2.1 Certificate of Public Employee Appointment Employment item 2.2 classify public employee appointments employment 2.3 public employee discipline this missiles releases and leaves to item 2.4 negotiations updates and item 2.5 real property real estate The towers and with that we'll return Good night everyone tonight. I would not want to welcome everyone to tonight's meeting Board president couldn't be here, so I'll be chairing the meeting tonight Just a couple reminders if you wish to speak on an item on the agenda Make sure they submit one of the speaking cards prior to the item starting Otherwise, we will not be taking them in. Okay. The second thing is if you need translation services We do have a translator. She can provide you with the proper equipment. Okay, so with that, we're gonna go ahead and get started Bienvenidos a todos Les quiero dar la bienvenida de parte de aquí de la mesa directiva del distrito escolar nuestra presidenta no puede estar presente esta noche So hoy yo voy a estar encargada de correr la junta si Necesitan o quieren hablar En uno de los temas que se va a estar cubriendo hoy asegúrense de llenar una de las tarjetas Antes de de que ese tema comience si recibo una tarjeta después de De que ya hemos empezado con el tema no se va no se les va a dar la oportunidad de hablar so segurense de que la Nos aumentan antes y por último si necesitan traducción tenemos a nuestra traductoria Virginia que les puede dar el aparato Necesario y con eso vamos a comenzar I would like to ask Jeff Rossino to lead us into the Pledge of Allegiance One nation Okay item 3.3 superintendent comments Yes, thank you. Well, we've had some excellent events over the last two weeks And so I want to speak to two of them on Thursday May 17th. We had our first annual Latino youth film Oscar award ceremony So hemos tenido algunos eventos excelente Excelentes en las últimas dos semanas me gustaría compartir dos de ellos El viernes 17 de mayo tuvimos nuestra primera Ceremonia de premios Oscar de cine joven juvenil Latino These dedicated students have been part of a year-long film class taught by film writer mentors from the Latino Film Youth Institute Esos estudiantes dedicados han participado por un año en una clase de cine de cine Impartada por mentores de escritores de cine del cine juventil del instituto Latino de cine And these students have transformed their narrative stories from the beginning of the year into short films with the guidance of their teachers Mr. Ricardo Reyes and Miss Lucy Bass or Esos estudiantes han transformado sus historias narrativas desde el comienzo del año en corte metrajes Con la guía de sus maestros es señor Ricardo Reyes y la señora Lucy Bass or Then on Friday May 18th We had our first annual PV USD college signing day where 150 seniors from throughout the district came together To celebrate their accomplishments El viernes 18 de mayo llevamos a cabo nuestro primer día de firma de la universidad de nivel de extrito escolar del valle de parro Donde 150 alumnos del último año de todo el distrito se reunieron para celebrar sus logros And almost 300 students will be attending one of 56 four-year colleges throughout the nation in the fall Along with hundreds who will be attending junior colleges trade schools and the military casi 300 alumnos de último año asistieron a uno de los 56 colegios de cuatro años en toda la nación en el otoño Junto con cientos que van asistir a un colegio de dos años Escuelas comerciales y la militar gracias. Thank you Bring it back to the board any governing board comments Karen To write it down So the next day after the last board meeting I went to the women's Farm Bureau lunch, which was at a ranch On Coralitos Road so of course I Bicycle there too and I brought my backpack with a skirt in it and a hat which everybody wears so I look more dignified not just my bicycle clothes And oh Actually, I they gave us they gave us a big bag of vegetables So I stuffed as many as I could in my backpack as much as I could not all of them But I and went home with my backpack was stuff with vegetables. I also went to the meeting of Migrant head start Might the policy committee meeting and we haven't started our really big meetings yet, but we will start them I Think soon are big meetings that we have with all the parents in the migrant head start through the summertime. I also went to the D lack meeting and They discussed a lot the L cap and the eight Goals that we have an L cap and what all these students teachers and parents D lack included have wanted in the D lack and then Dr.. Rodriguez is there and talked about possible possible and also all the programs that Parents can get involved with and to learn about including graduations information for undocumented parents or for parents immigrant parents and a lot of other programs that they That parents can learn about What is that right is a micro am I correct? Okay? I also went to an open house With Pajaro middle school and actually on the same exact day was the open house for Radcliffe Which is another one of my schools and it's always a problem that they don't get their open houses on days that I can go to all of them But it was a really good one because they had They had small band They had little groups that came up and and and played band instruments, which was pretty cool and They had some people who got up and saying so that was really nice And then we then I go to every single classroom to try to visit all this all the classrooms And then I also went to the retirement party today Where there's retirees that are that have been here 40 years or more 40 years It's incredible and then all the retirees that are leaving and there was everybody was there I mean all of you know everybody on here out here and Kim was there and And so we gave all the 40-year people special presence and all the retirees presence as well and People got up and talked about all the wonderful things that they did that they did and I loved to listen to them because It maybe feel like I I kind of got to know each retiree a little bit better by hearing all the stuff that they had accomplished when they were Working so that was that was fun, too. Thanks Yeah, retirements in the air on Saturday night My wife and I got to go to mr. Determan who is the principal of Mar Vista to his retirement party That his retirement party and what was really great to see was it wasn't just Teachers but it was parents students and and teachers from a 38-year career in An education and you know when you get to meet people and it gets no people inside the district And you get to meet them outside the district It's interesting, but what I really appreciated was the students standing up students end up saying the effect that mr.  I've said this for a long time, and I'll say it for a long time forward moving forward great schools really are about Teachers who are committed to it a community that's a committed to the schools and to students that are committed to their education And after seeing the great turnout that mr. Determan had on Saturday nights We're losing we're losing one of those teachers one of those administrators one of those educators who are really committed to the Well-being of their students. Thank you Carla Everyone I'm prayer lamb the student trustee and I have been the student trustee for this academic year And I believe this is my last meeting here and I just wanted to thank the board members in the community for allowing this Opportunity for me to be up here I also wanted to give a little announcement I go to Watsonville high school and tomorrow all the seniors are gonna have their Community action project presentations and a community action project is basically over the course of the year Seniors choose a problem that they think they should take action on and throughout the year they Get in contact with community members or they do something Around the school. For example, I wanted to bring back a marching band To Watsonville high and I've been working with a lot of the middle schools and music programs at Watsonville high to get that going So we're gonna be presenting things like that and there's a lot of like environmental Issues that they will be presenting on and so on and we want to invite everyone The board members. I know I sent out an email. Maybe you got it and everybody else in the community you guys are welcome to Come tomorrow the presentations are gonna be tomorrow all day From 8 30 to 2 30 and then on Friday from 8 30 to 2 30. So you guys are all invited I'll be attending UCLA Yes Thank you so much Congratulations Perla. We're very very proud of you. Good job. I Want to thank you for your efforts in leading being a leader on your campus for music education as you know this board including Leslie DeRose who's not here and I in particular have Tried to spearhead bringing music back into our district And so that is our dream as well as having marching bands again at all schools So thank you for your efforts there and congratulations and best wishes as you head off to UCLA We're getting ready here in the district for the best time of the year. It's the time when all of us Feel very satisfied to look out over seas of young people who are graduating and going off Most many of them most of them actually to college and many to careers And so we're really looking forward to that over the next couple of weeks Starting tomorrow night with our adult school graduation. I did thank you for announcing But I did attend to the Farm Bureau luncheon. It was beautiful Agriculture right there. I Did see you I Attended of Valencia open house Valencia home and school club where I met with a great group of parents who are very excited and interested in Building things for their school And today we did have an amazing retirement for many people who have been in the district 40 years 30 years 20 years And we're sad to see them go, but we wish them a very restful and successful retirement Thank you, Willie Okay Thank you and now for our favorite part of all meetings We're moving on to student recognitions And I would like to call up David Gonzalez from Pacific Coast Charter along with his family and everyone else who's here to support them Good evening. Dr. Rodriguez and members of the board Pacific Coast Charter school and I are proud to announce that David Gonzalez is our student of the year David has many had many obstacles to overcome as one of a triplicate triplet with a single mom He had many struggles with social pressures in a comprehensive high school But David says he enjoys PCCS because it is very welcoming and says you can focus on school and not the distractions all around you He's been with us since the ninth grade He's a senior this year One teacher says of David that he has been in on my on-site classes for college prep While at student PCCS for over the past three years He has consistently demonstrated a quiet determination to persevere even when the material at times has been difficult He's a model student arriving to class on time with his work completed as David has matured He has modestly stepped into the role of a leader and can often be seen taking the time to help his fellow students Understand a math concept David is a true example of a student who has thrived during his time here at PCCS He is organized motivate motivated follows through with his responsibilities and has a great work ethic He has more than 99 hours of community service David volunteered for over a year at his dojo and is now a paid instructor in martial arts He is also a model for local clothing band Brand it's called the Ville and has helped them to develop their website and is working on producing a commercial for them David wants an English language learner is now a reclassified as a fluent English proficient and has a 3.96 GPA David will be attending Cal Poly Pomona next year along with his two brothers I'd also like to announce that he will be recognized as a valedictorian at our graduation ceremony David has earned the respect of both staff and his peers and we're very proud of him. Thank you David on behalf of Pajaro Valley Unified School District. I'm very pleased to Announce your student of the year and provide you with this special Recognition of your amazing success. We really want you to keep up the good work.  I know you'll do a great job there and have a wonderful time. Have fun So before before you go to the the picture I just wanted to Say David that we we were hoping that you would come again to see us because we wanted to congratulate you on the article on the Pajaronian For the triplets so yourself and your two brothers and reaching that black belt and all the Recognition that you do within the community. So congratulations on that Congratulations, David So next up we have Joseph Daniela Spinoza from Wildsville Charter School of the arts So if I can have him come up along with his family and anyone here to support him Good evening Vice President Roscoe Dr. Rodriguez esteemed board and cabinet members and fellow community members My name is Amy Thomas and I'm the proud principal of the Watsonville Charter School of the arts It is my pleasure to present to you tonight our student of the year Joseph Daniel We call him JD Espinoza JD is a current eighth grade student who has been enrolled at WCSA since kindergarten throughout his years at WCSA JD has overcome enormous obstacles and as you can see has grown taller than me Isn't hard. He has not let the diagnosis of autism hold him back He was virtually non-verbal until he received a one-on-one instructional assistant in the fifth grade JD knew everything about weather and airplanes and slowly began talking about these with trusted adults Since the fifth grade JD has made enormous social academic and athletic growth And is transitioning to high school fully mainstreamed JD is passionate about playing football basketball and watching professional sports with his family His favorite memories from his tenure at WCSA has been going to Washington, DC and New York City With his fellow eighth graders working on ceramics during art and participating in middle school sports With his friends. He's extremely excited about playing freshman football for the Watsonville High School Wildcats WCSA would like to thank JD Espinoza his family Ken and Lily Espinoza His sister Camila and his instructional assistant Jasmine Guerrero for trusting us with enriching and educating JD's life Each and every day for the past nine years. We're so proud of you JD And we cannot wait to see what the future brings to you I'm gonna leave you with JD's favorite quote from Michael Jordan Which symbolizes his strength his perseverance and dedication. I can accept failure, but I cannot I cannot accept not trying Thank you all for honoring Joseph Daniel Espinoza I actually JD wanted to say something to you but got really nervous. So I'm gonna read it for you This is from JD. So this is JD speaking I would like to thank my teachers Jasmine and my family family for supporting me There are a lot of things I'm going to miss about WCSA like the field trips in the sports, but I'm really excited about high school. Thank you So I want to provide you this student of the year from the Pato Valley Unified School District and from our Board of Directors here as well, and we're so very proud of you and so is everybody out here proud of you Everybody here is proud of you too And My daughter went to Watsonville Charter School for the Arts and and I bet you have some stuff at home that you've made there because I have quite a few framed Pictures that my daughter did when she was at the Watsonville Charter School of the Art on my walls Thank you so much for all you've done and all you're gonna do Thank you Congratulations Joseph and family So moving right along item 3.5 employee of the month recognition. Thank you So we have been so fortunate because we have had Jacob Young financial services that has been a partner of ours for years and They sponsor not only teacher but also classified employees of the month and they've done that now for for years for us And how it works is staff is nominated by their peers and then they're selected by a panel That's composed of former administrators and also staff And so we want to make sure that those winners can be recognized in front of their peers and We have The representative here to thank us and be able to represent our staff. So thank you for being here. Hi. Good evening distinguished Intendant board members and community. My name is Tina Harper. I'm from Jacob Young financial and Tonight it is my pleasure to be here to announce the winners of the Jacob Young financial sponsored PVSD educator of the month award for the 2017-2018 school year If the five following individuals are here, please join me up here with your administrator I'm going to mention the teachers of the month first it Whitney Hague Pacific Coast Charter Eric Johnson of Ann Sordo elementary Alice Miller of Hall district elementary Nancy class Bill Navarro of Minty white elementary and Annabelle Mendez of landmark elementary So Whitney Hague is the science teacher at Pacific Coast Charter grades 9 through 12 Whitney is always preparing amazing activities and experiments for her students to make the classroom engaging and fun But still challenging. She also provides a safe place in her office for students to stop by joke vent question or crayon her shoulder Eric Johnson is a third-grade teacher at Ann Sordo elementary Eric is an excellent teacher with solid classroom management and high expectations for his students His classroom is highly structured with clear routines Posted learning intentions and clear expectations at the end of school year during the fifth grade promotion ceremony Students often mention Eric as one of their favorite teachers Alice Miller is a fourth-grade teacher at Hall district elementary and Alice created a band for Hall district She is carrying displays and open-mindedness and her class with her class and a willingness to try something new The students love the band and are excited to learn and to be at school Nancy class Bill Navarro is a resource specialist at Minty white elementary Nancy's been with the district for over 30 years one of those who is retiring this year and is responsible for delivering rigorous lessons to students with learning disabilities Who are often the hardest to reach? She was a cost of volunteer who made a huge impact on one young man's life who struggled But went on to be a student at the University of California Merced Her acts of generosity never-ending development as a professional and high expectations for all her students Exemplify that one person can truly make a difference in a young person's future and Our last teacher of the month award was given to Annabelle Mendez Who is a first grade bilingual teacher at landmark elementary? Annabelle goes the extra mile with a willingness to help anyone need who needs her help She works with her colleagues and students translating and creating materials from English to Spanish Spanish to English with the patients to explain every detail for them to learn and have a better understanding of the Spanish language And so I Kim sweetie is going to say some wonderful things about Whitney Hey, and then I will introduce the classified employee of the month winners after Whitney has effectively mastered teaching in both the classroom and in the independent study setting Having been in special ed for 11 years prior to coming to our site She's keenly aware and empathetic to students individual needs She uses a combination of whole-class small group and one-to-one instruction to ensure students comprehend the rigorous Curriculum that she has to offer she spends hours planning and preparing for Lessons that will both increase the knowledge of the subject area plus be enjoyable and very interactive She encourages frequent communication and peer review through the use of Google classroom She's kind and caring in her approach and the students love and respect her when she is not in an individual meeting Other students flock to her open door She never turns away a student who needs additional help and ensures that the neediest of them have meetings with her each week Which is way above and beyond the requirement Students blossom with her support and guidance Whitney's also our tech liaison which requires additional meetings trainings and communication with all other staff She's also our point person when a colleague needs assistance with edgy newity better known as e 2020 She volunteers to work in our tutoring sessions several times per week She sits in on interview panels and helps to assist us to find other outstanding staff for our school And she's also in the process of getting yet another credential To even be more versatile and even a greater asset when we're planning our master schedule As a new principal coming in and putting some new structures in place Whitney kept an open mind and was very compassionate Understanding the rationale behind some organizational changes that needed to take place The school community and culture of our school as a whole has benefited as Whitney keeps a positive attitude Encourages others lends a listening ear and discourages gossip both staff and students enjoy being around her She's a role model for others. We we have been blessed to have Whitney on our staff at Pacific Coast Charter Thank you for your time Okay, so we have three Classified employee of the month awards that we handed out this school year Laurie Hallett With the district office program evaluation office Freddie via fuerte the at and sold elementary and Katrina Hernandez, and I know Katrina's here as well as Victoria, so Laurie Hallett works in the program evaluation office Laurie's also been with the district for over 30 years and I believe is retiring this year as well Although she does not have direct student contact her pivotal support to site leaders and teachers Impacts every students testing environment Freddie via for a day is the lead custodian at and sold elementary and I really wish he was here because he is awesome He's a crack up. He's just great. He really connects with the students While students recognize Freddie for keeping their school clean They probably don't realize that he makes sure that all the trash from the adjacent park is removed from behind the campus and Shared parking area before they arrive for school each day Freddie is exceptional with the students He challenges fifth graders to a state capital competition Has donated the cost of attending Outdoor school for a student to ease the financial burden for a family and has an ease with students who can talk freely to him While encouraging him to do their best Katrina Hernandez is the campus supervisor for Pajaro Valley Middle School. I Had teenagers I Know what they give me like and I don't envy your job, but you're great At it all the staff at PB spoke so highly of your talent and dealing with the students You go above and beyond especially when kids are troubled and need an adult who understand How hard it is to go through the teen years and to make good choices and you also drove the fundraiser for the students going to DC? So congratulations. I know Victoria wants to say some wonderful things about you, too Good evening members of the board. Dr. Rodriguez and our community It's a pleasure to introduce you to Katrina Hernandez our campus supervisor. She's here today with her husband Ramita and her sister Maricela and a few members of Pajaro Middle School. Can you guys wave? It's an honor to present Katrina She does go beyond her job description Katrina has been at Pajaro Middle School for 21 years and It's truly her home She knows the school inside out and I know when Victor comes over he'll come and ask Katrina where things are sometimes because she knows Everything around the school. She really cares about the school environment and Organizes it's very involved in organizing events and fundraising and giving a lot of her times to make sure that the kids Succeed in school have fun at school as well and She's also involved on the fundraising for the kids going to Washington. She has a lot of energy is very proactive and We are really grateful that she's Here at Pajaro Middle School. So it's an honor to present her tonight. Thank you You know what? Victoria, I just wanted to add that you know, I've seen her for my whole 15 years I actually know her now from all the time that I've been around and she's She's at every event.  She's there helping the cars Get you know parked. I don't know. She's always there. She's at every she's helping you if you go You know if you're going to an event and she's at the front and having you write your name I mean she's like I mean I'm just I Actually know actually from all these years. I have to say this about her.  I mean you should have gotten this more than once maybe but I think she's like the greatest and Having her as part of Pato Middle School has been so great And I'm so glad to know you too. Thank you Thank you so much. Thank you Item 4.1 I am looking for a motion to approve the agenda We get a second second all those in favor. I I all those opposed motion carries okay item 5.1 I'm looking for a motion to approve the minutes from our May 9th 2018 meeting a Second all those in favor I I all those opposed right motion carries and I was Just told that we don't have high school representatives for tonight's reports So we're gonna skip that item and go straight to Item 7.1 for public comment. So before I begin This item I just want to remind folks that there would be there's a limit To the number of minutes per speaker. So for this particular item since there's only one It would be three minutes okay, so I'm gonna call up the person says Becky Steinburner Thank you. Good evening. My name is Becky Steinburner I came to your last board meeting and talked with you about the cliff swallow nesting issue at Pajaro Valley High School and I want to Tell you that I met today with mr. Joe Dominguez and it was one of the best meetings ever had Because he recognizes that we can do better With this issue of the cliff swallow nesting and protect at the same time the health and safety of the students so I want to really thank him for his willingness to work with the community the biologists on behalf of the students and the birds and the facilities and I think it's gonna work out really well I really want to Thank you, mr. Dominguez for your cooperative spirit your very genuine personal interest in this rich very rich opportunity for learning with the students and the staff and the community and To really make a difference in a positive way that is gonna Put forth lessons for the students in a much more positive way than what has been happening I must tell you that while I was waiting for mr. Dominguez to arrive More than one staff member came up to me. They had my name tag and it's had something about cliff swallow sightings Many of them are very depressed by the actions the district has taken to spend $10 to put up Lexanne to Exclude the cliff swallows from trying to build their nest to raise their young and to wash them down repeatedly It's been very depressing to many of the people that work there And so I am so happy that that's gonna change that that it can change and I'm sure that this will be a much better outcome for everybody in the community and the environment as well So thank you mr. Dominguez.  He's only been here a month and He's a real real asset, and I'm really Honored to have met you and to know you. Thank you very much. Thank you Okay Item 8.0 employee organization comments 8.1 PVFT Thank You Francisco Rodriguez with the Pajaro Valley Federation and teachers First of all, I just wanted to Point out that we were as you know, we have a tenant of agreement It is a compromise that we have reached It provides a race for our teachers and It also allows us to Sit back and look at where you will end up financially and in September as you know, you will receive the unordered actuals and We will be able to Determine whether there will be a break in the eight-year history that we have been tracking and hopefully we will be able to stand here in September and Congratulate the district in having You know more or less correct projections We hope that we are able to establish a relationship with the new Finance Department headed under mr. Dominguez and that If if we all know the facts if we all know And trust that We all are aware of the facts then it's easier to come to an agreement And we hope that moving forward That's the case We are still not quite at our goal, which is to have every fully prepared teacher That's step one column four start at a minimum of $50,000 annual salary and We hope that we are able to work with you to achieve that goal I think it will be Something that will benefit both students a staff and the community as a whole I also wanted to Ask your approval of the staff's recommendation for denial of Watsonville Prem school I Believe that these page the 16 page Report that is in your packet is quite accurate. I think the staff did a very good job in analyzing and looking at the petition and We you know we we ask for your support of the staff of your staff to and Deny the petition Thirdly, I would like to invite you to This Friday at four o'clock at a lot then use there will be An event for a meet the candidate event meet Robert Revas for it AD 30 And we'll have a guest speaker Dolores Huerta attending I just want to point out. Mr. Revas has Refused any contributions or support from the California Charter schools at association we believe and he has a record proven record of fighting for community interests including support for measure J which Which banned fracking in San Benito County measure Z which kind of did the same in Monterey County and He is currently a teacher and as you know, Dolores Huerta herself is a teacher so we invite you all to come and help us support him and support public education and keep Non-profits and for-profit organizations that want to skim off the money that is meant to educate English language learners foster kids and Kids who qualify for free and reduced meals away from Or giving them the opportunity to take those monies, so again, you're invited and I hope to see you there. Thanks Do we have someone from CSEA? No But BAM About CWA. Hey, so moving to auction items Our first item tonight's 9.1 PVSU consideration of the Watsonville prep school charter petition and The report will be given by our Superintendent Dr. Michelle Rodriguez. Yes Okay, so I tried to identify a way in which I could do some I could go over the 16-page report Sysinkly so what you will find is on the screen is the report with the highlights And you also should have a copy of the report with the highlights So if you do not have that, please raise your hand and Eba will provide it to you And I'm going to This isn't gonna work for me. You're gonna have to you're gonna have to do it Okay, so what we're gonna do is we are I'm going to read just the highlighted portions and highlight the key portions of it So you can go down to the first highlight So what you will see is one thing that I wanted to note was that in the petition itself It spoke to the fact that they would not offer transitional kindergarten unless we required them to do so This is a significant concern to me because as you are aware most of our students come in Not having read a book Had a pencil in their hand and taking away the opportunity to have another year of instruction is a concern I just wanted to note there are three specific areas in which I'm going to talk to you tonight Where we found and deficiencies in the charter in both their proposed educational program Deficiencies in the plan for educating specifically English language learners Students with special needs migrant students and foster students and then also all speak to Specific omissions in their operating budget and the financial projections So as you will see there is a list of eleven of us of the team staff and members of league on legal counsel So you'll see myself and then also ten other directors and Mostly directors or cabinet members were involved in looking at the different components And we did as well have legal review from DWK as well so Just to set forth and there are standards for review of the petition The board is only in school district is only allowed to deny a petition for a charter school on based on written factual findings and also think specific To support those findings and there are six specific areas in which the a charter can be denied No other ways can a charter be denied So if we continue to scroll down you'll see that we are The staff recommendation is denial legally we do there are three options One is to approve the petition the other is to approve the petition subject to conditions and the third is to deny Based on multiple factors the recommendation is to deny and it's based on these four areas That we believe that and we'll go over the specifics of each one in a minute, but we believe they are Unlikely to successfully implement the program based on the petition and remember It's based on the four corners of the petition not anything else And the petition does not contain the required numbers of signatures it fails to provide a reasonably comprehensive description of everything that's required of the required elements and We believe that it's an unsound educational program for the pupils to be enrolled in the charter school So specifically What would I want to mention is now the first finding so the first finding was that they're unlikely To implement the program described in the petition and so here are the factual findings leading to that The first one is probably the most cut and dry and that it is Non-subjective and we believe that they have an unrealistic financial and operational plan for it one is in return in form of the donation review our Donation revenue and so they in their appendix they put that they would receive a hundred and fifty thousand dollar donation for year zero and We do not they do not indicate where that donation would come from They do indicate a revolving loan of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars That would be paid in equal amounts over a five-year period But the repayment is omitted from their budget for the startup costs. They do not state that there are any PCS GP GP or any other implementation grants and it's also silent on how they would address startup costs Continuing on in textbooks As you know we have Textbooks are very costly for year one. They have that they would only have a budget of three thousand five hundred dollars For year one all the way up to nine thousand in year five and we believe that is well It's completely inadequate in order to be able to support the instruction of hundreds of students For facilities rent the budget does not include any expense of any amount or the rental for Facilities and the budget fails to account for costs associated with housing Watsonville Public charge schools Transportation this is a serious concern for myself because we have of our twenty thousand four hundred students Approximately seventeen percent of our regular education students utilize district funded and operated home to school transportation each day on 32 different routes apart from that special education population We have twelve percent of our students of three hundred and fifty students who also use that on an additional twenty five routes and so this petition in our view fails to acknowledge Our community's heavy reliance on district provided transportation services and access to schools and Related programs and the budget fails to account for any expenses related to busing or transportation services For the respective students for special education. It would be required for professional development There's multiple references to coaching however their budget reflects an annual expenditures for professional development only of twenty four thousand five hundred in year one all the way up to fifty four thousand in year five and We believe that this amount It isn't we're unable to determine if this is amount is Sufficient to be able to train coach and develop their teachers for their district fiscal oversight They do slate the three percent and don't go to the next page quite yet It they actually incorrectly slated that but before we go to the next page where I give you details I do want to read the footnote that is down below because this is important One thing that they put in their petition on page one thirty two of their petition is that they would operate Within the Watsonville city limits the Charter school must provide Must provide a preference to students who reside within our boundaries of the school district In which it operates and as you know because we have several trustees that are outside of Watsonville boundaries is that we operate in and areas outside of the city of Watsonville And therefore their target population of students within the city of Watsonville is Inconsistent with our band our attendance boundaries and serves to exclude students who do not reside within Watsonville So going to the next page in terms of the oversight actually go down just go up a little bit please There you go So I just want to mention that shows that they incorrectly they incorrectly applied the three percent in their budgets By a shortfall of 28,000 so a CMO with the management fees We believe that it is a it's a high high management fee tolling 14 percent of their revenues annual annually We in comparison our management all management every single person both site district is at six percent So they are over they would be providing over double of what we provide In terms of cost for management with special education contract services There's no they do have a significant expenditure in there But they have no indication in the notes and assumptions regarding what the services would entail We do have a concern regarding the teacher student ratio The budget notes and assumptions suggests that the student teacher ratio is the 21 to 1 or 22 to 1 But however if you look at the chart It actually refers to the number of teachers per grade per year and it provides that there will only be two teachers per grade I do want to note That's why I noted previously the TK issue if we required it which we would that would also Impact their budget which is not within the current budget When we look at their custodial maintenance and food services, they indicate that they will only employ one FTE to do all the custodial maintenance and food services And we feel that that is inadequate to be able to address the critical needs to support Implementation they also have a they also miss Calculator or misspoke in their petition in terms of ADA percentage On two different pages which we noted which ones they vacillated between 96 percent of its enrollment and 95 percent in Middle school program funding they also have no indication in the budget of how the petitioners would on board or implement a full middle school program Continuing on the petitioners past history are operating other charter schools is not aligned with our proposed charter school So we do believe that they're failing to Failing to specify current and relevant information regarding our specific students Population of PV USD so we feel that they are lacking Taking into consideration long-term English learners migrant students foster youth and Transportation demands and we feel that these emissions reflect the lack of understanding of our unique population and the PV USD community So when we continue on this we believe that they they do not have Contained the required number of signatures. They are required to have the specific number of signatures of their teachers They express that there are seven meaningfully interested teachers more than half of those seven teachers Needed in the first year of charter. That's what is in their petition However, six of those seven teachers that sign the petition are current teachers at two of their other charter schools Including four teachers from Gilroy Prep and so we we question whether or not the teachers can work at the other Navigator schools which have a very different population from ours and still be meaningfully interested in teaching at WPS or how will their displacement from those existing schools impact those schools community? And so we feel that the signatures do not meet the requirements of the education code Continuing on we believe that they do not contain a reasonably comprehensive Description of the required elements and fail to adequately describe the plan for specific subgroups of students Many which are our grand majority of our students so long-term English learners They have no mention of scope and sequence for ELD. They have no ELD included in their assessment plan in Their selection process for the school site members. They have inaccuracies within that process They also have no mechanism for the ELAC and schools at school site council to have an overlap and they incorrectly address English learner assessment state assessments. They labeled it on page 267 as SELT that is outdated information L-PAC as of this year and next year as the assessment that is used in 1819 they also have no curriculum overview for ELD They have no educational technology listed for ELD and probably Well concerning to me is they specifically state that sites not in English and unless Required by class are off-limits In terms of migrant students They only have two references in their entire Large document and they fail to recognize the 11% of our students that are classified as migrant They're silent on how they will serve those migrant student family populations They're also silent as to whether these migrant students will be permitted back As most of the time they miss from five four to five months of school due to The migratory process of their families They lack any mention of social socioeconomic status of the migrant population And it does not appear on the face of the addition that any such meeting or consultation was held with migrant PAC Or with the migrant pre-k programs In terms of mathematics and we had a significant amount there We do believe that their methods that they have for teaching For teaching and methodologies is not aligned with the expectations of Common Core and is obsolete methodology We also their whole brain teaching description lacks an explanation of how this applies to mathematics instruction And the mere strategy prevents students from being innovative mathematicians In terms of mathematic assessments the types of mathematic questions that will be included in the assessments are not included And specifically they lack the information on the depth of knowledge levels Within their document. So re-teaching of the standards is something that we have been focusing on It's really providing feedback on student thinking and ensuring that students are reflecting on that learning in a metacognitive way In summation our staff felt that After the sequencing that the students would not be prepared to be successful in the transition to integrated math one for a special education it does not a That it does not discuss the unique challenges that face the middle school population Continuing on they do not provide a reasonably comprehensive description of the governance structure of the charter school including the process to be followed to ensure parent involvement and actually So they have that the petition does not provide specific as to what role if any the CLE or CEO Excuse me CEO and navigator will play at Watsonville prep especially given the fact that the CEO Presumably oversees multiple schools and then they speak to the board their board may delegate the management of the Corporations activities to any individuals management company or committees provided that the activities and the affairs of the corporation shall be managed and All corporate power shall be exercised under the ultimate direction of the board and such broad delegation rights Is not insured consistency and continuity in governance For conflicts of interest there also is no assurances in the petition bylaws or conflict of interest policy That the charter school and its board will comply with the provisions of government code section 1090 or common law conflicts of interest a Particular concern is the lack of parent involvement in the governance We actually feel that the petition is clear that the parents will not be Significantly involved it stays specifically in their petition that they get in the navigator board shall include representatives and members of the community including one parent Representative from Gilroy prep school and one apparent representative from Hollister prep school the foundational schools And they also state that it will be in a convenient location for both charter schools Assuming that both schools for this purpose Presumably refers to Gilroy prep and Hollister prep Therefore excluding Watsonville as a potential location. The petition does not provide a reasonably comprehensive description AB 1432 education code section 44691 Requires charter schools to provide annual training to their employees and persons working on behalf of Who are mandated reporters that is not in their petition and they also did not follow the emergency? Operations plan does not meet the standards set by the county grand jury the charter school must articulate a plan that uses the standard emergency management system sims and it did not Continuing on the petition does not provide a reasonably comprehensive description of legally permissible emissions policies and again We go back to what we had said before the emissions preference will be given to those living within the city of Watsonville City limits despite the fact that PV USD serve students in other areas such as Monterey County and Aptos This purported emissions preference is illegal in the education code section 47605d And the petition does not provide reasonably comprehensive description of suspension and discipline procedures that the charter school will utilize It specifically did not address many of the required Nondiscretionary expendable offenses and so we noted those down there They also have no indication of interventions before suspension process begins Because of all the items found already submitted but above we believe that the petition presents an unsound Education program and in conclusion the staff is recommending the denial of the petition Adopting this report as written factual findings required to support its denial of the petition as described Thank you. So before we bring it back to the board for questions or comments We do have speakers for tonight. There is about 30 speakers. So I will be limiting the time to two minutes I asked the all speakers tried to stick to that. I don't want to be rude, but I will interrupt If you exceed those two minutes, I really want to hear from everyone And so let's be cautious about that to allow everyone to to share their point of view with us tonight If a speaker needs a transaction services, we I am going to ask Virginia our translator to step up here To translate those statements from English to Spanish if needed So with that, I'm going to call up Yucca Pearson followed with followed by Emilia and Siana Avregal and Katie Tapiz and I would like to ask the speakers to please line up so that we can move the process along Thank you Hello, thank you for allowing me to speak. I honestly didn't think that I would make it here So I did not prepare anything. I'll be honest and that's all speak from the heart This is my daughter Piper. She's a sixth grader at Hollister Prep the pilots the pilot class at that school And this is Paige. She's a second grader. I Will just say that you will not meet a more passionate group than this group Who are very focused on the mission of Navigator schools? um my experience with them and They're learning they're teaching they pivot quickly and they effectively improve classroom learning time The the Navigator school, I believe they see the big picture and they're preparing young minds For the world and the real world. It's not going to be quite like That 20 page or whatnot written up Scripted Paperwork, it's it's real life and I think that they're very well prepared for that in terms of teaching the Pajaro Pajaro Valley Schools I'm gonna do something very unorthodox But this is how we started with Navigator and I'm hoping you'll all sing along too But this is what the song they started with and they have since moved on to more Sophisticated songs that include math English from Miss Parsons here. So ready girls Want to sing along Kate ready? We are Navigators, yes, we are we are Navigators going far We work hard during the day. So at night we rest and play math facts we know Writing we show reading each night Someday we are Navigators. Yes, we are we are Navigators going far Buenas noches Como miembro de esta comunidad estoy aquí para apoyar la nueva propuesta de tener otra escuela charer aquí en nuestra comunidad Creo que es una grande oportunidad para nuestros estudiantes en merencia si perdón que le interrumpe ahorita vamos a Traer a Virginia soy a la ella la vastare este traduciendo lo que usted está diciendo Gracias So si puede comenzar de nuevo por favor Dice como miembro de esta comunidad estoy aquí para apoyar la nueva propuesta de tener otra escuela charer aquí en nuestra comunidad Creo que es una grandiosa oportunidad para nuestros estudiantes Porque están comprometidos a prepararlos con una excelente educación como madre de familia Quiero decir que los que las escuelas charer se comprometen a hacer un buen trabajo con nuestros hijos Yo me siento privilegiada de haber tenido la oportunidad de que prepararan a mis hijos muy bien y lograran ir a la universidad Por esta razón quiero que otros estudiantes tengan la misma oportunidad de una buena educación Lo cual es permitirá prepararlos para la universidad Espero contar con su apoyo para junto lograr el éxito de nuestros estudiantes As a member of this community, I'm happy to support the new Proposal to have another charter school in our community and I believe that is a grand opportunity for our students So that they are committed And to be able to prepare them for an excellent education And as a mother of a family I want to say that the charter schools are I promise to do a good job With our children and I feel a privilege to have had the opportunity That they are that they would be prepared or that they would prepare my children and and to be able to go to the university For this reason I want I want other students to have the same opportunity of a good education the one that is permitted That they are permitted to be prepared For the university. I hope to be able to count with your support and together we will Reach success for our students Hi, I'm Katie to peace and I'm a senior at Sabah College Prep and I'm going to be attending San Francisco State University this fall and I Having a younger sibling you want the best for them and I see a lot of potential in Watson will prep and Sorry I lost my chin of thought I'm sorry. I'm not good at folks speaking. It's As long as with my brother, I feel like other kids should learn like college is something that they should strive for and That it's just not a thought it should be Cuz when I was my brother's age, I wouldn't have thought that I was gonna Be standing here saying that Have plans for college. So it's just yeah Sorry, I'm really You're doing a great job. Yeah, we understand what you're saying if you first coming up Hey, so we have Patrick Walsh followed by Michelle the piece and Jennifer home Good evening trustees and Superintendent Rodriguez. My name is Patrick Walsh And I'm with the California Charter Schools Association and I'm here in support of Watsonville prep school The intent of the Charter Schools Act was to expand options and opportunities to families as well as to foster innovation The education code was clearly written to say that a school district shall not deny a petition Unless it makes written factual findings that the petition lacks one or more of the six elements that we saw earlier The the intent of the legislature and the ed code was for districts to approve charters Retaining local control and oversight authority at the level closest to the community closest to the families and people who live here Well, we appreciate the work that dr. Rodriguez and our team are doing in Pajaro Valley and the close relationship that she clearly has with both District authorized and district dependent charters. We are very concerned that the staff report as it's written Seems to be written and with the intent to deny this petition It seems to have been gone through with a fine tooth comb to find every little thing that they possibly could find I've never seen a charter put a staff report that critiques a charter petitions description of math Manipulatives I've never seen a report that claims that a school model that is excelling with similar student populations Not the exact same but with similar student populations in neighboring districts labeled or branded as an unsound educational model That is demonstrably unlikely to successfully implement the education program set forth in the petition They're doing it right up the street. They're happy to have you come visit They are implementing the model that they want to implement here But they spent a lot of time on community investment to make sure that the model fits the model here in the community The staff as you know the board adopts these written findings of facts and denies this petition The petitioners will likely appeal this decision to the county and then potentially onto the state board of education The petition will be reviewed reviewed against the same standards found in that that we have here tonight And depending on those findings could potentially be approved In that case the chart would require would be required to locate here Would be required to serve these students But your board would have no oversight authority and so we would like to see this local board retain that local oversight Authority and be able to make the decisions about how this charter should be operated. Thank you Community Hello, my name is Michelle to peace and I'm a mom a parent and I have four children I Have to say that I have had the extreme Pleasure educating my kids in Pajaro Valley district My first three did attend Marvis elementary but two of my boys have autism and I just found that they weren't offering them enough learning tools and so I Sought out another path for them and I'm curious because there were some information that was read by dr. Michelle Rodriguez about About how students learn and I just have to say that Each kid learns differently each child can learn the information and it's so important because now I have a four-year-old that's about to start kindergarten and Transitional kindergarten May or may not be his path But that's the idea that I want to set forth is that parents in our community Need more options and we want to make choices for our children and how they learn and set forth their path because so far My first child who attended Marvis elementary and Sabah college prep with autism Graduated high school top of his class and went to college. I don't think he would have gotten that from a larger school Like a larger public school Like PB high or Watsonville high because that environment is not for him My daughter who spoke earlier? She's going to college. She did go to a charter school save a college prep as well So I'm saying that it does work when parents make a choice. It does work period Thank you. Thank you My name is Jennifer Holm and I've been a PVUSD parent for the last 15 years with another eight to go I believe in the power of a strong public school system to enrich communities and form a foundation for a strong democracy I Believe in the power of choice, but the choices before us as parents making decisions for our children must be good ones My daughter went to Alianza for three years I have seen firsthand the power a charter school can offer when it is inclusive and accountable to the wider community I'm not seeing that in this petition with respect to the trustees as Dr. Rodriguez alluded to Many of the families in your areas will likely be excluded due to the preference for students within Watsonville City Limits We need inclusive improvements to our schools also the charter management organization fees start at $250,000 and go up to over $630,000 in the last projected year top heavy management spending 14% of the projected revenue at a time where our district's kids are already impacted by budget constraints seems unjust and fiscally irresponsible I Question the ethics of benefiting a small number of students to the detriment of those left behind I urge the board to vote no on the petition. Thank you for your consideration So I apologize ahead of time if I mispronounce your names We have Donna Backic Thank you followed by Michelle Mack Houn and Veronica Rovio Good evening District board madam superintendent. I heard a lot today went through that lovely I Guess you could say Summary of the districts and the staff's findings I'd like to point a few things out myself In August of 2017 this district published a statement from madam superintendent Which made a few promises and highlighted some very inspiring and important things And I just want to read briefly from that statement because I think it it bears repeating and reminding In the statement madam Superintendent states we will ensure student success through providing high quality learning environments Expanding parent and community partnerships and Maintaining quality staff we will continue students learning at the center or we will place students learning at the center of all decisions I repeat we will continue to place students learning at the center of all decisions in A statement published shortly after that by Eva Renteria There's another very important point I'd like to point out the district staff and board of trustees work with parents and the community parents in the community to mobilize all Possible resources to ensure quality learning and safe and clean schools for our students I've actually been a member of the Navigator schools family for four years and This isn't the first time I've spoken on their behalf and it's easy to do so The success is proven time and time again first with Gilroy Charter then with Hollister Charter They are succeeding they are succeeding But I don't need to spout the numbers you have plenty of very eloquent speakers who have numbers for you to consider I will leave you with a couple of things You published a community presentation March 2018 that it tells your parent community that you need more growth in the area of core subjects and There was an article published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel on January 22nd of 2018 that actually explains the deficiency in this district as to two Categories your English learners and your Hispanic students who are testing in the lowest performance category on state tests and In this article, I'm gonna leave you with one thing. It's a quote by Kern County Donna can you wrap it up, please? Yes, I can Kern County and Office of Education employee Lisa Gilbert when Discussing what happens when the state has to come in and help districts with these deficiencies and she says it requires looking in the mirror Not out the window and being honest about what you're doing and what you're not doing to help the kids I urge you to seriously consider the successful program implemented by Navigator schools for your community Good evening Superintendent and board members as well as the community. My name is Michelle McCown and I'm a teacher with the Hollister school district I'm speaking tonight because like you I want to see Students in our schools succeed and I've seen firsthand the powerful impact that Navigator schools Has had on students academic success I was first introduced to James Dent early in 2013 as he was setting to open up the second campus for Navigator schools in Hollister Over the past five years. I have observed not only the Dedication that he and his staff have for improving the performance of students in groups that often underperform But the genuine kindness and positive relationship building that they have extended to the community with encompassing the students parents and various stakeholders They also continued this community building by working with Hollister school district staff Mr. Dent promoted collaboration right from the beginning by inviting Hollister school district teachers to a professional development on Whole-brained teaching that Hollister prep school was hosting The relationship between Navigator schools and Hollister school district teachers has been very beneficial and Continues to strengthen as we share resources and professional learning as an example the teachers and instructional aides From Hollister school districts specifically our hard and elementary were able to attend a two-week training before the start of the 2016-17 school year the training focused on strategies to maximize student engagement and best practices Navigator schools has continued to develop their educators as well as the student learning through their use of high expectations rigorous instructional delivery best practices and Innovative lesson design to promote and ensure positive educational outcomes and school of choice. We shall you're welcome. Thank you So we have Janela really followed by Lisa Occello and Chris Lynn car Good evening I am Veronica Rubio I'm here to support the people from the charter school I'm interested in the school, and I'm a mother of four children I have two daughters at the high school One of them is going to graduate from high school And then she's going to go to the university And I have two small daughters that I would like to have them go to that school For that reason I'm here and that's why I'm here today To have a better education and I'm sorry for not being very prepared Thank you, and that's all Good evening board members and superintendent Rodriguez, my name is Jenelle really I'm an attorney with the law offices of young Many in core we represent more than half of the charter schools in this state I'm here tonight on behalf of Watsonville prep and and do strongly urge you to approve this charter petition In reviewing the district staff's findings We were actually really disappointed by how many findings were legally or factually inaccurate or simply went beyond any reasonable expectation for a charter petition Regarding petition signatures for example the staff findings Inexplicably and unlawfully substitute the district's judgment for whether a particular adult could choose to be meaningfully interested in teaching at Watsonville prep Substituting their own judgment instead of the judgment of that particular individual who knows whether or not he or she is meaningfully interested in teaching there There are no laws or regulations that define meaningful interest when it comes to signatures in that in the absence Of any direction we have to side with the individuals who sign a piece of paper saying that they are meaningfully interested Who made their own personal decisions? All of the people who signed are qualified to teach at Watsonville prep All of the people who signed are able to teach at Watsonville prep and what their choice means for other navigator schools Is not a concern of the district and it's not a lawful consideration for denial of this charter petition Quite simply district staff of no authority and no basis for making this claim When it comes to the admissions preferences, this too was inexplicable. There is a preference in the charter for residents of the district That's what the law says the law says we have to have a preference for residents of the district and we do it's in there It's it's there the law also Specifically asks us to identify the target student population in some cities The target student population is identified by a zip code or a couple of zip codes or maybe a neighborhood in this case The target student population is the city of Watsonville. There is also an admission preference for all residents of the district We have to do that and we have done that. That's already there in the charter There is also a finding about government code section 1090, which does not apply to charter schools. Thank you for your time I know winds up. Thank you Hello, my name is Lisa Yusello, and I am currently a literacy coach in the Hollister school district I like many of you tonight wondered Why should we allow a school to come into our community and still our students and our resources? At the time back in 2012 Gilray prep school was already operating I decided to visit the site to see what was so special about this charter school as An educator for 15 years. I didn't think I would see anything. I hadn't seen before However, after my visit, I knew I had taken a drink of educational Kool-Aid. I wanted more With the help of navigator my colleagues and I implemented many of navigators instructional practices with no district support and limited resources and Technology our students knocked it out of the park Six years later. I'm a literacy coach at a Hollister school that shares a campus with Hollister prep school At the beginning of the year our entire staff was trained in navigator strategies and best teaching practices I often reach out to Hollister prep staff for resources and advice We are always welcome in classrooms, and I'm always welcome to take teachers in to observe best practices So when you vote tonight, I urge you to vote yes, and you'll be happy that you did Good evening. I'm Kirsten Carr as a proud employee of Navigator schools I was both surprised and disappointed by several of the points in the staff findings key among them However, was the unfounded claim we are unlikely to implement the program described in the petition By referencing a section of the ed code that does not apply to Navigator Not only have we never had a charter revoked or school closed We have instead been unanimously approved for five-year renewals from both authorizing districts have received recognition from innovate public schools Silicon schools the Christiansen Institute, and we even garnered a visit from Dr. Michael cursed the current president of the state board of education And while the recognitions are nice to have especially in situations like this What contradicts the PV USD staff claim even more are the numerous requests We get weekly to two or Navigator campuses these requests come from educators near and far who have heard about our commitment to Collaborating about our interest in improving the educational system for all students and about our success in closing the achievement gap Just as we go out and learn from top performing schools We now open our doors to enable anyone and everyone to take whatever knowledge They need to help them. This is the behavior of a top performing charter and one who truly wants to become a part of PV USD we urge you to vote yes tonight Thank you And we have Katelyn ride followed by Debbie Vanitas and Heather Parsons Good evening to the board members and superintendent Rodriguez. My name is Caitrin right. I work at the silicon schools fund We're a foundation that provides grants and non-financial support to district schools charter schools and independent schools across northern, California I'm also the Navigator schools board chair We at silicon schools work with over 40 schools who are in the top quartile of performance academically And even given this high bar the two Navigator schools that we've made grants to are the top performing schools academically and our portfolio and are certainly the most invested in being incredible partners to the districts that they work with We've given Navigator schools one million dollars over one million dollars to date Our board has made a commitment of eight hundred thousand dollars just to Watsonville prep Including a signed grant agreement for two hundred thousand dollars to Watsonville prep that will be received to support year zero activities But taking a step back Board members, I know you're here because you strive to serve those students of Watsonville to the best of your abilities And I know a charter being put in front of you is tricky for the adults I've worked at silicon schools for six years This is the first time I have come to testify on any charters behalf And I do that because I urge you to consider that if there was one time that you will vote to approve a charter It should be this one. I Have to say and they will do exceptional things for the students of Watsonville I've seen it since 2012 been in the classrooms multiple times every year They will be exceptional partners to you frankly no matter what you do here They will strive to be exceptional partners to you at the district Sometimes the hard thing to do is the right thing to do Sometimes the hard thing to do is having the courage to do what's right for the Watsonville students that you were elected to serve I hope to see that courage in action tonight and approving the Watsonville prep petition. Thank you for your time Good evening as the former academic dean at Gilroy prep school the current vice vice principal at Hollister prep school and Next year's principal of HPS. I take our commitment to providing a solid ELD program very seriously Therefore, I was a bit surprised when the findings regarding our ELD program We're referring to a paragraph of our parent handbook and not our ELD program itself as the Charter stipulates The navigator educational model was designed to accelerate English language development the constant integration of ELD strategies across the instructional program and in all subject areas Has led to the navigator English learner populations Excelling on the SBAC far outperforming their subgroup averages across the state Our integrated and designated ELD programs are designed to build academic English language proficiency in tandem With mastering the content standards adopted by the California State Board of Education The daily schedule included in the charter illustrates the time and commitment Dedicated to the success of our EL students Navigators mission directly addresses the needs of underserved students and as I hope you have seen by now Each one of us is deeply connected to that mission That mission driven approach translates to the services needed for all students to succeed And with your support, you will see how that dedication can positive positively impact the students of Watsonville I urge you to vote yes. Thank you Good evening, I'm Heather Parsons I'm a tech junkie and a book lover So my opinion is balances that could possibly be However, when it comes to staff's finding that our budget for textbooks was woefully inadequate The techie side of me was definitely offended To keep up with the times and with the educational pedagogy that places a premium on Integrating the tools of the future into today's classrooms Navigator and WPS will continue to invest heavily in the future of education The Navigator school models includes one-to-one student iPads that give all of our students access to online Common-core next-generation science and California history content Richard Colada US Education Advisor to Barack Obama said Textbooks are outdated. They are in a format that is not adaptable and for students learning another language They cannot press a word and get a definition if I'm struggling to see I can't zoom in They are not accessible Our allocation of curriculum funds aligns to our proven educational approach We look forward to implementing this 21st century approach at Watsonville Prep School. Thank you The next we have Allison Stahl followed by Marcella Salas Ibarra's Followed by Missy Corral Good evening. My name is Allison Stahl as a small group instructor also known as an SGI at Holster Prep School I admit to having a bit of a problem Understanding the need to completely ignore the SGI is when discussing the instructor to student ratio and Navigator schools We attend the same professional developments work closely with our grade level partners Receive weekly coaching and participate in lesson planning. We are as committed to our students as anyone on campus We may not be certificated teachers But there are SGI's who hold bachelor's degrees our C bested and are currently pursuing higher education Just like our students. We are living Breathing examples of mission driven However, as the potential authorizer of WPS I understand the need for clarity and do want to make sure you have the full picture of ratio at our schools in The first year WPS will employ eight Certificated teachers including six classroom teachers and two teachers and trainings also known as TNT's Resulting in a ratio of 22 and a half students per Certificated teacher with the education with the addition of more TNT's in future years. The ratio continues to drop Additionally in year one there will be one full-time certificated RSP teacher Four small group instructors like me, maybe even myself and two RSP paraprofessionals Resulting in a ratio of 13 students to one member of the instructional team We make a difference and you will see that difference could mean to students in Watsonville if you would just give us a chance Thank you. My name is Marcella And I'm a parent We deserve more options for kids education not overcrowded classrooms and schools I can't say that enough our kids deserve the right amount of attention for their education They need to be able to raise their hand and have a teacher properly answer their questions and actually take the time With them without worry. They're holding the class back I think it's easier for a teacher to spot a problem with a student in a smaller class because it's easier To get to know them very well and understand how each child learns better Watsonville needs something new and yeah when it comes to our kids No one wants to make a mistake in any way shape or form But we parents are willing to take a chance in a school like this. We need to change now not years from now We want our kids to succeed in school and life We don't want our kids to settle for low-paying jobs because our education only allowed them to we want our kids to Think of college universities becoming lawyers scientists specialists in different fields We believe a school like this can make this happen These schools are showing results in the kids education grades and Behavior which shows that their methods work and should be further looked into and praised Don't think of yourselves or money when it comes to our kids education. Yeah money is important And sometimes there isn't enough to go around But it also is very important the type of education they get and how it will affect their lives and their futures And if we can give them the best then why not offer and give them the best? Thank you Hello, my name is Missy Corral and while I'm not here to talk tonight to you as a signatory on a petition I do want you to know I'm interested in being a part of this incredible opportunity to impact students on Watsonville Currently, I am serving as the innovation fellow for Navigator schools But the bulk of my experience at GPS or go where I prep has been as a STEM teacher Math and science and I can assure you that our math curriculum is more than sound our students are Excelling in mathematics after years of instruction focused on ensuring our an understanding of math Developing reasoning and building mathematical communication and developing habits of mind where they use math and think mathematically Our results continue to show this approach is having the desired outcome We shared a video with each of you which demonstrates the why and how much better than I can stand before you here However, since staff highlighted this as an area of need I wanted to share the combination of strategies modeling and instructional approaches. We use that are working our math scores Have continued to improve and as was shared with you a few weeks ago Have resulted in GPS being honored as the top school in mathematics by innovate public schools Please support our petition for WPS and you can see firsthand the positive impact We can have on a student's mathematical abilities. Thank you Next up we have Amy Ortiz followed by Norma Mulchan and James Stunt Hello, I am Amy Ortiz as director of business and finance for Navigator schools I am happy to be here tonight to refute some of the erroneous findings presented in the staff report due to time constraints I will just speak to a few First according to ed code the 3% oversight fee the authorizing district would receive is calculated using LCFF Revenue only one of the findings in the report was that we miscalculated the 3% oversight fee The fact is that this finding mistakenly used the total revenue to calculate the 3% Instead of only the LCFF revenue the budget projection. We submitted is in fact correct Next there was a question as to what the CMO fees cover and if they are an appropriate use of public funds The CMO fee is an appropriate ethical and necessary expenditure of public funds as prescribed by the highest standards of the law Navigator CMO budget is aligned to the broad scope and scale of services It provides to students and staff and provides an array of essential management support and operational services Just to list a few compliance reporting business and financial services human resources curriculum and professional development Community outreach and many more and not enough time tonight to list them all There was also a claim in the report that the budget omitted repayment of the revolving loan which caused the expenses to be understated Charter schools using a cruel basis in accounting rather than a modified accrual Which is what the district uses therefore the budget would neither show the revenue nor the expense from the loan in the fund balances Those are those are listed in the year-by-year cash flow projections as they should be We are here to open to be open and transparent with you And I personally look forward to working with your business office as I do with Joe Ryan Hollister when we become part of the PV USD community and Since my buzzer hasn't go off yet I am going to speak now as just a proud parent of a first grader at HPS Oh one second So he went in he came from a public school went into first grade and was reading at below a first grade level We have three weeks of school left and he is now reading at a 2.7 grade level. Thank you Good evening. My name is Norma Mulchan, and I'm a middle school teacher at Gilroy prep school I'm also one of the signatories as a meaningfully interested teacher for Watsonville prep school I signed that document because I would love to bring navigator to a new community Because a few years ago someone brought navigator to me I was a special day class teacher in Hollister school district looking for help in implementing the common core I Became a better teacher through the help of one particular group of teachers who I later discovered were a pilot team Implementing navigator ideas in those classrooms. They were carefully tracking the learning of every single child And they were using that data to drive what to do next how to do it and which students to involve The result were some of the highest test scores in the district Now I'm working in Gilroy prep and I'm learning about the many factors that go into that kind of student achievement One of my favorite discoveries is that navigator gets most of our ideas straight out of the classrooms of great teachers We visit successful schools and great teachers in order to see what they're doing and how we can use those ideas to help our students Then we regularly host school tours of educators through our classrooms They learn from us and we learn from their comments and questions. It's a beautiful cycle of learning teachers from teachers But the ultimate winner the kids I Encourage you to vote yes and to continue to learn with us Good evening board of trustees. I'm James Dent the chief academic officer for Navigator schools Tonight's decision is about children plain and simple your decision tonight has the potential to completely change the life trajectories of eventually thousands of students both at Watsonville prep and PVST students over the past two weeks you have heard from Gilroy and Hollister school district teachers Principles and superintendents the navigator is all about student success. They reached out to you and shared Why they know that a yes vote will be good for the Watsonville community When we initially petitioned Gilroy and Hollister school districts, we sat down and met with the staffs to clarify any questions They had we succeeded in developing mo use that cleared up those questions and because of the openness Incredible relationships have endured and continue to grow in our authorizing districts Unfortunately, dr. Rodriguez chose not to engage with our staff to achieve a process of true due diligence The district had 60 days to review our petition. We had two and a half days to respond which we have we patiently waited for a Response the dr. Rodriguez promised myself our director of HR and four of our parents when we met To have a timely opportunity to respond It never happened. The good news is that we're exceedingly forgiving So I forgive that and still really truly want to work with the district Over the past two years six of your PVSD principles several support staff and many PVSD teachers have visited Gilroy prep There's a clearly an interest in our success and a desire to learn and work together in the past months Dr. Flores and dr. Andrew and their boards and girl unified on Hollister school district unanimously found our petitions to be legally sound. I wasn't surprised you received a recommendation of denial That's a given based on fear. I believe it's fear of change the unknown and the fear of competition But don't you don't have to succumb to any of those fears. You're elected officials in a privileged position to lead any Change starts at the leadership level and at times you make difficult decisions It's your responsibility to the children to make decisions that keep them at the forefront I implore you to work with us and together we'll all be greater Thank you We have Kevin sped followed by Andrea Hernandez and Sharon Waller Good evening trustees superintendent. I'm Kevin sped. I have the honor and privilege of serving as CEO for this Amazing organization. You could understand how honored and humbled I am To be working with such a talented and dedicated group of professionals and parents who are so dedicated to their children Now I understand the business of school districts I used to be on the other side not not up there, but up here presenting on behalf of the district Back in Ravenswood City School District in East Palo Alto and I understand the complexities And I understand why the superintendent would make a recommendation of denial for a charter school, especially or even such a great Charter as this one There's business realities and we know those those factor in So I could understand that And while I don't agree with the findings and I hope everyone has received our full Our full packet on the response. We had to distribute earlier more if you didn't We definitely don't agree with the findings and you see our full response there I remain optimistic about our ability to open Watsonville Prep here in Watsonville Whether we are approved here, which is what our hope is or at the county Regardless my hope is that we partner and collaborate with PV USD That we learn from each other that we share best practices and so that the students all students can ultimately be the winners I spoke to one of our parents who was very saddened by the report and I was trying to explain how this is just part of the business side of things It was really hard for her to understand that she's visited Hollister Prep. She knows in her heart That's the kind of school she wants for her kids. She knows in her heart. That's the kind of school She wants for Watsonville All you have to do is walk into the classroom and feel the love of learning the joyful struggle the joyful struggle Students collaborating with each other She can't accept this report as just part of the process So I urge you to please support parents like her who want another new option For her children in Watsonville. Thank you Good evening, I am Andrea Hernandez and I've stood before you three times now And I hope you can feel my strong desire to be a part of this community as the founding principle of Watsonville Prep School As a founding teacher at Hollister Prep I can attest to our ability to both replicate and Personalize our educational model to reflect and serve the needs of our community When HPS first opened our demographics were very similar to many students of Watsonville We implemented the model with an extended day option providing extra intervention and Modified as necessary to ensure all students were successful as you saw in the charter It worked clearly it is surprising to me that you do not find that this model can be replicated Given its success in multiple locations our students are outperforming their non either their non EL non socioeconomically disadvantaged counterparts across California and we will do that here in Watsonville while I know there's more to life than test scores that is Tangible proof we can share with you right now We've shared videos and have talked at length about our model But until you see it firsthand in a school in Watsonville I hope you will take the results as proof we can make a difference here in PV USD. Thank you Good evening board trust board of trustees and dr. Rodriguez. I'm Sharon Waller director of student services and one of the founders of Navigator schools and I am mostly a proud third generation Watsonville High School graduate my I graduated in class of 79 as I stated last time my parents in 1956 and my grandparents in 1934 I have fond memories of my math teacher mrs. Pogue and Mr. Padilla and most especially a deep appreciation for a teacher called mr. Gwejkovic my ninth grade English teacher who taught me to have courage and how important acts of courage were for the human race and As I and as an aside, I always thought that Willie the wildcat was named for mr. Yohiro. Is that true? You were there when I was there We thought that I knew I wanted to be a special education teacher Early so in seventh grade I at EA Hall. I was allowed to tutor students in reading and I Found a deep love for special education. So I became a special education teacher Three of the six founders of Navigator schools were special educators. So in terms of the findings I was quite disappointed and we did do detailed responses back to you We are our own lea and we take that responsibility Extremely seriously We are part of El Dorado County Charter SELPA. We follow all of the procedural guidelines that we have to and we are Absolutely prepared to serve the range of students provide them with the continuum of services That's our mission. That's one of the reasons we were founded The last thing we want to do is to tell a student because of a disability. They can't come to our school We will find a way. We have extraordinary programs. We provide lots of support for our students So I hope you will allow us to partner with you We want to bring our great school and our inclusion model to this district And I know that I'm thinking that's in your dreams, too to have more inclusive education here And we'd love to be part of that. So thank you So we have Timothy Timothy Pearson Crystal Toriyomi and Cristina Samora Good evening. I'm Timothy Pearson and I'm a proud parent of two two girls who are currently enrolled at HPS and I originally prepared three or four pages worth of Talk about accelerated learning and S back scores, but I think the proof that Navigator has brought Speaks for itself. So I'd like to just talk as a parent and What I feel as a parent I've noticed a big difference with my kids being members that that navigator Little backstory we moved to Hollister four years ago from the Bay Area Piper who I think you met earlier had her first three years of school at a private school So when we moved on to Hollister, we had to figure out what are we gonna do public private and fortunately some friends of ours had told us about the Navigator's public schools and told us about the Gilroy Prep School and that they were gonna be opening one up in Hollister and Being a kid of a elementary school teacher for over 30 years, you know, I I've seen The good and the bad and I was willing I wanted for my kids to have a different opportunity than I had going to school and I can't tell you enough how happy we are that we made the decision to Try to get in the lottery and we're accepted to Hollister Prep School My wife, I think she spoke first. She's the president of the PTO and The parent involvement at HPS is Second to none we do a lot of fundraising we've had a lot of Basically bridging gaps in the community bring Different demographics of the community together Parents are involved. We do fundraisers last Saturday night was the mother-son dance. We had a father-daughter dance last year and I I Encourage you to say yes, just because you can give the kids a great proven successful Opportunity to excel just like my kids have Thanks. Thank you. Good evening board. Dr. Rodriguez My name is Crystal O'Rourke Toriyumi and I have the honor of speaking you tonight to you quality professional development Coaching is included as one of our five compass points because we truly believe it is the most effective form of developing our talent And it is the most important activity any site leader performs When I worked for a traditional school district. I was observed two times a year The moment I came to Navigator. I knew I'd found something different We weekly coaching included immediate feedback and then adjustments on classroom management and Instructional strategies and as a result I developed tenfold as an educator and now as a site leader I can share my experience of teacher development through instructional coaching. I Urge you to vote your conscience and embrace a growth mindset Say yes to WPS Do we have Christina Samora? So with that I'll bring it back to the board for comments and questions Karen, I mean it was Really surprising to hear that you pay 14 percent for management. We pay 6 percent. We have a school district of 25 You know hundred students and What 20,000 20,000 that's what I'm saying 20,500 students and Your school is gonna have I don't know hundred a couple hundred And so I'm just wondering you when you put this list of management employees in here I'm wondering they must make a ton of money I mean six percent here in a school with 20,500 students and you have a school with 200 you're paying 14 percent in terms of management funds, whoo incredible and I You know the lawyer that said that you know that was totally wrong that our signatures You know would say what they said and You know for me, it's pretty surprising. Why would All these teachers from your prep schools and Hollister and so on want to come here They're so you wouldn't have teachers over there You've had all all the teachers from your school sign as part of the signatures and I will admit to you I'm I'm I'm a little bit, you know, not particularly really excited about Independent charter schools. I'm not I'm gonna admit. I'm not super happy with Siba either. I know for example that they fired a couple a Staff and a teacher and they had no representation whatsoever. They were just gone So that's not I don't That's I'm totally against that And I also know that Navigator school has we wouldn't be the first district that has denied you if we deny you We would be I know you've been I I know you've been denied in Salinas a couple of the districts in Salinas have denied you And I know you have been denied. I don't know how many places in Santa Clara Maybe more than one as well. So So there was reasons obviously there was obviously reasons why in all these other places They have denied you there's reasons there has to be reasons. It's not, you know, you're saying that all the reasons that we have are completely erroneous or whatever These other places that denied you had reasons So I'm finished I guess I Kevin hi Kevin Kevin. I I did some I've done some research as you know And I said publicly a couple of weeks ago that there is someone I know when I work with a colleague of mine Who I really respect and I mean that sincerely I really respect her and she called me to talk about navigator schools The great things you guys are doing in Gilroy and When she tells me to do something I tend to listen to her because she's a lot smarter than I am frankly And I also have called some board members at some different called some different trustees at different districts not here to talk about this And I heard some good things about that I heard I heard some good things So I was hoping to get a chance to go out and see your see a site I didn't because my work schedule. I wasn't able to But as I'm sitting here listening to and Kevin if you want to come up to that that'd be great There is no doubt in my mind that the people who are talking to us are passionate about it I am even convinced that you're doing some great things I tend to be a Pro charter school. I think that everybody deserves Opportunities to go to to pick what's best for their child some people pick private schools I think there needs to be some options for people who can't afford it frankly What really concerns me and I and I and I really need you to talk to me about this is I'm looking at the t-shirts Full disclosure I am an I represent the Aptos area real Del Mar cell And so and I'm not I have not heard I was sitting I was starting to count how many times I heard this the word Watsonville I'm seeing teachers that say Watsonville prep We're gonna serve these students. We're gonna serve this community and there's a need to serve the kids in Watsonville There's also need to serve the kids in Aptos. We are 20% of the district My understanding is and I'm not don't quote me on this. I'm looking at Joe We I think we have about 30 to 40 percent of the tax revenue. So we are absolutely It is my responsibility to make sure that Aptos gets what it has coming to him And so as I'm sitting here, and I'm listening to Watsonville Watsonville Watsonville I'm waiting for somebody to tell me what's in it for Aptos Help me Sure. Well, thank you Jeffrey for giving me the opportunity to respond to that. I'll say first that the attendance preference area is is something that is Decided with the support of the district. So that is something that can often be addressed in and memorandum of understanding So if there weren't exact a hundred percent eye-to-eye on the boundaries that we Proposed as our as having higher preference for Higher priority preference That's something that we could discuss and I'll say that the reason that we put Watsonville city boundaries as our as one level of priority before the full residents of PVUSD is That that would be a way for us to serve who we feel are the students that have the least access to high quality schools Right now. So when you compare the scores of the schools throughout the PVUSD The lowest performing schools are concentrated in the city of Watsonville So that that was the reason why we did that that that wouldn't mean that students that Reside in the in the Aptos area wouldn't be able to apply and potentially enroll as well It just means that in relation to the the priority preference They would have a less likelihood But again, that's something that could be adjusted and then I'll just add a little bit more to what's in it for Aptos is that when you think about the broader community and You think about even broader like the whole county and and let's say even the state that the more Students that are prepared to be successful in college and beyond it's gonna help everybody And so I'd say there's there's also that community benefit as well And I'm gonna have our director of community outreach also speak to this point Kirsten Carr So Kevin actually described why we did the preferences and that it can be changed in an MOU But the other part where it would actually be able to benefit the children of Aptos and actually the entire district Are what you heard from the teachers in our Authorizing districts and the fact that we Collaborate with all of the schools in our authorizing districts and be able to work together Whether it's through their professional development opportunities or whether they're in our classrooms They can come to our some of our data meetings and that then does actually impact schools throughout the districts And I do think you heard that from dr. Flores when she sent you the letter As Kevin mentioned the reason we did put Watsonville in there is because of the fact that we do try to locate where there are The most underserved but that PV USD is still listed as a preference so what I'm hearing is That the students of Watsonville would get would get preferential placement and that we could change it after we approve this Thank you. Yes. Thank you Willing Thank you a question Came up and and I and I want to want to put this out there because I think there's this feeling that Watsonville high grads are not Doing much 70% of the Watsonville high school seniors go on to a four-year school or Or some some form of college There's it right there Proof right there. So So the the question I have in the charter situation we have six of them right now and One of the one of the things that we really like about the charter schools is that it gives opportunities for being able to choose the Kind of a cut, you know, all kind of school that you like to go to What I'm what I'm seeing in your outline is That the charters that we have here Parents are part of that board local control somebody said it tonight here local control and When I see your charter That it's that there is no local control We you you have you have one board for all three schools and Where where does Watsonville fit into this or Aptos or anybody else is there is there going to be a local board for the Watsonville Charter or one for all three and And I and I feel very uneasy sending over like one point Two million dollars or whatever whatever that amount is Without any local control right here for our own Watsonville kids. We don't have any representation in the larger Navigator board from what I can see Okay Would you like to respond to that sir? Yes, well the first thing I would like to point out is that any Independent charter school that you approve you have the ability to appoint a representative to that board so that that's a part of the charter school law and That's something that you would have the privilege of doing if you are the authorizer now if we get authorized to the county That wouldn't be the same am I correct about that? Yes So so that would be one way to guarantee that you would have representation on our board currently Gilroy unified and Hollister School district they send representatives occasionally to observe our meetings They don't feel the the need to actually serve in the board membership role, but that is their right as far as representing Watsonville on our board. We do have a member from the community from the business community Fia Oman who's a member on our board of trustees, and I think Fia is here tonight And she spoke at a recent meeting as well Most importantly though, I would say is that the parents are engaged in our school site council in our English language advisory council through our parent-teacher organizations There's a lot of representation and how the schools run with parents and Overwhelmingly our parents are from the community. So I would I would add that as well. Well, I'm I'm used to seeing Allianza schools a good example of a charter school of ours that is actually run by parents and I don't see that in your outline the petition Yeah, I wouldn't say run by parents, but parents are definitely involved We have two parents that serve on our on our board of directors Yeah, two parents that are representing both our schools right now that are on our board And I would like to ask Kirsten card Also in the charter it does say anyone is able to run for the board We also do have board committees which parents are Can sit on and then also then those are pathways to become a board member We also do have parent surveys every year that our board goes through the parents at any of the board meetings They are Video conference so you can watch them at any of the sites What's your number of board members do you have we have nine? Eight sorry eight of the of the eight What would be the number representing Watsonville right now there is one Before we've even been so so that's my problem Well, I just I just want to add right there real quick is that our board represents all of our students wherever we are and Are just like you you represent a lot of schools I don't know how exactly how many schools a lot more than three so our board is focused on two schools Hopefully three with Watsonville prep. So they have a lot of time and attention on Everything we're doing which helps to drive our high performance. So I think our board while that isn't majority of Members representing a specific community. They are serving all of our students regardless of the community In our our board chair would like to add if that's okay I'm Caitrin right the board chair of Navigator schools. I just wanted to address your concern I think our responsibility as a board member is to represent and serve all of the students And so when you ask which one of our board members would represent Watsonville I would say all of us on the board if we were serving Watsonville students Would be representing Watsonville on the governance committee if I may I'm sorry because we're actually out of order Okay, so we're not allowed to have back and forth conversation with members of the public. So I will have to not allow you to speak but of representatives from Navigators can speak to those items as the board addresses any questions Hey No, I'm just as a point of clarification Caitrin right is our board president. Is that not qualify as a Legitimate representative of the organization Okay, so it's not just not back-and-forth Conversation correct wait, I'm I Had the floor and I'm asking questions and I'd like to get some response from Okay, but that is it okay. She finishes our statement. I don't care. Yeah, that'd be all right Thank you So one of the topics always on our governance committee agendas is how do we engage with the parents across our sites? What's our strategy has board members to be present just like you mentioned at the beginning of your board meeting about being present on school sites? So so I believe that it's important for a board to bring both a professional expertise needed to run a board like you all do And also a deep commitment to every single student every single family across the three schools that we would hope to serve right but but but I lost the train of my thought for just a second, you know like a like a senior moment So so so if if our migrant population needs representation How does that get to the board? I don't first of all in in your petition. I saw nothing about the needs of migrant students as I think that was already pointed out but That concern how does that transfer to policy to actual? Work at work at the school So maybe can I address the question in terms of how we address it at the board level because I hear you asking How do we make sure we're hearing from all of the stakeholders in the group that we serve? So similar to you We have public board meetings that people are invited to come and make public comment too But we also make sure that we are going to the community and talking to the people who are in the community that we serve We also have a school site council and a parent PTO organization where parents voices are brought to the foreground So I'll let I'll let I think you asked a question. It's more about school policy I should hand off but at the board level we have a deep commitment to making sure that we hear every single okay, but but it seems to me that the policies are are actually That the school is actually run by the staff with this idea about how to teach and so forth versus parent Parents making decisions like out at Alianza school and others that we might have Can I ask one of the principles to address that question around how our parents involved in the instruction? Sure or one of the Well, I would just say I mean the answer to your question and point right there is yes We are we have a staff that runs the school and parents are involved in the already mentioned committees at the school sites So that's but but isn't a charter school Set up on the premise that the parents are part of the Part of the actual decision-making that that is one way that some independent charter schools do and in our case That is not the primary way that it happens. It's by our board of trustees Has the governance and then we have a principal vice-principal much like a traditional public school I'm having a having a hard time trying to reconcile Releasing public money to a to an organization That has no parental control as it was supposedly set up and And and if and I and I think somebody here asks ask that question today about salaries etc etc and it would seem to me that I'm not in the mood to Move over millions of dollars to a nonprofit or a profit. It doesn't matter to me For that type of control well, I just say first that we are nonprofit and Secondly we have as was mentioned earlier to parents on our board, which is not always the case In for instance a school board situation. You may you may or may not have two Trustees who are also parents of students In the school district. So I feel that our parents are very well represented in our decision-making processes at the board level and at the school level through our committees and other Other parent organizations that allow parents to have strong voice And as our board president kitchen rice said earlier, we also review surveys That parents have and if a parent has a complaint, we're very responsive Lastly, I'll just say is that we had I don't know how many parents speak tonight that are very very happy about the type of school environment that their children have so So so so if we have Representation from Hollister Gilroy now Watsonville, and then now we have three Watsonville could be outvoted almost every Every opportunity here well, I mean every parent could outvote Any day they want to by just disenrolling their student if they didn't think we were doing a good job for them So, I mean that's one of the beauties of charter charter school choice in the public system, so how much How much of a voice will a parent or the three parents have as to how Monies are actually spent Well, right now we have one parent that's on our finance committee and two parents that are on our board So they have votes on all of our budgets So they do have a significant input now that now also I'll mention that our Local control accountability plan our LCAP, which we're all responsible to have Also goes through extensive parent feedback and all of our budgets tied to our LCAP very closely in our LCAP goals We had more than 90% of our LCFF funding was captured in our LCAP plan I tied to our five main goals, which meet all the state priorities that are required So parents are very involved in that process as well Excuse me. I have a little cold tonight. So I don't sound like myself and So I guess I have a question about Your wait list your current wait lists for both these schools How many kids and families are applying to the schools every year? How many are wait listed? How many get in via lottery? I'm gonna ask Kirsten Carter respond to that The wait list varies from site to site but at Gilroy prep it's over 500 and at HPS it's over 300 and how many kids at each site There are there are 60 kids per grade. So 540 and 480 No force 20 for 20 Mm-hmm. And how it how is the lottery handled? It is completely random We have we actually contract with an outside entity that does the random lottery Thank you I'm wondering if you all know how expensive it is to live on this side of the hill. So a lot of charter schools Are successful because precisely because of the parent involvement that comes with Taking an interest in their child's education being able to volunteer in the classroom and do fund development for the charter The population that you'll be working with largely are people that are just struggling to keep a roof over their head Some of these families including some of these members of this board are working two and three jobs to pay our mortgages and Pay our rent on the side of the hill So the likelihood that the involvement will be there at the level that you're experiencing currently on the other side of the hill I think is slim to none Although I can never be sure about that but I would caution You know around that because it's just nearly an impossibility. I'm a social worker in health care and every day I spent hours trying to negotiate bureaucracies to try to find affordable housing for the patients and families that I work with We're having a crisis in housing where we have families stacked up sometimes three and four to one small two-bedroom dwelling Living in garages with mattresses across the floor. That's what I'm dealing with every day. I My son graduated from Pacific Collegiate School a Charter's number one charter school in the nation or it has been in the past I don't know what it ranks today and Being on this board I was very hopeful that being involved with Pacific collegiate that I could have some collaboration realized Between that very high achieving charter school and this district so that we could share Some common practices and that's sort of one of the promises that you're making to our district is to be able to share that Unfortunately even with my Presidency my high-ranking position here on the board that that just was not realized And the truth is I think everybody up at Pacific collegiate is so busy trying to realize their own Success that there was no room or space to collaborate with anybody else in the county to share Perspectives etc. Etc. So I'm not sure in a district this big. I'm how you can make that type of a promise to us I just don't see it being realized We just had a retirement Today for many people and we have many openings in our district for new teachers And I feel like if you have teachers that are so excited to serve deserving kids I urge you to take a look at our website and apply for some of the positions in this district We have deserving kids. We're hopefully going to ratify an amazing Three-year contract tonight your benefits are completely almost Paid for for you and your whole family and you get CalPERS retirement So I would encourage any of you that care about the Watsonville community to come to Power of Alley and teach the kids right here in our own schools I I'm very proud of the change that we've made in a superintendent. We've got one of the top superintendents I think in the nation. She was just recognized by the Broad Institute and She's making the changes that we all wish to see in our district with innovation and a lot of the same things that you Guys are doing a navigator. So I'm excited to realize some of the changes that she's made and tonight I do stand behind our staff and our superintendents Decision to deny this charter proposal. So I will be voting no Really? We'd like to ask about the of the facilities needs here What will be the obligation of our school district to provide facilities If if we granted this tonight, would you like to answer that Dr. Rodriguez? Okay, well, so The there's an obligation for school districts to provide equitable facilities to charter schools under proposition 39 So we have not Waved our right under prop 39. I will say that based on the limited information I've received from the district and I've heard at your meetings that it doesn't seem very likely that we would be Greeted in a way with facility offerings that would really meet our needs So we're under the assumption that we would be better serving that we would better serve our student population by identifying our own private facilities to Lease and develop and so that that's our longer term plan. It's our shorter term plan as well but it would be too early for us to Wave our rights to prop 39 and we would like to know what the offering might be before we do so It it it seems to me maybe I'm wrong Michelle that one of our charters began not With the prop 39 waiver and then after a year or two Demanded a Facility which put us way behind in our in our own budget. So is that? There isn't any way to guarantee That that's not going to happen again So first and foremost as I've mentioned to the board, there's six specific things that allow us to deny the charter So facilities is not one of them and the use or non use of prop 39 is is not one of the reasons for the denial or Or the approval either way. I will say that Because it is within the charter they would have the right to invoke that and It would not be in one location. We have done a needs assessment and They would not be placed in one location because we do not have Facilities to house that many classrooms currently and I have mentioned it prior we have over 20 staff members Just at the elementary level who are roving They are our own staff that do not have current classrooms and I'm being modest in when I say 20 And so because of that We do not have locations at one location where we would provide any type of facilities To anyone coming in right? So just a follow-up to that Michelle. So may I willing sure? So in the case that they did wave They submitted the waiver and they acquire their own facility. How much would we as a district be invested in that facility? Well, it's all again it goes back to it's the fact that we want to engage with an MOU with them the question is is how much do we want to invest our time and energy into a Charter school that is not a dependent charter school Anyone else Yeah at this point each of our charter schools are kind of unique and We already have what you might call a prep charter school Siba prep and Most of our charter schools are dependent charter schools even in that we work much more closely closely with them and obviously we We're not denied Every single bit of ADA like we are from Siba Siba is taken away because it goes all the way up to high school now I mean we've been you know We've been I feel like hurt in terms of our ADA based on Siba and it's an independent charter school And that we you know the teachers aren't represented and they do their own thing that we have no Oversight over them whatsoever. We don't work with them at all So I'm not really super excited about Independent charter schools and the fact that each of our charter schools are unique You know, they they provide something very very different for the students Pacific Cows independent studies Allianza Spanish immersion Watsonville Charter School for the arts complete, you know art oriented, of course And then we even have Lin Scott, which is the only other school. That's not completely It is a independent charter school too, but it's a you know Co-op kind of a parent co-op kind of a school So and we have a we like I said, we have another prep school We have a Siba prep and you're gonna be a Watsonville prep, which you know, we already have really we already have a prep school That's what you know So I'm not impressed With your charter based on that that we already have another kind of a prep school if you will Do you have any questions Karen of him? No, no, you don't have to be up for me Do you be honest with you?  No, you don't have to sit and stand up here for me No, no, thank you if I make Karen. I do have a couple questions So as a former migrant student, that's the population I care dearly about So what percentage of Migrant students do you currently serve on your charter charter schools both Hollister and at Gilroy? I'm gonna ask Sharon Waller a director of student services to respond. Thank you Well at this point we don't have any identified migrant students in Gilroy or Hollister However, we've served students who are in other Categories and at risk for academic failure for needs social-emotional needs In looking at the population of Watsonville and the programs that we have we feel very prepared to serve those students the whole Multi-tiered system of supports is designed for Those students as well as others. It's looking at where are the students coming from? What are their needs and how do we get them those needs? We will Contact and be be part of whatever programs are in this district to support those students. We understand They have particular needs because they're leaving for months at a time. We have the right of return Everyone on this team is committed to ensuring those students succeed. That's why we started the school So they will be able to return. Yes, they would have their guaranteed spot regardless of whether at that point in time You have no slots available And the other thing I want to add because we were talking about this today is these parents that are here You know looking at them your migrant goals the migrant program goals for families. It's advocacy. So that's one of the top Goals that your your the website mentions for the department and the parents that are here tonight on behalf of their students their children Are doing that like they've become these advocates for their children Maybe they're not migrant parents, but these are parents who feel so strongly that they want a great education for their kids so we understand the need for parents to be part of part of Wanting their kids to have a great education and So I really appreciated looking at your migrant the website and what what that's all about It's important to us. Thank you. So with that too, I was actually surprised that you excluded Las Lomas They tend to be one of the most disadvantaged communities Aside from Watsonville. So it's to me. It's not as inclusive As I would have liked it to be and in addition to that just by the numbers that you shared with us with the The list of students waiting wait list at the different schools it Even an aptal student wouldn't be It's not fair to get into to be able to say that even if an MOU was to be written to include both Las Lomas and students from Aptos they would actually get a slot Heartbreaking and right and in addition to that your petition strictly focuses on the Watsonville population Well as one of the exceptions But it is the whole Parle Valley Unified School District though is also has a preference in the charter petition You know in addition to that Transportation So I received an email in regards to Your staff looking at the possibilities of addressing the transportation issue So can you elaborate on that? Yes, absolutely. Thank you Well first that what we we know we have obligations with our special ed population as needed for transportation There aren't requirements for charter schools to provide transportation services for general as students, however understanding The needs in this community if that were a need that our parents identified We would absolutely want to figure out how we would be able to do that So we've we've accelerated our research in that area But to date we still have not had one of our parent one of our Watsonville prep parents State that concern and that could be related to us not knowing exactly where we're going to be located yet You know I was Excited to to hear the fact that you're willing to work with different districts and so forth And that you have a track record of doing that But I got the opportunity not to tour your school But to meet with some of your founding parents including one of the most active I won't mention names and it was really upsetting to hear directly from her the fact that she wanted her child to be Completely excluded from the district to have nothing to do with the district and for me if that's what one of your founding parents is saying about Even the idea of building a partnership with the district I Don't know where you stand You know we hear one thing from you guys and then we hear a whole separate Thing from parents parents that are supporting The opening of what's most charter school well I would I would first say that our parents are first and foremost concerned about their own children having a great education So I'd say that's probably their their primary concern now as an organization We are committed to having the biggest impact that we can in improving public education for all the students that we Can have impact on so we are deeply committed to that partnership and We have more work to do with all of our new parents to embrace that same vision You have another question Willie Sure Was there a response or About the about the teacher student ratio there there was some Conflict between the staff report and what? Navigator is actually saying so would you like to comment on that? I'm gonna ask chief academic officer James Dent to respond to that question All right. Good evening again So we start our first year would start our first year at Watsonville Prep with six Certificated classroom teachers and two additional teachers in training bringing us to a total of eight Certificated teachers on the site those two extra teachers are essentially a robe in the classrooms that are being mentored But are fully Certificated so when you take that when you get the ratio that is 22 and a half to one in the first year and then reducing Annually to bring the ratio to about 21 to 1 by year 5 well the the report indicates that the Racial is actually a 30 to 1 that isn't correct Because of the two extra teachers in training if you took just the classroom teachers that that would be the correct ratio However, you added the other two teachers in training that brings your ratio down to 22 and a half in year one We add additional teachers in training throughout the first five years until we get to five teachers in training I think by year five Which brings us to a ratio of around 21 to 1 your teachers and training is that different than the SGI's that came up and talked? Yeah, so they're non-credentialed Interns or something or they're they are fully credentialed they can take over a class the SGI's have Essentially what used to be the requirement of 48 college credits So there's definitely a differentiation in the amount of college experience and the credentialing I'm just gonna Do you want us to comment everyone? It's done. Okay, so You know someone tonight mentioned that do not be afraid of competition And I'm not afraid of competition. It's not about fear. It's not about competition Tonight decisions that someone also mentioned it's about kids not just 180 Students, but all the 25 20 1,500 students that we currently serve We currently have six pilot programs in different schools Showing amazing results of how we're turning around the education that's being given to our students and I want to rather think Invest funds and opening a charter is Reinvesting those funds in areas of need within our community So tonight I will be voting no for those reasons that I think we cannot give priority only to 180 students Our responsibility here as board members of this public district is to invest in all 20,000 So with that, I would like to make a motion to approve the denial of this charter Approved the denial means that a yes vote, so I just want to clarify Yes, a yes vote on that denial or yes means no correct So we have a motion in a second all those in favor yes, aye aye all those opposed motion carries Thank you. Okay Moving along to Okay item 9.2 Public disclosure disclosure of collective bargaining agreement between PV is the MPVFT And our report will be given by our CVO Joe Dominguez Good evening members of the board this evening like to what the action of 9.2 is our collective bargaining agreement Item that we need to have Approval we have submitted it to the county and to review the impact of our negotiated terms with our our teachers association and so within the attachment you have the layout of the impact of that and just to summarize that's 2016-17 a 1% increase of the salary schedule effective on 7-1 2016-17 2% off schedule one-time payment 2017-18 a 2% increase to the salary schedule effective 7-1 2017 2017-18 6% additional increase to the early childhood education adult ed and independent study salary schedules and 2018-19 a 4% increase to the salary schedule effective 7-1 2018 and 2018-19 two additional days added to the PVFT work calendar and finally a 2018-19 2,500 signing bonus for teachers and special education science and mathematics This will be in place through June 30th 2020 Within that you see in the item in our multi-year that we submitted that we The fiscal impact of the agreement and that we met all With our minimum 3% reserve and our financial obligations for the current year and outgoing year At this point in time. We also have Helen our director of fiscal That can also address any other questions or From the board that you may have. Okay, so we do have a speaker to this item Before we bring it back to the board for questions. We'll be chair Is your mic on mr. Beecher? I need to lean forward. Thank you. I Commend the district for working like heck to find a way Get races for the teachers However, there are consequences for the actions for doing that and Not like to talk about that this evening When the negotiations were going on My expectation was we would be able to get enough benefit reductions from the Union to offset the increase in teachers wages that Didn't happen. We did get a little about eight hundred thousand dollars worth and That's going to drive some cost issues that you're going to have to face looking forward so These are the numbers that are out of the report page 19 boring Let's take a look at the bottom line as you go through your years wages plus benefits We were at 86 percent now go to 89 and we end up two years from now At 92.3 percent of your revenue will go to wages and benefits That means you have a lot less money to spend on the operating budget How did they get to this? Well, we'll see shortly is they had to cut 25 million dollars out of that operating budget Needs less books Less operating supplies less everything Because that's the only way you can make the books balance so This summar