[1. SCCBOE CALL TO ORDER]
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          ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THIS REGULAR MEETING NUMBER TWO SIX NINE TWO OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER SEVENTH, AND THE TIME IS FIVE P.M. I AM VICTORIA CHON, PRESIDENT OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND I WILL PRESIDE OVER THIS MEETING. A LIVE STREAM OF THIS EVENING'S MEETING IS AVAILABLE AT H T T P S COLON SLASH SLASH TINYURL DOT COM SLASH S C C BOARD MEETING. 
          ON THE WEBPAGE, SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM AND CHOOSE LIVE. 
          LANGUAGE SUPPORT FOR THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING IS AVAILABLE IN SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE. IF SUPPORT IS NEEDED, PLEASE CALL 6 6 9 9 100 6 8 3 3. THE WEBINAR ID IS 7 2 7 3 3 4 8 1 0. LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE IN ASL, SPANISH, AND VIETNAMESE IS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE IN ATTENDANCE. 
          HEADSETS FOR SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE MAY BE PICKED UP AT THE TABLE AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM, AND THE ASL INTERPRETERS ARE IN THE FRONT OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROOM AS WELL AS ON THE MONITORS. IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY OR THE NEED TO EVACUATE THE ROOM, PLEASE ALERT AND FOLLOW AN SCCOE STAFF MEMBER WHO IS IDENTIFIED WITH THE YELLOW BADGE. IF ANYONE IS WISHING TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON A CLOSED SESSION ITEM, THEY CAN DO SO, BY COMPLETING A SPEAKER COMMENT CARD AVAILABLE AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM. 
          MODERATOR, DO WE HAVE ANY 
          [2. PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION]
PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR A CLOSED SESSION? YES, WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          OKAY, CAN YOU PLEASE START PUBLIC COMMENTS? SURE. I WILL CALL THE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTERS. 
          PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM IN FRONT OF THE MICROPHONE AND CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. MICHELLE OLIVER AND MERCEDES HILL. I'LL GET YOU; I'LL GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO GET UP THERE. OUR FIRST COMMENTER IS MICHELLE OLIVER. 
          PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. HI, I'M MICHELLE OLIVER, PREVIOUS SCCOE EMPLOYEE FOR TWENTY-NINE YEARS. I WANT TO BRIEFLY ADDRESS THE RECENT CHANGE IN THE BOARD MEETING AGENDA WITH CLOSED SESSION NOW OCCURRING BEFORE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          CLOSED SESSION CAN LAST, AS WE ALL KNOW, ANYWHERE FROM FORTY-FIVE MINUTES TO FOUR HOURS. THIS MEANS STAFF, FAMILY, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO COME TO SPEAK WAIT AN UNPREDICTABLE AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE THEY CAN BE HEARD. THE IMPACT ON THIS HAS BEEN NOTICEABLE. 
          ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN AT THESE MEETINGS IN THE LAST YEAR CAN SEE THAT FEWER PEOPLE ARE STAYING, FEWER PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING, AND PARTICIPATION IS BEING SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED. 
          PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE AND REASONABLY PREDICTABLE. PEOPLE HAVE JOBS, FAMILIES, CAREGIVING RESPONSIBILITIES, AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO RECONSIDER THE AGENDA STRUCTURE AND RESTORE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS TO A TIME BEFORE CLOSED SESSION. IF COE TRULY VALUES TRANSPARENCY, TRUST, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE MEETING STRUCTURE SHOULD BE OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MERCEDES HILL. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. GOOD EVENING, DR. 
          TOSTON AND BOARD TRUSTEES. I AM MERCEDES HILL, HEAD START EMPLOYEE AND SEIU MEMBER. I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS NEW STRUCTURE OF THE SCCOE BOARD MEETINGS IS PREVENTING THE WIDER PUBLIC FROM MAINTAINING ACTIVE IN-PERSON PARTICIPATION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THIS BODY. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE REASONING BEHIND THE STRUCTURAL CHANGE IS THAT THOSE SEEKING INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS MAY BE ADDRESSED FIRST AS THEY INVOLVE STUDENTS. WHILE THAT, WHILE THAT IS VERY CONSIDERATE, THOSE REQUESTS ARE ULTIMATELY SPECIAL INTERESTS. IT IS THE BOARD, IS THIS BOARD, A BODY THAT IS SUPPOSED TO CHAMPION SMALL D DEMOCRACY, GOING TO KEEP ALLOWING SPECIAL INTERESTS TO TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER THE PUBLIC AT LARGE? TECHNOLOGY HAS ALLOWED US TO CONVENIENTLY WATCH THESE MEETINGS FROM OUR PHONES, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING VITAL TO THE MAINTENANCE OF DEMOCRACY THAT DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY IN REAL TIME AND IN PERSON. I AM ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE OVERTIME BEING PAID TO STAFF THAT MOST WORK THESE MEETINGS. HOW IS IT AFFECTING THE SCCOE BUDGET, ESPECIALLY AFTER TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF DEVASTATING LAYOFFS? IS IT TO KEEP THE PUBLIC FROM HOLDING THIS BODY OR ITS EMPLOYEE ACCOUNTABLE? THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY, THANK YOU. THE BOARD IS NOW ENTER, IS GOING TO BE MOVING INTO CLOSED SESSION. CLOSED 
          [3. CLOSED SESSION]
SESSION INVOLVES CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. FOR FAMILIES AND DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES ATTENDING INTER-DISTRICT APPEALS THIS EVENING, HERE IS WHAT TO EXPECT. WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, BOTH THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN AND THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE ENTERED INTO CLOSED SESSION. 
          EACH PARTY WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO PRESENT THEIR PERSPECTIVE TO THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. IF INTERPRETATION IS NEEDED, AN EXTRA FIVE MINUTES WILL BE PROVIDED. 
          AFTER BOTH SIDES SPEAK, EACH WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO RESPOND TO ONE ANOTHER, AND BOARD MEMBERS MAY ASK QUESTIONS TO ENSURE THEY FULLY UNDERSTAND THE INFORMATION. 
          WHEN THE HEARING ENDS, THE BOARD WILL DELIBERATE IN PRIVATE. ONCE A DECISION IS MADE, BOTH PARTIES WILL BE INVITED BACK INTO THE ROOM TO HEAR THE FINAL DECISION. 
          THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEM INCLUDES FIVE ITEMS. A, INTER-DISTRICT ATTENDANCE APPEAL, FILED ON BEHALF OF STUDENT, RESIDENT DISTRICT EAST SIDE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, DESIRED DISTRICT SANTA CLARA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. B, INTER-DISTRICT ATTENDANCE APPEAL, FILED ON BEHALF OF STUDENT, RESIDENT DISTRICT CAMPBELL UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT. DESIRE DISTRICT, SAN JOSE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. INTER-DISTRICT ATTENDANCE APPEAL FILED ON BEHALF OF STUDENT, RESIDENT DISTRICT, SARATOGA UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT, DESIRE DISTRICT, LOS GATOS UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT. D CONFERENCE 
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WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, ANTICIPATED LITIGATION, GOVERNMENT CODE FIVE FOUR NINE FIVE SIX-POINT NINE D TWO ONE CASE, AND E CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, EXISTING LITIGATION SLASH SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION, GOVERNMENT CODE FIVE FOUR NINE FIVE SIX POINT NINE, NAME OF CASE, LOGAN WHITE VERSUS EAST SIDE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT CASE NUMBER TWENTY-SIX, C V FOUR NINE TWO TWO THREE ZERO, SANTA CLARA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT. THE BOARD WILL ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION AND WILL RETURN IN APPROXIMATELY THREE HOURS, SO, AT OR AFTER EIGHT PM. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY, GOOD EVENING. 
          [A. Roll Call (Including Action on Absences if Necessary)]
WE ARE READY TO RESUME OPEN SESSION. THE TIME IS NOW EIGHT NINETEEN PM. 
          I WILL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL. 
          I, PRESIDENT CHON, AND PRESENT, WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE RESPOND ACCORDINGLY. 
          TRUSTEE BERTA. PRESENT. 
          TRUSTEE LARI. PRESENT. 
          TRUSTEE PACHECO. TRUSTEE ROCHA, VICE PRESIDENT SPEISER, PRESENT, AND TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN IS ABSENT TODAY. 
          MAY I GET A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE ABSENCE OF TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN? SO, MOVED. MOVED BY VICE PRESIDENT SPEISER. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECONDED BY TRUSTEE PACHECO. TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARDDOCS. PRESIDENT CHON, I'LL HAVE A, A VERBAL AYE. A VERBAL AYE FROM TRUSTEE LARI. THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. YOU GOT IT, TRUSTEE LARI. OKAY. OKAY, AND THAT MOTION CARRIES WITH SIX YESES. THANK YOU. 
          STUDENT BOARD, IS OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER STILL HERE? NO. 
          OKAY. HE IS NOT HERE, SO, WE WILL JUST START WITH THE 
          [B. Pledge of Allegiance]
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          EVERYONE, PLEASE STAND IF YOU'RE ABLE, AND PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. I WILL START OFF OUR MEETING AND RECITE THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 
          LET US TAKE TIME TO HONOR THE 
          [C. Land Acknowledgement]
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 PEOPLES CONTINUE TO PROTECT THE LAND. IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE INDIGENOUS CULTURES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND REMEMBER THAT WE ALL GATHER, LIVE, LEARN, AND WORK ON THE TRADITIONAL LAND OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. WE WILL 
          [D. Set the Agenda]
MOVE TO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA WITH TWO ADJUSTMENTS. TRUSTEE LARI HAS REQUESTED THAT WE PULL FOR DISCUSSION AGENDA ITEM 9E. 
          ADDITIONALLY, I WILL ASK THAT WE TABLE AGENDA ITEM 11A AS THE PRESENTERS ARE NOT HERE. I MOVE WITH THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. OKAY, MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERTA WITH THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. DO I HAVE A, AND A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE ROCHA. THANK YOU. 
          BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARDDOCS. AND THAT MOTION CARRIES WITH SUCCESSES. THANK YOU. I'LL NOW REPORT ON, REPORT ON ACTIONS TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION. UPON 
          [E. Report of Actions Taken in Closed Session]
COMPLETION OF AGENDA ITEM THREE A, A MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE CHON AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE LARI TO APPROVE THE APPEAL, AND THAT MOTION CARRIED WITH FOUR YESES, TWO NO'S FROM TRUSTEE PACHECO AND ROCHA AND TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN ABSENT. UPON COMPLETION OF AGENDA ITEM THREE B, A MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE PACHECO AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE LARI TO APPROVE THE APPEAL, AND THAT MOTION CARRIED WITH SIX YESES WITH TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN ABSENT AT VOTE. 
          AND UPON COMPLETION ITEM OF ITEM THREE C, A MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE BERTA AND SECONDED BY VICE PRESIDENT SPEISER TO DENY THE APPEAL, AND THAT MOTION CARRIED WITH SIX YESES AND TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN ABSENT AT VOTE. 
          UPON COMPLETION ITEM OF 3D, THERE IS NO REPORTABLE ACTION, AND UPON COMPLETION OF AGENDA ITEM 3E, THERE IS NO REPORTABLE ACTION. 
          WE HAVE TWO SPECIAL 
          [A. Recognition of the SCCOE Employee of the Month]
RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING, AND THE FIRST WILL BE PRESENTED BY MYSELF. VICE PRESIDENT SPEISER WILL ACTUALLY PRESENT SINCE TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN IS NOT HERE TODAY. OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH IS ANTONIA ROMO SERNA. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ANTONIA. THANK YOU. ANTONIA, DR. PATRICK HEFFLIN AND DIRECT, DIRECTOR 
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OF ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION AT OYA TO THE SIDE PODIUM AND VICE PRESIDENT SPEISER, WILL YOU DO THE HONORS? AND THEN AFTER THE PRESENTATION, BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE JOIN AT THE PODIUM FOR PHOTOS. 
          RIGHT. THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION RECOGNIZES TEN SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION EMPLOYEES EACH YEAR FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO STUDENTS, PARENTS, COWORKERS, AND CUSTOMERS. 
          ANTONIA ROMO SERNA, A NAVIGATOR FOR THE OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ACADEMY IN THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DIVISION, IS THE OCTOBER EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. SHE HAS WORKED FOR THE SEC OE FOR SIXTEEN YEARS. IT IS WITH GRATITUDE THAT WE CONGRATULATE ANTONIA ON HER RECOGNITION AS OCTOBER EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. ANTONIA BEGAN HER CAREER WITH THE SEC OE RIGHT AFTER COLLEGE AS A IN THE MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM. 
          TWELVE YEARS LATER, SHE APPLIED TO BECOME A NAVIGATOR FOR THE, FOR OYA. WHEN I WORKED IN SAN JOSE, I WOULD CONNECT OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH WITH OYA, ANTONIA SAID, ADDING THAT THAT'S HOW SHE LEARNED ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND ITS IMPACT. 
          LATER ON, THE TRANSITION OPENED UP. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A COOL TRANSITION. AS AN OYA NAVIGATOR, ANTONIA CONNECTS OYA STUDENTS TO RESOURCES THAT ADDRESS THEIR BASIC NEEDS SO, THEY CAN CONCENTRATE ON THEIR ACADEMIC GOALS. 
          ANTONIA ADDED THAT OYA NAVIGATORS ARE ANOTHER ADULT WHO CHECKS IN ON STUDENTS, OFTEN ASKING THEM, HOW CAN I HELP YOU? WHAT ARE YOUR NEEDS? WHAT IS ONE THING THAT YOU, YOU, YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT? HER DEDICATION TO STUDENTS' NEEDS IS SEEN AND APPRECIATED BY HER TEAM. 
          ANTONIA HAS THE HEART OF A TRUE ADVOCATE AND CAREGIVER, SAID MICHAEL REICHLE, PRINCIPAL OF OYA SNELL LOCATION. SHE CARES DEEPLY ABOUT HER STUDENTS AND DEMONSTRATES EXTRAORDINARY FOLLOW-THROUGH AND INITIATIVE IN DELIVERING SERVICES, ENGAGING THEM WITH PROFOUND RELATIONAL TRUST AND SHARING A STOREHOUSE OF RESOURCES AND KINDNESS. 
          BUILDING TRUST WITH STUDENTS IS A BIG PART OF ANTONIA'S ROLE AS A NAVIGATOR. SHE UNDERSTANDS THAT MEANINGFUL PROGRESS FOR STUDENTS OFTEN BEGINS WITH SMALL STEPS IN ENVIRONMENTS WHERE STUDENTS FEEL SAFE, SUPPORTED, AND VALUED. USING HER DEVELOPER STRENGTH, ANTONIA FOCUSES ON BUILDING THE TRUST AND ENGAGEMENT THAT HELPS STUDENTS RECONNECT WITH THEIR EDUCATION AND BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES. OUTSIDE OF WORK, ANTONIA LIKES ROAD TRIPS, VOLUNTEERING, AND LEARNING NEW LANGUAGES. 
          ANTONIA IS CURRENTLY LEARNING FARSI. AS WITH ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH, WE ACKNOWLEDGE ANTONIA FOR HER OUTSTANDING SKILLS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON THE JOB, DEDICATION TO EXCEPTIONAL SERVICES, SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS, CONTRIBUTIONS OUTSIDE THE USUAL SCOPE OF THE JOB, AND OVERALL COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE. 
          TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION, ANTONIA WILL RECEIVE A PLAQUE RECOGNIZING HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SCCOE, AN EXCLUSIVE SCCOE SWEATSHIRT, AND A RESERVED PARKING SPACE. 
          ANTONIA AND HER SUPERVISORS, DR. PATRICK HEFFLIN, DIRECTOR OF ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION AND OYA, ARE HERE WITH US TODAY. I'D LIKE TO INVITE THEM UP TO SAY A FEW WORDS. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CHON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT TOSTON, COLLEAGUES, AND GUESTS. IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE ANTONIA ROMO AS SCCOE'S OCTOBER EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. ANTONIO'S WORK REFLECTS THE VERY BEST OF SCCOE BY BEING A COMPASSIONATE, PROVIDING FOR COMPASSIONATE SERVICE, UNWAVERING DEDICATION, AND A DEEP COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES FEEL SUPPORTED AND VALUED. ANTONIA DOES NOT SEEK RECOGNITION. SHE LEADS QUIETLY, CONSISTENTLY, AND WITH GENUINE KINDNESS. YET, AS YOU WILL HEAR IN THE WORDS OF HER COLLEAGUES, HER IMPACT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO MISS, SO, TONIGHT I WANT TO SHARE A FEW OF THEIR THOUGHTS AND THEIR MESSAGES. 
          SO, CHRISTINA RAMOS, AND I PROMISE I WILL GIVE THIS ALL TO YOU FOR KEEPSAKE. 
          CHRISTINA RAMOS SHARED, ANTONIO IS SO, DESERVING OF THIS RECOGNITION. SHE IS GENERALLY A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH AND SOMEONE WHO BRINGS KINDNESS, WARMTH, AND POSITIVITY INTO THE WORKPLACE. SHE IS A WONDERFUL ASSET TO THE NAVIGATOR TEAM. RANDY DRABMAN SHARED, ANTONIO, REMARKABLE KINDNESS EMANATES FROM YOU. IT AFFECTS THOSE AROUND YOU, MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE. THANK YOU FOR BEING A BRILLIANT CONTRIBUTION TO HUMANITY. CATHERINE MENDOZA SHARED, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS 
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BEING SOMEONE I CAN COUNT ON AND FOR BRINGING SUCH A POSITIVE AND GENUINE PRESENCE TO OUR TEAM. YOUR PATIENCE, COMPASSION, AND WILLINGNESS TO HELP NEVER GOES UNNOTICED. I'M GRATEFUL TO WORK ALONGSIDE YOU, AND I'M SO, GLAD OTHERS GET TO RECOGNIZE WHAT I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SEEING FIRSTHAND. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, YOU DESERVE IT. LEWIS SMITH SAID, ANTONIA IS A REMARKABLE, HAS A REMARKABLE ABILITY TO KEEP OUR TEAM CONNECTED TO THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. 
          MICHAEL REICHLE HE STATED, SHE IS DEEPLY RESPECTED AND ADMIRED BY OUR PARENTS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND ALL STAFF MEMBERS AND SCCOE EMPLOYEES. 
          IN TRUTH, SHE IS A RARE JEWEL IN OYA'S CROWN. TERRY GARUA STATED, ANTONIO, ANTONIA IS CLEARLY AN INCREDIBLE PRESENCE ON THE OYA TEAM, A TRUE SERVANT LEADER WHOSE WARMTH, GRACE, AND QUIET DEDICATIONS MAKE A PROFOUND IMPACT ON EVERYONE AROUND HER. HER DEEP CARE OF STUDENTS, RELENTLESS EFFORT TO REMOVE BARRIERS FOR FAMILIES, AND HER GENUINE KINDNESS CREATES A SUPPORTIVE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL. MARY BRAVO SHARED, YOU ALWAYS APPROACH YOUR WORK WITH PATIENCE, POSITIVITY, AND GENUINE COMMITMENT, AND IT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED. 
          IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU RECOGNIZED FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. KEVIN JACKS SHARED, SHE SUPPORTS STUDENTS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM AND IS ALWAYS WILLING TO GO, TO STEP IN WHENEVER SHE IS NEEDED. 
          SABANI PARCELL SAYS, CONGRATULATIONS, ANTONIA. 
          ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE A QUIET AND UNASSUMING SPIRIT, YOU CARE FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OUT LOUD. YOU ARE A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF SERVANT LEADERSHIP. AND ZARA SHARED, YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL WAY OF MAKING THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU FEEL VALUED, SUPPORTED. THIS RECOGNITION IS A REFLECTION OF THE POSITIVE IMPACT YOU MAKE EVERY DAY. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, YOU TRULY DESERVE TO BE CELEBRATED. SO, IN CLOSING, ANTONIA, YOUR COLLEAGUES' WORDS REFLECT A CONSISTENT AND POWERFUL MESSAGE YOU LEAD WITH KINDNESS, SERVE WITH HUMILITY, AND MAKE MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND COWORKERS EVERY DAY. 
          ON BEHALF OF SCCOE, CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING NAMED OCTOBER EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. THIS RECOGNITION IS TRULY WELL DESERVED. THANK YOU TO FOR THE RECOGNITION. IT'S VERY UNDESERVED, I THINK, BECAUSE I WORK WITH AN AWESOME TEAM. AS YOU HEARD I THINK AS A TEAM, WE REALLY TRY OUR BEST TO HELP SOME OF THE MOST NEEDED STUDENTS, AND SO, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT, AND I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE THAT I GET TO DO THAT IN MY CURRENT POSITION. I GOT TO DO THAT IN MY PREVIOUS POSITION. 
          STUDENTS THAT ARE IN OUR SCHOOL ARE REALLY STUDENTS THAT SOMETIMES DON'T GET ALL THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED AND DESERVE. SO, I'M VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM HERE AND I THINK THESE TYPE OF PROGRAMS REALLY HELP OUR COMMUNITY BECOME BETTER COMMUNITIES. SO, I REALLY, I FEEL FORTUNATE TO BE PART OF THIS TEAM, AND THANK YOU SO, MUCH. THANK YOU TO EACH ONE THAT'S HERE. I KNOW IT'S LATE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, AND THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT. I REALLY WISH THAT IT COULD BE A PROGRAM OF THE MONTH BECAUSE IT REALLY IS DIFFICULT TO DO IT WITH EVERYBODY ELSE WITHOUT EVERYBODY ELSE. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY MOM FOR BEING A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A HARD WORKER AND ALSO TO GIVE YOUR BEST IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. 
          SO, JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          [B. Recognition of the 2026 SCCOE and SCCBOE-Authorized Charter Schools Teachers of the Year]
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THIS WILL NOW LEAD INTO OUR SECOND RECOGNITION FOR THE EVENING, AND THAT'S FOR THE 2026 SCCOE AND SCCBOE AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOL TEACHERS OF THE YEAR. DR. 
          TOSTON AND I WILL PRESENT THESE AWARDS AT THE SIDE PODIUM, AND THEN AFTER THE PRESENTATION, BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE JOIN US AT THE PODIUM FOR PHOTOS. I DO WANT TO ASK, IS ADRIANA OVIEDO IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY? IS YOUR, THERE YOU ARE. OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          WONDERFUL. AS WELL AS A TEACHER OF THE YEAR AND MYEONG CHANG, BOARD AUTHORIZED CHARTER. 
          WONDERFUL. SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          OKAY, GLAD, GLAD WE FOUND YOU. ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. ON OCTOBER NINETEENTH, WE WILL CELEBRATE THE FIFTY-SIXTH ANNUAL SANTA CLARA COUNTY TEACHER RECOGNITION CELEBRATION. THIS EVENT CELEBRATES THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR HONOREES AND SPONSORED AWARD WINNERS FOR ARTS AND CIVIC LEADERSHIP AND STEM. THE CEREMONY WILL HONOR THIRTY TEACHERS OF THE YEAR SELECTED BY THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, INCLUDED ARE THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION TEACHER OF THE YEAR, ADRIANA OVIEDO FROM EARLY LEARNING SERVICES, AND THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE YEAR, MYUNG CHANG FROM ROCKETSHIP SÍ SE PUEDE ACADEMY. TONIGHT, WE ARE THRILLED TO CELEBRATE AND HONOR ADRIANA AND MYUNG, WHO WERE SELECTED FOR THEIR SKILL AND CREATIVITY IN THE CLASSROOM, LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS, INVOLVEMENT IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY. WE INVITED THEM BOTH HERE TO JOIN US TONIGHT TO CONGRATULATE THEM AND PRESENT THEM WITH OUR TOKENS OF APPRECIATION, AND THEY ARE UP HERE TODAY. 
          AND SO, WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY PASS THIS OVER TO DR. TOSTON TO INTRODUCE OUR 2026 TEACHERS OF THE YEAR. 
          THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHON. I'LL BEGIN WITH ADRIANA. ADRIANA TEACHES PRESCHOOL STUDENTS AT GILROY HEAD START SITE. SHE'S BEEN IN THE TEACHING PROFESSION FOR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS, INCLUDING SEVEN YEARS HERE AT THE COUNTY OFFICE. A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE, ADRIANA CONSISTENTLY BRINGS A MENTORSHIP MINDSET, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND HIGH EXPECTATIONS TO HER WORK, HELPING, HELPING SHAPE FUTURE EDUCATORS AND IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN IN THE EARLY YEARS. 
          BEYOND THE CLASSROOM, ADRIANA MENTORED SAN JOSE, SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, SUPPORTING THEIR DEVELOPMENT, LEARNING, AND READINESS FOR CAREERS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHING. 
          IN ADDITION, SHE SUPPORTS GAVILAN COLLEGE STUDENTS BY WELCOMING THEM INTO HER CLASSROOM, OFFERING HANDS-ON GUIDANCE, AND MODELING EFFECTIVE TEACHING PRACTICES. ADRIANA BELIEVES YOUNG CHILDREN LEARN BEST IN A NURTURING ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEIR CONNECTION WITH TEACHERS MAKES THEM FEEL SAFE, VALUED, AND RESPECTED. SHE WORKS TO BUILD MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS THAT FOSTER CONFIDENCE AND A LIFELONG LOVE FOR LEARNING. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, ADRIANA. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. 
          ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, WE DO HAVE THESE TWO GIFTS FOR YOU, AN IPAD AND A PLAQUE FROM THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. TRUSTEES AND DR. 
          TOSTON, CAN WE PLEASE TAKE A PHOTO? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. LET'S GIVE ONE LAST 
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CONGRATULATIONS TO ADRIANA. 
          NEXT, WE HONOR OUR SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION-AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE YEAR, MYUNG CHANG FROM ROCKETSHIP SÍ SE PUEDE ACADEMY. MYUNG TEACHES KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE STEM AT ROCKETSHIP SÍ SE PUEDE ACADEMY. SHE HAS BEEN IN THE TEACHING PROFESSION FOR NINETEEN YEARS, INCLUDING SEVENTEEN YEARS AT ROCKETSHIP SÍ SE PUEDE ACADEMY. MYEONG WAS DRAWN TO THE TEACHING PROFESSION BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR STUDENTS WHO, LIKE HER, HAD OVERCOME CHALLENGES. HER EXPERIENCES INSPIRED HER TO BECOME THE KIND OF TEACHER WHO HELPS EVERY CHILD FEEL SEEN, SUPPORTED, AND CAPABLE OF SUCCESS. IN HER CLASSROOM, SHE BRINGS LEARNING TO LIFE THROUGH CREATIVE AND ENGAGING APPROACHES SUCH AS HER WELL-KNOWN MAGIC MATH LESSONS THAT SPARK CURIOSITY AND DEEPEN CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING. AS A FOUNDING TEACHER, SHE PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN SHAPING THE INSTRUCTIONAL CULTURE OF ROCKETSHIP SÍ SE PUEDE ACADEMY, MODELING WHAT IT MEANS TO PURSUE EXCELLENCE YEAR AFTER YEAR. CONGRATULATIONS, MYEONG. SO, ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION PLEASE ACCEPT AN IPAD, AS WELL AS A PLAQUE FROM THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. IT'S GETTING DELIVERED, I'M HEARING. AND THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION'S TRUSTEES GET, CAN WE PLEASE JOIN? AND IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE ANY YOUR FAN CLUB WITH YOU, THEY CAN COME ON UP HERE. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU BOTH FOR ATTENDING THIS EVENING, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR AWARDS. THIS IS A GREAT HONOR. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE MOVING 
          [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.]
ON IN OUR AGENDA. OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER HAS BEEN EXCUSED FROM THE EVENING, SO, WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, 
          [7. PUBLIC COMMENTS OF PERSONS DESIRING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD]
OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE ARE NOW MOVING TO ITEM SEVEN. THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS FOR COMMENTS ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION JURISDICTION. 
          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 INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS, STAFF, OR 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'S IMPORTANT TO ADHERE TO THE TIME LIMIT, AVOID PERSONAL AND PERTINENT 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 COMMENTERS 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, AND 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 THE COMMENT, YOU MAY USE THE UNIVERSAL SIGN OF APPRECIATION BY WAVING YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR LIKE THIS. 
          MODERATOR, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENT? WE DO. WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS. OKAY, THANK YOU. AS THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW COMMENCING, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL COMMENTERS. CAN WE PLEASE PRESENT THE ONE-MINUTE TIMER? IF LANGUAGE SUPPORT IS NEEDED, WE WILL TIME WILL BE DOUBLED. A TIMER WILL BE DISPLAYED. WHEN THE ALLOTTED TIME IS UP, THE BUZZER WILL SOUND. YOU WILL BE MUTED, AND YOUR TIME TO SPEAK WILL END. MODERATOR, CAN YOU PLEASE BEGIN PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, THANK YOU. OUR SPEAKERS ARE MICHELLE OLIVER AND CHRISTINA MOORE. I CAN HEAR YOUR NAME. PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM. AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MICHELLE OLIVER. HI. AT THE SEPTEMBER 16TH BOARD MEETING, YOU PRESENTED THE LEADERSHIP AGREEMENTS, AND THEY INCLUDED A COMMITMENT 
          [00:30:01]
TO TRUST, RESPECT, CONSISTENCY, HONESTY, AND A STRICT NO-SURPRISE STANDARD. I ASK THAT YOU APPLY THESE PRINCIPLES TO THE COE'S DECISION TO DENY RETROACTIVE PAYMENT. TO EMPLOYEES WHO RETIRED OR WERE SEPARATED BEFORE THE NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT WAS CONCLUDED. THIS IS NOT HONEST. THIS IS, WAS A SURPRISE TO MANY OF US. 
          WE WORKED THOSE DAYS. WE WORKED THOSE HOURS. WE SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE PAY FOR THE TIME THAT WE WORKED. 
          THE RATIFIED AGREEMENT DID NOT STATE THAT SEPARATED EMPLOYEES WERE EXCLUDED. 
          IN THE 22–23-YEAR SCHOOL YEAR, IT WAS SPECIFICALLY STATED. IF THAT'S WHAT THE COUNTY WANTED, THEY SHOULD HAVE STATED IT. 
          YOU NEED TO DO WHAT WAS RIGHT. THIS IS NOT EQUITABLE. IT IS NOT HONEST. AND IT IS NOT WHAT THIS COUNTY NEEDS TO BE KNOWN FOR. 
          THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTINA MOORE. AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE FACT THAT THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC COMMENT IS TO GIVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS A VOICE IN EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND DECISION-MAKING, YET IT SEEMS YOU ARE INTENTIONALLY HINDERING PARENTS AND STUDENTS FROM THE ABILITY TO DO SO, BY HOLDING THESE EXCESSIVELY LENGTHY AND HIGHLY VARIABLE CLOSED SESSIONS SOLELY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. THERE ARE MANY OTHER OPTIONS FOR HOW CLOSED SESSIONS HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED IN THE PAST AND CAN BE SCHEDULED MOVING FORWARD THAT WOULD DEMONSTRATE YOU VALUE COMMUNITY INPUT WHILE BEING MORE EQUITABLE IN MEETING OTHER NEEDS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN SPLIT LENGTHY CLOSED SESSIONS INTO TWO OR HOLD IT IN THE MIDDLE, OR YOU CAN HOLD IT BEFORE THE START OF THE REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING OR AS A SPECIAL SESSION ON ANOTHER NIGHT AS PART OF A PROPERLY NOTICED PUBLIC MEETING. I COMMEND THE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT OF ROCKETSHIP, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I HAD TO WITNESS MANY FAMILIES LEAVE AFTER WAITING FOR OVER TWO HOURS, AND I THINK THEY'RE OWED AN APOLOGY. THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT 
          [A. Bargaining Units' Reports]
AGENDA ITEM IS OUR BARGAINING UNIT REPORTS. PLEASE NOTE THAT STATE LAW PROHIBITS THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM DISCUSSING OR ACTING ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. A FIVE-MINUTE TIMER WILL BE PRESENTED, AND COMMENTS SHOULD NOT EXCEED FIVE MINUTES. I INVITE THE, OKAY, SHE'S UP HERE. THANK YOU. 
          SARAH, GO AHEAD AND PLEASE PRESENT YOUR COMMENT. SARAH GIANCARLO, SEIU CHAPTER PRESIDENT, REPRESENTING OVER TWELVE HUNDRED PERMANENT AND SUBSTITUTE CLASSIFIED STAFF, AND DEFENDER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ACE MEMBER ADRIANA OVIEDO ON HER TEACHER OF THE YEAR RECOGNITION, AND SEIU MEMBER ANTONIA ROMO SERNA ON HER EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH RECOGNITION. 
          SINCE THE LAST BOARD REPORT, OUR NEGOTIATIONS TEAM MET WITH MANAGEMENT THREE TIMES WITH PROPOSALS FOR THE SUBSTITUTE CONTRACT. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, SCCOE WAS UNWILLING TO MAKE ANY SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO IMPROVE COMPENSATION FOR OUR SUBSTITUTES. YET OUR SUBSTITUTES HELP KEEP THIS ORGANIZATION RUNNING, PARTICULARLY IN OUR HEAD START CLASSROOMS, WHICH REQUIRE PARTICULAR STUDENT-TO-STAFF RATIOS TO REMAIN LICENSED, AND OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS, WHICH ARE SHORT-STAFFED EVEN WITH OUR SUBSTITUTES. WE THEN MET FOR ONE SESSION ON OUR PERMANENT CONTRACT. WE WERE SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN TOMORROW, BUT HAVE POSTPONED OUR NEXT SESSION UNTIL NOVEMBER AT THE BUSINESS DEPARTMENT'S REQUEST. WHICH BRINGS ME TO ITEM 11B, THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS FOR THE 2025 TO 2026 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE FACED SIGNIFICANT CUTS TO THE BARGAINING UNITS UNDER THE GUISE OF DECLINING REVENUE, WHILE THE ORGANIZATION CLAIMS TO BE REDUCING MANAGEMENT, BUT WE SEE THE MANAGEMENT POSITIONS RETURNED WHILE THE CLASSIFIED STAFF STILL REMAIN LAID OFF. 
          WHILE THE ACTUALS DO SUPPORT THE STATEMENT OF DECLINING REVENUE, WE ACTUALLY SEE AN INCREASE IN THE END OF YEAR BALANCES, GOING FROM OVER A HUNDRED AND NINE MILLION DOLLARS AT THE END OF THE 2025 YEAR TO OVER A HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS AT THE END OF 2026. WE SEE THE SAME PATTERNS OF BUDGET HIGH AND SPEND LOW. 
          HIDING MONEY MUST BE THE GOAL BECAUSE NOTHING ELSE MAKES SENSE. WHY ELSE IS THE OFFICE HOLDING ONTO SO, MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ABOVE THE REQUIRED FOUR PERCENT? THE CARRYOVER IS MORE THAN ENOUGH MONEY TO FULLY FUND THE KAISER HMO HEALTHCARE PLANS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, A FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT SALARY INCREASE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, AND ADDITIONAL RETIREE HEALTHCARE BENEFITS FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS AND STILL HAVE TONS OF MONEY LEFT OVER. WE COULD PAY FOR THE HEAD START PROGRAM IN ITS ENTIRETY WITHOUT ANY FEDERAL FUNDS FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS. WE COULD FUND THE ENTIRE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT NINE YEARS WITHOUT DISTRICT SUPPORT. YET THIS IS SCCOE'S VERSION OF THE SKY IS FALLING, EVERYTHING DOESN'T GET A COLA, GRANTS ARE ENDING, AND ENROLLMENT IS DECLINING WORLD. 
          WE ASK THE BOARD TO DEMAND ACCURATE FORECASTING, TRANSPARENT ACCOUNTING OF AVAILABLE BALANCES, AND A CLEAR COMMITMENT TO INVESTING IN STUDENTS AND THE EDUCATORS WHO SUPPORT THEM. 
          DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO RESOLVE THE OUTSTANDING PERSONNEL ITEMS, INCLUDING THE MORE THAN SEVEN-MONTH-OLD RETALIATORY ACTION AGAINST ACE PRESIDENT RUDRA KRISHNA. AS FRONTLINE WORKERS, WE'RE INVESTED IN SCCOE FOR EVERY STUDENT, FOR EVERY EDUCATOR, AND EVERY SCHOOL. ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS WILL NOT SETTLE FOR ANYTHING LESS THAN WHAT ALL OUR STUDENTS, MEMBERS, AND FAMILIES DESERVE, BECAUSE WE CAN'T WAIT. THANK 
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YOU. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO NOW INVITE THE DESIGNEE OR PRESIDENT OF THE PSYCHOLOGISTS AND SOCIAL WORKERS ASSOCIATION FORWARD. OKAY, NOTICING ANYONE, I WILL NOW INVITE THE DESIGNATE PRESIDENT OF, ACE TO COME FORWARD AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT. MR. KRISHNA ACE, PRESIDENT, DEFENDER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. CONGRATULATIONS TO ACE MEMBER ADRIANA OVIEDO AND SEIU MEMBER ANTONIA ROMO ON THEIR RECOGNITION. YOU BOTH ARE AN INSPIRATION. AFTER OVER SEVENTEEN MONTHS OF NEGOTIATIONS AND FACT-FINDING, ACE'S CONTRACT IS FINALLY SETTLED. THANK YOU TO MARCOS SANCHOS AND THE PAYROLL DEPARTMENT FOR ENSURING THAT MEMBERS RECEIVE RETRO PAY ON TIME. HOWEVER, ELIGIBLE RETIRED AND LAID-OFF EDUCATORS WHO WORKED DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY OUR AGREEMENT HAVE REPORTED RECEIVING NO PAYMENT. THEY DESERVE COMPENSATION FOR THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE PERFORMED. 
          REGARDING ITEM ELEVEN B AND THE FINANCIAL REPORTS, THESE RAISE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT FORECASTING ACCURACY, SPENDING PRIORITIES, AND THE USE OF ACCUMULATED BALANCES. 
          FOR YEARS, EMPLOYEES HAVE HEARD ABOUT DECLINING REVENUE, FINANCIAL UNCERTAINTY, AND DIFFICULT DECISIONS, YET SERIOUS ACTUAL FINANCIAL RESULTS TELL A VERY DIFFERENT STORY. THE ORIGINAL 2526 BUDGET PROJECTED A SIXTEEN POINT NINE FIVE MILLION DOLLARS DECREASE IN FUND BALANCE. INSTEAD, ACTUAL RESULTS SHOW AN INCREASE OF EIGHTEEN POINT ONE SIX MILLION DOLLARS. THAT IS A THIRTY-FIVE POINT ELEVEN, SORRY, THIRTY-FIVE POINT ONE ONE MILLION DIFFERENCE, MILLION DOLLARS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WAS PROJECTED AND WHAT ACTUALLY OCCURRED. 
          AT SECOND INTERIM, BOOKS AND SUPPLIES WERE BUDGETED AT SIXTEEN POINT FOUR FOUR MILLION DOLLARS, BUT ACTUAL SPENDING WAS FOUR POINT THREE ZERO MILLION DOLLARS. 
          SERVICES WERE BUDGET AT, BUDGETED AT HUNDRED TWENTY POINT NINE THREE MILLION DOLLARS, BUT THE ACTUAL SPENDING WAS FORTY-NINE POINT SEVEN ONE MILLION DOLLARS. 
          NOW, TOGETHER THESE CATEGORIES REPRESENT EIGHTY-THREE POINT THREE SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN BUDGETED SPENDING THAT DID NOT OCCUR. YEAR AFTER YEAR, WE SEE A PATTERN OF BUDGETING HIGH, SPENDING LOW. WHEN PROJECTIONS CONSISTENTLY MAKE RESOURCES APPEAR MORE LIMITED THAN ACTUAL RESULTS DEMONSTRATE, EMPLOYEES, COMMUNITY, AND THIS BOARD DESERVE AN EXPLANATION. HOW CAN BARGAINING UNITS HAVE CONFIDENCE IN FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS WHEN THE ACTUAL RESULTS DIFFER SO, DRAMATICALLY? MEANWHILE, TWENTY TWENTY-SIX, TWENTY-SEVEN BUDGET REDUCES SALARIES AND BENEFITS BY SEVENTEEN POINT SEVEN SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS COMPARED WITH THE PRIOR YEAR'S BUDGET, WHILE INCREASING SERVICES BY NINE POINT FIVE SIX MILLION DOLLARS AND CAPITAL OUTLAY BY TWELVE POINT ONE ONE MILLION DOLLARS. THESE ARE CHOICES THAT REFLECT INSTITUTIONAL PRIORITIES. OUR EDUCATORS DELIVER SPECIAL ED, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, ALTERNATIVE ED, AND FAMILY SUPPORT. COE CANNOT CLAIM TO PRIORITIZE STUDENTS WITHOUT PRIORITIZING THE PROFESSIONALS WHO SERVE THEM. THE TOTAL ENDING FUND BALANCE INCREASED FROM HUNDRED NINE POINT TWO FOUR MILLION DOLLARS TO HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN POINT THREE NINE MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH INCLUDED A FORTY-FOUR POINT SEVEN EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS IN UNRESTRICTED FUNDS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT RESERVES ARE NECESSARY, AND RESTRICTED FUNDS HAVE SPECIFIC PURPOSES, BUT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY IS NOT MEASURED ONLY BY HOW MUCH MONEY REMAINS UNSPENT. IT IS ALSO MEASURED BY HOW EFFECTIVELY RESOURCES SERVE STUDENTS. WHAT IS CRE'S PLAN TO PUT AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO WORK? SPECIAL ED RESOURCE SIX FIVE ZERO ZERO INCREASED ONE POINT FIVE SIX MILLION TO THIRTEEN POINT SIX ZERO MILLION. AFTER THE APPROXIMATELY TWO POINT FOUR-MILLION-DOLLAR RESERVE DESCRIBED IN THE SELPA ALLOCATION PLAN, NEARLY ELEVEN POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS REQUIRES FURTHER EXPLANATION. WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR USING THESE FUNDS TO MEET THE CURRENT SPECIAL ED NEEDS? A. SETTLEMENTS AB TWELVE HUNDRED DISCLOSURE LISTS ONE POINT NINE THREE MILLION DOLLARS IN COMBINED COSTS, WHILE THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS IDENTIFY TWO POINT TWO NINE MILLION DOLLARS ASSIGNED FOR BARGAINING SETTLEMENTS. WE ASK FOR CLARIFICATION OF THIS DIFFERENCE OF THREE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND HOPE THAT ANY REMAINING AVAILABLE FUNDS PRIORITIZE UNRESOLVED RETROACTIVE COMPENSATION FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN LAID OFF OR WHO HAVE RETIRED. AS ACE PREPARES FOR FULL CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, WE EXPECT DISCUSSIONS GROUNDED IN ACTUAL FINANCIAL RESULTS, REALISTIC FORECASTS, AND A GENUINE COMMITMENT TO COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION, AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE, AND EDUCATOR RETENTION. WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO COLLABORATION AND GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATIONS, BUT GOOD FAITH COLLABORATION REQUIRES GOOD FINANCIAL INFORMATION. WE ASK THIS BOARD TO DEMAND ACCURATE FORECASTING, TRANSPARENT ACCOUNTING OF AVAILABLE BALANCES, AND A CLEAR COMMITMENT TO INVESTING IN STUDENTS AND THE EDUCATORS WHO SUPPORT THEM. 
          THIS IS NOT SIMPLY A QUESTION OF FISCAL CAPACITY. IT IS A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES, BECAUSE TODAY'S DOLLARS FOR TODAY'S STUDENTS. OUR STUDENTS CAN'T WAIT, 
          [00:40:01]
OUR FAMILIES CAN'T WAIT, OUR EDUCATORS CAN'T WAIT. WE CAN'T WAIT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW PROCEED THIS CONCLUDES OUR BARGAINING UNIT REPORTS. WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO 
          [9. CONSENT ACTION ITEMS]
ITEM NINE; OUR CONSENT ACTION ITEMS. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT ACTION ITEMS A THROUGH J WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM E FOR POLLS FOR DISCUSSION. SECOND. MOVED BY VICE PRESIDENT SPEISER, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BERTA. AND THAT MOTION CARRIES WITH SIX YESES. THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. TRUSTEE LARI, I'LL GO AHEAD AND ALLOW, ASK YOU IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK ON ITEM THREE 9E. YES, I DID 
          [E. Request Adoption of Resolution Supporting Responsible, Age-Appropriate, and Human-Centered Use of Artificial Intelligence in Education]
ACTUALLY. I JUST WANT TO THANK DR. TOSTON AND STAFF FOR THIS RESOLUTION ON SUPPORTING RESPONSIBLE, AGE-APPROPRIATE, HUMAN-CENTERED AI IN EDUCATION, AND FOR EXPANDING THE CURATED RESOURCES ON OUR WEBSITE ON MY REQUEST. AI WITHOUT GUARDRAILS CAN CAUSE SIGNIFICANT HARM TO THE HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS, AND WE MUST ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS REMAIN PROTECTED AS TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO EVOLVE SO, VERY RAPIDLY. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT AGENDA ITEM 9E. MOVE BY VICE PRESIDENT SPEISER. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SORRY, WAS I, WAS I MUTED, DR. CH PRESIDENT CHON? NO, I HEARD YOUR COMMENTS. OKAY. DOES SHE MOVE IT? DID YOU WANT TO MOVE TO ADOPT IT, TRUSTEE LARI? YES, YES, EXACTLY. OKAY. 
          THAT'S FINE. YOU CAN ADOPT IT, AND THEN VICE PRESIDENT SPEISER WILL SECOND. THANK YOU SO, MUCH. THANK YOU, AND THAT MOTION CARRIES WITH SIX YESES. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. WE ARE NOW MOVING TO ITEM TEN, 
          [A. Public Hearing on the Rocketship Fuerza Community Prep Charter School Renewal Petition]
OUR PUBLIC HEARING. THE COUNTY BOARD WILL NOW CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE RENEWAL REQUEST OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL PETITION FOR ROCKETSHIP FUERZA COMMUNITY PREP CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWAL PETITION. MY NAME IS VICTORIA CHON, AND I AM THE BOARD PRESIDENT, AND WILL BE ACTING AS A CHAIRPERSON OF THIS HEARING. THIS ACTION WILL PROCEED AS FOLLOWS. 
          FIRST, THE BOARD WILL HEAR AN OPENING STATEMENT, STATEMENT FROM STAFF WHO WILL BE GIVEN TEN MINUTES. SECOND, ROCKET, ROCKETSHIP FUERZA COMMUNITY PREP CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWAL PETITION WILL BE GIVEN TEN MINUTES TO COMMENT. THIRD, ALUM ROCK UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT FOR NO MORE THAN TEN MINUTES, AND FOURTH, THE BOARD WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE, AND SPEAKERS SHALL DIRECT THEIR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD AND ARE URGED TO AVOID REPEATING COMMENTS AND POINTS MADE BY PREVIOUS SPEAKERS. FIFTH, THE BOARD MEMBERS MAY ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, AND THEREAFTER, THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CLOSED. THE BOARD ANTICIPATES RECONVENING TO ACT ON THIS REQUEST ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2026. AND AT THIS TIME DR. TOSTON, IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE STAFF FOR THE STAFF PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHON. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE SHALOO SHARMA, WHO WILL BE GOING OVER THE FIRST HEARING. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CHON, TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT, DR. 
          TOSTON, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY. 
          WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE RENEWAL REQUEST FOR ROCKETTREE-FUERZA COMMUNITY PREP CHARTER SCHOOL. AS YOU HAVE HEARD AT OUR LAST FEW MEETINGS, THE CHARTER RENEWAL PROCESS CONSISTS OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL SUBMITTING THE CHARTER RENEWAL PETITION TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION HOLDING REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING ON THE RENEWAL PETITION REQUEST. THIRD, SCCOE CHARTER SCHOOL DEPARTMENT STAFF AND ANALYZING THE RENEWAL REQUEST AGAINST THE STANDARDS OF RENEWAL SET FORTH IN THE CHARTER SCHOOL ACT. FOURTH, THE CHARTER SCHOOL DEPARTMENT PUBLISHING ITS RECOMMENDATION, INCLUDING RECOMMENDED FILINGS, AT LEAST FIFTEEN DAYS BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING AT WHICH THE SCCBOE WILL ACT ON THE REQUEST, AND FIVE, SCCBOE ACTING ON THE RENEWAL REQUEST. IN SEPTEMBER 2014, ROCKETSHIP FUERZA COMMUNITY PREP, OR RFZ, WAS INITIALLY APPROVED FOR A FIVE-YEAR TERM AS A K-5 CHARTER SCHOOL ON APPEAL FROM ALUM ROCK UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT WAS RENEWED AND MATERIALLY CHANGED IN 2019 TO ADD TK. 
          RFZ'S CURRENT TERM EXPIRED 
          [00:45:02]
JUNE 30TH, 2027. ASSET TERM WAS EXTENDED BY OPERATION OF LAW FOR TWO YEARS IN 2021 AND BY AN ADDITIONAL YEAR IN 2023. 
          CURRENT ENROLLMENT IS APPROXIMATELY 540 STUDENTS. RFZ IS DESIGNATED AS THE MIDDLE PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOL BY CALIF BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND SUBMITTED ITS RENEWAL PETITION ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2026. IT IS REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL FIVE-YEAR TERM, WHICH IS THE ONLY TERM AVAILABLE TO THE MIDDLE PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOLS. 
          SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT DEEMED HIGH PERFORMING OR LOW PERFORMING ARE AUTOMATICALLY PLACED IN THE MIDDLE PERFORMANCE TIER. 
          WHEN DETERMINING WHETHER TO GRANT A RENEWAL, AN AUTHORIZER MUST GIVE GREATER WEIGHT TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL'S PERFORMANCE ON THE MEASUREMENT OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. THE AUTHORIZER MUST ADDITIONALLY CONSIDER CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE SHOWING EITHER A, THE CHARTER SCHOOL ACHIEVED MEASURABLE INCREASE IN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT DEFINED BY AT LEAST ONE YEAR'S PROGRESS FOR EACH YEAR IN SCHOOL, OR B, THE CHARTER SCHOOL WAS ACHIEVED STRONG POST-SECONDARY OUTCOMES AS DEFINED BY COLLEGE ENROLLMENT PERSISTENCE, COMPLETION RATE EQUAL TO ITS SIMILAR PEERS. THE CHARTERING AUTHORITY MAY DENY A MIDDLE PERFORMING SCHOOL ON THESE BASIS ONLY BY MAKING SPECIFIC WRITTEN FACTUAL FINDING THAT THE SCHOOL, NUMBER ONE, FAILED TO MEET OR MAKE SUFFICIENT PROGRESS TOWARDS MEETING STANDARDS THAT PROVIDE A BENEFIT TO THE PUPILS OF THE SCHOOL, TWO, CLOSURE OF THE SCHOOL IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUPILS, THIRD, THE DECISION PROVIDED GREATER WEIGHT TO PERFORMANCE ON MEASUREMENT OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. 
          HOWEVER, ANY SCHOOLS, REGARDLESS OF PERFORMANCE CATEGORY, MAY BE NON-RENEWED FOR EDUCATION CODE FORTY SEVEN SIX SEVEN E IF THE AUTHORIZER FINDS THAT THE SCHOOL IS DEMONSTRABLY UNLIKELY TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM DUE TO SUBSTANTIAL FISCAL OR GOVERNANCE ISSUES OR IS FAILING TO SERVE ALL STUDENTS WHO WISH TO ATTEND AND PROVIDE THE CHARTER SCHOOL NOTICE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMEDIATE THIS CONCERN. THE CHARTER SCHOOL ACT PROVIDES NO LATER THAN SIXTY DAYS AFTER RECEIVING A PETITION, THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROVISIONS OF CHARTER, AT WHICH TIME THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL CONSIDER THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR THE RENEWAL PETITION BY TEACHERS, OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, PARENTS, AND GUARDIANS. THE COUNTY BOARD'S DECISION ON THE RENEWAL OF THE CHARTER SHOULD OCCUR WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE RECEIPT UNLESS THAT TIME IS EXTENDED BY THIRTY ADDITIONAL DAYS BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT. THE DECISION OF HEARING FOR RFZ WILL TAKE PLACE ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2026. SCCOE STAFF HAVE ALSO COMMUNICATED THROUGH EMAIL WITH THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, ALUM ROCK UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT, VIA ITS SUPERINTENDENT. CHARTER SCHOOL DEPARTMENT STAFF HAVE BEGUN THEIR PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS FOLLOWING CALIFORNIA EDUCATION CODE AND THE BOARD GUIDELINES. REGARDING CONSIDERATION OF RFZ'S CHARTER RENEWAL PETITION, A FULL ANALYSIS WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS, AND THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND RECOMMENDED FINDINGS WILL BE PUBLISHED ON SCCOE WEBSITE BY NOVEMBER 3RD. THIS CONCLUDES THE STAFF OPENING STATEMENT. 
          THANK YOU. I WILL NOW MOVE TO ROCKETSHIP. DOES ROCKETSHIP, WHERE IS THE COMMUNITY PREP CHARTER SCHOOL, HAVE COMMENTS IN THE PRESENTATION? ALL RIGHT, AND COULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF SO, WE KNOW WHO WILL BE SPEAKING FOR THE CHARTER SCHOOL? GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CHON, BOARD MEMBERS, AND SUPERINTENDENT. 
          MY NAME IS LISA GREEN, AND I AM A DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS WITH ROCKETSHIP. IT'S AN HONOR. CAN YOU PULL IT JUST THE MICROPHONE JUST A LITTLE CLOSER? YES. OR TURN, IS IT ON? CAN WE TEST THAT IT'S ON? OKAY. I'M SORRY TO, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU. YEAH. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. MY NAME IS LISA GREEN, AND I'M A DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS WITH ROCKETSHIP. 
          IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF ROCKETSHIP FUERZA COMMUNITY PREP. 
          TONIGHT, WE'RE PROUD TO SHARE WHAT FUERZA HAS ACCOMPLISHED OVER THIS CHARTER TERM, WHERE WE CONTINUE TO PUSH OURSELVES TO IMPROVE, AND OUR VISION FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OF SERVING STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. 
          FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES, ROCKETSHIP HAS BEEN GROUNDED IN ONE VISION, EQUAL ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL. AT FUERZA, THIS VISION IS DEEPLY CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE. 
          FUERZA MEANS STRENGTH, AND FOR THIRTEEN YEARS, THAT STRENGTH HAS COME FROM STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND FAMILIES WORKING TOGETHER TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE KNOW EACH OF OUR CHILDREN DESERVE. 
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TONIGHT, YOU'LL SEE HOW THAT IDEA OF EQUAL ACCESS TRANSLATES INTO ACTION, RESULTS, AND A CLEAR VISION FOR WHAT COMES NEXT. 
          ACROSS ALL ROCKETSHIP SCHOOLS, OUR EDUCATIONAL MODEL IS BROUGHT TO LIFE THROUGH THREE FOUNDATIONAL PILLARS. FIRST, PERSONALIZED LEARNING. 
          TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS, WE MUST KNOW OUR STUDENTS, BOTH WHO THEY ARE AS PEOPLE AND WHERE THEY ARE INSTRUCTIONALLY. 
          WE THEN INTENTIONALLY TAILOR OUR INSTRUCTION TO MEET EACH CHILD WHERE THEY ARE AND CHALLENGE THEM TO REACH THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL. SECOND, TALENT DEVELOPMENT. OUR TEACHERS ARE THE HEART OF OUR SCHOOL. THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND REAL-TIME COACHING, WE AIM TO ENSURE OUR EDUCATORS CONTINUE LEARNING IN ORDER FOR OUR STUDENTS TO CONTINUE THRIVING. AND THIRD, PARENT POWER. WE INTENTIONALLY BUILD MEANINGFUL PARTNERSHIPS WITH FAMILIES, TREATING THEM AS CO-AUTHORS OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, WITH A VOICE IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND ENCOURAGING THEIR ADVOCACY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          TO SHARE HOW THESE PILLARS COME TO LIFE EVERY DAY AT FUERZA, IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO PASS THE MICROPHONE TO THE COMMUNITY'S PROUD PRINCIPAL, JESUS MEJIA. GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES, STUDENTS, AND OUR ROCKETSHIP COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS JESUS MEJIA, AND I AM DEEPLY PROUD TO SERVE AS THE PRINCIPAL OF ROCKETSHIP FUERZA COMMUNITY PREP. HAVING GROWN UP IN EASTSIDE SAN JOSE, SPECIFICALLY THE ALUM ROCK AREA, I AM BEYOND GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY WHERE I SEE MYSELF AND MY FAMILY REFLECTED IN THE LIVES OF OUR ROCKETEERS EACH AND EVERY DAY. WHEN YOU WALK INTO ROCKETSHIP FUERZA, YOU IMMEDIATELY FEEL A SENSE OF GRIT, OF GANAS, OF PASSION. FUERZA MEANS STRENGTH, AND THAT STRENGTH SHINES THROUGH IN OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, AND OUR FAMILIES. WHEN I SAY THAT FUERZA IS DEFINED BY GRIT AND GANAS, THOSE AREN'T JUST WORDS THAT WE USE. THEY HAVE SHAPED WHO WE ARE AS A SCHOOL AND AS A COMMUNITY. YOU SEE THE PASSION AT OUR GRADUATION WALK, WHEN OUR ELEMENTARY ROCKETEERS CHEER FOR FUERZA ALUMNI WHO ARE GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL. 
          OUR KIDS GET TO LOOK AT THEM AND THINK, THAT COULD BE ME, AND OUR ALUMNI GET TO COME BACK TO THE PLACE WHERE IT ALL STARTED. YOU SEE THE GRIT IN OUR FAMILIES. 
          FOR NEARLY A DECADE, FUERZA PARENTS PUSHED FOR A SAFER CROSSWALK OUTSIDE OUR SCHOOL. 
          THEY KEPT SHOWING UP, THEY KEPT ADVOCATING, AND THEY GOT IT DONE. TODAY, OUR KIDS AND FAMILIES ARE SAFER BECAUSE THEY REFUSED TO GIVE UP. AND YOU SEE THE GANAS IN WHAT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY HAS ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER. WHEN FUERZA WAS NAMED A CALIFORNIA DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL, THAT RECOGNITION BELONGED TO OUR ROCKETEERS, OUR EDUCATORS, AND THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE PARTNERED WITH US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. THAT IS FUERZA. WE SHOW UP, AND WE ARE UNWAVERING IN WHAT OUR ROCKETEERS DESERVE, AND WE BELIEVE DEEPLY IN WHAT IS POSSIBLE FOR THEM. 
          AND THESE ARE THE ROCKETEERS WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING. FUERZA IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN EAST SAN JOSE. THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE LATINO, NEARLY SIXTY PERCENT ARE MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS, AND OUR ROCKETEERS BRING A WIDE RANGE OF STRENGTHS AND NEEDS. 
          WE SEE THAT DIVERSITY AS A STRENGTH. IT REQUIRES US TO KNOW OUR STUDENTS DEEPLY, RECOGNIZE WHAT THEY BRING INTO OUR CLASSROOMS, AND ENSURE EVERY ROCKETEER HAS ACCESS TO THE OPPORTUNITIES THEY DESERVE. AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY ALSO MEANS BEING HONEST ABOUT WHERE WE NEED TO IMPROVE. THIS IS OUR MOST RECENTLY PUBLISHED CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DASHBOARD BEFORE TWENTY-FIVE RESULTS. WE SAW AREAS OF STRENGTH, BUT WE WERE NOT SATISFIED WITH OUR RESULTS IN ELA, ENGLISH LANGUAGE, ENGLISH LEARNER PROGRESS, OR CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. WE TOOK THAT SERIOUSLY. WE LOOKED CLOSELY AT WHAT WAS AND WASN'T WORKING, IDENTIFIED WHERE OUR ROCKETEERS NEEDED MORE FROM US, AND WE RESPONDED. 
          WHAT WE RECOGNIZED WAS SIMPLE. 
          OUR STUDENTS HAD GROWN, AND OUR INSTRUCTION NEEDED TO GROW WITH THEM. WE HAD MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS STRENGTHENING TIER ONE INSTRUCTION IN 23-24, BUT AS OUR ROCKETEERS GREW, WHAT HAD MOVED THEM FORWARD BEFORE WAS NO LONGER ENOUGH. 
          SO, WE ELEVATED OUR PRACTICE BY INCREASING RIGOR, BECOMING MUCH MORE STRATEGIC WITH SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION, AND STRENGTHENING LITERACY THROUGH CCLA INTEGRATED. WE DIDN'T LOWER THE BAR IN RESPONSE TO OUR DATA. WE RAISED THE LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION AND SUPPORT TO HELP OUR ROCKETEERS REACH IT. AND WE SAW THE IMPACT 
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OF THOSE CHANGES. IN 2026, FUERZA STUDENTS AVERAGED 1.7 YEARS OF GROWTH IN BOTH READING AND MATH IN NWA, OUR STRONGEST ACADEMIC GROWTH IN FIVE YEARS. WHEN WE ELEVATED OUR PRACTICE, OUR ROCKETEERS GREW WITH IT. AND IMPORTANTLY, THAT GROWTH REACHED STUDENTS ALL ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY. OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS ACHIEVED 1.7 YEARS OF GROWTH IN MATH AND 1.5 YEARS OF GROWTH IN READING, WHILE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ACHIEVED 1.8 YEARS OF GROWTH IN MATH AND 1.5 YEARS IN READING. FOR US, SUCCESS HAS TO MEAN GROWTH FOR EVERY ROCKETEER. OUR 2024-25 STATE ASSESSMENT RESULTS PROVIDE ANOTHER IMPORTANT LENS. AMONG ALUM ROCK SCHOOLS, FUERZA RANKED THIRD IN ELA AND FIFTH IN MATHEMATICS, AND WE ARE PROUD OF THAT STANDING. AND AS WE SHARED EARLIER, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS STILL MORE WORK AHEAD TO INCREASE ABSOLUTE ACHIEVEMENT FOR EVERY ROCKETEER. AND WE BROUGHT THAT SAME URGENCY TO ATTENDANCE BECAUSE STUDENTS CAN'T BENEFIT FROM STRONG INSTRUCTION IF THEY AREN'T IN SCHOOL. IT STARTED WITH DAILY OUTREACH. WHEN A ROCKETEER IS ABSENT, WE CONNECT QUICKLY TO UNDERSTAND WHY AND HOW WE CAN HELP. SECOND, FAMILY PARTNERSHIP. WE WORK ALONGSIDE OUR FAMILIES TO IDENTIFY BARRIERS AND FIND SOLUTIONS WITH THEM. AND THIRD, CREATING A CULTURE OF BELONGING. EVERY ROCKETEER KNOWING THAT WHEN THEY ARE NOT FORCED ON THAT DAY, THEY'RE MISSED. AND THAT WORK MADE A DIFFERENCE. WE SAW MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENT IN CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS A REDUCTION OF EIGHT PERCENT, AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT PROGRESS TO BE REFLECTED IN THE UPCOMING STATE DASHBOARD. SO, AS WE LOOK AHEAD, OUR JOB IS NOT SIMPLY TO MAINTAIN THIS PROGRESS, IT IS TO BUILD ON IT. FIRST, WE WILL SUSTAIN OUR MOMENTUM IN MATH AND ACROSS STUDENT GROUPS, PAIRING HIGH EXPECTATIONS WITH TARGETED SUPPORT. 
          SECOND, WE WILL TURN STRONG READING GROWTH INTO STRONGER GRADE LEVEL ACHIEVEMENT. OUR STUDENTS ARE GROWING. NOW THAT GROWTH MUST TRANSLATE INTO GREATER PROFICIENCY. AND THIRD, WE WILL SUSTAIN MULTILINGUAL GROWTH OVER TIME. SO, THE PROGRESS WE SEE EACH YEAR TRANSLATES INTO CONTINUED ADVANCEMENT IN ENGLISH PROFICIENCY. STRONG GROWTH IS NOT OUR FINISH LINE. 
          LASTING ACHIEVEMENT FOR EVERY ROCKETEER IS. ULTIMATELY, FUERZA MEANS STRENGTH, AND FOR THIRTEEN YEARS, THAT STRENGTH HAS LIVED IN OUR STUDENTS, OUR EDUCATORS, AND OUR FAMILIES. COMMUNITY IS OUR STRENGTH. IT IS THE GRIT TO LOOK HONESTLY AT WHERE WE NEED TO IMPROVE, THE GANAS TO KEEP PUSHING FORWARD, THE PASSION TO GIVE OUR ROCKETEERS EVERYTHING THEY DESERVE, AND THE STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER AROUND THEM. THAT IS WHAT DEFINES FUERZA AND WHY I AM SO, PROUD TO LEAD THIS SCHOOL AND SERVE THIS COMMUNITY. WE ARE PROUD OF HOW FAR ROCKETSHIP FUERZA HAS COME AND EVEN MORE EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE ARE GOING. OUR ASK IS THAT YOU RENEW OUR CHARTER FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS SO, WE CAN CONTINUE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERY ROCKETEER TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND PURSUE THE FUTURE THEY DESERVE, GANAS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ALLEN MARK SCHOOL DISTRICT HERE THIS EVENING? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PORTION OF THE HEARING, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, PLEASE HAND IN A SPEAKER FORM, AND SPEAKERS SHALL DIRECT THEIR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD AND ARE EATING POINTS MADE BY PREVIOUS SPEAKERS. 
          MODERATOR, IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? YES, WE HAVE NINE SPEAKERS. OKAY CAN YOU PLEASE START PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, THANK YOU. AS YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, PLEASE LINE UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BEHIND THE PODIUM LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF THE ROOM. AS A REMINDER, ONE PERSON AT A TIME CAN BE AT THE PODIUM TO PRESENT THEIR COMMENT UNLESS LANGUAGE SUPPORT IS NEEDED BY AN SCCOE INTERPRETER. THE TIMER WILL BEGIN ONCE YOU START SPEAKING. COMMENTS EXTENDING PAST THE TIME ALLOTTED WILL BE MUTED AFTER TIME EXPIRES, AND YOU WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE PODIUM. 
          TO PREVENT SOUND DISTORTION, PLEASE KEEP THE MICROPHONE A SHORT DISTANCE FROM YOUR MOUTH, ABOUT A HAND'S LENGTH. OUR SPEAKERS ARE ANGEL LOPEZ, ESPARA DIEP NGUYEN, LORENA, LORENA CORTEZ, GREGORIA TORRES, ANAIVE MEDINA, SWARNA 
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PRATHEEMA, ATHENA ESPINOZA, MARICRUZ BARRAGAN. IF YOU'VE HEARD YOUR NAME, PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ANGEL LOPEZ. HI, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. 
          PRESIDENT CHON AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THIS IS MY MESSAGE TO YOU GUYS. MY NAME IS ANGEL LOPEZ. I'M A FORMER ROCKETSHIP STUDENT CURRENTLY ATTENDING OVERFLOW HIGH SCHOOL, AND I STARTED AT ROCKETSHIP IN TK, BUT AT THE TIME, I ONLY KNEW SPANISH. WHEN I THINK BACK TO THOSE FIRST YEARS, I REMEMBER HOW EVERYTHING FELT. 
          ENGLISH WAS NEW TO ME, AND I WAS LEARNING HOW TO COMMUNICATE AND FIND MY CONFIDENCE, BUT ROCKETSHIP GAVE ME A PLACE WHERE I FELT SUPPORTED WHILE I LEARNED. MY TEACHERS WERE PATIENT WITH ME, MY FAMILY WAS ENCOURAGED TO BE INVOLVED, AND I NEVER FELT LIKE SPEAKING SPANISH WAS SOMETHING I SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED OF. I ALSO SAW HOW IMPORTANT THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN FAMILIES AND THE SCHOOLS WAS. WHEN PARENTS ARE WELCOMED TO THE SCHOOL AND ENCOURAGED TO BE INVOLVED, IT CREATES A STRONGER COMMUNITY. IT MAKES STUDENTS FEEL LIKE THEIR EDUCATION ISN'T SOMETHING THEY'RE DOING ALONE. THEIR TEACHERS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEIR COMMUNITY IS ALL BEHIND IT. ROCKETSHIP WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PLACES THAT HELPED ME SHAPE WHO I AM TODAY. I'M GRATEFUL THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW THERE, AND I HOPE THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ASPARA. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS AND FAMILIES. MY NAME IS APSARA, AND I'M A FIFTH GRADER AT ROCKETSHIP FUERZA COMMUNITY PREP. I LOVE FUERZA BECAUSE I FEEL SUPPORTED HERE. 
          I ALSO LOVE BEING PART OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL. WE GET TO HELP PLAN EVENTS LIKE OUR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION. WHERE STUDENTS SHARE THEIR CULTURES THROUGH DANCING AND SPEECHES DURING OUR LANDING ASSEMBLY. I ALSO LIKE OUR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, WHICH HELP ME CHOOSE WHERE I WANT TO GO IN MY PATH OF LEARNING. FUERZA HAS ALSO GIVEN ME OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT LEADERSHIP, BUSINESS, AND HELPING OTHERS. 
          EVEN GOT TO HELP OUR KINDERGARTENERS BY CLEANING TABLES, RESETTING THEIR CLASSROOM, AND SPENDING TIME WITH THEM. 
          MY TEACHERS, MR. DARREN, MS. SORAYA, AND TEACHER CHEN, MAKE LEARNING FUN, AND INTERACTIVE. TEACHER CHEN HAS BEEN IN MY CLASS FOR TWO YEARS, KNOWS MOST OF MY FAMILY, AND EVEN LET ME TEACH THEM CAMBODIAN DANCE. FUERZA HAS NOT ONLY HELPED ME BECOME A BETTER STUDENT AND LEADER, BUT ALSO A GOOD FRIEND AND A GOOD PERSON. 
          I'M PROUD TO CALL FUERZA MY SCHOOL. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DEEP NGUYEN. LAST CALL FOR DEEP NGUYEN. NEXT SPEAKER IS LORENA CORTEZ. 
          HELLO, GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CHON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. MY NAME IS LORENA. I AM A FOUNDING MOTHER FROM ROCKETSHIP FUERZA, AND CURRENTLY I AM ALSO PART OF THE STAFF, AND I'VE BEEN PART OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR NINE YEARS THE COMMUNITY THAT FUERZA HAS IS LIKE NOT, LIKE, IS LIKE NOTHING ELSE. AS PART OF THE STAFF, I CONTINUE WITH THAT LEGACY FOR THE FAMILIES THAT STARTED IT ALL THOSE YEARS AGO. 
          JUST LAST YEAR, SOME OF OUR STUDENTS RETURNED AND WALKED WITH THEIR CAP AND GOWN WITH SOME OF OUR CURRENT ROCKETEERS. ONE OF THOSE EX-STUDENTS CAME CLOSE TO ME AND, AND ASKED ME, MISS LORENA, IT'S ME, JUSTIN, THE, THE PROBLEMATIC STUDENT. DO YOU REMEMBER, DO YOU REMEMBER ME? AND I SAID, OF COURSE I REMEMBER YOU. 
          AND EVERY TIME THIS HAPPENED, THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MEMORY AND, REMINDER THAT WHAT WE DO MATTERS. 
          AS PART OF THE PERSON STAFF AS 
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WELL AS A MOM OF A ROCKETEER, WE ALWAYS WORK WE ALWAYS FIGHT OUR HARDEST TO MAKE SURE. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GREGORIA TORRES. LAST CALL FOR GREGORIA TORRES. NEXT SPEAKER, ANA, ANA IBE MEDINA. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          PRESIDENT CHON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. MY NAME, MY NAME IS ANA IBE. ONE I'M MOTHER OF TWO STUDENTS AT ROCKET SHIP. MY SON SAMUEL IS IN FIFTH GRADE AT ROCKET SHIP FUERZA, AND MY DAUGHTER IS IN KINDERGARTEN. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I VALUE MOST ABOUT ROCKETSHIP IS THE STAFF. I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT THERE'S A REAL DESIRE TO HELP THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES. 
          SO, BEFORE ROCKETSHIP, SAMUEL WAS IN THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND IT WAS VERY HARD FOR HIM TO ADAPT. IT WAS ALWAYS VERY DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO LEARN ENGLISH, BUT WHEN HE ARRIVED AT ROCKETSHIP, I STARTED TO NOTICE A BIG CHANGE IN HIM. LITTLE BY LITTLE, HE FELT MORE COMFORTABLE, HE ADAPTED VERY WELL, AND HE IMPROVED HIS ENGLISH VERY MUCH. 
          AS A MOTHER, IT'S BEEN VERY LOVELY TO SEE HIS PROGRESS AND KNOW THAT FINALLY HE'S FOUND A SPACE WHERE HE FEELS COMFORTABLE AND HE CAN LEARN I HOPE ROCKETSHIP CONTINUES AND THAT THERE A PETITION IS RENEWED SO, THAT MY CHILDREN AND A LOT, AND A LOT OF OTHER FAMILIES CAN KEEP GROWING, LEARNING, AND, AND PROSPERING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SWARNA PARMITA KONRAYU. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT AND BOARD TRUSTEES. MY NAME IS PRATIMA KUNHERU, AND I'M THE PARENT OF A SECOND GRADER AT ROCKETSHIP FUERZA. MY SON, TEJAS, IS A CHILD WITH SIGNIFICANT ACADEMIC STRENGTHS, BUT HE ALSO NEEDS SUPPORT WITH REGULATION, BEHAVIOR, AND SOCIAL COMMUNICATION. HE DOESN'T NEED LESS CHALLENGE. 
          HE NEEDS THE RIGHT SUPPORT WHILE STILL BEING ACADEMICALLY CHALLENGED. AT ROCKETSHIP, TEJAS GETS TO ACCESS ABOVE GRADE LEVEL LEARNING WHILE RECEIVING THE SUPPORT HE NEEDS. 
          MOST IMPORTANTLY, HE GETS TO LEARN ALONGSIDE HIS PEERS, WATCHING THEM COMMUNICATE, MAKE FRIENDS, SOLVE PROBLEMS, AND NAVIGATE RELATIONSHIPS. A CHILD WHO COULDN'T REMEMBER HIS CLASSMATES' NAMES LAST YEAR IS NOW ASKING FOR PLAYDATES. I'M ALSO GRATEFUL FOR ROCKETSHIP THAT IT IS A PARENT PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL. 
          BEING INVOLVED ON CAMPUS HAS HELPED TEJAS FEEL MORE CONFIDENT KNOWING THAT MOM IS THERE. I'M SO, GRATEFUL FOR THE LOVE AND SUPPORT HE RECEIVES EVERY DAY. HE IS EXCITED TO GO TO SCHOOL EACH MORNING. PLEASE GIVE FURTHER. NEXT SPEAKER IS ATHENA ESPINOZA. GOOD EVENING. 
          MY NAME IS ATHENA ESPINOSA, AND I AM A KINDERGARTEN HUMANITIES TEACHER AT ROCKETSHIP FUERZA. 
          MY CONNECTION TO FUERZA IS TRULY FULL CIRCLE. I WAS PART OF THE FOUNDING FAMILY WHEN FUERZA OPENED IN 2014 AND LATER BECAME PART OF ITS FOUNDING STAFF AS AN ILS TUTOR. 
          ROCKETSHIP INVESTED IN MY PROFESSIONAL GROWTH, AND THROUGH ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH RIVET SCHOOL, I WAS ABLE TO EARN MY BACHELOR'S DEGREE WHILE CONTINUING TO, TO SERVE STUDENTS. TODAY, I AM A TEACHER AND A PROUD MOM OF TWO ROCKETEERS. MY MOM FOUGHT HARD FOR FUERZA TO OPEN BECAUSE SHE BELIEVED FAMILIES LIKE OURS DESERVE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY. SHE ADVOCATED FOR A SCHOOL THAT OPENED DOORS FOR MY SISTER, MY BROTHER, ME, AND NOW MY CHILDREN. FUERZA IS MORE THAN A SCHOOL TO MY FAMILY. IT IS A LEGACY. 
          PLEASE RENEW FUERZA FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS SO, FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN, GROW, AND CREATE THEIR OWN CIRCLE STORIES. THANK YOU. AND THE LAST SPEAKER IS MARICRUZ BARRAGAN. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CHON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS 
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MARICRUZ BARRAGAN, AND I HAVE A FIFTH-GRADE SON, AXEL, AT ROCKETSHIP FUERZA. WHEN I FOUND FUERZA, I WAS LOOKING FOR A SCHOOL THAT WOULD ACADEMICALLY CHALLENGE AXEL AND ALSO NURTURE HIM HOLISTICALLY AS A PERSON, AND ROCKETSHIP MADE THAT HOPE A REALITY. HIS TEACHERS GENUINELY CARE ABOUT HIM, SUPPORT HIM, AND TEACH HIM THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EMOTIONALLY AWARE AND EMPATHETIC. THAT FILLS MY HEART AS A PARENT. RECENTLY, AXEL'S SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL GROWTH HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE. HE SHARED ABOUT A CLASSMATE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS WHO WAS HAVING A CHALLENGING DAY. HE UNDERSTOOD THAT HIS CLASSMATE HAD IMPULSES HE CAN'T ALWAYS CONTROL, AND HE SAID, MOMMY, I KNOW HE CAN'T ALWAYS CONTROL HIS IMPULSES. HE'S MY FRIEND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT MOMENT MEANT SO, MUCH TO ME BECAUSE IT SHOWED ME THE KIND OF PERSON FUERZA'S HELPING MY SON BECOME. I'M SO, GRATEFUL THAT ROCKETSHIP WAS THE PLACE I WAS LOOKING FOR. 
          WHILE THIS MAY BE AXEL'S LAST YEAR, I KNOW THAT HE'LL BE PREPARED TO FACE WHAT COMES NEXT BECAUSE OF THE FOUNDATION THAT FUERZA HAS GIVEN HIM. PLEASE RENEW FUERZA SO, THAT MORE CHILDREN AND FAMILY CAN LEAVE A SCHOOL NOT ONLY ACADEMICALLY PREPARED, BUT TO LEAD WITH EMPATHY. THIS CONCLUDES COMMENTS. OKAY, THANK THEM. SEEING NOW THAT THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. 
          WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE BOARD. ARE THERE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? NOBODY, ANYBODY WANT TO START US OFF? OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. JESSE PACHECO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO, MUCH FOR ROCKETSHIP COMMUNITY FOR BEING HERE AND FOR SHOWING UP IN FUERZA YOUR PASSION AND LOVE FOR YOUR KIDS AND FOR THE SCHOOL. I ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION. SO, THE NWEA DATA SHOWS ENGLISH LEARNERS AT ACCELERATED GROWTH IN TWENTY-FOUR TWENTY-FIVE. 
          THE STATE'S DASHBOARD FOR THE SAME STUDENTS THAT YEAR SHOWS THIRTY-EIGHT-POINT SIX PERCENT DROPPED A PROFICIENCY LEVEL, ONLY TWENTY-THREE-POINT SEVEN PERCENT ADVANCED, AND ELA PERFORMANCE FELL FIFTEEN-POINT SIX PERCENT FIFTEEN POINT SIX POINTS. WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR THOSE TWO MEASURES POINTING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. THIS IS HOW THE MIC WORKS. PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU SO, MUCH FOR YOUR QUESTION. AND SO, TO START OFF WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A FORMULA THAT TRACKS GROWTH WHEN IT COMES TO OUR ENGLISH LEARNER PROGRESS. AND SO, WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS THE YEAR PRIOR, WE SAW A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS SHOW GROWTH WHEN IT CAME TO THEIR ELPAC RESULTS. AND WE IN THE UPCOMING YEAR AFTER THAT WE DIDN'T SEE AS MUCH GROWTH AND SO, THAT'S WHEN WE NEEDED TO PIVOT. AND AS STATED IN OUR PRESENTATION, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE REALLY DELIBERATE AROUND MAKING SURE THAT OUR PRACTICES WHEN IT CAME TO SUPPORTING OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS WAS VERY INTENTIONAL. 
          AND SO, THIS LOOKED LIKE WE, LOOKING AT OUR DESIGNATED ELA INSTRUCTION, MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE ACTIVELY PROGRESS MONITORING AND RESPONDING TO THE DATA THAT WE WERE RECEIVING. AND SO, THIS MEANT THAT IF WE SAW THAT STUDENTS NEEDED MORE IN SPEAKING, LISTENING, OR WRITING, WE WERE ABLE TO ADJUST OUR PRACTICES TO BE ABLE TO BE RESPONSIVE TO STUDENT NEEDS. AND WITH THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO SEE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SHOW UP ON THE UPCOMING CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED LATER THIS MONTH. 
          THANK YOU. WAS THAT YOUR ONLY QUESTION, TRUSTEE PACHECO ? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE BERTA? FIRST OF ALL, JUST THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE FUERZA COMMUNITY AND ROCKET SHIP COMMUNITY WHO ARE PRESENT TONIGHT. I KNOW I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO VISIT AND SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOU ALL, SO, IT'S, I THINK A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ADDRESSED. I'M GOING TO PROBABLY FOLLOW UP AND JUST SEND SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING WHERE WE'LL COME BACK FOR, TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS ITEM. MY INTERESTS ARE REALLY BETTER UNDERSTANDING THE SPECIFIC CONTINUUM OF SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES SPECIFIC TO FUERZA, AS WELL AS KIND OF SOME OF THE DATA OVER THE CHARTER TERM IN TERMS OF STUDENT ENROLLMENT SPECIFIC TO THIS TO STUDENTS WITH IEPS AS WELL. I THINK THE QUESTION ABOUT THE VARIABILITY IN ENGLISH LEARNER DATA WAS SOMEWHAT ADDRESSED WITH WHAT TRUSTEE PACHECO ASKED. SO, JUST TRYING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE, A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE DATA, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE IN TERMS OF THE EVIDENCE SHOWING US THAT THOSE CHANGES 
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ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED CONSISTENTLY AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE KIND OF MOVING FORWARD. THE OTHER AREA WAS I WAS INTERESTED IN IS RELATED TO TEACHER RETENTION. SO, SOME OF THE DATA RELATED TO KIND OF TEACHERS WHO ARE, AT YOUR SITE, BUT ALSO KIND OF THE HISTORY OVER THE CHARTER TERM AS WELL AND ALSO LOOKING AT THE BREAKDOWN OF CREDENTIALS AND SUPPORTS THAT YOUR STAFF HAS AVAILABLE. SO, I WILL BE SURE TO CAPTURE THAT IN A SUMMARY SO, THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE FOLLOWED UP ON. YOU'RE WELCOME TO SHARE ANYTHING NOW, BUT I, I WILL CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP WITH THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. VICE PRESIDENT SPEISER. I HAVE, I'LL START WITH THIS FIRST QUESTION. SO, FIRST, I ACTUALLY WANT TO SAY GREAT JOB. THANK YOU SO, MUCH TONIGHT, AND THANK YOU SO, MUCH FOR STAYING HERE THIS EVENING. I KNOW WE HAD A, A LATER START, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE, AND, AND FAR AS TRUSTEE PACHECO SAID. I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU. YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH YOUR MATH, AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT YOUR SUSPENSION RATE IS, IS DOING QUITE WELL ON THE DASHBOARD. I'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. 
          CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE POPULATION WHAT YOU THINK HAS BEEN CAUSING THE, THE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM? THANK YOU SO, MUCH FOR YOUR QUESTION. I'M GOING TO MOVE THE MIC. THERE WE GO. 
          SO, FOR WHEN IT COMES TO CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, I THINK WE MADE A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WITH IT AND PART OF THAT WAS MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE RESPONSIVE TO THE DATA THAT WE WERE RECEIVING. AND SO, OUR FIRST STEP WAS BEING HYPER AWARE OF WHAT ATTENDANCE WAS LOOKING LIKE AND GATHERING TRENDS, AND THEN WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH OUR CARE CORE COORDINATOR WHO IS A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT WORKS ALONGSIDE OUR FAMILIES TO SEE WHAT ARE THE ROOT CAUSES TOWARDS MAKING ATTENDANCE INCONSISTENT, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, WE KNOW THAT ROCKETEERS LEARN BEST WHEN THEY'RE AT SCHOOL CONSISTENTLY. AND SO, OUR CARE CORPS COORDINATOR WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE FAMILIES WITH MEETING WITH THEM, LOOKING AT WHAT WERE THE ROOT CAUSES AND PROVIDING DIFFERENT RESOURCES OR PARTNERING WITH THEM TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO EITHER PREVENT THESE BARRIERS FROM HAPPENING OR GET THEM TO SCHOOL MORE CONSISTENTLY. 
          AND SO, JUST WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO IMPROVE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM BY EIGHT PERCENT BUT OVER THE TERM OF THE CHARTER WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE IT BY AROUND TWENTY-EIGHT PERCENT, WHICH WAS A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN OUR CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. 
          SO, IT'S THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAD WITH OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUR ROCKETEERS TO COME TO SCHOOL MORE CONSISTENTLY. 
          IS THERE ANY TREND, THOUGH, AS TO WHY AS TO HOW IT'S HAPPENING? I LOVE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT IS THERE A TREND? SOME OF THE TRENDS THAT WERE NOTED FOR THE WORK THAT OUR CARE CORPS COORDINATOR WORKED WITH SOME TRENDS INCLUDED TRANSPORTATION AND SO, TRANSPORTATION WAS A BARRIER FOR SOME OF OUR FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND SCHOOL CONSISTENTLY OR TO COME TO SCHOOL ON TIME. 
          AND SO, ONE OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES WITH WAS CONNECTING WITH, LIKE, BUS TOKENS TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM A RELIABLE, CONSISTENT WAY OF GETTING TO SCHOOL CONSISTENTLY. THANK YOU. THANK, THAT'S IT FOR NOW. AND I'D ACTUALLY, I HAVE NOT TOURED YOUR SCHOOL, SO, I WOULD LIKE I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU TO ACTUALLY TOUR. THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. SAME THING, TOO. I HAVE, I DON'T THINK I'VE VISITED YOUR SCHOOL BEFORE, AND I'LL BE REACHING OUT, OR I'LL WAIT FOR YOU GUYS TO REACH OUT TO SCHEDULE A TOUR FOR NOVEMBER, OKAY? THAT'S FANTASTIC. WE'RE EXCITED TO WELCOME YOU ALL. OKAY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK MY QUESTION. I HAD SIMILAR TO VICE PRESIDENT SPEISER'S QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU CAN KIND OF EXPAND ON WHAT SUPPORTS YOU'RE PUTTING IN PLACE FOR YOUR ELA PROGRESS. YOU KNOW, YOU DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ELA LEARNERS, SO, WHAT IS BEING DONE IN ORDER TO HELP ADVANCE THAT? IF YOU COULD SPEAK MORE TO YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT WAS BRIEFLY MENTIONED, BUT MAYBE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES, WHAT'S DIFFERENT IN UPCOMING YEARS TO KIND OF HELP THAT, AND THEN AND THEN I, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS ABOUT THE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AS WELL. BUT YEAH, JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE EL PROGRESS. 
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DEFINITELY. THANK YOU SO, MUCH FOR YOUR QUESTION. WHEN WE SAW THE RESULTS OF THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD, WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE CHANGE WITH OUR PRACTICES. AND SO, ONE OF OUR PRACTICES WAS INCORPORATING CCLA INTEGRATED WHEN IT CAME TO OUR TIER ONE INSTRUCTION. 
          BUT EVEN THEN, EVEN WITH THIS YEAR, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MORE INTENTIONAL WITH HOW WE'RE UTILIZING THAT CURRICULUM. 
          SO, REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS THE MOST RIGOROUS PART OF THAT CURRICULUM OR ON A DAILY BASIS WAS THE MOST RIGOROUS PART OF THAT LESSON AND DOING REAL-TIME COACHING WITH OUR TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE SPENDING THE MOST TIME WITH THAT CONTENT. AND SO, THAT'S AT A TIER ONE LEVEL. 
          AND THEN AT A TIER TWO LEVEL, WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED A NEW CURRICULUM CALLED UFLY WHICH IS BACKED BY THE SCIENCE OF READING WHICH REALLY TARGETS THE FOUNDATIONAL GAPS THAT STUDENTS MIGHT HAVE BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THOSE GAPS BEFORE STUDENTS CONTINUE ON IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY, AND THAT WAY WE'RE SETTING UP WITH THE FOUNDATION THAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AND SO, THOSE ARE OUR TWO MAIN PRACTICES TO INCREASE OUR ELA PROFICIENCY FOR THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. 
          THAT SOUNDS GREAT. AND THEN IN TERMS OF THAT TOO, ARE ALL OF YOUR TEACHER'S CREDENTIAL, PROPERLY CREDENTIALED AND HAVE THE ELA ADD-ONS? SO, ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR TEACHERS MEET THE CALIFORNIA STATE REQUIREMENTS TO BE TEACHING IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE LARI, I THINK, HAD QUESTIONS AS WELL. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHON. SO, THANK YOU SO, MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND FOR BEING HERE TODAY. THE THREE FOUNDATION, YOUR THREE FOUNDATIONAL PILLARS WERE REALLY GREAT TO LEARN ABOUT. 
          THEY ALL SEEMED VERY IMPORTANT FOR STUDENT SUCCESS AND WELL-BEING. CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK TO ANY MENTAL OR PHYSICAL HEALTH SUPPORT YOU PROVIDE THAT CAN POTENTIALLY REDUCE ABSENTEEISM LEVELS? THANK YOU SO, MUCH FOR YOUR QUESTION. 
          AND SO, WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALWAYS CREATING A CULTURE OF BELONGING, ESPECIALLY AT ROCKETEER FUERZA. AND SO, PART OF THAT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE START EACH AND EVERY DAY WITH A COMMUNITY MEETING THAT HAS A ALLOCATED BLOCK FOR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. 
          AND SO, THAT'S A GREAT WAY FOR OUR ROCKETEERS TO LEARN PRO-SOCIAL SKILLS THAT THEY'LL BE USING FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. AND WE'RE ALL ABOUT BUILDING THAT FOUNDATION TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ROCKETEERS ARE SUCCESSFUL FOR WHATEVER GOAL THEY HAVE FOR THEMSELVES. AND SO, WE START THAT AT A TIER ONE LEVEL WITH SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. 
          WE ALSO PROVIDE SOME TIER TWO, TIER THREE SUPPORTS FOR OUR WELLNESS COUNSELOR AND WE ALSO, OUR TEACHERS ARE ALSO PART OF THOSE SUPPORTS AS WELL, AS WE HAVE CHECK-IN CHECKOUT SYSTEMS WHERE A ROCKETEER WILL HAVE SOMEONE ELSE ON CAMPUS THAT THEY WILL CHECK IN WITH TO MEET A CERTAIN GOAL AND KIND OF MOTIVATE THEM THROUGHOUT THE DAY TO MEET THAT GOAL AND THEN BY THE END OF THE DAY, THEY SEE IF THEY MET THAT GOAL OR NOT. 
          WE ALSO PROVIDE TIER THREE SUPPORTS FOR INDIVIDUAL AND WITH THAT, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE A SENSE OF BELONGING WITHIN OUR CAMPUS. SORRY, A QUESTION ABOUT COUNSELING. HOW DOES THAT WORK? IS IT LIKE A OPEN-DOOR POLICY? DO, DO THE STUDENTS GET RECOMMENDATIONS, AND DO YOU HAVE A FULL-TIME COUNSELOR, OR IS IT A PART-TIME PERSON? HOW DOES IT WORK? YEAH, THANK YOU SO, MUCH FOR YOUR QUESTION. AND SO, WE DO HAVE A FULL-TIME WELLNESS COUNSELOR AND TO SPEAK MORE ABOUT THE COUNSELING SERVICES THAT WE DO PROVIDE, I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO MR. ECHEVERRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PRINCIPAL MEJIA. DANNY ECHEVERRY, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL SUPPORTS. 
          IN THAT CAPACITY, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF OVERSEEING SPECIAL EDUCATION, MULTILINGUAL LEARNING, AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR ALL THIRTEEN ROCKETSHIP SCHOOLS IN THE BAY AREA. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE TIER ONE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORTS THAT PRINCIPAL MEJIA NAMED, WE ADMINISTER A UNIVERSAL SCREENER MULTIPLE TIMES EACH YEAR. WE CALL IT OUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL BEHAVIORAL SURVEY OR SEBS. AND USING THAT DATA WHERE TEACHERS REPORT ON BOTH INTERNALIZING AND EXTERNALIZING FACTORS, WE'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS AT RISK. 
          AND SO, WE MEET AS A TEAM, WE IDENTIFY WHICH TYPES OF INTERVENTIONS, WHETHER IT'S A TIER TWO INTERVENTION, LIKE A SOCIAL SKILLS GROUP IN A SMALL GROUP SETTING OR AN INDIVIDUALIZED COUNSELING SESSION AT THE TIER THREE LEVEL, WE'RE ABLE TO USE THAT TEACHER FEEDBACK DATA THAT WE'RE ALSO SEEING FROM STUDENTS EACH AND EVERY DAY TO DETERMINE WHICH KIDS WILL RECEIVE WHICH INTERVENTIONS. AND SO, BY PUTTING IT INTO A CYCLICAL, REPETITIVE, REPETITIVE STRUCTURE, IT ALLOWS US TO NOT ONLY PROVIDE INTERVENTIONS, BUT ALSO TRACK AND MONITOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THOSE MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, TRUSTEES? OKAY. I DO WANT TO 
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THANK THE STAFF AND THE PARENTS AND THE FAMILIES THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT. WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT TO BEING HERE AND SHOWING YOUR SUPPORT FOR YOUR SCHOOL. ALL RIGHT. 
          HAVING RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM STAFF, ROCKETSHIP COMMUNITY ROCKETSHIP FUERZA COMMUNITY PREP CHARTER SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR NO, AND THE PUBLIC, THE BOARD HAS NOW CLOSES THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE AND ACT ON THIS REQUEST ON NOVEMBER 18, 2026, AND ANY FURTHER DELIBERATIONS BY THE BOARD PRIOR TO ACTING ON THIS MATTER WILL BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF THE BROWN ACT. THE HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ROCKETSHIP 
          [B. Public Hearing on the Rocketship Rising Stars Academy Charter School Renewal Petition]
SCHOOL, THE COUNTY BOARD WILL NOW CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE RENEWAL REQUEST FOR THE CHARTER SCHOOL PETITION FOR ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWAL PETITION. MY NAME IS VICTORIA CHON, AND I AM THE BOARD PRESIDENT, AND I WILL BE ACTING AS A CHAIRPERSON FOR THIS HEARING. THIS ACTION WILL PROCEED AS FOLLOWS. ONE IS, I CAN LET ME GIVE IT A MINUTE IF THERE'S SOME CHANGE IN OUR FAMILIES. ALL RIGHT. 
          THIS ACTION WILL PROCEED AS FOLLOWS. FIRST, THE BOARD WILL HEAR AN OPENING STATEMENT FROM STAFF, WHO WILL BE GIVEN TEN MINUTES. 
          SECOND, ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL WILL BE GIVEN TEN MINUTES TO COMMENT. THIRD, FRANKLIN-MCKINLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT FOR NO MORE THAN TEN MINUTES. 
          FOURTH, THE BOARD WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE. SPEAKERS SHALL DIRECT THEIR COMMENTS BACK TO THE BOARD AND URGE TO AVOID REPEATING COMMENTS MADE BY PREVIOUS SPEAKERS. 
          FIFTH, BOARD MEMBERS MAY ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. 
          THEREAFTER, THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CLOSED. THE BOARD ANTICIPATES RECONVENING TO ACT ON THIS REQUEST ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2026. AT THIS TIME, I CALL ON SUPERINTENDENT DR. 
          TOSTON TO INTRODUCE STAFF TO PRESENT THE REPORT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHON. THIS REPORT WILL BE, WILL BE PRESENTED BY DR. 
          MICHELLE JOHNSON. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CHON, TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT DR. TOSTON, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY. WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE RENEWAL REQUEST FOR ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL. IN JUNE 2015, ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS ACADEMY, OR RRS WAS INITIALLY APPROVED FOR A FIVE-YEAR TERM AS A K-6 CHARTER SCHOOL ON APPEAL FROM FRANKLIN-MCKINLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OPENED IN AUGUST 2016. AND AS AN ASIDE, THAT WAS LIKE A FEW DAYS AFTER I GOT, I STARTED AT THE COUNTY. RISING STARS WAS RENEWED IN 2021. RISING STARS' CURRENT TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30TH, 2027, AS THE TERM WAS EXTENDED BY ONE YEAR BY OPERATION OF LAW IN 2023. CURRENT ENROLLMENT IS APPROXIMATELY 620 STUDENTS FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES TK-4. RISING STARS HAS BEEN ASSIGNED AS A MIDDLE PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOL BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND SUBMITTED ITS RENEWAL PETITION ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2026. IT IS REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL FIVE-YEAR TERM, WHICH IS THE ONLY TERM AVAILABLE TO THE MIDDLE PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOLS. 
          SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT DEEMED AS HIGH PERFORMING OR LOW PERFORMING ARE AUTOMATICALLY PLACED IN THE MIDDLE PERFORMANCE TIER. 
          WHEN DETERMINING WHETHER TO GRANT A RENEWAL, AN AUTHORIZER MUST GIVE GREATER WEIGHT TO THE SCHOOL'S PERFORMANCE ON MEASUREMENTS OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. THE AUTHORIZER MUST ADDITIONALLY CONSIDER CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE SHOWING EITHER, ONE, THE CHARTER SCHOOL ACHIEVED MEASURABLE INCREASES IN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AS DEFINED BY AT LEAST ONE YEAR'S PROGRESS FOR EACH YEAR IN SCHOOL. OR, TWO, THE CHARTER SCHOOL HAS ACHIEVED STRONG POST-SECONDARY OUTCOMES AS DEFINED BY COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PERSISTENCE, AND COMP AND COMPLETION RATES EQUAL TO SIMILAR PEERS. THE CHARTERING AUTHORITY MAY DENY A MIDDLE-PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOL ON THESE BASIS ONLY BY MAKING SPECIFIC WRITTEN FACTUAL FINDINGS THAT THE SCHOOL, ONE, FAILED TO MEET OR MAKE SUFFICIENT PROGRESS TOWARDS MEETING THE STANDARDS THAT PROVIDE A BENEFIT TO THE PUPILS OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL, TWO, CLOSURE OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUPILS, AND THREE, THE DECISION PROVIDED GREATER WEIGHT TO PERFORMANCE ON MEASUREMENTS OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. 
          HOWEVER, ANY CHARTER SCHOOL MAY, REGARDLESS OF PERFORMANCE CATEGORY, MAY BE NON-RENEWED PER EDUCATION CODE 47607E IF THE AUTHORIZER FINDS THAT THE SCHOOL IS DEMONSTRABLY UNLIKELY TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM DUE TO SUBSTANTIAL FISCAL OR GOVERNANCE ISSUES, OR IS FAILING TO SERVE ALL STUDENTS WHO WISH TO ATTEND AND PROVIDES THE CHARTER SCHOOL NOTICE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMEDIATE THESE CONCERNS. 
          AS PART OF ITS ONGOING OVERSIGHT, SCCOE INCLUDED IN ITS 2526 ANNUAL REVIEW LETTER TO ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS CONCERNS REGARDING RISING STARS' DEMOGRAPHIC VARIANCES FROM FRANKLIN-MCKINLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT. ON APRIL 27, 2026, 
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SCCOE PROVIDED RISING STARS A 47607E NOTIFICATION REGARDING NOT SEVERING ALL STUDENTS WHO WISH TO ATTEND. ON JULY 10, RISING STARS PROVIDED A RESPONSE AND A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN TO ADDRESS THE VARIANCES, AND THIS PLAN HAS ALSO BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE PETITION. THE CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT PROVIDES THAT NO LATER THAN SIXTY DAYS AFTER RECEIVING A PETITION, THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER, AT WHICH TIME THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL CONSIDER THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR THE RENEWAL PETITION BY TEACHERS, OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, AND PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. 
          THE COUNTY BOARD'S DECISION ON THE RENEWAL OF THE CHARTER SHOULD OCCUR WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THE PETITION, UNLESS THAT TIME IS EXCEEDED BY AN ADDITIONAL THIRTY DAYS BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT. THE DECISION HEARING FOR ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS WILL TAKE PLACE ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2026. SCCOE STAFF HAS ALSO COMMUNICATED THROUGH EMAIL WITH THE LOCAL DISTRICT OF FRANKLIN-MCKINLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT VIA ITS SUPERINTENDENT. THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT STAFF HAS BEGUN ITS PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS FOLLOWING THE CALIFORNIA EDUCATION CODE AND THE BOARD'S GUIDELINES REGARDING CONSIDERATION OF ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS RENEWAL, CHARTER RENEWAL PETITION. A FULL ANALYSIS WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS, AND THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND RECOMMENDED FINDINGS WILL BE PUBLISHED ON THE SCCOE WEBSITE BY NOVEMBER 3RD. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S OPENING STATEMENT. 
          THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS ACADEMY, CHARTER SCHOOL. THANK YOU. CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND LET US KNOW WHO WILL BE SPEAKING FOR THE SCHOOL? GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CHON, BOARD, BOARD MEMBERS, THE SUPERINTENDENT, TUSTIN, AND COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS CHAKA HAJI, AND I SERVE AS ONE OF THE SENIOR DIRECTORS OF SCHOOLS WITH OUR WONDERFUL NETWORK. 
          START NOW? WONDERFUL. OKAY. 
          SO, AS A LONGTIME ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, IT'S A TRUE PRIVILEGE TO STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. WE'RE HONORED TO JOIN YOU THIS EVENING, NOT ONLY TO CELEBRATE EVERYTHING OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AT ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS OVER THE PAST DECADE, BUT TO SHARE OUR COLLECTIVE VISION FOR THE FIVE YEARS AHEAD. I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY GROUNDING US IN THE CORE BELIEF THAT HAS GUIDED ALL OF OUR ROCKETSHIP CAMPUSES FOR NEARLY TWENTY YEARS, EQUAL ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL, FOR EVERY SINGLE CHILD. 
          OVER TWO DECADES, WE'VE LEARNED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES FOR A SCHOOL COMMUNITY TO TRULY FLOURISH. WE'VE GROWN, WE'VE ADAPTED, AND WE'VE REFINED OUR PRACTICE, BUT OUR FOUNDATIONAL PROMISE HAS NEVER WAVERED. AT RISING STARS, THAT PROMISE IS WOVEN INTO THE VERY FABRIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OUR FAMILIES BRING EXTRAORDINARY CULTURAL WEALTH, AMBITION, AND RESILIENCE TO A CAMPUS, TO OUR CAMPUS EVERY DAY. OUR, EVERY DECISION WE MAKE, FROM CURRICULUM DESIGN TO FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, IS BUILT TO HONOR THOSE STRENGTHS AND ENSURE EVERY STUDENT HAS A CLEAR PATHWAY TO COLLEGE AND BEYOND. 
          TO GIVE YOU A FIRSTHAND LOOK AT HOW THIS ECOSYSTEM COMES TO LIFE EVERY SINGLE DAY ON CAMPUS, IT IS MY HONOR TO PASS THE MICROPHONE TO OUR PROUD PRINCIPAL AT ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS, MR. ALBERTO PEREZ. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CHAKA, FOR EVERYTHING, ALWAYS. 
          APPRECIATE YOU. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CHON, TRUSTEES, AND SUPERINTENDENT TOSTON. IS THAT RIGHT? I WANTED TO SAY TOSTON BECAUSE I'M PUERTO RICAN. BUT MY NAME IS ALBERTO PEREZ, AND IT IS THE JOY OF MY LIFE TO SERVE AS THE PRINCIPAL OF ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS. I LOOK AT THE PICTURES ABOVE YOU ALL AND I FEEL EMOTIONAL BECAUSE OF THE JOURNEY THAT I TOOK TO TODAY. I LITERALLY GREW UP IN THE HALLWAYS OF ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS. I STARTED A DECADE AGO AS A VERY STRESSED-OUT TEACHER FOUNDING TEACHER, LEARNING ALONGSIDE OUR KIDS AND FAMILIES. THE LAST TIME WE WERE UP FOR RENEWAL, I SHARED A TESTIMONY AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL THEN ABOUT MY VISION FOR EQUITY AND HOW THE EXPERIENCE OF OUR ROCKETEERS POSITIVELY DIFFERED FROM MY OWN. BUT WHAT BEST ILLUSTRATES THE HEART AND STRENGTH OF RISING STARS IS THAT MY STORY ISN'T UNIQUE. 
          SO, MANY OF OUR LEADERS, TEACHERS, AND OPERATIONAL STAFF STARTED IN THESE VERY SAME HALLWAYS AND SHARE A SIMILAR STORY. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, MARIBEL ALEMAN, WHO WAS A TK TEACHER, STARTED WITH ME AND IS ONE OF MY AMAZING APS. I HAVE GABBY NUNEZ, WHO WAS A POWERHOUSE TK TEACHER IN OUR FOUNDING YEARS, NOW A POWERHOUSE KINDER TEACHER. 
          MARISOL GUERRA, WHO WAS A TKAT, AND TODAY REPRESENTS US AS AN 
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AMAZING TK TEACHER, AND OUR FOUNDING AND STILL OFFICE MANAGER, LUPITA CARREÑO. THIS IS A TESTAMENT THAT WE TRULY RISE TOGETHER. TOGETHER, WE'VE BUILT NEARLY TEN YEARS OF CONSISTENCY, TRUST, AND HIGH EXPECTATIONS, WATCHING OUR EARLIEST TK STUDENTS STEP ONTO OUR CAMPUS AND GRADUATE AS CONFIDENT LEADERS READY FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL. WHEN YOU STEP ONTO OUR CAMPUS, YOU IMMEDIATELY FEEL WHY WE ARE NAMED RISING STARS. IT ISN'T JUST A NAME, IT'S A LIVED DAILY PROMISE. 
          YOU SEE A VIBRANT COMMUNITY WHERE CHILDREN FROM EVERY BACKGROUND CONSISTENTLY RISE ABOVE EXPECTATIONS, DISPROVING FALSE NARRATIVES AND PROVING WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN ADULTS BELIEVE IN THEM COMPLETELY. 
          BEFORE WE LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE NOW, IT IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT WHERE WE CAME FROM. 
          ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SCHOOL THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO COMMUNITY NEEDS AND DEMANDS. 
          IT EXISTS TODAY BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY ASKED FOR US, FOUGHT FOR US, AND BUILT US. WHEN FAMILIES FROM SEVEN TREES AND OUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS FACED GROWING WAIT LISTS AT ROCKETSHIP SPARK, THEY DID NOT ACCEPT THE LACK OF SEATS. THEY MOBILIZED, THEY PUSHED FOR A HIGH-QUALITY PUBLIC SCHOOL TO CALL THEIR OWN, AND TOGETHER, SIDE BY SIDE WITH OUR FAMILIES, WE ADVOCATED TO TURN THAT VISION INTO REALITY. EVERY DETAIL OF ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS REFLECTS THOSE ROOTS. WE CHOSE OUR NAME TO HONOR THE PROMISE WE MADE TO THIS COMMUNITY THAT EVERY CHILD WHO WALKS THROUGH OUR DOORS IS A RISING STAR CAPABLE OF EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH. WE ENSHRINED ADVOCACY AS OUR FIFTH CORE VALUE TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES NEVER FORGET THE POWER OF THEIR OWN VOICES. YOU'LL HEAR THEM TODAY. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE TO FULFILL THAT PROMISE. AT RISING STARS, OUR STRENGTH IS ANCHORED IN THAT STABILITY, DEEP TRUST, AND LASTING RELATIONSHIPS. 
          WHILE SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE HAVE GRAPPLED WITH POST-PANDEMIC ENROLLMENT DROPS, OUR ENROLLMENT HAS REMAINED STEADY AT SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE ACROSS THE PAST TWO YEARS, FROM TWENTY-FOUR TO TWENTY-SIX. FAMILIES CHOOSE RISING STARS, AND THEY STAY WITH US BECAUSE OF A DECADE OF TRUST AND THE VIBRANCY FOUND IN EVERY GRADE LEVEL. THAT CONSISTENCY STARTS WITH OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND EXTENDS INTO OUR CLASSROOMS. HAVING VETERAN EDUCATORS WHO STAY YEAR AFTER YEAR MEANS INSTRUCTIONAL FOUNDATION IS VERY STRONG. 
          WHEN CHILDREN START WITH US IN TK OR KINDERGARTEN, THEY ARE NURTURED BY TEACHERS WHO KNEW THEIR SIBLINGS, KNEW THEIR PARENTS, AND KNOW THEIR UNIQUE LEARNING STYLES. 
          THEY LEAVE US READY TO SHINE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND BEYOND. 
          WHEN LOOKING AT OUR ACADEMIC TRAJECTORY THROUGH THE LENS OF CAST RESULTS FOR THE TWENTY-FOUR, TWENTY-FIVE SCHOOL YEAR, THE STATE ASSESSMENT RESULTS TELL AN UNDENIABLE STORY OF LEARNING, ACHIEVEMENT, AND POST-PANDEMIC RECOVERY. 
          CHARTING THESE NUMBERS ALONGSIDE NEIGHBORING DISTRICT SCHOOLS, ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS OUTPERFORMED LOCAL COMPARISON SCHOOLS BY OVER THIRTY POINTS IN READING AND OVER FIFTY POINTS IN MATH. 
          THAT ISN'T JUST INCREMENTAL GROWTH, IT IS A CLEAR, DECISIVE STATEMENT THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE THRIVING. BUT WHAT MAKES ME MOST PROUD IS THAT THE ACADEMIC MOMENTUM ISN'T LIMITED TO A FEW, IT IS REACHING EVERY SINGLE CORNER OF OUR STUDENT BODY. EXAMINING OUR INTERNAL DATA FOR THE TWENTY-FIVE, TWENTY-SIX SCHOOL YEAR, OUR STUDENT PERFORMANCE CONTINUES TO SHOWCASE GROWTH ACROSS ALL POPULATIONS. ON OUR NATIONAL NWA ASSESSMENTS, WHERE A STANDARD YEAR GROWTH IS A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DAYS, OUR STUDENTS ARE MAKING REMARKABLE STRIDES. OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS ACHIEVED ONE POINT FOUR YEARS OF MATH GROWTH, WHICH TRANSLATES TO OVER SEVENTY ADDITIONAL DAYS OF LEARNING BEYOND A TYPICAL SCHOOL YEAR. 
          ON STATE TESTS, NEARLY HALF ARE PROFICIENT IN MATH, FAR OUTPACING DISTRICT AVERAGES. OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AVERAGED 1.25 YEARS OF GROWTH IN BOTH MATH AND READING, AND GAINED ROUGHLY 40 EXTRA DAYS OF LEARNING. THROUGH OUR FULLY INTEGRATED INCLUSION MODEL, OUR STUDENTS RECEIVE THE SPECIALIZED TARGETED INTERVENTIONS THAT THEY NEED DIRECTLY INSIDE GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS ALONGSIDE THEIR PEERS. THE ACADEMIC STRENGTH IS MIRRORED ON THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DASHBOARD, WHERE RISING STARS EARN BLUE IN MATHEMATICS AND GREEN IN READING, PLACING OUR OVERALL STATUS IN THE HIGHEST PERFORMING BRACKETS IN THE STATE. EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO US IS OUR SCHOOL CULTURE. 
          RISING STARS HAS MAINTAINED A 0% SUSPENSION RATE FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE YEARS, EARNING THE HIGHEST PERFORMANCE LEVEL ACROSS EVERY SINGLE STUDENT SUBGROUP. WE ACCOMPLISH THIS THROUGH DAILY SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING, TIER 1 RESTORATIVE PRACTICE AND PRO PRACTICES AND PROACTIVE FAMILY PARTNERSHIPS. WE ADDRESS CHALLENGES EARLY, KEEPING OUR SCHOLARS SAFE, CONNECTED, AND PRESENT IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. AT THE SAME TIME, GRADE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES DON'T SHY AWAY FROM THEIR GROWTH AREAS. WE EMBRACE THEM TRANSPARENTLY, AND I AM VERY TRANSPARENT WITH MY FAMILIES. WHILE OUR MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE HIGH ABSOLUTE PERFORMANCES ON STATE TESTS, OUR PROJECTED ENGLISH LEARNER PROGRESS INDICATOR ON THE DASHBOARD HAS SHOWN VARIABILITY, LANDING IN RED ON THE STATE'S DASHBOARD. WE TAKE FULL OWNERSHIP OF THAT RESULT. IN RESPONSE, WE RESTRUCTURED OUR DESIGNATED LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION TO MIRROR OUR CORE READING CONTENT, INSTITUTED REAL-TIME LANGUAGE 
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PROGRESS MONITORING, AND STREAMLINED ASSESSMENTS TO GIVE TEACHERS MORE DIRECT INSTRUCTIONAL TIME WITH STUDENTS. WE ARE CONFIDENT THESE TARGETED REFINEMENTS WILL HELP OUR MULTILINGUAL SCHOLARS DEMONSTRATE STEADY, VISIBLE PROGRESS YEAR AFTER YEAR. ACADEMIC GROWTH AND SCHOOL CULTURE COME TOGETHER AROUND A SIMPLE TRUTH: STUDENTS HAVE TO BE IN SCHOOL TO LEARN. FOLLOWING THE PANDEMIC, CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM WAS A CHALLENGE ACROSS CALIFORNIA, BUT BY WALKING HAND IN HAND WITH OUR FAMILIES, WE HAVE DRIVEN CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM DOWN EVERY SINGLE, EVERY SINGLE YEAR SINCE, BRINGING IT DOWN TO EIGHTEEN POINT EIGHT, THE LOWEST SINCE PRE-PANDEMIC YEARS AND ELEVATING OUR DASHBOARD STATUS TO YELLOW. WE DID THIS BY BUILDING A WARM, WELCOMING CULTURE WHERE ATTENDANCE IS CELEBRATED FROM OUR WEEKLY GOLDEN CLOCK CLASSROOM AWARDS TO TARGETED FAMILY SUPPORT TEAMS CO-LED BY SCHOOL LEADERS AND OUR CARE CORPS COORDINATOR. TODAY, OUR DAILY ATTENDANCE SITS AT NINETY-FIVE PERCENT BECAUSE OUR CHILDREN LOVE COMING TO SCHOOL AND OUR PARENTS TRUST US WITH THEIR SAFETY AND EDUCATION. AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR NEXT FIVE-YEAR CHARTER TERM, OR AS WE LOOK TOWARD OUR NEXT FIVE-YEAR CHARTER TERM, OUR COMMITMENT TO THIS COMMUNITY IS FOCUSED ON THREE CLEAR PRIORITIES. 
          ONE, SUSTAIN ACADEMIC MASTERY. 
          WE WANT TO MAINTAIN OUR 1.2 YEARS OF ANNUAL STUDENT GROWTH AND BUILD UPON OUR RECORD-SETTING READING AND MATH PROFICIENCY LEVELS, ACCELERATE LANGUAGE CLASSIFICATION TO ENSURE OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS MOVE STEADILY TOWARDS FLUENCY THROUGH REAL-TIME PROGRESS MONITORING, AND ALIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION. 
          WE WANT TO DEEPEN ATTENDANCE AND SPECIALIZED SUPPORTS, KEEPING OUR ATTENDANCE MOMENTUM GROWING AND CONTINUING LIFTING ABSOLUTE ACHIEVEMENT STANDARDS FOR OUR SCHOLARS WITH SPECIALIZED NEEDS. WHEN I THINK ABOUT ROCKET SHIP RISING STARS, I THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER TO LIFT UP ITS CHILDREN. OUR DATA SHOWS THAT IT'S POSSIBLE, WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN ADULTS HOLD UNYIELDING EXPECTATIONS FOR KIDS. EVERY SINGLE MORNING WHEN OUR LEADERS GREET OUR SCHOLARS AT THE GATE AND OUR FAMILIES WAVE GOODBYE, WE ARE REMINDED WHY WE DO THIS WORK. 
          WE ARE HERE TO HELP OUR CHILDREN RISE AS LEADERS, THINKERS, AND ADVOCATES FOR THIS WORLD. 
          WITH STABLE ENROLLMENT, RECORD ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, FOUR YEARS OF ZERO SUSPENSIONS, AND A CLEAR VISION FOR THE FUTURE, WE ENTER THIS NEXT CHAPTER, THIS NEXT CHARTER CYCLE FULL OF HOPE AND MOMENTUM. 
          FROM DAY ONE, RISING STARS HAS BEEN RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE FAMILIES WE SERVE. 
          RENEWING OUR CHARTER HONORS THAT ORIGINAL PROMISE AND ENSURES OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO HAVE THE HIGH-QUALITY, RESPONSIVE EDUCATION IT FOUGHT SO, HARD TO CREATE. WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE WORK TOGETHER FOR THE NEXT FIVE. THANK YOU SO, MUCH. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FRANKLIN-MCKINLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT? OKAY, SEEING NONE, WE WILL NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE. IF YOU DO WISH TO SPEAK, PLEASE HAND IN A SPEAKER FORM. SPEAKERS SHALL DIRECT THEIR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD AND ARE URGED TO AVOID REPEATING POINTS MADE BY PREVIOUS SPEAKERS. 
          MODERATOR, DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? WE DO. WE HAVE TWELVE SPEAKERS. OKAY, CAN YOU PLEASE BEGIN PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, THANK YOU. AS YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND THE PODIUM LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF THE ROOM. OUR SPEAKERS ARE JULIAN AMBROSIO, JENNIFER GARCIA, FERNANDA SIERO, TABATHA URIBE, SAM TRONG, NIKITA GARCIA, DULCE TINEIRO, GRACIELA ZIEGLER, JASMINE AVALOS SANCHEZ, JESSICA MORALES, HUANG NGUYEN, AND DAMIAN RUSUELLA. 
          OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JULIAN AMBROSIO. OKAY. HI, MY NAME IS JULIAN, AND I AM AN ALUM FROM ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS. THIS EVENING, THIS EVENING, YOU WILL HAVE THE PLEASURE OF HEARING FROM MY MOM, JENNIFER GARCIA, ABOUT THE FAMILY-LIKE RELATIONSHIPS THAT THE TEACHERS AND THAT THE TEACHERS CREATE WITH THEIR STUDENTS OF FAMILIES. I AM NOW IN SEVENTH GRADE. I KEPT, AND I CAME TO BACK TO SHARE THAT I AM AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. RISING STARS IS MORE THAN A SCHOOL. THEY ARE MY FAMILY. THE, THE RELATIONSHIPS MADE DURING MY TIME THERE HAVE BEEN LONG-LASTING AND IMPACTFUL IN SHAPING, IN SHAPING ME INTO THE PERSON I AM TODAY. MY TEACHERS ARE MORE THAN JUST TEACHERS. THEY'RE LIKE MY I RECALL MY FIRST COMMUNION CELEBRATION, MS. COLLINS, MR. PEREZ, AND MR. CASS, ALL CAME EVEN, AND EVEN TOOK ME TO, YOU KNOW, I HOPE TO THIS DAY, I'M STILL ABLE TO REACH OUT TO MY FORMER TEACHERS ABOUT PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING, AND I KNOW THIS GOES FOR A LOT OF MY FORMER CLASSMATES, TOO. 
          OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF MEMBERS ARE CREATED A SECOND FAMILY FOR A LOT OF US, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S WHY A LOT 
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OF KIDS AND FAMILIES CONTINUE TO CHOOSE RISING STARS. THAT, FOR THIS REASON, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT RISING STARS IS RENEWED FOR FIVE MORE YEARS. OUR, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JENNIFER GARCIA. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. HI, I'M JENNIFER GARCIA. DURING RISING STARS' FIRST RENEWAL, I STOOD BEFORE YOU AS A PARENT. 
          TODAY, I'M HONORED TO RETURN AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION PARAPROFESSIONAL AT RISING STARS. AS A PARENT, I WITNESSED THE PATIENCE AND DEDICATION POURED INTO MY SON, JULIAN, THAT IMPACT WAS SO, POWERFUL THAT DURING HIS LAST YEAR, I CHOSE RISING STARS AS MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. AS A PARAPROFESSIONAL, I'VE LEARNED THESE RELATIONSHIPS EXTEND FAR BEYOND THE CLASSROOM. 
          DURING MY SECOND YEAR, I WORKED WITH MY STUDENT, ISMAEL, IN OUR MONTE SIVIR PROGRAM. HIS LIKES AND DISLIKES BECAME SECOND NATURE TO ME, AND EVERY CONCHA DAY WAS A CELEBRATION. I CAN STILL PICTURE HIS EXCITEMENT ON DAYS LIKE CONCHA DAYS. THOSE SMALL MOMENTS REPRESENT WHY THIS WORK MATTERS. OUR STUDENTS BECOME LIKE FAMILY. I REMAIN CLOSE TO HIS, HIS FAMILY AND CONTINUE CELEBRATING HIS SUCCESS. I CAME TO YOU FIRST AS A PARENT, AND NOW AS AN EDUCATOR. I AM AN EXAMPLE OF WHY FAMILIES AND STAFF CONTINUE TO CHOOSE RISING STARS. 
          FOR THIS REASON, I RESPECTFULLY THAT YOU RENEW RISING STARS. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS FERNANDA SIERO. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS FERNANDA SIERO, AND I'M HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY REPRESENTING ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS. AS A MOTHER OF A CHILD DIAGNOSED WITH LEARNING DISABILITY, I UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR OUR CHILDREN TO HAVE THE RIGHT SUPPORT, UNDERSTANDING, AND ACCOMMODATION IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. 
          BEFORE RISING STARS, THE SUPPORT, ACCOMMODATION, AND PASSION NEEDED FOR MY CHILD WERE NOT EXISTING IN OTHER SCHOOLS. AT RISING STARS, THE ACCOMMODATION AND THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORT MY SON RECEIVED HAVE MADE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE IN HIS ABILITY TO LEARN, GROW, AND KEEP UP WITH THE GRADE LEVEL STANDARD. 
          HIS SUPPORTS ARE PERSONALIZED TO HIS NEEDS. THIS TOOL HAVE GIVEN HIM THE ABILITY TO ENGAGE IN THE CLASSROOM AND HAVE BUILT HIS CONFIDENCE. AS A MOTHER, IN THIS MEANS, THIS MEANS SO, MUCH TO ME THAT MY CHILD IS SEEN UNDERSTOOD. 
          SUPPORT IT. I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THE, TO THE TEACHER AND STAFF AND THE ENTIRE ROCKETSHIP COMMUNITY FOR THE PASSION, COMPASSION, AND COMMITMENT TO HELPING MY, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TABITHA URIBE. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS TABITHA, I AM OSCAR HERRERA'S MOTHER STUDENT AT ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS ACADEMY. BEFORE ROCKETSHIP, MY HUSBAND AND I WERE VERY IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TRYING TO HELP OMAR WITH HIS ENGLISH AND HIS HOMEWORK. WE WERE WORRIED THAT OMAR WOULD BE FALL BEHIND. 
          BUT THROUGH ROCKETSHIP LITTLE BY LITTLE, HE GOT THE SUPPORT THAT HE NEEDED. EVEN THOUGH, LIKE, IT WAS A WAY THAT WE WOULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED. 
          MY, MY SON HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ENGLISH SINCE HE STARTED ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS. THE TABLES, THE TELEVISIONS, AND ALL THE SCHOOL SUPPLIES ARE LABELED IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH TO SUPPORT HIM. 
          HAVE HELPED US LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT CULTURES AND BELIEFS THROUGH READING. I APPRECIATE PEOPLE LIKE MRS. ALEMAN WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE TO SUPPORT US, AND SHE'S MADE IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH US. 
          SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN VERY PATIENT WITH US AND WITH OMAR. SINCE WITHOUT ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS, I DON'T KNOW MY SON WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE AS MUCH AS HE HAD UP UNTIL THIS POINT, AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH OUR DECISION TO ENROLL HIM AT RISING STARS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SAM TRONG. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. MY NAME IS SAM TRUNG. I'M A PARENT HERE AT ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS, AND MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN ATTENDING THE SCHOOL FOR FOUR YEARS. 
          DURING THIS TIME, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING AN ACTIVE PARENT ON CAMPUS. THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE THE CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP ORGANIZING COMMITTEE PARENTS DEVELOP THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR THE COMMUNITY. THIS PAST WEEK, I HAD THE PLEASURE 
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OF READING OUR CREDENTIALS TO TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN AND ASKED QUESTIONS REGARDING OUR SCHOOL'S DATA, AND TODAY I STAND BEFORE YOU SHARING MY EXPERIENCE AS A PARENT LEADER. THE EFFORT, HARD WORK, AND DEDICATION DEMONSTRATED BY EVERY STAFF AND FAMILY MEMBER CONTINUE TO CREATE AND PROMOTE AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE FOR OUR CHILDREN. THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE ON CAMPUS MAKES ME FEEL CONFIDENT THAT MY CHILD IS IN GOOD HANDS, SO, CONFIDENT THAT SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL CAN STAND OUT TO ME. PARENT LEADERS LIKE MYSELF HAVE CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE AND SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE RISING STARS ENCOURAGED US AND TRAINED US HOW TO BE LEADERS. I'M THRILLED BY MY DAUGHTER'S PROGRESS AT ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS, AND I'M PROUD TO, OF THE EFFORTS OUR FAMILIES HAVE CONTINUED TO MAKE IN SHAPING OUR COMMUNITY. WE URGE FOR RISING STARS TO CONTINUE TO ENRICH OUR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN TO BE WELL IN THE FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NIKITA GARCIA. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NOT SEEING HER, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DULCE TINAJERO. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DULCE. I'M AN ENGLISH LEARNER AND NOW A MEDICAL INTERPRETER WITHIN THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY. 
          I'M HERE AS A PARENT TODAY BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE RENEWAL OF OUR SCHOOL IS A TOPIC THAT DESERVES YOUR ATTENTION. AS A CHILD, I RECEIVED THE STRUCTURE, VALUES, AND LESSONS AT MY CHARTER SCHOOL IN LA THAT HAVE STAYED WITH ME TO THIS DAY. THAT'S WHY WHEN I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, I CHOSE ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS FOR MY DAUGHTER. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT SHE HAS AN ENVIRONMENT WITH STRUCTURE, SUPPORT, AND THE TOOLS NEEDED TO REACH HER GOALS. OUR CORE VALUES OF RESPECT, EMPATHY, AND RESPONSIBILITY, AND ADVOCACY HAVE CREATED STRUCTURE AND CHARACTER WITHIN HER, WITHIN HER THAT I'M EXPOSED TO EVERY DAY. A MEMORY THAT COMES TO MIND IS WHEN SHE CAME HOME EXHAUSTED FROM SCHOOL, WOULDN'T FINISH HOMEWORK, I SUGGESTED SHE SHOULD REST, AND SHE SAID, IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO FINISH. COMMENTS LIKE THIS HAVE SHOWN ME WHY STRUCTURE AND VALUES OF LEARNING ARE IMPORTANT FOR OUR CHILDREN, AND RISING STARS HAS CONTINUED TO REINFORCE THESE VALUES. 
          THIS IS WHY ROCKET SHIP RISING STARS ARE NEEDED FOR OUR COMMUNITY. PLEASE KEEP OUR SCHOOL OPEN. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GRACIELA ZIEGLER. 
          PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS GRACIELA ZIEGLER, AND I'M A PROUD PARENT OF A THIRD GRADER AT ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS. MY FIRST EXPERIENCE ON CAMPUS WAS ALSO MY MOST EMOTIONAL. SEEING A SEA OF PURPLE CHANTING AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS TOOK ME BACK TO MY OWN CHILDHOOD AND JUST MADE ME SO, GRATEFUL THAT THIS IS MY SON'S EXPERIENCE. 
          RESPONSIBILITY, RESPECT, AND EMPATHY AREN'T JUST WORDS AT ROCKETSHIP, THEY'RE VALUES PUT INTO ACTION. MY SON ROMAN BEGAN SECOND GRADE IN THE FOURTH PERCENTILE FOR MATH AND TWENTY-FIFTH IN READING. BY YEAR'S END, HE REACHED THE EIGHTY-FOURTH AND EIGHTY-FIFTH PERCENTILE. THOSE RESULTS GAVE ROMAN TANGIBLE EVIDENCE OF WHAT HE COULD ACCOMPLISH THROUGH PERSISTENCE, DEDICATION, AND HARD WORK. 
          THAT EVIDENCE-BUILT CONFIDENCE, AND THAT CONFIDENCE FOLLOWED HIM BEYOND THE CLASSROOM, ONTO THE FOOTBALL FIELD, AND INTO HIS COMMUNITY. TODAY, ROMAN ISN'T JUST A ROCKETEER AT SCHOOL, HE'S A ROCKETEER IN EVERYTHING HE DOES. THAT'S THE IMPACT ROCKETSHIP HAS HAD ON MY SON. THANK YOU, AND GOD BLESS. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JASMINE AVALOS-SANCHEZ. NOT SEEING HER. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JESSICA MORALES. NOT SEEING HER. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS WONG NGUYEN. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. HI, MY NAME, MY NAME IS HUANG WEN. I LIVE IN SAN JOSE, WHERE WE DON'T HAVE LUXURY OF A LOT OF GOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL, AND ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS GIVE US THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE TOP EDUCATIONS WE CAN GET IN THE AREA. MY DAUGHTER MOVED THERE TWO YEARS AGO, AND I CAN SEE THAT HER MATH, WRITING, READING SKILL IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY. I GET ALL THE ATTENTION FROM THE, THE TEACHER TO THE, TO MY DAUGHTER, AND WE CAN FEEL THE ATTENTION SINCE WE START DRIVING TO THE SCHOOL UNTIL THEY ARE IN THE CLASS, I GET THE ATTENTION OF THE TEACHER. TEACHER WILL TEXT ME WHEN SHE HAS SOME ISSUE THAT OR SHE UPSET IN CERTAIN THING IN THE DAY. 
          SO, I FEEL LIKE SHE GET A LOT OF ATTENTION, SO, HER SKILL IMPROVE A LOT, AND I THINK ROCKETSHIP DESERVE ALL NOT FIVE YEAR, TEN YEARS, IT CAN BE PERMANENT. FOR A, A POSITIVE TO PROVIDE EDUCATION TO ALL OUR CHILDREN. OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS DAMIAN BRIZUELA. 
          NOT SEEING HIM, THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. I WILL NOW GO TO THE COUNTY BOARD. DO YOU HAVE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE BERTA? YES, JUST WANT TO ECHO THE GRATITUDE AS WELL TO THE RISING STARS COMMUNITY. 
          I KNOW THERE IS A COUPLE OF PARENTS WHO ALSO JOINED THE VISIT AT FUERZA. WOULD BE GREAT TO VISIT RISING STARS AS WELL. 
          I, MY MOMMY HEART'S A LITTLE BIT SAD TO SEE ALL THE KIDS THAT ARE STILL AWAKE AT THIS HOUR, SO, I'M GOING TO ALSO SEND MY QUESTIONS FOR 
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RISING STARS TO OUR CHARTER SCHOOL DEPARTMENT TO RELATE TO RISING STARS AND REALLY JUST INTERESTED, I MEAN TO COMMEND THE, THE TEACHER RETENTION AND WOULD LOVE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC TO YOUR SPECIAL EDUCATION OR SPECIALIZED STAFF AS WELL. 
          TRYING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE, THE SUBGROUPS WHEN STUDENTS ARE FEWER THAN THIRTY STUDENTS, THEY'RE NOT REPORTED ON THE DASHBOARD, SO, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT LOCAL DATA YOU MIGHT HAVE TO TRACK PROGRESS AND TIME INFORMATION ON THAT. 
          ALSO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE ENROLLMENT DIFFERENCES WITH THE DISTRICT, WITH FRANKLIN MCKINLEY, AS WELL AS YOUR SITE. SO, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE AREAS, AND THEN THE ENGLISH LEARNER PROGRESS JUST YEAR TO YEAR. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME FLUCTUATION THERE, SO, JUST TRYING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND. 
          FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, WHAT THE DATA MAY NOT BE SHOWING US OR WHAT THE DATA IS SHOWING US JUST KIND OF A SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I'LL BE SENDING. 
          BUT THANK YOU SO, MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR EVERYONE WHO'S STICKING AROUND. 
          HOPEFULLY, THE LITTLE ONE WHO'S ASLEEP ON THE CHAIR CAN BE TAKEN HOME SOON. THANK YOU. 
          TRUSTEE LARI HAD SOME QUESTIONS. WELL, FIRST THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND FOR BEING HERE TODAY. SO, I, YOUR PRODUCTION IN CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IS VERY IMPRESSIVE AND I ALSO BELIEVE YOU ARE A TK TO FOURTH GRADE YOU SERVE TK TO FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS, SO, I WANTED TO KNOW WHERE, WHERE DO THE STUDENTS GO IN FIFTH GRADE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION, TRUSTEE LARI. OUR GOAL FOR OUR STUDENTS IS THAT THEY HAVE A CHOICE OF WHERE THEY GET TO GO AFTER THEY LEAVE US. MANY OF OUR STUDENTS DO ATTEND PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT CONTINUE FROM FIFTH GRADE TO EIGHTH GRADE AND BEYOND SUCH AS KIPP HERITAGE, KIPP PRIZE THAT JULIAN, WHO DID A GREAT JOB SPEAKING, BY THE WAY ATTENDS BUT WE ALSO DO HAVE PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE DO MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPOS TO EXPOSE OUR STUDENTS TO DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT THEY HAVE, INCLUDING THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT DO SERVE FIFTH GRADE THROUGH EIGHTH. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. TRUSTEE PACHECO. I GAVE MY QUESTION IN ADVANCE. I'LL, IT'S LATE. I WILL AWAIT YOUR WRITTEN RESPONSE, AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO VISITING YOUR SCHOOL AND SEEING ALL THE BRILLIANT KIDS THAT YOU HAVE THE HONOR OF TEACHING AND WORKING WITH, AND THANK YOU SO, MUCH FOR YOUR COMMUNITY FOR BEING HERE AND, AND ALL THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE PACHECO, AND ALSO TRUSTEE BERTA. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU GUYS AT ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS. AS I'LL GO NEXT. I MY QUESTIONS WERE SIMILAR TO TRUSTEE BERTA, SO, I WON'T REPEAT HER QUESTIONS. I WILL SEND THEM, OR IN FACT, SHE CAN SEND THEM, AND I JUST WANT TO SEE THE ANSWERS. I DO WANT TO GO ON A TOUR ALSO. I'VE NOT BEEN TO YOUR SCHOOL. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER TRUSTEES WITH QUESTIONS? SORRY. YOU ALL ARE WELCOME. AND THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT. AND NO MORE TRUSTEE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. HAVING RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM STAFF, ROCKETSHIP RISING STARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THE PUBLIC, THE BOARD NOW CLOSES THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE AND ACT ON THIS REQUEST ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2026. ANY FURTHER DELIBERATIONS BY THE BOARD PRIOR TO ACTING ON THIS MATTER WILL BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF THE BROWN ACT. THIS HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE. THANK YOU. 
          THE BABY IS SLEEPING. SHH. 
          SHH. OKAY. I'M JUST GOING TO STOP TALKING. OKAY, SKIPPING 
          [A. Silicon Valley Pain Index Presentation]
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OVER ELEVEN A, OUR SILICON VALLEY PAIN INDEX PRESENTATION, WHICH IS MOVED TO OUR NEXT A FUTURE MEETING. 
          [B. 2025-26 County School Service Fund Unaudited Actuals Financial Report]
WE ARE NOW GOING TO OUR SECOND INFORMATION ITEM, WHICH IS THE 2025-26 COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND UNAUDITED ACTUALS FINANCIAL REPORT. THIS INFORMATION WILL BE PRESENTED BY DR. CANDY CLARK. NO? NO? NO? OKAY. AND OR, WHO'S JOINING US VIA TELECONFERENCE? OKAY. 
          AND LAUREN NGUYEN, DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL BUSINESS SERVICES. AND BEFORE WE GO ON ANY STAFF WHO NO LONGER HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY AT THE MEETING, I RELEASE YOU. PLEASE ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR DAY. SO, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A DEDICATED ROLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING YOU'RE RELEASED. 
          THANK YOU. YES, I'M HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT CHON DR. TOSTON, AND TRUSTEES. 
          TONIGHT, WE WILL PRESENT THE TWENTY-FIVE, TWENTY-SIX, GOING OVER THE ACTUAL OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY FISCAL YEAR. THE PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTS THE YEAR-END REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND FUND BALANCES AS OF JUNE THIRTIETH, TWENTY TWENTY-SIX. 
          BEFORE I GO INTO THE PRESENTATION, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK LAUREN NGUYEN OF THE INTERNAL BUSINESS SERVICES TEAM FOR THEIR WORK IN CLOSING OUT THE ORGANIZATION'S BOOKS FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY-FIVE, TWENTY-SIX. THERE IS A PRESENTATION I'M UNABLE TO SEE IF IT'S UP ON THE, THE, UP ON THE SLIDE DECK. IT IS, DR. CLARK, AND SO, I'LL MOVE US ALONG THE BUDGETING PROCESS WHICH WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH BEGINNING WITH THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET AND ALL OF THE INTERIMS, AND WE ARE AT OCTOBER 26TH FOR THE UNAUDITED AD ACTUALS BEFORE WE HAVE OUR AUDIT REPORT BY DECEMBER 2026. THAT'S CORRECT. AND SO, AS DR. TOSTON DISCUSSED, THAT IS THE PROCESS. WE ARE AT THE POINT OF THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS, AND THE NEXT TIME WE WOULD COME TO YOU WITH INFORMATION ON FISCAL YEAR 2526, IT WOULD BE IN DECEMBER ONCE THE FINAL INDEPENDENT AUDIT PROCESS IS COMPLETE. AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO LAURA NGUYEN TO TALK IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE FINANCIALS. THANK YOU, DR. CLARK AND DR. 
          TOSTON. GOOD EVENING. SO, THIS SLIDE COMPARES COMBINED UNRESTRICTED AND RESTRICTED REVENUES AT THE SECOND INTERIM AND THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS. THE TOTAL REVENUES WERE APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS COMPARED TO THE SECOND INTERIM BUDGET OF FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY POINT SIX MILLION. THE LCFF SOURCES INCREASED SLIGHTLY. HOWEVER, THE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL REVENUES DECREASED. 
          THE OVERALL DECREASE PRIMARILY REFLECTS THE TIMING AND UTILIZATION OF GRANTS, CONTRACT FUNDING, AND FOR MANY COST REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAMS, REVENUE IS EARNED ONLY WHEN ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES ARE INCURRED. AS A RESULT, WHEN ACTUAL PROGRAM EXPENDITURES ARE LOWER THAN BUDGETED OR ACTIVITIES SPAN MULTIPLE FISCAL YEARS, THE RELATED REVENUE RECOGNIZED AT YEAR END IS ALSO LOWER THAN BUDGETED. BEFORE WE GO ON, IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THE LAST SLIDE. MAYBE YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS POINT, BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IT. 
          SECOND INTERIM IF YOU LOOK AT THE GREEN FOR FEDERAL, I'M SORRY THE ORANGE FOR FEDERAL REVENUES AT THAT POINT IN THE YEAR, WE'RE BUDGETING AS IF WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THE FULL AMOUNT FROM OUR LARGE FEDERAL GRANT. 
          WHEN THE YEAR CLOSES, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ACTUALS ARE, AND SO, THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE REDUCTION. I WANTED TO ADDRESS THIS BECAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT UP IN PUBLIC COMMENT, AND A NUMBER OF AREAS WE HAVE TO BUDGET FOR EVERY PENNY AND THEN WHEN WE CLOSE AT UNAUDITED ACTUALS, WE SEE WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ELIGIBLE FOR AS IT RELATES TO REVENUE. 
          THANK YOU, DR. TOSTON. SO, THIS TABLE PROVIDES ADDITIONAL DETAIL ON THE FORTY-ONE MILLION DECREASES IN REVENUE FROM SECOND INTERIM TO THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS. THE LARGEST REVENUE CHANGES WERE CONCENTRATED IN FEDERAL GRANTS, STATE GRANTS, LOCAL GRANTS FEE, OR CONTRACT SUPPORTED PROGRAMS. THESE CHANGES GENERALLY REFLECT EXPENDITURES THAT WERE NOT INCURRED BY YEAR END. 
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ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED OVER MULTIPLE FISCAL YEARS OR SERVICES AND DELIVERABLES THAT HAD NOT BEEN YET COMPLETED. 
          FOR MANY MULTI-YEAR GRANT, MULTI-YEAR AWARDS, UNSPENT FUNDING MAY REMAIN AVAILABLE DURING THE APPLICABLE GRANT OR PROJECT PERIOD AND SHOULD NOT AUTOMATICALLY BE RE BE VIEWED AS LOSS OR REDUCTION OF THE REVENUE. AND THIS CHART COMPARED THE LCFF AND FEE FOR SERVICES REVENUES AND GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION FOR ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING CORE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOR OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ACADEMY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, OR ONE WEST. THE LEVELS OF CONTRIBUTION FROM GENERAL, GENERAL FUND REFLECT EACH PROGRAM'S FINAL REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AT YEAR END. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, AS YOU SEE THE ACTUAL CONTRIBUTION FROM GENERAL FUND TO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM INCREASED APPROXIMATELY BY FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, PARTIALLY OFFSETTING A REDUCTION IN PROGRAM REVENUE DUE TO DECLINED ENROLLMENT. SO, AT THE CLOSE OF FISCAL YEAR 25-26, THE COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND HAD A COMBINED FUND BALANCE OF APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS. 
          THIS CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY FOUR, FORTY-FOUR POINT EIGHT MILLION IN UNRESTRICTED RESOURCES AND EIGHTY-TWO POINT SIX MILLION IN RESTRICTED RESOURCES. THE UNRESTRICTED BALANCE INCLUDES RESERVES AND ASSIGNMENTS FOR SPECIFIC OPERATIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PURPOSES, WHILE THE RESTRICTED BALANCE MUST BE USED FOR PURPOSES ESTABLISHED BY APPLICABLE GRANT, STATUTE, OR AGREEMENT, AND THE FOLLOWING TWO SLIDES PROVIDE MORE DETAILS OF THESE BALANCES. SO, FOR UNRESTRICTED RESOURCE BALANCES, THIS INCLUDES ASSIGNMENTS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES. MAJOR COMPONENTS INCLUDE ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES THAT WE HAVE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT TWO PERCENT BY THE STATE AND TWO PERCENT PER OUR BOARD POLICY, THE CARRYOVER OF UNSPENT FUNDS, THE ERP THAT'S SET ASIDE TECHNOLOGY AND DATA SERVICES, VACATION LIABILITY FACILITIES, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING SETTLEMENTS THAT WE SETTLED EARLIER THIS YEAR. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ASSIGNMENT IS DESIGNATED FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY-FIVE AND TWENTY-SIX TWENTY-SEVEN SALARY AND HEALTH AND WELFARE BENEFIT SETTLEMENTS. THE CARRYOVER OF UNSPENT FUNDS SUPPORTS DESIGNATED PURPOSES, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. ALTHOUGH THESE ARE UNRESTRICTED RESOURCES, THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN ASSIGNED FOR IDENTIFYING NEEDS. SO, THE RESTRICTED RESOURCE BALANCES ARE DESIGNATED FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AND PURPOSES BASED ON THE REQUIREMENTS OF APPLICABLE FUNDING SOURCES FOR EXAMPLE, THE MEDI-CAL BILLING OPTION PROGRAM, REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FUNDS FOR FACILITIES, SPECIAL EDUCATION, ROUTINE RESTRICTED MAINTENANCE, AND CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, AND OTHER VARIOUS STATE AND LOCAL GRANTS AND CONTRACTS. BECAUSE THESE ARE RESTRICTED RESOURCES, FUND BALANCES MAY BE USED FOR PURPOSES AUTHORIZED BY GRANTORS OR FUNDERS, AND THESE BALANCES ALSO SUPPORT MULTI-YEAR ACTIVITIES, FUTURE COMMITMENTS, OR COSTS THAT WILL INCUR DURING LATER THE GRANT PERIODS. 
          FOR THIS FLOWCHART ILLUSTRATES HOW LOCAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE COLLECTED BY THE COUNTY TREASURER WAS ALLOCATED. 
          OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT COLLECTED, SIXTY-TWO, APPROXIMATELY SIXTY-TWO-POINT FOURTEEN PERCENT WAS ALLOCATED TO SELPA FOR EDUCATION FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND THE REMAINING NINETY-FOUR POINT FOUR MILLION DOLLARS WAS DISTRIBUTED TO SCCOE. AND OF THIS AMOUNT FIFTY-SIX POINT ONE MILLION MUST BE RETURNED TO THE STATE TO OFFSET COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH TRAVEL COURT SERVICES IN SENECA COUNTY. CONSEQUENTLY, ONLY THIRTY-EIGHT POINT THREE MILLION DOLLARS REMAIN TO SUPPORT SCCOE LCFF TRANSITION FUNDING. AND THESE CHARTS PROVIDE A BREAKDOWN OF SCCOE'S LCFS ENTITLEMENTS AND THE PROPERTY TAX DISTRIBUTION IN PERSPECTIVE. THIS DEMONSTRATES THAT ONLY A PORTION OF PROPERTY TAXES COLLECTED SUPPORT SCCOE OPERATIONS AND ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION ENTITLEMENTS. SO, THIS SLIDE COMPARE COMBINED UNRESTRICTED AND RESTRICTED EXPENDITURES AT THE SECOND INTERIM WITH THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS. 
          THE YEAR-END RESULTS WERE APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED AND 
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NINE MILLION DOLLARS LOWER THAN THE SECOND INTERIM BUDGET. THE LARGEST CHANGE WAS IN SERVICES AND OTHER OPERATING EXPENDITURES. THESE CHANGES DO NOT REPRESENT PERMANENT SAVINGS FOR THE SCCOE. THEY INCLUDE UNSPENT BUDGET-ONLY ACCOUNTS, MULTI-YEAR GRANTS, AND CONTRACT ACTIVITIES TO BE CARRIED OVER INTO SUBSEQUENT PROJECT PERIODS. 
          AND THIS TABLE PROVIDES ADDITIONAL DETAIL ON THE ONE HUNDRED AND NINE MILLION DOLLARS EXPENDITURE CHANGE, PRIMARILY IN SERVICES AND OTHER OPERATING EXPENDITURES. 
          OF THIS TOTAL, APPROXIMATELY FORTY-NINE POINT ONE MILLION REFLECTS BUDGET RESERVED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES, INCLUDING MULTI-YEAR GRANT AND CONTRACT ACTIVITIES. MANY BECAUSE MANY PROGRAMS ARE COST REIMBURSEMENT-BASED, LOWER ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES ALSO RESULT IN LOWER RECOGNIZED REVENUE. 
          SO, MUCH OF THE DECREASE REFLECTS THE TIMING OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES RATHER THAN PERMANENT SAVINGS OR THE PROGRAM REDUCTION. GENERAL FUND INDIRECT COST RECOVERY TOTALED APPROXIMATELY EIGHTEEN POINT FIVE MILLION, OR IS APPROXIMATELY FIVE POINT SIX MILLION LOWER THAN SECOND INTERIM BUDGET, BECAUSE INDIRECT COST RECOVERY IS GENERATED FROM ELIGIBLE GRANT CONTRACT FUNDED EXPENDITURE, LOWER EX ACTUAL EXPENDITURES RESULTED IN LOWER RECOVERY, AND THESE FUNDS SUPPORT SECUI CENTRAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL SERVICES MAKING CONTINUED MONITORING IMPORTANT FOR PLANNING, ONGOING, AND MANDATED SERVICES. AND I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT FOR PROGRAMS LIKE HEAD START TO BE CLEAR, THERE'S NO INCENTIVE FOR US TO UNDEREXPEND. THE UNDEREXPENDING OF THE FEDERAL GRANTS WERE THE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE NOT EARNING, MEANING THAT WE'RE ALSO NOT GENERATING INDIRECT REVENUE THAT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND. THANK YOU, DR. TOSTON. SO, THE ESTIMATED RETURN OF LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES AS WE CLOSE FISCAL YEAR 25-26 IS APPROXIMATELY FIFTY-SIX POINT ONE MILLION DOLLARS. THE AMOUNT IS REQUIRED TO BE RETURNED TO THE STATE AND IS USED TO OFFSET STATE COSTS OF PROVIDING TRIAL COURT SERVICES AND WILL BE REMITTED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 26-27. 
          THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 24-25, SCCOE HAS REMITTED APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX POINT FOUR MILLION DOLLARS TO THE STATE CONTROLLER. AND NEXT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DR. CLARK. SO, THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE CONFORMANCE OF THE FUND BALANCE. THIS CHART COMPARES THE COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND BALANCE AND ESTIMATED ACTUAL UNAUDITED ACTUALS IN FISCAL YEAR 26-27 ADOPT THE BUDGET. ESTIMATED ACTUALS WERE BASED ON DATA AVAILABLE THROUGH APRIL 2026, WHILE THE INCREASED FUND BALANCE AT YEAR END PRIMARILY REFLECTS LOWER EXPENDITURES AT THE TIME OF RESTRICTED PROGRAM ACTIVITIES. 
          MOST OF THE FUND BALANCES ARE RESTRICTED OR ASSIGNED FOR GRANTS, CONTRACTS, RESERVES, LIABILITIES, TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, AND OTHER DESIGNATED PURPOSES. 
          ONLY ABOUT 1.6 MILLION REMAINS UNASSIGNED, PROVIDING LIMITED FLEXIBILITY TO ADDRESS RISING COSTS OR REVENUE SHORTFALLS. THIS UNDERSCORES A SPECIFIC NEED TO BE VERY MINDFUL AND CAREFUL WHEN MONITORING THE EXPENDITURE ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHILE WORKING VERY HARD TO REMAIN FISCALLY PRUDENT. 
          AND THEN IN CLOSING ON THE LAST SLIDE OVERALL, THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION ENDED THE YEAR WITH A POSITIVE FUND BALANCE AND MAINTAINED ITS REQUIRED, MINIMUM REQUIRED RESERVES AS WELL AS THE REQUIRED RESERVES SET BY THE COUNTY BOARD. CHANGES FROM THE SECOND INTERIM PROBABLY REFLECT ACTUAL GRANT AND CONTRACT ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS MULTI-YEAR GRANTS AND OTHER CONTRACTS THAT WERE SET ASIDE BY ENTITIES WERE ONES THAT BEEN ALLOCATED TO THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION. THIS CONCLUDES THE FISCAL YEAR 25-26 UNAUDITED ACTUAL PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, AND WE ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE. TRUSTEE ROCHA? IT'S PROBABLY THE LATE HOUR THAT'S CAUSING ME TO BE A LITTLE CONFUSED ON WHAT ITEM. IT'S THE LAST SLIDE BEFORE THIS, AND IT'S WHERE IT'S SHOWING THE ADOPTED BUDGET, AND I'LL USE AN EXAMPLE OF THE SIXTEEN VERSUS THE OTHER TWO IN THE BAR GRAPH. IN MY HEAD, I'M THINKING, SHOULDN'T WE BE WHERE OUR ADOPTED BUDGET IS? AND I'M JUST, MAYBE IT'S TOO LATE, MAYBE THERE'S A SIMPLE ANSWER 
          [02:15:01]
TO THIS. THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS ARE FOR LAST YEAR. THE ADOPTED BUDGET IS LOOKING FORWARD. 
          OKAY. SO, WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET, WE HAVE THE INFORMATION TO LOOK AT IT. SO, THIS IS, OKAY, SO, THE UNAUDITED, OKAY, THAT IS THE ACTUALS. THAT'S COMING FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR. 
          YES. AND IT'S NOW, WE SHOULD KNOW IT NOW, THOUGH, RIGHT? WHEN WE GET THE FIRST INTERIM, WE'LL HAVE UPDATED FROM THE ADOPTED BUDGET. 
          OKAY, SO, BUT THAT CLOSED IN JUNE THIRTIETH, LAST YEAR'S BUDGET CLOSED JUNE THIRTIETH, RIGHT? YES, AND SO, THIS IS THE UNAUDITED THE BUDGET AT THIS POINT, ONCE IT GOES THROUGH THE AUDIT, AND THEN THAT WILL CLOSE THE YEAR, THE GREEN BAR ON THE FAR RIGHT, THE SIX MILLION DOLLARS, IS GOING FORWARD. OKAY. I'M JUST REMEMBERING IN MY HEAD THE WHOLE BUDGET CALENDAR THAT WE TYPICALLY WORK THROUGH. SO, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER, OTHER QUESTIONS, TRUSTEES? ALL RIGHT. 
          [C. Future Agenda Items]
SEEING NONE WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, ACTUALLY. SO, OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEM. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT, ITEMS MENTIONED UNDER THIS ITEM ARE BEING JUST SUGGESTED SO, THEY MAY BE CONSIDERED AND EXPLORED FOR FOLLOW-UP ACCORDING TO OUR BOARD BYLAWS. TOPICS RAISED UNDER THIS ITEM ARE NOT AGENDAS FOR BOARD DISCUSSION, BUT RATHER TO CREATE SPACE FOR TRUSTEES TO MENTION TOPICS FOR REVIEW FOR CONSIDERATION AS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS WITHIN THE BOARD'S JURISDICTION YOU WOULD LIKE TO MENTION AT THIS TIME? TRUSTEE PACHECO, AND I KNOW TRUSTEE LARI HAD ONE AS WELL. WELL, THE PROPOSITION 3 THING THAT'S ON HERE SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF. 
          IT'S SINCE THE ELECTION'S ABOUT TO WRAP UP, I'M I GUESS THE ONLY THING I WANT TO REQUEST IS THAT WE GET MORE REGULAR UPDATES ON HOW ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION IS GOING AND ANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE BOARD CAN HAVE TO GET MORE VISIBILITY INTO ALL OF THAT. THAT'S BASIC THAT'S BASICALLY IT. TRUSTEE LARI? YES, I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE LIKE RESOLUTION ON THE LATINO HEALTH ASSESSMENT, AND SO, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT SUPERVISOR ARENAS AND HER STAFF WOULD BE HAPPY TO COME AND MAKE A PRESENTATION ABOUT IT SO, AS SOON AS WE CAN FIGURE OUT A TIME IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE THEM OVER. THANK YOU. 
          TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN, OTHER? TRUSTEE POCHECO? THANK YOU. 
          I'M INTERESTED IN DISCUSSING THE BOARD AGENDA. 
          AN OPPORTUNITY JUST TO DISCUSS IT AS A BOARD, FULL BOARD, AND ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO WEIGH IN AND OFFER THEIR SUGGESTIONS. I KNOW WE'VE HEARD A FEW BUT THAT WAS ONLY JUST A FEW COMMENTS, SO, IF WE ACTUALLY HAD IT ON THE AGENDA AND FOLKS WANTED TO WEIGH IN ON WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS BEST FOR THE PUBLIC OR THEIR ENGAGEMENT, I'D BE INTERESTED IN HEARING THAT FROM A BROADER AUDIENCE IF IT WAS A GENERALIZED. PLUS, I CAN ALSO OFFER MY THOUGHTS AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 
          SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON 
          [A. Approval of the Budget Revisions for the Month of September 2026]
TO ITEM 12A, OUR ACTION ITEMS. AGENDA ITEM 12A IS APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET REVISIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 2026. THIS ACTION ITEM WILL BE PRESENTED BY DR. 
          DR. CANDY CLARK, INTERIM DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS, AND LAUREN NGUYEN, DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL BUSINESS SERVICES. 
          GOOD, GOOD EVENING AGAIN. 
          FIRST OF ALL, I'M DR. TOSTON. 
          I'M JUST. BUDGET REVISIONS FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2026. IF AN EXPENDITURE BUDGET IS INCREASED, THERE'S USUALLY A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN REVENUE OR A DECREASE IN CARRYOVER DOLLARS TO ALIGN WITH THE BUDGETARY ADJUSTMENT. 
          THIS IS AN ITEM THAT I, THAT COMES TO THE BOARD ON A MONTHLY BASIS. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TRANSACTIONS, WE ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE BERTA? THANK YOU. MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          OKAY. I WILL SECOND THAT. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VOTE FASTER, TRUSTEES. NOT SURE IF MY COMPUTER IS LAGGING, BUT HERBALIFE, HERBALIFE FROM TRUSTEE BERTA, AND THAT MOTION CARRIES WITH SIX YESES. MOVING ON TO OUR BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS. 
          TRUSTEES, I'M GOING TO ASK IF YOU WOULD BE OKAY TO TABLE OUR BOARD COMMITTEE REPORT. DO WE NEED TO DO THE 
          [02:20:01]
AUGUST, OR DO I, ARE THERE TWO ACTION ITEMS? FOR BUDGET REVISIONS, OR SOMETHING? IT'S, IT'S MY COMPUTER IS LAGGING. 
          OKAY. TRUSTEES, IF, UNLESS THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO'S REALLY DYING TO GIVE A REPORT I WOULD, I WOULD ASK IF WE CAN MOVE THE ITEMS THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN, AND FIFTEEN TO OUR NEXT MEETING. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? NO. DR. 
          TOSTON? OKAY, SEEING NONE WELL, THAT BRINGS US TO ADJOURNMENT. AND I WILL, THE NEXT COUNTY, THE, THE NEXT SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD MEETING. IS IT ADJOURNED? YEAH. WHEN YOU'RE DONE, I, OKAY, YES, YES. OKAY, SO, THAT DOES BRING US 
          [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.]
TO ADJOURNMENT. AND I DID GET A SPECIAL REQUEST FROM TRUSTEE BERTA, SO, I WILL TAKE IT TO YOU BEFORE WE ADJOURN. 
          THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHON. THE EDUCATION COMMUNITY HERE IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY LOST SOMEONE REALLY IMPORTANT, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TOOK A MOMENT TO, TO HONOR PAZ RICHARD ROCHA JR. AND WHO PASSED AWAY IN HIS HOME ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, SURROUNDED BY HIS LOVING FAMILY. 
          FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, AND I'VE LEARNED A LOT AS WELL MR. ROCHA WAS A LOCAL SPORTS LEGEND IN MULTIPLE SPORTS AT LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL, SAN JOSE CITY COLLEGE, AND EVEN HONORED BY THE SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS AS ATHLETE OF THE YEAR IN 1967. 
          TOGETHER WITH HIS WIFE, DEBBIE, THEY RAISED TWO SONS, DONALD AND SCOTT. AND MR. ROCHA WAS ALSO A LIFELONG EDUCATOR. HE TAUGHT BUSINESS, HE LED THE CHEER PROGRAM, HE COACHED BASKETBALL AT YERBA BUENA HIGH SCHOOL FROM ITS OPENING IN 1971 TO HIS RETIREMENT IN 2010, OVER FORTY YEARS. AND YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE THE RELATIONSHIPS AND THE GENERATIONS HE IMPACTED. AND I THINK LEARNING A LOT OF THIS TONIGHT, I THINK IT MAKES SO, MUCH SENSE TO ME NOW AND WHY TRUSTEE ROCHA DOES THE WORK THAT HE DOES ON OUR BOARD AND SO, I WOULD ASK THAT WE ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN, IN HIS MEMORY. 
          ABSOLUTELY. TRUST YOU, WHICH I'M SURE THERE'S A TON I COULD, YOU COULD ADD, BUT JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. 
          YEAH, THAT, THAT'S A GREAT HONOR. YEAH. 
          OKAY, SO, WE WILL ADJOURN IN HIS HONOR. AND MY CONDOLENCES, HE SOUNDS LIKE A EDUCATIONAL WARRIOR, WHICH IS FANTASTIC TO SEE, AND I THINK IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU EXTEND HIS LEGACY IN EDUCATION. SO, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I'LL ADJOURN US AT TEN THIRTY-SIX. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? A MOTION TO ADJOURN, OKAY. MOVED BY TRUSTEE LARI, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE PACHECO. A VERBAL AYE FROM TRUSTEE PACHECO. A VERBAL AYE FROM TRUSTEE LARI. AND THAT MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. WE ARE ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU.
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