[00:00:05] GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THIS REGULAR MEETING. [A. Call to Order] NUMBER 2466 OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18TH, AND THE TIME IS 5 P.M. I AM MONA BERTA, PRESIDENT OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND I WILL PRESIDE OVER THIS MEETING. A LIVE STREAM OF THIS EVENING'S MEETING IS AVAILABLE AT TINYURL.COM BACKSLASH SCC BOARD MEETING. ONCE ON THE WEB PAGE, SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM AND CHOOSE LIVE LANGUAGE. SUPPORT FOR THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING IS AVAILABLE IN SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE BY PHONE. FOR SPANISH SUPPORT, CALL 1-669-900-6833. THE MEETING ID IS 727334810#. FOR VIETNAMESE SUPPORT, CALL 16699006833. THE MEETING ID IS 921818153951 6# . 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 TABLE AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM. THE ASL INTERPRETERS ARE AT THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF THE ROOM, AS WELL AS THE MONITORS THROUGHOUT THE ROOM. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE TEAM FOR THE INCREDIBLE 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 THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY OR THE NEED TO EVACUATE THE ROOM, PLEASE ALERT AND FOLLOW A SEC STAFF MEMBER WHO IS IDENTIFIED WITH A YELLOW BADGE. STUDENT BOARD MEMBER PASTRANA JIMENEZ. WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [B. Pledge of Allegiance] EVERYONE, PLEASE STAND IF YOU ARE ABLE AND PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. PLEASE BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE READY. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. STUDENT BOARD MEMBER JIMENEZ, CAN YOU PLEASE RECITE THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS WELL? [C. Land Acknowledgement] LET US TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR THE ANCESTRAL CARETAKERS OF THE LAND ON WHICH WE STAND. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN OHLONE TERRITORY. SANTA CLARA COUNTY IS HOMELAND OF THE OHLONE PEOPLE. TODAY, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE CONTINUE TO PROTECT THE LAND. IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE INDIGENOUS CULTURES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES AND REMEMBER THAT WE ALL GATHER, LIVE, LEARN, AND WORK ON TRADITIONAL LANDS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. THANK YOU. STUDENT BOARD MEMBER CRISTINA JIMENEZ. I WILL NOW CONDUCT ROLL CALL. [D. Roll Call (Including Action on Absences if Necessary)] . PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE BROWN ACT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MAY PARTICIPATE REMOTELY FOR JUST CAUSE, FOR MEDICAL REASONS. TRUSTEE LARI IS ILL AND HAS INDICATED SHE WILL BE PARTICIPATING REMOTELY THIS EVENING. I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA. [E. Set the Agenda] SO MOVED. THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION FROM VICE PRESIDENT CHON. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. AND A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE SPICER. THANK YOU. ARE WE GETTING THE POP UP? OH, MINE'S NOT COMING UP. SO VERBAL, AYE FOR MYSELF. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE TWO SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING. [A. Recognition of the SCCOE Student of the Year] OUR FIRST RECOGNITION IS FOR THE STUDENT OF THE YEAR, WHICH I WILL BE PRESENTING OUR STUDENT OF THE MONTH IS FATIMA HERRERA. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE FATIMA AND CRISTINA RAMOS, A TEACHER AT OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ACADEMY, TO THE SIDE PODIUM. AFTER THE PRESENTATION, BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM FOR PHOTOS. [00:05:19] THANK YOU. EACH YEAR WE TAKE TIME TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE STUDENTS WHO EXCEL, OFTEN OVERCOMING SIGNIFICANT OBSTACLES TO REACH THEIR PERSONAL AND ACADEMIC GOALS. SPECIFICALLY, WE HONOR STUDENTS FOR THEIR ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT AND ACHIEVEMENTS, LEADERSHIP SKILLS, GOOD ATTENDANCE, GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND CHARACTER, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND PERSEVERANCE, AND PURSUING THEIR STUDIES AND GOALS. TONIGHT, WE ARE PLEASED TO HONOR A STUDENT WHO EPITOMIZES ALL OF THESE EXCELLENT QUALITIES. FATIMA. FATIMA IS A CURRENT STUDENT OF OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ACADEMY AND IS BEING RECOGNIZED FOR HER PERSEVERANCE, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, AND PERSONAL GROWTH. FATIMA IS AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY MEMBER, WORKING AS A PROUD AMBASSADOR OF SHINE, A COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING YOUNG MOMS. SHE IS ALSO INVOLVED WITH THE YOUTH IMPACT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BILL WILSON CENTER, CONDUCTING ADVOCACY WORK AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOCUSING ON HOMELESS YOUTH. FATIMA IS AN INSPIRING EXAMPLE OF PERSEVERANCE, LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT, SAID RAJ BEAUVOIR, A TEACHER AT THE OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ACADEMY. A DEDICATED SINGLE MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN. FATIMA IS A GOAL DRIVEN, MOTIVATED YOUNG WOMAN WHO CONSISTENTLY UPLIFTS THOSE AROUND HER. ENCOURAGING HER PEERS TO PURSUE EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. FATIMA'S RESILIENCE SHOWS HOW, AS SHE BALANCES MOTHERHOOD WITH FULL TIME WORK AND SCHOOL. QUITE IMPRESSIVE AS AT SCHOOL. FATIMA EXCELS IN HER WORK AND ALWAYS STRIVES TO IMPROVE AND GROW, SAYS RAJ. HER TENACITY AND COMMITMENT TO PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ARE UNMATCHED. FATIMA WILL BE GRADUATING FROM THE OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ACADEMY THIS JUNE, WITH PLANS TO FURTHER HER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE FATIMA. SHE WILL RECEIVE A FRAMED CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION SIGNED BY THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND AN IPAD TO HELP HER CONTINUE THE PATH OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. FATIMA AND CHRISTINA RAMOS, ON BEHALF OF RAJ BHAVAN, ARE JOINING US THIS EVENING AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE THEM TO SHARE A FEW REMARKS. CONGRATULATIONS, FATMA. HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CRISTINA RAMOS. I'M ONE OF THE NAVIGATORS AT OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ACADEMY. UNFORTUNATELY, MISS PAULA IS UNABLE TO MAKE IT THIS EVENING, SO I'M STANDING HERE AND READING A FEW OF HER REMARKS FOR THIS EVENING. FATIMA IS RESILIENT AND INSPIRING. YOUNG MOTHER OF TWO WHO BALANCES HOME AND WORK WHILE PURSUING NEW CAREER PATHS. A DEDICATED STUDENT LEADER, SHE HAS EXCELLED ACADEMICALLY, REPRESENTING SHINE WITH PASSION AND UPLIFTS OTHERS THROUGH MENTORSHIP AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. FROM HELPING PEERS FIND JOBS TO VOLUNTEERING AT HER DAUGHTER'S SCHOOL AND PROMOTING CULTURAL PRIDE. FATIMA EXEMPLIFIES PERSEVERANCE, GENEROSITY, AND GROWTH. HER INVOLVEMENT WITH SHINE AND THE BILL WILSON CENTER REFLECTS HER COMMITMENT TO BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE FOR HERSELF, HER CHILDREN AND HER COMMUNITY. SHE WILL SOON BEGIN CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDIES AT SAN JOSE CITY COLLEGE, AIMING TO BECOME A PROBATION OFFICER. CONGRATULATIONS, FATIMA. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS FATIMA, AND TODAY I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT A PLACE THAT CHANGED MY LIFE. OUR COMMUNITY YOUTH ACADEMY. FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THIS SCHOOL HAS BEEN MORE THAN JUST A SCHOOL TO ME, HAS BEEN A SECOND HOME. A PLACE THAT GAVE ME STRUCTURE WHEN I FELT LOST, SUPPORT WHEN I FELT STUCK, AND MOTIVATION WHEN I FEEL LIKE GIVING UP. I'VE HAD MY FAIR SHARE OF UPS AND DOWNS, MOMENTS WHERE I STRUGGLED, FELT FRUSTRATED AND EVEN QUESTIONED MYSELF. BUT THROUGH IT ALL. THIS SCHOOL NEVER GAVE UP ON ME. OH, WHY IS DIFFERENT HERE? EVERY LITTLE THING YOU ACCOMPLISH IS NOTICED. EVERY EFFORT IS SEEN. WHETHER IT'S SHOWING UP EVERY DAY OR FINISHING A TOUGH CLASS, THEY CELEBRATE IT. I'VE BEEN PROUD TO RECEIVE MANY AWARDS OF MY ATTENDANCE. AND THOSE CERTIFICATES WEREN'T JUST PAPER. THERE WERE THERE WERE REMINDERS THAT SOMEONE SAW ME TRYING AND THAT MY EFFORT MATTERED. ONE OF MY ONE OF MY BIGGEST BLESSINGS IS IN MY JOURNEY HAS BEEN MY TEACHER. SHE NEVER LET ME SETTLE. EVEN WHEN I PUSH BACK. AND BELIEVE ME, I DID. SHE KEPT PUSHING ME FORWARD. [00:10:02] SHE CHALLENGED ME, HELD ME ACCOUNTABLE, AND REMINDED ME THAT I WAS CAPABLE OF MORE. AND BECAUSE OF HER BELIEF IN ME, EVEN WHEN I DIDN'T ALWAYS BELIEVE IN MYSELF, I CAN PROUDLY SAY THAT I'M NOW ENROLLED IN COLLEGE. TO EVERYONE AT HOME. TO EVERYONE AT HOME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. SORRY YOU GUYS. THE RESOURCES AND THE CONSTANT ENCOURAGEMENT. YOU'VE TAUGHT ME THAT NO MATTER HOW SMALL THE PROGRESS IS AND STILL COUNTS, YOU SHOW ME THAT I'M NOT JUST A STUDENT, BUT A SUCCESS STORY IN THE MAKING. CAN THIS STORY DIDN'T I MEAN SORRY. THE SCHOOL DIDN'T JUST PREPARE ME ACADEMICALLY. IT MADE ME GROW INTO SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES IN THEIR FUTURE. AND THAT'S SOMETHING I'LL CARRY WITH ME FOREVER. THANK YOU. YEAH. OUR NEXT RECOGNITION IS OUR SUBSTITUTE OF THE YEAR, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY VICE PRESIDENT CHON. [B. Recognition of the SCCOE Substitute of the Year] OUR SUBSTITUTE OF THE YEAR IS ERIC CAMILLERI. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ERIC, VICE PRESIDENT CHON AND EUGENE SANTILLAN, ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PRINCIPAL, TO THE SIDE PODIUM. VICE PRESIDENT CHON, YOU WILL DO THE HONORS. AND AFTER THE PRESENTATION, BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE JOIN THE PODIUM FOR PHOTOS. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION RELIES ON SUBSTITUTES TO PROVIDE A CONTINUITY OF SERVICE IN THE ABSENCE OF STAFF. THIS EVENING, WE ARE THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO HONOR THE SCC SUBSTITUTE OF THE YEAR. SPECIFICALLY, WE HONOR SUBSTITUTES WHO HAVE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN CARRYING OUT DUTIES. OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE. EXHIBIT A POSITIVE ATTITUDE. DEMONSTRATE CARE AND SUPPORT FOR OTHERS. CREATE AND FOSTER A POSITIVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AND MOTIVATE OTHERS. THIS EVENING, THE 2025 SUBSTITUTE OF THE YEAR IS ERIC CAMILLERI. ERIC HAS BEEN A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER IN THE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT THROUGHOUT THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR. ERIC IS BEING RECOGNIZED FOR HIS DEDICATION TO STUDENT SUCCESS, RELIABILITY, AND EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS AS A LONG TERM SUBSTITUTE. HE SUPPORTS MULTIPLE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION SITES, INCLUDING BLUE RIDGE AND OSBORNE SCHOOL IN SOUTH COUNTY AND SONOMA COMMUNITY SCHOOL. HE HAS WORKED WITH THE SCCOE FOR THREE YEARS, SERVING AS A DIVERSE STUDENT POPULATION. ERIC'S COLLEAGUE SHARES SHARED THAT HE EXCELS IN COLLABORATION WITH STAFF AND MOTIVATES THOSE THAT ARE AROUND HIM. ERIC BUILDS STRONG CONNECTIONS WITH STUDENTS, ENGAGES THEM WITH MEANINGFUL LEARNING, AND MAINTAINS A POSITIVE, RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENT, SAID EUGENE ASCENSION, ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PRINCIPAL. ERIC IS CURRENTLY COMPLETING HIS SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHING CREDENTIAL AND LOOKS FORWARD TO WORKING WITH STUDENTS AT CHRISTOPHER HIGH SCHOOL IN GILROY STARTING IN AUGUST. HIS CARING ATTITUDE, CONSISTENCY AND DEDICATION TO STUDENT SUCCESS MAKES HIM A DESERVING RECIPIENT OF THIS AWARD, SAID SANTEN. WE WELCOME AND COMMEND ERIC FOR HIS HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM AND THE SCCOE. I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ERIC, WHO RECEIVED A FRAMED CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION SIGNED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND PRESIDENT OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. ERIC DANE CALDWELL, DIRECTOR OF THE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE, AND MARK CAMILLERI, ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PRINCIPAL, ARE JOINING US THIS EVENING. I'D LIKE TO INVITE ERIC AND MARK TO SAY A FEW WORDS. CONGRATULATIONS. SO BEFORE I START, I DO WANT TO SAY, EVERYBODY, FATIMA, [00:15:02] RAISE YOUR HAND AGAIN. BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. ANOTHER YEAR. SO A LITTLE STORY I BECAME. I WAS A TEACHER IN RAVENSWOOD. I GO INTO ADMINISTRATION. I DIDN'T HAVE A SUB. MY BROTHER ERIC, WHO'S ACTUALLY THE SUB OF THE YEAR, CAME TO SUB FOR US. AND GUESS WHAT? FATIMA WAS WITH US FROM SIXTH GRADE ALL THE WAY TO EIGHTH GRADE, SO IT WAS FUNNY. IT'S A SMALL WORLD THAT I SEE THEM NOW. STUDENT OF THE YEAR. AND I'M AS YOUR FORMER TEACHER ADMINISTRATOR AND WE HAVE A SUB AS WELL THAT HELPED OUT A. CONGRATULATIONS FATIMA AND NICE TO SEE THE FAMILY AGAIN. OH AND JENNIFER GRAHAM. SHE WAS THERE AS AN ADMINISTRATOR AS WELL. SO CONGRATULATIONS, FATIMA. YES. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BERTA SUPERINTENDENT. DR. THORSTEN, SENIOR AND ESTEEMED BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MARK CAMILLERI AND ONE OF THE PRINCIPALS FOR ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF ED. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING TONIGHT'S EVENT. SEEING SO MANY PEOPLE CARING ABOUT OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY IS AMAZING. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE DEDICATED STAFF OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION. YOU ALL WORK TIRELESS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION, PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SUPPORT TO OUR DISTRICT'S SCHOOLS, STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY. WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU ALL WORKING FOR US. SO THANK YOU AND GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR YOU ALL BEFORE WE START. THANK YOU. TONIGHT, IT'S MY HONOR TO ACKNOWLEDGE A VERY SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL, SOMEONE I'VE KNOWN SINCE I WAS BORN. ERIC CAMILLERI. ERIC'S BEEN NOMINATED FOR SUBSTITUTE OF THE YEAR FOR THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR AND ALTHOUGH EUGENE SANTILLAN, THE PRINCIPAL WHO NOMINATED HIM, CANNOT JOIN US TODAY, I AM HAPPY TO STEP IN AND SHARE A FEW WORDS ON HIS BEHALF. THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME A PRINCIPAL FROM SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF ED IS SPEAKING ABOUT HIS BROTHER. I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD TO DO SO. BEFORE WE GO FURTHER, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE TWO SPECIAL PEOPLE IN OUR LIFE. THEY'RE THERE IN THE LIVE STREAM. SO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE LIVE STREAM. MY PARENTS WERE SUPPOSED TO COME. THEY DID NOT COME LAST MINUTE. BUT I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR MOTHER, AMRITA CAMILLERI, WHO'S A RETIRED SUPERINTENDENT WITHIN SANTA CLARA COUNTY, AND OUR FATHER, PHILIP CAMILLERI, A FORMER SPECIAL EDUCATION DIRECTOR. ERIC AND I OWE SO MUCH TO THEM FOR SUPPORTING OUR DREAMS AND TEACHING US VALUABLE, LIFELONG LESSONS. WHEREVER THE CAMERA IS, THANK YOU MOM AND DAD FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. I APPRECIATE ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR ERIC AND I. SO THANK YOU AND LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE DOING THIS. ERIC HAS HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SUBSTITUTING FOR US OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WORKING AT ALL OF OUR SITES, INCLUDING COURTS, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, AND ADULT REENTRY PROGRAMS. WHENEVER WE HAVE HAD A LAST MINUTE CALL, HE'S ALWAYS WILLING AND READY TO STEP IN AND SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS. THERE WAS EVEN A TIME WHEN WE MISS A TEACHER FOR EXTENDED PERIOD, AND ERIC DID NOT HESITATE TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE. HIS COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS AND THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY IS UNWAVERING. ERIC HAS MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS IN COMPLETING HIS TEACHER CREDENTIAL AND WILL OFFICIALLY JOIN ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS, WHICH YOU HEARD EARLIER. GARY UNIFIED WITHIN SANTA CLARA COUNTY AS A TEACHER NEXT YEAR. WHILE WE'RE THRILLED FOR HIM, OUR TEAM WILL DEEPLY MISS HIM. HIS DEDICATION, HIS INVALUABLE SUPPORT HE HAS GIVEN TO THE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM. I RECOGNIZE ERIC CAMILLERI AS THE 20 2425 SUBSTITUTE OF THE YEAR WITH PRIDE, GRATITUDE AND HONOR. CONGRATULATIONS, ERIC. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US AND FOR YOUR POSITIVE IMPACT ON STUDENTS AND THE SCHOOL. THANK YOU. MY YOUNGER BIG BROTHER, MARK. YES. SO, I AM TRULY HONORED TO EARN THIS SUBSTITUTE TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD. WHEN I FIRST STARTED EDUCATION AS A PEER EDUCATOR, IT LOOKED SO EASY, AND I THOUGHT I COULD DO IT. NO PROBLEM AT ALL. AND THEN I REALIZED THAT IT WAS THE TEACHER THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD. AND THAT'S WHY IT SEEMED SO EASY. AND IT'S TAKEN ME A WHILE TO LEARN ALL THE LESSONS. BUT THANKS TO PEOPLE LIKE DAIN, WHO DROPS PEARLS OF WISDOM WHENEVER HE WOULD COME ON SITE, AND JUST EVERYONE ELSE WHO'S HAD CONTACT WITH ME IN THE DISTRICT. I'VE BECOME THE EDUCATOR THAT I AM TODAY. IT'S JUST SO WEIRD. I FEEL LIKE SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS KIND OF FLY UNDER THE RADAR, AND THAT NOT MANY PEOPLE RECOGNIZE WHAT THEY DO. SO IT'S NOT ONLY HONORING, BUT IT'S ALSO VERY HUMBLING THAT I GET THIS AWARD TODAY. WHEN I USED TO WALK INTO A CLASS AS A SUB, YOU DON'T KNOW THE ROUTINES, YOU DON'T KNOW THE DAILY. THE DAILY WORK. YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THE PENS AND PAPER IS. BUT YOU TRY TO MAKE THE BEST THAT YOU CAN. AND WHEN IT'S A REAL GOOD TEACHER, THEY USUALLY MAP OUT EVERYTHING FOR YOU. AND KIND OF TAUGHT ME TO PREPARE IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS TO DO AS A TEACHER. I WEAR MANY HATS IN MY PROFESSION. TEACHER, MENTOR, GUIDE, PEACEMAKER, AND SOME DAYS EVEN A COACH OR A COUNSELOR. BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, WE BRING FLEXIBILITY, PATIENCE, AND LOVE FOR LEARNING. AND I TRY TO DO THAT EVERY DAY I COME TO WORK. [00:20:01] THE AMAZING TEACHERS WHO TRUST ME WITH THEIR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. SHEET ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF WHO SUPPORT US, GUIDE US, AND MAKE US FEEL LIKE A PART OF THE TEAM. YOUR KINDNESS DEFINITELY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. I ALSO LIKE TO SUPPORT THE EPIC PROGRAM HERE AT SDC. IT'S THE PROGRAM I'M IN RIGHT NOW TO GET MY SPECIAL EDUCATION CREDENTIAL. AND FUNNY HOW YOU SPEND YOUR WHOLE LIFE THINKING YOU'RE NOTHING LIKE YOUR PARENTS, AND YOU WIND UP GOING IN THE EXACT SAME FIELD THAT YOUR DAD DID. THIS AWARD ISN'T JUST MINE, THOUGH. IT'S DEDICATED TO ALL THE SUBS IN THIS DISTRICT. I KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF OUR CHALLENGING STUDENTS. A LOT OF THE SUBSTITUTES AND EVEN TEACHERS THEMSELVES ARE YOU KNOW, A LITTLE DELINQUENT TO GO TO WORK OR SUB FOR SOMEONE THAT'S WORKING IN A IN AN INCARCERATION SCHOOL. BUT AFTER TIME, THEY ALMOST BECOME LIKE FAMILY. YOU LEARN TO LOVE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WORK WITH AND THAT YOU SEE EVERY DAY. AND I THINK THAT'S THE HARDEST THING FOR ME. LEAVING THIS DISTRICT AND GOING TO GET READY UNIFIED IS THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR YEARS AND REALLY BECOME CLOSE TO. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS HONOR. AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NO, NO, NO. THEY'RE COMING TODAY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO FATIMA AND ERIC AS WELL. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER, PASTRANA JIMENEZ, TO GIVE HIS MEMBER REPORT. [A. The student member of the Board may give reports on activities related to their duties as a member of the Santa Clara County Board of Education.] GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BERTA SUPERINTENDENT, DR. THORSTEN SENIOR AND ESTEEMED BOARD MEMBERS. OUR SPRING SEMESTER IS COMING TO AN END. BUT AT OSBORNE, WE STILL HAVE SCHOOL THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, WHICH GIVES US AN EXTRA OPPORTUNITY TO EARN CREDITS. THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS ARE HAVING A SPECIAL TWO WEEK SUMMER SCHOOL FOR THOSE WHO ARE ALSO INTERESTED IN EARNING SOME EXTRA CREDITS. LAST WEEK AT THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, THE ALTERNATIVE ED DEPARTMENT HAD THEIR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION CEREMONY. GRADUATES FROM THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, CORE SCHOOLS AND INDEPENDENT STUDIES PROGRAM WERE INVITED TO ATTEND THIS SCHOOL YEAR. 70 STUDENTS FROM THE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WERE ABLE TO EARN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. 39 OF THE 70 CAME TO THE CEREMONY TO BE RECOGNIZED IN FRONT OF THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. I WANT TO I WANT TO THANK PRESIDENT BERTA, SUPERINTENDENT, DR. THORSTEN SENIOR, THE CABINET MEMBERS AND ALL THE TEACHERS AND STAFF WHO ATTENDED THE GRADUATION AND SHOWED SUPPORT TO OUR GRADUATES. WITHIN THE GRADUATION CEREMONY WAS A SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATION AND FOR STUDENTS FROM OSBORNE WILL BE RECEIVING THE SCHOLARSHIPS. THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL CEREMONY FOR THEM AT OSBORNE IN JULY. AT BLUE RIDGE LAST WEEK TO EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS WERE CELEBRATED IN THE FIRST EVER EIGHTH GRADE PROMOTION CEREMONY. THEIR PARENTS WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THE CEREMONY. THIS WAS AN EXCITING TIME FOR THESE STUDENTS AS THEY ENTER THEIR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS AND ARE ABLE TO EARN CREDITS TOWARDS THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. STUDENT BOARD MEMBER FOR YOUR REPORT. WE ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU AT OUR MEETINGS, AND YOUR INSIGHT IS INCREDIBLY VALUABLE TO OUR WORK. SO THANK YOU. NEXT, WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. [A. At this time, members of the public may address the Board on any issue within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board that is not listed on this agenda.] THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS RESERVED FOR PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION REGARDING ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA AND WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE SEC. BOWIE STATE LAW PROHIBITS THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM DISCUSSING OR ACTING UPON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. [00:25:08] IT IS THE EXPECTATION OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION THAT EVERYONE BE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND CIVILITY. SPEAKER. PUBLIC SPEAKER CARDS MUST BE SUBMITTED AT THIS TIME. ONCE WE BEGIN TAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCEPT ADDITIONAL COMMENTERS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.95, THE 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 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 OF APPRECIATION, WHICH CAN BE DONE BY WAVING YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR. MODERATOR DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, WE HAVE 20 CARDS FOR COMMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AS THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW COMMENCING, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCEPT ADDITIONAL COMMENTERS, PLEASE PRESENT THE ONE MINUTE TIMER. IF LANGUAGE SUPPORT IS NEEDED, TIME WILL DOUBLE. A TIMER WILL BE DISPLAYED WHEN THE ALLOTTED TIME IS UP. THE BUZZER WILL SOUND, YOU WILL BE MUTED, AND YOUR TIME TO SPEAK WILL END. MODERATOR. YOU MAY BEGIN. THANK YOU. 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 SUPPORTED IS NEEDED BY AN SCO INTERPRETER OR ASL INTERPRETER. THE TIMER WILL BEGIN. ONCE YOU START SPEAKING. COMMENTS EXTENDING PAST THE TIME ALLOTTED WILL BE MUTED AFTER 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 ABOUT A HAND'S DISTANCE. OUR FIRST BATCH OF SPEAKERS ARE DORIS. ALEJO. ROBERTA. TANIA. FABIOLA. BATAS. CARMEN O'HARA, JEFF OLSEN, NANCY LOPEZ, MELISSA CARRASCO, VERONICA ARELLANO, AND JUAN ROSAS. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS DORIS ALEJO. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT. [SPANISH] . IT'S OKAY IF I TALK IN SPANISH. WE HAVE AN INTERPRETER AS WELL. OH, PERFECT. OKAY. [SPANISH] . GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DORIS, AND I'M GOING TO READ A CARD WRITTEN FROM A MOTHER OF THE MIGRANT AID PROGRAM. MY NAME IS ALEJANDRA VELASQUEZ RESIDENT DEL CAMPO MIGRANT, SAN BENITO IN HOLLISTER, CALIFORNIA. [SPANISH]. MY NAME IS ALEJANDRA VAZQUEZ. I'M A MIGRANT RESIDENT IN SAN BENITO AND SAN MATEO COUNTY IN HOLLISTER. I'M WRITING THIS CARD TO TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT THE FUNDS FOR THE MIGRANT PROGRAM ARE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND OUR SCHOOL. [SPANISH]. WITHOUT THE PROGRAM. WITHOUT THE PROGRAM, WE WOULDN'T HAVE SUMMER SCHOOL NOR TRANSPORT. [SPANISH] . WE NEED THE TRANSPORT FOR OUR CHILDREN BECAUSE WE NEED TO WORK IN THE IN THE CAMPS, AND WE AREN'T ABLE TO PICK THEM UP AND DROP THEM OFF. AND THERE HAVE BEEN KIDS THAT ALSO DEPEND ON, ON THE TRANSPORT THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GRADUATE, BECAUSE THERE'S NO ONE TO PICK THEM UP AND DROP THEM OFF AT SCHOOL. [SPANISH]. THESE ARE SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT THE STUDENTS HAD. SO THEY LEARN THE LANGUAGE AND MANY OF THE THINGS THAT THEY CAN LEARN AT SCHOOL. [SPANISH]. WE WOULD APPRECIATE ALL THE ALL THE MONEY POSSIBLE FOR THIS, FOR THE SOUTHSIDE SCHOOL AND THE MIGRANT ED PROGRAM, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE IS TRANSPORT DURING A, DURING SOMETIMES AND OUR CHILDREN NEED IT. AND SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN [SPANISH] . I HAVE TWO KIDS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN FIRST GRADE. ONE OF THEM HAS AUTISM AND TO MAKE SURE AND HE HE BENEFITS VERY MUCH NOT BEING AT HOME SO HE CAN LEARN. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ROBERTA TINHA. [00:30:03] PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ROBERT. GOOD AFTERNOON. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. MY NAME IS ROBERTA TINHA. I AM HEAD START TEACHING AND STAFFING. I HAVE BEEN WORKING AS AN ASSOCIATE TEACHER FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS, AND I'M TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, I HAVE DEDICATED MY JOB WITH LOVE, WITH PATIENT, WITH RESPECT AND EMPATHY TO THOSE CHILDREN WHO NEED THEM MOST. LIKE THIS PROGRAM, HEAD START. MY JOB IS NOT AN EASY JOB. HOWEVER, I DO THE BEST I CAN BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT IS THE FOUNDATION OF SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, COGNITIVE, AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. IN LIFE SKILLS OF YOUNG CHILDREN. CUTTING OFF THE HEAD START PROGRAM. IT WILL NOT HURT ONLY THE STUDENTS. IT WILL HURT THE FAMILIES AND STAFF AS WELL. WHO WHO WORKS TIRELESSLY EVERY SINGLE OF THEIR DAYS. PLEASE HELP US TO HEAR OUR VOICE. AND THE NEXT SPEAKER IS FABIOLA BATAS. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. FABIOLA, MOTHER OF ALEXANDRA BRUCE AND DESTINY BATAS. AND TO PRETTY MUCH EVERY KID IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY WHO NEEDS ME. I'M HERE TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING AND JOINING US FOR THIS FRIDAY FOR THE KIDS AT PROMOTION CEREMONY. FROM MY HEARTS, FROM THE PARENTS, FROM THE STAFF, FROM THE KIDS. THANK YOU. NOW, I'M GOING TO SAY IT IN SPANISH. [SPANISH] . IT HAS BEEN HEARTACHE. BUT YOU GUYS ARE TURNING TO AMEND WHAT HAPPENED. AND I APPRECIATE THAT BIG TIME. IT MEANS A LOT. ALMOST TWO YEARS. THE LITTLE BATTLE THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH. WE GOT THE PLAYGROUND, YEARBOOK, SCHOOL ID FOR THE FIRST TIME. GOT MORE HELP WITH IT FOR THE MEDICAL TEAM. AND HONESTLY, KEEP THESE PEOPLE ON YOUR PAYROLL BECAUSE THE KIDS NEED THEM. YOU SEEM IT DIDN'T GO CORRECTLY THE WAY THE KIDS WERE GOING. AND YOU GOT TO DO THIS. CARMEN O'HARA. GOOD AFTERNOON. [SPANISH] . HELLO, MY NAME IS CARMEN O'HARA, AND I'M GOING TO READ THIS LETTER FROM A FATHER FROM THE MIGRANT PROGRAM. IN THE CENTER OF IMMIGRATION, DEL SAN BENITO. [SPANISH] . AS A MOTHER OF TWO STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE MIGRANT CENTER IN SAN BENITO, I DON'T HAVE WORDS TO DESCRIBE HOW MUCH MY FAMILY HAS BEEN HELPED BY THIS PROGRAM FOR MIGRANT EDUCATION. IN RECENT YEARS, I'VE SEEN HOW THIS PROGRAM HAS MADE A LARGE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF MY CHILDREN. [SPANISH] . I'VE SEEN HOW THEY'VE HELPED US WHEN WE ARRIVED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR FROM HOLLISTER IN CALIFORNIA FOR THE CULTIVATION. [SPANISH] THIS MIGRANT PROGRAM HAS HELPED THEM WITH TRANSPORTATION AND TO RECEIVE SCHOOL SUPPLIES AS WELL. [SPANISH] . MY SON HAS ALSO RECEIVED CLASSES THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. [SPANISH] . THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE IT HELPS PREPARE MY CHILDREN TO BECOME GOOD CITIZENS. [SPANISH] . WE COLLABORATE AND TO FORM PART OF THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO COLLABORATE MORE. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JEFF OLSON. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT. MY NAME IS JEFF OLSON, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK NOT ONLY ON BEHALF OF THE PROGRAMS AT RISK, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES WILL BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY POTENTIAL LAYOFFS. THESE ARE NOT JUST BUDGET DECISIONS. THEY ARE CHOICES THAT DETERMINE WHETHER A PARENT LOSES A LIVELIHOOD. WHETHER A STUDENT LOSES A TRUSTED ADULT, WHETHER A COMMUNITY LOSES ONE MORE SOURCE OF STABILITY. EVERY POSITION ELIMINATED REPRESENTS A HUMAN BEING WITH A STORY, A COMMITMENT, AND DEEP CONNECTIONS TO THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE. WE MUST ASK OURSELVES NOT JUST WHAT WE CAN AFFORD, BUT WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY WE WANT TO BE. [00:35:03] NOW IS THE TIME TO LEAD WITH COMPASSION AND INTEGRITY. PROTECTING ESSENTIAL SERVICES MUST ALSO MEAN PROTECTING THE PROFESSIONALS WHO DELIVER THEM. THE BUDGET SHOULD REFLECT OUR VALUES AND ALL DECISIONS MUST BE EXPLAINED CLEARLY AND ALL STAKEHOLDERS MUST BE INCLUDED IN MEANINGFUL DIALOG. I URGE THIS BOARD AND DR. BOSTON TO REJECT A PROCESS THAT CREATES PEOPLE AS NUMBERS, AND INSTEAD PRIORITIZE ETHICAL LEADERSHIP AND REAL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BARGAINING UNITS. TOGETHER, WE MUST PURSUE SOLUTIONS THAT PRESERVE BOTH OUR PROGRAMS AND THE PEOPLE BEHIND THEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS NANCY LOPEZ. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT. [SPANISH] . MY NAME IS NANCY LOPEZ, AND I'M GOING TO READ A CARD ON BEHALF OF GINA OROZCO, WHO HAS STUDENTS IN THE MIGRANT AID PROGRAM. [SPANISH] AS A MOTHER OF TWO STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE MIGRANT CENTER IN THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, THERE ARE THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE HOW MUCH THIS PROGRAM HAS HELPED MY FAMILY. THERE'S NO WORD HOW MUCH THE MIGRANT PROGRAM HAS HELPED MY FAMILY. [SPANISH] . IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, I'VE SEEN HOW THIS PROGRAM HAS MADE SUCH A BIG DIFFERENCE IN MY CHILDREN'S LIVES. [SPANISH] . I HAVE TO SAY, ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, WE'VE HAD WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THANKS TO THIS PROGRAM, IN MY CASE, MY CHILD RECEIVE GLASSES, AND WE'VE ALSO HAD TRANSPORT TO BE ABLE TO ARRIVE AT SOUTHSIDE SCHOOL. [SPANISH] . AND THIS HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS HELP. WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED SCHOOL SUPPLIES, WHICH HAS BEEN A WHICH HAS BEEN A GREAT HELP BECAUSE WE COME FROM BRAWLEY. WE DON'T HAVE MONEY BECAUSE WE'RE JUST STARTING WORK IN [SPANISH] . IN SOME WAY, A MIGRANT EDUCATION IS NOT JUST A QUESTION OF JUSTICE, BUT A STRATEGIC INVESTMENT IN HUMAN POTENTIAL AND SOCIAL EQUALITY. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MELISSA CARRASCO. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME IN THE COMMENT. [SPANISH] . HELLO. MY NAME IS MELISSA CARRASCO. I'M GOING TO READ A LETTER FROM A MOTHER FROM THE MIGRANT PROGRAM IN NEWARK. [SPANISH]. MY NAME IS TERESA BELTRAN. I AM A MOTHER OF THREE ADOLESCENTS WHO BELONG, WHO TAKE PART IN THE MIGRANT PROGRAM, WHO HAVE TAKEN PART SEVERAL YEARS THERE. AND THANKS TO THE SUPPORT, MOTIVATION AND EFFORTS OF MY DAUGHTER. AND OF COURSE, I MUST ALSO MENTION THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DIRECTING THIS PROGRAM. MY OLDEST DAUGHTER HAS NOW CHANGED COMPLETELY. HIGH SCHOOL. [SPANISH]. SHE IS. SHE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AND NOW SHE'S AT A UNIVERSITY IN SAN JOSE ABOUT TO GRADUATE. ALSO MY SON HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TWICE IN ORDER TO SEE THE UNIVERSITY HIMSELF. [SPANISH] . THANKS TO THIS PROGRAM, RECENTLY, MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, WHO IS GOING TO BE IN 11TH GRADE, HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING SELECTED TO VISIT WASHINGTON, D.C. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. STAY IN HOUSTON. [SPANISH] . IT SEEMS VERY SAD AND UNJUST TO ME, FOR IF THIS PROGRAM WERE TO CLOSE BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T ONLY AFFECT FAMILIES. NOT PROFESSIONALS. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS. BEFORE WE HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER, GO. I AM GOING TO CALL THE NEXT BATCH OF CARDS. SO WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, PLEASE LINE UP. TAMMY. DANUTA, STEVE. SUE, KELLY RIVERA, MERCEDES HILL, BRITTANY. [00:40:05] ROBLES. COME ON, COME ON. DAN. MASON, CHRISTIAN. RODRIGUEZ, MARIA. QUEZADA, FRANCISCO. GALINDO, TINA CHANG, SANDY KELSEY, AND CYNTHIA TAPIA. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS VERONICA ARELLANO. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT. MY NAME IS VERONICA ARELLANO, REPRESENTING PADRE DEL MIGRANTE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS VERONICA ARIANO, AND I'M HERE READING A CARD ON BEHALF OF MY GRANDDAUGHTER PARENT. [SPANISH] . THE MIGRANT AND THE MIGRANT PROGRAM MUST CONTINUE BECAUSE IT'S A BIG SUPPORT TO THE CHILDREN OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES WORKING IN THE FIELDS. [SPANISH] . MOTHERS AND FATHERS WHO, WITH EFFORT AND EXAMPLES, TEACH THE VALUE OF MOVING FORWARD AND STRIVING, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TIMES THEY DON'T KNOW THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST OUTSIDE OF THE FIELD. [SPANISH] . THIS PROGRAM HAS OPENED THE EYES OF MY CHILDREN. IT SHOWS THEM THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO DREAM. THERE'S A WORLD BEYOND HARD WORK. [SPANISH]. BECAUSE OPENING OUR CHILDREN'S EYES SHOWS THEM THAT DREAMS CAN TURN INTO REALITY. [SPANISH] . SO BECAUSE OF THAT, AS A PARENT OF THIS PROGRAM, I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE MAINTAIN THE MICRO EDGE. PLEASE MAINTAIN THE MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JUAN ROSAS. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT. MY NAME IS JUAN ROSAS AND I'M A REGIONAL RECRUITER FOR THE MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM. READING A LETTER ON BEHALF OF THE MANAGER OF THE SAN BENITO COUNTY MIGRANT CENTER. AS A MANAGER FOR THE SAN BENITO COUNTY MIGRANT CENTER, I HAVE SEEN THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THE MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM OVER THE LAST 12 PLUS YEARS. SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE, I HAVE SEEN MANY OF THE CHILDREN FROM THIS MIGRANT CENTER THRIVE, IN LARGE PART DUE TO THE HELP, COORDINATION AND ASSISTANCE OF THE MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM. WITHOUT THIS HELP, MANY OF THE CHILDREN WOULD BE LEFT WITHOUT BEING BEHIND. THE COUNTY MIGRANT CENTER OPERATES FROM APRIL THROUGH DECEMBER. FAMILIES ARRIVE AS THEIR WORK DICTATES THEM TO RETURN TO THE AREA FOR THE PEAK HARVEST SEASON. SOME CHILDREN ARE PULLED FROM THEIR SCHOOL WHERE WHETHER IT BE IN YUMA, ARIZONA, CALEXICO, CALIFORNIA. MCALLEN, TEXAS, OR VARIOUS PARTS OF MEXICO. THE TRANSITION TO RETURN TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN HOLLISTER IS EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR MOST ADULTS, LET ALONE CHILDREN. LUCKILY, THE MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM HAS HELPED FAMILIES NAVIGATE THE NUANCES OF ENROLLING THEIR KIDS AND MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE PROPER TOOLS TO. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS TAMMY. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT. TAMMY. DAKOTA. HI, FOLKS. I'M GONNA FINISH THE STATEMENT FROM JUAN, AND I'M GOING TO OH, HOLD ON. IF SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS. SO IF TAMMY IS NOT HERE. SHE'S RIGHT HERE. OKAY, THEN SHE'S THE NEXT SPEAKER THAT I HAVE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TAMMY, REGION ONE, VICE PRESIDENT OF SEIU LOCAL 501, AND I'M GOING TO FINISH THAT STATEMENT. OVER THE YEARS, MIGRANT PROGRAM STAFF SUCH AS CINDY VALENZUELA, KARINA DIAZ, CELINA ESCOBAR, MATEO JIMENEZ, HEATHER MEDINA AND MANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING EVERYONE REGISTERED, AS WELL AS FOLLOWING UP WITH FAMILIES TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO SUCCEED IN SCHOOL. THEY HAVE BEEN A CONSTANT PRESENCE AT OUR MIGRANT CENTER AS WELL AS OUR SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT. MIGRANT STAFF PROGRAM STAFF HAVE ALSO BEEN ACTIVE IN COORDINATING OUR ANNUAL HEALTH FAIR EVENTS THAT ARE INTENDED FOR MIGRANT STUDENTS TO HAVE BEEN EXPANDED TO ALL MIGRANT CENTER FAMILIES. THESE ARE SERVICES SUCH AS FREE DENTAL AND VISION SCREENINGS, VOUCHERS FOR EYEGLASSES, [00:45:05] FREE HAIRCUTS, AND LOTS OF OTHER INFORMATIONAL BOOTHS INTENDED TO EDUCATE THE CHILDREN AS WELL AS THE PARENTS. I PERSONALLY SEEN MIGRANT PROGRAM STAFF WORKING AFTER HOURS AND ON WEEKENDS TO GET THROUGH TO THE FAMILIES. THIS TYPE OF PERSONALIZED SERVICE IS NOT. SPEAKER. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS STEVE TSU. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT. MY NAME IS STEVE. I'M ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES FOR SEIU 521, WHICH IS GOING TO CONTINUE THE LETTER. I HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN MIGRANT PROGRAM STAFF WORKING OUR WORKING AFTER HOURS AND ON WEEKENDS TO GET THROUGH THE FAMILY. SORRY. I PERSONALLY SEEN MIGRANT PROGRAM STAFF WORKING AFTER HOURS AND ON WEEKENDS TO GET THROUGH THE FAMILY, GET THROUGH TO THE FAMILIES. THIS TYPE OF PERSONALIZED SERVICE IS NOT SEEN NOWADAYS. THE MIGRANT PROGRAM STAFF CARED DEEPLY ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THEIR SCOPE OF WORK TO HELP MIGRANT POPULATION. I SINCERELY HOPE THAT THIS SERVICE CONTINUES AS IS AND EVEN EXPANDS NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE REACH OUT. SINCERELY, ELIAS BARROSO COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO MIGRANT CENTER MANAGER. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KELLY GUEVARA. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KELLY GUEVARA AND I AM READING A LETTER ON BEHALF OF CINDY. DEAR SUPERINTENDENT AND TRUSTEES. I AM WRITING TO RESPECTFULLY URGE THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION TO RECONSIDER THE RECENT LAYOFF DECISIONS AFFECTING MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM REGIONAL STAFF AS THE SOUTHERN RECRUITER LEAD FOR REGION ONE. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HOW THESE LAYOFFS NOT ONLY DISRUPT CRITICAL SERVICES TO MIGRANT FAMILIES, BUT ALSO JEOPARDIZE OUR PROGRAMS FUTURE FUNDING AND COMPLIANCE. THE SUMMER SEASON IS NOT AN OFF CYCLE PERIOD FOR OUR PROGRAM. IT'S OUR BUSIEST AND MOST ESSENTIAL TIME FOR IDENTIFYING ELIGIBLE MIGRANT STUDENTS. MUCH OF OUR FUNDING IS BASED ON A FORMULA THAT DEPENDS ON ACCURATE COUNTS OF ACTIVELY RECRUITED AND SERVES STUDENTS. SUMMER MONTHS ARE WHEN MANY MIGRANT FAMILIES ARE WORKING IN SEASONAL AGRICULTURE, ARE MOST MOBILE, MAKING IT PEAK TIME FOR OUTREACH, INTERVIEWS AND ENROLLMENTS. IF OUR RECRUITMENT TEAM IS DISMANTLED DURING THIS WINDOW, WE RISK MISSING HUNDREDS OF ELIGIBLE STUDENTS, WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE OUR ALLOCATION IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MERCEDES HILL. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT. HELLO, MY NAME IS MERCEDES HILL AND I'M GOING TO BE CONTINUING THIS LETTER. IN ADDITION, OUR REGIONAL STAFF ARE TRAINED PROFESSIONALS WITH DEEP RELATIONSHIPS IN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. THESE CONNECTIONS ARE WHAT MAKE OUR IDENTIFICATION AND SUPPORT EFFORTS SUCCESSFUL. RELEASING STAFF NOW NOT ONLY CREATES AN IMMEDIATE SERVICE GAP, BUT ALSO DAMAGES LONG TERM TRUST WITH FAMILIES WHO RELY ON OUR PRESENCE AND CONSISTENCY. THE RIPPLE EFFECTS ARE CLEAR REDUCE STUDENTS. REDUCE STUDENT COUNTS, LEAD TO LOWER FUNDING, WHICH THEN LEADS TO FURTHER STAFF REDUCTIONS AND FEWER SERVICES. THIS CREATES A DOWNWARD SPIRAL THAT CAN TAKE YEARS TO RECOVER FROM, IF AT ALL. CONTINUITY IS KEY NOT ONLY TO FOR COMPLIANCE AND REPORTING, BUT ALSO FOR MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY AND IMPACT OF OUR WORK. I UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL PRESSURES OUR PROGRAMS FACED, BUT I STRONGLY BELIEVE THERE ARE SOLUTIONS THAT ALLOW US TO PRESERVE THESE CRITICAL ROLES. BEING THAT OUR PROGRAM FUNDING WORKS DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHERS. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE COUNTY EXPLORE ALL AVAILABLE AVENUES TO MAINTAIN OUR TEAM DURING THIS PERIOD, SO WE CAN SAFEGUARD THE FUTURE OF THE MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM AND CONTINUE SERVING OUR STUDENTS WITH THE DEDICATION AND CONSISTENCY THEY DESERVE. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BRITTANY CAMACHO. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS BRITTANY RUIZ CAMACHO, AND I'M A FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT AND A SECOND GENERATION IMMIGRANT. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE HOW THE MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM HAS BEEN A LIFE CHANGING SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR ME, AND WHY THAT SUPPORT CONTINUES TO MATTER FOR STUDENTS LIKE MY YOUNGER BROTHER. I GRADUATED WITH THE CLASS OF 2024, AND THIS FALL I'LL BE TRANSFERRING INTO UC BERKELEY AS A JUNIOR MAJORING IN POLITICAL SCIENCE. GETTING HERE HASN'T BEEN EASY. THE MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM GAVE ME THE GUIDANCE, MENTORSHIP, AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT HELPED ME PUSH, HELP, PUSH ME FORWARD AND BELIEVE IN WHAT WAS POSSIBLE ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL OPPORTUNITIES WAS SPEECH AND DEBATE. AT THE TIME, I THOUGHT I WAS JUST PREPARING FOR COMPETITIONS, BUT I WAS REALLY LEARNING HOW TO USE MY VOICE. THOSE SAME SKILLS PUBLIC SPEAKING, CRITICAL THINKING AND SELF-ADVOCACY ARE NOW SERVING ME WHILE I SERVE AS AN INTERN WITH CONGRESSMAN ERIC SWALWELL, WHERE I GET TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY AND LEARN HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS. THE MIGRANT AID PROGRAM DIDN'T JUST HELP ME AND SUCCEED IN SCHOOL. IT HELPED SHAPE MY CONFIDENCE, MY GOALS, AND MY PATH FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING PEOPLE LIKE ME. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DAN MASON. DEAR MASON, I KNOW THAT I HAVE TO LET GO OF HOPING FOR A NEW PASS, BUT THE FALLOUT OF BEING HERE IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY, WORKING WITHIN THE MAGA WAY OF DOING GOVERNANCE, [00:50:03] LEAVES MUCH FOR A RATIONAL PERSON TO PROCESS. YES, REDUCING SOME STAFFING IN RESPONSE TO REDUCED FUNDING IS LEGIT, BUT TOO MUCH OF HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY FROM WHERE WE WERE EIGHT MONTHS AGO HAS NOT BEEN LEGIT. IT'S BEEN AN OVERREACTION FED BY UNETHICAL AND UNSKILLFUL BEHAVIOR AND INCOMPETENCE. THE CALLING CARDS OF THE MAGA MOVEMENT BEING PLAYED OUT HERE FOR ALL TO EXPERIENCE ADDS INSULT TO INJURY. TO THIS DAY, THE FAULTY DECISION MAKING PROCESSES OF THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS HAVE BEEN EXPLICITLY AND IMPLICITLY SUPPORTED AND LEGITIMIZED BY MOST OF THE PEOPLE SITTING IN FRONT OF ME, WHICH GIVES A RATIONAL PERSON LITTLE HOPE FOR THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF THIS ORGANIZATION'S IMPACT MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ. CHRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ TO ESTABLISH A NEW POSITION, THE DEPARTMENT'S COMPLETE REFORM WITH FUNDING, DOCUMENTATION AND HIS REVIEW AND SIGNED BY MULTIPLE LEVELS IN THE AGENCY. EACH SIGNATURE REFLECTS CAREFUL REVIEW AND COLLABORATION. FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, THE PERSONAL COMMISSION VACANCY REPORT SHOWS A LONG LIST OF POSITIONS. MONTHS LATER, WE WERE TOLD THERE WAS NO FUNDING AND CATS HAD TO BE MADE. ON MARCH 4TH, A LETTER WITH A LIST OF EXPIRING GRANTS WAS SENT. THE LIST WAS INACCURATE AND OUR DEPARTMENT IDENTIFIED THESE ERRORS AND REPORTED THEM UP. THESE INACCURACIES ARE NOT JUST CLERICAL ERRORS, THEY ARE RED FLAGS REVEALING LACK OF COLLABORATION AND OVERSIGHT. HOW WERE DEPARTMENTS NOT CONSULTED WHEN THEY ALSO SUBMIT REQUESTS TO ELIMINATE POSITIONS? WHEN ASKED WHO MADE THESE DECISIONS, THE BLAME GOES TO A HIGHER LEVEL OR CABINET BY PEOPLE WHO ARE THEMSELVES CABINET MEMBERS. THIS IS WHY TRUST HAS WEAKENED. BECAUSE WE MADE DECISIONS WERE MADE WITHOUT TRANSPARENCY OR COLLABORATION. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARIA QUEZADA. MY NAME IS MARIA QUEZADA VENGO DE FREMONT. [SPANISH] . FOR ME THE MIGRANT PROGRAM IS FAMILY. MY HOME FOR CHILDREN, FOR THE COUNTRYSIDE. LET'S PODRIA THE FAVOR. CONTINUE. ESTE PROGRAMA. HELLO. MY NAME IS MARIA QUEZADA FROM FREMONT DISTRICT. I HAVE BEEN A MIGRANT FOR MANY YEARS. THE MIGRANT PROGRAM HAS TAUGHT ME WHAT MY RIGHTS ARE, WHAT MY RESPONSIBILITIES ARE, AND THEY HELPED ME WHEN MY SON, WHO HAS SPECIAL NEEDS, NEEDED HELP. THEY PROVIDED A PSYCHOLOGIST. THEY PROVIDED HELP IN SPANISH, LIKE PRESCHOOL IN SPANISH. BUT NOW I CAN SAY THAT THE GOAL WAS MET THAT THIS YEAR HE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AND HE'S GOING TO UNIVERSITY. SO FOR ME, THE MIGRANT PROGRAM IS FAMILY. IT'S A HOME FOR CHILDREN FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE. AND I ASK FOR YOU TO PLEASE CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS. [SPANISH] . GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS FRANCESCA LINDO, AND I AM HERE REPRESENTING THE MIGRANT AID PROGRAM. AND JUST SAYING THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVED. I JUST WANT TO ASK THAT PLEASE DON'T TAKE AWAY THE FUNDS FOR THE MIGRATION PROGRAM BECAUSE NOT IT'S NOT JUST SANTA CLARA COUNTY THAT DEPENDS ON IT. BUT SIX OTHER COUNTIES WOULD REMAIN IN LIMBO WITHOUT THE FUNDS. [SPANISH]. AND ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, I HAVE ONE STUDENT IN THE PROGRAM THAT'S IN HIGH SCHOOL. [00:55:02] AND I HAVE BEEN I'M VERY INVOLVED PARENT. I'VE BEEN ATTENDING EVERY REGION ONE MEETING. AND SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE RECONSIDER YOUR DECISION TO CUT THE PROGRAM, BECAUSE WE NEED TO COUNT ON YOUR SUPPORT. IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TIME. SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU RECONSIDER. PLEASE. YOU PLEASE RECONSIDER THE DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AND JUST TAKE US INTO ACCOUNT BECAUSE IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT TIME. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS TINA CHANG. GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES AND DR. THORSTEN. MY NAME IS TINA CHANG, AND I'M A PARENT OF A DEAF DISABLED CHILD IN OUR COUNTY PROGRAM AND ALSO AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF SSC AND CAC. I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENTS FOR THEIR INCREASED EFFORTS TO INCLUDE PARENTS IN ALL CAPS AND IMPROVED TRANSPARENCY ON THE BUDGET. ALTHOUGH WE ARE TOLD THAT DEAF ED AND SPECIAL ED ARE NOT MANDATED PROGRAMS, I URGE OUR COUNTY TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING THESE NECESSARY PROGRAMS. STUDENTS SHOULD NOT BE DENIED OR DELAYED ENROLLMENT AND THUS FORCED TO MOVE OUT OF OUR COUNTY IN SEARCH OF PROGRAMS. WHEN WE HAVE THE PROGRAMS RIGHT HERE. AND SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO FEEL THE EFFECTS OF BUDGET CUTS. LAYOFFS ALREADY UNDER STAFF PROGRAMS. AND I URGE ESCOE TO BE THE REGIONAL LEADER IN POOLING RESOURCES TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO ACCESSIBLE AND EQUITABLE EDUCATION FOR OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SANDY. HELLO, DR. THORSTEN AND TRUSTEES, MY NAME IS SANDY. YOU'VE ALL SEEN ME BEFORE AND I DON'T HAVE A PREPARED SPEECH. FIRST, I WANT TO SPEAK TO TRUSTEE PACHECO WHEN WE HAD OUR TRUSTEE VISIT WITH YOU. YOU SAID YOU WOULD SPEAK AND FIGHT FOR MIGRANT FOR MIGRANT AID. I WANT TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT. YOU'VE HEARD STUDENTS. YOU'VE HEARD FAMILIES SPEAK. WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO SAVE THESE PEOPLE. WE DON'T NEED TO BE A BAREBONES ORGANIZATION JUST BECAUSE MANY OF YOU WEREN'T HAPPY WITH WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT COE WHEN YOU TOOK YOUR POSITIONS AND YOU WANTED TO MAKE CHANGE. WE DO GOOD WORK HERE. WE HAVE GOOD PEOPLE HERE. I'M TIRED OF BEING IN THE HALLWAY AND HAVING PEOPLE COME TO ME IN TEARS BECAUSE ANOTHER PERSON HAS BEEN CUT. WHETHER IT BE A CLASSIFIED STAFF OR ADMINISTRATOR, THIS PLACE IS FALLING APART AROUND OUR EARS BECAUSE OF CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE RECENTLY, AND IT NEEDS TO STOP. WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THESE KIDS THAT COME TO US, AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAD THAT MADE THIS AN EXCELLENT PLACE TO BE. IT'S NOT THAT RIGHT NOW, AND I WISH YOU THE BEST TO MAKE IT BETTER. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CYNTHIA TAPIA. HELLO. SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD PRESIDENT AND ESTEEMED BOARD MEMBERS. QUICK INTRO. CYNTHIA, FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT. AND TODAY, I'M HERE TO JUST BRING CLOSURE TO OUR BREAKUP. TODAY I'M. OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, I'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS VERY ROOM. AND DURING PANDEMIC ZOOM ROOMS ACROSS SEVERAL BOARD MEETINGS, SOME OF THEM VERY LATE INTO THE EVENING, SOME OF THEM VERY EARLY INTO THE NEXT MORNING. THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS ASKING THOUGHTFUL FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, FOR YOUR FEEDBACK, AND FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO HIGH QUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORIZATION. AS I, ALONG WITH MEFULA AND OUR SERVICES AT SCC, I LEAVE YOU IN THE CAPABLE HANDS OF DOCTOR MICHELLE JOHNSON, SHALU SHARMA, AND JUSTIN FALLON. I KINDLY ASK THAT YOU OFFER YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR SUPPORT AS THEY TAKE ON AN INCREASED WORKLOAD DURING THIS TRANSITION. I WISH YOU ALL THE CONTINUED SUCCESS IN YOUR EFFORTS TO RESTORE SOME OF THE SPIRIT THAT HAS BEEN TESTED ACROSS THE COUNTY IN THIS PAST YEAR, AND FOR THE FOR THE WORDS FOR SOMEONE THAT I ACTUALLY KNOW. TRUSTEES. TOGETHER WE CAN GO FAR. THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS OUR BARGAINING UNIT REPORTS. [A. Bargaining Units' Reports] PLEASE NOTE STATE LAW PROHIBITS THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM DISCUSSING OR ACTING UPON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. WE WILL PRESENT A FIVE MINUTE TIMER. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE PRESIDENT OR DESIGNEE OF THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, SEIU FORWARD. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENTS. THERE IS NO SEIU CHAPTER PRESIDENT AND DEFENDER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. I'M ALSO HERE ON BEHALF OF SEIU AND ACE AS PRESIDENT. KRISHNA HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY AND ASKED ME TO SHARE A JOINT UPDATE. SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS HAVE STARTED THEIR SCHOOL YEAR OR EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR SERVICES, AND OUR MIGRANT EDUCATION STUDENTS WILL ATTEND WILD AND WEST SUMMER CAMP NEXT WEEK. BOTH BARGAINING UNITS CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS AROUND THE IMPACTS OF LAYOFFS AND THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. ACE AND SCC HAVE PRESENTED AND RESPONDED TO SEVERAL ARTICLES DURING SUCCESSOR NEGOTIATIONS AT THIS TIME. NO TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS HAVE BEEN REACHED. ACE HAS RECEIVED THE INITIAL BUDGET PROPOSAL FROM SCC. HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT FLAWS IN SEVERAL KEY AREAS MUST BE CORRECTED BEFORE MEANINGFUL BARGAINING CAN PROCEED. FOR EXAMPLE, SECTIONS SUCH AS BOOKS AND SUPPLIES APPEAR TO BE GROSSLY OVERINFLATED, WITH NO CLEAR DATA TO SUPPORT THE PROJECTED FIGURES. ACE AND SEIU REQUESTS THAT SCC PROVIDE AN ACCURATE AND COMPLETE PROPOSED BUDGET EARLY IN THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS MOVING FORWARD. [01:00:02] THIS WOULD HELP STREAMLINE NEGOTIATIONS AND PROMOTE GREATER TRANSPARENCY FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED. AS JUNE 30TH LAYOFFS NEAR, IT'S CLEAR THAT THE FUNDING UNCERTAINTIES AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL ARE ALREADY IMPACTING STUDENTS. CURRENT MIGRANT EDUCATION STUDENTS NO LONGER HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET. CASE MANAGEMENT AND REFERRALS TO SERVICES OR TRANSPORTATION TO SUMMER SCHOOL CLASSES THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO GRADUATE. A LACK OF SUMMER SERVICES WILL RESULT IN FUTURE FUNDING REDUCTIONS. HEADSTART AND MIGRANT EDUCATION ARE BOTH SCRAMBLING TO IDENTIFY AND ENROLL STUDENTS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BEFORE JULY 1ST. EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THAT THOSE FAMILIES MAY NOT ACTUALLY HAVE ACCESS TO SERVICES AT THAT TIME, WE KNOW THAT EVEN IF THE HEAD START GRANT COMES THROUGH, WE'RE LOSING AT LEAST 25 EARLY LEARNING POSITIONS, AND OTHERS WILL HAVE A REDUCTION IN CALENDAR DAYS, WHICH REDUCES THEIR PAY AND STUDENT SERVICES. IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE EXAMINE EVERY POSSIBLE OPTION WITHIN SCC TO PRESERVE SERVICES, WHETHER THAT BE EXTENDING MIGRANT EDUCATION THROUGH DECEMBER FOLLOWING THEIR FUNDING ALLOCATIONS TO REDUCING NON-ESSENTIAL EXPENDITURES THAT MAY BE RESTRICTED TO A PROGRAM, BUT STILL COULD BE USED FOR ITS OWN PROGRAM STAFF, OR ENSURING THAT WE'RE UTILIZING EVERY RESOURCE AVAILABLE. WE HOPE THAT THE ACTUALS WILL NOT CONTINUE TO PROVE THAT SCC HAS BEEN HOARDING MONEY ON A NATIONAL LEVEL. NEXT WEEK, SEVERAL OF OUR MEMBERS WILL JOIN 500 OTHER SEIU MEMBERS TO ADVOCATE FOR MAINTAINING CRITICAL FUNDING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AS PART OF SEIU INTERNATIONAL'S DEATH BY A TRILLION CUTS CAMPAIGN. AS WE SAID LAST WEEK, WE STILL NEED CRITICAL REQUESTED INFORMATION GOING BACK TO OCTOBER, WHICH REFLECTS MANY OF THE SAME CONCERNS ABOUT THE 2025 TO 2026 PROPOSED BUDGET. WE STILL DO NOT HAVE REQUESTED INFORMATION RELATED TO OUR LAID OFF POSITIONS AND EXPIRING GRANT FUNDING. WE HOPE THAT THESE WILL BE FULFILLED AND FUTURE REQUESTS WILL BE MET IN A TIMELY MANNER. MANY OF THE SAME CONCERNS REMAIN REGARDING THE BUDGET. WELL, WE APPRECIATE THE LENGTHY RESPONSE SENT TO US IN THE BOARD YESTERDAY. THE SAME PATTERN OF SURFACE LEVEL RESPONSES REMAINS. THE MASS LAYOFFS SUGGEST THAT PROGRAM NEEDS MUST BE DISTILLED TO THE ESSENTIALS, NOT THE WISH LIST IN TERMS OF THINGS THAT ARE EXTRANEOUS, LIKE BOOKS AND SUPPLIES. THERE'S STILL NO CLEAR EVIDENCE OR JUSTIFICATION FOR THE HIGH ALLOCATIONS AND CLASSIFIED SALARIES THAT DO NOT SUPPORT SIMULTANEOUSLY LAYING OFF STAFF. THERE CONTINUE TO BE HIGH ALLOCATIONS TO BOOKS AND SUPPLIES, PROFESSIONAL AND CONSULTING SERVICES, PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS, AND TRAVEL. PERHAPS THE INCREASES ARE REASONABLE, BUT WE HAVE YET TO SEE THE PROOF, AND THE HISTORICAL EXPENDITURES SHOW THAT THE ALLOCATIONS ARE LIKELY TOO HIGH AND POTENTIALLY COULD BE ALLOCATED TO STAFF IN THOSE PROGRAMS INSTEAD. THERE'S STILL NO PLAN FOR PROGRAMS LIKE THE TOBACCO USE PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAM, CONFERENCE CENTER COORDINATION, OR THE LOSS OF DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDERS LIKE PHYSICAL THERAPISTS AND VISION TEACHERS. I WOULD LIKE TO CELEBRATE, THOUGH, THAT OUR LAID OFF LVN FINALLY RECEIVED HER RIZIN NOTICE ABOUT AN HOUR AGO. NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL OF US TO STAND UNITED, TO STAND UP. NOT JUST FOR STUDENTS HERE AT SCC, BUT ALL STUDENTS, AND DEFEND PUBLIC EDUCATION WHEN PUBLIC EDUCATION IS UNDER ATTACK. WE MUST STAND UP AND FIGHT BACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INVITE THE DESIGNEE OR PRESIDENT OF THE PSYCHOLOGISTS AND SOCIAL WORK ASSOCIATION, CWA. FORWARD. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENTS. SEEING NONE, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE DESIGNEE OF THE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY EDUCATORS. I BELIEVE SHE MAY ALSO NOT BE HERE. OKAY, THIS CONCLUDES THE BARGAINING UNIT REPORTS. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE'LL GO TO OUR CONSENT ACTION ITEMS. [6. CONSENT ACTION ITEMS] ITEM SIX. AND I BELIEVE ITEM SIX WILL NEED TO BE PULLED FOR ACTIONS OUTSIDE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO WE'LL MOVE THAT TO ITEM SEVEN. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS A THROUGH D AND F THROUGH K, EXCLUDING ITEM 6.E, WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED UNDER ITEM SEVEN. THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE ROCHA AND A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE SPICER. TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT IS OUR ACTION ITEMS. ITEM SEVEN. [A. Request Adoption of the 2025-26 Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP)] DR. CHASTON, WILL YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THE ACTION ITEMS? YES. AND JUST FOR CLARITY, ARE WE STARTING WITH THE PREVIOUS THIS ITEM 6.E. OR WE CAN ADD IT TO THE BOTTOM. SO START WITH THE CURRENT 7.A OKAY. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT BERTA THIS ACTION ITEM. THE REQUEST ADOPTION OF THE 2526 LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN WILL BE PRESENTED BY [01:05:10] MR. DANE CALDWELL, DIRECTOR OF ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION. ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT STEPHANIE GOMEZ. AND I JUST KNOW YOU AS GEMMA, RIGHT? EMMA. I'M SORRY. EMMA. WHO WILL INTRODUCE HERSELF. APOLOGIES FOR DOCTOR. DOCTOR GOGURYEO, WHO'S OUT OF THE OFFICE ON VACATION CURRENTLY. AND SO THE TEAM WILL BE RESPONSIVE TO THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. ARE. THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO GET A SENSE OF I KNOW WE HAVE OUR OWN EL CAP, AND WE ALSO SUPPORT DISTRICT EL CAPS THAT ARE ULTIMATELY APPROVED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. BUT CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND? FOR OUR EL CAP, THE. CONNECTING THE DOTS BETWEEN OUR EL CAP AND THE SCHOOL DASHBOARD AND DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE. YEAH. SO OUR EL CAP AND OUR DASHBOARD ARE CONNECTED. SO THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD GATHERS DATA FROM OUR CAL PADS OR OUR STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND EVERYTHING, AND THEY PULL ALL THE DATA, AND THEN THEY COME UP KIND OF WITH LIKE A SCORE OR A REPORT CARD FOR EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND BASED ON THAT REPORT CARD, EACH DISTRICT OR LA IN OUR CASE HAS TO ADDRESS ALL OF THE RED INDICATORS, THE LOW PERFORMING INDICATORS IN THEIR LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN. SO THAT IS WHAT AS A COUNTY OFFICE, WE DO FOR OUR PROGRAMS. SO OUR ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM HAS TO RESPOND TO THOSE RED INDICATORS AS WELL AS THE DISTRICTS. BUT THEY ARE SEPARATE EL CAPS. AND THEN HOW DOES THAT TRIGGER DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE AND HOW IS THAT LOOKING FOR US FOR DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE? LEAS BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE THROUGH A COMBINATION OF A NUMBER OF INDICATORS AND THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT PROGRESS HAS NOT BEEN MADE. AND SO DIFFERENTIATED. ASSISTANCE IS A PROCESS WHEREBY THE COUNTY OFFICE FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICTS WOULD PROVIDE SUPPORT RELATED TO IDENTIFYING AREAS OF GROWTH, DEVELOPING GOALS, AND SUPPORTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PLAN TO ACHIEVE IMPROVEMENT IN THOSE AREAS BEYOND DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE PERSISTENT PROBLEMS. AND AGAIN, THERE'S A LONG MATRIX DEPENDING ON LENGTH, NUMBER OF STUDENT GROUPS AND THE AREAS CAN RECEIVE DIRECT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH IS SUPPORT BY STATE AGENCY WHO, WHOSE EFFORTS ARE INTENDED TO EXPAND BEYOND DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANT, DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE TO PROVIDE MORE INTENSIVE SUPPORT FOR OUR PROGRAMS. BECAUSE OF ALTERNATIVE ED IS A DOS SCHOOL. THERE ARE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO DOS SCHOOLS BASED ON THE STUDENT POPULATIONS THAT WE SERVE FOR THE COUNTY OFFICE. OUR DASHBOARDS WOULD REFLECT THE PERFORMANCE OF ALTERNATIVE ED AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ACADEMY. WHILE WE MAY HAVE OTHER OTHER PROGRAMS WHERE WE ARE SERVING STUDENTS, THOSE TWO PROGRAMS ARE WHERE WE ARE THE DISTRICT OF RESIDENTS OR DISTRICT OF ACCOUNTABILITY. WHEREAS OTHER PROGRAMS LIKE SPECIAL ED, WE ARE THE DISTRICT OF SERVICE. WELL YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. AND IF THE TEAM CAN SHARE SORT OF ANYTHING ABOUT OUR SPECIFIC LANDSCAPE AROUND THAT, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. YOU MEAN IN TERMS OF THE LANDSCAPE RELATED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR OUR OUR PROGRAMS? SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE TEAM FROM THE CDE THIS YEAR AROUND CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AND SUSPENSION RATE, BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT CAME FROM LAST YEAR, STUDENTS, BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS ONE YEAR BEHIND. SO WE'VE ALREADY MET WITH THAT TEAM TWICE. THE SECOND TIME TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF OUR CHRONIC ABSENCE PROBLEM SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF FIGURE OUT SOLUTIONS TO BRING MORE OF OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL, MORE OF THE TIME. I THINK AS WE'VE NOTED IN THE PAST, STUDENTS WHO COME TO OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS COME WITH VERY POOR ATTENDANCE. THEIR ATTENDANCE IMPROVES WITH US. BUT BECAUSE THAT ATTENDANCE IS NOT UP TO THE BASELINE STANDARD THAT THE STATE REQUIRES, IT'S, WE ARE STILL IS WE STILL DESERVE DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE BASED ON THAT. SO THAT'S PRIMARILY WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THEM. WE'RE WORKING LESS SO ON SUSPENSION RATE BECAUSE THE SUSPENSION RATE VARIES SO MUCH YEAR TO YEAR. [01:10:05] AND WE ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT BETTER WAYS TO ENGAGE OUR STUDENTS. HELPFUL. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM TRUSTEES? WELL, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATED THE THOROUGH PRESENTATION LAST WEEK ON THE EL CAP. SO WITH THAT, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2526 EL CAP. SECOND. THE SECOND FROM TRUSTEE PACHECO. TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. NEXT WE'LL GO TO ITEM 7.B THE REQUEST FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION [B. Request Adoption of the Santa Clara County Office of Education County School Service Fund Budget for 2025-26] SCHOOL SERVICE FUND BUDGET FOR 25-26. DR. THORSTEN. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA, FOR BRINGING THAT TO THE BOTTOM. CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY? WE HAD ORIGINALLY SAID THAT THE NUMBERS 6.E WAS GOING TO BE MOVED TO 7.A, BUT WE'VE MOVED IT TO THE TO THE VERY BOTTOM. YEAH. SO ITEM 6.E NOW BECOMES ITEM 7.D. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT BERTA, WE REQUEST THE COUNTY OFFICE REQUEST ADOPTION OF THE SCHOOL SERVICE BUDGET FUND FOR 2526. THE PRESENTATION WAS LAST WEEK, BUT ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ IS HERE TO ADD ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS, AS WELL AS DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL BUSINESS SERVICES LAUREN NGUYEN. AND BEFORE WE HANDED OVER, I WANTED TO APPRECIATE ALL OF THE ENGAGEMENT. THE QUESTIONS FROM OUR LABOR PARTNERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND TRUSTEES TO HELP US IDENTIFY THE AREAS WHERE THE BUDGET PROCESS AS WELL AS HOW IT'S DISPLAYED. IT CAN BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE QUESTIONS AND NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I WANTED TO SHARE, AS WE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GO INTO THIS JUST SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT RELATED TO SOME OF THE AREAS THAT I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATING IN TERMS OF INFORMATION AND RESPONSE FOR SOME PROGRAMS. TYPICALLY, THE LEADERS WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMBINING THE FISCAL INFORMATION WITH THE PROGRAM STRATEGY AND RATIONALE ARE GOING TO BE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS. SINCE EARLIER THIS YEAR THE LEADERSHIP TEAM HAS HAD VACANCIES FOR THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF ED SERVICES AND THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, I BELIEVE, FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SERVICES AS WELL. THESE TWO DIVISIONS OVERSEE HEAD START, SPECIAL ED, MIGRANT ED, AND IN HEAD START THERE'S BEEN A VACANT DIRECTOR POSITION. AND SO TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE QUESTIONS, THERE ARE STAFF WHO CAN PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT. BUT HR AND FISCAL ARE TO SOME DEGREE MERGING THE DATA THAT THEY HAVE WITH THE PROGRAM DATA. AND IT DOES TAKE ADDITIONAL TIME BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE PROGRAMMATIC CONTEXT AS WELL AS THE TEAMMATES WHO MAY BE FILLING IN OR PROVIDING THE INFORMATION TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY. I SAY THAT TO JUST PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CONTEXT AND ADDITIONALLY RECOGNIZE THE EFFORT ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION AT MULTIPLE LEVELS TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION AND COMMIT NEXT YEAR, AS WE COMPLETE OUR REORGANIZATION TO REFINE THE PROCESSES TO PROVIDE DATA WORK WITH LABOR TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S CLARITY AROUND SOME LONG STANDING QUESTIONS FAR BEFORE WE GET INTO THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OR FIRST AND SECOND INTERIM COMPONENTS. SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT KIND OF PREAMBLE TO YOU AS A REFLECTION AND OBSERVATION THAT I'VE HAD IN MY TIME. AND I WILL PAUSE THERE AND TURN IT OVER TO ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ TO HIGHLIGHT ANY DETAILS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BERTA, SUPERINTENDENT BOSTON AND TRUSTEES. AT LAST WEEK'S PUBLIC HEARING, WE PRESENTED OUR 25-26 COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND BUDGET. WE PROVIDED INFORMATION AND THERE WAS SOME ADDITIONAL FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS THAT WE DID PROVIDE RESPONSES TO. [01:15:02] IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST ADOPTION OF THE 2526 BUDGET. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE BUDGET DOES MEET THE STATE ADOPTED CRITERIA FOR ADOPTION. WE'RE ABLE TO MEET OUR 4% ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY AND ARE ABLE TO MEET OUR FISCAL OBLIGATIONS IN THE CURRENT AND OUTLYING TO FISCAL YEARS. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST ADOPTION, BUT ALSO OPEN TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AS WELL. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO TRUSTEES FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. THANK YOU. JUST WANT TO MAYBE REITERATE AND THANK YOU FOR ONE OF THE POINTS YOU MENTIONED, DR. THORSTEN. YOU KNOW, FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. I DO THINK THAT AND I DON'T THINK IT HAPPENED THIS TIME, WHICH IS NO FAULT OF YOU, BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T HERE YET. BUT BEFORE A LOT OF THE LAYOFFS WERE ANNOUNCED, THERE WAS NOT MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS, IN MY OPINION. SO I KNOW THAT ONE OF OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS IS INFUSING OUR, THE WORKFORCE INTO OUR BUDGET. SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT MORE AND HAPPY TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT AND HOPE THAT CAN BE DONE BETTER NEXT TIME. YOU KNOW, I'VE ALREADY STATED THAT I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE BUDGET THIS YEAR. I WON'T REPEAT EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN TOUCHING ON ALREADY, BUT I WANT TO REITERATE THAT POINT, SO THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT. OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES? PRESIDENT BERTA, I HAD A QUESTION. OKAY. TRUSTEE LARI. SO IF THE BUDGET IS APPROVED BUT SOME OF THE GRANTS COME THROUGH OR DON'T COME THROUGH. LIKE, WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF AMENDING THE BUDGET? SO I'LL TAKE AN INITIAL STAB AT THIS WEEK ONCE WE HAVE A SIGNED STATE BUDGET. WE HAVE 45 DAYS TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR BUDGET THAT WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD AS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM. SO IF WE RECEIVE THE HEAD START GRANT, AND IT IS MORE THAN WE HAD BUDGETED FOR OR LESS, OR THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES TO THE HEAD START BUDGET, WE WOULD BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD AS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM. AND THEN, ADDITIONALLY CHANGES WOULD BE BROUGHT BACK AT FIRST INTERIM. AND SO I'D LIKE TO ALSO MAKE THE POINT, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET THAT WE APPROVE THE BUDGET UNDER CONSIDERATION TODAY REPRESENTS THE BEST THINKING PLAN AT THIS MOMENT. FOR THE REVENUES WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE AND OUR PLAN TO EXPEND THEM. TOMORROW WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON FINDING SOLUTIONS FOR MIGRANT ED HEAD START. THERE MAY BE CHANGES IN THE BUDGET THAT WOULD COME BACK TO AT THE 45 DAY MARK AS WELL. AND SO IF WE WERE ABLE TO FIND THE RESOURCES TO SUSTAIN A PROGRAM WITHOUT JEOPARDIZING OUR LONG TERM SOLVENCY, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ADJUST THOSE BUDGETS AND COME BACK TO REPORT AT THE BOARD LATER ON. AND SO THERE WILL BE CONTINUING REVIEW CONVERSATION WITH PROGRAM LEADERS AND ADJUSTMENTS BETWEEN WHATEVER DECISION IS MADE TONIGHT AND A BOARD MEETING IN AUGUST. SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I COVERED EVERYTHING. TRUSTEE LAURIE, IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. THE FIRST INTERIM IS IN DECEMBER. YES. THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION. GIVEN THAT THESE ARE EXTRAORDINARY TIMES. WOULD IT BE FEASIBLE FOR US TO CONNECT WITH OUR GRANTEES AND ASK IF CARRYOVER FUNDS CAN BE USED TO SUSTAIN EXISTING PROGRAMS? I MEAN, WOULD IT? I JUST FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD AT LEAST APPROACH THE GRANTEES TO SEE IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE ANOTHER USE FOR THE CARRY OVER FUNDS, GIVEN THE SITUATION. YES. WE ARE CONTINUING OUR ADVOCACY WITH THE OFFICE OF HEAD START WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RELATED TO MIGRANT ED, AND ARE WORKING WITH COUNTIES THROUGHOUT OUR REGION WITH AN ADVOCACY PLAN FOR MIGRANT ED TO ADVOCATE FOR ITS CONTINUED FUNDING IN THE FEDERAL BUDGET, AS WELL AS WORKING FOR CLARITY RIGHT NOW ON THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE WE DO US IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BUT HAS NOT BEEN AFFIRMED. IT IS TO REPURPOSE THE CARRYOVER FUNDS JUST TO SUSTAIN THE EXISTING SERVICES. SO OKAY. THANK YOU. SO AS FAR AS THE HEAD START FUNDING IS CONCERNED, THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS LIMITATIONS ON THE CARRYOVER DOLLARS. SO I WOULD SAY AT THE MAY BOARD MEETING KRISTEN LEE CAME AND DID A PRESENTATION ABOUT A REQUEST FOR CARRYOVER FUNDS FROM WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING FOR 2425 FUNDING. THOSE ARE ONLY TO BE USED FOR ONE TIME SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS. [01:20:01] SO THE WAY THAT THE HEADSTART GRANT IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S ALLOWED. BUT WE DO CONTINUE TO PARTNER AND REACH OUT TO THE HEAD START ADMINISTRATION TO SEE ABOUT ANY UPDATES ON FUNDING. SO EVEN THE FUNDING THAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED TO BOOKS AND SERVICES, LIKE I KNOW THAT IT'S A DESIGNATED YOU KNOW, FUNDING EARMARKED FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES, BUT WOULD IT BE FEASIBLE TO JUST ADVOCATE WITH THEM SAYING, WELL, WE WOULD LIKE TO USE IT FOR ANOTHER PURPOSE? WOULD IT BE WORTH JUST ATTEMPTING TO SEE IF IT'S POSSIBLE? WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE OFFICE OF HEAD START. SO, I MEAN, EVERY PROGRAM HAS DIFFERENT RESTRICTIONS AND TIMELINES AND TO MAKE THE BUDGET REVISION REQUESTS. AND SO THE USE OF CARRYOVER ON ONE TIME THAT REQUEST AND RECOMMENDATION WAS BASED ON PROGRAMMATIC NEED. AND I'LL REMIND EVERYONE HEAD START. IT IS NOT A QUESTION OF IF WE CAN USE THE MONEY A CERTAIN WAY. WE NEED AUTHORIZATION TO CONTINUE OPERATING THE PROGRAM AFTER JANUARY 30TH BECAUSE WE'RE AT THE END OF OUR GRANT YEAR, JUNE 30TH, JUNE 30TH. I'M SORRY, JUNE 30TH, BECAUSE WE'RE AT THE END OF OUR GRANT CYCLE. AND SO USING OTHER DOLLARS DOESN'T SOLVE THAT PROBLEM. I SEE OKAY. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE ROCHA. AND THEN VICE PRESIDENT CHON. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT DETAILED RESPONSE TO OUR EMPLOYEE GROUPS QUESTIONS. I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY GO TO THAT DOCUMENT BECAUSE I FOUND IT VERY HELPFUL FOR ME AT LEAST. AND I'M GOING TO LOOK AT PAGE SIX AND IT'S THE BOOKS AND SUPPLIES I BELIEVE. TABLE. AND I'M GOING TO LOOK AT WHEN YOU'RE READY. JUST THE SECOND INTERIM AND THEN THE ESTIMATED ACTUALS TO THE ADOPTED BUDGET. AND THOSE THOSE DOLLAR AMOUNT RANGES VARY IMMENSELY. SO THERE'S A LOT OF DOLLARS AND A LOT OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THOSE DOLLARS. AND I SEE THEM ALL LINE ITEM, AND THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. RATHER THAN GO THROUGH THESE LINE ITEMS AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT EACH ONE. I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU TO GIVE ME A LITTLE SHORT NARRATIVE AS TO THOSE LARGE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE LEASES SECOND TERM AND THEN THE ESTIMATED ACTUALS, AND THEN COMPARING TO OUR ADOPTED BUDGET, AND WHAT WOULD WE EXPECT TO SEE THOSE KIND OF DIFFERENCES THERE AS WELL? AND IF I'M MISREADING THIS, PLEASE CORRECT ME. NO. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SO IN THIS CHART, WHAT IT'S REFLECTING IN THE SECOND INTERIM COLUMN, THOSE ARE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BUDGET. AND I'M SORRY, WE SHOULD HAVE NUMBERED THE PAGES. MY APOLOGIES. SO IN SECOND INTERIM, WE'RE LOOKING AT ANY CHANGES TO THE 24-25 ADOPTED BUDGET THAT WERE MADE FROM JULY 1ST THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE AS THE 14 MILLION. THE 5 MILLION? THE 8 MILLION. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. SORRY TO INTERRUPT. GO AHEAD. NO. IT'S OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT COLUMN REFLECTS. THE SECOND COLUMN 2425 ESTIMATED ACTUALS AS PART OF OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE OBLIGATED AS OF 24-25, IN THAT CATEGORY. SO AN OBJECT CODES 4000 TO 4999. THAT'S AS OF APRIL 2025. AND THAT'S BASED ON ANY, YOU KNOW, POS OR ANYTHING THAT WE'VE OBLIGATED FOR THOSE RESPECTIVE PROGRAMS. SO IF THERE'S ANY MORE ACTIVITY THAT TAKES PLACE IN MAY AND JUNE, IT WON'T BE CAPTURED IN HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CUT OUR BUDGET OFF AND HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, FULLY BUILT BY THIS TIME PERIOD. SO THAT IS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME, BUT THAT'S SHOWING WHAT THE PROGRAM OR WHAT THOSE PROGRAMS HAVE SPENT TO DATE OR WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING THEY WILL SPEND BY JUNE 30TH. I'M SORRY. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN I'M GOING TO ASK AGAIN. LAYPERSON'S QUESTION. NOT A FINANCE FIRST QUESTION. I'M ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING THESE TWO FIRST TABLES OR CATEGORIES OR COLUMNS. AND WHAT THAT ENDS UP BEING IS WE DIDN'T SPEND ALL THE DOLLARS. AND THEN THERE'S A CARRYOVER. IS THAT HOW THIS AGENCY WORKS AS WELL? IT DEPENDS ON THE FUNDING SOURCE. SO I WILL SAY THAT TO GIVE IT THERE WAS A VERSION TO I HAD SENT OUT. I HOPE THAT'S THE ONE YOU'RE LOOKING AT. WHAT WE HAD ADDED WERE ADDITIONAL TABLES TO SHOW LIKE FOR THE ALTERED PROGRAM FOR EXAMPLE. IT WAS 826, BUT IT WAS THE ACTUALS WERE 199 980. THERE WAS ANOTHER TABLE WE EMBEDDED TO SHOW ALL THE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES THAT THAT WAS CATEGORIZED IN. THAT'S LATER IN THE DOC. CORRECT. AND THOSE ARE GRANTS. SO A LOT OF THOSE ARE WE HAVE A GRANT FOR A SPECIFIC DELIVERABLE. MOST OF THEM ARE GRANTS. THAT'S WHAT WE BUDGETED AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING TO SPEND. AND A LOT OF THOSE ARE ONE-TIME GRANTS. BUT SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE MULTIYEAR. YOU CAN CARRY FORWARD, BUT THEY'RE VERY SPECIFIC AND THEY'RE RESTRICTED FOR SPECIFIED PURPOSES. SO WE DID A HIGHER LEVEL, BUT THEN WE BROKE IT DOWN MORE TO SHOW YOU THE VARIOUS FUNDING SOURCES THAT ARE BUDGETED FOR FOR THOSE OBJECT CODES. [01:25:08] THANK YOU. DID YOU? I'M SORRY. WANT TO ADD SOMETHING? JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AS WELL. I BELIEVE YOU, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT. AS SHARED, THE ESTIMATED ACTUALS IS AS OF APRIL. CORRECT. APRIL 2025. SO IF YOU CONSIDER PROGRAMS LIKE OYA ALTERNATIVE ED, THIS WILL BE BEFORE THE MOST OF THE COSTS FOR GRADUATION WILL BE INCLUDED, WHICH WOULD BE SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS. SOME OF THE END OF THE YEAR STUFF. SO APRIL IS A GOOD PORTION OF THE YEAR, BUT THERE ARE STILL COSTS AT THE END OF THE YEAR THAT MIGHT NOT BE FULLY REFLECTED HERE AS WELL. A PROGRAM LIKE SPECIAL EDUCATION, YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SECOND INTERIM AND ESTIMATED ACTUALS. SPECIAL ED FOR THE CORE FUNDING BECAUSE IT'S FEE FOR SERVICE. IF THE PROJECTED OR AGREEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IS $120 MILLION, BUT THE ACTUALS ARE 110. IT'S ZERO ON THAT THE DISTRICTS WOULD PAY THE ACTUAL COST, NOT THE BUDGETED AMOUNT. AND SO THOSE DOLLARS DON'T CARRY OVER EITHER. THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL. AND THEN I'M GOING TO FOLLOW ON THAT THOUGH. THEN FOR ME AGAIN EVERY AGENCY IS DIFFERENT THAN THAT FOURTH COLUMN OR A NEW COLUMN BETWEEN 3 AND 4 TWO AND THREE WOULD BE PROJECTED ACTUALS OF 2024-25. SO THEN YOU GET A SENSE OF YOU'RE PROJECTING. AS YOU MENTIONED, IT'S UP UNTIL APRIL. WELL, IT'S A GOOD PORTION OF YEAR. THAT'S TEN OF 12 MONTHS. THERE'S ONLY TWO MONTHS LEFT. SO I WOULD EXPECT YOU'RE PROJECTING. SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR COSTS ARE TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT YOU CAN PAY THE BILLS BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE 30TH. SO FOR ME, ANOTHER COLUMN AND I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO DO THAT, BUT THAT'S HOW I'M LOOKING AT THIS. AND THEN TRYING TO RECONCILE THESE LARGE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE DOLLARS SO I CAN APPRECIATE WHAT THE BARGAINING UNITS OR EMPLOYEE GROUPS HAVE QUESTIONS OR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE I DO HAVE THOSE SAME QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, BASED UPON PAST EXPERIENCE, LOOKING AT BUDGETS WHEN THEY'RE IN FRONT OF ME. AND AGAIN, THIS IS HIGH LEVEL STUFF. I UNDERSTAND, SO. THANK YOU. THAT WAS HELPFUL. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. THANK YOU. AND THAT IS ON THE TRAVELING CONFERENCES. JUST THE NEXT SAME PAGE, SCROLLING DOWN AND DOING THIS IN MY OWN AGENCY. AT MANY PUBLIC AGENCIES ARE DOING RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE STATE, AND MAYBE EVEN THE COUNTRY IS AT A TIME WHERE YOU HAVE BUDGET CHALLENGES AND YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN STAFFING. TRAVEL AND CONFERENCES IS A SPACE THAT YOU REDUCE COSTS. I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT'S THE SAME LENS WE HAVE HERE. BECAUSE I'M COMPARING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. AND IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THAT LARGE OF A DIFFERENCE. AND AGAIN, I COULD BE MISREADING THIS AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. YEAH. SO THAT IS ACCURATE. I WILL ALSO ADD THAT I WANT TO SAY AROUND NOVEMBER, DECEMBER. WE'VE EVEN PROBABLY EVEN BEFORE THAT ANYTHING THAT WAS FROM GENERAL FUND, ANY CONFERENCES, ANYTHING. THERE HASN'T BEEN A REDUCTION HERE INTERNALLY IN OUR AGENCY. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU GET INTO AREAS THAT ARE GRANT FUNDED OR THERE'S A REQUIREMENT FROM A GRANT FOR LIKE THE HEAD START AREA, THOSE ARE ONES THAT HAVE CONTINUED TO HAPPEN. BUT THAT'S WHY IN SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS IT'S A LOT LOWER. SO IF THERE'S TRAVEL REQUIRED FOR A GRANT, SOMETIMES SOME OF THE STAFF HAVE TO ATTEND CERTAIN CONFERENCES OR SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS TO MEET CERTAIN GRANT ITEMS. THOSE ARE IN HERE AS WELL. OR SPECIAL EDUCATION IF THEY HAVE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO GET TRAINING ON FOR DIFFERENT TYPE OF SERVICES, THOSE ARE HERE, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE OF THE HOUSE FOR MANDATED SERVICES, WE REALLY HAVE LIMITED THAT THIS YEAR. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN JUST SCROLLING DOWN, I WOULD HAVE THE SAME COMMENT ABOUT DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS. AND I APPRECIATE THAT SOME ARE MANDATED COSTS IN TERMS OF TRAININGS ETC.. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WHEN TIMES LIKE THIS, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT REDUCING POSITIONS, THESE ARE THE SPACES THAT TYPICALLY ANY PUBLIC AGENCY OR EVEN A PRIVATE COMPANY WOULD LOOK TO CUT THEIR COSTS. THE PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES THIS ONE SAME COMMENT AS ABOVE. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE LOCAL AND CONTRACT MOUS. AND THIS IS ON PAGE NINE AT LEAST. I'M LOOKING AT MY PDF TO PAGE NINE AND THE 14 MILLION TO 3 MILLION ACTUALS. OBJECT CODE 5800. IS SO ON. I CAN'T I SHOULD HAVE A NUMBER OF THESE PAGES. SO THOSE ARE DIFFERENT. IT COULD BE ANY TYPE OF SPECIALIZED WORK THAT IT NEEDS TO ENHANCE THE SERVICES THAT OUR STAFF CAN, CAN PROVIDE. THIS COULD BE FOR A VARIETY OF THINGS, FROM THOSE SERVICES TO FIELD TRIPS FOR STUDENTS TO CATERING FOR FOOD. IN THE CASE OF THE HEAD START PROGRAM. THIS ALSO IS INCLUSIVE OF SOME OF OUR GRANTS WHICH REQUIRE US TO HAVE PARTNERS. SO LIKE IN THE CASE OF HEADSTART, THEY HAVE LIKE SGB THAT WOULD FALL IN THIS CATEGORY. [01:30:04] THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD SEE THAT FALL IN. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS CATEGORY SIGNIFIES. WHEN YOU GO TO THE I HAVE TO I SHOULD HAVE NUMBERED THIS PAGE 14 I THINK IT'S PAGE 14. WE ADDED A TABLE OF THE RESPECTIVE FEDERAL STATE GRANTS AND LOCAL AND CONTRACT MOUS THAT ARE PART OF THOSE TWO CATEGORIES. SO IT GIVES THE BREAKDOWN, AND THEY'RE ALL A COMBINATION OF RESTRICTED FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS OR LOCAL OR CONTRACT MOUS THAT REQUIRE SERVICES. SO THAT'S WHERE THOSE CATEGORIES BREAK DOWN. THEY'RE ALL THAT CORRECT. THIS IS ONLY THIS IS ALMOST $15 MILLION AT LEAST THAT'S BUDGETED. WHERE'S THE TABLE FOR THAT. IT'S JUST OH OKAY. SO I SEE IT ON THE 14. THANK YOU. BUT I'M STILL KIND OF JUST SO THAT'S SO IT'S THESE RESPECTIVE GRANTS THAT MAKE UP THOSE ARE THE LARGER PORTIONS, BUT MAKE UP THE 5800 CATEGORIES. SO OUT OF THE 14.9 THAT'S BUDGETED SECOND INTERIM, THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT GRANTS AND THE AMOUNTS OF GRANT FUNDS THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED IN THOSE CATEGORIES FOR THAT TIME PERIOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN GOING BACK TO ONE OF THE EARLIER POINTS I MADE. SO COMPARING THE. WHERE WAS I PAGE, I THINK IT WAS EIGHT. THE SECOND INTERIM TO THE ACTUALS. WHERE DID IT GO? 5800. IT WAS A BIG DIFFERENCE. AND SO I KNOW YOU MENTIONED WE'RE. YEAH, IT'S THE ESTIMATED ACTUALS WERE AT 5 MILLION VERSUS ALMOST 15 MILLION. SO THAT'S 10 MILLION. AND YOU JUST MADE THE POINT ABOUT SPENDING DOLLARS BETWEEN MAY AND JUNE MIGHT UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE SPENDING $10 MILLION BETWEEN MAY AND JUNE. THESE ARE MULTI-YEAR GRANTS AND CONTRACTS. SO THAT'S WHERE YOU TYPICALLY PLAY. CORRECT. SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S. IF THEY GOT IF THIS IS FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THAT GRANT OR CONTRACT, YOU WOULD SEE THAT THERE FOR THAT CATEGORY. BUT THAT'S ALSO WHERE THE PROGRAM MAY PLACE THE MONEY FOR, BECAUSE THE WAY OUR SYSTEM WORKS IS THERE'S NO WAY TO PUT THE MONEY IN A DIFFERENT PLACE. YOU HAVE TO PUT IT ALL IN THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET IN LIKE A HOLDING ACCOUNT, AS THEY PLAN TO PLACE THE BUDGET FOR THE NEXT YEAR. SO THOSE ARE ALL MULTIYEAR CONTRACTS OR GRANTS THAT WILL CARRY OVER. YOU'LL SEE THEM IN OUR IN OUR PRESENTATION THAT WE BRING FORWARD OR FIRST INTERIM ABOUT WHAT WE CARRIED OVER. BUT THAT'S WHAT THOSE ITEMS ARE. SO THEY MAY HAVE PLACED IT THERE FOR NOW. ONE YEAR TWO OF THE GRANT COMES THROUGH. THEY'LL RE BUDGET IT BASED ON WHAT THEY NEED THE FUNDING TO MEET THE GRANTORS DELIVERABLES FOR THAT TIME PERIOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND RATHER THAN GO THROUGH THOSE ONE BY ONE, YOU KNOW, HOPE YOU CAN APPRECIATE BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF PRESENTATIONS ON THE BUDGET AND THERE HAVE BEEN STATEMENTS AROUND GRANTS ARE EXPIRING. AND THEN I'M LOOKING AT THIS. AND THERE'S 10 MILLION GRANTS. CARRYING OVER THAT 10 MILLION. A LOT OF DOLLARS AND A LOT OF STAFF COSTS. BUT YET. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET A RESPONSE, I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO GO THROUGH ONE BY ONE AND EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE, BUT IF THERE'S A SHORT ANSWER, I'M MORE THAN WELCOME TO HELP ME RECONCILE THAT. PLEASE. YEAH. SO WE DO HAVE THAT HAPPEN ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO WHEN WE BRING OUR MONTHLY BUDGET REVISIONS EVERY MONTH, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE NEW GRANT FUNDING STREAMS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FOR THAT RESPECTIVE MONTH. WE ALWAYS LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE ALL MARKED MULTI-YEAR, BUT WE ALSO HAVE AS AS THE GRANTS GO THROUGH THE YEAR, WE HAVE SOME THAT EXPIRE AND THE NEW ONES COME IN. AND SO THAT'S TYPICALLY THE CADENCE OF HOW IT FLUCTUATES IN OUR BUDGET. THAT'S WHY WE ALWAYS SAY WHEN WE GO TO FIRST INTERIM, SECOND INTERIM, WE TRY TO HIGHLIGHT THE FLUCTUATIONS. WE ALSO INCORPORATE IT INTO OUR BUDGET BOOKS TO SAY, HERE'S ALL THE NEW GRANT REVENUE WE GOT. AND WE CAN ALSO START TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE THAT EXPIRE. BUT THAT'S VERY COMMON WITH HOW THE GRANTS COME INTO OUR AGENCY. AND IT'S A TIMING DIFFERENCE. OKAY. SO AND THEN SOME OF THESE GRANTS, NOT ALL OF THEM CAN BE USED SPECIFICALLY FOR STAFFING. THERE MIGHT BE SOME STAFF THAT MIGHT BE HIRED BY THE GRANT, BUT THEN A LOT OF THEM ARE FOR SPECIFIC SERVICES. SOME OF THEM REQUIRE SOME AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER AGENCIES TO PARTNER. IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE GRANT. THANK YOU. AGAIN, THIS GOES TO THE POINT THAT I'VE MADE ABOUT THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS AGENCY AND AND UNDERSTANDING ALL THE DIFFERENT MECHANISMS THAT ARE WORKING THROUGH US, DELIVERING SERVICES, BUT ALSO BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THIS AND CAPTURE THIS IN A BUDGET DISCUSSION FOR US. AND I'LL PASS ON THIS BECAUSE I HAVE SOME FURTHER COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE AROUND THIS. BUT AGAIN, THIS JUST REINFORCES THE CHALLENGES AROUND THIS. SO MY LAST QUESTION I WAS GOING TO SAY IS THEN THE 8 MILLION IN THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET HOW DOES THAT REFLECT THE 10 MILLION THAT I JUST MENTIONED? THAT'S NOT THERE. IT'S THE THIRD COLUMN. IT WOULD BE THE 20 2526 ADOPTED BUDGET. SAME PAGE. PAGE SIX FOR THIS OBJECT CODE. YEAH, IT'S THE SAME DISCUSSION. WE GO FROM THE INTERIM 1415 MILLION TO 5 MILLION ACTUALS. [01:35:02] THEN THE ADOPTED BUDGET IS EIGHT. SO I'M ASKING THAT 10 MILLION THAT DISAPPEARS BETWEEN THE INTERIM AND THE ACTUALS. HOW IS THAT REFLECTED IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET OF THE 8 MILLION? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO ON THE ALTERED COURT AND THE COMMUNITY SIDE OF THE HOUSE, IT'S BASED ON FUNDING THEY HAVE. SO IT'S A COMBINATION. SO WHEN WE DO OUR BUDGET WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THERE'S FUNDING SOURCES THAT OFFSET ALL OF OUR EXPENSES TO BE A BALANCED BUDGET. SO WE WOULD GO AND LOOK AT THE FUNDING SOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE ADOPTED BUDGET YEAR TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND. I WILL SAY ON THE HEAD START SIDE, THAT IS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTIONS AND THE HOPE THAT WE WILL GET THE HEAD START GRANT, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY SUBMITTED IN THEIR BUDGET APPLICATION FOR 2526. SO IT'S A WHOLE SEPARATE FISCAL YEAR, A WHOLE SEPARATE SET OF FUNDING. IN MOST CASES, WHEN WE HAVE GRANTS THAT CARRY FORWARD, THEY WOULD BE BUDGETED HERE FOR LIKE THE NEXT YEAR OF THAT GRANT. BUT FOR THE BULK OF THIS, IT'S NEW YEAR FUNDING IN A LOT OF CASES. I'D ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN SPECIAL ED, A LOT OF THIS COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO OUR FEE FOR SERVICE PROGRAMS, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A VARIETY OF GRANTS THAT COME FORWARD. SO IT'S BASED ON WHAT FUNDING WE HAVE AVAILABLE AND OUR BUDGETING AND PROJECTING FOR OUR 25, 26 YEAR. OKAY. THAT WAS THAT WAS MY LAST QUESTION. BUT YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT NOW I'M TRYING TO. SO THE HEAD START WE ARE INCLUDING HEAD START FUNDING HERE. EVEN THOUGH WE'VE PINK SLIPPED THE POSITIONS THAT SUPPORT THAT WORK. YES, WE HAVE THE HEAD START BUDGET. WE ARE PROJECTING THE 38 MILLION. WE HAVE IT INCLUDED AS WELL AS 8.4 FOR MIGRANT EDUCATION. WE WANTED TO INCLUDE IT IN THE EVENTS THAT WE DO GET THE GRANT AWARD, SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS VERY SWIFTLY. IT WOULD BE IN THE BUDGET AND WE'D HAVE EVERYTHING ALIGNED TO DO THE PROGRAMING. IN THE EVENT THAT WE GET A GRANT, AWARD DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET, THEN FULLY FUND IT FROM STAFFING TO OVERHEAD TO CLASSROOMS TO WHATEVER WOULD BE NEEDED TO RUN THOSE RESPECTIVE PROGRAMS. YEAH, WE DID WORK WITH THE PROGRAM STAFF ON THAT, BUT IT'S JUST A IT'S JUST NOW DEPENDENT UPON THE ACTUAL AUTHORIZATION AND AWARD. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. VICE PRESIDENT CHON. THANK YOU. I WILL SAY A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS WERE KIND OF THE SAME AS TRUSTEE ROCHES. SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO THERE'S A COUPLE QUESTIONS I HAVE THAT I WANT TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF HIS. BUT I DID WANT TO SAY, I KNOW ONE, I DO REALLY APPRECIATE THIS DOCUMENT, BECAUSE THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST EXTENSIVE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED ON THE BUDGET. AND MY FIVE YEARS HAVE BEEN ON BEING ON THIS BOARD. SO I DO APPRECIATE IT. AND I KNOW IT'S LIKE SPEAKING ANOTHER LANGUAGE WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGET. AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU BREAKING IT DOWN. I WILL SAY THOUGH, I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT IT DID COME YESTERDAY AT FIVE BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IT UNTIL THIS MORNING. AND SO JUST GIVEN THAT HOW MUCH INFORMATION IS HERE, THE EARLIER, THE MORE TIME WE CAN HAVE TO LOOK AT IT. IT'S APPRECIATED. AND I KNOW THE QUESTIONS CAME IN. YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK. BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND, LIKE, PEOPLE ARE BEHIND ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS. SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE IT. BUT IF WE CAN GET IT SOONER THEN THAT'S THAT'S ALSO APPRECIATED. BUT I DO THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, REALLY TRYING TO BREAK A LOT OF THIS DOWN AND EVEN SENDING THE SECOND DRAFT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT THAT EFFORT DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED. I KNOW THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, WAIT, WE CAN EXPLAIN THIS MORE. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT. ONE QUESTION I HAD IN REGARDS TO I, DO I UNDERSTAND THE EXPLANATION BETWEEN LIKE THAT THERE'S GRANT FUNDING IN HERE. WE'RE NOT USING ALL OF THAT. IS THAT? WHY? SO ON PAGE SIX, THE BOOKS AND SUPPLIES EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES. SO WE SEE HEAD START IN THE SECOND INTERIM AT 3.3 MILLION. AND THEN THE ESTIMATED ACTUALS WAS ONLY 300,000. SO IS THAT BECAUSE THIS IS LIKE YEAR ONE OF THE GRANT AND WE'RE CONTINUING WE'RE EXPECTING TO USE ALL THAT IN FIVE YEARS BECAUSE THEN THEN WE HAVE THE ADOPTED BUDGET AT 1.3 MILLION, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, ALMOST FOUR TIMES WHAT WE WHAT WE SPENT IN 24, 25. SO CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN HOW THAT CAME OUT TO BE THAT WAY? YES. SO ON THE 3.35, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THEY HAD AT SECOND INTERIM THE HEAD START TEAM CAME AND DID A PRESENTATION TO DO THE BUDGET REVISION TO MOVE CATEGORIES. BUT WHEN THEY ALLOCATE THEIR BUDGET, THEY PUT IT IN THE RESPECTIVE CATEGORIES THAT THEY THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY ON. AND SO AS YOU CAN TELL, BASED ON APRIL, WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF SPEND THERE. THIS IS ALSO PART OF THE ISSUE WE'RE HAVING WITH SPENDING THE WHOLE GRANT AWARD WHILE WE HAVE SUCH LARGE CARRYOVERS TO THE PROGRAM, DOES THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY TO BUDGET IT IN AND THE CATEGORIES THEY FEEL THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND IT. BUT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE, FOR THIS CATEGORY, I THINK THE 5800, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT WAS BUDGETED FOR MORE, BUT WE DIDN'T INCUR A LOT OF THE EXPENSES, WHICH IS WHY THERE'S A LOT OF UNEARNED MONEY FOR THE HEAD START GRANT FOR 2425. BUT THEN WHY FOR 2526, ARE WE ESTIMATING 1.3 MILLION? THE PROGRAM HAS THAT IN THERE. THAT'S BASED ON THE BUDGET THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE HEAD START OFFICE. THE APPLICATION THAT CAME HERE, THAT'S BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE PROJECTING, [01:40:05] THAT THEIR PROGRAM WILL BE SPENDING IN THAT RESPECTIVE CATEGORY FOR 2526, BASED ON THE THE THE PRESENTATION WE HAD. I SEE, SO WE'RE JUST OKAY. I GUESS I JUST, I JUST IF WE HAVE GRANT FUNDING FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES, I WANT TO SEE IT GETTING USED. AND THEN SO THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MIGRANT EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SO THIS. SORRY, LET ME BACKTRACK. THE 3.358. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO USE PER YEAR OR IS THAT THE ENTIRE GRANT AMOUNT FOR FIVE YEARS? THAT'S JUST FOR 24-25. AND THAT'S THE THAT'S THE FIFTH YEAR OF THE CURRENT CYCLE WE'RE IN. SO THAT'S THE LAST THE LAST YEAR OF THAT FIVE YEAR TERM FOR THE GRANT. SO WHEN WE GET ALLOCATED IT'S ONE YEAR AT A TIME. SO WE COULD HAVE USED UP TO 3.35. BUT WE ONLY WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IF WE WOULD HAVE INCURRED THE EXPENSES TO RUN THE PROGRAM, WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN REIMBURSEMENT FOR THAT FUNDING. I SEE. OKAY. AND THEN FOR MIGRANT EDUCATION, WE SEE. SORRY. SO THEN CAN YOU CLARIFY JUST HOW YOU WERE ANSWERING TRUSTEE ROCHE'S QUESTION THEN AND IN REGARDS TO WHY WE'RE SEEING THESE BIGGER DISCREPANCIES? BECAUSE I MAY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD, BUT THEN I THOUGHT YOU WERE SAYING THAT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS WERE BECAUSE THEY'RE MULTI-YEAR GRANTS. BUT THEN HERE. BUT RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE SAYING IT WAS THIS WAS THE ONE YEAR ALLOCATION? YES. GO AHEAD. AND EVERY QUESTION SHOULD OR THE RESPONSE TO EVERY QUESTION SHOULD TECHNICALLY START WITH. IT DEPENDS. FOR HEAD START. FIFTH YEAR OF THE GRANT. BECAUSE ALL OF THE DOLLARS NEED TO BE ALLOCATED SOMEWHERE, AND FEDERAL GRANTS SUCH AS HEAD START, THERE'S A KIND OF AN INCENTIVE TO USE IT OR LOSE IT. BOOKS AND SUPPLIES, FROM A PROGRAM PERSPECTIVE, IS A PLACE THAT CAN OPERATE AS A CONTINGENCY FUND. SO IF I'M MOVING DOLLARS DOWN FROM STAFFING, I PUT IT IN BOOKS AND SUPPLIES. THE THE PROGRAM MAY KNOW AT THAT TIME WE'RE NOT SPENDING 3.5 MILLION, BUT THAT IS THE OBJECT CODE THAT GIVES US THE MOST FLEXIBILITY FOR THE REMAINING MONTHS OF THE YEAR WITH HEAD START, BECAUSE THERE WERE UNABLE TO EXPEND THE FULL GRANT AMOUNT. THAT'S WHAT GOES INTO THE I THINK IT'S $10 MILLION THAT WE'RE RETURNING IN THE GRANT AMOUNT THIS YEAR. 12 MILLION. RIGHT. BUT THEN I GUESS THEN THE CHALLENGE IS, IS THAT THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET, WE SEE IT AS LESS MONEY AVAILABLE IN OTHER CATEGORIES, RIGHT. FOR STAFFING AND X, Y AND Z. SO THAT'S I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS WE KIND OF HAVE TO PUT THE MONEY SOMEWHERE. BUT IN REGARDS TO IF IT'S ALL PLACED IN BOOKS AND SUPPLIES, THEN THAT DOESN'T ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, PREPARE FOR ADEQUATE NUMBER OF STAFFING. AND, YOU KNOW, IT SHOWS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR STAFFING. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR HEAD START THIS YEAR, I BELIEVE THEY HAD THE HIGHEST ENROLLMENT THAT THEY HAD IN A NUMBER OF YEARS. SO WE HAVE OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBER. AND SO IT MAY NOT BE A SITUATION OF, OKAY, WE CAN OPEN MORE CLASSROOMS BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS OR SLOTS THAT WE'VE BEEN AWARDED. SO THERE MAY NOT BE ADDITIONAL FTE THAT WE CAN APPROPRIATELY PAY FOR WITH THE GRANT. RIGHT. YEAH. THERE'S THERE'S A COST. IT GETS MORE COMPLICATED. BUT THERE'S A COST ALLOCATION PLAN THAT DICTATES HOW WE ALLOCATE THE BUDGET FOR ALL THE COSTS FOR HEAD START. AND SO THERE IS CERTAIN RATIOS AND CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR STAFFING IN EACH CLASSROOM, WHETHER IT'S EARLY START OR HEAD START. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, WE WERE STAFFED APPROPRIATELY TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE GRANTS. AND THEN THERE WAS SOME FUNDING THAT THEY WANTED TO UTILIZE IN OTHER CATEGORIES. SO WE WE HAVE TO HAVE EVERYTHING ALIGNED TO THE GRANT. BUT WE ALSO NEED TO DEMONSTRATE WHY WE NEEDED THE EXPENSE IF WE WERE TO OVERSTAFFED AND THEY LOOKED AT OUR COST ALLOCATION AND SAID, YOU DON'T NEED 27 PEOPLE IN A CLASSROOM, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THEY WOULD DISALLOW IT AND WE WOULD NOT BE REIMBURSED FOR THAT. SO IT'S VERY PARTICULAR ON HOW WE SPEND THE MONEY, AND IT HAS TO ALIGN TO HOW OUR COST ALLOCATION PLAN IS FOR THE PROGRAM. RIGHT. YOU CAN'T HAVE MORE TEACHERS THAN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS. RIGHT? SO OKAY, THAT I HEAR THAT AND THEN WHEN IT WAS I GOING TO SAY SO WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE GET THESE GRANTS FOR HEAD START AND ET CETERA, WHEN WE COME BACK AT THE 40, IF, IF THAT HAPPENS AND THEN WE COME BACK AT THE 45 DAYS, SO WILL WE SEE ADJUSTMENTS IN THESE CATEGORIES AGAIN WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE THAT GRANT FUNDING BACK? I WOULD SAY NOT AT THAT TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE IT ALREADY SET UP THE BUDGET. THE FTES THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO RUN THE PROGRAMS ARE ALREADY SET. IT WOULD JUST BE IF WE GOT THE GRANT AND IT WAS ALREADY IN HERE, WE WOULDN'T NEED TO COME BACK TO. FOR 45 DAYS. WE WOULD COME BACK IF WE GOT MORE MONEY, OR WE WOULD COME BACK IF WE HAD TO REMOVE THAT OUT OF OUR BUDGET. I SAID THAT WOULD BE THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO OUR BUDGET. I SEE. AND THEN WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW TO JUST AND I THINK THIS MAY BE MORE FOR DR. THORSTEN, BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE KIND OF IN THIS LIMBO STAGE, BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAMS ARE BEING SUSTAINABLE SO THAT IF WE GET THE GRANT FUNDING, EVERYTHING JUST CONTINUES ON SMOOTHLY? WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PLAN ON TWO TRACKS. [01:45:07] IF WE GET THE GRANT, WE, YOU KNOW, PRESS THE BUTTON AND EVERYTHING RESUMES. IF THERE IS A DISRUPTION, BECAUSE WE DON'T RECEIVE THE AUTHORIZATION AND THE AWARD, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE PERSONNEL ACTIONS AND ASSET LIKE ASSET COLLECTION SEPARATION, BUT ALSO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO REDISTRIBUTE AND GET BACK TO WORK AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IS THE PRIORITY AND OUR CONTINUITY MORE IN THAT WE ARE CONTINUING AS FORWARD, OR THAT THINGS ARE NOT GOING TO GO OUR WAY. BOTH. WE'RE WAITING AS LATE AS WE CAN TO, FOR EXAMPLE, BEGIN COLLECTING ASSETS ON THE OFF CHANCE THAT WE DON'T RECEIVE THE AWARD. SO THAT WILL BEGIN IN EARNEST NEXT WEEK, SO THAT WE GIVE OURSELVES EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO NOT DISRUPT PROGRAMS. BUT I'M JUST PRACTICALLY WE WE CAN'T WAIT UNTIL JULY 1ST BECAUSE THERE'S IT JUST WOULDN'T WORK. YOU HAVE TO BE REAL. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT TOO. I JUST WANT TO SAY IT IS MY PRIORITY, THOUGH, THAT WE DO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN PROGRAMS AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, JUST TO BE ABLE TO SERVE AS MANY KIDS AS WE CAN. BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S OTHER I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY IT. THERE'S OTHER FACTORS, SO I UNDERSTAND. BUT, YOU KNOW, MY, MY PRIORITY IS JUST ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT ESPECIALLY LIKE OUR, OUR KIDS THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST NEED, THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE SERVE THEM. SO YEAH, BUT THANK YOU FOR THIS. I APPRECIATE IT. I ALSO WANT TO ECHO JUST WHAT TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN WAS SAYING EARLIER. I THINK THE EARLIER THAT WE CAN GET MORE PEOPLE INTO THE BUDGET AND THAT PROCESS BUILDING EARLIER ON CAN HELP US WITH, YOU KNOW, FEELING MORE CONFIDENT AS WE MOVE THROUGH AND GETTING TO THIS POINT. SO BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT. TRUSTEE PACHECO YEAH. BUILDING OFF OF THE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEE CHON REGARDING MY MIGRANT EDUCATION, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT PROGRAM. AND UNLIKE THE HEAD START GRANT, WHERE WE WOULDN'T BE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY FURTHER EXPENDITURE REIMBURSEMENTS PAST JUNE 30TH. WHEN IT COMES TO MIGRANT ED MY QUESTION IS, I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE'VE BUDGETED, ASSUMING THAT WE GET THE GRANT. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF CONTINUING SOME SERVICES. THIS IS A QUESTION UNTIL DECEMBER WITH THE CURRENT GRANT THAT WE HAVE. SO MY MY QUESTION IS CLARIFICATION ON THAT. AND IF SO, THEN WE IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE A PRETTY TIGHT TIMELINE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT. DR. THORSTEN MENTIONED JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO, SAYING YOU'RE LOOKING AT EVERY POSSIBLE AVENUE TO SEE WHAT IS WHAT WE CAN DO TO CONTINUE, THESE SERVICES AS TRUSTEE CHON MENTIONED AS WELL. SO I GUESS WHAT? WHAT IS POSSIBLE GIVEN THE CURRENT GRANT THAT WE HAVE AND, AND THE AND OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE SERVICES UNTIL IT'S ABSOLUTELY THE LATEST POSSIBLE UNTIL WE FIGURE SOMETHING ELSE OUT. SO THE CURRENT GRANT AWARD NOTIFICATION THAT WE HAVE IS AS THROUGH 6/30/2025. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING INTERNALLY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY GRANT DOCUMENTS THAT SAY IT EXTENDS BEYOND THAT TIME PERIOD. THE WAY IT'S HISTORICALLY WORKED HERE IS WE GET THE FUNDING JULY 1ST AND IT EXPIRES JUNE 30TH. IT'S A ONE YEAR GRANT. WE GET THE ALLOCATION FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, WHO IN ESSENCE GETS IT FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF OUR ALLOCATION. AND THEN IT'S REIMBURSEMENT BASED AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE GRANT AWARD NOTIFICATION THAT WE HAVE THAT'S BEEN FULLY EXECUTED FOR 24-25 EXPIRES JUNE 30TH, 2025. I SEE, SO THERE'S NO AND WE'RE, WE'RE DOING SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH. BUT THAT'S THE WAY WE'VE ALWAYS BUDGETED. AND THAT'S THE TIME PERIOD WE'VE BEEN ALLOTTED TO USE THOSE FUNDS. BUT WE ARE LOOKING INTO OTHER AVENUES FOR THAT. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING INTO. I KNOW THE FEDERAL BUDGET THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON WITH THE FEDERAL BUDGET RIGHT NOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTIES, BUT WE'RE STILL LOOKING TO SEE WHAT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE. BUT AS OF WHAT WE HAVE OF TODAY, WE'VE ALSO BEEN REACHING OUT TO CDC. THEY'VE NOT GIVEN US ANY CONCRETE INFORMATION ON WHAT OUR ALLOCATION WOULD LOOK LIKE OR WHAT THAT WOULD BE. AND SO BY THIS TIME OF YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE ALREADY HAD IT. SO WE'RE WE'RE BUDGETING ON PAST YEAR EXPERIENCE, WHICH IS THE 8.4 MILLION. BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, BUT WE'RE CONTINUING TO REACH OUT AND SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE. AND ABSORBING THE 8.4 MILLION IS JUST UNFEASIBLE, GIVEN THAT WE ALREADY HAVE LIKE A 8.8 MILLION DEFICIT WITH OYA AND WELDON WEST, [01:50:06] AND BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO NECESSARILY PAY OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. NO, WE WOULD NOT. AND AS AT THIS POINT IN TIME, GRANTED THE BUDGET AS A PLAN, AS DOCTOR TYSON HAS MENTIONED, AS OF WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING FOR WHAT WE EXPECT TO LAND AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 25-26, WE HAVE ABOUT 700,000IN OUR UNASSIGNED. AND THAT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY BASED ON ALL THE MANDATED PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE TO RUN IN SUPPORT. THAT CAN CHANGE IF WE GET DIFFERENT GRANTS OR REVENUE STREAMS THROUGHOUT THIS NEXT YEAR, BUT AS OF NOW, THAT WOULD NOT BE FEASIBLE TO DO THAT, AND WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE A POSITIVE BUDGET IF WE WERE TO ALLOCATE ANY OF THAT MONEY BEYOND WHAT WE ARE PROJECTING WE WOULD HAVE AT YEAR END. AND IF I MAY, BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAM AND THE COMMITMENTS WE MAKE TO OUR TEAMMATES, IT'S NOT LIKE, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN EXTEND IT 30 MORE DAYS. SO THERE'S THE CERTIFICATED STAFF. IT'S A IT'S A YEAR LONG COMMITMENT. CLASSIFIED STAFF. WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN ADDITIONAL PROCESS IF FUNDS DIDN'T GO THROUGH. SO BAND AIDS MAY AND AGAIN THIS IS NOT A IN A STATEMENT ABOUT THE NEED FOR THE PROGRAM. THE GREAT WORK THAT GOES ON IS A FISCAL PERSPECTIVE IN MANAGING IT, NOT HAVING THE RESOURCES TO HONOR ALL THE COMMITMENTS WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE TO BRIDGE. UNTIL WE HAD CLARITY, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THAT. WE ARE CONTINUING OUR ADVOCACY. I'M WORKING WITH COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. SOME ARE IN DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES IN TERMS OF CASH AVAILABLE. AND THEY DID NOT THEY DID NOT LAY STAFF OFF, BUT ARE DEVELOPING THEIR PLANS OF, OKAY, WE CAN CARRY IT FOR X AMOUNT OF MONTHS. AND THEN THIS IS OUR, OUR DATE WHERE WE NEED TO ISSUE NOTICES TO OUR TEAMMATES. MOST LIKELY THEY'RE FUNDING, YOU KNOW, THESE OTHER LEAS THAT ARE NOT LAYING PEOPLE OFF AND MOST LIKELY USING UNASSIGNED FUNDS OR JUST ANY TYPE OF LEFTOVER MISCELLANEOUS. YEAH, WHATEVER FUNDS THEY HAVE AVAILABLE, EVERYONE'S IN A DIFFERENT CONTEXT. I MEAN, OUR ROUGH MATH, IT'S ABOUT $300,000 A MONTH TO SUSTAIN MIGRANT ED JUST FOR OUR STAFFING. THE OTHER PART OF THE GRANTS ARE SUB GRANTS TO DISTRICTS WHO PROVIDE THEIR OWN SERVICES AS WELL. AND SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO RESTORE THE ENTIRE PROGRAM. AND SO BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR PATHS FORWARD. AGAIN, TALK WITH LOCAL COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS IN OUR REGION, AND THEY ARE DEVELOPING AN ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN FOR CONTINUED FUNDING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. AND CONTINUING TO CONTACT CDE FOR CLARITY ON WHEN WE MIGHT HAVE MORE OFFICIAL OR FIRM INFORMATION TO, TO ALLOW US TO RESCIND THE DECISIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE. SO IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT GIVEN ALL THESE EFFORTS THAT YOU'RE ENGAGING IN, THAT SOMETHING CAN BE CONTINUED, EVEN AT A MASSIVELY REDUCED LIKE SCOPE. MOST LIKELY. IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? I WOULD SAY OPTIMISTICALLY, YES. IT'S A POSSIBILITY FOR THE CURRENT. PERIOD OF TIME. SO I'D SAY JUNE 30TH TO DECEMBER. THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. LONG TERM CONTINUANCE OF THE PROGRAM. I HAVE A MORE PESSIMISTIC VIEW, GIVEN THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION'S POLICIES AND ORIENTATION AROUND MIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND THEIR STATEMENTS IN THE OVERVIEW OF THE EDUCATIONAL BUDGET AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. WAS EXPLICIT THAT THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT THEY DO NOT SEE VALUE IN. WHEN WILL STAFF LEARN ABOUT THIS POSSIBILITY OF, YOU KNOW, THAT SOMETHING COULD CONTINUE UNTIL DECEMBER IN SOME FORM? CDC HAS TOLD US TO PLAN AS IF JULY 1ST IS GOING TO BE WHEN WE WOULD HAVE CLARITY. BUT AGAIN, EVERYONE IN THE STATE IS EMAILING THE SAME ADMINISTRATOR AT CDE AND HER MESSAGE HAS BEEN THE SAME IN TERMS OF WE BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT THEY CAN'T PROVIDE US ACTUAL NUMBERS OR ANYTHING FORMAL. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE REGARDLESS, FOLKS WILL GET LAID OFF AT LIKE THE 20 STAFF MEMBERS I BEFORE WERE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE A NEW PLAN. RIGHT NOW I DON'T SEE A PATHWAY TO RESCIND THOSE DECISIONS OR THE RESOURCES TO DO SO. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARITY. IT'S OBVIOUSLY REALLY CONCERNING, BUT I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE TRYING YOUR ABSOLUTE BEST. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR BOARD. THANK YOU THOUGH. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM TRUSTEES? TRUSTEE SPICER. I HAD A COMMENT. OKAY. TRUSTEE LARI. [01:55:02] AND THEN I'LL GO TO TRUSTEE SPICER AND TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS MORE OF A COMMENT. SO, SO FOR RELATIVELY NONESSENTIAL EXPENDITURES LIKE BOOKS AND SUPPLIES, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE US ADVOCATE WITH GRANTEES TO SO THAT WE CAN SPEND IT ON PRESERVING SERVICES. AND I JUST WANT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN DO THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S NO HARM IN ADVOCATING. AND I KNOW THEREFORE DESIGNATED PURPOSES, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE THE COUNTY OFFICE REACH OUT TO THE GRANTEES AND TELL THEM THAT THEY ARE IN A CHALLENGING SITUATION WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO PRESERVE SERVICES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE SPICER. THANK YOU. YOU A LOT OF YOU COVERED THE QUESTIONS, REALLY, THAT I MAY HAVE HAD. IT'S MORE COMMENTS. I FIRST WANTED TO COMMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE THIS YEAR ON THIS BUDGET WITH THE RESOURCES YOU HAD AND AND ALL THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS THAT HAD TO GO INTO IT. AND THERE WERE LESS OF THEM AND NOT NECESSARILY EXPERIENCED IN THAT SITUATION. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND REITERATE WHAT DOCTOR THOMPSON SAID. THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE BUDGET AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME AND WITH ALL THE ASSUMPTIONS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WILL HAVE BETTER INFORMATION AS THE SUMMER PROGRESSES AND HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE TO SAY GET RID OF HEAD START IN NONE NOT I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR ALL OF US, BUT I DO NOT WANT TO GET RID OF HEAD START. I DO NOT WANT TO GET RID OF THE MARGARET AND DEPARTMENT. I DON'T REALLY WANT ANY OF THE LAYOFFS WE'VE HAD TO GO GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO BE A FUNCTIONING BODY IN THESE UPCOMING YEARS BEYOND THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR. BUT I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO FINDING ALL THE PIECES OF MONEY THAT WE COULD KEEP AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. AND I AGREE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE MORE TIME SPENT ON THE BUDGET WITH ALL DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS IN THE FUTURE, SO THAT WE CAN, CAN ALL GET TO A PLACE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THIS BEAST OF A BUDGET BECAUSE IT IS NEXT LEVEL AS IT RELATES TO LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I SPENT EIGHT YEARS ON. AND SO THIS IS IT IS DEFINITELY NEXT LEVEL, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE GRANT RESTRICTIONS. JUST BEING THE LIAISON FOR HEAD START HAS TAUGHT ME SO MUCH ABOUT HOW EVERY LITTLE THING IS BUDGETED, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO ASK FOR IT. AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT 3 MILLION YOU KNOW, FOR HEAD START AND THEN ESTIMATED ACTUALS. 329. IT MEANS THAT PEOPLE WEREN'T PUTTING IN REQUESTS TO GET THINGS TO GET, YOU KNOW, TO GET THINGS AND THEN TO BE REIMBURSED. THAT'S REALLY PART OF IT. BUT THAT BUDGET LINE ITEM IS ONLY FOR THOSE BOOKS AND SUPPLIES, AND IT CAN'T GO OVER TO IT. BUT IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO ASK. I DO AGREE WITH RENA THAT WE ALWAYS SHOULD ASK FOR WAYS TO DO IT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT, RENA. AND I YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S IT. I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT, YOU KNOW, I THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK. I DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF THESE PROGRAMS, BUT I DO WANT THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION TO BE AN ENTITY GOING FORWARD AND TO BE ABLE TO BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE EMPLOYED. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. THANK YOU. AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'VE ADDRESSED THIS ALREADY. DOCTOR. THORSTEN OR, AWE. DIRECTOR GOMEZ. ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ. SORRY. HAVE WE LOOKED AT. BECAUSE I KNOW CONGRESS PASSED A CONTINUING RESOLUTION, I BELIEVE, THROUGH DECEMBER. HAVE WE LOOKED AT HOW THAT IMPACTS US? THE AS IT RELATES TO OUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS, THAT OBVIOUSLY PROVIDES CONTINUED FUNDING. BUT AGAIN, THE AUTHORIZATION FOR HEAD START IS SEPARATE FROM THE FUNDING AT A FEDERAL LEVEL. IT'S RELATED TO OUR GRANT CYCLE. AND SO UNTIL WE HAVE THE AUTHORIZATION AND A GRANT AWARD OF THE NEXT GRANT CYCLE, THAT'S THE BARRIER FOR US RIGHT NOW. NOT THAT CONGRESS HAS NOT INCLUDED HEAD START IN THE FEDERAL BUDGET. THAT CURRENTLY WE'RE NOT AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE A HEAD START PROGRAM BEYOND THIS YEAR. SO ONLY THE COUNTY OFFICES THAT HAVE A DIFFERENT GRANT CYCLE GET THAT STOPGAP FUNDING TILL SEPTEMBER. ARE YOU REFERENCING, LIKE, BRIDGE FUNDING? YEAH. YEAH. AND, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO HAVE A BRIDGE, YOU NEED A FOUNDATION ON EACH SIDE. [02:00:01] WE DON'T HAVE A FOUNDATION ON THIS SIDE YET THAT SAYS YOU'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING ON. AND SO WHILE WE HAVE CARRYOVER FUNDS, WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CONTINUE OPERATING THE PROGRAM AFTER JUNE 30TH. IF WE RECEIVE THAT, WE WOULD NOT NEED THE BRIDGE FUNDING BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE OUR FULL GRANT AWARD TO FUND THE COST OF OPERATING THE PROGRAM. OKAY. SO SOME COUNTY OFFICES THAT ARE ON A DIFFERENT GRANT CYCLE ARE RECEIVING FUNDING TILL SEPTEMBER. SOME COUNTY OFFICES WHO MAY BE ON A DIFFERENT GRANT CYCLE MAY HAVE RECEIVED THEIR AWARD NOTICES IN APRIL, AS OPPOSED TO OUR NOTICE COMING JULY 1ST. THEY MAY BE IN YEAR TWO OF THEIR GRANT. SO THEIR GRANT ISN'T ENDING IS JUST CONTINUING ON. AND SO IF WE WERE IN YEAR THREE OF OUR GRANT, I WOULD HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT CONFIDENCE IN YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR YEAR FOR FUNDING BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THE AWARD THAT OF A FIVE YEAR NOTICE. AND FOR WORKERS THAT ARE IMPACTED, IS THE COUNTY OFFICE PLACING THEM IN OTHER VACANT POSITIONS AT SCC OR DOING RETRAINING FOR THEM SO THEY CAN FILL OTHER POSITIONS? WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN. THERE WAS A BID BOARD YESTERDAY FOR VACANT POSITIONS THAT MAY BE OUTSIDE OF THEIR CURRENT DEPARTMENT, AND SO FOLKS DO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO BUMP INTO POSITIONS, TRANSFER INTO VACANCIES AND APPLY FOR VACANCIES THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE RIGHTS TO. AND THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. AND IF THERE ARE VACANCIES THAT OPEN UP AFTER JULY 1ST THERE IS A REEMPLOYMENT LIST THAT IS THERE FOR 39 MONTHS WHERE WE WOULD BE CALLING THOSE EMPLOYEES FIRST TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE REINSTATED AND OUR IMPACTED WORKERS RECEIVING SEVERANCE. THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE. FOR THESE PROGRAMS, I BELIEVE THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS I DEFER NO GRANT FUNDED PROGRAMS DON'T ALLOW FOR SEVERANCE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT A GRANT OR WOULD NOT TAKE THAT ON, ESPECIALLY IF WE DON'T GET THE THE CONTINUATION OF THE GRANT AWARD. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE ALLOWABLE FOR THE WHAT ABOUT THE NON GRANT FUNDED POSITIONS. SO THE NON GRANT FUNDED POSITIONS I'M THINKING OF SPECIAL ED BECAUSE THAT'S FEE FOR SERVICE THAT A SEVERANCE ISN'T TYPICALLY PART OF THE EQUATION. SO WHAT ABOUT NON SPECIAL ED. NON GRANT FUNDED THE OTHER POSITIONS. BASED ON WHAT I KNOW I DON'T BELIEVE THE COUNTY OFFICE HAS A PRACTICE. NOR IS IT IN THE BARGAINING UNITS TO PROVIDE SEVERANCE WHEN THEIR SEPARATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. PACHECO, HEAD START ASSETS. SO LET'S SAY THAT WHAT HAPPENS TO THE ASSETS, LET'S SAY LIKE A LIKE A TRUCK THAT WAS PURCHASED USING LIKE A VAN PURCHASED. YOU KNOW, THOSE USING HEAD START MONIES. SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT ASSET? WE WOULD HAVE TO DO A TALLY OF ALL THE ASSETS. I BELIEVE THERE'S ANNUAL REPORTS THAT HEAD START HAS TO SUBMIT AS WELL FOR FEDERAL ASSETS. SO WHAT I'VE SEEN, NOT THROUGH HEAD START BUT OTHER FEDERAL PROGRAMS, IS DEPENDENT UPON THE TERMS OF THE GRANT. WHAT THE ITEMS ARE SOME CASES WE MAY RETURN THE ITEMS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IF THEY WANT IT. IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE GRANTOR. BUT WE DO HAVE TO HAVE A RUNNING LIST OF ALL THE ASSETS THAT WE DID PURCHASE WITH HEAD START MONEY. AND IS THAT THE SAME PROCESS FOR MIGRANT ED AS WELL, ANY OF OUR FEDERAL ASSETS. IT'S ONE OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS AS WELL AS WELL AS COMPLIANCE FOR FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING. WE HAVE TO TRACK ALL OF THE ASSETS. YEAH. WELCOME. I WILL TRY TO KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF, BUT OBVIOUSLY, GIVEN HOW IMPORTANT THIS TOPIC IS, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT INFORMATION IS ALSO CAPTURED SO THAT WE CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. AND I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY ASKED. SIMILARLY ON THE SPECIFIC LINE ITEM WITH PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES. I APPRECIATE THE BREAKDOWN THAT WAS PROVIDED. ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I'M STILL UNSURE OF IN TERMS OF WHY IT'S SO HIGH AND WHY IT CAN'T BE SPENT ON OTHER POSITIONS, IS IN THE AREA OF SPECIAL EDUCATION SPECIFIC TO PROFESSIONAL AND CONSULTING? SO AND THIS WAS THE OBJECT CODE 5800 WHICH HAD THE BREAKDOWN AND FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, IT LISTED AT SIX AND 900,000 WITH THE ESTIMATED ACTUAL 2 MILLION AND THE ADOPTION ADOPTED BUDGET STILL SHOWING IT AT AROUND 6 MILLION. SO MY CONCERN IS, IS IT DOES GIVE THE APPEARANCE THAT WE ARE INTENDING TO BRING BACK. YOU KNOW, AFTER LAYING OFF OUR STAFF AND SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND WE'RE INTENDING TO BRING BACK CONTRACTED SERVICES. [02:05:04] AND SO I'M JUST TRYING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, IF WE INTEND TO PROVIDE OR IF THERE IS A NEED TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND SPECIAL EDUCATION, THEN ONE WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN-HOUSE WITH OUR STAFF INSTEAD OF LAYING THEM OFF. SO IF YOU COULD JUST EXPLAIN KIND OF WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM AND THE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE WHAT CONSTITUTES CONSULTING SERVICES OR THAT CATEGORY. RIGHT. SO ON THE SPECIAL ED ON THE CHART, I DON'T KNOW THE PAGE NUMBER, BUT IT HAS THE BREAKDOWN OF ALL THE FUNDING SOURCES AND THE SPECIAL EDUCATION BLOCK FOR THE FEE FOR SERVICE PROGRAM AND 5800 ANNUALLY. THE PROGRAM WILL WORK CLOSELY THROUGH THE BENCHING PROCESS, WITH ALL OF THE DISTRICTS THAT CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE PROGRAMS, AND THEY WORK ON THE STAFFING THAT WILL BE NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE CLASSROOMS, BUT ALSO ANY OF THE SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICES THAT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME OF ITS MORE SPECIALIZED SERVICES. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WOULD TYPICALLY GO INTO THAT CATEGORY. I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS ON THE PROGRAM SIDE, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING AND LOOKING AT THE CONTRACTS THAT COME THROUGH, WE'VE UNDERGONE RFP SERVICE PROCESSES. THESE COULD BE SERVICES WHERE MAYBE IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THEY'RE INTERMITTENT. IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE DISTRICT AND THE SERVICES NEEDED FOR EACH RESPECTIVE STUDENT. BUT THAT'S WHAT'S IN THAT CATEGORY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IT DOES SAY 3 MILLION, BUT IN THE EVENT WE DON'T SERVE THE STUDENTS WITH THOSE SPECIFIC SERVICES OR DOESN'T COME OUT AT THE END OF THE YEAR LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO, THIS AMOUNT MAY BE LESS, BUT THEN THERE'S NO FEE THAT WE WOULD CHARGE THE DISTRICT. SO I THINK FROM THE BUDGETARY PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS BASED ON WHAT THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS HAVE. HAVE WORKED WITH OUR SPECIAL ED TEAMS TO WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE SPECIALIZED SERVICES FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT OUR STAFF PROVIDE AT THIS TIME. SO IF I COULD RECAP WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THE SERVICES THAT ARE CAPTURED IN THE PROFESSIONAL AND CONSULTING LINE ITEM THAT IS NOT SERVICES THAT OUR STAFF CAN PROVIDE, TYPICALLY ON THE SPECIAL ED CONTRACTS. YEAH, THEY'RE MORE SPECIALIZED SERVICES. AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE COME FORWARD TO THE BOARD, THE ONES THAT ARE 250 K. THEY'RE MORE SPECIALIZED SERVICES, LIKE MAYBE THEY'RE ASSIGNING SERVICES OR DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE USED INTERMITTENTLY OR FOR SPECIFIC BLOCKS OF CLASSROOMS. SO THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE PROGRAM LENS AND DOCTOR THOMSON, IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT. SO I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION AT OUR FINGERTIPS TONIGHT, BUT I WILL COMMIT BETWEEN NOW AND THE 30TH TO REVIEW ALL OF THE SPECIAL ED CONTRACTS UNDER 5800. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT SHOULD BE PROVIDED BY STAFF OR COULD BE PROVIDED BY STAFF, WE'LL EXPLORE THAT WITH THE CAVEAT THAT ONE HAS TO BE A DESIGNATED STUDENT NEED. WE NEED TO HAVE A CLASSROOM AND OR A COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. AND IF THERE IS THAT IN LIEU OF A CONTRACTOR, WE WILL DO EVERYTHING IN OUR ABILITY TO RESCIND A LAYOFF OR RECRUIT STAFF TO FILL THOSE VACANCIES. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT COMMITMENT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY WE WE WANT TO SEE THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY OUR STAFF AND NOT JUST A CONTRACTOR. AND ALSO LOOKING, YOU KNOW TAKING A DEEPER DIVE AT THE WAY THAT THE, THE CONTRACTED SERVICES ARE SELECTED, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS. I KNOW I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE SOLE SOURCE ALSO BEING UTILIZED. IF WE COULD REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DOLLARS ARE, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, STAYING WITH OUR TO PRESERVE OUR, OUR OWN ORGANIZATION AND THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE. AND THESE ARE ALSO REALLY HIGHLY, YOU KNOW, HIGHLY SPECIALIZED. A LOT OF THESE ARE REALLY HIGHLY SPECIALIZED POSITIONS. AND SO KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY SOUGHT AFTER EVEN WITH OTHER DISTRICTS. AND SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO CONTINUE TO PRESERVE THAT AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, HAVING VACANCIES LATER ON AND THEN HAVING TO CONTRACT. SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT COMMITMENT. WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN. AND JUST AGAIN, FOR CONTEXT, I BELIEVE THEY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS BY 16 CLASSROOMS. SO THERE MAY BE SOME ITINERANT SERVICES OR SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES AND SUPPORTS THAT OUR STAFF ARE PROVIDING THAT I WOULD PRIORITIZE LOOKING AT AGAIN, IN LIEU OF CONTRACTORS. I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT THE SAME AREAS IN TERMS OF THE OTHER LINE ITEMS, BUT I WANT TO ECHO THE THOUGHT AROUND MIGRANT EDUCATION SPECIFICALLY. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME SOME DIFFERENT PIECES OF INFORMATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN TERMS OF WHETHER. WHETHER THE PROGRAM OR THE WHETHER THE PROGRAM IS AUTHORIZED FOR OR THE PLAN HAS BEEN ACCEPTED FOR 24-25. AND SO IF THERE IS ANY POSSIBILITY FOR THE CONTINUANCE OF THE PROGRAM, EVEN IF WE'RE NOT FULLY CERTAIN ON THE AMOUNT OF REIMBURSEMENT EVEN THROUGH DECEMBER OR GIVING ANY ADDITIONAL TIME, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IF THAT COULD BE FULLY EXPLORED AND FULLY VESTED. AND I KNOW DOCTOR THOMPSON HAS DONE AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH ON THIS TOPIC. [02:10:04] I'M ASKING ALL STAFF TO REALLY CONTINUE TO DO THE THE DIGGING THERE AS WELL. ONE OF THE DATA POINTS THAT I HEARD RECENTLY WAS THAT OUR SUMMER PROGRAMING ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 25% OF THE REIMBURSEMENT FOR MIGRANT EDUCATION, SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY DEEPLY CONCERNING. IF WE ARE NOT READY COME JULY 1ST, BECAUSE THEN THERE WILL BE A LAPSE. AND THAT'S MONEY THAT WE COULD BE KEEPING TO RETAIN FOR OUR PROGRAM. SO I KNOW EVERYONE'S DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN, BUT GIVEN HOW VITAL THESE PROGRAMS ARE, I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE THAT. AND I GUESS I'LL JUST CLOSE WITH NAMING THE, THE, THE PATTERN OF KIND OF THE OVERESTIMATION. I KNOW THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO FULLY UNDERSTAND OR BUDGET. I AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES, BOTH TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN AND VICE PRESIDENT CHON OF THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BUDGET. I KNOW TRUSTEE ROCHA HAS ALSO MENTIONED THIS IN THE PAST. YOU KNOW, WELL BEFORE OUR STUDY SESSION, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE OUR STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGED IN THIS CONVERSATION SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE BUDGET AND WHY THESE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE. AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, IT IT PUT ME IT PUT MY COLLEAGUES IN A, IN A DIFFICULT PLACE. I RECOGNIZE THERE'S A LOT OF EXTERNAL FACTORS, EVEN WITH GETTING THIS MEMO LAST MINUTE, GIVEN THAT WE HAD RECEIVED THIS LAST WEEK TO BE ABLE TO ASK THESE TYPES OF QUESTIONS IN A PLACE TO TO GIVE US CONFIDENCE IN THE THE DECISION THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO MAKE. IT'S IT PUTS US KIND OF IN A DIFFICULT POSITION. SO I APPRECIATE THAT DOCTOR THOMSON'S CONTINUING TO EVALUATE EVERY OPPORTUNITY. AND AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, I HOPE YOU TRULY UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE, FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM EVERY MEMBER OF THIS BOARD, TO CONTINUE TO SEE THE CONTINUANCE OF OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR STUDENTS IN ALL AREAS, INCLUDING HEAD START, INCLUDING EDUCATION, INCLUDING SPECIAL EDUCATION AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY NEED OUR STAFF TO DO THAT. AND SO, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, WE'RE ASKING FOR EVERY ONE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, POSITIONS TO BE CONSIDERED, ESPECIALLY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE BUDGET. AND I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A STRONG DESIRE OF THE CONTINUANCE OF OUR PROGRAMS. BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, IN THE INTEREST OF MOVING THIS AGENCY FORWARD, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND TRY TO HOLD THE BUDGET HOSTAGE. I COULD TAKE A PROTEST VOTE. I'LL BE HONEST ON THIS. IT'S NOT EASY TO BE PUT IN THIS POSITION IN TERMS OF THE LAST MINUTE INFORMATION, BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THIS AGENCY FORWARD. I WANT US TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO THE ADVOCACY EFFORTS, CONTINUE TO DO OUR HOMEWORK AND BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD IN SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF. SO I TRULY HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THOSE AREAS OF OF BUDGET EXPANSION AND ALLOCATION AS WELL. TRUSTEE ROCHA, THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, AFTER GOING THROUGH THE FINAL DOCUMENTS MYSELF LAST NIGHT AND THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I HAD SOME THOUGHTS AND I WROTE THEM OUT BECAUSE IF I LEAVE THEM IN THERE, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP ME UP ALL NIGHT. AND I WASN'T SURE WHETHER OR NOT I WAS SHARING, BUT I'M GOING TO SHARE THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR THOUGHTS THAT YOU JUST SHARED. AND TRUSTEE SPICER AND TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN AND, AND VICE PRESIDENT CHON AND ACTUALLY EVERYBODY UP HERE, HONESTLY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT MY PAST AND THEN THIS CURRENT ROLE, WHILE CONSIDERING THE RESPONSIBILITY TO THE POINT YOU JUST MADE. WHEN WE ADOPT THESE PUBLIC AGENCY BUDGETS. TRUST PLAYS A MAJOR FACTOR. YOU USE THE WORD CONFIDENCE. SO I HAVE TO TRUST THAT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO ME IS ACCURATE, TRANSPARENT, AND WAS AND IS INCLUSIVE OF INPUT FROM THE APPROPRIATE STAKEHOLDERS. THIS IS THE KEY POINTS FOR ME, WHETHER THAT'S THE RANK AND FILE STAFF, THE PUBLIC, THE GOVERNING BOARD AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THOSE WE SERVE. I GAVE MY TRUST AS A NEW TRUSTEE IN THE PAST TWO BUDGETS, AND I DON'T FEEL THAT WAS PRESENTED TO ME WAS FULLY TRANSPARENT. THAT'S MY OPINION. I'M ENTITLED TO IT, JUST LIKE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES ARE TO THEIR OPINION. AND THE PUBLIC COMES BEFORE US AND MAKES COMMENTS ABOUT EITHER THE BOARD OR STAFF. I HAVE RARELY EXPERIENCED A BUDGET PRESENTED TO ME LIKE WE HAD LAST JUNE, WITH NO RED FLAGS RAISED GO FROM BALANCED TO UPSIDE DOWN WITH WHETHER IT WAS OVER STAFFING, STRUCTURAL DEFICITS, COMMITTED EXPENDITURES, THAT LAYOFFS WERE DISCUSSED JUST MID-YEAR AND RECENTLY. THAT'S A BIG SHIFT FROM NO RED FLAGS WHATSOEVER TO HERE WE ARE TODAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT MANY FACTORS LED THAT LED US DOWN THAT PATH, AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TOO AS WELL. SO SHIFTING TO THE ACTION IN FRONT OF US TODAY. I'M LEFT WITH TWO OPTIONS VOTE NO. WITH NO REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING TO RECONSIDER THIS OR VOTE YES. OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN PREVIOUSLY, AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT WE HAVE SPENT IN HERE DISCUSSING THIS, BUT THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IS AT SUCH A HIGH LEVEL, QUITE OFTEN THAT IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER OR NOT THIS BUDGET IS REFLECTIVE OF OUR NEEDS AND SERVICES, AND THAT THE EXPENDITURES ARE FISCALLY SOUND AND ETHICALLY RESPONSIBLE AS A PUBLIC AGENCY. [02:15:07] I'D LIKE TO OFFER, AND THIS HAS BEEN MENTIONED ALREADY A COUPLE OF TIMES, SO I'LL BE QUICK ON THIS THAT WE HAVE THESE DEDICATED BUDGET HEARINGS. AND I ASKED FOR THOSE ACTUALLY, THE FIRST YEAR I WAS HERE AND MEETINGS THAT TACKLE CERTAIN SEGMENTS OF OUR BUDGET AT A DEEPER DIVE, OUR BUDGET HEARINGS, I'VE SAT THROUGH MANY OF THEM AT THE CITY OF SAN JOSE COUNCIL SCHEDULED MEETING. A MEETING AT THE END OF JUNE IS A BACKUP, A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. WE CAN ALWAYS JUST CANCEL IT IF WE DON'T GO FORWARD. I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT THERE'S CERTAIN TIMELINES THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE POTENTIALLY FEASIBLE, BUT WE COULD LOOK AT OUR, OUR MEETING SCHEDULE AND ALSO WHAT COULD HELP ME OR US HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT WE ARE SERVING OUR STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS WE CAN. AND I'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE SUPERINTENDENT AT AUSTIN. THIS IS A CONVENER, HOST TOWN HALLS, AND THIS HAS BEEN MENTIONED BY SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES, WHERE WE ENSURE THAT WE'RE LISTENING TO THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS. THAT CAN BE HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND IF WE LEARN FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR EMPLOYEES, THAT WE'RE NOT FOCUSED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, THAT'LL GIVE US TIME TO PIVOT. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, AT THIS STAGE, WE CAN'T DO THAT. SO THESE ARE JUST A FEW THOUGHTS. I THINK PERSONALLY, AND I SHARED THIS ALSO WITH SUPERINTENDENT, THAT THESE ARE THE KIND OF CONVERSATIONS THAT WE SHOULD BE HAVING AT OUR RETREAT, BECAUSE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE'RE ALL GOING TO GET CAUGHT UP IN THE ACTIONS IN FRONT OF US. THOSE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE OUR NORMS AND PRACTICES HERE AT THIS AGENCY, AND HOW CAN WE IMPROVE WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE PAST. SO I'M GOING TO VOTE TO SUPPORT THIS. I AM GOING TO HAVE TO PUT TRUST IN OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT, THAT HE HAS INVESTED HIS TIME AND RESOURCES ON THIS TOPIC, BECAUSE I BELIEVE HIM. WHEN HE SAID THERE WAS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT FOR HIM IN THESE EARLY TIMES OF HIS TENURE. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET. TRUSTEE PACHECO, I'LL MAKE THIS FAIRLY BRIEF. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I'M ON THE RECORD AS ALSO SUPPORTING WHAT EVERYONE. I BELIEVE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES TODAY HAS SAID ABOUT FINDING NEW AND CREATIVE WAYS OF INTEGRATING EVERY STAKEHOLDER GROUP, INCLUDING OUR BARGAINING UNITS, INTO INTO THE BUDGET. INTO THE BUDGETARY PROCESS. SO I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND YEAH, I THINK THAT MAKES IT PRETTY MUCH UNANIMOUS THAT OUR BOARD IS ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT THAT. BUT I THINK IT DESERVES TO BE CALLED OUT VERY SPECIFICALLY. AND I WILL BE VOTING YES ON THIS BUDGET AS WELL. I'M PLACING MY TRUST IN YOU. THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION. I SECOND WHOEVER YOU WANT. TRUSTEE SECONDED BY TRUSTEE PACHECO. AND THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS. WHAT WAS THE MOTION? SORRY, I COULDN'T HEAR. THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET BY TRUSTEE ROCHA AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE. PACHECO. THANK YOU. THAT MOTION PASSES WITH SIX EYES AND ONE. NO THANK YOU. WE WILL GO TO ITEM SEVEN, SEE THE BUDGET REVISIONS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. [C. Request Approval of the Budget Revisions for the Month of May 2025] DOCTOR JOHNSON. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA. THE NEXT REQUEST WILL BE FACILITATED OR PRESENTED BY AN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF BUSINESS SERVICES, STEPHANIE GOMEZ. THANK YOU. SO THIS EVENING WE'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE NEW FUNDING THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED IN THE MONTH OF MAY, AS WELL AS SOME, PROJECTIONS IN OUR REVENUE THAT HAVE BEEN DECREASED DUE TO DECLINING ENROLLMENT. SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO LAWRENCE TO GIVE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW. THANK YOU STEPHANIE. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BERTA, DOCTOR THORSTEN AND TRUSTEES. FOR IN THE IN MAY OUR OFFICE RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY 307 K IN RESTRICTED REVENUE TO SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING KEY INITIATIVES. WE RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY 255 K ALLOCATED FOR THE WELLNESS COACH APPRENTICESHIP GRANT AND THE PRESCHOOL TEACHER APPRENTICESHIP GRANT. ALSO, WE RECEIVE 115 K AWARDED FOR THE BILINGUAL TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME REDUCTION IN THE REVENUE AND THE USE OF AMOUNTS. THERE WAS REVENUE DECREASES WAS APPROXIMATELY 119,020 1000 FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION. [02:20:08] SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT CORE CHARTER SCHOOLS AND OIRA, RESPECTIVELY, AND THESE REDUCTIONS ARE THE RESULT OF LOWER AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE THAT WERE REPORTED IN THE FIRST PRINCIPAL APPORTIONMENT DATA COLLECTION. THIS DATA HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE CITY AND THE PUBLIC. ADJUSTMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THERE WAS ALSO 267,000 REVENUE DECREASE FOR THE YEAR TO YEAR THREE OF THE 2023 EDUCATOR WORKFORCE INVESTMENT GRANT. THIS REDUCTION FROM THE ORIGINAL OF 971,000 AWARD, BASED ON THE STATEWIDE SCOPE OF THE WORK MODIFICATION, AND ALSO WE ALLOCATED 138,000 FROM THE RESTRICTED FACILITY FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE EARLY LEARNING CENTER REPORT PROJECT TO ALIGN WITH OUR AMENDED CONTRACTS. AND THIS CONCLUDES THE BUDGET REVISION REPORT FOR ME. THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE PACHECO. SECOND. SECOND. FROM VICE PRESIDENT CHON. TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS. AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO ITEM SEVEN. [E. Request Approval of the 2025-26 Local Control Accountability Plan Local Performance Indicator Self-Reflection] THAT WAS PULLED, DOCTOR THORSTEN. RELATED TO THIS ITEM. THIS ITEM IS THE, EXCUSE ME, REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE 2526 LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN PERFORMANCE INDICATOR. SELF REFLECTIONS. THIS ITEM WILL BE PRESENTED BY MR. DANE HOLLOWELL. EMMA, STILL DRAWING A BLANK ON YOUR LAST NAME AND I'M NOT SURE WE MET YET, I APOLOGIZE. AND THAT'S IT. YEAH. AND EMMA. EMMA ALVAREZ, MANAGER OF IMPLEMENTATION AND COMPLIANCE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. AND GOOD EVENING. I'M DOCTOR PATRICK HEFLIN. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. MY TEAM OVERSEES HELPING SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE COUNTY DEVELOP THE EL CAP AND PROVIDE DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FIRST ON THE REFLECTION? IT'S JUST THE ITEM, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. ITEM REQUESTING APPROVAL. OKAY. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE REFLECTION. I'LL HOLD IT. I BELIEVE THIS ITEM HAD TO BE VOTED ON SEPARATELY. COULDN'T BE IN CONSENT AGENDA. IT NEEDED TO BE BECAUSE WE HAD A HEARING. WE NEEDED TO HAVE AN ADOPTION AS MY UNDERSTANDING. YES, WE'RE HERE NOW. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM VICE PRESIDENT CHON TO APPROVE A SECOND AND A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE SPICER. TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, WITH ONE NOT PRESENT. OUR VOTE. WE WILL GO TO OUR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. FOR THAT WE WILL GO TO OUR INFORMATION ITEM NEXT ITEM EIGHT. [A. Informational Update on the Head Start Program] DOCTOR THORSTEN, WILL YOU PLEASE PRESENT THIS ITEM? THANK YOU. THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL UPDATE RELATED TO HEAD START. I WILL INTRODUCE DOCTOR KRISTEN LEE, ONE OF THE MANAGERS OF EARLY PLANNING AND SUPPORT, WHO WILL PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR, TOWSON PRESIDENT BERTA AND TRUSTEES. AGAIN, AS JUST A REGULARLY SCHEDULED KIND OF BOARD AGENDA ITEM, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON THE MONITORING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON REGARDING THE DEFICIENCY AND THE FIVE AREAS OF NONCOMPLIANCE. OVERALL, AGAIN, IN THE MONTH OF APRIL, AT THE END OF THE MONTH, WE DID GET AN ON SITE VISIT FROM THE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEAM FROM THE OFFICE OF HEAD START. AND THEN THERE AFTERWARDS AT THE END OF MAY, WE FILED AN EXTENSION WITH THE OFFICE OF HEAD START, [02:25:01] REQUESTING MORE TIME FOR THE CORRECTIVE PERIOD. AND THEN AGAIN, IN ADDITION, AT THE END OF THE MONTH, WE DID RECEIVE ANOTHER VIRTUAL VISIT FROM THE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEAM FROM THE OFFICE OF HEAD START. IN JUNE 6TH, WE DID GET A RESPONSE FROM THE OFFICE OF HEAD START REGARDING OUR REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION ON THE EQUIP OR THE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO EXTEND OUR CORRECTIVE PERIOD FOR OUR HEAD START EARLY HEAD START BASIC GRANT. WE WERE PROVIDED AN EXTENSION UNTIL AUGUST 21ST FOR OUR EARLY HEAD START CCP GRANT. THEY DENIED OUR REQUEST AND HAD STATED THAT THEY DO ANTICIPATE THE CORRECTION PERIOD TO END JUNE 22ND. THEREAFTER, WE ACTUALLY SUBMITTED A REQUEST ON JUNE 12TH, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS NOT ABLE TO ADD INTO THE PRESENTATION. WE DID APPEAL, AND WE ASKED FOR RECONSIDERATION OF PROVIDING US AN EXTENSION TO THE CCP. GRANT REGARDING THE DEFICIENCY. AND WE DID RECEIVE A RESPONSE ON JUNE 16TH, ALLOWING US TO EXTEND OUR CORRECTION PERIOD TO THE END OF AUGUST IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR HEAD START EARLY HEAD START BASIC GRANT AGAIN, VERY SIMILARLY, EVERY MONTH, IN ORDER FOR US TO ENSURE FACILITIES WHERE CHILDREN ARE SERVED OR FREE FROM HAZARDS. WE'VE BEEN CONTINUOUSLY GOING ON DIFFERENT VARIOUS SITES, INCLUDING OUR PARTNERS TO DO MONITORING. AND WE'VE BEEN ALSO LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS AND ANALYZING DATA TO ENHANCE OUR PROGRAMING. WHEN IT COMES TO GOVERNANCE AND ALSO SELECTION, WHICH IS UNDER OUR FIVE AREAS OF NONCOMPLIANCE, AND MAY WE AND WE'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL IN AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE POLICY COUNCIL AND BOARD MEETINGS REGARDING AREAS, INFORMATIONAL AREAS AROUND PROGRAM OPERATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN MAY WE DID THE RECRUITMENT PLAN PRESENTATION TO BOTH PC AND BOARD. IN ADDITION, IN JUNE WE HAD AGENDIZED ITEMS THAT COVERED PROGRAM DESIGN, A BYLAWS UPDATE WHICH YOU GUYS WILL GET TO SEE NEXT MONTH, AND STUDENT OUTCOMES REPORTS, AS WELL AS AN OFFICE OF HEAD START CORRESPONDENCE AND UPDATES. AND LASTLY, OUR SELF-ASSESSMENT ACTION PLAN, WHICH AGAIN YOU'LL SEE NEXT MONTH. THAT'S IT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, DR. LEE. TRUSTEES ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CONGRATULATIONS ON THE EXTENSION. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. IF I MAY SPEAK OUT OF TURN. WE ALSO RECEIVED NOTIFICATION, AND I WANTED TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW WE ARE UNDER CHRONIC, UNDER ENROLLMENT. AND ACTUALLY, WE RECEIVED A LIFTING OF IT FOR THE CCP. SO AT LEAST FOR THE CCP, WE'VE RECEIVED NOTICE THAT THE CHRONIC UNDER ENROLLMENT DESIGNATION HAS BEEN LIFTED FOR THAT GRANT. WE ANTICIPATE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO REVIEW OUR FINAL MONTH FOR THE HEAD START EARLY HEAD START PROGRAM IN SEPTEMBER. SO PLEASE BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A REPORT ON THAT LATER IN THE FALL. THANK YOU. AND I WOULD ALSO ADD THIS AS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM. WE WE CONTINUE OUR ADVOCACY. AND I WANT TO THANK THE THE LEADERSHIP AND THE TEAM FOR CONTINUING ON IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY. WE ARE RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION WHO OFFERED A LETTER OF SUPPORT, AND WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH ALL APPLICATIONS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AND IT IS NOT A SITUATION WHERE IT'S RELATED TO ADVOCACY NECESSARILY AND MORE THEIR CAPACITY TO REVIEW THE APPLICATION. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE ALL THE SAME. JUST IN CASE IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT UPDATE. AND WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL THAT BEFORE MONDAY, JUNE 30TH WE ARE ABLE TO SEND OUT AN EMAIL TO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THIS BRINGS US TO OUR CLOSED SESSION. THE BOARD IS ABOUT TO ENTER CLOSED SESSION. CLOSED SESSION INVOLVES CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. [9. CLOSED SESSION] ONCE IN CLOSED SESSION, I WILL CALL THE CLOSED SESSION TO ORDER AND REQUEST THAT EACH TRUSTEE STATE THEIR NAME TO RECORD WHO IS IN ATTENDANCE, AND TO AFFIRM AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PARAMETERS FOR THE CONDUCT OF BUSINESS IN THE CLOSED SESSION. THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEM INCLUDES FOUR ITEMS A INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFER APPEAL FILED ON BEHALF OF A STUDENT RESIDENT DISTRICT ALUM ROCK UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT. DESIRE DISTRICT, BERRYESSA UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT BE INTER-DISTRICT ATTENDANCE APPEAL FILED ON BEHALF OF STUDENT RESIDENT DISTRICT. UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT. DESIRE DISTRICT. BERRYESSA UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT C IN HER DISTRICT ATTENDANCE APPEAL FILED ON BEHALF OF STUDENT RESIDENT DISTRICT CAMPBELL UNION HIGH SCHOOL [02:30:05] DISTRICT, DESIRE DISTRICT, FREMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT D IN HER DISTRICT ATTENDANCE APPEAL FILED ON BEHALF OF STUDENT RESIDENT DISTRICT PALO ALTO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT DESIRED DISTRICT, MOUNTAIN VIEW LOS ALTOS HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE BOARD WILL NOW ENTER CLOSED SESSION. WE WILL RETURN IN APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS AT OR AFTER 9:30 P.M.. THANK YOU. DUE TO RESUME OPEN SESSION, THE TIME IS NOW 10:15 P.M. [A. Report of Actions Taken in Closed Session] UPON COMPLETION OF AGENDA ITEM TEN, A INTER-DISTRICT ATTENDANCE APPEAL FILED ON BEHALF OF STUDENT RESIDENT DISTRICT ALUM ROCK UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT DESIRED DISTRICT BERRYESSA UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT. A MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE PACHECO TO APPROVE THE APPEAL BASED ON FACTOR THREE FOR LENGTH OF TIME THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE WITH A FOUR EYES, THREE NOSE, ZERO ABSTENTIONS, WITH THE EYES BEING TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN, CHON, PACHECO, LARI, NOSE VISOR, BERTA AND ROCHA. UPON COMPLETION OF AGENDA ITEM 10.B IN A DISTRICT ATTENDANCE APPEAL FILED ON BEHALF OF STUDENT RESIDENT DISTRICT UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT DESIRED DISTRICT BERRYESSA UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT. A MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE PACHECO AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE SPICER, TO DENY THE APPEAL BASED ON FACTOR EIGHT FOR LENGTH OF TIME THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE WITH A VOTE OF FOUR EYES, THREE NO'S, ZERO ABSTENTIONS, THE AYES BEING TRUSTEE SPICER BERTA ROCHA PACHECO, NOS BEING TRUSTEES SREEKRISHNAN, CHON AND LARI. UPON COMPLETION OF AGENDA ITEM TEN C IN HER DISTRICT INTER-DISTRICT ATTENDANCE APPEAL FILED ON BEHALF OF STUDENT RESIDENT DISTRICT CAMPBELL UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, DESIRE DISTRICT FREMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT. A MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE PACHECO AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN TO APPROVE THE APPEAL BASED ON FACTOR ONE FOR A LENGTH OF TIME THROUGH 12TH GRADE, WITH A VOTE OF 78000 ABSTENTIONS. UPON COMPLETION OF AGENDA ITEM TEN D INTER DISTRICT ATTENDANCE APPEAL FILED ON BEHALF OF STUDENT RESIDENT DISTRICT, PALO ALTO UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT. UNIFIED HIGH SCHOOL, UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, DESIRED DISTRICT. MOUNTAIN VIEW, LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT. A MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE PACHECO AND SECONDED BY VICE PRESIDENT CHON TO APPROVE THE APPEAL BASED ON FACTOR FOR FOR LENGTH OF TIME THROUGH GRADE 12, WITH A VOTE OF 7000 ABSTENTIONS. AND THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT ITEM. BUT I WILL CONSIDER A MOTION TO ADJOURN BY TRUSTEES IF THEY'LL MOVE THE BOARD SO PLEASES. MOVE FROM TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE PACHECO. HI. THAT WILL BE A VERBAL I FOR MYSELF. VERBAL I FROM TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. FROM TRUSTEE PACHECO. FROM VICE PRESIDENT CHON. FROM TRUSTEE SPICER. TRUSTEE ROCHA MIGHT BE THE ONLY ONE LOGGED IN. I WASN'T THERE. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THAT MOTION PASSES ALMOST UNANIMOUSLY FOR WHO'S PRESENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR HANGING OUT. THANK YOU. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 10:18 P.M. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.