

THAT WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS. SO SO WHO ARE THEY LETTING KNOW RIGHT NOW? THE MODERATOR. I THINK THEY'RE ORGANIZING THEM.

OKAY?

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OKAY. YOU WANT TO START WITH.

A LITTLE. LATE IN THE EVENING? NO. OKAY. I THINK IT'S.

WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION, AND ABOUT ONE MINUTE WILL BE BEGINNING WITH THE INDIVIDUALS IN SUPPORT OF THE BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWAL PETITION.

SO THOSE IN SUPPORT WILL GO FIRST FOR THE TEN MINUTES.

SO IF THOSE PREPARED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF BULLIS COULD BEGIN TO LINE UP IN THE MIDDLE AISLE FOR YOUR TEN MINUTES.

FOR THE PERSONS WHO WILL NOT BE SPEAKING. IF YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND TAKE YOUR SEAT, AND THEN WE'LL BEGIN AND REQUEST THOSE WHO WILL BE SPEAKING FOR THE SCHOOL TO BEGIN TO LINE UP, AND THEN MODERATOR WILL BE PREPARED FOR YOU TO BEGIN IN ONE MINUTE.

I HAVE BOTH LISTS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.

YEP. THERE.

DOCTOR DEWAN. YES. MODERATOR. MY APOLOGIES. WHICH GROUP DID YOU ASK TO SPEAK FIRST? I COULDN'T QUITE HEAR YOU. THANK YOU. MODERATOR.

WE'RE PRESENT. BERTA WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN WITH THOSE SPEAKING FOR RENEWAL OF BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

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I KNOW WE'RE KIND OF PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR.

I GOT YOU. NO WORRIES. ALL RIGHT. 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 SUPPORT IS NEEDED BY AN SCCO INTERPRETER OR ASL INTERPRETER. OUR FIRST. I'M GOING TO LIST OUT THE FIRST TEN.

ZHUANG ZHOU, ANN WATERMAN, ROY ANICKA, A XIAO MING KWOK JAKATI ZHANG, JUANA CRUZ, ZUO ANN, CYNTHIA CRUZ.

SORRY. I'M COUNTING. MELISSA MAHAJAN AND JAN BEYER.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS YUAN ZHU. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS HUA XU. I'M A PARENT AND BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL AND ONE OF THE VOLUNTEER COACHES FOR OUR BULLIS MATHCOUNTS TEAM. MATHCOUNTS IS A NATIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH MASS COMPUTATION.

POLICE IS IN THE PENINSULA CHAPTER, ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE CHAPTERS THAT INCLUDES ALL THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS FROM LOS GATOS, PALO ALTO AND MOUNTAIN VIEW. AND WHILE OUR SIZE OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS PRETTY SMALL, WE HAVE BEEN THE ONLY SCHOOL IN PENINSULA CHAPTER THAT RANKED TOP 20 OF CALIFORNIA STATE IN 2023 AND 2024, TWO YEARS IN A ROW.

AND WE WERE FIRST PLACE IN PENINSULA CHAPTER THIS YEAR AND SIXTH PLACE IN THE NORTH CALIFORNIA STATE.

SO POLICE HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED ITS COMMITMENT TO SERVING ALL STUDENTS AND PROVIDING A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION.

PLEASE RENEW POLICE FOR SEVEN YEARS UNCONDITIONALLY.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANNE WATERMAN.

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

HI, MY NAME IS ANNE WATERMAN ROY. I'VE BEEN A PARENT FOR TEN YEARS, AND I'VE SPENT 20 YEARS WORKING IN URBAN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS, PREDOMINANTLY SERVING LOW INCOME STUDENTS OF COLOR.

FIVE YEARS AGO, I JOINED A COMMITTEE OF PARENTS, STAFF AND BOARD TO IDENTIFY THE ROOT CAUSES AND HOW TO ADDRESS LOWER ENROLLMENT OF LOW INCOME STUDENTS, ENGLISH LEARNERS, AND LATINOS, ESPECIALLY AT BULLIS.

WE'VE MADE CONTINUOUS SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THEN SINCE THEN, AND THEY'RE WORKING.

WE'VE IMPROVED BILINGUAL OUTREACH AND MARKETING, ADDED A BILINGUAL FAMILY ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR, ADDED AN ENROLLMENT PREFERENCE FOR LOW INCOME STUDENTS, ADDED SEPARATE FULL DAY TCAC, AND THIS YEAR ADDED FREE SPANISH IMMERSION AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM ON SITE.

IT'S GOTTEN RESULTS. WE'VE DOUBLED THE PERCENT OF LOW INCOME KIDS.

WE'VE HAD THE SAME PERCENTAGE OF ENGLISH LEARNERS AS THE DISTRICT, AND WE INCREASED THE PERCENTAGE OF LATINOS, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE FEWER LATINOS IN OUR DISTRICT THAN IN THE PAST.

AS WORD CONTINUES TO SPREAD, WE EXPECT TO SEE MORE ENROLLMENT CONTINUING TO INCREASE, AND WE HAVE EXCEPTIONAL OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

LOOK AT OUR GROWTH, OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES, AND RENEW FOR OUR NEXT SPEAKER.

IS ANIKA A. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT? GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ANIKA ARAUJO AND I'M A FIFTH GRADE STUDENT AT BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

BCS ISN'T JUST A PLACE TO LEARN. IT'S A COMMUNITY WHERE WE BELONG.

WE FORMED FRIENDSHIPS, GROWN AS INDIVIDUALS, AND BEEN SUPPORTED BY TEACHERS WHO TRULY KNOW US.

THE SCHOOL OFFERS US OPPORTUNITIES LIKE FIELD TRIPS, STUDENT COUNCIL, AND PERFORMING ARTS, AND WE HAVE THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE OUR OWN CO-CURRICULARS AND YEARLY GOALS.

A LIFE SKILL THAT WILL SERVE ME WELL INTO THE FUTURE.

I REMEMBER WHEN MY CLASSMATES AND I HAD AN IDEA AND THE PRINCIPAL NOT ONLY LISTENED, BUT HELPED HELPED US BRING IT TO LIFE.

CLOSING OUR SCHOOL WOULD BREAK UP THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE BUILT, SCATTERING US TO PLACES WHERE WE MIGHT NOT RECEIVE THE SAME SUPPORT.

WE'VE BUILT SOMETHING SPECIAL HERE, AND IT'S MORE THAN ACADEMICS.

IT'S ABOUT FEELING SAFE, SUPPORTED AND CONNECTED.

PLEASE CONSIDER THE IMPACT ON OUR LIVES AND FUTURE IF BCS IS CLOSED.

WE NEED THIS PLACE NOT JUST FOR OUR EDUCATION, BUT FOR OUR WELL-BEING.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS XIAO MING KWOK, PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. TRUSTEES. PRESIDENT BERTA. MY NAME IS XIAO MING KWOK.

I'M SKIPPING TODAY. AS A PARENT WHO IS DEEPLY INVESTED IN THE FUTURE OF BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

THROUGHOUT THIS DECISION MAKING PROCESS, MUCH OF THE DISCUSSION HAS FOCUSED ON THE LEGALITY OF THE RENEWAL AND EVEN SOME IRRELEVANT INFORMATION ABOUT FACILITIES OR PREVIOUS DISPUTES BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOL.

BUT MAY I ASK BLUNTLY, BESIDES SUPERINTENDENT MAUREEN ISRAEL, WHO HERE IS ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THE CHILDREN AND THEIR

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BULLIS HAS PROVEN ITS COMMITMENT TO SERVING A DIVERSE COMMUNITY, AND OUR CHILDREN ARE THRIVING BECAUSE OF IT.

THIS DEBATE SHOWS CENTERED ON THEIR NEEDS, THEIR SUCCESSES, AND THEIR FUTURES.

LET'S NOT LOSE SIGHT OF WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY.

TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WHO RELY ON BULLETS FOR QUALITY EDUCATION THEY DESERVE.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JACARI CHANG. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THEM. HELLO, MY NAME IS KATIE AND I'M IN SECOND GRADE.

OUR SCHOOL IS A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE IS WELCOME AND WE ALL WORK TOGETHER.

WE LEARN HOW TO BE KIND AND HELP EACH OTHER, AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.

IF OUR SCHOOL CLOSES, WE MIGHT LOSE THE SPECIAL FRIENDSHIPS AND TEAMWORK WE HAVE HERE.

IT'S HARD TO START OVER SOMEWHERE NEW AND I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO FEEL LEFT OUT.

PLEASE KEEP OUR SCHOOL OPEN SO WE CAN KEEP BEING A COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS EACH OTHER AND MAKES EVERYONE FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ZHU ANN. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING. OH, SORRY. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS ZOE ON AND I'M A CURRENT 10TH GRADER.

FOR NINE YEARS, BCS HAD BEEN MY HOME AND THE CARING ENVIRONMENT PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN SHAPING ME INTO THE PERSON I AM TODAY.

BCS PROVIDED A NURTURING ENVIRONMENT FOR MY CREATIVITY TO FLOURISH.

EVERY CLASS, EVERY LUNCH AND AFTER SCHOOL. EVERY DAY.

I EXPLORED THE MAKERSPACE AND ART ROOM ALONG WITH MENTORING FROM CARING TEACHERS LIKE MY FAB LAB TEACHER.

THESE INTEREST BLOSSOMED INTO MY PASSION FOR WOODWORKING AND CERAMICS.

THE YEARS OF INTEGRATED ARTS AT BCS HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN MY SELECTION TO ATTEND THE CERAMICS PROGRAM AT THE CALIFORNIA STATE SUMMER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS, AND RECEIPT OF A GOVERNOR'S MEDALLION IN VISUAL ARTS LAST SUMMER.

BCS COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING LEADERSHIP WAS EQUALLY IMPACTFUL.

PROJECT BASED LEARNING THROUGH ALL MY YEARS AT BCS EMPOWERED ME TO BECOME A CONFIDENT LEADER, WHICH IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AS A YOUNG WOMAN.

BCS HAS NOT JUST HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT ON MY LIFE, BUT THE TEACHERS AND ACADEMICS SHAPED ME INTO WHO I AM TODAY.

A CONFIDENT YOUNG WOMAN WITH A LOVE FOR YOUR LEARNING.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JUANA CRUZ. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

BUENAS NOCHES. PRESIDENT DE BERTA QUERIDO ADMINISTRADORES SOY JUANA MI FAMILIA FORMA PARTE DE CHARTER SCHOOL DESDE HACE ANOS. HELLO, PRESIDENT BERTA. DEAR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I AM JUANA BENITEZ, AND MY FAMILY HAS BEEN PART OF BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL SINCE MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS.

UNA DE LAS COSAS REALMENTE DESTACADO DE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL IS PROFUNDAMENTE LA ESCUELA INVOLUCRA A LA FAMILIA EN EL PROCESO DE APRENDIZAJE. NOSOTROS TENEMOS ESTAMOS VIENDO NUESTROS HIJOS EN LA ESCUELA SENTIMOS.

SOMOS PARTE DE UNA COMUNIDAD ESTA COMPROMETIDA CON SU CRECIMIENTO Y DESARROLLO.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS A BIG HIGHLIGHT AT THIS SCHOOL IS HOW DEEPLY THEY INVOLVE FAMILIES IN THE LEARNING PROCESS.

WE DON'T ONLY FEEL LIKE WE'VE SENT OUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL, WE FEEL THAT WE'RE PART OF A COMMUNITY THAT IS DEVOTED TO THEIR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.

THE DE LA REUNION DE PROFESORES, DE LAS OPORTUNIDADES, DE VOLUNTARIOS EN LA LUZ Y EVENTOS SIEMPRE NOS HEMOS SENTIDO. BIENVENIDOS Y VALORES DE LA COMUNICACION ABIERTA Y LA FORMA PROFESORES EN LA FORMA BUSCAN ACTIVAMENTE EN NUESTRA OPINION NOS SENTIR IMPORTANTE EN LA EDUCACION DE NUESTROS HIJOS.

ESTE AMBIENTE INCLUSIVO NO HA HECHO SENTIR CONECTADOS NO SOLO CON LA ESCUELA, SINO TAMBIÉN CON OTRAS FAMILIAS COMENTANDO EN LA COMUNIDAD FUERTE Y SOLIDARIA FROM THE FREQUENT MEETINGS BETWEEN PARENTS AND TEACHERS TO THE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CLASSROOMS AND EVENTS. WE'VE ALWAYS FELT WELCOMED AND VALUED.

THE OPEN COMMUNICATION AND THE WAY THAT THE TEACHERS AND THE STAFF ACTIVELY LOOK FOR OUR OPINION MAKES US FEEL.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CYNTHIA CRUZ. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HELLO. MY NAME IS CYNTHIA CRUZ AND I'M IN THIRD GRADE AT CHERRY SCHOOL.

ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE MOST ABOUT BULLIES IS THAT WE CELEBRATE DIVERSITY IN A REALLY SPECIAL WAY.

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OUR SCHOOL IS A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE FEELS WELCOME, NO MATTER WHERE THEY COME FROM OR WHAT LANGUAGE THEY SPEAK.

AT HOME, WE LEARN TO RESPECT AND APPRECIATE OUR DIFFERENCES, AND THAT MAKES OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY REALLY STRONG.

PLEASE LET US KEEP OUR SCHOOL OPEN SO WE CAN KEEP LEARNING TOGETHER IN THIS AMAZING, DIVERSE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MELISSA HAJIAN.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BERTA AND BOARD. MY NAME IS MELISSA HASSAN AND I'M A PROUD TEACHER AT BULLIS.

I HAVE BEEN IN THIS ROOM BEFORE IN AN EMOTIONAL RENEWAL MEETING, AND I HAVE SEEN HOW THIS BOARD'S DECISIONS CAN AFFECT FAMILIES.

I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER TODAY'S DECISION IN THE VERY BEST INTEREST OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR COMMUNITY, AND NOT FOR ANY OTHER REASONS, ESPECIALLY POLITICAL.

A CONDITIONAL RENEWAL THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR REVOCATION RAISES SO MANY ALARM BELLS.

IT AFFECTS MORE THAN JUST ACADEMICS. IT TEARS AT THE FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY.

PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT DISREGARDS THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARENTS TO HAVE CHOICE.

IT WOULD FORCE CHILDREN TO BE SUDDENLY UPROOTED AND TO ADAPT TO NEW ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THEY STRUGGLE TO FEEL AT HOME.

I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THIS DECISION IN THE VERY BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILDREN AND THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JAN BEYER. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES PRESIDENT BERTA. MY NAME IS JAN BEYER, AND I'M A PROUD PARENT AT BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY DEEP CONCERN OVER THE ANTI-ASIAN SENTIMENT THAT INFLUENCED THE NARRATIVE IN THE STAFF REPORT.

THE IDEA THAT OUR SCHOOL'S DEMOGRAPHICS SHOULD PRECISELY MIRROR THOSE OF THE DISTRICT, WITH THE IMPLICATION THAT IT IS PROBLEMATIC TO HAVE A HIGHER CONCENTRATION OF ASIAN STUDENTS, IS SIMPLY DISCRIMINATORY. THE ASIAN COMMUNITY IS NOT A MONOLITH.

IT INCLUDES FAMILIES FROM CENTRAL EAST SOUTH ASIA.

ASIAN, PACIFIC ISLANDERS AND BEYOND, WITH AN INCREDIBLY DIVERSE RANGE OF CULTURES, LANGUAGES, TRADITIONS, CHALLENGES, AND HISTORIES. TO REDUCE THIS DIVERSITY TO A SINGLE STATISTIC DOES A GREAT DISSERVICE TO OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

AT BCC'S, WE CELEBRATE DIVERSITY AND STRIVE TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERY STUDENT FEELS WELCOMED AND SUPPORTED.

TO SUGGEST THAT OUR SCHOOL IS NOT INCLUSIVE IGNORES THAT TRUE MEANING OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE IS AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF FAMILIES HERE TODAY.

AND KIDS, THEY HAVE A VOICE AND THEY NEED TO SPEAK.

THERE ARE 300 OVER 300 HERE TODAY. OUR NEXT SET OF SPEAKERS ARE MAX BERMAN, HERB MARSHALL, EMILY HARRIS, SANG PARUI, YUAN NGUYEN, PEIPEI YU, HEATHER MCDONALD, LISA BORGELT, ALEX SCHROEDER, AND KELLY BERMAN. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MAX BERMAN. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HI, I'M MAX BERMAN, AND I'M A PROUD PARENT AT LASD.

WHAT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU IS THAT MY FULL NAME IS MAXIMILIANO, AND THAT I'M ALSO AN IMMIGRANT WHO CAME TO THE UNITED STATES FROM ARGENTINA IN THE 1980S.

I WAS DROPPED OFF AT KINDERGARTEN, NOT KNOWING A WORD OF ENGLISH.

I WAS RAISED BY A SINGLE MOTHER WHO WORKED TWO JOBS JUST TO MAKE ENDS MEET, AND I QUALIFIED FOR AND RECEIVED FREE MEALS AT MY PUBLIC SCHOOL.

I LIVED IN AN UNDERSERVED AREA, BUT I WAS LUCKY TO BE RECRUITED AND ACCEPTED INTO A LOCAL MAGNET SCHOOL, SO SO THAT I COULD GET AN EDUCATION WITH THAT WAS MORE FORTUNATE THAN ME.

I BELIEVE THIS IS THE SOLE REASON I WAS ABLE TO GO TO COLLEGE AND STAND HERE BEFORE YOU ALL TODAY TO SEE BLATANT EVIDENCE THAT A CHARTER SCHOOL IN MY OWN BACKYARD DISCRIMINATES AGAINST PEOPLE LIKE ME, AND HAS NO PLANS TO CHANGE THEIR WAYS BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN THE ONLY IMPORTANT METRIC IS IS GOOD TEST SCORES.

IT'S HURTFUL TO ME AND PERSONALLY I JUST FIND THIS PLAIN UN-AMERICAN.

PLEASE DENY THE CHARTER. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HERB MARSHALL.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HI. HERB MARSHALL, TEN YEAR PARENT AT LA ISD.

SOME FACTS. BCS CONTINUES TO FLAUNT WRITTEN NOTIFICATIONS TO STOP DISCRIMINATORY ADMISSIONS AND POLICIES.

BCS RELIES ON WEALTHY PARENTS TO OPERATE 30% OF THEIR OPERATING BUDGET.

WITHOUT THESE DONATIONS, THEY RUN A DEFICIT EVERY YEAR.

IT'S NOT A MODEL THAT WORKS FOR ALL CHILDREN.

BCS RESPONDED WITH HOSTILITY TO SCO'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD, CLAIMING THIS BODY DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ACT.

IF NOT YOU, THEN WHO? BCS COMPLAINS OF A NEGATIVE NARRATIVE.

THE SCC REPORT OUTLINES THE TRUTHFUL NARRATIVE THAT THE CHARTER SCHOOL IS NOT SERVING ALL STUDENTS WHO WISH TO ATTEND.

THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN PROPOSED BY A CHARTER SCHOOL HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.

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DON'T BLAME THE COMMUNITY FOR YOUR OWN ACTIONS OR INACTIONS, PLEASE SEND A STRONG MESSAGE.

PUBLIC EDUCATION IS NOT ABOUT TEST SCORES, ABOUT ACCESS TO ALL STUDENTS.

BY YOUR OWN REPORT, THEY DON'T MEET THIS BASIC REQUIREMENT.

THEY SHOULD BE DENIED AND LET THE STATE AND LET THE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS EMILY HARRIS. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

MY NAME IS EMILY HARRIS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT TONIGHT SHOULD BE ABOUT FACTS AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

LOS ALTOS IS NOT AN AREA FOR A CHARTER SCHOOL, AND IT HAS DIVIDED OUR COMMUNITY FOR 20 YEARS.

I'M A PARENT, I'M A HOMEOWNER, AND I'M A TAXPAYER, AND I CAME TONIGHT AS A FORMER ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR ALL STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SANG PARUI. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS SANGEET PARUI. I'M A FORMER LA ISD BOARD MEMBER WITH TWO SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN.

BCS HAS BEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

IT WOULD BE DISRUPTIVE IF BCS WAS SHUT DOWN. HOWEVER, THE COUNTY OFFICE FINDINGS MAKE CLEAR THAT BCS, AS IT EXISTS TODAY, IS NOT SERVING ALL STUDENTS.

THE FINDINGS ALSO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE BCS RENEWAL APPLICATION IS INCOMPLETE WITH NUMEROUS OUTSTANDING REQUESTS FOR DATA.

UNTIL THESE OPEN ITEMS ARE RESOLVED, IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO RENEW BCS CHARTER.

DOING SO SETS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT THAT CHARTER SCHOOLS IN SANTA CLARA CAN SIMPLY IGNORE THE COUNTY OFFICE'S OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY.

BCS RESPONSE TO THE COUNTY OFFICE'S FINDINGS MAKE CLEAR THAT BCS HAS NO INTENTION OF CHANGING ITS PRACTICES TO SERVE ALL STUDENTS.

ACCORDINGLY, THE COUNTY BOARD HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO DENY THIS RENEWAL.

BCS WOULD THEN HAVE THE OPTION TO REAPPLY FOR A NEW CHARTER THAT SERVES ALL STUDENTS.

FORTUNATELY, THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME TO DO SO BEFORE THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR STARTS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS YUAN NGUYEN.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HI. MY NAME IS YUAN NGUYEN AND I'VE BEEN AN LA ISD PARENT FOR TEN YEARS.

THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION ENSURES THAT A PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM IS OPEN ON EQUAL TERMS FOR ALL.

THE CALIFORNIA EDUCATION CODE PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BY AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION THAT RECEIVES PUBLIC FUNDING.

PCS IS A PUBLIC SCHOOL THAT RECEIVES PUBLIC FUNDING AND DISCRIMINATORY ENROLLMENT.

DISCRIMINATORY ENROLLMENT PRACTICES ARE ILLEGAL EVEN IF IT'S A HIGH PERFORMING ONE.

EXCLUSIONARY POLICIES, INCLUDING THE 10% CAP FOR THEIR LOW INCOME STUDENT PREFERENCE, VIOLATES THE CALIFORNIA EDUCATION CODE.

THERE IS NO SUCH CAP. LSD. LSD STUDENTS ALSO MATTER AND DESERVE TO KEEP OUR SCHOOLS OPEN.

THE BOARD SHOULD CONTINUE TO HOLD VCS ACCOUNTABLE TO ENSURE THAT THEIR POLICIES DO NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS, AND HOLD THEM TO THE SAME STANDARDS AS ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HEATHER MCDONALD.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS HEATHER MCDONALD. I'M A SANTA CLARA COUNTY RESIDENT, TAXPAYER AND ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

I WANT TO JUST POINT OUT THAT WE KNOW THAT THE CURRENT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES LOVE THEIR SCHOOL.

THAT IS EVIDENT. I WILL ALSO SAY THAT STUDENTS IN THE LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT LOVE THEIR SCHOOLS JUST AS MUCH.

ALL SCHOOLS MUST FOLLOW THE RULES ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNTY AND STATE.

THE BOARD PUT BCS ON NOTICE IN THE PAST, FLAGGING THEM DURING THEIR CHARTER SCHOOLS RENEWAL, AND THEY HAVEN'T REMEDIED THE ISSUES OVER THE ENSUING EIGHT YEARS OR MORE.

ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, INCLUDING CHARTER SCHOOLS WITH HIGH TEST SCORES, SHOULD SERVE ALL STUDENTS.

IF BCS HASN'T REMEDIED THE ISSUES SINCE ITS FOUNDING AND OVER THE SUBSEQUENT YEARS SINCE THEY WERE PUT ON NOTICE.

WHY WOULD THEY BE COMING TO COMPLIANCE IF THEY RENEW THEIR CHARTER NOW? I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LOOKING OUT FOR ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PAY. PAY YOU. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HI. PAY PAY YOU. I URGE YOU TO KEEP THE BCS ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE.

EDUCATE ALL THE CHILDREN. BCS HAS HAD PLENTY OF TIME FOR YEARS TO ADDRESS DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES.

NOW IS THE TIME FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. BECAUSE CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE NOT KNOWN TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR KIDS WITH DISABILITIES.

THE CENTER FOR LEARNER EQUITY DID A TWO YEAR STUDY TO DETERMINE HOW TO REMEDY THIS.

THEY FOUND THAT AUTHORIZERS, LIKE YOU WERE UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO INFLUENCE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR THESE KIDS WHEN THEY KEEP CHARTER SCHOOLS ACCOUNTABLE THROUGH MEANINGFUL AND ENFORCED REVIEW CHARTER RENEWAL CRITERIA. PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC.

WE CANNOT HAVE PARALLEL EDUCATION SYSTEMS OF HAVE AND HAVE NOT.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO GO BACK TO SEPARATE BUT EQUAL SYSTEM.

LASTLY, BCS KEEPS TALKING ABOUT THE KIDS. WHAT ABOUT MY KIDS WHEN THEY WANT TO SHUT MY KIDS SCHOOLS DOWN? WHY DON'T WE COUNT? OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LISA BORGELT.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

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ISD SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT SHE'S FAR, FAR GROWN OUT OF THAT NOW.

I'M HERE TONIGHT. AS A TAXPAYER, IT IS REALLY HEARTWARMING TO SEE HOW THE BCS FAMILIES AND STUDENTS LOVE THEIR SCHOOL.

IT IS ALSO COMPLETELY BESIDE THE POINT. THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION HAS FOR A LONG TIME QUESTIONED WHETHER BCS IS FULFILLING ITS DUTY TO SERVE A REPRESENTATIVE GROUP OF STUDENTS, AND YOU FOUND THEM LACKING, AND THEY DON'T SEEM TO FEEL THEY SHOULD HAVE TO ANSWER TO YOU.

THEY HAVE NOT SATISFIED YOUR REQUIREMENTS. I AM TIRED OF MY TAX DOLLARS SUPPORTING A SCHOOL THAT ISN'T SERVING OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

BCS SAYS CONDITIONAL APPROVAL ISN'T OKAY. I THINK THAT LEADS TO THE OBVIOUS CONCLUSION TO DENY THEIR REQUEST FOR RENEWAL.

AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR VERY HARD WORK THAT YOU DO ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALEX SCHROEDER. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HI. ALEXANDRA SCHROEDER. LOS ALTOS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, PARENT AND TEACHER BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL HAS DOCUMENTED A TRACK RECORD OF DISCRIMINATORY ENROLLMENT, AND THERE HAVE BEEN CASES OF DISENROLLING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, INCLUDING A PARENT WHO TESTIFIED TO THIS JUST LAST AT THE PREVIOUS HEARING.

ACCORDING TO THE STAFF REPORT, BULLIS ONLY ENROLLED ONE STUDENT WITH MODERATE SEVERE DISABILITIES LAST YEAR AND SERVES A LOWER PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES OVERALL AS COMPARED TO THE DISTRICT. THE STAFF REPORT ALSO NOTES THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE DISABILITIES AT BULLIS IS SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE THAN LOS ALTOS AND THE AND SEVERAL SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

SANTA CLARA COUNTY HAS PUT THEM ON NOTICE TO CHANGE THESE PRACTICES STARTING IN 2021, YET THE PROBLEM AT THE SCHOOL PERSISTS.

STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY DESERVE FAIR ACCESS, SO PLEASE HOLD BCS ACCOUNTABLE TO SERVE ALL STUDENTS.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KELLY BERMAN. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HI. I'M KELLY BERMAN, A LOS ALTOS PARENT. IT'S OUR SHARED RESPONSIBILITY AS PARENTS AND BOARD MEMBERS TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. BCS IS TELLING YOU TO BE CLEAR. THEY'RE NOT ASKING YOU.

THEY'RE TELLING YOU TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY ON THEIR DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES WHILE ACTING OPENLY HOSTILE AND SHOWING YOU DECEPTIVE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA THAT REPRESENTS ONLY LOS ALTOS AND DOES NOT INCLUDE DATA ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN VIEW POPULATION.

THAT MAKES UP 28% OF LA ISD'S ENROLLMENT. A COLLEGE ADMISSIONS BOARD WOULD OUTRIGHT REJECT AN INCOMPLETE AND DECEPTIVE APPLICATION, REGARDLESS OF HIGH TEST SCORES. FURTHER, A SCHOOL SHOULD NOT EVEN BE CONSIDERED HIGH PERFORMING WHEN HALF OF THEIR FIFTH GRADERS DO NOT COMPLETE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM, AND LESS THAN HALF OF THEIR STUDENTS REPORT FEELING RESPECTED BY THEIR PEERS.

PLEASE SEIZE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND DENY THE CHARTER.

THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS AND TO THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK, BUT WAS WILLING TO BE HERE TODAY TO DEMONSTRATE YOUR.

YOUR PERSPECTIVE. AS WE'LL CONTINUE HERE. SO THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. AND AT THIS TIME I WILL TAKE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

EACH BOARD MEMBER WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS.

AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH ONE TRUSTEE, ALLOWING US EACH TO TAKE A TURN AT ASKING A QUESTION.

EACH BOARD MEMBER WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, AND I'LL JUST I'LL ROTATE THROUGH.

SO ARE THERE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

WE'LL START WITH TRUSTEE CHON AND THEN WE'LL WORK OUR WAY AROUND.

YEAH. MY QUESTION IS ACTUALLY FOR OUR CHARTER SCHOOL STAFF, I WAS REALLY DISTURBED BY THE CLAIMS MADE IN BC'S PROPOSAL THAT WE HAD SUGGESTED THAT WE INCREASE THE HISPANIC POPULATION IN ORDER TO DECREASE THE ASIAN POPULATION.

WAS THAT TRUE? ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE. THANK YOU.

OKAY. TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. THANK YOU. ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS MENTIONED CAL PADS DATA.

AND SO I WANTED TO GET CLARITY FROM BULLIES OR IF OUR OWN STAFF HAS INPUT ON IF BULLIS IS SUBMITTING CAL PADS DATA ON TIME. YES I DO. WOULD IT BE HELPFUL TO HEAR THE COW PADS LIKE SUBMISSION TIMELINE AND PROCESS?

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CAN YOU SHARE A PROCESS OR ANYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT IT? SO FOR THE FALL, THE COW PADS DEADLINE IS THE CONSENSUS DATE THAT THEY SPOKE OF, WHICH IS A PERIOD IN TIME IS OCTOBER 6TH.

AND THEN THE DEADLINE FOR THE FIRST SUBMISSION TO FINALIZE ALL DATA IS DECEMBER 13TH.

SO NO, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO DEADLINE HAS PASSED FOR THE FALL SEMESTER.

I APPRECIATE THAT. DOES OUR SUPERINTENDENT HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OR.

I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON THE COW PADS? NO, I THINK THAT'S THE ACCURATE TIMELINE FOR THE FALL DATA SUBMISSION.

AND WE JUST WENT THROUGH THE TIME PERIOD FOR VERIFICATION, DATA VERIFICATION AND CORRECTING ALL ERRORS AND THOSE TIMELINES HAVE PASSED AS WELL. OKAY. WELL, THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MAH. CAN I PASS THIS ROUND? WE GO TO TRUSTEE. LARI. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR BCS.

SO THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT BCS HAS JUST ENROLLED SEVERAL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

AND COULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK TO THAT? YEAH. OF COURSE.

AGAIN. YEAH. NO, WE DON'T DISENROLL ANYBODY WITHOUT THE WITHOUT DISABILITIES.

WE WORK. WE HAVE A FULL SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM AND DEPARTMENT WHO ARE STILL HERE.

IT'S A IT'S 11:00 AND WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE SITTING IN AN OVERFLOW ROOM.

I JUST WANT TO IDENTIFY THAT, LIKE WE HAD TEN PEOPLE COME UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HERE THAT JUST FELT WILD TO ME.

EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. I JUST NEEDED TO IDENTIFY.

I UNDERSTAND, BUT IF YOU COULD JUST ADDRESS THE QUESTION.

YEAH. NO, WE DON'T DISENROLL ANYBODY IN THAT WAY.

WE WORK WITH ALL OF OUR FAMILIES. FAMILIES MIGHT CHOOSE TO NOT CONTINUE ATTENDING BOLUS.

THAT'S A CHOICE THEY ABSOLUTELY CAN MAKE. BUT WE DON'T DISENROLL ANYBODY.

YEAH. WHY? WHY DO YOU THINK THERE ARE NO STUDENTS AT BULLIS WITH MODERATE AND SEVERE DISABILITY? WE HAVE A LARGE RANGE. I KNOW I SENT OUT TO THE BOARD OF STUDENTS WHO MEET A VARIETY OF DISABILITIES.

LIKE I SHARED, WE CAN'T RECRUIT FOR THAT SPECIFICALLY.

I CAN'T GO OUT AND ASK WHAT DISABILITIES ARE, BUT WE ARE VERY CLEAR IN OUR MARKETING MATERIALS THAT WE DO SUPPORT AND WORK FOR, FOR ANY SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENT AND BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM.

IF WE'RE LOOKING AT IT DEPENDS ON THE SPECIFIC CATEGORY YOU'RE LOOKING AT. IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT MOD SEVERE, WE HAVE A THAT COULD BE IT COULD FALL UNDER THE DISABILITY RANGE OF A STUDENT WHO HAS AUTISM, IT COULD FALL ON AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY. THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT VARYING RANGES, SO IT IS ALL JUST DEPENDENT ON THE STUDENT TO ENROLL.

YEAH. DO YOU DO HAVE STUDENTS WITH MODERATE AND SEVERE DISABILITY? WE HAVE A LARGE A VARIETY OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE A VARIETY OF NEEDS.

YEAH. SO HOW WOULD YOU CATEGORIZE THEM? THAT'S WHAT I SENT TO YOU ALL IS THAT BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THEY ARE, WHICH IS ALL COMPARABLE TO THE STATE. OKAY. YEAH.

THANK YOU. YEAH. TRUSTEE DI SALVO. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

AND IF THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD COME BACK TO THE PODIUM.

YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION. SURE. YOU HAD TWO CHARTS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN ON DIFFERENT SLIDES, BUT THEY LISTED THE SD SCHOOLS, LA, SD SCHOOLS, AND WHERE YOU FIT IN RELATIVE TO FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH.

ET CETERA. SURE. DO YOU REMEMBER DO YOU REMEMBER THOSE OFFHAND? YEAH. COULD YOU, COULD YOU? BECAUSE THOSE WERE VERY INSTRUCTIVE TO ME.

SURE. LET ME GRAB THEM AND I CAN. SO LET'S SEE.

THERE'S ONE THAT SHOWS. I'LL SPEAK TO THE FRL FIRST.

AND YOU WERE, LIKE, IN SIXTH PLACE ON ONE OUT OF NINE, BUT YOU WERE IN THE RANGE.

YEAH, YEAH. GO AHEAD. THIS IS LAST YEAR'S DATA.

SO FRL. WE OF THE 12345, SIX OF THE TEN TOTAL SCHOOLS THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT WERE NUMBER SIX OUT OF THE TEN.

THAT'S FOR FRL REPRESENTATION OF HISPANIC FAMILIES.

WHAT I SHARED WITH YOU THERE WAS NOT PERCENTAGES WAS WHAT SHEER NUMBERS.

I DO WANT TO CLARIFY. THIS IS ALL STUDENTS FROM LOS ALTOS.

IT'S NOT SPLITTING THEM OUT, JUST LOS ALTOS, NOT MOUNTAIN VIEW.

THIS IS WHATEVER THE NUMBERS ARE FROM DATAQUEST.

AND THE REPRESENTATION OF THE NUMBER OF HISPANIC FAMILIES THAT WE SERVE WERE FOUR OUT OF TEN IN THAT LIST.

AND THEN THE OTHER LIST WAS THE BREAKDOWN OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, WHICH PUTS US AT, I THINK WE'RE EIGHT OUT OF TEN IN THAT LIST.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION. THAT'S ALL FOR NOW.

OKAY. VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA. OKAY. I HAD A QUESTION FOR THE CHARTER SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.

DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE BOARD HAD A SERIES OF QUESTIONS THAT WE REQUESTED INFORMATION OF FROM LA ISD,

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HAVE WE RECEIVED ALL THE INFORMATION OR THE RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS HAD ASKED FROM EACH OF THOSE FROM LA ISD, FROM BULLIS? NO, WE HAVE NOT. AND WHO SPECIFICALLY HAS NOT PROVIDED THE RESPONSES? WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ALL RESPONSE FOR EVERY QUESTION THAT WAS POSED OR A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION THAT WERE POSED TO BULLIS.

OKAY. AND SO THEN I WOULD LIKE TO ASK BULLIS, WHAT IS THE REASON? DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING WE HAD ASKED, WE HAD RECEIVED A COMMITMENT TO RECEIVE RESPONSES TO THE SERIES OF QUESTIONS AND INFORMATION.

AND SO PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY WE REWATCH THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I'M SAYING WE BECAUSE MY CHIEF OF STAFF SUPPORTED WITH THAT, AND WE CAPTURED EVERY SINGLE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED FOR YOU ALL FOR INFORMATION TO BE SHARED. AND THAT'S WHAT WE SENT BACK TO YOU ALL. SO THAT CAPTURED ANY QUESTION THAT WE HEARD RECORDED IN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO CAN I ASK IF THE CHARTER SCHOOL DEPARTMENT, MORE SPECIFICALLY WHAT WHAT DATA AND INFORMATION IS STILL MISSING THAT WAS REQUESTED? OOPS. TURNING THIS OVER TO DOCTOR JOHNSON WHO WAS HERE AND CAPTURED THE QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. I CAN'T GIVE YOU ALL THE ANSWERS DIRECTLY OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD BECAUSE BUT ACCORDING TO WE, I WOULD SAY IT WAS ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS REQUESTED WAS NOT RECEIVED.

HOLD ON, I'LL GRAB MY EMAIL. OKAY. OKAY.

WE CAN GO THROUGH. WE RESPONDED TO THE QUESTIONS THAT TRUSTEES ASKED.

THERE WAS A VARIETY OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE WRITTEN VERY FUNNILY IN SOME WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW.

SO WE KEPT CLEAR WITH ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS THAT TRUSTEES ASKED.

THERE WERE THINGS THAT WERE ASKED TO US THAT WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE AND DON'T DIDN'T HAVE. WE HADN'T STARTED SCHOOL. SO THIS CONTINUED REQUEST, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR WHAT'S THE BREAKDOWN OF OUR STUDENTS? WE HADN'T STARTED SCHOOL. IT'S NOT POSSIBLE FOR US TO HAVE THAT. SO OUR MOVE WAS TO RESPOND DIRECTLY TO THE QUESTIONS YOU ASKED.

SO ARE YOU SAYING YOU STILL DON'T HAVE THE BREAKDOWN OF STUDENTS ENROLLED THIS SCHOOL YEAR? WE SURE DO. WE STARTED SCHOOL NOW. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SINCE JULY 17TH, WE DEFINITELY DO.

NOW THAT'S STILL SHIFTING. THAT CONTINUES TO SHIFT. BUT YEAH, WE HAVE THAT RIGHT. SO IS THERE A REASON THAT DATA WAS NOT PROVIDED AS IT WASN'T REQUESTED BY TRUSTEES. THAT WASN'T REQUESTED IN THIS SPACE.

SO FOR PURPOSES OF THE RENEWAL, THIS IS THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE ANSWERED.

SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, A LARGE PORTION OF WHAT WE ARE BASING OUR DECISION IS ALSO BASED ON THE INFORMATION AND THE QUESTIONS AND THE DATA POINT THAT IS PRESENTED TO US FROM OUR STAFF.

SO IF THEY ARE REQUESTING INFORMATION FROM YOU, AND IT'S ALSO WITHIN THE CHARTER SCHOOL ACT THAT AS THE AUTHORIZER WE DO HAVE, BUT THE DECISION DOES HAVE TO BE BASED ON WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU IN THE PETITION, NOT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OUTSIDE OF THAT.

SO IF I CAN ASK YOUR YOU'RE BASICALLY SAYING THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO GIVE US THE INFORMATION THAT WAS REQUESTED BY EITHER THE CHARTER SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OR THE BOARD.

WE SUPPLIED YOU ALL WITH THE QUESTIONS ASKED, BUT OUR PETITION IS ALL THE DATA.

ANYTHING YOU'D ADD TO THIS LEGALLY? SCHOOL HAS BEEN INUNDATED WITH QUESTIONS FROM STAFF AND HAS RESPONDED TO ALL OF THEM TO THE EXTENT THAT THE INFORMATION EXISTS. AGAIN, THIS IS A TROUBLING, TROUBLING VIOLATION OF THE SCHOOL'S DUE PROCESS FOR ALL THAT THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO DO AS PART OF THIS RENEWAL PETITION. EVERY QUESTION, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, EVERY QUESTION THAT THEY'VE BEEN ASKED THAT WE'RE AN ANSWER EXISTS, HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED BY THE TRUSTEES.

THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDED DIRECTLY FOR QUESTIONS THAT STAFF HAS ASKED.

THEY'VE BEEN RESPONDED TO TO THE EXTENT INFORMATION EXISTS.

THEY ASKED FOR INFORMATION THAT HADN'T BEEN COMPILED AND DIDN'T EXIST YET AT THE TIME.

SO THEY'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. YOU'RE THE AUTHORIZER OF THIS CHARTER SCHOOL, SO ALL REASONABLE REQUESTS ARE PROMPTLY RESPONDED TO TO THE EXTENT THE INFORMATION EXISTS. IT'S IT'S CONCERNING THAT WE HAVE OUR CHARTER SCHOOL DEPARTMENT THAT'S SAYING UP TO TWO THIRDS OF THE QUESTIONS HAVE STILL NOT BEEN RESPONDED TO. AND SO THAT IS A CONCERN OF MINE.

I'LL GO THROUGH TRUSTEES FOR OTHER QUESTIONS OF TRUSTEE MAH.

YOU READY? THANK YOU. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I THINK I DID ASK, AND IT'S BEEN A WHILE, SO I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY IS I ASKED, I BELIEVE AT THE TIME WHAT THE PERCENTAGE. AGAIN IT'S SELF-REPORTED FOR FR F RL.

BUT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF LOTTERY PARTICIPANTS WERE FRL.

SO WAS IT YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT PERCENT? WAS IT EVEN CLOSE TO? THE 10% GOAL? NOT NECESSARILY A CAP. NO, NO, IT'S NOT CLOSE TO THE 10% GOAL OF.

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YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S LESS THAN TEN. WE CAN WE CAN TRY TO SEE WHAT IT IS. RIGHT.

I MEAN, AND AND SO IN THE SLIDE THAT TRUSTEE DI SALVO WAS ASKING ABOUT BEFORE THAT, YOU QUOTED SAYING REPRESENTATION OF FRL FAMILIES THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.

I MEAN, THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE IS AT SANTA RITA WITH 18%, THEN THAN ALL MEN WITH 12.

BUT THEN ALL THE OTHER EIGHT SCHOOLS, EIGHT ARE ALL.

BELOW TEN, I MEAN, WITH LOYOLA DOWN TO 2.6%. OK AT THREE.

SO JUST JUST TO GET A FEEL FOR WHAT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS WERE.

THEY'RE ALL BELOW TEN, BASICALLY. CORRECT. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, FOR THE MOST PART, YEAH.

COMING BACK AROUND TRUSTEE CHON. YEAH. LOOKING AT THAT DATA WITH THE WITH THE.

FOR ALL FAMILIES, THE PERCENTAGES AT EACH SCHOOL I KNOW IN OUR STAFF REPORT WE GET.

YOU KNOW, VARYING PERCENTAGES, DIFFERENT TYPES OF DATA WHEN WE LOOK AT COMPARISONS OF DATA.

LIKE ALL OUR STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, DO WE LOOK AT IT LIKE A SCHOOL BY SCHOOL OR DO WE LOOK.

AT IT AS A DISTRICT AS A WHOLE, OR IS IT BOTH? BECAUSE ARE YOU ASKING IN GENERAL OR. FOR THIS SPECIFIC RENEWAL FOR BULLIS? IN GENERAL, WHEN WE COMPARE DATA. IF A CHARTER SCHOOL COMPARED HOW THEIR DATA LOOKS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ARE WE SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT IT LIKE ONE SCHOOL TO ONE SCHOOL TO ONE SCHOOL? OR DO WE LOOK AT IT AS THE CHARTER SCHOOL TO THE ENTIRE DISTRICT? SO WE CAN LOOK AT IT. WE LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL TO THE DISTRICT.

OKAY. TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. YEAH. I JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON YOUR QUESTION, PRESIDENT BERTA AND I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF'S READY, BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THESE QUESTIONS ARE THAT IF IF THEY'RE NOT IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ANSWERED WOULD WOULD BE GREAT TO KNOW WHAT THE QUESTION.

I HAVE THEM HERE. I CAN SHARE SOME OF THEM. SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE ON JULY 18TH WHEN IT WAS SENT.

THINGS LIKE GRADE LEVEL BREAKDOWN OF INCOMING STUDENTS.

WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL THE START OF SCHOOL EXACTLY WHO'S SHOWING UP, WHICH IS WHAT WE SHARED WITH THEM.

THE CURRENT PERCENTAGE OF IN DISTRICT VERSUS OUT OUT-OF-DISTRICT STUDENTS, I DON'T KNOW. UNTIL THE SCHOOL STARTS, THE YEAR STARTS AND WE GET OUR STUDENTS THE LOTTERY SYSTEM PROCESS, WHICH WE EXPLAINED TO YOU. THEN JUST A BCS RETENTION RATE.

SO WHY DO STUDENTS LEAVE? WHERE DO THEY GO? WHAT'S THE YEARLY PERSISTENCE RATE I SHARED WITH YOU THOSE YEARLY PERSISTENCE RATE AND ATTENDANCE RATES. THERE WAS A QUESTION ON 2324 SEABEDS DATA, WHICH IS ACCESSIBLE. SO I THINK WE ASSUME THAT THAT COULD BE PULLED.

THERE'S A QUESTION ON THE WAITLIST INFORMATION, THE BREAKDOWN OF FRL.

WE ALREADY HAVE 20, 23, 24, BUT WE NEED 2425.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT UNTIL THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS. SO A LOT OF THESE ARE JUST WAITING FOR THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THERE ARE DEFINITELY THINGS WE CAN RESPOND TO BECAUSE THE SCHOOL YEAR HAS STARTED. AND PRESIDENT BERTA, TO YOUR POINT, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE GLIB.

AND SO I APOLOGIZE. IT'S BEEN BUSY TOO, RIGHT? SO, LIKE, THESE ARE THINGS WE ARE STILL ENROLLING STUDENTS. WE ARE STILL FINALIZING NUMBERS. WE'RE STILL MAKING SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHERE STUDENTS ARE.

IF THEY HAVEN'T SHOWN UP ON THE FIRST DAY. WE CAN HYPOTHESIZE WHO'S GOING TO BE THERE, BUT UNTIL SCHOOL BEGINS, WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHO'S SITTING IN THAT SEAT.

IT'S PEOPLE CAN FILL OUT A REGISTRATION FORM, THEY CAN BE ACCEPTED IN THE LOTTERY.

THEY CAN FILL OUT THAT INFORMATION AND JUST NOT COME.

AND SO IN THOSE SITUATIONS THEN WE DO HAVE OPENINGS.

WE DO NEED TO MAKE ADDITIONAL OFFERS. AND SO FOR US TO FINALIZE NUMBERS, THIS IS WHY WE COUNT ON OUR DATA IN OCTOBER ON THAT SNAPSHOT DAY, OCTOBER 6TH, THAT IS WHEN WE LOCK IN AND SAY, THIS IS THE DATA THAT IS PUBLIC BECAUSE IT ALLOWS FOR ALL THOSE VARIATIONS TO PLAY OUT.

SO OFTENTIMES WE DO NOT SEND THAT DATA. I CAN'T RECALL A YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN HERE THAT WE'VE SENT ANY DATA PRIOR TO THAT, BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT ACCURATE. UNTIL WE TAKE THAT SNAPSHOT, THAT IS THEN WHAT IS SENT OUT FROM THE STATE.

OKAY. AND THAT'S THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT ISRAEL.

AND I WANTED TO HEAR FROM OUR DEPARTMENT AS WELL, IF IF THERE WERE OTHER QUESTIONS OR IF, IF I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL THE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS.

SO. SO THE FIRST QUESTION WAS THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DISABILITY INFORMATION BREAKDOWN.

WE HAVE RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION. THE BREAKDOWN OF THE CONTINUUM OF SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES WHICH ARE PROVIDED.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT, THAT COMPLETELY. THE WAITLIST INFORMATION, THE BREAKDOWN FROM FRL.

WE DO HAVE THE INFORMATION FROM 2324, BUT WE ASKED FOR 2425 AND FOR 2223.

THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD THE INFORMATION FOR 2223.

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WE ASKED FOR FULL COPIES OF THE MARKETING OUTREACH MATERIALS.

WE DID RECEIVE THOSE. WE ASKED FOR INFORMATION ON THE 10% SCD PREFERENCE CAP, WHETHER OR NOT THAT HAD BEEN REACHED.

THAT WAS ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND WHETHER OR NOT IT HAD ACTUALLY BEEN REACHED AT ANY TIME DURING SINCE IT HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED.

WE WERE ABLE TO FIND THAT THROUGH COWPATS OURSELVES, BUT THE INFORMATION WAS NOT PRESENTED TO US FROM BOLUS THE CURRENT PERCENTAGE OF IN DISTRICT VERSUS OUT OF DISTRICT STUDENTS AND THE PAST PERCENTAGES BY YEARS, WE WERE ASKING TO VERIFY ON THAT INFORMATION.

WE ALSO FOUND THAT ON COW PADS, THROUGH OUR OWN EXTENSIVE SEARCH, WE DID NOT RECEIVE IT FROM BOLUS.

WE ASKED FOR THE LOTTERY SYSTEM PROCESS. BASICALLY THE DETAILED EXPLANATION OF HOW THE LOTTERY IS CONDUCTED HOW THE WAITLIST IS HANDLED.

WHAT HAPPENS WITH A STUDENT WHO WANTS TO ENROLL AFTER THE WAITLIST IS ESTABLISHED? THIS WAS A QUESTION FROM YOU. IT WAS ALSO A QUESTION THAT CAME PROMPTED FROM THE PETITION ITSELF, BECAUSE THE PETITION IS REQUIRED TO BE UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE LOTTERY PROCEDURES, AND THOSE WERE NOT SPECIFICALLY SPELLED OUT, AND WE WERE ASKING FOR SOME CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ON THAT.

DID THEY ANSWER THAT ONE? THEY HAVE. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT STUDENT SURVEY DATA.

WE ASKED WITH REGARDS TO THE STUDENT SURVEY DATA CHECK ON THE 7% WHO WAS NOT PERFORMING HIGH PERFORMING, WHICH IS WHAT YOU HAD REQUESTED. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT OTHER THAN THE COMMENT AT THE BOARD MEETING THAT SAID, WE CHECK ON EVERYONE. WE ASKED ABOUT THE BCS RETENTION RATES.

WHY DO STUDENTS LEAVE, WHICH IS WHAT YOU HAD REQUESTED? WHERE DO THEY GO? WHAT IS THE YEARLY PERSISTENCE RATE? WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INFORMATION FROM THEM.

WE DID GO IN AND FIND THE STABILITY RATES FROM THE CDE, WHICH THEN GAVE US THAT NOTIFICATION THAT ABOUT 98% OF THE STUDENTS WHO STAY AT BCS THEY STAY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR. BUT THAT CAME FROM THE CDC WEBSITE, NOT FROM VCS.

THERE WAS MORE QUESTIONS WITH REGARDS TO SCD.

YOU ASKED ABOUT INFORMATION ON SLIDE 16 FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING.

AND VCS RESPONDED AND SAID THE SAME INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THAT SLIDE.

THEY DID NOT GIVE US ANY CLARIFYING FURTHER INFORMATION.

WE ALSO ASKED THE QUESTION, IF FIRST PRIORITY IS SIBLINGS, HOW MANY OPEN SEATS ARE TAKEN BY SIBLINGS EACH YEAR? AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MAH. YES. THIS QUESTION, I GUESS, IS FOR OUR CHARTER SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.

ONE OF BK'S QUOTES HERE FROM ED CODE 47 605 SAYS THAT SCHOOLS ARE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE REASONABLY COMPREHENSIVE DESCRIPTION BY WHICH A SCHOOL WILL ACHIEVE A STUDENT POPULATION BALANCE THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF THE GENERAL POPULATION RESIDING WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.

SO THAT IS NOT THE SAME AS REFLECTING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT POPULATION.

AND I THINK BULLIS QUOTES THAT THEY HAVE THEIR DATA BASED ON THE CENSUS.

SO HOW DOES. I MEAN, MAYBE COUNCIL CAN GIVE US A COMPARE AND CONTRAST.

THAT THAT PARTICULAR ELEMENT OF THE CHARTER TALKS ABOUT THE ENTIRE POPULATION RESIDING WITHIN THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS NOT INFORMATION THAT IS NECESSARILY READILY AVAILABLE AND CAASPP LIKE THAT WE COMPARE TO.

BUT WE DO LOOK AT THAT TO THE EXTENT THAT THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

AND IN THE CASE OF THE ANALYSIS, FOR NOT SERVING ALL STUDENTS WHO WISH TO ATTEND.

WE LOOKED AT IT. WE COMPARED POLICIES ENROLLMENT BASED ON WHO ATTENDS LOS ALTOS SCHOOLS, AND WE ALSO LOOKED AT IT EXCLUDING STUDENTS IN THAT ATTENDED LOS ALTOS SCHOOLS WHO ARE INTERDISTRICT TRANSFERS IN ORDER TO MORE CLOSELY REFLECT WHO'S RESIDING WITHIN THE LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.

AND ONE OF ONE OF THE POINTS THAT THAT BULLETS HAS ALSO MADE IS THEIR ASSERTION THAT WE SHOULD BE RELYING ONLY ON DATA FROM CDE, WHICH OBVIOUSLY DATA FROM CDE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CENSUS DATA.

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TRUSTEE LARI. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE. DI SALVO. DO YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COMMENTS ONLY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE YOUR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO DELIBERATING OUR VOTE.

I GUESS WE'LL DO QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL DO COMMENTS.

OKAY. VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA. OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR CHARTER SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.

CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE CONDITIONAL APPROVAL AS WRITTEN? IF STAFF BELIEVES THE CORRESPONDING CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN, WHICH IS IN RESPONSE TO THAT NOTICE OF CONCERN, HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN ADDRESSING THOSE CONCERNS.

IF THE CONCERNS HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED SINCE THAT INITIAL, YOU KNOW, THE, THE THE MANNER THAT THEY'VE BEEN ADDRESSED SINCE 2021 HAVE NOT REACHED THAT LEVEL OF SATISFACTION.

CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT STAFF BELIEVES WILL CHANGE TO WHERE THEY WOULD AGREE TO MAKE THAT COMMITMENT NOW AT THIS POINT IN TIME? SO JUST TO CLARIFY, YOUR QUESTION IS, IF BULLIS HAS NOT ACHIEVED WHAT WE'D HOPED THEY HAD ACHIEVED SINCE 2021, WHAT MAKES US THINK THAT THEY WILL ACHIEVE IT GOING FORWARD? OR WHY IS THAT THE DIRECTION? HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE CONDITIONAL APPROVAL AND WHY YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU BELIEVE THIS COULD WORK NOW WITH A CONDITIONAL APPROVAL? OKAY. SO I BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS WITH THEIR ENROLLMENT ACTION PLAN, NOT THE THEY HAVEN'T FULLY ACHIEVED BEING REFLECTIVE OF THE DISTRICT.

BUT THEY HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS AND ALL OF THE PROGRESS THAT THEY'RE MAKING IS IN THE GRADE LEVELS WHERE STUDENTS ENTER, AND THAT'S KINDERGARTEN, FIRST GRADE. AND SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE THEM SOME TIME TO CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS AND HAVE THAT MOVE UP THE GRADE LEVELS TO REFLECT, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL.

WE FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS. IT IS A HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOL.

THE CHILDREN ARE HAPPY THERE. THEY PROVIDE A GOOD PROGRAM.

SO WE GAVE THEM A CONDITIONAL APPROVAL AS TO NOT HAVE TO DENY A SCHOOL THAT IS DOING THE COMMUNITY SOME GOOD. WE FEEL LIKE THEY THEY CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE ISSUE AND EVENTUALLY BE REFLECTIVE OF THE DISTRICT. OKAY. AND SO IN TERMS OF THE TYPES OF CHANGES THAT WOULD NEED TO IN TERMS OF THE SUCCESS OF THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN, AND THAT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE RELIANT ON POLICIES, COMMITMENT TO AGREE TO THOSE CONDITIONS. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE MORE QUESTIONS OR ARE WE GOING TO GO TO COMMENTS? TRUSTEE. MAH. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY. YEAH.

SO I GUESS I WITH RESPECT TO FAILURE TO MEET THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN OR WHATEVER, THE CORRECTIVE PLAN IS THE FAILURE BASED ON NOT MATCHING? SPECIFICALLY NOT MATCHING. NO, WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR THEM TO MATCH OR PRECISELY MATCH, AS THEY PUT IT.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR THEM TO REFLECT. AND SO THE WAY WE LOOK AT DO THEY REFLECT? IS IS THERE A SIGNIFICANT, STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE PROPORTION OF STUDENTS WHO ATTEND BULLIS AND LASD? YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE DELTA SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR IT TO NOT BE A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.

AND SO THERE IS NO PARTICULAR NUMBER THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, JUST THAT WHEN OUR RESEARCH DATA AND EVALUATION DEPARTMENT RUNS THEIR ANALYSIS ANALYSIS THAT IT DOESN'T COME BACK AS STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT.

RIGHT. BUT BUT TO DETERMINE THAT I MEAN THEY'RE DOING AN ANALYSIS NUMERICAL ANALYSIS.

THEY HAVE SOME NUMBER THAT'S A THRESHOLD RIGHT.

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IS IT 0.05. IT MIGHT BE 0.05. YEAH 0.05. YEAH, BUT I CAN'T I'M JUST, JUST CURIOUS AS TO HOW HOW EXACTLY IS THAT BEING MEASURED SUCH THAT WE, WE KNOW WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, CUTOFF IS TO SAY FAILURE AS OPPOSED TO SIGNIFICANT, WHICH IN AND OF ITSELF, THAT WORD IS KIND OF FUZZY. SO I'M AN ENGINEER. SORRY, I LIKE THE NUMBERS.

SO GIVE ME A NUMBER THAT I CAN EITHER HIT IT OR NOT HIT IT.

SO THE BEST I CAN TELL YOU, I AM NOT A STATISTICIAN IS 0.05 PRIORI OR Z Z SCORE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I COULD HAVE OUR STATISTICIANS WRITE SOMETHING FOR YOU TO EXPLAIN IT, BUT I CAN'T.

THEY EXPLAINED IT TO ME. I EXPLAINED IT TO YOU THE BEST I CAN.

AND SO IT. IT APPEARS THAT AS YOU'RE SAYING, THAT IT IS A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT WHATEVER THAT NUMERICAL DEFINITION IS, BUT IT IS DEPENDENT ON EACH DIFFERENT. I MEAN, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME, NO.

0.05 FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT SUBGROUPS, BUT THAT EACH ONE HAS A NUMBER SOMEWHERE AND THAT THE CHARTER SCHOOL HAS FAILED TO HIT THAT NUMBER FOR SOME OF THESE SUBGROUPS, NOT ALL OF THE SUBGROUPS.

BUT THEN ALSO, I SEEM TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE THE GREATEST CHANGES IN ENROLLMENT ARE IN THE LOWER GRADES, THAT THERE IS SOME I GUESS I'LL JUST USE THE WORD FORGIVENESS.

I CAN'T THINK OF THE RIGHT WORD, REALLY, BUT THERE YOU'RE GIVING THEM A GRACE PERIOD TO LET THOSE YOUNGER YEARS KIND OF ROLL IN TO CHANGE THE THE TIME. RIGHT? SO THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR TIME LAG OR GRACE PERIOD. NO, IT DIDN'T. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANT THEM TO LOOK AT IT ANNUALLY AND TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO IT SO THAT THEY ARE CONTINUALLY IMPROVING THAT PLAN.

SO JUST IF, FOR INSTANCE, THEY WERE TO YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR REPORT AND THEN SHOW THAT THAT STATISTICAL VARIANCE IS HITTING THE CORRECT NUMBER IN THOSE YOUNGER GRADES AS THEY MOVE UP, THEN WOULD THAT STILL BE CONSIDERED A FAILURE OF THE CORRECTIVE PLAN? I MEAN, THE CORRECTIVE PLAN SEEMS TO BE A SINGLE INCIDENT, AND SO MAYBE THE CORRECTIVE PLAN SHOULD GIVE SOME ALLOWANCE FOR THIS TIME LAG. YES. THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT COULD DO.

ALSO, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM HAVE SOME METRICS TO KIND OF JUDGE HOW THEY ARE DOING WITH INCREASING OR GETTING CLOSER TO REFLECTING THE DISTRICT, BUT THEIR METRICS SHOULD BE AT LEAST KIND OF, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR METRICS ARE. THE COUNTY OFFICE IS STILL GOING TO USE THESE SIGNIFICANT STATISTICALLY VALID.

THEY SHOULD SET A METRIC LIKE WE ARE ATTEMPTING THIS YEAR TO INCREASE OUR X POPULATION TO THIS POINT OR BY THIS AMOUNT. SO THEY SHOULD PICK A NUMBER. YES THEY SHOULD.

OKAY. ARE WE READY TO GO TO COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? GREAT. TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. YEAH. WELL, I SECOND WHAT DIRECTOR FAIRLEY SAID.

I DON'T THINK I COULD HAVE SAID IT BETTER, BUT IT'S SORT OF IN LINE WITH WHAT I'VE.

WHAT I'VE BEEN THINKING. AND I THINK WITH THE CONDITIONAL APPROVAL IT SETS CLEAR STANDARDS FOR RENEWAL AND OVERSIGHT. AND IN TERMS OF HOLDING THE SCHOOL ACCOUNTABLE TO LONG STANDING CONCERNS THAT THIS BOARD HAS HAD. SO I WANTED TO VOICE THAT.

AND THANK YOU, DIRECTOR FAIRLEY. AND I WOULD ALSO SAY, YOU KNOW, I, I ALSO THINK ABOUT THE VERY SUBSTANTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACTS IF WE THINK ABOUT A DENIAL ON THAT, ON THIS COMMUNITY.

SO I WANTED TO SHARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. SO NEXT.

I'LL I'LL JUMP AT ONCE. I'M JUST SAYING, WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO NEXT FOR COMMENTS?

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I REMEMBER CHAIRING THE MEETING ONE TIME WHEN THIS WAS UP FOR RENEWAL, AND I TURNED TO BULLIS, AND I STILL BELIEVE THIS TODAY.

AND I SAID. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY, WITH YOUR WEALTH AND WISDOM, EDUCATION, THE SCHOOL THAT YOU'VE CREATED EXCELS.

THERE'S NO QUESTION. I'VE BEEN TO IT MANY TIMES.

I'VE PARTICIPATED IN YOUR EXIT INTERVIEWS AT THE END FOR EIGHTH GRADERS.

PROJECT BASED IS WHAT MANY SCHOOLS SHOULD GET TO PLAY SPACE, PROJECT BASED LEARNING.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE FOUNDED AS A CORE PRINCIPLE OF YOUR SCHOOL, BUT THAT YOU SHOULD CREATE A SIMILAR SCHOOL FOR THOSE CHILDREN ON THE EAST SIDE OF SAN JOSE. A CHARTER SCHOOL TO COME TO THIS BOARD FOR APPROVAL.

BECAUSE, LOOK, I'M SO RESENTFUL OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT.

I'VE SERVED AS 16 YEARS. I'M NOT RUNNING FOR REELECTION, SOME UNENCUMBERED BY THE POLITICS OF THIS DECISION, BUT TO SPEND THE KIND OF TIME THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON WHETHER IT'S CONDITIONAL, WHETHER IT'S NOT, WHETHER WE APPROVE, WHETHER WE DENY A SCHOOL THAT'S THAT'S WORKING SO WELL FOR ITS STUDENTS, AS SOME HAVE ASSERTED, IS WRONG. IT'S JUST PLAIN WRONG.

AND I THINK IF GAVIN NEWSOM WAS HERE TONIGHT, HE'D SAY, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING? THIS IS CRAZY. LET ME READ YOU THE SCORES IN THE SIX LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN SAN JOSE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS. ONLY 30.85% OF LATINOS ARE PROFICIENT IN ENGLISH. THE REST ARE BELOW GRADE LEVEL. FOR MATHEMATICS, IT'S EVEN WORSE.

IT'S 18.37% OF OUR HISPANIC LATINO POPULATION IN THE SIX LARGEST DISTRICTS IN SAN JOSE, THE CITY I LIVE IN LOS ALTOS. TO MAKE TO SAY THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WEALTH AND BULLETS AND THE WEALTH IN LOS ALTOS IS AN INSULT TO MY INTELLIGENCE.

BUT THAT'S BEEN ASSERTED TONIGHT. TO USE SEPARATE BUT EQUAL IN THIS DEBATE IS BEYOND THE PALE AND IS ALSO AN INSULT TO MY INTELLIGENCE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT, SPENDING THE KIND OF TIME I KNOW.

MY TRUSTEES, MY COLLEAGUES, ARE VERY CONCERNED AND RIGHTFULLY SO, AND I APPRECIATE THE STAFF, OUR COUNCIL AND THE STAFF AND THE PREPARATION OF THE REPORT.

BUT I THINK THIS IS THIS IS WRONG. YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT YOUR CHILDREN, WHETHER THEY BE AT BULLIS OR LOS ALTOS, YOUR NINE OTHER OR TEN OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THEY'RE GOING TO THRIVE BECAUSE OF THE FOUNDATION YOU AS PARENTS HAVE GIVEN THEM. ALL CHILDREN NEED TO THRIVE. AND I'LL SAY IT ONE LAST TIME AS I GO INTO THE SUNSET. LOS ALTOS BULLIS, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO CREATE A CHARTER SCHOOL ON THE EAST SIDE OF SAN JOSE.

THAT DOES THE SAME THINGS THAT YOUR SCHOOL DOES IN LOS ALTOS.

FOR THE CHILDREN WHO NEED THAT KIND OF INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO MAKE THE COMMENTS.

OTHER TRUSTEES. VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA. WELL, FIRST, I'LL START WITH A THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT SHOWED UP TO TESTIFY AND PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES AND APOLOGIES TO THOSE THAT DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.

IT'S A DIFFICULT SITUATION WHEN WE'RE HERE TO REPRESENT THE PUBLIC, AND WE CAN'T HEAR FROM THE ENTIRE PUBLIC.

BUT LOOKING AT THE SITUATION, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AT GOING TO BE BUMPING UP TO MIDNIGHT TO MAKE A DECISION.

AND, YOU KNOW, I FEEL FOR YOU FOR NOT BEING HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME.

SO THIS IS MY FIRST GO AROUND WITH A CHARTER RENEWAL OR APPLICATION.

AND I THINK A LOT OF US ON THE BOARD ARE A BIT NEW TO THIS. SO YOU TRY AND LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE NORMS HERE AND WHAT'S EXPECTATIONS OF THE APPLICANT AND STAFF AND THE AND THE PUBLIC. I'VE HEARD SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCERNS RAISED BY STAFF.

I'VE HEARD SOME FROM THE COMMUNITY, I'VE HEARD SOME FROM THE HOME DISTRICT, AND THEN I'VE HEARD FROM THE CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICANT AND THE POSITION THAT,

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NOW THAT'S A YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU START THERE THAT'S A BIT DIFFICULT TO STOMACH.

AND THE SUGGESTION THAT THIS DECISION IS POLITICAL BY ANY MEANS, AND THAT I'M MAKING A DECISION IN A POLITICAL SENSE IS OFFENSIVE, BECAUSE IF THIS WAS A PUBLIC SCHOOL COMING TO ME OR EVEN A PRIVATE SCHOOL, AND THEY WALKED IN THE DOOR WITH THE APPROACH OF ALL THESE CONCERNS THAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM ALL THESE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS, WHETHER IT'S PROFESSIONAL STAFF OR LEGAL FOLKS TELLING US WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION, A HOME DISTRICT, TELLING US THAT THERE ARE SOME ISSUES THAT HAVE CONCERNED PUBLIC MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TALKING ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AND TO JUST SAY BLATANTLY, THAT'S ALL UNTRUE. WE'RE THE ONLY ONES IN THIS ROOM THAT ARE SAYING ANYTHING ACCURATE.

IF IT WAS A PUBLIC SCHOOL TELLING ME THAT, I'D HAVE THE SAME RESPONSE AND SAME CONCERN AND SAME FRUSTRATION AND DISAPPOINTMENT.

SO WE'RE SERVING THE PUBLIC. THERE ARE PUBLIC DOLLARS INVOLVED IN YOUR SCHOOL, AND IF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IS HERE TALKING ABOUT THESE CONCERNS AND TO JUST DISMISS THEM, I DON'T SEE ANY ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THEM.

INSTEAD OF A TONE OF WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WE'D LIKE TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND OR THE COMMUNITY ON THESE.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT LETTER FROM THE 23RD SAID.

THAT'S NOT THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD. AND IF I'M MISSING IT, PLEASE PROVE ME WRONG.

BUT I'M AT A LOSS AS TO, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF STRATEGIC APPROACH.

AND I GUESS THAT'S JUST ONE THAT IS USING THE WORD POLITICAL.

MAYBE IT'S POLITICAL, OR MAYBE IT'S A LEGAL STRATEGY.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT TOO COMMON THAT IN THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN SERVING THAT THEY COME BEFORE A GOVERNING BOARD AND AN ELECTED BODY AND SAY, WE'RE NOT BUDGING. THIS IS IT. TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU PAINT US INTO A CORNER AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR EXPECTATION IS IN TERMS OF A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH.

I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING OTHER CHARTER APPLICATIONS. I HOPE THEY'RE ALL NOT LIKE THIS. SO I HAVE A QUESTION NOW BASED UPON ME SHARING MY THOUGHTS AFTER LISTENING TO THE TESTIMONY FOR A NUMBER OF HOURS AT THE LAST ONE, TAKING IT ALL IN WITH AN OBJECTIVE MIND.

I'M NOT A POLITICAL MIND. IF WE WERE TO, BASED UPON WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE APPLICANT, IF WE WERE TO APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS BASED UPON THE LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED, THAT THEY WOULD NOT ACCEPT THEM. AND AT THAT POINT IT WOULD BE A DENIAL.

THAT'S GENERALLY WHERE IT WOULD LEAVE US. OKAY.

THANK YOU. I'LL WAIT FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO MAKE A MOTION.

OTHER COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS. TRUSTEE CHON AND TRUSTEE MAH.

YEAH, I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS QUICK. I KNOW I ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS TONIGHT, SO.

AND I APPRECIATE THE ANSWERS. AND I THINK THAT I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM CARES ABOUT CHILDREN AND CARES ABOUT THE STUDENTS IN LA ISD AND THROUGHOUT SANTA CLARA COUNTY. AND I'M I'M ALL FOR THAT.

BUT I HAVE CONCERNS WITH WHAT HAS HAPPENED THIS EVENING.

THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN OUR STAFF REPORT AND THE NOTICES THAT WE HAVE SENT OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.

WE HAVE TRIED TO BETTER THINGS, AND I'M NOT SEEING RESULTS.

I WAS ALSO LIKE MY COLLEAGUE, VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA, VERY SURPRISED BY THE LETTER THAT THIS BOARD RECEIVED.

AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A BOARD OF EDUCATION IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE SERVED AND IT IS VERY CONCERNING TO HEAR WE ARE SERVING ALL STUDENTS AND THEN THEY'RE NOT SERVING ALL STUDENTS AND WHERE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GO? SO WITH A LACK OF COLLABORATION, I DON'T SEE IMPROVEMENT.

AND IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE SERVED AT ANY CHARTER SCHOOL THAT WE AUTHORIZE.

AND SO I WHATEVER THE OUTCOME IS TONIGHT, I DO HOPE THAT IF THERE ARE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, THAT WE DO WORK IN ORDER TO STOP THIS NARRATIVE AND TO REALLY SHOW THAT ALL OUR SCHOOLS IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY CHARTER SCHOOL ARE NOT, ARE SERVING, ARE SERVING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

TRUSTEE MAH. THANK YOU. I GUESS I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE COMMENT THAT ALONG THE SAME LINES, AS JOSEPH SAID, THE ROOTS OF THIS ARE 20 YEARS OLD.

I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF VERY, VERY DEEP ROOTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE RECENT FLURRY CAN, YOU KNOW, TRACE BACK TO AND THAT YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN WE HAD THE

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SO WHEN YOU HAD THE FIVE YEAR PAUSE, THAT WAS JUST SUCH A RELIEF FOR EVERYBODY.

AND SO I REALLY WISH THAT THAT WE COULD FIND, YOU KNOW, YET AGAIN, SOME SOME PAUSE FIVE YEAR, YOU KNOW, AGREEMENT THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A CATASTROPHE.

YOU KNOW, CAUSE IT LIKE COVID OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT RATHER, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PURPOSES OF, OF WORKING ON BETTER BETTER DEMOGRAPHICS THAT CONSENSUALLY WE CAN SAY ARE REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY CENSUS OR COW PADS OR, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE AVERAGE IN BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, TRY, TRY TO COME INTO THE MIDDLE SOMEWHERE INSTEAD OF WAY OVER HERE AND WAY OVER THERE, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, WAY BACK WHEN, AS SOMEONE WAS SAYING, THERE WAS THE RESENTMENT ABOUT CLOSING MY SCHOOL.

WELL, WAY BACK WHEN, 20 YEARS, THERE WAS A SCHOOL THAT GOT CLOSED.

OKAY. SO THAT RESENTMENT AND STRONG SENTIMENT IS STILL CARRIED CARRY THROUGH TO NOW.

SO I, I SUPPORT THE RENEWAL AS RECOMMENDATION IS.

AND I GUESS IF NO ONE'S GOING TO MAKE A MOTION, IF WE COULD GIVE ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS.

OKAY. SURE. MAKE THE COMMENTS. GOT IT. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE LARI. DID YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? OKAY, SO IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS, THEN BEFORE WE GET INTO MOTIONS.

I ALSO WANTED TO JUST THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION TONIGHT.

I THINK IT IT'S CLEAR THAT THERE'S AN IMPACT TO THE STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY, NO MATTER WHICH WAY YOU LOOK AT THIS ISSUE.

AND FOR ME, MY DECISION REALLY IS CENTERED ON AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER AND AS A PARENT, THE IMPACT THAT THIS HAS ON STUDENTS, STUDENTS AT FROM ALL ALL BACKGROUNDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

WHETHER IT IS THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT OR WHETHER IT IS BULLIS.

AND FROM THAT WE HAVE AS A BOARD, I THINK WE ALL MAKE A COMMITMENT THAT STUDENTS OF ALL ABILITIES, STUDENTS OF ALL NEEDS, AND STUDENTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS BE SERVED.

THAT'S THE PROMISE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. AND SO MY CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE THAT THE DATA AND EVIDENCE OUTLINED BY THE STAFF ANALYSIS CLEARLY SHOWS THERE'S SYSTEMIC ISSUES, AND THESE ISSUES ARE STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT.

THEY'RE NOT THINGS THAT HAVE JUST BEEN MADE UP.

THERE'S DISPROPORTIONALITY FOR SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENT POPULATIONS.

AND, AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ALSO NOW BEEN MADE AWARE OF NOT JUST THE AREAS THAT WE ISSUED NOTICES OF CONCERN, BUT OTHER AREAS IN TERMS OF COMPLAINTS FOR FAILURE TO SERVE STUDENTS WITH MORE SEVERE NEEDS AND IN STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN DISENROLLED. AND SO THAT'S ALSO CONCERNING TO HEAR, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE IS AN OBLIGATION TO SERVE ALL STUDENTS UNDER THE EDUCATION CODE. AND I'M CONCERNED THAT OUR STAFF HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO TO LOOK INTO THAT.

AND PART OF THAT'S ALSO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT BULLIS DECIDED TO SUBMIT THEIR PETITION AUTHORIZING IT ON A SUNDAY EVENING.

AND SO THIS THIS TIMELINE, I KNOW THERE WAS CRITICISM ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S IT WAS DONE.

THIS WAS STARTED. IT WAS BULLIS DECISION TO SUBMIT IT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

AND SO I DO THINK EVEN AS IT RELATES TO THE EDUCATION CODE, THE DATA THAT SPECIFICALLY TALKS ABOUT ED CODE SECTION I SEE 5G, WHICH SAYS THE MEANS BY WHICH A CHARTER SCHOOL WILL ACHIEVE A BALANCE OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC PUPILS, SPECIAL EDUCATION PUPILS AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.

I'M STILL NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW THAT CAN BE TRUE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT EVEN JUST THE BREAKDOWN ON THE SLIDES THAT BULLIS PROVIDED.

HOW CAN WE SAY THAT STUDENTS WITH THE MOST SEVERE NEEDS ARE BEING ACCOMMODATED IN A SETTING OF 80% TIME SPENT IN GENERAL EDUCATION? WE HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT STUDENTS INDIVIDUALIZED NEEDS AND WHAT THEY NEED, NOT JUST WHAT THE PROGRAM HAS TO OFFER.

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SO IT'S DEEPLY CONCERNING TO SEE THAT THERE'S A MODEL THAT'S NOT FITTING THE TYPES OF DIVERSE NEEDS WE KNOW STUDENTS HAVE AND THEN GOING TO SOME OF THE POINTS I THINK THAT VICE PRESIDENT MADE IS THE THE BIGGER ISSUE HERE.

THAT GOES BEYOND POLITICS BECAUSE IT IS POLITICAL.

WHEN A PUBLIC SCHOOL DOES NOT SERVE ALL STUDENTS WHO WISH TO ATTEND, AND IT IS POLITICAL, WHEN A SCHOOL HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR STAFF, TO LISTEN TO THE REQUESTS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERTS IN THIS FIELD, WHO HAVE A LAY OF THE LAND OF CHARTER SCHOOLS ACROSS OUR COUNTY, WHO ARE SAYING THESE ARE THE TYPES OF ACTIONS WE NEED TO SEE, AND GETTING THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF A COLLABORATIVE RESPONSE THAT'S TRULY NOT WORKING IN THE BEST INTEREST OF STUDENTS.

AND SO I, I REALLY URGE, YOU KNOW, I, I FEEL, I FEEL FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT YOU'RE THE BOLUS ADMINISTRATION IS REFUSING TO COLLABORATE, NOT SENDING RESPONSES, NOT ADDRESSING QUESTIONS.

I MEAN, THAT IS ESSENTIALLY FORCING THIS BOARD'S HAND TO SAY WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DENY A CHARTER.

TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T PLACE CONDITIONS TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE, TO, SAY, WORK WITH US, ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS, TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT OR TO SAY THAT YOU'RE UNWILLING TO WORK WITH US.

THAT IS A DEEP CONCERN. AND IT'S ALSO A CONCERN OF TRANSPARENCY IN TERMS OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PUBLIC.

SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I'M REALLY COMING FROM.

I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW CAN THIS POSSIBLY WORK WITH THIS ATTITUDE, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT GOING TO SERVE THE BEST INTEREST OF ALL STUDENTS, ALL STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHAT MATTERS.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, ALL STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND IT'S DICTATED BY THE LAW, BUT IT'S ALSO BASED ON THE RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE TO SERVE FOR THE PUBLIC. I'LL STOP THERE. SO IF THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. TRUSTEE MAH. SORRY, JUST A QUESTION FOR CLARITY.

SO THERE'S SO MANY THINGS FLYING AROUND. WHAT LETTER SPECIFICALLY IS VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA AND PRESIDENT BERTA REFERRING TO THAT SAID THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO COOPERATE OR KIND OF AN ALL OR NOTHING INTERPRETATION? WHICH ONE OF THE EMAILS IS THAT ONE? TODAY'S I BELIEVE IT'S THE LETTER DATED AUGUST 23RD THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE BOARD PACKET. AUGUST 23RD. HE'S IN THE BOARD PACKET.

OKAY. UNDER THE RENEWAL OR TRUSTEE MAH IS CALLED BULLOUS RESPONSE TO ECHO STAFF REPORT.

OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. IT WAS POSTED ON SUNDAY HAVING RECEIVED IT FROM THE CHARTER SCHOOL, GOT IT LATE FRIDAY EVENING AFTER THE AGENDA WAS POSTED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TRUSTEE TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

THANK YOU. AND IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION, YOU CAN, BUT I WILL MOVE TO ADOPT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN HAS MADE A MOTION TO ADOPT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE MOTION, PLEASE? VICE PRESIDENT, I THINK IT'S MORE RELATED TO OR NOT FOR TRUSTEE, BUT MORE FOR STAFF. AND THE MENTION OF THE MOU AND THE AND THE PROCESS BY WHICH THAT MOU WOULD BE DEALT WITH. WOULD THAT BE AN MOU THAT IS ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED? THE SCOPE OF THAT MOU IS THE CONDITIONS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE MOU IS AND THE PROCESS FOR THAT? IN THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT IT IS AN MOU THAT ADDRESSES ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OR ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE STAFF ANALYSIS AND THE SPECIFIC LIST OF CONDITIONS, AND IT WOULD BE EXECUTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AT INCORPORATING THE DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD TONIGHT.

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AND IS THERE IS THERE AUTHORITY IN YOUR MIND, GIVEN THAT IF THERE ARE MODIFICATIONS TO IT, THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS AUTHORITY TO INCORPORATE THOSE MODIFICATIONS WITHOUT BOARD APPROVAL, THE THE READ. THE RESOLUTION SAYS ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE SATISFACTION.

OKAY. I'D LIKE TO SEE IF YOU DO MAKE THIS MOTION.

I'M NOT SAYING I'M SUPPORTIVE OR NOT. I'M STILL WEIGHING THE BEST APPROACH HERE, BUT IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO CONSIDER, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT IF THERE'S ANY MODIFICATION THAT IT COMES BACK TO THE BOARD MODIFICATION TO THE MOU.

YEAH, THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE CONDITIONS THAT WE ARE APPROVING.

YEAH, I WOULD ACCEPT THAT AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION.

JUST TO CLARIFY, ARE YOU SECONDING THE MOTION? YES. OKAY. BERTA HAVING A FIRST AND A SECOND.

I'D LIKE TO READ THE FULL MOTION, JUST FOR CLARITY.

AND VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD TO ALSO AFFIRM THAT THE MOU WOULD BE DIRECTLY ALIGNED TO THE BOARD'S DIRECTION.

SO WE WOULDN'T WE WOULDN'T AGREE TO ANY CONDITIONS BEYOND THIS.

SO THE MOTION WOULD BE TO INCORPORATE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION AS PROPOSED BY STAFF, CONDITIONALLY APPROVING FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS, AND SHOULD THE MOU NOT BE EXECUTED IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE BOARD'S DIRECTION, ALTERNATIVELY DENYING BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL'S RENEWAL CHARTER.

THIS INCORPORATES ALL OF THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND FINDINGS AND DOES INCORPORATE IT INTO THE CHARTER.

AND I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY NOTE ON PAGE 34 IN THE STAFF REPORT THE THAT THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE DENIAL OF THE CHANGE TO THE ENROLLMENT PREFERENCE FOR ADMITTED SIBLINGS.

THAT'S. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. YES. I STILL, THOUGH WOULD LIKE TO BE HAVE IT INCLUDED IN THE MOTION THAT IF THERE'S ANY MODIFICATION TO THE CONDITIONS OR THE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN FRONT OF US IN THE RESOLUTION, THAT IT WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL? THANK YOU. YES. SO INCORPORATED.

TRUSTEE MAH. SO I'M MAYBE NOT UNDERSTANDING THE REQUEST THAT OR THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE ACCORDING TO THE MOU AS PRESENTED.

IS THAT RIGHT? THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. I BELIEVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS THE MOU AS PRESENTED WITH THESE CONDITIONS.

THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED. THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED, WHICH INCLUDES CREATING THIS MOU, RIGHT? OKAY. AND THE MOU IS ALREADY SET OR IT'S NOT SET.

THE MOU WOULD BE CRAFTED BASED ON THE BOARD'S DIRECTION.

SO THE BOARD HAVING MADE THESE FINDINGS, THE MOU WILL INCORPORATE THOSE THINGS AS STATED AND THE RESOLUTION AS REQUIREMENTS OF BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL WITH THESE WITH THESE CONDITIONS IN THE MOU.

CORRECT. AND SO TO SAY THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY CHANGES IS WHERE ARE THE CHANGES IF IT'S BEING CRAFTED COLLABORATIVELY I PRESUME.

SO MY UNDERSTANDING FROM VICE PRESIDENT ROSHI'S COMMENT IS THAT IF WE WERE TO DEVIATE IN OUR COLLABORATION WITH BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL ON THE EXECUTION OF THE MOU, IF WE WERE TO DEVIATE FROM THE FINDINGS AND THE RESOLUTION THAT THAT WOULD NEED TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD. IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT. BUT THE BUT THE MOU COVERS A LOT MORE THINGS THAN JUST THE CORRECT. THE THIS WOULD BE AN AN MOU SPECIFIC TO THE CONDITIONS FOR CONDITIONAL APPROVAL.

COUNCIL HARDIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE FURTHER CLARIFICATION? YES. I THE WE HAVE SENT BULLETS AN MOU A MORE GENERAL MOU THAT COVERS WHICH IS MENTIONED IN THE STAFF ANALYSIS THAT COVERS A WHOLE RANGE OF THINGS. AND THEN THERE ARE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS OR SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS IN THE STAFF ANALYSIS.

AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT IF WE'RE NEGOTIATING THE TERMS OF THE MOU WITH BULLETS, WE MIGHT AGREE TO SOMETHING THAT'S NOT EVEN LISTED IN THE STAFF ANALYSIS, OR IT'S A RECOMMENDATION AS OPPOSED TO A REQUIREMENT.

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THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED IN THE AS WRITTEN IN THE STAFF ANALYSIS WERE TO.

NOT BE JUST HOW THEY READ IN THE STAFF ANALYSIS THAT IT WOULD COME BACK TO.

THE BOARD. YES. OKAY. BUT I MEAN EVEN ADDITIONS NEW ITEMS TO ME, ANY MODIFICATION THAT'S NOT LISTED IN THE RESOLUTION OR SEE, I'M NOT I WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE FACT THAT WE HAD ACTUALLY SENT OVER A MORE GENERAL ONE AND WHAT THAT ENTAILS.

SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN MOU AND A AND WITH BULLETS.

AND SO THE STAFF ANALYSIS REFERS TO THAT. AND THE LAW HAS CHANGED SINCE WE ENTERED INTO THAT.

SOME BEST PRACTICES HAVE CHANGED. SO WE'VE SENT OVER FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION A MORE GENERAL MOU THAT ADDRESSES INSURANCE AS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT'S IN THERE.

JUST A VARIETY OF ISSUES. NOW THAT GENERAL ONE, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE LISTED IN THE RESOLUTION? IT DOES NOT. IT IS IT IS THE COUNTY BOARD'S PRACTICE IN AND CONSISTENT WITH THE BOARD POLICY ON CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT WE PROVIDE A STANDARD MOU. OKAY. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY SENT.

AND THEN WE CAN EITHER DO AN ADDENDUM. BUT SINCE THAT HASN'T BEEN ENTERED INTO THE SIMPLEST WAY WOULD BE TO ADD ADDITIONAL TERMS AND THEN EXECUTE A SINGLE AGREEMENT. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. THEN I THINK FOR ME THE INTENT IS MORE THE THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE LISTED IN THE RESOLUTION ARE THE ONES THAT IF THERE ARE MODIFICATIONS TO THOSE THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT BACK BEFORE THE BOARD, NOT THE MORE GENERAL STUFF SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, INSURANCE AND ETC.. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE CHON. I JUST WANTED IT TO BE CLEAR THAT WHEN WE START THE PROCESS FOR SIGNING THE MOU, IF THE BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL TEAM DOES NOT WANT TO ENTER INTO THE MOU, DOES THAT RESULT IN AN AUTOMATIC DENIAL? YES. ACCORDING TO THE RESOLUTION, IF THEY DON'T ENTER INTO THE MOU AND COMPLY WITH THE CONDITIONS, THEN IT THEN THE DENIAL FINDINGS THAT YOU ARE ADOPTING.

IF YOU ADOPT, IF YOU APPROVE, THIS MOTION WOULD GO INTO EFFECT.

AND THEN WITH THE DIFFERENT PIECES THAT ARE IN THE RESOLUTION, THE DIFFERENT TERMS THAT WE HAVE, IF, WHEN, IF WE DID NOT SEE THOSE TERMS BEING FOLLOWED, WOULD WE FOLLOW ACTION? WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS THEN AFTERWARDS? DO YOU MEAN IF WE ENTER IT, WE ENTER INTO THE MOU AND THEN THERE'S A VIOLATION OF THE MOU.

YES. THANK YOU. THEN THE VIOLATION OF THE MOU WOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE NORMAL MANNER THAT WE OPERATE IN OVERSIGHT OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL, AND IT WOULD OBVIOUSLY DEPEND ON WHAT THE ITEM IS.

WE WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH THEM. WE MIGHT SEND A NOTICE OF CONCERN. WE WOULD WORK WITH THEM.

I MEAN, THE ULTIMATE ISSUE IS CHARTER REVOCATION, BUT THAT IS, OF COURSE, NEVER THE STARTING POINT OR THE INTENT.

SO THAT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID IN 2021.

THAT WAS A PARTICULAR NOTICE PURSUANT TO THIS 47 670 PROCESS.

SO IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHAT THE NONCOMPLIANCE ISSUE IS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ENOUGH. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION ABOUT THE THE MOTION AND THE EXACT. YES. OKAY. TRUSTEE. MAH.

THANK YOU. I GUESS I DO WANT TO AT LEAST BRING UP A COMMENT OR A POTENTIAL DISCUSSION ON THE PREFERENCE THAT. IS BEING MOVED OR RECOMMENDED BY STAFF NOT TO BE ALLOWED, WHICH IS ALLOWING THE SIBLING PREFERENCE ABOVE THE GEOGRAPHIC OR ITS SIBLINGS.

RIGHT. NEW NEW NEW NEW ADMITTED STUDENTS. RIGHT.

AND SO I WOULD PROPOSE THAT THAT WE ALLOW SIBLINGS AS THE HIGHER PRIORITY, BECAUSE I HATE TO SPLIT UP FAMILIES.

I MEAN, THE WHOLE POINT OF SENDING KIDS TO SCHOOL IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A FAMILY UNIT.

SO TRUSTEE MAH THE CURRENT PREFERENCE ALREADY ALLOWS FOR SIBLINGS THAT ARE ATTENDING AND ENROLLED, RIGHT? THE CHARTER REQUESTED BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL REQUESTED TO EXTEND THAT PREFERENCE TO THOSE WHO ARE ADMITTED, WHO MAY NOT EVEN BE ENROLLED YET.

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SO IT STILL ALLOWS FOR SIBLINGS, BUT FOR SIBLINGS WHO ARE ENROLLED, JUST ENROLLED, NOT ADMITTED.

TRUSTEE DI SALVO. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THIS MOTION. I THINK THAT THE APPROVAL SHOULD BE UNCONDITIONAL, AND I KNOW I DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON THAT. I THINK THAT THIS WHAT WE ARE DOING COULD LEAD TO.

LITIGATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON OVER TIME.

AND I THINK THERE'S SO MANY OTHER THE QUESTION I ASK ARE THE CHILDREN WELL, AND IN SO MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE SOME RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS AND THE STUDENTS OF THOSE SCHOOLS, THEY'RE NOT WELL, THEY'RE NOT WELL IN MANY WAYS. THEY'RE CERTAINLY NOT WELL IN WHAT THEY'RE ACHIEVING.

ON THE SMARTER BALANCED ASSESSMENTS THE CHILDREN HERE ARE WELL.

THEREFORE, I THINK THE TWEAKS THAT NEED TO BE DONE CAN BE DONE WITHOUT.

A MEMO OF UNDERSTANDING THAT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE LITIGATED.

SO I DON'T LIKE US TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON SOMETHING WHEN I THINK THERE'S NOTHING BASED ON MY VIEW.

AND I WAS A PRINCIPAL FOR 20 YEARS. THERE IS NOTHING EGREGIOUS ABOUT ANYTHING THAT I'VE HEARD, THAT I'VE READ, THAT I'VE HEARD TONIGHT FROM MANY OF YOU OR ANY OF THE PUBLIC OR ANY OF THOSE THAT CAME FROM LOS ALTOS.

NOTHING EGREGIOUS. THESE ARE SMALL TWEAKS THAT MAY BE DONE OVER TIME AND MAY NOT BE I.

THERE IS AN ADMONISHMENT, THOUGH, AND I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THE MOTION, BUT THE ADMONISHMENT IS TO BULLIS TO AND TO LOS ALTOS ELEMENTARY TO BE MUCH MORE COLLABORATIVE AND COOPERATIVE THAN YOU'RE CURRENTLY BEING.

THAT'S GOING FORWARD. THAT'S NO MATTER WHAT IS DONE TONIGHT.

CONDITIONAL, UNCONDITIONAL LEADS TO A DENIAL EVENTUALLY, WHICH WOULD BE WRONG, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'VE HEARD.

SO I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION. I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY EVERYBODY.

I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT. I'M SORRY.

PERSONAL APOLOGY TO THE CHILDREN THAT CAME TO SPEAK THAT DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN A MEETING WHERE I WAS A TRUSTEE.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM STAFF OR FROM TRUSTEES BEFORE WE VOTE? TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. I WANTED TO SEE AND ASK IF TO TRUSTEE DI SALVO POINT THE CONDITIONS IF AND I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN SORT OF ADDRESSED IN THE BACK AND FORTH, BUT IF WE CAN ASK TO SEE IF BULLIES CAN MEET THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE SETTING FORTH IN THIS MOTION, AND I KNOW IT WASN'T IDEAL FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS, BUT IF APPROPRIATE, I WANT TO ASK IF IF, IF IF BULLIES CAN MEET THE CONDITIONS. YOU KNOW.

THAT'S I WANT THEM TO RESPOND IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND.

TO THAT. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE CONFERRING BECAUSE MY QUESTION IS IF IT'S EVEN POSSIBLE.

THERE'S SO MUCH IN THE STAFF REPORT. I JUST I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IF IT'S POSSIBLE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO CLARIFY MORE. I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT THAT IF IF THERE WERE SIMPLY A RENEWAL, WITHOUT THE IMPOSITION OF THESE THESE CONDITIONS. I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT BCS WILL CONTINUE TO TO WORK WITH THE WITH THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A FAIR ASSESSMENT TO SAY THAT BCS IS NOT COOPERATING WITH THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT,

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YES. AND I'LL JUST ADD, THIS MATTERS DEEPLY. LIKE NOBODY WANTS TO REST ON THEIR LAURELS AND SAY, WE'RE FINE, WE'RE GOOD, WE'RE APPROVAL. RIGHT.

MOVE ON. RIGHT. I THINK IT'S IT CONTINUES TO BE IMPORTANT. THIS IS THIS IS MY WORK TOO, RIGHT? THIS IS THIS IS MY CAREER.

THIS IS MY PROFESSION. THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE DEEPLY IS WHAT OUR TEAM BELIEVES. THEY'RE STILL SITTING HERE. IT'S WHAT OUR TEAM BELIEVES DEEPLY. IT'S WHAT VERONICA DOES IS WE WANT TO SERVE AS MANY POSSIBLE STUDENTS AS WE CAN, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING AND CONTINUING TO GROW AND DIVERSIFY IN THESE WAYS.

SO BY NO MEANS WOULD A LACK OF THOSE EXISTING IN AN MOU STOP US TOMORROW FROM DOING THAT.

THIS CONTINUES TO BE A CORE PART OF OF WHO I AM AND WHAT I VALUE AND WHAT THIS TEAM VALUES.

SO CAN WE DON'T NEED THAT WRITTEN ON A PIECE OF PAPER FOR US TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THOSE WAYS.

YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL THAT IT WAS A YES.

RIGHT. I THINK THEY SAID THEY SAID YES. THEY.

YEAH. OH YEAH, I HEARD THE OPPOSITE. OH OKAY.

CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT IT'S I MEAN I CAN JUST I MEAN, IT'S SETTING US UP FOR DENIAL, RIGHT? YOU'RE ASKING US TO CREATE A METRIC ON SOMETHING I CAN'T HAVE A METRIC ON.

I CAN'T PREDICT THE NUMBER. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN I'M ASKED AND FORCED TO PRE PREDICT THE NUMBER OF HISPANIC STUDENTS I ENROLL.

AND THAT METRIC NOW IS IS DOESN'T MEET THAT WHAT HAPPENS LIKE IT JUST I CAN'T PREDICT THOSE THINGS.

IT'S ILLEGAL FOR ME TO DO. SO I'M JUST I'M JUST NOT SET UP FOR SUCCESS.

WE'RE SET UP TO BE DENIED. WE'RE SET UP TO BE REVOKED.

THAT'S WHAT'S CONCERNING IN THE CONDITIONS TO ME.

YEAH. AND CERTAINLY THAT'S NOT MY INTENT. BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, AND WOULD BE GREAT TO GET CLARITY FROM STAFF.

FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IN READING THE CONDITIONS, YOU KNOW, THERE AREN'T THERE AREN'T QUOTAS IN THE CONDITIONS.

BUT YOU KNOW, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY DON'T WANT THIS TO LEAD TO A DENIAL WHETHER WE'RE SUED OR NOT.

SUED. THAT'S SORT OF A DIFFERENT STORY, BUT CAN OUR STAFF SPEAK TO THAT? SO THAT COULD BE PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE THE MOU.

WE ARE NOT ASKING THEM TO COME UP WITH QUOTAS.

WE'RE ASKING THEM TO STRIVE TO MEET A CERTAIN GOAL.

SO THIS YEAR, WE WE ENROLLED ONE MORE HISPANIC LATINO STUDENT.

NEXT YEAR WE'D LIKE TO TRY TO ENROLL TWO. SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO DO THAT? NO QUOTAS. OKAY. IF THEY DON'T MEET THE GOAL, THEY DON'T MEET IT.

AS LONG AS THEY ARE SHOWING THAT THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO RECRUIT ADDITIONAL STUDENTS.

DO YOU THINK SINCE I THINK THE SUPERINTENDENT WANTS TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF THE MOU.

THE MOU EXPLICITLY SAYS IF WE DON'T MEET THE CONDITIONS SET, THEN WE WOULD BE REVOKED.

SO THAT IS THE INTENT OF IT. DO YOU THINK WE COULD? I'M GLAD WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE RESPONSE SHOULD BE SPECIFIC TO QUESTIONS THAT TRUSTEES ARE ASKING.

I APPRECIATE THAT THOUGH, SUPERINTENDENT ISRAEL, BUT I THINK IT'S GREAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT MEANS CLARIFYING THE RESOLUTION LANGUAGE, BUT I KNOW THE INTENT OF MY MOTION IS NOT TO DENY OR SET ANYONE UP FOR FAILURE. SO DO YOU THINK THE CONDITIONS COULD BE CLARIFIED FOR THE PUBLIC RIGHT NOW? I CAN READ THEM. TO JUST NOT SAY THAT THEY'LL BE LEGAL.

RIGHT. IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THEM BEING REVOKED OR NOT.

OKAY. SO I'M LOOKING AT PAGE FIVE OF THANK YOU OF THE.

RESOLUTION. AND IT SAYS THE MOU AND OR ADDENDUM THERETO SHALL ADDRESS ALL OF THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS ON ON TERMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT. SO ADDRESS REMEDIATE EACH OF THE ITEMS IDENTIFIED AS REQUIRING REMEDIATION, CORRECTION, UPDATING AND OR IDENTIFIED AS A CONDITION OF RENEWAL IN THE STAFF REPORT AND ANALYSIS OF FINDINGS.

SECOND ONE IS TO SPECIFY THAT BULLIES WILL CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS TO.

IN ACCORDANCE, I CAN'T REALLY SEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS ENROLLMENT ACTION PLAN, TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF SERVING ALL STUDENTS WHO WISH TO ATTEND AS THE SAME AS THE SAME MAY BE UPDATED FROM TIME TO TIME TO ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO ATTENDANCE AT AT BULLIES,

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BULLIES OUT NUMBER THREE BULLIES. SHELL ANNOUNCED THE NUMBER OF OPENINGS AT EACH GRADE LEVEL PRIOR TO COMMENCING THE OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD EACH YEAR, IN ORDER TO AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OR PERCEPTION THAT THE NUMBER OF OPENINGS IS AFFECTED BASED ON WHO APPLIED.

IF THE NUMBER OF OPENINGS WOULD RESULT IN AN OVERALL DECREASE IN THE ENROLLMENT SPACES FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

I SHALL EXPLAIN IN WRITING TO ECHO THE REASON FOR THE ENROLLMENT REDUCTION AFTER THAT ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT THIS MAY INCREASE THE NUMBER OF OF OPENINGS AND ANY GRADE LEVEL, BUT MAY NOT DECREASE THE NUMBER OF SEATS AT ANY GRADE LEVEL FOR THAT OPEN ENROLLMENT AND LOTTERY PERIOD, BUT SHALL INFORM SCO SHOULD IT INCREASE THE NUMBER OF OPENINGS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT, INCLUDING PROVIDING A WRITTEN EXPLANATION AS TO THE BASIS FOR THE INCREASE.

NUMBER FOUR. SHALL UNEQUIVOCALLY, UNEQUIVOCALLY, EQUIVOCALLY WHATEVER COMMIT TO OFFER STUDENTS EACH OF THE ANNOUNCED OPEN SEATS AT EACH GRADE LEVEL IN THE ORDER DRAWN IN THE LOTTERY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS AND DESCRIBED IN THE PORTION OF THE STAFF ANALYSIS ADDRESSING THE ADMISSION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ELEMENT OF THE CHARTER UNTIL ALL SUCH OPENINGS HAVE BEEN FILLED AND OR THERE ARE NO MORE APPLICANTS FOR THE SEATS.

NOVEMBER 5TH BULLIS UPDATED PLAN SHALL INCLUDE METRICS FOR MEASURING THE SUCCESS OR EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PLAN AND ITS COMPONENTS.

THIS SECTION OF THE PLAN WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION, WHICH MAY BE SUMMARIZED IN A TABLE.

AN IDENTIFIED METRIC WHICH MEASURES MEASURES THAT WILL.

OH, SORRY. SORRY. MEASURES THAT WILL PROVIDE ACTIONABLE DATA RELATED TO ENROLLMENT.

SO AN EXAMPLE. STUDENTS WHO ARE SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.

IT WILL INCLUDE A METHODOLOGY WHICH EXPLAINS HOW THE METRIC WILL BE MEASURED TO ENSURE VALID AND RELIABLE RESULTS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE NUMBER OF PERCENT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED WHO ENROLLED IN THE LAST OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD.

IT WILL INCLUDE A DATA SOURCE, THE ORIGIN OF THE DATA, IN OTHER WORDS, FROM WHERE THE DATA WILL COME.

DIRECTOR FAIRLEY. YES. I DIDN'T I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T MEAN FOR YOU TO READ THE WHOLE THING, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. BUT I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.

I MEAN, I PERHAPS I SHOULD HAVE ASKED SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS EARLIER, BUT IF THERE ARE CERTAIN CONDITIONS THAT, YOU KNOW BOLUS FEELS LIKE ARE UNACHIEVABLE WHEN I READ THROUGH IT, IT LOOKED ACHIEVABLE TO ME. BUT I FIGURED IT'D BE GOOD TO ADDRESS THAT RIGHT NOW.

TRUSTEE CHON. I WOULD NOT BE COMFORTABLE LIKE GOING THIS, THAT, THIS.

THAT WILL TAKE HOURS. THAT IS WHY THE MOU IS WRITTEN THAT IT'S AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OR THEIR DESIGNEE AND VICE PRESIDENT.

ROCHA HAS SAID THAT IF THERE ARE CHANGES, THEY'LL COME BACK TO THIS BOARD.

I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE RIGHT NOW TO SIT AND TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE SEVEN PAGES.

THE 12 PAGE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN POSTED ON BOARD DOCS, AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO I WILL I WILL CALL THE QUESTION, BUT I CAN'T DO THAT WHILE I SPEAK. SO I'LL WAIT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE. AND IF THERE ISN'T, THEN I'M GOING TO CALL THE QUESTION FOLLOWING, YOU KNOW, PROCEDURES.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OH, I WILL CALL THE QUESTION.

THE QUESTION HAS BEEN CALLED ON THIS ITEM. SO WE WILL PROCEED TO A VOTE.

AND WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE. TRUSTEE. MAH.

NO. TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN I. VICE PRESIDENT.

ROCHA TRUSTEE. LARI. TRUSTEE DI SALVO. NO. TRUSTEE CHON AND PRESIDENT BERTA.

NO. YOU HAVE FOUR NO VOTES AND THREE YES VOTES.

THE MOTION FAILS.

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BUT GIVEN THE COMMENTS THAT IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT THIS IS GOING TO AGREE TO ANY TYPES OF CONDITIONAL APPROVAL IS I BELIEVE WHAT I HEARD IS THAT. IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT IS CORRECT.

SO THAT ESSENTIALLY IS LEAVING US WITH TWO OPTIONS.

TRUSTEE MAH I GUESS I'M I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO GET AN IDEA OF WHICH OF THESE CONDITIONS BULLIS FEELS THEY CANNOT MEET.

I MEAN, IF IF THEY'RE COMFORTABLE SAYING, I KNOW YOU KIND OF ASKED THAT, BUT BUT WE DIDN'T GET THE ANSWER.

I MEAN, IS IT ALL CONDITIONS THAT WE CAN'T BE MET? OR AT LEAST FOR ME, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S THE ONE THAT SAYS THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE ANNUAL TARGETS.

A PLAN FOR ACHIEVING THE TARGET. BUT THERE'S NO PENALTY FOR NOT MEETING THE TARGET.

AS DIRECTOR FAIRLEY WAS SAYING. SO IS THAT, FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TARGETS AND FAILING TO MEET THEM, THAT'S IN SUPREME COURT LANGUAGE.

THAT'S A THAT'S A SOFT QUOTA. WE CAN'T DO THAT.

WE DON'T HAVE A WE DON'T HAVE A BOARD HERE. WE CAN'T MAKE IT.

WE CAN'T AGREE TO TO TO SOME GROUP OF CONDITIONS.

WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST AND WHAT I THINK I CAN COMFORTABLY SAY WE CAN COMMIT TO IS IF THE IF THE CHARTER IS RENEWED AND RENEWED JUST PURSUANT TO LAW, AS IT'S PRESENTED WITHOUT CONDITIONS, YOU COULD DIRECT STAFF TO WORK WITH BULLETS AND BULLETS.

THE SUPERINTENDENT HERE, THE CHIEF STAFF OF BULLETS, IS HERE.

SHE CAN COMMIT TO WORK WITH SCHOOL STAFF ON NOT CONDITIONS OF RENEWAL, BUT PERHAPS PROTOCOLS FOR THE LOTTERY AND SO FORTH. THAT WOULD MEET SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT SCHOOL STAFF HAS PRESENTED.

BUT BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE VETTED THROUGH THE THROUGH THE TO THE BCS BOARD.

AND MAYBE THERE'S OTHER THINGS TOO, THAT COULD BE DISCUSSED BETWEEN SCO STAFF AND BCS THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED EVEN IN AN MOU, PERHAPS, BUT NOT AS A CONDITION OF RENEWAL. AND AND WHAT THAT HOW THAT WOULD LOOK IS IF THOSE THINGS ARE NOT MET.

IT'S NOT AN AUTOMATIC DENIAL OF THE CHARTER, WHICH IS COMPLETELY IMPERMISSIBLE.

WHAT IT IS, IT WOULD BE A BREACH OF THE MOU AGREEMENT, AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR AUTHORITY UNDER THE MOU.

AND I THINK THIS IS ALREADY IN THE CURRENT MOU, THAT IT'S THE POWER OF CHARTER.

SO THEY COULD GIVE A NOTICE TO CURE SECURE NOTICE OF CONCERN AND EVEN THEORETICALLY START A REVOCATION PROCEEDING IF THAT YOU KNOW IS NOT MET.

AND THAT WOULD COME TO YOU AS A BOARD. BUT THAT SEEMS TO BE THE MORE APPROPRIATE PATH HERE.

JUST RENEW THE CHARTER AND DIRECT YOUR STAFF TO.

WE HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. I DON'T THINK THAT I APPRECIATE THAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S ANSWERING THE QUESTION.

THIS IS GETTING INTO DEBATE OF THE MOU. I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE.

SO IS THIS APPROPRIATE FOR HIM TO CONTINUE? SO THAT IS MY POINT.

I WAS ASKED ABOUT THE MOU. I WAS TALKING TO PRESIDENT BERTA.

THANK YOU. THAT WAS NOT THE THE SPECIFIC AND I MAKE A MOTION QUESTION.

GO AHEAD. I MOVE APPROVAL OF BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOLS RENEWAL FOR A PERIOD OF SEVEN YEARS, ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL AND THAT THE BOARD I READING THE RIGHT ONE WITHOUT CONDITIONS APPROVING THE RENEWAL CHARTER AS SUBMITTED WITHOUT CONDITIONS.

SO I WOULD SO THAT'S MY MOTION. I MOVE APPROVAL WITHOUT CONDITIONS OF THE CHARTER FOR SEVEN YEARS WITH THE FACT THAT I DON'T KNOW WHO DIRECTS STAFF, BUT I WOULD LIKE THE ISSUES THAT THE BOARD IS CONCERNED ABOUT AND THE STAFF CONCERNED ABOUT IS TO BE ADDRESSED OVER TIME. DURING THOSE SEVEN YEARS. I SAY SEVEN YEARS BECAUSE I THINK THIS COMMUNITY HAS TO HAS TO UNDERSTAND IT'S GOING TO BE THERE FOR A WHILE, AND THEY HAVE TO WORK TO MAKE THE SITUATION BETTER, COLLABORATIVELY AND COOPERATIVELY.

AND IF IT'S FIVE YEARS, YOU COULD WAIT IT OUT.

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LET'S MAKE IT. LET'S WORK TOGETHER LIKE WE HAVEN'T WORKED BEFORE.

THAT'S MY MOTION, I SECOND IT. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE DI SALVO AND A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE MAH.

LET ME SEE IF I CAN REPHRASE OR JUST DOCTOR DEWAN.

WERE YOU ABLE TO CAPTURE THE MOTION? I WAS, BUT I BELIEVE WE WILL NEED TO TAKE A RECESS TO PREPARE THAT RESOLUTION.

YES, WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE A RECESS. AND I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO INCLUDE IN THE MOTION YOUR PLANS ON THE PREFERENCES. YES. SO, TRUSTEE DI SALVO THE QUESTION IS THAT WITHOUT CONDITIONS, BUT ALSO DENYING THE REQUEST TO ADD EMISSION PREFERENCES FOR SIBLINGS OF STUDENTS WHO ARE SIMPLY ADMITTED TO RATHER THAN ALREADY ATTENDING BULLIS. I CAN MAKE THAT AMENDMENT.

THANK YOU. YEAH, I COULD ACCEPT THAT AMENDMENT AS A SECOND.

SO WE WILL TAKE A RECESS WHILE STAFF PREPARES THAT.

IS IT IS IT POSSIBLE TO DO A STRAW POLL BEFORE WE SPEND STAFF TIME ON IT? AND GET THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE VOTING ON. BUT IF YOU DON'T COUNT IT AS A VOTE, EVEN IF A MOTION AND A SECOND HAS BEEN MADE, DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON IT. SURE. YEAH. IF A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I HEAR YOU. I JUST WAS WONDERING IF YOU CAN. YES, I UNDERSTAND.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE.

I MEAN, YOU SAID IT'S ON AND SO PRINTED COPIES ARE ON ITS WAY, BUT WE CAN PULL IT UP ON THE SCREEN.

OKAY. SO JUST TO REITERATE THERE PRINTED COPIES ARE BEING PREPARED OF THE RESOLUTION OR ON THEIR WAY, AND A DIGITAL COPY WILL BE PULLED UP ON THE SCREEN.

THIS IS NECESSARY FOR THE BOARD TO SEE BEFORE THE ROLL CALL VOTE IS TAKEN AND IT'S BEING UPLOADED INTO BOARD DOCS.

IT IS UP. IT IS IN BOARD DOCS CURRENTLY. AND WE'LL WE'RE GOING TO PULL THAT UP OPEN RIGHT NOW.

YOU MAY HAVE TO REFRESH. BUT YES, IT WAS ADDED TO BOARD DOCS.

IT'S CALLED 827 RESOLUTION APPROVING BOLUS RENEWAL.

AND PRESENT BERTA. I'LL TAKE THE ROLL WHENEVER YOU DIRECT.

I JUST WANT TO ALLOW ADEQUATE TIME FOR THE BOARD TO SEE THE CONTENT OF THE RESOLUTION.

YEAH. AND, OLIVIA, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SCROLL THROUGH SLOWLY SO THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE.

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SO WE HAD A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE DI SALVO AND A SECOND TRUSTEE MAH.

ROLL CALL. VOTE. PRESIDENT. BERTA. NO. TRUSTEE.

CHON. NO. TRUSTEE. DI SALVO. YES. TRUSTEE. LARI.

TRUSTEE. MAH. YES. VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA AND TRUSTEE.

SREEKRISHNAN. YES. THE MOTION FAILS. FOUR NOS.

THREE YESES.

GIVEN THE OTHER MOTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. AND AS WELL AS THE COMMENTS FROM BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

IF I COULD MAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, SINCE WE'VE HEARD OTHER MOTIONS, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE.

THE DENIAL OF BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOLS RENEWAL, THE CHARTER AND ADOPTION OF THE RENEWAL OF DENIAL, ADOPTING STAFF'S RECOMMENDED FINDINGS OF DENIAL, AND FINDING THAT BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOLS CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN, PURSUANT TO EDUCATION CODE SECTION 47607E, HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL AND REJECTING THE PROPOSED CONDITIONAL APPROVAL AND CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN ALTERNATE MOTION, IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE.

I, I WILL ROBERT'S RULES. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

THEN YOU NEED TO WAIT FOR A SECOND. YES, A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE.

CHON. WE WOULD NEED TO RECESS TO PREPARE THE DENIAL RESOLUTION FOR THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC. CAN I MAKE MY ALTERNATE MOTION NOW? OF COURSE. TECHNICALLY SUPPOSED TO. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT, I WILL.

MY ALTERNATE MOTION, WHENEVER IT'S APPROPRIATE TO MAKE IS TO GO BACK TO MY FIRST MOTION OF APPROVAL USING STAFF RECOMMENDATION. SO I WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE TABLE TOO.

WE WILL PROCEDURALLY GO THROUGH THE MOTION AND THE SECOND FIRST.

SO STAFF WILL BE PREPARING THE RESOLUTION BASED ON THE CURRENT MOTION.

AND WE WILL BE RECONVENING AGAIN. THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN POSTED ON BOARD DOCS AND WE ARE RECEIVING PAPER COPIES MOMENTARILY.

THE RESOLUTION WILL ALSO BE PULLED UP ON THE SCREEN.

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WE'LL HAVE THEM IN THE JUST RAISE YOUR HAND. IT IS POSTED IN BOARD DOCS IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT ON YOUR PHONE.

SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY. SCHOOLS ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

RIGHT. GIVEN THE ITEM HAS BEEN POSTED AND AVAILABLE IN PRINT AND PROJECTED ON THE SCREEN.

IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, WE WILL MOVE TO A VOTE.

TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA.

AND I KNOW I HAVE MY OTHER MOTION THAT IS, I GUESS NOT TECHNICALLY ON THE FLOOR, BUT I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT FOR THAT MOTION. I DO SUPPORT TRUSTEE ROCHA'S AMENDMENT ABOUT HAVING THE EDITS TO THE MOU COME TO THE BOARD SO WE CAN HAVE MORE OVERSIGHT, AND I WILL BE A NO ON THIS MOTION.

THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO TAKE THE ROLL CALL. YES, PLEASE.

WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE. ROLL CALL. VOTE. TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

NO. VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA. YES. TRUSTEE MAH. NO.

TRUSTEE. LARI. TRUSTEE. DI SALVO. NO. TRUSTEE.

CHON AND PRESIDENT. BERTA. I.

KNOW YOU HAVE THREE YESES, THREE NOES, AND ONE ABSTENTION.

MOTION FAILS. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. I THINK YOU DID.

YOU CALL ON ME? I HAD, BECAUSE SHE HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD HER HAND UP.

BUT I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. RIGHT. YEAH, I HAVE MY MOTION.

THE ORIGINAL ONE. SO WE CAN CONDITIONALLY APPROVE.

CAN YOU CLARIFY WITH THE MOU? ARE YOU ASKING FOR ANY MOU TO BE APPROVED BY THIS BOARD? SO THAT WOULD BE. THAT'S VERY INTERESTING. AND I WANTED TO HEAR FROM STAFF WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE OF HAVING IT GO TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THE BOARD. IN OUR PREVIOUS MOTION IT WAS THE EDITS COME TO THE BOARD AND THAT MAKES SENSE.

AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T THERE I THINK THERE ARE PROS AND CONS TO HAVING THE MOU COME TO THE BOARD.

AND SO I'D LOVE TO GET CLARITY ON THE DIFFERENCE.

YES. SORRY WE HAD TO CHARGE THEM. IF YOU IF YOU FOLLOW THE PROCESS THAT WAS IN THE PRIOR MOTION WHERE THEN THE STANDARD MOU.

IT'S IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE BOARD POLICY THAT SAYS THAT IT GOES THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE THE DELEGATION TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF TO DO KIND OF THE ONGOING OVERSIGHT,

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OKAY. BECAUSE MY WORRY ABOUT HAVING US APPROVE ANY MOU IS WE'RE NOT IN THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT OUR STAFF AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT IS. SO I'M GOING TO KEEP THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

TRUSTEE. MAH. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT THE CONDITION NUMBER FIVE BE REMOVED. BUT THE OTHER CONDITIONS, I THINK, STAY.

OR AT LEAST THAT I'D LIKE TO MAYBE ASK A QUESTION BEFORE I MAKE THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

IS THAT OKAY? YOU WANT TO ASK A QUESTION AND THEN MAKE A OF THE PETITIONER? CAN WE SEE IF THERE'S A SECOND TO THE CURRENT MOTION FIRST? OH I'LL SECOND. YEAH OKAY. I'LL SECOND WITH MY FRIENDLY AMENDMENT I MEAN WHAT'S YOUR AMENDMENT? MY AMENDMENT IS TO REMOVE ITEM NUMBER FIVE, THE ONE THAT SAYS THEY NEED TO COME UP WITH TARGETS AND METRICS THAT ARE KIND OF LIKE QUOTAS.

WELL, THEY'RE NOT QUOTAS. THEY'RE GOALS. RIGHT.

I FEEL LIKE THAT'S DIFFERENT. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S EASILY INTERPRETED.

INTERPRETED IN VARIOUS WAYS. I MEAN, IS THERE A WAY WE COULD CLARIFY ITEM FIVE TO. TO CLARIFY THAT IT'S, IT'S IT'S A GOAL AND IT'S SOMETHING TO STRIVE FOR.

AS DIRECTOR FAIRLEY MENTIONED, I'M OPEN TO THAT.

AND I DON'T WANT TO JUST CUT IT OUT AND THAT THERE'S NO PENALTY FOR MEETING OR NOT MEETING IT.

I THINK THAT IS GETTING A BIT TOO GRANULAR. AND I MEAN, AND SO I DON'T KIND OF I DON'T ACCEPT THE POINT OF THAT.

I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW. SO I'M GOING TO GO TO A, ANOTHER TRUSTEE JUST TO KEEP US TRUSTEE LARI.

CAN'T HEAR. YOU INCLUDING VICE PRESIDENT ROSHA'S AMENDMENT? YES. OKAY. WHICH IS LIKE ANY MOU CHANGE OR ANYTHING.

WE COME TO THE BOARD. YEAH. SO ANY MOU. I'M SORRY, I'M STILL CONFUSED ON THE MOU PIECE.

ARE YOU SAYING ANY CHANGES TO. BUT WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE MOU.

SO HOW COULD WE SAY IF THERE'S CHANGES MADE TO THE MOU? IT'S THE EXACT MOTION WE WE HAD JUST A WHILE BACK.

I KNOW, I'M I'M JUST PUZZLED BY IT A LITTLE. IT'S, IT'S IF IF STAFF DEVIATES FROM WHAT IS IN THE RESOLUTION BECAUSE IN THE RESOLUTION IT STATES WHAT WILL GO IN THE MOU IF THEY DEVIATE FROM THAT, IT HAS TO COME TO US FOR APPROVAL.

ANY EDITS? TO THE CONDITIONS. TO THE CONDITIONS.

IT MAKES SENSE. IT JUST I DON'T THINK EVERYTHING'S OUTLINED IN DETAIL.

SO IT'S HARD FOR ME TO PERSONALLY SUPPORT THAT OF WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE MOU.

EXACTLY. TO KNOW WHAT THE DEVIATIONS COULD BE THAT WOULD CAUSE THAT BUT UNDERSTOOD.

SO JUST TO CLARIFY, TRUSTEE MAH, DID YOU SECOND THAT MOTION OR DID YOU NOT SECOND THAT MOTION? SORRY, BECAUSE TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN DIDN'T ACCEPT MY FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

OKAY. SO I, I ACCEPT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO CLARIFY THAT IT'S NOT A QUOTA.

AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED TO CUT IT OUT.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE A SECOND THEN RIGHT NOW.

OH IF I MAY I'LL SECOND. BUT I'D LIKE TO GO A STEP FURTHER THAN MY LAST FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, WHICH IS I'D LIKE TO HAVE JUST THE MOU COME BACK FOR PUBLIC REVIEW SO THE PUBLIC HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IT.

SO REGARDLESS OF A CHANGE OR NOT, ACCEPT ACCEPTED.

DON, I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS. CAN YOU RESTATE WHAT YOUR MOTION IS AND THEN I'LL GO TO TRUSTEE.

CHON. MY MOTION IS TO APPROVE, WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT STAFF SET FORTH AND TO

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ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE CHON. ISN'T THE MOU JUST GOING TO BE THE CONDITIONS? JUST DON'T FIGHT IT. YEAH. IT'S LARGELY THERE'S ANOTHER PART OF THE MOU THAT'S THE LIKE THE STANDARD PIECES, THE INSURANCE. AND SO THE LARGE PIECES THAT WOULD BE NEGOTIATED ARE OUR WOULD NOT BE NEGOTIATED, AND THAT WE WOULD ATTEMPT NOT TO DEVIATE FROM OUR THE CONDITIONS AND A QUESTION WE WOULD HAVE.

VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA IS FOR THAT TO COME FOR APPROVAL FOR CONSENT ACTION OR FOR INFORMATION.

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT COME FOR APPROVAL, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO, VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA, YOUR ADDITIONAL STEP FURTHER IS THIS COMES BACK PERIOD.

THE MOU DOES NOT. AND I KNOW THE DIRECTION OF YOUR STAFF IS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CONDITIONS AS ARE LAID OUT, BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE IT.

THERE MAY BE SOME MODIFICATIONS, THERE MAY BE SOME CONCESSIONS.

WE DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T KNOW. SO I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING IT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, JUST ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC REVIEW AS PART AS WELL.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. DID YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO THAT? OH, SORRY.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS MOTION? WE WILL GO TO. I GUESS I DO HAVE TO SPEAK BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD.

THE MOTION INCLUDES A LATER DATE AT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S DISCRETION, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DECEMBER BOARD DATE IS, BUT WE MIGHT WANT IT TO THE DATE IN HERE FOR SIGNING THE MOU MAYBE SHOULD BE EARLIER, YOU KNOW, CORRESPOND TO THE BOARD MEETING. WHEN'S THE BOARD MEETING? THE THE DECEMBER MEETING IS DECEMBER 18TH, I BELIEVE.

NO. NO. DECEMBER 18TH. AND THE RESOLUTION SAID DECEMBER 6TH.

CAN I ASK A POINT OF ORDER, SINCE I WILL NOT BE HERE IN THAT DECEMBER MEETING? DOES MY REPLACEMENT, COULD HE OR SHE VOTE AT THAT TIME, EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T HERE, THEY WEREN'T AT THIS TIME. IT'LL BE APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT THAT WILL BE BEFORE THEM.

OKAY. OF THE DATE.

ACTUALLY, ANOTHER POINT OF ORDER, I GUESS, IS I THINK ARE WE TALKING ABOUT DECEMBER 4TH OR IS IT NOT DECEMBER 4TH? THERE'S NO MEETING ON THE FOURTH. OKAY. YEAH.

OKAY. DO WE HAVE A CLARIFIED DATE? I WOULD, THE MEETING IS DECEMBER.

THE BOARD MEETING IS DECEMBER 18TH. SO MY ESTIMATION WOULD BE THAT THE MOU WOULD NEED TO BE FULLY EXECUTED BY THE SAME DATE, DECEMBER 6TH, IN ORDER TO BE ON THE BOARD'S AGENDA AND EXECUTED BY BULLIES BY THAT DATE.

AS OPPOSED TO FULLY EXECUTED BECAUSE IT WOULD BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD IN ORDER TO BE ON THE BOARD'S AGENDA IN TIME FOR THE 18TH.

SO THAT'S A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE. IT CURRENTLY SAYS FULLY EXECUTED, WHICH MEANS WOULD HAVE MEANT ALSO SIGNED BY THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT, BUT IT ONLY WILL NEED TO BE EXECUTED BY BULLETS BY THAT DATE SO THAT IT WILL COME HERE FOR APPROVAL BEFORE EXECUTION.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? TRUSTEE. CHON.

IF IT WERE COMING FOR CONSENT, IT WOULD BE SIGNED BY BOTH THE SCHOOL AND THE SUPERINTENDENT.

BUT THE REQUEST WAS FOR THE BOARD TO ACT. SO WE WOULD HAVE BULLIS SIGN IT.

BUT I WOULD NOT SIGN IT UNTIL AFTER THE BOARD TAKES ACTION.

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WELL, THEN, THAT MEANS THAT WHEN IT COMES TO US ON DECEMBER 18TH, BULLIS WOULD HAVE.

IF THEY CHOOSE TO SIGN, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SIGNED ALREADY.

SO THUS THEN WE WOULD WE WOULD BE UNABLE TO MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL CHANGES.

I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE SIGNED. AND IF THE BOARD DIRECTS CHANGES, THEN IT WILL GO BACK FOR TO WORK WITH BULLIS AND SEE IF THEY'LL SIGN IT WITH THE BOARD'S CHANGES.

THE MOTION DOES INCLUDE FULL EXECUTION BY A LATER DATE, AS DESIGNATED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AS WELL.

OKAY. STAFF ABLE TO CAPTURE THE CHANGES IN THE MOTION BEFORE WE TAKE A RISK. TO CONFIRM THAT THEY HAVE IT. NO.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO THE MOTION IS CAPTURED AS.

HOW TO READ THE MOTIONS TO APPROVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION PROPOSED BY STAFF.

WITH THE ADDITION THAT THE MOU RETURNED TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL AT THE DECEMBER 2024 MEETING, CONDITIONALLY APPROVING FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS AND ALTERNATIVELY DENYING BULLIS CHARTER SCHOOLS RENEWAL CHARTER MOTION BY TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN, SECONDED BY VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA. YOU CAN DO A VOTE, PLEASE.

PRESIDENT BERTA. NO. TRUSTEE. CHON. NO. TRUSTEE.

DI SALVO. NO. TRUSTEE. LARI. TRUSTEE MAH. NO.

SORRY. VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA AND TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN I.

MOTION FAILS FOR NO'S. THREE YESES. TRUSTEE MAH.

SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE APPROVE THE RENEWAL FOR A TIME PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS WITH NO CONDITIONS, BUT KIND OF AS A SIDE COMMENT THAT WE FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE YOU KNOW, LETTER OF CONCERN PROCESS OF REVOCATION. IF THE REGULAR PROCESSES OF CHECKING UP ON DEMOGRAPHICS AND AS THINGS CHANGE OVER TIME, AS WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW THAT REGULAR PROCESS.

SO THE MOTION IS APPROVED. NO CONDITIONS, ONLY FIVE YEARS.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WHETHER THAT INCLUDES OR DOES INCLUDES OMITTING OR DENYING THE PREFERENCE FOR SIBLINGS OF ACCEPTED STUDENTS OR NOT.

I'LL JUST NOT DENY IT. I'LL JUST TAKE IT AS IT IS, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU.

THAT'S A SLIGHT VARIATION TO A RESOLUTION YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN.

WE CAN MAKE THOSE. THAT'S NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER MOTIONS.

SO WE CAN TAKE ACTION BASED ON THE BOARD. HAVING SEEN AN APPROVAL RESOLUTION AND THE PUBLIC HAVING SEEN THE APPROVAL RESOLUTION, WITH THOSE TWO CHANGES, 7 TO 5 AND WITHOUT THE ADMITTANCE PREFERENCE.

OKAY. THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS WE CAN VOTE ON THAT MOTION.

IF IT'S IS IT PREPARED YET? OKAY. IT'S PREPARED. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY UPLOADED FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS. NO CONDITIONS BY TRUSTEE MAH AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE.

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ROCHA. TRUSTEE MAH. YES. TRUSTEE. LARI TRUSTEE DI SALVO I TRUSTEE CHON AND BERTA. NO. FOUR NOS. THREE S'S.

MOTION FAILS. VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA. JUST A POINT OF ORDER.

QUESTION IS, IF WE ARE UNABLE TO COME TO A MOTION.

AS MUCH AS THIS PROCESS IS, I'M SURE. WELL, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T COME TO A MOTION? BERTA COUNSEL TO CONFIRM. THIS BOARD IS THE BODY THAT CAN APPROVE OR DENY THEIR RENEWAL.

SO IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TODAY, IT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK FOR FURTHER ACTION.

AND IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO COME TO A DECISION, WE JUST.

GROUNDHOG'S DAY UNTIL WE ALL TURN OUT. THAT'S WELL PLAYED BY BULLIES.

THEN. THERE'S THERE'S NO AUTOMATIC PRECEDENT FOR THIS.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA. YOU CAN SAY THERE'S NO AUTOMATIC DENIAL.

YOU CAN. YOU CAN PHONE A FRIEND IF YOU WANT. OR ANYTHING SO UNCERTAIN.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE AMENDED MOTIONS HERE AND THERE, BUT, I MEAN, I HOPE, FOLKS, RATHER THAN CONTINUE ALONG THIS PATH, RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S SOME POSITIONS ALREADY STAKED OUT.

AND, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA. YES.

I'M NOT SURE. IN THE BACK O ME TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

AND WE JUST HAVE MOTIONS FLYING AROUND, SO I'VE, I'M A BIT ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TRY MY MOTION AGAIN. THE SAME AS IT WAS JUST FIVE MINUTES AGO.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO TRY THAT AT LEAST ONE LAST TIME TONIGHT.

NOW THAT WE'VE SORT OF SEEN ALL THE MOTIONS, CAN I MAKE AN ADDITIONAL FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TOWARDS THAT? THEN I'M OPEN. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE PERHAPS THE ADMISSIONS PREFERENCES SHIFTED FOR IN-DISTRICT FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEAL ELIGIBLE STUDENTS AND ENSURING THAT THERE'S NO 10% CAP.

SO ENSURING IT'S A FLOOR OR ENSURING THAT THAT WHAT EXACTLY THAT THAT WOULD BE MOVED TO THE FIRST PREFERENCE.

SO RIGHT NOW IT'S SECOND OR THIRD OR IS IT SECOND? I'D HAVE TO GO BACK BEHIND SIBLINGS. SO YOU WANT IT BEFORE SIBLINGS TO HELP ADDRESS THE ISSUES.

YES. AND AND RIGHT NOW THEY ARE NOT REACHING THE 10%.

CORRECT. SO JUST MAKING SURE THERE'S NO CAP. OKAY.

SO MAKING SURE THERE'S NO CAP I'M FOR THAT. AND IT'S SECOND RIGHT NOW. WHAT? SO IF IT STAYED SECOND WITH NO CAP, IS THAT IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU? WHAT I'M SAYING YES.

NO. ENSURING THERE'S NO 10%. ENSURING THERE'S NO CAP.

I'M FOR THAT. I THINK WE CAN DO THAT. SO I ACCEPT IT.

OKAY, SO IT'S A CONDITIONALLY APPROVED BASED ON THE STAFF RESOLUTION.

IS THAT YOUR IS THAT YOUR MOTION? IT'S THE SAME AS IT WAS A FEW MINUTES AGO WITH ENSURING THERE'S NO CAP.

AS LONG AS THAT'S LEGAL AND ENSURING IT COMES BACK TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.

YEAH THE MOU. OKAY. AND I WOULD PROBABLY CHECK WITH DIRECTOR FAIRLEY IF WE CAN DO THE PREFERENCES STUFF IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. SO THAT'S THE MOTION THEN. THAT WOULD JUST BE A SLIGHT AMENDMENT TO THE RESOLUTION.

THAT IS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. AND SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT EASILY.

AND SO WE CAN MAKE THAT MOTION ON THE SCREEN.

PRESIDENT BYRNE, I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. WHEN IS THE LOTTERY DONE? WHEN IS THE LOTTERY DONE, OR IS THE TIMELINE THAT THEY HAD WAS EARLY FALL, JANUARY?

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JUST BASED ON THE TENTATIVE SLIDES THAT THEY HAD SHARED.

YEAH, THAT'S IN FEBRUARY. SO WILL THIS MOU BE EXECUTED? AND FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, IF WE'RE SAYING DECEMBER 6TH THEN.

YES. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? AND JUST A CORRECTION TO BOARD DOCS OF 2042 TO 2024. OKAY. THANK YOU. I KNOW IT'S LATE. ARE YOU READY FOR THE ROLL CALL? YES. ALL RIGHT. PRESIDENT BERTA I TRUSTEE CHON TRUSTEE DI SALVO.

KNOW. TRUSTEE LARI. TRUSTEE MAH. NO. THANK YOU.

VICE PRESIDENT. ROCHA. AND TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

YES. MOTION PASSES. FOUR YESES. THREE NOES.

OKAY. SO WE WILL MOVE IN THE INTEREST OF THE HOUR.

I'M GOING TO MOVE TO ADJOURN. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE CHON TO ADJOURN AND A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE OR VICE PRESIDENT ROCHA.

SO, TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS OR GIVE A VERBAL INDICATION.

ANYONE OPPOSED TO ADJOURNMENT? WE WILL RECORD.

ALL IS. YES. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 1:38 A.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.