Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I think we're going to get started now Hi there and welcome to the board meeting for Wednesday, September 28th of the Pajaro Valley Unified School District I'm Kim Diserper your board president and I welcome you to the meeting tonight If there are anyone here that wants to speak on anything on the agenda or speak under the section for Public comments that are non-agendized You need to fill out one of the yellow cards in the back and bring the card up to I'm Eva who will pass it to us and we'll call your name when that agenda item comes up If you need translation tonight, we do have our district translator here Burania Lopez And she'll be happy to provide you with translation Sees occupan my services the translation the Senora Orania Lopez. They could help with this service Thank you We'll start out tonight with the Pledge of Allegiance and we'll have trustee Dodge Jr. Lead us tonight in the pledge. Thank you Thank you and next on our agenda. We have comments from our superintendent. Dr. Michelle Rodriguez Yeah, thanks so much. So I just want to give recognition to Jen little little Tim Bruno who Help to ensure that we had a fantastic first ELOP Intercession Saturday, so we are doing Saturdays now with our with all of our families And so here you're gonna see some pictures and that we're going to put up of what actually was happening with our families This Saturday, so we had something that was called the Pajaro passport intercessions offerings And so the first one you saw was a boardwalk fall camp out There was also YMCA day camps that families were able to send their children to Science workshops and you can just keep going. Thanks science workshops art cancel family dance and dance classes and the roaring camp Western night and so we have many of these coming up in the future And so please make sure we're having approximately one a month For the next several months and so if you are a family out there that wants to have a really Wonderful experience for their child. Some of them are families and children and some of them are just children By themselves and we really encourage you to sign up and take part in these days So this is part of our requirement to do 30 additional instructional days And so we are doing six of these on Saturday And so Jen always does it in style and she does it with tons of community partners And it was no exception this time. So thanks Jim Bruno for for that work So let's go around plus and then We are trusty shocker and myself we have been working with City City Council and also our county supervisors in order to be able to do community leader for the day We had tons of students that applied and I because I had so many students apply to me I selected to instead of one and so I am going to be having Mia Ruiz from Aptos High School and And Andrew Avarado from Watsonville High School are going to be meeting with me on and shadowing me on October 4th We have a lot of great things happening including site visits and also a virtual meeting with take actions stop violence community group and then probably the highlight we are meeting with Senator Laird for lunch and a walk through of our wellness center And so it should be a really great day for those two I did let all the other students know that had applied that couldn't be it That I was sorry that they couldn't be part of it Many of them are part of my superintendent advisory group though And so I will be engaging with them just in a different process. So thank you Thank you, Dr. Rodriguez We're gonna have board comments next on the agenda and we'll start I think down on my left with trusty home Thank you. Good evening everyone. I did another site visit to Rio de Mar elementary with along with Dr. Rodriguez and we met with parents and members of the site council and parent alliance we discussed various projects and Priorities so it was a good conversation about you know with various stakeholders for that. I also attended our SELPA CAC and we talked about the IEP process and the new state guidelines around that committee Keeping it short and sweet because I know we got a lot to cover tonight Thank you trusty Soto Yeah, good evening everybody. Thank you for attending tonight's meeting. I want to apologize for my absence last meeting I was feeling under the weather and I didn't want to Infect anybody else with whatever may have Been bugging me that evening, but we're here tonight and let's get on with the meeting. Thanks Thank you trusty Arosco Good evening everyone. Thank you for joining us this evening. I Had a couple of committee meetings. We had our green team meeting and the next meeting we will be discussing the green team kits and What that means what they tell and hopefully in collaboration with the city of Watsonville under Green team initiatives there. We will be able to provide Green team kids to those schools who want to initiate a green team at their school And we also had a further discussion on the possibility of expanding the farm to Cafeteria program and I know that's still up in the air and for further discussion I also attended the food what benefit dinner Couple weeks back. I want to say and it was Just really phenomenal to be able to hear testimonials from different students who 10-hour schools and How that program has benefited their lives and in some cases Been it's been a just a life-changing experience overall, so I was really great I also got the opportunity to participate on the empower Watsonville panel conversation on policy making and community organizing So that was really exciting. There were other community members including Dr. Rodriguez present too So it's always good to just interact with our youth and figure out ways to support them and I Think their focus this time around will be around substance abuse in youth and how we can Just come together as a community to provide alternatives to youth who Turning to substance abuse for various reasons and again, well, thank you for joining us tonight Thank you, trusty shocker. Thank you. I also attended our green team meeting, so I'm not gonna repeat what Maria said We also had our migrant HUD start meeting talking about the need still still looking for Family daycare practitioners So if you know anyone in the community who wants to apply to the migrant head start program That would be great and we're also looking for a teacher in the migrant head start program and then Also intended a meeting with Watsonville Police Activities League for a community event. They're going to put on Both at the youth center on November 1st and at the Davis Center on November 2nd Celebrating Dia de los Martos and there'll be activities for the community. They'll be playing the movie Coco, so Everyone's invited. Thank you Thank you, trusty Acosta Thank you, I just wanted to take a moment and acknowledge The Santa Cruz triathlon Association this last Sunday. They hosted the 40th annual Santa Cruz triathlon and I want to thank all of the local law enforcement that were out there keeping the athlete Suspectators in all of our volunteers safe and I especially wanted to highlight the volunteers multiple multiple student groups throughout the county Athletic groups showed up to volunteer and without them this these kind of events could not take place and happen and subsequent to that Over 25 different schools within the county as well as student athletic groups will be see me receiving financial contributions For that volunteerism, so I really want to highlight that Recognize thank the student groups. I know getting up that early in the morning on a Sunday is horrific And just acknowledge them and if any of our Coaches and athlete groups aren't connected with that I highly encourage you to get connected with that before this next year because as of Monday, they're already planning for the next year. Thank you Thank you trusty dutch jr. Good evening everybody. Thank you for being here this evening. I just wanted to briefly say that I Live close to be any white and I just wanted to say thank you to the gardening program that we have at mini white I can't always forget the name the life lab When I have time to pass by I always see all the young children the kindergarten or so first graders learning how to garden How to be out in the garden and? It's a great program for our young children I just also wanted to say Thank you to everybody at Watson will hide the classified workers the administrators, you know the SRO The teachers, you know, I know what's of a high school is full and I know everybody's trying to do their best to make sure that they're safe and I you know, I just kind of touch on you know, just think thank you to the people who You know pick strawberries to pick the berries and even the apples, you know, I You know, I didn't know how hard it was, you know, you think about picking apples like yeah Well, you know, but you know, it's it's hard work and I just wanted to thank the people that put all these vegetables and fruits and boxes for us because it's tough work and I was able to attend the the what's all high school homecoming What's all didn't do too well, but I just wanted to shout out the parents who work the snack bar you know, it takes volunteer parents to You know, they're not getting paid to serve food, you know to make hot chocolate and food for everybody So I just wanted to say thank you to the parents who volunteer in our snack bar and what's behind. Thank you Thank you I'd like to acknowledge tonight a donation from Isabelle and Emre for What is their last name? I'm sorry Excuse me. There's no last name or is that her last name? Okay, we'll get back to that I'm just gonna Move on from Acknowledging donations now. We'll do it a little bit later when we go to consent agenda I have attended hours of meetings for Pahua Valley Prevention and Student Assistance and we finally have a New executive director, which I don't think the press releases have gone out So I'm not going to announce tonight, but I'm happy to say that we do have a new Executive in place there. So that's great news We also had a meeting of the school board Association and capital advisers put on a presentation Which was taped about budget and and I'll be sending that out as soon as I get it from Roger Who's the chair? So I just want to let everyone else turn turn sir. Oh Isabelle turn sir from Elsie Stema. Can you spell that for me? Yeah? Thank you Okay, so now I'll acknowledge a donation special donation for the Lagassee culinary teaching and Kid and garden I'm from Isabelle to answer and Emory to answer for $2,500 we thank them very graciously for that very generous donation also acknowledging a book donation from author Karen look valued at $400. Thank you Karen and Next up we'll have Our favorite part of the night our high school student board board representatives report and tonight we have three Schools with us new school Renaissance and PV high so as new school ready to come to the podium. I can start with yeah Do you want me to start with a different? Okay, how about Renaissance is Renaissance ready? Thanks for being here tonight Go ahead and introduce yourself and yeah perfect raise that My name's okay I'd like to thank PV USD for get us getting started on the field. We also appreciate the new pavement I'd like to thank you all for giving students the opportunity to go back to their original comprehensive high school after completing the needed credits I'd like to thank you for hiring a friendly PE teacher who does a great job and Giving me the opportunity to be here as much appreciated Field trips are back which students enjoy they've already gone to the museum of our industry and we appreciate how the school murals We have on campus is protected We enjoy the principle of our school miss young because she's very hands-on with the students And she knows what's going on and our security guard Rob Rob's one of the best security guards. I've ever met hands down He he unders he understands us our age gap and he's easy to talk to while also making us feel safe at Renaissance without the addition of an SRO Students are excited on the return of volleyball. We've already run two games which Creates a positive attitude on campus The small classes at Renaissance High help you focus a lot more and helps you better understand the concept of the class Student leadership is on point and organized and the credit opportunities that Renaissance offers is great But we still need a little more With all the positives there are still a few things that we could use at school Some of the ideas for fundraisers are a snack shack and selling t-shirts and sweatshirts to raise money for school funding of field trips and events Students respectfully request a language other than English teacher and an accredited after-school program that offers transportation that would help students Who would need extra credits and for the students who have after-school jobs getting out at two is inconvenient Having advisory at the end of the day would make it easier for students who work to make it on their job on time like a lot easier Once the field is complete having a dedicated instructor for sports such as soccer would keep kids motivated to come to school and on September 16th, we took the time to celebrate the culture of Mexican heritage We had a great we had great food and having a fixed speaker would make future events much better With all that being said, I'd like to once again thank PVUSD for allowing me to speak here tonight And I'd like to thank my school Renaissance for electing me as president Next up is Pajaro Valley High School Sorry about that and that is sorry. Let me just say one more thing. Can you turn off the microphone for a second? So we don't get feedback. Thank you. That was a great presentation. We did a great job Thanks for coming tonight. Okay, this PV high You can move the microphone down to your mouth and then press that button again to turn it on and then tell us who you are Good evening. Dr. Rodriguez, President de Serpa and board members My name is Estefania and I'm the senior class president for Pajaro Valley High School and I'll be reporting for you guys tonight For the last two years PV students have come up with the theme for the year last year Beginning our first year back from COVID. Our theme was no place like home We were so excited to be back on campus with our teachers friends and fellow Grizzlies We wanted to make sure that our students knew that PV Nation was a welcoming place I would everyone could call home this year our theme is family is the heart of PV Nation We are pushing our ASB to create Even more events that are inclusive and available to all the students We want we want to make sure that all our Grizzlies feel like they are part of our family and that we're here for them Thank you Activities and events we started off the year with our annual freshman orientation with our amazing Grizzly crew We welcome the class of 2026 with the rally team building activities of school tour and a chance to meet some of our key players at school Our Grizzly crew is an important part of the beginning of the year and welcoming the incoming freshmen Grizzly crew is made up of the most diverse group of students on campus We want to make sure that the freshmen have someone they can relate to and bond with before school starts We understand that coming to a new school can be scary And we want to make sure that they feel as welcomed as possible The first day of school our Grizzly crew was in full force helping our new students find their classes Solve any problems they may have and most importantly be a friendly face to welcome them on the first day of high school During lunch, we also had some noontime fun with the cornhole tournament Jenga connect for and of course music Our Grizzly crew also walked around campus to make sure that there were no students sitting by themselves Again, we wanted to make sure that everyone felt like they were part of the PV nation family The next week we had our first spirit week to make the spirit days easy and not crazy like most are we did shoes For example crocs and slides or vans and converse We ended the week with grizzly pride Friday and an all-school rally the first part of school has been full of spirit spirit and grizzly pride ASV is back to work this month to make sure that the October is full of fun and Excitement for all of our students and staff athletics Football our football team is full of pride and we are working hard on our new field We started the league with the win against SOV 26 to 0 our team has also started the tradition of the turnover chain During the game we celebrate our defensive players with the turnover chain. The chain is Earned by an amazing defense play force fumble or interception It's an award our players Strive to obtain every time they take the field and our fans love to see them awarded We have also started our team games where students section band and cheer love to participate This last game we had our tropical game where everyone wore Hawaiian shirts and lice Our student section and cheer played games during halftime with floats. It was a lot of fun and Just to remind me you can't be six to zero unless you are two to zero So make sure to come support our grizzlies versus Gonzales on Saturday October 8th and make sure to wear pink for our next team football game Volleyball this year our volleyball team started the year off with three teams while our freshman team Doesn't get to play as many games as JV and varsity due to the lack of freshman freshman team They are working hard learning lots and having an amazing time JV and varsity are working hard and are getting ready for league We have a newer coach and enjoy her knowledge of the game Tennis our tennis team is coming in hall with the two to zero record and league They have a very good chance of winning another championship. It must be that new flooring. They put down at the end of the last year academics this year this year one of The new classes added is fifth and sixth period sports This is an amazing growth for our athletic program and will help build our program and strengthen our players During this class the teams have fun by competing with each other with strength and speed in addition Pvhs is also offering an academic lab Where students who need credit recovery during the day are able to do so Floor Florico is also a new class at PV We have all we have always had a strong floor Florico club and now our students are able to take it during school hours for PE This week we will be laying down the dance floor in the classroom So they can better prepare for their first performance in October this year We also welcome 20 new teachers to our PV nation family We welcome them to the nation with some amazing goodie bags and sway to start off the year We love the new energy they bring into the campus Our veteran teachers are still having fun and pushing us to do better Some of our favorite projects we have done so far is to build a rocket and see if it would launch Last we just had our back-to-school night on Thursday September 22nd where we welcomed over 300 families to campus We started the night with the welcome from our principal and counselors parents are welcome to meet some of the Fun clubs we have on campus and participate in some of the fun activities with them We had a food sale fundraiser event once they were done with the clubs The families went into the gym to meet our teachers and see what students are doing in class. It is always amazing It is always an amazing night to bring our family to meet our school families together Upcoming events October is a full month of fun focusing on our college and career and taking the youth truth survey We start off with celebrating our national coming out day on October 11 Our staff and students get a chance to walk through our amazing rainbow door as allies to the LGBTQ plus community Students and staff on October 12. We will honor our Hispanic heritage with a Rasa day Event on campus and students will be taking the PSAT The following week we'll be hosting our annual homecoming week with a spirit week no time games Activities in our first dance of the year The last week of October we have many activities for our college and career week and our college and career fair Thank you Thank you. That was great Next up we have new school Okay, good evening president this are super intended Rodriguez and board of trustees Hello, my name is laxman And Miguel and we come from new school. Our motto is never give up a new school We also lift up Miguel and I today. We're honored as student of the month by wantable rotary Thank you Some events we went to where Shakespeare at Santa Cruz and we've enjoyed this opportunity And new school is exploring many career options are our first trip was to El Pajaro CDC commercial kitchen Volleyball season has started at new school new school has three competitive teams and so far we are doing great It has built a lot of friendships and trust. I think the slide needs to go forward. Thank you On Friday mornings, we we have music class with a system of which we enjoy Fridays we take a trip to science workshop where we get to learn many things build a lot of things and have fun On Friday mornings, we also have a dance club and we do art We've also taken a trip to Parallel Art and work with them Friday's afternoons Our school provides us with many opportunities for community service such as coastal cleanup at the Santa Cruz fair Where I did some hours there and I took a picture of the little girl there holding bugs So far Into the school year we started our garden projects Some projects we've done so far are like beds so far. We planted peas a water melon a squash Carrots and onions Thank you. Thank you renaissance. That was awesome Oh, I'm sorry new school. What am I talking about? Everyone was awesome tonight News and welcome to the principal mrs. Graalty. We're happy to see you in the boardroom So next up is the approval of the agenda item 4.1 I'd like to make a motion to approve the agenda with An amendment moving items 11 12 and 14 before 10.1 I hear no seconds. So I think that motion will fail. I'll second a second, okay All those in favor Is there anyone opposed? I'm sorry. I guess for clarification We're just moving all the action voting items before the report and discussion So items 11 12 the 11 is consent agenda 12 is deferred consent And 14 is reporting out of closed session. So it's just to move those before the report and discussion. That's all Just for clarification. I think yeah, I think it seemed like there was some confusion And I I think it's maybe still I'm gonna ask actually for a roll call vote because I couldn't tell who was in favor It's yeah, it's a little bit confusing So Eva if you could roll call, please Trustee solto your vote. Hi Trustee Acosta your vote. Hi Trustee shocker your vote Trustee dodge your vote. Hi Trustee home your vote. Hi Trustee Orozco your vote. Hi And president to serve by your vote. Hi. Thank you Next is item 5.1 the approval of september 14th board meeting board meeting minutes I move to approve Second All those in favor Aye Anyone opposed or abstaining? Thank you motion carries six. Um, what is it six? Right, but we had an Thank you 601 Next up we have a public hearing item 6.1 This is the pahoro valley federation of teachers or pvft sunshine proposal to pahoro valley unified school district for collective bargaining agreement negotiations 2022-2025 school year Thank you president to serve by board of trustees dr. Rodriguez So as part of the rata act, um, whenever the district and bargaining is are going to enter into negotiations It needs to be presented at a public meeting in order for the public to provide comment Excuse me comment if they wish so this is just part of the process pvft is bringing forward their sunshine proposal We will be, um negotiating a full contract. So that's why it's from 22 to 25. So it's for three years And so this is the the public Forum for that and so I'm just putting the public on notice that we'll be Entering into negotiations and the action item will be coming later in the agenda Great. Thank you for that. Um, so before we move on to board comments or questions We do have a speaker tonight. We have brandan denise No Greetings and thank you to the board for allowing me to speak tonight Here we are again at another negotiation cycle Which means we have the opportunity to come together and to lift up our students It seems like public education has never been on such Continuous ground and instead of approaching these negotiations using the same failed tactics We really need to be united and get started immediately I implore you to come to the table immediately and start getting to that work of lifting our students up and providing them with the opportunities that they deserve This isn't teachers versus administrators. There should be all of us coming together to improve as much of this contract as we can I'm not sure how often you read the contract, but it's a mess and there's a lot that can be improved in that contract We lose teachers year after year not just because of wages But because teachers get burned out working in dilapidating buildings while facing an unprecedented staffing crisis And having to make up for the excuses and the failings of this district Let's stop the tradition of this district negotiating with the pvft from a position of excuses And we ask you to negotiate in good faith So that we can come together and really do justice by our students and improve as much of this contract as we can Thank you Okay, that's the only public comment. Are there any discussion or questions from the board? Okay, saying none. We'll close this public hearing. Thank you. Is there anything else Allison? Okay, thank you. I know it's a lot of feedback tonight. Okay, I'll close this public hearing. Thank you Next up is item 7.1 a visitor non-agenda items. It's a time for a public comment in two minutes each So we do have two speakers under this item Chris web followed by Antonio Rivas Good evening. Um, I want to thank Superintendent assistant soup, uh, Lisa gary for inviting Renaissance to be here I feel like just that right there is is a hopeful sign for me like I feel like We're more noticed and and I'm thank the the students for coming and presenting because I know that can be tough Also, I'm not sure who to credit for this but Whether it's individual tosas or our assistant superintendent secondary or or who but I just want to report report feeling more supported this year from the do from different curriculum and like English language development Personnel who've reached out and have been receptive the other the other way and there's been other figures too So I just appreciate that and I also wanted to share Um, a reflection from the first couple weeks of school Um, I had to use a personal day To for child care and during that same time period I had students who were trying to figure out how are they going to meet their community service hours And then you as you all know you're trying to figure out. How are you going to fill? subbing positions And and you might be able to figure out how our our interests converge in a way that could have helped everybody Especially for for I say this as a person who has handled with their kid While teaching and being with their personal kids and whose students have handled when my kids are there So I there is a way for us to all work together in a way that's helps everybody Community service I get the child care. I need from my from myself you guys get less one less sub that you need and It's an overall positive experience for everyone One last thing I would just like one to say We have those reverse osmosis drinking fountains. We could maybe use some were some reusable water bottles There's a lot of plastic bottles flying around. Thank you Thank you, chris Good evening members of the school board superintendent administration My name is Antonio Rivas and and the reason I'm coming before you is I just wanted to really thank you For having the the senior council faster grandparent volunteer program Which is a it's a great program and which they can be able to help the kids in the elementary level and also in the middle school So it are not cost of you So it's important that you be aware of it of the program and I just wanted to really thank you for For having the mo you that you have Drafted and And hopefully we'll continue on on to having this program for our senior program helping the kids that really need some help One-on-one in the schools. So I thank you and And we'll see you soon. Thank you. Bye. Bye. Thank you. Mr. Rivas We're checking Thank you. Sorry out of order here. I apologize We have donna la fever followed by uh, benonica gallagher Okay, um Hi, i'm donna la fever. I'm a math teacher at watsonville high school um Just speaking again, uh, we still are in need of subs So that's still a thing. Um, and then I just also wanted to bring up the fact that uh, there was a question We get emails from dr. Rodriguez like updating on All the things going on and and responding to some questions and there was a question about the shortage of Substitutes and what we can do about that and the response was that we actively recruit substitutes via adjoin And then to improve our recruiting efforts, we have maintained our 240 dollar daily rate for long-term Rate and have solidified the hourly rate for substitutes who need to attend events and activities and goes on but um, my point is that um the place where Teachers are having to step in is for the day to day And the way that you represented that it makes it sound like Substitutes are being paid 240 dollars a day when actually on adjoin the day to day salary is 140 I had a friend working in the la unified district Six years ago was making 236 dollars a day as a day to day sub It was at a time when the district was in need of teachers and there was a subs shortage And so they had a high salary That needs to happen here We need to have subs We need to know that there are people that are qualified and ready to step into our classroom So that we're not so panicked to take our sick day when we actually need it It's happening right now that there's teachers that are getting to that point of the year where they're just really exhausted Or they're dealing with family issues and people are stepping up to support them And because we don't have that pool of substitutes because we're trying to draw from A pool of applicants for 140 dollars a day. I mean you're just not going to have that many people coming to you So we really need to think about that. Hopefully there's someone speaking for the substitutes today in that organization Because that's something that really we need to see a change in. Thank you My name is Radhika Gallagher. I work at H.A. Hot elementary school You need to pay substitutes twice as much For their valuable work They need a degree To substitute My niece makes 20 dollars an hour working at a sporting goods store No experience at all 20 dollars an hour. You're paying substitutes that much For and you need a degree you need to be in charge of 25 to 35 and even more in high school And it it's less than 20 dollars an hour when you get to high school because the day is longer You wonder why you can't get subs at high school It's a shame You have to pay substitutes twice as much for their valuable work Teachers need to know That they are there are substitutes available when they are sick or when that we have family emergencies Teachers do not take advantage of sick days. It takes hours to make sub plans We don't want to disrupt our classes and all the routines we put in place I personally have over 46 days after my 26 years as as a teacher Um, I don't take days off I have been fortunate to be fairly healthy throughout my 26-year career But I have an elderly mom Who may need help? I take care of my brother who is a vet of desert storm He has PTSD. I need to take care of him Teachers have family obligations and many various issues. We need to know that substitutes are available When we have to be absent Okay, so where can we get the money to pay for substitutes a fair living wage? First of all cut The number of salaries the number and the salaries of administrators in our district our union used to say chop from the top The superintendent of pvsd should not be making the same salary as the vice president of the united states of america Assistant superintendents should not be making the same as the governor of california And senators Thank you another way to save money is to stop paying for excessive testing And for excessive curriculum. Let me just end with a quote from Dolores Huerta I think organized labor is a necessary part of democracy organized labor is the only way To have a fair distribution of wealth Please look at that quote from Dolores Huerta So those are the four stars for that item. Thank you Next up we have employee organization comments, and we'll start with a point one pvft Good evening board president come came to serba and Dr. Rodriguez Sorry, it's been a tough two weeks of serious asthma So thank you to our teachers our educators who are here representing and speaking their truth again This is what I referenced to that's how we started last time And you can hear that the impacts of vacancies are still Are still causing daily strain on our educators our new teachers our first year teachers Make a daily rate of $275 So you can imagine the The strain on our new teachers who are In our classrooms with our students not wanting to lose a day to writing subplans So that they can be out to address their own health Or if there is suddenly a need to take a personal necessity day Personal necessity days we use those to care for our family Because those are the days we take when they're it's not our own personal health being affected So a daily rate for a long-term sub of $240 a day While that might be A high rate for this area It's the difference between the two Should cause some pause Because we do really need many new teachers in our district So Please keep that in mind when we discuss salaries I'll come back up and speak to our sunshine When it's that time on the on the agenda one of the items on the consent agenda Is a contract with the community schools learning exchange And the community schools so We we are grateful that the district heard our request on Investigating and looking and applying for a planning grant To implement community schools in our area because community schools Do take many of the pieces where we have right now that are that are Functioning and silos pretty much and creating something more cohesive And the two years of planning allow us to really Discuss how something like that could be rolled out in our in our schools as opposed to just Accepting money and then putting it on the on the shoulders of the people at the school site to come up with something this um so we are in agreement to um The community schools learning exchange to be one of our um to mediate to help guide us through this process and planning Thank you. I have to i'm gonna end my My talking time, but um, I will come back to Speak to our sunshine And well, you'll see me again in a couple of weeks. Thank you Thank you nilly. Um, the next step we have item 8.2 csea or california school employees association We have any representatives here tonight speaking on behalf of csea Okay, seeing none we'll move on to item 8.3. Uh, this is pavam or paharovelli association of managers Good evening. Good evening Board president deserpa board of trustees and dr. Rodriguez. I'm consuelo mason I'm the proud principal of paharovelli high school and I have the honor tonight to share with you How our comprehensive high schools are doing so aptos high school wants to congratulate their senior Chase jakes maize who has been awarded the letter of commendation for outstanding performance on the preliminary sat Aptos high school staff is conducting a school-wide book study on serita hammond's culturally responsive Teaching and the brain. They are also in collaboration on equitable grading with the santa cruz county office of education Aptos high school spring 2022 ap scores are in and their students have a 73.7 passing rate on their advanced placement exams Paharovelli high school Congratulations to our two seniors garla leiva who you know from the farm to cafeteria And jenny reyes who have earned national recognition programs awards Because of their academic achievement in school and outstanding performance on their psat Congratulations, we're proud of them. Our staff is effectively using their collaborative time during our restructured wednesdays to further their teaching practice We are also in collaboration with ucsc To learn on a collaborative call learn how to how english works to further their understanding of the eld and california content standards To meet the needs of our second language learners Our ap scores are also out and we want to congratulate our students for having an overall performance increase in all the content areas But we're extremely proud of our spanish language exam passing rate at a hundred percent So congratulations grizzlies Watsonville high They concluded a busy week of a fun filled homecoming activities. They had their annual parade From the old fire station all the way through the plaza and finalizing of course in that famous wildcat way On their cafeteria area. They had floats and they had their homecoming dance that Where a 570 students attended the dance included vanda dj and tacos The students had a blast dancing to their favorite songs and a photo booth Are across our three campuses our wellness teams are meeting consistently And they do take They are Meeting weekly And again, here is where we do those supports that are needed for our students who are struggling We're also extremely proud of our partners community partners. So we have PVPS say and monarch services working with us Consistently and we're so happy to have them Saturday schools are also taking place Where we have dedicated teachers and students who are coming on saturdays to do enrichment as well as Recover some of those missed periods that we know they tend to do here and there or their tardies On our roles also will be happening in the next two weeks Thank you Good evening on behalf of the alternative ed schools. I'd like to report on visual Virtual academy their retention rate is 88 percent of all their students are there for two to three years And high participation rate in their daily synchronous learning and live Interaction sessions families are very excited for the and volunteering for some in-person activities at PCCS They have a lot of ninth and tenth graders which is good for student retention And they're enjoying back to school and hybrid classes They have a lot of interesting field trips planned for this year and their current participation And governing council is increasing Two of their teachers started a bird watching class with the high school students And they bring the younger students along for that and it's really helping to build a sense of community across everything at dti Unfortunately new school lost to them last week, but it is the end of in volleyball. It is their end of the progress report one And it brought spirit week academic interviews and lots of fun on the field With volleyball and you heard from renaissance earlier and at new school. We are We are underway with Exploring new career options for our students. So we have a whole series of career Exploration as you have seen I've asked Jennifer shaker to come speak on behalf of what she does for the community and I'll be reaching out to many of you For your input. We've had speakers from Watsonville community hospital from Different the culinary kitchen the dti not dti Anyway a bunch of different places that we are reaching out to to improve our students access to what Is in the Watsonville community and what they can do when they graduate from high school Any questions Thank you Next up we have item 8.4 anyone here from communication workers of america cwa Representing substitutes Okay, let's move on to action items The action action item 9.1 This is a pahora valley federation of teachers sunshine proposal to pahora valley unified school district for collective bargaining agreement for the years 22 through 25 And this report is presented By allison izawa. Yes. Thank you president serpa board of trustees dr. Rodriguez I'm actually going to invite the president of pbf tf to discuss their sunshine proposal All right, good evening back So we're just opening the entire contract. I'm just kidding. Um, quite a few of the articles some When we come back to to open up our our contract during a master contract cycle It is to either improve on the language as we Every year the things that we encounter we might discover Here is where there is a hiccup with how language has been negotiated in the past or here is how we need to update due to modernizing education so, um We have, you know, minor things like in our general definitions But of course the big the big ones are going to be workload And and uh class size and of course wage That's our salary when we talk about total compensation Uh workload is it's for the past couple of years as we've come back in person has been Very overwhelming, um, we understand that the um, under staffing then Uh It puts it puts all that work out to that might that still needs to get done and who's doing it um But we in our agreements our contract sets parameters because we want to make sure that the people who are working with the students In the classroom who are guiding them through their education are able to come to work every day Feeling refreshed and feeling um 100 prepared or at their absolute best to do that so, um You know, we're we this year we hear issues with um added work. It just added duties So suddenly there's new adjunct duties. Well, there needs What's coming off? Or there are programs that were never brought through curriculum council But suddenly teachers find themselves at being asked to implement something new and that had not been Um, you know, there wasn't worse where what's the item that's going to come off Of of our teachers of our educators plates so that they can accommodate these new asks So those are the types of conversations we have when we discuss workload and then they might affect other areas in our contract um with the um With the concern or the issue of enrollment what we have In some grades declining enrollment, um, or Or and where we need teachers um, so vacancies so how we Address reassignments and transfers Is also another area that has really impacted teachers the last couple of years And so there's definitely some language that needs to be um agreed to that helps us all work together In having a clear process It being if we're you know equitable and fair and when we are looking at Having somebody make that scary move to a new position Or who wants to move to a new position? But then there's other um, there are barriers within the contract language that prevent them from just doing that right away so thank you and again, so this is You all will hear us come up and speak and um to this as as we move forward we are looking to Forward to the district um coming back as soon as they can so that they can sunshine What they are hoping to open up on our contract so that we can begin meeting and working on this in earnest. Thank you Thank you very much. Are there any speakers? We don't have speakers Are there any comments or questions from the board? On this item No, okay. Thank you Oh, yeah, we need action. So i'm looking for a motion to make a motion to approve Okay, i think mariaz did the second um all those in favor. I I anyone opposed Motion carries seven zero. Thank you Um next up is item 9.2 resolution 22 2308 instructional material sufficiency Good evening president to serpa board trustees and dr. Rodriguez The last board meeting we held a public hearing to present the proposed resolution for instructional material sufficiency Tonight i'm asking for approval acknowledging that all students have sufficient textbooks and or instructional materials or the materials Have been ordered. This is based on school visits as well as assurances from the principals Thank you We have no speakers to this item Any questions or comments from the board Looking for a motion make a motion to approve. I'll second First and second all those in favor. I thank you and opposed motion carries seven zero. Thank you Item 9.3 a resolution 22 2309 For october is ritz awareness month and this is presented by our selpa director heather gorman Good evening president to serpa dr. Rodriguez board of trustees I'm here tonight to present a resolution for october to be ritz awareness month Ritz syndrome awareness month is an annual designation observed in october Ritz syndrome is a very rare non inherited genetic disorder that occurs almost exclusively in girls It generally sets in between six and eight months of age This disorder only affects about one in every 10,000 girls worldwide Since I have been in the school district. I have known two girls with wedges and dormancy vusd One of them happened to be in my special day Too many years built for me to mention One of them The other girl was in our post-secondary program. Sadly. She passed away recently at the age This resolution is for all of the girls with red The two that I have and for their families and friends I'll read a bit from the resolution Whereas red syndrome is a rare post-natal genetic neuro neuro I knew I was gonna stumble over these words Sorry Neurological disorder that occurs almost exclusively in rare emails Whereas their diagnosis of red syndrome requires maximum assistance with daily living activities for their entire life And whereas we must continue our efforts in bringing awareness to the medical community Researchers therapists teachers Caregivers and the general public as well We must have funding available for researchers who are dedicated to finding a cure for red syndrome I'm asking for the support of the pvusd pvusd board to recognize october as red awareness month And in this shared recognition, we hope to see progress that will continue until the world is with You had there. Do we have any speakers? We've also We also brought pictures of one of our students and they're in the back there Without the blue ribbons warrior Thank you. Dr. Rodriguez and members of the board for acknowledging red syndrome awareness month We're here to speak specifically about Madeline was a red warrior Despite the severity of her disability. She was a strong young woman with personality. You couldn't help but love She retained her ability to box And communicated with her body a few words and a speech generating the bite which she controlled with her eyes Madeline's smile and laughter was contagious And she had deep and meaningful connections with peers and staff Madeline enjoyed book and music and was especially fond of the movie frozen Madeline passed away unexpectedly at the age of 19. Just a month's die of the her 20th birthday October 23rd She's been a part of our pvusd community since the age of two She graduated at cross high school in 2021 and was most recently enrolled in our post secondary program at the Usin Those of us who knew Madeline are better for it. She touched the lives of countless pvusd staff Thank you. Any comments from our board at home I just I just wanted Many conversations That she was Madeline was a bright star her mom Your for your person herself And we have an Not just about the individual those Honor that that they're part of we're dealing with that in the communities so like and I worked in the next few with my husband with new Madeline in fact Helen was inspiration for the playground that I built at Valencia the boundless playground for Our kids or in wheelchairs who couldn't get to put them We built playground in the whole region for kids and we'll Kids with other disorders and I felt proud of work and Madeline was the inspiration Netters. Thank you for bringing it Item 9.5 stop resolution 2011 recognizing 9 The week yes, thank you president to serve our board of trustees Dodger Rodriguez before you tonight is the resolution to adopt the week of the school administrator Which is october 9th through the 15th 2022 Most school administrators begin their careers as teachers and the average administrator has served more than a decade Superintendents tend to serve more than 20 years In education such experience is beneficial in their work to effectively lead public education and improve student achievement School leaders depend on a network of support from school communities Um and resources to promote ongoing student achievement and school success Research shows that great schools are led by great principles and great districts are led by great This resolution is before you tonight. So I recognize school administrators We have many speaking comments If you very For those of you who are in the So We have as you heard in the board trustee comments We have a very active green team district wide green team And we also have very active board members that are part of that. So Trustee shocker has been working with this organization over the last several months And ensuring that we're going to be ready for our clean air day And so along with our green team representatives We're moving this forward. Um clean air day will be on october 5th. So that is next Um and many people within Santa Cruz county are very health conscious very Um ecologically conscious So we want to make sure that we are showing that we too are putting as much emphasis as we can I just want to mention some of the Statistics that are actually on the clean day Website because it's pretty Downing really so seven out of ten of the most ozone populated cities are actually found within california So we're thinking about nationally be fine seven out of the ten of them are actually right here I remember when I was a child We would have days off school for poor air if I lived in southern california We would they were literally send us home Because the air quality was the small was just so bad And there are one million annual absences in california related to air pollution itself Right. Um, so when we think about people that have rose respiratory Um, and if you're a californian you're four times more likely to experience some of those air problems So for that alone, um, we really want to um encourage people to Um think as much as they can before they get in a vehicle So if they can walk and ride a bike, um, please do so especially if you can on On that clean on clean air day on october 5th if you can Try to do as much as you can that is good for the environment Such as not idling in cars walking By team and we will be sending out different Different activities to our staff this following week. Um, and specifically on the day of october 5th in Rec. Okay, and so I asked for a board approval of clean air day on Wednesday I since I didn't see the resolves so clearly. I maybe have a couple some meat you can add So first I want to thank you for having this and for the um item 9.1 915 the bus one. I like that. Um, I think these are both great Um renaissance we have a rail right in front of us and like it's like a Dream that one day I'll maybe be able to take that in but I think a more short term more realistic thing might be like one day Maybe my students can take the train to renaissance if there's a way we can Um do that. I think that'd be great. Um another thing kind of thinking about the last meeting where We had the the superintendent item the evaluation. Um, I know like part of the compensation is for a vehicle I feel like pvusd green team could consider Making it so that that that allowance Can only be applied to green vehicles And just so you know like in in my econ class when when these kind of issues come up And I and we're talking about incentives and like how can we do things for the school and and I ask students what they want And they'll say to me oh, we want gas cards Not so much this year or less people are driving, but they used to say that more Um, and I would always say no, I don't want that for you I'm not going to push that and I would say because I don't want to make it cheaper for you to pollute So I kind of feel the same way for Professionals as I do for students that that's not really what I would want my tax dollars To go for I'm okay with that an allowance But I feel like we we could maybe do better on that and then just you know before The body resolves in that way You could possibly just Take an you know executive decision and trade in trade in for a greener vehicle I just want to throw that out there. Thank you I'm sorry, there's we can't hear you over the beat What? Christy home. What's your comment? Um, I just wanted to say you know like I recently listened to a podcast So an inverse correlation between Pollution levels Right as trustees Do I know that Comments that we really need to be on It will be in my Friday miss. Hi. Hi Good evening president to serpa board of trustees and dr. Rodriguez Uh, her linda and I are here to present to the board Fencing evaluation that was done along with the request for some funding to put towards fencing at numerous Of our site what we ended up doing and really I won't take the credit was her linda and his team But um, they actually got multiple fencing contractors to come out in a very short amount of time considering How many sites we actually looked at to come evaluate how much it would cost to add fencing To as you can see the site list up there. There are a couple of other sites We actually looked at um haul and aloni. We did look at we determined they actually had adequate fencing We are still evaluating landmark and we have tv high that we're evaluating as well Um, the intent was to look at any safety concerns that may be raised by those sites in terms of Gapton fencing or if you look at bradley, for example, they have four foot fences. We don't really prevent anything Um rag cliff, for example, if you look at the markup, you might think they actually have fences there already theirs is actually for slap to put in those fencing because they're on a busy street They've actually had individuals come up to those fences try and reach through the fence So for them, it's a little bit different, but all in all for all sites It's really just evaluating the safety of the site and then adding fences to those sites One of the reasons for the large dollar amount is Unfortunately, not only do we have to add fences when we have those but we also have to add door and or gate So to speak in with those gates We can't just do a typical gate that opens up and latch is because in the event of a of a Um An event at a school site where students may need to exit that school site. I'll use rio for example trustee holman I walked that site and we both asked when we saw Fencing going around that entire site What if students need to exit through the back like they would because there's a threat of part of the school So what that means is we have to add not only gates but gates that can be open from the inside But not that which of course end up being a little bit pricier So all of that has been taken into account in the evaluation We also are looking at all of the front of schools making sure that we don't Typically use chain link fences at the front of the school But use more of a black ornamental fence like you would see at radcliffe for example Um, so all of that kind of increases the cost of some of these projects All in all we've evaluated it to be between eight to nine hundred thousand dollars We are looking at using our measure l maintenance fund So this won't actually be any funding from the general fund. It's not unrestricted. It's actually funding Specifically for site upgrades and improvements. So fencing fits in that very well The board will also see all of these projects come back to board as they get approved Some of them will have to out forbidding due to the size Watsonville high for example is a much larger one because a lot of their fencing is Already that black ornamental fencing We are trying to stick with the same fencing at the site that it currently has So that will of course change the cost per site But all of those will come to the board for approval separately This is really just asking the board for approval to Assign these funds. This does not in any way affect our fund balance This is solely just to take our measure l funds and assign them for something So that way as her lindo and his team go out and do the work We know there's funding available for all of these projects Um, I know the board may ask where their priorities when we looked at these which sites that we prioritize Really after looking her lindo and I determined that all sites need it So that's why we're not asking the board for a specific You know to prioritize certain sites, but really to just assign the total amount so that we can ensure all the sites So at lindo.  Watsonville high? Yes, it was me that went out And met up with a couple contractors was me myself and sir joy met up with the Contract. Yeah, I I think it's a great idea. You know it It keeps our it keeps our campus safe because I know towards the back That's where we tend to have People trying to come on campus and a lot of you know, right down an Elm and maple So I think that's a great idea But I think it also allows to be safe and allows our campus to be open Watsonville high has always been in public campus and I will support that And thank you for what you're doing at Radcliffe. I know You know when I went to volunteer to pick up trash for the the kids during their lunch I know that was a big concern is Radcliffe hugs up against a certain court And I know there's been issues where I guess a woman throws things just kind of yells at the kids, you know, it's like the homes when I but yeah It makes the the parents the students and the teachers feel unsafe. So I think that's a great idea. So thank you And trusty dodges to add to Watsonville high. We also walk with pds So they actually look at um the security of that site to help give some advice on where we can potentially add fencing as you know That um left side there down by those buildings opens directly into the street and that's one of the main concerns for So I'm just so you said Yeah, so pv high is a tough one because along with uh Aptos high those campuses that up those hills and just have so many entry points So really what we're looking at is is there a way to just Potentially increase improve some of the safety at that site Um, I know that we've been her lindo and I have talked about it a bit We'll be checking with the principal there consuelo as If she has any thoughts on just areas where she's seen the most traffic or where we could potentially add a fencing to We can absolutely do that On this like I know I've involved in a lot of the Go and Maybe and and all Yeah, so this funding will go towards again the priority schools that we've put up there But we'll bring back each item to the board as well as an update of how much of that 900,000 We've spent so the board can continue to see that that 900,000 that you're allocating is being spent and lambard It's a good question. Um, one of these art of fees proposed to go out So some of them, uh, we've already got quotes for all all of the fencing that we did on um all of these sites Some of them came in around 20 to 30,000 maybe an additional 10 or 15 for those gates So those would actually be within our capital limit to be able to assign those based on the lowest vendor That proposes it some of them we've already seen would be estimated over 100,000 So we'd be putting those out bid so as soon as the board approves this we'll be working next week to start getting Contractors out based on kind of our preliminary quotes Seeing which ones we need to actually do a bid for and which ones will go back to the vendor who had the lowest quote Reach out out to them to see if they can come do the work This work won't interfere with school operations and during a normal schedule Isn't something that has to wait for summertime. No as far as I know, um, especially with for example the rio del mar one Which I'm most familiar with it's the back side of their fields So that'll be put in can be put in during school the 800 900 That's some for That's the full site The allocations So it's not actually out of their measure. We have a maintenance endowment fund as well as Along with a maintenance fund through measure L Which is more district-wide projects that need to be done that was approved during measure L So we have money in that fund So none of the sites will have to actually pay for any of the fencing It'll come out all out of the district measure L money that we have for me. So it's not going back to that Okay, this is what we want to spend our measure L. So no sites will be having to use this is coming correct So Maintenance endowment It's actually a bit of a fallacy. So the measure L funding doesn't have to actually be spent by any time There is a point at which the measure L funding we that we have remaining Can not gain more interest than the bonds themselves So effectively we can't be saying we're holding on to the money to get interest off it Even though the payout of the interest is less than we're actually getting an interest So there is no timeline for us to actually spend it. It's just to spend it We have to show that we're making a reasonable effort to spend the funds for the endowments This money was set aside because of the state's stop giving us maintenance money used every year to Maintenance in our correct. So we have two different maintenance pieces One is the endowment of which we put about a million society here to Actually put into our schools then as to your point We have the interest which we put aside for additional maintenance project That's where this would come from is really that part of money we have for all sites to make improvement On before the measure L I can bring it up to the oversight committee. It is within the measure L Documents and what we're supposed to spend it on so it's nothing that would be Really, I mean again, they do have the oversight of it But it's all within the pamphlet and what we went out for voters for but I can absolutely let the oversight committee know Okay, and then I had asked safety money that I thought was Evolved the shooting and do we know if there's that we get So we haven't seen anything yet. I've been working with school services and following it closely. I actually just was um up in Sacramento and saw John Gray I didn't give it a chance to ask him about that But typically when they give us updates on budget and give us updates on what's coming down They let us know I haven't heard anything about the safety money at this time But I'll keep looking for it and I always check my emails from school services to see what's coming up Grab a bunch of that we can do more in-hand safety. Okay Um, do we I think you want to pose? Thank you so much. Thank you so much so As is customary for when we are adding a board policy, then we have two readings. This is the second reading and There has been some conversation since this opening about adding one and so I know Or um, this one is going to um to that request The only other changes that happened is there is multiple spelling options of of how due to dialect of how it is Coated and so you will note that there are a few that the that was changed in slight spelling And it was just um dialect preference. Um, so we had community members reach out regarding the use of which dialect we were going to use and so that is reflected in this as well Oh, yeah, so I had a Want to pose 9.8 8 committee So much so we have quite the powerhouse that adds the green team. It's um really gain some notoriety not only throughout our community but throughout And so because of that we've had various members that have come forward and after part of our green um, so Previously, um, we only allowed when we were looking at our representation We only allowed for two community members. We have since had various others that have requested and so Because we do feel that they would be a benefit. Um, we currently have two additional Community member organizations that have requested part of the green team. I did expand it Five um, so that case would have one additional that comes in We don't have to come back to the board in a pretty close order So this would everything else remains the same Except for it would be increasing the number of community member organizations from two to five and so I request Words that we can include these within the within the organization and so um that is the two members are One of them is life lab. So life lab has requested to be part of it and another one is the Count of Santa Is asking to be part of that as well We're going to add another community or Community member you said We're going to add to life lab and the county of Santa Cruz or Santa I just thought like I think meant by people from the public, but Yeah, I'm community organized Okay That one will make that they can see So we frequently at green team as we're doing additional initiatives. We have people as Part of it. So for example, we've had some conversation with for instance, Esperanza farms part of that Um, and so for instance that they were wanting that we would basically bring it to the committee and be able to have that um wiggle room So I did Precinct just because it has more and more. We're having more Organizations that are very Thank you, trustee and class of helping me with that I think if we have a community member Can we give preference to make sure they live in the power of all the unified Area I think um the other two organizations that we have is um, we have wetlands. Why Wetlands watch is um one of the groups that have that supporting of it. Um, and the other one is I don't remember. What is it? Yeah, I can mess you up is the other one. We're both Life lab has their mean they're the ones that are supporting us within the schools and they do have their office here the county of Santa Cruz county is true that they are They're at the county office. Um, but not the county office that is like office, but um, they're specifically wanting to be involved with us because of grant opportunities that we want I just saying like if a spot becomes vacant sure Thank you, and our parents definitely are within the community as well just for district So the organization The organization Auto Valley, you know the person pointed By through that organization could live outside Let's say in Selena gray or Canada I'm just sort of the person from the committee being from the or the Organization being just the community member because I think This community members It ends up being five organizations Those five people on those organizations could quite not necessarily For an organization within the community, but not they side. Yeah, I know it sounds symmetrical, but I think I'm just Oh, well, we will do our best But I guess what I would point out is for example wetlands watch on them, right? The wetlands watch one they are been on our pv as A facility right so they definitely are linked to our community now is that person That is representing wetlands watch. Are they Watsonville? Or pv usd Where do they live? I don't know Right. I think for me when I'm looking at this and I can When I'm looking at this, I think who do we want to have on here Understands and wants to represent pv usd and the area in which we live And so we can definitely do our best To have full lift reside within But I guess what I would say is is we don't necessarily do that even for our So like the three elementary teachers and the two middle school teachers and two high school teachers They definitely work here. Do they live within our community? I don't know. I mean, I do so. I guess I get a stick but But I mean I would I'm just saying like just for example a community, you know, if it's just a community member If he means so we have if it's someone not in organization So if you have a regular community member say my neighbor wanted to join We want to make sure that that community member is a resident of pv us But if it's an organization as long as it's somebody that works closely with pv us That's okay. Is that what you're saying? Yeah, exactly. So like, okay, perfect, you know, if I'm if I'm applying And then dress the accosta is applying But she lives in the power of within the power of our unified school district You know, do we look at her first give her priority? Of course And I think that was like even when we were thinking about the different categories like that was really have pv us represented at Given that they would Sort of immerse this Really, um, so into this Getting point just like to the native greedy once We're fighting each other In lives within the power of all this and I just I live in Gilroy or something Let's not start a rumor, but yes I'm a All those in favor. Hi. I I'm opposed item 9.9 Miranda my vendors Thank you president to serpa board of trustees dr. Rodriguez we worked with pbft on a mou for Psychologists a speech and language pathologist and school nurses in order to give them a stipend Just as we have for classroom teachers when they are supporting either interns or Um aspiring teachers and being sure that we can fulfill the requirements that the universities have In terms of having that intern credential and making sure that they have a mentor in order to do so So the current mou we have with them for classroom teachers does not address This group of educators So we are making it specific to them as well as making it specific to their salary schedule They are on a different salary schedule that is derived from the teacher salary schedule But we wanted to align it with their salary schedule as well as the requirements are a little bit higher Especially for our psychologists and So that is what this reflects. And so I request that you Approve this mou as I present Good evening president to serpa board members and dr. Rodriguez The following item is a new class description titled transportation routing specialists I'm katie the jay-z our director of transportation and her administrative team reviewed the needs of their department And found that they had a need to utilize their routing system Transfinder in a more comprehensive manner Um, the district did not have a class description that described the work that they needed To oversee the transpinder system Which would include work such as building and modifying routes for operational efficiency and student safety Working with transpinder to work in connection with our student information system Which would ultimately bridge a communication gap so that sites can readily access route information So they know which students are on which routes And also work with the transportation administration and dispatchers to troubleshoot and resolve routing and scheduling conflicts and service issues The district did work collaboratively with csa on the job description and the personnel commission did approve the job description salary placement at their September meeting Um, so this evening I asked the board to approve the new class description and revise salary schedule as presented Good evening president to serpa dr. Rodriguez and board of trustees Present to you tonight a request for an exemption for the 180 day calendar restriction as you may or may not know of Certificate of teachers who retire must wait 180 days before they can be employed by us again This exemption would allow us to fill a need Um at freedom elementary for a bilingual after school I request that you would uh approve this resolution. Thank you It is not carte blanche. This is just for one So if somebody else wants to do this we have to do another resolution. They're individually So the state of california So that's a stir. Thanks. State of california has 180 day waiting period for retirees Last year that was waived for the pandemic, but it's been put back in effect. So this resolution allows Um retirees. Yeah, I get it. Why is just wondering what My assumption is that they don't want somebody retiring and collecting retirement and then turning right back around and getting paid because my close Pretty strong. All right. Um, yeah, it's actually exactly what bryan was saying It's because when they come back from retirement, they actually don't have to unretire They get to collect theirs while collecting their salary as long as they don't go over the limit So there's a limit that serves creates every year typically around the 50 000 or so Round 50 000 or so as long as they don't go over that they can both collect retirement and Continue to work and get paid at the exact same time So stirs doesn't want somebody effectively double dipping and saying I'm going to retire But really I just want to retire so I can keep working and get retirement at the same time So they put in a six month waiting period knowing that at times people are going to have great needs So they at least have a six month waiting period So bryan was actually spot Can I actually that is absolutely correct purrs does the same thing for the exact same reason? Yep Thank you Are we good? There we go. Good evening President D'Sirpa, members of the board and Dr. Rodriguez Um tonight I bring forth a proposal to adopt curriculum in support of our secondary newcomers If you recall about four years ago, we brought forth middle school english language development curriculum At the time we also look for components to support our students new to the country Unfortunately at that time there weren't quality materials, but fortunately we we now have quite a few opportunities to analyze and dive into One of the guiding tools that we use when looking at how to support our newcomers not just for this pilot But also just in our in the programs that we've created and the support that we provide Is the u.s. Department of Education newcomer tool? Uh one thing that the toolkit and also the english learner roadmap do is they really They want to make sure that that district are looking at the typologies that um of of who our newcomers are and also identifying key characteristics Um implications and needs students that are coming to us You've heard me talk a lot about the el roadmap Our systems are for our newcomers are really trying to get the principals one and two the asset orientation and needs responsiveness As well as providing our students with intellectual quality of an instruction um, so We used those um guiding documents to really look at these four groups of how are we welcoming creating a welcoming environment for our newcomers um Our high quality academics that we're providing them social emotional support And also the the encouragement and support to engage in the education process tonight and for this For this adoption, we really looked at number two, which is that high quality academic programming How are we providing them the curricular support? So we started a pilot when stephanie pomplin our new pl coordinator joined us in uh, january One of our first tasks was really to dive in and how can we um do a better job supporting our newcomers in secondary And so she quickly got going she got uh high school teachers middle teachers of el d and then also some of our EL specialists, uh, we started this we started this back in mark um, these are the materials that we looked at and Um in brief i'll summarize this We we have a proposal that actually picked two of those for different reasons We are proposing to purchase get ready for our newcomers for their english language development This does a really good job establishing foundations of literacy in common core It provides some of the foundations and math science and social studies Uh dives into grammar and uh in phonic And it really supports our newcomers who don't have strong um foundational literacy in their home language Um or have gaps in their in their formal education And there's more information about get ready on this slide and in questions We can go a little bit deeper and then we ought we wanted to add on to that because we wanted a Uh a curriculum that really dive into foundational skills around social studies and science really Um build some of the the missed content area Um for our students and and dive in deeper with english language in the domains of the english language So this is time zones and um you'll see uh Some quotes here and in the next following slides from our teachers that have reviewed and utilized these resources And there's a little bit more about time zones and again, we can dive in a little bit deeper And thank you With that I uh, I hope you will approve our proposal Um Stephanie met with all of the teachers who were working with our newcomers who have been here for one or two years in In our international academies, but also in the schools Where we had them like all the middle schools and all the high schools And spoke with them kind of laid out the curriculum also with the the ELS is that we do have And and kind of laid them out there and then they they looked at a few of them And those were the two that really went kids together where we got the most input from teachers saying That a the kids were really engaged in them They were they were user-friendly, but they also really delivered on it on almost a systematic approach when paired together in a double block Yeah And and where and where we can support our students either through ELS's or teachers Where that when they're not in the academies Thank you very much Item 9.1 Good evening board president the serpa board trustees dr. Rodriguez in the pb usd community I'm ben slider coordinator of student services And it's my honor to present tonight our proposed mo u for positive discipline community resources for your consideration As you may recall uh last month We were able to um Start a partnership with another local Organization and we were able to implement those parent classes And we had really good results, but we also recognize that Every program is slightly different And so what we want to do is help our parent Be able to identify their tool belt where their tool belt and be able to add the different types of tools And share that with them so they can better Be partners with pb usd community and work with their children we believe that the p PD cr or positive discipline parent workshop Will complement the existing parent classes and workshop already being offered at the Family engagement and wellness center is our belief that the families Parents and guardians are partners in raising Our students to be college and career ready individuals And so additional parent classes and workshops will provide the tools confidence And a sense of empowerment to work towards our shared common goal of increasing readiness for college and career So I thank you for your consideration and respectfully ask you to approve this new partnership common We're bringing them on board. I know we Had our frame providing as we talked about at our Anyone opposed I'm bringing forth a proposal for the catapult on web content management system Um, this is to replace our existing system, which is school loop Uh, uh, that's the system we've had for a long time and it's really been having some Hard times and our staffs have been real hard Uh, the catapult system is a well first You understand what a content manager Is so that's the system that manages all of the school website district website So it allows us to create templates and give all the different staff members that need access to update different sections of those websites and post current content The catapult systems designs specifically for education So it has a whole bunch of education modules design tools all of the most necessary web content Uh, and one of the most important pieces of the system itself and one of the reasons that, uh, Lastly superior is it it enforces ADA compliance with all the content The school loop system currently You're able to upload content. That's not necessarily ADA clients So we're constantly having to go in and make sure that it is it causes it makes for a lot more work And on all school staff as well Um, so we put a group together So the certificated classified management staff evaluate the well-known desk systems out there We reviewed four different systems and wonderfully luckily unanimously everybody, uh, like Um, and so just a couple of things that they really liked about it. Uh, it's uh The templates are really easy to navigate to make content easy Members access It's really easy to update content Uh, it has a whole bunch of built-in tools that make uh content management easier Um, it integrates with social all the social media platforms, uh, as well as google And then they have a really great board creating content Um, so Um Anyway, yeah, so our plan is to transition all of the school website And obviously as well as the district website to the system assuming that it's approved by the board Uh, and part of that service and part of this contract is having them move that content So it's not going to have a big impact on staff work. We're not going to have to have school uh personnel recreate all the content Um, and then the the nice thing about the new systems and the new website is they're really Easily navica navica bill. I can't say that word, but I know I know what I mean Um, and then so it basically it makes it much easier for parents Students and staff to find the information they're looking for To easily, you know, um be able to access all of the different communication tools that integrate with the system at all So, uh, unless you have questions, I'm hoping you will this proposal And how long will it take? I'm about it. It sounds to me like it would start with the district's website That's like a main hub and then go out to all of exactly Yeah, so our our plan is Kind of after winter break some work will go in before but we won't transition to live website until around february so the plan would be that uh We would still maintain our in our existing school loop website until each group of schools Is transitioned and we're looking at doing sort of three groups. So it'd be more or less 10 schools at a time So in other words So first we do yes, we would do the district website first because that's what links to every school website We're looking at doing some of the work, but the website wouldn't go live until february So some of the work would go in ahead of time and then once it's completed And part of this contract we don't actually start paying until it was live or until those school websites also go live So some a whole bunch of work will go in ahead of time until it's built ready and tested And then we would make that first group along with the district go live in february so Yeah, so the plan is to have this contract like our current contract renew with that at our fiscal year So it would really renew each year in July 1st. Basically. Yeah That just makes it easy right on the the fiscal year reading all sounds like by then june Yes, and then we would no longer obviously need to pay for school loop because we'd be done with Yeah, so I have the price in here the annual price for school loop which is it has gone up each year So the annual price just for the software is 30 000 last year school loop was around 26 or whatever About 26 000 but each year they increase it around 10 to 20 percent And my guess is this year they would increase it probably more just because everything's been going up So it probably would be around 30 000 for this next year So the first year there's a little bit more of a cost to some of that labor To actually build each school's website and then transition all the content and then there's some training for staff and all that included in that first year's Oh, you mean yes I can absolutely say that it will be better. Yeah, okay Now the templates really are a lot better and they have much more modern Components and that's part of what we don't have in school loop and that so Yes, the board's page will also one of the things about school loop is like there was parents parents go on and That actually caused a lot of issues I think in families That was phased out many years ago. So we yeah, we used to have what was called school loop plus Um, and so we now have all that in synergy, right? So parent view and teacher view and students can look at their grades all that happens in center. Okay. Good. I just wasn't sure Yeah, I'm still doing no not great. Um, do we have a Thank you 9.15 resolution 2220 sounds like good news Um, I have done another application for More elected plus this one is the california age at hybrid and zero emission We were approved for part a of the application and forward We need to have a board um and identifies an individual Um, the Grant which is not one but two. Um, we don't have any yet in terms of Oh, we have 90s So it'll be a third And do we have the capacity In future, um, we'll have pedestals. Um, no feel like um I'm hoping that it will will be a cost to the But we will charge them doing charge management who will first bring off You can be one of the projects we ask climate Good evening Games that I know on this on the director of maintenance operation Here to bring forward anseld elementary school under a week or so I pull on this boiler H-back management. This is an answer project on This 26 we went for advertisement The mandatory bit walk was held on the to contract pressing at that time September 20th when we did our opening bid we received one silver bid from one contractor bid resolved up there For the amount of $214,609 $77 Contractor was aqua engineering system in eba george wilson mechanic contractors I'm asking for the approval board So we could move forward with this for anseld elementary school at the bid opening. There was only one There was no at the bid only During the big walk there was two contractors present And during the opening bid there was only one contract that submitted project Zero one Good evening. Once again person in the serpa dr. Rodriguez for the trustee having it. My name's edalino fernandez director of maintenance and operation I'm here to ask for the approval of marvist elementary boiler system replaced It is an sr funded project August 26th. We advertised the project a mandatory bit walk was held on september 6th The contractors were present during that time Two seal beads were received from the following contractors do it wilson and seary plumbing and heating the lowest bid went to do it wilson at a price $206,000 dollars I'm here to ask for approval for The marvista project 9.18 For a night good evening. What president is about because My name's edalino fernandez. I'm the director of maintenance and operation Here to ask the approval for the architect agreement by maddie 19 six architect called district elementary school group and a hvac project he's estimated at 2,250,000 dollars in their services for the They're designed to force a complete set of fitable drawings include electrical and site work That amount is 191,000 dollars 260 So for this particular project. I know on these roofs. There's a lot of raceways and duck work Exterior mounted and exposed So with this roof project that can be a complete tear off all of those components of the roof Right now we're working with the architect. So he's going to be drying it up. So just we figure that out. I believe so You need to develop in this scope. So yeah, he's going to be developing just make sure there's no uh Oversights on any of that stuff come back to us with change order down the road because they miss something Making sure we catch everything and be cognizant of what's up there. I'm good It's going to take to get to get that done done right posed Covered as well. This is hall district, right hall district elementary correct That's in my neck of the wood Make sure it's done, right? Okay So for the last several years, we have had The a grant in order to support the student success program at a three school So previously that work was covered by a grant Um, we have we presented some data previously to all that showed that we were able to Help support students that were on probation From re-offending and also having success at school due to this program. So this program this grant sunsetted Um in september and so the probation department came forward to us and asked if the cewe would Take on One half of the cost because they do also go to a few of their county schools And that we would take on one half of the cost And so the county office of ed was willing to take on the payment process So that we don't have to worry about doing that. So this person will be paid directly from the cewe So that's why that this contract is mo you is with this cewe Not because they're necessarily going to be overseeing the people as much as they will be helping to support To ensure that they are paid properly and that they are working directly through the department the probation department And so we are asking that we continue this process And they will be Involved in the We have a multidisciplinary team that meet and so they will be they are involved will continue to be involved With our meetings. We meet um pv usp pvpsa Pete Watsonville pv and probation and so this will continue to allow us to help the support for So I ask for approval Good evening president to surf that board of trustees and dr. Rodriguez and we say a great assistant superintendent and with me this evening is That assistant superintendent and you're the you're awesome He's got every so this evening Are Presenting just why data mtss. We're gonna be looking at academic learning outcomes and our multi-tiered systems of support Purpose of the studies to look at where our academic outcomes are and then how it relates to our mpss systems for tier one also Then tier three is for a few and it's all in support of academic and the reason why we're Making sure ensuring that all students when they graduate us our career life and college so State's nice agenda for me focusing on the academic data outcomes and um in our acting steps We're looking at early literacy advanced placement class Expanded course off And then state so we know the classroom is where the action takes place So we're going to show you a quick glimpse in a video of Pajaro middle school And differentiated instruct small group instruction and partner collaboration can help students develop a host of skills That are increasingly important in this professional world Positive group experiences have been shown to contribute to student learning retention and overall grade level success Properly structured group projects can reinforce skills that are relevant to both group and individual work including the ability to break complex tasks into parts and steps plan and manage time refine understanding through discussion and explanation Give and receive feedback on performance challenge assumptions and develop stronger communication skills Just a glimpse inside a middle school class. So just like how miss agiria was talking about it tonight our agenda We're going to cover early literacy with dibbles and edel Move on placement courses expanded course offerings equitable grading practices and our state testing with s back So the first area we'll cover Will be our dibbles and edel with our universal early literacy screener The dibbles is in english L is in And so this two graphs should be familiar to you should look familiar tonight This is really how we look at the whole Of the universal screener and so the colors Actually show you the need of support that our students are starting with the beginning of the year And then how they So as you can see the key on the bottom the red intensive support And so we have been focused on the reduction of the need for intensive support And Pay attention to the first grade area and you can see that we started with 70 of our first grade students at Meeting and and we reduced it to 46. So that's 24 percent reduction Which is key. So as we look at it This just shows you just that we're going to dig deeper at that truly mean Because just because some of our students May have not moved out of that area They also come in at a continuum at a different starting And so we're going to pay attention to rate of improvement tonight to show you how many students are actually making A rate of improvement And so our dibbles is actually a norm to reference test And we look at the rate of improvement the rate of improvement basically The typical growth a student should make at that given point in time at that grade level if they receive The effective instruction for where they are Right and so tonight we will look at the rate of improvement and then there's ambitious Or a rate of improvement, which means it's beyond typical. They're exceeding the the typical growth About So this first this graph right here shows you on the left side Our kindergartners and first graders right that were in needing intensive support and actually where they move Do so if I draw your eyes to the right corner for the It shows how many of them what percentage moved strategic or even core or beyond or meeting very little at risk And so you can see our first graders They tended to In the intensive they moved they had more students moving to the core right and you can see as we moved to second and third grade It was not as easy for them to make that those gains Um, and then as we're moving to this next piece you can look at when we're looking at our students in kindergarten Our intensive students that actually were able to make their rate of improvement You can see is much lower right than our first graders over there. So if you're looking at our first grade students These are our students that Were or strategic look at how many of them made their rate of improvement, right? So that's the two colors. So we have over we have over 60 percent That we're able to do that that means those are the students that we were able to move up the quickest With the instruction and then we're moving on and if you look over And hopefully third grade catches your eye Right, so if we can get them even our third graders which were in need of intensive support Look at we had 72 percent of them that actually made their rate of improvement No, that doesn't mean that they all moved out of intensive that means they were receiving the instruction that Clean up the gaps do some and move As we're moving on these are the individual site Right and so this shows you the percentage of students That were able to where they moved out of intensive where they actually moved to so you can see That we were moving you can see you know del mar up there where their students were going to and then At the bottom we have landmark element As we're moving on this next graph Shows you another smothering of where our sites are and particularly When you're combining three data points the students who the percentage of students who actually moved out of intensive support They moved either from strategic support to core or they remained in core that means they didn't regress They kept getting instruction that was moving them forward that doesn't always happen So we so those are the combined indicators there and these are really used Will be used to help sites also know right and to be able to Focus on make and grow So as we're looking at some of the key findings because you took a quick look at those data points You notice that first of all we know that we want to see our intensive students in kindergarten We want to see them make additional growth, right? And then another data point is when we're looking at our second grade students the intensive ones weren't Quite moving up and making as much rate of improvement as you see a strategic So if we're looking at those are some of those successes We want to mirror and make sure we're able to meet the needs of the students in the intensive And then lastly that third grade so that is something To be proud of that we had 72 a third grade intensive students meeting their realistic More ambitious improvement and then that's strategic that means like Almost all of the students in strategic were making the rate of improvement That's how we clean up and and reduce And so the next Slide shows you a picture of our edel right our spanish assessment that mirrors Dibbles it is slightly different. There are categories instead of four And so as we're looking at it. We have our intensive students This is quite the opposite of what we saw with the dibbles in terms of the kindergarten students were Making their rate of improvement and moving forward quicker But then you also see when we're looking at Second and third Right are not Students in third grade are not making the gains that they had on the dibbles, right? So there's different areas to focus on For either one and so something to celebrate if you're looking at and soldo here, right? So they were able to move out 89 Percent of their students right out of intensive and this is you have 39 percent of them moving into strategic and 50 And then as we're moving forward here again something else and soldo and remain up there at the top you can see that 89 Percent of the students there again those through the combination of the three categories right moving out of intensive support moving from strategic to poor and also Remaining in right making sure that they're also getting what they need And make progress and then as you notice looking at and soldo 100 of their kindergartners that were in intensive Made their rate of improvement so they might still have students needing intensive support But they made or surpass typical rate of improvement is something to really celebrate and then as we're looking at Freedom over there, and we're looking at our kindergartners They just switched places right and soldo on that one and another Another data point So in terms of just some key findings, right? We noticed that our kindergartners with del they were having They were meeting their rate of improvement Um and surpassed the students that were taking it and dibbles also notice here that that grade Again, um did not reflect what it did in english But we know that that area with the intensive students We still need to focus on and be able to support them with distributed practice And then moving on to our last one is really that that growth and third Clearing up what we need to do to help third graders right make their rate of improvement So i'm going to hand it off to visa with Okay, and so i'm looking at our advanced course access and success advanced placement course So the first graph is looking at the total number of grades As broken down by the this slide is an indication of once students are in advanced placement courses They tend to do really well And so the shades of blue going from the dark blue to the ice blue. Those are your eighth grade Um c-minus the the other colors are the ones that are the ease and ask for if you'll see a red It means that it's an income And so generally once students are in advanced placement placement classes in our district They do do really well within the course looking at the individual high schools the eight exam scores Um this evening earlier in the PIVAM report. They kind of gave you a little preview of what was to come This is at cross high school since 2018 And then last year 73 of the students who took an exam Spored a three or higher on the Looking at pahoa valley high school Last year 80 of the students who took an advanced placement exam scored Three or higher and as you heard miss mason talked about a hundred percent language Spanish language And then wattenville high school is an area that we have an opportunity To look at our classes and it was 34 District wide. Um, so one of the things and looking at district wide in so as our graduating class last year 25 of the students Took an eight exam some time in their high school career and scored three or higher, which is one fourth of our This is our baseline when we're looking at our um, I brought last month the a3d completion So this is that's going to help us increase the number of students in these advanced But a 25 of our students is a really good A starting point in our base That those are students who scored higher in their So some of the key findings and looking at it There were a lot more courses offered at apasai in the variety Followed by wattenville high school in the pb high Even though pahoa valley high school has a least amount their students 80 of their students who took Come an exam scored a higher And then the ap courses where students Had an a or 50 percent or more of the students received an a in the course for an ap research ap seminar ap visit ap Spanish literature and ap Spanish And so those are the courses that Really well Next we're going to look at our expanded course off We're looking at expanded course offerings. Um We are a believer and you've heard um, dr. Rodriguez about student voice and voice and following their talent passions and So instead of the traditional english one courses, we have a different number of Okay, um, and then that goes also with world history and with other courses, whether it's cp ethnic studies I'm sorry just a variety of And with looking at english, um, we looked at english one as compared to sadai english one sadai and then writing stage And when looking at this students enrolled in writing stage and screen at the die had better outcomes and students enrolled in the traditional english So the blue once again are our Are the shades that we would like I'm looking at world the ethnic studies and world history traditional world history Students and there's 13 almost four is 14 percent Um, this didn't show because it was rounding and I should have left the numbers a little longer when How they had a percentage but it roughly 14 percent of our students um had less f in the world And so um overall there are more students passing with an a-b minus which means that they do receive the a-b credit courses in um expanded course offering versus traditional Some of the expanded course offerings had more positive impact on students than others And so this is something that we'll be looking at and then overall when looking at students enrolled in the courses We had a higher number of english learners Um enrolled in the expanded course offerings than we did in the traditional So even without our students are doing better And looking at equitable grading practices and so you might think what does this mean? Equitable grading practices um is when a Grades based on students mastery of the standard and skills Additionally the lowest grade in the course that a student can receive is a This is because when on um a grading scale and a is 10 percent Um b is 10 percentage point c is 10 percentage point b is 10 percentage point And then when you have an f it's So sometimes when students they don't turn an assignment zero If you have it where it's an actual grading scale where one is worth 10 percent then that lowest grade is in It's just like the lowest b And so that's one of the things the other thing is that there isn't um like work habits or um, how many times you participate So it's really based on the students knowledge and skills that are expected within that course to make sure that they understand the standards Um, and it's mathematically So we're looking at um, we've had teachers who are in equitable They're in a pilot group and they're working with the county office of education And we have teachers in all subject areas and add all of our different schools And so we told students from the students that from the teachers that are in the grading pilot who I have our Who use this method versus the traditional? Um Grading practices what we saw was sped and we looked with our students with our teachers To our special services. We look at the courses on your right hand side. Those are also And if you look the blue is the a c And then like I mentioned the red would give And so you see the students who are in class the pilot They're great. They're a lot better if we look at the english um It is the english is 31 no 13 percent less spanish 31 percent Um less these and f scored by students social science. You're seeing the same trend And then that once again the courses that we looked at were the ones on the right hand side And science as well. So some of our key findings and look at it. Um Teachers who participated and who learned and did the actual grading Practices issued significantly less these and s in their Um, and then in also in the analysis, we looked at student map test scores to make sure well, what if Students were placed in that score had higher map test scores than students who were not And what we found is that there was no difference in the map score So it was there was not a difference in the students ability within between the I'm going to hand it over to mr. Klopman back So travel back in time with me After I guess the last year taking the s back in night And as you are looking at different levels oriented to That where students are not um standards have not been met And then we are moving up the yellow is nearly met and then you start moving into the green Which the standards are met or the blue which the standard Have been exceeded at the level four So we want our students of course at the green and the blue And so if you travel From the left side from third grade right and we're moving all the way across to 11th grade The trend in ela Is that our students are actually Growing as they're moving upwards 11th grade right so there's tremendous growth in the middle We have some ups and downs, but we actually have we actually have growth by the 11th grade there And when you look at math You're going to actually see the opposite trend Right, we're starting a little higher in mathematics And then by the end by the time we get to 11th grade we are not growing like we were in language the different So now as we're moving to present day past 21 22 results We're going to start with our California the the English language art and math achievement called the law and it is actually our Students with disabilities an alternative assessment for students so they have the appropriate um assessment and so you're looking at the bottom and We of course it looked a little different, but the horn right tells us that our students Have a level they demonstrate This level demonstrate understanding of core matter in the content area. They're actively working with Adapted grade level content that focus on the essential knowledge Skills may need occasional prompts and assistance to complete tasks and activities The next one is the light blue or the ice blue which lisa was calling it, right?  So we actually on this graph want our students Right to be moving Into the orange area, right? And so you can see our students here are actually doing better in mathematics on the car than they're doing in the el a And now moving to present day 21 22 English language art s back outcomes. So again, we are matching what we did previously to the pandemic Where as we're moving up the grade levels Our students are actually doing they're doing better by the time that they get They get and grow up the grade level as we're looking at this We do notice that Are getting closer to rebounding? So we're about I mean, there's a range of about two to eight points percentage points that were off from the previous time We took it and so But on average we're between five and four As we're moving to mathematics we're going to actually see The op we're going to see what we saw before that our students are not Are not growing as fast as they were in el a but we are seeing that we're starting to rebound again We're between four percentage and five percentage points off of where we were before And so now we're moving down or you can see a comparison of the where we are with our English learners In el a math and past past is the california science test and as we're moving there You can see that our English learners right when we're our el Our eos our i-fap and our r-fap right so our goal is we want to make sure That we reclassify our students the more english and the fluent proficient they are the better they do Right as that as that tells us in el a it tells us in math It also tells us that in science Right the thing is when you look at science is in science our students are actually outperforming Is math how our students are doing in el a and in math And then as we're moving into another student group which is our students with that are economically disadvantaged You will you will also see this is why our students do We get certain supplemental monies right to support students that are economically disadvantaged Because again, you're seeing that the students that are being able to meet the standard right Are are fewer if they are economically disadvantaged right so you can see that The no means they're not economically disadvantaged and the yes shows that they are And this trend continues as we're looking at our students Um with IEPs or that are taking the s back in math and el a and also our california science assessment And of and You will see that following um And that is why they need the the support see that we have a long way to go Before our next is our l-pack. So as we're looking at our l-pack. This is our overall Performance And so you can see our level four are the are is where we want our students to be at you can see that Three of course is the next highest and then our are ones the level ones the ones that are least Proficient and so we still have about 20 percent and then if you look at the bottom You can see that the level ones have increased and so that That is due to we have an increased number of newcomers And that also supports what mr. Berman brought to the board tonight to get approved is that we have that newcomer curriculum to help Students and we're able to provide them with those support But you can also see that in the level four That we have also been able to increase the level Do that are being more proficient So again, this is going now back to the Idea the indicator that shows our students with disabilities And so again the no means they do not have a disability Comparative to the ones the students we serve that do right and we see there is a gap Have some work to do making sure that we are supporting our students with disabilities and number one And so this now is an overall right of performance level by the domain And so as you notice our students as they're As we move from listening speaking they are Right. They are well developed again on this graph. It's a little different, right? We have our red being the beginning the somewhat Or moderately and then are well developed in the blue So as we're moving down to reading and writing these are the two areas That we definitely need to give more attention to and you'll see that in our action plan that we're giving our students that That's a quality grade level from like tech and writing off So i'm going to invite the garia back up As we are going to go over since you've got to see a lot of data tonight We also have very strategic and intentional action plan across the board So we're going to speak to a few of these Across the grade level spans and then also things that we're doing as a as an entity united So the first one I would like to highlight is as you noticing kindergarten, right? We had some of those early learning literacy skills That we that we saw students struggling with and we're not growing as fast. So we do have we are Utilizing a pilot in our elsp schools and our full-day kindergarten. It's hegerty phonemic awareness to address and help support Those pieces and then we also as you're looking in the center of The turquoise column there under elementary tech space writing focus as you saw that with our english language learners our english learners and our non english Learners that they really do need that that tech space writing where they're interacting with high quality grade level Complex that and moving forward there and then also as we are a whole child, right? Whole whole family whole community district, right? We are continuing our work providing that balance Program with save the music, right l systema increasing our life lab garden gardens that will help with our science and Really the the career pathways for our And then in middle school things that we are implementing on this Where is a process on the school sites where the school sites are looking at the students that are in Really thinking about who's in front of us from on the middle school from and even the high school from period class can change dramatically And so you can necessarily deliver the same lesson to a different group if there are different needs So strategically thinking about the students and what anticipating What questions they may have or what scaffolds that you may be This also includes More talking than the classroom collaborative So students have the opportunity to have academic discourse And really and as we know that the best way that we learn and learn something is through teaching And so the more students are interacting with each other talking in those collaborative structures The more the brain is remembering the information and you knowing how Another thing I like to highlight is the science of reading in the middle school Audia Montcada brought it to Board it was last week or the last time of the time before I'm looking at our needs of our middle school students and having that going To the English language arts classrooms to ensure that our students have the support that's needed And then also one other thing I'm going to highlight in middle school is the math pilot adoption What we're seeing is at the elementary level we really have A curriculum where students do a lot of thinking it's very common core base And then at the high school with cpm it is also as well And so elementary and high school lends itself to do a lot of critical thinking skills And then middle school there's almost a gap where it doesn't match And so one of the things that we're seeing with our We want to go back and there's going to be a group of teachers who go back with our director of Mathematics to look at whether the program is a good fit for our district Or if there's something else that we can do that will align a 12 In high school expanded for offerings we want to continue to add force to develop our students talents Talent passions and interests To ensure that they are connected to school and that they are engaged and want to be there We also are looking at expanded actual grading pilot Not only if teachers aren't with the county office. There are two opportunities for teachers One is a self-paced force that they can register to pick up that they will get paid By doing the self-paced course and another is a weekly community of practice where they can Be online with other like-minded teachers and discuss the practices and how they can implement it And then expanded AP access. I was at Pajaro Valley High School today and We're looking at the different AP courses They've already expanded the number of students who are in AP courses and looking at what courses they're going to implement for next I think with the scores that they received last year coming out of a pandemic has really fueled the interest in expanding the And then at all levels a student student voice through Pogenerative focus groups Really looking at making sure that our students are having a voice in what they do the family engagement plans This is through our family engagement office is how do we connect our families with our schools and student education? The alignment of after school programs with miss Littleton Bruno putting that bridge there and making sure that we're supporting students in the school nine to ten hour school day and then Really looking at the digital program adherence and making sure that that what's being done at the school day Is not just because but there is a purpose for the work that students are being at Now we're going to move on To our academic tiers of support, which will just touch on a few pieces. So really we want to start by giving all of our Best the best first instruction and that calls for a focus all across levels too on our intellectual preparation process with our four actions And ensuring that we have high quality grade level standards based instruction with Distributive practices meaning opportunities for kids for our students And receive feedback on the concepts and skills. They are receiving instruction on that means throughout the day because we know we need our back that's And then also making sure that we are focusing on Intentional learning communities, which are those collaborative structures for our teachers to be able to look at data Through data review team meetings student artifacts During their fields And then as we move up and provide tier two Um support that would be pairing that distributed practice, right? The specific skills and practice with feedback that our students need with evidence based Interventions that we are progress monitoring meaning checking in and seeing if it's actually working So we're not doing the same intervention and we're not seeing an impact on our students And then lastly making sure that we are aligning and utilizing the whether Our resources whether it's intervention teachers or instructional assistance Or even the after school program support to really be able to support our students and give them what connected to And then lastly The specialized evidence-based intervention programs that are connected Missing that last part connected to poor instructional materials making sure that we're not just giving them The top tier the top three the tier three instruction, but then they're missing out on the other Poor instructional pieces and so they're getting a layered approach and that we're monitoring the effectiveness So we're not doing and doing and doing and adding without making sure that we're giving them what To help them make their rate of So with that Greetings and thank you to the board for letting me speak here tonight I actually have to kind of look through my comments as I go I'd prepared these I believe a month ago a special board meeting when we weren't able to present So some of my comments might touch a little on behavior and social emotional learning But I'm here to just offer the perspective of a teacher With regard to this academic data. I'd like to know how many of those classes went the entire school year without a credentialed teacher How many of those classes were taught by interns or individuals that had a substandard credential How many classes basically went unfilled for the entire year and what's that impact on our student? And maybe if their year when it wasn't unfilled Maybe they had a teacher for a month and then another teacher for another month and when you're teaching a comprehensive reading program You need that continuity. It takes time to prepare. It takes time to plan for those lessons So when students are in those early stages of reading They really need that consistency that only a highly qualified and trained teacher can provide also The possible expanded course offering Who's going to teach those courses if we were to move to a schedule that has more periods? Well, that's more work with less time and less time to plan So when we talk about expanding our course offerings We really need to be mindful of the staff that we have in place and how burned out the staff already is Our students are suffering academically not just because of covet But primarily due to this district's inability to retain and recruit highly qualified teachers and campus supervisors Bus drivers custodians We really need to look at where our money and where our investments are going And invest in the people that make lifting up our students possible because it's not just the teachers It's everybody on that school site. It's all of you and we really do need to do everything we can for our students Because we're in a crisis right now. So thank you and good evening I'm harten to see the uh, the the level two this um, Distributive practices and evidence-based interventions. Um, I'm hoping that between that and some of the Leadership changes that have occurred since the end of last school year and and now That renaissance will be able to get back to exactly that And um, and also I think to brandon's point if we did get back to like what works What's proven on site? Then I think we'll have less retention problems I was also glad to see on here the um, the culturally relevant, um, curriculum components I think that's really good that we're doing that. Um, one thing that I would kind of caution with um, The equitable grading is sometimes in other districts where they've done this Like sometimes it might not be fair to some students who like if you tried hard and then you got like a 45 that you really earned compared to the kid who Did like nothing. Um, and then you get the same grade But it's just something to think about about that lower end how you where you draw the lines Um, another thing that I wanted to bring up is regarding cte I know for as renaissance prepares to have a second full month of One science position the combo cte not go unfilled I think maybe it's a good time to consider A new cte pathway may be something Um that utilizes our our latent auto shop Maybe something in the auto tech world that's going to get students more excited Um Something to think about also. I like the after school program component. That was another key part of our old Um system where we if you were having attendance issues we had On campus a culture that encouraged you to make up your time That's another area where we could use support from the district office Is when there's chronic attendance issues for the district to come in and help with that But not just like currency for like home visits. Thank you I had a cool question About the grade. What about, you know, I wanted to know, um, are there any studies like a lot of studies out there in terms of It is it is um based A couple of questions I received from a teacher Elementary school in my district Uh, one question was how could the power of alienation by school district provide teachers with more time to complete these mtss forms? Another question was how can he was deep provide more teachers With more time to collaborate with their colleague on these mtss forms And the last one is it possible to bring back? Collaboration days and super subs to support teachers in implementing this mtss So, um, I'll take the questions in order from the last different. Um, right now we we do not have um subs Um, so one of the things that as you know, what we're trying to do with the professional development or the mtss teams getting together We're looking at um the teams is that we try to um find other times other than this whole day because of um the lack of subs Um back um before COVID that used to happen and there was a lot of collaboration days And sometimes when we're we went through the pandemic and coming back we really want It to be like it was when it used to be but and wolven possibly get there or we may need to completely So some of us we have those habits built into us. So um not um as of now we can't do the super sub In terms of the mtss forms depending on the site there are times built in Where that the teams get together by grade level and they're looking at the student work With someone going through and there should be time built in during the school day On to that. So, um our principles have also adjusted when Are and they are pulling grade levels together often to work with the mtss movement plans That are students the goals and the interventions are appropriate They have also identified that we are trying not to utilize subs right instead of pulling a group of subs They might be able to do at a time on a day where if somebody available try to One and like a one-on-one meeting Thank you very much If I could just can you just go back one slide so If years and years ago, um, especially those that have been on the board for a while We'll remember that people used to talk about rti time And now I am starting to hear people say mtss time. And so I just want to help Clear that up so mtss is if is a structure In which we provide support so mtss is actually is actually what you hear It's focusing on the tiered approach with the belief that All students need tier one A portion of the student tier two and then a very small portion need tier three Um, so when people say that they're filling out the mtss forms, they're actually referring to the ssp forms When students are not able to hit These goals and so what we're trying to move forward on Because as in his most systems right now the mtss structure supposed to be like this That's really upside down and it's right. So we have too many students that are not getting what Through tier one. So that's why we're focusing so much on things like zip Because we have to have that really good first core instruction Because if we do we will never always focus just on intervention. We will never get And then tier two is now we're is tribute practice where we're using those ias we're using those intervention Right and so we're trying to help Do not get themselves here So in this district, we are now at percent of our students are in special aid We have looked and what I will tell you is the longer a student stays in special aid The larger the gap grows So having the student move from general aid To special aid has not shown in this very district to help accelerate Because when we looked at it, we actually saw that over time Students their their span is actually growing And so um, I I just i'm hearing um misunderstandings and misuse Of terminology and I just the board to help the board to understand the mtss Talking about the overall structure Of how we provide support and then yes, we are linking those two forms But this is not To do this don't actually have to fill out and yes Right. Um, but it is linked Intellectual prep that Which really is the tier one in this Thank you I mean a lot of Level um, my question is um, also And what are we tracking that that performance? Well, because those That that benefit It's they're getting their high school credit as well as Turning grades at the high school level as well as You know, and I'm not trying to put on jump, but it may be that And if you also know like what sort of number Actually, yeah, all of the schools I know their students enrolled in And they they also utilize Um, yeah Cabrio college as well. Um off the top of my head. I don't have The