Jun 03, 2026 County Board of Education

[A. Call to Order]

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CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER. ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGARDING THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME.

DO WE HAVE ANYBODY WANTING TO ADDRESS FOR CLOSED SESSION? THANK YOU. SHE'S SITTING THERE. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO ADDRESS FOR CLOSED SESSION? APOLOGIES. NO, WE DO NOT. THANK YOU. CLOSED SESSION.

[3. CLOSED SESSION]

DESIRE DISTRICT. BERRYESSA UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE HAVE B, INTERDISTRICT ATTENDANCE APPEAL FILED ON BEHALF OF STUDENT, RESIDENT DISTRICT ALUM ROCK UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT, DESIRE DISTRICT, EVERGREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE HAVE C, INTERDISTRICT ATTENDANCE APPEAL FILED ON BEHALF OF STUDENT RESIDENT DISTRICT, PALO ALTO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, DISTRICT MOUNTAIN VIEW, LOS ALTOS UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, ANTICIPATED LITIGATION.

GOVERNMENT CODE 54956.9(D)(2), 4 CASES. WE ARE ADJOURNING TO CLOSED SESSION.

I WILL NOW CONDUCT. THE TIME IS 7:01. I WILL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL.

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

PURSUANT TO SB 707, PRESIDENT CHON WILL BE PARTICIPATING REMOTELY THIS EVENING.

PRESIDENT CHON, BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM.

ARE THERE ANY ADULTS PRESENT IN THE ROOM WITH YOU THIS EVENING? AND IF SO, WHAT IS THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO YOU? YES, THERE IS, AND IS MY HUSBAND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT SHAUN.

FOR THE RECORD, THE REQUIRED DISCLOSURE HAS BEEN MADE.

ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE BERTA? PRESENT. TRUSTEE LARI? PRESENT. TRUSTEE PACHECO? TRUSTEE ROCHA? HERE.

TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN? PRESENT. AND I AM PRESENT.

MAY I GET A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE. THERE'S NO ABSENCE.

AND GOING ON. AND THE CLOSED SESSION. I'M SORRY, I SHOULD BE REPORTING.

DO I REPORT CLOSED SESSION LATER? SORRY. I THINK I MAY, RIGHT? I THINK WE'RE DOING THE PLEDGE. THANK YOU. YEAH.

THANK YOU. SORRY. MAY I GET A MOTION TO ACCEPT? NO. SORRY. STUDENT BOARD MEMBER ANDINO, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[B. Pledge of Allegiance]

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA.

[D. Set the Agenda]

SO MOVED BY TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BERTA.

BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS. I WILL BE A VERBAL AYE.

COME ON. AYE.

I DO A VERBAL AYE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

AND I'M GOING ON TO THE LAND. ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

[C. Land Acknowledgement]

SO STUDENT BOARD MEMBER ANDINO, CAN YOU PLEASE RECITE THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

LET US TAKE THE TIME TO HONOR THE ANCESTRAL CARETAKERS OF THE LAND ON WHICH WE STAND.

WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE OHLONE TERRITORY. SANTA CLARA COUNTY IS THE HOMELAND OF THE MUWEKMA 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 THE TRADITIONAL LAND OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE HAD THE, WE DID THE MOTIONS TO DO THE AGENDA.

WE ARE HEADING OFF IN TO REPORTS OF ACTIONS TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION.

[E. Report of Actions Taken in Closed Session]

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AND THEN FOR 3.B A MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE LARI AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN TO APPROVE THE APPEAL BASED ON FACTORS 2 AND 12 THROUGH 12TH GRADE. THERE, THAT WAS THE, THE SECOND ONE I LISTED WAS 3.C. 3.B THERE IS NO REPORTABLE ACTION AND THERE IS NO REPORTABLE ACTION FOR 3.D.

VICE PRESIDENT SPICER, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO READ OUT THE VOTES.

OKAY. PUBLICLY. THE VOTES WERE FOR THREE A IT WAS 4 AYES AND 2 NOS. AND FOR 3.C THERE WERE 5 AYES AND 2 NOS.

MOVING ON TO THE OTHER SCRIPT, WE HAVE TWO RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING, THE FIRST OF WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY TRUSTEE

[A. Recognition of the SCCOE Employee of the Month]

I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE SRIJITA, TRUSTEE BERTA AND TANYA CALABRETTA, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF YOUTH HEALTH AND WELLNESS, TO THE PODIUM. TRUSTEE BERTA. WILL YOU DO THE HONORS AFTER THE PRESENTATION.

BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM FOR PHOTOS.

[APPLAUSE].

THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION RECOGNIZES 10 SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION EMPLOYEES EACH YEAR FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICES TO STUDENTS, PARENTS, COWORKERS AND CUSTOMERS. SRIJITA SENGUPTA SAHA AT, AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT II IN THE YOUTH HEALTH AND WELLNESS DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION DIVISION IS THE JUNE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.

[APPLAUSE]. SHE HAS WORKED FOR THE SCCOE FOR THREE YEARS. IT IS WITH GRATITUDE THAT WE CONGRATULATE SRIJITA ON HER RECOGNITION AS JUNE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.

BEFORE WORKING AT THE SCCOE, SRIJITA WAS A FREELANCE JOURNALIST FOR FIVE YEARS.

SHE WENT FROM JOURNALISM TO JOINING THE GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL OF INDIA FOR FIVE YEARS AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT.

THROUGH THE MOVE FROM ONE CONTINENT TO ANOTHER, HER INTEREST IN CONNECTING DIRECTLY TO PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES HAS REMAINED CONSTANT.

WHEN I FOUND OUT THIS ROLE AT SCCOE FOUND, IT FELT LIKE A NATURAL ALIGNMENT OF PURPOSE AND EXPERIENCE, SAID SRIJITA. IT'S A PLACE WHERE MY BACKGROUND AND ADMINISTRATION AND MY BELIEF IN THE POWER OF EDUCATION COULD COME TOGETHER IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.

SRIJITA SUPPORTS THREE LEADERSHIP ROLES AND FOUR PROGRAMS CAPACITY GRANTS, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM, STUDENT EMPOWERMENT AND AWARENESS PROGRAM, AND THE TOBACCO USE PREVENTION EDUCATION.

SHE BALANCES PRIORITIES AND PROJECTS WHILE ENSURING SHE IS RESPONSIVE TO HER TEAMMATES NEEDS.

SRIJITA IS AN ASSET TO HER COLLEAGUES AND IS A GREAT RESOURCE FOR BOTH NEW AND SENIOR EMPLOYEES.

SHE IS A STRONG COLLABORATOR BY OFFERING IDEAS AND SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS, SAID SAMANTHA PEREIRA, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT IV. SRIJITA CLEARLY IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS AN IMPACT ON EVERYONE THAT SHE INTERACTS WITH.

OUTSIDE OF WORK SRIJITA IS AN AVID TRAVELER. SHE HAS VISITED NEARLY ALL 50 STATES, AND SHE LOOKS FORWARD TO GROWING IN HER CAREER AND TRAVELING MORE WITH HER HUSBAND IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS. AS WITH ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH, WE ACKNOWLEDGE SRIJITA WITH FOR HER OUTSTANDING SKILLS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON THE JOB, DEDICATION TO EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS, CONTRIBUTIONS OUTSIDE THE USUAL SCOPE OF THE JOB, AND OVERALL COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION.

SHE WILL RECEIVE A PLAQUE RECOGNIZING HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SCCOE AND ENGRAVED CROSSBAND AND A RESERVED PARKING SPOT.

[APPLAUSE]. SRIJITA AND HER SUPERVISOR, TANYA CALABRETTA, IS HERE, ARE HERE WITH US TODAY, AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE THEM TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

[APPLAUSE]. GOOD EVENING. I AM

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AND I WILL NOT TAKE SOLE CREDIT OF BEING A SUPERVISOR FOR SRIJITA.

SRIJITA ACTUALLY, AND MANY OF OUR TEAM TRANSITIONED INTO YOUTH HEALTH AND WELLNESS BACK IN AUGUST.

AND SO BEFORE THAT, SHE WAS A PART OF OUR DEPARTMENT AND MANY OF HER COLLEAGUES FROM THERE ARE HERE TONIGHT AS WELL.

SO SRIJITA IS REALLY WELL VERSED IN THREE YEARS OF BEING AT SCCOE AND HAS SUPPORTED MANY PEOPLE IN THEIR WORK, REGARDLESS IF THEY ARE HER SUPERVISOR OR NOT.

AND I COULD SPEAK TO THE DETAILS OF HOW SHE DOES EVERYTHING SUPER ORGANIZED AND WELL AND ON TIME.

SHE CAN GUESS AND ANTICIPATE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED BEFORE YOU NEED IT.

BUT I THINK WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT ABOUT SRIJITA IN THIS ROLE IS THAT AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, SHE USES HER VOICE AND HER LEADERSHIP AND HER VALUES AND HER ABILITY TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE.

WHETHER YOU HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 20 YEARS OR YOU ARE BRAND NEW.

SHE IS A RESOURCE AND SOMEBODY YOU CAN TALK TO, BUT SHE ALSO TAKES EVERY OPPORTUNITY AS A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.

YOU COULDN'T FIND A KINDER, MORE EMPATHETIC SOUL FOR EVERYBODY SHE WORKS WITH.

AND I WOULD BE LOST. I HAD NOT HAD A ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT UNTIL AUGUST IN MY THREE YEARS HERE AND SHE, I WOULD BE LOST WITHOUT HER. MY WORK WOULD NOT GET DONE IF IT WAS NOT FOR HER, AND SHE HAS A WIDE VARIETY OF TALENT AND THE DIFFERENT.

THE PRESIDENT OR TRUSTEE BERTA HAD MENTIONED SHE SUPPORTS A WIDE VARIETY OF PROGRAMS. WE ALL DO DIFFERENT THINGS AND ARE IN DIFFERENT PLACES ALL THE TIME, SO WE COULDN'T BE PROUDER OF HER.

AND SHE'S GOING TO BE VERY HUMBLE WHEN SHE GETS UP HERE.

BUT SHE IS THE KINDEST PERSON AND THE BEST PERSON FOR JUNE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.

THANK YOU. HI EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND EVERYONE AT SCCOE FOR THIS HONOR.

THIS RECOGNITION TRULY, TRULY BELONGS TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION, OUR AMAZING ADMIN TEAM, AND ALL MY TEAMMATES AND MANAGERS, BOTH IN SCHOOL CLIMATE AND YOUTH HEALTH WELLNESS DEPARTMENT WHO HAVE MENTORED ME, INSPIRED ME AND UPLIFTED ME IN COUNTLESS WAYS, AND I CANNOT TALK ENOUGH ABOUT THE POWER OF POSITIVITY AND KINDNESS I HAVE EXPERIENCED AT SCCOE FROM DAY ONE. AND JUST FOR AN EXAMPLE, LIKE THIS MORNING, ONLY MY TEAM TOTALLY PULLED OFF A SURPRISE APPRECIATION BREAKFAST. I, AND I WAS SO TOUCHED. THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS FOSTERING A SENSE OF BELONGING AND MAKING ME FEEL SEEN, VALUED, CELEBRATED AND LOVED. AND AGAIN, I CANNOT TALK ENOUGH HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO SOMEONE WHO IS NAVIGATING A PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPE IN A NEW COUNTRY.

I COME FROM A FAMILY ROOTED IN PUBLIC SERVICE, AND I FEEL INCREDIBLY PRIVILEGED TO CONTINUE THAT TRADITION IN SERVICE OF SSCOE STUDENTS, FAMILIES, EDUCATORS, AND STAFF. EVERY DAY WE WORK ON BUDGETS, PROGRAMS, REPORTS, MEETINGS.

BUT BEHIND EVERY TASK I FEEL THERE IS A STUDENT WITH DREAMS AND POTENTIAL, A FAMILY PLACING TRUST ON US, AN EDUCATOR GIVING THEIR HEART TO THEIR CLASSROOM.

SO TO CONTRIBUTE, EVEN IN A SMALL WAY TO THAT LARGER MISSION, IS A RESPONSIBILITY I DO NOT TAKE LIGHTLY.

AND LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY BEST FRIEND, WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE MY HUSBAND, FOR ALWAYS BEING THE WIND BENEATH MY WINGS AND MY TWO OTHER WONDERFUL FRIENDS WHO ARE PRESENT HERE TONIGHT. THEY ARE FROM MY UNDERGRAD COLLEGE, FOR YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT IN EVERYTHING I DO.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS RECOGNITION. I ACCEPT IT WITH A HEART FULL OF GRATITUDE AND DEEP APPRECIATION FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN A PART OF THIS JOURNEY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE].

ABSOLUTELY. THE BEST FRIEND. BEST FRIEND.

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AWESOME. WHAT? ARE YOU GUYS ARE WALKING TO? YEAH. COME ON. QUICK.

ALL RIGHT, COME ON. GOT EVERYBODY HERE. YOU CAN COME THIS SIDE. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? THANKS, DOCTOR TOSTON.

ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE. TWO. THREE. ACTUALLY, COULD YOU TAKE ONE MORE? MAYBE. ANTHONY. YOU CAN. THANK YOU. ALI. THERE'S ONE MORE.

ALL RIGHT. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE. TWO. THREE. GOT IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT RECOGNITION IS FOR THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY CLASSIFIED SCHOOL EMPLOYEES OF THE YEAR.

[B. Recognition of the Santa Clara County Classified School Employees of the Year]

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. EACH YEAR DURING CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES WEEK IN MAY, COUNTY HONOREES ARE SELECTED FROM NOMINATIONS SUBMITTED BY DISTRICTS WITHIN THE COUNTY.

FROM THESE NOMINATIONS ARE SELECTED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES.

THE 2026 CLASSIFIED SCHOOL EMPLOYEES OF THE YEAR ARE HIGHLY PRAISED BY THEIR NOMINATORS FOR THEIR WORK, FOR THE WORK THEY DO, AND ARE DEEPLY APPRECIATED.

CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES ARE THE HEART OF OUR SCHOOLS.

THEIR DEDICATION IS FRONT AND CENTER IN EVERY MEAL SERVED, EVERY BUS DRIVEN, EVERY HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDED, EVERY FORM, PROCESS, EQUIPMENT REPAIRED, EVERY FIELD OR CAMPUS MAINTAINED IN EVERY CLASSROOM THAT IS SUPPORTED.

THEIR WORK, WHETHER BEHIND A DESK OR BEHIND THE SCENES OR SIDE BY SIDE WITH STUDENTS, MAKES A LASTING DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN EVERY DAY.

I INVITE I'LL BE INVITING EACH OF THE CLASSIFIED SCHOOL EMPLOYEE HONOREES TO JOIN US UP FRONT.

WE HAVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR EACH OF YOU.

WE'LL TAKE AN INDIVIDUAL PICTURE, AND THEN WE'LL ASK YOU TO WAIT AT THE END.

WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A GROUP PICTURE WITH ALL OF THE TRUSTEES, HONOREES, AND DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES.

JOINING ME IN PRESENTING THE HONOREES IS VICE PRESIDENT SPICER.

I'M A LITTLE SHORTER. THE FIRST HONOREE IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL SERVICES CATEGORY IS MELODY JONES FROM THE CAMPBELL UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AT, HER INITIATIVE SYSTEMS, KNOWLEDGE AND COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS. MELODY PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN ENSURING. WESTMONT HIGH SCHOOL OPERATES EFFICIENTLY AND THAT STAFF AND STUDENTS RECEIVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO SUCCEED.

CONGRATULATIONS, MELODY, IN ALL THAT YOU DO. I'M FIRST.

ALL RIGHT. THE CUSTODIAL AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES CATEGORY. MARIA CASTILLO FROM THE ALUM ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT.

[APPLAUSE]. AS THE LEAD CUSTODIAN, MARIA TAKES ON HER ROLE WITH AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP, CARE AND RESPONSIBILITY.

HER CONTRIBUTIONS CONTINUALLY ENHANCE THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, AND HER POSITIVE INFLUENCE RESONATES THROUGHOUT THE ADELANTE DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY COMMUNITY. CONGRATULATIONS, MARIA. [APPLAUSE].

NEXT, WE HAVE FOOD SERVICES CATEGORY HONOREE FROM FRANKLIN-MCKINLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT, KARINA DURAN.

KARINA WAS DEMONSTRATED HER COMMITMENT TO STUDENT WELL-BEING BY PROVIDING GRAB AND GO MEAL.

EVEN AFTER THE CAFETERIA IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED FOR BREAKFAST TO ENSURE THAT NO CHILD GOES WITHOUT A MEAL BEFORE LUNCHTIME,

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CONGRATULATIONS TO KARINA. [APPLAUSE].

IN THE HEALTH AND STUDENT SERVICES CATEGORY. THE HONOREE IS EVELYN LOPEZ FROM THE ALUM ROCK UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT.

[APPLAUSE]. EVELYN IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE LYNDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COMMUNITY, SERVING ON VARIOUS SCHOOL COMMITTEES TO IMPROVE THE CULTURE OF THE SCHOOL.

SHE'S AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE ATTENDANCE TEAM, WHERE SHE TAKES ON WHERE SHE HAS TAKEN ON AND JOINED OTHERS IN THE RESPONSIBILITY TO STRENGTHEN AND IMPROVE SCHOOL WIDE ATTENDANCE. CONGRATULATIONS, EVELYN. [APPLAUSE]. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON. OUR HONOREE FOR PARAPROFESSIONAL SERVICES CATEGORY IS MARGARITA VENEGAS RAYAS, FRANKLIN-MCKINLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT. COLLEAGUES, ADMINISTRATORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS CONSISTENTLY PRAISE MARGARITA FOR EXEMPLARY SUPPORT AT HELLYER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SPANISH SPEAKING FAMILIES RELY ON HER AS A WELCOMING, TRUSTED CONNECTOR TO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

SHE IS OBSERVANT AND SOLUTIONS FOCUSED, RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT INEFFECTIVE PRACTICES AND OFFERING PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS TO ADMINISTRATORS.

CONGRATULATIONS, MARGARITA. [APPLAUSE].

FROM THE LOS GATOS-SARATOGA UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE SECURITY SERVICES CATEGORY, THE HONOREE IS ARCHIE LJEPAVA.

[APPLAUSE].

I THINK YOU HAVE SOME ADMIRERS ARCHIE. ARCHIE EMBODIES WHAT IT MEANS TO KEEP A CAMPUS SAFE, NOT JUST PHYSICALLY, BUT EMOTIONALLY AND RELATIONALLY.

STUDENTS. STUDENTS DESCRIBE HIM AS A PROTECTOR, MENTOR, AND TRUSTED ADULT.

THAT LEVEL OF RECOGNITION IS NOT THE RESULT OF A SINGLE EVENT.

IT REFLECTS SUSTAINED LEADERSHIP ROOTED IN SAFETY, STABILITY, AND COMPASSION.

CONGRATULATIONS, ARCHIE. [APPLAUSE].

YEAH. YEAH. SINCE YOU'RE SO QUIET. AND DOCTOR TOSTON, YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE ARCHIE'S WIFE HERE. STACEY. YES. THESE ARE ONE OF OUR TEAMMATES.

WHAT WAS THE SPEECH THAT YOU TOLD US? ONE. TWO. THREE. STACEY.

IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER HONOREES WHO HAVE BROUGHT A FOOTBALL TEAM, WILL ALSO ALLOW YOU TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH ALL OF THE LARGE YOUNG MEN.

SORRY. I'M MOVING ON HERE. OUR HONOREE FROM SKILLED TRADES SERVICES IS MANUEL DELGADO FROM GILROY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. [APPLAUSE]. YEAH. MANUEL'S WORK OFTEN TAKES PLACE BEHIND THE SCENES, YET ITS IMPACT IS VISIBLE EVERY DAY. MANUEL'S COMMITMENT TO THE DISTRICT'S MISSION IS EVIDENT IN THE PRIDE HE TAKES IN HIS WORK.

HE UNDERSTANDS THAT WELL-MAINTAINED FACILITIES CONTRIBUTE DIRECTLY TO STUDENT SUCCESS, AND HE CONSISTENTLY STRIVES TO ENSURE THAT CAMPUSES REMAIN SAFE AND WELCOMING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. CONGRATULATIONS MANUEL. [APPLAUSE].

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[APPLAUSE]. JENNY'S PRESENCE IS FELT ACROSS EVERY CAMPUS SHE SERVES. SHE MAKES PEOPLE FEEL CAPABLE AND CONFIDENT IN USING TECHNOLOGY.

SHE TAKES TIME TO TRULY LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT BEHIND THE REQUEST AND FOLLOW THROUGH UNTIL THE ISSUE IS RESOLVED.

SHE MEETS EVERYONE WITH THE SAME PATIENCE AND CARE.

CONGRATULATIONS, JENNY. [APPLAUSE].

OH, AND IN THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES CATEGORY, WE ARE HONORING FERNANDO CRESPO FROM THE ALUM ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT.

[APPLAUSE]. FERNANDO IS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT SOLVING PROBLEMS AND REPAIRING ISSUES IN THE TRANSPORTATION SHOP AND ON LOCATION. WITHOUT HESITATION HE IS ALWAYS WILLING TO GIVE GREAT ADVICE OR TAKE THE TIME TO SHOW A COLLEAGUE HOW TO FIX A REPEATED PROBLEM.

HE'S EVEN GONE THE EXTRA MILE TO HELP CHANGE A COLLEAGUE'S FLAT TIRE OR HELP A FAMILY GET THEIR CAR OUT OF THE MUD.

CONGRATULATIONS, FERNANDO. [APPLAUSE]. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE HONOREES. WE APPRECIATE AND ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE DIFFERENCE YOU ARE MAKING AND BY YOUR SUPPORT OF STUDENTS AND STAFF WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT.

AND FOR THIS, WE CELEBRATE YOU. NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES UP TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM SO WE CAN TAKE A GROUP PICTURE.

AND WITH THE TRUSTEES, PLEASE JOIN US. YOU HAVE A PLAQUE? COME ON UP. SUPERINTENDENTS AS WELL, AND ANY DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS OR STAFF THAT ARE HERE IN SUPPORT, WE'D ASK YOU TO JOIN US AS WELL. THEY HAVE TO.

BE BEHIND THE CAMERA. LET ME GRAB THIS.

COME ON. CROWDED. YOU HAVE TO BE ON THE GROUND.

I KNOW. IF YOU'RE TALL IN THE BACK. IF YOUR KNEES CAN HANDLE IT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO, THOUGH. SHOULD WE GO IN? YES.

MY FRIENDS, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO RELOCATE YOU OVER HERE IN THE CENTER OF THE I.

HAVE A PLAN. I'M CROWDED IN HERE.

YEAH. ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE BACK ROW. AND THEN TURN AROUND AND LOOK BEHIND YOU. AND IF YOUR HEAD IS HIGHER THAN THE PERSON'S HEAD BEHIND YOU, MOVE BACK.

MOVE BEHIND THEM. UP FRONT.

YEAH.

THANK YOU ALI. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

OH! OH, NO. HI. HOW ARE YOU DOING? NICE TO SEE YOU.

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THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICES TO OUR STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE STUDENT BOARD 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.]

MOST STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO PASS THE CERTIFICATION TEST.

WITH THIS CERTIFICATION, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO OPERATE A FORKLIFT ON THE JOB SITE.

STUDENTS AT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS VOLUNTEER AT SCCOE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT EVENT LAST FRIDAY.

THEY HELPED SET UP DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

AT OSBORNE ANOTHER STUDENT COMPLETED THEIR STATE SEAL OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECT AND WAS ABLE TO PRESENT HIS TOPIC TO HIS FAMILY AND SOME STAFF.

I AM CURRENTLY WORKING ON MY STATE SEAL OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECT ON PRE-SENTENCE CONFINEMENT.

I'M ALMOST DONE WITH IT. I JUST GOT IT PRESENTED.

THIS IS A BIG MILESTONE I'VE REACHED AND I'M VERY PROUD OF MYSELF.

I APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT HELPED ME AND SUPPORTED ME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT YOUR PRESENTATION.

WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT YOUR PERSPECTIVE.

BOARD MEMBER ANDINO. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM SEVEN.

[7. PUBLIC COMMENTS OF PERSONS DESIRING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD]

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING TO ENSURE EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND THE BOARD CAN CONDUCT ITS BUSINESS.

WE ASK THAT ALL COMMENTS BE RESPECTFUL AND DIRECTED TO THE CHAIR RATHER THAN TO INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS, STAFF OR OTHER AUDIENCE MEMBERS. STATE LAW PROHIBITS THE BOARD FROM DISCUSSING OR ACTING ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. THE BOARD EXPECTS ALL PARTICIPANTS TO MAINTAIN RESPECT AND CIVILITY.

PLEASE REMEMBER IT IS IMPORTANT TO ADHERE TO THE TIME LIMIT.

AVOID PERSONAL, IMPERTINENT OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS AND REFRAIN FROM APPLAUSE, STAMPING OF FEET, OR DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DURING THE MEETING. THANK YOU.

PUBLIC SPEAKER CARDS MUST BE SUBMITTED NOW AS NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS CAN BE ADDED ONCE PUBLIC COMMENT BEGINS.

UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.95, THE BOARD STRIVES TO MAINTAIN ORDERLY AND CIVIL MEETINGS AND PREVENT DISRUPTIONS.

DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL MAINTAIN A RESPECTFUL AND PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT.

VERBAL ABUSE, THREATS OR PHYSICAL VIOLENCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND MAY RESULT IN REMOVAL.

PLEASE REFRAIN FROM CLAPPING, CHEERING, SNAPPING, BOOING OR SHOUTING TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR A COMMENT.

YOU MAY USE THE UNIVERSAL SIGN OF APPRECIATION BY WAVING YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR LIKE SO.

MODERATOR DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, WE HAVE SEVEN IN TOTAL, TWO ONLINE AND THE REST ARE CURRENTLY HERE.

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

AS PART OF THE POLICY ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO REQUIRES ACCOMMODATIONS MAY CONTACT THE OFFICE TWO DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING IN ALIGNMENT WITH THIS POLICY.

WE HAVE A SPEAKER CALLING IN. MODERATOR, PLEASE BEGIN WITH THIS SPEAKER AND PRESENT.

A ONE MINUTE TIMER. WE HAVE ELEVATED DOCTOR IVY HILTON AND REQUESTED HER TO UNDO HER MIC.

YOU MAY NOW PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. I NEED A SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AN URGENT AND ESCALATING MATTER.

I BROUGHT CONCERNS ABOUT BEING BULLIED, HARASSED, AND RACIALLY TARGETED THROUGH BOARD DETENTION AT LEAST A YEAR AGO, AND NOTHING MEANINGFUL HAS CHANGED. THE MOST SERIOUS ISSUE IS THAT PRINCIPAL EVEN STATED DURING AN IEP MEETING THAT HE DOES NOT LIKE THAT WORD.

SHORTLY AFTER THAT, PRINCIPAL HARASSMENT AND A HOSTILE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. CALIFORNIA'S UNIFORM COMPLAINT PROCEDURES COVER ALLEGATIONS OF UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION OR BULLYING. EVEN WITHOUT A SCHOOL APPROXIMATELY 67 WEEKS BECAUSE HE WAS EMOTIONALLY STRESSED OUT AND DESTABILIZED BY WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT SCHOOL THEY COULDN'T EVEN TELL WAS NOT PROPERLY ADDRESSED. TRANSPORTATION WAS NOT PROVIDED. HE WAS FORCED TO RIDE HIS BIKE TO TRY TO GET TO SCHOOL ON TIME, AND HE WAS HIT BY A CAR. MCKINNEY-VENTO REQUIRES SCHOOLS TO ADDRESS BARRIERS LIKE TRANSPORTATION AND SCHOOL ACCESS FOR STUDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

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YOU COULD SEND US AN EMAIL WITH THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTINA MOORE.

IF YOU COULD GIVE ME ONE MOMENT. CHRISTINA MOORE, PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS CHRISTINA MOORE. AS THE SCHOOL YEAR COMES TO AN END, I BELIEVE NEW BEGINNINGS ARE POSSIBLE.

YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND COME BACK TO THE TABLE AND BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH AND RETALIATORY ACTIONS AGAINST OUR ACE PRESIDENT AND OTHER STRONG ADVOCATES. INVEST IN KEEPING VITAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES INTACT AND ENSURE THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER MALFEASANCE WITH PUBLIC FUNDS THROUGH TRANSPARENCY AND THE ADDITION OF PREVENTATIVE SAFEGUARDS.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKERS ARE. WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF THE ROOM.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MEGAN FINCHER, FOLLOWED BY IVAN GARCIA, MICHELLE OLIVER, SUSAN SALOP, AND VIDYA RAHMAN. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MEGAN FINCHER. I'M FROM SANTA CLARA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I JUST WANTED TO COME TONIGHT.

FIRST OF ALL, I DO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE PUBLIC COMMENT A LITTLE BIT LATER. IT IS EASIER, AT LEAST FOR ME TO COME AT THIS TIME.

AND I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS AS WE GO INTO THE NEW YEAR, JUST TO FOCUS ON TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN MANY DIFFICULT CUTS THIS YEAR, BUT I FEEL LIKE IF THE COMMUNITY IS INVOLVED, WHETHER IT'S IN COMMITTEES, SURVEYS AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND ENGAGE WITH LEADERSHIP, I THINK IT HELPS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO FEEL MORE LIKE THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD.

AND IN OUR DISTRICT, WE DO VIRTUAL COMMENT LIKE YOU GUYS HAD TONIGHT.

WE'VE BEEN DOING SURVEYS, WE'VE ALSO HAD CUTS.

BUT I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS AGAIN, TO FOCUS ON TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THIS COMING YEAR, HOW YOU CAN BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS IVAN GARCIA. HELLO.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS IVAN GARCIA AND I'M ON BEHALF OF ESCUELA POPULAR.

I JUST WANT TO THANK THE BOARD, THE TRUSTEES THAT HAVE HAD THE TIME TO MEET WITH US TO ADDRESS US QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.

AND I JUST WANT TO READ A MESSAGE FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

IF ESCUELA POPULAR CLOSES OUR COMMUNITY LOSES MORE THAN JUST A SCHOOL, IT LOSES A TRUSTED INSTITUTION THAT HAS HELPED GENERATIONS OF IMMIGRANT FAMILIES ACHIEVE THE PROMISE OF EDUCATION, OPPORTUNITY, AND BELONGING.

WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ON VOICING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AGAIN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PRESENT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE TO FOLLOW FOR SUPPORT FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS FAMILIES.

AND WE JUST RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHELLE OLIVER.

SINCE 1998, I HAVE BEEN WITH THE COUNTY OFFICE, AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH SEVEN SUPERINTENDENTS AND SEVEN DIRECTORS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION.

IT MAKES ME VERY SAD THAT I'M ENDING MY CAREER WITH THE COUNTY THAT BEGAN IN 98, AT A TIME WHEN WE'VE BEEN WITHOUT A SIGNED CONTRACT FOR A YEAR, A YEAR THAT MY DECISION TO RETIRE WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM ME BECAUSE I WAS LAID OFF A YEAR WHEN TEACHING, STAFF AND LEADERSHIP HAVE BEEN MORE AT ODDS THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN MY ENTIRE TIME HERE.

THIS IS NOT THE CASE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE AND IT'S REALLY DISAPPOINTING.

I DON'T WANT TO. I WANT TO THANK MY AMAZING COWORKERS FOR DECADES OF COLLABORATION.

I WANT TO THANK THE CURRENT SPECIAL ED ADMINISTRATION FOR SUPPORTING ME THROUGH THE HARDEST PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL YEAR OF MY LIFE.

I WANT TO THANK THE UNION DOCTOR TOSTON YOU GUYS NEED TO FIX THIS. THIS ISN'T HOW I WANTED MY CAREER TO END HERE.

YOU NEED TO DO BETTER. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SUSAN SALOP.

HELLO. I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC RESPONSE AND FOLLOW UP PLAN REGARDING THE VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE THAT WAS PRESENTED ON MAY 6TH AND SIGNED BY MORE THAN 1,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, EDUCATORS AND SUPPORTERS. NEARLY A MONTH LATER, THE BOARD HAS NOT PROVIDED A MEANINGFUL PUBLIC RESPONSE OR AN ITEM AGENDIZED TO ADDRESS THE BROAD RANGE OF CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED.

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I LITERALLY GET CONTACTED MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK ABOUT ALL THE ISSUES FROM PARENTS.

AT THE SAME TIME, CRITICAL SPECIAL EDUCATION, TEACHING AND SUPPORT POSITIONS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED, RESULTING IN INAPPROPRIATE AND OFTEN DANGEROUS LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR SOME OF OUR HIGHEST NEEDS STUDENTS.

THE COMMUNITY DESERVES TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND A CLEAR PLAN FOR ADDRESSING THESE CONCERNS. IF PROBLEMS CONTINUE TO BE IGNORED, THEY WILL ONLY GET WORSE. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS VIDYA RAHMAN.

HI EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS VIDYA RAHMAN AND I AM THE MOTHER OF A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD.

SO I JUST WANTED TO RAISE THE NEED FOR A LONG-TERM STRATEGY FOR OUR COUNTY SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW, FAMILY AND EDUCATORS ARE HOPING TO SEE BETTER COORDINATION BETWEEN THE COUNTY OFFICE, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS.

AND A MORE UNIFIED APPROACH WOULD MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE FOR STUDENTS WHO DEPEND ON THESE SERVICES.

AND I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE CUTS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF AND ALL THESE TEACHING POSITIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

BECAUSE OF ALL THIS, A LOT OF INAPPROPRIATE PLACEMENTS ARE HAPPENING, AND IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS LIKE MY SON, BECAUSE IF NOBODY IS AVAILABLE, THEN LIKE, HOW DOES HE GET THE SERVICES THAT HE DESERVES THAT HE'S, THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR HIM AND FOR HIM TO LIKE, GROW AND STUDY AND GET BETTER.

SO I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE IMPACT OF ALL THESE DECISIONS, THE LONG TERM IMPACTS THAT CAN HAVE HAPPENED TO CHILDREN LIKE MINE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER TO HELP IMPACT SUCH CHILDREN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS BARGAINING UNIT REPORTS.

[A. Bargaining Units' Reports]

I INVITE SEIU PRESIDENT OR DESIGNEE TO COME FORWARD.

STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENTS.

SARAH GENICHIRO, SEIU CHAPTER PRESIDENT REPRESENTING OVER 1,400 PERMANENT AND SUBSTITUTE CLASSIFIED STAFF AND DEFENDER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

CONGRATS TO SRIJITA ON HER RECOGNITION AS EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AND TO OUR CLASSIFIED DISTRICT COLLEAGUES RECOGNIZED AS COUNTYWIDE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES OF THE YEAR.

SEIU ASKED THE BOARD TO DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH WITH THE BARGAINING UNITS AND RECOGNIZE SIM CARD COUNT.

SEIU IS NOW INTO THE SECOND REOPENER IN OUR THREE-YEAR CONTRACT BEFORE THE FIRST HAS BEEN CONCLUDED.

ACE HAS BEEN WITHOUT A CONTRACT FOR NEARLY A YEAR.

WE ASK YOU TO PRESERVE OUR POSITIONS. YOU'VE HEARD FROM STAFF, STUDENTS AND PARENTS ABOUT HOW ESSENTIAL OUR POSITIONS ARE, POSITIONS LIKE OUR COLLEGE LIAISONS AND MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS SPECIALISTS.

YET NOTHING HAS CHANGED. OUR FRONTLINE FOSTER AND HOMELESS YOUTH STAFF, PARAEDUCATOR POSITIONS ACROSS ALL PROGRAMS AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF SHOULD BE RETAINED RATHER THAN TRANSFERRING THE WORK TO SUBSTITUTES AND OTHER POSITIONS.

NOT ONLY DOES SCCOE STILL HAVE NO PLAN FOR THE STUDENTS RE TRANSPORT, WHEN LAYOFFS WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR, THEY'RE TREATING OUR STUDENTS LIKE NUMBERS ON A PAGE WITH NO ATTENTION TO THE ACTUAL STUDENT NEEDS, TO THE REIMBURSEMENTS THAT WE RECEIVE FOR THESE SERVICES, AND THE COST SAVINGS FOR OUR STUDENTS FIELD TRIPS. AT THE SAME TIME AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, SCCOE ENTERED INTO A $1 MILLION CONTRACT FOR SELPA TRANSPORTATION TO NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT COULD BE PROVIDED BY THE VERY SAME DRIVERS THAT ARE BEING LAID OFF.

WE ASK SCCOE TO AGREE TO A FAIR COST OF LIVING INCREASE AND FULLY COVERED HMO HEALTH CARE.

REGARDING THE BUDGET, LOOK AT THE DETAIL, AT THE DELTAS.

ONCE AGAIN, SCCOE IS NOT ALLOCATING A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR STAFF ON THE HEELS OF NO RAISE LAST YEAR, DESPITE A 2.7% COLA AND AN ANTICIPATED SUPER COLA THIS YEAR.

SCCOE IS LAYING OFF STAFF WHILE INCREASING ITS PROFESSIONAL AND CONSULTING SERVICES BY 83.1% AND TRAVEL BY 40.9%.

ITEM F.1 SHOWS AN ANTICIPATED INCREASE IN THE RESERVES, FROM $109 MILLION TO $119 MILLION.

SOMEHOW THE SKY IS FALLING, BUT WE'RE GROWING OUR RESERVES BY $10 MILLION.

WE HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN SCCOE. WE LOVE OUR STUDENTS, OUR JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

WE WANT TO PRESERVE OUR POSITIONS AND THOSE OF OUR COLLEAGUES AND SEE SCCOE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY SERVICES.

OUR ASKS ARE REASONABLE BASED ON THE FISCAL ANALYZES OF THOSE MORE QUALIFIED THAN US.

IT'S NOT IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO BANKRUPT SCCOE AND FOR US TO ALL HAVE TO FIND NEW JOBS.

WE ASK THAT THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT INVEST THESE DOLLARS IN STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITIES NOW, RESTORE CONFIDENCE IN OUR FISCAL PROCESSES AND TRANSPARENCY AND SETTLE THE CONTRACTS, DEFEND PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND STAND AGAINST THE LAYOFFS THAT ARE DEVASTATING TO OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY.

WE CAN'T WAIT. OUR STUDENTS CAN'T WAIT, AND OUR COMMUNITY CAN'T WAIT.

AND I'M RIJU'S DESIGNEE, TOO. ALL RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE NOW TO ASK THE DESIGNEE OR

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IS SHE HERE? NO? I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE DESIGNEE OR PRESIDENT OF ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY EDUCATORS, ACE FORWARD, PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND THE.

PRESENT YOUR COMMENTS. SARAH GENICHIRO, ACE DESIGNEE, PRESENTING THE REPORT ON BEHALF OF RIJU KRISHNA ACE PRESIDENT AND SPOKESPERSON AND A DEFENDER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT CHON, TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT TOSTON AND CABINET.

ACE AND SCCOE ARE SCHEDULED FOR A FACT FINDING HEARING ON JUNE 23RD.

BEFORE WE REACH THAT STAGE, WE ONCE AGAIN URGE THE BOARD TO ENCOURAGE A RETURN TO MEANINGFUL NEGOTIATIONS AND A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO REACH AN AGREEMENT.

ACE HAS CONSISTENTLY SOUGHT TO RESOLVE THIS CONTRACT THROUGH COLLABORATION AND PROBLEM SOLVING.

WE ARE NOW FACING THE PROSPECT OF BEGINNING A SECOND SCHOOL YEAR WITHOUT A CONTRACT, CREATING UNCERTAINTY FOR THE EMPLOYEES WHO SERVE STUDENTS EVERY DAY.

SCCOE COULD PREVENT A STRIKE BY AGREEING TO A FAIR CONTRACT THAT SUPPORTS THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF QUALIFIED STAFF, PROVIDES STABILITY FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, AND REFLECTS THE VALUE OF THE WORK BEING PERFORMED ACROSS SCCOE.

OUR EDUCATION. EDUCATORS AND EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS BEGAN THIS SCHOOL YEAR WORKING UNDER AN EXPIRED CONTRACT.

YET THEY CONTINUE TO SHOW UP FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT EDUCATORS DO. WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO OUR STUDENTS, OUR FAMILIES, AND OUR PROGRAMS. WE ASK SCCOE LEADERSHIP TO DEMONSTRATE THE SAME COMMITMENT BY PRIORITIZING A FAIR AND TIMELY SETTLEMENT.

WE ALSO URGE SCCOE TO INVEST IN FRONTLINE STAFF BUDGET BASED ON ACTUAL PROGRAM NEEDS.

UTILIZE AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT TODAY'S STUDENTS, MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE PARENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS, AND ADDRESS STUDENT AND EMPLOYEE CONCERNS WITHOUT FEAR OF RETALIATION.

THE LONGER NEGOTIATIONS REMAIN STALLED, THE GREATER THE IMPACT ON EMPLOYEE MORALE, LABOR RELATIONS, AND ORGANIZATIONAL TRUST. WE ARE FOCUSED ON STUDENTS AND A FAIR CONTRACT.

WE ASK SCCOE TO JOIN US IN MAKING THAT GOAL A REALITY.

WE CAN'T WAIT. OUR STUDENTS CAN'T WAIT AND OUR COMMUNITY CAN'T WAIT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 9. CONSENT ACTION ITEMS.

[9. CONSENT ACTION ITEMS]

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SO MOVE IF NOBODY ELSE DID. SOUNDS GOOD. SO WE TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN MADE THE MOTION AND PRESIDENT CHON SECONDED.

TRUSTEES VOTE IN BOARD DOCS.

VERBAL AYE FROM TRUSTEE PACHECO. VICE PRESIDENT SPEISER, I THINK TRUSTEE LARI GOT KICKED OFF THE MEETING. YES SHE DID.

TIFFANY. I KNOW SHE'S SO WE'LL GO. WITH HER BEING ABSENT OR NOT PRESENT AT VOTE.

HE TRUSTEE PACHECHO WAS A VERBAL AYE.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A PASSES WITH TRUSTEE LARI, NOT PRESENT AND SIX VOTES FOR.

WE ARE NOW GOING ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER 10.

[A. Conduct a Public Hearing for the 2025-26 Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP)]

THE CALIFORNIA CODE EDUCATION CODE, 52062(B)(1), REQUIRES SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COUNTIES TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO SOLICIT RECOMMENDATIONS AND COMMENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC REGARDING SPECIFIC ACTIONS AND EXPENDITURES PROPOSED IN THE LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN, OR LCAP PURSUANT TO EDUCATION CODE 52068(B)(1), THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE LOCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN SHALL BE HELD AT THE SAME MEETING AS A PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED BY SECTION 1620 FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

THE MEETING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE LCAP SHALL BE HELD AFTER, BUT NOT ON THE SAME DAY AS THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THE PUBLIC BOARD. THE COUNTY BOARD [LAUGHTER] WILL NOW CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 26-27 LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN THAT THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION WILL SUBMIT TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

STAFF WILL NOW PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE 26-27 LCAP.

DOCTOR TOSTON PLEASE INTRODUCE THE PRESENTATION.

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE TEAM. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

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I'M HERE WITH GEMMA ALVAREZ, OUR PROGRAM MANAGER, AND EUGENE SANTILLAN, OUR DIRECTOR OF ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION.

AND DANNY MARTINEZ, A STUDENT AT SOUTH COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOL.

WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING OUR LCAP TONIGHT.

AND AS A REMINDER, ALL LEAS LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCIES.

SO WHILE WE'RE NOT A DISTRICT, WE'RE STILL AN LEA.

ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING PRIOR TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVAL OF THE LCAP.

THE LCAP IS A 3-YEAR PLAN. AND SO WE'RE ENTERING OUR THIRD YEAR OF OUR 3-YEAR LCAP.

SO THIS IS AN UPDATE TO THE PLAN. THE FULL 150-PAGE LCAP IS ATTACHED.

WE WANT TO FOCUS ON REALLY WHAT'S GOING TO BE NEW THIS COMING YEAR BASED ON OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT, AND IN PARTICULAR, HIGHLIGHT SOME HIGH-LEVEL LEVERAGE STRATEGIES THAT WE THINK ARE GOING TO HELP IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES, AND THEN ALSO PROVIDE A BUDGET OVERVIEW THAT WE SAY BUDGET OVERVIEW FOR PARENTS THAT ARE TRANSPARENT WITH OUR PARENT COMMUNITY.

WHO'S ON, ON OUR LCAP ADVISORY TEAM, WHAT IS INVOLVED IN THE BUDGET FOR LCAP.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MS. ALVAREZ TO TALK ABOUT THE ENGAGEMENT WE DID AND THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO DEVELOP THE PLAN.

GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU. FOR OUR LCAP PROCESS WE ENGAGE WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT PARTNERS INCLUDING SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL, OUR YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WE HAD STUDENT INTERVIEWS.

WE INTERVIEWED PARENTS AT PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES AS WELL AS OUR DISTRICT ENGLISH LEARNER ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

WE SOUGHT INPUT THROUGH DIFFERENT METHODS SUCH AS OUR LCAP SURVEY.

WE DID A SEPARATE SURVEY IN THE FALL, AND THEN WE ALSO DID A HEALTHY KIDS SURVEY THIS SPRING.

SO WE TRIED TO REACH OUT AS MUCH AS WE COULD TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS TO TRULY GET THEIR FEEDBACK AND TO SHOW THEM THAT THEIR IMPACT IS IMPORTANT TO US.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE SO WE LOOKED AT OUR CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD. WE LOOKED AT OUR LOCAL ASSESSMENTS INTERNAL.

BETWEEN OUR INTERNAL INTERVIEWS, WE REALIZED WE NEED TO ADDRESS CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM.

ENGLISH LEARNER SUPPORTS, MATH AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS SUPPORTS, OUR GRADUATION RATE AND COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.

AND I WANT TO CHIME IN HERE BECAUSE AS GEMMA MENTIONED, WE LOOKED AT OUR DASHBOARD.

AND SO THE DASHBOARD ARE THE STATE INDICATORS AROUND GRADUATION AND COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S IN THE RED. AND THE CHALLENGE WE FACE IS MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE WITH US FOR ONLY A SEMESTER, MAYBE A YEAR AT MOST. AND SO TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THE DASHBOARD IS CHALLENGING WHEN YOU HAVE AN INDICATOR LIKE COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, WHERE STUDENTS NEED TO COMPLETE TWO YEARS IN A PATHWAY TO MEET IT.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULD NOT BE ACCOUNTABLE TO IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE RIGHT OUTCOMES.

WE KNOW MANY OF OUR STUDENTS COME WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR LOCAL ASSESSMENTS, NOT AT THE LEVEL THEY NEED TO BE AROUND MATH OR LITERACY.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO SHARE SOME DATA THAT WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR NEXT YEAR, WHERE WE CAN REALLY HAVE TARGETED SUPPORT TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES AND THE DATA WE FEEL WE REALLY NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TOO TO DEMONSTRATE PROGRESS WITH OUR STUDENTS.

SO TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR LOCAL ASSESSMENTS, DATA AND.

LOCAL ASSESSMENTS AND THE DATA, AND TO SHARE THE STRATEGIES WE'LL BE PUTTING IN PLACE I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR SANTILLAN.

OH, ACTUALLY, I GUESS I WAS SPEAKING TO THIS ONE TOO.

AS I SAID, THIS IS A. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DATA AROUND OUR LOCAL INDICATORS, THESE ARE OUR REN STAR READING AND MATH ASSESSMENTS THAT WE DO.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE BELOW BENCHMARK IN READING AT BOTH OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND OUR COURT SCHOOLS.

AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE STARTED DOING THESE ASSESSMENTS EVERY 45 DAYS.

SO IT GIVES US A GOOD SNAPSHOT OF WHERE THE STUDENTS AT.

AND THEN WITHOUT WAITING TOO LONG TO SEE STUDENT PROGRESS, AND THEN CAN GIVE US FEEDBACK ON WHERE TO PROVIDE INTERVENTION.

SO YOU SEE, WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO NEED AT THE URGENT INTERVENTION LEVEL.

AND SO YOU'LL HEAR OUR STRATEGIES ARE ADDRESSING THAT.

AND SIMILARLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT MATH, MATH, EVEN IN A TYPICAL HIGH SCHOOL, IS LOWER THAN LANGUAGE ARTS.

AND HERE WE SEE A GREAT NEED FOR IMPROVING MATH OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS USE THIS DATA TO TARGET INTERVENTIONS TO REALLY SHOW PROGRESS FOR OUR STUDENTS FOR THE TIME THAT THEY'RE WITH US.

SO NOW TO TALK ABOUT THE STRATEGIES THAT WE THINK WILL HELP IMPROVE THESE OUTCOMES.

I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR SANTILLAN MAKING PROGRESS WITH OUR STUDENTS IN THE TIME THAT WE HAVE THEM.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ANSWERED FROM THE BOARD EARLY ON IN THE YEAR HAD TO DO WITH CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR STUDENTS DATA AROUND ATTENDANCE, IT'S REALLY CLEAR THAT THERE'S A NEED TO IMPROVE ATTENDANCE.

BUT WHEN WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THE STUDENTS GROWTH COMPARED TO THEIR PREVIOUS SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS TO AFTER THEY JOINED OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS,

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WE SAW ON AVERAGE, OUR STUDENTS STARTED ATTENDING SCHOOL 37% MORE OF THE TIME THAN THEY WERE ATTENDING IN THEIR PREVIOUS SCHOOL, AND SOME OF THESE STUDENTS WERE JUST NON-ATTENDERS PREVIOUSLY.

AT SUNOL WE SAW AN AVERAGE IMPROVEMENT OF 10% IN THEIR ATTENDANCE.

SO JUST LIKE WE CREATE SAFE SPACES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO WANT TO COME TO OUR SCHOOL PROGRAMS, WE ARE FOCUSED NEXT YEAR AND THE NEXT FEW YEARS ON IMPROVING THEIR ACADEMICS AS WELL.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO PROVIDING YOU THESE SNAPSHOTS SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT OUR STUDENTS ACADEMICS WERE LIKE BEFORE THEY GOT TO OUR PROGRAMS AND HOW MUCH GROWTH THEY MADE WHILE THEY'RE IN OUR PROGRAMS. AND I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THREE SPECIFIC AREAS.

FIRST, WE KNOW WE NEED TO IMPROVE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES, AND WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE THREE HIGH-LEVERAGE STRATEGIES TO DO THIS.

AND I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF MY DIVISION IN GIVING US AND MY TEAM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND VISIT OTHER PROGRAMS ACROSS THE STATE, ACTUALLY, TO SEE HOW THEY'VE IMPACTED STUDENT LEARNING.

SO HIGH-LEVERAGE STRATEGY #1. WE'RE NOT ONLY IDENTIFYING KEY PRACTICES THAT WILL HELP IMPROVE INSTRUCTION, BUT WE'RE PUTTING PEOPLE IN PLACE THAT ARE GOING TO HELP SUPPORT THE TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM.

WE'LL HAVE A MATH TEACHER ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT, AN EXPERT IN MATH AND INSTRUCTION THAT WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TRAINING TO OUR MATH TEACHERS, BE ABLE TO BE AT THEIR SIDE AND COACH THEM, ANALYZE STUDENT DATA, AND THEN TARGET SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS.

SIMILARLY, WE WILL HAVE A TEACHER ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS.

AGAIN, AN EXPERT IN THE FIELD, SOMEONE WHO CAN LEAD THE TEACHERS, SOMEONE WHO CAN IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS STAY FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC GOALS AND ACADEMIC GROWTH OF OUR STUDENTS.

WE'RE ALSO EXCITED TO START, OR WE'VE BEEN GROWING AN INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM IN ALT ED.

WHEN WE GOT TO ALT ED, ME AND MY COLLEAGUES HAD EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND IN A COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS WHERE YOU HAVE A CURRICULUM COUNCIL WILL YOU HAVE A LEAD FOR EACH CONTENT AREA. AND WE'VE BUILT THAT UP IN ALTERNATIVE ED, AND I'M EXCITED TO HAVE THESE TOOLS IN PLACE TO LEAD THE CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL PIECE ALONGSIDE OUR PRINCIPALS AND CONTENT LEADS THAT ARE TEACHERS THAT HAVE SPENT THE LAST THREE YEARS IN A CYCLE OF INQUIRY AROUND COMMON FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS. OUR TEACHERS ARE ALL PREPARED TO USE THIS DATA TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THEIR INSTRUCTION, AND NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO BE LEADING THEM THROUGH LEARNING WALKS WHERE THEY CAN OBSERVE THEIR PEERS AND CALIBRATE WHAT ENGAGEMENT LOOKS LIKE IN THE CLASSROOM.

HIGH-LEVERAGE STRATEGY #2 IS TO BUILD A STRONG INTERVENTION SYSTEM WITH THESE FOLKS IN PLACE.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN INTERVENTION TEACHER WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE IS TO STAY FOCUSED ON THE DATA, TO LOOK AT THE REN STAR SCORES, TO DO GOAL SETTINGS WITH THE TEACHERS AND HELP THEM SET GOALS WITH THEIR STUDENTS FOR IMPROVEMENT.

WE ARE ALSO IMPLEMENTING AN INTERVENTION PERIOD AT ALL FOUR SITES FOR TARGETED INTERVENTION.

THE WHOLE CLASS WILL BE FOCUSED ON IMPROVING READING, WRITING AND MATHEMATICAL PRACTICES, AND WE'RE GOING TO LEVERAGE SOME RESEARCH BASED EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES LIKE LEXIA AND SUCCESS MAKER, WHICH ARE TECH BASED TOOLS TO HELP OUR STUDENTS RECEIVE CUSTOMIZED LESSONS TO IMPROVE THEIR LEARNING.

HIGH-LEVERAGE STRATEGY #3 IS THE AVID PROGRAM.

WE'RE TAKING A TEAM OF TEACHERS AND STAFF TO THE AVID SUMMER INSTITUTE THIS SUMMER.

MY TEACHERS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR STRATEGIES, STRATEGIES, STRATEGIES AND THEY WILL BE EXPOSED TO A HUGE CATALOG OF STRATEGIES IN WHICH TO HELP IMPROVE THE TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM.

AVID TEACHES STUDENTS HOW TO DO SCHOOL. ACHIEVEMENT VIA INDIVIDUAL DETERMINATION, AND WE'RE HOPING TO CREATE A COLLEGE AND CAREER GOING CULTURE AND INSPIRE OUR STUDENTS TO GROW AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WHILE THEY'RE IN OUR PROGRAMS. IN TERMS OF COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED BY THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, AND THIS GOAL ALSO ALIGNS TO THE BOARD GOAL OF CRADLE TO CAREER AND GOAL NUMBER 2, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.

WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS, INCLUDING ATTENDING WORKSHOPS ON CAMPUSES LIKE GAVILAN COLLEGE.

SAN JOSE CITY COLLEGE IS A TEN-MINUTE WALK FROM OUR NEW SUNOL CAMPUS, AND OUR COUNSELORS HAVE STARTED TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AS WELL SO OUR STUDENTS WILL BE EXPOSED TO A COLLEGE GOING CULTURE. EACH ONE OF THESE CAMPUSES HAS KEY PARTNERS THAT ARE RUNNING RISING SCHOLAR PROGRAMS. THERE ARE POINT PERSON, THERE ARE LIAISON FOR THE CAMPUS.

THEY HELP GUIDE OUR STUDENTS THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ENROLLMENT.

THEY HAVE A DEDICATED COUNSELOR THAT PROVIDES THEIR ED PLANS.

THEY HAVE DEDICATED STUDY SPACES, ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY, EVEN PARKING PASSES IF THEY NEED THEM.

FINALLY, OUR GOAL IS STUDENT SUPPORT, WHICH IS CONNECTED TO BOARD GOAL NUMBER 3 SUPPORTING THE WHOLE CHILD.

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THEY'LL SET UP MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, DO HOME VISITS, RUN PARENTING WORKSHOPS AND ALIKE.

IN ADDITION, WE NOW HAVE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEES ON ALL FOUR OF OUR SITES, WHICH PROVIDE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO LEARN HOW TO BE LEADERS, HOW TO SHAPE THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LISTENING TO OUR STUDENTS AND THAT THEY, AND THEY KNOW THEY'RE ESSENTIAL PART OF BUILDING OUR SCHOOLS UP.

AND SPEAKING OF STUDENT VOICE, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE DANNY MARTINEZ HERE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE AT SOUTH COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOL.

HI, MY NAME IS DANNY MARTINEZ. I'M A STUDENT AT SOUTH COUNTY COMMUNITY.

YEAH. AT THAT SCHOOL, I FEEL LIKE IT'S A DIFFERENT HOME.

AND IT'S LIKE OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, LIKE BROTHERS, SISTERS, MOMS, LIKE DIFFERENT FAMILY MEMBERS.

THEY ALSO TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN TO ME AND ALSO VERY EASY TO LEARN THERE.

THEY ALSO BRING CULINARY ARTS TO THE SCHOOL SO WE CAN LEARN HOW TO COOK.

AND THEY TAKE US TO GAVILAN COLLEGE TO LEARN ABOUT.

TO LEARN ABOUT.

AND THEY HAVE MUSIC AND ART TOO, WHICH I REALLY LOVE.

THEY ALSO BRING FLY FOR LEARNING LAW AND POLICIES WITH.

THEY ALSO TEACH US ABOUT LIKE DIFFERENT SUBSTANCES TOO. AND THEY.

THEY TAKE US TO LIKE A FARM WITH DIFFERENT ANIMALS.

THEY LET US PLAY WITH THEM. AND AFTER THAT WE CAN LIKE.

WE CAN. AFTER THAT, WE HELP AROUND THE, THE FARM, LIKE CLEAN UP THE, LIKE WE SWEEP AND PICK UP LIKE WHATEVER WE NEED TO PICK UP.

AND THERE'S BOXING FOR ANGER MANAGEMENT ISSUES.

AND THAT'S BASICALLY IT. THANK YOU. AND YEAH, YOU CAN HEAR FROM DANNY'S EXPERIENCE HOW THE KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES THEY ARE CREATED TO FIRST MAKE HIM FEEL WELCOME AT THE SCHOOL AND ENSURE OUR STUDENTS FEEL WELCOME SO THEY CAN FOCUS ON LEARNING AND CAN START EXPLORING WHAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO THEM IN THE FUTURE.

DANNY JUST HEARD HE HE PREPARED FRIED RICE TODAY, LEARNED HOW TO DO THAT.

AND THEN WE ALSO, UNFORTUNATELY THIS THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND HIM SHARING WHAT WHAT HE'S DONE, HE'S CREATED SOME PICTURES IN HIS ART CLASS. HE LOVES ART FOR HIS MOM WHO IS HERE, BUT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SURPRISE, BUT SHE HASN'T SEEN HIM YET. BUT NOW SHE KNOWS THAT HE'S HE'S DOING ART FOR HER.

AND SO AGAIN, YOU CAN HEAR THE HIGH-LEVERAGE STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE TO PUT IN PLACE TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES, AS WELL AS SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS COLLEGE AND CAREER FOCUS AND TO FEEL SUPPORTED AT THE SCHOOL.

AND THEN GEMMA'S GOING TO SHARE THE BUDGET OVERVIEW FOR PARENTS AND THEN THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATION.

SO NOW WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A SIMPLIFIED BUDGET OVERVIEW FOR PARENTS.

THIS ONE'S MORE SIMPLIFIED THAN THE ONE IN THE PACKET.

THIS ONE TALKS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE FUNDS FOR THE COURT AND COMMUNITY SCHOOL.

SO IT IS OUR BASE FUNDS, GENERAL FUND, TUITION, WHICH IS GOES TOWARDS OUR CORE PROGRAM.

SO THAT PAYS FOR THE STAFFING, THE FACILITIES, ALL OF THAT.

AND THEN OUR SUPPLEMENTAL CONCENTRATION, FEDERAL AND OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL STATE FUNDS GOES TO PAYING FOR ABOVE AND BEYOND.

SO IT'S INCREASED OR IMPROVED SERVICES FOR THE STUDENTS.

SO SOME OF THE PROGRAMS WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER IS THROUGH THOSE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS.

AND IT, EVERY STRATEGY MUST BE FUNDED. SO ALL THE STRATEGIES THAT WE TALK ABOUT HAVE SPECIFIC FUNDING AND ARE TIED TO OUR ACTIONS WITHIN OUR LCAP.

AND EVERY FUNDING MUST ALIGN TO STUDENT NEEDS.

SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE SHARING THEIR VOICE.

THAT'S WHY OUR ENGAGING OUR PARTNERS IS SO IMPORTANT, BECAUSE WE REACH OUT TO THE NEEDS AND WE MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS DOCUMENTED IN OUR LCAP.

THE PIE CHART IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE PERCENTAGES OF THE TYPES OF FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE.

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SO AS I SAID, TONIGHT'S THE PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ASK QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, AND THEN WE'LL BRING BACK THE LCAP FOR APPROVAL AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

AND BEFORE WE TRANSITION TO QUESTIONS, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EFFORTS OF THE TEAM.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GEMMA, DIRECTOR SANTILLAN AND DOCTOR WAYNE NEW THIS YEAR IN THEIR ROLES.

AND SO IN ADDITION TO LEARNING THE PROGRAM, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT AREAS WE WANT TO IMPROVE, WE WANT TO STRENGTHEN THAT WERE TOUCHED ON TONIGHT IN TERMS OF FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS.

AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS BEING A MANDATED RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COUNTY OFFICE IN TERMS OF OUR COURTING COMMUNITY SCHOOL, THE ADDITIONAL STAFF POSITIONS RELATED TO TEACHER, THE INTERVENTION TEACHER, THE TOSA'S AND THE YOUTH LIAISON REPRESENT THE INVESTMENT. AND THIS IS AGAIN, A PROGRAM THAT WE'RE MANDATED TO OPERATE.

AND WE HAVE, I'D SAY, PRETTY MUCH THE AUTONOMY AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUDGET AND THE OPERATION OF THE PROGRAM, WHERE WE DON'T HAVE IN SOME OF OUR OTHER STUDENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE GRANT FUNDED OR FEE FOR SERVICE.

I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN OUR CORE AND COMMUNITY SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND OUR, OUR NON MANDATED STUDENT PROGRAMS. THANK YOU TEAM.

THANK YOU THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT.

WE DIDN'T LET HER KNOW TO SUBMIT IT. TO SUBMIT A CARD.

BUT IF IF.

HI AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT THAT WE HAVE SEEN VERY GREAT CHANGES IN DANNY'S PERSONALITY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT HE'S BEEN AT SOUTH COUNTY.

AND BEFORE AT HIS PREVIOUS SCHOOL, HE WOULD COME HOME NOT HAPPY AND HE WOULD NOT TALK ABOUT HIS DAY.

AND NOW THAT HE'S MADE HIS TRANSITION TO SOUTH COUNTY, HE ALWAYS GETS.

HE GETS PICKED UP AND HE'S RUNNING TO THE CAR WITH THE BIGGEST SMILE ON HIS FACE.

AND KEEP IN MIND, SOME DAYS HE HAS TO LEAVE SCHOOL AT 12:30.

BUT HE ALWAYS ASKED US, CAN I STAY UNTIL 2:00? I'M HAVING SO MUCH FUN AND I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE PAINTING AND I LOVE INTERACTING WITH ALL MY TEACHERS.

AND THERE WAS NEVER A DAY WHERE HE'S SAD TO GO TO SCHOOL, AND EVEN WHEN HE'S SICK, HE'S LIKE, NO, I NEED TO GO TO SCHOOL. AND MY MOM IS LIKE, NO, YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO.

YOU'RE SICK. YOU CAN'T GO TO SCHOOL TODAY, UNFORTUNATELY.

AND THE WHOLE ENTIRE TIME, HE'S LIKE, NO, LIKE, I WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL AND LIKE TOMORROW I'M GOING TO FEEL BETTER AND I'M GOING TO GO TO SCHOOL. AND EVERY DAY, ALL HE TALKS ABOUT IS SOUTH COUNTY AND HOW HAPPY IT MAKES HIM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEES, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE PACHECO. THANK YOU TO THE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION TEAM AND OUR STAFF FOR PULLING SUCH GREAT RESOURCES AND GUIDANCE TOGETHER AND SHOWING US HOW YOU'RE GOING TO APPROACH, THIS LAST YEAR OF OUR CURRENT LCAP WITH THESE CHANGES.

AND SO I'D LOVE TO SEE A PROGRESS LIKE JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON HOW EVERYTHING IS GOING IN DECEMBER.

SO IF YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH IT, I'D LOVE TO SEE WHILE BACK AND JUST TO HEAR OF ALL YOUR SUCCESSES AND LESSONS THAT YOU'VE LEARNED AND ANY PIVOTS THAT YOU MAY MAKE IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS AS YOU IMPLEMENT ALL OF THESE HIGH-LEVERAGE STRATEGIES.

SO THANK YOU. TRUSTEE BERTA. YES, I JUST WANT TO THANK AGAIN FOR THE COLLABORATION, DANNY, FOR COMING TO, TO SPEAK. IT'S ALWAYS REALLY HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM FIRST HAND EXPERIENCES, HOW THINGS ARE GOING AND THE HIGHLIGHTS OF, OF WHAT ALL OF THESE NUMBERS ACTUALLY MEAN IN TERMS OF RESOURCES FOR YOU AND OTHER STUDENTS.

I WOULD JUST LOVE A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION ON THE BREAKDOWN OF HOW THOSE RESOURCES WORK.

SO YOU MENTIONED THE TOSA POSITIONS. IS THAT FOR BOTH THE COURT AND COMMUNITY SCHOOL PROGRAMS? AND THEN WHERE IN THIS PIE CHART IS, ARE THOSE OR HOW ARE THOSE POSITIONS ALLOCATED? I GUESS. THE DOSES ARE BEING FUNDED WITH SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS, AND THEY WILL SUPPORT ALL FOUR OF THE SITES IN ALT ED.

THE ELA TOSA WILL ALSO BE SUPPORTING OUR SPECIAL ED PROGRAM.

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I'M GOING TO POINT TO A COUPLE SLIDES AND ASK SOME QUESTIONS.

ON NUMBER FIVE. AND FORGIVE ME IF YOU MENTIONED THIS, BUT THE BENCHMARKING HERE IS RELATED TO JUST STANDARD STATEWIDE TEST SCORES COMPARATIVELY OR TO A SIMILAR TYPE OF SCHOOLS? NO, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY. SO THE THIS IS NOT THE STATE TEST.

SO THE STATE TEST IS WHAT'S IN THE DASHBOARD.

THESE ARE OUR LOCAL ASSESSMENTS AND THE REN STAR ASSESSMENT, WHICH ESTABLISHES A, YOU KNOW, THE ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS COMPARED TO, YOU KNOW, THEY AND THEY HAVE ASSESSMENTS FROM STUDENTS, THEY USE STUDENT DATA TO INFORM LIKE WHAT LEVEL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.

AND SO THESE ARE DONE EVERY 45 DAYS. RIGHT? AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT SCHOOLS WILL USE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ASSESSMENT.

WE'VE IDENTIFIED REN STAR AS THE ONE TO USE FOR ONGOING PROGRESS MONITORING.

SO THIS IS NOT THE STATE LEVEL ASSESSMENT. GOTCHA.

AND THANK YOU. BUT I'M JUST NOT FAMILIAR WITH REN STAR.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S ARRIVED AT. OR IS IT AN OUTSIDE ENTITY THAT SETS US.

IT IS, YEAH. SO IT IS A DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT'S RUN BY A COMPANY CALLED RENAISSANCE LEARNING.

IT IS SIMILAR TO THE NWEA TEST, WHICH IS THE ALTERNATE.

USUALLY OUR LOCAL DISTRICTS ARE EITHER USING THE REN STAR OR NWEA.

IT IS. IT PROVIDES US A GRADE LEVEL EQUIVALENT FOR TESTING.

SO IF WE WERE TO TAKE IT, IT WOULD COMPARE US TO OTHER STUDENTS IN OUR SAME GRADE LEVEL AND TELL US, WELL, YOU KNOW, EUGENE IS READING AT A 4TH GRADE LEVEL OR IS READING AT THE SAME LEVEL AS A 4TH GRADER IN THE THIRD MONTH OF THE 4TH GRADE.

SO WHEN WE COME IN, WE PRESENT, OH, ON AVERAGE, OUR READING LEVEL OF OUR COURT SCHOOL STUDENTS IS 4.3, FOR EXAMPLE. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GETTING THOSE NUMBERS.

AND IT DOES THE SAME THING FOR MATH AND ENGLISH.

AND SO WHAT IT WILL ALLOW US TO DO IS ON A MORE REGULAR BASIS TO MONITOR THE STUDENT PROGRESS.

SO SPEAKING ABOUT IMPROVEMENT TO ATTENDANCE, I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, IN A PERFECT VISION, I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO POINT OUT FOR THE STUDENTS WHO STAY IN OUR PROGRAMS LONG ENOUGH WHERE WE CAN COLLECT THAT LONGITUDINAL DATA.

I CAN COME AND SAY, WELL, THIS STUDENT STARTED AT THE 4TH GRADE, BUT BY THE TIME THEY LEFT, THEY WERE AT THE 6TH GRADE. FOR EXAMPLE, WE VISITED SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICE OF ED'S COURT COMMUNITY SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND THEY HAVE THE GOAL OF HELPING THEIR STUDENTS IMPROVE AT LEAST ONE GRADE LEVEL IN THE TIME THEY'RE IN OUR IN THEIR PROGRAMS. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE.

THIS AN INDUSTRY AVERAGE THAT THESE ARE SET AT BASED UPON THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL, THIS PARTICULAR POPULATION? IS IT COMMUNITY SCHOOL BASED? IS IT.

OKAY. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE MEASURING THIS AGAINST.

AND AGAIN, FORGIVE ME MY UNFAMILIARITY WITH THIS.

MY NEXT QUESTION THEN IS ON THE STUDENTS. AND YOU MENTIONED HOW LONG WE HAVE THEM.

DO WE HAVE KIND OF A MEASUREMENT OF HOW LONG THESE STUDENTS ARE IN OUR PROGRAMS? TYPICALLY. IF YOU'RE EXPELLED FROM A SCHOOL, YOU'RE WITH US FOR USUALLY A SEMESTER PLUS ONE.

SO IF YOU ARE IN THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND YOU GET EXPELLED IN OCTOBER, YOU'LL BE WITH OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL UNTIL AT LEAST JUNE.

IF YOU'RE IN THE COURT SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY AT OSBORNE, THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY IS FIVE DAYS.

THERE WAS A 417 STUDENTS THAT CAME THROUGH OSBORNE SCHOOL LAST YEAR.

THE MAJORITY OF THOSE WERE THERE LESS THAN 30 DAYS.

I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 160 STUDENTS THAT WERE THERE 30 DAYS OR MORE.

BUT AGAIN, MOST OF THEM ARE IN AND OUT BECAUSE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, THE JUDGES, THE DATA SHOWS THAT THE LONGER YOU STAY IN THE HALL, THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE TO COME BACK. SO THEY TRY TO KEEP THE STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND THEN WHAT'S OUR DO WE SEE THE STUDENTS AGAIN? OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.

DO WE HAVE THOSE KIND OF MEASUREMENTS? I CAN I WILL NEED TO LOOK THEM UP FOR THE COURT SCHOOLS.

I CAN TELL YOU THERE'S THAT LESS THAN 1% OF OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL STUDENTS RECIDIVATE.

OKAY. I'M VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT ONCE OUR STUDENTS LAUNCH OUT OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, THEY DON'T COME BACK ON AVERAGE UNLESS THE DISTRICT COMES BACK AND SAYS, CAN THIS STUDENT PLEASE COME BACK? THEY THRIVED IN YOUR PROGRAM.

CAN THEY STAY THERE? WE'VE EVEN HAD STUDENTS AT SUNOL THAT WERE SENT TO NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS AND BLEW OUT, AND OUR PARTNER DISTRICT CAME BACK AND SAID, CAN THIS STUDENT PLEASE COME BACK HERE? THEY WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL IN THIS OTHER PLACE. BUT IN TERMS OF BEING FORMALLY EXPELLED AGAIN, I'M FINDING THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, AND I WOULD NEED TO DO SOME RESEARCH TO GET YOU THE PERCENTAGE ON RECIDIVISM AT THE HALL.

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AND THE WAY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS WE'RE DOING A DARN GOOD JOB, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT HAVE THESE STUDENTS VERY LONG.

BUT YOU MENTIONED ON THE COURT SIDE. SO I'M GOING TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. IS THE STUDENTS THAT WE'RE MEASURING ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN JUVENILE HALL THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED INTO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AT JUVENILE HALL BASED UPON THE FACT THAT THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN A SENTENCE THAT'S LONGER THAN PROBABLY 2 OR 3 DAYS OR A WEEKEND.

SO THEREBY WE ARE INCORPORATING THEM INTO THAT SCHOOL PROGRAM.

SO THESE ARE THE STUDENTS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE COURT SYSTEM.

THEY'RE THERE FOR MORE THAN A DAY AND OUR TESTER CAN, CAN GET TO THEM, THEY'RE BEING TESTED.

SO WE HAVE ON AVERAGE, PROBABLY LESS THAN 30 STUDENTS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COLLECT LONGITUDINAL DATA ON.

EITHER BECAUSE THEY LEAVE OR THEY'RE THERE, BUT THEY, THEY END UP GRADUATING OR WE JUST.

BUT I CAN GET YOU THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL. YEAH.

NO, I MEAN, I'M JUST ASSUMING WE'RE TRACKING THEM AND YOU FOLKS ARE ON THAT, BUT I'M JUST ASKING TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THIS FOR THE NEXT TIME THAT I HEAR THIS. AND I DID HAVE A QUESTION ON THE BUDGETING SLIDE AS WELL.

AND THAT WAS JUST GENERALLY THAT'S A VERY BROAD ONE, BUT HOW THE DOLLARS ARE REALLY SPENT SPECIFICALLY? AND I WOULD ASSUME WE MIGHT SEE THAT AT ANOTHER TIME, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST MORE OF THE FUNDS, NOT ACTUALLY WHERE WE'RE SPENDING THE DOLLARS.

YEAH SO. AND AGAIN, IF I'M MISSING SOMETHING, PLEASE.

NO, NO, BUT I MY UNDERSTANDING IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT PERCENTAGE IS SPENT ON PERSONNEL CLASSIFIED CERTIFICATED ADMINISTRATIVE BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.

WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET. AND THAT'S HELPFUL BECAUSE AND IT IS IN THE 150 PAGE LCAP WE SHARED.

OKAY. BUT I THINK TAKING THAT FEEDBACK TO SAY, EVEN WHEN WE'RE DOING THE BUDGET OVERVIEW FOR PARENTS, PRESENTING IT IN THIS WAY, SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THERE'S DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT FUND IT, AND THEN JUST AT LEAST A SNAPSHOT OVERVIEW OF HOW THOSE FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT.

THOSE SLIDES SO THESE ARE NEW STRATEGIES THAT HAVE. MOST OF THEM ARE NEW STRATEGIES THAT EMERGE FROM LEARNINGS THROUGH THE YEARS.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, DIRECTOR SANTILLAN WAS SHARING THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM HAS BEEN DOING LEARNING WALK FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

SO THAT'S A NEW PRACTICE THEY'RE GOING TO ADOPT IN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, BUT THEY DO ALREADY HAVE AN INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT YOU HEARD WAS FOCUSED ON THE CYCLE OF INQUIRY, BUT NOW THEY'RE REALLY GOING TO LOOK AT INSTRUCTION.

AND THEN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE INTERVENTION SYSTEM, LIKE THIS IS NEW, THAT THEY WILL HAVE THESE INTERVENTION PERIODS AND A TEACHER SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON INTERVENTION SUPPORT, BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO SEE.

AS HE SAID, WE WANT TO SEE THAT CHANGE IN, IN THE SEMESTER OR YEAR THAT WE HAVE THEM WITH US.

AND THEN AVID WILL BE NEW. AND FOR THE COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, WE'VE STARTED SOME DUAL ENROLLMENT, BUT WE SEE WE NEED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO HELP OUR STUDENTS FINISH THAT.

AND THEN AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE EXPANDING ON SOME OF THOSE CAREER AND REAL WORLD LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THEN THE CAMPUS YOUTH ADVOCATE IS, IS NEW.

WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP MAKE THAT CONNECTION WITH THE STUDENT AND THE FAMILIES AND THEN THE COMMUNITY RESOURCES AS WELL.

YEAH, ON THAT ONE. CAN YOU LEAVE IT THERE? AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS THINKING. AND IT GOES TO THE POINT I JUST MADE AROUND HOW LONG WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE STUDENT AND HOW EFFECTIVE CAN WE BE. I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE ONLY HAVE THEM FOR A WEEK.

WE JUST DON'T DO ANYTHING. I'M JUST POINTING OUT THAT HOW CAN WE BE EFFECTIVE? AND RESOURCES YOU ALREADY KNOW ABOUT IN TERMS OF HOUSING SECURITY, FOOD SECURITY, EMPLOYMENT, JOB TRAINING AND ALIKE. AND SO WE'LL HAVE SOMEONE IN HOUSE THAT'S A LIAISON TO THE COUNTY SERVICES.

THEY WILL ALSO BE. THEY'RE YOUTH ADVOCATE LEADS, SO THEY'LL BE RUNNING GROUPS AT BOTH THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL SITES.

THEY VISIT OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL STUDENTS IF THEY HAPPEN TO BE INVOLVED IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND LAND AT JUVENILE HALL OR BLUE RIDGE, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE A LINK AND VISIT THOSE STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE GETTING WHATEVER SUPPORTS THEY NEED.

HELP THEM TRANSITION BACK TO COMMUNITY SCHOOL.

THIS INDIVIDUAL ALSO HAS REGULARLY ALSO CHECKED IN WITH OUR STUDENTS ONCE THEY GO BACK TO THEIR COMPREHENSIVE SITES, JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE BEING SUCCESSFUL BACK IN THEIR HOME DISTRICTS AS WELL.

AND THEY'LL BE PROVIDING FAMILY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN TERMS OF WORKSHOPS AND PARENTING WORKSHOPS.

THANK YOU. AND THIS IS TIED TO THE QUESTION AROUND WHERE THE DOLLARS ARE SPENT, BECAUSE I'M THINKING OF ALSO KIND OF COUNSELING SERVICES AND THAT TYPE OF WORK.

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TO ME, LET'S JUST SAY HYPOTHETICALLY THAT THE KID IS IN JUVENILE HALL FOR SEVEN DAYS.

I'M NOT GOING TO PROVIDE A LOT OF EDUCATION IN THAT SEVEN DAYS.

MY EFFECTIVE SPACE IS PROBABLY SUPPORTING THAT CHILD IN OTHER WAYS, SUCH AS THE SCHOOLING SERVICES THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT OR COUNSELING OR SUPPORT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT STUDENT SHOWED UP AT JUVENILE HALL, NOT BECAUSE HE GOT A D MINUS AT SCHOOL.

HE SHOWED UP FOR ANOTHER REASON. SO IF WE'RE FOCUSED ON TRYING TO GET THAT D MINUS TO A C, THOSE OTHER ISSUES STILL EXIST. AND THAT STUDENT MAY BE BACK HERE IN NO TIME, UNFORTUNATELY.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S JUST ME JUST SPEAKING GENERALLY. THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE SPEND OUR DOLLARS. YEAH.

IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY. WELL, AND THAT SPEAKS TO THE WHOLE CHILD GOAL AND THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, A STUDENT CAN'T LEARN IF THEY'RE HUNGRY, THEY CAN'T LEARN IF THEY'RE TIRED, THEY CAN'T LEARN IF THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE THINGS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL. SO I APPRECIATE YOU POINTING THAT OUT. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. AND AS WE AS WE REFERENCED THE SHORT STAY OF SOME STUDENTS, THE TEAM IS WORKING OBVIOUSLY AS HARD AS POSSIBLE.

AND SOMETIMES A WIN MAY BE JUST CAPTURING ALL THE STUDENTS RECORDS AND HAVING A COMPLETE [INAUDIBLE] FILE ON FINDING OUT IF THERE ARE ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING, AND EVEN OUR LOCAL FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS GIVE US A BASELINE THAT WE CAN BEGIN INSTRUCTION OR COMMUNICATE WITH THE STUDENT.

HERE ARE SOME STRENGTHS. HERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE YOU MAY NEED TO GROW OR WHERE YOU MAY BE CREDIT DEFICIENT.

AND SO EVEN THOUGH THE WINDOWS MAY BE SHORTER, THE TEAM IS ENGAGED IN TRYING TO GATHER AS MUCH INFORMATION AND DEVELOP A PLAN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU AND MIGHT I HAVE MORE OF A COMMENT YOU HAVE MENTIONED AND YOU DOCTOR TOSTON AND YOU, MR. SANTILLAN HAD MENTIONED THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING TOGETHER FILES THAT SHOW CUMULATIVE WHAT, WHAT WE'RE GETTING AND WHAT, HOW, HOW THE STUDENT IS LEAVING US OR HOW THEY'RE DOING WHILE WITH US.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. I KNOW IT'S NOT NECESSARILY RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT TIME TO GET IT FOR THE LCAP, BUT GETTING TO SEE THE PROGRESS OF OUR PROGRAMS AT ANOTHER DATE, PERHAPS IN THE FALL. ABOUT HOW WE'RE DOING WOULD BE GREAT TO BECAUSE I KNOW LCAP HAS ITS STRUCTURES, LIKE VERY, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THAT INFORMATION.

THANK YOU. AND WE DO HAVE A REQUIRED MID-YEAR UPDATE WE'LL PROVIDE.

BUT IT DOESN'T GET TO THE LEVEL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

BUT WE'LL BE PREPARED TO SHARE THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS THE DATA THAT MATTERS.

YOU KNOW? YES. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR REPORTING ON HOW LAST YEAR STUDENTS DID ON THE DASHBOARD, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT THE MID-YEAR UPDATE PROVIDES, IS NOT GOING TO BE AS RELEVANT AS WHAT YOU'RE HEARING TONIGHT.

OKAY. WE HAD, YOU KNOW, X NUMBER OF STUDENTS AT THIS GRADE LEVEL WHEN COMING IN AFTER INTERVENTION WE HAVE Y.

IF Y IS BETTER. THIS IS HOW WE THOUGHT BECAUSE WHAT WE THINK WORKED. AND IF IT STAYS THE SAME, YOU KNOW, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO CHANGE OUR APPROACH SO WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR MID-YEAR UPDATE, EVEN IF IT'S NOT STATUTORILY REQUIRED. THANK YOU.

I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. I THINK WE ALL WANT TO.

WE'RE HUNGRY FOR DATA AND TO SEE HOW WE'RE DOING FOR THESE STUDENTS BECAUSE IN FACT, WE ARE TRUSTEES TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING RIGHT BY ALL THESE STUDENTS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SEEING THAT THERE'S NO MORE COMMENT ON THIS FOR THIS EVENING, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

THE BOARD WILL TAKE ACTION ON THIS REQUEST ON THE JUNE 10TH MEETING.

NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARING OF THE 26-27 COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND BUDGET.

[B. Conduct a Public Hearing on the 2026-27 County School Service Fund Budget]

MY NAME IS JESSICA SPEISER, AND I AM THE BOARD VICE PRESIDENT AND WILL BE ACTING AS THE CHAIRPERSON OF THIS HEARING.

THE TIME IS 8:24 AND THIS HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

THE CALIFORNIA EDUCATION CODE 1620 STATES THAT ON OR BEFORE JULY 1ST OF EACH FISCAL YEAR, THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND BUDGET.

THE PUBLIC HEARING SHALL BE HELD PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET, AND SHALL OCCUR NOT LESS THAN THREE DAYS FOLLOWING THE AVAILABILITY OF THE BUDGET FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION PURSUANT TO EDUCATION CODE 52068(B)(1).

THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAM SHALL BE HELD AT THE SAME TIME AS THE PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED BY THE SECTION 1620 FOR THE BUDGET.

THE MEETING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE LCAP SHALL BE HELD AFTER, BUT NOT ON THE SAME DAY AS THE PUBLIC HEARING.

EDUCATION CODE 1622.A STATES THAT ON OR BEFORE JULY 1ST OF EACH FISCAL YEAR, THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL ADOPT THE ANNUAL COUNTY SERVICE

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STAFF WILL NOW PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE 26-27 COUNTY SERVICE.

COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND. WE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE STEPHANIE GOMEZ, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, BUSINESS SERVICES, AND LAUREN NGUYEN, DIRECTOR INTERNAL BUSINESS SERVICES, WHO WILL PRESENT THE 26-27 SCHOOL COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND BUDGET.

THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER]. AND THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT SPEISER.

BEFORE WE BEGIN THE PRESENTATION, I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS BUDGET REFLECTS THE WORK OF LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF FOLKS FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION AND THE BUSINESS TEAM IN VALIDATING THAT INFORMATION TO MAKE SURE IT ALIGNS WITH ALL THE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO HAVE OUR BUDGET APPROVED LOCALLY BUT ALSO BY THE STATE. AND SO IT CONFIRMED.

CONFIRM. IT ALIGNS WITH ALL THOSE EXPECTATIONS.

AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE WE, LIKE EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, ARE IN VERY DIFFICULT FISCAL LANDSCAPES.

AND THIS BUDGET REFLECTS OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO BALANCE TODAY'S REALITIES WITH OUR OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SUSTAIN AND REMAIN, REMAIN SOLVENT INTO THE FUTURE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, RECOGNIZING THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF FOLKS, STEPHANIE AND LAUREN ARE GOING TO PROVIDE A BROAD OVERVIEW, BUT THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD HAVE EVERY STAFF MEMBER WHO TOUCHED THE BUDGET OR HAS ALL THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE WITH US TONIGHT. BUT WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO PROVIDE HIGH LEVEL RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS THAT MAY COME UP.

ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ, I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

PRESIDENT CHON, SUPERINTENDENT TOSTON AND TRUSTEES. THIS EVENING WE WILL BE PRESENTING THE 26-27 SCHOOL SERVICE FUND BUDGET.

THE BUDGET THAT WILL BE PLACED AT THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK, WILL BE THERE FOR PUBLIC FOR THE COUNTY BOARD TO ADOPT.

THE BUDGET THAT YOU WILL BE PRESENTED WITH THIS EVENING WAS DEVELOPED BASED UPON THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNOR'S MAY REVISE, WHICH AT THE MAY 29TH MEETING, WE HAD SCHOOL SERVICES COME AND GIVE US SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THERE AND SOME OF THE IMPACTS TO LEA BUDGETS, LEGISLATIVE BUDGET PROPOSALS. AND WE ALSO HAVE RECEIVED GUIDANCE FROM ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND SCHOOL SERVICES OF CALIFORNIA. THIS CHART HERE SHOWS THE BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING PROCESS IS A TWO YEAR PROCESS.

SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF THE BUDGET ADOPTION PROCESS, WHICH IS TAKING PLACE HERE IN JUNE.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE ALSO IN THE MIDST OF CLOSING OUR BOOKS, WHICH THE NEXT BUDGET UPDATE YOU WILL GET WILL BE THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS, WE EMPHASIZE THIS BECAUSE DURING BUDGET ADOPTION, WE'RE NOT ONLY ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, BUT THE SUBSEQUENT TWO FISCAL YEARS, BECAUSE THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE.

AND THEN ALSO OUR ESTIMATED ACTUALS IS PROVIDING A FINANCIAL UPDATE AS WHAT WE PREDICT THAT WE WILL CLOSE OUR BOOKS AS OF APRIL 30TH, 2026. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A POINT IN TIME TO DO THAT SNAPSHOT FOR THOSE PROJECTIONS, BUT IT INCORPORATES THAT AS WELL.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO LAUREN.

THANK YOU 26-27, TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $371 MILLION. AND OF THIS AMOUNT, $132.4 MILLION, OR ABOUT 36%, IS BUDGETED FROM UNRESTRICTED FUNDING SOURCES.

THESE FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR DESIGNATED PURPOSES TO SUPPORT SCCOE MANDATED SERVICES AND OPERATIONS.

THE REMAINING $239.2 MILLION, OR ABOUT 64%, COMES FROM THE RESTRICTED FUNDING SOURCES.

AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THESE FUNDS MUST BE USED FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS OR PURPOSES AS DEFINED BY FUNDING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AND THIS BREAKDOWN REFLECTS OUR CONTINUED RELIANCE ON RESTRICTED FUNDING TO SUPPORT A WIDE RANGE OF PROGRAMMATIC SERVICES TO ALIGN WITH OUR COMMITMENT TO INNOVATIVE HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL. SO WHEN WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW THE UNRESTRICTED REVENUES IN THE COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND ARE LOCATED. ARE ALLOCATED.

WE SEE THAT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION, APPROXIMATELY 45.5%, IS TIED TO THE LOCAL PROPERTY TAX THAT IS ULTIMATELY RETURNED TO THE STATE.

ANOTHER 30% SUPPORTS MANDATED COUNTY SCHOOL. COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION OPERATIONS.

11% OF UNRESTRICTED REVENUES IS DEDICATED FOR ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITY THE REMAINING 13.5% GOES TOWARD OTHER PROGRAMS, AS YOU SEE ON THE TABLE ON THE LEFT.

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AND THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THE BREAKDOWN OF RESTRICTED REVENUES PROJECTED FOR 26-27.

RESTRICTED REVENUES MEANS THEY MUST BE USED STRICTLY FOR THEIR SPECIFIED PURPOSES, AS DEFINED BY THE FUNDERS OR LEGISLATION.

THE MAJORITY OF THE RESTRICTED FUNDING, OVER 52%, COMES FROM SPECIAL EDUCATION, PROPERTY TAX, STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS, WHICH ARE DESIGNATED FOR THE SUPPORT OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

AND THE NEXT LARGEST PORTION, 27%, IS GROUPED UNDER OTHER RESTRICTED PROGRAMS, WHICH INCLUDES A VARIETY OF STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCAL GRANTS THAT SHOW IN THE TABLE ON THE LEFT, AND THE HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START, REPRESENTING A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 16% OF THE RESTRICTED REVENUE SUPPORTING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION SERVICES FOR ELIGIBLE FAMILIES.

ONE THING TO HIGHLIGHT TOO IS I KNOW WE'RE DOING THIS AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, BUT IN THE BUDGET BOOK ON PAGE 12, I THINK IT'S 12 THROUGH 15, WE BREAK DOWN THE ENTIRE AMOUNT AND WE DO IT BY FUNDING SOURCE.

AND THAT JUST DEMONSTRATES THE RESOURCE CODE.

SO IT HAS THE RESOURCE CODE, WHICH IS HOW IT DEFINES HOW WE BUDGET, HOW WE HAVE TO SPEND.

AND SO THAT IS IN HERE TO HELP TO GIVE MORE DETAIL AND BREAKDOWN.

AND WE DO IT BY OUR LCFF, FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL.

SO IF YOU WANT MORE DETAILS, IT'S ALSO IN THE BOOKLET.

WE WANTED TO PROVIDE IT TO GIVE MORE INFORMATION.

THANK YOU. SO THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A BREAKDOWN OF REVENUE RESOURCES FOR THE COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND BY PROGRAM.

THIS DISTRIBUTION REFLECTS BOTH SERVICES WE MANDATED TO PROVIDE AND THOSE THAT DISTRICT VALUE AND CHOOSE TO INVEST IN THROUGH OUR COUNTY OFFICE OF COUNTY OFFICE. AS YOU SEE HERE, THE LARGEST PORTION, 43% OF OUR REVENUE COMES FROM FEES PAID BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THESE FEES SUPPORT ELECTIVE SERVICES, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE SPECIAL EDUCATION, TEACHER CREDENTIALING PROGRAM.

ABOUT 22% OF OUR REVENUE COMES FROM STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS.

THESE FUNDS ARE TYPICALLY TIED TO SPECIFIC PROGRAMS OR INITIATIVES AND HELP SUPPORT TARGETED SERVICES AND PROJECTS ACROSS THE COUNTY.

APPROXIMATELY 32%, AS YOU SEE IN THE YELLOW BOX OF THE FUND, SUPPORTS COE OPERATIONS FOR MANDATED SERVICES, AND ONLY 3% OF THE REVENUE COMES FROM ADA FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS LIKE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION AND OYA.

ONE THING TO HIGHLIGHT ON THE PIE CHART TO THE RIGHT IS THAT 5% LOCAL SERVICES THAT IS IN THE UNRESTRICTED COLUMN, BUT THAT IS DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE. AND SO THAT CAN ONLY BE USED TO SUPPORT DISTRICTS THAT ARE IN THE NDA.

SO IT SAYS LOCAL SOURCES. THAT'S HOW WE HAVE TO CODE IT BECAUSE THAT RESOURCE CODE ROLLS UP THAT WAY.

BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS FOR A SPECIFIED PURPOSE.

DOCTOR TOSTON AND SO THAT 11%, AS WE HAVE DIFFICULTIES IN OTHER AREAS OF PROGRAMS, THAT 11% IS INSUFFICIENT TO CARRY OR FUND THE OTHER 89%. WE ARE DEVOTING A PORTION OF THE COUNTY SERVICE GRANTS TO SUBSIDIZE AND MITIGATE COST IN OUR STUDENT PROGRAMS. BUT THERE IS A LIMITATION BECAUSE THOSE DOLLARS ARE INTENDED FOR THE STATUTORILY MANDATED RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COUNTY OFFICE AS IT RELATES TO DISTRICT OVERSIGHT AND COLLABORATION AND SUPPORT EXTERNALLY AS WELL.

SO IT'S ONE COMPONENT OF OUR WORK AND WE HAVE TO ALIGN WITH BOARD POLICY, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO ADDRESS STRUCTURAL DEFICITS WITH SOFT OR ONE TIME MONEY, OR IMPAIR THE ABILITY TO MEET OUR STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS.

SO THIS SLIDE PROVIDES MORE DETAILS ON THE 32% THAT ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ ADDRESSED EARLIER ON THE REVENUES THAT SUPPORT COUNTY OPERATIONS FOR MANDATED SERVICES. IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE RETURN OF LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES IS PROJECTED AT $60.2 MILLION.

THAT'S AN INCREASE FROM $56 MILLION FROM 25-26 SECOND INTERIM.

SO WE CAN SEE LIKE IT'S GRADUALLY GROWTH FOR THE RETURN OF LOCAL PROPERTY TAX.

AND IN ADDITION, WE PROJECTED $38 MILLION FROM LCFF RESOURCES, $4.4 MILLION FROM DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND APPROXIMATELY $7 MILLION IS DESIGNATED SPECIFICALLY FOR STRS PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS.

AND AS WE MENTIONED IN OUR PREVIOUS MEETING PRESENTATION FOR THE BUDGET, THE STRS PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS OR STRS ON BEHALF

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AND THIS BREAKDOWN HIGHLIGHTS THE COMPLEX NATURE OF COE FUNDING WHERE LOCAL TAX REVENUES ARE PARTIALLY REDIRECTED, REDIRECTED TO FULFILL STATE LEGAL. STATE LEVEL OBLIGATIONS WHILE MAINTAINING CRITICAL SERVICES TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND DISTRICTS COUNTYWIDE.

SO THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS PROGRAMS WHEN THE PROGRAM REVENUES ALONE ARE INSUFFICIENT TO COVER THE OPERATING COSTS.

STARTING WITH THE ALTERNATIVE ED COMMUNITY SCHOOL, THIS PROGRAM IS FULLY SUPPORTED THROUGH LCFF REVENUES AND FEES FOR SERVICES AND NOT REQUIRED A CONTRIBUTION FROM GENERAL FUND. OYA IS PROJECTED TO RECEIVE A MINIMUM GENERAL FUNDING GENERAL CONTRIBUTION FROM GENERAL FUND COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS. HOWEVER COURT SCHOOL AND OLD.

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM OR WALDEN WEST CONTINUE REQUIRING MORE SIGNIFICANT GENERAL FUND SUPPORT.

AND THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION DEMONSTRATES OUR COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINING VALUABLE EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT SERVE OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS AND PROVIDE UNIQUE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

ONE THING TO ADD ON THIS SLIDE IS THAT THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT FOR 26-27 SO WHEN WE GET TO THE MULTI YEAR PROJECTIONS WE HAVE A SLIDE THAT SHOWS OUR FUND BALANCES AND IT SHOWS OUR UNASSIGNED. THIS SLIDE IS JUST FOR 26-27. THE BUDGET BOOK DOES HAVE THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ARE PROJECTED TO BE REQUIRED FOR 27-28 28-29.

IF WE SEE ANY FLUCTUATIONS WHEN WE CLOSE THE BOOKS FOR 25-26, THAT WILL HAVE A DECREASE TO OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE THAT WE'RE PROJECTING.

AND THEN IF WE SEE ANY INCREASED COST IN THESE RESPECTIVE AREAS, IF WE KEEP EVERYTHING THE WAY IT IS NOW, THEY COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE CLOSELY MONITORING THESE TO ENSURE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN OUR MANDATED SERVICES, BUT THEN ALSO TO SEE HOW WE CAN ALSO SUPPORT OR FIGURE OUT WAYS TO MAINTAIN THESE PROGRAMS AT THE SAME TIME.

SO IT'S A IT'S A COMPETITION FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF LIMITED FUNDS.

BUT THAT'S WHY WE ALWAYS LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THIS, TO JUST KEEP AN EYE ON IT.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO THIS SLIDE DEMONSTRATES THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF $400.1 MILLION IN COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND AND HOW IT'S FUNDED.

SO AS YOU SEE IN THE PIE CHART, THE MAJORITY OF OUR EXPENDITURES FUNDED BY OUR REVENUES PROJECTED FOR 26-27 AND THE CARRYOVER FUNDING OF $28.5 MILLION. THE MIX OF CURRENT YEAR REVENUE AND STRATEGIC CARRYOVER ENSURES THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO OPERATE EFFECTIVELY, MEET CURRENT OBLIGATIONS AND INVEST IN LONG TERM INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

YEAH SO WE'VE BEEN PLANNING THIS PROJECT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BECAUSE THE PERMIT HAS FINALLY BEEN APPROVED. AND WE WILL BE STARTING CONSTRUCTION THIS SUMMER THAT IS BEING CARRIED OVER, BECAUSE WE WERE HOPING IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT SOONER.

BUT WHEN THIS COMES UP FOR REVIEW THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE, AND DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION THAT FACILITIES AMOUNT WILL DECREASE.

THAT IS ONE TIME FUNDS THAT WE'VE BEEN CARRYING AND ACCUMULATING YEAR AFTER YEAR.

BUT ONCE WE GET THE PROJECT GOING, THEN THAT BALANCE WILL ALSO BE REDUCED IN THE FUTURE.

SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THAT THERE'S INTENTIONS FOR THE FUNDING, BUT THEN ONCE THEY'RE USED, THERE'S NO ONGOING FUNDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET.

MAY I ASK YOU TO GO BACK TO SLIDE 8, PLEASE? ALSO, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, BECAUSE THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE EARLIER IN TERMS OF THE COLAS THAT WE RECEIVED THIS YEAR. AND THERE'S A COLA. WE RECEIVED THAT COLA ON A VERY SMALL AMOUNT.

SO THE 3% FOR OUR LEA FUNDED PROGRAMS, OUR SCHOOL BASED PROGRAMS, WE'LL RECEIVE THOSE COLA.

ALL NOT THE ENTIRETY OF OUR BUDGET. SO IF YOU SEE THE 43% THAT ARE FUNDED BY FEES FOR SERVICE.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO RECEIVE A COLA ON THAT REVENUE.

THE DISTRICTS WILL RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE AN IMPROVEMENT IN TERMS OF THE REVENUE THAT'S COMING IN TOWARDS TO US, BECAUSE OUR RATES ARE DETERMINED BASED ON THE AGREEMENTS WITH THE DISTRICTS.

ALSO, IN MY EXPERIENCE, THE STATE DOES NOT APPLY THE COLA TO STATE FUNDED GRANTS.

SO WE'RE A LEAD ON A NUMBER OF STATE GRANTS. IF THE GRANT WAS $5 MILLION THREE YEARS AGO, IT REMAINS AT $5 MILLION.

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AND SO WHAT WE RECEIVE RELATED TO COLA IS A MINOR INCREASE, BUT ALSO BECAUSE WE ARE IN DECLINING ENROLLMENT, WE MAY BE RECEIVING REDUCED FUNDS FOR OUR COUNTY SERVICE GRANT BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE COUNTY.

I WAS GOING TO ADD TO THAT, WE HAD A LONG CONVERSATION AT THE PRIOR MEETING ABOUT THE PAID FAMILY LEAVE.

THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THAT. SO WE RAN AND KIND OF CRUNCH THOSE NUMBERS.

AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND CEOS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE REALLY PUSHING BACK BECAUSE IT'S JUST THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING WE WOULD GET.

SO FOR US, WE CALCULATED THAT ON OUR ALT ED PORTION OF OUR GRANT, IT'S ABOUT LIKE $93,000 THAT WE WOULD GET.

AND THEN FOR THE COUNTY OPERATIONS GRANT, IT'S ABOUT $400,000.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 1700 EMPLOYEES [LAUGHTER] IF IT'S A CALIFORNIA STATE LAW.

BUT THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WE WOULD GET WE'RE PROJECTING IS ABOUT $500,000, IF IN TOTAL ENTIRETY FOR THE ENTIRE BUDGET.

SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE'VE ALSO LEARNED THAT THE STATE THERE HASN'T BEEN FINALIZED OR APPROVED THROUGH THE ENACTED BUDGET YET.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE WHEN THE NUMBERS WERE REVIEWED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, IT WAS LOOKING AT SCHOOLS AND LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULAS AND THEIR GRADE SPANS.

BUT CEOS DON'T QUALIFY IN EITHER, AND NEITHER DOES COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

SO NOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT, WELL, HOW WILL THESE OTHER AGENCIES PAY THE FULL COST WHEN THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE FULL AMOUNT OF FUNDING? THE OTHER THING IS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DELAYING IMPLEMENTATION UNTIL JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR TO REALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT MEANS.

BUT WE RAN THE NUMBERS AND IT WAS VERY MINIMAL COMPARED TO OUR OVERALL BUDGET.

AND MOST OF THE FUNDING WE GET, THERE'S NO COLAS AND OUR HEAD START GRANTS THOSE GRANTS.

WE DON'T TYPICALLY GET COLAS ON ANY OF OUR GRANTS.

IF A GRANTOR SAYS WE HAVE $5 MILLION FOR YOU TO DO THE WORK, THAT'S WHAT WE GET.

AND THEN IF THE COST INCREASES, WE GO. THEN WE HAVE TO MEET THE WORK PRODUCT, BUT WE DON'T GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING SO.

I'D ALSO HIGHLIGHT WE ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF PREGNANCY DISABILITY LEAVE.

WE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT, BUT HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE FISCAL IMPACT.

AND WE TOUCHED ON HEAD START. THAT'S A FEDERAL GRANT.

THE FEDERAL GRANT MAY NOT ALLOW US TO USE THE FEDERAL DOLLARS TO PAY FOR THE PDL FOR STAFF WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR IT.

SO THAT WOULD NEED TO BE COVERED FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

AND SO WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR THAT FUTURE LIABILITY AS WELL.

SO THERE'S LOTS OF INFORMATION THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED.

THAT'S UNKNOWN RIGHT NOW, BUT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE AS A COUNTY OFFICE, AND NOT RECEIVING THE SAME COLAS AND SIGNIFICANT INCREASES THAT TRADITIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS RECEIVE.

SO IN THE NEXT COMING SLIDE, WE SHIFT OUR. WE SHIFT OUR FOCUS ON HOW THE COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND RESOURCES COULD BE SPENT TO SUPPORT SCCOE MISSION AND GOALS.

SO AGAIN, THIS PIE CHART SHOWS THE TOTAL PROJECTED EXPENDITURES FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR TOTALING $400.1 MILLION.

AND AS WE ADDRESSED EARLIER, THE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE BUDGET, $60.2 MILLION OR 15% OF OUR EXPENDITURES IS THE RETURN OF LOCAL PROPERTY TAX. AND WHEN WE EXCLUDE THIS AMOUNT FROM THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES, APPROXIMATELY 70.81% OF THE TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES ARE SALARIES AND BENEFITS. THAT HIGHLIGHT THE.

THE COUNTY OFFICE CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO BE A PREMIER SERVICE ORGANIZATION AND TO PROVIDE INNOVATIVE, HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL. SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE.

THE MAJOR EXPENDITURE CATEGORY AND FUNDING SOURCE.

MOST EXPENDITURES ARE FUNDED THROUGH RESTRICTED RESOURCES AS YOU SEE IT IN THE PURPLE COLUMNS, WHICH ARE LEGALLY RESTRICTED FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AND CANNOT BE USED FOR GENERAL OPERATIONS.

THIS REFLECTS OUR RELIANCE ON GRANTS AND CONTRACTS TO PROVIDE PROGRAM SERVICES.

THE UNRESTRICTED CATEGORY INCLUDES $60.2 MILLION FOR THE RETURN OF LOCAL PROPERTY TAX THAT WE.

THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR US TO USE FOR OPERATION, AS WELL AS THE INDIRECT COST RECOVERIES THAT OFFSET UNRESTRICTED EXPENDITURES.

OVERALL, THIS CHART DEMONSTRATES A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF SCCOE SPENDING IS GOVERNED BY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS, REQUIRING CAREFUL PLANNING AND COMPLIANCE TO ENSURE FUNDS ARE USED AS INTENDED.

AND THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THE EXPENDITURES THAT SUPPORT COUNTY WIDE MANDATED SERVICES.

ENSURE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE AND DELIVER SERVICES TO PROGRAMS AND DISTRICTS.

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AND THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZE THE HISTORICAL TREND IN THE RETURN OF LOCAL PROPERTY TAX FROM 2013-14 THROUGH ESTIMATED 2026 AND 27. THE TREND REFLECTS THE CONTINUED GROWTH IN LOCAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUES.

HOWEVER, THESE FUNDS ARE REQUIRED TO BE RETURNED TO THE STATE AND NOT ALLOWABLE.

AND NOT AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT COUNTY OFFICE OPERATIONS.

AND NEXT, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR PROJECTED MULTI-YEAR PROJECTIONS FOR THE 26-27 BUDGET.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, PRIMARILY OUR FUND BALANCES FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS ARE FROM RESTRICTED FUNDING SOURCES, PRIMARILY GRANTS AND CONTRACTED REVENUE. WE HAVE OUR ASSIGNMENTS THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY, WHICH WE ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN.

THE UNASSIGNED AS YOU CAN SEE, IN THE THIRD YEAR, WE SEE THAT IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY LOW.

AND PART OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT WHEN WE DID OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NOTED WAS WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF GRANTS THAT WILL BE EXPIRING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, THAT THERE'S INDIRECT COST IMPLICATIONS THERE. WE ALSO HAVE FACTORED IN OUR ELECTION COSTS FOR THE FOR THE 26-27 YEAR, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BUDGET IT FOR 28-29, AND THAT'S IN THERE.

BUT ALSO IT'S JUST THE INCREASED COST IN PERS.

I KNOW THE RATE WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT RATE EVERY YEAR AS IT GOES UP, THAT IS BASED ON CURRENT SALARIES.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF COST INCREASES, BUT WE'RE WORKING TO MANAGE.

WE'RE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE DO HAVE A POSITIVE BALANCE, BUT THAT'S WHY IT'S REALLY CRITICAL THAT THERE IS TIME TO LOOK AT DOCTOR TOSTON SPEAK MORE TO THIS, TO LOOK AND REVIEW OUR BUDGET OVERALL AND THEN UPCOMING YEARS TO SEE WHAT ADJUSTMENTS CAN BE MADE TO INCREASE THE RESERVE FOR FUTURE YEARS AND MAKE IT IN A POSITION WHERE IT'S MORE STABLE, THAT AS WE HAVE COST INCREASES OR COST PRESSURES THAT MAYBE ARE UNFUNDED, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS.

ANYTHING TO ADD TO THIS ONE? THANK YOU. AND SO WHILE WE HAVE A VERY SLIM MARGIN, I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE HAVE A POSITIVE BUDGET.

WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE IN A STRONG FISCAL CIRCUMSTANCE BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE UNKNOWNS IN THE FUTURE WAS MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE INCREASE IN COST IN TRAVEL. WE HAVE TO BUDGET FOR GAS BEING $7 A GALLON.

AND SO THE COST OF TRAVEL IS INCREASED AND THERE IS NECESSARY TRAVEL.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING THE UNASSIGNED RESERVE SO THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING RESERVES FOR THE SAKE OF HAVING RESERVES.

BUT AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE PREGNANCY DISABILITY LEAVE, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO USE UNASSIGNED RESERVES TO BE ABLE TO COVER SOME OF THOSE UNKNOWNS IF WE HAVE A SURPRISE. WE HAVE A VERY LIMITED ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THAT.

AND AS THE WHAT WE SAW IN 2008, AND I WANT TO SAY MAYBE 2016, WHEN THE STATE IS GOING THROUGH DIFFICULT FINANCIAL TIMES, CASH FLOW BECOMES AN ISSUE AS WELL, BECAUSE THERE MAY BE DEFERRALS THAT IMPACT WHEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE THE DOLLARS THAT WE NEED TO TIDE OVER UNTIL THE CASH COMES IN. AND SO NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BE ENGAGED IN A MORE CONCERTED EFFORT AROUND IMPROVING OUR FISCAL OUTLOOK.

THIS YEAR THIS IS THE FIRST BUDGET THAT I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR IN TERMS OF ITS DEVELOPMENT FROM BEGINNING TO END.

WHEREAS LAST YEAR, I CAME IN IN MAY NEXT YEAR, NOW THAT WE HAVE REVIEWED SYSTEMS AND I HAVE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING, WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH STABILIZATION PLANS AND REVIEWS OF PROGRAMS. THIS IS ALIGNED WITH THE BOARD POLICY 3100 THAT REQUIRES PROGRAMS TO BE SELF-SUSTAINING AND SUFFICIENT.

AND IF NOT THAT, WE HAVE A LONG-TERM VIABLE PLAN FOR SUSTAINABILITY.

IF THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, WE WILL NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS TO POTENTIALLY SUNSET SOME PROGRAMS OR MOVE AWAY OR CONSOLIDATE SERVICES SO THAT WE BEGIN MOVING IN LINE WITH PROVIDING THE SERVICES WITH THE LEVEL OF REVENUE THAT WE RECEIVE.

SO I WILL PAUSE THERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE BERTA. YES, THANK YOU FOR I KNOW THIS IS GOING BACK A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT YOU WERE DESCRIBING EARLIER ABOUT THE COLA AND HOW THAT'S ONLY.

DO YOU HAVE THOSE NUMBERS OR CAN YOU SHARE THOSE NUMBERS WITH US? IN TERMS OF WHAT THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE THAT WE WOULD GET.

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YES WE HAVE.

OR IF YOU HAVE IT AS A PERCENTAGE OF WHAT THE TOTAL WOULD BE ALT ED. SO IT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THAT'S ALSO WORKING UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE ALSO IT'S BASED ON.

SO THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE WHEN OUR FORMULA TRANSITIONED OVER IS THAT'S WHAT WE PROJECT.

BUT THEN IF OUR COUNTYWIDE ADA, WE'RE PROJECTING A DECREASE, I THINK OF LIKE 1.8% TO 2% BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING.

THEN THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT WE GET IS ACTUALLY LESS.

SO IT NETS THE TWO TOGETHER. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS SINCE OUR FORMULA TRANSITIONED IS WE STARTED GETTING COLA, WHICH IS GREAT NEWS. BUT THEN THE COUNTYWIDE ADA THAT WE WERE FIRST SET ON GETTING WHEN WE HAD OUR, OUR LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA WAS IMPLEMENTED.

IT STAYED UNCHANGED FOR YEARS. BUT THEN NOW THAT IT'S REAL TIME, WE'RE SEEING REDUCTIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WE'RE GETTING IN OUR OVERALL GRANT.

SO I THINK THAT'S THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE HAVING IS WE'RE GETTING COLA, BUT IT'S BEING REDUCED BY COUNTYWIDE DECLINES IN ADA AND ADA.

SO THAT'S THE OTHER CHALLENGE. AND SO I THINK IT'S NAVIGATING THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT ADA, WHAT WE'RE SEEING THROUGH PROJECTIONS AND STATEWIDE IS IT WILL CONTINUE TO DECLINE.

SO IT'S THE ABILITY TO ADAPT TO THOSE CHANGES.

YEAH. AND WHAT ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ JUST REFERENCED IS WHY OUR FUNDING HAS BEEN RELATIVELY FLAT SINCE 2013-14, BUT OUR FIXED COSTS CONTINUE TO INCREASE. AND SO WHATEVER WE RECEIVE FROM THE COLA AVAILABLE TO US, BUT IT COSTS MORE FOR ALL GOODS AND SERVICES NOW THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO DO THE JOBS THAT WE NEED TO DO IN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.

ARE THERE OTHER ESTIMATES IN TERMS OF POTENTIAL MANDATED EXPECTATIONS COMING THROUGH? DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT WE COULD BE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'D BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, EITHER FOR THE PAID PREGNANCY LEAVE OR OTHER.

NO.

THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH AT THE STATE LEVEL TO REALLY HELP LEAS AND PUBLIC AGENCIES TO BE ABLE TO CALCULATE WHAT THE ESTIMATES WILL BE.

SO THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT AND TRYING TO GET SOME TOOLS OUT THERE, BUT NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHAT THE ESTIMATES WILL BE.

AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE TRYING TO DELAY THE IMPLEMENTATION TO JANUARY 2027, BECAUSE THERE'S CONVERSATION ABOUT WILL THIS WORK AND WILL IT BE AN UNFUNDED MANDATE FOR A LOT OF LEAS? AND SO THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF LEAS AND COLLEAGUES I HAVE ARE CONCERNED BECAUSE IN THEORY IT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD AND WE'RE ALL SUPPORTIVE OF IT.

BUT DO THE NUMBERS MAKE SENSE? AND WILL IT BE ENOUGH TO FUND THE PAID FAMILY LEAVE? AND THE OTHER CONCERN THAT CAME UP WAS BACKFILLING THE TEACHERS THAT ARE GOING ON LEAVE.

THAT'S SOME OF THE CONCERNS WE'VE BEEN GETTING TOO, IS THE ABILITY TO NOT ONLY PAY FOR THE LEAVE, BUT PAY FOR THE STAFFING NEEDED TO BACKFILL FOR THOSE POSITIONS.

SO THERE'S MORE TO COME ON THAT. BUT THE STATE, I WOULD SAY JULY IS WHEN THE TRAILER BILL LANGUAGE WILL COME OUT AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION. BUT AT THE STATE LEVEL, THERE'S THINGS THAT THEY'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT EVERYONE WANTS IT TO BE IMPLEMENTED WELL, BUT THERE'S JUST SOME UNKNOWNS AT THIS POINT. DOCTOR TOSTON ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? NO, THERE'S THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL MANDATES THAT I'M AWARE OF THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PIPE RIGHT NOW.

BUT WE WILL. THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT SHIFTS AT SOME POINT.

FOR ME, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES ARE THE INCREASING IN COST TO DO BUSINESS, THE CONTINUING UNCERTAINTY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL AS WELL.

A NUMBER OF THE GRANTS WE RECEIVED LOCALLY HAVE BEEN REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY, AND MANY OF THEM HAVE MID-YEAR TERMINATION CLAUSES OR THE AUTHORITY TO END THE CONTRACT MID-YEAR. BUT WE WOULD ALREADY HAVE AN ANNUAL COMMITMENT TO STAFF.

SO IF WE HIRE A SPECIALIST OR A CLINICIAN BASED ON A LOCAL GRANT, AND THAT GRANT IS DISCONTINUED IN DECEMBER.

WE STILL HAVE THE OBLIGATION, THE EMPLOYMENT OBLIGATION THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE COMING OUT OF THE UNASSIGNED REVENUE.

SO THOSE ARE THE UNCERTAINTIES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TO PLAN FOR.

IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE LIKE A ROUNDABOUT.

I KNOW AT LEAST FOR THINGS LIKE GRANTS OR THINGS THAT WE KNOW ARE COMING DOWN EVENTUALLY IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A ROUNDABOUT NUMBER OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF HOW IT CORRELATES WITH THE NEED FOR THAT UNASSIGNED RESERVE OR, YOU KNOW, A FUND I GUESS, SOURCE BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING. SO PRETTY MUCH ANY [LAUGHTER] DEPARTMENT COULD HAVE SOMETHING GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT.

AND WE MIGHT HAVE TO USE THE GENERAL FUND TO BACKFILL THE GRANTS THAT ARE SUNSETTING.

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AND SO THAT CHANGES THE AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR THE OUT YEARS.

AND THAT'S WHY SOME PLANS HAVE NEEDED TO BE NEEDED TO HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED BECAUSE THE REVENUE OR THE FUNDS WERE EXPENDED AT A FASTER RATE THAN WE HAD PLANNED WHEN WE SUBMITTED THE INITIAL GRANT APPLICATION.

ONE THING I'D LIKE TO ADD TOO THAT WE'VE CHANGED A FEW YEARS BACK ESPECIALLY DURING COVID, WAS WE'VE GOTTEN MORE STRINGENT ON WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, APPLY FOR A GRANT WHEN WE ACTUALLY BUDGET THE GRANT.

I KNOW SOMETIMES THERE'S A DELAY IN WHEN THE BUDGET REVISION COMES HERE BECAUSE WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT THE GRANT AWARD. WE'VE GOTTEN REALLY, REALLY STRINGENT ON IF WE GET AWARDED A GRANT, WE NEED AN ACTUAL GRANT AWARD NOTIFICATION.

WE NEED TO HAVE IT IN WRITING THAT WE'RE GETTING. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE AMOUNT CONFIRMED, THE TERM OF THE GRANT. ALL THAT HAS TO BE VALIDATED BEFORE WE WILL PUT IT IN THE BUDGET.

HIRE STAFF INCUR COSTS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS THAT HAS REALLY PREVENTED US FROM GETTING IN SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE GRANTS THAT MAYBE AREN'T GOING TO COME THROUGH. AND ON SOME OF THE FEDERAL GRANTS, WE'VE HAD REDUCTIONS, BUT THEY'VE COME AT THE NEXT CYCLE AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO NAVIGATE THOSE. SO I THINK AT THIS POINT WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO KEEP MONITORING ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

AND THE BIGGEST EXAMPLE OF THIS WAS LAST YEAR WITH HEAD START.

WE RESCINDED LAYOFFS ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 30TH BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE RECEIVED THE CONFIRMATION OF THE FUNDING.

BECAUSE IF WE AND I, LET ME BE TRANSPARENT, WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO RESCIND AS MANY LAYOFFS AS POSSIBLE.

BUT WITHOUT A FUNDING SOURCE, WE'RE CREATING AN OBLIGATION THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON ONE MONTH.

SALARY AND BENEFITS FOR HEAD START EXCEEDS OUR RESERVES JUST BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE PROGRAM.

AND SO THE CIRCUMSTANCES WE'RE IN REQUIRE US TO BE EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE AND WAIT UNTIL THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN SIGNED AND THOSE FUNDS ARE IN THE BANK BECAUSE PUBLIC AGENCIES AT THE LAST MINUTE ARE HAVING TO SHIFT IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS BECAUSE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS ALSO DEPENDENT ON THE STATE AND THE FEDS FOR THEIR FUNDING. AND AS THEIR UNCERTAINTY BECOMES LESS CLEAR, IT IMPACTS HOW QUICKLY THEY'RE ABLE TO CONTRACT WITH US. AND THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE.

NOT A NOT A CRITIQUE. ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE PACHECO.

I DO THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT APPROACH. SO I DO APPRECIATE THE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH WE'RE TAKING WITH THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, PRESERVE. BUT MY QUESTION GOING BACK TO THE $371 MILLION FOR OUR FOR OUR REVENUES, WE EXPECT. DOES THAT INCLUDE THE $60 MILLION OF LOCAL PROPERTY TAX THAT WE HAVE TO RETURN? SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN OPERATING REVENUE SOURCE OF ABOUT $310 MILLION, $60 MILLION. LIKE WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THAT, RIGHT? CORRECT. YES. THAT'S 100% CORRECT. AND IT'S EVEN MORE BECAUSE THE $60 MILLION YOU'RE RIGHT.

WE HAVE TO RECORD IT AS REVENUE. BUT THEN IT'S A IT'S AN EXPENDITURE.

IT'S A LIABILITY. WE CAN'T SPEND THAT. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THAT STRS PENSION CONTRIBUTION IS ALSO IN THERE.

BUT THAT'S NOT REAL MONEY. THAT'S AN ACCOUNTING ENTRY THAT WE'RE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO PUT IN FROM THE STATE.

AND SO THAT IS INCLUDED IN THAT AMOUNT. BUT IT'S AN ENTRY THAT WE HAVE TO PUT IN.

AND THEN WE RECOGNIZE THAT. SO IT'S AN OFFSET.

SO WE HAVE TWO THINGS THAT ARE IN THAT. 371 WE HAVE TO SHOW AS REVENUE, BUT IT'S NOT MONEY THAT WE CAN KEEP OR SPEND.

GOING TO SLIDE 10. THE NEXT SLIDE. SURE. ALL THE ORANGE THAT'S DEFICIT, CORRECT? THAT IS GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION, YEAH. THAT'S THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE UP FOR THAT RESPECTIVE PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE IT CAN OPERATE WITH THE CURRENT BUDGET THAT IT HAS RIGHT NOW.

CORRECT. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. IS THAT THE UMBRELLA THAT CONTAINS WALDEN WEST, OR IS THAT JUST ANOTHER WAY OF DESCRIBING WALDEN WEST? THAT'S WALDEN WEST. OKAY. YEAH. SO WALDEN WEST, THEY'RE PROJECTING $2.46 MILLION FOR 26-27.

THE CONTRIBUTION FROM GENERAL FUND WE'RE PROJECTING IS $1.27 MILLION IN THE, GO AHEAD.

SO THESE WERE JUST FOR PROGRAMMATIC EXAMPLES OF, YOU KNOW, JUST GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTIONS DEBT STRUCTURAL DEFICITS.

CORRECT DOES THAT HAVE A DEFICIT? LIKE ARE WE PAYING MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE RECEIVING IN THE FEES? NO. SO WE SPECIALIZE THE FEE FOR SERVICE. WE HAVE OUR CONTRACT WITH THE DISTRICTS.

AND THE FEES ARE PRETTY WELL SPECIFIED IN TERMS OF THE RATES FOR THE CLASSES.

WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS AN IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION FOR OPERATING SPECIAL ED, AND WE HAVE A REDUCED INDIRECT RATE ON THE SPECIAL ED

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SOME OF THE IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS. IF I SPEND TIME ON SPECIAL ED, I'M NOT FUNDED OUT OF SPECIAL ED, NEITHER IS LAUREN OR STEPHANIE. SO THERE IS ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT THAT GOES TOWARDS SPECIAL ED THAT MORE THAN EXCEEDS THE INDIRECT THAT WE RECEIVE ON THAT. ANOTHER AREA WITH OUR SPECIAL ED PROGRAMS ARE FACILITIES, BECAUSE WE DON'T OWN ALL THE FACILITIES, THERE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE WE NEED TO ADDRESS A FACILITY NEED ON A SITE THAT WE'RE HOUSED AND TO, IF IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE, WE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT AND NOT NECESSARILY ENGAGE WITH THE DISTRICTS OR WAIT FOR THE DISTRICTS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT.

AND SO THERE ARE SOME FACILITY COSTS THAT WE'RE CARRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, ONE, WE DON'T HAVE SAFETY ISSUES, BUT THAT WE'RE BEING RESPONSIVE TO FACILITY NEEDS.

BUT YOU WOULDN'T SAY LIKE THE IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS ARE ONE THING, BUT SO THEN YOU WOULDN'T SAY THAT THERE IS A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT, LIKE WITH WALDEN WEST, WITH SPED. THE BEST WAY FOR ME TO DESCRIBE IT WOULD BE THAT THE COUNTY OFFICE IS NOT MAKING A PROFIT ON THE SPECIAL ED PROGRAMS, AND THAT WE ARE CONTRIBUTING RESOURCES TO ENSURE THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THOSE PROGRAMS. AND LOOKING AT OYA I, IT'S ONLY MY SECOND YEAR BEING A TRUSTEE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THAT ORANGE IS SHRINKING OVER THE YEARS.

WASN'T? WAS THE DEFICIT MUCH LARGER THAN IT IS PROJECTED TO BE FOR THE NEXT YEAR? WHICH MEANS THAT THE AUSTERE APPROACH YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN TAKING IS WORKING, IS THAT RIGHT? IT'S A COMBINATION OF A NUMBER OF FACTORS. RELYING ON SOME OF THE GRANT FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND BEING INTENTIONAL AROUND THAT AS WELL AS DOES THIS REFLECT THE INCREASE IN ADA FOR NEXT YEAR? CORRECT. YES SO AS THE STATE HAS INCREASED LCFF RATES AND PROVIDED DOLLARS, THAT ALSO IMPROVES THE OUTLOOK FOR OYA.

AND OYA ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION. THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, FREE PUBLIC SCHOOL SERVICES THAT PEOPLE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.

WALDEN WEST IS A FEE FOR SERVICE, KIND OF LIKE SPED.

SO THAT'S NO IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION THAT'S FOR SURE.

I MEAN, THAT'S US. THERE'S IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS IN ADDITION TOO.

BUT THE ADDITION IS MUCH LARGER AND WHICH I GUESS MY QUESTION IS.

I GUESS THE PLAN WILL EVENTUALLY BE TO SHRINK THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

BECAUSE WE CAN'T, UNLIKE THE SPED WHERE THE FEE COVERS MOST OF THE COSTS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT.

THAT APPROACH CAN'T BE TAKEN WITH WALDEN WEST? WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO WALDEN WEST, BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO BALANCE THE FEES THAT FAMILIES PAY TO ATTEND AND OUR RISING FIXED COSTS, AND WE KNOW THAT INCREASING THE GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION IS NOT SUSTAINABLE OVER TIME.

AND SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT STRATEGIES FOR WALDEN WEST THAT MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROGRAM, BUT ALLOW US TO ACHIEVE A GREATER LEVEL OF SOLVENCY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. TRUSTEE ROCHA. I'LL JUST MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT FOR OUR ELECTIVE PROGRAMS AND MAYBE A POOR ANALOGY, BUT IF YOU HAD A BUSINESS THAT YOU WERE OPERATING AND YOU HAD A DAY JOB, IF THE BUSINESS YOU WERE OPERATING REQUIRED MORE AND MORE OF YOUR SALARY EACH YEAR.

THERE COMES A POINT WHERE YOU NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS.

YOU KNOW? AM I GOING TO TAKE A SECOND OUT ON THE HOME? AM I GOING TO REFINANCE THINGS? OR IS IT TIME FOR ME TO RECOGNIZE THAT FOLKS AREN'T INTERESTED IN BUYING THE PLATES THAT I'M MAKING ONLINE? WE'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT WE ARE BECOMING VERY CLOSE.

WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY FOR THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE OPERATING THAT HAVE STRUCTURAL DEFICITS TO ENSURE THEIR SOLVENCY LONG TERM.

AND SO SPECIFICALLY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, THE WINDOW THAT WE HAVE AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION CONCURRENT TO THAT, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT, OKAY, WHAT IS THE PROGRAM MODEL LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD SO THAT WE ENSURE THAT IT'S AVAILABLE TO AS MANY STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE AND ABLE TO SUSTAIN ITSELF. THE OTHER LAST COMMENT I WOULD MAKE, WHILE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN DIFFICULT FISCAL TIMES.

WE HAVE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE GROWING. THE EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM.

WE RECEIVE. WE SEE CONTINUED INTEREST AND WE WILL BE AWARDED THIS BE AWARDED A SIGNIFICANT GRANT TO EXPAND THAT WORK.

WE RECENTLY RECEIVED A NEW MENTAL HEALTH GRANT THAT WILL REQUIRE SOME CAPACITY BUILDING AS WELL AS CHANGES IN OUR MANDATES FOR DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION.

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AND SO GROWTH IN ONE AREA DOES NOT MEAN THAT REDUCTIONS IN ANOTHER AREAS, BECAUSE IT'S A LACK OF PRIORITY.

IT IS BASED SOLELY ON THE FUNDING AND THE AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE FOLKS WHO ARE FUNDING THOSE PROGRAMS. YES, TRUSTEE BERTA. JUST ONE FINAL THING. I'M STILL LOOKING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL CLARITY ON SLIDE 14.

THE COMPARISON OF THE RESTRICTED AND UNRESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY TO THE SERVICES AND OTHER.

THE UNRESTRICTED. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED LAST TIME THAT THERE'S SPECIFIC REASON CERTAIN DOLLARS CAN ONLY BE DESIGNATED UNDER SERVICES AND OTHER AS OPPOSED TO OTHER CATEGORICAL AREAS.

BUT IT WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS IN TERMS OF EVEN JUST DIRECTION TO WHERE I CAN FIND THAT IN THE, THE SACS BOOKLET AND TRYING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT $17 MILLION IS, IS BEING ALLOCATED FOR, EVEN IF IT IS UNRESTRICTED. OKAY, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

AND THEN WHEN DOCTOR TOSTON, WE CAN SEND OUT THE INFORMATION AND IT'S IN THE BOOK, SO WE CAN GIVE YOU THE REFERENCES TO THE PAGES.

OKAY. AND HOPEFULLY THAT'LL PROVIDE THE INFORMATION.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT. AND THERE WERE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

RIGHT? CORRECT. NO PUBLIC COMMENT. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. THE TIME IS 9:07.

THE BOARD WILL TAKE ACTION ON THIS ITEM ON JUNE 10TH BOARD MEETING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE MOVING ON TO INFORMATION ITEMS NUMBER

[A. Employee Compensation Increase Exceeds the EC 1302 (a) Limit]

THIS INFORMATION ITEM WILL BE PRESENTED BY DOCTOR.

BY MR. ROGER GALLIZZI, INTERIM ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES.

ACTUALLY, I'LL BE PRESENTING THIS. ALL RIGHT.

SOUNDS GOOD. SO THIS ITEM YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU UNDER EDUCATION CODE 1302 SUBDIVISION A AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION RELATING TO THE INCREASE IN SALARY OF OVER 10,000.

$10,000. THIS INCREASE WAS CREATED AS THE RESULT OF NEGOTIATIONS.

THIS AFFECTED NINE EMPLOYEES IN THE PSWA, A BARGAINING UNIT.

IF YOU REMEMBER, THERE WAS A DISPARITY BETWEEN THE PAY SCALE FOR PSW AND ACE RELATED TO SIMILAR POSITIONS THAT REQUIRED SOME THE SAME CREDENTIALS.

THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS WE AGREED TO ALIGN THE SALARY SCHEDULES.

THIS IS WHAT'S REFLECTED ON THE INFORMATION ITEM IN TERMS OF MOVING FROM A LOWER PAYING SALARY SCHEDULE TO THE ALIGNED SALARY SCHEDULE WITH OTHER STAFF WITH SIMILAR CREDENTIALS. A QUICK QUESTION ARE THESE IN GENERAL BROUGHT LIKE WHEN DO THESE GO INTO EFFECT? JUST. SO THESE ITEMS COME TO THE BOARD AS AN INFORMATION ITEM, BUT THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED.

SO IT'S WHENEVER THERE'S A TRIGGER OF THAT 10% INCREASE.

THIS WAS ALREADY DONE. IT WAS RETRO TO SEVEN ONE.

AND SO THIS IS JUST FOR INFORMATIONAL. OKAY. SO IT COMES AT THE NEXT MEETING FROM WHEN IT'S EXPENDED OR? I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE CONNECTION TO THESE ITEMS AND.

IT SHOULD BE AFTER IT'S BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND PUT IN PLACE.

AND SO THAT MAY BE WHY IT COMES LATER. BUT I DO KNOW THAT THESE COME REGULARLY AND THEY'RE TYPICALLY AFTER SOMEONE'S BEEN PROMOTED OR THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE AND THEN YOU SEE IT AFTER IT'S GONE INTO EFFECT. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I ASSUME NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

I DON'T HAVE THE PUBLIC REALLY HERE, SO WE'RE GOOD.

MOVING ON TO 11.B FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT.

[B. Future Agenda Items]

TOPICS RAISED UNDER THIS ITEM ARE NOT AGENDIZED FOR BOARD DISCUSSION, BUT RATHER TO CREATE SPACE FOR TRUSTEES TO MENTION TOPICS FOR REVIEW FOR CONSIDERATION AS

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I WANT TO THANK DOCTOR TOSTON AND STAFF BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING ON A RESOLUTION AROUND AIR POLLUTION AWARENESS AND PUBLIC AGENCIES COMMITMENT TO HOW THEY'RE REDUCING AIR POLLUTION AND SO THIS WAS BY TWO STUDENT LEADERS, AHEM JANE AND KELLY LIU, AND THEY HAVE A PROJECT CALLED CONSERVE TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN CAN YOU USE YOUR MIC? SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THEY HAVE A PROJECT CALLED CONSERVE. THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE [LAUGHTER].

I WASN'T TALKING THE MIC EARLIER, BUT AHEM JANE AND KELLY LIU, AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE TEAM ON AN AIR POLLUTION RESOLUTION, HOW SCCOE CAN REDUCE AIR POLLUTION.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED DOCTOR TOSTON BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S ALREADY IN THE WORKS.

I BELIEVE THAT'S SCHEDULED TO COME NEXT BOARD MEETING SO.

GREAT I REALLY APPRECIATED AND LOVED THE INFORMATION PRESENTATION WE RECEIVED ON THE LCAP TODAY.

AND THE FOCUS ON ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION AND SOME STRATEGIC MOVES WE'LL BE MAKING.

IF WE COULD AGENDIZE AN UPDATE ON DECEMBER, LIKE A MID-YEAR UPDATE, LIKE HOW IS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE STRATEGIES GOING? WHAT WILL YOU DO DIFFERENTLY IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS? AND THEN SEE THIS COME BACK AGAIN IN JUNE 2027.

JUST TO SEE HOW EVERYTHING IS GOING BECAUSE I FIND IT REALLY INTERESTING.

AND ALSO I THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT WAY FOR US AND THE COMMUNITY TO SEE ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT OUR PROFESSIONALS ARE DOING WITH THEIR KIDS.

ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HEAR COMMITTEE REPORTS FROM THE COMMITTEES THAT HAVE MET SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.

[A. Committee members may provide or report on recent committee activities.]

HEAD START POLICY COUNCIL, JESSICA SPEISER AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE, JESSICA SPEISER.

[LAUGHTER] SO HEAD START POLICY COUNCIL WAS LAST NIGHT.

IT'S KIND OF THE LAST ONE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

AND A LOT OF THE INFORMATION YOU RECEIVED IN YOUR INFORMATIONAL PART OF THE AGENDA IS STUFF THAT WE COVERED LAST NIGHT. AND THEY ALSO PRESENTED CERTIFICATES TO ALL THE POLICY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION THIS YEAR, AND SOME PLAQUES TO THE OFFICERS THAT ARE LEAVING US BECAUSE THEY'RE AGING OUT AS PARENTS OR THEIR KIDS ARE AGING OUT, AS IT WERE.

SO THANKING THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE. AND DOCTOR WAYNE ALSO DID A WONDERFUL KIND OF ENGAGING PRESENTATION TO GET MORE INPUT ON WAYS WE COULD DO BETTER IN THE POLICY COUNCIL LIKE REALLY GETTING MORE INFORMATION OUT OF THE POLICY COUNCIL FOR SELF-ASSESSMENT.

WHAT COULD WE DO BETTER? AND REALLY ALL THINGS BUT THE FOCUS ON THIS MEETING WAS ON RECRUITING AND THEN ALSO GOVERNANCE, GOVERNANCE FROM THE POLICY, POLICY COUNCIL PERSPECTIVE.

AND LOTS OF GREAT IDEAS WERE RECEIVED FROM THAT EXERCISE.

AND ONE OF THE IDEAS WAS, AS IT RELATED TO GOVERNANCE, WAS HAVING MORE OF THOSE ENGAGING SESSIONS.

SO THAT WAS WONDERFUL. IN POLICY DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE.

WE HAD TODAY. AND YOU ARE GOING TO GET, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE TECHNICAL TERM, A BOATLOAD OF POLICIES COMING TO YOU NEXT WEEK THAT ARE UPDATES BECAUSE OF CSBA HAS UPDATED LANGUAGE FOR SPECIFICALLY COUNTY BOARD POLICIES. AND WE HAD A, WE HAVE A BACKLOG OF THEM.

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

WOULD ANY TRUSTEE LIKE TO REPORT ON ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THEIR OFFICIAL RESPONSIBILITIES WITHIN THE BOARD'S JURISDICTION? AND I ALREADY SAW TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN HAND UP AT THE CORNER OF MY EYE.

I WANTED TO MENTION TO EVERYONE AND I FLAGGED FOR DOCTOR TOSTON.

THE SCCOE WAS A REALLY BIG PART OF WHAT WAS CALLED THE SANTA, WHAT IS CALLED THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY YOUTH CLIMATE INITIATIVE.

I KNOW JENNIFER MUTCH AND HER TEAM WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNERS AND ALSO SILICON VALLEY YOUTH CLIMATE ACTION AND OTHER DISTRICTS.

AND SO THERE WAS JUST THE CASE STUDY WAS JUST RELEASED.

IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME YEARS. AND THEN I BELIEVE 200 EDUCATORS PARTICIPATED IN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. AND THERE WERE A LOT OF OTHER TOUCH POINTS FOR STUDENTS.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CAN BE SHARED THROUGH THE IMPACT WEEKLY OR WITH THE BOARD.

I DIDN'T ADD IT UNDER FUTURE AGENDA ITEM. MAYBE IT'S CAN BE.

I'LL JUST LET YOU THINK ABOUT THAT DOCTOR TOSTON.

BUT THAT WAS JUST REALLY GREAT. I KNOW THAT THE COUNTY OFFICE REALLY PARTICIPATED IN THIS SANTA CLARA COUNTY YOUTH CLIMATE INITIATIVE.

ANY OTHER TRUSTEES? TRUSTEE BERTA.

ATTENDED THE HOFFMANN AWARDS WITH VICE PRESIDENT SPEISER AND DOCTOR TOSTON, WHERE OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM WAS RECOGNIZED.

SO SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR STAFF WHO ARE WORKING ON THAT.

ALSO ATTENDED THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBER THAT BELIEVE IT WAS THE INAUGURAL SYMPOSIUM.

SO THANK YOU TO JESSICA SIMPSON AND CHRISTINA [INAUDIBLE] FOR THEIR WORK ON THAT WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT SPEISER AND PRESIDENT CHON.

ALSO ATTENDED THE STAFF RECOGNITION AWARDS. AND IT'S JUST ALWAYS SUPER IMPRESSIVE TO SEE FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN HERE SO MANY YEARS, YOU KNOW, GIVING, GIVING THEIR SERVICE IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES AND SEEING THEIR, THEIR LOVED ONES SUPPORTING THEM AS WELL.

AND THEN FINALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT ALPHA JOSE HERNANDEZ AND JUST CONNECT WITH SOME OF THE PARENTS THERE AS WELL.

THANKS. GREAT. TRUSTEE ROCHA JUST THAT I FINALLY MADE CONTACT WITH EAST SIDE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND GOT A TOUR, NOT A TOUR. BUT I VISITED THEIR DISTRICT OFFICE AND MET WITH THEIR SUPERINTENDENT JUST TO GET TO KNOW THEM. AND THAT NOW MAKES ALL THREE OF THE DISTRICTS THAT I REPRESENT IN MY TRUSTEE AREA. HAVING MADE CONTACT WITH. SO I FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT.

AND I'M HOPING TO STRENGTHEN THE RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE WITH ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS.

AND SO I'LL DO MY PART WITH MY DISTRICTS. GREAT.

THANK YOU. I'LL TRY NOT TO GO CRAZY HERE. YOU'VE COVERED THE, THE AREA TIME PRIOR, SO I'LL COVER GOING FORWARD FROM THAT. I WENT TO BOTH THE HESTER CLUSTER PROMOTION AND THE ANNE DARLING PROMOTION.

I ATTENDED THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION'S LEGISLATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE.

I ALSO TOURED ALPHA JOSE HERNANDEZ CHARTER SCHOOL.

AND I WENT TO A NETWORKING LUNCH FOR SCCSBA ALL THE WAY IN GILROY.

WE'RE DEFINITELY TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE GO TO THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY, MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S LOVE ON ALL SIDES OF THE COUNTY.

AND THAT IS IT. AND MOVING ON TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S

[A. The superintendent may give a report on any activities related to his duties.]

AND WE HAD A NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO WERE RECOGNIZED. I PARTICIPATED OR ATTENDED THE HESTER COMPLETION CEREMONY.

ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO BE AT ANNE DARLING FOR THE CEREMONY THERE.

AND YESTERDAY WAS THE RIDDER PARK PRESCHOOL GRADUATION.

THAT WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE CUTE FACES AND HEAR THE SONGS THAT HAVE BEEN SUNG.

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AND I WOULD JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT IT'S A, IT'S A COMMITMENT THAT I PLAN ON HONORING FOR THE REMAINDER OF MY TENURE IS TO SPEND ACTIVE AND TIME ENGAGING WITH OUR STUDENTS PRIORITIZING OSBORNE AND THE RANCH ON WEDNESDAYS GOING FORWARD BECAUSE I JUST LOVE THE KIDS AND GET TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. AND SO LOOKING FORWARD.

SO WE HAVE A BOARD MEETING NEXT WEEK, AND THEN WE WILL BE KIND OF IN THE WIND DOWN OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STAFF TRANSITIONS THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR, AND SO WE'LL BE RECRUITING AND INTERVIEWING THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH THE NEXT SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

REGULAR MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 10TH AT 5:00 P.M.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. TRUSTEE BERTA MOVES.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOC. VERBAL AYE FOR ROCHA, PACHECO AND SREEKRISHNAN.

TRUSTEE LARI. IS TRUSTEE LARI STILL ON? SHE SEEMS TO BE ABSENT.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES. ADJOURNED. TEAMMATES, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT TONIGHT.

APPRECIATE YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.