rnor's educational policy advisor Brooks Allen had sent a letter to school leaders asking them not to promote any bias, bigotry or discrimination against any person or group protected by education code section 220 an important guardrail highlighted when AB 101 was signed Tatango Cabales' letter dismisses Allen's instructions as being quote without merit or need the California Department of Education as Claudia had mentioned offers model curriculum train the teacher's certification webinars Tatango Cabales' letter dismisses this project as well saying quote the certificate doesn't represent any level of competence I would hope that the people who received the certificate would disagree with that the questions that this board needs to ask are why are Tatango Cabales and her ideological colleagues picking a fight with the governor his educational policy person the superintendent of California schools the Jewish legislative caucus and the Department of Education why is their agenda so divisive and controversial why are they resisting compliance with California law and California education law why invest $110,000 in CRE now I'm sure the district could use those funds better in other ways and I think that the very resourceful staff could find much less expensive if not free sources for teacher training and administrative support I urge the board not to renew the CRE contract thank you for your consideration excuse me my name is Gil Stein and I've lived in the PVUSD area for close to 40 years now and I'm here because I'm concerned that despite the warnings from the governor the state legislature the State Department of Education and others you're still being asked to approve a contract with CRE back in 2019 the State Department of Education asked educators to come up with a program for ethnic studies a curriculum it was done and your proposed consultant was the co-chair that curriculum was rejected by the governor and the department of education for being biased and bigoted so they started over again and they came up with a new curriculum which is now in place those people including your proposed consultant disavowed any connection with that new model so what's happening now is that you're being asked to have a consultant who created a rejected policy for bigotry it was rejected for bigotry is she going to teach that or is she going to teach the curriculum that she has that she doesn't want anything to do with there's something wrong with that they're asking you to pay $110,000 for this when the state offers this for free last month the governor office notified various school districts that some vendors are trying to circumvent the legislative intent of AB 101 in response to that comment your proposed consultant essentially acknowledged that's exactly what we're trying to do CRE opposes the legislative intent of AB 101 the guidelines of the department of education and the governor they cannot be trusted with the education of our children I urge you to not adopt this contract it costs too much it's not worth it and our kids could deserve a lot more thank you any discussion from the board $20,000 junior thank you to the presenters speaking after hearing I'm kind of confused is this a consulting firm from somewhere else or is this a group of teachers from the PVOSD this group the community responsive education is a group of professors who have degrees in ethnic studies who are consulted out to school districts Allison is one of the co-founders of that group but no they're not PVOSD teachers and were they based out of San Francisco and there is a cost to this yes there is a cost and this year is the year where we're kind of focusing in on that transition piece we're able to this is our transition year so this would be the transition year in terms of having her team work with our administrators and building out their leadership philosophy and wellness plans for their sites that was going to be the next level of work with them but it is possible to go towards a different direction by certified ethnic studies people like people with ethnic studies degrees I don't know of that yet thank you trust you to Serpa I saw you so this group has been already in our district for two years so the original curriculum as I understand it was written and Jewish groups all around California said no way and they went to the governor because it was completely anti-Semitic the curriculum was well first of all what I want to say even before that is that I feel very proud of the work that we've done here in PBUSD because we were actually leaders in building an ethnic curriculum ethnic studies curriculum even before the governor gave us a curriculum or a made model curriculum so I feel really proud of I always have I felt very proud of the work that was done in the front as one of the districts in the whole state that had this so I'll say that first so the new curriculum was created that was scrubbed of all the anti-Semitic and bigoted things that were in it Allison said forget it I'm not going to sign on my name to this because this is not there were components of it that she and I can't really speak for her and go off of what was in the news but my understanding is there were pieces philosophically that she didn't believe with right so that they've already even been in our district teaching for two years with a pedagogy that I don't know what they're teaching makes me very uncomfortable as a Jewish woman like I'm shocked actually Roz and Gil brought this to my attention I met with them they've met with Mary it's shocking to me that we've even allowed them to be in our district for two years our COE is not using CRE Scotts Valley is not using CRE San Lorenzo Valley Santa Cruz City Schools nobody is using them but we are so I'm not going to support this tonight and I think and I've recommended already that we look to maybe UCSC as thought partners in terms of coming in and helping us with any training given close assistance that we may need so I'm going to vote no on this tonight and I urge my colleagues to do the same thank you just to scale yeah so just a question about that the concerns that have been raised in our ability with versus any consultant to determine how we want to do things where is that can you just describe how that's been working and is there any way to assuage trust you to serve these concerns or what is your perspective so you know I can't speak to how she how Allison and her team have been working with us so when she's teaching pedagogy we are talking about what are those fundamental pieces of ethnic studies in other words use of BIPOC authors how do you build a culturally responsive community in your classroom what are some of those bigger ethnic studies concepts that we would want to touch on with students at no point in there is she directing us on specific lessons nor group topics like ethnicity group topics that's because when you look at that model curriculum it does say that this the ESMC which is the ethnic studies model curriculum that is meant to be a guide it is not 100% like it's not it's not a curriculum that's meant to be like open up and do each one sample lesson because it does say in there that we need to adapt or adjust to the community that we are serving so when we're looking at that just like in past conversations with the board there's been recommendations for us to be more inclusive of the Japanese culture so we have reached out and included more lessons and structures around that we have never taught antisemitism in any of our classes if you were to look through any of our scope and sequences there's no anti anything in any of those it's all about teaching students about their identity empowering them and helping them recognize what's going on in our world and how do we work together in solidarity to change that so there's never been any of that negative we've never had any anti anybody lessons so just so I understand exactly what the consultants do they come in and they give presentations to our teachers and to our administrative team about how to implement that's their role well it's not how to implement it's understanding what ethnic studies is so there's four we go off of four macro themes which actually line up pretty well with what's in the ESMC so going back to this slide where did you go I'm not going to be able to find it anyways I'll tell you what the four themes are because they bring it up at the overview of the model curriculum as well which is they address identity and identity history and movement there's history, action so all of those basically line up with our units and they go by quarter so for example all of our classes start with an identity unit so in terms of her working with teachers and I'll just use this one as an example her work with teachers would be around what are some activities that you can do with students to help them dig into their identity so the auto ethnography is one of those activities so she runs through that with the teachers and that becomes something that if the teacher chooses to they could use that in the classroom it is one that we've used in the past and we've actually connected with our art coach who has come in, our artosa and she's come in and partnered up with the teacher in the classroom and created those self-portraits like the ones that you see downtown those are from our classes but it's really it's the structure of it it's not the language that the teacher is like because I know that there's concerns about terms that get brought up like for example the word oppression is one of the concerns that comes up it is in the ESMC as one of the things that's one of the fundamental pieces that needs to be addressed so when it comes to those pieces she's not dictating or saying here's this lesson she's giving us ideas on activities the teachers take it back we have collaborative days where they come out with subs each department and then within those collaborative days she's not there, her and her team are not there that's just us within our district and then we create the lesson plans we build out our units and we look at who are the kids in the room and we build to them another question if I may on the history this is just interesting to me your slide it's slide 20 I'm also curious about slide 21 and so is this class going to be in addition to a history class or it's going to be a combo either or US History US History and World History sorry I think it's slide 20 am I looking at the right thing? I'm not sure where you are what is the difference between a traditional history course and a PVUSD history ethnic studies course okay this one yeah so this is just basically when we're developing any history course we are looking at it from a multi-perspective experience versus just the traditional essentially American perspective of events so the student has a choice or they take both? no they have a choice so if they opt into a world history ethnic studies or US history ethnic studies that gives them the same graduation requirement satisfies the same graduation requirement as a world history or US history same thing with the ethnic studies ones it replaces their traditional English class so they don't have to take it on top of it was that our choice? was that a mandate from the state? that's not a mandate in the model curriculum it does give districts an option of having ethnic studies be a standalone graded within a content department we opted to do through a department course because of basically fitting it into a kid's schedule right if we do it on top of and plus once we got that first course out after that first year that we implemented the first ethnic lit class the the desire by kids to go back into that class the following year was so great that that's why we ended up building out the second course so quickly and just the last question next slide these words get thrown out and somebody comes from a family of academia just fascinated how word spread people have different definitions who makes these definitions and with these questions is this something that we came up with is this something from them these are actually also defined by the CDE as well the difference between equality equity and justice so the equality is everybody gets the same thing right that's where the boxes are all the same equity meaning that kids get what they need and then justice is all about removing the barrier so that all students can access it's interesting and that's that ultimately ethnic studies moves towards justice so we're helping kids understand what these three are and the progression of the three Adam can I say I'm not against ethnic studies this is beautiful when I'm 56 years old when I was in high school our history book was nothing about except white guys and war there was nothing about natives there was nothing about women and children really it was so boring that especially those of us who are women had just a hard time even getting through it to pass the class it was beautiful my objection is to who is teaching doing the technical assistance and training and I would like to see it be with UCSC instead honestly and I understand that I do want to give credit to Allison and her team because we wouldn't have this without their team because we were starting but we were kind of like this branchy mess and then so this is really all because of the work that we've done with her in the last two years to align all of this so I do want to make sure that I'm crediting her on that I want to make sure our student trustee did you want to add something I wanted to mention as someone who is on the ethnic studies pathway and I've taken the first second and now I'm able to take the third course on my senior year including ethnic studies course I want to speak to the importance that I think it has and how it's really had an impact on how I view the world right now and it's really amazing how a course can really just change your perspective and how you think of things and questioning what you're learning so I just really wanted to touch on that and yes we really focus on identities and figuring out who you are, where you come from and what you're doing with that information overall just working towards justice as you were mentioning so thank you and you know I'd like to add from the perspective of a parent as well as a board trustee it's like you know I went to the Aptos High School back to school night last week and seeing it so my son is in the Ethnic Literature Studies class, Mr. Ford's class and when seeing how the class was structured it was great and so I go home and I'm like so how is it and I don't understand my kid was hit hard by like the shutdown and has not been a particularly enthusiastic student and he's like oh yeah we're reading The Firekeeper's Daughter and there's this great character and this grandmother character she does this and she's a bad so I'll give the story away and watching his enthusiasm for the literature that he was reading and you know I mean he's a white boy and it's not taking from who he is and it's not taking from his background it's adding to his experience it's giving him an opportunity to see the world and he's thriving in it which as a parent who was frankly kind of like how is it going to do I also a hesitation I have about disrupting and I feel conflicted because I hear what my fellow is saying and I hear that a hesitation I have about that is I look at history I look at the history of the labor movement and one of the ways that the labor movement was disrupted you know as it was forming was by pitting the labor movement against the civil rights movement by saying it's like by taking the white members by saying the people of color are going to try and take your jobs you don't want to let them have the same rights and privileges you do divide and conquer a great way to interrupt our progress with ethnic studies would be to pit groups that have been traditionally oppressed that have faced millennia of genocide and oppression against each other and so it's like what's the right path what's the ethical response you know when we have a program that has had beautiful results at the same time listening to the concerns of our constituents and you know it's like you know I know you two have spoken particularly concerned about anti-Semitism and that's a huge concern you know I know that you two have spoken to members of the Jewish community and I believe you went to yes we did so can I respond to that so I do want to make sure that I'm being really really clear on the fact that in the work that we've done with Allison again I want to really repeat this that we have not taught our students hate we have not taught them anti any group like I said we are teaching students to be empowered learning being open to other people's stories respecting others we do talk a lot about coming from the heart with things so and how we approach and really being open and listening and then like I said you know it's a consultant it's not you know for lack of a better term bible or gospel or whatever you want to call it right it's not law it's a consultant and we have not just her voice but we do have UCSC's history department that we work with we also have the Watsonville and the Hart folks there's multiple perspectives coming in and then our responsibility at the district level and at the teacher level is to help make sure that we are looking at it with that lens to avoid any possible bias or bigotry or discrimination so those are I mean any way you look at any consultant that you work with that's the responsibility of the people who contract with them I do want to kind of put that out there in terms of understanding how we do that and even in the past with any other consultant that I've worked with in other areas it's the same thing if something doesn't feel right we just say nope we're not doing that right and we just we don't do it it doesn't work for us and then can I also piggyback on the book thing because I think that's a great thank you for bringing up that title because when we talk about building these courses students that are in front of us that's another thing that we do look at because our three high school communities are very different and so when you go to each one you're not going to see there'll be some common text but in our ethnic lit courses you won't see the exact same book list because again we are listening to feedback from students as to what are books that they want to read we usually do a little survey in our ethnic lit courses and we get feedback from them on books that they're interested in reading about and then we add those to our course book list for the next year so it's not again that's not an area that a consultant has a say in we pick our text Trustee Daz, did you still have a comment? Just took a bunch of different turns Sorry So Watsonville Heart Foundation they chose to go with this consulting group? No, no, no, I'm talking about we work with them independently of CRE but we do have so they Kathleen Gutierrez put in for a grant that will allow us to be able to partner with her and some Watsonville on the Heart lessons that they've created one of those being an interactive map about the Watsonville race riots but anyways the grant was put into place so that in April when they do these sewing seeds when they have their exhibition we're going to be able to take like 15 of our ethnic studies classes over to that so there's that work in there our history and our English toses work with Kathleen and her group as well and actually some of the lesson work is coming from that interaction not from our CRE interaction So if we don't decide to go with this consultant what happens to the Ethnic Study Program here at PVOSD? Well for one we'll have to halt training our administrators so basically we're going to have courses functioning without real pedagogical understanding by our admin which currently is in place and no fault of our admin but it does affect their lack of knowledge does affect how Ethnic Studies fits within their master schedules and prioritizing so that's one thing the other piece is when we're looking at building out long-term training for any new teachers coming in that would affect that as well because that would be that's part of the work for this coming year is helping build out that larger scope and sequence taking the work that we've done in the last two years and building out a solid PD plan for our new folks or people that are interested in becoming Ethnic Studies teachers part of that work is again just like when we did the work the last two years with them is guidance on part of there is the structure of who in your community are you going to reach out to to help support the work at your sites so that would be also when we're doing the PD how do we fit all of that in so why would trustee the surplus idea not be viable or isn't in terms of not contracting with this group well that's what I'm saying so if we don't contract with them our secondary middle school and high school administrators won't receive training and any further progress will basically be on massive pause for now for our teachers can I ask a follow up to that the question I thought I heard was is there a UC Santa Cruz offers these services as well in a similar way or different way you decide not to go with them so maybe it's more around well and I'll be on two things to that the department that we are working with right now is not actually the ethnic studies department the one that we're working with right now is the history department and that partnership isn't around teacher training that partnership is around the lesson building that we are doing in the classroom it's not they don't come out and do long term training sessions because that is one of the things in the model curriculum where it talks about PD needs to be long term and sustainable so we wouldn't be able to do that through them and if we are going to have try and contract with any of the professors up there I would be very surprised if it was for free so the other piece to that is I know that there was also concern brought from member of the community that we shouldn't be partnering with UCSC's ethnic studies department because there's a lot of overlap between them and CRE so we haven't gone that route yet because originally that's where we were going to reach out but we're just continuing our conversations with the history department so the concern was that there's overlap meaning the concerns we're hearing about CRE tonight are present or is it different? that it's the same people that was the words where it was the same people in both but my understanding from that was that it was similar similar beliefs I guess I guess a bigger question is this like do we need consultants forever for this program or to what extent do we build in-house expertise and is it your job to help train administrators at some point exactly and that's why this would be the transition year so this is the transition year to help build out that piece of training for new teachers that piece of training for administrators to just wrap up the bow on the whole process isn't this a three-year deal this is a one-year how much money is it? it's 110 point of order it's 10.08 I just want to make a motion to extend the meeting till midnight what was in favor? aye any opposed? motion carries 7.0 you don't get to he brazed please just briefly so this is the only consulting company we could go with there's no other option that we have access to at this point I don't know of any other one thank you so no please go ahead okay cloudy I have a question for you are you comfortable with this firm? I am otherwise I wouldn't come and ask but we've established that to this point in this last year that we'll be able to comfortably transition out to where we can do it in-house are we going to reinvent the wheel if we do something else? probably because if we do find another firm or consulting firm then chances are we're starting all over again alright trust you to SERPA distinguished guests I mean I firmly respect your point of view and I totally respect your Jewish point of view like I would expect you to respect my Catholic point of view but from a first amendment standpoint everybody's entitled to their opinion whether we agree with it or not now I'm not condoning whatever actions that person took but don't misconstrue what I'm saying what I'm saying is we have to respect each other's views we have a viable program that's already been in place and I don't feel that we need to disrupt it because of an opinion so that being said I support Claudia thank you is that a motion? I make a motion I had some comments I don't know if anyone else did as well so it's just you know I think it's a shame that that wasn't looked into better before hiring this consulting firm for one I also think that in light of recent events in our community that we've seen bigotry firsthand, racism discrimination and I am just absolutely appalled that our district is affiliated with anything that even has a hint of being of the kind that just absolutely appalls me on disgusting belief while you were speaking I did a google search for you and yeah there are several other firms out there that do this for public education so much probably to many people's surprise I'm actually going to agree with trustee to SERPA tonight on this because I am just absolutely disgusted just disgusted and it's beyond an opinion it's about things that have clearly been said or done or stated by this person and I just appalled that our district has any connection to anything of the kind I won't support it okay and with that said I the same as trustee to SERPA fully support ethnic studies in the state of California that could do this I know we do we have a first do we have a second can I say something what you presented and I think from what I'm hearing about the way the program is being implemented I think it's a good thing I just want to make that clear obviously there's a controversy with one of these firms and I hear that my other concern is to what extent can we just do I love building in house expertise and if we've been doing this for two years and we have some experienced teachers with this I get maybe it's a capacity do you have a tosa on this too we don't have a specific ethnic studies tosa no but we have history high school tosa and in English tosa is new so this is all new learning for her our history tosa was with us last year so I support the program absolutely I think our teachers are doing from what I'm hearing a great job so I want that to continue is there another way that could happen with some other help perhaps I don't know enough about this out firm to to feel comfortable defending them I mean there's obviously a controversy here with that firm but I just want to make clear I support continuing what the program is and finding a way to do that and if that means continuing these discussions because I know this was supposed to come earlier and there's this concern about this there's a way to continue these discussions to figure something out if you just need to have a vote to do that so be it Mr. Schickman do you want to weigh in on this I don't want to put you on the spot but I want to put you on the spot I attended the meeting on the 27th where Claudia presented our fine guests were there and what I have seen in the 45 days I've been on this job is incredible work from Claudia and her staff I've read about the controversies I certainly don't agree with some of the stances the individual made but as Kim pointed out she loves the curriculum she knows we've been working with the company for two years we love the curriculum that doesn't mean we're using the biases of an individual in that firm we have really dedicated and talented staff we'll figure out a way I mean the board represents democracy we will figure out a way Claudia is as good as it gets but the plan that was set I support I'm not I'm Jewish I don't know that that has anything to do with the issue there are a variety of ethnic groups we're going to study and the final thing I want to say is as a teacher in the counseling department at San Jose State when I came into being I brought it into class and used local districts in San Jose and what they were doing and some of the districts were actually dropping electives to create an ethnic studies course okay idea but I'm guaranteed there are going to be some real controversies with the elective teachers who are losing their jobs this district decided to integrate it and it was with the help I assume of the consultants we've used for the last two years so we have a problem with an individual we're not using her pedagogy we're not using her philosophy we're using a group of educators who have ethnic study degrees and it was my understanding at the wonderful presentation at the temple that there was support for moving forward a small group has represented what we're hearing tonight but what I felt and sensed at the temple and the presenters including Claudia Andrew Golden Krantz and a professor from UCSC who shared her views that she's part of all these different organizations and some people in the organizations are not to her liking but she's still able to learn so again we will make it work we are here and you represent democracy and we have a first and I don't think we have a second but I support the work that's been done in the district and I really believe the quality of the work has been because of the people in this district not so much consultants that's my piece we do have the first and I want to reiterate how easy it is to sow division and what that causes part of me wants to second but I think for me as a board member who has to vote and make the decision for those watching and that's why I like having this is a great discussion I'm just hearing about this meeting at the temple I'm glad it sounds good and I have a lot of trust and faith in our interim superintendent Marie so I respect his opinion but I do like ensuring that there's a deep conversation happening and this is the first time we're having it as a board an open session so I wouldn't mind continuing the item it's not a second that happened before the board I got pulled you got pulled here okay what would happen if this item were tabled for a later meeting I don't think it has the support you don't have a second I think it just dies right now no I understand that I'm not asking about the motion I'm asking our superintendent and I'm asking Claudia in terms of logistics so it would be to try and find another organization that could pick up where we leave off that's really the bottom line we're trying to influence final decision this district has done a pile of really good work no matter what you won't let go but again for two years for two years we've used the same company the work people are praising so I I'll leave it at that is it conceivable that this could be brought back and an alternate with another proposal with another consultant or another way to make this happen I suspect we'd have to do that we need your approval if we're going to use a consultant I would move I would make a motion we have to wait until this one goes so it sounds like we don't have a second so the motion dies for a second so I would move that you bring some bring back this item with a different consultant if you'd like I'll second that and I really I mean even though potentially UCSC doesn't have a group right now if they're going to be in place to provide this they can start building that I mean we have money to spend so do many other districts right so can I ask a clarifying question because they know our population they do so can I ask a clarifying question before I look into that I just want to be sure that when we say UCSC is there a specific department that you want me to work with because like I said if there's concern I have worked well with both studies and history up there I mean that's fine I just wanted to know that way if I can reach out to more than one department if they're including their ethnic studies department thank you that sounds like that would make sense to do that if they have post departments yes can I just say I do believe though that that there are outside community members that have concerns with certain UCS Santa Cruz departments so if we bring back one then this may happen again but as I said earlier while the Q&A was going I did a simple google search there's plenty of firms throughout the state of California for public schools for the K-12 sector that do this consulting so your hands aren't tied yes yes I do understand that but what was asked is that do we want to stay clear of anybody that there might be a concern with so then that limits us in the search I think that just you guys just do some very serious vetting this time because last time that evidence was there that this was the person who every Jewish community rose up and said no to and she got into trouble with the governor around that and it still sounds like there's still trouble there was I don't see the vetting there it certainly was not presented to us as a board so I am hopeful that this time the vetting of whoever comes in next would be properly completed so we will do the vetting and look into it properly completed we absolutely the one thing that we have to do is that a lot of the top people within ethnic cities actually work together and so we have to make sure that it is clear that all of those folks are stay clear from anything so we will see what we can do to bring someone back who is not affiliated with with anybody where there's a concern but also has degrees in ethnic studies yes I want to be really clear on that piece that whoever we are going to be looking at should have ethnic studies degrees I think that's only fair to help leave the work we have a first and a second for that motion to bring this back with another thing so all those in favor any opposed that motion carries 7-0 thank you thank you claudia for all the hard work really appreciate it all right item 9.11 appendix to pvusd and cabrera college ccap agreement annual update report will be presented by julie edwards there is not julie edwards okay christy mclean good evening superintendent checkman president holm and pvusd board of trustees my name is christy mclean coordinator of counseling programs here to present this action and with me please I would like us to let our partner from cabrera introduce themselves who you probably know good evening board members interim superintendent checkman and president holmes and I also want to say that I'm very proud that rubies here tonight as a grisly representing as a student trustee I am the director of college readiness and dual enrollment at cabrera three months in the job a former pvusd employer employee principal and I am honored to be here tonight so tonight we are going to be presenting an addendum to our agreement with pvusd and cabrera each year the collaboration and depth of engagement continues to grow with pvusd and cabrera college around dual enrollment opportunities for pvusd students this includes students who enroll individually as well as dedicated whole classes via the pvusd and the cabrera college ccap agreement which I will define in a second these opportunities for dual enrollment provide early college credit attainment for pvusd high school students and for many it begins their college journey while they are in high school so this appendix reflects the update to dual enrollment ccap courses to be explored and offered with sufficient enrollment in the 23-24 school year this item, item 9-11 affirms this growing depth and quality of the relationship between pvusd and cabrera college with a clear demonstration of our mutual commitments to our student success in post-secondary education and engagement while in high school working with our value partners at cabrera we are moving toward highly connected programming between pvusd and cabrera college so ccap means college and career access pathway partnership agreement and as you can see here we have outlined some of the outcomes and you may have seen this before because we have presented the 5-year agreement in the past and it was Julie Edwards Julie if you are watching we say hi she is sorry that she couldn't make it this evening but we all work together on the same team so the ccap represents that cost-free dual enrollment college course for high school students each semester we do a new appendix to present the new courses that might be offered and that is addressed in our contract every 5 years we do a renewal of the whole agreement with the financial commitment from pvusd for textbooks required for the dual enrollment courses as applicable and then dual enrollment is for cte and core subjects to benefit students with again like we talked about earned early college credit familiarity to the college environment and degree acceleration and it is important to note that students who complete college credit while enrolled in high school are and there is lots of data on this are more likely to earn high school diplomas to enroll in community colleges and 4-year colleges and to attend post-secondary education on a full-time basis and most importantly to complete degrees more students who start in dual enrollment have a higher percentage of actually completing their degrees than other students I will have Ms. Mason talk about some of the courses that we are offering so currently we are doing our C-CAP agreements which include elementary sign language 1 and 2 the instructor is teaching online with the hope that we transition to in-person at Aptos High School where we can feed the other schools into that class by the Follorical 1 and 2 and it changes sometimes spring students really want yoga but it is helping them attain that dual credit we also have currently Medical Terminology it is exciting that I got to see and join the class last Tuesday 17 PVUSC students there including a 9th grader she was so excited she made it on that bus to get from Pajaro Valley to the Watsonville Center so it's been a delight to see that personal health will be offered in the spring child growth and development pathway for education and hopefully we can start inspiring future teachers with that collaboration biotechnology will be coming next school year for again Aptos in a classroom planning for success is popular as well as our first entry level course where students get familiar with college and in the hopes of exactly what Chrissy said continue that alignment and keeping students familiar with what college is about and sustain them and support them in their 2 year or 4 year college or career plan English 1A Library 10th and College Algebra we also have 5 students in math 12 statistics I met them all they're excited to be there and PVUSD has agreed to purchase their Alex trial for their practice and so in closing we would like to say that PVUSD and Cabrio would love to continue our partnership and expand the course offering for our students in order to enhance their college and career plans and success one student at a time and so staff recommends we recommend consideration and approval of the appendix to the PVUSD and Cabrio College CCAP agreement do we have any public speakers to this item we have none any discussion from the board just a quick question so these these classes on here I understand they get right they get college credit and but what I'd like to see on here are some more rigorous courses is that planned in the future? yes absolutely and one of the rigorous courses that we weren't able to fulfill this fall was biotechnology because we had the student population we had 3 courses of the introductory a level class that was a prerequisite but because of the time that we were offering the course at the site it just didn't work out for the students once their schedules was placed so we know that is a rigorous course that has a prerequisite and we do want to bring it so there is plans to continue and continue also math math is another one that students want whatever is not offered at their school to be offered through Cabrio so we are looking at finite math other courses that will increase their rigor and support their career choices we have kids that come in front of us that have asked us that the more advanced maths are not readily available at their campus so it would be really great to have those opportunities for them to go to Cabrio and that's I think the highlight of my job is I get to still work for my community for PVUSC and making sure that our students are getting access to all those courses but they are not limited to those courses in the CCAP they also can go through the individual dual enrollment so everything opens up for them what we do let them know is to be cautious if they are taking a rigorous course to ensure that if they do need advice whether they are going to drop it or not to do it during the deadline so it's not on their academic record but all the courses are open to them we advise them to start with their school counselor to make sure that they are able to take on that challenge and we support them we do approve individual dual enrollment for any Cabrio course and just to add to that you know there are continuous meetings with our team and Cabrio's team especially with Julie Edwards looking at the CTE pathways and looking at how to articulate our present CTE pathways in our schools and adding that next level of Cabrio course possibly being taught at the school so they would be getting that dual enrollment for the CTE college level course but on their high school campus as well Trustee Scott a couple questions with respect to that is there a difference between the CTE pathways and what you are presenting here today is this all part of the same program this is what we are doing for this year how does that work so what we are talking about is the CCAP so it's kind of what Miss Mason just spoke about how there is individual dual enrollment so any student that wants to take a course at Cabrio during their high school career they go they make sure to talk with their counselor make sure that it will work for them they meet with Cabrio and that's like they are open to the whole Cabrio catalog through this CCAP agreement these courses are linked to CTE and linked to it with a commitment through and attached to a bit of a grant that is through the agreement with PBUSD and Cabrio whereas those individual enrollment classes are not connected to a certain funding source that we are trying to work on together with to increase that dual enrollment in a very purposeful manner as opposed to just like always kids could always go take a class so what does a grant pay for now I wish Julie was here I've actually worked with Julie in the articulated courses for CTE and they are not all of them so the only certain of certain pathway so a certain CCAP for example medical technology terminology can lead into the patient care CTE pathway but it's not all of them and it's not the purpose of that Cabrio has our point of view is to only service CTE but we are doing it when we work collaboratively with Julie Edwards and CTE what can we offer that will give them dual credit dual credit and increase their pathway so it's not all of them some of them but they all have a purpose I know our district we used to offer a paramedic prep CTE class that we lost because we brought in the teachers from the county a lot of CTE teachers they came in at a lower salary didn't like that and then we didn't rehire some of those and that was a very popular class I know one of the Cabrio teachers was saying that she feels her students are pretty underprepared for that I'm just I don't know if that's I'm just bringing that up so just my question is like in determining classes going forward how do we figure out well is that something we should offer at PVUSD or is that something we should send a kid to Cabrio for well one of the were you talking about serving so there's I guess the surveys that I don't know about but when it comes to the CCAP and the CTE it's trying to keep it in line so right now even just in PVUSD we don't sort of as we've been as Julia Edwards and PVUSD has been growing the CTE program there isn't there aren't like random one classes you would take their pathways so the real focus and the part of the CCAP grant is how do we increase those pathways so not like how do we increase a student to just take one class but how do we really in like encourage them to build their their depth of knowledge in a certain area especially if it's career oriented so that when they as they're doing this journey their college and career ready and they're really getting more of an idea of what they want to do next at whatever post secondary it is so there's conversations with the directors in in the curriculum department here in PVUSD and lots of conversations with the Cabrio and the director of the dual enrollment staff plus just the director of PVUSD and it's that's why we come before you and we come every semester to do the appendix so that we can talk about this kind of stuff get input share the kind of classes that we're working on and continue to just grow the program to benefit students and prepare students Julie actually works with the teachers that have articulated courses for CTE that are also getting the Cabrio college credit and we have them listed on I believe PVUSD's website as well as Cabrio which are those pathways that are getting that articulated credit and they're also getting the opportunity to get dual enrollment application at the same time and are there any financial implications for PVUSD with respect to dual enrollment or with our teachers only the cost of textbooks for those CCAP courses and Cabrio provides the rest I mean I think it's great overall I want to help kids go to Cabrio and this is wonderful so that's I'm asking a bunch of good questions because I support it and I see us expand our CTE offerings in an intelligent way and somebody told me I don't know who it was I used to work at PV High that there's a bunch of interest in sustainable agriculture there and lo and behold the teachers there want to do that and there's a great horticulture program at Cabrio as well and the land trust is opening a new space just down the road so wouldn't that be beautiful so maybe we can work on that but Absolutely and guess what Cabrio has a grant Title V and that's an area we just need to get a survey out to students to have the data Bring us some money so I don't want that money Come on Julie Edwards has many long standing conversations with the Ag Department at Cabrio and there are definitely plans in the works in that department Vice President Acosta did you want to make a comment? If you have something you can go Okay If you need a motion I'll make a motion to approve I'll second Great I will be abstaining just because I'm a Cabrio employee I'm the director of the nursing program and it's like students come through this way but it's like I do want to add that it is we're seeing students come to buy a program younger because they've been able to get some of their prereqs and we had a great problem how do we deal with a student who enters our nursing program and they're not yet 18 because they did all their prereqs when they were in high school and it turns out we can totally do that there's no restrictions on that that was news to me but we had never had to deal with that before and the implications of people being able to enter our healthcare professions to be able to earn wages to live in this area you know opens up opportunities for people in our community in a very real and sustainable way so while I will be abstaining it's a fantastic opportunity so I actually have my comment is actually more directed at our superintendent and I want to extend an apology to our guest presenter and community partner my request superintendent checkman would be going forward that you can direct your staff that when they know we have guest speakers on an item that's being presented our community partners here they let us know that or you know that at the beginning of the board meeting if we don't know that at agenda setting so we can put those items towards the front of the agenda because we can always before approving the agenda make a motion to move something up I think it's not really acceptable to expect a community partner to be here after 10.30 at night it's one thing for us it's one thing for the staff so if you could direct that and we could also stop being here past 10.30 at night if we can keep staff on point on their time for when they're doing their presentations just and my response is Consuelo left our district too bad for her no we can do that I actually whispered to Jennifer we had two guests on the previous item and thought we'd move it up a bit the two items in front were very short but we should look at that and be able in my past here we've been able to look at the agenda and say we have guests for this one item can we move it up and the board has generally agreed to that but in this case you know run PV you do a good job and then you leave I'm just kidding great to see you I am just 10 minutes away but I do have to say you can't be Gabriel because I'm only five minutes away from my new office I appreciate that and I appreciate the feedback and I am looking at the time and how many more agenda items we have so I don't mean to so we have a first and a second all those in favor any opposed motion carries 7-0 thank you so much alright item Murray this one's on you Murray you're presenting the next one can't get away now brother 9.12 approve contract of employment for assistant superintendent that's you and I have Allison to assist it is a pleasure to be able to present a contract and somebody's name on that contract who's sitting in the back who did a great presentation earlier we need this position we've got a great start to the year I look at my group over there and in particular Lisa and the work that she's done and the directors too that have picked up the work of our elementary superintendent and so it is with great pride I encourage this board to honor the contract and welcome the individual named on the contract to that position do we have any public speakers to this item yes we do we have three Jen Bruno Dan Weiser and Michael Berman Murray Murray for the public at home who don't maybe have access to this do you want to name the person on the contract but I think if it goes on the microphone and through anyway yeah this is with great honor to say the name Claudia Monjaras to serve as the assistant superintendent in charge of elementary ed good evening president home superintendent and board of trustees I'm Jen Littleton Bruno director of expanded learning and mother of four PVSD students and tonight I speak on behalf of being a director and a parent of four of our PVSD students I highly urge you to move forward with this contract Claudia is committed to student success both through the planning of instruction and the support of teachers with both materials and professional learning she is a collaborative partner across content areas and departments she assisted with summer school and is always has her door open to any of us directors who might need a partner or someone to talk things out she is knowledgeable on a wide range of topics and can support admin in elementary on a variety of topics she is knowledgeable about our district and how we can move forward together when we had any issue arise last year during the flooding she was one of the first directors who gathered and started our team our emergency response team she helped with ensuring students had clothes housing she was at Lakeview with everybody else over in that area as we opened up Parro within a number of days she is a team player a community member and a mother and I know that the programming that she wants for her own students is the same programming she wants for all of our students and to me that is really important she is not just building programs for all she is building programs for all students and she sees all students and I really strongly believe that having her in our programs will move our elementary schools forward thank you good evening president home board of trustees I just want to briefly say how critical this position is and how important it is that we get the right person in that role right away speaking from director of technology and from the technology perspective the way technology is constantly changing how all of the education technology and digital curriculum is continually evolving and impacting our classrooms and all of the different systems that we use for performance data and communication systems for our parents our community and then all of the other curricular aspects of incorporating technology having someone that really has that level of expertise having been a site principal at Hall district I've had the great pleasure of working with Claudia in all of her different roles as a coordinator in that services and a director in that services and I'm really excited to be working as the assistant super elementary and I think she really is the ideal person to take that role and to really collaborate with all of us directors to make sure that we're continuing to provide the best education for our students so I'm just here to encourage you to approve this item and to support Claudia thank you I'd like to speak to two points regarding this item the first is the position when well occupied can be a significant driver in achieving our goals of providing students with opportunities to achieve their greatest potential and this brings me to the second point the person I've known Claudia for almost 20 years and in that time she's been a leader a learner, a collaborator and an innovator a listener and most importantly an ardent advocate for our students families, staff and community her devotion, intelligence integrity, experience and her capacity to lead collaboratively make her the ideal candidate for this position and I ardently encourage you to approve this item, thank you very much do we have any discussion from the board Vice President Acosta yes, thank you so I have and this is not at all directed towards the individual or the person a few issues that I take with this contract is one the term of the contract right now we are as we just had earlier this evening discussions on our seeking for a replacement for a permanent superintendent to replace eventually our interim superintendent and I just really struggle with an interim superintendent making a what is essentially a three-year contract for another incoming superintendent that locks in that superintendent too and it's not uncommon place if you do the scenario in comparison to the business world a CEO comes in and will often surround themselves and their high level position people with people they know and I think that we need to afford that opportunity to this new incoming superintendent number one and locking this in on a three-year contract to this individual without the new superintendent having any say in that I just have a strong issue with that I think it's nice for the interim superintendent to do that I understand a need our desire about filling the position and that also brings me to my second point of a topic that is coming up later on our agenda because we keep talking about this issue of declining enrollment we're going to have an agenda item about maybe the board discussing having potentially a special study session hopefully that happens I think that's important to conversation that needs to be had at this board level and part of that conversation may have to include looking at what we are doing with our district to address declining enrollment we can't just sit around and keep screaming about declining enrollment and not do anything about that and what sort of restructuring might that be for the district and might that even be at the cabinet level so that's a second reason on really just struggle with this I just think the timing of this is poor the length of the contract is absolutely poor and I won't be supporting it Trustee Scow? Well I am hearing everything that's been spoken and thank you to those speakers who spoke in favor of Ms. Mulharas I believe she's a great candidate for this position I am looking at the picture as well that we will be bringing a new superintendent I do not know who it's going to be I have no idea and as we've seen it's been custom recruiting and attracting talent I'm sure will be asked will they have any say on any of the cabinet members and if we were to approve a three year deal tonight that's certainly not we honor the current contracts we have and we are in an interim year and things are a little bit different in interim year though I'm going to give superintendent Scheckman a lot of credit for doing a great job for the most part and we don't agree about every little detail but that's okay that's democracy so I do have an issue with the length of the contract not the candidate I think the candidate is excellent so I would support an interim position and I think affording some protection to this candidate my sense is that if she does a great job and I expect she would that the board and the new superintendent would recommend that she stay or if something happens a little bit differently with the new superintendent and the board wants to go a different direction that this person be able to return to her previous position so I think that's a reasonable approach I know this is it's an odd year, it's an interim year but that's something I'm hearing what you're saying superintendent Scheckman you want somebody in that position now so I'm okay with that but that's the term but I think the time of the year is a little different and that's something I can feel comfortable with right now something that the previous superintendent prior to herself on was having the ability to surround herself run the cabinet that's what she wanted I agree maybe for a year or interim it should be up to the next permanent superintendent Mr. Murray Scheckman we butt heads but I will have to not support a three-year contract so if this contract is not approved is it possible to bring back a more what you're suggesting is another interim position and I understand I'll need to lean on Allison and my colleagues over there how many interims do we have in our district at this time besides me Aptos Jr both positions at the school Watsonville High where else Marvist is going to be a permanent one okay Watsonville High which I said I mean there's interims and then there's vacancies because of right that we haven't filled because of those so and that's the second point I want to make if Claudia and who knows if she'd agree if Claudia agrees to serve as an interim in the assistant sub position then the position she's vacating we cannot fill with a permanent position because she has a right if as board member Scow says the superintendent says we're not a match for the right to her old position so if I'm not mistaken we couldn't fill that position with a permanent person we can come back but please recognize the delays in other positions in the one other position that would take place this somewhat relates when I was first hired the date that was told to me was October 15th the board president I agreed that that was not realistic and then the date was delayed a little bit but what we saw today and I'm not complaining I might be whining a little bit is if somebody's hired in March they're going to look at the district and say thank you I'm really excited about coming I get to finish my contract wherever I am and I'll be there on July 1 that's what I'm going to predict I could be wrong somebody might start in March but the kind of candidate you want is somebody who's made a commitment to their district with a contract that they're on and you don't want them to break a contract sometimes negotiations are made but your work in delaying it again means I'm here for the year and we're really creating a delay in many ways if we don't put an assistant soup in elementary yet in place and then the final thing I want to say is the world has such respect for Miss Monjada's work from Hall District to whatever job she's had and I knew her way back when and her daughters used to run around the La Crosse feel like crazy and I just love the mother that I got to see so I really feel pretty strongly that anybody who works with Miss Monjada's you only saw one small example tonight will really enjoy and appreciate and grow so if you do a one year Miss Monjada's might say thank you but no thank you and she'll go back to her position and we'll re-advertise so I really encourage you to think of the ramifications of your decisions and Daniel we don't butt heads that much you said it twice tonight disagree a little I've said enough I would also you know in the past we've heard from various members of the board that they wanted to see cabinet members come from within our district and we have a qualified candidate before us who comes from within our district and I'm I'm struggling with reconciling that with a sudden support for you know seeing support for outside candidates okay um so I'm also wondering about you know what this looks like you know for our potential superintendent candidates I'm looking at the various delays we've already seen this evening you know and I'm wondering what our superintendent candidates look like and go hmm what kind of working environment am I stepping into I think that should also be a consideration so I've seen Claudia work for many many years and in particular and I don't know that this was talked about tonight but when she was at aloney the achievement there was phenomenal I think I remember correctly yeah and you were the reason I think for that in part um I would also like to say that the workload for Lisa right now is not sustainable she cannot do the job of the secondary and elementary and everything else she's doing in between it's unsustainable and she's burning out I know that because I care about her I check in with her occasionally um so Claudia in this position is really important now the other thing I'll say is that Lisa started her tenure at this district under Dorma Baker Dorma um had Lisa here Michelle came and Lisa stayed and I'm sure you were mentored by both of those very fine women um into the amazing super assistant superintendent you are now so I'm fine with I'm more than fine I welcome um the appointment of Claudia into an assistant superintendent position and she's excellent she's super well qualified she understands achievement and she'll do a great job and I'll just say one final thing in that when a superintendent comes if there are clashes in personality or they don't think their cabinet is doing the right type of job people typically don't stay because it's uncomfortable so I'm not worried about um a superintendent coming and not being happy with his his or her cabinet um that'll work itself out with time so I'm completely in support of this um contract tonight thank you I'll make a motion to approve well I just I just want to reply to someone I agree with a lot of what what President Holman trustee to surface said we disagree on the attractiveness factor of and I'm not and I don't want to be misinterpreted that I think we should necessarily bring in a new cabinet person the outside necessarily at all but I do think it is out of respect and knowing that the new candidate will have some input because if we do this three years which I do not support tonight they do not have any input and having said that I support her starting tomorrow I think she's going to do a great job so I'm not saying we shouldn't delay it but I and I understand she may make and there's some choices that may need to be made but I support getting her and there is an interim right away trustee said I I support Claudia too so I'm two for two for you tonight Claudia I've known her from past years when she was at Hall District as a principal over there and when I was running the maintenance department I was always interacting with her and she was always welcoming very professional and we tried to do what we could for her as far as the recruitment process for the superintendent her appointment is just going to establish a good team for whoever that person comes in whether it's someone from Southern California the valley Northern California wherever they come from or who knows even here locally but they're going to have an established cabinet that's familiar with the district and if we start doing the math with the years of experience between all these individuals I'm sure we're going to have more than double digits so I support you Claudia trustee Flores I was actually surprised to see this item tonight I didn't realize we were this close to already appointing this position and had we discussed this prior I probably would have suggested not a three-year contract so I'm as far as you know what I've heard here I feel I agree with trustee Volano Scowl in a sense that it has nothing to do with the candidate and I'm fine with I don't know that we even need to do interim but interim up to the end of the school year that's kind of where I'm leaning but even I don't know if it has to be interim or not but just the three year is what I am kind of stuck on I have a motion I'll second I'm going to ask that you roll call the vote absolutely let's have a roll call vote trustee Volano your vote trustee Flores your vote no trustee Diserpa your vote trustee Dodge your vote no trustee Soto your vote trustee Vice President Acosta your vote no and President Holm your vote yes motion fails 3 4 now the motion failed so item 9 point I'd like to make another motion to I think offer a contract whether it's for a specific one year or through the end of the school year for the same candidate for this job that point of order please I need to talk with the candidate and see if she's in agreement before we approve a contract for a term that she might not agree to so if it failed we can bring it back but I need to talk to the candidate thank you for the clarification so I'll echo that the support of what it will be will be till June 30th 2024 that I'll support an interim position for the candidate and also with the potential of looking to have an interim fill her current position and that if things do not work out and she doesn't get moved into that role on a permanent basis that to Superintendent Sheckman's point that she has the option to go back so that's where I'd stand and you're saying you don't want a motion I mean because we can make a motion to make that the offer and then you can decide and then that way if she accepts she can start right I understand the direction of it only wanting to come back as a one year contract so I understand that I just didn't want to approve a contract with her name on it if she doesn't agree I said till June 30th 2024 that's not a year sorry the rest of the school year is what I meant that's what I was going to so what I said June 30th of 2024 for this candidate as an interim then that would subsequently need the other position her current position to be an interim and then if things don't work out for whatever reason that she has the option to go back to her current position so you're saying don't make a motion I'm saying not I have to talk to the candidate if she would even accept that if you guys vote her into that and she declines that's why I'm trying to have not her resign from the position so I understand the direction you're asking of that you guys want an interim position if it's this candidate and or a contract for only the remainder of the school year I think interim is what protects her the best to get her the option to go back into her I'm very uncomfortable at this level of direction this is a staff issue that Dr. Scheckman Mr. Scheckman Mr. Scheckman and staff need to work out it's not for us to make that decision as a board that is way too micromanaging that is not the board's role at all so you have direction but that's about it and I feel like you've done a great job of giving the direction that you want to there's others of us that have different opinions right and I'm just giving that what mine I'm being clear because I think I don't know this quote was to me or to trustee scowl's comment or trustee dodge comments but there was a misquote earlier about comments made that I never heard anyone say so I'm being real clear and to correct you on that the checks and balances not you my colleague the checks and balances of the way the system works in this democratic society is that there's seven elected officials they are elected to give direction to one person and that direction is the superintendent and then the superintendent is to lead the school district based off that direction so we also were asked for direction so we're giving that direction to the superintendent checkman but we're looking at his cabinet member because I think that's what he's asked us to do is everyone clear on the direction at this point no me neither if June 30th that's what needs to be clarified June 30th that sounds good to me first of all to only be guaranteed a job until June 30th this is her career you guys that's ridiculous nobody would accept that offer and then who's filling behind her and that person's only there for the rest of the school year and then not guaranteed a job that's crazy I don't think this can be settled tonight I think this needs to be taken back with Mr. Schekman and staff and they need to bring it back to the next board meeting we will do that I'm going to go on record of saying any potential superintendent candidate's watching this just now I don't think that motivated them to throw their hat in the ring absolutely not so we have an idea of the will of the majority of the board point of order Eva I realized that in a previous motion the vote where I said I was going to abstain I counted myself as a yes thank you yes thank you just wanted to clarify that for the record nine point one three climate tech installation agreement amendment number two Quinn thank you president home board of trustees and superintendent Schekman yes so as you may recall last year we approved a contract with climate tech where they were doing work on Calabasas district office as well as Bradley doing some work doing power resiliency and infrastructure for our district we've been in talks with them about new funding which the board may recall at the two prior meetings ago we approved the resolution to be able to apply for Cal shape funding which is California energy commissions funding that they're doing to be able to improve both HVAC as well as electrical around districts in California one of the requirements to be able to apply for the third round of Cal shape funding is to actually have installation of CO2 monitoring in any sites that would qualify for this funding so climate tech is able to do that work for us you can see the total amount is $420,000 $420,000 $480 about 80% of that would actually be covered by Cal shape so the district will be looking around to be able to install all of these CO2 monitors the sites are listed on the item what this will do is again it not only gets those CO2 monitors into those sites it also opens us up for additional funding for those sites between this and the next item it will open us up to the possibility of up to $6 million in additional funding for those sites for HVAC improvements so with that I'd ask that do you approve the amendment to the climate tech contract so that we'll be able to move forward with installing the CO2 monitors are there any public speakers to this item none any discussion from the board just a quick question for clarification carbon dioxide monitors or carbon monoxide monoxide so CO monitors just to clarify CO not CO2 yeah so the state is as I'm sure you know looking towards now whenever there's new construction they actually want CO monitors to be included so CalShape is following along with if you want to do any improvements we also want those CO monitors those are the types of things that I look for in my current position so now these integrated systems or are they stand-alones no these ones they're stand-alone right yeah they're stand-alone and they'll be replacing or they'll be our CO monitors as well as smoke thermostats they're pelicans of course any further discussion from the board I'll entertain a motion make a motion to approve I'll second I've got a first and a second all those in favor any opposed motion carries 601 item 9.14 approved proposal with KFI engineers for HVAC analysis services AB 841 Clint still you thank you once again President Holm Board of Trustees and Superintendent Shekman so as I noted in the last item there are two pieces to being able to qualify for the AB 841 or the CalShape funding for round 3 which is actually where the repairs or improvements to HVAC are done what this does is this actually does a survey of those HVAC units to show the need and the requirements that are met by CEC standards this contract actually would be fully paid out of round 2 of CalShape so there will be no cost to the district as these services are part of what CEC was offering as part of round 2 of their original CalShape funding so this one won't be any cost to the district but it effectively lets us be able to identify to the state that our sites do qualify selected were selected based on their need of HVAC as well as their DAC or their disadvantaged community qualifications which allowed them to allow them to qualify most likely for that CalShape funding the CalShape funding for round 3 is very competitive so we wanted to select sites that would have the best chance of getting that funding Do we have any public speakers to this item? We have none. Any discussion from the Board? Make a motion to approve I have a first and a second All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries 601. Thank you all Alright item 9.15 approve architect amendment number 1 for EB Design Studio Inc. for the Bradley Elementary School Roofing and Fire Alarm Upgrades Project 2024-01 report will be presented by Director of Maintenance Operations and Facilities Good evening President Holm Mary Shekman and Board of Trustees My name is Renu Fernandez and I'm the Director of Maintenance Operations I'm here today to ask for the approval for the amendment number 1 for the amount of $18,000 and $50 to go to EB Designs This amendment is to reimbursed EB Designs, they went ahead and paid the DSA fee so we could get that project underway so it wouldn't be delayed if we had a deadline to meet if we didn't get that DSA paperwork in or check in the project would have been delayed three months so EB Design went ahead and paid for that fee so now we're just looking to reimburse them so this amendment would add $18,000 to the original contract so I'm looking for the approval on that Do we have any public speakers to this item? Any discussion from the Board? So Did this come out of their performance bond to cover the cost or? No, this is coming out of ESR funds What I'm saying as far as what they paid Do we know? The school district covers it What I'm saying is what the contractor paid, did they use a performance bond or did they just pay it outright and now we're just reimbursing them to cover that cost, right? Yes We don't know the previous question whether they paid it outright or it came out of their performance bond They paid it outright because it's typically something we do out of our planning department office but it was so short so short notice to get it in time just because of all the paper we have to do here and we wouldn't have made it on time to get that check and send it over to DSA so we could get the project going So they're back, yeah, alright, thanks Do we have a motion? I'll make a motion to support Alright, all those in favor? Aye Any opposed? Motion carries, 7-0 Alright, item 9.16 draft amendment number 2 to joint powers agreement with Santa Cruz County and Rio del Mar playground project proposal You're not Clint I'm Rich Rich Ariano director purchasing Yes for your approval tonight bringing us back the proposal and design for the Rio del Mar park playground and the amendment to the joint powers agreement with Santa Cruz County Quick History the JPA was established in 1978 to create a shared recreation space on the Rio del Mar campus amendment number 1 was approved in 1994 to update the facility and we're bringing amendment number 2 which would allow Santa Cruz County to provide up to $50,000 for the project and the total project cost is $82,100.07 will be funded with redevelopment funds from the district Do we have any public speakers to this item? Any discussion from the board? This is great I'll make a motion to approve I have a first and a second I just want to say I've been in conversation with the site principal and parent group about this this playground has featured a prominent role in my own family's time at Rio 17 years or so I'm really pleased that this has come forward and that we're able to work with the county to renovate this joint use site so that kids can play safely So thank you We have a first and a second All those in favor? Any opposed? Motion carries 7-0 I'll just add real quickly we did squeeze the county for an additional $20,000 so good job Rich and Clint Thank you to Supervisor Zach Friend for assisting us in that Absolutely Item 9.172324 LCAP revision approval Good evening President Holm Interim Superintendent Mr. Scheckman and Board of Trustees I'm here this evening to bring forward the revised LCAP the county office of education that has the opportunity to review and make recommendations This presentation is based on those recommendations from the county office So the things that we looked at changing, number one is the contributing versus non-contributing actions of our unduplicated students The metrics that are used that we have within the LCAP and expenditure tables The expenditure tables that we added either figures or revised, it was due to technical glitches within the program in dock tracking that didn't transfer over or for some reason some of the fields did not match and so those were the numbers were not put in there so those numbers were placed inside those cells The metrics the dropout rate for middle school was placed in there, this is a state recommendation it was in then it was out and so we placed it back in The other metric is the misalignments of English learners, it was changed to misalignments of all students This is because in 2022 the CDE changed it from English learners to all students and due to this we had to change it to align to the state metrics The last thing is looking at the contributing versus non-contributing that we used for our unduplicated students We took out Goal 4 Action 3, which is our core instructional materials This is no longer included as a contributing item for our unduplicated students The second one is the support services for students with an IEP including push-in services The things that we added in for non-contributing These are items that I mean for contributing, these are items that were previously listed as non-contributing contributing items which are funds that we use of our concentration of supplemental for our unduplicated personnel, our students The first thing was college and career development This is our EOP contract and then the next one is technology, anything to do with technology programs our personnel that services technology to ensure that all of our students including our economically disadvantaged students have access to technology and technology programs Goal 4 Action 9 is a new cinema project then we have Save the Music program bilingual stipends this is to work with our student English learners language line service to help our employees communicate with families of English learners, family engagement and wellness center PVPSA counseling service home to school transportation and then life lab program Those were the changes that were made Do you have any questions? Do we have any public speakers to this item? We have none Any discussion from the board? I'd like to make a motion to approve this I have a question So this is a bit Do after school programs count towards satisfying LCAP goals? Is that a straight legal yes or no? Or is that kind of gray? Because obviously we can offer it to everybody but not everybody's there So the after school program is funded through different funding through LCFF funding which is our general fund with our concentration supplemental funds for our unduplicated personnel after school is a completely separate budget so it is not within our LCAP Any other comments? Do we have a first? Do we have a second? Okay we have a first and a second All those in favor? Aye Any opposed? Motion carries 7-0 Item 9.18 Study session on declining enrollment Thank you President Holman Clint may join me on this You know the issues but we need to learn You folks brought it up through different content tonight and so I would like to plan a study session on declining enrollment We would like to involve folks from districts who experienced declining enrollment Our suggestions are Clint is very interested and I very much agree in involving somebody from the California School Services Association Do I have the right acronym there? Yeah I thought I did and unfortunately the individual involved is not available on November 15 and he will be a real key player because he has statewide a statewide view and especially the fiscal fallout of declining enrollment I've invited Nelly and the Union to be involved and they'll include their statewide representatives from districts who've had declining enrollment and I've invited the CSEA to be involved and I welcome input from you folks about who should be there but we're looking for expertise from districts and from a state viewpoint of what the heck happens what are some steps that we as a district need to take because as the short report says we drop 26% and we continue to drop so the only thing that's a little wrinkle from what we put there the Board Agenda Committee thought that November 15 would work we'd like to change it I wasn't sure if you were able to get some other tentative dates so we're probably looking in January is what I would suspect So then do you want to bring this back as an agenda item for a later date? I would suggest we could McClendon said that we could have a real quick agenda item at our next meeting just to pick the date Yes, so to Superintendent Checkman's point I reached out to school services of California and they said they would be happy to they actually have a team that specializes in declining enrollment their only downside was they could not make the 15th the other date that they had offered was the day immediately after a board meeting which I did not think any board members would want to come back to a board meeting immediately after a board meeting so I asked could there be a later date they said they could do January their only concern was that's a little bit late in terms of preparing I explained to them we've been preparing for declining enrollment it's not like we need someone to come tell us what to do next year we just really want to look at long-term impacts so they were open to doing January they just don't have a date exactly for every individuals so they have to just coordinate all of their calendars so do you need a motion to table this and bring it back is that what you need Jen how about a motion that says yes to a study session and that we come back and bring you specific dates that you vote on next time sure I'm fine with that I'll make a motion to to have a study session on the declining enrollment topic and bringing that back to the board as you have a date so the board can vote on the date for the board's calendar second and I'd like to bring it back next time on the 27th okay oh and there was no public comment thank you Trustee Dusserpe did you have something you wanted to say I feel like I've seen this type of presentation from student services just in a regular board meeting is this not an agenda item that can just be in a regular board meeting so I think there's a couple pieces student school services of California is going to do it also on a global level of just what districts have done to combat declining enrollment so they'll have a global lens through all of California I think and Superintendent Sheckman can speak to this I think because he wanted to involve most of the unions and have them have their constituents as well kind of speak to it we were just worried that the amount of time would be more than an hour or two which impacts I think busy with superintendent search so I'm just I'll try and get as many dates from school services as I can I kind of let them know if they can ask for tonight if they could give me tentative ones and I would let them know by the end of the night which date we wanted so they could clear up their calendars unfortunately she just wasn't able to get back to me but I can definitely know if we can get multiple dates to try and kind of spread it out and pick a date that works and that way we can bring the board more than just one or two dates. Thank you. Trustee Scott did you have a I had a question earlier Nellie said something about negotiations coming up I know it hasn't come is there a timeline generally for that is in the spring or or is it for the round for next year is that does she mean is that happening this year for next year or is that next year is that undetermined sorry is that related to this topic I'm curious about how that that that will intersect with the general timeline and thinking about these topics that's I'm just curious I support the motion I was just a question okay it were closed for negotiations for twenty three twenty four with PBFT okay so we have a first and a second all those in favor aye any opposed motion carries seven zero going on to item ten point one appointment in terms of commission members personnel commission merit rule three point one will be presented by Pam shanks good evening president home superintendent checkman board members I'm Pam shanks the director of classified personnel for the district the ed requires that I notify the board of any upcoming vacancies on the personnel commission so just a quick background the personnel commission is an independent body that is charged with administering the human resources functions for the classified employees of the district my lot is composed of three members appointed for a three-year term with the term of one of those members expiring each year one of the members is appointed by the board of trustees one member is appointed by CSEA and the third member is appointed by those two commissioners called the joint appointee Mr. Casey O'Brien has been serving as the board appointed commissioner and he has submitted his resignation effective at the end of his term which is October 1st of 2023 he has served on the commission for the last year and a half and has been a great addition to the commission he's taken on a new role in his district and so has decided not to serve another term he has been wonderful to work with and will be greatly missed and this item is just to inform the board to fill the upcoming vacancy staff will be opening the announcement to accept letters of interest and then staff will review the letters of interest and make a recommendation to the board at a later date after that recommendation between 30 and 45 days after that there will be a public hearing at which point the board would make their appointment so tonight this is just an information item for the board any public speakers to this item we have none any discussion from the board Trustee Scott so it's so are you making sort of a recommendation right now or no I'm just letting the board know of what the next part of the process will be which would be opening an announcement to accept letters of interest for the seat all right thank you very much I'll just add if board members know of good candidates to serve on our personnel commission we welcome that do we let you know that or do we have to tell them what do we tell if we have names I think you can let me know and I'll certainly pass it on to Pam and she'll do the due diligence thank you going on to our consent agenda our consent agenda items are routine items before the board do we have any public speakers to consent we have none are there any items the board wishes to defer can I have a motion I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda I have a first and a second all those in favor aye any opposed motion carries 7-0 and we'll go on to our action report on closed session items are there any items to report from closed session yes there are on closed session item 2.1 I move to approve the certificated personnel report as presented by district administration on September 13 2023 with 13 and two additional action items and I'll need a second I have a first and a second all those in favor aye any opposed motion carries 7-0 alright on closed session item 2.3 2.3 2.2 2 I move to approve the classified personnel report as presented by district administration on September 13, 2023 with 26 and six additional action items can I get a second all those in favor aye any opposed motion carries 6-1 on closed session item sorry 2.7 in closed session the board voted 6-0-1 to reject the claim identified in closed session item 2.7 on closed session item 2.8 in closed session the board voted 6-0-1 to approve the settlement identified in closed session item 2.8 and we have three announcements on behalf of the district's administration our first announcement is that the district is pleased to announce Mr. Hector Perez Junior's appointment to Director of Transportation Mr. Perez Junior has over 10 years of experience in school transportation starting as a school bus driver in our district in Mr. Perez Junior became a state certified driver instructor and then moved into his role in PBSD as a transportation supervisor he left PBSD two years ago to expand his supervisory experience working for North Monterey County Unified School District where he oversaw the transportation department leading a team of drivers, mechanics and administrative staff he has a strong background in providing ongoing transportation to transportation employees maintaining a strong emphasis on student safety behavior management and a positive transportation experience Mr. Perez approaches his work with a positive attitude commitment to the safe transportation of students and is invested in the well-being of his community Mr. Perez Junior establishes and maintains great working relationships with everyone he comes in contact with he deals effectively with a wide variety of people and handles all situations with professionalism Mr. Perez Junior looks forward to returning to the Power Valley Unified School District and serving the district in his new role we are proud to welcome back Mr. Perez Junior as our new director of transportation on behalf of the Power Valley District Administration the Power Valley Unified School District is pleased to welcome Francine Holland into the role of temporary principal of Eloni Elementary Francine worked for PBSD for 26 years and retired in July of 21 she has been returning to PBSD since her retirement as an ELPAC tester and a temporary administrator we are appreciative of her dedication to the student staff and community of PBSD and her willingness to return to us to return and support us go otters and on behalf of the district administration the Power Valley Unified School District is pleased to announce the selection of Monica Cessarello as the new academic coordinator of Margarita Elementary School Monica has been serving students since 2001 as a special education teacher general education teacher technology curriculum coach after school program coordinator and as a site administrator most recently she has been a special education teacher at Marvista and before that she was the academic coordinator at Aquite Elementary for seven years Marvista is excited to have this very experienced educator in this role go sea lions a regular board meeting on September 27 and with that our meeting is adjourned at 11.38 thank you everybody


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